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Lars Vågberg

Lars Vågberg (born 30 June 1967 in Sollefteå, Sweden) is a Norwegian curler from Bærum.

Vågberg began his international curling career in Sweden. In his first international tournament, he was the second Mikael Hasselborg's 1990 European Curling Championships winning team. With Hasselborg, he would finish 7th at the World Curling Championships in 1992 and won a bronze medal at the 1994 European Championships.

By 1997 Vågberg had moved to Norway. The 1997 World Championships would be the first for Vågberg as a Norwegian, and he played third for Pål Trulsen. While they finished 7th that year, the team would later go on to win two bronze medals (2001, 2003) and a silver (2002) at the Worlds. Most notably however was their victory at the 2002 Winter Olympics when they defeated Canadas' Kevin Martin in the final. The team added to their success with their first gold medal at the European Championships in 2005.

In 2010 (and before), Lars works at Belset Skole in Bærum, as a physical education teacher and advisor.

In 1995 he was inducted into the Swedish Curling Hall of Fame.

External links
 
 http://sports123.com/cur/mw.html
 https://web.archive.org/web/20100820043301/http://www.curling.se/CurlHome/Statistik/SM/SmLagHerrar.asp

1967 births
Living people
Olympic curlers for Norway
Curlers at the 2002 Winter Olympics
Curlers at the 2006 Winter Olympics
Olympic gold medalists for Norway
Norwegian male curlers
Swedish male curlers
Swedish curling champions
Swedish emigrants to Norway
Olympic medalists in curling
Medalists at the 2002 Winter Olympics
Continental Cup of Curling participants
European curling champions
David Wilson (rugby union, born 1967)

David Wilson (born 4 January 1967) is a former Australian rugby union footballer who played on the openside flank 79 times, and who captained the Wallabies 9 times.

Through his career he won every international trophy available to an Australian test player (Bledisloe Cup series wins in 1992, 94, 98, 99 & 2000 including the 1999 win as Captain), a world cup in 1999 & finally a Tri Nations series win in 2000.

Wilson was born in Brisbane, Australia. He first came to prominence in 1985 when  he was selected in the 1985 all conquering Australian Schoolboys team as Vice Captain. Before making his grade debut for Easts Tigers (Brisbane) in 1987.  After making his debut for Queensland in 1989, David was selected later the same year to tour with the Wallabies to Canada and France but it was not until 1992 when he made his debut with the Wallaby side in the home test against Scotland and was a regular starter in the national side from then on, when fit.

David was a vital part of what many consider to be the best Wallaby side of all time throughout those 1998,1999 & 2000 seasons where the team won everything on offer.

The 1999 World Cup win was followed up by Australia's first ever tri nations series win in 2000, following which he retired from test rugby.   David moved to the UK to play for NEC Harlequins in the Zurich Premiership.  A serious knee injury in the 2001 European Shield Final (Harlequins won the game 42–33 in extra time) ended Wilson's playing career at the age of 35 and he was forced to retire from the game.

External links
  Scrum.com player statistics
 Motivational Speaker's Profile
  Sporting Heroes Profile

1967 births
Living people
Australian rugby union players
Australia international rugby union players
Australian rugby union captains
People educated at Brisbane State High School
Rugby union flankers
Rugby union players from Brisbane
1995 Rugby World Cup players
1999 Rugby World Cup players
Cheshunt, Victoria

Cheshunt is a small rural village situated in the Upper King Valley in north-east Victoria, Australia. It is located about 50 km from Wangaratta and is close to the Alpine National Park.

Cheshunt Post Office opened on 2 August 1886.

The Cheshunt post office now operates out of the general store/ takeaway food shop.

Golfers play at the course of the Whitfield and District Golf Club.

Following the merger of the small local primary school in 1993 with Whitfield Primary School, primary aged children must now travel to the renamed Whitfield District Primary school a short distance up the road.

Cheshunt also has a local public/ memorial hall and several wineries in the immediate area.

A popular local recreational and fishing area is Lake William Hovel further up the valley.

Population 
At the , Cheshunt and the surrounding area had a population of 256, while in the  the number had dropped to 231. By the  the population had reduced further, to 213.

References

External links
Australian Places - Cheshunt

Towns in Victoria (state)
Rural City of Wangaratta
A Sorta Fairytale

"A Sorta Fairytale" is a song written and performed by singer-songwriter Tori Amos. It was released as the first single from her 2002 album Scarlet's Walk. The song reached number 14 on the Billboard Bubbling Under Hot 100 Singles chart, and number two on the Triple A (adult album alternative) chart. The song has since been featured in episodes of the television shows Nip/Tuck and The L Word. There are three commercially released versions of the song: the album version (5:30), the 101 Mix (4:00) and the original single version (4:01). It was released as a CD single (UK/Canada) with "Operation Peter Pan" as the B-side (which marked her final B-side to date), and as a DVD single (US) with the music video, co-starring Adrien Brody.

Song information
From the promotional CD Scarlet Stories:

In a 2009 interview, Amos was asked about the meaning of one of the lines:

Reception
"A Sorta Fairytale" is widely regarded as one of Amos's best songs. In 2014, Stereogum ranked the song number five on their list of the 10 greatest Tori Amos songs, and in 2023, The Guardian ranked the song number six on their list of the 20 greatest Tori Amos songs.

