Samantha912/NLP_A2_WTH huggingface dataset:
The 2008 Nippon Professional Baseball season was the 59th season since the NPB was reorganized in . The regular season started on March 20 with the Pacific League opener, and on March 28 with the Central League opener. On March 25 and 26, the Boston Red Sox and Oakland Athletics played 2 regular season Major League Baseball games at Tokyo Dome. During their visit, they also played exhibition games against the Hanshin Tigers and Yomiuri Giants.

Format

Both League
 Season Format
 Regular Season
 Climax Series 1st Stage: Regular Season 2nd place vs. Regular Season 3rd place – Best of 3
 Climax Series 2nd Stage: Regular Season 1st place vs. Climax Series 1st Stage winner – Best of 7 (regular-season 1st place take a one-win advantage)
 Regular Season 1st place is the champion

Japan Series
 Central League Climax Series 2nd Stage winner vs. Pacific League Climax Series 2nd Stage winner – Best of 7

Changes
The Seibu Lions added the prefecture name "Saitama" in front of the team name starting with this season.

As to reduce the interference to teams whose main players would play in the Olympic Games, this year's trade and new foreign players deadlines were pushed to the end of July, instead of the end of June. Also, teams having more than three players selected by National teams were given an extra quota of foreign player limit during the Olympic Games.

The postseason playoff ("Climax Series") regulations have changed to give more advantages to League Champions, now the second stage series will play for 6 games, while the League Champion will have a one-win advantage.

In late June, the Free Agency regulation was amended after negotiation between the players committee and owners. Players are now eligible for free agency after 8 years of service to a team (1 playing year = 145 days on the active roster), players drafted before 2007 are shortened to 7 (University/Company/Independent League) to 8 (High School) years. However, oversea FA right which allow them to play in the Major League Baseball still needs 9 playing years. This amendment is also effective on non-Japanese players. Alex Ramírez, who served 8 playing years in Japan, became a "local player" after the season.

Standings

Central League

Regular season

Climax Series 1st Stage
Hanshin Tigers (1) vs. Chunichi Dragons (2)

Climax Series 2nd Stage
Yomiuri Giants (3) vs. Chunichi Dragons (1) The Giants have a one-game advantage.

Pacific League

Regular season

Climax Series 1st Stage
Orix Buffaloes (0) vs. Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters (2)

Climax Series 2nd Stage
Saitama Seibu Lions (4) vs. Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters (2) The Lions have a one-game advantage.

Interleague Games

Climax Series

Note: All of the games that are played in the first two rounds of the Climax Series are held at the higher seed's home stadium. The team with the higher regular-season standing also advances if the round ends in a tie.

Japan Series
Saitama Seibu Lions (4) vs. Yomiuri Giants (3)

See also
2008 Korea Professional Baseball season
2008 Major League Baseball season

References

Central League standings
Pacific League standings

External links
 

 
Nippon Professional Baseball
MV Sugar Transporter was a British built Bulk carrier. It was launched on 25 March 1970 and was sunk at anchorage off Socotra Island near the Horn of Africa in 1991. It was also named the Kefalonia Wind, Sea Transporter, and Sunset. The ship was owned by the Sugar Line Limited, as well as Oceanfever Marine.

References

Bulk carriers
Maritime incidents in 1991
Shipwrecks in the Indian Ocean
1970 ships
GCSE Systems and control is a General Certificate of Secondary Education in the United Kingdom.

Specification

The course is a specialised branch of Design and Technology which focuses on electronics, mechanisms and pneumatics. Students are required to sit two exam papers, each worth 20% of the qualification. These are the core paper, covering topics similar to those included in Design Technology, and an option paper covering one of three major topics. The participant is required to produce a portfolio of course work, worth 60% of the total grade, made up of research and design work and a product made by the student.

References

External links
 AQA GCSE Systems and Control Webpage

Education in England
Norway competed at the 1992 Winter Olympics in Albertville, France.

As Lillehammer would be hosting the following Winter Olympics, a Norwegian segment was performed at the closing ceremony.

Medalists

Competitors
The following is the list of number of competitors in the Games.

Alpine skiing

Men

Men's combined

Women

Women's combined

Biathlon

Men

Men's 4 × 7.5 km relay

Women

Women's 3 × 7.5 km relay

 1 A penalty loop of 150 metres had to be skied per missed target.
 2 One minute added per missed target.

Bobsleigh

Cross-country skiing

Men

 1 Starting delay based on 10 km results. 
 C = Classical style, F = Freestyle

Men's 4 × 10 km relay

Women

 2 Starting delay based on 5 km results. 
 C = Classical style, F = Freestyle

Women's 4 × 5 km relay

Curling

Curling was a demonstration sport at the 1992 Winter Olympics.

