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Nancy McArthur

Nancy McArthur (October 30, 1931 – July 15, 2020) was an American children's author. Living in Berea, Ohio, she was a part-time journalism professor at Baldwin-Wallace College. She wrote fourteen books, nine of which form a series called The Plant That Ate Dirty Socks. The series follows the lives of two young brothers, Michael and Norman, along with their sentient pet plants, Stanley and Fluffy. The first book in this series is the most popular book written by McArthur. She reworked this book into a play in 2000. She died on July 15, 2020, from Parkinson's disease.

Works 

 Megan Gets a Dollhouse (1988)
 Pickled Peppers (1988)
 The Plant That Ate Dirty Socks (1988)
 The Adventure of the Buried Treasure (1990)
 The Return of the Plant That Ate Dirty Socks (1990)
 The Adventure of the Backyard Sleepout (1992)
 The Escape Of The Plant That Ate Dirty Socks (1992)
 The Secret Of The Plant That Ate Dirty Socks (1993)
 More Adventures Of The Plant That Ate Dirty Socks (1994)
 The Plant That Ate Dirty Socks Goes Up In Space (1995)
 The Mystery Of The Plant That Ate Dirty Socks (1996)
 The Plant That Ate Dirty Socks Gets A Girlfriend (1997)
 The Adventure of the Big Snow (1998)
 The Plant That Ate Dirty Socks Goes Hollywood (1999)

References

Deaths from Parkinson's disease
Neurological disease deaths in Ohio
20th-century American novelists
American children's writers
People from Berea, Ohio
Baldwin Wallace University alumni
American women children's writers
American women novelists
20th-century American women writers
1931 births
2020 deaths
21st-century American women
Sha Tin Sports Ground

Sha Tin Sports Ground is a multi-use stadium at 18 Yuen Wo Road, Sha Tin, Hong Kong. It is adjacent to the Shing Mun River. It is currently used mostly for football matches by Shatin Sports Association. The stadium holds 5,000.

Facilities
 Two covered grandstands
 Natural grass football pitch
 400 m running track
 Clock (unused)
 Two refreshment kiosks (one is unused)

Hong Kong First Division League
Shatin will use the sports ground as the home stadium in the 2009–10 season.

Gallery

References

External links
 Leisure and Cultural Services Department of Hong Kong - Sports grounds in Shatin

Football venues in Hong Kong
Sha Tin
Siu Sai Wan Sports Ground

Siu Sai Wan Sports Ground () is a multi-purpose stadium in Siu Sai Wan, Hong Kong. It is currently used mostly for football matches. It occupies about 43,000 square metres and its construction cost over HK $230 million. Opened in December 1996, the Sports Ground is a concrete structure built on a single level, with a permanent seating capacity of 11,981

Facilities
 Natural grass football field
 Athletic facilities conforming to the International Amateur Athletic Federation (IAAF) standard for track and field competitions.

Ancillary facilities
 A weight training room for athletes
 Six air-conditioned changing and shower rooms (two for referees and four for teams)
 A function room and a VIP room
 Refreshment kiosks
 A fee-paying car park with 70 parking spaces (5 for coaches, 10 for motorcycles and 55 for private cars)

Hong Kong First Division League
 Citizen AA used this sports ground as the home stadium in 2009–10 season.
 Hong Kong Yokohama used this sports ground as the home stadium in 2012–13 season.

FIFA World Cup qualifiers
On 31 March 2004, with the Hong Kong Stadium being readied for the Hong Kong Rugby Sevens, Hong Kong played host to China PR in a 2006 FIFA World Cup qualification game at Siu Sai Wan Sports Ground instead. Hong Kong lost the game to China by 0:1. 9,000 fans attended the game.

On 8 September 2004, Hong Kong again used Siu Sai Wan Sports Ground as its home ground for the 2006 FIFA World Cup qualification game against Kuwait. Hong Kong lost by 0:2.

On 28 July 2011, Hong Kong hosted Saudi Arabia in the second round of the 2014 FIFA World Cup qualification. The Hong Kong Stadium is not available due to the hosting of the 2011 Barclays Asia Trophy from 27 to 31 July 2011.

International football matches

China vs Melbourne Victory
On 4 July 2007, China played against Melbourne Victory at Siu Sai Wan Sports Ground in preparation for the 2007 AFC Asian Cup. The 90 minutes game was separated into 3 30 minute periods, and China won the game 1:0 with a goal from Wang Dong in the second period.

South China vs Chelsea FC
South China played against Chelsea from the English Premiership at the stadium on 20 May 1997. South China lost 2:3 to Chelsea. Gianluca Vialli scored two goals, and Roberto Di Matteo scored the other. South China's Shum Kwok Pui and Cheng Siu Chung scored for the home team. 10,500 fans attended the game.

Location
This stadium is located close to the Island East Transfer Station and the Island Resort private housing estate. It is also located close to the Siu Sai Wan Promenade and Harmony Garden.

References

External links

 Leisure and Culture Services Department 

Sports venues in Hong Kong
Football venues in Hong Kong
Siu Sai Wan
Multi-purpose stadiums in Hong Kong
South China Tigers
1996 establishments in Hong Kong
Estádio Municipal Edelfride Palhares da Costa

Estádio Municipal Edelfride Palhares da Costa, formerly Estádio Municipal de Benguela is a multi-use stadium in Benguela, Angola.

The stadium underwent a major rehabilitation in 2010, in the framework of the 2010 Africa Cup of Nations and was used by both the Benguela-based Egypt and Benin national football teams as practice ground.

In 2010, the stadium was handed over to Estrela Clube Primeiro de Maio for management purposes and tenancy. The stadium holds 5,000.

