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# Raby, Merseyside

Raby (locally /ˈreɪbi/) is a hamlet in the Wirral district of Merseyside, England. It is on the Wirral Peninsula, in the Clatterbridge Ward. The settlement is within the parliamentary constituency of Wirral South. Raby is a former civil parish, but since 1974 has been directly administered by Wirral Council
Raby is close to Merseyside's boundary with Cheshire and is around 4 km (2.5 mi) North East of Neston and 5 km (3.1 mi) South West of Bebington. The hamlet of Raby Mere is 3.6 km (2.2 mi) to the east.
At the time of the United Kingdom Census 2001, Raby had a total population of 100.

## Geography

Raby is in the central part of the Wirral Peninsula, approximately 12.5 km (7.8 mi) south-south-east of the Irish Sea at Leasowe Lighthouse, 3.5 km (2.2 mi) east-north-east of the Dee Estuary at Parkgate and about 5.5 km (3.4 mi) west of the River Mersey at Eastham. The hamlet is situated at around 50 m (160 ft) above sea level.

## History

The name Raby is of Viking origin, derived from the Old Norse Ra-byr, meaning 'boundary settlement'. It is believed to be so named because it lay close to the 10th- and 11th-century border between the Norse colony in Wirral to the north, centred on Thingwall, and Anglo-Saxon Mercia to the south. It was part of the Wirral Hundred.
Raby was formerly a township in the parish of Neston and the county palatine of Chester. From 1866 Raby was a civil parish in its own right. In 1933 the parish was incorporated into the urban district of Bebington and was thereafter administered as part of that town (which became a municipal borough in 1937). The civil parish continued to exist until 1974, but as an urban parish with no parish council. The parish had a population of 131 in 1801, 195 in 1851, 350 in 1901 and 308 in 1951.
The borough of Bebington was abolished in 1974 under the Local Government Act 1972 and was incorporated into the new metropolitan borough of Wirral and Merseyside. No successor parish was created for the former borough and Raby is therefore directly administered by Wirral Council.

## Community

Raby is a rural community, comprising a few houses, two farms and an old, thatched public house, the 'Wheatsheaf', which is well known in the locality.
Raby, along with the neighbouring villages of Brimstage and Thornton Hough, are within an Area of Special Landscape Value, a protective designation to preserve the character and appearance of the area. This is part of the Wirral Unitary Development Plan of the Metropolitan Borough of Wirral.
The parish church is All Saints Church, Thornton Hough. The local primary school is Thornton Hough Primary.

## Transport
### Road

Raby is accessible from the A540 to the south-west, the B5151 to the east and the B5136 to the north.

### Bus

Services operating in the Raby Area as of 2015:
| Number | Route | Operator | Days of operation |
| 85 | Clatterbridge Hospital - Heswall | Avon Buses | Monday - Saturday |

### Rail

The nearest station to Raby is Bromborough railway station, about 3.5 km (2.2 mi) to the east. This station is on the Wirral Line of the Merseyrail network, with frequent services to Liverpool, Chester and Ellesmere Port.
# Theodore Aylward

Theodore Edward Aylward (Jr.) (1844–1933), was born in Salisbury and later became a pupil of S. S. Wesley and was Organist of St. Matthew's Church, Cheltenham, St. Columba's College, Rathfarnham (1866) and St. Martin's, Salisbury, before succeeding Francis Edward Gladstone at Llandaff Cathedral in 1870.
He was recommended to the Dean and Chapter of Chichester Cathedral by Walter Parratt (then Organist of Magdalen College, Oxford) after stringent competition, and was therefore appointed Organist and Master of the Choristers at Chichester Cathedral.
In 1886, Aylward left Chichester and was appointed Organist of the Public Hall, and of St. Andrew's Church in Cardiff. He is often confused with his great great uncle, Theodore Aylward Sr., sometime Organist & Master of the Choristers of St. George's Chapel, Windsor.
# Pumpkin Center, California

Pumpkin Center is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) in Kern County, California. It is located 7.5 miles (12.1 km) south-southwest of downtown Bakersfield, at an elevation of 351 feet (107 m).
Pumpkin Center is located at the intersection of State Route 99 (SR 99) and SR 119 (Taft Highway). On both Interstate 5 and SR 99, there is signage at the SR 119 exit directing travelers to Pumpkin Center.
"The White House" historical landmark was established in 1925. The landmark has four original trees that have grown taller than the buildings.
A post office opened in Pumpkin Center in 1945.

