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Blackpool Dance Festival

The 8-day Blackpool Dance Festival is the world's first and most famous annual ballroom dance competition of international significance. It has been held in the Winter Gardens, Blackpool, England since 1920 (except for war-time). It is also the largest regular ballroom competition: in 2003, 1539 couples from 54 countries took part in the festival.

As of the early 21st century the festival is held in May. It covers Ballroom dance, including Latin dances. The Festival includes the British Open Championships in categories of adult amateur and professional couples and formation teams. In 2005 two new categories were introduced: the British Rising Star Amateur Ballroom and Latin Competitions. Two invitation events, the Professional Team Match and the Exhibition Competition, create much interest.

The Junior Dance Festival, Blackpool Sequence Dance Festival, and British National Dance Festival are also held annually in Blackpool.

The annual World Professional Championship in either Ballroom or Latin dance is often held in Blackpool (4 times between 1989 and 2005), but is not connected with the Dance Festival.

References

Other websites
 Blackpool Dance Festival official website
 Blackpool Dance home page at danceplaza
 The History of the Blackpool Dance Festival 

Dance
Åtvidabergs FF

Åtvidabergs FF is an association football club in Åtvidaberg in Sweden. The club won Allsvenskan and became Swedish national champions in the years of 1972 and 1973.

References

Other websites 

 Åtvidabergs FF

1907 establishments in Sweden
Swedish football clubs
Raúl García

Raúl García (born 11 July 1986) is a Spanish football player. He plays for Atlético Madrid.

Club career statistics

|-
|2004/05||rowspan="3"|Osasuna||rowspan="3"|La Liga||2||0
|-
|2005/06||33||5
|-
|2006/07||33||4
|-
|2007/08||rowspan="3"|Atlético Madrid||rowspan="3"|La Liga||35||3
|-
|2008/09||36||3
|-
|2009/10||||
139||15
139||15
|}

1986 births
Living people
Spanish footballers
People from Pamplona
Yoshifumi Yamada

Yoshifumi Yamada (born 4 November 1981) is a former Japanese football player.

Club career statistics

|-
|2000||rowspan="4"|Avispa Fukuoka||rowspan="2"|J. League 1||0||0||0||0||0||0||0||0
|-
|2001||0||0||0||0||0||0||0||0
|-
|2002||rowspan="2"|J. League 2||9||0||1||0||colspan="2"|-||10||0
|-
|2003||4||0||0||0||colspan="2"|-||4||0
|-
|2004||Otsuka Pharmaceuticals||Football League||6||1||0||0||colspan="2"|-||6||1
19||1||1||0||0||0||20||1
19||1||1||0||0||0||20||1
|}

References

1981 births
Living people
Footballers from Fukuoka Prefecture
Michiaki Kakimoto

Michiaki Kakimoto (born 6 October 1977) is a Japanese football player. He plays for Matsumoto Yamaga.

Club career statistics

|-
|2000||Avispa Fukuoka||J. League 1||0||0||0||0||0||0||0||0

|-
|2001||Clementi Khalsa||S. League||29||14||1||0||colspan="2"|-||30||14

|-
|2002||rowspan="2"|Oita Trinita||J. League 2||14||0||1||0||colspan="2"|-||15||0
|-
|2003||J. League 1||1||0||0||0||0||0||1||0
|-
|2003||rowspan="3"|Shonan Bellmare||rowspan="3"|J. League 2||22||3||4||3||colspan="2"|-||26||6
|-
|2004||40||10||3||0||colspan="2"|-||43||10
|-
|2005||43||15||1||0||colspan="2"|-||44||15
|-
|2006||Cerezo Osaka||J. League 1||25||1||1||0||7||1||33||2
|-
|2007||Shonan Bellmare||J. League 2||10||0||0||0||colspan="2"|-||10||0
|-
|2008||rowspan="3"|Matsumoto Yamaga||rowspan="2"|Regional Leagues||12||12||4||4||colspan="2"|-||16||16
|-
|2009||13||11||3||2||colspan="2"|-||16||13
|-
|2010||Football League||||||||||||||||
180||52||17||9||7||1||204||62
29||14||1||0||colspan="2"|-||30||14
209||66||18||9||7||1||234||76
|}

References

1977 births
Living people
Footballers from Fukuoka Prefecture
Yoon Jong-hwan

Yoon Jong-Hwan (윤정환 尹晶煥, born February 16, 1973) is a South Korean professional athlete.  He is best known as a football player. He was a member of the Korean national team.

Club career statistics

|-
|1995||Yukong Kokkiri||K-League||19||3||colspan="2"|-||5||0||24||3
|-
|1996||Bucheon Yukong||K-League||15||0||||||7||2||22||2
|-
|1997||rowspan="3"|Bucheon SK||rowspan="3"|K-League||7||2||||||9||1||16||3
|-
|1998||16||1||||||12||3||28||4
|-
|1999||11||2||||||7||1||18||3

|-
|2000||rowspan="3"|Cerezo Osaka ||rowspan="2"|J. League 1||29||3||3||3||3||0||35||6
|-
|2001||26||4||5||6||1||0||32||10
|-
|2002||J. League 2||26||2||3||0||colspan="2"|-||29||2

|-
|2003||Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma||K-League||30||1||0||0||colspan="2"|-||30||1
|-
|2004||rowspan="2"|Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors||rowspan="2"|K-League||23||2||2||0||11||0||36||2
|-
|2005||19||1||5||0||12||1||36||2

|-
|2006||rowspan="2"|Sagan Tosu||rowspan="2"|J. League 2||41||2||2||0||colspan="2"|-||43||2
|-
|2007||26||1||0||0||colspan="2"|-||26||1
140||12||7||0||63||8||210||20
148||12||13||9||4||0||165||21
288||24||20||9||67||8||375||41
|}

International career statistics

|-
|1994||1||0
|-
|1995||2||0
|-
|1996||0||0
|-
|1997||5||0
|-
|1998||12||3
|-
|1999||3||0
|-
|2000||7||0
|-
|2001||2||0
|-
|2002||5||1
|-
!Total||37||4
|}

References

Other websites
 J-League, 尹晶煥 YOON Jong Hwan 
 K-League, 윤정환 尹晶煥 Yoon, Jong Hwan 

1973 births
Living people
South Korean footballers
South Korean football managers
Oleh Protasov

Oleh Protasov (born February 4, 1964) is a former Ukrainian football player. He has played for the Soviet Union national team and the Ukrainian national team.