The stadium was renamed after Edelfride Palhares da Costa, a local football legend who played locally before moving to continental Portugal before independence where he played for some local clubs.

References

Benguela
Buildings and structures in Benguela
City Hospital railway station

City Hospital railway station, situated on Donegall Road, serves Belfast City Hospital and the surrounding area of south Belfast, Northern Ireland. It is one of the four stations located in the city centre, the others being Great Victoria Street, Botanic, and Lanyon Place.

The station opened on 6 October 1986, and is very close to Botanic Station

Service
On Mondays to Saturdays, there is a half-hourly service towards  and Bangor, or  and  on Bangor/Portadown Line services, with extra trains at peak times.

There is also a half-hourly Larne Line service to  in one direction, or  and  in the other, with extra services to  at peak times.

Derry Line services call hourly at City Hospital, operating to  in one direction, and  or  in the other.

On Sundays, the Bangor, Portadown and Larne Line services all reduce to hourly operation.

References

Railway stations in Belfast
Railway stations opened in 1986
Railway stations opened by NI Railways
Railway stations served by NI Railways
1986 establishments in Northern Ireland
Railway stations in Northern Ireland opened in the 1980s
Botanic railway station

Botanic railway station serves the Botanic area in south Belfast, Northern Ireland and students for Queen's University Belfast; it is also near Shaftesbury Square which is along Botanic Avenue. It is named after the nearby Belfast Botanic Gardens. It is one of the four stations located in the city centre, the others being City Hospital, Great Victoria Street, and .

The station opened on 26 April 1976 and is very close to City Hospital Station

Passengers can alight here for the Ulster Museum, which is situated on the edge of Botanic Gardens.

Service

On Mondays to Saturdays, there is a half-hourly service towards  and Bangor, or  and  on Bangor/Portadown Line services, with extra trains at peak times.

There is also a half-hourly Larne Line service to  in one direction, or  and  in the other, with extra services to  at peak times.

Londonderry Line services call hourly at Botanic, operating to  in one direction, and  or  in the other.

On Sundays, the Bangor, Portadown and Larne Line services all reduce to hourly operation. Derry Line services reduce to two-hourly operation.

The timetable allows 3 minutes for the trains to travel between  and Botanic.

At one point, the cross border Enterprise service to Dublin Connolly served Botanic, but no longer stops at the station.

Botanic Gardens
The Botanic Gardens are a short walk away from the station.
 List of parks and gardens in Belfast

References

External links

Railway stations in Belfast
Railway stations opened in 1976
Railway stations opened by NI Railways
Railway stations served by NI Railways
1976 establishments in Northern Ireland
Railway stations in Northern Ireland opened in the 1970s
The Land of Foam

The Land of Foam also known as At the Edge of Oikoumene () and Great Arc () is a novel written by Soviet writer Ivan Yefremov in 1946.

Plot summary
The novel is divided in two parts, separated by more than 1000 years.

The first part takes place during the rule of the pharaoh Djedefra (26th century BC), who decides to send an expedition to the South, in order to seek the famous and fabled Land of Punt and to seek the limits of the land and the start of the Great Arc, the circular ocean encompassing the entire world in Egyptian cosmology.

The second part starts in Ancient Greece during its Aegean Period (no precise dates are provided, but one can assume a date c. 1000–900 BC). A young sculptor named Pandion sets off on a journey to Crete, but he ends up on Phoenician Trading Ship ( while trying to escape captivity from some local wild Crete people), and after 4 days, he jumps the ship in the middle of the storm ( while escaping sacrifice from frightened sailors), and a storm finally lands him in Egypt, where he is enslaved. He manages to win his freedom and find friends and after a long and perilous journey through African savanna and jungle comes back home. On the way, he carves a cameo which portrays his friends and some details of their adventures.

In a short framing narrative, modern researchers examine the cameo and contemplate its possible origins.

Notes

External links
 Ivan Yefremov, The Land of Foam. (in the Udmurt mirror of the Maksim Moshkow's Library)

1946 novels
Novels by Ivan Yefremov
Historical novels
Novels set in ancient Egypt
Novels set in the 26th century BC
Novels set in the 10th century BC
Djedefre
Microsoft Distributed Transaction Coordinator

The Microsoft Distributed Transaction Coordinator (MSDTC) service is a component of Microsoft Windows that is responsible for coordinating transactions that span multiple resource managers, such as databases, message queues, and file systems.  MSDTC is included in Windows 2000 and later operating systems, and is also available for Windows NT 4.0.

MSDTC performs the transaction coordination role for components, usually with COM and .NET architectures. In MSDTC terminology, the director is called the transaction manager.

By default, the Microsoft Distributed Transaction Coordinator (MSDTC) service is installed with Windows 2000. It cannot be uninstalled through Add/Remove Programs.

See also
Microsoft Transaction Server
List of Microsoft Windows components
Kernel Transaction Manager
Windows Vista I/O technologies

External links
Distributed Transaction Coordinator on the Microsoft Developer Network
; Mohsen Agsen is a Technical Fellow who formed the core transaction group, which designed and delivered the Distributed Transaction Coordinator (DTC)

Transaction processing
Windows components
Ngurah Rai Stadium

Ngurah Rai Stadium is a multi-purpose stadium in Denpasar, Indonesia. It is currently used mostly for football matches. It is the home of the Perseden Denpasar football club. The stadium holds 12,000 people.

References 

Denpasar
Sport in Bali
Sports venues in Denpasar
Football venues in Indonesia
Football venues in Bali
Football venues in Denpasar
Buildings and structures in Denpasar
Buildings and structures in Bali
Siliwangi Stadium

Siliwangi Stadium or Stadion Siliwangi is a multi-purpose stadium in Bandung, Indonesia. It is currently used mostly for football matches. The stadium is owned by the Siliwangi Regional Military Commando (Komando Daerah Militer Siliwangi). The stadium holds 25,000.

