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# Harald Hudak

Harald Hudak (28 January 1957 – 2 December 2024) was a West German middle-distance runner who specialised in 1500 metres.

## Biography

Hudak was born in Vaihingen an der Enz on 28 January 1957. He was one of the runners that set a world record of 14:38.8 minutes in the 4x1500 metres relay in 1977, together with Thomas Wessinghage, Michael Lederer, and Karl Fleschen. He ran 3:40.2 minutes on the second leg.
He finished sixth in 1500 m at the 1979 European Indoor Championships. In 1980, Hudak temporarily became the third-fastest 1500 m runner of all time when he set a personal best of 3:31.96 minutes at a meeting in Koblenz where Steve Ovett set a new world record and Thomas Wessinghage set a new West German record. 3:31.96 remained his career best time. In Germany only Thomas Wessinghage has run faster. However, Hudak could not participate in the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow due to the West German boycott.
Hudak competed for the sports club Bayer 04 Leverkusen during his active career. At the West German championships, in the 1500 metres, Hudak won the bronze medal in 1979 and silver medals in 1980 and 1981 (all events won by Thomas Wessinghage). Hudak also won the silver medal at the 1979 West German indoor championships.
Hudak died on 2 December 2024, at the age of 67.
# Dudley Blair Menzies

Dudley Blair Menzies (/ˈmɛnziːz/; January 2, 1906 – November 6, 1995) was a Canadian engineer and politician. During his life, he was both an alderman and a city engineer in the City of Edmonton, Alberta, Canada.
He was born in Scotland and moved to Edmonton at the age of one with his parents.
He graduated from the University of Alberta in 1931 with a bachelor of science degree in engineering. He also received a master of science degree from Harvard University in 1939. During his career, he was involved in the building of many bridges and roads in Edmonton.
He was elected to Edmonton City Council in 1971 and served one term from 1971 to 1974.
A dedicated LRT bridge across the North Saskatchewan River, the Dudley B. Menzies Bridge, is named after him.
# Cherry Mansion

Cherry Mansion is a historic antebellum house in Savannah, Tennessee, located on a bluff overlooking the east bank of the Tennessee River. It has historical significance for its role as General Ulysses S. Grant's headquarters at the time of the Civil War Battle of Shiloh.

## Description and history

Cherry Mansion is a white Georgian building with a two-level porch on its west front, which faces the Tennessee River. A series of terraces descends from the house to the river. The house sits atop the site of a palisaded prehistoric settlement, established some 2000 years ago, that is marked by Indian mounds that were largely obliterated by later construction.
The house was built by David Robinson, who was among Hardin County's early settlers and owned extensive acreage on both sides of the Tennessee River. Sources differ on the date of the house's construction. Most accounts state that it was built around 1829–30 as a wedding gift for Robinson's daughter Sarah and her husband, William H. Cherry. Analysis for the Historic American Buildings Survey found evidence that the house was not completed until around the time of Robinson's death in 1849, and that ownership was transferred to Cherry in 1855.
During the American Civil War, Cherry was sympathetic to the Union side. From March 13 to April 29, 1862, before and after the Battle of Shiloh, his house served as headquarters for Union Army Generals Ulysses S. Grant, C. F. Smith, Don Carlos Buell, and W. H. L. Wallace. According to Cherry family accounts, General Grant and his staff had just sat down at the breakfast table on April 6, 1862, when they heard distant cannon fire indicating that the battle had begun about 7 miles (11 km) up the river. They boarded a steamboat at the landing below the house to travel to the site of the battle, leaving their meals uneaten. Generals Smith and Wallace died in the house in the aftermath of the battle.
The Cherry family continued to own the house until 1935. Queen and Alex Haley, the grandparents of writer Alex Haley, worked for the family at Cherry Mansion after the Civil War. Queen was a domestic worker in the house and her husband operated a ferry for the Cherry family. Haley's novel Queen: The Story of an American Family and related television miniseries were based on Queen Haley's life.
In the late 19th century, the Cherry family made alterations to the building, replacing some of the house's original porticoes with woodwork of Victorian design. The next owner, Bob Guinn, undertook in 1935–36 to restore the porticoes to their original design, based on recollections of living members of the Cherry family. The restoration of the porticoes was part of a more extensive restoration and remodeling project, based on design plans by Memphis architect Hubert T. McGee, that included addition of a new kitchen and bath facilities, replacing weatherboard on the east wall with brick, and adding emphasis to the house's west front.
The house remains in private ownership and was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1977. It is opened to visitors by advance arrangement.
# Kirchberg (Bensheim)

