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2014–15 ISU Speed Skating World Cup – World Cup 1 – Men's 500 metres
The men's 500 metres races of the 2014–15 ISU Speed Skating World Cup 1, arranged in the Meiji Hokkaido-Tokachi Oval, in Obihiro, Japan, were held on the weekend of 14–16 November 2014.

Race one was won by Jan Smeekens of the Netherlands, while Pavel Kulizhnikov of Russia came second, and Ruslan Murashov of Russia came third. Aleksey Yesin of Russia won Division B of race one, and was thus, under the rules, automatically promoted to Division A for race two.

In race two, Kulizhnikov ended ahead of Smeekens, with Ryohei Haga of Japan in third place. Artyom Kuznetsov of Russia won Division B of race two.

Aleksey Yesin
Aleksey Yuryevich Yesin (Russian: Алексей Юрьевич Есин; born 3 December 1987) is a Russian speed skater. He finished 12th in the men's 1000 metres event at the 2013 World Single Distance Championships.
Royal Montgomeryshire Militia
The Montgomeryshire Militia, later the Royal Montgomeryshire Rifles, was an auxiliary regiment reorganised in the Welsh county of Montgomeryshire during the 18th Century from earlier precursor units. Primarily intended for home defence, it served in Great Britain and Ireland during Britain's major wars. It later became part of the South Wales Borderers until it was disbanded in 1908.

Queen's Royal Regiment (West Surrey)
The Queen's Royal Regiment (West Surrey) was a line infantry regiment of the English and later the British Army from 1661 to 1959. It was the senior English line infantry regiment of the British Army, behind only the Royal Scots in the British Army line infantry order of precedence.

In 1959, the regiment was amalgamated with the East Surrey Regiment, to form a single county regiment called the Queen's Royal Surrey Regiment which was, on 31 December 1966, amalgamated with the Queen's Own Buffs, The Royal Kent Regiment, the Royal Sussex Regiment and the Middlesex Regiment (Duke of Cambridge's Own) to form the Queen's Regiment. Following a further amalgamation in 1992 with the Royal Hampshire Regiment, the lineage of the regiment is continued today by the Princess of Wales's Royal Regiment (Queen's and Royal Hampshires).
Judiciary of Sri Lanka
The Judiciary of Sri Lanka are the civil and criminal courts responsible for the administration of justice in Sri Lanka. The Constitution of Sri Lanka defines courts as independent institutions within the traditional framework of checks and balances. They apply Sri Lankan Law which is an amalgam of English common law, Roman-Dutch civil law and Customary Law; and are established under the Judicature Act No 02 of 1978 of the Parliament of Sri Lanka.

The judiciary consist of the Supreme Court, the Court of Appeal, the High Court, district court (Sri Lanka)s, magistrate's court (Sri Lanka)s, and primary courts. Although provisions are there for trials for serious offences to be held before a jury, at present all cases are heard before professional judges.

High Court of Sri Lanka
The High Court in Sri Lanka is the only court which exercises the jurisdiction of the court of first instance and the appellate jurisdiction with both civil and criminal jurisdiction.

Article 111 of the Constitution and section 4 of the Judicature Act, No. 2 of 1978 as amended by Act, No. 16 -1989 describes that The High Court must consist of not less than ten and not more than forty Judges. Article 154P of the Constitution provides for the establishment of the Provincial High Courts to which judges are nominated by the Chief Justice from among Judges of the High Court of Sri Lanka
McGrady
McGrady is a surname of Irish origin originating in Galway.  Notable people with this name include:

