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Uzbekistan Football Association

The Uzbekistan Football Association () is the governing body of football in Uzbekistan, controlling the Uzbekistan national team.

History
Uzbekistan Football Federation was founded in 1946, while Uzbekistan was still under Soviet rule, and has been a member of FIFA and the Asian Football Confederation since 1994.

On 7 January 2013, at a ceremony in Zurich, Switzerland, Uzbekistan football federation was awarded the prize FIFA Fair Play Award from FIFA. Uzbekistan Football Federation took also first place in points for the "Fair Play" among the AFC in 2012.

The federation organizes the Uzbek League, the second level Uzbekistan First League, Uzbekistan Second League, Uzbek Cup, UzPFL Cup and the Uzbek women's football championship.

The federation changed its nomenclature to Football Association in 2017.

Presidents

Association staff

Competitions

Men's

Women's

Current title holders

Awards
The Uzbekistan Football Association Awards Gala is an award ceremony hosted by The Football Association. The inaugural ceremony take place in December, in February or March before 2018. The 2015 Award ceremony took place on 20 February 2013.
The 2015 Award ceremony was held on 4 March 2016.

Player of the Year

Young Player of the Year

Coach of the Year

Youth Coach of the Year

Referee of the Year

Fair Play

References

External links
 Official website 
 Uzbekistan Football Federation at AFC.com 
 Uzbekistan profile at FIFA.com

Football in Uzbekistan
1946 establishments in Uzbekistan
Uzbekistan
Football
Sports organizations established in 1946
Association football governing bodies in Asia
Soil quality

Soil quality refers to the condition of soil based on its capacity to perform ecosystem services that meet the needs of human and non-human life.

Soil quality reflects how well a soil performs the functions of maintaining biodiversity and productivity, partitioning water and solute flow, filtering and buffering, nutrient cycling, and providing support for plants and other structures. Soil management has a major impact on soil quality.

Soil quality relates to soil functions. Unlike water or air, for which established standards have been set, soil quality is difficult to define or quantify.

Indicators of soil quality 
Soil quality can be evaluated using the Soil Management Assessment Framework. Soil quality in agricultural terms is measured on a scale of soil value (Bodenwertzahl) in Germany.

Soil quality is primarily measured by chemical, physical, and biological indicators because soil function cannot easily be measured directly. Each of these categories comprises several indicators that provide insight into overall soil quality.

Physical 
The physical category of soil quality indicators consists of tests that measure soil texture, bulk density, porosity, water content at saturation, aggregate stability, penetration resistance, and more.  These measures provide hydrological information, such the level of water infiltration and water availability to plants.

Chemical 
Chemical indicators include pH and nutrient levels. A typical soil test only evaluates chemical soil properties.

Biological 
Biological measures include diversity of soil organisms and fungi.

The movement and biological functions of soil organisms (including earthworms, millipedes, centipedes, ants, and spiders) impact soil processes such as the regulation of soil structure, degradation of contaminants, and nutrient cycling.

References

Agronomy
Environmental science
Pedology
Nikolay Shirshov

Nikolay Shirshov (22 June 1974 – 28 December 2021) was an Uzbekistani professional footballer who played as a midfielder.

Career
Shirshov began his player career in 1991 in Sverdlovets, club from Soviet Second League. From 1992 to 1999 he played in Uzbek League clubs Traktor Tashkent and Pakhtakor. Since 2000 he played in Russian football clubs.

He got 63 caps and 13 goals for the Uzbekistan national team between 1996 and 2005.

Personal life and death
Shirshov died on 28 December 2021, at the age of 47. The cause of death was not specified.

References

External links
Nikolay Shirshov at playerhistory.com

1974 births
2021 deaths
Footballers from Tashkent
Soviet men's footballers
Uzbekistani men's footballers
Men's association football defenders
Uzbekistan men's international footballers
1996 AFC Asian Cup players
2000 AFC Asian Cup players
2004 AFC Asian Cup players
Traktor Tashkent players
Pakhtakor Tashkent FK players
FC Ordabasy players
FC Rostov players
FC SKA Rostov-on-Don players
FC Taganrog players
Russian Premier League players
Uzbekistani people of Russian descent
Footballers at the 1998 Asian Games
Asian Games competitors for Uzbekistan
Uzbekistani expatriate men's footballers
Uzbekistani expatriate sportspeople in Russia
Expatriate men's footballers in Russia
Uzbekistani expatriate sportspeople in Kazakhstan
Expatriate men's footballers in Kazakhstan
Kingston Harbour

Kingston Harbour in Jamaica is the seventh-largest natural harbour in the world. It is an almost landlocked area of water approximately  long by  wide. Most of it is deep enough to accommodate large ships, even close to shore. It is bordered to the north by the city of Kingston, the capital of Jamaica; to the west by Hunts Bay and the municipality of Portmore; and to the south and east by the Palisadoes strip, which protects it.

The harbour is home to the Kingston Container Terminal, Jamaica's largest port. Other docks on Kingston Harbour are at the Petroleum Corporation of Jamaica in downtown Kingston and at the Jamaica Flour Mills and the Caribbean Cement Company at Rockfort. Fresh water, along with industrial and domestic waste, is discharged into Hunts Bay from rivers and drainage gullies, including Rio Cobre and Sandy Gully.

Norman Manley International Airport, Jamaica's second busiest international airport, is also located in the outer harbor, on the Palisadoes strip.

There is a fishing village at Rockfort and fishing docks at Harbour View and at Port Royal.

History

As a large, natural, well-protected harbour, it was doubtless used by indigenous people, and has been used by Europeans since the very beginning of their exploration and settlement of the island. Initially the main settlement was at Port Royal but following its destruction in the 1692 earthquake, the English founded Kingston and began development of its waterfront.

Historically, the harbour was safe from attack with its narrow entrance being protected by two forts, one the tip of the Palisadoes at Port Royal and the other on a small sand spit opposite.

