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Baarland

Baarland is a village in the Dutch province of Zeeland. It is a part of the municipality of Borsele, and lies about 21 km east of Middelburg.

History 
The village was first mentioned in 1295 as Bae(r)land, and means "barren land". Baarland is a road village which developed in the Middle Ages on a ridge. In 1014, a North Sea flood resulted in the creation of the Oost-Borsele island. The hamlets on the island formed the Heerlijkheid Baarland. In 1295, an army of the County of Flanders landed in Baarland to revenge the plundering of Floris V, Count of Holland and Zeeland. After a long combat, the local armies managed to drive back the Flemish, however Baarland had to be rebuilt.

The Dutch Reformed church dates from the mid-14th century. It was damaged by fire in 1532. The church was reduced in size during a 1774 restoration.

Slot Baarland is a castle which was first mentioned in the 13th century. It was expanded and remodelled in the 17th century. In 1923, it was sold by auction and started to deteriorate. The North Sea flood of 1953 destroyed the gardens around the castle. In 1970, it was restored, and a wall with four towers was added.

Only ruins remain of Hellenburg Castle. The castle was built in 1312, but was destroyed by a flood in 1477. In 1958, the remains of the foundation of the castle were discovered.

Baarland was home to 562 people in 1840. In 1924, a railway station was built on the Goes to Hoedekenskerke railway line. The station closed down in 1934. The railway line has been reused as a museum line with steam locomotives. Baarland was flood during the North Sea flood of 1953. 

On 26 October 1944, the Allied forces tried to land at Baarland and attack the Germans from the rear. Despite heavy losses and strong resistance, the Allies managed to liberate the area. Almost half the houses in Baarland were severely damaged, and the village was evacuated.

Baarland used to be a separate municipality. In 1970, it was merged into Borsele.

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Populated places in Zeeland
Former municipalities of Zeeland
Borsele
Chulym (Ob)

The Chulym () is a river in Krasnoyarsk Krai, the Republic of Khakassia, and Tomsk Oblast in Russia, a right tributary of the Ob. The length of the river is . The area of its basin is . The Chulym is formed at the confluence of the rivers Bely Iyus and Cherny Iyus in the Kuznetsk Alatau. The Chulym flows into the Ob near Molchanovo. The towns of Nazarovo, Achinsk, and Asino, and the village of Komsomolsk are located on the Chulym. The main tributaries are the Serezh, Uryup, Kiya and Yaya from the left and Bolshoy Uluy, Kemchug and Chichkayul from the right.

History
The Swedish explorer Johan Peter Falk noted 18th-century hunter gatherers living along the banks of the Chulym River.

References

Rivers of Krasnoyarsk Krai
Rivers of Tomsk Oblast
Drumlaghy

Drumlaghy (from ) is a small village and townland in County Fermanagh, Northern Ireland. In the 2001 Census it had a population (with Florencecourt) of 135 people. It is situated within Fermanagh and Omagh district, near the listed building Florence Court.

References 

Villages in County Fermanagh
Townlands of County Fermanagh
Fermanagh and Omagh district
Huitzila (Zacatecas)

Huitzila is a small town in Mexico, located in the Sierra Madre Occidental in the far south of Zacatecas state, at 21°13'21.8" N, 103°36'26.5" W and at an elevation of some 1900 metres.  It is part of the Municipality of Teul de González Ortega. It is often grouped with its close neighbour, Milpillas de Allende. The two towns are connected by road to Zacatecas, Guadalajara and Benito Juárez.

Main economic activity in the town is based around cattle ranching and other agriculture, although the production of tequila is also important to the area, with 6 km2 planted in blue agave for production of this drink. Local mezcal distilleries include El Zacatecano  and Huitzila Mezcal.

The town's population are predominantly Mestizo and Roman Catholic, with the local church being that of San Antonio de Padua. Population is declining slightly, due to emigration to Guadalajara and the United States.

Populated places in Zacatecas
Driewegen, Borsele

Driewegen is a village in the Dutch province of Zeeland. It is a part of the municipality of Borsele, and lies about 16 km southeast of Middelburg.  Until 1970 it was an independent municipality.

History 
The village was first mentioned in 1505 as ten Drienwegen, and means intersection of three roads. The polder which contains Driewegen was created around 1300, and a village has been known to exist since 1351.

The Dutch Reformed church was built in 1678. The interior of the church was modified during the restoration of 1911 until 1914. The former town hall was located in a modified school building from 1913.

Driewegen was home to 443 people in 1840. In 1927, a joint railway station with Ovezande was built on the Goes to Hoedekenskerke railway line. It closed in 1934.

Driewegen was an independent municipality until 1970 when it was merged into Borsele.

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Populated places in Zeeland
Former municipalities of Zeeland
Borsele
Ellewoutsdijk

Ellewoutsdijk () is a village in the Dutch province of Zeeland. It is a part of the municipality of Borsele, and lies about 18 km east of Vlissingen.

History 
The village was first mentioned in 1216 as Elewoldesdike, and means "dike of Elewold (person)". Ellewoutsdijk developed in the 11th century on a ridge on the former island of Borssele. A creek used to extend to the market square, but has silted up.

A church was known to be located on a terp (artificial hill) since 1216. The medieval church was destroyed in 1944 by war. Between 1948 and 1951, the current Dutch Reformed church was built on the foundations of its predecessor. It is an aisleless church with a wide tower. 

