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Peter Seaman may refer to:
Jeffrey Price and Peter S. Seaman
Peter Seaman (Mayor of Norwich)
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Staff captain is the English translation of a number of military ranks:
Historical use of the rank
Czechoslovakia
In the Czechoslovak Army, until 1953, staff captain (, ) was a senior captain rank, ranking between captain and major.
Estonia
The rank of staff captain () was adopted from the Russian Imperial Army and used briefly by the Estonian military right before the German occupation of Estonia during World War I. During the occupation, it was replaced with the rank of captain.
Ireland
The rank of Staff Captain () was used by the Irish Republican Army during the Irish revolutionary period (1917–23).
During The Troubles the rank was used by the Official IRA & Provisional IRA. Joe McCann was a Staff Captain in the Officials and killed unarmed by the British Army in 1972. John Francis Green was a Staff Captain in the Provisionals North Armagh Brigade & killed by the Ulster Volunteer Force in 1975 allegedly with the help of Royal Ulster Constabulary members from the infamous Glenanne gang.
Prussia
Staff captain (Stabskapitän, also: Stabshauptmann) is a historic military rank used in the Prussian army.
It ranked between the Premierleutnant (later called Oberleutnant) and Hauptmann/Rittmeister in the Prussian army. Its holder represented the actual captain and company commander in his absence, frequently and often for long periods, should his (usually noble) Hauptmann show no interest in leading the company, though the Hauptmann would retain his rank, status and uniform.
In the army of Frederick the Great, a regiment's Regimentschef, Oberst, staff officers, company commanders and those of nearby rank received a far higher rank than the staff captains who actually led the company. From this difference later developed the salary difference between a first class "Hauptleute first class" and "Hauptleute second class".
Russia
In the Russian Imperial Army (RIA) the OF-2b rank of Stabs-kapitan () counted as a lieutenant captain ("light" captain) or senior lieutenant (ru: старший лейтенант; starshy leytenant) who ranked between poruchik (ru: пору́чик (OF-1a)) and captain (ru: капитан; kapitan (OF-2a)) and was in charge of a company-size military unit.
Sweden
Staff captain was a rank in the Swedish Army from 1750 until 1833, ranking above Lieutenant but under captain.
A staff captain was the actual commander of one of the three companies in a foot regiment that had the field grade officers as formal commanding officers: the Colonel's Company, the Lieutenant Colonel's Company and the Major's Company. The corresponding rank before 1750 was kaptenlöjtnant.
United Kingdom
In the Royal Navy the master of the fleet was ranked as a staff captain after 1864, just below the captain, but he was not considered an executive branch officer and was not eligible for further promotion. Some exceptions were made to this rule, such as transfer to the executive officers list and promotion to Captain of Sir Frederick Evans upon his retirement in 1872, in recognition of his hydrographic survey work and scientific merits.
Current use of the rank
Finland
A rank similar to Stabskapitän, yliluutnantti, is in use in Finnish military ranks.
Germany
Stabshauptmann (StHptm) meaning "Staff Captain", is the highest military rank in the Bundeswehr for limited duty officers (Offiziere des Militärfachlichen Dienstes (OffzMilFD)).
Bundeswehr
Staff captain is the top rank for officers of the MilFD-career. They have the same paygrade (A13) as majors. It is one of the rarest ranks in the German military. Those are former NCOs who have accomplished a special training programme through which they are given the opportunity to become officers. The navy equivalent is Stabskapitänleutnant (staff lieutenant captain (navy)).
Historically, a rank named "Stabshauptmann" (also: "Stabskapitän") existed in several German armies (such as Prussia) in the 18th century. However, while the modern Stabshauptman is a Senior Captain senior to a regular Hauptmann, the historical Stabshauptmann was a Junior captain, ranking below Hauptmann rank. In 18th century armies companies often were "owned" by a nobleman, who formally was the company's captain, but did not actually command the unit. Instead, the owner of the company appointed an officer from the company his "Stabshauptmann", who technically served as the Hauptmann's mere staff assistant, but actually led the unit in his place.
The reversing in ranking of "Hauptmann" and "Stabshauptmann" in modern times is consequence of the practice in modern German military organisations (Reichswehr, Wehrmacht) to name the highest rank of a rank group beginning with the prefix "Stabs-", indicating that the holder serves in staff position to officers of the next higher rank group, e.g. during World War II, the highest NCO rank in the German army was Stabsfeldwebel, who served as direct assistant to company-grade officers or in staff function. However, this is no longer represented in the Bundeswehr's post-World War II rank structure since the creation of rank levels senior to the "Stabs-" level of ranks, denoted by the prefix "Oberstabs-" ("Senior Staff-", e.g. Oberstabsfeldwebel). There are no plans to create the rank of "Oberstabshauptmann".
German pay grade of Stabshauptmann is A13, same as of major (Hauptmann: A11/A12). According to NATO's STANAG 2116, the NATO rank code of Stabshauptmann is OF-2, same as for regular Hauptmann and therefore equal to captain rank in other NATO armies. To express the seniority of Stabshauptmann, "OF-2a" or other modifications of the official NATO rank code are in use unofficially.
See also
Captain lieutenant — naval rank of junior captain (naval), equal to the Commonwealth or United States rank of lieutenant (naval)
Staff (military)
History of Russian military ranks
Captain (disambiguation)
References
Military ranks of Germany
Military ranks of Russia
Prussian Army
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Richard Matthew Burwell (January 23, 1940 – May 1, 2023) was an American professional baseball pitcher. A right-hander, Burwell pitched parts of two seasons in Major League Baseball, 1960 and 1961, for the Chicago Cubs. The native of Alton, Illinois, attended Illinois Wesleyan University. He was listed as tall and .
Burwell's pro career lasted for seven years (1959–1965), all in the Cubs' organization. He appeared in a total of five major league games, including one start, his maiden MLB appearance on September 13, 1960, against the Cincinnati Reds at Crosley Field. Burwell allowed six earned runs in five innings pitched on six hits (including home runs by Gordy Coleman and Eddie Kasko) and three bases on balls. He left the game for a pinch hitter with the Cubs trailing 6–4. However, he was not charged with the loss: the Cubs tied the score at six after Burwell's exit, and the decisive run in Chicago's 8–6 defeat was charged to relief pitcher Don Elston.
In Burwell's two late-season big-league trials, he allowed 17 hits and 11 bases on balls in 13 innings pitched, with one strikeout. He did not earn a decision and posted an earned run average of 6.59.
Burwell died in Arizona on May 1, 2023, at the age of 83.
References
External links
1940 births
2023 deaths
Amarillo Gold Sox players
Burlington Bees players
Chicago Cubs players
Dallas–Fort Worth Spurs players
Fort Worth Cats players
Illinois Wesleyan Titans baseball players
Lancaster Red Roses players
Major League Baseball pitchers
Paris Lakers players
Baseball players from Madison County, Illinois
St. Cloud Rox players
Salt Lake City Bees players
Wenatchee Chiefs players
People from Alton, Illinois
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The 117th Pennsylvania House of Representatives District is located in Lackawanna County, Luzerne County and all of Wyoming County and includes the following areas:
Lackawanna County
Benton Township
Dalton
La Plume Township
West Abington Township
Luzerne County
Dallas
Dallas Township
Fairmount Township
Franklin Township
Harveys Lake
Hunlock Township
Lake Township
Lehman Township
Ross Township
All of Wyoming County
Representatives
References
Government of Columbia County, Pennsylvania
Government of Luzerne County, Pennsylvania
Government of Wyoming County, Pennsylvania
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Emelyn Thatcher Whiton (née Leonard, later Righter, March 1, 1916 – March 1, 1962) was an American sailor.
Emelyn Leonard was born in New York City. In 1939 she married Herman Whiton, who was helmsman of the American boat Llanoria which won the 6 metre class at the 1948 Olympics. Herman repeated the feat at the 1952 Olympics with the same boat and a different crew, including his wife as an alternate. Since she had not participated in the Olympic regatta she did not receive a medal.
Emelyn divorced Herman Whiton in 1957 and married Brewster Righter in 1958. She died in the plane crash of American Airlines Flight 1 in Jamaica Bay, on her 46th birthday.
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1916 births
1962 deaths
American female sailors (sport)
Olympic gold medalists for the United States in sailing
Sailors at the 1952 Summer Olympics – 6 Metre
Victims of aviation accidents or incidents in 1962
Victims of aviation accidents or incidents in the United States
Accidental deaths in New York (state)
Sportspeople from New York City
20th-century American women
20th-century American people
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The Economic Cooperation Framework Agreement (ECFA) is a free trade agreement (FTA) between the governments of the People's Republic of China (mainland China, PRC, commonly "China") and the Republic of China (ROC, commonly "Taiwan"), that aims to reduce tariffs and commercial barriers between the two sides, as well as improve cross-strait relations.
The pact was signed on June 29, 2010, in Chongqing, and was seen as the most significant agreement since the two sides split after the Chinese Civil War in 1949, since neither government recognize the other as being the sole government of China. It was expected to boost the then current US$197.28 billion bilateral trade between both sides.
Background
The government of the People's Republic of China uses its influence on neighboring economic powers to prevent them from signing free-trade agreements (FTAs) with the Republic of China ("Taiwan") which China claims that the ROC has been eliminated and so Taiwan is part of its territory. Instead, under the leadership of the Kuomintang, Taipei was motivated to sign the ECFA with mainland China partly in hope that once it has this agreement the PRC will stop pressuring other countries to avoid such agreements with Taiwan, as well as to counteract the negative consequences of China's free trade agreement with ASEAN.
The ECFA has been compared with the Closer Economic Partnership Arrangements mainland China signed with the Special Administrative Regions: Hong Kong and Macau.
The deal is also structured to benefit Taiwan far more than mainland China. The "early harvest" list of tariff concessions covers 539 Taiwanese products and 267 mainland Chinese goods. The advantage to Taiwan would amount to , while mainland China would receive benefits estimated at . Mainland China will also open markets in 11 service sectors such as banking, securities, insurance, hospitals and accounting, while Taiwan agreed to offer wider access in seven areas, including banking and movies.
Financial reforms were kicked off on January 16, 2010, with the signing of three Memoranda of Understanding (MOU) between Taiwan's Financial Supervisory Commission Chairman Sean Chen and three counterpart agencies in Beijing for Banking, Insurance and Securities. The FSC is hoping that Taiwan will get more leniency in the hurdles set by the Chinese government for foreign players. These hurdles have limited the growth of these foreign players relative to their local peers.
Signing and review
The negotiation process took place over several rounds. Substantive yet informal discussions regarding the ECFA initially took place during the 4th round of SEF-ARATS discussions in December 2009. During this time the delegates for China and Taiwan laid down the framework for the first round of ECFA talks which took place on January 26, 2010, in Beijing. Kao Koong-lian, secretary general and vice chairman of the Straits Exchange Foundation (SEF), led the 13 member Taiwanese delegation while Zheng Lizhong, Vice President of the Association for Relations Across the Taiwan Straits (ARATS), represented China's interests. Subsequent rounds of ECFA talks took place on March 31, 2010, in Taipei and June 13, 2010, in Beijing. The final agreement was signed during the 5th round of SEF-ARATS talks on June 29, 2010, in Chongqing. Chiang Pin-kung, the chairman of Taiwan's SEF represented Taiwan. Chen Yunlin, the President of ARATS, represented mainland China. Taiwan's Executive Yuan approved the ECFA on July 2, 2010 and the Legislative Yuan (parliament) approved the deal on August 17, meaning the deal became law on January 1, 2011. The ECFA came into effect on September 12, 2010.
Response
Debate
ECFA was widely debated in Taiwan, in regards to potential effects on local Taiwanese businesses, as well as on how the government has presented it to the public. The opposition Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) and other pro–independence groups believe that the free trade agreement is a "cover" for unification with China by "inextricably linking" the two economies. According to Jie Huang of China Review, it is a means to maintain peace in cross-Strait relations and "ultimately to reach the goal of reunification." A debate was held and televised on April 25, 2010.
Referendum proposals
In 2010, the originally-from-China pan-blue-camp-controlled several times rejected referendum proposals against Ma Ying-jeou administration's economic agreement with China even the numbers of petition forms for a referendum has been reached and nearly 200,000 signatures has been collected. The public opinion survey shows a majority of respondents opposed the signing of that package with China and many experts and politicians among protesters sees a referendum for this as essential.
Reception
There were some protests against the signing of the ECFA which would boost two-way trade organized by the Sunflower Student Movement, a popular movement that had the general support of, but was not led by, Taiwan's then opposition Democratic Progressive Party. A spokesman for the DPP said the trade agreement with China could damage the local economy and undermine Taiwan's sovereignty as he was against the One China market concept. President Ma Ying-jeou responded that the signing would not lead to a One China market.
Many protesters accuse the agreement as eventually leading Taiwan towards unification with mainland China. The DPP claimed that 100,000 took part in the protest, while the police said there were about 32,000 people. The demonstration started at 3pm and ended by 7pm.
Clash in the legislature
On July 8, 2010, a Legislative Yuan meeting was held. The DPP insisted the ECFA agreement be reviewed article by article. That demand was rejected by the KMT caucus. A six-minute fight then broke out among the legislators. Wang Jin-pyng was at the podium surrounded by other KMT legislators. Liu Chien-kuo, Su Chen-ching (蘇震清) and Kuo Wen-chen (郭玟成) attempted to get to him and failed. Lawmakers threw paper, water and trash at each other. KMT legislator Wu Yu-sheng (吳育昇) was hit in the head by a clock. He had to be transported to National Taiwan University Hospital. A number of other people were involved in the scuffle. Two KMT legislators held DPP chairwoman Tsai Ing-wen responsible for the clash.
See also
Cross-Strait relations
Cross-Strait Service Trade Agreement
Political status of Taiwan
Mainland and Hong Kong Closer Economic Partnership Arrangement (CEPA)
Mainland and Macau Closer Economic Partnership Arrangement (CEPA)
Notes
References
External links
English translation of the Economic Cooperation Framework Agreement Ministry of Economic Affairs, Republic of China
Taiwan Affairs Office of the State Council
Straits Exchange Foundation
2010 in China
Treaties concluded in 2010
2010 in Taiwan
Cross-Strait relations
Treaties of the People's Republic of China
Treaties of Taiwan
Treaties entered into force in 2010
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The 2006 Bavarian Cup was the ninth edition of this competition, organised by the Bavarian Football Association (BFV), which was started in 1998. It ended with the TSG Thannhausen winning the competition. Together with the finalist, SpVgg Bayreuth, both clubs were qualified for the DFB Cup 2006-07.
The competition is open to all senior men's football teams playing within the Bavarian football league system and the Bavarian clubs in the Regionalliga Süd (III).
Rules & History
The seven Bezirke in Bavaria each play their own cup competition which in turn used to function as a qualifying to the German Cup (DFB-Pokal). Since 1998 these seven cup-winners plus the losing finalist of the region that won the previous event advance to the newly introduced Bavarian Cup, the Toto-Pokal. The two finalists of this competition advance to the German Cup. Bavarian clubs which play in the first or second Bundesliga are not permitted to take part in the event, their reserve teams however can. The seven regional cup winners plus the finalist from last season's winners region are qualified for the first round.
Participating clubs
The following eight clubs qualified for the 2006 Bavarian Cup:
Bavarian Cup season 2005-06
Teams qualified for the next round in bold.
Regional finals
The SpVgg Weiden, runners-up of the Oberpfalz Cup is the eights team qualified for the Bavarian Cup due to Jahn Regensburg from Oberpfalz having won the Cup in the previous season.
First round
Semi-finals
Final
DFB Cup 2006-07
The two clubs, TSG Thannhausen and SpVgg Bayreuth, who qualified through the Bavarian Cup for the DFB Cup 2006-07 both were knocked out in the first round of the national cup competition:
References
Sources
Deutschlands Fussball in Zahlen 2005/06 Yearbook of German football, author: DSFS, publisher: Agon Sport Verlag, published: 2006, page: 289–290
External links
Bavarian FA website
2006
Bavarian
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Olivier Cazal (born 1962, Toulouse) is a French pianist.
He was awarded 2nd prizes at the 1988 Maria Canals Competition, the 1991 Concorso Busoni (ex-aequo with Igor Kamenz), the 1991 Long-Thibaud Competition, and the 1992 Sydney International Piano Competition. He won 1st prize at the 1993 Premio de Jaén.
Cazal is internationally active as a concert pianist, and has recorded Francis Poulenc's complete piano works for Naxos Records.
References
Naxos Records
External links
Performance of Sergey Prokofiev's 3rd Piano Concerto (coda)
Living people
1962 births
21st-century French male classical pianists
20th-century French male classical pianists
Sydney International Piano Competition prize-winners
Prize-winners of the Ferruccio Busoni International Piano Competition
Long-Thibaud-Crespin Competition prize-winners
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Nat Mauldin is an American screenwriter and film producer.
Writing Credits
Barney Miller (1981-1982) (TV)
Newhart (1983) (TV)
Night Court (1984-1987) (TV)
Have Faith (1989) (TV)
Downtown (1990)
Howie and Rose (1991) (TV)
Capitol Critters (1992) (TV)
The Preacher's Wife (with Allan Scott) (1996)
Dr. Dolittle (with Larry Levin) (1998)
The In-Laws (with Andrew Fleming) (2003)
Open Season (with Steve Bencich and Ron J. Friedman) (2006)
The Perfect Holiday (with Lance Rivera, Marc Calixte and Jeff Stein) (2007)
A Christmas Story 2 (2012)
External links
Year of birth missing (living people)
Living people
American male screenwriters
American film producers
American television writers
American male television writers
Sony Pictures Animation people
Writers Guild of America Award winners
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Behnam () is an Iranian / Persian masculine given name or family name, which translates as "distinguished, honorable, reputable, or acclaimed".
The name is composed of two parts: bih (به, meaning "good" or "best") and nâm (نام, meaning "name or reputation").
Given name
Behnam Abolghasempour (born 1973), Iranian football player
Behnam Abu Alsoof (1931–2012), Iraqi Assyriologist, anthropologist, historian and writer
Behnam Afas (born 1934), Iraqi-New Zealander author and researcher
Behnam Afsheh (born 1983), Iranian footballer
Behnam Asbaghi (born 1986), Iranian taekwondo practitioner
Behnam Barzay (born 1993), Iranian footballer
Behnam Behzadi (born 1972), Iranian director, screenwriter, editor and producer
Behnam Beyranvand, Iranian footballer
Behnam Ehsanpour (born 1992), Iranian wrestler
Behnam Khosroshahi (born 1989), Iranian cyclist
Behnam Mahmoudi (born 1980), Iranian volleyball player
Behnam Malakooti, American professor
Behnam Maleki (born 1992), Iranian cyclist
Behnam Sadeghi (born 1969), scholar of Islamic law and history
Behnam Seraj (born 1971), Iranian football player and manager
Behnam Taebi (born 1977), Dutch-Iranian ethicist and academician
Behnam Tashakkor (born 1977), Iraqi actor
Behnam Tayyebi (born 1975), Iranian wrestler
Behnam Yakhchali (born 1995), Iranian basketball player
Surname
Farjam Behnam (born 1966), Iranian editor and researcher
Jamshid Behnam (1928–2021), Iranian sociologist, writer and translator
Mariam Behnam (1921–2014), Iranian-born Emirati writer, diplomat and activist
Rostin Behnam, American lawyer and government official
Persian masculine given names
Masculine given names
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Half Thang is the second album by American rapper Richie Rich.
Track listing
"Intro" 0:32
"Ruff Neckin'" 5:06
"Half Thang" 3:55
"Busta Phree" 4:29
"As Usual (Skit)" 0:45
"80 Ounces" 3:05
"Fuck Dat Nigga (Skit)" 0:54
"Tastes Like Shit" 4:37
"Cheap Thrill" 4:32
"W. Dick (Skit)" (featuring Kev T.) 0:34
"Dirde Luv" 4:38
"Young Guns" (featuring T-Uni & Eclipz) 5:13
"Triple Gold (Outro)" 1:01
Samples
"Ruff Neckin'"
"Nuthin' but a "G" Thang" By Dr. Dre
"Half Thang"
"Ain't No Future in Yo' Frontin" by MC Breed
"Let Me Ride" by Dr. Dre
"Cheap Thrill"
"Seven Minutes of Funk" by Tyrone Thomas & The Whole Darn Family
"Pop Life" by Prince
"Triple Gold" (Skit)
"Waterfalls" By TLC
Chart history
References
External links
[ Half Thang] at Allmusic
Half Thang at Discogs
Half Thang at MusicBrainz
Richie Rich (rapper) albums
1996 albums
Gangsta rap albums by American artists
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The Cypriot National Guard is a combined arms force and represents the organised air, land and sea capabilities of the Republic of Cyprus. Equipment is mostly imported from other countries, since the country has very limited heavy industrial and commercial industrial capacity due to its small population and land mass (excluding Northern Cyprus). The role of maintaining, upgrading and modifying military equipment is primarily the task of the National Guard Technical Corps, though more complex activities rely upon the availability of civil contracts. As of 2023, the Republic of Cyprus will no longer be under US Defence sanctions opening the National Guard to the sale of US defence products.
Equipment
This list contains equipment which is in use by the Cypriot National Guard.
Infantry weapons
Armored vehicles
Artillery
Air defense
Surface defense
Aircraft
Gallery
See also
Military operations during the Turkish invasion of Cyprus
Turkish invasion of Cyprus
Armoured vehicles of the Cypriot National Guard
Cyprus Navy
Cyprus Air Forces
References
Equipment
Equipment
Cyprus
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Rotspitz (literally redpeak) is a mountain in Liechtenstein, located close to the Swiss border, due east of the Swiss town of Wartau. It is in the Rätikon range of the Eastern Alps, and reaches a height of .
References
www.hikr.org
Mountains of the Alps
Mountains of Liechtenstein
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España, rhapsody for orchestra ( or Rapsodie España) is the most famous orchestral composition by French composer Emmanuel Chabrier (1841–1894). Written in 1883 after a trip to Spain, it was dedicated to the conductor Charles Lamoureux, who conducted the first public performance on 4 November 1883, at the Théâtre du Château d’Eau for the Société des Nouveaux Concerts in Paris.
Background
From July to December 1882, Chabrier and his wife toured Spain, taking in San Sebastián, Burgos, Toledo, Sevilla, Granada, Málaga, Cádiz, Cordoba, Valencia, Zaragoza and Barcelona. His letters written during his travels are full of good humour, keen observation and his reactions to the music and dance he came across – and demonstrate his genuine literary gift. In a letter to Édouard Moullé (1845–1923); a long-time musician friend of Chabrier (himself interested in folk music of Normandy and Spain), the composer details his researches into regional dance forms, giving notated musical examples. A later letter to Lamoureux, from Cadiz, dated 25 October (in Spanish) has Chabrier writing that on his return to Paris he would compose an 'extraordinary fantasia' which would incite the audience to a pitch of excitement, and that even Lamoureux would be obliged to hug the orchestral leader in his arms, so voluptuous would be his melodies.
Although at first Chabrier worked on the piece for piano duet, this evolved into a work for full orchestra. Composed between January and August 1883, it was originally called Jota but this became España in October 1883. Encored at its first performance, and received well by the critics, it sealed Chabrier's fame overnight. The work was praised by Lecocq, Duparc, Hahn, de Falla (who did not think any Spanish composer had succeeded in achieving so genuine a version of the jota) and even Mahler (who declared it to be "the start of modern music" to musicians of the New York Philharmonic). Chabrier more than once described it as "a piece in F and nothing more".
Music
After a short guitar-like introduction, the first theme appears low on muted trumpets, and recurs four times during the piece. This is followed by a flowing second theme (bassoons, horns, cellos). Bassoons introduce another idea ben giocoso, sempre con impeto after which instrumental sections take up a dialogue with another highly rhythmic theme. After a return to the first theme, another flowing melody dolce espressivo on upper strings leads to a climax only broken by a marcato theme on trombones. Instrumental and thematic variants lead the piece to its ecstatic and joyous conclusion.
Chabrier's España inaugurated the vogue for hispanically flavoured music which found further expression in Debussy's Ibéria and Ravel's Rapsodie espagnole. Erik Satie parodied this trend in his piano piece Españaña from the suite Croquis et agaceries d'un gros bonhomme en bois (1913).
Orchestration
Strings; 3 flutes (1 piccolo), 2 oboes, 2 clarinets in B flat, 4 bassoons; 2 horns in F (chromatiques), 2 horns in C (ordinaires), 2 trumpets, 2 cornets à piston, 3 trombones, tuba; timpani, percussion (bass drum, cymbals, triangle, tambourine); 2 harps and strings.
Metronome marking: = 80. Performances generally last between 6 and 6½ minutes.
Chabrier made two transcriptions of España:
Song for soprano and piano
Two pianos
Other appearances
Parts of España feature prominently in Émile Waldteufel's waltz España of 1886. It is also the basis of the melody of the 1956 American popular song "Hot Diggity (Dog Ziggity Boom)" by Al Hoffman and Dick Manning.
In 1961 Roland Petit created a ballet entitled España using the score of Emmanuel Chabrier; costumes were by Yves Saint Laurent.
References
External links
Compositions by Emmanuel Chabrier
Compositions for symphony orchestra
Compositions for two pianos
Rhapsodies
1883 compositions
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Martin Ingemar Gunnarsson (March 30, 1927 – September 23, 1982) was an American sport shooter who competed in the 1964 Summer Olympics.
He was born in Töreboda, Västra Götaland County, Sweden, and died in Chattahoochee County, Georgia. In 1964 he won the bronze medal in the 300 meter rifle three positions competition.
