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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prospect%20Township

Prospect Township

Prospect Township may refer to: Prospect Township, Butler County, Kansas Prospect Township, Ramsey County, North Dakota, in Ramsey County, North Dakota Prospect Township, Marion County, Ohio Prospect Township, Mellette County, South Dakota, in Mellette County, South Dakota Township name disambiguation pages

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The%20Tumbleweeds

The Tumbleweeds

The Tumbleweeds, sometimes billed as Cole Wilson And His Tumbleweeds, were a New Zealand country and western group founded in Dunedin in 1949. The band are considered among the major pioneers of New Zealand country music. They were amongst the first to perform and record country music in New Zealand with their cover of Gussie Davis's standard "Maple on the Hill" reportedly selling over 80,000 copies, making it one of New Zealand's most sold singles of all time and equivalent to a double-platinum disc. The band formed in March 1949 after bassist Bill Ditchfield for the group The Hawaiian Serenaders was inspired to start a country music band when he heard one of the stage show dancers, Nola Hewitt sing a rendition of "Maple on the Hill". Bill was joined by Nola and her sister Myra who was also a stage show dancer as well as two other members of his group Cole Wilson and lap steel guitarist Colin McCrorie. The band played regularly on the Dunedin radio station 4YA where they caught the attention of the TANZA record label in Wellington who invited them to record at their studio. Six records were recorded during this stay and another seven in 1950. Also at this time they recorded four records of Hawaiian-inspired exotica under the name Colin McCrorie's Kalua Islanders. "Maple on the Hill" became a New Zealand hit, becoming a staple of country music repertoires in the country. It was one of a string of popular songs released by the band in the 1940s and 1950s. In 1952 Wilson married Myra Hewitt in a double wedding with Colin McCrorie and Myra's sister, Nola. In 1957 the band were signed by the New Zealand label Viking Records and from 1958 to 1965 the band recorded eight LP records for Viking. The group toured as part of The Tumbleweeds Show, similar to the Slim Dusty Travelling Show in Australia. Recording was also done at Colin McCrorie's home at 181 Signal Hill Road in Opoho Dunedin. They continued to perform regularly up until Cole Wilson's death in 1993. The band were inducted into the New Zealand Country Music Hall of Fame in 1988, and hand impressions in cement were added to Gore's Gold Guitar Awards "Hands of Fame" walk in 1991. Discography Studio albums Country Songs (Viking, 1958) Country Songs - Volume 2 (Viking, 1959) Country Songs - Volume 3 (Viking, 1959) Country Songs - Volume 4 (Viking, 1959) Country Songs - Volume 5 (Viking, 1960) Country Songs - Volume 6 (Viking, 1962) Sing Folk Songs (Viking, 1965) Country Roundup (Viking, 1972) Singles "Maple on the Hill" / "Will You Be Lonesome Too" (TANZA, 1949) "The Bushman's Rodeo" / "Mother Pal and Sweetheart" (TANZA, 1949) "When You Have No One to Love You" / "Too Late to Worry, Too Blue to Cry" (TANZA, 1949) "The Faded Coat of Blue" / "You Played Love on the Strings of My Heart" (TANZA, 1950) "On the Sunny Side of the Mountain" / "Highway Hobo" (TANZA, 1950) "The Sunny Mountainside" / "The Rose of Rio" (TANZA, 1950) "Jealous Heart" / "Mama Don't Like Music" (TANZA, 1950) "The Smoke Went Up the Chimney" / "I'll Not Forget My Mother's Prayers" (TANZA, 1950) "Violets Blue" / "On the Plains Away Out There" (TANZA, 1950) "I've Wandered Too Long" / "The Outlaw" (TANZA, 1950) "Little Pal" / "I'm Sorry It Ended This Way" (TANZA, 1952) "Take Me In the Lifeboat" / "My Mother's Prayer" (TANZA, 1952) "Little Sweetheart Come and Kiss Me" / "Wedding Bells" (TANZA, 1952) "Hawaiian Hotel March" / "My Isle on Hilo Bay" (TANZA, 1952) (as Colin McCrorie's Kalua Islanders) "Kehaulani" / "Hula Blues" (TANZA, 1952) (as Colin McCrorie's Kalua Islanders) "Maple on the Hill Part 2" / "What Would You Give in Exchange for Your Soul" (TANZA, 1952) "The Wonderful City" / "When Mother Prayed for Me" (TANZA, 1956) "Dancing in the Stars" / "Hawaii Sing to Me" (TANZA, 1956) (as Nola Hewitt & Myra Hewitt with Colin McCrorie's Kalua Islanders) "Waterloo" / "Bye Bye Baby" (Viking, 1958) EPs "Western Song Hits" (Viking, 1958) "Mother Pal and Sweetheart" (Viking, 1962) "Songs by Cole Wilson" (Viking, 1963) Compilations 22 Golden Greats (Music World, 1978; reissued by Lucky Country, 1993) The Golden Years of The Tumbleweeds: 1949-1989 (Viking, 2014) References External links "Maple on the Hill," 1998 documentary on The Tumbleweeds. Tumbleweeds discography at discogs.com Colin McCrorie's Kalua Islanders discography at discogs.com Tumbleweeds Musicians from Dunedin 1949 establishments in New Zealand

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter%20Kopelman

Peter Kopelman

Peter Graham Kopelman FRCP, FFPH (23 June 1951 – 9 July 2021) was a British medical researcher who served as interim Vice-Chancellor of the University of London from 8 June 2018 until 30 June 2019. A physician, educator and international research worker, Kopelman was principal of St George's, University of London (2008–15), having previously been vice-principal of Queen Mary, University of London, and deputy warden of Barts and The London School of Medicine and Dentistry (2001–06), and Dean of the Faculty of Health, University of East Anglia (2006–08). Background The elder son of Harry Kopelman and Joan née Knowlman, he was educated at Felsted School before studying medicine at St George's Hospital Medical School. Kopelman had a long-standing interest in diabetes care and initiated a district-wide scheme for integrated care in east London. Kopelman chaired the Clinical Examining Board of the Royal College of Physicians (UK) and the NHIR Academic Careers Panel. He was chairman of the Royal Pharmaceutical Society Faculty & Education Board and Health Education England’s Oversight Board for Medical Associate Professionals. Kopelman’s major research interest was in the field of obesity, in particular endocrine aspects and possible genetic determinants. He was also interested in the pathophysiology of associated complications and their management. He was a Past Chairman of the Association for the Study of Obesity, President of the European Association for the Study of Obesity, a Trustee of the International Association for the Study of Obesity and a member of the Department of Health and Food Standards Agency Scientific Advisory Committee on Nutrition. He was a member of the Chief Medical Officer’s Working Group on physical activity. He was chairman of the Royal College of Physicians Committee on Nutrition and chaired the College’s Working Party on the management of obesity with particular reference to drug therapy. He also chaired the College’s Working Party on nutritional care of patients that resulted in the publication of a report entitled Nutrition and Patients – a Doctor’s Responsibility. Family Kopelman married Susan Lewis in 1981, and they had two daughters and a son. See also Vice-Chancellors of the University of London References External links "Jobs lost on UEA's nursing course" - BBC News 1951 births 2021 deaths People from Lambeth People associated with St George's, University of London British medical researchers British academic administrators Vice-Chancellors of the University of London

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2019%20United%20States%20Mixed%20Doubles%20Curling%20Championship

2019 United States Mixed Doubles Curling Championship

The 2019 United States Mixed Doubles Curling Championship was held from February 27-March 3, 2019 at the Granite Curling Club in Seattle, Washington. Cory Christensen and John Shuster won the tournament, earning the right to represent the United States at the 2019 World Mixed Doubles Curling Championship in Stavanger, Norway. Qualification Nine teams qualified for the championship based on their performance on the World Curling Tour: Sarah Anderson and Korey Dropkin Becca Hamilton and Matt Hamilton Monica Walker and Alex Leichter Vicky Persinger and Chris Plys Em Good and Mac Guy Jamie Sinclair and Sean Beighton Tabitha Peterson and Joe Polo Cory Christensen and John Shuster Nina Roth and Kroy Nernberger The remaining three teams qualified through the 2019 USA Curling Mixed Doubles Challenge Round: Maureen Stolt and Peter Stolt Taylor Anderson and Derrick McLean Clare Moores and Lance Wheeler Challenge round The 2019 USA Curling Mixed Doubles Challenge Round was held December 19 to 23, 2018 at the Grand Forks Curling Club in Grand Forks, North Dakota. Ten teams competed in triple-knockout tournament, with the top three teams earning a spot at the Championship. Husband and wife duo Peter and Maureen Stolt were the first to clinch one of the available berths when they defeated Taylor Anderson and Derrick McLean in the 'A' bracket final. Anderson and McLean then dropped down to the 'B' bracket final where they had another opportunity to earn one of the final two berths, which they did when they defeated Ann Podoll and Nathan Parry. Losing the 'B' bracket final knocked Podoll and Parry down to the 'C' bracket semifinals. Podoll and Parry made it through their semifinal match to face Clare Moores and Lance Wheeler in the 'C' bracket final. Tied at 7-7 after eight ends, Moores and Wheeler scored one in the extra end to secure the final team slot at the Mixed Doubles Championship. Teams The following 12 teams qualified for the event: Round robin Standings {| table |valign=top width=10%| Teams highlighted in yellow qualified for the playoffs. Game results Draw 1 Wednesday, February 27, 7:00 pm Draw 2 Thursday, February 28, 10:00 am Draw 3 Thursday, February 28, 2:30 pm Draw 4 Thursday, February 28, 7:00 pm Draw 5 Friday, March 1, 10:00 am Draw 6 Friday, March 1, 2:30 pm Draw 7 Friday, March 1, 7:00 pm Playoffs The playoffs consisted of a 6-team bracket with the top two teams receiving byes in the quarterfinals. Bracket Quarterfinals Saturday, March 2, 2:30pm Semifinals Saturday, March 2, 7:00pm Finals Sunday, March 3, 11:00am References United States National Curling Championships Curling in Washington (state) Sports competitions in Seattle Curling, United States Women's Curling, United States Mixed Curling, United States Mixed Curling, United States Mixed United States

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Young%20Lay

Young Lay

Lathan Williams (born 1975 in Vallejo, California), better known by his stage name Young Lay, is a San Francisco Bay Area-based gangsta rapper. He has worked with artists such as label mate Ray Luv, Tupac Shakur and Mac Dre. Young Lay was becoming popular when a 1995 attempt was made on his life when he was shot in the head while stopped at a Vallejo traffic light as a passenger in a friend's car. Although critically injured, Young Lay survived and went on to resume rapping after extensive therapy for brain damage in which he had to learn to speak again. On May 17, 1996, Young Lay's infant son Le-Zhan Williams was kidnapped when two teenage girls entered the home of Daphne Boyden, the rapper's 17-year-old girlfriend and mother to his newborn son, killed her, abducted the infant, and set the home on fire in an attempt to cover up the crime. The case went unsolved for 6 years, and was featured on the television shows America's Most Wanted and Unsolved Mysteries. In November 2002 an anonymous tip called in to Vallejo police led to the arrest of Latasha Brown, one of the killers, who had been raising the abducted infant as her own, along with her mother, Delores Ann Brown, who was also arrested. They were still living in Vallejo, not far from where Daphne Boyden was murdered. Latasha Brown's cousin Ocianetta Williams was identified as the second teenage girl responsible for the murder and abduction and both were arrested by the Vallejo Police Department. The then 6-year-old Le-Zhan was reunited with family soon after their arrest. Young Lay was sentenced to a 12-year prison sentence for a 1999 armed robbery. He was released from prison in 2010. Discography Studio albums Black 'N Dangerous (1996) Unsolved Mysteries (1998) Compilation albums Young Lay Presents: Lifeline Original Soundtrack (2004) Remix albums Don't Get It Twisted (2003) Guest appearances 1996: "Pimp or Die" (Mac Mall feat. Ray Luv & Young Lay) 2000: "Love Me Then Hate Me" (Smoov-E feat. Young Lay) References External links Background on Young Lay and his life 1975 births Living people African-American male rappers American male rappers Musicians from Vallejo, California Rappers from the San Francisco Bay Area American shooting survivors Gangsta rappers 21st-century American rappers 21st-century American male musicians 21st-century African-American musicians 20th-century African-American people

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James%20Stewart%2C%201st%20Earl%20of%20Moray%20%281501%20creation%29

James Stewart, 1st Earl of Moray (1501 creation)

James Stewart, Earl of Moray (c. 1500–1544) was a Scottish nobleman and diplomat. He was the illegitimate son of James IV of Scotland and his mistress Janet Kennedy. He was created Earl of Moray in 1501. His upbringing included a period at Stirling Castle, in the care of Andrew Aytoun, and then he and his mother were moved to Darnaway Castle. He was young enough to avoid fighting at the disastrous Battle of Flodden in 1513. He should not be confused with the two later and better-known 16th-century Earls of Moray who were also called James Stewart: his nephew James Stewart, 1st Earl of Moray, who was Regent during the minority of James VI, and this nephew's son-in-law James Stewart, 2nd Earl of Moray, who was The Bonny Earl of Murray of the famous ballad. Moray had a varied relationship with his half-brother James V, and was imprisoned for a time. In February 1531, James V gave him a commission to negotiate with rebels in the Scottish Isles and offer them pardons for future obedience. Moray went to France and was invested in the Order of Saint Michael by the Duke of Vendôme. In April 1536 Francis I of France arranged that James V would marry the Duke of Vendôme's daughter, Mary of Bourbon. Francis sent a courtier, Guillaume d'Yzernay, to the Earl of Moray with the collar and insignia of the Order of Saint Michael to give to James V as a token of his affection and their family union. Moray was instructed to present the collar with the same ceremonies that the Duke had observed at his investiture into the order. The 16th-century historian John Lesley, Bishop of Ross praised Moray for his diplomatic skills, in 1543 the Earl arranged the accidental destruction of valuable Venetian glass at a banquet in 1543 to impress Peter Francisco Contarini, Patriarch of Venice, producing another set of glasses after the first was cleared away. Mary's secretary Claude Nau also recorded a version of this story. According to Lesley, in 1526 Moray protected the young heir of Lachlan Mackintosh of Dunnachtan or Dunachton, his nephew, from his half-brothers Hector and William, who came to Dyke by Darnaway and burnt the countryside and killed several people, and captured Petty Castle belonging to Ogilvy of Durne or Durness. Moray got a commission from James V to raise an army and attack the Mackintosh brothers. Hector Mackintosh was brought back to Forres and beheaded, William Mackintosh was pardoned but murdered soon after in St Andrews. The young Mackintosh heir was brought up by Moray and the Laird of Findlater. He had homes in Edinburgh, Balnageith near Forres, Elgin and Darnaway Castle. He wrote a will in June 1540, when he was planning to travel to France for the sake of his health. Family James Stewart married Lady Elizabeth Campbell, daughter of Colin Campbell, 3rd Earl of Argyll and Lady Jean Gordon, in August 1529. They had one daughter, Lady Mary Stewart, who married John Stewart, Master of Buchan. She obtained a divorce on 12 September 1560 and died childless. His widow, Elizabeth Campbell, Countess of Moray, later married John Gordon, 11th Earl of Sutherland, and died around 1548. James had an illegitimate son, also called James Stewart, with Marion Stewart, as well as a daughter, Elizabeth Stewart. References 1544 deaths James Illegitimate children of James IV of Scotland Peers created by James IV Earls of Moray Scottish people of Danish descent Court of James V of Scotland 16th-century Scottish peers Year of birth uncertain Sons of kings

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Journal%20of%20Experimental%20Child%20Psychology

Journal of Experimental Child Psychology

The Journal of Experimental Child Psychology is a monthly peer-reviewed academic journal covering experimental child psychology. It was established in 1964 and is published by Elsevier (formerly Academic Press). The editor-in-chief is David F. Bjorklund (Florida Atlantic University). According to the Journal Citation Reports, the journal has a 2017 impact factor of 2.424. References External links Experimental psychology journals Elsevier academic journals Academic journals established in 1964 Monthly journals English-language journals Developmental psychology journals

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/U.S.%20Route%20136%20in%20Indiana

U.S. Route 136 in Indiana

U.S. Route 136 (US 136) is a part of the United States Numbered Highway that runs from Edison, Nebraska to Speedway, Indiana. In Indiana, it is part of the Indiana State Road system that enters between Danville, Illinois, and Foster, Indiana. The of US 136 that lie within Indiana serve as a major conduit. Some sections of the highway is listed on the National Highway System. Various sections are rural two-lane highway and urbanized four-lane divided highways. The easternmost community along the highway is Speedway, near Indianapolis. US 136 passes through farm fields and woodlands, and along the central part of Indiana. The highway was first designated as a US Highway in 1932. US 136 replaced the original State Road 33 designation of the highway which dated back to the formation of the Indiana state road system. SR 33 ran from the Illinois to Crawfordsville. US 136 also replaced the second designation of the highway, State Road 34 from the Illinois state line to Crawfordsville to Brownsburg and ended in Indianapolis. Route description US 136 enters Indiana from Illinois heading due east, before turning northeast. The highway turns back due east and has an interchange at State Road 63 (SR 63). East of SR 63 the road passes over the Wabash River and enters Covington. While in Covington the route turns south passing through residential properties, as a two-lane highway. Before leaving Covington the highway turns southeasterly, passing through farmland. Between Covington and Veederburg the highway passes over Interstate 74 (I–74). The road enters Veederburg and begins a short concurrency with US 41, heading due south. US 136 leaves US 41 turning due east, before turning southeasterly. The highway has a short concurrency with SR 25 in Waynetown. East of Waynetown the route heads toward Crawfordsville passing through farmland, with a few houses. The highway enters Crawfordsville from the northwest as a two-lane highway, passing through mainly residential. The road curves due east having a traffic light at US 231. This traffic light is also the western end of the SR 32 and SR 47 concurrences. The concurrency with both state roads end when US 136 turns southeasterly and the state roads keeping heading easterly. The highway heads southeasterly as a two-lane highway, passing through farmland with some woodlands mix in. The route enters Brownsburg at a traffic light with SR 267. After Brownsburg the highway crosses the CSX Railroad tracks. Before entering Marion County the route passes by the Lucas Oil Raceway. After the raceway the highway enters Marion County and the town of Clermont. When the route enters Marion the local name becomes Crawfordsville Road. The road leaves Clermont and enters Indianapolis, as a four-lane divided highway, passing through mainly commercial properties. The road enters the town of Speedway and has an interchange with I–74 and I–465. US 136 ends at this interchange and Crawfordsville Road continues in an east-southeasterly direction, as a city street. Crawfordsville Road ends at Sixteenth Street, near the Indianapolis Motor Speedway. The only segment of US 136 that is included as a part of the National Highway System (NHS) is the segment concurrent with US 231. The NHS is a network of highways that are identified as being most important for the economy, mobility and defense of the nation. The highway is maintained by the Indiana Department of Transportation (INDOT) like all other U.S. Highways in the state. The department tracks the traffic volumes along all state highways as a part of its maintenance responsibilities using a metric called average annual daily traffic (AADT). This measurement is a calculation of the traffic level along a segment of roadway for any average day of the year. In 2010, INDOT figured that lowest traffic levels were the 1,200 vehicles and 60 commercial vehicles used the highway daily between New Ross and Jamestown. The peak traffic volumes were 21,350 vehicles and 1,090 commercial vehicles AADT along the section of US 136 at the eastern terminus of US 136. History In 1918, SR 33 was commission along what is now US 136, from Illinois state line to Crawfordsville. The route was extended southeast to Indianapolis and the number changed to SR 34 on October 1, 1926 Also in that year the first section was paved, from Illinois state line to Veedersburg. By 1928 the eastern part of the road from Crawfordsville to Indianapolis was paved, leaving only between Veedersburg and Crawfordsville unpaved. In 1931, the highway was paved between Veedersburg and Crawfordsville. SR 34 was renumbered US 136 in 1950. U.S. 136 met its parent route, U.S. 36 at the intersection of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. and 16th Streets. The highway had the eastern terminus moved from downtown Indianapolis to Speedway in 1991, at an interchange with I–74 and I–465. Major intersections See also U.S. Route 36 State Road 334 References External links Indiana 36-1 Transportation in Vermillion County, Indiana Transportation in Warren County, Indiana Transportation in Fountain County, Indiana Transportation in Montgomery County, Indiana Transportation in Boone County, Indiana Transportation in Hendricks County, Indiana Transportation in Marion County, Indiana Transportation in Indianapolis

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cornelius%20S.%20Muller%20House

Cornelius S. Muller House

The Cornelius S. Muller House is located along NY 23B in Claverack, New York, United States. It is a pre-Revolutionary brick house in a Dutch Colonial style with some English influences. During the Revolutionary War, it was the meeting place of the local Committee of Safety and a site for courts martial. In 1840 it was renovated, but it has otherwise remained intact from its original time period. In 1997 it was listed on the National Register of Historic Places. Property The house is on the south side of Route 23B, along the north side of a lot, the remnant of the former farm. It is very close to the roadway. The neighborhood is residential, with many tall trees and other houses of 18th and 19th century construction. Across the street is the former Trinity Episcopal Church, an early-20th-century building now listed on the Register as well. There is one small outbuilding in the rear, considered a contributing resource to the house's Register listing. The house itself is a 1½-story, two-by-four-bay structure with brick walls in an English cross bond on a stone-and-brick foundation. It is topped by a gambrel roof clad in wood shingles pierced by two shed dormer windows on the ends with two brick chimneys above either one. On the rear a one-story addition sided in clapboard runs the length of the house. On the north (front) façade the gray and red paneled Dutch door that serves as the main entrance is located in the second bay from the west. It is sheltered by a replica stoop, with a set of small stone steps leading up to it. The windows all have splayed wood lintels, painted red, and paneled shutters in gray and red, matching the door. Between the bays are a set of metal anchors forming the numbers "1767". Below the westernmost bay is the cellar door, with a small barred window looking into it below the eastern bay. The east and west profiles both have only two windows, both on the attic level Inside, the main entrance leads into the eastern of the two rooms on the first story. It has an enclosed staircase in the southeast corner, and a fireplace surrounded by raised wooden panelling. The eastern room has exposed beaded ceiling beams and a partially jambed fireplace. Some of the house's original red clay floor tiles are in the hearth. The attic has had its layout modified since the original construction. It has the original wide plank wood flooring and the original lath and plaster walls. A 1½-story surviving outbuilding is to the rear of the house. It is built of heavy timber frame on a stone foundation, sided in clapboard and roofed in metal. Since it is likely related to the original agricultural use of the property, it is considered a contributing resource to the house's historic character. History There were many Mullers, a family descended from both Dutch and Palatine German settlers in the region, in Claverack in the 19th century. Maps later in that era indicate clearly that this parcel was that of Cornelius S. Muller. Unlike most of his neighbors, he supported the Revolution and was a member of the local Committee of Safety, hosting their meetings. Courts martial were also held there, and those who did not pay fines were imprisoned in the cellar. The house shows signs of the growing English influence on Dutch vernacular architecture in the Hudson Valley in the later 18th century. Early Dutch houses in the region were made of rubblestone and had steep gabled roofs, like the Bronck House, a National Historic Landmark across the Hudson River in Coxsackie. Cornelius Muller's House substitutes an English gambrel roof and takes advantage of the greater availability of brick by that time. It retains the asymmetrical entrance placement, and the short width, of early Dutch houses. The division of the interior into two rooms, as opposed to leaving the whole space open and undivided, is also a sign of English influence. The Muller family lived there for several generations. Around 1840, the contributing outbuilding was erected. In the late 20th century, prior to its listing on the Register, a new owner restored the house using surviving original material and an exhibit at the Brooklyn Museum to replicate trim such as the shutters. See also National Register of Historic Places listings in Columbia County, New York References Houses on the National Register of Historic Places in New York (state) Houses completed in 1767 Claverack, New York Houses in Columbia County, New York 1767 establishments in the Province of New York National Register of Historic Places in Columbia County, New York

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barnard%20Glacier

Barnard Glacier

Barnard Glacier is a long glacier in the U.S. state of Alaska. It trends southwest to the Chitina River east of Hawkins Glacier, southeast of McCarthy in the Saint Elias Mountains. The glacier is named for Barnard College, a member of the Seven Sisters that is associated with Columbia University in New York, New York. Geography Barnard Glacier is a clean, crevassed ice tongue, with no medial or lateral moraines. It heads in a large cirque and connects with an irregular ice mass on a shelf to the nor glacier which has small terminal lobes and terminates on the lip of its hanging valley. Two streams descend from the terminus. Mature spruce forest extending from the fiord well up toward the glacier terminus indicates that Barnard Glacier has not descended much farther toward the fiord for a century or more; but a barren zone between the ice and forest, present in 1899 as well as in 1910, proves that it was retreating. Between 1899 and 1910 there was an advance of the south lobe down the lip of the hanging valley, and a slight advance of the north lobe, while between the two lobes an ice block talus was formed. See also List of glaciers References Glaciers of Alaska Glaciers of Copper River Census Area, Alaska Glaciers of Unorganized Borough, Alaska

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/D-Day%20%28TV%20series%29

D-Day (TV series)

D-Day () is a 2015 South Korean television series that aired on jTBC on Fridays and Saturdays at 20:40 (KST) time slot for 20 episodes beginning September 18, 2015. Synopsis Lee Hae-sung (Kim Young-kwang) is a surgeon who is transferred from one of the best hospitals in Seoul to a rundown hospital with no ER. After disobeying his previous hospital director, Park Gun (Lee Geung-young), he then meets Jung Ddol-mi (Jung So-min), an orthopedic resident from Busan who came to Seoul to transfer a patient. Ddol-mi tries to meet professor Han Woo-jin (Ha Seok-jin), a cold robotics surgeon who works in Hae-seong's old hospital who saved her life when she was younger before going back to Busan. However, she is stuck in Seoul after trying to save a patient. Meanwhile, a sinkhole appears in Seoul followed by a big earthquake that blocks all access to the city, causing phones, electricity, and water to not function. Hae-seong teams up with Ddol-mi to treat people, but soon medicine starts to run out. Cast Main Kim Young-kwang as Lee Hae-sung Jung So-min as Jung Ddol-mi Ha Seok-jin as Han Woo-jin Supporting Kim Ki-moo as Cha Ki-woong Kim Jung-hwa as Eun So-yool Kim Sang-ho as Choi Il-sub Kim Hye-eun as Kang Joo-ran Song Ji-ho as Lee Woo-sung Yoon Joo-hee as Park Ji-na Lee Geung-young as Park Gun Lee Kyung-jin as Park Yoon-sook Yoo Se-hyung as Yoo-se Shin Cheol-jin as Lee Hae Sung's patient Cha In-pyo as Koo Ja-hyuk Lee Sung-yeol as Ahn Dae-gil Ko Kyu-pil as Yoo Myung-hyun Choi Seung-hoon as Seong Dong-ha Jung Yoon-sun Han Seo-jin Ratings In this table, represent the lowest ratings and represent the highest ratings. References External links South Korean medical television series 2015 South Korean television series debuts 2015 South Korean television series endings JTBC television dramas Works about earthquakes Disaster television series Television series about firefighting Television shows set in Seoul Television series by SM C&C South Korean pre-produced television series

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The%20Center%20for%20Public%20Policy%20Analysis

The Center for Public Policy Analysis

The Center for Public Policy Analysis (CPPA), or Centre for Public Policy Analysis, was established in Washington, D.C., in 1988 and describes itself as a non-profit, non-partisan, think tank and research organization. The CPPA is a non-governmental organization (NGO) focused on foreign policy, national security, human rights, refugee and international humanitarian issues. Its current executive director is Philip Smith. The CPPA focuses on key domestic and international public policy issues, including those in the United States, Asia, Europe, the Middle East and the Americas. It has frequently raised concerns about international security, counter-terrorism, civil society, the environment, international trade and tariffs, press and internet freedom, human rights, and religious freedom issues, including the plight of political asylum seekers and refugees, in Southeast Asia and Southwest Asia. The CPPA researches and writes about press and internet freedom, and the persecution of journalists, in the Philippines and elsewhere. Concerned about environmental issues, the CPPA has raised awareness about illegal logging, and environmental degradation, in Vietnam, Laos, Cambodia and elsewhere. The CPPA also focuses on economic, political, human rights, religious freedom and humanitarian issues in Indochina. The organization is described as an "outspoken supporter" and human rights proponent for ethnic, minority Laotian and Hmong people in Laos and Vietnam. From 1998 to 2013, the CPPA in cooperation with members of the U.S. Congress has hosted the U.S. Congressional Forum on Laos, in the U.S. Congress, in Washington, D.C. The U.S. Congressional Forum on Laos brings together policy experts, diplomats, non-governmental organizations (NGOs), human rights and environmental groups, community leaders, business leaders, Members of the U.S. Congress, political and religious dissidents and others to discuss current issues of concern regarding the nation of Laos and the region. The CPPA says it conducts public policy events and briefings in the US Congress and Washington, D.C., on a range of public affairs issues. It says it organizes research and fact-finding missions in the United States and abroad with US policymakers to gain first-hand information about key issues, developments and events. The CPPA also researches military and national security history issues regarding World War I, World War II, the Korean War, the Vietnam War (First and Second Indochina Wars), the first and second Gulf War (U.S.-Iraq War) and the "War on Terrorism," (both before and after the terrorist attacks in New York City on September 11, 2001). The CPPA is concerned about the plight of veterans, including minority veterans, of these conflicts, and is active in policy research and debate on key issues. The CPPA also works to honor Vietnam War veterans of the First and Second Indochina War who served in Vietnam, the Kingdom of Laos, Cambodia and the Kingdom of Thailand, including American, South Vietnamese, Royal Laotian, Cambodian and French military and clandestine veterans. Press and internet freedom The CPPA researches and writes about press and internet freedom in the Philippines, Egypt, Afghanistan, Pakistan, Lao, Vietnam, Thailand and elsewhere. Persecution of journalists in the Philippines The CPPA has repeatedly raised concerns about freedom of the press and the plight of journalists in the Philippines and ongoing press and internet freedom violations. The intimidation, persecution and killing of journalists in Mindanao and the restive Southern areas of the Philippines have been give special attention by the CPPA in recent years. Afghanistan and Pakistan Prior to the terrorist attacks on the United States on September 11, 2001, 9/11 and its aftermath, the CPPA, and its Executive Director Philip Smith, worked to co-found, establish and assist the Washington, D.C.-based Afghanistan Foundation (AF) in its research and policy efforts educate policymakers and the general public about the nation of Afghanistan, its people, history and culture, and the threat of trans-national terrorism posed by radicalized elements within Afghanistan and the region. During the Soviet Union's invasion and occupation of Afghanistan, Smith formerly served as a foreign policy and national security advisor in the U.S. House of Representatives as well as staff liaison for the bipartisan U.S. Congressional Task Force on Afghanistan co-chaired by U.S. Congressman Charlie Wilson and other Members of Congress. Smith traveled to Afghanistan, Pakistan and the region on U.S. Congressional research and humanitarian missions during the Soviet occupation of Afghanistan and prior to the September terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center in New York City and the Pentagon. Smith, the CPPA and the Afghanistan Foundation assisted in support of Afghan refugees, and political dissidents, including Ahmad Shah Massoud, Ismael Khan, Hamid Karzai, and key Afghan leaders and others, during the war and its aftermath. During it early years, the CPPA and Philip Smith provided office space and support to the Afghanistan Foundation on Capitol Hill during its founding, and frequently hosted meetings of key Afghan opposition and dissident leaders with Foundation. During key years prior and after 9/11, Philip Smith also served as executive director, board member and officer of the Afghanistan Foundation. In the days and weeks following the 9/11 terrorist attacks, and the assassination of Ahmed Shah Massoud, Smith, the CPPA and Afghanistan Foundation worked jointly in Washington, D.C., and Capitol Hill to advocate for, and assist the Northern Alliance and moderate Pushtun, Tajik, and Ismali religious and tribal leaders in combating terrorism in Afghanistan, as well as Afghan Uzbek leader Rashid Dostum, and Uzbek ethnic forces in the Mazar-e-Sharif area and elsewhere. Environmental issues in Southeast Asia The upswing in illegal logging in Southeast Asia has caused concern in many quarters about environmental destruction and human rights violations against minority jungle-dwelling peoples. The CPPA conducts extensive research regarding ongoing illegal logging in Laos, Cambodia, Vietnam and elsewhere in Asia. The role of Vietnam People's Army (VPA), and VPA owned companies, in illegal logging in the Lao People's Democratic Republic, Laos, and Cambodia continues to be documented by the CPPA and other human rights and environmental NGOs and advocates. Cambodia The CPPA researches issues regarding Cambodia. It has expressed concerns about widespread election irregularities and fraud in the July 28, 2013, elections in Cambodia and Prime Minister Hun Sen's decision to deploy army troops, tanks, heavy weapons, armored personnel carriers and security forces to the capital of Phnom Penh following the contested elections. U.S. Congressional Forum on Laos From 1998-2013, the CPPA in cooperation with Members of the U.S. Congress has hosted the U.S. Congressional Forum on Laos, in the U.S. Congress, in Washington, D.C. The U.S. Congressional Forum on Laos brings together policy experts, diplomats, non-governmental organizations (NGOs), human rights and environmental groups, community leaders, business leaders, Members of the U.S. Congress, political and religious dissidents and others to discuss current issues of concern regarding the nation of Laos and the region. Religious freedom violations The CPPA conducts research, and develops awareness about, religious freedom violations, and religious persecution, in the Marxist Lao People's Democratic Republic (LPDR), the Socialist Republic of Vietnam (SRV) and other countries, including the killing of independent and dissident Buddhists, Christians and Animist religious believers. The CPPA has provided information about the Lao People's Army and Vietnam People's Army military attacks against minority Lao and Hmong Catholics, Protestant Christians in Vietnam and Laos including the killing of religious believers in various provinces in Laos and in Dien Bien Phu Province, and other places, in Vietnam. In 2003, the CPPA raised awareness about the plight of St. Paul, Minnesota, Protestant, Christian Hmong-American pastor Naw Karl Moua (Mua)'s arrest in Laos by Lao military and security forces, along with independent journalists, investigating Lao and Hmong Christians suffering persecution and military attacks under the Pathet Lao government. In 2011, the CPPA confirmed military attacks by Vietnam People's Army and Lao People's Army forces on ethnic minority Hmong Christians, at least four of whom were brutally killed by the soldiers. The CPPA has raised concerns about the persecution of Catholic, Protestant and other believers in Vietnam, including efforts to curtail or halt the celebration of Christmas and Easter ceremonies by the secret police and security forces in Vietnam, especially from 2003-2013. In 2014-2015, according to news reports and editorials in The Diplomat, Wall Street Journal and other sources, the CPPA and others issued reports about violent attacks by Hanoi-backed police and security forces. Communiques on imprisoned Laotians The CPPA has issued a number of high-level joint international communiques, and appeals, with leading non-governmental organizations, especially regarding the plight of political and religious dissidents and Indochinese refugees and asylum seekers. In 2005, the Laos National Federation, the Center for Public Policy Analysis, the Lao Veterans of America, Inc., the United League for Democracy in Laos, Inc., the Lao Association of Washington, D.C., Lao Huam Phao Association, Free Laos Campaign, Inc., the Laos Institute for Democracy, and others, issued a joint communique about human rights violations in Laos involving the Lao government and military as well as the Socialist Republic of Vietnam (SRV). The communique raised concerns about United Nations findings about racial discrimination against the ethnic Hmong minority in Laos and violations of the Viet-Lao "Treaty of Friendship and Cooperation" by the government and military leaders in Hanoi. In 2010, the Center for Public Policy Analysis (CPPA), the United League for Democracy in Laos (ULDL) and a coalition of Lao and Hmong non-governmental organizations released a twelve-point joint communique in Bangkok, Thailand, New York, and Washington, D.C., about the egregious religious persecution of minority Christian and Animist believers in Laos, and military attacks upon them, as well as the plight of imprisoned Laotian student leaders, political prisoners and Hmong refugees in Laos. The communique also decried the Lao People's Army attacks on Laotian and Hmong hiding in the jungle and mountains of Laos. On Christmas Day 2011, the Paris, France-based Lao Movement for Human Rights, the CPPA and a coalition of NGOs issued a joint international communique about the increased arrest, persecution, torture and killing of minority Laotian and Hmong Christians, including Catholic and Protestant believers in Laos by the government and military. The communique raised concerns about intensified and deepening religious freedom violations in Laos by the Lao government and military. Humanitarian appeals In 2011, the CPPA issued a joint international statement and appeal, with key NGOs, urging Laos to release political and religious dissidents, and jailed American citizens, prior to a key meeting of the communist party congress in Vientiane. In early 2013, the CPPA, and its executive director, Philip Smith, issued numerous international appeals and statements urging the Pathet Lao government in Vientiane to release information and free international humanitarian advocate and Magsaysay Award-winning civic activist Sombath Somphone who was arrest by Lao policy and security officials in Vientiane in December 2012 and disappeared into the Lao prison system. In February 2013, Smith and the CPPA wrote and editorial published by The Nation newspaper in Bangkok, Thailand (Thailand's second largest English Language Daily), urging the Lao government to abide by resolutions passed by the European Parliament calling for the release of Sombath Somphone and Hmong and Laotian political prisoners, dissidents and refugees. In March 2013, the CPPA and Philip Smith accused the Lao government and communist officials of obstructing the investigation into the arrest, abduction and disappearance of Sombath Somphone at the hands of Lao security forces. In the context of Sombath Somphone's disappearance, and other current matters in Laos, Smith and the CPPA also provided research and information about extrajudicial killings in Laos by the Lao military and security forces of political and religious dissident and opposition group leaders as well as ongoing human rights violations in Laos and serious religious freedom violations as reported by the US Commission on International Religious Freedom and others. Smith also provided information about the Lao government's ongoing persecution of the Hmong people, including the 2013 killing of Hmong school teachers by soldiers of the Lao People's Army in cooperation with the Vietnam People's Army advisers. Thailand and repatriation of refugees The CPPA has a long and successful track-record of work with Indochinese refugees and asylum seekers in Southeast Asia. It played a leading role regarding the plight of Lao Hmong refugees and asylum seekers who sought refugee in camps along the Mekong River and Thai-Lao border, Wat Tham Krabok and the camps and detention center at Ban Huay Nam Khao, White Water, Petchabun Province, Thailand. From 1989-2013, Philip Smith and the CPPA were involved in major efforts to halt, stop, and reverse the forced repatriation of tens of thousands of Laotian and Hmong political refugees and asylum seekers in Southeast Asia, and were successful in having tens of thousands granted political asylum in the United States and in other third countries, including Canada, France, Australia, New Zealand and elsewhere. The CPPA also played a major international role in raising human rights concerns about the thousands of Lao Hmong refugees that were forcibly repatriated from these camp in Thailand back to the communist regime in Laos that they fled. Persecution of Viet Hmong protestors The CPPA said that Vietnamese troops had killed 28 Hmong Catholic and Protestant Christian protesters, during one period, in Dien Bien Phu area of Vietnam, with hundreds more missing, following multi-day anti-government protests in Vietnam near the Laos border in 2011. The CPPA and others claim more Vietnamese Hmong were killed, wounded, or "disappeared" by Vietnamese and Laotian security forces during the long anti-government protest which involved issues of religious freedom, religious freedom violations, land reform, illegal logging, and concerns about government corruption. According to the CPPA and others, many of the peaceful protestors involved in the protests who were arrested, disappeared or killed were Hmong Catholics and Christians. The Vietnamese government acknowledged there had been clashes but denied anyone had been killed. Independent journalists and human rights organizations raised serious concerns. The SRV sealed off the area to journalists during the military crackdown against the Vietnamese Hmong protesters in Dien Bien Province area which involved the deployment of VPA troops and helicopter gunships. The SRV sentenced a number of the Vietnamese Hmong protestors to prison sentences, which was criticized by human rights organizations and experts. Historical research and veterans memorial ceremonies The CPPA frequently uses Twitter to communicate news about current, classical and ancient history, and new archaeological findings, including the history of Ancient Rome, the Roman Republic, and Roman Empire. The CPPA also works to honor Vietnam War veterans of the First and Second Indochina Wars who served in Vietnam, the Kingdom of Laos, Cambodia and the Kingdom of Thailand, including American, South Vietnamese, Royal Laotian, Cambodian and French military and clandestine veterans. The CPPA works with major veterans organizations, including the Lao Veterans of America, Inc. the Lao Veterans of America Institute, the U.S. Special Forces Association, Green Berets, and others, to seek to honor Lao and Hmong veterans who served in the "U.S. Secret Army" in Laos during the Vietnam War. In May 1997, the CPPA worked with these organization to help dedicate the Laos and Hmong Memorial in Arlington National Cemetery Laos Memorial. In 1995, the Center for Public Policy Analysis played a key role in commemorating the 20th Anniversary of the end of the Vietnam War at ceremonies held with the Southeast Asian-American and Lao- and Hmong-American community in the Central Valley and Fresno, California. The events were recognized and memorialized by the U.S. Congress On May 14–15, 1997, Lao Hmong-American community leader Wangyee Vang, the CPPA and its Director Philip Smith, established the Laos Memorial in Arlington National Cemetery with Grant McClure of the Counterparts veterans organizations. It is the first and only monument in Washington, D.C., and Arlington to the Lao and Hmong veterans and their American advisors who served in Laos during the Vietnam War. The CPPA's Philip Smith has commented publicly, on a number of occasions, about U.S. intelligence community and Central Intelligence Agency figures, and operations, including Vietnam and Cold War era figures and activities, undertaken by both Democratic and Republican Administrations, including such officials as William Colby, Tony Poe, Lawrence Devlin and others. In 2011, the CPPA campaigned for former Hmong leader and Royal Lao Army Lieutenant General Vang Pao to be given a memorial service in Arlington National Cemetery after US authorities refused to grant him the right to be buried there. Pao was arrested in the US in 2007 on charges of plotting to overthrow the one-party, communist Laos' Government, the Lao People's Democratic Republic (LPDR); The charges against General Vang Pao were later dropped. The CPPA's Executive Director, Philip Smith, wrote an editorial in the Minneapolis Star Tribune outlining Vang Pao's contribution to U.S. national security interests during the Vietnam War following the Lao-Hmong leaders death in 2011. The CPPA's Philip Smith persisted in his efforts, and the CPPA, along with the Lao Veterans of America, Inc., the Lao Veterans of America Institute, and others, helped to organize national veterans ceremonies in May 2011 to officially honor Vang Pao at Arlington National Cemetery Honorary U.S. citizenship and burial honors The CPPA worked with Members of the U.S. Congress beginning in the early 1990s, and with Colonel Wangyee Vang and Cherzong Vang of the Lao Veterans of America, and other community leaders, to research and propose efforts to grant honorary U.S. citizenship to Lao- and Hmong-American veterans of the U.S. Secret Army in Laos. As a result, bipartisan legislation was introduced by U.S. Congressman Bruce Vento (D-MN) and Senator Paul Wellstone (D-MN) of Minnesota, "The Hmong Veterans' Naturalization Act of 2000". After a ten-year effort by the Center for Public Policy Analysis, the Lao Veterans of America, the Lao Veterans of America Institute and others, the legislation was passed by the Republican-controlled Congress, at the time, and signed into law by U.S. President Bill Clinton in 2000. On March 13, 2021, Colonel Wangyee Vang was laid to rest. Philip Smith attended as executive director of CPPA and honored him at a memorial service. The CPPA continues to engage and educate U.S. policymakers and Members of Congress about the plight of many of the Lao and Hmong-American veterans. Significant numbers of the veterans, estimated to be about 10,800 in the United States, are seeking the passage of burial honors and benefits legislation so they can be buried in U.S. national veterans cemeteries administered by the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs. U.S. Congressmen Jim Costa (D-CA) and Paul Cook (R-CA) of California, and U.S. Senators Lisa Murkowski (R-AK) and Mark Begich (D-AK), introduced legislation seeking to grant burial honors to the Lao- and Hmong-American veterans. In 2014, Laotian- and Hmong-American community leaders and Vietnam war veterans, and their refugee families, from California, Alaska, Minnesota, Wisconsin, Rhode Island, North Carolina, Arkansas and other states, participated in national memorial ceremonies at Arlington National Cemetery. They also engaged in high-level meetings in the U.S. Congress and Washington, D.C., with the CPPA regarding pending Lao Hmong veterans burial honors legislation. Consequently, the Hmong and Lao Veterans of the Vietnam War, and their families, continue to be recognized and honored by the U.S. Congress, White House, Obama Administration, and Arlington National Cemetery. Moreover, despite delays and some setbacks, the Lao Hmong veterans burial honors legislation continues to gather support and co-sponsors, including official co-sponsorship by U.S. Senators Bernard Sanders (I-VT), Barbara Boxer (D-CA), Dianne Feinstein (D-CA), Amy Klobuchar (D-MN), Al Franken (D-MN), Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI), Carl Levin (D-MI), Tammy Baldwin (D-WI) and others. In May 2015, national ceremonies were organized in Washington, D.C., and Arlington National Cemetery, by the CPPA, U.S. Special Forces Association, Lao Veterans of America, Inc., Members of the U.S. Congress, and U.S. Department of Defense, to mark the 40th anniversary of the fall of the Kingdom of Laos to invading North Vietnam Army forces and communist Pathet Lao guerrillas. On July 12, 2019, Lao Hmong veterans from across the U.S. gathered for the fourth annual National Lao Hmong Veterans Conference. The CPPA was one of the conference's co-sponsors. References External links Think tanks based in Washington, D.C. Organizations based in Washington, D.C. International human rights organizations Human rights organizations based in the United States Think tanks established in 1988 1988 establishments in Washington, D.C.

