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# Botanical Garden of Portici of the University of Naples Federico II

The Orto Botanico di Portici (20,000 m$^2$), also known as the Orto Botanico della Facoltà di Agraria dell'Università di Napoli-Portici, is a botanical garden operated by the University of Naples Agriculture Department, and located at Via Università, 100 – 80055 Portici, Province of Naples, Campania, Italy. It is open weekday mornings, but reservations must be made in advance and an admission fee is charged.
The garden's site was formerly a Royal palace of Portici built 1738-1748 by Charles III of Spain, King of Naples and Sicily. After the Bourbons' departure in 1860, today's gardens were founded in 1872 with the Royal Higher School of Agriculture. The park was enlarged by a further 36 hectares at that time, and two ornamental gardens (about 9000 square meters) created, which were then transformed into botanical gardens by Nicola Antonio Pedicino, the school's first botany professor. In 1935 the school became part of the University of Naples, and subsequently occupied by allied troops during World War II, destroying many plants, but from 1948 its collections have been restored and enlarged.
The gardens currently contain over 4000 specimens representing about 1000 species. The most important collection are desert plants, which include over 600 species from Agavaceae, Aizoaceae, Cactaceae (about 400 species), Didiereaceae, and Euphorbiaceae. Of particular interest are the Gymnocalycium, Mammillaria, and Rhipsalis; Alluaudia, Aloe, and Kalanchoe from South Africa and Madagascar; and notable specimens of Welwitschia mirabilis from the South African desert. The garden also includes palms, ferns, conifers, carnivorous plants, and edible and medicinal plants, as well as a heated greenhouse for succulents (1000 m$^2$).
# Bloody River (Canada)

Bloody River is a river of the North American Arctic tundra in Nunavut and the Northwest Territories, Canada. It flows into the Dease Arm of Great Bear Lake in the Northwest Territories at approximately 66°56′01″N 120°34′07″W﻿ / ﻿66.93361°N 120.56861°W﻿ / 66.93361; -120.56861.
An outcrop of Saline River gypsum was noted near Bloody River, 67°57′N 119°31′W﻿ / ﻿67.950°N 119.517°W﻿ / 67.950; -119.517 (NTS 86 M)* +27.2 15. W. Kupsch "found tails of till-covered bedrock behind eroded rock bosses and referred to such compound landforms as crag-and-tail drumlins" west of Bloody River.
# Boinpalle mandal

Boinpalle or Boinpalli is a mandal in Rajanna Sircilla district in the state of Telangana in India.

## Grama Panchayat villages

* Ananthapally
* Boinpalli
* Burugupalli
* Desaipalli
* Dundrapally
* Gundannapalli
* Jaggaraopally
* Kodurupaka
* Korem
* Kothapeta
* Malkapoor
* Manwada
* Marlapet
* Narsingapoor
* Neelojipally
* Ralla Ramannapeta
* Ratnampet
* Shabashpalli
* Stambampalli
* Thadagonda
* Vardavelly
* Venkatraopally
* Vilasagar

## Places to Visit

Burugupalli Ghadi is located in Burugupalli Village of Boinpalle Mandal. Built in 1878 by Madireddy family (Madireddy Ram Reddy).
# 2023–24 Debreceni VSC season

The 2023–24 season is Debreceni Vasutas Sport Club's 45th competitive season, 3rd consecutive season in the Nemzeti Bajnokság I and 121st year in existence as a football club. In addition to the domestic league, Debrecen participate in this season's editions of the Magyar Kupa and UEFA Europa Conference League.

