title: Cambridge & Counties Bank

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Cambridge & Counties Bank is a bank based and operating in the United Kingdom specialising in property finance, asset finance, classic, vintage, sports car finance and savings accounts for small to medium enterprises (SMEs).

The head office is located in the city of Leicester and the bank offers nationwide coverage through satellite offices. Cambridge & Counties Bank launched in June 2012 across Great Britain and has a unique ownership structure, being owned 50% by Trinity Hall, a Cambridge University college, and 50% by Cambridgeshire Local Government Pension Scheme.

Cambridge & Counties Bank is registered under Company Registration No: 07972522. The bank is authorised by the Prudential Regulation Authority and regulated by the Financial Conduct Authority and Prudential Regulation Authority and can be found under the Financial Services Register No: 579415.

Services
Cambridge & Counties Bank specialise in property finance for experienced property investors. The property finance product range includes commercial investments, residential investments, bridging finance, secured pension lending, holiday lets, mixed-use and refurbishment loans.

The asset finance product range includes hire purchase and finance lease, and the bank is a member of the Finance and Leasing Association.

The classic car finance product range includes purchase finance, equity release and auction finance and is available for classic cars, vintage cars, modern classics and racing cars.

The bank operates a more traditional manual underwriting process where individual underwriters make decisions on each lending application, essentially combining a modern first class personal service with traditional banking values and processes.

The savings account range typically includes notice savings accounts and fixed rate bonds that are available to a varied range of organisations such as businesses, charities, clubs & associations and trusts.

Awards

Awards

See Awards and partners | About us for full list of awards.

History
At launch, Cambridge & Counties Bank offered secured loans to SMEs for business mortgages and commercial property investment. Five months after launch, residential property investment lending was added to the portfolio.

On its first anniversary, the bank announced that it had made loans totalling £40m and had signed up its 1,000th new customer. Shortly afterwards the bank confirmed it had achieved break even on a monthly trading basis. By the end of 2013 the business bank had lent more than £113m, with more than 250 loans.

In October 2014, Mike Kirsopp was appointed as Chief Executive Officer for the bank, which was followed by the opening of a Bristol-based regional office covering the South West and Wales regions of the UK. A Sheffield-based regional office was also opened in 2014 covering the North and Scotland regions.

In March 2015, Cambridge & Counties Bank announced pre-tax profits of £2.5m for the 2014 calendar year after a £99k loss in the calendar year 2013. They also announced the staff levels were at 65 with a customer satisfaction rate of 99% at the end of 2014.

Cambridge & Counties Bank entered the asset finance market in May 2015, with three product offerings including hire purchase, finance lease and chattel mortgage. The official launch was in 2016, which also saw the asset finance division win the New Challenger of the Year award at the Leasing World Awards.

In March 2016, the bank announced its 2015 results reporting a £10.2 pre-tax profit. Staff numbers increased by 45% from 65 in 2014 to 94 in 2015 and the 99% customer satisfaction rating was maintained. The Birmingham-based regional office opened in March 2016 and also in that year, Simon Moore took over the role of Chairman from Paul ffolkes Davis who had conducted the role since the inception of the bank in 2012. The annual results for the 2016 calendar year were published in March 2017 at which the bank announced a 77% increase in their year on year pre-tax profits, with their 2016 profits at £18.1m. Along with this staff numbers rose to 121 and customer satisfaction was maintained at 99% for the third year running, with 99% of new customers happy to recommend the bank.

In July 2017, Andrea Hodgson was appointed to the Board as Chief Financial Officer. Simon Lindley, who joined the bank in 2012 as a Business Development Manager, moved from his position as Commercial Director to Chief Development Officer completing the suite of five executives on the board.

In 2018, the bank signed the ‘Enable Guarantee’ with the British Business Bank and announced its 2017 results reporting a pre-tax profit of £24.4m. The Bank also hosted a showcase of the Lancelot Ribeiro exhibition that was held at New Walk Museum. 2018 saw the Bank add the Classic, Vintage, Sports Car Finance product to their portfolio, expanding their specialist offering.

2019 saw the Bank announce a balance sheet of over £1bn, become a patron of the National Association of Commercial Finance Brokers (NACFB) and expand into Scotland with the appointment of an Area Director for the region. In March 2019, they announced a pre-tax profit of £27.9m.

2020 saw the departure of two board members; Chief Executive Officer, Mike Kirsopp and Chief Customer Officer, Rachel Curtis-Bowen. Mike Kirsopp was replaced by Donald Kerr in December 2020, and Tina Hayton-Banks joined as Chief Operating Officer in November 2020.

In 2021, Paul ffolkes Davis stepped down as Vice-Chairman to the Board and Tim Harvey Samuel joined the Board as a shareholder representative for Trinity Hall. David Holton was appointed to the position of Chief Transformation Officer with a lead on a wide range of key projects for the bank with a view to further developing its competitive position in the market. The bank was also awarded a Carbon Neutral Plus status for the 2019/2020 period by Carbon Footprint Ltd. In September 2021, Cambridge & Counties Bank hit £1 billion in customer deposits.

Affiliations and sponsorships
 Enable Guarantee from British Business Bank
Member of East Midlands Chamber of Commerce
Members of the Finance & Leasing Association (FLA)
Member of East Midlands Chamber of Commerce Enterprising Women
Platinum Business Sponsor of Leicester Comedy Festival
Sponsors of the National Association of Commercial Finance Brokers (NACFB)

See the awards page for more details.

References

External links

Cambridge & Counties Bank

Banks of the United Kingdom


title: Henri Robin

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Henri Robin (1811–1874), born Henrik Joseph Donckel, was a French illusionist, born in Hazebrouck. In the early 1850s, he performed at Windsor Castle, at the request of Queen Victoria. In 1861, he became the first illusionist to offer a full programme of magic at Egyptian Hall in London. Between 1862 and 1869, he managed a theatre in the Boulevard du Temple, Paris. His most well-known illusion in these years was "The Medium of Inkerman", in which a drum on stage was apparently struck by an unseen spirit, in response to questions from the audience.

References

French magicians
1811 births
1874 deaths


title: Aminobacter lissarensis

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Aminobacter lissarensis is a bacterium from the genus of Aminobacter which was isolated from soil of beech woodland on Northern Ireland.

References

External links
Type strain of Aminobacter lissarensis at BacDive -  the Bacterial Diversity Metadatabase

Phyllobacteriaceae
Bacteria described in 2005


title: Tanja Mayer

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Tanja Mayer (born 2 July 1993) is a Swiss athlete and bobsledder. She competed in heptathlon at the junior level and started competing in bobsleigh in 2013.

Bobsleigh
On 26 January 2014, Tanja Mayer, along with Swiss pilot Fabienne Meyer, won the two-women World Cup race in Königsee, Germany. The race also doubled as the European Championship, earning them a gold medal.

She is competing as a brakewoman at the 2014 Winter Olympics.

European Championships
2014 European Championships –  Königssee,  with Fabienne Meyer

Athletics
Tanja competed in heptathlon at the junior level. In 2009, she took part in the World Youth Championships where she finished in 7th place. In 2011, she finished in 9th place at the European Junior Championships. She also competed at the 2012 World Junior Championships in Barcelona where she finished in 16th place.

References

1993 births
Living people
Swiss female bobsledders
Bobsledders at the 2014 Winter Olympics
Olympic bobsledders for Switzerland
Swiss heptathletes
Sportspeople from Thurgau


title: Wiraqucha (Cusco)

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Wiraqucha (Quechua wira fat, qucha lake, wiraqucha or Wiraqucha mister, sir, gentleman / god / one of the greatest Andean divinities (Wiraqucha) / the eighth emperor of the Tawantinsuyu (Wiraqucha Inka), also spelled Wiracocha) or Wiraquchan (-n is a suffix, Hispanicized Huirajochan) is a mountain in the Andes of Peru, about  high. It is situated in the Cusco Region, Quispicanchi Province, in the districts Andahuaylillas, Huaro and Urcos, south-east of the higher mountain named Quri and north-west of Huaro (Waru). The Willkanuta River flows along the mountain. The lake Quyllur Urmana lies at its feet.

On top of Wiraqucha there is a pair of rocks which resemble two toads, one of them looking at "Apu" Ausangate and the other one looking at "Apu" Pachatusan. This pair, known as Wak'a Los Sapos de Wiraqucha (Spanish los sapos de the toads of), has been considered a wak'a by the local people.

References

Mountains of Peru
Mountains of Cusco Region
Archaeological sites in Peru
Archaeological sites in Cusco Region


title: Alanne

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Alanne is a Finnish surname. Notable people with the surname include:

 Joonas Alanne (born 1990), Finnish hockey player
 Mikko Alanne (born 1972), Finnish screenwriter of The 33 (film) and other films
 Outi Alanne (born 1967), Finnish poet
 Severi Alanne (1879-1960), Finnish-American political activist and journalist

Finnish-language surnames


title: Shamir Fenelon

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Shamir Daniel Sanchez Fenelon (born 3 August 1994) is an Irish footballer who plays as a winger or striker for Horsham.

Career

Brighton and Hove Albion
Fenelon began his career with Brighton & Hove Albion and after scoring 20 goals for the club's youth team in the 2011–12 season he signed a professional contract in May 2012.

In May 2013, Fenelon was then given a one-year contract with the club. While on loan at Torquay United, Fenelon signed a further contract extension with the Albion until 2015.

Fenelon made his Brighton & Hove Albion debut in the opening game of the 2014–2015 season, in a 1–0 home defeat against Sheffield Wednesday. Fenelon made only two further appearances for the club: one in the league as a substitute in an away defeat at Birmingham City and another in the first round of the League Cup. At the end of the 2014–15 season, Fenelon was released.

Loan Spells
He had a successful loan spell with Conference South side Tonbridge Angels in November 2013.

On 11 January 2014, Fenelon joined Football League Two side Torquay United on loan. He made his Football League debut on 25 January 2014 in a 1–0 defeat against Oxford United. After making two appearances, Fenelon loan spell with Brighton was extended for another one month. He scored his first goal on 15 February 2014 in a 3–1 defeat away at Chesterfield. On 11 March 2014, Fenelon extended his loan spell with the Gulls further until the end of the 2013–14 season. On 22 March 2014, Fenelon was sent-off after making contact with his elbow on the opposition's captain Michael Flynn, in a 1–0 loss against Newport County. After the match, the club appealed for Fenelon's sending off, as the club's assistant manager Lee Hodges believed that the referee's decision was wrong citing, "both players have got arms in the air flailing." However, the appeal was rejected and would have to serve his three match ban. After his return from suspension, Fenelon was unable to help the club survive relegation, as Torquay United drop down to the Football Conference, making twelve appearances and scoring once. Despite unable to help the club survive the relegation, Fenelon stated that the loan spell at Torquay United helped him progress and his maturity.

