Hou Hanru (; born 1963 in Guangzhou, China) is an international art curator and critic based in San Francisco, Paris and Rome. He was Artistic Director of the National Museum MAXXI in Rome, Italy, from 2013 to 2023.

Early life and education
Hou graduated from the Central Academy of Fine Arts in Beijing and moved to Paris in 1990.

Career
Hou lived 16 years in France before moving to the United States in 2006. He worked at San Francisco Art Institute as Director of Exhibitions and Public Program and Chair of Exhibition and Museum Studies from 2006 to 2012. He is artistic director of MAXXI, National Museum of 21st Century Arts, Rome since 2013.

Hou has curated numerous exhibitions including "Cities on the Move" (1997–1999), Shanghai Biennale (2000), Gwangju Biennale (2002), Venice Biennale (French Pavilion, 1999, Z.O.U. -- Zone Of Urgency, 2003, Chinese Pavilion, 2007), Canton Express (2003, Venice), Nuit Blanche (2004, Paris), the 2nd Guangzhou Triennial (2005), the 2nd Tirana Biennial (2005), the 10th Istanbul Biennial (2007), "Global Multitude" (Luxembourg 2007), "Trans(cient)City" (Luxembourg 2007), EV+A 2008 (Limerick), "The Spectacle of the Everyday, The 10th Lyon Biennale" (Lyon, 2009), the 5th Auckland Triennial (Auckland, New Zealand, May - August 2013), etc.

He has been consultant and advisor in many international institutions including Walker Art Center (Minneapolis), Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum (New York), Kumamoto Museum of Contemporary Art (Kumamoto, Japan), De Appel Foundation (Amsterdam), Rockbund Art Museum (Shanghai), Times Museum (Guangzhou), Today Art Museum (Beijing), Power Station of Art (Shanghai), Deutsche Bank Collection (Frankfurt), Kadist Art Foundation (San Francisco/Paris), Asia Art Archive (Hong Kong), etc. and served in juries of many international awards including the Hugo Boss Prize (Guggenheim Museum), Chinese Contemporary Art Award (Beijing), Ars Fennica (Helsinki), Credit Suisse/Today Art Award (Today Art Museum, Beijing) and Hugo Boss Prize China (Rockbund Art Museum, Shanghai).

He has also taught and lectured in various artistic and educational institutions including Rijksakademie van Beeldende Kunsten (Amsterdam), HISk (Antwerp /Ghent), Forecast (Berlin), as well as numerous universities and museums across the world.

A selection of his writings was published as "On The Mid-Ground" by Timezone 8, 2002. His recent books include "Paradigm Shifts, Walter & McBean Galleries exhibitions and public programs, San Francisco Art Institute, 2006-2011", San Francisco Art Institute, 2011 (with Mary Ellyn Johnson). A frequent contributor to conferences, catalogues, magazines and books of contemporary art, he is also a guest editor for international art journals including Flash Art, YIshu, Art Asia Pacific and LEAP.

Other activities
Hou served on the juries that chose Agnieszka Polska as winner of the Preis der Nationalgalerie in 2017 and Otobong Nkanga for the Nasher Prize in 2024.

References

External links
Archive of writing on Art Practical
Artpractical.com
Curator's Portrait by University of Melbourne
Essay on Curatorial Practice: Initiatives, Alternatives
Tour with Hanru through Rome, exploring his approach as MAXXI's former artistic director, in NZZ

Chinese art curators
1963 births
Artists from Guangzhou
Living people
San Francisco Art Institute faculty
Chinese expatriates in the United States
Central Academy of Fine Arts alumni
Chinese art critics
Chinese expatriates in France
Chinese expatriates in Italy
Directors of museums in Italy


Norbert "Nobby" Lawton (25 March 1940 – 22 April 2006) was an English footballer who played as an inside forward or wing half for various English clubs in the 1960s and early 1970s.

Born in Newton Heath, Manchester, Lawton began his football career with Manchester United, joining the club as an amateur in 1956. He was also involved in the club's 1957 FA Youth Cup title. Following the Munich air disaster in 1958, Lawton gave up his job with a local coal merchant to sign professional forms with Manchester United. However, while playing for the club's reserve team, Lawton succumbed to a heavy bout of the flu, leading to double pneumonia and the temporary loss of the use of his legs.

He was out of action for several months but eventually made his debut for the first team on 9 April 1960, playing at inside left in a 3–2 win over Luton Town at Kenilworth Road. Over the next couple of seasons, Lawton forged a partnership with Bobby Charlton on the left side of the United forward line, scoring a hat-trick against Nottingham Forest on Boxing Day 1961, but by the 1962–63 season he was increasingly deployed as a wing half. The emergence of Pat Crerand, however, meant that Lawton's first team opportunities became increasingly limited and he was sold to Preston North End in March 1963.

In his first season at Preston, Lawton captained the Lancashire side to the FA Cup final, where they lost to West Ham United. He continued to captain the side for the next three seasons, before a succession of knee injuries forced his sale to Brighton & Hove Albion in September 1967. He spent a further three seasons with Brighton before dropping down to the Fourth Division to play for Lincoln City in 1970. He retired from professional football in 1972 and took several jobs before returning to Newton Heath in 1977 to work for an export packaging firm.

He died from cancer in April 2006 (shortly after his 66th birthday) and is survived by his wife, their two children and their 6 grandchildren.

External links
Profile at StretfordEnd.co.uk
Profile at MUFCInfo.com
Obituary by Ivan Ponting for The Independent

1940 births
2006 deaths
English men's footballers
Men's association football forwards
Men's association football midfielders
Manchester United F.C. players
Preston North End F.C. players
Brighton & Hove Albion F.C. players
Lincoln City F.C. players
People from Newton Heath


Trap was one of the thirteen shooting events at the 1988 Summer Olympics. It was held on 20 September 1988 at the Taereung International Shooting Range. There were 49 competitors from 28 nations, with each nation having up to four shooters (up from two per nation in prior editions). The event was decided by a shoot-off between Dmitry Monakov of the Soviet Union and Miloslav Bednařík of Czechoslovakia, with Monakov emerging as the winner with 8–7. Frans Peeters of Belgium took bronze after a three-way shoot-off. Monakov's victory was the first gold medal for the Soviet Union in the trap; Czechoslovakia and Belgium each received their first medal in the event as well. Italy's four-Games medal streak ended.

Background

This was the 15th appearance of the men's ISSF Olympic trap event. The event was held at every Summer Olympics from 1896 to 1924 (except 1904, when no shooting events were held) and from 1952 to 2016; it was open to women from 1968 to 1992.

Six of the top 10 shooters from the 1984 Games, including all three medalists, returned: two-time gold medalist Luciano Giovannetti of Italy, silver medalist Francisco Boza of Peru, bronze medalist Daniel Carlisle of the United States, fourth-place finisher Timo Nieminen of Finland, eighth-place finisher Johnny Påhlsson of Sweden, and ninth-place finisher Sherif Saleh of Egypt. The favorites in the event were the last two World Champions, Miloslav Bednařík of Czechoslovakia (1985 and 1986) and Dmytro Monakov of the Soviet Union (1987).

The People's Republic of China and Saudi Arabia each made their debut in the event. Great Britain made its 14th appearance, most among nations, having missed only the 1980 Moscow Games.

Competition format

For the first time since 1956, the trap competition consisted of multiple rounds. The total for finalists also increased, from 200 to 225.

The qualifying round consisted of six series of 25 shots (150 total). The top 24 shooters advanced to the semifinal. The semifinal featured an additional two series of 25 shots (50 total for the semifinal), with the score added to the qualifying round score for a 200-target semifinal total. The top 6 shooters at that point moved on to the final. One additional series of 25 targets was used for the final, with a total score out of 225. Shoot-offs were used as necessary to break ties for medals.

Records

Prior to this competition, the existing world and Olympic records were as follows.

Dmitry Monakov and Miloslav Bednařík set the initial 225-target Olympic record at 222.

Schedule

All times are Korea Standard Time adjusted for daylight savings (UTC+10)

Results

Qualifying round

Semifinal

Final

References

Sources

Shooting at the 1988 Summer Olympics
1988 Trap
Trap at the Olympics


The 1998 Grand Prix Hassan II was an Association of Tennis Professionals men's tennis tournament played on outdoor clay courts in Casablanca, Morocco. It was the 14th edition of the tournament and was held from 23 March until 30 March 1998. Fourth-seeded Andrea Gaudenzi  won the singles title.

Finals

Singles

 Andrea Gaudenzi defeated  Álex Calatrava 6–4, 5–7, 6–4
 It was Gaudenzi's 2nd title of the year and the 3rd of his career.

Doubles

 Andrea Gaudenzi /  Diego Nargiso defeated  Cristian Brandi /  Filippo Messori 6–4, 7–6
 It was Gaudenzi's 1st title of the year and the 2nd of his career. It was Nargiso's only title of the year and the 4th of his career.

References

External links
 ITF tournament edition details
 ATP tournament profile

Grand Prix Hassan II
Grand Prix Hassan II


Feludar Goendagiri (English title: Danger in Darjeeling) is a short story written by Satyajit Ray featuring private detective Feluda. It was the very first among the total 35 complete stories/novels of Feluda series. The story first appeared in 1965 in the children's magazine Sandesh. This story introduced Feluda and his cousin Tapesh alias Topshe. Topshe is the narrator of all the 35 stories/novels.

Summary of Feludar Goendagiri or The Mask
Rajen Babu, a respectable elderly gentleman, living in Darjeeling receives a threatening letter. Feluda, a private detective, and his cousin, Topshe, who are holidaying in Darjeeling, visit Rajen Babu to solve the mystery. After initial investigations, they suspect one of three men to be responsible for sending the letter. First, is Dr Phoni Mitra, who is Rajen Babu's physician. Since he does not have a flourishing practice and is in need of money, Feluda thinks that if Rajen Babu falls ill after receiving such threatening letters, it will help Dr Mitra make more money. Feluda also suspects Mr Ghoshal, who is an expert in antiques. Rajen Babu has recently developed a keen interest regarding antiques and has started collecting curios. Hence, he is a competitor of sorts for Mr Ghoshal. If he falls ill, he will not be able to go out of the house to buy the curios and thus Mr Ghoshal will be able to buy them.
Prabeer Majumdar, Rajen Babu's son, whom Rajen Babu had thrown out of his house many years ago, after he had been caught stealing money from his father's cupboard, has also been seen in Darjeeling. He can also send the threatening letters to take revenge on his father.

One morning, Rajen Babu asks Feluda and Topshe to urgently visit him. When they reach, they see that Rajen Babu is looking pale and exhausted; Dr Mitra is examining him and Tinkori Babu, his tenant, standing there, looking worried. Rajen Babu tells Feluda that he has received a scare the previous night when a masked man had come in after midnight and bent over him. The man was a horribly scary mask and Rajen Babu had been petrified.

After seeing off Dr Mitra, Tinkori Babu informs Feluda that he has to urgently leave for Calcutta. He shows his concern for Rajen Babu by saying that he will inform the police before he leaves, as Rajen Babu needed protection. With Tinkori Babu leaving for Calcutta, Rajen Babu would be all alone at home. Hence, Feluda offers to stay the night at his residence.