Music video
The music video, directed by Sanji, features Amos, as a head attached to a disembodied leg, falling in love with another head attached to a disembodied arm (played by Adrien Brody). The two creatures show signs of romantic interest in one another, until the arm accidentally hurts the leg's feelings by laughing at her crooked fifth toe. The leg then flees by jumping onto a passing skateboard, and ends up alone on a deserted beach. The arm finds her and they consummate their love with a deep kiss. The act of kissing causes the arm and leg to suddenly start swelling up and grow their extra body parts—they finally become complete, "whole" humans by realizing their love.

Track listing

Maxi-CD single (UK and Canada)
 "A Sorta Fairytale" (101 Mix)
 "Operation Peter Pan"
 "A Sorta Fairytale" (original single version)*
 "A Scarlet Story" (Enhanced CD multimedia)

7" single (US)
 "A Sorta Fairytale" (single version)* (on both sides)

*The "single version" and "original single version" are identical though titled differently.  Issued with a picture sleeve.  Disc has small center hole

DVD single (US)
 "A Sorta Fairytale" music video (digitally mastered)
 Tori Amos biography
 Making of "A Sorta Fairytale"
 Interview segment (with Amos)

Charts

Weekly charts

Year-end charts

References

Tori Amos songs
Tori Amos video albums
Songs written by Tori Amos
2002 singles
2002 songs
2003 video albums
Music videos directed by Sanji (director)
Epic Records singles
2000s ballads
Vienna Conservatory

Vienna Conservatory may refer to:
University of Music and Performing Arts Vienna, which incorporates the older Vienna Conservatory dating back to 1817, established by the Gesellschaft der Musikfreunde
Konservatorium Wien University, established in 1938 as Musikschule der Stadt Wien, as of November 2015 Music and Arts University of the City of Vienna

Other music education establishments in Vienna with similar names include:
Neues Wiener Konservatorium, established in 1909
Wiener Volkskonservatorium, established in 1923
Auckland Pirates

The Auckland Pirates were a New Zealand basketball team based in Auckland. The Pirates competed in the National Basketball League (NBL) and played their home games at ASB Stadium.

Team history
In March 2011, the franchise was unveiled by Basketball Auckland ahead of the 2011 NBL season, marking the return of an Auckland presence to the NBL, a year after the Auckland Stars folded. The inaugural squad included imports Raheim Brown and Kevin Mickens alongside Dillon Boucher, Luke Martin and Brook Ruscoe. The Pirates finished their first season in seventh place with a 5–11 record.

For the 2012 season, the Pirates retained Boucher and Ruscoe, and acquired Lindsay Tait, Alex Pledger, Hayden Allen, Duane Bailey and Ron Dorsey. They subsequently helped the Pirates finish the regular season in second place with a 13–3 record. After defeating the Manawatu Jets in the semi-finals, they faced the Wellington Saints in the final, where they won 89–83 to claim the NBL championship. Pledger was named Finals MVP, while Tait was named Most Outstanding Guard, Most Outstanding Kiwi Guard and All-Star Five for the 2012 season.

On 2 November 2012, the Pirates withdrew from the NBL, with Basketball Auckland revealing their financial model was unsustainable.

References

External links
Official team website

2011 establishments in New Zealand
Basketball teams established in 2011
Basketball teams in Auckland
Basketball teams in New Zealand
National Basketball League (New Zealand) teams
Sport in Auckland
Wellington Saints

The Wellington Saints are a New Zealand basketball team based in Wellington. The Saints compete in the National Basketball League (NBL) and play their home games at TSB Bank Arena.

Team history
The Wellington Saints were founded in 1981. In 1982, the Exchequer Saints won the second division title, which promoted them to the first division for the 1983 season. The Saints went on to play in six straight championship games upon joining the NBL, winning titles in 1984, 1985, 1987 and 1988. They played in their seventh final in 1991, where they lost to the Hutt Valley Lakers.

At the end of the 1996 season, both the Saints and the Lakers were struggling to survive. They amalgamated for the 1997 season, becoming TransAlta Wellington. With fans wanting a 'real' name, for the 1998 season, they became the TransAlta Wizards. For the 1999 season, they returned to the original identity of Saints. The Saints returned to title contenders in the 2000s, as they finished runners-up in 2001 and 2008, and won their fifth title in 2003.

The 2010s were dominated by the Saints, as they played in every championship game between 2010 and 2019, except 2013. They claimed back-to-back championships in 2010 and 2011, before claiming their eighth title in 2014. With their ninth title in 2016, the Saints matched the Auckland Stars for most championships in NBL history. In 2017, the Saints made NBL history by becoming the first team to complete a perfect regular season, going 18–0. They went on to defeat the Canterbury Rams in the semi-finals before becoming the first team to complete an unbeaten season, capping off a perfect 20–0 campaign by beating the Southland Sharks 108–75 in the final. Their tenth championship set a new record for most in NBL history. The Saints returned to the final in 2018, but missed the chance at their first three-peat with a 98–96 loss to the Sharks. In 2019, the Saints completed their second undefeated regular season in three years, going 18–0, before completing another perfect 20–0 campaign by defeating the Hawke's Bay Hawks 78–68 in the final to win their 11th title.

The Saints sat out the 2020 season due to the COVID-19 pandemic. They returned in 2021 and won their 12th championship.

Honour roll

Current roster

Notable players
 Steven Adams
 Xavier Cooks
 Torrey Craig

CBL team
The Saints began in the second-tiered Conference Basketball League (CBL), winning the CBL title in 1982. In 1997, Wellington's second division team finished as runners-up in the CBL, and in 2001, the Wellington College Saints finished as CBL runners-up. In 2008, the Saints' second division team won the CBL championship with a 90–84 win over the Waikato Titans in the final.