A castle used to be located to the north of the village, and was home to the Lord of the heerlijkheid Ellewoutsdijk, Driewegen, Everinge en Coudorpe. The ruins of the castle were demolished after 1822. Zorgvlied is an estate built in 1881 on the location of the former castle Ellewoutsdijk as the summer residence of J.C. van Hattum, owner of a dredging company, who had made his fortune during the construction of the Suez Canal. The estate was destroyed in 1944.  A modern villa has been built in its place. The park was damaged during the North Sea flood of 1953. 

 was built between 1835 and 1839 after the independence of Belgium to control the Westerschelde. After the German invasion of the Netherlands, it was used by the Germans who extended the fort and used it as a prison. After the war, it was used by the Ministry of Defence as ammunition depot. It is owned by Natuurmonumenten since 1981 and publicly accessible.

Ellewoutsdijk was home to 706 people in 1840. In 1927, a railway station was built on the Goes to Hoedekenskerke railway line. It closed in 1934. In 1944, the village was severely damaged during the Battle of the Scheldt. Ellewoutsdijk used to be an independent municipality until 1970 when it was merged into Borsele.

In 2003, the Westerscheldetunnel opened and is located between Ellewoutsdijk and Terneuzen. It is the longest tunnel of the Netherlands, however the nearest exit is  by car from the village.

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Populated places in Zeeland
Former municipalities of Zeeland
Borsele
Populated coastal places in the Netherlands
Zeybek (dance)

The zeybek is a form of Turkish folk dance originating from Yörüks particular to Western, Central and Southern Anatolia in Turkey. It is named after the Zeybeks.

The dance is hierarchic, with a group of companions performing it while wearing a particular decorative costume and a typical headdress. A Zeybek band has a leader called efe; the inexperienced young men were called kızans. The term efe is presumably the survivor of the Greek word ephebos.

All zeybek dances have a common characteristic form, but the positioning of the arms and body differ according to the different regions. The rhythm is also very characteristic, a pattern of nine slow beats:  = 4 + 4 + 1 beats or 2 + 2 + 2 + 3 with occasional variations.

Zeybek melodies can be divided according to their tempo: ağır (slow) and kıvrak (fast). The ağır zeybek have rhythmic patterns of  or , which begin with an introduction called gezinleme in free style where the dancers wander freely before starting to dance in time with the rhythm. There is, however, no gezinleme introduction in female zeybek dances. Kıvrak zeybek have rhythmic patterns of  or .

This dance is popular in Aydin, Izmir, and Denizli.

In addition, information about the similarities of the Pecheneg costume with the Zeybek costume, as determined in the Byzantine chronicles, Claude Cahen explained this case in his article titled Battle of Manzikert According to İslamic Resources, with the statements that the clothes of the paid Pecheneg soldiers under the command of Alyatte, one of the Byzantine commanders, could not be distinguished from their cognates on the opposite front. According to some historians, Pecheneg culture has a great influence on Zeybek culture.

See also
Afshar
List of dances
List of dances sorted by ethnicity
Music of Turkey
Gabardıç
Zeibekiko

References

Turkish folk dances
Zeybeks
Turkish dances

bg:Зейбекико
Scholes, Holme Valley

Scholes is a village and former civil parish, now in the parish of Holme Valley, in Kirklees, West Yorkshire, England. It is situated 1 mile (2 km) to the south-east and above Holmfirth, 7 miles (11 km) south-west of Huddersfield, in the Holme Valley. It has a population of 1,990. 
The name Scholes may have originated from the Scandinavian language meaning 'the temporary huts or sheds'.

The village contains one non denominational primary school, originally built in 1908, modernised in 1976 and extended in 1986. The school caters for approximately 213 pupils aged four to eleven.

Scholes was the birthplace of the entertainer Roy Castle, well known as the presenter of the long-running BBC show Record Breakers.

Peter Brook was born in Scholes to farmer parents.

Local sports
Scholes has a successful cricket team in the Drakes Huddersfield League and a football team, (Scholes FC) who sealed promotion to Division 1 of the Huddersfield & District FA competition as of the end of the 2018–19 season with a game to spare finishing 2nd in Division 2 on 59 points.

Civil parish 
Scholes became a civil parish on 31 December 1894 being formed from Wooldale, Fulstone and Hepworth, on 1 April 1938 the parish was abolished and merged with Holmfirth, part also went to form Dunford. In 1931 the parish had a population of 1571.

Scholes in West Yorkshire
There are two other villages and a hamlet with the same name in the county of West Yorkshire. One village is near Cleckheaton and the other one is east of Leeds. The hamlet is east of Oakworth near Keighley.

References

External links

 Scholes (Holmfirth) J&I School Ofsted Reports

Holme Valley
Villages in West Yorkshire
Towns and villages of the Peak District
Former civil parishes in West Yorkshire
Geography of Holmfirth
Weaver Mercantile Building

The Weaver Mercantile Building is a historic building in the unincorporated community of Weaver, Minnesota, United States, built in 1875.  It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1978 for having local significance in the themes of architecture and commerce.  It was nominated for being one of the few surviving commercial buildings in the once-thriving Mississippi River community, and a well-preserved example of a form of commercial Italianate architecture popular along the river valley.

See also
 National Register of Historic Places listings in Wabasha County, Minnesota

References

1875 establishments in Minnesota
Buildings and structures in Wabasha County, Minnesota
Commercial buildings completed in 1875
Commercial buildings on the National Register of Historic Places in Minnesota
Italianate architecture in Minnesota
National Register of Historic Places in Wabasha County, Minnesota
Driewegen

Driewegen may refer to:

 Driewegen, Borsele, a town in Zuid-Beveland, Zeeland, Netherlands
 Driewegen, Terneuzen, a town Zeelandic Flanders, Zeeland, Netherlands
Hennigsdorf

Hennigsdorf () is a town in the district of Oberhavel, in Brandenburg, Germany. It is situated north-west of Berlin, just across the city border, which is formed mainly by the Havel river.