At night, Feluda and Topshe discuss the details of the case. Feluda tells Topshe that all the three suspects, namely Dr Mitra, Mr Ghoshal and Prabeer, had alibis for the other night when Rajen Babu had had a scare, as they were with other people at the time of the incident. Suddenly, Feluda gets up and leaves and Topshe lies down. He soon begins to feel sleepy and is startled when he senses the presence of a masked man bending over him. He is about to scream when Feluda reveals that he has put on the mask. Feluda asks Topshe to wear the mask and to tell him if he finds anything odd about it. Topshe identifies the smell of cheroot. Immediately, Topshe thinks of Tinkori Babu and Feluda agrees with him.

However, they are confused about what could have been Tinkori Babu's motive. They get to know the motive only next morning, when Rajen Babu receives a letter from Tinkori Babu. In the letter, Tinkori Babu says that he had done it to avenge a wrong that Rajen Babu had done to him when they had studied in school together. Rajen Babu's act had scarred him deeply, both physically and mentally. When he saw Rajen Babu's picture at his house, he recognised him and decided to avenge himself by causing him to be anxious and lose his peace of mind.

The story creates an atmosphere of suspense and fear at the very outset with the mention of the threatening letter, which promises to punish Rajen Babu for past misdeeds. The reader is left wondering about what could have been the misdeed, and how and what punishment Rajen Babu will receive. As all the characters are introduced, the culprit is introduced as the least suspicious character but he is also shown to be intelligent. He tries to lead suspicion away from him by directing it towards Mr Ghoshal and also by saying that he will tell the police to take care of Rajen Babu, before leaving. This makes the story interesting as he is capable of matching wits with Feluda. The reader's attention is drawn towards the different characters by revealing the motives each of them could have. The reader focuses on these clues and may miss out the obvious detail that it was easiest for the culprit because of his close proximity to Rajen Babu, since he was staying at Rajen Babu's house.He came to Rajen babu 's house and seen his childhood photograph and  wanted to avenge the wrong done to him by Rajen.

ph, and decided

Commentary
In this story, Feluda's age is 27, and Topshe's is exactly half of Feluda's i.e. 13 and a half.

This is the first of two stories of Feluda, that are set in Darjeeling. The other is Darjeeling Jomjomaat.

Sandip Ray mentions Darjeeling as one of the favourite locations of his father, and thus Satyajit Ray's first movie made from original written screenplay, Kanchenjungha, as well as the first Feluda novel was based out of Darjeeling.

In first 2 adventures of Feluda (Feludar Goendagiri-story and Badshahi Angti- novel), Topshe is mentioned as Feluda's maternal cousin. From 3rd story 'Koilash Chowdhuryr Pathor', he is confirmed as Feluda's paternal cousin. That's why in Feludar Goendagiri, Topshe's full name is Tapesh Ranjan Bose. It changes to Tapesh Ranjan Mitter later. In the story 'Ambarsen Antardhan Rohosyo', Feluda gives his little fan (Ambarsen's 10 years old niece Runa) an explanation regarding this issue.

Publication history
1. Sandesh, (serialised) December 1965, January–February 1966.
2. Ek Dojon Goppo, part of a collection of 12 stories, June 1970, Ananda Publishers
3. Paharey Feluda, anthology, January 1996, Ananda Publishers
4. Feluda Somogro, anthology, January 2005, Ananda Publishers,

References
1. Khasra Khataye Feluda, by Sandip Ray. Introduction to Feluda Somogro 1, Ananda Publications,  2. Feluda in Ek Dojon Goppo 3.
Feluda in World of Ray 4.
Feludar Goendagiri is the first published Feluda story

Feluda (series)
1970 short stories
Short stories by Satyajit Ray
Works originally published in Sandesh (magazine)


Svitlana Serhiivna Loboda (, ; born 18 October 1982), also known by the stage name Loboda (stylised in all caps), is a Ukrainian singer and songwriter.

Biography

Early life
Svitlana Loboda was born on October 18, 1982, in Oleksandrivskaya Clinical Hospital in Kyiv, in the family of Sergii and Natalia Loboda. Till 1989, she lived with family in Irpin (Kyiv region), where the singer spent her childhood. She graduated from a music school in the classes of piano, conducting, and academic vocal.

After receiving her first musical education, she entered the Kyiv Variety and Circus Academy in the Variety Vocal Department. Already in the 1st year, Svitlana became a member of the musical group "Cappuccino", which occupied a worthy place on the Ukrainian stage. However, she later realized that it was not quite her format and left the group at the end of her contract.

Also, Loboda participated in the first Ukrainian musical "Equator" (directed by Viktor Shulakov), where she got one of the main roles — the savage Mirana. After the premiere of Equator, Loboda was talked about in Ukraine as a rising star.

For the period of the musical, a song and video — "Black Angel", recorded and filmed with Svitlana Loboda, were released in wide rotation.

VIA Gra/Nu Virgos
On December 28, 2003, Loboda created her own band called Ketch. In the spring of 2004, having passed a casting, Loboda became a new soloist of the trio "VIA Gra". As a member of the group, she took part in a tour across Asian cities, and starred in the music video "Biology" and the New Year musical "Sorochynskyi Yarmarok" by the TV channel "Inter". Three years later, Svitlana left the band and in December she released her first single, "Black and White Winter".

In November 2005, Loboda's first solo album, “You Will Not Forget”, was released.

In 2006, the music video and then the single "Black Angel" was released, and after a trip to Japan, Loboda recorded the song "Wait, man". The same year, she hosted the show Shoumaniya on Novy Channel, and in 2007, she became the host of “Miss CIS” on TET channel. She opened her own travel agency, “Happy Vacations”. In October 2007, the music video for the lyric song "Happiness" was released. On October 18, 2007, Loboda organized a photo exhibition of her own photos dedicated to India. The aim of the exhibition is to help orphans and children with cancer. In 2008, the creation of a collection of youth clothes "F*ck the macho" began, in the same year the second album "Not Macho" was released. On October 18, Loboda won the National Olympus Award in the category "Original Performance Style".

Eurovision 2009

In Spring 2009 "Be My Valentine" was submitted for the Ukrainian qualifying round of the Eurovision Song Contest 2009. On March 8, Loboda won the 2009 Eurovision qualifying round and got the right to represent Ukraine in the final part of the contest. On March 18, she presented her music video "Be My Valentine" (Anti-crisis girl!).

At the opening ceremony of Eurovision 2009, Loboda appeared in bandages and with abrasions on her body, make-up designed to draw attention to her "Say Stop Domestic Violence" initiative. Subsequently, French singer Patricia Kaas joined this campaign.

Loboda took 12th place in the final of the contest with 76 points. The low final positions did not prevent her from taking first places at the preliminary competition concerts in London, Paris, and Amsterdam. "Anti-crisis girl" video ranks third in the number of views on the official Eurovision YouTube channel. According to the statistics of search queries from the countries participating in Eurovision, Svitlana Loboda took 4th place in the Google ranking. In 2009, Loboda created "Anti-crisis boy" T-shirts and "Anti-crisis bag", especially for the contest.

2010-2015: Growing Popularity
In January 2010, the video for the song "Live Easy" was released, where Loboda appears as the fat girl she became after her failure at Eurovision. Following "Live Easy", Loboda recorded a duet song "Heart Beats" with Max Barskikh, and soon a video was released.

In 2010, Svitlana Loboda officially renamed her musical project and registered the brand and trademark LOBODA.

In April 2011, Svitlana Loboda together with soccer player Andriy Shevchenko became the faces of the PEPSI campaign in the project "Pepsi Refresh Project", the essence of which was to help young creative people find their way in life. The video for the project was shot by the British-American director Nick Lively, who flew to Ukraine especially to work on this project.

In the summer of 2010, the single "Revolution" was released. At the VIVA awards, Loboda presented the single "Thank You" dedicated to her daughter. The song video was filmed in two stages: the first part of the shoot was held when the singer was nine months pregnant, and the second part was after she gave birth. In the summer of 2011, the premiere of the song "In the Light" took place on the Crimea Music Fest stage. Later, Loboda presented a music video. In early 2012, Loboda went to the United States, where she shot a music video for the single "Clouds" and a short film in the genre of suspense based on the musical work "Clouds" — "Woman-Crime". The film was filmed in Miami. The director and cameraman was Vladimir Shklyarevsky. The leitmotif of the film was a 19th-century work entitled "Woman, Criminal and Prostitute" by Italian author Cesare Lombroso, a prison psychiatrist, which reveals the theme of the crime of passion.

On April 12, 2012, Loboda presented the show "The Beginning" in Crystal Hall, with which she toured Ukraine for almost a year. In June, a video for the song What about U, recorded for the EURO 2012 championship, was released. This song was selected among hundreds of others, submitted to the court of the UEFA European Commission, and was included in the official track list of the championship. In August 2012, the lyric composition "40 degrees" was presented at the Crimea Music Fest. In 2012, Loboda became a coach in the talent show "Voice. Children" on 1+1 channel. In February 2013, she presented a new single, "Tenderness". On March 17, 2013, the singer presented a new single called "Under Ice" during the "Yuna" Award.

At the end of June 2013, Loboda was awarded the honorary title "Honored Artist of Ukraine".

On November 1, 2013, she released the single "Kokhana" (Beloved), her first work in Ukrainian. On February 13 and 14, 2014, she performed at the 2014 BIG LOVE SHOW, where she performed the song "City Under Prohibition", and on March 26, 2014, the single was officially released. On March 29, Loboda went on an all-Ukrainian tour "Under Prohibition!". On 22 May 2014, Loboda together with Emin presented a single and music video "Looking at the sky". The video was directed by Loboda producer Natella Krapivina. The production designer was Sergiy Ivanov, who worked on the film "Stalingrad". On September 29, 2014, Loboda and Emin presented a remake of the track "Looking at the Sky". On October 18, 2014, the single "Don't Need It" was premiered. She got the YUNA nomination for Best Female Performer and Best Song ("Clouds"), and had victory in the Red Star. "40 Degrees" was included in the 20 Best Songs list and named the Song of the Year (Ukraine). Loboda was awarded Fashion People Awards for Fashion Video "40 Degrees".

On December 26, 2014, Loboda won the 2014 Song of the Year award for her single "City Under Prohibition". Yuna nominated Best Singer, Best Lyricist and won Best Song ("40 Degrees"), Best Video ("40 Degrees"). On March 7, 2015, Loboda presented a new music video for the song "Not Wanted". The video was filmed in Portugal. The video shows a difficult story of a woman, who, overcoming pain and infidelity, is fighting for her fragile female happiness. The video is largely a reflection of the singer's personal experiences with her breakup with the man she loves.

On March 26, 2015, the YUNA 2015 awards ceremony was held at the Palace of Ukraine, where Loboda and Emin won the "Best Duet" category for their joint creation "You Look at the Sky."