On 29 August 2014, Fenelon joined Football League One side Rochdale on a season long loan. The next day, Fenelon made his debut for the club, where he came on as a substitute for Matt Done in the second half, in a 2–0 win over Bradford City. After making four appearances for the club, it announced on 9 October 2014 that Fenelon loan spell with Rochdale ended after being recalled by his parent club.

After returning to Brighton & Hove Albion, Fenelon went out on loan again by joining Football League Two side Tranmere Rovers until January 2015. He made his Tranmere Rovers debut, the next day, as they lost 2–1 to Southend United. The next game, on 29 November 2014, Fenelon scored his first goal for the club, in a 3–1 win over Portsmouth. Fenelon returned from Tranmere on 2 February 2015.

On 27 February 2015, he was sent on loan to Football League Two side Dagenham & Redbridge in a one-month deal. He made his debut for the club the next day in a 2–1 league defeat to Mansfield Town, replacing Alex Jakubiak as a substitute. After making four appearances, Fenelon returned to his parent club.

Crawley Town
Fenelon signed for League Two side Crawley Town on 23 June 2015 on a free transfer on a one-year deal. Upon joining the club, Fenelon revealed he had offers from League Two clubs, as well from clubs of his home country before joining Crawley Town.

Fenelon joined National League South Whitehawk on a month's loan and made his debut for The Hawks as a substitute in the 2–2 draw at Ebbsfleet United on 29 August 2015.

Non-league
On 30 June 2016, Fenelon joined National League side Aldershot Town. Over three seasons, Fenelon played 102 games for the Shots, scoring 20 goals.

On 7 May 2019, Fenelon signed for National League side Maidenhead United. He left the club at the end of the season after five goals in 21 games.

Fenelon joined Billericay Town on 14 August 2020. He played twelve times, scoring one goal.

He joined Horsham in July 2021.

International career
In March 2015, Fenelon received his first call-up to the Republic of Ireland under-21 side for the 2017 UEFA European Under-21 Championship qualification match against Andorra. He made his debut in that match, replacing Conor Wilkinson in a 1–0 win.

Personal life
In July 2014, Fenelon changed his surname from Goodwin to Fenelon.

Career statistics

References

External links

1994 births
Living people
English men's footballers
English people of Irish descent
Republic of Ireland men's association footballers
Republic of Ireland men's under-21 international footballers
Men's association football forwards
Brighton & Hove Albion F.C. players
Tonbridge Angels F.C. players
Torquay United F.C. players
Rochdale A.F.C. players
Tranmere Rovers F.C. players
Dagenham & Redbridge F.C. players
Crawley Town F.C. players
Whitehawk F.C. players
Aldershot Town F.C. players
Maidenhead United F.C. players
Billericay Town F.C. players
Horsham F.C. players
English Football League players
National League (English football) players
Isthmian League players
Footballers from Greater London


title: Fu Zhenghua

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Fu Zhenghua (; born 13 March 1955) is a former Chinese politician and public security officer. In March 2013, Fu was appointed as the Deputy Minister of Public Security (minister-level) and Deputy Communist Party Secretary of the Ministry of Public Security. Since 2015, Fu has served concurrently as the head of the 610 Office. He was also appointed as the Minister of Justice in 2018. Fu was known to be a close ally of Sun Lijun, he has come under investigation in October 2021 and was expelled from the Chinese Communist Party and removed from public office in March 2022. He was subsequently arrested, tried, and given a suspended death sentence.

Early life and education
Fu was born in Luan County, Hebei. In March 1955, he graduated from Peking University.

Career
Fu became involved in politics in December 1970, and he joined the Chinese Communist Party in September 1973.

He had a career in the Beijing police (Beijing Municipal Public Security Bureau) as an investigator. He took part in solving a number of high profile cases, including the "1996 Beijing Cash Truck Robbery case", the "1997 Bai Baoshan case", the "attack on Mentougou police" case, and the "Huang Guangyu case".

In January 2010, he was promoted to become secretary of Beijing Municipal Public Security Bureau, a position he held until 2013.

In February 2010, he was appointed director of Beijing Municipal Public Security Bureau, essentially the chief of police of the Chinese capital; he remained in that position until August 2013, when he was appointed the deputy minister of Public Security.

In May 2010, Fu closed down the Tianshang Renjian Night Club (); his action was well received.

In the second half of 2013, Fu launched the 2013 Special Campaign Against Network Illegal Crimes of the People's Republic of China (), he arrested Charles Xue, Qin Huohuo and Fu Xuesheng ().

In February 2014, Chinese media reported that Fu launched the Anti-Vice Operation of the People's Republic of China (). Since December 2014, Fu has been a member of the Central Political and Legal Affairs Commission.  In September 2015, it was revealed during Yu Zhengsheng's trip to Xinjiang that Fu was named the head of the 610 Office, founded to oversee the suppression of Falun Gong.

In March 2018, Fu was appointed as the minister of Justice, and held the position for two years.

On May 19, 2020, he became a member of the Social and Legal Affairs Committee of the National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference.

Downfall
The Central Commission for Discipline Inspection announced on October 2, 2021 that it was investigating him for "serious violations of discipline and national laws". On October 27, he was dismissed from public office and was removed from membership of China's top political advisory body, the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference.

On March 31, 2022, he was expelled from the Chinese Communist Party and dismissed from public office. On April 21, he was arrested by the Supreme People's Procuratorate. On July 28, he stood trial at the Intermediate People's Court of Changchun on charges of bribe-taking and bending the law for personal gain. Prosecutors accused Fu of taking advantage of his official authority or position to seek gains for others regarding business operations, official positions and legal cases, in return for which he illegally accepted money and gifts worth 117 million yuan (about 17.36 million U.S. dollars) either by himself or through some of his close relatives. On September 22, he was handed a suspended death sentence that will be commuted to life imprisonment after two years, with no possibility of parole, for taking bribes worth more than 117 million yuan (16.76 million U.S. dollars) and bending the law for personal gains. He was deprived of political rights for life and all his properties were also confiscated.

References

1955 births
Peking University alumni
Politicians from Tangshan
Living people
People's Republic of China politicians from Hebei
Chinese Communist Party politicians from Hebei
Chinese police officers
Members of the 19th Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party
People from Luanzhou
Ministers of Justice of the People's Republic of China
Expelled members of the Chinese Communist Party
Chinese politicians convicted of corruption


The 1926–27 Wisconsin Badgers men's basketball team represented University of Wisconsin–Madison. The head coach was Walter Meanwell, coaching his thirteenth season with the Badgers. The team played their home games at the Red Gym in Madison, Wisconsin and was a member of the Big Ten Conference.

Schedule

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References

Wisconsin Badgers men's basketball seasons
Wisconsin
Wisconsin Bad
Wisconsin Bad


title: British Theatre Association

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The British Theatre Association, originally known as the British Drama League, was an organisation established in 1919 to promote amateur and professional theatre in England, with a head office based at Fitzroy Square, London. It was founded by Geoffrey Whitworth. Its work included pursuing the creation of the National Theatre, offering library and research services, founded the journal Drama in 1919, and encouraging the introduction of drama into the national curriculum. Its name was changed to the British Theatre Association in 1972. The Association was disbanded in 1990, due to financial pressures. Play scripts held in its archive are now in the possession of the Theatre Museum, London.

References

1919 establishments in the United Kingdom
1990 disestablishments in the United Kingdom


title: Alano (name)

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Alano is both a surname and a given name. It is the Spanish and Italian cognate of Alan. Notable people with the name include:

Surname:
Alyssa Alano (born 1987), Filipino actress
Boy Alano (born 1944), Filipino actor
Kat Alano (born 1985), English-Filipino actress and model

Given name:
Alano Edzerza (born 1981), Tahltan artist and entrepreneur
Alano Miller (born 1980), American actor
Alano Montanari, Italian motorcycle racer


title: Philippines national badminton team

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The Philippines national badminton team () represents the Philippines in international badminton competitions. It is controlled by the Philippine Badminton Association. Nicknamed Smash Pilipinas, The Filipino team won bronze in the men's and women's team events at the Southeast Asian Games, in 1987 and 1981 respectively.

History
Badminton has been played in the Philippines since the 1920s when British and American expatriates introduced the sport to the country. The national team was formed after the establishment of the Philippine Badminton Association in 1952. The Philippines made a couple of appearances at the Sudirman Cup in the 2010s.

In 2023, Indonesian coach Chafidz Yusuf was appointed as the doubles coach for the national team.

Men's team
The Philippines men's team first competed in the qualifiers for the 1984 Thomas Cup. The team were drawn with Hong Kong, Australia and Singapore and lost all of their matches in the group tie. Three years later, the Philippines competed in the 1987 Southeast Asian Games, where the team entered the semifinals for a guaranteed bronze medal but lost 3–0 to Malaysia. In 1992, the Philippines failed to qualify for the 1992 Thomas Cup after losing 4–1 to Pakistan, 5–0 to India and Singapore in the first stage of the qualifiers. In 1997, the Philippines lost the third place tie to Thailand at the Southeast Asian Games. In 1998, The Philippines tried to qualify for the 1998 Thomas Cup. The team shown improvement as they lost 4–1 to Singapore, 3–2 to Australia and won 5–0 against Iran.

The Philippines men's team made their Badminton Asia Team Championships debut in 2016. The team lost 5–0 to South Korea and 4–1 to Hong Kong and were eliminated in the group stages. They made their second appearance at the Asian Team Championships in 2018 and were eliminated in the group stages. The men's team made history when the team beat arch rival Singapore 3–2 to reach the quarterfinals in the 2020 edition of the championships. The team lost to Indonesia 3–0 in the quarter-finals.

Women's team
The Philippines women's team debuted at the 1981 Southeast Asian Games and entered the semifinals to claim bronze. Ten years later, the women's team entered their second semifinal at the 1991 Southeast Asian Games and finished in fourth place. In 1992, the Philippines competed in the 1992 Uber Cup qualifiers. The team lost 5–0 to New Zealand and Hong Kong but won 5–0 against Tanzania to finish 3rd in the group. In 1998, the Philippines women's team failed to qualify again for the Uber Cup. Much like the men's team, the women's team lost 4–1 to Singapore and 3–2 to Australia but won 4–1 against Mauritius.

