Samantha912/NLP_A2_WTH huggingface dataset:
Podlachians, also known as Podlachian Masurians, are an ethnographic group of Polish people that inhabit an area of Podlachia in Poland, including Podlaskie and Lublin Voivodeships.

History 
They originated from Mazovia and in are descendants of Masovians who between 13th and 15th century had colonised area around the Bug river, mixing with the population of Ruthenians already present in the area.

Citations

Notes

References

Bibliography 
 Encyklopedia powszechna PWN, vol. 3, edition 3. Warsaw. PWN. 1985. ISBN 83-01-00003-1.

Ethnic groups in Poland
Slavic ethnic groups
The Sioux Chief 150 is an ARCA Menards Series race held at the Kansas Speedway in Kansas City, Kansas. The inaugural race was held in 2001. From 2012 to 2021, this race was the season-finale for the series. The race was originally 201 miles and 134 laps long until 2006. Each year since 2007 to 2010 and since 2016, the race has been 150 miles and 100 laps long. The race was 148.5 miles and 99 laps from 2011 to 2015 to match the name of the race, the 98.9. It has been held on the same weekend as the NASCAR Cup Series' Hollywood Casino 400 since 2009.

Since 2020, the track has also hosted a second ARCA Menards Series race, the Dawn 150, held on the same weekend as the other NASCAR Cup Series race at the track.

History

In 2021, the candy company Reese's, which joined ARCA as a corporate partner that year, also became the title sponsor of the season-finale race of the series, replacing Speediatrics. Reese's returned to racing sponsorship for the first time in 10 years, as they were previously a sponsor for Kevin Harvick in both the Xfinity and Cup Series when he drove for Richard Childress Racing, but left after the 2010 season. In 2022, Reese's switched their title sponsorship to the race at Lucas Oil Indianapolis Raceway Park and the Kansas Lottery, which was the title sponsor of the race from 2004 to 2013, returned as the title sponsor of the race. Sioux Chief Manufacturing would replace the Kansas Lottery as the race's title sponsor in 2023.

Past winners

2004: Race shortened due to rain.
2009, 2021 & 2022: Race extended due to a green–white–checker finish.
2013: Race shortened due to threatening weather.

References

External links
 

2001 establishments in Kansas
ARCA Menards Series races
ARCA Menards Series
Motorsport in Kansas
Recurring sporting events established in 2001
Sports in the Kansas City metropolitan area
NASCAR races at Kansas Speedway
Ilkham Turdbyavich Batayev or Elham Battayav (born 7 November 1973) was held in extrajudicial detention in the United States Guantanamo Bay detainment camps, in Cuba.
His Guantanamo Internment Serial Number was 84. He was born in Abaye, Kazakhstan.

Batayev was captured in Afghanistan in 2001 and he was transferred to Kazakhstan on 15 December 2006.

Tom Johnson, Batayev's lawyer
On 9 August 2006 Batayev's lawyer, Tom Johnson, of Portland, Oregon, was profiled by the Willamette Week.
Johnson remarked on how Batayev continued to keep his hopes up that he would eventually be released.

Habeas corpus submissions

Elham Battayav is one of the sixteen Guantanamo captives whose amalgamated habeas corpus submissions were heard by
US District Court Judge Reggie B. Walton on 31 January 2007.

Release
The Portland, Oregon law firm Perkins Cole issued a press release on 18 December 2006 announcing Ihlkham Battayav's release.
The press release stated:

The Miami Herald reports that three of the four Kazakh detainees in Guantanamo were repatriated and set free on 21 December 2006.
According to the Herald the two other released men were Abdullah Tohtasinovich Magrupov and Yakub Abahanov.

McClatchy News Service interview
On 15 June 2008, the McClatchy News Service published a series of article based on interviews with 66 former Guantanamo captives.
Ilkham Batayev was one of the men they interviewed.
The McClatchy report stated that  Ilkham Batayev said he couldn't bring himself to talk about his Guantanamo experiences, or how he came to be in Afghanistan.

But the McClatchy report characterized previous reports  Ilkham Batayev had offered earlier—to a journalist in 2001, to his Tribunal, and to his lawyer—as inconsistent.

