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Millbrook A.F.C.

Millbrook Association Football Club is a football club based in Millbrook, Cornwall, England. They are currently members of  the  and play at Jenkins Park.

History
The club was established in 1888. They played in district leagues, including the Plymouth & District League, until joining the South Western League in 1980. The club were South Western League runners-up in 1981–82 and finished in the top five every season until 1988–89, also reaching the final of the Cornwall Senior Cup in 1983–84. After losing another Cornwall Senior Cup final in 1998–99, they entered the FA Vase for the first time in 2004–05, losing 2–1 at home to Exmouth Town. The club remained in the league until it merged with the Devon County League to form the South West Peninsula League in 2007, at which point they were placed in Division One West.

After finishing bottom of Division One West in 2008–09 and second-from-bottom in 2009–10, financial problems forced Millbrook to resign from the league, with the first team taking over from the reserves in Division One of the East Cornwall League. The club were Division One runners-up in 2012–13, earning promotion to the Premier Division. A third-place finish in the Premier Division in 2013–14, a season that also saw them lose the League Cup final, was enough to secure promotion back to Division One West of the South West Peninsula League.

In 2017–18, Millbrook were Division One West champions, earning promotion to the Premier Division. Following league reorganisation at the end of the 2018–19 season, the club were placed in the Premier Division East. In 2021 they were promoted to the Premier Division of the Western League based on their results in the abandoned 2019–20 and 2020–21 seasons.

Ground

The club play at Jenkins Park on Mill Road. The ground was originally named Mill Park, but was renamed in 2014 after former professional footballer Reg Jenkins, who was born in the village and went on to become Rochdale's record goalscorer.  After retiring he returned to Cornwall and helped run the Millbrook football club. The ground includes a covered stand on one side of the pitch, with other three sides railed off. The clubhouse is located behind one goal.

Honours
South West Peninsula League
Division One West champions 2017–18

Records
Best FA Vase performance: Third round, 2020–21
Best FA Cup performance: Extra preliminary round, 2020–21

References

External links

Official website

Football clubs in England
Football clubs in Cornwall
Association football clubs established in 1888
1888 establishments in England
South Western Football League
South West Peninsula League
East Cornwall League
Western Football League
Launceston F.C.

Launceston Football Club () is a football club based in Launceston, Cornwall, England. They are currently members of the  and play at Pennygillam.

History
The original club was established in 1891. They reached the final of the Cornwall Senior Cup in its first season (1892–93), but lost 5–1 to Penzance. After three more losing appearances in the final, they won the cup for the first time in 1899–1900 and retained it the following season. They joined the Cornish & Devon League, but folded in 1907 after their ground was closed, with a team named "The Boys of England" taking over their fixtures.

The modern club was formed in 1922 by a merger of Launceston Saturdays and the Comrades. They joined the Plymouth & District League and were Division Two champions in 1928–29. The mid-1950s saw a sustained period of success as the club won the league for three successive seasons between 1955–56 and 1957–58. They then moved up to the South Western League where they played for three seasons, before leaving in 1961. Although the club rejoined the league in 1962, they left again after finishing bottom of the table in 1965–66, dropping into the East Cornwall Premier League.

In 1979 Launceston returned to the South Western League for a third spell. They won the Cornwall Senior Cup again in 1982–83 and were runners-up in 1983–84 before winning the league in 1994–95. However, after finishing fourth the following season and winning the League Cup, they finished bottom of the league for the next three seasons. In 2004–05 they won the Cornwall Senior Cup for a fourth time, and in 2006–07 they were the last winners of the League Cup prior to the South Western League merging with the Devon County League to form the South West Peninsula League, with the club placed in the Premier Division. Following league reorganisation at the end of the 2018–19 season, they were placed in the Premier Division West.

Honours
 South Western League
Champions 1994–95
League Cup winners 1995–96, 2006–07
Plymouth & District League
Champions 1955–56, 1956–57, 1957–58
Division Two champions 1928–29
Cornwall Senior Cup
Winners 1899–1900, 1900–01, 1982–83, 2004–05

Records
Best FA Cup performance: Preliminary round, 2008–09, 2009–10
Best FA Vase performance: Second round, 2006–07

See also

Launceston F.C. players
Launceston F.C. managers

References

External links
Official website

 
Football clubs in England
Football clubs in Cornwall
Association football clubs established in 1891
1891 establishments in England
Launceston, Cornwall
South Western Football League
East Cornwall League
South West Peninsula League
Bark River (Rock River tributary)

The Bark River is a tributary of the Rock River, about  long, in southeastern Wisconsin in the United States.  Via the Rock River, it is part of the watershed of the Mississippi River.  According to the Geographic Names Information System, it has also been known historically as the "Peelbark River". The Bark River rises in southern Washington County at Bark Lake In Richfield, WI and flows generally southwestwardly through Waukesha and Jefferson counties, past the communities of Hartland, Delafield, Summit Dousman and Rome, and through several small lakes.  It joins the Rock River in Jefferson County just east of Fort Atkinson. In Jefferson County the Bark River collects the Scuppernong River.

See also
List of Wisconsin rivers

References

Columbia Gazetteer of North America entry
DeLorme (1992).  Wisconsin Atlas & Gazetteer.  Freeport, Maine: DeLorme.  .

