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19795548 | Cal Neeman | Calvin Amandus Neeman (February 18, 1929 – October 1, 2015) was an American professional baseball player who played catcher in the Major Leagues from 1957 to 1963 for the Chicago Cubs, Philadelphia Phillies, Pittsburgh Pirates, Cleveland Indians and Washington Senators. A native of Valmeyer, Illinois, he threw and batted right-handed, stood tall and weighed . He was an alumnus of Illinois Wesleyan University, where he played both baseball and basketball.
Newman entered baseball in 1949 after being signed to a New York Yankees' contract by scout Lou Maguolo. He spent six seasons in the Bombers' farm system (missing 1951–52 while performing United States Army service in the Korean War) until his selection by the Cubs in the 1956 Rule 5 draft.
Neeman led all National League catchers in games caught (118), double plays, putouts and caught-stealing as a Cubs' rookie in . He collected a career-high 107 hits and 39 runs batted in, hitting .258 with ten home runs. The next year, Neeman hit a career-best 12 homers in only 76 games played, and batted .259. But his production declined drastically in and he spent the final five years of his MLB tenure as a backup catcher, with parts of 1961–63 back in the minor leagues.
In 376 games played in the majors, Neeman had 224 hits, including 35 doubles, ten triples, 30 home runs and 97 runs batted in. He hit .224 lifetime.
Neeman died on October 1, 2015, at his home in Lake St. Louis, Missouri. He was 86.
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53531836 | List of FFC champions | Final Fight Championship (FFC) champions are fighters who have won FFC championships.
Current champions.
The FFC is currently using six weight classes for its MMA fights and five weight classes for its kickboxing fights. Non-title fights have a one-pound leniency.
MMA championship history.
Heavyweight Championship.
Weight more than 205 lb (93 kg)
Light heavyweight Championship.
Weight less or equal to 205 lb (93 kg)
Middleweight Championship.
Weight less or equal to 185 lb (83.9 kg)
Welterweight Championship.
Weight less or equal to 170 lb (77.1 kg)
Lightweight Championship.
Weight less or equal to 155 lb (70.3 kg)
Featherweight Championship.
Weight less or equal to 145 lb (65.7 kg)
Kickboxing championship history.
Heavyweight Championship.
Weight more than 205 lb (93 kg)
Light Heavyweight Championship.
Weight less or equal to 205 lb (93 kg)
Middleweight Championship.
Weight less or equal to 185 lb (83.9 kg)
Welterweight Championship.
Weight less or equal to 170 lb (77.1 kg)
Lightweight Championship.
Weight less or equal to 155 lb (70.3 kg)
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1365568 | Bliss (crater) | Bliss is small lunar impact crater that is located just to the west of the dark-floored crater Plato. It lies in a region of continental terrain between Mare Imbrium to the south and Mare Frigoris to the north. This crater is bowl-shaped, with a small interior floor at the midpoint and a somewhat eroded outer rim.
In 2000, the IAU named this feature after Nathaniel Bliss, the 4th Astronomer Royal. He was the only remaining Astronomer Royal who had not until then received the honor of a named feature or astronomical body. (This revision was announced by the XXIVth general assembly of the IAU, on August 15, 2000.) This new name for the feature was originally suggested by Patrick Moore.
Note that a bulletin announcing the name of this crater described it as a ghost crater that lies between Plato and Mons Piton to the south. However this was due to a mix-up, and Bliss is actually the crater formerly known as Plato A. The ghost crater between Plato and Mons Piton is sometimes known unofficially as "Ancient Newton" (not to be confused with the crater Newton).
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7477067 | Adenostoma | Adenostoma is a genus of shrubs in the Rose family (Rosaceae) containing only two species, chamise ("Adenostoma fasciculatum") and redshanks ("Adenostoma sparsifolium"). Both are native to the Californias.
Description.
Characteristics.
The plants grow in a habit of shrubs to small trees, and the stem is more or less resinous. Both species in this genus feature stiff, linear leaves arranged alternately or in clusters along stems with shredding bark. Flowers form on a panicle, are cream to white and, as in all members of the rose family, have hypanthia. The fruit is an achene. Chromosome number is 2n = 18.
Distribution and habitat.
Both species are native to coastal California and Baja California. "Adenostoma fasciculatum" is also native to California in the Sierra Nevada. They are found in plant communities and sub-ecoregions of the California chaparral and woodlands ecoregion.
Taxonomy.