## Transfers
### Summer

| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 67 | FW | SUI | João Oliveira (from Leixões) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 33 | MF | HUN | Péter Baráth (to Ferencváros) |
Source:

## Competitions
### Overview

| Competition | First match | Last match | Starting round | Final position | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record |
| Competition | First match | Last match | Starting round | Final position | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Win % |
| Nemzeti Bajnokság I | 31 July 2023 | 18 May 2024 | Matchday 1 | 5th | 33 | 14 | 6 | 13 | 49 | 48 | +1 | 042.42 |
| Magyar Kupa | 16 September 2023 | 28 February 2024 | Round of 64 | Round of 16 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 | +2 | 066.67 |
| UEFA Europa Conference League | 27 July 2023 | 17 August 2023 | Second qualifying round | Third qualifying round | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 7 | −5 | 025.00 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 40 | 17 | 8 | 15 | 55 | 57 | −2 | 042.50 |
Last updated: 18 May 2024 Source: Competitions

### Nemzeti Bajnokság I
#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 3 | Puskás Akadémia | 33 | 15 | 10 | 8 | 60 | 35 | +25 | 55 | Qualification for the Conference League second qualifying round |
| 4 | Fehérvár | 33 | 16 | 6 | 11 | 55 | 40 | +15 | 54 | Qualification for the Conference League second qualifying round |
| 5 | Debrecen | 33 | 14 | 6 | 13 | 49 | 48 | +1 | 48 | |
| 6 | Kecskemét | 33 | 13 | 6 | 14 | 45 | 45 | 0 | 45 | |
| 7 | Diósgyőr | 33 | 12 | 9 | 12 | 50 | 56 | −6 | 45 | |

#### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
Last updated: 18 May 2024. Source: Soccerway

#### Results by round

| Round | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 | 27 | 28 | 29 | 30 | 31 | 32 | 33 |
| Ground | H | A | H | H | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | A | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A |
| Result | W | L | W | W | L | W | L | L | D | W | D | L | W | W | D | L | D | D | W | L | L | W | L | D | W | W | L | W | L | W | L | W | L |
| Position | 1 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 |

#### Matches
### Magyar Kupa

The draw for the round of 64 was held on 28 August 2023.
# Hua's lemma

In mathematics, Hua's lemma, named for Hua Loo-keng, is an estimate for exponential sums.
It states that if P is an integral-valued polynomial of degree k, $\varepsilon$ is a positive real number, and f a real function defined by
    $f(\alpha )=\sum _{x=1}^{N}\exp(2\pi iP(x)\alpha ),$
then
    $\int _{0}^{1}|f(\alpha )|^{\lambda }d\alpha \ll _{P,\varepsilon }N^{\mu (\lambda )}$,
where $(\lambda ,\mu (\lambda ))$ lies on a polygonal line with vertices
    $(2^{\nu },2^{\nu }-\nu +\varepsilon ),\quad \nu =1,\ldots ,k.$
# Anthrenus pilosus

Anthrenus (Nathrenus) pilosus is a species of carpet beetle found in Tibet, China.
# Guskovo

Guskovo is a village in Kardzhali Municipality, Kardzhali Province, southern Bulgaria.
# 1975 Asian Amateur Boxing Championships

The seventh edition of the Men's Asian Amateur Boxing Championships was held from September 23–28, 1975 in Yokohama, Japan.

