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# The Screech Owls

The Screech Owls is a series of juvenile fiction novels by Canadian author Roy MacGregor. There are currently 27 titles in the series, all published by McClelland & Stewart.

## Summary

The series centers around a fictional hockey team, however it incorporates actual events and locations, such as the Quebec Peewee Invitational in Quebec, Canada. and the 1998 Winter Olympics and 2002 Winter Olympics in Nagano, Japan and Salt Lake City, United States, respectively.
There does not appear to be a clear time line of events in the series. Although MacGregor often refers back to events that occurred in previous books in the series, the static ages of the players and the seemingly never-ending hockey season contradict any definite time line.
The books themselves, all of which are told from the point of view of team captain, Travis Lindsay, provide light action and mystery for the young reader. Terrorists, murderers, kidnappers, ghosts and other improbable anomalies befall the preteen in between, and sometimes during, their hockey games and tournaments.

## Awards and recognition

The Screech Owls Series has won the Our Choice Award and the Manitoba Young Reader’s Choice Award. The series has also been shortlisted for several awards, including the Arthur Ellis Award.

## Television show

Screech Owls aired on YTV from September 1, 2000 to February 1, 2002. It was nominated for Best Children's or Youth Series or Program at the 16th Gemini Awards in 2001. Jonathan Malen was nominated at the Young Artist's Awards. In the USA, it aired alongside other YTV imports (including Mystery Hunters and Strange Days at Blake Holsey High) on Discovery Kids.

## Titles

* Mystery at Lake Placid
* The Night They Stole the Stanley Cup
* The Screech Owls' Northern Adventure
* Murder at Hockey Camp
* Kidnapped in Sweden
* Terror in Florida
* The Quebec City Crisis
* The Screech Owls' Home Loss
* Nightmare in Nagano
* Danger in Dinosaur Valley
* The Ghost of the Stanley Cup
* The West Coast Murders
* Sudden Death in New York City
* Horror on River Road
* Death Down Under
* Power Play in Washington
* Secret of The Deep Woods
* Murder at the Winter Games
* Attack on the Tower of London
* The Screech Owls' Reunion
* Peril at the World's Biggest Hockey Tournament
* Trouble at the Top of the World
* Face-Off at the Alamo
* Panic in Pittsburgh
* The Mystery of the Russian Ransom
* The Boston Breakout
* Reality Check in Detroit
# Zakiah Laidin

Dato' Pahlawan Zakiah binti Laidin (1 May 1938 – 12 November 2011) is a former Deputy Director of Management (Services/Staffing) of the Royal Malaysia Police (RMP). She is the first Malaysian policewoman to hold the highest position in the Police Force.

## Police career

She served in the RMP for 36 years with the last rank as Deputy Commissioner of Police when serving as Deputy Director of Management at the Bukit Aman Police Headquarters before retiring in 1993. She was the first female police officer to be entrusted with the position of Contingent Administrative Officer, Public Relations Superintendent, Assistant Police Commissioner. Police Service Branch, Police Supervisor and several other positions.
She was selected as the first Asian female police officer to attend a three month course at the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) National Academy in Virginia, USA in 1980.

## Death

On 12 November 2011, she died of old age, at the age of 73 years. The RMP Media Center reported that he died at his house in Jalan Tiang Seri, Taman Bukit Jelutong, Shah Alam, Selangor.
Her body was prayed at the Bukit Jelutong Mosque before being buried at the Bukit Kiara Islamic Cemetery.

## Honours

* Malaysia
** Officer of the Order of the Defender of the Realm (K.M.N.) (1979)
** Companion of the Order of Loyalty to the Crown of Malaysia (J.S.M.) (1992)
* Perak
** Knight Commander of the Order of Taming Sari (D.P.T.S.) - Dato' Pahlawan (1992)
# Li–Lobanov Treaty

The Li–Lobanov Treaty or the Sino-Russian Secret Treaty (Chinese: 中俄密約; Russian: Союзный договор между Российской империей и Китаем) was a secret and unequal treaty signed on June 3, 1896 in Moscow by foreign minister Alexey Lobanov-Rostovsky on behalf of the Russian Empire and viceroy Li Hongzhang on behalf of Qing China. The treaty and its consequences increased anti-foreign sentiment in China, which came to a head in the Boxer Uprising of 1900.
The contents of the agreement were made public only in 1922.

