Anthony DeStefano (born 1965) is an American author of Christian books for adults and children.

DeStefano’s first book, A Travel Guide to Heaven, was published in 18 countries. His second book, Ten Prayers God Always Says Yes To, was endorsed by the National Day of Prayer Task Force.

Writing in World magazine, Gene Edward Veith said: "DeStefano is a Roman Catholic…but he tries to stick to what all Christians would affirm, with nearly as many evangelical sources in his bibliography as Catholic ones." Regarding DeStefano's children's books, Maura Grunlund, writing in the Staten Island Advance, said: "Weak characters who find strength are a favorite theme of the author, who explored the concept in his first children's book, Little Star."

In 2015, DeStefano hosted a 5-part miniseries called: A Travel Guide to Heaven, based on his book of that title, on the Eternal Word Television Network (EWTN).

Books
A Travel Guide to Heaven, Doubleday, 2003.
Ten Prayers God Always Says Yes To: Divine Answers to Life’s Most Difficult Problems, Image, 2007.
Angels All Around Us: A Sightseeing Guide to the Invisible World, Image, 2011.
A Travel Guide to Life: Transforming Yourself from Head to Soul, Faith Words, 2014.
Inside the Atheist Mind: Unmasking the Religion of Those Who Say There is No God, Thomas Nelson, 2019.
Hell: A Guide, Thomas Nelson, 2020.
Little Star, Harvest House, 2013.
This Little Prayer of Mine, Harvest House, 2014.
A Travel Guide to Heaven for Kids, Harvest House, 2013.
The Sheep That No One Could Find, Harvest House, 2014.
The Puppy That No One Wanted, Servant Books, 2015.
Roxy the Ritzy Camel, Harvest House, 2016.
The Miracle of the Bread, the Fish and the Boy, Harvest House, 2018.
The Seed Who Was Afraid to Be Planted, Sophia Institute Press, 2019.
The Grumpy Old Ox, Sophia Institute Press, 2020.
Our Lady’s Wardrobe, Sophia Institute Press, 2020.
Our Lady’s Picture Book, Sophia Institute Press, 2021.
I Just Can’t Take it Anymore! Encouragement When Life Gets You Down, Harvest House, 2012.
Ok I Admit it, I’m Afraid: Finding the Courage to Overcome Life’s Problems, Harvest House, 2015.
The Love Book: A Simple Guide to the Most Abused, Confused, and Misused Word in the English Language, Harvest House, 2016.
Why Am I Here Anyway? The Simple Answer to Life’s Biggest Question, Harvest House, 2017.
All This and Heaven Too! Thanking God for the Gift of Life, Harvest House, 2019.

References

External links

Official website

1965 births
Living people
American children's writers
American Roman Catholics
People of the Civil Air Patrol
St. John's University (New York City) alumni


Ransomes Industrial Estate, also known as Ransomes Europark is combined retail and business park located in Priory Heath Ward, Ipswich, on the southeastern edge of Ipswich in Suffolk, UK. It takes its name from Ransomes, Sims & Jefferies, which still maintains a presence on the park.

Predominantly the park consists of light industrial and logistics companies, although there is a growing number of retailers and offices including the head office for KDM International and MSC UK.

 it was announced that IKEA are in talks to take on part of the estate occupied by Crane Fluid Systems for a new store.

References

Buildings and structures in Ipswich
Business parks of England
Industrial parks in the United Kingdom


Hyagnis may refer to:

Hyagnis (beetle), a genus of insects in the family Cerambycidae
Hyagnis (mythology), a Phrygian musician


Davenescourt (Picard: Davnécourt ) is a commune in the Somme department in Hauts-de-France in northern France.

Geography
Davenescourt is situated on the D160 and D41 road junction, on the banks of the Avre, surrounded by lakes, some  southeast of Amiens.

Population

Places of interest
Chateau of Davenescourt

See also
Communes of the Somme department

References

Communes of Somme (department)


Griselda Rosa de las Mercedes Tessio (born 1946 in Esperanza, Santa Fe) is the Vice-Governor of the Argentine province of Santa Fe since 11 December 2007. Formerly a federal prosecutor based on Santa Fe City, she accompanied Governor Hermes Binner's candidacy within the Progressive, Civic and Social Front on 2 September 2007 elections.

Tessio is the daughter of Aldo Tessio, the last governor of Santa Fe who belonged to the Radical Civic Union. She is a lawyer, Licentiate in Education Sciences, criminologist, and university professor.
 She has been married twice, and has four children.

Tessio was affiliated to the Radical Civic Union until 1984, when President Raúl Alfonsín appointed her a federal prosecutor. She directed the unit that the General Attorney of the Nation assigned to investigate the human rights abuses of the last military dictatorship (1976–1983, known as the National Reorganization Process). In 2005–2006, as the laws (Ley de Obediencia Debida, Ley de Punto Final) protecting the security forces from trial for crimes during the dictatorship were repealed, she continued this work. Her investigations helped find the corpses of fifteen "disappeared" people in the cemetery of Santa Fe, and shed light on crimes committed under the command of Provincial Police Chief Agustín Feced in Rosario. She received multiple threats on account of these investigations.

She had no party affiliations at the time of the 2007 election, and resigned from the judiciary in February 2007, before the beginning of the campaign.

Tessio reminisced about her father when she accepted the nomination, talking about his ethical commitment: "I want to bring forth his memory because he was the one who taught me to be what I am and to believe in those old good truths which haven't been lost to us through postmodernity, globalization, injustice or the frivolization of politics."

Tessio was chosen to be a candidate as part of an agreement between the main members of his party front, the Socialists and the Radicals. Although a faction of the Radical Civic Union initially fought to select a party affiliate, governor candidate Hermes Binner insisted, first, that his running mate should be a woman, if possible from the provincial capital, and then named her directly. Tessio also fulfilled the condition of being from the north of the province, to balance given Binner's perceived link to the interests of the wealthier, more populated south (as Binner had been twice the mayor of Rosario).

References

Radical Civic Union politicians
Political office-holders in Argentina
People from Santa Fe, Argentina
21st-century Argentine women politicians
21st-century Argentine politicians
1946 births
Living people
Vice Governors of Santa Fe Province


North Heath is a hamlet in the Horsham District of West Sussex, England. It lies just off the A29 road 1.9 miles (3 km) north of Pulborough.

The Brinsbury Campus of Chichester College occupies 250 hectares with a working farm and horticultural and equestrian teaching facilities.

References

External links

Horsham District
Villages in West Sussex


Panteg () is a large village and community in the county borough of Torfaen, Wales. It is adjacent to Griffithstown, between the towns of Cwmbran and Pontypool. The village is best known for Panteg Steel Works, which closed in 2004.

Prior to 1935 Panteg was also an urban district.  It had a population of 11,499 in 1931.  It was amalgamated into Pontypool in 1935. It is now a community and electoral ward of Torfaen.

Notable people
See :Category:People from Panteg

Edwin Stevens inventor and philanthropist
Herbert Armitage James, who was Headmaster of Rugby School and later President of St John's College, Oxford, grew up in Panteg and is commemorated by a memorial in the parish church, where his father was rector from 1856 to 1871.
Edward Thomas Chapman, winner of the Victoria Cross in the Second World War is buried in Panteg cemetery which is located a few miles from St Mary's church.
Ian Gough, Ryan Powell and Lloyd Burns, Wales rugby union international players.
Steve Parry, avant-garde guitarist and founder of Hwyl Nofio was born and lived in Panteg.

See also

 County Hospital, often referred to as Panteg Hospital
 Panteg cemetery
 Panteg and Griffithstown railway station

References

Villages in Torfaen
Communities in Torfaen
Electoral wards of Torfaen


Kyriacos C. Markides (born November 19, 1942) is a Greek Cypriot sociologist based in the United States.

He teaches at the University of Maine and has written several books on Christian mysticism.

Work
Born in Nicosia, in his early books he explored first a circle of healers on Cyprus surrounding "Daskalos" (a pseudonym for Stylianos Atteshlis ), who combined some Christian beliefs with shamanistic practices, and latterly mystical Christianity through his association with a charismatic elder, Father Maximos, a former monk from Mount Athos, and a close disciple when on Athos of the great 20th-century Greek saint, Paisios of Mount Athos. (Maximos is, apparently, Markides' pseudonym for a Cypriot bishop, namely Metropolitan Athanasios of Limassol.) Markides essentially returned to his Orthodox Christian roots of childhood, centering his latter books around conversations with Fr Maximos when he got posted to Cyprus to be an Abbot, and then later to be Bishop and Metropolitan. Markides visited him there many times, and also returns to Mt Athos, the great monastic centre of North Greece where 2,500 monks reside.  Markides has also given lectures and workshops around the United States, Canada and other countries as well as appearing on US television and being interviewed by radio stations, newspapers and magazines. There is a fairly wide-ranging interview in two parts with Kevin Allen of Ancient Faith Radio available online  as an audio download or transcript.  Dr. Markides also spoke for the San Antonio, Texas-based South Texas Geriatric Education Center (STGEC) in 2000.

In his earlier books Markides seems content to see any psychic phenomenon as of interest and value in itself and is also quick to draw (apparent) parallels between different religions or to gesture towards "the perennial philosophy".  However, he has gradually moved away from these assumptions.  Speaking to Kevin Allen he avers "... it was a revelation to me that there might be something over and beyond the physical material universe. So, that was the starting point. Then, of course, I realized that there are grey areas and there are problematic kinds of phenomena [that not all] are good, necessarily."  It is not clear where Markides stands on some of these issues now.

In addition Markides has written a book about the political sociology of the Cyprus problem.

Personal life
Markides lives in the Stillwater neighborhood of Old Town, Maine, with his wife, Emily, whom he describes in his books an eco-feminist and peace activist.

Books
 The Rise and Fall of the Cyprus Republic, Yale University Press, 1977,
The Magus of Strovolos (1985)
 Homage to the Sun (1987)
 Fire in the Heart
 Riding with the Lion (1994)
 The Mountain of Silence: A Search for Orthodox Spirituality, Doubleday, 2001.
 Gifts of the Desert: The Forgotten Path of Christian Spirituality, Doubleday, 2005,
 Inner River: A Pilgrimage to the Heart of Christian Spirituality, Image, 2012.
 The Accidental Immigrant: A Quest for Spirit in a Skeptical Age, Hamilton Books (July 15, 2021),

References

1942 births
Living people
Wayne State University alumni
University of Maine faculty
Greek sociologists
Cypriot academics
People associated with Mount Athos
People from Nicosia


Ivan Pecha (born 23 January 1986) is a Slovak former football player who played as a defender.

Career
Previously he played for Neman Grodno and BATE Borisov in Belarus, Khazar Lankaran in Azerbaijan, Ceahlăul Piatra Neamț in Romania and Senec and Slovan Bratislava in Slovakia.

In February 2008, Pecha joined Ceahlăul Piatra Neamţ before moving to BATE Borisov on loan in August 2008.

In July 2013, Pecha returned to Azerbaijan, signing a one-year contract with Ravan Baku. During the winter break, Ravan decided to release Pecha,
and he moved to FK Liepāja with fellow Ravan Baku player Cristián Torres.

At the end of July 2014, Pecha moved from FK Liepāja to Liga I side Oțelul Galați.

In January 2015, Pecha moved to Estonia, signing with Levadia Tallinn. In July, Levadia cancelled the contract with Pecha.

On 11 August 2016, he signed a contract with Polish club Motor Lublin.

On 23 November 2016, Ivan signed a contract with CD Torrevieja, a Spanish team in the tercera division.