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Great Egg Coast Guard Station

Great Egg Coast Guard Station, is located in Longport, Atlantic County, New Jersey, United States. The station was built in 1939 and added to the National Register of Historic Places on October 31, 2005. See also National Register of Historic Places listings in Atlantic County, New Jersey External Links Longport Historical Society References Colonial Revival architecture in New Jersey Government buildings completed in 1939 Longport, New Jersey National Register of Historic Places in Atlantic County, New Jersey New Jersey Register of Historic Places 1939 establishments in New Jersey United States Coast Guard stations Military facilities on the National Register of Historic Places in New Jersey

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Angel Stankov

Angel Stankov (, born 28 May 1953) is a Bulgarian football midfielder and later manager. He mainly played for Levski Sofia, winning the league and cup in 1979. References 1953 births Living people Bulgarian men's footballers OFC Bdin Vidin players PFC Levski Sofia players Bulgaria men's international footballers Men's association football midfielders Bulgarian football managers PFC Levski Sofia managers

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Rocklyn railway station

Rocklyn railway station was on the Ballarat to Daylesford railway line in Victoria, Australia. On Boxing Day in 1914, the station was the scene of a "sensational shooting incident", in which a group of three young men, who had been shooting at a church bell and grown bored of the target, opened fire on a passing train and very nearly killed the guard. References Disused railway stations in Victoria (state)

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Ottoman submarine Abdül Hamid

The submarine Abdül Hamid (also Abdülhamid) was an early steam powered submarine built in the United Kingdom in 1880 at the Barrow Shipyard. It was bought and put in service by the Ottoman Navy and named after Sultan Abdülhamid II. It was also the first submarine in the world to fire a live torpedo underwater. History The Ottoman Empire carried out various military modernizations as a result of emergence of new technologies in the 19th century. Sultan Abdul Hamid II instructed the Minister of the Navy (Bahriye Nazırı), Bozcaadalı Hasan Hüsnü Paşa, to acquire these new boats for the navy. The Greek interest in buying submarines was also a factor that prompted Sultan Abdul Hamid II to purchase these boats to establish a more powerful navy to protect Aegean assets. Barrow Shipyard built two steam-engine powered boats, designed by Swedish industrialist and arms dealer Thorsten Nordenfelt. These were ultimately sold to the Ottoman Empire and Russia. The submarine for Russia never reached her customer, foundering on the Jutland (Danish) coast on her delivery voyage. Abdül Hamid was dismantled for delivery by ship and re-assembled at the Taşkızak Naval Shipyard () along the Golden Horn in Istanbul under the supervision of its English designer, George William Garrett. Another boat of Nordenfelt class, Abdül Mecid, was built at the same time and later delivered to the Ottoman Navy. Abdül Hamid was first launched on September 6, 1886 in front of many international dignitaries lined along the Golden Horn. Initial diving tests were carried out on 5 February 1887. Three dives were attempted successfully, 20 seconds each, with only the hemispherical navigator cockpit remaining above the water. On another test run in early 1888, the submarine was able to navigate through the strong currents around the Seraglio Point, making up to 10 knots of speed, and successfully sank an old target ship with a single torpedo. After more tests and trial at Izmit naval base, they officially joined the Ottoman Navy in a flag ceremony on 24 March 1888. Technical details Abdül Hamid was powered by a coal-fired 250 hp Lamm steam engine turning a single screw. It carried two 356mm torpedo tubes and two 35mm machine guns. It could carry a total of 8 tons of coal as fuel and could dive to a depth of 160 feet. It was 30.5m long and 6m wide, and weighed 100 tons. It had a normal crew of 7. It had a maximum surface speed of 6 knots, and a maximum speed of 4 knots while submerged. In preparation for the dive, the crew had to close the boiler and pull down the funnel. Air tanks that were pressurized while sailing on the surface were used to propel the boats a short distance under water, allowing them to remain submerged for only a few minutes. They had multiple torpedo tubes, at first, all on the deck. The boats turned out to not be battle-worthy, as their speed and (submerged) range were limited at best, and they were poorly balanced which was made even worse when firing off a torpedo. The Abdül Hamid and Abdül Mecid were reported to be unserviceable by 1909. In 1914 the submarines were briefly considered for use in harbour defence by the German Military Mission but it was found that their hulls were too badly corroded. Citations References External links Turkish Submarine Command Ottoman ships Ships built in Barrow-in-Furness Submarines of the Ottoman Navy 19th-century submarines 1886 ships

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Aydın Aybay

Aydın Aybay (1929 – 6 March 2013) was a Turkish professor of law, writer and lawyer. He was one of the founders of the Istanbul University Faculty of Political Sciences, the Maltepe University Faculty of Law and the Cumhuriyet Foundation. Biography Aydın Aybay was born in Istanbul. He graduated from Istanbul University Faculty of Law in 1953. In the same year, he started his academic career as a research assistant at the department of civil law. He earned a Doctor of Law degree in 1958 at the same faculty. He became an associate professor (doçent) in 1963 and a full professor in 1973. In 1979, he founded the Istanbul University Faculty of Political Sciences with his friends. After the 1980 coup d'état, the military administration sacked Aydın Aybay from the university with many other academics. They are against coup d'état. In 1990s, he returned Istanbul University. In 1996, he retired from a public university and started to lecture at the Maltepe University. In January 2010, Aydın Aybay suffered lung cancer. He died from respiratory failure on 6 March 2013 in Istanbul. References 1929 births 2013 deaths Istanbul University Faculty of Law alumni Academic staff of Istanbul University 20th-century Turkish lawyers Deaths from respiratory failure Academic staff of Maltepe University

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Arizona State Sun Devils women's beach volleyball

The Arizona State Sun Devils women's beach volleyball team represents Arizona State University in the sport of beach volleyball. The Sun Devils compete in Division I of the National Collegiate Athletics Association (NCAA) and the Pac-12 Conference. ASU is currently one of nine schools to play beach volleyball in the Pac-12 Conference, along with Arizona, California, Stanford, Oregon, UCLA, USC, Utah and Washington. History Arizona State University began their sand volleyball program in 2014. It officially became an NCAA Championship sport in 2016, as they changed the sport's name to beach volleyball. In their first four seasons, the Arizona State Sun Devils have had three head coaches. Jason Watson led ASU for two seasons from 2014 to 2015, Jackie Bunker for one season in 2016, and Brad Keenan starting in 2017. Year-by-year results Sources: 2014 Season summary During their inaugural season in 2014, the Sand Devils finished (6–4) overall under Head Coach Jason Watson. Jackie Bunker was an Assistant Coach. The 2014 team included: (Bianca Arellano, BreElle Bailey, Mercedes Binns, Jordy Checkal, Whitney Follette, Macey Gardner, Kwyn Johnson, Bethany Jorgensen, Andi Lowrance, Mia Mazon, Shannon McCready, Genevieve Pirotte, Kizzy Willey-Ricedorff, and Nora Tuioti-Mariner). Season results March 8, 2014 vs Arizona Christian at Arizona Invitational in Tucson, Arizona W 5-0 March 8, 2014 at Arizona at Arizona Invitational in Tucson, Arizona L 4-1 March 14, 2014 vs Tulane at Wildcat Spring Challenge in Tucson, Arizona W 3-2 March 15, 2014 vs Arizona Christian at Wildcat Spring Challenge in Tucson, Arizona W 5-0 March 26, 2014 vs Nebraska at PERA Club in Tempe, Arizona L 3-2 April 19, 2014 vs Cal State Bakersfield at Pac-12 Tournament in Santa Monica, California L 4-1 April 19, 2014 vs Arizona at Pac-12 Tournament in Santa Monica, California W 3-2 April 19, 2014 vs USC at Pac-12 Tournament in Santa Monica, California L 5-0 April 24, 2014 vs Arizona at PERA Club in Tempe, Arizona W 3-2 April 25, 2014 vs Boise State AT PERA Club in Tempe, Arizona W 5-0 2015 Season summary The Sun Devils completed the 2015 campaign (7–13) overall under Head Coach Jason Watson. Jackie Bunker was an Assistant Coach and Deb Rose was a Volunteer Assistant Coach. The 2015 team included: (Bianca Arellano, BreElle Bailey, Madison Berridge, Mercedes Binns, Jordy Checkal, Whitney Follette, Macey Gardner, Frances Giedraitis, Halle Harker, Kwyn Johnson, Genevieve Pirotte, Bethany Jorgensen, Andi Lowrance, Mia Mazon, Sydney Palmer, Kizzy Willey-Ricedorff, Mia Rivera, and Blair Robalin). Season results March 6, 2015 vs Tulane at Arizona Invitational in Tucson, Arizona L 3-2 March 6, 2015 vs LSU at Arizona Invitational in Tucson, Arizona L 4-1 March 7, 2015 vs TCU at Arizona Invitational in Tucson, Arizona W 5-0 March 20, 2015 vs Florida State at South Carolina Invitational in Columbia, SC L 4-1 March 20, 2015 at South Carolina at South Carolina Invitational in Columbia, SC L 4-1 March 21, 2015 vs Georgia State at South Carolina Invitational in Columbia, SC L 4-1 March 21, 2015 vs Carson-Newman at South Carolina Invitational in Columbia, SC W 5-0 March 22, 2015 vs Tulane at South Carolina Invitational in Columbia, SC L 3-2 March 25, 2015 vs Nebraska at PERA Club in Tempe, Arizona L 3-2 March 26, 2015 vs Boise State at PERA Club in Tempe, Arizona W 3-2 March 28, 2015 vs USC at PERA Club in Tempe, Arizona L 5-0 March 28, 2015 vs New Mexico at PERA Club in Tempe, Arizona W 5-0 April 10, 2015 vs Arizona in ASU Sand Volleyball Challenge at PERA Club in Tempe, Arizona L 4-1 April 11, 2015 vs New Mexico in ASU Sand Volleyball Challenge at PERA Club in Tempe, Arizona W 4-1 April 11, 2015 vs Cal State Bakersfield in ASU Sand Volleyball Challenge at PERA Club in Tempe, Arizona L 3-2 April 18, 2015 vs California at Pac-12 Tournament in Santa Monica, California W 4-1 April 18, 2015 vs USC at Pac-12 Tournament in Santa Monica, California L 4-1 April 18, 2015 vs UCLA at Pac-12 Tournament in Santa Monica, California W 3-2 April 18, 2015 vs Arizona at Pac-12 Tournament in Santa Monica, California L 3-2 April 22, 2015 at Arizona in Tucson, Arizona L 4-1 2016 Season summary ASU finished the 2016 season (12–13) overall under Head Coach Jackie Bunker. Deb Rose was an Assistant Coach. The 2016 team included: (Bianca Arellano, Madison Berridge, Natalie Braun, Whitney Follette, Frances Giedraitis, Kwyn Johnson, Sydney Palmer, Jourdan Parnell, Californiassidy Pickrell, Kylie Pickrell, Logan Rae, Mia Rivera, Blair Robalin, and Bethany Wedepohl). Awards Bianca Arellano was named Pac-12 All-Conference 1st Team and earned Pac-12 All-Academic 1st Team Whitney Follette earned Pac-12 All-Conference 1st Team and was named Pac-12 All-Academic Honorable Mention Frances Giedraitis was named Pac-12 All-Academic 1st Team Kwyn Johnson received Pac-12 All-Academic 1st Team Sydney Palmer was named Pac-12 All-Academic Honorable Mention Mia Rivera earned Pac-12 All-Academic 2nd Team Genevieve Pirotte earned Pac-12 All-Academic 2nd Team Season results March 4, 2016 vs New Mexico in Sun Devil Challenge at PERA Club in Tempe, Arizona L 3-2 March 4, 2016 vs # 6 Florida State in Sun Devil Challenge at PERA Club in Tempe, Arizona L 5-0 March 5, 2016 vs Colorado Mesa in Sun Devil Challenge at PERA Club in Tempe, Arizona W 5-0 March 5, 2016 vs # 17 South Carolina in Sun Devil Challenge at PERA Club in Tempe, Arizona W 4-1 March 10, 2016 at Loyola Marymount in Los Angeles, California W 5-0 March 10, 2016 at # 2 USC in Los Angeles, California L 5-0 March 11, 2016 at # 4 Long Beach State in Long Beach, California L 4-1 March 18, 2016 vs Colorado Mesa at UNM Spring Beach Tournament in Albuquerque, New Mexico W 4-1 March 19, 2016 vs New Mexico State at UNM Spring Beach Tournament in Albuquerque, New Mexico W 5-0 March 19, 2016 at New Mexico at UNM Spring Beach Tournament in Albuquerque, New Mexico L 4-1 March 25, 2016 vs Cal State Bakersfield at Wildcat Spring Challenge in Tucson, Arizona W 4-1 March 25, 2016 vs Cal State Northridge at Wildcat Spring Challenge in Tucson, Arizona W 5-0 April 2, 2016 at # 4 Hawaii at Outrigger Beach VB Challenge in Honolulu, Hawaii L 5-0 April 2, 2016 vs # 5 UCLA at Outrigger Beach VB Challenge in Honolulu, Hawaii L 5-0 April 9, 2016 vs Oregon at Stanford Tournament in Palo Alto, California W 3-2 April 9, 2016 at Stanford at Stanford Tournament in Palo Alto, California L 3-2 April 10, 2016 vs Boise State at Stanford Tournament in Palo Alto, California W 3-2 April 10, 2016 vs # 16 California at Stanford Tournament in Palo Alto, California L 4-1 April 14, 2016 at Arizona in Tucson, Arizona L 4-1 April 16, 2016 vs San Diego State at PERA Club in Tempe, Arizona W 5-0 April 16, 2016 vs Grossmont College at PERA Club in Tempe, Arizona W 5-0 April 20, 2016 vs Arizona at PERA Club in Tempe, Arizona L 4-1 April 29, 2016 vs California at Pac-12 Tournament in Los Angeles, California L 3-2 April 30, 2016 vs Oregon at Pac-12 Tournament in Los Angeles, California W 3-2 April 30, 2016 vs Arizona at Pac-12 Tournament in Los Angeles, California L 5-0 2017 Season summary The Sun Devils completed the 2017 campaign (16–16) overall under Head Coach Brad Keenan. ASU entered the AVCA Beach Volleyball poll for the first time in school history, reaching as high as # 10. The Maroon and Gold was ranked in five of the eleven weeks for the AVCA poll. Arizona State finished (5–2) at home, (4–3) on the road, (7–11) in neutral site contests, and (2–12) against ranked opponents. The 2017 team included: (Bianca Arellano, Madison Berridge, Natalie Braun, Katelyn Carballo, Katie Cross, Whitney Follette, Frances Giedraitis, Kwyn Johnson, Ellyson Lundberg, Oluoma Okaro, Sydney Palmer, Jourdan Parnell, Sage Patchell, Californiassidy Pickrell, Mia Rivera, Bethany Wedepohl, and Kara Woodard). Awards Bianca Arellano was named Pac-12 All-Conference 1st Team and earned Pac-12 All-Academic 1st Team Whitney Follette earned Pac-12 All-Conference 1st Team and received Pac-12 All-Academic 1st Team Kwyn Johnson claimed Pac-12 All-Academic 1st Team Genevieve Pirotte was awarded Pac-12 All-Academic 2nd Team Oluoma Okaro received Pac-12 All-Conference 2nd Team Cassidy Pickrell earned Pac-12 All-Academic 1st Team Mia Rivera was awarded Pac-12 All-Academic 2nd Team Season results March 3, 2017 vs # 5 Hawaii at Arizona Invitational in Tucson, Arizona L 4-1 March 3, 2017 vs Jacksonville at Arizona Invitational in Tucson, Arizona W 4-1 March 4, 2017 at # 6 Arizona at Arizona Invitational in Tucson, Arizona W 3-2 March 11, 2017 vs # 8 Arizona in Sun Devil Challenge at PERA Club in Tempe, Arizona L 3-2 March 12, 2017 vs New Mexico in Sun Devil Challenge at PERA Club in Tempe, Arizona W 3-2 March 12, 2017 vs Texas A&M Kingsville in Sun Devil Challenge at PERA Club in Tempe, Arizona W 5-0 March 17, 2017 at Cal State Bakersfield in Bakersfield, California W 5-0 March 18, 2017 vs TCU at Zuma Classic in Malibu, California L 3-2 March 18, 2017 at # 2 Pepperdine at Zuma Classic in Malibu, California L 5-0 March 18, 2017 vs Cal State Los Angeles at Zuma Classic in Malibu, California W 5-0 March 23, 2017 vs Nebraska at PERA Club in Tempe, Arizona L 3-2 March 24, 2017 at TCU at Horned Frog Challenge in Fort Worth, Texas W 3-2 March 24, 2017 vs # 8 LSU at Horned Frog Challenge in Fort Worth, Texas L 3-2 March 25, 2017 vs # 8 LSU at Horned Frog Challenge in Fort Worth, Texas L 4-1 March 31, 2017 vs # 3 UCLA at FIU Surf & Turf Invitational in Miami, Florida L 5-0 March 31, 2017 vs # 18 Tulane at FIU Surf & Turf Invitational in Miami, Florida L 4-1 March 31, 2017 at # 15 Florida International at FIU Surf & Turf Invitational in Miami, Florida L 4-1 April 1, 2017 vs New Orleans at FIU Surf & Turf Invitational in Miami, Florida W 4-1 April 1, 2017 vs # 14 Florida Atlantic at FIU Surf & Turf Invitational in Miami, Florida W 3-2 April 1, 2017 vs # 4 Florida State at FIU Surf & Turf Invitational in Miami, Florida L 5-0 April 7, 2017 at # 1 USC in Los Angeles, California L 5-0 April 8, 2017 vs St. Mary's California at USAV Beach Collegiate Challenge in Manhattan Beach, California W 3-2 April 8, 2017 vs # 1 USC at USAV Beach Collegiate Challenge in Manhattan Beach, California L 4-1 April 8, 2017 vs Loyola Marymount at USAV Beach Collegiate Challenge in Manhattan Beach, California L 4-1 April 14, 2017 vs Concordia-Irvine in Northridge, California W 5-0 April 14, 2017 at Cal State Northridge in Northridge, California W 3-2 April 21, 2017 vs New Mexico at PERA Club in Tempe, Arizona W 4-1 April 21, 2017 vs California at PERA Club in Tempe, Arizona W 3-2 April 22, 2017 vs Stanford at PERA Club in Tempe, Arizona W 5-0 April 27, 2017 vs Stanford at Pac-12 Tournament in Tucson, Arizona W 5-0 April 27, 2017 vs # 1 USC at Pac-12 Tournament in Tucson, Arizona L 5-0 April 27, 2017 vs Washington at Pac-12 Tournament in Tucson, Arizona L 3-2 2018 Season summary With Brad Keenan entering his second season as the Sun Devils Head Coach, Arizona State finished the 2018 campaign with an (11–20) record. ASU completed the season (2–4) at home, (2–4) on the road, (7–12) in neutral site contests, and (2–16) against ranked opponents. Kristal Harris was an Assistant Coach and Ryan Wrublik was a Volunteer Assistant Coach. The 2018 roster included: (Bailey Anderson, Kate Baldwin, Natalie Braun, Katelyn Carballo, Katie Cross, Sierra Ellett, Cierra Flood, Frances Giedraitis, Halle Harker, Kwyn Johnson, Ellyson Lundberg, Sydney Palmer, Jourdan Parnell, Samantha Plaster, Mia Rivera, Californiassidy Schilling, and Kara Woodard). Awards Frances Giedraitis received 1st Team All-Academic Pac-12 honors Kwyn Johnson earned 1st Team All-Academic Pac-12 honors Ellyson Lundberg claimed 1st Team All-Academic Pac-12 honors Katie Cross received 2nd Team All-Academic Pac-12 honors Katelyn Carballo earned Honorable Mention All-Academic Pac-12 honors Mia Rivera claimed Honorable Mention All-Academic Pac-12 honors Season results February 24, 2018 vs # 1 USC at PERA Club in Tempe, Arizona L 3-2 February 25, 2018 vs Nebraska at PERA Club in Tempe, Arizona W 3-2 February 25, 2018 vs # 14 Cal Poly at PERA Club in Tempe, Arizona L 3-2 March 3, 2018 vs # 8 Cal Poly at TCU Fight in the Fort Tournament in Fort Worth, Texas L 4-1 March 3, 2018 vs # 18 Tulane at TCU Fight in the Fort Tournament in Fort Worth, Texas L 5-0 March 4, 2018 at # 14 TCU at TCU Fight in the Fort Tournament in Fort Worth, Texas W 4-1 March 9, 2018 vs San Jose State at Stanford Invitational in Palo Alto, California W 4-1 March 9, 2018 vs California at Stanford Invitational in Palo Alto, California L 4-1 March 10, 2018 vs # 18 Tulane at Stanford Invitational in Palo Alto, California L 3-2 March 10, 2018 at # 14 Stanford at Stanford Invitational in Palo Alto, California L 3-2 March 24, 2018 vs # 2 UCLA at Pac-12 South Invitational in Santa Monica, California L 5-0 March 24, 2018 vs # 4 USC at Pac-12 South Invitational in Santa Monica, California L 4-1 March 25, 2018 vs # 14 Stanford at Pac-12 South Invitational in Santa Monica, California L 3-2 March 25, 2018 vs # 19 Washington at Pac-12 South Invitational in Santa Monica, California W 4-1 March 30, 2018 vs Abilene Christian at Lucky 66 Bowl in Albuquerque, New Mexico W 5-0 March 30, 2018 vs Colorado Mesa at Lucky 66 Bowl in Albuquerque, New Mexico W 5-0 March 31, 2018 at New Mexico at Lucky 66 Bowl in Albuquerque, New Mexico W 4-1 March 31, 2018 vs Colorado Mesa at Lucky 66 Bowl in Albuquerque, New Mexico W 5-0 April 6, 2018 vs # 14 California at Wildcat Spring Challenge in Tucson, Arizona L 5-0 April 6, 2018 vs Colorado Mesa at Wildcat Spring Challenge in Tucson, Arizona W 5-0 April 6, 2018 at # 15 Arizona at Wildcat Spring Challenge in Tucson, Arizona L 4-1 April 7, 2018 vs # 17 Stetson at PERA Club in Tempe, Arizona L 4-1 April 7, 2018 vs Vanguard at PERA Club in Tempe, Arizona W 5-0 April 14, 2018 vs Boise State at Senior Celebration in Honolulu, Hawaii L 3-2 April 14, 2018 at # 3 Hawaii at Senior Celebration in Honolulu, Hawaii L 5-0 April 15, 2018 vs Boise State at Senior Celebration in Honolulu, Hawaii L 3-2 April 15, 2018 at # 3 Hawaii at Senior Celebration in Honolulu, Hawaii L 5-0 April 18, 2018 vs # 14 Arizona at PERA Club in Tempe, Arizona L 3-2 April 26, 2018 vs # 5 USC at Pac-12 Tournament in Palo Alto, California L 4-1 April 26, 2018 vs Oregon at Pac-12 Tournament in Palo Alto, California W 5-0 April 27, 2018 vs Washington at Pac-12 Tournament in Palo Alto, California L 4-1 2019 Season summary ASU completed the 2019 campaign (21–14) overall, setting a school-record for most wins in a single season. Under Head Coach Brad Keenan, the Sun Devils finished (2–6) at home, (2–4) on the road, (17–4) in neutral site contests, and (3–14) against ranked opponents. Ryan Wrublik was an Assistant Coach and Priscilla Tallman was a Volunteer Assistant Coach. The Maroon and Gold earned a spot the AVCA Beach Volleyball poll in the final two weeks, finishing the year ranked # 20. Kate Baldwin and Samantha Plaster set the school record for most career wins as pairs, along with the single season school record for most wins as pairs. The 2019 roster included: (Bailey Anderson, Emily Anderson, Kate Baldwin, Natalie Braun, Kendall Cady, Katelyn Carballo, Katie Cross, Sierra Ellett, Cierra Flood, Halle Johnson, Tabitha Keever, Ellyson Lundberg, Oluoma Okaro, Samantha Plaster, Maddy Salazar, Californiassidy Schilling, Californiarmen Unzue, Lauren Weintraub, Ashley Wenz, and Kara Woodard). Awards Kate Baldwin and Samantha Plaster were named to the All-Pac-12 Tournament Team Oluoma Okaro received Pac-12 All-Conference 1st Team Ashley Wenz earned Pac-12 All-Conference 2nd Team Katie Cross claimed Pac-12 All-Academic 1st Team honors Ellyson Lundberg received Pac-12 All-Academic 1st Team honors Samantha Plaster earned Pac-12 All-Academic 1st Team honors Cierra Flood claimed Pac-12 All-Academic 2nd Team honors Kate Baldwin received Pac-12 All-Academic Honorable Mention honors Katelyn Carballo earned Pac-12 All-Academic Honorable Mention honors Oluoma Okaro claimed Pac-12 All-Academic Honorable Mention honors Season results February 23, 2019 vs # 15 Loyola Marymount in Phoenix, Arizona L 5-0 February 23, 2019 at # 16 Grand Canyon in Phoenix, Arizona W 3-2 February 23, 2019 vs New Mexico in Phoenix, Arizona W 5-0 March 2, 2019 vs # 1 UCLA at Pac-12 South Invitational in Tucson, Arizona L 5-0 March 2, 2019 vs # 11 California at Pac-12 South Invitational in Tucson, Arizona L 5-0 March 3, 2019 vs Washington at Pac-12 South Invitational in Tucson, Arizona W 5-0 March 8, 2019 vs North Florida at Eckerd College Battle on the Bay in St. Petersburg, Florida W 5-0 March 8, 2019 vs Florida Gulf Coast at Eckerd College Battle on the Bay in St. Petersburg, Florida W 4-1 March 9, 2019 vs Tennessee-Martin at Eckerd College Battle on the Bay in St. Petersburg, Florida W 5-0 March 9, 2019 at Eckerd College at Eckerd College Battle on the Bay in St. Petersburg, Florida W 5-0 March 15, 2019 vs North Florida in Tucson, Arizona W 3-2 March 15, 2019 at # 15 Arizona in Tucson, Arizona L 3-2 March 16, 2019 vs New Mexico in Tucson, Arizona W 4-1 March 16, 2019 vs Louisiana-Monroe in Tucson, Arizona W 3-2 March 22, 2019 vs # 2 USC at PERA Club in Tempe, Arizona L 4-1 March 22, 2019 vs # 6 Hawaii at PERA Club in Tempe, Arizona L 5-0 March 23, 2019 vs # 5 Pepperdine at PERA Club in Tempe, Arizona L 3-2 March 23, 2019 vs # 6 Hawaii at PERA Club in Tempe, Arizona L 4-1 March 29, 2019 vs College of Charleston at Diggin' Duals Tournament in Atlanta, Georgia W 4-1 March 29, 2019 at # 19 Georgia State at Diggin' Duals Tournament in Atlanta, Georgia L 4-1 March 29, 2019 vs North Carolina Wilmington at Diggin' Duals in Atlanta, Georgia W 4-1 March 30, 2019 vs UAB at Diggin' Duals Tournament in Atlanta, Georgia W 4-1 March 31, 2019 at # 11 South Carolina in Columbia, SC L 3-2 April 6, 2019 vs Utah at PERA Club in Tempe, Arizona W 4-1 April 6, 2019 vs # 7 Cal Poly at PERA Club in Tempe, Arizona L 3-2 April 7, 2019 vs Abilene Christian at PERA Club in Tempe, Arizona W 5-0 April 7, 2019 vs # 14 Arizona at PERA Club in Tempe, Arizona L 4-1 April 12, 2019 vs Abilene Christian at Kingsville Beach Bash in Kingsville, Texas W 5-0 April 12, 2019 at Texas A&M Kingsville at Kingsville Beach Bash in Kingsville, Texas W 5-0 April 13, 2019 vs Abilene Christian at Kingsville Beach Bash in Kingsville, Texas W 5-0 April 13, 2019 vs Park University at Kingsville Beach Bash in Kingsville, Texas W 5-0 April 25, 2019 vs # 10 California at Pac-12 Tournament in Los Angeles, California W 3-2 April 26, 2019 at # 2 USC at Pac-12 Tournament in Los Angeles, California L 3-0 April 26, 2019 vs # 20 Stanford at Pac-12 Tournament in Los Angeles, California W 3-1 April 26, 2019 vs # 10 California at Pac-12 Tournament in Los Angeles, California L 3-1 2020 Season summary In their fourth season with Brad Keenan as Head Coach, the Sun Devils finished the 2020 campaign (4-6) overall.  ASU finished (0-0) at home, (0-3) on the road, (4-3) in neutral site contests, and (0-6) against ranked opponents. Ryan Wrublik was an Assistant Coach and Whitney Follette was a Volunteer Assistant Coach.  The Maroon & Gold were ranked in three of the four weeks, while ending the season ranked # 20 in the AVCA Beach Volleyball poll.  The 2020 roster included: (Bailey Anderson, Emily Anderson, Kate Baldwin, Shane Burleson, Kendall Cady, Katelyn Carballo, Monaghan Cromeans, Sierra Ellett, Allyson Eylers, Cierra Flood, Halle Johnson Pasichnuk, Maria Kowal, Ellyson Lundberg, Erin Myers, Samantha Plaster, Maddy Salazar, Matea Suan, Lexi Sweeney, Sarah Waters, Lauren Weintraub, & Kara Woodard). Awards Season results February 22, 2020 vs San Francisco at Cactus Classic in Tucson, Arizona W 4-1 February 22, 2020 vs Boise State at Cactus Classic in Tucson, Arizona W 5-0 February 29, 2020 vs # 5 Hawaii in Palo Alto, California L 5-0 February 29, 2020 at # 20 Stanford in Palo Alto, California L 4-1 March 1, 2020 at # 11 California in Berkeley, California L 5-0 March 1, 2020 vs Pacific in Berkeley, California W 4-1 March 7, 2020 vs # 2 UCLA at Pac-12 South Invitational in Los Angeles, California L 4-1 March 7, 2020 vs Utah at Pac-12 South Invitational in Los Angeles, California W 5-0 March 8, 2020 vs # 11 California at Pac-12 South Invitational in Los Angeles, California L 5-0 March 8, 2020 vs # 19 Stanford at Pac-12 South Invitational in Los Angeles, California L 3-2 March 14, 2020 vs North Florida at Carolina Challenge in Columbia, SC: Cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic March 14, 2020 vs Mercer at Carolina Challenge in Columbia, SC: Cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic March 15, 2020 vs # 13 Florida International at Carolina Challenge in Columbia, SC: Cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic March 15, 2020 at # 14 South Carolina at Carolina Challenge in Columbia, SC: Cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic March 27, 2020 at Texas A&M Corpus Christi at Islanders Classic in Corpus Christi, Texas: Cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic March 27, 2020 vs Houston Baptist at Islanders Classic in Corpus Christi, Texas: Cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic March 28, 2020 at Texas A&M Corpus Christi at Islanders Classic in Corpus Christi, Texas: Cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic March 28, 2020 vs Houston Baptist at Islanders Classic in Corpus Christi, Texas: Cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic April 1, 2020 vs Long Beach State in Phoenix, Arizona: Cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic April 4, 2020 in Phoenix, Arizona: Cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic April 5, 2020 in Phoenix, Arizona: Cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic April 10, 2020 vs Grand Canyon in Tempe, Arizona: Cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic April 10, 2020 vs Arizona in Tempe, Arizona: Cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic April 11, 2020 vs Arizona Christian in Tempe, Arizona: Cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic April 16, 2020 at Arizona in Tucson, Arizona: Cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic April 23, 2020 at Pac-12 Tournament in Los Angeles, California: Cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic April 24, 2020 at Pac-12 Tournament in Los Angeles, California: Cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic April 25, 2020 at Pac-12 Tournament in Los Angeles, California: Cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic 2021 Season summary In their fifth season under Head Coach Brad Keenan, the Sun Devils finished the 2021 campaign (10-12) overall.  ASU finished (0-1) at home, (2-3) on the road, (8-8) in neutral site contests, and (1-11) against ranked opponents.  Paul Araiza was an Assistant Coach and Katie Cross was a Volunteer Assistant Coach.  The Maroon & Gold were ranked in four of the eleven weeks, reaching as high as # 20 in the AVCA Beach Volleyball poll.  The 2021 roster included: (Taryn Ames, Bailey Anderson, Emily Anderson, Malina Baker, Lila Bordis, Shane Burleson, Katelyn Carballo, Monaghan Cromeans, Sierra Ellett, Kate Fitzgerald, Cierra Flood, Californiambria Hall, Jensen Kaelin, Maria Kowal, Maia Nichols, Samantha Plaster, Maddy Salazar, Aleksandra Sochacka, Lexi Sweeney, Sarah Waters, Ivey Weber, & Lauren Weintraub). Awards Samantha Plaster earned Pac-12 Scholar Athlete of the Year Katelyn Carballo received Pac-12 All-Conference second Team 2021 Season results February 26, 2021 vs Colorado Mesa at Canyon Classic in Phoenix, Arizona  W 5-0 February 26, 2021 at # 7 Grand Canyon at Canyon Classic in Phoenix, Arizona  L 4-1 March 6, 2021 vs Boise State at Cactus Classic in Tucson, Arizona  L 3-2 March 6, 2021 vs Stephen F. Austin at Cactus Classic in Tucson, Arizona  W 5-0 March 7, 2021 vs Texas A&M Corpus Christi at Cactus Classic in Tucson, Arizona  W 3-2 March 25, 2021 vs # 18 Stanford in Phoenix, Arizona  L 4-1 March 25, 2021 at # 8 Grand Canyon in Phoenix, Arizona  L 4-1 March 27, 2021 vs Washington at Pac-12 South Tournament in Tucson, Arizona  W 4-1 March 27, 2021 vs # 4 UCLA at Pac-12 South Tournament in Tucson, Arizona  L 5-0 March 28, 2021 vs # 18 Stanford at Pac-12 South Tournament in Tucson, Arizona  L 4-1 March 28, 2021 at # 14 Arizona at Pac-12 South Tournament in Tucson, Arizona  L 4-1 April 10, 2021 at # 1 UCLA at Pac-12 North Tournament in Phoenix, Arizona  L 5-0 April 10, 2021 at # 11 California at Pac-12 North Tournament in Phoenix, Arizona  W 3-2 April 11, 2021 at Washington at Pac-12 North Tournament in Phoenix, Arizona  W 3-2 April 11, 2021 at # 2 USC at Pac-12 North Tournament in Phoenix, Arizona  L 5-0 April 16, 2021 at Boise State at Boise State Beach Classic in Boise, Idahoe  W 5-0 April 16, 2021 vs Utah at Boise State Beach Classic in Boise, Idahoe  W 5-0 April 17, 2021 at Boise State at Boise State Beach Classic in Boise, Idahoe  W 4-1 April 22, 2021 vs # 9 Arizona in Phoenix, Arizona  L 4-1 April 29, 2021 at # 8 Arizona at Pac-12 Tournament in Los Angeles, California  L 3-0 April 30, 2021 at Washington at Pac-12 Tournament in Los Angeles, California  W 3-2 April 30, 2021 at # 9 Stanford at Pac-12 Tournament in Los Angeles, California  L 3-1 2022 Season summary In their sixth season under Head Coach Brad Keenan, the Sun Devils finished the 2022 campaign (17-15) overall. ASU finished (4-2) at home, (1-4) on the road, (12-9) in neutral site contests, and (2-14) against ranked opponents. Paul Araiza was an Assistant Coach. The 2022 roster included: (Taryn Ames, Malina Baker, Katie Blomberg, Lila Bordis, Shane Burleson, Katie Fitzgerald, Cierra Flood, Californiambria Hall, Rylie Kael, Jensen Kaelin, Maria Kowal, Maia Nichols, Anya Pemberton, Maddy Salazar, Lillie Seymour, Lexi Sweeney, Sarah Waters, Ivey Weber, Lauren Weintraub, Kylie Wickley, & Kaitlyn Winkelman). Awards 2022 Season results February 25, 2022 vs Boise State at Canyon Classic in Phoenix, Arizona L 3-2 February 25, 2022 at # 9 Grand Canyon at Canyon Classic in Phoenix, Arizona L 4-1 March fourth, 2022 vs Colorado Mesa at Cactus Classic in Tucson, Arizona W 4-1 March fourth, 2022 vs Santa Clara at Cactus Classic in Tucson, Arizona W 4-1 March fifth, 2022 vs # 9 Hawaii at Cactus Classic in Tucson, Arizona L 5-0 March fifth, 2022 vs Boise State at Cactus Classic in Tucson, Arizona W 3-2 March eighth, 2022 vs Benedictine University in Tempe, Arizona W 5-0 March eighth, 2022 vs # 13 Arizona in Tempe, Arizona W 3-2 March 11, 2022 vs San Jose State at Cal Poly Tournament in San Luis Obispo, California W 5-0 March 11, 2022 vs Washington at Cal Poly Tournament in San Luis Obispo, California W 4-1 March 12, 2022 vs # 6 Loyola Marymount at Cal Poly Tournament in San Luis Obispo, California L 5-0 March 12, 2022 at # 11 Cal Poly at Cal Poly Tournament in San Luis Obispo, California L 5-0 March 18, 2022 vs Texas A&M Corpus Christi at Fight in the Fort in Fort Worth, Texas W 4-1 March 18, 2022 at # 3 TCU at Fight in the Forth in Fort Worth, Texas L 5-0 March 19, 2022 vs Louisiana-Monroe at Fight in the Fort in Fort Worth, Texas W 5-0 March 19, 2022 vs New Orleans at Fight in the Fort in Fort Worth, Texas W 3-2 March 24, 2022 vs # 7 Grand Canyon in Tempe, Arizona L 5-0 March 24, 2022 vs # 8 Stanford in Tempe, Arizona L 5-0 March 26, 2022 vs # 11 California at Pac-12 South Tournament in Tucson, Arizona L 5-0 March 26, 2022 vs # 3 USC at Pac-12 South Tournament in Tucson, Arizona L 4-1 March 27, 2022 vs # 8 Stanford at Pac-12 South Tournament in Tucson, Arizona L 5-0 March 27, 2022 at # 17 Arizona at Pac-12 South Tournament in Tucson, Arizona L 3-2 April ninth, 2022 vs Oregon at Pac-12 North Tournament in Palo Alto, California W 3-2 April ninth, 2022 vs # 3 UCLA at Pac-12 North Tournament in Palo Alto, California L 5-0 April tenth, 2022 vs Utah at Pac-12 North Tournament in Palo Alto, California W 5-0 April tenth, 2022 vs Washington at Pac-12 North Tournament in Palo Alto, California W 3-2 April 15, 2022 vs Ottawa University in Tempe, Arizona W 5-0 April 15, 2022 vs Park University in Tempe, Arizona W 4-1 April 27, 2022 vs # 8 Stanford at Pac-12 Tournament in Tucson, Arizona L 3-0 April 28, 2022 vs Washington at Pac-12 Tournament in Tucson, Arizona W 3-0 April 28, 2022 at # 17 Arizona at Pac-12 Tournament in Tucson, Arizona W 3-1 April 29, 2022 vs # 12 California at Pac-12 Tournament in Tucson, Arizona L 3-0 2023 Season summary In their seventh season under Head Coach Brad Keenan, the Sun Devils finished the 2023 campaign (11-13) overall. ASU finished (3-1) at home, (1-3) on the road, (7-9) in neutral site contests, and (2-12) against ranked opponents. Paul Araiza was an Assistant Coach and Connor Boyles was a Volunteer Assistant Coach. The 2023 roster included: (Taryn Ames, Katie Blomberg, MayaMay Brown, Shane Burleson, Kate Fitzgerald, Rylie Kael, Jensen Kaelin, Maria Kowal, Ava Lewison-German, Adriana Nieves Papaleo, Anya Pemberton, Lillie Seymour, Lexi Sweeney, Carys Thomas, Sarah Waters, Ivey Weber, Kendall Whitmarsh, Kylie Wickley, and Kaitlyn Winkelman). Awards Lexi Sweeney received Pac-12 All-Conference 2nd Team. 2023 Season results February 24th, 2023 vs Oregon at Cactus Classic in Phoenix, AZ W 4-1 February 24th, 2023 vs Boise State at Cactus Classic in Phoenix, AZ L 3-2 February 25th, 2023 vs Colorado Mesa at Cactus Classic in Phoenix, AZ W 4-1 February 25th, 2023 vs UTEP at Cactus Classic in Phoenix, AZ W 5-0 March 4th, 2023 vs Utah at Pac-12 South Tournament in Los Angeles, CA W 4-1 March 4th, 2023 at # 1 UCLA at Pac-12 South Tournament in Los Angeles, CA L 5-0 March 5th, 2023 vs # 7 Stanford at Pac-12 South Tournament in Los Angeles, CA L 3-2 March 17th, 2023 vs # 18 Pepperdine at Canyon Classic in Phoenix, AZ L 4-1 March 18th, 2023 vs UC-Davis at Canyon Classic in Phoenix, AZ W 3-2 March 18th, 2023 at # 7 Grand Canyon at Canyon Classic in Phoenix, AZ L 5-0 March 25th, 2023 vs # 11 Georgia State at Gamecock Grand Slam in Columbia, SC L 5-0 March 25th, 2023 at # 16 South Carolina at Gamecock Grand Slam in Columbia, SC L 4-1 March 26th, 2023 vs Houston Christian at Gamecock Grand Slam in Columbia, SC W 3-2 March 29th, 2023 vs #18 Arizona in Tempe, AZ W 3-2 April 7th, 2023 vs Oregon at Pac-12 North Tournament in Palo Alto, CA W 3-2 April 7th, 2023 vs # 2 USC at Pac-12 North Tournament in Palo Alto, CA L 5-0 April 8th, 2023 vs # 9 California at Pac-12 North Tournament in Palo Alto, CA L 4-1 April 8th, 2023 vs # 13 Washington at Pac-12 North Tournament in Palo Alto, CA L 3-2 April 14th, 2023 vs Utah in Tempe, AZ W 5-0 April 14th, 2023 vs # 7 Grand Canyon in Tempe, AZ L 3-2 April 15th, 2023 vs Park University in Tempe, AZ W 5-0 April 21st, 2023 at Arizona in Tucson, AZ W 3-2 April 26th, 2023 vs # 9 California at Pac-12 Championships in Palo Alto, CA L 3-0 April 27th, 2023 vs # 20 Arizona at Pac-12 Championships in Palo Alto, CA L 3-1 Home court/practice and training facilities Completed in February 2022, ASU opened their new Sun Devil Beach Volleyball Facility on the Tempe campus. It cost $1.2 million and includes four courts. It's located just East of the Alberta B. Farrington Softball Stadium. Home matches were originally hosted at the PERA Club, which is located on 1 E. Continental Dr. Tempe, Arizona 85281. The PERA Club (short for Project Employees Recreation Association) is a private country club for employees and families of the Salt River Project, the major water and power utility in Phoenix and surrounding cities. It now holds three volleyball courts after completing major renovations to accommodate the Sun Devil beach volleyball team. See also List of NCAA women's beach volleyball programs References https://cfo.asu.edu/sun-devil-beach-volleyball-facility External links Beach volleyball clubs established in 2014 2014 establishments in Arizona

