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Van Ward
Van Ira Ward (September 6, 1884 – October 9, 1918) was an American fotball, basketball, and baseball coach, athletics administrator, and educator. He served as the head football coach at the University of Puget Sound in 1908, Kalamazoo College in 1909, and the North Dakota State School of Science—now known as North Dakota State College of Science—from 1912 to 1917.

A native of Phoenix, New York, Ward attended Oberlin College, where he was elected captain of the 1908 baseball team. In 1908–09, he was the athletic director at Puget Sound, and coached football, basketball, and baseball. He left Puget Sound after a year to be the athletic director at Kalamazoo in 1909. Ward also taught French and Latin at Kalamazoo before resigning 1910. He coached at Saint Paul Central High School in Saint Paul, Minnesota in 1911–12 before going to the North Dakota State School of Science in 1912.

Ward died from Spanish flu, on October 9, 1918, in Wahpeton, North Dakota.

Kalamazoo College
Kalamazoo College is a private liberal arts college in Kalamazoo, Michigan, United States. Founded in 1833 by Baptist ministers as the Michigan and Huron Institute, Kalamazoo is the oldest private college in Michigan. From 1840 to 1850, the institute operated as the Kalamazoo Branch of the University of Michigan. After receiving its charter from the state in 1855, the institute changed its name to Kalamazoo College.

Kalamazoo is a member of the Consortium of Liberal Arts Colleges (CLAC) and the Great Lakes Colleges Association. The college's sports teams are nicknamed the Hornets and compete in the NCAA Division III Michigan Intercollegiate Athletic Association.
American Virgin (comics)
American Virgin is an American comic book series published by Vertigo Comics and written by Steven T. Seagle and illustrated by Becky Cloonan. The series launched on a monthly schedule in March 2006 and was canceled two years later. Seagle was able to finish his storyline.

The story follows the life of Adam, a teenager who is a born-again Christian preacher, as well as his struggle with issues of his sexuality and faith. Adam's near constant companion is a stepsister, Cyndi, who is sexually liberal.

Preacher
A preacher is a person who delivers sermons or homilies on religious topics to an assembly of people. Less common are preachers who preach on the street, or those whose message is not necessarily religious, but who preach components such as a moral or social worldview or philosophy.
1997 Pragobanka Cup
The 1997 Pragobanka Cup was played between 28 and 31 August 1997. The Czech Republic, Finland, Sweden and Russia played a round-robin for a total of three games per team and six games in total. All games were played in Zimní stadion Luďka Čajky in Zlín, Czech Republic. The tournament was won by Czech Republic. The tournament was part of 1996–97 Euro Hockey Tour.

Zlín
Zlín (in 1949–1989 Gottwaldov; Czech pronunciation: [zliːn]; German: Zlin) is a city in the Czech Republic. It has about 75,000 inhabitants. It is the seat of the Zlín Region and it lies on the Dřevnice River. It is known as an industrial centre. The development of the modern city is closely connected to the Bata Shoes company and its social scheme, developed after World War I. A large part of Zlín is urbanistically and architecturally valuable and is protected as an urban monument zone.
Meagan May
Meaga May (born 1991) is an American, former collegiate All-American, right-handed hitting retired pro softball player originally from Spring, Texas. She attended Klein Oak High School and later attended Texas A&M University, where she played catcher on the Texas A&M Aggies softball team. She is Texas A&M softball's career leader in home runs. In 2017, her second year, she won a National Pro Fastpitch championship with the Scrap Yard Dawgs.

Spring, Texas
Spring is a census-designated place (CDP) within the extraterritorial jurisdiction of Houston in Harris County, Texas, United States, part of the Houston–The Woodlands–Sugar Land metropolitan area. The population was 62,559 at the 2020 census. While the name "Spring" is popularly applied to a large area of northern Harris County and a smaller area of southern Montgomery County, the original town of Spring, now known as Old Town Spring, is at the intersection of Spring-Cypress and Hardy roads and encompasses perhaps 1 square kilometer (0.39 sq mi).
Nexus (comics)
Nexus is an American comic book series created by writer Mike Baron and penciler Steve Rude in 1981. The series is a combination of the superhero and science fiction genres, set 500 years in the future.

Penciller
A penciller (or penciler) is an artist who works on the creation of comic books, graphic novels, and similar visual art forms, with a focus on the initial pencil illustrations.

