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Reichel/Pugh

Reichel/Pugh is a yacht design company based in San Diego, California, United States.  Founded in 1983, the studio is led by John Reichel and Jim Pugh.

Since the late 1980s, Reichel/Pugh-designed yachts have successfully competed in many of the world's historic races, including the America's Cup.  Their designs currently hold the course records for a number of the best-known yacht races, such as the Sydney-Hobart race.

Several Reichel/Pugh-designed yachts are in series production, including modern Melges boats such as the Melges 15 (awarded 2022 “Boat of the Year” Overall by Sailing World Magazine), Melges 14 (awarded 2016 “Boat of the Year - Best Dinghy" by Sailing World Magazine), Melges 17, Melges 20, Melges 24 (awarded 1994 “Boat of the Year” Overall by Sailing World Magazine), Melges 30 (currently out of production), and the Melges 32.

R/P 130' My Song superyacht was named “Most Innovative Yacht of the Year” and “Sailing Yacht of the Year” by World Superyacht Awards, is Transatlantic Race record-setter, and Loro Piana Superyacht Regatta winner.

R/P 220' Hetairos superyacht is considered the world's most spectacular ketch, earned World Superyacht Award's “Notable Contribution to the Technical Advancement of Sailing Superyachts,” won the St Barths Bucket 2019 & 2022 overall, and is a Transatlantic Superyacht Regatta winner.

St Barths Bucket overall winners include Reichel/Pugh designs Visione 147’ (2015), Nilaya 112' (2018), Hetairos 220' (2019).

Sydney-Hobart Reichel/Pugh Maxis have taken line honors 12 times, won overall five times and reset the course record three times.

America's Cup 2007 

John Reichel and Jim Pugh were closely involved in the design of the IACC yacht ESP-88 and ESP-97 for the Desafío Español 2007 syndicate who reached the semi-final stage of the Louis Vuitton Cup 2007 used to select the challenger for the 2007 America's Cup.

See also
Alfa Romeo I (2002)
Alfa Romeo II (2005)
Wild Oats XI (2005)
Alfa Romeo III (2008)

External links 

 Reichel/ Pugh designed Yachts

Reichel/Pugh
Len Deighton's London Dossier

Len Deighton's London Dossier is a guide book to London, edited by British author Len Deighton and published in 1967. It consists of a "collection of personal guides to the hidden gems and sites of London by a range of writers and raconteurs, many of them Len Deighton’s friends."  Deighton himself contributes two of the 14 essays.

Among the contributors are the Sunday Times columnist and editor Godfrey Smith, musician and TV presenter Steve Race, the Evening Standard critic and columnist Milton Shulman, photographer and journalist Daniel Farson, photographer Adrian Flowers, investigative reporter and crime writer Eric Clark,  and photographer, journalist and foodie Adrian Bailey.

The book is "styled as a 'dossier' to capitalise in part on Deighton's growing reputation at the time as a spy thriller writer, and also cashes in on his growing reputation as one of sixties London's 'names' and all-purpose man about town.The book will tell you where to hire a barrel organ; where to buy snake steaks; where to find the nearest nudist colony; and how to handle taxi drivers. It's eclectic in the extreme, but a fantastic read where the mini skirts, cigarette smoke and smell of jellied eels leaps off the page."

References

External links
 Londonist: Len Deighton's London Dossier: Our Guide To The Swinging London Guide
 Existential Ennui: Len Deighton's London Dossier

1967 non-fiction books
British travel books
Books by Len Deighton
English non-fiction books
Books about London
Aeronautics (album)

Aeronautics is the second album by the German power metal band Masterplan. It's the first album to feature playing and songwriting by members Axel Mackenrott (keyboards) and Iron Savior bassist Jan S. Eckert, who both joined the band shortly after the recordings of the debut album.

The song After This War is a re-written version of Iron Savior song After The War, which is on the album Dark Assault and was written by Jan S. Eckert and Piet Sielck.

Track listing
All songs were written by Masterplan, except where noted.

Line-up 
 Jørn Lande – vocals
 Roland Grapow – guitar
 Jan S. Eckert – bass
 Axel Mackenrott – keyboards
 Uli Kusch – drums

Credits 
 Produced by Andy Sneap and Masterplan
 Recorded by Andy Sneap and Roland Grapow at Crazy Cat Studio, Hamburg (GER)
 Mixed by Mikko Karmila at Finnvox Studio, Helsinki (FIN)
 Mastered by Mika Jussila at Finnvox Studio, Helsinki (FIN)
 Bandphotos by Dirk Schelpmeier
 Layout & Album cover by Thomas Ewerhard

References 

2005 albums
AFM Records albums
Masterplan (band) albums
Albums produced by Andy Sneap
Trochlear nucleus

The nucleus of the trochlear nerve () is a motor nucleus in the medial midbrain giving rise to the trochlear nerve (cranial nerve IV).

Anatomy 
The trochlear nucleus is located in the caudal rostral midbrain (s. mesencephalon), at an intercollicular level between the superior colliculus and inferior colliculus. As with all motor nuclei of cranial nerves, it is located near the midline (i.e. in the medial midbrain). It is embedded within the medial longitudinal fasciculus. It is situated immediately below the nucleus of the oculomotor nerve (CN III) (the only other cranial nerve with a nucleus in the midbrain besides the mesencephalic nucleus of trigeminal nerve) which functions in preserving dentition.

The trochlear nucleus is unique in that its axons run dorsally and cross the midline at the trochlear decussation (located in the superior medullary velum) in the midbrain before emerging from the brainstem posteriorly/dorsally. In other words, trochlear nucleus on one side gives rise to the cochlear nerve on the contralateral side. A lesion of the trochlear nucleus thus affects the contralateral eye, whereas lesions of all other cranial nuclei affect the ipsilateral side.