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2008 FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup squads

The following is a list of squads for each nation competing at the 2008 FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup in New Zealand. The tournament started on 28 October and the final took place in Auckland on 16 November 2008. Each nation had to submit a squad of 21 players, three of which had to be goalkeepers, for the tournament. Ages as of 28 October 2008. Group A Canada Head coach: Bryan Rosenfeld Colombia Head coach: Pedro Rodríguez Denmark Head coach: Bent Eriksen New Zealand Head coach: Paul Temple Group B Costa Rica Head coach: Juan Quesada Germany Head coach: Ralf Peter Ghana Head coach: Abraham Allotey North Korea Head coach: Ri Ui-ham Group C France Head coach: Gerard Sergent Japan Head coach: Hiroshi Yoshida Paraguay Head coach: Carlos Báez United States Head coach: Kazbek Tambi Group D Brazil Head coach: Marcos Gaspar England Head coach: Lois Fidler South Korea Head coach: Kim Yong Ho Nigeria Head coach: Felix Ibe Ukwu References FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup squads 2008 in youth association football

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Franz Obermayr

Franz Sebastian Obermayr (born 25 May 1952) is an Austrian politician who served as a Member of the European Parliament (MEP) from 2009 to 2019. He was the President of the European Alliance for Freedom from 2012 to 2015. References External links 1952 births Living people Freedom Party of Austria MEPs MEPs for Austria 2009–2014 MEPs for Austria 2014–2019 Articles containing video clips

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Levi Miller

Levi Zane Miller (born 30 September 2002) is an Australian actor and model. He is known for playing Peter Pan in Pan (2015), Luke in Better Watch Out (2016), and Calvin in A Wrinkle in Time (2018). Early life Miller was born in Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. At the age of 5 or 6 he entered and won a drama competition with a Peter Pan monologue. He appeared in several Australian television commercials. Career Miller appeared in the film A Heartbeat Away (2012) and in short films such as Akiva (2010) and Great Adventures (2012). He was selected by the film's director Joe Wright for the role of Peter Pan in Pan. He appeared in Red Dog: True Blue where he played Mick. In 2015, he was named ambassador for Polo, the Ralph Lauren kids' fall campaign. In 2016, Miller starred as Luke in the psychological horror Christmas-themed film Better Watch Out where the young Australian actor's performance was highly regarded by film critics. He played Charlie Bucktin in the film adaptation of the Australian novel Jasper Jones. In 2018, he played Calvin O'Keefe in the American fantasy adventure A Wrinkle in Time. The next year, he played Leo in the film American Exit (2019). Miller also played Bejamin Lane in the sports drama film Streamline (2021). In 2022, Miller was cast in the superhero film Kraven the Hunter. Filmography Film Television Awards and nominations References External links 2002 births Living people 21st-century Australian male actors Australian male child actors Australian male film actors Australian male television actors People from Brisbane

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James Rivers

James Rivers may refer to: James Rivers (politician), English politician James Rivers (surgeon), president of the Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland Jamie Rivers, Canadian ice hockey coach, executive and player Jamie Rivers (American football), American football linebacker See also James River (disambiguation)

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List of 2011 NFL draft early entrants

This list of 2011 NFL draft early entrants consists of college football players who are juniors or redshirt sophomores who have been declared eligible to be selected in the 2011 NFL draft. A player can forfeit his remaining NCAA eligibility and declare for the draft. The deadline to declare for the 2011 draft was January 15, 2011. Complete list of players A record 56 players were granted special eligibility in 2011: Number of players granted special eligibility by year Undergraduates admitted to the NFL draft each year: References External links 2011 NFL Draft 2011 NFL draft early entrants Draft early entrants

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kara%20Nova

Kara Nova

Kara Nova is a pole acrobat in the San Francisco Bay area, California. Career Kara Nova moved to San Francisco from Ohio when she was 18. She performs regularly as a pole acrobat in venues along the West Coast with burlesque troupe Hubba Hubba Revue, and with avant-garde cabaret circus troupe The Vau de Vire Society. In July 2011, Kara Nova featured in the Hubba Hubba Revue's poster as pole acrobat/saint being burnt at the stake, with the burlesque captions "Old Time Religion" and "Plate 15. Kara Nova. Foxy's Book of Martyrs" - a play on Foxe's Book of Martyrs. Reception According to reviewers, Kara Nova is an exceptionally strong acrobat and an impressive performer. Der Spiegel commented (in German) "Strip Clubs? Topless bars? Cheap Callgirls? Forget it. Pole Dance has long been a trend sport, and Kara Nova is one of the best dancers in the United States. The 22-year-old is all muscle, and performs feats which are frivolous, lascivious - but never vulgar." SF Weekly wrote "Kara Nova's 'Burned at the Cross' pole dance routine is a must see." References External links Artist's website SF Weekly Der Spiegel (in German) Vau de Vire Society (photo of Kara Nova) DNA Lounge (poster of Kara Nova) Acrobats American acrobatic gymnasts Female acrobatic gymnasts

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List%20of%20highways%20numbered%20787

List of highways numbered 787

Route 787, or Highway 787, may refer to: Canada Saskatchewan Highway 787 United States

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Big%20Apple%20Pizza

Big Apple Pizza

Big Apple Pizza () is an Israeli pizza chain with 10 branches throughout Israel, founded in 1986. History Big Apple Pizza was founded in 1986 by Haim Kedem, in the Jerusalem mall, Dorot Rishonim. Kedem had spent many years in New York City and upon moving to Israel decided to open a pizza shop to bring the piece of NYC with him. Kedem's pizza, in traditional NYC fashion was made with a thin crust. In 1996, Kedem expanded the business outside of Jerusalem for the first time, opening his first pizza shop in Eilat. In 2000 Kedem died and left the business to his two sons, who still run the business. In January 2023, there were ten stores, down from 11 in February 2016. Branches The inside of all the Big Apple Pizza locations is set up to remind patrons of the NYC experience. The tables are set up as if to be a New York City café, with pictures of the city. Additionally, they have many American license plates on their walls. , there were 11 branches of Big Apple Pizza: Jerusalem – Ben Yehuda Jerusalem – Jaffa Pedestrian Mall Jerusalem – Beit HaKerem Jerusalem – Katamon Jerusalem – Ramat Eshkol Jerusalem – Gilo Mevaseret Zion Beit Shemesh Gan Yavne Eilat Eilat – Ice Park Kashrut All of Big Apple Pizza's locations throughout Israel are kosher, including those in Eilat, which is primarily secular. The six Jerusalem locations are Rabbanut Yerushalayim Mehadrin. In popular culture In August 2014, Andrew Cuomo, the former Governor of New York, went to Israel to show support for the country during Operation Protective Edge. As part of his trip, Cuomo met with students from New York studying in Israel at Big Apple Pizza. See also Culture of Israel Israeli cuisine Economy of Israel List of pizza chains List of restaurants in Israel References Restaurant chains in Israel Restaurants established in 1986 1986 establishments in Israel Pizza chains Restaurants in Jerusalem

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New%20England%E2%80%93style%20hot%20dog%20bun

New England–style hot dog bun

New England–style hot dog buns, also often known as New England hot dog buns or top-loading hot dog buns, are the hot dog buns most commonly used in the United States region of New England and its cuisine. They may also be called split-top, top-sliced, frankfurter rolls, or frankfurt rolls. History This style of roll or bun was developed in the 1940s by Howard Johnson's, who approached the Maine bakery J. J. Nissen in search of a bun for its fried clam strip sandwich. According to The Boston Globe, the "restaurant chain wanted top sliced rolls that would stand upright and be easier to prepare, serve, and eat." Outside of New England, they are associated with clam rolls and lobster rolls, dishes iconic to New England cuisine. The New England–style bun predates the hot dog bun found almost everywhere else in the United States by at least several years. Before the invention of the New England bun, commercial bakers would slice rolls all the way through. Today, this style of bun is prevalent in New England, with small and large grocery stores stocking at least several competing brands, and the hot dog bun typical of the rest of the United States (also called a "side-loading" bun) offered right alongside. Overview In New England, hot dogs, clam rolls, lobster rolls, and the buns that accompany them are often associated with the summer months and coastal villages, where clam shacks and lobstering are common. Some recipes for these dishes explicitly require the use of a New England–style bun. The rolls are baked very close together, keeping the sides soft, much like sliced bread. This makes them amenable to buttering, toasting and grilling. Grocers in localities with significant tourism from New Englanders, such as some markets in Florida, will sell New England–style buns to satisfy visitors. Outside the US The Norwegian retail chain Coop introduced top-loading hot dog buns in 2019, arguing that the buns helped to keep the hot dog and its toppings upright. Even though Norway has a significant hot dog market, with approximately 500 million hot dogs sold annually in a country of 5 million people, top-loading hot dog buns failed to make significant inroads into the Norwegian market. Only four years after being introduced they were discontinued following negative feedback from customers. References New England cuisine Howard Johnson's Hot dogs Buns

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Tokugawa Yorifusa

, also known as Mito Yorifusa, was a Japanese daimyō of the early Edo period. Biography Known in his childhood as Tsuruchiyomaru (鶴千代丸), he was the eleventh son of Tokugawa Ieyasu, the first Tokugawa shogun with his concubine, Kageyama-dono later adopted as Okaji no Kata's son after his younger sister, Ichihime died. Yorifusa was first enfeoffed in the Shimotsuma domain (100,000 koku) from 1606 to 1609, before being transferred to Mito (Hitachi Province, 350,000 koku) in 1610, thereby founding the Mito branch of the Tokugawa house (the junior branch of the gosanke). A holder of the junior 3rd court rank (jusanmi), Yorifusa held the title of chūnagon (middle counselor), both of which he received in 1627. Family Father: Tokugawa Ieyasu Mother: Kageyama-dono (1580–1653) later Yoju-in Adopted Mother: Okaji no Kata Wife, Concubine, Children: Concubine: Hisa later Kyushoin (1604-1662), daughter of Tani Shigenori Matsudaira Yorishige Tokugawa Mitsukuni Concubine: Okatsu no Kata later Enrin-in, daughter of Sasaki Masakatsu Michiko (1624-1664) betrothed to Matsudono Michiaki Kamemaru (1625-1628) Man (1627-1689) married Ota Sukemasa Kiku (1628-1706) married Matsudaira Yasuhiro Matsudaira Yoritomo (1629-1693) Sen (1635-1681) married Maki Kagenobu Matsu Matsudaira Yorikatsu (1630-1697) Concubine: Oya no Kata later Jokoin Kiihime (1627-1631) Kohime (1628-1717) Matsudaira Yoritaka (1629-1707) Matsudaira Yoriyuki (1631-1717) Ritsu (1632-1711) married Yamanobe Yoshikata Suzuki Shigeyoshi (1634-1668) Concubine: Kitsuke later Gyokuho-in Oohime (1627-1656) married Maeda Mitsutaka Concubine: Tama later Shonshin'in daughter of Banzo Sokenjikyozen Matsudaira Yoritoshi (1630-1674) Concubine: Aii later Tsuji'in daughter of Tanya Yorifusa Matsudaira Yoriyuki (1631-1664) Matsudaira Fusaji (1633-1682) Concubine: Toshi later Choshoin Furi (1633-1667) married Honda Masatoshi Take (1636-1637) Ume (1638-1697) married Utsunomiya Takatsuna Concubine: Nana later Shinje-in daughter of Oida Yasunao Inu (1634-1675) married Hosokawa Tsunatoshi Ichi (1639-1690) married Sakai Tadaharu Concubine: Iku later Kashin-in daughter of Takano Kiyohyou Kuma (1649-1709) married Ito Tomotsugu Ancestry References Fukuda, Chizuru (2005). Oie-sōdō. Tokyo: Chūōkōron-shinsha. |- 1603 births 1661 deaths Lords of Mito Deified Japanese people

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sylvain%20Geboers

Sylvain Geboers

Sylvain Geboers (born 28 March 1945) is a Belgian former professional motocross racer and motocross racing team manager. He competed in the Motocross World Championships from 1968 to 1977. Motocross career Geboers was born in Mol, Belgium. He was one of the top motocross racers of the late 1960s and early 1970s, finishing in the top three of the F.I.M. 250cc motocross World Championships for five consecutive years from 1968 to 1972. Although he was often overshadowed by his ČZ and Suzuki teammate, Joël Robert, he was a respected competitor known as a sand track specialist. Geboers played an integral role in the introduction of the sport of motocross in the United States by participating in the fledgling AMA Trans-AMA Motocross Series. The championship was an international series established by the American Motorcyclist Association as a pilot event to help establish motocross in the United States. He won the 1971 Trans-AMA motocross series championship. Geboers was also a multi-time Motocross des Nations and Trophee des Nations champion. After retiring from professional racing in 1977, Geboers managed Suzuki's European motocross team until 2016 when, he turned over his duties to Stefan Everts. As team manager, he guided Eric Geboers, Georges Jobé, Greg Albertyn, Donny Schmit, Mickaël Pichon, Steve Ramon and Stefan Everts to world championships. A References 1945 births People from Mol, Belgium People from Balen Sportspeople from Antwerp Province Flemish sportspeople Belgian motocross riders Motorcycle racing team owners Living people

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cavalry%20Corps%20Schmettow%20%28German%20Empire%29

Cavalry Corps Schmettow (German Empire)

Cavalry Corps Schmettow was a formation of the German Army in World War I. Cavalry Corps Schmettow By August 1916, the four existing Cavalry Commanders (I, III, V and VI Cavalry Corps) had been assigned sectors of the Eastern Front and thus took on the functions similar to a normal Corps and had been reorganised in a similar fashion. Therefore, for the Romanian Campaign, none of the existing Cavalry Corps were brought in. Instead, a new temporary Cavalry Corps was set up in Transylvannia - Cavalry Corps "Schmettow" - under the command of Generalleutnant Eberhard Graf von Schmettow. It was formed with: 51st Honvéd Infantry Division (Austria-Hungary) 3rd Cavalry Division 1st Cavalry Division (Austria-Hungary) Redesignated 11 January 1917 as 65th Corps (z.b.V.). 65th Corps 65th Corps (z.b.V.) was formed on 11 January 1917 by the redesignation of Cavalry Corps "Schmettow". As the need for large mounted cavalry formations diminished as the war went on, the existing Cavalry Corps increasingly took on the characteristics of a normal Corps Command. This culminated in them being redesignated as "General Commands for Special Use" Generalkommandos zur besonderen Verwendung (Genkdo z.b.V.). By the end of the war, the Corps was serving on the Western Front as part of the 7th Army with the following composition: 5th Division 4th Guards Division 216th Division 50th Division Commanders Cavalry Corps Schmettow / 65th Corps was commanded throughout its existence by Generalleutnant Eberhard Graf von Schmettow. See also German Army (German Empire) German Army order of battle, Western Front (1918) German cavalry in World War I References Bibliography Corps of Germany in World War I Cavalry corps of Germany Military units and formations established in 1916 Military units and formations disestablished in 1919 de:Höheres Kavallerie-Kommando

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Built%20to%20Last%20%28TV%20series%29

Built to Last (TV series)

Built to Last is an American sitcom television series that aired from September 24 until October 15, 1997 on NBC. Premise Set in Washington, D.C., the series centered on Royale Watkins, who put his career on hold to help run the family business, Watkins Construction, after his father had a mild heart attack. Actor Royale Watkin's real-life father ran an actual Watkins Construction in D.C. Cast Royale Watkins as Royale Watkins Geoffrey Owens as Robert Watkins J. Lamont Pope as Randall Watkins Natalie Desselle-Reid as Tammy Watkins Jeremy Suarez as Ryce Watkins Paul Winfield as Russell Watkins Denise Dowse as Sylvia Watkins Richard Speight Jr. as Stanley Taylor Episodes References External links 1997 American television series debuts 1997 American television series endings 1990s American sitcoms 1990s American black sitcoms English-language television shows NBC original programming Television shows set in Washington, D.C. Television series by Warner Bros. Television Studios

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Natthapon%20Suttiroj

Natthapon Suttiroj

Natthapon Suttiroj (Thai ณัฐพล สุทธิโรจน์), is a Thai futsal Midfielder, and currently a member of Thailand national futsal team. He competed for Thailand at the 2008 FIFA Futsal World Cup finals in Brazil. References Natthapon Suttiroj 1983 births Living people Natthapon Suttiroj SEA Games medalists in futsal Competitors at the 2011 SEA Games

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DYXS-TV

DYXS-TV

DYXS-TV is a commercial relay television station owned by ABS-CBN Corporation. Its studio and transmitter are located at Barangay Manlucahoc, Sipalay City, Negros Occidental. This station is currently inactive. ABS-CBN TV-26 Local Programs TV Patrol Negros (simulcast from TV-4 Bacolod) Kapamilya Winner Ka! (simulcast from TV-4 Bacolod with relay on TV-10 Iloilo, TV-9 Kalibo, TV-21 Roxas and TV-44 Antique) MAG TV Na, Amiga! (simulcast from TV-4 Bacolod with relay on TV-10 Iloilo, TV-9 Kalibo, TV-21 Roxas and TV-44 Antique) Agri Tayo Dito See also List of ABS-CBN Corporation channels and stations Television stations in Negros Occidental Television channels and stations established in 2010 ABS-CBN stations

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nellie%20massacre

Nellie massacre

The Nellie massacre took place in central Assam during a six-hour period in the morning of 18 February 1983. The massacre claimed the lives of 1,600–2,000 people from 14 villages—Alisingha, Khulapathar, Basundhari, Bugduba Beel, Bugduba Habi, Borjola, Butuni, Dongabori, Indurmari, Mati Parbat, Muladhari, Mati Parbat no. 8, Silbheta, Borburi and Nellie—of Nagaon district. The victims were Muslim of Bengali origin. Three media personnel—Hemendra Narayan of The Indian Express, Bedabrata Lahkar of The Assam Tribune and Sharma of ABC—were witnesses to the massacre. The violence that took place in Nellie by natives—mostly rural peasants—was seen as a fallout of the decision to hold the controversial state elections in 1983 in the midst of the Assam Agitation, after Prime Minister Indira Gandhi's decision to give 4 million Bengali muslim the right to vote. It has been described as one of the worst pogroms since World War II and one of the deadliest pogroms against a minority community in post partition India. A documentary, What the Fields Remember, has been produced by Public Service Broadcasting Trust. Context In 1978, Lok Sabha member Hiralal Patwari died, necessitating a by-election in the Mangaldoi Lok Sabha Constituency. During the process of the election it was noticed that the electorate had grown phenomenally. Investigation revealed that there had been mass inclusion of alleged illegal migrants. The All Assam Students Union (AASU) demanded that the elections be postponed until the names of "foreign nationals" were deleted from the electoral rolls. The AASU subsequently launched an agitation to compel the government to identify and expel allegedly illegal immigrants. The central government attempted to placate the Assamese by agreeing to proscribe any migrants who entered the state after March 1971 from voting, and proceeded with the elections. The Assamese, demanding an earlier cutoff date, were inimical to the government's decision, as were the Lalung tribals who resented the proliferation of Bengali immigrants onto their land. Conversely, the Bengali communities (both Hindu and Muslim) as well as the Plains Tribal Council of Assam, an organization comprising Boro indigenous tribals opposed to Assamese hegemony, supported the elections, and subsequent inter-ethnic violence unfolded. The ethnic clash that took place in Nellie was seen as a fallout of the decision to hold the controversial Assembly elections in 1983 (boycotted by the AASU) despite stiff opposition from several elements in the state. Police officials had suggested to hold the polls in phases in order to avoid violence. According to then Assam Inspector General of Police, KPS Gill, there were 63 constituencies, where elections could have been held without any trouble. Among the rest, the Assam police had declared there were 23 constituencies where it was "impossible to hold any election." Nellie was cited as one of the "troubled" spots before the elections. 400 companies of Central Paramilitary Force and 11 brigades of the Indian Army were deployed to guard Assam while the polls were scheduled to take place in phases. Massacre The massacre itself took place on the morning of 18 February 1983, starting in Borbori village. It was perpetrated by a mob of a few hundred Tiwas, who targeted Nellie and 14 other Muslim-majority villages in the area. In Nellie the mob burnt many houses and also placed itself at all the roads and exits to the village, killing anyone who tried to escape. The massacre lasted until dusk. Anywhere from 1,600 to 3,000 people died, but locals report the number as having been higher. Result The official Tiwari Commission report on the Nellie massacre is still a closely guarded secret (only three copies exist). The 600-page report was submitted to the Assam Government in 1984 and the Congress Government (headed by Hiteswar Saikia) decided not to make it public, and subsequent Governments followed suit. Assam United Democratic Front and others are making legal efforts to make Tiwari Commission report public, so that reasonable justice is delivered to victims, at least after 25 years after the incident. Police filed 688 criminal cases, of which 378 cases were closed due to "lack of evidence" and 310 cases were slated to be charged. However, all these cases were dropped by the Government of India as a part of the 1985 Assam Accord; and, as a result, not a single person received punishment. Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi signed the Assam Accord with the leaders of the AASU to formally end the Assam Agitation in 1985. See also Nellie, 1983 List of massacres in India 1984 anti-Sikh riots References Sources Further reading News sources Books Deka, Lakhi, (2107) Tirakhir Sahid (in Assamese) Shristi Publication. Chadha, Vivek, Low Intensity Conflicts in India. Sage Publications, 2005. Saksena, N.S. "Police and Politicians" in Alexander, P.J. (ed.) Policing India in the New Millennium. Allied Publishers, 2002. External links 25 years on..Nellie Still haunts..., Hemendra Narayan. (Contains an eyewitness account.) 1980s in Assam Conflicts in 1983 Nagaon Mass murder in 1983 Religiously motivated violence in India February 1983 events in Asia Asom Gana Parishad 1983 murders in India Massacres of Bengalis in Assam Massacres of Bengalis

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Louis%20Metslang

Louis Metslang

Louis Metslang (also Lui Metslang; 17 October 1906 Kaarepere Parish (now Jõgeva Parish), Kreis Dorpat – 8 June 1942 Tallinn) was an Estonian politician. He was a member of VI Riigikogu (its Chamber of Deputies). References 1906 births 1942 deaths People from Jõgeva Parish People from Kreis Dorpat Members of the Riigivolikogu

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shahr%20Kola

Shahr Kola

Shahr Kola (, also Romanized as Shahr Kolā) is a village in Natel Kenar-e Olya Rural District, in the Central District of Nur County, Mazandaran Province, Iran. At the 2006 census, its population was 1,025, in 240 families. References Populated places in Nur County

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul%20de%20Lange

Paul de Lange

Paul de Lange (born 4 February 1981 in Beverwijk) is a Dutch footballer who currently plays as a midfielder for Katwijk in the Dutch Tweede Divisie. Career De Lange started his career as a youth soccer player at local amateur club R.K. v.v. DEM Beverwijk, before making the move to the youth department of Telstar. He made his debut in professional football at age 19, on 19 August 2000 in the Eerste Divisie match against Excelsior, coming on as a 90th-minute substitute for Melvin Holwijn. The match ended in a 3–1 win for the White Lions. He was signed by SC Heerenveen in the summer of 2003, making his Eredivisie-debut on 17 August 2003, the opening day of the 2003–04 Eredivisie season, in a 0–1 away victory against FC Volendam. De Lange made a further 27 league appearances in the 2003–04 season, then joined RBC Roosendaal the following season. After three years in Roosendaal, he was picked up by Superleague Greece club Veria. After 15 appearances for the Greek side, he was picked up by newly promoted Eredivisie side FC Volendam in May 2008 making 31 league appearances and scoring 5 goals in that season. In January 2011, De Lange went to Almere City on loan for the rest of the season. References External links Paul de Lange profile on VI.nl 1981 births Living people Dutch men's footballers SC Telstar players SC Heerenveen players RBC Roosendaal players Veria F.C. players FC Volendam players Almere City FC players Eredivisie players Eerste Divisie players Derde Divisie players Super League Greece players Sportspeople from Beverwijk Expatriate men's footballers in Greece Dutch expatriate men's footballers Dutch expatriate sportspeople in Greece VV Katwijk players Men's association football forwards Footballers from North Holland

