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...Well, Better Than the Alternative
"...Well, Better Than the Alternative" (stylized as ...well, better than the alternative) is a song by American musician Will Wood. It was released via Say-10 on June 26, 2020, as the third single for his third studio album, The Normal Album (2020). It features an up-tempo pop composition with piano and ukulele. A music video was released alongside the single, featuring paintings of Wood animated with a program called EBsynth.

Say-10
Say-10 is an independent record label and skateboard company owned by Adam Gecking and operated from his house in Richmond, Virginia. Say-10 was founded in 2007 in Virginia Beach, Virginia, while he owned Volume, an independent record store.
Trust Me (Akina Nakamori song)
"Trust Me" (トラスト・ミー, Torasuto Mī) is the 39th single by Japanese entertainer Akina Nakamori. Written by Seriko Natsuno and Kazuhiro Hara, the single was released on December 1, 1999, by Gauss Entertainment under the This One label. It was also the third single from her 19th studio album Will. This was Nakamori's final single under Gauss Entertainment.

The single peaked at No. 57 on Oricon's weekly singles chart and sold over 4,600 copies, becoming Nakamori's first single to sell less than 10,000 copies.

Ikurō Fujiwara
Ikurō Fujiwara (藤原いくろう, Fujiwara Ikurou; born 28 July 1958 in Kanagawa Prefecture, Yokohama, Japan) is a Japanese pianist, composer, conductor and musical producer signed under Being Inc. He is Pops Executive Producer in the Pacific Philharmonia Tokyo orchestra.
Geauga County Maple Festival
The Geauga County Maple Festival is a fair celebrating the production of maple syrup. It is the oldest maple festival in the United States, and one of the largest. The fair takes place in Chardon, Ohio in the Chardon Courthouse Square District. Chardon is located in northeast Ohio, about 35 miles east of Cleveland. The festival was founded in 1926 in an attempt to market Ohio syrup in competition with Vermont syrup.

This festival went on hiatus in 1942–45 & 2020-21.

Chardon, Ohio
Chardon is a city in Geauga County, Ohio, United States, and its county seat. The population was 5,242 at the 2020 census. Chardon is located about 10 mi (16 km) south of Lake Erie within the "snow belt" of the Great Lakes and is part of the Cleveland metropolitan area. It is the only incorporated city in Geauga County and includes land that was once part of Chardon, Hambden, and Munson townships.
Trønderbladet
Trønderbladet is a local online and print newspaper published in Melhus Municipality, Norway. It covers the news in Melhus Municipality, Skaun Municipality, Midtre Gauldal Municipality, and southern Trondheim Municipality. Published in tabloid format, the newspaper had a circulation of 5,116 in 2013. The newspaper is owned by Polaris Media. It has three weekly issues, on Tuesdays, Thursdays, and Saturdays. The newspaper was founded in 1979.

Tabloid (newspaper format)
A tabloid is a newspaper format characterized by its compact size, smaller than a broadsheet. The term originates from the 19th century, when the London-based pharmaceutical company Burroughs Wellcome & Co. used the term to describe compressed pills, later adopted by newspapers to denote condensed content. There are two main types of tabloid newspaper: red tops and compact, distinguished by editorial style.

Red top tabloids are distinct from broadsheet newspapers, which traditionally cater to more affluent, educated audiences with in-depth reporting and analysis. However, the line between tabloids and broadsheets has blurred in recent decades, as many broadsheet newspapers have adopted tabloid or compact formats to reduce costs and attract readers.

Globally, the tabloid format has been adapted to suit regional preferences and media landscapes. In countries like Germany and Australia, tabloids such as Bild and The Daily Telegraph have significant readerships and political clout.
Ken Reed (Canadian football)
Kenneth Woodrow Reed (November 24, 1941 – September 5, 2014) was an American professional Canadian football player who played as a linebacker for the Edmonton Eskimos and Saskatchewan Roughriders; he won the Grey Cup in 1966. Born in Poplar Bluff, Missouri, he was an alumnus of the University of Tulsa. Reed, 72 and his wife died in a car accident in 2014 on the Alaska Highway near Fort St. John, British Columbia.

