Samantha912/NLP_A2_WTH huggingface dataset:
Patsaouras Transit Plaza is a bus station on the east side of Union Station in Downtown Los Angeles, near the El Monte Busway. It was originally named the Gateway Transit Plaza but was renamed after Nick Patsaouras, former Rapid Transit District board member who was an advocate for public transportation.

The Metro Headquarters Building is located at the northern end of the plaza.

Services

Metro and municipal buses

 Los Angeles Metro Bus
 Antelope Valley Transit Authority
 City of Commerce Transit
 City of Santa Clarita Transit
 Foothill Transit
 Hollywood Bowl shuttle
 LADOT Commuter Express
 LADOT DASH
 Mount St. Mary's College shuttles
 University of Southern California shuttles

Several other services' bus stops are located in or near the Patsaouras Transit Plaza:
 Big Blue Bus (Santa Monica) 
 Greyhound Lines
 J Line
 Silver Streak
 Torrance Transit

LAX FlyAway

LAX FlyAway service is offered between Union Station and Los Angeles International Airport. FlyAway buses run every 30 minutes between 5 am and 1 am and on the hour between 1 am and 5 am. Tickets are sold from a ticket kiosk at the southwest corner of the island platform.  It utilizes bus bay #1.

Long-distance motorcoach
Amtrak California operates several routes under the Amtrak Thruway brand from dedicated bus bays at the north side of Union Station, near the Subway sandwich shop, not from the Patsaouras Transit Plaza, which is on the other side of the facility.

Greyhound Lines operates from the Patsaouras Transit Plaza. FlixBus boards across the street from Patsaouras, at the Vignes lot located northwest of the intersection of East Cesar Chavez Avenue and North Vignes Street.

J Line expansion

A new transitway station for the J Line and other transit buses operating on the El Monte Busway, including the Silver Streak, was built south of the Patsaouras Transit Plaza in the median of the El Monte Busway, after years of delays and budget increases.

The station allows buses traveling in both directions on the busway to serve Union Station with a minimum of delay for passengers for other destinations. A bridge allows for passengers to walk directly from the Patsaouras Transit Plaza to the busway station, thereby eliminating a long, convoluted walk across the Union Station property to the former stop located on the El Monte Busway at Alameda.

Construction on the station started in early 2017. Work on the station was halted on April 24, 2018, when archaeological and Native American artifacts were discovered at the site. Archaeological investigation field work was completed nearly a year later on April 12, 2019. Construction resumed in May 2019, with construction completed on November 1, 2020.

The project cost $51 million, well more than double the original estimate. The project was funded by tolls collected as a part of the Metro ExpressLanes project and a grant from the U.S. government.

References

Los Angeles Metro Busway stations
Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority
Bus stations in Los Angeles County, California
The 2012–13 NextGen Series was the second season of the NextGen Series. The tournament involved the under-19 teams from 24 different countries across Europe. The tournament was won by Aston Villa who overcame Chelsea in the final.

Format changes
From the previous season's competition, one major format change has been announced, with the competition moving from a 16-team to a 24-team affair. The group stage was run in six groups of four, an expansion of the same format as the previous season.

Teams
The 24 teams were sorted into six groups, where they played each other home and away in a Round-robin tournament. The top teams advanced to the finals of the competition.

Fifteen of the 16 founder-members reprise their roles, consisting of some of the highest-reputations teams from across UEFA, mirroring the current or recent Champions League involvement of their first teams. Only Basel of Switzerland declined the invitation to reappear.

 Aston Villa
 Liverpool
 Manchester City
 Tottenham Hotspur
 Barcelona
 Wolfsburg
 Internazionale
 Sporting CP
 Marseille
 Ajax
 PSV Eindhoven
 Fenerbahçe
 Celtic
 Molde
 Rosenborg

They were joined by a further nine teams of high standing for the expanded series.

 Arsenal
 Chelsea
 Athletic Bilbao
 Borussia Dortmund
 Juventus
 Paris Saint-Germain
 CSKA Moscow
 Olympiacos
 Anderlecht

Group stage
The 24 teams were sorted into six groups of four, where they play each other home and away in a double round robin format. The top-two teams from each group progressed to the knock-out stages of the competition alongside the four highest points-scoring third-place finishers.

Group 1

Kickoff times are in CET.

Group 2

Kickoff times are in CET.

Group 3

Kickoff times are in CET.

Group 4

Kickoff times are in CET.

Group 5

Kickoff times are in CET.

Group 6

Kickoff times are in CET.