## Demographics

Pumpkin Center first appeared as a census designated place in the 2020 U.S. Census.

### 2020 Census

Pumpkin Center CDP, California – Racial and ethnic composition Note: the US Census treats Hispanic/Latino as an ethnic category. This table excludes Latinos from the racial categories and assigns them to a separate category. Hispanics/Latinos may be of any race. :
| Race / Ethnicity (NH = Non-Hispanic) | Pop 2020 | % 2020 |
| White alone (NH) | 114 | 27.08% |
| Black or African American alone (NH) | 2 | 0.48% |
| Native American or Alaska Native alone (NH) | 1 | 0.24% |
| Asian alone (NH) | 9 | 2.14% |
| Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander alone (NH) | 0 | 0.00% |
| Other race alone (NH) | 7 | 1.66% |
| Mixed race or Multiracial (NH) | 9 | 2.14% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 279 | 66.27% |
| Total | 421 | 100.00% |
# The Delaware Contemporary

The Delaware Contemporary is Delaware's only contemporary art museum. Founded in 1979 as the Delaware Center for Contemporary Arts (DCCA) it rebranded to its current name in 2015. It is a non-collecting museum focused on work by local, regional, as well as national and international artists.
The Delaware Contemporary moved to the Riverfront in Wilmington, Delaware in 2000. The 33,000-square-foot building includes seven galleries, 26 art studios, an auditorium, a classroom, a museum shop, and administrative offices. In 2008, it ceased charging admission to view the galleries to offer families more affordable cultural choices during the Great Recession.
# Frederick William Thomas (politician)

Sir Frederick William Thomas AE was Lord Mayor of Melbourne from 1957 to 1959, having been persuaded to stand for Council by his friend Field Marshal Sir Thomas Blamey. In 1934, he was appointed honorary Aide de camp to the Governor of Victoria, Lord Huntingfield. During World War II, he served as a Group Captain in the Royal Australian Air Force and was posted within Australia, East Asia and to the RAAF Mission in Washington, DC. He was invested as a Commander of the Order of Orange-Nassau with Swords for services to the Netherlands in 1941 and invested as Knight Bachelor in 1959.
# 1979 Avon Championships of Washington

The 1979 Avon Championships of Washington was a women's tennis tournament played on indoor carpet courts (Sporteze) at the GWU Charles Smith Center and the Capital Centre in Washington D.C., District of Columbia in the United States that was part of the 1979 Avon Championships Circuit. It was the eighth edition of the tournament and was held from January 1 through January 7, 1979. Second-seeded Tracy Austin won the singles title and earned $24,000 first-prize money.

## Finals
### Singles

Tracy Austin defeated Martina Navratilova 6–3, 6–2
* It was Tracy's first singles title of the year and the fourth of her career.

### Doubles

Mima Jaušovec / Virginia Ruzici defeated Renée Richards / Sharon Walsh 4–6, 6–2, 6–4

## Prize money

| Event | W | F | SF | QF | Round of 16 | Round of 32 |
| Singles | $24,000 | $12,000 | $6,000 | $3,000 | $1,600 | $900 |
# Dick Aylward