References

External links
 

Basketball teams in New Zealand
National Basketball League (New Zealand) teams
Sport in Wellington City
Basketball teams established in 1981
1981 establishments in New Zealand
True Story (Terror Squad album)

True Story is the second and final studio album by the hip-hop group Terror Squad. It includes the single "Lean Back", which reached number 1 on the Billboard Hot 100. The group's line up at recording was Fat Joe, Remy Ma, Armageddon, Prospect and Tony Sunshine. 

The late rappers Big L and Big Pun appear together on the song titled "Bring 'Em Back". Big Pun was originally a member of the group and some of his verses are reprised on this track. The album reached number 7 on the US Billboard 200, selling 90,000 units in its first week.

Jessy Terrero and Raul Conde directed the music video for "Take Me Home" and filmed it at a mansion in Hollywood Hills, Los Angeles.

Track listing 
Credits adapted from the album's liner notes.

Sample credits
 "Nothing's Gonna Stop Me" contains excerpts from "Nothing Can Stop Me", written by Anthony Hester, as performed by Marilyn McCoo and Billy Davis Jr.
 "Yeah, Yeah, Yeah" contains excerpts from "Burning Bridges", written by Lalo Schifrin and Mike Curb, as performed by The Mike Curb Congregation.
 "Hum Drum" contains excerpts from "The Dean and I", written by Laurence Creme and Kevin Godley, as performed by 10cc.
 "Take Me Home" contains excerpts from "If Only for One Night", written by Brenda Russell, as performed by Roberta Flack and Peabo Bryson.
 "Streets of NY" contains interpolations of "The Hardest Thing I've Ever Had to Do", written by Walter Marks.
 "Streets of NY" contains excerpts from "Take Me to Baltimore", written by Ruth Copeland and Dick Wagner, as performed by Ruth Copeland.
 "Bring 'Em Back" contains excerpts from "Ask Billy (They Tell Me)", written by LeRoy Bell and Casey James, as performed by Bell and James.
 "Yes Them to Def" contains interpolations from "Soul Saga", written by Tom Bahler, Ray Brown, and Quincy Jones.

References

2004 albums
Terror Squad (group) albums
Albums produced by Scott Storch
Albums produced by Buckwild
Albums produced by Cool & Dre
Albums produced by Lord Finesse
Albums produced by Scram Jones
Albums produced by DJ Khaled
Beroe

Beroe or Beroë may refer to :

Places and jurisdictions 
 a city and former archbishopric of Ancient Thrace, now Stara Zagora in Bulgaria and a Latin Catholic titular see, which was founded under the name Beroe (meaning iron) and renamed to Augusta Trajana
 Battle of Beroe, fought at Beroe in 250 between the Romans and the Goths
 Battle of Beroia, fought at Beroe in 1122 between the Pechenegs and the Byzantine Empire
 PFC Beroe Stara Zagora, commonly known as PFC Beroe, a football club from Stara Zagora
 Beroe Stadium, PFC Beroe's multi-use stadium
 BC Beroe, a basketball club from Stara Zagora
 Beroea, also called Berea, an ancient (Biblical) city in Greece, now known as Veria
 Beroeans, the inhabitants of that city, also called Bereans
 a Roman fortified frontier post at the lower Danube, now Ostrov, Tulcea, Tulcea County, Romania

Other uses 
 Beroe (ctenophore), a genus of the Nuda class of comb jellies (ctenophore phylum)
 In Greek mythology:
Beroe (Greek myth)

 Beroe Hill, a hill in Livingston Island, West Antarctica

See also 
 Beroea (disambiguation)
Lokomotiv Sofia (sports club)

Lokomotiv Sofia () is a sports club from Sofia, Bulgaria, founded in 1929. Its football team, PFC Lokomotiv Sofia, is its most renowned sports branch.

References 

 
Multi-sport clubs in Bulgaria
Nelson Giants

The Nelson Giants are a New Zealand basketball team based in Nelson. The Giants compete in the National Basketball League (NBL) and play their home games at the Trafalgar Centre. For sponsorship reasons, they are known as the NBS Nelson Giants. The Giants are the only remaining original team from the league's inaugural season, as all other teams have spent at least one year out of the league, for various reasons.

Team history
The Nelson Giants were a foundation member of the National Basketball League (NBL) in 1982. The Giants made their first NBL final in 1990, where they lost to the Canterbury Rams in what was the NBL's first all-South Island final. In 1994, the Giants won their maiden championship with a 67–66 win over the Rams in the final. In 1996 and 1997, the Giants lost back-to-back championship series, before winning their second NBL championship in 1998 with an 81–73 win over the North Harbour Kings in the final. In 2000, 2002, and 2004, the Giants were runners-up. In 2007, the Giants won their third championship with a 2–0 series win over the Hawke's Bay Hawks. In 2009 and 2013, the Giants were runners-up.

The Trafalgar Centre was Nelson's home stadium from 1982 until being closed because of its earthquake risk in December 2013. As a result, the Giants played out of Saxton Stadium in 2014 and 2015. The team returned to the Trafalgar Centre in 2016 after the venue completed earthquake strengthening.

Current roster

References

External links
 Official team website
 
 "Nelson Giants throw back to 1997 for final game of National Basketball League season" at stuff.co.nz

National Basketball League (New Zealand) teams
Basketball teams in New Zealand
Basketball teams established in 1982
1982 establishments in New Zealand
Holden Rodeo

The Holden Rodeo is a utility vehicle (pickup truck) that was sold in Australasia (Australia and New Zealand) by Holden. Introduced in 1980, the Rodeo was built by Isuzu over three generations. 

