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[ [ "Chris Demaree" ], [ "Introduction", "'''Christopher John Demaree''' (born March 12, 1980) is a former American football defensive tackle who played one season with the San Diego Chargers of the National Football League (NFL).", "He played college football at Kentucky.", "He was also a member of the Chicago Bears, Carolina Panthers, and San Francisco 49ers of the NFL, the Rhein Fire of NFL Europe, and the Georgia Force and Kansas City Brigade of the Arena Football League (AFL)." ], [ "References" ] ]
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[ [ "Sheldon Andrus" ], [ "Introduction", "'''Sheldon James Andrus Jr.''' (born October 5, 1962) is a former American football defensive tackle who played two seasons with the New Orleans Saints of the National Football League (NFL).", "He played college football at Nicholls State." ], [ "References" ] ]
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[ [ "Eric Austin (American football)" ], [ "Introduction", "'''Eric Dewayne Austin''' (born June 7, 1973) is a former American football defensive back who played one season with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers of the National Football League (NFL).", "He played college football at Jackson State and was drafted by the Buccaneers in the fourth round of the 1996 NFL Draft." ], [ "References" ] ]
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[ [ "Kevin Breedlove" ], [ "Introduction", "'''Kevin J. Breedlove''' (born June 25, 1980) is a former American football offensive lineman who played one season with the San Diego Chargers of the National Football League (NFL).", "He played college football at Georgia.", "He was also a member of the Tampa Bay Buccaneers and the Rhein Fire of NFL Europe." ], [ "References" ] ]
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[ [ "John Granby (American football)" ], [ "Introduction", "'''John Edward Granby Jr.''' (born November 11, 1968) is a former American football defensive back who played one season with the Denver Broncos of the National Football League (NFL).", "He played college football at Virginia Tech and was drafted by the Broncos in the 12th round of the 1992 NFL Draft.", "He was also a member of the New England Patriots." ], [ "References" ] ]
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[ [ "Willie Culpepper" ], [ "Introduction", "'''Willie James Culpepper''' (born March 27, 1967) is a former American football wide receiver who played one season with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers of the National Football League (NFL).", "He played college football at Louisiana-Lafayette.", "He was also a member of the Saskatchewan Roughriders of the Canadian Football League (CFL) and the New Orleans Night, Cleveland Thunderbolts, Albany Firebirds, Connecticut Coyotes, San Jose SaberCats, and Buffalo Destroyers of the Arena Football League (AFL)." ], [ "References" ] ]
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[ [ "Andy Bowers (American football)" ], [ "Introduction", "'''Andrew Wyant Wayne Bowers''' (born February 22, 1976) is a former American football defensive end who played one season with the Arizona Cardinals of the National Football League (NFL).", "He played college football at Utah.", "He was also a member of the Buffalo Bills." ], [ "References" ] ]
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[ [ "John Hardy (gridiron football)" ], [ "Introduction", "'''John Louis Hardy Jr.''' (born June 11, 1968) is a former American football defensive back who played one season with the Chicago Bears of the National Football League (NFL).", "He played college football at California.", "He was also a member of the Cleveland Browns of the NFL, the Barcelona Dragons of the World League of American Football, and the Ottawa Rough Riders and Toronto Argonauts of the Canadian Football League (CFL).", "His son, John Hardy-Tuliau, also played football." ], [ "References" ] ]
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[ [ "2018–19 Quezon City Capitals season" ], [ "Introduction", "The '''2018–19 Quezon City Capitals season''' was the second season of the franchise in the Maharlika Pilipinas Basketball League (MPBL).", "The team concluded their season in the Division Semifinals, where they were swept by the eventual champion San Juan Knights.Heading into the playoffs, Quezon City finished one game below .500 with a 12–13 record after stating the season 3–8.The Capitals were matched with the second-seeded Makati Super Crunch in the Division Quarterfinals.", "They would go on to beat Makati in two games in a playoff upset and advanced to the Division Semifinals against third-seed San Juan.", "This time around, Quezon City lost to the Knights in two games.The team played their most of their home games at the Blue Eagle Gym in the campus of Ateneo de Manila University.", "Other venues include JCSGO Christian Academy and the Trinity University of Asia." ], [ "Regular season", "=== Standings ====== Schedule === 2018–19 Quezon City Capitals season schedule Game Date Opponent Score Location Record Recap 1 June 13 Batangas City '''L''' 90–95 Caloocan Sports Complex 0–1 2 June 26 Davao Occidental '''L''' 78–90 Pasig Sports Center 0–2 3 July 5 General Santos '''W''' 77–72 '''Blue Eagle Gym''' 1–2 4 July 26 Marikina '''L''' 74–78 Pasig Sports Center 1–3 5 August 8 Bataan '''L''' 68–101 '''Blue Eagle Gym''' 1–4 6 September 8 Valenzuela '''W''' 76–72 Ynares Sports Arena 2–4 7 September 26 Pampanga '''L''' 94–97 San Andres Sports Complex 2–5 8 October 9 Bulacan '''L''' 55–61 '''Trinity University of Asia''' 2–6 9 October 20 Pasay '''L''' 81–83 Rizal Memorial Colleges 2–7 10 November 5 Caloocan '''W''' 81–79 Caloocan Sports Complex 3–7 11 November 14 Manila '''L''' 81–83 '''JCSGO Christian Academy''' 3–8 12 November 28 Muntinlupa '''W''' 100–97 Muntinlupa Sports Complex 4–8 13 December 8 Zamboanga '''W''' 109–81 San Andres Sports Complex 5–8 14 December 20 Laguna '''W''' 85–80 '''Blue Eagle Gym''' 6–8 15 January 3 Pasig '''L''' 95–98 Alonte Sports Arena 6–9 16 January 8 Mandaluyong '''W''' 86–76 Pasig Sports Center 7–9 17 January 14 Parañaque '''W''' 65–64 Olivarez College 8–9 18 January 24 Bacoor City '''L''' 87–90 Strike Gymnasium 8–10 19 February 1 Rizal '''W''' 91–79 San Andres Sports Complex 9–10 20 February 6 Basilan '''W''' 74–68 Navotas Sports Complex 10–10 21 February 11 San Juan '''L''' 50–68 Filoil Flying V Centre 10–11 22 February 20 Imus '''W''' 80–71 '''Blue Eagle Gym''' 11–11 23 February 25 Makati '''L''' 78–102 Filoil Flying V Centre 11–12 24 February 28 Cebu City '''W''' 75–68 Bataan People's Center 12–12 25 March 7 Navotas '''L''' 105–120 Navotas Sports Complex 12–13 '''Source: Schedule'''" ], [ "Playoffs", "=== Schedule === 2019 Quezon City Capitals playoffs schedule Round Game Date Opponent Score Location Series Recap Division Quarterfinals 1 March 13 Makati '''W''' 88–77 Ynares Sports Arena 1–0 2 March 18 Makati '''W''' 77–74 Filoil Flying V Centre 2–0 Division Semifinals 1 March 26 San Juan '''L''' 86–94 Bataan People's Center 0–1 2 March 28 San Juan '''L''' 81–106 Filoil Flying V Centre 0–2 '''Source: Schedule'''" ], [ "References" ] ]
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[ [ "Melodije Istre i Kvarnera 2024" ], [ "Introduction", "The '''Melodije Istre i Kvarnera 2024''' is the upcoming 54th edition of the annual Melodije Istre i Kvarnera, a song contest held annually in multiple towns in the Istria and Primorje-Gorski Kotar counties of Croatia.", "The Melodije Istre i Kvarnera 2024 marks the milestone 60th anniversary since its inaugural edition in 1964.The 2024 edition of the contest is scheduled to take place from 1 June to 8 June 2024.The host cities and municipalities for this year's contest include Bakar, Kastav, Punat, Svetvinčenat, Pazin and Rijeka, where the final night will be held on 8 June 2024." ], [ "Background", "On 30 November 2023 the submission period where artists and composers were able to submit their entries to the organisers until 1 February 2024.To be accepted, songs must either have lyrics written in the Chakavian dialect or Croatian literary language, or in Italian dialectal or literary language, with thematic relevance to the festival's region.", "Alternatively, they must incorporate ethno elements from the Istrian-Kvarner region into the musical composition." ], [ "Format", "The Melodije Istre i Kvarnera 2024 contest will feature six host cities: Bakar, Kastav, Punat, Svetvinčenat, Pazin and Rijeka each hosting an evening of performances and voting.", "Votes will be collected independently in each city throughout the event.", "On the final night in Rijeka, the votes from all six evenings will be aggregated to determine the overall winner of the contest.", "Throughout the event, all songs will be performed on each evening, with the winner of the previous night having the honor of performing first on the subsequent day." ], [ "References" ] ]
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[ [ "Carey Clayton" ], [ "Introduction", "'''Carey Arthur Clayton''' (born August 31, 1977) is a former American football center who played one season with the San Diego Chargers of the National Football League (NFL).", "He played college football at Texas-El Paso.", "He was also a member of the San Francisco 49ers, Jacksonville Jaguars, Houston Texans of the NFL, the Amsterdam Admirals of NFL Europe, and the Columbus Destroyers and Nashville Kats of the Arena Football League (AFL)." ], [ "References" ] ]
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[ [ "Anita Gibbs (criminologist)" ], [ "Introduction", "'''Anita Gibbs''' is a New Zealand academic, and is Professor of Criminology and Social Work at the University of Otago, specialising in sociology, the impact on people of complex social systems such as mental health and criminal justice systems, and Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder." ], [ "Academic career", "Gibbs is an academic and a practising social worker, having trained in the UK, and worked in the UK probation service.", "After completing a PhD titled ''Probation partnerships: an exploration of roles, relationships and meanings, with probation staff, voluntary representatives and users'' at the University of Bristol, Gibbs then carried out postdoctoral research at the University of Oxford.", "Gibbs joined the faculty of the University of Otago in 1999, rising to full professor in 2022.Gibbs lectures on criminology, social work and sociology.", "Gibbs's research focuses on what effects there are on individuals of becoming involved in complex social systems, such as systems around mental health, criminal justice, fostering and adoption, and disability.", "Gibbs is also interested in Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder (FASD), and has developed evidence-based materials for carers, and runs a support group for people living with the effects of FASD.", "FASD affects over 3000 babies born every year in New Zealand, and has lifelong effects." ], [ "Awards and honours", "In 2020 Gibbs was awarded the Critic and Conscience of Society Award, worth $50,000, by the GAMA Foundation and Universities New Zealand.", "The award recognised Gibbs' efforts to raise awareness of FASD as a hidden disability." ], [ "Selected works", "* * * * * * * *" ], [ "References" ], [ "External links", "* The criminalisation of children and youth with neuro disabilities in Aotearoa New Zealand, Inaugural professorial lecture by Anita Gibbs, 6 October 2022" ] ]
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[ [ "Phil Brady (gridiron football)" ], [ "Introduction", "'''Phllip Alonzo Brady''' (April 22, 1943 – January 11, 1986) was an American football defensive back who played one season with the Denver Broncos of the American Football League (AFL).", "He played college football at BYU.", "He was also a member of the Dallas Cowboys of the National Football League (NFL), the Rhode Island Indians of the Continental Football League (COFL) and the Montreal Alouettes of the Canadian Football League (CFL)." ], [ "References" ] ]
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[ [ "Slavic Legion" ], [ "Introduction", "The '''Slavic Legion''' was a short-lived unit of the United States Army recruited among non-citizen United States residents of Slavic ethnicity during World War I.In July 1918, approximately seven months following the United States declaration of war on Austria-Hungary, the United States Congress enacted legislation permitting the organization of the Slavic Legion.", "The move to create a Slavic Legion was largely due to the lobbying efforts of the Ukrainian Athletic Association, a group of Ukrainian immigrants who imagined the force - in the post-war era - could be used as the nucleus of a Ukrainian nationalist army.Following enactment of the authorizing legislation, the United States Department of War drew-up regulations for the disciplining of the force, which was to have a strength of 25,000 men organized in Ukrainian, Czech, Slovak, and Polish components, with personnel to be trained at Camp Wadsworth.", "Officers of the Slavic Legion were expected to be fluent in both English and a Slavic language that corresponded to that spoken by the men under their command.", "Equipment and organization of the Slavic Legion was to be along U.S. Army lines, with no other difference apart from, according to the ''New York Times'', \"men of the same race ... put together\".", "Recruitment rallies within the Ukrainian-American community organized by the Ukrainian Athletic Association were largely a failure.", "Recruitment was further stymied due to a provision in the law that prevented enlistment of Slavic men residing in coalmining areas, due to the criticality of coal for the war effort.", "By November 1918, the Slavic Legion had enlisted just 114 men and commissioned 16 officers.", "The Armistice of 11 November 1918 ended the purpose of the Slavic Legion and the project was shelved." ], [ "See also", "*Army Slavic*Czechoslovak Legion" ], [ "Notes" ], [ "References" ] ]
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[ [ "Anthony Anderson (defensive back)" ], [ "Introduction", "'''Anthony Ray Anderson''' (born October 24, 1964) is a former American football defensive back who played one season with the San Diego Chargers of the National Football League (NFL).", "He played college football at Grambling State.", "He was also a member of the New Orleans Night and Orlando Predators of the Arena Football League (AFL).", "His brothers Scotty Anderson and Stevie Anderson also played in the NFL." ], [ "References" ] ]
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[ [ "Elle Festin" ], [ "Introduction", "'''Elle Festin''' is an American tattoo artist of Filipino origin.", "In 1997 he created the ''Tatak ng Apat na Alon tribe'' (Mark of the Four Waves), a transnational collective that popularized traditional Filipino tattooing around the world.." ], [ "Biography", "Elle Festin was born and raised in the Philippines.", "His family emigrated to the United States when he was a teenager.In 1997 Elle Festin and some Filipino friends went on a trip to Hawaii where they met native Hawaiians proud of their culture who proudly displayed traditional tattoos.", "He then decided to get a tattoo and found himself in the studio of the famous Tahitian tattoo artist Po'oino, Dwayne Johnson's tattoo artist.", "Following this meeting, Elle Festin set out in search of Filipino tattoo traditions, which were then on the verge of extinction.Elle then founded the tribe of the four waves (in reference to the four waves of immigration which populated the Philippines).", "The collective soon brought together several hundred people from the Filipino diaspora, who all share a thirst to know more about their Filipino origins.Elle Festin apprenticed in electric tattoo machines with Big Rock, former owner of Speezy Tattoo in Los Angeles.", "He began to tattoo the members of the collective with a machine.", "In 2003 he switched to traditional instruments, then began to design his own tools.In 2008, as part of the filming of the episode of Lars Krutak's series Tatoo Hunter dedicated to the Philippines, Elle Festin and her wife Zel traveled to the Kalinga province to meet Whang-Od, the last traditional tattoo artist.", "While she was apprehensive, she held a grand ceremony and asked him to tattoo her.", "Elle Festin says in the film: “It was an incredibly inspiring experience and now, more than ever, I feel deep in my heart that I should continue this renewal for her and for the many others who are searching for their culture and their roots.", "I want to expose the great depth and beauty of tribal tattooing because the tribal pieces we make here at Spiritual Journey are not pieces of flash art that you see on the walls of other shops.", "Rather, we create a art that has an energy and life of its own and our customers are drawn to it because it contains many layers of meaning.", "\"In 2018 a delegation of around thirty members of the tribe met all the masters of traditional indigenous tattooing on the island of Moorea in French Polynesia.", "For a whole week they exchange, dance and tattoo each other.In 2021 Elle Festin is the subject of the third episode of the documentary series Skinindignous." ], [ "Filmography", "* ''Tattoo Hunter: Philippines''.", "By Kim MacKarrie and Ciara Byrne.", "44 mins.", "Half Yard Productions 2009.", "* ''Mark of the four waves tribe''.", "By Jonathan Bougard.", "26 mn.", "In Vivo Prod 2019* ''Elle Festin''.", "Written and directed by Sara Ben-Saud.", "2021" ], [ "References" ] ]
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[ [ "Scott Byers" ], [ "Introduction", "'''Norman Scott Byers''' (born July 3, 1958) is a former American football defensive back who played one season with the San Diego Chargers of the National Football League (NFL).", "He played college football at Southwestern Junior College and Long Beach State.", "He was also a member of the Los Angeles Rams and the Los Angeles Express and Portland Breakers of the United States Football League (USFL)." ], [ "References" ] ]
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[ [ "Battle of Kozienice" ], [ "Introduction", "The '''Battle of Kozienice''' happened on the 6 April 1656 near the town of Kozienice between the troops of Stefan Czarniecki and the rear guard of the troops of Margrave Frederick of Baden.", "It was the Prelude to the Battle of Warka fought a day later." ], [ "The Battle", "On 6 April, Czarniecki's troops reached Zwoleń, where he learned of the retreat of Frederick of Baden, who had originally rushed to the aid of Karol Gustav, trapped in a camp at the forks of the San and Vistula.", "Czarniecki immediately decided to give chase and, near Kozienice, struck at the Swedish artillery consisting of 240 raiders and dragoons under the command of Tornskjöld.", "The fight lasted for a few hours and ended with the dispersal of the 300 man Swedish unit.On hearing that the rear guard had been defeated, the margrave hastened his retreat, and on the night of 6-7 April reached Warka, where he was joined by Ritter's troop, drawing from Radom with several hundred carts full of the spoils of war.", "It took all night to get the wagons across the Pilica, until finally, in the morning, the Swedes destroyed the bridges, and the margrave himself set off for Warsaw." ], [ "Aftermath", "In the meantime, Czarniecki was joined in Kozienice by Jerzy Lubomirski and at night his troops set off for Warka, where they arrived at dawn on 7 April.", "Over here the Battle of Warka startedThe battle of Kozienice was described by Henryk Sienkiewicz in his novel Potop:" ], [ "Citations" ] ]
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[ [ "Andre Davis (defensive tackle)" ], [ "Introduction", "'''Andre Davis''' (born October 7, 1975) is a former American football defensive tackle who played one season with the Jacksonville Jaguars of the National Football League (NFL).", "He played college football at Southern.", "He was also a member of the St. Louis Rams." ], [ "References" ] ]
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[ [ "Conrad Clarks" ], [ "Introduction", "'''Conrad Clarks''' (born April 21, 1969) is a former American football defensive back who played one season with the Indianapolis Colts of the National Football League (NFL).", "He played college football at Pearl River Community College and Louisiana-Monroe." ], [ "References" ] ]
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[ [ "Shaina Nitura" ], [ "Introduction", "'''Shaina Marie Nitura''' (born November 18, 2004) is a Filipino volleyball player.", "She is currently playing as an outside spiker for the Adamson Lady Baby Falcons in the University Athletic Association of the Philippines (UAAP) high school girls' volleyball tournament." ], [ "Personal life", "Nitura is studying high school at Adamson University." ], [ "Volleyball career", "===UAAP===Nitura is a member of the Adamson Lady Baby Falcons and is the team captain.", "In 2023, she won the 1st Best Outside Hitter award in the UAAP Season 85 high school girls' volleyball, with her team reaching the finals.In 2024, the Lady Baby Falcons had a 14–0 sweep throughout the tournament and Nitura bagged the 1st Best Outside Hitter award for the second straight season.", "It was an outright finals berth for them, with FEU, NU Nazareth School, and UST figuring in a step-ladder semifinal round.", "The UAAP also awarded her Season 86 MVP and Finals MVP after Adamson dethroned NUNS in Game 2 with a score of 25–18, 25–18, 28-26 even as Game 1 ended in three sets, too.On February 17, 2024, Nitura announced that she will remain with Adamson to play college volleyball." ], [ "Awards", "=== Individuals ===* ''2024 UAAP Season 86 \"Most Valuable Player\"''* ''2024 UAAP Season 86 \"Finals Most Valuable Player\"''* ''2024 UAAP Season 86 \"1st Best Outside Hitter\"''* ''2023 UAAP Season 85 \"1st Best Outside Hitter\"''=== High School ===* 2024 UAAP Season 86 volleyball tournaments – File:Med 1.png Gold medal, with Adamson Lady Baby Falcons* 2023 UAAP Season 85 volleyball tournaments – File:Med 2.png Silver medal, with Adamson Lady Baby Falcons" ], [ "References" ] ]
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[ [ "Steve Durham (American football)" ], [ "Introduction", "'''Steven Allen Durham''' (born October 11, 1958) is a former American football defensive end who played one season with the Baltimore Colts of the National Football League (NFL).", "He played college football at Clemson and was drafted by the Seattle Seahawks in the sixth round of the 1981 NFL Draft.", "He was also a member of the Dallas Cowboys and San Francisco 49ers." ], [ "References" ] ]
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[ [ "Jim Earley" ], [ "Introduction", "'''James H. Earley''' (born January 23, 1956) is a former American football running back who played one season with the New York Jets of the National Football League (NFL).", "He played college football at Michigan State and was drafted by the Jets in the seventh round of the 1978 NFL Draft.", "He retired in July 1979." ], [ "References" ], [ "External links", "* College stats" ] ]
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[ [ "The Way Things Go (Beabadoobee song)" ], [ "Introduction", "\"'''The Way Things Go'''\" is a song by the Filipino-English singer Beabadoobee.", "The song was released through Dirty Hit on 18 July 2023, as a standalone single.", "It was written by Beabadoobee and produced by Jacob Budgen." ], [ "Background and release", "Beabadoobee had first revealed the song months before its release, as she performed the song during her European tour multiple times.", "She announced \"The Way Things Go\" on 4 July 2023, but no release date was announced.", "An official release date of 18 July 2023 was announced on 11 July." ], [ "Composition and lyrics", "The song has been described as an \"airy, twinkling tune with a little sass\".", "Lyrically, the song is about expressing the inadequacy of words during a breakup." ], [ "Critical reception", "''Consequence''s Jo Vito called the track a \"sentimental acoustic tune that captures all the candid magic of beabadoobee’s signature sound,\" writing that the song is \"a simple tune with beautiful resonance,\" and further wrote that the song \"almost feels like a classic acoustic ballad\".", "Danielle Chelosky of ''Uproxx'' called the song's lyrics more serious and impactful than her preceding single, \"Glue Song\", stating Beabadoobee was \"mature and clever\" on the song." ], [ "Music video", "Directed by Jacob Erland, the video for \"The Way Things Go\" was released alongside the song.", "The video stars Beabadoobee and the song's producer Jacob Budgen alongside a number of ballet dancers in what ''NME'' describes as an \"ornately decorated room\"." ], [ "Charts", "+ Weekly chart performance for \"The Way Things Go\" Chart (2023) Peakposition New Zealand Hot Singles (RMNZ) 20 UK Singles (OCC) 86 US Hot Rock & Alternative Songs (''Billboard'') 26" ], [ "References" ] ]