Kirchberg is a hill located near Bensheim in Hesse, Germany. It stands at an elevation of approximately 220.6 meters.
The hill is renowned for its vineyards, particularly those producing Riesling wines, contributing to the region's reputation in viticulture.
49°41′16″N 8°37′36″E﻿ / ﻿49.68778°N 8.62667°E﻿ / 49.68778; 8.62667

## Site of Massacre

On 24 March 1945 - three days before American troops reached nearby Bensheim - twelve German and foreign prisoners, men and women, were murdered by the Gestapo north of the Kirchberg summit. Among the murdered were three American paratroopers (W.H. Forman, R.T. McDonald, Ray F. Hermann). A memorial stone commemorates the act. The murdered were Rosa Bertram, Erich Salomon and Walter Hangen from Worms, Lina Bechstein from Kriegsheim, Gretel Maraldo from Offenbach am Main, Jakob Gramlich from Bonsweiher, two Frenchmen Eugene Dumas and Lothaire Delaunay, Dutchman Frederik Roolker, and three other unidentified People. Pole Johann Goral survived the shooting with serious injuries. Besides him survived Russian Alexander Romanov, as well as the four Groß-Rohrheimer citizens Heinrich Ahl, August Lautenbach, Henry Menger and Georg Ackermann. The memorial stone, which is located at the place of execution, can be reached - coming from the Brunnenweg - on a narrow steep path up to the Kirchberg.
# Howell Cobb (judge)

Howell Cobb (December 7, 1922 – September 16, 2005) was a Texas lawyer and United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Texas.

## Education and career

Born in Atlanta, Georgia, Cobb joined the United States Navy in 1942, completing his cadet training in 1943 and serving as a lieutenant in the United States Marine Corps from 1943 to 1945, during which time he was a fighter pilot in the Pacific Theater. He finished his service as an instructor at Pensacola Naval Air Station in 1945. He then returned to school, receiving a Bachelor of Laws from the University of Virginia School of Law in 1948. He went into private practice, first in Houston, Texas, from 1949 to 1954, and then in Beaumont, Texas, from 1954 to 1985.

## Federal judicial service

On February 26, 1985, President Ronald Reagan nominated Cobb to a new seat on the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Texas, created by 98 Stat. 333. Cobb was confirmed by the United States Senate on April 3, 1985, and received his commission the following day. He assumed senior status on March 1, 2001, and continued serving in that capacity until his death of a heart attack, during a family vacation in Castine, Maine.

## Personal

Cobb and his wife, Amelie, had six children. Cobb was the great grandson of the former governor of Georgia and Civil War figure Howell Cobb.
# Entergy New Orleans

Entergy New Orleans, a subsidiary of Entergy, is an electric and natural gas utility based in New Orleans, Louisiana. It was a mass transit provider under the former name New Orleans Public Service Incorporated (NOPSI).

## History

The various streetcar lines of New Orleans were consolidated under NOPSI's control in 1922. Throughout the 1950s and 1960s, NOPSI converted all the original streetcar lines in New Orleans, except for the St. Charles Streetcar Line, to bus service.
It was headquartered in a building built in 1929, which later became the NOPSI New Orleans hotel.
In 1983, control of the system's mass transit was transferred to a public agency, the New Orleans Regional Transit Authority. NOPSI became Entergy New Orleans, a subsidiary of Entergy, in April 1996.

## Facilities

* New Orleans Power Station
# Claudia Zwiers

Claudia Antoinette Zwiers (born 23 November 1973 in Haarlem, North Holland) is a judoka from the Netherlands, who represented her native country at two Summer Olympics (1996 and 2004). She won the bronze medal in the women's middleweight division (‍–‍66 kg) in Atlanta, United States (1996).
# IEEE Reynold B. Johnson Information Storage Systems Award

The IEEE Reynold B. Johnson Information Storage Systems Award is a Technical Field Award of the IEEE given each year to an individual, multiple recipients, or team up to three in number that has made outstanding contributions to information storage systems. The award is named in honor of Reynold B. Johnson.
The award was established in 1991. The award includes a bronze medal, certificate, and honorarium. It was last awarded in 2015.

