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Bass bar

In a string instrument, the bass bar is a brace running from the foot of the neck to a position under the bridge, which bears much of the tension of the strings. Bass bars are used:

 In the members of the violin family;
 In the members of the viola da gamba family;
 In some archtop guitars;

and in many other string instruments.

According to the A Dictionary of Music and Musicians by George Grove:

References

String instrument construction
Triduum

A triduum (; ) is a religious observance that lasts three days.

Major tridua

The best-known and most significant example today is the liturgical Paschal Triduum (the three days from the evening of Maundy Thursday to Easter Sunday). Other liturgical tridua celebrated in Western Christianity include the Rogation Days preceding Ascension Thursday, the feasts of Christmas and Pentecost together with the first two days of their octave, and Allhallowtide that lasts from Halloween to All Souls Day.

In Eastern Christianity (both Orthodox and Catholic) the analogues of festive tridua take the form of a major feasts followed by an associated Synaxis. The most publicly celebrated examples are the feast of Epiphany together with its eve and the following day dedicated to Saint John the Baptist, and the Nativity feast with Christmas Eve and the Synaxis of Theotokos. 

Ecclesiastical approval has been granted for tridua in honour of the Trinity, the Eucharist and Saint Joseph. Tridua are also celebrated on the local level, often preceding the feasts of patron saints of parishes and localities. An example would be the Obando Fertility Rites in the Philippines, which commemorate Saint Paschal Baylon, Saint Clare of Assisi (in addition to her actual feast day), and Our Lady of Salambáo for three consecutive days in mid-May.

Other occasions
Many other tridua are celebrated on occasions such as when children are preparing for their First Communion; among pupils as well as seminarians at the beginning of the school year; and in religious communities for those who are preparing to renew their vows annually or every six months.

See also 
 Allhallowtide
 Holy Week
 Holy Week procession
 Novena, Octave (liturgy)

References 

Catholic devotions
Catholic liturgy
Catholic spirituality
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Rat Fink

Rat Fink is one of several hot rod characters created by artist Ed "Big Daddy" Roth, one of the originators of Kustom Kulture of automobile enthusiasts. Roth conceived Rat Fink as an anti-hero to Mickey Mouse. Rat Fink is usually portrayed as either green or gray, comically grotesque and depraved-looking with bulging, bloodshot eyes, an oversized mouth with sharp, narrow teeth, and wearing red overalls with the initials "R.F." on them. He is often seen driving cars or motorcycles.

Roth began airbrushing and selling "weirdo" T-shirts at car shows and in the pages of hot rod publications such as Car Craft in the late 1950s. By the August 1959 issue of Car Craft, "weirdo shirts" had become a craze, with Ed Roth at the forefront of the movement. His T-shirt designs inspired an industry.

Rat Fink was advertised for the first time in the July 1963 issue of Car Craft. The ad called it "The rage in California". Also in 1963, the Revell Model Company issued a plastic model kit of the character. The initial run of the kit was from 1963 to 1965, but the Rat Fink kit, along with Roth's other creations, has been re-issued by Revell over the years. Rat Fink continues to be a popular item to this day in hot rod and Kustom Kulture circles in the form of T-shirts, key chains, wallets, toys, decals, etc.

Other artists associated with Roth also drew the character, including Rat Fink Comix artist R. K. Sloane and Steve Fiorilla, who illustrated Roth's catalogs. Rat Fink and Roth are featured in Ron Mann's documentary film Tales of the Rat Fink (2006). Jeannette Catsoulis reviewed in The New York Times:

A Rat Fink revival in the late 1980s and the 1990s centered on the grunge/punk rock movements, both in the U.S. West Coast and in Australia (Roth drew Rat Fink artwork for the album Junk Yard by the Australian band The Birthday Party). The band White Zombie produced a song titled "Ratfinks, Suicide Tanks, and Cannibal Girls". The song was featured in the film Beavis and Butthead Do America, along with an animated sequence reminiscent of Ed Roth's artistic style. 

Fink's, a bar-and-grille in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, is named in tribute to Rat Fink.

There is a Rat Fink poster on the blue wall at stage left in The Pee-wee Herman Show.

References

External links 
Rat Fink Official Site
Official Ed "Big Daddy" Roth Website
Rat Fink Museum
Previous Official Site

Anthropomorphic mice and rats
Kustom Kulture
Ed Roth
Literary characters introduced in 1963
Pierre Michaux

Pierre Michaux (June 25, 1813 – 1883) was a blacksmith who furnished parts for the carriage trade in Paris during the 1850s and 1860s. He may have become the inventor of the bicycle when he added pedals to a draisine to form the Michaudine velocipede, the forerunner of the modern bicycle. However, historic sources reveal other possible claimants, such as his son Ernest Michaux and Pierre Lallement.

History
Pierre Michaux was born at Bar le Duc and worked as a blacksmith who furnished parts for the carriage trade in Paris during the 1850s and 1860s.

He started building bicycles with pedals in the early 1860s. He, or his son Ernest, may have been the inventor of this machine, by adapting cranks and pedals on the front wheel of a draisine. In 1868, he formed a partnership with the Olivier brothers under his own name, Michaux et Cie ("Michaux and company"), which was the first company to mass produce pedal-powered velocipedes, known as the Michaudine.

The design was based on the previous model, the only difference being that on the bicycles of the new company the serpentine frame was made of two pieces of cast iron bolted together, instead of wood, which made it more elegant and enabled mass-production. The wheels were made of wood and the tires made of iron, like those on horse-drawn carriages.

