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Khasas (Mahabharata)

Khasas were a north western tribe mentioned in the epic Mahabharata.

References in Mahabharata

Khasas arrived from diverse realms 

Khasas were mentioned along with Chivukas and Pulindas and Chinas, Hunas, Pahlavas, Sakas, Yavanas, Savaras, Paundras, Kiratas, Kanchis, Dravidas, Sinhalas and Keralas. All these tribes were described as Mlechha tribes. Here they were described as the protectors of sage Vashistha and his cow against the attack of king Vishwamitra. Khasas were described as  a barbarous tribe along with the Chivukas (MBh 1,177)

At (7,11) the Khasas were mentioned as arrived from diverse realms. Khasas were mentioned  along with the Malavas, Daradas, Sakas and Yavanas. Here they were mentioned to be vanquished by Vasudeva Krishna.

At (8,8) the Gandharas, the Madrakas, the Matsyas, the Trigartas, the Tanganas, the Khasas, the Pancalas, the Videhas, the Kulindas, the Kasi-kosalas, the Suhmas, the Angas, the Nishadhas, the Pundras, the Kichakas, the Vatsas, the Kalingas, the Taralas, the Asmakas, and the Rishikas were mentioned to be vanquished by Karna.

Pullindas and Khasas were mentioned together at (12,150)

Yudhishthira 's Rajasuya yajna 
The Mahabharata details the various gifts given to Yudhishthira by Indian Kings and neighboring states at the Coronation Ceremonial (Rajasuya yajna). The Khasas, Tanganas, and others brought heaps of gold in dronas (jars) collected by gold-digging ants (which most likely refers to Tibetan miners), chamaras (yak's tail), and sweet honey extracted from the flowers growing on the Himavat as tribute. These powerful people were known for their strength and generosity. They were described as people "endued with great strength".

Khasas in Kurukshetra War 

Khasas were mentioned as part of the Kaurava army in the Kurukshetra War, along with other tribes like the Kamvojas and the Sakas. (5-161,162)

Daradas and Tanganas and Khasas and Lampakas and Pulindas were mentioned to be battling in the Kurukshetra War armed with swords and lances. (7,118)

The Pulindas, the Bahlikas, the Nishadas, the Andhakas, the Tanganas, the Southerners, and the Bhojas were mentioned as battling with the Pandya king who was on the side of the Pandavas. (8,20)

The Tusharas, the Yavanas, the Khasas, the Darvabhisaras, the Daradas, the Sakas, the Kamathas, the Ramathas, the Tanganas the Andhrakas, the Pulindas, the Kiratas of fierce prowess, the Mlecchas, the Mountaineers were mentioned as fighting for Duryodhana. (8,73)

See also 
Kingdoms of Ancient India

References

Mahabharata of Krishna Dwaipayana Vyasa, translated to English by Kisari Mohan Ganguli
 Khas Kingdom by Prof Surya Mani Adhikari,Tribhuvan University,Kathmandu,Nepal

External links

Kingdoms in the Mahabharata
Ford MTX transmission

The Ford MTX transmission is a 4 or 5-speed manual transaxle used in some of Ford's front-wheel-drive North American passenger cars (Escort, EXP, Tempo, Taurus and their Mercury counterparts) from 1981 to 1994.

These "MTX's" (1 through 5) are unique to themselves and are not to be confused with Ford's other "MTX" transmissions like the "MTX-75" later found in 1995-2001 Contours, Mystiques, and Cougars.

MTX-I
The MTX-I was a 4 speed manual transaxle introduced in the Ford Escort and Mercury Lynx as a base model "fuel saver" design. It would be the base option transmission for Ford EXPs and Mercury LN7s in 1982. 

Gear ratios:

MTX-II
The MTX-II was also 4 speed manual transaxle but would replace the MTX-I in 1984 and be available until 1990 with the end of the 1st gen Escort & Lynx. It was supposed to be a stronger unit than the previous 4-speed MTX now designed to work with stronger axles and stronger transmission mounts of the new Ford Tempo and Mercury Topaz from 1984 forward.

Gear ratios:

MTX-III
The MTX-III was introduced in 1983 in the Ford Escort, Ford EXP, Mercury LN7, and Mercury Lynx. It was  also available in the Tempo and Topaz throughout their ten-year run, and was used in the Taurus MT-5.

It would see some changes in 1984 (including a different shift pattern) to work with the new Tempo and Topaz and their stronger mechanical hardware. This updated version would be optional among all Escorts, Lynxes, Tempos, and Topazes from 1984 to 1994. It would also be the standard transmission for all Ford EXPs from 1984 until 1988 when production ended and from 1986 to 1989 in the non-SHO Taurus.

This transmission was discontinued in 1994. A 3.73 final drive ratio version was standard in the Tempo GLS/Topaz XR5/LTS sport sedans/coupes.

Gear ratios:

MTX-IV
The MTX-IV is a beefed-up version built by Mazda and introduced in 1989 for the Taurus SHO. It was also used in Tempo/Topaz models equipped with the Vulcan V6. Installing this transaxle into a V6 Tempo requires the use of a Tempo-specific flywheel, clutch, pressure plate and CV axles. This transaxle has also been used in the aftermarket to convert a 3.0L Vulcan-powered Taurus to a manual, something which was not offered from the factory.

Gear ratios (Vulcan Tempo/Topaz):

Gear ratios (Taurus SHO):

† - The actual 5th gear ratio is 1.02:1 (same as 4th gear), but it runs through a different final drive gear from gears 1-4 and reverse, with a ratio of 2.73:1, thus giving it an effective gear ratio of 0.74:1, if one assumes that it has the same final drive ratio as the rest of the gears.

See also
Ford MTX-75 transmission

References

MTX
Un tour ensemble

Un tour ensemble is a live album of music written and sung by Jean-Jacques Goldman. It was released by Columbia Records in 2003. It was also released on DVD. It was certified platinum in France for sales of 300,000 copies.