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[ [ "Emmeline Pye" ], [ "Introduction", "'''Emmeline Pye''' (13 December 1861 – 20 April 1949) was an Australian educationalist, teacher and lecturer.", "She was one of the first trained in kindergarten ideas and she opened the first one run by the state of Victoria in 1907 in Brunswick." ], [ "Life", "Pye was born in Buninyong in 1861.Her English born parents were Joanna Saunders (born Edwards) and William Marsland Pye.", "Her brother became the wheat breeder Hugh Pye and her father, who had been married before, was the headteacher at Christ Church Grammar School in Geelong.Eva Hooper was brought to Victoria in 1900 to train teachers in the new ideas of Kindergarten.", "She taught teachers about not teaching children by rote but appealing to their understanding.", "One of the teachers she trained was Pye who had been an infant teacher since 1882.John Smyth became the Principal of Melbourne Teachers' College and he wanted all primary teachers to be trained at his residential college in the latest methods.", "Smyth chose Pye as one of his first recruits to lecture the college's students who were studying for an Infant Teachers' Certificate.", "In addition Pye showed them Kindergarten methods at the Central Brunswick Practising School.", "Pye led that school's infant department from 1904.Pye opened a kindergarten school in 1907 in Albert Street in Bruswick.", "It was the first run by the state.", "She was said to have anticipated ideas and equipment creditted to Maria Montessori.", "Interest was high and Pye demonstrated teaching methods at the Australian Exhibition of Women's Work in Melbourne in 1907.In 1908, she officially joined the Melbourne Teachers' College's staff.", "The college organised summer schools at Portsea at which Pye, Smyth and the Director of Education Frank Tate all assisted.", "John Smyth had noted that her original introductions included the synergy she created by linking up the work of not only the school and the parents but also that of the community.", "Pye died in 1949 in the Melbourne suburb of Toorak." ], [ "References" ], [ "External links", "* Biography at ADB" ] ]
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[ [ "2023 Zagreb Ladies Open" ], [ "Introduction", "The '''2023 Zagreb Ladies Open''' was a professional tennis tournament played on outdoor clay courts.", "It was the thirteenth edition of the tournament, which was part of the 2023 ITF Women's World Tennis Tour.", "It took place in Zagreb, Croatia, between 8 and 14 May 2023." ], [ "Champions", "===Singles===* '''Jaqueline Cristian''' def.", "Ella Seidel, 6–1, 3–6, 7–6(7–0)===Doubles===* '''Valentini Grammatikopoulou''' / '''Dalila Jakupović''' def.", "Carole Monnet / Antonia Ružić, 6–2, 7–5" ], [ "Singles main draw entrants", "===Seeds=== Country Player Rank SeedDiane Parry1061Réka Luca Jani1312Jaqueline Cristian1683Heather Watson1694Séléna Janicijevic1745Nigina Abduraimova1846Carole Monnet1997Raluca Șerban2038* Rankings are as of 1 May 2023.===Other entrants===The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:* Lucija Ćirić Bagarić* Jana Fett* Dora Mišković* Iva PrimoracThe following players received entry from the qualifying draw:* Veronika Erjavec* Denise Hrdinková* Lola Radivojević* Sofia Rocchetti* Arina Rodionova* Ella Seidel* Zeynep Sönmez* Laura Svatíková" ], [ "References" ], [ "External links", "* 2023 Zagreb Ladies Open at ITFtennis.com" ] ]
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[ [ "Dick Hanson" ], [ "Introduction", "'''Richard Alan Hanson''' (born December 25, 1949) is a former American football offensive lineman who played one season with the New York Giants of the National Football League (NFL).", "He played college football at North Dakota State." ], [ "References" ] ]
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[ [ "Terpsichore statuette from Dodona" ], [ "Introduction", "The '''''Terpsichore from Dodona''''' () is a Greek marble statue under lifesize depicting Terpsichore, the Greek goddess of dance.", "It was discovered in Epirus in northwestern Greece and illegally smuggled out of the country.", "It became part a prized piece of the Ancient Greek and Roman collection of the Michael C. Carlos Museum in Atlanta, Georgia, until it was repatriated to Greece in early 2024." ], [ "History", "The statuette was discovered during illegal excavations in the site of ancient Dodona (outside Ioannina) in the Greek region of Epirus in illicit excavations in 1997; the Greek Ministry of Culture and Sports was alerted by a local a couple of years later, but they were slow to act as the statuette was erroneously deemed a forgery.", "News of the statuette's alleged false origins were spread in the black market, with the result that its price and perceived worth plummeted.Nevertheless, the Terpsichore was acquired by the Michael C. Carlos Museum in Atlanta, United States, in 2002, alongside some other artifacts of dubious provenance and legality.", "The museum purchased it from a New York-based dealer named Robert Hecht, who claimed at the time that he had owned it since 1974; the Carlos is among the several American museums criticised for displaying looted art.Official attempts from the Greek state for the repatriation of the Terpsichore started in 2007, although until 2020 the informal contacts between the two sides was without any substantial progress.", "In the early stages, the Carlos Museum showed little urgency to settle the matter.", "In 2021, the talks were restarted anew.", "Photographic evidence was used to support the Greek case.", "The Greek Ministry was criticised over how slow it had been to act.In April 2022, the file with all the documentation and evidence was submitted to the Greek Embassy in Washington and, with the mediation of the Consul of Greece in Atlanta, a new round of contacts between the representatives began.", "Finally, in June 2023, the Carlos Museum notified the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of its intention to return the Terpsichore along with two more objects to Greece.", "The three artifacts were handed to the Greek Minister of Culture and Sports, Dr Lina Mendoni, in late January 2024, after sixteen years of negotiations.", "Mendoni said that the artifacts would be exhibited in Athens for some time before being returned to their respective regions.The two other items returned are a fourteenth century BC Minoan clay larnax with fish decorations from Crete and a marble fragment of a seated man from an Attic funerary ''naiskos'' (tomb relief) of the late fourth century BC." ], [ "Description", "The marble statuette, which is smaller than lifesize, depicts a young female figure identified as the goddess Terpsichore resting her weight with her left elbow on a tall tree trunk, and is dated back to the second century BC during the Hellenistic period.", "It is made from white marble, probably Parian.", "Prior to its return to Greece, the statuette had been described as \"one of the finest examples of Hellenistic sculpture in the United States\"." ], [ "See also", "* Athena Demegorusa, statue of Athena from Epirus* Las Incantadas, group of sculptures taken from Thessalonica* Caryatids of Eleusis, sculpture taken from Eleusis* Elgin Marbles, Parthenon sculptures taken from the Acropolis of Athens" ], [ "References" ] ]
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[ [ "James Harvey (American football)" ], [ "Introduction", "'''James M. Harvey''' (born November 27, 1965) is a former American football linebacker who played two seasons with the Kansas City Chiefs of the National Football League (NFL).", "He played college football at Jackson State.", "He was also a member of the Atlanta Falcons." ], [ "References" ] ]
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[ [ "Millennials (album)" ], [ "Introduction", "'''''Millennials''''' is the upcoming third studio album by Scottish indie rock band the Snuts.", "It is set to be released on 23 February 2024 through Happy Artist Records." ], [ "Background and singles", "Only months after the release of their second studio album ''Burn the Empire'' (2022), the band made a \"rapturous return\" with the lead single \"Gloria\" on 23 May 2023, which was described as \"an anthemic, summer song\".", "The song was the debut release of their newly established independent label Happy Artist Records, distributed by The Orchard, a consequence of the band's discontent with their previous label.Going into the creative process of a forthcoming record, the band asked themselves if there were any songs they had forgotten to write.", "As a result, they tapped \"into the emotions\" they had previously not \"processed into music\", referred to as the \"big boiling points in your life\".", "According to Jack Cochrane, the approach to songwriting was more direct than on previous records.", "On 27 November, alongside the release of the second single \"Deep Diving\", the band announced ''Millennials'' slated for 23 February 2024, accompanied by launch shows at Glasgow Barrowlands the following week.", "In support of the album, the Snuts will also play a series of shows in the United Kingdom in November and December 2024.A third single \"Millionaires\", which \"takes aim at society's obsession with building a false sense of happiness\", was released on 19 January 2024." ], [ "Track listing" ], [ "References" ] ]
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[ [ "The Reading (film)" ], [ "Introduction", "'''''The Reading''''' is an 2023 American supernatural horror-thriller film written and directed by Courtney Glaude in his feature directorial debut.", "The film stars Mo'Nique as a recently widowed writer Emma Leeden, who details the loss of her family in her new book ''Invasion''.", "For the press coverage, she agrees to a staged reading by 19-year-old girl (Chasity Sereal) who has spiritual connection.", "''The Reading'' executive produced by Lee Daniels (who also co-edited the final version) with Mo'Nique and her husband, Sidney Hicks.", "It the first time Mo'Nique and Daniels have collaborated on a project after 2009 drama film, ''Precious''.", "The collaborations of this film ended a 13-year feud between Daniels and Mo'Nique.The film was released by BET+ on February 2, 2023." ], [ "Cast", "* Mo'Nique as Emma Leeden* Chasity Sereal as Sky Brown* Denisha Hardeman as Jessie* Ian Haywood as Gregory* Mcauley Teters as Randy* Lisa Alavi as Ashley Leeden* Charnele Brown as Oda Brown* Cooper Helm as Mathew Leeden* Maudejanei Alero as Kendell Leeden* Sara Alavi as Rachel Gates" ], [ "Reception", "Sharai Bohannon from ''Dread Central'' gave the film 3 of 5 stars praising Mo'Nique's performance, but criticized the action and the second half of the movie writing: \"It's a predictable time that refuses to go through any of the more interesting doors it opens.", "However, it's also a showcase for Mo'Nique to prove that she'd kill it in this genre.\"", "Amari Allah from ''Wherever I Look'' also praised Mo'Nique's performance but named it B-Movie Horror ovarall writing: \"''The Reading'' isn't something to be slotted with the likes of ''Smile'', ''Barbarian'', or the potential classics we got in 2022 theatrically.", "I wouldn't even say it is on the level of ''Ma'', Octavia Spencer's movie from 2019.It's just a movie with a simple setup, characters who are given a quick sob story, and then the twist hits, and you're watching a bunch of teens you barely know anything about run from someone with a gun, or a knife, with them having no means to escape.\"" ], [ "References" ], [ "External links", "*" ] ]
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[ [ "Raman Menon" ], [ "Introduction", "'''Palakkal Raman Menon''' (also '''Palakkad Raman Menon''' and '''Ankarath Raman Menon''') was Dewan of Travancore, serving Maharani Gowri Lakshmi Bayi, and then Maharani Gowri Parvati Bayi during their successive regencies for Maharaja Swathi Thirunal Rama Varma, from 1815 to 1817, and Dalawa of Travancore thereafter.", "Previously he served as a Sheristadar and justice of the Huzhur Court of Travancore, as Sarvadhikari of the kingdom of Cochin, serving Kerala Varma III, and as Sarvadhikari of the kingdom of Calicut.", "Colonial administrator General John Munro, 9th of Teaninich was his patron, and, later, antagonist." ], [ "Family", "Menon was born to Narikkode Kunjulakshmi Amma and Kunjunni Thampuran of the Mankada kovilakam of the Velattiri royal family of Valluvanad.", "He married Narayani Amma - possibly his maternal first cousin - late in life, founding with her the Vengalil tharavadu and building its eponymous sixteen-halled ''pathinarukettu'' in Panniyankara, Calicut, while his younger brother Krishnan founded the Ankarath tharavadu.", "His eldest daughter, Valiyammalu, married Kunhiraman, the last Koothali Nair; their only daughter Lakshmikutty married the son of Udayavarma, Porlathiri Raja of Kadathanad, and was mother to Indian Defence Minister and ''de facto'' Foreign Minister V. K. Krishna Menon, the Sanskritist and feminist V. Chinnamalu Amma, and the consort of Rama XIX, the last Maharaja of Cochin.", "Another daughter, Lakshmi, married P.C.V.", "Manavikraman Kuttunni Thampuran, reigning Zamorin of Calicut from 1915 to 1928; their daughter Kunjilakshmi married P.C.", "Anujan Thampuran, who succeeded his father-in-law as Zamorin, reigning from 1928 to 1931.His son Vengalil Raman Menon was a Munsif and father to politician Konnanath Balakrishna Menon, while his son Vengalil Sankara Menon was a leading South Indian lawyer." ], [ "References" ] ]
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[ [ "Billy Davis (linebacker)" ], [ "Introduction", "'''William Henry Davis Jr.''' (born December 6, 1961) is a former American football linebacker who played one season with the St. Louis Cardinals of the National Football League (NFL).", "He played college football at Clemson.", "He was also a member of the Denver Broncos." ], [ "References" ] ]
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[ [ "Wadi al-Haramiya shooting" ], [ "Introduction", "On 7 January 2024, a Palestinian gunman opened fire on a civilian vehicle moving along \"The British Police cross section\" between Route 60 and Route 465 near Wadi al-Haramiya.", "In the attack a 30 years old Arab Israeli man, from East Jerusalem, was killed.", "A woman, also a resident of East Jerusalem, was severely injured, and died from her wounds two weeks later." ], [ "Attack", "At 7:27 in the morning of 7 January 2024, A drive-by shooting toward a civilian vehicle with an Israeli registration plate occured on Wadi al-Haramiya.", "Half an hour later the victim identity was identified as Amar Mansur, an Arab Israeli.", "Later, the police suspected the shooting were a criminal attack, after investigating the attack was declared as a terror attack.", "Dr. Lara Tannous, a pharmacist from East Jerusalem was seriously injured in the attack.", "In January 25 she died from her injuries." ], [ "Aftermath", "In the night of the same day, Yamam forces arrested two doctors and a nurse in Ramallah as suspects of helping the shooters." ], [ "See also", "* Wadi al-Haramiya sniper attack (2002)" ], [ "References" ] ]
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[ [ "Mark of the Four Waves" ], [ "Introduction", "''Tatak Ng Apat Na Alon'' Tribe or '''Mark of the Four Waves''' tribe in English, is a transnational collective made up of members of the Filipino diaspora who work to preserve the ancestral traditions of Filipino tattooing.", "It was founded in 1996 in Los Angeles by tattoo artist Elle Festin." ], [ "History", "Elle Festin was born and raised in the Philippines.", "His parents immigrated to the United States when he was a teenager.", "In 1996 during a stay in Hawaii, he met the Tahitian tattoo artist Po'oino, Dwayne Johnson's tattoo artist.", "This tattoo makes him aware of his indigenous identity.", "He then sets out in search of information on the traditional culture of the Philippines, and more particularly the various tattoo traditions.", "Elle Festin was quickly joined by many other people from the Filipino diaspora.", "He trained in tattooing first with electric machines, then moved on to traditional tattooing and began designing his own tools.In 2008 the tribe has several hundred active members scattered across five continents, who occasionally meet up at international tattoo conventions.", "As part of the filming of the episode of Lars Krutak's series Tattoo Hunter dedicated to the Philippines, Elle Festin and her wife Zel travel to the Kalinga province to meet Whang-Od, the last traditional tattoo artist.", "While She was apprehensive, the old woman held a grand ceremony and asked her to tattoo her.", "Elle Festin says in the film: “It was an incredibly inspiring experience and now, more than ever, I feel deep in my heart that I should continue this renewal for her and for the many others who are searching for their culture and their roots.", "I want to expose the great depth and beauty of tribal tattooing because the tribal pieces we make here at Spiritual Journey are not pieces of flash art that you see on the walls of other shops.", "Rather, we create a art that has an energy and life of its own and our customers are drawn to it because it contains many layers of meaning.”In 2018 the tribe was the subject of a documentary film directed by Jonathan Bougard, while a delegation of around thirty members found all the masters of traditional indigenous tattooing on the island of Moorea in French Polynesia.", "For a whole week they exchange, dance and tattoo each other.In 2021 Elle Festin is the subject of the third episode of the documentary series Skinindignous." ], [ "Filmography", "* ''Tattoo Hunter: Philippines''.", "By Kim MacKarrie and Ciara Byrne.", "44 mins.", "Half Yard Productions 2009* ''Mark of the four waves tribe''.", "By Jonathan Bougard.", "26 mn.", "In Vivo Prod 2019* ''Filipino tattoo Sampaguita Jay''.", "By Jonathan Bougard.", "8 mn.", "In Vivo Prod 2019* ''Elle Festin''.", "26 mn.", "Written and directed by Sara Ben-Saud.", "2021" ], [ "Bibliography", "* ''Kalinga Tattoo Ancient & Modern Expressions of the Triba''l, Lars Krutak, ED REUSS 2010" ], [ "Notes and references" ] ]
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[ [ "2023 Open Saint-Gaudens Occitanie" ], [ "Introduction", "The '''2023 Open Saint-Gaudens Occitanie''' was a professional tennis tournament played on outdoor clay courts.", "It was the twenty-sixth edition of the tournament, which was part of the 2023 ITF Women's World Tennis Tour.", "It took place in Saint-Gaudens, France, between 15 and 21 May 2023." ], [ "Champions", "===Singles===* '''Robin Montgomery''' def.", "Alice Robbe, 7–5, 6–4===Doubles===* '''Sofya Lansere''' / '''Anna Sisková''' def.", "María Herazo González / Adriana Reami, 6–0, 3–6, 10–6" ], [ "Singles main draw entrants", "===Seeds=== Country Player Rank SeedViktorija Golubic1151Jessika Ponchet1192Laura Pigossi1333Daria Snigur1694Sachia Vickery1725Victoria Jiménez Kasintseva1776Nigina Abduraimova1817Anastasia Zakharova1888Robin Montgomery1959Yuriko Miyazaki20410* Rankings are as of 8 May 2023.===Other entrants===The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:* Sarah Beth Grey* Tiantsoa Sarah Rakotomanga Rajaonah* Lucie WargnierThe following players received entry from the qualifying draw:* Sarah Iliev* Kathleen Kanev* Manon Léonard* Astrid Lew Yan Foon* Yasmine Mansouri* Laïa Petretic* Adriana Reami* Tina Nadine SmithThe following player received entry as a lucky loser:* Helena Mohamed" ], [ "References" ], [ "External links", "* 2023 Open Saint-Gaudens Occitanie at ITFtennis.com" ] ]
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[ [ "Edward H. Snow" ], [ "Introduction", "'''Edward Hunter Snow''' (June 23, 1865 - July 18, 1932) was a Utah educator, politician, and leader in the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.Snow was born in St. George, Utah, to Erastus Snow and Julia Josephine Spencer.", "His father previously represented St. George in the Utah territorial legislature.Snow was a delegate to the Utah Constitutional Convention of 1895.He was then elected to the State Senate and served in the 1st Utah State Legislature once statehood took effect in January 1896.Snow was re-elected to another term in 1897.He also served as a county superintendent of schools and as St. George city recorder.As president of the St. George Stake of the church, he led the founding of the St. George Stake Academy in 1911, which later became Dixie College and is today Utah Tech University." ], [ "References" ] ]
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[ [ "Nicolò Erizzo" ], [ "Introduction", "Treatise published in 1452 by Nicolò Erizzo on the administration of Chignolo d'Isola'''Nicolò Erizzo''' (15 January 1722 – 4 February 1806) was a Venetian patrician who served the Republic of Venice as a diplomat and administrator during the last decades of its existence." ], [ "Life", "Nicolò Erizzo was born in Venice on 15 January 1722 as the firstborn son of Andrea Erizzo and Caterina Grimani.", "His father was a prominent Venetian statesman and diplomat, and in his youth Nicolò joined him in his sojourns in various European courts.", "Alongside a first-hand experience of politics and the power brokers of the time, Nicolò received an excellent education.", "In January 1743 he married Fontana Zorzi, the last descendant of her branch of the House of Zorzi.", "The marriage remained childless.Erizzo began his political career in 1748, with election as , followed by a stint as (officials on tax arrears) until 1750, and Captain and Vice-Podestà of Bergamo in 1752–1754.In 1756 he was sent as ambassador to Paris, his arrival coinciding almost with the outbreak of the Seven Years War.", "His mission was further hampered by the sudden death of his predecessor, Giovanni Alvise Mocenigo, before he could bring Erizzo up to speed.", "His four years as ambassador were unremarkable, being almost exclusively focused on observing and reporting on the course of the war.", "At the end of his tenure, Erizzo was knighted by King Louis XV, and briefly returned to Venice before taking up his next post, as ambassador to the Habsburg court Vienna, in June 1761.The early part of his tenure there was still marked by the ongoing war, but in 1762, Erizzo held discussions with the Russian envoy Dmitri Alekseyevich Golitsyn on a trade agreement; however, because Venice feared the reactions of Austria and the Ottomans, it refused to commit itself to any concrete decisions.", "In November 1765 he left Vienna to take up the post of ambassador to the Holy See, where he stayed for little more than a year.", "This was an important assignment, in view of the jurisdictional conflict between the Republic of Venice and the Papacy over Church administration and property.", "Erizzo zealously defended the Republic's actions, though not without a personal interest: with the Expulsion of the Jesuits from Venetian territory and the suppression of monasteries, Erizzo was able to acquire much of the confiscated monastic properties.", "Elected as Procurator of Saint Mark on 22 February 1767, Erizzo left Rome, being succeeded by his younger brother, Marcantonio.", "He then held a succession of not very senior administrative offices, but refused to undertake further diplomatic duties, such as proposed embassies to Naples in 1768 and Paris in 1774.He also refused election as , in order to promote the career of his nephew, Andrea.", "Erizzo himself served as (1768–69), (1770–71), (1771), (1772–73), (1774), (1776–77), (1777–79), (1779–82 and 1786–88), (1783–84), (1789–92), adjunct (1792–94), and (1797).", "His attempt to be elected Doge of Venice in 1789 failed, as Ludovico Manin was chosen instead.", "A noted lover of luxury, he built a splendid villa at Mestre, where he hosted Pope Pius VI in 1782, and lavishly equipped a on the occasion of Emperor Joseph II's visit in 1775.Although a typical exponent of the Ancien Regime, Erizzo showed some liberal tendencies during his later years: in 1784 he became a member of the of Padua, and entered a masonic lodge in the next year.", "He was also not averse to associate with Jews, and supported their full legal emancipation.After the Fall of the Republic of Venice in 1797, Erizzo withdrew from public life and died at his palace on 4 February 1806." ], [ "References" ], [ "Sources", "*" ] ]