The Siliwangi Stadium was the former home base for Persib Bandung until the team left the venue in 2012, citing quality of the pitch, and the construction of the Si Jalak Harupat Soreang Stadium and Gelora Bandung Lautan Api Stadium. The military-owned PS TNI played at the venue during the temporary Indonesia Soccer Championship league in 2016, but the team only played two home matches there before moving to Pakansari Stadium due to the stadium being used as a cricket venue for the Pekan Olahraga Nasional.

References

Persib Bandung
Buildings and structures in Bandung
Sports venues in Indonesia
Athletics (track and field) venues in Indonesia
Multi-purpose stadiums in Indonesia
Football venues in Indonesia
Sports venues in West Java
Multi-purpose stadiums in West Java
Football venues in West Java
Athletics (track and field) venues in West Java
Sports venues in Bandung
Multi-purpose stadiums in Bandung
Football venues in Bandung
Athletics (track and field) venues in Bandung
Buildings and structures in West Java
Sport in West Java
Etchinghill, Staffordshire

Etchinghill, also known as Etching Hill, was once a singular village, until it was engulfed by the simultaneous growth of Rugeley, Staffordshire.  It is now an electoral district/ward.  Etching Hill is situated just over one mile from the actual town centre. Its name historically derives from the large, forested hill on Mount Road - famed for its characteristic ice-age sandstone tip. Etching Hill backs on to Cannock Chase and comprises several housing estates; a recognisable mixture of buildings from the town's early years and numerous modern developments. The area is much-coveted by those looking to move to Rugeley because of its scenic qualities and the presence of two successful primary schools.

Etching Hill is a very short distance away from the forest location that has hosted open-air concerts for music acts such as Status Quo, The Zutons, Jools Holland, and UB40. The event, scheduled by the Forestry Commission, was subject to much controversy; certain local residents of neighbouring Slitting Mill harboured fears that the successive performances would be detrimental to the local wildlife and disruptive to the local population. This was proved to be unfounded. The venue continues to attract big names on a yearly basis.

Etching Hill is also the home of Rugeley Cricket and Tennis Clubs, and was the location of a horse racing course in the 1800s.

External links
 Brereton and Rugeley Parish Website
 Etching Hill Women's Institute Website

Villages in Staffordshire
Rugeley
Iran Khodro Stadium

The Iran Khodro Stadium () is a multi-purpose stadium in Karaj, Iran.  It is currently used mostly for football matches and is the home stadium of Paykan Qazvin F.C. The stadium holds 10,000 people. 

Football venues in Iran
Multi-purpose stadiums in Iran
Karaj
Sport in Alborz Province
Shohada Stadium

The Shohada Stadium is a multi-purpose stadium in Noshahr, Iran.  It is currently used mostly for football matches and is the home stadium of Shemushack Noshahr F.C. in the Azadegan League.  The stadium holds 6,000 people. 
There was an incident in this stadium in the match against Persepolis in the Hazfi Cup in 2003 in which some of the seats fell down. Two people died, and Persepolis withdrew from the competition.

References

Football venues in Iran
Multi-purpose stadiums in Iran
Buildings and structures in Mazandaran Province
Sport in Mazandaran Province
Takhti Stadium (Abadan)

The Abadan Takhti Stadium (Persian: ورزشگاه تختى آبادان, Varzeshgāh-e Taxti-ye Ābādān) is a multi-purpose stadium built in Abadan, Khuzestan province, Iran. It is currently used mostly for football matches and is the home stadium of Sanat Naft Abadan F.C. who play in the Persian Gulf Pro League. The stadium holds 8,000 people.

Football venues in Iran
Multi-purpose stadiums in Iran
Abadan, Iran
Buildings and structures in Khuzestan Province
Sport in Khuzestan Province
Sanat Naft Abadan F.C.
1915 establishments in Iran
Sports venues completed in 1915
Takhti Stadium (Tabriz)

The Takhti Stadium (, Vârzeshgah-e Taxti) formerly known as Bagh Shomal Stadium  (, Vârzeshgah-e Baq Shomal) is a multi-use stadium in Tabriz, Iran. It is currently used mostly for football matches and is the home stadium of Iran Pro League team Machine Sazi. The stadium holds 25,000 people. Iran Team Melli's largest ever victory took place in this stadium, in the match against Guam on 24 November 2000 in which Iran won by 19–0.

Important games

AFC Asian Cup 1976
On 1976, part of 1976 AFC Asian Cup games held in Bagh Shomal Stadium. The field of six teams was split into two groups of three. The games of Group A, including Kuwait, China PR and Malaysia were hosted by Tabriz.

Iran National Football Team
Takhti Stadium was also hosted some of Iran national football team matches, including the first round of 2002 World Cup qualification, and the 2002 LG Cup tournament which was held among the football national teams of Iran, Paraguay, Morocco and South Africa.
Takhti Stadium has played host to the friendly matches involving the Iran national football team.

Other National Football Team

See also
 Sahand Stadium
 Marzdaran Stadium
 Bonyan Dizel Stadium
 Tractor Stadium

Notes
 Iran national football team won at Penalty.
 Official name.
 Pre-revolutionary name and still common among native peoples.

References

AFC Asian Cup stadiums
Football venues in Iran
Sports venues in Tabriz
Sports venues completed in 1950
Pasquo, Tennessee

Pasquo is a region of Nashville, along State Route 100 in Davidson County, within Bellevue. It is incorporated as part of the Metropolitan Government of Nashville and Davidson County.