Poplar Bluff, Missouri
Poplar Bluff is a city in and the county seat of Butler County, Missouri, United States, that is known as "The Gateway to the Ozarks" among other names. The population was 16,225 at the 2020 census. The Poplar Bluff Micropolitan Statistical Area consists of all of Butler County. The city is at the crossroads of U.S. Route 60 and U.S. Route 67.
Nexcelle
Nexcelle is an American joint venture of Singapore's ST Engineering’s Middle River Aerostructure Systems (MRAS) and France's Safran Nacelles – both of which are suppliers of engine nacelles, thrust reversers and aerostructures.

Headquartered in Middle River, Maryland near Baltimore, Nexcelle has teamed with its two parent companies to develop, produce and support integrated propulsion systems for jet engine applications on single-aisle jetliners and business aircraft.

With its initial program win in 2019, Nexcelle took the position as a key partner on the world's first truly integrated propulsion system, the CFM International LEAP-1C engine on China's Comac C919 jetliner. The joint venture subsequently was selected to provide the nacelle and thrust reverser for GE's Passport integrated propulsion system, which powers the Bombardier Global 7000 and Global 8000 business jets.

Thrust reversal
Thrust reversal, also called reverse thrust, is an operating mode for jet engines equipped with a thrust reverser when thrust is directed forwards for slowing an aircraft after landing. It assists wheel braking and reduces brake wear. Fatal accidents have been caused by inadvertent use of thrust reversal in flight.

Aircraft propellers also have an operating mode for directing their thrust forwards for braking, known as operating in reverse pitch.
2002 in tennis
This page covers all the important events in the sport of tennis in 2002. Primarily, it provides the results of notable tournaments throughout the year on both the ATP and WTA Tours, the Davis Cup, and the Fed Cup.

Serena Williams triumphed in three top tennis contests in 2002: Wimbledon, the US Open, and the French Open. Other champions that year included Lleyton Hewitt at Wimbledon and in the Tennis Masters Cup; Pete Sampras in the US Open; Jennifer Capriati and Thomas Johansson in the Australian Open; Albert Costa in the French Open; and Kim Clijsters in the WTA Tour Championships.  In international team competitions, the Russian men's team beat France to win the Davis Cup, and the Slovak women's team beat Spain in the Fed Cup.

Spain Billie Jean King Cup team
The Spain women's national tennis team represents Spain in Fed Cup tennis competition and are governed by the Real Federación Española de Tenis.  They currently compete in World Group II. The team Captain, as of 2018, is former professional player Anabel Medina Garrigues.
Giruwa Ambalama
Giruwa Ambalama (Sinhala:ගිරුවා අම්බලම) is a historic wayside rest beside the Aluth Nuwara Dedimunda Devalaya site built by Queen Sunetradevi chief consort of King Parakramabahu II (A.D 1236–1276) and mother of King Bhuvanekabahu I. The pillars remaining at the site are supposed to be belonging to the period of King Bhuvanekabahu I. It has been conserved by the Archaeological department at least three times.

Bhuvanaikabahu I
Bhuvanaikabahu I was King of Dambadeniya in the 13th century, who ruled from 1271 to 1283. He succeeded his brother Vijayabahu IV as King of Dambadeniya and an Interregnum of 19 years is thought to have occurred after his death. His nephew Parakkamabahu III ruled from Polonnaruwa, and was not formally considered as a King of Dambadeniya.

Bhuvanaikabahu I is known to have resided in Yapahuwa.
Frank Wade (cricketer)
Frank Hainsworth Wade (1 September 1871 – 4 October 1940) was an Australian cricketer. He played 5 first-class cricket matches for New South Wales between 1895 and 1896, scoring 145 runs and taking two wickets.

Wicket
In the sport of cricket, the term wicket has several meanings:

It is either of the two sets of three stumps and two bails at each end of the pitch. The fielding team's players can hit the wicket with the ball in a number of ways to get a batter out. 
The wicket is guarded by a batter who, with their bat (and sometimes with their pads, but see the laws on LBW, leg before wicket), attempts to prevent the ball from hitting the wicket (if it does, they may be bowled) and to score runs where possible.

Through metonymic usage, the dismissal of a batter is known as the taking of a wicket.

