Eric Keast Burke

Eric Keast Burke (16 January 1896 – 31 March 1974) was a New Zealand-born photographer and journalist.

Early life and education
Burke was born at Christchurch, New Zealand. He was the only child of Walter Ernest Burke, and his wife Amy Eliza Mary, nee Thompson. He went to Sydney with his family in March 1904 and was educated at Sydney Church of England Grammar School and the University of Sydney where he studied economics.

War service
During World War I, after a year in the Signal Corps, Australian Military Forces, he enlisted in the Australian Imperial Force. He embarked for the Middle East in December 1917 and served as a sapper with the 1st Australian Wireless Signal Squadron, Mesopotamian Expeditionary Force. He was discharged on 28 January 1920 on his return to Sydney.

During World War II he served as a captain in the Volunteer Defence Corps, and worked in intelligence.

Photography and research
In 1922 he became associate-editor, under his father, of the Australasian Photo-Review. He exhibited his work in Australia, Europe, London and the United States of America, and in 1938 was elected an associate of the Royal Photographic Society of Great Britain for a portfolio of male figure studies. That year he was appointed Australian chairman of Kodak International Salons of Photography.

He edited the Australasian Photo-Review from 1946 until the journal folded in 1956 when he was employed as advertising manager for the Kodak Company.

Recognizing the significance of photography to Australian history, in 1943 Burke published a series of articles on early photographers, among them William Jevons, John Lindt and Charles Kerry. His wife, Iris, became his valued research assistant. Keast provided his expertise to Jack Cato through regular correspondence as the latter was researching for his  The Story of the Camera in Australia, published in 1955.

In 1952 Burke located the Holtermann Collection of wet-plate negatives and recommended its donation to the Mitchell Library in Sydney. In a shed in Chatswood, New South Wales, glass plates created by Beaufoy Merlin and Charles Bayliss were ranged in 'neat stacks of cedar boxes of various dimensions, each with slotted fittings which held the large negatives in perfect preservation.' The negatives disclosed 'every detail of the lives of our gold-fields pioneers'.

Burke lectured on the collection, prepared exhibitions and presented a television series, 'Peeps into the Past with Keast Burke', for the Australian Broadcasting Commission. As consultant in photography to the National Library of Australia, Canberra, he ensured the preservation of historic photographs.

He retired in 1960.

Later life
Burke was editor and art director of Australian Popular Photography from 1961 to 1969, a contributor to the Australian Dictionary of Biography and a frequent judge of photographic competitions. His interests included bushwalking, native flora and fauna, genetics, maps and map-making, amateur radio, architecture and engineering.

Eric Keast Burke died on 31 March 1974 in Concord Repatriation General Hospital and was cremated. On 23 November 1925 he had married Iris Lily Daniell and was survived by her, a daughter and three sons.

Works

References

External links
 Photo Web. Keast Burke pages. Retrieved 6 June 2014.
 National Library of Australia. Keast Burke Collection. Retrieved 6 June 2014.
 Art Gallery of New South Wales. Works by Keast Burke. Retrieved 6 June 2014.

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Lectionary 326

Lectionary 326 (Gregory-Aland), designated by siglum ℓ 326 (in the Gregory-Aland numbering) is a Greek manuscript of the New Testament, on parchment. Palaeographically it has been assigned to the 13th century. The manuscript has not survived in complete condition.

Description

The original codex contained lessons from the Gospel of John and Gospel of Luke (Evangelistarium), on 182 parchment leaves. The leaves are measured ().

Originally it contained lessons from the Gospel of Matthew, but this part of the codex lost. Some additional notes were added by a later hand. It has musical notes.

The text is written in Greek minuscule letters, in two columns per page, 21 lines per page. Folio 180 is a palimpsest, it was overwritten.

The codex contains weekday Gospel lessons from Easter to Pentecost and Saturday/Sunday Gospel lessons for the other weeks.

History

Scrivener dated the manuscript to the 14th or 12th century. Gregory dated it to the 13th century. It has been assigned by the Institute for New Testament Textual Research to the 13th century.

The name of scribe was Michael.

It was purchased from H. Stanhope Freeman in 1862.

The manuscript was added to the list of New Testament manuscripts by Scrivener (274e) and Gregory (number 326e). Gregory saw it in 1883.

The codex is housed at the British Library (Add MS 24377) in London.

The fragment is not cited in critical editions of the Greek New Testament (UBS4, NA28).

See also

 List of New Testament lectionaries
 Biblical manuscript
 Textual criticism
 Lectionary 325

Notes and references

Bibliography

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Veliyam Bharghavan

Veliyam Bharghavan (; May 1928 – 18 September 2013) was a Communist leader from the Kerala, India. He was the state Secretary of Communist Party of India (CPI) from 1998 to 2010. In 2010 he retired from that position due to his health issues. He hails from Veliyam village of Kollam district. He was an advocate of a merger between CPI and Communist Party of India (Marxist) (CPM). He was a member of the first Legislative Assembly of Kerala, winning the 1957 and 1960(interim) assembly elections from the Chadayamangalam Constituency. He died on 18 September 2013 aged 85 due to various health issues.

See also
 Communist Party of India

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Courrière

Courrière is a village in the municipality of Assesse in the province of Namur, Belgium. Until 1977 it was an independent municipality.

Courrière is located at the junction of two major roads, the A4/E411 and the N4, and consists of the compact central village, Petit-Courrière, and a large hamlet, Trieu d'Avillon, which are separated from each other by the roads.

Courrière has been an independent parish from the 18th century. At the centre of the village stands the parish church of Saint Quentin, of Romanesque origin, and next to it a fortified farmhouse, or ferme-château, the so-called Château de Courrière, the present structure of which dates from the 17th century.

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Joe A. Griffiths

Joe A. Griffiths (1910 – 9 March 1986) was a Maltese football player and coach who was the first manager of the Maltese national team, from 1957 to 1961.

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Lincoln Street Historic District (Brunswick, Maine)

The Lincoln Street Historic District in Brunswick, Maine is an  historic district encompassing a remarkably uniform assemblage of mid 19th-century residential construction.  It includes fourteen houses, most of which were built in a two-year period between 1843 and 1845.  The district was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1976.

Description and history
Lincoln Street is an east-west residential street, one block in length, extending west from Maine Street (Maine State Route 24), Brunswick's principal downtown thoroughfare.  The land on which it was laid out was acquired over a multi-year period by Dr. Isaac Lincoln, a professor at Bowdoin College's Maine Medical School for many years.  In response to local demand for housing, Lincoln subdivided the land and sold off most of the lots in 1843.  Lincoln created uniformly-sized lots, and specified minimum setback requirements for the houses that were built on them.  The result is a cohesive streetscape, representative of residential development of the period.

Except for the commercial buildings facing Maine Street, the street is lined on both sides with residential buildings.  All are 1-1/2 to 2-1/2 stories in height, and are a mixture of wood frame and brick construction.  There are fourteen houses, seven on each side, including four duplexes.  Most of these houses were built between 1843 and 1845 and are Greek Revival in style; one of the others is a 1772 house moved from Maine Street and given a Colonial Revival facade treatment.  There is one house that was built in 1871, which has Italianate style; a number of the earlier houses also exhibit Italianate alterations.  The Richardson House at 11 Lincoln Street is separately listed on the National Register, as one of the region's finest examples of transitional Greek Revival-Italianate architecture.

See also

National Register of Historic Places listings in Cumberland County, Maine

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Emergency disconnect package

An Emergency Disconnect Package (EDP) is a piece of equipment used in the drilling and work-over (servicing or modification) of deep sea oil & gas wells, by Mobile Offshore Drilling Rigs (MODU's) and Well Intervention Vessels (WIV's). The EDP is designed for use in an emergency, when the MODU or WIV needs to quickly disconnect, and move away from the oil/gas well that it is drilling or working-over.  Examples of when this might be necessary include unexpected extreme weather that exceeds the MODU/Vessel's capability to maintain its position.

Under normal operating conditions, the MODU/WIV (which is floating on the sea surface) is connected to the oil/gas well (which is drilled in the sea bed) by a vertical (or near-vertical) piece of steel pipe, called a marine riser.  Tools and fluids are moved within the marine riser as required to/from the well. At the bottom of the marine riser, the EDP and other components that connect the riser to the well and allow the well to be shut-in when required, constitute a 'Lower Riser Package' (LRP).

When required to do so, the EDP disconnects from the LRP and isolates the riser from the environment. Thus the EDP allows the MODU/WIV to safely and quickly disconnect from the subsea well and move away in an emergency.  The EDP is designed to carry out its function while under load with a high disconnection angle.

An EDP consists of a connector to the rest of the LRP, an isolation valve, an accumulator, a subsea control module and a connection point at the top for connection to the riser pipe. A production retainer valve shuts in the riser and the annulus master valve shuts in the riser. A crossover valve allows circulation of the riser after disconnection.
<refs. IADC Drilling Lexicon / API RP 17G, Recommended Practice for Completion/Workover Risers /  API RP 96, Deepwater Well Design and Construction / GSO Engineering>

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Callibotys carapina

Callibotys carapina is a moth in the family Crambidae. It was described by Strand in 1918. It is found in Japan and Taiwan.

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The Secret Life of Walter Mitty

"The Secret Life of Walter Mitty" (1939) is a short story by James Thurber. The most famous of Thurber's stories, it first appeared in The New Yorker on March 18, 1939, and was first collected in his book My World and Welcome to It (Harcourt, Brace and Company, 1942). It has since been reprinted in James Thurber: Writings and Drawings (The Library of America, 1996, ), is available on-line on the New Yorker website, and is one of the most anthologized short stories in American literature. The story is considered one of Thurber's "acknowledged masterpieces". It was made into a 1947 movie of the same name, with Danny Kaye in the title role, though the movie is very different from the original story. It was also adapted into a 2013 film, which is again very different from the original.

The name Walter Mitty and the derivative word "Mittyesque" have entered the English language, denoting an ineffectual person who spends more time in heroic daydreams than paying attention to the real world, or more seriously, one who intentionally attempts to mislead or convince others that he is something that he is not.

Warner Brothers studio head Jack L. Warner in his autobiography My First Hundred Years in Hollywood, described the actor Errol Flynn in the following way: "To the Walter Mittys of the world he was all the heroes in one magnificent, sexy, animal package."