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rusty%20Egan

Rusty Egan

Rusty Egan (born 19 September 1957 in London to Irish parents) is a British pop musician, although he has only ever held an Irish passport. He is the former drummer of the British new wave band Rich Kids. They consisted of former Sex Pistol Glen Matlock (bass guitarist and backing vocals, occasional lead vocals), with Steve New (guitarist and backing vocals, occasional lead vocals) and fronted by Jim Midge Ure (guitarist, lead vocals and occasional backing vocals and keyboards player), from their inception in March 1977 to their disbanding in December 1978. He continued working with Ure, and later collaborated with The Misfits, Skids, Shock, and Visage. However, Egan did not return to Visage when they reformed with a new line-up in 2004. Egan was the DJ at Blitz, the influential New Romantic nightclub in London, where he worked with Steve Strange from 1979 until 1981. Whilst there, he introduced German (Kraftwerk), Japanese (Yellow Magic Orchestra) and British (Eno, Ultravox, Landscape) electronic music/synthpop to the British club scene, almost single-handedly putting together the soundtrack for the New Romantic movement. Egan also owned The Cage, a New Romantic-era record store on London's King's Road. As the club grew in popularity, Egan began to be recognised as a central figure in London's nightlife. In 1982, he, Strange and Kevin Millins opened up the Camden Palace nightclub in London, where he continued to spread and influence the development of electronica in the UK. For a time, he switched to producing records for many of the bands he used to DJ, including Spear of Destiny, Shock, Visage and The Senate. Egan was later brought back into his career as a disc jockey by the allure of the internet as a medium for sharing music he suffered from delusional disorder around this period. On 13 June 2008, Egan appeared DJing at the 'Big Top' as part of the Isle of Wight Festival. Egan appeared alongside former Visage bandmate Steve Strange on makeover show Pop Goes the Band in early 2009 on Living TV. He had his teeth and hair drastically reconstructed as part of his makeover. Egan won the category for lifetime achievement at the 2009 Viagra Awards. In January 2011, Egan and Strange hosted Return to the Blitz on the site of the original Blitz Club with performances from Roman Kemp's band Paradise Point and electro punk artist Quilla Constance plus DJ sets from Egan himself. 2017 saw the release of Rusty's first solo album, 'Welcome to the Dancefloor'. It featured appearances from Midge Ure, Tony Hadley, Peter Hook and Erik Stein of Cult With No Name. The album was subsequently released in remix form as 'Welcome to the Remix' and 'Welcome to the Beach'. On Friday 18 October 2019, Rusty performed a DJ set overlaid with a commentary of the post punk music scene at the London Palladium, followed by a performance of a number of Visage hits with long time collaborator and friend Midge Ure. References External links Rusty Egan on SoundCloud Artefaktor Radio 1957 births Living people English rock drummers English DJs English new wave musicians English record producers Skids (band) members Rich Kids members Visage (band) members Musicians from London English people of Irish descent

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fiona%20Doyle

Fiona Doyle

Fiona Doyle (born 4 October 1991) is an Irish swimmer. She represented Ireland in the 2016 Rio Olympics swimming in the 100M and 200M Breaststroke. In 2013, she competed in the 100m event at the World Aquatics Championships in Barcelona where she finished eleventh overall. She won a silver medal in the 100 m breaststroke at the 2013 Summer Universiade. In recognition of her achievements she was awarded Swim Alberta Female International Swimmer of the Year 2012/2013, University of Calgary female Athlete of the Year 2013 and SwimIreland High Performance Athlete of the Year 2013, 2014 and 2015. Early life Fiona attended primary school at St. Nessan's National School in Mungret, County Limerick, she then moved to the Crescent College Comprehensive in Dooradoyle, County Limerick for her second level education. When she moved to Dublin in 2009 she attended the Institute of Education for her final year. Fiona and her twin sister Eimear learned to swim in Saint Paul’s Swimming Club which was founded in 1974 by their paternal grandad Michael J. Doyle. They then progressed to lane swimming and transferred to Limerick Swimming Club and were coached by Gerry Ryan, John Dempsey, Anne Mulcair and Barbara Nalewko. Fiona also has four other siblings. Career In 2005, Fiona qualified for her first major international swim meet, the European Youth Olympic Festival in which she placed 4th in the 100m breaststroke in a time of 1.13. and broke her previously held Irish Record in the process. Later that summer, she went on to better that time and win a gold medal at the British Age Group Championships, Sheffield. In 2006, Swim Ireland established a High Performance centre in Limerick at the University of Limerick Arena. Fiona and Eimear were amongst the first swimmers to be selected for the new squad coached by Canadian, Steve Price and in 2007, they represented Ireland at the European Junior Swimming Championships in Antwerp where they both made finals. In 2008 Fiona moved to Edmonton for eight weeks in an attempt to qualify for the Beijing Olympics and trained with Steve Price who had taken up the Head Coach position with EKSC, earlier in the year. While in Canada she competed in the 2008 Alberta Senior Provincial Championship in Calgary where she won Gold in the 200Breaststroke breaking the Irish Junior record in a time of 2:35.26 and took silver in the 50 & 100 Breaststroke and 100 Freestyle. While she failed to achieve the A qualifying standard she was determined to pursue a dream she had since she was eleven to swim at the Olympics. In 2009, she moved to Dublin to train with Portmarnock Swimming Club and the NAC High Performance Centre where she was coached by Anne Burdis, Peter O’Brien and Paul O’Donovan. Fiona accepted a sports scholarship from the University of Calgary as it had a proven track record under Head-Coach Mike Blondal, in coaching international and Olympic class swimmers and has one of the top performing women’s swimming team in the CIS In 2014 competed in the European Long Course Championships, where she placed 7th in the 50m breaststroke. Swim Ireland awarded her athlete of the year 2014 for the second year running. In 2015, Fiona was awarded the 2015 CIS female swimmer of the year after winning all the breaststroke events. This was the first time since 2009 that a clean sweep was accomplished in the breaststroke events. During the 2015 World University Games, in Gwangju South Korea, Fiona placed 2nd in the 50m breaststroke and 3rd in the 100m breaststroke and became the first Irish swimmer to qualify for the 2016 Summer Olympics. International competition Fiona has represented Ireland in the following competitions; 2005 EYOF Lignano 2005 European Short Course Championships Trieste 2006 European Junior Championships Majorica 2007 European Junior Championships Antwerp 2008 FINA Youth World Swimming Championships Monterey 2008 European Short Course Championships Croatia 2009 World Aquatics Championships XIII FINA World Championships Rome 2011 Summer Universiade World University Games Shenzhen 2013 Summer Universiade World University Games Kazan 2013 World Aquatics Championships XV FINA World Championships Barcelona 2013 Duel in the Pool Championships Europe vs. USA Glasgow 2014 European Long Course Championships Berlin 2015 Summer Universiade World University Games Gwangju 2015 World Aquatics Championships XVI FINA World Championships Kazan 2016 European Long Course Championships London 2016 Rio Olympic Games References External links Fiona Doyle at Swim Ireland 1991 births Living people Irish female swimmers Olympic swimmers for Ireland Swimmers at the 2016 Summer Olympics Universiade medalists in swimming Universiade silver medalists for Ireland Universiade bronze medalists for Ireland Medalists at the 2013 Summer Universiade Medalists at the 2015 Summer Universiade

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maliyan

Maliyan

Maliyan or Malian or Melyan or Malyan () may refer to: Malyan, Fars Malian, Hamadan Maliyan, Lorestan Maliyan is a name of Jonsar tribal family in Uttarakhand, India.

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Kerry F.C.

Kerry Football Club may refer to two unrelated association football clubs: Kerry F.C. (Ireland), founded in 2022 and based in Tralee, County Kerry Kerry F.C. (Wales), founded in 1876 and based in Kerry, Powys

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Miriam%20Benjamin

Miriam Benjamin

Miriam Elizabeth Benjamin (September 16, 1861 – 1947) was an American schoolteacher and inventor. In 1888, she obtained a patent for the Gong and Signal Chair for Hotels, becoming the second African-American woman to receive a patent. Early life and education Benjamin was born in Charleston, South Carolina in 1861.<ref>Daniel Smith Lamb: Howard University Medical Department: A Historical, Biographical and Statistical Souvenir, (Washington, D.C., 1900), 235</ref>Although she would consistently cite 1868 as her birthdate, census returns tend to suggest the 1861 date. 1870 Federal Census for the 2nd Ward of the city of Charleston, Charleston County, South Carolina, page 117, lines 17–25 (misspelling her name as Marianna) She was the eldest of five children of Francis Benjamin and Eliza (Hopkins) Benjamin. In 1873, the Benjamin family moved to Boston, Massachusetts, where she attended the Girl's High School and graduated in 1881. After graduating, she accepted the position to become the Second Assistant at the Stanton Institute, Jacksonville, Florida. Benjamin was appointed by the Superintendent of Education for the County of Duval While working as an educator, Benjamin attended Howard University's medical school between 1894 and 1895.Lamb, 235 After passing a competitive civil service examination and working as a government clerk in a number of federal departments, she obtained legal training, possibly by reading law under the instruction of an attorney, or by attending law school, and became an attorney. Career From 1888 to 1895, Benjamin was a teacher in Washington, D.C., in the segregated municipal school system. In 1888, she was living at 1736 New York Avenue, N.W. in Washington. On July 17, 1888, she obtained a patent for her invention, the Gong and Signal Chair for Hotels. As its name suggests, the chair had both a gong and signal connected to it. When the person in the chair pressed a small button on the side of the chair, it would ring a bell and display the red side of a ball on the back of the chair, allowing the attendant to see which guest needed help. The chair was designed to reduce expenses by reducing the need for waiters and attendants, and "to obviate the necessity of hand clapping or calling aloud" to obtain assistance. Benjamin claimed that as many as half or a third of attendants would be needed, as well as the atmosphere changing to quiet and comfort for the patrons (which greatly promoted the chair in hotels). As described in the patent application, Benjamin also intended the invention to be useful for legislatures, and she further hoped this would include the United States House of Representatives, and lobbied for it to be adopted. A similar but more complicated system was installed in 1895 by the United States House of Representatives. Her invention was also a precursor to the signaling system used on airplanes for passengers to seek assistance from flight attendants. Also in 1895, William A. Hemphill, former Mayor of Atlanta, Georgia and at the time, business manager of the Atlanta Constitution, organized the Cotton States and International Exposition, described as an attempt to promote the American South to the world and showcase products and new technologies, as well as to encourage trade with Latin America. The Cotton States and International Exposition featured exhibits from several states including various innovations in agriculture and technology and industry. African-Americans were prominently featured as part of the Exposition, with Booker T. Washington of Tuskegee Institute delivering his keynote speech on September 18, 1895 known as the Atlanta Compromise that attempted to promote racial cooperation, and was called "one of the most important and influential speeches in American history." The "Negro Building" contained exhibits from various educational institutions such as Tuskegee and Hampton Institute as well as a number of models of inventions from African Americans, courtesy of the Patent Office. Among the models were Benjamin's Gong and Signal chair. It appears that she may have been trying to promote its use in private life, as it was described as being used "by a patient in a hospital, or one waiting in a railway station [who] can call an attendant from an adjacent room without making any noise. The inventor claims that but half or a third as many attendants will be needed and the quiet and comfort of patients and guests will greatly promoted." After the 1888 patent of the Gong and Signal chair, Benjamin continued to obtain patents. When she returned to Boston in 1900, she referred to herself as a "solicitor of patents," and is listed as an attorney on her brother's 1893 patent application. In 1903, it was reported she patented a pinking device for dressmaking. On December 4, 1917, she received U.S. patent no. 1,249,000 for her Sole for Footwear. This invention was intended to help with temperature regulation in the foot. Under the pseudonym E. B. Miriam, Benjamin also composed musical pieces, including songs and marches for piano and band. In 1895, the Boston-based magazine Women's Era'' reported "Miss Miriam Benjamin has composed a march which is now upon the market, the 'Boston Elite Quickstep.' It has been played by Sousa's band, and is published by Ross of West street, this city. The publisher is so well pleased with it that he offers to take any future work of Miss Benjamin. By the way, the author is published as E. B. Miriam." One of her compositions was used by Theodore Roosevelt's presidential campaign in 1904. In 1920, she returned to Boston, where she lived and worked with her brother, attorney Edgar P. Benjamin. Along with Sarah Boone, Ellen Eglin, and Sarah E. Goode, Benjamin was one of four African American women inventors of her time who developed new technology for the home. Personal life Her sisters were Charlotte D. "Lottie" Benjamin (1863–1928, m. Walter W. Sampson, 1889, no children) and Eva S. Benjamin (1867–73). Her brother Lyde Wilson Benjamin (1865–1916) was an attorney as well as an inventor. On May 16, 1893, he received U.S. patent no. 497,747 for an improvement on "Broom Moisteners and Bridles." Her younger brother Edgar Pinkerton Benjamin (1869–1972) graduated from Boston University's law school and had a successful private practice in the city of Boston. Although best remembered for establishing the Resthaven Nursing Home (now the Benjamin Healthcare Center) in Roxbury, Massachusetts, he also received U.S. patent no. 475,749 for a "Trousers-Shield," or, a bicycle clip, on May 31, 1892. Miriam Benjamin never married. For most of her life she lived with her widowed mother Eliza Jane (Hopkins) Benjamin (1840–1934) in the Boston area. She died in 1947. See also List of African-American inventors and scientists Timeline of United States inventions Further reading References 1861 births 1947 deaths African-American inventors 19th-century American women educators 19th-century American educators Schoolteachers from Washington, D.C. People from Boston People from Charleston, South Carolina Chairs Women inventors 19th-century American inventors 20th-century American inventors Howard University School of Law alumni 20th-century African-American people 20th-century African-American women Girls' High School (Boston, Massachusetts) alumni

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Show%20Me%20the%20Way%20%28Earth%2C%20Wind%20%26%20Fire%20song%29

Show Me the Way (Earth, Wind & Fire song)

"Show Me the Way" is a song recorded by the band Earth, Wind & Fire featuring Raphael Saadiq that was released as a single in September 2004 by Sanctuary Records. from their 2005 album Illumination.The single reached No. 16 on the Billboard Adult R&B Songs chart. Critical reception David Wild of Rolling Stone described the song as "characteristically dreamy". Rob Theakston of AllMusic noted that "the crown jewel of the album is unquestionably the eight-minute jam "Show Me the Way". Anthony Hatfield of the BBC called the track "a highlight with its easy groove packaged in a neat, modern arrangement". People described "Show Me the Way" as a "lush ballad". Accolades The band was nominated for a Grammy in the category of Best R&B Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocals for their performance of the song. References 2005 songs 2005 singles Earth, Wind & Fire songs Songs written by Raphael Saadiq

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sue%20Mason

Sue Mason

Sue Mason is a British illustrator of science fiction fanzines and other works. She has won two Hugo Awards. Background Mason claims to have been thrown out of Sunday School at the age of 12 for wanting to be The Morrigan when she grew up. She became part of science fiction fandom in 1982. Science fiction fandom Mason is best known in worldwide science fiction fandom for her "whimsical, humorous and richly-detailed" pen-and-ink illustrations in the fanzine Plokta and elsewhere, some of which have been collected in the chapbook I Want to Be a Celtic Death Goddess When I Grow Up. She was the winner of the Trans-Atlantic Fan Fund in 2000, and described herself in her platform statement as "gamer, filker, costumer, dealer, apahack. On the committee of a filkcon and an Eastercon. I Mced the Glasgow Worldcon masquerade". Mason was nominated for the Hugo Award for Best Fan Artist every year from 2001 to 2010, and won it in 2003 and 2005. She lives near Manchester. She has won the Nova Award for Best Fan Artist seven times. She won the 2014 William Rotsler#Rotsler Award "for long-time artistic achievement in amateur publications of the science fiction community". References External links Mason's TAFF platform from 2000 "Mason, Sue" at Locus Index to SF Awards: Hugo Nominees List Living people British illustrators Hugo Award-winning artists Year of birth missing (living people)

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Omero%20Carmellini

Omero Carmellini

Omero Carmellini (28 January 1921 – 24 September 1997) was an Italian professional football player. He played 3 games for A.S. Roma in the Serie A in the 1940/41 season. He died in Rome in September 1997 at the age of 56. References 1921 births 1997 deaths AS Roma players Italian men's footballers Rimini FC 1912 players Serie A players SS Alba-Audace Roma players Men's association football forwards Footballers from Rome

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frederick%20Septimus%20Kelly

Frederick Septimus Kelly

Frederick Septimus Kelly (29 May 1881 – 13 November 1916) was an Australian and British musician and composer and a rower who competed in the 1908 Summer Olympics. After surviving the Gallipoli campaign He was killed in action in the Battle of the Somme during the First World War. Early life Kelly, the fourth son and seventh child of Irish-born woolbroker Thomas Hussey Kelly and his wife Mary Anne, née Dick, was born in 1881 at 47 Phillip Street, Sydney. He was educated at Sydney Grammar School, then went with his family to England and educated at Eton College, where he stroked the school eight to victory in the Ladies' Challenge Plate at Henley Royal Regatta in 1899. Kelly studied music at Eton under Charles Harford Lloyd, and was awarded a Lewis Nettleship musical scholarship at Oxford in 1899. At Balliol College, Oxford (BA, 1903; MA, 1912) he was mentored by Donald Tovey and became president of the university musical club and a leading spirit at the Sunday evening concerts at Balliol. He was a protégé of Ernest Walker. Rowing Kelly took up sculling while at Oxford and won the Diamond Challenge Sculls at Henley in 1902, beating Raymond Etherington-Smith in the final. He rowed in the four seat for Oxford against Cambridge in the 1903 Boat Race. Oxford lost the race by 6 lengths. Kelly went on to win the Diamond sculls at Henley again that summer, beating Julius Beresford in the final. He also won the Wingfield Sculls, the Amateur Championship of the Thames, beating the holder Arthur Cloutte. This was the only occasion on which he entered. On leaving Oxford in 1903 he starting rowing at Leander Club and was in the Leander crews which won the Grand Challenge Cup at Henley in 1903, 1904 and 1905 and the Stewards' Challenge Cup in 1906. In 1905 he again won the Diamond sculls, beating Harry Blackstaffe. His time on this occasion 8 min. 10 sec. stood as a record for over 30 years. Kelly's last appearance in a racing boat was in 1908, when he competed at the London Olympic Games. He was a member of the Leander crew in the eights, which won the gold medal for Great Britain. Contemporary reports of Kelly's oarsmanship were glowing: 'his natural sense of poise and rhythm made his boat a live thing under him'; 'Many think [Kelly] the greatest amateur stylist of all time'. Hands and arms In 1907 Kelly became worried about problems with his hands and arms that were impeding his performance, especially as a musician. He also developed a facial tic. He sought hypnotherapeutic treatment for this condition from J. Milne Bramwell, the specialist medical hypnotist, in London. He attended Bramwell's rooms for treatment over an extended time. Life after Oxford After leaving Oxford with fourth-class honours in history, Kelly studied the piano under Iwan Knorr at the Hoch Conservatory in Frankfurt, alongside members of the Frankfurt Group. On his return to London in 1908 he acted as an adviser to the Classical Concert Society and used his influence in favour of the recognition of modern composers. At this time he met and became a close friend of Leonard Borwick, probably England's finest pianist at the time. In 1911 he visited Sydney and gave some concerts, and in 1912 took part in chamber music concerts in London. He performed with Pablo Casals, and he helped organise a concert in London by Maurice Ravel, on 17 December 1913 at the Bechstein Hall.At the concert, Kelly played four solo piano pieces by Alexander Scriabin and performed the Phantasy piano quintet by James Friskin, with the English String Quartet. Following the outbreak of war in 1914, Kelly was commissioned into the Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve for service with the Royal Naval Division with his friends—the poet Rupert Brooke, the critic and composer William Denis Browne, and others of what became known as the Latin Club. Kelly was wounded twice at Gallipoli, where he was awarded the Distinguished Service Cross and reached the rank of lieutenant-commander. At Gallipoli he wrote his scores in his tent at base camp, including his tribute to Brooke, Elegy for String Orchestra: "In Memoriam Rupert Brooke" (1915), conceived in the wake of Brooke's death. Kelly was among the party who buried him on Skyros. The following is a description of Kelly's close connection to Brooke, taken from Race Against Time: the Diaries of F.S. Kelly: Kelly survived the Gallipoli slaughter, only to die at Beaucourt-sur-l'Ancre, France, when rushing a German machine gun post in the last days of the Battle of the Somme in November 1916. He lies in Martinsart's British Cemetery not far from where he fell at the age of 35. Of the dozen composers killed at the Somme, Kelly is the only one to have a marked grave; as a mark of the respect they accorded him, his men had retrieved his body and carried it back through No Man's Land. Posthumous renown Kelly's final piece was the Somme Lament, completed in October 1916, just two weeks before he died during the Somme campaign. It was completed in piano score. Christopher Latham orchestrated the work for a 2020 recording. At the memorial concert held at the Wigmore Hall, London on 2 May 1919, some of his piano compositions were played by Leonard Borwick, and some of his songs were sung by Muriel Foster. The centrepiece of the concert was the Elegy for String Orchestra, written at Gallipoli in memory of Rupert Brooke, a work of profound feeling. Frank Bridge was the conductor – he had conducted its first performance at Rugby School on 28 March 1916. On 6th March 1918, Fellow Australian composer Ernest Truman played a tribute in memorial to Frederick Septimus Kelly written by his former tutor Charles Harford Lloyd. Kelly's "Serenade for Flute" with accompaniment of Harp, Horn, and String Orchestra (Op. 7), written in 1911, received its first recording 100 years after he composed it, by the Canadian flautist Rebecca Hall, who recorded it for CD label Cameo Classics. José Garcia Gutierrez was the horn soloist, with the Malta Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by its Musical Director, Michael Laus. His piano works include the 12 Studies, Op. 9 (1907–13) and 24 Monographs, Op. 11 (1911–16) in all the major and minor keys, as well as a set of etudes, modelled on Chopin and Scriabin. The Preludes and Monographs have been recorded on Toccata 0524 by Alex Wilson. Unmarried, he had lived at his home Bisham Grange, near Marlow, Buckinghamshire, with his sister Mary (Maisie). There is a memorial to him in the village of Bisham. His elder brother, William Henry "Willie" Kelly, was a politician who held the seat of Wentworth in the Australian House of Representatives from 1903 to 1919. His papers are held in the National Library of Australia. Compositions Two Songs, Op. 1 (1902) Aghadoe, an Irish Ballad for contralto and orchestra (edited by Richard Divall) Waltz-Pageant, Op. 2, for piano; arranged for two pianos (1905, rev. 1911) Allegro de concert, Op. 3, for piano (1907) A Cycle of Lyrics, Op. 4, for piano (1908) Theme, Variations and Fugue, Op. 5, for two pianos (1907–11) Six Songs, Op. 6 (1910–13) Serenade in E minor, Op. 7, for flute with accompaniment of harp, horn and string orchestra (1911). (This has been recorded by Rebecca Hall with the Malta Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Michael Laus for Cameo Classics in 2011). Edited by Richard Divall 2014 String Trio in B minor (1913–14). Edited by Richard Divall Piano Trio for violin, violoncello and piano in B-flat. Edited by Richard Divall Piece for horn, violin, viola and pianoforte. Edited by Richard Divall Movement for English horn and piano. Edited by Richard Divall Two Preludes for organ (1914) Published by Marshall-Hall Trust. Edited by Bruce Steele Elegy, In Memoriam Rupert Brooke for harp and strings (1915) Published by Marshall-Hall Trust. Edited by Richard Divall who has made a reduction of the work for String Quintet (2 violins, viola and 2 cellos). Violin Sonata in G major "Gallipoli" (1915) Edited by Richard Divall and Christopher Latham Violin Sonata in D minor, unfinished. Edited by Richard Divall Piano Sonata in F minor, unfinished (1916). Published by Marshall-Hall Trust. Edited by Richard Divall and Bruce Steele 2005 12 Studies, Op. 9, for piano (1915). Published by Marshall-Hall Trust. Edited by Richard Divall and Bruce Steele 2005 24 Monographs, Op. 11, for piano (1915). Published by Marshall-Hall Trust. Edited by Richard Divall and Bruce Steele 2005 Intermezzo for Orchestra 1906. Edited by Richard Divall Five unpublished songs. Edited by Richard Divall See also List of Olympians killed in World War I List of Oxford University Boat Race crews Notes References Kelly, F.S. (Radic, T., ed.), Race Against Time: The Diaries of F.S. Kelly, National Library of Australia, (Canberra), 2004. External links One of us, even if he liked to be one of them – Alan Ramsey – www.smh.com.au at www.smh.com.au Name Kelly, Frederick Septimus Rank or Rating: Sub Lieutenant, Temporary full service record from The National Archives (fee required for download) 1881 births 1916 deaths Rowers from Sydney People educated at Eton College Alumni of Balliol College, Oxford Australian male rowers Rowers at the 1908 Summer Olympics Olympic rowers for Great Britain Olympic gold medallists for Great Britain Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve personnel of World War I British military personnel killed in the Battle of the Somme Australian recipients of the Distinguished Service Cross (United Kingdom) Hoch Conservatory alumni Royal Navy officers of World War I Australian male composers British composers Olympic medalists in rowing Australian people of Irish descent British people of Irish descent Members of Leander Club Oxford University Boat Club rowers Medalists at the 1908 Summer Olympics Australian classical composers 20th-century British male musicians Sportsmen from New South Wales

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SMRT%20Trains

SMRT Trains

SMRT Trains Limited is a rail operator in Singapore and a wholly owned subsidiary of SMRT Corporation. After the privatisation of the MRT operations in 1995, it was originally named Singapore MRT Limited. On 31 December 2001, it was renamed to SMRT Trains Limited, so as not to confuse with another MRT line - North East MRT Line that is under Singapore Bus Services and the bus operations merged from Trans-Island Bus Services. At the same time, Singapore Bus Services was renamed to SBS Transit to be multi-modal. SMRT Trains currently manages most of the MRT services in Singapore except the North East Line and Downtown Line. History SMRT Trains Limited was incorporated as the rail subsidiary arm of the parent company SMRT Corporation, to oversee rail operations brought over from the previously state-owned Mass Rapid Transit Corporation (MRTC). Mass Rapid Transit Corporation (MRTC) The Singapore MRT Limited was incorporated on 6 August 1987, and signed the licence and operating agreement (LOA) with MRTC, a government-run corporation till 1997. On 7 November 1987, MRTC started services on Singapore's first MRT section, consisting of five stations from Yio Chu Kang to Toa Payoh. When the MRTC merged to form LTA on 1 Sep 1995, operations of the MRTC were hived off into SMRT Corporation. On 1998, the light rail operation was formed and was called Singapore LRT Limited. On 31 December 2001, both Singapore MRT Limited and Singapore LRT Limited were merged into the present name, SMRT Trains. Transition to New Rail Financing Framework (NRFF) On 15 July 2016, SMRT Trains and its subsidiary SMRT Light Rail concluded discussions on the transition of the North-South and East-West Lines (NSEWL), the Circle Line (CCL) and the Bukit Panjang LRT (BPLRT) to the New Rail Financing Framework (NRFF). The framework, announced by the Government in 2008 under the Land Transport Master-plan, was introduced as an enhancement to the 1996 Rail Financing Framework, and was first implemented for the Downtown Line (DTL) in 2011. SMRT transited to a 15-year contract under the new framework from 1 October 2016, with the transfer of ownership of all its rail assets at a net value of $1.06 billion to the government. Mass Rapid Transit SMRT Trains currently operates a fleet consisting of six rolling stocks built on its two heavy rail lines (the North South Line and the East West Line) – namely C151, C651, C751B, C151A, C151B, C151C and R151, identified by the relevant build contracts. In addition, it operates the C830 and C830C rolling stocks, which operates on the Circle Line. SMRT Trains is also licensed to operate the T251 rolling stocks, which operates on the Thomson-East Coast Line. SMRT Light Rail operates the C801 and the C801A rolling stocks on the Bukit Panjang LRT Line. The C851E will be added to SMRT's fleet in tandem with the opening of the CCL6 line. The main colour scheme for all trains are black with a red stripe. C651 is the only train model with an exterior livery of white and red stripes. C801 is the only train model with an exterior livery of blue and red stripes. C151B and C801A are the only train models with an exterior livery of the new SMRT pixelated livery, which consist of white, red, black and yellow stripes and pixel livery. C151C and R151 will bear the new LTA livery, which is black with green and red stripes. T251 will also bear the new LTA livery, which is black with brown and yellow stripes. Fleet The trains are classified as contracts unlike other countries which uses "class". Light Rail Transit SMRT Light Rail operates only one LRT line. The Bukit Panjang LRT Line provides feeder connections at Bukit Panjang and Choa Chu Kang towns to the Downtown line at Bukit Panjang and North South line and the upcoming Jurong Region line at Choa Chu Kang. Fleet The trains are classified as contracts unlike other countries which uses "class". Notable incidents Before the start of service, a maintenance vehicle spilt oil on the tracks between Clementi and Jurong East. The first ten eastbound trains reported braking problems. Then, at 7.50 am on 5 August 1993, the eleventh east-bound train from Jurong stopped at the Clementi Station for two minutes longer than scheduled due to it using its emergency brakes to stop at the station, and was then hit by the twelfth east bound train when it failed to stop in time. 156 passengers were injured by the collision. Pasir Ris rail accident: On 22 March 2016, 2 SMRT staff were killed when a train hit them near Pasir Ris station along the EWL. Following an audit and investigation, the Ministry of Manpower (Singapore) reported that SMRT had failed to follow safety procedures to ensure worker safety for the past 14 years. Former assistant engineer Lim Say Heng pleaded guilty to one charge of causing the deaths of the trainees by failing to observe critical safety protocol and was sentenced to four weeks jail. Joo Koon rail accident: On 15 November 2017, two C151A trains collided at Joo Koon, injuring 28 people, making the second incident after 24 years on 5 August 1993 when two C151 trains collided at Clementi. Notes References 1987 establishments in Singapore SMRT Corporation Mass Rapid Transit (Singapore) Railway companies of Singapore Railway companies established in 1987

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tommy%20Turner%20%28politician%29

Tommy Turner (politician)

Thomas Turner (born August 8, 1952) is an American politician who served as a Republican member of the Kentucky House of Representatives for the 85th district from 1997 to 2021. Elections 1996 Turner won the four-way 1996 Republican primary and was unopposed for the November 5, 1996 general election. 1998 Turner was unopposed for both the 1998 Republican primary and the November 3, 1998 general election. 2000 Turner was unopposed for both the 2000 Republican primary and the November 7, 2000 general election, winning with 10,984 votes. 2002 Turner was unopposed for both the 2002 Republican primary and the November 5, 2002 general election, winning with 7,512 votes. 2004 Turner was unopposed for both the 2004 Republican primary and the November 2, 2004 general election, winning with 13,292 votes. 2006 Turner was challenged in the 2006 Republican primary, winning with 7,412 votes (80.0%) and was unopposed for the November 7, 2006 general election, winning with 10,262 votes. 2008 Turner was unopposed for both the 2008 Republican primary and the November 4, 2008 general election, winning with 14,887 votes. 2010 Turner was challenged in the May 18, 2010 Republican primary, winning with 7,310 votes (73.5%) and was unopposed for the November 2, 2010 general election, winning with 11,710 votes. 2012 Turner was unopposed for both the May 22, 2012 Republican primary and the November 6, 2012 general election, winning with 15,792 votes. 2018 Turner was challenged by Mona Hampton Eldrige, the first challenge he has faced in more than a decade. Legislative history Representative Turner has distinguished himself by his lack of impact, failing to introduce a single piece of stand-alone legislation during his 20-year tenure in the legislature. Animal protection In 2015, Turner came under fire for tacking an amendment requiring a health insurance policy, pursuant to the Affordable Care Act, on to KY HB 177, a bill designed to assure that animals in Kentucky have adequate shelter. Kentucky has been rated the worst state for animal protection for seven years in a row, and is projected to "win" this rating for year eight. References External links Official page at the Kentucky general Assembly Thomas Turner at Ballotpedia Tommy Turner at OpenSecrets Place of birth missing (living people) 1952 births Living people Republican Party members of the Kentucky House of Representatives People from Somerset, Kentucky 21st-century American politicians

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas%20Megahy

Thomas Megahy

Thomas Megahy MBE (16 July 1929 – 5 October 2008) was British teacher and politician, who served in the European Parliament. Megahy was educated at Wishaw High School, Ruskin College, the Huddersfield College of Education and the University of London. He worked as a railway signalman, but later became a lecturer. In 1963, he was elected to Mirfield Urban District Council, representing the Labour Party, and from 1973 until 1978, he served on Kirklees Metropolitan Borough Council. Megahy served as a Member of the European Parliament for the constituency of Yorkshire South West between 1979 and 1999. From 1985 until 1987, he was deputy leader of the British Labour Group, and from 1987 until 1989, he was a vice president of the Parliament. References 1929 births 2008 deaths Alumni of Ruskin College Alumni of the University of London People from Lanarkshire Scottish people of Irish descent Councillors in Kirklees Labour Party (UK) councillors Labour Party (UK) MEPs MEPs for England 1979–1984 MEPs for England 1984–1989 MEPs for England 1989–1994 MEPs for England 1994–1999 Members of the Order of the British Empire

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Outline%20of%20bipolar%20disorder

Outline of bipolar disorder

The following outline is provided as an overview of and topical guide to bipolar disorder: Bipolar disorder – mental disorder with cyclical periods of depression and periods of elevated mood. The elevated mood is significant and is known as mania, a severe elevation that can be accompanied by psychosis in some cases, or hypomania, a milder form of mania. During mania, an individual behaves or feels abnormally energetic, elated, or irritable. Individuals often make poorly thought out decisions with little regard to the consequences. The need for sleep is usually reduced during manic phases. During periods of depression, there may be crying, a negative outlook on life, and poor eye contact with others. The risk of suicide among those with the illness is high at greater than 6 percent over 20 years, while self-harm occurs in 30–40 percent. Other mental health issues such as anxiety disorders and substance use disorder are commonly associated. Also known as manic depression. People with bipolar disorder experience the whole spectrum of emotional feelings from unimaginable grief to full blown euphoria whereas normal people experience only a section of the spectrum of emotional feelings somewhere between extreme grief and extreme happiness. What categories does bipolar disorder fall under? Bipolar disorder can be described as all of the following: Disorder – Mental disorder – functional abnormality or disturbance characterized by a behavioral or mental pattern that may cause suffering or a poor ability to function in life. Such features may be persistent, relapsing and remitting, or occur as a single episode. Bipolar spectrum Bipolar spectrum – Bipolar I – bipolar disorder with at least one manic episode (with or without psychotic features), possibly with hypomanic and/or depressive episodes as well Psychotic Features- psychosis experienced in some cases of Bipolar I disorder, typically during mania or a severe depressive episode Bipolar II – bipolar disorder categorized by depressive episodes and at least one hypomanic episode, no manic episode experienced Cyclothymia – a milder form of bipolar disorder with predominantly depressive symptoms and some symptoms of hypomania, does not meet diagnostic severity of bipolar I or II Dysthymia – akin to depression, with chronic symptoms but milder severity Major depressive disorder – a mood disorder involving low mood, low energy, poor self-esteem, lack of interest in enjoyable activities, and/or aches and pains Schizoaffective disorder – cyclical mood episodes combined with psychosis; has subtypes: bipolar type and depressive type Mania – a state of hyperactivity, heightened mood (euphoric or irritable), low sleep, pressured speech, grandiosity, and/or racing thoughts; may include psychotic features like delusions or hallucinations Mixed affective state – a state with traits of both mania and depression (e.g. irritability, low mood, suicidality, and racing thoughts at the same time) Hypomania – an episode of elevated mood, similar to mania with milder symptomatic severity Major depressive episode – a mood episode with major depressive symptoms Symptoms of bipolar disorder Anxiety – a state of increased stress and worry Emotional dysregulation – difficulty regulating one's mood, resulting in mood swings Sleep disorder – disordered sleeping habits Signs typical of mania Delusion – fixed belief that cannot be changed despite reason or evidence, not explained by common cultural beliefs Hallucination – perceiving something that is not actually present Insomnia – difficulty falling and/or staying asleep Pressured speech – rapid, erratic, and/or frenzied speech that can be difficult for others to understand and interrupt Psychosis – inability to distinguish between reality and fantasy Racing thoughts – rapid thinking, sometimes experienced as distracting or distressing Signs typical of depression Anhedonia – reduced ability to experience pleasure Dysphoria – a state of profound unhappiness or discomfort Hypersomnia – excessive sleeping and/or sleepiness Self harm – causing intentional pain or injury to the body, often as self-punishment or emotional release Suicidal ideation – considering committing suicide Treatment of bipolar disorder Treatment of bipolar disorder – Treatment of bipolar disorder – Mood stabilizers – medication that reduces mood swings and allows the user to experience a more typical range of moods Anticonvulsants – Carbamazepine – Gabapentin – Lamotrigine (Lamictal) – Oxcarbazepine – Topiramate – Valproic acid – Sodium valproate – Valproate semisodium – Lithium pharmacology – Lithium carbonate – Lithium citrate – Lithium sulfate – Antipsychotics – Treatment of bipolar disorder – Anxiety – Alprazolam (Solanax and Xanax) – List of benzodiazepines – Non-pharmaceutical treatment of bipolar disorder Clinical psychology – Electroconvulsive therapy – Involuntary commitment – Light therapy – Psychotherapy – Transcranial magnetic stimulation – History of bipolar disorder History of bipolar disorder – Emil Kraepelin – Karl Leonhard – John Cade – Mogens Schou – Frederick K. Goodwin – Completed first controlled study on use of Lithium in bipolar disorder treatment. Kay Redfield Jamison – Organisations International Society for Bipolar Disorders – Icarus Project – Bipolar UK See also Affective spectrum – spectrum of mood disorders, including disorders that impact other areas in addition to mood (e.g. ADHD and migraines) List of people with bipolar disorder – Bipolar disorder in children – pediatric bipolar disorder, which sometimes involves more rapid shifting and mixed states References External links Bipolar Disorder overview from the U.S. National Institute of Mental Health website NICE Bipolar Disorder clinical guidelines from the U.K. National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence website Bipolar disorder Bipolar disorder