Career statistics

Honours
Levadia Tallinn
 Estonian Supercup (1): 2015

References

External links
 evz.ro

1986 births
Living people
Footballers from Bratislava
Slovak men's footballers
Men's association football defenders
Slovak expatriate men's footballers
Expatriate men's footballers in Romania
Expatriate men's footballers in Belarus
Expatriate men's footballers in Azerbaijan
Expatriate men's footballers in Latvia
Expatriate men's footballers in Estonia
Expatriate men's footballers in Poland
Expatriate men's footballers in Spain
Expatriate men's footballers in Lithuania
Expatriate men's footballers in the Czech Republic
Expatriate men's footballers in Austria
Slovak expatriate sportspeople in Romania
Slovak expatriate sportspeople in Belarus
Slovak expatriate sportspeople in Azerbaijan
Slovak expatriate sportspeople in Latvia
Slovak expatriate sportspeople in Estonia
Slovak expatriate sportspeople in Poland
Slovak expatriate sportspeople in Spain
Slovak expatriate sportspeople in Lithuania
Slovak expatriate sportspeople in the Czech Republic
Slovak expatriate sportspeople in Austria
Liga I players
Meistriliiga players
ŠK Slovan Bratislava players
FC Senec players
CSM Ceahlăul Piatra Neamț players
FC BATE Borisov players
Khazar Lankaran FK players
FC Neman Grodno players
Ravan Baku FK players
FK Liepāja players
ASC Oțelul Galați players
FCI Levadia Tallinn players
Motor Lublin players
CD Torrevieja players
Ciudad de Murcia footballers
FK Atlantas players


American Dance Therapy Association is the only organization solely dedicated to the growth and enhancement of the profession of dance/movement therapy. It was founded in 1966 by Marian Chace, Elissa Queyquep White, Claire Schmais, and several practitoners from across the United States.

History
Dance/movement therapy has been a distinct profession since the 1940s. The pioneers of the movement saw the relationship of how the body and mind interact in health and in illness. Whether it be an illness of the mind which affects the body, or an illness of the body that impacts the mind and spirit, these early therapists saw the need to treat these issues.

Today
 ADTA maintains a registry of dance/movement therapists
 Sets and monitors standards for the master's level programs
 Publishes the American Journal of Dance Therapy twice a year
 Publishes timely monographs for its members and for allied professionals
 Holds a professional conference every year
 Supports formation of regional groups, conferences, seminars, workshops and meetings

References

External links
 Official site

Dance and health
Dance therapy
Mental health organizations in the United States
1966 establishments in the United States


The ZAP Alias Roadster was a plug-in electric three-wheeled sports car, from the defunct American electric car maker ZAP in Santa Rosa – California, project initiated in 2007 through a collaboration between ZAP and Lotus Engineering, the UK-based automotive engineering company, who is assisting with the development of the vehicle. With the collapse of ZAP in or before 2017, the vehicle never went into production and the fate of the prototype(s) is unknown.

Technical details
The vehicle has three wheels, two at the front, each containing an electric wheel-motor, and one at the rear, batteries are fitted underneath the vehicle in a reinforced composite battery box.  The performance announced in 2008, was 0- mph in 5.7 seconds, with a top speed of  mph and a range of .
Supposed to go into production in 2009, the first Alias pre-production was unveiled at NADA 2009.

During the 2010 North American International Auto Show(NAIAS) in Detroit, Michigan from 11 to 24 January, the company revealed the revised specifications for the Alias prototype, powered by AC induction motor at 216 volts, 0- in 7.8 seconds, with a top speed of  and a range up to ,
homologated as a motorcycle.

Automotive X Prize
The Progressive Insurance Automotive X Prize was a global competition to teams that win rigorous stage competition for clean, production-capable vehicles that exceed 100MPG energy equivalent(MPGe).

The Alias was one of the 136 vehicles from a total of 111 teams registered to enter the competition. It progressed preliminary stages at Michigan International Speedway, survived the shakedown that was completed on 13 May 2010, after which 22 teams remained. Driven by Al Unser Jr., qualified for the finals in July with other eight vehicles.
All battery-electric vehicles went through an efficiency and performance run held on 27 July, with the vehicles making 50 laps around the two-mile Michigan track without exceeding 70 miles per hour or dropping below 45 miles per hour in a chicane along the backstretch. The Alias, driving with a BorgWarner single-speed eGearDrive gearbox transmission, was eliminated in this last track event at the 97 miles out of 100 miles due to controller setting which activated the automatic safety system as a result slowed the vehicle and came to a stop, positioning the team at a final 4th place in the event.

References

External links
 Official website
 The Alias on the ZAP website
 More renderings of Zap's next vapor EV

Electric sports cars
Electric three-wheel vehicles
Electric concept cars
Lotus vehicles


The Diocese of Mileto-Nicotera-Tropea () is a Latin diocese of the Catholic Church in Calabria, southern Italy, created in 1986. In that year the historical Diocese of Mileto was united with the Diocese of Nicotera-Tropea. The diocese is a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Reggio Calabria-Bova.

History

The town of Mileto was founded as a fortress by Roger I, Count of Sicily in 1058, and he resided there from time to time, dealing with the rebels of Calabria.  It was Count Roger who petitioned the pope to create a diocese at Mileto. Mileto was made an episcopal see by Pope Gregory VII in 1073, who suppressed the diocese of Vibona permanently and transferred its territory and assets to Mileto.  The Pope personally consecrated its first Bishop, Arnolfo.

Pope Urban II visited Mileto in June 1091. On 3 October 1093, Urban II confirmed the privileges of the diocese of Mileto, and the suppression of the diocese of Tauriana and the diocese of Vibona.

Roger II, King of Sicily, was born and baptized in Mileto in 1095.

On 23 December 1121 Pope Callixtus II confirmed once again the union of the diocese of Mileto with the diocese of Tauriana and diocese of Vibona, the latter destroyed by the Saracens. He also granted the plea of Bishop Gaufredus that bishops of Mileto would continue in perpetuity to be consecrated by the Pope personally, as had been the case with his predecessors.

The earthquake of 1783 destroyed the cathedral, built by Count Roger, who also built the monastery of the Most Holy Trinity and St. Michael for Greek Basilian monks.

Diocesan reorganization
The Second Vatican Council (1962–1965), in order to ensure that all Catholics received proper spiritual attention, decreed the reorganization of the diocesan structure of Italy and the consolidation of small and struggling dioceses. It also recommended the abolition of anomalous units such as exempt territorial prelatures. These considerations applied to Mileto and to Nicotero e Tropea.

On 18 February 1984, the Vatican and the Italian State signed a new and revised concordat. Based on the revisions, a set of Normae was issued on 15 November 1984, which was accompanied in the next year, on 3 June 1985, by enabling legislation. According to the agreement, the practice of having one bishop govern two separate dioceses at the same time, aeque personaliter, was abolished. Instead, the Vatican continued consultations which had begun under Pope John XXIII for the merging of small dioceses, especially those with personnel and financial problems, into one combined diocese. On 30 September 1986, Pope John Paul II ordered that the dioceses of Mileto, Nicotero and Tropea be merged into one diocese with one bishop, with the Latin title Dioecesis Miletensis-Nicotriensis-Tropiensis. The seat of the diocese was to be in Mileto, and the cathedral of Mileto was to serve as the cathedral of the merged dioceses. The cathedrals in Nicotero and Tropea were to become co-cathedrals, and the cathedral Chapters were each to be a Capitulum Concathedralis. There was to be only one diocesan Tribunal, in Mileto, and likewise one seminary, one College of Consultors, and one Priests' Council. The territory of the new diocese was to include the territory of the former dioceses of Mileto, Nicotero and Tropea.

Bishops

Diocese of Mileto
Erected: 11th Century
Latin Name: Miletensis
Immediately Subject to the Holy See

from 1073 to 1500

Arnolfo (1073–1077)
Hiosphorus (1077–1090)
Giraldus (attested 1093)
Gaufridus (attested 1094)
Eberardus (attested 1099)
Sede vacante (1104)
Gaufridus (attested 1122)
Reynaldus
Anselmus (attested 1175 – 1181)
...
Nicolaus (attested 1198 – 1200)
Petrus (attested 1207 – 1213)
Rogerius (attested 1216 – 1231)
Rivibardus
Jacobus, O.P.
Dominicus (22 April 1252 – 1281)
Deodatus, O.P. (25 September 1282 – 1286)
Saba Malaspina (12 July 1286 – ? )
Andreas, O.Cist. (1298–1312)
Manfredus Gifoni (7 July 1312 – 5 November 1328)
Goffredo Fazari (1329 – 1339?)
Petrus de Valerianis (2 July 1348–1373)
Tommaso de Buccamungellis (1373–1391)
Henricus de Solana (19 September 1395 – ) Avignon Obedience
Andreas d'Alagni ( ? –1402) Roman Obedience
Corrado Caracciolo   (2 Oct 1402 – 1411) Roman Obedience
Astorgio Agnensi (18 September 1411 – 15 February 1413)
Jacobus, O.Cist. (15 February 1413 – 1432?)
Dominico (1432–1437)
Antonio Sorbillo   (26 Jul 1437 – 1463 Died)
Cesare de Grieto, O.Cist. (1 October 1463 – 1473?)
Narcisso de Verduno (25 June 1473 – 1476?)
Antonio de Pazzi (26 February 1477 – 1480?)
Giacomo della Rovere   (18 Aug 1480 – 6 Mar 1504)

from 1500 to 1800

Francesco Alidosi  (6 Mar 1504 – 26 Mar 1505)
Sisto Franciotto della Rovere  (1505 – 23 Feb 1508)
Andrea della Valle  (23 Feb 1508 – 26 Nov 1523 Resigned)
Quinzio Rustici  (26 Nov 1523 – 1566 Died)
Iñigo Avalos de Aragón, O.S.  (19 Aug 1566 – 9 Feb 1573 Resigned)
Giovan Mario de Alessandris  (9 Feb 1573 – 1585 Died)
Marco Antonio del Tufo  (21 Oct 1585 – 1606 Died)
Giambattista Leni  (4 July 1608 – 3 August 1611)
Cardinal Felice Centini, O.F.M. Conv.  (31 August 1611 – 23 September 1613)
Virgilio Cappone  (13 Nov 1613 – 1631 Died)
Maurizio Centini, O.F.M. Conv.  (12 May 1631 – 14 Nov 1639 Died)
Gregorio Panzani, C.O.  (13 Aug 1640 – 25 Jun 1660 Died)
Diego Castiglione Morelli  (26 Jun 1662 – 17 May 1680 Died)
Ottavio Paravicino  (12 May 1681 – 26 Sep 1695 Died)
Domenico Antonio Bernardini  (18 Jun 1696 – Jan 1723 Died)
Ercole Michele d'Aragona  (12 May 1723 – 27 Sep 1734
Marcello Filomarini  (27 Sep 1734 – 13 Mar 1756 Died)
Giuseppe Maria Carafa, C.R.  (19 Jul 1756 – 10 Feb 1785 Resigned)
Enrico Capece Minutolo, C.O.  (18 Jun 1792 Confirmed – 6 May 1824 Died)

since 1800

Vincenzo-Maria Armentano, O.P.  (12 Jul 1824 Confirmed – 15 Aug 1846 Died)
Filippo Mincione  (12 Apr 1847 Confirmed – 29 Apr 1882 Died)
Luigi Carvelli  (3 Jul 1882 – 1 Jun 1888 Died)
Antonio Maria de Lorenzo  (11 Feb 1889 – 28 Nov 1898 Resigned)
Giuseppe Moràbito  (15 Dec 1898 – 4 Jul 1922 Resigned)
Paolo Albera  (9 May 1924 – 27 Oct 1943 Died)
Enrico Nicodemo  (22 Jan 1945 – 11 Nov 1952)
Vincenzo De Chiara  (30 Apr 1953 – 5 Mar 1979 Retired)
Domenico Tarcisio Cortese, O.F.M.  (15 Jun 1979 – 28 Jun 2007 Retired)

Diocese of Mileto-Nicotera-Tropea
30 September 1986: United with the suppressed Diocese of Nicotera e Tropea

Luigi Renzo (28 Jun 2007 – 1 Jul 2021 Resigned)

See also
Roman Catholic Diocese of Tropea

References

Bibliography

Reference works
 p. 896-897; 906; 937-938. (Use with caution; obsolete)
  p. 340-341; 366; 500. (in Latin)
 p.  192; 203; 257.
 pp. 244, 258, 319–320.
 p.  242; 260; 347.
 p.  267; 289-290; 392.
 p.  288; 310-311; 419.