Ranking of third-placed teams

Knockout stage

The knockout round matches were decided by ordering each team from 1 through 16, with the top ranked team facing the lowest ranked team, and on down.

Bracket

Round of 16

Quarterfinals

Semifinals

Third place match

Final

Top goalscorers

Players and teams in bold are still active in the competition:

Note
1: In January 2013 Alex Pritchard moved on loan from Tottenham Hotspur to Peterborough United.

See also
2012–13 UEFA Champions League

References

2012
NextGen Series
Iván Aaron Herrera (; born June 1, 2000) is a Panamanian professional baseball catcher for the St. Louis Cardinals of Major League Baseball (MLB). He made his MLB debut in 2022.

Career
Herrera signed with the St. Louis Cardinals as an international free agent on July 7, 2016.

Herrera made his professional debut in 2017 with the Rookie League Dominican Summer League Cardinals, batting .335 with one home run and 27 RBIs over 49 games. In 2018, he spent a majority of the year with the Rookie League Gulf Coast Cardinals while also playing in two games with the Springfield Cardinals of the Class AA Texas League at the end of the year. Over 30 games with both teams, Herrera hit .336 with one home run and 25 RBIs. Herrera began the 2019 season with the Peoria Chiefs of the Class A Midwest League before being promoted to the Palm Beach Cardinals of the Class A-Advanced Florida State League in July; over 87 games between the two clubs, he slashed .284/.374/.405 with nine home runs and 47 RBIs. After the season, he was selected to play in the Arizona Fall League with the Glendale Desert Dogs, with whom he was named an All-Star.

Herrera was a non-roster invite to 2020 spring training. He did not play a minor league game in 2020 due to the cancellation of the minor league season caused by the COVID-19 pandemic. After the 2020 season, the Cardinals added Herrera to their 40-man roster. Herrera spent a majority of the 2021 season with Springfield, slashing .231/.346/.408 with 17 home runs and 63 RBIs over 98 games. He played in one game for the Memphis Redbirds of the Triple-A East to end the season.

Herrera began the 2022 season with Memphis. On May 23, 2022, the Cardinals promoted him to the major leagues. He made his MLB debut the next day. He collected his first career hit on June 26, knocking a single off of Chicago Cubs starter Alec Mills. Herrera appeared in 11 games for St. Louis, hitting .111/.191/.111 with 6 RBI. He spent the majority of the season with Memphis, hitting .268/.374/.396 with 6 home runs, 34 RBI, and 5 stolen bases.

Herrera was optioned to Triple-A Memphis to begin the 2023 season.

References

External links

2000 births
Living people
Major League Baseball players from Panama
Panamanian expatriate baseball players in the United States
Major League Baseball catchers
St. Louis Cardinals players
Dominican Summer League Cardinals players
Gulf Coast Cardinals players
Peoria Chiefs players
Palm Beach Cardinals players
Springfield Cardinals players
Memphis Redbirds players
Glendale Desert Dogs players
Cañeros de Los Mochis players
Panamanian expatriate baseball players in the Dominican Republic
Panamanian expatriate baseball players in Mexico
The remains of a late sixteenth or early seventeenth century carrack was discovered in Yarmouth Roads, Isle of Wight, England in 1984. The site was designated under the Protection of Wrecks Act on 9 April 1984. The wreck is a Protected Wreck managed by Historic England.

The wreck 
The wreck lies on a ledge and consists of four well preserved fragments of wreck material.  It is constructed using carvel planking with iron fastenings and believed to have been up to 32m in length. The vessel is believed to be a carrack of Mediterranean origin, likely Spanish. It has been interpreted as a trading vessel dating to the mid-sixteenth century. Artefacts from the site include stone shot, Italian ceramics, copper alloy scraps, pewter plates and spoons, a bronze mortar.

Discovery and investigation 
The site was found in 1984 while divers were searching for the source of Roman pottery that had been dredged up by local fishermen.

The site was further investigated in the mid-1980s and large portions of the wreck were recorded.

Identity 
The identity of the wreck is unknown, however, few vessels have been recorded as lost in this area and so there is only one documentary source that could be used to suggest an identity for the wreck. A petition by a Spanish Merchant to the High Court Admiralty in 1567 requested the return of salvaged wool from his vessel, the Santa Maria, lost off Yarmouth in 1567. This record may relate to the wreck, however, no archaeological evidence has been identified that confirms this.