Barbara McGrady (born 1950) Indigenous Australian photographer

Eddie McGrady (1935–2013), Northern Ireland nationalist politician

Ewan McGrady, Australian rugby league footballer

Jason McGrady (born 1979), American physician

Kevin McGrady (born 1956), convicted Irish Republican Army member

Martin McGrady (1946–2006), American sprinter

Michael McGrady (born 1960), American actor

Mike McGrady (1933–2012), American journalist and writer

Niamh McGrady, Northern Irish actress

Paul McGrady, college football coach

Tony McGrady (born 1944), Australian politician

Tracy McGrady (born 1979), American retired basketball player

Ryan McGrady (Born 1982), Environmental Scientist

Paul McGrady
Paul McGrady (born c. 1960) is an American former college athletics coach and administrator. He was the head football, track and field, and cross country for Southern Nazarene University between 1994 and 2005. He also assisted with the basketball team from 1986 to 1994. As head football coach, McGrady he led the team to an overall record of 35–23. He played college football for East Central and professionally for the Birmingham Stallions of the United States Football League (USFL).
Devaragudda
Devaragudda (Kannada ದೆವರಗುಡ್ಡ), also known as Dharmaragudda, is a hill near Ranebennur in Haveri district in Karnataka State, India, well-known for a temple on its summit that attracts worshippers from around the state. In Kannada, its name means "the sacred hill belonging to the almighty". The nearest railroad is at Ranebennur, about 10 kilometres (6.2 mi) away. The nearest airport is at Hubli, 113 kilometres (70 mi) away.

Haveri district
Haveri district is a district in the state of Karnataka, India. As of 2011, it had a population of 1,597,668, out of which 20.78% were urban residents. The district headquarters is Haveri. Ranebennur is the biggest city in Haveri district with population and the commercial city and business headquarters and seeds production hub.

Name of the place Haveri is derived from two Kannada words "Havu" which means snake and "keri" which means lake or Village/Locality so  people called it "Havu-keri" meaning "Village of snakes.
Damian Kallabis
Damian Kallabis (born 10 June 1973 in Gliwice, Poland) is a retired German runner who specialized in the 3000 metres steeplechase.

Kallabis was an All-American runner for the UTEP Miners track and field team, placing 4th in the steeplechase at the 1997 NCAA Division I Outdoor Track and Field Championships.

In 1997 his personal best time was 8:37.35 minutes. The next year he sensationally won the European Championships, lowering his personal best time to 8:13.10 minutes. He then won the steeplechase event at the 1998 IAAF World Cup.

In August 1999 he ran in 8:09.48 minutes in Zurich, beating the old German record of Hagen Melzer. This German record still stands. He finished fourth at the World Championships the same year, and fifteenth at the 2000 Summer Olympics.

He became German steeplechase champion in 1998 and 2000, representing the team SCC Berlin. He later switched team to VfB Stuttgart.

3000 metres steeplechase
The 3000 metres steeplechase or 3000-meter steeplechase (usually abbreviated as 3000mSC) is the most common distance for the steeplechase in track and field. It is an obstacle race over the distance of the 3000 metres, which derives its name from the horse racing steeplechase.
Pollatschek
Pollatschek and Polatschek are German-language surnames, Germanized spellings of Polaczek or Poláček.. Notable people with the surname include:

John Pollatschek (born 1943), Scottish footballer

Susanne Pollatschek (born 1977), Scottish actress

Viktor Polatschek (1889-1948), Austrian clarinetist

Poláček
Poláček (feminine: Poláčková) is a Czech and Slovak surname. The word is a diminutive from Polák (i.e. 'Pole') and polák (i.e. 'Aythya'). Notable people with the surname include:

Alena Poláčková (born 1964), Slovak jurist and judge

Caroline Polachek (born 1985), American singer

František Poláček (1940–2017), Czech boxer

Karel Poláček (1892–1945), Czech writer

Klára Poláčková (born 1978), Czech mountaineer

Tomáš Poláček (born 1980), Czech footballer

Veronika Poláčková (born 1982), Czech actress
Bugbears (album)
Bugbears is the tenth studio album by English musician Darren Hayman featuring backing band the Short Parliament. It was released on 16 July 2013 by Fika Recordings. It is seen as a companion piece to Hayman's previous album The Violence (2012).

