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Kamina

Kamina is the capital city of Haut-Lomami Province in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.

Transport 
Kamina is known as an important railway node; three lines of the DRC railways run from Kamina toward the north, west, and south-east. The main railway line, the operating sections of the Cape to Cairo Railway, links the city with Tenke and Lubumbashi to the south and Kabalo and Kindu to the northeast. It has two airports, one civil (Kamina Airport) and one military (Kamina Base Airport). It lies along National Road 1 (N1) and Regional Road 630 (R630).

Military 
The Belgian Armed Forces established a large military base in Kamina after the Second World War. The large base complex consisted of Base 1, an air base used for flying training, and Base 2, a paratroop training facility. From September 1953 to 1960, the Advanced Pilots' School of the Belgian Air Force operated some 60 North American Harvards from the base.

When the Congo gained independence in June 1960, Belgium initially retained control of Kamina, under agreement with the Congolese government, but in October 1960 control of the base was taken over by the United Nations. The base was never under Katangese control, although Katangese troops occupied the nearby town of Kaminaville.

In early 1964, the UN handed over Kamina to the Congolese Armed Forces. It is now a 'brassage' centre for the slowly forming Army of the Military of the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Brassage is the process whereby fighters of the former DRC warring factions are brought together into new combined units.

Sports 
In 2019, the Governor of Haut-Lomami inaugurated the "Stade Joseph Kabila Kabange", a modern sports arena. The stadium was started in 2008, with 2 Million US dollars of funding from Katanga Province. After work on the stadium halted for nearly a decade, the Governor announced that the stadium was completed as a gift from then-President Joseph Kabila to the population of Haut-Lomami.

See also 
 University of Kamina
 Railway stations in DRCongo

References

Further reading
J. Temmerman, 'Le Congo: Reduit National Belge,' in Recueil d'etudes <<Congo 1955-1960>>, Academie royale des Sciences d'Outre-Mer (Bruxelles) pp. 413–422 (1992)

 
Populated places in Haut-Lomami
Cities in the Democratic Republic of the Congo
Republic (Transnistria)

Republic (, Moldovan Cyrillic: Република; ; ) is a political party in Transnistria. The party is affiliated with former Transnistrian President Igor Smirnov.

In the legislative elections of 11 December 2005, the party won 13 of the 43 seats. The party failed to win a single seat in the 2010 legislative elections.

Election results 

Political parties in Transnistria
Lapparentosaurus

Lapparentosaurus is a genus of sauropod dinosaur from the Middle Jurassic. Its fossils were found in Madagascar (Isalo III Formation). The type species is L. madagascariensis.

Discovery and naming 
In 1895 Richard Lydekker named a new species of Bothriospondylus, B. madagascariensis based on fossils found before 1894 by Joseph Thomas Last in the Majunga Basin in layers of the Bathonian, the Isalo III Formation. Because there was no real connection with this English form, in 1986 José Fernando Bonaparte named a separate genus. The type species, the only known, is Lapparentosaurus madagascariensis. The generic name honours Albert-Félix de Lapparent. The holotype assigned by Bonaparte, MAA 91-92, consists of two neural arches. Much more abundant material has been referred, from at least three but perhaps as much as ten individuals from different growth stages. This includes vertebrae and limb elements but no skulls. The species is still lacking a good description and diagnosis. It should not be confused with ?Bothriospondylus madagascariensis, a distinct taxon now named Vouivria, or another distinct primitive sauropod from the Isalo III Formation once also referred to as "Bothriospondylus" madagascarensis, described as the new genus Narindasaurus in 2020. 

Age determination studies performed using growth ring counts suggest that this sauropod took 31–45 years to reach sexual maturity and was relatively fast-growing given the presence of a large amount of fibrolamellar bone.

Classification 
The phylogenetic position of Lapparentosaurus was long poorly understood. It exhibits an unusual combination of characters of both basal and derived sauropods. It has been classified as a brachiosaurid or an indeterminate titanosauriform. However, recent phylogenetic analyses have shown it to be a basal eusauropod, not closely related to brachiosaurids at all. After many decades, Emilie Läng in 2008 recovered a traditional Cetiosauridae including Lapparentosaurus. An in-depth revision in 2019 of the genus by Raveloson, Clark & Rasoamiaramana recovered a similar position with Lapparentosaurus being part of a paraphyletic Cetiosauridae, also including a multitude of similar Middle Jurassic cetiosaurids such as Chebsaurus, Ferganasaurus, and Cetiosaurus. This position is supported by the presence of two autapomorphies common on both Lapparentosaurus and Cetiosaurus: a pyramid-shaped neural spine from the anterior dorsal vertebrae with tapering in shape or not flaring distally and loss of the spinodiapophyseal lamina on the dorsal vertebrae.

Gallery
All possible remains of Lapparentosaurus:

References 

Cetiosauridae
Macronarians
Dinosaurs of Madagascar
Middle Jurassic sauropods
Sauropods of Africa
Middle Jurassic dinosaurs of Africa
Bathonian genera
Fossils of Madagascar
Fossil taxa described in 1986
Taxa named by José Bonaparte
Aquarian

Aquarian may refer to:
Aquarius (astrology), a sign of the zodiac
Aquarian Tabernacle Church, a Wiccan church in Index, Washington, U.S.
The Aquarian Weekly, a weekly newspaper in New Jersey, U.S.
Aquarii, Christians who substituted water for wine in the eucharist
The Aquarians, a 1970 American television action film
 The Aquarians, an alternate title for the 1970 film Ghetto Freaks
 The Aquarians, a band with Razzy Bailey

See also
Aquarian Age (disambiguation)
Aquarius (disambiguation)
The Aquarian Gospel of Jesus the Christ, a 1908 book by Levi H. Dowling
Aquarian illusion, a metamorphosis (illusion)
Soulquarians, a band
Wundarr the Aquarian, a fictional character in Marvel comics
Feeler fish

The feeler fish, Bathypterois longifilis, a grinner of the family Ipnopidae, is found around Australia and New Zealand.