Formerly a rural area, Pasquo has experienced rapid growth in recent years as the Nashville suburbs expand westward. As Pasquo is neither an incorporated municipality nor a census-designated place, its population is not measured or reported by the US Census. Pasquo is home to "Radio Free Nashville," the low-power FM radio radio station WRFN-LP. WRFN was the seventh community radio barnraising of the Prometheus Radio Project.

Pasquo is the short name for Pasquotank, and a now-defunct neighboring community was once known as Tank. The name was taken from Pasquotank County, North Carolina, where early settlers came from.

Pasquo is the location of the northern terminus of the Natchez Trace Parkway, the Loveless Cafe, Chaffin’s Barn Dinner Theatre,  Union Bridge, Harpeth Valley School,  Bellevue YMCA, Old Pasquo School and the State of Tennessee abandoned "Cold War" communications Center.

References

Natchez Trace
Neighborhoods in Nashville, Tennessee
Populated places in Davidson County, Tennessee
Pigeon-hole messagebox

A pigeon-hole messagebox (commonly referred to as a pigeon-hole or pidge, a cubbyhole (often shortened to "cubby") or simply as a mailbox in some academic or office settings) is an internal mail system commonly used for communication in organisations, workplaces and educational institutes in the United Kingdom and other countries. Documents and messages are placed in a person's pigeon-hole for them to collect; they can reply by putting a response inside the sender's pigeon-hole.

In medieval times pigeons were kept as domestic birds, not for racing but for their meat. Pigeon holes were the openings set in a wall or a purpose-built pigeon cote in which the birds nested. By 1789, the arrangement of compartments in writing cabinets and offices used to sort and file documents had come to be known as pigeon holes because of their resemblance to the pigeon cote. By the mid 19th century, pigeon hole was being used as a verb meaning either to put a matter to one side with the intention of coming back to it later, or to classify information. It is possible the name has stuck because of the simple word association with pigeon post.

Pigeon hole mail boxes are used by postal offices in the United Kingdom, as they allow for easy categorising of mail for later preparation of items ready for dispatch. Boxes are grouped in postcode areas with identification tabs usually fixed onto the top-left hand corner of the box allowing for easy entry and retrieval of items. Pigeon hole mail boxes can be mounted upon caster feet allowing for rearrangement of boxes to meet current processing demands.

Cubbies are also used in American preschools and kindergartens as places to store backpacks, lunchboxes, and jackets.

Pigeon-hole message boxes are also used in research institutions, libraries, and archives to provide researchers with secure access to archival records, rare books, and other unique material that cannot be removed from the premises.

In large organisations the mailboy delivers mail to departmental pigeon holes from the postroom (UK) or mailroom (US).

References 

Communication
Prescott, Gloucestershire

Prescott is a settlement and civil parish in the Cotswolds within the English county of Gloucestershire. There are scattered farms and houses. There may once have been a settlement around the chapel.

Prescott Speed Hill Climb is a motor sport event held in the parish.

History
Within the parish is Nottingham Hill Camp a promentary hill fort which was occupied during the Iron Age, Romano-British and possibly Anglo-Saxon periods. It has been scheduled as an ancient monument.

The estate was the property of Tewkesbury Abbey until the dissolution of the monasteries. It was then sold and became part of the Stanway estate. There is some archaeological evidence that there may once have been a settlement around the chapel.

Pardon Hill Farm is a 17th-century timber-framed farmhouse.  It has a 19th-century ice house, and 18th century workshop.

Prescott House was enlarged by Edward Law, 1st Earl of Ellenborough around 1860 in Tudor Gothic style. Nearby are two stone monoliths each  high.

Events
The Prescott Speed Hill Climb takes place here. The site was purchased in 1937 by the Bugatti Owners' Club and the site includes the Bugatti Trust Museum. The races are organised by the Vintage Sports-Car Club.

Religious sites
There is a 12th-century chapel of ease which is a Grade II* listed building. It may have been dependent on the church at Winchcombe.

References

 David Verey, Gloucestershire: the Vale and the Forest of Dean, The Buildings of England edited by Nikolaus Pevsner, 2nd ed. (1976) , p. 321.

External links

Villages in Gloucestershire
Civil parishes in Gloucestershire
Borough of Tewkesbury
Nine West Holdings

Nine West Holdings (formerly The Jones Group and Jones Apparel Group) is an American designer, marketer and wholesaler of branded clothing, shoes and accessories. In 2019, the company restructured under the new name Premier Brands Group Holdings Llc.

Operations

History 

In December 2013, Sycamore Partners, which is managed by Stefan L. Kaluzny, purchased the Jones Group for about US$2.2 billion. Wesley Card is the CEO of The Jones Group. In 2014, Sycamore split Jones into six different companies: Nine West Group, One Jeanswear Group, Jones New York, the Kasper Group, Stuart Weitzman and Kurt Geiger. The Jones Group was renamed Nine West Holdings and became parent to Nine West Group and One Jeanswear Group. Later in 2014, Anne Klein, Easy Spirit and NW Jewelry Group were split into separate operating companies of Nine West.

In 2014, Brian Atwood was sold to Steve Madden. In 2015, Stuart Weitzman was sold to Coach and Jones New York was sold to Authentic Brands Group.

In December 2016, Easy Spirit was sold to Marc Fisher Footwear. The Kasper Group was then purchased and incorporated under the parent company Nine West Holdings in January 2017. In January 2017, the company appointed Joel Oblonsky as the CEO of the company.

Bankruptcy
Nine West Holdings filed for chapter 11 bankruptcy in April 2018. In July 2018, the namesake Nine West brand, as well as the Bandolino shoe brand, were sold to Authentic Brands Group. Bondholders have accused Sycamore Partners, the private equity firm that purchased Nine West Holdings in 2014, of carving out valuable company assets to sell to itself, thus ensuring a profit for the fund even as the company itself headed toward bankruptcy, and argue that the company could be hurt if Sycamore-owned department store chain Belk threatens to refuse to buy from the company if the bankruptcy settlement isn't approved.

