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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gerhard%20von%20Maydell

Gerhard von Maydell

Gerhard Gustav Ludwig von Maydell, Baron von Maydell, (; 1 May 1835 in Tartu – 17 August 1894 in Koblenz, Germany) was a Russian explorer, cartographer and ethnologist of Estonian descent. He is known for his pioneering research in the Russian Far East. Biography Gerhard was born in Estonia in a family of artists, as a descendant of the Baltic-German noble family Maydell. He went to school in Tallinn and between 1854 and 1858 he studied at the University of Tartu, graduating in 1859. Gerhard Maydell traveled to Siberia in 1859 to take part in the expedition of the Imperial Russian Geographical Society to the Amur Territory and Sakhalin Island as an assistant to Fyodor Schmidt, but he fell ill and stayed in Irkutsk. In 1860 he was appointed as an officer at the service of the Irkutsk Governor. He was named district police chief, serving in the Olyokma and Vilyuy districts of the Kolyma region from 1862 to 1870. 1868 - 1870 East Siberia expedition In 1868 Maydell was commissioned by the Governor-General of Eastern Siberia to undertake an expedition to unexplored areas of Yakutia on behalf of the Russian Academy of Sciences. The expedition consisted of a small party that included ethnographer Karl Karlovich Neyman and topographer P. Afonasiev. After crossing the Tas-Khayakhtakh range in the northern part of the vast Chersky mountain system, he discovered the uninhabited Yana Plateau, located between the Yana River to the west and the main Chersky Range to the east. Continuing along the Selennyakh River, a left tributary of the Indigirka, the group went with reindeers across the Aby Lowland and the Alazeya Plateau and reached Srednekolymsk. From there, the party went down the frozen Kolyma on dog sleds and in the spring of 1869 it reached the mouth of its right tributary, the Little Anyuy river. Heading southeastwards, the entire course of the Bolshoy Anyuy river was explored, reaching its source in the Anadyr Highlands and continuing in the direction of the Gulf of Anadyr, which was reached in the fall. From there the detachment headed straight west, reaching the village of Markovo. At Markovo the group split in two, with Neyman and Afonasiev heading northwest to the mouth of the Kolyma to explore the Bear Islands. Afonasiev went then southwest without local guides to a formerly unexplored mountain area, crossing the upper reaches of the Bolshoy Anyuy and Oloy rivers and reaching the Anyuy Mountains, as well as the Oloy Range and the Ushurakchan (Хребет Ушуракчан). He was also the first to map a section of the Omolon River. Meanwhile Maydell, heading southwest from Markovo, crossed the Penzhina River and reached the Gizhiga River in December 1869, being the first to discover, cross and map two ranges of the Koryak Highlands separated by the Oklan, a tributary of the Penzhina, the Ichigem Range to the north and the Oklan Plateau to the south. At the beginning of 1870 he returned by the same route to Markovo. In March, following a month-long rest, Maydell headed northwest to the sources of the Yablon River, a right tributary of the Anadyr. He crossed the Anyuy Range, reached the Maly Anyuy River and descended to Nizhnekolymsk to meet again with the other expedition members. In the summer of 1870 the group split again. Neyman and Afonasiev went up the Kolyma to the village of Zyryanka and through the upper reaches of the Omulyovka and the Nera they reached Oymyakon after crossing the Moma and the Chersky ranges. Meanwhile Maydell crossed the Kolyma Lowland. He charted the Suor-Uyata and Ulakhan-Sis ranges of the lowlands, reaching the Indigirka. Going upriver he found out that the Ulakhan-Sis was separated from the Alazeya Plateau by the roughly wide plain of the Shangina river, a right tributary of the Indigirka. Heading west across the river, Maydell reached Lake Ozhogino and mapped the still unexplored Polousny Range. Works Aus Transhbaikalien. - Baltische Monatsschrift, 4-5, 1884. Reisen und Forschungen in Jakutskischen Gebiet Ostsibiriens in den Jahren 1861-1871. I-II St. Petersburg, 1893-1896. Ответы Чукотской Экспедиции на вопросы академика Бэра. - Известия Сибирского отделения Русского географического общества. 1-2 1871. Honors Bukhta Maydell (бухта майдель), a bay near Vladivostok, is named in his honor. See also Yana Plateau References External links 1835 births 1894 deaths Russian geographers Russian ethnographers Baltic nobility Baltic-German people University of Tartu alumni People from Tartu et:Gerhard Gustav Ludvig von Maydell

70172865

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lamashegu%20shooting

Lamashegu shooting

On 13 February 2022 at about 1pm(UTC), the Ghana Police clashed with some youth in Lamashegu in the Tamale South Municipality in the Northern region of Ghana. Incident It started when the police patrols allegedly stopped an unregistered vehicle but the driver did not stop and was chased by the police. The young man entered into the Lamashe-Naa's Palace to avoid being caught by the security personnel. The young man about 24 years old was shot by the police. It resulted in the torching of woods and car tires on major roads in Tamale. The youth in the community threw stones at the Police and the Police responded with firing gunshots. Water cannon and shots fired were used to disperse the youth. Victims One person identified as Abdul Hakim Yakubu died after he was hit by a stray bullet shot by the police. Eight persons got injured during the incident. Perpetrators The Police interdicted six personnel for their involvement in the clash. They were Constable Doris Serwa Bonsu, General Constable Harrison Twum Danso, General Corporal Samson Kweku Darfour, General Corporal Prosper Mormesimu, General Constable Mathew Sah and General Constable Nuhu Muntari. Aftermath Some youth in Lamashegu allegedly torched an apartment belonging to a fire service personnel who was mistaken to be a police officer. The boy who died after been shot was buried. The Tamale Circuit Court remanded the police officer who shot the unregistered vehicle by the name General Corporal Samson Kweku Darfour into police custody. He was charged for causing harm and unlawful discharge of weapon. Another police personnel called Corporal Monney Koranteng, allegedly made some statements against the Lamashegu Chief and the people on social media. He was charged for offensive conduct to the breach of peace. Condemnation Naa Ziblim Abdulai who is the Chief of Lamashegu condemned the incident claiming the police officer who shot the young man must be made to face the law. Haruna Iddrisu also condemned the use of live ammunition. He said: "The recurrent acts of attack on the inhabitants of Tamale, through the use of live ammunition by the Police to quell disturbances that result in loss of lives and injury to innocent bystanders, is unacceptable and is to be denounced." See also Ayawaso West-Wuogon violence Ejura Shooting, Ghana References 2022 in Ghana 2022 mass shootings in Africa Killings by law enforcement officers

70173685

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lucknow%20City%20Police

Lucknow City Police

The Lucknow City Police Commissionerate (Hindi: लखनऊ पुलिस आयुक्तालय) is the primary law enforcement agency for the city of Lucknow the capital and the largest city of Uttar Pradesh. It is a police unit of Uttar Pradesh Police and has the primary responsibilities of law enforcement and investigation within the limits of Lucknow Municipality. It is headed by the Commissioner of Police (CP), who is an IPS officer of ADGP rank, and is assisted by two Joint Commissioners of Police (JCP) who is of IG rank, and five Deputy Commissioners of Police (DCP) who are of SP rank. Of the two Joint Commissioners, one looks after law and order, the other crime. The current CP of Lucknow City is IPS Dhruv Kant Thakur. History On 13 January 2020, Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath's Cabinet passed the decision of making 2 police commissionerates in the state. First being in the Lucknow, the capital and the largest city of Uttar Pradesh Second one in Gautam Buddha Nagar District. Uttar Pradesh Government appointed IPS Sujit Pandey as the first Police Commissioner of Lucknow. On 18 November 2020, Uttar Pradesh Government transferred CP Sujeet Pandey to Arms Training Centre at Sitapur and appointed ATS Chief, IPS DK Thakur as the new CP of Lucknow. Headquarters Currently, office of the Lucknow Police Commissioner that serves as the headquarters of the police department has been given temporary space at the office of Forensic Science Laboratory in Mahanagar. On 5 January 2022, CM Yogi Adityanath laid the foundation of a new Hi-tech Police Commissionerate office that will complete in the time duration of 2 years and will be located next to the DGP residence at Rana Pratap Marg in Dalibagh area of Lucknow. After the completion of the construction the office will be shifted there. Hierarchy Lucknow City Police Commissionerate is headed by an IPS officer of Additional Director General of Police (ADGP) rank, who is appointed by the Home Minister of Uttar Pradesh known as the Commissioner of Police. Hierarchy is as follows (from high to low level): Structure and Police Stations The Lucknow District has been divided into two police jurisdictions - Lucknow City Police Commissionerate which covers the metropolitan area of the district and Lucknow Rural Police which is having jurisdiction over the outer areas. The Lucknow Police Commissionerate is headed by Commissioner of Police who is of ADG rank and assisted by two Joint Commissioner of Police (JCP) of IG rank. Each zones are headed by the Additional Commissioner of Police (ADCP), there are divisions in the zones which are headed by the Assistant Commissioner of Police (ACP) There are total 40 police stations that comes under Lucknow commissionerate. Zones Currently there are 5 zones in Lucknow commissionerate- North Zone, East Zone, Central Zone, West Zone and South Zone. North Zone (1) Aliganj Division - Aliganj PS, Mariyaon PS, Jankipuram PS (2) Gazipur Division - Gazipur PS, Gudamba PS, Indira Nagar PS (3) Mahanagar Division - Mahanagar PS, Hasanganj PS, Vikasnagar PS East Zone (1) Cantt Division - Cantt PS, Ashiyana PS, PGI PS (2) Gomti Nagar Division - Gomti Nagar PS, Gomti Nagar Extension PS Central Zone (1) Hazaratganj Division - Hazaratganj PS, Husainganj PS, Gautampalli PS, Women PS (2) Alambagh Division - Alambagh PS, Manaknagar PS (3) Krishnanagar Division - Krishnanagar PS, Sarojini Nagar PS, Banthara PS West Zone (1) Chowk Division - Chowk PS, Wazirganj PS, Thakurganj PS (2) Bazarkhala Division - Bazarkhala Division, Saadatganj PS, Talkatora PS (3) Kaisarbagh Division - Kaisarbagh PS, Aminabad PS, Naka PS South Zone (1) Mohanlalganj Division - Mohanlalganj PS, Nagaram PS, Gosainganj PS, Sushant Golf City Ps (2) Kakori Division - Kakori PS, Para PS Source: Commissioners of Lucknow City Police The Police Commissioner of Lucknow is the chief of the Lucknow City Police Commissionerate. The Lucknow Police Commissioner is appointed by the Uttar Pradesh State Government on the recommendation by the Establishment Board, which includes Additional Chief Secretary—Home department and other senior bureaucrats. The commissioner is an Indian Police Service officer of ADGP rank. Special Agencies Lucknow Police Commissionerate is having 5 special agencies for the welfare of citizens- Crime Branch Cyber Crime Women Crime and safety Moter Vehicle Anti Human Trafficking Unit All these units are headed by Assistant Commissioner of Police (ACP). Source: Online Presence Lucknow Police Commissionerate has an official handle on Twitter. Lucknow Rural Police The Lucknow Rural Police is the police department for the outer and rural areas of Lucknow District those who are not under the Lucknow Municipality. It is headed by the Superintendent of Police (SP) who is an IPS officer and is assisted by Additional Superintendent of Police (ADSP) and 2 Deputy Superintendent of Police (DSP) who all are PPS officers and are appointed by the Home Department of Uttar Pradesh government. The SP of Lucknow Rural Police reports to the IG of Lucknow Range and ADGP of Lucknow Zone, hence it doesn't comes under the jurisdiction of Lucknow City Police Commissionerate. The current SP of Lucknow Rural Police is IPS Hirdesh Kumar. There are currently total 5 Police Stations under the jurisdiction of Lucknow Rural Police. Bakshi Ka Talab (BKT) PS Itaunja PS Maal PS Malihabad PS Nigohan PS Source: See also Uttar Pradesh Police Kanpur Nagar Police Commissionerate Varanasi City Police Commissionerate Gautam Buddha Nagar Police Commissionerate References Uttar Pradesh Police Metropolitan law enforcement agencies of India 2020 establishments in Uttar Pradesh Government agencies established in 2020 Law enforcement agencies of India

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Akali%20Tange%20Association

Akali Tange Association

Akali Tange Association Inc is a human rights focused landowner's association based in Porgera, Papua New Guinea that advocates for community interests where multinational mines operate. Akali Tange is led by Executive Officer McDiyan Robert Yapari. History In April 2005 Akali Tange published The Shooting Fields of Porgera Joint Venture documenting allegations of ongoing assaults and murders of local residents by the security contractors of Porgera Gold Mine. They shared the 163 page report with MiningWatch Canada. Catherine Coumans of MiningWatch Canada described the report as gruesome and credible. The report expanded the scope of concern of activists from only environmental to also human rights. The report led to an admission from Placer Dome that their security guards and local police killed eight Papua New Guineans. This lead to a 2006 public commission, although the results were not made public. In 2007 Akali Tange joined the Porgera Landowners Association to form the Porgera Alliance organization. References External links Official website The Shooting Fields of Porgera Joint Venture, 2005, report by Akali Tange Association Organisations based in Papua New Guinea Human rights organizations Environmental organisations based in Papua New Guinea

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bangrabazar%20Thana

Bangrabazar Thana

Bangrabazar Thana is a thana of Muradnagar Upazila, Comilla District, Bangladesh. History Since Muradnagar Upazila is a larger upazila of 22 unions, the locals have been demanding for the transformation of Bangarabazar into a new police station since 2010. Later, on 20 April 2013, at a local public meeting in Maklishpur of Muradnagar upazila of Comilla district, in response to the demand of the locals to make Bangrabazar an administrative police station, on 14 September 2015, at the meeting of the National Implementation Committee on Administrative Restructuring (NICAR), Sheikh Hasina Approved the new police station, splitting Muradnagar Thana. Administrative Areas Administrative activities of 10 unions of Muradnagar upazila are under Bangrabazar police station. Unions: No. 1 Srikail No. 2 Akubpur No. 3 Andikot No. 3 No. 4 Purbadhair East No. 5 Purbadhair West No. 6 Bangra East No. 7 Bangra West No. 8 Chapitala No. 12 Ramchandrapur North No. 22 Tonki References External links Thanas of Cumilla District Muradnagar Upazila

70176285

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/School%20Spirit%20%28Into%20the%20Dark%29

School Spirit (Into the Dark)