In 1865, a blacksmith from Lyon named Gabert designed a variation on the frame which was of a single diagonal piece of wrought iron and was much stronger—by that time Pierre Lallement had emigrated to America, where he filed the only patent for the pedal bicycle.

It soon became evident that the serpentine 45 kg cast-iron frames were not sturdy enough, and with competing manufacturers already producing bicycles with the diagonal frame, the Oliviers insisted that Michaux follow suit. The partnership was dissolved in 1869, and Michaux and his company faded into oblivion as the first bicycle craze came to an end in France and the USA. Only in England did the bicycle remain popular, and England was the site of all of the next major improvements to the machine.

Michaux is often given credit for the idea of attaching pedals to the draisine, and thus for the invention of the bicycle—however, bicycle historians have stated it could have been the concept of his son Ernest, or Pierre Lallement, a carriage builder from Nancy who worked with the Olivier brothers.

Michaux died in France.

See also
 Michaux-Perreaux steam velocipede

Notes

References
 The Bicycle: The Myth And the Passion de Francesco Baroni (Relié - avril 2008)

1813 births
1883 deaths
People from Bar-le-Duc
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Minnesota Point

Minnesota Point, also known as the Park Point neighborhood of Duluth, Minnesota, United States; is a long, narrow sand spit that extends out from the Canal Park tourist recreation-oriented district of the city of Duluth. The Point separates Lake Superior from Superior Bay and the Duluth Harbor Basin.

Lake Avenue South / Minnesota Avenue serves as a main route in the community.

Near the end of Minnesota Point is a small airport, Sky Harbor Airport. Beyond the airport, approximately 3/4 mile, is an old growth red and white pine forest. Within the forest is a Minnesota Department of Natural Resources designated area, the Minnesota Point Pine Forest Scientific and Natural Area, which encompasses 18 acres.

Minnesota Point is approximately 7 miles in length, and when included with adjacent Wisconsin Point, which extends 3 miles out from the city of Superior, Wisconsin, totals 10 miles.

History

Due to the short and easy portage across Minnesota Point, the Ojibwa name for the city of Duluth is Onigamiinsing ("at the little portage").

In the 1850s, the Saint Louis River was established as the border between neighboring states Minnesota and Wisconsin and the two ports Duluth (Minnesota) and Superior (Wisconsin) became fierce economic competitors for shipping traffic off of Lake Superior. As commercial traffic on Lake Superior increased with the completion of the Sault Ste Marie canal connecting Lake Superior to Lake Michigan, Congress appropriated the funds to build a lighthouse on the narrow opening in Minnesota Point, known as Superior Entry. The Minnesota Point Light, built between 1855 and 1858, was the first to use RH Barret's Fifth Order Fresnel lamp and Barret became the station's first lighthouse keeper, succeeded in 1861 by Samuel Stewart Palmer. This lighthouse was affectionately known by the name "The Old Standby." It is now an abandoned ruin listed on the National Register of Historic Places.

Since the digging of the Duluth Ship Canal in 1870–1871, Minnesota Point is technically an island, connected to the rest of the city of Duluth since 1905 by the Aerial Lift Bridge.

Adjacent neighborhoods
Canal Park and Downtown Duluth – to the immediate north

See also
 Minnesota Point Light
 Wisconsin Point Light
 Wisconsin Point

Notes

External links
City of Duluth website
City map of neighborhoods (PDF)
History of the Minnesota Point Lighthouse

Duluth–Superior metropolitan area
Neighborhoods in Duluth, Minnesota
Peninsulas of Minnesota
Geography of Duluth, Minnesota
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A Hundred Miles Off

A Hundred Miles Off is the third album by The Walkmen, released on May 23, 2006 in the United States.

Track listing and Personnel
 "Louisiana" – 3:52
 Hamilton Leithauser - vocals, guitar
 Paul Maroon - piano
 Peter Bauer - lead guitar
 Walter Martin - bass
 Matt Barrick - drums
 Tom Peloso - trumpet
 "Danny's at the Wedding" – 3:55
 Hamilton Leithauser - vocals, guitar
 Paul Maroon - guitar
 Walter Martin - bass, piano, percussion
 Matt Barrick - drums
 "Good for You's Good for Me" – 2:22
 Hamilton Leithauser - vocals, guitar
 Paul Maroon - guitar
 Peter Bauer - organ
 Walter Martin - bass
 Matt Barrick - drums
 "Emma, Get Me a Lemon" – 3:12
 Hamilton Leithauser - vocals, guitar
 Paul Maroon - guitar
 Peter Bauer - organ
 Walter Martin - bass, lap steel guitar, djembe
 Matt Barrick - drums
 "All Hands and the Cook" – 4:09
 Hamilton Leithauser - guitar, vocals, piano
 Peter Bauer - organ
 Walter Martin - bass, drums, percussion
 "Lost in Boston" – 3:42
 Hamilton Leithauser - vocals, guitar
 Paul Maroon - guitar
 Peter Bauer - organ, percussion
 Walter Martin - bass, percussion
 Matt Barrick - drums, percussion
 "Don't Get Me Down (Come on Over Here)" – 4:04
 Hamilton Leithauser - vocals, guitar
 Paul Maroon - guitar
 Peter Bauer - organ
 Walter Martin - bass, percussion
 Matt Barrick - drums
 "Tenley Town" – 3:03
 Hamilton Leithauser - vocals
 Paul Maroon - guitar
 Walter Martin - bass
 Matt Barrick - drums
 "This Job Is Killing Me" – 3:28
 Hamilton Leithauser - vocals, guitar
 Paul Maroon - guitar
 Peter Bauer - organ, piano
 Walter Martin - bass, percussion
 Matt Barrick - drums
 "Brandy Alexander" – 2:32
 Hamilton Leithauser - vocals, guitar
 Walter Martin - bass, djembe, percussion
 Matt Barrick - drums
 "Always After You ('Til You Started After Me)" – 3:39
 Hamilton Leithauser - vocals
 Paul Maroon - guitar
 Peter Bauer - organ
 Walter Martin - bass
 Matt Barrick - drums
 "Another One Goes By" – 3:56
 Hamilton Leithauser - vocals, guitar
 Paul Maroon - lead guitar, piano
 Peter Bauer - organ
 Walter Martin - bass, percussion
 Matt Barrick - drums