Figure skating

Men

Freestyle skiing

Women

Ice hockey

Group B
Twelve participating teams were placed in two groups. After playing a round-robin, the top four teams in each group advanced to the Medal Round while the last two teams competed in the consolation round for the 9th to 12th places.

Consolation round 9th-12th places

9th place match

Contestants
Steve Allman
Jim Marthinsen
Robert Schistad
Petter Salsten
Kim Søgaard
Geir Hoff
Tommy Jakobsen
Jon-Magne Karlstad
Jan-Roar Fagerli
Morgan Andersen
Rune Gulliksen
Martin Friis
Petter Thoresen
Marius Rath
Tom Johansen
Ørjan Løvdal
Øystein Olsen
Arne Billkvam
Erik Kristiansen
Jarle Friis
Carl Gunnar Gundersen
Ole Eskild Dahlstrøm
Eirik Paulsen
Head coach: Bengt Ohlson

Luge

(Men's) Doubles

Nordic combined 

Men's individual

Events:
 normal hill ski jumping 
 15 km cross-country skiing 

Men's Team

Three participants per team.

Events:
 normal hill ski jumping 
 10 km cross-country skiing

Short track speed skating

Men

Ski jumping 

Men's team large hill

 1 Four teams members performed two jumps each. The best three were counted.

Speed skating

Men

Women

References

 Official Olympic Reports
 International Olympic Committee results database
 Olympic Winter Games 1992, full results by sports-reference.com

Nations at the 1992 Winter Olympics
1992
Winter Olympics
Lupche Bay (, Guba Lupche) is a body of water off the southwestern coast of the Kola Peninsula, Murmansk Oblast, Russia. Lupche-Savino River flows to the bay.

References

Bays of the Arctic Ocean
Bays of Murmansk Oblast
Shanghai is one of the four direct-controlled municipalities of People's Republic of China, and is further divided into 16 districts.  There is no single downtown district in Shanghai as the urban core is scattered across several districts, although Huangpu is generally considered the center of Shanghai.  Today's Huangpu is the result of the mergers of three old districts: the original Huangpu District merged with Nanshi District in 2000, and in 2011 Luwan District also merged into Huangpu.  Huangpu is now the location of the city hall, The Bund, and shopping areas including the famous Nanjing Road, Huaihai Road, and Xintiandi.  Across the Huangpu River, Pudong includes Lujiazui, the financial center of Shanghai as well as China, and has been undergoing rapid development since its formation in 1992.  In April 2009 Nanhui District was merged into Pudong.  Other prominent business and shopping areas include Xujiahui in Xuhui District, Jing'an Temple in Jing'an District, Hongqiao in Changning District, Wujiaochang in Yangpu District, and North Sichuan Road in Hongkou District.  Many universities in Shanghai are located in Yangpu, Minhang, and Songjiang Districts.

Seven of the districts are situated in Puxi (literally Huangpu West), or the older part of urban Shanghai on the west bank of the Huangpu River. These seven districts are collectively referred to as downtown Shanghai () or the city centre ().The downtown district also includes Pudong New Area.  (Within the outer ring line)

Chongming, Changxing, Hengsha, and Yuansha Islands at the mouth of the Yangtze River are governed by Chongming District.

Administrative divisions
All of these administrative divisions are explained in greater detail at Administrative divisions of the People's Republic of China. This chart lists only county-level divisions of Shanghai.

Further divisions

As of 2009, these administrative divisions are further divided into the following 210 township-level divisions: 109 towns, 2 townships, 99 subdistricts. Those are in turn divided into the following village-level divisions: 3,640 neighborhood committees and 1,722 village committees.

Recent changes in administrative divisions

Historical divisions

Republic of China era (1911–1949)

References

 
Shanghai
Administrative divisions
Districts
Ajay Binay Institute of Technology is an ISO 9000:2000 certified institution in Cuttack, Odisha, India, affiliated to the Biju Patnaik University of Technology, Rourkela. The institute was established in 1998 and is affiliated to AICTE. The campus is located within the city limits of cuttack and has a total student strength of over 2000. The main campus houses the Administrative block, Engineering, MBA and Architecture wings.  The ITC wing is located in a second campus within a distance of 5 km from the main campus. The post graduate courses are conducted from the main campus.