The women's team first debuted in the Badminton Asia Team Championships in 2018. They were eliminated in the group stages in 2018 and 2020. In 2023, the Philippines women's team competed in the 2023 Southeast Asian Games women's team event in Phnom Penh. In the quarter-finals, the team pulled off a big upset after defeating the Malaysian women's team 3–0 and entered the semi-finalists once again after 42 years. In the semi-finals, the team went up against Indonesia but lost 3–0 to win bronze.

Mixed team
The Philippines have made several appearances in the Sudirman Cup, their first one being in 2009. They achieved 23rd place in the 2013 Sudirman Cup. and later 29th place in the 2015 Sudirman Cup. The mixed team competed in the 2017 Badminton Asia Mixed Team Championships but were halted in the group stages.

Competitive record

Thomas Cup

Uber Cup

Sudirman Cup

WBF World Championships

Men's team

Women's team

Asian Games

Men's team

Women's team

Asian Team Championships

Men's team

Women's team

Mixed team

SEA Games

Men's team

Women's team

FISU World University Games

Mixed team

ASEAN University Games

Men's team

Women's team

Junior competitive record

World Junior Team Championships

Suhandinata Cup

Asian Junior Team Championships

Boys' team

Girls' team

Mixed team

ASEAN School Games

Boys' team

Girls' team

Staff
The following list shows the coaching staff for the Philippines national badminton team.

Players

Current squad

Men's team

Women's team

References

Badminton
National badminton teams
Badminton in the Philippines


title: St Philip's Anglican Church, Kingswood

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St. Phillip's Anglican Church Kingswood is an Anglican church at the corner of Bringelly Road and Second Avenue in , a western suburb of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. It was completed in 1896 and is a modest late-Victorian Gothic Revival building constructed in brick comprising a nave, chancel, and porch. The church was listed on the City of Penrith local government heritage register on 20 December 1991.

History
In 1897 four blocks of Crown land were given to the residents of Kingswood for a church meeting place and cemetery (later not needed due to the dedication of Penrith Cemetery). The contractor was Jack Melville with ironwork given by local blacksmith James Wainwright. The porch on the western side was added later. Opened in 1898, the church was not consecrated until 1959. A Sunday school hall was completed in 1958 but was demolished.

Ministries and services
On Sundays, there is a 9:30 am family service. There is also a 5:00 pm traditional prayer book service. The 1978 AAPB liturgy is used in this service. In the 7:00 pm cafe church, people sit at tables instead of rows and drink coffee and cold drinks, eat food, discuss faith and sing a few songs, hear a talk and say some prayers.

The church run a wide range of groups, running from a boys group on Wednesday nights and kids club on Friday afternoons to a Youth Group on Friday nights 7:30–9:30 for kids in years 6–10.

The church runs scripture in local primary school and do work with the Western Sydney University.

See also

 List of Anglican churches in the Diocese of Sydney

References

External links

Anglican church buildings in Sydney
1896 establishments in Australia
Anglican Diocese of Sydney
City of Penrith
Victorian architecture in Sydney
Gothic Revival architecture in Sydney
Churches completed in 1898
Gothic Revival church buildings in Australia
New South Wales Heritage Database


title: Sudha Jain

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Sudha Jain (born 1949) is an Indian politician from the Sagar city of the state of Madhya Pradesh. She represents the Bharatiya Janata Party. She won the Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly elections consecutively for three terms i.e. 1993, 1998 and 2003 from the Sagar constituency. She was also a minister in Madhya Pradesh Government in 2007. She was the first woman MLA from Sagar constituency. She was denied ticket in the 2008 election and the then district Bhartiya Janta Party (BJP) president Shailendra Jain filled in her seat. She is a lawyer by profession.

Early life
She was born on 13 October 1949 in the Sagar city of Madhya Pradesh State of India. Her father M. L. Jain was a businessman and an ardent RSS (Rashtriya Swamsevak Sangh) follower. She did her Master of Arts (M.A.) and L.L.B. (Bachelor of Law) degrees from Sagar University. In LLB course she topped in the university and hence was awarded the gold medals. She practiced law in the district court of Sagar for 16 years.

Political career
In 1991 she became the chairperson of the M.P. Social Welfare Board. The post bore the rank of a cabinet minister in the government of Madhya Pradesh. Subsequently she won the Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly elections consecutively for three terms i.e. 1993, 1998 and 2003 from the Sagar constituency. In the year 2008 she became the state vice president of the Bhartiya Janta Party for Madhya Pradesh. In the year 2009 she became the district president of Sagar district of Bhartiya Janta Party, and continued as president in 2010 as well. In 2011 she became the chairperson of the Women Finance and Development Corporation of Madhya Pradesh. She was instrumental in getting a bill passed against meat export in the Madhya Pradesh legislative assembly, which she did by getting inspired by Jain muni Praman sagar. She was also instrumental in getting a dam "Rajghat" constructed in Sagar as a permanent solution to the water supply problem of Sagar city. She also succeeded in getting a medical college
established in  Sagar city and getting the status of a central university to the Sagar university. She also received the best Member of Legislative Assembly award of Madhya Pradesh.

References

Living people
Bharatiya Janata Party politicians from Madhya Pradesh
Madhya Pradesh MLAs 1993–1998
Madhya Pradesh MLAs 1998–2003
Madhya Pradesh MLAs 2003–2008
People from Sagar, Madhya Pradesh
20th-century Indian women politicians
20th-century Indian politicians
21st-century Indian women politicians
21st-century Indian politicians
1949 births
Women members of the Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly


title: Gong Hanlin

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Gong HanLin (; born 20 October 1957) is a Chinese actor and xiangsheng performer and sketch comedy performer.

Gong is notable for performing sketch comedy in CCTV New Year's Gala since 1990.

Biography
Gong was born in Shenyang, Liaoning on October 20, 1957 to actor parents.

After graduating from Shenyang Normal University he was assigned to Shenyang Troupe, he studied xiangsheng under Tang Jiezhong ().

Gong started to perform xiangsheng and sketch comedy in 1986.

He frequently performed on stage with the famous Zhao Lirong prior to her death.

Personal life
Gong married Jin Zhu (), who is also a Chinese actress.

Works

CCTV New Year's Gala

Film

Television

Awards
 Sparkling Fox () - 44th Berlin International Film Festival - Honourable Mention

References

External links

1957 births
Male actors from Shenyang
Shenyang Normal University alumni
Living people
Male actors from Liaoning
Chinese male film actors
Chinese male television actors
Chinese male voice actors
Chinese male stage actors


title: Konstanze Vernon

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Konstanze Vernon (2 January 1939 – 21 January 2013) was a German ballet dancer, academic teacher and director of a ballet academy and a ballet company. She was from 1963 to 1981 prima ballerina of the ballet at the Bayerische Staatsoper. She taught at the Hochschule für Musik München and founded the ballet academy Heinz-Bosl-Stiftung in memory of her partner on stage Heinz Bosl. After retiring from the stage, she was founding director of the now independent ballet company .

Career

Vernon was born in Berlin, the daughter of musicologist Friedrich Herzfeld. At age 6 she became a student of Tatjana Gsovsky. She was a member of the Berlin Ballet at the Berlin State Opera at age 14, and at age 17 the company's youngest soloist. Heinz Rosen engaged her at the Bayerische Staatsoper, where she was prima ballerina from 1963 to 1981. Her main partners on stage were Winfried Krisch and Heinz Bosl. Her interpretations of major parts of the classical and contemporary repertory are remembered, including the title part of Giselle, Tatjana in John Cranko's choreography of Onegin, and the heroine in Gerhard Bohner's Die Folterungen der Beatrice Cenci.

She taught at the Hochschule für Musik München, during her career as a lecturer, afterwards as professor and director of the Ballett-Akademie München. In memory of Bosl, who died in 1975, she founded in 1978 the ballet academy Heinz-Bosl-Stiftung (Heinz Bosl Foundation). She succeeded in separating the ballet company of the Staatsoper, forming the independent  and serving as its director from 1988 to 1998. In 2010 she retired from the Ballett-Akademie München and founded the Junior Company (), a bridge between academic ballet training and professional dancers, to serve the needs of young dancers at the beginning of their careers.

Vernon died in Munich.

Awards

 1962 Serge Lifar Prize of the Academie de Danse, Paris, as the first German to receive the prize
 1982 Bayerischer Verdienstorden
 1991 Deutscher Tanzpreis
 1993 Bavarian Maximilian Order for Science and Art
 1998 Honorary member of the Bayerische Staatsoper
 2006 Culture prize of the
 2007 Bayerische Verfassungsmedaille in Gold

References

External links

Heinz-Bosl-Stiftung
Konstanze Vernon at Bayerisches Staatsballett Bayerische Staatsoper

German ballerinas
Academic staff of the University of Music and Performing Arts Munich
1939 births
2013 deaths
20th-century German musicians
20th-century German women


title: Breton (company)

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Breton S.p.A. is an Italian, privately held company established in 1963 that produces machines and plants for engineered stone and metalworking.
Machines and plants by Breton can be used in diverse sectors such as die-making, aerospace, automotive, racing cars, energy, gears, general mechanics, stone processing and kitchen top manufacturing.

History
Breton was established in 1963 in Castello di Godego, Italy, by Marcello Toncelli, who started developing new technologies and manufacturing industrial plants for producing engineered stone. He invented Bretonstone technology, also known as vibrocompression under vacuum, a patented technology which is used today by engineered stone manufacturers.
Around the mid 1990s, the company decided to expand into the machine tool market, manufacturing machining centres for the mechanical industry.

In 2003, Marcello Toncelli died, and the control of the company passed to his sons Luca and Dario Toncelli, who have been running the company since together with Roberto Chiavacci, Vice President of the Board of Directors.

In 2011, the company acquired Bidese Impianti and signed a partnership with Boart & Wire, a diamond wires manufacturer.
In 2014, Breton became an official member of the Graphene Flagship Project, one of the largest research initiatives of the European Commission which focuses on the potential applications of graphene.

Products

Breton manufactures machines and technology for following fields:
 engineered stone processing
 natural stone processing
 ceramic materials processing
 high-speed machining for aerospace, formula 1, automotive and die-mould sector

Awards
Breton's solution to connect through the cloud to manage tele-service for 4,000 machines for hundreds of customers worldwide was awarded by Microsoft in 2012 with the Windows Embedded Partner Excellence Award for manufacturing.