Club career statistics 

|-
|1982||rowspan="6"|Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk||rowspan="6"|Top League||4||1||||||||||4||1
|-
|1983||21||7||||||||||21||7
|-
|1984||34||17||||||||||34||17
|-
|1985||33||35||||||||||33||35
|-
|1986||23||17||||||||||23||17
|-
|1987||30||18||||||||||30||18
|-
|1988||rowspan="3"|Dynamo Kyiv||rowspan="3"|Top League||29||11||||||||||29||11
|-
|1989||26||7||||||||||26||7
|-
|1990||16||12||||||||||16||12

|-
|1990/91||rowspan="4"|Olympiacos||rowspan="4"|Alpha Ethniki||30||13||||||||||30||13
|-
|1991/92||22||14||||||||||22||14
|-
|1992/93||24||13||||||||||24||13
|-
|1993/94||9||8||||||||||9||8

|-
|1994||rowspan="2"|Gamba Osaka||rowspan="2"|J. League 1||27||11||4||4||3||0||34||15
|-
|1995||28||13||0||0||colspan="2"|-||28||13

|-
|1996/97||rowspan="2"|Veria||rowspan="2"|Alpha Ethniki||30||4||||||||||30||4
|-
|1997/98||32||7||||||||||32||4
|-
|1998/99||Proodeftiki||Alpha Ethniki||28||5||||||||||28||5
216||125||||||||||216||125
175||64||||||||||175||64
55||24||4||4||3||0||62||28
446||213||4||4||3||0||453||217
|}

International career statistics 

|-
|1984||5||2
|-
|1985||12||8
|-
|1986||3||0
|-
|1987||9||2
|-
|1988||18||10
|-
|1989||8||3
|-
|1990||11||3
|-
|1991||2||1
|-
!Total||68||29
|}

|-
|1994||1||0
|-
!Total||1||0
|}

Other websites
 National Football Teams
 RSSSF

1964 births
Living people
Ukrainian footballers
Ukrainian football managers
Stirling Albion F.C.

Stirling Albion F.C. is a football club which plays in Scotland.

References

Scottish football clubs
1945 establishments
1940s establishments in Scotland
Bloody Mary (folklore)

Bloody Mary is a kind of ghost of a dead woman in Western folklore. This ghost is said to appear in a mirror after calling its name three times or more, depending on the version of the story. Like the Ouija board, this game is played by adolescents in parties or small meetings just to have fun. The ghost's name can vary according to the tales said by the people. Some similar names are: Mary Worth, Mary Worthington and Hell Mary, among others.

References

Folklore
American folklore
Ludwig Beck

Ludwig August Theodor Beck (29 June 1880 in Wiesbaden – 21 July 1944 in Berlin) was a German general officer. He worked for Adolf Hitler's resistance and was its leader. When the attempt to kill Hitler in his conference room failed, Hitler escaped and Beck was shot and arrested.

1880 births
1944 deaths
Executed German people
German generals of World War II
People executed by firearm
People from Wiesbaden
Victims of Nazism
Otto Liman von Sanders

Otto Liman von Sanders (17 February 1855 – 22 August 1929) was a German general. He was a leader of the German military to help the Ottoman Empire in 1913. Allenby took power away from Sanders in 1918.

1855 births
1929 deaths
German generals
German military personnel of World War I
Scissor Sisters

The Scissor Sisters are a music group. They are classified as being rock, pop, and dance. They did a remake of Pink Floyd's "Comfortably Numb". They formed their band in 2001 in New York. Paddy Boom is one of their band members along with Jake Shears. Scissor Sisters have released four albums.

History

Early career
At first the Scissor Sisters were called Dead Lesbian. They then changed their name to the Fibrillating Scissor Sisters. In 2002 the band were signed to A Touch of Class. They released their first single "Electrobix" in 2003.

Scissor Sisters
In 2004 "Comfortably Numb" was released as a single. It reached number 14 in the UK Singles Chart. "Take Your Mama" was then released as a single. It reached number 17 in the UK Singles Chart.
They released their first album, Scissor Sisters, in 2004. The album got good reviews from music critics. It sold more than any other album in the UK in 2004. It has sold over 2,100,000 copies in the United Kingdom.

Tah-Dah
In 2005 the Scissor Sisters won three BRIT Awards. In September 2006 the Scissor Sisters released their second album, Ta-Dah. The album's first single, "I Don't Feel Like Dancin'", reached number one in the UK. Elton John played piano on the song.

Night Work
In June 2010 Scissor Sisters' fourth album Night Work was released. It entered the UK Albums Chart at number two. Three singles were released from the album.

Magic Hour
In 2012 the band's fourth album Magic Hour was released. It entered the UK Albums Chart at number four. "Shady Love" was released as the album's first single. It was only released on vinyl to 200 of the band's fans on Twitter and Facebook. Azealia Banks rapped on the song. "Only the Horses" was released as the album's second single. It reached number twelve in the UK Singles Chart.

Albums 
 Scissor Sisters (2004)
 Ta-Dah (2006)
 Night Work (2010)
 Magic Hour (2012)

References

Musical groups established in 2001
2000s American music groups
2010s American music groups
American pop music groups
American rock bands
Brit Award winners
LGBT-themed musical groups
Musical groups from New York City
Flying Solo

Flying Solo is a young adult novel written by Ralph Fletcher, first published in 1998.

Plot summary
Mr. Fabiano is a sixth-grade teacher that calls in sick on April 28th. When his class arrives, they find that their substitute teacher is missing.  The class decides that they will not report this to the principal and will run the classroom by themselves.  The students follow the instructions left by their teacher.  All goes well until the end of the day, when a fight breaks out between two classmates and Mr. Fabiano is called upon to join in a school assembly.