In the American comic book industry, the penciller is the first step in rendering the story in visual form, and may require several steps of feedback with the writer. These artists are concerned with layout (positions and vantages on scenes) to showcase steps in the plot.
1994 Little League World Series
The 1994 Little League World Series took place between August 22 and August 27 in South Williamsport, Pennsylvania. The Coquivacoa Little League of Maracaibo, Venezuela, defeated the Northridge Little League team of Northridge, California, in the championship game of the 48th Little League World Series.

South Williamsport, Pennsylvania
South Williamsport is a borough in Lycoming County, Pennsylvania, United States. It is famous for hosting the Little League World Series. The population was 6,259 at the 2020 census. It is part of the Williamsport, Pennsylvania Metropolitan Statistical Area.
Alexandru Dedu
Alexandru Mihai Dedu (born 15 September 1971 in Ploiești) is a retired Romanian handballer and handball administrator who played for the Romanian national team in line player position. From 2014 to 2022 he was the president of the Romanian Handball Federation.

He was part of the Romanian team which ranked eight at the 1992 Summer Olympic Games in Barcelona.

On 10 February 2014, Dedu has been elected President of the Romanian Handball Federation (FRH) for a four-year tenure, replacing Cristian Gațu (1996–2014).

Handball at the 1992 Summer Olympics – Men's tournament
The men's handball tournament at the 1992 Summer Olympics was contested by twelve teams divided in two groups, with the top two proceeding to the semifinals and the bottom four proceeding to placement matches.
Bichota
"Bichota"  is a song by Colombian singer-songwriter Karol G. It was written by Karol G, Lenny Tavárez, J Quiles, Cristián Salazar and Ovy on the Drums, and produced by the latter. The song was released on October 23, 2020, through Universal Music Latino, as the third single from her third studio album KG0516 (2021).

Lenny Tavárez
Julio Manuel González Tavárez (born May 19, 1987), better known by his stage name Lenny Tavárez, is a Puerto Rican singer, songwriter, record producer and dancer. He was part of the duo Dyland & Lenny. He began a solo career in 2013 and later became known for collaborations such as "Nena Maldición", "Hola" (remix), "Toda" (remix), "Medallo", "Pa Mí" (remix), "En Tu Cuerpo" (remix), and "Elegí".

In 2019 he participated in the collaborative EP The Academy as part of the supergroup The Avengers, also made up of Sech, Dalex, Justin Quiles and Feid, which reached number 11 on the Billboard Top Latin Albums chart. In 2024, a sequel to the album titled The Academy: Segunda Misión was released excluding Feid, which peaked at number 18 on the aforementioned chart.
John Hoesli
John Hoesli (8 March 1919 – 22 March 1997) was a British art and set decorator. He is best known for being the art director on films such as John Huston's The African Queen, Stanley Kubrick's 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968), Anthony Asquith's Orders to Kill (1958) with Alan Withy, and Jeannot Szwarc's Santa Claus: The Movie (1985) with Don Dossett. It was Hoesli who found the old steamboat used in The African Queen at Butiaba on Lake Albert.

Hoesli was also an assistant art director for many films which often went uncredited including Alfred Hitchcock's Jamaica Inn (1939), Gerald Thomas's Carry On Emmannuelle (1978), and Lifeforce (1985), and worked as a set decorator for films such as John Boorman's Deliverance (1972).  He died in March 1997 at the age of 78 in Bracknell, Berkshire.

Orders to Kill
Orders to Kill is a 1958 British wartime drama film directed by Anthony Asquith and starring Paul Massie, Eddie Albert and Irene Worth. It was written by Paul Dehn and George St. George, based on a story by Donald Chase Downes, a former American intelligence operative who also acted as technical adviser to the film.
Serasa-class landing craft
The Serasa class is a ship class of two light landing craft for Brunei Darussalam.  Both were laid down by Transfield Shipbuilding for the Royal Brunei Navy (RBN; Malay: Tentera Laut Diraja Brunei, TLDB) in the August 1996.  The lead ship is KDB Serasa (33); KDB being the official acronym for Kapal Diraja Brunei in Malay, meaning Royal Brunei Ship.  Currently both ships are in active service in support of Royal Brunei Land Force (RBLF; Tentera Darat Diraja Brunei, TDDB).  Both ships were commissioned together on 7 May 1997 at Muara Naval Base, Brunei Darussalam.  They are sometimes used to transport supplies, vehicles and personal to specific locations where they are needed.