The company emerged from bankruptcy in March 2019 and renamed itself Premier Brands Group. Divisions include One Jeanswear Group, The Jewelry Group, Kasper Group and Anne Klein.

Brands

Nine West Holdings' brands include:

Anne Klein
 Bandolino (sold to Authentic Brands Group in 2018)
Nine West (sold to Authentic Brands Group in 2018)
Enzo Angiolini
Circa Joan & David
The Jewelry Group (Formerly NW Jewelry)
Givenchy Jewelry
Judith Jack
Napier
ONE Jeanswear Group
Energie
Gloria Vanderbilt
GLO Jeans
Jessica Simpson Jeanswear
l.e.i.
Bandolino
The Kasper Group
Albert Nipon
Anne Klein
Evan Picone
Kasper
Le Suit
Nine West
Martha Stewart
Daisy Fuentes
Skinny Girl

References

External links
 Former official websites
 
 

Clothing companies of the United States
Clothing companies based in New York City
Holding companies based in New York City
American companies established in 1970
Clothing companies established in 1970
Conglomerate companies established in 1970
Holding companies established in 1970
1970 establishments in New York (state)
Companies formerly listed on the New York Stock Exchange
2013 mergers and acquisitions
Companies that filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy in 2018
Brides of March

The Brides of March is an annual event that takes place in San Francisco, California and other cities around March 15. Started by the Cacophony Society, the event's name is a pun on the term Ides of March, and is a parody of weddings in western culture. The event, which began in 1999, is part pub crawl and part street theater, while wearing a thrift store wedding dress. 

Brides may be of any gender, but the wearing of traditional white wedding dresses, or something resembling them, is the point of the event. In recent years there have been a greater number of gothic brides who wear black, alien brides and other variations on the theme. 

Like its Cacophony Society counterpart "Santarchy", the tradition has spread worldwide and now includes gatherings in Austin, Boston, Los Angeles, 
New York City, Reno, 
Phoenix (started in 2008), Portland, Seattle,Vegas, London, and Japan, among others.

References

External links 
 Austin Brides of March
 London Brides of March
 Seattle Brides of March
 Brides of March official web site
 The San Francisco Cacophony Society home page

Pub crawls
Culture of San Francisco
Cacophony Society
1999 establishments in California
Daniel Londas

Daniel Londas (born 17 May 1954 in Fort-de-France, Martinique) is a French former boxer who competed for France in the men's featherweight competition at the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow. After a first-round bye, he was eliminated in the second round by Soviet Viktor Rybakov (0-5).

Londas then became a professional, recording 58 wins (25 knockouts), 9 losses and 1 no-decision. In 1992 he took the WBO Junior Lightweight title.

Olympic Results
Below is the Olympic record of Daniel Londas, a French featherweight boxer who competed at the 1980 Moscow Olympics

 Round of 64: bye
 Round of 32: lost to Viktor Rybakov (Soviet Union) by decision, 0-5.

See also
List of super-featherweight boxing champions

External links

sports-reference

1954 births
Living people
French people of Martiniquais descent
Olympic boxers for France
Boxers at the 1980 Summer Olympics
Super-featherweight boxers
Lightweight boxers
World super-featherweight boxing champions
World Boxing Organization champions
French male boxers
Mediterranean Games gold medalists for France
Mediterranean Games medalists in boxing
Competitors at the 1979 Mediterranean Games
European Boxing Union champions
Pesce

Pesce may refer to:

Geography
 The Pesce Peninsula in West Antarctica

Cinema
 Il pesce innamorato (‘The Fish in Love’), Italian comedy film released in 1999

People
 Brett Pesce (born 1994), American hockey player
 Emidio Pesce (born 2002), Italian racing driver
 Frank Pesce (1946–2022), American actor
 Giovanni Pesce (1918–2007), Italian anti-fascist partisan who fought in the Spanish Civil War and World War II
 Mark Pesce (born 1962), co-inventor of VRML
Gaetano Pesce (born 1939), Italian sculptor
Mattia Pesce (born 1989), Italian swimmer
Miguel Ángel Pesce (born 1962), Argentine economist
 P. J. Pesce (born 1961), American film director and writer
Simone Pesce (born 1982), Italian football player
Stefano Pesce (born 1967), Italian actor
Vincenzo Pesce (born 1959), Italian gangster of the Pesce 'ndrina

Educational Institutes
 P.E.S. College of Engineering, an engineering college in Mandya, India

Italian-language surnames
W7

W7 may refer to:
 Eutelsat W7, a communications satellite
 JL Audio W7, a popular model of subwoofer
 London Buses route W7, a London bus route
 W7, a postcode district in the W postcode area
 Mark 7 nuclear bomb, a tactical nuclear bomb adopted by US armed forces
 Windows 7, an operating system
 US Form W-7, used to obtain an Individual Taxpayer Identification Number
 W7, an object-capability subset of the Scheme programming language developed by Jonathan Rees
 W7 series, a high-speed shinkansen train type in Japan
 An abbreviation for Warner Bros.-Seven Arts, the name of an entertainment company
 W7, a calmodulin antagonist, an inhibitor of Ca2+/calmodulin-dependent protein kinase; N-(6-aminohexyl)-5-chloro-1-naphthalenesulfonamide hydrochloride
 W-7 Class minesweeper, or the minesweeper itself, W-7
 W7 (tram), a class of electric trams built by the Melbourne & Metropolitan Tramways Board.
Labina Mitevska

Labina Mitevska () (born 1975 in Skopje, Socialist Republic of Macedonia, Yugoslavia) is a Macedonian actress.