Characters in Flying Solo :
Mr. Fabiano — The teacher of Class 6-238, he takes a day off.
Rachel — She has been mute for six months since a classmate (Tommy Feathers) who was fond of her died six months ago
Bastian — An  Air Force brat that can't stop thinking about his dog that will be quarantined. He teases other kids often. Bastian has to move to Hawaii because of his dad.
John — Bastian's best friend.
Sean — A quiet boy who has a crush on Rachel and doesn't have the best home life
Karen — A confident girl, and natural leader of the class. She takes control of the class when they decide to run the classroom themselves.
Jessica — The only member of the class that is not sure the students should run the class. She believes it isn't the right thing. Her father is a lawyer.
Christopher — A nasty spoiled boy, he annoys most of the class.
Missy — A fat girl, she is Rachel's best friend, Rachel's interpreter.
Sky Reed — A new kid in the class, he's from California.

Themes
Some of topics in the novel include selective mutism, death, and grief.

Notes

References

Outside websites
Ralph Fletcher's website

Flying Solo is a young adult novel written by Ralph Fletcher, first published in 1998.
1998 books
Young adult novels
Gothika

Gothika is an American horror thriller movie starring Halle Berry.

Sources

Other websites 

2003 horror movies
2000s supernatural movies
2003 thriller movies
American horror movies
American supernatural movies
American thriller movies
Canadian horror movies
Canadian thriller movies
German horror movies
German thriller movies
Spanish horror movies
Spanish thriller movies
English-language movies
Ghost movies
Movies directed by Mathieu Kassovitz
SPIHT

SPIHT (set partitioning in hierarchical trees) is a compression algorithm intended for compression of wavelet transform coefficients. It was introduced by Amir Said and William A. Pearlman in 1996. Its predecessor was EZW coding algorithm.

More practically, SPIHT progressively transforms these coefficients into a bit stream. This stream can be anywhere cut off. During decoding coefficients are increasingly refined.

References 
 

Algorithms
Stede Bonnet

Stede Bonnet (c. 1688 – December 10, 1718) was an early 18th-century Barbadian pirate, sometimes called "the gentleman pirate" because he was a moderately rich landowner before turning to a life of crime. Bonnet was captured and was executed by hanging at White Point Garden, in Charleston, South Carolina on 10 December 1718.

References

1680s births
1718 deaths
Barbadian people
People executed by hanging
Pirates
Tommy Trouble and the Magic Marble

Tommy Trouble and the Magic Marble is a children's novel written by Ralph Fletcher with drawings by Ben Caldwell. It was first published in 2000.

Plot summary
Tommy who loves collecting needs ten dollars to buy a magic marble from another boy.  He tries to pick flowers from his mother's rose garden to sell to a neighbor. He also tries to trade his little brothers snake.  Tommy finally decides that the magic marble is not worth the trouble.

References

Other websites
Ralph Fletcher's website

2000 books
Children's books
Books by Ralph Fletcher
20th-century American novels
English-language novels
Harlequin (color)

Harlequin is the name of the colour that is halfway between green and chartreuse green on the Colour wheel.  On color plate 17 in the 1930 book A Dictionary of Colour, the colour harlequin is shown as being on the colour wheel precisely halfway between green and yellow-green (the colour which was formerly called yellow-green is now called chartreuse green). 

The first recorded use of harlequin as a color name in English was in 1923.

Meaning of harlequin
 In medieval times, jesters often wore a harlequin colored costume (the word harlequin is sometimes used as a synonym for jester).  Therefore, the color harlequin represents humor.

Tones of harlequin color comparison chart

Related pages
List of colors

References
Hwajeong Museum

Hwajeong Museum (화정박물관) is a museum in Jongno District, Seoul. It was opened in 1999. It has many relics of Korea, China, and Tibet.

Other websites 
 Hwajeong Museum

Museums in South Korea
National Palace Museum of Korea

National Palace Museum of Korea () is a museum in Jongno District, Seoul. It was opened in 1908 and reopened in Gyeongbok Palace in 2005. It has royal relics of Joseon Dynasty. It also has 3 National Treasures of Korea.

Other websites 
 National Palace Museum of Korea 

National museums in South Korea
National Folk Museum of Korea

National Folk Museum of Korea (국립민속박물관, 國立民俗博物館) is a museum in Jongno District, Seoul. It was opened in 1945, and reopened in Gyeongbok Palace in 1993.

Other websites
 National Folk Museum of Korea 

National museums in South Korea
Rutherford College

Rutherford College is a public high school for 12-18 year old boys and girls in Te Atatu Peninsula, Auckland, New Zealand. Opened in 1961, it was named after the Nobel Prize winning  nuclear physicist and chemist, Lord Ernest Rutherford, who was born in New Zealand.

Schools in New Zealand
Auckland
1961 establishments
1960s establishments in New Zealand
New Japan Pro Wrestling

, also known as NJPW, is Japanese professional wrestling promotion.

NJPW is the largest wrestling promoter in Japan. NJPW has working agreements with other  promoters, including: World Wrestling Entertainment, World Championship Wrestling, Total Nonstop Action Wrestling, and PRIDE Fighting Championships.

History
NJPW was founded in 1972 by Kanji Inoki.

Since 1999, Tatsumi Fujinami has been president.

In 2012, Inoki continued to be known for innovation in the business.

Champions

Current champions

Related pages
 Sports in Japan
 New Japan Pro Wrestling roster

References

Other websites

 New Japan Pro Wrestling website 

1972 establishments in Asia
Professional wrestling promotions
Sport in Japan
1970s establishments in Japan

el:Αντόνιο Ινόκι#New Japan Pro Wrestling
Kazuyoshi Matsunaga

Kazuyoshi Matsunaga (born 13 November 1977) is a Japanese football player.