Rivers of Wisconsin
Rivers of Jefferson County, Wisconsin
Rivers of Washington County, Wisconsin
Rivers of Waukesha County, Wisconsin
Scuppernong River

Scuppernong River may refer to:

Scuppernong River (North Carolina)
Scuppernong River (Wisconsin)
Kick the Moon

Kick the Moon () is a 2001 South Korean film directed by Kim Sang-jin.

Plot
Ten years ago, a legendary fighter named Choi Gi-dong and a timid straight-A student named Park Young-joon leave for a high school field trip to Gyeongju city. But during their journey, fate befalls on them as they experience an unforgettable incident that would change the course of their lives.

One night during a school gala, Gi-dong leads his entire school to a huge brawl against a local gang while Young-joon chickens out and stays behind at the party by himself. The streets turn out to be a battlefield with blood gushing, heads bashing and bones breaking, but the gruesome fight nonetheless becomes history in the making. Gi-dong becomes admired for his bravery, while Young-joon gets ostracized for his fear.

Ten years later, Gi-dong and Young-joon coincidentally meet each other at a club in Gyeongju. Surprisingly, Young-joon turns out to be a big time gangster while Gi-dong becomes a daunting phys ed teacher who transferred to a high school in Gyeongju. They feel glad about their unexpected reunion, but the mood gets tense as they rekindle old yet not-so-fond memories.

Before they bid farewell, both Gi-dong and Young-joon suddenly find a pretty damsel named Ju-ran in distress. In an instant, they fall headlong in love with her as Ju-ran's gleeful smile sweeps them off their feet.

Gi-dong makes his claim on Ju-ran, but Young-joon calls it a fair game. Young-joon planned to make his trip to Gyeongju a short visit, but he extends his stay to win Ju-ran's heart and to get back at Gi-dong for old time's sake. Gi-dong gets infuriated over Young-joon's decision since he won't listen to him like the good old days. Even though fighting over Ju-ran becomes a grueling test to their friendship, the situation gets worse when they practically get the whole city involved. It's a fight to the finish to win one girl's heart, even if it takes a few bones to break.

Cast
Lee Sung-jae - Park Young-jun
Cha Seung-won - Choi Gi-dong
Kim Hye-soo - Min Ju-ran
Lee Jong-su - Min Jin-seob
Kim Young-joon - Park Jun-young 
Lee Han-gal - Hyeok-su 
Lee Won-jong - Chun-soo 
Yoo Hae-jin
 Lee Si-eon

References

External links 
 
 

2001 films
2001 action comedy films
South Korean action comedy films
Films about educators
Films about organized crime in South Korea
2000s Korean-language films
Films directed by Kim Sang-jin (film director)
2001 comedy films
2000s South Korean films
Battery Park (Burlington, Vermont)

Battery Park is a public park overlooking Lake Champlain at the western end of downtown Burlington, Vermont. The park includes a bandshell, a playground, and various monuments, including a bronze statue of Civil War veteran General William W. Wells, and a red oak sculpture of Chief Gray Lock, a veteran of Gray Lock's War. Locally, it is popular for its wide, sweeping views of Lake Champlain.

History 

The park was named for the artillery stationed there by American forces during the War of 1812. On August 13, 1813, American gunners, aided by the , successfully defended their position against an attack by a British squadron led by Lt Colonel John Murray.

The park land was deeded to the City of Burlington in 1870, and the Battery Park Extension was added to the southern end in 1972.

Trivia 
 Because of its unobstructed view high above Burlingon's harbor, Battery Park is a very popular spot for observers of the Independence Day fireworks launched from a barge in the bay.
 According to noted author Rudyard Kipling (The Jungle Book), Battery Park has one of the two finest sunset views in the world, with the other location being Kenya’s Ngong Hills.

References

Links 
 Vermont Department of Parks and Recreation
 President Lyndon B. Johnson's Remarks at Battery Park
 Battle at Burlington (1813)

Parks in Vermont
Geography of Burlington, Vermont
Protected areas of Chittenden County, Vermont
Tourist attractions in Burlington, Vermont
Hulusi

The hulusi (), also known as the cucurbit flute and the gourd flute, is a free reed wind instrument from China, Vietnam, and the Shan State, played also by the indigenous people of Assam. It is held vertically and has three bamboo pipes that pass through a Calabash gourd wind chest; the center pipe has finger holes and the outer two are typically drone pipes. It is not uncommon for a hulusi to have only one drone pipe while the second outer pipe is merely ornamental. The drone pipe has a finger hole which allows it to be stopped. Advanced configurations have keyed finger holes similar to a clarinet or oboe, which can greatly extend the range of the hulusi to several octaves.

The hulusi was originally used primarily in the Shan State of Myanmar, Yunnan province and Assam by a number of ethnic-minority groups, in particular the Dai people who call the instrument "pi lamtao" (筚朗叨 – the word "pi" means woodwind instruments, and the word "lamtao"(namtao) means gourd), and has gained nationwide popularity throughout China and is also used by various indigenous ethnic groups of Assam; similar to the popularity of the harmonica in the West, and "improved" versions have been produced outside the indigenous realms. In Vietnam, the instrument is referred to as the "Sáo Bầu", which means Gourd Flute. Like the related free reed pipe called bawu, the hulusi has a very pure, very mellow clarinet-like sound.

A similar instrument called hulusheng is a mouth organ with a gourd wind chest.