Studies

Kamp, Norbert (1975). Kirche und Monarchie im staufischen Königreich Sizilien: I. Prosopographische Grundlegung, Bistumer und  Bistümer und Bischöfe des Konigreichs 1194–1266: 2. Apulien und Calabrien München: Wilhelm Fink 1975.
Kehr, Paulus Fridolin (1975). Italia pontificia. Regesta pontificum Romanorum. Vol. X: Calabria–Insulae.  Berlin: Weidmann. (in Latin)

Acknowledgment

Mileto
Mileto
Mileto


The Combat Fitness Test (CFT) is an annual physical fitness test of the United States Marine Corps. The purpose of the CFT is to assess a Marine's physical capacity in a broad spectrum of combat related tasks. The CFT was specifically designed to evaluate strength, stamina, agility, and coordination as well as overall anaerobic capacity. The CFT is a complement to the USMC Physical Fitness Test and measures the functional elements of combat fitness through execution of a series of events that represent every Marine's combat experience, emphasizing the ethos of "every Marine is a rifleman." All active duty and reserve Marines are required to conduct the Combat Fitness Test every year between the dates 1 July to 1 January. The test is designed to test each Marine's ability to perform in a high-intensity setting. The British Army formerly used a test of the same name which is currently known as the Annual Fitness Test.

United States Marine Corps

In the Marine Corps, the Combat Fitness Test has three events:

an 880-yard "Movement to Contact" run in boots and utility pants
two minutes of lifting a 30-pound ammo can over the head, earning 1–2 points for each number done in the time limit
the "Maneuver Under Fire" drill is part obstacle course, part conditioning, and part combat test:
10-yard sprint
15-yard crawl (low then high crawl)
hauling a simulated casualty using two different carries: drag and fireman's carry over 75 yards zigzagging through cones
sprint while carrying two 30-pound ammo cans over 75 yards through the same cones
throwing a dummy hand grenade into a marked circle 22.5 yards away (adding 5 seconds to total time if missed, and subtracting 5 seconds if hit)
5 pushups and a sprint with the ammo cans to the finish line.

This test was implemented in mid-2008 by Commandant of the Marine Corps James T. Conway as a more combat oriented version of, but supplement to, the Physical Fitness Test.

Scoring

Marine Corps CFTs are scored the following way for males:
Movement to contact
Age 17-20:
A perfect score of 100 is earned by completing this task in 2 minutes and 40 seconds or less. The minimum passing score is 3 minutes and 45 seconds.

Age 21-25:
A perfect score of 100 is earned by completing this task in 2 minutes and 38 seconds or less. The minimum passing score is 3 minutes and 45 seconds.

Age 26-30:
A perfect score of 100 is earned by completing this task in 2 minutes and 39 seconds or less. The minimum passing score is 3 minutes and 48 seconds.

Age 31-35:
A perfect score of 100 is earned by completing this task in 2 minutes and 42 seconds or less. The minimum passing score is 3 minutes and 51 seconds.

Age 36-40:
A perfect score of 100 is earned by completing this task in 2 minutes and 45 seconds or less. The minimum passing score is 3 minutes and 58 seconds.

Age 41-45:
A perfect score of 100 is earned by completing this task in 2 minutes and 52 seconds or less. The minimum passing score is 4 minutes and 11 seconds.

Age 46-50:
A perfect score of 100 is earned by completing this task in 3 minutes and 1 seconds or less. The minimum passing score is 4 minutes and 28 seconds.

Age 51+:
A perfect score of 100 is earned by completing this task in 3 minutes and 5 seconds or less. The minimum passing score is 5 minutes and 7 seconds.

Ammo lift
A perfect score of 100 is achieved with 91 ammo can lifts. Points are deducted as follows:
100 pts for 113-115 lifts
98 pts for 88 lifts
 97 pts for 87-86 lifts
 96 pts for 85 lifts
95 pts for 84 lifts
Then the cycle begins again (roughly it is -5 pts for every 7 lifts less than 91 lifts, down to 33 lifts).

Marine Corps CFTs are scored the following way for females (age 17-26):
Movement to contact
A perfect score of 100 is earned by completing this task in under 3 minutes and 23 seconds. One point is deducted for each additional 2 seconds up to a final time of 5 minutes and 27 seconds (5.27).
Ammo lift
A perfect score of 100 is achieved with 91 ammo can lifts. Deducting points for this event is fairly straightforward: every lift less than 60 subtracts 1 point (except for lifts 52, 53, 38, 39, 23,  and 24 which only subtract 1/2 a point).
Maneuver under fire
A perfect score of 100 is earned by completing this task in under 3 minutes and 1 seconds (3.01). One point is deducted for each additional 2 seconds up to the longest time of 5 minutes and 59 seconds (5.59).

References

External links
Marine Corps Times, Marine Combat Fitness
Combat Fitness Test Calculator

Fitness tests
Military education and training in the United States
United States Marine Corps


Martine J. Piccart-Gebhart (born 1953) is a Belgian medical oncologist. She is a professor of oncology at the Université Libre de Bruxelles and scientific director at the Jules Bordet Institute in Brussels, Belgium. She is also a member of the Belgian Royal Academy of Medicine.

Prof. Piccart is a past president of the European CanCer Organisation. She has also held presidencies of the European Organisation for Research and Treatment of Cancer and the European Society of Medical Oncology, has served on both the American Society of Clinical Oncology and American Association for Cancer Research boards.

Biography
Martine J. Piccart-Gebhart was born in 1953.

She graduated as a medical doctor from the Université Libre de Bruxelles in 1978, where she also met her future husband, Dr. Michael Gebhart. She obtained her internal medicine certification there in 1983. After she graduated she worked as a fellow for two years with Prof. Franco Muggia at New York University Medical Center (1983–85). Returning to Brussels, she worked for Prof. J. Klastersky, head of internal medicine at the Jules Bordet Institute. She became certified in European medical oncology in London in 1989, and earned her PhD from Université Libre de Bruxelles in 1993.

She has continued working at the Institute since then and is specialized in breast cancer and ovarian cancer.

A strong advocate for and leader of international research collaborations, Prof. Piccart, together with Prof. Aron Goldhirsch, co-founded in 1996 the Breast International Group to foster collaboration and accelerate the development of better breast cancer treatments. The organisation, which became a legal entity in 1999, is now chaired by Prof. David Cameron and unites 57 academic breast cancer research groups from around the world. About 30 clinical trials and research programmes are run or in development under its umbrella at any one time, and several of its past studies are already considered landmark and practice-changing. Prof. Piccart is currently the Immediate Past Chair, and President of BIG against breast cancer, the unit within Breast International Group dedicated entirely to raising funds to support its research.

An accomplished clinician and scientist, she is author or co-author of over 500 publications in peer-reviewed journals.

Awards and honours

 1997: European Society of Medical Oncology Award
 2004: Award from the Breast Cancer Research Foundation
 2004: Prix Mois du Cancer du Sein
 2005: Freedom to Discover grant from Bristol-Myers Squibb
 2005: Jacqueline Seroussi Memorial Foundation for Cancer Research Award
 2006: Claude Jacquillat Award for achievements in clinical oncology
 2006: ESMO-GSK Lifetime Achievement Award in Breast Cancer Research (to the BIG)
 2007: Miami Breast Cancer Conference Award of Excellence
2009: Jill Rose Award for distinguished biomedical research
2009: William L. McGuire Award
2012: Umberto Veronesi Award for the Future Fight Against Cancer
 2013: David Karnofsky Memorial Award
 2015: Komen Brinker Award for Scientific Distinction
2017: St Gallen International Breast Cancer Award Winner
2018: KNAW Bob Pinedo Cancer Care Award
 2018: Leopold Griffuel Prize

References

External links
 Martine Piccart: medic and musician
 Martine J. Piccart-Gebhart, MD, PhD
www.BIGagainstbreastcancer.org

1953 births
Living people
Université libre de Bruxelles alumni
Belgian women physicians
Belgian oncologists
Place of birth missing (living people)
Academic staff of the Université libre de Bruxelles


Vesna Ratkovna Dolonc (Serbian Cyrillic and ; née Manasieva, Манасиева; born 21 July 1989) is a retired Serbian tennis player. She earned career-highs of 84 in singles and 93 in doubles.

Career
Dolonc began competing on the ITF Circuit in September 2005, soon after her 16th birthday, and had risen to world No. 152 by 28 January 2008.

In February 2006, she won seven successive matches to come through qualifying and reached the semifinals of the $10k event at Portimão, Portugal, and in May 2006, she reached her first $10k final at Kiev, Ukraine. In 2007, she reached the semifinals at Stockholm-Salk ($25k level); Monzón, Spain ($75k level); Moscow ($25k level); and Podolsk, Russia ($25k level). In September 2007, she made it to the finals at the $100k tournament inn Kharkiv, Ukraine.

In 2008, she qualified for her third career WTA Tour main draw at Pattaya, defeated fifth-seeded Angelique Kerber of Germany with the loss of only three games, and reached her first WTA Tour quarterfinals.

Dolonc qualified for the 2011 Australian Open, and in the second round, defeated No. 17 Marion Bartoli in three sets.

In July 2012, she won her second career title in Donetsk.

2013
Dolonc began her season at the Brisbane International. She lost in the first round of qualifying to María José Martínez Sánchez. Despite qualifying for the Australian Open, Dolonc was defeated in the second round by eleventh seed Marion Bartoli.

In Paris at the Open GdF Suez, Dolonc lost in the final round of qualifying to Monica Niculescu. During the Fed Cup tie versus Slovakia, Dolonc won her first rubber when Dominika Cibulková retired due to a leg muscle strain. In her second rubber, she was defeated by Daniela Hantuchová. Serbia ended up losing the tie 2-3.

2014
Dolonc announced her retirement from pro circuit on 14 February 2017 (her last match she played in November 2016).

Performance timelines

Only main-draw results in WTA Tour, Grand Slam tournaments, Fed Cup and Olympic Games are included in win–loss records.

Note: Dolonc played under Russian flag until 2012.

Singles

Doubles

WTA career finals

Doubles: 1 (runner–up)

ITF Circuit finals

Singles: 11 (3 titles, 8 runner-ups)

Doubles: 14 (5 titles, 9 runner-ups)

Personal life
She was born to a Serbian father Ratko Manasiev and a Russian mother. She changed her surname from "Manasieva" to "Dolonc" (Dolonts) when she was married to Arsen Dolonts on 1 October 2010.

Notes

References

External links

1989 births
Living people
Russian female tennis players
Serbian female tennis players
Tennis players from Moscow
Serbian people of Russian descent
Russian people of Serbian descent


TVS Group is an Indian multinational conglomerate with its principal headquarters in Madurai and international headquarters in Chennai. It has more than 50 subsidiaries including the two-wheeler manufacturer TVS Motor Company and TVS Supply Chain Solutions.