Club career statistics

|-
|1996||rowspan="4"|Sanfrecce Hiroshima||rowspan="4"|J. League 1||0||0||0||0||0||0||0||0
|-
|1997||3||1||2||2||0||0||5||4
|-
|1998||8||1||0||0||1||0||9||1
|-
|1999||0||0||0||0||0||0||0||0
|-
|2000||Avispa Fukuoka||J. League 1||3||2||0||0||2||1||5||3
|-
|2001||rowspan="2"|Professor Miyazaki||Regional Leagues||||||||||||||||
|-
|2002||Football League||12||2||2||0||colspan="2"|-||14||2
|-
|2003||rowspan="2"|Tochigi||rowspan="2"|Football League||29||9||1||1||colspan="2"|-||30||10
|-
|2004||19||5||1||0||colspan="2"|-||20||5
|-
|2005||ALO's Hokuriku||Football League||2||0||0||0||colspan="2"|-||2||0
|-
|2006||Banditonce Kobe||Regional Leagues||7||3||0||0||colspan="2"|-||7||3
|-
|2007||rowspan="2"|Mitsubishi Motors Mizushima||rowspan="2"|Football League||14||1||0||0||colspan="2"|-||14||1
|-
|2008||13||2||colspan="2"|-||colspan="2"|-||13||2
110||26||6||3||3||1||119||30
110||26||6||3||3||1||119||30
|}

References

1977 births
Living people
Footballers from Oita Prefecture
Adhemar (footballer)

Adhemar Ferreira de Camargo Neto (born 27 April 1972), usually just called Adhemar, is a former Brazilian football player.

References

1972 births
Living people
Brazilian footballers
Arno van Zwam

Arno van Zwam (born 16 September 1969) is a former Dutch football player.

Club career statistics

|-
|1992/93||rowspan="8"|Fortuna Sittard Combinatie||Eredivisie||0||0||||||||||0||0
|-
|1993/94||rowspan="2"|Eerste Divisie||0||0||||||||||0||0
|-
|1994/95||34||0||||||||||34||0
|-
|1995/96||rowspan="5"|Eredivisie||33||0||||||||||33||0
|-
|1996/97||34||0||||||||||34||0
|-
|1997/98||34||0||||||||||34||0
|-
|1998/99||31||0||||||||||31||0
|-
|1999/00||34||0||||||||||34||0

|-
|2000||rowspan="4"|Júbilo Iwata||rowspan="4"|J. League 1||15||0||3||0||4||0||22||0
|-
|2001||26||0||2||0||8||0||36||0
|-
|2002||16||0||0||0||5||0||21||0
|-
|2003||17||0||0||0||5||0||22||0

|-
|2003/04||rowspan="4"|NAC Breda||rowspan="4"|Eredivisie||7||0||||||||||7||0
|-
|2004/05||3||0||||||||||3||0
|-
|2005/06||17||0||||||||||17||0
|-
|2006/07||2||0||||||||||2||0
229||0||||||||||229||0
74||0||5||0||22||0||101||0
303||0||5||0||22||0||330||0
|}

1969 births
Living people
Association football goalkeepers
Dutch footballers
Sportspeople from Gelderland
José Antonio García Calvo

José Antonio García Calvo (born 1 April 1975) is a former Spanish football player. He has played for Spain national team.

Club career statistics

|-
|1995/96||rowspan="2"|Real Madrid||rowspan="2"|La Liga||10||0
|-
|1996/97||6||0
|-
|1997/98||rowspan="4"|Real Valladolid||rowspan="4"|La Liga||33||1
|-
|1998/99||28||0
|-
|1999/00||33||1
|-
|2000/01||34||2
|-
|2001/02||rowspan="5"|Atlético Madrid||Segunda División||35||1
|-
|2002/03||rowspan="4"|La Liga||22||2
|-
|2003/04||22||1
|-
|2004/05||15||0
|-
|2005/06||12||0
|-
|2006/07||rowspan="3"|Real Valladolid||Segunda División||15||1
|-
|2007/08||rowspan="2"|La Liga||33||1
|-
|2008/09||19||2
317||12
317||12
|}

International career statistics

|-
|2002||3||0
|-
!Total||3||0
|}

References

1975 births
Living people
Spanish footballers
Sportspeople from Madrid
Juan Velasco Damas

Juan Velasco Damas (born 15 May 1977) is a Spanish football player. He plays for Larissas.

Club career statistics

|-
|1996/97||rowspan="3"|Sevilla||La Liga||13||0
|-
|1997/98||rowspan="2"|Segunda División||34||2
|-
|1998/99||34||2
|-
|1999/00||rowspan="5"|Celta Vigo||rowspan="5"|La Liga||29||1
|-
|2000/01||33||0
|-
|2001/02||16||0
|-
|2002/03||31||0
|-
|2003/04||25||0
|-
|2004/05||rowspan="2"|Atlético Madrid||rowspan="2"|La Liga||21||0
|-
|2005/06||25||0
|-
|2006/07||Espanyol Barcelona||La Liga||20||0

|-
|2007/08||Norwich City||League Championship||3||0

|-
|2008/09||rowspan="2"|Panthrakikos||rowspan="2"|Super League||21||0
|-
|2009/10||4||0
|-
|2009/10||Larissas||Super League||||
281||5
3||0
25||0
309||5
|}

International career statistics

|-
|2000||5||0
|-
!Total||5||0
|}

References

1977 births
Living people
Spanish footballers
Aflac

Aflac (also known as Aflac Incorporated) is an insurance company. Their mascot is a white, short-tempered duck called the Aflac Duck. Gilbert Gottfried used to do the voice for the Aflac Duck, but he's now replaced by Daniel McKeague after getting fired by the Aflac company for making bad online jokes about the Japan earthquake in 2011. 

Also, college football has the Aflac trivia question. Their headquarters is in Columbus, Georgia.

References

Other websites

 Corporate website

American financial companies
Insurance companies
Companies listed on the New York Stock Exchange
Columbus, Georgia
Companies based in Georgia (U.S. state)
1955 establishments in the United States
State Farm Insurance

State Farm Insurance is an insurance agency with headquarters in Bloomington, Illinois. They serve both the U.S. and Canada. They sponsor the Lone Star Showdown.