Plot
The short story deals with a vague and mild-mannered man who drives into Waterbury, Connecticut, with his wife for their regular weekly shopping and his wife's visit to the beauty parlor. During this time he has five heroic daydream episodes. The first is as a pilot of a U.S. Navy flying boat in a storm, then he is a magnificent surgeon performing a one-of-a-kind surgery, then as a deadly assassin testifying in a courtroom, and then as a Royal Air Force pilot volunteering for a daring, secret suicide mission to bomb an ammunition dump. As the story ends, Mitty imagines himself facing a firing squad, "inscrutable to the last."
Each of the fantasies is inspired by some detail of Mitty's mundane surroundings:
 The powering up of the "Navy hydroplane" in the opening scene is followed by Mrs. Mitty's complaint that Mitty is "driving too fast".
 Mitty's turn as a brilliant surgeon immediately follows his taking off and putting on his gloves as a surgeon dons surgical gloves, and driving past a hospital.
 The courtroom drama cliché "Perhaps this will refresh your memory," which begins the third fantasy, follows Mitty's attempt to remember what his wife told him to buy, when he hears a newsboy shouting about "the Waterbury Trial"
Mitty's fourth daydream comes as he waits for his wife and picks up an old copy of Liberty, reading "Can Germany Conquer the World Through the Air?", and envisions himself fighting Germany while volunteering to pilot a plane normally piloted by two people.
The closing firing-squad scene comes when Mitty is standing against a wall, smoking.

Analysis
Mitty is very much a Thurber protagonist, so much so that he has been called "the archetype for dreamy, hapless, Thurber Man". Like many of his male characters, such as the husband in "The Unicorn in the Garden" and the physically unimposing men Thurber often paired with larger women in his cartoons, Mitty is dominated and put upon by his wife. Like the man who saw the unicorn, he escapes via fantasies.  A similar dynamic is found in the Thurber story "The Curb in the Sky", in which a man starts recounting his own dreams as anecdotes as an attempt to stop his wife from constantly correcting him on the details.

In his 2001 book The Man Who Was Walter Mitty: The Life and Work of James Thurber (), author Thomas Fensch suggests that the character was largely based on Thurber himself. This is consistent with Thurber's self-described imaginative interpretations of shapes seen with his "two-fifths vision" in his essay "The Admiral on the Wheel". Neurologist V.S. Ramachandran suggests that Thurber may have had Charles Bonnet syndrome, a neurological condition that causes vivid and bizarre hallucinations in blind people.

Thurber's love of wordplay can be seen in his coining of several nonsense terms in the story, including the pseudo-medical jargon "obstreosis of the ductal tract", "streptothricosis", and the recurring onomatopoeia of "ta-pocketa-pocketa-pocketa." The medical nonsense that "coreopsis has set in" uses the name of a flower which sounds vaguely like a horrible medical condition.

1947 film

The story was made into a 1947 movie starring Danny Kaye as a young daydreaming editor of pulp magazines. The film was adapted for the screen by Ken Englund, Everett Freeman, and Philip Rapp, and directed by Norman Z. McLeod. It was filmed in Technicolor.

Thurber was repeatedly consulted about the film's script, but his suggestions were largely ignored by producer Samuel Goldwyn, who had the writers alter the original story to showcase Kaye's talents. In a letter to Life magazine, Thurber expressed his considerable dissatisfaction with the script, even as Goldwyn insisted in another letter that Thurber approved of it.

A 1947 radio adaptation of the movie, with Danny Kaye and Virginia Mayo reprising their roles, was performed on The Screen Guild Theater. Because the show was a half hour, including commercials, Kaye's extraneous routines are minimized, making it more like the original story. Even closer to the original story is a 1944 radio adaptation from This Is My Best, with Robert Benchley as the daydreaming Mitty.

2013 film

20th Century Fox produced and Ben Stiller directed an adaptation of the book in 2013, with Stiller starring as Mitty. Kristen Wiig, Shirley MacLaine, Patton Oswalt, Adam Scott, Kathryn Hahn, and Sean Penn also appear in the film. Filming took place in Manhattan and the Bronx in May 2012 and in Iceland from July to September 2012. The film was released on December 25, 2013 in the US and in other countries.  The film had a production budget of $90 million.

Stage adaptations
"The Secret Life of Walter Mitty" was adapted for the stage by Thurber as part of the 1960 Broadway theater revue A Thurber Carnival. The sketch, which closed the show except for "Word Dance Part II", was nearly identical to the short story, except that at the end he cleverly avoids being shot. The original cast for the sketch was as follows:

Peggy Cass as Mrs. Mitty
Tom Ewell as Walter Mitty
Paul Ford as Mr. Pritchard-Mitford and The Leader
John McGiver as Dr. Renshaw
Wynne Miller as Nurse
Peter Turgeon as Narrator, Lt. Berg, and Dr. Remington
Charles Braswell as Dr. Benbow

The story was again adapted for the stage in 1964, this time by Joe Manchester. This musical version of The Secret Life of Walter Mitty depicts Mitty at age 40, tempted by "would-be chanteuse" Willa De Wisp to leave his wife Agnes and really live "the Secret Life". It features 17 songs, with lyrics by Earl Shuman and music by Leon Carr. The musical opened off-Broadway at the Players Theatre on October 26, 1964, and ran for 96 performances. Time magazine referred to the musical's plot as having been "boldly extrapolated" from the short story, and called the result "a thoroughly pleasant musical evening".
 Columbia Records issued an original cast recording on LP, also dated 1964.

See also
Literary fiction
The Secret Lives of Waldo Kitty
From_A_to_Z-Z-Z-Z

References

External links
The original short story from The New Yorker
Thurber House
A Thurber Carnival in the Internet Broadway Database (IBDB)
The Secret Life of Walter Mitty study guide, teaching guide, themes, quotes

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(There's) No Gettin' Over Me

"(There's) No Gettin' Over Me" is a song written by Walt Aldridge and Tom Brasfield, and recorded by American country music singer Ronnie Milsap.  It was released in June 1981 as the first single from the album There's No Gettin' Over Me.  Known by many fans by its less grammatically correct title "There Ain't No Gettin' Over Me" — the song's official title appears nowhere in the lyrics — the song became one of Milsap's biggest country and pop hits during his recording career.

Critical reception
Thom Jurek of Allmusic wrote that "(There's) No Gettin' Over Me" — and the album from which it came — was "indicative of the times and the artists making hit records at the same time." Milsap's "urban country" style, as Jurek put it, was evident in the song, given its "sweet alto saxophone solo" and "chorus that reflects James Taylor's late-'70s attempts at crooning early rock."

Cover versions
A cover version was recorded by Heartland on their 2006 album I Loved Her First.

In 2018, Milsap rerecorded the song with Kacey Musgraves, which appeared on his 2019 album Ronnie Milsap: The Duets.

Commercial performance
His 18th No. 1 hit on the Billboard Hot Country Singles chart in August 1981, "(There's) No Gettin' Over Me" marked the apex of Milsap's popularity as a crossover artist, reaching No. 5 for 5 weeks on the Billboard Hot 100 chart and number two  Hot Adult Contemporary Singles.

A video was also produced of the song, and it has aired on The Nashville Network, CMT and GAC.

Chart history

Weekly charts

Year-end charts

References

Works cited
Whitburn, Joel, "Top Country Songs: 1944-2005," 2006.
Whitburn, Joel, "Top Pop Singles: 1955-2006," 2007.

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Abd al-Fattah Fumani

Abd al-Fattah Fumani was a 17th-century Iranian historian from Fuman in Gilan, who wrote a history of his native province, the Tarikh-i Gilan.

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Kyosevo

Kyosevo is a village in Kardzhali Municipality, Kardzhali Province, southern Bulgaria.

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Salina Hospital

The Salina Hospital, at 330 W. Main St. in Salina, Utah, was built in 1917.  Later the Salina Senior Citizen Center, it was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1980.

It has allusion to Prairie School style in its design.  It was deemed "significant as one of the first medical facilities in Utah to provide health care to a rural agricultural community and as the most important health care center for central Utah during the 1920s and 1930s. The hospital was discovered through a county-wide historical survey to be the best locally recognized representative of the role medicine had in Sevier County history."

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Bees Make Honey

Bees Make Honey were an influential band in the early pub rock movement in the UK.

The band were formed in 1971 in north London by Barry Richardson, who had a residency in a jazz band at the "Tally Ho" pub, when Eggs over Easy started playing pub rock there.  He invited Ruan O’Lochlainn, Deke O’Brien and Mick Molloy to see Eggs over Easy  and they formed a band with American drummer Bob "Cee" Siebenberg, who would later rise to fame in Supertramp. Richardson, O’Brien and Molloy were former members of Irish showband The Alpine Seven, and of Dublin's first Rhythm & Blues band Bluesville (with Ian Whitcomb). They initially performed as an unnamed band at the "Tally Ho", where Richardson had previously performed, eventually naming themselves Bees Make Honey in January 1972

While touring heavily on the emerging pub rock circuit, Bees Make Honey signed with record label EMI who issued their first single "Knee Trembler" / "Caldonia" (EMI 2078 (1972)), and their debut album Music Every Night (EMI 3013 (1973)). The album was recorded at Rockfield Studios and produced by their manager Dave Robinson, who also managed Brinsley Schwarz, but by the time the album was released, O’Lochlainn and Siebenberg had left. Drummer Fran Byrne, guitarist Rod Demick (ex Screaming Lord Sutch) and keyboardist Malcolm Morley (ex Help Yourself) joined, and toured to promote the album. They supported T. Rex at the Brixton Academy, but most of the audience were teenage girls desperate to see Marc Bolan, and the band was booed heavily. They appeared on BBC2 In Concert in 1973. In 1974 original members O'Brien and Molloy left, and Morley joined Man, so guitarists Willy Finlayson and Ed Deane, and keyboardist Kevin McAlea, joined. This line up recorded the second album, but EMI dropped both the unreleased album and the band. Another album was cut for DJM Records, but when this was also not released, the band broke up in late 1974.

After the break-up Byrne moved to Ace, Demick & Finlayson formed Meal Ticket and McAlea went on to work with Kate Bush on her 1979 tour and her series of concerts in 2014 in London.

A 4-track EP ("Sylvie"/"Namalee"/"Boogie Queen"/"Don't Stop Now") entitled Bees Make Honey was released by Charly (CEP 117) in 1977. In November 1996, Bees Make Honey were included along with other notable UK pub rock bands on a two-disc compilation by EMI Naughty Rhythms: The Best of Pub Rock (EMI Premiere 37968). Subsequently, in 2003, label Acadia released a two-disc anthology entitled Back on Track, combining studio sessions and representative live performances by the band.
The Bees also contribute three tracks ("What Have we Got to Loose", "Indian Bayou Saturday" and"Dance Around") and Meal Ticket one ("Day Job") to Goodbye Nashville, Hello Camden Town: A Pub Rock Anthology issued by Castle Records in March 2007 (CMEDD1451).

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Fakhr-al-Din Iraqi

Fakhr al-Dīn Ibrahīm ‘Irāqī (; 10 June 1213 – 1289), Persian Sufi master, poet and writer.

