title: Darya Mitina

text:
Darya Alexandrovna Mitina is a Russian leftist politician, historian, and cinema critic. She was born on August 14, 1973, in Moscow. Her mother, Natalia Mitina, was a known Soviet cinema scenario writer, and her father, Kasem Iskander Ibrahim Mohammed Yusufzai, was the founder of an Afghanistan national TV network. Her grandfather, Mohammed Yusuf, was the Prime Minister of Afghanistan from 1963 to 1965. She is married to Said Gafurov. She graduated as a historian and ethnologist from the Faculty of History of the Moscow State University in 1995.

Political activity
Since 2014 she has been a Secretary responsible for International affairs of the Party  and member of the Political commission of the United Communist Party (Russia).

She was a deputy of the State Duma for the second convocation (1995-1999). During the 2016 State Duma elections she was a candidate from the "Communist Party "Communists of Russia"" at the Cheremushkinskiy election district but did not succeed.

She is the First Secretary of the Central Committee of the Russian Communist Youth League (Komsomol), and she was one of its founders in 1993.

In May–August 2014 Mitina was the Representative of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Donetsk People's Republic in Moscow.

References

External links
kolobok1973 blog by Darya Mitina

Russian Marxists
1973 births
Living people
Russian communists
Russian people of Afghan descent
Moscow State University alumni
Russian opinion journalists
Second convocation members of the State Duma (Russian Federation)


title: 2014 Currie Cup qualification

text:
The 2014 Currie Cup qualification series was a tournament organised by the South African Rugby Union. It featured seven teams and was played in June and July 2014, with the winner qualifying for the 2014 Currie Cup Premier Division. The remaining six teams played in the 2014 Currie Cup First Division.

Competition

On 13 February 2014, SARU announced that the Currie Cup Premier Division would be expanded from six to eight teams. The top five teams from 2013 – the , , ,  and  – were guaranteed participation in the 2014 edition, as were the top two teams from the 2013 Currie Cup First Division, the  and .

The bottom side in 2013, the , as well as the remaining teams from the First Division – the , , , ,  and  – played in a qualification tournament, with the winner also qualifying to the 2014 Currie Cup Premier Division.

The seven teams played each other once over the course of the qualification tournament, either at home or away. Teams received four points for a win and two points for a draw. Bonus points were awarded to teams that scored 4 or more tries in a game, as well as to teams that lost a match by 7 points or less. Teams were ranked by log points, then points difference (points scored less points conceded).

The top team qualified for the 2014 Currie Cup Premier Division, while the other six teams qualified for the 2014 Currie Cup First Division.

Teams

Log

Fixtures and results

The fixture list for the 2014 Currie Cup Premier Division was released on 11 March 2014:

Round One

Round Two

Round Three

Round Four

Round Five

Round Six

Round Seven

Players

Player statistics

The following table contain points which were scored during the 2014 Currie Cup qualification tournament:

See also
 2014 Currie Cup Premier Division
 2014 Currie Cup First Division
 2014 Vodacom Cup

References

External links

2014
2014 Currie Cup


title: Eubotrys

text:
Eubotrys is a genus of plants in the family Ericaceae. Currently accepted species include:

Eubotrys racemosa Nutt.
Eubotrys recurva (Buckley) Britton

References

External links

Vaccinioideae
Ericaceae genera


title: Love gone

text:
Love gone is the 12th single of the Japanese singer Miho Komatsu. released under Giza studio label. It was released 31 January 2001. The single reached #26 rank first week and sold 15,020. It charted for two weeks and sold totally 19,640 copies.

Track list
All songs are written and composed by Miho Komatsu and arranged by Yoshinobu Ohga
"Love gone"
the song was used as an ending theme for both TBS show Kokoro TV and P.S. ~Pop Shake~.
single version and album version have different arrangements

"Love gone" (instrumental)

References

2001 singles
Miho Komatsu songs
Songs written by Miho Komatsu
2001 songs
Giza Studio singles
Being Inc. singles
Song recordings produced by Daiko Nagato


title: Rana Okada

text:
is a Japanese snowboarder. She has represented Japan at the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver and the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi.

References

1991 births
Snowboarders at the 2010 Winter Olympics
Snowboarders at the 2014 Winter Olympics
Living people
Olympic snowboarders for Japan
Japanese female snowboarders
Place of birth missing (living people)
21st-century Japanese women


title: Sayan Mondal

text:
Sayan Mondal (born 10 November 1989) is an Indian cricketer who plays for Bengal cricket team. He plays in three formats of the game, namely List A cricket, First class cricket and Twenty20.

References

1989 births
Living people
Indian cricketers
Bengal cricketers


title: Miss Dial

text:
Miss Dial is an American romantic comedy film released February 16, 2013. The plot centers on a customer service representative who is a remote worker. One day, she decides to abandon her job duties, and instead spends her time calling random people, looking for new connections.

Cast
 Robinne Lee as Erica
 Sam Jaeger as Kyle
 Jon Huertas as Alex
 Sara Rue as Sam
 Amanda Crew as Amanda
 Beth Grant as Mrs. Wojiechowski
 Gabrielle Union as Long Story Caller
 Samm Levine as Prank Caller
 Dendrie Taylor as TV Caller
 Dulé Hill as Popcorn Caller
 Hill Harper as Political Nutcase

References

External links

2013 films
2013 romantic comedy films


title: Soko Yamaoka

text:
is a Japanese snowboarder. She has competed in the halfpipe event at the 2006 Winter Olympics, where she placed 10th, and the 2010 Winter Olympics, where she placed 16th. She also competed at the World Snowboard Championships from 2003 through 2009.

References

External links

1974 births
Living people
Japanese female snowboarders
Olympic snowboarders for Japan
Snowboarders at the 2006 Winter Olympics
Snowboarders at the 2010 Winter Olympics
Asian Games medalists in snowboarding
Snowboarders at the 2003 Asian Winter Games
Snowboarders at the 2007 Asian Winter Games
Asian Games silver medalists for Japan
Medalists at the 2007 Asian Winter Games
21st-century Japanese women
Sportspeople from Nagano (city)


title: Todomaru Koto no nai Ai

text:
is Miho Komatsu 13th single  released under Giza Studio label. It was released 30 May 2001. The single reached #22 for its first week and sold 12,780 copies. It charted for 2 weeks and, in total, sold 16,110 copies.

Track listing
All songs are written and composed by Miho Komatsu and arranged by Yoshinobu Ohga

glass
NAKED
 (instrumental)

References

2001 singles
Miho Komatsu songs
Songs written by Miho Komatsu
2001 songs
Giza Studio singles
Being Inc. singles
Song recordings produced by Daiko Nagato


title: Hilda Twongyeirwe

text:
Hilda Twongyeirwe is a Ugandan writer and editor. For ten years, she taught English language and literature in secondary school, before she retired to do development work in 2003. She is an editor, a published author of short stories and poetry, and a recipient of a National Medal of the government of Uganda in recognition of her contribution to women's Empowerment through Literary arts (2018). She is also a recipient of a Certificate of Recognition (2008) from the National Book Trust of Uganda for her children's book, Fina the Dancer. She is currently the coordinator of FEMRITE, an organization she participated in founding in 1995. She has edited fiction and creative nonfiction works, the most recent one being, No Time to Mourn (2020) by South Sudanese women. She has also edited others including; I Dare to Say: African Women Share Their Stories of Hope and Survival (2012) and Taboo? Voices of Women on Female Genital Mutilation (2013).

Early life and education
Twongyeirwe was born in Kabale district, south-west Uganda, in Kacerere near Lake Bunyonyi. She graduated with an honours degree in social sciences and a master's degree in public administration and management from Makerere University.

Femrite

She has been a member of FEMRITE since its inception, joining while still a student at Makerere University. She is currently the coordinator of FEMRITE. She has edited fiction and creative nonfiction works, the most recent ones being I Dare to Say: African Women Share Their Stories of Hope and Survival (2012)
and Taboo? Voices of Women on Female Genital Mutilation (2013).
She has taken part in a number of projects by FEMRITE over the years, to promote reading and writing, especially in secondary and primary schools.

Writing career
Hilda has published a children's book, Fina the Dancer (2007), which was awarded a certificate of recognition as an outstanding piece of literature for children, and other books in Runyankole Rukiga for primary one and two. Her poetry has appeared in various journals and magazines, including "The Threshold by the Nile", in the Poster Poetry Project anthology. She has published a number of stories with FEMRITE: "Becoming a Woman" in 1998, "Headlines" in 2001, "The Pumpkin Seed" in Pumpkin Seeds, and many others.

She was a mentor in the 2013 Writivism workshop. Her story "Baking the National Cake" was published in October 2013 as part of the Words Without Borders project of work by women writing in indigenous African languages. She is a contributor to the 2019 anthology New Daughters of Africa, edited by Margaret Busby.

Published works

Novels

Short stories
 "Let It Be an Angel", in
 "And If", in
 "The Intrigue", in
 "Till we find our voices", in
 "Headlines", in
 "This Time Tomorrow", in
 "The Intrigue", in
 "Making Ends Meet", in
 "The Pumpkin Seed", in
 "Headlines", in
 "Becoming a Woman", in
"Baking the National Cake", wordswithoutborders.org, 2013

Poetry
"In conversation", "New Tarmac", in
 "Sometime, I hear your Voice Mama", in
 "Mama's Garden of Beans, Papa's Hands, Who Litters?" in
 "By the Nile, Threshold", in
 "In Conversation, Breaking Order", in Post-colonial text Volume 8, No. 1 (2013).

Books edited
Hilda Twongyeirwe, Elizabeth Ashamu, Elizabeth Ashamu Deng, eds. (2020). No Time to Mourn. ISBN 9970480170, 9789970480173

References

External links
"Asian, African writers discuss cultural globalisation"
"Possessing the Secret of Joy and Authors in Uganda. FGM, choice – or coercion?"
"Femrite flags off first writers’ caravan"
"Moulding female writers in Africa"
"Book on African women gives power back to victims"
"Summoning the Rains, Hilda Twongyeirwe and Ellen Banda-Aaku (eds)"
"Ugandan Women Writers Shine But Where Are Men?"
 Hilda Twongyeirwe at Twitter @twongye

Living people
People from Kabale District
21st-century Ugandan poets
Makerere University alumni
Ugandan women poets
Ugandan women short story writers
Ugandan short story writers
21st-century short story writers
21st-century Ugandan women writers
Year of birth missing (living people)


title: Guido Pisanus

text:
Guido Pisanus is a Latin name that may refer to:

Guido Pisano (died 1149), a prelate and diplomat
Guido of Pisa (died 1169), a geographer


title: Masooma Junaid

text:
Masooma Junaid Farooqi (born 21 November 1989) is a Pakistani former cricketer who played as a left-arm medium bowler. She appeared in 10 One Day Internationals and six Twenty20 Internationals for Pakistan in 2011 and 2012. She played domestic cricket for Karachi, Pakistan Universities, Zarai Taraqiati Bank Limited and Sindh.

Career

One Day International
Masooma made her One Day International debut against Sri Lanka in Colombo on 21 April 2011.

Twenty20 International
Masooma was selected to play in the 2010 Asian Games in China.

