Samantha912/NLP_A2_WTH huggingface dataset:
The 1998 Kansas City Royals season  was a season in American baseball. It involved the Royals finishing 3rd in the American League Central with a record of 72 wins and 89 losses.

Offseason
November 18, 1997: Yamil Benitez was drafted by the Arizona Diamondbacks from the Kansas City Royals as the 19th pick in the 1997 expansion draft.
January 20, 1998: Terry Pendleton was signed as a free agent with the Kansas City Royals.
January 20, 1998: Lee Smith signed as a free agent with the Kansas City Royals.
March 17, 1998: Ernie Young was purchased by the Kansas City Royals from the Oakland Athletics.

Regular season
Before the 1998 regular season began, two new teams—the Arizona Diamondbacks and Tampa Bay Devil Rays—were added by Major League Baseball. This resulted in the American League and National League having fifteen teams. However, in order for MLB officials to continue primarily intraleague play, both leagues would need to carry a number of teams that was divisible by two, so the decision was made to move one club from the AL Central to the NL Central.

This realignment was widely considered to have great financial benefit to the club moving. However, to avoid the appearance of a conflict of interest, Commissioner (then club owner) Bud Selig decided another team should have the first chance to switch leagues. The choice was offered to the Kansas City Royals, who ultimately decided to stay in the American League and bypassing the opportunity to build a full-time rivalry with the St. Louis Cardinals. The choice then fell to the Brewers, who, on November 6, 1997, elected to move to the National League. Had the Brewers elected not to move to the National League, the Minnesota Twins would have been offered the opportunity to switch leagues.

Season standings

Record vs. opponents

Roster

Player stats

Starters by position

Note: Pos = Position; G = Games played; AB = At bats; R = Runs; H = Hits; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in; Avg. = Batting average; Slg. = Slugging average; SB = Stolen bases

Other batters
Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in

Starting pitchers 
Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Other pitchers 
Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Relief pitchers 
Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Farm system

References

1998 Kansas City Royals at Baseball Reference
1998 Kansas City Royals at Baseball Almanac

Kansas City Royals seasons
Kansas
Kansas City Royals
The 2009–10 SM-liiga season was the 35th season of the SM-liiga, the top level of ice hockey in Finland, since the league's formation in 1975. TPS won the Kanada-malja and Ilari Filppula from TPS won the Jari Kurri trophy. In the regular season, JYP finished atop the league, Jori Lehterä led the league in points and assists, and three players – Jukka Hentunen, Jonas Enlund, and Juhamatti Aaltonen – tied for the league lead in goals.

Teams

 Head coaches with asterisk replaced original coaches mid-season.

Regular season

Playoffs

References

External links
 

1
Finnish
Liiga seasons
Music is the third studio album by Mika Nakashima (fifth overall release). It sold only 231,521 copies in its first week but went to #1 on the Oricon 200 Album Chart. The album charted for 31 weeks and has since sold over 500,000 copies.

Track listing

Charts and sales

Oricon sales charts (Japan)

Singles

References

External links 
 http://www.mikanakashima.com
 http://www.oricon.co.jp/rank

2005 albums
Mika Nakashima albums
Bajan sticklicking (often spelled stick-licking) is the traditional form of stick fighting in Barbados.  It is a stick fighting martial art that has its roots from Africa, where two participants used fire-hardened wooden sticks, varying in length as weapons and carrying out fighting techniques. This art most likely came to Barbados during the 16th century through the Trans-Atlantic Slave Trade.

The earliest reference to stick fighting in the Caribbean was from a lithograph completed in Dominica in 1779 by an Italian artist, Agostino Brunias. In the image, there are two persons in the middle and other stick fighters and watchers gathered around them; some who are willing to fight and others that are old and experienced observing and refereeing the fight.

Stickfighting started to spread across the region with each culture having its own name. In Guadeloupe, its name was , while in Haiti and Trinidad, there were similar names, kalinda and kalenda respectively (Guyana – Setu; Carricou – Bois) and finally, the discussed art form Bajan Stick Licking.

During the African Diaspora, many Africans brought their cultures, traditions and even their own style of combat with them to the archipelago. As one can see from above, Africa was filled with many different forms of stickfighting and knowing that before their long transatlantic journey they were separated, one can deduce that after their arrival in Barbados, there was an evolution of each individual art form. Although made less likely due to the lack of connectivity and interbreeding, Stick Licking in Barbados probably also had influences from English, Irish and Indian influences, given that these countries had long histories of stickfighting traditions.

Sticklicking is actively practiced in Barbados and is currently being taught with formal grading by the DBSS Sticklicking and Martial Arts Schools.