Career 
Mitevska began her acting career aged 19 after studying in Skopje, Denmark, and the University of Arizona. She starred in Milčo Mančevski's 1994 Oscar-nominated film Before the Rain.

Mitevska went on to play the supporting role in Welcome To Sarajevo, directed by Michael Winterbottom, and had the lead role in the Czech film Loners.

She also played the lead role in the 2006 film Warchild. She has two siblings, brother Vuk Mitevski and sister director Teona Strugar Mitevska, who directed her in the film God Exists, Her Name is Petrunija.

Filmography 
 God Exists, Her Name Is Petrunija (2019)
 When the Day Had No Name (2017)
  (2015)
 The Woman Who Brushed Off Her Tears (2012)
 Footsteps in the Sand (2010)
 9:06 (2009)
 7 Avlu (2009) .... Selma
 Ofsajd (2009) .... Milena
  (2007) .... Afrodita
 Prevrteno (2007) .... Woman in White
 L... kot ljubezen (2007) .... Maya
 Investigation (2009) .... Family friend
 Warchild (2006) .... Senada
 Tajnata kniga (2006) .... Lydia
 Kontakt (2005) ..... Zana
 Nema problema (2004) .... Sanja K.
 Bubacki (2004)
 Kako ubiv svetec (2004) .... Viola
 Weg! (2002)
 Veta (2001)
 Loners (2000) .... Vesna
 Der braune Faden (2000) .... Kyana
 I Want You (1998) .... Smokey
 Welcome to Sarajevo (1997) .... Sonja
 Before the Rain (1994) .... Zamira

External links 

 
 Labina Mitevska fan site

1975 births
Living people
Actresses from Skopje
Macedonian film actresses
University of Arizona alumni
21st-century actresses
20th-century actresses
Reuben Kemper

Reuben Kemper (February 21, 1771 – January 29, 1827) was an American pioneer and filibuster.

Kemper and West Florida
Born in Fauquier County, Virginia, Kemper and his brothers Nathan and Samuel settled in Feliciana Parish, near Baton Rouge, Spanish West Florida, shortly after 1800. Expelled from the province by the Spanish authorities in a dispute over land titles, the Kemper brothers organized a small force in the Mississippi Territory and returned, declaring West Florida to be independent. They attempted to capture Baton Rouge in 1804, but were defeated, having failed to gain the support of local Anglo-American settlers. Most of the latter were satisfied with Spanish rule on account of Spain's liberal land grants and its protection of slavery. The following year Spanish forces captured all three brothers while they were on U.S. soil, but American forces rescued them as they were being taken down the Mississippi River.

In 1810, during the rebellion against Spanish rule by British and Anglo-American settlers (who comprised the majority of inhabitants), Reuben Kemper and Joseph White were authorized to invite the inhabitants of Mobile and Pensacola to join in the revolt. When Kemper crossed into the Mississippi Territory, U.S. forces arrested him, as they did not wish to provoke Spain into war and feared Kemper's intentions. He was more fortunate than his colleagues, who were seized by the Spanish authorities and sent as prisoners to El Morro, in Havana, Cuba.

But the rebellion spread and the Republic of West Florida declared independence from Spain. 78 days later, it was annexed by the United States.

Later years
In 1812–13, Kemper took part in the Gutiérrez–Magee Expedition into Spanish Texas, fighting to help free Mexico from Spanish rule. He also served as a colonel under Andrew Jackson at the Battle of New Orleans in January 1815.

Kemper settled down peacefully as a planter in Mississippi. He died in 1827 in Natchez, Mississippi, aged 55 or 56.

Legacy
Reuben Kemper is the namesake of Kemper County, Mississippi.

See also
Samuel Kemper, his brother.

Notes and references

David A. Bice, The Original Lone Star Republic: Scoundrels, Statesmen and Schemers of the 1810 West Florida Rebellion, Heritage Publishing Consultants, 2004.
Andrew McMichael, "The Kemper 'Rebellion': Filibustering and Resident Anglo American Loyalty in Spanish West Florida", Louisiana History, vol. 43, no. 2 (Spring 2002), p. 133-165.
Andrew McMichael, Atlantic Loyalties: Americans in Spanish West Florida, 1785-1810, University of Georgia Press, 2008.

External links
Reuben Kemper article at AllRefer.com.
Kemper references in the Florida Parishes of Louisiana

American pioneers
People from Fauquier County, Virginia
People from Natchez, Mississippi
1770 births
1826 deaths
American filibusters (military)
Nicholas Chabraja

Nicholas D. Chabraja (pronounced cha-brah-ya) (born November 6, 1942 in Gary, Indiana) is a Serbian - American lawyer and former chief executive officer of General Dynamics Corporation.

Career
In 1967 he got a law degree from the Northwestern University. He was then employed by the Jenner & Block law firm in which he stayed for almost thirty years, from 1968 to 1997. In this first and longest period of his career, he also served as a Special Counsel for the United States House of Representatives. He also held counseling positions for General Dynamics, being a Senior Vice President and Counsel from 1993 to 1994, and a Vice-Chairman from 1996 to 1997.

In 1997 he was appointed a Chief Executive Officer of General Dynamics, a position which he held for twelve years, stepping down from his office on June 30, 2009. This makes Nicholas Chabraja the longest-serving Chief Executive Officer of the top five defense contractors, the others being Lockheed Martin, Northrop Grumman, Boeing, and Raytheon. Under his management, General Dynamics grew rapidly, mainly through acquisitions: from $4 billion in sales and 29,000 employees to $29.3 billion in sales and 92,900 employees in 2008. In 2008, Nicholas D. Chabraja earned a total compensation of $17,962,579, which included a base salary of $1,375,000, a cash bonus of $4,500,000, stocks granted worth $3,756,556, options granted worth $7,926,420, and other compensation worth $404,603. In 2009, he was included in the list of the 24 "TopGun CEOs" in the US, published by Brendan Wood International, an advisory agency.