 The track "Another One Goes By" is a cover of a song by the band Mazarin.

The track "Brandy Alexander" is featured in the 2008 film In Bruges.

Singles
 "Louisiana" (September 11, 2006)
 US 7" vinyl: "Louisiana" / "Another One Goes By"
 UK CD: "Louisiana" / "Another One Goes By" / "Lost in Boston"
 UK 7" vinyl picture disc: "Louisiana" / "Lost in Boston"

References

The Walkmen albums
2006 albums
Marco Battaglia

Marco Antonio Battaglia (born January 25, 1973) is a former American football tight end in the National Football League who played for five different teams.  Battaglia played college football at Rutgers University and was recognized as an All-American.  He was chosen in second round of the 1996 NFL Draft by the Cincinnati Bengals, and he played professionally for the Bengals, Washington Redskins, Pittsburgh Steelers, Tampa Bay Buccaneers and Carolina Panthers of the NFL.

Early years
Battaglia was born in Howard Beach, New York.  He attended St. Francis Preparatory School in Queens, New York, and played high school football for the St. Francis Terriers.

College career
He attended Rutgers University in New Jersey, where he played for the Rutgers Scarlet Knights football team from 1992 to 1995.  As a senior in 1995, he was recognized as a consensus first-team All-American at tight end for the Scarlet Knights.

Professional career
The Cincinnati Bengals selected Battaglia in the second round of the 1996 NFL Draft. He played for the Bengals from  to .  He joined the Washington Redskins mid-season in 2001, and also played for the Pittsburgh Steelers and Tampa Bay Buccaneers in , and the Carolina Panthers in .  In eight NFL seasons, Battaglia played in ninety-six games and started eleven of them, and compiled seventy-one receptions, 660 receiving yards and two touchdown receptions.

Personal life
Battaglia currently lives in Middle Village, New York, with his family. He is a friend and occasional personal trainer of radio host Howard Stern. In March 2002, he broke Howard's thumb when he accidentally dropped some weights on it.

References

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Washington Redskins players
People from Howard Beach, Queens
Jay Bellamy

Jay Bellamy (born July 8, 1972) is a former American football safety who played for the Seattle Seahawks and the New Orleans Saints of the National Football League (NFL). After playing college football at Rutgers University, he went undrafted in the 1994 NFL Draft. He was then signed as an undrafted free agent to the Seattle Seahawks.

Early years
Bellamy was raised in the Cliffwood section of Aberdeen Township, New Jersey, and attended Matawan Regional High School, where he was a letterman in football and track. In football, he was a two-way starter as a quarterback and as a free safety.

College career 
Bellamy attended Rutgers University, and played for the Rutgers Scarlet Knights football team. In his first season, he appeared in 6 games and had 2 interceptions and returned them both for a total of 48 yards and one for a touchdown. In his second season, he appeared in 11 games and had 2 interceptions and returned them both for a total of 25 yards. In his third season he appeared in 10 games and had 4 interceptions and returned them for a total of 9 yards. In his last season he appeared in 9 games and returned 5 punts for a total of 60 yards.

Professional career

1994 season

1995 season

1996 season

1997 season

1998 season

1999 season

2000 season

2001 season

2002 season

2003 season

2004 season

2005 season

2006 season

2007 season

Personal life 
His son, Jayden, attends Bergen Catholic High School in Oradell, New Jersey, and committed to Notre Dame as part of the 2022 recruiting class.

References

External links
New Orleans Saints bio

1972 births
Living people
Matawan Regional High School alumni
People from Aberdeen Township, New Jersey
Players of American football from Monmouth County, New Jersey
Sportspeople from Perth Amboy, New Jersey
Players of American football from Middlesex County, New Jersey
American football safeties
Rutgers Scarlet Knights football players
Seattle Seahawks players
New Orleans Saints players
Jack McCann

John McCann (4 December 1910 – 16 July 1972) was a British politician, who served as the Labour Member of Parliament for Rochdale.

McCann was educated at elementary school and then at classes of the National Council of Labour Colleges and Workers' Educational Association. He became an engineer and diesel engine fitter and served with the Home Guard during World War II. He was elected a councillor on Eccles Borough Council in 1945 and was leader of the Labour Group. He was an Alderman in Eccles from 1952 and Mayor 1955–56.  He served as chairman of the West Manchester Hospital Management Committee.