The McClatchy article quoted  Ilkham Batayev's lawyer, Thomas R. Johnson Jr., about the credibility of his assertion that fighters in the Uzbekistan Islamic Movement could have kidnapped him, and press-ganged him, into involuntary service in Afghanistan.  
Johnson thought that the Tribunal officers discounted this part of his story as incredible, because it was outside their experience, and they simply couldn't imagine it was credible, in Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan or Afghanistan:

References

External links
Distant Justice
Tajiks released from Guantánamo sentenced to 17 years in prison Andy Worthington
McClatchy News Service - video

Kazakhstani extrajudicial prisoners of the United States
Living people
Guantanamo detainees known to have been released
Prisoners of the Taliban
1973 births
The 2018 Nippon Professional Baseball (NPB) Draft was held on October 25, , for the 54th time at the Grand Prince Hotel Takanawa to assign amateur baseball players to the NPB. It was arranged with the special cooperation of Taisho Pharmaceutical Co. with official naming rights. The draft was officially called "The Professional Baseball Draft Meeting supported by Lipovitan D". 2018 marked the 6th consecutive year in which Taisho Pharmaceuticals had sponsored the event.

Summary 

Only the first round picks were allowed to be contested with all picks from the second round onward being based on table placing in the 2018 NPB season in a waiver system. Waiver priority was based on inter-league results. As the Pacific League teams came out on top against Central League opposition, Pacific League teams were given preference.  From the third round the order was reversed continuing in the same fashion until all picks were exhausted.

First round Contested Picks 

 Bolded teams indicate who won the right to negotiate contract following a lottery.
 In the first round, Wataru Matsumoto (Pitcher) was selected by the Lions without a bid lottery.
 In the second round, Ryo Ohta (Infielder) was selected by the Buffaloes without a bid lottery.
 In the thrird round, Koji Chikamoto (Outfielder) was selected by the Tigers, Yuki Takahashi (Pitcher) by the Giants ,Hiroshi Kaino (Pitcher)  by the Hawks, and Noboru Shimizu (Pitcher) by the Swallows without a bid lottery.
 List of selected players.

Selected Players 

The order of the teams is the order of second round waiver priority.
 Bolded After that, a developmental player who contracted as a registered player under control.
 List of selected players.

Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles

Hanshin Tigers

Chiba Lotte Marines

Chunichi Dragons

Orix Buffaloes

Yokohama DeNA Baystars

Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters

Yomiuri Giants

Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks

Tokyo Yakult Swallows

Saitama Seibu Lions

Hiroshima Toyo Carp

References

External links 
 プロ野球ドラフト会議 supported by リポビタンD - NPB.jp Nippon Professional Baseball

Nippon Professional Baseball draft
Draft
Nippon Professional Baseball draft
Nippon Professional Baseball draft
Baseball in Japan
Sport in Tokyo
Events in Tokyo
is a Japanese long-distance runner who specializes in the marathon race. She was born in Matsuyama, Ehime.

Achievements
All results regarding marathon, unless stated otherwise

Personal bests
5000 metres - 15:37.08 min (2000)
10,000 metres - 32:07.66 min (2005)
Half marathon - 1:09:36 hrs (1999)
Marathon - 2:22:46 hrs (2002)

References

marathoninfo

1976 births
Living people
Sportspeople from Matsuyama, Ehime
Japanese female long-distance runners
Japanese female marathon runners
Olympic female marathon runners
Olympic athletes for Japan
Athletes (track and field) at the 2004 Summer Olympics
Athletes (track and field) at the 2008 Summer Olympics
World Athletics Championships athletes for Japan
World Athletics Championships medalists
Japan Championships in Athletics winners
Allerheiligen bei Wildon () is a municipality in the district of Leibnitz in Styria, Austria. The name "Allerheiligen" translates to "All Saints" and derives from the local church. The addition "bei Wildon" means "near Wildon", thus differentiating the municipality from others of the same name.

History 
Archeological findings on the nearby Buchkogel and Kögelberg mountains indicate that the area was already settled in the stone age. Findings within the borders of the modern municipality indicate significant settlement activity around the first century AD. They include the remains of a villa rustica and an extensive field of Celtic-Roman burial mounds. After the end of the Roman Empire, Slavic peasants settled in the area.  