Subsidiaries
The group's subsidiaries are owned by three holding companies, viz., TVS & Sons, Sundaram Industries and TVS Holding Companies. TVS & Sons is the parent company of the group.
The three holding companies of the subsidiaries are:
T. V. Sundram Iyengar & Sons Private Ltd. (TVS & Sons)
Sundaram Industries Private Ltd.
Southern Roadways Private Ltd. (TVS Holding Companies)

TVS Group's nine listed subsidiaries are:
TVS Motor Company
Sundaram Fasteners
Sundaram Clayton
TVS Srichakra
Wheels India
India Motor Parts & Accessories
India Nippon Electricals
TVS Electronics
Sundaram Brake Linings
TVS Real Estate (TVS Emerald)

TVS Group's unlisted subsidiaries include:
TVS Supply Chain Solutions
Brakes India
Turbo Energy
TVS Investments
Axles India
Sundaram Textiles
TVS Tread
Sun Tyre & Wheel Systems
Sundaram Dynacast
TVS Automobile Solutions
TVS Industrial & Logistics Parks
Lucas-TVS
Delphi-TVS
TVS Next

See also
TVS family
Sundaram Finance, a former subsidiary of the group which now operates independently

References

External links

Companies based in Tamil Nadu
Companies based in Madurai
Indian companies established in 1911
TVS Group
Conglomerate companies established in 1911


"The Best Damn Thing" is a song by Canadian singer-songwriter Avril Lavigne, taken from her third studio album of the same name (2007). The song was released as the fourth and final single from the album only in some European countries and in Brazil during June 2008. The song was written by Lavigne and Butch Walker, and was produced by Walker. The song is a pop punk track about female self-confidence, containing a spell out of her name, in the style of an American football cheer, with each letter spelling out a different way in which a girlfriend deserves to be treated.

The song received mixed reviews from music critics, some citing its similarities to Toni Basil's song "Mickey", and comparing it to her previous single "Girlfriend". Commercially, the song failed to make any significant impact on the charts, peaking outside the top-forty in most countries. However, it achieved platinum status in Brazil, for selling over 60,000 copies. A music video for the song was directed by Wayne Isham, featuring Lavigne as the leader of a cheerleading group, wearing a pink wig whilst playing an electric guitar, and with her band. She performed the song only on her the Best Damn World Tour (2008).

Background and release
After success of the first two singles from The Best Damn Thing (2007), "Girlfriend" (which topped the Billboard Hot 100, among others) and "When You're Gone" (which became a top-ten hit in many countries), Lavigne released the song "Hot" as the album's third single, however, the song didn't prove to be a success in the United States, whilst it charted very moderate in other countries. After rumors about releasing the song "Innocence" as the next single, Sony BMG announced that the title track would be released as the album's fourth single in May 2008. According to a press release, the music video for "The Best Damn Thing" would be shot soon and her older brother Matthew who made a cameo as a bass player in her "Girlfriend" music video would star in the video. The song was released as a single on CD in Germany on June 13, 2008.

Composition
"The Best Damn Thing" was written by Avril Lavigne and Butch Walker, with Walker producing the song. A reviewer for About.com described the song lyrically as "a tear through female self-confidence." Musically, the song is a pop punk and glam-infused track, in which Lavigne sings, "I hate it when a guy doesn't understand / Why a certain time of month I don't wanna hold his hand." According to Sputnikmusic, "In the middle of the song, Avril spells out, in the style of an American football cheer, her name as a pneumonic, with each letter spelling out a different way in which a girlfriend deserves to be treated. Gary Graff of Billboard called its lyrical content a "man-smashing slap-down", while Alex Macpherson of The Guardian wrote that Lavigne is "chanting about periods" on the track.

Critical reception
The song received mixed reviews from most music critics. Stephen Thomas Erlewine of AllMusic picked the song as a highlight on the album, writing that the song, "driven by cheerleader chants", is terrific, addictive pop song that is harder and tougher yet feel fresher and lighter than her big hits from Let Go." Bill Lamb of About.com also picked "The Best Damn Thing" as a "top track" on the album. Alex Macpherson of The Guardian praised her "confidence" on the track, calling it "obnoxious but irresistible." Theon Weber of Stylus Magazine called it "gloriously polymorphic", while Darryl Sterdan of Jam! found similarities with Lavigne's "Girlfriend" (naming it "Girlfriend Pt. 2"), calling it "another cheerleader beat, another killer chorus and another brash vocal about how Avril hates having to open her own door." Tim O'Neil of PopMatters echoed the same thought, calling it "almost as catchy as 'Girlfriend'."

Joan Anderman of The Boston Globe perceived that Toni Basil's '80s anthem "Mickey" was the model for the track, which according to her has "perky hand claps and a cocky cheer." Sal Cinquemani agreed, writing that the song features "cheerleader stomp a la Tony Basil's 'Mickey', effectively appropriating the song back from Gwen and Pharrell." Dave De Sylvia of Sputnikmusic wrote the song has "aggressive background shouts and the cheesiest of middle sections (even by glam rock standards)." Eric R. Danton of Connecticut Music was critical with the song, writing that its "thumpy beats mimic any number of Black Eyed Peas tunes." Alex Nunn of musicOMH was mixed, writing that the song shows "how inexperienced Avril remains as a sole lyricist," calling it a "bratty naivety track." Spence D. of IGN wrote the song shows "her weakness for glomming on to a particular style and beating it to death."

Chart performance
In the United States, "The Best Damn Thing" debuted and peaked at number 7 on the Bubbling Under Hot 100 chart in the United States. The single experienced no physical release in the country, thus becoming the least successful single released from The Best Damn Thing (2007) there. The song experienced more success in Canada and Germany, peaking at number 76 on the Canadian Hot 100 and number 64 on the GfK Entertainment charts. However, these peaks also resulted in "The Best Damn Thing" becoming Lavigne's most unsuccessful single in these countries at that point in her career. On June 27, 2008, the song debuted and peaked at number 51 on the Ö3 Austria Top 40, also becoming the lowest peaking single of Lavigne's career at that point in Austria. The song was considerably more successful in Brazil, where it achieved sales of over 60,000 copies, resulting in a platinum certification.

Music video

Background
The music video was directed by Wayne Isham in Los Angeles, California on February 28, 2008. The video premiered on Total Request Live Italy on April 4, and on the website Imeem on April 9 following a recorded introduction by Lavigne. Lavigne's brother, Matt Lavigne, in addition to former backing band members Jim McGorman, Devin Bronson, and Evan Taubenfeld appear alongside Lavigne in the music video. In the video, Lavigne wore clothes from her clothing line Abbey Dawn.

Synopsis

Similar to the video for "Girlfriend", the video shows Lavigne as three distinct characters: the leader of a cheerleading group called "Team Avril", herself wearing a bobbed pink wig and a dress whilst playing an electric guitar, and herself with her band. She plays the drums towards the end of the video. In the end, she pays homage to her own video for "He Wasn't".

Live performances
"The Best Damn Thing" was performed on Lavigne's the Best Damn World Tour (2008) as the second song on the setlist. Lavigne further promoted the song on Live with Regis and Kelly in April 2008, performing the song live alongside "I Can Do Better". The song was also performed on Music Station Japan on September 12, 2008.

Track listings and formats
German CD
"The Best Damn Thing" (album version) – 3:09
"Sk8er Boi" (Live MSN Control Room performance) – 3:44

Taiwanese MCD
"The Best Damn Thing" (album version) – 3:09
"Girlfriend" (Live MSN Control Room performance) – 4:06
"Innocence" (Live MSN Control Room performance) – 3:51
"Hot" (Live MSN Control Room performance) – 3:49
"Losing Grip" (Live MSN Control Room performance) – 4:10

Credits and personnel
Avril Lavigne – writer, lead vocals, background vocals
Butch Walker – writer, producer, bass, percussion, guitar, keyboards, programming, background vocals
Deryck Whibley – guitar
Dan Chase – keyboards, programming
Josh Freese – drums
Karl Egsieker – engineering at Pulsa Recordings
Serban Ghenea – mixing at MixStar Studios (Virginia Beach)
John Hanes – Pro Tools editing
Tim Roberts – additional assistance

Credits and personnel adapted from The Best Damn Thing CD single liner notes.

Charts

Certifications

References

2007 songs
2008 singles
Avril Lavigne songs
RCA Records singles
Music videos directed by Wayne Isham
Songs written by Avril Lavigne
Songs written by Butch Walker
Song recordings produced by Butch Walker
Sony BMG singles


The National Association of Marine Surveyors Inc. (NAMS) is a Houston, TX based not-for-profit educational association that aims to advance the marine surveying profession by certifying anyone with 5 years surveying experience and by providing them opportunities to enhance knowledge through ongoing professional education.  They act as a standard-bearing organization in that their members are required to pass an open book exam on surveying fundamentals.

Primarily, they approach their aim by awarding top marine surveyors, those who complete a rigorous induction process, with the title of Certified Marine Surveyor (NAMS-CMS).  But they also provide lifelong continuing education through annual and semi-annual meetings and workshops held in some of the world’s biggest seaports and maritime hubs.  Finally, they engage in educational efforts whose scope extends beyond their membership into the industry at-large.

History
NAMS was formed in 1962 as the culmination of a 14-year process that began when the Underwriters Laboratories Marine Dept (Yacht Safety Bureau, as it was known at the time), convened a body of independent expert surveyors to conduct equipment-review and consult with the YSB.  The group remained in existence until YSB’s reorganization in 1960.  During that time, a reputation for professionalism and competence accrued to them, and, in the year following the restructuring of the YSB, the group continued to convene.  A formal committee for oversight was formed and nearly a year later, the National Association of Marine Surveyors was formally convened.  Since then, it has garnered a reputation for industry acumen that has even resulted in its members being solicited as expert witnesses.  In 1980, the NAMS-Certified Marine Surveyor (CMS) indication was presented, which allows a surveyor to consult as an official representative of the association.  NAMS has expanded since that time to an international membership with members in Puerto Rico, the Caribbean Islands, Canada, Europe, South America, the Middle East, and Asia.

Certification
NAMS certified surveyors are considered to be as highly qualified within their specific area as anyone else in the industry.  They are fit to serve as consultants, special project directors, and educators.  The amount of knowledge and experience required to become a NAMS-CMS in part explains their slow numeric growth over the last 45 years.  The certification process begins when a member has “served as [a] professional marine [surveyor] for not less than five years,”  although provisions are made for those with less surveying experience when it is coupled with extensive industry experience in other capacities.  Candidates for certification are then screened by NAMS governing bodies for professional ethics and reputation.  Finally, they are examined for high competence in the portion of the industry they represent.  NAMS surveyors work in one or more of three general disciplines:  Hull and Machinery (commercial and large vessels), Yacht and Small Craft (which includes vessels of up to 300 feet in length), and Cargo.  Surveyors often specialize further within these three categories, subdividing into NAMS Codes of Service.  Demonstration of mastery over a NAMS Code of Service is the last step in the certification process.  Once certified, NAMS Surveyors are required to earn 6 continuing education credit hours every year.  Once certified, NAMS members are not to consult in areas in which they are not certified to work, but are not required to have errors and emissions insurance to protect their clients.

Continuing Education
One of NAMS’ goals is the continuing education of marine surveyors worldwide, and, once a surveyor has obtained the CMS certification, they are required to do 24 hours of continuing education per two year period in order to maintain their status.  NAMS holds national meetings, a large annual convention, and other, smaller gatherings all over the country and conducts continuing education seminars concurrently with those events in order not only to update its members’ knowledge base but also to commend that knowledge to the industry as a whole.  One of NAMS’ long-term goals is the enhancement of the industry through coordinated “free exchange of information”   with all interested parties.  As it is not a trade organization (i.e. not formed for the particular advancement of its own members) but rather an agent for improvement throughout the industry, it is not hindered by any consideration in its dissemination of an updated knowledge base; it is for this reason that the expertise of NAMS members is so highly regarded.  Its educational focus has made it a welcomed part of the entire industry.