"School Spirit" is the eleventh episode of the first season of Hulu's horror anthology streaming television series Into the Dark. The feature-length episode was directed by Mike Gan, who co-wrote the episode's teleplay. It was released on Hulu on August 2, 2019. The holiday for this episode is the first day of school. Synopsis The film opens with the brutal murder of two teenagers who have broken into their high school, Helbrook. It then cuts to a video of Erica, a senior hoping to attend Harvard and the student body president, advising her graduating peers to take their final days to take chances while they still can. She is then shown going to school to attend Saturday detention, something that she hides from her former boyfriend, Jason. Erica also hides the reason she received detention from the other attendees, Lizzy, Russ, Vic, and Brett, despite their interest and disbelief. The school's Vice Principal tasks the students with the cleaning of the library before leaving for his office. Once he's gone the teens relax and smoke pot, with the exception of Brett, and they discuss the urban legend that the school is haunted by the ghost of a dead teacher who slaughtered misbehaving students. As the day progresses the students are picked off one by one by the same killer seen earlier in the film. Erica's ex Jason is also killed after he snuck into the school to persuade her to resume their relationship. The group's dwindling numbers is initially attributed to the missing teenagers escaping from detention, but they soon realize that something more sinister is at hand. Eventually only Erica is left alive and she is knocked unconscious by the killer. She awakens to find herself tied up in the school's basement, where she realizes that the killer is Brett. He informs her that he is the son of the dead teacher and that he has been living in the basement since her death. Brett began killing students that misbehaved, as he saw their actions as tarnishing the school's image. He spared Erica because he saw her as a pure, virtuous girl and thought that the detention would be his only way to meet her in person. Brett was dismayed when it was eventually revealed that she was in detention for cheating, something he was reluctant to see as true. Realizing that he has a crush on her, Erica convinces him to untie her so they can dance together. Once freed, Erica attacks Brett and kills him. As he dies, she reveals that she is far from a pure, virtuous girl as she regularly cheated, had sex, and did drugs - she just hid this to protect her public image. Erica then leaves the school, where she is met by police officers. The film ends with her using the tragedy as a way to promote herself in the media and ensure that she is accepted to Harvard. Cast Annie Q. as Erica Corey Fogelmanis as Brett Jessi Case as Lizzy Julian Works as Vic Jordan Austin Smith as Jason Philip Labes as Russ Hugo Armstrong as Mr. Armstrong Graham Taylor as Todd Rickey Alexander Wilson as Chester Production While filming director Mike Gan "wanted to combine the great slasher films of the '90s like Scream and I Know What You Did Last Summer with the iconic character ensembles of the '80s films like Breakfast Club". Gan wanted to avoid the characters coming across as stereotypical, so all of the characters were written "as if each one was the hero of the movie and I think that really helped because they weren’t one-noted and we really got to see different sides." Actors Corey Fogelmanis and Annie Q. were brought on to portray two of the film's central characters, Erica and Brett, based on a script written by Gan, Pat Casey, and Josh Miller. The character of Erica was written specifically as Asian-American. Filming took place in three locations, two high schools and a sound stage, and Gan stated that it was a challenge as one of the schools still had students in class and they had to make the film look like it was taking place in one school. The crew shot at a fast pace, filming about 8-9 pages a day. Release Hulu released "School Spirit" on August 2, 2019. Episodes of Into the Dark are themed around holidays and other landmark days; the holiday for "School Spirit" is the first day of school. Reception As of September 2021 "School Spirit" has a rating of 50% on Rotten Tomatoes, based on 6 reviews. The reviewer for RogerEbert.com noted that the first day of school was a bit of a stretch for the show's holiday theme, also criticizing the episode's dialogue and visuals. Daily Dot and Slash Film both criticized "School Spirit" as formulaic, with Matt Donato of Slash Film summing it up as "not outright bad, nor unwatchable, but "harmless" or "unenthusiastic."" Screen Anarchy was more favorable while also voicing similar criticisms. References External links Into the Dark (TV series) episodes 2019 American television episodes 2010s American horror television series 2010s American mystery television series 2010s American anthology television series English-language television shows Horror drama television series Serial killers in television Television shows set in the United States Television series about teenagers Television shows about death

70178338

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lock%20Upp%20%28Season%201%29

Lock Upp (Season 1)

Lock Upp 1 is the first season of Indian reality competition television series, Lock Upp: Badass Jail, Atyaachari Khel!. Hosted by Kangana Ranaut, it premiered on ALTBalaji and MX Player from 27 February 2022. Concept Sixteen contestants called Inmates who were accused in outside world fought it out in jail to earn every basic necessity and win the heart's of the jailer (Kangana Ranaut) and audience by performing difficult tasks and showcasing their personalities. After 72 days, the contestant with the highest votes walks away with freedom and the title of Lock Upp: Badass Jail, Atyaachari Khel!. Inmates Status Male Female Transgender Inmates Participants in the order of attendance and entering the House are: Original Entrants Munawar Faruqui - Stand-up comedian, He had to spend a month in jail at Indore in January 2021, when a BJP MLA's son accused him of hurting religious sentiments in one of his stand-up shows. Later in November, Bengaluru Police denied permission to his stand-up comedy show in the city amid protests by Hindu far right-wing outfits. Chakrapani - Known as Swami Chakrapani. He has gained media attention for his for his ‘gomutra party’ during the initial days of the coronavirus pandemic, Also for his purchase of wanted criminal Dawood Ibrahim's properties at auctions and his attempts to convert them into public toilets. Saisha Shinde - Fashion Designer, Previously Swapnil Shinde, She came out as a transwoman early in 2021. Over the past year, she has often opened up in various social media posts as well as interviews, about her struggles. Poonam Pandey - Actress and Model, She made her film debut with Nasha in 2013. Soon after she got married to her long-term boyfriend Sam Bombay on 1 September 2020, she filed a complaint against him, accusing him of molestation, threats, and assault on her. Later, she was arrested in a porn racket case. Babita Phogat - Wrestler, She won gold medal at the 2014 Commonwealth Games in the women's freestyle 55 kg category. She first appeared in the dance reality show Nach Baliye 9 with her now-husband Vivek Suhag. She entered politics by joining the Bharatiya Janata Party in 2019. Sara Khan - Actress, She earlier participated in Bigg Boss 4 and married Ali Merchant on the show. However, they got divorced within a few months. She also got trolled after her lip filler surgery. Shivam Sharma - Actor and Runner-up of Splitsvilla X3. Sidharth Sharma - Actor, featured in reality shows like Big F and Splitsvilla. He was also part of ALT Balaji's web series Puncch Beat. He was in news after conflicts and jealousy with co-actors. Anjali Arora - A social media influencer. Nisha Rawal - Actress, Nisha filed a police complaint against her then-husband, actor Karan Mehra, accusing him of physical assault and an extramarital affair. Karan denied the allegations and claimed that she staged her injuries because he refused to give her the alimony amount. Tehseen Poonawala - Lawyer and activist. Earlier, he participated in Bigg Boss 13. Payal Rohatgi - Participated in Bigg Boss 2. She worked in a few films and TV shows and has often been in news for her controversial statements. Karanvir Bohra - Actor, He starred in the shows like Kasautii Zindagii Kay, Dil Se Di Dua... Saubhagyavati Bhava?, Shararat, Naagin 2 and Qubool Hai and also in few films. He participated in ten reality shows but never won. Living Status Chargesheet History Guests Episodes References External links Lock Upp on ALTBalaji Lock Upp on MX Player 2022 Indian television seasons ALTBalaji original programming 2022 Indian television series debuts Television shows set in Mumbai Indian reality television series Hindi-language television shows

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arshy%20Mann

Arshy Mann

Arshy Mann is a Canadian journalist who has worked on major Toronto stories and presents the Commons podcast for Canadaland. Career In 2013, Mann was the national bureau chief and unofficial historian for the Canadian University Press. He has written for Macleans, the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, Law Times, MoneySense, The Ubyssey, and Canadian Lawyer InHouse. While working as an intern at The Toronto Star, in 2013 Mann helped identify the house where Rob Ford was photographed smoking crack cocaine. In 2017, Mann reported on the disappearances of gay men from Toronto's gay enclave. Mann was critical of Toronto police's approach to the case and their focus on dating apps. While working at Daily Xtra Mann researched and reported on incel culture and has warned of the increasing extremism and anti-feminism in the culture. Mann has warned of about online communities of incels are radicalizing each other and drawn comparisons with how terrorists organize. While at Daily Xtra, Mann criticized the Canadian government for its treatment of LGBTQ refugees from Iran. As of 2019, he worked for Canadaland producing podcasts. References Living people Canadian journalists Canadian journalist stubs Toronto Star people Canadian podcasters Canadian men podcasters

70179743

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Salem%20City%20Police

Salem City Police

The Salem City Police (or SCP) is the law enforcement agency in the city of Salem, India. The SCP works under the jurisdiction of the Tamil Nadu Police. Salem City Police has five wings: traffic wing, traffic investigation wing, prohibition enforcement wing, city crime record bureau, armed reserve, in three divisions namely Salem West, Salem South and Salem North. History The Salem City Police was formed in 1972 and The Salem Police Commissionerate was formed in 1990 for the major metropolitan cities like Salem, Coimbatore, Madurai and Tiruchirapalli. The jurisdiction of Salem city police commissionarate extends jurisdiction limit to Salem City Municipal Corporation. There are 12 police stations in Salem city, numbered B-1 to B-11. City Police has five wings: traffic wing, traffic investigation wing, prohibition enforcement wing, city crime record bureau, armed reserve, in three zones Salem North, Salem South and Salem West. A law was enacted in 1987 to empower the commissionerate with the same powers as the Madras Police. Salem was fully upgraded into a police commissionerate in 1990. Jurisdiction The jurisdiction of the Commissionerate of Police extends to the jurisdictional limits of the Salem City Municipal Corporation. Later in 2000 jurisdiction of Salem City Police is extended for the main suburban areas of Salem city like Ayothiyapattinam and Omalur in Salem. Salem City Municipal Corporation Ayothiapattinam Omalur Stations There are 12 police stations in Salem city, numbered B-1 to B-11 B-1 Salem Town B-1 Town Crime B-2 Shevapet B-3 Govt.Hospital B-4 Annadanapatti B-5 Kitchipalayam B-6 Ammapet B-7 Hasthampatti B-8 Kannankurichi B-9 Fairlands B-10 Pallapatti B-11 Sooramangalam References Government of Salem, Tamil Nadu Metropolitan law enforcement agencies of India Tamil Nadu Police 1972 establishments in Tamil Nadu Government agencies established in 1972

70179845

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Murder%20of%20Olivia%20Gant

Murder of Olivia Gant

Olivia K. Gant (June 21, 2010 – August 20, 2017) was an American girl murdered by her mother, Kelly Renee Turner-Gant, after ongoing medical abuse in what was deemed to be a case of Munchausen by proxy. Kelly had initially taken the girl to the hospital for a case of severe constipation; after this was treated successfully and Olivia was sent home, Kelly claimed that Olivia was unable to consume food, leading to numerous surgeries, the implementation of feeding tubes, and finally an intravenous tube that fed nutrients directly into her veins. The constant hospital visits and surgeries left Olivia at times wheelchair-bound and bedridden, weakened by an anti-seizure medication that Kelly had convinced a doctor to prescribe her. The actual murder occurred within roughly a three-week period, after Kelly swapped Olivia's usual doctors, who had refused to sign a Do Not Resuscitate order for the girl, with another doctor willing to sign the order. This allowed Kelly to have all Olivia's feeding tubes removed, bringing her daughter home, where she died from apparent intestinal failure on August 20, 2017. Kelly Turner-Gant, who then went by the name Kelly Turner, was convicted in 2022 and sentenced to 16 years in prison. Early life Olivia K. Gant was born in Pasadena, Texas, where she resided with her mother, two sisters and father. Olivia's parents had a difficult marriage, although Olivia was close with a beloved relative, step-grandfather Lonnie Gautreau, who recalled her being "a loving child; she just had a great imagination and loved playing with her dolls." After moving to Colorado, Kelly Turner-Gant would actively take photographs of Olivia, mostly related to the girl's hospital visits, and share them online with viewers. Olivia would be dressed in Disney merchandise and surrounded by plush animals, often lying in bed or sitting upright in a wheelchair. Medical abuse In 2012, Kelly Turner-Gant brought Olivia to Children's Hospital Colorado for treatment related to severe constipation. Although the treatment (removing hardened stool from the girl's colon) was successful, Kelly soon returned, reporting that Oliva was unable to consume food properly. Olivia underwent multiple surgeries for this reported problem, including one surgery where her small intestine was rerouted through her large intestine, taking in food from a bag affixed to her stomach. Olivia was kept on heavy narcotic drugs over a five-year period that followed for most of her remaining life, and was taken to over 1,000 documented hospital visits prior to her death. In addition to the medical abuse, Kelly would tell her friends that Olivia was terminally ill, and used sympathy to scam various charity organizations. She would post Olivia's "bucket list" of things her daughter wanted to do before she died. With the aid of the Make a Wish Foundation and other local groups, this included an elaborate bat-themed princess party (combining elements of Batman and Disney Princess franchises, in a booking that cost $11,000). Other events were established where Olivia would get to pretend to be a firefighter and police officer. It is believed that Kelly scammed various organizations and individuals out of over $500,000; Christopher Gallo, speaking for the prosecution during Kelly's trial, stated that Kelly had engaged in "the perpetration of hundreds of thousands of dollars of fraud on organizations whose only purpose in this world is to help sick kids and families in need." Olivia had three different types of feeding tubes surgically implanted at different points, as well as being kept on a strong anti-seizure medication. No doctor had ever witnessed her having a seizure, but Kelly convinced the prescribing doctor that the medication was necessary. Kelly then also had her daughter given a feeding tube that would pump nutrients into her veins, arguing that the other feeding tube methods were failing to work. Murder Kelly Turner-Gant had been able to get a Do Not Resuscitate order for Olivia; her usual doctors had refused to sign it, leading Kelly to switch doctors until she was able to find one who would sign the documentation. Kelly then had all of Olivia's feeding tubes removed, and the girl was placed in hospice care. She was reportedly in good spirits at first, singing the song Hakuna Matata from Disney's The Lion King with her mother. This changed drastically as Olivia began to starve, kept on potent drugs and given nothing but melted popsicle juice rubbed on her lips with a sponge to eat. Lonnie Gautreau stated that Olivia was lucid the last time he saw her, and had told him that she was hungry. Olivia died on August 20, 2017, ruled to have been caused by intestinal failure as a complication of her multiple medical conditions. Criminal investigation It took over a year before authorities and medical staff began investigating Kelly Turner-Gant's potential influence in Olivia's death, owing in part to Kelly bringing Olivia's sister into the hospital with similar ailments, which were found to be false. Kelly was arrested in 2018 and taken into custody, where she faced multiple counts of felonies, including first-degree murder. She was also accused of defrauding Medicaid, over 100 individual donors who had given to her online fundraisers, Heflebower Funeral & Cremation Services, and two charity foundations that had offered help and support for Olivia. Lonnie Gautreau also filed a separate civil lawsuit against Children's Hospital Colorado in 2021, which was settled out of court for an undisclosed amount. He expressed resentment in regards to the healthcare system, arguing that doctors should have done more to prevent Olivia's abuse and Kelly's power in the hospital itself. Conviction Kelly Turner-Gant pleaded guilty in January 2022 to a felony charge of child abuse that negligently caused her daughter's death. As part of Kelly's plea agreement, first-degree murder charges against her were dismissed and the prosecution and defense agreed to a 16-year prison term. Kelly also pleaded guilty to felony theft and fraud charges, for which she received a combined 13-year prison sentence to be served concurrently. Kelly later claimed that she was innocent of all of the charges, and that she had only pleaded guilty to spare her family the stress of a lengthier trial. Judge Patricia Herron stated that the sentence would not be reduced or reconsidered, noting that it is highly likely that Kelly will be released on parole within a short time anyway, owing to her concurrent sentences and her plea deal protecting her from a murder conviction. Kelly's two other daughters, who have not been named by the media, are no longer in Kelly's care. The oldest daughter, who had been brought into Children's Hospital Colorado in early 2018 for what Kelly had claimed was bone pain, had no further symptoms since October 2018 when Kelly was no longer involved in her care. Public response After Kelly Turner-Gant's conviction in 2022, the Murder of Olivia Gant was featured extensively in news reports and YouTube videos, deemed a case of Munchausen by Proxy that medical doctors should have recognized. Often likened to cases such as that of Gypsy-Rose Blanchard, Olivia's case has generated debates over the role of healthcare professionals in preventing child abuse, as well as the recognition of Munchausen by Proxy as a mental illness. Heflebower Funeral & Cremation Services maintains an obituary webpage for Olivia Gant, which has since been saturated with comments from the general public pointing out Kelly's involvement in Olivia's death. See also Murder of Garnett Spears References 2017 in Colorado 2017 murders in the United States American murderers of children Child abuse resulting in death