History

The municipality shared its borders with the former West Berlin, and so during the period 1961–1990 it was separated from it by the Berlin Wall.

In 1951/2, the Havel Canal was constructed to link Hennigsdorf with Paretz, thus avoiding a passage through the reach of the River Havel, between Spandau and Potsdam, that was under the political control of West Berlin. The canal is still in use, providing a shorter route for shipping from west of Berlin to the Oder–Havel Canal and Poland.

Geography

Subdivision
Hennigsdorf consists of 3 districts:
 Hennigsdorf
 Nieder Neuendorf (since 1923)
 Stolpe-Süd (since May 1, 1998)

Neighbouring places
 Velten
 Hohen Neuendorf
 Berlin
 Schönwalde-Glien
 Oberkrämer

Twin towns – sister cities

Hennigsdorf is twinned with:

 Alsdorf, Germany
 Choisy-le-Roi, France
 Kralupy nad Vltavou, Czech Republic
 Środa Wielkopolska, Poland

Economy
Located in Hennigsdorf  is the Bombardier LEW Hennigsdorf train factory and a steel smelter.

Sport
Hennigsdorf is home to Stahl Hennigsdorf Rugby, a rugby union club. The team, formed in 1948 under the leadership of Erwin Thiesies, was the most successful side during the East German era of the town, having won 27 national championships from 1952 to 1990.

Demography

Notable people

Michael Hartmann (born 1974), footballer
Frank Klawonn (born 1966), rower
Dirk Kummer (born 1966), actor, director, writer
Martin Männel (born 1988), footballer
Erich Muhsfeldt (1913–1948), SS officer at Auschwitz and Majdanek concentration camps executed for war crimes
Erich Priebke (1913–2013), Nazi war criminal
Karsten Schmeling (born 1962), rower
Erwin Thiesies (1908–1993), rugby union player who died in Hennigsdorf

See also
LEW Hennigsdorf, large rail vehicle factory located in Hennigsdorf

References

External links

 

Localities in Oberhavel
Eugene Baker

Eugene Keith Baker (born March 18, 1976) is a former American football wide receiver who played for Kent State University and then professionally for the Atlanta Falcons and the Carolina Panthers. He is listed at 6 ft 1 in. and 167 pounds.

Formative years
Born in Monroeville, Pennsylvania on March 18, 1976, Baker is an alumnus of Shady Side Academy, an independent private K-12 school in Pittsburgh. At Shady Side Academy, he lettered four times in football and three times in both baseball and basketball.

He then went on to play for Kent State University.

Professional football career
Baker was drafted from Kent State during the 1999 NFL Draft by the Atlanta Falcons. He played for four seasons with the team on its active roster and practice squad, and then spent time on the practice squads of the Buffalo Bills and the St. Louis Rams before signing with the Carolina Panthers in 2003. 

A player in the New England Patriots preseason training camp last year, he was released before the regular season. In addition, he played in NFL Europe as a wide receiver for the Berlin Thunder.

On April 6, 2006, the Pittsburgh Steelers signed Baker to a one-year deal but released him on August 14 of that same year. On February 16, 2007, Baker signed with the Toronto Argonauts of the Canadian Football League but he became a subsequent training camp cut on June 18, 2007.

On June 3, 2008, he joined the Erie RiverRats of the AIFA.

On February 16, 2009, he signed with the Wheeling Wildcats of the CIFL.

On February 17, 2010, he returned to Kent State University as an assistant coach under head coach Doug Martin.

See also
 List of NCAA major college football yearly receiving leaders

References

External links
Steelers release '06 schedule; sign wideout
10 things....Eugene Baker
Argonauts.ca bio
DatabaseFootball.com stats

Living people
1976 births
People from Monroeville, Pennsylvania
Players of American football from Allegheny County, Pennsylvania
American football wide receivers
Kent State Golden Flashes football players
Atlanta Falcons players
Carolina Panthers players
Berlin Thunder players
Wheeling Wildcats players
Shady Side Academy alumni
Erie RiverRats players
Francis Wollaston (scientist)

Francis Wollaston (6 June 1694, in London – 27 December 1774) was an English scientist. He was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1723. Wollaston was the third son of William Wollaston. He was educated at Sidney Sussex College, Cambridge.

Family
He married Mary Fauquier, daughter of John Francis Fauquier and sister of Lt. Gov. Francis Fauquier of Virginia Colony, in 1728 and they had the following children:

 Mary Wollaston (1730–1813) married William Heberden
 Francis Wollaston (1731–1815), priest and astronomer
 Charlton Wollaston (1733–1764), physician
 William Henry Wollaston, (1737–1759) 
 George Wollaston (1738–1826) (FRS)

References

1694 births
1774 deaths
Fellows of the Royal Society
Alumni of Sidney Sussex College, Cambridge
Tamar Frankel

Tamar Frankel (born July 4, 1925 in Tel Aviv) has been a professor of law at Boston University School of Law since 1968.  She is the author of The Ponzi Scheme Puzzle: A History and Analysis of Con Artists and Victims, Fiduciary Law, Trust and Honesty: America’s Business Culture at a Crossroad, Investment Management Regulation,  Securitization, and The Regulation of Money Managers. Her areas of scholarship include financial system regulation, fiduciary law, corporate governance, the Internet, and Space Law.  A native of Israel, she has taught at Oxford University, Tokyo University, and lectured in Geneva and Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, and has consulted with the People's Bank of China. She has been a Faculty Fellow at the Berkman Center for Internet and Society, and was a guest scholar at the Brookings Institution in Washington, D.C.

In 1998, Professor Frankel was instrumental in the establishment and corporate structure of the Internet Corporation for Names and Numbers (ICANN).