Etymology
The instrument's name comes from the Mandarin Chinese word húlu (葫蘆絲/葫芦丝), meaning "Calabash gourd," and si, meaning "silk" (referring to the instrument's smooth tone).HULUSI  The instrument is called pi lamtao in the Dai (Tai Nuea) language of Dehong and "pi namtao" in Lue language (Sipsong Panna), Khun language (Kengtung), Yuan language (Northern Thailand), Lao language and Thai language. It is also called Huluxi in Assam.hulusi

Performers
Although the hulusi is still predominantly performed in Yunnan (China), Shan State (Myanmar) and Assam it has in recent years been adopted by European composers and performers. Rohan Leach and Jack Reddick from England, Raphaël De Cock from Belgium, Sara Bentes from Brazil, Nadishana from Russia and Herman Witkam from the Netherlands have all taken the instrument in new directions.

References

External links
Hulusi page from Pat Missin site
Hulusi page from ASZA.com site

Video
Hulusi video from The Musical Instruments E-book

See also
Bawu
Traditional Squares
Pungi, a similar Indian instrument

Chinese musical instruments
Free reed aerophones
Culture in Yunnan
Alarma Records

Alarma Records was an imprint of Newpax Records and Frontline Records. Alarma! Records and Tapes was formed in 1983 by the band Daniel Amos with musician Tom Howard for the release of their Doppelgänger album. The name of the label comes from the band's 1981 album ¡Alarma!.

It was reformed by the Frontline Music Group in the late 1980s.

Artists 

 afewloosescrews
 Altar Boys
 Daniel Amos
 Dead Artist Syndrome
 Dr. Edward Daniel Taylor
 Edin-Ådahl
 Rick Elias
 Every Day Life
 Hoglund Band
 Jacob's Trouble
 Lifesavers
 Mad at the World
 Michael Knott
 Mortal
 Poor Old Lu
 Scaterd Few
 Shades of Blue
 The Swirling Eddies
 Terry Scott Taylor
 White Frogs
 Walk on Water
 David Zaffiro

See also 

 Intense Records
 List of record labels

References 

Christian record labels
American independent record labels
Record labels established in 1983
Record labels established in 1988
Yehuda Chitrik

Rabbi Yehuda Chitrik (August 28, 1899 – February 14, 2006) was  an author and Mashpia in the Chabad Hasidic community in Brooklyn, New York.

Early life 

Yehuda Chitrik was born in 1899 in , a small Jewish shtetl in Russia, to a prominent Lubavitch family that traces its roots to the foremost Chassidim of the Alter Rebbe. At the age of 14, he began studying in Yeshiva Tomchei Temimim in the village of Lyubavichi, where he met the fifth Chabad Rebbe, Rabbi Sholom Dovber Schneersohn. For the next 12 years, he traveled to many different communities together with the Yeshiva, for the difficulties caused by World War I, the Bolshevik revolution, and the economic pressures to which the Jews were subjected compelled the Yeshiva to move frequently.

In 1926 Chitrik married Kayla Tomarkin, the daughter of Rabbi Aharon Tomarkin, a Rabbi in Kharkiv, Ukraine, and began to serve as a Shochet until the Russian government forcefully shut down the ritual slaughterhouses. During this period he also met Rabbi Menachem Mendel Schneerson, who later became the seventh Lubavitcher rebbe.

Post-Holocaust 

In the turmoil that followed World War II and the Holocaust, Rabbi Chitrik and his family moved to Belgium with the intention of continuing to the United States. But the sixth Chabad Rebbe, Rabbi Yosef Yitzchok Schneersohn recognized his skills and asked him to remain in Belgium to support the community and spread Yiddishkeit and Chassidic warmth among the many refugees who had settled in that country.

In 1949, he emigrated to Montreal, Canada, where he was appointed Mashpia in the branch of the Lubavitcher Yeshiva established there. After the passing of his wife in 1983, he moved to Brooklyn.

Rabbi Chitrik was the eldest living Chabad Chassid for many years. He died 17 Shevat 5766. He has four children and eighteen grandchildren, and is survived by over 300 descendants in total.

Many of his descendants serve as spiritual leaders and rabbis across the globe. Amongst them is his son-in-law Rabbi David Moshe Lieberman, who serves as the chief rabbi of Antwerp, Belgium. His great grandsons, Rabbi Mendy Chitrik of Istanbul, Turkey serves as the Chairman of the Alliance of Rabbis in Islamic States. Other descendants serve in China, Turkey, Germany, Australia, Israel, Canada, Uruguay, Brazil, Ukraine, England  and cities across the United States: Bedford, NY; Philadelphia, PA, New York City, NY; Munster, IN; Oak Park, MI.

Writings 
 Reshimot Devorim, four volumes.
 From My Father's Shabbos Table, A Treasury of Chabad Chassidic Stories

External links 
 A collection of stories by Yehudah Chitrik on Chabad.org
 Books 
 Rabbi Yehuda Chitrik, 106; Chasidic Storyteller  The Jewish Week 
 New York Times eulogy

Chabad-Lubavitch rabbis
Chabad-Lubavitch Mashpiim
Russian centenarians
Canadian centenarians
American centenarians
American people of Russian-Jewish descent
1899 births
2006 deaths
American Hasidic rabbis
Belarusian Jews
Men centenarians
SOP (TV program)

SOP is a Philippine television variety show broadcast by GMA Network. It premiered on February 2, 1997, replacing GMA Supershow. The show concluded on February 28, 2010, with a total of 672 episodes. It was replaced by Party Pilipinas in its timeslot.