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Death%20in%20White%20Pyjamas

Death in White Pyjamas

Death in White Pyjamas is a 1944 detective novel by the British writer John Bude. It is a stand-alone novel and does not feature his regular character Superintendent Meredith. Although written during the Second World War, no reference is made to the ongoing conflict. Originally published by Cassell, in 2020 it was reissued by the British Library Publishing in a single edition with another Bude novel Death Knows No Calendar, as part of a series of republished crime novels from the Golden Age of Detective Fiction. Synopsis The leading actors of the Beaumont Theatre gather at the Sussex country estate of their financial backer, Sam Richardson, a biscuit millionaire for some relaxation before they begin Rehearsals for the new theatrical season. The guests include the womanising but successful impresario Basil Barnes, the attractive but malicious set designer Deidre Lehaye, drunken character actor Willy Farnham, ingénue Angela Walsh and the nephew of one of the actresses, Rudolph Millar, an aspiring playwright who hopes to have his work produced by the company. Things take a downward turn when some money is discovered to be missing. Theft is followed by blackmail and attempted seduction. Events come to a head when the corpse of Lehaye is found one night in the lake wearing white silk pyjamas. Inspector Harting of the local police takes over the investigation and discovers that several of her associates had both the motive and the opportunity to murder the scheming Lehaye. References Bibliography Hubin, Allen J. Crime Fiction, 1749-1980: A Comprehensive Bibliography. Garland Publishing, 1984. Reilly, John M. Twentieth Century Crime & Mystery Writers. Springer, 2015. 1944 British novels British mystery novels Novels by John Bude Novels set in London Novels set in Sussex British detective novels Cassell (publisher) books

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle%20of%20Sidi%20Ali%20Ben%20Aoun

Battle of Sidi Ali Ben Aoun

The Battle of Sidi Ali Ben Aoun was a conflict that took place in Tunisia on 23 October 2013, between the Tunisian National Guard and jihadists from Ansar al-Sharia during the Jihadist insurgency in Tunisia. Procedure On October 23, 2013, men of the Tunisian National Guard reach a house in the small town of Sidi Ali Ben Aoun where people suspected of being jihadists have been reported. The officers were about to search the building when armed men open fire on them. Estimated at twenty men divided into two groups hidden in trenches dug around and near the house, the jihadists engage in the shooting when the gendarmes receive reinforcements. Three jihadists were killed during the engagement. After the confrontation, the police discovered a car bomb being constructed, as well as weapons and explosives. Mohamed Ali Aroui, spokesman for the Ministry of the Interior, said: “We seized weapons, explosives, two explosive belts and a car bomb containing three cylinders ready to explode”. TNT and ammonium nitrate were also discovered according to the spokesperson, who also stated that a suspect was on the run. The day after, the building where the encounter took place was destroyed along with the car bombs. A corpse with an explosive belt is then discovered as well. On the 25th, the security forces discovered numerous weapons concealed in a well near the house, fifteen people suspected of being linked with the jihadists were also arrested. There are six police officers killed, four injured and an armed man killed according to the spokesman. The bodies of the six national guards are buried the next day and were identified as: Imed Hizi, head of the anti-terrorism unit, First Lieutenant Socrate Cherni (brother of Majdouline Cherni), First Corporals Mohamed Marzouki and Anis Salhi, Corporals Ridha Nasri and Tahar Chebbi. References Terrorist incidents in Tunisia in the 2010s Terrorist incidents in Tunisia Conflicts in 2013

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle%20of%20Berdiansk

Battle of Berdiansk

The Battle of Berdiansk was a military engagement between the Russian Armed Forces and the Armed Forces of Ukraine during the Kherson offensive of the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine. Russian forces from the south front on their way to aid in the Siege of Mariupol captured the port city of Berdiansk. Background After Russian forces captured Melitopol, they moved northeast towards Tokmak, which they put under siege, and east towards Berdiansk on the way to Mariupol, which is being attacked by Russian forces moving from Donetsk People's Republic, as part of the Eastern Ukraine offensive. Battle On February 26, Russian troops captured the Port of Berdiansk and the Berdiansk Airport. On 27 February, the Russian Ministry of Defense announced that it had surrounded Berdiansk. Later that evening, around 18:00, it was reported that Russian soldiers had entered the city. Around 22:00, Oleksandr Svidlo, the mayor of Berdiansk, announced that Russian forces had taken control of all administrative buildings. Russian Buk missile systems were also spotted in Berdiansk. On February 28, the Zaporizhzhia Regional State Administration reported that Russian troops gained control of Berdiansk and the city's police department was disbanded, with city authorities allegedly refusing to collaborate with the Russians. The Russian Defense Ministry confirmed that Russian troops had taken the city. During the battle, local authorities report one person was killed and another was wounded. Aftermath According to the Svidlo, Russian forces left the city on 28 February, but a Russian military police detachment remained in the city. Russian forces moved towards Mariupol to join the Eastern offensive and encircle the city. By reaching Mariupol, the forces from the Kherson offensive established a land connection linking Crimea to the rest of Russia. References Battles of the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine Battles involving Ukraine Battles involving Russia Starobilsk Raion

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mujer%20contra%20mujer%20%28album%29

Mujer contra mujer (album)