References 

Protected Wrecks of England
Titus Ssematimba (born 15 August 2003) is a Ugandan footballer who plays for Wakiso Giants FC in the Uganda Premier League and the Uganda national team as an attacking midfielder.  During the 2022 CECAFA U-20 Championship in Sudan, Ssematimba was named the player of the tournament.

Career

Wakiso Giants FC
In September 2021, Ssematimba was unveiled at Wakiso Giants FC from the regional side of Black Star FC in Kampala region. On 3rd November 2021, he made his debut for his side of Wakiso Giants FC as it dispatched off SC Villa 3-1 at the Kavumba Recreation Center where he bagged a brace in that match.

National Team

Uganda U20
Ssematimba  played for  Uganda U20 during the 2022 CECAFA U-20 Championship which was held in Sudan in 2022. He made his debut on 29th October 2022, against Tanzania U20 at Al-Hilal Stadium, Omdurman.

Uganda national football team
On 21 September 2022, Ssematimba made his debut on the Uganda during the Tri-national tournament against Libya.

International goals
Scores and results list Uganda's goal tally first.

Personal life
Ssematimba was born to Godfrey Kibuka Semuwemba and Bridget Nabulya Ssematimba. He started his elementary education at Golden Age Nursery School, Kibuye and joined Kyagwe Road Primary School before joining Yusuf Banaziyo Memorial Primary School, Najjanankumbi on Entebbe road. For secondary school, he studied both his Ordinary and Advanced studies at London College.

Honors
U20 CECAFA player of tournament

References

External links
Titus Ssematimba (Player)
Uganda - T. Sematimba - Profile with news, career statistics and history - Soccerway

Ugandan men's footballers
2003 births
Living people
Wakiso Giants FC players
People from Kampala District
Men's association football midfielders
Uganda men's international footballers
Uganda men's A' international footballers
2022 African Nations Championship players
Sportspeople from Central Region, Uganda
Utetheisa specularis is a moth in the family Erebidae. It was described by Francis Walker in 1856. It is found in Indonesia.

Subspecies
Utetheisa specularis specularis (Walker, 1856) (Sulawesi, Moluccas, Seram, Flores, Amboina)
Utetheisa specularis extendens de Vos, 2007 (Banggai Islands, Halmaheira, Obi)
Utetheisa specularis oroya (Swinhoe, 1903) (Sula Islands, Moluccas, New Guinea)

References

Moths described in 1856
specularis
A serpentine curve is a curve whose equation is of the form

Equivalently, it has a parametric representation 
, 

or functional representation

The curve has an inflection point at the origin.  It has local extrema at , with a maximum value of  and a minimum value of .

History
Serpentine curves were studied by L'Hôpital and Huygens, and named and classified by Newton.

Visual appearance

External links
 MathWorld – Serpentine Equation
 

Cubic curves
Steven Schkolne (born 1976 in Cape Town, South Africa), inventor of speedcabling, is a South African American computer scientist, inventor, and digital artist.

Biography
Schkolne was born in Cape Town and moved to the United States as a child. During high school he attended North Carolina School of Science and Mathematics. Later he earned his BS from Carnegie Mellon University. Schkolne went on to obtain his PhD in Computer Science at Caltech where he pioneered foundational methods for drawing in 3D or virtual reality environments.

Surface drawing
Schkolne's graduate work at Caltech resulted in the first fully functional drawing program for virtual reality. The program, an early precursor to Google's Tilt Brush, was shown at SIGGRAPH in 1999. The program captured hand movements and translated them into digital strokes. Schkolne worked in collaboration with BMW's Designworks to use Surface Drawing as a platform for creating conceptual prototypes.

References

1976 births
Living people
People from Cape Town
South African emigrants to the United States
California Institute of Technology alumni
Carnegie Mellon University alumni
American computer scientists
Computer graphics researchers
American digital artists
South African digital artists
Andrea Syrtash is a New-York based dating and relationship writer, online broadcaster, and author.

Author

Syrtash contributed to a number of titles published by Hundreds of Heads Books and served as the Special Editor of How to Survive the Real World (2006) and How to Survive Your In-Laws. She is the author of He's Just Not Your Type (And That's a Good Thing) (Rodale Books, 2010) and Cheat On Your Husband (With Your Husband) (Rodale Books, 2011). She is the co-author of It's Okay to Sleep with Him on the First Date (Harlequin Non-Fiction, July 2013).

On-air personality

Syrtash hosted ON Dating,  produced by NBC Universal Digital Studios at 30 Rockefeller Center in New York City. She is the host of Love and Sex Videos for NBC iVillage and the co-host of Life Story Project  for OWN: The Oprah Winfrey Network (Canada).