History
SOP started airing on February 2, 1997, with a live episode from the GMA Broadway studios. Regular dancers include the VIP Dancers, Universal Motion Dancers, Abstract Dancers and Kidz at Work; with Al Quinn as the director and German Moreno as a production consultant.

In 2005, the cast of SOP and SOP Gigsters together with Mel Tiangco, Joey de Leon, Richard Gomez and German Moreno went to San Francisco, California, United States, for the launch of GMA Pinoy TV.

The show moved to a new set at GMA Network Center Annex, Studio 7 in November 2008. It is one of the biggest studios in the Philippines accommodating 1,000-member audiences.

Cast

 Ogie Alcasid 
 Janno Gibbs 
 Vina Morales 
 G. Toengi 
 Cacai Velasquez 
 Regine Velasquez 
 Gary Valenciano 
 Jaya

Co-hosts and performers

 604
 Carla Abellana 
 Aljur Abrenica 
 Marvin Agustin 
 Marco Alcaraz
 Bernadette Allyson-Estrada 
 Bobby Andrews 
 Aryana 
 Roxanne Barcelo 
 Kris Bernal 
 James Blanco 
 Nancy Castiglione 
 Billy Crawford 
 Chico and Delamar
 Glaiza de Castro 
 Chris Cayzer  
 Ryza Cenon 
 Marky Cielo 
 Jake Cuenca 
 Anne Curtis 
 Rita Daniela  
 Dingdong Dantes 
 Angelika dela Cruz 
 Maybelyn dela Cruz 
 Joshua Desiderio
 Joshua Dionisio 
 Mylene Dizon
 Sunshine Dizon 
 Cogie Domingo 
 Gabby Eigenmann 
 Mart Escudero 
 Brenan Espartinez
 Heart Evangelista 
 Frencheska Farr 
 Barbie Forteza 
 Joross Gamboa
 Maricris Garcia 
 Toni Gonzaga 
 Carlo Guevarra
 Matteo Guidicelli 
 Raymond Gutierrez
 Richard Gutierrez 
 Ruffa Gutierrez 
 Mark Herras 
 Eugene Herrera
 Jerome John Hughes 
 Dion Ignacio 
 Joseph Izon 
 Jay-R 
 Karylle 
 Bianca King 
 Kitty Girls
 Yasmien Kurdi 
 Kyla 
 Kris Lawrence 
 Lilet 
 Angel Locsin 
 Francis Magalona 
 Maxene Magalona 
 Gian Magdangal 
 Jolina Magdangal 
 Malik
 Karel Marquez 
 Jennylyn Mercado 
 Lani Misalucha 
 K. C. Montero 
 Vaness del Moral 
 Champagne Morales 
 Jan Nieto
 Nina 
 Chynna Ortaleza 
 Amanda Page 
 Paolo Paraiso
 Tyron Perez
 Lovi Poe 
 Yassi Pressman 
 Rufa Mae Quinto 
 Radha 
 Jolo Revilla
 Cristine Reyes 
 LJ Reyes 
 Tricia Roman 
 Jake Roxas
 Julie Anne San Jose 
 Aicelle Santos 
 Gerald Santos 
 Danica Sotto 
 Miko Sotto 
 South Border
 Stags
 Miggy Tanchangco
 Antoinette Taus 
 Geoff Taylor 
 Bryan Termulo 
 Dennis Trillo 
 TJ Trinidad
 Brad Turvey 
 Greg Turvey 
 Mo Twister
 Kevin Vernal
 April Villanueva 
 Jonalyn Viray 
 Trina Zuñiga

Ratings
According to AGB Nielsen Philippines' Mega Manila household television ratings, the final episode of SOP scored a 13% rating.

Accolades

References

External links
 

1997 Philippine television series debuts
2010 Philippine television series endings
Filipino-language television shows
GMA Network original programming
Philippine variety television shows
Henricus Regius

Henricus Regius (; July 29, 1598 – February 19, 1679) was a Dutch philosopher, physician, and professor of medicine at the University of Utrecht from 1638.

Biography
Regius was born in Utrecht, and was also known by his birth name, Hendrik de Roy, or by its French rendering, Henri Le Roy.  He studied liberal arts at the University of Franeker and medicine at Groningen University, Leiden University, and subsequently at the Universities of Montpellier and Padua.

He was a vocal proponent of Cartesianism, and corresponded frequently with René Descartes. He was the author of a textbook of natural philosophy, Fundamenta Physices.

He died in Utrecht.

References

External links
The Correspondence between Descartes and Henricus Regius (in French, with commentary in English)

The Mathematics Genealogy Project - Henricus Regius

1598 births
1679 deaths
17th-century Dutch physicians
17th-century Dutch philosophers
Physicians from Utrecht (city)
Academic staff of Utrecht University
PEBL

PEBL may mean or refer to:

 PEBL (software), Psychology Experiment Building Language, a platform for administering psychological exams
 Motorola Pebl, a mobile phone produced by Motorola.
1975 Pan American Games

The 1975 Pan American Games were held in Mexico City, Mexico, from October 12 to October 26, 1975, exactly twenty years after the second Pan American Games were held there. It was the third major sporting event held in the Mexican capital in seven years, after the 1968 Summer Olympics and the 1970 FIFA World Cup.

Host city election

Two cities submitted bids to host the 1975 Pan American Games that were recognized by the Pan American Sports Organization. On August 29, 1969, Santiago was selected unanimously over San Juan to host the VII Pan American Games by PASO at its 10th general assembly, held in Cali, Colombia.