Blood supply 
The midbrain receives its arterial blood supply from the posterior cerebral artery, superior cerebellar artery, and basilar artery; disruption of blood flow through any of these vessels may disrupt blood supply to the trochlear nucleus.

See also
 Trochlear nerve

Additional images

References

External links
  - "Brainstem, Cranial Nerve Nuclei, Sagittal Section, Medial View"

Midbrain
Indo-Corinthian capital

Indo-Corinthian capitals are capitals crowning columns or pilasters, which can be found in the northwestern Indian subcontinent, and usually combine Hellenistic and Indian elements. These capitals are typically dated to the first centuries of the Common Era, and constitute an important aspect of Greco-Buddhist art.

Corinthian design

Indo-Corinthian capitals display a design and foliage structure which is derived from the academic Corinthian capital developed in Greece. Its importation to India followed the road of Hellenistic expansion in the East in the centuries after the conquests of Alexander the Great. In particular the Greco-Bactrian kingdom, centered on Bactria (today's northern Afghanistan), upheld the type at the doorstep of India, in such places as Ai-Khanoum until the end of the 2nd century BCE. In India, the design was often adapted, usually taking a more elongated form and sometimes being combined with scrolls, generally within the context of Buddhist stupas and temples.

Figurines

Indo-Corinthian capitals also incorporated figures of the Buddha or Bodhisattvas, usually as central figures surrounded by, and often under the shade of, the luxurious foliage of Corinthian designs. This practice was not limited to India, and also found favor in various areas of Central Asia. The depiction of figurines within the foliage of Corinthian capitals is not in itself an eastern development. In the ancient Greek world in the Mediterranean, figurines were often represented this way:

Combinations with Buddhist architecture

Indo-Corinthian capital were also used in combination with architectural elements, such as Buddhist stupas. One of the best example was excavated and reconstituted at Sirkap.

Perhaps the most notable divergence from the western concept of function occurs at Kalawan, Taxila, where a large acanthus capital set on a lotus base was inserted between the conventional square basement and cylindrical dome of a votive stupa.

Further, in the art of Gandhara, Indo-Corinthian capitals on top of separating pilasters are used extensively in narrative friezes of the life of the Buddha. This usage continued as late as the 5th century.

Gallery

See also
Indo-Greek art
Greco-Buddhist art

References

Buddhist architecture
Hellenistic architecture
Orders of columns
Peter Van Alstine

Peter Van Alstine (Vanalstine) (1743–1811) was a farmer, soldier and political figure in Upper Canada.

He was born in Kinderhook, New York, in 1743. He served as a major in the Board of Associated Loyalists during the American Revolution. He helped settle a group of Quakers and a number of former Loyalist soldiers in the Bay of Quinte area. Van Alstine first settled in Adolphustown Township in Upper Canada. He was made a justice of the peace in Montreal District in 1785 and became a justice of the peace in the Mecklenburg District in 1788. He was elected to the Legislative Assembly of Upper Canada to represent Prince Edward and Adolphustown in a 1793 by-election after his neighbour Philip Dorland was unseated because he could not take the oath of office as a Quaker. Van Alstine later moved to Marysburgh Township in Prince Edward County near the current site of Glenora where he built a gristmill in 1806, which is still known today as Van Alstine's Mill. He operated a ferry between this location and Adolphustown. A small settlement developed in the area around his mill.

Van Alstine died at Adolphustown in 1811. His mill stayed in the Van Alstine family until the late 1830s. Hugh Macdonald, the father of John A. Macdonald, was the miller there from 1829 until 1836.

References 

Becoming Prominent: Leadership in Upper Canada, 1791-1841, J.K. Johnson (1989)

1743 births
1811 deaths
Members of the Legislative Assembly of Upper Canada
Farmers from Ontario
Canadian soldiers
Upper Canada judges
Canadian justices of the peace
History of Prince Edward County, Ontario
United Empire Loyalists
People from Kinderhook, New York
Quasi-synchronous transmission

In radio broadcasting, quasi-synchronous transmission is a method of achieving wider area coverage using multiple transmitters but without needing multiple frequencies. It became technically feasible in the mid 1970s, but was rapidly superseded by cellular networks in the early 1980s, so it is rarely found today. It was invented by engineer J. T. Murasko of UK radiotelephone manufacturer Dymar Electronics.

The principle of operation is to precisely control the transmission frequency so accurately that interference between adjacent transmitters is kept under control, with a beat frequency of about 10-15 hertz only. While this creates some audible affects in the receiver in the overlap region, it is usually tolerable and doesn't affect the intelligibility of the signal. Narrowband Frequency modulation is used exclusively, so that the capture effect will select the stronger of two transmitters wherever one predominates. While frequency control down to 1-2 hertz accuracy is achievable, this is undesirable, since the cancellation of signals would wipe out the signal at the receiver for up to a second. The deliberate offset prevents this at the expense of a "motorboating" effect.

Transmitters use highly stable crystal ovens as their primary oscillator and frequency synthesisers to generate multiple channels from this.

Radio
Almabtrieb

The Almabtrieb (in Switzerland: Alpabzug, Alpabfahrt, or in French speaking Switzerland: Désalpes; German language literally: drive from the mountain pasture) is an annual event in the alpine regions in Europe, referring to a cattle drive that takes place in late September or early October.