References
1927 births
1982 deaths
People from Töreboda Municipality
American male sport shooters
ISSF rifle shooters
Shooters at the 1964 Summer Olympics
Olympic bronze medalists for the United States in shooting
Swedish emigrants to the United States
Medalists at the 1964 Summer Olympics
Pan American Games medalists in shooting
Pan American Games gold medalists for the United States
Shooters at the 1959 Pan American Games
Shooters at the 1963 Pan American Games
20th-century American people
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Ruskeala (; ) is a rural locality (a settlement) under the administrative jurisdiction of the town of republic significance of Sortavala in the Republic of Karelia, Russia. Within the framework of municipal divisions, Ruskeala is a part of Kaalamskoye Rural Settlement in Sortavalsky Municipal District.
An international tourist route, Blue Highway (Norway-Sweden-Finland-Russia) goes through Ruskeala.
History
Before the Winter War and Continuation War, it was the seat of Ruskeala Municipality of the Viipuri Province in Finland. Ruskeala became the main village of its own parish, independent of Kitee, in 1721.
Quarries
Not far from the settlement, the Ruskeala marble quarries are located. The deposit was discovered in 1765 and has been in operation since 1769. The integrity of the massif of the marble was cracked in the 20th century due to the use of dynamite. For this reason some quarries were abandoned and inundated. Now these picturesque deep quarries and adits with limpid water serve as a popular tourist attraction.
The length of the quarries from north to south is 460 meters, width - up to 100 meters. The distance from the highest point to the bottom is more than 50 meters. The transparency of the water reaches 15–18 meters.
The quarries, as well as some other marble deposits of Karelia, the Urals, and Italy, supplied various projects in St. Petersburg, including St. Isaac's Cathedral, Marble Palace, St. Michael's Castle, the interiors of the Winter Palace, New Hermitage and Kazan Cathedral, and decorations of the St. Petersburg Metro (namely the Primorskaya and Ladozhskaya stations).
Nature
The quarry site has been designed to become Ruskeala Park, a regional park. A series of small cascade waterfalls on the Tokhmayoki River is another popular tourist attraction situated near the settlement. The height of the waterfalls ranges from 3 to 4 meters. Waterfalls are known to tourists and extremes, overcoming them on kayaks.
Notable people
Teuvo Aura (1912–1999), former Mayor of Helsinki and Prime Minister of Finland; and Yrjö Keinonen (1912–1977), the Chief of Defence of the Finnish Defence Forces between 1965 and 1969; were both born in Ruskeala.
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Rural localities in the Republic of Karelia
Former municipalities of Finland
Marble
Quarries in Russia
Populated places in Sortavalsky District
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The Masters World Series of Indoor Cricket is the premier international championship of both men's and women's masters Indoor Cricket. The event is organised by the sport's governing body, the World Indoor Cricket Federation (WICF) and is held at varying intervals. The first Masters World Series contest was organised in Australia in 2001. Separate world championships are held for both junior and open age groups with the Junior World Series of Indoor Cricket and the Indoor Cricket World Cup held at similar intervals.
The World Series is contested by the members of the WICF (though member nations have not always entered teams) and beyond being an affiliated member of that body there are no formal qualifications for entry. Australia have been the most successful side with 20 collective titles.
Tournament Format
Whilst the precise nature of the tournament has varied slightly over the years, each tournament usually follows a simple round robin format followed by finals contested by the highest placed sides. The semi finals are contested by the top four sides and more often than not the winner of each semi final progresses to the World Series final.
The tournament usually takes place over the course of 7 to 10 days and is sometimes run in conjunction with the Junior World Series or other international contests.
On occasions where insufficient nations enter sides a test series is played in place of a World Series. This occurred in 2005 and 2013 where the only entrants in the Over 30 Women division were Australia and South Africa. Whilst Australia earned the title of World Champions as a result of winning this series the tournament itself was not classified as a World Series and is therefore not included as such.
Results
See also
Indoor Cricket World Cup
Junior World Series of Indoor Cricket
Indoor cricket
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Luis Mario Cabrera Molina (born 9 July 1956) is an Argentine retired footballer who played as a striker.
He spent almost his entire career in Spain – 12 seasons in representation of three teams, mainly Atlético Madrid.
Club career
Cabrera was born in La Rioja. He started his career in his country with Club Atlético Huracán in 1975, scoring 19 goals in two years. In 1978, he moved to Spain, starting out at CD Castellón in its second division.
For the 1980–81 season, Cabrera joined Atlético Madrid, but struggled for most of his stay there, overshadowed by Mexican Hugo Sánchez. Eventually the pair complemented itself, combining for 33 La Liga goals in 1984–85 as the capital side finished second and won the Copa del Rey; after the latter's departure to Real Madrid he played even more, and started in the following year's UEFA Cup Winners' Cup final, lost to FC Dynamo Kyiv.
Towards the end of his career, Cabrera played for Cádiz CF and had a second spell with Castellón (helping them promote to the top flight in his debut campaign), retiring at 34 with 209 matches and 63 goals in Spain's main tier.
Honours
References
External links
Atlético's Encyclopedia bio
1956 births
Living people
Sportspeople from La Rioja Province, Argentina
Argentine men's footballers
Men's association football forwards
Argentine Primera División players
Club Atlético Huracán footballers
La Liga players
Segunda División players
CD Castellón footballers
Atlético Madrid footballers
Cádiz CF players
Argentine expatriate men's footballers
Expatriate men's footballers in Spain
Argentine expatriate sportspeople in Spain
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Allen Chandler (5 December 1849 – 25 December 1926) was a batsman for Surrey in the 1870s. He was born at Kensington in London in 1849.
Chandler played 29 first-class matches between 1873 and 1877, scoring a total of 716 runs. He recorded his highest score of 74 against Cambridge University at The Oval in 1875. He captained the Surrey team during the 1876 season.
Chandler died at Haslemere in Surrey in 1926. He was aged 77.
References
1849 births
1926 deaths
English cricketers
Surrey cricketers
Surrey cricket captains
People educated at Cheltenham College
Surrey Club cricketers
Gentlemen of the South cricketers
Cricketers from Gloucestershire
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Kuhgrat (or Kuegrat) is the highest of a group of three peaks known as the Drei Schwestern which between them form part of the Austria-Liechtenstein border. It reaches a height of .
References
Mountains of Liechtenstein
Austria–Liechtenstein border
International mountains of Europe
Mountains of the Alps
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The Ponte del Gran Caso is a Roman bridge across the Torrente Gran Caso, 2 km east of Ascoli Piceno in central Italy.
The bridge has a span of 6 m, a width of 3.3 m and is built of travertine. The walls of one ramp feature two flood arches, one of which has a segmental shape and runs from the ground to the quarter point of the main arch rib. A similar segmental relieving arch can be found at another Roman bridge in central Italy, the Ponte di Pioraco.
The Gran Caso, in dialect "lu ran casc", derives its name from the Latin "casus", meaning "misfortune, an unhappy, disastrous event" and reflects the battles that took place near its banks. In 89 BC 75,000 Romans and 60,000 Picenes clashed nearby; evidence of the battle are the numerous lead bullets found. Pompey Strabo boasted strong ties with Spain and with Fermo, his city of origin, hence the FIR inscription on the recovered missile bullets. History tells us that hundreds of slingers were under his command in the ranks of the Roman army, and the knights of the so-called “Turna Sallutiana” were brought in from Spain, considered to be the main architects of the conquest of Ascoli. The Roman camp was located south of the Gran Caso ditch, towards the Tozzano plateau, where there are some hills still called "Pompè". Pompeius was later celebrated in the Campidoglio, with the “De Asculaneis Picentibus”, honours that were bestowed only for difficult undertakings and when the dead enemies amounted to at least five thousand.
A second important event took place nearby around 400, during the siege of town by Alaric I; the clash was particularly bloody so much so that the waters of the stream were tinged with the red of the blood of the corpses. However, it is said that the Goths fled, frightened by the appearance of Saint Emidius above the walls of Ascoli
See also
List of Roman bridges
Roman architecture
Roman engineering
References
Sources
Roman bridges in Italy
Deck arch bridges
Stone bridges in Italy
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Vitaly Samoshko (Ukrainian: Віталій Самошко, Vitaliy Samoshko; born 1973 in Kharkiv) is a Ukrainian pianist. He settled in Belgium in 2001.
His first significant achievement was a 6th prize at the 1992 Sydney International Piano Competition. He was subsequently awarded 2nd prizes at the 1993 Concorso Busoni, the 1996 Concours de Montreal and the 1998 Arthur Rubinstein Competition before winning the 1999 Queen Elisabeth Competition. He has built an international concert career since.
References
See also
Queen Elisabeth Music Competition
1973 births
Living people
Ukrainian classical pianists
Male classical pianists
Sydney International Piano Competition prize-winners
Prize-winners of the Ferruccio Busoni International Piano Competition
Prize-winners of the Queen Elisabeth Competition
21st-century classical pianists
21st-century male musicians
Musicians from Kharkiv
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The High School Affiliated to Nanjing Normal University Jiangning Campus (NSFJ-CN, Simplified Chinese: 南京师范大学附属中学江宁分校, nickname Fu-Zhong-Fen-Xiao 附中分校) is a high school located in Jiangning, Nanjing, People's Republic of China. It was founded in 2003, as the Jiangning Branch of the High School Affiliated to Nanjing Normal University. The Jiangning Campus totally contains more than 6000 students from different places in Asia. Jiangning Campus also runs real property business, it is the owner of an estate called Long Hu, Wenxinyuan.
Campus History
Founded on October 5, 2002, The High School Affiliated to Nanjing Normal University Jiangning Campus is the Jiangning Branch of the Famous High School, the High School Affiliated to Nanjing Normal University. While the Campus has only constructed its 20% of the building, it began its enrolment in July 2003. At that time, most of the staff are experienced staff from the city campus, students with high academic result from other cities who failed to enter the city campus, has been introduced to enroll in the Jiangning Campus rather than go back to their hometown, thus, For the first year of its teaching activities began, the Jiangning Campus achieve amazing result among private high schools around Nanjing. In the 2006 College Entrance Examination, 3 of the graduates enter Tsing-Hua University, the best University in China, while the percentage of the student who entered universities rated the 4th in the whole administrative area of Nanjing.
However, after its first successful result, most of the experienced staff from the city campus have been replaced with the staff from northern Jiangsu Province and new graduates from universities around Nanjing. With improper administration, the academic result have been reducing every year, in 2007 only 33% of the graduates enter universities, in 2008 the result is even low, less than 30%, while in 2009 the result become better than the past two years, as in 2006 the campus have loaded students with better background by its high achievement on College Entrance Examination, while compare to other high schools in Nanjing, such result is still inferior.
As unpleasant academic achievement in domestic College Entrance Examination, in late 2007, the new principal, Hai-Yein Lee, planned IELTS and TOEFL course within the campus, as student's successful enrollments in a foreign education institutes such as diploma course, foundation program, high school course in western countries and even language course provided by these institutes can be described as "entered famous universities in western countries" to the public. However, due to water high fee band for students from other cities in Jiangsu Province and lower teaching quality than the language education agency such as New Oriental in the Nanjing city, the language courses have never become operational as very few students will choose it.
In 2007, the High School Affiliated to Nanjing Normal University joined in a sister school partnership with Charlotte Country Day School in Charlotte, North Carolina, US. Since 2007, the two schools have organized annual teacher exchanges and student visits.
Students of this Campus
More than 95% of the students in the Jiangning Campus have Chinese Citizenship, mainly local students from Jiangning and the urban area of Nanjing(It requires less grade in the Nanjing High School Entrance Examination to enter Jiangning Campus than the Urban campus of High School Affiliated to Nanjing Normal University), besides there are students from Yancheng, Xuzhou, Huai'an and other places in Jiangsu Province.
Jiangning Campus is one of the Institutions in Jiangsu Province with authority from Chinese Education Administration to provide international education, most of the international students in this high school are from South Korea, others are mainly from Hong Kong and Taiwan.
From 2006, due to the improper administration, several campus unexpected incidents have been taken place among the students. In November 2006, a skirmish between 300 Chinese students and 10 South Korean students, took place in the male students dormitory area, at least 2 Korean students were seriously wounded. Just two weeks later another skirmish between the campus high school students and foundation students of the JESIE took place, while light motorcycle and other weaponry has been used by the foundation students. In January 2008, a Year 9 female student committed suicide by jumping down from a campus building, after her death in the Tongren Hospital, the campus blocked all the information on the internet.
Facilities
According to initial planning, High School Affiliated to Nanjing Normal University Jiangning Campus should contain teaching buildings, a dining hall, laboratory buildings, swimming pool, two finished sports field, and a closed type overline bridge connects the teaching area and the dormitory area. Due to the campus' financial shortage, currently only a main building, six teaching buildings, five laboratory buildings, a dining hall, nine dormitory buildings for students and another three apartment buildings for the staff and teachers have been finished, while only one athletic field have been built without seats for the viewers. The Main Building locates in the centre of the Campus, it contains the school library, piano practice rooms, a meeting hall, a performance hall and other facilities. An astronomy observatory is located on the top of the C5 lab building which is run by the Astronomy Association of the High School Affiliated to Nanjing Normal University Jiangning Campus. Each of the nine buildings dormitory of the Jiangning campus have six floors. Every floor contains around 28 chambers, one large bathroom and a public toilet with four positions. The bathroom uses voucher. Each chamber are equipped with an air conditioner, a toilet and a balcony. Normally 4 students share one chamber. The dining hall locates in the north of the school mall and the south of the dorm buildings with three floors, normally one meal in the dining hall cost 5-10 RMB Yuan.
Fees and Further costs
High School Affiliated to Nanjing Normal University Jiangning Campus is one of the most expensive high school in Nanjing. Compare with a normal market price of US$200 of a public high school in Nanjing the school fee for a single semester of a Chinese citizen student is around $1500 if his or her performance in High School Entrance Examination does not meet the threshold for a much reduced tuition (US$200). While school fee for a single semester of an international student is around $2500. Other expenses are also higher than other high schools in Nanjing.
Transport
Due to the distance between the city of Nanjing and the campus, only one branchline bus reach the campus. Thus, the school set up a shuttle bus service from Jiangning campus to the city, this service are provided mainly for students live in the city of Nanjing and one return trip cost US$15. Several route options have been made for the trip: Daqiaonanlu Road Route, High School Affiliated to Nanjing Normal University Urban Campus Route, Muxuyuan Street Route and Nanjing International Centre Route. Intercity service have also been established for the students live faraway, including, Nanjing Yangtze River Bridge- Pukou Route, Dongshan Route. During public holidays airport express and countrylink services are also organized. Heavy transport vehicles have been used to deliver students from the campus to the airport, Xuzhou, Yangzhou, Huai'an and Yancheng.
See also
Nanjing Normal University
High School Affiliated to Nanjing Normal University
External links
Official site
High schools in Nanjing
Nanjing Normal University
Educational institutions established in 2003
2003 establishments in China
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SS Guglielmo Marconi was an Italian ocean liner launched on 24 September 1961 for Lloyd Triestino's Genoa—Sydney service. Her sister ship was . Guglielmo Marconi left Genoa on her maiden voyage on November 18th 1963. In 1976, Guglielmo Marconi was transferred to the Naples-Brazil-River Plate service of Italian Line.
In 1979 she was transferred to Italia Crociere as a full-time cruise ship. This was not a success and she was sold to Costa Lines in 1983. After a two-year rebuild, the ship reappeared as Costa Riviera for Costa Cruises in 1985. Costa Riviera alternated between Caribbean and Alaskan cruising during her time with Costa Cruises.
In 1993, American Family Cruises was launched, a joint venture between Costa and Bruce Nierenburg, to operate cruises aimed at young American families with children. AFC were not successful, and the ship sailed for Genoa in September 1994 where she was converted back to the Costa Riviera, and began cruising her last years in Europe.
until Costa Riviera was sold for scrap under the name Liberty in 2001.
References
Ships of Costa Cruises
Ocean liners
Passenger ships of Italy
Ships built in Monfalcone
1961 ships
Ships built by Cantieri Riuniti dell'Adriatico
Guglielmo Marconi
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{{Speciesbox
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}}Corynebacterium jeikeium is a rod-shaped, catalase-positive, aerobic species of Actinomycetota in the genus Corynebacterium. C. jeikeium is pathogenic, typically causing an opportunistic infection seen most frequently in bone marrow transplant patients. C. jeikeium is a strictly aerobic organism and forms tiny grayish white colonies when grown on blood agar. C. jeikeium'' is usually susceptible to vancomycin and tetracycline. Resistance to macrolide antibiotics is often encountered.
It can be acquired in hospitals. Its genome has been sequenced.
References
External links
Type strain of Corynebacterium jeikeium at BacDive - the Bacterial Diversity Metadatabase
Corynebacterium
Gram-positive bacteria
Bacteria described in 1988
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Cary Kaplan is the president and co-owner of the sports marketing firm Cosmos Sports & Entertainment with his wife Amelia Kaplan, which launched in 2003. The company specializes in consulting for sports teams and leagues in sales, marketing and business operations. High-profile clients have included the NHL CFL, MLS, the Chicago Cubs the Houston Rockets and the Phoenix Suns.
Biography
In 1995, Kaplans's marketing firm Sports Marketing Results had an affiliation with the Canadian National Soccer League. Kaplan then worked for the Edmonton Oilers hockey team for six years, the last two as the president and alternate governor of the Oilers top affiliate, the Hamilton Bulldogs, of the American Hockey League (AHL). In 1999, he won the Ken McKenzie Award as the AHL's top marketing executive. In Hamilton, he was credited with keeping the team in Hamilton when he organized the 'Stay Dogs Stay' campaign in 2000, resulting in increased attendance and tickets sold. He also initiated the process that brought the Montreal Canadiens to take over the Bulldogs franchise and AHL team in the city when the Oilers withdrew following the 2002–03 season.
Kaplan has been owner and president of sports marketing firm Cosmos Sports & Entertainment since August 2003 when he and his wife Amelia opened the business.
From 2005 until October 2009, he served as the commissioner and chairman of Canada's only professional soccer league, the Canadian Soccer League. During his tenure, the league gained affiliations with Canada's governing body, the Canadian Soccer Association, as well as with Canada's top two professional teams Toronto FC and the Montreal Impact, the establishment of a television contract with Rogers TV, and reserve divisions for the league.
In 2013, Kaplan assumed the role of the president of the new Brampton Beast hockey team in the Central Hockey League (CHL). Kaplan was a minority owner that helped bring the first Canadian franchise in the CHL. The seven remaining CHL teams joined the ECHL prior to the 2014–15 season. The Beast folded in February 2021 after not being able to play since March 2020 during the COVID-19 pandemic.
In 2019, Kaplan further added the role of being Chief Revenue Officer (CRO) of Global T20 Canada, managing all revenue for the largest cricket event in Canada.
References
Living people
Canadian ice hockey owners
Dalhousie University alumni
1969 births
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Scrabble is a board word game.
Scrabble may also refer to:
Related to the board game
Scrabble (game show), an American television game show 1984–1990, 1993
Scrabble (video game), the official computerized version, released in several versions since 1984, including:
The Computer Edition of Scrabble, 1988, for Apple II, DOS, and Macintosh
Scrabble 2007 Edition, for Nintendo DS
Other uses
Scrabble, West Virginia, United States
Marc Rzepczynski (b. 1985), nicknamed Scrabble, an American baseball player
See also
Hardscrabble (disambiguation)
Scrapple
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Viktor Vasylyovych Hryshko (; born 2 November 1961) is a Ukrainian coach and former Soviet and Ukrainian footballer.
Career
He graduated from the Institute of Physical Education (Kyiv). As a Chornomorets player, in 1991 Hryshko became the best goalie in the Soviet Top League with the most shutout matches of "clean sheets". He was called to the Ukrainian football national team in 1992 by Viktor Prokopenko, but has never played a single game. From the late 2003, until he was appointed as the interim coach of FC Chornomorets in late 2008, V. Hryshko worked as the administrative staff in the Odesa's club.
Hryshko was given a permanent contract later that season, but was fired in August 2009 after a poor start to the following campaign. He was appointed as the vice-president of FC Chornomorets Odesa in September 2009.
Honours
Player
Ukrainian Cup 1992
Turkish Cup 1995
References
External links
Short Biography
Chornomorets have a new head coach Short Biography on Ukrainian Soccer.net
1961 births
Living people
Footballers from Kryvyi Rih
Ukrainian men's footballers
Soviet men's footballers
Men's association football goalkeepers
FC Dynamo Kyiv players
FC Metalist Kharkiv players
FC Chornomorets Odesa players
Trabzonspor footballers
MFC Mykolaiv players
FC Odesa players
FC SKA-Lotto Odesa players
FC Chornomorets-2 Odesa players
Soviet Top League players
Soviet First League players
Ukrainian Premier League players
Ukrainian First League players
Ukrainian Second League players
Ukrainian Amateur Football Championship players
Süper Lig players
Ukrainian expatriate men's footballers
Expatriate men's footballers in Turkey
Ukrainian expatriate sportspeople in Turkey
Ukrainian football managers
FC Odesa managers
FC Chornomorets Odesa managers
Ukrainian Premier League managers
Ukrainian Second League managers
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Joe Calzaghe vs. Roy Jones Jr., billed as Battle of the Superpowers, was a boxing light-heavyweight superfight. The fight was held on November 8, 2008, at Madison Square Garden. The fight was for Calzaghe's Ring light-heavyweight championship.
It ultimately proved to be Calzaghe's final professional bout, as he announced his retirement on February 5, 2009.
Build-up
After Calzaghe's split-decision points victory over Bernard Hopkins (see Bernard Hopkins vs. Joe Calzaghe), and Jones's victory over Félix Trinidad, the two signed to fight each other for the Ring magazine light-heavyweight championship of the world. After having been originally scheduled for September 20, 2008, the fight was rescheduled when Calzaghe injured his wrist in training. The bout was then rescheduled for November 8, 2008.
The fight received considerable media coverage, including the HBO pre-publicity series, 24/7, in three episodes.
The fight
The fight did not start well for Calzaghe, who was knocked down in the first round. Replays showed the knockdown was caused by an accidental forearm by Jones (a two-punch combination). However, he composed himself and went out strong in the third round. In round 6 Jones landed a thunderous uppercut that had the crowd on their feet. But in round seven Calzaghe opened a cut above Jones's left eye. Jones was clearly having difficulty as the blood completely impaired his vision. Essentially Calzaghe remained dominant and in control, something that was reflected in the judges' scorecards as he outclassed Jones. The fight continued all the way to the end of the twelfth round, when the judges awarded Calzaghe the UD win by a wide margin, each scoring the fight 118-109.
Aftermath
After the fight there were calls for Calzaghe to retire at the top. Former heavyweight champion Lennox Lewis felt that Calzaghe had nothing left to prove in the world of boxing. Ricky Hatton and David Haye echoed this view by saying there was nothing more Joe could achieve,
though double light-heavyweight champion Chad Dawson challenged the champion to one last fight before he retired. In the end, Calzaghe chose to retire, telling the BBC,
Joe was also challenged by the then undefeated British boxer Carl Froch.
References
Calzaghe
2008 in boxing
2008 in sports in New York City
2000s in Manhattan
Golden Boy Promotions
Boxing matches at Madison Square Garden
November 2008 sports events in the United States
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Eschnerberg, also Eschner Berg, Schellenberg, (especially used in the Austrian village of Feldkirch) is 698 m high (Klocker close to Hinterschellenberg) mountain of seven peaks in the Rhine Valley, on the borderline of Liechtenstein and the Austrian State Voralberg, close to Feldkirch.
Geography
The more extense southern part of the mountain is located in the Liechtensteiner Unterland, while the less extense northern part is in the district of Feldkirch, within a region called Voralberger Oberland. The whole mountain itself is about 7 km long and 2 km broad. It goes along the River Rhine.
Settlements on the mountain include Eschen, Mauren, Gamprin, Ruggell and Schellenberg on the Liechtenstein side and the minor districts of Feldkirch Tosters and Fresch (Nofels) on the Austrian side. The highest peak is located on the Liechtenstein side.
Geology
Eschnerberg is an inselberg, formed by the former Rhine Glacier, being an extension of the Walserkamm. It is part of the a part of the Rhenodanubic Flyschzone, called Voralberger Flysch, of which the neighboring Bregenz Forest Mountains consist, too. For though this classification is orographically and geographically correct, it is classified as part of the Rätikon by the AVE (1984), due to its location south to the River Ill.
History
This mountain was one of the earliest settled places in Rhine valley (Rössen culture, since 4400 ACN [Neolitics]), artefacts were found in the archeological site of Borscht, close to Schellenberg.
The name Schellenberg is due to the reign of the Schellenberger (see also: Lordship of Schellenberg), nonetheless most Liechtensteiner use the historical term Eschnerberg. The family of Schellenberg named the village of Schellenberg and erected two castles on the mountain Neu-Schellenberg [Obere Burg] (1200) and Alt-Schellenberg [Untere Burg] (1250). The names are given during the excavation in the 1960s, when the archeologes were convinced that the upper site would be the younger one, thus naming it Neu Schellenberg. The equivocation was discovered by the archeologe Jakob Bill in 1980, who additionally found out that they were named the other way round on historical maps and chronicles, also stating that both castles were ruins. They were used as quarrels during the 19th century. Nowadays they belong to the historical society.
Hiking
There is a hiking path over the Eschnerberg, along which information templates are placed informing about the castles and the history of the region.
References
Geography of Liechtenstein
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The Ponte di Pioraco is a Roman bridge in Pioraco, central Italy, presumably erected under emperor Augustus (r. 30 BC–14 AD).
It belonged to a branch road of the Via Flaminia, which ran from Nocera Umbra to the east through Pioraco, San Severino, Treia and Osimo to Ancona. The structure has a single arch vault. At one end a small segmental arch springs from the ground to the quarter point of the main arch; it worked as a floodway. The Ponte del Gran Caso, which is also located in central Italy, features a similar design.
See also
List of Roman bridges
Roman architecture
Roman engineering
References
Sources
External links
Picture of the bridge
Roman bridges in Italy
Deck arch bridges
Stone bridges in Italy
Buildings and structures in the Province of Macerata
Transport in le Marche
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"Move" is the second single released by American rapper/producer Q-Tip from his album The Renaissance. Produced by J Dilla, it samples "Dancing Machine" by The Jackson 5.