In 1973, Santiago dropped out from hosting, and in 1974, its replacement São Paulo did the same. Mexico City was granted the hosting rights with just 10 months to prepare.

Medal count

To sort this table by nation, total medal count, or any other column, click on the  icon next to the column title.

Note
 The medal counts for the United States, Cuba and Canada are disputed.

Sports

References

External links
 Mexico City 1975 - VII Pan American Games - Official Report at PanamSports.org

 
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Multi-sport events in Mexico
Pan American Games
Pan American Games
Sports competitions in Mexico City
1970s in Mexico City
October 1975 sports events in North America
October 1975 events in Mexico
SLVR

SLVR or Slvr may refer to:

 Viru Viru International Airport (ICAO code SLVR), Santa Cruz de la Sierra, Bolivia
 Motorola Slvr phone
Evgenia Radanova

Evgenia Radanova (; born 4 November 1977) is a Bulgarian female short track speed skater and racing cyclist who has participated in both the Summer and Winter Olympics. She was the world record holder in the 500 m short track distance with 43.671s, which she set in Calgary, Canada on 19 October 2001. In the Salt Lake City 2002 Winter Olympic games she won a silver medal at the same distance and a bronze at 1500m. In Athens 2004 Summer games she took part in cycling, but did not get a medal. In the 2010 Vancouver Olympics in the women's 500 m she ended up 7th.

Radanova currently trains in Italy, although most of her career she spent with Slavia Sofia Sports Club and the National Sports Academy in Sofia, Bulgaria. In the Academy she studied coaching. She weighs 65 kg and is 170 cm tall. Radanova has been severely injured at least twice, but has overcome the injuries to come back. In August 2014, Radanova was appointed as Bulgarian Minister of Youth and Sports on a temporary basis as part of the caretaker government of Georgi Bliznashki.

References

External links
 
 Speed skater Evgenia Radanova ready to raise new generation
 

1977 births
Living people
Bulgarian female short track speed skaters
Bulgarian female cyclists
Olympic cyclists for Bulgaria
Cyclists at the 2004 Summer Olympics
Olympic short track speed skaters for Bulgaria
Short track speed skaters at the 1994 Winter Olympics
Short track speed skaters at the 1998 Winter Olympics
Short track speed skaters at the 2002 Winter Olympics
Short track speed skaters at the 2006 Winter Olympics
Short track speed skaters at the 2010 Winter Olympics
Olympic medalists in short track speed skating
Olympic silver medalists for Bulgaria
Olympic bronze medalists for Bulgaria
Medalists at the 2002 Winter Olympics
Medalists at the 2006 Winter Olympics
Sportspeople from Sofia
Bulgarian female speed skaters
Universiade medalists in short track speed skating
World Short Track Speed Skating Championships medalists
FISU World University Games gold medalists for Bulgaria
Competitors at the 1997 Winter Universiade
Competitors at the 1999 Winter Universiade
Competitors at the 2001 Winter Universiade
Nesmith, South Carolina

Nesmith is an unincorporated community in Williamsburg County, South Carolina, United States. It was a station on the Seaboard Air Line Railroad (now CSX Transportation) line which was built about 1912. Today it consists of a post office, fire station, and a country store, serving a large rural area which depends on agriculture and logging. Black Mingo Creek flows alongside the hamlet.

The community was named after the Nesmith family. The Gamble House was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2006.

References

Unincorporated communities in Williamsburg County, South Carolina
Unincorporated communities in South Carolina
PCGS

PCGS may refer to:
 Parallel communicating grammar systems, grammar systems working on their own string and communicating with other grammars in a system by sending their sequential forms on request.
 Preconditioned conjugate gradient square method, a variant of the preconditioned conjugate gradient method – an algorithm for the numerical solution of systems of linear equations whose matrix is symmetric and positive-definite.
 Professional Coin Grading Service, an authentication and grading service for rare coins started by seven coin dealers in 1985 to standardize coin grading.
The Halifax Three

The Halifax Three (or the Halifax III), originally the Colonials, was a folk music band in Canada in the 1960s. The band performed in Toronto and Montreal before becoming part of the New York folk scene and recording an album.

History
Denny Doherty, Pat LaCroix and Richard Byrne formed the Colonials in 1960 in Halifax NS where they hosted a CBC TV program. After performing in Toronto and Montreal, the band changed its name to The Halifax Three in 1963, and, with the addition of Toronto born Zal Yanovsky, toured with the Journeymen and played Carnegie Hall in New York City. The band signed with Epic Records and released two albums.  

The band broke up in 1965.  Doherty and Yanovsky formed the Mugwumps with Cass Elliot and Jim Hendricks. When that band ended, Yanovsky, with John Sebastian formed the Lovin' Spoonful while Doherty joined the Journeymen's John Phillips and his wife Michelle, to, later, along with Cass Elliot, form the Mamas & the Papas.

LaCroix became a Toronto photographer and jazz vocalist.  Byrne returned to Halifax where he formed the short-lived New Halifax III with Scott McCulloch and Michael Stanbury from CBC-TV's Singalong Jubilee.

In 2001 music from the Halifax Three was included in the retro compilation album The Magic Circle.