Other websites
 State Farm — main official website
 State Farm Bank — official website
 State Farm's Youth Advisory Board — official website
 State Farm Canada
 State Farm's University of Illinois Research Center

1922 establishments in the United States
American financial companies
Insurance companies
Companies based in Illinois
Arkansas Razorbacks

Arkansas Razorbacks are the name of the sports teams at the University of Arkansas in Fayetteville, Arkansas.

Sports in the United States
Fayetteville, Arkansas
Uncle Daddy

Uncle Daddy is a young adult novel written by Ralph Fletcher, first published in 2001.  It won a Christopher Medal in the Books for Young People, ages 10–12 category in 2002.

Plot summary
River's father left his wife and son when the son is three years old. He goes out to get a pizza and does not come back.  His mother's uncle moves in and becomes "Uncle Daddy".  Rivers is living a normal life for a nine year old boy when his father returns after being gone for six years.  The return of Rivers father threatens to tear the family apart until Uncle Daddy has a near fatal heart attack.  Rivers and his parents come together to support Uncle Daddy.

Awards
Uncle Daddy won a Christopher Medal in the Books for Young People, ages 10–12 category in 2002.

Notes

References

Outside websites
Ralph Fletcher's website

2001 books
Young adult novels
The One O'Clock Chop

The One O'Clock Chop is a young adult novel by written by Ralph Fletcher, first published in 2007.

Background
Ralph Fletch drew up on own experiences in being a clam digger when he was between seventeen and twenty years old.  He considers this his first piece of historical fiction and talked to many Hawaiian women while writing this novel.

Plot summary
Matt, a fourteen your old boy living on Long Island in 1973, takes a job with Dan,  a clam digger.  He wants to save up enough money to buy a used boat. Jazzy, Matt's cousin from Hawaii comes to spend the summer with Matt and his mother.  Jazzy and Matt become kissing cousins until Jazzy becomes interested in another boy.  They finally become friends again and Matt learns to stand up for himself.

Explanation of the novel's title
The One O'Clock Chop is a daily breeze that suddenly moves across the bay where Matt lives roughening up the smooth surface. Dan says "the old salts say you can set your watch by it."

Notes

References

Other websites
Ralph Fletcher's website

2007 books
Young adult novels
Walking Trees

Walking Trees: Teaching Teachers in New York City Schools is a book by Ralph Fletcher.  It was first published in 1990.  It was published again in 1995 under a different title Walking Trees: Portraits of Teachers and Children in the Culture of Schools.

Summary
Walking Trees: Teaching Teachers in New York City Schools is the story of Ralph Fletcher's work in the New York City school system as a teacher trainer program to teach teachers about writing.

References

Outside websites
Ralph Fletcher's website

1990 books
Union County, Florida

Union County is a county in northern Florida. Union County is also the smallest county in Florida. The county was founded in 1921 after being cut off from Bradford County. In 2005 almost 15,000 people lived in Union County. Lake Butler is the county seat of Union County, it is also the largest city in Union County. Since Union County is the smallest county, it covers only 250 square miles.

Other cities 
There are only two other cities in Union County other than Lake Butler. The two other cities are:
 Raiford
 Worthington Springs

References

Other websites 
 Union County website

Florida counties
1921 establishments in Florida
Pneumothorax

Pneumothorax (sometimes called "collapsed lung") is a health problem where air or gas is in the pleural space (the space between the lung and the pleura). The pleura is a slim membrane that covers the lungs. The two parts of the pleura usually touch. A hole might grow in the surface of the lung. Air then enters between the pleura and the lung. The lung will collapse. If enough air gets into the pleural space, it can also push against other organs or parts in the chest, like the heart or the aorta. Pneumothorax is a medical emergency.

There are two main types of pneumothorax. These are a Closed Pneumothorax, and an Open Pneumothorax. These are also known as Simple Pneumothorax and Complex Pneumothorax.

Symptoms 
The most common symptoms of Pneumothorax are chest pains. The chest pains can be sharp, dull, or stabbing. Some other symptoms of Pneumothorax are shortness of breath, rapid breathing, and coughing.

Causes 
A Pneumothorax can occur for no obvious reason (spontaneous). It is typically  men who are tall (or perhaps have long torsos), between the ages of 20 and 40 who present a spontaneous pneumothorax.

Small air blisters (blebs) can develop on the top of the surface of the lungs. These blebs sometimes burst — allowing air to leak into the pleural space that surrounds the lungs, causing the lung to collapse.

Otherwise, it can be caused by blunt or penetrating injuries or lung diseases that result in the lung leaking air into the pleural cavity.

Consuming cannabis via smoking is also related to victims of a pneumothorax.

Treatment
Simple Pneumothorax will heal by itself. Complex pneumothorax will need medical attention. One should treat respiratory problems as soon as they occur.

Closed pneumothorax 

Closed pneumothorax is when air or gas gets in the pleural space without any outside wound. This sometimes happens when the lung is already injured somehow, like from diseases such as cancer or cystic fibrosis. Cystic fibrosis is a disease in the lungs. Glands in the body make large amounts of thick mucus. The mucus blocks ducts and passageways.

The most common cause of closed pneumothorax is called spontaneous pneumothorax. The cause of spontaneous pneumothorax is not known.

Open pneumothorax 

Open pneumothorax is when air gets into the pleural space from an injury to the chest. This can happen with stab wounds, like from a knife. It can also happen after a gunshot injury. The injury is most dangerous if the wound lets air in when the injured person (or animal) breathes, but does not let it back out. Sometimes this is called a "sucking chest wound."

References

 
Respiratory system
Electroluminescence

Electroluminescence (EL) is an optical and electrical event in which a material emits light in response to an electric current passed through it, or to a strong electric field.