Music video
The video for this single premiered on BET's 106 & Park on November 4, 2008. Q-Tip appeared on the show and discussed the release date of his album. The video borrows from Michael Jackson's "Rock with You" video. It was directed by Rik Cordero.
External links
Q-Tip — official site.
Q-Tip at MySpace.
Q-Tip (musician) songs
2008 singles
Song recordings produced by J Dilla
Songs written by Dean Parks
Songs written by Q-Tip (musician)
Songs written by Hal Davis
2008 songs
Universal Motown Records singles
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György Kárpáti (23 June 1935 – 17 June 2020) was a Hungarian water polo player who competed at the 1952 Summer Olympics, 1956 Summer Olympics, 1960 Summer Olympics, and 1964 Summer Olympics. He is one of eight male athletes who won four or more Olympic medals in water polo, and one of ten male athletes who won three Olympic gold medals in water polo.
Career
Kárpáti was born in Budapest, and was a member of the Hungarian team which won the gold medal in the 1952 tournament. He played five matches and scored four goals.
Four years later he was a member of the Hungarian team which won again the gold medal in the 1956 Olympic tournament. He played six matches and scored at least six goals (not all scorers are known).
At the 1960 Games he won the bronze medal with the Hungarian team. He played four matches and scored five goals.
His last Olympic tournament was in Tokyo 1964 where he won his third gold medal. He played six matches and scored four goals for the Hungarian team.
Kárpáti studied and gained a degree in law, but he never practised it, he also got a degree in coaching in 1964, which he used when he was assistant coach to Dezső Gyarmati for the national team between 1970-80. Their main success was winning the gold medal at the 1976 Summer Olympics.
In 1982, Kárpáti was elected in to the International Swimming Hall of Fame, and from 1994 he became a member of the Association of Immortal Hungarian Athletes.
Death
After a long illness Kárpáti died on 17 June 2020, aged 84 years. He was buried in the Farkasréti Cemetery on 2 July 2020.
Personal life
György was born Jewish. He was a great friend of the former water polo player and distinguished Italian actor Bud Spencer.
See also
Hungary men's Olympic water polo team records and statistics
List of multiple Olympic medalists in one event
List of multiple Olympic gold medalists in one event
List of Olympic champions in men's water polo
List of Olympic medalists in water polo (men)
List of players who have appeared in multiple men's Olympic water polo tournaments
List of members of the International Swimming Hall of Fame
List of select Jewish water polo players
Blood in the Water match
References
External links
1935 births
2020 deaths
Water polo players from Budapest
Hungarian male water polo players
Olympic water polo players for Hungary
Water polo players at the 1952 Summer Olympics
Water polo players at the 1956 Summer Olympics
Water polo players at the 1960 Summer Olympics
Water polo players at the 1964 Summer Olympics
Olympic gold medalists for Hungary
Olympic bronze medalists for Hungary
Olympic medalists in water polo
Hungarian Jews
Jewish water polo players
Medalists at the 1964 Summer Olympics
Medalists at the 1960 Summer Olympics
Medalists at the 1956 Summer Olympics
Medalists at the 1952 Summer Olympics
Hungarian water polo coaches
Burials at Farkasréti Cemetery
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Arthur Emmett (1869 – 12 November 1935) was an English cricketer. He was the third of six children of Tom Emmett and Grace Emmett.
Emmett was a medium pace bowler who played three first-class matches for Leicestershire County Cricket Club during the 1902 English cricket season. He returned his best figures of 3/48 against London County at Aylestone Road, Leicester, where his victims included the former Australian captain, Billy Murdoch. His third and final appearance was at Lord's against the Marylebone Cricket Club.
Emmett's father, Tom, captained Yorkshire between 1878 and 1882, and played seven Test matches for England, including the inaugural Test match in 1877.
He died on 12 November 1935 in Evington, Leicestershire.
References
1869 births
1935 deaths
English cricketers
Leicestershire cricketers
Place of birth missing
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Julien Noël Costantin (16 August 1857 – 17 November 1936) was a French botanist and mycologist who was a native of Paris.
He studied at École Normale Supérieure on the Rue d'Ulm. In 1881 he received his license in natural history and two years later earned his doctorate. In 1883 he was appointed adjunct professor at Bordeaux, and through influence from Philippe Van Tieghem (1839-1914), became an assistant naturalist at the Muséum national d'histoire naturelle shortly afterwards.
In 1887 Costantin became a lecturer of botany at Ecole Normale Superieure. In 1901 he succeeded Marie Maxime Cornu (1843-1901) as chair of horticulture at the museum of natural history. Along with these duties, he taught classes at the École nationale d’horticulture in Versailles and at the École supérieure coloniale in Nogent-sur-Marne. In 1912 he became a member of the French Academy of Sciences.
Costantin defended Lamarckian evolution until his death in 1936.
Publications
Atlas en couleurs des orchidées cultivées (E. Orlhac, Paris) – Color atlas of cultivated orchids.
Les Mucédinées simples. Histoire, classification, culture et rôle des champignons inférieurs dans les maladies des végétaux et des animaux (P. Klincksieck, Paris, 1888).
Nouvelle flore des champignons, pour la détermination facile de toutes les espèces de France et de la plupart des espèces européennes (P. Dupont, Paris, 1891, re-edited in 1895, 1904, 1967 et 1997) — In the series of "Nouvelle Flore" by Gaston Bonnier (1851-1922) and Georges de Layens (1834-1897).
Atlas des champignons comestibles et vénéneux (P. Dupont, Paris, 1895) – Atlas of edible and poisonous mushrooms.
Petite flore des champignons comestibles et vénéneux, pour la détermination rapide des principales espèces de France (P. Dupont, Paris, 1895). with Léon Jean Marie Dufour (1862-1942),
Les végétaux et les milieux cosmiques (F. Alcan, Paris, 1898).
Le Mythe du chêne marin (E. Leroux, Paris, 1899).
La nature tropicale (F. Alcan, Paris, 1899).
L'Hérédité acquise, ses conséquences horticoles, agricoles et médicales (Durand, Chartres, 1901) – Acquired heredity, its horticultural, agricultural and medical consequences.
Le transformisme appliqué à l'agriculture (F. Alcan, Paris, 1906) – Transformism applied to agriculture.
La Vie des orchidées (Flammarion, Paris, 1917).
Éléments de botanique with Philippe Van Tieghem (1839-1914) (Masson, Paris, 1918).
Atlas des orchidées cultivées (Paris, 1927) – Atlas of cultivated orchids.
References
Philippe Jaussaud & Édouard R. Brygoo, Du Jardin au Muséum en 516 biographies, Muséum national d’histoire naturelle de Paris, 2004, 630 p.
1857 births
1936 deaths
19th-century French botanists
French mycologists
Lamarckism
Members of the French Academy of Sciences
Scientists from Paris
20th-century French botanists
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The is a commuter railway line in Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan, operated by the private railway operator Izuhakone Railway. The line connects Odawara Station in the city of Odawara with the Daiyūzan Station in the city of Minamiashigara.
Stations
Rolling stock
, the line is operated using a fleet of seven three-car 5000 series electric multiple unit (EMU) trainsets.
History
The line opened on October 15, 1925, as the Daiyūzan Railway, between and Daiyūzan Station, with a track gauge of and an overhead power supply of 600 V. The terminus of the line was moved from Kari-Odawara to , close to the present-day Midorichō Station on April 10, 1927, and finally to Odawara Station on June 16, 1935. The Daiyūzan Line was merged with the Sunzu Line on August 23, 1941, and became part of the Izuhakone Railway from June 1, 1957. From November 25, 1976, the power rating on the line was raised from 600 volts to 1,500 volts. Automatic ticket gates were installed on all stations by 2003, and were upgraded to accept both the Suica and PASMO IC Card systems by March 2007.
See also
List of railway lines in Japan
References
Harris, Ken and Clarke, Jackie. Jane's World Railways 2008-2009. Jane's Information Group (2008).
External links
Railway lines in Kanagawa Prefecture
Izuhakone Railway
Railway lines opened in 1925
1067 mm gauge railways in Japan
1925 establishments in Japan
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The National Planning Department () is the executive administrative agency of Colombia in charge of defining, recommending and promoting public and economic policy.
Mission
The National Planning Department has the mission of defining and promoting the establishment of a strategic vision of the country in the social, economic and environmental sectors through the design, orientation and evaluation of public policies in Colombia, the management and allocation of public investment, the definition of frameworks for the performance of the private sector and the realization of government plans, programs and projects.
History
Chapter I, Article 3 of Law 19 of 1958 created the Administrative Department of Planning and Technical Services (Departamento Administrativo de Planeación y Servicios Técnicos), with the purpose of collecting, preparing, recommending and presenting information to the President to help carry out economic and public policy.
Law 19 also established the National Council on Economic Policy and Planning (Consejo Nacional de Política Económica y Planeación) as a council headed by the Administrative Department of Planning and Technical Services serving under the president to study and discuss the information presented by the Administrative Department, and to present it to the president for approval.
In 1968 structural changes were made to the Council and department, transforming them into the National Council on Economic and Social Policy (Consejo Nacional de Política Económica y Social, CONPES ), and the now National Planning Department. The new changes gave the DNP a more prominent role in the decision-making process and the establishment and direction of national economic plans.
Presidential Development Plans
Starting in the 1970s, the DNP has elaborated economic plans with the purpose of establishment the direction of the National Economy with an emphasis in planning. These plans are made for each Presidential Term, with a clear plan for action in economic policy.
Economic and Social Development - Alberto Lleras Camargo (1961–1970)
Plans and Programs for Development - Carlos Lleras Restrepo (1969–1972)
The Four Strategies – Misael Pastrana Borrero (1970–1974)
To Close the Gap – Alfonso López Michelsen (1974–1978)
National Integration – Julio César Turbay Ayala (1978–1982)
Change with Equity – Belisario Betancur Cuartas (1982–1986)
Social Economy – Virgilio Barco Vargas (1986–1990)
The Peaceful Revolution – César Gaviria Trujillo (1990–1994)
The Social Jump – Ernesto Samper Pizano (1994–1998)
Change to Build Peace – Andrés Pastrana Arango (1998–2002)
Towards a Social State – Álvaro Uribe Vélez (2002–2006)
Social State: Development for All – Álvaro Uribe Vélez (2006–2010)
Prosperity For All - Juan Manuel Santos Calderón (2010–2014)
References
Government agencies established in 1958
1958 establishments in Colombia
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Wilfrido Antonio Vinces (born December 5, 1983) is an Ecuadorian footballer currently playing for Técnico Universitario in the Serie A de Ecuador.
External links
1983 births
Living people
Men's association football forwards
Ecuadorian men's footballers
S.D. Quito footballers
C.D. Olmedo footballers
Manta F.C. footballers
L.D.U. Portoviejo footballers
C.D. Técnico Universitario footballers
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"Save Some Love" is the debut single by American singer-songwriter Keedy. Written by Greg Gerard, the single was released by Arista Records on May 13, 1991. It reached No. 15 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart. The song, included on Keedy's 1991 album, Chase the Clouds, represents her only hit song to date. The single was released in Japan as .
Track listing
Charts
Weekly charts
References
External links
1991 debut singles
1991 songs
American dance-pop songs
Arista Records singles
Keedy songs
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The Women's Shot Put F32-34/51-53 had its Final held on September 10 at 17:00.
Medalists
Results
References
Final
Athletics at the 2008 Summer Paralympics
2008 in women's athletics
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Dezső Lemhényi (né Kollmann, December 9, 1917 – December 4, 2003) was a Hungarian water polo player who competed at the 1948 Summer Olympics and 1952 Summer Olympics.
He was born and died in Budapest. He was the husband of Olga Tass.
Lemhényi was part of the Hungarian team which won the silver medal at the 1948 tournament. He played six matches and scored three goals.
Four years later he was a member of the Hungarian team which won the gold medal at the 1952 Olympic tournament. He played two matches and scored five goals.
He is one of a few sportspeople who won Olympic medals in water polo as players and head coaches. He was inducted into the International Swimming Hall of Fame.
See also
Hungary men's Olympic water polo team records and statistics
List of Olympic champions in men's water polo
List of Olympic medalists in water polo (men)
List of members of the International Swimming Hall of Fame
References
External links
1917 births
2003 deaths
Water polo players from Budapest
Hungarian male water polo players
Water polo players at the 1948 Summer Olympics
Water polo players at the 1952 Summer Olympics
Olympic gold medalists for Hungary in water polo
Olympic silver medalists for Hungary in water polo
Medalists at the 1952 Summer Olympics
Medalists at the 1948 Summer Olympics
Hungarian water polo coaches
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The Junior World Series of Indoor Cricket is the premier international championship of both 19 & Under boys and girls, and 16 & Under boys in Indoor Cricket. The event is organised by the sport's governing body, the World Indoor Cricket Federation (WICF) and is held every two or three years. The first Junior World Series contest was organised in New Zealand in 2003. Separate world championships are held for both open and masters age groups with the Indoor Cricket World Cup and the Masters World Series of Indoor Cricket held at similar intervals.
The World Series is contested by the members of the WICF (though member nations have not always entered teams) and beyond being an affiliated member of that body there are no formal qualifications for entry. Australia have been the most successful side having won four out of the five world titles to date.
Tournament Format
Each tournament usually follows a simple round robin format followed by finals contested by the highest placed sides. The semi finals are contested by the top four sides and more often than not the winner of each semi final progresses to the World Cup final.
The tournament usually takes place over the course of 7 to 10 days and is sometimes run in conjunction with the Masters World Series or the World Cup.
Results
See also
Indoor Cricket World Cup
Masters World Series of Indoor Cricket
Indoor cricket
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The 2008 AFC Champions League Final was a two-legged football tie to determine the 2008 champions of Asian club football. Gamba Osaka defeated Adelaide United 5-0 on aggregate to take the title. The first leg took place on 5 November 2008 at 19:00 local time (UTC+9) at Osaka Expo '70 Stadium in Osaka and the second leg took place on 12 November 2008 at 19:30 local time (UTC+10:30) at Hindmarsh Stadium, Adelaide.
It was the first final to feature a club from Australia and the second consecutive season with a Japanese finalist, in 2014 a second Australian club, the Western Sydney Wanderers made the final and won it. The winners, Gamba Osaka, received US$600,000 prize money and qualified to represent Asia in the 2008 FIFA Club World Cup, where they were defeated in the semi-finals by Premier League and UEFA Champions League winners Manchester United. Despite losing this final, Adelaide United also qualified for the FIFA Club World Cup by replacing the host country berth, which was provisionally reserved for the J. League champions, and were defeated once again by Gamba Osaka in the quarter-finals.
Format
The rules for the final were exactly the same as for the previous knockout rounds. The tie was contested over two legs with away goals deciding the winner if the two teams were level on goals after the second leg. If the teams could still not be separated at that stage then extra time would have been played with a penalty shootout taking place if the teams were still level after that.
Route to the final
Note: In all results below, the score of the finalist is given first (H: home; A: away).
Pre-final buildup
Adelaide United considered applying for permission to play their home leg in a stadium larger than Hindmarsh such as Adelaide Oval or AAMI Stadium but the club eventually decided that it would not be right to play such a big match away from their traditional home despite its smaller capacity.
Final summary
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First leg
Second leg
See also
2008 AFC Champions League
2008 FIFA Club World Cup
References
External links
AFC Champions League
Adelaide United Official Website
Gamba Osaka Official Website
Gamba Osaka Official Website
Final, 2008
AFC
AFC
AFC Champions League Final 2008
AFC Champions League Final 2008
International club association football competitions hosted by Japan
International club association football competitions hosted by Australia
AFC Champions League finals
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This is a list of the National Register of Historic Places listings in Frederick County, Maryland.
This is intended to be a complete list of the properties and districts on the National Register of Historic Places in Frederick County, Maryland, United States. Latitude and longitude coordinates are provided for many National Register properties and districts; these locations may be seen together in a map.
There are 102 properties and districts listed on the National Register in the county, and two former listings.
Current listings
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See also
List of National Historic Landmarks in Maryland
National Register of Historic Places listings in Maryland
References
Frederick
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The 118th Pennsylvania House of Representatives District is located in northeastern Pennsylvania. The district has been represented by Democrat Jim Haddock since 2023.
District profile
The 118th District is located in Lackawanna and Luzerne Counties, including the following areas:
Lackawanna County (part)
Dalton
Glenburn Township
La Plume Township
Moosic
Newton Township
Old Forge
Ransom Township
Taylor
West Abington Township
Luzerne County (part)
Avoca
Dupont
Duryea
Hughestown
Jenkins Township
Laflin
Pittston
Pittston Township
West Pittston
Yatesville
Representatives
Recent election results
References
External links
District Map from the United States Census Bureau
Pennsylvania House Legislative District Maps from the Pennsylvania Redistricting Commission.
Population Date for District 45 from the Pennsylvania Redistricting Commission.
Government of Luzerne County, Pennsylvania
Government of Monroe County, Pennsylvania
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Ramón Ibarra Rivera (born January 26, 1981), better known by his ring name Volador Jr., is a Mexican luchador (or professional wrestler), who works for Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre (CMLL). He portrays a técnico ("good guy") wrestling character and is considered one of the top level técnicos in the promotion. He is the son of Super Parka, and his ring name refers to his father's previous gimmick, Volador. Ibarra is the nephew of the original La Parka, the cousin of El Hijo de L.A. Park and the uncle of Flyer; he is also related to a number of other luchadors in the Ibarra family.
Ibarra has also worked outside his native Mexico on multiple occasions, with his highest profile work being for Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (TNA) in the United States, and New Japan Pro-Wrestling (NJPW) in Japan. Volador Jr. originally worked under a mask but was forced to unmask when he lost his mask to long time friend turned rival, La Sombra, in September 2013.
Over the years he has held a number of CMLL championships including the CMLL World Tag Team Championship, the CMLL World Trios Championship, the Mexican National Light Heavyweight Championship, Mexican National Trios Championship, the NWA World Historic Middleweight Championship and the NWA World Historic Welterweight Championship. He has won CMLL's Torneo Gran Alternativa, Leyenda de Plata and Torneo Nacional de Parejas Increibles tournaments.
Professional wrestling career
Volador Jr. made his professional wrestling debut in 1999 after training with his father, the original Volador. Initially he worked on the independent circuit around his native Coahuila.
Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre (2001–present)
On August 14, 2001, Volador Jr. competed in the annual Torneo Gran Alternativa teaming with Atlantis. The team was eliminated in the semifinals by Black Warrior and Sangre Azteca after having defeated Máscara Año 2000 and Enemigo Publico in the first round. Volador Jr. participated in a tournament to determine the first ever CMLL World Super Lightweight Champion, but was defeated in the first round to Rocky Romero. On December 5, 2003, he, El Felino and Safari won the vacant Mexican National Trios Championship by defeating the team of Alan Stone, Super Crazy and Zumbido in a tournament final. On August 20, 2004, he competed in the Torneo Gran Alternativa once again teaming with Atlantis and once again but they were eliminated in the semifinals, defeated by eventual tournament winners El Hijo del Santo and Místico. In the first round the team had defeated Perro Aguayo, Jr. and Sangre Azteca. Volador Jr., El Felino and Safari lost the Mexican National Trios Championship on March 25, 2005, to Pandilla Guerrera (Doctor X, Nitro and Sangre Azteca). On June 2, 2006, he competed in the Torneo Gran Alternativa, teaming with Dos Caras, Jr. but were eliminated in the first by Último Guerrero and Nitro. On August 13, 2007, Volador teamed up with El Sagrado and La Sombra to win the Mexican National Trios Championship for the second time.
On January 16, 2009, La Sombra and Volador Jr., dubbed "Super Sky Team", defeated Averno and Mephisto to win the CMLL World Tag Team Championship. Super Sky Team's status as double champions ended on February 3, 2009, when Volador Jr., El Sagrado and La Sombra lost the Mexican Trios Championship to Poder Mexica (Sangre Azteca, Black Warrior and Dragón Rojo, Jr.). Following the title loss, Volador Jr. and La Sombra focused on working as a team, defended their tag team titles eight times through 2009 and 2010. Their teamwork resulted in them being voted the "CMLL Tag Team of the year" for 2009 by the fans of CMLL. Volador Jr. was also voted "Most popular wrestler of the year" in the same poll.
On January 22, 2010, Volador Jr. teamed up with El Terrible to participate in CMLL's "Torneo Nacional de Pareja Increíbles" ("National Amazing Pairs tournament"), a tournament where CMLL teams up a Tecnico (Volador Jr.) and a Rudo (El Terrible) for a tournament. In the second round of the tournament the team faced Averno and Místico. Initially Místico wrestle as the tecnico he has been for years, but during the match Místico's attitude seemingly changed as he began attacking Volador Jr., someone he had teamed with for years. Místico even went so far as to ripping up Volador's mask, a rudo move, and won the match after an illegal low blow to Volador Jr. After the match Místico took the microphone and claimed that "all was fair in war and defending Mexico City", a comment that drew many boos from the crowd. The two met in the main event of an Arena México show on February 5, 2010, and this time Místico was clearly a Rúdo, tearing so viciously at Volador's mask that a new mask had to be brought to the ring during falls. In the second fall Místico pulled his mask off and threw it to Volador Jr. in an attempt to get Volador Jr. disqualified. The end came when Volador Jr. reversed Místico's La Mística and won by applying the same move to Místico. Following the match Místico angrily proclaimed “¡Yo soy la máxima figura de la lucha libre!”. ("I am the greatest figure in wrestling"). On February 12, 2010, Místico lost the Mexican National Light Heavyweight Championship to Volador Jr. two falls to one. On the February 26 CMLL Super Viernes show it was announced that Místico, Volador Jr., La Sombra and El Felino would face off in a four-way Lucha de Apuesta match as the main event of the 2010 Homenaje a Dos Leyendas. La Sombra was the first man pinned at Dos Leyendas and El Felino was the second, forcing the two to put their masks on the line. After a long match La Sombra pinned El Felino. After the match he unmasked and announced that his real name was Jorge Luis Casas Ruiz. Following Dos Leyendas Místico announced that he was done being a rúdo and returned to the técnico side, although Volador Jr. remained suspicious of Místico. The storyline between the two cooled off for a bit, but in late May 2010, tension resumed as Místico and Volador Jr. faced off once again at the Mexican Light Heavyweight Championship, with Volador Jr. retaining the belt. At the 2010 Sin Salida the two were on opposite sides of a Relevos incredibles, Místico teamed with Máscara Dorada and Mr. Águila while Volador Jr. teamed with Averno and Negro Casas. Averno came to the ring wearing the same combined Averno/Místico mask he had worn for the Parejas Incredibles tournament and tried to convince Místico to join the rúdo side, only to turn around and reveal that both he and Volador Jr. were wearing a combined Averno/Volador Jr. mask underneath. Volador Jr. worked as a rúdo throughout the match, losing the match for his team when he tried to cheat but was caught by the referee. On July 12, 2010, at the Promociones Gutiérrez 1st Anniversary Show, Volador Jr. participated in a match where 10 men put their mask on the line in a match that featured five pareja incredibles teams, with the losing team being forced to wrestle each other with their mask on the line. His partner in the match was El Alebrije, facing off against the teams of Atlantis and Olímpico, Místico and El Oriental, Histeria and La Sombra, and Último Guerrero and Averno. Volador Jr. and El Alebrije were the second team to escape the match. In the end Místico defeated El Oriental to unmask him. After teasing a rudo turn for over a month, Volador Jr. and La Sombra lost the CMLL World Tag Team Championship to the Los Invasores team of Mr. Águila and Héctor Garza on July 23, 2010 without any signs of dissension between the two. During a later show Volador Jr. finally turned rudo when he attacked La Sombra, tore his former partner's mask off and beat him up. During the 2010 Universal Championship tournament, Volador Jr. defeated Valiente in the first round. In the second round Volador Jr. faced La Máscara and cemented his status as a rudo when he was disqualified for excessive violence against La Máscara. He kept attacking La Máscara after the match ended, leaving La Máscara an easy victim for his next round opponent, Jushin Thunder Liger.
Following the Super Viernes on August 13, 2010, where he attacked La Máscara, Volador Jr. began being booked as rudo, although the on again, off again feud with Místico was put to the side in favor of Volador Jr. against La Sombra. The feud between the two led both wrestlers to be booked in the main event of the CMLL 77th Anniversary Show, a 14-man steel cage Lucha de Apuesta, mask vs. mask match. Volador Jr. was the 10th man to leave the steel cage, keeping his mask safe. The match came down to La Sombra pinning Olímpico to unmask him. On September 17, Volador Jr. picked up one of the biggest wins in his CMLL career, defeating Místico in the finals of a tournament to win the Copa Bicentenario. On October 5, 2010, Volador Jr. lost the Mexican National Light Heavyweight Championship to La Máscara, ending his reign at 236 days. After losing the title, Volador Jr. spent several months not doing anything significant in CMLL until he took over the Los Invasores stable in July 2011, when its leader Héctor Garza turned tecnico. On September 18, Volador Jr. unsuccessfully challenged former partner La Sombra for the NWA World Historic Welterweight Championship, in a match that received rave reviews. Two days later, Volador Jr. led Olímpico and Psicosis II of Los Invasores to the Mexican National Trios Championship, when they defeated the trio of Ángel de Oro, Diamante and Rush. Volador Jr. continued his successful run on September 23 by defeating eleven other men in a torneo cibernetico to advance to the finals of the 2011 Leyenda de Plata. On October 7, Volador Jr. defeated Jushin Thunder Liger to win the tournament. Los Invasores lost the Mexican National Trios Championship to Atlantis, Delta and Guerrero Maya, Jr. on December 16, 2011. On February 14, 2012, Volador Jr. defeated La Máscara to win the NWA World Historic Middleweight Championship for the first time. On March 30, Volador Jr. lost the title to New Japan Pro-Wrestling (NJPW) representative Prince Devitt.