The Piloo Mody College of Architecture is Council of Architecture (COA) recognised and is also a registered NATA test centre. The department of architecture is currently in its 21st year since its inception back in 1993.

Infrastructure and campus information 

The school is situated in Cuttack, the cultural and literary capital of Odisha.  The campus is at a distance of 25 km from the state capital of Bhubaneswar.  There are 5 buildings on two campuses. The college also provides hostel facilities to boys and girls and are located nearby, served by a regular bus service operated by the college.

Campus A houses architecture, engineering, MBA, MCA and the junior science college, and Campus B houses the Industrial Training Institute (ITI).

The library at ABIT is a  space with a seating capacity of 100 students.

Undergraduate courses 
 Bachelor in Architecture (Piloo Mody College Of Architecture)
 B.Tech. Computer Science and Engineering
 B.Tech. Electronics and Telecommunication Engineering
 B.Tech. Mechanical Engineering
 B.Tech. Electrical Engineering
 B.Tech. Civil Engineering
 B.Tech. Electrical and Electronics Engineering ( Renamed as Electrical and Computer Engineering in 2020)
 Electronics and Instrumentation (closed in 2014)

Post graduate courses 
 Masters in Architecture
 MCA
 MBA
 M.Tech. Computer Science and Engineering

Professional courses 
 five year Programme for fitters
 five year Programme for electricians

Faculty 
ABIT has over 105 permanent teaching staff.

Cultural activities 
 Fresher's day
 NSS unit
 ignitron–intercollegiate techno-cultural fest

References 

 https://www.edufever.com/abit-cuttack/

External links 
 Official Website of ABIT

All India Council for Technical Education
Architecture schools in India
Engineering colleges in Odisha
Universities and colleges in Odisha
Business schools in Odisha
Colleges affiliated with Biju Patnaik University of Technology
Education in Cuttack
Educational institutions established in 1998
1998 establishments in Orissa
The history of the Jews in Hadramaut stretches back to ancient times. The Hadhrami Jews were a subset of the Yemeni Jews.

History

The community was very old, and, after the rise of Islam and the expulsion of the Hejazi Jews, the main centers of Jewish population in Arabia were in Hadhramaut and in Aden. However, the Jews of Hadhramaut were much more isolated than their counterparts in Aden, and the community only became known to the outside world in the 1940s. The community had distinctive religious traditions. Many of the Hadhrami Jews converted to Islam, but after the founding of the State of Israel, some of the community made Aliyah, but those who remained assimilated and converted to Islam. Today, there are no longer any Hadhramaut Jews known to exist in Yemen.

Geography and families

The Jews of Hadhramaut lived in Seiyun, Tarim, Mukalla and Al-Sheher. Among the well known Jewish families of the region in Al-Sheher and Mukalla are Ben Haneen, Ben Haiem, Ben Yaze'a, Ben Ysra'ail and Ben Qatian Ben Zeghieo. Most of these families converted to Islam in the time period from 1509 until the 1960s and a few migrated to Israel after 1948. After the union between south and north and because of the strict tribal system most of these families melted in the tribal community by renaming their family name after a well-known tribe to avoid discrimination based on their former Jewish roots. The Ben Qattian family in Hadhramaut are dagger-makers and gold-smiths. Their handmade daggers are well known.

See also
Yemenite Jews
Jews of Aden
Hadhrami people
Habbani Jews

References

The Jewish Kingdoms of Arabia
New Standard Jewish Encyclopedia, 1992, Encyclopedia Publishing, "Arabia", "Hadramaut"

Yemenite Jews
Jewish Yemeni history
Jews
Jews
Iggy Houben (born 7 December 2004) is a Dutch professional footballer who plays for Jong PSV in the Eerste Divisie.

Career
From Bocholtz in the province of Limburg, Houben played in the Roda JC Football Academy between 2013 and 2017, before switching to PSV Eindhoven. At the start of the 2020-21 season Houben signed his first professional deal with PSV agreeing to a three-year contact. Houben made his debut in the Eerste Divisie on April 24, 2023 at home against MVV Maastricht.

Style of play
There have been comparisons in his play to former PSV player Boudewijn Zenden.

International career
In 2021 Houben played for the Netherlands under-18s and scored the winning goal in a 3-2 win over England U18s. In May 2022 Houben was selected for the Dutch U19s squad.