## Medal summary

| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| Light flyweight 48 kg | Kim Chi-bok South Korea | Noboru Uchiyama Japan | Syed Abdul Kadir Singapore |
| Light flyweight 48 kg | Kim Chi-bok South Korea | Noboru Uchiyama Japan | Tada Manasirmwong Thailand |
| Flyweight 51 kg | Fujio Nagai Japan | Payao Poontarat Thailand | Kang Hee-yong South Korea |
| Flyweight 51 kg | Fujio Nagai Japan | Payao Poontarat Thailand | Vanduin Batbayar Mongolia |
| Bantamweight 54 kg | Hitoshi Ishigaki Japan | Rene Fortaleza Philippines | Manglim Sument Thailand |
| Bantamweight 54 kg | Hitoshi Ishigaki Japan | Rene Fortaleza Philippines | Kim Byung-jin South Korea |
| Featherweight 57 kg | Yu Jong-man South Korea | Rey Fortaleza Philippines | Idwan Anwar Indonesia |
| Featherweight 57 kg | Yu Jong-man South Korea | Rey Fortaleza Philippines | Takashi Okubo Japan |
| Lightweight 60 kg | Khaidavyn Altankhuyag Mongolia | Cyril Jeeris Singapore | Surat Seingloa Thailand |
| Lightweight 60 kg | Khaidavyn Altankhuyag Mongolia | Cyril Jeeris Singapore | Takao Miura Japan |
| Light welterweight 63.5 kg | Akio Kameda Japan | Sadie Jabbar Iraq | Qadir Zaman Pakistan |
| Light welterweight 63.5 kg | Akio Kameda Japan | Sadie Jabbar Iraq | Bakshish Singh India |
| Welterweight 67 kg | Yoshifumi Seki Japan | Farshid Enteghami Iran | Manus Meerat Thailand |
| Welterweight 67 kg | Yoshifumi Seki Japan | Farshid Enteghami Iran | Kim Ju-seok South Korea |
| Light middleweight 71 kg | Shoichi Yamaguchi Japan | Damdinjavyn Bandi Mongolia | Satiant Chindasri Thailand |
| Light middleweight 71 kg | Shoichi Yamaguchi Japan | Damdinjavyn Bandi Mongolia | Lee Chang-woo South Korea |
| Middleweight 75 kg | Kim Sung-chul South Korea | Dashnyamyn Olzvoi Mongolia | Siraj-ud-Din Pakistan |
| Middleweight 75 kg | Kim Sung-chul South Korea | Dashnyamyn Olzvoi Mongolia | Mani Kumar Rai India |
| Light heavyweight 81 kg | Toshiaki Suzuki Japan | Park Chun-kum South Korea | Benny Maniani Indonesia |
| Light heavyweight 81 kg | Toshiaki Suzuki Japan | Park Chun-kum South Korea | Iqbal Muhammad Pakistan |
| Heavyweight +81 kg | Parviz Badpa Iran | Mohamed Aslam India | Hideharu Yoshimura Japan |
| Heavyweight +81 kg | Parviz Badpa Iran | Mohamed Aslam India | Kim Ok-tae South Korea |

## Medal table

| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
| 1 | Japan | 6 | 1 | 3 | 10 |
| 2 | South Korea | 3 | 1 | 5 | 9 |
| 3 | Mongolia | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 |
| 4 | Iran | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 5 | Philippines | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 6 | Thailand | 0 | 1 | 5 | 6 |
| 7 | India | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 8 | Singapore | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 9 | Iraq | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 10 | Pakistan | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 11 | Indonesia | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| Totals (11 entries) | Totals (11 entries) | 11 | 11 | 22 | 44 |
# Bertil Boo

John Bertil Boo (16 January 1914 in Askersund – 20 July 1996 in Sundbyberg) was a Swedish singer.
Bertil Boo grew up as the youngest of 15 siblings on a farm, which he took over after the death of his father. It was not until 1946, at the age of 32, that Boo became popular as a singer, when he sang the sentimental song Violer till mor (Violets for Mother) in the Swedish radio show Frukostklubben. Boo had already recorded the song on the Sonora label, which at the time was one of the leading Swedish record labels, and after the performance on Frukostklubben, Violer till mor sold 250,000 copies, which in 1946 was an extraordinarily high number. Boo became known for singing this kind of popular ballad, and made a large number of recordings. His sobriquet was Den sjungande bonden (the singing farmer).
As the "singing farmer", Boo appeared in ten of the Åsa-Nisse films between 1949 and 1966. Boo did not consider himself an actor, but would sing one or more songs in the films.
Bertil Boo died of leukemia in 1996.
# Henry B. Perham