Footnotes

External links
 Company's official website
 Timeline of Breton's history

Engineering companies of Italy
Technology companies of Italy
Italian brands
Industrial machine manufacturers
Manufacturing companies established in 1963
Italian companies established in 1963
Companies based in Veneto


title: The Falcon in Danger

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The Falcon in Danger is a 1943 American mystery film directed by William Clemens and starring Tom Conway, Jean Brooks, Amelita Ward and Elaine Shepard. The film was the sixth of thirteen  The Falcon detective films produced by RKO, all starring Conway.

Plot
At a New York airport, a passenger aircraft coming in from Washington D.C., crash-lands at a crowded airport, however nobody is on board the plane. The aircraft had been hijacked at its previous stop with all but the pilot and two leading industrialists left behind.  In addition to the three men, $100,000 worth of securities is also missing.

Although he promised his "fiancée" from Texas, Bonnie Caldwell (Amelita Ward), that he will give up solving crime, Tom Lawrence (Tom Conway), aka The Falcon, can't resist the lure of a fresh mystery. When she receives a ransom note, Nancy Palmer (Elaine Shepard) asks for his help in locating her father (Clarence Kolb), one of the missing industrialists. One of the Falcon's prime suspects is Nancy's jealous cousin Iris (Jean Brooks).

Police Inspector Timothy Donovan (Cliff Clark) and his assistant, Bates (Edward Gargan), are called to investigate the mystery. Later, all the passengers, except for Nancy's father, Stanley Harris Palmer, and his assistant, Wally Fairchild (Robert Emmett Keane), are found stranded at a rest stop. Nancy is told to leave $25,000 at a drinking fountain on Park Road, while Iris tells Tom that she suspects Nancy's fiancé, Ken Gibson (Richard Davies), told the kidnappers that Fairchild was carrying $100,000 in securities.

Tom accompanies Iris and Nancy to the Palmer's house and later sees Nancy leave a box by the drinking fountain. When two men collect the box, Tom follows their car on horseback and finds it belongs to an antique store owned by George Morley (Richard Martin). Donovan announces that Palmer has returned home alive; he and Fairchild stayed on the aircraft but strangers robbed Palmer at gunpoint, ordered him to parachute from the aircraft while the pilot set the controls on autopilot. More clues to the mystery appear, Tom finds a piece of junk that appears to be part of the aircraft and the missing securities which he turns over to Donovan.

Donovan suspects Fairchild but state troopers report the missing pilot and Fairchild have been found dead in a field. Morley becomes the next likely culprit but disappears.  As he unravels the mystery, Tom reconstructs the second part of the flight. With other passengers gone, Palmer killed Fairchild who had proof of Palmer's cheating the government, then after takeoff, had also killed the pilot and dumped the bodies.

Palmer's dog attacks Morley in the antique store. Just then, Donovan arrives in time to see Tom shoot and kill Palmer in self-defense. Later at the airport, Bonnie tells Tom she is going home to Texas by herself. Dejected, Tom declares that he is forsaking all women, until a pretty co-ed approaches him, asking for his help.

Cast

 Tom Conway as Tom Lawrence / The Falcon
 Jean Brooks as Iris Fairchild
 Elaine Shepard as Nancy Palmer
 Amelita Ward as Bonnie Caldwell
 Cliff Clark as Insp. Timothy Donovan
 Edward Gargan as Det. Bates
 Clarence Kolb as Stanley Harris Palmer
 Felix Basch as Morley
 Richard Davies as Kenneth Gibson
 Richard Martin as George Morley
 Erford Gage as Evan Morley
 Eddie Dunn as Det. Grimes
 Ian Wolfe as Thomas
 Art Dupuis as Air raid warden
 George De Normand as Policeman
 Bob Thom as Excited man
 Harry Semels as Excited man
 Sid Troy as Excited man
 Elmer Jerome as Eric
 Rosemary LaPlanche as Nurse (credited as Rosemary La Planche)
 Robert Emmett Keane as Wally Fairchild (credited as Robert E. Keane)
 Lew Kelly as Guard
 Lynton Brent as Guard
 Eddie Borden as Welder
 Hooper Atchley as Dr. Oliver
 Bruce Edwards as Mechanic
 Robert Andersen as Airport attendant
 Joan Barclay as Hysterical girl
 Selmer Jackson as Airline official
 Charles Trowbridge as Palmer's doctor

Production
Principal photography on The Falcon in Danger took place from April 13 to early-May 1943. According to a Hollywood Reporter news item, the growing popularity of the Falcon series led to rushing the film into production. The previous film in the series, The Falcon Strikes Back was filmed from January 19 to early-February 1943.

To conserve costs, the main entrance and several buildings on the studio lot were camouflaged to look like an airport. The aircraft depicted were a miniature Lockheed Model 10 Electra and stock footage of a Douglas DC-3 in flight, and the Capelis XC-12, a failed 1933 twin-engine transport aircraft that found new life at RKO as a non-flying movie prop.

Reception
Film historians Richard Jewell and Vernon Harbin described The Falcon in Danger as an attempt to "upgrade the romantic appeal of the Falcon series". Further, "Screenwriters Fed Niblo Jr. and Craig Rice did a fairly smooth job of working the beauties into their story, an otherwise standard whodunit  involving a double murder and  the theft of $100,000 in securities.

References

Notes

Bibliography

 Drew, Bernard A. Motion Picture Series and Sequels: A Reference Guide. London: Routledge, 2013. .
 Jewell, Richard and Vernon Harbin. The RKO Story. New Rochelle, New York: Arlington House, 1982. .
 Orriss, Bruce. When Hollywood Ruled the Skies: The Aviation Film Classics of World War II. Hawthorne, California: Aero Associates Inc., 1984. .

External links

1943 films
American mystery films
American black-and-white films
1943 mystery films
Films scored by Roy Webb
Films directed by William Clemens
RKO Pictures films
The Falcon (film character) films
1940s English-language films
1940s American films


title: Mount Warren (Antarctica)

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Mount Warren () is a mountain rising to  in Gromshin Heights, just north of the turn in Newcomer Glacier on the east side of northern Sentinel Range in Ellsworth Mountains, Antarctica.  It surmounts Newcomer Glacier to the west and south, and Vicha Glacier to the northeast.

The peak was named by the Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) for Aviation Master Sergeant Cecil O. Warren, U.S. Marine Corps (USMC), navigator on U.S. Navy (USN) Squadron VX-6 photographic flights over the range on Dec. 14–15, 1959.

Maps
 Newcomer Glacier.  Scale 1:250 000 topographic map.  Reston, Virginia: US Geological Survey, 1961.
 Antarctic Digital Database (ADD). Scale 1:250000 topographic map of Antarctica. Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR). Since 1993, regularly updated.

References

Mountains of Ellsworth Land


title: Guo Da

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Guo Da (; born 9 June 1954) is a Chinese actor and sketch comedy performer. Guo is a member of Chinese Communist Party and CCP Central Military Commission Political Work Department Song and Dance Troupe.

Guo is notable for performing sketch comedy in CCTV New Year's Gala since 1987.

Biography
Guo was born in Xi'an, Shaanxi on June 9, 1954, with his ancestral home in Xiaoyi, Shanxi, his father died of illness in May 1954 before his birth, he was raised by his mother.

Guo entered Shanghai Theatre Academy in 1974, majoring in acting at the Acting Department, where he graduated in 1977. After graduating he was assigned to Xi'an Theatre to work as an actor for 10 years.

Guo performed sketch comedy in CCTV New Year's Gala since 1987.

Personal life
Guo married Wu Fang (), who is a costume designer, the couple have a son, he is studying in United Kingdom.

Works

Film

Television

CCTV New Year's Gala

References

1955 births
Male actors from Xi'an
Shanghai Theatre Academy alumni
Male actors from Shaanxi
Living people
Chinese male film actors
20th-century Chinese male actors
21st-century Chinese male actors


title: Caroline Brodahl

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Caroline Brodahl (born 21 August 1992), is a Norwegian team handball player. She plays for the club Thames Handball Club. She was mentioned as a key player in 2013, when the club played in London against a top team of Hungarian handball players and won. In December 2013 she won the Jack Petchey Award for her sporting achievements. In 2014/15 she participated in the Women's EHF Challenge Cup Round 3 where she scored goals in both, home and away matches. Where highly unusually identical goal scores were recorded on both playing dates.

References

Norwegian female handball players
1992 births
Living people


title: Geoffrey Strachan

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Geoffrey Strachan is a noted translator of French and German literature into English. He is best known for his renderings of the novels of French-Russian writer Andreï Makine. In addition, he has also translated works by Yasmina Réza, Nathacha Appanah, Elie Wiesel and Jérôme Ferrari. Uniquely, he has won both the Scott-Moncrieff Prize (for translation from French) and the Schlegel-Tieck Prize (for translation from German).

Selected translations

Andrei Makine
 A Hero's Daughter
 A Life's Music
 Brief Loves That Live Forever
 Confessions of a Lapsed Standard-bearer
 Human Love
 Le Testament Francais
 Music of a Life
 Once Upon the River Love
 Requiem for a Lost Empire
 The Crime of Olga Arbyelina
 The Earth and Sky of Jacques Dorme
 The Life of an Unknown Man
 The Woman Who Waited

Others
 Elie Wiesel: The Judges
 Irenäus Eibl-Eibesfeldt: Love and Hate
 Jerome Ferrari: Where I Left My Soul
 Melita Maschmann: Account Rendered: A Dossier on my Former Self
 Nathacha Appanah: The Last Brother
 Yasmina Reza: Adam Haberberg

References

Living people
Year of birth missing (living people)
German–English translators
21st-century British translators
20th-century British translators


The International Amateur Theatre Association (AITA/IATA asbl) is a worldwide non-governmental organisation of Member (National Centres) and Associates dedicated to promoting understanding and education through amateur theatre. Founded in Belgium in 1952, its members operate in more than 80 countries on 5 continents, making AITA/IATA the powerful voice of the global amateur theatre community. The current President is Mrs Béatrice Cellario from Monaco and the organisation’s Secretariat is in London, England.

Goals
Under its banner of universal understanding and education through theatre, AITA/IATA promotes cross-frontier cooperation, artistic enrichment, and a sense of universal togetherness. For more than fifty years it has fielded a wide range of activities serving the amateur theatre community including World Congresses, international festivals, workshops and symposia, informational publications, training courses, programs for children and youth, and financial sponsorship of cross-border cultural events. The organisation is associated with UNESCO and fulfills a facilitating, networking and initiating role for member countries and cultural groupings.