On April 2, 2015, the single "Time to Go Home" premiered on Russian Radio. The music video of this song was filmed in Istanbul, directed by Natella Krapivina. On May 20, 2015, the premiere of the music video "Time to go home" was held with the participation of "Eagle and Tails" show hosts Andrii Bedniakov, Lesya Nikityuk, Regina Todorenko, and Zhanna Badoeva. On June 8, 2015, the 6th annual Fashion People Awards ceremony was held in Moscow, where Loboda won in the Fashion Voice Woman category.

On November 4, 2015, Loboda embarked on a tour of cities in Ukraine with the show "Time to Go Home." During the tour, she presented new songs "To Hell with Love", "Angelok", "Your Eyes" and "Don't Love". On November 23, 2015, on the eve of the International Day for the Protection of Women from Violence (November 25), she presented a social art project for her second Ukrainian-language composition "Oblysh," (Leave me alone) a message designed to draw attention to one of the most important issues: violence against women.

On November 26, 2015, the first M1 Music Awards 2015 ceremony was held at the Palace of Sports in Kyiv, where Loboda won in the "Clip of the Year" category with the video "Time to Go Home." On November 28 and 29, 2015, solo concerts were held at the Palace of Ukraine in honor of the singer's tenth anniversary. In December, according to Yandex research, the singer became the most popular woman in Ukraine.

Since 2016: H2LO, "Voice. Children" and other projects
On January 11, 2016, Loboda presented the song "To Hell the Love," and on February 19, 2016, she premiered the music video. On May 9, 2016, she opened the concert of the Inter TV channel, dedicated to the 71st anniversary of Victory in the Great Patriotic War, singing Bulat Okudzhava's song "Our Tenth Paratrooper Battalion". She closed the concert with the military song "Cranes".

On June 30, 2016, the Organizing Committee of the international Miss Ukraine Universe 2016 contest officially recognized Loboda as the brightest representative of the music industry and awarded the title "The Most Beautiful Singer of the Country". On September 6, 2016, the single "Your Eyes" premiered, and on November 9, 2016, the music video premiered. The single held the lead in iTunes in the CIS for 5 weeks. On November 19, 2016, she received a Golden Gramophone statuette in Moscow for her song "To Hell with Love."

Winning 2016: M1 Music Awards best singer and music video of the year.

On March 8, 2017, Loboda created a three-hour show at the Palace of Sports in Kyiv and presented the album H2LO, which she had been working on for five years. Seven new singles were played that night: "Paris", "Bride", "Accidental", "Bitch" and others. On the first day after the album was officially premiered on iTunes, H2LO hit the first line of the chart in seven countries: Ukraine, Lithuania, Latvia, Estonia, Russia, Belarus, and Kazakhstan.

In addition, this concert premiered her duet titled "Hot" with Dima Monatik. The history of cooperation between the artists began with the track "40 degrees", the author of which was Dima.

In December 2017, she became the host of the "star" edition of the travel show "Oryol i Reshka" together with Alexander Revva. In 2018, she was the music producer of Philip Kirkorov's single "The Color of Mood Blue". She won at the RU.TV Awards 2017 as Best Female Performer, Best Creative ("Your Eyes"), Muz-TV Awards 2017as the Best Female Performer.

In March 2018, the second "Heat Music Awards" was held, where the singer received the award — Best Female Performer. On March 10, 2018, at the Bravo Awards, the singer receives the award for Best Album and Best Singer from the hands of Eros Ramazzotti. And she also confirmed the information that she is pregnant, and said that she is taking a break from concert activities because of this.

In May 2018, Svitlana Loboda starred on the cover of the May issue of the Russian edition of Cosmopolitan.

In June 2018, two weeks after the birth of her second daughter, the singer returned to the stage and performed at the "Muz-TV Award" with a rousing show and received the award of Best Singer.

Also, this year the album "H2LO" 3X PLATINUM, the single "Your Eyes" sold 20 million copies sold/20X PLATINUM.

And in September of the same year, Svitlana Loboda graced the cover of the September issue of GQ, becoming the first woman to star on the cover of a men's magazine.

In December 2018, at the Russian national music awards "Victoria" the singer received the award — Best Dance Hit ("SuperStar"). At the same time, she got the “Golden Gramophone" for the Best Song ("SuperStar"), Yandex Music Award as the Performer of the Year, and Pop Singer of the Year.

"SuperStar" was dedicated as the loudest statement and chosen as "Song of the Year".

In 2019, became one of the mentors of the show "The Voice. Children" on Channel One. On March 1, 2019, the song "The Last Hero" premiered and became the title theme of the new season of the reality show of the same name. After the scandal of the voting results of the show "Voice. Children", the producer of the singer, announced the end of her work in the project.

In 2019, Svitlana Loboda gave several spectacular concerts as part of her large-scale show "SUPERSTAR". A year later, the singer released a live album Superstar Show Live, which included live versions of the hits "Tequila Love", "Your Eyes", "In the Risk Zone", "To Hell with Love" and others.

In November 2019, Svitlana Loboda starred in Till Lindemann's new music video Frau & Mann.

At the end of 2019, the singer presented the album "Sold Out", which went triple platinum. At the end of the year, the singer became the best streaming artist on the Sony Music Entertainment Russia label. That year, she received the following awards, Bravo Award — Song of the Year — "SuperStar", Heat Music Awards — Best Singer, Muz TV Award — Best Female Artist, Ru TV Award — "Cinema and Music" — "Fly" (OST "Gogol.Viy") - Best singer, "Golden Gramophone" — Best Song ("INSTADRAMA"), "Song of the Year" — Best Song — "Bullet Fool."

In 2020, Loboda, together with the rapper Pharaoh, released the track "Boom Boom" and the music video for it, both became the subject of controversy and discussions online, nevertheless, on the first day the video gained more than two million views and the song itself received platinum status in Russia. In December, the singer presented the song "Moloko", which was able to enter the top 40 radio charts in Russia and Ukraine, and also received platinum status. According to TopHit Music Awards, Loboda was recognized as the best radio performer in Russia for 2020.

In 2021, it became known that Svitlana Loboda would return to the "Voice. Children" as a mentor in the eighth season. The winner of the season was Vladislav Tyukin, whose mentor was Svitlana Loboda.

On March 5, 2021, Svitlana Loboda's video for the song "Native" premiered performing and receiving the statuette "ZHARA music awards" as the best singer of the year at the gala-concert of the opening of the international music festival "ZHARA-2021".

On March 17, 2021, Loboda was nominated for the Muz-TV Awards in the categories of Best Female Video, Best Female Performer, Best Song, Best Album, and Best Video. The award ceremony will sum up the results of the two years, as last year the music award was not held due to the epidemiological situation in the country.

On June 8, 2021, Loboda's producer Natella Krapivina announced that she was ending her collaboration with the performer.

On 16 July, the premiere of the new single and video of Loboda called "Allo" took place. The music video was directed by Alan Badoev, and the song became a hit during the fickle quarantine summer. The shooting took place in Kyiv.

On 13 August, the singer presented a new single "Indie Rock (Vogue)" in an unusual for her style, which was released in two languages: Russian and Ukrainian. The authors of the single were Alexander Horoshkovaty and Yuri Andriychenko. The music video was directed by Israeli Indi Hait, who had previously collaborated with numerous European stars. Ukrainian model Tanya Ruban took part in the shooting.

On August 14, Loboda gave her first public concert in Ukraine for the first time in four years in Odesa at the club IBIZA, gathering a full house.

On 1 October, she presented a new lyrical single, "Americano". The author of the song is Nikita Kiselev. The track "Americano" instantly took the first position in all the charts, and for a long time was number one in the "trending" tab of YouTube music videos.

On 1 November, the premiere of the music video for the single "Americano" was held, the shooting of which took place in Kyiv, and the director of the video was Indi Hait.

On 10 December 2021, Loboda presented the single for the New Year — "ZanesLO", listening to which you want to dance, decorate the Christmas tree, buy presents, remember your loved one and just feel the comfort of your home.

Loboda received the Ukrainian "Music Platform" award from the TV channel "Ukraine" for the song "MoLOko".

Since 2022
In February 2022, Loboda ceased cooperation with the Russian Federation when Russia invaded her home country of Ukraine, canceling a scheduled concert tour. Loboda voiced support of her native country. She began sharing regular updates of the war and how it affected Ukrainians on her social media, as well as actively promoting charitable activities related to Ukrainian relief.

Starting in February 2022, Loboda reoriented her office into a volunteer headquarters to help Ukrainians.

On 3 June 2022, the Loboda released her first song since the start of the war, dedicating it to Ukraine. According to the artist, "Prayer" is not a song, but a statement and an attempt to say for yourself that love will definitely defeat death, and "light will defeat darkness". The music video for the single "Prayer" was filmed in Riga, Latvia, in St. Peter's Church. Besides Loboda, 45 musicians from the Jāzeps Vītols Latvian Academy of Music Symphony Orchestra take part in the video. A Ukrainian and Latvian team worked on the song and video, which was directed by Indi Hait. The author of the idea of the video and the sound producer of the track is Loboda.

On 18 November, Loboda presented a new lyrical Ukrainian-speaking single "Two strangers".

The singer said, that she dedicates the song to Ukrainians, who are currently experiencing separation from their loved ones, children, parents, loved ones, and, of course, their country and home. Visiting centers for Ukrainian refugees around the world and talking in person, Loboda put everything she heard into the lyrics: both grief and pain.

On December 2, 2022, Loboda presented a music video for the song "Cities". For the first time, Loboda directed her own music video. As the singer herself noted:

"Separation has knocked on the door of many Ukrainians today, the song ‘Cities’ is exactly about it. The ‘Cities’ is about feelings, separation, and distance, which today is measured not in kilometers, but in days until we meet".

The music video was shot in Riga, Latvia and featured local actors. The cameraman was Phil Lee, who flew in from America, especially for the shooting. It was reported to show about how pain and suffering makes people different, and how, after surviving this hell of war, destruction, and inner pain, one comes  back from there to your cities, to your home.

On February 3, 2023, the singer released her fourth single after February 24, 2022. The song "Ukrainian Way" became the lead single on the artist's new album, which is expected to premiere as early as spring 2023.

Personal life

The family
Her grandfather — Vasyl Loboda — worked in the Soviet Militsiya, then in the KGB, traveled around the world and in 1958 lived more than half a year in Cuba. At the time, when Fidel Castro and Che Guevara were preparing for a revolution, he lived in the jungle and helped develop plans to overthrow Cuban dictator Fulgencio Batista. Vasyl Loboda died when Svitlana was young.

Grandmother — Lyudmila Loboda was an opera singer.

Father — Sergii Loboda (born 1957) was the head of the apron service at an aircraft factory.

Mother — Natalia Loboda (born 1957) worked in Kyiv as a specialist in energy conservation. Was Irpin city council deputy.

Her younger sister is Ksenia Loboda (born 1992), married since Jun 2019, March 2023 born her first child (daughter)

Former partner —  Andrii Tsar (birth surname Onishchak, later he took his mother’s maiden surname Levandovskyi ) (born September 18, 1987, Lviv, USSR)dancer, choreographer, worked with Svitlana Loboda Ballet and Freedom Ballet, DJ and singer. On October 1, 2014, the singer officially announced that she broke up with him

Daughter — Evangelina Levandovska (born April 9, 2011 in Kyiv)

Daughter — Matilda (Tilda) Loboda (born May 21, 2018 in Los Angeles)

Charity
In April 2020, the singer, together with the Encore Charity Foundation in Russia and the Ukrainian Charity Exchange, launched the "Help Basket" campaign to support the elderly, low-income, and large families during the COVID-19 pandemic. The artist bought more than a thousand boxes of food for the funds and made a donation totaling more than 180 thousand rubles.