Biography
Often referred to as ‘Araqi, he was born in the village of Komajan near the city of Hamadan in Persia in 1213.  During his lifetime he spent many years in Multan, (present day Pakistan) as well as Konya and Tokat in present-day Turkey. He is known by many Sufis as a commenter on Sufi teachings, one of the great Persian poets, and an artist. ‘Iraqi is also considered to have reached an exalted station of spiritual realization within the Sufi tradition.

Born in 1213, ‘Iraqi lived during the height of the revival of Islamic spirituality. ‘Iraqi was highly educated in both theology and literary disciplines and it is believed that he not only knew the Holy Qur'an, hadith, commentary and Islamic theology (Kalam), but that he also knew Persian and Arabic literature.  By the time he was seventeen ‘Iraqi had learned all the sciences there were to teach, and had even begun to teach others.

Soon after he began teaching he met a group of qalandars or wandering dervishes and decided to join them. The group traveled to Multan where he would eventually be in the service of Baha-ud-din Zakariya who was the head of the Suhrawardiyya. Soon after he arrived in Multan he was betrothed to Shaykh's daughter and would have a son with her named Kabiruddin. ‘Iraqi would be in the service of Shaykh for a total of seventeen years during which time he continued to write poetry.

After Shaykh's death ‘Iraqi left Multan and traveled first to Mecca and Medina and then towards present day Turkey.  While in Konya where ‘Iraqi settled for a while he had the honor of meeting Sadr al-Dīn al-Qūnawī and Jalaluddin Rumi, two of the best known Sufis of all time.  ‘Iraqi would become good friends with Rumi however Qunawi would become a second Sufi master to ‘Iraqi who helped to shape him intellectually, as Shaykh shaped him spiritually. After Rumi's death ‘Iraqi moved to Tokat, also in present-day Turkey.

As ‘Araghi entered old age there was much upheaval in Tokat. The Byzantine Empire and Prince Kangirtay did not like ‘Iraqi because of the great influence he had over many of the people in Tokat, and the respect with which people honored him.  And so, when Prince Kangirtay tried to have ‘Iraqi arrested he fled to Cairo.  From there ‘Iraqi settled in Damascus where he would eventually die at the age of seventy-eight in 1289.

‘Araghi was both a member of the school of Persian Sufi poetry but also has been identified with the Ibn Arabian school of Sufism.  However, ‘Iraqi was also a Gnostic who often spoke in the language of love.  For him, as well as many other Sufis, love was realized knowledge.  ‘Iraqi's writing Lama’at (Divine Flashes) fits into a genre of Sufi writings which expresses certain doctrines in the language of love.

As Shaykh Baha'uddin was dying, he named Fakhruddin 'Iraqi to be his successor.

When it became known that 'Iraqi had been named head of the Suhrawardi Order, some in the order became jealous and denounced him to the Sultan who sought to have 'Araghi arrested.

'Iraqi fled the area with a few close companions, and they eventually made their way to Makkah and Medina. Later they moved north to Konya in Turkey. This was Konya at the time of Rumi. 'Araghi often listened to Rumi teach and recite poetry, and later attended Rumi's funeral.

Although 'Araghi was nominally the head (in exile) of a large and respected Sufi order, he humbly became the disciple of another Sufi master Sadr al-Din al-Qunawi, who also lived in Konya at the time. Qunawi was the son-in-law of the recently deceased Sufi philosopher Ibn 'Arabi. Although less known in the West today, Qunawi was perhaps the pre-eminent Sufi teacher in Konya at the time, even better known than his neighbor Rumi.

'Iraqi was deeply devoted to Qunawi and to the teachings of Ibn 'Arabi. It was a series of speeches al-Qunawi delivered on the esoteric meaning of Ibn 'Arabi's great works that inspired 'Iraqi to compose his own masterpiece of commentary and poetry named the Lama'at or Divine Flashes.

Works
Lama’at or Divine Flashes is the best known of ‘Iraqi's writings and was written during his time in what is now Turkey.  A part of the ‘language of love’ genre within Sufi writing, it takes an interesting view on how one view the world.  Unlike others before him ‘Iraqi viewed the world as a mirror which reflected God's Names and Qualities and not as a "veil" which must be lifted.
According to (the late) Baljit Singh Ph.D., an Indian Persian scholar and translator of SWANEH of Ahmad Ghazali and Iraqi's LAMMAT (The Flashes), "The style of Lammat is a simple, dignified, fluent & rich with Qur'anic verses and Arabic sentences. Its theme is ‘Divine Love’ and is written in the fashion of the Swaneh of Ahmad Ghazali. Iraqi explains in the Lammat, Ibn Arabi's Sufism through the love symbology." He quotes from Saed Nafisi's ‘Introduction’ to the ‘Kullyat Iraqi’-‘Generally it is accepted that Iraqi wrote Lammat following the ideas of Ibn Arabi, but Iraqi himself says differently. He writes in the beginning of the Lammat that he has written this book in the manner of ‘Swaneh’ of Ahmad Ghazali.’ Baljit Singh further refers to Dr Nasrullah Pourjavadi, a scholar on Ahmad Ghazali and writes, "It was Ahmad Ghazali who first of all saw the Divine as love and founded the Sufi Metaphysics of Love. Iraqi is said to have united Ahmad Ghazali to Ibn Arabi through his LAMMAT."

The Lama’at has been translated into English, French and Swedish.

‘Ushshaq-namah () was, according to legend, written during ‘Iraqi's time in service to Shaykh and is dedicated to Shamsuddin Juwayni the vizier.  While it has been attributed to 'Iraqi, it is almost definitely not his.

References

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Oberea fuscicollis

Oberea fuscicollis is a species of beetle in the family Cerambycidae. It was described by Stephan von Breuning in 1961.

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South Island National Park

South Island is a national park in North Queensland (Australia), 692 km northwest of Brisbane and the island is part of the Lizard Island Group and is South of Lizard Island situated 270 km north of Cairns, Queensland.

Lizard Island is a high granite island about 7 square kilometres in size, with three smaller islands nearby (Palfrey, South and Bird). Together these islands form the Lizard Island Group and their well-developed fringing reef encircles the 10-metre-deep Blue Lagoon.

The only settlements on the island are the Research Station, the Lizard Island Resort operated by Voyages Hotels & Resorts and a basic camping area operated by the Queensland Parks & Wildlife Service.

All islands in the Lizard Island Group are part of the Lizard Island National Park, administered by the Queensland Parks and Wildlife Service. Lizard Island is situated in the waters of the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park, administered jointly by the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority and the Queensland Environmental Protection Agency. Permits are required for all manipulative research in the Lizard Island Group and the waters surrounding it.

The Lizard Island Group is a mid-shelf reef, situated 30 kilometres from the Australian mainland. Most reef and island types characteristic of the Great Barrier Reef are accessible from the Research Station.

During his epic voyage of 1770, Captain James Cook climbed the peak on Lizard Island to chart a course out to sea through the maze of reefs which confronted him

See also

 Protected areas of Queensland

References

Category:National parks of Queensland
Category:Islands of Queensland
Category:Protected areas established in 1941
Category:North Queensland


Senegal at the 2011 World Aquatics Championships

Senegal competed at the 2011 World Aquatics Championships in Shanghai, China between July 16 and 31, 2011.

Swimming

Senegal had 3 swimmers:

Men

Women

References

Category:Nations at the 2011 World Aquatics Championships
2011
World Aquatics Championships


Rectus sheath

The rectus sheath, also called the rectus fascia, is formed by the aponeuroses of the transverse abdominal and the internal and external oblique muscles. It contains the rectus abdominis and pyramidalis muscles.

It can be divided into anterior and posterior laminae.

The arrangement of the layers has important variations at different locations in the body.

Below the costal margin
For context, above the sheath are the following two layers:

 Camper's fascia (anterior part of the Superficial fascia)
 Scarpa's fascia (posterior part of the Superficial fascia)

Within the sheath, the layers vary:

Below the sheath are the following three layers:
 transversalis fascia
 extraperitoneal fat
 parietal peritoneum

The rectus, in the situation where its sheath is deficient below, is separated from the peritoneum only by the transversalis fascia, in contrast to the upper layers, where part of the internal oblique also runs beneath the rectus. Because of the thinner layers below, this region is more susceptible to herniation.

Above the costal margin
Since the tendons of the internal oblique and transversus abdominis only reach as high as the costal margin, it follows that above this level the sheath of the rectus is deficient behind, the muscle resting directly on the cartilages of the ribs, and being covered only by the tendons of the external obliques.

Additional images

References

External links
  - "Incisions and the contents of the rectus sheath."
  - "Anterior Abdominal Wall: The Rectus Abdominis Muscle"
  - anterior layer
  - posterior layer above arcuate line
  - posterior layer above arcuate line

  - "The Rectus Sheath, Anterior View & Transverse Section"

Category:Abdomen
Category:Muscles of the torso


Semmelwrap

A semmelwrap is a Swedish pastry.

A semmelwrap is a variation of the Swedish semla, a cardamom-flavoured bun filled with almond paste and whipped cream. The semla is traditionally eaten on Shrove Tuesday. The ingredients of the semmelwrap are similar to those in a standard semla. The key difference between a traditional semla and the semmelwrap is that the dough is rolled thin and baked lightly, so that it can be rolled as a sandwich wrap around the whipped cream and almond paste.

The semmelwrap was invented by Mattias Ljungberg at Tössebageriet, a bakery in Östermalm, Stockholm. It was launched in January 2015 ahead of the semla season. According to Ljungberg the ambition had been to design a semla pastry that one could eat "on the go". The launching of the Semmelwrap quickly became a viral success, with broad coverage in Swedish publishing and social media. By late January 2015 Tössebageriet claimed to be selling around 1,000 Semmelwraps per day.

Neither the name nor the design of the pastry was trademark protected by its creator. Other bakeries across the country soon began imitating the concept. However, the habit of eating semla on Shrove Tuesday is a deep-rooted Swedish tradition and the concept of the semmelwrap was met with scepticism by people preferring traditional semlas.

Etymology
At the time of the launch of the pastry, the correctness of its name began to be debated. Ljungberg himself insists that the name is "semmelwrap" (i.e. a semla-based wrap). However, the Swedish Institute for Language and Folklore commented on the naming, stating that "wrapsemla" (i.e. a semla shaped as a wrap) or "rullsemla" ("rolled semla") would be more adequate namings.

See also
 List of almond dishes

References

Category:Swedish pastries
Category:2015 in Sweden
Category:Almond dishes


Greg Pak

Greg Pak is an American film director and comic book writer, known for his work on books published by Marvel Comics, including X-Treme X-Men and several titles featuring the Hulk and Hercules. In 2019, Pak began writing Star Wars comics for Marvel.

