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# Brian Allard

Brian Marshall Allard (born January 3, 1958) is an American former Major League Baseball pitcher who played for the Texas Rangers (1979-1980) and Seattle Mariners (1981). His fastball was 90-95 mph. He also threw a curveball, slider, and changeup. He lives in Washington.

## Professional career
### Texas Rangers

Allard was selected by Texas Rangers in fourth round, 84th overall, of 1976 Major League Baseball Draft.
He made his debut with the Rangers on August 8, 1979 against the Detroit Tigers at the age of 21. Allard went two innings, giving up two earned runs on two hits in that game. He finished the '79 season going 1–3 in seven games, four for starts, with a 4.32 ERA.
In 1979 Allard went 0-1 for the Rangers with a 5.65 ERA in five games, two for starts.

### Seattle Mariners

On December 12, 1980, Allard was traded by the Rangers along with Steve Finch, Rick Auerbach, Ken Clay, Jerry Don Gleaton and Richie Zisk to the Seattle Mariners for Larry Cox, Rick Honeycutt, Willie Horton, Mario Mendoza and Leon Roberts.
In 1981 Allard started seven games for the Mariners, including a start against the Cleveland Indians' Len Barker. Barker had thrown a perfect game in his previous start. Allard out dueled Barker, combining with relief pitcher Shawn Rawley to pitch a three-hit game.
   I was pumped, I knew it would be a tough battle. You just knew [Len Barker] would pitch well.
Allard went on to finish the '81 season with a 3–2 record with a 3.75 ERA in seven games, all for starts. This would be his last season at the Major League level.
# Little Shambles

Little Shambles is a short historic street in the city centre of the city of York, England. The street dates back to medieval times and forms a small branch off street from the main street of The Shambles. The street was largely demolished in the 1950s and what remains now opens out onto a large, open space with market stalls known as Shambles Market.
By the time of the 1940s and 1950s, the area was in a very poor state of repair. Many of the buildings were on the edge of collapse. From the 1920s, York City Council had purchased numerous properties from private owners with the aim of saving them from ruin. The Second World War prevented much from being done to the Shambles and during this time, the buildings got worse. In 1948, planners drew up plans for the street and neighbouring areas to make extensive changes. They decided that they would demolish most of the buildings in the area to create a new "medieval" market. Shambles Market was created by the demolition of the vast majority of Little Shambles and many side streets.
Along with Little Shambles, many small and equally historic buildings built behind the Shambles were demolished in the 1950s. These included the small snickelways between the buildings that led to some medieval halls and old slaughter houses that the butcher shops used. Today, some of these restorations are seen as insensitive, since a great deal of historic fabric, including slaughterhouses and outbuildings at the rear of the properties, was demolished. The Yorkshire Architectural and York Archaeological Society's annual report of 1949 contains plans of the Shambles showing the buildings to be removed.
2 Jubbergate is one of the last surviving buildings to form part of Little Shambles. In 1928, the building was restored. It was grade II* listed in 1954, and in 1957, the York Conservation Trust purchased the freehold. As part of the creation of the Shambles Market, the neighbouring buildings that formed the street were demolished, and it is now freestanding, almost surrounded by the market.
Another surviving building is 1 Little Shambles, a 15th-century, timber framed, grade II listed building.
# Joan C. Sherman

Joan Czerniejewski Sherman is a scientist and Professor of Chemistry. She was considered a pathbreaker by becoming one of the first professors at Florida Institute of Technology (while it was Brevard Engineering College) and one of the first women hired by Radiation Incorporated She became the first woman technical director at Harris Corporation. In 1994, the Society of Women Engineers named her Space Coast Outstanding Woman Engineer. The Town of Indialantic, Florida designated July 21, 2021 as “Joan C. Sherman Day”.

## Early life

Sherman was born in Illinois in 1932. She received Bachelor of Science in chemistry from Northwestern University in 1953. She received a Master of Science in Oceanography from Florida Institute of Technology.