Prior to the launch of the Holden Rodeo, Holden had imported the first generation Japanese market Isuzu Faster into Australasia under the names Chevrolet LUV (1972–1977) and Isuzu LUV (1977–1980). At the Australasian release of the second generation Faster in December 1980, Holden once again introduced a new name—Holden Rodeo—assigning it the model code KB and thus becoming the first generation Holden Rodeo.

Isuzu in Japan released the redesigned Faster in May 1988, adopted and issued by Holden in August 1988 as the second generation TF series Rodeo. The TF had several designations over its lifespan. The R7 was the first major facelift, introduced in 1997, featuring a completely new bonnet, front quarter panels, and grille. This was the last Rodeo to have chrome bumpers. The R9 arrived later in 1998, which replaced the chrome bumper with plastic bumpers on all models. A V6 engine became available for the first time, which proved very popular. An optional driver's airbag became available for the first time in 2000. In 2001, Rodeos received updated tail lights with clear indicators, replacing the previous orange-coloured ones. Larger composite headlights replaced the previous rectangular sealed beams. A final update in 2002 saw the circular Holden logo appear on the grille, replacing the "Holden" lettering. The 4JB1T turbo diesel engine proved popular in 4x4 models despite its rough idling characteristics. 4JB1T in the 4x4 models was fuel efficient even with 4.55:1 differential ratios giving higher engine RPM at highway speeds. By the end of its use in the R9 the 4JB1T reached Euro 2 emission standards. Later in the R9 lifespan the 4JH1 was available as an option with more power (96KW) and higher gearing  before it became the only diesel available in the all new RA due to the 4J1BT's inability to meet emission standards.

Although Japanese sales of the Isuzu Faster ceased in October 1994, it remained in production until general exports began in June 2003 of its Thai-produced replacement, the Isuzu D-Max which launched in its home market of Thailand in May 2002. Australasian sales began in March 2003, earlier than other export markets, as the third generation RA series Holden Rodeo. At this point Holden retired the long-running TF model. Holden maintained sales of the RA generation until rebranding the Rodeo as Holden Colorado in July 2008. This was a result of Holden losing the rights to the Rodeo name following General Motors split with Isuzu.

References

Bibliography 

 

Rodeo
Cars introduced in 1980
Cars discontinued in 2008
Pyrophyte

Pyrophytes are plants which have adapted to tolerate fire.

Fire acts favourably for some species. "Passive pyrophytes" resist the effects of fire, particularly when it passes over quickly, and hence can out-compete less resistant plants, which are damaged. "Active pyrophytes" have a similar competing advantage to passive pyrophytes, but they also contain volatile oils and hence encourage the incidence of fires which are beneficial to them. "Pyrophile" plants are plants which require fire in order to complete their cycle of reproduction.

Passive pyrophytes 

These resist fire with adaptations including thick bark, tissue with high moisture content, or underground storage structures. Examples include:
 Longleaf pine (Pinus palustris)
 Giant sequoia (Sequoiadendron giganteum)
 Coast redwood (Sequoia sempervirens)
 Cork oak (Quercus suber)
 Niaouli (Melaleuca quinquenervia) which is extending in areas where bush fires are a mode of clearing (e.g. New Caledonia).
 Venus fly trap (Dionaea muscipula) – this grows low to the ground in acid marshes in North Carolina, and resists fires passing over due to being close to the moist soil; fire suppression threatens the species in its natural environment.
 White asphodel (Asphodelus albus)

For some species of pine, such as Aleppo pine (Pinus halepensis), European black pine (Pinus nigra) and lodgepole pine (Pinus contorta), the effects of fire can be antagonistic: if moderate, it helps pine cone bursting, seed dispersion and the cleaning of the underwoods; if intense, it destroys these resinous trees.

Active pyrophytes 
Some trees and shrubs such as the Eucalyptus of Australia actually encourage the spread of fires by producing inflammable oils, and are dependent on their resistance to the fire which keeps other species of tree from invading their habitat.

Pyrophile plants 
Other plants which need fire for their reproduction are called pyrophilic. Longleaf pine (Pinus palustris) is a pyrophile, depending on fire to clear the ground for seed germination.

The passage of fire, by increasing temperature and releasing smoke, is necessary to raise seeds dormancy of pyrophile plants such as Cistus and Byblis an Australian passive carnivorous plant.

Imperata cylindrica  is a plant of Papua New Guinea. Even green, it ignites easily and causes fires on the hills.

Evolution 
99 million-year-old amber-preserved fossils of Phylica piloburmensis, belonging to the modern pyrophytic genus Phylica, show clear adaptations to fire including pubescent, needle-like leaves, further affirmed by the presence of burned plant remains from other Burmese amber specimens. These indicate that frequent fires have exerted an evolutionary pressure on flowering plants ever since their origins in the Cretaceous, and that adaptation to fire has been present in the family Rhamnaceae for over 99 million years.

See also  
 Fire ecology
 Serotiny

References 

Plant physiology
Taranaki Airs

The Taranaki Airs are a New Zealand basketball team based in New Plymouth. The Airs compete in the National Basketball League (NBL) and play their home games at TSB Stadium. For sponsorship reasons, they are known as the Steelformers Airs.

Team history
A New Plymouth team played in the inaugural season of the Conference Basketball League (CBL) in 1981 and earned runners-up honours. The team went on to finish as runners-up in the CBL Northern Conference in 1983, before winning the CBL championship in 1984.