Throughout the 18th and early 19th centuries it handled a large local trade and was the chief entrepot for British exports to the Spanish colonies. For the remainder of the 19th century its development as a port was retarded by a decline in the Jamaican economy. Throughout this period there was a gradual increase in the number of finger piers and wharves along its long sheltered waterfront.

In 1720 the body of Calico Jack was hanged at the entrance of the harbour as a warning to other pirates.

Pollution
In modern times Kingston Harbour has suffered a number of pollution incidents. In one such during 2009, 300 tons of sulphuric acid are said to have been accidentally discharged from one of the wharves.

Gallery

See also
 Cagway Bay
 History of Jamaica
 Transport in Jamaica

References

External links

Aerial view

Ports and harbours in the Caribbean
Ports and harbours of Jamaica
Kingston, Jamaica
3 Centauri

3 Centauri is a triple star system in the southern constellation of Centaurus, located approximately 300 light years from the Sun. It is visible to the naked eye as a faint, blue-white hued star with a combined apparent visual magnitude of 4.32. As of 2017, the two visible components had an angular separation of  along a position angle of 106°. The system has the Bayer designation k Centauri; 3 Centauri is the Flamsteed designation.  It is a suspected eclipsing binary with a variable star designation V983 Centauri.

The brighter member, designated component A, is a magnitude 4.52 chemically peculiar star of the helium-weak (CP4) variety, and has a stellar classification of B5 III-IVp. The spectrum of the star displays overabundances of elements such as nitrogen, phosphorus, manganese, iron, and nickel, while carbon, oxygen, magnesium, aluminium, sulfur, and chlorine appear underabundant relative to the Sun. Weak emission line features are also visible.

The magnitude 5.97 secondary, component B, is a single-lined spectroscopic binary star system with an orbital period of 17.4 days and an eccentricity of 0.21. The pair have an angular separation of . The visible component is a B-type main-sequence star with a class of B8 V.

References

B-type main-sequence stars
B-type giants
Triple star systems
Eclipsing binaries
Centaurus
Centauri, k
CD-32 9676
Centauri, 3
120709/10
067669
5210/1
Helium-weak stars
Knocked Out

"Knocked Out" is the debut single by  American singer and dancer Paula Abdul, released on May 4, 1988 by Virgin Records from her debut album, Forever Your Girl (1988). The song was written by Babyface, L.A. Reid and Daryl Simmons and produced in 1987 by the former two. Babyface and Simmons also provide background vocals with Pebbles and Yvette Marine.

Critical reception
Paul Mathur from Melody Maker wrote, "Paula isn't as clever as Jessica but she's almost as accomplished in the art of artifice. When she sings, plastic takes on whole new forms, Madonna looks like Joni Mitchell and I'm humming for weeks. She cuts her soul pop jib with scissors the size of shears, but she doesn't give two hoots, and for that alone we should cherish her."

Personnel
 Paula Abdul: lead and background vocals
 Babyface: songwriter, producer, arranger, keyboards, background vocals
 L.A. Reid: songwriter, producer, arranger, LM-1 programming, percussion programming
 Daryl Simmons: songwriter, arranger, background vocals
 Kayo: Memory Moog bass
 Pebbles, Yvette Marine: background vocals

Charts

References

1988 debut singles
1990 singles
Paula Abdul songs
Songs written by Babyface (musician)
Songs written by L.A. Reid
Songs written by Daryl Simmons
Song recordings produced by Babyface (musician)
Virgin Records singles
1988 songs
Song recordings produced by L.A. Reid
New jack swing songs
Lake Francis (Murphy Dam)

Lake Francis is a reservoir on the Connecticut River in northern New Hampshire, United States. The lake is located in Coos County, east of the village of Pittsburg and along the boundary between the towns of Pittsburg and Clarksville. The lake is impounded by Murphy Dam, built in 1940 as a flood control project. The  earthen dam is owned by the Water Division of the state's Department of Environmental Services, and is operated by TC Energy (formerly TransCanada Corporation).

Lake Francis and Murphy Dam are named after Francis P. Murphy, who served as the Governor of New Hampshire from 1937 to 1941. The lake covers nearly , has a capacity of , and has average and maximum depths of  and , respectively.

The lake is classified as a coldwater fishery, with observed species including rainbow trout, brown trout, landlocked salmon, lake trout, and chain pickerel. There are two public boat launch locations, and ice fishing is permitted from January through March.

Lake Francis State Park is located on the northeast side of the lake, where the Connecticut River flows in. North of Lake Francis is Back Lake, while First Connecticut Lake (one of a series of four Connecticut Lakes that serve as the headwaters of the Connecticut River) lies to the northeast.

See also

List of lakes in New Hampshire

References

External links
 Lake Francis Flight (uncut) via YouTube

Lakes of Coös County, New Hampshire
Protected areas of Coös County, New Hampshire
Dams in New Hampshire
Reservoirs in New Hampshire
United States state-owned dams
Dams completed in 1940
Pittsburg, New Hampshire
1999 Royal Bank Cup

The 1999 Royal Bank Cup is the 29th Junior "A" 1999 ice hockey National Championship for the Canadian Junior A Hockey League.

The Royal Bank Cup was competed for by the winners of the Doyle Cup, Anavet Cup, Dudley Hewitt Cup, the Fred Page Cup and a host city.

The tournament was hosted by the Yorkton Terriers and Yorkton, Saskatchewan.

The playoffs

Round robin

Results
Yorkton Terries defeat Estevan Bruins 6–1
Bramalea Blues defeat Vernon Vipers 4–2
Yorkton Terries defeat Charlottetown Abbies 2–1
Bramalea Blues defeat Estevan Bruins 4–3
Charlottetown Abbies defeat Vernon Vipers 6–5
Yorkton Terriers defeat Vernon Vipers 3–1
Estevan Bruins defeat Charlottetown Abbies 5–4
Bramalea Blues defeat Yorkton Terriers 5–1
Charlottetown Abbies defeat Bramalea Blues 5–1
Vernon Vipers defeat Estevan Bruins 3–2 for the Abbott Cup

Semi-finals and Final

Note: Charlottetown defeated Yorkton in Double Overtime.