References

External links

1989 births
Living people
Cricketers from Karachi
Pakistani women cricketers
Pakistan women One Day International cricketers
Pakistan women Twenty20 International cricketers
Karachi women cricketers
Pakistan Universities women cricketers
Zarai Taraqiati Bank Limited women cricketers
Sindh women cricketers
Cricketers at the 2010 Asian Games
Asian Games gold medalists for Pakistan
Asian Games medalists in cricket
Medalists at the 2010 Asian Games


title: Alexander Buzgalin

text:
Alexander Vladimirovich Buzgalin (; 19 July 1954 – 18 October 2023) was a Russian Marxist. He was a professor at the Moscow State University and the coordinator of the Social Movement "Alternatives". He was a member of the Organizing Committee of the Russian Social Forums.

Biography
At the Moscow State University, Buzgalin was on the Faculty of Economics, and was the Chair of Economic Theory and Political Economy. He was chief editor of "Alternatives" quarterly journal, head of the Center (research group) on "Knowledge Economy" Department of Political Economics, Head of Socio-Economics Department of Political Economics and Center "Knowledge Society." Director of the Institute of Socio-Economics Moscow Finance and Law University, member of the Editorial Board of a number of domestic and international journals, etc. Buzgalin was 1st Deputy Chairman of the Standing Organizing Committee of the Moscow Economic Forum; Coordinator of Polit-Economy Association of the CIS countries; 1st Deputy Chairman of the Public Movement "Education for All."

Buzgalin was the author of more than 350 publications, including 26 monographs and more than 100 articles published in Russian scientific journals (on "Economic Issues", "Problems of Philosophy".)

Books authored or co-authored by Buzgalin include:

 "Global Equity" (Moscow, 2004, 2007)
 "Limits to Capital" (Moscow, 2009)
 "Transition" (Moscow, 1994, 2003 and others; translated into German and Chinese)
 "Comparative Economics" (Moscow, 2005)
 "Socialism of the 21st century " (Moscow, 1995, etc., translated into Spanish, Japanese and other languages)
In 2007, on the 90th anniversary of the Russian Revolution, Buzgalin, with Roy Medvedev and other Russian scholars, signed a document published on the website of the US-based socialist organization Solidarity defending the Revolution's gains:

"The failure of the Soviet model does not signify that the ideals of October were false. Just as the ideas of Christianity were not to blame for the practices of the Inquisition, Stalinist totalitarianism could not destroy the ideals of the revolution.

Socialism as a historic cause cannot be brought to realization all at once. A new generation of young people is now appearing, people who do not accept capitalism as a system. There is every reason to hope that this generation will be able to breathe new life into the ideals of the October Revolution."

Buzgalin presented papers and reports in scientific conferences in Russia and more than 25 countries. Professor Buzgalin was a member of the Advisory Board of Cambridge Journal of Eurasian Studies. One of his best students was Said Gafurov.

Buzgalin died on 18 October 2023, at the age of 69.

References

External links
 Western sanctions are serving the oligarchs who want a more powerful state and armed forces to pursue their "Jurassic Capitalism" economic agenda (2014-08-19).
 Archive of Several Interviews with Aleksandr Buzgalin on "Jurassic Capitalism" and Oligarchy in Russia, Ukraine, Europe and the US (interviews from 2012 to date), The Real News

1954 births
2023 deaths
Economists from Moscow
Academic staff of Moscow State University
Members of the Central Committee of the 28th Congress of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union
Anti-globalization activists
Russian economists
Russian Marxists
Russian socialists
Russian Trotskyists
Soviet economists


title: Mine Kawakami

text:
Mine Kawakami (born September 7, 1969) (Shōwa 44) is a Japanese pianist and composer.

Biography
Mine Kawakami was born in the town of Nagakute, Japan in 1969. She started playing piano at age 3. She is entitled in music by High School Aichi Prefectural Meiwa and graduated from the Hochschule für Musik in Munich and the Madrid Royal Conservatory. As a classical musician, she has performed on the five continents, organized by foundations such as YAMAHA, NHK (Japan Broadcasting Corporation), Japan Foundation, SEEI, Embassy of Spain in Japan or the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Japan. She has the awards of Radio Nagoya (1986) and the Munich Conservatory Competition (1990).

However, her formation in cultured tradition has been gradually approaching, without setting any barriers, different styles and aesthetics. These include traditional Japanese music, reflections from impressionism and neoclassicism, Latin jazz and Cuban rhythms. In 1996, she began her career as a composer.

Past projects include the two-piano concert with Chucho Valdés in Teatro Amadeo Roldan in Havana, Cuba (2004). In 2005, Kawakami was the pianist and official composer of the World Expo 2005 in Aichi (Japan), in 2008 she performed "Los Conciertos del Sueño" in Spain, an experimental proposal born in Japan, which approached and emphasized concepts of musical therapy. In 2013, Mine Kawakami was commissioned to compose the Sonata samurai in cultural events organized to commemorate the "Dual Year Spain – Japan", premiering this composition on June 11 at the Teatro Real in Madrid, in the presence of the Prince and Princess of Spain and the Prince of Japan, Naruhito. On March 11, 2014, played inside the Cathedral of Córdoba a unique concert that gathered more than 1,400 people.

In the words of Mine "The piano can express infinite number of possible sounds, rhythms and tones. I want my compositions and my playing forward so you might be touching the trees in the jungle, the sound of the wind or the voice of the earth."

Discography
 In LatinAmerica (2004)
 In The Forest (2006)
 Kaori (2010)
 O meu caminho (2011)
 El piano durmiente (2012)
 Sonata samurái (2013)
 Samurai 1613 (2015)
Nostalghia-Kiyomizu- (2017)
NHK Radio Shinya Bin -Piano ga Kanaderu 72 kou- (2017)
Yamato Amadera Shojin Nikki Original Soundtrack (2019)
Pilgrim (2019)
Sky Blue (2019)
Christmas of Mine (2019)
Neko no Shippo Kaeru no Te (2020)

Soundtracks
 Morizo to Kikoro (2005). 4 chapters.
 Kamataki (2006). Film directed by Claude Gagnon. Theme: "Como si fuera una cancion" (original of Victor Fonseca, musical arrangement & piano by Mine Kawakami)
 Neko no shippo Kaeru note (2010). 3 chapters.
 El jardín de las cuatro estaciones (2013). Film based on the life of Venetia Stanley-Smith.
 Anime time of adult women (2013). 4 chapters.

Concerts

References

External links
 http://www.minekawakami.com.
 https://web.archive.org/web/20140301031323/http://minekawakami.wordpress.com/
 https://www.facebook.com/Minekawakami

1969 births
20th-century classical composers
20th-century classical pianists
20th-century Japanese composers
20th-century women composers
21st-century classical composers
21st-century classical pianists
21st-century Japanese composers
21st-century women composers
Japanese classical composers
Japanese classical pianists
Japanese women pianists
Japanese women classical composers
Living people
Women classical pianists
21st-century Japanese women musicians
20th-century women pianists
21st-century women pianists


title: Jayadevi Jangamshetti

text:
Dr. Jayadevi Jangamashetti  is an Indian singer. She is a Hindustani classical music vocalist of Jaipur Gwaliar gharana. Dr. Jayadevi is the first female film music director of Kannada cinema - Raag Bhairavi, which is based on Hindustani classical music. The film was released in 2019.

Early life and training
Born in Raichur into a family with strong interest in musical art, Jayadevi started her early classical training under the guidance of Pt. Panchakshari swami mattigatti (Disciple of Dr Mallikarjun Mansur) for more than six years. Vidushi Smt. Jayashree Patnekar and Pt. Rajashekhar Mansoor, son of Great legend Dr Mallikarjuna Mansoor, also taught her.

Education
Dr. Jayadevi holds a Master's degree in Music and earned a doctorate for the research of 'Vachana singing heritage' from the Karnataka University Dharwad.She has completed Vidwat, Visharada.

Performing career
Dr.Jayadevi has published a book on Vachana sangeeta Ratna Pt. Siddharama Jambaladinni (Disciple of Pandit Panchakshari Gawaii ji and Dr Mallikarjun Mansur) who was a renowned vocalist, and published her PhD thesis as a Kedillavagi Haaduve. Dr Jayadevi has been on concert tours to every part of the country and frequently performs at prestigious music conferences around the state, including Maharashtra, Andhra Pradesh, Kerala, Tamil Nadu, Delhi, Pandichery and Muscat, Bahrain, and Dubai.

A few of the concerts included:
DR Mallikarjun Mansur Rashtreeya Sangeetotsav Dharwad
Vishwa Kannada sammealana, Belagavi
Rajguru National Music Festival, Dharwad
Horanadu Kannadigara, Sangeethothsava, Pondicherry
V.K. Gokak's centenary celebration, Kendra saahitya Academy, New Delhi
Dr Jayadevi has been nominated as Syndicate member of Karnataka Rajya Dr. Gangubai Hangal Music and Performing arts University Mysore (Governor's Nominee. Dated : 16-09-2017 for 3 years Duration). She works as an assistant professor in the Music and Fine Arts Department at Central University of Karnataka.

Discography
CD's Released
Sri Siddalingeshwara vaani Yadiyur Vachana Gayana
Bhakti Beladingalu ~Vachana Gayana by Akash Audio
Raaga ranga~ classical music by Lahari Audio company
 SurSunaad~ Classical Vocal By Lahari Audio company
Sunari Sakhi ~  Classical Vocal By Lahari Audio company
Raaga Tarangini ~ Classical Vocal By Lahari Audio company
Godhooli ~Classical singing
Guruve Namo ~Vachana Gayana by Lahari Audio company
Harinama Smarane~Dasa Avni by Lahari audio company
Suno Bhayi Sadho ~ Bhajans by Lahari audio company
Devotional songs on Gurudatta by Nisarga Audio
MSIL, Dharwad composed by Sri. Nimbargi
MSIL, Mysore composed by Sri. Upadhyaya
Jeevana gnanadinda muktiyo~ Madara Channayya Vachans by Lahari audio company, Bangalore
Akkamahadevi Suprabhata~Akkana Balaga Udutadi
Raaga bhairavi cinema audio..Lahari Recording company, Bangalore

Book's Published
Vachana Sangeeta Ratna:Pt.Siddrama Jambaldini-a research work on music 2012
Kedillavagi Haaduve-a research work on Vachanna Gaayana tradition 2015
Bayala Naadava Hadidu:a research work on Hindustani classical music tradition-2017
Geeta Matemba jyothi:a research work 2018
Ulava Naadada Charana:a research work on musicology 2021

Awards
Mallikarjun Mansur Rashtriya Samman - Youth Award
Ramanashri Award for Vachana Gayana
Cultural Guru Award by Govt.of Karnataka Bala Vikasa Academy
State level Amma Award
 Bharat Ratna Bismilla Khan Yuva Puraskara Chennai
 Karnataka sangeeta Nrutya(govt.of Karnataka) academy's book award.. for the ULIVA NAADADA CHARANA -A research book on musicology...Rs.25000/-Cash and memento...
 Dr.Nanda patil endowment award for Vachana gaayana...by Karnataka vidyavardhaka Sangha Dharawad

References

External links
 Musical tribute to Shanthadevi Kanavi on 80th birthday

Hindustani singers
Singers from Karnataka
Indian women classical singers
People from Raichur
People from Dharwad
20th-century Indian singers
Women Hindustani musicians
20th-century Indian women singers
Women musicians from Karnataka


title: Vanessa Herzog

text:
Vanessa Herzog (née Bittner; born 4 July 1995) is an Austrian speed skater. She competed at the 2013 World Sprint Championships in Salt Lake City, and at the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi.