Professor Frankel is a frequent contributor to the Justia Verdict blog.

References

Living people
Boston University School of Law faculty
1925 births
Israeli expatriates in the United States
Francis Wollaston

Francis Wollaston may refer to:

 Francis Wollaston (scientist) (1694–1774), English scientist and father of the below astronomer
 Francis Wollaston (astronomer) (1731–1815), Anglican priest, author and father of the below philosopher
 Francis Wollaston (philosopher) (1762–1823), Anglican Archdeacon of Essex and Jacksonian Professor of natural philosopher
Overpeck Township, New Jersey

Overpeck Township was a township that existed in Bergen County, New Jersey, United States, from 1897 to 1938.

The township was incorporated by an Act of the New Jersey Legislature on March 23, 1897, and was formed coextensively with Ridgefield Park from portions of Ridgefield Township.

On May 3, 1921, Overpeck Township acquired portions of both Bogota and Teaneck. On June 1, 1926, additional territories were acquired from Teaneck.

On May 31, 1938, Overpeck Township was renamed to Ridgefield Park Township. With the creation of Ridgefield Park Township, Overpeck Township was dissolved.

References

Sources 
"History of Bergen County, New Jersey, 1630-1923;" by "Westervelt, Frances A. (Frances Augusta), 1858-1942."
"Municipal Incorporations of the State of New Jersey (according to Counties)" prepared by the Division of Local Government, Department of the Treasury (New Jersey); December 1, 1958.

External links 
Bergen County Townships and Municipalities
Dutch Door Genealogy - Bergen County New Jersey Municipalities

Former townships in Bergen County, New Jersey
Former townships in New Jersey
Joey Jagan

Cheddi "Joey" Jagan Jr. is a dentist and a politician in Guyana.

Early life and family
Jagan is the son of two past Guyanese Presidents, Cheddi Jagan and Janet Jagan. His father was a Hindu Indo-Guyanese whose parents came from India to work on the plantations of Guyana. His mother was an American Ashkenazi Jew from Chicago who was of Hungarian and Romanian Jewish descent. He has a sister, Nadira Jagan-Brancier.

Political activity
In politics, he is the co-founder of the Unity Party of Guyana, a pro-capitalist party seeking to bring more foreign investment to Guyana (which made him an opposite to his parents, who were socialists).

In 2006, Jagan, joined with Peter Ramsaroop, Paul Hardy and Rupert Roopnarine to form the Guyana Third Force.  In 2011, Jagan returned to the party of his father, the People's Progressive Party (PPP), having previously been a leading critic of it, along with Ramsaroop, the leader of Vision Guyana (a political/social organization in Guyana).

Personal life
Jagan's son is Cheddi B. Jagan II, was previously also a member of the PPP/C.

Notes

External links
  Unity Party of Guyana

Year of birth missing (living people)
Living people
Guyanese Jews
Guyanese people of Hungarian-Jewish descent
Guyanese people of Romanian descent
Jewish Guyanese politicians
People's Progressive Party (Guyana) politicians
Children of presidents
Guyanese politicians of Indian descent
Indian people of Hungarian-Jewish descent
2004 West Lancashire District Council election

The 2004 West Lancashire District Council election took place on 10 June 2004 to elect members of  West Lancashire District Council in Lancashire, England. One third of the council was up for election and the Conservative Party stayed in overall control of the council.

After the election, the composition of the council was:

Campaign
Before the election the Conservatives held 28 seats compared to 26 for Labour. 18 seats were contested in the election, with 9 seats being defended by each of the 2 parties. As well as candidates from the Conservative and Labour parties, there were also 7 independents, 4 Greens, 1 Liberal Democrat and 1 from the new Ormskirk party. Both the Liberal Democrat and Ormskirk party candidates were standing in Derby ward, which was seen as being one of the critical contests in the election.

A major issue in the election was privatisation, which the Conservatives supported saying it would improve efficiency, however Labour criticised the Conservatives plans saying investment should be kept in the area. The Conservatives called on voters to back their moves to establish litter free zones, create secure leisure facilities for young people and refurbish parks. However Labour attacked plans to sell council housing and the handing of a local park to a private developer. Other issues included crime, anti-social behaviour, CCTV and plans to move the accident and emergency department of  Ormskirk hospital to Southport hospital.

Election result
The results saw the Conservatives hold on to control of the council after making 1 gain from Labour. This meant the Conservatives held 29 seats compared to 25 for Labour and the election was described as a "vindication of Conservative policies running West Lancs" by the Conservative leader of the council, Geoff Roberts. Meanwhile, Labour's group leader on the council, Alan Bullen, only narrowly held his own seat on the council in Skelmersdale North. Overall turnout in the election was up by 14% at 42.47%.

Ward results

Ashurst

Aughton and Downholland

Birch Green

Burscough

Burscough West

Derby

Digmoor

Halsall

Hesketh-with-Becconsall

Knowsley

Moorside

Rufford

Scott

Skelmersdale North

Skelmersdale South

Tarleton

Up Holland

Wrightington

References

2004
2004 English local elections
2000s in Lancashire
Lowell Gallagher

Lowell Gallagher is an American literary theorist and professor of English at UCLA. He specializes in early modern English literature, particularly early modern English Catholicism and Edmund Spenser.  He was an author and an editor for the following works: The text of casuistry in the Renaissance - Volume 1 (1989), The text of casuistry in the Renaissance - Volume 2 (1989), Sodomscapes: Hospitality in the Flesh (Fordham UP, 2017), Medusaś Gaze: Casuistry and Conscience in the Renaissance (Stanford UP, 1991), Catholic Figures, Queer Narratives (Palgrave Macmillan, 2007, co-edited with Frederick S. Roden and Patricia Juliana Smith), Knowing Shakespeare: Senses, Embodiment and Cognition (Palgrave Macmillan, 2010, co-edited with Shankar Raman) and Redrawing the Map of Early Modern English Catholicism (University of Toronto Press, 2012).