Awards
Most Valuable Player: Dennis Bassett (Yorkton Terriers)
Top Scorer: William Hubloo (Charlottetown Abbies)
Most Sportsmanlike Player: Anthony Aquino (Bramalea Blues)
Top Goalie: Dennis Bassett (Yorkton Terriers)
Top forward: Kyle Amyotte (Bramalea Blues)
Top Defenceman: John Bradley (Vernon Vipers)

Roll of League Champions
AJHL: Calgary Canucks
BCHL: Vernon Vipers
CJHL: Hawkesbury Hawks
MJHL: OCN Blizzard
MJAHL: Charlottetown Abbies
NOJHL: Rayside-Balfour Sabrecats
OPJHL: Bramalea Blues
QJAAAHL: Valleyfield Braves
RMJHL: Kimberley Dynamiters
SJHL: Estevan Bruins

See also
Canadian Junior A Hockey League
Royal Bank Cup
Anavet Cup
Doyle Cup
Dudley Hewitt Cup
Fred Page Cup
Abbott Cup
Mowat Cup

External links
Royal Bank Cup Website

1999
Royal Bank Cup
Royal Bank Cup
Ice hockey competitions in Saskatchewan
Fevzi Davletov

Fevzi Davletov (born 20 September 1972) is a retired Uzbekistan International football defender.

Career statistics

International 

Scores and results list Uzbekistan's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Davletov goal.

References

External links
Bio at playerhistory.com

Profile at KLISF

1972 births
Living people
Footballers from Tashkent
Soviet men's footballers
Uzbekistani men's footballers
Uzbekistani expatriate men's footballers
Uzbekistan men's international footballers
1996 AFC Asian Cup players
2000 AFC Asian Cup players
FC Rubin Kazan players
FC Tobol players
navbahor Namangan players
FC Qizilqum Zarafshon players
FK Andijon players
Expatriate men's footballers in Kazakhstan
Uzbekistani expatriate sportspeople in Kazakhstan
Expatriate men's footballers in Russia
Uzbekistani expatriate sportspeople in Russia
FC Irtysh Pavlodar players
FC Zhetysu players
FC Dustlik players
Men's association football defenders
Asian Games gold medalists for Uzbekistan
Asian Games medalists in football
Footballers at the 1994 Asian Games
Medalists at the 1994 Asian Games
FC Megasport players
Matfrid

Matfrid (died 836) was the Frankish count of Orléans in the reign of Emperor Louis the Pious. He is usually thought to have been the first of the lineage known to historians as the Matfridings (German Matfridinger or Matfriede).

Matfrid was Count of Orléans from around 818. He accompanied the Emperor on his expedition to Brittany in 824, and served at Louis's court. However, in 825, he supported Lothar, eldest son of Emperor Louis, in his revolt against the Emperor. Restored to favour, he led a Frankish army on the Marca Hispanica, the Spanish frontier, in 827, jointly with his sister's husband Hugh, Count of Tours and Louis's son Pippin, King of Aquitaine.

Matfrid, Hugh, and Pippin failed to meet the invasion by Abu Marwan, and the following year at Aachen an Imperial assembly stripped Matfrid and Hugh of their titles. Thereafter, although Matfrid supported the rebellions of Emperor Louis's sons on every occasion, he was repeatedly restored to his lands, title, and imperial favour.

Matfrid, once more serving Lothar, died in Italy in 836 during a plague.

Jonas of Orléans addressed his "mirror of princes" work De Institutione laicali to Matfrid.

A second Matfrid, presumed to be the son of the first, was active in Lotharingia during the reigns of Lothar and his son Lothar II, a frequent witness to their charters in the period from 843 to 860. The third Matfrid, presumed son of the second, was active in the period 867 to 878.

Later cognatic members of the Matfriding clan included Godfrey I, Duke of Lower Lorraine.

References
 
 Godman, Peter, and Collins, Roger, editors. Charlemagne's Heir: New perspectives on the reign of Louis the Pious. Oxford University Press, 1990. 
 Jeep, John M., ed. Medieval Germany: an encyclopedia, sv "Matfridings". Routledge, 2001. 
  Riché, Pierre. Dictionnaire des Francs: Les Carolingiens, sv "Matfrid". Bartillat, 1997. 

Matfriding dynasty
Counts of Orléans
Nobility of the Carolingian Empire
836 deaths
Year of birth unknown
Groddeck

Groddeck is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:

Georg Groddeck (1866–1934), German psychologist
Karl-Albrecht von Groddeck (1894–1944), German Generalleutnant in the Wehrmacht during World War II
Karl-Heinrich von Groddeck (1936–2011), German Olympic rower

German-language surnames
Japanese destroyer Arare (1937)

was the tenth and last of the s built for the Imperial Japanese Navy in the mid-1930s under the Circle Two Supplementary Naval Expansion Program (Maru Ni Keikaku).

History
The Asashio-class destroyers were larger and more capable than the preceding , as Japanese naval architects were no longer constrained by the provisions of the London Naval Treaty. These light cruiser-sized vessels were designed to take advantage of Japan’s lead in torpedo technology, and to accompany the Japanese main striking force and in both day and night attacks against the United States Navy as it advanced across the Pacific Ocean, according to Japanese naval strategic projections. Despite being one of the most powerful classes of destroyers in the world at the time of their completion, none survived the Pacific War.

Arare, built at the Maizuru Naval Arsenal, was laid down on 5 March 1937, launched on 16 November 1937 and commissioned on 15 April 1939. On completion, she was assigned to the IJN 2nd Fleet as part of Desdiv 18, Desron 2 under command of Commander Tomoe Ogata.