The team was promoted to the National Basketball League (NBL) for the 1985 season. In 1992, New Plymouth were crowned regular season winners for the first time. In 1994, the team was rebranded as Taranaki. Following the 1999 season, the franchise withdrew from the NBL.

In 2001, a Taranaki team known as the Stormers were the winners of the CBL Central Conference. The following year, the Stormers were once again winners of the CBL Central Conference, earning an 18–0 season record before going on to win the CBL championship with an 85–81 victory over the Kaikoura Whale Riders in the final led by point guard Willie Banks and import forward Link Abrams.

In 2003, Taranaki's bid for renewed NBL status was successful, re-entering the top-flight league as the Mountainairs. In 2009 and 2015, the team had winless seasons. They won just 10 of 54 games between 2017 and 2019.

In September 2019, it was revealed that the team had significant debt that could cause them to withdraw from the 2020 NBL season. The following month, naming rights partner Steelformers stepped in to save the team from collapse.

In December 2021, the team name was changed from Mountainairs to Airs. In 2022, the Airs finished on top of the regular-season standings with a 12–6 record to be crowned minor premiers for just the second time in franchise history and first since 1992.

In September 2023, the team was acquired by Media8 Sports, an Australian sports media company.

Current roster

References

External links
 Official team website
 
 Mountain Airs' triple threat
 Taranaki Mountain Airs look to finish NBL season strong

National Basketball League (New Zealand) teams
Basketball teams in New Zealand
Basketball teams established in 1981
1981 establishments in New Zealand
Sport in Taranaki
Peter Broggs

Henry James (3 July 1952 – 19 December 2015), better known as Peter Broggs, was a Jamaican roots reggae vocalist and songwriter.

Life 
Born in 1952 in Hanover Parish, Jamaica, in the early 1970s, Broggs moved to Kingston to seek out business opportunities. 

Broggs' debut album Progressive Youth, was released in 1979 on the UK Greensleeves label. The song "Jah Golden Throne" was recorded at the Channel One Studios and King Tubby studios then released in the UK on the short-lived Selena imprint in 1980. His Rastafari Liveth! album was the first release on RAS Records in 1982. On his 1990 album Reasoning, Broggs was backed by The Wailers and Roots Radics. In 2000 he released Jah Golden Throne, a collaboration with Jah Warrior. 

Broggs suffered a stroke on 27 August 2004 which left him paralyzed on the right side and hardly able to speak. The album Igzabihir Yakal released in 2005 was recorded with Dubcreator at the DC studio for sound system team King Shiloh in Amsterdam in 2002 where the profit helped to cover Broggs' medical expenses.

Peter Broggs died on 19 December 2015, aged 63.

Discography 
 Progressive Youth (1979), Greensleeves
 Rastafari Liveth (1982), RAS
 Rise and Shine (1985), RAS
 Cease the War (1987), RAS
 Reasoning (1990), RAS
 Reggae In Blues (1993), Déclic
 Peter Broggs Sings for the Children (1993), Golden Harvest
 Rejoice (1997), RAS
 Jah Golden Throne (2000), Jah Warrior
 Jah Golden Throne Dubwise (2000), Jah Warrior
 Igzabihir Yakal (2005), King Shiloh
 Fire Fe Lucifer (2009), Jah Warrior
  Never Give Up (2009), Jah Warrior

Compilations
 RAS Portraits: Peter Broggs (1997), RAS
 Never Forget Jah - The Early Years 1976-1986 (2001), Nocturne
 This Is Crucial Reggae (2005), Sabctuary

References

External links

1954 births
Jamaican reggae musicians
2015 deaths
People from Hanover Parish
Hawke's Bay Hawks

The Hawke's Bay Hawks are a New Zealand professional basketball team based in Napier. The Hawks compete in the National Basketball League (NBL) and play their home games at Pettigrew Green Arena. For sponsorship reasons, they are known as the Taylor Hawks.

Team history
The Hawke's Bay Hawks, then known as the Napier Sunhawks, started in the second-tiered Conference Basketball League (CBL). After winning the CBL Invitation championship in 1982, the team was promoted to the National Basketball League (NBL) for the 1983 season. They made the semi-finals in 1983, before going on a nine-year playoff hiatus. The Hawks made the semi-finals every year between 1993 and 1997, including playing in their first NBL championship series in 1995, where they lost 2–0 to the Auckland Stars.

In 1998, the Hawks finished tenth in the 11-team competition. They subsequently withdrew from the NBL and joined the CBL for the 1999 season. After finishing as CBL runners-up in 1999, the Hawks returned to the NBL in 2000.

In 2004, the Hawks made their first NBL playoff appearance since 1997. They went on to reach the championship round three years in a row between 2005 and 2007, which included them winning their maiden NBL championship in 2006 with an 84–69 victory over the Auckland Stars in the final. The Hawks continued to play in the post-season every year between 2008 and 2012, including making the final in 2011 and winning their first minor premiership in 2012. After missing the playoffs in 2013, the Hawks' 2014 season saw them win second minor premiership and reach the championship round for the sixth time.

Between 2015 and 2017, the Hawks had a three-year playoff hiatus, including a winless campaign in 2016. They returned to the playoffs in 2018, before reaching the NBL final in 2019, where they lost 78–68 to the Wellington Saints despite leading 59–38 midway through the third quarter.

The Hawks sat out the 2020 season due to the COVID-19 pandemic. They returned in 2021 and reached  their eighth NBL final, where they once again lost to the Wellington Saints.