Track listing
CD1
Je marche seul
Répétitions
Nos mains
Petite fille
Encore un matin
Poussière
Je voudrais vous revoir
Juste après
En passant
Veiller tard

CD2
Flûtiau et violon approximatifs
Et l'on n'y peut rien
Tournent les violons
Ensemble
On ira
Les choses
Né en 17 à Leidenstadt
C'est pas vrai
Présentation des musiciens
Nuit
Envole-moi
Puisque tu pars

Charts and certifications

Weekly charts

Year-end charts

Certifications

References

Jean-Jacques Goldman albums
2003 live albums
Columbia Records live albums
En passant tournée 1998

En Passant - Tournée 1998 is a live album by French singer Jean-Jacques Goldman, recorded in 1998 and released in 1999. It was certified platinum in France for sales of 300,000 copies.

Track listing
Disc 1
On ira
Bonne idée
La vie par procuration
Ne lui dis pas 
Tout était dit 
Elle attend
Le rapt 
Pas toi
Elle a fait un bébé toute seule
Le coureur
Là-bas
Natacha 
Quand tu danses
Jeanine médicament blues

Disc 2
À nos actes manqués 
Nos mains 
Je te donne 
Peur de rien (blues) 
Au bout de mes rêves 
Il suffira d'un signe / Quand la musique est bonne 
Sache que je 
Pour que tu m'aimes encore

References

Jean-Jacques Goldman albums
1998 live albums
Hemiazygos vein

The hemiazygos vein (vena azygos minor inferior) is a vein running superiorly in the lower thoracic region, just to the left side of the vertebral column.

Structure
The hemiazygos vein and the accessory hemiazygos vein, when taken together, essentially serve as the left-sided equivalent of the azygos vein. That is, the azygos vein serves to drain most of the posterior intercostal veins on the right side of the body, and the hemiazygos vein and the accessory hemiazygos vein drain most of the posterior intercostal veins on the left side of the body. Specifically, the hemiazygos vein mirrors the bottom part of the azygos vein.

The structure of the hemiazygos vein is often variable. It usually begins in the left ascending lumbar vein or renal vein, and passes upward through the left crus of the diaphragm to enter the thorax. It continues ascending on the left side of the vertebral column, and around the level of the ninth thoracic vertebra, it passes rightward across the column, behind the aorta, esophagus, and thoracic duct, to end in the azygos vein.

It receives the 9th, 10th, and 11th posterior intercostal veins and the subcostal vein of the left side, and some esophageal and mediastinal veins.

Variations 
The hemiazygos may or may not be continuous superiorly with the accessory hemiazygos vein.

Clinical significance 
The dilated hemiazygos system displayed by chest or abdominal X-ray films can be misdiagnosed as a mediastinal or retroperitoneal neoplasm, lymphadenopathy or aortic dissection (2, 5–7, 10). Venostasis which is the consequence of pathological conditions such as acquired obstruction of the IVC or SVC, the right heart failure, portal hypertension or due to pregnancy can have the same clinical presentation as hemiazygos continuation of the IVC (5, 6, 10, 13). In the case of hemiazygos continuation of the IVC, the hepatic veins can drain directly into the right atrium (3, 10). An incidental finding of this condition during venous cannulation for cardiopulmonary bypass complicates the procedure, since no solid IVC trunk for placing the cannula is present. Separate cannulation of the SVC and the right atrium should be used in this case.

History
The name for this vein is derived from that of the azygos vein. Azygos means 'unpaired', and hemi means half. This vein mirrors the bottom half of the azygos vein.

References

External links
  ()
  - "Mediastinum: The Azygos Vein and Posterior Intercostal Veins"
 

Veins of the torso
Karnak Open Air Museum

Karnak Open Air Museum is an archaeological museum in Luxor, Egypt. It is located in the northwestern corner of the Precinct of Amon-Re at the Karnak complex.

The Open Air Museum contains reconstructions of structures that have been dismantled and buried or hidden inside the massive pylons in the complex. As Karnak became more prominent, pharaohs sought to leave their mark on the temple complex with their own monuments. As successive rulers built their monuments, they dismantled the old ones and utilized the materials in their own designs. 

Preventive archaeological excavations before the renovation of Amenhotep II's calcite shrine were observed in this area by the Centre Franco-Égyptien d'Étude des Temples de Karnak (CFEETK), including an urban unit with mudbricks walls of Saito-Persian time. Also discovered during CFEETK excavations were terracotta figures with female representation called "concubines;" such figures are commonly found in levels related to construction and may be votive objects which ensure the sustainability of construction.

Notable shrines 
A number of shrines have been rebuilt and among these edifices are the 
 Chapelle Rouge of Hatshepsut
 The White Chapel of Senusret I
 The calcite shrine of Amenhotep II
 Barque shrine of King Tuthmosis III
 Chapel of Amenhotep I
 Barque Chapel of Thutmosis IV

References

External links
The Karnak Open Air Museum in Luxor, Egypt
CFEETK Bibliographies on the Karnak Temple Complex

Karnak temple complex
Brutality

Brutality or brutal most commonly refers to:
 Violence, physical force unlawfully exercised toward property and/or persons
 Battery (crime)
 Police brutality

Brutality or brutal may also refer to:

Media
 Brutal: Paws of Fury, a 1994 video game
 Brutality (film), a 1912 film
 Brutal (Black Uhuru album), 1986
 Brutal (Dr. Sin album), 1995
 "Brutal" (song), a 2021 Olivia Rodrigo song

Other uses
 Brutality (Mortal Kombat), a finishing move in the video game Mortal Kombat
 Brutalist architecture, an architectural style

See also
 Brutalism (disambiguation)
James Durand

James Durand (1775 – 22 March 1833) was a businessman and political figure in Upper Canada.