## Recipients

* 2015: Dov Moran and Amir Ban and Simon Litsyn
* 2014: John K. Ousterhout and Mendel Rosenblum
* 2013: Michael L. Kazar
* 2012: Naoya Takahashi
* 2011: (no award)
* 2010: Moshe Yanai
* 2009: Marshall Kirk McKusick
* 2008: Alan Jay Smith
* 2007: David Hitz and James Lau
* 2006: Jaishankar Menon
* 2005: François B. Dolivo
* 2004: Bruce Gurney and Virgil S. Speriosu
* 2003: Neal Bertram
* 2002: Christopher Henry Bajorek
* 2001: Tu Chen
* 2000: Mark Kryder
* 1999: David Patterson and Randy Katz and Garth Gibson
* 1998: Jean-Pierre Lazzari
* 1997: Alan Shugart
* 1996: Nobutake Imamura
* 1995: James U. Lemke
* 1994: Charles Denis Mee
* 1993: John M. Harker
# United Nations Security Council Resolution 4

United Nations Security Council Resolution 4 was adopted on 29 April 1946. The Council condemned Francoist Spain and formed a sub-committee to assess the conflict in the country.
Resolution 4 passed with ten votes to none. The Soviet Union abstained.
# John Leonard (poet)

John Leonard (born 1965) is an Australian poet.
He was born in the UK, and from 1984 to 1987 studied at the University of Oxford. In 1991 he moved to Australia. He currently lives in Canberra, Australia, and was poetry editor of the quarterly Overland from 2003 to 2007. In 2020 he was a juror for the Montreal International Poetry Prize.

## Works

Poetry
* Unlove (1991)
* 100 Elegies for Modernity (1997)
* Jesus in Kashmir (2003)
* Braided Lands (2010)
* A Spell, A Charm (2014)
* Think of the world: Collected Poems 1986-2016 (2016)
* Wordfall (2019)
Criticism
* The Way of Poetry (Three Pines Press) (2010)
History
* The Reawakening: Religion and the Future of Humanity (2015)
* The True History of Pocahontas (2015)
Fiction
* Shakespeare in Virginia (2024), based on the premise that Shakespeare's 1616 death was faked and he went on under an assumed identity to work for the English secret service in the Virginia Colony.
# Stefan Wenk

Stefan Wenk (born 13 March 1981 in Filderstadt, Baden-Württemberg) is a male javelin thrower from Germany. His personal best throw is 83.94 metres, achieved in June 2006 at Bislett stadion.

## Achievements

| Year | Competition | Venue | Position | Notes |
| Representing Germany |||||
| 2000 | World Junior Championships | Santiago, Chile | 9th | 65.68 m |
| 2001 | European U23 Championships | Amsterdam, Netherlands | 7th | 71.91 m |
| 2006 | European Championships | Gothenburg, Sweden | 12th | 75.71 m |
| 2006 | World Athletics Final | Stuttgart, Germany | 8th | 76.34 m |

## Seasonal bests by year

* 2000 - 73.06
* 2001 - 78.65
* 2002 - 81.20
* 2003 - 79.42
* 2004 - 82.95
* 2005 - 83.07
* 2006 - 83.94
* 2007 - 80.34
* 2008 - 75.53
# Walhalla wacht

Walhalla wacht (translation: "Valhalla Awaits") is the second studio album by the Dutch folk/Viking metal band Heidevolk, released in March 2008. Its North American release coincided with the Napalm Records re-release of their previous full-length album, De strijdlust is geboren.

## Personnel

* Joost Westdijk - drums, backing vocals
* Joris Boghtdrincker - vocals, acoustic guitar, midwinterhorn, bullhorn
* Mark Bockting - vocals
* Reamon Bloem - guitars, backing vocals
* Rowan Middelwijk - bass, backing vocals, beatring
* Sebas Bloeddorst - guitars, backing vocals, bull horn

### Guest musicians

* Stefanie Achatz - violin
* Davis Miles - tin whistle

## Release history

The album was released in Finland March 26, 2008, then in Germany, Austria and Switzerland on March 28. In the rest of Europe, it was released on March 31 and in North America: April 22.
# Cherry Valley Coke Ovens

The Cherry Valley Coke Ovens consisted of 200 coke ovens built by the Leetonia Iron and Coal Company around 1866, near Leetonia, Ohio, United States. The function of the "beehive" coke ovens was to purify coal and turn it into coke. The coke was burned in furnaces that produced iron and steel.
The site, also known as Cherry Valley Coke Ovens Arboretum, was placed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1993. An Ohio Historical Marker was added in 1999. Outside of the Connellsville Coke District in Pennsylvania, this site represents one of the largest remaining site of intact beehive coke ovens in North America.