## Background

Following the Treaty of Shimonoseki ending the First Sino-Japanese War and the Triple Intervention, China was forced to pay a large indemnity to the Empire of Japan (230 million kuping taels equal to 8,600 tonnes of silver). In order to raise the funds for this payment, China approached France and Russia for loans. Taking advantage of this situation, Russian finance minister Sergei Witte established the Russo-Chinese Bank, which was controlled by the Russian government, and agreed to facilitate the loans.

## Contents

Meeting with Li Hongzhang in Moscow during the coronation ceremonies for Tsar Nicholas II, Witte promised to maintain Chinese territorial integrity and suggested a secret military alliance against possible future aggression by the Empire of Japan. In exchange, Russia would be allowed to use Chinese ports for its warships, and to build a Russian gauge railway through Heilongjiang and Jilin to Vladivostok on the Pacific coast. Along with the railway concession, Russian personnel and police received extraterritorial jurisdiction over large portions of Northeast China and the permission to station troops to protect the railway. China was also not allowed to interfere with Russian troop movements or munitions and also had to grant Russia decreased tariff rates. To avoid diplomatic issues with the other major powers, Li insisted that the concession be granted to the Russo-Chinese Bank, rather than directly to the Russian government, making the railway nominally a joint project, although it was in reality completely financed and controlled by Russia.

## Consequences

The terms of the treaty were tantamount to the annexation of northeast China by Russia in all but name. Rather than protecting China from Japanese territorial ambitions, the treaty opened the door towards further Russian expansionism in the form of the Russia–Qing Convention of 1898, in which China was forced to lease the southern tip of the Liaodong Peninsula to Russia and allow a southern extension of Russia's China Eastern Railway to be built from northern Harbin to the port city of Dalian. These events increased anti-foreign sentiment in China, which came to a head in the Boxer Uprising of 1900.
# Double Down

Double down is a betting technique in blackjack.
Double Down or Doubling Down may refer to:
* Double Down: Game Change 2012, a 2013 book about the 2012 United States Presidential election
* Double Down (comics), a DC Comics villain
* Double Down (film), a 2001 American drama film
* Double Down, a 2005 American independent film produced and directed by Neil Breen
* Double Down, a 2020 American psychological thriller film
* "Double Down" (Journeyman), an episode of Journeyman
* Double Down (sandwich), a sandwich offered by Kentucky Fried Chicken
* Double Down, a televised high school quiz program in Syracuse, New York
* Double down, a roller coaster element involving two separate drops
* Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Double Down, the eleventh book in the Diary of a Wimpy Kid series
* "Doubling Down" (Drag Race Down Under), a 2024 TV episode
* "Doubling Down" (South Park), a 2017 TV episode
# Woodblock (instrument)

A woodblock (also spelled as two words, wood block) is a small slit drum made from a single piece of wood. The term generally signifies the Western orchestral instrument, but may also refer to the Chinese woodblock. In ragtime and jazz music, it is also known as the clog box or tap box. In orchestral music scores, woodblocks may be indicated by the French bloc de bois or tambour de bois, German Holzblock or Holzblocktrommel, or Italian cassa di legno.
The orchestral woodblock of the West is generally made from teak or another hardwood. The dimensions of this instrument vary, although it is either a rectangular or cylindrical block of wood with one or sometimes two longitudinal cavities. It is played by striking it with a stick, which produces a sharp crack. Alternatively, a rounder mallet, soft or hard, may be used, which produces a deeper-pitched and fuller "knocking" sound.
On a drum kit, a woodblock is traditionally mounted on a clamp fixed to the top of the rear rim of the bass drum.