On June 20, 2012, Volador Jr. formed the Los Depredadores del Aire ("The Predators of the Air") group alongside Black Warrior and Mr. Águila. Two days later, Los Depredadores del Aire defeated Los Reyes de la Atlantida (Atlantis, Delta and Guerrero Maya Jr.) to win the Mexican National Trios Championship. For July 29, Volador Jr. traveled to Tokyo, Japan, in an attempt to regain the NWA World Historic Middleweight Championship from Prince Devitt, but would eventually fail in his title challenge. The following month, Volador Jr. started a rivalry with Mr. Niebla, for which he was positioned as a tecnico even though still being a part of rudo stable Los Invasores. On October 30, Los Depredadores del Aire lost the Mexican National Trios Championship back to Los Reyes de la Atlantida. On January 22, 2013, Volador Jr. survived a torneo cibernetico to advance to a final match for the vacant CMLL World Light Heavyweight Championship against the other survivor, Rey Escorpión. On January 29, Volador Jr. was defeated in the finals of the tournament by Escorpión. Following their clash over the Reyes del Aire trophy, Volador Jr. and La Sombra were teamed up for the 2013 Torneo Nacional de Parejas Increibles tournament, the same tournament that in 2010 was the impetus for Volador Jr.'s rudo turn. The rivals put their issues aside for the tournament defeating the teams of Guerrero Maya Jr. and Negro Casas, La Máscara and Averno and finally Shocker and Mr. Niebla to qualify for the finals of the tournament. On March 15, 2013, at the 2013 Homenaje a Dos Leyendas show, Volador Jr. and La Sombra defeated Altantis and Último Guerrero to win the Torneo Nacional de Parejas Increibles. The truce between La Sombra and Volador Jr. that allowed them to win the tag team tournament only lasted until the next time the two rivals were in the same ring. On Sunday, February 17, 2013, La Sombra teamed up with Marco Corleone and Místico La Nueva Era against Volador Jr., Euforia and Último Guerrero. During the match Volador Jr. attacked both La Sombra and the referee, causing a disqualification before leaving the ring and his confused partners behind. On September 13 at CMLL's 80th Anniversary Show, Volador Jr. and La Sombra defeated Atlantis and Último Guerrero in a Relevos Suicidas match and thus advanced to a Mask vs. Mask Lucha de Apuestas against each other. In the end, Volador Jr. was defeated and forced to unmask and reveal his real name.
On November 19, Volador Jr. defeated Máscara Dorada to win the NWA World Historic Welterweight Championship. Three days later, Volador Jr. began showing signs of a tecnico turn by shaking hands with Místico and trying to save him from Los Guerreros Laguneros, before walking out on his Los Invasores partners. His turn was finalized on November 29, when Los Invasores attacked him following a torneo cibernetico between Los Invasores and representatives of CMLL. On June 6, 2014, Volador Jr. lost the NWA World Historic Welterweight Championship to La Sombra in a match also contested for the NWA World Historic Middleweight Championship. The loss came as a result of outside interference from La Máscara and Rush. Volador Jr. regained the title from La Sombra on August 1 at El Juicio Final. In early 2015, Volador Jr. came together with Místico and Valiente to form a new Sky Team. On February 13, Sky Team defeated Los Guerreros Laguneros (Euforia, Niebla Roja and Último Guerrero) to win the CMLL World Trios Championship. On April 5, 2016, Volador Jr. and rookie Esfinge defeated Fujin and Rey Escorpión to win the 2016 Gran Alternativa tournament. On July 1, Volador Jr. won the 2016 International Gran Prix, scoring the last elimination over Tama Tonga. On October 20, 2017, Volador defeated Carístico to win the 2017 Leyenda de Plata. On November 3, Volador Jr. turned on Carístico, attacking him with help from Rush, who afterwards stated that Volador Jr. had everything it took to join Los Ingobernables. At Homenaje a Dos Leyendas 2018, Volador and Valiente defeated El Terrible and Rey Bucanero to win the CMLL World Tag Team Championship.
Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (2008)
In 2008, Volador Jr. was given an opportunity to travel to the United States and compete for the Florida-based Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (TNA) as part of their 2008 World X Cup tournament. TNA decided to simply drop the "Junior" part of his name and promote him as "Volador". He was part of Team Mexico, working with Rey Bucanero, Último Guerrero and Averno, with TNA ignoring the fact that Volador Jr. had been rivals with all three wrestlers in Mexico. He made his TNA debut in an Ultimate X match at TNA's Victory Road show on July 13, 2008. During the World X tournament he defeated Kaz, Naruki Doi and Daivari to score four points for his team that allowed Team Mexico to win the tournament by one point. On October 30, 2008, Volador returned to TNA to work his first "Non-X-Cup" match, teaming up with Hiroshi Tanahashi as the two lost to The Motor City Machine Guns (Chris Sabin and Alex Shelley). On the edition of November 7 of TNA's weekly Impact! television show Volador teamed with Tanahashi to compete in a 4 team Ladder Match where the winning team would get a championship match against TNA World Tag Team Champions Beer Money, Inc. The match also included Team 3D, The Latin American Xchange and was won by Matt Morgan and Abyss. At TNA's 2008 Turning Point show, Volador participated in a 10-man X Division elimination rankings match. Volador was the second man eliminated from the match, which was won by Eric Young. The Turning Point match was Volador's last match for TNA.
New Japan Pro-Wrestling (2012–present)
On January 21 and 22, 2012, Volador Jr. took part in the CMLL and NJPW co-produced Fantastica Mania 2012 events in Tokyo. On the first night, Volador Jr. teamed with Kazuchika Okada to defeat the team of Hiroshi Tanahashi and La Sombra. In the main event of the second night, Volador Jr. unsuccessfully challenged La Sombra for the NWA World Historic Welterweight Championship.
In January 2013, Volador Jr. returned to Japan to take part in the three-day Fantastica Mania 2013 event. During the first night on January 18, he teamed with Taichi and Taka Michinoku to defeat La Máscara, Mascara Dorada and Máximo in a six-man tag team match. The following night, Volador Jr., Kazuchika Okada and Rey Escorpión defeated Hiroshi Tanahashi, La Máscara and Rush in another six-man tag team match. During the third and final night, Volador Jr. unsuccessfully challenged La Máscara for the Mexican National Light Heavyweight Championship.
In January 2014, Volador Jr. took part in the five-day Fantastica Mania 2014 tour. The third event of the tour, on January 17, was headlined by the first interaction between Volador Jr. and his longtime rival La Sombra, after the former's tecnico turn. The match, wrestled under Match Relampago VIP rules, ended in a ten-minute time limit draw. Two days later, in the final match of the tour, Volador Jr. successfully defended the NWA World Historic Welterweight Championship against Máscara Dorada.
In January 2015, Volador Jr. took part in the Fantastica Mania 2015 tour, during which he successfully defended the NWA World Historic Welterweight Championship against Gran Guerrero. In January 2016, Volador Jr. again returned to Japan to take part in Fantastica Mania 2016, successfully defending the NWA World Historic Welterweight Championship against Mephisto in the main event of the final show of the tour. The following May, Volador Jr. entered the Best of the Super Juniors XXIII tournament. After four wins and two losses, Volador Jr. headed to his final round-robin match leading his block, but was eliminated after losing to Will Ospreay. A year later, Volador Jr. was announced as a returning participant in the Best of the Super Juniors 24 tournament. He finished the tournament with a record of three wins and four losses, failing to advance to the finals.
On October 9, 2018, it was announced that Volador Jr. would be participating in NJPW's annual Super Junior Tag League. Teaming with Soberano Jr., he finished the tournament with a record of two wins and five losses, failing to advance to the finals. On October 8, 2019, it was announced that Volador Jr. would return to NJPW for the Super Junior Tag League. Teaming with Titán, he finished the tournament with a record of four wins and three losses, once again failing to advance to the finals.
Ring of Honor (2017)
Due to CMLL's partnership with Ring of Honor (ROH), Volador Jr. appeared at Supercard of Honor XI, where he teamed up with Will Ospreay to defeat Jay White and Dragon Lee.
Personal life
Ibarra is a part of an extended family of wrestlers, including his father Ramón Ibarra Banda who currently wrestles as Super Parka and previous wrestled as Volador, which is where Ibarra's ring name of Volador Jr. comes from. Volador Jr.'s uncles wrestle as Johnny Ibarra and El Desalmado, and he is the cousin of lucha libre legend L.A. Park and wrestler El Hijo de Cien Caras. He is also the great cousin of L.A. Park's son who wrestles as El Hijo de L.A. Park. Ibarra's nephew, a grandson of Ramón Ibarra Banda, began working for CMLL in 2014 under the ring name Flyer.
In 2013, Ibarra married CMLL Edecanes ("ring girl") Bruni Sagnite. The couple have a son together, born in 2014.
Championships and accomplishments
Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre
CMLL World Tag Team Championship (3 times, current) – with La Sombra (1), Valiente (1) and Titán (1)
CMLL World Trios Championship (2 times, current) – with Místico and Valiente (1) and Atlantis Jr. and Star Jr. (1, current)
Mexican National Light Heavyweight Championship (1 time)
Mexican National Trios Championship (4 times) – with Safari and El Felino (1), La Sombra and El Sagrado (1), Olímpico and Psicosis II (1), and Black Warrior and Mr. Águila (1)
NWA World Historic Middleweight Championship (1 time)
NWA World Historic Welterweight Championship (3 times)
Copa Homenaje A Dos Leyendas
Copa 53 Aniversario de la Arena Coliseo de Guadalajara (2012)
Copa Bicentenario
Copa Bobby Bonales
International Gran Prix (2016, 2019)
Torneo Gran Alternativa: 2016 – with Esfinge
Torneo Gran Alternativa: 2018 – with Flyer
Leyenda de Plata (2011, 2017)
Reyes del Aire (2005, 2007, 2009)
Torneo Nacional de Parejas Increibles (2013, 2017, 2021) – with La Sombra, Bárbaro Cavernario, Templario
Torneo Increibles de Parejas, Arena Puebla – with Atlantis
CMLL Universal Championship (2017)
CMLL Most Popular Wrestler of the Year (2009)
CMLL Tag Team of the Year (2009) – with La Sombra
Lucha Libre Azteca
LLA Azteca Championship (1 time)
Promociones El Cholo
Promociones El Cholo Cruiserweight Championship (1 time, current)
Pro Wrestling Illustrated
Ranked No. 81 of the top 500 singles wrestlers in the PWI 500 in 2010
Total Nonstop Action Wrestling
TNA World X Cup (2008) – with Rey Bucanero, Último Guerrero and Averno
Union Independent Pro Wrestling
UIPW Heavyweight Championship (1 time)
Luchas de Apuestas record
Notes
References
External links
1981 births
Mexican male professional wrestlers
Living people
Masked wrestlers
Professional wrestlers from Coahuila
People from Monclova
20th-century professional wrestlers
21st-century professional wrestlers
Mexican National Trios Champions
CMLL World Tag Team Champions
NWA World Historic Middleweight Champions
NWA World Historic Welterweight Champions
Mexican National Light Heavyweight Champions
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The Yankee Stadium Legacy set is a 6,752-card compilation chronicling every single game the New York Yankees ever played at the original Yankee Stadium since April 18, 1923. The card set was manufactured by Upper Deck and made its official debut by being randomly inserted into packs of Upper Deck’s 2008 Series 1 Baseball.
As part of a promotion related to the set, the first five collectors who completed the set of all 6,661 cards inserted into 2008 Upper Deck Baseball products, were to travel to New York during the 2009 New York Yankees season to attend a game at the new Yankee Stadium and meet Yankee Captain, Derek Jeter. The Yankee Stadium Legacy cards representing the 2008 New York Yankees season appeared in 2009 Upper Deck Series One Baseball packs in February 2009 and put an end to the Yankee Stadium Legacy promotion. The five contest winners would receive the 82 cards representing the final season at Yankee Stadium.
Tommy Baxter, a 36-year-old from Little Rock, Arkansas, was the first collector to put together Upper Deck’s Yankee Stadium Legacy (YSL) Collection. Baxter was a Cubs fan. Baxter's accomplishment was commemorated with a card in 2009 Upper Deck Series One Baseball.
Notable events
Some of the cards in the set commemorate some of the most famous sporting events that have taken place at Yankee Stadium. Some of these events include:
Notes
Guinness Record
According to a January 2008 Upper Deck press release, Guinness World Records would certify Yankee Stadium Legacy as the largest baseball card set ever produced, once all the cards are released.
However, the 1998 Topps TEK set contained 90 different player cards, that were each available in 90 different variations, for a total of 8,100 different cards which some collectors consider to be an even larger complete set.
Distribution
The various sets where the Yankee Stadium Legacy cards were inserted into were: Spectrum; Piece of History; SPx; Upper Deck Series Two; SP Legendary Cuts (Hobby-only); SP Authentic; UDx; and UD Masterpieces. Upper Deck started the website www.OwnTheLegacy.com so that collectors could find out more about the Yankee Stadium Legacy set. Alphanumeric codes found on the backs of Yankee Stadium Legacy cards can be entered at the site, and collectors will can use the site to manage their collections online, and track their collections against other collectors via a leader board.
The cards commemorating the 2008 New York Yankees season were featured in Series 1 of 2009 Upper Deck baseball. Two of the more notable cards include YSL-AG (commemorating the 2008 Major League Baseball All-Star Game) and card YSL-6742 featuring Andy Pettite commemorating the final game at Yankee Stadium).
References
External links
Yankee Stadium Legacy Checklist on Trading Card Database
New York Yankees
Baseball cards
Trading cards
2008 in baseball
Yankee Stadium (1923)
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Víctor Iván Macías García (born July 1, 1984) is an Ecuadorian footballer who most recently played for Clan Juvenil in the Ecuadorian Serie A.
External links
Víctor Macías at BDFA.com.ar
1984 births
Living people
People from Portoviejo
Men's association football forwards
Ecuadorian men's footballers
L.D.U. Quito footballers
L.D.U. Loja footballers
L.D.U. Portoviejo footballers
S.D. Aucas footballers
S.D. Quito footballers
C.D. ESPOLI footballers
Mushuc Runa S.C. footballers
C.D. Olmedo footballers
C.D. Clan Juvenil footballers
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The 1937–38 Montreal Canadiens season was the team's 29th season of play. The Canadiens placed third in the Canadian Division and qualified for the playoffs. Montreal met and lost to the eventual Stanley Cup champion Chicago Black Hawks in the quarter-finals.
Regular season
A Morenz Benefit All-Star game was held at the Forum on November 2, 1937. 8,683 fans attended, contributing $11,447 to a total pot of over $20,000 for Howie Morenz's family.
This was the last season for Pit Lepine, Aurel Joliat and Marty Burke. Burke had returned from Chicago in a trade for Bill MacKenzie.
Final standings
Record vs. opponents
Schedule and results
Playoffs
The Canadiens drew the third-place finisher of the American division, the Chicago Blackhawks. Montreal lost the best-of-three series 2–1.
Player statistics
Regular season
Scoring
Goaltending
Playoffs
Scoring
Goaltending
European tour
After losing in the playoffs, the Canadiens embarked on a tour of Europe with the Detroit Red Wings. Prior to departure, the two teams played three exhibition games in Nova Scotia. In Europe, the teams played a nine-game series in England and France. The Canadiens won the series with a record of 5–3–1
Awards and records
Toe Blake – NHL Second All-Star team
Babe Siebert – NHL First All-Star team
Transactions
See also
1937–38 NHL season
References
Notes
Montreal Canadiens seasons
Montreal Canadiens
Montreal Canadiens
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Radial aplasia is a congenital defect which affects the formation of the radius bone in the arm. The radius is the lateral bone (thumb side) which connects the humerus of the upper arm to the wrist via articulation with the carpal bones. A child born with this condition has either a short or absent radius bone in one or both of his or her arms. Radial aplasia also results in the thumb being either partly formed or completely absent from the hand, which can result in difficulties performing activities of daily living. Radial aplasia is connected with the condition VACTERL association, under the 'L' for limb malformations.
Radial aplasia is not inherited. The cause for radial aplasia is unknown, but it widely believed to occur within the first ten weeks of gestation. The incidence is reported to be between 1 in 30,000 and 1 in 100,000 live births, bilateral in half, slightly more common in boys than girls. Most cases are sporadic, with only about 20% familial.
References
External links
Skeletal disorders
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The American School Foundation of Monterrey is a private, nonprofit, international school located in Monterrey, Mexico, which provides a U.S.-type education to international and Mexican students. It is one of a few American-style educational centers in this city and is notable for being the oldest one of that group.
The school is governed by a founders' board which meets twice a year and that elects a board of directors serving as the school's board of education. This board is constituted of 15 members serving up to four 3-year terms. All instruction is in English except for Spanish classes. For grades 10th to 12th there are two courses of study, one leading to a Mexican bachillerato and the other to a U.S. high school diploma. Students can choose either to follow just the U.S. diploma or both courses. The option to do the Mexican bachillerato alone is not offered.
History
ASFM, as the school is known, was founded in 1928 as a response to the need for children of foreign (mainly American) workers in Monterrey to have an American-style education in order to eventually return seamlessly to the United States. The school received its charter on October 13, 1928, and was re-established as the American School Foundation of Monterrey in April 1944.
It was during this re-establishment that the founders' board was established with four founding individuals and thirteen sponsoring companies. The organization was created as a non-profit society, hence the inclusion of the word Foundation in the name. In 1948, ASFM received accreditation from the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools and the Texas Education agency. The school moved to the "Missouri Campus" (located on a street named Rio Missouri), in September 1958, when its enrollment had exceeded 450 students.
The school's reputation improved over time and it remained the school of choice for the children of foreign workers that relocated to Monterrey. As the city's influx of foreigners increased, the need for an international education grew in demand. In 1996, in order to accommodate this increasing population, ASFM built a new campus for middle and high school students. This new state-of-the-art facility built in the Huasteca Canyon attracted many new students and launched ASFM into its present era. The Missouri Campus was used for Nursery through 5th Grade students, however in August 2010 these students also switched locations to La Huasteca, where a newly constructed elementary school was built. With Nursery - Grade Twelve reunited to one location, the school continues to maintain a status as one of the most exclusive institutions in Mexico and Latin America.
High school profile
For the 2021-2022 school year, the total enrollment comprised 2,454 students, 88% of which are Mexican, with the remaining 12% being American and of 15 other nationalities. Approximately 20% of the students overall hold dual or multiple nationalities. The high school has a faculty of 278 teachers, all of whom hold teaching certificates or degrees with around 66% of them holding advanced degrees.
Facilities
The MSHS campus (previously called Huasteca Campus), features 10 fully equipped science labs, 6 computer labs, 62 teaching classrooms, a black-box theater, a 500-seat auditorium and a media center that incorporates a fully equipped production studio with 5 recording rooms, performance area, conference spaces and study zones. The media center can accommodate three full classes simultaneously and holds an online & printed collection of over 20,000 titles.
The school sponsored a fundraiser for the construction of a STEM Lab, Business Incubator, Maker Pods, 2 eco-patios and the Audiovisual Production Studio inside of the media center.
The campus for elementary school (previously called the Missouri Campus) was built right next to the Huasteca campus, nicknamed "Huastequita" is for students in nursery to grade 5 and has 64 classrooms, 4 state-of-the-art computer labs, library, projection room, the administrative, counseling and athletic offices, clinic, maintenance area, roofed parking lot, 3 playgrounds, instrumental music rooms, multipurpose room, and cafeteria.
The school sponsored a fundraiser for the construction of a Flexible Learning Space, Amphitheater, Sensory Motor Gym, a natural playground and an Adventure Challenge Course.
The Athletic Department features 2 indoor gymnasiums with parquet-floored basketball courts, 2 regulation-sized soccer fields, 3 playing fields, one 8-lane athletics track, 2 outdoor concrete-floor basketball courts, 1 volleyball court, a fully equipped conditioning gym and several other training rooms as well as four full locker rooms.
Model UN Program
ASFM houses one of the largest international Model UN conference in Mexico: IMMUNS (International Monterrey Model United Nations Simulation). IMMUNS was established as a brand in 2003 when the high school and middle school Model UN conferences fused into one large event. Traditionally, IMMUNS is held in mid-February, and involves around 500 local and international students. Previous keynote speakers include Jane Goodall (2003), Pedro Ferriz de Con (2013), Fernando Elizondo Barragán (2017), and Yeonmi Park (2017). The MUN program is divided into different classes for each grade level (starting in the 9th grade)- MUN 9, MUN 10, MUN 11, and MUN Secretariat 10-12. Additionally, its MUN 10 class hosts a yearly musical talent show called VOICES, where students pick songs based around a rotating theme. The 2018–2019 class was the first to ever run 2 VOICES in the same school-year.
Traditions and athletics
The school's mascot is the American bald eagle and the colors are red and white. ASFM participates in yearly sports tournaments sponsored by the Association of American Schools in Mexico (ASOMEX). It competes in soccer, basketball, track and field and in several other sports. The school has a healthy rivalry with other bilingual schools in the city, the Colegio Inglés and AIM, stemming from the continuous success of both schools in soccer tournaments held by ASOMEX. ASFM is deeply committed to ASOMEX and during the tournaments held in Monterrey the entire school comes out in support of its teams.
The school also issues several awards each year.
Steve Fordham Award: The most important all-around award is the Benjamin Steve Fordham Award, given to the student at each grade level that best exemplifies leadership, citizenship, responsibility, friendliness, academic excellence, sportsmanship, and cooperation. Two nominees are named along with the winner. This award was established in memory of Steve Fordham, an ASFM student who earned a Purple Heart during the Vietnam War and who held the qualities that the Award recognizes.
Aguirre and de la Garza Evia Quiroga Awards: Two other memorial awards have been established in recent years. The Alejandro Aguirre Award is given to an exceptional 9th Grade student in the athletics program. The other memorial award is the Carlos de la Garza Evia Quiroga Memorial Award given to the 9th grade student displaying humanitarianism and service.
Graduation Awards: At Graduation, ASFM recognizes the Valedictorian and Salutatorian for each graduating class. The Valedictorian gives a Closing Address while the Salutatorian recites the Invocation at the start of the ceremony. Also, the American Legion Award is given to the graduating senior best exhibiting courage, scholarship, patriotism, honor, leadership, and service. This award is not given by ASFM but rather by the American Legion Chapter of Monterrey.
Eagle Awards: Lastly and in honor of its Mascot, the school issues the Eagle Award to students who have been at ASFM for 15 years and the Eagle of the Month Award to students exhibiting excellent academic, citizenship and overall performance.
Finances
For the 2021–2022 school year, the school has 2,454 students. In terms of finances, majority of the school's income stems from monthly tuition at the following rates, in Mexican pesos.
Notes:
There is an entrance fee for all new students of US$8,910
If a student withdraws from the school and wishes to return, there is a $26,170 MXN or $13,780 MXN new registration fee for N-12th grade and the Bach program respectively.
See also
American immigration to Mexico
References
External links
History: www.asfm.edu.mx/about/school/history
Profile: School Profile - American School Foundation of Monterrey
General information and finance
Educational institutions established in 1928
American international schools in Mexico
Private schools in Mexico
1928 establishments in Mexico
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Arthur Robert Emmett, (born 1943) is an Australian judge who served as a member of the New South Wales Court of Appeal from 7 March 2013 to 30 September 2015, and has continued to serve as an Acting Judge of the Court of Appeal since that date. From 1997 until 2013 he was a judge of the Federal Court of Australia. Prior to 1997 he had a career in private legal practice as a barrister and solicitor.
Biography
Emmett was educated at North Sydney Boys High School and the University of Sydney, where he earned a Bachelor of Arts in 1964, a Bachelor of Laws in 1967, and a Master of Laws in 1976. Emmett has lectured in Roman Law at the Sydney Law School, where he holds the title of Challis Lecturer in Roman Law since 1990. On 22 May 2009, the University of Sydney conferred upon Emmett the degree of Doctor of Laws (honoris causa).
Personal life
His wife Sylvia (née Street), previously served as a judge of the Federal Circuit Court of Australia and is the daughter of the late Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of New South Wales, Sir Laurence Street. They have six children: Laurence, Hilary, Robert, James, Phoebe-Jane, and Christopher.
References
1943 births
Living people
Judges of the Federal Court of Australia
Judges of the Supreme Court of New South Wales
Sydney Law School alumni
People educated at North Sydney Boys High School
Academic staff of the University of Sydney
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Mario Montoya may refer to:
Mario Montoya (swimmer) (born 1989), Olympic swimmer from Costa Rica
Mario Montoya Uribe (born 1949), Colombian military general
Mario Montoya (footballer), Salvadoran footballer
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Hillcrest is a residential community in Broome County, New York in the town of Fenton, directly north of Binghamton. To the north of Hillcrest is the Chenango Bridge and the village of Port Dickinson
Hillcrest contains numerous single-family homes, a high school, two public parks, three churches, a public library, a cemetery, numerous industries and businesses, and a central plaza area within walking distance of most homes that includes a gas station, family-run Italian restaurant, ice cream parlor, diner, and other businesses. It lies in Broome County, and borders I-88 and the Chenango River.
Places of interest
Some places of interest for community members and visitors are:
Chenango Valley High School- a local high school.
Hillcrest youth baseball Field - site of a baseball and softball field.
Fenton Free Library - Community run library.
Chenango Valley Cemetery
NorthPointe Church A Non-denominational church with modern worship emphasis, located on the East Service Road.
St. Francis of Assisi - Catholic Church, former school, and gymnasium.
Ogden Hillcrest UMC - United Methodist Church, and Thrift Shop
Stone Spillway, National Defense Stockpile Center - listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2004.
References
Binghamton metropolitan area
Populated places in Broome County, New York
Hamlets in New York (state)
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Álexander Leonardo Bolaños Reascos (born January 22, 1985) is an Ecuadorian who currently plays for CD La Unión as a footballer.