Muara Naval Base
Muara Naval Base (Malay: Pangkalan Tentera Laut Muara) is a naval base which serves as the headquarters and main operating base for the Royal Brunei Navy (RBN; Tentera Laut Diraja Brunei, TLDB).  It is situated approximately 4 kilometres (2 miles) from Muara Town, Brunei-Muara District, in the sultanate of Brunei Darussalam.  The naval base is located near the mouth of the Brunei River, which flows into the Brunei Bay.
Edgar Chatto
Edgardo Migriño Chatto (born February 21, 1960), more commonly known as Edgar Chatto, is a Filipino lawyer and politician who served as the representative of the 1st congressional district of Bohol from 2019-2025. He previously served in that position from 2001 to 2010. He served as Governor of the Province of Bohol for three terms from 2010 to 2019.

Balilihan
Balilihan, officially the Municipality of Balilihan (Cebuano: Lungsod sa Balilihan; Tagalog: Bayan ng Balilihan), is a municipality in the province of Bohol, Philippines. According to the 2024 census, it has a population of 19,747 people.
2015 Korea Open Super Series
The 2015 Korea Open Super Series is the eighth Super Series tournament of the 2015 BWF Super Series. The tournament took place at SK Handball Stadium (Olympic Gymnasium 2) in Seoul, South Korea from September 15–20, 2015 and had a total purse of $600,000.
A qualification was held to fill four places in four disciplines (no qualification for women's doubles) of the main draws.

Bao Yixin
Zhao Yatong (Chinese: 赵娅彤; born Bao Yixin, 29 September 1992) is a Chinese badminton doubles player. She won titles in the women's doubles category with many different partners. She won two World Junior titles at the 2010 BWF World Junior Championships held in Guadalajara, Mexico. In the girls' doubles event, she was crowned World Junior Champion with Ou Dongni and in the mixed doubles she was crowned with Liu Cheng. She also won the mixed doubles at the 2009 Asian Junior Championships with Lu Kai and the mixed doubles at the 2010 Asian Junior Championships with Liu Cheng. Partnering with Tang Yuanting, Bao became the women's doubles champion at the 2015 All England Open. Bao graduated with a bachelor's degree from Xiangtan University.
2022 Karjala Tournament
The 2022 Karjala Tournament was played between 10 and 13 November 2022. The Czech Republic, Finland, Sweden and Switzerland played a round-robin for a total of three games per team and six games in total. One game was played in Budvar Arena, České Budějovice, Czech Republic (Sweden vs Czechia) all the other games were played in Gatorade Center, Turku. Sweden won the tournament. The tournament was part of 2022–23 Euro Hockey Tour.

Switzerland replaced Russia due to the Russian invasion of Ukraine.

Finland men's national ice hockey team
The Finnish men's national ice hockey team, nicknamed Leijonat / Lejonen ("The Lions" in Finnish and Swedish), is governed by the Finnish Ice Hockey Association. Finland is one of the most successful national ice hockey teams in the world and a member of the so-called "Big Six", the unofficial group of the six strongest men's ice hockey nations, along with Canada, the United States, Czechia, Russia, and Sweden.

Finland won the world championship in 2022, their fourth title after 1995, 2011 and 2019. A duo of silver medals (1988, 2006) remained the country's best Olympic result until 2022 when the Finns won their first Olympic gold after defeating Russia. At the Canada/World Cup, their best achievement is a silver medal which they won in 2004.
Destelbergen
Destelbergen (Dutch pronunciation: [ˌdɛstəlˈbɛrɣə(n)] ⓘ) is a municipality located in the Belgian province of East Flanders. The municipality comprises the towns of Destelbergen proper and Heusden and was created on 1 January 1977, by the fusion of these two municipalities. Its western border touches the municipality of Ghent and Melle and is formed by an ancient silted up branch of the river Scheldt.

In 2021, Destelbergen had a total population of 18,683. The total area is 26.71 km2 (10 sq mi).

Attractions are the many residential castles, a Gaulish farmhouse, and the Damvallei nature reserve.