## Related instruments

Log drums made from hollowed logs, and slit drums made from bamboo, are used in Africa and the Pacific Islands.
The muyu (simplified Chinese: 木鱼; traditional Chinese: 木魚; pinyin: mùyú) is a rounded woodblock carved in the shape of a fish and struck with a wooden stick. It is made in various sizes and is often used in Buddhist chanting, in China as well as in other Asian nations including Japan, Korea, and Vietnam. Also, in China, a small, rectangular, high-pitched woodblock called bangzi (梆子) is used. Typically used in sets of four different pitches, they are sometimes called "skulls" by jazz players because of their globular shape.
Temple blocks are a set of four or more woodblocks. Modern versions may be made of plastic instead of wood where they are known as granite blocks. Similarly, the jam block is a modern, plastic version of the woodblock.
# Rongjing Dongjie station

Rongjing Dongjie Station (simplified Chinese: 荣京东街站; traditional Chinese: 榮京東街站; pinyin: Róngjīng Dōngjiē Zhàn) is a Subway station on the Yizhuang Line of the Beijing Subway. It opened on December 30, 2010, together with the other stations on the line.

## Station layout

The station has 2 elevated side platforms.

## Exits

There are 2 exits, lettered A1 and B1. Exit A1 is accessible.
# Hawzen massacre (1988)

The Hawzen massacre (also transcribed as Hawzien or Hauzien massacre) was a massacre committed by Derg forces in Ethiopia on 22 June 1988 during the Ethiopian Civil War. On that day, Mig and helicopter gunships adhering to the Third Revolutionary Army (TRA) bombed the marketplace in Hawzen, Tigray, killing 1,800 to 2,500 civilians and wounding about a thousand.
The military justified the attack by claiming thousands of TPLF fighters had congregated in Hawzen. In addition to the human victims, camels were reportedly targeted because the rebels used them to transport weapons and supplies. Four ancient stelae were also toppled in the bombardment.
According to former TPLF leader Aregawi Berhe, the attack was made at the direction, or at least tacit permission, of Legesse Asfaw, commander of the armed forces in Tigray.
In 2008, five top military officials from the Derg regime were sentenced to death by an Ethiopian court for their role in the Hawzen massacre; however, in 2011, these sentences were commuted to life imprisonment.
# Bulubadiangan Island

Bulubadiangan Island (variously Bulobadiangan island or Bulubadiangan Islet) is a privately owned island in northeastern Iloilo, Philippines. It is part of barangay Polopińa, Concepcion. The Sandbar Island Beach Resort on Bulubadiangan is moderately known within the Philippines.

## Location and geography

Bulubadiangan Island is east of Panay Island in the Visayan Sea. Part of the Concepcion Islands, it is a small island off the end of Igbon Island. Bulubadiangan is 220 feet (67 m) at its highest point. Bulubadiangan is 0.5 miles (0.80 km) from Igbon and 2 miles (3.2 km) from Pan de Azucar Island. It is connected to Danao-Danao Island by a small reef. Although privately owned, Bulubadiangan is part of the Polopińa barangay, which has a population of 3,419 according to the 2010 census.

## Places of interest

The main feature of Bulubadiangan is its 200-metre (660 ft) sandbar, which is exposed at low tide. The sandbar is a popular destination for tourists visiting Concepcion.
Resorts:
1. Sandbar Beach Resort
2. Villa Manuela Island Resort
# Young Kashgar Party

The Young Kashgar Party (Chinese: 青年喀什噶爾黨) was a Turkic nationalist Uighur political party which existed from 1933 to 1934. It helped found the First East Turkestan Republic, a separatist entity of the Republic of China. It was anti-Han and anti-Hui. The Uighur military leader Timur Beg and the Khotan Emirs Muhammad Amin Bughra, Abdullah Bughra and Nur Ahmad Jan Bughra formed an alliance with the Young Kashgar Party. It convened a parliament of 40 members and sent two delegates to Khoja Niyaz.
# Bashneft – Novoil