Henry Burdon Perham (March 13, 1856 – 1949) was a British-born American labor unionist.
Born in England, Perham emigrated to Canada when he was 14 years old. He settled in Ontario, where he learned Morse code and telegraphy. In 1876, he moved to the United States, where he worked as a railroad telegrapher, but the following year he took part in a strike and was blacklisted. He instead worked as a prospector until 1889, when he returned to railroad telegraphy, working for the Denver and Rio Grande Railroad.
He joined the Order of Railroad Telegraphers of North America, and in 1891 became chair of its Denver and Rio Grande local. In 1897, he was elected as secretary-treasurer of the international union, relocating to Peoria, Illinois. That year, he employed a Canadian member of the union in its head office, and was charged with breaking the alien labor law. However, a federal grand jury ruled in his favor, setting a precedent for international organizations based in the United States.
In 1900, Perham came into conflict with the union's president, Walker V. Powell, who he believed was pursuing an unconstitutional fiscal policy. The majority of the membership sided with Perham; Powell was expelled, and in 1901, Perham was elected as president, moving to St Louis. Perham was elected as a vice-president of the American Federation of Labor in 1909, serving until 1918. In the role, he advocated industrial unionism.
By the late 1910s, much of the union's membership was dissatisfied with Perham's leadership, believing that he was doing little to improve their pay or working conditions. Perham was defeated for re-election in 1919, but remained a supporter of the union until his death in 1947.
# Hillside

Hillside may refer to the side of a hill.

## Places
### Australia

* Hillside mine, a proposed mine on the Yorke Peninsula, South Australia
* Hillside, New South Wales
* Hillside, Victoria, a suburb of Melbourne

### Canada

* Hillside, Nova Scotia

### United Kingdom

* Hillside, Merseyside, a suburb of Southport
** Hillside railway station, the railway station serving Hillside, Merseyside
* Hillside, Angus, Scotland

### United States

* Hillside, Colorado
* Hillside, Illinois
* Hillside, Indianapolis, Indiana
* Hillside, New Jersey
* Hillside, New York
* Hillside, Wisconsin
* Hillside, Portland, Oregon, a neighborhood in Northwest Portland

### Zimbabwe

* Hillside, Harare

## Historic buildings
### United Kingdom

* Hillside, Brighton and Hove

### United States

* Hillside (Norfolk, Connecticut)
* Hillside (Davenport, Iowa)
* Hillside (Plymouth, Massachusetts)
* Hillside (Natchez, Mississippi)
* Hillside (Greensboro, North Carolina)
* Hillside (Carlisle, South Carolina)
* Hillside (Charles Town, West Virginia)

## Entertainment

* Hillside (TV series)
* "Hillside", a song by E-40 from his 2011 album Revenue Retrievin': Overtime Shift
# Henryk Pietrzak

Henryk Pietrzak (b. 6 March 1914 – 28 January 1990) was a Polish fighter ace of the Polish Air Force in World War II.

## Biography

Pietrzak joined the Polish Air Force in 1933, as a member of the 4th Air Regiment where he was flying as a pilot of the Polish 114th Fighter Escadrille Polish 114th Fighter Escadrille and during the Invasion of Poland, he was an instructor in the Central Flying School Centrum Wyszkolenia Lotnictwa nr 1 later flew fighters with the Free French Air Force's GC III/9 squadron.
He joined No. 306 Polish Fighter Squadron as a Sergeant Pilot in August 1941, flying Hawker Hurricanes and Supermarine Spitfires, and was commissioned the following year, eventually becoming a squadron leader. On 31 December 1942 while flying a Spitfire Mk IX (Serial No. EN128) he scored the 500th victory for the UK-based Polish Air Force in the war and was later decorated by Polish President Władysław Raczkiewicz. After starting a second tour with 306 Sqn he joined 315 Polish Fighter Squadron from July 1944 until October 1944, flying P-51 Mustang IIIs. He was awarded the DFC in August 1944.
His score was 7 ( and 2 shared) claimed destroyed and 2 damaged. All his victims were German fighter planes: 3 Messerschmitt Bf 109s and 4.5 Focke-Wulf Fw 190s. He is also credited with destroying four V-1 flying bombs.
He settled in England after the war, commanding 309 Polish Fighter-Reconnaissance Squadron from July 1945 to January 1947, subsequently leaving the Airforce to become a farmer in Suffolk.

## Awards

Virtuti Militari, Silver Cross - 10 February 1943 Cross of Valour, four times Air Medal for the War of 1939–45 Distinguished Flying Cross (United Kingdom) - 9 February 1945
# Bruce Steivel

Bruce Steivel (1949–Present) is an American ballet dancer, choreographer, and artistic director of Bay Pointe Ballet.