During summer, all over the alpine regions cattle herds feed on alpine pastures (Almen in Austria or Germany, Alpen in Switzerland) high up in the mountains, a practice known as transhumance. In numbers, these amount to about 500,000 in Austria, 380,000 in Switzerland, and 50,000 in Germany.

While there is often some movement of cattle between the Almen (sing.: Alm), or Alpen (sing.: Alp) respectively, during the summer, there is usually one concerted cattle drive in the autumn to bring the cattle to their barns down in the valley. If there were no accidents on the Alm during the summer, in many areas the cattle are decorated elaborately, and the cattle drive is celebrated with music, feasts and dance events in the towns and villages. Upon arrival in the valley, joint herds from multiple farmers are sorted in the Viehscheid, and each animal is returned to its owner.

In several places this Alpine custom of Almabtrieb has today evolved into a major tourist attraction, with a public festival, and booths set up along the course for selling agricultural, as well as artisans', products along with alcoholic beverages.

In the spring, the reverse cattle drive moves from the valley barns to the Alp (in Switzerland: Alpaufzug, Alpfahrt, Alpauffahrt; in Germany/Austria: Almauftrieb). It is celebrated in Switzerland. One of the first films produced in Switzerland in 1896 showed an Alpaufzug. It is not celebrated in Germany and Austria, however.

Similiar events, but with sheeps instead of cattle, are  in Poland and trailing of the sheep in Idaho.

See also
Trailing of the sheep, an equivalent in Idaho
Transhumance
Yaylag

References

External links

Folk festivals in Austria
Folk festivals in Germany
Folk festivals in Italy
Folk festivals in Switzerland
SGA Airlines

Siam General Aviation Company Limited () was an airline in Thailand.  Previously operated as an arm for Nok Air under the brand Nok Mini, the company ended their partnership in March 2014.  SGA were in talks to be acquired by Thai AirAsia but this fell through and the airline is no longer operating.

History
Siam General Aviation Co., Ltd., based in Bangkok.  Its president is Jain Charnnarong.  It started operations in October 2002.  The company also is an authorised service center for Cessna aircraft in Thailand.  In November 2004, it launched daily Bangkok-Hua Hin flights.

The company started accepting Internet bookings in 2005, and in 2006 it received an Airline Operation Certificate and commenced flight operation as a scheduled airline.  In February 2007, it started services from a second hub at Chiang Mai International Airport (ex-primary hub), servicing routes to Pai and Nan.

In 2014, SGA terminated their partnership with Nok Air, effective March 30 of the same year.  Its president Jain Charnnarong is stepping down citing health concerns, and talks for a Thai AirAsia acquisition failed. Some of the 7 routes previously served under Nok Mini brand are being picked up by Nok Air, operating with their fleet of ATR 72-500 and Boeing 737-800.

Destinations 
During its existence, SGA flew to the following destinations:

 Thailand
 Bangkok — Don Mueang International Airport (Hub)
 Buri Ram — Buri Ram Airport
 Chiang Mai — Chiang Mai International Airport
 Hua Hin — Hua Hin Airport
 Loei — Loei Airport
 Mae Hong Son — Mae Hong Son Airport
 Mae Sot — Mae Sot Airport
 Nan — Nan Nakhon Airport
 Phrae — Phrae Airport
 Ranong — Ranong Airport
 Roi Et — Roi Et Airport
 Udon Thani — Udon Thani International Airport

 Myanmar
 Mawlamyine — Mawlamyine Airport
 Yangon — Yangon International Airport

Fleet
All fleet were disposed or sold by June 2014

References

External links

SGA fleet 

Defunct airlines of Thailand
Airlines established in 2002
Airlines disestablished in 2014
Thai companies established in 2002
2014 disestablishments in Thailand
Coco Love Alcorn

Coco Love Alcorn is a Canadian pop and jazz singer. The daughter of jazz singer John Alcorn, she released her debut album in 1995. She toured as an opening act for Burton Cummings, Chantal Kreviazuk, Jesse Cook, and Ani DiFranco and performed on some Lilith Fair dates. She is a backing vocalist for 54-40, and her music has appeared on the television programs The Dead Zone and The L Word.

Alcorn is an avid cyclist who has written songs inspired by cycling and her bicycles.

Alcorn and Simon Farla became the parents of Eloise on 14 September 2010. After spending several years raising her daughter, she returned to music and released the album Wonderland in 2016. Alcorn was born in Antigonish, Nova Scotia, and moved several times with her family, living also in Toronto and Vancouver. She attended Berklee College of Music in Boston for one semester, then moved to Vancouver and began performing. She released her debut album in 1995. She moved to Toronto, then went on tour as the opening act for Ani DiFranco and as a backup singer for the Canadian rock band 54 40.

She won the Canadian Folk Music Award for Contemporary Singer of the Year at the 16th Canadian Folk Music Awards in 2021, for her album Rebirth.