Bashneft – Novoil is one of the biggest producers of high-quality petroleum products in Russia.
The current production facilities of Bashneft – Novoil include primary oil refining, hydrotreatment, reforming and iso-reforming, sulphuric acid alkylation, thermocracking and visbreaking, coking and gas fractionation, solvent refining and dewaxing of oil distillates, tar deasphalting and bitumen production, gas desulphurization and sulphur production units as well as environmental facilities.
The flexible technological schemes refine various types of hydrocarbons — low- and high-sulphur crude oil, various gas condensates as well as medium and heavy distillates obtained at other refineries of Ufa Group — and produce a wide range of high-quality petroleum products.
In 2011, the refinery continued to produce Euro-3 and Euro-4 engine fuels. It is planned to start producing Euro-5 fuel in the near future.
From 1956 to 1990 he worked at the plant 1st President of Bashkortostan Murtaza Rakhimov.

## History

In 1947 Trust No.21 was established for the construction of a new oil refinery for the processing of oil from the Ishimbai oil field ("Second Baku"). In 1951 the construction of the first stage of the Novo-Ufa oil Refinery was completed. On July 25, 1951 the first gasoline was received at the plant's AVT-1 installation.
Since 1993 — Open joint stock company. Since 1994, he has been a member of the Bashkir Petrochemical Company. In 1999 the refining capacity was 8.5 million tons of oil per year with a potential of about 19 million tons.
Since 2012 — the current status. In 2018 the production of Euro-6 gasoline began. In 2020 it switched to the production of aviation fuel of the RT brand of the highest category.

## Directors

* 1951-1953 — Mayorov Boris Pavlovich
* 1957-1965 — Ivanovsky Georgy Fedorovich
* since October 21, 2020 — Mikhailov Sergey Yurievich
# 1997 Nationalist Movement Party Extraordinary Congress

The 1997 Nationalist Movement Party Extraordinary Congress referred to two party conventions held by the Nationalist Movement Party (Turkish: Milliyetçi Hareket Partisi - MHP), a far-right ultranationalist political party in Turkey, following the death of their first leader Alparslan Türkeş. The first congress was held on 18 May 1997, where six candidates ran for the party leadership. Türkeş's eldest son, Tuğrul Türkeş emerged with a plurality of the vote while Devlet Bahçeli came second. The remaining candidates subsequently withdrew in support for Bahçeli, resulting in violence breaking out between party members supporting rival candidates. The second round was subsequently delayed until 6 July.
In their campaign speeches, Türkeş attacked Bahçeli for allegedly disrespecting the legacy of his father, whereas Bahçeli claimed that Türkeş's supporters did not have a place in the party. Devlet Bahçeli was elected in the second round with 697 delegates' votes as opposed to Türkeş's 483, prompting Türkeş to resign from the party and establish the Bright Turkey Party (ATP) in 1998. The ATP was dissolved in 2010 after Türkeş rejoined the MHP in 2007 and became a Member of Parliament for Istanbul in the 2007 general election.

## Results
### 4th extraordinary congress, 18 May 1997

| Candidate | Candidate | Votes | Percentage |
| | Yıldırım Tuğrul Türkeş | 412 | 34.4 |
| | Devlet Bahçeli | 359 | 29.9 |
| | Ramiz Ongun | 231 | 19.3 |
| | Enis Öksüz | 104 | 8.7 |
| | Muharrem Şemsek | 80 | 6.7 |
| | İbrahim Çiftçi | 13 | 1.1 |
| Total | Total | 1,199 | 100.0 |

### 5th extraordinary congress, 6 July 1997

| Candidate | Candidate | Votes | Percentage |
| | Devlet Bahçeli | 697 | 59.1 |
| | Yıldırım Tuğrul Türkeş | 483 | 40.9 |
| Total | Total | 1,180 | 100.0 |
# 1977 Baltimore International

The 1977 Baltimore International was a men's tennis tournament played on indoor carpet courts at the Towson State College in Baltimore, Maryland in the United States that was part of the 1977 Grand Prix circuit. It was the sixth edition of the event and was held from January 17 through January 23, 1977. Second-seeded Brian Gottfried won the singles title, his second at the event after 1975, and won $20,000 first-prize money.