Operational history
At the time of the attack on Pearl Harbor, Arare was based at Etorofu in the Kurile Islands, and sailed as part of the escort for Admiral Nagumo’s Carrier Strike Force, guarding the fleet tankers accompanying the strike force. She returned to Kure on 24 December.

In January 1942, Arare escorted aircraft carriers  and  to Truk, and onwards to Rabaul to cover landings of Japanese forces at Rabaul and Kavieng. She returned with  from Palau to Yokosuka on 13 February, and spent the following month in training patrols. On 17 March, she departed Yokosuka with  and  to Staring-baai in Sulawesi, Netherlands East Indies.

Arare departed Staring-baai on 27 March to escort the carrier force in the Indian Ocean raid on 27 March  After the Japanese air strikes on Colombo and Trincomalee in Ceylon, she returned to Kure for repairs on 23 April.
Arare deployed from Saipan on 3 June as part of the escort for the troop convoy in the Battle of Midway. Afterwards, she escorted the cruisers  and  from Truk back to Kure.

On 28 June, she was assigned to escort  to Kiska in the Aleutian Islands on a supply mission. While approximately  east of Kiska at  on 5 July, during the action of 5 July 1942 she was hit amidships by a torpedo fired by the submarine , exploded and sank, with loss of 104 lives. Commander Ogata was among the 42 survivors rescued by the destroyer . She was removed from the navy list on 31 July 1942.

Notes

References

External links
 CombinedFleet.com: Asashio-class destroyers
 CombinedFleet.com: Arare history
GlobalSecurity.org: Asashio class destroyers

Asashio-class destroyers
Ships built by Maizuru Naval Arsenal
World War II destroyers of Japan
Ships of the Aleutian Islands campaign
Ships sunk by American submarines
1937 ships
Maritime incidents in July 1942
Tung Lung Fort

Tung Lung Fort, also known as Fat Tong Fort, is a fort on the Tung Lung Chau on the south east water of Hong Kong.

History
It is said the fort was built as a part of a maritime defence system to protect trade and fend off pirates. The fort, according to one record, was built from 1719 to 1724 in the Kangxi era (1662-1722) to guard against pirates, after defeat of the Koxinga Administration in Taiwan. It is rumoured to have been attacked by the famous pirates Cheng Lien Chang and Cheng I, and more recently by the infamous Cheung Po Tsai. The fort was abandoned in 1810 when its personnel moved to another coast fort at the tip of the Kowloon Peninsula which would later become Kowloon Walled City.

Features
The fort is situated at the north-eastern part of the island, 35 m above the water with cliffs on three sides, and commands the Fat Tong Mun Channel. No vessel could pass through without being seen entering or leaving Joss House Bay. The fort may also have been a signal station, passing messages on to military headquarters in Kowloon. When in use it was manned by an average of 25 men of the Tai-pang-hsi navy.

Although no sketches or historic descriptions of the fort are available, observation of the ruins has given an idea of the structure. It was rectangular, composed of 10 feet high rubble stone walls provided with an arch-shaped brick gate for the guards to pass in and out.

Conservation
Tung Lung Fort became a declared monument in 1977 and was restored in 1988. Tung Lung Fort Special Area was designated in 1979 and covers 3 hectares. The Area contains a fort and a campsite.

References

Further reading

External links

Tung Lung Fort

Tung Lung Chau
Archaeological sites in Hong Kong
Declared monuments of Hong Kong
Forts in Hong Kong
1724 establishments in China
Bethau

Bethau is a village and a former municipality in the Wittenberg district in Saxony-Anhalt, Germany. Since 1 January 2011, it is part of the town Annaburg. It lies right on the boundary with Saxony about 35 km southeast of the district seat at Wittenberg and 12 km north of Torgau. Bethau was part of the administrative municipality (Verwaltungsgemeinschaft) of Annaburg-Prettin.

Geography and transport
Bethau lies in the lowlands on the east bank of the Elbe west of the Annaburg Heath. This is, however, to a great extent a Bundeswehr troop drilling ground, and is therefore off limits. West of the municipality runs the Federal Highway (Bundesstraße) B 182, and to the north is the B 187. In the south, the municipality borders on Saxony.

History
Bethau is believed to have been founded in 1159 by Flemish migrants. They were settled in the area by Wichmann von Seeburg, Archbishop of Magdeburg, and Albert the Bear. 

Before his exile to Switzerland then emigration to the US, 19th-century communist Friedrich Sorge had been a resident of Bethau where he was born in 1828.

From 1815 to 1944, Bethau was part of the Prussian Province of Saxony and from 1944 to 1945 of the Province of Halle-Merseburg.

After World War II, Bethau was incorporated into the Province (since 1947, State) of Saxony-Anhalt from 1945 to 1952 and the Bezirk Cottbus of East Germany from 1952 to 1990. Since 1990, Bethau has been part of Saxony-Anhalt, since 2011 as a part of Annaburg.

References

Former municipalities in Saxony-Anhalt
Annaburg
U.S. Bicycle Route 1

U.S. Bicycle Route 1 (often called U.S. Bike Route 1, abbreviated USBR 1) is a cross-country bicycle route that will run the length of the United States eastern seaboard from Florida to Maine. It is one of the two original U.S. Bicycle Routes, the other being U.S. Bicycle Route 76.

AASHTO recognizes the segments in Florida, Georgia, North Carolina, Virginia, Maryland, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, and Maine as being the only "official" segments of USBR 1. The other segments, even if signed or mapped, have not yet been submitted by the states to AASHTO for formal inclusion or recognition in the U.S. Bicycle Route system. The New Hampshire and Maine sections of USBR 1 were approved in May 2011, with the New Hampshire section following the East Coast Greenway. Also approved was an alternate route, U.S. Bicycle Route 1A, that runs closer to the coast through a portion of Maine.  Florida and Massachusetts segments were established in November 2014.  Georgia's segment was designated in May 2019.

In Georgia, State Bicycle Route 95 is planned to be incorporated into USBR 1.