References
 
 
 Tony Ayling & Geoffrey Cox, Collins Guide to the Sea Fishes of New Zealand,  (William Collins Publishers Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand 1982) 

Ipnopidae
Fish described in 1878
Taxa named by Albert Günther
National Association of Youth Bowling Clubs

The National Association of Youth Bowling Clubs (NAYBC) is a British Ten-pin bowling organisation and is responsible to the British Tenpin Bowling Association (BTBA) for organising tenpin bowling for the under 22 year olds.

External links
Official NAYBC website
More information linked from the BTBA website

Bowling organizations
Tenpin bowling in the United Kingdom
Sports organisations of the United Kingdom
List of Intel Pentium D processors

This is a list of Intel Pentium D processors, based on the NetBurst architecture and targeted at the consumer market. Two generations were released, using the Smithfield and Presler cores and branded as 8xx- and 9xx-series respectively, as well as Pentium Extreme Edition 840, 955, and 965.

Dual-core desktop processors

Pentium D

"Smithfield" (90 nm) 
 All models support: MMX, SSE, SSE2, SSE3, Intel 64, XD bit (an NX bit implementation)
 Enhanced Intel SpeedStep Technology (EIST) supported by: 830, 840
 Steppings: A0, B0
 Package size: 37.5 mm × 37.5 mm
 Die size: 206 mm²

"Presler" (65 nm)  
 All models support: MMX, SSE, SSE2, SSE3, Intel 64, XD bit (an NX bit implementation)
 Enhanced Intel SpeedStep Technology (EIST) supported by: C1 & D0 steppings
 Intel VT-x supported by: models 9x0
 Intel VT-x NOT supported by: models 9x5
 Steppings: B1, C1, D0
 Package size: 37.5 mm × 37.5 mm
 Die size: 2 × 81 mm²

Pentium Extreme Edition

"Smithfield" (90 nm) 
 All models support: MMX, SSE, SSE2, SSE3, Hyper-Threading, Enhanced Intel SpeedStep Technology (EIST), Intel 64, XD bit (an NX bit implementation)
 Stepping: A0
 Package size: 37.5 mm × 37.5 mm 
 Die size: 206 mm²

"Presler" (65 nm) 
 All models support: MMX, SSE, SSE2, SSE3, Hyper-Threading, Enhanced Intel SpeedStep Technology (EIST), Intel 64, XD bit (an NX bit implementation), Intel VT-x
 Steppings: B1, C1
 Package size: 37.5 mm × 37.5 mm 
 Die size: 2 × 81 mm²

See also 
 List of Intel Pentium processors
 Pentium 4
 Pentium D
 Pentium Extreme Edition

References

External links 
 Intel 2006 dual-core roadmap
 Intel Pentium D processor (comparison tool from Intel site)

Pentium D
Intel Pentium D
Estadio de Béisbol Beto Ávila

Estadio de Béisbol Beto Ávila is a stadium in Cancún, Mexico.  It is primarily used for baseball, and is the home field of the Quintana Roo Tigres Mexican League baseball team.  It has a capacity of 9,785 people. It is named to honor Beto Ávila the former Mexican major league baseball (known as Bobby Avila in the U. S.) most remembered for his years with the Cleveland Indians (1949–58) where he won the American League batting title in 1954 with an average of .341, and where he was selected to the AL All Star Team in 1952, '54, and '55. After splitting time with the Baltimore Orioles, Boston Red Sox, and Milwaukee Braves in 1959, his last year of active play () was with the Tigres del México.

In the 1980s the park, originally with a capacity of 4,500 was the homefield of the Marlins de Cancún.  It became an LMB park in 1996 when the Langosteros de Quintana Roo (Quintana Roo Lobstermen) were promoted to that league.  The park was expanded to seat 7,000.  However, after the Lobstermen left Cancún the stadium was heavily damaged by Hurricane Wilma in October 2005.  In 2006 renovations were undertaken to rebuild and expand the stadium and draw an LMB team back to Cancún.  After the 28 million peso renovation the Tigres played the 2007 season with Beto Ávila as their homefield.

See also 
Estadio Cancun 86

References 

Estadio de Béisbol Beto Ávila
Béisbol Beto Ávila
Mexican League ballparks
Hamad Abu Rabia

Sheikh Hamad Abu Rabia (, ; born 1929, died 12 January 1981) was a Bedouin Israeli politician and a member of the Knesset.

Biography
Abu Rabia was born and grew up in the Negev, where he attended elementary school. He attended high school in Hebron. At the age of 18 he became sheikh of his tribe and took interest in fostering its education.

Abu Rabia was first elected to the Knesset in 1973 on the Arab List for Bedouin and Villagers, becoming the first Bedouin to serve in the Knesset. In 1974 the party joined the Alignment, but broke away again in 1976. The following year it merged into the original United Arab List. He was re-elected in the 1977 elections, and became a member of the Committee for Public Services.

The United Arab List had won a single seat, which Abu Rabia and Jabr Muadi had agreed to rotate. However, Abu Rabia refused to vacate his seat, with a court ruling that the agreement was invalid. On 12 January 1981 Abu Rabia was assassinated outside a hotel in Jerusalem by Muadi's sons. Despite the family links to the killing, Muadi replaced Abu Rabia in the Knesset.