Honour roll

Source: Hawks NBL Role of Honour

Players

Current roster

Notable past players

 Marco Alexander
 Zack Atkinson
 Kerry Boagni
 Brandon Bowman
 /  Suleiman Braimoh
 /  Willie Burton
 /  Clifton Bush
 Troy Coleman
 Aidan Daly
 Thomas DeMarcus
 Jamie Dixon
 Terry Giles
 Paul Henare
 Darryl Johnson
 Jeremy Kench
 Daniel Kickert
 /  Adrian Majstrovich
 Shaun McCreedy
 Scott McGregor
 Chris Porter
 /  Dion Prewster
 /  Dusty Rychart
 Dustin Scott
 E. J. Singler
 Byron Vaetoe
 Robert Wilson
 Paora Winitana

References

External links
 Official team website
 

Basketball teams established in 1982
1982 establishments in New Zealand
Basketball teams in New Zealand
National Basketball League (New Zealand) teams
Sport in the Hawke's Bay Region
Live from Dakota

Live from Dakota is the first live album by Welsh rock band Stereophonics. It is a 2-disc compilation featuring 20 tracks spanning the first five of the band's albums and capturing the best of their 2005 world tour. Rather than being a recording of single show, every night of the tour was recorded and the band picked out the best version of each song individually. The album title is therefore not literal, but references the name of their first UK number one single. In the UK it was released on V2, whereas the American release it was released on Vox Populi Records, the band's own imprint label. The album was rereleased on 13 April 2019 as part of Record Store Day.

Track listing
All lyrics by Kelly Jones.

Personnel 

Stereophonics
 Kelly Jones – vocals, guitar
 Richard Jones – bass guitar
 Javier Weyler – drums

Touring musicians
 Tony Kirkham – keyboard

Technical
 Recording – Steve McNichol
 Production – Kelly Jones, Jim Lowe
 Engineering – Steve McNichol
 Mixing – Jim Lowe, Stereophonics
 Mastering – Dick Beetham

Charts and certifications

Charts

Certifications

References

External links
 Live from Dakota at Stereophonics.com

Stereophonics albums
2006 live albums
V2 Records live albums
NGC 2915

NGC 2915 is a blue dwarf galaxy located 12 million light-years away in the southern constellation Chamaeleon, right on the edge of the Local Group. The optical galaxy corresponds to the core of a much larger spiral galaxy traced by radio observation of neutral hydrogen.

The galaxy has a short central bar, much like the Milky Way and very extended spiral arms. The central disk appears to be rotating in the opposite direction to the extended spiral arms.

The reason for the spiral arms and majority of the galaxy's disk to be still neutral hydrogen (as opposed to have formed stars) is not well understood but is thought to be related to the galaxy's isolation, in that it has no nearby satellite galaxies and no nearby major galaxies to force star formation.

Notes

References

External links
 

2915
26761
Dwarf irregular galaxies
Chamaeleon
Manawatu Jets

The Manawatu Jets are a New Zealand basketball team based in Palmerston North. The Jets compete in the National Basketball League (NBL) and play their home games at Central Energy Trust Arena. For sponsorship reasons, they are known as the Property Brokers Manawatu Jets.

Team history
The Palmerston North Jets were a foundation member of the National Basketball League (NBL) in 1982. After finishing eighth in the eight-team competition, the Jets were relegated to the second-tiered Conference Basketball League (CBL) in 1983. After finishing as CBL runners-up in 1984, they were promoted back into the NBL in 1985. They finished fifth in both 1985 and 1986, but after finishing tenth in the ten-team competition in 1987, the Jets were relegated to the CBL in 1988. The 1988 season saw the Jets win the CBL championship, which saw them promoted back into the NBL in 1989. The Jets were regular season winners in 1989, but despite being the top seed at the finals weekend, they were defeated 92–84 in the semifinal by the Canterbury Rams. In 1992, the Jets reached the NBL final, where they were defeated 79–71 by the Rams. In 2002, the team became known as the Manawatu Jets.

In November 2015, the Jets withdrew from the NBL due to reduced funding and an unsustainable business model. In April 2017, the Jets lodged their application to Basketball New Zealand to compete in the 2018 NBL season. Their application was successful, and on 29 August 2017, the Jets were readmitted into the league.

In 2020, the Jets reached the NBL final for the second time in their history, where they lost 79–77 to the Otago Nuggets.

Players

Current roster

Notable past players

  /  Ed Book
  /  Tony Brown
  /  Tyrone Brown
  /  Willie Burton
  David Cooper
  Brad Davidson
  Chris Hagan
  Kaine Hokianga
  /  Nick Horvath
  /  James Hunter
  /  Marcel Jones
  /  Luke Martin
  DeWayne McCray
  Kent Mori
  Mika Vukona
  Josh Pace
  Miles Pearce
  Brendon Polyblank
  Dylan Rigdon
  Jamil Terrell
  Jeremiah Trueman
  Rob Tuilave

References

External links
 Official team website
 Manawatu Jets could return to NBL in 2018

Basketball teams established in 1982
Basketball teams in New Zealand
National Basketball League (New Zealand) teams
Sport in Palmerston North
1982 establishments in New Zealand
Marc-André Moreau

Marc-André Moreau (born January 22, 1982 in Chambly, Quebec) is a Canadian freestyle skier.

Moreau, a mogulist has placed in the top-3 in World Cup events on three occasions. In 2004, he won a World Cup event in Mont-Tremblant, Quebec and he picked up a silver medal at the 2005 moguls world championships in Ruka, Finland.

At the 2006 Winter Olympics, Moreau placed fourth in the Moguls event.