She frequently appears in the media as a relationship expert source on shows including The View, The Today Show, CBS This Morning, CNN Headline News, On-Air with Ryan Seacrest, and on VH1.

Spokesperson and speaker

Syrtash has been a spokesperson and speaker for lifestyle brands including  MSN Living,  Schick Quattro for Women, and Movado.

Personal life

Syrtash grew up in Toronto, Ontario, Canada.  She lives in Brooklyn, NY with her husband Michael.

References

External links 
Andrea Syrtash's Official Site
OnDating Site
Harlequin Books Author Biography
ABCNews Appearance
Toronto Sun Book Review
Today Show appearance
Oprah.com article

Canadian self-help writers
Living people
Current TV people
Writers from Toronto
Canadian emigrants to the United States
Canadian expatriate writers in the United States
Writers from Brooklyn
Queen's University at Kingston alumni
Toronto Metropolitan University alumni
21st-century Canadian women writers
21st-century Canadian non-fiction writers
Canadian women non-fiction writers
Year of birth missing (living people)
Eva Antonia Gallardo-Gutiérrez (born 1973) is a Spanish mathematician specializing in operator theory. She is a professor of mathematics at the Complutense University of Madrid, deputy director of the Institute of Mathematical Sciences (Spain), and the president of the Royal Spanish Mathematical Society.

Gallardo completed her Ph.D. at the University of Seville in 2000. Her dissertation, Ciclicidad de operadores: Teoría espectral, was supervised by Alfonso Montes-Rodríguez. With Montes-Rodríguez, she is a coauthor of a research monograph, The Role of the Spectrum in the Cyclic Behavior of Composition Operators (American Mathematical Society, 2004).

References

External links

1973 births
Living people
20th-century Spanish mathematicians
Spanish women mathematicians
University of Seville alumni
Academic staff of the Complutense University of Madrid
21st-century Spanish mathematicians
Dr. Panda (formerly TribePlay, Chinese: 熊貓博士) is a Chinese video game developer that creates educational applications for children on smartphones and tablets. The company is based in Chengdu, China. The company's series of Dr. Panda games includes role-playing apps aimed at children ages 5 and under. The games are available on platforms including iOS, Android, and Windows Phone.

History 
Dr. Panda expanded into 3D graphics with the release of Dr. Panda Home in 2013. It was listed as one of The Guardian's Best 20 Android Apps of the Week in 2013.

References

Video game companies established in 2011
Video game companies of China
Companies based in Chengdu
2011 establishments in China
"I Am" is a song by American R&B singer Mary J. Blige. It was written by Blige, Johntá Austin, Ester Dean, Magnus Beite, Tor Erik Hermansen, Mikkel Eriksen for her ninth studio album, Stronger with Each Tear (2009), while production was helmed by Hermansen and Eriksen under their production moniker Stargate. Lyrically, the song "I Am" confidently tells one's lover nobody can treat them better than the person they are with at the present time.

Release and promotion
"I Am" was sent to urban radio in the week beginning November 10, 2009 and was released as a digital download on December 8, 2009 She performed "I Am" live for the first time at the 2009 American Music Awards on November 22, 2009. Blige also performed "I Am" on Lopez Tonight, So You Think You Can Dance, The Jay Leno Show, Jimmy Kimmel Live!, A&E Television's Private Sessions, The Today Show, The View, The Ellen DeGeneres Show, and on the Late Show with David Letterman. In the United Kingdom, the song was released as the first single from Stronger with Each Tear on March 1, 2010. Mary J Blige performed "I Am" on Alan Carr: Chatty Man on March 11, 2010.

Chart performance
"I Am" debuted at number 67 on the US Billboard Hot 100 in the week ending December 26, 2009. It eventually peaked at number 55, also reaching number three on the Dance Club Songs and number four on the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs as well as topping the Adult R&B Songs. Billboard ranked it 12th on the latter chart's 2010 year-end ranking. In the United Kingdom, "I Am" entered and peaked on the UK Singles Chart at number 24 on March 7, 2010. Elsewhere, it peaked at number 11 on the Japan Hot 100.

Music video
The music video for "I Am" was directed by Anthony Mandler. The video premiered via Vevo on December 8, 2009.

Charts

Weekly charts

Year-end charts

Release history

References

2009 singles
Mary J. Blige songs
Song recordings produced by Stargate (record producers)
Songs written by Tor Erik Hermansen
Songs written by Mikkel Storleer Eriksen
Songs written by Mary J. Blige
Songs written by Ester Dean
Songs written by Johntá Austin
Music videos directed by Anthony Mandler
2009 songs
Geffen Records singles
The Corrections Exemplary Service Medal () is a Canadian service medal for correctional officers and employees.