References

External links

1929 births
1981 deaths
Alignment (Israel) politicians
Arab List for Bedouin and Villagers politicians
Assassinated Israeli politicians
Bedouin Israelis
Bedouin members of the Knesset
Israeli people of Saudi Arabian descent
Members of the 8th Knesset (1974–1977)
Members of the 9th Knesset (1977–1981)
People from Southern District (Israel)
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Parque Kukulcán Alamo

Parque Kukulcán Alamo (Kukulcán Alamo Park) is a  stadium located in the city of Mérida, Yucatán, Mexico.  It is primarily used for baseball, and is the home field of the Leones de Yucatán (Yucatán Lions) Mexican League baseball team.  It holds 14,917 people and was opened in 1982. The stadium is named for Kukulkán, the Maya feathered serpent deity.

See also
 Estadio Carlos Iturralde - a football stadium in Mérida

References

1982 establishments in Mexico
Estadio de Beisbol Kukulkan
Mexican League ballparks
Sports venues completed in 1982
Sports venues in Yucatán
First Born (TV series)

First Born is a British science fiction television serial produced by the BBC in 1988. Vasco Sabino played the adolescent hybrid, Gor, in episode 3. Other notable cast members included Charles Dance, Jamie Foster, Julie Peasgood, Gabrielle Anwar, Philip Madoc, Sharon Duce and Roshan Seth.

Premise
Charles Dance starred as genetic researcher Edward Forester, whose work leads him to create a man-gorilla hybrid, using sperm from an unknown sperm donor and cells taken from a female gorilla. He then raises the baby as his own son, only to find that there are horrifying consequences for playing God.

Critical Reception
Science fiction historian Brian Stableford gave First Born a negative review. Stableford described the program as a "knee-jerk hymn of hate against scientists in general" and "a kind of dumbed-down Doomwatch episode expanded to three times its natural length".

Production
A portion of filming took place in and around the North Wiltshire area, with the Forester family home scenes having been filmed on location in Calne. Woodland scenes from Episode 2 were primarily filmed on location at Savernake Forest near Marlborough, but were subsequently mixed with footage filmed on location in Switzerland. Longleat Safari Park was also used in filming as the setting for the kidnap scenes at the end of Episode 2.

The three-part serial was written by Ted Whitehead and adapted from the novel Gor Saga by Maureen Duffy. It was produced by Sally Head and directed by Philip Saville. The theme tune was composed by Hans Zimmer.

2entertain Ltd released the serial on Region 2 DVD in the UK on 17 July 2006.

See also
Humanzee
Chimera (British TV series)

References

External links

YouTube recording of "First Born" by Hans Zimmer

BBC science fiction television shows
1980s British television miniseries
1980s British science fiction television series
1988 British television series debuts
1988 British television series endings
Television series about genetic engineering
Television shows scored by Hans Zimmer
Séguéla Department

Séguéla Department is a department of Worodougou Region in Woroba District, Ivory Coast. In 2021, its population was 298,384 and its seat is the settlement of Séguéla. The sub-prefectures of the department are Bobi-Diarabana, Dualla, Kamalo, Massala, Séguéla, Sifié, and Worofla.

History

Séguéla Department was created in 1969 as one of the 24 new departments that were created to take the place of the six departments that were being abolished. It was created from territory that was formerly part of Nord Department. Using current boundaries as a reference, from 1969 to 1980 the department occupied the territory that is Worodougou Region and Béré Region.

In 1980, Séguéla Department was divided to create Mankono Department. In 1997, regions were introduced as new first-level subdivisions of Ivory Coast; as a result, all departments were converted into second-level subdivisions. Séguéla Department was included as part of Worodougou Region.

In 2009, what was left of Séguéla Department was divided again to create Kani Department.

In 2011, districts were introduced as new first-level subdivisions of Ivory Coast. At the same time, regions were reorganised and became second-level subdivisions and all departments were converted into third-level subdivisions. At this time, Séguéla Department remained part of the retained Worodougou Region in Woroba District.

Notes

Departments of Worodougou
1969 establishments in Ivory Coast
States and territories established in 1969
Crowell Willson

Crowell Willson (1815 – October 12, 1894) was a Canadian farmer and political figure. He represented Middlesex East in the House of Commons of Canada as a Liberal-Conservative member from 1867 to 1872 and in 1874.

He was born in St. Thomas, Upper Canada in 1815, the son of Benjamin Willson. In 1838, he settled in London Township and established a wool carding mill there. In 1851, he was elected to represent Middlesex in the Legislative Assembly of the Province of Canada; he was reelected in East Middlesex in 1863. He was elected to the federal parliament in 1867 and 1874 but, in 1874, he was unseated after his election was protested. Willson was also a director of the London Mutual Fire Insurance Company.

In 1843, Willson married Maria Jackson. He died in Wingham at the age of 79.

References 

1815 births
1894 deaths
Conservative Party of Canada (1867–1942) MPs
Members of the House of Commons of Canada from Ontario
Members of the Legislative Assembly of the Province of Canada from Canada West
People from St. Thomas, Ontario
Elie Bleu

Elie Bleu is a French manufacturer of humidors. The company was founded in 1976.

Notable models include Flor de Alba, Medaille, Vegas, and the Che Guevara.

References

Manufacturing companies of France
Estadio Eduardo Vasconcelos

Eduardo Vasconcelos Stadium, also known as Estadio de Béisbol Lic. Eduardo Vasconcelos, is a stadium in Oaxaca, Oaxaca, Mexico. It is primarily used for baseball, and is the home field of the Guerreros de Oaxaca Liga Mexicana de Béisbol baseball team since the team entered the league in 1996. It currently holds 7,200 spectators.