## Finals
### Singles

Brian Gottfried defeated Guillermo Vilas 6–3, 7–6
* It was Gottfried' 1st singles title of the year and the 8th of his career.

### Doubles

Ion Țiriac / Guillermo Vilas defeated Ross Case / Jan Kodeš 6–3, 6–7, 6–4
# IWI Dan

The IWI Dan is an Israeli bolt-action sniper rifle manufactured by Israel Weapons Industries (IWI). It is named after the ancient city of Dan. The rifle is chambered for the .338 Lapua Magnum cartridge.
The rifle was designed by Dr. Nehemia Sirkis with cooperation of the Israel Defense Forces special forces and is manufactured by Israel Weapons Industries and marketed worldwide.
It was developed to compete with other 0.338-inch caliber sniper rifles such as the "Barak" used by the IDF, the McMillan TAC-338 (used by IDF elite units and the Navy SEALs), the British AWM, and the PGM 338.
The IWI Dan was unveiled at the 2014 Eurosatory convention.

## Design and features

The rifle is a bolt-action sniper rifle chambered in .338 Lapua Magnum caliber, designed for long-range sniping beyond 800 meters. Its design emphasizes ergonomics and user comfort, with adjustable components such as the buttstock. It features Picatinny rails for mounting various optical sights and tactical accessories. The rifle can also be equipped with sound suppressors. Its chassis is relatively lightweight, enhancing usability.
The rifle uses .338 Lapua Magnum ammunition, a high-power sniper rifle cartridge effective at ranges of 1,200 to 1,500 m (1,300 to 1,600 yd). This ammunition is designed for anti-personnel purposes and is capable of penetrating body armor (vests) with lethal precision. It is also effective against unarmored vehicles.
The Manufacturer IWI guarantees sub-MOA accuracy, with estimates suggesting up to 0.3 MOA.
# Beit Horon

Beit Horon (Hebrew: בית חורון) is a communal Israeli settlement in the West Bank. Bordering Route 443 between Modi'in and Jerusalem, the biblical pass of Beit Horon (Joshua 10:10), after which it is named, it falls under the jurisdiction of Mateh Binyamin Regional Council. In 2022 it had a population of 1,442.
The international community considers Israeli settlements in the West Bank illegal under international law, but the Israeli government disputes this.

## History

Beit Horon was established on 1 December 1977.
According to ARIJ, Israel confiscated land from several surrounding Palestinian villages in order to construct Beit Horon:
* 1036 dunams were taken from Beitunia, for Beit Horon and Giv'at Ze'ev,
* 863 dunams were taken from Beit Ur al-Fauqa,
* 67 dunams were taken from At-Tira,
* 61 dunams were taken from Kharbatha al-Misbah.
Beit Horon is a joint Secular and Orthodox community. A religious elementary school located in Beit Horon serves local children as well as those from surrounding villages. There are also three nurseries and kindergarten, two synagogues, a kollel, a mikvah for women and men, and a library.
# Yukinori Miyabe

Yukinori Miyabe (宮部 行範, Miyabe Yukinori, 18 July 1968 – 7 March 2017) was a Japanese speed skater who competed in the 1992 Winter Olympics and the 1994 Winter Olympics.

## Speedskating career

Born in Katsushika, Tokyo, Miyabe moved to Kushiro when he was 5 years old, and started speedskating. He then moved to Saitama prefecture in the first year of Junior High school and joined Sankyo Seiki.
At the 1992 Winter Olympics, he won the bronze medal in the 1000 metres event. In the 1500 m competition he finished ninth and in the 500 m contest he finished 18th.
Two years later he finished 14th in the 1000 metres event and 21st in the 1500 metres competition.
He ended up winning the overall classification of the ISU Speed Skating World Cup 1000 m in the 1994/1995 season.