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Helvella%20zhongtiaoensis

Helvella zhongtiaoensis

Helvella zhongtiaoensis is a species of fungus in the family Helvellaceae. It is found in China, where it grows in the forest under Pinus tabulaeformis. The fungus was described as new to science in 1990 by Jin-Zhong Cao and Bo Liu. References External links zhongtiaoensis Fungi described in 1990 Fungi of China

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Fran Borgia

Fran Borgia (born 1980, Jerez de la Frontera, Spain) is a film producer based in Singapore since 2004. He is the founder of Akanga Film Asia. Career He was the producer and editor for Here (2009), Ho Tzu Nyen’s first feature film that was presented at the 41st Directors’ Fortnight, Cannes Film Festival 2009; and for the medium-length film, Earth, presented at the 66th Venice Film Festival 2009. Since then he has produced noteworthy feature films such as Sandcastle (2010), Boo Junfeng’s first feature film that premiered at the 49th Cannes Critics’ Week in 2010; Disappearing Landscape by Vladimir Todorovic, which premiered at the 42nd International Film Festival Rotterdam 2013, and Mister John by Christine Molloy & Joe Lawlor, a UK-Ireland-Singapore co-production, which premiered at the Edinburgh International Film Festival 2013. In 2015, he produced K Rajagopal’s segment for the omnibus feature 7 Letters (2015). In 2016, he co-produced Lav Diaz’s A Lullaby to the Sorrowful Mystery (2016), which won the Silver Bear Alfred Bauer Prize for "a feature film that opens new perspectives" at the 66th Berlin International Film Festival. In the same year, he also produced two films that premiered at the Cannes Film Festival: Boo Junfeng’s Apprentice (2016) at Un Certain Regard and K. Rajagopal’s A Yellow Bird (2016) at International Critics' Week. In 2017, he produced Liao Jiekai’s segment for the omnibus feature 667 that screened at 22nd Busan International Film Festival. In 2018, he produced Yeo Siew Hua’s A Land Imagined (2018), that won the Pardo d’oro (Golden Leopard) at the Locarno Film Festival. Filmography As Producer Here (2009) (as film editor also) Sandcastle (2010) Disappearing Landscape (2013) Mister John (2013) 7 Letters (2015) A Lullaby to the Sorrowful Mystery (2016) Apprentice (2016) A Yellow Bird (2016) (as film editor also) 667 (2017) A Land Imagined (2018) Yuni (2021) Tomorrow is a Long Time (2023) Tiger Stripes (2023) References External links 1980 births Spanish film producers Singaporean film producers Living people

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Propelargonidin

Propelargonidin

Propelargonidins are a type of condensed tannins formed from epiafzelechin. They yield pelargonidin when depolymerized under oxidative conditions. Propelargonidins can be found in the rhizomes of the fern Drynaria fortunei, in buckwheat (Fagopyrum esculentum), and in the edible halophyte Carpobrotus edulis. Examples Geranins A and B, dimers found in Geranium niveum Selligueain A, a trimer found in the rhizome of Selliguea feei the trimeric propelargonidin epiafzelechin-(4β→8)-epiafzelechin-(4β→8)-4′-O-methyl-(−)-epigallocatechin can be isolated from the stem bark of Heisteria pallida. References Condensed tannins

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The%20Coming%20China%20Wars

The Coming China Wars

The Coming China Wars: Where They Will Be Fought, How They Can Be Won is a book by Peter Navarro published by FT Press in (2006). Navarro examines China as an emerging world power confronting challenges at home and abroad as it struggles to exert itself in the global market. He also investigates how China's role in international commerce is creating conflicts with nations around the world over energy, natural resources, the environment, intellectual property, and other issues. A review in Publishers Weekly describes the book as "comprehensive" and "contemporary" and concludes that it "will teach readers to understand the dragon, just not how to vanquish it". References Further reading Business Book Review Peace Corps Review Asia Times Review External links Peter Navarro 2006 non-fiction books Economics books Economy of China Books about China

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1923 in South Africa

The following lists events that happened during 1923 in South Africa. Incumbents Monarch: King George V. Governor-General and High Commissioner for Southern Africa: Prince Arthur of Connaught (until 5 December). Sir James Rose Innes (acting, from 5 December). Prime Minister: Jan Smuts. Chief Justice: Sir James Rose Innes. Events March 1 – The Electricity Supply Commission (Eskom), largest electricity producer in Africa, is established. Unknown date The South African Native National Congress changes its name to African National Congress. Births 10 April – John Watkins, cricketer (d. 2021) 30 April – Francis Tucker, rally Driver. (d. 2008) 19 May – Johannes Meintjes, artist and writer. (d. 1980) 6 August – Moira Lister, South African-born English film, stage and television actress. (d. 2007) 5 October – Glynis Johns, South African-born Welsh actress. 11 October – Moses Mabhida, anti-apartheid activist. (d. 1986) 11 November – Pieter van der Byl, politician (d. 1999) 20 November – Nadine Gordimer, writer and political activist. (d. 2014) 17 December – Wilton Mkwayi, anti-apartheid activist. (d. 2004) Deaths Railways Railway lines opened 12 April – Transvaal – Dunswart to Apex deviation, . 21 May – Natal – Queen's Bridge to Duff's Road deviation, . 8 July – Natal – Canelands, Umdloti to Maidstone deviation, . 6 August – Cape – Kamfersdam to Winter's Rush, . 9 August – Cape – Belmont to Douglas, . 30 October – Transvaal – Settlers to Tuinplaas, . Locomotives The New Cape Central Railway places two 2-6-2+2-6-2 Double Prairie type Garratt articulated steam locomotives in service. They will be designated Class GK on the South African Railways (SAR) in 1925. Major Frank Dutton, SAR Signal Engineer and the Motor Transport Superintendent, conducts trials with a prototype petrol-paraffin powered Dutton road-rail tractor. Mr. C. Lawson, Superintendent Mechanical of the SAR, experiments with gas-electric motive power and constructs a single experimental producer gas-electric locomotive. The locomotive remains in service for several years but the gas-electric concept will eventually be superseded by diesel-electric traction. References South Africa Years in South Africa History of South Africa

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yannick%20Agnel

Yannick Agnel

Yannick Agnel (born 9 June 1992) is a French former competitive swimmer who specialized in freestyle events, and is a three-time Olympic medalist. In his Olympic debut at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, he won gold in the 200-meter freestyle, gold in the 4×100-meter freestyle relay, and silver in the 4×200-meter freestyle relay. He is the current world record holder in the 400-meter freestyle (short course), the European record holder in the 800-meter freestyle (short course), and the national record holder in the 200- and 400-meter freestyle (long course). Agnel's success earned him Swimming World European Swimmer of the Year award in 2012. Early life Agnel was born in Nîmes in 1992, the son of a nurse and a director of human resources. He was named after French tennis player Yannick Noah. Agnel began swimming at the age of eight after a neighbor spotted his talent and urged his parents to enroll him in a swimming club. He later integrated Skema Business School to study business. He is now in the prestigious French Grande École Paris-Dauphine IX. Swimming career Early career At the 2009 European Junior Swimming Championships, Agnel won the 200- and 400-meter freestyle in European junior record times. He was also a member of the 4×200-meter freestyle relay that won gold ahead of Russia and Italy. In April 2010, Agnel set the French record in the 200-meter freestyle with a time of 1:46.35 to beat Amaury Leveaux's record of 1:46.54. In June 2010, he improved his record in the 200-meter freestyle with a time of 1:46.30. At the 2010 European Junior Swimming Championships, Agnel set the French record in the 400-meter freestyle with a time of 3:46.26 to beat Nicolas Rostoucher's record of 3:46.28 en route to winning gold. 2010 European Championships At the 2010 European Aquatics Championships, Agnel won gold in the 400-meter freestyle setting a new French and championships record. Agnel then combined with Fabien Gilot, William Meynard, and Alain Bernard in the 4×100-meter freestyle relay to finish second behind Russia. As the second leg, Agnel had a 48.23 split. As the leadoff leg in the 4×200 m freestyle relay, Agnel broke his own French record in the 200-meter freestyle with a time of 1:45.83. Agnel, with Clement Lefert, Antton Haramboure, and Jérémy Stravius finished in third place in the 4×200-meter freestyle relay behind Russia and Germany. 2011 World Championships At the 2011 World Aquatics Championships in Shanghai, Agnel competed in three events. In his first event, the 400-meter freestyle, Agnel finished in 6th place with a time of 3:45.24. In his second event, the 200-meter freestyle, Agnel finished in fifth place with a time of 1:44.99, a new French record. Agnel won his only medal of the competition, a silver, in the 4×200-meter freestyle relay. Teaming with Grégory Mallet, Jérémy Stravius, and Fabien Gilot, their team had a final time of 7:04.81, a new French record. The United States finished 1st with a time of 7:02.67. 2012 2012 Summer Olympics (NR) At the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, Agnel won a total of three medals: two golds and one silver. In his first event, Agnel anchored a come-from-behind effort in the 4×100-meter freestyle relay to win gold with Amaury Leveaux, Fabien Gilot, and Clément Lefert. Diving in with a 0.55 s deficit, Agnel was able to cut that down to a 0.30 s deficit at the 350-meter mark. In the last 50-meters, Agnel pulled ahead of American Ryan Lochte and France won with a time of 3:09:93 to the United States' time of 3:10:38. Agnel swam the fastest split time of the entire field with a time of 46.74, the only individual to break 47 seconds. The next day, Agnel won his second gold medal in the 200-meter freestyle with a time of 1:43.14, the fastest in French swimming history and 1.79 seconds ahead of silver medal winners Sun Yang and Park Tae-hwan. In the final, Agnel led from start-to-finish, recording a time of 50.64 in the first 100-meters and 52.50 in the last 100-meters. His time of 25.98 for the last 50-meters was by far the fastest in the field. Agnel won his final medal, a silver, in the 4×200-meter freestyle relay behind the United States with Amaury Leveaux, Grégory Mallet, and Clément Lefert. He had the fastest split time of the field in the final with a time of 1:43.24 as the anchor leg. In his final event, the 100-meter freestyle, Agnel finished fourth in a personal best time of 47.84, 0.04 s of a second outside the medals. The European Swimming Federation named Agnel male European swimmer of the year 2012. Post-Olympics On 15 November 2012, Agnel broke his first world record in the 400-meter freestyle with a time of 3:32.25 during the first day of the French short course nationals in Angers. In doing so, he bettered the previous record held by German swimmer Paul Biedermann (3.32.77) established in 2009 with a full bodysuit. A day later, he set the European record in the 800-meter freestyle and on 18 November, Agnel just missed Biedermann's world record in the 200-meter freestyle (short course). At the 2012 European Short Course Swimming Championships in Chartres held a week after the French nationals, Agnel won a total of three medals: two gold and one bronze. At year's end, Agnel was named the European Swimmer of the Year by Swimming World Magazine. In 2013, Agnel was made a Knight (Chevalier) of the Légion d'honneur. 2013 World Championships At the 2013 FINA World Championships in Barcelona, Agnel competed only in three events. On the first day of the tournament, Agnel helped his French team capture the nation's first ever world title over the Americans and the Russians in the 4 × 100 m freestyle relay. Teaming with Florent Manaudou, Fabien Gilot, and Jérémy Stravius in the final, Agnel recorded a lead-off split of 48.76 to deliver the French foursome a sterling time in 3:11.18. Two days later, Agnel added his second gold medal in the 200 m freestyle with a time of 1:44.20, finishing ahead of silver medalist and his training partner Conor Dwyer by 1.07 seconds. In his final event, 4 × 200 m freestyle relay, Agnel, along with Stravius, Grégory Mallet, and Lorys Bourelly, missed the podium by 17-hundredths of a second behind the Chinese team with a fourth-place effort in 7:04.91. 2014 After swimming in Nice, Agnel moved to the US to swim for the North Baltimore Aquatic Club, under coach Bob Bowman. The move proved to be un-successful as at the 2014 European Championship, Agnel was out of form and could only secure a bronze medal in the 200m freestyle. After the event, he decided to come back to France and now trains in Mulhouse. 2015 After securing a spot in the French national team, Agnel decided not to compete at the world championship in Kazan due to illness. 2016 Agnel finished in third position in the 200m freestyle event at the French national championships held on 30 March in Montpellier. Jérémy Stravius won the race while Jordan Pothain was second. In a controversial finish, it appeared that Agnel had finished second but failed to make clean contact with the timing pad at the end of the race. Only the top two finishers would qualify for the 2016 Summer Olympics. However, Agnel's path to defending his Olympic 200m freestyle title has been cleared by Pothain's decision to swim the 400m freestyle and not the 200m freestyle. At the Rio Olympics, Agnel failed to go past the heats of the 200m freestyle. He announced his retirement from competitive swimming soon after. Personal bests See also World record progression 400 metres freestyle References 1992 births Knights of the Legion of Honour Living people French male freestyle swimmers Medalists at the FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m) Sportspeople from Nîmes Olympic gold medalists for France Olympic silver medalists for France Olympic swimmers for France Swimmers at the 2012 Summer Olympics Swimmers at the 2016 Summer Olympics World Aquatics Championships medalists in swimming World record holders in swimming European Aquatics Championships medalists in swimming Medalists at the 2012 Summer Olympics European champions for France Olympic gold medalists in swimming Olympic silver medalists in swimming

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/43rd%20People%27s%20Choice%20Awards

43rd People's Choice Awards

The 43rd People's Choice Awards, honoring the best in popular culture for 2016, were held on January 18, 2017, at the Microsoft Theater in Los Angeles, California, and were broadcast live on CBS. The ceremony was hosted by Joel McHale. On November 15, 2016, the nominees were announced. The movie Captain America: Civil War received the most nominations of the year with seven. The TV series Grey’s Anatomy and actor Kevin Hart each received five nominations and singer, Britney Spears and Zootopia received four nominations. The biggest winner of the evening was Spears, who won a total of four awards, and Ellen DeGeneres, who won three and became the most awarded person in the show's history. Performers Fifth Harmony – "Work from Home" Blake Shelton – "Every Time I Hear That Song" Nominees The full list of nominees was announced on November 15, 2016. Movies Television Music Digital References January 2017 events in the United States People's Choice Awards 2017 awards in the United States 2017 in American television 2017 in Los Angeles

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cootehall

Cootehall

Cootehall (, also Cloigne) is a village in County Roscommon, Ireland. It is located on the River Boyle, between Boyle and Carrick-on-Shannon near Lough Key Forest Park in the north of the county. Cootehall lies 4 kilometres off the N4 road from Dublin to Sligo and between the R284 and R285 regional roads. The Boyle River, which flows through Cootehall, connects the village with Lough Key to the west and the River Shannon to the east. History Cootehall was formerly called Urtaheera, or O'Mulloy's Hall, and was, early in the 17th century, together with the manor attached to it, the property of William, styled "the Great O'Mulloy;" but in the war of 1641 it came into the possession of the English Cromwellian, Chidley Coote, nephew of the first Earl of Mountrath, and from that family took its present name. Sir Charles Coote Snr (d.1642) was Provost Marshal of Connacht from 1605. His big opportunity for enrichment came when he was appointed to a Commission for land titles. Under this disguise, he acquired Clegna on the left bank of the Boyle River which he renamed Cootehall and here built the finest standing example of English Colonial Architecture in the north of the county. House In the 17th and 18th centuries, the house, also called "Cootehall", was built and occupied by the Coote family. The piper Turlough O'Carolan is recorded as having visited the house and composed tunes for the occupants. At some point in the 18th century, the house was occupied by Maurice O'Connor. Maurice O'Connor bought Coote Hall from the Coote family for £75,000 or £76,000 around 1725. In the 19th century, Coothall was part of the Kilronan Castle Estate which belonged to the Tenison family. A detailed survey of Coothall was made in 1862 for E.K. Tenison. The house at Coothall was occupied by Mr Barton as a tenant of the Kilronan Estate. Lady Louisa Tenison mentioned Coothall in her will of 1878 which is currently in the National Archives of Ireland. The house survives to the present day. Celtic Tiger Growth Cootehall was a hamlet until the 2000s when a number of housing developments were built during the Irish property bubble. It is now a larger village in terms of the number of houses, with a mix of different housing types which suit the locality, within a well designed central triangle, and attractively situated on the Boyle river adjacent 2 small lakes.. People Writer John McGahern's father was based in the police station in Cootehall which inspired his novel The Barracks. The politician Seán Doherty was born and raised in Cootehall. Former president of Ireland, Mary McAleese resides close to the village. See also List of towns and villages in Ireland References Towns and villages in County Roscommon

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John%20Edmondson%20Whittaker

John Edmondson Whittaker

John Edmondson Whittaker (1897 – c.9 December 1945) was a Labour Party politician in the United Kingdom. John Whittaker was born in Burnley in 1897. After working as a weaver in a cotton mill as a boy, Whittaker was educated at Burnley Municipal College and Sarisbury Court Church of England Teachers' Training College, Hampshire. He fought in the First World War. In 1921 he married Alice, daughter of Frank Marshall, and they had a daughter, the later mother of Campino, the lead vocalist of the German punk rock band Die Toten Hosen. He was headmaster of Rosegrove County Modern School, Burnley until his election as Member of Parliament for Heywood and Radcliffe at the 1945 general election, when he defeated the sitting Conservative MP, James Henry Wootton-Davies, by 892 votes. During his adult life he visited Russia twice, and broadcast on radio on the subject. After being elected to Parliament Whittaker suffered bouts of ill-health, first influenza after which he returned to his parliamentary duties against doctor's orders, then collapsing in Manchester. On 7 December 1945, he told his wife he was going for a walk. His body was discovered two days later at Crown Point, a remote moorland spot near Burnley, by a group of boys who had gone for a walk. He had committed suicide. See also List of United Kingdom MPs with the shortest service References External links 1897 births 1945 deaths Labour Party (UK) MPs for English constituencies UK MPs 1945–1950 People from Burnley British politicians who committed suicide Suicides in England British Army personnel of World War I

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hugh%20Drysdale

Hugh Drysdale

Colonel Hugh Drysdale (died 22 July 1726) was an American governor of colonial Virginia. He was educated at Kilkenny College and Trinity College Dublin. More officially, his title was Lieutenant Governor and Commander in Chief of the Colony and Dominion of Virginia. He served as governor from September 1722, until his death in July 1726. Because of the relative peace and calm that marked his time as governor, comparatively little is known about him today. He is generally held to have been a just and competent leader, though some have questioned his ability to govern. See also Colony of Virginia Governor's Palace List of colonial governors of Virginia History of Virginia References External links Biography at Encyclopedia Virginia 1726 deaths People educated at Kilkenny College Colonial governors of Virginia Year of birth unknown

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leuser%20Ecosystem

Leuser Ecosystem

The Leuser Ecosystem is an area of forest located in the provinces of Aceh and North Sumatra on the island of Sumatra in Indonesia. Covering more than 2.6 million hectares it is one of the richest expanses of tropical rain forest in Southeast Asia and is the last place on earth where the Sumatran elephant, rhino, tiger and orangutan are found within one area. It has one of the world's richest yet least-known forest systems, and its vegetation is an important source of Earth's oxygen. Geography The ecosystem stretches from the coast of the Indian Ocean to the Malacca Straits. It encompasses two vast mountain ranges including Mount Leuser that reaches 3455m, two major volcanoes, three lakes and more than nine major river systems. As well as providing habitats for a number of endangered wildlife species, the ecosystem acts as a life support for approximately four million people who live around it by providing a steady supply of water, soil fertility, flood control, climate regulation and pest mitigation. Ecology The ecosystem is home to the largest remaining populations of the Sumatran tiger, Sumatran elephant, Sumatran rhino and the Sumatran orangutan. There are at least 130 species of mammals within the ecosystem which means that one in 32 of the world's mammals are found there, or one quarter of Indonesia's mammals. Primates residing within the ecosystem include the white-handed gibbon, the siamang, macaques, the loris and the lutung. Leuser is home to as many as seven species of cats including the clouded leopard, the Asian golden cat, and the spotted linsang. The sun bear is quite common within the boundaries of the ecosystem. The most common herbivores found in Leuser are the deer which include the sambar, the muntjac and the mouse deer. Among the largest reptiles found in Leuser are the turtles and tortoises. The most venomous are the snakes which include the king cobra and pythons that can reach up to ten meters in length. Monitor lizards, skinks, geckos and a variety of frogs are also common. At least 325 species of birds have been recorded in the ecosystem with at least eight species endemic to Sumatra. This rich diversity of bird species includes: bee-eaters, flycatchers, flowerpeckers, honeyguides, kingfishers, spiderhunters, woodpeckers, barbets, babblers, broadbills, bulbul, drongos, hornbills, magpies, minvets, myna, orioles, robins, shamas, shrikes, swallows, swifts, thrushes, treepies, trogons, warblers, weavers, whistlers, white-eyes, leafbirds, sunbirds, tailorbirds, fantail, forktails, needletails, wagtails, doves, pigeons, quails, partridges, pheasants, cuckoos, parakeets, parrots, bitterns, herons, finfoots, ducks, snipes, sandpipers, waders, falcons, hawks, nightjars, owls, serpent eagles, hawk eagles, fish eagles, sea eagles, and many more. The Leuser Ecosystem comprises one of the remaining examples of Indo-Malayan (Malesian) vegetation communities, with an estimated 45% of the approximately 10,000 recorded plant species. In general the ecosystem can be characterised as a montane rainforest community. However, the typical vegetation type up to an altitude of 600 metres is moist tropical lowland forest characterised by multi-layered stories with emergent trees reaching between 45 and 60 metres in height and high densities of fruit tree species. The large variety of tree species found in Leuser represent virtually all life-strategies of trees, from root flowering and trunk flowering to common twig flowering types. Among the most important and impressive trees are the several species of strangling fig. The largest flower on earth; the parasitic Rafflesia is a relatively common in the ecosystem. Recent history As a result of the peace agreement between the Free Aceh Movement (GAM) and the central government of Indonesia, Aceh was awarded a significant level of autonomy over its natural resources, including the right to govern the Leuser Ecosystem. Irwandi Yusuf, the current Governor of Aceh, established Badan Pengelola Kawasan Ekosistem Leuser (BPKEL) to govern the Leuser Ecosystem and coordinate wildlife management in Aceh. The local Aceh government has introduced a land development plan that would open up an estimated 1.2 million hectares of the forest reserve’s 2.6 million hectares to mining, logging, and agriculture. A group of Aceh citizens has decided to sue the Home Ministry. Leuser As a National Strategic Area Act No.26/2007 on Spatial Planning has designated important conservation and areas of high biodiversity as National Strategic Areas. One such area is the Gunung Leuser National Park and the broader Leuser Ecosystem. The area provides water to nearly 4 million people living in Aceh and it is of global importance to the conservation of biodiversity, as well as an important status symbol of Aceh. Conservationist applauds the national governments tough stance on criminal activities in the National Strategic Areas such as Leuser; Act No.26/2007 allow criminal charges to be brought against not only those who carry out illegal activities in the area, but also to those who give permission allowing criminal activities to take place. This is an important milestone, and stand to deter corrupt officials from ‘selling’ permits to conduct activities could damage this sensitive ecosystem. National Spatial Planning Law ruled maximum sentence of 5 years imprisonment and Rp 500 million fine. The Aceh administration did not mention the KEL’s status as a national strategic area in its land use plan issued through Qanun (Islamic bylaw) No. 19/2013. Threats Roads One of the biggest threats to the Leuser Ecosystem is the building of road networks through the forest. The expansion of roads and settlements into this area lead to increased deforestation and allows illegal logging and poaching to be undertaken with greater ease. A proposed road network known as "Ladia Galaska" that would connect the east and west coasts of Aceh and cut through the Leuser Ecosystem in at least nine places would have a devastating effect on the area's animals, many species of which do not cross roads. The plans for the proposed road comprise of main road plus more than of minor roads, the majority of which would lie within the boundaries of the Leuser Ecosystem. Palm oil plantations Also a major threat are palm oil plantations, particularly in an area on the west coast of Aceh known as Tripa. Palm oil plantations in this area are primarily located on peat swamps up to three metres deep. Between 50 and 100 million tonnes of carbon is stored in the peat swamps, and is released into the atmosphere as carbon dioxide when the peat is burned. Palm oil plantations clear primary forest and burn the peat swamps in order to construct large canals to facilitate the planting of palm oil. The land degradation caused by palm oil plantations in Tripa compromises the welfare of local communities and destroys the habitats of a number of charismatic animal species, including the highest density of orangutans found anywhere in the world. Despite a two-year moratorium on forest clearance, Governor Irwardi Yusuf issued an official permit to oil palm corporation PT Kallista Alam to cut-and-burn the Tripa peat swamp forest, endangering many rare species. These actions have spurred an international movement to save Tripa. Conservation groups have aligned together in an international campaign that has resulted in historic cancellation of palm oil plantation permits. This sets a legal precedent for saving critically endangered orangutan habitat. See also List of ecoregions in Indonesia References Forests of Indonesia Geography of Aceh Geography of North Sumatra Ecosystems by region

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Fernand Courby

Fernand Henri Fabien Courby (19 January 1878 – 6 March 1932) was a French archaeologist and Hellenist, a specialist of ancient Greece, a member of the French School at Athens (class 1905), and professor at the Faculté des lettres of the University of Lyon. Biography Born into a modest family of Valence in the Drôme department where his father ran a machine shop, Fernand Courby experienced from childhood the taste to translate through drawing the expression of his thought. A brilliant student in high school in Valence, then a scholarship holder for license and aggregation at the Faculty of Arts of Lyon, he was formed by the teaching of Henri Lechat Maurice Holleaux and Philippe-Ernest Legrand and chosen to be a member of the French School at Athens in 1905. After a stay at the Académie de France in Rome (Villa Medici), he joined the great archaeological sites of Delos and Delphi under the leadership of Maurice Holleaux. An archaeologist coupled with a designer and very expert in architecture, he realized the then so rare type of archaeologist-architect that was missing in the French School at Athens, and contributed to a capital change in French methods in archeology. At Delos, he became interested in 1906 in the proto-history of the sanctuary, unearthed the Portico Antigone with one of the tombs of the Hyperborean Virgins (the Theke), and discovered the remains of a Minoan and Mycenaean Delos in the sanctuary of Apollo and Artemis. With Charles Picard, he prepared the enhancement of the excavations of the city and the Temple of Zeus by a mission to Stratos (Acarnania). At Delphi, his studies on the tholos of the Sicycone Treasury, the east pediment of the archaic temple on the nearby monument of the opisthodomos, and especially the terrace of the temple renewed the knowledge of Delphic monuments. Mobilized in 1914 and assigned in 1915 to the 176th Infantry Regiment, it was in the uniform of an adjutant (and under the Turkish balls) that he participated in the development of Macedonia excavations, especially the necropolis of Elaeusin in Thrace, unearthed during work entrenchment in the Dardanelles in early June 1915. He cumulated these archaeological activities with the function of officer-interpreter by the 2nd office of the General Staff of the Armies of the East in Salonika. His role in the development of the victorious offensive which forced Bulgaria to ask for an armistice September 29, 1918 earned him the Greek Medal of Military Merit and the French Croix de Guerre with citation to the order of the Eastern Army. As soon as 1919, resuming the publication of the monuments of the terrace of the temple of Apollo at Delphi interrupted by the war, he undertook a comprehensive study of the altar of Pythian Apollo. It was in Delos that Fernand Courby started his study on Les vases grecs à reliefs (from prehistoric to Roman times), which he made the subject of his doctoral thesis published in 1922. This book of reference on the pottery of ancient Greece earned him the medal of the Institut de France in 1926. Appointed a professor of Greek philology and epigraphy at the University of Lyon in 1922, Fernand Courby founded in 1923 the Institut d'épigraphie grecque, which in 1961 took the name Institut Fernand Courby (a laboratory of the CNRS since 1967). In 1931, Fernand Courby published his last book on Delos, Les temples d'Apollon. Surgery was performed too late for a mastoiditis and he died of meningitis March 6, 1932, aged 54. At the time of his death he was preparing a study on Greek house for the series La vie publique et privée des anciens Grecs (Collection Budé). He was twice holder of the Grand silver medal of the Société centrale des architectes français. Left a widower in 1914 with two young daughters, Anne (born in 1912) and Irène (born 1914), Fernand Courby remarried in 1922 with the daughter of the Hellenist Fernand Allègre, with whom he had a daughter, Françoise (born 1924). References External links Collection des estampages de l'Institut Fernand-Courby Picture of Courby History and Origins of the Antique World : Institut Fernand Courby - Institute of Christian Origins on Université Lyon 2 1878 births 1932 deaths People from Bourg-lès-Valence French archaeologists French hellenists French epigraphers Members of the French School at Athens

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QCDOC

The QCDOC (quantum chromodynamics on a chip) is a supercomputer technology focusing on using relatively cheap low power processing elements to produce a massively parallel machine. The machine is custom-made to solve small but extremely demanding problems in the fields of quantum physics. Overview The computers were designed and built jointly by University of Edinburgh (UKQCD), Columbia University, the RIKEN BNL Brookhaven Research Center and IBM. The purpose of the collaboration was to exploit computing facilities for lattice field theory calculations whose primary aim is to increase the predictive power of the Standard Model of elementary particle interactions through numerical simulation of quantum chromodynamics (QCD). The target was to build a massively parallel supercomputer able to peak at 10 Tflops with sustained power at 50% capacity. There are three QCDOCs in service each reaching 10 Tflops peak operation. University of Edinburgh's Parallel Computing Centre (EPCC). In operation by the UKQCD since 2005 RIKEN BNL Brookhaven Research Center at Brookhaven National Laboratory U.S. Department of Energy Program in High Energy and Nuclear Physics at Brookhaven National Laboratory Around 23 UK academic staff, their postdocs and students, from seven universities, belong to UKQCD. Costs were funded through a Joint Infrastructure Fund Award of £6.6 million. Staff costs (system support, physicist programmers and postdocs) are around £1 million per year, other computing and operating costs are around £0.2 million per year. QCDOC was to replace an earlier design, QCDSP, where the power came from connecting large amounts of DSPs together in a similar fashion. The QCDSP strapped 12.288 nodes to a 4D network and reached 1 Tflops in 1998. QCDOC can be seen as a predecessor to the highly successful Blue Gene/L supercomputer. They share a lot of design traits, and similarities go beyond superficial characteristics. Blue Gene is also a massively parallel supercomputer built with a large amount of cheap, relatively weak PowerPC 440 based SoC nodes connected with a high bandwidth multidimensional mesh. They differ, however, in that the computing nodes in BG/L are more powerful and are connected with a faster, more sophisticated network that scales up to several hundred thousand nodes per system. Architecture Computing node The computing nodes are custom ASICs with about fifty million transistors each. They are mainly made up of existing building blocks from IBM. They are built around a 500 MHz PowerPC 440 core with 4 MB DRAM, memory management for external DDR SDRAM, system I/O for internode communications, and dual Ethernet built in. The computing node is capable of 1 double precision Gflops. Each node has one DIMM socket capable of holding between 128 and 2048 MB of 333 MHz ECC DDR SDRAM. Inter node communication Each node has the capability to send and receive data from each of its twelve nearest neighbors in a six-dimensional mesh at a rate of 500 Mbit/s each. This provides a total off-node bandwidth of 12 Gbit/s. Each of these 24 channels has DMA to the other nodes' on-chip DRAM or the external SDRAM. In practice only four dimensions will be used to form a communications sub-torus where the remaining two dimensions will be used to partition the system. The operating system communicates with the computing nodes using the Ethernet network. This is also used for diagnostics, configuration and communications with disk storage. Mechanical design Two nodes are placed together on a daughter card with one DIMM socket and a 4:1 Ethernet hub for off-card communications. The daughter cards have two connectors, one carrying the internode communications network and one carrying power, Ethernet, clock and other house keeping facilities. Thirty-two daughter cards are placed in two rows on a motherboard that supports 800 Mbit/s off-board Ethernet communications. Eight motherboards are placed in crates with two backplanes supporting four motherboards each. Each crate consists of 512 processor nodes a and a 26 hypercube communications network. One node consumes about 5 W of power, and each crate is air and water cooled. A complete system can consist of any number of crates, for a total of up to several tens of thousands of nodes. Operating system The QCDOC runs a custom-built operating system, QOS, which facilitates boot, runtime, monitoring, diagnostics, and performance and simplifies management of the large number of computing nodes. It uses a custom embedded kernel and provides single process POSIX ("unix-like") compatibility using the Cygnus newlib library. The kernel includes a specially written UDP/IP stack and NFS client for disk access. The operating system also maintains system partitions so several users can have access to separate parts of the system for different applications. Each partition will only run one client application at any given time. Any multitasking is scheduled by the host controller system which is a regular computer using a large amounts of Ethernet ports connecting to the QCDOC. See also Norman Christ PowerPC 440 Blue Gene/L QPACE Supercomputer References Computational Quantum Field Theory at Columbia – Columbia University Overview of the QCDSP and QCDOC computers – IBM QCDOC Architecture – Columbia University UKQCD – Science and Technology Facilities Council QCDOC: A 10 Teraflops Computer for Tightly-coupled Calculations (BNL) UK supercomputer probes secrets of universe, The Register IBM QPACE (TOP500), Softpedia Computer science institutes in the United Kingdom Parallel computing University of Edinburgh School of Informatics IBM supercomputer platforms

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Cargo of the Brig Aurora v. United States

Cargo of the Brig Aurora v. United States, 11 U.S. (7 Cranch) 382 (1813), involved a forfeiture statute that Congress passed with a condition. The 1809 trade prohibition against Great Britain was to be reinstated in 1810 unless the President declared, by proclamation, that Great Britain was no longer violating the neutrality of the United States. The defendant argued unsuccessfully that such a conditional law unconstitutionally delegated congressional legislative authority to the President. The Court unequivocally upheld "reviving the act...either expressly or conditionally, as their judgment should direct." References External links United States Supreme Court cases United States Supreme Court cases of the Marshall Court 1813 in United States case law United States nondelegation doctrine case law

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Luhkka

The luhkka (North Sami luhkka) is an article of winter clothing that covers the top half of a person's body. It is a poncho-like hooded cape with the hem coming down to the wearer's elbow or wrist. Luhkka are made from thick wadmal. It is used by the Sami of northern Scandinavia and Finland and is traditionally worn on top of the Sami gákti or fur coat (beaska). Sources Sámi clothing