At the end of August 2021, in Odesa, she held a charity festival Vintage Charity Market & Sova Picnic, which was aimed at raising funds to purchase medical equipment for the children's hospital departments. The singer supported the initiative and donated a Balmain mini dress worth $3000.

On a regular basis, she helps sick children and needy families. Giving 10% of her profits to charity, as stated in Masha Efrosinina's "Exam" interview.

Since February 24, 2022, the singer reoriented her office into a volunteer headquarters to help Ukrainians. From the first days of the war, Loboda fully immersed herself in volunteer activities.

Loboda donated 1.5 million hryvnias to Masha Efrosinina Foundation (now dealing with humanitarian aid to war victims).

The singer donated a car for the needs of the tero-defense, and also paid for the purchase of necessary equipment for the city of Boryspil in the amount of 1.5 million hryvnias. This was told by the mayor of Boryspil, Volodymyr Borysenko.

In May 2022, the singer announced the opening of the Loboda Help Center, a center for psychological assistance to Ukrainians, as well as a center for receiving letters and applications for material assistance to residents of Ukraine affected by the war. Eight psychologists have been working at the center since it opened, and four are still working at the moment. About 1000 people got qualified psychological help thanks to the consultations of the specialists.

On June 15, 2022, she visited her native city Irpin, where she spent her childhood, and which became ruins after the Russian occupation. She met with the mayor Oleksandr Markushyn, visited several apartment buildings, kindergarten, and also Svitlana Loboda met with the residents of Irpin and those who wrote to her in the Loboda Help Center and asked for help, discussing the possibilities of restoring their ruined homes.

Svitlana Loboda donated three million hryvnias to complete the kindergarten "Vinochok" in Irpin in Kyiv region, part of the building was destroyed by Russian occupants.

Loboda visited the Kyiv City Children's Clinical Hospital #1. The star admitted that it was an incredible meeting with the young patients and medical staff. According to her words, such visits charge with incredible energy and courage. She also transferred to the account of the hospital about ₴200,000 for purchasing necessary medical equipment for the institution. Also, financial help was sent to the Paliativna hospital in Kyiv.

Svitlana Loboda financially supported a young Ukrainian tennis player, Mishel Lobotenko, who hails from Irpin. The 15-year-old schoolgirl and her family were forced to go to Latvia, where the athlete could not pay for training.

The singer, after visiting Irpin, where she saw with her own eyes what the Russian army left behind after the occupation, decided to help restore the city. And announced the cooperation with the International Charitable Foundation DUSHA.

Svitlana Loboda provided 350 refugees from a temporary camp for displaced persons in Pereiaslav, Boryspil district, with everything they needed for several months ahead. The artist bought for her compatriots, who became homeless because of the war, food, cleaning equipment, personal hygiene products, household chemicals, and much more in the amount of ₴230,000.

Svitlana Loboda provided her personal car to volunteer actor Alexei Surovtsev for the evacuation of animals from the city of Irpin, continues his mission to date.

August 14, Loboda's solo concert in Riga opened the large-scale charity tour to cities in Europe and America, which also included such countries as Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, Israel and Armenia. At each concert, Loboda donates part of the money she makes to help rebuild her hometown of Irpen.

Also, as part of her tour, before almost every concert, the singer visited camps with Ukrainian refugees around the world to support them, as well as to donate tickets to her concerts.

On her birthday, 18 October 2022, the singer pledged a charitable donation of ₴1 million to repair roofs and reinforce multi-story buildings in the town of Irpin. As a result of the announced campaign, a total of ₴3 million was raised. Besides the Ukrainian construction charity fund Savehome.live joined the charitable initiative and took on the restoration of three multi-storey buildings — Fortuna, Stepanivska, and Vysokaya residential buildings.

On December 26, 2022 the main music channel of Kazakhstan, MUZZONE TV, awarded Svitlana Loboda the prize "For Contribution to the Development and Restoration of Ukraine".

Summing up the year 2022, since the beginning of the war in Ukraine, the artist has transferred more than 14 million hryvnias for targeted assistance and to various charitable organizations.

In January 2023, the singer is continuing her charity work, having transferred ₴1 million for the reconstruction of a multi-storey building in Irpin, as well as announcing the continuation of a large-scale charity tour around the world.

Discography

Studio albums
Ty ne zabudesh (2005)
Ne Ma4o (2008)
H2LO (2017)
Sold Out (2019)
 Made in U (2023)

See also
Loboda videography

References

External links
Official website
youtube
Twitter
Instagram

1982 births
Living people
21st-century Ukrainian women singers
People from Irpin
Ukrainian pop singers
English-language singers from Ukraine
Nu Virgos members
Eurovision Song Contest entrants of 2009
Eurovision Song Contest entrants for Ukraine
Russian National Music Award winners
Winners of the Golden Gramophone Award


The 1999 Grand Prix Hassan II was an Association of Tennis Professionals tennis tournament held in Casablanca, Morocco. It was the 15th edition of the Grand Prix Hassan II and was held from March 22 to March 29, 1999.

Finals

Singles

 Alberto Martín defeated  Fernando Vicente, 6–3, 6–4.
 It was Martin's 1st singles title of his career.

Doubles

 Fernando Meligeni /  Jaime Oncins defeated  Massimo Ardinghi /  Vincenzo Santopadre, 6–2, 6–3.
 It was Meligeni's only title of the year and the 10th of his career. It was Oncins's 2nd title of the year and the 6th of his career.

References

External links
 ITF tournament edition details
 ATP tournament profile

Grand Prix Hassan II
Grand Prix Hassan II


Drymonia velitaris is a moth of the family Notodontidae first described by Johann Siegfried Hufnagel in 1766. It is found in central and southern Europe and Anatolia.

The length of the forewings is 12–15 mm for males and 15–18 mm for females. The imago can be identified by the yellow spot on the base of the forewing. The moth flies from May to August depending on the location.

The larvae feed on oak.

External links

Fauna Europaea
Lepidoptera of Belgium
Lepiforum e.V.
De Vlinderstichting

Notodontidae
Moths of Europe
Moths of Asia
Taxa named by Johann Siegfried Hufnagel


Wirrinyga Band (also known as Warrinyga Band) are a rock band from Milingimbi, a small island in Arnhem Land, Northern Territory. The band members are Yolngu. They sing in both Language and English and they mix modern instruments with traditional.

Discography
 Dreamtime Shadow (1990) - CAAMA
 Dreamtime Wisdom, Modern Time Vision (1995) - CAAMA

References

Cultural Dissent, Green Left Weekly issue #290 17 September 1997 The sound of Arnhem Land, Dreamtime Wisdom Modern Time Vision review
Music Australia Dreamtime shadow
Music Australia Dreamtime wisdom modern time vision

Northern Territory musical groups
Indigenous Australian musical groups


Μωσαϊκὸ (Mosaic) — Ukrainian vocal collective, which are singing in such styles: Pop, Laiko, Byzantine music. Was established in 1999 in Kerch.

History
The collective Μωσαϊκό was born on September, 1st, 1999 on the basis of Kerch's School of Arts of R.Serdjuka under the guidance of   Olga Ivanovna Verenich   .
The debut has taken place on January, 7th, 2000 with two Greek songs Σαγαπώ (Sagapo) and Μπουζούκι (Buzuki) at a meeting with the Kerch's Greek Cultural-Educational Society. The repertoire has replenished then with orthodox prays Προσευχή (Proseuhi) and Χριστός Ανέστη (Christos Anesti) in the Greek language, etc.

From the moment of collective's foundation, the chairman of the Kerch's Greek Cultural-Educational Society Boris Ilich Babich actively helped with a musical material, by his profound knowledge of history, and organised meetings with the Greek societies of different cities.

On October, 27th, 2000 under the invitation of director Natalya Bondarchuk (supervisor), the singing collective “Μωσαϊκό” has taken part in scene shootings «Children of the future Kerch» having sung songs in the Greek language. The participant of ensemble Elias Verenich has acted in film in a role of small tsar Mitridat in an episode «Coronation of Mitridat» .

Throughout all years of existence, the singing collective “Μωσαϊκό” accepts active participation in a cultural life of a city, acting with concerts and at meetings with societies of national minorities - Greek, Bulgarian, Tatar, Armenian, Jewish, etc.

Since 2000 the singing collective “Μωσαϊκό” annually takes part in the international festival «Bosporsky Agones» with execution of the Byzantian church chants and prays in the Greek language.

Since 2001 the singing collective “Μωσαϊκό” worked over the Byzantian liturgy and modern Greek songs in a genre λαϊκά (Laikó tragoudi).

In February, 2002 the singing collective “Μωσαϊκό” took part in the competitive program «Stars on a scene!» on Television channel UT-1 in Kiev, having occupied 2 place.

Annually, on June, 3rd, in the day of St. Konstantin and Elena meetings of Greeks of Ukraine and Crimea are held in village Chernopole in which the singing collective “Μωσαϊκό” accepts regular participation.

Within the next years singing collective “Μωσαϊκό”:

• takes part on Ukraine festival-competition of the Greek song of Tamara Katzy in Mariupol,

• is the guest of honour and traditionally opens annual international festival of arts «Meetings in Zurbagan» in Feodosiya, within the limits of Grin's Readings on which not only scientists - expert's of Grin from Russia, Ukraine, Belarus, Latvia, the far abroad, gather, but also writers, musicians, artists, admirers of Grin's creativity from different cities of the world meet together,

• on blessing of the Metropolitan Simferopol and Crimea Lazarus by forces of the singing collective “Μωσαϊκό” a documentary video film Heritage had been made. In it orthodox prays in the Greek language of 12th - 16th centuries are executed. Shootings were spent in vicinities of Bakhchisarai on blessing of archimandrite Siluan, the prior of the Monastery of the Holy Dormition in Bakhchsarai. Shootings were direct in a monastic Temple in honour of the Dormition of Most Holy Mother of God, and also in caves of Chufut-Kale,

• spent meetings-concerts with visitors of a city, the American both Bulgarian delegations and the French scientists-archeologists from Paris,

• gives concerts in the cities of Feodosiya, Simferopol, in archaeological camp "Artezian",

 at scientific conferences in Partenit, etc.

All concerts pass in warm friendly conditions.

Last eight months the singing collective “Μωσαϊκό” is improved in creative commonwealth with the chief of Kerch's management of culture Konovalov A. N.

In April, 2008 the singing collective “Μωσαϊκό” has protected a rank of the exemplary (i.e. went through the official procedure required for obtaining an exemplary degree).

Members

Discography

Notes

External links

 Official site

Vocal ensembles
Vocal music
A cappella musical groups


is a Japanese former singer and actor. He is the former vocalist of the band LIV. He was convicted in 2011 of drug use and failing to provide assistance to an acquaintance who died after taking drugs he had provided her.