With Bavarian colonization and the systematic settlement politics of the great Bavarian monasteries, the history of the area began to be documented in written sources. The first mentions of several hamlets within the modern municipality date to this time. 

The village of Allerheiligen itself emerged around the Herbersdorf Castle and the nearby church, which was established by Markwart of Herbersdorf in 1218. The Herbersdorf family owned the castle until 1609, when possession was transferred to the Glojach family. Because of substantial tax debt, the Glojachs were soon forced to sell the castle to the Jesuits. 

While the city of Graz was ravaged by the plague in 1680, instruction by the scholastics at Graz University, which was then led by Jesuits, was temporarily relocated to Allerheiligen. With Jesuit support, the village church was rebuilt in unusual size and splendor. When the Jesuit Order was dissolved in 1773, possession of the castle was transferred to the state religious fund. Through the ensuing abolition of feudal structures, important functions previously held by the lords of the castle were transferred to the newly created municipality. The history of the municipality thus separated from the history of the castle, which had dominated the village for centuries. In 1968, the formerly independent municipality of Feiting was incorporated into Allerheiligen.  

Today, Allerheiligen is a flourishing village or small town in the exurbs of Graz which continues to attract new inhabitants while retaining its traditional rural charm.

Historical development of population

External links 

 www.allerheiligen-wildon.at (German)
 Local Catholic Church (German)

References

Cities and towns in Leibnitz District
Ronnie Johns is an American politician from the state of Louisiana. A Republican, Johns represented the 27th district of the Louisiana State Senate, based in Lake Charles, from 2012 until 2021, when he accepted the position of chairman of the state's gaming control board. Johns previously represented the 33rd district of the Louisiana House of Representatives from 1996 until 2008.

Career
Johns was a member of the Sulphur City Council from 1978 until 1982. In 1995, he was elected to the 33rd district of the Louisiana House of Representatives, where he served until 2008.

In 2011, Johns announced he would run for the 27th district of the Louisiana State Senate. He was elected without opposition, and was re-elected in 2015 and 2019. In 2020, Johns vied to become the next President of the Senate, but was defeated by fellow Republican Page Cortez.

In July 2021, he resigned as District 27 State Senator the day after missing the historic veto override session aimed at overturning Governor John Bel Edwards’ veto on Louisiana's Constitutional Carry Bill. Johns used the excuse that he had a “bum leg” due to a knee replacement surgery and could not travel for a minimum of 4 weeks per doctor's orders.

He was then appointed as Chairman of the Louisiana Gaming Board the very next day and said “he would assume his new position immediately” when he resigned from the District 27 State Senate Seat.

Personal life
Johns lives in Sulphur with his wife Michelle; they have one daughter.

References

Living people
People from Sulphur, Louisiana
Republican Party Louisiana state senators
Republican Party members of the Louisiana House of Representatives
21st-century American politicians
University of Louisiana at Monroe alumni
1949 births
Ray Miller may refer to:

Ray Miller (baseball manager) (1945–2021), player, manager and coach in Major League Baseball
Ray Miller (first baseman) (1888–1927), infielder in Major League Baseball
Ray Miller (Ohio legislator) (born 1949), former Democratic member of the Ohio Senate and the Ohio House of Representatives
Ray Miller (bandleader) (1896–1974), American bandleader in the 1920s
Ray T. Miller (1893–1966), Ohio politician; mayor of Cleveland, Ohio; chairman of the Cuyahoga County Democratic Party
Ray Miller (actor), actor in Daredevils of the Red Circle
 (born 1941), German singer

See also
Billacombe railway station served the village of Billacombe, Devon, England from 1898 on 1960 on the Plymouth to Yealmpton Branch.

History 
The station opened on 17 January 1898 by the Great Western Railway. The station closed to passengers on 7 July 1930. Like the other stations on the branch, it reopened  for those who were forced to leave their homes due to the World War II blitz, except this station reopened on 3 November 1941. It closed again to passengers on 6 October 1947 and to goods traffic on 29 February 1960.