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marty%20Markowitz

Marty Markowitz

Martin Markowitz (born February 14, 1945) is an American politician who served as the borough president of Brooklyn, New York City. He was first elected in 2001 after serving 23 years as a New York State Senator. His third and final term ended in December 2013. Early life and education He was born and raised in Crown Heights, Brooklyn, in a Jewish family. His father, Robert, was a waiter at George & Sid's, a kosher delicatessen, but died when Marty was nine years old; his mother, Dorothy, moved the family to public housing in Sheepshead Bay. Markowitz graduated from Wingate High School in Brooklyn's Prospect Lefferts Gardens section in 1962. He took night classes at Brooklyn College for nine years, and received his bachelor's degree in political science in 1970. Political career Markowitz began his public service career in 1971, at the age of 26, by forming the Flatbush Tenants Council in the Brooklyn neighborhood of Flatbush. The organization grew into Brooklyn Housing & Family Services, which is the largest tenants advocacy organization operating in New York State today. State senate He was a member of the New York State Senate from 1979 to 2001, sitting in the 183rd, 184th, 185th, 186th, 187th, 188th, 189th, 190th, 191st, 192nd, 193rd and 194th New York State Legislatures. He was known for creating a series of oceanfront concerts and other festivals rather than drafting legislation. At one such concert, in 1990, soul legend Curtis Mayfield was left paralyzed from the neck down after a lighting fixture that had been knocked loose by wind fell on him, crushing several of his vertebrae. Markowitz had insisted on continuing the show, despite the hurricane-force winds buffeting the stage. Campaigns for borough presidency Markowitz first ran for borough president in 1985, but failed to unseat the incumbent Howard Golden. Markowitz subsequently pleaded guilty to a misdemeanor for failing to disclose a campaign contribution; he was fined and performed community service. He was elected to the borough presidency in 2001 as the Democratic candidate, and was re-elected on November 8, 2005, with 79% of the vote, compared to 13% for Republican challenger Theodore Alatsas, and 7% for Green Party candidate Gloria Mattera. Borough presidency As borough presidents have little real power within city government, Markowitz used the office to be an aggressive advocate for Brooklyn, promoting mainstream tourism and events. In the 2005 New York City mayoral election, he also endorsed Republican incumbent Michael Bloomberg, as did many other Democrats including Ed Koch. During the Blackout of 2003, he stood on the Brooklyn Bridge as throngs of fellow Brooklynites trudged home from work in Manhattan, holding a megaphone and cheering "Welcome home to Brooklyn!" to thunderous applause. He repeated this during the 2005 New York City transit strike, inviting Brooklynites into Borough Hall for warm drinks and a chance to call loved ones. He frequently spoke at public schools in Brooklyn on occasions such as performances and graduations. Markowitz continued promoting affordable housing, as he had in the Senate. Through capital funding and use of the borough president's Uniform Land Use Review Procedure (ULURP) authority, thousands of affordable housing units have been created, including inclusionary zoning in Greenpoint/Willamsburg and the Habitat for Humanity project in Ocean Hill/Brownsville. He agitated to save Starrett City, the nation's largest federally-subsidized housing complex, and keep it "affordable forever". His efforts to expand Brooklyn's economy include gentrifying Coney Island; rezoning Greenpoint, Williamsburg, and downtown Brooklyn; cleaning up Newtown Creek; encouraging development of the Brooklyn Cruise Terminal; and attracting regional corporate headquarters, large manufacturers and retailers, startups and green businesses. As a longtime advocate for seniors, Markowitz campaigned to keep Brooklyn senior centers open when they were threatened with closures due to budget cuts. His efforts to save Brooklyn's financially troubled medical institutions resulted in the preservation of maternity and pediatric units at Long Island College Hospital as well as the critical services provided by school medical clinics. He also called for increased parental and community engagement in schools and has supported policies that improve graduation rates and prepare Brooklyn students to compete and succeed in the global economy. His office was instrumental in creating two new schools in Brooklyn: the High School for Innovation in Advertising and Media and the Brooklyn Academy of Global Finance on Stuyvesant Avenue. He founded and hosts the Seaside Summer Concert Series (begun in 1979), New York City's largest free weekly concert series, and the Martin Luther King, Jr. Concert Series (started in 1983), the nation's largest free public concerts for African American and Caribbean audiences. He has supported Brooklyn's cultural community, including the BAM Cultural District and Issue Project Room, and worked to restore the Loew's Kings Theatre in Flatbush. He hosted annual heritage events at Borough Hall celebrating Brooklyn's diversity, including celebrations of the Turkish, Asian, Latino, African-American, Jewish, Caribbean, Italian, Greek, Russian, Polish, Lebanese and LGBT communities. Markowitz has worked to establish Brooklyn's first-ever LGBT Center for Brooklyn. The Brooklyn Community Pride Center board has been formed to determine a location and gather support for the project. As borough president, he founded initiatives to promote and improve the quality of life in Brooklyn, including Shop Brooklyn; the Lighten Up Brooklyn and Take Your Man to the Doctor campaigns; Camp Brooklyn; the jobs-for-youth Summer HEAT program; Dine in Brooklyn restaurant week; the Brooklyn Book Festival; the smART Brooklyn Gallery Hop; and a tourism organization called Brooklyn Tourism. Former Brooklyn female district leader Renee Collymore worked for him as an executive assistant. Barclays Center Markowitz has been a supporter of the controversial Atlantic Yards complex (renamed Pacific Park since 2014). The arena, now known as the Barclays Center, houses the NBA's Brooklyn Nets and serves as a temporary home for the NHL's New York Islanders. His desire to bring an NBA team to Brooklyn had been known since his campaign for borough president, and he was instrumental in persuading Bruce Ratner to purchase the Nets in 2004. Initially uninterested, Ratner said that Markowitz "called every two to three weeks.... I am sure I said to my assistant, 'Oh, my God, it's Marty.'" In 2002 Markowitz appointed Dolly Williams to the New York City Planning Commission. Two years later, it was revealed that Williams, who is co-founder of a Brooklyn construction company, had invested a million dollars in Bruce Ratner's purchase of the New Jersey Nets. Williams announced that she would recuse herself from any decisions about the Atlantic Yards project, and she is the only Brooklyn appointee to the Planning Commission. In March 2008, Ratner acknowledged that much of the project was stalled – but that construction on the basketball arena would begin before 2009. This angered many citizens, who have suggested that affordable housing should come before a sports complex for the developer's team, and angers still more of them as none of the affordable housing has yet been built as of 2014. On April 3, 2008, Markowitz and his wife Jamie Snow attended a controversial gala honoring Ratner at the Brooklyn Museum. The event featured Japanese artist Takashi Murakami and a performance by Kanye West. Markowitz delivered an address to attendees, prompting protesters outside to take a break from shouting "shame" in order to chant pejoratives at the borough president. During this same event, Markowitz's wife Jamie took eight limited edition fiberglass placemats designed by Murakami; this move caused some controversy, since there were only enough produced to provide each guest with one. Markowitz defended his wife, saying the couple would sell them and profits would go to Camp Brooklyn, a program that sends low-income kids to camp. "If they're truly worth a thousand dollars, we will sell them and give every penny," he said. Similar limited edition Murakami placemats have sold for around $1,000 on eBay. The Barclays Center opened on September 28, 2012, with a concert by Brooklyn-born rapper Jay-Z. Opposition to Prospect Park West bike lane In September 2009, NYC Department of Transportation was scheduled to modify the layout of Prospect Park West, installing a two-way protected bicycle lane. The project was stalled after Markowitz wrote a letter to the city opposing the measure. The traffic calming measures were planned in response to documented pedestrian safety issues and had the support of Community Board 6. A DOT study showed that "more than 70% of vehicles were exceeding the 30 mph limit, and at least 15 percent were traveling at 40 mph or faster. From 2005 to 2007, there were 58 reported crashes on Prospect Park West." The conflict came to a head in April 2010 when DOT announced plans to go ahead with the modifications. Markowitz made disparaging remarks about DOT commissioner Janette Sadik-Khan, calling her a "zealot", though he later clarified his statement. Markowitz claimed he supports other bike lanes in the city, but his opposition stems from the elimination of parking spaces and one lane of traffic. The bike lane was completed in June 2010 despite Markowitz's continued opposition. Markowitz lives in Windsor Terrace, on the southern portion of Prospect Park West. Possible mayoral bid Markowitz considered running for mayor of New York in the 2009 and 2013 elections, but ultimately decided not to run. He supported the reelection of independent Michael Bloomberg's reelection in 2009, over Democratic nominee Bill Thompson. Conflicts of Interest Board violations and fine In July 2011, New York City's Conflicts of Interest Board fined Markowitz $20,000, an unusually large penalty, for accepting three trips for his wife, Jamie Snow, that were paid for by the governments of Turkey and the Netherlands. The Board found that "by accepting travel expenses for his wife for each trip, [Markowitz] used his position as a public servant for private or personal advantage." The Board found that he had been aware of the rule prohibiting his acceptance of the free trips at the time of the trips. Personal life Markowitz and his wife Jamie Snow were married in 1999. They live in Windsor Terrace, on the southern portion of Prospect Park West. References External links New York Finance Campaign Voter's Guide New Yorker profile of Markowitz Marty Markowitz: «In Brooklyn there is place for everybody!» Exclusive interview with Marty Markovitz for Russian-American web portal RUNYweb.com Living people Brooklyn borough presidents Jewish American state legislators in New York (state) Democratic Party New York (state) state senators People from Crown Heights, Brooklyn Brooklyn College alumni 1945 births People from Sheepshead Bay, Brooklyn 21st-century American Jews

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Balitoropsis%20zollingeri

Balitoropsis zollingeri

Balitoropsis zollingeri is a species of ray-finned fish in the genus Balitoropsis. References Fish of Thailand Balitoridae Fish described in 1853

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/It%27s%20a%20Compton%20Thang

It's a Compton Thang

It's a Compton Thang! is the debut studio album by American gangsta rap group Compton's Most Wanted. It was released in 1990 through Orpheus Records. Recording sessions took place at Thllss Studios in Los Angeles with audio engineer Mike "Webeboomindashit" Edwards and producers DJ Slip and The Unknown DJ. It was mastered at The Other Room in Queens, New York, by Jack Skinner. Ant Capone was supposed to be part of the group, but left prior to this album due to contractual and managing issues, and was replaced by DJ Mike T. The album peaked at number 133 on the Billboard 200 and at number 32 on the Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums chart in the United States. Critical reception Old School Rap and Hip-hop wrote that "the true beauty of It's a Compton Thang is the initial synthesis of former electro legend the Unknown DJ with future gangsta icon MC Eiht as well as the pleasant reminder that West Coast gangsta rap was once more about old-fashioned fun than cheap thrills." The Washington Post thought that the album "lacks the sonic punch and the verbal verve of N.W.A." Track listing Personnel Aaron Tyler – lyrics, vocals Terry Keith Allen – producer, arranger Michael Bryant – scratches Andre Manuel – keyboards, producer, arranger, executive producer Darryl "Lyrrad" Davis – additional keyboards, design Mike "Webeboomindashit" Edwards – engineering Jack Skinner – mastering Henry Marquez – art direction Phil Bedel – photography Weldon Cochren – production coordinator Lynda Simmons – project coordinator Charts References External links 1990 debut albums Compton's Most Wanted albums

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daniel%20Lupa%C8%99cu

Daniel Lupașcu

Daniel Ștefan Lupașcu (born 17 August 1981) is a Romanian former football player who played as a striker for teams such as CSM Reșița, Apulum Alba Iulia, Bihor Oradea or Arieșul Turda, among others. He played briefly in the Romanian Liga I with Dacia Mioveni. References External links Daniel Lupașcu at frf-ajf.ro 1981 births Living people People from Blaj Romanian men's footballers Men's association football forwards Liga I players Liga II players CSM Reșița players CSM Unirea Alba Iulia players FC Bihor Oradea (1958) players CS Mioveni players ACS Sticla Arieșul Turda players CS ACU Arad players CS Luceafărul Oradea players CS Lotus Băile Felix players CSC Crișul Sântandrei players Footballers from Alba County Romanian football managers CS Lotus Băile Felix managers

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Suyumbayev%20Stadion

Suyumbayev Stadion

Suyumbayev Stadion is a multi-use stadium in Osh, Kyrgyzstan. It is currently used mostly for football matches and serves as the home stadium for Alay Osh and Ak-Bura Osh of the Kyrgyzstan League. The stadium has a capacity of 12,000 people. External links Stadium information Football venues in Kyrgyzstan Osh

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S. cunninghamii

S. cunninghamii may refer to: Sticherus cunninghamii, New Zealand native fern Stenocarpus cunninghamii, species of flowering plant in the family Proteaceae Scaevola cunninghamii, spreading perennial plant in the family Goodeniaceae Sannantha cunninghamii, species of flowering plant in the myrtle family

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Regan, Nevada

Regan is a ghost town, a historical mining town, and a former populated place in White Pine County, Nevada. It had its own Regan post office from August 1906 to November 1907. Its site lies at an elevation of in Tippett Canyon in the South Mountains. References Ghost towns in White Pine County, Nevada Ghost towns in Nevada

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Designer%20%28album%29

Designer (album)

Designer is the third studio album by the New Zealand indie folk singer-songwriter Aldous Harding, released on 26 April 2019 by 4AD. The song "The Barrel" won the 2019 APRA Silver Scroll award. Accolades Track listing Personnel Aldous Harding – vocals, acoustic and classical guitar John Parish – acoustic and electric guitar, piano, organ, mellotron, drums, congas, percussion, mixing H. Hawkline – bass guitar, electric guitar, synthesizer, vocal percussion, design, layout Gwion Llewelyn – drums, vocals Stephen Black – tenor, baritone and alto saxophone, clarinet, bass clarinet Clare Mactaggart – violin Jared Samuel – celesta on "Damn" Charts References External links Aldous Harding performs live with six album songs and interview, Morning Becomes Eclectic, 9 May 2019, KCRW 2019 albums Aldous Harding albums 4AD albums Albums produced by John Parish Albums recorded at Rockfield Studios

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The Wolfhounds

The Wolfhounds are an English noise pop band formed in Romford, Essex, in 1985 by Dave Callahan, Paul Clark, Andy Golding, Andy Bolton and Frank Stebbing, and originally active until 1990. The band reformed in 2005 and continues to write, record and play live, releasing new albums in 2014, 2016, and 2020. History The Wolfhounds began as a slightly askew indiepop/rock band, and signed to the Pink label in 1986. First EP Cut the Cake was well enough received for the NME to include them on their C86 compilation album. After three singles and debut album Unseen Ripples From A Pebble on Pink, they briefly moved to Idea Records for the Me single, then rejoined Pink's boss at his new label September Records. September soon evolved into Midnight Music which was the Wolfhounds' home for all subsequent releases. With original members Bolton and Clark replaced by David Oliver and Matt Deighton, the Wolfhounds' sound developed into a denser, less poppy sound. After a compilation of earlier material, second album proper Bright and Guilty was released in 1989, featuring the singles "Son of Nothing", "Rent Act" and "Happy Shopper". The sound progressed further with the albums Blown Away (also 1989) and Attitude (1990), which found them in Sonic Youth territory, interspersing raging guitars with elegant compositional exercises. This proved to be the final Wolfhounds release of the 80s, with the band splitting in early 1990. Golding and Stebbing formed Crawl, while Callahan hooked up with former Ultra Vivid Scene member Margaret Fiedler in Moonshake. Matt Deighton formed Mother Earth. Reformation The current line-up is David Callahan (guitar/vocals), Andy Golding (guitar/vocals), Peter Wilkins (drums) and Richard Golding (bass). The Wolfhounds reformed in 2005 for a gig to mark the 20th anniversary of the release of their first single "Cut the Cake" in 1985. In 2006, they were asked by Bob Stanley of Saint Etienne to play at the ICA in London, alongside Roddy Frame and Phil Wilson, to celebrate the 20th Anniversary of the NME cassette C86. They have continued to play live, re-energised when The Membranes asked them to be special guests at The Lexington in London, and in March 2012 played with Laetitia Sadier from Stereolab in support at a benefit to raise funds for the Timperley Frank Sidebottom memorial statue. An EP called EP001 was released on Vollwert-Records Berlin in April 2012 containing three songs that pre-date the band's first single but that were never recorded satisfactorily at the time. Of these songs, 'Skullface' has picked up a lot of radio play. The band released several 7" singles in 2013, compiled with the previous EP on Middle Age Freaks, released by Odd Box Records in 2014. Also in 2014 an anniversary limited-edition issue of Unseen Ripples from a Pebble (plus bonus tracks) was released by Optic Nerve Recordings. In October 2016, the Wolfhounds released their fifth album proper, Untied Kingdom (...Or How to Come to Terms with Your Culture). Louder Than War rated it 9/10. Sixth album Electric Music followed in 2020, which the same magazine declared was "arguably their best" so far. Solo Callahan, as David Lance Callahan, released a solo single "Strange Lovers" in 2019, followed by the album English Primitive I in 2021. Andy Golding, as Dragon Welding, released an eponymous LP in 2019, and second album Lights Behind The Eyes in 2021. Discography Chart placings shown are from the UK Indie Chart. Albums Unseen Ripples from a Pebble (#6) (May 1987, Pink, PINKY19 [LP]; Nov 2014, Optic Nerve, OPT4.012 [LP & CD]) Bright and Guilty (February 1989, Midnight Music, CHIME048 [LP]/CHIME048C [C]/CHIME048CD [CD]; Aug 2022, Optic Nerve [2LP] - reissue w/extra tracks) Blown Away (October 1989, Midnight Music, CHIME057F [LP]/CHIME057C [C]/CHIME057CD [CD]) Attitude (May 1990, Midnight Music, CHIME1.07 [LP]/CHIME1.07CC [C]/CHIME1.07CD [CD]) Untied Kingdom (…Or How to Come to Terms with Your Culture) (October 2016, Oddbox, [LP]; 2017, Optic Nerve [CD]) Electric Music (2020, A Turntable Friend [LP/CD]) Live albums My Life as a Young Idiot (Hammersmith 1985) (DL, 2015) Blazing White Bleached Crack in the Top (Brixton 1986) (DL, 2015) Noise-pop aus UK (Netherlands 1987) (DL, 2015) I Miss the Electric Mistress (Brighton 1989) (DL, 2015) Compilations The Essential Wolfhounds (November 1988, Midnight Music, CHIME0032S [LP]/COLIN1CD [CD]) Lost But Happy (1986-1990) (April 1996, Cherry Red, CDMRED126 [CD]) Middle Aged Freaks (November 2014, Oddbox, BOX023 [CD]) Hands in the Till: The Complete John Peel Sessions (2018, A Turntable Friend, LP/CD) Singles/EPs "Cut the Cake" (March 1986, Pink, PINKY8 [12"]) (#19) "The Anti-Midas Touch" (September 1986, Pink, PINKY14 [7"]/PINKY14T [12"]) (#6) "Rats on a Raft"/(b/w Razorcuts track) (1986, The Legend!, Leg100 [7" flexi]) "Cruelty" (April 1987, Pink, PINKY18 [7"]/PINKY18T [12"]) (#15) "Me" (November 1987, Idea, IDEA10 [7"]/ISEACI10 [CS]/IDEAT10 [12"]) (#18) "Son of Nothing" (May 1988, September, SEPT07T [12"]) "Rent Act" (November 1988, Midnight Music, DONG043 [12"]) "Happy Shopper" (March 1989, Midnight Music, DING046 [7"]/DONG046 [12"]) EP001 ["Skullface"/"Rats on a Raft"/"6000 Acres"] (April 2012, Vollwert-Records, Berlin, EP001 [CD]) "Cheer Up"/"Security"/"The Devil Looks After Her Own" (January 2013, Odd Box, ODD038 [7"]) "Cheer Up"/"Skullface" (May 2013, Manic Pop!, manicpop020 [7"]) "Divide and Fall"/"The Ten Commandments of Public Life" (2013, Oddbox, ODD055 [7"]) "Anthem"/"Middle-Aged Freak" (2013, Oddbox, ODD056 [7"]) References External links Bandcamp Wolfhounds Peel Sessions 2016 Songwriting Magazine interview 2016 Echoes and Dust interview 2020 interview English indie rock groups Noise pop musical groups Musical groups established in 1985 Musical groups disestablished in 1990 Musical groups reestablished in 2005 1985 establishments in England

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bengt%20J%C3%B6nsson%20%28athletics%20coach%29

Bengt Jönsson (athletics coach)

Bengt Jönsson (born August 29, 1958 in Klippan, Sweden) is a trainer in athletics. He trained world champion high jumper Kajsa Bergqvist in Turebergs FK for many years, and Jönsson influenced her to focus on high jump only. References 1958 births Living people Swedish athletics coaches People from Klippan Municipality Sportspeople from Skåne County

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vasa%20Loch

Vasa Loch

Vasa Loch is a brackish lagoon in southwestern Shapinsay, Orkney Islands. (Ordnance, 2002) This water body has been shown on early maps of the island in a very similar shape and size to its current geometry, separated from the North Sea by a narrow strip of raised beach.(Masters, 1840) Vasa Loch is fed by small rivulets and upland springs that rise on the western part of the island's western spur. pH levels of the loch are strongly alkaline, in the range of 10.15. (Hogan, 2006) Geology The particular landform associated with Vasa Loch is an ayre, derived from the Old Norse word used to depict a lake which is only separated by a narrow strip of low-lying land from the sea itself.(Shapinsay) Notes Ordnance Survey Map, Landranger, United Kingdom, 1:50,000 (2002) G.T, Masters, Orkney, Approaches to Kirkwall, HMS official survey map, 1840-1843 C.M Hogan, Natural History of the Orkney Islands (2006) Shapinsay Island, Orkney See also Balfour Castle Burroughston Broch The Ouse Shapinsay Lochs of Orkney Lagoons of the United Kingdom

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yael%20Tal

Yael Tal

Yael Tal (; born 26 May 1983 in Tel Aviv) is an Israeli actress, whose work spans film, theater, television and voice acting for animated shows. She is a graduate of Thelma Yellin High School for the Arts and the Yoram Leowinstein performing arts Studio. Life and career Yael Tal grew up in Tel Aviv. From 1997 2001 she studied acting at the Thelma Yellin High School for the Arts. In 2007 she graduated from the Yoram Leowinstein performing arts Studio. Theatre In March 2012 Tal could be seen in the theatre play The School for Wifes (בית ספר לנשים). Furthermore she played Bambi in The new criminals (הפושעים החדשיםהפושעים החדשים). Television roles The Golden Girls (Israeli version) Split Operation Porcupine Room Service Bekrov Etzlech Virgin Susie and the Holy Sisters from Petah-Tikva Movies Fill the Void (2012) Theater Love Story – Beit Lesin Theater A member of the comedy ensemble "Hagdud Ha’ivri" – The Tzavta Theater School For Wives (as Aniges) – The Cameri Theater Personal life Yael Tal lives with Israeli musician Ido Ofek (Zigo), formerly a member of popular rock groups Dorbanim and Devek, and the two have collaborated on stage as part of the Hagdud Ha'ivri comedy ensemble. External links Tal in Ishim site Tal in EDB site Hagdud Haivri ensemble in YouTube References 1983 births Living people Israeli film actresses Israeli television actresses Israeli stage actresses Actresses from Tel Aviv

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sicilian%20Alliance

Sicilian Alliance

The Sicilian Alliance (it.: Alleanza Siciliana; sic.: Allianza Siciliana) was a minor autonomist and national-conservative political party in Sicily, Italy. It was founded in 2005 and was led by Nello Musumeci, an MEP who was elected on the list of National Alliance. On 7 October 2007, the party joined to Francesco Storace's The Right, although maintaining some of its autonomy as a regional section of the party, named "The Right – Sicilian Alliance", often shortened to "The Sicilian Right". In the 2012 regional election the party gained four regional deputies in the Musumeci List (Gino Ioppolo, Santi Formica, Carmelo Currenti and the same Nello Musumeci). In 2014 Musumeci founded the movement #Diventerà Bellissima and in November 2017 is elected President of Sicily. See also Southern Italy autonomist movements References External links http://www.ladestrasiciliana.it/ National conservative parties Political parties established in 2005 Sicilian nationalist parties Political parties in Sicily The Autonomy

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1990%20NCAA%20Division%20I%20men%27s%20ice%20hockey%20tournament

1990 NCAA Division I men's ice hockey tournament

The 1990 NCAA Division I Men's Ice Hockey Tournament was the culmination of the 1989–90 NCAA Division I men's ice hockey season, the 43rd such tournament in NCAA history. It was held between March 16 and April 1, 1990, and concluded with Wisconsin defeating Colgate 7-3. All First Round and Quarterfinals matchups were held at home team venues with the 'Frozen Four' games being played at the Joe Louis Arena in Detroit, Michigan. This was the first year in which the consolation game was not played since the tournament's premier in 1948. Boston University's 30 goals scored during the tournament is the highest ever for a single team. The Terriers also played the most NCAA tournament games in one year (7). Qualifying teams The NCAA permitted 12 teams to qualify for the tournament and divided its qualifiers into two regions (East and West). Each of the tournament champions from the four Division I conferences (CCHA, ECAC, Hockey East and WCHA) received automatic invitations into the tournament with At-large bids making up the remaining 8 teams. The NCAA permitted one Independent team to participate in the tournament and placed it in the East Regional with the intent to insert an additional independent in the West Regional the following season. As a result, the two western conferences (CCHA and WCHA) would split four open spots as opposed to the East's three. Format The tournament featured four rounds of play. The three odd-number ranked teams from one region were placed into a bracket with the three even-number ranked teams of the other region. The teams were then seeded according to their ranking with the top two teams in each bracket receiving byes into the quarterfinals. In the first round the third and sixth seeds and the fourth and fifth seeds played best-of-three series to determine which school advanced to the Quarterfinals with the winners of the 4 vs. 5 series playing the first seed and the winner of the 3 vs. 6 series playing the second seed. In the Quarterfinals the matches were best-of-three series once more with the victors advancing to the National Semifinals. Beginning with the Semifinals all games were played at the Joe Louis Arena and all series became Single-game eliminations. The winning teams in the semifinals advanced to the National Championship Game. Tournament Bracket Note: * denotes overtime period(s) First round (E3) Maine vs. (W6) Bowling Green (E4) Boston University vs. (W5) North Dakota (W3) Lake Superior State vs. (E6) Alaska-Anchorage (W4) Minnesota vs. (E5) Clarkson Quarterfinals (E1) Boston College vs. (W4) Minnesota (E2) Colgate vs. (W3) Lake Superior State (W1) Michigan State vs. (E4) Boston University (W2) Wisconsin vs. (E3) Maine Frozen Four National Semifinal (E1) Boston College vs. (W2) Wisconsin (E2) Colgate vs. (E4) Boston University National Championship (W2) Wisconsin vs. (E2) Colgate All-Tournament Team G: Duane Derksen (Wisconsin) D: Rob Andringa (Wisconsin) D: Mark Osiecki (Wisconsin) F: John Byce (Wisconsin) F: Joel Gardner (Colgate) F: Chris Tancill* (Wisconsin) * Most Outstanding Player(s) References Tournament NCAA Division I men's ice hockey tournament NCAA Division I Men's Ice Hockey Tournament NCAA Division I Men's Ice Hockey Tournament NCAA Division I Men's Ice Hockey Tournament NCAA Division I Men's Ice Hockey Tournament NCAA Division I Men's Ice Hockey Tournament NCAA Division I Men's Ice Hockey Tournament NCAA Division I Men's Ice Hockey Tournament NCAA Division I Men's Ice Hockey Tournament NCAA Division I Men's Ice Hockey Tournament NCAA Division I Men's Ice Hockey Tournament 1990s in Minneapolis History of Madison, Wisconsin Ice hockey in Boston Ice hockey competitions in Detroit Ice hockey competitions in Boston Ice hockey competitions in Maine Ice hockey competitions in Michigan Ice hockey competitions in Minneapolis Ice hockey competitions in New York (state) Ice hockey competitions in Wisconsin Sports in Madison, Wisconsin Sports competitions in East Lansing, Michigan Madison County, New York Sports in Orono, Maine Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan

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Gary Kirby

Gary Kirby (born 12 January 1967 in Patrickswell, County Limerick, Ireland) is an Irish hurling manager and former player. He was named in a list of the "125 greatest stars of the GAA" in 2009, in which he was described as "one of the best players never to win an All-Ireland senior medal". As a centre-forward, his playing career at club level was with Patrickswell and at inter-county level with Limerick. He was a key member of the latter team during the resurgence of the 1990s and collected two Munster titles, two National Hurling League titles and four All-Star awards. In retirement from playing Kirby has become involved in team management at all levels. He was a selector with the Limerick senior hurling team under Richie Bennis from 2006 until 2008, a period which saw Limerick qualify for the All-Ireland final in 2007. While Kirby has been touted as a possible future manager of Limerick, he has been in charge of the Patrickswell senior hurling team since 2008. Playing career Club Kirby played his club hurling with the famous Patrickswell team and enjoyed much success in a club career that spanned three decades. He first came to prominence on the club scene as a seventeen-year-old in 1984, when he starred on both the club's minor and senior teams. Furthermore, Kirby collected a minor county title while a defeat of Cappamore gave him his very first senior county championship winners' medal. Three years later Kirby was a key member of the forwards as rivals Ballybrown provided the opposition in another county championship decider. 'The Well' narrowly took the title by 1-17 to 3-10 and Kirby collected his second winners' medal. In 1988 Patrickswell contested the county championship decider for the second consecutive year. Cappamore provided the opposition; however, Patrickswell triumphed by ten points and Kirby added a third county title to his collection. Patrickswell later represented the county in the provincial series of games and even reached the final. The famous Mount Sion club provided the opposition; however, Patrickswell won by 3-13 to 2-13 and Kirby collected a Munster club winners' medal. Patrickswell's run of success came to an end in the All-Ireland semi-final when the O'Donovan Rossa GAC Belfast club defeated the Munster champions by a single point. Patrickswell failed to make it three-in-a-row in 1989; however, the team bounced back the following year to defeat Adare and give Kirby a fourth county championship title. He later added a second Munster club title to his collection following a triumph over Éire Óg; however, he was back on the team for the All-Ireland final against Glenmore. The game was an exciting one; however, Patrickswell only held the lead on one occasion when Leonard Enright opened the scoring. A 1-13 to 0-12 score line gave Glenmore the title. The next decade saw Patrickswell become the dominant force in club hurling in Limerick. Kirby won his fifth county championship title in 1993. He added to his haul of medals as Patrickswell won three county championships in-a-row in 1995, 1996 and 1997. This latter win was subsequently followed by another Munster final appearance. Clarecastle provided the opposition and eventually won the game by two points. Four-in-a-row proved beyond Patrickswell; however, in 2000 a one-point defeat of Doon gave Kirby a ninth county championship winners' medal. Defeat in 2001 was followed by a tenth county championship success for Kirby in 2003 when Adare were accounted for by two points. Patrickswell subsequently qualified for the Munster final; however, Cork champions Newtwonshandrum recorded a 2-18 to 2-9 victory. Following nearly twenty years of service to Patrickswell, Kirby announced his retirement from club hurling in June 2004. Minor & under-21 Kirby first came to prominence on the inter-county scene as a member of the Limerick minor hurling team in the early 1980s. After losing nine provincial deciders since their last success in 1965, Kirby's minor team went into the 1984 Munster final as underdogs. Tipperary, the team that had beaten Limerick in the two previous deciders, provided the opposition once again. At the long whistle Limerick were the champions by 3-6 to 2-7 and Kirby collected a Munster minor winners' medal. Limerick later qualified for the All-Ireland final with Kilkenny providing the opposition. It was the very first meeting between these two sides in the minor championship. An exciting game developed, however, at the full-time whistle both sides were level and a replay was required. The second encounter between the two sides was a low-scoring tense affair; however, Limerick narrowly triumphed by 2-5 to 2-4 and Kirby collected an All-Ireland minor winners' medal. Two years later Kirby was a key member of the Limerick under-21 hurling team. A Munster final appearance beckoned with near neighbours Clare providing the opposition. A close game developed and, at the end, both sides were level with 3-9 apiece. The subsequent replay was something akin to a walkover for Limerick. A 2-10 to 0-3 score line gave Limerick the win and gave Kirby a Munster winners' medal in the under-21 grade. Limerick, however, were later beaten in the All-Ireland semi-final. In 1987 Limerick reached the provincial under-21 decider for a second successive year. Cork were the opponents on that occasion; however, Kirby collected a second Munster under-21 title following a 3-14 to 2-9 victory. An appearance in the All-Ireland final soon followed with reigning champions Galwayproviding the opposition. Limerick, however, proved unstoppable and powered to a 2-15 to 3-6 victory and an All-Ireland winners' medal. Senior Kirby made his senior championship debut for Limerick in 1987 at a time when the county team was in the doldrums. His first few seasons on the team ended with an early exit from the provincial championship, however, even though Limerick weren't enjoying much success Kirby was presented with his first All-Star award in 1991. In 1992 Kirby's side qualified for the final of the National Hurling League. Reigning All-Ireland champions Tipperary provided the opposition and took an eight-point lead at half-time. Limerick battled back to claim a narrow 0-14 to 0-13 victory and Kirby collected his first National League winners' medal. The new league champions built on this momentum and subsequently qualified for a Munster final showdown with Cork. A high-scoring game developed; however, at the long whistle Cork were the champions by 1-22 to 3-11. Limerick failed to reach the provincial decider the following year; however, in 1994 Kirby was captain as the team bounced back and qualified for the Munster final again. Provincial whipping boys Clare were the opponents and a rout took place. A 0-25 to 2-10 score line gave Limerick the win and gave Kirby his first Munster winners' medal. Limerick subsequently qualified to meet Offaly in the All-Ireland final. It looked as if Kirby's side were going to make history and claim the title as they had a five-point lead with as many minutes left. Offaly suddenly sprang to life following a Johnny Dooley goal from a close-in free. Following the puck-out Offaly worked the ball upfield and Pat O'Connor struck for a second goal. The Offaly forwards scored another five unanswered points in the time remaining to secure a 3-16 to 2-13 victory. It was a bitter blow for Limerick who looked as if they had one hand on the Liam MacCarthy Cup. In spite of the defeat Kirby was later presented with a second All-Star award. Limerick surrendered their Munster title to Clare in 1995; however, Kirby picked up a third All-Star. The men from the Treaty county faced Tipperary in the provincial final the following year. All did not go to plan and looked to be heading out of the championship as Tipp took a ten-point lead. Kirby's side battled back to secure a 0-19 to 1-16 draw and a second chance to defeat their near rivals. The replay also saw Tipperary take a decisive lead; however, Limerick's goal-scoring ability was the deciding factor. A 4-7 to 0-16 score line gave Limerick the title and gave Kirby a second Munster winners' medal. The subsequent All-Ireland final pitted Limerick against Wexford for the first time in over forty years. The game was far from a classic; however, it did provide excitement. Tom Dempsey was the hero of the day as he scored a goal after nineteen minutes to give Wexford a major advantage. His side led by 1-8 to 0-10 at half-time in spite of having Éamonn Scallan sent off. Wexford took a four-point lead in the second-half; however, this was whittled back to two points as Wexford hung on for the last twenty minutes. The final score of 1-13 to 0-14 showed how vital Dempsey’s goal was. It was Limerick's second All-Ireland defeat in two years. Once again Kirby's individual skill was recognised when he collected his fourth All-Star award. In 1997 Limerick defeated Galway by 1-12 to 1-9 to take the National League title. It was Kirby's second winners' medal in that competition. The recent All-Ireland defeats, however, seemed to have damaged the team as Limerick crashed out of the provincial championship at an early stage. This process repeated itself over the next few years. Following Limerick's exit from the championship in 1999 Kirby decided to retire from inter-county hurling. Honours Limerick Senior Hurling Championship (10): 1984, 1987, 1988, 1990, 1993, 1995, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003 2 Munster Senior Club Hurling Championship (2): 1988, 1990 5 Limerick County Hurling League Division 1 1991 1995 1997 1999 2000 2 Railway Cup 1995 1996 2 Munster Senior Hurling Championship 1994 1996 2 National Hurling League 1992 1997 2 Munster Under-21 Hurling Championship 1986 1987 1 All-Ireland Under-21 Hurling Championship 1987 1 Munster Minor Hurling Championship 1984 1 Limerick Minor Hurling Championship 1984 Awards 4 GAA GPA All Stars Awards 1991 1994 1995 1996 1 Munster Senior Hurling Team 1984-2009 Inter-provincial Kirby also had the honour of being selected for the Munster team in the inter-provincial series of games. He first lined out for his province in 1991 as Munster faced Connacht in the decider. That game ended in defeat for Kirby's side as the westerners won by 4-16 to 3-17. After being omitted from the team for three years, Kirby was back on the team in 1994; however, Munster were defeated in the opening game. He was appointed captain in 1995 as the southerners qualified for the final. Ulster provided the opposition; however, Munster scraped a win by 0-13 to 1-9 and Kirby collected a Railway Cup winners' medal. It was the beginning of a successful era for the province as Munster retained the title in 1996 with Kirby winning a second Railway Cup title in his last Railway Cup appearance. Management career Limerick In 2006 Limerick manager Joe McKenna suddenly resigned following the county's exit from the provincial championship. Richie Bennis was appointed manager on an interim basis while Kirby joined the management team as a selector. While Limerick hurling was at a low ebb the team still qualified for an All-Ireland quarter-final meeting with reigning All-Ireland champions Cork. A close game developed; however, at the full-time whistle Limerick lost out by a single point. Bennis and his selection team remained in charge of Limerick again for the 2007 season, a season which turned out to be one of Limerick's best in many years. After a remarkable three-game sage with Tipperary in the Munster semi-final, the Treaty county qualified for their first provincial decider since 2001. Waterford provided the opposition; however, they were defeated on a score line of 3-17 to 1-14. These two sides later met again in the All-Ireland semi-final; however, the management and players masterminded a magnificent 5-11 to 2-15 victory over the Munster champions. This victory allowed Limerick to play Kilkenny in the championship decider. Unfortunately, Limerick got off to a bad start with goalkeeper Brian Murray letting in two goals by Eddie Brennan and Henry Shefflin in the first ten minutes. Limerick fought back; however 'the Cats' went on to win the game by seven points. In 2008 Limerick failed to build on the relative success of the previous season. The team were beaten by 4-12 to 1-16 in opening game of the championship by Clare. The newly structured qualifier system pitted Limerick against Offaly in a must-win game. Limerick, however, were out of sorts as they suffered a surprising 3-19 to 0-18 defeat and were dumped out of the championship. Following this defeat the management team's term in charge ended and, while there was some speculation that Kirby would succeed Richie Bennis as manager, the position went to Justin McCarthy instead. Patrickswell In December 2008 Kirby was appointed manager of the Patrickswell senior hurling team. Career statistics References 1967 births Living people Patrickswell hurlers Limerick inter-county hurlers Munster inter-provincial hurlers Hurling managers Hurling selectors

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Watagan, New South Wales

Watagan is a locality in the City of Cessnock, in the Hunter Region of New South Wales, Australia. It is located east of Laguna. History Watagan was previously a part of the locality of Laguna, until 23 October 2015 when Watagan was separated from Laguna. The locality has been previously known as Watagan/Watagon/Wattagan/Wattagon Creek. A school existed at the locality in various guises from January 1862 until December 1944. References Suburbs of City of Cessnock