Route description

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Communities
The following communities are serviced by the route:

Florida

 Key West
 Jacksonville

Georgia

 Effingham County
 Chatham County
 Liberty County
 McIntosh County
 Glynn County
 Camden County
 Charlton County

North Carolina

 Laurinburg
 Southern Pines
 Sanford
 Apex
 Cary
 Raleigh
 Oxford
 Henderson

Virginia

 John H. Kerr Dam
 Victoria
 Burkeville
 Richmond
 Ashland
 Fredericksburg
 Chatham Heights
 Leeland
 Tacketts Mill
 Aden
 Springfield
 Occoquan
 Lorton
 Fort Belvoir
 Mount Vernon
 Alexandria
 Arlington

Massachusetts

 Boston
 Malden

New Hampshire

 Portsmouth

Maine

 Portland
 Augusta
 Bangor
 Calais

U.S. Bicycle Route 1A

U.S. Bicycle Route 1A is an alternate route to USBR 1 in Maine, following the Atlantic coast between Brunswick and Bucksport.

See also
 East Coast Greenway

References

External links

 Explore Maine by Bike - has a map book of USBR 1 through Maine

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Bike paths in North Carolina
Bike paths in Virginia
Bike paths in New Hampshire
Bike paths in Maine
Bike paths in Washington, D.C.
Transportation in Scotland County, North Carolina
Transportation in Hoke County, North Carolina
Transportation in Moore County, North Carolina
Transportation in Lee County, North Carolina
Transportation in Chatham County, North Carolina
Transportation in Wake County, North Carolina
Transportation in Granville County, North Carolina
Transportation in Vance County, North Carolina
Transportation in Warren County, North Carolina
HD 111915

HD 111915 is a single star in the southern constellation of Centaurus. It has the Bayer designation e Centauri, while HD 111915 is the star's identifier in the Henry Draper Catalogue. This is an aging giant star with a stellar classification of K3-4III. It is faintly visible to the naked eye with an apparent visual magnitude of +4.33. The distance to this star is approximately 294 light years based on parallax.

References 

K-type giants
Centaurus
Centauri, e
Durchmusterung objects
111915
062867
4888
Mort Leav

Mortimer Leav (July 9, 1916 – September 21, 2005) was an American artist best known as co-creator of the influential comic-book character the Heap, and for his advertising art, which included some of the earliest TV commercial storyboards – among them, for Procter & Gamble's venerable Charmin bathroom-tissue character, the grocer Mr. Whipple.

Biography

Early life and career
Mort Leav began his professional career in 1936 with New York City's Editors Press Service, supplying illustrations for articles syndicated to South American newspapers. Five years later, he entered the field of comic books at the Jerry Iger Studio, one of a handful of "packagers" that supplied outsourced comics to publishers entering the new medium. Earning $30 a week – a marked improvement on the $78 monthly he'd earned his first year at EPS – Leav penciled and inked the feature "Jungleman" in Harvey Comics' Champ Comics (under the pseudonym Stanley Maxwell); "ZX-5, Spies in Action" in Fiction House's Jumbo Comics (under the pen name Major Thorpe);  "The Hangman" for MLJ; and, for Quality Comics, "Sally O'Neil, Policewoman" in National Comics, and "Hell Diver" in Hit Comics, among others.

The Heap and postwar work
Leav and writer Harry Stein co-created the World War II aviator character Skywolf in Hillman Periodicals' Air Fighters Comics  No. 2 (Nov. 1942), and in the following month's issue introduced the "muck creature" the Heap – a progenitor, along with the title character of Theodore Sturgeon's short story "It", of the popular 1970s characters Swamp Thing and Man-Thing, among others.

Leav was drafted in 1943 and did his military service as an illustrator for U.S. Army magazines, while moonlighting for comic books. Upon returning to civilian life, he drew, per one source, several Captain America stories for Timely Comics, the 1940s precursor of Marvel Comics, but this remain uncorroborated by such standard references as the Grand Comics Database and Atlas Tales, the latter of which lists only two 1942–43 Destroyer stories as Leav's Timely output.

In 1946, Leav became art director for publisher Ruth "Ray" Hermann's Orbit Publications. He drew the bulk of that company's comic-book covers and lead stories, including for the crime title Wanted Comics. By 1950, he was drawing for The Westerner Comics (a.k.a. Will Bill Pecos Westerner) and Love Diary for the Orbit-related, multi-named firm Our Publishing Co. / Toytown / Patches. Leav would also contribute stories to Lev Gleason Publications' The Amazing Adventures of Buster Crabbe in 1954 and do some work for Ziff-Davis romance comics and for the "Triple Nickel Books" comics of publishers Woody Gelman and Ben Solomon before leaving the field.

Later life and career
His last place of residence was Beverly, Massachusetts.

References

Further reading
Thomas, Roy, "Mort Leav: An 'Impressionable Child' who Left his Mark", Alter Ego #58 (May 2006)

American comics artists
1916 births
2005 deaths
E Centauri

E Centauri is a single star in the southern constellation of Centaurus. It is a white-hued star that is dimly visible to the naked eye with an apparent visual magnitude of +5.34. The distance to this object is approximately 560 light years based on parallax, and it has an absolute magnitude of −0.97. It is drifting closer to the Sun with a radial velocity of +7 km/s, and it is a candidate member of the Lower Centaurus Crux subgroup of the Sco OB2 association.

This is a late B- or early A-type main-sequence star with a stellar classification of B9.5/A0V, which indicates it is generating energy via core hydrogen fusion. It has 3.4 times the mass of the Sun and is spinning with a projected rotational velocity of 74 km/s. The star is radiating 302 times the luminosity of the Sun from its photosphere at an effective temperature of 9,886 K.

References 

B-type main-sequence stars
Lower Centaurus Crux
Centaurus
Centauri, E
Durchmusterung objects
105416
059184
4620
Aleksandr Khvostunov

Aleksandr Khvostunov (born 9 January 1974) is an Uzbekistani former football defender.