References

External links 

Disused railway stations in Devon
Former Great Western Railway stations
Railway stations in Great Britain opened in 1898
Railway stations in Great Britain closed in 1930
Railway stations in Great Britain opened in 1941
Railway stations in Great Britain closed in 1947
1898 establishments in England
1960 disestablishments in England
Carlton William Barrett (November 24, 1919 – May 3, 1986), a native of Fulton, New York was a United States Army soldier who received the Medal of Honor for heroism near Saint-Laurent-sur-Mer, France on June 6, 1944, during the Normandy landings  (World War II).

Military service
Joined the United States Army from Albany, New York, in October 1940. He was a member of, 18th Infantry, 1st Infantry Division. Barrett was one of four Medal of Honor recipients on D-Day, June 6, 1944.

He continued serving in the Army until June 1963, retiring with the rank of Staff Sergeant.

Medal of Honor citation
For gallantry and intrepidity at the risk of his life above and beyond the call of duty on 6 June 1944, in the vicinity of St. Laurent-sur-Mer, France. On the morning of D-day Pvt. Barrett, landing in the face of extremely heavy enemy fire, was forced to wade ashore through neck-deep water. Disregarding the personal danger, he returned to the surf again and again to assist his floundering comrades and save them from drowning. Refusing to remain pinned down by the intense barrage of small-arms and mortar fire poured at the landing points, Pvt. Barrett, working with fierce determination, saved many lives by carrying casualties to an evacuation boat lying offshore. In addition to his assigned mission as guide, he carried dispatches the length of the fire-swept beach; he assisted the wounded; he calmed the shocked; he arose as a leader in the stress of the occasion. His coolness and his dauntless daring courage while constantly risking his life during a period of many hours had an inestimable effect on his comrades and is in keeping with the highest traditions of the U.S. Army.

His medal ceremony took place at Paris, France on 17 November 1944, and he was decorated by Lt. Gen. John C. H. Lee, Deputy Theater Commander of the European Theater of Operations and Commanding General, Communication Zone, ETO.

Death
Carlton W Barrett died on May 3, 1986, and he is buried at Chapel of the Chimes Cemetery in Napa, California.

See also

List of Medal of Honor recipients for World War II

References

External links
 

1919 births
1986 deaths
United States Army Medal of Honor recipients
United States Army soldiers
People from Fulton, Oswego County, New York
United States Army personnel of World War II
Military personnel from Albany, New York
World War II recipients of the Medal of Honor
Battle of Normandy recipients of the Medal of Honor
Computer-aided (or computer-assisted) assessment (CAA) includes all forms of assessments students' progress, whether summative (i.e. tests that will contribute to formal qualifications) or formative (i.e. tests that promote learning but are not part of a course's marking), delivered with the help of computers. This covers both assessments delivered on computer, either online or on a local network, and those that are marked with the aid of computers, such as those using Optical Mark Reading (OMR). There are number of open source online tools to handle exams conducted on OMR sheets.

Computer-aided assessment can be viewed in a few different ways. Technically, assignments that are written on a computer and researched online are computer-aided assessments.  One of the most common forms of computer-aided assessment (in terms of e-learning) is online quizzes or exams. These can be implemented online, and also marked by the computer by putting the answers in. Many content management systems will have easy to set up and use systems for online exams. Such type of assessment supports various objective or multiple choice questions with images, fill in the blank, true false type questions. There are new technologies and tools coming up which can support subjective assessment of evaluation of the user. System can analyze theory answer written by the user.

It is also envisaged that computer-based formative assessment, in particular, will play an increasingly important role in learning, with the increased use of banks of question items for the construction and delivery of dynamic, on-demand assessments. This can be witnessed by current projects such as the SQA's SOLAR Project.

The effectiveness of these assessments has been frequently demonstrated in studies, both in the form of positive student feedback and improvement in student performance (see, for example, Einig (2013)).

See also
 Automated essay scoring
 E-assessment
 E-learning
 eExam

References

External links
 SQA SOLAR Project
 The STACK computer aided assessment system for mathematics

Software for teachers
Parkmore is a suburb of Johannesburg, South Africa. It is located in Region B of the City of Johannesburg Metropolitan Municipality.

History
It was established as a suburb in 1907 and takes its name from two farms, Hurl Park and Benmore Farm.

References

Johannesburg Region B
2006–07 Hong Kong Second Division League was the 93rd season of Hong Kong Second Division League.