Mujer contra mujer (; Spanish for "woman against woman") is the second and final studio album by the pop duo formed by Argentine singers Sandra Mihanovich and Celeste Carballo, released by RCA Records and Sony BMG in October 1990. Mihanovich and Carballo had already developed successful solo careers before joining as a duo. After collaborating on a successful show in the summer of 1987, they decided to record together and released their first studio album as a duo, Somos mucho más que dos, in 1988. Around this time, Mihanovich and Carballo became romantically involved, although not publicly. Their songs included subtle references to lesbian love, and the nature of their relationship caused much speculation in the media. Before forming the duo, Mihanovich already had two popular gay anthems in her repertoire: her 1981 breakthrough single "Puerto Pollensa", and "Soy lo que soy", her 1984 Spanish-language cover of "I Am What I Am". After the commercial success of Somos mucho más que dos, Mihanovich and Carballo returned to the studio and recorded Mujer contra mujer between December 1989 and March 1990. The album features a wide array of collaborators, including Pedro Aznar, Fito Páez, Andrés Calamaro, Tweety González, Pappo, Charly Alberti and María Gabriela Epumer. Its famous cover art was photographed by Gabriel Rocca and shows both singers in a naked embrace. As part of the album's promotion, the city of Buenos Aires was wallpapered with large posters featuring the image, which caused much controversy. The duo promoted the album on television, most notably in Susana Giménez' talk show and Juan Alberto Badía's program Imagen de Radio, where Carballo publicly came out and confirmed that Mihanovich and her had been a couple. Mujer contra mujer was a commercial success and was quickly embraced by the gay community of Buenos Aires. Its artwork, title and songs point to the topic of love between women, which was considered a bold and transgressive move for the time. The track that most openly explores this theme is "Mujer contra mujer", a cover version of a Mecano song that gives the album its title. Nevertheless, the excessive attention that the media paid to their sexuality caused the singers to stop discussing it publicly. Shortly after the album's release, the duo announced their disbandment and resumed their solo careers. Today, the release of Mujer contra mujer is celebrated as a landmark in lesbian visibility in Argentina and a symbol for the LGBT community in the country. Despite their status as gay icons, Mihanovich and Carballo never adopted a political stance, and the former did not publicly acknowledge her homosexuality until 2012. Background Before joining as a pop duo, singers Sandra Mihanovich and Celeste Carballo already had successful solo music careers. They began their careers in the early 1980s as part of a new wave of musical acts that performed in a circuit of small bars and pubs centered in Buenos Aires, which also included artists like Horacio Fontova, Alejandro Lerner, La Torre, Rubén Rada and Julia Zenko. As the power of the last civic-military dictatorship waned in those years, the city experienced a cultural blomossing in bars, café-concerts and small theaters, driven by a youth-led counterculture. Carballo met and became friends with Mihanovich within this scene, and began sharing songs for her to sing at her performances. Since 1980, the latter was a house act in Shams, a tea house turned pub in Belgrano that became an iconic venue of the decade. Other main venues of this music scene were the bars and nightclubs Latino, La Esquina del Sol, Einstein, Zero Bar, Stud Free Pub, the Parakultural and, since 1985, Cemento. In late 1981, Mihanovich released the single "Puerto Pollensa", a song written by singer and actress Marilina Ross, who had recently returned to Argentina after being forced into exile with the onset of the dictatorship in 1976. The song became a hit, and was included as the title track of an also successful studio album, released in June 1982. That year, the outbreak of the Falklands War led the military government to ban music in English on radio stations, which greatly benefited local Spanish-language musicians, including Mihanovich. At the end of the year, she became the first woman to perform at the iconic Estadio Obras Sanitarias, known as "the cathedral of national rock". Mihanovich's album included a track written by Carballo, "Es la vida que me alcanza", which was a great boost for her career. The latter's debut studio album, Me vuelvo cada día más loca, was also released in 1982 and was an immediate success, going gold before hitting the stores. Although never explicitly, "Puerto Pollensa" tells the story of a romantic encounter between two women, and became an enduring gay anthem, especially among the lesbian community, released at a time when the secrecy of non-heterosexual relationships was a source of shared codes and interpretations of cultural products. In 1983, after the dictatorship had collapsed and democratic elections were held, lesbian and gay life in Argentina flourished, with the opening of many bars and clubs that took advantage of the liberalization. Nevertheless, police raids, arbitrary arrests, persecutions and threats to gays, lesbians and travestis continued to be carried out by the new government, partly due to the fragility of the new democratic system against the power of the military and police apparatus during those years. As non-heterosexual women with careers unrelated to those of male artists, Carballo, Mihanovich and Ross differed from previous female Argentine rock acts (like María Rosa Yorio), and contributed to the visibility process that Argentine homosexuality was undergoing, although they refused to publicly address their sexual orientation. Mihanovich became a sex symbol for certain lesbians and a gay icon for the burgeoning Argentine gay culture, something that was further cemented with her 1984 Spanish-language cover of Gloria Gaynor's "I Am What I Am" (titled "Soy lo que soy"), which also became a gay anthem. In the summer of 1987, Carballo joined Mihanovich and writer Ludovica Squirru in a poetry-musical show that was very successful, titled Sandra, Celeste y yo. It premiered at the Teatro Alberdi in Mar del Plata and remained on the bill throughout the summer. Once the theatrical season was over, Carballo and Mihanovich decided to extend their collaboration and record an album as a musical duo. This meant a stylistic change in both of their careers, as Carballo had previously explored genres like blues, punk and jazz rock, while Mihanovich was known for soft ballads. The duo approached producer Jorge Álvarez, who was the artistic director of RCA Records at the time, who initially distrusted that they could combine their styles. In 1988, RCA released Mihanovich and Carballo's debut studio album as a duo, Somos mucho más que dos, to great commercial success. Around this time, the singers were romantically involved, albeit not openly, causing much media speculation. Nevertheless, the lyrics of Somos mucho más que dos have been interpreted as hints towards lesbian love, like those of album opener "Sabemos que no es fácil": "You and me, you and me / We are starting to be you and me / You and me, you and me / We know it's not easy to be you and me" (Spanish: "Vos y yo, vos y yo / Estamos empezando a ser vos y yo / Vos y yo, vos y yo / Sabemos que no es fácil ser vos y yo"). Likewise, in "Están los recuerdos", Carballo sings: "My childhood was sheltered in time / And I lived my adolescence in silence / Because love was a dream / That I hid with fear / And the future the miracle / That got me out of the secret" (Spanish: "Mi infancia quedó resguardada en el tiempo / Y a mi adolescencia la viví en silencio / Porque el amor era un sueño / Que escondía con miedo / Y el futuro el milagro / Que me sacó del secreto"). Production and composition Mujer contra mujer was recorded between December 1989 and March 1990 in Panda and Del Cielito studios in Buenos Aires. It featured a wide array of collaborators, including Pedro Aznar, Fito Páez, Andrés Calamaro, Tweety González, Pappo, Charly Alberti and María Gabriela Epumer. The album included four tracks written by Carballo, one by Páez, one by Calamaro and one by Aznar and Jorge Lencina, as well as four cover versions: Orquesta Mondragón's "Corazón de neón", María Elena Walsh's "Barco quieto" and Mecano's "Mujer contra mujer", the title track. Mujer contra mujer was produced by Carballo, Aznar, Páez, Calamaro, González, Lito Epumer, Maleta De Loca, Paul Dourge and Ulises Butrón. In Mujer contra mujer, Mihanovich and Carballo adopted a more rock sound compared to their previous album Somos mucho más que dos. Comparing both albums in 2017, Mihanovich said: "The first record was perhaps more jazzy, the second had more of a rock edge, but ultimately I think that both albums were the product of two performers with very different personalities who came together in the same musical project, and I think that was really rewarding and interesting from an artistic point of view. The sum of individualities that generated something that is not 'Sandra' and is not 'Celeste', but rather 'Sandra and Celeste'." Diego Gez of Tiempo Argentino defined the duo's musical style as "melodic and subtle pop rock". According to Julieta Pollo of La Tinta, Mujer contra mujer is composed of love songs between women and has lesbian visibility as its main concept. Likewise, Daniel Riera of Big Bang! News felt that the album was presented as a "kind of lesbian manifesto, absolutely liberating for its time." The title track speaks openly of a romantic relationship between two women, with the lyrics: "There is nothing special / About two women holding hands / What's special comes later / When they do it under the tablecloth" (Spanish: "Nada tienen de especial / Dos mujeres que se dan la mano / Lo especial viene después / Cuando lo hacen debajo del mantel"); and "A love to conceal / Although in dreams there is nowhere to hide it / They disguise it as friendship / When they go out for a walk in the city" (Spanish: "Un amor por ocultar / Aunque en sueños no hay donde esconderlo / Lo disfrazan de amistad / Cuando salen a pasear por la ciudad"). "Karmático" has been related to Carballo's brief approach to the feminist movement in the 1980s, featuring the closing lyrics: "If this is a world of men / Don't expect to see me adequate" (Spanish: "Si este es un mundo de hombres / No esperen verme adecuada"). Release and impact Mujer contra mujer was released by RCA Records and Sony BMG in October 1990, and was a big commercial success. The album's famous cover art was designed by Andy Cherniavsky and Gabriel Rocca, and photographed by the latter. Going with the album's theme of lesbian love, it is a medium shot of both singers naked to the chest and embracing, with Carballo's lips close to Mihanovich's face, suggesting a kiss. The album cover, accompanied by the suggestive title, is considered a bold and transgressive move for the time. The photograph chosen for the back cover is even more explicit. In 2008, Paula Jiménez of Página/12 described the cover as "eloquent, impressive and unprecedented". According to Gez, Mujer contra mujer was quickly embraced by the gay community of Buenos Aires, transforming over the years into a symbol for the entire LGBT community in the country. The singers cemented their status as gay icons. In 2004, writer Mariana Enríquez noted that, as lesbian icons, Mihanovich and Carballo were "so necessary in a country where such visibility did not exist". The press and promotion of the album were carried out by María Watson. Mujer contra mujer is widely remembered for a promotional campaign in which the city of Buenos Aires was wallpapered with large posters featuring its cover photograph. The suggestive image was controversial, and is now celebrated as a landmark in lesbian visibility in Argentina. In a 2019 radio program, Mihanovich recalled: "What we did was beautiful. My jaw dropped when I saw the Mujer contra mujer poster on the street. It is one thing to see the photo in the studio and quite another to come across [large] posters. It was a scandal! But, at the same time, I think it was very harmonic, very beautiful and it was something very successful aesthetically. Gabriel Rocca, the person in charge, is a great photographer. I am proud to have gone through all these things, but I confess that I am not as brave as I seem. I think I've gone through all those places almost without realizing it, like when you dive into a pool..." In 2021, Rocca reflected on the photograph's conception and impact: It was not conceived with what happened next in mind. It is an artwork about love between two women who I decided to photograph that way, with that color. We never thought about the strong connotation that it was going to have, or that the public road companies were going to refuse to put up that poster and everything that happened afterwards. We never conceived or made it for that to happen. Today you see it and it's a simple, innocent cover, but at the time it was a scandal. There were people who embraced it and many people who rejected it. It's almost prehistoric to talk about it: it's love between two women, and at that time people were horrified by a gay condition, it didn't exist for society, so that's why it was so strong. For me it was a banner of liberation and to show 'Here we are, we make this music, this is what it's worth', and I generated that image, but for me it is an artwork about love". With Mujer contra mujer, Mihanovich and Carballo installed the discussion of lesbianism on the mostly conservative Argentine television. The duo famously performed the title track in Susana Giménez' talk show, where they got very close to each other to share a microphone after one of them suddenly stopped working, while singing a song that explicitly dealt with love between women. Martín Graziano of La Nación described this performance as "one of the great moments of Argentine popular culture," while Adrián Melo of Página/12 felt that Mihanovich and Carballo were "so subversive that it was moving." When the duo promoted the album on Juan Alberto Badía's program Imagen de Radio, Carballo spoke openly about being a homosexual for the first time and confessed her love for Mihanovich. Jiménez considered this coming out to be a landmark for Argentine lesbians and noted its impact: "[Carballo's] confession was unprecedented in the memory of a country still inexperienced in fairly basic matters. In the 1970s, the filmic suggestion that La Raulito was a lesbian had served to reinforce the identification of homosexuality with misfortune. This was not the case: Celeste looked great." Near the end of the interview, the singer also criticized the treatment of Argentine society towards homosexuality, stating: There are many people like me, (...) and they are among us. And there are many who keep their mouths shut and do not speak and hide. And there are many girls who paint their nails and it bothers them at night. (...) I understand that people are scared and feel rejection, but it does not seem normal and natural to me that I always have to speak with second words and never use the correct one because then... I continue to attack this prudish and macho society that Argentina really is. Nevertheless, seeing that the media focused excessively on their relationship, Carballo and Mihanovich decided not to talk about their sexual orientation again, moving away from the idea of belonging to a political movement. In 1990, they returned to Imagen de Radio and announced their disbandment as a music duo, with Mihanovich stating: "We are singers, we live to sing, and we sing for a living, we will continue to do it together or separately or with other people." After that, they successfully returned to their solo careers and have remained friends. Despite the fact that Carballo confirmed that they had been a couple in Imagen de Radio, and that it was an open secret, Mihanovich never publicly acknowledged her homosexuality until 2012, when she announced that she had formed a family with another woman. She told La Capital in 2019: "I've had the fortune to say what I thought, what I felt, I had a consistent attitude for many years, (...) I haven't been a great activist, I don't feel like an activist. I do feel that I was choosing songs and saying things that I felt and that this coincided with the feelings of many others. So I opened doors for me and opened doors for others as well. What more can one ask for." Legacy Over the years, the release of Mujer contra mujer has been revalued as a turning point in lesbian visibility in Argentine society, and is regarded by the local LGBT community as a breakthrough in the fight to break societal taboos. In his 2004 book on the history of homosexuality in Argentina, writer Osvaldo Bazán felt that regardless of whether the singers disclosed their sexual orientation or not, they were a "contribution of enormous courage in years when police raids were still common." In 2009, lesbian feminist journalist and activist Marta Dillon described it as the "most resounding coming out than anyone can remember." In a 2019 interview, Chilean pop singer-songwriter Javiera Mena mentioned Mihanovich and Carballo and their version of "Mujer contra mujer" when asked about her "lesbian references in music." On the occasion of the album's 30th anniversary, Argentine singer-songwriter Cam Bezkin felt: "As a musician and a lesbian, it marked me, although perhaps not directly. I still believe that it left us a less rough path for those of us who came much later. It is a very brave album today. To the society of the LGBTQ collective and to many others it gave subtle encouragement. The shock produced by the album is now decidedly historic." In 2020, on the occasion of the 30 years of the release of Mujer contra mujer, several media outlets published articles focused on its legacy. Writing for Uruguayan newspaper Brecha, Inés Acosta reflected on the album's artwork: "I try to imagine what it was like to produce such a political photograph in the 1990s, so challenging in times of secrecy, when lesbians either didn't exist or did so in a very negative way for the rest of the world. However, there they were, illustrating the vinyl cover. Together. Naked. Woman against woman." Gez described Mujer contra mujer as a "symbol of freedom and pride that transcended its time." In 2020, Martín Graziano of La Nación included Mujer contra mujer in his list of "great conjugal albums". On March 7, 2021—the Day of Lesbian Visibility in Argentina—the Centro Cultural Kirchner (CCK) held a show in tribute to the anniversary of the release of Mujer contra mujer, which was broadcast online and featured different lesbian musicians covering its songs. The CCK described it as "the emblematic album of the Argentine lesbian community, the one that put lesbians at the center of the music scene and sang, bluntly, to the love between two women." Also in 2021, the cover photograph by Gabriel Rocca was displayed as part of the exhibition Rocca & Roll, a retrospective focused on his career that took place in an open-air gallery at the Plaza de las Naciones Unidas and the Eduardo Sívori Museum, Buenos Aires. Track listing Personnel Credits adapted from Mujer contra mujers liner notes and Mihanovich's official website. Musicians Celeste Carballo – general production, lead vocals, background vocals, guitar on "Amelia por los caminos", piano on "Sin Margarita Yourcenar" Sandra Mihanovich – lead vocals, background vocals Mariano López – recording and mixing Charly Alberti – drums on "Un sueño profundo" Daniel Ávila – drums on "Corazón de neón" Pedro Aznar – guitar, bass and keyboard on "Seré tu libertad" Ulises Butrón – background vocals on "Corazón de neón", "Amelia por los caminos", guitar on "Un sueño profundo" Andrés Calamaro – guitar, bass, keyboard and background vocals on "Una sola vez" Lito Epumer – guitar on "Barco quieto" María Gabriela Epumer – background vocals on "Corazón de neón" and "Amelia por los caminos"; guitar on "Amelia por los caminos" Fabián García – keyboard on "Amelia por los caminos" Tweety González – keyboard on "Un sueño profundo" Aníbal Lo – drums on "Amelia por los caminos" Jota Morelli – drums on "Una sola vez" and "Karmático"; drums on "Sin Margarita Yourcenar" and "Seré tu libertad" Fito Páez – piano, keyboard, bass and electronic drum programming on "Mujer contra mujer" Pappo – guitar on "Sin Margarita Yourcenar" Ricky Sáenz Peña – bass on "Corazón de neón" Claudia Sinesi – bass on "Amelia por los caminos" Stable Choir of the Universidad Argentina John F. Kennedy, directed by Raúl Frische – background vocals on "Karmático" Guillermo Vadalá – bass on "Un sueño profundo" Artwork Gabriel Rocca – photography and cover art design Cristian Banchig – production and makeup Andy Cherniavsky – cover art design Gabriel Grippo – letters design See also 1990 in Argentina 1990 in Latin music Lesbian erotica LGBT music Media portrayal of lesbianism Women in Argentina Notes References External links Mujer contra mujer at RateYourMusic Mujer contra mujer at Rock.com.ar 1990 albums LGBT-related albums RCA Records albums Sony BMG albums Spanish-language albums Pop albums by Argentine artists Rock albums by Argentine artists

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pius%20Lee

Pius Lee

Pius Lee is an American political power broker and landlord. He was a long-time supporter of Mayor Willie Brown and has served as the commissioner on several governmental commissions in San Francisco, including the San Francisco Port Commission and the San Francisco Police Commission. He serves as the chairman of the Chinese Six Companies and the Chinese Neighborhood Association. Biography Lee's family were landlords. As a teenager, Lee fled to Macau from the newly founded Communist republic in China with his father. From there, they moved to Hong Kong, where they stayed until 1963, when they moved to San Francisco in 1963 under a refugee support program. After moving to San Francisco, he worked odd jobs while attending night school and later became a licensed real estate agent. He sold homes to Chinese families in the Richmond District and Sunset District and built a real estate portfolio consisting of properties across San Francisco, from the Marina District to Chinatown. Lee is the owner of California Land and Realty, Inc. Political career Lee was appointed president of the San Francisco-Taipei Sister City Committee by Mayor Dianne Feinstein. As president, he began the effort to build the Golden Gate Pavilion in Golden Gate Park in 1981. Lee ran for San Francisco Board of Supervisors in the 1980s and got 25,000 votes. Mayor Willie Brown appointed Lee to the San Francisco Port Commission. He's also served on Chinatown Economic Development Group, the Industrial Welfare Commission and the Police Commission among others. In 1992, Lee organized a gun buyback program while serving as a police commissioner that gathered approximately 1,600 guns. Lee resigned from the San Francisco Port Commission in 2002 over remarks by Mayor Willie Brown in regards to Lee's relationship with Planning Commissioner Hector Chinchilla. Brown said, "Pius paid [Chinchilla] what some might look at as a $20,000 bribe". Chinchilla was arrested in November 2002 for misdemeanor charges of allegedly hiring himself out to three developers seeking planning commission permits, one of whom was Lee. Lee believed Brown's remark would have influenced the Board of Supervisor's decision to not approve Lee's project of converting the Apollo Theater on Geneva Avenue in the Outer Mission into a Walgreens. Political influence Lee praised the Democratic Party for their policies toward minorities and the impoverished but also admitted that it is impractical to be a Republican in San Francisco. Lee has an extensive guanxi, or social network. President Lee Teng-hui of Taiwan, a friend of Lee's and then mayor of Taipei, contributed toward the Golden Gate Pavilion project in Golden Gate Park. Lee organized a fundraiser for Willie Brown's 1999 San Francisco mayoral campaign. He endorsed London Breed in the 2018 San Francisco mayoral special election, saying “[Breed] said publicly that she will carry on Ed Lee’s policies and programs in Chinatown". Lee is the chairman of the Chinese Six Companies, which holds significant political influence in San Francisco Chinatown, and the Chinese Neighborhood Association. The two organizations lobbied the San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency to ban marijuana ads on MUNI buses and proposed a 50-dispensary cap in San Francisco. Lee endorsed Supervisor Aaron Peskin's call to ban dispensaries in Chinatown. According to Claire Jean Kim, Lee and Chinatown power broker Rose Pak were "famously at odds." Lee and Pak both opposed a proposed recall of Mayor Ed Lee in 2016. References Year of birth missing (living people) Politics of San Francisco People from Chinatown, San Francisco American landlords American real estate brokers

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pat%20King%20%28activist%29

Pat King (activist)