McCann first contested the Rochdale seat for Parliament in 1955 without success. He was first elected in a 1958 by-election following the death of the sitting Conservative MP Wentworth Schofield.
He became an opposition whip in 1961 and in 1964 was appointed to the Government's Whips' Office as Lord Commissioner of the Treasury, then in 1966 as Vice-Chamberlain of the Household, returning to be a Lord of the Treasury 1967–69. 

McCann died at Davyhulme Hospital on 16 July 1972, aged 61, after about a year of ill health. In the consequent by-election in October, he was succeeded as MP by the Liberal candidate Cyril Smith, who had previously been a Labour mayor of the town.

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National Committee of Defense Against Communism

The National Committee of Defense Against Communism () was a committee formed on 19 July 1954 in Guatemala by president Carlos Castillo at the request of the United States Central Intelligence Agency.  The Committee's primary goal was to fight alleged threats to the government of Guatemala by persons the Committee named as Communist subversives.

Background

Carlos Castillo was an anti-liberal, anti-communist Guatemalan army officer who helped overthrow the dictatorship of Jorge Ubico in 1944.  As the October Revolution of 1944 continued, he became angry with the administration of Juan José Arévalo after the assassination of Colonel Javier Arana, someone that Castillo respected highly.  In November 1950, Castillo attempted to overthrow the Arévalo administration with seventy of his followers.  The coup failed, several of his soldiers were killed, and Castillo himself was shot and captured.  However, he managed to escape in 1952 and fled to Honduras.

In August 1953, Castillo became the "Liberator" of Guatemala, supported by the Eisenhower administration and specifically the CIA, with the aim of overthrowing the allegedly pro-communist administration of Jacobo Arbenz, Arévalo's successor.  With that backing, Castillo successfully completed a coup (PBSuccess) against the Arbenz administration and on 1 September 1954 he was officially declared president of Guatemala.

The National Committee

On July 19, 1954, Castillo formed the National Committee of Defense Against Communism upon the recommendation of the CIA.  This was coupled with the Preventive Penal Law Against Communism.  Its primary goal was to root out threats to the Castillo administration by Communist ideologues and supporters. The Committee was given the power to convene in secret, as well as the power to arrest and detain, for up to six months, any persons declared by the Committee to be communist.  Those declared communist by the Committee had no right to any kind of defense or appeal if they were charged of a crime under the Preventive Penal Law; they could not own shortwave radios or hold any kind of public office, local or national.

By 21 November 1954, the Castillo administration and the National Committee had compiled a list of 72,000 persons deemed to be communists.

See also
 History of Guatemala

References

Stephen Kinzer, Stephen Schlesinger. Bitter Fruit. 2005 Edition. David Rockefeller Center for Latin American Studies

Anti-communist organizations
Central Intelligence Agency
Anti-communism in Guatemala
History of Guatemala
Political repression in Guatemala
Organizations established in 1954
1954 establishments in Guatemala
Dirt Trax FX

Dirt Trax FX is a racing video game developed by Sculptured Software and released by Acclaim Entertainment for the Super Nintendo Entertainment System in 1995. The 3D graphics of the game were made possible by the Super FX powered GSU-1, which was built into the cartridge.

Gameplay

The player can choose between eight different riders with unique characteristics and four bikes ranging from 50cc to 500cc. There are 22 tracks with four difficulty levels of gameplay.

The game allows two players to play simultaneously.

Release
In October of 2018, the game's rights were acquired by Canadian production company Liquid Media Group along with other titles originally owned by Acclaim Entertainment.

Reception 

GamePros Grease Monkey said the game has fast, smooth scrolling but blocky visuals. He criticized the lack of realism, particularly that there are no falls or crashes, and felt the way the soundtrack changes according to what's going on in the race made the sound too chaotic. He concluded: "Dirt Trax FX is a fun game, but serious gear heads will pass in favor of more lifelike motorcycle excitement".

References

1995 video games
Multiplayer and single-player video games
Off-road racing video games
Super FX games
Super Nintendo Entertainment System games
Super Nintendo Entertainment System-only games
Video games developed in the United States
Pemba, Zambia

Pemba is a small town (population about 4,000) located in Pemba District of the Southern Province of Zambia. It is situated on the Lusaka–Livingstone Road, midway between Lusaka and Livingstone. The main ethnic group in the town are the Tonga. Prominent educational institutions found here are Pemba Basic School, Pemba High School, Jembo Mission High School and Kasiya Secretarial College.

Pemba was declared a district by President Michael Chilufya Sata in 2012. Before that, it was part of Choma District.

References

Populated places in Southern Province, Zambia
Wentworth Schofield

Wentworth Schofield (17 April 1891 – 16 December 1957) was a British politician who served as the last Conservative Member of Parliament (MP) for Rochdale.

Schofield was from Oldham, Lancashire, and was active in the cotton-spinning industry. He formed the Manchester Yarn Spinners' Association and was a committee member of the Oldham Master Cotton Spinners' Association and the Federation of Master Cotton Spinners' Association, as well as acting as secretary to a cotton trade association. He also served as senior vice-president of Oldham Chamber of Commerce and on the British national committee of the International Chamber of Commerce and the British Empires Chambers of Commerce. Also interested in foreign affairs, Schofield was an authority on the Congo Basin Treaties and served with the Territorial Army for 33 years, commanding a battalion of the Royal Tank Regiment in World War II, gaining the rank of lieutenant-colonel.