## Career

She was a research chemist on the Evanston Fluoridation Study and a chemical engineer in the refining Research Department of Universal Oil Company. In 1959, she began working for RCA Service Company in the photography lab of the Missile Test Project. In 1963, she began working at Radiation Incorporated and became a senior engineer. While at Radiation Incorporated, she was a lead chemist at the Micro-Electronics laboratory, where she directed other technicians in development of microelectronics used in the early days of the Space Race.
# Malcolm Preedy

Malcolm Preedy (born (1960-09-15) 15 September 1960 (age 64)) is a former rugby union player, a prop who played for Gloucester and gained one cap for England v South Africa in 1984, where along with Steve Mills and Phil Blakeway he formed part of the first one club front-row to represent England.
Between 1979 and 1991 Malcolm Preedy played 313 games for Gloucester, scoring 14 tries and 1 drop goal and was captain in 1986-87. After leaving Gloucester he played for Cheltenham RFC, and in 1992 played one game for Birkenhead Park, against Gloucester at Kingsholm.
# Leonard Grosvenor

Leonard Cecil Grosvenor (July 21, 1905 – March 15, 1981) was a Canadian professional ice hockey player who played 150 games in the National Hockey League with the Ottawa Senators, New York Americans, and Montreal Canadiens between 1927 and 1933.

## Career statistics
### Regular season and playoffs

| | | | Regular season | Regular season | Regular season | Regular season | Regular season | Playoffs | Playoffs | Playoffs | Playoffs | Playoffs |
| Season | Team | League | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM |
| 1925–26 | Ottawa Rideaus | OCHL | — | 1 | 0 | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 1926–27 | Ottawa Rideaus | OCHL | 14 | 9 | 4 | 13 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 1927–28 | Ottawa Senators | NHL | 44 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 18 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 1928–29 | Ottawa Senators | NHL | 42 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 18 | — | — | — | — | — |
| 1929–30 | Ottawa Senators | NHL | 15 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 21 | — | — | — | — | — |
| 1929–30 | London Panthers | IHL | 27 | 6 | 1 | 7 | 24 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1930–31 | London Tecumsehs | IHL | 9 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 9 | — | — | — | — | — |
| 1930–31 | Ottawa Senators | NHL | 33 | 5 | 4 | 9 | 25 | — | — | — | — | — |
| 1931–32 | New York Americans | NHL | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — |
| 1931–32 | Bronx Tigers | Can-Am | 30 | 6 | 5 | 11 | 28 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1932–33 | Montreal Canadiens | NHL | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| NHL totals | NHL totals | NHL totals | 150 | 9 | 11 | 20 | 82 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
# Heike Schwaller

Heike Schwaller (née Wieländer, born 24 July 1968) is a German-Swiss curler.

## Curling career

Schwaller has played most of her competitive career for Germany. As a junior curler she competed at the European Junior Championships in 1985 and World Junior Championships in 1989; her team finished 7th at both tournaments.
At the 1989 and 1990 European Curling Championships she played lead for skip Andrea Schöpp, and won a gold medal at the 1989 event. Schwaller moved to second for Team Schöpp for her first World Championship in 1991, where the team finished 5th.
After a few years away from Team Schöpp, Schwaller returned as alternate for the team from 1994 through 1997. As alternate, the team won a silver medal at the 1994 European Curling Championships, gold at the 1995 European Curling Championships, and a bronze at the 1996 European Curling Championships and 1997 European Curling Championships. The team also represented Germany at 3 World Championships in 1995, 1996, and 1997, with a best finish of fourth. Schwaller, however, never played a game in any of these tournaments.
Schwaller returned to lead on Team Schöpp for the 1998 Winter Olympics in Nagano, Japan. Schwaller's Team Germany finished the Games in last place, with only one win. She was promoted back to second following the Olympics and played another four European Championships (1998-2001) and three World Championships (1998, 1999, and 2001) in this position on Team Schöpp. At the 1998 European Championships Schwaller won another gold medal; finishing 5th, 4th, and 4th the following three years. The team finished 5th at all three of these World Championship appearances.
Schwaller again represented Germany for the 2002 Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City. The team lineup was very similar to that of Team Schöpp that competed at the 2001 European Championships only a couple months earlier, including Schwaller, Andrea Stock, and Natalie Nessler, but missing Andrea Schöpp. Due to a disagreement with the German Curling Association, Schöpp was replaced at skip with Natalie Nessler, her long-time third. Sabine Belkofer was brought in to take Nessler's vacated spot at third. Team Germany greatly improved their performance compared to the 1998 Games, finishing 5th with a record of 5-5, missing the playoffs by one spot.
Team Germany maintained the same line-up later that year for the 2002 World Championships. They finished 9th out of 10 teams. This was Schwaller's final competition representing Germany.
Schwaller reappeared on the international curling stage at the 2010 World Championships, this time representing her new country of Switzerland. She played second for Binia Feltscher.