Patrick James King is a Canadian far-right activist, based in Alberta, Canada. He is known for protesting government authority on a variety of issues. He has led the Wexit movement advocating for secession from Canada of Alberta and other western provinces, led the United We Roll movement, and acted as a regional organizer for the Canada convoy protest. King was arrested on 18 February 2022, in Ottawa and denied bail on 24 February 2022. Views King has a history of anti-Muslim, white nationalist, and far-right conspiracy theories. He has shared videos online promoting the white genocide conspiracy theory. In 2020, King had a conversation with the Toronto Star in which he shared conflicting views about violence and "ranted" about left wing ideologies, Antifa, and cancel culture. King accused the government of Canada of permitting Islamic State terrorists to enter Canada as refugees, of "normalizing pedophilia", and of adopting an immigration policy to “depopulate the white, Anglo-Saxon race.” He has advocated against a carbon tax, arguing that it puts Canadians at an economic disadvantage. King has said that the only way to end Canadian public health measures against COVID-19 may be achieved "with bullets". King also commented that Justin Trudeau was going to catch a bullet. In 2021, he claimed that The Holocaust death toll of 6 million was overstated. Activism King uses social media to reach hundreds of thousands of followers. He has been involved in a variety of political and social issues: Western Canada secessionism King was an organizer of the Wexit movement that advocated for Canada's prairie provinces to secede. United We Roll King was a co-organizer, and a driver for the United We Roll yellow vest protest in 2019 and was interviewed by the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC) in which he spoke of the importance of a gas pipeline, and the employment benefits of the oil and gas industry. He spoke of the national benefit of the Albertan economy and the lack of support to Albertans in 2019. King later stated that the CBC distorted the messages of the movement. Alberta anti-racist protest King was part of a right-wing counter protest to an anti-racist demonstration in Red Deer in 2020 where he was noted for saying: "That’s patriots kicking antifa out of their towns!" In September 2020, he organized a second counter-protest in Ponoka and threatened violence against anti-racist protests who he characterized as Antifa. COVID-19 pandemic In August 2021, King and conspiracy theorist Chris Sky visited Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan and spoke as part of a No-Vaxx Pass tour, in which they advocated for Canadians to defy the rules about vaccine passports. Also in August, King incorrectly claimed that his actions led to easing of COVID-19 public health measures in Alberta. His misunderstanding was a result of him misreading court documents rejecting his appeal against a parking ticket. This led to the Justice Centre for Constitutional Freedoms stating that: "It is unclear whether Mr. King fully understands the legal process he is involved in." In October 2021, King broadcast a video, falsely claiming that the Canadian military had set up a base at Black Lake Denesuline First Nation and were forcing COVID-19 vaccinations on women and children. The video went viral, resulting in pressure upon the Athabasca Health Authority and the Federation of Sovereign Indigenous Nations to put out statements, correcting the misinformation. Also in November 2021, King claimed there was no evidence that COVID-19 exists, in a social media message. Also in December, King said of the public health measures: "The only way this is going to be solved is with bullets." Canada convoy protest King was a regional organizer and one of the highest profile promoters of the 2022 Canada convoy protest in Ottawa. King invited Ottawa police officers to arrest the police chief, and his February 6 claims that half of the Ottawa Police Service resigned that day were proven false. Responding to a question about the impact of noise on Ottawa residents, King expressed amusement. In the lead up to the Ottawa protest, MP Jeremy Patzer stated that he had no association with King after meeting him as the protest convoy passed through Swift Current. Arrest and detention King was arrested on 18 February 2022 during the convoy protests as part of a police operation aimed at peacefully ending the occupation. He broadcast the arrest via his Facebook page. He was charged with mischief, counselling to commit mischief, counselling to disobey a court order, and counselling to obstruct police. On 24 February 2022 he was denied bail after Justice of the Peace Andrew Seymour judged that there was a substantive likelihood of King reoffending. Justice Seymour noted King's "history of criminality" and the overwhelming case resented by the Crown. King's lawyer spoke of King's concern about catching COVID-19 as he is detained, awaiting trial, prompting Justice Seymour to address the irony of the situation:" It is somewhat ironic that an individual whose raison d'etre is to protest vehemently against public health measures designed to reduce the spread of COVID, would now suggest that the delay or the potential for being infected at a detention centre could impact the court's decision." King is due in court for trial on 18 March 2022. Personal life King is from Sault Ste. Marie, and lives in Penhold, Alberta. King has claimed Métis heritage, although that claim has been challenged by Métis community. References Living people COVID-19 pandemic in Canada Canadian conspiracy theorists COVID-19 conspiracy theorists Canadian anti-vaccination activists Activists from Ontario People from Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario Canadian white nationalists Social media influencers Yellow vest activists Red Deer, Alberta Prisoners and detainees of Canada

70186732

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BlueCity%20Holding%20Limited

BlueCity Holding Limited

BlueCity Holding Limited (NASDAQ: BLCT)  is a multinational company headquartered in Beijing,China. It specialises in social networking, live streaming,and health-related services.  In July 2020, It raises US$85 million in a Nasdaq IPO, as it is the first gay social platform to be publicly-traded. In 2010, BlueCity was founded by a former policeman Baoli Ma, who created a LBGTQ+ online forum Danlan.org under the pseudonym “Geng Le” and then developed the LGBTQ website with information and resouces for HIV-prevetion.   BlueCity had developed its gay social network app, blued, since 2012, Blued claims to be the world’s first LGBTQ app to introduce live-streaming feature in 2016. As of 2021, there are 6 million monthly active users and it has connected more than 60 million registered users in about 170 countries. Reference Homosexuality-related mass media LGBT

70187514

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prabakaran%20Parameswaran

Prabakaran Parameswaran

Prabakaran a/l Parameswaran (born 8 February 1996) is a Malaysian politician who has served as Member of Parliament (MP) for Batu since May 2018. He is a member of the People's Justice Party (PKR), a component party of the Pakatan Harapan (PH) opposition coalition was an independent before joining PKR. He is the Youth Chief of PKR of Federal Territory. He is also presently the youngest MP at the age 26 and the youngest to be elected at the age of in the history of Malaysia. Early life Prabakaran was born in Batu, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia and has lived and grown up there ever since his birth on 8 February 1996. Prabakaran became interested in politics from his primary school days. His father used to force him to watch parliamentary debates and read newspapers. However, he was not keen. Only after a few years, he started to understand the changes needed in Malaysia. He later became active in debates including those with political themes in school. Political career Prabakaran initially contested for the Batu federal seat in Kuala Lumpur on independent ticket where he should have faced opponents Chua Tian Chang from PH and PKR who was going to defend his seat, Dominic Lau Hoe Chai from Barisan Nasional (BN) and Parti Gerakan Rakyat Malaysia (GERAKAN), Azhar Yahya from the Malaysian Islamic Party (PAS) as well as another independent Panjamorthy Muthusami. However, Chua was disqualified from contesting in the election after returning officer Anwar Mohd Zain had made the decision based on a Shah Alam High Court ruling on 2 March 2018 which fined Tian Chua RM 2,000 for insulting the modesty of a police officer that removed the eligibility of him in contesting. Chua decried the decision and accused the political opponents of BN by stating that "They are using dirty tactics to thwart the victory of PH". After that, Prabakaran offered himself to represent PH and PKR to contest on behalf as he and his family were PKR supporters. Chua then accepted the offer and turned his support for Prabakaran and helped the latter in campaigning efforts to prevent a walkover victory for BN in Batu. He reiterated his disappointment but also praising Prabakaran by adding that “I am disappointed by the decision of the court, but Prabakaran is young, energetic and idealistic, we hope to groom him to be an activist". On 9 May 2018, Prabakaran went on to win the Batu federal seat with the help of PH and PKR by defeating all the three opponents with a total of 38,125 votes and the majority of 24,438 votes. After his victory, he quickly established his priorities as the Batu MP ranging from fighting for the rights of the youths, lowering the cost of living for young families, bringing down the voting age from 21 to 18, improving public infrastructure, making towns and cities more disabled-friendly, improving vocational and tertiary education to increasing internship opportunities for youths. He also envisioned a Malaysia where it treats all the races and religions equally and more involvements of youths in politics so as to build a more stable fundamental of leadership succession and preparing youths as leaders to take over Malaysia in future. Just four days after the election on 13 May 2018, he joined PKR and PH at an event to celebrate his victory in the election with the locals in Sentul, Kuala Lumpur. Following his victory, he also created the history and a record as the youngest ever person elected as the MP at the age of 22 years, 90 days. Prabakaran said that he, as second-year law student, had planned to carry on his studies on a part-time basis. and would discuss with his lecturer and counsellors before making a decision. He revealed that although he was happy and excited, the emotions could not be over because then he would be unable to think straight. Moreover, Prabakaran said he would have a discussion with Chua on the direction and plans he had as the new Batu MP. Chua, who was also the PKR vice-president, said he would give his support as part of his service to the people and for it to be maintained. He also wished Prabakaran the best in politics and hoped that this would encourage more youths to join politics. Throughout his career in PKR, he was also appointed as Youth Chief of PKR of Federal Territory or Chief of Armada Muda Keadilan (AMK) (youth wing of PKR) of the Federal Territory. Controversies and issues On 6 November 2019, High Court judge Mariana Yahya ruled that Chua did not lose his qualification to contest as a candidate for the Batu federal seat in the 2018 Malaysian general election after she allowed the originating summons by Chua against the Election Commission (EC). She also agreed with the decision made by two separate High Courts which ruled that qualifications and rights of Chua to contest were not affected due to RM2,000 levied against him for insulting a policeman. . At night on 15 November 2019, Prabakaran parked his Toyota Vellfire vehicle behind the PapaRich restaurant on Jalan Ipoh, Kuala Lumpur at about 11 pm and his vehicle was splattered with eggs, where eggshells were on the roof and front windscreen. He lodged police reports the following day. The attack came in the wake of news that a coalition of non-governmental organisations (NGOs) demanded Prabakaran to step down as Batu MP in order for Chua to contest for the Batu seat in a by-election after the ruling that Chua did not lose eligibility to contest in 2018 election. Chua has denied any involvements. In response, Prabakaran clarified that he was not stepping down as Batu MP and said he would like to contribute his energy and effort for the good of PKR in realising the "reformasi" agenda and he would serve the people in a transparent and fair manner and would not drop them halfway through. In addition, he also claimed that Chua did not pressurise him and directly negotiated with him about his duties or to step down and instead gave him full support to carry on as Batu MP for a full term. He also said the people and voters of Batu wanted a spirited youth like him to solve their problems and explain the issues. Election results See also 2020–2021 Malaysian political crisis Batu (Kuala Lumpur federal constituency) Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on politics in Malaysia References 1990 births Living people People from Kuala Lumpur Malaysian people of Indian descent Malaysian Hindus Malaysian lawyers Members of the Dewan Rakyat 21st-century Malaysian politicians