Phylogenetic analysis places "Adenostoma" closest to "Chamaebatiaria" and "Sorbaria", and suggests tentative placement in the subfamily Spiraeoideae, tribe Sorbarieae. The name "Adenostoma" comes from Greek, meaning "glandular mouth," referring to the hypanthium ring gland.
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27927493 | Michael Livesay | Admiral Sir Michael Howard Livesay, (5 April 1936 – 6 October 2003) was a senior Royal Navy officer who served as Second Sea Lord and Chief of Naval Personnel from 1991 to 1992.
Naval career.
Educated at Acklam Hall Grammar School and Royal Naval College Dartmouth, Livesay was commissioned into the Royal Navy in 1957. He was made Commanding Officer of the minesweeper HMS "Hubberston" in 1966 and of the frigate in 1970. He went on to be Captain, Fishery Protection and Mine Counter Measures, based in Scotland in 1975, and the first Commander of the aircraft carrier in 1979.
Livesay was Director of Naval Warfare at the Ministry of Defence during the Falklands War, during which he developed the "Rules of Engagement" and then, in 1984, went on to be Flag Officer Sea Training. He was appointed Assistant Chief of the Naval Staff in 1986 and Flag Officer Scotland and Northern Ireland in 1989. His final posting was as Second Sea Lord and Chief of Naval Personnel as well as President of the Royal Naval College, Greenwich in 1991; he retired in 1993.
In retirement Livesay became Chairman of the Northern Lighthouse Board and a Non-Executive Director of Scottish Nuclear. He lived at Auchterarder in Perthshire.
Family.
In 1959 Livesay married to Sarah "Sally" House: they had two daughters.
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10344452 | Kobina Arku Korsah | Sir Kobina Arku Korsah (3 April 1894 – 25 January 1967) was the first Chief Justice of Ghana (then the Gold Coast) in 1956.
Biography.
Born in Saltpond, Korsah was educated at Mfantsipim School, Fourah Bay College (BA degree in 1915), Durham University and London University (LLB in 1919).
Korsah won the Cape Coast seat in the 1927 Gold Coast general election. He was one of nine Africans to be represented in the Legislative Assembly at the time. He was re-elected for the same seat in 1931 and 1935 general elections.
In 1942, Nana Sir Ofori Atta and Sir Arku Korsah were the first two Ghanaians to be appointed to the Executive Council of the Legislative Council by the then Governor of the Gold Coast, Sir Alan Burns.
Korsah was one of the 20 founding members of the Ghana Academy of Arts and Sciences in 1959.
After the Kulungugu attack on President Kwame Nkrumah in August 1962, Sir Arku Korsah presided over the trial of five defendants. At the end of that trial, three of the accused were found not guilty and this displeased the Nkrumah government. Nkrumah sacked Sir Arku as Chief Justice in December 1963 unconstitutionally.
Family.
One of his sons, Roger who was a high court judge in Ghana, moved to Zimbabwe where he became a judge on the Supreme Court of Zimbabwe. He died in February 2017.
See also.
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961044 | Province of Cuneo | Cuneo (Italian), or Coni (Piedmontese), is a province in the southwest of the Piedmont region of Italy. To the west it borders on the French region of Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur (departments of Alpes-Maritimes, Alpes-de-Haute-Provence and Hautes-Alpes). To the north it borders with the Metropolitan City of Turin. To the east it borders with the province of Asti. To the south it borders with the Ligurian provinces of Savona and Imperia. It is also known as "La Provincia Granda", Piedmontese for "The Big Province", because it is the fourth-largest province in Italy (following the provinces of Sassari, South Tyrol and Foggia) and the largest one in Piedmont. Briga Marittima and Tenda were part of this province before cession to France in 1947.
Administration.
Its capital is the city of Cuneo. Of the 250 comuni in the province, the largest by population are:
Economy.
Companies active in the province include:
Many important industrial groups have branches in the province: Michelin (Cuneo and Fossano), Saint-Gobain (Savigliano), Valeo (Mondovì), Asahi Glass Co. (Cuneo), ITT (Barge), Diageo (Santa Vittoria d'Alba) and Nestlé (Moretta).
Cuneo is also the land of important wines, mostly produced in the Langhe and Roero hills, such as Barbaresco, Barolo, Nebbiolo, Barbera and many others.
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64183261 | Maine Pyar Kiya (2014 film) | Maine Pyar Kiya () is a 2014 Indian Telugu-language romantic drama film directed by debutant Pradeep Madugula and starring Pradeep Ryan, Isha Talwar, Satyadev and Madhumitha.