He was born in Abergavenny, Wales in 1775 and came to Upper Canada in 1802 to deal with delinquent accounts on behalf of a group of London merchants. Having seized the Bridgewater Works at Chippawa, Durand purchased the operation from his employers. He also established a trading depot near Long Point. In 1810, he sold the operation at Chippawa due to a downturn in the produce market. He served in the Lincoln Militia during the War of 1812. In 1815, he became the representative for West York in the 6th Parliament of Upper Canada in a by-election after Abraham Markle joined the Americans. Durand criticized the introduction of martial law during the war. With John Willson, he drafted the Common Schools Act of 1816, which introduced public support of elementary schools. He also helped establish the Gore District with Hamilton as the district town. In 1817, he was elected in the riding of Wentworth and served until 1820. He was a partner in the Desjardins Canal Company, expanded his land holdings and built sawmills to process his timber holdings.

He died in Hamilton, Ontario in 1833.

His son, James Durand, Jr., also became a member of the Legislative Assembly.

Tribute

In Hamilton, Durand Park and the Durand Neighbourhood are both named after him. The Durand Neighbourhood is bounded by Main Street West (north), Queen Street South (west), James Street South (east) and the Niagara Escarpment (south). Landmarks in this neighbourhood include Hamilton City Hall, Central Presbyterian Church, Whitehern Museum, and the James Street South Shopping District.

References

 MapArt Golden Horseshoe Atlas - Page 647 - Grids H11, H12

External links
Biography at the Dictionary of Canadian Biography Online

Members of the Legislative Assembly of Upper Canada
1775 births
1833 deaths
Politicians from Hamilton, Ontario
Pre-Confederation Canadian businesspeople
History of Hamilton, Ontario
People from Abergavenny
Kasmira Kingdom

Kasmira was a kingdom   identified as the Kashmir Valley along the Jhelum River of modern Jammu and Kashmir.  During the epic ages this was one among the territories of the Naga race. The Kasmiras were allies of the Kuru king Duryodhana.

References in Mahabharata 
All references are listed as Mahabharata, Book number, Chapter Number. E.g.:- (6,9):- Mahabharata Book 6 Chapter 9

Kasmira along with neighbouring kingdoms 

Kasmira is mentioned as a kingdom of ancient India (Bharata Varsha) along with the Sindhu, the Sauviras, the Gandharvas, the Darsakas, the Abhisaras, the Utulas, the Saivalas, the Valhikas, and the Darvis. Then again there are the Sudras, the Abhiras, the Dardas, the Kasmiras, and the Pattis (6,9).

Kasmiras were mentioned along with the Pahlavas, the Daradas, and the various tribes of the Kiratas,  Yavanas, Sakas, Harahunas, Chinas, Tukharas, Sindhavas, Jagudas, Ramathas, Mundas, the inhabitants of the kingdom of women, Tanganas, Kekayas, and the Malavas as bringing tribute to Yudhishthira's Rajasuya sacrifice. (3,51)

The Daserakas, the Kasmirakas, the Aurasikas, the Pisachas, the Samudgalas, the Kamvojas, and the Vatadhanas were mentioned together and said to be vanquished by Vasudeva Krishna (7,11)

The Kashmiras and the Daradas, along with other tribes, were vanquished by Bhargava Rama (7,68).

The rivers of Kasmira 
The river Vitasta, is situated in the country of the Kasmiras and is the abode of the Naga Takshaka.(3,82). The rivers Chandrabhaga and the Vitasta have pure waters. The very many rivers flowing through Kasmira fall into the great river called Sindhu. (13,25)

Arjuna at Kasmira 
Arjuna during his military campaign to collect tribute to Yudhishthira's Rajasuya sacrifice, arrived at Kashmira.

Arjuna brought under his sway the seven tribes called Utsava-sanketa. Then he defeated the brave Kshatriyas of Kashmira and also King Lohita along with ten minor chiefs.  Then the Trigartas, the Daravas, the Kokonadas, and various other Kshatriyas advanced against the son of Pandu. (2,26)

Yudhishthira's Rajasuya sacrifice 
Kasmira king attended Yudhishthira's Rajasuya sacrifice (2,33).

The Kairatas, the Daradas, the Darvas, the Suras, the Vaiamakas, the Audumvaras, the Durvibhagas, the Kumaras, the Paradas along with the Vahlikas, the Kashmiras, the Ghorakas, the Hansakayanas, the Sivis, the Trigartas, the Yauddheyas, the ruler of Madras and the Kaikeyas, the Amvashtas, the Kaukuras, the Tarkshyas, the Vastrapas along with the Palhavas, the Vashatayas, the Mauleyas along with the Kshudrakas, and the Malavas, the Paundrayas, the Kukkuras, the Sakas and many others brought tribute to Pandava King Yudhishthira's Rajasuya sacrifice. (2,51)

Other references 
Kasmira king was mentioned as one among the great kings along with Alarka, Aila, Karandhama, Daksha, etc. (13,165)
Kashmerean mare is mentioned at (4,9)

See also 
Kingdoms of Ancient India
Paisachi

Sources 
Mahabharata of Krishna Dwaipayana Vyasa, translated to English by Kisari Mohan Ganguli

External links

Kingdoms in the Mahabharata
History of Kashmir
History of Jammu and Kashmir
Rob Thompson (director)

Rob Thompson is an American television director, producer and screenwriter.

As a director, his most notable credits include L.A. Law, The Wonder Years, Doogie Howser, M.D., Dream On, Ed, The Chris Isaak Show, Monk and Northern Exposure. He won a Primetime Emmy Award for his work in the latter series as a part of the producing and writing team in 1992.

References

External links

American male screenwriters
American television directors
American television producers
Primetime Emmy Award winners
Living people
Place of birth missing (living people)
Year of birth missing (living people)
Directors Guild of America Award winners
Borkou-Ennedi-Tibesti (region)

The Borkou-Ennedi-Tibesti (BET) was until 2008 one of the then 18 regions of Chad, its capital being Faya-Largeau. It comprised the former Borkou-Ennedi-Tibesti Prefecture. Most of the region was part of the Sahara desert.

