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Andrew Lindberg

Andrew Alexander Lindberg (born 29 April 1953) is an Australian businessman.

From 2000 until February 2006, he held the positions of managing director and board member of AWB Limited. He resigned from these positions in the wake of his appearance at the Cole Inquiry. Despite "the trial by media" that occurred throughout the inquiry, in November 2006, he was exonerated. But this revelation came too late, as the reputation of Lindberg, AWB and many other parties involved, had already been tainted. Despite being cleared by the Cole Inquiry, Andrew was pursued by ASIC. The Judge in charge of the case has criticised ASIC for its conduct in relation to their charges against Lindberg and the long protracted proceedings. Lindberg was eventually fined and banned from managing a company for one year for his role in the scandal.

Prior to that, he had been Chief Executive of WorkCover in Victoria and worked for the Victorian Accident Compensation Commission since 1987.

After completing his Bachelor of Science at University of Melbourne, he had first worked as an industrial relations advisor in the mining and food production industries.

He migrated from Scotland to Australia with his family at age six.

References

External links

1953 births
Living people
Australian businesspeople
University of Melbourne alumni
Fellows of the Australian Institute of Company Directors
Scottish emigrants to Australia
Islam in the Czech Republic

There are an estimated 20,000 Muslims in the Czech Republic, representing 0.2% of the country's population. The growing Turkish community form the largest Muslim population in the country.

According to the 2010 census, there are around 3500 Muslims in the Czech Republic (less than 0.1% of country's population), compared to 495 in 1991.

In the Czech Republic, there are three mosques in Prague, Brno and one mosque in Karlovy Vary.

History
The first documented visit of a person with knowledge of Islam was made (964-965) by Íbrahím ibn Jaqúb, a Jewish merchant from then-Muslim Spain. His memoirs were later published to become one of the first accounts about Central Europe in the Islamic world.

During both sieges of Vienna, reconnaissance war-parties of the advancing Ottoman armies reached Moravia. Strong trade links between Austria-Hungary and Ottoman Empire emerged during the 19th century. Individual Muslims from the late 19th century began to settle in Czech lands after Bosnia became part of the Austro-Hungarian empire.

Traditionally, the influence of Islam on the culture of Czech lands has been small.

Modern era
A law 1912 by the Austro-Hungarian monarchy recognised Islam as a "state religion" and officially allowed its presence in what is now the Czech Republic. The first community (Muslimské náboženské obce pro Československo) was established in 1934 and disbanded in 1949. An attempt to set up a new community in 1968 failed. In 1991, the Center of Muslim communities () was established. In 1998 the first mosque was opened, in Brno  and a year later another, in the capital, Prague . Attempts to open mosques in other cities have been stopped by local citizens. In 2004 Islam was officially registered in the Czech Republic: the community is thus eligible to obtain funds from the state.

The largest Muslim community are of Turkish origin. Other Muslims have also come from Bosnia-Herzegovina (early 1990s), Kosovo (late 1990s) and former countries of Soviet Union (mostly from Caucasus region, from the late 1990s until the present). A significant and influential part are the middle-class people of Egyptian, Syrian and other Middle Eastern ancestries (typically those who studied in Czechoslovakia and decided to stay). A few hundred Muslims are Czech converts.

See also
Turks in the Czech Republic

References

 Miloš Mendel, Jiří Bečka, Islám a české země, Olomouc, Votobia, 1998. 
 Miloš Mendel, Bronislav Ostřanský, Tomáš Rataj, Islám v srdci Evropy, Praha, Academia, 2008.

External links

 Portal of Islam in the Czech Republic
 History of Islam in the Czech Republic

 
Religion in the Czech Republic
Sandglass

A sandglass is a device for measuring time, including:

Hourglass
Marine sandglass
Egg timer

It can also refer to:

Sandglass (TV series), a 1995 Korean drama series

See also
Hourglass (disambiguation)
Sandglaz, a task management app and competitor of Astrid and Wunderlist
Kano Accord

The Kano Accord was preceded by the collapse of central authority in Chad in 1979, when the Prime Minister, Hissène Habré, had unleashed his militias on February 12 against the capital N'Djamena and the sitting president, Félix Malloum. To route the President's forces, Habré had allied himself with the rival warlord Goukouni Oueddei, who entered N'Djamena on February 22 at the head of his People's Armed Forces (FAP).

The situation alarmed the country's neighbours, worried of a possible spill-over; as a result, already on February 16 the Sudanese minister Izz Eldine Hamed had arrived in N'Djamena where he negotiated a ceasefire among the rival factions. The Sudanese proposed organizing a peace conference in neutral territory, and Nigeria's President Olusegun Obasanjo offered Kano, in Northern Nigeria, as seat for the conference. He also invited as observers Chad's neighbouring countries (Libya, Sudan, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Niger).

The conference started with some days of delay on March 11, with the arrival of Malloum, Habré, Goukouni and Aboubakar Abdel Rahmane. Among the four, Malloum represented the French-backed national government, Habré and Goukouni the county's biggest insurgent forces, while Aboubakar, leader of a minor insurgent group, the Popular Movement for the Liberation of Chad (MPLT), could count on the support of Nigeria.