The stadium opened in 1950 as the home for the athletics department for the Universidad Autónoma Benito Juárez de Oaxaca. It is named after Eduardo Vasconcelos, who was Governor of Oaxaca from 1947 to 1950.  The stadium's playing surface is FieldTurf. A remodeling prior to the 2008 season brought the stadium a new video board and improved seats in charge of the Mexican architectural firm Broissin architects.

References

External links
Stadium information
Liga Mexicana de Béisbol: Los Guerreros de Oaxaca, el debut en la liga mejicana
History and stadium information

Sports venues in Oaxaca
Sports venues completed in 1950
Guerreros de Oaxaca
Mexican League ballparks
1950 establishments in Mexico
Château de Quéribus

The Château de Quéribus (in Occitan Castèl de Queribús) is a ruined castle in the commune of Cucugnan in the Aude département of France. It has been listed as a monument historique by the French Ministry of Culture since 1907.

Queribus is one of the "Five Sons of Carcassonne", along with Aguilar, Peyrepertuse, Termes and Puilaurens: five castles strategically placed to defend the French border against the Spanish, until the border was moved in 1659.

It is sometimes regarded as the last Cathar stronghold. After the fall of Montségur in 1244, surviving Cathars gathered together in another mountain-top stronghold on the border of Aragon (the present border between the Aude and the Pyrénées-Orientales).

In 1255, a French army was dispatched to deal with these remaining Cathars, but they slipped away without a fight, probably to Aragon or Piedmont - both regions where Cathar beliefs were still common, and where the Occitan language was spoken.

Quéribus is high and isolated. It stands on top of the highest peak for miles around. In 1951, restoration work on the turret began and, between 1998 and 2002, a complete restoration of the castle was undertaken. The castle is now accessible to visitors.

It is at coordinates  and an altitude of . The nearest village is Maury, Pyrénées-Orientales.

See also
Cathar castles
List of castles in France

Further reading 
  Langlois, Gauthier. Olivier de Termes, le cathare et le croisé (vers 1200-1274), Toulouse : Éditions Privat, 2001, 288 p. (Collection Domaine cathare).
  Poudou, Francis and Langlois (Gauthier), (dir.) - Canton de Tuchan et communauté de communes des Hautes Corbières, Narbonne : Fédération audoise Léo Lagrangre, 2003.

References

External links
 

Castles in Aude
Ruined castles in Occitania (administrative region)
Monuments historiques of Aude
Catharism
Party Animals (music group)

Party Animals are a pop-gabber group from Amsterdam, Netherlands. The band was created by producers Jeff "Abraxas" Porter and Jeroen Flamman, also known as Flamman & Abraxas, along with vocalists MCs Remsy, Evert van Buschbach, Patrick de Moor, Dennis Adam, and Paul Grommé. They became the first act in the Netherlands to have their first three singles go straight to number one.

Career
The Party Animals made their introduction on the video for the single "I Wanna Be a Hippy" by Technohead. The clip featured three gabbers and a hippie. Flamman & Abraxas discovered the four  and saw a potential for opening the mainly underground scene of gabber by making the sound more pop-oriented and thus introducing the new genre to a mainstream audience.

The first single was "Have You Ever Been Mellow" which samples Olivia Newton-John's "Have You Never Been Mellow" The lyrics still contain parts of the original song with "Never" replaced by "Ever". Released in September 1995, it took three months before becoming a number 1 hit.

In 1997, Flamman & Abraxas formed a one-time spinoff group called the "Mini Animals", consisting of four boys aged 10 to 13. They only released one EP, titled "Get Up, Stand Up!" before the group disbanded. However, two of the Mini Animals, Youri and Jordi, would later officially join the Party Animals in 2002.

The group disbanded in 2000 after considerable success in the Netherlands and a hit in Hong Kong with "Atomic".

The group reunited in 2002 after they were re-discovered at a student party in Delft. After Jeroen Flamman discovered how popular the Party Animals' singles still were, he decided to revive the group. As a result, "Life Was Short" was released in 2002 and "Xanadu" followed in 2003. The group's fourth studio album, Gang of 4, was released in 2004.

In 2014, their fifth studio album, Greatest Hits and Underground Anthems, was released, which contained a new track titled "This Moment".

On 7 February 2016, Flamman & Abraxas posted several pictures of Suzanna Manger (the vocalist on "Have You Ever Been Mellow", "Aquarius", and "Xanadu") on Facebook of her in the studio with the duo with the caption "Let's see if we can turn them into a new 2016 Party Animals track!"

Members

Producers 
 Jeff "Abraxas" Porter (1995-present)
 Jeroen Flamman (1995-present)

Animals 
 Evert van Buschbach (1995-1997)
 David Adam (1995-1996)
 Dennis Adam (MC Remsy) (1995-1997, 2002-2004)
 Paul Grommé (1995-2000)
 Patrick de Moor (1996-1998)
 Robert (1996-2000)
 Michael (1997-2000, 2002-2009)
 Thijs Timmer (1998-2000)
 Youri (2002-2009)
 Jordi (2002-2010)
 Kenney (2004-2010)
 Martijn (2009-2014)
 Kelvin (2010-2014)
 Eb (2010-2012)
 Corné (2009-2013)
 Patrick (2012-present)
 Kevin Koning (2013-2017)
 Wesley (2014-present)
 Bruce (2015-2017)
 Bonno (2017–present)
 Bruce (2018–present)

Discography

Albums

Singles

References

External links
Official Website

Dutch dance music groups
Happy hardcore musicians
Dimbokro

Dimbokro is a town in south-central Ivory Coast. It is the seat of both Lacs District and N'Zi Region. It is also the seat of and a sub-prefecture of Dimbokro Department. Dimbokro is also a commune.