Herzog is the current holder of the Austrian records in the 500, 1000 and 1500 metres.

She married her coach Thomas Herzog on 16 September 2016.

Personal records

References

External links

1995 births
Austrian female speed skaters
Speed skaters at the 2014 Winter Olympics
Speed skaters at the 2018 Winter Olympics
Speed skaters at the 2022 Winter Olympics
Olympic speed skaters for Austria
Sportspeople from Innsbruck
Living people
World Single Distances Speed Skating Championships medalists
World Sprint Speed Skating Championships medalists
21st-century Austrian women


title: Saigo no Toride

text:
is Miho Komatsu's 14th single released under the Giza Studio label. It was released 8 August 2001. The single reached #30 rank in its first week and sold 11,810 copies. It charted for two weeks and in total sold 15,360 copies.

Track list
All songs are written and composed by Miho Komatsu and arranged by Yoshinobu Ohga

re-arranged version of Miho Komatsu's 2nd single Kagayakeru Hoshi
 (instrumental)
 (instrumental)

References

2001 songs
2001 singles
Miho Komatsu songs
Songs written by Miho Komatsu
Giza Studio singles
Being Inc. singles
Song recordings produced by Daiko Nagato


title: Klaas Buchly

text:
Nicolaas "Klaas" Buchly (26 January 1910 – 19 May 1965) was a Dutch track cyclist. He competed at the 1948 Summer Olympics in the 2 km tandem sprint, together with Tinus van Gelder, and finished in fifth place.

See also
 List of Dutch Olympic cyclists

References

1910 births
1965 deaths
Olympic cyclists for the Netherlands
Cyclists at the 1948 Summer Olympics
Dutch male cyclists
Cyclists from The Hague
20th-century Dutch people


title: Aishiteru (Miho Komatsu song)

text:
is the 15th single of the Japanese pop singer Miho Komatsu under Giza studio label. It was released 5 December 2001. The single reached #28 in its first week and sold 9,390 copies. It charted for 2 weeks and sold 11,860 copies.

Track list
All songs are written and composed by Miho Komatsu and arranged by Yoshinobu Ohga

remix: Yoshinobu Ohga
 (instrumental)
 (instrumental)

References

2001 singles
Miho Komatsu songs
Songs written by Miho Komatsu
2001 songs
Giza Studio singles
Being Inc. singles
Song recordings produced by Daiko Nagato


title: Yekaterina Aidova

text:
Yekaterina Aydova (born 30 July 1991) is a Kazakhstani speed skater, born in Karaganda. She competed at the 2011, 2012 and 2013 World Sprint Championships in Salt Lake City, the 2014 World Sprint Championships in Nagano, and at the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi.

In January 2022, Aydova was named as one of Kazakhstan's flagbearer during the opening ceremony of the 2022 Winter Olympics.

References

1991 births
Kazakhstani female speed skaters
Speed skaters at the 2010 Winter Olympics
Speed skaters at the 2014 Winter Olympics
Speed skaters at the 2018 Winter Olympics
Speed skaters at the 2022 Winter Olympics
Olympic speed skaters for Kazakhstan
Speed skaters at the 2011 Asian Winter Games
Speed skaters at the 2017 Asian Winter Games
Universiade medalists in speed skating
Living people
Sportspeople from Karaganda
Universiade bronze medalists for Kazakhstan
Competitors at the 2017 Winter Universiade


title: María Irigoyen Pérez

text:
María Irigoyen Pérez (born 1 October 1952, in Soria) is a Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) politician who served as Member of the European Parliament (MEP) from 2009 to 2014.

References

External links
 Official website

1952 births
Living people
21st-century women MEPs for Spain
Spanish Socialist Workers' Party MEPs
People from Soria
MEPs for Spain 2009–2014


title: Sana Gulzar

text:
Sana Gulzar (born 20 January 1992) is a cricketer from Pakistan.

Career
Sana was selected to play in the 2010 Asian Games in China. Sana was selected to Pakistan's national squad for their serie 2011 Women's T20 Quadrangular series in Sri Lanka.

References

External links
 ESPN Cricinfo
 Cricket archive

1992 births
Living people
Pakistani women cricketers
Pakistan women One Day International cricketers
Cricketers at the 2010 Asian Games
Asian Games gold medalists for Pakistan
Asian Games medalists in cricket
Medalists at the 2010 Asian Games


title: 2010 Vaahteraliiga season

text:
The 2010 Vaahteraliiga season was the 31st season of the highest level of American football in Finland. The regular season took place between May 21 and August 22, 2010. The Finnish champion was determined in the playoffs and at the championship game Vaahteramalja XXXI the Porvoo Butchers won the Seinäjoki Crocodiles.

Standings

Playoffs

References

American football in Finland
Vaahteraliiga
Vaahteraliiga


title: Leucothoe axillaris

text:
Leucothoe axillaris is a shrub native to the southeastern United States, with the common names swamp dog-laurel and coastal dog-hobble. It has been reported from Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama, Florida, Georgia, North and South Carolina and Virginia. It grows on floodplains in coastal areas at elevations of less than .

Leucothoe axillaris is a branching shrub up to  tall. Leaves are up to  long. Flowers are white, cylindrical, up to  long. Fruit is a dry capsule.

The cultivar  = 'Zeblid' has won the Royal Horticultural Society's Award of Garden Merit.

References

Vaccinioideae
Flora of the Southeastern United States
Flora of the Appalachian Mountains
Flora without expected TNC conservation status


title: 2014 French F4 Championship

text:
The 2014 French F4 Championship season was the 22nd season of the series for 1600cc Formula Renault machinery, and the fourth season to run under the guise of the French F4 Championship. The series began on 26 April at Le Mans and ended on 26 October at Le Castellet, after seven rounds and twenty-one races.

The championship was won by Denmark's Lasse Sørensen, who won eight races – including two hat-tricks at Val de Vienne and Nogaro – and took a total of seventeen podium finishes. Sørensen – who also won the International series due to his performances – finished almost 150 points clear of his next closest rival, Dorian Boccolacci, a member of the Lotus F1 team's junior development setup. Boccolacci, who won two races at the series' event in support of the Pau Grand Prix, had trailed Felix Hirsiger by three points going into the final race at Le Castellet; however, Boccolacci finished third, whereas Hirsiger finished outside the points, in order to give Boccolacci the runner-up spot by twelve points. Boccolacci was also the winner of the junior championship held within the series, for the younger drivers in the series. Hirsiger was also a two-time winner, winning at Magny-Cours.

Six other drivers won races during the season; Australian Joseph Mawson won two races at the opening round at Le Mans, and added a third victory in the series' round at Circuito de Jerez, in support of the World Series by Renault. Mawson had been in contention for the runner-up placing in the championship, but missed the final round and ultimately finished fourth. Denis Bulatov won races at Pau and Magny-Cours, and was the only other driver to win multiple races. Bryan Elpitiya (Le Mans) and Gjergj Haxhiu (Jerez) each won a race, but finished outside the top ten in the final championship standings, while at the final round, Patricio O'Ward and Valentin Moineault each won races. Moineault's victory allowed him to claim sixth in the championship ahead of O'Ward, despite O'Ward missing the first two events of the season.

Driver lineup

Notes

Race calendar and results

Championship standings

F4

† — Drivers did not finish the race, but were classified as they completed over 75% of the race distance.

Junior

International Series

References

External links

F4 Championship
French F4


title: Dance (Miho Komatsu song)

text:
"dance" is the 16th single of the Japanese pop singer Miho Komatsu released under the Giza Studio label. It was released 29 May 2002. The single was released on the 5th anniversary of her debut. The single reached #28 in its first week and sold 8,830 copies. It charted for 2 weeks and sold 10,860 copies.

Track list
All songs are written and composed by Miho Komatsu and arranged by Yoshinobu Ohga
"dance"
the song was used as an ending song for NTV show CW Love

"dance" <KENNY'S CLASSIC CLUB MIX>
remix: KENNY (ORIENTA-RHYTHM) for BASEMENT FACTORY PRODUCTIONS
"dance" (instrumental)
 (instrumental)

References

2002 singles
Miho Komatsu songs
Songs written by Miho Komatsu
2002 songs
Giza Studio singles
Being Inc. singles
Song recordings produced by Daiko Nagato


title: Czech Republic national bandy team

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Czech Republic national bandy team is competing for the Czech Republic in the international bandy and rink bandy tournaments. It is run by the Czech Association of Bandy.

History
Bohemia, then a part of Austria-Hungary, was in its own right an early member of the Ligue International de Hockey sur Glace, which administered ice hockey and bandy in the years before the First World War. Austria-Hungary national bandy team participated in the 1913 European Bandy Championships.

The Czech Association of Bandy was founded in 2013 and became a member of the Federation of International Bandy in 2014.

On 6 January 2014 the Czech Republic participated in a four nation tournament in Davos, a centenary celebration of the European Championship of 1913. The other teams were the Netherlands, Hungary, and Germany.

19 September 2015 the team took part in a rink bandy tournament in Nymburk.

The country made the World Championship debut in the 2016 tournament.

References

External links
 Official home page
 Czech Bandy at Facebook

National bandy teams
Bandy
Bandy in the Czech Republic
Sport in the Czech Republic


title: Civita (surname)

text:
Civita is an Italian surname. Notable people with the surname include:

César Civita (1905–2005), Italian Argentine publisher
Roberto Civita (1936–2013), Brazilian businessman and publisher
Victor Civita (1907–1990), Brazilian businessman, publisher and philanthropist
Ramiro Civita, Argentine cinematographer

See also
Tullio Levi-Civita (1873–1941), Italian mathematician

Italian-language surnames


title: Czech Association of Bandy

text:
Czech Association of Bandy () is the governing body for bandy and rink bandy in the Czech Republic. The association was founded in 2013 and became a member of the Federation of International Bandy in 2014.

The Czech Republic national bandy team is controlled by the association.

References

External links
 Czech Bandy at Facebook

National members of the Federation of International Bandy
Bandy
Bandy in the Czech Republic
Sports organizations established in 2013
2013 establishments in the Czech Republic


title: Pietro Pace

text:
Sir Pietro Pace (9 April 1831 – 29 July 1914) was a senior-ranking Maltese prelate who served as the Titular Archbishop of Rhodes and Bishop of Malta from 1889 until his death in 1914.

Biography

Archbishop Pace was born in Rabat (later renamed Victoria) on Gozo on 9 April 1831 and was baptised on the same day in St George's Basilica. He was ordained a priest in 1853 and was consecrated as the third Bishop of Gozo in the Basilica of San Carlo al Corso in Rome by the English prelate, Edward Henry Cardinal Howard, on 8 April 1877. He served as Gozo's bishop until 1889 when he was transferred to the Bishopric of Malta succeeding Archbishop Carmelo Scicluna. He was also appointed as the Titular Archbishop of Rhodes. He ministered in Malta for 25 years until he died in Victoria, Gozo, 29 July 1914.