References 

2004 births
Living people
Eerste Divisie players
Dutch men's footballers
Footballers from Limburg (Netherlands)
Men's association football forwards
Jong PSV players
Satya Paul was an Indian designer label known for Indian prints founded on 1 April 1985. The brand is now present across India. It was founded by designer Satya Paul and helmed by Sanjay Kapoor (Founder - Genesis Luxury) along with Paul's son Puneet Nanda (Creative Director of Satya Paul till 2010).

The founder of the label, Satya Paul, died in Coimbatore on January 6, 2021.

Products
The Satya Paul product line comprises women's designer wear mostly saris, kurtas, handbags, clutches and scarves, and men's accessories such as neck ties, belts, wallets, pocket squares and cufflinks.

Design Collaborations for a Cause 

Satya Paul joined hands for Women's Cancer Initiative with the Tata Memorial Centre Hospital of Mumbai for the Think Pink-Awareness Campaign for Breast Cancer. The project was the brainchild of Mumbai socialite and philanthropist Devieka Bhojwani, who battled and survived breast cancer.
A special collection, 'Ray of Hope' was developed as well to represent the strength and struggle of women fighting cancer.

In 2006 the brand collaborated with WWF to launch the Endangered Species collection.

In 2003, Satya Paul metamorphosed four of S.H. Raza's paintings and reproduced them as limited edition silk scarves.

References 

Indian fashion
Indian brands
High fashion brands
Companies based in Gurgaon
Indian companies established in 1985
1985 establishments in Haryana
Simon Roberts is a British actor. His television appearances have included the role of Alfred in the Agatha Christie's Poirot television film,  Hercule Poirot's Christmas.

Selected film and television roles 
Dustbin Baby - Mr Stevenson
Fat Slags (2004) - Horner Prize presenter
Absolute Power, Pope Idol (2003) - Vicar
Swiss Toni, Left Hand Drive (2003) 
Doctors, Cats (2002) - Harry Nicholas
Ted & Ralph (1998) - Cousin Jack
Agatha Christie's Poirot - Hercule Poirot's Christmas (1995) - Alfred Lee

External links and references

British male television actors
Living people
Year of birth missing (living people)
Dicymbium nigrum is a species of dwarf spider in the family Linyphiidae. It is found in Europe, Turkey, Caucasus, a range from Russia to Central Asia, and China.

Subspecies
These two subspecies belong to the species Dicymbium nigrum:
 (Dicymbium nigrum nigrum) (Blackwall, 1834)
 Dicymbium nigrum brevisetosum Locket, 1962

References

Linyphiidae
Articles created by Qbugbot
Spiders described in 1834
The Gratiot County Courthouse is a government building located at 214 East Center Street in Ithaca, Michigan. It was designated a Michigan State Historic Site in 1957 and listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1976.

History
Gratiot County was first laid out in 1831, but settlement did not begin until 1843, when a Lutheran mission was set up near the current location of St. Louis. The county government was organized in 1856, and Gratiot Center was chosen as the county seat. A two-story log cabin, built by local settler John Jeffrey that same year, was used as the first courthouse. The following year, "Gratiot Center" was renamed "Ithaca," as it remains today. An additional office building was constructed in 1861, and in 1870 the original courthouse was replaced with a  frame structure.

In 1900, voters approved the construction of a stone courthouse. Plans were drawn by Jackson-based architect Claire Allen, and the cornerstone was laid in September 1900. However, work soon stopped as the contractor demanded more money, and lawsuits were initiated by the county and by the contractor's bondsmen. The issue was soon resolved, and construction resumed, this time by A. W. Mohnke of Grand Rapids. The final cost of construction was $75,000.  A clock was added to the clock tower in 1905.

In 1978, a fire caused substantial damage to the second floor. In the 1990s, an additional "connector building" was constructed, and renovations were made to the 1902 courthouse. The courthouse is still used for county offices and court proceedings.
thumb|left|Gratiot County Courthouse

Description
The Gratiot County Courthouse is a 2-1/2-story Neoclassical structure covered in beige sandstone. The building measures . It sits on a half-basement and has a distinctive multi-stage clock tower topped with a belfry. The front entrance is surrounded by an unusual decorative arched and twisted column. The interior is anchored by a central rotunda, and is dominated by oak and marble.

The building is in relatively original condition, with few alterations.

References

External links
Gratiot County website

Courthouses on the National Register of Historic Places in Michigan
Neoclassical architecture in Michigan
Government buildings completed in 1900
Buildings and structures in Gratiot County, Michigan
County courthouses in Michigan
National Register of Historic Places in Gratiot County, Michigan
Jeremias van Riemsdijk (18 October 1712 – 3 October 1777) was a Dutch colonial administrator who served as Governor-General of the Dutch East Indies from 1775 to 1777.