## Artistic Director

Bruce Steivel is currently artistic director of Bay Pointe Ballet (BPB), located in South San Francisco, CA. He has previously held the title of artistic director at several major companies around the globe including Bern Stadt Theatre, Hong Kong Ballet, Universal Ballet, Nevada Ballet Theatre and Serbian National Ballet.

### Artistic Credits

As a choreographer he has created 17 ballets, including his own version of The Nutcracker, Peter Pan, A Midsummer Night’s Dream and Dracula. In the current repertoire of at least five major ballet companies as of October 2013, several of Bruce Steivel's ballets are in production around the world.

## Dancer

During his dance career he worked and trained under several prominent choreographers and teachers including George Balanchine, Anton Dolin, Jiri Kylian, Ben Stevenson, Roland Petit, Andre Eglevsky, David Howard, Heinz Spoerli and Alexandra Danoliva.
As a dancer he performed major roles in the classical ballet repertoire. These lead roles include Romeo in the ballet Romeo and Juliet, Franz in Coppelia, Albrecht in Giselle, and Prince in The Nutcracker.
# Freida Nicholls-Davy

Freida Nicholls-Davy (born 13 March 1950) is a Barbadian sprinter. She competed in the women's 100 metres at the 1972 Summer Olympics. She also competed in the women's 200 metres at the 1976 Summer Olympics. Nicholls won a bronze medal in the 4 x 100 metres relay at the 1966 Central American and Caribbean Games.
# 2004 Caribbean Series

The forty-sixth edition of the Caribbean Series (Serie del Caribe) was held from February 1 through February 6 of 2004 with the champion baseball teams of the Dominican Republic, Tigres del Licey; Mexico, Tomateros de Culiacán; Puerto Rico, Leones de Ponce, and Venezuela, Tigres de Aragua. The format consisted of 12 games, each team facing the other teams twice, and the games were played at Estadio Quisqueya in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic.

## Final standings

Managers :
| Dominican Republic | Tigres del Licey | 5 | 1 | .833 | Manny Acta |
| Mexico | Tomateros de Culiacán | 4 | 2 | .667 | Francisco Estrada |
| Venezuela | Tigres de Aragua | 3 | 3 | .500 | Buddy Bailey |
| Puerto Rico | Leones de Ponce | 0 | 6 | .000 | José Cruz |

## Individual leaders

| Batting |
| Carlos Rivera (PUR) | Batting average | .391 |
| Raúl González (PUR) Luis López (PUR) Eduardo Ríos (VEN) | Home runs | 2 |
| Luis López (PUR) José Offerman (DOM) Luis Ordaz (VEN) Kit Pellow (MEX) Robert Pérez (VEN) Luis Rodríguez (VEN) | RBI | 5 |
| Pitching |
| Twelve players tied | Wins | 1 |
| José Jiménez (DOM) | ERA | 0.00 |
| Francis Beltrán (DOM) | Saves | 3 |

## All-Star team

| Adán Amezcua (MEX) | Catcher |
| Carlos Rivera (PUR) | First baseman |
| Luis Rodríguez (VEN) | Second baseman |
| Eduardo Ríos (VEN) | Third baseman |
| Benji Gil (MEX) | Shortstop |
| Izzy Alcántara (DOM) | Outfielder |
| Mendy López (DOM) | Outfielder |
| Robert Pérez (VEN) | Outfielder |
| David Ortiz (DOM) | Designated hitter |
| José Jiménez (DOM) | Right-handed pitcher |
| Dámaso Marte (DOM) | Left-handed pitcher |
| Francis Beltrán (DOM) | Relief pitcher |
| Awards |
| Francis Beltrán (DOM) | Most Valuable Player |
| Manny Acta (DOM) | Manager |

## Sources

* Bjarkman, Peter. Diamonds around the Globe: The Encyclopedia of International Baseball. Greenwood. ISBN 978-0-313-32268-6
* 2004 Caribbean Series All-Star team
* Serie del Caribe : History, Records and Statistics (Spanish)
# Gilges

Gilges is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:
* Hilarius Gilges (1909–1933), German actor, dancer and activist
* Keith R. Gilges, American diplomat
* Konrad Gilges (born 1941), German politician
* Simone Gilges (1973–2023), German contemporary artist
# Hemicrepidius hirtus

Hemicrepidius hirtus is a species of click beetle belonging to the family Elateridae.