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ashok%20Bose

Ashok Bose

Ashok Bose (September 23, 1922 - September 3, 1983) popularly known as Prakash Roy, was an Indian politician and leader of the Communist Party of India. He was a leading figure of the Tebhaga kissan movement of 1946 and a builder of Communist movement in Bengal and central India. Biography Early life Ashok (Prakash Roy) was born on September 23, 1922, in Bara Zugalia village in Nadia district, West Bengal. His father was Bisad Kumar Bose and mother Binapani Devi. His father was a jotedar, renting out paddy-growing land for share-cropping. His father died when Ashok was two years old. Thereafter he was looked after by his grandmother, Mrinalini Devi. Mrinalini was the niece of the famous revolutionary Bhupendranath Datta, youngest brother of Swami Vivekanand. Bhupendra Nath had attended congress of Communist International in 1921 in Moscow, and had met Lenin and other prominent leaders. Mrinalini Devi wanted to see Ashok grow with the mindset of Bhupendra Nath. Ashok was very intelligent, and Mrinalini paid special attention to him. She encouraged Ashok to mix-up and play with the boys of the poor families of share-croppers in the village. However, Ashok's father did not like Mrinalini Devi's approach. He took away Ashok from his village and got him admitted in New India English High School in Calcutta. Growing up as student leader Ashok stayed in a hostel in Calcutta and took part in cultural and social activities. When in Class IX, a call was given by national leaders in 1937 to observe ‘Demands day’ for the release of all political prisoners from Andaman Jail. Ashok led a successful strike of students and also organized picketing. The Assistant Head Master of the school called the picketers in his room and caned them thoroughly, claiing he was "preparing" them to bear the future punishments they would suffer at the hands of the British Police. It was in the course of this movement that Ashok came in contact with some Communist activists in that locality. His talent in organizational work was noted. They advised him to read books of Marx, Engels, Lenin and also on history of revolutions. Besides, they advised him to develop his contacts with the villagers. Ashok frequented his village and in this his grandmother Mrinalini Devi extended a helping hand. He passed matriculation exams with distinction, and was sent to a college for further studies. But finding Ashok moving towards a ‘dangerous’ path, his father cut short his studies and got him employed as a clerk in Post & Telegraph Department in Calcutta. Contact with TU movement Second World War broke out in 1939. Ashok, along with many others, was transferred to Patna Office of P&T department. In Patna he came in contact with the well- known leaders of postal employees, such as, Bhupen Ghosh and K.G. Bose. They had prior knowledge about Ashok and handed him responsibilities in trade union work among postal employees. The Great Bengal Famine broke out in 1943. Ashok gave up his postal service and went back to his home district to serve the famine- stricken people. Conflict with his father grew further. Ashok touched the feet of Mrinalini Devi, getting her blessings, vowed to become a whole timer and left his home. He contacted provincial leaders of the Communist Party, Bhowani Sen and Nityananda Chowdhury, for necessary guidance, who advised him to work in the Kisan Sabha. In Kisan and Tebhaga movement Famous Communist leaders like Moni Singh in Mymensingh district and Irabot Singh in Manipur were leading kisan struggles then. Ashok organized the kisans of Haringhata against forcible dispossession by the British authorities of over nine thousand acres of land. He led thousands of kisans, hoisting red flag on captured land. They tilled and harvested grain and distributed it. The displaced kisans got back their land. Ashok was also in the nearby district of 24 - Parganas. After some time, he was elected district secretary of CPI in 24-Parganas. In Bengal during 1940s, there was a great upsurge among the share-croppers against the landlords, demanding due share of paddy produce. In 1946, tens of thousands of share-croppers in more than 20 districts of Bengal demanded ‘two-thirds’ of their harvest (hence the name ‘tebhaga’ or three parts) instead of half they got till then. Ashok Bose was their effective leader. Tebhaga struggle was led by Kisan Sabha and Communist Party in 1946, spreading to districts of 24-Parganas, Nadia, Midnapur, Maldah, Bankura, Jalpaiguri, Mymensingh, Jessore and many more districts, involving some 60 lakhs of share-croppers including thousands of women. It was recognized internationally as one of the major peasant movements of the world. CPI general secretary P. C. Joshi played a crucial role in guiding it. The demand for Tebhaga was first raised in the Provincial Kisan Sabha Conference held at Jessore district (now in Bangladesh) in 1940. British government formed a Commission to recommend ways and means to increase revenue. They decided to collect more than a half of the paddy produce from the share-croppers. Kisan Sabha opposed, raising the demand of ‘Tebhaga’. 1946-47 were difficult years as communal riots engulfed Calcutta, 24- Paragans and other areas. Ashok Bose and his team mobilized their volunteers to prevent communal riots and conducted relief work. Despite communal situation, Tebhaga struggle continued for months together, and forced the Muslim League Ministry in West Bengal to propose a bill in 1947 named "Abolition of Landlordism and Tenant Rights Bill". There was wide- spread support from workers and creative left intellectuals for Tebhaga struggle. Famous singers like Salil Chowdhury and Hemanta Mukhopadhyay composed a number of popular songs in support. Movement spreads Kansari Halder, Ashok Bose and others were in the forefront of this historic struggle. About 2000 volunteers were mobilized by them, while landlords and jotedars sought help from government and police force. British authorities deployed heavy police force at different centers. Arrest warrants were issued in the name of Ashok Bose, Kansari Haldar and many others. They had to go under- ground. Ashok, however, kept up his contact with the base areas of Tebhaga movement, moving from place to place under the guise of names like ‘Bidyut’, ‘Nikunj’. There was terrible repression in Chandanpiri and nearby areas, particularly on women. Ashok Bose was the first accused in Kakdwip Conspiracy Case, the second one being the famous Kansari Haldar. Ashok went underground under the name of ‘Prakash Roy’. Proceedings were started against Gajen Mali, Manik Hajra and others, 26 in all, and were also sent underground. Once Ashok Bose was caught by police in Budakhali village in Kakdwip, put in shackles, his body bound with ropes and prepared to be shot. People including women surrounded and snatched him away from police. ‘Shishu Telangana’ was established in the Sundarbans in 1949–50 with Lalganj as the centre. "BTR Line" and its negative impact on Tebhaga BTR Line of 1948 forced Tebhaga struggle to resort to arms. Volunteers had to take up traditional arms to resist police, as they lacked modern weapons. Armed struggle took place in delta area of Bay of Bengal in Kakdwip, Mathurapur, Jainagar, Sandesh Khali, Hasnabad and other places, but failed, as reality was in conflict with the party line. Path of armed struggle led to havoc and destruction of the movement. Under PC Joshi, Tebhaga was following a successful mass line. Besides Ashok Bose and Kansari Haldar, Hemanta Ghosal, Rashbehari Ghosh, Manik Hazra, Abdul Razzak Khan and others were the leading figures. Police with modern arms beat down Tebhaga struggle with repeated attacks on volunteers. There were firings in Donga Jora and other places. 13 criminal cases were lodged by police against Ashok Bose, with government of West Bengal announcing a reward of Rs 50,000 to capture him, dead or alive. Down with T.B., Ashok was shifted by party to Rajnandgaon in Madhya Pradesh (now in Chhattisgarh). He was arrested for 6 months in 1948 and lodged in Alipur Central Jail. On release he went underground in the Sundarbans. Ashok Bose appears as "Prakash Roy" in Madhya Pradesh Ashok Bose came to Rajnandgaon along with his wife Madhavi Devi and son Amit of 2 years age, in June 1952. He was now ‘Prakash Roy’, so much so that even today, very few know his real name. They lived in a labour colony, running a study center for some 40 Bidi workers. Madhavi was a trained nurse. They together worked among Bidi workers’ families, organizing them under red flag. Workers’ families sustained Prakash's family. Prakash explained his wretched financial condition in a meeting of workers. They, particularly the women, decided to supply food grains, pulse, vegetable, oil etc. every week to his family. This went on for full four years. On occasions they even had to go hungry. Rajnandgaon being a big Bidi centre, thousands of workers worked under ‘ghar-khata’ system under merchants. Majority of workers were women. Prakash and Madhavi led many memorable struggles. Prakash Roy organized motor vehicle drivers and also BNC Mill workers under red flag. In an incident, he lay before a truck, whose driver apologized for keeping the engine running with the intention of running over him. Intellectuals like Professor Gajanand Madhav Muktibodh, freedom fighter Kanhaiya Lal Agrawal, Dr. Nandulal Chotiya, Ramesh Yagnik, Advocate Atal Bihari Dubey, journalist Sharad Kothari and others gathered around Prakash Roy. Party became a strong political force in Rajnandgaon. In Dalli-Rajhara Bhilai Steel Plant and its captive iron ore mines at Dalli-Rajhara, situated near Rajnandgaon, had come up by then. Gen- eral secretary of AITUC S.A. Dange sent Prakash Roy to organise mining workers under AITUC. Prakash's colleagues included Bajirao Shende, Arjun Shyamkar, Ganesh Ram Yadav, Mahadev Bomble, Nasim Alam Naqvi and a few others. Prakash Roy organized 15,000 manual contract workers. 3000 regular employees also got enrolled in the new union registered in 1960 with the name Samyukta Khadan Mazdur Sangh (SKMS). Branches of union were opened in coal, lime stone, dolomite mines and also at Bailadila and Bacheli iron ore mines in Bastar under NMDC. Senior TU trade union leaders like S. K. Sanyal (Nagpur), S. D. Mukherjee and P. K. Thakur (Jabalpur), Krishna Modi (Balaghat) and Sudhir Mukherjee (Raipur) helped work in Dalli - Rajhara and elsewhere. Prakash also met CR Bakshi, who as student had been arrested during Tebhaga and sentenced for one and a half years. Prakash Roy initiated labour co-operatives at Dalli-Rajhara, Nandini Lime Stone Mines and Hirri Dolomite Mines. Ten thousand local workers under contractors were regularized as BSP employees. All this while, Prakash Roy did not disclose his past background. On December 7, 1961, CPI delegation of SA Dange, Bhupesh Gupta, EMS, Ajoy Ghosh and Sohan Singh Bhakna met Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru with a memorandum demanding withdrawal of cases against Prakash Roy and others. Large number of prisoners were released in various states on August 15, 1962. Warrant against Ashok Bose alias Prakash Roy was withdrawn by West Bengal Government. CPI put up Prakash Roy as a candidate for parliamentary election from Rajnandgaon constituency. He polled more than 40 thousand votes. In CPI leadership Prakash Roy was elected to National Council of CPI in 1971 (Cochin, 9th congress), and also in the Tenth Congress, Vijayawada, 1975. When Indira Gandhi government attacked workers’ rights during emergency, Prakash Roy gave a call for strike by workers in BSP mines and in Bhilai Steel Plant. Prakash Roy worked hard to build party in Madhya Pradesh along with state secretary L.S. Khandkar, Homi Daji, Shakir Ali Khan, Balkrishna Gupta and P.K. Thakur. Prakash organized regional Kisan Sabha Conference at Rajnandgaon, and also regional TU school. Ill health and brain hemorrhage prevented Prakash Roy from active work, yet he continued to participate in mass activities. Revisiting Tebhaga areas Prakash, Madhavi and son Amit visited Kakdwip, Chandanpiri and other places in 1973. They were warmly welcomed by villagers in large numbers. Madhavi Roy died on December 3, 1975. Prakash Roy's health deteriorated further. Even then, he attended Bhatinda Congress of CPI in 1978 and actively took part in the debates. He also attended the 12th Party Congress at Benaras. Prakash Roy wrote a brief autobiography after his wife's death. He attended a meeting in September 1983 against a decision of state government to divide the forest division. Despite illness, Prakash Roy went to address the public meeting called by the political parties. While speaking, he suffered massive heart attack. He was rushed to hospital, and died next day on September 3, 1983, at the age of 61. References 1922 births 1983 deaths Communist Party of India politicians from West Bengal Indian independence activists

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Subbarao%20Panigrahi

Subbarao Panigrahi

Subbarao Panigrahi (1933 ― 23 December 1969) was a Telugu revolutionary poet and leader of Srikakulam peasant uprising. Career Panigrahi was born in 1933 in a poor Odia Brahmin family at Sompeta of Srikakulam district in Andhra Pradesh. Initially, he worked as a priest in a local temple. Panigrahi wrote a number of songs, poems and dramas like Kalachakra, Vimukti, Kumkumrekha, Rikshawalla and Mrigajaal. He participated in Naxalbari uprising and joined the Communist Party of India (Marxist-Leninist). In 1969, Subbarao served the secretary of the Sompeta area committee of the party and also took charges to mobilised the people of Uddan and Paralakhemundi area. He organised the peasant movement in Srikakulam and Northern Andhra with two prominent Naxal leaders Vempatapu Satyanarayana and Adibhatla Kailasam. Panigrahi played a vital role in cultural wing of the party to form People's war in rural Andhra Pradesh. On 23 December 1969, he was killed in a police encounter near Andhra-Odisha border. Popular culture It is reported that Telugu action drama film Acharya is set on the uprising led by Panigrahi. References 1933 births 1969 deaths Indian communists Telugu politicians Telugu poets People from Srikakulam district Communist Party of India (Marxist–Leninist) politicians People shot dead by law enforcement officers in India

70188390

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grigory%20Yudin

Grigory Yudin

Grigory Borisovich Yudin, also known as Greg Yudin, is a Russian political scientist and sociologist. Yudin is an expert in public opinion and polling in Russia. He is columnist for the newspaper Vedomosti and the online magazine Republic, as well as the website Proekt. He has also written for Open Democracy. Life Yudin gained his BA and MA in sociology at the Higher School of Economics, Moscow. In 2012, he received a PhD in anthropology from the University of Manchester. He is a Senior Researcher in the Laboratory for Studies in Economic Sociology at the Higher School of Economics, and heads Russia's first MA program in political philosophy at the Moscow School for the Social and Economic Sciences. In early 2022, Yudin warned of a lack of political awareness amongst the Russian population about the Russo-Ukrainian crisis. On 22 February 2022, Yudin predicted that Putin was "about to start the most senseless war in history". After participating in protest against the Russian invasion of Ukraine on 24 February 2022, he was beaten unconscious by police and needed treatment at the Sklifosovsky Institute in central Moscow. Works (with Ivan Pavlyutkin) References External links Greg Yudin: From Democracy to Plebiscites. Why Voting Dominates our Democratic Imagination Year of birth missing (living people) Living people Russian political scientists Russian sociologists Russian columnists

70189645

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Halina%20Poon

Halina Poon

Halina Poon Suk-han () is a Hong Kong educational worker, currently serving as a member of the Election Committee, which is responsible for electing the Chief Executive. Education career Poon is the founding principal of Christian and Missionary Alliance Sun Kei Secondary School. She was promoted to the chairlady of the Hong Kong Subsidized Secondary Schools Council from vice-chair in 2016, and stepped down in 2020. A year later, Poon ran in the 2021 Election Committee Subsector elections as a pro-Beijing candidate from the newly formed Education Professional Alliance. She was elected with the highest vote amongst other candidates in the Education subsector. Poon is also the member of the Council of the City University of Hong Kong. She had previously served as the courtier of the University of Hong Kong until 2020, and sat in a number of commissions of the Hong Kong Government as members. Poon was awarded the Medal of Honour by HKSAR Government in 2007 in recognition of her enthusiastic participation in educational and social affairs. In February 2022, it is announced that Poon will become the principal of Guangzhou Nansha Minxin School for Hong Kong Children starting from September 2022. The primary-and-secondary school is headed by Leung Chun-ying, Hong Kong's former Chief Executive and vice-chairman of Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference. Political stance Poon was regarded as pro-Beijing after joining the establishment-leaning teacher's group Education Professional Alliance. The Election Committee is also described as skewing the pro-Beijing camp. During her tenure as Subsidized Secondary Schools Council chair, large-scale protests erupted in the city. Poon was criticised for not signing a petition for an independent commission of inquiry. She later supported an independent commission of inquiry but on the arrest of teenagers. In the speech, she called on the Hong Kong authorities to rescue the institutions and livelihood, and hoped the Chinese Government not to give up on Hong Kong. She also claimed the fear of China for suppressing freedom of speech stems from bandwagon effect. She had contacted the police after "Glory to Hong Kong", the iconic song during protests, was heard from near the school she led. References School principals and headteachers Hong Kong politicians

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jane%20Cakebread

Jane Cakebread

Jane Cakebread (1829/1830 – 17 December 1898) was a 19th-century British domestic worker and inebriate who, according to official records, was convicted 281 times for drunkenness. Nearly every court in London and its vicinity had a record of her conduct and acts. It was these records of continuous arrest and sentence that started England, her case focusing public attention on the ineffectiveness of the short-term imprisonment policy of dealing with drunkenness. The Inebriates Act 1898 was directly due to her and similar cases. Early life and education Jane Cakebread was born in Sawbridgeworth in the English county of Hertfordshire in 1827 or 1828. She was the eldest child of Susan and James Cakebread. Her father was a carter and carpenter from Clavering, Essex. Her father died at 71 years of age in 1852, and her mother at 62 years in 1863. The Cakebreads were a family of five sons and three daughters and she had very little schooling. Career Cakebread became what she called a "single-handed parlour maid". In 1861 she was employed by Charles Friend Hardy who worked at the London Stock Exchange. She memorised chapters of the Bible, including one from the Book of Job concerning the uncertainty of human life. While in service, it was said that her employers left her a legacy of . She did no work after that. If true, then she either wasted it or got robbed of it. Then began her life of inebriety and her first appearances in London police courts charged with being "drunk and disorderly". "Miss Cakebread", as she loved to call herself, or "Jane", as she was known on the streets, was molested and baited for sport by boys in the street. She was adopted by Thomas Holmes who was employed by the courts as their missionary. Street life For more than fifteen years, Cakebread was a familiar figure at Worship Street, Clerkenwell, and subsequently at North London police courts. Magistrates found her amusing and she was usually dealt with leniently. She said "it was quite a pleasure to appear before a Metropolitan Police Magistrate". She was happy to be "reported" and she enjoyed being known to local police officers. One of her joys was to read about herself being reported. She was a frequest visitor to Millbank Prison up to 1890. When Millbank closed, females were received into Holloway Prison. Philanthropists tried to improve her life style and she took advantage of it. During the great frost of 1895, for nine weeks, Cakebread slept out doors using a bed made from a bundle of sticks, and she washed in the River Lea. Lady Henry Somerset opened a Farm Colony and Children's Home at Duxhurst, Reigate in 1899 to rehabilitate alcoholics as part of the temperance movement. She brought Cakebread there to dry out, but Cakebread complained she was "buried alive". Lady Henry found Cakebread to be quarrelsome and spiteful, and she allowed her back to London after three months. Cakebread returned to sleeping on Stamford Hill, begging and inebriation. When she was arrested on January 21, 1896, she was remanded to Holloway Sanatorium where she was declared insane. Claybury Asylum On January 31, 1896, Cakebread, stated to be 62, but whose real age was older, was admitted into Claybury Asylum from the Hackney Workhouse, having been previously in Holloway Prison. While nominally a servant, was in reality a vagrant who had not been self-supporting for at least 30 years. She was found to be vague and disconnected, believing herself to be a "lady of high character," entitled to a fortune, a portion of which had been stolen from her. Her appearance was striking; her manner was at times gracious and condescending. She was physically well except for incipient cataract. She would promise to be well behaved and then suddenly become abusive, violent and threatening. Cakebread wrote letters about living in a beautiful country cottage, where the birds sang, the trees gave a shade, and the breeze blew. But as time went by, she became more noisy, more flagrantly untruthful, less and less amenable to discipline, and more inordinately fond of notice. She would put up her hair in curl-papers, decorate herself with bits of ribbon and lace to impress the doctors on their rounds. A desire for prominence amounting to a disease, she was wholly indifferent and indiscriminating as to the personality of her audience. It was accompanied by jealousy, distrust of the nurses, who she thought injured her, and by violent outbursts of anger when the praise for which she longed was not forthcoming. Believing herself a grand lady, she constituted herself a supervisor of the patients in the hospital, a conceit in which she was humored by the attendants. Despite her high opinion of herself, Cakebread had no selfconfidence. She depended almost entirely upon the opinions of others, and this was the cause of her lack of self-control, her fickleness and vacillation. She was considered by many eminently religious. She was absolutely untruthful, but this was due to defective memory, a pathological condition induced by alcohol. At the end of a year, she was unchanged in regard to the want of self-control. At the end of two years, there was no improvement. At the end of three years, she appeared to be more demented, and there was a total collapse. Cakebread died at Claybury Asylum, 17 December 1898, of heart failure and dropsy, with cirrhosis of the liver and kidneys. Notes References External links Jane Cakebread at ODNB 1830 births 1898 deaths Alcohol abuse in the United Kingdom 19th-century English women People from Hertfordshire (before 1965) English people with disabilities