## Personal life

Schwaller is married to Andreas Schwaller, a Swiss curler who won a bronze medal at the 2002 Winter Olympics. Schwaller's brother-in-law, Christof, is also an elite curler and played third for his brother Andreas at the 2002 Olympics.
# Halil Ay

Halil Ay (4 February 1989 – 6 August 2023) was a Kurdish drug dealer and gangster. He made a name for himself after surviving an assassination attempt on the Golden Horn Bridge in January 2023, and after his death in France.

## Life

Halil Ay was born on 4 February 1989 in Gerger, Adıyaman. His family, of Zaza Kurd origin, later moved to Adana. After graduating from high school, he entered the world of crime and after a while he came into conflict with many gangs in Adana. Thinking that he had made enemies, he migrated to Istanbul.
On 14 January 2023, he survived an assassination attempt on the Golden Horn Bridge and his friend Cumali Aslan, who was with him at the time, died. This attempt was organised using FaceTime, citing Ay's hostility towards the Dalton gang and the Gündoğmuş gang. The attack took place at midnight when Ay and three friends were returning home in a white BMW car from a nightclub in Şişli, Istanbul. The police found 41 bullet casings at the scene. The three perpetrators of the attack fled on foot due to the breakdown of their car and called someone to pick them up. The attackers were caught by the police two days later.

### Death

Ay, after surviving the assassination attempt, first left Istanbul and travelled to Greece, and from there he went to France with a fake identity. In the first days of August 2023, Gülbey Dilsiz, a hitman for Uğurcan Gündoğmuş's gang, travelled illegally to France.
On 6 August 2023, Ay was attacked by Gülbey Dilsiz at a gîte in Isère, where he resided. He was badly wounded in the chest, but he fought back with his own pistol. He killed Dilsiz and called for help by phone, but he bled to death before paramedics arrived at the scene. Twelve bullet casings were found at the scene.
Both Gülbey Dilsiz and Uğurcan Gündoğmuş were also Zaza Kurds from Nazımiye, Tunceli.
# Art Watson

Art Watson (January 11, 1884 – May 9, 1950) nicknamed "Watty", was a catcher in Major League Baseball in 1914 and 1915.

## Sources

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# The Essen Jazz Festival Concert

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The Essen Jazz Festival Concert is a live album by jazz pianist Bud Powell and saxophone player Coleman Hawkins compiled from a live concert by the two artists, joined by Oscar Pettiford on bass and Kenny Clarke on drums.

## Reception

The album was well received by critics, with Joseph Neff writing, "a safe bet that modern jazz fans will welcome this addition to their shelves" and giving the album an A-. Jazz critic Scott Yanow described Powell's performance as "top form" and described his trio as "all-star."