Ethics
Marine surveyors, as standard-setters and evaluators of value and functionality of marine vessels and cargo are in a position of trust with government, the rest of the industry, and with their clients.  As a result, the industry levels strict ethical standards on surveyors.  NAMS’ own ethical code is even more stringent.  NAMS’ ethical stance can basically be understood as bifocal:  firstly, they aim to ensure that no NAMS surveyor consults outside of his/her specialty, and secondly, that within their specialty, no consideration prompts them to take a position against their professional judgment, as is stated in their credo:  “No surveyor shall take any position contrary to his or her own knowledge or opinion for any direct or indirect monetary gain or its equivalent.”   In both ways, ethical standards are intended to ensure reliability and objectivity on the part of surveyors, from whom utmost professionalism is demanded in all “dealings with clients, associates, and fellow members.”   The Code of Ethics outlines general best-practice principles for surveyors, professional conduct standards, and protocol for investigation in the event of an accusation.  In this way, it is hoped, ethical business can become the norm for all surveyors in accordance with the goal stated within the code:  “the enhancement of the marine industry and the marine surveying profession.”

Current Oversight
The national officers are President, Vice President, National Secretary, Treasurer, and Immediate Past President (see NAMS website for current officeholders).  A staff of Regional Vice Presidents assists executive leadership, and several chaired committees function within the leadership for the purposes of monitoring and overseeing special purposes within the association (e.g. ethics, insurance, certifications).  Additionally, there are directors presiding over every major marine region and many of the most important port cities in the world.

Notes

References
NAMS-CMS Website
Terewilliger, E.S.; "Product Safety: The Story of the Yacht Safety Bureau"'  as told to Art Stout, The Boating Industry, July 1962

Further reading
Marine Surveyor
Yacht Safety Board
The Institute of International Marine Survey website

Marine occupations


Ronald Rolheiser  (born 1947 in Cactus Lake, Saskatchewan), is a Catholic priest and theologist.  He received his doctorate at the University of Louvain, and is a member of the Catholic Theological Society of America, the Canadian Theological Society, and the Religious Studies Association of Alberta. In August 2005 Rolheiser was elected president of the Oblate School of Theology in San Antonio, Texas.Before taking his current position, he taught for many years at Newman Theological College in Edmonton, Alberta. Rolheiser is a specialist in the fields of spirituality and systematic theology.

Rolheiser has a regular column in the Catholic Herald which is featured in approximately 90 newspapers in five countries.

Books
The Shattered Lantern: Rediscovering a Felt Presence of God, Crossroad, 1995, rev. ed. 2001.
Against an Infinite Horizon: The Finger of God in Our Everyday Lives, Crossroad, 1995, rev. ed. 2001.
The Holy Longing: Guidelines for a Christian Spirituality, Doubleday, 1999.
The Restless Heart: Finding Our Spiritual Home in Times of Loneliness, Doubleday, 2004.
Forgotten Among the Lilies: Learning to Love Beyond Our Fears, Doubleday, 2007.
Our One Great Act of Fidelity: Waiting for Christ in the Eucharist, Doubleday, 2011.
Prayer: Our Deepest Longing, Franciscan Media, 2013.
Sacred Fire: A Vision for a Deeper Human and Christian Maturity, Image, 2014.
The Passion and the Cross, Franciscan Media, 2015.
Bruised and Wounded: Struggling to Understand Suicide, Paraclete Press, 2017.
Wrestling with God: Finding Hope and Meaning in Our Daily Struggles to Be Human, Image, 2018.
Domestic Monastery: Creating a Spiritual Life at Home, Darton, Longman and Todd Ltd, 2019. ISBN 978-0232534122
The Fire Within: Desire, Sexuality, Longing, and God, Paraclete Press, 2021. ISBN 978-1640606661
Seeking Spirituality; Guidelines for a Christian Spirituality for the Twenty-First, Hodder & Stoughton, 1998. ISBN 978-0340656235
Daybreaks: Daily Reflections for Lent and Easter Week, Liguori Publisher, 2020, ISBN 978-0764828201
Secularity and the Gospel, Being Missionaries to Our Children, Crossroad Publishing Co,U.S. 2006. ISBN 978-0824524128
Spirituality for a Restless Culture, Twenty Third Pubns, 1991, ISBN 978-0896224698.
Catholic Spirituality, Hodder & Stoughton Religious 1998. ISBN 978-0340671177
Chastity and the Soul: You Are Holy Ground, Paraclete Press, 2024. ISBN 978-1640609471
The Loneliness Factor: Its Religious and Spiritual Meaning, 1979. Dimension Books. ASIN :  B000JPGQEK
Spiritual Maturity: Blessing Others as the Ultimate Mark and Fruit of Maturity, Marymount Institute Press 2015. ISBN 9781941392034

References

External links

 Ronald Rolheiser's Website

Living people
Missionary Oblates of Mary Immaculate
1947 births

20th-century Canadian Roman Catholic priests
21st-century Canadian Roman Catholic priests


was the sixth studio album released by  Japanese rock band The Blue Hearts. It was also the second consecutive album by the band to reach #1 on the Oricon charts.

Track listing
"Sutegoma" (すてごま Sacrifice)
"Yume" (夢 Dreams)
"Tabibito" (旅人 Travelers)
"Kitai Hazure no Hito" (期待はずれの人 Disappointed People)
"Yaru ka Nigeru ka" (やるか逃げるか Do It or Go Away)
"Tetrapod no Ue" (テトラポットの上 On a Tetrapod)
"Taifū" (台風 Typhoon)
"Inspiration" (インスピレーション)
"Ore wa Ore no Shi o Shinitai" (俺は俺の死を死にたい I Want to Die My Death)
"44 Kōkei" (44口径 44 Diameter)
"Usotsuki" (うそつき Liar)
"Tsuki no Bakugekiki" (月の爆撃機 Moon Bomber)
"1000 no Violin" (1000のバイオリン 1000 Violins)

References

The Blue Hearts albums
1993 albums


The Diocese of Cefalù () is a Latin diocese of the Catholic Church in Sicily, southern Italy. It is a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Palermo.

History

The first known bishop of Cefalù was Nicetas who, in 869, assisted at the Eighth General Council held at Constantinople for the trial of Photius. Marzo Ferro believes that the diocese was founded in the fifth century.  Following Nicetas, the Arab occupation of Sicily made the regular election of bishops impossible. When Roger I of Sicily, rebuilt the city, Iocelmo was bishop. A confirmation of the privileges of the Church of Cefalù, granted by King Martin and Queen Maria on 10 June 1392, names King Roger as the ecclesiae ejusdem fundator (founder of that Church).

The Cathedral of the Holy Saviour was planned and begun under orders of King Roger in 1131. The mosaics were commissioned by King Roger in 1148. The basilica was consecrated on 10 April 1267, by Cardinal Rodolfo, Bishop of Albano, the Papal Legate. From its beginning the cathedral was served by a chapter which followed the rule of S. Augustine (O.S.A.). In 1671, however, under Bishop Giovanni Roano e Carrionero, the Chapter was converted by Pope Clement X into a corporation of secular priests. In accordance with Pope Clement's bull, the Chapter was composed of four dignities (Dean, Archdeacon, Cantor and Theologian) and eight Canons.

In the century between 1276 and 1376, for which there happens to be documentary evidence, the city of Cefalù saw its population drop from c. 11,000 to c. 2000. The Black Death no doubt played a major role in that catastrophe, though the Sicilian Vespers (which began in 1282) played a part.

On 5 March 1823 a major earthquake and a significant aftershock struck the entire northern coast of the island of Sicily. At Cefalù there was a tsunami that washed boats out to sea. The Gazzetta di Genoa reported that the upper part of the campanile of the convent of S. Francesco had fallen, and the convent of S. Pasquale had been destroyed, but that there had been no loss of life.

A well-known native son of the diocese of Cefalù was Cardinal Mariano Rampolla del Tindaro, who was born in the village of Polizzi.  Rampolla was Pope Leo XIII's Secretary of State, and was the leading candidate to succeed him in the Conclave of 1903.  Rampolla was vetoed, however, by the government of Franz Joseph I of Austria.

Bishops of Cefalù
Latin rite: Erected: 1131

to 1400
Iocelmo (c. 1140 – 1150)
Harduinus (Arduino) (c.1150 – 1156)
Boso (1157–1173)
? Joannes (or Guido) de Bavera
Guido de Anania (1173–1193)
Benedictus, O.S.A.
Ioannes Cicala (1194 – after September 1215)
Aldoinus (Arduino) (attested 18 May 1217 – 1248)
Riccardus de Logotheta, O.Min. (attested 1249 – 10 June 1253)
Thomas Fusconis de Berta, O.P. (30 September 1253 – 13 December 1253)
Ioannes Stephani (9 February 1254 – after 15 March 1271)
Petrus de Taurino (attested 28 December 1271 – 12 August 1274)
Ioannes Francigena (attested 3 April 1275 – 8 June 1280)
Iuncta de Magistro Benintendi de Panormo (attested 15 January 1281 – 1290)
Jacobus de Nernia (10 January 1304 – )
Rogerius de S. Joanne (22 January 1324 – )
Robertus Campuli, O.Min. (14 October 1333 – )
Galganus Blasii, O.Min. (20 November 1342 – )
Nicolaus de Burellis (14 October 1353 – )
Guilelmus de Salamone, O.Min. (18 March 1388 – 1397)
 Sede Vacante

from 1400 to 1600

Julianus, O.P. (31 March 1406 – )
Antonius de Florentia, O.Min. (11 March 1412 – )
Philippus (27 August 1414 – )
Antonio Ponticorona, O.P. (20 November 1422 – 23 Jul 1445)
Luca de Sarzana, O.F.M. (23 Jul 1445 – 1471 Died)
Giovanni Gatto (1 Jun 1472 – 18 Aug 1475)
Bernardo Margarit, O.S.B. (18 Aug 1475 – 8 Feb 1479)
Giovanni Gatto (8 Feb 1479 – 1484)
Francesco de Noya, O.F.M. (26 Nov 1484 – 18 Apr 1492 Died)
Paolo Della Cavalleria (30 Mar 1495 – 1496 Died)
Rinaldo Montoro e Landolina, O.P. (12 Oct 1496 – 1511 Died)
Juan Requeséns (18 Jan 1512 – 1517 Resigned)
 Juan Sánchez (bishop) (4 Nov 1517 – 1518 Died)
 Cardinal Guillén-Ramón de Vich y de Vallterra (22 Oct 1518 – 7 Jun 1525)
Francisco de Aragón (7 Jun 1525 – 22 Jun 1561 Died)
Antonino Faraone (17 Apr 1562 – 9 Feb 1569)
Rodrigo de Vadillo, O.S.B. (9 Feb 1569 – 1 Feb 1578 Died)
Ottaviano Preconio (11 Aug 1578 – 11 Apr 1587 Died)
Francesco Gonzaga, O.F.M. Obs. (26 Oct 1587 – 29 Jan 1593)
Nicolò Stizzia (23 May 1594 – 17 Feb 1596 Died)
Manuel Quero Turillo (18 Dec 1596 – 2 Sep 1605 Died)