It is, within the Canadian system of honours, the second highest of the exemplary service medals.

To qualify for this medal the recipient has to meet the following criteria:

 20 years of full-time (but not necessarily consecutive) service in a Canadian correctional service.
 10 years service as a peace officer in a correctional facility, as a probation officer, as a parole officer, or in another position that brought the recipient into contact with offenders on a regular basis.
 Has not received another decoration from the Crown for this service.
 Has, during the 20 years of service, conducted themselves in an exemplary manner, characterized by good conduct, industry and efficiency.

Appearance
The Corrections Exemplary Service Medal is circular, made of silver coloured metal,  in diameter. The obverse of the medal depicts a maple leaf with a crossed torch and key superimposed upon the centre. Circumscribed around the medal are the words Exemplary Service – Services Distingués. The areas between the edge of the medal and the maple leaf are cut out. The reverse depicts the crowned cypher of the monarch. The recipient's name is engraved on the edge of the medal.

The medal is suspended by a stylized inverted fleur-de-lis on a straight suspension bar. The ribbon of the medal is green,  wide, with two stripes of gold separating the ribbon into five equal vertical stripes.

Each additional 10-year period of full-time service may qualify recipients for award of a bar to the medal. The bar is silver and bears a stylized maple leaf.  When only wearing the ribbon bar, a small silver maple leaf is worn to represent award of the bar.

References

External links

Civil awards and decorations of Canada
Prison officer awards
1984 establishments in Canada
Penal system in Canada
Awards established in 1984
Long and Meritorious Service Medals of Britain and the Commonwealth
The Scottish Rites Bodies Regency Center (commonly known as the Regency Center) is a multi-use events venue located in San Francisco. at the intersection of Van Ness Avenue and Sutter Street. It opened in 1909 as a masonic lodge. In later years, it has served as a dance studio and movie theatre.

History

The venue opened in 1909 as the "Scottish Rite Temple", built by the Scottish Rite as a masonic lodge. In 1966, the lodge was purchased by Blumenfeld Enterprises and converted into an 800-seat movie theater. The theater opened as "Regency I" on December 22, 1967, with a showing of The Birds, the Bees and the Italians. The neighboring building, known as "Regency II" was formerly the Avalon Ballroom. Blumenfeld Enterprises converted this space into an adjoining movie theatre in 1968 and remained opened until 2001. In 1980, the building was also used by the Polish Arts and Culture Foundation as a banquet hall and dance studio until 1999 (known as the "Ruvano Dance Studio").

The theatre closed on November 7, 1998, and the dance studio remained in the building until January 1999. The venue remained dormant until it was purchased by Scott Robertson in 2000. Renvoations for the space began February 2001, with a grand reopening as the "Regency Center" in March 2002. During this time, the venue was primarily used for corporate events, trade shows and weddings, with 9-15 concerts held annually. In 2008, the Warfield Theatre closed for renovations, with all concerts moved to the Grand Ballroom. The move increased the venue's use as a concert hall. Concert promoter Goldenvoice began management and operations of the venue in September 2008. In 2015, the venue was renamed the "Scottish Rites Bodies Regency Center" to tie in its heritage as a former masonic lodge.

Venues

Regency Ballroom: The Beaux-Arts designed auditorium serves as the main concert venue and ballroom. It can hold 700 guests in a theatre setting and up to 1,400 in a reception/general admission setting. This venue was formerly known as the "Grand Ballroom at Regency Center" from 2002 until 2008. 
The Lodge: The original meeting hall for the Scottish Rite Freemasons. It features the original Austin Organs from 1909. The venue can hold up to 300 guests. It is used for fundraising events, galas and seminars.
Social Hall: This basement venue is primarily used for comedy events, private functions and receptions. The hall was originally known as the "Sutter Room" from 2002 until 2014. The venue closed for a year and renovations and reopened in Fall 2015. The changes allowed the hall to be used as a general admission music venue, holding up to 600 guests

See also
Avalon Ballroom
The Fillmore
Winterland

External links
Regency Ballroom - Venue Info
Social Hall - Venue Info

References

Entertainment venues in San Francisco
Music venues in San Francisco
Theatres in San Francisco
Masonic buildings completed in 1909
1909 establishments in California
Event venues established in 1966
1966 establishments in California