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[ [ "Liaquat Ali Chattha" ], [ "Introduction", "'''Liaquat Ali Chattha''' is a Pakistani civil servant in PMS-20 Grade who recently served as the Commissioner of Rawalpindi Division." ], [ "Career", "Chattha, originally from Hafizabad, Punjab, began his civil service career as an executive magistrate in 1992.During his tenure, he held various positions in Faisalabad, notably as executive district officer finance from 1992 to 2012.He then served as deputy secretary at the Chief Minister's Secretariat during the tenure of former Punjab chief minister Shehbaz Sharif.", "During his tenure at Chief Minister's Secretariat, he fulfilled the role of PSO to Hamza Shahbaz.", "Later he held positions as deputy commissioner in Gujrat Reportedly, a business tycoon from Gujrat influenced the appointment of Chattha as the Gujrat deputy commissioner.", "In March 2017, he was appointed as deputy commissioner Sargodha.Chattha was posted as secretary for Housing, Urban Development, and Public Health in the Government of Punjab in September 2022.Later, he served as secretary for Labor & Human Resource department in the Government of Punjab from Sep 2021 to Dec 2021 and then again from May 2022 to Aug 2022 before assuming the role of commissioner in Dera Ghazi Khan in August 2022.He also remained a member of the Punjab Revenue Authority.During his career, Chattha provided facilities at gymkhanas and general bus stands in Gujrat, Dera Ghazi Khan, and Rawalpindi.", "Additionally, while serving in Rawalpindi, he re-initiated various projects, including the Ring Road, Daducha Dam, Chahan Dam, Pirwadhai Bus Stand, and Safe City.As per ''Dawn'', senior officials of the Punjab government described Chattha as a \"hardworking officer\".", "According to news reports, Chattha maintained good relations with political leaders of various political parties." ], [ "2024 Pakistani general election", "He rose to prominence on 17 February 2024, more than a week after the 2024 Pakistani general election, when Chattha resigned from his post of Commissioner of Rawalpindi Division after admitting his role in electoral fraud in the division where 11 out of a total of 13 national assembly seats were won by Pakistan Muslim League (N) (PML-N) candidates.", "He claimed his office helped candidates, who were trailing in the actual vote counts by approximately 70,000 votes per candidate, to secure victory using fake stamps.", "He implicated Chief Election Commissioner (CEC), Sikandar Sultan Raja and Chief Justice of Pakistan (CJP), Qazi Faez Isa in the scheme.", "The Election Commission of Pakistan denied the allegations, saying that divisional commissioners had no direct role in the electoral process, and said it would launch an inquiry.", "Isa rejected the commissioner's allegation, calling them \"baseless\".During a press conference, Chatha also said that he felt \"pressure\" to the extent that he considered suicide in the morning.", "However, he ultimately decided to present matters before the public.", "Punjab's caretaker Information Minister Amir Mir dismissed the allegations made by Chatha and said that he was suffering from mental illness.", "The PML-N raised concerns about Chattha's mental condition with Rana Sanaullah Khan calling him a \"psycho\".", "Reportedly, Chattha had strong relations with Sanaullah.Senior officers at the his office said Chattha did not show any signs of depression in the week prior to his announcement and that he had been attending to his regular duties at the office, including a meeting with PML-N MNA-elect Hanif Abbasi the day before, which focused on resolving sanitation and water shortage issues in Rawalpindi.Following his press conference, Chattha was arrested by the police.", "His office was sealed, and he was shifted to an undisclosed location.The Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) and its allies called for the resignation of the election commissioner as well as the chief justice, while the Pakistan Peoples' Party demanded an investigation into the allegations.Reportedly, Chattha was scheduled to retire as Commissioner of the Rawalpindi Division on 13 March 2024.While authorities insist that a division commissioner have no role in the election process in Pakistan however, there are concerns about their potential unofficial influence on election conduct, which sparked a new debate in the country." ], [ "Corruption allegations", "Chattha has close ties with PTI and former ISI director general Faiz Hameed.", "According to investigative journalist Umar Cheema, special directives were issued to favor Chattha on multiple occasions during Faiz's tenure in the ISI.Reportedly, he is under investigation in a total of 11 corruption cases.", "One of these cases involves Chattha's purported involvement in the fraudulent acquisition of land meant for Imran Khan's sister, Uzma Khanum.Raja Riaz, a leader of the Pakistan Muslim League (N) (PML (N)) and former opposition leader, has accused Chattha of corruption, alleging that Chattha received Rs 250 million and a flat in New York from overseas Pakistanis.", "Riaz asserted that Chattha had a history of corruption during his 20-year tenure in Faisalabad.", "Riaz further alleged that Chattha falsely accused the CEC and CJP of corruption near his retirement.", "He called for Chattha's name to be placed on the Exit Control List (ECL) and for an inquiry to be initiated.", "Riaz also claimed that Chattha's last posting was facilitated by Usman Buzdar for Rs 50 million." ], [ "References" ] ]
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[ [ "Rusty Ganas" ], [ "Introduction", "'''Russell Lindberg Ganas''' (born August 12, 1949) is a former American football defensive tackle who played one season with the Baltimore Colts of the National Football League (NFL).", "He played college football at South Carolina.", "He was also a member of the Minnesota Vikings." ], [ "References" ] ]
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[ [ "Musafiraa" ], [ "Introduction", "'''''Musafiraa''''' () is a 2024 Marathi-language coming-of-age adventure drama film directed by Pushkar in his directorial debut and produced by Anand Pandit, Roopa Pandit, Pushkar Jog and Nitin Vaidya under Anand Pandit Motion Pictures, Aish Motion Pictures, Goosebumps Entertainment and Nitin Vaidya Productions.", "The film stars an ensemble cast of Pushkar Jog, Pooja Sawant, Smrity Sinha, Pushkaraj Chirputkar and Dissha Pardeshi.", "The film highlights the importance of friendship at every turn of life." ], [ "Cast", "* Pushkar Jog as Nishank* Pooja Sawant as Megha* Smrity Sinha as Kreya* Pushkaraj Chirputkar as Amey* Dissha Pardeshi as Mithila* Chetan Mohture* Madhav Deochakke* Meera Sarang* Danielle Walsh" ], [ "Production", "This film marked the second collaboration between producer Anand Pandit and Jog; previously, they had collaborated on ''Victoria - Ek Rahasya'' in 2023.The film was one of the big-budget films in Marathi and the first Indian film to be shot on the Isle of Skye in the Scottish Highlands.", "It also marked Bhojpuri actress Smrity Sinha's debut in Marathi films." ], [ "Soundtrack", "The songs are composed by Rohan-Rohan and Suhit Abhyankar, and the lyrics are penned by Mandar Cholkar." ], [ "Release and reception", "The film was officially announced in mid-June 2023.The official film poster featuring the five main leads was released on 22 November 2023, with a grand poster of about 20 feet long also unveiled on the premises of Plaza Cinema in Mumbai." ], [ "References" ], [ "External links", "*" ] ]
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[ [ "Ramil Mustafaev" ], [ "Introduction", "'''Ramil Mustafaev''' (; born 20 December 2003) is a Russian footballer who plays as a midfielder or winger for Legia Warszawa." ], [ "Early life", "Mustafaev moved from Russia to Poland at the age of six." ], [ "Career", "Mustafaev started his career with Polish side Stal Rzeszów." ], [ "Style of play", "Mustafaev mainly operates as a midfielder or winger and is known for his versatility." ], [ "Personal life", "Mustafaev is the brother of Russian mixed martial arts fighter Azamat Mustafaev." ], [ "References" ] ]
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[ [ "Michael Paramo" ], [ "Introduction", "'''Michael Paramo''' is a writer, academic, and artist known for founding the literary magazine ''Aze'' (formerly known as ''The Asexual'') and for his work examining interpersonal attraction and love with consideration to asexuality, aromanticism, and agender identity.", "Paramo identifies on the asexual and aromantic spectrum and advocates for people of similar experience to express themselves toward expanding society's ideas of human sexuality, romance, and gender identity.", "He published a book ''Ending the Pursuit'' with Unbound in 2024." ], [ "Career", "Paramo created ''Aze'' on October 5th, 2016 (at the time under the name ''The Asexual'') while he was attending California State University, Fullerton as a graduate student in American Studies.", "The journal was created because of what Paramo saw as an absence of places for asexual people to publish their creative work: \"I knew their experiences, stories, perspectives, and voices needed a space of expression.\"", "In 2017, he authored an essay discussing the whiteness of the asexual community and advocated for the community to be more inclusive of BIPOC individuals.", "He also presented research on the dehumanization of non-traditional gender identities, more specifically of drag queens, and the relationship of this phenomenon to colonialism.", "He wrote an essay for the magazine in 2018 on the split attraction model that argued for the expansion of notions of attraction beyond sexual attraction and romantic attraction to include other forms of attraction.", "He wrote another essay for the magazine that discussed the relationship between transphobia and colonialism, arguing that the former was inextricably linked with the latter.", "Paramo interviewed Pragati Singh in 2018 on the subject of asexual awareness in India.", "The magazine also reached 10,000 followers on social media platform Twitter.In 2019, Paramo was interviewed by Tristan Taormino for his work examining asexuality, aromanticism, and agender identity for a book he was writing.", "That same year he changed the name of the literary magazine he founded from ''The Asexual'' to ''Aze'' to include asexual, aromantic, and agender people.", "He began attending the University of British Columbia as a PhD student.", "He published the book ''Ending the Pursuit'' with Unbound in 2024, which questioned social norms of sex, romance, and gender.", "Of the book, academic Ela Przybylo wrote \"Paramo refuses to take for granted the normalized ideas we are fed around how relationships should work and what they should look like.\"" ], [ "Personal life", "Paramo is a Mexican American who was born in Orange County, California in 1993.He identifies as being on the asexual and aromantic spectrum and also as queer and Xicanx.", "= References =" ] ]
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[ [ "Jamia Masjid, Shopian" ], [ "Introduction", "'''Jama Masjid''' is a mosque in Shopian is a historic mosque located in the district of Shopian, in the Indian-administered union territory of Jammu and Kashmir.", "This mosque is said to have been built during the Mughal period and is very beautiful from both inside and outside.", "It's considered one of the best mosques in the Shopian district." ], [ "In History", "The mosque was an important stop on the Mughal road through Pir Panjal, where the Mughals used to stop and rest.", "The mosque was built by Mughal Emperor Aurangzeb Alamgir, making it a significant historical site." ], [ "Architecture", "The Jamia Masjid in Shopian, Jammu and Kashmir, is a historic mosque with a notable architectural heritage.", "Although the specific architectural details of the mosque are not outlined in the data provided, it is mentioned that the mosque was built during the Mughal period and later reconstructed in the 1940s.", "Mughal architecture has been noted for its designs, domes, and minarets, which could be features of this mosque as well.The mosque's construction was supervised by Ustab Habib Ullah Mast, a carpenter from Srinagar, and it was built using local stones.", "The foundation stone of the modern Jamia Masjid at Shopian was laid in 1944, and the construction was completed over a few years.", "It's also mentioned that the mosque underwent renovation, indicating that efforts have been made to preserve its historical and architectural value." ], [ "References" ] ]
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[ [ "Oga Amos" ], [ "Introduction", "'''Victor Chibueze Chukwujama''' known professionally as '''Oga Amos''' and sometimes '''Naija Blue Arrow''' is a Nigerian comedian and content creator based in Lagos.", "Oga Amos was born in the capital of Adamawa State, Yola, and relocated to Lagos State in 2001 where he grew up.", "He began his comedy career in 2018.In 2021/2022 in Ghana, Amos was awarded \"Best Skit Maker of the Year\" at the Iconic Social Media Lifestyle Awards." ], [ "References" ] ]
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[ [ "Tear Off the Roof" ], [ "Introduction", "\"'''Tear Off the Roof'''\" is a song by Brandon Lake.", "The song was released on October 6, 2023, as the second promotional single from his fourth studio album, ''Coat of Many Colors'' (2023).", "Lake co-wrote the song with Andy Cherry, Jacob Boyles, Jonathan Smith, Leeland Mooring, and Steven Furtick.", "Jacob Sooter and Hank Bentley worked on the production of the single.The song peaked at number 27 on the US Hot Christian Songs chart published by ''Billboard''." ], [ "Background", "\"Tear Off the Roof\" was released as the second promotional single from the album, along with its accompanying music video, which features the cast and characters of ''The Chosen'', on October 6, 2023." ], [ "Writing and development", "Lake shared the story behind the song in an interview with ''American Songwriter'', saying:" ], [ "Composition", "\"Tear Off the Roof\" is composed in the key of C with a tempo of 69 beats per minute and a musical time signature of ." ], [ "Critical reception", "Timothy Yap in his JubileeCast review wrote: \"Bringing us right into the room where Christ raises the paralytic, we can't help but sing along.\"", "Reviewing for Jesus Freak Hideout, Matthew Spiker said \"it effectively conveys the story presented from the Bible and even gets an assist from the popular television show ''The Chosen'' when creating the music video.\"", "Lindsay Williams in her K-Love review wrote: \"the lyrically rich \"Tear Off the Roof\" borrows intense imagery from two of Scripture's most memorable stories: the man whose friends lift him through the roof of the house to get to Jesus, and the woman who touches the hem of Jesus' garment in search of healing.\"", "In a NewReleaseToday review, Jasmin Patterson said \"Tear Off the Roof\" is the best song on the album, saying \"This song meets me in a season when I desperately need to be reminded to run to Jesus and that there is power in His presence to meet every need I have.", "And if you need that same encouragement or some helpful language to form your prayers, I know this song will impact you, too.\"" ], [ "Commercial performance", "\"Tear Off the Roof\" debuted at number 27 on the US Hot Christian Songs chart dated October 21, 2023, concurrently charting at number two on the Christian Digital Song Sales chart." ], [ "Music videos", "Brandon Lake released the official music video of \"Tear Off the Roof\" through their YouTube channel on October 6, 2023.Lake also released the lyric video for the song via YouTube on the same day.", "On January 5, 2024, Essential Worship published the official acoustic performance video of the song, being performed by Brandon Lake, on YouTube." ], [ "Track listing" ], [ "Personnel", "Adapted from AllMusic.", "* Aaron Sterling — drums, engineer* Brandon Lake — background vocals, electric guitar, primary artist* Buckley Miller — recorder* Casey Moore — electric guitar* Christian Walker — choir/chorus* Dan Mackenzie — bass* Dave Curran — bass* David Whitworth — drums* Denise Carite — background vocals* Dwan Hill — vocal engineer* Elizabeth Corrente — background vocals* Hank Bentley — acoustic guitar, electric guitar, engineer, guitar, keyboards, producer, programmer, recorder, vocal producer* Hope UC Gangs — keyboards, programmer* Jacob Sooter — acoustic guitar, background vocals, engineer, keyboards, producer, programmer, recorder, vocal producer* Jason Eskridge — background vocals, vocal engineer* JJ Hasulube — background vocals* Joe LaPorta — mastering engineer* John-Paul Gentile — acoustic guitar* Jonathan Smith — acoustic guitar, background vocals, engineer, keyboards, producer, programmer* Kiley Phillips — background vocals* Kimberly Thomas — choir/chorus* Landon Wiggs — background vocals* Leeland Mooring — background vocals, keyboards, programmer* Mackenzie Lawhon — background vocals* Mary Beth Sudduth — choir/chorus* Matt Huber — mixing engineer* Matthew Figueroa — background vocals* McKayla Hill — background vocals* Olivia Scroggs — background vocals* Peirce Lyons — background vocals* Peter Mol — acoustic guitar, keyboards, programmer* Robbie Artress — engineer* Robert Mauti — choir/chorus* Scottie Mills — electric guitar* Seany Denson — choir/chorus* Shirley Hernandez — choir/chorus* Taylor Johnson — electric guitar* Tim Riordan — engineer* Wil Merrell — background vocals* Will Burke — background vocals* Will Chapman — drums* William Sanford — background vocals" ], [ "Charts", "+ Chart performance for \"‎Tear Off the Roof\" Chart (2023) Peak position" ], [ "Release history", "+ Release history for \"Tear Off the Roof\" Region Date Format Label Ref.", "Various October 6, 2023 Provident Label Group" ], [ "References" ], [ "External links", "* on PraiseCharts" ] ]
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[ [ "Cudjuy Patjidres" ], [ "Introduction", "'''Cudjuy Patjidres''', from the Paiwan ethnic group, is a traditional Taiwanese tattoo artist." ], [ "Biography", "Cudjuy Patjidres is a native of Taimali Town in Taitung County, southeastern Taiwan, where he grew up.", "He has been drawing since he was very young.", "At university he came across a Japanese book, ''The Culture of Taiwan's Early Inhabitants: The Rebirth of Reunion'', which featured old photographs of tattooed natives.", "A black and white photo caught his eye.", "Looking at the hairstyle of the person in the photo, Cudjuy guessed that the person in the photo must be from a Paiwan ethnic group like him.", "So he copied the Japanese characters from the photo and asked a friend who knew Japanese to confirm that it was indeed a photo of the Paiwan people.He then undertook research work on the tattoos of the Paiwan people, whose ancestral tattoo tradition was banned under the Japanese occupation and ended up dying out at the end of the twentieth century.", "His research led him to come into contact with other traditional tattoo artists from the Pacific, and to re-appropriate traditional tattoo techniques.", "In 2015, he traveled to New Zealand to attend the annual Austronesian Tattoo Conference and met Keone Nunes, a Hawaiian tattoo artist.", "After his return, he began to reappropriate the technique of ancestral tattooing with a comb and to tattoo himself then to tattoo those around him with traditional motifs.", "Before tattooing someone, Cudjuy Patjidres will first confirm the social class of the family of the tattooed person will follow traditional rituals and perform the tattoo without violating taboos.", "Cudjuy Patjidres is currently the sole curator and heir of the traditional Paiwan tattoo culture." ], [ "Filmography", "* ''Made in Paiwan'', documentary written and directed by Jonathan Bougard.", "31 mins.", "In Vivo Prod 2019* ''Skinindigneous: Taiwan'', documentary written and directed by Randy Kelly.", "26 mins.", "Nish television 2020" ], [ "References" ] ]
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[ [ "Ulfatkhonim Mamadshoeva" ], [ "Introduction", "'''Ulfatkhonim Mamadshoeva''' (; born ) is a Tajikistani journalist and human rights activist.", "A Pamiri from the autonomous Gorno-Badakhshan region of Tajikistan, Mamadshoeva worked as an independent journalist covering local issues.", "In May 2022, she was arrested and charged with organising protests in Khorog, the regional capital; in December, she received a 21-year prison sentence in a trial that has been criticised by the United Nations and Human Rights Watch, among others." ], [ "Personal life", "Mamadshoeva was born in Gorno-Badakhshan into a Pamiri family.", "For a time, she was married to Kholbash Kholbashov, a retired major general from the Tajik Border Troops, but they had separated by 2022." ], [ "Career", "Mamadshoeva worked primarily as a freelance journalist for independent outlets in Gorno-Badakhshan, and more broadly in Tajikistan and Central Asia, including ''Fergana''.", "Covering cultural, social and geopolitical issues, she primarily published under pseudonyms to avoid retaliation against her reporting.", "During the 1990s, Mamadshoeva has acted as a mediator during peace talks to end the Tajikistani Civil War.In December 2021, Mamadshoeva launched ''Pamir Plus'', a news website aimed to address the lack of independent media operating within Gorno-Badakhshan.", "She also established Nomus va Insof (), a non-governmental organisation focusing on protecting and promoting the rights of women and children in Tajikistan.=== 2022 Gorno-Badakhshan unrest and arrest ===In May 2022, protests broke out across Gorno-Badakhshan following the killing of Gulbiddin Ziyobekov, a Pamiri man, on 25 November 2021.While security forces initially reported that Ziyobekov had been resisting arrest and killed during a shootout, subsequent footage identified weeks later suggested he had been arbitrarily executed.", "During the protests, it was reported that security forces killed an estimated 40 civilians.", "The Interior Ministry of Tajikistan subsequently stated that protesters had been attempting to \"destabilise the social and political situation\" in Gorno-Badakhshan.On 17 May, the Interior Ministry released a statement accusing three Pamiri activists, including Mamadshoeva, of organising protests that had occurred in Khorog.", "In an interview with ''Fergana'' published the same day, Mamadshoeva described the accusations against her as \"absurd\" and stated that she had not organised protests that had occurred in Khorog or Rushon.On 18 May, Mamadshoeva was arrested at her home in Dushanbe; on the same day, her former husband, as well as Khushruz Jumayev, a journalist for ''Pamir Plus'', were also arrested and accused of organising Pamiris to take part in mass protests.", "They were charged with publicly calling for the violent change of Tajikistan's constitutional order; organising a criminal group; murder; attempted murder; and terrorism.On 24 May, the state-owned Tojikiston television channel broadcast a documentary, ''Failure of the Conspiracy'' (), which featured interviews with Mamadshoeva and Kholbashov in which they admitted to having organised protests in Khorog.", "In addition, footage was broadcast of Mamadshoeva meeting with officials from the United States embassy; an embassy spokesperson subsequently stated that the implication that the United States had been involved in the protests were \"absolutely false\" and accused the documentary of \"mischaracterising\" their meeting with Mamadshoeva.=== Trial and response ===The trials for Mamadshoeva, Kholbashov and Jumayev, as well as other Pamiri activists, including Mamadshoeva's brother, Khursand Mamadshoev, started on 3 August 2022 at the State Committee for National Security's detention centre in Dushanbe.", "After being officially declared as \"secret\" by the government, the trials occurred behind closed doors.", "During her trial, Mamadshoeva alleged that her confession had been made under duress.In September 2022, Kholbashov was sentenced to life imprisonment; Jumayev to eight years in prison; and Mamadshoev to 18 years.In December 2022, the Supreme Court of Tajikistan sentenced Mamadshoeva to 21 years in prison, alongside fellow activist Manuchehr Kholiqnazarov, who received a 15-year sentence.", "Mamadshoeva was ordered to serve her sentence at Correctional Facility YaS3/8 in Norak.The Coalition for Women in Journalism called for Mamadshoeva's immediate release, while Human Rights Watch criticised the trial of Mamadshoeva and other activists as being unfair, citing them occurring in secret, without giving the activists access to legal advice and the evidence being used against them.In July 2023, the United Nations Human Rights Council expressed concern about the trials afforded to Mamadshoeva and others, and suggested that the Tajikistani government was using anti-terrorism legislation to \"silence\" critical voices." ], [ "References" ] ]
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[ [ "Chattah dynasty" ], [ "Introduction", "Nur Mahomed, born in 1704, was the founder of the independent principality of Rasulnagar and was recognized by the Chattah Jats as their chief.", "He captured areas such as Nadala, Manohar, Bangli, and Pandoria, and his friendship was sought by Ranjit Deo of Jamnu and the Chiefs of Multan.", "As Nur Mahomed grew old, his son, Ahmad Khan, led the Chattahs in battle against the Sukarchakia chiefs of Gujranwala.", "During Sardar Charat Singh's time, the Chatthas held their own, and Ahmad Khan captured the Bhangi gun (Zamzama Cannon) in 1765.However, a quarrel between Ahmad Khan and his brother Pir Mahomed led to the deaths of Bahram Khan, Kadar Bakhsh, and Pateh Mahomed's nephew.", "Gujar Singh and Sahib Singh Bhangi helped Pir Mahomed, who captured Ahmad Khan and forced him to resign the gun, which was later moved to Gujrat.", "Ahmad Khan later retired to Ahmadnagar, a town he built.", "The Viceroy of Ahmad Shah Durani, Mir Manu, attempted to siege Manohar but was unsuccessful.", "Sardar Charat Singh died in 1774, followed by Nur Mahomed and his son Pir Mahomed.The Chattah Jat chiefs founded several towns in the Gujranwala district, including Nur Mahomed's Gudi Gul Mahomed and Rasulnagar, later renamed Ramnagar by the Sukerchakias.", "Pir Mahomed built three forts and built towns like Kot Mian Khan, Alipur, Kaiwala, Kot Sami, Kot Ali Mahoned, and Fatehpur.", "Ghulam Mahomed succeeded to the chiefship but also faced the hatred of the Sukarchakias.", "Both Sardar Mahan Singh and Ghulam Mahomed were brave men, but peace could only result from the death of one or the other.", "Mahan Singh was defeated on several occasions, including besieging Jokian and besieging Manchar in 1790.The siege lasted over six months, resulting in significant losses for the Sikhs.", "Ranjit Singh, the young Sikh leader, was in danger when Hashmat Khan, Ghulam Mahomed's uncle, was killed by his attendants.", "Ghulam Mahomed offered to surrender if he could leave for Mecca in safety, but Mahan Singh shot him through the head.", "He then gave up Manchar to plunder and seized the majority of the Chattah territory.Jan Mahomed, son of Ghulām Mahomed, escaped to Kabul and returned in 1797 with Shah Zaman.", "He recovered his possessions on the Chenab, but when his protector returned to Afghanistan, Ranjit Singh attacked Rasulnagar, aiming to destroy the Chattah power.", "The besieged made a gallant resistance, but their numbers and strength diminished.", "The Mahomedan saints abandoned their followers, and the Chattah asked a famous fakir to help them.", "The fakir, Mahbub Subhani, dressed in green, fought on Ranjit Singh's side.", "Jan Mahomed was killed by a cannon-shot, and the fort surrendered.", "The family's history after Rasulnagar's fall is less notable.", "The sons of Jan Mahomed received a jagir from Ranjit Singh.", "The head of the Rasulnagar Chattah are the jagirdars of Ahmadnagar." ], [ "Genealogy", "●Chattah Nur Mohammed, ruler of the Chattah principality, head of the Chattah clan, born 1704, seized Nadal, Manohar, Bangli, Pandoria and other villages, married and had issues,-Chattah Ahmad Khan of Ahmadnagar principality-Chattha Pir Mohammed●Chaudhary Pir Mohammed, ruler of Rasulnagar, established the town of Rasulnagar which he made his capital, married and had issue, died 1785-Chattah Fateh Mohammed, died 1782-Chattah Ghulam Mohammed (see below)●Chattah Kudha Baksh, jagirdar of Ahmadnagar, married and had issue, died 1877.●Chattah Jan Mohammed, ruler of Rasulnagar, married and had issue, last ruler of Rasulnagar.●Chattah Ghulam Khadar, jagirdar, married and had issue,died 1850-Ch.", "Ghulam Hassan-Ghulam Husssain-Ghulam Navi-Ghulam Ali-Ghulam Rasul (see below)● Chattah Ghulam Rasul, jagirdar, married and had issue-Hayat Khan, born 1860-Mohammad Khan, born 1863-Ahmad Khan, born 1868" ], [ "References" ] ]