References

Afro-Barbadian
Stick-fighting
Barbadian culture
Sport in Barbados
North American martial arts
The Whirlaway Stakes is a race for Thoroughbred horses held in February at Aqueduct Racetrack.  The Whirlaway Stakes is open to three-year-olds willing to race one and one-sixteenth miles (8.5 furlongs) on the dirt.  It is an ungraded event offering a purse of $100,000 added. The Whirlaway is the second of four two-turn races for 3-year-olds run in New York prior to the Kentucky Derby.

The Whirlaway is named in honor of Whirlaway, the firth Triple Crown of Horse Racing winner in 1941.  Called "Mr. Longtail" for obvious reasons, he was a thrilling closer and a huge crowd pleaser.  Like Silky Sullivan, many of his races were won by last-minute come-from-behind efforts.

Past winners
 2011 – Toby's Corner – 1:45.66 (Eddie Castro)
 2010 – Peppi Knows – 1:47.10 – (Richard Migliore)
 2009 – Haynesfield – 1:44.48 – (Ramon Domínguez)
 2008 – Barrier Reef – 1:44.47 – (Alan Garcia)
 2007 – Summer Doldrums – 1:42.23 – (Mike Luzzi)
 2006 – Achilles Of Troy – 1:43.28 (Ramon Domínguez)
 2005 – Sort It Out – 1:43 1/5 (Timothy Thornton)
 2004 – Little Matth Man – 1:45 3/5 (Pablo Fragoso)
 2003 – Boston Park – 1:44 3/5 (Shaun Bridgmohan)
 2002 – Saratoga Blues – 1:44 4/5 (Mario G. Pino)
 2001 – Regal Shivers – 1:44 2/5 (Javier Castellano)
 2000 – Country Only – 1:43 3/5 (Heberto Castillo Jr.)
 1999 – Machine to Tower – 1:44 1/5 (Cornelio Velásquez)
 1998 – Watch The Bird – 1:44 2/5 (Mike Luzzi)
 1997 – Concerto – 1:44 (Carlos Marquez)
 1996 – Devil's Honor – 1:45 (Anthony Black)
 1995 – Devil's Brew – 1:49 2/5 (Jorge Chavez)
 1994 – Can't Slow Down – 1:44 3/5  (Robbie Davis)
 1993 – Prairie Bayou – 1:45 1/5 (Mike E. Smith)
 1992 – Dr. Unright – 1:44 1/5 (Rick Wilson)
 1991 – Stately Wager – 1:47 2/5 (Jorge Chavez)
 1990 – A Corking Limerick – 1:46 2/5 (Jorge Velásquez)
 1989 – A.M. Swinger – 1:44 3/5 (Chris Antley)
 1988 – Dr. Carrington – 1:45 (Nick Santagata)
 1987 – High Brite – 1:45 3/5 (Chris Antley)
 1986 – Point Of America – 1:46 (Nick Santagata)
 1985 – First One Up – 1:46 1/5 (Richard Migliore)
 1984 – Lt. Flag – 1:46 3/5 (Jorge Velásquez)
 1983 – But Who Knows – 1:44 1/5 (Ángel Cordero Jr.)
 1982 – Ask Muhammad – 1:44 1/5 (Ángel Cordero Jr.)
 1981 – Noble Nashua – 1:43 (Ángel Cordero Jr.)
 1980 – Don Daniello – 1:45 1/5 (Larry Saumell)

References

Ungraded stakes races in the United States
Horse races in New York City
Triple Crown Prep Races
Aqueduct Racetrack
Recurring events established in 1980
1980 establishments in New York City
Nečtiny is a municipality and village in Plzeň-North District in the Plzeň Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 600 inhabitants.

Nečtiny lies approximately  north-west of Plzeň and  west of Prague.

Administrative parts
Villages of Březín, Čestětín, Doubravice, Hrad Nečtiny, Jedvaniny, Kamenná Hora, Leopoldov, Lešovice, Nové Městečko, Plachtín and Račín are administrative parts of Nečtiny.

References

Villages in Plzeň-North District
Cherykaw (; ; ) is a town in Mogilev Region, Belarus. It is located in the east of the region, on the Sozh River, and serves as the administrative center of Cherykaw District. In 2009, its population was 8,177. As of 2023, it has a population of 7,774.