In 2008, this region was split into three new regions: Borkou Region, Ennedi Region, and Tibesti Region.

Subdivisions
The region of Borkou-Ennedi-Tibesti was formerly divided into 4 departments:

Demography

The region had a population of 70,603 inhabitants in 1993, of whom 59,479 are sedentary and 11,124 nomad. In 2009, the BET counted 286,986 inhabitants.

The main ethnico-linguistic groups are the Daza (55.96%), the Teda (22.63%), the Zaghawa (10.17%) and the Arabs (2.57%).

Natural history
There is a variety of fauna and flora in this region. Previously the Chadian wild dog (Lycaon pictus sharicus) had populations in this region, but they are now regarded as extirpated from the area, due to activities of humans as well as desertification, a phenomenon associated with the expanding human population.

References

Regions of Chad
Martin Ericsson

Martin Kjell Henrik Ericsson (born 4 September 1980) is a Swedish former professional footballer who played as a midfielder. He represented IK Brage, IFK Göteborg, Aalborg BK, Brøndby IF, IF Elfsborg, and BK Häcken during a career that spanned between 1998 and 2016. He won nine caps for the Sweden national football team between 2004 and 2009.

Club career 

Born in Gustafs, he played for Swedish club Tunabro SK, before turning professional with IK Brage and IFK Göteborg. In the summer of 2004, he moved to Denmark to play for Aalborg BK in the Danish Superliga. He was the natural playmaker of the team, and quickly became the star of the Aalborg club. In the 2005 winter transfer window, he moved to defending Danish champions Brøndby IF, where he received the prestigious number 10 shirt. Ericsson scored in his Superliga debut match for Brøndby, a 3–0 win against archrivals Copenhagen. On 3 December 2009, he signed with IF Elfsborg.

International career 
After having appeared for the Sweden U19 and U21 teams, Ericsson made his full international debut for Sweden on 22 January 2004 in a friendly game against Norway. He won his ninth and final cap in a friendly game against Mexico on 28 January 2009 where he played for 87 minutes before being replaced by Gustav Svensson.

Career statistics

International

References

External links
  
  
  
 
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1980 births
Living people
Swedish men's footballers
Men's association football midfielders
Sweden men's international footballers
Sweden men's under-21 international footballers
IK Brage players
IFK Göteborg players
Swedish expatriate men's footballers
Expatriate men's footballers in Denmark
Danish Superliga players
AaB Fodbold players
Swedish expatriate sportspeople in Denmark
Brøndby IF players
IF Elfsborg players
BK Häcken players
Allsvenskan players
Wales Rugby League

Wales Rugby League is the national governing body for rugby league football in Wales.

In 1907 The Welsh Northern Rugby Football Union was formed in Wrexham, but the English Northern Rugby Football Union refused it affiliation as they wanted the body located in the south of Wales and the Welsh body soon folded.

In 1926 the English body, now called the Rugby Football League (RFL) formed a Welsh commission in an attempt to convert rugby union clubs to rugby league. The Wales Rugby League achieved governing body status in 2005 and employed its first professional chairman, Mark Rowley, in 2006. The WRL is responsible for the running of the game in Wales, for organising games and competitions and for selecting the squad for the national teams. In addition to managing professional and amateur national representative senior teams, WRL runs several age grade international sides from under 13s to a student team. The senior teams each play in annual European competitions, and the professional side compete in the World Cup every 4 years.

In 2006 the WRL achieved autonomous status from the Rugby Football League. In 2010, at a meeting of the Rugby League International Federation in Melbourne, Australia, the WRL were made full members of the Federation.

WRL has 14 affiliated clubs, including four university clubs. Wales Rugby League is based at Sports Wales Centre in Cardiff 

The national team took part in the 2011 Gillette Four Nations tournament against Australia, England and New Zealand.

The under 19s contingent, consisting of players from South Wales Scorpions and North Wales Crusaders, won the bronze medal at the inaugural Commonwealth Rugby League Championships, which took place in June 2014 in Glasgow.  The gold medal was won by Papua New Guinea, with Australia winning silver.

Former France and England head coach, John Kear, took over from Iestyn Harris as national head coach on 16 July 2014, a role he will undertake alongside his coaching role at Championship side Batley.  His first games in charge were during the European Championships in Autumn 2014.

Wales qualified for the 2017 World Cup in Australia, through beating Italy away in a playoff for the 2nd European spot. By finishing 2nd in the 2018 European Championship behind France and defeating Ireland 30–8 in Wrexham, they earned automatic qualification for the 2021 World Cup in England. Wales will also field a wheelchair side in the accompanying tournament. In 2019 they took part in the Rugby League World Cup 9s tournament in Australia.

See also 

 Rugby Football League
 British Amateur Rugby League Association
 Wales national rugby league team
 Rugby league in Wales
 Rugby League Conference
 North Wales League (rugby league)
 Rugby League Conference Welsh Premier

References

External links

Rugby League
Rugby league in Wales
Rugby league governing bodies in Europe
2005 establishments in Wales
Sports organizations established in 2005
Corsica (disambiguation)

Corsica is a large French island in the Mediterranean Sea.

It may also refer to:

 Corsica, Pennsylvania, a town in the United States
 Corsica, South Dakota, a town in the United States
 Chevrolet Corsica, an automobile model
 "Corsica and The Satyr", a painting by Artemisia Gentileschi
 Corsica, a frog in the webcomic Sluggy Freelance
 Corsica (album), a folk music album by Petru Guelfucci
 Corsica Coachworks, a British coachbuilding business

See also 
 Corsican (disambiguation)
 Corse (disambiguation)
 Corsa (disambiguation)
James Durand Jr.

James Durand (1799–1872) was a merchant and political figure in Upper Canada and Canada West.

He was born in London, England, the son of James Durand. His brother was named Charles Morrison Durand. He represented Halton County in the 12th Parliament of Upper Canada and the electoral district of Halton West in the 1st Parliament of the Province of Canada. He also served in the Gore militia.  Durand died in Kingston in 1872.