Early life
Pak was born in Dallas, Texas to a Korean-American father and a Caucasian mother. He graduated from Hillcrest High School. He studied political science at Yale University, where he wrote for the campus humor magazine, The Yale Record, and was a member of the Purple Crayon improvisational group. In 1991 he went to study history at Oxford as a Rhodes Scholar with the intent of becoming a politician. He then entered New York University's graduate film program.

Career
His New York University (NYU) student film, Fighting Grandpa, about his Korean grandparents, won the Gold Medal at the 25th Student Academy Awards. His short film "Asian Pride Porn", starring playwright David Henry Hwang and director Michael Kang, was licensed to Atom Films. Pak wrote and directed the feature film Robot Stories. He collected his screenplays in the book Robot Stories & More Screenplays, whose foreword was written by David Henry Hwang.

Pak began writing for Marvel Comics in September 2004 and signed an exclusive deal with them in July 2005. He has worked on such titles as Warlock, Phoenix: Endsong, Phoenix: Warsong, Iron Man, The Incredible Hulk, and Dynamite Entertainment's spin-off series based on the Sci-Fi Channel's Battlestar Galactica.

His 2000s projects include Incredible Hercules, World War Hulk: Warbound and Skaar: Son of Hulk, all spinning-off from World War Hulk, as well as Magneto: Testament and War Machine. Pak is one of the featured contributors to Secret Identities: The Asian American Superhero Anthology.

In June 2013, Pak began writing Batman/Superman for DC Comics. In November 2013, he began writing Action Comics with issue number 25.

Filmography
Robot Stories (2003)
Po Mo Knock Knock (1999)
Mouse (Short) (1997)

Bibliography

Marvel Comics
Warlock vol. 5 #1-4  (with Charlie Adlard, 2004)
X-Men:
X-Men: Phoenix - Endsong #1-5 (with Greg Land, 2005)
X-Men: Phoenix - Warsong #1-5 (with Tyler Kirkham, 2006–2007)
Magneto: Testament #1-5 (with Carmine Di Giandomenico, 2008–2009)
Astonishing X-Men #44-47, 60-61 (with Mike McKone and various, 2012-2013)
X-Treme X-Men #1-13 (with various, 2012-2013)
Storm #1-11 (with various, 2014-2015)
Weapon X #1-27 (with Greg Land, 2017–2019)
X-Men Prime #1 (with various, 2017)Weapons of Mutant Destruction: Alpha #1 (with Mahmud Asrar, 2017)Marvel Nemesis: The Imperfects #1-6 (with Renato Arlem, 2005)Iron Man: House of M #1-3 (with Pat Lee, 2005)Marvel 1602: New World #1-5 (with Greg Tocchini, 2005)What If: Submariner (with David Lopez, 2006)Amazing Fantasy vol. 2 #15 (with Patrick Scherberger,  2006)Hulk:Incredible Hulk vol. 2 #92-111 (with various,  2006–2007)Incredible Hulk #601-611, 709-717 (with various, 2009-2010, 2017-2018)Incredible Hulks #612-635 (with various, 2010-2011)The Totally Awesome Hulk #1–23 (with Frank Cho, December 2015 – 2017)Giant Size Hulk #1 (with various, 2006)Planet Hulk Gladiator Guidebook (with various, 2006)What If: Planet HulkWorld War Hulk #1-5 (with John Romita, Jr., 2007–2008)World War Hulk: After Smash (with Rafa Sandoval, 2008)World War Hulk: Warbound #1-5 (with Leonard Kirk and Rafa Sandoval, 2008)Skaar: Son of Hulk #1-12 (with Ron Garney, 2008-2009)Skaar: Son of Hulk Presents - Savage World of Sakaar (with various, 2008)Planet Skaar Prologue (with Dan Panosian, 2009)Dark Reign: The List - Hulk (with Ben Oliver, 2009)Generations: Banner Hulk & The Totally Awesome Hulk (with Matteo Buffagni, 2017)Weapon H #1–12 (with various, 2018-2019)Hulkverines #1-3 (with Ario Anindito, 2019)Hercules:Incredible Hercules #112-141 (with co-author Fred Van Lente and various, 2008–2010)Hulk vs Hercules: When Titans Collide (with co-author Fred Van Lente and various, 2008)Assault on New Olympus #1 (with co-author Fred Van Lente and Rodney Buchemi, 2009)Thor & Hercules: Encyclopædia Mythologica (with co-author Fred Van Lente and various, 2009)Hercules: Fall of an Avenger #1-2 (with co-author Fred Van Lente and art by Ariel Olivetti, 2010)Heroic Age: Prince of Power #1-4 (with co-author Fred Van Lente and art by Reilly Brown, 2010)Chaos War #1-5 (with co-author Fred Van Lente and art by Khoi Pham,  2010–2011)Herc #1-10, #6.1 (with co-author Fred Van Lente and art by Cliff Richards, 2011)War Machine #0-12 (with Leonardo Manco, 2008-2009)Alpha Flight vol. 4 #0.1, 1-8 (with co-author Fred Van Lente and art by Dale Eaglesham, 2012)Silver Surfer vol. 6 #1-5 (with various, 2011)Red Skull #1-5 (with Mirko Colak, 2011)Agents of AtlasWar of the Realms: The New Agents of Atlas #1-4 (art by Gang Hyuk Lim, May - June 2019)Agents of Atlas vol. 3 #1-5 (with Jeff Parker, art by Gang Hyuk Lim and Carlo Pagulayan, August 2019 - )Atlantis Attacks #1-5 (2020)Aero #1-ongoing (with co-writer Zhou Liefen, art by Keng, 2019-)Sword Master #1-ongoing (with co-author Shuizhu, art by Gunji 2019-)

DC ComicsBatman/Superman #1-9, 11–27, Annual #1-2 (with Jae Lee and various, 2013-December 2015)Action Comics #23.2, 25–50 (with Aaron Kuder, November 2013-March 2016)Secret Origins a segment in #1 (with Lee Weeks, 2014)Teen Titans #17–19 (with Ian Churchill, February 2016–April 2016)

Other publishers
Boom Studios:Mech Cadet Yu (2017)Firefly (2018-)
Dynamite Entertainment:Battlestar Galactica #0-12 (with Nigel Raynor, 2006–2007)Turok: Dinosaur Hunter #1-12 (with various artists, 2014-2015)
James Bond 2018-
Kickstarter:Code Monkey Save World #1(with Takeshi Miyazawa 2013)Princess Who Saved Herself! (with Takeshi Miyazawa 2015)
Valiant Comics:Eternal Warrior'' #1-8(with Trevor Hairsine and Robert Gill, 2013-2014)

References

Inline citations

General references

 "Robot Stories & More Screenplays" Book Collection with Original Commentaries

External links

 "Asian Pride Porn". AtomFilms.com
 "Robot Stories" Official website

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Category:American Rhodes Scholars
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Marco Gumabao

Marco Imperial Gumabao (born August 14, 1994), known professionally as Marco Gumabao, is a Filipino actor, model, athlete, and entrepreneur.

He is the face—and body—of Philippine-based international clothing brand BENCH's underwear and swimwear collection for men, under BENCH/Body, for the company's spring-summer campaigns from 2017 to present.

Early life and education
Marco, born August 14, 1994 in Makati City, Metro Manila, the Philippines, is the fourth of five children to actor and politician Dennis Roldan and former It Girl Loli Imperial-Gumabao. He also has three half-siblings. Growing up, he competed in Muay Thai.

Gumabao previously attended the De La Salle University and the Ateneo de Manila University as a psychology major.

Acting career
He first appeared in an uncredited role in Toda Max (2012), then rose in popularity in the TV series Luv U, both in the same period (2012–2016).

Gumabao also starred in supporting roles in numerous films such as She's Dating the Gangster (2014), Just the Way You Are (2015), and several other projects. He had special participation in popular television series Forevermore (2014–15), Pusong Ligaw (2017–18), and FPJ's Ang Probinsyano (2018).

In 2017, Gumabao left Star Magic agency after five (5) years of being under their management, and signed a new contract with Viva Artists Agency on September 4, 2018, together with his siblings Michele Gumabao and Kat Gumabao.

After being launched in his first major lead role in Para sa Broken Hearted (2018), he also starred in hit TV series Precious Hearts Romances Presents: Los Bastardos.

Following a supporting role in the 2018 Metro Manila Film Festival entry Aurora, he appeared in the film Ulan in 2019.

Modeling career
In 2017, Gumabao was announced as lead model for BENCH/Body. His underwear endorsements, commercials, and campaigns under BENCH revamped his image as a sexy and bankable actor and talent.

Since then, he has appeared in various magazines and publications, including Garage Magazine’s June-July 2018 Body Issue. He was also awarded the 2018 MEGA Man Best Bodies.

Filmography

Film

Television

References

External links

Category:1994 births
Category:ABS-CBN personalities
Category:Filipino male actors
Category:Filipino male child actors
Category:Living people
Category:Star Magic
Category:Viva Artists Agency
Category:Filipino male film actors
Category:Filipino male television actors
Category:Male actors from Metro Manila
Category:Filipino male models


Persian blue

Persian blue (not to be confused with Prussian blue) comes in three major tones:  Persian blue proper—a bright medium blue; medium Persian blue (a medium slightly grayish blue that is slightly indigoish); and a kind of dark blue that is much closer to the web color indigo; this darker shade of Persian blue is referred to as Persian indigo, dark Persian blue, or regimental.

Other colors associated with Persia include Persian pink, Persian rose, Persian red, Persian plum, Persian orange and Persian green.

Persian blue
The color Persian blue is named from the blue color of some Persian pottery and the color of tiles used in and on mosques and palaces in Iran and in other places in the Middle East.  Persian blue is a representation of the color of the mineral lapis lazuli which comes from Persia (i.e. modern Iran) and Afghanistan. (The color azure is also named after the mineral lapis lazuli.)

The first recorded use of Persian blue as a color name in English was in 1669.

Variations

Medium Persian blue

The medium tone of Persian blue shown at right is the color called Persian blue in color sample #178 of the ISCC-NBS color list.

Persian indigo

The color Persian indigo is displayed at right.  Another name for this color (seldom used nowadays) is regimental.  The color was called regimental because in the 19th century it was commonly used by many nations for navy uniforms.

Persian indigo is named for an association with a product from Persia: Persian cloth dyed with indigo.

The first recorded use of regimental (the original name for the color now called Persian indigo) as a color name in English was in 1912.

In human culture

Architecture
 Many mosques in Iran, such as the enormous Shah Mosque in Isfahan, have interiors that are faced with tiles that are Persian blue or close variations of it.

Military
 The color Persian indigo, which as noted above was originally called regimental, was called by that name because it used to be the color of the navy uniforms of a number of different nations in the late 19th and early 20th centuries due to the fact  that it was easy and inexpensive to use indigo dye to dye navy uniforms.