History
Cherykaw was first mentioned in 1460. At the time, it was a part of Kingdom of Poland, and Casimir IV Jagiellon, the king, ordered to have an Orthodox church to be built in Cherykaw. In 1604, Cherykaw was granted the town status, and in 1641, it was granted a coat of arms. In 1772, as a result of the First Partition of Poland, it was transferred to Russia. In the 19th century it belonged to Mogilev Governorate. In 1919, Mogilev Governorate was abolished, and Cherykaw was transferred to Gomel Governorate. On July 17, 1924 the governorate was abolished, and Cherykaw became the administrative center of Cherykaw Raion, which belonged to Kalinin Okrug of Byelorussian Soviet Socialist Republic. In July, 1927, Kalinin Okrug was abolished, and Cherykaw was transferred into Mogilev Okrug. On January 15, 1938 the raion was transferred to Mogilev Region. During the Second World War, the town was occupied by German troops and severely damaged. In 1986, it was considerably affected by the Chernobyl disaster.

Economy

Industry
There are timber industry and textile industry enterprises in Cherykaw.

Transportation
The town is located on the highway connecting Roslavl in Russia with Bobruysk. There are also road connections with Mogilev via Chavusy and with Kastsyukovichy.

Culture and recreation
In Cherykaw, several buildings survived from the 19th and the beginning of the 20th century. In particular, the Catholic church was built in 1869, and in the Soviet times was used as a Palace of Culture. One of the mansions from the 19th century is currently used as a church.

References

External links
 The murder of the Jews of Cherykaw during World War II, at Yad Vashem website.

Towns in Belarus
Populated places in Mogilev Region
Cherykaw District
Cherikovsky Uyezd
Holocaust locations in Belarus
Anthonius Hubertus "Bart" Carlier (23 June 1929 – 4 May 2017) was a Dutch professional footballer who played as a striker. He spent eight seasons in France, winning league championships with AS Monaco in 1961 and 1963. Carlier appeared for the Dutch national team five times, scoring two goals.

Club career
A left-sided striker, Carlier played the majority of his career in France, starting there at a time professional football was not allowed in Holland. When it was introduced, he returned to Limburg to play for big spending Fortuna '54 alongside star players Cor van der Hart, Bram Appel and Frans de Munck.

International career
Carlier made his debut for the Netherlands in a November 1955 friendly match against Norway and earned a total of 5 caps, scoring 2 goals. His final international was a November 1957 friendly against Belgium.

Personal life
Carlier lost his almost his entire family in 1944, when they were killed during a bombing of Venlo in World War II. Carlier died on 4 May 2017, aged 87.

References

External links
 
 
 
 

1929 births
2017 deaths
Men's association football forwards
Dutch men's footballers
Netherlands men's international footballers
VVV-Venlo players
1. FC Köln players
FK Pirmasens players
RC Strasbourg Alsace players
Fortuna Sittard players
AS Monaco FC players
Eredivisie players
Ligue 1 players
Dutch expatriate men's footballers
Expatriate men's footballers in France
Expatriate men's footballers in Monaco
Expatriate men's footballers in Germany
Dutch expatriate sportspeople in France
Dutch expatriate sportspeople in Monaco
Dutch expatriate sportspeople in Germany
Footballers from Venlo
20th-century Dutch people
Compsomantis tumidiceps is a species of praying mantis found in Java, Lombok, the Philippine Islands, Sumatra, Sumba, and Timor.

References

Compsomantis
Insects of Timor
Insects described in 1923
Itala Film was an Italian film production company.

Silent era
It was founded during the silent era. In 1905, industrialists Carlo Rossi and William Remmert established a company in Turin, recruiting filmmakers from Pathé. Two years later, they were joined by Giovanni Pastrone who reorganised the company as Itala. Over the next decade, the company enjoyed enormous growth, aided by signing up Pathé's most popular comedian André Deed. Further development came with the company's production of historical epic films beginning with The Fall of Troy, allowing the company to open a New York office to sell the films in the American market. This policy was crowned with the success of Pastrone's 1914 epic Cabiria set in Ancient Rome.

The company continued to make epics along with literary adaptations, while Maciste, the most popular character in Cabiria,  appeared in further films. However, by 1918, Pastrone had lost control of Itala, and the following year the company was absorbed into the conglomerate Unione Cinematografica Italiana which itself collapsed after only a few years. In 1926, the former Turin studios of Itala, now derelict, were acquired as part of the growing film empire of Stefano Pittaluga who already owned the Fert Studios in the city.

Recycle
In the early 1930s, the Itala Film name was recycled for a Berlin-based company established by the producer Alberto Giacalone. The company specialised in co-productions, or Italian versions of German films. In 1937, Giacalone relocated to Rome, with the firm continuing to operate until 1955.

References

Bibliography
 Moliterno, Gino. The A to Z of Italian Cinema. Scarecrow Press, 2009.