Fika Recordings
Fika Recordings is an English independent record label founded in London in 2011 by Tom Ashton.

It mostly releases indie pop, indie rock, and folk. The label has put out music by artists like Darren Hayman, Randolph's Leap, Stanley Brinks, and Steven Adams.

Since 2018 the label has run a yearly series of concerts held in London called The Winter Sprinter, after its previously having been helmed by Fortuna Pop! and The Track & Field Organisation. For 2025 Fika enlisted both previous custodians to collaborate on that year's lineup to commemorate 25 years of the event.

On 2 April 2025 Anglo-Australian indie pop band Allo Darlin' released their first song in 9 years, "Tricky Questions", with the label. Then on 7 May they released a second, "My Love Will Bring You Home", and announced that their fourth album, Bright Nights, would be released in the UK on 11 July by Fika.
The 77 Bank
The 77 Bank, Ltd. (株式会社七十七銀行, Kabushiki-gaisha Shichijūshichi Ginkō) (TYO: 8341) is a Japanese regional bank headquartered in Sendai, Miyagi Prefecture. As the designated financial institution of the prefecture, the city, and many other cities and towns throughout the prefecture, it performs duties such as holding deposits for public money and handling payments. It is also the biggest regional bank in the Tōhoku region.

The 77 Bank is unique among other Tōhoku region banks in operating branches in Nagoya and Osaka. It also runs a representative office in Shanghai. Following criticism for lagging behind in the establishment of a cooperative ATM network, the bank is scheduled to enter into an agreement with two other convenience store operators within the prefecture in March, 2006.

Tōhoku region
The Tōhoku region (東北地方, Tōhoku-chihō; IPA: [toːhokɯ̥ tɕiꜜhoː]), Northeast region, Ōu region (奥羽地方, Ōu-chihō), or Northeast Japan (東北日本, Tōhoku Nihon) consists of the northeastern portion of Honshu, the largest island of Japan. This traditional region consists of six prefectures (ken): Akita, Aomori, Fukushima, Iwate, Miyagi, and Yamagata.

Tōhoku retains a reputation as a remote, scenic region with a harsh climate. In the 20th century, tourism became a major industry in the Tōhoku region.
Ufa-Palast am Zoo
The Ufa-Palast am Zoo, located near Berlin Zoological Garden in the New West area of Charlottenburg, was a major Berlin cinema owned by Universum Film AG, or Ufa. Opened in 1919 and enlarged in 1925, it was the largest cinema in Germany until 1929 and was one of the main locations of film premières in the country. The building was destroyed in November 1943 during the Bombing of Berlin in World War II and replaced in 1957 by the Zoo Palast.

Berlin Zoo
The Berlin Zoological Garden (German: Zoologischer Garten Berlin, pronounced [tsoːoˌloːɡɪʃɐ ˈɡaʁtn̩ bɛʁˈliːn] ⓘ) is the oldest surviving and best-known zoo in Germany. Opened in 1844, it covers 35 hectares (86.5 acres) and is located in Berlin's Tiergarten. With about 1,380 different species and over 20,200 animals, the zoo presents one of the most comprehensive collections of species in the world.

The zoo and its aquarium had more than 3.5 million visitors in 2017. It is the most-visited zoo in Europe and one of the most popular worldwide. Regular animal feedings are among its most famous attractions. Globally known animals like Knut, the polar bear, and Bao Bao, the giant panda have contributed to the zoo's public image.

The zoo collaborates with many universities, research institutes, and other zoos around the world. It maintains and promotes European breeding programmes, helps safeguard several endangered species, and participates in several species reintroduction programs.
2014 NBL Canada draft
The 2014 NBL Canada Draft was held on August 24, 2014, at the Athlete Institute in Orangeville, Ontario. A total of 24 players were selected in three rounds. Jordan Weidner was selected by the Mississauga Power with the first overall pick.