Gallagher received his Ph.D. from Stanford University in 1989.

References

 

American academics of English literature
Living people
Stanford University alumni
Year of birth missing (living people)
Breklenkamp

Breklenkamp is a hamlet in the Dutch province of Overijssel. It is a part of the municipality of Dinkelland, and lies about 16 km north of Oldenzaal.

It was first mentioned in the late-10th century as Brakkinghem, and means "settlement of Brakko (person)". In 1840, it was home to 257 people.

 is a havezate which was built in the 1630s. The current layout dates from 1844. In 1990, it became a youth hostel, but has become private property in 1990.

References

Populated places in Overijssel
Twente
Dinkelland
Gliese 687

Gliese 687, or GJ 687 (Gliese–Jahreiß 687) is a red dwarf in the constellation Draco. This is one of the closest stars to the Sun and lies at an approximate distance of less than 15 light years. Even though it is close by, it has a magnitude of about 9, so it can only be seen through a moderately sized telescope. Gliese 687 has a high proper motion, advancing 1.304 arcseconds per year across the sky. It has a net relative velocity of about 39 km/s. It is known to have a Neptune-mass planet. Old books and articles refer to it as Argelander Oeltzen 17415.

Properties
Gliese 687 has about 40% of the Sun's mass and nearly 50% of the Sun's radius. Compared to the Sun, it has a slightly higher proportion of elements with higher atomic numbers than helium. It seems to rotate every 60 days and exhibit some chromospheric activity.

It displays no excess of infrared radiation that would indicate orbiting dust.

Planetary system

In 2014, it was discovered to have a planet, Gliese 687 b, with a minimum mass of 18.394 Earth masses (which makes it comparable to Neptune), an orbital period of 38.14 days, a low orbital eccentricity and inside the habitable zone. Another Neptune mass planet candidate was discovered in 2020, in a further out and much colder orbit.

X-ray source
Gliese 687 is a solitary red dwarf that emits X-rays.

See also
 List of nearest stars and brown dwarfs

References

Notes

External links
 NEXXUS page

Draco (constellation)
Local Bubble
M-type main-sequence stars
086162
0687
Planetary systems with two confirmed planets
BD+68 0946
Eric Weaver

James Eric Weaver (born August 4, 1973) is an American former professional baseball pitcher.

Signed by the Los Angeles Dodgers as an amateur free agent in , Weaver made his Major League Baseball (MLB) debut with the Los Angeles Dodgers on May 30, 1998, and appeared in his final MLB game on August 17, 2000.

External links

1973 births
Living people
Albuquerque Dukes players
American expatriate baseball players in Canada
Anaheim Angels players
Bakersfield Dodgers players
Birmingham Barons players
Edmonton Trappers players
Los Angeles Dodgers players
Major League Baseball pitchers
Reading Phillies players
San Antonio Missions players
Seattle Mariners players
Baseball players from Springfield, Illinois
Tacoma Rainiers players
Vero Beach Dodgers players
American expatriate baseball players in Australia
Adelaide Giants players
Iomante

, sometimes written as , is an Ainu ceremony in which a brown bear is sacrificed. The word literally means "to send something/someone off". In some Ainu villages, it is a Blakiston's fish owl, rather than a bear, that is the subject of the ceremony. In Japanese, the ceremony is known as  or, sometimes, . In the modern day, the ceremony no longer involves the killing of an animal, but is performed for wild animals that die in accidents or captive animals that die of old age.

Practice

Trappers set out to the bear caves at the end of winter, while the bears are still in a state of torpor. If they find a newborn cub, they kill the mother and take the cub back to the village, where they raise it indoors, as if it were one of their own children. It is said that they even provide the cub with their own breast milk. When the cub grows larger, they take it outdoors, and put it into a small pen made of logs. Throughout their lives, the bears are provided with high-quality food. The cubs are treated as, and traditionally believed to be, gods.

After the cub reaches one or two years of age, they release it from the cell and place it in the center of the village, where it is tied to a post with a rope. The males in the village then take shots at the cub with bows and arrows. Even at the age of two years, the brown bears are quite large, and it usually takes numerous shots before they fall.  After the bear has been weakened from numerous arrow strikes and is too weak to defend itself, one villager will approach the bear and shoot it in the neck point-blank, to ensure that it is dead. The villagers then slit the bear's throat and drink the blood. The bear is skinned, and the meat is distributed amongst the villagers. Its bare skull is placed on a spear, which is then rewrapped with the bear's own fur. This "doll" is  an object of worship for the villagers. The bear has now been "sent off" to the world of the gods.

Legality
Hokkaido encouraged local governments to abolish the Iomante in 1955, but the circular notice was abolished in April 2007, because the Ministry of the Environment of Japan announced that animal ceremonies were generally regarded as an exception of the animal rights law of Japan in October 2006.

Museum displays
Iomante videos and artifacts are on display at the Nibutani Ainu Culture Museum in Nibutani, Hokkaidō, as well as the Ainu Museum in Shiraoi-cho, Hokkaidō.

See also 
Peijaiset, a bear sacrifice ritual of Finland
Clan of the Cave Bear, a novel about a prehistoric society centred on a similar sacrifice
Bear worship

References

Some of the content of this article was taken from the equivalent Japanese-language Wikipedia article (accessed April 10, 2006).