Durand was a strong supporter of the Reform movement.  In the first Parliament of the Province of Canada, he voted against the principle of the union of the two Canadas, and was considered an "ultra" Reformer. He consistently voted with Robert Baldwin, the leader of the ultra-Reformers in the Assembly, and was an opponent of the Governor General, Lord Sydenham.

Durand was defeated in the general election of 1844 and retired from politics.

References

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

1799 births
1872 deaths
Members of the Legislative Assembly of Upper Canada
Members of the Legislative Assembly of the Province of Canada from Canada West
Sega GT 2002

Sega GT 2002 is a sim racing video game published by Sega in 2002. It is the sequel to Wow Entertainment's Sega GT. Following its initial release as a retail game, it was given away on a disc with Jet Set Radio Future in specially-marked Xbox console packages. Sega released Sega GT Online for the following year, with extra cars and an online facility to be used with the Xbox Live.

Game features
This is the only GT-style game that allows the player to select their opponents directly. Unlike the original game, there are no works cars to win anymore, even though old racing cars can still be won from races. Some prizes are "special prizes" that can only be won by doing a certain objective. The game makes use of a "damage meter" in lieu of rendered damage, but while it does not affect the handling, it will reduce the awarded prize money at the end of the race. When the player finishes the race with the car unscratched, the game will award a bonus cash prize. In turn, the player will either finish with more or less than the prize money advertised, depending on the meter. Unlike Gran Turismo, the license tests are merely timed laps, instead of separate tests focusing on specific elements of driving.

Game modes

Sega GT 2002: The players start with just $13,000 to buy a car, raising money to buy faster cars and becoming the Official Race champion.

Quick Battle: Racing a single race against a CPU or human opponent, or alternatively, watching a CPU race.

Chronicle Mode: The players can use classic cars from the 1960s and early 1970s, tune them up over time, and try to defeat newer cars.

Time Attack: The players can try and beat own fastest lap-time on any circuit in the game.

Replay Studio: Viewing and editing saved replays.

Online
Sega GT Online was released in Japan in 2003 and the US and Europe in 2004. It featured the addition of "over 40" new cars (now 165+) including Auto Union, Bugatti, and De Tomaso vehicles. Opel vehicles have been removed from this version, while some new tracks, new weather/time of day, new game modes such as "Gathering Mode" were added to arcade mode and "Special Time Triggered Events" for online. Unlike the regular version, it was rated T due to the unpredictable multiplayer interactions. Its cover features a Mazda RX-8.

Reception

Sega GT 2002

Sega GT 2002 received "favorable" reviews according to the review aggregation website Metacritic. In Japan, Famitsu gave it a score of 35 out of 40. It was nominated for GameSpots annual "Best Driving Game on Xbox" award, which went to Rallisport Challenge.

Sega GT Online

The online version received a bit more "average" reviews than the original Sega GT 2002 according to Metacritic. In Japan, Famitsu also gave it a score of one eight, one seven, and two eights for a total of 31 out of 40.

References

External links
 
 

2002 video games
Multiplayer and single-player video games
Multiplayer online games
Pack-in video games
Racing simulators
Racing video games
Video games developed in Japan
WOW Entertainment games
Xbox games
Xbox-only games
Mania Spyder

The Mania Spyder was a Swedish kit car company in Falköping selling a sports roadster based on either VW Beetle or spaceframe chassis. They advertised that a formula spaceframe made for motorcycle engines would be available in spring 2001. It was designed by the automotive designer and guitar builder Ulf Bolumlid of Design by Ulf.  Over 50 examples of the Mania have been sold, a Swedish record for an own design kit-car.

External links 
Design by Ulf
Mania Spyder
 My Mania page
 Wolf - En ny svensk sportbil
 Mania kit car sold by Dalhems

Defunct motor vehicle manufacturers of Sweden
Sports cars
Kit car manufacturers
Ruben Bagger

Ruben Bagger (born 16 January 1972) is a former Danish football player, who spent his entire professional career for Brøndby IF in the Danish Superliga, and played more than 300 matches for the club. He won five Danish Superliga championships and three Danish Cup trophies with Brøndby. Bagger played in the position of left winger or forward.

Biography 

Bagger started playing amateur football with Danish clubs Svogerslev Boldklub and Jyllinge GIF, and made his senior debut with Roskilde Boldklub 1906. He was spotted by Brøndby coach Tom Køhlert, and moved to Brøndby IF in the summer 1993. He became a part of the senior team under Brøndby manager Ebbe Skovdahl, and made his debut on 13 November 1993, when he came on as a substitute in the 1-0 win against Ikast fS. Bagger signed a fully professional two-year contract with Brøndby from July 1994, and went on to compete with a host of Danish international forwards for a place in the Brøndby team. He initially competed with Bo Hansen, for a place in the starting line-up alongside Mark Strudal. When Strudal left the club in July 1995, Bagger saw renewed competition from forwards Peter Møller and Ebbe Sand. 

From 1996 to 1998, Bagger was a part of a Brøndby team which won three Danish Superliga championships in a row, as well as the 1998 Danish Cup. In the European competitions, Bagger first made his mark, when he scored twice in the games against German team Karlsruher SC in the 1996-97 UEFA Cup. Brøndby were trailing 0-3 in the first game against Karlsruher SC, when  Bagger reduced to 1-3 in the dying moments of the game. When the two teams met two weeks later, Bagger opened the score in a game which Brøndby won 5-0, beating Karlsruher SC 6-3 on aggregate. He also took part in Brøndby's 1998-99 UEFA Champions League campaign. Bagger set a Brøndby scoring record of 12 goals in 51 European games. 