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Shaolin and Wu Tang

Shaolin and Wu Tang is a 1983 Hong Kong martial arts film directed by and starring Gordon Liu. The film is about the rivalry between the Shaolin (East Asian Mahayana) and Wu-Tang (Taoist Religion) martial arts schools. It is also called Shaolin vs. Wu-Tang in the Master Killer Collection. Plot summary Master Liu and Master Law are rival masters of Shaolin style kung fu and Wu-Tang style sword fighting, running schools in the same city. Their top students, Chao Fung-wu (Adam Cheng) and Hung Jun-kit (Gordon Liu), are actually close friends, with Jun-kit's sister, Yan-ling (Idy Chan), having a crush on Fung-wu. After observing the two students fighting at a brothel, two of the local Qing Lord's (Johnny Wang) soldiers report the power of the styles to him. The Lord determines that the two styles are dangerous and that he must learn both. After being poisoned by the Lord, Master Law lets Fung-wu stab him. For this, Fung-wu is sent to prison. Attempting to rescue Fung-wu, Jun-kit teaches a prisoner (Li Ching) the Shaolin Chin kang fist, not knowing the prisoner is the Lord's spy. After their escape from prison, the four of them (the spy, Yan-ling, Fung-wu and Jun-kit) are ambushed. To overcome the Lord's men, Fung-wu teaches the spy some Wu-Tang sword techniques. As they are still being overpowered, Fung-wu and Yan-ling have to flee the scene, only to be captured by the Wu-Tang who came to prosecute Fung-wu for killing Master Law. As they leave for Wu-Tang temple, Yan-ling gets shot and dies in Fung-wu arms. The Wu-Tang leave the dead body behind. Jun-kit finds it, believing the Wu-Tang killed his sister. Hoping to avenge Yan-ling's death, Jun-kit returns to the Shaolin temple for training as a monk. Meanwhile, Fung-wu is being held at the Wu-tang temple. The Qing Lord has since learned both the styles from the spy, but because he did not learn either from a master, his grasp on both styles is imperfect. To overcome this deficiency, he decides to have the Wu-Tang and the Shaolin destroy each other so that he may be the only master of both styles. To do this, he stages a martial arts contest between the two temples, hoping to appeal to the traditional rivalry between the Shaolin and the Wu-Tang. Jun-kit (now called Tat-chi), and Fung-wu (now called Ming-kai), are selected by their respective temples as the representatives. During the contest, the Qing Lord, in his impatience to see both Wu-Tang and Shaolin destroyed, admits his true motives and his role in Yan-ling and Master Law's deaths. Tat-chi and Ming-kai must then combine Shaolin Chin kang fist and Wu-Tang Sword style to defeat him. Cast Gordon Liu as Hung Jun-kit, later Tat-chi, Master Liu's top student Adam Cheng as Chao Fung-wu, later Ming-kai, Master Law's top student who is secret friends with Jun-kit Idy Chan as Yang-Lin, Jung-kit's sister who has a crush on Fung-wu Johnny Wang as the local Qing Lord who conspires against Master Liu and Master Law Li Ching as Yue Lam, the Qing Lord's spy learns the Shaolin and Wu-Tang styles from the Masters's disciples Chan Sen as a Shaolin abbot Han Chiang as Master Liu Kwan Hoi-san as Master Law, Master Liu's rival Legacy East Coast hip-hop group Wu-Tang Clan has cited the film as an early inspiration. The film is one of Wu-Tang Clan founder RZA's favorite films of all time. Founders RZA and Ol' Dirty Bastard first saw the film in 1992 in a grindhouse cinema on Manhattan's 42nd Street and would found the group shortly after with GZA. The group would release its debut album Enter the Wu-Tang (36 Chambers), featuring samples from the film's English dub; the album's namesake is an amalgamation of Enter the Dragon (1973), Shaolin and Wu Tang, and The 36th Chamber of Shaolin (1978). Rapper Logic samples the film in his song Wu Tang Forever from his YSIV album, which features all living Wu-Tang members at the time of its release. References External links 1983 films 1983 action films 1983 martial arts films 1980s Cantonese-language films Films set in the Qing dynasty Hong Kong action films Hong Kong martial arts films Kung fu films Shaw Brothers Studio films 1980s Hong Kong films

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Holmview railway station

Holmview railway station is located on the Beenleigh line in Queensland, Australia. It is one of two stations serving the Logan suburb of Beenleigh, the other being Beenleigh station. History Holmview station opened in 1885 as Holme View. It was named Holme View because it had a view of the Loganholme area. The station was renamed Holmview shortly afterwards. On 21 April 1992, a second platform opened as part of the duplication of the line. Services Holmview station is served by all stops Beenleigh line services from Beenleigh to Bowen Hills and Ferny Grove. Services by platform References External links Holmview station Queensland Rail Holmview station Queensland's Railways on the Internet [ Holmview station] Translink travel information Railway stations in Australia opened in 1885 Railway stations in Logan City

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Ulf Mark Schneider

Ulf Mark Schneider (born 9 September 1965) is a German-American businessman, and the CEO of Nestlé. He is the former CEO of the healthcare group Fresenius SE. Early life Schneider was born and raised in Neuwied, Germany. He became a U.S. citizen in 2003. He holds a doctorate in economics from the University of St. Gallen, Switzerland, and an MBA from Harvard Business School. Career Schneider was group finance director for Gehe UK plc, a pharmaceutical wholesale and retail distributor, in Coventry, England. Schneider held several senior executive positions starting in 1989 with Gehe's majority shareholder, Franz Haniel & Cie. GmbH, a diversified German industrial company. Schneider joined Fresenius in November 2001, when he was appointed chief financial officer of Fresenius Medical Care. From May 2003 until June 2016 he served as CEO of the parent company Fresenius. Under Schneider's leadership of Fresenius, the number of employees more than tripled, revenue quadrupled and net income increased twelvefold. While Schneider was CEO, Fresenius also carried out a number of major strategic acquisitions: the private hospital chain HELIOS Kliniken in 2005; US dialysis provider Renal Care Group, in 2006; US pharmaceutical company APP Pharmaceuticals, in 2008; Liberty Dialysis, another major dialysis provider in the US, in 2011; and, in 2014, the purchase of 41 hospitals from Rhön-Klinikum, through which HELIOS became the largest private hospital operator in Germany. In June 2016, Schneider was appointed CEO of Nestlé S.A., replacing Paul Bulcke. He started as CEO in January 2017. Schneider is the first outsider to run Nestlé since 1922. In 2017, Schneider announced the intent to focus capital spending on higher-growth categories of coffee, pet food, baby food and water and added consumer health to the list of priorities. He divested U.S. confections and ice cream businesses in a multibillion-dollar deals and led acquisitions of Atrium Health, Blue Bottle Coffee (majority stake), Sweet Earth Foods, Chameleon Cold-Brew, Tails.com, Freshly, and the Starbucks retail brand. Schneider took the company out of stagnant product categories like bottled water and expanded into growing markets like supplements and plant proteins. Nestlé completed 85 acquisitions, while also selling many Nestlé businesses like the skincare division in order to focus on the food and beverage markets. Sales growth accelerated. According to Financial Times, Schneider also led "some of the sector’s more ambitious environmental targets," such as a $2 billion effort to improve the recyclability of Nestlé's product packaging. Schneider chaired the European advisory board of Harvard Business School until 2016 and served on the board of directors of the American chemical company DuPont from 2014 to 2017. In March 2022, Denys Shmyhal, the prime minister of Ukraine, criticized Schneider for not showing 'understanding' as the latter reportedly refused to suspend operations of Nestlé in Russia during the invasion of Ukraine. Shmyhal said that 'paying taxes to the budget of a terrorist country means killing defenseless children & mothers'. Nestle later suspended shipment of non-essential items but continued to produce essential food items in Russia. The company said that "our activities in Russia will focus on providing essential food, such as infant food and medical/hospital nutrition". Personal life Schneider is married to German lawyer, economist, and professor Anne van Aaken. References External links Brief Biography on Reuters Video interview on Wall Street Journal's website: Fresenius on Growth 1965 births American health care chief executives Harvard Business School alumni Living people University of St. Gallen alumni Directors of DuPont German chief executives Directors of Nestlé

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sarah%20Maslin%20Nir

Sarah Maslin Nir

Sarah Maslin Nir (born March 23, 1983) is an American journalist, best known for her New York Times report on the working conditions of nail salon workers, for which she was a finalist for the 2016 Pulitzer Prize for Local Reporting. The story generated both extensive regulatory changes and extensive criticism. Early life and education The daughter of psychiatrist Yehuda Nir and psychologist Bonnie Maslin, Nir was born and grew up in Manhattan, attending Brearley School. Her brother, David Nir, is () the political director of Daily Kos. Nir graduated from Columbia University in 2008, majoring in political science and philosophy. As an undergraduate, she was the Style Editor of the Columbia Daily Spectator. She is also a graduate of the Columbia School of Journalism (2009). Before attending journalism school, Nir lived in London and worked as a freelancer for several U.S. and international publications. Career Nir initially freelanced for the Times, contributing to 11 different sections of the paper. She covered New York City's nightlife for the Times from 2010 until the end of 2011, as the paper's "Nocturnalist" columnist, once attending 25 parties in five days. She became a trainee reporter in 2011 and worked as a rewrite reporter for late-night news, during which time she camped out overnight at Zuccotti Park with the Occupy Wall Street protesters, and later reported on the dismantling of the camp. She was promoted to staff reporter covering Queens for the Metro section in May, 2013. In February, 2015, she became a general assignment reporter focusing on Manhattan. In May 2015, Nir's "Unvarnished" exposé on the working conditions of manicurists in New York City and elsewhere and the health hazards to which they are exposed attracted wide attention, resulting in emergency workplace enforcement actions by New York governor Andrew Cuomo. In August 2020, Nir published Horse Crazy which explores why so many people—including herself—are obsessed with horses. Controversies In February 2013, in an article on post-Hurricane Sandy recovery efforts in heavily Irish-American Breezy Point, Queens, Nir wrote about the community's lack of diversity and allegations of prejudice. These allegations were criticized by Niall O'Dowd and other Irish-American community leaders, who stated that the assertions amounted to a "clichéd stereotyping" of the neighborhood by Nir. In July 2015, Unvarnished's claims of widespread "astonishingly low" wages were challenged by former New York Times reporter Richard Bernstein, in the New York Review of Books. Bernstein, whose wife owns two nail salons, asserted that such wages were inconsistent with his personal experience, and were not evidenced by ads in the Chinese-language papers cited by the story. NYT editorial staff subsequently published a rebuttal, refuting Bernstein's criticisms with examples of several published ads and criticizing his response as industry advocacy. The independent NYT Public Editor also reported that she had previously corresponded with Bernstein and looked into his complaints, and expressed her belief that the story's reporting was sound. In August 2015, several nail salons temporarily shut in protest against the new law requiring salons to purchase wage bonds as security for any unpaid wages. In September and October 2015, hundreds of nail salon owners and workers protested at the NYT offices several times, in response to the story and the ensuing New York State crackdown. (A fifth protest was also held a year later after at the "NYT" offices in response to a new rule instituted by Governor Cuomo in response to the article requiring all nail salons in New York State to have ventilation systems, the first such rule in the country.) In October 2015, Reason published a three part re-reporting of the story by Jim Epstein, charging that the series was filled with misquotes and factual errors with respect to both its claims of illegally low wages and of health hazards. Epstein also argued that the NYT had mistranslated the ads cited in its rebuttal of Bernstein, and that those ads actually validated Bernstein's argument. In November 2015, the NYT public editor concluded that the exposé's "findings, and the language used to express them, should have been dialed back — in some instances substantially" and recommended that "The Times write further follow-up stories, including some that re-examine its original findings and that take on the criticism from salon owners and others — not defensively but with an open mind." In November 2015, a follow-on nail salons story by Nir charged that state legislator Ron Kim had reversed his position on nail salon reforms after receiving an influx of campaign contributions from nail salon owners. Shortly afterward, Reason and Crain's New York Business published stories refuting those allegations. In December 2015, the Columbia Journalism Review investigated the effects of Nir's Unvarnished series on nail salon workers and owners, concluding that many nail salon workers were empowered and saw working conditions improved as a result of attention and legal reforms spurred by the reporting. The article praised Nir's exposure of exploitation and racism within the nail salon industry, but also acknowledged criticisms of her reporting, finding that "At times, though, Nir does seem to overstate the case against salon owners." Awards and recognition In September 2015, Nir was recognized with the New York Newswomen's Club award for in-depth reporting. In November 2015, The Forward named Nir one of the 2015 Forward 50. Nir was a finalist for the 2016 Pulitzer Prize in Local Reporting for Unvarnished. References 1983 births Living people American people of Polish-Jewish descent American women journalists Jewish American journalists Columbia College (New York) alumni Journalists from New York City Brearley School alumni Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism alumni 21st-century American Jews 21st-century American women

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The%20Grapes%20of%20Wrath%20%28play%29

The Grapes of Wrath (play)

The Grapes of Wrath is a 1988 play adapted by Frank Galati from the classic 1939 John Steinbeck novel of the same name, with incidental music by Michael Smith. The play debuted at the Steppenwolf Theatre in Chicago, followed by a May 1989 production at the La Jolla Playhouse in San Diego and a June 1989 production at the Royal National Theatre in London. After eleven previews, the Broadway production, directed by Galati, opened on March 22, 1990 at the Cort Theatre, where it ran for 188 performances. The cast included Gary Sinise, Kathryn Erbe, Terry Kinney, Jeff Perry, Lois Smith, Francis Guinan, and Stephen Bogardus. The play was adapted for television in 1990 for the PBS series American Playhouse. Awards and nominations Awards 1990 Tony Award for Best Play 2005 2nd in the Nation for High School Productions References External links Steppenwolf Theatre Company Grapes of Wrath production files, 1972-1990 (bulk 1988-1990), held by the Billy Rose Theatre Division, New York Public Library for the Performing Arts 1988 plays American plays Broadway plays Tony Award-winning plays Plays based on novels Plays set in Oklahoma Plays set in California Adaptations of works by John Steinbeck Play

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Goodenia eatoniana

Goodenia eatoniana is a species of flowering plant in the family Goodeniaceae and is endemic to the extreme south-west of Western Australia. It is a perennial herb with lance-shaped leaves at the base of the plant, egg-shaped stem leaves, and racemes of blue flowers. Description Goodenia eatoniana is a ascending, perennial herb or shrub that typically grows to a height of with glaucous, glabrous foliage. The leaves at the base of the plant are lance-shaped with the narrower end towards the base, long and up to wide, sometimes with teeth on the edges. Those on the stem are stem-clasping, egg-shaped and smaller. The flowers are arranged in racemes up to long on a peduncle long with leaf-like bracts long. The sepals are lance-shaped, about long, the corolla blue, long. The lower lobes of the corolla are long with wings wide. Flowering occurs from October to January and the fruit is a more or less spherical capsule about in diameter. Taxonomy and naming Goodenia eatoniana was first formally described in 1874 by Ferdinand von Mueller in Fragmenta Phytographiae Australiae. In 1990, Roger Charles Carolin selected specimens probably collected by John Forrest near the Blackwood River as the lectotype. The specific epithet (eatoniana) honours Henry Francis Eaton (1831–1912), a supporter of scientific activities in Victoria. Distribution and habitat This goodenia grows in winter-wet flats and drainage lines in the Jarrah Forest, Swan Coastal Plain and Warren biogeographic regions in the extreme south-west of Western Australia. Conservation status Goodenia eatoniana is classified as "not threatened" by the Government of Western Australia Department of Parks and Wildlife. References eatoniana Eudicots of Western Australia Plants described in 1874 Taxa named by Ferdinand von Mueller Endemic flora of Western Australia

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gallaba%20ochropepla

Gallaba ochropepla

Gallaba ochropepla is a moth of the family Notodontidae. It is known from Australia, including Tasmania, New South Wales and Victoria. The wingspan is about 40 mm. Adults have fawn or grey forewings with a faint pattern of darker lines and speckles. The male also has a pale patch on each forewing costa. The hindwings are paler with no pattern and have recurved margins. References Notodontidae

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St. Dennis, Louisville

St. Dennis is a former census-designated place in western Jefferson County, Kentucky, United States. The population was 9,177 at the 2000 census. In 2003, the area was consolidated into the new Louisville Metro due to the merger of the Jefferson County and Louisville governments into one entity, thus St. Dennis remains as a unique neighborhood within Louisville. Geography St. Dennis is located at (38.1884, -85.8458). According to the United States Census Bureau, the CDP has a total area of 6.8 km2 (2.6 mi2), all land. Demographics As of the census of 2000, there were 9,177 people, 3,725 households, and 2,559 families residing in the CDP. The population density was 1,352.4/km2 (3,507.3/mi2). There were 4,060 housing units at an average density of 598.3/km2 (1,551.7/mi2). The racial makeup of the CDP was 63.75% White, 33.92% African American, 0.29% Native American, 0.32% Asian, 0.01% Pacific Islander, 0.48% from other races, and 1.23% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 1.21% of the population. There were 3,725 households, out of which 31.4% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 44.7% were married couples living together, 19.2% had a female householder with no husband present, and 31.3% were non-families. 27.5% of all households were made up of individuals, and 10.5% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.46 and the average family size was 2.97. In the CDP, the population was spread out, with 25.7% under the age of 18, 8.6% from 18 to 24, 28.8% from 25 to 44, 23.1% from 45 to 64, and 13.9% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 37 years. For every 100 females, there were 88.9 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 84.3 males. The median income for a household in the CDP was $33,782, and the median income for a family was $40,599. Males had a median income of $32,180 versus $21,774 for females. The per capita income for the CDP was $17,184. About 11.1% of families and 11.3% of the population were below the poverty line, including 15.3% of those under age 18 and 8.7% of those age 65 or over. References Neighborhoods in Louisville, Kentucky Former census-designated places in Kentucky

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Samuel M. Bay

Samuel M. Bay (June 1, 1810 – May 29, 1849) was an American lawyer who represented Dred Scott in the 1847 Scott v. Emerson case. He was known for his prosecution of Dedimus Buell Burr, who had put ground glass in his ill wife's food over time. He practiced law in Jefferson and St. Louis, Missouri. Bay served in the Missouri Legislature beginning in 1836 and was appointed as Missouri Attorney General from 1839 to 1845. His father and grandfather were attorneys and his uncle Dr. Joseph Lovell, was surgeon-general of the United States Army. He studied under Salmon P. Chase, who was later secretary of the treasury under President Abraham Lincoln, and chief justice of the Supreme Court. Early life Samuel Mansfield Bay was born in Hudson, New York in 1810. He attended Hudson Academy, where he studied Latin, Greek, and math. Bay's father and grandfather were both lawyers. His father was a contemporary of Martin Van Buren and his grandfather worked at the firm of Ambrose Spencer, who was a judge on the Supreme Court of New York for many years. Samuel Bay had a brother, William Van Ness Bay. Bay often visited his uncle, Dr. Joseph Lovell in Washington, D.C., who was surgeon-general of the United States Army. Bay stayed in Washington for about two years, where he attended a private school and was taught by Salmon P. Chase. Chase held many political offices, including governor of Ohio, United States senator, secretary of the treasury under President Lincoln, and chief justice of the Supreme Court. After finishing school, Bay returned to New York and became a clerk in a large French importing house. The firm sent him to Europe on business for five or six months. While away, Bay decided to study law. Legal career When Bay returned to the United States from Europe, he traveled to Ohio, where Judge Swayne, a Supreme Court Justice, asked Bay to read law (study) with him in his office. Shortly after his return he also visited Columbia, South Carolina, where he met his grand-uncle, Judge Elihu H. Bay who spent forty-nine years as a judge on the South Carolina Supreme Court. President Jefferson offered Judge Bay a seat on the United States Supreme Court, but he declined. According to Bay's brother William, Samuel Bay's visit with his uncle strongly influenced his desire to become an attorney. After completing his studies, Bay moved to Union, Missouri. He was elected to the Missouri Legislature in 1836. When his term in the legislature ended, Bay moved to Jefferson City, where he established a law practice. He was appointed to the position of Missouri attorney general by Governor Boggs. Bay held the position of attorney-general from 1839 to 1845. Bay earned a wide reputation for his prosecution of Dedimus Buell Burr (1813-1842), who was convicted and executed for the murder of his wife Sally. Sally, Burr's third wife, had fallen ill and died after suffering from a fever for several weeks. Doctors were unable to explain the illness, but there was no suspicion of foul play until one of Burr's apprentices in his blacksmith shop said he believed Burr had been putting pounded glass in his wife's medicine, eventually killing her. Although the funeral procession for Burr's wife was already underway, the body was returned to the city for a post mortem examination, where the examiner found a large quantity of pulverized glass in the woman's stomach. Burr was arrested, but many thought he would be acquitted. Bay found that Burr refused to have anyone else administer medicine to his wife and had also had two previous wives die under similar conditions. The defense could not overcome this argument and Burr was convicted. Before being executed, Burr admitted that he was guilty of this murder and the other two and said he was simply tired of each wife and wanted another. Bay had a partnership with Abiel Leonard in Jefferson City until 1846 or 1847. Around that time, Bay moved the practice to St. Louis and was appointed attorney for the State Bank. The Dred Scott case In 1847, Dred Scott made his first legal contest for freedom in St. Louis, Missouri. Judge Alexander Hamilton presided over the case and Samuel M. Bay acted as Scott's attorney. Francis B. Murdoch was the Scotts' original attorney and filed three suits against Irene Emerson, Dred and Harriet's former owner for trespass and false imprisonment. Murdoch was replaced by Charles D. Drake. More than a year passed from the time of Scott's first petition filed with the court and by the time the case was ready for trial, Drake had left St. Louis, in May or June 1847. Drake prepared the case, but Bay handled the proceedings in court. To argue his case, Bay needed to prove that Scott had been taken into a free state and that he was presently a slave owned by Irene Emerson. Bay established that Scott had been a slave taken into free territory, brought back to Missouri, and was being held there as a slave. Testimony attested to this fact, establishing that Scott was Irene Emerson's slave in Missouri and had accompanied her to Forts Armstrong and Snelling. It was also established in testimony that Mrs. Emerson still claimed Scott as her slave in Missouri. Bay thought at this point he had all the evidence to secure Scott's freedom. However, the defense argued that Scott had not legally proven that Mrs. Emerson was claiming him as a slave. During cross examination of Samuel Russell, who had testified that he hired Scott from Mrs. Emerson, thus establishing her ownership of Scott, Russell admitted that it was in fact his wife who had hired Scott. Russell's testimony was dismissed as hearsay. The Scotts lost their case. Irene Emerson was allowed to keep Dred and Harriet as slaves because no one could prove that they were her slaves. After waiting on the case for a year, the Scotts were ultimately denied their freedom. Although the Dred Scott case is well known today, Dred Scott v. Irene Emerson did not incite much reaction in St. Louis or any other part of the country. The litigants involved were not well known, nor did the case involve controversial principles of law. Only one St. Louis newspaper mentioned the case, and only in a daily list of cases in the city courts. Later life and death Bay died relatively young and was survived by a widow, three sons, and a daughter. He died of cholera in the 1849 epidemic. References 1810 births 1849 deaths New York (state) lawyers 19th-century American lawyers United States slavery law

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David Jennings (composer)

David Andrew Jennings is an English composer (born Sheffield, Yorkshire, 30 May 1972). He read music at the University of Durham, studying composition with John Casken (a pupil of Witold Lutosławski) and again at Postgraduate level with Casken at the University of Manchester. Jennings has additionally benefited from regular consultations with Arthur Butterworth (a pupil of Ralph Vaughan Williams). Jennings' compositions employ a style that combines romanticism with more recent musical developments. In 2012, The Divine Art label released a recording of Jennings' Piano Music performed by James Willshire, which was nominated as one of Music Web International's Recordings of the Year 2013. Jennings has also composed orchestral, vocal and chamber music. Recorded and published works Piano Sonata, Op. 1 Three Sonatinas, Op. 2 Prelude and Fugue, Op. 6 (Divine Art recording James Willshire) Three Lyrical Pieces, Op. 17 Miniature Suite, Op. 18 Harvest Moon Suite, Op. 19 Melancholy. A Fragment., Op. 23 References External links Living people 1972 births English composers Alumni of University College, Durham Alumni of the University of Manchester People educated at Mount St Mary's College

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1980%20Toronto%20municipal%20election

1980 Toronto municipal election

The 1980 Toronto municipal election was held on November 10, 1980 in Metropolitan Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Mayors, controllers, city councillors and school board trustees were elected in the municipalities of Toronto, York, East York, North York, Etobicoke and Scarborough. Art Eggleton narrowly defeated incumbent John Sewell to become Mayor of Toronto, and Mel Lastman was re-elected as Mayor of North York. Toronto Mayoral race In the 1978 election reform candidate John Sewell had won against two more conservative candidates. In 1980 election the right united around Art Eggleton, and he narrowly defeated Sewell. Eggleton carried eight of the city's eleven wards, dominating in the west end, and prevailing in North Toronto and the east end by narrower margins. While Sewell increased his vote in every ward, he only carried three wards in the heart of the city: midtown's ward 5 (which included the city's Annex district), the downtown core (ward 6) and ward 7, which he had previously represented as an alderman. Results Art Eggleton - 87,919 John Sewell - 86,152 Anne McBride - 3,429 Bob Bush - 2,141 Fred Dunn - 1,100 Armand Siksna - 867 Ronald Rodgers - 846 Chris Faiers - 590 Andrejs Murnieks - 571 City council City council saw a handful of major upsets and was considered to have been moved to the right by the election as in addition to losing the mayoralty reformers lost their majority on council. The most notable upset was in the downtown Ward 6. Incumbent Allan Sparrow had stepped aside to allow George Hislop to run, in the belief that the large gay community in the ward deserved a representative on council. Hislop was one of the leading gay rights activists in the city, and his campaign was vigorously opposed by figures such as evangelist Ken Campbell. In a surprise upset Hislop lost to little known local dentist Gordon Chong. Elsewhere the left won important victories. Tom Wardle Jr., who had been involved in several controversies including an assault conviction, was defeated by former councillor Dorothy Thomas. After four failed attempts Joe Pantalone won a seat on council by capturing the one vacated by Eggleton. Top two from each ward elected to Toronto City Council. Top one from each ward also wins a seat on Metro Toronto council. Ward 1 (Swansea and Bloor West Village) William Boytchuk (incumbent) - 9,415 David White (incumbent) - 8,345 Bill Roberts - 5,785 Brynne Teal - 4,267 Nick Gulycz - 1,143 Yvette Tessier - 742 Michael Horner - 636 Ward 2 (Parkdale and Brockton) Tony Ruprecht (incumbent) - 9,447 Ben Grys - 4,923 Susan Atkinson - 4,907 Elaine Ziemba - 4,137 Elaine Taylor - 684 John Lauter - 620 Ward 3 (Davenport and Corso Italia) Joseph Piccininni (incumbent) - 7,509 Richard Gilbert (incumbent) - 7,363 Edward Gardner - 1,246 Mark Llewellyn - 689 Ward 4 (Trinity-Bellwoods and Little Italy) Tony O'Donohue (incumbent) - 5,005 Joe Pantalone - 3,898 Tony Ianno - 3,362 Bill Moniz - 2,898 Barbara Hurd - 2,279 Nick Figliano - 704 Anthony Russo - 206 Ward 5 (The Annex and Yorkville) Ward 6 (Financial District, Toronto - University of Toronto) Gordon Chong - 9,522 Dan Heap (incumbent) - 9,341 George Hislop - 7,348 Rose Smith - 2,959 Fred Chappell - 1,339 Darryl Randall - 659 Gary Weagle - 505 Ward 7 (Regent Park and Riverdale) Gordon Cressy (incumbent) - 12,579 David Reville - 9,066 Frank Dwyer - 3,748 Thelma Forsyth - 2,632 Ward 8 (Riverdale) Fred Beavis (incumbent) - 9,172 Thomas Clifford (incumbent) - 7,941 Jeanne McGuire - 1,433 James McMillan - 1,264 John Coutts - 550 Ward 9 (The Beaches) Pat Sheppard (incumbent) - 10,236 Dorothy Thomas - 7,886 John Oliver - 6,102 Bob Yaccato - 5,321 Tom Wardle Jr. (incumbent) - 3,206 Winona Gallop - 915 Ward 10 (Rosedale and North Toronto) June Rowlands (incumbent) - 17,551 Andrew Paton (incumbent) - 15,201 Patricia Bolton - 2,678 Craig Roberts - 2,367 Ward 11 (Forest Hill and North Toronto) Anne Johnston (incumbent) - 15,168 Michael Gee (incumbent) - 13,410 Kay Gardner - 6,700 Susan Diamond - 1,447 Results are taken from the November 11, 1980 Toronto Star and might not exactly match final tallies. By-elections Ward 2 Alderman Tony Ruprecht resigned to contest the 1981 provincial election. Ben Grys was appointed Metro Councillor on April 9. A by-election was held on May 25, 1981: Chris Korwin-Kuczynski - 4,074 Irene Atkinson - 3,496 Susan Atkinson - 3,425 Bill McGinnis Timmy Talpa Henry Orgasinksi Martin Amber Ward 6 Alderman Dan Heap resigned having won a Federal by-election for Spadina on 17 August 1981. A by-election was held on October 19, 1981: John Sewell - 7,278 Gus Young - 1,741 John Curtin - 628 Stanley Anderson - 599 Jay Saint - 181 Jaroslawa Baczkowska - 166 Martin Amber - 130 Jimmy Talpa - 34 Gary Weagle - 45 East York Alan Redway won his third term in office as mayor. All the incumbent councillors were re-elected. The only newcomer to council was Mike Wyatt in ward two. † denotes incumbent from previous council Mayor †Alan Redway - 19,971 James Smith - 2,290 Council Two to be elected from each ward Ward 1 †Dave Johnson - 5,530 †Cy Reader - 4,994 Edward Shaw - 1,403 Ward 2 †Norm Crone - 3,703 Mike Wyatt - 2,230 George Vasilopoulos - 2,079 Joe Tropiano - 1,674 Ward 3 †Gordon Crann - Acclaimed †Ken Paige - Acclaimed Ward 4 †Peter Oyler - 3,947 †Herbert McGroarty - 3,001 Edna Beange - 2,752 Board of education Two to be elected from each ward Ward 1 †Gord Brown - 4,453 †Ruth Goldhar - 3,135 Bruce Porter - 1,856 Ward 2 †James Palmer - 2,901 †Kenneth Maxted - 2,441 Fred Jackson - 1,088 Chad Dakin - 900 Ward 3 †Margaret Hazelton - 2,645 †William Phillips - 2,603 Len Self - 1,929 Ward 4 Michael Globe - Acclaimed Steven Overgard - Acclaimed Hydro Commission Two to be elected †Jack Christie - 13,780 Frank Johnson - 10,036 †Al Morgan - 7,569 Etobicoke Mayor †Dennnis Flynn - 35,955 Morley Kells - 30,110 Pete McCluskey - 2,275 (762 out of 833 polls) (Source: Globe and Mail, 11 Nov 1980, pg 12) Board of Control Four to be elected †Winfield (Bill) Stockwell - 45,580 †Bruce Sinclair - 35,074 Dick O'Brien - 29,916 David Lacey - 28,750 †Nora Pownall - 27,211 Bob Wigmore - 13,032 Roz McKenna - 12,270 Greta McNabney - 9,095 (762 out of 833 polls) (Source: Globe and Mail, 11 Nov 1980, pg 12) North York Mayor (incumbent)Mel Lastman 76,274 Howard Cohen 12,243 (1257 of 1379 polls) Board of Control (incumbent)Esther Shiner 55,986 (incumbent)Robert Yuill 44,544 William Sutherland 36,562 Norm Gardner 36,402 (incumbent)Irv Paisley 35,590 Jane McGivern 29,934 Frank Esposito 17,643 Donna Wilson 17,104 Bernadette Michael 11,604 (1257 of 1379 polls) City Council Mario Gentile was re-elected as Ward 2 councillor. Cary Fox was an insurance agent, who called for a crackdown on vandalism and accused Howard Moscoe of seeking the media spotlight too often. Gus Cusimano was a perennial candidate for municipal office in North York. He sought election to the North York City Council in the 1974, 1976, 1978 and 1980 elections, losing each time. Cusimano was eighteen years old during his first campaign. He is an insurance agent, and accused Moscoe of seeking the media spotlight too often in the 1980. A 1987 newspaper article identifies him as president of City-Wide Insurance Ltd., Willowdale. As of 2006, he is president of Petek Insurance. Scarborough In Scarborough, Gus Harris retained his role as Mayor Scarborough. All Board of Control members were re-elected except Frank Faubert. All incumbent aldermen were returned to office. Faubert was returned to office in a by-election as alderman for Ward 5 when Alan Robinson was elected to provincial office in the 1981 Ontario election. Mayor (incumbent)Gus Harris - 47,440 John Wimbs - 30,718 Frank Visconti - 4,687 (1103 out of 1110 polls) Board of Control (incumbent)Brian Harrison - 48,933 Ken Morrish - 41,169 (incumbent)Carol Ruddell - 40,637 (incumbent)Joyce Trimmer - 40,564 (incumbent)Frank Faubert - 40,386 Bob Watson - 22,124 John MacMillan - 16,782 (1103 out of 1110 polls) Borough Aldermen Ward 1 Bill Belfontaine (incumbent) Ward 2 Barry Christensen Ward 3 David Dinkworth Ward 4 Jack Goodlad (acclaimed) Ward 5 Alan Robinson (incumbent), Frank Faubert after May 25, 1981 Ward 6 Florence Cruikshank Ward 7 Ed Fulton (incumbent) Ward 8 Shirley Eidt (incumbent) Ward 9 Doug Colling (incumbent) Ward 10 Maureen Prinsloo (incumbent) Ward 11 Ron Watson Ward 12 Joe Dekort (incumbent) York In the borough of York, Gayle Christie was re-elected for a second term as Mayor defeating Alan Tonks by a wide margin. The five aldermen who ran again were re-elected. Tony Mandarano and James Trimbee were the only new members of York Council. Mayor (incumbent)Gayle Christie 21,470 Alan Tonks 13,674 Board of Control (2 elected) (incumbent)Fergy Brown 19,489 Philip White 17,165 Harriet Wolman 12,834 Council Ward 1 Ben Nobleman 1,870 Michael Colle 1,108 Jay Bell 529 Dan Goldberg 329 A.E. Stollard 213 Ward 2 Tony Mandarano 2,199 Gord Garland 1,045 Ward 3 Ron Bradd 2,108 Tony Rizzo 1,448 Ward 4 Patrick Canavan 1,426 Gary D'Onofrio 1,074 Ward 5 Chris Tonks (acclaimed) Ward 6 James Trimbee 3,506 Robert MacPherson 2,014 Ward 7 John Nunziata 4,547 Marvin Gordon 743 Frank Ruffolo 621 Vince DeNardo 158 References 1980 elections in Canada 1980 1980 in Toronto

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NASCAR%20Heat%202002

NASCAR Heat 2002

NASCAR Heat 2002, sometimes mislabeled as NASCAR Heat, is a NASCAR video game produced by Infogrames for the Xbox, PlayStation 2, and Game Boy Advance consoles. It is the successor to the NASCAR Heat game, and the predecessor to NASCAR: Dirt to Daytona. NASCAR Heat 2002 can have 24 racers (PS2) and 43 (Xbox, including fictional cars) released on June 18, 2001 on the PS2, and has 19 official NASCAR tracks. The Xbox version was released on November 15, 2001 and the Game Boy Advance version was released on May 6, 2002. Development The game was supported by GameSpy Arcade for online multiplayer. Reception The PlayStation 2 and Xbox versions received "favorable" reviews, while the Game Boy Advance version received "mixed" reviews, according to the review aggregation website Metacritic. Jim Preston of NextGens September 2001 issue said that the PS2 version "lacks the complete details to be the best, but it's still an accurate and fun way to drive fast and to the left." Three issues later, however, he said that the Xbox version "won't convert non-NASCAR nuts, but casual and hardcore stock fans would be wise to pick it up." References External links 2001 video games Game Boy Advance games Infogrames games NASCAR video games PlayStation 2 games Video games developed in the United States Xbox games Crawfish Interactive games Monster Games games