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[ [ "Nun Zairina" ], [ "Introduction", "'''Nun Zairina Sarono''' (born '''Zainun'''; 1932 – 27 December 2017) was an Indonesian dancer, actress, dance instructor, and model who was active in the 1950s and 1960s.", "She was known for her role as Diana in ''Serampang 12'' (1956) and as Sita in ''Asrama Dara'' (1958).", "Zairina was a dance instructor for Indonesia first lady Fatmawati and was the part of Classical Indonesian Cinema." ], [ "Early life", "Zairina was born Zainun on 1932 in Medan, North Sumatra.", "She was of Scottish and Malay descent." ], [ "Personal life", "Zairina with her son, Rico Wibisono, in 2017Zairina was a close friend of Indonesian first lady Fatmawati and her son Guruh Sukarnoputra after became a dancing teacher at her house in Sriwijaya Street.", "She also befriended with some figures, such as Wahid Hasyim, Aminah Cendrakasih (her co-star in ''Serampang 12''), Gordon Tobing, and Bing Slamet.===Death===Zairina died in Yogyakarta, Special Region of Yogyakarta, on 27 December 2017 at the age of 85.Her death was announced on Instagram by her nephew, Andre Hamara, on 28 December." ], [ "Career", "Zairina started her acting career by appeared in ''Bila Tiba Masanya'', a broadway production in Medan, in 1953.In 1955, she was cast by Pestin Studio to starred in ''Kuala Deli'' (1955), a Malay film produced by Indonesian artist Bakaruddin, and co-starring with Daruza Tamam and Yoseano Waas.", "Zairina became the only woman from 60 applicant and became the only Medan people to starred in the film along with Tamam.", "She later starred in ''Serampang 12'' (1956), a musical film by Radial Film Medan which was shot at Garuda Film Djakarta studio, and co-starring Aminah Cendrakasih.", "In this film, she portrayed Diana, a dancer who was concerned due to national dances are slowly starting to disappear from her community.", "Zairina later received a positive reviews from film critics for her performance along with Cendrakasih.", "After starred in the film, she later moved to Jakarta.Zairina starred in her third film, ''Tandjung Katung'' (1957), which was shoot in Jakarta.", "She made her last film appearance by starring in ''Asrama Dara'' (1958), a film produced by Perfini, and portrayed Sita, a dancer and teacher.", "Zairina also worked as a dancing teacher for Indonesian and foreigners students, and succeeded in promoting and attracting international attention to studying Indonesian arts, especially in the field of dance.", "She later became a dance instructor for Indonesian first lady Fatmawati after performing in Merdeka Palace and often practices at Fatmawati's residence at Sriwijaya Street.", "In 1958, Zairina attended a film convention festival which was held by Communist Party of Indonesia along with several artist, such as Gordon Tobing and Bing Slamet to contribute their talents during the festival." ], [ "Broadway stage", "+ Broadway stage Date Production Role Notes Ref.", "1953 ''Bila Tiba Masanya''" ], [ "Filmography", " Year Film Role Notes 1955 ''Kuala Deli'' 1956 ''Serampang 12'' Diana 1957 ''Tandjung Katung'' 1958 ''Asrama Dara'' Sita" ], [ "Citations", "===Works cited===* * * * ===References===" ], [ "External links" ] ]
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[ [ "Spanish protectorate in Cambodia" ], [ "Introduction", "The '''Spanish Protectorate in Cambodia''' was a vassal state of the Spanish Empire briefly controlled by the Spanish Monarchy from 1597 to 1600.This territory was dominated by the Spanish since a group of conquistadors of Spanish-Portuguese origin supported the Cambodian king Barom Reachena II during the Cambodian internal wars of the Cambodian Dark Ages.", "Reachea II accepted the condition of being a vassal and tributary of Spain after being named monarch, but both the monarch and his foreign supporters were assassinated by Malay Muslims two years after the founding of the protectorate." ], [ "References" ] ]
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[ [ "Jubisentidae" ], [ "Introduction", "'''Jubisentidae''' is an extinct family of planthoppers.", "It contains 3 genera in 2 subfamilies." ], [ "Subfamilies and genera", "* † Jubisentinae Zhang, Ren & Yao, 2019** † ''Furtivirete'' Zhang, Ren & Yao, 2019** † ''Jubisentis'' Zhang, Ren & Yao, 2019* † Psilarginae Shcherbakov, 2020** † ''Psilargus'' Shcherbakov, 2020" ], [ "References" ] ]
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[ [ "Khaled Megawer" ], [ "Introduction", "Major General '''Khaled Megawer''' () is the current Director of the Egyptian Military Intelligence and Reconnaissance Administration.", "He was appointed in December 2018.He also assumed the position of Assistant Minister of Defense of Egypt for Foreign Affairs." ], [ "Career", "Kamel served as the Egyptian Military Attaché at the Egyptian embassy in the United States in Washington.", "He then returned to Egypt to serve as the chief of staff of the Second Field Army.", "He assumed formal command of the Second Army in May 2017.After transferring to the Military Intelligence Administration, he was promoted to the deputy director position under Major General Muhammad Farag El-Shahat in September 2018, he then was promoted to the Director position in December later that year." ], [ "References" ] ]
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[ [ "The Theme of Creation: An Exploration of Meher Baba's God Speaks" ], [ "Introduction", "'''''The Theme of Creation : An Exploration of Meher Baba's \"God Speaks\"''''' is a 2005 American documentary film produced, written, edited and directed by Tim Thelen.", "The film is an analytical exploration of Meher Baba's \"God Speaks\", and William Donkin's \"The Wayfarers\", with interviews from religious scholars Carl W. Ernst, Rick Chapman, Allan Cohen, Kendra Crosen Burroughs, Robert Dreyfuss, Charmian Duce Knowles, Bhau Kalchuri, Pascal Kaplan, Phyllis Ott, Tom Riley, Don Stevens, and Adele Wolkin.", "Tim Thelen adapted, and co-wrote the film with God Speaks editor Don Stevens." ], [ "Archival images taken by", "*Lud Dimpfl*Aneece Hassen*Beheram irani*Manija Irani*Charmian Duce Knowles*Don Stevens*Jehangir Sukhadwala*Meelan Studio (Pune)*NBC-TV / Peter Elgar Productions" ], [ "Soundtrack", "The background score is composed by Richard Peikoff, Tim Thelen, and Larry Thrasher.", "The track ''Marty Robbins'' is written and performed by Pete Townshend, and Eel Pie recording productions 2001." ], [ "Photography", "*Photographs of Meher Baba prepared by Lawrence Reiter*Photograph of Charles Darwin copyright of Professor Richard Keynes" ], [ "References" ], [ "Bibliography", "*Kenneth Lux.", "''The Love Street Lamppost'', July/October 2005**Evans-Wentz, Walter, \"The Uniqueness and Paramount Value of God Speaks\", 1955 Book review" ], [ "External links", "**" ] ]
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[ [ "Hordeum aegiceras" ], [ "Introduction", "'''''Hordeum aegiceras''''' (syn.", "''Hordeum vulgare'' var.", "''trifurcatum''), the '''grim barley''', is a species of flowering plant in the family Poaceae.", "It is native to Mongolia, Tibet, Qinghai, and central China, and it has been introduced into other locales around the world, including Argentina and the U.S. state of Illinois.", "An annual reaching , it is cultivated at elevations above ." ], [ "References" ] ]
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[ [ "2023 Australian Individual Speedway Championship" ], [ "Introduction", "The '''2023 Australian Individual Speedway Championship''' was a motorcycle speedway competition organised by Motorcycling Australia (MA) for the Australian Individual Speedway Championship.", "The event was held over four rounds.Jack Holder won his first Australian title." ], [ "Rounds", "RoundDateVenueWinner1 3 January Gillman Speedway, Adelaide Jason Doyle 2 7 January Diamond Park, Wodonga Jason Doyle 3 9 January Loxford Park, Kurri Kurri Jason Doyle 4 11 January North Brisbane Speedway, Banyo Jack Holder" ], [ "Final classification", "Pos.", "Rider GILDP LOX NBSTotalGold Jack Holder 17121816 63Silver Jason Doyle 17161711 61 Bronze Max Fricke 111781753'''4''' Rohan Tungate 14101413 51'''5''' Brady Kurtz 8131311 45'''6''' Josh Pickering 614118 39'''7''' Justin Sedgmen 13097 38'''8''' Chris Holder 111097 37'''9''' Zach Cook 5788 28'''10''' Zane Keleher 356 8 22'''11''' James Pearson 3643 16'''12''' Zaine Kennedy |4 55 14'''13''' Ryan Douglas |'''14''' Sam Masters 8'''15''' Ben Cook 8'''16''' Patrick Hamilton|322 7'''17''' Jye Etheridge | 5'''18''' Cooper Riordan |310 4'''19''' Fraser Bowes 3'''20''' Brayden McGuinness 2'''22''' Michael West 0002 2" ], [ "References" ], [ "See also", "* Australian Individual Speedway Championship* Australia national speedway team* Sports in Australia" ] ]
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[ [ "National Pupils and Students Union of Ivory Coast" ], [ "Introduction", "'''National Pupils and Students Union of Ivory Coast''' (), generally called '''UNEECI''', was an organization of students and pupils in Ivory Coast." ], [ "From UNECI to UNEECI", "The '''National Students Union of Ivory Coast''' (''Union national des etudiants de Côte d'Ivoire'', abbreviated '''UNECI''') was formed in France in 1960, at the initiative of the Ivorian government.", "The Ivorian government hoped UNECI could function as a counter-weight to the radical AECIF.", "In 1963 president Félix Houphouët-Boigny decided to shift the UNECI headquarters to the Ivory Coast, following a mass meeting at the stadium in Le Plateau.In July 1964 UNECI was converted into UNEECI, at a founding congress held at the ex-UFOCI in Treichville.", "The first president of UNEECI was Koffi Konan Antoine (later ambassador of Côte d'Ivoire in Cameroon).", "UNEECI was established as the sole legal student organization in the country in 1965.UNEECI was allotted an annual funding of 15 million Francs CFA through the Ministry of Education.", "Antoine was later replaced by Yébouet Lazare.", "But whilst UNEECI had been set up the government authorities in order to control the student population, the organization eventually became increasingly critical of the government educational policies and within UNEECI dissident factions began to develop.", "The more radical Ivorian students in France and Senegal had resented the formation of UNEECI, but some two-thirds of them joined UNEECI to be able to continue receiving scholarships." ], [ "Second Congress", "The second congress of UNEECI was held in Treichville Cultural Centre in July 1967.The pre-conference discussions centred around two themes: the repression during the anti-MEOCAM protests just before the congress and allegations of misuse of the government funds allotted to UNEECI.", "The arrival of students from France to attend the event changed the tone of debates, as the returnees from France called for an autonomous student movement that would elect its own leadership through democratic process.", "At the Treichville congress Koné Tiémoko was elected as president.", "Tiémoko was seen as a compromise candidate, somewhat distanced from the pro-government forces that that dominated the leadership until then.", "Tiémoko had been the president of the unit of UNEECI at Ecole Normale Supérieure.", "A number of PDCI loyalists in the outgoing UNEECI Central Committee were not re-elected." ], [ "Third congres", "In July 1969 a third congress was held.", "There were three candidates for the presidency: Tiémoko, Amara Karamoko (president of the UNEECI branch at the University of Abidjan) and Laurent Gbagbo.", "The counting of votes was interrupted as soldiers stormed the congress venue.", "One week later Houphouët-Boigny declared the dissolution of UNEECI.", "The government party PDCI later motivated the move through the allegation that UNEECI had developed relations to 'foreign extremist political parties'.", "Notably the committee of UNEECI in France refused to acknowledge the dissolution, and continued to function as an independent organization.", "In Ivory Coast Students and Pupils Movement of Ivory Coast (MEECI) was established in 1969 as the new legal student organization - with the PDCI loyalists removed from the UNEECI Central Committee in 1967 as its leadership." ], [ "References" ] ]
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[ [ "Kaylan Williams" ], [ "Introduction", "'''Kaylan Rose Bradford Williams''' (born 27 July 1998) is an American soccer player who plays as a striker for WVC Dynamo Moscow." ], [ "Early life", "Williams grew up in Marion, United States." ], [ "Career", "Williams played for Russian side WVC Dynamo Moscow, where she was regarded as one of the club's most important players." ], [ "Style of play", "Williams mainly operates as a striker and was described as \"at Dinamo, she has been playing primarily as a number nine in attack, after playing as a right-sided center back in pre-season\"." ], [ "Personal life", "Williams has aspired to become a surgeon." ], [ "References" ] ]
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[ [ "José Gotovitch" ], [ "Introduction", "'''José Gotovitch''' (12 April 1940 – 16 February 2024) was a Belgian historian who specialised on the political and social history of Belgium during World War II as well as the history of Communism.", "He is best known for the bestselling book ''L'An 40'' (1971) written by Jules Gérard-Libois which is considered a landmark study in Belgian historiography." ], [ "Background", "José Gotovitch was born into a Jewish family in the working-class Marolles area of Brussels on 12 April 1940 only weeks before Belgium was invaded and occupied in World War II.", "His parents ran a small stocking and shop on the ''rue des Tanneurs''.", "Amid the Holocaust in Belgium, he narrowly escaped from a large-scale round-up of Jews in the Marolles on 3 September 1942.718 people were arrested and deported to Auschwitz concentration camp.", "Gotovitch ultimately survived the Holocaust as a hidden child (''enfant cachée'') in the rural Province of Namur.", "Gotovitch studied at the Athénée Léon Lepage and later the Free University of Brussels (''Université Libre de Bruxelles'', ULB).", "He gained a licentiate degree in history in 1961 with a thesis on newspapers in German-occupied Belgium in World War I under the supervision of Guillaume Jacquemyns, one of the few historians at the university who was not a Medievalist.", "He did not finalise his doctorate until 1988.By the age of 12, he had embraced far-left politics, initially in Left Zionism and, from the age of 18, in the Communist Party of Belgium.", "Gotovitch was an active communist activist.", "Shortly before attending ULB, he participated in the communist-run World Festival of Youth and Students in Moscow in 1957.As a student, in 1960, he travelled to Cuba while a student where he met Fidel Castro and Che Guevara.", "He was actively involved in student communist groups and at the end of his studies co-founded the National Union of Communist Students (''Union Nationale des Étudiants Communistes'', UNEC) of which he remained national secretary until 1962." ], [ "Academic career", "After compulsory military service, Gotovitch was recruited by the ULB historian Jacques Willequet as a researcher on a small project researching the history of World War II.", "Gotovitch's linguistic abilities and mastery of French, Dutch, and particularly German was a major asset to the project.", "As there had been little or no serious academic work on the subject before, Gotovitch played an active role in gathering documentation abroad and creating a research infrastructure including the peer-review journal ''Cahiers d'histoire de la Deuxième Guerre mondiale'' in 1967 whose role in Belgian historiography has been described as \"a pioneering work on any front\".", "===''L'An 40''===Gotovitch collaborated with the Christian Democrat Jules Gérard-Libois on a study on the German invasion of Belgium and the impact of the German occupation on politics and society in Belgium.", "At the time, the conflict had attracted little or no academic examination in Belgium.", "''L'An 40: La Belgique Occupee'' () was published by the Centre de Recherches et d’Informations socio-politiques (CRISP) in 1971.It has been described as a \"surprise bestseller\".The book emphasised continuity claiming that \"nothing becomes comprehensible starting from 10 May 1940\", the day of the German invasion.", "The writers emphasised pre-war debates on neutrality after 1936 and the prevalence of authoritarian political ideas on different parts of Belgian society, especially traditional elites.", "In a retrospective on the book in 2005, the historian Chantal Kesterloot has written that \"''L'An 40'' constituted a formidable source of inspiration for later works, for a generation of researchers which, in its strides, has been interested in the history of this period which remains, more than 60 years after the facts, one of the most stimulating.\"", "The work attracted widespread interest in Belgium.", "The first edition of 3,000 copies was sold out within three days.", "It ultimately sold 25,000 copies making it \"the uncontested bestseller in Belgian history-writing\".", "Kesterloot emphasises the importance of Gotovitch and Gérard-Libois's work in the growing respectability of the entire field of contemporary history in Belgium during the 1960s and 1970s alongside other writers such as Albert De Jonghe and Luc Schepens.", "Gotovitch's critical account of the response of Belgian communists to the invasion led to his marginalisation by the party for several years.===Later works===Gotovitch's scholarship remained largely focused on the Second World War.", "He wrote on collaboration, the Exodus, the Holocaust, and the resistance.", "His thesis was published in 1992 as ''Du rouge au tricolore : Les communistes belges de 1939 à 1944.Un aspect de l’histoire de la Résistance en Belgique'' (.", "After 1985, he was one of the first Western researchers to make extensive use of the archives of the Comintern in the Soviet Union where he also discovered Belgian archives confiscated during World War II.After several years outside academia, Gotovitch was recruited as a researcher at theCentre for Research and Historical Study of the Second World War (''Centre de recherches et d'études historiques de la Seconde Guerre mondiale'', CREHSGM; Navorsings- en Studiecentrum van de Geschiedenis van de Tweede Wereldoorlog, NSGWO) in 1967 which became the Study and Documentation Centre for War and Contemporary Society (''Centre d'Études et de Documentation Guerre et Sociétés contemporaines''; ''Studie- en Documentatiecentrum Oorlog en Hedendaagse Maatschappij'', CEGESOMA) in 1997.Gotovitch was its director from 1988 until his retirement in 2005.In this role, he played an important role in building CEGESOMA's large archival collections on the Second World War.", "He was also research director of the Centre for Communist Archives in Belgium (''Centre des archives communistes en Belgique'', CArCoB).", "He was administrator of CRISP from 1987 to 2014.Gotovitch spent much of his career at ULB where he was the founder of the Centre for Histoy and Sociology of the Left (''Centre d'Histoire et de Sociologie des Gauches'') with the collaboration of Anne Morelli.", "Gotovitch was a member of the Royal Academy of Science, Letters and Fine Arts of Belgium.", "He was invited professor at the Paris Nanterre University in 1990 and French Instituts d'études politiques in 1996.Gotovitch was a prominent public historian in Belgium and worked on television and radio history series including the landmark radio series ''Jours de Guerre'' broadcast from 1990 to 1995.After retiring in 2005, Gotovitch died on 16 February 2024, at the age of 83." ], [ "See also", "*Jean Stengers*Maxime Steinberg" ], [ "References", "===Bibliography===**" ] ]
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[ [ "Al-Qaeda–Islamic State conflict" ], [ "Introduction", "The '''Al-Qaeda–Islamic State conflict''' is an ongoing conflict between Al-Qaeda and its allied groups, and the Islamic State." ], [ "Background", "On 8 April 2013, Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, leader of the Islamic State of Iraq, released an audio statement in which he claimed that the Islamic State of Iraq, and Al-Nusra Front, two Al-Qaeda affiliated groups, were merging into one group called the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant.", "Abu Mohammad al-Julani, the leader of al-Nusra Front, and Ayman al-Zawahiri, the leader of Al-Qaeda, both rejected the merge.", "Al-Julani claimed that he and all the other al-Nusra leaders had never gave permission to Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi to merge the groups.Ayman al-Zawahiri wrote a letter to both Al-Julani and al-Baghdadi, who were both under his command at the time, in which he stated that he does not permit them to merge.", "He also sent a diplomat to put an end to tensions.", "al-Baghdadi responded to al-Zawahiri's letter, and declared that he did not need al-Zawahiri's approval to do the merge, and that he was moving forward with the merge either way.", "The merge happened, with the Islamic State of Iraq and some Al-Nusra fighters merging to form the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant.", "Al-Nusra's leadership, as well as Al-Qaeda, both officially rejected the merge, in which the tension resulted in the newly founded ISIL being isolated from the global jihadist network, which was dominated by Al-Qaeda.In October 2013, months after the merge, al-Zawahiri gave al-Baghdadi a final chance to disband ISIL, and return the jihadist movement in Syria to al-Nusra, and revive the Islamic State of Iraq and let it take control of the jihadist movement in Iraq.", "al-Baghdadi refused to comply with al-Zawahiri, and ISIL continued to operate in both Iraq and Syria.", "In February 2014, after eight months of tension, in which ISIL constantly refused to comply with al-Qaeda's demands, al-Qaeda officially disavowed themself from ISIL, and cut all ties with them, beginning their enmity.On 29 June 2014, ISIL changed its name to the \"Islamic State\", and declared its lands as a caliphate with Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi as the caliph.", "As a \"Caliphate\", it claimed authority over all Muslims and Muslim lands worldwide.", "The Islamic State's claim of being a legitimate Islamic caliphate was rejected by many Muslims, and was also rejected by Al-Qaeda.The Islamic State was described as being \"far more ruthless\" than al-Qaeda.", "For example, while Al-Qaeda considers Shia Muslims to be apostates, they have also condemned the Islamic State's killing sprees against Shias.", "Osama bin Laden had also wanted to establish a Sunni-Shia alliance to counter the supposed Jewish-Christian alliance which allegedly was made to fight Islam.", "The Islamic State has a zero-tolerance policy for Shias." ], [ "Conflict", "Since its establishment, the Islamic State has been engaged in a propaganda war with Al-Qaeda and its allied groups, and the Islamic State's constant propaganda and takfir against Al-Qaeda and the Taliban was described as an \"obsession\".", "The Al-Qaeda–Islamic State conflict was also referred to as the \"Jihadist civil war\".Also since the establishment of the Islamic State, many Al-Qaeda affiliated groups became fractured, with certain factions of the groups pledging allegiance to the Islamic State, while the rest opposed the Islamic State.", "These groups include Ansar al-Islam in Kurdistan, Boko Haram, the Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan, Caucasus Emirate, Abu Sayyaf, Ansar Bait al-Maqdis, and Al-Shabaab.The first instance of the conflict between the Islamic State and Al-Qaeda affiliates, was during the Islamic State's rise in Iraq in 2014.Prior to the Islamic State, the vast majority of Kurdish jihadists joined Ansar al-Islam, and when the Islamic State got closer to the Kurdish-majority northern Iraq, Ansar al-Islam considered it a challenge to their dominance in the region, and began attacking Islamic State positions.", "The clashes continued for months, with unreported casualties on both sides, until a large number of Ansar al-Islam militants switched their allegiance to the Islamic State, which weakened Ansar al-Islam and led to a decline in its popularity.", "In 2018, Ansar al-Islam largely relocated to Syria and joined the short-lived RBOR, an Al-Qaeda affiliated jihadist coalition which fought against the Islamic State in the Syrian civil war.In January 2015, the Islamic State – Yemen Province began growing and challenging the hegemony of AQAP, the Yemeni faction of Al-Qaeda.", "These two groups continued to clash throughout the Yemeni civil war.The Islamic State–Taliban conflict started in early February 2015, when the Islamic State – Khorasan Province came to Afghanistan, killing a Taliban commander in the process.", "The Taliban responded by killing or capturing over 65 Islamic State militants.Al-Qaeda affiliates and the Islamic State fight against each other in the Syrian civil war, at the same time while fighting the Syrian opposition.", "Al-Qaeda and the Islamic State also fight on opposing sides in the Mali War and the Boko Haram insurgency.During the Derna campaign, pro-Al-Qaeda militants successfully broke the Islamic State in Libya's siege on Derna and began fighting the Islamic State all around Libya." ], [ "References" ], [ "Further reading", "* * * *" ] ]
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[ [ "Elvis Browne" ], [ "Introduction", "'''Elvis Browne''' (9 February 196120 September 2011) was a Kittitian football manager.==Early life== Browne grew up in La Guérite, Saint Kitts and Nevis." ], [ "Career", "Browne managed the Saint Kitts and Nevis national football team." ], [ "Personal life", "Browne was married." ], [ "References" ] ]