His best season came, when he scored 13 goals to help Brøndby win the 2001-02 Superliga championship. Under new manager Michael Laudrup, Bagger saw less playing time. From 2003, he was plagued by lesser or larger injuries, though he emerged to score in the 2003 Danish Cup final against FC Midtjylland as Brøndby won 3-0. He also played the 2005 Danish Cup final, and scored the winning goal as Brøndby beat FC Midtjylland 3-2 in extra time. Bagger retired in December 2007. He played a combined total of 338 games and scored 88 goals for Brøndby, including 243 games and 64 goals in the Superliga championship, making him the second most scoring Brøndby player in the Superliga following Ebbe Sand.

Honours 

Danish Superliga (5): 1995-96, 1996-97, 1997-98, 2001-02, 2004-05
Danish Cup: 1998, 2003 and 2005

References

External links 
 Brøndby IF profile
 Official Superliga statistics

1972 births
Living people
Danish men's footballers
Brøndby IF players
Men's association football forwards
Men's association football midfielders
New Zealand demoiselle

The New Zealand demoiselle, Chromis dispilus, is a damselfish of the genus Chromis, found between North Cape and East Cape of the North Island of New Zealand to depths of about 60 metres, off rocky coasts. Its length is between 15 and 20 cm. Males are highly territorial as they defend their nesting area from other males and other species. These aggressive fish defend their eggs laid by their female counterpart. Spawning occurs between the months of December and March. The New Zealand demoiselle's territory and nesting grounds of this fish are usually the largest in a medium population density. Like most territorial fish they tend to spawn more in higher densities of the same species compared to lower densities. Aggression levels tend to be higher amount higher densities of the same species and lower levels in smaller densities. Aggression also tends to be higher during spawning then during egg defending. Elevated plasma levels of androgen testosterone and 11-Ketotesterone are associated with the heighten levels of aggression shown by the males.

References

Barnett, C. W., & Pankhurst, N. W. (1996). Effect of density on the reproductive behaviour of the territorial male demoiselle chromis dispilus (pisces: Pomacentridae) 
 
 
Pankhurst, N. W. (1995). Hormones and reproductive behavior in male damselfish. Bulletin of Marine Science, 57(3), 569-581. {
Russell, B. C. (1971). Underwater observations on the reproductive activity of the demoiselle chromis dispilus (pisces: Pomacentridae) . MARINE BIOLOGY, 10(1), 22-29.
 Tony Ayling & Geoffrey Cox, Collins Guide to the Sea Fishes of New Zealand, (William Collins Publishers Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand 1982) 

Chromis
Endemic marine fish of New Zealand
Fish described in 1923
Coventry Phoenix

Coventry Phoenix are Coventry's female ice hockey team. The team was established in 2003, and currently competes in Division One (South) of the British Women's Leagues. They play out of the SkyDome Arena, in city centre Coventry, the same venue as the Coventry Blaze men's professional ice hockey teams.

History

The Phoenix had their best season ever in 2013/14 finishing runners up to Whitley Bay. They made their first appearance at the women's playoffs in Sheffield losing 1-0 to the eventual winner, Swindon Top Cats, in the Semi Final. They then beat Cardiff to finish on 3rd place overall.

The Club ran a series of free "Learn to Play" sessions, providing loanable kits, in the summer of 2014.

References

Ice hockey teams in England
Sport in Coventry
Women's ice hockey teams in the United Kingdom
Psych Onation

Psych Onation is a Swedish pop-rock music band partly formed by former members of Lambretta.

Psych Onation was started in 2005 after Linda Sundblad, the lead vocalist of Lambretta, announced she would be releasing a solo record thereby causing the end of Lambretta. Marcus Nowak and Petter Lantz from Lambretta were joined by Vilaivon Hagman and Jonas Sjöholm to complete their new band.

Members

 Vilaivon Hagman - vocals
 Marcus Nowak - drums
 Petter Lantz - bass
 Jonas Sjöholm - guitar

Discography

Albums
 Symphony Of Death 2006

Singles
 "Mr. President" 2006
 "Livin' Dead" 2006

External links
Official site www.psychonation.se (no longer available as of 4 October 2013)
 MySpace profile: https://myspace.com/psychonation

Swedish musical groups
Mado

Mado may refer to:

Biology
Mado (fish) (in New Zealand), Atypichthys latus, a species of perciform fish

Geography
Mado, Burkina Faso, a village in south-western Burkina Faso
Mado Gashi (also Modogashe), a small remote town in the Eastern Province of Kenya
Mado (마도 馬島), an island in Hadong County, South Gyeongsang Province, South Korea
Mado, a township in Hwaseong, Gyeonggi Province, South Korea

Organizations
Mado (restaurateur), abbreviation of "Maraş Dondurması", a Turkish café and restaurant chain, famous for its unique ice cream
Mado (manufacturer), aka Oje Parvaz Mado Nafar, an Iranian company that specializes in aircraft propulsion systems

People
Mado Lamotte, stage name of Luc Provost, a Montréal drag queen
Mado Robin, (1918–1960), a French Soprano
Michio Mado (1909–2014), a Japanese poet

Various media
Mado (film), a French-Italian film by Claude Sautet, premiered in 1976
Orpheus no Mado, a manga by Riyoko Ikeda
Mado is also the Creek and Seminole word for "thank you"
Jaak Uudmäe

Jaak Uudmäe (born 3 September 1954) is an Estonian former triple jumper and long jumper who competed for the Soviet Union. He was the gold medalist at the 1980 Summer Olympics. He set a personal best of  in his Olympic victory – a mark which remains the Estonian record.

In 1979 and 1980, Uudmäe was acknowledged as Estonian Athlete of the Year. In 1980, Uudmäe's coach, Jaan Jürgenson, was nominated as the USSR Coach of the Year , and Jaak himself as the USSR Master Sportsman of the Year. He was the runner-up at the 1979 Soviet Spartakiad, behind Gennadiy Valyukevich.

His two sons, Jaanus Uudmäe and Jaak Joonas Uudmäe, are also both long and triple jumpers.