The cricket pitch itself is sometimes referred to as the wicket.
Lichtenburg, South Africa
Lichtenburg (Afrikaans pronunciation: [ˈləχtənˌbœrəχ]) is a small town situated in North West Province, South Africa. It is the administrative centre of Ditsobotla Local Municipality.

The town was established in 1873 and was named by Transvaal President Thomas François Burgers as Lichtenburg (Town of Light). On the 13 March 1926, Jacobus Voorendyk, discovered a diamond on his family farm and within 12 months there were 108,000 fortune seekers on the scene. The resulting diamond rush lasted ten years.

The main economic activity is the production of maize (corn) and meat. Lichtenburg lies in the heart of the maize triangle, which is the main maize growing area in South Africa. Another major economic activity is the production of cement. Within an 80-kilometre (50 mi) radius of Lichtenburg there are four major cement producers, which creates opportunities for long-distance transport and related businesses.

Hestrie Cloete
Hestrie Cloete OIS (née Storbeck; born 26 August 1978) is a former South African professional high jumper. Her foremost achievements were winning two world championships and two silver medals at the Olympic Games.
LGBTQ rights in Monaco
Lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer (LGBTQ) people in Monaco may face legal challenges not experienced by non-LGBTQ residents. Both male and female types of same-sex sexual activity are legal in Monaco. However, same-sex couples and households headed by same-sex couples are not eligible for the same legal protections available to opposite-sex married couples. Monaco is the least developed among Western European countries in terms of LGBTQ equality.

In 2019, ILGA-Europe ranked Monaco 45th out of 49 European countries in relation to LGBTQ rights legislation, noting that the country possesses no laws protecting LGBTQ people from discrimination in employment or other areas, does not recognize same-sex marriage and does not permit transgender people to alter their legal gender. Despite this absence of legislation, Monegasque society tends to be tolerant of homosexuality and same-sex relationships. Hate speech and incitement to hatred based on sexual orientation are banned.

ILGA-Europe
ILGA-Europe is the European region of the International Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Trans and Intersex Association (ILGA World). It is an advocacy group promoting the interests of lesbian, gay, bisexual, trans and intersex (LGBTI) people, at the European level. Its membership comprises more than 500 organisations from throughout Europe and Central Asia. The association enjoys consultative status at the United Nations Economic and Social Council and participatory status at the Council of Europe.
Apapa–Oworonshoki Expressway
Apapa–Oworonshoki Expressway is a major expressway connecting Apapa to Somolu via Surulere and Mushin in Lagos. For most of its portion, it is a six-lane expressway with two one-way service roads parallel to the expressway. The expressway crosses other major expressways such as Lagos-Badagry Expressway and Ikorodu Road. It also passes Tin Can Island, and its starting point borders the Port of Lagos. The expressway will host some of LAMATA's BRT stops.
President Muhammadu Buhari in November 2018 releases N73 billion to work on the road and address the issue of gridlock on the road.

Lagos Metropolitan Area Transport Authority
The Lagos Metropolitan Area Transport Authority (LAMATA) is the Lagos State Government agency created to coordinate transport planning, policies, and public transport infrastructure implementation in the Lagos Metropolitan Area, Nigeria. The organisation oversees wide range of transport planning and implementation of transport strategies and plans in Lagos, as well as the Lagos Rail Mass Transit and the Lagos Bus Rapid Transit System. It is based in Ikeja.

The bill setting up the Lagos Metropolitan Area Transport Authority (LAMATA) was signed into law on 13 January 2002 by the then Governor of Lagos State, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu (1999 – 2007). The law empowered LAMATA with the responsibility of reforming the transport system in Lagos.
Jonathan Ruvalcaba
José Jonathan Ruvalcaba Peralta (born 1 March 1991) is a diver. Born in Mexico, he represents the Dominican Republic internationally and competed for his country of birth in the past. He won a bronze medal representing Mexico during the 2015 Pan American Games and silver at the 2014 Central American and Caribbean Games. He also went to the 2009, 2011 and 2015 World Aquatics Championships representing Mexico.

In 2019, he chose to represent the Dominican Republic in international competitions.

2009 World Aquatics Championships
The 2009 World Aquatics Championships (Italian: Campionati mondiali di nuoto 2009) or the XIII FINA World Championships were held in Rome, Italy from 18 July to 2 August 2009. This was the second time the championships were held in the city after being previously hosted in 1994.