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[ [ "Alessandro Grego" ], [ "Introduction", "'''Alessandro Grego''' (Trieste, 18 March 1969) is an Italian contemporary classical composer, theater and film score author." ], [ "Biography", "He studied composition with Giorgio Gaslini, electronic music with Curtis Roads, musicology at the School of Paleography, Musical Philology of Cremona and Music for Films at the Experimental Film Centre in Rome.In 2023 in Radom, Poland, he won the first prize at the international composition competition \"Arboretum,\" conceived by the Polish composer Krzysztof Penderecki, with a violin concerto with string orchestra titled \"The Eternal Sea,\" inspired by a collection of poems by Biagio Marin and dedicated to the memory of Edda Serra, a literary critic and scholar of his work.", "Additionally, the composer received a special prize created by Elżbieta Penderecka, Penderecki's wife .=== Theater ===In 2008 he composed the original music for the show ''Senza vincitori né vinti'' (Without winners or losers).", "The play, starring Francesco Niccolini and Arnoldo Foà, is inspired by the novel ''Storia di Tönle'' by the Italian writer andveteran Mario Rigoni Stern.", "It deals with the absurdity of war, seen through the experience of an elderly farmer of the Asiago Plateau in the Italian Alps; the location of battles between Austrians and Italians during World War I.In 2010 he wrote the music for the show ''Fuejs'' that was directed by Luciano Roman.", "Texts and lyrics in Friulian were provided by the Italian director, poet and writer Pier Paolo Pasolini.", "The show was inspired by Pasolini’s youthful experience in the Friuli region.In 2013 he collaborated with the Giorgio Barberio Corsetti’s \"Fattore K\" company on the show ''In flagrante delicto - Il principe, la sposa, il musico e l'assassino''.", "The show was written by Francesco Niccolini and inspired by the figure of the madrigalist Gesualdo da Venosa who killed his wife and her lover.He also collaborated in other theatrical productions with Alessio Boni, Paolo Bonacelli, Giuseppe Patroni Griffi and Vittorio Caprioli, Simone Cristicchi, Marco Paolini, David Riondino, Manuela Kustermann and Vito Zagarrio.=== Other works ===In 1999 he composed the electronic opera ''L'aura'' which was selected for preservation by the electroacoustic music phonotheque of the National Library of France.In 2003 he dedicated himself to ''Heliossea'', a live show with music, images and interactions with the audience.", "The performance with flutes (Roberto Fabbriciani) and electronic music has the peculiarity of taking place in the early morning, at dawn, and being regulated by environmental parameters such as the sunrise and surrounding environmental sounds thanks to an algorithm developed by Grego at the Institute of Computer Music and Sound Technology in Zurich.", "The work was carried out in collaboration with the Italian National Institute of Astrophysics and the astrophysicist Massimo Ramella of the Astronomical Observatory of Trieste.", "The performance is reprised in 2023, twenty years after the first edition, in the park of Miramare Castle in Trieste under the title \"Heliossea XX,\" still featuring Fabbriciani but this time with Alvise Vidolin directing the sound.In 2006 he wrote the song ''Le corps e(s)t l'histoire'' for clarinet and live electronics, dedicated to the memory of Pier Paolo Pasolini and commissioned by the Institut International de Musique Électroacoustique in Bourges (IMEB).In 2004 he published a monographic anthology ''Un mar deserto'' with the participation of Arnoldo Foà, produced by the Municipality of Trieste with the scientific support of the Biagio Marin Study Center.In 2011 he worked on the song ''Persistenza della memoria'', originated from a research on sound carried out at WDR Cologne together with Nicola Sani.", "The song is the very first composition ever to use the hyperbass flute, the largest and lowest pitched instrument in the flute family designed by Roberto Fabbriciani.In the 90s he collaborated in RAI (the Italian national public broadcasting company) radio dramas.", "He composed music for documentaries such as ''Galois.", "The story of a revolutionary mathematician'' dedicated to Evariste Galois and produced, among others, for the International Higher School of Advanced Studies, ICTP of Trieste and the L. Bocconi Commercial University of Milan and ''Binari'', broadcast by RAI.In 2022, he creates \"SARS-CoV-2: The Complete Genome,\" the sonification of the nucleic acid sequence of the complete genome of the SARS-CoV-2 virus.In 2023, he publishes \"I Colori Di Rives,\" which acoustically represents the paintings of the Perugian artist Riccardo Veschini, known as Rives." ], [ "Artistic profile", "Alessandro Grego composed works of contemporary and experimental music.", "He wrote several soundtracks and incidental music for the theater and for movies and radio scripts produced by Rai.", "He collaborated with the flute player Roberto Fabbriciani experimenting new sounds for this instrument and with other performers such as Guido Arbonelli, Massimiliano Damerini, Filippo Faes, Anna Serova, Giuseppe Fricelli, the quartet \"Martinu\", Serge Conte, Paolo Pollastri, Ciro Scarponi and Emanuele Segre." ], [ "Discography", "=== Album monografici ===* 1999 – ''L'aura'', Agorà AG 209.1* 1999 – ''Return to the sea'', The Orchard/Sony Music formerly Awal* 2003 – ''Un mar deserto,'' Urbania U -101* 2012 – ''Senza vincitori né vinti'', The Orchard/Sony Music formerly Awal* 2014 – ''Anima'', The Orchard/Sony Music formerly Awal* 2014 – ''Constraints'', The Orchard/Sony Music formerly Awal* 2018 – ''Heliossea 2'', The Orchard/Sony Music formerly Awal* 2018 – ''El mar xe un'', CD Baby ruALB01241263* 2018 – ''Galois: Storia di un matematico rivoluzionario'', The Orchard/Sony Music formerly Awal* 2018 – ''Binari'', The Orchard/Sony Music formerly Awal* 2019 – ''Sky Zoo Phrenia'', The Orchard/Sony Music formerly Awal* 2019 – ''CO2'', The Orchard/Sony Music formerly Awal* 2020 – ''Pianonirico'', The Orchard/Sony Music formerly Awal* 2020 – ''Strings'', The Orchard/Sony Music formerly Awal* 2022 – ''SARS-CoV-2: The Complete Genome'', The Orchard/Sony Music* 2023 – ''I Colori di Rives'', The Orchard/Sony Music=== Singles ===* 2017 – ''Indio'', The Orchard/Sony Music formerly Awal* 2017 – ''Caronte'', The Orchard/Sony Music formerly Awal* 2017 – ''Le corps e(st l'histoire'', The Orchard/Sony Music formerly Awal* 2017 – ''L'ascolto dello spazio… Gropina'', The Orchard/Sony Music formerly Awal* 2017 – ''Ascolta i tuoi occhi'', The Orchard/Sony Music formerly Awal* 2018 – ''Metamorli'', The Orchard/Sony Music formerly Awal=== DVDs ===* 2011 – ''Heliossea'', VDM Records VDM038-018=== Collaborations ===* 1998 – ''Astor Piazzolla: Histoire du tango''with Roberto Fabbriciani and Stefano Cardi, Phoenix Classics PH 97319* 2004 – ''Flute XX Volume Two'' with Roberto Fabbriciani, ARTS 47702-2* 2010 – ''The flute in 21st century'' with Roberto Fabbriciani, Tactus TC 950601=== Musical Editions ===Some scores are freely available on the International Music Score Library Project (IMSLP) while others are edited by RAI Com." ], [ "References" ] ]
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[ [ "Bailey Brandtman" ], [ "Introduction", "'''Bailey Brandtman''' (born 28 June 2005) is an Australian professional footballer who plays as a forward for Central Coast Mariners." ], [ "Club career", "Brandtman begun his football career playing his youth football in the youth teams of National Premier Leagues Queensland club Moreton Bay United.===Central Coast Mariners===In 2021, Brandtman was scouted and signed by the Central Coast Mariners to join their academy set up.", "Brandtman played mostly for the Mariners U20s team in his first few seasons at the club, including playing in the 2022 NSW League One U20s Grand Final.", "Brandtman broke through into the NPL first grade side at the back-end of the 2023 NPL season, and is considered one of the leading players for the team for the 2024 season.Brandtman received a scholarship contract from the club to be part of their first team squad for the 2023-24 A-League season.", "Brandtman made his A-League debut on 27 January 2024, in a home victory over Brisbane Roar." ], [ "International career", "Brandtman was named in Australia's U20 squad for the 2023 Marbella Week of Football Tournament in Spain, scoring twice in Australia's three games as they went through the tournament undefeated." ], [ "References" ], [ "External links", "*" ] ]
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[ [ "2023 Open de Seine-et-Marne – Singles" ], [ "Introduction", "Linda Nosková was the defending champion but chose not to participate.Jodie Burrage won the title, defeating Lucia Bronzetti in the final, 3–6, 6–4, 6–0." ], [ "Seeds" ], [ "Draw", "===Finals======Top half======Bottom half===" ], [ "References" ], [ "External links", "* Main Draw" ] ]
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[ [ "Vasilije Stojanović Vasa" ], [ "Introduction", "'''Vasilije Stojanović Vasa''' (, January 18, 1955) is a sculptor and painter from Dortmund." ], [ "Career", "Vasilije Stojanović, known in the art world by the nickname Vasa, was born in Vršac and has lived in Germany since 1976.He is a dental technician by education, but his creative spirit prevailed over the profession he acquired through schooling.", "The sculptures he created using cutlery are well-noticed at European art meetings.", "Its ornamentation inspired him to create gold, silver, and bronze figures.Stojanović's works are recognizable by the synergy of specific techniques and materials.", "Also, the intentional use of only a particular color is characteristic of his works of art.", "He participates in numerous exhibitions worldwide: in Belgium, Luxembourg, Monaco, the United Kingdom, Germany, the United States, Japan, Qatar, and most often in Serbia and France.", "At the ''Artistes du Monde'' festival in Cannes in 2015, he received an award for his opus, which was presented to him by the patron of this event Marina Picasso, the granddaughter of Pablo Picasso.", "Then he introduced the bronze sculpture \"Digital Fish,\" symbolizing his protest against overall digitization.By his admission, Novak Djokovic is a great inspiration to him.In 2024, Vasilije Stojanović Vasa is included in the Encyclopedia of the National Diaspora, edited by chronicler Ivan Kalauzović Ivanus." ], [ "Selected awards", "* Audience Gold Medal for the sculpture \"Savior of the World\" at the international exhibition ''Art in Miniature'' (Belgrade, 2014)* Award for overall work at the festival ''Artistes du Monde'' (Cannes, 2015)* Bronze Medal for the sculpture \"Stubborn Woman\" (Fernelmont, 2016)* First Prize for the sculpture \"Ireland\" at the exhibition ''L'Art au Coeur de l'Europe'' (Illzach, 2017)* Bronze Medal for the sculpture \"Turkey\" at the exhibition ''Salon National des Artistes Animaliers'' (Bry-sur-Marne, 2017)* Gold Medal at the exhibition ''Salon contemporain Devil'Art-Dennes'' (Deville, 2018)" ], [ "References" ], [ "External links", "* TV Miniatures: \"A Symphony of Forms – Raško Marinković and Vasilije Stojanović,\" Radio Television of Serbia, 2016" ] ]
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[ [ "Crewe bus station" ], [ "Introduction", "'''Crewe bus station''' in Crewe, Cheshire East, England, is a planned bus terminus for approximately 11 bus services.", "It is forecast to open in April 2024 as part of the Royal Arcade development in Crewe town centre.The bus station is located on Delamere Street, with access also from Victoria Street.", "The bus station is planned to have 9 bus stands and 1 coach stand, although no scheduled coach services are currently planned for the bus station.In September 2021, planning permission was granted for the Royal Arcade development, with Phase 1 incorporating a 400 space multi-storey car park and 10 stand bus station.", "Following initial delays, in January 2023, the former bus station closed and a temporary bus station was placed, containing 8 stands, in the location near to the new bus station.Cheshire East Council revealed the external artwork design for the new bus station in February 2023, which was subsequently placed on the eastern elevation of the new bus station, overlooking the new bus stands with the words ‘Forged by Hand’ sitting atop the bold inclusion of the town's name." ], [ "Services", "The majority of services are operated by D&G Bus, with First Potteries, Mikro Coaches and Stagecoach Merseyside & South Lancashire also using the station.D&G Bus operate 8 routes from Crewe Bus Station including regular services in and around Crewe as well as to the nearby towns of Congleton, Macclesfield, Nantwich, Newcastle-under-Lyme, Northwich, Sandbach and Winsford.Buses were also run from Crewe to Nantwich via villages in South Cheshire, operated by Mikro Coaches; Hanley by First Potteries and Chester via Nantwich by Stagecoach Merseyside & South Lancashire.A full list of services is shown below: Bus route From To Via 3 Crewe Hanley Alsager, Kidsgrove and Tunstall 8 Sydney Wistaston Green Crewe 12 Shavington Leighton Hospital Crewe 31 Crewe Northwich Leighton Hospital and Winsford 37 Crewe Northwich Sandbach, Middlewich and Winsford 38 Crewe Macclesfield Sandbach and Congleton 39 Crewe Nantwich Shavington 42 Crewe Congleton Leighton Hospital, Middlewich and Holmes Chapel 84 Crewe Chester Willaston, Nantwich and Tarporley 84X Crewe Nantwich 85 Nantwich Newcastle-under-Lyme Crewe, Madeley and Keele University" ], [ "References" ] ]
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[ [ "Miguel Chines" ], [ "Introduction", "'''Miguel Afonso Campos Chines''' (born 4 September 1979) is a Portuguese former footballer who played as a striker." ], [ "Early life", "Chines was described as \"the “next big thing” in Irish League football\"." ], [ "Career", "Chines has won the Irish Intermediate Cup on three occasions with three different teams." ], [ "Style of play", "Chines mainly operated as a striker and is known for his speed." ], [ "Personal life", "Chines grew up in Vialonga, Portugal." ], [ "References" ] ]
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[ [ "Luca Moroni" ], [ "Introduction", "'''Luca Moroni''' (born 1 July 2000) is an Italian chess grandmaster.", "He is three times Italian Champion in 2017, 2022 and 2023, and winner of chess' ''Mitropa Cup'' in 2021.He represented Italian Team at Chess Olympiads in 2016, 2018 and 2022 and at Online Chess Olympiads in 2020." ], [ "Career", "Moroni was born in Desio, a town near Milan.", "He learned playing chess at 6, won the silver medal at World Youth Championship in Under-16 category in 2015 and earned the title of International Master at 16 in 2016.In 2015, he achieved his first grandmaster norm at Italian Chess Championship.", "In December he played a simul with 120 games, overtaking the former national record of Italian Grandmaster Sergio Mariotti.In 2016, he took part in his first Chess Olympiad in Baku, where he achieved his second grandmaster norm.", "He earned the title of Grandmaster in August, going beyond Elo points.In 2017, he won the Italian Chess Championship in Cosenza at 17, becoming the most young Italian Chess Champion after Fabiano Caruana, who earned the title at 15 in 2007.In 2018, he was 1st at ''European Individual Rapid Championship'' in Skopje, but finished 4th for tiebreak criteria.", "He was on 2nd place at World Youth Championship in Porto Carras in Under 18 category, but 4th for tiebreak." ], [ "References" ], [ "External links", "*** Luca Moroni chess games at 365Chess.com" ] ]
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[ [ "Nélson Bertolazzi" ], [ "Introduction", "'''Nélson Antônio Bertolazzi''' (born 12 June 1966) is a Brazilian former footballer who played as a striker." ], [ "Early life", "Bertolazzi is the brother of Brazil international Paulo Egídio." ], [ "Career", "Bertolazzi played for Portuguese side Boavista, helping the club win the 1992 Supertaça Cândido de Oliveira." ], [ "Style of play", "Bertolazzi mainly operated as a striker and was described as \"despite being a striker, Nelson Bertollazzi was never a man for astronomical amounts of goals.", "Often moved to an attacking lane, due to his characteristics as a mobile player, the Brazilian was not a goalscoring machine\"." ], [ "Personal life", "After retiring from professional football, Bertolazzi worked at a gas station." ], [ "References" ] ]
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[ [ "Bourguyiinae" ], [ "Introduction", "'''Bourguyiinae''' is a Neotropical sub-family of harvestmen (order Opiliones) in the family Gonyleptidae" ], [ "Genera", "'''Bourguyiinae''' contains the following genera:* ''Asarcus'' Koch, 1839* ''Bourguyia'' Mello-Leitão, 1923" ], [ "References" ] ]
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[ [ "Middle Volga Integrated Biosphere Reserve" ], [ "Introduction", "The '''Middle Volga Integrated Biosphere Reserve''' is a specially protected natural area located in the Samara Oblast in Russia.", "Established in 2006, it is a combination of the Zhiguli Nature Reserve and the Samarskaya Luka National Park, making it the first integrated biosphere reserve in Russia." ], [ "Description", "The World Network of Biosphere Reserves included the reserve on 27 October 2006.It was created by merging the adjacent Zhiguli Nature Reserve and the Samarskaya Luka National Park, making it the first integrated biosphere reserve in Russia.The reserve aims to protect the landscapes of the Zhiguli mountains and the forest-steppe of the Middle Volga region, organize environmental monitoring, develop a system of careful nature management, and create a model territory for sustainable development.", "The reserve covers a total area of approximately 400,000 hectares, with the core area accounting for about 30.1 thousand hectares (7.5% of the total area), the protection (buffer) zone covering 97.1 thousand hectares (24.3%), and the transition (cooperation zone) covering 272.8 thousand hectares (68.2%).", "Sources often refer to much smaller, incorrect figures (Core - 30 thousand ha, buffer zone - 50 thousand ha, transitional - 70 thousand ha).", "The reserve's altitude ranges from 30 to 382 meters above sea level.The reserve is primarily situated within the Samarskaya Luka, at the centre of the Samara-Togliatti agglomeration.", "The majority of the Luka area remains largely unaffected by human activity.", "In 1927, the first protection measures were implemented for a portion of the territory.", "The reserve also covers parts of the territories of the left bank of the Usa River and the left bank of the Volga River, specifically in the urban forests of Togliatti.", "This includes areas within four municipal districts (Volzhsky, Stavropolsky, Syzransky, Shigonsky) and two urban districts (Zhigulevsk and Togliatti).", "Population estimates within the reserve are only approximate.", "They state that the core zone has no permanent population, while the buffer zone has around 20,000 people and the transition zone has between 40,000 and 80,000 people depending on the season.The reserve's landscapes and ecosystems are subject to varying degrees of exploitation, ranging from protected areas to agricultural, industrial, and urban development." ], [ "Protected sites", "The Middle Volga Integrated Biosphere Reserve is characterised by great biological diversity, with unique limestone mountain communities, typical forest-steppe ecosystems of the Samarskaya Luka plateau and the valleys of the Volga and Usa rivers.", "The limestone mountains are home to stony steppes, pristine steppe pine barrens and mixed coniferous forests on the rendzina and brown earth soils.", "Furthermore, the plateau of Samarskaya Luka boasts preserved areas of meadow and true steppes, as well as indigenous forests such as linden, oak, and birch forests, and derived communities including aspen, maple, birch, and elm forests.The ecosystems of the Volga floodplain are represented by floodplain oak forests, forests dominated by black poplar, white willow, silver poplar and black alder, talnik thickets and flood meadows.", "In limestone mining areas, special natural communities have formed, including adits that have become Eastern Europe's largest hibernation sites for bats.A large portion of the land is covered by deteriorated steppe and meadow ecosystems, as well as cultivation on chernozem and gray forest soils.Stony steppeThe Zhiguli Mountains are especially valuable.", "They are a tectonic upland located along a deep fault line that stretches latitudinally.", "This area is the highest part of the Russian Plain.", "Since the Pliocene epoch, the Zhiguli Mountains have remained free from glacial coverage and have not been flooded during transgressions of the Caspian Sea that reached their foothills, which has resulted in Zhiguli becoming a refugium that still preserves representatives of flora and fauna characteristic of long-gone climatic epochs.", "The reserve contains a significant number of endemic and relict fauna species, some of which are associated with specific insect species.", "Relict communities, including mountain forests, oak forests, and mixed coniferous forests with a combination of steppe and taiga flora, rocky vegetation, and stony steppes, have been preserved within the reserve.Endemic - Cerastium ZhigulienseThe fragmentarily preserved steppe areas of the reserve are of great value.", "They are found only on small unploughed remnant areas on the Volga coastal slopes, in the Zhiguli Mountains and Sengiley Hills.", "These are remnants of steppe vegetation that once covered most of the plateau of Samarskaya Luka.", "Although small in size, these areas of steppes cover all steppe types found in Samara Oblast: meadow (northern) steppes''',''' true (southern) steppes consisting of Volga fescue and Stipa, as well as special variants of steppes such as shrub steppes, stony and sandy steppes.", "Stony steppes are present on the open southern and south-western slopes of the Zhiguli Mountains.", "These areas range from a few tens of square metres to several hectares, with the largest being located on Strelnaya Gora and Molodetsky Kurgan (up to 13 hectares), as well as in the southern part of the Sengileevskaya Upland - on the chalk hills stretching along the bank of the Volga River from Podvalye to Klimovka.", "Shrub steppes are present in Zhiguli, as well as in the central, southern, and south-western parts of Samarskaya Luka, and in Shiryaevskaya, Askulskaya, and Brusyanskaya valleys.", "There are fragments of true steppes in areas that are not suitable for ploughing in the central and south-western parts of Samarskaya Luka.", "Meadow steppes are preserved in the south-east of Samarskaya Luka, with a few dozen hectares remaining in the Levashov forest steppe, a smaller area near the village of Podgory, and even smaller areas in the Shiryaevskaya, Kochkarskaya and Morkvashinskaya valleys.", "Sandy steppes can be found on the Usinsk coast, in the vicinity of Novinki village, in the Racheyskiy Bor, and on the islands.The high diversity of natural communities has resulted in a significant number of plant and animal species.", "Thus, over 1500 species of flowering plants, 4 species of gymnosperm, 21 species of ferns, 9 species of horsetails, approximately 170 species of mosses, around 200 species of lichens, and roughly 800 species of macromycete fungi have been studied within the reserve.", "There are over 300 species of vertebrates, including 62 mammals, more than 200 bird species, 8 amphibian species, 9 reptile species, and 68 fish species.", "The invertebrate fauna under study comprises approximately 7,000 species, of which around 5,000 are insects.", "Of particular interest are the endemics, consisting of 5 plant species and 11 invertebrate species, and relicts, comprising over 60 plant species and more than 80 invertebrate species, as well as 21 plant species, 2 mammal species, 19 bird species, and 37 invertebrate species that require special protection and are listed in the Red Book of Russia.", "The Zhiguli Mountains are a classic habitat for 12 species of plants and it was here that the first systematic descriptions of these species were made.There are 22 natural monuments of Samara Oblast on the territory of the reserve.", "The reserve also serves to preserve valuable evidence of disappeared cultures, including the Savromatian (6th - 4th centuries BC), Sarmatian (4th - 2nd centuries BC), Srubnaya (6th - 3rd centuries BC), Imenkovskaya (5th century), Novinkovskaya (7th - 8th centuries), and Volga Bulgaria (8th - 9th centuries).", "There are approximately 200 archaeological monuments located on the territory in total.", "Additionally, the reserve contains preserved noble estates from the mid-19th century." ], [ "Problems", "A serious threat to the reserve remains from some industrial operations, particularly oil fields and limestone quarries.In 2010, the reserve was significantly impacted by fires.", "Over 1,000 hectares of unique and typical plant communities were affected within the reserve, while in the urban forest of Togliatti, located in the transition zone of the reserve, 1057 hectares of forest were completely destroyed and another 792 hectares were partially damaged." ], [ "Reserve management", "BatNo special management structure has been established for the reserve yet.", "The functions of the reserve are carried out by the Zhiguli Nature Reserve, the Samarskaya Luka National Park, research institutes and executive authorities.In 2010, bars were installed at the entrances to the Popova Gora adits near Shiryaevo village.", "This is the most effective measure to preserve the hibernation site of bats." ], [ "Tourism", "Fox House Museum in the National ParkAs part of the regional tourism development programme in the Samara Oblast, one of the priority areas is tourism in the Middle Volga Reserve, particularly in the Samarskaya Luka area.", "Samarskaya Luka is the primary destination for ecological tourism in the region.", "Currently, the reserve receives an estimated 1 million unorganized visitors per year, with an additional 500,000 people covered by guided tours and ecological trails.However, both the protected area staff and natural resources often struggle to cope with the influx of tourists.", "Preserved species of steppes are particularly vulnerable to recreational impact.", "In 2008, the administration of Samarskaya Luka National Park was forced to close Molodetsky Mound, a popular recreation site, for over a year due to critical conservation concerns.", "The slopes needed restoration, territories required cleaning, and eco-trails had to be equipped.Currently, the reserve offers several organized tourist routes, such as 'Molodetsky Kurgan and Mount Devya', 'Shiryaevo Village and Mount Camel', 'Kamennaya Chasha tract', 'Witch Lake', 'Stepan Razin's Cave', and 'Mordovinskaya Floodplain' in the Samarskaya Luka National Park.", "Additionally, there is a car route called 'Strelnaya Mountain' and a pedestrian route named 'Kamennaya Chasha' in the Zhigulevsky Natural Reserve.The reserve hosts the LukAmorye eco-cultural festival and several tourist centres, including the Samarskaya Luka history and local history museum, the history museum in Usolye, the historical museum complex in the Shiryaevo village, and the Lukomorye educational complex.