from 1600 to 1800

Martino Mira (29 Jan 1607 – 1619 Died)
Manuel Esteban Muniera, O. de M. (29 Mar 1621 – 14 Oct 1631 Died)
Ottavio Branciforte (10 Jan 1633 – 2 Mar 1638)
Pietro Corsetto (21 Jun 1638 – 23 Oct 1643 Died)
Marco Antonio Gussio (23 May 1644 – 22 Aug 1650)
Francesco Gisulfo e Osorio (21 Nov 1650 – 30 Sep 1658)
Giovanni Roano e Corrionero (16 Feb 1660 – 27 Nov 1673)
Matteo Orlandi, O. Carm. (25 Jun 1674 – 13 Nov 1695 Died)
José Sanz de Villaragut, O.F.M. (18 Jun 1696 – 29 Aug 1698 Died)
Joseph Antoine Muscella, O.F.M. (25 Sep 1702 – 22 Jun 1716 Died)
Domenico di Val Guarnera, C.Orat. (17 Nov 1732 – 2 May 1751 Died)
Agatino Maria Reggio Statella (17 Jul 1752 – 16 Jan 1755 Resigned)
Gioacchino Castello (21 Jul 1755 – 12 Jul 1788 Died)
Francesco Vanni, C.R. (30 Mar 1789 – 29 Nov 1803 Died)

since 1800

Domenico Spoto (28 May 1804 – 29 Dec 1808 Died)
Giovanni Sergio (19 Dec 1814 – 27 Feb 1827 Died)
Pietro Tasca (17 Sep 1827 – 2 Jan 1839 Died)
Giovanni Maria Visconte Proto, O.S.B. (17 Jun 1844 – 13 Oct 1854 Died)
Ruggero Blundo, O.S.B. (15 Mar 1858 – 18 Mar 1888 Died)
Gaetano d’Alessandro (18 Mar 1888 – 8 May 1906 Resigned)
Anselmo Evangelista Sansoni, O.F.M. (30 Oct 1907 – 18 Jun 1921 Died)
Giovanni Pulvirenti (19 Aug 1922 – 11 Sep 1933 Died)
Emiliano Cagnoni (5 May 1934 – 28 Sep 1969 Died)
Calogero Lauricella (4 Jun 1970 – 8 Sep 1973 Appointed, Archbishop of Siracusa)
Salvatore Cassisa (1 Dec 1973 – 11 Mar 1978 Appointed, Archbishop of Monreale)
Emanuele Catarinicchia (11 Nov 1978 – 7 Dec 1987 Appointed, Bishop of Mazara del Vallo)
Rosario Mazzola (23 Jul 1988 – 18 Mar 2000 Retired)
Francesco Sgalambro (18 Mar 2000 – 17 Sep 2009 Retired)
Vincenzo Manzella (17 Sep 2009 – )

References

Books

Reference Works
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Studies

Kamp, Norbert (1975). Kirche und Monarchie im staufischen Königreich Sizilien: I. Prosopographische Grundlegung, Bistumer und Bischofe des Konigreichs 1194–1266: 3. Sizilien München: Wilhelm Fink 1975.

acknowledgment

Roman Catholic dioceses in Sicily
Roman Catholic dioceses established in the 12th century


Deadheads for Obama is the name given to the February 4, 2008 reunion concert of three former members of the Grateful Dead at The Warfield in San Francisco.  The show, performed one day before the Super Tuesday primary elections, was an act of support for Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama, and featured former Dead members Phil Lesh, Bob Weir, and Mickey Hart, as well as John Molo, Jackie Greene, Steve Molitz, Mark Karan and Barry Sless.

The show marked the first time Lesh, Weir and Hart had shared the stage since 2004, and was simulcast on the iClips Network.

Deadheads for Obama is also a 350 member grassroots organization founded in February 2007 through Barack Obama's website; one year before the concert of the same namesake. This group collectively raised more than $150,000 for the Obama campaign.

Setlist
After a videotaped introduction by Barack Obama, the band played "Playing in the Band" into "Brown-Eyed Women", and continued the first set with other Grateful Dead staples "Mississippi Half-Step Uptown Toodeloo", "New Minglewood Blues", and a cover of "Come Together" by the Beatles.

A short speech by Phil Lesh was followed by a four-song acoustic second set, featuring more classic Dead songs like "Friend of the Devil" and "Deal".  Then the band plugged in again to play an extended third set, including New Orleans classic "Iko Iko" (in honor of Mardi Gras), and ending with a reprise of the opener, "Playing in the Band", and an encore of "U.S. Blues".

The complete setlist was:
 First set: "Playing in the Band", "Brown-Eyed Women", "Mississippi Half-Step Uptown Toodeloo", "New Minglewood Blues", "Come Together"
 Second set (acoustic): "Deep Elem Blues", "Friend of the Devil", "Deal", "Ripple"
 Third set: "China Cat Sunflower", "The Wheel", "The Other One", "Sugaree", "Eyes of the World", "Throwing Stones", "Iko Iko", "Playing in the Band" reprise
 Encore: "U.S. Blues"

Change Rocks
Hart, Lesh, and Weir reunited again in support of the Obama presidential campaign, this time joined by Bill Kreutzmann, on October 13, 2008, in the Bryce Jordan Center at Penn State University, playing a concert called "Change Rocks". Warren Haynes provided guitar and vocal support for the reunion, and Jeff Chimenti played keyboards.  The performance was preceded by a set of music by members of the Allman Brothers Band.

The set list was: "Truckin'", "U.S. Blues", "Help on the Way", "Slipknot!", "Franklin's Tower",
"Playing in the Band", "Dark Star", "St. Stephen", "Unbroken Chain", "The Other One", "Throwing Stones", and "Playing in the Band" reprise, with an encore of "Touch of Grey" and "Not Fade Away"

Presidential inauguration ball
On January 20, 2009, the Dead played at one of the 10 official balls for the Inauguration of President Barack Obama. Their sets were immediately followed by an appearance by President Barack Obama and the First Lady; Vice President Joe Biden and Dr. Jill Biden appeared during a setbreak.

See also

 Barack Obama presidential campaign, 2008
 List of Barack Obama presidential campaign endorsements, 2008
 Reunions of the Grateful Dead

References

Further reading

 Tanner, Adam. "Grateful Dead, Deadheads reunite for Obama", Reuters, February 5, 2008
 Franke-Ruta, Garance. "Calif. Contest Leads to Battle of the Bands", Washington Post, February 2, 2008
 Melber, Ari. "Deadheads for Obama", The Nation, February 2, 2008
 Selvin, Joel. "Grateful Dead Bury Hatchet, Reunite for Obama", San Francisco Chronicle, February 5, 2008
 Selvin, Joel. "Grateful Dead Reunite for Barack Obama Benefit Show", Rolling Stone, February 5, 2008
 Liberatore, Paul. "How Grateful Dead Came Together Again for Obama Fundraiser", Marin Independent Journal, February 7, 2008
 Simon, Richard B. "Lesh Unites with Weir and Hart for Deadheads for Obama", Relix, February 5, 2008
 "Grateful Dead Reunite to Support Obama", New Musical Express, February 5, 2008
 Smith, Dakota. "Grateful Dead Reunite for Obama", NewsQuake, February 5, 2008
 "Deadheads for Obama", Jambase.com, February 4, 2008
 Deadheads for Obama on iClips

External links
 Deadheads for Obama download at JamRadio.org

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9905 Tiziano (), provisional designation , is an asteroid from the inner regions of the asteroid belt, approximately 5 kilometers in diameter. Discovered during the Palomar–Leiden survey in 1960, the asteroid was named after Italian Renaissance painter Titian.

Discovery

Tiziano was discovered on 24 September 1960, by Dutch astronomer couple Ingrid and Cornelis van Houten, as well as Dutch–American astronomer Tom Gehrels. The asteroid was spotted during the Palomar–Leiden survey by examining photographic plates taken at Palomar Observatory, California, United States.

The survey designation "P-L" stands for Palomar–Leiden, named after Palomar Observatory and Leiden Observatory, which collaborated on the fruitful Palomar–Leiden survey in the 1960s. Gehrels used Palomar's Samuel Oschin telescope (also known as the 48-inch Schmidt Telescope), and shipped the photographic plates to Ingrid and Cornelis van Houten at Leiden Observatory where astrometry was carried out. The trio are credited with the discovery of several thousand minor planets.

Orbit and classification

Tiziano orbits the Sun in the inner main-belt at a distance of 2.1–2.7 AU once every 3 years and 9 months (1,361 days). Its orbit has an eccentricity of 0.13 and an inclination of 13° with respect to the ecliptic. The body's observation arc begins with its official discovery observation at Palomar, as no precoveries were taken, and no prior identifications were made.

Physical characteristics

Diameter and albedo

According to the survey carried out by NASA's Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer with its subsequent NEOWISE mission, Tiziano measures 5.239 kilometers in diameter and its surface has an albedo of 0.099. It has an absolute magnitude of 14.4

Rotation period

As of 2017, the asteroid's rotation period, shape and spectral type remain unknown.

Naming

This minor planet was named after Tiziano Vecellio (c. 1488–1576) known in English as Titian, who was an Italian Renaissance painter and the most important member of the Venetian school. His application and use of color, would exercise a profound influence not only on painters of the Italian Renaissance, but on future generations of Western art. Titian is famous for the Equestrian Portrait of Charles V and for the Portrait of Pope Paul III. The official naming citation was published by the Minor Planet Center on 2 April 1999 ().

References

External links
 Asteroid Lightcurve Database (LCDB), query form (info )
 Dictionary of Minor Planet Names, Google books
 Asteroids and comets rotation curves, CdR – Observatoire de Genève, Raoul Behrend
 Discovery Circumstances: Numbered Minor Planets (5001)-(10000) – Minor Planet Center

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4611
Discoveries by Cornelis Johannes van Houten
Discoveries by Ingrid van Houten-Groeneveld
Discoveries by Tom Gehrels
Named minor planets
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Démuin () is a commune in the Somme department in Hauts-de-France in northern France.

Geography
The commune is situated on the D23 road, some  southeast of Amiens.

Population

See also
Communes of the Somme department

References

External links

 Démuin mayor’s office

Communes of Somme (department)


Ju Wenjun (; born 31 January 1991) is a Chinese chess grandmaster. She is the current Women's World Chess Champion. In March 2017 she became the fifth woman to achieve a rating of 2600. She is a four-time Women's World Chess Champion, having won the title in May 2018. She then defended her title in November 2018 (against Tan Zhongyi), 2020 (against Aleksandra Goryachkina), and 2023 (against Lei Tingjie).

Career
Ju started learning to play chess at the age of seven.

In December 2004, Ju Wenjun placed third in the Asian Women's Chess Championship in Beirut. This result qualified her to play in her first Women's World Chess Championship in 2006. She competed in this event also in 2008, 2010, 2012, 2015 and 2017.

She won the Women's Chinese Chess Championship in 2010 and 2014. In July 2011 she won the Hangzhou Women Grandmaster Chess Tournament undefeated with a score of 6½/9 points, ahead of the then women's world champion Hou Yifan. In October 2011 she took the second place at the Nalchik stage of the FIDE Women's Grand Prix 2011–12 with 7/11, ranked only after her compatriot Zhao Xue; her performance was enough to acquire her third and final norm required for the Grandmaster title. However, one of the three norms was missing the signature of the arbiter, disqualifying her for consideration for the title.

From June 18 to July 2, 2014, in the 5th stage of the FIDE Women's Grand Prix 2013–14 held in Lopota Resort, Georgia she finished jointly second with Elina Danielian and a 7/11 score. This marks her fourth GM norm. In the 6th stage of the FIDE Women's Grand Prix 2013–14 held in Sharjah, United Arab Emirates, from August 24 to September 7, 2014 she placed joint first with Hou Yifan with a score of 8.5/11, winning the event thanks to a better tiebreak score.

In November 2014, FIDE awarded her the GM title in the 4th quarter Presidential Board meeting in Sochi, Russia. With six GM norms, including three norms from the Women's Grand Prix (1 from each series), she is now a fully fledged grandmaster, China's 31st grandmaster and the 31st woman to hold the title. Also in 2014, she tied for first with Lei Tingjie in the 4th China Women Masters Tournament in Wuxi.