Governance
Governing bodies
Every year AITA/IATA holds a General Assembly and Forum (formerly Congress) where its members come together to hold the Council of AITA/IATA to account for the running of the organisation.

General Assembly
The General Assembly (GA) is the highest decision-making body. It is held every year and every fourth General Assembly is held in Monaco. The last General Assembly was held in Saint John, New Brunswick, Canada in August 2019. Because of the COVID-19 crisis, the 2020 General Assembly will be held online on 1 August. The 2021 General Assembly will return to Monaco, 17–22 August see HERE.

International Theatre Festival
Alongside the GA, an International Theatre Festival is held where amateur theatre groups selected by that country's AITA/IATA National Centre come together to perform, to attend workshops and discussions and to exchange theatre experiences. In 2015, it was held in the village of Westouter, some 10 km from Ypres, and was part of the Spots op West 2015 Festival. In 2017 the event returned to Monaco and in 2018, Lingen, Germany hosted the World Festival of Children's Theatre. In 2019, the Festival and GA was held in Saint John, New Brunswick, Canada. In 2021 the Festival and GA will return once again to Monaco.

The Council of AITA/IATA has the following functions:
 Actions the decisions of the General Assembly
 Manages the administration of the Association
 Prepares policy
 Prepares potential projects
 Prepares programme proposals for consideration by the Council and confirmation by the General Assembly

The Council 2019 - 2021 - for more details see HERE
 President: Béatrice Cellario (Monaco)
Vice President: Rob Van Genechten (Belgium (Flanders)
 Vice President: Aled Rhys-Jones (Wales)
 Councillor & Treasurer: Villy Dall (Denmark)
Councillor Pierre Cellario (Monaco)
Councillor Christel Gbaguidi (Benin)
Councillor Frank Katoola (Uganda)
Councillor Carlos Taberneiro (Spain)

Seretariat
The Secretariat is based in London, England. Contact details are on the AITA/IATA Website HERE

Members
A member (an AITA/IATA National Centre) is an organisation that co-ordinates or networks amateur theatre groups and or individuals in their country and it is they with whom AITA/IATA predominantly communicates. Each country has only one Member (National Centre) and they pay an annual Fee based on where the country falls in the UN HDI Index. For more details see HERE

Associates
An Associate is an organisation, group, individual, or festival, interested in amateur theatre. An Associate pays a subscription to AITA/IATA (less than Membership) which enables them to be linked into the AITA/IATA network of international amateur theatre. For more information see HERE.

World Festival of Children's Theatre
The first AITA/IATA World Festival of Children's Theatre was held in Lingen (Ems), Germany in 1991. It usually occurs every two years and every other Festival is held in Lingen. Non-Lingen Festivals have been held in Toyama, Japan, 2000; Havana, Cuba 2004; Moscow, Russia 2008. The last Lingen Festival was in 2014. The next World Festival of Children's Theatre was due to be held in August 2020 in Toyama, Japan. Because of the COVID-19 crisis, Toyama have  postponed the event to 1–5 May 2021. For more details see HERE

Congress "Drama in Education"
The AITA/IATA Drama in Education Congress was held for the first time in Austria in 1974 and has been held every two years since. Until the early 90s was probably the only regular international conference on "drama in education." The next one is planned for April 2021.

50th Anniversary
In 2002, AITA/IATA published a 50th Anniversary booklet in English, French and Spanish which is a reflection on the growth and development of AITA/IATA up to that date. A copy is on the AITA/IATA website HERE.

References

Arts organizations established in 1952
International cultural organizations
Theatrical organizations
International organisations based in London


title: Sam Lundholm

text:
Sam Lundholm (born 1 July 1994), is a Swedish football player who plays as a winger.

References

External links
Sam Lundholm at AIK's official website

1994 births
Living people
Footballers from Stockholm
Swedish men's footballers
Sweden men's youth international footballers
Sweden men's under-21 international footballers
Swedish expatriate men's footballers
AIK Fotboll players
IK Sirius Fotboll players
NEC Nijmegen players
Randers FC players
Allsvenskan players
Eredivisie players
Danish Superliga players
Expatriate men's footballers in the Netherlands
Expatriate men's footballers in Denmark
Men's association football wingers


title: Triraphis devia

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Triraphis devia is a species of grass endemic to Brazil, the only member of its genus native to the Western Hemisphere. Of the 7 other recognized species, 6 are from Africa,1 from Australia.

Three populations of Triraphis devia has been reported, all from the State of Goiás. One of these lies inside Chapada dos Veadeiros National Park.

Triraphis devia is a perennial herb with an unbranched flowering stalk bearing a panicle less than 8 cm long. These characters alone are enough to distinguish the species from others in the genus. Internal anatomy is consistent with the likelihood that the plant has Krantz anatomy. In other words, this is probably a C4 plant, having a photosynthetic metabolism improving efficiency in hot, sunlit environments.

References

Chloridoideae
Endemic flora of Brazil
Grasses of Brazil
Flora of Goiás


title: Nara Shumsher Jang Bahadur Rana

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Nara Shumsher Jang Bahadur Rana, , was the second police chief of Nepal Police after its establishment in the year 2007 B.S. (1951 C.E.). He remained chief for a tenure of two years before being succeeded by Gyan Bahadur Yakthumba as the police chief.

Nara Shumsher J.B.R. was honored by the government of Nepal as the Father of Nepali Sports for his contribution, both as a player and an official, to Nepali sports. He was the first Nepali player to get 'Merit Award' from the Olympic Council of Asia.

Praised in the sporting fraternity Rana, however, is despised by the common people for his involvement in the killing of four martyrs Shukraraj Shastri, Dharma Bhakta Mathema, Dashrath Chand and Gangalal Shrestha. He supervised the killing of the four martyrs and is believed to have shot Gangalal and Dashrath Chand himself, after the executioner deputed to shoot hesitated.

Notable published works
 “Janarala Nara Samsera Janga Bahadura Ranako Jivani: Uhamkai Juvani” (2006).

Honours

National Honours
 Member of the Order of the Star of Nepal, 1st class.
 Member of the Order of Om Rama Patta.
 Member of the Order of the Three Divine Powers, 1st class.
 Member of the Order of Gurkha Right Hand, 1st class.
 Member of the Order of the Footprint of Nepal, 2nd class (23 October 2001).

Foreign Honours
 Honorary Knight Commander of the Royal Victorian Order [KCVO] (United Kingdom, 26 February 1961).
 Merit Award of the Olympic Council of Asia.

References

Nepalese police officers
Chiefs of police
Inspectors General of Police (Nepal)
Recipients of the Order of the Star of Nepal
Members of the Order of Tri Shakti Patta, First Class
Members of the Order of Gorkha Dakshina Bahu, First Class
Honorary Knights Commander of the Royal Victorian Order
1911 births
2006 deaths
Rana dynasty
20th-century Nepalese nobility
21st-century Nepalese nobility
People from Lalitpur District, Nepal


title: Naoko Ogigami

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is a Japanese film director, screenwriter, and cinematographer. She first began gaining attention after winning several prizes at the PIA Film Festival for her short film Hoshino-Kun, Yumeno-Kun (2001). Among her most notable works are her films Kamome Shokudo and Megane. Her filmography is typified by their minimalistic quality and a common theme of questioning national identity. At the 2008 Berlin International Film Festival Megane won the Manfred Salzgeber Award, for "broadening the boundaries of cinema today."

Early life and education
Ogigami attended Chiba University's Image Science program with an initial interest in photography and learning the science of creating images. Eventually deciding against pursuing photography, Ogigami then turned to studying film due to her fascination with moving images. After graduating in 1994, she moved to the United States to study film at the University of Southern California. There she studied for six years, learning English and completing a graduate degree in film production. Upon returning to Japan in 2000, she initially struggled to find a job and reacclimate herself back into Japanese society before she began writing and directing films.

Career
While living in the United States, Ogigami worked on several short films, television shows, and commercials as a cinematographer, camera operator, and production assistant. She also wrote and directed two short films, Ayako (1999) and Hoshino-kun, Yumino-kun (2001). Yumino-kun won 3 different awards at the PIA Film Festival the year it premiered. Her first feature film, Yoshino's Barber Shop premiered at the PIA Film Festival in and the Berlin International Film Festival in 2004, winning awards at both. Her next feature film, Love is Five, Seven, Five! was released a year later in 2005. In 2006 her third film Kamome Diner was given a limited release in Japan. It would later go on to tour a number of festivals, and was awarded the 5th Best Film at the Yokohama Film Festival in 2007.

In 2008 Glasses, her fourth film, was featured at the Berlin International Film Festival, Sundance Film Festival, and San Francisco International Film Festival, though it first premiered a year earlier. At the Berlin International Film Festival, Glasses was nominated for and won the Manfred Salzgeber Award for "broadening the boundaries of cinema today." The film was also nominated for the Grand Jury Prize for Dramatic World Cinema, though it lost to Jens Jonssen's The King of Ping Pong.

In 2008, she also helped found the production company Suurkiitos, which is the Finnish word for "thank you very much." The company handles advertising, actor management, and film distribution. Her two subsequent films were distributed through the company. After a break in writing and directing, her next film Toilet was given limited theatrical release in Japan and South Korea in 2010, and went on to tour the festival circuit, being shown in festivals in Canada, the United States, Japan, and Taiwan. Her film Rent-a-Cat premiered in 2012 at the Stockholm International Film Festival, and was later nominated for Best Feature at Oslo Films From The South Festival.

In 2017, Ogigami released her film Close-Knit, which garnered great success overseas. The film was selected for the Panorama section at the 67th Annual Berlin International Film Festival, which specifically features queer cinema, and won the Panorama Audience Award. The film was also presented with the Teddy Award, given to films which center LGBT topics, becoming the first Japanese film to be granted this title.

Style and Influences
Thematically, all of Ogigami's films are similar in nature, a recurring theme being culture clash; a foreigner comes to a new place and is faced with unfamiliar practices and elements. The incorporation of this theme amongst her films reflects her own experience of traveling and residing both in the United States and Japan. Most of her works place Japanese characters and elements of Japan culture in these foreign settings; this is true of Kamome Diner, Megane, and Toilet. The films then depict how they deal with this clash. In doing so, Ogigami often constructs a critique which "put[s] nationhood under a microscope, to satirise the notion that any particular country can be summarised, visualised, and indeed understood through reference to any single aspect of its culture [or] society."