These four signed the Kano Accord on National Reconciliation on March 16, and it became effective on March 23, when Malloum and Habré formally resigned. The six points of the accord were:
The demilitarization of N'Djamena
An amnesty for all political prisoners
Dissolution of the militias
Formation of a new national army
Pull-out of French troops
Nigerian forces would supervise the ceasefire

It also projected the foundation of a Transitional Government of National Unity (GUNT), which would have governed Chad till new elections. Malloum and Habré were excluded from the GUNT, but all of the four factions present at the conference would have two ministries in the Provvisional State Council that would govern in Chad till the full establishment of the GUNT. Goukouni was to be President of this Council.

The French troops, present in Chad from 1978, were to leave the country and be substituted with a multi-national African peacekeeping force under the aegis of the Organisation of African Unity (OAU), represented principally by Nigerian troops.

The Kano Accord was a failure, for it offended Libyan interests by excluding pro-Libyan factions like Abba Siddick's "Original FROLINAT" and Ahmat Acyl's Volcan Army, that menaced to form a counter-government if excluded from the GUNT. This brought Nigerians to search a new accord that would include a major number of factions; and from this was to emerge the Lagos Accord, signed on August 21 in the Nigerian city of Lagos, which took the place of the Kano Accord.

See also
FROLINAT
Civil war in Chad (1965–1979)

External links 
All peace agreements for Chad, UN Peacemaker

References

Chadian–Libyan War
1979 in Chad
Peace treaties of Chad
King's Commendation for Bravery

The King's Commendation for Bravery and the King's Commendation for Bravery in the Air are United Kingdom awards, open to both military personnel and civilians. They were established in 1994, when the award of the Queen's Commendation for Brave Conduct and the Queen's Commendation for Valuable Service in the Air were discontinued.

Criteria 
The two awards are granted for bravery entailing risk to life and meriting national recognition, but not to the standard required of the King's Gallantry Medal. Classed as 'level 4' awards by the Ministry of Defence, they are the lowest level of bravery award, alongside a mention in dispatches. The awards do not give rise to post-nominal letters. 

The King's Commendation for Bravery is open to both to civilians in peacetime conditions and to all ranks of the British Armed Forces for actions not in the presence of an enemy. It is denoted by a silver spray of laurel leaves.

The King's Commendation for Bravery in the Air is awarded on the same basis, but for acts of bravery in the air. It is denoted by a flying eagle in silver.

King’s Commendations can be awarded posthumously, and are not restricted to British subjects.

Manner of wear 
The holder is entitled to wear the appropriate device in a similar manner to a mention in despatches. If awarded for bravery in a theatre for which a campaign medal has been granted, it is worn on the ribbon of the appropriate medal. When awarded in peacetime conditions and when no medal is issued, the emblem is worn on the uniform or coat after any medal ribbons. Recipients with no medals wear the device in the position that a single medal would be worn.

From 2003, in addition to British campaign medals, commendation and mention in despatches devices can be worn on United Nations, NATO and EU medals. Originally only one commendation or mention in dispatches emblem of each category could be worn on any one medal ribbon. In a change introduced in 2014, those with multiple awards may wear up to three of each commendation and mention in dispatch devices on a single campaign medal and ribbon bar.

Recipients

King's and Queen's Commendation awards
This table summarises the various King's and Queen's Commendations awarded by the United Kingdom:

References

Civil awards and decorations of the United Kingdom
Decorations of the Merchant Navy
Military awards and decorations of the United Kingdom
International 14

The International 14 is a British racing sailboat, crewed by two sailors. The class was established in 1928.

The boat is a developmental sailing class and so the design rules and the boats themselves have changed dramatically over time to keep the International 14 at the leading edge of sailing technology. Many designers have contributed to the boat.

Sailboatdata.com noted "the International 14 is a high performance 2-Man, development racing dinghy with a long history of performance developments that often been adopted in the design of later boats. Today, with hiking racks, a giant flat head main, and its 'skiff' like hull, an up-to-date racing model bears little resemblance to the earlier boats."

The design became an international World Sailing class in 1928.

Production
The design has been built by many builders over a century of construction. Today it is built by Ovington Boats and Composite Craft in the United Kingdom. From 1946 to 1970 it was built in the United States by the W. D. Schock Corp, with 26 boats completed over that 24-year period. It was also at one time built by the Henderson Boat Company in North America and China New Yachts in China.

Design

Before the class was formally established in 1928, many designers built open class 14 foot racing boats that were the forerunners of the official class. In 1923 Uffa Fox built his first 14-foot racer and by 1925 was creating designs for them. Fox introduced the first planing hull-equipped 14, named Avenger, in 1927.

The International 14 is a racing sailing dinghy. Over time the hulls have mostly been built from wood, glassfibre and more recently, carbon fibre reinforced polymer, although under class rules any materials are permitted for the hull. Modern boats built to the current Bieker 6 rules typically have a fractional sloop rig with carbon fibre spars; a plumb stem and transom; a transom-hung, hydrofoil-equipped rudder controlled by a tiller with an extension and a retractable centreboard. Hiking racks are also fitted, along with fully-battened mainsails. Carbon fibre boats typically displace .

The class was one of the first to allow a trapeze, adopted in 1938. A second trapeze was permitted starting in 1984, due to the large amount of sail carried on boats of that period. In 1996 the International version and the Australian models were merged into a single class.

For sailing downwind the design may be equipped with an asymmetrical spinnaker, flown from a long carbon fibre bowsprit. The spinnaker size is unrestricted, but  is typical.