References

External links

 Catholic Hierarchy
 Diocese of Gozo

1831 births
Archbishops of Malta
20th-century Roman Catholic bishops in Malta
19th-century Roman Catholic bishops in Malta
1914 deaths
People from Victoria, Gozo
Bishops of Malta
Roman Catholic bishops of Gozo
Maltese knights


title: Clair (surname)

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Clair is a surname of English and French origin.

Clair, originally spelt Clare, originated from the town of Clare in Suffolk, England. The surname, originally styled de Clare, was first held by Richard fitz Gilbert, 1st Lord of Clare (known as Richard de Clare) following the Norman Conquest of England in the 11th century AD.

Clair is also used as a French surname derived from the Middle French and Old French cler literally meaning "clear" and "bright" which itself is derived from the Latin clārus of the same meaning.

Notable people with the surname Clair

Clair (Hampshire cricketer), English cricketer
Benoît Clair (born 1953), French journalist and writer
Cyrielle Clair (born 1955), French actress
Daphne Clair (born 1939), New Zealand writer
Fraser Clair (born 1981), Canadian ice hockey player
Gene Clair (1940–2013), American sound engineer
Jany Clair (born 1938), French actress
Jean Clair (born 1940), French writer
Joe Clair, American stand-up comedian
Julia Clair (born 1994), French ski jumper
Michel Clair (born 1950), Canadian politician
René Clair (1898–1981), French film director and writer
Sandie Clair (born 1988), French cyclist
Serge Clair (born 1940), Mauritian politician

See also
 Clare (surname)

French-language surnames


title: Mysterious love

text:
mysterious love is the 17th single of the Japanese pop singer Miho Komatsu released under Giza studio label. It was released 27 November 2002. The single reached #16 rank first week and sold 9,055 copies. It is charted for 3 weeks and sold totally 11,469 copies. This is last time when single sold more than ten thousand copies and reach top 20 ranks in Oricon.

Track list
All songs are written and composed by Miho Komatsu
mysterious love
arrangement: Akihito Tokunaga (Doa)
the song was used as an ending song for NTV show TV Ojamanbou.

arrangement: Hitoshi Okamoto (Garnet Crow)

arrangement and remix: Hiroshi Asai (The Tambourines)
rearranged version of style of my own from 5th album Miho Komatsu 5 ~source~
mysterious love (instrumental)

References

2002 singles
Miho Komatsu songs
Songs written by Miho Komatsu
2002 songs
Giza Studio singles
Being Inc. singles
Song recordings produced by Daiko Nagato


title: Vsevolod Sorokin

text:
Vsevolod Sorokin (Сорокин, Всеволод Кириллович; born October 29, 1993) is a Russian professional ice hockey defenceman who is currently playing for MHk 32 Liptovský Mikuláš of the Slovak Extraliga.

Sorokin made his debut playing with Spartak Moscow during the 2013 Nadezhda Cup.

References

External links

1993 births
Living people
Atlant Moscow Oblast players
HC Spartak Moscow players
Russian ice hockey defencemen
Ice hockey people from Moscow
MHk 32 Liptovský Mikuláš players
Russian expatriate ice hockey people
Russian expatriate sportspeople in Uzbekistan
Russian expatriate sportspeople in Hungary
Russian expatriate sportspeople in Slovakia
Expatriate ice hockey players in Slovakia
Expatriate ice hockey players in Hungary
Expatriate ice hockey players in Uzbekistan


title: Dendrobium macropus

text:
Dendrobium macropus, commonly known as the Norfolk Island cane orchid, is a species of epiphytic or lithophytic orchid in the family Orchidaceae and is endemic to Norfolk Island. It has cylindrical pseudobulbs, thin, dark green leaves and between five and ten yellowish green flowers that do not open widely.

Description
Dendrobium macropus is an epiphytic or lithophytic orchid with cylindrical, yellowish green, cane-like pseudobulbs  long and  wide. There are between three and six narrow lance-shaped leaves on the end of the pseudobulb. The leaves are  long and  wide. Between five and ten fragrant, creamy yellow flowers  long and wide are arranged on a flowering stem  long. The sepals are about  long and  wide, the petals a similar length but narrower. The labellum is similar to the petals in size and shape but curved. Flowering occurs between August and October but the flowers are self-pollinating and do not open widely.

Taxonomy and naming
The Norfolk island cane orchid was first described in 1833 by Stephan Endlicher who gave it the name Thelychiton macropus and published the description in his book Prodromus Florae Norfolkicae. In 1858 John Lindley changed the name to Dendrobium macropus based on a discovery by Heinrich Gustav Reichenbach. The specific epithet (macropus) is derived from the Ancient Greek words makros meaning "long" and pous meaning “foot”, alluding to the relatively long pseudobulb, in contrast to that of Dendrobium brachypus described by Endlicher at the same time.

Distribution and habitat
Dendrobium macropus occurs on Australia's external territory of Norfolk Island in the Tasman Sea. It grows on trees and rocks in humid forests.

Culture
This orchid featured on a postage stamp issued in Fiji in 1997.

References

macropus
Orchids of Oceania
Epiphytic orchids
Orchids of Australia
Flora of Norfolk Island
Plants described in 1833
Taxa named by Stephan Endlicher


title: Clappison

text:
Clappison is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:

Henry Gordon Clappison (1898–1977), Canadian World War I flying ace
James Clappison (born 1956), British barrister and politician
John Clappison (1937–2013), English ceramic and glass designer


title: Beldorney Castle

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Beldorney Castle is a Z-plan castle dating from the mid-16th century, about two miles south of Glass, in hilly country in the valley of the Deveron, in Aberdeenshire, Scotland.

Alternative names are Beldornie, Beldornay and Beldorny.

History
The property, one of the earliest Z-plan castles in the North-East, has been owned by members of the Ogilvy, Gordon, Lyon, Buchan and Grant families.

In 1545 George Gordon purchased the land from the Earl of Huntly, and the castle was built before he died in 1575.  Two wings were built to the west in 1679, while the original entrance was replaced. The castle was acquired by Alexander Gordon in 1713, and he remodelled it, including first-floor rooms formed from the hall, which have since been removed.  An interesting wall painting of a woman playing the lute was among paintings discovered during this restoration.  The work included introducing bolection-moulded chimney pieces and coved ceilings.

Thomas Buchan of Auchmacoy bought the Beldorney estate in 1807 from Charles Gordon of Wardhouse, the last of the line of Gordons of Beldorney. Buchan sold the castle and estate to Sir William Grant, Master of the Rolls and MP for Banffshire. On his death it passed to his brother, Major John Grant of Dawlish, Devon.

In 1830 a north wing was added.  Subsequently, there has been restoration work in 1890, remodelling other floors under the supervision of Alexander Marshall Mackenzie, and in the early 1980s.

Structure

The main block of the castle lies north to south.  At the north-west angle is a smaller square tower, which contains the main stair, named the Dog Tower, and having a dog finial.

At the south-east angle is a large drum tower, which has a rounded gable.  The original entry was in the re-entrant angle with the square tower.

The basement, which contains a kitchen and two cellars, is vaulted.  From one of the cellars – the wine cellar – a mural stair led to the hall.  Fragments of the painting of the Hall ceiling survive.  It appears that the second floor also had a hall and a tower room.  There is a mural stair in the turret in the re-entrant angle of the south gable; this gave access to the second floor room and the third-floor watch room.

The two 1679 wings to the west enclose a courtyard, the entrance to which is an arched gateway, marked with the initials of John Gordon and Anne, and the date, on the inner side.  It has renaissance detail, a semicircular tympanum above entablature with ball finials. The south wing is a single-storey high.

The replacement entrance, decorated with an ogee-headed panel containing a winged angel's head, is in the centre of the west face.

It is a category A listed building.

References

Castles in Aberdeenshire
Category A listed buildings in Aberdeenshire
Listed castles in Scotland


title: Lapo De Carlo

text:
Lapo de Carlo (born 4 December 1968) is an Italian sports journalist and presenter. He is the radio director of Radio Nerazzurra. He also worked for Radio CNR, Radio Italia Network, Radio Donna and Radio Via Montenapoleone.

Since 2008, he has been a consultant in public speaking at the University of Milan Bicocca at the Faculty of Psychology.

He also works in the television program, Qui studio a voi stadio, since 2013.

He is the son of the writer Adriano de Carlo.

References

External links

1968 births
Journalists from Milan
Italian male journalists
Living people
Mass media people from Milan
Academic staff of the University of Milano-Bicocca


title: Ged Byrne

text:
Ged Byrne (born 14 June 1962) is a former professional rugby league footballer who played in the 1980s and 1990s. He played at club level for Salford, Wigan, Wakefield Trinity, Oldham and Workington Town, as a , or .

Playing career
Byrne started his career at Salford. In 1987, he left Salford to join Wigan for a fee of £40,000.

Byrne made his début for Wigan in the 44-12 victory over Halifax in the Charity Shield during the 1987–88 season at Okells Bowl, Douglas, Isle of Man on 23 August 1987, he scored his first try for Wigan in the 26-8 victory over Station Road, Swinton on 6 September 1987, he scored his last try in his last match for Wigan was the 34-6 victory over Leigh at Central Park, Wigan on 16 April 1990.

World Club Challenge
Ged Byrne was a substitute in Wigan's 8-2 victory over Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles in the 1987 World Club Challenge at Central Park, Wigan on Wednesday 7 October 1987.

Championship appearances
Ged Byrne played in Wigan's victory in the Championship during the 1989–90 season.

Challenge Cup Final appearances
Ged Byrne was a substitute in Wigan's 32-12 victory over Halifax in the 1988 Challenge Cup Final during the 1987–88 season at Wembley Stadium, London on Saturday 30 April 1988.

County Cup Final appearances
Ged Byrne played as a substitute (replacing  Joe Lydon in the 76th minute) in Wigan's 22-17 victory over Salford in the 1988 Lancashire Cup Final during the 1988–89 season at Knowsley Road, St. Helens on Sunday 23 October 1988.

John Player Trophy Final appearances
Ged Byrne played  in Wigan's 12-6 victory over Widnes in the 1988–89 John Player Special Trophy Final during the 1988–89 season at Burnden Park, Bolton on Saturday 7 January 1989.

References

External links
 Statistics at rugbyleagueproject.org
 Ged Byrne at Oldham Rugby League Heritage Trust

1962 births
Living people
English rugby league players
Place of birth missing (living people)
Rugby league centres
Rugby league wingers
Rugby league five-eighths
Salford Red Devils players
Wakefield Trinity players
Wigan Warriors players
Oldham R.L.F.C. players
Workington Town players
Lancashire rugby league team players


title: Futari no Negai

text:
is a single by Japanese pop singer Miho Komatsu released under Giza studio label. It was released 19 March 2003. The single reached #30 in its first week and sold 5,832 copies. It is charted for 3 weeks and sold 7,530 copies in total.

Track listing
All songs are written and composed by Miho Komatsu

arrangement: Satoru Kobayashi
the song was used as an opening song for NTV show AX Music T.V

arrangement: Yoshinobu Ohga
 (instrumental)
 (instrumental)

References

Miho Komatsu songs
2003 songs
2003 singles
Songs written by Miho Komatsu
Giza Studio singles
Being Inc. singles
Song recordings produced by Daiko Nagato


title: Clapp

text:
Clapp is an English surname, most commonly found in the West Country and in the United States.
The word signifies rough ground, or a small hill.