## Description

Hemicrepidius hirtus can reach a length of 13–17 millimetres (0.51–0.67 in). The body is uniformly metallic black with a slight silvery pubescence (covering of down). The antennae are quite long and along the elytra there are evident ridges. The sides of the pronotum are rounded. The legs are black. Adults can be found from May to mid-August. The larvae develop in decaying wood.

## Distribution

This species is widespread in Europe, Asia Minor and Iran.

## Habitat

This beetle prefers lowlands and mountains at an elevation up to 1,500 metres (4,900 ft) above sea level.
# Bošnjak

Bosniak or Bošnjak may refer to:
* Bosniak (ethnonym) – Bošnjak, a South Slavic ethnonym, designating a Bosniak as a person of Bosniak ethnicity
* Bosniak (demonym) – Bošnjak, a South Slavic demonym, designating a Bosniak as a person from the region of Bosnia
* Bošnjak (demonym) – Bošnjak, a South Slavic archaic demonym, designating a Bosniak as a person from Medieval Bosnia
* Bosniak language, variant designation for language of ethnic Bosniaks
* Bosniak classification of kidney cysts, a medical term, named after Morton Bosniak
* Bošnjak (surname), a South Slavic surname found mostly in Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Montenegro and Serbia
* Bošnjak, Petrovac, a village near Petrovac, in Serbia
* Mali Bošnjak, a village near Koceljeva, in Serbia
* Bosnjaci, a village near Lovreć, Imotski in Croatia.
* Bošnjaci (Hungarian: Bosnyáki) is a village and municipality in Vukovar-Syrmia County, in Croatia.
# Heinrich von Hattingen

Heinrich von Hattingen, O. Carm. (died 1519) was a Roman Catholic prelate who served as Auxiliary Bishop of Minden (1515–1519).

## Biography

Heinrich von Hattingen was ordained a priest in the Order of the Brothers of the Blessed Virgin Mary of Mount Carmel. On 10 Dec 1515, he was appointed during the papacy of Pope Leo X as Auxiliary Bishop of Minden, and Titular Bishop of Lydda. He served as Auxiliary Bishop of Minden until his death in 1519.
# Henry Hook (crossword constructor)

Henry Hook (September 18, 1955 – October 27, 2015) was an American creator of crossword puzzles, widely credited with popularizing the cryptic crossword in North America. With Henry Rathvon and Emily Cox, he wrote the crossword for the Boston Globe.
Hook began constructing crosswords at age 14, when he sent a rebuttal crossword to Eugene T. Maleska. Maleska's crossword contained the hidden message:
   You Have Just Finished The World's Most Remarkable Crossword
Hook's crossword contained the hidden message:
   What Makes You Think Your Puzzle Is More Remarkable Than Mine
Maleska subsequently became Hook's mentor.
In 1980, Hook joined the staff of Games.
In the mid-1980s, he collaborated with novelists Patricia Moyes and Herbert Resnicow to create crosswords for crossword-themed mystery novels.
In 1990, CROSSW RD ranked his Hooked on Puzzles #3 the best book of the year; Hook subsequently recused himself from future awards.
Stanley Newman has described one of Hook's puzzles as "one of the toughest crosswords (Newman) has ever published".
Matt Gaffney, the crossword constructor for Slate.com, described meeting Hook as being like "meeting Elvis", while Will Shortz called him "ingenious, (and) a truly brilliant puzzlemaker." Crossword editor and historian Ben Tausig, in his 2013 The Curious History of the Crossword, described Hook as "an under-recognized, polarizing genius with a sometimes tense relationship with audiences."
Hook died on October 27, 2015, after a long illness.