Electricity
The electric energy is absorbed by electron in the ground state and is excited to the higher state of energy called the excited state.The excited state is not the stable state and the electron jumps back to the ground state and emits the photon related to the bandgap of the material.
Daughter of the Forest

Daughter of the Forest is a fantasy novel by Juliet Marillier first published in 1999  It is based on "The Six Swans" (a story that has many versions, one of which is by the Brothers Grimm). A girl must sew six shirts from a painful plant in order to save her brothers from a witch's curse. She must not speak until the task is finished.

Plot summary 
Sorcha, the seventh child of Irish Lord Colum of Sevenwaters, has been raised by her six older brothers. Having lost her mother at birth, Sorcha is almost ignored by her father. Her father's new wife, the Lady Oonagh, attacks Sorcha and her brothers. Sorcha alone is able to flee into the forest and escape. Sorcha's brothers, however, have been turned into swans.

The story is a twist on the classic tale of "The Six Swans." Sorcha learns that if she can spin six shirts from a painful plant she can free her brothers from the spell. But she must not speak until the last one has been finished.  Sorcha agrees to this and spends several years in the forest hiding as she works on the shirts.

After several years of hard work, Sorcha is saved from drowning by a British lord, Hugh of Harrowfield (known as "Red"). When Red returns to Britain, Sorcha accompanies him. Red believes that Sorcha knows something about his brother, Simon.  Sorcha had nursed Simon back to health after his capture by Lord Colum. Sorcha stays with Red as she works on the shirts.

While in Britain, Sorcha finds a new danger in the form of Lord Richard, Red's uncle. Sorcha must fend off the attacks of Richard as she works to save her brothers.

Awards and nominations 
 Daughter of the Forest won the 2001 American Library Association Alex Award 
 Daughter of the Forest was a finalist for the 2000 Aurealis Awards for Fantasy Novel

Outside websites 
 Daughter of the Forest  entry on official Juliet Marillier website
 Interview with Juliet Marillier  at Slow Glass Books shortly after Daughter of the Forest was published.
 In-depth interview with Juliet Marillier at Writer Unboxed, where Juliet also blogs.
 Review of Daughter of the Forest by fantasy author Victoria Strauss

Notes

References

1999 books
Fantasy books
Sonic Adventure

Sonic Adventure is a video game from the Sonic the Hedgehog series. It was the very first Dreamcast game. It was released in Japan on November 27, 1998, in North America on September 9, 1999 and in Europe on October 14, 1999. It is the first Sonic game to have 3D surroundings, instead of 2D surroundings like the other Sonic games had. It was released in Japan as one of five launch titles. It also has a sequel called Sonic Adventure 2.

Gameplay 

The object of the game is to get all of the Chaos Emeralds by playing different characters from the Sonic series, in order to defeat Dr. Eggman. Each character has their own level, each with a specific purpose. For example, Knuckles has to find and put together all of the pieces of the Master Emerald. The list of playable characters are:

Sonic the Hedgehog
Miles "Tails" Prower
Knuckles the Echidna
Amy Rose
E-102 Gamma
Big the Cat
Super Sonic (after the player finishes the game with all characters)
Metal Sonic (after the player gets all 130 emblems on the DX version)

Sonic Adventure DX 

Sonic Adventure DX: Directors Cut is an advanced version of Sonic Adventure released for the Nintendo GameCube and Microsoft Windows in 2004. It was later released on PSN, XBLA and Steam. It contained a new "Mission Mode", a Mini-Game collection [only on GameCube and Windows versions] and allows the player to play as Metal Sonic once they get all 130 emblems. It is famous for being full of glitches.

References 

1998 video games
3D platform games
Windows games
Dreamcast games
Sonic the Hedgehog games
Hyracotherium

Hyracotherium was previously called  Eohippus (meaning "dawn horse"). It is a Eurasian species, a Palaeothere. That group is ancestral to the horses and brontotheres. Therefore, it is not the same animal as Eohippus, which is the earliest horse. 

Hyracotherium lived during the early Eocene epoch, about 5545 million years ago. It lived in the northern hemisphere in Asia and Europe. The first fossils of this tiny animal were found in England by Richard Owen in 1841 and named Hyracotherium.

The original type species H. leporinum is now regarded as an  Eohippus. So that name has been brought back to describe the early proto-horse found in North America.

References 

Eocene
Horses
Hurricane Keith

Hurricane Keith was the strongest hurricane of the 2000 Atlantic hurricane season. Keith struck Belize and Mexico before it died on October 6. Keith killed 24 people and caused $225 million in damage. Most of this damage happened in Belize. It was because it struck Belize while stronger than when it struck Mexico.

Meteorological history

The beginning of the hurricane was from a tropical wave that moved into the Atlantic Ocean off of Africa on September 16. The wave moved across much of the Caribbean Sea, until September 28, at that time it became Tropical Depression Fifteen. Fifteen moved a little northwest and became Tropical Storm Keith on September 29.

Keith changed its course and moved west. On September 30 Keith became a hurricane. Keith rapidly gained strength and later on September 30, Keith reached its highest wind speed with which at 140 mph. The hurricane was blocked and was forced to make a loop. 

Since Keith was close to land, the block caused Keith to weaken a lot. On October 2 as a weak hurricane, Keith made landfall in Ambergris Caye, Belize. The next day, Keith made another landfall in Belize, this time in Belize City as a very strong tropical storm.
 
Keith moved over Belize and the Yucatan Peninsula and weakened to a tropical depression. Tropical Depression Keith moved off of the Peninsula and into the Gulf of Mexico, where it quickly became a tropical storm again. 

On October 4, Keith again became a hurricane. Hurricane Keith made its last landfall in Mexico near Tampico in Tamaulipas on October 5. Keith weakened over Mexico until it finally died on October 6.

Retirement

The name Keith was retired in the Spring of 2001. The name Kirk was put on the list in 2006, but Kirk was not used, so it must be used again in 2012.

Reference

2000s disasters in North America
2000s in Belize
2000s in Mexico
2000 in North America
Category 4 Atlantic hurricanes
Degree (mathematics)

The degree of a polynomial , represented by the symbol , is the highest exponent that occurs inside that polynomial.