New Age Metaphysics
 The metaphysical books (on topics such as the seven rays) written by the New Age Prophetess Alice A. Bailey (which she claimed to have channeled from the ascended master Djwal Khul), published by the Lucis Trust and called by her followers the Alice A. Bailey material, in earlier editions up to and including the 1970s were originally bound in matte medium Persian blue, but since the 1980s, they have been bound in glossy Persian blue.

Persian carpets
 When blue Persian carpets are produced in Iran, medium Persian blue is one of the most commonly used tones of blue.

References

External links
  Painting "The Snake Charmer" (1870) by Jean-Leon Gerome shows a snake charmer in a Persian market with Persian blue tiles in background

Category:Shades of blue


Radio Demerara

Radio Demerara is a Radio Station in Guyana.  It is also the oldest in that country as well. The announcers included the legendary, Mr. Eshri Singh. Its former name was station ZFY in 1938. It adopted its present name in 1951.

Category:Radio in Guyana


Tessenjutsu

is the martial art of the Japanese war fan (tessen). It is based on the use of the solid iron fan or the folding iron fan, which usually had eight or ten wood or iron ribs.

The use of the war fan in combat is mentioned in early Japanese legends. For example, Minamoto no Yoshitsune, a hero of Japanese legend, is said to have defeated an opponent named Benkei by parrying the blows of his opponent's spear with an iron fan. This use of the iron fan was said to have been taught to him by a mythological creature, a tengu, who had also instructed him in the art of swordsmanship.

The practitioners of tessenjutsu could acquire a high level of skill. Some became so skilled, in fact, that they were able to defend themselves against an attacker wielding a sword, and even kill an opponent with a single blow. Like so many other Japanese arts of combat during this era, tessenjutsu reached a high level of sophistication. For example, in the late 16th century:
Sasaki Kojirō was able to defeat several enemies with an iron fan
Takeda Shingen held off a mounted sword attack by Uesugi Kenshin who had burst into his command tent during the 4th Kawanakajima battle.

Apart from using it in duels against enemies armed with swords and spears, the skilled wielder could also use it to fence and fend off knives and poisoned darts thrown at him. Like a sword, the tessen could be dual-wielded to parry with one hand and attack with the other.

Tessenjutsu is still practiced by a few experts in Japan to this day.

References

Category:Ko-ryū bujutsu


Estonia national under-21 football team results

This is a list of the Estonia national under-21 football team results from 2014 to the present day.

Results

2014

2015

2016

2017

2018

2019

References

External links
All matches of the Estonia national under-21 football team

Results U21
Category:Estonian sports-related lists


Naum

Naum may refer to:

Gods
Naum, The creator of human minds and thoughts (Mayan Mythology)

People
Naum Akhiezer, Soviet mathematician
Naum Gabo, Russian sculptor
Naum Idelson, Soviet astronomer
Naum Kleiman, historian of cinema
Naum Krasner, Russian mathematician and economist
Naum Costides, Greek member of Resistance from Meliti
Naum Levin, Ukrainian–Australian chess master and trainer
Naum Meiman, Soviet/Israeli mathematician, physicist, dissident, and refusenik
Naum Olev, Russian lyricist
Naum Prokupets, Moldovan-born Soviet world champion sprint canoer
Naum Sekulovski, Australian soccer player
Naum Karnaras, Greek diplomat of the Serbian government
Naum Z. Shor, Soviet and Ukrainian mathematician
Naum Shtarkman, Russian pianist
Naum Shusterman, Soviet engineer and Lieutenant Colonel
Naum Slutzky, Ukrainian goldsmith
Naum Vilenkin, Soviet mathematician
Saint Naum, medieval Bulgarian scholar
Anton Naum, Romanian poet
Gellu Naum, Romanian poet

Other
 Naum, a chess engine

See also
 Nahum (disambiguation)

Category:Romanian-language surnames


Xerneas and Yveltal

and  are two legendary Pokémon species in Nintendo and Game Freak's Pokémon franchise, debuting as the version mascots in the 2013 Nintendo 3DS games Pokémon X and Y. Both creatures were jointly designed by Ken Sugimori and Atsuko Nishida over a period of 18 months. Their designs draw inspiration from Norse mythology and are based on the shapes "X" and "Y". Known as the Life and Destruction Pokémon, respectively, Xerneas and Yveltal are powerful creatures said to have shaped the history of the Pokémon world. Xerneas and Yveltal appeared in many other games and media since their debut.

Concept and characteristics
The development of Pokémon X and Y began in 2010, and the games were released worldwide on October 12, 2013. The titles X and Y, representing the x-axis and y-axis—also reflecting different forms of thinking—were chosen early in development. At the request of game director Junichi Masuda, the shapes "X" and "Y" were used as the framework for the boxart legendary Pokémon: Xernas and Yveltal. Following tradition that began with Red and Green, Ken Sugimori was tasked with designing these two legendary Pokémon. Normally, Sugimori designs the legendary Pokémon by himself; however, he suffered from artist's block and required assistance from designer Atsuko Nishida to create Xerneas and Yveltal. Finalization of their designs took about 18 months, 3 times longer than normal.

Xerneas is a large stag-like Pokémon adorned with glowing antlers, and Yveltal is a large y-shaped avian Pokémon with some draconian traits.  Part of a Legendary trio, the designs of Xerneas and Yveltal are rooted in Norse Mythology. Xerneas traces to the Eikþyrnir, a stag that stands atop Valhalla, while Yveltal is inspired by the Hræsvelgr, a giant eagle able to make the wind blow by flapping its wings.

Xerneas and Yveltal represent eternity and destruction, respectively. Xerneas can grant eternal life while Yveltal can absorb life energy. Xerneas donned the newly introduced Fairy-type and a new ability called Fairy Aura, which raises the power of all Fairy-type attacks in-battle. Yveltal is a dual Dark- and Flying-type with the unique ability Dark Aura which has the same effect as Xerneas' ability but for Dark-type attacks. Additionally, both Pokémon have unique attacks: Geomancy for Xerneas and Oblivion Wing for Yveltal.

Appearances

In video games

Within the main series games, Xerneas and Yveltal were at first only available in X and Y, respectively, but were made once again available for capture without an in-game event when Pokémon Ultra Sun and Ultra Moon were released in 2017. They serve a pivotal role in  X and Ys story, providing the energy necessary for Team Flare to power their super weapon. They must be caught for the story to progress and can only be encountered once. From May 11 to 17, 2016, a shiny in Xerneas was distributed via Wi-Fi to players using X, Y, Omega Ruby, and Alpha Sapphire. An identical distribution of a shiny Yveltal took place the following week from May 20 to 28.

Yveltal appears as one of the antagonists in Pokémon Super Mystery Dungeon, turning numerous characters to stone while under control of the primary antagonist "Dark Matter". During the story's climax, Yveltal is turned to stone by Dark Matter before being saved by the player character. After Dark Matter is defeated, Xerneas appears from the "Tree of Life" and enables to player to evolve any party member. Xerneas and Yveltal also appear in multiple other spinoff titles, including Pokémon Art Academy, Pokémon Rumble World, Pokémon Battle Trozei, Pokémon Shuffle, and Pokémon Picross. Yveltal is featured in the 2015 fighting game Pokkén Tournament as an assist character that can temporarily stop the player's opponent from using their Synergy Gauge. The 2016 mobile strategy game Pokémon Duel features both as EX-level figures. Additionally, Xerneas appears as an assist character and trophy in Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS and Wii U.

Other media

Both Xerneas and Yveltal appeared in the seventeenth Pokémon movie: Diancie and the Cocoon of Destruction and its manga adaptation. They also made minor appearances in the Pokémon: XY anime, and Yveltal further appeared briefly in Pokémon Generations. The two legendary Pokémon reprise their role from X and Y in the Pokémon Adventures manga during the X & Y chapter. They also made minor appearances in the Let's Play the Pokémon Card Game XY! manga. Furthermore, both appear on multiple cards in the Pokémon Trading Card Game.

Promotion and reception
Xerneas and Yveltal were revealed on January 8, 2013, as part of the announcement of Pokémon X and Y during a Pokémon Direct broadcast. Three limited-edition Nintendo 3DS XL bundles were designed for Xerneas and Yveltal, a blue and red one featuring both Pokémon and a gold one featuring Xerneas, Chespin, Fennekin, and Froakie. Pre-orders of X and Y in Japan were bundled with miniature figurines of the two legendary Pokémon. In 2014, three limited edition Nintendo 3DS XL systems featuring Xerneas and Yveltal were distributed at football matches played by Yokohama F. Marinos, Urawa Red Diamonds, and FC Tokyo.

In an IGN poll with more than 8 million participants, Yveltal ranked as the second-most popular of the then 69 known new Pokémon in X and Y and Xerneas ranked fourth. A later publication by IGN in May 2019 ranked Xerneas as the tenth-best Legendary Pokémon, citing its influence on the competitive metagame and its "beautiful yet intimidating presence". In an official poll in Japan, Yveltal ranked twenty-sixth and Xerneas thirty-seventh out of the then-721 Pokémon. Screen Rant placed Xerneas as the eleventh-best Legendary Pokémon while Yveltal did not make the top 16. Ben Skipper of the International Business Times praised the designs of the two creatures, calling Xerneas "one of the strongest legendary designs produced to date" and complimented the freshness of Yveltal.

Within the competitive metagame of Pokémon, Xerneas became a staple of championship teams. Its Fairy-typing, signature ability, and signature move Geomancy made it a dominating force that reshaped the competitive field. Starting with the 2016 Pokémon World Championships, Xerneas made regular appearances on top-placing teams. Even teams with dedicated counters to Xerneas could fall due to its overwhelming power. By 2019, Incineroar surpassed Xerneas as the most-used Pokémon. In stark contrast, Yveltal saw only one top team placement in 2016.

Footnotes

References

External links
Xerneas on Bulbapedia
Yveltal on Bulbapedia
Xerneas on Pokemon.com
Yveltal on Pokemon.com

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Naenae railway station

Naenae railway station is a suburban railway station serving Naenae and Avalon in Lower Hutt, New Zealand. The station is located on the Hutt Valley section of the Wairarapa Line,  north of Wellington, and is served by Transdev Wellington on behalf of the Greater Wellington Regional Council. Trains stopping at Naenae run to Wellington, Taita and Upper Hutt.

The station has an island platform between double tracks, linked via a pedestrian subway to Cambridge Terrace and the Naenae shopping centre in the east and Oxford Terrace and Avalon in the west.