History
Raised in Los Angeles, California, United States from age 4 to 12 before moving back to Tokyo, Japan, Oshio writes his lyrics in English and Japanese. He has held many starring roles in TV shows, dramas, commercials, and movies in Japan as well as in China.

Oshio made his acting debut in 1997 in Ai, Tokidoki Uso. Later Oshio formed his band LIV in 2002. Their first single Without You was released in January and their debut album "The First Chapter" was later released in October of the same year. Their second single Try was released in May and went to number 1 on the Oricon charts.

Oshio continued over the next 3 years juggling acting, performing live and releasing albums under his band Liv. His last studio album on Universal Japan was "Mi Vida Loca", shortly after his departure from Universal his singles collection was released "Coleccion de Oro".

Reports Announced that on October 4, 2005, Oshio was quitting acting to pursue his musical career. He quit his management agency and joined indie label Daiki Sound. Oshio's last drama was Satomi Hakkenden . In 2006 he married Akiko Yada.

Oshio decided to make a return to acting in 2008. He signed to Avex Entertainment, citing that he would like to expand his international career and was happy with Avex Entertainment's global aims.

Announced in August 2008 that he was reviving his band LIV. In his own words the band is going to "start from zero". The band had introduced to new members and were said to be working on a new album.

Oshio Manabu was released from prison in 2014.  In 2016, he appeared in a live event with LIV.

Court case

On August 2, 2009, he was arrested at Roppongi Hills for possession of MDMA during an investigation into the death of a hostess.  He was subsequently dropped by Avex Entertainment for violating his contract and his music labels cancelled distribution of all his releases. After his arrest his wife Akiko Yada decided to file for divorce, citing "incompatible values"

His blog "Entertainment Crusher", which had been active since 2006, was also wiped off the web.

On December 7, 2009, he was arrested again by the Tokyo Metropolitan Police.

According to the police, Tanaka fell ill and her condition took a turn for the worse at around 6:30 p.m. Aug. 2 after taking the drug with Oshio. Oshio told Endo over the phone that she had not regained consciousness, and the manager arrived at around 7:40 p.m. An emergency call was made at 9:19 p.m. By the time paramedics arrived and confirmed her death at the scene at 9:27 p.m., Oshio had gone to another unit in the apartment building.

Oshio was convicted of giving the girl Ecstasy and neglecting to care for her after she fell gravely ill.  He was sentenced to 30 months in prison, which was upheld by the Tokyo High Court on 18 April 2011.  On 15 February 2012, the Supreme Court of Japan upheld Oshio's conviction.  The decision meant that Oshio was required to consecutively serve both the 18-month sentence for drug use and the 30-month sentence in prison.

Discography

Albums
 The First Chapter (2002)
 Skeleton Key (2003)
 Mi Vida Loca (2005)
 Coleccion de Oro BEST 2002–2005 (2005)
 Manifest (2007)

Singles
 Without You (2002)
 Try (2002)
 SOUL (2002)
 May I Be Happy Forever/FLY (2003)
 Are you Alive? (2003)
 FAKE STAR (2004)
 THE SHOW (2004)
 未来の花 {Mirai no hana} (2005)
 LOVE YOUR LIFE (2006)
 キンモクセイ {kinmokusei} (2006)
 Me Against Myself (2007)
 Game(2007)

Collaboration
m.c.A.T
 Beastie Life feat. Manabu Oshio (2007)

DVD
 Clips One (2002)
 Clips Two (2003)
 LIV TOUR 2003 SKELETON KEY Live at Zepp Tokyo 2003.12.07 (2004)
 Clips Three (2005)
 El Documental de mi Vida Loca ～LIV TOUR 2005 Mi Vida Loca～(2006)

Dramas
 Satomi Hakkenden (2006)
 Yume de Aimashou (2005)
 Rikon Bengoshi (SP) (2004)
 Kunimitsu no Matsuri (2003)
 Double Score (2002)
 Haru Ranman (2002)
 Love Revolution (2001)
 2001 no otoko un (2001)
 Yamato Nadeshiko (2000)
 Hatachi no kekkon (2000)

Films
 Map of the Sounds of Tokyo (2009)
 Dakara oretachi wa, Asa wo matteita (2010)

Games
 Chaos Legion (2003)

References

External links
 Official Instagram
 Official myspace
 Official youtube
 LIV Universal Music

1978 births
Living people
Japanese male actors
Japanese expatriates in the United States
Japanese people convicted of drug offenses
Singers from Tokyo
21st-century Japanese singers
21st-century Japanese male singers


Nikita Rafailovich Kokuyev (or Kokujev; ; 28 October 1848, Maloarkhangelsk - 31 March 1914) was a Russian entomologist.

He specialized in Hymenoptera and Coleoptera and described new taxa in both groups. His collection is in the
Zoological Museum of the Zoological Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences

Works
Partial list:
Hymenoptera asiatica nova. Russkoe Entomologicheskoye Obozreniye. 3:285-288. (1903)
Hymenoptera asiatica nova VI. Russkoe Entomologicheskoye Obozreniye. 5:10-15.(1905)
Hymenoptera asiatica nova VII. Russkoe Entomologicheskoye Obozreniye. 5:208-210. (1905)
Ichneumonidae (Hymenoptera) a clarissimis V.J. Roborovski et P.K. Kozlov annis 1894-1895 et 1900-1901 in China, Mongolia et Tibetia lecti. Ezhegodnik Zoologicheskago Muzeya. Annales du Musée Zoologique. Académie Impériale des Sciences. Saint-Pétersbourg 14:12-47. (1909)
Duo Hemiptera [recte: Hymenoptera] nova faunae turanicae a J.V. Vasiljev collecta. Russkoe Entomologicheskoye Obozreniye. 12:407-408. (1912)
Contribution à la faune des Hyménoptères de la Russie III. Revue Russe d'Entomologie. 13:161-170. (1913)
Hymenoptera recueillies par V. Sovinskij sur les bords du lac Bajkal en 1902.(in Russian with Latin descriptions) Travaux de la Commission pour l'étude du lac Bajkal. 2:63-76. (1927)

References
Pesenko, Yu. A. & Astafurova, Yu. V. 2003: Annotated Bibliography of Russian and Soviet Publications on the Bees 1771 - 2002 (Hymenoptera: Apoidea; excluding Apis mellifera). Denisia 11 1-616

External links
ZinRus List of types of Braconidae

Russian entomologists
Hymenopterists
1848 births
1914 deaths
Biologists from the Russian Empire


Bomberman Ultra is a downloadable video game for the PlayStation 3, released in 2009 as part of the Bomberman franchise.

Gameplay
The game gives players the ability to fully customize their own Bomberman. The full selection of outfits is immediately unlockable from the very start off the game, allowing for more than 150,000 unique combinations.

Release
Bomberman Ultra is a digital-only release. It was made available for purchase and download via the PlayStation Network digital storefront in 2009 in all regions.

Reception

Bomberman Ultra received "generally favorable reviews" according to the review aggregator Metacritic. IGN said, "A good deal at ten bucks, this is a download Bomberman fans will want to make room for."

References

External links

2009 video games
Action games
Ultra
Hudson Soft games
Multiplayer online games
PlayStation 3 games
PlayStation 3-only games
PlayStation Network games
Split-screen multiplayer games
Video games developed in Japan


The Early Grey (Xylocampa areola) is a species of moth of the family Noctuidae. It is found in Europe and Morocco.

The wingspan is 32–40 mm. Seitz describes it - Forewing pale grey varied with darker, darkest in median and marginal areas ; veins black-speckled ; a black streak from base on submedian fold, with a whitish patch above it; the two lines black, approximating below median, conversely edged with white; orbicular and reniform stigmata large, 8-shaped, pale grey, with darker centres, the orbicular projecting obliquely below median and connected there with reniform; submarginal line white, serrate, followed by a row of black marginal lunules; fringe deep, grey mottled with paler; hindwing pale grey, the cell spot, veins, and outer line darker: in the form suffusa Tutt the dark median area below the stigmata becomes blackish and forms with the black streak from base a curved black marking. The larva is dull pinkish ochreous, with a paler dorsal line and dark brown blotches on dorsum on segments 7 and 8; the 11th segment is slightly humped.

The moth flies from February to May depending on the location.

The larvae feed on honeysuckle (Lonicera species).

References

External links

Early Grey at UKmoths
Funet Taxonomy
Lepiforum.de
Vlindernet.nl

Cuculliinae
Moths described in 1809
Moths of Africa
Moths of Europe
Taxa named by Eugenius Johann Christoph Esper


Thomas Bogan (18 May 1920 – 23 September 1993) was a Scottish footballer, who played as a forward for several clubs in both Scotland and England. Born in Glasgow, Bogan played for Strathclyde, Blantyre Celtic, Renfrew and Hibernian before moving to Celtic after the end of the Second World War.

After two-and-a-half years with Celtic, Bogan moved to England to play for Preston North End in September 1948. He played for Preston for one season, before moving to Manchester United in September 1949. However, it was apparent that Bogan had not adapted to the English game and moved back to Scotland to play for Aberdeen in March 1951. A move back to England soon followed, with Bogan moving to Southampton after just four appearances for Aberdeen. Again, though, he struggled to fit in and he moved to Blackburn Rovers and then Macclesfield Town before retiring from professional football.

References

Sources
London Hearts profile
Profile at StretfordEnd.co.uk
Profile at MUFCInfo.com

1920 births
1993 deaths
Footballers from Glasgow
Scottish men's footballers
Hibernian F.C. players
Celtic F.C. players
Preston North End F.C. players
Manchester United F.C. players
Aberdeen F.C. players
Southampton F.C. players
Blackburn Rovers F.C. players
Macclesfield Town F.C. players
Men's association football wingers
Scottish Football League players
English Football League players
Scottish Football League representative players
Renfrew F.C. players
Scotland men's wartime international footballers
Scottish Junior Football Association players
Blantyre Celtic F.C. players
Strathclyde F.C. players


The 2000 Grand Prix Hassan II was an Association of Tennis Professionals men's tennis tournament held in Casablanca, Morocco. It was the 16th edition of the tournament and was held from 10 April until 17 April 2000. Fernando Vicente won the singles title.

Finals

Singles

 Fernando Vicente defeated  Sébastien Grosjean 6–4, 4–6, 7–6(7–3)
 It was Vicente's only title of the year and the 2nd of his career.

Doubles

 Arnaud Clément /  Sébastien Grosjean defeated  Lars Burgsmüller /  Andrew Painter 7–6(7–4), 6–4
 It was Clément's 1st title of the year and the 1st of his career. It was Grosjean's 1st title of the year and the 1st of his career.

References

External links
 ATP tournament profile

Grand Prix Hassan II
Grand Prix Hassan II
Grand Prix Hassan II


Abu Dhabi Plaza  (Kazakh: Абу Даби Плаза) is a mixed-use development complex in the very center of Astana, the capital of Kazakhstan. As of 2022, the tallest tower of Abu Dhabi Plaza at  is the tallest building in Kazakhstan and Central Asia.