For example, if we look at the polynomial , then we can see that the degree of this polynomial is , because the highest power in the variable  is . It occurs in the term .

The name of the variable is not important. For example, the polynomial  has degree , because the highest power of the variable, in this case , is , which occurs in the term .

Related pages 
 Fundamental theorem of algebra, a theorem which states that a polynomial of degree  has  complex roots.

References 

Mathematics
Polynomial root

The root of a polynomial f is a value for x where the polynomial value f(x) is zero. 

For example, if the polynomial  then , so 2 is a root of this polynomial. 

In fact, it can be seen that also -7 is a root of this polynomial.

Algebra
Monster group

In math, there are many subjects. One of these is group theory. In group theory, the Monster group (shortened to M or F1) is important. It is also called the Fischer-Griess Monster, or the Friendly Giant. It is a group of finite order, which is equal to:

   246 · 320 · 59 · 76 · 112 · 133 · 17 · 19 · 23 · 29 · 31 · 41 · 47 · 59 · 71 
 = 808017424794512875886459904961710757005754368000000000
 ≈ 8 · 1053.

It is a simple group. Simple groups have only two normal subgroups: the identity element, and M.

The finite simple groups  have been completely classified (the classification of finite simple groups). There are two kinds of finite simple groups in the list of finite simple groups. The first kind has 18 countably infinite families. The second kind has 26 sporadic groups. They are not as systematic. The Monster group is the largest of these sporadic groups. It contains all but six of the other sporadic groups inside of it. Robert Griess has called these six exceptions pariahs. The rest make up the happy family.

Other websites
 MathWorld: Monster Group
 Atlas of Finite Group Representations: Monster group

Mathematics
Iowa Hawkeyes

The Iowa Hawkeyes are the athletics teams of the University of Iowa in Iowa City, Iowa, United States. The Hawkeyes have varsity teams in 24 sports. They have 11 teams for men and 13 for women. The teams are a part of Division I of the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) and are members of the Big Ten Conference. 

The term "Hawkeye" first appeared in the book The Last of the Mohicans. It was later used in its plural form to describe the people of Iowa.  

Historically, Iowa has done well in wrestling. They have 34 team Big Ten championships and 23 team national championships. The Hawkeyes have also won national championships in three other sports. These are men's gymnastics, football and field hockey.  In basketball, Iowa has reached the Final Four four times. The men's team has done this three times and the women's team has done it once. The baseball team has reached the College World Series once, in 1972. Iowa's softball team has played in the Women's College World Series four times.

References

Colleges and universities in Iowa
Big Ten Conference
The Supremes

The Supremes were an American female singing group. It was originally founded as The Primettes in Detroit, Michigan, in 1959.  Diana Ross, Mary Wilson, and Florence Ballard sang in the group.  They recorded music for Motown records. The Supremes' were known for their doo-wop, pop, soul, and disco.

The Supremes were the most commercially successful of Motown's acts. They are, to date, America's most successful vocal group, with 12 number one singles on the Billboard Hot 100. Most of these hits were written and produced by Motown's main songwriting and production team, Holland–Dozier–Holland. At their peak in the mid-1960s, the Supremes rivaled the Beatles in worldwide popularity. Their success made it possible for future African American R&B and soul musicians to find mainstream success.

Founding members Florence Ballard, Mary Wilson, Diana Ross, and Betty McGlown, all came from a public housing project in Detroit. They formed the Primettes as the sister act to the Primes (with Paul Williams and Eddie Kendricks, who went on to form the Temptations). Barbara Martin replaced McGlown in 1960, and the group signed with Motown the following year as the Supremes. Martin left the act in early 1962, and Ross, Ballard, and Wilson carried on as a trio.

During the mid-1960s, the Supremes achieved mainstream success with Ross as lead singer. In 1967, Motown president Berry Gordy renamed the group Diana Ross & the Supremes, and replaced Ballard with Cindy Birdsong. Ross left to pursue a solo career in 1970 and was replaced by Jean Terrell, at which point the group's name reverted to the Supremes. After 1972, the lineup changed more frequently; Lynda Laurence, Scherrie Payne, and Susaye Greene all became members of the group during the mid-1970s. The Supremes disbanded in 1977 after an 18-year run.

References

Other websites

1959 establishments in the United States
1977 disestablishments in the United States
1950s American music groups
1960s American music groups
1970s American music groups
African-American musical groups
American girl groups
American R&B bands
American pop music groups
American soul bands
Disco groups
Musical groups disestablished in the 1970s
Musical groups established in 1959
Musical groups from Detroit, Michigan
Musical trios
1950s establishments in Michigan
20th-century disestablishments in Michigan
Yvon of the Yukon

Yvon of the Yukon was a 26-minute  Canadian animated cartoon that was about a French explorer named Yvon Ducharme, who became frozen in an ice block in the Yukon after being knocked overboard off his boat. The show follows the adventures of Yvon as he attempts to adjust to life in the Yukon.

The show takes place in the fictional town of Upyermukluk (a play on "Up your mukluk").

Characters

 Yvon Ducharme – He was frozen in the Arctic. Yvon was defrosted by sled dog urine and now lives in a hut made of his old ship. He has never taken a bath and believes the only time he should take a bath is when he is married or dead.
 Tommy Tukyuk – lives in a trailer behind the Mad Cossack with his father Bill Tukyuk. He is one of Yvon's friends who helps him get out of trouble. He has a sled dog named Mutt.
 Bill Tukyuk – the mayor of Upyermukluk and the owner of the Mad Cossack restaurant. He gives advice to Yvon and Tommy by telling tall tales.
 King Louis – the former King of France from 300 years ago. He is also Yvon's idol and usually seen in the show when Yvon does a flashback about his past.
 Luba – the only police officer from Upyermukluk.
 Willy Tidwell – a government official in Upyermukluk. He loves to make the citizen life miserable by strange rules and regulations.
 Big Mary Hatfield – the owner of the Bingo Barn and the wife of Harland Hatfield.