Film production companies of Italy
Film distributors of Italy
Cold on the Shoulder is an album by American guitarist Tony Rice, released in 1984. Originally intended as a follow-up of the 1979 album Manzanita, which doesn't include 5-string banjo, Rice decided to add it to this album for some of the tracks.

Track listing 
 "Cold on the Shoulder" (Gordon Lightfoot) – 2:33
 "Wayfaring Stranger" (Traditional) – 5:21
 "John Hardy" (Traditional) – 3:27
 "Fare Thee Well" (Traditional) – 3:19
 "Bitter Green" (Gordon Lightfoot) – 2:43
 "Mule Skinner Blues" (Jimmie Rodgers) – 4:20
 "Song for Life" (Rodney Crowell) – 2:58
 "Why Don't You Tell Me So" (Lester Flatt) – 3:09
 "If You Only Knew" (Larry Rice) – 2:14
 "Likes of Me" (Jerry Reed) – 2:58
 "I Think It's Going to Rain Today" (Randy Newman) – 2:39

Personnel 
 Tony Rice – guitar, vocals
 Sam Bush – mandolin
 Vassar Clements – fiddle
 J. D. Crowe – banjo, background vocals
 Jerry Douglas – dobro
 Béla Fleck – banjo
 Bobby Hicks – fiddle
 Larry Rice – mandolin, background vocals
 Kate Wolf – background vocals
 Todd Phillips – bass

Production notes:
 Tony Rice – producer
 Bill Wolf – engineer, mixing
 George Horn – mastering
 Elizabeth Weil – design

References 

1984 albums
Tony Rice albums
Rounder Records albums
Ezequiel Matías Muñoz (born 8 October 1990) is an Argentine footballer who plays as a centre-back for Argentine club Estudiantes de La Plata. His nickname is Il niño di Pergamino or El Chiquito.

Club career
At 18 years of age, Muñoz made his league debut with Boca Juniors during a 0–1 defeat to Estudiantes de La Plata during the 2009 Clausura tournament. He had, however, previously played with the team during the 2008 Copa Sudamericana. Subsequently, he suffered a cruciate ligament injury to his knee, which stalled his progression in the team. He returned to the field during the 2010 Clausura, during a 2–2 draw with Argentinos Juniors.

In August 2010, Serie A club Palermo announced the signing of Ezequiel Muñoz from Boca Juniors. He made his debut with the Sicilian club on 26 August 2010, when he was picked as a starter in the return leg of the 2010–11 UEFA Europa League play-off round against NK Maribor. He debuted in Serie A on 29 August 2010 against Cagliari.

On 2 February 2015, Sampdoria confirmed that they had taken Muñoz on loan. After only four matches, on 18 July 2015 he signed a 4-year contract as a free agent for Genoa.

On 8 August 2017, Muñoz switched teams and countries again, signing a three-year deal with La Liga side CD Leganés, for a rumoured fee of € 2 million. Ten days later he made his debut for the club, starting in a 1–0 home win against Deportivo Alavés.

On 12 June 2019, Munoz signed with Argentine side Lanús.

On 26 September, Munoz signed with Argentine side Independiente.

On January 14, 2022, he signs a contract with Estudiantes de La Plata.

International career
In 2009, Muñoz was called by the Argentina national team coach Diego Maradona for a friendly match against Panama in a squad exclusively formed with footballers based on the Argentine league. Nonetheless, he had to be left out after suffering the cruciate ligament injury to his knee.

Career statistics

References

External links
 
 Argentine Primera statistics at Fútbol XXI 
 
 
 
 

1990 births
Living people
Footballers from Buenos Aires Province
Argentine men's footballers
Argentine expatriate men's footballers
Argentina men's youth international footballers
Argentina men's under-20 international footballers
Men's association football central defenders
Argentine Primera División players
Boca Juniors footballers
Serie A players
Serie B players
Palermo FC players
UC Sampdoria players
Genoa CFC players
La Liga players
CD Leganés players
Club Atlético Lanús footballers
Club Atlético Independiente footballers
Estudiantes de La Plata footballers
Argentine expatriate sportspeople in Italy
Argentine expatriate sportspeople in Spain
Expatriate men's footballers in Italy
Expatriate men's footballers in Spain
Daniel Vlas is a former Moldovan footballer who played as a defender.

Football career
On 3 October 2015, Daniel Vlas made his professional debut with Zimbru Chișinău in a 2015–16 Moldovan National Division match against Zaria Bălți.

References

External links

Daniel Vlas at Zimbru website

Notes

1995 births
Living people
Moldovan men's footballers
FC Zimbru Chișinău players
Men's association football defenders
Matías Fernando Ramirez Palacios (born 5 February 1996) is a Chilean footballer who plays for Deportes Recoleta as a striker.