=== Tourism facilitation ===The Ministry of Construction of the Samara Oblast has developed a project to create a tourist and recreational complex named 'Zhigulevskaya Pearl'.", "The project entails the establishment of three all-season resorts in Shiryaevo, Podgory, and Rozhdestveno.", "The plan includes the construction of hotel and recreational complexes, two skiing complexes with toboggan runs as well as a snowboard park, golf courses and sports complexes, the improvement of the beach area, the reconstruction of existing berths and the construction of new berths for yachts and private vessels.", "The project also includes the construction of a cable car across the Volga River called 'Samara - Rozhdestveno' with a capacity of 900 people per hour and a 15 km motorway from Podgory to Shiryaevo.The total area of the tourism and recreation complex will be 701.8 hectares, with a capacity of up to 3,298 people, and 660 employees will be needed to support its operation.The project has been approved by the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment of the Russian Federation, and appropriate amendments have been made to the Rozhdestveno Territory Planning Project and the Zhigulevsk General Plan.", "However, the project has many opponents.It is noted that the Zhigulevsk Pearl project has not undergone any public environmental impact assessment, it does not take into account any potential effects on protected areas of federal significance, and there is no list of measures to minimise such effects.", "Even with the existing recreational pressure in the area of the village of Shiryaevo, the reserve and the national park have serious problems with the protection of the territory, and the expected increase in the number of visitors will only intensify them.The project also calls for the area of the reserve to be reduced by almost 7,000 hectares, in direct contravention of the federal law 'On Specially Protected Natural Areas'.", "A number of environmental scientists, supported by the Russian branch of Greenpeace, opposed such a change in the reserve's protected areas.", "A public petition demanding the cancellation of the decision of the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment of the Russian Federation on the construction of the Zhigulevskaya Pearl tourist and recreational complex has gathered more than 25,000 signatures.There are also alternative projects for the development of tourism in the reserve.", "It is a project to create a tourist village \"Novaya Ryazan\" on the territory of the Samarskaya Luka National Park, where on the area of 150 hectares it is planned to build a hotel complex, farms, greenhouse and pond farms, orchards, vegetable gardens, chicken coops, cowsheds, stables, etc.", "There are also plans to build a wharf complex.", "However, even this project does not take into account the need to preserve the natural complexes of the National Park.The third idea for tourism development in the reserve is the 'Zhigulevsky Ark - Belogorye' tourist and recreational complex project.", "The project aims to use the national park resources sparingly.", "The plan is to develop a museum and hotel complex, a children's park, an arboretum, a horse farm, a farm, a crafts village, and a festival glade on a 35-hectare site.", "This is the only project that involved environmental scientists, as it was developed in collaboration with the Volga Basin Ecology Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences." ], [ "Research", "The scientific research history of the Middle Volga Reserve is limited, consisting of only two volumes of the Red Book of the Samara Oblast and two monographs dedicated to the inventory of invertebrate animals and the rare floristic complex of the reserve.", "Other scientific research is ongoing and is reflected in separate scientific articles on the nature of the Middle Volga Reserve.A distinct field of study concerns the examination of human influence on ecosystems.", "Trends in wildlife response to recreational activities are identified, and the results are used to develop recommendations for optimising nature management, as well as recommendations for neutralising the negative effects of recreational activities." ], [ "References" ], [ "Bibliograghy", "* *" ], [ "External links", "* Middle Volga Integrated Biosphere Reserve on the UNESCO website" ] ]
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[ [ "2023 Open de Seine-et-Marne – Doubles" ], [ "Introduction", "Isabelle Haverlag and Justina Mikulskytė were the defending champions but lost in the semifinals to Jodie Burrage and Berfu Cengiz.Greet Minnen and Yanina Wickmayer won the title, defeating Burrage and Cengiz in the final, 6–4, 6–4." ], [ "Seeds" ], [ "Draw" ], [ "References" ], [ "External links", "* Main Draw" ] ]
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[ [ "Jonas Vabalas-Gudaitis" ], [ "Introduction", "'''Jonas Vabalas-Gudaitis''' (14 January 1881 – 14 November 1955) was a Lithuanian psychologist, educator, agronomist, hydrologist, philosopher of language, criminology and ethics, and professor of the Vytautas Magnus University and Vilnius University.", "A member of the Freethinkers' Society of Ethical Culture, he is best known as the beginner of experimental psychology and scientific pedagogy in Lithuania, being one of the first in Europe to apply the principle of synergetic interaction in pedagogy and psychology.Born to a peasant family on a farm in , both of Vabalas-Gudaitis's parents died when he was young.", "He studied in Palanga and Šiauliai before entering the nature faculty of Saint Petersburg State University to study physiology.", "In Russia, Vabalas-Gudaitis attended seminars by psychologists Konstantin Ushinsky and Aleksandr Petrovich Nechayev.", "After completing his studies in 1913, Vabalas-Gudaitis wished to return to Lithuania to work as a teacher, but due to low prospects switched to studying agronomy and joined the Moscow Academy of Agriculture, completing it a year after the outbreak of World War One.", "Due to the war, Vabalas-Gudaitis was forced to stay in Russia and not return to Lithuania, and consequently, he began working as a hydrologist in the Saratov Governorate.After returning to Lithuania in 1918 to Bolshevik-occupied Vilnius, Vabalas-Gudaitis gained a career in pedagogy, but was sent back to Russia for further education.", "After the Vilna offensive, during which Vilnius was taken by Poland, Vabalas-Gudaitis moved to Kaunas and began a career in experimental psychology.", "Becoming a professor and the head of the pedagogy department in Vytautas Magnus University, Vabalas-Gudaitis held various seminars and constructed tests intended for students, which teachers of state schools received.", "During the Soviet occupation of Lithuania, Vabalas-Gudaitis retained his position, but was stripped of his duties during the German occupation and was almost arrested and sent to Stutthof concentration camp.", "After the Soviet re-occupation of Lithuania, Vabalas-Gudaitis was once again made professor, and spent the remaining years of his life in Lithuania, joining the Lithuanian Communist Party in 1948, and dying in 1955." ], [ "Early life", "===Early life===Jonas Vabalas-Gudaitis was born on 14 January 1881 in the village of in the Russian Empire.", "His parents owned a small farm, and Vabalas-Gudaitis grew up with one brother.", "At the age of six, Vabalas-Gudaitis's mother died, and his father married for a second time.", "In 1895 Vabalas-Gudaitis graduated from middle school in Palanga.", "His father died soon after from illness.", "Privately tutoring children of wealthy parents, in 1902 Vabalas-Gudaitis graduated from the Šiauliai Gymnasium and entered Saint Petersburg State University to study physiology.===Studies in Russia===210pxAfter three years of study, Vabalas-Gudaitis quit and began attending courses held by Konstantin Ushinsky.", "In 1907 Vabalas-Gudaitis became a laboratory assistant at Aleksandr Petrovich Nechayev's laboratory of experimental psychology.", "In 1910, at the first convention of Russian experimental pedagogues, Vabalas-Gudaitis presented his work on research of attention, arguing that attention is not caused by a stimulus given by a stranger, but rather is performed by the subject himself when he is best prepared to respond to the stimulus.", "After completing university in St. Petersburg and studies with Ushinsky in 1913, Vabalas-Gudaitis wished to return to Lithuania to work as a teacher.", "However, becoming a teacher would potentially be too difficult to make a proper living, and Vabalas-Gudaitis decided to switch to agronomy for a better perspective.", "He joined the Moscow Academy of Agriculture and completed it in 1915.The beginning of World War I a year before would not let Vabalas-Gudaitis return to Lithuania, and as a result he was forced to stay in the Russian Empire.", "During the Russian Revolution and the First World War, Vabalas-Gudaitis worked in the Saratov Governorate as a hydrologist." ], [ "Psychologist in Lithuania", "===Return to Lithuania===After returning to Lithuania, Gudaitis-Vabalas could not decide whether to become a teacher, a biologist, or an agronomist.", "According to his wife, Vaclovas Biržiška convinced Vabalas-Gudaitis to become a pedagogue.", "In 1919 he was appointed the head of the experimental pedagogy institute, which would later become the university's faculty of pedagogy.", "That same year he was part of a temporary Vilnius Lithuanian committee set up by Józef Piłsudski's brother Jan Piłsudski.", "Vabalas-Gudaitis wrote the institute's statute, created a pedagogical museum, a laboratory, and also a school.", "As Vilnius was under Russian occupation at that time due to the Lithuanian Wars of Independence, Vabalas-Gudaitis was sent over to Moscow and St. Petersburg to get acquainted with similar institutions.", "After the Vilna offensive, during which Vilnius fell into Polish hands, Vabalas-Gudaitis moved to Kaunas, where he began organizing courses.", "From 1918 to 1920 he worked in Lithuania's Ministry of Education.", "From 1921 to 1922 Vabalas-Gudaitis was the head of these courses.", "In Kaunas, Vabalas-Gudaitis created a laboratory of experimental psychology, which he especially expanded in 1922 after beginning work as head of the department in the Vytautas Magnus University, later becoming a docent, and in 1927 – a professor.", "Vabalas-Gudaitis gave lectures not only to universities and in courses, but also to teachers.", "He lectured pedagogy in psychology in the Kaunas Art School, where he met student Birutė Smilgaitė, whom he would marry in 1922.His wife helped Vabalas-Gudaitis organize documents.===Development of pedagogy and psychology===In 1923 Vabalas-Gudaitis was sent to Germany to get acquainted with pedagogy and psychology lectures in a foreign country.", "He visited universities in Leipzig, Göttingen, and Hamburg.", "After returning to Lithuaniahis laboratory received new useful equipment for anthropometrical measuring and psychometry.", "According to a report by the university, Gudaitis's laboratory \"researches students' intellect and detects their norms, gives advice to mothers and teachers, holds connections with similar institutions abroad\".", "Vabalas-Gudaitis researched human reaction, and in 1923 he gave a lecture in Leipzig on how to detect a person's motor and sensor type based on their reaction.", "He also published a book entitled ''An improved mental response method for studying human performance'' in 1927.To ensure that his research isn't only accessible to a small selection of specialists, that same year he published a series of non-verbal tests along with tests by Alfred Binet and Théodore Simon in a newspaper meant for teachers of every state school.", "In 1928, Vabalas-Gudaitis published a report on guiding the teachers' observations of their students.", "He spent the rest of his life modifying the classification of psychological reactions based on the synergy of the nervous system, underlining that a person's behavior is the conglomeration of the traits they were born with as well as outside influences.", "Gudaitis also developed machines for reaction testing, and held teachers in high regard as the carriers of responsibility for the future of the country.", "That same year, Vabalas-Gudaitis's only son, Jonas Vabalas-Gudaitis, was born.Vabalas-Gudaitis also held a keen interest in philosophy, sociology, and language, and wrote on the role of language and the formation of a person's moral values.", "Taking influence from Charles Darwin and William James, Vabalas-Gudaitis explored the physiological effects of fear and presented a genetical classification of fears.", "While researching criminology, Vabalas-Gudaitis also wrote on the origins of different criminal types, postulating that nativists hold inheritance as the highest value and as such do not solve the problem but put it to the \"dark past\", while empiricists look for the causes of the crime in environmental, external factors; Vabalas-Gudaitis claimed that in reality, there is a synergy between internal and external psychophysical human forces, and therefore crime arises from a person's biosocial interaction.", "In 1932, Vabalas-Gudaitis let Lithuanian psychologist hold lectures on experimental psychology instead of him, retiring to a more writing-based lifestyle.", "Vabalas-Gudaitis drew attention to the dynamics of culture and nature, in that in one place, people adapt to nature in one way, in another - in a different way, and this is how the spirit of the nation is formed – \"In art, faith, and habits that have been formed over the centuries, the nations visibly differ from each other.", "It is difficult to go against those characteristics, to oppose them.", "The spirit of the nation formed over the ages is so powerful that we depend more on the dead members of our nation than on the living.\"" ], [ "Later years", "150px===Soviet and German occupation of Lithuania===After the 1940 Soviet occupation of Lithuania, Vabalas-Gudaitis was made the head of the pedagogy department of Vilnius University.", "During the Nazi German occupation of Lithuania in 1941, Vabalas-Gudaitis was relieved from his duties and had to go into hiding.", "In 1943 his home was raided with the intention of sending him to the Stutthof concentration camp, but he was not found, and consequently avoided deportion.", "In 1946, Vabalas-Gudaitis's son died at the age of 18.After the Soviet re-occupation of Lithuania, Vabalas-Gudaitis was once again made head of the pedagogy department at Vilnius University, and received the title of professor.===Last years===In 1947, Vabalas-Gudaitis gave a lecture in Leningrad on the classification of psychological functions.", "In 1948 he joined the Communist Party of Lithuania.", "For some time he was the dean of the faculty of history and philology of Vilnius University.", "In 1951 he published an article on Ivan Pavlov.", "In 1953, Vabalas-Gudaitis retired.", "Jonas Vabalas-Gudaitis died on 14 November 1955 in Vilnius at the age of 74.He is buried in the Rasos Cemetery." ], [ "See also", "*History of Lithuania*History of Psychology" ], [ "References" ] ]
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[ [ "Anja Hirschel" ], [ "Introduction", "'''Anja Hirschel''' is a Pirate Party politician and city councillor in Ulm, Germany, and has been since 2019.She is the Germany Pirate Party's lead candidate for the 2024 European elections.", "She is the successor of Peter Breyer in this position.She originally came to Ulm for computer science studies.", "She is a state-certified data protection officer and works full-time for an IT company, where she is a works council member.On 27 January 2024, at the general assembly in Luxembourg, the European Pirate Party (PPEU) officially nominated Marcel Kolaja (Czech Pirate Party) and '''Anja Hirschel''' (German Pirate Party) as top candidate for the upcoming European Parliament elections." ], [ "References" ] ]
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[ [ "Quazi Zakir Hasan" ], [ "Introduction", "Quazi Zakir Hasan'''Quazi Zakir Hasan''' is a Bangladeshi playwright and veteran of the Bangladesh Liberation War.", "He was awarded the Independence Award, the highest civilian award in Bangladesh." ], [ "Career", "Hasan completed his SSC certification at the Kurigram River View High School.", "He joined the Abudharr Ghifari College after moving to Dhaka.", "While a freshman at the college, Bangladesh Liberation War broke out in 1971.He joined the Mukti Bahini and received initial training in Bhurungamari Government College.", "He received military training from Indian Army officers at Mujib Camp in Darjeeling.Hasan fought in Lalmonirhat District of sector 7 of the war zone.", "His camp was located in India and his unit was commanded by an Indian Army Officer.", "He also practiced Reiki during the war.", "He was wounded during the war and received treatment at M.J.N.", "Medical College & Hospital in Cooch Behar.", "He was fitted with a prosthetic right leg at Military Hospital Kirkee in Pune.After the Independence of Bangladesh, he started working as a script writer for Bangladesh Betar.", "His first radio drama, Kheaghater Majhi, aired in 1972.In 2018, Hasan was given the Independence Award posthumously for his contribution to the Bangladesh Liberation War." ], [ "References" ] ]
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[ [ "Jemat Ampal" ], [ "Introduction", "'''Jemat bin Ampal''' (born 18 February 1954) is a retired Bruneian diplomat, civil servant and restaurateur who became the permanent representatives of Brunei to the United Nations (UN) in New York City from 1998 to 2001." ], [ "Education", "Dato Haji Jemat graduated with honors from Lancaster University School of Education in the UK's Edge Hill College of Higher Education and Johns Hopkins University's Paul H. Nitze School of Advanced International Studies with a master's degree in international public policy and a bachelor's degree in education." ], [ "Career", "In 1978, Dato Haji Jemat started working for the Bruneian government as an education officer in the Ministry of Education.", "He was hired six years later as a diplomatic officer in the Research Department by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA).", "He was the second local principal of the Perdana Wazir Secondary School (SMPW) from 1982 to 1984.For four years beginning in 1989, he served as the Political Department's deputy director.", "His appointment as Brunei's deputy permanent representative to the UN in the United States, took place in 1993.Dato Haji Jemat was appointed as the MFA's private and confidential secretary to Prince Mohamed Bolkiah upon his return to Brunei in 1996.Two years later, he received a new assignment to serve as Brunei's permanent representative to the UN in New York, where he officially presented his credentials to Secretary-General Kofi Annan on 23 November 1998.He returned to Brunei in July 2000 to assume the role of director of the MFA' Research Department.", "He was appointed director of the Prime Minister's Office's (PMO) Internal Security Department in May 2001.He served as permanent secretary in the PMO from January 2003 until January 2004.He later served as the permanent secretary at the Ministry of Culture, Youth and Sports.In 2008, the co-chairman of China's Earthquake Aid Fund and the Myanmar Typhoon Nargis Humanitarian Fund, Dato Haji Jemat, clarified that the committee is composed of several individuals from the business sector, non-governmental organizations, and government agencies.", "Additionally as the head of the Brunei Darussalam Relief Fund for Aceh tsunami victims, he said that the funds will be used to buy medication and other medical supplies in 2005." ], [ "Later life", "Dato Haji Jemat would go on to own the Nurwanita Restaurant in Brunei.The director of Kreuz Subsea, Dato Haji Jemat, signed on behalf of Kreuz Subsea at the signing ceremony between the two joint venture partners, Kreuz Subsea and SPHI Marine, and the launch of the vessel, Kreuz Challenger, at Muara Port's Cruise Ship Center in Muara on 19 April 2018.On 11 October 2021, he was among the speakers to give a motivational talk in the to goal of advocating youth leadership and entrepreneurship at the Kampong Bolkiah Community Centre." ], [ "Personal life", "Dato Haji Jemat enjoys playing badminton, windsurfing, golfing, and reading." ], [ "Honours", "Dato Haji Jemat is known to be awarded the following honours:* 50x50px Order of Seri Paduka Mahkota Brunei Second Class (DPMB) – ''Dato Paduka''; Third Class (SMB)* 50x50px Order of Setia Negara Brunei Fourth Class (PSB)* 50x50px Excellent Service Medal (PIKB)" ], [ "References" ] ]
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[ [ "2023 Axion Open – Doubles" ], [ "Introduction", "Anastasia Dețiuc and Miriam Kolodziejová were the defending champions but chose not to participate.Emily Appleton and Julia Lohoff won the title, defeating Andreea Mitu and Nadia Podoroska in the final, 6–1, 6–2." ], [ "Seeds" ], [ "Draw" ], [ "References" ], [ "External links", "* Main Draw" ] ]
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[ [ "Pu Pa Thang" ], [ "Introduction", "'''Pu Pa Thang''' is a Chin politician who has served as Prime Minister of the self-declared State of Chinland since appoinment by the Chinland Council on 1 February 2024.He presiously served as a National League for Democracy (NLD) Member of the Chin State Hluttaw for Matupi.Pa Thang served as a Member of the Chin Nunphung Committee.He may be the Chin villager forced to carry the military rations of the Burma Army's Light Infantry Battalion (LIB) No.", "304 by Captain Ne Win Htun near Darkhai village, Tonzang Township, Chin State on 24 January 2013.Pa Thang subsequently informed the Chin Human Rights Organization (CHRO)." ], [ "References" ] ]
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[ [ "Asarcus" ], [ "Introduction", "'''''Asarcus''''' is a genus of harvestmen in the family Gonyleptidae with four described species (as of 2023).", "All species are found in Brazil." ], [ "Description", "The genus ''Asarcus'' was described by C. L. Koch with the type species ''Asarcus longipes'' Koch, 1839." ], [ "Species", "These species belong to the genus ''Asarcus'':*''Asarcus ingenuus'' (Mello-Leitão, 1940)Brazil (São Paulo, etc.", ")*''Asarcus longipes'' Koch, 1839Brazil (São Paulo, etc.", ")*''Asarcus passarellii'' (Mello-Leitão, 1941)Brazil (Rio de Janeiro, etc.", ")*''Asarcus putunaberaba'' Yamaguti & Pinto-da-Rocha, 2009Brazil (Minas Gerais, etc.)" ], [ "Etymology", "The genus is masculine." ], [ "References" ], [ "Further reading", "* (eds.)", "(2007).", "''Harvestmen – The Biology of Opiliones''.", "Harvard University Press, USA." ], [ "External links", "* *" ] ]
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[ [ "2023 Axion Open – Singles" ], [ "Introduction", "Lucia Bronzetti was the defending champion but chose not to participate.Mirra Andreeva won the title, defeating Céline Naef in the final, 1–6, 7–6(7–3), 6–0." ], [ "Seeds" ], [ "Draw", "===Finals======Top half======Bottom half===" ], [ "References" ], [ "External links", "* Main Draw" ] ]
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[ [ "Markus Johnsgård" ], [ "Introduction", "'''Markus Johnsgård''' (born 2 November 1998) is a Norwegian professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Tromsø." ], [ "Career", "===Raufoss===Halfway through the 2021 season Johnsgård moved from FK Senja to OBOS-ligaen side Raufoss IL.", "His first goal for the club came in his third game against KFUM Oslo, scoring a brace.===Tromsø===In September 2023, Johnsgård signed a pre-contract with Eliteserien side Tromsø, joining the club from the 2024 season, lasting until the end of the 2027 season." ], [ "Personal life", "He is cousins with fellow footballer Henrik Johnsgård who plays for Tromsdalen, and retired footballer Christer Johnsgård." ], [ "Career statistics", "+ Appearances and goals by club, season and competitionClubSeasonLeagueNational cupTotalDivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsSenja2015Oddsen-ligaen4000402016PostNord-ligaen110101202017Norsk Tipping-ligaen267102772018226202462019PostNord-ligaen217102272020132—132202112310133Total109256011525Raufoss2021OBOS-ligaen14810158202223521256202315510165Total5218415619Tromsø2024Eliteserien000000Career total1614310117144" ], [ "References" ], [ "External links", "*" ] ]