Scheldt
The Scheldt (/ʃɛlt, skɛlt/ SHELT, SKELT; French: Escaut [ɛsko] ⓘ; Dutch: Schelde [ˈsxɛldə] ⓘ) is a 435-kilometre-long (270 mi) river that flows through northern France, western Belgium, and the southwestern part of the Netherlands, with its mouth at the North Sea. Its name is derived from an adjective corresponding to Old English sċeald ("shallow"), Modern English shoal, Low German schol, West Frisian skol, and obsolete Swedish skäll ("thin").
Blackwood Paul
David Blackwood Paul (1908–1965) was a New Zealand bookseller and publisher. He was born in Auckland, New Zealand, in 1908. He was married to Janet Paul and they had a publishing business together specialising in New Zealand poetry. Their publishing firm was sold to Longman in 1967, and continued publishing as Longman Paul until 1972.
Janet and Blackwood Paul had four daughters, one of whom, Joanna Margaret Paul, became a well-known New Zealand artist, poet, publisher and film-maker.

Longman
Longman, also known as Pearson Longman, is a publishing company founded in 1724 in London, England, that is owned by Pearson PLC.

Since 1968, Longman has been used primarily as an imprint by Pearson's Schools business. The Longman brand is also used for the Longman Schools in China and the Longman Dictionary.
East River Greenway
The East River Greenway (also called the East River Esplanade) is an approximately 9.44-mile-long (15.19 km) foreshoreway for walking or cycling on the east side of the island of Manhattan on the East River. It is part of the Manhattan Waterfront Greenway. The largest portions are operated by the New York City Department of Parks and Recreation. It is separated from motor traffic, and many sections also separate pedestrians from cyclists. The greenway is parallel to the Franklin D. Roosevelt East River Drive for a majority of its length.

Parts of the greenway were built at different times. Most of the greenway was built from the 1930s to 1950s in conjunction with the nearby FDR Drive, with exceptions:

Waterside Plaza: 1973

East River Esplanade Park: 1992

East River Waterfront: Late 1990s

Stuyvesant Cove: 2002

United Nations portion (under construction): 2015–28

South Street (Manhattan)
South Street is a street in Lower Manhattan, New York City, located immediately adjacent to the East River. It runs from Whitehall Street near the southern tip of Manhattan to Jackson Street near the Williamsburg Bridge. An elevated portion of FDR Drive, known as the South Street Viaduct, runs along the entire length of the street.

The street is noted for the South Street Seaport, south of the Brooklyn Bridge, and is the former site of the Fulton Fish Market, which was located just to the north of the seaport. Knickerbocker Village, a municipal housing project, fronts on South Street between the Brooklyn Bridge and Manhattan Bridge in the Two Bridges neighborhood. West of the seaport, South Street is the location of a number of buildings, including 55 Water Street and the New York City Police Museum.
Marbled whipray
The marbled whipray (Fluvitrygon oxyrhynchus) is a little-known species of stingray in the family Dasyatidae, native to several freshwater rivers in Southeast Asia. This species has an oval pectoral fin disc with an elongated, pointed snout and a very long, whip-like tail without fin folds. It is characterized by numerous heart-shaped dermal denticles and tubercles on its upper surface, as well as a reticulated pattern of brown blotches on a light background. The maximum recorded disc width is 36 cm (14 in). The marbled whipray has been assessed as Endangered by the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN); it is heavily threatened by fishing and habitat loss, degradation, and fragmentation.

Habitat fragmentation
Habitat fragmentation describes the emergence of discontinuities (fragmentation) in an organism's preferred environment (habitat), causing population fragmentation and  ecosystem decay. Causes of habitat fragmentation include geological processes that slowly alter the layout of the physical environment (suspected of being one of the major causes of speciation), and human activity such as land conversion, which can alter the environment much faster and causes the population fluctuation of many species. More specifically, habitat fragmentation is a process by which large and contiguous habitats get divided into smaller, isolated patches of habitats.
Stompie van der Merwe
Hendrik Stefanus van der Merwe (24 August 1936 – 4 June 1988), known as Stompie van der Merwe, was a South African international rugby union player.

Born in Krugersdorp, van der Merwe was educated at Hoërskool Hendrik Verwoerd.

Known by the nickname "Stompie" (Afrikaans slang for short), van der Merwe was in reality a tall lock forward. He made his Springboks debut against the All Blacks at Boet Erasmus Stadium in 1960 and was a reserve through their 1960–61 tour of Europe, as back up for Johan Claassen and Avril Malan. A back injury limited his participation during the tour and he didn't feature in any of the internationals fixtures. In 1963, van der Merwe got an extended run in the Springboks team, taking the place of Claassen for three home Test matches against the Wallabies. He received a fifth and final cap the following year against France at Springs.