Some men who brought the surname "Clapp" to America include:

Captain Roger Clapp, who came to the New World on the ship Mary and John, which landed at Nantasket (now Hull, Massachusetts), on May 30, 1630.  He helped establish the town of Dorchester, Massachusetts, soon afterward.  He worked for many years in important positions for the town and in the military organization, including a long period as commandant of Castle Island.

Deacon Edward Clapp, an older brother of Roger, arrived in Dorchester, Massachusetts, in 1633.  It has mistakenly been reported that he had no children, but his last will and testament prove otherwise. Edward was married to Prudence, and their son Nehemiah married Sarah Leavitt, daughter of John Leavitt, one of the first settlers of Dorchester and later of Hingham, Massachusetts. Nehemiah Clapp lived in Hingham for a few years, but relocated to Dorchester, where he died at age 38 in 1684.

Thomas Clapp, a cousin of Roger and Edward, arrived in the same ship as Edward in 1633.  He later moved to Weymouth, and then to Scituate, Massachusetts, where he was a Deputy of the Court.

Deacon Nicholas Clapp, brother of Thomas, arrived in Dorchester, Massachusetts, in 1633.  He was an upstanding member of his community, occasionally mediating disputes.

George Gilson Clapp came to America in 1666, residing for a time in South Carolina before settling in Westchester County, New York.

People with the surname

Allen Clapp (born 1967), American singer, guitarist and principal songwriter of the rock band The Orange Peels
Almon M. Clapp (1811–1899), American politician and first Public Printer of the United States
Asa Clapp (merchant) (1762–1848), American merchant and politician
Asa Clapp (politician) (1805–1891), American politician, son of the above
Austin Clapp (1910–1971), American swimmer and water polo player
Benjamin Clapp (born 1977), American musician
Benjamin L. Clapp (1814–1865), Mormon leader and member of the First Seven Presidents of the Seventy
Cameron Clapp (born 1986), American disabled athlete and actor
Cornelia Clapp (1849–1934), American zoologist
Dominic Clapp (born 1980), English cricketer
George Hubbard Clapp (1858–1949), American pioneer in the aluminum industry
Gordon Clapp (born 1948), American actor
Harold Winthrop Clapp (1875–1952), Australian transport administrator
Harvey Clapp (1817–1889), American farmer and politician
James Kilton Clapp (1897–1965), American electrical engineer and inventor
John Clapp (artist), professor and children's book illustrator
John Clapp (baseball) (1851–1904), Major League Baseball player and manager
Joseph Dorr Clapp (1811–1900), American businessman and politician
Krissada Sukosol Clapp (born 1970), Thai singer and actor
Louise Clapp (1934–1967), All-American Girls Professional Baseball League player
Louise Brough Clapp (1923–2014), American tennis player
Margaret Clapp (1910–1974), American scholar, educator and Pulitzer Prize winner
Mark R. Clapp (1803–1891), American politician and farmer
Michael Clapp (born 1932), retired Royal Navy commodore, Amphibious Force commander in the Falklands War
Moses E. Clapp (1851–1929), American lawyer and politician
Nicholas Clapp (born 1936), American writer and filmmaker
Philip Greeley Clapp (1888–1954), American educator, conductor, pianist and composer of classical music
Priscilla A. Clapp (born 1941), American diplomat
Richard Stubby Clapp (born 1973), Canadian baseball player
Robert Edwin Clapp (1855–after 1908), Canadian physician and politician
Susannah Clapp (born 1949), British theatre critic, writer and book editor
Thomas Clap or Clapp (1703–1767), American academic and educator, President of Yale College
Tom Clapp (1858–1933), English rugby union player
Verner Clapp (1901–1972), American librarian and writer
Will Clapp (born 1995), American football player
Philip John Clapp, aka Johnny Knoxville (born 1971), American actor

See also
Louise Amelia Knapp Smith Clappe, a.k.a. "Dame Shirley", an American writer (d. 1906)
William Clapp House, in Dorchester, Massachusetts, built in 1806
Captain Lemuel Clap House, also in Dorchester, MA, built in 1767
Clapp oscillator, an oscillator invented in 1948 by James K. Clapp
Clap (disambiguation)
Klapp

References


title: Hired armed cutter Diligent

text:
His Majesty's hired armed cutter Diligent  (or Diligente) served the British Royal Navy during the French Revolutionary Wars. She was a small vessel, of 44 tons (bm) and six 2-pounder guns, and she served from 27 February 1793 to 1 November 1801.

Diligent recaptured Myrmidon. Myrmidon had been sailing from Newcastle with a cargo of lumber when a privateer captured her. Diligent sent her into Sheerness, where Myrmidon arrived around 14 July 1797.

Diligent, under the command of Mr. Matthew Randall, was in the fleet under Admiral Lord Duncan at the Battle of Camperdown on 11 October. Diligents role was to stand off the larboard or lee division and repeat signals. After the battle, as a member of the fleet even though she did not participate in the combat, she was entitled to share in the £120,000 in prize money for the sale of the Dutch ships captured then. In 1847 the Admiralty awarded the Naval General service Medal with clasp "Camperdown" to any surviving claimants from the action. Diligents officers and crew qualified.

On 24 October 1798  took two Dutch ships, Waakzaamheid and Furie in the Texel. The sloop , Diligent, and several other vessels shared in the proceeds of the capture.

At some point, Diligent, still under Randall's command, recaptured William and Freedom.

In 1799 Diligent, under the command of Thomas Dawson, was on the Downs and North Sea station.

Diligente was among the vessels that shared in the proceeds of the capture of the galiot Neptunus on 29 March 1799.

Diligent participated in the Anglo-Russian invasion of Holland in the naval part of the expedition under the command of Vice-admiral Admiral Archibal Dickson Andrew Mitchell. On 27 August, Diligent participated in the capture of three Dutch vessels. Three days later, Diligent was among the British vessels at the Vlieter Incident, and therefore shared in the prize money for it too.

The sloop  and Diligent detained , and some neutral vessels, on 30 August 1800.

On 15 December 1800, Admiral Archibald Dickson at Yarmouth Roads, sent , , the hired armed lugger Phoenix, and hired armed cutter Drake on a cruise to protect the homeward-bound Baltic fleet from French privateers, one having been reported off Scarborough. He stated in a letter that he intended to augment the patrol with Inspector and the cutters Hazardand Diligent when they arrived.

Notes

Citations

References

Duncan, Robert Adam Philips Haldane, 3rd Earl of Camperdown (1898) Admiral Duncan. (Longmans, Green, and Company).
Norie, J. W. (1842) The naval gazetteer, biographer, and chronologist : containing a history of the late wars, from their commencement in 1793 to their conclusion in 1801; and from their re-commencement in 1803 to their final conclusion in 1815; and continued, as to the biographical part, to the present time. (London, C. Wilson).
Steel, David (1801) Steel's Naval Remembrancer: From the Commencement of the War in 1793 to the End of the Year 1800.

Hired armed vessels of the Royal Navy


title: Callisia graminea

text:
Callisia graminea, called the grassleaf roseling, is a plant species native from the southeastern United States to the lower Eastern Seaboard. It has been reported in Florida, Georgia, North and South Carolina, Virginia and Maryland. It grows on sandy soil in thickets, pine barrens, and disturbed sites.

Callisia graminea is an erect to trailing perennial herb growing in clumps. Leaves are narrow and linear, up to 17 mm (0.7 inches) long, with a basal sheath wrapping around the stem. Flowers are pink to rose-colored.

References

graminea
Endemic flora of the United States
Flora of the Southeastern United States
Plants described in 1903
Taxa named by John Kunkel Small
Flora without expected TNC conservation status


title: Watashi Sagashi

text:
is a single by Japanese pop singer Miho Komatsu It was released on 25 June 2003 under the Giza Studio. The single reached #30 in its first week and sold 5,873 copies. It charted for 3 weeks and sold 7,413 copies in total.

Track listing
All songs are written and composed by Miho Komatsu and arranged by Akihito Tokunaga (Doa).

 (instrumental)
 (instrumental)

References

2003 singles
Miho Komatsu songs
Songs written by Miho Komatsu
2003 songs
Giza Studio singles
Being Inc. singles
Song recordings produced by Daiko Nagato


title: Gajana

text:
Gajana is a small village in Jamnagar district of Gujarat, India. It is situated near the Lalpur and Lalpur is the tehsil of Gajana. There is a river near the village and its name is Mokhavati. There is one primary school in the village. The head of the village is called a Sarpanch, who is selected by people of the village by election. The Sarpanch of the village is Manjulaben Kirangiri Goswami.

Villages in Jamnagar district


title: Peking Field Force

text:
The Peking Field Force was a modern-armed military unit that defended the Chinese imperial capital Beijing in the last decades of the Qing dynasty (1644–1912).

The Force was founded in 1862, two years after the humiliating capture of Beijing and the sack of the Qing emperor's Summer Palace in 1860 by foreign powers at the end of the Second Opium War. After that war, high Qing officials like Zeng Guofan, Li Hongzhang, and Wenxiang (the latter a Manchu) tried to acquire advanced western weapons and to copy western military organization. Founded by Wenxiang and manned by mostly Manchu Bannermen, the soldiers most loyal to the dynasty, the Force was armed with Russian rifles and French cannon and drilled by British officers.

The "First Historical Archives of China" () in Beijing hold a collection of primary documents on the Peking Field Force.

History
The force created in 1860 and comprising entirely bannermen was 13,000 strong and had received western training and modern equipment during the period 1862-1865 though after that whilst it continued its existence further modernisation had not occurred in the force and it had been left to languish

Name
The Chinese name of the battalions is Shenji ying, in which shenji means "divine mechanism" and ying either "military camp", "battalion", or "regiment". The Qing force had the same name as the Shenjiying, a Ming-era (1368–1644) military corps that specialized in training with firearms. The Ming division has been variously referred to as "Divine Mechanism Battalions", "Firearms Division", "Artillery Camp", "Shen-chi Camp", and "Firearm Brigade". or "Divine Engine Division", whereas the Qing division that specialized in training with firearms has been referred to as the Firearm Battalion or "Huoqiying".

The Qing army corps also named "Shenji ying" is sometimes called the "Metropolitan Field Force", but is mostly known as the "Peking Field Force", the name by which foreigners referred to it in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries.

See also
Military of the Qing dynasty
Imperial Guards (Qing China)
Firearm Battalion
Hushenying

Notes

Works cited

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Military history of the Qing dynasty
Army units and formations of China
1862 establishments in China
Eight Banners


title: Sigma Pegasi

text:
σ Pegasi, Latinised as Sigma Pegasi, is a binary star system in the northern constellation of Pegasus. With a combined apparent visual magnitude of 5.16, it is faintly visible to the naked eye. Based upon an annual parallax shift of 36.66 mas as seen from Earth, the system is located 89 light years distant from the Sun. It has a relatively high proper motion, advancing across the celestial sphere at the rate of 0.524 arcseconds per year.