External links
 FIS-Ski.com Biography/Results

Canadian male freestyle skiers
Sportspeople from Quebec
People from Chambly, Quebec
Sportspeople from Montérégie
Living people
1982 births
Olympic freestyle skiers for Canada
Freestyle skiers at the 2006 Winter Olympics
French Quebecers
Morasko

Morasko  is a part of the Stare Miasto district of Poznań, in western Poland. It covers a fairly large but little-urbanised area in the north of the city. To the west and north it borders on the village and municipality of Suchy Las, a developing area of suburban housing. To the east of Morasko are the neighbourhoods of Umultowo and Radojewo, and to the south is the densely built residential area of Piątkowo.

For governmental purposes, Morasko is part of the osiedle of Morasko-Radojewo.

History

Morasko is first mentioned in 1388, as belonging to the parish of Chojnica, although there was probably a settlement there as early as the 11th century. A wooden church was built in the village (then known as Morawsko) in 1403, and it functioned as a separate parish for a time, but in 1507 it was reincorporated into Chojnica parish.

A mansion was built in Morasko in 1783–1786, in late Baroque style. Between 1857 and 1887 (with the region now under Prussian rule) this was extended, in eclectic style, and a park was laid out around it. At the beginning of the 20th century Morasko was given the German name Nordheim. A Protestant church was built there in 1907, and in 1930–1931 (with the region again part of Poland) a Catholic church was built.

In 1945 the village of Chojnica ceased to exist, being part of the Biedrusko military area, and Morasko became the Catholic parish seat (the parish also including Radojewo to the east). The former Protestant church became the parish church, the Church of the Beheading of St. John the Baptist. The former Catholic church is disused and in disrepair. The west part of the mansion is also in disrepair, while the east part is used as a convent by the Missionary Sisters of Christ the King (Siostry Misjonarki Chrystusa Króla).

Geography
The village of Morasko and surrounding areas (particularly those of Huby Moraskie to the south) were incorporated into the city of Poznań in 1987. The village now lies near the city's northern boundary. In the south-east of the wider Morasko area is a complex of buildings belonging to Adam Mickiewicz University, used mainly for natural science teaching.

West of Morasko village is the Morasko meteorite nature reserve, a forest area containing a group of depressions believed to be meteorite craters. Also within this reserve is Góra Moraska (Morasko Hill), whose summit is Poznań's highest point, with an altitude of . An avenue of trees along the road leading from the village to the reserve is designated as a natural monument.

A stream called Strumień Różany or Różany Potok ("Rose Stream") flows eastwards, south of Huby Moraskie, in the direction of the Warta river. It gives its name to the large housing estate Osiedle Różany Potok, which lies to the east of the university complex.

Gallery

References
 Poznań od A do Z. Leksykon krajoznawczy, Poznań 1998, 

Neighbourhoods of Poznań
Liebeskonzil

Liebeskonzil is a 1982 film by Werner Schroeter, based on an 1894 play by Oskar Panizza. It was banned by the Austrian government in 1985, on the grounds that it insulted the Christian religion. In 1994, in the case of Otto-Preminger-Institut v. Austria, the European Court of Human Rights held by 6 votes to 3 that the banning of the film was a justifiable limitation on the freedom of expression, because the film would offend Austrian Roman Catholics.

External links 
ECHR judgement

1982 films
1980s avant-garde and experimental films
German avant-garde and experimental films
West German films
1980s German-language films
German films based on plays
Films critical of the Catholic Church
Article 10 of the European Convention on Human Rights
European Court of Human Rights cases involving Austria
1980s German films
Hythe railway station (Romney, Hythe and Dymchurch Railway)

Hythe station is the northern terminus of the Romney, Hythe and Dymchurch Railway. The station has curved platforms with an overall roof, loco release road, former engine shed (now an independent engineering works), signalbox with 16 lever frame, and a turntable. In terms of passenger bookings Hythe is the busiest station on the railway.

Adjacent to the station the former station master's house is now a private residence. Situated between the station and the Royal Military Canal is The Light Railway Restaurant which was originally built by the railway company but sold before it was even completed. It was finally repurchased by the railway in February 2015.

The station is situated to the south of the town on the A259 road to Folkestone, and follows the same alignment as the Royal Military Canal.

The ancient Cinque Port offers shopping facilities with restaurants, cafes, pubs, banks, supermarkets, antique shops, general shops, swimming baths, gardens, parks and a seafront.

Platforms 

Of the three platforms, only numbers 2 and 3 are normally used for arrivals and departures, number 1 being used mainly for stock storage as it has no loco release facility. Prior to the 1970s resignalling it was used for occasional departures, although today this happens very rarely and it is used largely for non-passenger trains.

As originally built the station had a fourth platform to the south with its own loco release road, and platform three had no release facility. It seems the original design (as with the Dymchurch bay platform) assumed trains would arrive and then shunt into a different departure platform to release the loco and turn. In the 1920s the layout was altered to make operation more efficient. Platform 4 disappeared in the resignalling, as platforms were extended and has now been incorporated into the car park.

References 

Heritage railway stations in Kent
Transport in Folkestone and Hythe
Railway stations in Great Britain opened in 1927
Southwick Hill Tunnel

The Southwick Hill Tunnel is a 490-metre twin-bore road tunnel to the north of Southwick, England.

The tunnel was opened in early 1996 as part of the A27 Brighton bypass and carries the road under Southwick Hill. The border between West Sussex and the unitary authority of Brighton and Hove is close to the eastern entrance of the tunnel. Non-motorised traffic (e.g. pedestrians, cyclists) and mopeds under 50 cc are prohibited from using the tunnel, with a warning sign indicating an alternative route.