Discography

Singles
 1963: Bull Train / Come On By (Epic Records)
 1963: The Man Who Wouldn't Sing Along With Mitch / Come Down the Mountain Katie Daly (Epic Records)
 1963: San Francisco Bay / All the Good Times (Epic Records)

Albums
 1963: The Halifax Three
 1963: San Francisco Bay Blues
 2002: Complete Halifax Three compilation of both albums and the single All the Good Times

References

External links

Canadian folk music groups
Stone's method

In numerical analysis, Stone's method, also known as the strongly implicit procedure or SIP, is an algorithm for solving a sparse linear system of equations. The method uses an incomplete LU decomposition, which approximates the exact LU decomposition, to get an iterative solution of the problem. The method is named after Harold S. Stone, who proposed it in 1968.

The LU decomposition is an excellent general-purpose linear equation solver. The biggest disadvantage is that it fails to take advantage of coefficient matrix to be a sparse matrix. The LU decomposition of a sparse matrix is usually not sparse, thus, for a large system of equations, LU decomposition may require a prohibitive amount of memory and number of arithmetical operations.

In the preconditioned iterative methods, if the preconditioner matrix M is a good approximation of coefficient matrix A then the convergence is faster. This brings one to idea of using approximate factorization LU of A as the iteration matrix M.

A version of incomplete lower-upper decomposition method was proposed by Stone in 1968. This method is designed for equation system arising from discretisation of partial differential equations and was firstly used for a pentadiagonal system of equations obtained while solving an elliptic partial differential equation in a two-dimensional space by a finite difference method. The LU approximate decomposition was looked in the same pentadiagonal form as the original matrix (three diagonals for L and three diagonals for U) as the best match of the seven possible equations for the five unknowns for each row of the matrix.

Algorithm
 method stone is
     For the linear system 
     calculate incomplete  factorization of matrix 
        
        
        
        
     set a guess
        
     while (  ) do
        evaluate new right hand side
           
        solve  by forward substitution
           
        solve  by back substitution
           
     end while

Footnotes

References 
  - the original article
 
 
 

Numerical linear algebra
Articles with example pseudocode
Zulfiqar Ali (Kenyan cricketer)

Zulfiqar Ali (born 1947) was a Kenyan cricketer who played three ODIs for East Africa. In his third match, against England, he took three wickets for 63 runs, the best figures by any East African bowler.

External links
 Cricinfo

1947 births
Living people
East African cricketers
East Africa One Day International cricketers
Cricketers at the 1975 Cricket World Cup
Kenyan cricketers
Scuppernong River (Wisconsin)

The Scuppernong River is a tributary of the Bark River,  long, in southeastern Wisconsin in the United States.  Via the Bark and Rock rivers, it is part of the watershed of the Mississippi River.  It rises in southwestern Waukesha County and flows generally westwardly into Jefferson County, past the village of Palmyra.  It joins the Bark River in Jefferson County,  north of Whitewater.

The U.S. Board on Geographic Names settled on "Scuppernong River" as the stream's name in 1906.  According to the Geographic Names Information System, it has also been known historically as "Schupernong River", "Scupernong River", and "Scuppernong Creek."

According to the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources, the name Scuppernong comes from a Ho-Chunk word meaning “sweet-scented land.”

See also
List of Wisconsin rivers

References

Columbia Gazetteer of North America entry
DeLorme (1992).  Wisconsin Atlas & Gazetteer.  Freeport, Maine: DeLorme.  .

Rivers of Wisconsin
Rivers of Jefferson County, Wisconsin
Rivers of Waukesha County, Wisconsin
Lewis Morrison

Lewis Morrison (September 4, 1844 – August 18, 1906) was a Jamaican-born American stage actor and theatrical manager, born Moritz (or Morris) W. Morris. He was best known for his portrayal of Mephistopheles in his own production of Faust, which he performed from 1885 to 1906. He was the father of actress Adrienne Morrison, and grandfather of Constance, Barbara and Joan Bennett.

Biography

Born Morris W. Morris, after the Civil War he became a stage actor using the name Lewis Morrison. He first performed in New Orleans beginning in minor roles with Edwin Booth and Charlotte Cushman until he was featured in larger parts. He became a well-known actor in New Orleans and moved on to the stage in New York, where he gained greater fame in Faust. He founded his own traveling theater troupe and traveled the world playing the role of Mephistopheles.

Personal life
Morrison was married first to Anglo-American actress Rose Wood. He was the father of actresses Rosabel Morrison and Adrienne Morrison; grandfather of actresses Constance, Barbara and Joan Bennett; and great-grandfather of television talk show host Morton Downey Jr.

Morrison and Rose Wood were divorced in 1890. He married the much younger stage actress Florence Roberts in 1892.

References

Sources

External links

portrait gallery (NY Public library, Billy Rose collection)

1844 births
1906 deaths
Emigrants from British Jamaica to the United States
19th-century American male actors
American male stage actors
People of Louisiana in the American Civil War
Jewish Confederates
1979 Pan American Games

The 1979 Pan American Games (Spanish: Juegos Panamericanos de 1979), officially the VIII Pan American Games were a multi-sport event governed by the Panam Sports Organization, and were held in San Juan, Puerto Rico, from July 1 to  July 15, 1979. Volleyball and some baseball matches were held in Caguas, Puerto Rico. The 1980 documentary film A Step Away showcased a number of athletes competing in the Games.

Bidding process

On May 31, 1973, San Juan was the only candidate city to be a finalist to host the games and thus, San Juan was then selected to host the VIII Pan American Games by PASO at its general assembly in Santiago, Chile.