Playing career

Club
He played for Bunyodkor in 2007–2010. In July 2011 he joined FK Samarqand-Dinamo before playing in Qizilqum Zarafshon. In 2013, he joined NBU Osiyo, club playing in Uzbekistan First League.

National team
He earned 49 caps scoring 3 goals for the national team between 1997 and 2004.

Career statistics

International goals

Honours
Pakhtakor
Uzbek League (1): 1998

Bunyodkor
Uzbek League (3): 2008, 2009, 2010
Uzbek Cup (1): 2010

References

External links

1974 births
Living people
People from Qashqadaryo Region
Soviet men's footballers
Uzbekistani men's footballers
Uzbekistan men's international footballers
Uzbekistani expatriate men's footballers
FC Nasaf players
Pakhtakor Tashkent FK players
FC Lada-Tolyatti players
Expatriate men's footballers in Kazakhstan
FC Chornomorets Odesa players
FC Bunyodkor players
FC Zhetysu players
Navbahor Namangan players
Uzbekistani expatriate sportspeople in Kazakhstan
Expatriate men's footballers in Ukraine
Uzbekistani expatriate sportspeople in Ukraine
2000 AFC Asian Cup players
FK Dinamo Samarqand players
Footballers at the 1998 Asian Games
Uzbekistani people of Russian descent
Men's association football defenders
PFC Krylia Sovetov Samara players
Asian Games competitors for Uzbekistan
Expatriate men's footballers in Russia
FK Mash'al Mubarek players
Traktor Tashkent players
FC Chornomorets-2 Odesa players
FC Hoverla Uzhhorod players
FC Qizilqum Zarafshon players
Tunnels (owarai)

The  are an owarai duo with a long history composed of Tokyo-born  and . Both of them attended  where Ishibashi, the taller of the two, participated in baseball, and Kinashi participated in soccer.

They originated not as a manzai duo, so much as an ippatsu gag and monomane act. During the early 1980s, they became immensely popular with young Japanese audiences, appearing in several television shows, but their popularity exploded with their show The Tunnels' Thanks to Everyone. Many times they absorbed more than 30% of nationwide television viewers, a great feat for any television show. They then turned their attention to creating music, spawning a string of hit singles that also generated massive sales and attention.

They created many words and expressions that resonated with the youth of Japan included such as  and , which are abbreviations meaning "ex-boyfriend" and "ex-girlfriend". Both phrases are still in popular use today. Also, their tendency to use inside jokes that only the show's staff would understand and laugh at created a sur-like response from the audience, inciting nervous laughter from a confused audience, while the staff laughed loudly on-mike.

Interest in the group quickly mellowed in 1990, as Tunnels took a half year vacation from the show, and U-tchan Nan-chan replaced them. They returned later saying, "We are sorry to have laid the burden on U-tchan Nan-chan," but were never really accepted back by the public. As groups such as Downtown and U-tchan Nan-chan became more popular with young audiences, Tunnels changed their focus to talk and interview-related shows.

Recently, they have teamed with DJ Ozma to "produce" the group Yazima Beauty Salon, who the three found in America. In reality, Ozma and the Tunnels are the members of Yazima Beauty Salon, cross-dressing and performing in character as Margaret Camelia Yazima (Kinashi) and Strawberry Camelia Yazima (Ishibashi).

References

External links 
  
とんねるずのみなさんのおかげでした/Tunnels no Minasan no okage deshita Official site 

Japanese comedy duos
Japanese boy bands
Mike Fiore (baseball, born 1944)

Michael Gary Joseph Fiore  (born October 11, 1944) is a former first baseman in Major League Baseball. Mike was born in Brooklyn, New York and attended Lafayette High School. He was signed by the New York Mets before the  season, drafted by the Baltimore Orioles from the Mets in the 1963 first-year draft (December 2), and later drafted by the Kansas City Royals from the Orioles as the 17th pick in the 1968 expansion draft.  He played for the Orioles (1968), Royals (1969–1970), Boston Red Sox (1970–1971), St. Louis Cardinals (1972), and San Diego Padres(1972).

Fiore hit the first home run in Kansas City Royals history.  It took place at the Oakland–Alameda County Coliseum in their fifth game April 13, .  Fiore led off the top of the 2nd with a solo shot against Oakland Athletics All-Star John "Blue Moon" Odom.

His personal high for playing time was during the 1969 season, when he hit .274 with 12 HR and 35 RBI in 107 games.  He finished his career with a lifetime batting average of .227, 13 HR, 50 RBI, and 75 runs scored in 254 ballgames.

External links

Retrosheet

1944 births
Living people
Baltimore Orioles players
Kansas City Royals players
Boston Red Sox players
St. Louis Cardinals players
San Diego Padres players
Quincy Jets players
Richmond Braves players
Rochester Red Wings players
Elmira Pioneers players
Aberdeen Pheasants players
Tri-City Atoms players
Columbus Clippers players
Syracuse Chiefs players
Tulsa Oilers (baseball) players
Baseball players from New York (state)
Major League Baseball first basemen
Lafayette High School (New York City) alumni
Asror Aliqulov

Asror Aliqulov (born 12 September 1978) is an Uzbekistani footballer playing in the position of defender. He currently plays for Shurtan.

Career
He started his playing career in 1995, playing for Mash'al Mubarek. After completing 3 seasons for Mash'al he moved to Nasaf Qarshi. From 1997 to 2002 he played for Pakhtakor.

International
He was a member of the national team, playing from 1999 to 2008 and has been capped 63 times.