Jeremias van Riemsdijk was born on 18 October 1712 in Utrecht, the son to Scipio van Riemsdijk, the minister of Bunnik near Houten, and Johanna Bogaert. He entered service with the Dutch East India Company as a sergeant left for the Indies, aboard the van de Proostwijk, on 25 February 1735. Very shortly after his arrival in Batavia/Jakarta on 14 September 1735, he entered the civil (as opposed to military) service. Jeremias was the nephew of the future Governor-General Adriaan Valckenier (1737-1741), who at the time was still a member of the . H could therefore expect to make rapid progress in his career.

In 1736 he became onderkoopman (underbuyer/undermerchant), in 1738 koopman (buyer/merchant), in 1740 tweede opperkoopman (second upperbuyer/uppermerchant) and in 1742 eerste opperkoopman (first upperbuyer/uppermerchant) in the castle headquarters at Batavia/Jakarta. In 1743 he became the chief (kapitein) of the company of clerical/writing staff (pennisten) and in October Jeremias van Riemsdijk was named Counsellor-extraordinary (Raad extra-ordinaier) to the Council of the Indies. In 1759 he was appointed President of the College van Weesmeesters (dealing with the affairs of orphans, minors, etc.). On 15 October 1760 he was named ordinary Counsellor (Raad ordinair) and on 17 August 1764 Director-General.

On 28 December 1775, following the death of Petrus Albertus van der Parra, Van Riemsdijk was chosen as Governor-General. He had had at the time five marriages, to leading Eurasian ladies. He had learned a lot from the eleven years he had worked with his predecessor, whose great appetite for money he had acquired. During his term in office, there was a shortage of ships and ship personnel. This problem was solved with help from the homeland. However, shortly after his governorship had begun, Jeremias van Riemsdijk died in Batavia/Jakarta. He was followed as Governor-General by Reynier de Klerck

Sources
 Complete site (in Dutch) on the Dutch East India Company
 Encyclopaedie van Nederlandsch-Indië, part N-Soek
 Putten, L. P. van, 2002. Ambitie en onvermogen: gouverneurs-generaal van Nederlands-Indië 1610–1796.
 Van Riemsdijk family history

1712 births
1777 deaths
Dutch nobility
Governors-General of the Dutch East Indies
People from Utrecht (city)
Ob was a  hospital ship of the Russian Navy which entered service in 1980 and was scrapped in 2007.

Development 
The four Ob-class hospital ships were designed to provide medical and recreational facilities. They were also employed as personnel transports. They have civilian crews but carry uniformed naval medical personnel. The ships are fully equipped with surgical equipment. Later two units are Project B-320 II, implying a modification to the basic design; the external differences are minor.

Construction and career
She was laid down on 17 August 1978 and launched on 12 April 1979 by Adolf Barsky shipyard. Commissioned on 28 March 1980 as a hospital ship and decommissioned on 16 August 1997. She was scrapped at Alang on 13 March 2007.

Gallery

References 

1979 ships
Hospital ships of the Soviet Union and Russia
Hospital ships
Auxiliary ships of the Russian Navy
Ob-class hospital ships
Ships built in Poland
Edward Jackamonis (October 19, 1939–January 22, 2006) was a Wisconsin legislator and educator.

Born in New Britain, Connecticut, Jackamonis graduated from Northeastern University. Moving to Wisconsin, he received his master's degree from the University of Wisconsin–Madison and then taught at the University of Wisconsin–Waukesha. From 1971 to 1983, Jackamonis served as a Democratic member of the Wisconsin State Assembly, the last six years as speaker.

References

Politicians from New Britain, Connecticut
Politicians from Waukesha, Wisconsin
Northeastern University alumni
University of Wisconsin–Madison alumni
1939 births
2006 deaths
20th-century American politicians
Democratic Party members of the Wisconsin State Assembly
Alexandra Hollá (born 24 October 1994) is a Slovak footballer who plays as a midfielder and has appeared for the Slovakia women's national team. Currently works at NKIM.

Career
Hollá has been capped for the Slovakia national team, appearing for the team during the 2019 FIFA Women's World Cup qualifying cycle.

References

External links
 
 
 

1994 births
Living people
Slovak women's footballers
Slovakia women's international footballers
Women's association football midfielders
ŠK Slovan Bratislava (women) players