Other websites 
Yvon of the Yukon's official website 

Canadian animated television series
1999 television series debuts
2005 television series endings
1999 establishments in Canada
2000s disestablishments in Canada
List of Museums in Seoul

This is a list of museums in Seoul.

National Museums
 Bank of Korea Museum ()
 National Center for Korean Traditional Performing Arts Museum (NCKTPA Museum) ()
 National Folk Museum of Korea ()
 National Museum of Korea ()
 National Palace Museum of Korea ()
 Police Heritage Museum ()
 Seoul National Science Museum ()

City Museums
 Global Village Folk Museum ()
 Seodaemun Museum of Natural History ()
 Seoul Museum of Art ()
 Seoul Museum of History ()
 Seoul Education Museum ()
 War Memorial of Korea ()

Private Museums
 Gahoe Museum ()
 Daelim Contemporary Art Museum ()
 Dosan Ahn Chang-ho Memorial Hall ()
 Horim Museum ()
 Hwajeong Museum ()
 Kim Koo Museum & Gallery ()
 Kumho Museum ()
 Kyungwoon Museum ()
 Lock Museum ()
 Mokin Museum ()
 Museum of Korean Buddhist Art ()
 Museum of Korean Embroidery ()
 Newspaper Museum in Korea (Presseum) ()
 Onggi Folk Museum ()
 Rodin Gallery ()
 Samseong Museum of Publishing ()
 Samsung Children's Museum ()
 Seoul Olympic Museum ()
 Tibet Museum ()
 Tteok Museum ()
 Woori Bank Museum ()
 World Jewellery Museum ()

University Museums
 Dongguk University Museum ()
 Ewha Womans University Museum ()
 Museum of Art, Seoul National University (MoA SNU) ()
 Seoul National University Museum ()
 Sookmyung Women's University Museum ()

Seoul
Buildings and structures in Seoul
South Korea-related lists
Shigemu Ueda

Shigemu Ueda (born 11 November 1965) is a Japanese football manager.

References

1965 births
Living people
Footballers from Kyoto
Japanese football managers
Daiki Fukagawa

Daiki Fukagawa (born 29 August 1980) was a Japanese football player.

1980 births
Living people
Footballers from Fukuoka Prefecture
Yu Kawamura

Yu Kawamura (born 1 December 1980) is a Japanese professional athlete.  He is best known as an association football player.

Club career statistics 

|-
|1999||rowspan="2"|Consadole Sapporo||rowspan="2"|J. League 2||11||0||0||0||2||0||13||0
|-
|2000||2||0||2||0||1||0||5||0
|-
|2001||Mito Hollyhock||J. League 2||40||3||1||0||2||1||43||4
|-
|2002||Avispa Fukuoka||J. League 2||8||1||0||0||colspan="2"|-||8||1
|-
|2003||Consadole Sapporo||J. League 2||1||0||0||0||colspan="2"|-||1||0
62||4||3||0||5||1||70||5
62||4||3||0||5||1||70||5
|}

References 

1980 births
Living people
Footballers from Shizuoka Prefecture
Stranraer F.C.

Stranraer F.C. is a football club which plays in Scotland.

Scottish football clubs
Nozomu Kato

Nozomu Kato (born 7 October 1969) is a former Japanese football player.

Club career statistics

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|1992||Hitachi||Football League||3||0||colspan="2"|-||colspan="2"|-||3||0
|-
|1993||rowspan="12"|Kashiwa Reysol||rowspan="2"|Football League||7||0||0||0||colspan="2"|-||7||0
|-
|1994||26||6||0||0||1||0||27||6
|-
|1995||rowspan="10"|J. League 1||46||8||2||0||colspan="2"|-||48||8
|-
|1996||27||8||2||0||14||2||43||10
|-
|1997||32||4||3||1||8||1||43||6
|-
|1998||34||8||2||1||4||6||40||15
|-
|1999||30||9||4||0||8||2||42||11
|-
|2000||29||2||2||2||2||0||33||4
|-
|2001||22||4||1||0||4||2||27||6
|-
|2002||18||3||0||0||6||0||24||3
|-
|2003||10||0||1||0||2||0||13||0
|-
|2004||7||0||1||0||2||0||10||0
|-
|2005||rowspan="4"|Shonan Bellmare||rowspan="4"|J. League 2||41||9||1||0||colspan="2"|-||42||9
|-
|2006||42||6||2||0||colspan="2"|-||44||6
|-
|2007||47||10||1||0||colspan="2"|-||48||6
|-
|2008||40||5||1||0||colspan="2"|-||41||5
458||82||23||4||51||13||532||99
458||82||23||4||51||13||532||99
|}

References

1969 births
Living people
Footballers from Miyagi Prefecture
Masayuki Omori

Masayuki Omori (born 9 November 1976) is a former Japanese football player.

Club career statistics

|-
|1995||Sanfrecce Hiroshima||J. League 1||0||0||0||0||colspan="2"|-||0||0
|-
|1996||Tosu Futures||Football League||3||0||3||0||colspan="2"|-||6||0
|-
|1997||Sagan Tosu||Football League||26||0||3||0||5||0||34||0
|-
|1998||rowspan="11"|Nagoya Grampus Eight||rowspan="11"|J. League 1||7||0||2||0||0||0||9||0
|-
|1999||3||0||1||0||1||0||5||0
|-
|2000||29||0||2||0||6||0||37||0
|-
|2001||25||0||1||0||4||0||30||0
|-
|2002||27||0||3||0||6||0||36||0
|-
|2003||29||0||2||0||6||0||37||0
|-
|2004||19||0||2||0||4||0||25||0
|-
|2005||6||0||2||0||0||0||8||0
|-
|2006||32||0||2||0||4||0||38||0
|-
|2007||31||0||1||0||4||0||36||0
|-
|2008||0||0||0||0||0||0||0||0
237||0||24||0||40||0||301||0
237||0||24||0||40||0||301||0
|}

References

1976 births
Living people
Footballers from Saitama Prefecture