Career
Bolaños began his career at Guayaquil-based club Barcelona in 2005 during the Clausura championship. He continued to play for the club until they released him as a result of his criminal case. After serving time in prison, he was signed by LDU Quito in the later half of 2009 as an emergency signing. Despite not making any league appearances in 2009 due to ineligibility, he played one match for the club during the 2009 Copa Sudamericana. Liga would go on to win the competition and give Bolaños his first piece of silverware. Due to a lack of possible playing time, LDU Quito loaned Bolaños to crosstown-team Universidad Católica for the 2010 season. For the 2011 season, he was signed by Deportivo Quito.
In June 2019, he joined LDU Loja.
Family
Bolaños is the older brother of Miller Bolaños, a midfielder who plays for Grêmio.
Criminal case
Bolaños was involved in a fatal car crash in which his car struck the vehicle of Fabricio Gerardo Quezada, who was killed in the crash. Bolaños was sentenced to seven years in prison for drunk driving and manslaughter. He was released in September 2009 after a successful appeal of his sentence.
Honors
LDU Quito
Copa Sudamericana: 2009
References
External links
Bolaños' FEF player card
1985 births
Living people
People from San Lorenzo, Ecuador
Ecuadorian men's footballers
Barcelona S.C. footballers
L.D.U. Quito footballers
C.D. Universidad Católica del Ecuador footballers
S.D. Quito footballers
Club Olimpo footballers
S.D. Aucas footballers
Santa Cruz Futebol Clube players
Delfín S.C. footballers
Fuerza Amarilla S.C. footballers
L.D.U. Loja footballers
Ecuadorian Serie A players
Campeonato Brasileiro Série A players
Argentine Primera División players
Ecuador men's international footballers
Ecuadorian expatriate men's footballers
Expatriate men's footballers in Argentina
Ecuadorian expatriate sportspeople in Argentina
Ecuadorian expatriate sportspeople in Brazil
Expatriate men's footballers in Brazil
Men's association football midfielders
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is a Japanese actor.
Films
1972 - Godzilla vs. Gigan (King Ghidorah)
1977 - House
TV
1976 - Battle Hawk
1978 - Monkey
References
External links
Japanese male film actors
Possibly living people
Year of birth missing
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Louis-Xavier de Ricard (January 25, 1843July 2, 1911) was a French poet, author and journalist of the 19th century. He was founder and editor of La Revue du progrès (La Revue du Progrès moral, littéraire, scientifique et artistique) which was the first to publish a poem by Paul Verlaine in August 1863. He and Catulle Mendès edited the first volume of Le Parnasse contemporain, published by Alphonse Lemerre in 1866. He was a member of the Commune de Paris (1871) and Félibrige, a group founded by Frédéric Mistral to promote and defend Provençal literature and the Provençal language (a Langue d'oc language).
Life
His father was general and marquis Joseph-Barthélemy de Ricard (who successively served Napoléon I, then the Bourbons and finally was premier aide-de-camp of Jérôme Bonaparte in 1852).
Ricard's first collection of poetry, Les chants de l'aube (Songs of Dawn) was published in 1862 by Poulet-Malassis. In March 1863, after receiving an inheritance from an aunt, he founded La Revue du progrès. Among the contributors to the Revue were Charles Longuet and a young Paul Verlaine (his first published poem). The Revue lasted one year; the atheist sentiments of the Revue lead to a Monseigneur Dupanloup taking legal action against the Revue on the grounds that it was an outrage to public morals and good mores. Ricard was defended by a talented young attorney, Léon Gambetta, and was sentenced to eight months in prison, reduced to three, at Sainte Pélagie, and had to pay a fine of 1,200 francs. After serving his sentence, his friends manifested an active support, and this small group of supporters was the origin of the politico-literary salon that met every Friday at the home of Ricard's mother, 10 Boulevard des Batignolles. Ricard was happy to entertain these boisterous republican and anti-clerical youths. Many great French poets and writers of the future attended: Anatole France, Sully Prudhomme, Villiers de l'Isle-Adam, Paul Verlaine, François Coppée; and Raoul Rigault, the future attorney of the Commune de Paris (1871).
In March 1866, Ricard and Catulle Mendès were appointed by editor Alphonse Lemerre to be directors of a now famous and pivotal collection of poetry called Le Parnasse contemporain, a collection that gave the name Parnassian to a group of poets that came to be known as Parnassians. Ricard also contributed 8 poems to that first collection. In 1867 Verlaine, a friend of Ricard (whom he called "an excellent Langue d'Ocian poet"), dedicated his Les Vaincus to Ricard, a poem on the vanquished of 1848.
Works
Histoire mondaine du Second Empire : en attendant l'Impératrice, 1852-1853 ; Paris : Librairie Universelle, 1904.
Madame de la Valette, Paris, Société d'éditions littéraires et artistiques, 1901.
Les Sept péchés capitaux : la colère, Paris : E. Bernard, 1901.
Officier de fortune ! : aventures de Marie-Armand de Guerry de Maubreuil, Paris, Montgredien, 1899.
L'esprit politique de la Réforme., Paris, Fischbacher, 1893.
Un poète national : Auguste Fourès, Paris, 1888.
Le fédéralisme,, Paris, Sandoz & Fischbacher, 1877.
Ciel, rue et foyer,, Paris, Lemerre, 1866.
La résurrection de la Pologne, Paris, Marpon, 1863.
Petits mémoires d'un Parnassien, coll. Avant-siècle, Paris, Lettres modernes - Minard, 1967. Ce livre contient également Les Parnassiens, d'Adolphe Racot. Introductions et commentaires de Michael Pakenham
External links
1843 births
1911 deaths
French poets
Date of death unknown
French male poets
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Major General Sir Victor Paley, KBE, CB, DSO, DL (1903–1976) was a British Army officer. In addition, he was seconded to the Ghana Army, to become the first Chief of the Defence Staff of the dominion of Ghana.
Early life
Alexander George Victor Paley, generally known as Victor, was born in 1903, the son of George and Rose Paley. George Paley (1872-1914) was an Army officer and was killed in action in October 1914, when Victor was eleven years old. Maj. George Paley of 1st Bn., Rifle Bde. was a staff-officer with 1 Division, in conference with counterparts in 2 Division, at the headquarters in Hooge, when the chateau was shelled, killing several.
Victor was born in Freckenham in Suffolk, where his family was well-established. Victor's grandfather was William Victor Paley (1840-1925), a local artist, but William's brother, John (1839-1894), was the squire of Ampton Hall and married the Hon. Clara Strutt, a daughter of the 2nd Lord Rayleigh. Victor's great-grandfather served as Rector, from 1835 to 1879.
Career
War Service
Paley served as commanding officer of the 3rd Battalion, Libyan Arab Force between 1941 and 1942. He subsequently served in Iraq and Germany between 1942 and 1954. He also served as aide-de-camp to the Queen.
In October 1944, during the Second World War, Paley served as the commanding officer of the 22nd Armoured Brigade, while only holding the rank of lieutenant colonel.
In 1945, Lt.Col. Paley was decorated with the DSO for his command during the campaign in North-West Europe.
At the end of the war, he was chosen as one of the military members of the British delegation to the Allied Control Authority, as a temporary rank of brigadier. Having skipped a wartime rank, he received a substantive promotion on his peacetime rank to bring him to full Colonel and transfer to the General Staff in 1947.
Postwar
As a temporary Brigadier, Paley was appointed a CBE in 1951, upgrading him in status within the order: from an Officer to an ordinary Commander; this also marked a subtle swap in status in his post-nominals, as a Commander trumped the Companionship (the only grade of this order) of the DSO. The following year saw his substantive promotion to Brigadier. He was then appointed an Aide-de-Camp to the Queen, a post he held until 1957 and his substantive promotion.
Ghana Armed Forces
Paley served as the General Officer Commanding Ghana Armed Forces between 1957 and 1959, when his appointment covered only the army. He effectively became the Chief of Defence Staff when the Ghana Navy and Ghana Air Force were created. General Paley's secondment to the Dominion of Ghana ended on 11 January 1960, and he was succeeded by Major General Henry Alexander, DSO, OBE.
On his return home, Sir Victor retired from the British Army and his Reserve liability for recall in the event of an emergency ended in 1963. However, he continued to maintain semi-formal links with the military until the end of the decade.
Later life
In retirement, Sir Victor returned to the county of his birth, Suffolk, and set up home in the village of Great Barton, near to Ampton, where his father's cousin had once owned Ampton Hall, and where he, likewise, put himself forward for public office. In 1967, he was appointed the annual High Sheriff of Suffolk, the third generation of his family to hold the office. The following year he was appointed a Deputy Lieutenant (DL) for the county.
In addition to the civil offices, General Paley held the military appointments typical of a retired senior military officer: Sir Victor served as the Honorary Colonel of the 5th Bn., the Royal Green Jackets (RGJ), a Territorial battalion. The RGJ was the amalgamation of the green-jacketed regiments of the Rifles tradition, with some others, which included his own old regiment. He retired from these duties in 1969.
Family
Paley's immediate family was well-established in Suffolk, in Ampton and in Freckenham, but the main branch was firmly rooted in the North Riding of Yorkshire, in the neighbouring villages of Giggleswick and Langcliffe. Thomas Paley (1540-1592) is the earliest member of the family mentioned in the parish records, beginning at least eight generations of continuous succession in the parish, until the 19th century, when the Industrial Revolution and the railways extended both the horizons and the opportunities. Sir Victor is related the well-known theologian William Paley, sometime Archdeacon of Carlisle, through the clergyman's uncle George (1708-1765). George's son Richard (1746-1808) moved to the growing industrial towns of the North and played a role in the development of Leeds and of Bradford, together with his son and nephew. Richard grew wealthy producing munitions for the French Revolutionary Wars but was bankrupted by the slump following the Peace of Amiens, and died before he could recover. However, the nephew, John Paling Green (1774-1860), took over the Bowling Iron Works and became a wealthy industrialist and railways director. He and his firms financed churches for his birth-place, Langcliffe and of East Bowling, the source of the family wealth. It was probably this investment portfolio that also founded and funded the professional progress of his grandsons, and their descendants.
References
External links
Generals of World War II
1903 births
1976 deaths
Rifle Brigade officers
Ghanaian soldiers
British Army personnel of World War II
British Army major generals
Chiefs of Army Staff (Ghana)
Military personnel from Suffolk
Ghanaian military personnel
High Sheriffs of Suffolk
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Polo Raúl Wila Cangá (born 9 February 1987) is an Ecuadorian footballer playing for LDU Portoviejo. He plays as a midfielder
Club career
He had a lot of trouble settling on his first season with Emelec, it was even rumored on the media that Wila would leave Club Sport Emelec at the end of the 2009 season, but at the end of the Ecuadorian tournament on the definition match against Liga de Quito in Quito which Emelec won, he was a starter and he proved he could become a valuable member of the team and because of his age he is expected to become an important part of the squad in a short period of time.
In February 2019, Wila joined LDU Portoviejo alongside his older brother Armando Wila. He is the Richest Association Football Player that was born in Ecuador.
References
External links
1987 births
Living people
Footballers from Guayaquil
Men's association football midfielders
Ecuadorian men's footballers
Ecuadorian Serie A players
Ecuadorian Serie B players
C.D. Cuenca footballers
C.S. Emelec footballers
C.D. Olmedo footballers
Fuerza Amarilla S.C. footballers
Delfín S.C. footballers
L.D.U. Portoviejo footballers
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The Women's Discus Throw F35-36 had its Final held on September 9 at 9:35.
Medalists
Results
References
Final
Athletics at the 2008 Summer Paralympics
2008 in women's athletics
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Les Balayeurs du désert are a French ambient post-rock band. The group is composed of Michel Augier (composition, vocals, guitar), Fatoumata Diawara (vocals), Fred Tanari (keyboards, bass, vocals), Jean Michel Bourroux (drums), Bruno Lerouzic (pipes), Gram Maby (bass), Camilla Sagues (chorus) and Marcela Paz (chorus).
Les Balayeurs du désert have released three albums, and have also accompanied the Royal de Luxe theatre company providing music for several productions.
Discography
Chasseurs de girafes (2000)
Jules Verne Impact (2005)
Bazar musical interplanetaire (2009)
La Pequeña (2011)
Live à Guadalajara (2011)
References
External links
Official site
Comprehensive unofficial page
Musical groups established in 1997
French electronic music groups
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Le Parnasse contemporain ("The Contemporary Parnassus", e.g., the contemporary poetry scene) is composed of three volumes of poetry collections, published in 1866, 1871 and 1876 by the editor Alphonse Lemerre, which included a hundred French poets, such as Leconte de Lisle, Théodore de Banville, Heredia, Gautier, Catulle Mendès, Baudelaire, Sully Prudhomme, Mallarmé, François Coppée, Charles Cros, Nina de Callias, Léon Dierx, Louis Ménard, Verlaine, Villiers de L'Isle-Adam and Anatole France.
The mid/late 19th century French literary movement Parnassianism took its name from the poetry collection.
The first volume contained les Épaves and Nouvelles Fleurs du mal by Baudelaire, and early Mallarmé and Verlaine, avant-garde poets of the time. No poem by Arthur Rimbaud was included in any of the three volumes. Rimbaud is known to have read the first collection at a time when he was developing his poetry (sometime between 1866 and 1870). In a letter dated May 15, 1871 Rimbaud mentions by name dozens of poets who were included, referring to some of them as "idiots", "imbeciles", "schoolboys" et cetera. In that letter Rimbaud praises Charles Baudelaire, Theophile Gautier, Theodore de Banville, Leconte de Lisle, Albert Merat, and Paul Verlaine. He does not mention Mallarmé, who had 11 poems published in the 1866 collection.
Information on each collection
List of 99 poets
The following table lists (in alphabetical order) 99 poets who contributed to La Parnasse contemporain. Indicated for each poet is the number of poems that appeared in the three collections (1866, 1871, 1876):
French poetry
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Andrew Pollock is the name of two cricketers:
Andrew Maclean Pollock (1914–1969), Scottish-born South African cricketer
Andrew Graeme Pollock (born 1969), South African cricketer, grandson of Andrew Maclean Pollock
See also
Pollock (surname)
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The Things You See is a collaborative studio album by guitarist Allan Holdsworth and pianist Gordon Beck, released in 1980 through JMS–Cream Records. Both The Things You See and Beck's 1979 album Sunbird were reissued together as a compilation in 1989 (with the omission of "Flight" from Sunbird) and again in 1994 (including "Flight"). Holdsworth and Beck would later collaborate again on With a Heart in My Song in 1988.
The album's title was explained by Holdsworth on his 1992 instructional video: "The title for this tune came from me kind of... falling out of a pub one night back in England. There was this old guy walking down the street, and I guess he must have seen all of us hooligans coming out of the pub. He just looked at us and said, 'Boy, the things you see when you haven't got your gun!'"
"At the Edge" also features a rare instance of Holdsworth singing; the song would later be revamped and renamed "The Things You See (When You Haven't Got Your Gun)" on his 1982 album I.O.U., with Paul Williams on vocals.
Critical reception
Scott Yanow at AllMusic gave The Things You See three stars out of five, noting that "the overall music is not as memorable as one would hope". However, despite saying that it was not a classic, he nonetheless deemed it of interest to Holdsworth fans curious to hear him in a different context than usual.
Track listing
Personnel
Allan Holdsworth – vocals, guitar, electric violin
Gordon Beck – Rhodes piano, piano
Jean-Marie Salhani – production
References
Allan Holdsworth albums
Gordon Beck albums
1980 albums
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The 119th Pennsylvania House of Representatives District is located in Luzerne County and has been represented by Alec Ryncavage since 2023. The 119th district includes the following areas:
Ashley
Edwardsville
Fairview Township
Hanover Township
Larksville
Nanticoke
Newport Township
Plymouth
Plymouth Township
Rice Township
Sugar Notch
Warrior Run
Wright Township
Representatives
Recent election results
References
External links
District Map from the United States Census Bureau
Pennsylvania House Legislative District Maps from the Pennsylvania Redistricting Commission.
Population Date for District 45 from the Pennsylvania Redistricting Commission.
Government of Luzerne County, Pennsylvania
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James Neal Blue (born 1935) is an American billionaire businessman, and the chief executive officer and chairman of General Atomics based in San Diego, California.
Early life
Blue was born in 1935 in Meeker, Colorado, the son of James Elliot Blue and Virginia Neal Blue, a partner in the Denver residential real estate firm of Blue and Blue. In 1970, his mother died, and in 1986, his father died.
Education
Blue attended Yale University. During college, he was in the Air Force Reserve Officers' Training Corps.
Career
Neal and his brother Linden Blue owned the Colorado and Western Properties firm in Colorado in the 1970s. William Mathews White Jr. sold his entire holdings in Great Western United to Colorado and Western on the day he was forced to resign from his company in September 1971. White Jr. had spent the previous few years turning a pair of flour and sugar companies into a conglomerate, bringing in land marketing companies, Shakey's Pizza, and more. After the stock deal, James Neal and C&W's Arthur T. Cowperthwaite were then elected to the Great Western board. By February 1972 White amended the statement, indicating he had sold just under half of his shares, but both James Neal and Cowperthwaite would remain on the board.
Neal and Linden acquired General Atomics in 1986 from Chevron Oil for a reported $60 million. Neal serves as chairman and chief executive officer of General Atomics, which specializes in diversified research, development and manufacturing in defense, energy and other advanced technology arenas.
Awards
2013: 29th annual International von Karman Wings Award (October 2013).
Personal
Blue's brother is Linden Blue, the vice-chairman of General Atomics.
References
External links
American technology chief executives
Living people
1935 births
People from Meeker, Colorado
American billionaires
Yale University alumni
Businesspeople from Colorado
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Andrew Graeme Pollock (born 14 November 1969) is a former first-class and List A cricketer who played for Transvaal and Easterns in the 1990s. He is the son of the South African Test cricketer Graeme Pollock, grandson of Andrew Maclean Pollock, and a cousin of Shaun Pollock. His brother is Anthony Pollock.
References
External links
South African cricketers
Gauteng cricketers
Easterns cricketers
1969 births
Living people
South African people of Scottish descent
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Alexander Macdonell of Greenfield (20 November 1782 – 23 February 1835) was a Canadian businessman and politician. He was the fourth son of Alexander Macdonell of Greenfield and Janet Macdonell of Aberchalder (a sister of John Macdonell of Aberchalder and Sir Hugh MacDonell of Aberchalder). He was also the cousin and brother-in-law of Miles MacDonell, the first governor of the Red River Colony.
Alexander worked as a fur trader and became a partner of the North West Company becoming very interested in the rights of the Métis (so called "Half Breeds") with whom he worked as well as having 4 métis children. He was the first to refer to the Métis as becoming a nation when he wrote to Duncan Cameron that “The New Nation under their leaders are coming forward to clear their native soil of intruders and assassins”. Additionally Alexander played a role in the development of Métis identity by "giving them shape and direction". Alongside Cameron he was also instrumental in Cuthbert Grant initially being appointed as one of the "captains of the Métis", and eventually “Captain-General of all the Half-Breeds.” According to writer George Woodcock, prior to 1814 there was nothing to suggest that Grant saw the Métis as a nation, or gave any thought to their cause, or even identified himself with them. During the Pemmican War Alexander dispatched Cuthbert Grant and 25 Métis to plunder the Hudson's Bay Company's Brandon House.
It is a common story that Macdonell gave the Métis flag to the Métis in 1815. However, this is based on a reading of one account, provided by James Sutherland, in which he stated “it is said” that the North West Company gave the Métis peoples the Métis flag as a gift for their actions against the Red River Colony in Spring 1815, but made no mention of Macdonell as the source of the flag. However, there is no corroborating evidence for this rumour, and it is potentially contradicted by contemporary eyewitness accounts from Colin Robertson, Lieutenant General Sir John Coape Sherbrooke, and Macdonell himself that do not describe a flag being given among the gifts given to the Métis by the North West Company before the flag was first recorded by Sutherland as being flown in October 1815. All other historical contemporary accounts of the flag do not include details of where the flag originated. Moreover, Métis oral tradition tells that the Métis developed the infinity flag for themselves, and called the flag Li Paviiyoon di Michif in the Michif language.
In 1819 a book titled A Narrative of the Transactions in the Red River Country from the commencement of the operations of the Earl of Selkirk till the summer of 1816 was published in London, United Kingdom under his name.
In 1821, following the forced merger of the North West Company with the Hudson's Bay Company, Alexander returned to Upper Canada, becoming a political figure. He served in the 8th Parliament of Upper Canada and 9th Parliament of Upper Canada in the riding of Glengarry and in the 12th Parliament in the riding of Prescott.
Another Alexander Macdonell also served in the riding of Glengarry during several parliaments, including the 6th Parliament; he succeeded Alexander MacDonell of Greenfield's brother, John MacDonell.
In 1822 Alexander became the Sheriff of the Ottawa District, a position he held until his death in 1835.
Through his daughter Margaret he is a great-great-grandfather of Métis Elder George R. D. Goulet.
References
External links
“Manitoba Historical Society”
"Lords of the North"
"A Narrative of the Transactions in the Red River Country from the commencement of the operations of the Earl of Selkirk till the summer of 1816"
Alexander Macdonell
1782 births
1835 deaths
Members of the Legislative Assembly of Upper Canada
Canadian fur traders
Scottish emigrants to Canada
North West Company people
People from Cornwall, Ontario
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Maarten van der Vleuten () is a Dutch producer, composer and recording artist born in Vught, The Netherlands in 1967. Between 1987 and 2007 he used over two dozens of aliases, producing Detroit techno, electro, house, experimental and ambient music.
In early 2008 he announced that he would only use his real name for future releases. He recorded for R&S Records, Outrage Recordings, Apollo Records (Belgium), Djax-Up-Beats, See Saw, ESP and Klang Elektronik to name just a few.
Since 1996 he is also releasing music on his own label Signum Recordings (and its two sublabels Passiflora and Glam). Maarten's musical vision knows no limits: working in his own studio, he's constantly experimenting and exploring all aspects of (danceable) music, looking for innovation and bringing new angles to it. Due to his experimental vision towards his music, Van Der Vleuten's productions are not mainstream material. As a result of that he has gained more credits from within the "underground" scene. Or as the database of the Dutch Rock & Pop Institute writes; "one of the pioneers of the dutch dance scene".
Aliases
All known aliases in alphabetical order:
48V Phantom Power, Cliche, Cryptic, DJ Dusk, DJ G-Spot, Dutch Department Of Techno, E144, E414, Error 144, Error 441, Flash Back, Flux, Frantic, G.S.G, Gangrene, In-Existence, Integrity, Major Malfunction, N.Cantado, The Noise Architect, Orpheus, Party Marty, Pultec, V48, Vandervleuten, Zimt.
In-Existence
"In-Existence" is the alias van der Vleuten uses for his ambient-related musical projects. In 1993 the debut album Moonwater by In-Existence was released on the ambient label Apollo Records (Belgium), a subsidiary of R&S Records. (Musically a mix between Detroit techno and ambient)
On Van Der Vleuten's own label Signum Recordings the follow-up was released 1998; Private Rituals. A mix of ambient, worldmusic and classical. Guest musicians that appear on the album are; Edwin Paanakker, Eddie Persijn, Frans Friedrich and Choir Jeroen Bosch. The album Vow of Silence, on Tonefloat, musically referred to the debut with ambient-techno influences.
The fourth album ...Of Truth, Eternal Beauty And Nought... again sounded familiar with the ambient-techno influences. The opening track Capezzoli Di Venere is a 45-minute, almost neo-romantic sounding piece of spacious sounds and rhythmic sequences which is quite a contradiction to the extremely dark final title I Have This Pain.
The tone has been set and the last In-Existence album De Verkenningen continues with dark, droned sounds. The last track on the album, Vierde Verkenning is used by Dutch contemporary artist Frank Havermans and can be heard inside the art-installation KAPKAR / TT-C2P. The installation is part of the exhibition Tangible Traces- Dutch Architecture and Design by Netherlands Architecture Instituut and will travel around the world for two years, opening at November 10, 2007, during the Seventh São Paulo Biennale of Architecture in Brazil. Up to now the exhibition travelled to Vienna (Austria) and Hong Kong.