The town is located along the river N'Zi, approximately 50 km southeast of the official capital of Ivory Coast, Yamoussoukro. Dimbokro is connected by both road and railway from the country's commercial capital and de facto political capital Abidjan on the coast. Except for a textile factory, the town is of limited size and economic importance. Dimbokro is otherwise known as the birthplace of the country's current president, Alassane Ouattara and African reggae superstar Alpha Blondy.

Climate

Transport 
Dimbokro is served by Dimbokro Airport and by a station on the national railway system.

A railway bridge over the Nzi River near Dimbokro collapsed on 6 September 2016.

In 2014, the population of the sub-prefecture of Dimbokro was 64,957.

Villages
The 24 villages of the sub-prefecture of Dimbokro and their population in 2014 are:

References 

Sub-prefectures of N'Zi Region
District capitals of Ivory Coast
Communes of N'Zi Region
Regional capitals of Ivory Coast
Parque de Béisbol Alberto Romo Chávez

Parque de Béisbol Alberto Romo Chávez (English: Alberto Romo Chavez Baseball Park) is a stadium in Aguascalientes, Mexico.  It is primarily used for baseball, and is the home field of the Rieleros de Aguascalientes Mexican League baseball team.  It holds 6,496 people and was built in 1938. The stadium is adjacent to Estadio Victoria.

References

Parque de Béisbol Alberto Romo Chávez
Sports venues in Aguascalientes
Mexican League ballparks
Parque de Béisbol Alberto Romo Chávez
Athletics at the 1896 Summer Olympics – Men's marathon

The men's marathon event was a special race invented as part of the Athletics at the 1896 Summer Olympics programme. Seventeen athletes from 5 nations competed. It was the capstone of the athletics programme. The event was won by Spyridon Louis and was the only Greek victory in athletics.

Background

Michel Bréal originated the idea of a race from the city of Marathon to Athens, taking inspiration from the legend of Pheidippides. The first such marathon race was a Greek national competition that served as a qualifier for the Olympic marathon, won by Charilaos Vasilakos. The length of the marathon in 1896 was approximately 40 km (25 mi).

While twenty-five athletes traveled to Marathon for the race, only seventeen actually began the race.

At least one woman, Stamata Revithi, attempted to enter the race, but this was rejected. Officially, the reason given was that her entry came after the deadline; unofficially, the reason was her gender. She ran the course on her own the next day, covering the distance in 5½ hours. 

There are also references to a woman named Melpomene attempting to run; there is dispute whether this was a second woman, or instead it was Revithi.

Summary

Just as in the 1500 metre race, Albin Lermusiaux took the lead early. Edwin Flack and Arthur Blake maintained second and third place, until Blake dropped out at 23 kilometres. At 32 kilometres, Lermusiaux dropped out as well, leaving Flack in the lead as Spyridon Louis was making full use of his endurance to reach the front. 
 
Exhausted from trying to maintain his pace, Flack dropped out of the race with three kilometres left, leaving Louis alone at the front; he stormed home to finish the 40 kilometre race in one minutes and ten seconds under three hours. 

Vasilakos finished second, followed by Spyridon Belokas, who held off a fast-finishing Gyula Kellner to seemingly complete a Greek top-three sweep. 

However, Kellner subsequently lodged a protest, claiming Belokas had covered part of the course by carriage after having supposedly dropped out of the race: the protest was upheld, and Belokas was disqualified.

Records

Marathon distances at the time were not standardized and records were not officially recognized. The best time in a qualifying race was by Lavrentis.

The following record was established during the competition:

Schedule

The runners traveled to the town of Marathon on Thursday night. They assembled on the starting bridge at 2 p.m. on Friday.

Results

References
  (Digitally available at la84foundation.org)
  (Excerpt available at la84foundation.org)
 

Specific

Men's marathon
Marathons at the Olympics
Men's marathons
Queen's Bridge, Belfast

The Queen's Bridge is a B+ listed Victorian stone arch bridge in Belfast, Northern Ireland. It opened to traffic in 1843 and is named after Queen Victoria.

Long Bridge 

The previous bridge on this site was the Long Bridge, which began construction in 1682, supposedly on the site of an ancient ford. It had 21 arches, with a total span length of  and a width of , although its long approach from the east made it almost a mile long. The bridge was rebuilt several times over the years, such as in 1692 when seven arches collapsed due to Williamite troops transporting their cannons over it. By 1830, traffic volumes were increasing and a wider bridge was required, so the intention to build a new bridge was announced. The Long Bridge was not demolished until work on the new bridge began in 1840, and it is shown on the 1833 Ordnance Survey map. 

A piece of granite from the Long Bridge is embedded in the pavement at the junction of Castreagh Street and the Albertbridge Road in East Belfast.

Construction
The contract for the construction of the new bridge was given by the Board of Works to Francis Ritchie & Son, with a tendered price of £27,000. The bridge was designed by Thomas Jackson and John Fraser, in their respective roles as county surveyors of Antrim and Down (the river is the county boundary). However, in 1836, Jackson was replaced as Antrim county surveyor by Charles Lanyon who supervised the construction with Fraser. By March 1841, preparations were being made for the foundations of the bridge; however, it had not yet been decided whether the bridge would have a higher central arch, to reduce the overall approach gradient, or if it would have a horizontal deck. By July 1842, one of the arches had been keyed in, with the horizontal deck design having been chosen. The bridge opened in January 1843, within budget but slightly late. In 1849, it was named the Queen's Bridge in honour of Queen Victoria's visit to Belfast, during which she officially opened the structure.