Richard John Aylward (June 4, 1925 – June 11, 1983) was an American professional baseball player. The catcher, a native of Baltimore, Maryland, appeared in four games in Major League Baseball for the Cleveland Indians during the 1953 season, although his professional playing career lasted 14 years and 1,148 games in minor league baseball.
Aylward, who batted and threw right-handed, was listed as 6 feet (1.8 m) tall and 190 pounds (86 kg). After his first pro season in 1943, he joined the United States Army and served in the European Theater of Operations during World War II. He resumed his baseball career in 1946 in the Chicago Cubs' farm system, and was eventually acquired by the Indians' organization in 1951. After hitting a career-high .285 in the Double-A Texas League in 1952, he received his MLB trial with Cleveland the following spring.
Aylward's four big-league games during May 1953 all occurred as a mid-game replacement for regular catcher Jim Hegan in lopsided Cleveland defeats. All told, he played ten innings in the field and handled ten chances without an error. His three MLB at bats came in one game, May 5 against the New York Yankees at Cleveland Municipal Stadium. After the Yankees jumped out to an 8–0 lead in their half of the fourth inning, Aylward came into the game. He grounded out twice against Whitey Ford, then struck out in the ninth inning against relief pitcher Tom Gorman. After playing in his final big-league game on May 20, Aylward spent the rest of the campaign with the Triple-A Indianapolis Indians. His minor league career then extended into 1958.
# Charodi (community)

Charodi Mesta community from Karnataka state in India. They known as Konkan Achar/Acharya or Charodi in North Canara & Malenadu Karnataka, Also known as Chari in Goa, and Nayak/Mesta/Mestha in North/South Canara, Karnataka. Their traditional work is carpentry. (They known as 𝐕𝐢𝐬𝐡𝐰𝐚 𝐁𝐫𝐚𝐡𝐦𝐢𝐧, 𝐒𝐡𝐚𝐢𝐯𝐚𝐠𝐚𝐲𝐚𝐭𝐫𝐢 𝐛𝐫𝐚𝐡𝐦𝐢𝐧𝐬/𝐒𝐡𝐢𝐯𝐚 𝐁𝐫𝐚𝐡𝐦𝐚𝐧).
They as per their tales, they migrated from Goa via a sea route to coastal Karnataka during Portuguese rule.

## History and religion

They are followers of Sringeri Matha. Also Mesta's are followers of Shiva, which is locally known as Ravalnath and Sringeri Matha – Sringeri Sharadamma. Ravalnath is a Kuladevata (tutelary deity) of all the Mestas, and Kuladevata still resides in Goa. While they migrated from Goa, they left their god (Kuldevata) back in Goa. Mesta samaj has its temples in Goa, Mangalore, Kundapur, Shiroor, Honnavar, Sirsi, Karwar, Sagar, and Shimoga. Many of the Mestas still reside in Goa.
# 1988 PBA Open Conference

The 1988 Philippine Basketball Association (PBA) Open Conference was the first conference of the 1988 PBA season. It started on March 20 and ended on June 9, 1988. The tournament is an import-laden format, which requires an import or a pure-foreign player for each team.

## Format

The following format will be observed for the duration of the conference:
* Double-round robin eliminations; 10 games per team; Teams are then seeded by basis on win–loss records.
* Team with the worst record after the elimination round will be eliminated.
* Semifinals will be two round robin affairs with the five remaining teams. Results from the elimination round will be carried over.
* The top two teams in the semifinals advance to the best of seven finals. The last two teams dispute the third-place trophy in a best-of-five playoff.

## Elimination round

| Pos | Team | W | L | PCT | GB | Qualification |
| 1 | San Miguel Beermen | 7 | 3 | .700 | — | Semifinal round |
| 2 | Ginebra San Miguel | 6 | 4 | .600 | 1 | Semifinal round |
| 3 | Purefoods Hotdogs | 6 | 4 | .600 | 1 | Semifinal round |
| 4 | Alaska Milkmen | 6 | 4 | .600 | 1 | Semifinal round |
| 5 | Great Taste Instant Milk | 4 | 6 | .400 | 3 | Semifinal round |
| 6 | Shell Helix Oilers | 1 | 9 | .100 | 6 | |