Discography
 Coco Love Alcorn (1995)
 Happy Pockets (1997)
 7 Coco Songs (2005)
 Sugar (Black Hen, 2006)
 Coco Love Solo (2007)
 Joyful (Sound of Pop, 2009)
 Play (2011)
 Wonderland (2016)
 Rebirth (2019)

References

External links
 Coco Love Alcorn site

Canadian women jazz singers
Canadian women pop singers
Living people
Year of birth missing (living people)
Black Hen Music artists
Canadian Folk Music Award winners
Musicians from Nova Scotia
People from Antigonish, Nova Scotia
Bishop Brennan

Bishop Brennan may refer to:

 Bishop Leonard Brennan, a fictional character in the TV series Father Ted; see List of Father Ted characters (Bishop Brennan)
 "Kicking Bishop Brennan Up the Arse", an episode of the TV series Father Ted
 Denis Brennan (born 1945), Irish Roman Catholic Bishop of Ferns since 2006
 Joseph Vincent Brennan (born 1954), American Roman Catholic Bishop of Fresno since 2019
 Mark E. Brennan (born 1947), American Roman Catholic Bishop of Wheeling-Charleston since 2019
 Robert J. Brennan (born 1962), American Roman Catholic Bishop of Brooklyn since 2021 
 Thomas Francis Brennan, appointed (Roman Catholic) Bishop of Dallas in 1891 and later Auxiliary Bishop of St. John's, Newfoundland
Crime and Punishment (video game)

Crime and Punishment is a legal simulation video game developed by Imagic and published for the Apple II and Commodore 64 in 1984. Mindscape released a port for IBM PC compatibles the same year.

Gameplay
The player assumed the role of a sentencing judge in a criminal law matter before the courts.

Information available to the player included details on the nature of the crime committed, the defendants prior criminal history and pre-sentencing reports.

The player could also review known facts relating to the case before sentencing the prisoner to probation, jail, prison or even choose the death penalty in murder cases.

In the case of imprisonment, the player also chose the length of prison term.

Scoring was related to how closely the sentence handed out by the player matched that of what a real life judge decided in the case; the player was penalized for asking irrelevant questions.

On pirated editions, the game had only one kind of case, software piracy, and the only available sentence was death.

References

External links
Crime and Punishment at GameFAQs
Crime and Punishment at Gamebase 64.
Images of package and manual

1984 video games
Apple II games
Commodore 64 games
Criminal law video games
DOS games
Mindscape games
Social simulation video games
Video games developed in the United States
Single-player video games
Imagic games
Ermenilda of Ely

Saint Eormenhild (or Ermenilda, Ermenildis, Ermengild, all meaning "battle-great", from eormen- "great", hild- "battle") (died about 700/703) is a 7th-century Anglo-Saxon saint venerated in the Eastern Orthodox and Roman Catholic churches.

Life
She features in the genealogies of various 11th- and 12th-century versions of the Kentish Royal Legend. These describe her as the daughter of King Eorcenberht of Kent and St Seaxburh of Ely, and wife to Wulfhere of Mercia, with whom she had a daughter, St Wærburh, and a son, Coenred. Eormenhild became a nun after her husband died in 675, and eventually became abbess of Minster-in-Sheppey and Ely consecutively.

There are almost no contemporary records for her life. When discussing Wulfhere, Bede mentions neither she nor her daughter Wærburh. However, her name is mentioned as an abbess in a (copy of a) charter of King Wihtred of Kent, dated 699, along with three other abbesses present at the occasion when the charter was issued: "Irminburga, Aeaba et Nerienda".

Her feast day is 13 February.

References

Primary sources
Charter of King Wihtred, Sawyer no. 20 (AD 699)
The Kentish Royal Legend, also known as Þá hálgan (Cambridge, CCC, MS 201,), ed. Felix Liebermann, Die Heiligen Englands. Hanover, 1889. 1–10. Edition transcribed by Alaric Hall.
Kentish Royal Legend / Þá hálgan (London, Lambeth Palace 427, f. 211), transcribed by Alaric Hall
Anonymous Old English Life of St. Mildrith (Caligula), ed. and tr. Oswald Cockayne, Leechdoms, Wortcunning, and Starcraft of Early England, vol. 3. London, 1866. 422-9 (Caligula), 428-32 (MS Lambeth Palace). Caligula text partially transcribed by Alaric Hall and Cockayne's volume available as PDF from Google Books.
Goscelin, Vita Deo delectae virginis Mildrethae, 11th century. Published in Latin, in Rollason, D, (1982) The Mildrith Legend, Leicester University Press.
Charter of King Cnut, Sawyer no. 958 (AD 1022), possibly a forgery.
Goscelin, Lectiones in natale S. Eormenhilde, ed. and tr. Rosalind C. Love, Goscelin of Saint-Bertin. The Hagiography of the Female Saints of Ely. OMT. Oxford, 2004. 11 ff.
Liber Eliensis, ed. E.O. Blake, Liber Eliensis. Camden Society 3.92. London, 1962; tr. J. Fairweather. Liber Eliensis. A History of the Isle of Ely from the Seventh Century to the Twelfth. Woodbridge, 2005.

External links

Ermenilda at Patron Saints Index
Ermenilda at Catholic Online
Saint ERMENILDA
Saint of the Day, February 13 at SaintPatrickDC.org

7th-century births
Year of birth unknown

700s deaths
Year of death uncertain
7th-century Christian saints
7th-century English people
Abbesses of Ely
Anglo-Saxon royal consorts
Kentish saints
7th-century English women
House of Kent
Female saints of medieval England
People from Minster, Swale
Service company

A service company is a company which is a service provider.

Service company may also refer to:

Energy service company, a company which provides energy solutions
Managed service company, a form of company structure in the United Kingdom
Personal services company, a term used by the UK government to refer to "someone who works through their own limited company" under IR35 legislation.
Shinichi Suzuki (disambiguation)

was a Japanese classical violinist and creator of the "Suzuki method".

Shinichi Suzuki or Shin'ichi Suzuki may also refer to:

, Japanese photographer
, Japanese photographer

See also
Shunichi Suzuki (disambiguation)
Brüll

Brüll or Bruell is a surname.

The British surname Bruell has been identified as a variation of Brewell,  derived from the village of Braithwell, West Yorkshire.

Other variants of this surname include Briel, Brill and Bril. .