Orangeville, Ontario
Orangeville is a town in south-central Ontario, Canada, and is the seat of Dufferin County.

The first patent of land was issued to Ezekiel Benson, a land surveyor, on August 7, 1820. That was followed by land issued to Alan Robinet in 1822.
Marilyn Spiegel
Marilyn Spiegel (née Winn) is an American businesswoman. She is currently the board chair of the amusement park company Six Flags. She was the president of Wynn Las Vegas and Encore, a casino-hotel resort complex on the Las Vegas Strip in Paradise, Nevada, overseeing day-to-day operations and all revenue centers at the resort from 2010 to 2013.

One of the first female leaders to run a casino resort, Spiegel oversaw multiple Caesars Entertainment properties (before that company's takeover by Eldorado Resorts) simultaneously, including Bally’s, Paris Las Vegas and Planet Hollywood, Harrah's Las Vegas, and Rio.

Las Vegas Strip
The Las Vegas Strip is a stretch of Las Vegas Boulevard in Clark County, Nevada, that is known for its concentration of resort hotels and casinos. The Strip, as it is known, is about 4.2 mi (6.8 km) long, and is immediately south of the Las Vegas city limits in the unincorporated towns of Paradise and Winchester, but is often referred to simply as "Las Vegas".

Many of the largest hotel casino and resort properties in the world are on the Strip. Its hotels, casinos, restaurants, residential high-rises, entertainment offerings, and skyline have established the Strip as one of the most popular and iconic tourist destinations in the world and is one of the driving forces for Las Vegas's economy. Most of the Strip has been designated as an All-American Road, and the North and South Las Vegas Strip routes are classified as Nevada Scenic Byways and National Scenic Byways.
Church of Chonchi
The Church of Chonchi or Church of St Charles Borromeo (Spanish: Iglesia de Chonchi, Iglesia de San Carlos Borromeo) is a Catholic church located in Chonchi, on the Chiloé Archipelago, Los Lagos Region, southern Chile.

The Church of Chonchi was declared a National Monument of Chile in 1971 and is one of the 16 Churches of Chiloé that were declared  UNESCO World Heritage Sites on 30 November 2000.

National monuments of Chile
The National Monuments of Chile (Spanish: Monumentos Nacionales de Chile [MN]) are those places and properties, moveable or fixed, protected by the State of Chile under the 1970 Law No. 17,288 for the protection of National Monuments. This protection is managed by the Council of National Monuments (Spanish: Consejo de Monumentos Nacionales [CMN]) owing to the historical, artistic, scientific or commemorative value of those properties designated as national monuments, which represent the country's cultural heritage.

There are five categories of national monuments:

Historical monuments

Typical (or picturesque) zones

Nature preserves

Archeological monuments

Public monuments
Patriotic soup
Patriotic soup (simplified Chinese: 护国菜; traditional Chinese: 護國菜; pinyin: hùguó cài; lit. 'protect the country dish', Teochew: hu gog chai) is a vegetable soup originated by Teochew people. It was developed during the final year of China's Song dynasty as an improvisational dish.

Teochew people
The Teochew (/tiˈoʊt͡ʃuː/), Teo-Swa, or Chaoshanese are an ethnic group historically native to the Chaoshan region in south China who speak the Teochew language. Today, ethnic Teochew people live throughout Chaoshan and Hong Kong, but also outside China in Southeast Asia, including in Singapore, Malaysia, Thailand, Indonesia, Cambodia, Vietnam, and the Philippines. The community can also be found in diasporas around the world, including the United States, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, and France.
Une si jolie petite plage
Une si jolie petite plage (English titles: Such a Pretty Little Beach and Riptide) is a French drama film shot in black-and-white, directed by Yves Allégret and released in 1949.  The film stars Gérard Philipe, Madeleine Robinson and Jane Marken.