The boat has a Royal Yachting Association Portsmouth Yardstick handicap of 780.

Operational history
The design is supported by an active class club that organizes racing events, the International 14 Class Association. There are 14 active fleets sailing in  Australia, Canada, France, Germany, Japan, the UK and the US.

Events

Boats on display
National Maritime Museum Cornwall, Falmouth, Cornwall, England

See also
List of sailing boat types

References

External links

International 14
Northwest Atlantic Fisheries Centre

The Northwest Atlantic Fisheries Centre is a Government of Canada research facility and office complex located in St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador.

It is primarily used by the Department of Fisheries and Oceans.

External links
  Northwest Atlantic Fisheries Centre (NAFC)
 The DFO: watchdog of our waters

Buildings and structures in St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador
Canadian federal government buildings
Research institutes in Canada
Oceanographic organizations
Biological research institutes
Fisheries and Oceans Canada
Fisheries and aquaculture research institutes
Pemba

Pemba may refer to:


Places
 Pemba Island, in Tanzania
 Pemba, Mozambique, the capital of Cabo Delgado Province
 Pemba, Zambia, a small town

Individuals
 George Pemba, South African painter
Tsewang Yishey Pemba, Tibetan doctor

Other
 Pemba (chalk), a chalk used in Afro-Brazilian religions
 Pemba (katydid), a genus of south American bush crickets in the tribe Teleutiini

See also
 Pemba Airport (disambiguation)
Dance 360

Dance 360 (2004-2005) was a modern hip-hop television series that aired on UPN in which different dancers competed to win 360 dollars, an Xbox or a cell phone from Boost Mobile, and a Fuse Sunbird scooter. Sometimes, clothing gear from Ecko Unlimited or Meoshe Sport was awarded. It was hosted by Fredro Starr and Kel Mitchell with DJ K-Sly providing the beats for the dancers.

The dancers were selected from the audience at the beginning of the show, and they competed one-on-one, with the winner going on to the next round. They were judged by the level of audience applause, according to a noise meter. In addition to the prizes awarded, the winner was also given the last few seconds of the show to give "shout-outs" to friends and family. The show's title comes from the circle on the dance floor where the dancers competed.

The first battle starts with Kel previewing the battle, "Tag Ya Man!", then points to one of the dancers to start after K-sly plays a beat, and another person comes to the dance floor and dance. The two people go for a face-to-face dance battle. The three people will be voted to go to the second battle.

The second battle is called, "Master the Move." The hosts, including a special guest from a radio station, will pick three people from the audience to dance a move of their own. Each of the contestants has to perform one of these dances. Two people will be voted to move on to the final battle of the show. If two dancers are tied with the same lower score, they will have to go head-to-head.

The third and final battle features two dancers dancing solo in two rounds with two different beats, and then go head-to-head. At the end, the audience decided who is the winner is by looking at videotapes of the dancers.

The program aired for one season in 2004 until cancellation in 2005 due to Paramount head executives being changed and new executives did not see the vision .

The show was filmed and located at Hollywood Center Studios in Hollywood, Los Angeles, California.

Both hosts later starred in the straight-to-DVD film, Ganked in 2005.

Notable competitors
Actress Caity Lotz, who is known for her role as Sara Lance / White Canary in The CW's Arrowverse television series, and has appeared in Arrow, Legends of Tomorrow, The Flash, and  Supergirl, competed in the competition in 2004 when she was 18 years old. Tiffany Haddish also appeared on an episode.

References

External links
Official Website (via Internet Archive) 
Dance 360 Set Design
Glasstower Productions

Television series by CBS Studios
2004 American television series debuts
2005 American television series endings
First-run syndicated television programs in the United States
Estonia in the Eurovision Song Contest 1993

Estonia attempted to enter the Eurovision Song Contest 1993, the first time the country tried to enter the Eurovision Song Contest. However, as Estonia was one of seven countries who wished to join the Eurovision Song Contest for the first time in 1993, a pre-selection was held for the first time to reduce this number to three countries who would compete in the final of the Contest in May, held in Millstreet, Ireland.

Background 

On 15 January 1993, the Estonian national broadcaster, ETV, confirmed their intentions to debut at the 1993 Eurovision Song Contest. The Estonian national broadcaster ETV broadcasts the event within Estonia and organises the selection process for the nation's entry. Along with their participation confirmation, the broadcaster announced the name of nation's representative at the contest and revealed that the song for the contest would be selected through a national final.

Before Eurovision

Artist selection
On 15 January 1993, ETV announced that they had internally selected Janika Sillamaa to represent Estonia at the Eurovision Song Contest 1993. Along with the announcement of the selected artist, ETV announced that a national final would be held to select the song for the contest.

Eurolaul 1993
ETV opened a public song submission from 15 January until 5 February 1993. A national final, Eurolaul, was held on 20 February 1993 at the ETV studios in Tallinn, hosted by Mart Sander, to select the song that she would sing at the contest.

The winning song, selected by an expert jury, was "Muretut meelt ja südametuld", which went on to compete for one of the three places in the Eurovision Song Contest 1993.

At Kvalifikacija za Millstreet 
With the dissolution of the Soviet Union and the disintegration of Yugoslavia many newly independent countries were formed who became interested in competing in the Eurovision Song Contest. With this large influx of countries the European Broadcasting Union were forced to create a new measure to counter overcrowding in the contest. For the 1993 Contest the EBU decided to hold a one-off contest to select three countries to join the 22 countries already competing in the Eurovision Song Contest.