Ainu culture
Animal sacrifice
Bears in religion
Tilligte

Tilligte is a rural village in the Dutch province of Overijssel. It is a part of the municipality of Dinkelland and is situated about 10 km north of Oldenzaal.

It was first mentioned in 1295 as Tilgede, and means "place where young oaks grow". In 1840, it was home to 463 people.

The windmill in the village is called 'Westerveld Möl'. The church is called 'Simon en Judaskerk'. Another point of interest is the water inlet 't Schuivenhuisje at the Kanaal Almelo-Nordhorn.

Gallery

References 

Populated places in Overijssel
Twente
Dinkelland
Kikki, Bettan & Lotta


Kikki, Bettan & Lotta was a Swedish-Norwegian super trio, active 2001-2004 and consisting of Kikki Danielsson, Elisabeth "Bettan" Andreassen and Lotta Engberg.

Career
In November 2000, Kikki Danielsson, Elisabeth "Bettan" Andreassen and Lotta Engberg sang together at the TV-aid En helg för världens barn, there they sang the song "Feels Like Home" which was the first time for all three as a group. 

Kikki Danielsson and Elisabeth Andreassen had sung together in the band Chips in the early 1980s, when they won Melodifestivalen 1982 with Dag efter dag. On the other hand, Kikki had competed with Bettan at the Eurovision Song Contest 1985 when Kikki was representing Sweden, while Bettan representing Norway as a part of Bobbysocks won that year.

Kikki, Bettan & Lotta competed in the Swedish Melodifestivalen 2002, singing the song Vem é dé du vill ha (written by Thomas G:son), finishing third in the Swedish final on March 1, 2002. 

On March 8, 2002 they released the album 20 år med oss - Vem é dé du vill ha.

The following year, the ladies entered the Norwegian Melodi Grand Prix 2003 with Din hånd i min hånd (music again by G:son, lyrics by Bettan), finishing fourth.

On July 9, 2002 the trio appeared in Allsång på Skansen and on July 14, 2002, they appeared in the celebration of Swedish crown princess Victoria's 25th birthday on Öland.

From 2002 to 2004 they toured Sweden with their own three-star show. In 2004, Kikki fell out for "personal reasons". Bettan and Lotta continued to tour for some time alone.

On 16 July 2012, all three artists temporary appeared at Allsång på Liseberg im Göteborg.

Melodifestivalen
2002: Vem é dé du vill ha (3rd place)

Melodi Grand Prix
2003: Din hånd i min hånd (4th place)

Discography

Albums
20 år med oss - Vem é dé du vill ha (2002)
Live från Rondo (2003)

Singles
Vem é dé du vill ha (2002)

See also 
In 2004, three other veteran Swedish singers, Ann-Louise Hanson, Towa Carson and Siw Malmkvist, formed a similar group called Hanson, Carlson & Malmkvist to enter Melodifestivalen 2004 with the song "C'est la vie", which also is a song by G:son.

References

External links
 Kikki, Bettan & Lotta (No longer updated)

Melodi Grand Prix contestants
Musical groups established in 2001
Musical groups disestablished in 2004
Supergroups (music)
Musical trios
Melodifestivalen contestants of 2002
Nutter, Netherlands

Nutter is a hamlet in the Dutch province of Overijssel. It is a part of the municipality of Dinkelland, and lies about 13 km north of Oldenzaal.

It was first mentioned in 1297 as Nuthere. The etymology is unclear. In 1840, it was home to 194 people. There are direction signs to Nutter, but no place name signs that you have arrived.

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Populated places in Overijssel
Dinkelland
Oud Ootmarsum

Oud Ootmarsum is a hamlet in the Dutch province of Overijssel. It is a part of the municipality of Dinkelland, and lies about 12 km north of Oldenzaal and very close to Ootmarsum.

Oud Ootmarsum is a statistical entity and has its own postal code, however it is considered a hamlet. The hamlet is the predecessor of the city of Ootmarsum, and was first mentioned in 1384 as Olde Oetmarsum. In 1840, it was home to 245 people.

The partially timber-framed building style of barns and farmhouses here is closely related to the building style of the Low German house.

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Populated places in Overijssel
Dinkelland
Lundby

Lundby and Lundbye are place names and surnames of Scandinavian origin. They may refer to:

Places

Denmark
 Lundby, Aalborg, a village near Gistrup in Aalborg Municipality
 Battle of Lundby, fought near Lundby, Aalborg in 1864 during the Second War of Schleswig
 Lundby, Svendborg Municipality, a village in Svendborg Municipality
 Lundby, Vordingborg Municipality, a village in Vordingborg Municipality

Sweden
 Lundby, Gothenburg, a suburb of Gothenburg
 Lundby Old Church, in Lundby, Gothenburg
 , a suburb of Örebro
 , a parish in the Diocese of Västerås, Sweden

People 
 Anders Andersen-Lundby (1841–1923), Danish landscape painter
 Daniel Lundby (born 1976/77), U.S. politician in Iowa, son of Mary Lundby
 Johan Thomas Lundbye (1818–1848), Danish painter and graphic artist
 Maren Lundby (born 1994), Norwegian ski jumper
 Mary Lundby (1948–2009), U.S. politician in Iowa, mother of Daniel Lundby
 Preben Lundbye (born 1950), Danish football player and coach
 Thor-Erik Lundby (1937–2015), Norwegian ice hockey player
 Wanja Lundby-Wedin (born 1952), Swedish trade unionist

Other uses 
 Lundby (company), a Swedish maker of dollhouses
 Lundby IF, a football club located in Hisingen, Göteborg, Sweden

See also 
 Lundby, disambiguation page on Danish Wikipedia which includes additional entries
 Lundby, disambiguation page on Swedish Wikipedia which includes additional entries

Surnames of Scandinavian origin
Charlton Wollaston

Charlton Wollaston (1733–1764) was an English medical doctor, physician to Guy's Hospital from 1762. He was also physician to the Queen's Household.