Production.
The film is a romantic drama with an IT backdrop and released on 20 June 2014. The film marks the directorial debut of Pradeep. Isha Talwar was cast after the makers liked her performance in "Thattathin Marayathu" (2012).
Soundtrack.
The songs were composed by Pradeep Kumar.
Release.
"The Times of India" gave the film a rating of three out of five stars and stated that "Even though, the reason for the lead-pair’s split is strong enough, the narration lacks depth and the director fails to bring out the emotions". "Deccan Chronicle" gave the film two-and-half out of five stars and wrote that "The story is predictable and does not have many twists and the climax could have been better and a rather unconventional one". "123Telugu" gave the film a rating of two-and-three-quarters out of five and stated that "On the whole, Maine Pyar Kiya has its engaging moments and only picks up during the second half. If you can sit through the simple and quite predictable first half, and can tolerate Posani’s crazy histrionics, you can easily give this film a try". "Webdunia" criticized the film's predictability and comedic scenes.
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61067529 | Kyrylivka | Kyrylivka (, ) is an urban-type settlement in Melitopol Raion, Zaporizhzhia Oblast, southern Ukraine. It hosts the administration of Kyrylivka settlement hromada, one of the hromadas of Ukraine. The town is located on the northern coast of the Sea of Azov and surrounded by both and Molochnyi Lyman. Some of its areas are part of Pryazovskyi National Nature Park. Population:
History.
The area was settled by Doukhobors in 1805. Kyrylo Kapustin became the first inhabitant and the village was named after him.
In 1838 the population of Kyrylivka increased to 130 people. After some time, local Doukhobors were sent to the Caucasus, except those who would return to Russian Orthodox Church.
In 1926 sanatorium "Kyrylivka" was founded after the mud bath clinic opened. From there on, Kyrylivka began to develop as a resort destination.
In 1968 the village received an urban-type settlement status.
In 2001 its population was 1,481 according to the census.
During the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine, Kyrylivka was occupied by Russian forces after the capture of Melitopol.
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220705 | Stilt | Stilt is a common name for several species of birds in the family Recurvirostridae, which also includes those known as avocets. They are found in brackish or saline wetlands in warm or hot climates.
They have extremely long legs, hence the group name, and long thin bills. Stilts typically feed on aquatic insects and other small creatures and nest on the ground surface in loose colonies.
Most sources recognize 6 species in 2 genera, although the white-backed and Hawaiian stilts are occasionally considered subspecies of the black-necked stilt.
The genus "Charadrius" was introduced by the French zoologist Mathurin Jacques Brisson in 1760 with the black-winged stilt ("Himantopus himantopus") as the type species. The generic name "Himantopus" comes from the Ancient Greek meaning "strap-leg".
Species.
The genus "Himantopus" contains five species:
The genus "Cladorhynchus" is monotypic and contains a single species:
A fossil stilt has been described by Bickart, 1990, as "Himantopus olsoni", based on remains recovered in the Late Miocene Big Sandy Formation of Mohave County, Arizona, United States.
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72949465 | Ekiben (sexual act) | is a sexual practice that consists of a person being carried by their partner while having sex with them.
Etymology.
The act itself is named after the box that is filled with food that is sold by vendors walking around train stations or sporting events, ekiben. The term was first popularized by Japanese male actor, Chocoball Mukai.
Practice.
The act usually involves a male partner lifting his female partner face to face with his penis inserted inside her vagina, and having sex while standing. The term can also apply when then act is done sitting down or when the lifted partner is held against a wall. The act has begun popular and gain notoriety similar to bukkake for its unique form and origin in Japan. Some films will sometimes feature the sex act with the male carrying the female actress and run around while having sex with them depending on the scene or scenario.
Another form of the act known as is the same thing only with the person being penetrated facing in the opposite direction.
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17189126 | George Harrison (swimmer) | George Prifold Harrison (April 9, 1939 – October 3, 2011) was an American competition swimmer, Olympic champion, and former world record-holder in three events. He competed at the 1960 Summer Olympics in Rome, where he received a gold medal as the lead-off swimmer of the winning U.S. team in the 4×200-meter freestyle relay. Harrison, together with his American relay teammates Dick Blick, Mike Troy and Jeff Farrell, set a new world record of 8:10.2 in the event final.