Ogigami has written and directed all of her films, which have been classified as "iyashi-kei eiga," or, "films that provide emotional healing." Her style has been described as "minimalist, wryly humorous, languorous, naturalistic, [and] ostensibly undramatic." Ogigami's films are lighter in nature than most Japanese cinema. Her films tackle larger, complex ideas of nationhood and identity, yet in a calm, peaceful environment decorated by carefully constructed and detailed shots. Her style of creating 'slice of life' stories which pay careful attention to character development and setting has been compared to the works of famous Japanese filmmaker Yasujiro Ozu, along with her camerawork which is characterized by "the illusion of flat space derived from bright lighting and defined colors; deep-focus long shots; carefully-centered subjects; attention to negative space; and frame-by-frame composition." Ogigami's tendency to "borrow from a multitude of national film histories, invest in a personal and signature aesthetic style, craft distinctive characters, re-use actors... and afford a great deal of attention to detailed environments" has also been compared to American filmmaker Wes Anderson. Identifiable in her works is an influence of American independent cinema, deep-focus cinematography, a repeated appearance of actress Masako Motai, and frequent detailed shots of food. Her attention to food across her works is a meaningful choice; Ogigami elaborates in an interview that "I wanted to express that the time of eating together is such a happy moment... But I also intend to express that this happy moment will not last forever – that it is completely futile. Also, making food is usually very time-consuming, but then it is eaten in just a few minutes."

Film Reception
Ogigami's films have increasingly gained critical attention both domestically and overseas after their success at multiple film festivals both in Japan and abroad. When asked about one of the practices characters participate in with Glasses, she commented, "Somehow Glasses went to lots of film festivals. And especially European and American people think that twilighting means something about Zen spirit, like in Buddhism. But I always answered that maybe this is just because I grew up in Japan and I have those kind of things in my mind..."

In a discussion of her 2017 film Close-Knit, Ogigami states that the film, which deals with issues of transgender identity within contemporary Japanese society, was received well in the larger cities Tokyo and Osaka. However, the films were less successful in more rural areas of Japan, to which Ogigami expressed her surprise: "I didn’t expect it because we have a popular show on TV with a big transgender star, a comedy that we love and appreciate, but I guess that if LGBT people are in the family or neighborhood, that is a totally different story, they are not accepted." Regardless, the film was received well overseas, earning the Panorama Audience Award and becoming the first Japanese film to win the Teddy Award at the Berlin International Film Festival.

Filmography

Film
Ayako (short) (1999)
Hoshino-kun, Yumino-kun (short) (2001)
Yoshino's Barber Shop (2004)
Love Is Five, Seven, Five! (2005)
Seagull Diner/Kamome Diner (2006)
Glasses (2007)
Toilet (2010)
Rent-a-Cat (2012)
Close-Knit (2017)
Riverside Mukolitta (2021)
Ripples (2023)

Television

 Saboten Journey (2004)
 Yappari Neko Ga Suki (2005)
 2Cool (2008)
 Roudokuya (2017)
 Rilakkuma and Kaoru (2019)
 Coffee Ikaga Deshou (2021)
 Modern Love Tokyo (2022, episode 4)

Books

 Kawapperi Mukoritta (2019)

Awards and nominations

References

External links

Naoko Ogigami at Rotten Tomatoes
Naoko Ogigami at MUBI

Living people
Japanese film directors
1972 births
People from Chiba Prefecture
Japanese women film directors
Japanese women screenwriters


title: Ankita Makwana

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Ankita Makwana is a Swiss actress and model. She made her acting debut with the Bollywood thriller film Fever. She is founder of two film production companies, Rebelmango and Am films.

Early life
Makwana is daughter of the Honorary Consul-General of India to Zurich and State of the Vatican City J.H. Makwana. She grew up in Zurich and lived in Geneva, Paris and Mumbai. She studied Bachelor of Arts in Law and Economics at the University of St. Gallen in Switzerland.

Career
In her childhood Makwana hosted one episode of TV Show Euro Zindagi on Zee TV UK. Before acting in movies, she took formal training at the Kishore Namit Kapoor's Acting Lab in Mumbai in 2010. After that she started with small movies and ad films for companies like Ford Ikon or Universal Mobile where she shared screen space with renowned Bollywood actor R. Madhavan. She appeared in a friendly appearance in Sanjay Gadhvi's film Kidnap as Tisha. She has been a cover model for the Swiss women's magazine Annabelle. She has also modelled for 495dm and other brands. She was featured in the WW Who is Who Zurich 2014 magazine, and several other Swiss-German papers as such 20 Minuten and Schweizer Illustrierte. According to the media Makwana is also writing a script for a Bollywood movie which will be produced in Switzerland. In October 2013 Makwana was invited as a motivational speaker at the TEDx conference in Zurich Makwana is also producing, writing, directing and acting in the sitcom Zurich 8001. Zurich 8001 is the first international and English speaking sitcom to be shot entirely in Zurich, Switzerland.

Filmography

References

External links

Year of birth missing (living people)
Living people
Actors from Zürich
Swiss film actresses
Swiss television actresses
Swiss female models
Swiss motivational speakers
Swiss people of Indian descent
Actresses of Indian descent
Swiss expatriates in India
Actresses in Hindi cinema
European actresses in India
University of St. Gallen alumni
21st-century Swiss actresses


title: Melita Maschmann

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Melita Maschmann (January 10, 1918 – February 4, 2010) was a German memoirist. She achieved renown with her 1963 book Fazit: Kein Rechtfertigungsversuch (lit: "Account Rendered: No Attempt at Justification") which recounted her years as a member of the Hitler Youth and a propagandist for the Nazi machine.

The book was translated into English by Geoffrey Strachan as Account Rendered: A Dossier on my Former Self, and published as an eBook in 2013 by Plunkett Lake Press.

Maschmann never married and had no children. For the last ten years of her life, she suffered from Alzheimer's disease. Maschmann's life was portrayed in the documentary Teenage (2013) where she was played by Ivy Blackshire.

References

External links
Women Revisit the Third Reich

Nazi propagandists
Women in Nazi Germany
1918 births
2010 deaths
Hitler Youth members
German memoirists
People with Alzheimer's disease
Women memoirists


title: Fu Haitao

text:
Fu Haitao (; born 13 January 1993) is a Chinese track and field athlete who competes in the triple jump. Fu was the gold medallist at the 2013 East Asian Games and the Asian Indoor Athletics Championships in 2014. He also finished in the top two at the 2010 Youth Olympics and the 2012 Asian Junior Athletics Championships. His personal best is .

Career
Born in Fujian, he competed in jumping events in his youth and set bests of  and  in the long and triple jump to finish in the top two at the 2008 Chinese High School Championships. He cleared sixteen metres in the triple jump for the first time in 2009, en route to winning the Chinese High School Games title. In his first international competition, he cleared a personal best of  to take second place at the 2010 Youth Olympics, finishing behind Cuban Radame Fabar. He ended that year having improved his best mark to .

He competed only nationally in 2011 and he competed a long/triple jump double at the Chinese junior championships. His best performances came at the Chinese City Games, where he cleared  to take bronze in the long jump and leaped  to win the triple jump title – the latter mark ranked him third in the world that year among junior athletes. The following year he failed to improve upon these marks, but his best jump of the year at  was enough to win the gold medal at the 2012 Asian Junior Athletics Championships. He was among the top qualifiers at the 2012 World Junior Championships in Athletics, but managed only seventh place in the final.

Fu took his first senior medals in 2013, first a triple jump bronze medal at the 12th National Games of China, then a gold medal at the 2013 East Asian Games, where he defeated the reigning Asian champion Cao Shuo. He began the next year by winning his first continental title, taking the gold at the 2014 Asian Indoor Athletics Championships in Hangzhou with an indoor best of .

References

External links

Living people
1993 births
Chinese male triple jumpers
Chinese male long jumpers
Athletes from Fujian
Athletes (track and field) at the 2010 Summer Youth Olympics
21st-century Chinese people


title: Sacred Wonders of Britain

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Sacred Wonders of Britain is a British television documentary series that was first broadcast on BBC Two on 30 December 2013. The three-part series was presented by Neil Oliver. Computer-generated imagery was produced by Carbon Digital at MediaCityUK for the series, including the title sequence.

Episode list

Reception

Ratings
According to overnight figures, the first episode had 2.36 million viewers with 9.79% of the audience share. The second and third episodes had audience shares of 7.3%.

Critical reception
Lucy Mangan of The Guardian said the programme was "equally unafraid to be informative and meditative, which made it rather wonderful". The Daily Mirror called it a "towering spectacle of non-information" and was unconvinced by the series.

References

External links

2013 British television series debuts
2014 British television series endings
Television shows set in the United Kingdom
BBC high definition shows
BBC television documentaries
English-language television shows


title: Buñuel (disambiguation)

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Buñuel may refer to:

People
Luis Buñuel (1900–1983), a Spanish-Mexican filmmaker
Juan Luis Buñuel (1934–2017), a French-born filmmaker, son of the previous
Diego Buñuel (born 1975), a French-American filmmaker, son of the previous

Places
Buñuel, a municipality in the province and autonomous community of Navarre, Spain

Other
Buñuel in the Labyrinth of the Turtles, a 2018 film about Luis Buñuel


title: Necropolis for the victims of Fascism

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The Necropolis for the victims of Fascism (Bosnian/Serbian/Croatian: Nekropola žrtvama fašizma) is located in Novi Travnik, Bosnia and Herzegovina. It was opened in 1975 to commemorate around 700 victims executed at this site during the Second World War, and designed by the architect Bogdan Bogdanović. The monument is located in farmland on a hilltop named Čamića Brdo, just off the main road between Vitez and Travnik. The site was inscribed as a National Monument of Bosnia and Herzegovina in 2012  in the Cultural Landscape category.

Description
The monument consists of twelve megalithic compositions chiseled from Bihacite  stone within a complex of paths and steps.
The megaliths have been described  variously as ‘stone dragon sentinels’, ‘paired snakes’, ‘heads of soldiers’, and “large stones engraved with strange primitive symbols that recall those of the Bogomils”
. They are placed on stone plinths, and set in two irregular arcs, in pairs, with the distance between each pair measuring approximately 2–3 metres.

History
Although the memorial site originally occupied a 2 square kilometer patch of land, encroaching farmland has now reduced the memorial area to less than 200 square metres, and a small flight of steps approximately 40 metres long. These steps and the flagstoned area at their base are no longer maintained.
The area around Novi Travnik saw some of the heaviest fighting of the 1992-95 war. As well as the presence of landmines in the vicinity until recently, leading to a general neglect of the area, one megalith is badly damaged, being overturned and broken. A further sculpture appears to be almost completely absent. Several of the megaliths bear bullet impacts, particularly on the eastern-facing side. One word has been intentionally erased from the commemorative stone at the site's entrance.  This word almost definitely referred to Ustaše forces.
No conservation or restoration works have been carried out on the monument since its 1975 opening.
A ceremonial wreath laying is undertaken at the monument every 9 May.