He was a son of Francis Wollaston (1694–1774), and entered Sidney Sussex College, Cambridge in 1748. He graduated M.B. in 1753, and M.D. in 1758. He was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1756, and was Harveian Orator in 1763.

Family
Wollaston married in 1758 Phyllis Byam. Charlton Byam Wollaston (1765–1840), Assistant Judge Advocate, was their son.

Notes

1733 births
1764 deaths
Fellows of the Royal Society
Sake set

A  consists of the flask and cups used to serve sake. Sake sets are commonly ceramic, but may be wood, lacquered wood, glass or plastic. The flask and cups may be sold individually or as a set.

Server

The server of a sake set is a flask called a tokkuri (). A tokkuri is generally bulbous with a narrow neck, but may have a variety of other shapes, including that of a spouted serving bowl (katakuchi). Traditionally, heated sake is often warmed by placing the sake-filled tokkuri in a pan of hot water, and thus the narrowed neck would prevent the heat from escaping. In more authentic places such as oden bars and ryōtei in Japan, sake is sometimes warmed and served in metal containers known as chirori () or tanpo (). Recently, glass chirori are also used to chill sake.

Drinking cups

Formerly, sake was sold by volume in a wooden box measuring cup, known as a masu which has a volume of one gō () and was also used to drink. In the past, the wooden box was said to complement the traditionally brewed sake, as it is brewed in a wooden cask (), but in modern times, the masu is shunned by sake purists because the wood affects the flavor of the sake. Furthermore, tradition requires the masu be filled to the rim as a sign of prosperity. Masu are now commonly made of lacquerware or even of ABS plastic. As the traditional sake-serving cup and a symbol of prosperity due to sharing the same pronunciation as the Japanese word for increase/proliferate (), the masu is still used in modern times for the purpose of ceremony or to show generosity. In some Japanese restaurants, the server may put a glass inside the masu (or put the masu inside a saucer) and pour until the sake overflows and spills into the secondary container to symbolize this wealth.

Nowadays, the sake is typically served in ceramic cups. The cups used for drinking sake are generally small cylindrical vessels called o-choko or choko (, o- is an honorific prefix in Japanese used such as o-sake and o-makase), but may also include flatter shapes such as wide-mouthed bowls. Sakazuki are ceremonial cups used most commonly at weddings and other special occasions such as tea ceremonies, but larger versions of sakazuki also exist. 

While not a traditional serving utensil, a shot glass is also used. In the United States, it is used as a substitute for ochoko, while in Japan it is used in conjunction with masu. Sake stemware is also used, which is essentially a glass sake cup elevated above a wide base. Sake stemware, as well as glass tokkuri, are now commonly used to serve chilled sake.

References

External links

Sake Flask Shapes Guide
Tokkuri- Sake Flask Shapes
Yoshio Tsuchiya, Masaru Yamamoto (food styling), Eiji Kori (photography), Juliet Winters Carpenter (translation) "Saké servers", The fine art of Japanese food arrangement, Kodansha International (Tokyo), 2002, p. 70. 

Drinkware
Containers
Japanese cuisine
Sake
Crossosoma

Crossosoma is a genus of the plant family Crossosomataceae. It consists of two species of shrubs.

Crossosoma californicum Nutt. is found on the Palos Verdes Peninsula and San Clemente and Santa Catalina islands of California, as well as Guadalupe Island in Baja California.

Crossosoma bigelovii S.Wats. occurs in the deserts of California, Nevada, Arizona, and Baja California.

External links
C. bigelovii treatment from the Jepson Manual
C. californicum treatment from the Jepson Manual

Flora of California
Rosid genera
Crossosomataceae
Flora of Baja California
Flora without expected TNC conservation status
Crossosomataceae

Crossosomataceae is a small plant family, consisting of four genera of shrubs found only in the dry parts of the American southwest and Mexico. This family has included up to ten species in the past, although as of 2021 six species are still recognised. Crossosoma are shrub-like plants which can vary from being 50 cm to 5 meters tall, with small alternating leaves that surround the stem, or leaves clustered in small spurts (fascicles). Apacheria, however, has opposite leaves. Crossosoma has usually white flowers that are generally bisexual and have 5 petals attached to a nectary disk, but in Velascoa the flowers are campanulate and have an extremely reduced nectary disk.

Genera
Apacheria - one species, cliff brittlebush, Apacheria chiricahuensis
Crossosoma  - two species, C. bigelovii and C. californicum. C. bigelovii var. parviflora or C. parviflora was described for plants from the northern side of the Grand Canyon with a disjunct population in Sonora, with slightly smaller flowers than C. bigelovii, but it is not recognised as distinct even at a varietal level by the Flora of North America in the 2015 volume.
Glossopetalon - two (or four species)
Velascoa - one species

References

 
Rosid families
Taxa named by Adolf Engler
Census division

Census divisions, in Canada and the United States, are areas delineated for the purposes of statistical analysis and presentation; they have no government in and of themselves. The census divisions of Canada are second-level census geographic unit, below provinces and territories, and above "census subdivisions" and "dissemination areas". In provinces where they exist, the census division may correspond to a county, a regional municipality or a regional district. 

In the United States, the Census Bureau divides the country into four census regions and nine census divisions. The bureau also divides counties (or county equivalents) into either census county divisions or minor civil division, depending on the state. The American state of Alaska does not include counties, instead being divided into 19 boroughs and 10 census divisions.