Notable people with the name include:
Christopher Bruell, American philosopher
Ignaz Brüll, composer
Jan Bruell, psychologist and geneticist
Nehemiah Brüll (1843–1891), rabbi and scholar
 (1812–1889), rabbi and Talmudic scholar

See also
Bruell F.C., early 20th-century American football club later known as Cleveland Bruell Insurance
 Brull (disambiguation)
 Bruel (disambiguation)
 Brühl (disambiguation)

References
Drogosław coat of arms

Drogosław is a Polish coat of arms. It was used by several szlachta families in the times of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth.

History

This shield was brought to Poland from Silesia. This took place in the year 1333, during the reign of King Kazimierz the Great. The occasion on which these arms were granted to an ancestor of the house was as follows: 
The enemy had encircled the army and enclosed it in a ring, when this ancestor, gathering his courage, used his sword to open a path and broke through the circle. A Drogoslaw is the first we know of with these arms, and they took their name from him.

Blazon
Gules, upon a demi annulet an arrow in pale, point to chief both Argent. Out of a crest coronet, a panache of five ostrich plumes proper.

Notable bearers
Notable bearers of this coat of arms include:

Władysław herbu Drogosław Truszkowski (Lemberg/Lwów, 3 May 1876 - Gaza, 26 March 1917), captain (Hauptmann) and chief commander of the Austro-Hungarian artillery troops in the Palestine front in the First World War. He died a heroic death at the First Battle of Gaza, and was buried in the crypt of the Assumptionist fathers in Jerusalem.

See also
 Polish heraldry
 Heraldry
 Coat of arms

Polish coats of arms
Object-oriented modeling

Object-oriented modeling (OOM) is an approach to modeling an application that is used at the beginning of the software life cycle when using an object-oriented approach to software development.

The software life cycle is typically divided up into stages going from abstract descriptions of the problem to designs then to code and testing and finally to deployment. Modeling is done at the beginning of the process. The reasons to model a system before writing the code are:

Communication. Users typically cannot understand programming language or code. Model diagrams can be more understandable and can allow users to give developers feedback on the appropriate structure of the system. A key goal of the Object-Oriented approach is to decrease the "semantic gap" between the system and the real world by using terminology that is the same as the functions that users perform. Modeling is an essential tool to facilitate achieving this goal . 
Abstraction. A goal of most software methodologies is to first address "what" questions and then address "how" questions. I.e., first determine the functionality the system is to provide without consideration of implementation constraints and then consider how to take this abstract description and refine it into an implementable design and code given constraints such as technology and budget. Modeling enables this by allowing abstract descriptions of processes and objects that define their essential structure and behavior.  

Object-oriented modeling is typically done via use cases and abstract definitions of the most important objects. The most common language used to do object-oriented modeling is the Object Management Group's Unified Modeling Language (UML).

See also
 Object-oriented analysis and design

References 

Object-oriented programming
Software design
Sportsman's Association

The Sportsman's Association is a pro-shooting organisation in the UK.

History
The Sportsman's Association was formed in 1996 to campaign for the right of sports shooters to own handguns. This was limited following the Dunblane Massacre when Thomas Hamilton killed 16 children and their teacher using legally-held pistols.

Varying membership figures have been given over the past two years, but are now thought to be around 2700(May 2008 AGM) with 4000 being full members, 40 trade members & 2000other members.

The association tried to organise a boycott of the 2012 Olympics, urging people not to volunteer as staff and judges. They asserted that chosen venue, Woolwich Arsenal, was less suitable than the ranges at Bisley, Surrey. However the Olympic governing body wanted the shooting to take place in London.

Policy
The Sportsman's Association exists to fight for the restoration of target pistol shooting as a legitimate sport and for fair and effective firearms legislation. It believes that the way to help to keep the sport alive is by supporting the government's decision to issue section 5 authority for selected competitors, to train in the UK on the run up to the 2012 Olympics.

Lobbying MPs, The Home Office & Parliament on behalf of members.
Free advice on licensing matters to members of SAGBNI. 
Free advice on game & deer stalking. 
Running pistol shooting holidays in the South of France
Postal competitions for both members & non-members.
Public liability insurance for members of SAGBNI. 
Advice on firearms & ammunition. 
Trade members offering discount to SAGBNI members.

References

Political advocacy groups in the United Kingdom
Gun rights advocacy groups
Organizations established in 1996
Armenoi

Armenoi (, also transliterated as Armeni) is a village and former municipality in the Chania regional unit, Crete, Greece. Since the 2011 local government reform it is part of the municipality Apokoronas, of which it is a municipal unit. The municipal unit has an area of . The seat of the municipality is in the village of Kalyves.

Armenoi is located inland from Kalyves on the north coast of the island, at the mouth of Souda Bay. A relatively large village, it lies on good agricultural land in the Apokoronas, with groves of avocado, orange and olives around. The village has two large tavernas of good reputation, a grill in summer months and a kafenion, as well as a butcher and general store. The village is shaded by platania trees (Oriental Plane) and the Kiliaris river. The church of Ag. Nikolaos is large and imposing, giving an air of wealth to the village.

References

Populated places in Chania (regional unit)
Apokoronas
John Roblin

John Roblin (May 2, 1774 – February 28, 1813) was a farmer and political figure in Upper Canada.

He was born in Smiths Clove, Orange County, New York in 1774. He was the son of Philip Roblin, a United Empire Loyalist, and Elizabeth Miller. After the American Revolution, his family settled in Adolphustown Township. He was elected to the 5th Parliament of Upper Canada for Lennox and Addington. He was unseated in 1810 because he was felt to be unfit to serve because he was a Methodist lay preacher. This may have been only an excuse, since he was a Reformer and so not acceptable to the Family Compact.  His constituency re-electing him, his seat was again declared vacant by the same party and for the same reason.  Returning home, he was elected for the third time; but he died before the next session commenced, and thus evaded that which threatened to become a serious cause of dissatisfaction, if not of disturbance.