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[ [ "Quamrul Haider" ], [ "Introduction", "'''Quamrul Haider''' is a Bangladeshi-American professor of physics at Fordham University.", "He was awarded the Independence Award, the highest civilian award in Bangladesh." ], [ "Early life and edudcation", "Haider completed his bachelor's and master's in Physics at the University of Dhaka.", "He finished his second master's in Physics at the University of Illinois Chicago.", "He completed his PhD in physics at the Indiana University Bloomington." ], [ "Career", "Haider worked as a research associate at Los Alamos.", "He then worked as a research associate at the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory.In 1988, Haider joined the physics department at Fordham University.In 2012, Haider was awarded the Independence Award." ], [ "References" ] ]
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[ [ "Richard Rutledge Kane (senior)" ], [ "Introduction", "'''Richard Rutledge Kane''' (1841–1898) was a Church of Ireland minister, an outspoken Irish unionist and Orangeman, and an early patron of the Gaelic League.", "A dominant personality in the life of Belfast, his funeral procession in 1898 was purportedly one of the largest seen in the city." ], [ "Anglican clergyman", "Kane was born in Newtownstewart, Co. Tyrone, was raised a Methodist but joined the established Church of Ireland as a teenager.", "He was ordained as a priest in 1869, and held various clerical positions before graduating from Trinity College Dublin BA and LLB in 1877, MAin 1880, and LLDin 1882.In 1882, he was appointed rector at Christ Church, Belfast, a position he held until his death.", "Christ Church in College Square had been erected in 1833 to serve \"the poorer classes of Protestants." ], [ "Unionist and Orangeman", "Kane was a strict Protestant, and regularly denounced what he perceived as the sins and errors of the Roman Catholic Church.", "Politically he was a conservative and unionist.", "From 1885, he was the Orange Order County Grand Master of Belfast, and was a Deputy Grand Chaplain of the Grand Orange Lodge of Ireland.", "He was also a Vice-President of both the Belfast Conservative Association and the Ulster Loyalist Anti-Repeal Union.Kane toured Ireland and England and, hosted by an extensive Orange-Order network in Canada and the U.S., North America seeking support and understanding for unionist resistance to Irish home rule.After the first Home Rule Bill was defeated in the House of Commons on 8 June 1886, Irish Home-Rule MPs in the House accused Kane and his Presbyterian counterpart, Hugh \"Roaring\" Hanna, of fomenting the violent rioting in Belfast that followed.", "When revellers, celebrating the defeat, began attacking Catholic homes and businesses, police reinforcements were sent in from other parts of Ireland and many of these were Catholic.", "Kane did not counter the rumour that they were on a punitive mission for the government, and declared that, unless they were disarmed, 2000,000 armed Orangemen would relieve them of their weapons.As a signal of determination of northern Protestants to resist the restoration of an Irish parliament in Dublin, in advance of the second bill Kane helped organise in Belfast the Ulster Unionist Convention of 1892, 12,000 delegates, elected by Unionist associations across the country, and several thousands spectators, attended.Kane opposed the Irish National Land League of Charles Stewart Parnell and Michael Davitt, citing the violence employed in the Land War as an augur of what Catholic-majority rule would entail.", "The nationalist press referred to Kane as \"the Shooting Rector\", a reference to his purported suggestion in 1880 that for every landlord killed, a priest should be shot." ], [ "Patron of the Gaelic League", "At the same, in 1895 Kane was a patron of the first branch in Belfast of the Gaelic League, which in the decade to follow was to become indissolubly linked with Irish nationalism.As a patron of the League's promotion of the Irish language, he was in company of Henry Henry, the Catholic Bishop of Down and Connor, but also Thomas Welland, the Church of Ireland Bishop of Down, Connor and Dromore, and George Raphael Buick''',''' Moderator of the Presbyterian Church and branch vice president.", "The Branch president was Kane's parishioner, Dr. John St Clair Boyd.", "Kane ensured that the Ulster Unionist Convention was draped with the banner ''Erin go bragh''--\"Ireland forever\"—but \"there is no evidence he spoke the language.", "But it is nonetheless said that Kane signed the minutes of lodge meetings in Irish.", "According to James Winder Good, he said, \"My Orangeism does not make me less proud to be an O’Cahan\" (a reference to the Irish origin of his family's name)." ], [ "Commemoration", "Kane’s funeral in November 1898 was reputedly \"one of the largest the city had ever seen, with an estimated sixty thousand people watching the funeral procession\".", "A memorial at the Clifton Street Orange Hall over whose opening he had presided in 1885, commends Kane as a \"Faithful Pastor, Gifted Orator, and Loyal Irish Patriot\".In 1931, John Frederick MacNeice, Church of Ireland Bishop of Cashel and Waterford, (and father of the poet Louis MacNeice), not an admirer of Kane's, wrote:Much has happened since 1931, and it may be that no clergyman could again be a foremost political leader as Dr. Kane has been.", "For more ten years he was perhaps the most dominant personality in the public life of Belfast." ], [ "Family", "Kane had married Annie Greenslead, of Derry, with whom he had two sons and four daughters.", "His youngest son, Richard Rutledge Kane, was to serve through the 1920s as Resident Commissioner of the Solomon Islands Protectorate." ], [ "References" ] ]
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[ [ "Benjamin Whitaker (surveyor general)" ], [ "Introduction", "'''Benjamin Whitaker''' was surveyor general for the Province of South Carolina.", "He was initially deputy surveyor (under James St. John), but rose to attorney general (1721–1731), judge of the court of vice-admiralty (1727–1732 and 1732–1736), speaker of the assembly (1742–1744) and chief justice (1739–1749).", "He was removed from the role of chief justice for \"being paralytic\".", "He was regarded as one of the best lawyers of his time.", "Whitaker Street in Savannah, Georgia, is now named for him." ], [ "Personal life", "On May 20, 1719, Whitaker married Sarah Godfrey, daughter of Captain John Godfrey.", "She died on December 29, 1747, and was interred in St. Philip's Church Episcopal Cemetery in Charleston, South Carolina." ], [ "References" ] ]
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[ [ "AI-Native Database" ], [ "Introduction", "An AI-native database is a cutting-edge database system engineered to cater to the distinctive needs of modern AI applications, particularly Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG) setups.", "This specialized database is meticulously crafted to address the complexities associated with RAG workflows, which involve a combination of vector databases, Large Language Models (LLMs), and middleware components like Langchain and LlamaIndex.The AI-native database plays a pivotal role in the RAG ecosystem by storing data in a format suitable for vector representations and enabling efficient retrieval processes based on advanced search methodologies, including vector search and full-text search capabilities.", "It provides support for diverse data types ranging from simple vectors to structured and semi-structured data, ensuring seamless integration with the various components involved in the RAG pipeline.Key features of an AI-native database:Multiple-Recall Capability: The AI-native database is designed to facilitate multiple-recall functionalities essential for supporting both semantic search and precise recall.", "This feature is crucial for ensuring that RAG applications can effectively retrieve relevant information and provide accurate answers to user queries in enterprise scenarios.Fused Ranking: The database incorporates sophisticated ranking algorithms for cross-attentional re-ranking, which helps in prioritizing search results based on relevance and user preferences.", "Fused ranking enhances the quality of search outcomes and contributes to the overall performance of RAG applications.Structured Data Query Support: Beyond just handling vector representations, the AI-native database accommodates structured data queries, enabling seamless integration with various data formats commonly encountered in enterprise settings.", "This capability enhances the versatility of the database and broadens its applicability across a wide range of use cases.Specialized Business Optimization: The database is tailored to meet specific business requirements by offering specialized capabilities for optimized fused ranking models.", "These features ensure that the database aligns with the unique needs of different industries and operational contexts, enhancing its utility in diverse enterprise environments.Vector Search Capabilities: An AI-native database is equipped with advanced vector search capabilities, enabling efficient storage and retrieval of data represented in vector form.", "By leveraging sophisticated indexing and querying techniques tailored for vectors, the database can effectively handle large-scale vector queries, similarity searches, and complex operations that are integral to RAG workflows.", "This capability enhances the overall performance of the database in supporting AI applications that heavily rely on vector representations for data processing and analysis.By aligning with the core requirements of RAG applications and combining advanced search functionalities with traditional database capabilities, an AI-native database represents a significant advancement in database technology tailored for AI-driven workflows.", "It serves as a foundational component for enabling the seamless integration of AI models like LLMs with diverse datasets, facilitating efficient data retrieval, and empowering organizations to leverage the power of AI in their operations.Overall, an AI-native database emerges as a crucial infrastructure element in the evolving landscape of AI applications, providing a robust foundation for implementing sophisticated RAG solutions and advancing the frontiers of AI-driven information retrieval and generation." ], [ "References" ] ]
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[ [ "Julius August Koch" ], [ "Introduction", "'''Julius August Koch''' (born 15 June 1752 in Osnabrück; died 21 October 1817 in Gdańsk) was a German astronomer and physician.He studied medicine as main subject in Göttingen and Straßburg, his secondary subjects were mathematics and astronomy.", "After his doctorate he settled as general practitioner in Osnabrück.On recommendation by his former instructor Georg Christoph Lichtenberg, the Danzig Research Society, appointed him astronomer at its observatory on Gdansk's Biskupia Górka, which had been founded in 1783 by Nathanael Matthaeus von Wolf.Living through the second siege of Danzig (1813, after 1807) his health suffered and he died three years after the siege ended.Koch was among the first astronomers to study the variability of stars.", "In 1782 he discovered R Leonis, a variable star with long period and large amplitude, which was not always visible to the naked eye.", "Further discoveries were variables in the constellations of Hercules, Corona Borealis and Scutum.", "In Johann Elert Bode's Berliner Astronomisches Jahrbuch for 1817 his table of all variable stars known by 1815 with known periods ''(Tafel aller 1815 bekannten veränderlichen Sterne, deren Lichtwechselperioden bestimmt worden sind)'' was published.As addition to Bode's tables, he published in 1797 in Berlin and Stralsund, ''Astronomische Tafeln zur Bestimmung der Zeit aus der beobachteten gleichen, obwol unbekannten Höhe zweyer Fixsterne'' (astronomical tables for the determination of time from the observation of two stars of equal, but unknown, altitude), which proved very useful for mariners.Already in Bode's Jahrbuch for 1794 did he discuss the question, whether comets could be observed at aphelion." ], [ "References", "**" ] ]
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[ [ "Matti Olin" ], [ "Introduction", "'''Matti Olin''' (born 1948) is a former international motorcycle speedway rider from Finland.", "He was the champion of Finland on a five occasions and earned 7 international caps for the Finland national speedway team." ], [ "Biography", "Olin, born in 1948, earned his reputation riding in Finland and won the Finnish Individual Speedway Championship on a five occasions in 1967, 1968, 1971, 1972 and 1973.Olin regularly qualified for the Speedway World Championship Nordic final round.He only rode one season in the United Kingdom, riding for Coventry Bees during the 1974 British League season season.", "He had been recommended to Coventry promoter Charles Ochiltree by Olle Nygren in April 1974.For a debut season in Britain he averaged a respectable 5.69 over 21 meetings but returned home to Finland following a family bereavement and would never ride in British leagues again, choosing to look after his father's motor cycle business." ], [ "References" ] ]
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[ [ "Lily Hulland" ], [ "Introduction", "'''Lily Rosa Hulland''' (born 1 September 2001) is a British track and field athlete.", "In February 2024, she became the British national champion in the triple jump indoors." ], [ "Early life", "Born in Marbella, Spain to British parents from Manchester, Hulland grew up in Ronda.", "By 2019 she held the under-18 and under-20 record for Andalucía.", "She has a younger sister called Jasmine who also competes in athletics." ], [ "Career", "Hulland was British Universities and College (BUCS) indoors triple jump champion in 2020, and again in 2022.In June 2022 she finished third in the triple jump at the 2022 British Athletics Championships in Manchester.", "In February 2023, Hulland was runner-up at the 2023 British Indoor Athletics Championships in the triple jump.In June 2023, she won the triple jump at the England Athletics U23 championship in Chelmsford, recording a personal best 13.24m with her first jump and a wind-assisted 13.39m.On 18 February 2024, Hulland won gold at the 2024 British Indoor Athletics Championships in Birmingham with a new indoors personal best distance." ], [ "Personal life", "Hulland attended Loughborough University where she studies art and design." ], [ "References" ] ]
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[ [ "SS Prinz August Wilhelm" ], [ "Introduction", "'''SS ''''''' was a Hamburg America Line (HAPAG) cargo liner that was launched in Germany in 1902 and scuttled in Colombia in 1918.Her original route was between Hamburg and Mexico.", "From 1906 she served routes between New York and the Caribbean.To avoid capture by the Entente Powers in First World War she sheltered in neutral Colombia from August 1914 until April 1918, when her crew scuttled her to prevent the United States Shipping Board (USSB) from seizing her.", "Her wreck remains in shallow water in Puerto Colombia.", "Artefacts recovered from it are in a museum in Barranquilla." ], [ "''Prinz''-class ocean liners", "Between 1901 and 1903 HAPAG had seven new cargo liners built, each named after a prince of the House of Hohenzollern.", "Five of them were single-screw, all built to the same dimensions, and formed a class.", "Reiherstieg Schiffswerfte & Maschinenfabrik in Hamburg built ''Prinz Eitel Friedrich'' and .", "AG \"Neptun\" in Rostock built ''Prinz Sigismund''.", "Flensburger Schiffbau-Gesellschaft in Flensburg built '''' and ''Prinz Joachim''.At the same time, Bremer Vulkan Schiffbau & Machinenfabrik in Bremen-Vegesack built and .", "These were about longer and broader than the other five, and were twin-screw ships.", "They thus form either a sub-class or a separate class." ], [ "Building", "Prince August Wilhelm of Prussia Flensburger Schiffbau built '''' and '''' as yard numbers 217 and 218.They were almost identical. ''''", "was launched on 4 November 1902 and completed on 16 May 1903.She was named after Prince August Wilhelm of Prussia.", "Her registered length was , her beam was , and her depth was .", "Her tonnages were and .A quadruple-expansion engine drove ''''s single screw.", "It was rated at 381 NHP and gave her a speed of ." ], [ "Career", "HAPAG registered '''' at Hamburg.", "Her code letters were RMVB.", "On 26 May 1903 she left Hamburg on her maiden voyage, which was to Mexico.In September 1905 the Royal Mail Steam Packet Company (RMSP) announced that it would start running a fast passenger service between New York and Jamaica.", "HAPAG responded by announcing that it would put '''' and '''' on its Atlas Service, which ran various routes between New York and the Caribbean.", "In June 1906 HAPAG announced that it would transfer its cruise ship ''Prinzessin Victoria Luise'' to the New York – Jamaica route, and that '''', '''', '''', and '''' would all work the route between New York and Colón via Kingston.On 17 January 1907 '''' ran aground on a reef in Jamaica and was declared a total loss. ''''", "took 30 of her crew back to New York, where they arrived on 29 February.", "On 3 May '''' also grounded in Jamaica.", "However, she was on a mudbank in Kingston Harbour, and was refloated undamaged on 27 May.NDL's On 25 February 1909 '''' was leaving New York in fog as the Norddeutscher Lloyd liner was coming into port.", "At about 07:30 hrs that morning '''' was moving slowly in Gedney Channel when she sighted '''' ahead.", "Both ships took evasive action, and '''' ran aground on a mudbank rather than hit ''''.", "Some of the passengers who saw the incident said that the ships cleared each other by less than .By 1910 '''' was equipped with wireless telegraphy.", "By 1913 her call sign was DSB.", "By 1912, of her hold space was refrigerated, with machinery made by the American Linde Refrigerating Co.Annie Smith Peck In 1911 the mountaineer Annie Smith Peck sailed on '''' from New York to Colón on her way to climb Coropuna in Peru.", "For the season from September 1912 to January 1913, HAPAG advertised '''' making round trips from New York to Fortune Island (now Long Cay), Santiago, Kingston, Colón, Bocas del Toro, and Puerto Limón." ], [ "Laid up and scuttled", "at 11:00 hrs on 1 August 1914, with the First World War imminent, HAPAG announced the suspension of its Atlas Service. ''''", "was in neutral Colombia, and HAPAG announced that she would remain there.", "Until November 1915 she was in Santa Marta.", "Her crew dwindled to 35 men, and both her Master and her doctor were taken ill. HAPAG sent a fresh captain by steamship from Colón to take command.", "He recruited six men from Curaçao as stokers, and on 12 November moved her along the Colombian coast to Sabanilla in Puerto Colombia to find a better anchorage.", "Sabanilla was also near a German community in Barranquilla.In 1918 representatives of the USSB went to Colombia to take out a lien on ''''.", "They arrived in Barranquilla on 21 April, and arranged to take possession of the ship on 23 April.", "By then, her crew had dwindled to 19 men.", "On the night of 22 April, on the orders of her Master, Captain de Wall, they set her adrift, set her on fire, and opened her seacocks to scuttle her.", "She sank in shallow water, with her masts, funnel, and part of her superstructure remaining above water.", "De Wall and his crew abandoned ship, and were arrested and jailed.", "''''s wreck remains in the bay of Puerto Colombia, at a depth of .", "It is vulnerable to ocean dynamics, and to plunder, as it is near the shore, and unprotected by current Colombian law.", "Artefacts recovered from the wreck are now in the (MAPUKA) in Barranquilla." ], [ "References" ], [ "Bibliography", "********" ] ]
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[ [ "Ilana Shafir" ], [ "Introduction", "Ilana Shafir'''Ilana Shafir''' (21 March 1924 – 12 April 2014) was an Israeli mosaic artist, globally known for her unique style ''spontaneous mosaic'', a technique in which the artistic work emerges without prior painting unlike the traditional mosaic work.", "Since the 1960s, she fashioned “extraordinary works mixing figurative and abstract motifs” in her studio in Ashkelon." ], [ "Biography", "Ilana Shafir was born on 21 March 1924 in the city of Sarajevo, Yugoslavia, now the capital of Bosnia and Herzegovina.", "Since her childhood, she showed interest in paintings.", "During the World War II, her family managed to escape to a small town called Kula, where they found protection.", "While in hiding, Shafir drew landscapes and portraits of the people around using old book covers for canvases which helped her to survive.", "After the war, Shafir continued her studies at the Academy of Fine Arts, University of Zagreb, Croatia.", "In 1949, at the age of 25, she ultimately arrived to Ashkelon, the coastal town of Israel, where she settled for the rest of her life.", "In the beginning, she experimented with different techniques but finally focused on mosaic art.", "She created mosaic murals in public buildings in Israel.", "She founded Ashkelon art centre which she directed from 1970 to 1985.From 1985 she produced numerous works for the Ashkelon mosaic garden.Her works were exhibited in Israel, Italy, and Japan, and won numerous international awards.", "The society of American mosaic artists (SAMA) honoured her with lifetime achievement award.", "In 2011 she was also honoured with the only solo exhibition organized during the biennale Ravenna Mosaico.She was the member of International association of contemporary mosaicists.She died on 12 April 2014 in Ashkelon, Israel." ], [ "References" ] ]
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[ [ "Ashraful Alam (artist)" ], [ "Introduction", "Ashraful Alam is a Bangladesh singer and recipient of the Independence Award, the highest civilian award in Bangladesh." ], [ "Career", "In 1971, during the Bangladesh Liberation War Alam worked at Swadhin Bangla Betar Kendra.Alam was awarded the Independence Day Award in 2017." ], [ "References" ] ]
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[ [ "Leo Merzbacher" ], [ "Introduction", "'''Leo Merzbacher''' (March 16, 1809 – October 21, 1856) was a German-American rabbi who ministered in New York City.", "He was the first ordained rabbi in New York City and the first Reform rabbi in America." ], [ "Life", "Merzbacher was born on March 16, 1809, in Fürth, Bavaria, the son of Salman and Rachel Merzbacher.", "His father ran a small grocery store.", "His mother died when he was two, after which his father married her sister Dina.Merzbacher's father, a small grocery store operator, sent him to Moses Sofer in Pressburg, where he received a rabbinical degree.", "Bavarian law at the time required rabbis seeking a pulpit in the country to attend a university and submit to official examination, so in 1830 he registered in the University of Erlangen as a student in philosophy and theology.", "His registration was held up so he could finish matriculation from a high school.", "He successfully passed the examination after studying in either Erlangen or Munich, but later research suggested he never received a higher degree from either university.", "He immigrated to America and settled in New York City in around 1841.By 1842, he delivered the dedication sermon at the opening ceremony of Congregation Rodeph Sholom.", "Merzbacher served as a teacher at Rodeph Sholom, and in 1843 Ansche Chesed appointed him preacher and teacher.", "The congregation didn't renew his appointment after he gave a sermon criticizing the practice of married women covering their hair.", "This led his supporters in the congregation, including its president Isaac Dittenhoefer, to combine with the Cultus Verein, a society of young German Jews unrelated to any congregation.", "Together, they established the first Reform congregation in New York City, Congregation Emanu-El, in 1845, with Merzbacher as its rabbi.", "He gave sermons in German, organized a religious school, installed an organ, and, in 1848, introduced the confirmation ceremony for boys and girls.", "An active member of B'nai B'rith, he was credited with suggesting its name and prepared its first burial ritual.", "He was also involved in the founding of the Independent Order of True Sisters.", "Merzbacher suffered from tuberculosis, which made it increasingly difficult for him to fulfill his rabbinic duties.", "He was ordered by Emanu-El's board of directors to write a prayer book in 1849, but he didn't complete it for another six years.", "The directors declared the pulpit vacant due to his poor health in 1852, although he opposed this declaration with a strongly worded letter.", "In 1855, the directors instructed him to prepare his sermons in manuscript and leave them lying on the pulpit when he delivered them.", "A few months later, they resolved to advertise for an assistant minister, although Merzbacher opposed the resolution and no assistant was hired by the time he died.", "On October 21, 1856, Merzbacher was walking home from Emanu-El after leading the morning service of Simchat Torah when he died from a pulmonary hemorrhage.", "His funeral was held at his home and was attended by New York City's German elite and members by various congregations, but not by the trustees, rabbis, and chazans of the Orthodox synagogues.", "The pallbearers were officers of the B'nai B'rith Grand Lodge.", "At one point at least 800 people were in the funeral procession, and stores owned by congregation members that were on the procession's route were closed and draped in black.", "400 people proceeded to the cemetery, where Rabbi David Einhorn of Har Sinai Congregation in Baltimore, B'nai B'rith Chaplain Henry Jones, Rabbi Maurice Mayer of Congregation Beth Elohim in Charleston, and Rabbi Elkan Cohn of Albany delivered addresses.", "He was buried at Cypress Hills Cemetery." ], [ "References" ] ]