1980 Olympics
His victory at the 1980 Summer Olympics was adjudicated by an all-Soviet panel. Some observers later claimed that the bronze medalist João Carlos de Oliveira and fifth-placer Ian Campbell both produced multiple jumps longer than Uudmäe's, though the Soviet judges ruled all these as fouls, to protestations from the athletes and questioning by several observers. Uudmäe's longest jump was also ruled as a foul. In 2015, Athletics Australia made a request to the International Association of Athletics Federations to investigate the matter and review the outcome.

International competitions

National titles
Estonian Athletics Championships
Triple jump: 1976, 1978, 1983, 1986, 1988
Estonian Indoor Championships
Triple jump: 1975, 1977, 1978, 1983, 1985
Long jump: 1978

See also
Triple jump at the Olympics
100 great Estonians of the 20th century
List of Estonian sportspeople
List of Olympic medalists in athletics (men)  
List of European Athletics Indoor Championships medalists (men)

References

External links

1954 births
Living people
Athletes from Tallinn
Estonian sportsperson-politicians
Estonian male long jumpers
Estonian male triple jumpers
Estonian athletics coaches
Soviet male long jumpers
Soviet male triple jumpers
Olympic athletes for the Soviet Union
Olympic gold medalists for the Soviet Union
Olympic gold medalists in athletics (track and field)
Athletes (track and field) at the 1980 Summer Olympics
Universiade medalists in athletics (track and field)
Medalists at the 1980 Summer Olympics
Estonian University of Life Sciences alumni
Universiade silver medalists for the Soviet Union
Medalists at the 1979 Summer Universiade
Varima-te-takere

In Cook Islands mythology, Varima-te-takere ("goddess of the beginning") also called Vari ( ), was the primordial mother of the gods and mortals. 

According to Gill, Vari, a female spirit or demon of flesh and blood, was admitted to the lowest depth of the interior of Avaiki, a place described as resembling a vast hollow coconut shell. Such is the narrowness of her territory that her knees and chin touch, no other position being possible. Her name in full, Vari-ma-te-takere, Gill translates as "The very beginning". The word vari, however, also means "mud", and, taken in conjunction with takere (canoe bottom or keel), the name literally means "The mud at the bottom"; suggesting the mud on the bottom of Avaiki. Vari is the mud of taro swamps and connotes potential plant growth. As applied to a female, it means menstruation and conveys a connection with the female womb and the origin of human growth. The following passage from a dramatic song of creation (circa 1790) mentions Vari:

But we have no father whatever: Vari alone made us. That home of Vari is  The very narrowest of all!  Vari's home is in the narrowest of spaces,  A goddess feeding on raw taro At appointed periods of worship! Thy mother, Vatea, is self-existent.

Vari was very anxious for progeny. At various times she created six children, three bits of flesh were plucked from each side of her body, and moulded into human form. These six are the primary gods of the universe. Yet no marae or image was ever sacred to them, nor was any offering made to them. These gods are: Vatea (or Avatea), the father of gods and men; Tinirau, lord of the seas; Tango, lord of the birds; Tumu-te-ana-oa, echo of the rocks; Raka, lord of the winds; and Tu-metua, a beloved daughter whom Vari kept close to her in Avaiki. Tu-metua (or Tu-papa) was the tutelary deity of the island of Moorea, and the fourteenth night in every moon was sacred to her.

Notes

References

Mangaia mythology
Cook Islands mythology
Mother goddesses
Origin myths
Polynesian goddesses
Sugar River State Trail

The Sugar River State Trail is a  long, , recreation rail trail in Wisconsin. 

This trail connects four communities: New Glarus, Monticello, Albany and Brodhead.  The limestone-surfaced trail is on an abandoned railroad bed, and is used for bicycling, hiking, and snowmobiling. The trail follows the course of the Little Sugar and Sugar River and includes several trestle bridges. 

The Sugar River State Trail is part of the Aldo Leopold Legacy Trail System, linking with the Badger State Trail near Monticello. It also hosts a  portion of the Ice Age Trail.

The north end of the trail is at a parking lot next to the New Glarus Depot on Railroad St. in downtown New Glarus ().  The south end of the trail is on Decatur Rd. at the intersection with W. 3rd Av. in Brodhead ().

See also
List of bike trails in Wisconsin
List of hiking trails in Wisconsin
Rail trails

References

External links
Sugar River State Trail Hiking Information
Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources Sugar River State Trail
Link to Sugar River  Trail
Wisconsin Sugar River Trail (GPS and map)

Rail trails in Wisconsin
National Recreation Trails in Wisconsin
Protected areas of Green County, Wisconsin
Protected areas of Rock County, Wisconsin
Isora

Isora may refer to:

 1374 Isora, an asteroid 
 Artemis Isora, in Greek Mythology
 Azumi-no-isora, a Japanese Deity
 Helicteres isora, or Indian screw tree
 Isora (beetle), a ladybird beetle genus

See also
 
 Išorai, a village in Kaunas County, Lithuania
 IsoRay, a medical company
Greenbrier River Trail

The Greenbrier River Trail (GRT), is a lineal state park comprising a  rail trail between North Caldwell and Cass in eastern West Virginia.

The GRT route and its contours were originally engineered by the Chesapeake and Ohio Railway, serving as a passenger and freight line before becoming unviable after the Great Depression. The right of way was gifted to the State of West Virginia in the late 1970s and the former railbed reopened in 1980 as a recreational multi-use trail.

The wheelchair-accessible trail features a hard-packed crushed-limestone surface accommodating hiking, bicycling, ski-touring and horseback-riding. Access is provided at 14 trailheads. The route features 16 primitive campsites (several with three-sided camping shelters), 50 to 60 picnic tables, and passes three state parks and two state forests.  As it follows the Greenbrier River, the trail drops  (north to south) along its route, crossing 35 trestles and traversing two tunnelsDroop Mountain Tunnel with a length of  and Sharps Tunnel with a length of .