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asad%20Noor

Asad Noor

Asaduzzaman Noor (born 08 August 1991 in Bangladesh) better known as Asad Noor, is an exiled Bangladeshi blogger, human rights defender, and online activist. Noor is known for advocating freedom of expression, LGBT rights, and criticizing religious fundamentalism in Bangladesh. He has been subject to multiple persecutions and charges filed by the Bangladeshi authorities for "offensive comments about Islam". He is accused of "spreading rumors and defaming Islam on Facebook." He fled the country in discreet in February 2019, and is reported to living in India. Life Noor was born on 08 August 1991 in the Muksudpur Upazila of the Gopalganj district in Bangladesh. He began his blogging career in 2013, being involved in solidarity with the Shahbag movements. He began receiving death threats from fundamentalists from 2015, regarding his online activism. On 26 December 2017, Noor was arrested at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport in Dhaka, in response to a lawsuit filed by an Islamic religious clergy for sharing content on social media that hurt "religious sentiments." He was later charged with defamation of religion under the 2013 Information and Communication Technology (ICT) Act on 11 January 2018. He was released on bail on 16 August 2018. He was captured by the military intelligence on 11 September of that same year, as an Islamic Advocacy group of madrassah teachers and students urged for his imprisonment. On 13 July 2020, Noor published several video blogs condemning the intimidation of Bangladesh's minority Buddhist community in Rangunia Upazila of the Chittagong District. Consequently, a local Awami League leader filed a lawsuit against Noor on July 14 2020 under the Digital Security Act, with the charges of "hurting religious sentiments" and "running propaganda against the spirit of the liberation war." One of Noor's video blogs presented the alleged vandalism of an under-construction Buddhist statue of a Buddhist monastery in Rangunia. Noor claimed the attackers were backed by forest officials and the local AL MP, because they conspired to banish the monks from the area. Following Noor's release of his videos, local Islamic groups protested against the blogger and accused him of undermining religious harmony between Muslims and Buddhists. On July 18, 2020, Noor's family members, including his elderly parents were detained by the police for 48 hours. Reactions Upon his arrest by the Bangladeshi authorities in 2017, PEN America urged for his immediate release from prison. In remarks to his family's detention, Amnesty International’s South Asia Researcher Sultan Mohammed Zakaria stated “The harassment of Asad’s family is not an isolated incident. It is part of a worrying pattern targeting families of human rights defenders in exile.” Regarding his persecutions by the Bangladeshi authorities, the United Nations special Rapporteur on Freedom of Religion Mr.Ahmed Shaheed said “We express grave concern at the alleged persecution and prosecution of Mr. Noor, for the exercise of his human rights to freedom of thought, conscience, religion or belief, opinion and expression.” In August 2020, Humanist International urged the Bangladesh police to drop all the charges against Noor. In 2021, during a General Debate at the 46th Session of the United Nations Human Rights Council, Humanists International's Advocacy Officer Lillie Ashworth raised the issue of Asad Noor's persecution and demanded justice for him. She also expressed her concerns about the detention of Noor’s family members by Bangladeshi law enforcement agencies, and urged Bangladeshi authorities to practice its "moral and legal obligation" to protect the "rights of human rights activists." References Living people 1991 births Bangladeshi atheists Bangladeshi bloggers Bangladeshi emigrants to Germany Bangladeshi secularists Bangladeshi humanists Bangladeshi former Muslims Former Muslim critics of Islam Attacks on secularists in Bangladesh

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Otto%20Winkelmann

Otto Winkelmann

Otto Winkelmann (4 September 1894 - 24 September 1977) was a German police official and SS-Obergruppenführer who served as the Higher SS and Police Leader (HSSPF) in Hungary during the deportation and extermination of Hungarian Jews. Early life Otto Winkelmann was born in Bordesholm the son of the city administrative director. After volksschule in Bordelsholm and secondary school in Kiel, he entered the University of Kiel to study law in 1914. However, he dropped out of school to enlist in the Imperial German Army on the outbreak of the First World War in August 1914. He served on the western front with Reserve Infantry Regiment 64. He applied for a commission and became a Leutnant in August 1915. Transferring to Infantry Regiment 58, he served with that unit until the armistice, being wounded several times and earning the Iron Cross, first and 2nd class. He remained in the army and became a member of the Freikorps. He fought in the Ruhr and in Silesia until November 1919. He was discharged from the army on 31 January 1920 with the rank of Oberleutnant after joining the Prussian uniformed police as a police lieutenant. Career with the police and SS Winkelmann was assigned to police duty in Düsseldorf where he became involved in anti-French activities during the occupation of the Ruhr. In May 1923, he was promoted to police captain, but in December 1923, he was sentenced to a one-year jail term and fined 500 Reichsmarks by a French military court for his involvement in separatist actions. However, in March 1924 he was released and transferred to police duty in Altona, where he remained for two years before transferring back to Düsseldorf in June 1926. In February 1930 he became Director of Police in Görlitz, Saxony. There he joined the Nazi Party on 1 November 1932. Winkelmann's next important career move came in November 1937 when he was posted to the Hauptamt (Main Office) of the Ordnungspolizei (Orpo) located in Berlin. On 1 July 1938, he joined the SS (SS No. 308,238) in the rank of SS-Sturmbannführer. Over the next few years, he advanced steadily in rank, being promoted to SS-Gruppenführer and Generalleutnant of Police in November 1942. From August 1942, he headed the Command Office in Orpo, and functioned as deputy to Orpo Chief Kurt Daluege. He continued in this position until 19 March 1944 when, as a recently promoted SS-Obergruppenführer and General of Police, he was named to the newly created position of Higher SS and Police Leader for Hungary. During Winkelmann's tenure in Hungary, in an operation directed by Adolf Eichmann, over 437,000 Hungarian Jews were deported between May and July 1944, most all of whom perished in the Nazi extermination camp at Auschwitz. After the Hungarian government of Miklós Horthy began negotiations to sue for peace, Winkelmann, along with Edmund Veesenmayer the German Plenipotentiary to Hungary, immediately acted to remove the Horthy regime and install the Arrow Cross puppet government on 15 October 1944. On December 1, 1944, Winkelmann was made a General of the Waffen-SS. Adolf Hitler declared Budapest to be a fortress city and appointed Winkelmann as city commandant. The siege of Budapest lasted until the city's fall to the Red Army on 13 February 1945, and Winkelmann retreated into Austria where he took up the position of commander of all police on 1 March. For his services in Budapest, Winkelmann was awarded the Knight's Cross of the War Merit Cross. Post-war life On 1 May 1945, Winkelmann was captured by American forces and interned at Camp King. He was temporarily transferred to Hungary on 27 October 1945 to testify at war crimes trials of members of the Arrow Cross government. The Hungarian government applied for the extradition of Winkelmann, intending to try him also as a war criminal in Hungary. However, after lengthy negotiations, the American authorities denied the request. On 1 September 1948, Winkelmann was allowed to return to Germany, where he was released. Winkelmann took up residence in his hometown of Bordesholm, later moving to Großharrie and then to Kiel. In April 1955 he was elected to the municipal council of Kiel. In May 1961 he provided a written deposition in Germany to provide evidence in the Eichmann trial being held in Israel. In this document, he denied all culpability for the deportation and murder of Hungarian Jews, testifying that Eichmann did not receive orders from him, but directly from the Reich Security Main Office (RSHA) in the matter of the Final Solution. Winkelmann subsequently served as President of the Association of Retired Police Officers. He retired in 1964 and was awarded the pension of a General of Police. This generated controversy, as did the fact that he never stood trial for any role he may have played in the Hungarian holocaust. References Sources External link Testimony of Otto Winkelmann in the Eichmann trial in the Nizkor Project 1894 births 1977 deaths German police chiefs Holocaust perpetrators in Hungary People from Rendsburg-Eckernförde Recipients of the Iron Cross (1914), 1st class Recipients of the Iron Cross (1914), 2nd class Recipients of the Knights Cross of the War Merit Cross Reichswehr personnel SS and Police Leaders SS-Obergruppenführer 20th-century Freikorps personnel

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The%20Water%20Thief%20%282012%20novel%29

The Water Thief (2012 novel)

The Water Thief is a 2012 mundane science fiction novel by American writer and philosopher Nicholas Lamar Soutter about a hyper-capitalist future in which "corporations own everything, even the air we breathe". Plot Charles Thatcher is a typical citizen in a future hyper-capitalist society. He is the property of Ackerman Brothers Securities Corporation and in this society, every commodity, even air, is sold on the market. The population is kept under control with horrific punishments delivered by a corrupt, profit-driven police service. Given that turning in thieves of resources is inventivized with the profit motive, when Charles sees a woman steal rainwater (which is corporation property), his first thought is to call the police. Hoping to secure a larger reward, he tells authorities that she is not only a water thief; he claims she is a revolution-minded militant who is agitating for the return of the ancient system known as “government.” She disappears, and he realizes that his creative editorializing in his report may have in fact been true. As he connects with the underground resistance, he learns more about the hyper-capitalist nature of the ruling corporations. At the same time, he even starts to wonder if the lure of profit is tempting the revolutionaries. Writing process After reading Ayn Rand's libertarian-themed novel Atlas Shrugged, which he found to be "quite flawed". Soutter decided to rebut Rand's arguments from Atlas Shrugged by writing a novel, The Water Thief which is about a future in which "corporations own everything, even the air we breathe". Reception In 2012 The Water Thief won a Kirkus Star from Kirkus Reviews. Kirkus Reviews called his work “[p]rofound...[and] sure to spark a reaction" and said he was "scathing, [and] ceaselessly engaging”. In 2013, the host of Blog Talk Radio, Susan Wingate, called the work a "thought-provoking novel". The 2016 edition of SFX (#277, September) calls The Water Thief an example of mundane science fiction, making the specific claim that the novel should be categorized as "Mundane SF future-history". Martha Sorren of Truthout states that Soutter "does an excellent job of building of this dystopian world and expertly connecting it to the flaws of our society today, making it easy for the reader to believe our government could morph into this corporate conglomerate if we aren’t careful." References 2012 American novels 2012 science fiction novels American political novels American philosophical novels American science fiction novels Books about capitalism Dystopian novels English-language books Libertarian science fiction books Philosophical novels

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prosecution%20of%20Offences%20Act%201879

Prosecution of Offences Act 1879

The Prosecution of Offences Act 1879 was a United Kingdom Act of Parliament passed in 1879. It established the role of Director of Public Prosecutions at a maximum annual salary of £2000, reporting to the Attorney General, with up to six assistants. Both Director and assistants had to be barristers or solicitors of the Supreme Court of Judicature with a minimum of ten (Director) or seven (assistants) years' experience, but were not allowed to practice outside their roles as assistants or Director. The Director's role was to "institute, undertake, or carry on ... similar [criminal] proceedings" at Crown Courts and before magistrates, Justices of the Peace and sessions of oyer and terminer, as well as advising those involved in such proceedings, such as court clerks and head police officers. It also provided for the Director to force a prosecution if others failed or refused to do so. References United Kingdom Acts of Parliament 1879 Prosecution services of the United Kingdom

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Love%20on%20a%20Leash%20%28film%29

Love on a Leash (film)