## Track listing

* "Shaw 'Nuff" (Ray Brown, Dizzy Gillespie, Charlie Parker) – 4:46
* "Blues in the Closet" (Harry Babasin, Oscar Pettiford) – 5:53
* "Willow Weep for Me" (Ann Ronnell) – 4:27
* "John's Abbey" (Powell) – 3:49
* "Salt Peanuts" (Kenny Clarke, Gillespie) – 5:00
* "All the Things You Are" (Jerome Kern, Oscar Hammerstein II) – 6:51
* "Just You, Just Me" (Jesse Greer, Raymond Klages) – 6:16
* "Yesterdays" (Kern, Otto Harbach) – 6:37
* "Stuffy" (Hawkins) – 7:35

## Personnel
### Performance

* Coleman Hawkins – tenor saxophone (6–9)
* Bud Powell – piano
* Oscar Pettiford – bass
* Kenny Clarke – drums

### Production

* Erik Wiedemann – liner notes
* Alan Bates – producer
* Rick Simenson – design
* Chuck Stewart – photography, cover photo
# Peter Preece

Peter Preece is a former rugby union international who represented England from 1972 to 1976. Educated at King Henry viii School, Coventry

## Early life

Peter Preece was born on 15 November 1949 in Meriden. His father, Ivor Preece, was also a rugby union international who captained England and represented the British Lions in the 1950s.

## Rugby union career

Preece made his international debut on 3 June 1972 at Ellis Park in the South Africa vs England match. Of the 12 matches he played for his national side he was on the winning side on 4 occasions. He played his final match for England on 17 January 1976 at Twickenham in the England vs Wales match.
# Chad Brownstein

Chad Tyler Brownstein (born February 12, 1973) is an American businessman, entrepreneur, industrialist and amateur golfer based in Los Angeles, California. He is a former vice chairman of Banc of California. He is also the founder and current chief executive officer at Rocky Mountain Resources, a limited liability company that acquires and develops natural resource assets. The company is currently headquartered in Denver, Colorado. Brownstein also serves on the board of directors for the Los Angeles 2028 Summer Olympics committee.

## Biography

Brownstein was born in 1973, in Denver, Colorado, to Sunny and Norman Brownstein. His father is a lawyer and his mother is a social worker. Brownstein completed his early education at Kent Denver School where he was First Team All State in football. Brownstein attended and graduated from Tulane University in 1995. He was two-year varsity letterman on the golf team. He also attended Columbia Business School till 1999. During his time at Tulane, he also worked at Donaldson, Lufkin & Jenrette in the real estate investment and merchant banking groups.
Brownstein co-founded ITU Ventures, a venture capital investment company in Los Angeles, in 2000. Glenn Hubbard, the former Chairman of the Council of Economic Advisors, was one of his advisors at ITU Ventures. Brownstein successfully led investments at ITU Ventures, that were sold to companies like Nokia, AMD, Weyerhauser and Cadence.
Brownstein founded Rocky Mountain Resources and predecessor entities in 2006, in Denver. The company focuses on natural resources and has taken possession of multiple assets in the United States. New York City-based Bloomberg Television has called Brownstein, a Shale Pioneer for his findings in the Niobrara Shale.
In 2010, Brownstein co founded the enterprise now known as Banc of California.
Brownstein is also a nationally recognized amateur golfer, he was the amateur winner at the Humana Challenge PGA Tour in 2012 and 2014. Brownstein has also been ranked among the top 25 amateurs in the State of Colorado.
Brownstein serves on the board of governors at Cedars Sinai Medical Center. He is also one of the board of directors for the LA 2028 Olympic committee. Brownstein also held finance chair for LA Conservation Corp. He was also formerly a board members of California Competes.