## History

In the early 1860s, Irish businessman William Lee discovered rich deposits of coal, ore and lime under the soil of today's Leetonia. Lee began to buy the surrounding land and established the company "The Leetonia Coal & Iron Company" which consisted of a coal mine, coke ovens, and a blast furnace. This company jumped into the iron and coal industry and soon turned the area into a thriving company town. The area went from housing three families in 1864 to 1,800 people by 1869 when it was incorporated.
The coke production was the main operation of the company. Leetonia Coal & Iron would mine the surrounding areas for coal and then cart coal by the tons into the coke ovens on rails above the ovens. The workers would then shovel the coal into the coke ovens to cook. This would purify the coal into a purer product of coal called coke which was then shipped off to the iron mills to be used in smelting iron. Coke has a much higher temperature point than regular coal so it was preferred for use in the mills.
Each coke oven is about 12 feet in diameter and 6 to 7 feet in height with the capacity to hold two to three tons of coal each. While still using 100 ovens, Leetonia Coal & Iron would process 250 tons of coal into coke per day. However, in 1873, the company was bought out and renamed "The Cherry Valley Iron and Coal Company", who expanded operations and eventually had over 200 coke ovens and 4 blast furnaces; processing much more coal than ever before. Financial troubles hit the company during the Great Depression and the ovens were closed permanently.
The site was donated to the village of Leetonia for a park in 1982, and, in 1986, the village council appointed a commission to transform the area into a park.

## Restoration and park

The village of Leetonia developed the Cherry Valley Coke Ovens Park on the site. The area is heavily wooded area with hiking trails in and around the coke ovens and other sites of the former Cherry Valley Iron & Coal Co. The project was undertaken by the village of Leetonia to protect the site of a large part of the village's history.
# Littlefield High School

Littlefield High School is a former high school in Lumberton, North Carolina, in the Public Schools of Robeson County district. It opened in 1955; in 1991 it became Littlefield Middle School.

## History

Littlefield High School opened in 1955 as a four-year high school with 273 students from Allenton School, Barker Ten Mile School, and Smith's School. It was named for B. E. Littlefield, then Superintendent of Robeson County Schools, and located on 17.7 acres on North Carolina Highway 41 east of Lumberton. The building was enlarged in 1972 and an extension added in 1976 to house 7th- and 8th-grade students from Allenton and Smith's Schools; the school became Littlefield Junior-Senior High School.
In spring 1991 the district consolidated its high schools and the school became Littlefield Middle School; 9th-grade students moved to Lumberton Junior High School and 10th- to 12th-grade students to Lumberton Senior High School. Since fall 1991, it has housed grades 4 through 8.

## Athletics

Littlefield's sports teams were the Hornets. In 1965 they won the Region 2, Class A championship in football; there was no state championship at the time.
# Alan Angus McDonald

Alan Angus McDonald (December 13, 1927 – July 26, 2007) was a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Washington.

## Education and career

Born in Harrah, Washington, McDonald received a Bachelor of Science degree from the University of Washington in 1950 and a Bachelor of Laws from the University of Washington School of Law in 1952. He was a deputy prosecuting attorney of Yakima County, Washington from 1952 to 1954, and was in private practice in Yakima, Washington from 1954 until 1985.

## Federal judicial service

On September 11, 1985, McDonald was nominated by President Ronald Reagan to a new seat on the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Washington created by 98 Stat. 333. He was confirmed by the United States Senate on October 16, 1985, and received his commission on October 17, 1985. He assumed senior status on December 13, 1996, serving in that capacity for until his death, in Yakima, on July 26, 2007.

## Accusations of racism

McDonald was accused in the Washington media of making racist jokes about people who appeared in his courtroom. In introducing a House Resolution condemning the actions of Judge McDonald, Rep. John Conyers (MI-D) stated that he had "made or participated in numerous communications that referred to racial, ethic and religious minorities in demeaning, stereotypical and racist language, including references to Latino defendants and lawyers as 'greasers,' an African-Americans plaintiff as 'impo-tent' and maligning Mormons, Jew and Chinese for corrupt financial practices."
# Asia Heavyweight Championship

The Asia Heavyweight Championship (アジアヘビー級王座, ajia hebī-kyū ōza) was a championship established and promoted by New Japan Pro-Wrestling. It was New Japan Pro-Wrestling's version of the All Asia Heavyweight Championship. Tiger Jeet Singh was the first and only champion, winning the title on July 29, 1976 in Osaka, Japan by defeating Seiji Sakaguchi. He successfully defended the title two times, against Seiji Sakaguchi on June 29, 1977 in Osaka and against Strong Kobayashi on July 21, 1977 in Sendai. The title was retired on April 23, 1981 due to an announcement of the IWGP, a new governing body, which would promote their own-branded championships.