The Kvalifikacija za Millstreet (Qualification for Millstreet) contest was held in Ljubljana, Slovenia on 3 April at the TV studios of Slovene broadcaster Radiotelevizija Slovenija (RTV SLO). Seven countries in total competed, including Estonia, for a place in the final on 15 May 1993. Sillamaa performed third, following Croatia and preceding Hungary. She received 47 points, placing 5th in the line-up, and failing to qualify to the grand final in Ireland.

Voting

References

External links
Estonian National Final 1993

1993
Countries in the Eurovision Song Contest 1993
Eurovision
S2 Games

S2 Games  was a video game development company which was founded by Marc "Maliken" DeForest, Jesse Hayes, and Sam McGrath, based in Rohnert Park, California. They also had a development location in Kalamazoo, Michigan.

History
Their first project (a real-time strategy, third-person shooter and role-playing game hybrid), Savage: The Battle for Newerth, was released in the Summer of 2003. They released its sequel, Savage 2: A Tortured Soul, on January 16, 2008, and are independently published and distributed it. Their third installment in the Savage series, Heroes of Newerth, based heavily around Defense of the Ancients, was released on May 12, 2010.

In 2015, S2 Games sold the rights to Heroes of Newerth to Garena to focus on Strife, their second-generation MOBA.

Garena subsequently moved Heroes of Newerth to Frostburn Studios, a Kalamazoo, Michigan based subsidiary of Garena.

Titles
Savage: The Battle for Newerth (2003) (Windows, Macintosh, Linux)
Savage 2: A Tortured Soul (2008) (Windows, Macintosh, Linux)
Heroes of Newerth (2010) (Windows, Macintosh, Linux)
Strife (2015) (Windows, Macintosh, Linux)
Savage Resurrection (2016) (Windows)
Brawl of Ages (2017)  (Windows)

Key events
In 2003, S2 Games released Savage: The Battle for Newerth, their first commercial game.
In 2004, three former S2 Games employees left the company to form Offset Software.
In 2006, S2 Games re-released Savage: The Battle for Newerth, as freeware.
In 2008, S2 Games released Savage 2: A Tortured Soul.
In 2009, S2 Games re-released Savage 2: A Tortured Soul as freeware.
In 2010, S2 Games released Heroes of Newerth.
In 2011, S2 Games re-released Heroes of Newerth as freeware/free-to-play.
In 2012, S2 Games made all heroes in Heroes of Newerth completely free for online play.
In 2012, over 10,000,000 Heroes of Newerth user accounts had been registered.
In 2013, S2 Games announced Strife an upcoming "second generation MOBA".
In 2015, S2 Games sold the property of Heroes of Newerth from its label into the hands of Garena and Frostburn Studios.
In 2017, Savage Resurrection was re-released under a free-to-play model.
In 2018, Strife and Brawl of Ages servers were shut down and S2 Games was quietly closed.

References

External links

 
Video game companies based in California
Video game development companies
Software companies based in the San Francisco Bay Area
Rohnert Park, California
Video game companies established in 2003
Video game companies disestablished in 2018
Defunct video game companies of the United States
Defunct companies based in the San Francisco Bay Area
2003 establishments in California
2018 disestablishments in California
PPPoX

PPPoX (PPP over X) designates a family of encapsulating communications protocols implementing Point-to-Point Protocol.

Specific implementations:

 PPPoE: PPP over Ethernet – which can use 802.1q VLANs
 PPPoA: PPP over ATM
 PPTP: PPP encapsulated over GRE with a parallel control connection and some optional encryption
L2TP v2 (and its ancestor L2F): PPP sessions multiplexed within tunnels and transported over UDP

Tunneling protocols
Star Ship

Star Ship is a first-person space combat simulator video game programmed by Bob Whitehead and published by Atari, Inc. for its Video Computer System (later known as the Atari 2600). The game was one of the nine launch titles offered when the Atari VCS was released on September 11, 1977. Based on the Atari arcade game Starship 1, it was the first space-related game developed for the Atari VCS. The re-branded Sears TeleGames version is titled Outer Space.

Star Ship was removed from Atari's catalog in 1980.

Gameplay
The player(s) use the joystick controller to achieve one of the following objectives:
 Destroying as many spacecraft and robots as possible within a time limit, all while dodging asteroids.
 Alternating between avoiding enemy fire from spacecraft and firing at the opponent-controlled craft (human or computer).
 Avoiding asteroids and other varied space objects to cover the greatest distance possible.
 Landing the space module on a lunar landing pad. The moon can either be stationary or be computer- or human opponent-controlled.

Reception
Star Ship was reviewed in Video magazine as part of a general review of the Atari VCS where it was given a review score of 4 out of 10, and its individual games were described as "look[ing] nice but [being] hard to get a handle on".

References

External links
Star Ship at Atari Mania
Star Ship  at AtariAge

1977 video games
Atari 2600 games
Atari 2600-only games
First-person shooters
Space combat simulators
Video games developed in the United States
Single-player video games
Józef Chyliński

Józef Chyliński (2 October 1904 — 9 June 1985) (codenames 'Kamień', 'Grom' and 'Julian') was a Polish soldier and resistance fighter, recipient of the Silver Star of the Virtuti Militari, Cross of Valour (Krzyż Walecznych) and Gold Cross of Merit with Swords (Krzyż Zasługi z Mieczami).