## Semifinal round

| Pos | Team | W | L | PCT | GB | Qualification |
| 1 | San Miguel Beermen | 12 | 6 | .667 | — | Advance to the Finals |
| 2 | Purefoods Hotdogs | 12 | 6 | .667 | — | Advance to the Finals |
| 3 | Ginebra San Miguel | 10 | 8 | .556 | 2 | Proceed to third-place playoff |
| 4 | Alaska Milkmen | 9 | 9 | .500 | 3 | Proceed to third-place playoff |
| 5 | Great Taste Instant Milk | 6 | 12 | .333 | 6 | |
| Pos | Team | W | L |
| 1 | Purefoods Hotdogs | 6 | 2 |
| 2 | San Miguel Beermen | 5 | 3 |
| 3 | Ginebra San Miguel | 4 | 4 |
| 4 | Alaska Milkmen | 3 | 5 |
| 5 | Great Taste Instant Milk | 2 | 6 |

## Third place playoffs

* Vintage
* May 26
* The ULTRA, Pasig
* Vintage
* May 29
* The ULTRA, Pasig
* Vintage
* May 31
* The ULTRA, Pasig
* Vintage
* June 2
* The ULTRA, Pasig
* Vintage
* June 5
Ginebra San Miguel 104, Alaska Milkmen 117 :
* Alaska wins series, 3–2 ||
* The ULTRA, Pasig

## Finals

* Vintage
* May 26
* The ULTRA, Pasig
* Vintage
* May 29
* The ULTRA, Pasig
* Vintage
* May 31
* The ULTRA, Pasig
* Vintage
* June 2
* The ULTRA, Pasig
* Vintage
* June 5
* The ULTRA, Pasig
* Vintage
* June 7
* The ULTRA, Pasig
* Vintage
* June 9
San Miguel Beermen 94, Purefoods Hotdogs 92 :
* San Miguel wins series, 4–3 ||
* The ULTRA, Pasig
# Williams Mansion

The Williams Mansion (formerly called the Calhoun Mansion) is a Victorian house at 16 Meeting St., Charleston, South Carolina. The mansion is open for public tours.

## History

George W. Williams bought the "Lowndes Lot" on Meeting Street and already had plans for a large house with attached conservatory, a hot house, extensive gardens, and an observatory atop the main house by 1873. The house was built in 1875 and 1876 for George W. Williams, a businessman, according to plans drawn by W.P. Russell by the Devereux Brothers as contractors. The cornerstone was laid April 26, 1875.
The 24,000-square-foot house has thirty main rooms and many more smaller rooms. The main hall is 50 feet long and 14 feet wide. The house has a ballroom with a 45-foot-high ceiling.
When Williams died, in 1903, his house was inherited by his son-in-law, Patrick Calhoun, a grandson of John C. Calhoun. It was from his ownership that the house derived its common name, the Calhoun Mansion. It opened as a hotel starting in 1914.
In 1932, the rear portion of the property, which faces on Church Street to the east, was subdivided, and the original stables and servants' quarters were converted into the Louis Gourd House.
Attorney Gedney Howe and his wife, Patricia, bought the house in 1976 and undertook a restoration. In 2000, Mr. Howe put the house up for sale, but it was still unsold by 2004, when he opted to advertise it for auction to occur on May 25, 2004. Before the auction, however, a private sale was arranged to lawyer and preservationist Howard H. Stahl. It currently is used to house and display Mr. Stahl's extensive collection of artifacts from the Gilded Age.
In 2020, the home officially returned to its original name, the Williams Mansion. The owner stated he wished to avoid any implication that John C. Calhoun lived in the home. The change came shortly after the nearby John C. Calhoun Monument was removed from Marion Square due to the monument's connection to white supremacy.
* George W. Williams' new house appeared in an illustrated guide to Charleston in 1875.
* The house was shown in a 1909 postcard as the home of Patrick Calhoun.
* The sign for the Williams Mansion

## In popular culture

The house and grounds have appeared in ABC's mini-series North and South as the Hazards' mansion.
It also appears in Gunfight at Branson Creek movie.
The interior was used for indoor shots of the Hamiltons' summer house in The Notebook.
# James Stimpson

James Stimpson (29 February 1820 – 4 October 1886) was a British cathedral organist and Birmingham City Organist.