See also

 Census geographic units of Canada
 Statistics Canada
 United States Census Bureau census regions and divisions

References

Types of administrative division

United States Census Bureau geography
George Wollaston

George Wollaston (1738–1826) was an English Anglican priest.  He was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1763.

He was the son of Francis Wollaston (1694-1774). He was educated at Charterhouse School and Sidney Sussex College, Cambridge, where he graduated second wrangler in 1758. He married in 1765 Elizabeth Palmer of Thurnscoe Hall and they had a single daughter Elizabeth Palmer Wollaston who died in infancy (17 April 1766).

References

1738 births
1826 deaths
People educated at Charterhouse School
Fellows of the Royal Society
Alumni of Sidney Sussex College, Cambridge
Second Wranglers
Groot Agelo

Groot Agelo is a hamlet in the Dutch province of Overijssel. It is a part of the municipality of Dinkelland, and lies about 9 km north of Oldenzaal.

It was first mentioned in 1252 as "Wicherus et Ludolfus filius suus de Agelo". The etymology is unclear. It is called Groot (Big) to distinguish from Klein Agelo (Little). Since 2009, both hamlets are listed under Agelo.

It has a elementary school named 'n Boaken. The people of Klein Agelo and Groot Agelo, places called together as just 'Agelo', go to church in Ootmarsum.

In this neighbourhood some fine examples of timber-framed cottages and barns can be found, displaying the Low German house style which is very common in the east of Twente.

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Populated places in Overijssel
Dinkelland
The Costs of Accidents

The Costs of Accidents: A Legal and Economic Analysis by Guido Calabresi is a work in the law and economics tradition because it provides an economic efficiency analysis of the rules of tort law.  The text was initially published in 1970 by Yale University Press.

Overview
The central aim of tort law is not the absolute minimization of losses from individual accidents because the total accident cost of any economically fruitful activity/industry includes both the expected cost of the accidents that happen to occur and the actual costs expended in avoiding the accidents.

For expenditures to prevent accidents, there must be associated levels of expected accidents and expected losses. Unfortunately, there is a serious underregistration of the most common accidents that have only a small cost per accident but may be important in the total cost of accidents. Only few studies have accurately quantified the entire cost of accidents. The whole cost at a given level of precaution is the net of the precautionary expenditures in addition to the losses accrued from the accidents that were not prevented.  If the goal is to minimize the total costs of accidents, the costs of precaution should be included.

References

1970 non-fiction books
Economics books
Law books
Law and economics

Yale University Press books
Klein Agelo

Klein Agelo is a hamlet in the Dutch province of Overijssel. It is a part of the municipality of Dinkelland, and lies about 10 km north of Oldenzaal and very close to Ootmarsum.

It was first mentioned in 1408 as "Luttiken Agele". It is called Klein (Little) to distinguish from Groot Agelo (Big). Since 2009, both hamlets are listed under Agelo. Klein Agelo is mentioned on direction signs, however there are no place name signs to indicate that you have arrived in the hamlet.

In the rural countryside some good examples can be found of timber framed barns and farmhouses build in the local traditional style of the Low German house.

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Populated places in Overijssel
Dinkelland
Ootmarsum

Ootmarsum is a city in the Dutch province of Overijssel. It is a part of the municipality of Dinkelland, and lies about 10 km north of Oldenzaal.

In 2001, the city of Ootmarsum had 4227 inhabitants. The built-up area of the city was 1.5 km², and contained 1620 residences.
The statistical area "Ootmarsum", which also can include the peripheral parts of the town, as well as the surrounding countryside, has a population of around 3650.

History

Around 770 one of the first churches of Twente was built in Ootmarsum. In November 917, Radboud, bishop of Utrecht, died in Ootmarsum. Around 1000, Ootmarsum was one of the largest parishes in Twente.

Ootmarsum received city rights in 1325. The town was then converted into a fortress with ditches and earthworks. In the 16th century Ootmarsum was occupied by the Spanish during the Eighty Years War but in 1597 was captured by Maurice, Prince of Orange. A cannonball from the siege can be seen today still embedded in the church.

Ootmarsum was a separate municipality until 2001, when it became a part of Dinkelland, together with Denekamp and Weerselo.

Born in Ootmarsum
 Ton Schulten (1938), painter
 Han Polman (1963), politician
 Kitty Sanders (1980), retired volleyball player
 Tom Veelers (1984), retired professional road bicycle racer

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Municipalities of the Netherlands disestablished in 2001
Populated places in Overijssel
Former municipalities of Overijssel
Twente
Dinkelland
Weerselo

Weerselo is a village in the Dutch province of Overijssel. It is a part of the municipality of Dinkelland, and lies about 6 km northwest of Oldenzaal. Weerselo was a separate municipality until 2001 when it became a part of Dinkelland.

Overview 
It was first mentioned in the 1160s as Werslo. The etymology is unclear. It consists of two settlements. Het Stift developed around a 12th century Benedictine monastery, and the village of Weerselo which was also called Nijstad. The monastery burnt down in 1523. In 1840, it was home to 558 people.

A fine example of the historic building style in Twente, in the east of the Netherlands, can be found near the Stiftskerk, which in itself is a point of interest in this village, since it is its oldest core that gave name to the village.

The 'Weerselose Markt' is a flea market for antiques and bric-à-brac which opens every Saturday.

Notable people 
 Felix von Heijden (1890–1982), football player who competed in the 1920 Summer Olympics
 Jos Lansink (born 1961), equestrian
 Elles Leferink (born 1976), volleyball player who competed in the 1996 Summer Olympics
 André Paus (born 1965), football player and manager

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Municipalities of the Netherlands disestablished in 2001
Populated places in Overijssel
Former municipalities of Overijssel
Twente
Dinkelland