He died in Adolphustown in 1813. His son David and his nephew, John Philip Roblin later became members of the Legislative Assembly.

See also

 Rodmond Roblin
 Dufferin Roblin

References 
Becoming Prominent: Leadership in Upper Canada, 1791-1841, J.K. Johnson (1989)

1774 births
1813 deaths
Members of the Legislative Assembly of Upper Canada
19th-century Methodists
Canadian Methodists
Methodist ministers
United Empire Loyalists
Hall of Fame Classic (basketball tournament)

The Hall of Fame Classic powered by ShotTracker (formerly known as the College Basketball Experience Classic, Guardians Classic and the CBE Hall of Fame Classic) is an annual season-opening college basketball tournament founded in 2001. The tournament is currently held in mid-November. There are twelve teams invited, each representing a different athletic conference. The initial two rounds are played at regional sites on two different days hosted by participating team. The regional hosts automatically advance to the championship rounds at T-Mobile Center in Kansas City, Missouri. The championship rounds take place one week after the initial round. Teams not hosting advance to sub regional rounds where they will play three games.  Since 2020, the event has been named the Hall of Fame Classic powered by ShotTracker.  Before the 2007 tournament, the final rounds were held at Municipal Auditorium, except for one year at Kemper Arena in 2001. The event is organized by the National Association of Basketball Coaches (NABC) and produced by Blue Ridge Sports & Entertainment, Inc.

History

Championship game results

Consolation game results

Brackets 
* – Denotes overtime period

2022

2021

2020 
All matches aired on ESPN Networks

2019

Host Rounds

Championship Round

Subhost Rounds

2018

Host Rounds

Championship Round

Subhost Rounds

2017

Host Rounds

Championship Round

Subhost Rounds

2016

Championship Round

Subhost Rounds

2015

Championship Round

Subhost Rounds

2014

External links
Official website
T-Mobile Center

References

College basketball competitions
College men's basketball competitions in the United States
Recurring sporting events established in 2001
2001 establishments in Missouri
Basketball competitions in Kansas City, Missouri
College sports tournaments in Missouri
Study in Consciousness

Study in Consciousness is a book by Annie Besant that was written in ca. 1904.

Besant intended this book to be a contribution to the science of psychology. 

She writes that the seed of consciousness is the tri-atomic Atma-Buddhi-Manas, the Jivatma.

The Super-consciousness includes the whole of the consciousness above the waking-consciousness, like dreams, visions, inspirations, etc. To bring the super-consciousness into manifestation on the physical plane, Besant proposes (in the early stages) to render the brain and sense-organs unresponsive to physical impacts and to induce Trance. This can be done by using the methods of Yogis. But she also says that there is a difference between the super-physical conditions of consciousness in the hypnotised subject and in the Yogi.

See also 

 Association for the Scientific Study of Consciousness

External links 
Goddard College's concentration in Consciousness Studies in Individualized MA Program

Theosophical texts
1907 non-fiction books
Hans

Hans may refer to:


People
 Hans (name), a masculine given name
 Hans Raj Hans, Indian singer and politician
 Navraj Hans, Indian singer, actor, entrepreneur, cricket player and performer, son of Hans Raj Hans
 Yuvraj Hans, Punjabi actor and singer, son of Hans Raj Hans
 Hans clan, a tribal clan in Punjab, Pakistan

Places
 Hans, Marne, a commune in France
 Hans Island, administrated by Greenland and Canada

Arts and entertainment
 Hans (film) a 2006 Italian film directed by Louis Nero
 Hans (Frozen), the main antagonist of the 2013 Disney animated film Frozen
 Hans (magazine), an Indian Hindi literary monthly
 Hans, a comic book drawn by Grzegorz Rosiński and later by Zbigniew Kasprzak

Other uses
 Clever Hans, the "wonder horse"
 The Hans India, an English language newspaper in India
 HANS device, a racing car safety device
Hans, the ISO 15924 code for Simplified Chinese script

See also
Han (disambiguation)
Hans im Glück, a German card and game publisher
Hans im Glück aus Herne 2, a German television series
Three Peaks Cyclo-Cross

The Three Peaks Cyclo-Cross is an annual cyclo-cross event over the Yorkshire three peaks of  Ingleborough, Whernside and Pen-y-ghent, in Yorkshire, England. It is organised by Bradford Racing Cycling Club on the last weekend of September.

Overview
The original course was 40 kilometres long, but was increased to 47 km in 1980. More course changes in 1982 and 1983 increased it further, to 50 km and then 57 km respectively. The most recent alteration, in 1994, extended the course to 61 km. The current course starts at Helwith Bridge, 3 km south of Horton in Ribblesdale, and tackles Ingleborough, Whernside and Pen-y-ghent. Because part of the race is on private land, cycling the whole course at any other time of year is not possible.

Except during the 1980s and early 1990s when mountain bikes were permitted, only cyclo-cross bicycles with drop handlebars are allowed. There were no female competitors until 1979, and there were no races in 2001 or 2007 due to foot and mouth disease.