Schofield contested the Rochdale seat without success at the 1950 general election but was first elected to Parliament in the 1951 general election, defeating the Labour incumbent. He retained the seat until his death in 1957.

In the consequent 1958 Rochdale by-election, he was succeeded as MP by the Labour candidate Jack McCann, who fought off a strong challenge from the Liberal Ludovic Kennedy.

See also
1958 Rochdale by-election

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Estate of Rodriquez v. Drummond Co.

Estate of Rodriquez v. Drummond Co., 256 F. Supp. 2d 1250 (N.D. Ala. 2003), was a lawsuit filed in the United States District Court for the Northern District of Alabama by relatives of dead relatives that were employees of Drummond Company.

Sintraminergetica has sued Drummond Company for allegedly conspiring with paramilitary groups to exterminate the union.  This suit was brought after years of claims of abuses ranging from forcing potential employees to undergo lie detector tests to reveal their political affiliation as a condition of employment, to the assassination of union leaders, their displacement from the mining zones, and accusations made against them of being guerilla supporters.  On March 12, 2001, Valmore Locarno Rodriguez and Victor Hugo Orcasita Amaya, the president and vice president of the union local, were taken from a company bus en route from the mine to their homes.  Locarno was assassinated with two shots in the head in front of his coworkers. Over the protests of the workers, Orcasita was taken away in a truck.  The next day his body was found, with obvious signs of torture.  On October 5 of the same year, under similar circumstances, Gustavo Soler, the union's new president, was taken from a bus, taken away in a pick-up, tortured, and killed.  His body was found on October 7 by people from the area.

The court ruled that Sintraminergetica has standing to bring suit against Drummond and the Colombian managers of the company under the Alien Tort Statute.  The crimes that claimed to be committed violated ILO pacts and agreements, and were also crimes against humanity and war crimes, according to U.S. and international law.

On June 21, 2007, the Birmingham News reported that the US district judge presiding over the case in Birmingham dismissed the wrongful death charges against Drummond. The company is still being tried for a war crimes claim filed under the U.S. Alien Tort Statute.

On July 26, 2007, jurors in the case found Drummond not liable for the deaths of the three union representative and rejected the claims by Sintraminergetica that the company aided in the deaths.

Drummond Company claims it has brought many jobs to the country and a level of stability to the mostly impoverished small town () of La Loma, Cesar, which has suffered civil unrest and corruption scandals. The company established a village for the mine workers and their families to live. The Drummond family established a school in the town for the mine workers' children.

References

External links
 
 Website in reference to the case.

2007 in United States case law
United States district court cases
EHC Red Bull München

Eishockeyclub Red Bull München (or EHC Red Bull München; English: Munich Red Bulls Ice Hockey Club) is a professional ice hockey team based in Munich, Germany. The club is a member of the Deutsche Eishockey Liga (DEL), the highest level of play in professional German ice hockey.

Between 2016 and 2018, the club won 3 DEL titles in a row, as well as German Cup in 2010. The team plays its home games at Olympia Eishalle.

History
After the establishment of the club Eishockeyclub HC München 1998 on 19 January 1998, HC Munich began play in the Bezirksliga, where they won the district championship.

The club quickly moved up the ranks in German hockey in their first decade, winning league titles in both the Bayernliga. In 2003 the club changed its name to Eishockeyclub München. After getting promoted in 2003 from the Bavarian League to the Oberliga, the senior team was outsourced from the club to the EHC München Spielbetriebs GmbH in 2004. The club gained promotion to the 2.Bundesliga, whose championship they won in 2010.

By July 2010, EHC München had earned promotion into Germany's top league, the DEL. Furthermore, the club managed to reach the playoffs in its first season in the DEL. After financial problems the team got a new sponsor in 2012 and was renamed EHC Red Bull München. Since 1 May 2013, the company and the team have been owned by Red Bull GmbH and the company was renamed EHC Red Bull München GmbH.

Home arena

The team's home arena is called Olympia Eishalle, which seats 6,256 spectators.

New arena

SAP Garden is a planned 10,500-capacity indoor arena, to be built in Oympiapark, Munich. It is expected to be completed in 2024 at the earliest.

Honours

Domestic
Deutsche Eishockey Liga
  Winners: 2015–16, 2016–17, 2017–18, 2019–20 (Regular season), 2022–23
  Runners-up: 2018–19, 2021–22
Deutscher Eishockey-Pokal
  Winners: 2010
2. Bundesliga
  Winners: 2010
  Runners-up: 2009
Bayernliga
  Winners: 2003
Bezirksliga
  Winners: 1999
Landesliga
  Runners-up: 2000
Oberliga
  Runners-up: 2005

European
Champions Hockey League
  Runners-up: 2018–19

Players

Current roster

References

External links
 

Ice hockey teams in Germany
Red Bull sports clubs and teams
Sport in Munich
Ice hockey clubs established in 1998
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Charles F. Shaw

Charles Frank Shaw Jr. (born September 15, 1943) is an American businessman and former winery owner whose name is used for Charles Shaw wine, a brand of inexpensive table wines.

Born in Michigan, Shaw graduated from the United States Military Academy at West Point with a B.S. degree in 1965 and was commissioned as a United States Air Force officer. After leaving active duty as a captain in 1969, he graduated from the Stanford Graduate School of Business with an M.B.A. degree in 1971 and became an investment banker in Houston, Texas. He became enamored of Beaujolais wine while living in Europe and moved to Napa Valley in 1974 to start a winery. In 1991 Shaw and his wife divorced and sold his original Charles Shaw label to Fred Franzia's Bronco Wine Company. The label had a good reputation, so Bronco used the name to market an inexpensive table wine.