Individually Harrison won a silver medal in the 400-meter freestyle at the 1959 Pan American Games. He also held the world record in 200-meter individual medley (long course) from August 24, 1956, to July 19, 1958, and the world record in the 400-meter individual medley (long course) from June 24 to July 22, 1960.
Harrison studied at Acalanes High School, and in 1965 graduated from Stanford University, where he was a member of Beta Theta Pi fraternity and was later inducted into the Swimming Hall of Fame. He spent most of his career with Lee & Associates at Pleasanton, California, working in investment and industrial brokerage. At the time of his death, from complications during surgery, he lived in Moraga, California.
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555771 | Viscount Allen | Viscount Allen, in the County of Kildare, was a title in the Peerage of Ireland. It was created on 28 August 1717 for John Allen, who had earlier represented County Dublin, County Carlow and County Wicklow in the Irish House of Commons. He was made Baron Allen, of Stillorgan in the County of Dublin, at the same time, also in the Peerage of Ireland. Both his son, the second Viscount, and grandson, the third Viscount, sat in the Irish House of Commons. The third Viscount was succeeded by his cousin, the fourth Viscount. He was the son of the Honourable Richard Allen, younger son of the first Viscount. Lord Allen was also a member of the Irish House of Commons. He died unmarried and was succeeded by his younger brother, the fifth Viscount. He represented Eye in the British House of Commons. His son, the sixth Viscount, fought in the Peninsular War. He was unmarried and the titles became extinct on his death on 21 September 1845.
Sir Joshua Allen (died 1691), father of the first Viscount, was Lord Mayor of Dublin.
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62606402 | SOR NS 18 | SOR NS 18 is a low-floor articulated single-decker bus produced by bus manufacturer SOR from the Czech Republic since 2018. In many towns they will replace Karosa B 741 and Karosa B 941.
Construction features.
SOR NS 18 is derived from the SOR NS 12 rigid single-decker bus. It is made of two rigid sections linked by a pivoting joint. Engine and automatic transmission are located in the left rear corner of the bus. Inside are used plastic Ster seats. Rear axle is VOITH brand, as well as medium axle, the front axle is of its own production with independent wheel suspension. Only third C axle is propulsed, meaning that this articulated bus has pusher configuration. Body of the vehicle is welded from steel-voltage profiles, flashings from the outside and interior are lined with plastic sheeting. The floor of the bus is at a height of 340 mm above the ground. On the right side of the bus are four doors.
In Czechia are also produced trolleybus Škoda 33Tr SOR in Škoda Transportation, which are based on SOR NS 18 bodies.
Production and operation.
In 2018 SOR introduced in Prague on Czechbus. Articulated single-decker bus NS 18 was presented with their prototype after the prototype has done both test drive through cities in Czechia and Slovakia. From May 15th to June 3rd 2019, Bratislava became the first to test this bus. From December 6th 2019 to January 31st 2020, Hradec Králové leased this bus for tests.
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151913 | List of American television series based on British television series | Many successful British television shows (particularly sitcoms and reality shows) have been remade for the American market. The amount of reworking varies, with some shows (such as "All in the Family") keeping the basic situation and then adding many original features, while others have taken complete scripts verbatim (such as "Amanda's").
There are relatively few examples of American shows remade for the British market (the majority of these being game shows), and the British television audience are very accepting of the American originals while being much less accepting of British remakes (see, for instance, the failure of "The Brighton Belles", the British remake of "The Golden Girls"). The U.S. remakes have sometimes been imported back into the UK. By contrast, original British programmes are rarely seen on the major U.S. networks in modern times (in the 1960s the airing of UK-produced programs such as "The Avengers" and "Fireball XL5" on U.S. network TV occurred frequently) and are usually broadcast only on the Public Broadcasting Service and on cable television, especially BBC America, with only a few purely British shows having gained mainstream popularity in the United States. This list includes a number of pilots not subsequently made into series.
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49677750 | Teddy Foster | Teddy Fernando Foster (born 5 May 1955) is a former international cricketer who represented the American national team at the 1986 ICC Trophy. He was born in Barbados, and before emigrating to the U.S. represented the Barbadian national team in West Indian domestic cricket.