The Games

Sports

Medal count

Note
 The medal count for Canada is disputed.

Mascot

The 1979 Games were the first one to feature a mascot, which was a running frog holding a torch named Coqui.

References

External links
 San Juan 1979 - VIII Pan American Games - Official Report (Part 1) at PanamSports.org
 San Juan 1979 - VIII Pan American Games - Official Report (Part 2) at PanamSports.org

 
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Wright's Ferry Bridge

The Wright's Ferry Bridge carries U.S. Route 30 (US 30) over the Susquehanna River between Columbia and Wrightsville, Pennsylvania. The "Wright's Ferry" in its name commemorates the first ferry across the Susquehanna River.

This bridge is considered the sixth Columbia–Wrightsville Bridge; it complements the fifth one, which still carries Lincoln Highway traffic.

History and notable features
Also known informally and locally as the Route 30 bridge, it was commissioned by the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania during the 1960s to relocate US 30 and bypass the river towns of Wrightsville and Columbia. Construction began in March 1969; G.A. & F.C. Wagman, Inc. was the general contractor used for the project.

The bridge was completed in 1972 at a cost of $12 million and opened November 21, 1972 under its present commemorative historical name, with Wright's Ferry being both the historic ferry's and one of Columbia's former names.

It was built using reinforced concrete and steel and has forty-six equal sections that are supported by forty-five piers. US 30 crosses it as a divided four-lane roadway.

Approximately a year after its opening, the bridge was shut down briefly so that an experimental weather-resistant coating could be applied to its roadway. Tolls were never collected on this bridge, the sixth to have crossed the river in this general location.

See also
 List of crossings of the Susquehanna River

References
 Columbia, the Gem, Bill Kloidt, Sr. 1994, Mifflin Press, Inc.
 Fire on the River, The Defense of the World's Longest Covered Bridge and How It Changed the Battle of Gettysburg, George Sheldon, 2006, Quaker Hills Press, Inc. , 978-0-9779315-0-7.

Notes

External links
 http://www.rivertownes.org/Features/Crossings/Crossings.htm
 http://www.rivertownes.org/townes.htm

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Episcopal Diocese of Olympia

The Episcopal Diocese of Olympia, also known as the Episcopal Church in Western Washington, is a diocese of the Episcopal Church in Washington state west of the Cascade Range. It is one of 17 dioceses and an area mission that make up Province 8. The diocese started as a missionary district in 1853 and was formally established in 1910. It comprises 25,490 members in 92 congregations.

The name of the diocese refers to the region of "Olympia" and is not related to the state capital Olympia. The see city is Seattle, with St. Mark's the cathedral church of the diocese. Following the resignation of Greg Rickel (the eighth bishop of Olympia) on December 31, 2022, the diocese is led by Melissa M. Skelton as bishop provisional.

Bishops

These are the bishops who have served the territory now known as the Diocese of Olympia:

Missionary Bishops

Bishops of Oregon and Washington territories
 Thomas Fielding Scott (1854–1867)
 Benjamin Wistar Morris (1868–1880)

Bishops of Washington state
 John A. Paddock (1880–1894)
 William Morris Barker (1894–1901)
 Frederick W. Keator (1902–1910)

Bishops of Olympia
 Frederick W. Keator (1910–1924)
 S. Arthur Huston (1925–1947)
 Stephen F. Bayne, Jr. (1947–1960)
 William F. Lewis (1960–1964)
 Ivol Ira Curtis (1964–1976)
 Robert H. Cochrane (1976–1989)
 Vincent Waydell Warner, Jr. (1990–2007)• Sanford Zangwill Kaye Hampton, assisting bishop• Bavi Edna Rivera, bishop suffragan (2006–2009)
 Gregory Rickel (2007–2022)• Melissa M. Skelton, bishop provisional (2023–present)

Huston Camp and Conference Center
The Diocese owns a summer camp located in Gold Bar, WA next to the Wallace Falls State Park. Director Bill Tubbs for the last 20 years has overseen operation of both the Conference and Summer Camp seasons.

See also

 List of Succession of Bishops for the Episcopal Church, USA

References

External links
Official Web site of the Episcopal Church
Episcopal Diocese of Olympia website
St. Mark's Episcopal Cathedral
Huston Camp and Conference Center website

Olympia
Christianity in Washington (state)
 
Christian organizations established in 1910
1910 establishments in Washington (state)
Province 8 of the Episcopal Church (United States)
List of Vietnamese actors

This list includes actors of Vietnamese descent or nationality that have appeared in a full-length feature film or a television series broadcast on a national network. Although it includes some actors that have performed in films produced in Vietnam, it is not a comprehensive list of all Vietnamese actors who have performed in Vietnamese movies.

Notable actors

References 

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Actors
Head of Government of Tokelau

The office of head of government of Tokelau (), often simply called the , rotates yearly between the  (leaders) of Tokelau's three atolls: Atafu, Fakaofo, and Nukunonu. The current  is Kelihiano Kalolo, the Faipule of Atafu atoll, who has held the position since 6 March 2023.

There have been 31  of Tokelau from 1993, when the office was established, to 2023.