Jabłonowski, born in Gosslershausen (Jabłonowo Pomorskie), West Prussia (today Poland), graduated from military academy in Poznań. Before the war, he served in the HQ of Okrągu Korpusu nr VII under gen. Tadeusz Kutrzeba, and in 1938 was the officer in charge of the special forces section.

During the Invasion of Poland with the rank of captain he took part in the Battle of Modlin. He organized a chapter of Służba Zwycięstwu Polski (later transformed into Związek Walki Zbrojnej and then into Armia Krajowa) in Pomorze. He was instrumental in coordinating the activities of various Polish resistance organizations in the Pomorze region, until the majority of them merged into Armia Krajowa. After the death of Józef Ratajczak in May 1940, he was the unofficial commander of Polish resistance in Pomorze. From  1943 he was commander of staff  of Komenda Okręgu Armii Krajowej Pomorze under Komendant Okręgu Jan Pałubicki (codename 'Janusz'). During that time, he lived mostly in Toruń, although every few months he traveled to Warsaw for meetings with commanders of AK (Stefan Rowecki and Tadeusz Komorowski).

He was involved in the spying on the Peenemünde Nazi rocket facility, as one of the links between Polish operatives in the field, AK HQ, and through them, the Western Allies. Together with Marian Górski (codename "Wencel"), the chief of Kedyw espionage unit, he organized Operation Gotingen-Vulkan, involving spreading Polish resistance actions (espionage, sabotage, propaganda) throughout Germany itself.

His wife, a courier for the Polish resistance, died in the Warsaw Uprising, 1944.

From 1945 to 1947 he was imprisoned by the communist regime of the People's Republic of Poland.  Released in 1947, he refused to join the communist Armia Ludowa, escaped through Sweden to the United Kingdom (where the Polish Government in Exile promoted him to Lieutenant Colonel), then emigrated to Toronto, Canada, where he lived the rest of his life.

References
 Elżbieta Skerska, "Józef Chyliński (1904-1985), Żołnierz Polskiego Państwa Podziemnego",  "Głos z Torunia", 43/2002, last accessed on 22 February 2006

1904 births
1985 deaths
People from Brodnica County
People from West Prussia
Polish resistance members of World War II
Recipients of the Silver Cross of the Virtuti Militari
Recipients of the Cross of Valour (Poland)
Recipients of the Cross of Merit with Swords (Poland)
People detained by the Polish Ministry of Public Security
Lisa-Marie Allen

Lisa-Marie Allen (born September 16, 1960 in Glendale, California) is an American former figure skater. In 1979, she won gold at the inaugural Skate America (then titled Norton Skate). She is also the 1978 Skate Canada International champion, 1975 Nebelhorn Trophy champion, 1979 NHK Trophy Silver Medalist, and a four-time U.S. national medalist (three silver, one bronze). She competed at the 1980 Winter Olympics, placing fifth.

After retiring from amateur competition, Allen became the World Professional champion in 1990 and American Open Professional champion in 1997. She was the assistant choreographer for the feature film Blades of Glory (as well as making a cameo appearance) and assistant choreographer for the opening and closing ceremonies of the Salt Lake Olympic Games.

Results

References

External links
 
 Lisa-Marie Allen's entry at Figureskatingmystery.com

1960 births
American female single skaters
Olympic figure skaters for the United States
Figure skaters at the 1980 Winter Olympics
Living people
Sportspeople from Glendale, California
21st-century American sportswomen
Brighton Hall School alumni
Campbell Hall

Campbell Hall can refer to:

 Campbell Hall (UC Berkeley), an academic building
 Campbell Hall School in North Hollywood, California
 A hamlet in the town of Hamptonburgh, New York
 Campbell Hall (Metro-North station), in the hamlet
 A residence hall at Virginia Tech
 A residence hall at Rutgers University
 A residence hall at Mount Allison University
 A residence hall at University of Northern Iowa

Architectural disambiguation pages
Wendy Burge

Wendy Burge (born October 1, 1957) is an American former competitive figure skater. Born in Alaska, she won the silver medal at the 1975 U.S. Figure Skating Championships and placed 6th at the 1976 Winter Olympics. She retired in Orange County, California after working as a professional coach for over twenty years.

Results

References

American female single skaters
Olympic figure skaters for the United States
Figure skaters at the 1976 Winter Olympics
Living people
1957 births
Sportspeople from Alaska
Sportspeople from Orange County, California
21st-century American women
Socialist People's Party (Furness)

The People's Party or Socialist People's Party was a minor political party in the Furness region of England.

The party was founded in 1995 by four Labour Party borough councillors who had been suspended from Labour for opposing a reduction in the housing budget. It was initially known as the People's Labour Party, and stood their chair, Jim Hamezeian, in the Barrow and Furness constituency in the 1997 general election. He received 1,995 votes, 4.1% of the total in the constituency.

The party campaigned on a variety of local issues. A split led to two of its four councillors leaving and standing as independents in the 2003 local elections; the two People's Party councillors then lost their seats. However, in the 2006 local elections, party leader Jim Hamezian regained his seat in the Ormsgill ward.

In the 2008 local elections, one councillor was elected in Central Ward and three others elected in Ormsgill. Following this, in elections to Cumbria County Council in 2009, Jim Hamezeian was elected to serve for Ormsgill ward in Barrow-in-Furness.