Structure 
The bridge is a five-arch stone bridge, with each arch having a width of  and a rise of . The arches are dressed with Newry granite. The bridge deck originally had a width of . This was widened in 1885 to  by the addition of cantilevered segments on either side. 16 ornate gas lamps (now electric) were also added. They carry their maker's name ("Gregg, Sons & Phenix/ Iron Founders/ Belfast") and Belfast Corporation's coat of arms on their pedestals.

See also
List of bridges over the River Lagan

References

Bridges in Northern Ireland
Buildings and structures in Belfast
Bridges completed in 1843
1843 establishments in Ireland
Grade B+ listed buildings
Estadio De Béisbol Veinte de Noviembre

Estadio de Beisbol Veinte de Noviembre is a stadium in San Luis Potosí, San Luis Potosí, Mexico.  It is primarily used for baseball, and is the home field of the San Luis Potosí Tuneros Mexican League baseball team.  It holds 6,500 people. By now, it is also used for concerts and mass audience events.  It is named to commemorate Día de la Revolución: 20 November 1910, which marked the start of the Mexican Revolution.

References 

Mexican League ballparks
Sports venues in San Luis Potosí
Albert Bridge, Belfast

Albert Bridge is a bridge in Belfast, Northern Ireland. Its three flat arches span the River Lagan. It was completed in 1890 by Belfast city surveyor J C Bretland and is named after Prince Albert Victor. It is located close to the city centre between East Bridge Street and the Albertbridge Road.

History
The previous bridge on this site was a privately owned five span masonry bridge which was built in 1831. It was officially called Lagan Bridge, although it was known as Halfpenny Bridge due to the toll charged. It was subsequently renamed to Albert Bridge after Queen Victoria's husband. In 1860 it was acquired by the Belfast Corporation, which abolished the toll. In 1886 two arches of the bridge collapsed, causing a single fatality. A temporary wooden bridge was erected until the completion of the replacement bridge. This new bridge was designed by Mr J. C. Bretland, the Borough Surveyor of Belfast at the time, and was constructed by Messrs Henry of Belfast on behalf of Belfast Corporation, at a cost of £36,500. All of the cast iron including the decorative lampposts were made in Derby by Andrew Handyside & Co. It was opened in 1890 and the name Albert Bridge was kept, but now in honour of Queen Victoria's grandson, Prince Albert Victor, who had laid a foundation stone in 1889.

Restoration
In 1998 the first phase of work on the bridge was carried out by Roads Service, involving replacing, strengthening and waterproofing the concrete bridge deck. The second phase replaced corroded wrought iron structural members supporting the bridge deck with new structural steel members. The final phase, in autumn 2001, involved the removal of existing paint and rust and application of a new paint system for corrosion protection, which should ensure no repainting will be needed for the next 15 years. Floodlighting was also being installed. Total cost of restoration was about £1 million.

The original drawings and sketches of the bridge from 1888 had been passed to Roads Service from Belfast Corporation at the time of local government reorganisation in 1973. The drawings were used for information on the works connected with the bridge and passed to the Public Record Office of Northern Ireland in 2001.

See also
List of bridges over the River Lagan

References

Buildings and structures in Belfast
Bridges in Northern Ireland
Bridges completed in 1890
Grade B1 listed buildings
Cast-iron arch bridges in Northern Ireland
1890 establishments in Ireland
Estadio Héctor Espino

The Héctor Espino Baseball Stadium (Estadio de Béisbol Héctor Espino) is a baseball stadium located in Hermosillo, Sonora, Mexico.  The field is located in the north side of the city. It was home to the Naranjeros de Hermosillo (Hermosillo Orange Pickers) of the Mexican Pacific League until 2013.

On 4 October 1972, the stadium was opened to the public and originally known as was known as "Coloso del Choyal" or the Choyal Colossus. When first built, the stadium had a capacity of 10,000. It was remodeled in 1997 to hold a capacity of 15,000.

In 1976, the stadium was officially renamed for Héctor Espino, a famous Mexican baseball player. Espino's career spanned 24 seasons, from 1960 to 1984.

The stadium hosted six Caribbean Series in 1974, 1982, 1987, 1992, and 1997. In addition, it hosted eight Arizona Diamondbacks pre-season games from 1998 to 2010. The venue is also utilized for concerts.

The stadium is also the first in Latin America to feature a big screen and a digital LED display scoreboard. Seats are divided in various sections and different prices to accommodate various economic needs. Amenities of the stadium include an extensive food court, souvenir shops, and a state-of-the-art lighting system.

In 2013, the stadium was replaced by the Estadio Sonora as the home venue of the Naranjeros de Hermosillo. The final Naranjeros game at the stadium was a 7–2 playoff loss to the Tomateros de Culiacán on 6 January 2013.

The stadium served as the first home venue of the Cimarrones de Sonora from 2013 to 2015. The  of the Liga Norte de México used the stadium as their temporary home venue in 2015, and the  American football team played in the stadium during their 2017 season.

After several years of abandonment, the stadium was purchased by the federal government in 2019 and finalized the deal in 2020. The stadium underwent partial demolition in April 2021 as the beginning of a renovation project. The site was visited by President Andrés Manuel López Obrador in February 2022.

The stadium hosted the 2022 U-15 Baseball World Cup.

References

Baseball venues in Mexico
Hermosillo
Sports venues in Sonora
Sports venues completed in 1972
1972 establishments in Mexico
Baseball in Sonora
Boufarik

Boufarik is a town in Blida Province, Algeria, approximately 30 km from Algiers. In 2008, its population was 57,162.

The major neighbourhoods of the city are: K'ssar, Blatan, Ben gladash, Mimoun, Trig erange, Bariyan.