He is also a member of the Lambda Chi Alpha fraternity.

References

External links
 General Dynamics
 General Dynamics Board of Directors
 Highest paid defense contractor CEOs
 

Living people
General Dynamics
1942 births
American chief executives
American people of Serbian descent
People from Gary, Indiana
People associated with Jenner & Block
Jonell

Shanonn Jonell Showes, better known as Jonell (born was February 20, 1977), is an American contemporary R&B singer.

In 2001, Jonell was introduced with her first hit Round and Round on producer Hi-Tek's album Hi-Teknology, the remix featuring a guest appearance from Method Man soon landed on the How High soundtrack.  Later in 2003,  Jonell was set to release her debut album "Know Me" on the Def Soul label. Her first single So Whassup featured a guest appearance by Redman. However, the album was never released, and in 2005, her webpage on the Def Soul website was no longer accessible.

She resurfaced in late 2005 with a blog on MySpace, where she talked about working on her new album which never materialized.

Discography

Albums 
Know Me (2003) (shelved)

Singles

References 

Living people
American women singers
21st-century African-American women singers
American contemporary R&B singers
Singers from Cincinnati
Singers from Ohio
1977 births
North Carolina Highway 9

North Carolina Highway 9 (NC 9) is a  primary state highway in the U.S. state of North Carolina. It serves as a connector route from South Carolina Highway 9 to eastern portions of the Appalachians around Asheville.

Route description
NC 9 meets SC 9 at the state border. SC 9 is one of South Carolina's most important state highways, although it is less so in North Carolina. NC 9 begins in Polk County south of the Green Creek community.

NC 9 is co-signed with US 64/74A in the city of Lake Lure. This is about  north of the southern terminus.

After crossing into Buncombe County NC 9 crosses over the Eastern Continental Divide at Lakey Gap and crosses I-40 at exit 64.

The  stretch of NC 9 from Bat Cave north to Black Mountain has been designated as a North Carolina Scenic Highway.  It is known as The Sidewinder in the motorcycle community, many scenic and curvy roads in the NC mountains have nicknames, as well. In addition to the scenery, it is a hilly and twisty route with some steep grades. A sign heading south from Black Mountain points out that heavy trucks are prohibited.

The highway runs through the town of Black Mountain ( east of Asheville). Nearly  after crossing I-40, NC 9 ends at the vaulted archway entrance to the town of Montreat.

History

1930-1937: There was a previous NC 9 before the current day routing and was known as Leesville Road. The first 9 dates from about 1930, and ran from Raleigh northwest to Durham. Today, part of that road is U.S. 70. It ran in conjunction with US 15A through downtown Raleigh in front of the Capitol Building. The original NC 9 lasted until late 1937, when it was renumbered as US 70A.

1938: NC 9 in Raleigh is renumbered, while NC 192 is renumbered to NC 9 from the SC Border to Lake Lure, and renumbering NC 119 from Chimney Rock Park (just north of Lake Lure) area north to Montreat. The number was chosen because of the SC 9 renumbering in early 1938.

1972: An I-40-related rerouting just south of downtown Black Mountain in 1972. In the years before the Interstate was built 9 entered town along Black Mountain Avenue, proceeding east onto Sutton Avenue before continuing north on Broadway Street. With the completion of I-40, NC 9 followed an extension of Broadway Street. This is the last major change.

North Carolina Highway 192 (1928-1937)

The first North Carolina Highway 192 (NC 192) was established as a new primary routing between NC 19, in Mill Spring, and US 74/NC 20, in Lake Lure. In 1931, NC 192 was extended southeast from Mill Spring along new primary routing to the South Carolina state line, where it continued as SC 177 towards Spartanburg. In late 1937, part of the renumbering effort for contiguous routes with South Carolina, NC 192 was redesignated as NC 9 to match SC 9, which replaced SC 177 the year prior.

Major intersections

References

External links

NC 9 Info

009
Transportation in Polk County, North Carolina
Transportation in Rutherford County, North Carolina
Transportation in Henderson County, North Carolina
Transportation in Buncombe County, North Carolina
U.S. Route 70
John V. Faraci

John V. Faraci  is an American businessman. He served as the chairman and chief executive officer of International Paper from November 1, 2003, through October 31, 2014. He was succeeded by Mark Sutton.

Biography

Early life
He attended Denison University, where he was a member of the Lambda Chi Alpha fraternity, and received an M.B.A. from the University of Michigan's Ross School of Business.

Career
From 1995 to 1999, he was CEO and managing director of Carter Holt Harvey Ltd., a former majority-owned subsidiary of International Paper located in New Zealand. In 1999, he became senior vice president of finance and chief financial officer of International Paper. In 2003, he became chairman and CEO. In September 2009, CNNMoney listed Faraci as number four on a list of the five most overpaid CEOs. The story noted his total compensation was over $38 million during a period when his company lost 63% of its value. He sits on the Boards of Directors of PPG Industries, United Technologies Corporation, U.S. Steel, and the Citigroup International Advisory Board.

He sits on the Board of Trustees of his alma mater, Denison University, and the American Enterprise Institute. He also serves as a member of the boards of the Grand Teton National Park Foundation and the National Park Foundation. In January 2020, he was appointed as the executive chairman for Carrier.

Personal life
He is married, and has two children. They live in Memphis, Tennessee.