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AIX Connect

Air India Express Connect, known as AIX Connect, operating as AirAsia India, is an Indian airline headquartered in Bangalore (Bengaluru), Karnataka and a wholly-owned subsidiary of Air India Limited which in turn is owned by Tata Group. The airline was founded as a joint venture between Tata Sons and AirAsia Bhd and commenced operations in June 2014 with Bangalore as its primary operating base. From 2020 to 2022, AirAsia Bhd gradually disinvested its entire shares in the joint venture and sold them to Tata Sons. In December 2022, after the entire shares of AirAsia India was acquired by Tata Sons, the airline was renamed AIX Connect. The airline flies to over 50 direct and 100 connecting routes across India. The airline shares its website with Air India Express. History In February 2013, with the Government of India allowing a foreign direct investment of up to 49% in airlines, AirAsia Berhad applied to the Indian Foreign Investment Promotion Board (FIPB) seeking approval for commencing its operations in India. In March 2013, AirAsia announced that it would establish a joint venture with Tata Sons and Telestra Tradeplace with Tata Sons representing the airline with two non-executive directors in the board. The airline planned to operate with the world's lowest unit cost of per available seat kilometre and a passenger break-even load factor of 52%. It also planned to hedge 100% of its fuel requirements for the first three years and to achieve an aircraft turnaround time of 25 minutes. AirAsia planned to begin operations to various tier 2 and tier 3 cities with Chennai International Airport as its main operating base. According to KPMG, the introduction of AirAsia was expected to cause another price war, ultimately leading to an increase in air traffic and some consolidation in the Indian aviation sector. AirAsia initially invested an amount of 50 million and in preparation for its operations in India, it struck deals with online and offline travel agents. On 3 March 2013, the FIPB officially permitted AirAsia to rent or lease aircraft and to carry cargo on its scheduled flights. The airline then applied for permission to schedule aircraft and transport passengers, which the FIPB accepted on 6 March. AirAsia India was established on 28 March 2013 and became the first foreign airline to set up a subsidiary in India. In April, the airline started recruiting candidates for pilots and cabin crew. As the final procedure to obtain Air Operator Permit, a proving flight was conducted on 1 and 2 May 2014 flying from Chennai to Kochi, Bangalore and Kolkata. On 7 May 2014, the DGCA issued an Air Operator Permit to the company. On 30 May 2014, the airline announced the shifting of its base to Bangalore and its first flight from there to Goa. AirAsia operated its maiden flight on 12 June 2014. In June 2015, the airline made Indira Gandhi International Airport, Delhi its secondary hub for North Indian operations. In August 2015, Tata Sons increased its stake to 40.06% from 30% earlier by injecting fresh equity while Telestra's share was reduced to 10% from 20%. As of July 2019, AirAsia India was the fifth largest low-cost carrier in India, behind IndiGo, SpiceJet, Star Air (India), and GoAir, with a market share of 7.1%. In January 2018, then managing director and chief executive Amar Abrol announced plans of the company to expect a fleet of 21 aircraft by the year end, which would make it eligible to operate overseas flights. In July 2020, AirAsia India launched an aviation analytics app that would help enhance the operational efficiency of the airline by monitoring and helping manage aircraft turnaround between flights with data analytics in real time. On 29 December 2020, AirAsia Berhad announced that it would sell a 32.67% stake in AirAsia India to Tata Sons for $37.7 million, including a provision to sell the remaining 16.33% stake for $18.8 million. Tata Sons acquired Air India Limited on 8 October 2021. The Tata Group requested approval from the Competition Commission of India (CCI) to merge AirAsia India with Air India Limited in April 2022, which was granted on 14 June 2022. On 2 November 2022, AirAsia Berhad sold the remaining 16.33% stake to Tata Sons. However, the AirAsia brand can still be used for twelve months. AirAsia India added the gender-neutral honorific Mx as a third option for passengers booking tickets from June 2022. On 19 May 2023, AIX Connect operated India’s first commercial flight using indigenously produced sustainable aviation fuel from Pune to Delhi. Merger with Air India Express The Tata Group which had acquired AirAsia India then changed the airline's name to AIX Connect and announced its merger with Air India Express. On 27 March 2023, Air India integrated the reservations system and customer interface of its two low-cost subsidiary airlines - Air India Express and AirAsia India, making a major move in the Tata-owned flag carrier's plan to consolidate its airline entities. The process largely involved Air India Express migrating to the systems used by AirAsia India. Passengers will now be able to make and manage bookings, and check-in to AirAsia India and Air India Express domestic and international flights, on an all-new integrated website. Corporate affairs AirAsia India is headquartered in Bangalore, India. Prior to the airline's formation, Tony Fernandes, founder of AirAsia group, announced that he would like Ratan Tata to be the chairman of the airline; however the latter refused, though he later consented to being the chief advisor to the AirAsia India management board. On 15 May 2013, AirAsia India appointed management consultant Mittu Chandilya as CEO. A month later, on 17 June, S. Ramadorai, the non-executive vice-chairman of Tata Consultancy Services, was appointed as the chairman of the airline. In April 2016, Amar Abrol replaced Mittu Chandilya as the CEO of the airline. In June 2018, Amar Abrol reportedly quit and in October 2018, AirAsia India announced that Sunil Bhaskaran had been appointed managing director and CEO of the airline. Former chairman of the Tata Group Cyrus Mistry alleged that there were corporate governance lapses between the two joint venture partners. Destinations AIX Connect operates over 200 daily flights connecting 19 destinations across India. Codeshare agreements AIX Connect has codeshare agreements with the following airlines: Air India Fleet , AIX Connect (formerly known as AirAsia India) operates the following aircraft: References External links AirAsia Airlines of India Low-cost carriers Airlines established in 2013 2013 establishments in Karnataka Tata Sons subsidiaries Tata Airlines Indian companies established in 2013

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2011 Clemson Tigers football team

The 2011 Clemson Tigers football team represents Clemson University in the 2011 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The Tigers were led by head coach Dabo Swinney in his third full year and fourth overall since taking over midway through 2008 season. They played their home games at Memorial Stadium, known as "Death Valley". They were members of the Atlantic Division of the Atlantic Coast Conference. Clemson finished the previous season 6–7, losing in the Meineke Car Care Bowl to South Florida. They began the 2011 season unranked, but after a three-game winning streak against ranked opponents in late September, rose to #8 in the AP and Coaches Poll. However, the surprise Tigers lost three of their final four regular-season contests (with two of the losses to unranked opponents); they fell back to #21 in these polls. However, their early start was enough to clinch a spot in the 2011 ACC Championship Game. They won that game with an unexpectedly dominant performance over Virginia Tech, 38–10. In the process, they won their first ACC title since 1991, and with it an automatic berth in the 2012 Orange Bowl. It was the Tigers' first-ever Bowl Championship Series berth, as well as their first major-bowl appearance since the 1982 Orange Bowl. They lost the game in historic fashion to West Virginia by a score of 70–33, setting a bowl record for points conceded in a game. Schedule Depth chart Recruiting class Game summaries Troy Clemson opened the season against Troy from the Sun Belt Conference. The Tigers offense had a shaky first half adapting to offensive coordinator Chad Morris's faster new spread set. They were 0-for-8 on third down conversions and had only four first downs. Sophomore quarterback Tajh Boyd had several bad throws and near interceptions as the team were booed off the field at half time. Down 16–13 with 6:56 left in the third quarter, Clemson finally converted their first third down, tight end Dwayne Allen with a 54-yard touchdown pass from Boyd to put the Tigers ahead. On the next drive, Boyd completed all of his passes including a seven-yard touchdown pass to Jaron Brown. The scoring run continued in the fourth quarter, ending in a 43–19 rout. Boyd finished the game 20-for-30 for 364 yards and three touchdowns in his debut as Clemson's starting quarterback. Sammy Watkins had seven catches for 81 yards while Andre Ellington rushed 18 times for 89 yards. Freshmen accounted for 266 of Clemson's 468 yards. Wofford In week two, Clemson faced Wofford. The inexperienced Tigers defense struggled to contain Wofford's triple-option offense throughout the game. The Terriers led 21–13 with 4:03 remaining in the second quarter, but Tajh Boyd led a six-play, 72-yard drive and a two-point conversion to tie the game before half time. Wofford's last lead in the game came in the opening series of the second half with a field goal. Clemson scored a touchdown each in the third and fourth quarters before stopping Wofford on fourth-and-2 with 3:30 remaining in the game to hold on for a 35–27 victory. Boyd was 18-for-29 for 261 yards and three touchdowns. Andre Ellington had 22 carries for 165 yards. His 74-yard touchdown run was the longest of his career. Auburn Clemson faced defending national champions #21 Auburn in week three. Auburn took a 14–0 lead in the first quarter before Tajh Boyd began finding his passing rhythm. Boyd completed 30 of 42 passes for 386 yards and four touchdowns. The game was tied 21–21 at half time, but Clemson's defense restricted Auburn to a field goal in the second half while Boyd threw two touchdown passes to earn a 38–24 win, ending a 17-game winning streak for Auburn. Clemson's offense totaled 624 yards, its record against an SEC opponent. Fans swarmed the field at the end of the game. Coach Dabo Swinney remarked, "I couldn't think of a better place to end the streak than Death Valley, South Carolina, baby." Florida State Following their victory over Auburn, Clemson entered week four ranked #21. They faced Atlantic Division champions Florida State in their fourth straight home game. FSU were without injured starting quarterback E. J. Manuel. Clemson opened up a 21–10 lead by halftime, and were in control for the rest of the game. Tajh Boyd was 23-for-37 for 344 yards and three touchdowns and had a rushing touchdown. Freshman receiver Sammy Watkins had eight catches for 141 yards and two touchdowns while Andre Ellington rushed for 72 yards. Virginia Tech For Clemson's first road game the Tigers traveled to Blacksburg for a matchup with the No. 11 Virginia Tech Hokies. The Tigers' defense turned in its best effort of the season in a 23–3 victory against the No. 11 Hokies. The Clemson defense led by Andre Branch held the Hokies to 258 yards and no touchdowns. Branch had three sacks and was involved in 11 tackles. Tajh Boyd threw one touchdown to Dwayne Allen and one interception while Andre Ellington and Mike Bellamy both recorded a rushing touchdown apiece. This win marked the first time any ACC team had ever beaten three top 25 AP opponents in a row. It was also the second time Virginia Tech had not scored a touchdown in Lane Stadium under Frank Beamer and was the first time since 1995. Boston College Clemson's fifth home game of the season was against Boston College. Clemson controlled the Eagles for the majority of the game. Boyd scored 2 touchdowns (1 passing, 1 rushing) before being replaced by Cole Stoudt after suffering a hip injury. Andre Ellington (rushing) and Jaron Brown (receiving) each scored a touchdown, Sammy Watkins recorded 152 receiving yards, while Chandler Catanzaro hit a career-high 5 field goals (38, 42, 28, 20, and 47 yards). This win marked Clemson's best start since 2000. Maryland Tajh Boyd threw four touchdown passes, Andre Ellington rushed for a career-high 212 yards and two touchdowns for the Tigers, and freshman Sammy Watkins scored three TDs (two passing, one kick-off return) as No. 8 Clemson rallied from an 18-point deficit against Maryland to remain unbeaten with a 56–45 victory. The defense, however, yielded 468 yards and had no answer for sophomore quarterback C.J. Brown, who ran for 162 yards and a touchdown and threw three scoring passes in his first college start. The 18-point deficit was the second largest in Clemson University history. Sammy Watkins also broke the school record for most all-purpose yards in a game (345 yards) held previously by Clemson great C.J. Spiller (312 yards). North Carolina A 35-point third quarter explosion highlighted Clemson's home win over the Tar Heels, including a 5-touchdown performance by quarterback Tajh Boyd. Defensive end Kourtnei Brown scored two defensive touchdowns, once on an interception and another on a fumble return. Boyd threw for 367 yards and rushed for one touchdown. Wide receiver DeAndre Hopkins had 157 yards receiving and a touchdown. Clemson's defense held UNC running back Giovani Bernard to 44 yards rushing, ending his five-game streak of 100 yards or more. Georgia Tech The Tigers suffered their first defeat of the season at the hands of the Yellow Jackets in Atlanta. Georgia Tech's triple option attack was seemingly unstoppable for the Clemson defense as Yellow Jacket quarterback Tevin Washington scampered for 176 yards on 27 carries and a touchdown. Clemson's high-powered offense never left the gates in the first half, although the Tigers made a play for a comeback in the second half with a 48-yard touchdown catch by Sammy Watkins. Following a Rashard Hall interception to the Georgia Tech 9, the Tigers looked to have a chance to rally back, but Tajh Boyd threw an interception in the end zone to Jemea Thomas on the next play. Clemson's four turnovers in the game would ultimately prove to be costly for the Tigers. Wake Forest Clemson clinched its second ACC Atlantic Division title in a nail-biter game against the Demon Deacons in Death Valley. The Tigers' 14–7 third quarter lead quickly deteriorated following a 50-yard Mike Campanaro punt return for Wake Forest. Demon Deacon running back Brandon Pendergrass added two more scores to put Wake Forest up 28–14. Clemson also lost Sammy Watkins for the second half following an injury on a third-quarter kick return. The Tigers, however, rallied back with two touchdown tosses from quarterback Tajh Boyd. Following a missed 47-yard field goal try by Demon Deacon kicker Jimmy Newman, the Tigers orchestrated a drive to set up a 43-yard game-winning kick by Chandler Catanzaro as time expired. With the win, Clemson secured its trip to Charlotte for the ACC Championship Game and finished undefeated at home for the first time since 1990. North Carolina State NC State shocked a heavily favored Clemson team in Raleigh, including a dominant 27-point second quarter performance. Wolfpack quarterback Mike Glennon threw for 253 yards and three touchdowns while Clemson quarterback Tajh Boyd, despite throwing 238 yards, threw two interceptions, no touchdowns, and was replaced in the 4th quarter by Cole Stoudt. NC State's aggressive pass rush hindered Boyd and Clemson's big play ability throughout the game, and the Tigers' four turnovers to NC State's none proved costly. The Wolfpack stymied Clemson's running game with running back Andre Ellington the team leader at only 28 yards. South Carolina Still reeling from the loss to NC State, the Tigers entered hostile territory in Columbia against the 12th-ranked Gamecocks. Clemson's offense again felt the heat from South Carolina's stingy defense, which held the Tigers to 153 total yards. Clemson's defense struggled as well against the Gamecocks' balanced attack and quarterback Connor Shaw, who threw for 210 yards and three touchdowns as well as rushing for 107 yards and a touchdown. The Tigers' tone for the game was set early when wide receiver Sammy Watkins dropped a sure touchdown pass early in the game. Although Clemson was able to keep the turnovers down this game, the tough Gamecock defense proved too relentless for the Tigers to open up any options on offense. The loss marked Clemson's third straight to its archrival. ACC Championship Although devastating losses to NC State and South Carolina had Clemson's future looking bleak for the rematch against Virginia Tech in the ACC Championship, the Tigers regained their form from earlier in the season to secure their first ACC Championship game win and their first ACC title in 20 years. Quarterback Tajh Boyd threw for 240 yards and three touchdowns, including a 53-yard strike to Sammy Watkins during the Tigers' 21-point third quarter rally. Clemson defense forced three touchdowns and kept the Hokies scoreless in the second half. The defense also held running back David Wilson, the ACC's player of the year, to only 32 yards rushing. Clemson running back Andre Ellington ran for 125 yards and one touchdown on 20 carries. With the win, Clemson solidified its first 10-win season since 1990, a spot in the Orange Bowl and its first BCS bowl bid in school history. Orange Bowl Clemson's best season in 20 years came to a crashing halt with arguably the worst bowl loss in school history. What at first appeared to have the makings of a high-scoring shootout between the Tigers and West Virginia turned into a shellacking on par with a video game score in the second quarter. Following Andre Ellington's fumble at the goalline and the 99-yard touchdown return by Mountaineer safety Darwin Cook, the floodgates opened for the Tigers. West Virginia quarterback Geno Smith was electrifying, and Clemson's defense did not have an answer for him as he rattled off 407 yards passing and 6 touchdowns. Although Clemson coughed the ball up four times on offense, the real story lay in the defense's inability to stop Smith and the Mountaineer offense. The result was a record in points in a bowl game for West Virginia. Rankings 2012 NFL draft Clemson had four players selected in the 2012 NFL draft. References Clemson Clemson Tigers football seasons Atlantic Coast Conference football champion seasons Clemson Tigers football

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Rhön Biosphere Reserve

The Rhön Biosphere Reserve includes the entire central area of the Rhön Mountains, a low mountain range in the German states of Hesse, Bavaria and Thuringia. Aim In 1991 the Rhön was recognised at international level by UNESCO as a biosphere reserve. The aim of this biosphere reserve is, taking account of local agriculture, nature protection, tourism and trade, to ensure the variety and quality of habitats in the whole Rhön region. This involves creating a long term, economic environment for agriculture and trade that is in tune with the protection and care of nature and the local landscape. People are at the heart of the Rhön Biosphere Reserve. The idea is to have a so-called sustainable development, which harmonises economic and social issues as far as possible with environmental issues. History As early as 12 September 1990, the Thuringian Rhön was declared a Rhön Biosphere Reserve by the Council of Ministers of the German Democratic Republic as part of the GDR'S National Park Programme. The "Ordinance on the Designation of Nature Conservation Areas and a Landscape Protection Area of Central Importance with the Overall Designation of Rhön Biosphere Reserve" was published on 1 October 1990 in the Gesetzblatt of the German Democratic Republic. In the winter of 1990/91, i.e. immediately after the Peaceful Revolution and German reunification, the three federal states of Bavaria, Hesse and Thuringia then submitted separate applications for its recognition as a UNESCO biosphere reserve. The Environment Minister at the time, Klaus Töpfer, made a joint proposal from them. On 6 March 1991, the three-state Rhön region was designated a biosphere reserve by UNESCO. In Bavaria, Hesse and Thuringia, administrative offices have been set up that work together on the basis of an administrative agreement between the three states dated November 2002. At the same time, experts began to develop a framework concept. This framework concept, which was first handed over in April 1995, was the basis for all planning and measures. In June 2014, the UNESCO Biosphere Reserve Rhön successfully underwent a review of its previous work by the International Coordinating Council, after which UNESCO status was confirmed for a further 10 years. At the same time, the Bavarian part of the UNESCO biosphere reserve was expanded by 58,000 hectares. Between 2014 and 2017 the content of the framework concept was revised. The revised framework concept was presented on 16 May 2018. Zoning The Biosphere Reserve currently has a total area of , of which 72,802 ha are in Bavaria, 63,564 ha in Hesse and 48,573 ha in Thuringia. From 1991-1995 a "Concept for the Protection, Care and Development" for the Rhön with objectives and measures was drawn up in conjunction with the districts, communes, authorities and societies. Following the UNESCO zoning system, 4,199 ha (2.27%) of land were designated as a core areas that are not allowed to be directly used for any purpose e.g. agriculture or forestry. A further 67,483 ha (36.49%) are designated as buffer zones where there should only be careful use of land compatible with nature. The remaining areas are the zones of cooperation in which the villages and towns of the Rhön are situated. Gallery See also Rhön Mountains Bavarian Rhön Nature Park List of biosphere reserves in Germany References External links The website of the Rhön Biosphere Reserve Board of trustees for the Naturpark and Biosphere Reserve Bayerische Rhön e.V. Thuringian Environment Ministry The orchids of the Rhön Private Rhön photo gallery Rhön Biosphere Reserve Biosphere reserves of Germany Protected areas of Hesse Protected areas of Bavaria Protected areas of Thuringia International Dark Sky Reserves

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Roger Narvaez

Roger Narvaez (born September 9, 1983) is an American mixed martial artist who competes in the Middleweight division. Mixed martial arts career Narvaez began training in Brazilian jiu-jitsu in 2007 as a way to lose weight and to help keep in shape for his job as a firefighter. He began training in mixed martial arts in 2009, making his professional debut in 2011. Narvaez competed primarily in regional promotions across his native state of Texas where he compiled a record of 6 - 0 before signing with the UFC in the spring of 2014. Ultimate Fighting Championship Narvaez made his promotional debut as a short notice replacement in a light heavyweight bout against Patrick Cummins on June 7, 2014 at UFC Fight Night 42, replacing an injured Francimar Barroso. Cummins won the fight via second round TKO. Narvaez faced Luke Barnatt on November 22, 2014 at UFC Fight Night 57. After a very even first two rounds, Narvaez had a huge third round, wobbling Barnatt with a head kick and then dropping him with a right hook. On the ground, Barnatt was able to survive several submission attempts. Narvaez won the bout via split decision. Narvaez faced Elias Theodorou on March 14, 2015 at UFC 185. After a first round in which Narvaez seemed to control, Narvaez suffered a broken arm in the second round after an attempt to block a kick from Theodorou, and was stopped with a flurry of punches shortly thereafter. In turn, Narvaez was released from the promotion. Professional grappling career Narvaez was booked to compete against Dan Manasoiu in the main event of Submission Hunter Pro 81 on January 22, 2023. Narvaez lost the match by submission, a rear-naked choke. Mixed martial arts record |- |Loss |align=center|8-4 | Ike Villanueva | KO | Fury FC 36 | | align=center|1 | align=center|0:28 | Robstown, Texas, United States | |- |Loss |align=center| 8-3 |Antonio Jones | Decision (unanimous) |Fury FC 17 | |align=center|5 |align=center|5:00 |San Antonio, Texas, United States | |- |Win |align=center| 8–2 | Juan Torres | TKO (punches) |Fury FC 14 | |align=center|2 |align=center|3:56 |San Antonio, Texas, United States | |- |Loss |align=center| 7–2 | Elias Theodorou | TKO (punches) |UFC 185 | |align=center|2 |align=center|4:07 |Dallas, Texas, United States | |- | Win |align=center| 7–1 |Luke Barnatt | Decision (split) |UFC Fight Night: Edgar vs. Swanson | |align=center|3 |align=center|5:00 |Austin, Texas, United States | |- | Loss |align=center| 6–1 |Patrick Cummins | TKO (punches) |UFC Fight Night: Henderson vs. Khabilov | |align=center|2 |align=center|2:28 |Albuquerque, New Mexico, United States | |- | Win |align=center| 6–0 |Hayward Charles | Decision (split) |Legacy Fighting Championship 23 | |align=center|3 |align=center|5:00 |San Antonio, Texas, United States | |- | Win |align=center| 5–0 |Matt Jones | TKO (punches) |XCP - Rocks Extreme | |align=center|1 |align=center|2:45 |Corpus Christi, Texas, United States | |- | Win |align=center| 4–0 |Aaron Glynn | Submission (rear-naked choke) |XCP - Blood & Glory | |align=center|1 |align=center|2:59 |Robstown, Texas, United States | |- | Win |align=center| 3–0 |Larry Hopkins | Submission (armbar) |UFP - Tournament of Warriors | |align=center|1 |align=center|2:39 |Corpus Christi, Texas, United States | |- | Win |align=center| 2–0 |Andrew Garza | TKO (punches) |STFC 19 | |align=center|2 |align=center|2:56 |McAllen, Texas, United States | |- | Win |align=center| 1–0 |Julio Villareal | TKO (punches) |STFC 17 | |align=center|1 |align=center|1:39 |Padre Island, Texas, United States | |- See also List of male mixed martial artists References External links Living people 1983 births American male mixed martial artists Mixed martial artists from Texas Mixed martial artists utilizing boxing Mixed martial artists utilizing Brazilian jiu-jitsu Sportspeople from Corpus Christi, Texas Ultimate Fighting Championship male fighters American practitioners of Brazilian jiu-jitsu

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Wabern–Brilon Wald railway

The Wabern–Brilon Wald railway is a 86.7 kilometre-long, single-track, partially disused secondary railway line from Wabern in North Hesse to Brilon-Wald in North Rhine-Westphalia. The disused middle section from Bad Wildungen to Korbach is called the Ederseebahn (Eder Railway) after the nearby Edersee (Lake Eder), while the section between Korbach and Brilon Wald is called the Uplandbahn (Upland Railway) after the Upland range. Route Wabern–Bad Wildungen section The line towards Korbach initially runs upstream in the valley of the Eder through the Schwalm-Eder district from Wabern, where there is a connection to the Main-Weser Railway, to Zennern, after which it crosses Autobahn 49, and continues along federal road 253 via Fritzlar and through the Porta Hassiaca (Hessian Gate) via Ungedanken and Mandern to Wega. The line from Mandern to Willingen passes through the Waldeck-Frankenberg district. The line continues from the Wega triangular juncture along federal road 253 through the valley of Wilde to the terminal station at Bad Wildungen. Freight trains on the Wabern–Korbach route were able to bypass Bad Wildungen, using a connecting curve in Wega. Edersee Railway—Bad Wildungen–Bergheim section From Bad Wildungen, trains on the line, now known as the Ederseebahn (Edersee Railway), reverse to return to the Wega triangular juncture. From there, the line, which was closed in May 1995, runs towards Korbach. First it runs through the Wega Tunnel directly west of Wega, piercing a wooded spur, and then continues up the Eder valley via Anraff and Giflitz (Bergheim-Giflitz station) to Bergheim. E.ON connecting line (Bergheim–Hemfurth) While the main line continues towards Korbach, the decommissioned E.ON connecting line ran from Bergheim through the Eder valley and along the Affolderner See reservoir to the Waldeck Pumped Storage Station near Hemfurth, a district of Hemfurth-Edersee. There it crossed the Eder to end at a terminal station near the valley station of the Peterskopfbahn funicular railway. A little to the north of it is the Edersee dam. In 2006, a Draisine line was established on an approximately two-kilometre section between Affoldern and Hemfurth. A new stop with a 20-metre-long platform was built in its support in Affoldern at the Edersee Info-Point. The line ends directly in front of the Eder Bridge near Hemfurth. It was originally planned to extend the line to Hemfurth station, but this could not be carried out because the Eder Bridge is also used by road vehicles. Edersee Railway—Bergheim–Korbach section Before Bergheim, the Edersee Railway crosses from the southern to the northern bank of the Eder and then climbs up the valley of the Netze next to federal road 485. It crosses the valleys of some stream, which required some complex bridge structures to be built. It runs to the Mehlen district of Lieschensruh, which has no station, over the 30 metre-high Buhlen Viaduct, which spans both the Netze and federal road 485, after which it runs through Buhlen and Waldeck-Ost to Netze. Waldeck station was the hub of operations on the line, which until its closure was a rustic branch line. The course of the line then runs westwards over Selbach Viaduct, which spans the Reiherbach valley near Selbach. The line then ran via Sachsenhausen, after which it passed through Sachsenhausen Tunnel under federal road 485, then continued north to Höringhausen. There it made an uneven, elongated 180° turn, and then ran to the west across the Werbe again on a high embankment. The line passes through Meineringhausen and Meineringhäusen Tunnel, passing under federal road 251, and a little later it crosses the Am Melm track while running next to route 251. It reaches Korbach, where the line again passes over a bridge over federal road 251, which forms Korbach's south ring. There is a connection to the Warburg–Sarnau railway at Korbach Hauptbahnhof, where the disused Edersee Railway ends. Upland Railway—Korbach–Usseln section Beyond Korbach (384 m above sea level) the Uplandbahn (Upland Railway), which is still in operation, runs slightly north-west along federal road 251 and climbs significantly until shortly after Usseln (580 to 620 m). First it passes through Lelbach to the now closed Lelbach-Rhena station, after which it runs to the north of Rhena. Here it crosses a small tributary of the Rhena in the catchment area of the Neerdar on the Rhena Viaduct (Rhenaer Viadukt). This is followed by Bömighausen station north of Bömighausen and then Bömighäusen Viaduct (Bömighäuser Viadukt), which crosses a small stream in the Neerdar catchment area. The line reaches Neerdar station to the north of Neerdar. Passing Eimelrod station to the south of Eimelrod, the railway line runs to Usseln after bridging federal road 251 again, where it crosses the Diemel on the Usseln Viaduct (Usselner Viadukt). All stations between Korbach and Usseln are now out of use. Upland Railway—Usseln–Brilon Wald section The last part through the Upland is downhill. After Usseln, the line reaches Stryck station, northeast of Stryck, after again crossing under federal road 251, where trains only stop when ski jumping events are held at the Mühlenkopfschanze. The line now turns to the northeast and crosses the Itter on the Willingen Viaduct (Willinger Viadukt) to reach Willingen. Beyond Willingen it runs to the north in the valley of the Hoppecke, where it crosses the state border with North Rhine-Westphalia and the Hochsauerland district, towards Brilon-Wald. There is a connection to the Upper Ruhr Valley Railway, which connects Hagen with Warburg. The Wabern–Brilon Wald railway ends there. There is another connection to the Alme Valley Railway, which was restored for passenger traffic as far as Brilon Stadt in December 2011. A large proportion of the trains from Korbach terminate at Brilon Stadt. History The line was opened in several sections: Wabern–Bad-Wildungen on 15 July 1884 Bad Wildungen–Buhlen on 1 February 1909 Buhlen–Waldeck on 1 May 1911 Waldeck–Korbach on 1 June 1912 Korbach–Lelbach-Rhena on 30 May 1914 Brilon Wald–Willingen on 12 October 1914 Lelbach-Rhena–Eimelrod on 1 May 1916 Eimelrod–Usseln on 14 August 1916 Usseln–Willingen on 2 April 1917 Until about 1982, a Heckeneilzug ("hedge express"; a train that runs express in metropolitan areas, but stops at all stations in rural areas) ran between Korbach and Brilon as part of a route from Frankfurt to Bremerhaven (and to Hamburg for a time). A pair of express trains ran from Bad Wildungen to Amsterdam and back until 1991. Traffic between Bergheim-Giflitz and Korbach was stopped on 27 May 1995 due to the need to renovate bridge structures. Subsequently, the line from Bad Wildungen via Bergheim-Giflitz to Hemfurth-Edersee was used for excursion traffic, using the E.ON connecting track to the Waldeck Pumped Storage Station running between Bergheim-Giflitz and Hemfurth-Edersee. Traffic was stopped again on 3 October 2001 due to the need to rehabilitate the line. Reactivation of the line is still under discussion. Freight traffic between Korbach and Bad Wildungen was discontinued on 1 January 1992. Current operations Wabern–Bad Wildungen Service run every two on the section between Wabern and Bad Wildungen. There are deviations from this pattern in the morning peak hour. From 7 a.m. onwards, all trains run continuously to and from Kassel. From and to the south there are connections to the Regional-Express service between Kassel and Frankfurt am Main in Wabern. Since the timetable change in 2008/2009, the service has been operated by the Kurhessenbahn, which took over operations from the Hessische Landesbahn. Until December 2015, most of the trains ran only on the route between Wabern and Bad Wildungen, with a short wait between for a connection to Kassel in Wabern. The Waldeck-Frankenberg district and the town of Bad Wildungen support the new direct services with an annual operating subsidy. Korbach–Brilon Wald A basic two-hour cycle operates on the section between Korbach and Brilon Wald. This is increased by additional trains in the morning and afternoon. Due to Willingen's touristic importance, a significantly denser train service is provided between Brilon Wald and Willingen from Friday to Sunday, with some services running to/from Hagen and Dortmund, offering further travel options. The Uplandbahn between Korbach and Brilon Wald is particularly important for the development of the tourist and winter sports location of Willingen in the Waldeck Upland. Local passenger services are operated by the Kurhessenbahn. The average speed of the trains is around 53 km/h. Both sections, which are still being used, have been threatened with closure several times in recent years. The line between Korbach and Willingen was temporarily out of order due to the dilapidation of Willingen Viaduct. The renovation of the four viaducts in Rhena, Bömighausen, Usseln and Willingen enabled the Kurhessenbahn to resume continuous operation. The maximum permissible speed has been increased to 100 km/h. Control of Usseln and Willingen stations was transferred to a ZSB2000 signal box built by Scheidt & Bachmann under a nationwide pilot project, with the train controller being based in Korbach. In the meantime, the Signalisierter Zugleitbetrieb operating procedure (a form of direct traffic control) was authorised and Korbach Hauptbahnhof was equipped with combination signals (Ks-Signalsystem). Since November 2009, the line has been remotely controlled by the train controller at Kassel Hauptbahnhof. In 2015, as part of the line modernisation, the Untere Edertalbahn (Korbach–Frankenberg) section was restored. Since then the R 42 trains that run from Marburg have connected to Brilon Stadt. Edersee Railway rail trail The 26.139 kilometre-long Edersee Railway rail trail (Ederseebahn-Radweg) on the Korbach–Buhlen section of the disused Edersee Railway was established from 2008 to 2012. This includes tunnels and bridges. References Footnotes Sources Railway lines in Hesse Railway lines in North Rhine-Westphalia Railway lines opened in 1884 1884 establishments in Germany Buildings and structures in Hochsauerlandkreis Buildings and structures in Waldeck-Frankenberg Buildings and structures in Schwalm-Eder-Kreis

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Town Hall of Porto Alegre

The Town Hall of Porto Alegre (), also known as Old City Hall () or Paço dos Açorianos, is a historic building in Porto Alegre, capital of the Brazilian state of Rio Grande do Sul, being one of the most characteristic and important architectural landmarks of the city. It was inaugurated in 1901, with a project by Giovanni Colfosco, hosting the mayor's office and administrative bodies for a long time. It was listed by the municipality in 1979 and, after extensive renovations in 2003, it began to lend some of its rooms for art exhibitions, also having the offices and technical reserve of the Artistic Collection of the City Hall of Porto Alegre there. In 2022, during the celebrations week of the city's 250th anniversary, the mayor handed over the building to the administration of the Municipal Secretariat of Culture, which intends to transform it into a museum, the Museum of Art of Porto Alegre. History The Town Hall was built to be the headquarters of the Intendance of Porto Alegre, which until then operated in several rented spaces in the Historic Center of Porto Alegre. Once elected by the Republican Party in 1897, intendant José Montaury committed himself to the construction of a permanent headquarters for the local Executive power. This required landfilling at Doca do Carvão and the sale of municipal real estate in order to raise funds for the building. The first project for the Intendency was that of the engineer Oscar Bittencourt, but due to political considerations the project was vetoed and a new design was commissioned from Venetian engineer Giovanni Colfosco. The cornerstone was laid on 5 April 1898, and construction began on 28 September of that same year. The building was completed in April 1901, being occupied from 15 May by the Municipal Council, the Secretariat, Accounting, Treasury and Collection, in addition to the Public Archives, Vehicle Inspectorate, Public Assistance and the first Police Station, with its respective jail. The final cost of the work reached 500 million réis, and most of the materials used came from Porto Alegre itself. In 1977 it was included by the municipal government in the Inventory of Real Estate of Historical and Cultural Value and of Expressive Tradition, being listed by the municipality on 21 November 1979. In the square in front of it the building lies the Talavera de La Reina Fountain, donated by the Spanish colony in honor of the centenary of the Ragamuffin War. It underwent a profound renovation in 2003, adapting several internal spaces for art exhibitions and for the safekeeping of the Porto Alegre City Hall Art Collection. At the end of 2021 it was announced that the building would no longer house the administrative headquarters of the City Hall. In early 2022, the municipal government began its move to a new address, the Habitasul Building, at Travessa General João Manoel n° 157, and on 26 March, the building was handed over to the Municipal Secretariat of Culture, which will transform it into a museum, the Museum of Art of Porto Alegre. The ceremony was part of the celebrations for the 250th anniversary of Porto Alegre. However, the mayor's office and the Noble Hall will be reserved for the use of the Executive. Description It is the first building of a clearly positivist character in Porto Alegre, and whose general layout, in the shape of an H, left profound influences on the official architecture of the period. The building reflects the prevailing taste for monumentality at the time, and follows an eclectic style derived from neoclassical patterns, and influenced by positivist guidelines, as can be seen from the allegorical statuary on the facade. In the group on the right, next to Borges de Medeiros Avenue, the central figure represents Liberty and the one on the right, History; the bust of Pericles, Democracy; the figure on the left represents Science. The central figure of the group placed near Uruguai Street represents Agriculture; the one on the right represents Commerce; and the one on the left Industry. In addition, isolated statues representing Justice and the Republic. On the front façade there are busts of José Bonifácio and Deodoro da Fonseca. In the center is the Coat of Arms of the Republic. The use of classical orders did not prevent creative and symbolic adaptations of traditional stylistic patterns. For example, the Doric order on the ground floor represents Power, and the Corinthian, at the top, Harmony and Justice. The body of the building has a busy, tripartite volume, with angular elements projecting forward. All four facades are decorated, although the statuary and greater ornamentation are concentrated on the main facade, where a small central tower also rises. It is also ornated with shed windows with eardrums, parapets, balustrades, base simulating rustic stone, and large marble lions on the front side stairs. Gallery References Citations Bibliography Government of Porto Alegre City and town halls in Brazil Museums in Porto Alegre

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Red (The Communards album)

Red is the second album by British synth-pop duo the Communards, released on 5 October 1987 by London Records in the United Kingdom and MCA Records in the United States. It reached number 4 on the UK Albums Chart and number 93 on the US Billboard 200 and has been certified platinum in the UK. Red features the singles "Never Can Say Goodbye", "Tomorrow", "There's More to Love Than Boy Meets Girl" and "For a Friend". Notable songs "Never Can Say Goodbye" The Clifton Davis-penned song was originally performed by the Jackson 5, but this rendition is similar to Gloria Gaynor's disco version. Jimmy Somerville's "straight ahead" vocals are a strength of the song, with Andy Kellman of AllMusic crediting him with producing a recording that "stands apart" from other versions. The single proved successful on both sides of the Atlantic; reaching number 4 in the UK and number 51 in the US, while being certified silver in the UK. The track was used in the Doctor Who episode "Father's Day". "For a Friend" The last cut on the original vinyl side one is an emotional ballad. It was written in memory of Mark Ashton, a friend of Somerville and Richard Coles who died of HIV/AIDS. Mark Hooper of The Rough Guide to Rock writes that this cut may be Somerville's "most impassioned moment". It was among the first pop songs to address AIDS. "For a Friend" reached number 28 on the British charts. It was featured in the soundtrack of the 2014 film Pride. It was also one of the songs played at Burberry’s February 2018 show, marking Christopher Bailey’s final outing for the brand. Artwork and title The album cover is white with a grey five-pointed star containing two faces in profile (the group's logo). Directly above the star is the band's name in plain all capital letters. Above the band's name in red flowing script is the album title 'Red'. The title is a nod to the duo's socialist leanings at the time. The US issue features the cover in red. Reception Opinions vary as to where this album stands next to its predecessor, Communards. Andy Kellman of AllMusic's retrospective review feels it "tops their respectable debut in nearly every aspect" and that the singles "Tomorrow" and "There's More to Love Than Boy Meets Girl" are "stronger than anything on the debut". On the other hand, Kate Walter of Spin said it is "weaker than [their] sizzling debut album". Balancing these opinions was Mark Hooper of The Rough Guide to Rock who wrote that the album is "every bit as accomplished as its predecessor". Kellman's review praises the production work of Stephen Hague and calls the album "a defining Euro-dance record of the latter half of the '80s". Walter credits Cole's "rickety–tickety synthesizers" and "tingly keyboards" along with Somerville's "squeals" and "whoops" as strengths of the album but bemoans the lack of cohesion of the album's side two compared to its first half. Track listing Richard Coles and Jimmy Somerville, except where noted LP CD 2012 Re-issue 2022 Re-issue Personnel The Communards Jimmy Somerville – lead vocals and backing vocals Richard Coles – synthesizers, piano and drum machine Additional musicians Rob Fisher – synthesizer and sequencer Dave Renwick – bass Gary Barnacle – soprano saxophone Simon Clarke – alto saxophone and baritone saxophone Pandit Dinesh – percussions Sally Herbert – violin Judd Lander – harmonica Roddy Lorimer – trumpet June Miles-Kingston – drums and backing vocals Audrey Riley – cello Jocelyn Pook – viola Tim Sanders – tenor saxophone Steve Sidwell – trumpet Anne Stephenson – violin Annie Whitehead – trombone Jo Pretzel – synthesizers Zita Wadwa – additional vocals Caroline Buckley – backing vocals Charts Weekly charts Year-end charts Certifications References 1987 albums Albums produced by Stephen Hague The Communards albums Eurodance albums London Records albums MCA Records albums