The city is well known for the production of oranges.

The main stadium is the Boufarik Stadium (Stade du Boufarik).

Notable residents
Jean-Claude Beton, founder of Orangina.

See also
 Boufarik Airport
 Boufarik colonization monument

References

Communes of Blida Province
Estadio de Béisbol Monclova

Estadio de Béisbol Monclova is a stadium in Monclova, Mexico. It is primarily used for baseball and is the home field of the Monclova Steelers. It holds 8,500 people.

References 

1975 establishments in Mexico
Mexican League ballparks
Sports venues completed in 1975
Sports venues in Coahuila
Lusotitan

Lusotitan is a genus of herbivorous brachiosaurid sauropod dinosaur from the Late Jurassic Period of Portugal.

Discovery and naming
In 1947 Manuel de Matos, a member of the Geological Survey of Portugal, discovered large sauropod fossils in the Portuguese Lourinhã Formation that date back to the Tithonian stage of the Late Jurassic period. In 1957 Albert-Félix de Lapparent and Georges Zbyszewski named the remains as a new species of Brachiosaurus: Brachiosaurus atalaiensis. The specific name referred to the site Atalaia. In 2003 Octávio Mateus and Miguel Telles Antunes named it as a separate genus: Lusotitan. The type species is Lusotitan atalaiensis. The generic name is derived from Luso, the Latin name for an inhabitant of Lusitania, and from the Greek word "Titan", a mythological giant.

The finds consisted of a partial skeleton lacking the skull and individual vertebrae uncovered in several locations. De Lapparent did not assign a holotype. In 2003 Mateus chose the skeleton as the lectotype. Its bones have the inventory numbers MIGM 4798, 4801–10, 4938, 4944, 4950, 4952, 4958, 4964–6, 4981–2, 4985, 8807, and 8793-5. These remains include 28 vertebrae and elements of the appendicular skeleton.

The lectotype was re-described by Mannion and colleagues in 2013.

Description
Lusotitan was a large sauropod, reaching  in length and  in body mass. It had long forearms with the humerus and femur measuring  and  in length, respectively.

Paleoecology

The Lourinhã Formation of western Portugal was likely to be formed during the Kimmeridgian or Tithonian ages of the Late Jurassic period. The area is a coastal region with a strong marine influence. Its flora and fauna are similar to the Morrison Formation in the United States, and the Tendaguru Formation in Tanzania. Lusotitan is the largest dinosaur that has been discovered in the area. Lusotitan lived alongside species of the predatory theropods Allosaurus (A. europaeus), Ceratosaurus, Lourinhanosaurus, and Torvosaurus, the ankylosaurian Dracopelta, the sauropods Bothriospondylus, Lourinhasaurus, and Zby, and the stegosaurs Dacentrurus and Miragaia.

References 

Brachiosaurs
Tithonian life
Late Jurassic dinosaurs of Europe
Jurassic Portugal
Fossils of Portugal
Lourinhã Formation
Fossil taxa described in 2003
Taxa named by Miguel Telles Antunes
Taxa named by Octávio Mateus
Estadio De Béisbol Beisborama 72

Estadio de Béisbol Beisborama 72 is a stadium in the Mexican city of Córdoba, Veracruz.  It is primarily used for baseball and is the home field of the Cafeteros de Córdoba who play in the Veracruz Winter League.  It holds 12,000 people and was built in 1972 (and renovated in 1998).

References 

1972 establishments in Mexico
Beisborama 72
Sports venues completed in 1972
Sports venues in Veracruz
Buildings and structures in Córdoba, Veracruz
Queen Elizabeth Bridge, Belfast

The Queen Elizabeth Bridge is a bridge over the River Lagan in Belfast, Northern Ireland, which opened in 1966.

History
The concept of a new bridge over the Lagan was first officially discussed in August 1959 within the Belfast Corporation Improvement Committee, with the purpose of it being to alleviate the traffic bottlenecks at the current city centre bridges. It was decided that the bridge would be placed beside Queen's Bridge to avoid river flow turbulences, which may have affected the existing bridge's foundations. A tunnel was also considered but was rejected for cost reasons. Over the next few years, the proposals were expanded into a larger programme of works, known as the "Lagan bridge scheme", which also included a large gyratory and one-way system to connect the bridges to the Sydenham Bypass (necessitating the demolition of 145 houses at Bridge End), two flyovers and seven pedestrian subways.

In March 1963, the total cost of the scheme was estimated at £3 million, however by the time of completion this had risen to £4 million. In August, the construction contract was awarded to Charles Brand and Son Ltd for £3,749,213 1s. 5d. Soon construction began with the first pile driven in October. The demolitions at Bridge End were completed in January 1965 and by December of the same year, most of the roadworks were nearing completion.

The decision on the name of the bridge in February 1966 proved controversial. The Unionist Party group in Belfast Corporation initially voted by 20 votes to 18 for the name Carson Bridge, after the former leader of their party, with the alternative being Somme Bridge. However, the Governor of Northern Ireland, Lord Erskine, intervened to ensure that a more politically neutral name was chosen, which caused unionists to criticise him for "interfering" in the affairs of Northern Ireland. A new name, Queen Elizabeth Bridge, was then chosen and was supported by both unionists and nationalists. Sir Cecil McKee took credit for the name, although it had earlier been reported that it was believed to be the Governor's idea.

The Bridge opened to traffic, along with the other elements of the scheme, on Sunday 3 April 1966. It was then officially opened by the Queen and Duke of Edinburgh on 4 July, however their visit was marred by both a concrete block being dropped on their car from a height and a bottle being thrown at it as they made their way through the city centre.