Discography
2013
Internaut (Shipwrec) 12"
Auseinander (Signum) 7"
2012
Are You Worthy? (Tonefloat) CD
Systematically Declassified 2 (Signum) 15xwav
Systematically Declassified (Signum) 15xwav
Summer Of 909 (In Plain Sight) 12"
MVDV No Religion (Signum) wav single
2011
The Scars Remain (Tonefloat) 2xLP
2010
A True & Faithful Relation Of What Passed For Many Years Between Dr. John Dee And Some Spirits (Evening Of Light) CD
MVDV CTRL ep (Shipwrec) 12"
2009
ECT For Piano (Signum) CD + Booklet
Een Onvermoede Bocht (Signum) CD + Book (collaboration with Ignace Schretlen)
2008
High Intolerance Towards Low Energies (ToneFloat) LP
2007
Kurt's Zimmer Publikation (Signum) CDs + Book
Reptv (track appears on compilation New Deal) (Eat Concrete) 12"
2006
In-Existence De Verkenningen (Signum) CD
In-Existence ...Of Truth, Eternal Beauty And Nought... (Signum) CD
Kremahitz (Mighty Robot) 12" (featuring Rude 66 and Aardvarck)
Major Malfunction Donderdozen (Signum) MP3
Vandervleuten Sex Machines (Glam) MP3
2005
In-Existence Vow Of Silence (ToneFloat/C) LP
Maarten van der Vleuten Vs The Use Of Ashes The Ice Mixes (Snavel) 2x12" 2005
2002
Flux Laiad (Signum) CD + Booklet
2001
Vandervleuten The Masterplan Remixes (Glam) 12"
V48 Five (Passiflora) 12"
Vandervleuten Variations On A "Love Me" Theme (Glam) 12"
2000
V48 Third (Passiflora) 12"
V48 No. 4 (Passiflora) 12"
1999
V48 First Flower (Passiflora) 12"
V48 2 (Passiflora) 12"
E 144 Ungestillt (Zodiak Commune) 12" (featuring Maarten Blom)
1998
Flux Bloemendael Effect (Signum) 12"
In-Existence Private Rituals (Signum) CD
1997
Flux Zah Ath (Signum) 12"
1996
Flux Variations On Loops (Signum) 12"
Phlux Hi-Fi Stereo ! (Signum) 12"
Flux Morphing Of Man (Signum) 12"
Frantic E.F.T. Lovers (XS) 12"
Maarten & Tjeerd Lunetten E.P. (U-Trax) 12 (co-production with Tjeerd Verbeek)
1995Error 441 Mmmmmmm (Beton) 12" Flux Sonoprinter E.P. (Mekanik) 12" Flux The Mindboggling Mystery (Klang Elektronik) 12" Cryptic Unconscious E.P. (Paraphrase) 12" Major Malfunction Private Performances (Djax) 12"
1993In-Existence Moonwater (Apollo) CD + 2xLP Major Malfunction House Shield Re-Activated (track appears on Surreal Sound 2) (Surreal Sound) MC
1992Cliche Cliche Trax (Djax) 12" (featuring Aardvarck) G.S.G. (Glue Sniffing Gerald) Trip Trax (Djax) 12" Zimt Set Into A Trance (Outrage) 12" Zimt Blue Note (Outrage) 12" Zimt Better Than Your Dream (Outrage) 12" Flux True Feelings (Outrage) 12" Integrity The Way I Live (Outrage) 12" Integrity Living In A Fantasy (Outrage) 12" (featuring Aardvarck) Pultec Die Menschmachine (Outrage) 12" Flashback Feel The Bass (See Saw/Billytron) 12" (featuring Sandy Kandou) 48V Phantom Power Graffity (R&S) 12" Maarten van der Vleuten & David Morley TZ 7 (TZ) 12" Gangrene Sickness E.P. (See Saw) 12" D.J. Dusk Chique E.P. (See Saw) 12"
199148V Phantom Power Feel D-Base (R&S) 12" Orpheus Saludos (R&S) 12" (featuring Fierce Ruling Diva) Major Malfunction Magic Moments (Djax) 12" Major Malfunction ...Gives You Central House (Djax) 12"
TZ 2 (TZ) 12" DDT (Dutch Department Of Techno) / Major Malfunction Starwood Party E.P. (See Saw) 12" (featuring Human Beings, Terrace, Speedy J, Exposure, Gijs Vroom, Party Atmosphere)
1987The Noise Architect Art As Terrorism (MAWA) MC
Exclusive tracks on compilations48V Spargel Brothers Bitten (on Spargel Trax Vol. 4) (Don't Be Afraid) 12" 2013 Flux Expanding Universe (on El Mondo Ambiente, Dino Music. The Ambient Groove Volume 3, ESP Records. The Ambient Groove Volume 3, Sun Music. Ambient Soundscapes Volume One, Sun Music. Tech Lounge (The Essential Underground Edition), CNR Music.) CD/2CD/3CD/MC 1994, 1995, 1996, 2003 Zimt V.H. (on Virtual Mellow, Halley. Virtual Mellow 2, Halley. This Is Mellow 7, Precious.) In-Existence Herbe Mystique (on Surreal Sound Tape Vol. 2) (Surreal Sound) MC 1995 Integrity Lust (on Rave On) (Dino Music) CD/2xCD/MC 1992
Co-productionDirk Serries & Maarten van der Vleuten Murmlefish (on TF100) (ToneFloat) 2x10" 2011 Aardvarck 2nd Groove 2 The Same Nation (Djax) 12" 1993(appearing as Party Marty, animal engineer) Mantrax Scarlet Circus (R&S/White) 12" 1991
(scarlet circus co-production with Renaat Vandepapeliere and David Morley)
Remixes
French Theory - Kids In Belgium Remixes (Up In The Clouds Remix) (Number Nine/Signum) 3xWAV, 2012
Various- May The Plague Be With You (Black Box Warning {Through The Cracks In The Box Mix}, Maarten van der Vleuten) (Plague Recordings) 7xMP3, 2009
Hydro- Aquarhythms (Hydr(o)remix by D.J. joost & Flux) (Phono) CD + 2xLP 1995
HAOS- Dance For The Future (Beton Mix by M. vd Vleuten) (Direct Drive) 12" 1995
Trance Induction- Capita Selecta (E T Welcome Song 2 Flux Remix) (Prime) 12" 1994
Trance Induction- Electrickery (Robogroove III remix) (Prime/Guerilla) CD + 2xLP 1993
Trance Induction- Advanced Sonic Rituals E.P. (Robogroove Flux remix) (Prime) 12" 1993
Space Trax- Bounce (Disease mix & Migraine mix by Gangrene) (Music Man) 12" 1993
C3PO- Heaven's Ritual (Maarten mix 1 & Maarten mix 2) (See Saw) 12" 1993
Hole In One- Tales from the Planet Onhcet E.P. (Close Encounters of the 4th Kind, Major Malfunction of the 4th kind remix) (see Saw) 12" 1992
Toxit- Toxit E.P. (Some Mushrooms Approach, Major Malfunction Remix) (See Saw) 12" 1992
Hole in One- X-Paradise remixes E.P. (X-Paradise, D.J. G-Spot mix & D.J. Dusk (P&D) mix) (See Saw/Downtown) 12"
Transform- Transform (G-Spot Transform(ed) mix) (See Saw) 12" 1992
Transform- Transformation (The Remixes) E.P. (Transformation, G.Spot Mark II Mix) (See Saw) 2x12" 1992
Hole in One- First Hole E.P. (Weird Science, Major Malfunction mix) (See Saw) 12" 1992
Ralphie Dee & Dino Blade- Calypso Interlude (G-Spot mix) (Music Man) 12" 1992
Human Resource- Dominator Re-Remixes E.P. (Dominator, Maarten van der Vleuten mix) (R&S) 12" 1991
See also
List of ambient music artists
References
External links
Maarten van der Vleuten official website
Maarten van der Vleuten official Myspace
Maarten van der Vleuten entry at Dutch Music Encyclopedia
Maarten van der Vleuten on Discogs.com
Maarten van der Vleuten on Last.FM
Signum Recordings on Last.FM
All Music Guide
Video interview (in Dutch) with Van Der Vleuten during November Music Festival 2012 by VPRO Eigentijds
1967 births
Living people
Dutch record producers
People from Vught
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The 2009 Bavarian Cup was the twelfth edition of this competition, organised by the Bavarian Football Association (BFV), which was first held in 1998. The winner and runners-up were both qualified for the 2009–10 DFB-Pokal. Additionally, this year's semi-finalist, SpVgg Unterhaching, was also qualified because it finished in the top-four of the 3. Liga.
The competition was open to all senior men's football teams playing within the Bavarian football league system and the Bavarian clubs in the Regionalliga Süd (III) and 3. Liga.
Rules and History
The seven Bezirke in Bavaria each play their own cup competition which in turn used to function as a qualifying to the German Cup (DFB-Pokal). Since 1998 these seven cup-winners plus the losing finalist of the region that won the previous event advance to the newly introduced Bavarian Cup, the Toto-Pokal. The two finalists of this competition advance to the German Cup. Bavarian clubs which play in the first and second Bundesliga are not permitted to take part in the event, their reserve teams however can.
The seven regional cup winners plus the finalist from last season's winners region were qualified for the first round.
Participating clubs
The following eight clubs qualified for the 2009 Bavarian Cup:
Bavarian Cup season 2008–09
Teams qualified for the next round in bold.
Regional finals
The runners-up of the Oberbayern Cup is the eights team qualified for the Bavarian Cup due to SpVgg Unterhaching from Oberbayern having won the Cup in the previous season.
First round
Semi-finals
Final
DFB Cup 2009–10
The two clubs, SpVgg Weiden and Wacker Burghausen, who qualified through the Bavarian Cup for the 2009–10 drew the following first-round opposition:
References
External links
Bavarian FA website
Bavarian Cup seasons
Bavarian
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Plomin tablet () is a Glagolitic inscription in Croatian at the outer wall of the church of Saint George in Plomin, Croatia. Roman god of flora and fauna Silvanus is portrayed. This inscription bears witness of early parallelism of two cultural currents on Istrian territory: Romance symbol is an Antique relief, and Slavic, i.e. Croatian symbol is the Croatian language and Glagolitic script.
Reading of the text
Above the male figure a two-lined Glagolitic text is inscribed while on the right of the figure another symbol is carved whose meaning is not definitely ascertained. Reading of the text is fairly straightforward: the first line says SE EPIS, and the second line ЪLЪS. The sign whose function is questioned by Fučić has been inscribed with significantly deeper furrows and is four times larger than the average size of Glagolitic letters, and for that reason alone one can ask whether it's an indispensable ingredient of the Glagolitic inscription itself, has it been written by the hand of the same scribe and has it been inscribed at the same times as other text. A Glagolitic letter cannot be discerned from it for certainty.
Trying to read both of the lines continuously: SE E PISЪLЪ S.., i.e. this was written S..., the sentence remains unfinished. Whether the text was written by somebody whose name starts with S or somebody wrote something that starts with S is not known. Since Old Croatian verb pisati meant both "to write" and "to paint", it is uncertain whether this verb was used to denote also a sculptural work and concordantly, if Plomin tablet inscription is a signature of the sculptor, or the Glagolitic text some secondarily written graffiti, written by some scribe.
Reading of the text introduces some additional phonetic and orthographic difficulties — an unusual orthography appears for writing the participle pisalъ, where on the position of sound /a/ a semivowel 'ъ' is written (thus pisъlъ instead of pisalъ). Fučić argues whether it is phonetically possible for the author of this inscription to have mistaken the phonetic value of a semivowel with that of the full vowel /a/, i.e. that he might have replaced the signs due to the similarity of pronunciation.
Paleographic analysis
General paleographic analysis shows that the rounded Glagolitic is still used, preceding the development of Croatian angular Glagolitic, which dates the monument before the 12-13th century.
An analysis of individual graphemes also points to this timeframe: There's the letter S (1, 6, 10) which still has triangular lower element and the letter I (5) which still has triangular upper element, i.e. which has not reduced the ductus the way it can be observed on Vienna Folios. There is also an older type of the letter P (4) with lateral dash. Sign for the semivowel (7, 9) on Plomin tablet is not found on Glagolitic monuments before the 11th century or after the 13th century. Finally, there is a peculiar letter E (2, 3) occurring twice in this inscription and in both attestations demonstrates the same type with two horizontal lines intersecting the vertical hasta. Taking into account the paleographic development of that letter, it can be ascertained that E originally appears with two horizontal lines, which are subsequently reduced to one, which is subsequently reduced to a dot, which is itself finally elided. With the letter E on the Plomin tablet, this development on Croatian Glagolitic areal can be connected with oldest preserved Glagolitic monuments at all: the Kiev Folios, Prague Fragments, and with Macedonian monuments: Codex Assemanius, Ohrid Folios, Euchologium Sinaiticum.
All these traits indicate a great antiquity of the monument, which date the Plomin tablet to the 11th century. Perhaps, moreover, a lower limit can be posited in the 10th century, which is a dating held by scientists such as Marija Čunić.
The relief
The relief shows a beardless male figure, clad in short tunic by his knees, tightened at the hips. Costume is Antique, Roman. This was the clothes of slaves, laborers and peasants. Frontal setting of the character with his left arm bended at the elbow in front of the chest, holding some kind of an object, reminding of the pose and the typical gesture of male portraits of Late Antique Roman gravestones stelae, makes the connection of continuity or imitation of this primitive relief to the Late Antique gravestone plastics unambiguous. Although the niche around the figure has been inscribed uncertainly and inconsistently, it points to the impostation of the figure in its own space, typical of plastics of Roman gravestone monuments. General naturalistic tendency also points to Antique as a starting point, which is manifested through the impotence of the artist's expression, especially in the details—the "scully" type of beardless head and the rudiments of the ear shell and barely marked hair.
Dating and interpretation
If the Glagolitic inscription is dated to the 11th century, than that date is terminus post quem non for the genesis of the relief, i.e. its upper bound. Lower bound is the Late Antique. Between that large range—from Late Antique to Early Romanesque—it is less probable that this work would have come into existence in the centuries from the 8th to the first half of the 11th century, because in that period the sculptural works used wattle ornaments, a stylistically marked type of creation, a tradition which rules out naturalistic conceptions of human figure.
Following this line of thought, Branko Fučić has in 1953, publishing Plomin tablet for the first time, formed an alternative theory according to which the relief
...should be looked upon as a primitive provincial work of Late Antique (either pagan or Christian), or as an early Romanesque work, which after the period of wattle ornamentation reintroduces human figure into sculptural works. At any case, the connections of monument with the Late Antique plastics are beyond any doubt. They represent either the very much alive Antique tradition, or the imitation of the medieval carver of some Antique template.
Reflecting on Fučić's alternative interpretation, academician Ljubo Karaman has laid his arguments, deciding for a medieval origin of the relief.
Following Karaman's arguments and his own later iconographic studies, Fučić has voiced an opinion that this figure represents Saint George—a saint to whom Plomin church is dedicated to. This conclusion was induced by the attribute the Plomin tablet figure hold in his hand. Fučić was unable to identify the object in the (back then) available repertoire of Roman plastics attributes that would match with the attribute of Plomin tablet figure. These were not fork or a fish gig but a three-leaved branch, a symbol of vegetation; it must have been an abbreviation for the conception of vegetation.
Christian iconography can interpret that attribute by a palm branch—of course, in a stylised, non-naturalistic form—and palm is a symbol of martyrs. Saint George only in the time of Crusades has become an idolized knight, horse-rider, dragon-slayer. In older Christian iconography he is but a messenger of faith and a martyr, and hence the martyr palm would suffice as an adequate attribute. By comparing the Plomin tablet figure with the remains of fresco from the ruinous church of Saint George near Vrbnik on the island of Krk, where this saint is portrayed not with one vegetational attribute but with two (holding one in each hand), Fučić has interpreted this unusual, exceptional iconography as a contamination of the perception of Saint George the martyr (holding a palm in his hand) with a perception of Croatian folk "green George" (Croatian: zeleni Juraj) which carries spring greenery in his hand.
In his later work, Fučić concludes that he was a secondary path to a proper solution. Later he summarily describes the problem and solutions as follows:
Neither in the East nor in the West is there any extant artwork of Saint George before the 10th century.
If a carver from the 11th century (to which the Glagolitic inscription is dated) had in mind to display Saint George, it is beyond any doubt that he would have carved the essential saintly attribute, the aureola, which is absent from this monument.
The relief is — concordantly — older. Fučić argues for his initial dating to the Late Antique period.
Another interpretation becomes apparent, where the Plomin tablet figures represents ancient, antique "green George", a pagan Silvanus with vegetational attribute in hand, as can be seen in a similar iconography on one antique Istrian relief in the Buzet museum.
Glagolitic inscription is, therefore, secondary; it's graffiti. The fact that the relief was embedded in a church wall was conditioned by a subsequent folk reinterpretation, which in the imagery of Silvanus saw a portrait of Saint George, though probably still contaminated with the earlier conception of "green George".
Notes
References
External links
Plomin tablet - an excerpt from Branko Fučić's book Terra incognita, Kršćanska sadašnjost, Zagreb, 1997
Old Croatian inscriptions
11th century in Croatia
Croatian glagolithic texts
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Major General Stephen Joseph Asamoa Otu (23 October 1915 – 23 October 1979) was a former Chief of the Defence Staff of the Ghana Armed Forces. He was the first Ghanaian officer to serve in this capacity.
Career
Stephen Otu volunteered for service in the Gold Coast Regiment of the Royal West African Frontier Force. His service marked him out as a potential officer and, in 1947, he was posted to an Officer Cadet Training Unit (OCTU) in the United Kingdom to undertake a selection course. He passed out successfully and was commissioned on 1 May 1948. A decade later, in 1958, he became one of the original officers of the Ghana Regiment, when the Gold Coast gained its independence.
Initially a Company Commander (Major), he was soon promoted to command a Battalion, as a Lieutenant-Colonel. He continued through the higher ranks until, in October 1962, he became only the second Ghanaian to become the Chief of Army Staff, a position he occupied until July 1965 when the army headquarters became annexed to the Ministry of Defence. In 1961 the remaining British Army personnel left Ghana and Major-General S.J.A. Otu succeeded Major General Henry Templer Alexander, a British officer on loan, taking overall command as the first Ghanaian officer to become the Chief of Defence Staff of the Republic.
References
Ghanaian soldiers
1979 deaths
1915 births
Chiefs of Army Staff (Ghana)
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Ravenor Nicholson (born 6 October 1943) is a former South African cricketer, who played four seasons of first-class cricket for Natal cricket team. A right-handed batsman and medium pace bowler, his only first-class half century was 89 not out for Natal B against Transvaal B in December 1967. Nicholson's best bowling came in the following match against Griqualand West, taking five wickets in each innings, finishing with match figures of 10/63. Nicholson is the cousin of Test match brothers Peter and Graeme Pollock. His brother Christopher played one first-class match for South African Universities in 1967.
He was born in Durban, Natal.
References
External links
1943 births
Living people
South African cricketers
KwaZulu-Natal cricketers
Cricketers from Durban
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The 120th Pennsylvania House of Representatives District is located in Luzerne County and has been represented by Aaron Kaufer since 2015. The district includes the following areas:
Courtdale
Dallas Township
Exeter
Exeter Township
Forty Fort
Franklin Township
Jackson Township
Kingston
Kingston Township
Luzerne
Pringle
Swoyersville
West Wyoming
Wyoming
Representatives
During the 1990s, the district was predominantly Republican, especially in the towns of Kingston, West Pittston, and Shavertown. In recent years, the district has become increasingly Democratic. 57 percent of voters in the district are registered Democrats. It is a district that was carried by Al Gore in 2000, John Kerry in 2004, and Barack Obama in 2008. However, Republican Tom Corbett won the district in his race for governor in 2010. In 2012, incumbent President Obama won 55 percent of the district electorate. In 2016, businessman Donald Trump won the district. Kingston has been mostly Democratic since the late 2000s, West Pittston is now evenly split between the two parties, and Shavertown is only narrowly Republican now.
The current state representative for the district, lifelong Kingston resident Aaron Kaufer, is a Republican. He easily won his first election in November 2014 by a 56% to 44% margin over Democrat Eileen Cipriani of West Wyoming. Kaufer succeeded longtime Democratic representative Phyllis Mundy, who represented the district for 24 years before retiring in 2014.
The home seat of the district is Kaufer's hometown of Kingston, by far the largest municipality in the district.
Every representative that has served the 120th district has been a resident of Kingston.
Recent election results
References
External links
District Map from the United States Census Bureau
Pennsylvania House Legislative District Maps from the Pennsylvania Redistricting Commission.
Population Date for District 45 from the Pennsylvania Redistricting Commission.
Government of Luzerne County, Pennsylvania
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Christopher Robert Nicholson, SC (born on 5 February 1945) is a retired South African High Court judge and a former cricketer, who played one first-class match for South African Universities in 1967. He attained prominence as a judge when he ruled that the South African Government had tampered with the evidence in the case against Jacob Zuma, an act that led to the resignation of the President of South Africa, Thabo Mbeki.
Early life and sporting career
Nicholson was born on 5 February 1945 on a farm near Richmond, Natal, Union of South Africa, and was educated at Michaelhouse and at the University of Natal where he read law. He is a cousin of the brothers Peter and Graeme Pollock who played Test cricket for South Africa, is brother to Ravenor Nicholson, another first-class cricketer, and is also a cousin of the writer Alan Paton.
Nicholson represented the South African Universities against North Eastern Transvaal as a right-hand off spin bowler and a left-handed batsman. He took 3 for 58 in the match and batting at number 9, scored a total of 17 runs.
By the time Nicholson left university, the question of racial segregation in South African sport had led to South Africa's exclusion from the Olympic Games and in 1968, the English cricket team withdrew from a tour of South Africa due to the South African government's objection to the inclusion of Basil d’Oliveira, a South African born coloured player who had emigrated to the United Kingdom to play professional cricket. In 1971, leading South African cricketers left the field in a token protest against apartheid during a match to commemorate the tenth anniversary of the founding of the Republic of South Africa.
In 1973, Nicholson was among the founders of the Aurora Cricket Club – a mixed race club that applied for affiliation to the Maritzburg Cricket Union (MCU) and for inclusion in the all-white local cricket league. The club's inclusion in the league was supported by the Natal Cricket Association, and refused to be bullied by intimidatory police tactics such as taking the names of players and spectators – after each match the club voluntarily handed the police a list of all players.
Legal Resources Centre
In 1979, Nicholson, following on the efforts of Arthur Chaskalson in Johannesburg, founded the Durban chapter of the Legal Resources Centre (LRC) to assist those who could not afford advice or legal representation. One such case was the 1984 challenge he successfully brought against the pass laws, which were intended to restrict "idle and undesirable" people to rural confines. In another case in 1986, his name was closely associated with Archbishop Denis Hurley's case against the minister of law and order when he turned the internal security laws on their head by challenging the right to detain for purposes of interrogation.
By the end of that decade the challenge had begun to take its toll. Exhausted, and diagnosed with chronic fatigue syndrome, Nicholson resigned from his position at the LRC and took up a lecturing post at the Durban campus of the University of Natal where he taught evidence, civil procedure and professional practice. The slower pace of life in academia allowed him to spend time following his other pursuits – music and sport and to recover his health.
Advocate and judge
In the early 1990s he left the university and took silk as a Senior Counsel, enabling him to become a judge. He was appointed to the bench in 1995, one of the first in post-Apartheid South Africa. He was later appointed to the Labour Appeal Court, and later became senior judge on the Natal bench. In 2006 he found the government to be in contempt of court over the provision of antiretrovirals for prisoners at Westville Prison and in mid-2008 he ruled against the Erasmus Commission, set up by Ebrahim Rasool to probe allegations of bribery in the City of Cape Town, finding that the former premier had abused his provincial powers.
Jacob Zuma was the deputy president of South Africa, leader of the African National Congress and poised to succeed Thabo Mbeki as President of South Africa. He was dismissed as deputy president by Mbeki in June 2005 when his financial advisor Schabir Shaik, was convicted of corruption and fraud. Zuma was subsequently charged with corruption by the National Prosecuting Authority. On 28 December 2007, after various procedural delays the Scorpions (A government anti-corruption and anti-fraud investigation branch) served Zuma an indictment to stand trial in the High Court on various counts of racketeering, money laundering, corruption and fraud. Zuma appealed against the charges and on 12 September 2008 Nicholson held that Zuma's corruption charges were unlawful on procedural grounds. In his judgment Nicholson also wrote that he believed that there was political interference in the timing of the charges being brought against Zuma. Although this was initially denied by Mbeki, Mbeki was forced to resign on 20 September 2008.
Nicholson's ruling dismissing the charges against Zuma was unanimously overturned by the Supreme Court of Appeal, in a ruling which was critical of Nicholson's judgement in the case, including his addition of personal opinions to the ruling, and of including "gratuitous findings" about Mbeki and others in his judgement.
After Nicholson retired, he headed a committee appointed by Fikile Mbalula, South African Sport and Recreation Minister that investigated the affairs of the South Africa's national cricketing body Cricket South Africa (CSA). The investigation was triggered by a report from KPMG, the federation's auditor that a bonus of R4.5 million (about GBP 400,000 or $700,000) had been paid to CSA's chief executive Gerald Majola without the knowledge of the federation's remuneration committee. The commission found that Majola had breached the South African Companies Act at least four times and recommended that both the SCA and the South African Revenue Service should consider taking further action. The commission also recommended a restructuring of CSA's structure.
Books written by Nicholson
Nicholson has written a number books that reflect his other interests:
– Nicholson documents the cover-up and subsequent exposure of the murder of four anti-Apartheid activists, "The Craddock Four", in the Eastern Cape.
– A biography of Papwa Sewgolum, a South African golfer of Indian descent who, on account of the colour of his skin, had to receive the trophy for winning the Natal Open Golf Tournament in the rain as he was refused admission to the whites-only clubhouse.
– Nicholson investigates the degree to which Wagner's anti-semitic views might have influenced Hitler.
References
External links
1945 births
Living people
South African people of British descent
South African cricketers
20th-century South African judges
South African Senior Counsel
Opposition to apartheid in South Africa
University of Natal alumni
South African Universities cricketers
Alumni of Michaelhouse
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The PP-91 Kedr is a 9mm machine pistol developed from a prototype from the 1970s and since 1994 adopted by the Russian Ministry of Internal Affairs.
Overview
The PP-91 is a simply designed, easy to manufacture selective fire submachine gun designed by Yevgeny Dragunov (the designer of the SVD sniper rifle).
It is blowback operated and fires from a closed bolt, allowing for more accurate shooting than would be possible from an open bolt design. Ammunition is fed from a double column box magazine and it is supplied with folding shoulder stock.
Despite the small caliber of the round it uses, the notable advantages of the PP-91 are its compact size and the weight of only 1.5 kg, making it very easy to carry, and can be fired effectively by only one hand. The safety/selector lever is located on the right hand side and allows for semi-automatic single shots and fully automatic fire at the rate of 800 rounds per minute. The effective range of the PP-91 is between 50-100m. The weapon uses a diopter sight and allows for the use of a laser sight and a suppressor.
Variants
PP-71 (ПП-71) - a prototype SMG developed for the Ministry of Defense in the framework of the ROC "Bouquet" and tested in 1969–1972. Not commercially produced.
PP-91-01 "Kedr-B" (ПП-91-01 «Кедр-Б») - SMG with an integrated silencer, chambered for 9×18mm Makarov
PP-9 "Klin" (ПП-9 "Клин") chambered for 9×18mm Makarov, produced in 1996–2002. for the Interior Ministry. It features improved ballistics (due to a more powerful cartridge), the increased weight of the gate and the presence of helical grooves in the chamber.