Shaw moved to Chicago, Illinois, and found employment there working for the healthcare software company Heartbase. In 2003, he announced he was considering starting a winery in southwestern Michigan.  He did so, founding Oerther Vineyard, which specializes in Riesling.

Shaw is conductor Robert Shaw's second cousin.

See also 
List of wine personalities

References

1943 births
Living people
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Military personnel from Michigan
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24th Alberta Legislature

The 24th Alberta Legislative Assembly was in session from April 14, 1997, to February 12, 2001, with the membership of the assembly determined by the results of the 1997 Alberta general election held on March 11, 1997. The Legislature officially resumed on April 14, 1997, and continued until the fifth session was prorogued and dissolved on February 12, 2001, prior to the 2001 Alberta general election on March 12, 2001.

Alberta's twenty-fourth government was controlled by the majority Progressive Conservative Association of Alberta, led by Premier Ralph Klein. The Official Opposition was led by Howard Sapers of the Liberal Party.  The Speaker was Ken Kowalski.

Party standings after the 24th General Election

Members elected
For complete electoral history, see individual districts

Note:
1 Pat Black later changed her last name to Nelson.

Standings changes since the 24th general election

May 11, 1998 Grant Mitchell, Edmonton McClung resigns.
June 17, 1998 Nancy MacBeth, Edmonton-McClung elected in a by-election.
July 1998 Gene Zwozdesky, Edmonton Mill Creek sits as an Independent.
August 1998 Gene Zwozdesky, Edmonton-Mill Creek joins the Progressive Conservative caucus.
November 15, 1999 Pamela Paul-Zobaric, Edmonton Castle Downs sits as an Independent.
February 2, 2000 Pam Barrett, Edmonton-Highlands resigns.
June 12, 2000 Brian Mason, Edmonton-Highlands elected in a by-election.
July 11, 2000 Stockwell Day, Red Deer-North resigns.
September 25, 2000 Mary Anne Jablonski, Red Deer-North elected in a by-election.
October 4, 2000 Sue Olsen, Edmonton-Norwood resigns to run in federal election.

References

Further reading

External links
Alberta Legislative Assembly
Legislative Assembly of Alberta Members Book
By-elections 1905 to present
 Source of election results 

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Mosasaurinae

The Mosasaurinae are a subfamily of mosasaurs, a diverse group of Late Cretaceous marine squamates. Members of the subfamily are informally and collectively known as "mosasaurines" and their fossils have been recovered from every continent except for South America.

The lineage first appears in the Turonian and thrived until the K-Pg mass extinction at the end of the Maastrichtian. They ranged in size from some of the smallest known mosasaurs (Carinodens, 3–3.5 meters), to medium-sized taxa (Clidastes, 6+ meters), to the largest of the mosasaurs (Mosasaurus hoffmannii) potentially reaching about 13 m in length. Many genera of mosasaurines were either piscivorous or generalists, preying on fish and other marine reptiles, but one lineage, the Globidensini, evolved specialized crushing teeth, adapting to a diet of ammonites and/or marine turtles.

Though represented by relatively small forms throughout the Turonian and Santonian, such as Clidastes, the lineage diversified during the Campanian and had by the Maastrichtian grown into the most diverse and species-rich mosasaur subfamily.

The etymology of the group derives from the genus Mosasaurus (Latin Mosa = "Meuse river" + Greek sauros = "lizard").

Description 
Russell (1967, pp. 123–124) defined the Mosasaurinae as differing from all other mosasaurs as follows: "Small rostrum present or absent anterior to premaxillary teeth. Fourteen or more teeth present in dentary and maxilla. Cranial nerves X, XI, and XII leave lateral wall of opisthotic through two foramina. No canal or groove in floor of basioccipital or basisphenoid for basilar artery. Suprastapedial process of quadrate distally expanded. Dorsal edge of surangular thin lamina of bone rising anteriorly to posterior surface of coronoid...At least 31, usually 42–45 presacral vertebrae present. Length of presacral series exceeds that of postsacral, neural spines of posterior caudal vertebrae elongated to form distinct fin. Appendicular elements with smoothly finished articular surfaces, tarsus and carpus well ossified." In his 1997 revision of the phylogeny of the Mosasauroidea, Bell (pp. 293–332) retained the Mosasaurinae as a clade, though he reassigned Russell's tribe Prognathodontini to the Mosasaurinae and recognized a new tribe of mosasaurines, the Globidensini.

The subfamily is generally recognised as containing two subdivisions, the tribes Globidensini (Globidens and its closest relatives) and Mosasaurini (Mosasaurus and its closest relatives). A third tribe, the Prognathodontini (Prognathodon and its closest relatives, such as Plesiotylosaurus), is also used on occasion. "Clidastini" or the adjective "clidastine" is also used sometimes, but generally refers to an adaptive grade close to and containing the genus Clidastes, rather than an actual clade.