List
The Ulu-o-Tokelau since the office's creation in 1993 have been:

See also
Administrators of Tokelau
Council for the Ongoing Government of Tokelau - executive body of the Tokelau government

References

 
Tokelau
Tokelau
Tokelau-related lists
1992 establishments in Tokelau
Papagoite

Papagoite is a rare cyclosilicate mineral. Chemically, it is a calcium copper aluminium silicate hydroxide, found as a secondary mineral on slip surfaces and in altered granodiorite veins, either in massive form or as microscopic crystals that may form spherical aggregates. Its chemical formula is Ca Cu Al Si2O6(O H)3.

It was discovered in 1960 in Ajo, Arizona, US, and was named after the Hia C-ed O'odham people (also known as the Sand Papago) who inhabit the area. This location is the only papagoite source within the United States, while worldwide it is also found in South Africa and Namibia. It is associated with aurichalcite, shattuckite, ajoite and baryte in Arizona, and with quartz, native copper and ajoite in South Africa. Its bright blue color is the mineral's most notable characteristic.

It is used as a gemstone.

References

Calcium minerals
Copper(II) minerals
Aluminium minerals
Cyclosilicates
Monoclinic minerals
Minerals in space group 12
Gemstones
Shuckling

Shuckling (also written as shokeling), from the Yiddish word meaning "to shake", is the ritual swaying of worshippers during Jewish prayer, usually forward and back but also from side to side.

History
This practice can be traced back to at least the 8th century, and possibly as far back as Talmudic times. It was said of Rabbi Akiva that when he prayed by himself he would start in one corner and end up in another, because of all his kneeling and bowing; this link was noted by Maharil (14th century). The practice was mentioned by Yehuda Halevi in the 12th century. By the 13th century, Jews in Europe were “known for their shokeling during prayer.” However, the practice was opposed by the kabbalist Isaac Luria, as well as by 19th-century Jewish religious reformers. Jiří Langer gives a vivid description of shokeling among Belz Chassidim in early 20th century Europe.

Interpretations
Simon Brainin thinks that the practice was historically done "to afford the body exercise during study and prayer, which took up a large portion of the time of a great number of Jews".

Yehuda Halevi (12th century) wrote that the habit began as a result of a shortage of books, forcing people to hover over a single codex laid on the ground, each one bending in turn to read a passage.

Moshe Isserlis (16th century) mentioned a custom to sway during Torah study to recall the giving of the Torah in which the people trembled, and to sway during prayer to recall  which speaks of "all of one's bones" praising God.

Shuckeling is believed to increase concentration and emotional intensity. In Chassidic lore, it is seen as an expression of the soul's desire to abandon the body and reunite itself with its source, similar to a flame's shaking back and forth as if to free itself from the wick.

The Baal Shem Tov, the 18th century founder of Hasidic Judaism, notes in his ethical testament, Tzavaat HaRivash, that the swaying in prayer is similar and connected to the act of copulation. He writes, "prayer is zivug (coupling) with the Shechinah. Just as there is motion at the beginning of coupling, so, too, one must move (sway) at the beginning of prayer. Thereafter one can stand still, without motion, attached to the Shechinah with great deveikut."

References

External links
 The Meaning of Shokeling
 "Rosh Hashanah Rock Anthem"

Jewish services
Jewish prayer and ritual texts
1983 Pan American Games

The 1983 Pan American Games were held in Caracas, Venezuela from August 14 to August 29, 1983. The games were the first major international competition to include relatively accurate steroid testing.

Host city selection 

Four cities submitted bids to host the 1983 Pan American Games that were recognized by the Pan American Sports Organization (PASO); however, only one city, Hamilton, Ontario submitted their bid on time. On April 23, 1977, Caracas, Venezuela was selected over Hamilton, Canada in a two-city vote to host the IX Pan American Games by the PASO at its general assembly in San Juan, Puerto Rico.

Medal count 

To sort this table by nation, total medal count, or any other column, click on the  icon next to the column title.

Sports

 Archery
 Athletics
 Baseball
 Basketball
 Boxing
 Cycling
 Diving
 Equestrian
 Fencing
 Football (soccer)
 Gymnastics
 Field Hockey
 Judo
 Rowing
 Sailing
 Shooting
 Softball
 Sambo
 Swimming
 Synchronized swimming
 Table tennis
 Tennis
 Volleyball
 Weightlifting
 Wrestling

Doping

Mascot

The 1983 Games' mascot was a lion holding a 1983 sign named Santiaguito.

References

External links
 Caracas 1983 - IX Pan American Games - Official Report at PanamSports.org

 
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Susquehanna River Bridge

The Susquehanna River Bridge carries Interstate 76 (Pennsylvania Turnpike) across the Susquehanna River between Dauphin and York County near Harrisburg, Pennsylvania.

History
The original structure was built as a steel girder bridge with concrete piers.  The steel was provided from a plant operated by Bethlehem Steel, directly adjacent to the turnpike in Steelton, Pennsylvania. It was opened to traffic in 1950.

On November 16, 2004, the Turnpike Commission let a contract for a bridge to replace the 1950 span.  Two new 3-lane segmental, concrete signature spans were constructed just upriver from the old 4 lane span.  The new span was the first of its type built in Pennsylvania at a cost of nearly $100 million .  The westbound span opened on May 17, 2007, and the eastbound span was opened on June 17, 2007.  The new roadway and bridges opened to normal traffic flow in the summer of 2008. The old span was demolished on August 22, 2007.

See also
List of crossings of the Susquehanna River

References

External links
Susquehanna River Bridge project web site

Bridges in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania
Toll bridges in Pennsylvania
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