Engineering
The tunnel was built through the Newhaven Chalk layer using the New Austrian Tunnelling method. The structure uses shotcrete and untensioned bolts.

See also 

 List of tunnels in the United Kingdom

References 

Road tunnels in England
Adur District
Transport in West Sussex
Buildings and structures in West Sussex
West Sussex
Nasinu Rewa (Open Constituency, Fiji)

Nasinu Rewa Open is a former electoral division of Fiji, one of 25 open constituencies that were elected by universal suffrage (the remaining 46 seats, called communal constituencies, were allocated by ethnicity).  Established by the 1997 Constitution, it came into being in 1999 and was used for the parliamentary elections of 1999, 2001, and 2006.  It was located to the north of Suva.

The 2013 Constitution promulgated by the Military-backed interim government abolished all constituencies and established a form of proportional representation, with the entire country voting as a single electorate.

Election results 
In the following tables, the primary vote refers to first-preference votes cast.  The final vote refers to the final tally after votes for low-polling candidates have been progressively redistributed to other candidates according to pre-arranged electoral agreements (see electoral fusion), which may be customized by the voters (see instant run-off voting).

1999

2001

2006

Sources 
 Psephos - Adam Carr's electoral archive
 Fiji Facts
Terror Squad: The Album

Terror Squad: The Album is the debut recording studio album by Terror Squad. The group's line up at recording was Big Pun, Armageddon, Triple Seis, Prospect, Fat Joe and Cuban Link. Production was contributed by JuJu, The Infinite Arkatechz, Buckwild, and Armageddon as well as The Alchemist. The album is the only Terror Squad release to feature Big Pun before his death five months later. The LP has sold over 250,000 copies to date.

Track listing

References

1999 debut albums
Terror Squad (group) albums
Atlantic Records albums
Albums produced by the Alchemist (musician)
Albums produced by the Beatnuts
Albums produced by the Infinite Arkatechz
Albums produced by Buckwild
Thierhaupten Abbey

Thierhaupten Abbey () was a Benedictine monastery in Thierhaupten near the Lech River and near Augsburg in Bavaria, Germany.

History
The monastery, dedicated to Saints Peter and Paul, was founded in the late 8th century by Duke Tassilo III of Bavaria - the last of the Agilolfings, who was deposed by Charlemagne in 788. Under the Carolingian dynasty, the abbey became a possession of the Augsburg bishops. Its name Thierhaupten, which means "beasts' heads" in German, is supposed to refer to a heathen shrine formerly on the site, possibly the remnants of a pagan cult place.

The abbey was looted by the Hungarians in 910 and again in 955, when they met with East Frankish troops at the nearby Battle of Lechfeld. It was re-established in 1028 at the behest of Bishop Gebhard II of Regensburg and the abbot of St. Emmeram's Abbey. Thierhaupten received further estates from the Wittelsbach emperor Louis IV and was vassalized by the dukes of Bavaria-Landshut upon his death. Devastated by the troops of the Swabian League in the course of the 1504 Landshut War of Succession and again in the Schmalkaldic War of 1546/47, it was re-built and prospered, although it always remained a small community. Heavily affected by the Thirty Years' War and the War of the Spanish Succession, it was finally dissolved in 1803 in the course of the secularisation in the Electorate of Bavaria.

Buildings
The buildings were sold off to a local businessman. The last abbot, Edmund Schmid, remained in Thierhaupten as the parish priest, and succeeded in 1812 in acquiring the former abbey church for use as the parish church. The remaining buildings were preserved, but gradually fell into disrepair, until they were bought by the Thierhaupten municipality administration in 1983 and renovated.

External links
 Abbeys of Bavaria, Haus der Bayerischen Geschichte

Benedictine monasteries in Germany
Monasteries in Bavaria
Christian monasteries established in the 8th century
New Orthodox Synagogue (Košice)

The New Orthodox Synagogue, Košice () was built in the years 1926–1927 at Puškinova Street near the historic centre of Košice, Slovakia. It superseded the older Orthodox Synagogue in Zvonárska Street, constructed in 1899 to the design of János Balogh.

The building
The synagogue was designed by the Budapest-educated architect . The facade uses both neo-classical and local traditional motifs; and example of the latter is the attic storey in a style often found in renaissance buildings of Eastern Slovakia. The interior, largely constructed in concrete, is in the modernist with a domed central hall and a women's gallery with a metal mechitzah. The central bimah faces a Torah ark made of red marble. A school was built adjoining the synagogue and a mikveh (ritual bath) was planned but not constructed.

Holocaust memorial plate
Transports of Jews from Kosice to Nazi camps were carried out during World War II. A bronze Holocaust memorial plate was installed on the front of the synagogue in 1992. It informs that more than 12,000 Jews of Košice were taken to concentration camps in 1944. It does not mention that more than 2,000 Jews from Košice's surroundings were concentrated here and then also sent to the concentration camps. Only 400 of all transported Jews survived.

See also
 History of the Jews in Slovakia

Gallery

References
Notes

Sources
Borský, Maroš (2007).Synagogue Architecture in Slovakia: A Memorial Landscape of a Lost Community. Bratislava: Jewish Heritage foundation. .

External links

 
Synagogues of Kosice, Synagoga Slovaca.
Ethel Flam (nee Frankfurter) Kosice survivor testimony – video, telling of the roundup in the synagogue yard.

Synagogues in Slovakia
Buildings and structures in Košice
Kosice
Synagogues completed in 1927
1927 establishments in Slovakia
20th-century architecture in Slovakia