Background
On 11 June 2009, after two years of completing the design stage, Kazakhstan and the United Arab Emirates signed an agreement on construction of the Abu Dhabi Plaza mixed-use development complex.

Main facilities of the complex
Abu Dhabi Plaza consists of five buildings with an area amounting to more than . The tallest tower, which is , includes 75 floors, which contains offices and residential premises. The complex also includes two office towers with 29 and 31 floors respectively. A 15-storey residential tower is also part of the complex. The fifth building is a 14-floor hotel tower, the Sheraton Astana Hotel. The taller residential tower was completed in 2021.

The shopping center of Abu Dhabi Plaza was inaugurated on 2 December 2019. Its area is  accommodating shops and restaurants located on two levels.

See also
 List of tallest buildings in Astana
 List of tallest buildings in Kazakhstan
 List of tallest residential buildings

References

Skyscrapers in Kazakhstan
Buildings and structures under construction in Kazakhstan
Residential skyscrapers in Kazakhstan
Skyscraper office buildings


First round selections

The following are the first round picks in the 1971 Major League Baseball draft.

* Did not sign

Other notable selections

* Did not sign

Background
The June 1971 draft was a productive one, even though none of its top ten choices yielded players who would have memorable major league careers. Selected in the regular phase were future Hall of Famers Jim Rice (Boston, 1st round), George Brett (Kansas City, 2nd round) and Mike Schmidt (Philadelphia, 2nd round).

Pitcher Mike Flanagan was selected in the 15th round of the June regular phase by Houston, but enrolled at the University of Massachusetts. One of the more interesting highlights of the June draft was that five quarterbacks were selected including future NFL stars Jim Plunkett, Archie Manning, Dan Pastorini, Steve Bartkowski, Joe Theismann as well as Condredge Holloway, who went on to have a career in the Canadian Football League, where he was awarded Most Outstanding Player while playing for the Toronto Argonauts.

Danny Goodwin, the nation's top pick, could not agree to terms with the White Sox and became the first top choice who did not sign a contract, instead choosing to attend Southern University in Baton Rouge. Four years later, Goodwin was again selected first overall, this time by the Angels.

Notes

External links
Complete draft list from The Baseball Cube database

References

Major League Baseball draft
Draft
Major League Baseball draft


Ennomos fuscantaria, the dusky thorn, is a moth of the family Geometridae. The species can be found in the western part of the Palearctic realm in western Europe and from central Scandinavia its range extends to the northern Mediterranean and east to Russia.

The wingspan is 35–40 mm. The ground colour is ochre yellow. There are violet-grey flecks on the forewing and an oblong discal spot. The fasciae (bands) are grey brown. On the hindwing the grey brown transverse line hides a small discal spot.

Other Ennomos species are similar.

The moth is on wing from July to October depending on the location.

The caterpillars feed on ash (Fraxinus excelsior), but also privet (Ligustrum species) and other shrubs.

References

External links
 Lepidoptera of Belgium
 Lepiforum.de
 Vlindernet.nl

Ennomini
Moths described in 1809
Moths of Europe
Taxa named by Adrian Hardy Haworth


Yanggarriny Wunungmurra (1932–2003) was an artist, yidaki player and leader of the Dhalwangu clan of the Yolngu people of northeast Arnhem Land in the Northern Territory of Australia.

Career
In 1963 he was one of the major contributors to the Yirritja side of the Yirrkala Church Panels. Considered one of the seminal figures in the Yolngu bark painting movement, Wunungmurra's work is included in most major collections of Aboriginal Australian art.

Wunungmurra was also a celebrated yidaki player. Alan Brissenden and Keith Glennon describe him as "a meticulous, and complete, artist, not only a virtuoso of the didgeridoo, but also a fine singer, dancer and bark painter".

In 1997, Wunungmurra's work Gangan was awarded first prize in the National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Art Award.

Yanggarriny Wunungmurra v. Peter Stripes Fabrics
In 1983, Wunungmurra was the first Aboriginal artist to have his copyright recognised in an Australian court. The case, Yanggarriny Wunungmurra v. Peter Stripes Fabrics was won against the Australian Copyright Act 1968, which had previously not considered Aboriginal Australian designs to be "original" and thereby protected under copyright in Australia.

In 1981, Wunungmurra took Peter Stripes Fabrics to the Australian Federal Court for unauthorised use of his painting, Long-necked Freshwater Tortoises by the Fish Trap at Gaanan (1975). The case hinged on whether the painting constituted "traditional designs" or whether it constituted the original work of the artist. In his statement to the court, Yanggarriny noted that he had learned the design from Gawirrin Gumana's father (Birrikitji Gumana) and that both men had the authority to paint the design. However, he also maintained that anyone could tell that the painting was his by the way the tortoise was drawn, which was like his signature. Elizabeth Burns Coleman argues that "the case was won by the stress that was placed on Wunungmurra's additions to and differences from traditional design... As such, the argument emphasized what was original in his work, rather than what was traditional".

Collections

Art Gallery of New South Wales
Art Gallery of South Australia
The British Museum
Museum and Art Gallery of the Northern Territory
National Gallery of Victoria
National Museum of Australia

Significant exhibitions

 1995: Miny'tji Buku-Larrnggay: Paintings from the East. National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne.
 1999-2001: Saltwater: Yirrkala Bark Paintings of Sea Country. Drill Hall Gallery, Australian National University, Canberra; John Curtin Gallery, Curtin University, Perth; Australian National Maritime Museum, Sydney; Museum of Modern Art Heide; Melbourne; Araluen Art Centre, Alice Springs.

Family

Yanggarriny's son, Nawurapu Wunungmurra, is an artist, whose work is on display in the Art Gallery of South Australia in Adelaide.

References

Australian Aboriginal artists
2003 deaths
1932 births


University of Stirling Football Club are a football club based in Stirling, Scotland. They are associated with the University of Stirling and have played in the Lowland Football League since 2013. The club operates six teams which compete in a combination of BUCS Football League (British university competitions) and in senior and amateur leagues across Scotland.

The club currently have six teams in the BUCS Football League and also a team in the Lowland Football League, East of Scotland Football League, Lowlands U20 Development League and the Caledonian Amateur Football League.

The university deliver a High Performance Football Programme which provides players to the first team. As part of this programme, students can be offered football scholarships to study for a degree and play football at the university. The football scholarship programme is named after Craig Gowans, a talented Falkirk player who died in 2005 while training with the university.

History
The club was admitted to the First Division of the East of Scotland Football League in 2008, after Berwick Rangers withdrew their reserve team. The 2009–10 season was one of great success for the students, as they won the First Division title in only the team's second season in the East of Scotland League. They also won the Scottish Universities Championship and reached the King Cup final, losing to East of Scotland Premier Division champions Spartans 0–2 at Ferguson Park, Rosewell. In the 2010–11 season, in their first season in the East of Scotland Premier Division, the students secured a second-place finish and also suffered defeat in the King Cup final at the hands of Spartans at the Falkirk Stadium. They were successful in the Alex Jack Cup, winning the final 7–0 against Lothian Thistle at the Falkirk Stadium.

In 2012, Stirling University again won the Alex Jack Cup, beating Gretna 2008 in the final. In March 2012, the university's first year scholar Stephen Hoyle left the program to sign for ASB Premiership side Hawke's Bay United in New Zealand. Stirling University had a remarkable 2011–12 season, bringing three trophies back to the university, including the East of Scotland Premier Division title for the first time.

This saw the university compete in the 2012–13 Scottish Cup, participating in the Scottish Cup for the first time in the club's history. Stirling University were drawn against Bonnyrigg Rose Athletic in the second round, with the university losing 0–1.

It was announced in 2013 that Stirling University would be admitted to the Lowland League as a founding member. The University would use Stirling Albion's Forthbank Stadium for their home fixtures. In August 2014, the University of Stirling became the first senior club in Britain to appoint a female manager when Shelley Kerr took charge, Kerr took over as Scotland women's head coach on 13 April 2017. Following her departure, long-serving striker Chris Geddes was promoted to the role of first team coach after assisting Kerr throughout previous seasons.

Many of the University Scholars have gone on to play professionally in recent seasons. At the end of the 2012–13 season, goalkeeper Kevin Walker left the university to sign a one-year professional contract with Scottish Championship side Livingston. More recently, two of the first team players during the 2018–19 season signed pre-contracts with professional clubs. Lewis Hunter and Blair Lyons signed professional terms with Scottish League One sides East Fife F.C. and Montrose F.C. respectively. Former club captain, Angus Mailer signed a pre-contract with Elgin City ahead of the 2020–21 season, joining up with former Uni teammate Rory MacEwan, who signed for Elgin the season prior.

After the COVID-19 pandemic curtailed the 2019–20 and 2020–21 seasons, the University managed to complete the 2021–22 season by finishing in 10th place, alongside a defeat in the Second round of the Scottish Cup to fellow Lowland League side East Kilbride.

The 2022–23 season would turn out to be a fairly successful season for the University, by mid-January they would find themselves in 5th place in the League, but more impressively they had qualified to the Fourth round of the Scottish Cup, laying aside non league sides Lothian Thistle Hutchison Vale, Dunbar United in their run to the third round, where they would meet League Two side Albion Rovers at Rover's home ground Cliftonhill. The University managed to take the League side to extra-time in the tie, before in the 111th minute they took the lead and went on to win the tie to reach the fourth round for the first time in their history. The University were looking forward to a possible bumper tie, as Premiership sides entered the competition at this stage, and they were rewarded with a tie away to Dundee United where they took a 1,000+ crowd to Tannadice Park as the University lost against the Premiership side 3–0, but nonetheless they were praised by many across Scottish football and beyond for their remarkable efforts. The University finished the campaign in 4th place, behind only Celtic B, Rangers B and league champions Spartans, this secured their best league finish since 2017.

Ground
Since 2013 the University's first team have played their Lowland League matches at Forthbank Stadium, groundsharing with Stirling Albion (apart from the 2017–18 season when they played at the Falkirk Stadium). Prior to this they played at Gannochy Sports Centre, which is still used by their second team playing in the East of Scotland League.

Current squad

Coaching staff

Women
In 2014 the women's team joined forces with Falkirk L.F.C. and compete as Stirling University and Falkirk L.F.C.

Season-by-season record

Lowland League

† Season curtailed due to coronavirus pandemic.

Honours
Below is a list of honours won by the first team squad of Stirling University Football Club.

League
East of Scotland League Premier Division: 2011–12
East of Scotland League First Division: 2009–10

Cup
SFA South Region Challenge Cup: 2011–12
Lowland League Cup: 2013–14
East of Scotland Qualifying Cup: 2022–23
East of Scotland King Cup: 2011–12
East of Scotland League Alex Jack Cup: 2010–11, 2011–12
Stirling and District Amateur League Robertson Trophy: 1982–83

As students (1st XI only)
BUSA Premier Division North: 2010–11, 2013–14, 2019–20, 2021–22, 2022–23
BUSA Football Championship: 2013–14
SUFA Queen's Park Shield: 1981–82, 1982–83, 1983–84, 1984–85, 1988–89, 2000–01, 2008–09, 2009–10, 2011–12, 2012–13, 2013–14, 2016–17

External links
Official website

References

Football clubs in Scotland
Football clubs in Stirling (council area)
University of Stirling
University and college football clubs in Scotland
East of Scotland Football League teams
Lowland Football League teams


The Glatt group is active internationally as an equipment manufacturer, system supplier and engineering service provider in the field of processing and refinement of solid compounds for the food / feed, pharmaceutical and fine chemical industry.