The 2009 Championships featured competition in all 5 aquatics disciplines: diving, swimming, open water swimming, synchronised swimming and water polo.

Rome won the right to stage the event on 16 July 2005 in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. Rome defeated rival bids from Athens (Greece), Moscow (Russia) and Yokohama (Japan).

A record 2556 athletes from 185 countries participated. FINA's decision to allow the use of polyurethane suits caused these Championships to be dubbed the "Plastic Games".
Central Bucks High School West
Central Bucks High School - West, often shortened to CB West, is a public high school housing students in grades ten through twelve (realigns to ninth through twelfth grades 2026-27 year). It is located in Doylestown, Pennsylvania and is part of the Central Bucks School District.

During the 2024-2025 school year, CB West had a total enrollment of 1,391. The school's measured FTE for classroom teachers was 99.36 and there was a student–teacher ratio of 14.00. The student population was 51.5% male and 48.5% female. 17.7% of students were economically disadvantaged, 17.3% of students were in special education programs, and 2.5% of students were English-language learners.

The U.S. News & World Report currently ranks CB West as the 43rd best high school in Pennsylvania. Lyndell Davis is the school's current principal.

Secondary education in the United States
Secondary education is the last six or seven years of statutory formal education in the United States. It reaches the climax with twelfth grade (age 17–18). Whether it begins with sixth grade (age 11–12) or seventh grade (age 12–13) varies by state and sometimes by school district.

Secondary education in the United States occurs in two phases. The first, as classified by the International Standard Classification of Education (ISCED), is the lower secondary phase, either called a middle school or junior high school. A middle school is for students sixth grade, seventh grade and eighth grade and a junior high school is only for students in seventh and eighth grade.

The second is the ISCED upper secondary phase, a high school or senior high school for students ninth grade through twelfth grade. There is some debate over the optimum age of transfer, and variation in some states; also, middle school often includes grades that are almost always considered primary school.
Survivor (Vanessa Williams album)
Survivor is the ninth studio album by American singer and actress Vanessa Williams. It was released under her own record label Mellian Music on August 23, 2024. It is her first studio album in over 15 years  since 2009's The Real Thing (2009). The album was preceded by the singles, "Legs (Keep Dancing)", "Bop!" (featuring Trixie Mattel and Lion Babe), and "iLike Moonlight". The photo for the album cover was shot by Mike Ruiz.

Lion Babe
Lion Babe is an American R&B duo from New York City, consisting of singer Jillian Hervey and record producer Lucas Goodman. Following their meeting through a mutual friend, the pair released the single "Treat Me Like Fire" in 2012, which raised their profile and led them to sign a record deal with Interscope Records. Following the signing, the duo released their self-titled debut EP in 2014, and their first studio album in 2016. Their second album was not released until 2019, on their own label.
Mehndi TV
Mehndi TV was a Canadian Hindi language specialty channel owned by Channel Zero.

Mehndi TV broadcast programming aimed at women, including such programs as cooking shows, health and wellness programs, reality series, exercise shows, and Bollywood films. Programs were primarily sourced from India, in addition to Canadian content.

Specialty channel
A specialty channel (also known in the United States as a cable channel or cable network) can be a commercial broadcasting or non-commercial television channel which consists of television programming focused on a single genre, subject or targeted television market at a specific demographic.
2008 IFSC Climbing World Cup
The 2008 IFSC Climbing World Cup was held in 15 locations. Bouldering competitions were held in 7 locations, lead in 6 locations, and speed in 6 locations. The season began on 18 April in Hall, Austria and concluded on 16 November in Kranj, Slovenia.

The top 3 in each competition received medals, and the overall winners were awarded trophies. At the end of the season an overall ranking was determined based upon points, which athletes were awarded for finishing in the top 30 of each individual event.

The winners for bouldering were Kilian Fischhuber and Anna Stöhr, for lead Jorg Verhoeven and Johanna Ernst, for speed Evgenii Vaitsekhovskii and Edyta Ropek, and for combined David Lama and Akiyo Noguchi, men and women respectively.
The National Team for bouldering was Austria, for lead Austria, and for speed Russian Federation.