The primary, component A, is a yellow-white hued F-type main-sequence star with a stellar classification of F6 V. However, Frasca et al. (2009) lists it as a somewhat more evolved F-type subgiant star with a class of F7 IV. At the age of 2.7 billion years, it has an inactive chromosphere and is spinning with a leisurely projected rotational velocity of 3 km/s. It has a faint, magnitude 13.23 red dwarf companion, designated component B, at an angular separation of 248 arc seconds. The system is most likely (96% chance) a member of the thin disk population of the Milky Way.

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F-type subgiants
F-type main-sequence stars
M-type main-sequence stars
Binary stars
Pegasus (constellation)
Pegasi, Sigma
Durchmusterung objects
Pegasi, 49
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title: Tsubasa wa Nakutemo

text:
is a  single by Japanese pop singer and songwriter Miho Komatsu released under Giza studio label. It was released 26 November 2003. The single reached #30 in its first week and sold 5,642 copies. It charted for 3 weeks and sold 6,278 copies in total.

Track list
All songs are written and composed by Miho Komatsu with except in track No.3 (assistance)

arrangement: Hirohito Furui (Garnet Crow)
"I'll tell you"
arrangement: Hitoshi Okamoto (Garnet Crow)

lyrics: Kazuo Yoshie / arrangement: Daisuke Ikeda
DEEN's "Tooi Sora de"(遠い空で) self-cover
 (instrumental)

References

2003 singles
Miho Komatsu songs
Songs written by Miho Komatsu
2003 songs
Giza Studio singles
Being Inc. singles
Song recordings produced by Daiko Nagato


title: Namida Kirari Tobase

text:
is a single by Japanese pop singer and songwriter Miho Komatsu released under Giza studio label. It was released 28 April 2004. The single reached #31 in its first week and sold 5,285 copies. It charted for three weeks and sold 6,670 copies in total.

Track listing
All songs are written and composed by Miho Komatsu

arrangement: Hirohito Furui (Garnet Crow)

arrangement: Satoru Kobayashi
calling
arrangement: Furui
 (instrumental)

References

2004 singles
Miho Komatsu songs
Songs written by Miho Komatsu
2004 songs
Giza Studio singles
Being Inc. singles
Song recordings produced by Daiko Nagato


title: Nisha Chaudhary

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Nisha Chaudhary (1952–2001) was a social and political social worker and was elected to Lok Sabha from the Sabarkantha constituency in the Indian state of Gujarat thrice in the 1990s, as an Indian National Congress candidate.

Personal life
She was born Nisha Gameti on 10 September 1952 in the Saclawada, district Dungarpur in the Indian state of Rajasthan. She divorced her husband, with whom she had two children, in 1990. In late 1980s she was a companion of former CM Amarsinh B. Chaudhary. The couple married on 13 July 1991. The wedding caused controversy because Amarsinh Chaudhary was still married to his first wife Gajraben with whom he had 3 children. Nisha was elected to Lok Sabha in 1996, 1998 and 1999, and died in 2001 in the middle of her term as Lok Sabha member.

Education & Interests
Nisha was an M.A in Sociology. She was educated at Birla Institute, Pilani and Rajasthan University, Jaipur. Nisha's hobbies included singing, playing music and classical dances. Nisha is a sportsperson and participated in several sports like hockey, tennis and badminton. She was also a member of the National Cadet Corps and also attended Republic Day Contingent Camp in New Delhi for many years.

Career
Nisha had worked as a Radio Artist in All India Radio, Jaipur.
As a Chairman of the State Social Welfare Advisory Board, Nisha worked for women and child welfare and towards the advancement of backward classes, particularly the tribals. All throughout her career she has been associated with several social and educational institutions and continues to work for the underprivileged.

Nisha Chaudhary died in 2001. Madhusudan Mistry of Congress won the Lok Sabha bye-poll, necessitated by her death.

References

Women in Gujarat politics
1952 births
2001 deaths
Articles created or expanded during Women's History Month (India) - 2014
People from Dungarpur district
Politicians from New Delhi
All India Radio people
Indian National Congress politicians from Gujarat
Lok Sabha members from Gujarat
20th-century Indian women politicians
20th-century Indian politicians
All India Radio women
India MPs 1996–1997
India MPs 1998–1999
India MPs 1999–2004
Women members of the Lok Sabha
21st-century Indian women politicians


title: AG Pegasi

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AG Pegasi is a symbiotic binary star in the constellation Pegasus. It is a close binary composed of a red giant and white dwarf, estimated to be around 2.5 and 0.6 times the mass of the Sun respectively. It is classified as a symbiotic nova; it has undergone one extremely slow nova outburst and a smaller outburst.

Initially a magnitude 9 star, AG Pegasi brightened and peaked at an apparent magnitude of 6.0 around 1885 before gradually fading to magnitude 9 in the late 20th century. Its spectrum was noted by earlier observers to resemble P Cygni. The spectrum of the hotter star has changed drastically over 160 years, leading investigators Scott Kenyon and colleagues to surmise that its hotter component, originally a white dwarf, accumulated enough material from the donor giant star to begin burning hydrogen and enlarge and brighten into an A-type white supergiant around 1850. It had this spectrum and an estimated surface temperature of around 10000 K in 1900, with a likely radius 16 times that of the Sun, before becoming a B-class star in 1920, then an O-class star in 1940, and finally a Wolf-Rayet star in 1970, with a surface temperature of 95000 K since 1978. It has shrunk to star with a diameter 1.1 times that of the Sun in 1949, then 0.15 times in 1978 and 0.08 times that of the Sun in 1990. AG Pegasi has been described as the slowest nova ever recorded, with a constant bolometric luminosity of the hotter star over 130 years from 1850 to 1980. By the late 20th century, the hotter star has evolved into a hot subdwarf on its way to eventually returning to white dwarf status.

Vogel and colleagues calculated the hotter star must have been accreting material from the red giant for around 5000 years before erupting. Both stars are ejecting material in stellar winds. The resulting nebula contains material from both stars and is complex in nature.

From 1997 until 2015, AG Pegasi entered a quiescent phase with no further change to its brightness.  Then the hot component increased in temperature, which caused the nebulosity around the stars to become more ionised and increase in brightness.  The combination of the extremely slow nova and smaller outburst means that AG Pegasi is classed as a symbiotic nova.

References

M-type giants
Symbiotic novae
Wolf–Rayet stars
Pegasus (constellation)
BD+11 4673
207757
107848
Pegasi, AG


title: Suna no Shiro (song)

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is the 22nd single of the Japanese pop singer and songwriter Miho Komatsu released under Giza studio label. It was released 28 July 2004. The single reached #32 and sold 4,969 copies. It is charted for 2 weeks and sold 5,796 copies.

Track list
All songs are written and composed by Miho Komatsu

arrangement: Hirohito Furui (Garnet Crow)

arrangement: Hitoshi Okamoto (Garnet Crow)
"sha la la..."
arrangement: Hitoshi Okamoto
 (instrumental)

References

2004 singles
Miho Komatsu songs
Songs written by Miho Komatsu
2004 songs
Giza Studio singles
Being Inc. singles
Song recordings produced by Daiko Nagato


title: Udawalawe Dam

text:
The Udawalawe Dam is a large irrigation dam in Udawalawe, in the Southern Province of Sri Lanka. The dam consists of an embankment section and a gravity section, combining the total dam length to approximately . The dam is also used for hydroelectric power generation, powering two  units, commissioned in .

The water level of the reservoir is controlled by the five tainter gate spillways located at the eastern end of the dam, with two additional spillways located more towards to the centre of the dam. The reservoir measures approximately  in length, with a maximum perpendicular width of .

See also

 Electricity in Sri Lanka
 List of dams and reservoirs in Sri Lanka
 List of power stations in Sri Lanka

References

Hydroelectric power stations in Sri Lanka
Dams in Sri Lanka
Buildings and structures in Monaragala District
Embankment dams


title: List of restaurants in China

text:
This is a list of notable restaurants in China.

Restaurants

Coffee and tea houses

Fast food chains

See also

 Chinese cuisine
 Chinese restaurant
 Chinese restaurants (category)
 List of companies of China
 List of Chinese dishes
 List of Chinese desserts
 List of Chinese restaurants
 List of Michelin starred restaurants Hong Kong
 List of restaurants in Hong Kong
 Lists of restaurants

References

External links

Chinese cuisine-related lists
Lists of companies of China
China


title: I: Dareka...

text:
is the 23rd single by the Japanese pop singer and songwriter Miho Komatsu released under Giza studio label. It was released 20 October 2004. The single reached #29 and sold 5,204 copies. It charted for 3 weeks and sold 6,856 copies overall.

Track list
All songs are written and composed by Miho Komatsu

arrangement: Hirohito Furui (Garnet Crow)
it was used as theme song for the NTV show Music Fighter

arrangement: Hiroshi Asai (The Tambourines)
"sun and moon"
arrangement: Hitoshi Okamoto (Garnet Crow)
 (instrumental)

References

2004 singles
Miho Komatsu songs
Songs written by Miho Komatsu
2004 songs
Giza Studio singles
Being Inc. singles
Song recordings produced by Daiko Nagato


title: Durban People Mover

text:
The Durban People Mover is a tourist-oriented bus service which runs every 15 minutes and consists of three routes within the central business district and along the beachfront, connecting various attractions. This new bus system forms part of a transport redesign process that the city implemented in preparation for the 2010 FIFA World Cup.

The People Mover

The attractive, brightly colored buses travel through the city every 15 minutes and are a popular, fun way to travel around the city or along the beachfront. There is wheelchair access, and bus-stop wardens offer help to disabled passengers requiring assistance, route and schedule information and security to all waiting passengers. With closed circuit surveillance cameras installed on each bus and wardens stationed at all stops to help tourists and passengers, the People Mover promises a safe and reliable public transport system. With an access ramp for wheelchairs and prams, and on board information about the city, the buses cover the beachfront and inner city routes from 6:30am to 11pm every day.

Tickets

A single journey on the People Mover will cost R5.50 (ZAR) and a full-day pass will cost you R16.00 (ZAR). Phase one of the Durban People Mover bus transport system has been successfully operating for 2 years, transporting local and visiting commuters in air-conditioned, safe and reliable comfort. The attractive, brightly colored buses travel through the city every 15 minutes and are a popular, fun way to travel around the city or along the beachfront City Loop. Passengers who wish to change between one route and another are allowed to switch buses at the transfer station within the 90 minute free transfer period.

Operating Hours

The Durban People Mover service runs daily from 05h00 to 22h00. These extended operating hours allow commuters greater freedom and access to Durban's entertainment and business areas.

City Routes

City Loop: A circular route through the main city thoroughfares, Starting and ending at the Dr Pixley KaSeme Street transfer interchange, stopping close to Durban City Hall, The Playhouse theatre, Tourism Information Centre, Inkosi Albert Luthuli International Convention Centre, the Victoria street market and the Durban's mosque and Cathedral.

Beach Line

A scenic line which runs along the Northern and Southern city beaches, starting at the Suncoast Casino and Entertainment World and ending at uShaka Marine World. The route runs through the interchange at Dr Pixley KaSeme Street, (formerly West Street) facilitating passengers who wish to change to  the city loop.