After that, the party's support dropped: in the 2010 local elections the SPP lost two councillors, and lost all representation on the Borough council in 2011 local elections. The SPP retained one councillor on Cumbria County Council until the May 2013 elections, when they lost all representation. The party deregistered with the Electoral Commission in 2015 and its website is no longer active.

References

External links
Socialist People's Party

Labour Party (UK) breakaway groups
Political parties established in 1995
Political parties disestablished in 2015
Socialist parties in England
Furness
Defunct socialist parties in the United Kingdom
Politics of Cumbria
1995 establishments in England
2015 disestablishments in England
Maurice Lamontagne Institute

The Maurice Lamontagne Institute is a marine science research institute located in Mont Joli, Quebec and is part of the Canadian Department of Fisheries and Oceans.

History
The Maurice Lamontagne Institute was created in 1987. Its mission was to help the Department of Fisheries and Oceans gather and organize documentary resources for the needs of the Québec region.

Description
The Maurice Lamontagne Institute employs around 300 people. Its fields of focus are ocean science and aquatic ecosystems management. Its activities include research on aquatic invasive species, fish stocks and marine mammals, and ocean ecosystem dynamics, forecasting and monitoring of water levels, and developing technological solutions for navigation.

The institute covers an area of 25,000 square metres and has 70 labs onsite.

Library
The library of the Maurice Lamontagne Institute focuses on specialized collections concerning oceans in Québec and in Canada. The library's collection is made of 61,000 monographs and 1100 periodicals.

Research
Researchers at the institute have access to the following vessels:

CCGS Calanus II
CCGS Frederick G. Creed
CCGS Martha L. Black
CCGS Alfred Needler
CCGS Hudson
CCGS Teleost

References

External links
 Maurice Lamontagne Institute - official website

Canadian federal government buildings
Research institutes in Canada
Buildings and structures in Bas-Saint-Laurent
Biological research institutes
Oceanographic organizations
Fisheries and Oceans Canada
Fisheries and aquaculture research institutes
Ba East (Fijian Communal Constituency, Fiji)

Ba East Fijian Provincial Communal is a former electoral division of Fiji, one of 23 communal constituencies reserved for indigenous Fijians. Established by the 1997 Constitution, it came into being in 1999 and was used for the parliamentary elections of 1999, 2001, and 2006. (Of the remaining 48 seats, 23 were reserved for other ethnic communities and 25, called Open Constituencies, were elected by universal suffrage). The electorate covered the eastern areas of Ba Province.

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

is an electoral division of Fiji, one of 23 communal constituencies reserved for indigenous Fijians. (Of the remaining 48 seats, 23 are reserved for other ethnic communities and 25, called Open Constituencies, are elected by universal suffrage).

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

In the 1999 election, Ponipate Lesavua won with more than 50 percent of the primary vote; therefore, there was no redistribution of preferences.

1999

2001

2006

Sources 
 Psephos - Adam Carr's electoral archive
 Fiji Facts
Football in Tasmania

Football in Tasmania can refer to a number of sports played in Tasmania, Australia:

Major codes of football in Tasmania
Australian rules football in Tasmania
Soccer in Tasmania

Minor codes in Tasmania
Tasmanian Rugby Union
Rugby league in Tasmania
Tasmanian Gaelic Football and Hurling Association

See also
Sport in Tasmania
Albertina Noyes

Albertina Natalie "Tina" Noyes (born January 7, 1949) is an American former figure skater. She is a four-time U.S. national silver medalist and the 1967 North American bronze medalist. She represented the United States at the 1964 Winter Olympics, where she placed 8th, and at the 1968 Winter Olympics, where she placed 4th. She was coached by Cecilia Colledge.

Noyes coaches at the Hayden Recreation Centre in Lexington, Massachusetts. In 2017, she received the Dorothy Franey Langkop Ambassador Award from the U.S. Olympians and Paralympians Association.

She is married to Larry Zimmerman.

Results

References

1949 births
Living people
American female single skaters
Olympic figure skaters for the United States
Figure skaters at the 1964 Winter Olympics
Figure skaters at the 1968 Winter Olympics
Sportspeople from Cambridge, Massachusetts
21st-century American women
Search fund

A search fund is an investment vehicle through which an entrepreneur raises funds from investors in order to acquire a company in which they wish to take an active, day-to-day leadership role. Search funds can also be financed through self-funding. In this scenario, the entrepreneur leading the acquisition will use their own resources to purchase and take ownership of the business, rather than relying on funding from external private investors.

In the first stage, a small group of investors back operating managers to search for a target company to acquire. A fund may or may not find a target acquisition company. Investors are able to invest a pro-rata share in the target company, subject to their individual liking. In the second stage, the general managers of the search fund take operating roles in the acquired company, such as CEO and President.

Traditional Search funds typically target companies in the $5 million to $50 million price range, requiring $2 million to $10 million of equity capital, in fragmented industries, with sustainable market positions, histories of stable cash flows, and long term opportunities for improvement and growth. Self funded search funds generally target businesses less than $5 million. Service and light manufacturing companies outside high tech industries are popular targets. Often these companies are under-managed prior to the acquisition.

Most search funds are started by entrepreneurs with limited operational experience and possibly no direct experience in the target industry. The goal of the investor is to place promising, motivated managers in an environment with a high probability for success given the oversight and experience of the investors themselves.