History
Naenae station opened on 7 January 1946 when a single line of the then Hutt Valley Branch was extended from Waterloo to Naenae. The station served as the branch's terminus until the extension to Taita opened fifteen months later in April 1947; at the same time the line south of Naenae was double tracked. Double track north of the station to Taita opened in February 1953, and the line through Naenae was electrified on 12 September 1953. In March 1954, Naenae became part of the main Wairarapa Line when the Taita to Haywards (now Manor Park) extension opened and the existing Melling to Haywards line closed.

Naenae Station closed from 14 May 2012 to allow a rebuild of the station to take place. The rebuild included a new platform shelter, resurfacing of the platform itself and renovation of the subway connecting the platform to Cambridge and Oxford Terraces. A shuttle bus service was provided between Naenae and Waterloo Station on weekdays during peak times.
The station reopened on 27 August 2012.

In 2018 automatic pedestrian gates which lock shut were installed as some pedestrians and cyclists ignored the flashing lights on the adjacent level crossing.

Services
Transdev Wellington, on behalf of the Greater Wellington Regional Council, operates Hutt Valley Line electric suburban services between Wellington and Upper Hutt via Naenae. The basic daytime off-peak timetable is:
2 trains per hour (tph) to Wellington, stopping all stations.
2 tph to Upper Hutt, stopping all stations.

Metlink bus routes 121 and 130 serve Naenae station.

References

External links
 Passenger service timetables from Metlink and Tranz Metro.

Category:Rail transport in Wellington
Category:Buildings and structures in Lower Hutt
Category:Railway stations in New Zealand
Category:Railway stations opened in 1946


Radio West

Radio West may refer to these radio stations:

 Heart Bristol, launched in 1981 as Radio West
 Galway Bay FM, launched in the late 1980s as Radio West

RadioWest (written as a single word) may refer to the following
 RadioWest (KUER) an hour-long talk show from KUER-FM launched in 2001
 RadioWest a group of 11 AM radio stations in the southern half of western Australia


True Thailand Classic

True Thailand Classic is a golf tournament, co-sanctioned by the Asian Tour and the European Tour, played annually in Thailand. The inaugural tournament was played from 12–15 February 2015 at the Black Mountain Golf Club, in Hua Hin. It has a purse of US$2,000,000, twice as high as the other leading tournaments in the country, the Thailand Golf Championship and Thailand Open.

Australian Andrew Dodt won the inaugural tournament by one stroke over Scott Hend and Thongchai Jaidee. Hend won the following year.

Winners

See also
Black Mountain Masters, Asian Tour event at Black Mountain GC, 2009–10
2011 Royal Trophy, also played at Black Mountain GC

References

External links
Coverage on the European Tour's official site
Coverage on the Asian Tour's official site
Black Mountain Golf Club official site

Category:European Tour events
Category:Asian Tour events
Category:Golf tournaments in Thailand
Category:Recurring sporting events established in 2015
Category:2015 establishments in Thailand


HMS Advice (1745)

HMS Advice was a 50-gun fourth rate ship of the line of the Royal Navy, built at Southampton to the dimensions laid down in the 1741 proposals of the 1719 Establishment, and launched on 26 February 1745.

Advice served until she was broken up in 1756.

Notes

References

Lavery, Brian (2003) The Ship of the Line - Volume 1: The development of the battlefleet 1650-1850. Conway Maritime Press. .

Category:Ships of the line of the Royal Navy
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Alexandre Bretholz

Alexandre Bretholz (born 9 June 1944) is a Swiss fencer. He competed in the individual and team épée events at the 1968 Summer Olympics.

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Sydney Harbour Transport Board

The Sydney Harbour Transport Board was a statutory of the Government of New South Wales responsible for the provision of ferry services on Sydney Harbour from July 1951 until November 1974.

History
With its Sydney Harbour services having become unprofitable, in March 1951 Sydney Ferries Limited advised the Government of New South Wales of its intention to cease operating ferry services on Sydney Harbour.

After investigating the possibility of using statutory powers to compulsorily acquire the business without paying compensation, the government agreed to purchase the business with 15 ferries from 1 July 1951. Pursuant to the , the Sydney Harbour Transport Board (SHTB) was established. As the board did not have any experience of ferry management, day-to-day running was contracted out to the Port Jackson & Manly Steamship Company.

In 1956, the Kooleen was purchased. This single deck ferry which the SHTB intended would be the first of many had no outside seating and was much derided. As a result, it was decided to retain the existing fleet, albeit with the remaining steam powered examples converted to diesel power. Between 1968 and 1970, three Lady class ferries were purchased.

Pursuant to the , the functions of the SHTB were transferred to the Public Transport Commission on 1 December 1974.

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New Home Township, Bates County, Missouri

New Home Township is one of twenty-four townships in Bates County, Missouri, and is part of the Kansas City metropolitan area within the USA.  As of the 2000 census, its population was 222.

History
The township takes its name from the community of New Home, Missouri.

Geography
According to the United States Census Bureau, New Home Township covers an area of 44.63 square miles (115.6 square kilometers); of this, 44.53 square miles (115.32 square kilometers, 99.76 percent) is land and 0.11 square miles (0.28 square kilometers, 0.24 percent) is water.

Unincorporated towns
 Cornland at
 New Home at
 Nyhart at
(This list is based on USGS data and may include former settlements.)

Adjacent townships
 Charlotte Township (north)
 Mount Pleasant Township (northeast)
 Lone Oak Township (east)
 Osage Township (southeast)
 Howard Township (southwest)
 Walnut Township (west)

Cemeteries
The township contains Thomas Cemetery.

Rivers
 Marias des Cygnes River

Lakes
 Brushy Mound Lake

School districts
 Butler R-V School District
 Hume R-VIII
 Rich Hill R-IV

Political districts
 Missouri's 4th congressional district
 State House District 125
 State Senate District 31

References
 United States Census Bureau 2008 TIGER/Line Shapefiles
 United States Board on Geographic Names (GNIS)
 United States National Atlas

External links
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 City-Data.com

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Gershom Bassey

Gershom Henry Bassey (born March 18, 1962 in Lagos, Nigeria) is a Nigerian politician and businessman. He is the senator representing Cross River South senatorial district in the Nigerian Senate. He is a senator of the 8th and 9th republic of the National Assembly in Nigeria respectively.

Personal life and education
Gershom Bassey (born March 18, 1962) in Lagos, Nigeria. He hails from Calabar South local government area of Cross River State. He is married to Chioma Gershom-Bassey with children. Bassey attended Corona School Apapa, Lagos for his primary school then moved on to Federal Government College, Sokoto where he obtained his West African School Certificate in 1977. In 1979, he received his A-Level certificate from Greylands College, Isles of Wight, United Kingdom. He also studied Engineering Production and Economics at University of Wales, Cardiff where he graduated with a BSc in 1984. In 1986, he received an MSc in Construction Management from Brunel University London.

Career
Bassey started his political career when he was appointed Chairman Cross River State Water Board in 1999 He also served as the Chairman of the Strategic Policy Committee in Cross River State. In 2014, Bassey declared his interest for the seat of the senate for Calabar South senatorial district. In 2015, he won the election and was elected Senator of Calabar South senatorial district. He was also appointed the Vice Chairman of the Senate committee on Petroleum Resources (Upstream).

In 2017, Ripples Nigeria made a publication of a list of "Bench Warmer" senators and Senator Gershom Bassey was number five on the list.

In the run up of the 2019 elections during the People's Democratic Party primaries, Gershom Bassey reportedly had a confrontation with his opponent Ntufam Ekpo Okon which eventually led to a fight and postponement of the primaries by the Cross River State Senatorial Primary Election Committee. It was also reported that supporters of Ntufam Ekpo Okon attacked the motorcade of Senator Gershom Bassey. Following the attack on Bassey, Ntufam Okon was disqualified by the Cross River State Senatorial Primary Election Committee and Bassey emerged the winner.

In February 2019, the election was held and Gershom Bassey emerged the winner.

Sponsored Bills
During the 8th National Assembly, he sponsored several bills that namely "Correction, Reformation and Re-integration Centre (establishment, etc) Bill, 2016" and the "Federal College of Forestry Technology and Research, Akamkpa (establishment, etc) Bill" which were passed. He sponsored a bill named "A Bill for an Act to amend the Criminal Justice (Release from Custody)(Special Provision) Act, CAP C40 LFN 2011 and for Other Related Matters", the bill progressed through to the second reading stage. Other bills he sponsored that only went through the first reading are the "Fire (Hazard, Prevention and Safeguard) Bill", the "National Boundary Commission Act (Amendment) Bill", "Flags and Coat of Arms Act (Amendment) Bill", "Federal Polytechnic Akpabuyo (Est.etc.) Bill" and the "Nigerian Research Institute of Fisheries and Aquatic, Bakassi (Est.etc) Bill".,

References

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 Gershom Bassey profile

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1996 Mundingburra state by-election

The Mundingburra state by-election, 1996 was a by-election held on 3 February 1996 for the Queensland Legislative Assembly seat of Mundingburra, located in the southern suburbs of Townsville. It was brought on by the Court of Disputed Returns declaring void the close result of the July 1995 election in the normally safe Labor seat, and resulted in the end of the Goss Ministry headed by Labor Premier Wayne Goss, and the swearing in of a minority government led by Nationals leader Rob Borbidge.

Background
The state election was held on 15 July 1995, with the Labor Party under Premier Wayne Goss hoping to win a third term in office. About ten seats were too close to call in early counting, and it was some days before the result was declared—a nine-seat loss for Labor, giving it 45 of 89 seats in the Legislative Assembly, and a two-party-preferred swing against it of 7.15%. The last seat to be declared on 25 July was the Townsville-based seat of Mundingburra, which Labor's Ken Davies won by just 16 votes in a three-candidate race against Liberal candidate Frank Tanti. This represented an 8% swing against Davies based on the 1992 result. On 31 July 1995, Goss elevated Davies to the lowest-ranking position in the ministry, assigning him the portfolios of Emergency Services and Consumer Affairs.

On 4 August, the Liberal Party decided to challenge the result on several counts.  The Liberals claimed multiple voting had occurred and that 165 people were not at the addresses they had provided.  Most seriously, they claimed 22 overseas military personnel did not get to vote, as a plane carrying about 100 votes from Rwanda arrived too late for the votes to be counted. The challenge was heard concurrently with a Labor challenge to the result in Greenslopes, which the Liberals had won by 41 votes, by Justice Brian Ambrose. On 8 December 1995, Ambrose determined that no breach of the Electoral Act had occurred, but the closeness of the result together with the issue of the 22 military votes meant that the election should be voided and re-run. The Greenslopes result was maintained on the basis of the larger margin between the parties despite a finding that the Electoral Act had not been entirely observed.

The result was that Labor had 44 seats, the Coalition 43, and Gladstone independent Liz Cunningham held the remaining seat. If Labor were to win the seat, they would regain their one-seat majority, but if they lost it and the House was equally divided, then Cunningham would be able to select the government. She refused to indicate which way she would lean, arguing that Mundingburra electors should cast their vote first without undue pressure.