Transport in Durban


title: Pseudolycopodiella

text:
Pseudolycopodiella is a genus of non-seed plants in the Lycopodiaceae, long considered part of Lycopodium, but now recognized as a separate genus. It has 10–14 recognized species, only one in North America: Pseudolycopodiella caroliniana.

Species
, the Checklist of Ferns and Lycophytes of the World recognized the following species:

Pseudolycopodiella affinis (Bory) Holub
Pseudolycopodiella brevipedunculata (Alderw.) Holub
Pseudolycopodiella carnosa (Silveira) Holub
Pseudolycopodiella caroliniana (L.) Holub
Pseudolycopodiella contexta (C.Mart.) Holub
Pseudolycopodiella iuliformis (Underw. & F.E.Lloyd) Holub
Pseudolycopodiella krameriana (B. Øllg.) B. Øllg.
Pseudolycopodeilla limosa (Chinnock) A.R.Field
Pseudolycopodiella meridionalis (Underw. & F.E.Lloyd) Holub
Pseudolycopodiella paradoxa (Mart.) Holub
Pseudolycopodiella sarcocaulos (Kuhn) Holub
Pseudolycopodiella tatei (A.C.Sm.) Holub
Pseudolycopodiella tuberosa (Kuhn) Holub

References

Lycopodiaceae
Lycophyte genera


title: Grissenbach (Sieg)

text:
Grissenbach is a  river of North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, which is  in length. It has its source in the Scherenschleifersborn with an elevation of , and it flows into the river Sieg in the village of Grissenbach with an elevation of  above sea level.

See also
List of rivers of North Rhine-Westphalia

References

Rivers of North Rhine-Westphalia
Rivers of Siegerland
Rivers of Germany


title: I Just Wanna Hold You Tight

text:
I just wanna hold you tight is the 24th single of the Japanese pop singer and songwriter Miho Komatsu released under Giza studio label. It was released 18 May 2005. The single reached #36 and sold 5,294 copies. It is charted for 3 weeks and, in total, sold 6,932 copies.

Track listing
All songs are written and composed by Miho Komatsu
"I just wanna hold you tight"
arrangement: Satoru Kobayashi
it is used as an ending song for the TV Tokyo anime series MÄR.

arrangement: Yoshinobu Ohga

arrangement: Hirohito Furui (Garnet Crow)
"I just wanna hold you tight" (instrumental)

References

Anime songs
2005 singles
Miho Komatsu songs
Songs written by Miho Komatsu
2005 songs
Giza Studio singles
Being Inc. singles
Song recordings produced by Daiko Nagato


title: Boccia International Sports Federation

text:
The Boccia International Sports Federation (BISFed) is the international governing body for the sport of boccia.

It formally assumed governance of the sport on 1 January 2013 from the Cerebral Palsy International Sports and Recreation Association (CPISRA).

References

Boccia
International Paralympic Committee competitions
Sports governing bodies


title: Straffan railway station

text:
Straffan was a station located  miles (3.5 km) from Straffan in County Kildare, Ireland. It also served the village of Ardclough.

History
Straffan Station was on the Great Southern & Western Railway's main Dublin to Cork line, and had opened two years after the line itself in August 1848. Five years later, the third worst rail accident in Irish history occurred a quarter of a mile south of Straffan, when a goods train ran into the back of a stationary passenger train, causing eighteen deaths.

A post office was built near the station in May 1872.

The station, which had up and down platforms, with a small station building on the up side, was closed by CIÉ in November 1947, but it remained a signalling block post. The signal cabin at Straffan was closed however in 1976, after which the redundant station buildings became derelict and were demolished in the mid 1980s.

References

External links
 Photographs
  MGWR Railway History

Disused railway stations in County Kildare
1848 establishments in Ireland
1947 disestablishments in Ireland

Railway stations in the Republic of Ireland opened in 1848
Railway stations in the Republic of Ireland closed in 1947


title: Anata Iro

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is the 25th single of the Japanese pop singer and songwriter Miho Komatsu released under Giza studio label. It was released 17 August 2005. This is last single where Hirohito Furui did arrangement for Miho Komatsu. The single reached #38 in its first week and sold 3,950 copies. It charted for 2 weeks and sold 4,740 copies. This is the lowest selling single in her career.

Track list
All songs are written and composed by Miho Komatsu

arrangement: Hirohito Furui (Garnet Crow)
it was used as an opening theme for the NTV show Eiga Tengoku Chine Bara.

 arrangement: Hitoshi Okamoto (Garnet Crow)

arrangement: Furui
 (instrumental)

References

2005 singles
Miho Komatsu songs
Songs written by Miho Komatsu
2005 songs
Giza Studio singles
Being Inc. singles
Song recordings produced by Daiko Nagato


title: List of restaurants in Hong Kong

text:
This is a list of notable restaurants in Hong Kong.

Restaurants

 EL Cerdo (Central & Tsuen Wan)

Fast-food chains

See also

 List of Michelin starred restaurants in Hong Kong and Macau
 List of companies in Hong Kong
 List of restaurants
 Cuisine of Hong Kong

References

Further reading
 Hong Kong Earns Michelin Two-Star Boost - Scene Asia - WSJ

External links

 Where Are the World’s Best Restaurants? A Look at the Changing Landscape of Michelin’s Gold-Star Winners - The Daily Beast

Restaurants
Lists of companies of Hong Kong
Hong Kong


title: List of extinct dog breeds

text:
The following is a list of extinct dog breeds, varieties, landraces and types.

List of extinct dog breeds, varieties, landraces and types

References

Citations

Bibliography

Dog,Extinct
Dog breeds


title: Koi ni Nare...

text:
is the 26th single and the last single by Japanese pop singer and songwriter Miho Komatsu under Giza studio label. It was released 7 December 2005. The single reached #39 in its first week and sold 4,258 copies. It charted for 2 weeks and sold 4,931 copies. The single has the lowest rank chart in Oricon in her career.

Track list
All songs are written and composed by Miho Komatsu

arrangement: Yoshinobu Ohga
it was used as an ending theme for the TBS show Tokoro Man Yuuki.

Miho Komatsu / arrangement: Yoshinobu Ohga

arrangement and remix: Hiroshi Asai (The Tambourines)
I just wanna hold you tight 〜a strange town Mix〜
arrangement and remix: Mr.Lee
remix of 24th single
 (instrumental)

References

2005 singles
2005 songs
Miho Komatsu songs
Songs written by Miho Komatsu
Giza Studio singles
Being Inc. singles
Song recordings produced by Daiko Nagato


title: Central England Co-operative

text:
Central England Co-operative, trading as Central Co-op, is a regional consumer co-operative in the United Kingdom, based in Lichfield and which trades from over 400 sites across the English Midlands and East Anglia. The business is owned and democratically controlled by its members who can stand for election to the board and who also share in the society's profits. A proportion of the profits of the business are also invested in local community groups through its community dividend grants programme and its more than 60 member classes.

The Society's key businesses are its 260 foodstores and over 120 funeral directors which all trade using the 2008 version of The Co-operative brand. The co-operative also has 10 florists, three stonemasonry outlets, a coffin factory and crematorium; it has 1,731,005 members (including over 329,000 regular trading members) and 8,600 employees (figures as January 2017).

Registered under the Co-operative and Community Benefit Societies Act 2014, Central England Co-operative is the second largest independent retail co-operative in the UK and was formed in 2014 following the 2013 merger of the Anglia Regional and Midlands Co-operative societies. The society has a permanent seat on the board of Co-operatives UK; it is a corporate member of The Co-operative Group, the largest consumer co-operative in the world and the national buying group, Co-operative Federal Trading Services.

History
On 19 September 2013, it was announced that the boards of Anglia Regional Co-operative Society and Midlands Co-operative Society had agreed merger terms. Approved by members on 4 and 18 November, legal completion of the merger took place on 1 December, with the Anglia Society transferring engagements to Midlands Co-operative. On 15 January 2014, members of the merged society approved a change of name to Central England Co-operative effective from 25 January 2014.

In 2017, members of the small neighbouring Wooldale Co-operative Society in West Yorkshire voted to transfer engagements to Central England Co-operative. In November 2022 the Central England Co-operative rebranded as Central Co-op.

Anglia Regional Co-operative Society

Tracing its origins to 1876, Anglia Regional Co-operative was formed by the merger of the Greater Peterborough Regional and Anglia (formerly Waveney) co-operative societies in 1987. Headquartered in Peterborough, the Society principally traded in the eastern counties of Bedfordshire, Cambridgeshire, Norfolk and Suffolk, although it had gained wider outreach through the acquisition of co-operative department stores in Yorkshire and the South East of England.

Following divestment of the Westgate department store and AHF businesses to J E Beale and the UKs largest worker co-operative, Anglia Home Furnishings Holdings, in 2011, Anglia Co-operative operated 27 retail stores, eight petrol stations, 21 travel agents, three opticians, a hair salon and 29 funeral homes. At the time of merger with the Midlands Co-operative it had 405,134 members (including over 189,000 regular trading members) and 1,600 employees.

Midlands Co-operative Society

Tracing its origins to Derby in 1854, the Midlands Co-operative Society was formed by the merger of the Central Midlands and Leicestershire co-operative societies in 1997. Headquartered in Lichfield, the Society traded in the English counties of West Midlands, Warwickshire, Worcestershire, Staffordshire, Derbyshire, Leicestershire, Rutland, Nottinghamshire, Northamptonshire, Lincolnshire, West and South Yorkshire through two distribution centres.

Following the merger of Midlands Co-op Travel and The Co-operative Travel with the retail branches of Thomas Cook in 2012, the Midlands Co-operative operated 200 retail stores, 15 petrol stations, 22 post offices, nine florists, two motor car dealerships and 90 funeral homes. At the time of merger with Anglia Co-operative it was UK Co-operative of the Year with 1,005,474 members (including over 140,000 regular trading members) and 7,000 employees.

Trading
The Society's principal activities are retail, funeral and travel services, although it also has interests in opticians, coffin manufacture, florists and manages a significant investment property portfolio. It operates through a number of brands aligned with The Co-operative Group.

The Co-operative Food

Food retail is the Society's core business, generating around 70% of total turnover. A distribution centre in Leicester supplies 235 supermarkets and convenience stores and also provides a service to neighbouring Heart of England and Tamworth co-operative branches. 22 food stores contain a Post Office counter. All stores trade under the co-operative food brand.

Central England Co-operative also operates 25 petrol filling stations with some of these associated with the co-op's larger supermarkets. However the society also operates a number of stand alone petrol stations, five of which were acquired through the purchase of Shaws Petroleum in 2013.

On 29 July 2022, the Society will open its latest food store in the newly refurbished Wolverhampton railway station.

The Co-operative Travel

From the late 2000s onwards, Central England Co-operative had 3.5% stake in a joint venture travel agent called The Co-operative Travel, which was owned by The Co-operative Group and Thomas Cook Group. Involvement in the joint venture came to an end in 2016 when Central England Co-operative (along with The Co-operative Group) were bought out by Thomas Cook. After that, Central England Co-operative continued to directly manage 21 former Anglia Co-operative travel shops, many of which were co-located in former Westgate premises. In 2020 it transferred 16 of its remaining branches to Midcounties Co-operative and closed the rest.