Honours

Club
Pakhtakor
 Uzbek League (5): 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007
 Uzbek Cup (5): 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007
 AFC Champions League semifinal (2): 2002/2003, 2004
 CIS Cup: 2007

National team
 Merdeka Tournament winner: 2001

References

External links

Player profile at doha-2006.com

1978 births
Living people
Men's association football defenders
Uzbekistani men's footballers
Uzbekistan men's international footballers
2004 AFC Asian Cup players
2007 AFC Asian Cup players
FK Mash'al Mubarek players
FC Nasaf players
FC Shurtan Guzar players
Pakhtakor Tashkent FK players
FK Dinamo Samarqand players
Footballers at the 2002 Asian Games
Footballers at the 2006 Asian Games
Asian Games competitors for Uzbekistan
FC Shurtan Guzar managers
Frieda Van Themsche

Frieda Leontine Mauritia Van Themsche (born 26 April 1955 – 16 March 2023) was a member of the Belgian federal parliament.

1955–2003

Van Themsche was born in Uccle into a Flemish-nationalist family. Her father Karel and his twin brother fought on the side of the Waffen-SS on the Eastern Front during the Second World War. Her father lost a leg, his brother died.

Her brother, Hans van Themsche's father, was a founding member of the Vlaams Blok. Hans Van Themsche has been convicted of several racist murders, which he committed in the city of Antwerp in the spring of 2006.

After marriage, Van Themsche moved to Harelbeke. Before going into politics, she was a teacher for seven years.

2003–2023

Frieda Van Themsche was a member of parliament for Vlaams Blok from 2003 to 2007.

After her first speech to the Belgian Chamber of Representatives, Van Themsche pronounced the words "België Barst" ('Belgium must crack'). Then-chairman of the Chamber, Flemish Liberal Herman De Croo, gave the order to delete the words from the minutes of the parliamentary assembly.

On 14 September 2003, Van Themsche's son, Floris Vandenbroucke, was run over by a car in Kuurne. He died on the spot at the age of fifteen years. The offender committed a hit and run and was not found. The event spurred Van Themsche's interest in traffic regulations, road safety, and speeding. In May 2005, Van Themsche proposed to ban trucks from the roads on Sundays and public holidays.

Van Themsche left federal politics in 2007. The immediate cause of her departure was the Virginia Tech massacre, which once again brought attention to the deadly excursion of her nephew Hans in Antwerp in 2006. Additionally, her pregnant daughter living with a man of Moroccan origin played a role.

She was a councilor in the Harelbeke city council for Vlaams Belang from 2001 to 2012.

References and sources

External links
 Vlaams Belang Kamerfractie
 Stem Test (vlaams parlement) - Vlaams Blok - Frieda Van Themsche - West-Vlaanderen

1955 births
Living people
Vlaams Belang politicians
21st-century Belgian politicians
21st-century Belgian women politicians
Littlewood

Littlewood is a surname, and may refer to:

 Alison Littlewood, British author
 Angela Littlewood (born 1949), English shot putter
 Barclay Littlewood (born 1978), British entrepreneur
 Chic Littlewood (1930–2015), New Zealand actor
 Clayton Littlewood (born 1963), English author
 David Littlewood (born 1955), English cricketer
 Dominic Littlewood (born 1965), British television presenter and entrepreneur
 Dudley E. Littlewood (1903–1979), British mathematician
 France Littlewood (1863–1941), British socialist
 George Littlewood Sr. (1857–1928), English cricketer
 George Littlewood Jr. (1882–1917), English cricketer
 Harry Littlewood (1921–2003), English actor
 Herbert Littlewood (1858–1925), English cricketer
 Ivan Littlewood (1902–1951), New Zealand rugby player
 Jesse Littlewood (1878–1942), English cricketer
 Jessica Littlewood, Canadian politician
 Joan Littlewood (1914–2002), British actress and theatre director
 John Edensor Littlewood (1885–1977), British mathematician
 John Littlewood (chess player) (1931–2009), British chess player
 Leslie Littlewood (1906–1989), British trade unionist
 Louise Littlewood, Australian politician
 Mark Littlewood (born 1972), Director General of the Institute of Economic Affairs
 Mike Littlewood (born 1966), American college baseball coach
 Norman Littlewood (1933–1989), British chess player
 Peter Littlewood (born 1955), British physicist
 Rick Littlewood (1940–2018), New Zealand judoka
 Roland Littlewood, British anthropologist and psychiatrist
 Stewart Littlewood (1905–1977), English footballer
 William Littlewood, American engineer
 Yvonne Littlewood (born 1927), British television director

See also
 Littlewoods, retail company
 Smallwood (disambiguation)
Chi Centauri

Chi Centauri (χ Cen, χ Centauri) is a star in the constellation Centaurus.

χ Centauri is a blue-white B-type main sequence dwarf with a mean apparent magnitude of +4.36.  It is approximately 510 light years from Earth.  It is classified as a Beta Cephei type variable star and its brightness varies by 0.02 magnitudes with a period of 50.40 minutes.

This star is a proper motion member of the Upper Centaurus–Lupus sub-group in the
Scorpius–Centaurus OB association,
the nearest such co-moving association of massive stars to the Sun.

References

Centauri, Chi
Beta Cephei variables
B-type main-sequence stars
Centaurus
Upper Centaurus Lupus
5285
068862
122980
CD-40 8405
Leonid Koshelev

Leonid Koshelev (, ; born 20 December 1979) is a Russian-Uzbekistani football midfielder. He currently plays for NBU Osiyo.

Career
He started playing in Navbahor Namangan in 1997, spending 4 seasons. In 2001 Koshelev moved to Pakhtakor Tashkent.
In February 2013 he moved from FK Dinamo Samarqand back to his former club Navbahor Namangan. In February 2014 he joined NBU Osiyo.

International
He made his debut in the national team on 11 July 1999 in friendly match against Malaysia in Samarkand. He played 43 matches for national team and scored 6 goals.