The top 2 teams in 2005–06 season, HKFC and Tai Po have promoted to First Division. However, the bottom 2 teams in First Division are retained by HKFA in the top division. Therefore, the number of teams competing in the Second Division in 2006–07 is reduced from 13 to 11 teams. The 2 teams promoted from Third Division were Shek Kip Mei and Yau Tsim Mong.

League table

Results

Top goalscorers

Featured matches 
 Highest Scoring Match:

 Biggest Goal Difference Match:

References

Hong Kong Second Division League seasons
Hong Kong
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The  is a part of Katsura River in Kyoto Prefecture, Japan. The river begins in the mountains near Kameoka, a town northwest of Kyoto City. It snakes into the Arashiyama section of western Kyoto before changing its name to Katsura River.

The Hozu River is considered scenic, and is known primarily for its association with Hozugawa Kudari, literally "down the Hozu river", a sightseeing whitewater boat that goes downstream from Kameoka to Arashiyama. Hozugawa Kudari is especially popular in the fall, when the Japanese Maple leaves change colors, and in the Spring, when the sakura, or Japanese cherry tree, blooms. The trip usually takes about two hours.

In August, 2006, a rock fell from the mountains that line the river and hit a woman on the head, seriously injuring her.  Overall, however, Hozugawa Kudari is considered safe.

Gallery

References

External links
 Hozugawa River Boat Ride (Hozugawa Yusen Sightseeing Boat Association)
 (Hozu gorge)

Rivers of Kyoto Prefecture
Rivers of Japan
The Antique Airplane Association, Inc. (AAA) is the oldest antique airplane association in the world. The AAA formed in August 1953 by Robert L. Taylor, via a classified ad in Flying magazine and a few people with a deep-seated interest in old airplanes, for the purpose to fly, to preserve, to share and to promote the early flying machines.

The AAA operates from Antique Airfield in Blakesburg, Iowa and serves as the headquarters for its 50 chapter organizations and 7000 members from throughout the United States and 20 foreign countries.

Late founder and president of the national Antique Airplane Association, as well as the former chairman of the board of the closely affiliated Airpower Museum Inc., Taylor states on the national club website "At that time (1953) no other association existed that had a specific interest in antique and classic airplanes. No aviation historical groups had yet been formed. The AAA was organized to "Keep the Antiques Flying" and this basic premise has always been our main interest and primary function. We do provide our membership with aviation history and memories of the important parts our own members have played in this fascinating subject."

History

The AAA of the late 50s was incorporated by Ken Cook, at the time serving as the AAA vice president. During this time Cook published a new version of the AAA News and would later rename it the American Airman magazine. In 1961, Cook withdrew his involvement with the AAA.
In the 1960s, the remaining parts stock for LeBlond aircraft engines were sold to the AAA. There are a few parts left, but mostly what's left are engine drawings. In 1970 the AAA Board of Directors approved the necessary changes required of the AAA in order to be chartered as a non-profit corporation in the state of Iowa and has operated as such since that time.

References

Aviation organizations based in the United States
Non-profit organizations based in Iowa
History of aviation
1953 establishments in the United States
Organizations established in 1953
Kemenche () or Lyra is a name used for various types of stringed bowed musical instruments originating in the Eastern Mediterranean, particularly in Greece, Armenia, Iran, Turkey, and Azerbaijan. and regions adjacent to the Black Sea. These instruments are folk instruments, generally having three strings and played held upright with their tail on the knee of the musician. The name Kemenche derives from the Persian Kamancheh, meaning merely a "small bow".

Variations
The Kemençe of the Black Sea (), also known as Pontic kemenche or Pontic lyra (), is a box-shaped lute (), while the classical kemençe ( or Armudî kemençe, ) is a bowl-shaped lute ().

Other bowed instruments have names sharing the same Persian etymology include the kamancheh (or Kabak kemane in Turkish), a spike lute (), and the Cappadocian kemane, an instrument closely related to the kemenche of the Black Sea with added sympathetic strings. Though, Circassians of Caucasus also have the same instrument in their own language named as Shikepshine which basically means horse tail violin.

See also
 Byzantine lyra
 Pochette (musical instrument)

References

External links

Kemence, from Folk Tours Middle Eastern Dance & Music

Lyres
Bowed instruments
Laz musical instruments