The film is set on the Channel coast of northern France, in a drab and depressing small seaside town being deluged by incessant rain.  The film noir-influenced style emphasises the relentlessly downbeat, oppressive and claustrophobic atmosphere of the milieu.  Location filming for Une si jolie petite plage took place in Barneville-Carteret in Lower Normandy.

Lower Normandy
Lower Normandy (French: Basse-Normandie, IPA: [bɑs nɔʁmɑ̃di, bas -] ⓘ; Norman: Basse-Normaundie) is a former administrative region of France. On 1 January 2016, Lower and Upper Normandy merged becoming one region called Normandy.
Stopchargingmaria
Stopchargingmaria (foaled March 26, 2011 in Kentucky) is an American Thoroughbred racehorse. The daughter of Tale of the Cat won the mile and an eighth Grade II $500,000 Black-Eyed Susan Stakes at Pimlico Race Course on May 16, 2014. and the Grade I 2014 Coaching Club American Oaks at Saratoga. In 2015 she won the Allaire duPont Distaff Stakes and the Shuvee Handicap before recording her biggest success in the Breeders' Cup Distaff. She is owned by Town and Country Farms and trained by Todd Pletcher.

Javier Castellano
Javier Castellano (born October 23, 1977) is a Venezuelan jockey in American Thoroughbred horse racing.

Castellano won the Eclipse Award for Outstanding Jockey four times in a row from 2013 to 2016. In 2023 he won two legs of the American Triple Crown–the Kentucky Derby and the Belmont Stakes–aboard different horses.
Tea growing in Azerbaijan
Tea growing in Azerbaijan is concentrated in an area of 5.33 thousand square kilometers located within the Lenkeran-Astara region, including the districts of Astara, Lankaran, Masalli, Lerik, Yardimli, and Jalilabad. Around 90% of Azerbaijan's tea is produced in Lankaran close to the southern border with Iran. Tea was first grown around the Caspian Sea region of Azerbaijan in the 1880s. Due to its favorable climatic conditions, the region now produces 99% of the Azerbaijani tea crop.

Lerik District
Lerik District (Azerbaijani: Lerik rayonu) is one of the 66 districts of Azerbaijan. It is located in the southeast of the country and belongs to the Lankaran-Astara Economic Region. The district borders the districts of Yardimli, Masally, Lankaran, Astara and the Ardabil Province of Iran. Its capital and largest city is Lerik. As of 2020, the district had a population of 87,000. It is located between the Talysh Mountains and the agricultural plain of the Lankaran Lowland.
Musée Dobrée
The Musée Dobrée is an archeology museum in Nantes, in the quartier Graslin in the immediate outskirts of the city centre and very close to the city's Natural History Museum. It was given to the city by Thomas Dobrée (13 August 1810 – 1895) and now belongs to the Conseil général de la Loire-Atlantique. In January 2010, the Conseil général began a project to restructure and modernise the museum, which was completed in 2024.

Departmental council (France)
The departmental councils (French: conseils départementaux [kɔ̃sɛj depaʁtəmɑ̃to]; singular, conseil départemental [kɔ̃sɛj depaʁtəmɑ̃tal]) of France are representative assemblies elected by universal suffrage in 98 of the country's 101 departments. Prior to the 2015 French departmental elections they were known as general councils (conseils généraux; singular, conseil général).
2025 FIFA Intercontinental Cup final
The 2025 FIFA Intercontinental Cup final, also known simply as the 2025 FIFA Intercontinental Cup, was the final match of the 2025 FIFA Intercontinental Cup, an international club football tournament featuring the club champions from each of the six continental confederations. The match took place on 17 December 2025 at the Ahmad bin Ali Stadium in Al Rayyan, Qatar, between French club Paris Saint-Germain, winners of the 2024–25 UEFA Champions League, and Brazilian club Flamengo, the winners of play-offs contested by the other five confederations.