On 12 December 1995, Goss called the poll for 3 February 1996, pleading with voters in the electorate to end the political instability "bedevilling" the state. He said the date would give voters the "shortest campaign possible and the earliest opportunity" to make their choice, acknowledging that the 1995 result was "a kick in the pants", but insisting the Government had learned its lesson. Both the Coalition and Labor campaigns asked their parties' Federal leaders to stay away from the campaign in order that state and federal issues not become conflated. Goss told the Sunday program that he felt "there's a bit of an 'It's Time' factor developing" for Prime Minister Paul Keating, and that if he was to lose the poll, "I'll accept the responsibility for that and it won't be any southern politician who's been here." Meanwhile, Liberal campaign director Jim Barron believed federal Opposition Leader John Howard had "got enough on his plate anyway" and that there was "[no] necessity to bring in other key political figures from outside the State."

The campaign

The first weeks: selecting the candidates
The original poll had been between the incumbent member, Labor candidate Ken Davies, Liberal candidate Frank Tanti and Greens candidate Russell Cumming. Davies, formerly an accountant, had been a member of the Assembly since the 1989 election. However, Davies was fighting a $690,000 lawsuit lodged by the Commonwealth Bank over his former accountancy practice—which, if it had resulted in his having to declare bankruptcy, would have caused the forfeiture of his seat. On 15 December 1995, the party's administrative committee met for 2½ hours and resolved not to preselect Davies as its candidate for the election, and a day later approved the nomination of the long-serving Mayor of the City of Townsville, Tony Mooney. One factor in the decision was internal ALP polling which suggested Davies had become an electoral liability in the seat and Mooney, who was considered to be popular and articulate and who had won 58% of the vote as mayor in the electorate's booths, was their best hope. Malcolm Mackerras, a leading political analyst, believed the decision was "fully justified", and that "if they'd kept [Davies], they'd have thrown the seat away", noting that the 9.4% primary vote swing against Davies at the election was much greater than the state average and one of the biggest against a sitting Labor candidate in what should have been one of Labor's safest seats.

The decision proved to be controversial. The following week, the Greens, who had polled 11.5% of the vote at the 1995 election, had suggested they may not preference Mooney due to his pro-development stance and previous clashes with the environmental movement, especially over the Nelly Bay resort development on Magnetic Island, and Davies, who was directing all calls to the Sydney promoter Harry M. Miller, announced that he had a story that would "rock the Goss Government" when it was told. On 21 December, Davies hit out directly at Goss, accusing him of breaking a promise made to him before he entered politics, saying, "It was a package he was offering me. He made a commitment to me and I expected him to abide by that commitment." He asserted the claims he would be bankrupted by the legal case were "uninformed", and that the case was public knowledge before he was appointed to the Ministry. He announced on 9 January 1996 that he would run as an independent, and told the media he had been discussing with Liz Cunningham about "how two independents could work together for the benefit of the people of Queensland".

The Liberals re-ran with Frank Tanti, a local shop manager and cabinet-maker with military experience and strong religious beliefs. They ran a low-key campaign which said little about his agenda should he win, but did criticise the closure of two railway workshops in Townsville which was estimated to have cost 300 jobs. When asked about bigger issues, he replied, "I am not expected to know everything. I am not in a position to stuff things up." Queensland political commentator Professor John Wanna later described him as "the little local battler, who campaigned earnestly but was widely regarded as a politically unsophisticated nobody."

The Greens' bid imploded before the campaign began, due to disagreements between the party's preselected candidate, Tony Clunies-Ross, and the party hierarchy over preferences. In the end the Greens did not run a candidate. However, by the end of December, the Australian Women's Party had preselected candidate Pauline Woodbridge from the Northern Queensland Domestic Violence Resource Centre, whilst the North Queensland Party advocating a separate state, the right-wing Australians Party, a nude beach campaigner from Surfers Paradise, two independents seeking the legalisation of marijuana, another advocating the rights of subcontractors against failed construction companies and one desiring a new power station had also announced their candidacy in the race. On 12 January 1996, the ballot was drawn with a record 12 candidates, most of whom were independents.

Other events

On 19 December, Goss fired the first shot in the campaign by promising a A$1 billion Korean zinc refinery if elected. It would, once finished, be the biggest zinc smelter and refinery complex in the world. However, this announcement was somewhat overshadowed by media interest in dumped candidate Davies's comments. By 23 December, polls were predicting a slim victory for the Liberals, and by 7 January this had widened to an eight per cent lead, with 39% of voters in an AGB McNair poll indicating that they were less likely to vote for Labor over the replacement of Davies with Mooney, whilst 29% indicated they were more likely. Labor fought back by leaking details of how Davies had hired his wife as an electoral secretary while in Parliament, and Goss indicated that he would consider approaching the Governor for fresh elections if Tanti won. Some Labor critics saw this as evidence he was "losing the plot" and should be replaced as leader by Health Minister Peter Beattie, a member of Labor's "old guard" faction at odds with the dominant Australian Workers' Union faction in the state party.

The campaign took a turn for the bizarre when Davies revealed on 15 January that he had been offered an all-expenses-paid seven-week holiday in the South Pacific and a $50,000-a-year job as a party organiser by the Labor Party. Senior minister Bob Gibbs admitted these had been offered to Davies, but simply "to help him through a stressful and difficult time... [and] to see him through his financial difficulties." Labor went on the attack, offering to open its lawyers' files in an effort to prove Davies had not been offered inducements not to run, which would have been a violation of the Electoral Act. The Liberal candidate contacted the police and the Criminal Justice Commission (CJC) to investigate Davies' claims, while the Electoral Commissioner, Des O'Shea, said the integrity of the by-election was not in jeopardy as Davies had stood for election anyway. On 1 February, the CJC cleared the Labor Party.

The task of winning became more complicated when on 26 January, Paul Keating announced the federal election for 2 March. Goss claimed that Mundingburra voters were annoyed with "all the outside issues, all the blow-ins... and the mud-slinging and the game playing", which he labelled as "outside distractions". An opinion poll by Newspoll on 29–31 January, conducted with 912 voters within the electorate, suggested Labor had narrowed the gap to 3%, although with 3% of the electorate still undecided about how they would vote. The final poll before the election, taken by AGB McNair on 31 January and 1 February, put Mooney marginally ahead.

Professor Wanna later commented that "with Labor in disarray, no amount of money, campaign tactics or flying visits could repair the damage." A political commentator based in Townsville told the Sydney Morning Herald that the electoral roll had changed by about 30% since July, due to a lot of movement by public servants and the army, and that some new residents did not qualify to vote as they had arrived too late to enrol. On election day, The Age described the campaign in retrospect as a "thrill-a-minute plot with spellbinding dirty tricks that have kept locals—used to this sort of thing—away in droves", and characterised the main candidates as "the man who talks to God, the man who runs on hurt, or the ambitious Mayor".

Timeline

Results
It was clear on election night counting that Frank Tanti had won the seat, leading Tony Mooney by 813 votes and capturing an estimated 52% of the two-party vote, although with almost 15% of votes remaining to be counted. The Liberals were sufficiently confident to declare victory on the night, with Goss admitting Labor had probably lost the race. A startled Tanti told media on the night, "They outspent us seven to one, they've taken the people for granted as usual, they don't listen, they haven't learnt a damn thing and I'm proud to be part of history." The official result was declared later the same week.

Aftermath
The loss of Mundingburra deprived the Labor government of Wayne Goss of what had previously been a one-seat majority. The election of Liberal candidate Frank Tanti produced a hung parliament with Labor holding 44 seats, the National–Liberal Coalition holding 44 seats, and the balance of power held by the sole independent Liz Cunningham.

On 12 February 1996—nine days after the Mundingburra by-election—Cunningham announced her support for the National-Liberal coalition. Facing certain defeat on the floor of parliament, Goss resigned his commission on 19 February, and National Party leader Rob Borbidge was sworn in as the new Premier of Queensland.

The seat returned to Labor at the 1998 state election, when Lindy Nelson-Carr won against Tanti on a 6.7% swing.

See also
List of Queensland state by-elections

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275th Regiment

The 275th Regiment, also known as 275 Viet Cong Main Force Regiment, was a regiment of the Viet Cong during the Vietnam War. The regiment was formed in May 1965.

History
The 275th Regiment was part of the VC 5th Division and operated in the Phuoc Tuy Province, now known as the province of Ba Ria-Vung Tau.

On 11 November 1965, the Regiment ambushed the ARVN 52nd Rangers near Kim Hai hamlet, in the village of Phuoc Hoa on Route 15, in Phuoc Tuy Province and inflicted heavy casualties upon the ranger battalion.

Part of the Regiment fought initially against the 173rd Airborne Infantry Brigade between 24 May and 4 June 1966 during Operation Hardihood.American casualties during that operation were 23 killed and 160 woundedand 48 Viet Cong soldiers were reported to have been killed."American casualties during that operation were 23 killed and 104 wounded for a VC body count of 48."

The Regiment or its battalions participated alongside D445 Provincial Mobile Battalion in the Battle of Long Tan against Australian forces from D Company, 6th Battalion, Royal Australian Regiment. According to the D445 Battalion political officer, the unit provided "guides for the units that mortared the Task Force" at Nui Dat base on 17 August 1966. A Viet Cong medic, Chung, reported that three of the 275th Regiment RCL detachment involved were killed in the Australian counter-battery fire and were buried nearby. Casualties among the Australians in the bombardment were 22 wounded. During the battle an 80-strong Vo Thi Sau civil labour company commanded by Chin Phuong, comprising mainly women and children, lent support by evacuating and treating the casualties. Vietnamese dead, according to Viet Cong and NVA histories were 47 killed. (Source: The Battle of Long Tan: NVA/VC Forces - Revisited. By  Ernest Patrick Chamberlain. August 2013.) Australian veterans and historians, in the main, claim that at Long Tan the 275 Regiment and D445 Battalion suffered heavy casualties, with the official Australian body count reported to be 245 Vietnamese killed. Only one member of D445 was captured at Long Tan (reportedly a 57 mm RCL gunner); and two members of 275 Regiment were captured who declared themselves to be members of "Doan 45" as their cover story. Several 275th Regiment soldiers received medals, letters of appreciation and commendation certificates for their part in the fighting. Estimates from official history records from the D445 Battalion indicate between 30-47 KIA total including other regiments.

The next major contact took place on 2 December 1966, when a US resupply convoy was attacked by the 275th Regiment south of Gia Ray. In this battle, the U.S. forces involved claimed to have killed at least 99 Viet Cong soldiers, while a sergeant from the 27th Engineer Battalion was killed and 22 were wounded in the Black Horse Regiment.