History
Founded in 1954 by Werner Glatt and initially dealing with oven flues and venting systems, the company experienced a rapid boom – thanks to good connections and the nearby pharmaceutical industry in Switzerland.

In 1959, Werner Glatt and a dozen employees designed and installed the very first fluid bed dryer used in the pharmaceutical industry worldwide.

Further developments evolved; after drying technology came granulation technology, then coating and finally pelletizing technology.

In the following years the Company compounded and strengthened its business operations : In 1971, Glatt AG was founded in Switzerland, followed in 1973 by Glatt Air Techniques (GAT) in Ramsey, USA; Glatt AG was instrumental in launching a second Glatt product family onto the market: the tablet pan coater.
Within the course of just a few years, additional sales companies were established in other countries: Glatt Pharmatech in France, Glatt Protech in the UK, Glatt Ireland and Glatt Norden in Denmark.

In 1989, Reinhard Nowak took over as Chief Executive from company founder Werner Glatt.

1991 saw the foundation of Glatt Ingenieurtechnik (GIT) in Weimar, Germany. Almost simultaneously, Glatt Systemtechnik (GST) was also founded in Dresden, Germany.
Both companies added major new product lines and services thereby complementing the existing Glatt portfolio.

Today, the Glatt Corporation is a global group of companies and employs a workforce of over 1400 at its various locations.

Technologies
The core technology of the Glatt group of companies is the fluid bed technology for the drying, granulating, pelletizing (see also spheronization) and the coating of solid compounds.
Glatt has shaped and constantly further developed this technology.
Initially used solely as a dryer, the fluid bed unit has – by using suitable spraying systems – become a granulator and then – with the relevant developments – a particle coater. Today, fluid bed units are available for batch as well as for continuous production.
Further technologies include wet granulation as well as film and sugar coating.

These technologies are applied:

in the pharmaceutical industry for production of
Granules, tablets and dragées
Pellets, capsules
Ointments, creams
Suppositories
Blood plasma products
Vaccines
Infusions and injection solutions
Drops
Juices
in the food / feed industry for production of
Flavours
Enzymes
Feed and feed additives
Baker's yeast and feed yeast
Instant products
Foods and food ingredients
Milk and dairy products
 in the fine chemical industry for production of
Enzymes
Fertilizers
Pesticides
Polymers
Detergent components

Products and services
Glatt’s product range comprises batch- and continuous fluid bed units (for drying, granulating, particle coating, pelletizing), high shear mixers (for wet granulation), pan coaters (for film- and sugar coating) and equipment for product handling and containment.
Services are provided in the field of engineering and turnkey projects, where the company plans and implements complete turnkey production facilities.
Further services are provided by Glatt laboratories involved in product and formulation development as well as process development and optimization.
With the Technology Training Center (TTC), Glatt also provides and independent platform for seminars and technical training.

Companies

The Glatt group of companies comprises:

Glatt GmbH (Binzen / Germany)
Batch fluid bed-related equipment and services (specializing in: pharmaceuticals)
Contract manufacturing and development for the Pharmaceutical Industry

Glatt Maschinen- & Apparatebau AG (Pratteln / Switzerland)
Pan coating-related equipment and services (specializing in: pharmaceuticals)
Glatt Ingenieurtechnik GmbH (Weimar / Germany, Wiesbaden / Germany, Moskau / Russia, New Delhi / India)
Engineering, turnkey projects (specializing in: pharmaceuticals, food / feed, fine chemicals)
Continuous fluid bed-related equipment and services (specializing in: food / feed, fine chemicals)
Glatt Systemtechnik GmbH (Dresden / Germany)
High shear mixing- and product handling-related equipment and services (specializing in: pharmaceuticals, food / feed, fine chemicals)
Glatt Pharma s.r.o. (Hradec Kralove / Czech Republic)
Glatt Air Techniques Inc. (Ramsey / USA)
Glatt Protech Ltd. (Leicester / UK)
Glatt Pharmatech SASU (Dijon / France) - Closed in June 2013
Glatt Systems Private Limited- India 2012
And further companies and partners.

Partnership
The Glatt group of companies joined the alliance "Excellence United" in April 2011. Excellence United is a partnership between four leading technological family companies involved in specialist engineering for the pharmaceutical, medicine and process industry. Further members of the alliance are , , and . Each of these companies is the market leader in their industry.

Glatt operates in India under Glatt systems Pvt Ltd.

References

External links

Companies based in Baden-Württemberg
Manufacturing companies of Germany
Engineering companies of Germany
Manufacturing companies established in 1954
1954 establishments in West Germany


Marten Hoekstra (born May 21, 1961) is an American business executive in the financial industry.

Business career
Marten Hoekstra’s career at UBS AG and PaineWebber, which began in 1982 as a financial advisor trainee, included executive leadership roles in the United States and Switzerland. In July 2005, five years after PaineWebber was acquired by UBS, Hoekstra was named Head of the Wealth Management business in the US. He was subsequently appointed CEO of Wealth Management Americas (WMA) with oversight for approximately $700 billion in client assets and 18,000 employees as well as Deputy CEO of Global Wealth Management & Business Banking. Hoekstra was a member of UBS AG's Group Executive Board.

Subsequently, Marten became CEO of Emerging Global Advisors, a start-up ETF firm specializing in Emerging Market equities which sold in 2016 to Columbia Threadneedle, the asset management arm of Ameriprise. Hoekstra is Senior Advisor to organizations
involved in financial services in North America, Europe and China including public and private companies.

Education & Affiliations
Hoekstra previously served as a Director of the Securities Industry and Financial Markets Association (SIFMA).  He graduated from the University of North Dakota with a bachelor's degree in Political Science and earned a Masters in Business Administration from Kellogg Graduate School of Management at Northwestern University.

Civic Activities
Hoekstra serves on the board of Prison Fellowship Ministries and the Zurich International School Foundation, and the University of North Dakota Alumni Association and Foundation where he is the Chair of the Investment Committee.

References

1961 births
Living people
UBS people
Kellogg School of Management alumni
American chief executives of financial services companies
University of North Dakota alumni


Khan Shatyr () is a transparent tent-shaped Entertainment Center located in Astana, the capital city of Kazakhstan. Built in a neo-futurist style, the architectural project was unveiled by the first President of Kazakhstan Nursultan Nazarbayev on December 9, 2006.

The  high tent ( including the spire) has a  elliptical base covering . Under the tent, an area larger than 10 football stadiums, is an urban-scale park, shopping and entertainment venue with squares and cobbled streets, a boating river, shopping centre, minigolf and indoor beach resort. The fabric roof is constructed from ETFE-cushions provided by Vector Foiltec, suspended on a network of cables strung from a central spire. The transparent material allows sunlight through which, in conjunction with the stack effect, air heating and cooling systems, is designed to maintain an internal temperature between  in the main space and  in the retail units, while outside the temperature varies between  across the year.

Following the construction of the Palace of Peace and Reconciliation (opened in 2006), a glass pyramid, the Khan Shatyr Entertainment Center was the second national project in Astana designed by UK architect Norman Foster (of Foster and Partners), (Partners in Charge Filo Russo and Peter Ridley), and UK engineers Buro Happold led by Mike Cook. Construction documentation architects were Linea and Gultekin. The construction of the tent-city was the responsibility of the Turkish company Sembol.

After a series of delays, the main mast was eventually erected in December 2008, and the whole complex was completed and opened on July 5, 2010, 70th birthday of Kazakhstan's president, Nursultan Nazarbayev. Andrea Bocelli gave a concert for the occasion, with guests including the President of Russia, Dmitry Medvedev; the President of Ukraine, Viktor Yanukovych; the President of Turkey, Abdullah Gül; the President of Belarus, Alexander Lukashenko; the President of Armenia, Serzh Sargsyan; the President of Tajikistan, Emomalii Rahmon; the President of Kyrgyzstan, Roza Otunbayeva; the Crown prince of Abu Dhabi, Mohammed bin Zayed Al Nahyan; and the King of Jordan, Abdullah II.

References

External links
Khan Shatyr
BBC News on the Giant Tent-City
fosterandpartners.com
vector-foiltec.com/
 ANM GROUP INTERNATIONAL
Megastructures: World's Biggest Tent
Google Maps
Abassayoh on Khan Shatyr

Foster and Partners buildings
Tensile membrane structures
Buildings and structures in Astana
Music venues in Kazakhstan
Buildings and structures completed in 2010
Event venues established in 2010
2010 establishments in Kazakhstan
Culture in Astana
Tourist attractions in Astana


Lacanobia suasa, the dog’s tooth, is a moth of the family Noctuidae. It is found in the Palearctic realm (Europe, Ural Mountains, Russia, Amur Oblast).

Technical description and variation

The wingspan is 32–37 mm. Forewing pale ash grey, suffused with olive brown; a black streak from base below cell, Forewing uniform dull red brown, with all the markings obscured, even the black basal streak sometimes obsolete, as well as the usually plain pale submarginal line with its two sharp teeth on veins 3 and 4; hindwing dull fuscous, paler towards base with the veins darker; the form suasa Bkh. [sic] the commonest of all, is pale leatherbrown, with distinct markings, a black basal streak, blackish claviform stigma, a dark cloud at lower end of cell, and black marginal area; the upper stigmata paler; of this laeta Reuter from Scandinavia, Finland, and the Baltic coast, but occurring also elsewhere, is an extreme form, showing a pale patch at base of costa and black wedgeshaped marks preceding the pale submarginal line; confluens Ev. is the darkest form of all, being entirely blackish fuscous, with the markings just outlined and the submarginal line sometimes broken up into dots; a pale greyish-red form from Turania, ab. turanica Spul, has the markings more or less obsolete, but the submarginal line distinct; finally extincta Stgr. from Amurland is also a dark form with the pale markings yellow instead of white.

Biology
The moth flies from April to October depending on the location.

Larva reddish yellow, dotted with white and dark grey; dorsal and subdorsal lines grey, the last obscured by dark streaks; lateral lines yellow with blackish edges. The larvae feed on various herbaceous plants. These include Betula spp., Alnus incana, Corylus avellana, Salix spp., Polygonum spp., Rumex spp., Chenopodium album, Atriplex sp., Brassica sp., Brassica campestris, Rubus idaeus, Malus domestica, Trifolium sp., Galium sp., Cirsium arvense.
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References

External links

Dog’s Tooth at UKmoths
 Funet Taxonomy
Lepiforum.de
Vlindernet.nl

Lacanobia
Moths of Europe
Moths described in 1775


The 34th General Assembly of Nova Scotia represented Nova Scotia between 1906 and 1911.

The Liberal Party led by George Henry Murray formed the government.

Edward Matthew Farrell was named speaker.

The assembly was dissolved on May 15, 1911.