Paris Saint-Germain won the match 2–1 on penalties, following a 1–1 draw after extra time, for their first club world championship title.

Al Rayyan (city)
Al-Rayyan (Arabic: الريان) is a large city in the similarly named municipality of Al Rayyan, in Qatar. The city and its suburbs comprise the largest population center in Qatar outside of Doha proper, which is immediately to the east of Al Rayyan. Consisting of all of the districts in the municipality's easternmost section, its western boundary is roughly where the Al Majd Highway runs through the municipality. The city is a part of the Doha Metropolitan Area. It was one of the venues for the 2022 FIFA World Cup.
Romano Romanelli
Romano Romanelli (14 May 1882 – 25 September 1968) was an Italian artist, writer, and naval officer, known for his sculptures and his medals.

Romanelli was born in Florence, the son of sculptor Raffaello Romanelli. Romano's works occupy an important place in the Avant-Garde movement and form part of the ongoing artistic legacy of the Romanelli dynasty. He is buried in the Soffiano cemetery in Florence.

Maurice Denis
Maurice Denis (French: [dəni]; 25 November 1870 – 13 November  1943) was a French painter, decorative artist, and writer. An important figure in the transitional period between impressionism and modern art, he is associated with  Les Nabis, symbolism, and later neo-classicism. His theories contributed to the foundations of cubism, fauvism, and abstract art. Following the First World War, he founded the Ateliers d'Art Sacré (Workshops of Sacred Art), decorated the interiors of churches, and worked for a revival of religious art.
Longwell
Longwell is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:

Chester Ray Longwell (1887–1975), American geologist

Gary Longwell (born 1971), Irish international rugby player

Jeff Longwell (born 1960), American politician and businessman

John Longwell (1883 – ?), American football player, football and basketball coach, and dentist

Mark Longwell (born 1960), American soccer player

Ryan Longwell (born 1974), American football player

Sarah Longwell, American political strategist and publisher

Sarah Longwell
Sarah Longwell is an American political consultant and publisher of the conservative news and opinion website The Bulwark. A former member of the Republican Party, she is the founder of the Republican Accountability Project (known as Republican Voters Against Trump or RVAT during the 2020 and 2024 presidential elections), which spent millions of dollars to defeat then-President Donald Trump in 2020 and 2024. According to The New Yorker, Longwell has "dedicated her career to fighting Trump's takeover of her party".

Longwell is a senior fellow at the Kettering Foundation, an American non-partisan research foundation.
Spottorno
Spottorno is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:

Carlos Spottorno (born 1971), Spanish photojournalist

José Ortega Spottorno (1916–2002), Spanish journalist and publisher

Rafael Spottorno (born 1945), Spanish diplomat

Soledad Ortega Spottorno (1914–2007), Spanish publisher

Soledad Ortega Spottorno
Soledad Ortega Spottorno (Madrid, March 2, 1914 - ibid., November 19, 2007) was a Spanish intellectual. The daughter of the philosopher José Ortega y Gasset and Rosa Spottorno Topete, she was the driving force behind a large number of cultural projects, including the creation of the José Ortega y Gasset Foundation.
The Velocity of Gary
The Velocity of Gary, also known as The Velocity of Gary* *(Not His Real Name), is a 1998 American drama film directed by Dan Ireland and written by James Still, based on his homonymous play. It stars Thomas Jane in the title role, along with Salma Hayek and Vincent D'Onofrio.

The film was screened at the 1998 San Sebastián International Film Festival, and was released in Los Angeles and New York City on July 16, 1999.

San Sebastián International Film Festival
The San Sebastián International Film Festival (abbr. SSIFF; Spanish: Festival Internacional de San Sebastián, Basque: Donostia Zinemaldia) is an annual FIAPF A-category film festival held in the Spanish city of San Sebastián in September, in the Basque Country.

José Luis Rebordinos has served as the director of the festival since 2011.