During the start of the Tet Offensive, the 274th and 275th Regiments of the 5th Viet Cong Division took part in the attacks on Bien Hoa, northeast of Saigon on 18 February 1968.

The 275th Regiment took later part in the attack on Svay Rieng city in Cambodia on 11 August 1974.

In November 2006, Australian Prime Minister John Howard paid respect to the Vietnamese authorities, laying a wreath at the Go Cat Military Cemetery in Ba Ria-Vung Tau Province where some 2000 former enemy combatants (mainly 5th and 9th NVA Divisions soldiers) are buried.

In 2010, as part of Operation Wandering Souls, Bob Hall and Derrill de Heer, both Vietnam veterans who are now academics at the University of New South Wales and the Australian Defence Force Academy, presented to the Veterans Association of Ba Ria-Vung Tau province, a list containing the full names, ranks and unit numbers of 535 Vietnamese soldiers buried by Australians in the province.

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Adamantios Androutsopoulos

Adamantios Androutsopoulos (; 20 August 1919 – 10 November 2000) was a lawyer and professor. He held various ministerial posts under the Greek military junta of 1967–1974 and was finally appointed 168th Prime Minister of Greece from 1973 to 1974 by junta strongman Dimitrios Ioannides.

He was born in Psari, Messenia, Greece in 1919. He studied at the University of Athens and at the University of Chicago. He never graduated from Chicago. He was Finance Minister (21 April 1967 – 26 August 1971) and Minister for the Interior (26 August 1971 – 10 May 1973) during the Papadopoulos military régime. When Papadopoulos was overthrown in 1973 by Ioannides, Androutsopoulos was appointed Head of Government (25 November 1973 – 23 July 1974), and also Finance Minister (25 November 1973 – 26 July 1974), until the return of democratic government in 1974 during the Metapolitefsi.

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Turtle Boy

Turtle Boy may refer to:

 The Burnside Fountain, a statue of a young boy riding a Hawksbill turtle,  located in Worcester, Massachusetts, USA
 Didier Moltavo, who had mole covering his back resembling a turtle shell
 A character (Jimmy Olsen) from the DC Comics universe.


John Joseph Rawlings

John Joseph Rawlings was a British engineer and inventor of the wall plug, also known from his name as the rawlplug. He invented it in around 1910-11, registered a patent in 1911, trademarked the rawlplug name in 1912 and was granted the patent in 1913. In 1919 his company, formerly known as the Rawlings Brothers, was renamed to Rawlplug Ltd.

Wall plug
The original device was a jute fibre cylinder inserted into a hole drilled in the masonry and into which the screw was inserted. The deeper the screw penetrated, the more the fibre expanded and the greater the grip against the masonry. The jute was replaced by a thermoplastic plug in the 1960s, injection moulded singly, or in multiples attached together by the original sprue. Each plug can be easily twisted off the sprue when needed.

Wall bolt

The company went on to develop the Rawlbolt, a fitting with similar function but much greater size and strength.

References
Get a grip! – the invention of the Rawlplug

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Emperor Go-Tsuchimikado

(July 3, 1442 – October 21, 1500) was the 103rd emperor of Japan, according to the traditional order of succession. His reign spanned the years from 1464 through 1500.

This 15th-century sovereign was named after the 12th-century Emperor Tsuchimikado and go- (後), translates literally as "later;" and thus, he could be called the "Later Emperor Tsuchimikado", or, in some older sources, may be identified as "Emperor Tsuchimikado, the second," or as "Emperor Tsuchimikado II."

Genealogy
Before his ascension to the Chrysanthemum Throne, his personal name (his imina) was .

He was the eldest son of Emperor Go-Hanazono.  His mother was Ōinomikado (Fujiwara) Nobuko (大炊御門（藤原）信子), daughter of Fujiwara Takanaga (藤原高長)

Lady-in-waiting: Niwata (Minamoto) Asako (庭田（源）朝子; 1437-1492) later Sōgyoku-mon'in (蒼玉門院), Niwata Shigekata’s daughter
First son: Imperial Prince Katsuhito (勝仁親王) later Emperor Go-Kashiwabara
Second son: Imperial Prince Takaasa (1472–1504; 尊敦親王) later Imperial Prince Priest Sonden (尊伝入道親王)
Son: (1475)

Lady-in-waiting: Kajūji (Fujiwara) Fusako (勧修寺（藤原）房子), Kajūji Asahide’s daughter
First daughter: Princess Daijikō-in (大慈光院宮)
Fifth daughter: Princess Rishu (理秀女王)
Fourth daughter: Princess Chien (智円女王)
daughter: (1485)

Consort: Kasannoin (Fujiwara) Tomoko (花山院（藤原）兼子), Kasannoin Tokitada’s daughter
Third daughter: Princess Yozen (応善女王)
Third son: Imperial Prince Priest Ninson (仁尊法親王)
Second daughter: Princess Chien (知円女王)
Fourth son: Prince Imawaka (今若宮)

unknown
 Princess Jisho (慈勝女王)

Events of Go-Tsuchimikado's life
 August 21, 1464 (Kanshō 5, 7th month): In the 36th year of Go-Hanazono-tennō 's reign (後花園天皇二十五年), the emperor abdicated; and the succession (senso) was received by his son.  Shortly thereafter, Emperor Go-Tsuchimikado is said to have acceded to the throne (sokui).

Shortly after his enthronement, the Ōnin War took place.  Temples, shrines, and mansions of court nobles, among others, were burned to the ground.  The Imperial Court's finances dried up, and the Court declined. The Emperor supported the Yoshida family's policy of establishing a new kind of State Shinto which could add social and political cohesion in the country devastated by civil war.

Until former-emperor Go-Komatsu died in 1433, Go-Hanazono held the title of formal head of the Daïri, the real power in the court was wielded by his uncle, who continued a practice known as  cloistered rule.  After this, Go-Hanazono enjoyed 30 years of direct imperial rule, until his abdication; and then the conventional pattern of indirect government by cloistered emperors was again resumed.  The extended duration of Go-Tsuchimikado's reign—lasting thirty-six years, two months—is the longest of any sovereign in the historical period prior to Emperor Meiji.

After the end of the War, there was little enthusiasm for reviving the Imperial Court's ancient ceremonies.  On October 21, 1500, the Emperor died. His successor Go-Kashiwabara lacked the funds to pay for the funeral ceremony, and the deceased emperor's body lay in a palace storeroom for over a month before a donation was made to the court, and the funeral could be observed.

Go-Tuschimikado is enshrined with other emperors at the imperial tomb called Fukakusa no kita no misasagi (深草北陵) in Fushimi-ku, Kyoto.

Kugyō
Kugyō (公卿) is a collective term for the very few most powerful men attached to the court of the Emperor of Japan in pre-Meiji eras. Even during those years in which the court's actual influence outside the palace walls was minimal, the hierarchic organization persisted.

In general, this elite group included only three to four men at a time.  These were hereditary courtiers whose experience and background would have brought them to the pinnacle of a life's career.  During Go-Tsuchimikado's reign, this apex of the Daijō-kan included:
 Sadaijin Udaijin Naidaijin DainagonEras of Go-Tsuchimikado's reign
The years of Go-Tsuchimikado's reign are more specifically identified by more than one era name or nengō.
 Kanshō  (1460–1466)
 Bunshō  (1466–1467)
 Ōnin     (1467–1469)
 Bunmei  (1469–1487)
 Chōkyō  (1487–1489)
 Entoku         (1489–1492)
 Meiō      (1492–1501)

Ancestry

Notes

References

 Ponsonby-Fane, Richard Arthur Brabazon. (1959).  The Imperial House of Japan. Kyoto: Ponsonby Memorial Society. OCLC 194887
 Titsingh, Isaac. (1834). Nihon Ōdai Ichiran''; ou,  Annales des empereurs du Japon.  Paris: Royal Asiatic Society, Oriental Translation Fund of Great Britain and Ireland.  OCLC 5850691

See also
 Emperor of Japan
 List of Emperors of Japan
 Imperial cult

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Daniyar Kaisanov

Daniyar Kaisanov is a Kazakhstani freestyle wrestler. He won the gold medal in the men's 74 kg event at the 2019 Asian Wrestling Championships held in Xi'an, China. In 2020 he also won the gold medal in the men's 74 kg event at the 2020 Asian Wrestling Championships held in New Delhi, India.

In 2018 he represented Kazakhstan at the 2018 Asian Games and he won the silver medal in the men's 74 kg event.

In 2019 he competed at the 2019 World Wrestling Championships in the men's 74 kg event without winning a medal.

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Dialeucias variegata

Dialeucias variegata is a moth of the family Erebidae first described by Paul Dognin in 1923. It is found in French Guiana.

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Tribune (Australian newspaper)

Tribune was the official newspaper of the Communist Party of Australia. It was published by the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Australia from 1939 to 1991. Initially it was subtitled as Tribune: The People's Paper. It was also published as the Qld Guardian, Guardian (Melbourne), Forward (Sydney). It had previously been published as The Australian Communist, (1920-1921) The Communist, (1921-1923) and the Workers' Weekly (1923-1939).

The Tribune has been digitised, as part of the Australian Newspapers Digitisation Program of the National Library of Australia between the years 1939 and 1976.

Publication history
The Tribune was the flagship of Australia's left wing newspapers.

The Australian Communist
The Australian Communist was a weekly newspaper published from Sydney, Australia between 24 December 1920 and 29 April 1921. The newspaper was the official organ of the Communist Party of Australia. In total, 19 issues of The Australian Communist were published. Tom Glynn served as the editor of The Australian Communist until 25 March 1921. For the last issues C.W. Baker served as the editor.

The Communist
The newspaper changed its title to The Communist. It continued publishing under the new title from 1921 to 1923.

Workers' Weekly
The Communist folded in 1923 to be replaced by Worker' Weekly which became the official organ of the party from 1923 to 1939. Workers' Weekly stopped publication with Tribune becoming the official organ starting 1939.

Summary

See also
List of newspapers in New South Wales
List of newspapers in Australia

References

External links

Category:English-language communist newspapers
Category:Defunct newspapers of Sydney
Category:Newspapers on Trove


Yves Goasdoué

Yves Goasdoué (born 22 August 1959) is a French left-wing deputy in the National Assembly of France.  He is of Breton origin and he represented Orne's 3rd constituency.

In 1998, he was elected regional councillor for the Orne, and successively mayor of Flers in 2001.

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Category:1959 births
Category:Living people
Category:French people of Breton descent
Category:People from Cherbourg-Octeville
Category:Socialist Party (France) politicians
Category:Deputies of the 14th National Assembly of the French Fifth Republic
Category:Mayors of places in France
Category:Politicians from Normandy