Club career
Born in Santiago, Ramírez was a prolific goalscorer at Palestino's youth setup. In the 2012 summer, aged only 15, he was bought by Udinese Calcio, with the deal only being completed in 2014, due to his age.

Ramírez was promoted to Palestino's first team in January 2013, and made his professional debut on 9 November, replacing Pablo Tamburrini in the 57th minute and scoring the winner in a 2–1 home success against Cobresal. He appeared in nine league games during the campaign, scoring three goals.

On 12 August 2014 Ramírez signed a five-year deal with Udinese, Granada CF's parent club, and was assigned to Granada CF B in Segunda División B.

On 26 January 2017, Matias has been released from Granada.

References

External links
Granada official profile 

1996 births
Living people
People from Santiago Province, Chile
Footballers from Santiago Metropolitan Region
Footballers from Santiago
Chilean men's footballers
Chile men's youth international footballers
Chile men's under-20 international footballers
Chilean expatriate men's footballers
Men's association football forwards
Club Deportivo Palestino footballers
Udinese Calcio players
Club Recreativo Granada players
Everton de Viña del Mar footballers
C.D. Huachipato footballers
Deportes La Serena footballers
Independiente de Cauquenes footballers
Deportes Colina footballers
Deportes Recoleta footballers
Chilean Primera División players
Primera B de Chile players
Segunda División Profesional de Chile players
Segunda División B players
Chilean expatriate sportspeople in Spain
Expatriate men's footballers in Italy
Expatriate men's footballers in Spain
Chilean expatriate sportspeople in Italy
Donald G. Higman (September 20, 1928 in Vancouver – February 13, 2006) was an American mathematician known for his discovery, in collaboration with Charles C. Sims, of the Higman–Sims group.

Higman did his undergraduate studies at the University of British Columbia, and received his Ph.D. in 1952 from the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign under Reinhold Baer. He served on the faculty of mathematics at the University of Michigan from 1956 to 1998.

His work on homological aspects of group representation theory established the concept of a relatively projective module and explained its role in the theory of module decompositions. 
He developed a characterization of rank-2 permutation groups, and a theory of rank-3 permutation groups; several of the later-discovered  sporadic simple groups were of this type, including the Higman–Sims group which he and Sims constructed in 1967.

References

1928 births
2006 deaths
Canadian emigrants to the United States
Group theorists
University of British Columbia alumni
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign alumni
University of Michigan faculty
Scientists from Vancouver
20th-century American mathematicians
21st-century American mathematicians
"You Talk" is a song by English indie rock band Babyshambles. It is the third track and the second single from the band's second album Shotter's Nation. The single was released on 3 December 2007, reaching number 54 on the UK Singles Chart after its first week on general sale. "You Talk" is the Babyshambles' lowest placing single so far.

The video for the single has been shot in Somerset on 21 October 2007.

Pete Doherty designed the artwork for the single which using his own blood.

The acoustic versions of the songs "Carry On Up The Morning" and "UnBiloTitled" appearing as B-sides for the CD are from the Stookie + Jim – BumFest Demos.

Pete Doherty stated in a Rolling Stone interview that it started out as a certain Velvet Underground song, The Velvet Underground song "Walk and Talk" is most likely what he is referring to.

Music video
The music video has been directed by Douglas Hart.

It features the band, getting back to nature, strolling through an autumnal Savernake forest, gazing skywards. The scene switches to a dark, crowded and somewhat claustrophobic room. There is a party going on, under a swinging, interrogation type lamp, with a group of men in business suits and the band. At various stages, Doherty appears to be flat on his back, as he observes this gathering.

There is a dark and light theme throughout the clip, with the band seen in the darkness of the forest at first and then later in the video, out in the open, in the bright sunlight.

Track listing
7" R 6750
 "You Talk"
 "Revelations"
CD CDR 6750
 "You Talk"
 "UnBiloTitled" (acoustic)
 "Carry On Up the Morning" (acoustic)

Chart performance

References

External links
Single review by Soundfires.com

2007 singles
Babyshambles songs
Songs written by Pete Doherty
Song recordings produced by Stephen Street
2007 songs
Parlophone singles
Henry Dobson (1841–1918) was an Australian politician.

Henry Dobson may also refer to:

Henry Raeburn Dobson (1901–1985), portrait painter
Henry Austin Dobson (1840–1921), English poet and essayist
Henry Dobson (House)
Henry John Dobson (1858–1928), Scottish artist

Fiction
List of House characters#Unsuccessful applicants for fellowship