In December 2017, Ju won the Women's World Rapid Chess Championship in Riyadh, and won in the same championship held in St. Petersburg in December 2018, scoring 11½/15 (+8=7) and 10/12 (+8=4), respectively.

World championship

Ju Wenjun won FIDE Women's Grand Prix 2015–16. This qualified her for a match for the women's world championship against incumbent champion Tan Zhongyi. Ju won the match in May 2018, becoming women's world champion.

The next women's world championship was decided by a 64-player knockout tournament. Ju won the tournament, which was held in November 2018, retaining the women's world chess champion title. Since then, she has defended her title in matches twice: first against Aleksandra Goryachkina in the Women's World Chess Championship 2020 (6-6; 2.5–1.5 in tiebreaks), then against Lei Tingjie in the Women's World Chess Championship 2023 (6.5-5.5).

Team events
Ju Wenjun has played for the Chinese national women's team since 2008. Her team has won the gold medal in the 42nd Chess Olympiad in 2016, Women's World Team Chess Championship in 2009 and 2011, Women's Asian Nations Chess Cup in 2012, 2014 and 2016, gold medal in the Olympiad at 2018, and 2010 Asian Games.

In 2013, she won the silver medal with team Shanghai in the Asian Cities Chess Championship in Dubai.

She plays for the Shanghai chess club in the China Chess League (CCL).

Personal life
Ju graduated from Shanghai University of Finance and Economics in 2015.

References

External links

1991 births
Living people
Chinese female chess players
Chinese chess players
Chess grandmasters
Female chess grandmasters
Chess players from Shanghai
Women's world chess champions
Chess Olympiad competitors
Asian Games medalists in chess
Asian Games gold medalists for China
Chess players at the 2010 Asian Games
Medalists at the 2010 Asian Games
Universiade medalists in chess
FISU World University Games gold medalists for China
Universiade silver medalists for China
Medalists at the 2013 Summer Universiade
Shanghai University of Finance and Economics alumni


The Breast International Group (BIG)-aisbl is a not-for-profit organisation for academic breast cancer research groups from around the world, with its headquarters in Brussels, Belgium.

BIG facilitates breast cancer research at an international level by stimulating cooperation between its members and other academic networks, and collaborating with, but working independently of, the pharmaceutical industry. Such large-scale cooperation is crucial to make significant advances in breast cancer research, reduce the wasteful duplication of effort and resources, enrol numerous patients more quickly, share data and knowledge, and efficiently answer important scientific questions. Faster and robust study results mean faster direct benefits to patients.

History
In the early 1990s, breast cancer research in Europe was highly fragmented, with academic groups running many similar trials, but not yet interacting in a way to facilitate collaboration. Together, Professors Martine Piccart and the late Aron Goldhirsch, two European opinion leaders, shared a different vision for the future: groups debating the latest research findings, sharing ideas for new clinical trials and working in harmony to conduct these trials together.

They created BIG in 1996 and the group became a legal entity in 1999. Over 20 years later, BIG constitutes the largest global network dedicated solely to breast cancer. It unites 57 academic research groups based in Europe, Canada, Latin America, Asia and Australasia. These entities are tied to several thousand specialised hospitals and research centres worldwide. More than 30 clinical trials and research programmes are run or are under development under the BIG umbrella at any one time, and several of BIG's past studies are already considered landmark and practice-changing. BIG also works closely with the US National Cancer Institute (NCI) and the North American Breast Cancer Groups (NABCG), so that together they act as a strong integrating force in the breast cancer research arena.

BIG clinical trials and research programmes
Over the years, BIG has developed and successfully run numerous large, phase 3 clinical trials involving thousands of international investigators and institutions. These clinical trials include HERA (HERceptin Adjuvant), MINDACT (Microarray In Node-Negative and 1 to 3 Positive Lymph Node Disease May Avoid Chemotherapy), and ALTTO (Adjuvant Lapatinib and/or Trastuzumab Treatment Optimisation).

Many BIG studies have been practice-changing, for example, putting aromatase inhibitors on the map (BIG 1-98), changing how we treat young women with breast cancer (SOFT), leading to a major breakthrough in treating HER2-positive breast cancer (HERA), or helping physicians evaluate which women with early breast cancer could be spared chemotherapy after surgery (MINDACT).

Most BIG trials incorporate a substantial translational research component and emphasise the collection and banking of biological specimens for the purpose of future research.

While many trials under the BIG umbrella are developed in collaboration with the pharmaceutical industry, BIG also designs and conducts purely academic studies, aiming to answer questions that are essential to patients but with no commercial interest. This is the case for POSITIVE (public name "BIG Time for Baby"), a study that aims to evaluate the safety of interrupting endocrine therapy for young women with hormone-sensitive breast cancer who wish to become pregnant, as well as the pregnancy outcomes.  Other research in this category includes AURORA (the "Metastatic Breast Cancer GPS"), EXPERT ("BIG Radio Tuning") and the International Programme of Breast Cancer in Men.  AURORA, for example, is an ambitious molecular screening programme aimed at understanding the aberrations driving breast cancer metastasis, understanding the evolution of the disease, and understanding why some tumours respond exceptionally well or very poorly to treatment.

These academic studies are made possible only by the generous support of foundations, individual donors, ambassadors, companies and by the fundraising activities run by BIG's philanthropy unit, BIG against breast cancer.

It is important to note that all of BIG's research activities, whether undertaken with commercial or academic partners, adhere to BIG's Principles of Research Conduct. These principles are designed to ensure that, while trials will meet industry requirements from a regulatory standpoint, BIG and its members remain responsible for determining the research agenda, for controlling the clinical study data, and for presenting and publishing research findings (positive and negative) according to academic standards. In this way, BIG preserves its scientific integrity while developing and conducting collaborative research with a variety of partners.

Governance
The executive board is responsible for BIG's overall direction. It meets frequently throughout the year to create BIG's scientific strategy, implement general assembly resolutions, and supervise the association.

The Breast International Group is now chaired by Dr. David Cameron (UK). Dr. Martine Piccart is Immediate Past Chair of the Group and President of BIG against breast cancer. BIG's Co-Founder and Past Vice-Chair Dr. Aron Goldhirsch passed away on 26 February 2020.

Currently sitting on the BIG executive board are:

 Dr. David Cameron - Chair
 Dr. Ander Urruticoechea - Treasurer
 Dr. Philippe Bedard - Executive Board Member
 Dr. Etienne Brain - Executive Board Member
 Prof. Judith Bliss - Executive Board Member
 Dr. Eva Carrasco - Executive Board Member
 Dr. Boon Chua - Executive Board Member
 Dr. Giuseppe Curigliano - Executive Board Member
 Dr. Barbro Linderholm - Executive Board Member
 Dr. Sherene Loi - Executive Board Member
 Dr. Seamus O’Reilly - Executive Board Member
 Dr. Evangelia Razis - Executive Board Member
 Dr. Shigehira Saji - Executive Board Member
 Dr. Ines Vaz-Luis - Executive Board Member
 Dr. Gustavo Werutsky - Executive Board Member

The assembly of member groups of the BIG network, known as the General Assembly, acts as the association's governing body. It is the BIG organization's final decision-making body and also decides on proposals made by the Executive Board on subjects of crucial strategic and scientific relevance.

BIG against breast cancer
The Breast International Group’s purely academic research is supported in part by BIG against breast cancer, BIG’s the philanthropic unit. The funds raised by BIG against breast cancer go towards financing purely academic breast cancer trials and research conducted under the BIG umbrella. There are many areas of research that hold great promise for patients but have no particular interest for commercial partners. It is possible that many individual patients could be cured or otherwise benefit from a “lighter” exposure to traditional cancer treatments, for example by having the duration of their exposure to certain drugs or radiation reduced, or even eliminated altogether.

References
 Piccart M, Goldhirsch A, Straehle C, The Breast International Group - a new spirit of collaboration in breast cancer research for the new millennium, European Journal of Cancer, Volume 36, Number 14, September 2000, pp. 1733–1736(4)
 Piccart M, Goldhirsch A, Wood W et al. Keeping faith with trial volunteers. Nature 446:137-138, 2007
 Gnant M, Piccart M, Goldhirsch A et al. Developing an international network for breast cancer research: the BIG experience, Clinical Investigation, (2011) 1(5), 623–628
 Breast International Group (BIG), Hope and Progress - 20 years of breast cancer research, 2019

External links
 Breast International Group (BIG)-aisbl

Breast cancer organizations
International medical and health organizations
Medical and health organisations based in Belgium


Jasmin Trtovac (Serbian Cyrillic: Јасмин Тртовац; born 27 December 1986) is a Serbian footballer who plays for Serbian club Novi Pazar.

He had previously played for Novi Pazar, Gloria Bistrița and Gaz Metan Mediaș.

References

External links
 Profile on SrbijaFudbal

Living people
1986 births
Footballers from Novi Pazar
Bosniaks of Serbia
Serbian men's footballers
Men's association football defenders
Serbian SuperLiga players
Liga I players
TFF First League players
FK Novi Pazar players
ACF Gloria Bistrița players
CS Gaz Metan Mediaș players
Erzurumspor F.K. footballers
Serbian expatriate men's footballers
Serbian expatriate sportspeople in Romania
Expatriate men's footballers in Romania
Serbian expatriate sportspeople in Turkey
Expatriate men's footballers in Turkey


Grigor Ter-Hovhannisian (; December 1, 1854 – September 12, 1908), better known as Muratsan (), was a prolific Armenian writer, known best for writing Gevorg Marzpetuni (1896), a historical novel set during the time of King Ashot II in Armenia in the tenth century.

Biography

Muratsan was born in the city of Shusha to a middle-class family. His father was a craftsman. Until the age of 12 he studied at a local private school. He was forced to cease his education due to his father's death. Two years later he enrolled in the diocesan school, from which he graduated in June 1873. In 1877 he traveled within Artsakh and researched much of the ancient ruins. Upon his return to Shushi he wrote a brief history of the noble Hasan-Jalalyan family. In 1878 he moved to Tiflis, where he worked as a teacher and accountant and remained for the rest of his life. He became famous after the production of his historical drama Ruzan at a Tiflis theater in 1882. In addition to Gevorg Marzpetuni, he wrote many short stories and novels, including The Apostle (1902). An intensely nationalistic writer, Muratsan was a nineteenth-century Romantic in style and an advocate of traditional cultural and religious values.

A hospital, a street, and a school are named after him in Armenia and the Republic of Artsakh.

Ruzan
Ruzan is a historical drama which takes place in the thirteenth century during the Mongol-Tatar invasions. Ruzan was the daughter of prince Hasan-Jalal Dawla. Faced with the choice of conversion or death, she refuses to betray her countrymen and her religion and as a consequence is executed.

Miscellaneous
Muratsan's "There will come a spring with a single flower" (Մի ծաղկով գարուն կգա) is a widely known saying which means that even a single man is capable of a radical change.

Notes

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Soviet writers
Armenian people from the Russian Empire
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Bezděkov () a municipality and village in Rokycany District in the Plzeň Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 200 inhabitants.

Geography
Bezděkov is located about  north of Rokycany and  northeast of Plzeň. It lies in the Plasy Uplands. The highest point is the hill Na Kalvárii at  above sea level.

History
The first written mention of Bezděkov is in a deed of King Wenceslaus I of Bohemia from 1234.

Demographics

Transport
Bezděkov is located on the regional railway line leading from Plzeň to Radnice.

The road II/232 connects Bezděkov with Rokycany and Břasy.

Sights
There are no cultural monuments in the municipality.

References

External links

Villages in Rokycany District


Sikhs are a growing religious minority in Italy, which has the second biggest Sikh population in Europe after the United Kingdom (525,000) and sixth largest number of Sikhs in the world. It is estimated that there are between 200,000 to 220,000 Sikhs in Italy, constituting 0.33% of Italy's population.