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[ [ "Saib Rocha" ], [ "Introduction", "'''Domingos José Rocha''' (23 August 1898 – 28 April 1972), known professionally as '''Saib Rocha''' or '''A.", "J. Rocha''', was an Indian playwright, theatre director, and actor who worked on the Konkani stage." ], [ "Career", "During the early stages of the Konkani ''tiatr'', a form of Goan theatrical entertainment, the field encountered challenges.", "Numerous Konkani drama companies emerged and disbanded at a similar frequency, reflecting the unstable nature of the art form.", "However, the arrival of Rocha marked a turning point in the history of Konkani ''tiatr'', as noted by Wilson Mazarello, a Konkani historian and singer.", "Rocha's presence on the Konkani ''tiatr'' scene proved to be a crucial milestone, providing a much-needed boost to the struggling state of this Goan entertainment tradition.", "Rocha's entrance into the Konkani ''tiatr'' arena coincided with a critical juncture when João Agostinho Fernandes was grappling to steer the Konkani ''tiatr'' in the right direction.", "The Konkani ''tiatr'' faced numerous challenges during this period, including petty politics, vulgarity, unhealthy criticism, and jealousy.", "These factors posed a threat to the integrity of the Konkani ''tiatr'' and its adherence to the noble standards set by Lucasinho Ribeiro, known as the originator of Konkani ''tiatr''.Rocha's interest in the Konkani ''tiatr'' was sparked during his stay in Bombay in 1910, where he had the opportunity to witness several Konkani ''tiatrs'' written and directed by figures such as L.C.D.", "Braganza (also known as Rama), Douglas Fernandes, Sebastiao Gabriel D'Souza (alias Karachiwala), Lucasinho Ribeiro, and Rogaciano D'Souza.", "These experiences left a profound impact on Rocha, igniting his passion for writing and directing Konkani ''tiatrs''.", "With his solid academic background, proficiency in English, and a natural affinity for the Konkani stage, Rocha embarked on his ambitious endeavor.", "Rocha initiated the creation of his first Konkani ''tiatr'', titled ''Zenoveva de Brabão''.", "However, in the midst of this undertaking, Rocha received a job offer in Basrah, compelling him to temporarily depart from Bombay.", "While in the Gulf, the outbreak of the First World War prompted Rocha's return to Bombay.", "Upon his return, Rocha resumed his work on the script and successfully completed it in 1916.To bring his vision to life, Rocha meticulously selected an ensemble of actors and actresses.", "He formed the Union Jack Dramatic Company, which served as the platform for staging his ''tiatr''.", "Comprising 32 members, the Union Jack Dramatic Company included founding actors such as Emidio Sailor, C. Carneiro, Jose Pereira Mittaiwalli, Simon Alphonso, S. Dias, J. Afonso, Luis Borges, Alphonso Pako, Chikin, Luis Alphonso, Altos, Duarte Hara, Santan Fernandes, D'Costa Eddie, Thomas Fernandes, Babu Hilario, Victor, Peter Peres Bomboincar, Elzara, C. D'Souza, A. Peres Bombilkar, Johnie Bartle, Patrick Fireman, and D'Costa Midas.The Union Jack Dramatic Company faced its fair share of challenges during its establishment, while Rocha, its leader, sought stability.", "In 1931, internal conflicts arose between Emidio Salilor and Luis Borges, two popular composers and singers of the theatrical company, resulting in the departure of some members.", "However, Rocha promptly replenished the group with new members, including Anthony Vaz, J. R. Fithna, Anthony Tulu, M. C. Correia, J. P. Souzalin, Souza Ferrão, Franco, C. Brazil, Manny Luis, and B. Vaz.", "This resurgence propelled the Union Jack Dramatic Company forward with renewed enthusiasm.", "Rocha, a firm advocate of discipline, commanded the respect of his colleagues, who bestowed upon him the title \"Saib Rocha\" out of admiration, despite his preference for the simpler moniker A.J.", "Rocha.", "Throughout his career, Rocha authored and produced approximately 60–62 original Konkani ''tiatrs'' between 1916 and 1941.As a student of drama, Rocha developed a particular affinity for the works of William Shakespeare.", "In 1935, he undertook the translation and production of ''Romeo and Juliet'' in the Konkani language.", "Rocha extensively toured with the Union Jack Dramatic Company, leaving an imprint on various locales.", "Portuguese newspapers of the time documented the troupe's visit to Goa in 1926, where they staged ''tiatrs'' at the Eden Cinema Theatre in Pangim (later known as Cine National) and the Clube Harmonia Hall in Borda, Goa.", "Having already established their reputation in Bombay, they were warmly received in Goa, garnering substantial coverage in local newspapers.", "Consequently, the group was compelled to host repeat performances in both Pangim and Margão in 1927.While Rocha occasionally assumed acting roles in his ''tiatrs'', his primary focus lay in directing.", "Notable appearances include his involvement in Jinnu's ''Imperador Carlos Magno Ani Bara Par Fransache'', presented by the Union Jack Dramatic Company at the Princess Theatre Bhangwadi, Bombay on 3 December 1929, and Carcus Sailor Boy's ''White Rose Garden Vo Dhovea Gulabachi Bag'' in 1934.Rocha dedicated himself to the Konkani stage with an open mindset and progressive ideas, recognizing the distinct roles of playwriting, directing, and acting within the realm of theater.Among Rocha's most popular ''tiatrs'', which he both authored and directed, are ''Dubavi Ghorcarn'' (The Doubtful Wife), ''Noketr Italia Xarachem'' (The star of the city of Italy), ''Gupit Cazar'' (Secret Marriage), ''Mog ani Krim'', ''Calsad Nouro'', ''Ghor-Zanvoim'' (''Gharjamai''), ''Son of Jeruzalem'', ''Aunkarancho Sounsar'', and ''Romeo & Juliet''.", "Significant performances include the staging of Rocha's own ''tiatr Doth'' (Dowry) at the Princess Theatre Bhangwadi on 14 April 1931, which marked the debut of actress Miss Georgina Souza.", "''Mea Culpa'' (My Fault) was presented at the Victoria Theatre in Byculla, Bombay, on 17 November 1931, followed by ''Mr.", "Bardez ani Mr. Salcete'' at the Princess Theatre Bhangwadi on 2 December 1932.Existing records indicate that Rocha's ''tiatr First Prize'' was performed by Souza Ferrão in Navelim, Goa, on 16 November 1932.After a brief stint in Karachi, Rocha returned to Bombay in 1934 and showcased ''Share Holders Night'' at the Royal Opera House on 8 April.", "This particular ''tiatr'' garnered attention from dignitaries, including His Excellency, The Counsel of Persia.", "On 10 June 1934, Rocha presented ''Son of Jeruzalem'' at the Royal Opera House, followed by ''Visronk Dukh-Khont'' on 3 December 1934.A revival of ''Son of Jeruzalem'' took place at the Princess Theatre Bhangwadi on 11 January 1948.On 25 December 1935, Rocha presented his play ''Dubavi Ghorcarn'' at the Royal Opera House in Bombay, followed by a repeat performance at the Baliwala Theatre in Grant Road, Bombay on 22 April 1946.Subsequently, on 25 February 1936, he staged ''Addangi Choli ani Patrador Cholo'', and on 18 May 1936, he showcased ''Dona Enestina vo Sounsar Jiklim Hanv'' at the Princess Theatre in Bhangwadi, Bombay.", "Rocha had previously staged another play, titled ''Ek Oklek Teg Noure'' (The bride with three bridegrooms), at the same theatre in 1935.Continuing his creative endeavors, on 4 October 1944, he organized the production of ''Sezareachim Kizilam'' at St. Xavier's College Hall in Dhobitalao, Bombay.", "Rocha consistently demonstrated a prolific output, producing an average of two new ''tiatrs'' each year, with each production undergoing approximately six months of rehearsals.", "Known for their educational value and high artistic standards, Rocha's ''tiatrs'' garnered recognition for their quality performances.", "Despite encountering skepticism and criticism from the elite Goan community in Bombay, Rocha tenaciously pursued his mission of elevating the standards of Konkani theater.", "He maintained a dedication to his craft, even during periods of discouragement resulting from relatively low audience turnout, writes Mazarello.", "In line with other prominent figures in the field, Rocha also made significant efforts to promote female participation in performances.", "Alongside his wife Ermeline, he introduced Miss Georgina in ''Doth'' in 1931 and again in 1934, followed by the introduction of Miss Carlota in his ''tiatr Son of Jeruzalem'' in 1934.Additionally, Rocha featured his wife Ermeline in several of his ''tiatrs''.", "Mazarello further writes, some aspects of Rocha's productions included the elaborate and visually stunning sets, as well as the meticulous direction employed.", "Rocha's dedication to his craft extended beyond Bombay, as he embarked on tours with his troupe, performing in various cities such as Karachi, Calcutta, Poona, and Goa.Even in his later years, Rocha's passion for dramatic arts remained undiminished.", "When approached by contractors seeking to restage his ''tiatr Mog Ani Krim'', Rocha enlisted the directorial expertise of Remmie Colaço.", "The play was subsequently performed at Victoria Gardens in Byculla, Bombay on 3 November 1963.Similarly, Rocha's ''Ghor Zanvoim'' was restaged under the direction of Alfred Rose at St. Mary's Hall in Mazagaon, Bombay on 15 August 1964.During his time in Goa, Rocha collaborated with M. Dod de Verna to stage his ''tiatrs Dubhavi Ghorcarn'', resulting in several performances of the play held in Goa in May 1966, featuring the Young Stars of Goa troupe.", "Despite health concerns limiting his ability to write new ''tiatrs'', Rocha maintained an enthusiastic spirit and entrusted his plays to various contractors and emerging directors such as Remmie Colaco, Alfred Rose, and Dod de Verna.", "Konkani historian, Wilson Mazarello, acknowledges Rocha as a missionary figure whose contributions to Konkani ''tiatr'' and its artists are of utmost significance." ], [ "Personal life", "Domingos José Rocha was born on 23 August 1898, in Vagalim, Oxel, Goa, which was then part of Portuguese India during the Portuguese Empire.", "He was widely known by his stage name, A. J. Rocha, although he was commonly referred to with respect as Saib Rocha, with \"''Saib''\" originating from the term \"''Sahib''\".", "Rocha's father was Minguel Salvador da Rocha, and his mother was Escolastica de Souza.", "Rocha married Ermelinda Cardozo, who was known by her stage name Sudhabala.", "Ermelinda was a highly acclaimed dancer of her time and a distinguished artist in Hindi films.", "She also made appearances in ''tiatrs'', a traditional form of Goan musical theater.", "Rocha distinguished himself among his contemporaries as a playwright and director with a deep passion for literature.", "He was an avid reader and regularly engaged with local newspapers and magazines such as ''Time'' and the former ''The Illustrated Weekly of India''.", "Rocha's interests extended beyond his own creations, as he diligently studied plays not only in English but also in various other languages.", "Throughout his life, he considered himself a dedicated student of the dramatic arts, with a particular affinity for the works of William Shakespeare.", "On 28 April 1972, Rocha died in Goa, India, he was 73." ], [ "Influence", "While Rocha dedicated significant attention to the content of his plays, ensuring thorough rehearsals for the main performances, he also recognized the importance of songs in a ''tiatr'' and actively sought out talented singers.", "To foster the discovery of songs and singers, he organized singing competitions, which gained popularity in Bombay.", "These competitions served as a platform for young, aspiring talents, and many participants eventually transitioned into professional artists.", "In further support of composers and singers of his time, Rocha established a committee composed of expert musicians, lyricists, and singers, responsible for identifying and nurturing promising singing talent.", "This initiative played a pivotal role in the development and encouragement of musical talent within the Konkani community.", "Moreover, his influential role extended to fostering new talent, as numerous aspiring ''tiatrists'' found their entryway into the theater world through Rocha's productions." ], [ "Style and reception", "Fausto V. da Costa writes, Rocha emerged as one of the Konkani stage's prominent and cherished contributors.", "Known as the \"Lion of the Konkani stage,\" he made a significant impact on the development of ''tiatr''.", "Rocha's talent as a writer and director earned him a special place among his peers in the ''tiatr'' community.", "As the founder of the Union Jack Dramatic Company, Rocha initially assumed the role of group manager.", "However, in 1922, he was appointed as the managing director of the company.", "The ensemble comprised 32 accomplished artists and singers who were known for their abilities.", "Rocha exercised his authority with prudence, ensuring the smooth functioning of the organization through meticulous management practices.", "His decisions held significant weight, and he commanded the utmost respect from the artists involved.", "Rocha's plays were distinguished by their captivating plots, meticulously woven narratives, and eloquent dialogues.", "Notably, productions such as ''Romeo & Juliet'', ''Dubhavi Ghorcarn'', ''Mog ani Krim'', ''Nokhetr Italia Xarachem'', and ''Kalsad Nouro'' were hailed as exemplary works.", "While Rocha's writing style was marked by simplicity, his stage arrangements were visually striking, and his direction displayed finesse.", "Between 1916 and 1941, Rocha authored a total of 39 plays, setting a record for his time.", "By the time of his death, his prolific output had expanded to encompass more than 60 plays in total.", "His works primarily found their stage in Bombay." ], [ "References" ] ]
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[ [ "Alina Filipovych" ], [ "Introduction", "'''Alina Filipovych''' () is a Ukrainian freestyle wrestler.", "She is a European Championships silver medalist in 59 kg event." ], [ "Career", "*In 2021, Alina won a bronze medal at the 2021 World Cadet Wrestling Championships, held in Budapest, in 53 kg event.", "*In 2022, Alina became a bronze medalist of 2022 European Cadets Wrestling Championships, held in Bucharest, in 57 kg event.", "*In 2023, Alina received gold medals at the 2023 World Junior Wrestling Championships in Amman and at the 2023 European Juniors Wrestling Championships in Santiago de Compostela in 57 kg event.", "*At the 2024 European Wrestling Championships, Alina won a silver medal in 59 kg event, losing Alyona Kolesnik, Ukrainian wrestler who represents Azerbaijan, in final match.", "She also won a gold medal at the 2024 Grand Prix Zagreb Open in 59 kg event." ], [ "References" ], [ "External links", "* *" ] ]
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[ [ "Mika Pellinen" ], [ "Introduction", "'''Mika Pellinen''' (born 23 March 1968) is a former international motorcycle speedway rider from Finland.", "He was the champion of Finland in 1993 and earned four international caps for the Finland national speedway team." ], [ "Biography", "Pellinen, born in 1968, earned his reputation riding in Finland and won the Finnish Individual Speedway Championship in 1993.Pellinen regularly qualified for the Speedway World Championship Nordic final round.", "He was associated with the Hyvinkää speedway track.He only rode one season in the United Kingdom, riding for Swindon Robins (as a temporary replacement) before moving to Exeter Falcons during the 1994 British League Division Two season season.", "His rides were restricted to just three meetings for Swindon and six meetings for Exeter during his debut season in Britain and he averaged 6.24 and 5.43 respectively.His career at Exeter finished abruptly because he broke his leg during the season, ending his British leagues career." ], [ "References" ] ]
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[ [ "Ekaterina Rakhilina" ], [ "Introduction", "'''Ekaterina Vladimirovna Rakhilina''' (Russian: Екатерина Владимировна Рахилина, born 14 February 1958 in Moscow) is a Russian linguist and professor at the Higher School of Economics in Moscow." ], [ "Biography", "Rakhilina received her diploma in structural and applied linguistics from Moscow State University in 1980, and her Candidate of Sciences degree from the Institute of Linguistics of the Russian Academy of Sciences in 1988; her thesis topic was ''Interrogative elements in a human-machine dialogue''.", "In 2000 she received a Doctor of Sciences degree from the same institution on the topic of ''Cognitive analysis of concrete nouns: semantics and combinability''.Between 1980 and 2007 she worked at the All-Russian Institute for Scientific and Technical Information (VINITI), initially as a senior laboratory assistant, then as a junior scientific researcher (from 1986), scientific researcher (from 1991), and senior scientific researcher (from 2000), before becoming head of VINITI's department of linguistics in 2002.In 2007 she was appointed Leading Scientific Researcher at the Vinogradov Russian Language Institute, still within the Russian Academy of Sciences.", "In 2011 she simultaneously took up a position as head of department and full professor at the Higher School of Economics.Rakhilina was elected as an ordinary member of the Academia Europaea in 2019.She is married to fellow linguist Vladimir Plungian." ], [ "Research", "Ekaterina Rakhilina has made contributions to the fields of semantics, linguistic typology, lexicology and lexicography, corpus linguistics, the theory of construction grammar, and the study of Russian grammar, among others.", "In the area of lexical typology she has led projects on pain predicates, rotation verbs, words for qualities and physical properties, animal sounds, temperature adjectives, and verbs of movement in water." ], [ "Selected publications", "* Baranov, A. N., Vladimir Plungian and Ekaterina V. Rakhilina.", "1993.", "''Путеводитель по дискурсивным словам русского языка'' (Guide to the discursive words of the Russian language).", "Moscow: Pomovsky and Partners.", "* Rakhilina, Ekaterina V. 1998.Когнитивная семантика: история, персоналии, идеи, результаты (Cognitive semantics: history, personalities, ideas, results).", "''Семиотика и информатика'' (Semiotics and informatics) 36, 274–323.", "* Rakhilina, Ekaterina V. 2000.О тенденциях в развитии когнитивной семантики (On trends in the development of cognitive semantics).", "''Izvestiia RAN.", "Seriia literatury i iazyka'' 3, 3–15.", "* Rakhilina, Ekaterina V.", "2000.", "''Когнитивный анализ предметных имен: Семантика и сочетаемость'' (Cognitive analysis of subject names: semantics and compatibility).", "Moscow: Russian Dictionaries.", "* Rakhilina, Ekaterina V.", "2010.", "''Лингвистика конструкций'' (Construction linguistics).", "Moscow: Azbukovnik." ], [ "References" ], [ "External links", "* * Personal website at HSE" ] ]
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[ [ "King baronets of Charlestown (1815)" ], [ "Introduction", "Arms: Sable a Lion rampant doubled-queued Or; Crest: An Escallop Shell Gules; Motto: Spes tutissima coelis (Our safest hope is in Heaven)The '''King baronetcy''', of Charlestown in the County of Roscommon, was created in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom on 1 July 1815 for Gilbert King, son of Gilbert King (1710–1788), Member of the Irish Parliament for Jamestown, and a direct descendant of Edward King, Bishop of Elphin." ], [ "King baronets, of Charlestown (1815)", "*Sir Gilbert King, 1st Baronet (1746–1818)*Sir Robert King, 2nd Baronet (1785–1825)*Sir Gilbert King, 3rd Baronet (1812–1895)*Sir Gilbert King, 4th Baronet (1846–1920)*Sir George Adolphus King, 5th Baronet (1864–1954)*Sir Alexander William King, 6th Baronet (1892–1969)*Sir Peter Alexander King, 7th Baronet (1928–1973)*Sir Wayne Alexander King, 8th Baronet (born 1962)The heir apparent to the baronetcy is Peter Richard Donald King (born 1988)." ], [ "Notes" ] ]
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[ [ "2024 FIVB Volleyball Women's Club World Championship" ], [ "Introduction", "The '''2024 FIVB Volleyball Women's Club World Championship''' was the 17th edition of the competition.Starting from 2024, the qualification for the Club World Championships will be as follows: two places per continent for Europe, Asia, and South America; one place for Africa; and finally, a club from the host nation will be granted a place.", "This change aims to ensure the fair representation from different continents and provides an opportunity for the host country to participate in the tournament.SlotsQualified as1Host club2CEV Champions League - WinnerCEV Champions League - Runner-up2CSV Club Championship - WinnerCSV Club Championship - Runner-up2AVC Club Championship - WinnerAVC Club Championship - Runner-up1CAVB Club Championship - WinnerTotal: 8" ], [ "Qualification", "Team (Confederation)Qualified as TBAHosts TBA (CEV)2024 European Champions TBA (CEV)2024 European runners-up Gerdau Minas (CSV)2024 South American Champions Dentil Praia Clube (CSV)2024 South American runners-up TBA (AVC)2024 Asian Champions TBA (AVC)2024 Asian runners-up TBA (CAVB) 2024 African champions" ], [ "See also", "* 2024 FIVB Volleyball Men's Club World Championship" ], [ "References" ], [ "External links", "*" ] ]
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[ [ "Willem van Schendel" ], [ "Introduction", "'''Willem A. M. van Schendel''' (28 August 1950 – 8 February 2024) was a Dutch jurist.", "He was vice president on the Supreme Court of the Netherlands from 2012 until 2020." ], [ "Life and career", "Willem A. M. van Schendel was born in The Hague on 28 August 1950.He became a judge at age 33.From 1988 to 2001 he was justice at the court of appeal of Amsterdam.", "From 21 November 2001 until 1 January 2012 he was justice (Dutch: ''raadsheer'') at the Supreme Court of the Netherlands.", "From 1 January 2012 until 1 September 2020 he was vice president of the Supreme Court.", "He then retired, but was made substitute justice at Joint Court of Justice of Aruba, Curaçao, Sint Maarten, and of Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba in December 2022 to help with the backlog of civil cases.Van Schendel died unexpectedly in Amsterdam, on 8 February 2024, at the age of 73." ], [ "References" ] ]
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[ [ "Sidooh" ], [ "Introduction", " is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Tsutomu Takahashi.", "It was serialized in Shueisha's manga magazine ''Weekly Young Jump'' from March 2005 to October 2010, with its chapters collected in 25 volumes as of April 2011." ], [ "Premise", "Mid-nineteenth century in Japan.", "A woman dies in the cholera epidemic that is ravaging the country.", "She leaves two young children to fend for themselves: Shotaro, 14 years old and Gentaro, 10 years old.", "According to the last recommendations from their mother, they know that to survive, they will have to become strong because the weak are doomed to die.", "They then set out in search of a master who will teach them how to wield the sword to become like their late father, samurai .", "These innocent orphans are far from imagining how merciless the world around them can be towards those who do not know how to defend themselves." ], [ "Publication", "''Sidooh'', written and illustrated by Tsutomu Takahashi, started in Shueisha's manga magazine ''Weekly Young Jump'' on March 3, 2005.the manga finished serialization in the magazine on October 28, 2010.Shueisha collected its chapters in Twenty-five volumes volumes, released from June 17, 2005, to April 19, 2011.a special one-shot was released on January 6, 2005, before the manga began.", "Shueisha released the digital version of all 25 volumes on May 17, 2013.In France and Italy, the manga is licensed by Panini.", "in France, Panini published 14 volumes of the manga from 2007 to 2014, and in 2021 they republished all 25 volumes in a new edition.===Volumes===" ], [ "Reception", "Sidooh has been widely acclaimed by critics.", "Reviewing the first volume, Manga Sanctuary, praised the story and drawings, call the story a classic but powerful tale of samurai in decline, dark, dramatic and incredibly well done considered drawings excellent, black, very sketchy, deep and described realism and the main characters as one of the strengths of the manga, they stated \"Sidhooh is not conventional either in terms of design or scenario.", "It's dark, mysterious, disturbing and sometimes unhealthy.\"", "Writing for ''IGN France'', Damien Hilaire described Takahashi's Sidooh as a sticky and suffocating title that spares nothing from its protagonists and likened the manga to Blade of the Immortal, adding: \"The layout is sublime, the emotion is transmitted without dialogue, a play of looks...", "This economy of words is reminiscent of the cinema from which Takahashi's cutting is greatly inspired.\"", "Manga News wrote: \"The first volume of Sidooh is a slap in the face, in that Takahashi perfectly establishes, from the outset, a particularly dark and uncompromising atmosphere, which he then refines throughout the pages.\"", "Nicolas Demay of ''Planete BD'' he described Sidooh as an uncompromising manga, considers manga similar to the works of Vagabond, Blade of the Immortal and Berserk, stating \"The series is served by a very inky, black drawing, sticking very well to the atmosphere that emerges from the reading, where everything is shown without artifice, further accentuating the violent side of the action scenes.", "All this makes Sidooh a real visual slap in the face.\"", "Takahashi's artwork has been particularly praised by critics.", "In the review of the first and twenty-fifth volumes, fellow ''Planete BD'' reviewer Faustine Lillaz gave a \"very good\" grade to the drawings, and she calls the story of the first volume a good foundation for the sequel and describes the final volume as a well-managed finale.", "''hk01-com'' said that the manga has a unique style of drawing and is a classic samurai realistic comic, adding: \"the painting style of ''Sidooh'' vaguely feels a bit like ''Vagabond'', but it is a little different.\"" ], [ "References" ], [ "External links", "* *" ] ]
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