References

Living people
Businesspeople from Memphis, Tennessee
Faraci, John V.
American Enterprise Institute
PPG Industries people
Ross School of Business alumni
International Paper
Year of birth missing (living people)
Kentucky International Convention Center

The Kentucky International Convention Center (KICC), formerly called the Commonwealth Convention Center, is a large multi-use facility in Louisville, Kentucky, United States. The KICC, along with the Kentucky Exposition Center, hosts conventions for the Louisville area. It was built on the site of the Tyler Block and opened in 1977. The facility underwent a major renovation from 2016 to 2018, seeking more space and a more inviting presence.

While the convention center does not have a permanent arena, it has hosted various sporting events, including the 2002 Ohio Valley Conference men's basketball tournament and the NCAA Division II men's basketball tournament from 1995 to 2000. It also hosted select University of Louisville women's basketball games from the 1989–90 season through 1992–93, and again in the 1994–95, 2000–01, and 2008–09 seasons. One of the exhibit halls was temporarily turned into an arena, with seats for about 7,000.

See also
 Tyler Block, demolished in 1974 to build the center
 Todd Building, demolished in 1983 to make way for a new state parking garage to support the KICC
 List of attractions and events in the Louisville metropolitan area

References

External links

Buildings and structures in Louisville, Kentucky
Convention centers in Kentucky
Basketball venues in Kentucky
Sports venues in Louisville, Kentucky
Louisville Cardinals women's basketball venues
Brutalist architecture in Kentucky
Sports venues completed in 1977
1977 establishments in Kentucky
Miss Maine Teen USA

The Miss Maine Teen USA competition is the pageant that selects the representative for the state of Maine in the Miss Teen USA pageant. The pageant is directed by The Clemente Organization.

Maine is one of the least successful states at Miss Teen USA, having placed only four times. Their highest placement was in 1995, when Katie Aselton finished 1st runner-up to Keylee Sue Sanders.

Four Maine teens have gone on to win the Miss Maine USA title, and five competed at Miss USA.

Madisson Higgins of Bangor was crowned Miss Maine Teen USA 2022 on March 20, 2022, at Portland Marriott at Sable Oaks in Portland. She will represent Maine for the title of Miss Teen USA 2022.

Results summary

Placements
1st runners-up: Katie Aselton (1995)
Top 12: Jill Mellen (1993) 
Top 15/16: Ashley Alden (2003), Alexis Mcilwain (2011), Grace Morey (2020)
Maine holds a record of 5 placements at Miss Teen USA.

Winners 

1 Age at the time of the Miss Teen USA pageant

References

External links
Official website

Maine
Women in Maine
Shamur

Shamur is a music group formed by Italian producers Emanuele Marascia and Sandro Murru. Shamur are signed to an exclusive multi-album worldwide deal with DSE Records, and Universal Music Group in the UK.

Their music features a combination of Eastern atmospheres and the classic European style, with Teresa Solinas and an undisclosed man of Punjabi origin as lead singers. Shamur obtained success in Greece in summer 2005, when they reached the top position on the music charts.

Shamur's debut song was "Let the Music Play", released in 2004, followed by "Gonna Make It". 

"Let the Music Play" was remade and released in 2021 by Sachin–Jigar for the film 'Roohi'. The re-released version of the song reached #2 on the UK Asian Music Charts.

References

External links
Official website of DSE Records
Discogs page

Italian pop music groups
Racer Arena

Racer Arena is a multi-purpose arena in Murray, Kentucky. It is the current home of the Murray State University women's volleyball team. Racer Arena became the largest capacity volleyball-only facility among NCAA Division I schools after the University of Arkansas added gymnastics to its previously volleyball-only Barnhill Arena in 2003.

The 5,550-seat Racer Arena, originally known as the Fieldhouse, opened on December 11, 1954. The original construction cost of the area was $372,571.80. Prior to the construction of Racer Arena, intercollegiate basketball games had been played in the Carr Health Building since 1937. Racer Arena hosted the Ohio Valley Conference men's basketball tournament in 1983, 1988, 1990, and 1991. In 1993, the building housing Racer Arena was named Cutchin Fieldhouse, in honor of former Murray State coach and administrator Carlisle Cutchin. Racer Arena was known for the home-court advantage it provided to the Murray State basketball program. The density of the traditional bowl style seating area, close exterior walls, and low ceiling in relation to the seats led to very intense crowd noise. In addition, the seating area extended very close to the playing surface and team benches, which added to the hostile environment for visiting teams. With the seating area so close to the playing court, the press area was located at the top of the seating area instead of courtside.

While Racer Arena's official capacity was 5,550, sellouts were common with the area and more than 6,000 fans packed the stands on numerous occasions. By the early 1970s, records indicate that the capacity was already seen as insufficient to meet the needs of demand from the campus and community for attendance at varsity basketball games. Serious discussions of the need to construct a modern area began in 1978 when Ron Greene took over the basketball program, but plans for a new arena wouldn't actually start to become a reality until the early 1990s when funding was finally approved. Racer Arena remained home to the Murray State men's and women's basketball teams until they moved to the venue now known as CFSB Center in 1998.

References

Basketball venues in Kentucky
College volleyball venues in the United States
Defunct college basketball venues in the United States
Indoor arenas in Kentucky
Murray State Racers men's basketball
Buildings and structures in Calloway County, Kentucky
1954 establishments in Kentucky
Sports venues completed in 1954
Cosmopolite

Cosmopolite may  refer to:

 Cosmopolite (album) a 1956 album by Benny Carter
 Cosmopolite (butterfly) (Vanessa cardui), also known as the painted lady
 Kosmopoliet, launched in 1854, said to have been the first Dutch clipper
 World citizen, one who eschews traditional geopolitical divisions derived from national citizenship

See also 
 Cosmo (disambiguation)
 Cosmopolitan (disambiguation)
 Cosmopolites, a weevil genus