The origins of the search fund are often traced back to H. Irving Grousbeck, a professor at Stanford University's Graduate School of Business, who originated the concept in 1984. Since then, it is estimated that 627 traditional funds have been or are currently being formed, with 198 operating currently. The bulk of successful search funds have been raised by alumni of elite MBA programs with access to strong private equity networks. Stanford University has documented more than 177 search funds.

References

External links 
 Search Fund Resource for Relevant Information
 Search fund resources at the Stanford Center for Entrepreneurial Studies

Private equity
Investment
Saafir

Reggie Gibson (born August 23, 1970), better known as Saafir, is an emcee, producer, and actor. He is also a member of the rap group "Golden State Project" (formerly known as Golden State Warriors) with Ras Kass and Xzibit. Born in Oakland, California, he lived with Tupac Shakur and became a dancer for Digital Underground.  Saafir took part in one of the most notorious Bay Area rap battles, when he and members of the Hobo Junction went against Casual and members of the Hieroglyphics Crew. The battle took place live on KMEL.

Saafir made his recording debut on several cuts on Digital Underground's The Body-Hat Syndrome in 1993, followed by an appearance on Casual's Fear Itself in early 1994. He appeared in the film Menace II Society as Harold Lawson and was featured on the film's soundtrack. With a deal from Qwest Records, Saafir recruited the Hobo Junction production team (J Groove, J.Z., Rational, Big Nose, and Poke Martian) for his freestyle debut, Boxcar Sessions (1994). He recorded an album called Trigonometry under the alias Mr. No No before returning as Saafir in The Hit List (1999).  The Hit List was considered Saafir's attempt at commercial acceptance. The album featured production by Stevie J (made famous for his work with P. Diddy's Hitmen production team) and guest vocals from West Coast heavyweights Kam and Jayo Felony and controversial East Coast lyricist Chino XL.  In 2006, he released his fourth album, Good Game: The Transition (ABB Records, 2006). The album covers the major transitions throughout his life, most notably his spinal tumor, and his conversion to Islam.

In February 2013 on Davey D's Hip-Hop Corner, Digital Underground leader Shock-G revealed that Saafir had begun using a wheelchair due to complications from his spinal surgery.  Saafir later appeared on Sway & King Tech's The Wake Up Show to confirm his condition and clear up some of the misconceptions stemming from Shock-G's announcement.

Saafir was one of the passengers flying on TWA Flight 843; he suffered a back injury as a consequence of evacuating an aborted takeoff and consequent hard landing, crash and fire on July 30, 1992.

Starting in 2012 Saafir's son, Saafir Gibson began to release music under the moniker Saafir.

Discography
1994: Boxcar Sessions
1998: Trigonometry
1999: The Hit List
2006: Good Game: The Transition
2009: Fast Lane (EP)

References

External links
 
 Interview by Mark Pollard (October 1998)
 Saafir @ TheRapCella.com
 Movie Cant Stop Wont Stop with Saafir
 Interview with Garrett Caples (March 2013)

African-American male rappers
American male rappers
Qwest Records artists
1970 births
Living people
21st-century American rappers
21st-century American male musicians
21st-century African-American musicians
161P/Hartley–IRAS

161P/Hartley–IRAS is a periodic comet with an orbital period of 21 years. It fits the classical definition of a Halley-type comet with (20 years < period < 200 years).

This was one of six comets discovered by the infrared space telescope IRAS, in 1983.

References

External links 
 Orbital simulation from JPL (Java) / Horizons Ephemeris
 161P/Hartley-IRAS – Seiichi Yoshida @ aerith.net
161P at Kronk's Cometography

Periodic comets
Halley-type comets
161P
0161
Discoveries by Malcolm Hartley
Discoveries by IRAS
IRAS catalogue objects
19831104
Ohio Virtual Academy

The Ohio Virtual Academy (OHVA) is one of many virtual charter schools that is powered by the curriculum provider Stride Inc. The academy, like most Stride-supplied schools, provides the student with textbooks, materials, and a loaned computer, so the student can access their online lessons.

Curriculum
The course lessons and lessons are on the K12 Online School (OLS) here parents are allowed to customize their student's school calendar and add/remove course lessons from the daily plan and add/remove vacation days. However the student must have completed each core course (Math, English, Science, and Social Studies) to 90% or higher by the first Friday of June and have had at least 920 hours logged. Course lessons include online reading followed by offline textbook work and then the lesson test, also called an assessment. The test consists of an online multiple choice quiz and/or a textbook quiz that has multiple choice and/or short answer. The offline textbook multiple choice and/or short answer questions are answered by the student, the answers are then graded with the teacher guide answer key book by the parent who enters the results into the online test. The online questions are then graded by the computer and the test grade is then displayed. At the end of the school day the parent records attendance on the OLS of what courses their student worked on that day and how much time they spent.

Notable alumni 

 Leelah Alcorn, transgender girl who committed suicide in 2014
 Anthony De La Torre, actor and singer
 Isabela Merced, actress and singer

Criticism
Criticisms have been levelled against this schooling approach due to poor test scores.

See also
 K12 Inc.
 Wisconsin Virtual Academy

References

Sources
 Lawriter - ORC - 3314.041 Distributing statement concerning state-prescribed testing and compulsory attendance law to parents.