In 1999, the GRT was one of 50 trails in the United States designated a Millennium Legacy Trail. In 2012, the trail was elected to the National Rail Trail Hall of Fame and was named by Backpacker magazine as "one of the Top 10 hiking trails in the United States."

Background
The GRT follows portions of the Chesapeake and Ohio Railway's former Greenbrier Division constructed between North Caldwell and Cass in 1899 and 1900. The route was used heavily in the 1920s for through traffic via its connection with the Western Maryland Railway at Durbin, serving quarries, sawmills and tanneries as well as agricultural and livestock operations. The line hit its peak peacetime tonnage in 1926.

By the 1930s rail traffic waned, with the coming of improved roads and the depletion of timber tracts. Passenger service ended January 8, 1958, and freight service ended in December 1978, with the line being officially abandoned December 29, 1978.

The Chesapeake and Ohio donated most of its right-of-way south of Durbin, including the land that became the Greenbrier River Trail, to the State of West Virginia on June 20, 1980. A contractor for the railroad removed the track south of Cass in 1979–1980 and the state purchased the track from Cass to Durbin for its scrap value to be used by the Cass Scenic Railroad.

Trailheads

See also
Cycling infrastructure
Greenbrier County
Pocahontas County
High Bridge Trail State Park
New River Trail State Park
Virginia Capital Trail
Fall Line Trail
Virginia Creeper Trail
Washington & Old Dominion Trail

References

External links
 
Greenbrier River Trail Association web page
West Virginia Rails-to-Trails page
Hiking and Biking Map of the Greenbrier River Trail
Greenbrier River Watershed Association
Greenbrier River Trail at Trailink
HawkinsRails Greenbrier River Trail page

Protected areas of Greenbrier County, West Virginia
Protected areas of Pocahontas County, West Virginia
Rail trails in West Virginia
State parks of West Virginia
Transportation in Greenbrier County, West Virginia
Transportation in Pocahontas County, West Virginia
Long-distance trails in the United States
Linda Sundblad

Linda Caroline Sundblad (born 5 July 1981, in Lidköping) is a Swedish singer, actress and model.

Career

Lambretta 
Dropping out of school at the age of 15 to join the pop rock music band Lambretta, she experienced much success at a young age. After releasing three albums with Lambretta, she decided in Autumn 2005 to go solo.

Solo 
Her first solo single, "Oh Father", was released in September 2006 and her debut album, Oh My God!, a couple of months later. "Oh Father" was nominated for a Grammis award. Musicwise it remained silent around Sundblad until the second part of 2009 when the new single "2 All My Girls" was released and a second album announced for 24 March 2010.

Other projects 
She is also featured on the Reflections album by Apocalyptica, for which she sings the vocals to "Faraway Vol. 2". Sundblad works currently with House music artist Rasmus Faber; she sang for him on the single "Everything Is Alright", which was released on 22 November 2008 and on his second single "Always", which was released on 6 April 2009. Sundblad also features on Rasmus Faber's debut album Where We Belong.

Melodifestivalen 2011 
Linda Sundblad participated in Melodifestivalen 2011, the Swedish selection for the Eurovision Song Contest 2011. She competed in the third semi-final on 19 February 2011 in Cloetta Center, Linköping, with the song "Lucky You", which finished 6th and did not qualify for the final.

Model career 
Sundblad has worked since 2005 as a model, presenting L'Oréal and Munthe plus Simonsen.

Radio career 
Since 8 November 2006 Sunblad has worked as a radio announcer at Sveriges Radio, where she moderated the programme P3 Star.

Discography 
Singles
 "Oh Father" (2006, SE #1)
 "Lose You" (2006, SE #2)
 "Back in Time" (2007)
 "Who (Q Boy)" (2007)
 "Cheat" (2007)
 "2 All My Girls" (2009, SE #50)
 "Let's Dance" (2010, SE #7)
 "Perfect Nobody" (2010)
 "Lucky You" (2011)

Albums
 Oh My God! (2006, SE #11)
 Manifest (2010)
 Öppna ditt hjärta så ska du få EP (2012)

Lambretta 
Albums 
 Breakfast (July 1999)
 Lambretta (June 2002)
 The Fight (March 2005)

Singles
 "Blow Up All My Fuses" (1999)
 "Absolutely Nothing" (1999)
 "And All The Roses" (1999)
 "Bimbo" (April 2002)
 "Creep" (August 2002)
 "Perfect Tonight" (2002)
 "Chemical" (2004)
 "Anything" (2004)
 "Kill Me" (2004)

Guest appearances 
Singles

 with Apocalyptica
 "Faraway Vol. 2" (2003)

 with Rasmus Faber
 "Everything Is Alright" (2008)
 "Always" (2009)

 with Kleerup
 "History" (2009)

TV appearances 
 "Sommarkrysset" (2007)
 "FörKväll" (2006–2007)
 "Nyhetsmorgon" (2006–2007)
 "Bingolotto" (2006)
 "Studio Virtanen" (2006)
 "Vi i femman" (2005)
 "Körslaget" (2010)
 "Allsång på Skansen" (2010)

References

External links

 Official site
 Official MySpace
 

1981 births
Living people
Swedish pop singers
Swedish women singer-songwriters
Swedish singer-songwriters
Swedish female models
Swedish actresses
People from Lidköping Municipality
English-language singers from Sweden
21st-century Swedish singers
21st-century Swedish women singers
Melodifestivalen contestants of 2011
Ellman's

Ellman's was a major catalog merchant. It was located in suburban locations of Georgia and North Carolina, mainly Atlanta and Charlotte. Directly competing with Service Merchandise, Ellman's was ultimately bought out by Service Merchandise in 1985 and all stores were converted to Service Merchandise.

Ellman's corporate offices were located in Smyrna, Georgia on Cobb Parkway.  They had showrooms in Georgia, Charlotte, NC and Greensboro, NC.

References

Defunct retail companies of the United States
Catalog showrooms
Retail companies disestablished in 1985