PP-919 "Kedr-2" (ПП-919 "Кедр-2") - was developed in 1994–1996. chambered for 9×19mm Parabellum for the Federal Tax Police Service (made 3 pcs.).
in 2009 was also presented a prototype of the PP-2011 "KEDR-PARA" (ПП-2011 "КЕДР-PARA") chambered for 9×19mm 7N21.
PKSK (ПКСК) - semi-automatic carbine version chambered for 9×17 mm K, designed for private security, with a 10-round magazine. Produced in small batches since April 1998.
KMO-9 "Korsak" (КМО-9 "Корсак") - prototype semi-automatic version with a long barrel chambered for 9×21mm. Designed as a civilian sporting and hunting weapons training.
PST "Corporal" (ПСТ "Капрал") - semi-automatic version for private security agencies chambered for the 10 × 23mm T cartridge, with a 10-round magazine.
PDT-9T "Yesaul" (ПДТ-9Т "Есаул") - semi-automatic version chambered for the non-lethal 9mm P.A., with a 10-round magazine (available since 2005).
"Yesaul-2" ("Есаул-2") - a prototype full-automatic version chambered for the non-lethal 9mm P.A., with a 20-round magazine
PDT-13T "Yesaul-3" (ПДТ-13Т "Есаул-3") - semi-automatic version chambered for the non-lethal .45 Rubber, with a 10-round magazine (designed in 2009)
"Kedr-MD" (Кедр-МД) - sub-machine gun to fire only blank cartridges, designed to order by the film concern "Mosfilm" in 2006. Only 5 were made.
KSO-9 "Krechet" (КСО-9 "Кречет") - semi-automatic civilian carbine variant with long barrel, AR-15 type stock, 10-round magazines and chambered for the 9x19mm cartridge. Saw limited production in 2014–2015, very few were made.
Users
: MVD (politsiya and OMON) and security guards
See also
List of Russian weaponry
References
External links
External links
Official website
Kedr PP-91 / Klin PP-9 submachine gun - Modern Firearms
PP-91 Kedr / Internet Movie Firearms Database
9×18mm Makarov submachine guns
Kalashnikov Concern products
Machine pistols
Simple blowback firearms
Submachine guns of Russia
Weapons and ammunition introduced in 1994
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JSCB "IMEXBANK" () was one of the largest commercial banks in Ukraine based in the city of Odesa. It was founded on March 29, 1994. The bank's primary owner was Leonid Klimov. On January 27, 2015, the National Bank of Ukraine declared Imexbank insolvent and introduced a temporary administration for a period of three months.
On May 27, 2015, the Deposit Guarantee Fund of Ukraine made a decision to liquidate Imexbank.
History
IMEXBANK was opened on March 29, 1994. In 1998, the bank expanded outside of Odesa region, having opened a branch in Kyiv.
In 2002, the bank received a license from the international payment system MasterCard International, opening branches in Dnipro, Zaporizhia, Mykolayiv and Rivne.
In 2003, IMEXBANK joined the international interbank payment system SWIFT. At the end of 2003, the bank served 5,000 legal entities and more than 150,000 individuals, and branches were opened in Ternopil, Vinnytsia and Kropyvnytskyi.
As of 2004, IMEXBANK had more than 200 branches in Ukraine.
In 2006, the first foreign offices were opened in Austria and South Africa, and the following year in Romania. The Bank developed operations with bank metals and expanded the range of coins made of precious metals.
As of 2010, the bank's capital reached ₴990 million (approximately $120 million).
Due to financial crisis in Ukraine caused by Russia annexation of Crimea and War on Donbass, the bank was liquidated on May 27, 2015 by the decision of the National Bank of Ukraine.
On May 26, 2020, the Deposit Guarantee Fund of Ukraine sold at auction the Chornomorets Stadium, formerly owned by IMEXBANK to the american company "Allrise Capital", for ₴193.8 million.
Membership
Europay International
MasterCard International
The Ukrainian interbank association of Europay International members
The partner of Western Union company
Association of National Large-Scale Electronic Payments System (NLEPS) participants
Association of Ukrainian Banks (AUB)
The Odesa Bank Union
Professional Association of Registrars and Depositaries (PARD)
Open-ended Society "Interregional Fund Union" (IFU)
Contributions warranting fund for private entities
The Ukrainian Interbank Currency Stock Exchange (UICSE)
Sponsors and Partners
FC Chornomorets Odesa is the bank's asset
IMEXBANK is one of the cofounders of the Odesa Bank Union
First National Open-ended Pension Fund
PRIMORIE Insurance Company mutual cooperation
Black Sea Hotel (four star) mutual cooperation (10% off for the bank's clients)
Andromed Medical Centre
References
External links
Official website - inaccessible
Official website
The main sponsor of FC Chornomorets Odesa
Listed in Ukraine
Location of the bank on wikimapia, the first skyscraper of Odesa
Brief profile
Defunct banks of Ukraine
Banks established in 1994
Banks disestablished in 2015
1994 establishments in Ukraine
2015 disestablishments in Ukraine
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Marquis Xuan of Cai (蔡宣侯) (?–715 BC), born Ji Cuòfu (姬措父), was the eleventh ruler of the State of Cai from 750 BC to 715 BC. He was the only known son of Marquis Dai of Cai (蔡戴侯), his predecessor. His reign for 35 years. He was succeeded by his son.
References
Shiji
Chinese Wikipedia
Zhou dynasty nobility
Cai (state)
8th-century BC Chinese monarchs
715 BC deaths
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The Wenatchee AppleSox is a collegiate summer baseball team playing in the West Coast League's North Division. The team is based in Wenatchee, Washington. The team was established in 2000 by owner Jim Corcoran and has played its home games at Paul Thomas Sr. Field on the campus of Wenatchee Valley College. Asst. GM Ken Osborne became a stockholder in 2008. Corcoran and Osborne sold the team to retired Microsoft executive Jose Oglesby in 2018, with Osborne being appointed COO/GM. Osborne stepped down on Feb. 3, 2021, and assistant general manager Allie Schank was promoted to general manager.
Team history
2000–2013
The AppleSox began play in 2000 and joined the Pacific International League. The AppleSox marked the return of baseball to the Wenatchee Valley for the first time since the Wenatchee Chiefs suspended operations after the 1965 season. The AppleSox were a member of the PIL until 2004, when the team left the league to become a charter member of the West Coast League. The team won the PIL Championship in 2003 and has won five WCL Championships in the league's history, including back-to-back titles in 2009 and 2010.
2014
The 2014 season marked the first year that the AppleSox did not make the WCL Playoffs. The team was 30–24 in regular-season play. As the season concluded, Sox head coach, Ed Knaggs stepped down and AJ Proszek was selected to replace him, making Proszek the 3rd head coach all-time for the AppleSox. Proszek was a pitching coach for Wenatchee in 2013 and 2014. The changing of the coaching reins put an end to a 14-year run for Knaggs as the head coach in Wenatchee. He also had previously coached 22 seasons at Wenatchee High School.
2015–2016
The AppleSox went 43–65 over the next two WCL seasons, and were unable to reach the WCL postseason. The AppleSox did feature two of the more prolific hitters in WCL history in each of the 2015 season and 2016 seasons. Keston Hiura, an outfielder from UC Irvine, set WCL records with 33 extra-base hits, 119 total bases, and 6 triples. Michael Toglia (2016) became the third AppleSox player to win league MVP, joining Mitchell Gunsolus (2012) and Steve Marquardt (2005). He hit .306 and led the WCL with 7 home runs. At the end of the 2016 season, A J Proszek announced that he would not return for a third season as the team's head coach. The AppleSox hired Kyle Krustangel just over a month later, on September 14, 2016.
2017-2019
Krustangel kept the AppleSox in playoff contention until the final weekend of the season in each of his first two seasons before finally breaking through in 2019. The AppleSox won 17 of their final 25 games to earn their first playoff spot since 2013. Krustangel quit following the 2019 season to accept the same job with the Yakima Valley Pippins. Ian Sanderson of Lower Columbia College was subsequently hired as the fifth head coach in AppleSox history.
2022
The AppleSox made the postseason for the first time under a first-year head coach in 2022 after winning the WCL North Division's second-half title. Mitch Darlington guided the team to a 27-27 record and a first-round sweep of the Kamloops NorthPaws before falling to the Bellingham Bells in the North Division Championship Game. Second baseman Joichiro Oyama won WCL co-MVP by breaking AppleSox single-season records for plate appearances (276), runs (54), stolen bases (42) and walks (42) while also tying for the single-season record for triples (6) and games played (54). He also broke the WCL single-season record for runs and stolen bases with his historic 2022 campaign.
2023
The Applesox are currently 3rd in the north division with a 12-4 record and are tied for first place with the division leading Bells. Easton Amundson (Liberty) leads the league in home runs (6) while Brandham Ponce (Washington State) is 4th in the league in runs batted in (15). Jadon Williamson (Lower Columbia) is tied for second in wins on the mound (2) and Cam Hoiland (Cal Poly San Luis Obispo) is third in ERA (0.60). 7,145 total fans have gone through the gates for an average of 794 per game.
On June 19th, infielder Easton Amundson was named one of the players of the week. Amundson had hit three home runs and batted ten runners in over the week.
Ballpark traditions
Kid's choir
AppleSox games feature a special seventh-inning stretch. Local kids are invited out to the mound with the team's mascot, "Coyote", to sing "Take Me Out to the Ballgame".
Strikeout socks
The AppleSox hang embroidered socks from a clothesline on the press box, each time their pitcher strikes out an opposing batter. After five strikeouts by AppleSox pitching the team's guest services workers toss socks to fans in the seating area.
Race the Coyote
Long-time AppleSox mascot Coyote rounds the bases each night in a race against an AppleSox youngster. He still hasn't beaten any kids in the daily race, but has accumulated a few wins on various "Mascot" nights over the years, when he races other local mascots instead of children.
Ketchup and Mustard Race
During the fifth inning of each home game everyone's two favorite condiments race each other above the right-field wall.
Tommy Watanabe Award
AppleSox pitcher Tommy Watanabe died late in the 2017 season to the shock of the team and his family and friends. He left an indelible mark on all whom he interacted with and the AppleSox began honoring him the following the season with an award in his name. The Tommy Watanabe Award is annually presented to the AppleSox player who best shows passion and respect for baseball as well as those who play or work in the game. Wenatchee native Jacob Prater was presented with the inaugural award in 2018 and Johnny Sage won it the following the year. Michael O'Hara was recognized in 2021 before Joichiro Oyama was honored in 2022.
Section 'A'
The fans at Paul Thomas Sr. Field take a special liking each year to the AppleSox first base-coach, giving him a loud ovation each time he jogs to the coaches box. The tradition began with the fans in section A along the first baseline in 2006 and has spread across the entire stadium.
Season-by-Season Record
Division champions
PIL
2002
2004
WCL
2005
2008
2009
2010
2011
2012
2013
League champions
PIL
2003
WCL
2005
2006
2009
2010
2012
Notable alumni
Cole Gillespie (2004)
Jason Hammel (2001)
Tommy Milone (2006)
Clay Mortensen (2005–2006)
Trevor Brown (2010)
Marco Gonzales (2010)
Simon Rosenbaum (2014)
Griffin Canning (2014)
Keston Hiura (2015)
Michael Toglia (2016)
References
External links
Amateur baseball teams in Washington (state)
Sports in Wenatchee, Washington
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Seires (Greek: Σειρές, before 1928: Βερσίτσι - Versitsi) is a mountain village and a community in the municipal unit of Aroania, Achaea, Greece. It was named after the ancient town Seirae, that was part of Arcadian Azania. In 2011, it had a population of 76 for the village and 263 for the community, which includes the villages Agioi Theodoroi, Agios Georgios, Krini and Thomaiika. Seires is situated at 940 m above sea level. Seires is 3 km west of Alestaina, 4 km northwest of Paos, 5 km east of Psofida and 23 km southwest of Kalavryta.
Population
History
According to Pausanias, Seirae was an Arcadian city at the border between Cleitor and Psophis. The city was located near the Soron Forest and near the ruined settlement of Paos. Seires was an independent community until 1997, when it joined the newly formed municipality of Aroania.
See also
List of settlements in Achaea
References
External links
Seires at the GTP Travel Pages
Populated places in Achaea
Kalavryta
Arcadian city-states
Arcadian Azania
Aroania
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Van Hogendorp is a patrician family that belongs to the Dutch nobility.
History
The first recorded member is the Gijsbert Gillisz. van Hogendorp who died in The Hague in 1584 and worked as a councillor for the High Council of Holland. During the 17th and 18th century the family played a role in the government of Rotterdam.
The possessions of the Van Hogendorp family include the partly free lordships of Moerkapelle, Wilde Veenen, Sint-Jan ten Steen, Glossenberghe, Hofwegen, Steenhuysen, Cromstrijen and Heijningen. In 1748 Gijsbert van Hogendorp was granted the title of Reichsgrave by emperor Francis I. In 1811, emperor Napoleon gave Dirk van Hogendorp the title of Comte de l'Empire. In 1814, Gijsbert Karel van Hogendorp was appointed to the ridderschap (thus de facto recognized into the nobility) and in 1815 granted the title Count of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, with inheritance of the title to the legal, eldest son. In 1867, his younger son Frederik van Hogendorp was granted the title Baron of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, with inheritance of the title to the legal eldest son. This was converted into inheritance of the baronial title on all in 1868. Untitled noble members of other branches of the family still bear the predicate Jonkheer.
Notable members
Gijsbert Karel van Hogendorp (1762-1834), politician.
Dirk van Hogendorp (1761-1822)
Dirk van Hogendorp (1797-1845)
Mariane van Hogendorp (1834-1909), feminist and suffrage activist.
Bibliography
Nederland's Adelsboek 85 (1995), pp. 310-359.
Hogendorp, van
Hogendorp, van
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Oleksii Oleksiiovych Shovkunenko (; 21 March 1884 - 12 March 1974) was a Soviet painter and teacher, and from 1947 on a member of the USSR Academy of Arts.
Shovkunenko was born in the city of Kherson, in the Kherson Governorate of the Russian Empire (in the Kherson Oblast of present-day Ukraine).
Shovkunenko was a graduate of the Grekov Odesa Art School in 1908 and the Saint Petersburg Academy of Arts in 1917. He took part in the exhibitions of the Society of South Russian Artists from 1913 to 1919 and was a member of the Kostandi Society of Artists from 1924 to 1929. He taught at the Odessa Art Polytechnic from 1926 to 1929 and at the Art Institute from 1929 to 1935 and later at the Kiev State Art Institute from 1936 to 1963.
Shovkunenko painted many portraits, including some of prominent Ukrainian cultural figures (such as Pavlo Tychyna, Mykola Lysenko, and Oleksandr Bohomolets) and also he painted landscapes of Ukraine, Moscow and other areas.
References
Shovkunenko, Oleksii at the Encyclopedia of Ukraine
Oleksiy Shovkunenko. A set of postcards. Kyiv, 1957.
1884 births
1974 deaths
Burials at Baikove Cemetery
Artists from Kherson
Soviet painters
Recipients of the Shevchenko National Prize
20th-century Ukrainian painters
20th-century Ukrainian male artists
Ukrainian male painters
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Anne Corfitzdatter of Hardenberg (or Anne Corfitzdatter Rønnow gift Hardenberg, died 1588) was a Danish courtier. She served as a lady-in-waiting to the Dowager Queen Dorothea of Denmark from 1559 to 1572 and is known to have been the love interest of Frederick II, who famously wished to marry her.
Biography
Of high nobility, Anne was the daughter of Corfitz Eriksen of Hardenberg and Mette Christiernsdatter Skram. She was introduced at court, where she was named hofdame (maid-of-honor) to queen Dorothea in 1559.
Anne first got to know Frederick II, Queen Dorothea's eldest son, when he was a Crown Prince. He fell in love with her and wanted to marry her. However, a marriage was already planned between her and Oluf Mouritsen Krognos, (1535–1573) Chancellor of the Realm (rigsråd, in Danish). When Frederick assumed the throne of Denmark in 1559 at the age of 25, he attempted once more to marry Anne. Frederick's desire to marry a non-royal was met with widespread opposition. The nobility and the king's advisors believed it an imprudent match, as it might incite jealousy and accusations of favoritism among relatives and other court families. It is not known how Anne Hardenberg herself felt about the king, but she, too, advised Frederick against the marriage. Anne Hardeberg was never a mistress of the king, as they are not known to ever have had intercourse.
Finally, in 1571, at age 37 the king relented and was betrothed instead to his 14-year-old first half-cousin Sophie of Mecklenburg-Güstrow. He apparently wished for his first love to approve of the match before going through with the betrothal, as he organized a meeting between himself, his future mother-in-law, the Duchess Elizabeth, and Anne. After the meeting, Anne wrote to her close friend, Birgitte Gøye, "God knows I am so happy and calm in my heart as I have not been in many years."
Shortly after the royal marriage, Anne of Hardenberg married her old suitor, Oluf Krognos. They were married on 11 January 1573 in Church of Our Lady (Vor Frue Kirke) in Copenhagen. Unfortunately, he died six months after the wedding on 25 June 1573. She lived at her dowry, the Bregentved Estate outside Haslev in Zealand. Anne managed to keep her husband's family's financial support with the assistance of the royal family, especially the king's sister, Anna, Electress of Saxony.
References
External links
Bregentved
Danish nobility
Year of birth missing
1588 deaths
16th-century Danish people
16th-century Danish women
Danish ladies-in-waiting
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Bernard Sainz, a.k.a. Dr Mabuse, (born Rennes, France, 1 September 1943) is an unlicensed sports doctor who achieved great success in horse racing and cycling. He was jailed for falsely practising medicine, particularly in cycle racing, and received other sentences for doping-related charges, which he consistently denied.
Background
Bernard Sainz began cycle-racing in 1958 when he was 15, riding a race on rollers. He won a bicycle as fastest rider. He joined the UC Créteil a club in the suburbs of Paris. One of his first training companions was Pierre Trentin, a future sprint champion. In 1964 he came third in the French students' championship in his home town. The winner was Jean-Marie Leblanc, who became a professional and then organiser of the Tour de France. He stopped racing after crashing in a motor-paced race on the velodrome at Grenoble
Sainz first consulted a homeopathic doctor in 1956 after persistent sinusitis. Sainz said:
Sainz says he studied for three years at the homeopathic school of St Jacques in Paris and at the national homeopathy centre, from which he said he qualified with the praise of the examiners. He has always insisted that he practised homeopathy in treating racing cyclists. He accepts in his biography that his qualifications in homeopathy and acupuncture are not recognised in France.
Horse racing
Bernard Sainz came to notice at horse racing tracks. In 1988 one of his three-year-olds, Soft Machine, caused a surprise by winning a big race three days after losing an unimportant one for which he had been favourite. The suspicion was that Sainz had doped the horse to run faster, but nothing was found. Sainz said:
It was the training that he gave horses and the instructions that he gave his jockeys, he said in his autobiography, that made his horse successful. Sainz said he was surprised, with his cycling background, to see how lightly horses were trained. The accepted theory was that a horse should race and then rest for 18 days.
It was around this time that Sainz acquired the nickname Dr Mabuse, after the villain in a series of German books and films. Sainz was questioned in an inquiry into possible doping of horses. Horse-racing, Sainz said, was an area where he had made few friends and which didn't lack dangerous people.
Cycling
Bernard Sainz returned to cycling in 1972, joining the Mercier team when Louis Caput replaced Antonin Magne as manager. Caput approached Edmond Mercier, the bicycle-maker behind Poulidor's team, and asked to bring Sainz into the team management. Mercier agreed, said Sainz, because he was already treating Mercier for his own health problems. Mercier had also brought in the insurance company, GAN, as main sponsor. GAN, said Sainz, wanted Raymond Poulidor, who had said the previous year that he would not race any more. Sainz said:
Sainz continued:
In Paris–Nice, the first important stage race of the season, Poulidor was 22 seconds behind Eddy Merckx on the morning of the last day. Poulidor attacked from the start, setting a speed record on the col de la Turbie that stood for more than 10 years and won Paris–Nice by two seconds. Next year he won Paris–Nice again and also the Dauphiné Libéré.
Sainz also treated Cyrille Guimard when pain in his knees was threatening his lead in the Tour de France. The two had met three years earlier. Sainz kept Guimard in the Tour even though the rider had sometimes to be carried from his bicycle. Sainz said:
In 1986 he was cleared in an investigation into the trading of amphetamine at the Paris six-day race. He was questioned about illegal practice of medicine and held for two months in 1999. In 2002 police stopped him for speeding and driving without insurance on the E17 autoroute in Belgium and found homeopathic medicines in his car. He told police he had been to see the Belgian cyclist, Frank Vandenbroucke. They went to see Vandenbroucke and found EPO, morphine and clenbuterol. Vandenbroucke claimed they were for his dog.
The investigation brought out other names, such as Philippe Gaumont, who rode with Vandenbroucke at Cofidis and Yvon Ledanois of another team, Française des Jeux. Gaumont said Sainz gave them only homeopathic treatments. Vandenbroucke said he was naive but not dishonest in using Sainz, but that he was impressed at his results.
On release from jail in Belgium, Sainz was re-arrested in France for breaking conditions imposed on him in 1999 to keep him away from the sport. Ten used syringes were found in Sainz's office and he was accused of possessing and administering testosterone and corticoids. Sainz said the testosterone was to increase his sexual performance and the corticoids for treating horses. The case was dropped.
Vandenbroucke, however, held a news conference in Ploegsteert, Belgium, to say he had always thought Sainz gave him homeopathic products but that he had doubts. He said Sainz had given him drops and injections. He said:
He (Sainz) said to me that they were completely legal homeopathic products. I wanted to trust him ... I was under the charm of Dr Mabuse. I may be considered naive but I am not a dishonest person. I want to believe that Mr Sainz only gave homeopathic care. I trusted him. Bernard Sainz proposed that he advise me. He seemed to be a strange man but was clearly a cycling expert. He impressed me greatly by showing me photographs of him administering his treatments to greats like Eddy Merckx, Lucien Van Impe, Bernard Hinault, Laurent Fignon, Cyril Guimard and many other great sportsmen like Alain Prost. He explained to me that this care was based on natural methods and alternative medicines without endangering my health nor violating the ethics of our sport.
He paid Sainz 7,000 French francs for the homeopathic drops and 50,000 in fees in the first half of 1999. Sainz said:
I have concerned myself with him since autumn 1998. Not, as has been claimed, to get him doping products. Everybody knows perfectly, starting with the policemen who have listened to me for a long time, that riders don't need me for that sort of thing. To the contrary. If they turn to me, it's because they've heard of what I have been able to do [mes compétences diverses] for the great stars I have cited.
The investigation that surrounded the Vandenbroucke inquiry linked Sainz to 51 athletes, of whom 33 were cyclists and others football players.
'Dr' Mabuse
Sainz's standing in cycling has frequently awarded him the title "doctor". The sports daily, L'Équipe spoke of how "Dr Bernard Sainz looked after the health of Louis Caput's team." Three days later it repeated the title in writing of Cyrille Guimard. In 1975 Nord Éclair referred to Sainz as having "had several years of medicine and looks after the medical cares of riders." As Dr Jean-Pierre de Mondenard pointed out: "In fact, the good Bernard did zero years of medicine." In the same year, L'Équipe wrote "Dr Sainz of the GAN team will probably join Gitane." Joop Zoetemelk refers to Sainz as "doctor" in a biography and so does Erwann Menthéour, another former rider.
Menthéour said:
I called the man whom all riders call when they have a problem: Dr Mabuse. For more than 30 years, the good doctor has been a central personality in the cycling world... and in horse-racing! He 'cares for' [soigne] men and horses without distinction, improving their performances with an efficiency universally recognised. A former amateur rider of talent, Mabuse looks after riders by love and horses by interest. My father calls him 'God' because of the fascination he exerts on those who approach him. But despite his powers, which are enormous, Mabuse has none of the exterior signs of a guru. The real power is inside. Everybody recognises his massive but discreet silhouette beside finish lines. He is seen but never mentioned.
Jail
On 11 April 2008, the high court in Paris condemned Sainz to three years in prison, the first half without release and the second on probationary freedom. He was accused of administering doping products to athletes and practising medicine without a licence. He produced no evidence of medical training at his trial.
References
See also
Tour de France
Doping
List of doping cases in cycling
1943 births
Living people
French male cyclists
French cycling coaches
Cycle racing in France
Doping cases in cycling
Doping in association football
Drugs in sport in France
French homeopaths
Physicians from Rennes
Association football player non-biographical articles
Sportspeople from Ille-et-Vilaine
Doping cases in equestrian
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The 121st Pennsylvania House of Representatives District is located in Luzerne County and has been represented by Eddie Day Pashinski since 2007. The district includes the following areas:
Bear Creek Township
Bear Creek Village
Buck Township
Laurel Run
Plains Township
Wilkes-Barre
Wilkes-Barre Township
Representatives
Recent election results
References
External links
District Map from the United States Census Bureau
Pennsylvania House Legislative District Maps from the Pennsylvania Redistricting Commission.
Population Date for District 45 from the Pennsylvania Redistricting Commission.
Government of Luzerne County, Pennsylvania
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The 1968–69 New York Knicks season was the 23rd season for the team in the National Basketball Association (NBA). The Knicks finished third in the Eastern Division with a 54–28 regular season record, and qualified for the NBA playoffs for the third straight year. In the first round of the playoffs, New York defeated the Baltimore Bullets in a four-game sweep to earn a berth in the Eastern Division finals. The Knicks lost the division finals to the eventual NBA champion Boston Celtics in six games. Willis Reed scored a team-best 21.1 points per game for the Knicks; Walt Frazier led the team with 7.9 assists per game and Reed averaged 14.5 rebounds per game.