## Philanthropy

Brownstein has supported the renovation of Pauley Pavilion and was a major benefactor to the construction of the Mo Ostin Basketball Center at University of California, Los Angeles. He has also partnered with NBA star Russell Westbrook to help improve financial literacy in the African American community.
# Worn Down Piano

"Worn Down Piano" is a song by the American group The Mark & Clark Band, from their album Double Take. The song was written in 1977 by twin brothers Clark and Mark Seymour. The record was produced by Ron Dante of Archies fame, and was released as a single.
The song (duration 8:10) is about a piano that is being bid for at an auction. It starts in 6/8 time and changes to 4/4 time at the beginning of the piano solo.
The song reached sixth place in the Dutch Top 40. Since the first edition in 1999, "Worn Down Piano" has consistently been in the Top 2000, a popular Dutch year-end list, peaking at number 59 in the 2002 edition and at number 387 in the most recent edition of 2024.

## Credits

These musicians appear on the recording:
* Clark Seymour, piano, vocals
* Mark Seymour, piano, vocals
* Allan Schwartzberg, drums
* Errol "Crusher" Bennett, percussion
* Elliott Randall, guitar
* Frank Owens, keyboards
* Hugh McCracken, guitar
* Jimmy Maelen, percussion
* Jimmy Young, drums
* John Tropea, guitar
* Kenneth Bichel, synthesizer
* Paul Shaffer, keyboards
* Will Lee, bass
# Karin Fischer

Karin Fischer (born 7 January 1972 in Füssen) is a former German curler.
She competed at the 2002 Winter Olympics, finishing in 5th place.

## Teams

| Season | Skip | Third | Second | Lead | Alternate | Coach | Events |
| 1991–92 | Josefine Einsle | Petra Tschetsch-Hiltensberger | Elisabeth Ländle | Karin Fischer | Almut Hege-Schöll (WCC) | | GWCC 1992 WCC 1992 (8th) |
| 1992–93 | Janet Strayer | Josefine Einsle | Petra Tschetsch-Hiltensberger | Karin Fischer | Elisabeth Ländle | | GWCC 1993 WCC 1993 |
| 1993–94 | Josefine Einsle | Petra Tschetsch-Hiltensberger | Elisabeth Ländle | Karin Fischer | Michaela Greif | | ECC 1993 (6th) |
| 1993–94 | Josefine Einsle | Michaela Greif | Petra Tschetsch-Hiltensberger | Sabine Weber | Karin Fischer | | GWCC 1994 |
| 1993–94 | Josefine Einsle | Michaela Greif | Karin Fischer | Elisabeth Ländle | Sabine Weber | | WCC 1994 |
| 1999–00 | Petra Tschetsch | Daniela Jentsch | Karin Fischer | Gesa Angrick | Elisabeth Ländle | Keith Wendorf | WCC 2000 (6th) |
| 2000–01 | Petra Tschetsch-Hiltensberger | Josefine Heinzle | Karin Fischer | Gesa Angrick | Elisabeth Ländle | | GWCC 2001 |
| 2001–02 | Natalie Nessler | Sabine Belkofer | Heike Wieländer | Andrea Stock | Karin Fischer | Rainer Schöpp | OG 2002 (5th) |
| 2003–04 | Natalie Nessler | Andrea Stock | Sabine Belkofer | Katja Weisser | Karin Fischer | | GWCC 2004 |
| 2004–05 | Natalie Nessler | Andrea Stock | Sabine Belkofer-Kröhnert | Karin Fischer | | | |
| 2006–07 | Josephine Obermann | Sina Frey | Karin Fischer | Katja Weisser | | | |
# Drew Beam

Drew Sanders Beam (born February 14, 2003) is an American professional baseball pitcher in the Kansas City Royals organization.

## Amateur career

Beam grew up in Murfreesboro, Tennessee and attended Blackman High School, where he played football and baseball. He had a record of 8–1 and a 0.37 ERA as a sophomore. Beam committed to play college baseball at Tennessee shortly before the beginning of his junior year of high school. His junior season was canceled due to COVID-19. Beam missed his senior baseball season due to injury.
Beam was named to Tennessee's starting rotation entering his freshman season. He was named the Southeastern Conference (SEC) Pitcher of the Week and Freshman of the Week after throwing a complete-game shutout against fifth-ranked Vanderbilt on April 3, 2022. Beam was named the SEC Freshman of the Year and second team All-Conference at the end of the season.