List of Members

Notes:

References

Terms of the General Assembly of Nova Scotia
1906 establishments in Nova Scotia
1911 disestablishments in Nova Scotia
20th century in Nova Scotia


Jason Booth (born 7 November 1977) is a British former professional boxer who competed from 1996 to 2016. He held the IBO super-flyweight title from 2003 to 2004, and challenged once for the IBF super bantamweight title in 2010. At regional level, he held the British and Commonwealth flyweight titles between 1999 and 2001; the Commonwealth bantamweight title from 2007 to 2008; the British super-bantamweight title from 2009 to 2011; the Commonwealth super-bantamweight title twice in 2010 and 2011. He is the older brother of the former British and Commonwealth bantamweight champion, Nicky Booth.

Professional boxing career

Flyweight and super-flyweight
Booth started his professional career in June 1996 with a third round win over Darren Noble at the Pinegrove Country Club in Sheffield. By March 1998 he had compiled an unbeaten record of 10–0 and had earned an eliminating fight for the British flyweight title against Louis Veitch, it was a fight he won by knocking out Veitch in the second round. Three more fights and three more wins followed including another victory over Veitch and a win over the unbeaten Bulgarian Dimitar Alipiev before the opportunity arose to fight for the European flyweight title. Booth was now 14–0 and travelled to France to take on reigning champion David Guerault himself only 15–0. It proved to be Booth's first defeat as the champion won a 12-round decision.

British and Commonwealth champion
Booth followed up his first career defeat with victory back at home beating Mark Reynolds in Coventry before getting a fight with the current holder of the British and Commonwealth flyweight titles Keith Knox. The fight due to take place in Belfast on 16 October 1999 would have both titles on the line with Booth eventually winning in the 10th round. The new champion defended his Commonwealth title first when in January 2000 he beat South African Abbey Mnisi. In November 2000 he put both titles on the line when defending against 8–0 prospect Ian Napa eventually winning a 12-round unanimous decision. In February 2001, he made the second defence of his Commonwealth belt knocking out the Zimbabwean Nokuthula Tshabangu at the Harvey Hadden Leisure Centre in Nottingham. Booth's brother, Nicky, was also on the bill and defeated Adey Lewis with a seventh round stoppage to crown a good night for the brothers and a unique one in British boxing history in that it was the first time that two siblings had defended titles on the same night.

European and World challenges
His next fight saw Booth, who now had a record of 20–1 challenge once again for the European flyweight title. This time the opponent was Russian Alexander Mahmutov and the fight was to be in the Spanish capital Madrid. Booth's second career defeat once again came when challenging for European honours losing the bout again on points over 12 rounds. Booth was hoping to make it third time lucky when in June 2001 he challenged once again for the title. Mahmutov had vacated and the vacant title was up for grabs with Booth travelling back to France to face Mimoun Chent. The dream was not to be realised however when the fight was stopped in the seventh round due to a series of nasty cuts around the Frenchman's eyes, Booth ended up losing on a technical decision.

Two more non-title fights back in the United Kingdom saw Booth get back to winning ways with two more wins before, in September 2003, re-entering the championship frame. The title on the line was the IBO super-flyweight title held by South African Lunga Ntontela. The fight saw Booth put down in the seventh round but still ended with a win for the British man after claiming a split decision victory. A defence in March 2004 saw him beat Huddersfield based Dale Robinson before losing the title in December 2004 to Northern Ireland's Damaen Kelly himself a former European champion.

Following the loss of his IBO belt, Booth spent almost two years away from the ring as he struggled with addiction. Booth spent all of his earnings on a combination of alcohol and drugs. The suicide of his sister Deana years prior had triggered his alcoholism. Eventually, he checked into a rehabilitation clinic and began training once more with trainer Tony Harris.

Bantamweight

Commonwealth champion
Booth made his comeback on 3 November 2006 moving up to bantamweight with a win over journeyman Abdul Mghrbel at the Barnsley Metrodome almost two years since his defeat to Kelly. He followed this up in February 2007 with a win against Jamil Hussain and then on 6 July 2007 stepped into the ring with former opponent Ian Napa to challenge for the British bantamweight title. The fight at the Robin Park Centre in Wigan saw Napa gain revenge for his defeat in 2000 with a 12-round points victory. The same venue would prove to be the location for his next fight as Booth returned on 8 December 2007 to defeat Welsh prospect Matthew Edmonds for the Commonwealth title. The win over Edmonds meant that Jason Booth could now claim to be a two weight Commonwealth champion. He defended his new title on 7 March 2008, against Ghana's Lante Addy, and won a non-title bout against Dai Davies in June 2008. He made a second defence on 18 December 2008 with Dublin being the location for a challenge from Pontefract-based fighter Sean Hughes. Booth won the fight in the 10th round following a corner retirement from Hughes. After the fight with Hughes, Booth said that he "didn't realise how well I boxed" and would now like a rematch with Ian Napa as they had "unfinished business."

Super-bantamweight

Two weight British champion
On 17 April 2009, Booth won the vacant British super-bantamweight title with a victory over English champion Mark Moran. Booth had been meant to fight Lee Haskins for the British super-flyweight title before Haskins pulled out with a hand injury. Moran was originally scheduled to fight Matthew Marsh for the super-bantamweight title before Marsh pulled out citing difficulties in making the weight. Booth won the fight when a clash of heads forced the fight to be stopped on cuts in the sixth round although he had been dominating the fight prior to the stoppage. The victory meant that Booth had become a two-weight British champion having also won the flyweight title in 1999. On 30 June 2009 Booth made the first defence of his new title against Thetford fighter Rocky Dean winning a unanimous points decision. Promoter Frank Maloney said after the fight that he would try to get Booth a world title fight in the near future.

Booths second defence of the title took place in Sunderland and saw him headline the bill against Hartlepool fighter Michael Hunter, a former holder of the belt and European champion at the weight. Booth was able to dominate the fight from the bell and Hunter made the decision not to come out for the 5th round handing victory to the champion. Booth's third defence of the title was against another former champion in Matthew Marsh. Marsh had vacated the title with the intention of taking a break from the sport and upon his return had won two contests. For Booth, a win over Marsh would mean the Lonsdale Belt would be his for keeps after making three successful defences. The fight, in Nottingham on 5 February 2010, resulted in a stoppage decision for Booth when the fight was called off in the 11th round following a severe gash to Marsh's eye. The win not only meant the Lonsdale belt but also the vacant Commonwealth title, which was also on the line, would be held by Booth meaning that Booth had now won the Commonwealth title at three different weights.

IBF super-bantamweight title attempt
Following his success in the ring, Booth managed to secure a shot against IBF super-bantamweight champion Steve Molitor, a two-time holder of the title. Molitor had initially won the title for the first time with a win over former Booth opponent Michael Hunter on 10 November 2006 defending five times before losing Celestino Caballero in Ontario on 21 November 2008. He regained the title on 27 March 2010 beating South African Takalani Ndlovu and the fight with Booth due to take place in the North of England would be his first defence. Molitor had also held the Commonwealth bantamweight title earlier in his career, defeating Jason's brother Nicky Booth on 21 November 2002 to lift the belt meaning that Moiltor would have eventually fought both brothers. Speaking about his career to date when announcing the fight, Booth paid tribute to the sport and reflected on how his life might have turned out: "If I hadn't had boxing, I'd be dead, the drink would have beaten me. I've got my kids now, they're my focus and I think I've just grown up". In the end, on 11 September 2010 in Sunderland, Booth lost a majority decision to the Canadian with two judges scoring 116–113 and 116–112 to Molitor with the third scoring the fight a draw at 114–114. After the fight Booth stated that his new ambition was to win the European title after coming up short on three occasions so far in his career saying that he would relish a shot at the new champion Kiko Martinez.

Unification and European title fights
On 5 February 2011 Booth retained his British title for the fourth time and retained his old Commonwealth title. His opponent, Jamie Arthur, had won the vacant belt beating Kris Hughes after Booth had given it up in order to fight for the World title. The fight, at the Brentwood Leisure Centre, resulted in a split decision win with both fighters suffering cuts during the fight. Speaking after the fight, Booth's manager Jimmy Gill said that the fight had only been arranged with three weeks' notice and said that Jason had only just come back from holiday and so had little time to prepare. Gill said, "Jason is 34 in November and small guys like him don't normally last that long. They burn out". He added that he would never allow Booth to take a fight at such short notice again, saying, "That was a favour to promoter Frank Maloney...It was a big ask but he pulled it off...But it was a one-off, I'll never do it again." Of the fight, Booth paid tribute to Arthur, saying, "That was the hardest fight I've had yet...I had to show heart because I was getting out-foxed by a clever champ. For saying we had three weeks' notice, we put on a good show." Following the fight, it was confirmed that Booth would challenge Spain's Kiko Martínez for the European super-bantamweight title, the fourth time Booth would have fought for a variation of the European belt. The fight against Martínez was eventually confirmed for Spain and took place on 15 April 2011 in front of a sell out 30,000 crowd in the city of Madrid. Martínez, a former two time European champion, won the fight in front of his home fans when in the tenth round a left hook was catalyst for the referee to call off the fight early, the first time Booth had been stopped in his career to date.

Loss of British title
Booth finally lost his British title in his next fight on 22 October 2011 suffering a 7th round defeat against Scott Quigg at the Reebok Stadium in Bolton. Quigg called the victory "the best night of my career so far" adding "I couldn’t believe how everything went perfectly".

References

1977 births
Living people
Bantamweight boxers
Boxers from Nottingham
British Boxing Board of Control champions
Commonwealth Boxing Council champions
English male boxers
Flyweight boxers
International Boxing Organization champions
Super-bantamweight boxers
Super-flyweight boxers


Astragalus andersonii is a species of milkvetch known by the common name Anderson's milkvetch. It is native to eastern California and western Nevada, where it is found in the plateaus at the foot of the Sierra Nevada, including the Modoc Plateau.  It was named after Charles Lewis Anderson by Asa Gray.

Description
This is a small perennial herb forming a thick patch on the ground, the stems reaching about 20 centimeters in maximum length. The plant is coated in dense gray to white wavy hairs. The leaves are up to 10 centimeters long and made up of several oval-shaped leaflets. The inflorescence is a projecting or upright array of 12 to 26 pealike flowers. Each flower is white, often purple-tinted or purple-veined, and between 1 and 2 centimeters long. The fruit is a curved legume pod 1 to 2 centimeters long.

It is coated in very long white hairs and dries to a thick papery texture, the beans inside rattling with the wind.

References

External links
Jepson Manual Treatment of Astragalus andersonii
USDA Plants Profile for Astragalus andersonii
UC CalPhotos gallery

andersonii
Flora of California
Flora of Nevada
Flora of the Great Basin
Flora of the Sierra Nevada (United States)
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Endemic flora of the United States
Plants described in 1865
Flora without expected TNC conservation status


Emerald Towers (; ) was a project consisting of three office towers of 54, 43 and 37 floors in Astana, Kazakhstan. They were the tallest building in Astana until the completion of the Abu Dhabi Plaza. The project was completed in 2010.

External links
emporis.com

Skyscrapers in Kazakhstan
Buildings and structures under construction in Kazakhstan
Skyscraper office buildings