Awards
Total Prize Money: £5,000+

Riders are awarded certificates based on their time around the course.
 Elite - under 3 hours 30 minutes
 1st class - under 4 hours
 2nd class - under 5 hours
 merit - all other finishers

List of overall winners

(source: "Results and Roll of Honour", 3 Peaks Cyclo-cross official website)

References

External links
 Three Peaks official website
 Three Peaks Cyclocross Blog

Cyclo-cross races
Cycle races in England
Recurring sporting events established in 1961
Yorkshire Three Peaks
1961 establishments in England
Cycling in Yorkshire
Mark Alvey

Mark Garry Alvey (born 10 June 1980) is a former Australian rules football player who was drafted by the Western Bulldogs in the 1997 draft from the Bendigo U18s.  He is originally from Curlwaa in Southern New South Wales and earned a football scholarship to move to Bendigo at the age of 16.  A small player (height 176 cm), he was used mostly as a midfielder, rotating through the forward pocket.  He never managed to make it into the Western Bulldogs’ best 18 on a consistent basis, which is not surprising considering that his rivals for positions in that part of the ground during this period included Tony Liberatore, Scott West and Jose Romero.  He played 45 games in 6 seasons.

In 2004 he was picked up by Essendon Bombers in the draft where he managed 14 games in two seasons as a forward.

References
 Holmesby, Russell & Main, Jim (2002) The Encyclopedia of AFL Footballers, Crown Content, Melbourne.

External links

Australian rules footballers from New South Wales
Western Bulldogs players
Essendon Football Club players
1980 births
Living people
Bendigo Pioneers players
People from the Far West (New South Wales)
Party Line with the Hearty Boys

Party Line with The Hearty Boys is a Food Network show hosted by real-life couple Dan Smith (b. July 16, 1962) and Steve McDonagh (b. June 14, 1964). Smith and McDonagh launched the show after winning the network's reality contest, The Next Food Network Star, which granted them a six-show Food Network series. The original series was entitled Party Line with Dan and Steve, but eventually the hosts were allowed to change the title in order to reflect and give credit to their independent Chicago catering business, The Hearty Boys, Co.

References

External links 
Party Line with The Hearty Boys on The Food Network
The Hearty Boys Online

Food Network original programming
2000s American LGBT-related television series
2006 American television series debuts
2006 American television series endings
2000s American cooking television series
English-language television shows
Hrvoje Bartolović

Hrvoje (Vojko) Bartolović (15 June 1932 in Zagreb – 3 November 2005), was a Croatian chess problemist.

Croatian Grandmaster of chess composition Hrvoje Bartolović was considered to be the best Croatian chess problemist, with the possible exception of Nenad Petrović. Since 1948, he has published more than 800 problems (81 included in FIDE Album). Over 180 of them were awarded with prize (80 with the 1st prize), some 120 with honourable mentions and 120 with commendations. He became international judge of FIDE for chess composition in 1956 and the Grandmaster of chess composition in 1980. In 1965, he was the world champion in composing twomovers.

Solution of twomover
Set-play: 1. ... Bf5 2. Qf4#, 1. ... Rf5 2. Qg4# 
Try: 1. Qd5? ~ 2.Bxf6#, 1. ... Bf5 2. Qxd2#, 1. ... Rf5 2.Qg2#, but 1. ... Bxb4! 
Solution: 1. Qc5! ~ 2. Bxf6#, 1. ... Bf5 2. Qe3#, 1. ... Rf5 2. Qg1# 
Themes: Zagoruiko (changed mates 3x2) on Grimshaw interference

References

External links
 PZR Zagreb
 Bartolović's Problems on PDB server
 https://web.archive.org/web/20070929164810/http://www.problemonline.com/bartolovic/en_bartolovic.htm 
 https://web.archive.org/web/20110604092600/http://members.tripod.com/~JurajLorinc/chess/xbartolo.htm

1932 births
2005 deaths
Chess composers
Croatian chess players
Grandmasters for chess composition
International Judges of Chess Compositions
Sportspeople from Zagreb
20th-century chess players
2-Phenylphenol

2-Phenylphenol, or o-phenylphenol, is an organic compound.  In terms of structure, it is one of the monohydroxylated isomers of biphenyl.   It is a white solid. It is a biocide used as a preservative with E number E231 and under the trade names Dowicide, Torsite, Fungal, Preventol, Nipacide and many others.

Uses
The primary use of 2-phenylphenol is as an agricultural fungicide.  It is generally applied post-harvest. It is a fungicide used for waxing citrus fruits. It is no longer a permitted food additive in the European Union, but is still allowed as a post-harvest treatment in 4 EU countries.

It is also used for disinfection of seed boxes. It is a general surface disinfectant, used in households, hospitals, nursing homes, farms, laundries, barber shops, and food processing plants. It can be used on fibers and other materials. It is used to disinfect hospital and veterinary equipment. Other uses are in rubber industry and as a laboratory reagent.  It is also used in the manufacture of other fungicides, dye stuffs, resins and rubber chemicals.

2-Phenylphenol is found in low concentrations in some household products such as spray disinfectants and aerosol or spray underarm deodorants.

The sodium salt of orthophenyl phenol, sodium orthophenyl phenol, is a preservative, used to treat the surface of citrus fruits.

Orthophenyl phenol is also used as a fungicide in food packaging and may migrate into the contents.

Preparation
It is prepared by condensation of cyclohexanone to give cyclohexenylcyclohexanone.  The latter undergoes dehydrogenation to give 2-phenylphenol.

Safety
LD50 (rats) is 2700 to 3000 mg/kg.