See also
Vraca Memorial Park is located in Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina.
Partisan cemetery in Livno is located in Livno, Bosnia and Herzegovina.
Partisan Memorial Cemetery in Mostar is located in Mostar, Bosnia and Herzegovina (also designed by Bogdan Bogdanović).

References

Central Bosnia Canton
Cemeteries in Bosnia and Herzegovina
World War II cemeteries
Monuments and memorials in Bosnia and Herzegovina
National Monuments of Bosnia and Herzegovina
1975 establishments in Bosnia and Herzegovina
Yugoslav World War II monuments and memorials
Necropoleis


title: Triple Bogey on a Par Five Hole

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Triple Bogey on a Par Five Hole is a 1991 independent crime film directed by Amos Poe. It was Philip Seymour Hoffman's film debut.

Plot
A couple of robbers focus on rich golfers and eventually meet their match with one last mark. Years later, a scriptwriter decides to observe the children of robbers who sail around Manhattan in the luxury yacht.

Cast
Eric Mitchell as Remy Gravelle
Daisy Hall as Amanda Levy
Alba Clemente as Nina Baccardi
Jesse McBride as Satch Levy
Angela Goethals as Bree Levy
Robbie Coltrane as Steffano Baccardi
John Schmerling as P.C. Brian O'Brien
Tom Cohen as Freddie Arnstein
Avital Dicker as Cookie
Philip Seymour Hoffman as Klutch (as Phil Hoffman)
Olga Bagnasco as Stacha (as Olga Bragnasco Starr)
John Heys as Roman
Lee Hegrin as Captain Aria (as Lee Nagrin)
May Au as The Masseuse
Chic Streetman as Joe Hawkins

Reception
Film Review considered the film to be "starkly original", and remarked that nobody in the film was innocent.

References

External links

1991 films
American independent films
American crime comedy films
1990s crime comedy films
1991 comedy films
1990s English-language films
1990s American films
1991 independent films
English-language crime comedy films


title: Czech Republic–Malaysia relations

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Czech Republic–Malaysia relations are foreign relations between the Czech Republic and Malaysia. The Czech Republic has an embassy in Kuala Lumpur, and Malaysia has an embassy in Prague.

History

Following the establishment of relations with the Soviet Union in 1968, Malaysia also expanded its relations with former Czechoslovakia and other Central European countries. In 2000, the Czech Deputy Prime Minister made a visit to Malaysia. While in 2006, Czech Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs and Czech President of the Senate of Parliament both made an working and official visit to Malaysia. While in the Malaysian side, the chief of armed forces staff made a working visit to the Czech Republic on the same year. In 2012, the Czech President Václav Klaus made a state visit to Malaysia.

Economic relations
Relations between the two countries are developing successfully especially in trade with the Czech Republic main exports to Malaysia are engineering products, machine tools, and electrical motors while Malaysia main exports to the Czech Republic majority in machinery, rubber, cocoa and electrical equipment. In 2000, mutual trade between the two countries was over 7.7 billion CZK and Czech firms are currently seeking any opportunities for an investments and joint enterprises in Malaysia. Some Malaysian businessmen have also been coming to Prague to establishing contacts with Czech companies especially on the Sarawak Corridor of Renewable Energy (SCORE) projects.

Education relations
In 2000, the Government of the Czech Republic has started to offers Malaysian one scholarship for post-graduate study every year, and in September 2006, the first group of seventy Malaysian students arrived in the Czech Republic and began their studies in medicine. Following the success, the number of Malaysian studies in the Czech Republic increased to 200 in 2008.

Diplomatic missions

Czech Republic has an embassy in Kuala Lumpur
Malaysia has an embassy in Prague

See also
Foreign relations of the Czech Republic
Foreign relations of Malaysia
Malaysia–European Union relations
Malaysia–European Union Free Trade Agreement
ASEAN–European Union relations
List of diplomatic missions of the Czech Republic
List of diplomatic missions of Malaysia

References

Further reading
 Czech-Malaysian Relations at 40: Forging Stronger Ties in the Era of EU ASEAN Regionalism
Shoiw-Mei Tseng. Trade Flows between Czech Republic and East Asia (PFD full text). January 2013.

Malaysia
Bilateral relations of Malaysia


title: Alaoui

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Alaoui is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:

Ahmed Alaoui (born 1949), Moroccan footballer
Amina Alaoui (born 1964), Moroccan musician
Princess Lalla Joumala Alaoui (born 1962), Moroccan diplomat
Leila Alaoui (1982–2016), French-Moroccan photographer and video artist
Morjana Alaoui (born 1983), Moroccan actress
Zakaria Alaoui (born 1966), Moroccan footballer


title: Yao Jude

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Yao Jude (; born 1957) is a Chinese actor. He is now a member of China Artist Association. He has won the Plum Blossom Prize.

Biography
Yao was born in Gai County, Yingkou, Liaoning in 1957. After graduating from Shenyang Conservatory of Music he became an actor.

Filmography

Television

Film

Awards
 Plum Blossom Prize

References

1957 births
People from Yingkou
Shenyang Conservatory of Music alumni
Male actors from Liaoning
Living people
Chinese male film actors
Chinese male television actors


title: Yvette Mattern

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Yvette Mattern (born San Juan, Puerto Rico) is a New York and Berlin based visual artist whose work has an emphasis on video and film, which frequently intersects performance, public art and sculpture. Her work has been exhibited internationally.

Education
Mattern studied and has a Master of Fine Arts degree from Columbia University.

Global Rainbow
Her ongoing monumental laser light installation Global Rainbow has been presented over ten times since 2009 including: launching the London 2012 Cultural Olympiad in the Northeast, Northwest England and Northern Ireland, Transmediale 2010 in Berlin, Germany, Nantes, Metz and Toulouse France, New York City with Art Production Fund, New Haven, CT and a special presentation in Pittsburgh with Lightwave International. It   2012 it was projected above Manhattan skies as "an uplifiting light on those destroyed by the terror and darkness cast by Superstorm Sandy."  It was also featured in Toronto, Ontario for Nuit Blanche in 2014.

The Global Rainbow installation beams seven rays of high specification laser light, representing the spectrum of the seven colors of the rainbow. The artist had been inspired by seeing an unusual rainbow in a beautiful spot at ‘Walden Pond’ in Massachusetts. Mattern aims to connect all demographics in a beautifully engaging experience. She sees her work as a visual translation of hope and peace.

Personal life

Yvette Mattern is married to Georg Polke, son of German Painter Sigmar Polke (2014–present). Yvette Mattern has one son, Maximilian Mattern-Knuesel and three step-children with Georg Polke. She lives between Berlin, Germany and the United States.

References

External links
 https://www.yvettemattern.com/

Living people
Artists from San Juan, Puerto Rico
Puerto Rican women artists
Laser art
Year of birth missing (living people)
21st-century American women artists
Women conceptual artists
Artists from Berlin
Puerto Rican artists
Columbia University alumni


title: Alarcão

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Alarcão is a Portuguese surname. Notable people with the surname include:

Filipe Alarcão (born 1963), Portuguese product designer
Jorge de Alarcão (born 1934), Portuguese archaeologist

Portuguese-language surnames


title: Michael J. Wagner

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Michael J. Wagner (October 20, 1941 – February 13, 2014) was an American businessman and politician.

Born in Baltimore, Maryland, he went to Glen Burnie High School in Glen Burnie, Maryland and then received his associate degree in 1996 from the University of Baltimore. Wagner was in the restaurant supplies and food service business. Wagner also owned a catering business. He served as a justice of the peace in Anne Arundel County, Maryland in 1963 to 1964. He then served in the Maryland House of Delegates from 1975 to 1977 as a Democrat and then in the Maryland State Senate from 1977 to 1979 and 1982 to 1994. He died in Glen Burnie, Maryland. He was survived by his wife of 52 years, Carol Ann Hudson, and their two sons.

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1941 births
2014 deaths
Politicians from Baltimore
People from Glen Burnie, Maryland
University of Baltimore alumni
Businesspeople from Baltimore
Democratic Party members of the Maryland House of Delegates
Democratic Party Maryland state senators
20th-century American businesspeople


title: Tyler Larsen

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Tyler Larsen (born July 8, 1991) is an American football center for the Washington Commanders of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football at Utah State. He signed with the Miami Dolphins as an undrafted free agent in 2014 and has also played for the Carolina Panthers.

High school
Larsen attended Jordan High School in Sandy, Utah, where he played both offensive and defensive line. He earned first-team all-state and second-team all-region honors after recording 27 tackles, including six sacks as well as six fumble recoveries with four going for touchdowns as a senior. He helped lead the Beetdiggers to the state playoffs all four seasons, finishing career with 96 tackles, 16 sacks, 12 fumble recoveries, including four touchdowns.

He was rated a two-star recruit by Rivals.com.

College career
Larsen attended Utah State University and played for the Aggies from 2009 to 2013. As a freshman, he played in the first two games of the season before sustaining a season-ending knee injury and was granted a medical redshirt season. Returning in 2010, Larsen would go on to start 52 consecutive games at center for the Aggies, earning himself first-team All-WAC honors twice (2011, 2012) and first-team All-MWC in his final season. Larsen also made the watch lists for each the Rimington Trophy and the Outland Trophy his final 2 years (2012, 2013), and was nominated as a finalist for the Rimington Trophy in 2013.

Professional career
A three-time all-conference selection, Larsen was regarded as one of the best interior lineman prospects in the 2014 NFL Draft. He was projected a late round draft selection.

Miami Dolphins
Larsen signed with the Miami Dolphins after going undrafted in 2014. He was released on August 26, 2014.

Washington Redskins
On February 10, 2015, Larsen signed with the Washington Redskins. He was waived for final roster cuts before the start of the regular season on September 5.

Carolina Panthers
The Carolina Panthers signed Larsen to a futures contract on January 12, 2016. He was released on October 8, 2016, and re-signed to the practice squad on October 11. He was promoted back to the active roster on November 4, 2016. On November 4, 2016, Larsen had his first career start at center against the Seattle Seahawks after Ryan Kalil and Gino Gradkowski both suffered injuries. He finished the 2016 season as the Panthers' starting center.