Relationships
Cladogram of the Mosasaurinae modified from Longrich et al., 2022:

References

Further reading

 
Turonian first appearances
Maastrichtian extinctions
Balaban

Balaban may refer to:

Places

Azerbaijan

 Balaxanı, Azerbaijan, formerly Balaban

Iran

 Balaban, Khoy (Persian: , Balabān)
 Balaban, Piranshahr (Persian: , Bālābān)

Syria
 Balaban () is a village in northern Aleppo Governorate, Syria

Turkey
 Balaban, Büyükorhan
 Balaban, Eğil
 Balaban, Kartepe, a village in Kocaeli Province

Other uses 

 Balaban (instrument), a double reed wind instrument of the duduk family
 Balaban (surname)
 Balaban and Katz, an American corporation

See also 
 Balabanov
 Ballabon
Slant

Slant can refer to:

Bias 
Bias or other non-objectivity in journalism, politics, academia or other fields

Technical 
 Slant range, in telecommunications, the line-of-sight distance between two points which are not at the same level
Slant drilling (or Directional drilling), the practice of drilling non-vertical wells
 Slant height, is the distance from any point on the circle to the apex of a right circular cone

Automotive 
Slant-4 engine (disambiguation), a type of car engine
Triumph Slant-4 engine, an engine developed by Triumph
Chrysler Slant-6 engine, an engine developed by Chrysler
R40 (New York City Subway car), Slant version.

Publications 
Slant (journal), a Catholic journal
The Slant, a student humor magazine at Vanderbilt University
/ (novel) (or Slant), a book by science fiction writer Greg Bear
 Slant Magazine, a film, TV, and music review website
Slant (fanzine), a fanzine by Walt Willis, winner of the 1954 Retrospective Hugo Award for Best Fanzine
Slant Six Games, a video game developer founded in 2005

Bands 
The Slant (band), an American alternative rock band from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Slant (band), a South Korean hardcore punk band
Slant 6, an all-female punk rock trio based in Washington, D.C.
The Slants, an American dance-rock group from Portland, Oregon

Other 

 A growth medium such as agar set in an inclined glass tube for growing microbiological cultures.
 Slant (route), an American football play pattern.
Slant (handwriting), an attribute of Western handwriting
 A racial slur for people of Asian descent, in reference to the shape of their eyes; see List of ethnic slurs
 Gokigen Naname, a logic puzzle also known as Slant.

See also
 Piccadilly Slant-Abraham's Cove, a designated place in the province of Newfoundland and Labrador
1967 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season

The 1967 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season was the 19th F.I.M. Road Racing World Championship Grand Prix season. The season consisted of thirteen Grand Prix races in six classes: 500cc, 350cc, 250cc, 125cc, 50cc and Sidecars 500cc. It began on 30 April, with Spanish Grand Prix and ended with Japanese Grand Prix on 15 October.

Season summary
A seminal year in motorcycle Grand Prix history as well as the end of an era with Honda making the decision to withdraw its racing program from competition. Nevertheless, Honda would go out with a bang, with Mike Hailwood taking the 250 cc and 350 cc crowns and coming within a whisker of dethroning Giacomo Agostini for the 500 cc title.

Honda decided to concentrate on the larger classes leaving Suzuki to dominate the 50 cc class with Anscheidt again the champion. The improved Yamahas took the 125 cc class with Bill Ivy finishing ahead of teammate Phil Read.

In the 250 cc class, Read would battle Hailwood mightily for the title. They both finished the season with 50 points but Hailwood took the title because he had five wins to Read's four. In the 350 cc class, Hailwood had an easier time, taking six wins and claiming the crown by mid-season.

The 500 title fight would be one for the ages with Agostini and Hailwood swapping wins back and forth including a legendary duel at the Isle of Man TT. The chase went down to the last race in Canada. Hailwood won there to tie Agostini on points. Each rider had five wins so it came down to second places- Agostini taking the title with three seconds to Hailwood's two.

With Honda's pullout, Hailwood left motorcycle racing to take up a car racing career. He left with a blaze of glory, winning three classes in one day at the Dutch TT as well as three classes in one week at the Isle of Man TT.

1967 Grand Prix season calendar

Standings

Scoring system
Points were awarded to the top six finishers in each race.  Only the best of four were counted on 50cc championships, best of six in 350cc and 500cc championships, best of seven in 125cc and 250cc championships, while in the Sidecars, the best of five races were counted.

500cc final standings

350cc final standings

250cc final standings

125cc final standings

50cc final standings

References

 Büla, Maurice & Schertenleib, Jean-Claude (2001). Continental Circus 1949-2000. Chronosports S.A. 

Grand Prix motorcycle racing seasons
Grand Prix motorcycle racing season
WYLN-CD

WYLN-CD (channel 35) is a low-power, Class A television station in Hazleton, Pennsylvania, United States, affiliated with YTA TV. The station is owned by Triple J Community Broadcasting, L.L.C. WYLN-CD's transmitter is located near Hazleton.

History
The station went on the air in 1989 as W35AT, and changed to the current WYLN-LP in 1996. A year prior, it became the first affiliate of The WB in the Scranton–Wilkes-Barre–Hazleton market that year, later losing the affiliation to WSWB-TV in 1998. Until 2015, the station was an America One affiliate. That same year, America One merged with Youtoo TV, with the merged network being called Youtoo America (now YTA TV).

Programming

Since 1989, WYLN has produced a live, local news program, airing live at 5:30 p.m. with rebroadcasts at 6:30 p.m., 10 p.m., 11:30 p.m. and 8 a.m. the following day on weekdays. News coverage is based in Hazleton and surrounding areas. WYLN's newscasts center around local news and segments, such as "Community and You", "Trooper Talk Tuesday", and "Wellness Wednesday".