## Professional career

The Kansas City Royals selected Beam in the third round, with the 76th overall pick of the 2024 Major League Baseball draft. On July 21, 2024, Beam signed with the Royals on a $1.1 million contract.

## Personal life

Beam is the son of Jason and Kelli Beam. Beam is a Christian.
# Paul Pearsall

Paul Pearsall (1942-2007) was an American neuropsychologist and author.

## Education

Pearsall was a 1963 graduate of the University of Michigan. His postgraduate degrees were earned at Wayne State University: a master's degree in Educational and Clinical Psychology in 1965, and a PhD in Clinical and Educational Psychology in 1968. His postdoctoral work included studies at United States Army War College, and the Arizona, Harvard and Albert Einstein Schools of Medicine.

## Positive psychology

Pearsall is known for his work on positive psychology and is often citing the role of emotions such as hope and love in surviving stress, depression, and psychological trauma. For instance, he introduced the notion of personal "strange attractors" drawn to each other to produce a bond that allows a couple to navigate life's obstacles. Several of his books explained how positive thinking, perseverance, and being authentic can be achieved by rearranging one's emotions and outlook, developing a heightened will in the process.
Pearsall is also known for counselling individuals who underwent heart transplantation and claimed that these patients experience significant and inexplicable changes in personality after the surgery in which they became more like their donors in temperament and personal preferences.

## Death

Pearsall died of a spontaneous haemorrhagic stroke on July 13, 2007.

## Published works

* Super Joy, Doubleday Books, ISBN 978-0-385-24459-6
* Awe: The Delights and Dangers of Our Eleventh Emotion ISBN 978-0-7573-0585-6
* Ten Laws of Lasting Love, Simon & Schuster, ISBN 978-0-671-76798-3
* Sexual Healing: Using the Power of an Intimate, Loving Relationship to Heal Your Body and Soul, Crown Publishers ISBN 978-0-517-59440-7
* Toxic Success: How to Stop Striving and Start Thriving, Inner Ocean Publishing, ISBN 978-1-930722-09-5
* The Power of the Family, Doubleday Books, ISBN 978-0-385-26005-3
* The Last Self-Help Book You'll Ever Need: Repress Your Anger, Think Negatively, Be a Good Blamer, and Throttle Your Inner Child, Basic, ISBN 978-0-465-05486-2
* The Beethoven Factor: The New Positive Psychology of Hardiness, Happiness, Healing, and Hope, Hampton Roads Publishing Company, 2003
* The Heart's Code: Tapping the Wisdom and Power of Our Heart Energy, Broadway Books, 1999, ISBN 978-0767900959
* Super Immunity : Master Your Emotions and Improve Your Health 1988, ISBN 0449133966
* Super Marital Sex, 1987, ISBN 038524018X
* Making Miracles, Prentice Hall Press, 1991
* The Pleasure Prescription: To Love, To Work, to Play- Life in the Balance. 1996 Hunter House Publishing
* Write Your Own Pleasure Prescription: 60 Ways to Create Balance and Joy in Your Life, 1997″
# David Powell (rugby union)

David Lewes "Piggy" Powell (born 17 May 1942) is a former England international rugby union player.
He was capped eleven times by England as a prop between 1966 and 1971.
Powell was selected for the 1966 British Lions tour to Australia and New Zealand, but did not play in any of the internationals.
He played club rugby for Long Buckby RFC and Northampton, making 370 appearances for the club over 15 seasons from 1963 to 1978, including four seasons as captain. He coached the Northampton team in the mid-1980 and then became head groundsman at Northampton's Franklin's Gardens ground until his retirement in 2015. Powell is one of the members of Northampton's Hall of Fame.