## Retirement

After retiring from the 1999/2000 season, he retired at Ohio State University postgraduate school by JOC's overseas dispatch business and majored in sports management. In 2005 he returned to JOC staff.

## Personal life

He was the younger brother of Yasunori Miyabe. Yukinori died of cancer in March 2017.
# Igbon Island

Igbon Island (variously Polopina Island or Balubadiangan Island) is an island and barangay in northeastern Iloilo, Philippines. It is part of the municipality of Concepcion. According to the 2010 census, it has a population of 2,547. The island is moderately known in the Philippines for its scuba diving.

## Location and geography

Igbon Island is east of Panay Island in the Visayan Sea. Part of the Concepcion Islands, it is a wooded island and is 774 feet (236 m) at its highest point. Igbon is 3.2 kilometres (2 mi) east of Tago Island. Other nearby islands include Bulubadiangan Island and Danao-Danao Island. Its sole barangay is Igbon, which has one school, the Claudia Morata Villarias Memorial School.

## Natural disasters
### Guimaras oil spill

On 11 August 2006, a tanker capsized off the coast of Guimaras Island south of Panay. The tanker spilled over 200,000 litres (44,000 imp gal; 53,000 US gal) of oil into the Panay Gulf. By the end of August 2006, oil had covered more than 245 kilometres (152 mi) of coastline. In September 2006, the Regional Disaster Coordinating Council (RDCC) identified Igbon as one of 38 municipalities threatened by the oil spill.

### Typhoon Haiyan

In 2013, Typhoon Haiyan (locally known as Yolanda) caused heavy damage to Igbon. The typhoon unexpectedly struck Igbon at low tide, although residents were able to take shelter near the mountain areas. Relief workers distributed food aid to island residents after the storm passed.
# Connecticut Route 109

Route 109 is a state highway in western Connecticut, running from New Milford to Thomaston.

## Route description

Route 109 begins at an intersection with US 202 in New Milford and heads northeast into Washington, where if overlaps Route 47 for 0.28 miles (0.45 km) before continuing into Morris. In Morris, Route 109 heads east, then northeast and southeast, before cutting across a corner of Litchfield by the Wigwam Reservoir into Thomaston. In Thomaston, Route 109 continues southeast and then east along the Wigwam Reservoir and Branch River to end at an intersection with US 6 and Route 254.

## History

In 1922, the Bantam to Morris route was designated as State Highway 310. This became part of Route 109 when it was commissioned in 1932, running from the Bantam section of Litchfield past Bantam Lake to its current eastern terminus in Thomaston. In 1963, the section past Bantam Lake was reassigned to Route 209 and Route 109 was rerouted to its current western terminus using former SR 857. In 1968, the section near the Branch River in Thomaston was rerouted uphill to accommodate a flood control project.

## Junction list

The entire route is in Litchfield County.
| Location | mi | km | Destinations | Notes |
| New Milford | 0.00 | 0.00 | US 202 – Brookfield, Litchfield | Western terminus |
| Washington | 6.10 | 9.82 | Route 47 south – Woodbury | Western end of Route 47 concurrency |
| Washington | 6.38 | 10.27 | Route 47 north – New Preston | Eastern end of Route 47 concurrency |
| Morris | 12.45 | 20.04 | Route 209 north – Bantam | Southern terminus of Route 209 |
| Morris | 14.06 | 22.63 | Route 61 – Litchfield, Bethlehem | |
| Morris | 15.20 | 24.46 | Route 63 – Litchfield, Watertown | |
| Thomaston | 20.93 | 33.68 | US 6 / Watertown Road (SR 810 east) to Route 8 / Route 254 north – Plymouth, Watertown, Northfield, Torrington | Eastern terminus |
| 1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi Concurrency terminus |||||