WYLN also airs local sporting events such as high school football, basketball, wrestling, swimming and baseball, college athletics, and Lehigh Valley Iron Pigs Baseball.

WYLN produces several local programs, such as Talkin' NEPA, an in-depth interview show; Warrior Summit Outdoors, starring Retired SSG Erik Olson and combat veterans from multiple conflicts, focus on healing the often invisible wounds of war through outdoor activities; and Off the Beaten Path, hosted by Jeff Bonomo, featuring the "interesting & unique people, places and things in Pennsylvania."

Translators
 Berwick
 Williamsport

References

External links

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Barnston Island

Barnston Island is an unincorporated island located in the Greater Vancouver metropolitan area of British Columbia, Canada. Most of it is part of Metro Vancouver Electoral Area A; the remainder is Barnston Island Indian Reserve No. 3, which is outside Electoral Area A limits and under the governance of the Katzie First Nation, headquartered across the river at their main reserve in Pitt Meadows. Although the island is unincorporated and not officially part of any municipality, mailing addresses on the island use Surrey as the city name.

Located in the Fraser River between Surrey and Pitt Meadows, Barnston Island was named in 1827 for Hudson's Bay Company Clerk George Barnston. The island has no direct road access to the rest of the area. It is accessed through the Barnston Island Ferry, a 5-minute ferry passage from Surrey on 104 Avenue across Parson's Channel; the ferry ride is free. Barnston Island's main road travels along the perimeter of the island.

Barnston Island contains mostly farmland and is home to 155 people (2001 census), 46 of whom live on the Barnston Island 3 Indian Reserve, near the southeast part of the island. Statistics Canada defines the island as Vancouver CMA Census Tract 0251.00 of British Columbia.

History
The island was named for George Barnston, a Hudson's Bay Company clerk, who travelled with Chief Factor James McMillan to found Fort Langley in 1827.

Barnston Island first received electricity in 1938, following the laying of an underwater cable between Port Kells and the south side of the island.

In 2004, a group of landowners applied to the provincial Agricultural Land Commission to have approximately 85% of the land outside the Indigenous community removed from the Agricultural Land Reserve. On July 19, 2006 the Commission rejected the application.

Infrastructure
Barnston Island is home to several local companies, including Barnston Island Herbs, Painted River Farm and Apollo Cranberries.

There are no schools on Barnston Island. K-12 education for its residents is provided by School District 36 Surrey. Students are zoned to Bothwell Elementary and Fraser Heights Secondary School.

Demographics (Barnston Island Indian Reserve No. 3)
In the 2011 Census, Statistics Canada originally reported that Barnston Island 3 had a population of 0 living in 1 of its 1 total dwellings, a -100.0% change from its 2006 population of 49. Statistics Canada subsequently amended the 2011 census results to a population of 47 living in 18 of its 18 total dwellings, a -4.3% change from 2006. With a land area of , it had a population density of  in 2011.

See also
Metro Vancouver Electoral Area A
James McMillan (fur trader)

References

External links
Save Barnston Island photo set
Community Profile: Barnston Island 3 Indian Reserve, British Columbia; Statistics Canada 

 
Islands of the Fraser River
Unincorporated settlements in British Columbia
Populated places on the Fraser River
Islands of British Columbia
Sveinbjörn Egilsson

Sveinbjörn Egilsson (24 February 1791 – 17 August 1852) was an Icelandic theologian, classicist, teacher, translator and poet. He is best known for the work he did during his time as the rector of The Learned School of Reykjavík (Lærði skólinn í Reykjavík), particularly his translations of Homer's Odyssey and Iliad into Icelandic.

Life

Sveinbjörn was born in Innri-Njarðvík in Gullbringusýsla, Iceland. He was the son of Egill Sveinbjarnarson, a little-known but wealthy farmer. Sveinbjörn was fostered by Magnús Stephensen and was educated by a number of different individuals. In 1810 he graduated from the tutelage of Árni Helgason and started his studies in theology at the University of Copenhagen in 1814, completing his degree in 1819. Returning to Iceland, he received a position at Bessastaðaskóli, and when the school moved to Reykjavík he was made rector. He was a founding member of the Royal Nordic Society of Antiquaries.

When troubles arose in the school, with students protesting their treatment ("The Pereat"), Sveinbjörn left for Copenhagen to seek the assistance of Danish educational authorities. Although he received their support, he left his position as rektor in 1851 and died a year later.

Sveinbjörn was married to Helga Gröndal, daughter of high judge .

Works

Translations
His main subject as a teacher was Greek. During his position at the school, he worked on a number of translations, translating amongst other things Plato's Meno and Homer's Odyssey and Iliad into Icelandic.

For the Society of Antiquaries, he translated the Icelandic sagas into Latin: Scripta historica Islandorum. Later he compiled a dictionary of Icelandic skaldic language, Lexicon Poëticum, which formed the basis of future scholarship concerning ancient Icelandic poetry.

He also translated the Prose Edda into Latin and published the original text along with clarifications and comments.

When Sveinbjörn died, he was working on a poetic translation of Homer's Iliad into Icelandic. His son, Benedikt Sveinbjarnarson Gröndal the younger, finished the task. His prose translations are still the only readily available Icelandic versions of the Iliad and Odyssey.

Original works
Sveinbjörn wrote a number of well-known Icelandic poems and hymns, including the lyrics to the Icelandic Christmas carol Heims um ból.

References

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