Krugersdorp
Krugersdorp (Afrikaans for 'Kruger's Town') is a mining city in the West Rand, Gauteng Province, South Africa founded in 1887 by Marthinus Pretorius and Abner Cohen. Following the discovery of gold on the Witwatersrand, a need arose for a major town in the west of the reef. The government bought part of the Paardekraal farm and named the new town after the Transvaal president, Paul Kruger. Krugersdorp no longer has a separate municipal government after it was integrated into Mogale City Local Municipality along with surrounding towns. It is now the seat of government for Mogale City.
Moxie Hengel
Emery J. Hengel (October 7, 1857 – December 11, 1924) was an American Major League Baseball second baseman.  A native of Chicago, Illinois, he played for the Chicago Browns (1884) and the St. Paul Saints (1884), both of the Union Association, and for the National League Buffalo Bisons (1885).

Hengel was an average fielder and a poor hitter during his short major league career.  In 35 total games he was just 24-for-133 (.180) with thirteen runs scored.  Two of his famous teammates on the Buffalo Bisons were Hall of Famers Dan Brouthers and Pud Galvin.

Hengle died in River Forest, Illinois, at the age of 67. A brother, Ed Hengel, was a major league manager and umpire.

Union Association
The Union Association was an American professional baseball league which competed with Major League Baseball, lasting for just the 1884 season. St. Louis won the pennant and joined the National League the following season.

Seven of the twelve teams who were in the Association at some point during the season did not play a full schedule: four teams folded during the season and were replaced, while  Chicago moved to Pittsburgh in late August.
Colin Graham (English cricketer)
Colin Charles Graham (born 5 August 1957) is a former English cricketer.  Graham was a right-handed batsman who bowled right-arm medium-fast.  He was born in Wendover, Buckinghamshire.

Graham made his debut for Suffolk in the 1980 Minor Counties Championship against Buckinghamshire.  Graham played Minor counties cricket infrequently for Suffolk from 1980 to 1991, which included 19 Minor Counties Championship appearances and 2 MCCA Knockout Trophy matches. He made his List A debut against Derbyshire in the 1983 NatWest Trophy.  He made 2 further List A appearances, against Worcestershire in the 1984 NatWest Trophy and Lancashire in the 1985 NatWest Trophy. In his 3 List A matches, he took 3 wickets at an average of 42.00 with best figures of 2/36.

His brother, Ian, also played List A and Minor counties cricket for Suffolk.

Suffolk County Cricket Club
Suffolk County Cricket Club is one of twenty minor county clubs within the domestic cricket structure of England and Wales. It represents the historic county of Suffolk.

The team is currently a member of the Minor Counties Championship Eastern Division and plays in the MCCA Knockout Trophy. Suffolk played List A matches occasionally from 1966 until 2005 but is not classified as a List A team per se.
Solway, Tennessee
Solway is an unincorporated community in Knox County, Tennessee, United States. The United States Geographic Names System classifies Solway as a populated place. The area is located between Oak Ridge and Knoxville, just southeast of the Clinch River (Melton Hill Lake), which forms the Anderson County line. It lies on Oak Ridge Highway, also known as Tennessee State Route 62, just north of its intersection with Pellissippi Parkway. Beaver Creek flows through the area.

In 1999, Solway was proposed by Knox County and Oak Ridge planning officials to be included in a 1,000-acre area inside of Oak Ridge's urban growth boundary, which would have allowed the community to be annexed into the municipal limits of the city of Oak Ridge. However, the proposal was voted down shortly afterwards.

Municipal annexation in the United States
Municipal annexation is a process by which a municipality acquires new territory, most commonly by expanding its boundaries into an adjacent unincorporated area. This has been a common response of cities to urbanization in neighboring areas. It may be done because the neighboring urban areas seek municipal services or because a city seeks control over its suburbs or neighboring unincorporated areas.

In the United States, all local governments are considered "creatures of the state" according to Dillon's Rule, which resulted from the work of John Forrest Dillon on the law of municipal corporations. Dillon's Rule implies, among other things, that the boundaries of any jurisdiction falling under state government can be modified by state government action. For this reason, examples of municipal annexation are distinct from annexations involving sovereign states.