The Knicks selected Bill Hosket, Jr. in the opening round of the 1968 NBA draft, and made a significant trade early in the season, acquiring Dave DeBusschere from the Detroit Pistons in exchange for Walt Bellamy and Butch Komives. Author Harvey Araton called him "the player who would complete the championship puzzle in New York." After a 5–11 start to the season, New York went on a long winning streak, winning all but 2 of 19 games in one stretch that included 13 straight home wins. After a two-game losing streak, the Knicks won 11 consecutive games from January 25 to February 15 to bring their record to 44–21. The Knicks had two four-game winning streaks during the rest of the season, and ended with a 54–28 record. This mark placed them third in the Eastern Conference; only the Bullets and Philadelphia 76ers had superior records. New York saw an increase in attendance during the regular season; after having six sellouts in their entire history, the Knicks played to capacity crowds in 14 games at Madison Square Garden.
New York faced the Bullets, who had won 57 games in the regular season and held the number one seed in the Eastern Conference, in their first playoff round. The Knicks won the first two games by over 10 points each, and a pair of closer victories in games three and four eliminated Baltimore. They held home court advantage for their series with the Celtics, but lost it with a 108–100 loss in the first game. After losing two of the next three games, New York won game five to force a sixth game. However, Boston's Sam Jones posted 29 points to help the Celtics to a 106–105 win that ended the Knicks' season.
NBA draft
Note: This is not an extensive list; it only covers the first and second rounds, and any other players picked by the franchise that played at least one game in the league.
Roster
Regular season
Season standings
x – clinched playoff spot
Record vs. opponents
Game log
Playoffs
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| Walt Frazier (26)
| Dave DeBusschere (21)
| Walt Frazier (11)
| Baltimore Civic Center11,941
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| March 29
| Baltimore
| W 107–91
| Dick Barnett (27)
| Dave DeBusschere (19)
| Walt Frazier (12)
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| Willis Reed (35)
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| Willis Reed (43)
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| Walt Frazier (34)
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| Willis Reed (28)
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| Boston
| W 101–91
| Walt Frazier (26)
| Willis Reed (14)
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| Willis Reed (22)
| Willis Reed (19)
| Walt Frazier (6)
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| Boston
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| Willis Reed (24)
| Walt Frazier (12)
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| Willis Reed (32)
| Willis Reed (11)
| Bill Bradley (7)
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Awards and records
Willis Reed, All-NBA Second Team
Dave DeBusschere, All-NBA Second Team
Walt Frazier, NBA All-Defensive First Team
Dave DeBusschere, NBA All-Defensive First Team
References
Bibliography
New York
New York Knicks seasons
New York Knicks
New York Knicks
1960s in Manhattan
Madison Square Garden
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The is a commuter railway line in Saitama Prefecture, Japan, operated by the private railway operator Seibu Railway. The line extends from Nishi-Tokorozawa Station on the Seibu Ikebukuro Line to Seibukyūjō-mae Station in Tokorozawa, Saitama.
Stations and service pattern
All stations are located in Tokorozawa, Saitama. Abbreviations here are for the table below, not formally used.
Stops at all stations.
(SE)
(Ra)
(Ex)
(LE) :Ikebukuro to Seibu Chichibu, trains named , , with supplementary limited express charge.
History
The line and its two stations opened on 1 May 1929, initially electrified at 1,200 V DC. This was raised to 1,500 V DC in 1952.
Station numbering was introduced on all Seibu Railway lines during fiscal 2012, with Seibu Sayama Line stations numbered prefixed with the letters "SI" (part of the Seibu Ikebukuro group of lines).
References
This article incorporates material from the corresponding article in the Japanese Wikipedia
Rail transport in Saitama Prefecture
Sayama Line
Sayama Line
1067 mm gauge railways in Japan
Railway lines opened in 1929
1500 V DC railway electrification
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I Can't Think Straight is a 2008 British romantic drama film directed by Shamim Sarif. Based on Sarif's 2008 novel of the same name, the film tells the story of a London-based Jordanian of Palestinian descent, Tala, who is preparing for an elaborate wedding when a turn of events causes her to have an affair, and subsequently fall in love, with another woman, Leyla, a British Indian. The film stars Lisa Ray and Sheetal Sheth.
I Can't Think Straight was produced by Enlightenment Productions and distributed in the United States by Regent Releasing and Here! Films. It was released in different regions between 2008 and 2009. The DVD was released on 4 May 2009.
The lead actresses, Ray and Sheth, also starred in Sarif's 2007 lesbian-themed historical drama film The World Unseen.
Plot
In the upper echelons of traditional Middle Eastern society, wealthy Christian Palestinians Reema and Omar prepare for the marriage of their visiting daughter Tala to Hani in Jordan. But back at work in London, Tala encounters Leyla, a young British Indian Muslim woman who is dating Tala's best friend Ali. Tala sees something unique in the artless, clumsy, sensitive Leyla who secretly works to become a writer. And Tala's forthright challenges to Leyla's beliefs begins a journey of self-awareness for Leyla. After a weekend getaway into the countryside, Tala and Leyla sleep together and the two women begin to fall in love. However, Tala's own sense of duty and cultural restraint cause her to pull away from Leyla and fly back to Jordan where the preparations for an ostentatious wedding are well under way.
As family members descend and the wedding day approaches, the pressure mounts until Tala finally cracks and extricates herself. Back in London, Leyla is heartbroken but learns to break free of her own self-doubt and her mother's expectations, ditching Ali and being honest with her parents about her sexuality. When Ali and Leyla's feisty sister, Yasmin, help try to get Tala and Leyla together again, Tala finds that her own preconceptions of what love can be is the final hurdle she must jump to win Leyla back.
Cast
Lisa Ray as Tala
Sheetal Sheth as Leyla
Antonia Frering as Reema - Tala's mother
Dalip Tahil as Omar - Tala's father
Ernest Ignatius as Sam - Leyla's father
Siddiqua Akhtar as Maya - Leyla's mother
Amber Rose Revah as Yasmin - Leyla's sister
Anya Lahiri as Lamia - Tala's middle sister
Kimberly Jaraj as Zina - Tala's younger sister
Rez Kempton as Ali - Tala's best friend, Leyla's boyfriend
Daud Shah as Hani - Tala's fiancé
Sam Vincenti as Kareem - Lamia's husband
Ishwar Maharaj as Sami - Kareem's younger brother
George Tardios as Uncle Ramzi
Nina Wadia as Rani the Housekeeper
Critical reception
The New York Times called the film "another weightless confection from the writer and director Shamim Sarif."
Autostraddle said that it "stands out for its cultural specificity, truly stunning leads, and endless charm."
AfterEllen's review notes, "While the film has a lot going for it, the script is surprisingly paint-by-the-numbers. Viewers familiar with lesbian films will be able to call the ending (and all major points of conflict) long before the credits roll. Also surprising is the number of cringe-worthy lines Ray and Sheth utter."
Awards
Best Feature, Audience Award - Miami Gay & Lesbian Film Festival 2009
Best Feature - International Gay and Lesbian Film Festival Of Canary Islands, 2009
Best Feature - Afterellen Visibility Awards
Best Feature, Audience Award - Melbourne Queer Film Festival 2009
Best Feature, Audience Award - Pink Apple 2009
Audience Award Best Feature Film - Fairy Tales International Queer Diversity Film Festival (Calgary) 2009
Jury Winner Best Feature Film - Festival Del Mar, Majorca 2009
Audience Award, Best Feature - Vancouver Queer Film Festival 2009
Best lesbian movie - The Holebifilmfestival Vlaams-Brabant 2009, Belgium
Jury award for Best Women's Feature - Tampa International Gay & Lesbian Film Festival 2009
Best Feature Film - Gay Film Nights International Film Festival 2009
See also
List of LGBT-related films directed by women
References
External links
I Can't Think Straight at BBFC
I Can't Think Straight at BFI
I Can't Think Straight at Reeltime Creative
2008 films
2008 independent films
2008 LGBT-related films
2008 romantic drama films
British independent films
British LGBT-related films
British romantic drama films
2000s English-language films
Films based on British novels
Films based on romance novels
Films directed by Shamim Sarif
Films set in Jordan
Films set in London
Films shot in London
Lesbian-related films
LGBT-related romantic drama films
2000s British films
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Branford High School is a public high school in Branford, Connecticut. As of 2021–22, it has 784 students in grades 9–12.
Its former principal, Edmund Higgins, retired at the end of the 2007–2008 school year.
All students must satisfy 13 performance graduation requirements in areas such as writing, non-fiction reading, mathematical problem solving, and scientific concepts.
One notable aspect of the school was its "Senior Exhibition" program. Every student had to complete a thorough research project on a topic of his or her choice during senior year. This was presented in front of a panel of judges and is graded on a Pass/Fail system.
Branford High School is a member of the Southern Connecticut Conference, the second largest conference in the state. The school baseball team has won three state championships, in 1999, 2006, and 2009.
The student newspaper is The Branford Buzz, which is an online-only publication.
Notable alumni
Mike Olt, professional baseball player for the Chicago White Sox. Formerly with the Red Sox, Texas Rangers and the Chicago Cubs.
Karen Owen, author of a faux thesis that caused a controversy when the document was publicized.
Jen Toomey Track athlete, American Indoor record holder 1000m, quit track for 10 years after her freshman year.
References
External links
Buildings and structures in Branford, Connecticut
Schools in New Haven County, Connecticut
Public high schools in Connecticut
Educational institutions established in 1928
1928 establishments in Connecticut
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A planetarium is a theatre built primarily for presenting educational and entertaining shows about astronomy and the night sky.
Planetarium may also refer to:
Science
Astrarium, also called a planetarium, a type of astronomical clock
Orrery, a mechanical model of the Solar System
Planetarium (Belgium), the planetarium of the Royal Observatory of Belgium, in Brussels
Planetarium (Copenhagen)
Music
Planetarium (album), a 2017 album by Sufjan Stevens, Bryce Dessner, Nico Muhly, and James McAlister
"Planetarium" (Ai Otsuka song), 2005
"Planetarium" (Bump of Chicken song), 2005
"Planetarium", a song by Squarepusher from Hello Everything
Other uses
Planetarium (film), a 2016 French-Belgian film
Planetarium (board game), a 2017 strategy game
Planetarium (UTA station), a transit station in Salt Lake City, Utah, US
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Planetarium%20%28disambiguation%29
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The Ox Bow Inn and Saloon is an historic hotel in Payson, Arizona. The log inn was built as the Payson Hotel by William and Estlee Wade next to their restaurant, the Busy Bee. The rustic inn borrowed design elements from the Old Faithful Inn, with which Willie Wade was familiar from time spent in Yellowstone National Park. In 1945 the business was taken over and expanded by Jimmy Cox, who renamed the hotel the Ox Bow Inn.
References
External links
Oxbow Inn and Saloon
Hotel buildings on the National Register of Historic Places in Arizona
Buildings and structures in Gila County, Arizona
Rustic architecture in Arizona
Hotel buildings completed in 1933
1933 establishments in Arizona
National Register of Historic Places in Gila County, Arizona
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ox%20Bow%20Inn
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Eton Summer Course is a three-week course for Chinese students at Eton College in England. The course has been run every summer since 2005. The aim of the course is to improve students' English and give first-hand exposure to British culture. The course is run by masters of Eton, with students of the school acting as teaching assistants.
The main part of the course is the daily English language classes in small classes to improve students' speaking and listening. To date there has been an average improvement in measured language ability of 25%. The measured improvement goes some way to explaining the popularity of the course, having attracted hundreds of students since 2005.
In addition, extra-curricular activities such as sports and trips to tourist sites are provided. Examples of these trips are to Oxford University, Windsor Castle and London. Other features of the course include public speaking and drama lessons, and lectures about life in the UK.
References
External links
Eton College Summer Course main website
Eton College website
Eton College
Language education in the United Kingdom
Study abroad programs
English-language education
Educational institutions established in 2005
2005 establishments in England
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eton%20Summer%20Course
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Denmark is an unincorporated community and former city in Madison County, Tennessee, United States roughly 14 miles southwest of Jackson. The zip code is 38391. Although it was once a thriving farming community, a combination of man-made and natural disasters has reduced Denmark to a few remaining houses and the historic antebellum Denmark Presbyterian Church. Due to this, the Denmark municipality charter was revoked in 1983 and is now unincorporated.
History
Denmark was one of the first-settled places in Madison County. The land on which it was incorporated in 1854 was opened by Thomas Sanders in 1822. Presbyterian and Methodist churches were established in the area in 1833 and 1842. By January 1844, the community had been sufficiently populated that the Tennessee General Assembly incorporated an academy for education of white boys. Prior to the Civil War, Denmark flourished and rivaled neighboring Jackson in size.
During the American Civil War, Union soldiers repulsed a Confederate raid near Denmark in the Battle of Britton's Lane in September 1862. Union troops occupied Tennessee from that year to the end of the war.
Following the Civil War, Denmark's economy experienced a pronounced decline because the town was bypassed by all of the railroads built through Madison County. Although its population was about 250 in 1886, Denmark's population declined dramatically in the following decades. On 28 April 1983, its municipal charter was revoked by a chancery court order after the Tennessee legislature passed a statute providing for the forfeiting of charters of any city with a population under 100.
The local high school, chartered in 1885, was merged into South Side High School in Jackson in 1992. The local middle school was disestablished, and its campus was developed for the West Tennessee Regional Training Center. Denmark Elementary is the community's only remaining school.
Destructive weather
Denmark has suffered repeated weather catastrophes that have contributed to the community's decline. A devastating tornado on 14 October 1909, accompanied by a thunderstorm and subsequent fires, inflicted immense damage. Another tornado, in 2003, was as destructive as the one nearly a century before.
Climate
Denmark's climate is characterized by relatively high temperatures and evenly distributed precipitation throughout the year. According to the Köppen Climate Classification system, Denmark has a Humid subtropical climate, abbreviated "Cfa" on climate maps.
Notable people
Walt Bond, Negro league baseball player who later moved to the Major League Baseball Cleveland Indians
John Murrell, a 19th-century horse and slave thief and noted outlaw of the Natchez Trace who had family who lived in Denmark during his imprisonment
In popular culture
Two mystery novels take place in part in a fictional version of Denmark: Such Vicious Minds: A Murder Mystery Featuring Elvis Presley by Daniel Klein, and Something Rotten by Alan Gratz.
References
External links
Big Black Creek Historical Association website
Britton's Lane Battlefield Association
The Life and Adventures of John A. Murrell, the Great Western Land Pirate
1819 establishments in Tennessee
Unincorporated communities in Madison County, Tennessee
Unincorporated communities in Tennessee
Former municipalities in Tennessee
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Denmark%2C%20Tennessee
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Jeffrey Matthew Ogden (born February 22, 1975) is a former American football wide receiver, kickoff and punt returner in the National Football League for the Dallas Cowboys, Miami Dolphins and Baltimore Ravens. He played college football at Eastern Washington University.
Early years
Ogden was born with a problem in his foot that led specialists to believe that he would have a permanent limp. He eventually overcame the physical problem and turned into a top-ranked youth gymnast.
He attended Snohomish High School, where he played as wide receiver, quarterback, running back and defensive back in American football. He also lettered in track and basketball.
College career
Following one year spent as a pole vaulter at Clackamas Community College, he walked-on at Eastern Washington University.
As a freshman, he appeared in 4 games, collecting one reception for 4 yards. As a sophomore, he suffered a season-ending back injury after starting the first three games, finishing with 2 receptions for 36 yards. As a junior, he appeared in 10 games, making 10 receptions for 216 yards.
Although he only had 13 receptions going into his senior year, he would start 14 games at wide receiver for the 1997 football team that compiled a 12-2 record, won the Big Sky Conference title and advanced to the semifinals of the Division I-AA playoffs. He led the team with 57 receptions for 1,148 yards (school record) and 13 receiving touchdown]s (tied school record). He also practiced gymnastics.
In 2008, he was named to Eastern Washington's 100-for-100 all-time team, commemorating the best football players in its 100-year history. In 2018, he was inducted into the Eastern Washington Athletics Hall of Fame.
Professional career
Dallas Cowboys
Ogden was signed as an undrafted free agent by the Dallas Cowboys after the 1998 NFL Draft. Ogden got to practice with Cowboy legends including Deion Sanders, Troy Aikman, Michael Irvin, and Emmit Smith. Sanders and Ogden went head-to-head in practice plenty of times, so he was given the nickname "Largent" in reference to Hall of Famer Steve Largent. He ended up making the roster, even though he had a quadriceps injury that sidelined him for 10 practices.
He had some notable preseason performances, but never developed into a consistent wide receiver. In the regular season, he usually was the team's fifth receiver and played mostly on special teams, making 10 tackles (tied for sixth on the team). In 1999, he returned 12 kickoffs for a 21-yard average and made five special teams tackles.
In 2000, he was allocated to the Rhein Fire of NFL Europe, where he ranked fifth in the league with 44 receptions for 635 yards, despite missing the last two games with a sprained right foot. He also had 7 touchdowns, while helping the team finish with the league's best record (7-3) and winning World Bowl 2000. He returned to the Cowboys with the sprained foot and later injured the left one, which caused him to miss most of training camp. On August 22, he was traded to the Miami Dolphins in exchange for a seventh round draft choice, which the team later used to select Pete Hunter.
Miami Dolphins
In 2000, he reunited with offensive coordinator Chan Gailey, who was his head coach with the Dallas Cowboys and also found a niche as a returner. Against the Green Bay Packers, he returned a punt for an 81-yard touchdown, the third-longest punt return in team history. He also finished the season with a league leading and franchise single-season record 17-yard punt return average. In 2001, his 11.8-yard punt return average ranked eighth in the NFL.
On September 1, 2002, he was waived after being passed on the depth chart by Albert Johnson. He left as the Dolphins' all-time team leader in punt return average (13.7-yard) and third all-time in punt return yards (700 yards).
Baltimore Ravens
On September 10, 2002, he was signed as a free agent by the Baltimore Ravens to play on special teams. He appeared in 3 games and was declared inactive in 10, while sharing punt return duties with Chris McAlister. He wasn't re-signed at the end of the season.
Ogden's most productive season as a wide receiver was in 1999, when he caught 12 passes for 144 yards in 10 games. He caught his only touchdown reception in 2001. He ended his professional career playing in 67 games, registering 28 receptions for 304 yards and one touchdown.
Personal life
He owns a gym in Pittsburgh. He was an assistant coach in NFL Europe and at Duquesne University. Ogden appeared in seasons 7 and 8 of the Bravo show The Millionaire Matchmaker, where he sought a date.
Ogden published his first and only book (an autobiography) on December 1, 2021, titled Tackle Life Head On. The book covers symptoms common to chronic traumatic encephalopathy including memory loss, sleep deprivation, and mental illness. He stated that the book was originally written for his daughter, so she can know about his life before he himself forgets about it.
References
1975 births
Living people
People from Snohomish, Washington
Players of American football from Snohomish County, Washington
American football return specialists
American football wide receivers
Eastern Washington Eagles football players
Dallas Cowboys players
Rhein Fire players
Miami Dolphins players
Baltimore Ravens players
Duquesne Dukes football coaches
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jeff%20Ogden
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The Battle of Britton's Lane occurred September 1, 1862, near the village of Denmark in rural Madison County, Tennessee, during the American Civil War.
Ordered to raid north from Mississippi by Maj. Gen. Sterling Price, commanding the Army of the West, thus to prevent Ulysses S. Grant's reinforcing Maj. Gen. Don Carlos Buell in Tennessee, Brig. Gen. Frank C. Armstrong's cavalry brigade struck Col. Elias S. Dennis's Federal force of two cavalry troops, a battery and two infantry regiments. After four hours, in which they suffered heavy losses while taking 213 prisoners, and two field pieces, the raiders withdrew, their mission accomplished.
References
Britton Lane American Battlefield Trust
External links
Britton's Lane Battlefield Association Retrieved: 2008-11-04.
Big Black Creek Historical Association Website Retrieved: 2011-10-08.
Britton's Lane
Britton's Lane
Britton's Lane
Madison County, Tennessee
1862 in the American Civil War
1862 in Tennessee
September 1862 events
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle%20of%20Britton%27s%20Lane
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The 122nd Pennsylvania House of Representatives District is coterminous with Carbon County and has been represented by Doyle Heffley since 2011.
Representatives
McCall did not seek re-election in 2010. Republicans won numerous Democratic seats in Pennsylvania in 2010, including Keith McCall's.
On November 4, 2008, Keith McCall won re-election to the 122nd District seat of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives. He received 16,981 votes, defeating Republican Doyle Heffley (9,549).[2]
Recent election results
References
External links
District Map from the United States Census Bureau
Pennsylvania House Legislative District Maps from the Pennsylvania Redistricting Commission.
Population Date for District 45 from the Pennsylvania Redistricting Commission.
Government of Carbon County, Pennsylvania
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Marie Maxime Cornu (July 16, 1843, in Orléans – April 3, 1901 in Paris) was a French botanist and mycologist. He was a younger brother of physicist Alfred Cornu (1841-1902).
He studied at the École normale supérieure, and in 1872 received his doctorate in natural sciences. He served as aide-naturaliste at Museum National d'Histoire Naturelle in Paris, where from 1876 he worked as a lecturer of botany. From 1884 to 1901 he was chair of horticulture at the museum. In 1897 he was named president of the Société botanique de France.
He is remembered for his research of cryptogams, as well as his investigations involving agents of plant diseases, in particular Phylloxera vastatrix, a pest that caused extensive damage to French vineyards and negatively affected wine production. In 1896 he circumscribed the botanical genus Schoenlandia (family Tecophilaeaceae).
Selected publications
Monographie des Saprolégniées 1872 – Monograph on Saprolegniaceae.
Études sur la nouvelle maladie de la vigne, 1875 – Studies on a new disease of the vine.
Études sur le phylloxera vastatrix, 1878 – Studies on Phylloxera vastatrix.
See also
List of Chairs of the Muséum national d'histoire naturelle
References
Psyche- Journal of Entomology, Nervous System and Salivary Glands of Phylloxera
19th-century French botanists
French mycologists
Scientists from Orléans
1843 births
1901 deaths
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NZV8 is a monthly automotive magazine and website that focuses on V8 cars, car clubs and the related culture predominantly in New Zealand, but also Australia and the USA.
The magazine's readership was 96,000 in 2011. It was the third automotive magazine to be published by Parkside Media, the other two being NZ Performance Car and NZ Classic Car.
NZV8'''s offices are in Grey Lynn, Auckland, New Zealand. The magazine's tagline was originally Feel the power. It was changed in issue 32 (January 2008) to NZ's top circuit, strip and street machines.Content
As of the December 2008 issue (#43), the typical magazine contents include:
Feature car reviews
Event overviews (such as drag racing, V8 Supercars, car club meets, etc.)
New car and car tuner news from around the world
Driver interviews (for example Andy Booth)
Editor and contributor columns
Scale model reviews
Book reviews
Events calendar
Drag racing records
Readers’ letters
Website
Daily news articles are available weekdays which are additional to magazine content. Full magazine articles are available from previous issues, often including additional photos and information (including videos) that could not be fitted into the magazine. Some writers run blogs on the website, and a forum is run as a subsite to encourage user interaction.
Users can purchase books related to muscle cars, Pony cars, V8s and motorsport, as well as back issues and subscriptions in the online shop.
Online games
Jetsprint Legends is the first game in the world to feature jet boat racing on New Zealand's jet boat tracks.
Television
The inaugural season of NZV8 TV was broadcast in 2009 over 13 weeks as a part of Powerbuilt Tools Motorsport on TV1, Sunday afternoons.
Editorial staff
Editor Todd Wylie was former assistant editor of NZ Performance Car magazine.
Notable contributors
V8 Supercar driver Jason Richards has a monthly column. New Zealand V8s driver Andy Booth presents NZV8 TV.
Government policy
Like its sister publication NZ Classic Car NZV8'' has supported various parties in lobbying Land Transport NZ for easing rules on car modification, frontal impact laws for low volume vehicle certification and steering systems. It is recognised by the V8 industry as working for their benefit.
Awards
Publisher Greg Vincent received the Meguiar's Collector's Car Person of the Year Award.
References
External links
Official Website
Roadside Assistance
Insights on Brakes & Tires
Automotive websites
Automobile magazines
Mass media in Auckland
Magazines established in 2005
Magazines published in New Zealand
2005 establishments in New Zealand
Automotive industry in New Zealand
Monthly magazines published in New Zealand
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Nakdong River Victory Memorial Hall , also known as Nakdong River Battle Museum, is a small museum built inside the Apsan Park to commemorate the soldiers and civilians killed during the Korean War at a battle that raged near the Nakdong River. The grounds around the museum are scattered with vintage tanks and airplanes from the Korean War. Built in 1979 the museum has two floors with exhibits from the Korean War and other significant eras in Korea's past. Other areas within the museum pay tribute to those that died in both natural and man-made disasters in Korea's past.
See also
Battle of Naktong Bulge
Environment of South Korea
Nakdong River
References
External links
Official site, in Korean
Life in Korea
Museums in Daegu
Military and war museums in South Korea
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nakdong%20River%20Victory%20Memorial%20Hall
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Of the four new Kodak models announced at PMA 2007, the entry point looks to be the Kodak EasyShare C613, a six megapixel camera with Kodak-branded 3x optical zoom lens, 2.4" LCD, and 10MB of built-in memory. Other features of the Kodak C613 include USB connectivity, an [SD / MMC card slot], and power from two AA batteries (with alkaline disposables in the product bundle).
EasyShare C613 shooting modes include digital IS, auto, SCN, video, close-up and favorites. Available scene modes include portrait, night portrait, landscape, night landscape, closeup, sports, snow, beach, text/document, backlight, museum/manner, fireworks, high ISO, children, flower, self-portrait, sunset and candlelight. The C613's top ISO sensitivity is rated at 1,250.
C613 movies are recorded in QuickTime MPEG4 format with audio, available in VGA (640 x 480) at 15 frame/s and QVGA (320 x 240) at 30 frame/s quality settings, with lengths up to 80 minutes based on memory capacity.
References
C613
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kodak%20EasyShare%20C613
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