Honours

Navbahor Namangan
 Uzbek Cup (1): 1998
 Uzbek Supercup(1): 1999

Pakhtakor
 Uzbek League (5): 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2007
 Uzbek Cup (4): 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004
 CIS Cup: 2007

Career statistics

National team

Goals for Senior National Team

References

External links
 
 
 

1979 births
Living people
Uzbekistani men's footballers
Uzbekistan men's international footballers
2004 AFC Asian Cup players
Pakhtakor Tashkent FK players
FC Shinnik Yaroslavl players
FC Shurtan Guzar players
FC Qizilqum Zarafshon players
Russian Premier League players
Uzbekistani expatriate men's footballers
Expatriate men's footballers in Russia
Uzbekistani expatriate sportspeople in Russia
FK Dinamo Samarqand players
Uzbekistani people of Russian descent
Men's association football midfielders
Kolachi (port)

Kolachi  () was also a port located at modern Karachi and the old name of Karachi, Sindh, Pakistan. According to legends, it was a port developed when an old fisherwoman by the name of Mai Kolachi settled near the delta of the Indus River to start a community. One of the main Flyover (overpass) in Karachi has been named after Mai Kolachi. This settlement was also known as "Kolachi jo Goth" or "the village of the Kolachi".

See also 
 Dubai
 Kulachi (tribe)
 Kolachi jo Goth
 Krokola
 Debal
 Bhambore

References

Former populated places in Pakistan
History of Sindh
History of Karachi
Anvarjon Soliev

Anvarjon Soliev (born 5 February 1978) is a retired Uzbekistani football striker and football coach.

Early life 
He was born in Turakurgan of Namangan region.

Career

Navbahor Namangan
Firstly he played in Yoshlik football team. Then he continued in Navbahor Namangan. In 1998, he won with Navbahor Uzbek Cup. In 2001, he moved to Pakhtakor.

Pakhtakor
Soliev played seven seasons for Pakhtakor, after he moved in 2008 to another rising capital club Kuruvchi. With Pakhtakor he won 6 times champion of Uzbekistan and 5 Uzbek Cup titles, before leaving the club.

Bunyodkor
In his first season for Bunyodkor Soliev scored 12 goals in league matches. He is currently top scorer of the club in Uzbek League with 46 goals (as of 21 November 2012), followed by Rivaldo and Server Djeparov. With 16 goals Soliev is one of the leading all-time topscorers of AFC Champions League, having scored eight of them for Bunyodkor.

On 18 July 2013 he moved back to Pakhtakor Tashkent.

As of the end of the 2015 Uzbek League season he won his eighth championship title with Pakhtakor. With 12 Uzbek League championships and nine Uzbek Cups, Soliev is the all-time most honoured player among Uzbekistani players. Soliev won his Uzbekistan champion titles playing for three clubs.

He is a member of Gennadi Krasnitsky club of Uzbek top scorers with over 100 goals, scoring (as of 22 November 2015) 228 goals in the league, cup, AFC Champions League and in official games for the national team.

Managing career
In the middle of 2016 he retired as a player and started his managing career, as assistant coach in Pakhtakor-2. In December 2016 he joined the Navbahor Namangan coaching staff.

International
He played for the Uzbekistan national football team, and played 48 matches and scored eight goals after his debut in 2001.

Honours

Club
 Navbahor
 Uzbek League (1): 1996
 Uzbek Cup (1): 1998

 Pakhtakor
 Uzbek League (8): 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2014, 2015
 Uzbek Cup (6): 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007
 CIS cup: 2007
 AFC Champions League semi-final (2): 2003, 2004

 Bunyodkor
 Uzbek League (3): 2008, 2009, 2011
 Uzbek Cup (2): 2008, 2012
 AFC Champions League semi-final (2): 2008, 2012

Individual
 Uzbekistan Player of the Year 3rd: 2005
 Uzbek League Top Scorer: 2005 (29 goals)
 Gennadi Krasnitsky club: 228 goals (as of 22 November 2015)

Player statistics

Goals for Senior National Team

References

External links
 
 Profile at KLISF
 

1978 births
People from Namangan Region
2004 AFC Asian Cup players
Men's association football midfielders
FC Bunyodkor players
FC Nasaf players
Living people
Navbahor Namangan players
Pakhtakor Tashkent FK players
Uzbekistan men's international footballers
Uzbekistani men's footballers
Mai Kolachi

Mai Kolachi was a fisherwoman who settled near the delta of the Indus River to start a community. The village was named after her for her bravery. Kolachi and this community was later developed into the modern city of Karachi, Sindh, Pakistan.

See also  
 Kulachi (tribe)

References

History of Sindh
History of Karachi
Sindhi people
Baloch people
Pakistani fishers
People from Karachi
Mahoning Valley Thunder

The Mahoning Valley Thunder was a professional af2 arena football team from 2007 to 2009.

Having entered af2 as an expansion team in 2007, the Thunder played its home games at Cortland Banks Field at the Covelli Centre in downtown Youngstown, Ohio.

The team's colors were a combination of Black and Navy Blue, with the minor color of Gray.

Single-game tickets ranged from $5.00 to $50.00.

The team sold out their inaugural home game, on March 31, 2007, to a crowd of over 5,900 fans, while their 2nd home game entertained almost 4,800 fans, on April 21, 2007.

The Thunder's first head coach, Mike Hold, went 11-26 in his two-plus years at the helm. Hold was fired on April 28, 2009.

After going 0-3 under interim head coach, Brennan Booth, the Thunder named the franchise's second head coach, Chris MacKeown, on May 26, 2009. The team ended with a 2-14 record in 2009.

Attendance declined steadily over the three years, and the owners were unable to find investors to keep the team afloat. This led to an announcement on September 9, 2009 that the team would suspend operations indefinitely. The af2 disbanded the same day.

Season-by-season

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|2007 || 7 || 9 || 0 || 3rd AC East || --
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|2008 || 3 || 13 || 0 || 4th AC East || --
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|2009 || 2 || 14 || 0 || 4th AC East || 
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!Totals || 12 || 36 || 0
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References

External links

 Official website
 ArenaFan

Defunct American football teams in Ohio
Sports in Youngstown, Ohio
Defunct af2 teams
American football teams established in 2007
American football teams disestablished in 2009
2007 establishments in Ohio
2009 disestablishments in Ohio