Online schools in the United States
Public high schools in Ohio
Public middle schools in Ohio
Public elementary schools in Ohio
Charter schools in Ohio
Online K–12 schools
WLOH

WLOH (1320 AM) is a commercial radio station licensed to Lancaster, Ohio, southeast of Columbus.  Owned by the WLOH Radio Company, WLOH broadcasts a country music radio format.  It also serves as a local affiliate for the Cincinnati Bengals Radio Network and the Ohio State Sports Network.  

By day, WLOK transmits 500 watts, but to protect other stations on 1320 AM from interference, at night it reduces power to 16 watts.  It uses a non-directional antenna.  The transmitter is on Duffy Road in Berne Township.  WLOH simulcasts over three FM translators: W283BO 104.5 MHz in Lancaster, W275CT 102.9 MHz in Somerset and W257EQ 99.3 MHz in Logan; and is also available online.

History
The station signed on the air on , the first broadcasting station in Lancaster.  Its original call sign was WHOK, which stood for its owner, the Hocking Valley Broadcasting Company.  WHOK was a daytimer, broadcasting at 500 watts and required to go off the air at sunset.  Dr. Nelson Embrey was the General Manager and the studios were on Memorial Drive.

In 1958, it added an FM station, WHOK-FM at 95.5 MHz.  (The FM station was later sold and is today Urban AC outlet WXMG.)  By the 1970s, WHOK was airing a full service, middle of the road format of popular adult music, news and sports, while the FM station had an authomated country music sound.  WHOK 1320 AM changed its call letters to WLOH in 1981, while the FM station kept the WHOK-FM call sign.

In 2001, WLOH was acquired by Frontier Broadcasting for $325,000.  The station changed to a country music format on January 30, 2015.

Translators

Former on-air staff

Stan Robinson was recipient of the Russell W. Alt Award for his 43+ years of promoting county fairs in Ohio.  Each year he'd broadcast from The Fairfield County Fair and he hosted The Stan Robinson @ RJ Pitcher Inn.

References

External links 

FM Translator

LOH
Christine Haigler

Christine "Christy" Haigler (married name: Krall, born January 5, 1948) is an American former competitive figure skater. She is the 1963 and 1965 U.S. silver medalist and 1964 bronze medalist. She represented the United States at the 1964 Winter Olympics, where she placed 7th.

Krall graduated from Cheyenne Mountain High School and Colorado College and trained at the Broadmoor Skating Club. She began coaching part-time at age 18 as an assistant to Carlo Fassi. From 1996 to 2002, Krall served as the senior director of athlete programs for U.S. Figure Skating and was a member of the delegation at the 2002 Winter Olympics in that capacity. She was one of the developers of the USFSA's moves in the field test structure.

Krall coaches in Colorado Springs, Colorado. Her current and former students include Patrick Chan (from mid-December 2009 to April 2012), Agnes Zawadzki (from June 2011 to October 2013), Armin Mahbanoozadeh (from December 2011), Angela Wang, and Joshua Farris.

She began coaching two-time US National Champion Alysa Liu in November 2021.

Competitive highlights

References

External links
Christy Krall a World-Class Act at Ice Skating International

American female single skaters
Olympic figure skaters for the United States
Figure skaters at the 1964 Winter Olympics
American figure skating coaches
Living people
Figure skaters from Colorado Springs, Colorado
1948 births
Female sports coaches
21st-century American women
America's Car Museum

LeMay - America's Car Museum is a museum in the city of Tacoma, Washington. The museum is adjacent to the Tacoma Dome and opened on June 2, 2012. Many of the cars on display were donated to the museum by the family of Harold LeMay.

Details

Harold LeMay owned a successful refuse company, Harold LeMay Enterprises, within the Tacoma metro area and amassed the world's largest private car collection. After his death, the city of Tacoma donated  of land next to the Tacoma Dome for the museum that would contain some of his car collection. The majority of the collection remains at the LeMay Family Collection at Marymount in nearby Spanaway. The museum has  of exhibit space, and contains a 350-car gallery showing cars notable for their speed, technology and design, as well as their importance to car culture. The building also contains gift shops, restoration shops, lecture halls, galleries, a banquet room, and a café.

From the mezzanine level, main level, and outside patio, there are views of Downtown Tacoma, Thea Foss Waterway, Commencement Bay, and the Olympic Mountains. Outside the museum is a  courtyard and clubhouse for car clubs. The outdoor area is suitable for hosting car shows, auctions, swap meets, car club events, new car launches, and a concours d'Elegance.

The museum has had "Club Auto" satellite locations in Tacoma, Kirkland, Washington, and Lakewood, Colorado.

Donors and sponsors
The projected cost of the museum is $100 million. Harold LeMay's wife, Nancy LeMay, donated $15 million to the museum. The land donated to the museum by the City of Tacoma is estimated to be worth $17 million.

The American Automobile Association (AAA) of Washington made the largest corporate donation to date with its 2008 commitment of $1.6 million.
Other major museum sponsors are Bonhams, Boeing, The News Tribune, and State Farm Insurance. Other donors include various car collectors, auto clubs and citizens worldwide.

The architect for the museum is the Los Angeles-based firm LARGE architecture. JTM Construction of Seattle was the general contractor for the museum.

References

External links

 LeMay America's Car Museum

Automobile museums in Washington (state)
Museums in Tacoma, Washington
Museums established in 2012
2012 establishments in Washington (state)