## Early life

He was born in Lincoln, England, on 29 February 1820, the son of William Stimpson and Rebecca Dannett. William was lay vicar of Lincoln Cathedral, who moved to Durham Cathedral in 1822, where James became a chorister in 1827.
He married Isabella Mary Clarissa Martin, only child of Mrs O. Branbury, and niece of Major Martin of Guernsey on 10 December 1841 in St George's Church, Southwark. She died on 22 February 1868.
He married secondly Sarah, daughter of John Herdman of Belfast at Fisherwick Place Church, Belfast on 5 January 1869. They had the following children:
* Elizabeth Stimpson (b. 14 January 1870)
* Sarah H. Stimpson (b. 1872)
* Catherine S.F. Stimpson (b. 1874)
* Revd. James Frederick Alexander Stimpson (1875-1936)
* Margaret F. Stimpson (b. 1876)

## Career

In February 1834, he was articled to Richard Ingham, organist of Carlisle Cathedral; in June 1836 was appointed organist of St Andrew's Church, Newcastle upon Tyne; and in June 1841, on Ingham's death, was made organist of Carlisle.
In February 1842, he was chosen organist at Birmingham Town Hall and St Paul's Church, Birmingham, and in the following year founded the Festival Choral Society. He continued with the Society until 1855.
In 1844, he was instrumental in starting the weekly Monday Evening Concerts.
He was organist of St Martin in the Bull Ring, Birmingham, from 1852 to 1857.

## Death

He died in Birmingham on 4 October 1886.
# Pickleball in Canada

Pickleball, a paddle sport that combines elements of tennis, badminton, and table tennis, was invented in the United States in 1965, on Bainbridge Island, Washington.
In 2023 Pickleball Canada commissioned a report on pickleball participation in Canada and it was found that 1.37 million Canadians played pickleball at least once per month. Pickleball Canada's January 2025 survey found that 1.54 million Canadian's participate in the sport, a 57% increase from when the survey was first performed in 2022.Picklebal Canada's membership numbers increased from 31,312 in 2022, to 53,143 in 2023, and reached 85,223 members by the end of 2024.

## Governing body

The Pickleball Canada Organization (PCO), originally the Canadian National Pickleball Association, was formed in April 2009. Although not yet recognized by Sport Canada, it has become the de facto national governing body for the sport.
The PCO has regional associations with the following provincial and territorial organizations:
* Alberta - Pickleball Alberta (PA)
* British Columbia - Pickleball BC Association (PBCA)
* Manitoba - Pickleball Manitoba Inc. (PMI)
* New Brunswick - Pickleball New Brunswick - Pickleball Nouveau-Brunswick (PNB)
* Newfoundland and Labrador - Pickleball Newfoundland and Labrador Association Inc. (PNL)
* Nova Scotia - Pickleball Nova Scotia (PNS)
* Ontario - Pickleball Ontario (PO)
* Prince Edward Island - PEI Pickleball ÎPÉ
* Quebec - Pickleball Quebec or Quebec Pickleball Federation (FQP - Fédération québécoise de pickleball)
* Yukon - Yukon Pickleball Association (YPA)
Pickleball Canada National System (PCNS): In March 2021 the PCO established the PCNS as a central online resource for managing, coordinating and communicating pickleball-related activities nationwide. Among other things, the PCNS can be used for;
* Managing club, provincial and national pickleball association memberships
* Communicating with club members
* Setting up and managing club webpages
* Identifying places-to-play
* Managing events
* Selling pickleball-related goods and services

## Professional tours & leagues

Canadian National Pickleball League: The CNPL was announced on February 1, 2023, and held its inaugural season in the same year. A team format, similar to the MLP team format, is used, but with six players per team.
Canadian Pickleball Association: the CPA was established in 2024 and announced the CPA Pro Pickleball Tour in May 2024. The 2024 Tour held four events with a $15,000 prize pool for each event. As a partner of the Pickleball World Rankings, CPA events are part of the PWR World Tour where players can earn points to attend the PWR World Series.
# Rameswaram taluk

Rameswaram Taluk (Tamil: ராமேஸ்வரம் தாலுகா) is a taluk of Ramanathapuram district of the Indian state of Tamil Nadu. Taluk headquarters of the taluk are in Rameswaram. The taluk comprises the whole of Pamban Island.