History

Sikh gurus
One of the earliest documented interactions of Italians and Sikhs was in 1708, when Niccolao Manucci, a Venetian doctor who practiced medicine in Lahore, is "reported" to have attended Guru Gobind Singh to treat a stab wound during his final days in Nanded, India. However this claim is disputed, as some suggest it was referring to another European doctor.

Sikh Empire
The Italians had a significant impact on the Sikh Empire under Maharaja Ranjit Singh. They played key roles in the administration, military, and cultural aspects of the empire. Some notable Italians who influenced the Sikh Empire were General Jean-Baptiste Ventura and General Paolo Crescenzo Avitabile.

Ventura was a commander in the Fauj-i-Khas, a brigade of the Fauj-i-Ain section of the Sikh Khalsa Army of Punjab.

The Italians, along with other European mercenaries, were instrumental in modernizing and reorganizing the Khalsa Army, bringing it up to European standards. They introduced new military strategies, training techniques, and weaponry, enhancing the efficiency and effectiveness of the Sikh forces.

In addition to their military contributions, the Italians also held influential positions within the Sikh administration. They served as advisors to the Maharaja and held administrative posts in various provinces. For example, General Paolo Crescenzo Avitabile was appointed as the Governor of Wazirabad and succeeded Sikh leader General Hari Singh Nalwa as Governor of Peshawar where he implemented administrative reforms and maintained order in those regions.

The Italians also had a cultural impact on the Sikh Empire. They brought their own customs, traditions, and architectural styles, influencing the artistic and architectural landscape of Punjab. Their presence contributed to the cosmopolitan atmosphere at the Lahore Court and added to the modernising of the Sikh Army.

Mid 19th Century: Duleep Singh
Maharaja Duleep Singh had travelled through Italy in late 1856 and early 1857. Lena, Lady Login had a handwritten diary recounting parts of the four-month tour accompanying Duleep Singh on this trip.

Early 1900's
In 1918, Maharaja Bhupinder Singh of Patiala was awarded the Order of the Crown of Italy.

Maharaja Bhupinder Singh of Patiala visited Rome, Italy in 1935. To this day, it is claimed shops in Milan still remember Singh as one of their high-flying benefactors. As an ally of the British, Bhupinder Singh served on the General Staff in the World War I which commanded the first Patiala Regiment, which won 43 honours for its display of courage in Italy alongside Palestine, Gallipoli and Mesopotamia in the World War I.

Italian campaign (World War II)
The Italian Campaign began with the landing of the Allies in Sicily on July 9, 1943. This significant event marked Italy's decision to join the war on the side of the Allies and the beginning of the decline of Fascism. On April 24, 1945, the liberation of Ferrara was officially announced by Anglo-American troops. Testimonies from that time indicate that Indian troops, primarily Sikh soldiers, were among the first to reach Ferrara. These troops were part of the 5th Corps of the 8th British Army. Following the liberation of Ferrara, the troops were deployed in Porotto, strategically located on the path leading to the Po River, which ran alongside the Gothic Line.

Maharaja Yadavindra Singh also fought in Italy during the World War II.

In April 2023, the World Sikh Martyr Military Memorial Committee (WMC) attended the commemoration ceremony in Lucera, Italy. It is estimated that 5,000-5,800 Sikh Soldiers died for the liberation of Italy.

During the Italian Campaign, Indian troops won six of the 20 Victoria crosses awarded to Allied Forces in Italy.

Italian Sikh Soldier Memorial
In April 2011, at the Forli War Cemetery, the inauguration of the first Sikh military monument in Italy was dedicated to the Sikhs who fought in Forlì from 1943 to 1945. According to the Commonwealth War Graves Commission, it is estimated that 352 Sikh soldiers died at Forli.

Post World War II
In 1965, Maharaja Yadavindra Singh served as the ambassador to Italy for two years before leaving his post to become a member of the Punjab State Assembly.

In 1968, Milkha Singh finished fourth in the mens 400m in the Olympic Games in Rome.

21st Century
In 2009, Dr. Manmohan Singh, the First Sikh Prime Minister of India arrives in Rome, Italy to attend the 35th G8 summit.

Employment

Italian cheese industry
There is a disproportionate amount of Sikhs working in the Italian cheese industry. Due to their significant contribution to the industry, Sikhs have been regarded as the 'saviours of Parmesan'.

The British Sikh Report has stated in 2016, "As a result, Sikhs make up a large number of workers in many of the Mozzarella and Parmesan dairies in Northern and Central Italy. It is remarkable to think that a significant portion of these and other world famous Italian cheeses are now produced by Sikhs. The influx of diligent Sikh migrant workers has rescued the trade as many younger Italians have sought vocations away from these traditional industries."

Exploitation of Sikh workers
There have been thousands of cases raised of exploitation of Sikh migrant workers within the agricultural sector. Many have been exploited through being paid below minimum wage, organised crime, blackmail, harassment, threats and even violence.

Marco Omizzolo, is a sociologist, researcher and journalist who has been documenting human rights violations against Sikh migrant workers exploited in the fields in the province of Latina. He has released various books, research papers and studies in this area.

In 2011, Al Jazeera released a documentary called 'Italy's Sikh Slaves'  which explored Sikh migrant workers who "face abuse and exploitation from both profit-driven agri-businesses and organised crime – labouring for pitiful wages, often without official documentation, and trapped in a system from which there is no escape."

According to Medu (Doctors for Human Rights - Italy), 43% of Sikh agricultural workers don't speak Italian therefore are cut-off from criminal justice and social support services.

Sikh women have also reported sexual exploitation, harassment and work exploitation. The Lilith Womens Center in Latina, Lazio also has stated the threat of domestic violence is also a deterrent to Punjabi women seeking justice when they facing harassment.

In 2016, Marco Omizzolo and 4,000 Sikhs marched through the provincial capital of Latina to protest pay and conditions.

In 2018, another protest was organised where representatives from Italy's largest workers' unions joined 1,500 Sikhs.

United Nations's special rapporteur on contemporary forms of slavery had estimated that more than 400,000 agricultural workers in Italy are at risk being exploitation in 2018 and almost 100,000 are likely to face "inhumane conditions".

Demographics
It is widely estimated that the number of Sikhs currently are between 200,000 to 220,000, with some scholars estimate this number to be significantly higher and have doubled it or even tripled it. This can be largely attributed due to ongoing large immigration from Punjab, undocumented migrants and a lack of religious census data in Italy.

 In 2006, Outlook (India) reported there to be 50,000 Sikhs in Italy.
 In 2012, Ester Gallo in his chapter 'Gurdwaras, Narrating Histories: Perspectives on the Sikh Diaspora in Italy estimated the number of Sikhs to be 115,000.
 In 2013, Barbara Bertolani in 'Globalizing Beliefs: Localizing Gods' estimated the number of Sikhs to be 100,000.
 In 2016, The Times of India estimated the number of Sikhs to be 124,000.
 In 2017 and 2018, The Hindustan Times estimated the number of Sikhs to be 150,000 to 200,000.
 In 2017, Corriere della Sera conducted an investigation and estimated the number of Sikhs to be 150,000.
 In 2017, The Wire (India) estimated the number of Sikhs to be closer to 220,000.
 In 2018, The Economic Times estimated the number of Sikhs to be closer to 200,000.
 In 2022, The Express Tribune, Geo News, Daily Pakistan, Pakistan Today, The Nation (Pakistan) and BOL Network estimated the number to be 200,000.

Regional

 It is estimated in Vicenza, there are 1,000.
 In Novellara, there are estimated to be 10,000 Sikhs.
 In Pontinia, there estimated to be 60,000 Sikhs making it the second largest cluster of Sikhs in Italy.

Kirpan ruling
In 2017, Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee (SGPC) decided to approach the International Court of Justice to challenge the recent ruling by the Italian court upholding the prohibition on Sikhs carrying the Kirpan. The SGPC expressed its discontent with the decision and plans to take legal action at the international level to defend the rights of Sikhs to carry their religious ceremonial daggers.

Gurdwaras
There are about 60 Gurdwaras across the country - the oldest one being in Reggio Emilia in northern Italy where many members of the community are engaged in agricultural work.

These Gurdwaras include

 Calabria

 Gurdwara Sri Sadh Sangat Sahib, Locri
 Gurdwara Sri Sadh Sangat Sahib, Reggio Calabria

 Friuli-Venezia Giulia

 Gurudwara Shri Singh Sabha, Pasiano di Pordenone

 Emilia-Romagna

 Gurdwara Singh Sabha, Novellara
 Gurdwara Guru Nanak Darbar, Castelfranco Emilia
 Gurudwara Sahib, Correggio, Emilia-Romagna
 Gurdwara Shri Guru Nanak Parkash, Fiorenzuola d'Arda
 Gurudwara Dashmesh Darbar, Casalecchio di Reno
 Gurdwara Singh Sabha, Parma

 Lazio

 Gurudwara Shri Guru Nanak Darvar, Roma
 Gurdwara Singh Sabha, Roma
 Gurdwara Sri Sadh Sangat Sahib, Terracina (LT)
 Gurdwara Singh Sabha, Fondi (LT)
 Gurudwara Singh Saba, Sabaudia (LT)
 Gurudwara Sing Sabha, Cisterna di Latina (LT)

 Lombardia

 Gurudwara Singh Sabha, Cortenuova (BG)
 Gurudwara Sahib Baba Makhan Shah Lobana, Borgo San Giacomo (BS)
 Gurudwara Shri Guru Kalgidhar Singh Sabha, Vescovato (CR)
 Gurudwara Shri Guru Nanak Niwas, Luzzana (BG)
 Gurduwara Shri Guru Hargobind Sahib Ji, Leno (BS)
 Gurdwara Mata Sahib Kaur ki, Covo (BG)
 Gurdwara Singh Sabha, Rodigo (MN)

 Marche

 Gurudwara singh sabha, Fabriano (AN)

 Piemonte

 Gurudwara Singh Sabha, Novara
 Gurdwara Mata Sahib Kaur Ji, Nibbia, San Pietro Mosezzo, (NO)
 Gurdwara Singh Sabha Marene, Marene (CN)
 Gurudwara Mata Sahib Kaur Ji, Trecate (NO)

 Puglia

 Gurudwara Singh Sabha, Bari
 Gurudwara Singh Sabha, Lecce

 Toscana

 Gurdwara Sangat Sabha Terranuova Bracciolini (AR)

 Trentino-Alto Adige

 Gurdwara Singh Sabha Galvani, Bolzano

 Umbria

 Gurdwara Singh Sabh, Terni

 Veneto

 Gurudwara Singh Sabha, Castelgomberto (VI)
 Baba Zorawar Singh Ji Baba Fateh Singh Ji Sewa Society, Lonigo (VI)
 Gurdwara Guru Nanak Mission Sewa Society, San Bonifacio (VR)
 Gurdwara Sri Sadh Sangat Sahib, Ormelle (TV)

List of Italian Sikhs

 Inder Singh - 1968 Indian Field Hockey Olympic bronze medallist, settled in Italy after marriage.
 Jasbeer Singh - Italian Field Hockey Player for Italy Women's National Field Hockey Team
 Kulwant Singh - 1972 Indian Field Hockey bronze medallist settled in Italy.
 Baljit Singh - Cricketer for Italian National Team.
 Manpreet Singh - Cricketer for Italian National Team.
 Jaspreet Singh - Cricketer for Italian National Team.
 Charanjeet Singh - Cricketer for Italian National Team

See also
 Sikhism by country
 Religion in Italy
 Sikhism in France
 Sikhism in Germany
 Sikhism in Australia
 Sikhism in the United Kingdom
 Sikhism in New Zealand
 Sikhism in Canada
 Sikhism in the United States

References

External links

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