## Title history

Key :
| No. | Overall reign number |
| Reign | Reign number for the specific champion |
| Days | Number of days held |
| Defences | Number of successful defences |
| No. | Champion | Championship change | Championship change | Championship change | Reign statistics | Reign statistics | Reign statistics | Notes | Ref. |
| No. | Champion | Date | Event | Location | Reign | Days | Defences | Notes | Ref. |
| | New Japan Pro Wrestling (NJPW) | New Japan Pro Wrestling (NJPW) | New Japan Pro Wrestling (NJPW) | New Japan Pro Wrestling (NJPW) | New Japan Pro Wrestling (NJPW) | New Japan Pro Wrestling (NJPW) | New Japan Pro Wrestling (NJPW) | New Japan Pro Wrestling (NJPW) | New Japan Pro Wrestling (NJPW) |
| 1 | Tiger Jeet Singh | July 29, 1976 | Asia League Tournament | Osaka, Japan | 1 | 1,771 | 2 | This was a final of the Asia Heavyweight League and two out of three falls match, in which Singh defeated Seiji Sakaguchi 2–1 to become the inaugural champion. | |
| — | Deactivated | April 23, 1981 | — | — | — | — | — | The championship was retired after announcement of the IWGP. | |
# RCBC Credit Cards

RCBC Credit Cards (previously RCBC Bankard (PSE: BKD)) is one of the largest credit card issuers in the Philippines, issuing VISA, MasterCard, JCB and UnionPay (CUP) credit cards. In the 1990s, they also issued their line of credit and debit cards.

## History

Bankard, Incorporated was organized by Philippine Commercial International Bank, or PCI Bank on December 4, 1981, as the Philippine Commercial Credit Card, Inc. (PCCCI) to operate a domestic credit card operation. It started full commercial operations in June 1982. PCCCI's affiliation with PCIBank gave it the distinction of being the first credit card company in the Philippines issued by a commercial bank. In July 1992, PCCCI changed its name to Bankard, Inc.
On June 20, 1991, PCIBank was granted a license by MasterCard International to issue credit cards in the Philippines accepted by the MasterCard network of affiliated banks and establishments worldwide. In 1994, PCIBank turned over the management and ownership of the MasterCard portfolio. This was to issue and acquire business to Bankard, Inc.
In March 1995, Bankard, Inc. was publicly listed in the Philippine Stock Exchange, becoming the first credit card company to be listed in the Philippines. It was also only the second company to achieve this distinction in the Asia-Pacific region.
Also, in March 1995, Bankard, Inc. became the first credit card company to offer both dollar (PCIBank MasterCard) and peso (Bankard MasterCard) payment billing options.
In May 1995, Visa International granted Bankard, Inc. the license to acquire merchant billings and to issue credit cards carrying the Visa brand.
When PCI Bank merged with Equitable Bank to form Equitable PCI Bank, the new Equitable PCI chose to keep Equitable Bank's credit card arm, Equitable Card Network, rather than to incorporate Bankard into Equitable's credit card operations.
In 2000, majority of Bankard was sold to the Yuchengco Group of Companies, owner of Rizal Commercial Banking Corporation (RCBC).
RCBC's credit card operations, RCBC Card, were subsequently merged into Bankard, forming the current company. Through RCBC Card, Bankard also started issuing JCB cards. Bankard was two-thirds owned by the Yuchengco Group of Companies and is an affiliate of RCBC. However, this was set to change after the Yuchengco Group of Companies accepted a buyout offer from GE Consumer Finance for an undisclosed price, subject to stockholder approval. In the past, YGC had sought to nullify its acquisition on the grounds that it paid Equitable PCI Bank too much.
In 2007, the company rebranded from Bankard to RCBC Bankard after the sale of the entire Bankard business to RCBC was concluded in December 2006. GE Money failed to acquire Bankard from RCBC.
On September 29, 2022, RCBC Bankard rebranded itself to RCBC Credit Cards.