## Demographics

According to the 2011 census, the taluk had a population of 82,682 with 41,995 males and 40,687 females, a ratio of 969 women for every 1000 men. The taluk had a literacy rate of 75.51. Child population in the age group below 6 was 4,561 Males and 4,406 Females.
# Orocrambus machaeristes

Orocrambus machaeristes is a moth in the family Crambidae. It was first described by Edward Meyrick. It is endemic to New Zealand, where it has been recorded from north-western Nelson, south along the Southern Alps to Lake Wakatipu. This species prefers alpine habitat and inhabits areas populated with snowgrass and tussock species. The range of this moth coincides with the range of the tussock species Chionochloa pallens. Adults are day flying and have been observed on the wing from December until February.

## Taxonomy

O. machaeristes was described by Edward Meyrick in 1905 using two specimens collected at Mount Earnslaw at 5300 ft. George Hudson discussed and illustrated this species in his 1928 publication The butterflies and moths of New Zealand. D. E. Gaskin revised this species in 1975. The lectotype specimen, collected by George Hudson at Mount Earnslaw, is held at the Natural History Museum, London.

## Description

Meyrick described the adults of this species as follows:
   ♂♀. 21-24 mm. Head and thorax dark brown mixed with blackish, centre of crown and of thorax anteriorly and in ♀ face whitish. Palpi blackish-fuscous, whitish internally. Antennae dark fuscous. Abdomen dark fuscous, somewhat whitish-sprinkled. Forewings elongate, moderately dilated, costa hardly arched, apex obtuse, termen rather oblique, straight, rounded beneath ; brown, more or less mixed with dark grey and grey-whitish (more strongly in ♀) ; an ochreous-white median longitudinal streak from base to 3⁄5, dilated and obliquely truncate posteriorly, edged beneath by a thick blackish streak which curves up round posterior extremity, where it is interrupted by interneural lines of ground colour, and continued as a series of diminishing spots to near costa; a black subdorsal streak from base to 1⁄3; a curved series of blackish marks on veins from 4⁄5 of costa to tornus: cilia grey, with darker basal shade, tips ochreous-whitish. Hind-wings dark grey, becoming blackish-grey towards termen ; cilia as in fore-wings.
The wingspan of the adult moth ranges between 19 to 25 mm. Hudson pointed out that this species is varies considerably in the extent of the whitish speckling on the fore-wings near the termen, but is easily recognised by the narrow wedge-shaped white central marking.

## Distribution

O. machaeristes is endemic to New Zealand. It has been recorded from north-west Nelson south along the Southern Alps to Lake Wakatipu.

## Habitat and hosts

This species prefers alpine habitat. It inhabits snowgrass and tussock on high mountainsides. It's range coincides with the range of the tussock species Chionochloa pallens.

## Behaviour

Adult moths are most commonly on the wing from December until February. It is a day flying moth and is particularly active in hot sunshine.
# Wings of the North Air Museum

The Wings of the North Air Museum is an aviation museum located at Flying Cloud Airport in Eden Prairie, Minnesota.

## History

The Wings of the North foundation was established in February 1998 after the Planes of Fame East Museum closed. Two months later, the group organized an airshow. Eventually named AirExpo, it was continued for 18 years despite lacking a permanent location. Although not used for display, the museum purchased Hangar 72D at Flying Cloud Airport for restoration and maintenance in December 2012. On 15 October 2016, a museum was opened on the south side of the airport, near the control tower. Later that year, it added a B-25 and P-40 to its collection. In 2021 the museum lost its lease to the facility. The museum reopened in a smaller hangar in the northwest corner of the airport on 9 September 2023.

## Collection

* Beechcraft AT-11 Kansan
* Boeing N2S-1
* Vultee BT-15 Valiant
* Cessna L-19A Bird Dog