In 2017, Larsen played in 14 games with 10 starts at center in place of the injured Ryan Kalil. On August 8, 2018, Larsen signed a two-year contract extension. Larsen was placed on the reserve/COVID-19 list by the team on October 16, 2020, and activated on November 4.

Washington Football Team / Commanders

Larsen signed with the Washington Football Team on March 18, 2021. Larsen took over as the starting center in Week 10 after Chase Roullier was placed on injured reserve. In the Week 11 game against the Carolina Panthers, he left the game early due to injury. He missed the following two games. Larsen returned in the Week 14 loss against the Dallas Cowboys, but left the game in the fourth quarter after defensive tackle Neville Gallimore tackled both Larsen and quarterback Taylor Heinicke and Larsen was carted off the field. He was placed on injured reserve on December 27.

Larsen re-signed with the team on March 17, 2022. He was placed on the physically unable to perform list at the start of training camp in 2022 and returned to the active roster on October 8, 2022. In Week 6, Larsen took over as the starting center, replacing Nick Martin. In the Week 13 game against the New York Giants, Larsen was carted off the field with a dislocated kneecap in the fourth quarter. On December 12, he was placed on injured reserve.

On March 16, 2023, Larsen re-signed with the Commanders on another one-year contract. He was released on August 29, 2023, but re-signed two days later. In Week 8, Larsen was elevated to the starting center position, replacing Nick Gates.

Personal
His brother, Cody Larsen, also played in the National Football League.

References

External links

 Washington Commanders bio
 Utah State Aggies bio

1991 births
Living people
Players of American football from Salt Lake City
American football offensive linemen
Utah State Aggies football players
Miami Dolphins players
Washington Redskins players
Carolina Panthers players
Washington Football Team players
Washington Commanders players


title: Ubaydullah Hussain

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Arslan Ubaydullah Maroof Hussain (born 1985) is a Norwegian former spokesperson of the Salafi-jihadist group Profetens Ummah. He has been arrested since December 2015, convicted for recruitment of jihadist foreign fighters, and for membership of the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL).

Early life
Born into a family of Pakistani origin in Bjerke, Oslo, Hussain was an active ice hockey and football player with Hasle-Løren IL. Until 2011, Hussain was a football and futsal referee, overseeing matches in Norway and elsewhere. This included refereeing matches in the Norway Cup. In 2011, he ended a match between Romsås IL and Høland IL three minutes early, after he was threatened by Romsås players when he gave one of their team members a red card and awarded their opponents a penalty. He was dismissed as a referee when the Football Association of Norway were informed of his extremist views.

Islamist activism
Hussain was influenced by British militant Islamist Omar Bakri Muhammad, whom he sent a letter to and received a reply back as a 14-year-old in 1999. He was later central in the establishment of the Norwegian salafi-jihadist group Profetens Ummah around 2011, alongside people such as Arfan Bhatti and Mohyeldeen Mohammad. Hussain has later claimed that he does not hold any formal position within the group, while declining to name the group's leader.

Hussain has praised numerous terror attacks, including the In Amenas hostage crisis, the Boston Marathon bombing, the Murder of Lee Rigby, the Westgate shopping mall attack and the November 2015 Paris attacks, commenting that the West should expect more attacks.

Legal issues
Hussain was arrested on 25 October 2012, charged with making threats against two journalists, one of whom was Nina Johnsrud, and for hate speech against Jews. He was convicted in February 2014 and sentenced to a 120-day prison term, although he was released immediately due to the time he had already spent in custody.

On 8 July 2014, Hussain was charged with multiple counts of encouraging others to commit murder and acts of terrorism. He denied all charges. He was acquitted by the district court on 3 October 2014, the prosecution appealed the decision. He was finally acquitted on 22 June 2015.

Hussain was arrested on 8 December 2015, charged with recruiting several jihadist fighters for ISIL. He has been held in custody since then, suspected of having recruited at least seven people to fight for ISIL, while claiming to have withdrawn as spokesperson and member of Profetens Ummah.

On 4 April 2017 he was sentenced to 9 years in prison. The sentencing was upheld in a court of appeal in January 2018.

References

1985 births
Living people
Criminals from Oslo
Norwegian people of Pakistani descent
Norwegian football referees
Prisoners and detainees of Norway
Norwegian prisoners and detainees
Norwegian Sunni Muslims
Norwegian Islamists
Antisemitism in Norway
Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant and Norway
Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant members
Salafi jihadists


title: Kim Bergstrand

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Kim Hilding Bergstrand (born 18 April 1968) is a Swedish football coach. A former player for Stockholm rivals AIK and Hammarby IF, he is the manager of the Allsvenskan team Djurgårdens IF together with Thomas Lagerlöf.

Career

Playing career
Bergstrand played for AIK, Hammarby IF, Nacka FF and IF Brommapojkarna. He became Swedish champion by winning 1992 Mästerskapsserien with AIK.

Managerial career
Between 2008 and 2010, Kim Bergstrand was the manager of IF Brommapojkarna. In 2012, Kim Bergstrand and Thomas Lagerlöf became managers of IK Sirius.

Before the 2019 season, Kim Bergstrand and Thomas Lagerlöf became managers of Djurgårdens IF. Bergstrand and Lagerlöf managed the team to a Swedish title their first season. In 2022, they took Djurgården to their first European group stage, the 2022–23 UEFA Europa Conference League.

Honours

Player
AIK
 Swedish Champion: 1992

Manager
Djurgårdens IF
 Allsvenskan: 2019

References

Kim Bergstrand's history at AIK's official website

1968 births
Living people
People from Täby Municipality
Swedish men's footballers
Men's association football forwards
AIK Fotboll players
Hammarby Fotboll players
Allsvenskan players
Superettan players
IF Brommapojkarna players
Swedish football managers
IF Brommapojkarna managers
IK Sirius Fotboll managers
Boo FK players
Boo FK managers
Footballers from Stockholm County


The 1927–28 Wisconsin Badgers men's basketball team represented University of Wisconsin–Madison. The head coach was Walter Meanwell, coaching his fourteenth season with the Badgers. The team played their home games at the Red Gym in Madison, Wisconsin and was a member of the Big Ten Conference.

Schedule

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References

Wisconsin Badgers men's basketball seasons
Wisconsin
Wisconsin Bad
Wisconsin Bad


title: Amelita Ward

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Amelita Ward (July 17, 1923 – April 26, 1987) was an American film actress. She played supporting roles in over 20 films between 1943 and 1949, generally in B Pictures such as Gangway for Tomorrow and The Falcon in Danger (1943). She was sometimes credited as Lita Ward.

Life and career
Ward's father was Claude "Bud" Ward, a production manager for NBC.

Two producers discovered Ward while they were in Harlingen, Texas, filming scenes on location. That led to her first film role, in Aerial Gunner (1943).

Ward married Leo Gorcey on February 10, 1949, in Ensenada, Mexico. They had two children and later divorced in February 1956.

Filmography

References

Bibliography
 Fyne, Robert. Long Ago and Far Away: Hollywood and the Second World War. Scarecrow Press, 2008.

External links

1923 births
1987 deaths
American film actresses
20th-century American actresses


title: Jiang Mengjie

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Jiang Mengjie (, born 7 December 1989) is a Chinese actress. She is best known for her role as Lin Daiyu in 2010 television series The Dream of Red Mansions.

Early life and education
Jiang was born in Wuhu, Anhui on December 7, 1989. She graduated from Beijing Dance Academy.

Blackmailing threat
Upskirt video of Jiang was recorded by a malefactor with the intent of blackmailing her; the video was widely circulated online and the perpetrator was apprehended in 2023.

Filmography

Film

Television series

Variety show

References

External links

1989 births
People from Wuhu
Living people
Chinese television actresses
Chinese film actresses
21st-century Chinese actresses
Beijing Dance Academy alumni
Actresses from Anhui


title: Immaculate Conception Parish Church (Santa Maria)

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The Minor Basilica of La Purísima Concepción, locally known as Santa Maria Church (; ) is a Roman Catholic church located in the municipality of Santa Maria, in the province of Bulacan, Philippines.

It is under the coat of arms and jurisdiction of the Roman Catholic Bishop of Malolos and Seat of the Episcopal Vicar of the Eastern District of the Diocese of Malolos. It was declared by Pope Francis on March 21, 2021, that the parish will be elevated into a Minor Basilica. On November 27, 2021, the church was formally declared as a minor basilica which was headed by Charles Brown, the apostolic nuncio to the Philippines.

Early history

Santa Maria Church was founded by Franciscan Friars as a visita by the priest Francisco Javier under the parish of Saint Martin of Tours in Bocaue. The materials was initially made of cogon and bamboo and later stronger materials. Then by 1792, Santa Maria de Pandi gained independence from its matrix and the construction of a bigger church commenced. The church was renamed Parroquia de la Purísima Concepción dedicated to the Virgin Mary.

Image of La Purísima Concepción

The church is home to an image of the Virgin Mary that is believed to be miraculous. There are two local legends as to how the image arrived in Santa Maria: first is that it was brought to the town by the Franciscan Friars, second is that it was sculpted out of wood from a galleon. The image has been stolen in the 1930s and was retrieved in Nueva Ecija by a man named Teofilo Ramirez who claimed that the Virgin Mary appeared in his dream and gave instructions as to where the image can be found. The image was returned to the town on a February and the townsfolk accordingly adjusted their feast day to the first Thursday of February except when its falls on February 2 (the feast of the Our Lady of the Candles). The image was first granted an episcopal coronation on March 3, 2018 by Bishop Jose Oliveros of Malolos. On March 28, 2019, Pope Francis granted the canonical coronation of the image of La Purisima Concepcion. The coronation took place on February 1, 2020.

References

External links

Roman Catholic churches in Bulacan
Santa Maria, Bulacan
Purisima
Churches in the Roman Catholic Diocese of Malolos


title: Furcraea niquivilensis

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Furcraea niquivilensis is a plant species native to Chiapas, Mexico.

Furcraea niquivilensisis a monocarpic shrub with a trunk up to 3 m tall, 40 cm in diameter. It produces a rosette of up to 150 leaves. Each leaf is lanceolate to sword-shaped, up to 210 cm long, 14 cm across, armed with sharp curved prickles up to 8 mm long along the margins. Flowering stalks can reach a height of 9 m, bearing a large panicle of greenish-white flowers.

Uses
The people who live in the area where the species grows plant it to control erosion. They also use the fibers in making ropes and baskets. Other members of the same genus, called fique, are used in South America in similar fashion.

References

niquivilensis
Endemic flora of Mexico
Flora of Chiapas
Fiber plants