The Co-operative Funeralcare

Central England Co-operative operates over 120 funeral homes throughout the Midlands and East of England, many under the original private names. It is a member of the National Association of Funeral Directors and its funeral bond scheme is monitored by the Funeral Planning Authority. The society also operates five memorial masonry showrooms across its trading area and operates a coffin manufacturing business.

The Society owns Bretby Crematorium, set in woodland grounds adjacent to the A511 Leicester to Burton upon Trent road between Burton and Swadlincote.

The Co-operative Florist
Central England Co-operative operates 10 florists shops located throughout the former Midlands Co-operative trading area. The Co-operative Florist is a member of the Interflora florists online scheme.

Westgate Opticians
The Society has been providing general ophthalmic services for over 40 years, through branches in Peterborough, St. Neots and Hunstanton. Trading as Westgate Opticians, it carries out more than 200 eye examinations each week.

Former Businesses

The Co-operative Motor Group operated dealerships in Lincoln and Loughborough until the co-op's dealerships in Lincoln were sold and the Loughborough garage was closed during 2015.

Leicester Carriage Builders, a specialist vehicle building and conversion business, was formed in 1903 as Leicester Carriage Builders and Wheelwrights and began its association with the Society through the Leicestershire Co-operative in 1971. It is a member of the Vehicle Builders and Repairers Association. The business has converted vehicles for many purposes including mobile libraries, welfare vehicles and mobile 'walk in' post office vans. The business was closed during 2015.

Finances
In the last full year of trading, 2018/19, Central England Co-op recorded gross sales (excluding VAT) of £869.9m (£848.3m 2017/18) and a trading profit of £18.1m (£16.6m 2017/18). Operating profit of £11.9m, was lower than the prior year (2017/18: £16.6m). The society was able to pay its members a total of £3.5m (£3.7m 2017/18) in dividend and dividend bonus during the year. The Society also had net debt of £20.6m (£16.7m 2017/18) and a £109.8m (£179.6m 2017/18) pension deficit as at 26 January 2019. The Society's active membership was over 330,000. The highest paid director in 2018/19 was the former Chief Executive whose total earnings were £730,438 (£713,491 2017/18).

Values and Principles
Because of its co-operative structure, the Society has a set of values and principles which require the business to operate responsibly and to share its profits with its members and their communities. The focus of the societies community work focuses on the community dividend, member classes, its SENse to Aspire initiative and its charity partner but it is also involved with various other programmes as outlined below.

Community dividend
Each year the co-op distributes 1% of its profits to the communities in which it trades. The money is usually in the form of grants between £100 and £5000 to local groups, community projects and charities. During 2017, a total of £212,000 was distributed to 120 groups. In the first six years of the scheme more than £1 million has been distributed. Previous organisations which have received grant have included the Chesterfield Sea Cadets, the East Anglian Air Ambulance and a Cambridgeshire project to rehabilitate injured firefighters. Research by Co-operative News showed that in 2013 the amount given to the communities in which it trades in grants, donations and fund-raising by staff and members was equivalent to 8.7% of its pre-tax profits for the year.

Member Classes
Central England Co‑operative has over 60 member groups attended by a total of 2,290 members. Classes are open to all members include painting, sugarcraft, line dancing, keep fit classes and a wine circle.

SENse to Aspire
Though a partnership with a school for children with special educational needs (SEN), Selly Oak Trust School in Birmingham, the Central England Co-operative has been organising and providing work experience for children at the school in one of their food stores or florist shops. Historically, only 7% of children with SEN find paid employment after they have finished their education and this programme aimed to improve this prospect for the children by providing them with the skills that they need to get (and keep) a job. Between 2013 and 2015, 151 students took part in the scheme and the co-op is working towards offering paid employment to some of the participants. This compares with an average of 2 - 3 students in previous years. For this work the co-op was commended as a finalist for the 2015 Business in the Community Inspiring Young Talent Award.

Charity partner
Since 2012 the Central England Co-operative has been fund-raising for their staff-elected charity, the Newlife Foundation. The charity aims to provide specialist equipment for disabled and terminally ill children in the Midlands and East Anglia. Since the partnership began the co-op has raised over £1,000,000 for the charity.

Food banks
The co-op works with food banks within its trading area to provide food and support for individuals and families who are under severe financial pressure and are who suffering from 'food poverty'. The scheme operates by linking up food banks with local co-op food stores to raise awareness of how food banks can help people in financial distress through 'promotional days' and by encouraging customers and members to donate food from permanent collection bins within stores. It is expected that all food stores will be affiliated with a local food bank (where possible) by 2016.

Responsible trading
As a part of the Co-operative Retail Trading Group the co-op has been a champion of Fairtrade for many years and stocks a wide array of such products. The society also has food-sourcing commitments including the responsible sourcing of fish, free-range eggs and clear food-labelling. These commitments largely match those the commitments of The Co-operative Group, of whom the society is a corporate member.

As a regional food retailer the business has a number of commitments to local and regional sourcing with a range of products including ales, bakery produce, ciders, seasonal fresh produce, honey and oils available in the co-op's stores. The co-op has pledged that, by 2018, 5% of food revenue will be products which are sourced within the region in which the business trades.

Governance
The current governance arrangements have been in place since the merger of the Midlands and Anglia societies. Twelve board members are elected from the society's membership with three customer-member and one employee-member being elected from each constituency at any one time. Additionally, the society has two non-executive directors, with a search committee existing to find and co-opt suitable candidates with these being elected by members at the members meetings. The co-op ran its first online and postal election using the new system in April 2014, with all members who have held a £1 share for six months being eligible to vote.

Members meetings are held twice a year with both customer-members and employee-members being encouraged to attend. Meetings are held at a number of locations across the trading region of the society including Leicester, Stafford, Kettering and Birmingham. At these events members vote on various motions including the distribution on a portion of the trading surplus as the 'Member Dividend' and the 'Community Dividend'.

The society also has three Membership and Community Councils (MCCs) with each representing one of the three (East, Central and Western) constituencies. There are 36 seats on the councils with nine customer-member and three staff-member seats for each of the constituencies.

Membership

The Society operates a membership scheme which is branded in line with The Co-operative brand although it is run separately from that of The Co-operative Group. The scheme works through members collecting points on their purchases with any of the co-ops family of businesses and these points are converted into a share of the profits twice a year with members voting on the amount at the members meetings. In 2014 the share of the profit was equal to £1 per point (or 1% of food purchases).

Members of Central England Co-operative can also earn points when trading with other co-operative societies (such as The Co-operative Group and The Midcounties Co-operative) whereby their share of the profit in the other business is transferred to, and paid by, Central England Co-operative from the other co-op every 6 months. Conversely members of other societies can earn points whilst trading with Central England Co-operative as long as they present their membership card.

Table contents correct as of July 2015

Other activities
The Society supports a number of charities and invests a percentage of its trading profit in local communities. It also provides awards for fund-raising, community and charity and environmental projects. Members can apply for a grant to a local cause or charity that would benefit under the Making a Difference community dividend scheme.

The Co-operative Party

The following local party councils are funded by Central England Co-operative to organise political activity:

See also
British co-operative movement
Credit unions in the United Kingdom

References

External links
Central England Co-operative
The Co-operative Group
The Co-operative Party

Consumers' co-operatives of the United Kingdom
Supermarkets of the United Kingdom
Funeral-related companies of the United Kingdom
British companies established in 2014
Retail companies established in 2014
Companies based in Lichfield
2014 establishments in England


title: Let's Go Extinct

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Let's Go Extinct is the third regular album released the band Fanfarlo, released 10 February 2014 through New World Records (UK) and Blue Horizon Ventures (US). The album is loosely themed around the concept of evolution described by songwriter Balthazar as dealing with "the weirdness of being this thing we call a person and the double weirdness of other people".

The album received generally favourable reviews.

Track listing

Mastered by Ted Jensen at Sterling Sound, NYC

References

2014 albums
Fanfarlo albums


Le Boulevard de  Montmartre, Matinée de Printemps is a painting of Paris' Boulevard Montmartre by Camille Pissarro.

On 5 February 2014 it was auctioned at Sotheby's, London, for £19,682,500, double its pre-sale estimate.

Provenance
 Galerie Durand-Ruel, Paris (acquired from the artist on 2 June 1898)
 Mr Burke, London (acquired from the above on 11 January 1899)
 Arthur Tooth & Sons, London
 Galerie Durand-Ruel, Paris (acquired from the above on 14 August 1901)
 Paul Cassirer, Berlin (acquired from the above on 13 October 1902)
 Adolf Rothermundt, Dresden (acquired circa 1914)
 Max Silberberg, Breslau (acquired by 1923)
 Sale: Paul Graupe, Berlin, 23 March 1935, lot 27 (forced sale by Max Silberberg)
 Alfred & Marie Erlich, New York
 Nathan J. & Sara N. Cohn, Mount Vernon (acquired from the above)
 Knoedler & Co., New York (acquired from the above on 9 November 1959)
 John & Frances L. Loeb, New York (acquired from the above on 4 January 1960)
 The American Friends of The Israel Museum, Jerusalem (a bequest from the above in 1997)
 The Israel Museum, Jerusalem (a gift from the above in 1997)
 Restituted to Gerta Silberberg on 1 February 2000, and placed on loan with The Israel Museum until 2013

Exhibition history
 Paris, Galerie Durand-Ruel, Œuvres récentes de Camille Pissarro, 1898, no. 24
 St. Petersburg, Société Impériale d’Encouragement des Arts, Expositions française des Beaux-Arts et des Arts décoratifs, 1899, no. 274
 Rheims, Société des Amis des Arts, 16e Exposition générale, 1901, no. 563
 Dresden, Galerie Ernst Arnold, Ausstellung von Gemälden französischer Künstler, 1902, no. 26
 Dresden, Galerie Ernst Arnold, Französische Malerei des XIX. Jahrhunderts, 1914, no. 79
 New York, Wildenstein & Co., C. Pissarro, 1965, no. 66
 New York, Wildenstein & Co., ‘One Hundred Years of Impressionism’: A Tribute to Durand-Ruel, 1970, no. 88, illustrated in the catalogue
 Dallas, Dallas Museum of Art; Philadelphia, Philadelphia Museum of Art & London, Royal Academy of Arts, The Impressionist and the City: Pissarro’s Series Paintings, 1992–93, no. 51, illustrated in colour in the catalogue
 Rovereto, Museo d'Arte Moderna e Contemporanea di Trento e Rovereto, Impressionists and Post-Impressionists: Masterpieces from the Israel Museum of Jerusalem, 2008–09, no. 6

See also
List of paintings by Camille Pissarro
Boulevard Montmartre: Mardi Gras (1897 Pissarro painting)
Holocaust in Germany

Notes

Citations

Bibliography
 Mauclair,Camille. The French Impressionists, London & New York, 1903, illustrated p. 2.
 Pissarro, Joachim and Snollaerts, Claire Durand-Ruel. Pissarro, Critical Catalogue of Paintings, Paris, 2005, vol. III, no. 1171, illustrated in colour p. 736.
 Scheffler, Karl. Die Sammlung Max Silberberg, in Kunst und Künstler, October 1931, mentioned p. 12.

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1897 paintings
Paintings by Camille Pissarro
Horses in art