Evgeny Vaitcekhovsky
Evgeny Vladimirovich Vaitcekhovsky (Russian: Евгений Владимирович Вайцеховский; born 12 May 1986) is a Russian former competition speed climber. He won the 2005 IFSC World Championships, the European Championships in 2006 and 2008 and the Rock Master in 2007. He also took three overall titles in the world cup, in addition to 14 individual victories and four other overall podium finishes. In October 2012, he set the world speed climbing record in 5.88 seconds, which stood until August 2014.
Tăriceanu I Cabinet
The first Tăriceanu cabinet was the cabinet of the government of Romania led by former PNL leader Călin Popescu-Tăriceanu between 29 December 2004 and 5 April 2007. It succeeded the Năstase cabinet and was succeeded by the second Tăriceanu cabinet.

It was a coalition government which was formed by the National Liberal Party (PNL), the Democratic Party (PD), the Democratic Alliance of Hungarians in Romania (UDMR), and the Romanian Humanist Party/Conservative Party (PUR/PC).

Additionally, it also consisted of three Ministers of State (one for each party of the coalition, except for the National Liberal Party, which held the position of Prime Minister), 15 Ministers, and 6 Ministers Delegate.

In early December 2006, the Conservative Party withdrew from the coalition.
 As a result, the Conservative Party's Minister Delegate post was dissolved and the other Conservative Party's posts were re-shuffled between the National Liberal Party (PNL) and the Democratic Party (PD).

Democratic Party (Romania)
The Democratic Party (Romanian: Partidul Democrat, PD; also known as Partidul Democrat-Frontul Salvării Naționale or PD-FSN for short) was a social democratic and, later on, liberal conservative political party in Romania. In January 2008, it merged with the Liberal Democratic Party (PLD), a splinter group of the National Liberal Party (PNL), to form the Democratic Liberal Party (PDL).

From 1996 to 2005, the party was a member of the Socialist International (SI). Its official name was Democratic Party - National Salvation Front until 2000, when it officially shortened its name only to the Democratic Party. From 2004 to 2007, the PD was the junior member of the governing Justice and Truth Alliance (DA), although according to many Romanian opinion polls of the time, it remained the most popular of the two parties. Although it had to formally suspend his leadership to the party when elected president in 2004, the PD was largely associated with former Romanian president Traian Băsescu.
Chad Culp
Chad Culp (born February 5, 1982, in Arthur, Ontario) is a Canadian lacrosse coach and former player currently serving an assistant coach for the Halifax Thunderbirds of the National Lacrosse League (NLL).  He has played for the Buffalo Bandits, Minnesota Swarm New England Black Wolves, Colorado Mammoth, Arizona Sting, and New York Saints.

Chad got married in 2010 in Barrie. He and his wife have a daughter and a son.

National Lacrosse League
The National Lacrosse League (NLL) is a professional box lacrosse league in North America. The league comprises 14 teams – 7 in the United States and 7 in Canada. The NLL is headquartered in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

The NLL ranks third in average attendance for pro indoor sports worldwide, behind only the National Hockey League (NHL) and National Basketball Association (NBA). Unlike other box lacrosse leagues, which play in the summer, the NLL plays its games in the winter and spring, from December to June. Each year, the playoff teams battle for the National Lacrosse League Cup. The NLL has averaged between 8,900 and 10,700 spectators per game each year since 2004.
A Spiral of Mist
A Spiral of Mist (Italian: Una spirale di nebbia, French: Caresses bourgeoises, also known as Une spirale de brume) is a 1977 Italian-French thriller-drama film directed by Eriprando Visconti. It is based on the novel with the same name written by Michele Prisco. This film has not seen release in English-speaking countries.

Duilio Del Prete
Duilio Del Prete (25 June 1938 – 2 February 1998) was an Italian actor and singer-songwriter.
Del Prete was born in Cuneo, Piedmont. As a singer-songwriter, he wrote political songs and recorded an album of Jacques Brel's covers; he also wrote songs for several artists.

As an actor, he participated to several films of the commedia all'italiana, including My Friends and Alfredo, Alfredo, both by Pietro Germi, and Sessomatto. He also played in several foreign films, including two for director Peter Bogdanovich, Daisy Miller (1974) and At Long Last Love (1975).

Del Prete died in Rome of cancer in 1998.