References

External links
 List of brand name products which contain 2-phenylphenol 
 National Center for Biotechnology Information 2-Phenylphenol - Substance Summary

Phenols
Household chemicals
Fungicides
Antiseptics
Fumigants
Preservatives
Biphenyls
Phenylphenol

Phenylphenol may refer to:

 2-Phenylphenol
Sodium 2-phenylphenol
 4-Phenylphenol
Méricourt, Pas-de-Calais

Méricourt () is a commune in the Pas-de-Calais department in the Hauts-de-France region of France.

Geography
Méricourt is a former coal mining town, nowadays a farming and light industrial town,  southeast of Lens, at the junction of the D33, D40 and the D262 roads. The commune is part of the canton of Avion.

History
The history of the region remains marked by the Courrières mine disaster, which left 1,099 dead on 10 March 1906. The communes affected were Méricourt, Billy-Montigny, Noyelles-sous-Lens and Sallaumines.

It was at Méricourt that the memorial to the mining disaster was erected. Since 2006, the memorial has also included an overground pathway retracing the route underground of the survivors who managed to get out of the galleries about three weeks after the collapse and resulting firedamp and dust.

Population

Places of interest
 The church of St.Martin, rebuilt along with most of the town, after the First World War.
 The church of St. Barbe, dating from the nineteenth century.
 Vestiges of an old chateau.
 The memorials.

See also
Communes of the Pas-de-Calais department

References

External links

 Official town website 

Communes of Pas-de-Calais
Artois
Jeff Miller (Tennessee politician)

Jeffrey Andrew Miller (born November 9, 1962) is an attorney and politician from Cleveland, Tennessee. From 1994 until 2006, Miller was a Republican member of the Tennessee Senate.

Biography
Miller received a Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of Tennessee in 1985, and in 1987 graduated from the University of Tennessee College of Law. He received his law license in 1988.

As a State Senator, Miller was a strong opponent of a state income tax. He also led efforts to put a constitutional amendment on the ballot to ban same-sex marriage. He was instrumental in the imposition of the state lottery, ensuring that all money collected was directed to education, and passed the "sales tax holiday", providing Tennesseans with a weekend during which they can buy clothing, school supplies, and qualifying computers without paying sales tax.

Miller has served a total of three terms in the state senate; he previously announced his intention to retire after the end of his second term in 2002 but subsequently reconsidered and was again re-elected.  In February 2006 Miller announced that he would not seek a fourth term.

In January 2009, the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation raided his Cleveland law office, alleging Miller may have over-billed the Bradley County while he served as the delinquent tax attorney. Miller was arraigned in May 2009 on misconduct and conspiracy charges. At trial, the judge dismissed two of the three charges before the defense put on any proof. When the state rested, the defense opted not to move forward and the jury found Miller not guilty of the last charge.

Miller now practices law full-time in Cleveland, Tennessee.

References

Living people
People from Cleveland, Tennessee
University of Tennessee alumni
Republican Party Tennessee state senators
1962 births
Dubai Sevens

The Dubai 7s is an annual rugby sevens and social event held at The Sevens Stadium in Dubai, UAE. Founded in 1970, the event is the longest running sports event in the Middle East.

Events

The Dubai 7s has six competitions each year:
 World Rugby Sevens Series
 World Rugby Women's Sevens Series
 Rugby Invitation Tournament 
 Netball Invitation Tournament
 Cricket 7s Invitational Tournament
 WODON3, Fitness at the Emirates Dubai 7s

Dubai is the first leg of the World Rugby Sevens Series. Sixteen teams compete in the men's tournament divided into four pool of four teams. On the first day, each team plays the other three teams in the pool. The two highest teams in each pool advance to the quarterfinal knockout rounds, and the bottom two teams move to the challenge bracket.

Dubai also hosts a stop on the World Rugby Women's Sevens Series. Twelve teams compete in the women's tournament.

For the invitation tournaments, rugby teams take part in 15 sections.  The rugby invitational tournament is popular, with hundreds of teams participating. The netball tournament includes teams in three sections: gulf women, open youth, and open women.

The Dubai Sevens is one of the more popular sporting events in Dubai, with over 100,000 fans attending the 2016 event.

Venue
The Dubai 7s has been held at The Sevens Stadium since 2008. Facilities at The Sevens include: eight rugby pitches, six cricket pitches, four netball/tennis courts, one basketball court, a grandstand, and ancillary facilities.

The tournament's move to that venue in 2008 was a success. The tournament broke the World Series single-day attendance record in its first year with over 50,000 fans appearing on the first day of the tournament.

World Series results

Summary of results
Five teams have won the Dubai Sevens at least once. The early years of the tournament on the World Series were less competitive. Prior to 2003, New Zealand won the final with a comfortable 20+ point margin each year. In the first decade from 1999 to 2008 only five teams (New Zealand, Fiji, Samoa, South Africa, and England) had reached the Dubai Sevens final. Since then, the tournament has been more competitive, with several additional teams making the final and semifinal stages.

Summary of Dubai Sevens results on the World Series (updated to 2022):

Results by year

Notes: The event held on November 7–8, 2001, was downgraded in status and excluded from the Sevens World Series after several teams withdrew in the wake of the September 11, 2001 attacks.

Earlier winners
Winners of the Emirates International Trophy from 1988 to 1998:

1988 London Scottish
1989 Crawshays
1990 Toulouse
1991 Queensland
1992 
1993 White Hart Marauders
1994 
1995 Kiwi Nomads
1996 
1997 New Zealand Invitation
1998

See also
 Dubai Women's Sevens

References

External links
 Official website

 

 
World Rugby Sevens Series tournaments
The Emirates Group
International rugby union competitions hosted by the United Arab Emirates
Rugby sevens competitions in Asia
Rugby union in Dubai
Recurring sporting events established in 1988
1988 establishments in the United Arab Emirates