See also
List of bridges over the River Lagan

References

Bridges in Northern Ireland
Buildings and structures in Belfast
KODF-LD

KODF-LD (channel 26) is a low-power television station in Dallas, Texas, United States and serving the Dallas–Fort Worth Metroplex. The station's transmitter is located in Cedar Hill, Texas.

History
The station began its broadcasting activities in 2003 as an America's Store affiliate with callsign K67BL. Shortly after, the station moved its broadcasts to channel 26 and was rebranded as K26HF. On December 23, 2003, the station switched formats to Spanish-language programming as it was affiliated with Azteca América. During that time, the station was rebranded as KODF from TV Azteca's flagship station XHDF (meaning Distrito Federal) and Una Vez Mas Holdings took over ownership, with Mako Communications retaining as licensee.

In late 2006, KODF began simulcasting on KLEG-LP channel 44 to cover areas north and east of this station. In January 2007, KODF started airing several 90-second newsbriefs on weekdays, produced by local CBS affiliate KTVT.
The end of the newscast taglines read "Una Vez Más Holdings, LLC."

On June 25, 2009, KODF ceased analog broadcasting in response to an interference complaint from NBC affiliate KTEN (channel 10). On November 22, they began broadcasting in digital on RF channel 27 (virtual channel 26) under special temporary authority from the Federal Communications Commission (FCC). On March 24, 2010, the FCC granted a license to cover the construction permit for channel 27. During that time, Una Vez Mas returned this station to Mako Communications.

In January 2010, KODF became a Mega TV affiliate under their branding "Mega 26 HD" under the new direction of Right Hook Media Group, Inc. and was the first low-power digital channel in the Dallas/Fort Worth area to broadcast in 1080i high definition if not the first in the nation.

On September 11, 2011, KODF became affiliated with HOT TV (History of Television), broadcasting classic TV programs and movies from the 1940s, 1950s and 1960s.

In June 2013, KODF-LD was slated to be sold to Landover 5 LLC as part of a larger deal involving 51 other low-power television stations; the sale fell through in June 2016. Mako Communications sold its stations, including KODF-LD, to HC2 Holdings in 2017.

On June 18, 2019, KODF-LD shut down its channel 27 digital transmitter as a part of the broadcast frequency repacking process following the 2016-2017 FCC incentive auction.  The station remains silent while it constructs its post-repack facility on assigned displacement channel 3.

Digital channels
Before going silent, the station's signal was multiplexed:

References

External links
 

KODF-LD
Television channels and stations established in 2003
ODF
Estadio de Béisbol Francisco I. Madero

Estadio Francisco I. Madero is a stadium in Saltillo, Mexico.  It is primarily used for baseball and is the home field of the Saraperos de Saltillo.  It holds 11,000 people, and features a video screen measuring 14 meters high by 22 meters wide (46 feet high by 72 feet wide).  The stadium is named after Coahuila native Francisco I. Madero who served as President of Mexico from 1911 to 1913.

The stadium was renovated in 1999, and again in 2011.  The reopening ceremony on 28 March 2011 followed the most recent renovations and was attended by Saraperos President Alvaro Law, former Saltillo Mayor Jericó Abramo Masso, and President of the Liga Mexicana de Béisbol Plinio Escalante Bolio.

In 2022, Dinos de Saltillo of the Liga de Fútbol Americano Profesional, moved to the stadium due to an agreement between the club and the Saraperos. 

In 2023, Saltillo F.C. of the Liga Premier de México moved to stadium temporarily due to reconstruction works on the Estadio Olímpico de Saltillo.

References 

Mexican League ballparks
Sports venues in Coahuila
Sports venues completed in 1963
Saltillo
1963 establishments in Mexico
Estadio Gaspar Mass

Estadio Gaspar Mass is an artificial turf stadium in San Nicolás de los Garza, Mexico, a city in the Monterrey metropolitan area. It is primarily used for American football and is the home field for the Universidad Autónoma de Nuevo León (UANL) Auténticos Tigres. It has a seating capacity of approximately 16,000.

History
The stadium was inaugurated on 24 August 1979 and originally had a capacity of 10,000. It is named in honor of Gaspar Mass Martínez (1916–1999), considered "one of the pioneers of American football in Nuevo León" and coach of several different UANL teams over the years. In 2005, the stadium's capacity was expanded to 16,000 with the addition of seats in the south end zone, a project that cost 11 million pesos. Renovations took place prior to the Universiada Nacional in 2015, an event hosted by the UANL, adding improved lighting and a new artificial turf surface.

It has primarily served as the home venue of the Auténticos Tigres, though larger matches, including playoff games and contests against the Tigres' local rival Borregos Salvajes from the Monterrey Institute of Technology and Higher Education, have traditionally been played at the Estadio Universitario. After a multi-year hiatus due to the split of Mexican college football into two leagues, the city's derby—known as the Clásico Regio—was played again in 2016, but at Gaspar Mass instead of the Estadio Universitario, where it had been held in prior years and attracted attendance figures surpassing 40,000. The stadium also hosted the 2016 ONEFA Championship owing to a schedule conflict with the Tigres UANL football club that prevented the use of the Estadio Universitario.

Games between the various preparatory schools operated by the university are also held at the Estadio Gaspar Mass. In 2016, a brawl broke out between fans from rival prep schools after a game in the stadium, resulting in 20 arrests.

References

Gaspar Mass
College American football venues in Mexico
1979 establishments in Mexico
Sports venues completed in 1979
Lightstorm

Lightstorm may refer to:
 Lightstorm, a 1998 science fiction book by Peter F. Hamilton, part of The Web
 Lightstorm Entertainment, an American film production company