Love on a Leash is a 2011 film. It was produced by Fenix Pictures and Indie Crush, and directed by Fen (Jennifer) Tian. It follows a dog on his quest to become human again, but the only way he can become human again is to find true love. It stars Stephen Kramer Glickman, Jana Camp, Aneese Khamo, Michaelina Lee, and Gloria Winship Ayon. It was panned by critics, however in the years since, the film has garnered a cult following after it was reviewed by YouTuber Ralphthemoviemaker. It is infamous for having no music in the entire movie. Plot A man named Alvin Flang has been cursed by a lake, and must find true love in order to become human again. He then meets comes into the care of Lisa, a young woman who will not date. Lisa has two relationships, however both end as the first one ends in a confession that he is gay, and the second when he tries to rape her. Alvin rescues her from the man, and she dubs him "Prince." Lisa, now stressed, overdoses. Prince brings the police to her and she conesses she loves him, turning him into the human form of Prince. They soon learn, howeer, that Prince becomes dog by day and human by night. To earn money, Prince stars in some ads. However, Lisa finds out, and is furious. Lisa's mother's friend and mother both invite Lisa to dinner to meet Prince. They both pressure Lisa into meeting Lisa at the courthouse at 10 the next day to get married. Prince does not show up, because he is a dog, and Lisa's mother goes into cardiac arrest. Lisa goes to her new boss's house for dinner with Prince, but he turns into a dog in front of everyone. Lisa becomes furious at Prince, and he runs away in shame. Lisa realizes she loves Prince, and Prince comes back. However, just before they meet, he is hit by a car and dies. Years later, Prince is reincarnated. He meets with Lisa again, and the two of them get married. Cast Jana Camp as Lisa Stephen Kramer Glickman as Alvin Flang/Prince (dog voice-over) Aneese Khamo as Alvin Flang/Prince (human) Gloria Winship Ayon as Lisa's Mother Michaelina Lee as Friend Additionally, Shane Ayon is a Store Owner Production According to cast member Steven Kramer Glickman, he was paid with wontons and canteloupes by direction Fen Tian.Tian had apparently also got the money to create the movie from a Chinese Church, thinking it would be a religious film. When seeing the final product, they requested their name be removed. Glickman also sang at random times in the film, assured by Tian that music would be filled in in post-production. However, due to copyright issues, Tian was unable to put music in the film. As a result, there is not music in the film whatsoever. The editor of the movie also requested his name be removed from the film following viewing it. As of February 2022, the identity of the editor has not been revealed to the public. Reception and Legacy Love on a Leash was negatively received by critics. Mitch Ringenberg of the Midwest Film Journal criticized the audio, explaining, "Throughout the runtime, it sounds like he’s either reading his lines from across the room or simply deep-throating the mic to get as close as possible." He ended his review stating, "It goes so far down the rabbit hole of unwatchability that it emerges on the other side as something entirely new." Sujay Utkarsh of The Tartan also criticized the coherency, saying "This is far and away the most confusing thing I’ve ever seen." In early 2018, YouTuber Ralphthemoviemaker reviewed the film and told his followers to give it a 10/10 on IMDb. This resulted in Love on a Leash becoming the highest rated film on IMDb and the subsequent banning of his account. He then moved to Letterboxd, where it remains the most controversial film on the site. References

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prosecution%20of%20Offences%20Act%201884

Prosecution of Offences Act 1884

The Prosecution of Offences Act 1884 was an act of the United Kingdom Parliament. Its main purpose was to modify the original Prosecution of Offences Act 1879, merging the roles of Director of Public Prosecutions and Treasury Solicitor (Section 2), though it also put in place a requirement for Commissioners and Assistant Commissioners and District Superintendents of the Metropolitan Police, Commissioners of the City of London Police, Chief Constables and the heads of every other county, city and borough police forces in England to report to the Director (Sections 3–4). Its Section 2 was itself repealed by the Prosecution of Offences Act 1908, again splitting the two roles. References Prosecution services of the United Kingdom United Kingdom Acts of Parliament 1884

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aaron%20Grabau

Aaron Grabau

Aaron Grabau (born 8 February 1978) is an Australian former professional basketball player. He played 14 seasons for the Cairns Taipans of the National Basketball League (NBL). Grabau was born in Melbourne, Victoria. He made his NBL debut as an 18-year-old with the Geelong Supercats in the 1996 season. He joined the Cairns Taipans in 1999. Grabau retired in 2013 as the Taipans all-time leader in rebounds, steals and games played. His number 8 was retired by the team in 2019. At a state level, Grabau played for the Dandenong Rangers in 1996 and Mackay Meteors in 1997. In 1998, he joined the Cairns Marlins and won the state and national championships during his first season. Grabau won state championships with the Marlins in 2001, 2004, 2007 and 2009. Grabau works as a constable with the Queensland Police Service. References 1978 births Australian men's basketball players Basketball players from Melbourne Cairns Taipans players Geelong Supercats players Guards (basketball) Queensland police officers

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A.%20T.%20Ahmedul%20Huq%20Chowdhury

A. T. Ahmedul Huq Chowdhury

A. T. Ahmedul Huq Chowdhury is a former Chairperson of Bangladesh Public Service Commission. He is a retired Additional Inspector General of Bangladesh Police. Career In November 2001, Chowdhury was the chief of the Criminal Investigation Department. On 13 November 2001, he was made an officer on special duty and removed from his post after the Bangladesh Nationalist Party government came to power replacing the Awami League government. Chowdhury joined the Public Service Commission on 23 June 2009. He had been serving in Bangladesh Police as an Additional Inspector General. Chowdhury was appointed Chairman of the Bangladesh Public Service Commission in November 2011. During his tenure, the commission canceled results of the 34th Bangladesh Civil Service preliminary exam and announced a new result without the usage of quota. This faced criticism from the indigenous communities whose candidates names were dropped from the revised list. In January 2012, he served in the search committee for the Bangladesh Election Commission. The search committee appointed Kazi Rakibuddin Ahmad Chief Election Commissioner of Bangladesh. In December 2013, Ikram Ahmed succeeded Chowdhury as Chairman of the Bangladesh Public Service Commission. Chowdhury is a Trustee Board member of Hamdard Laboratories (WAQF) Bangladesh. He is the chairperson of the disciplinary committee of Hamdard University Bangladesh. References Living people Bangladeshi civil servants Bangladeshi police officers

70197133

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eve%27s%20Ribs

Eve's Ribs

Eve's Ribs () is an annual feminist festival and collective in Saint Petersburg. The festival's coordinator is the theatre director and activist Vera Boitcova. The collective also maintains a center, hosting lectures, exhibitions and other themed evenings throughout the year. In 2019 police turned up at the festival, after a commplaint by anti-gay activist Timur Bulatov, and insisted on monitoring the presence of minors at the festival. The Eve's Rib building hosts a women-only coworking space throughout the day. The collective has also published two books of fairytales, 'Fairytales for Girls'. References External links Women of Eve's Ribs Feminist organizations in Russia Feminism and the arts Festivals in Saint Petersburg

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mario%20Paciolla

Mario Paciolla

Mario Paciolla, born Mario Carmine Paciolla (Naples - March 28, 1987 – San Vicente del Caguán - July 15, 2020), was an Italian journalist, activist and official, who died in strange circumstances during the exercise of his duties as United Nations Field Officer. Career Graduated in Political Science at the Università degli Studi di Napoli "L'Orientale" in 2014, he moved to Colombia in 2016. For two years he worked as a volunteer in the Peace Brigades International, a Canadian non-governmental organization for the protection of Human Rights. In 2018 the collaboration with the United Nations began to verify the correct conduct of the peace agreements between the Government and the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia. On July 15, 2020, he was found lifeless in his home in San Vicente del Caguán. Since the news of the death, the reason was unclear. Found hanged with a sheet, the death was initially classified as suicide. Following a general mobilization and new elements, the Colombian authorities begin the investigation of four policemen, accused of having allowed United Nations officials to take personal belongings of the victim. The Rome prosecutor's office also opens an investigation to clarify the cause of death, of the Italian activist. Paciolla case is followed by the lawyer Alessandra Ballerini, the same lawyer of the Murder of Giulio Regeni. Note Collegamenti esterni 1987 births 2020 deaths People from Naples Italian activists Italian journalists

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/K%C5%8Dnoike%20Shinden

Kōnoike Shinden

The was a new land development undertaken by a wealthy Osaka merchant, Konoike Zen'emon in mid-Edo Period Japan. It was located in central Kawachi Province in what is now part of the city of Higashiōsaka, Osaka Prefecture, Japan. The well-preserved buildings of the management office of the settlement were designated a National Historic Site of Japan in 1976. Overview In 1704, the Tokugawa shogunate completed a large-scale flood control project which diverted the course of the Yamato River and drained a large lake in what is now the northern portion of Higashiosaka. This resulted in a large tract of land becoming available for paddy fields. A wealthy Osaka merchant, the Konoike family, won a bid for development rights over a 119 hectare area, and settled farmers from afar away as Ise Province on these new lands. The main place of residence for settlers was named Konoikehonmachi, which had many waterways, as the settlers used boats for transportation of the harvested rice to the central warehouse. With the establishment of the modern municipalities system in 1889, the area became part of the village of Kitae in Nakakawachi District Osaka. After World War II, a large portion of the area was transformed into a residential area; however, the 13th generation of the original settlers still farm a portion of the land. The was completed in 1707 as the management office of the settlement. The office was responsible for the maintenance and repair of fields, waterways, and bridges, collecting taxes and tenant's fees, official registration of households, pensions for the elderly, and providing police and other public services. It was located in a trapezoidal area surrounded by moats and a wall, and contained five buildings: the main office, Warehouses, Library, Granary and Tool Shed. All of these buildings have survived in good condition, and were designated as a National Important Cultural Properties in 1980. They are currently owned and managed by Higashiosaka City and were opened to the public as a museum in 1997. It is about a five-minute walk from Konoikeshinden Station on the JR West Katamachi Line. Gallery See also List of Historic Sites of Japan (Osaka) References External links Official home page Higashiōsaka home page Osaka Tourist information Higashiōsaka Kawachi Province Edo period Historic Sites of Japan Important Cultural Properties of Japan

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2022%20Ukrainian%20refugee%20crisis

2022 Ukrainian refugee crisis

The 2022 Ukrainian refugee crisis is a large movement of people from Ukraine during the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine. It began with the initial invasion of Russian troops on 24 February 2022. Even before the invasion, several European countries were preparing to take in refugees. Hundreds of thousands fled in the first few days after the attack. Most have found refuge in neighboring countries west of Ukraine: Poland, Hungary, Moldova, Romania and Slovakia. Many of those affected are seeking refuge in the homes of relatives who live abroad. The European Union and individual countries have announced that they will be open to Ukrainians so that refugees do not have to go through an asylum procedure. Railroad companies in several states such as Poland and Germany allow Ukrainian refugees to travel by train free of charge. Legal Officials of the European Union and individual states have discussed invoking the Temporary Protection Directive for the first time in its history so that the refugees do not have to go through the standard European Union asylum procedure. Railway companies in several countries, including Germany and Austria, are allowing Ukrainian refugees to travel by train for free. Numbers Figures on people fleeing Ukraine can change rapidly and are often only estimates. Travels from country to country are not necessarily registered officially. Ukrainians can travel to some countries in Europe without a visa. They may be allowed to stay in the country for an extended period, such as 90 days, without special permission. Elsewhere, they must apply for asylum. Moreover, crossing the border into a country does not mean that people will stay in that country (permanently). The United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs estimated on 27 February that there will be 7.5 million domestic refugees in two months in Ukraine. 18 million people are affected by the conflict and 12 million people will need health help. Up to four million people are fleeing before the war. At the United Nations Refugee Conference, on Sunday, 27 February 2022 it was announced that since the war over 368,000 people from Ukraine have fled. With more than 600,000 refugees believed to have fled Ukraine to neighboring countries as of 1 March 2022, the United Nations Refugee Agency (UNHCR) feared the situation could degenerate into "Europe's largest refugee crisis this century". Accommodations and aid The co-founder of Airbnb and two other officials sent letters to European leaders of nations that share a border with Ukraine offering the companies support in housing refugees temporarily. The scheme would be funded by donations made through the sites Refugee Fund and with support of hosts on the platform. Organizations such as UNICEF, the United Nations Refugee Agency, International Rescue Committee, United Ukrainian American Relief Committee and others began accepting monetary donations for helping refugees and those affected by the crisis. Others such as the Kyiv Independent began GoFundMe campaigns to raise money for specific causes or calls for physical items to be donated by an individual. Countries Belgium Belgian State Secretary for Asylum and Migration Sammy Mahdi said on February 25, 2022, that Belgium stands in solidarity with Poland and Hungary. However, he called for Europe to coordinate the reception. Two days later, Development Minister Meryame Kitir announced that three million euros will be allocated for additional humanitarian aid to Ukraine. Netherlands Due to previous visa regulations with Ukraine, Ukrainians in search of safety can easily take the plane to the Netherlands and stay for three months. During this time, they basically have to find their own accommodation. Asylum centers are already "overcrowded." Moreover, Ukraine is still considered a safe country of origin, Petra Vissers summarized the legal situation on February 25. A further disadvantage for those affected, she said, is that life in the asylum center entails restrictions: there is an obligation to register, people cannot cook for themselves, and it is often difficult for children to attend school. State Secretary for Migration Eric van der Burg said that the principle had always been emphasized that refugees should be received in their own region, if possible. "Now Europe is the region." At the time, 27 February, fewer than 50 refugees had arrived in the Netherlands from Ukraine. Poland As early as February 15, Poland was expecting a possible Russian attack. The government asked communities to prepare for up to a million refugees. As of February 27, it was reported that more than 280,000 refugees had crossed the border into Poland. At the border crossing, non-European students from Ukrainian universities complained about "racist" unequal treatment. Romania Romanian media report that the first Ukrainians have reached the country. Romania can receive 500,000 refugees if necessary, Romanian Defense Minister Vasile Dîncu had announced on 22 February, 2022. Two days later the first refugees have arrived. France France "will take its part" in welcoming Ukrainian refugees: this announcement by Emmanuel Macron on Friday February 25, relayed by the mayors of metropolises and communities, was welcomed by associations of aid to migrants, even if they believe it is too early to assess needs. Latvia On 24 February, the Government of Latvia approved a contingency plan to receive and accommodate approximately 10,000 refugees from Ukraine, and two days later the first refugees, assisted by the Latvian Samaritan Association, began arriving. Several non-governmental organizations, municipalities, schools and institutions also pledged to provide accommodation. On 27 February, around 20 volunteer professional drivers departed to Lublin with donated supplies, bringing Ukrainian refugees to Latvia on their way back. Slovakia Since Saturday, February 26, 2022 at 6 a.m., the Slovakian police counted 12,400 refugees at the three border crossings with Ukraine. Passports were not required, anyone at the three border crossings is allowed to enter. About half came via Vyšné Nemecké. A day later, around 900 vehicles, nine buses and around 1,000 pedestrians are waiting in the afternoon. The waiting time is up to ten hours. Switzerland It is already possible for a Ukrainian citizen (with a biometric passport) to enter Switzerland without a visa. The length of stay is three months. Justice Minister Karin Keller-Sutter declared on 28 February that in future refugees without passports would be welcome too. Residence should no longer be limited in time. The federal government and the cantons will quickly provide accomodation for nine thousand people for refugees. According to SRF, all political parties are in favour of a quick admission of Ukrainian refugees. Non-native Ukrainian population Claims of unequal treatment by border guards and other authorities by non-native Ukrainian refugees were raised a few days into the crisis. Many foreigners claim to have been forced to the back of queues, with some alleging being beaten and clothing being torn by guards, however this is not a situation seen by all. The Polish border police said that it helps all people fleeing Ukraine. Nationality does not matter. It is not true that Africans are being turned back for racist reasons. Representatives of Ghana and Somalia said they had no information about problems of their compatriots from Ukraine. The African Union, on the other hand, complained about related reports and called attempts to prevent Africans from crossing the border racist and not in line with international law. References 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine 2022 in Hungary 2022 in Moldova 2022 in Poland 2022 in Romania 2022 in Slovakia 2022 in Ukraine