Educated at The Lodge School, Foster made his first-class debut for Barbados in January 1976, playing against Trinidad and Tobago in the Shell Shield. A left-arm orthodox bowler, he made semi-regular appearances for Barbados over the following six seasons, both in the Shell Shield and in the regional limited-overs tournament. Foster's best first-class bowling figures, 3/27, came against the Combined Islands in March 1979. He also made his highest first-class score against that team, scoring 62 runs against them in January 1978 (from seventh in the batting order). After emigrating to the U.S., Foster made his international debut in 1985, in a triangular tournament featuring Bermuda and Canada. At the 1986 ICC Trophy in England, he played in seven of his team's eight matches. He finished with 10 wickets, the second-most for his team, which included 3/38 against Bermuda and 3/45 against Papua New Guinea. He also scored 165 runs (the fifth-most for his team), with a best of 41 not out against Gibraltar.
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8533697 | VMware VMFS | VMware VMFS (Virtual Machine File System) is VMware, Inc.'s clustered file system used by the company's flagship server virtualization suite, vSphere. It was developed to store virtual machine disk images, including snapshots. Multiple servers can read/write the same filesystem simultaneously while individual virtual machine files are locked. VMFS volumes can be logically "grown" (non-destructively increased in size) by spanning multiple VMFS volumes together.
Version history.
There are six (plus one for vSAN) versions of VMFS, corresponding with ESX/ESXi Server product releases.
Open source implementations.
fluidOps Command Line Tool.
A Java open source VMFS driver enables read-only access to files and folders on partitions formatted with the Virtual Machine File System (VMFS) is developed and maintained by fluid Operations AG. It allows features like offloaded backups of virtual machines hosted on VMware ESXi hosts up to VMFSv3.
glandium VFS FUSE Mount.
vmfs-tools supports more VMFS features and read only VMFS mounts through the standard Linux VFS and the FUSE framework. Developed by Christophe Fillot and Mike Hommey and available as source code download at the glandium.org vmfs-tools page or the Debian vmfs-tools and Ubuntu vmfs-tools packages.
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55134458 | CSS General Lovell | CSS "General Lovell" was a cotton-clad sidewheel ram of the Confederate Navy during the American Civil War.
Originally built in 1845 as a steam tug in Cincinnati, the ship was purchased for service in the Confederacy and refitted at New Orleans, where she was converted into a cottonclad ram with cotton bales sandwiched between double pine bulkheads to protect her boilers and machinery and iron casing over her bow. She was recommissioned in March 1862, and named for Major General Mansfield Lovell, commander of the defenses of New Orleans. She became part of the River Defense Fleet, under the overall command of Captain J. E. Montgomery, at New Orleans.
Service history.
"General Lovell"s conversion was completed on 22 April 1862. Under Captain B. Paris she was detached from Montgomery's main force and sent to Forts Jackson and St. Philip on the lower Mississippi to cooperate in the Confederate defense of New Orleans. There, with five other vessels of Montgomery's fleet, all under Capt. J. A. Stevenson, she joined the force under Capt. J. K. Mitchell, CSN, commanding Confederate naval forces in the lower Mississippi.
On 24 April 1862 a Union fleet under Flag Officer David Farragut, USN, ran past Forts Jackson and St. Philip on its way to capture New Orleans. General Lovell was abandoned by her crew after being set on fire to keep her from falling into Union hands.
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10945865 | Australian Ethical Investment | Australian Ethical is an Australian ethical investment management company, based in Sydney.
History.
The company was a founding B Corp in Australia. It was awarded the B Corp "Best for the World" ranking it in the top 10% of B Corps globally in various categories in the years 2015–2019 and 2021–2022.
Australian Ethical has $9.20 billion in funds under management and more than 127,000 clients (managed fund investors and funded superannuation members) .
The company works off the framework provided by the Australian Ethical Charter, a list of 23 principles that have been part of the company's constitution since 1986. The Charter is used to make decisions about the companies in which Australian Ethical will or will not invest.
Products and services.
The company offers a number of superannuation, managed fund and ETF products.
Community giving.
Australian Ethical distributes up to 10% of its annual profits (after tax and before bonuses) to charitable organisations and social impact initiatives through the Australian Ethical Foundation.
To date, the Australian Ethical Foundation has paid out over $6 million in community and strategic grants. In FY21 the company donated $1.8 million through the foundation. The Community Grants selection process uses community voting to help decide the projects considered to be the most important to the Australian community by engaging shareholders, members, staff and the public to have their say.
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12359435 | Souvenir spoon | A souvenir spoon is a decorative spoon used as a memento of a place or to display as a 'trophy' of having been there. The spoons may be made from a number of different materials such as sterling silver, nickel, steel, and in some cases wood. They are often hung on a spoon rack and are typically ornamental, depicting sights, coat of arms, associated characters, etc. The year the spoon was made may be inscribed in the bowl, or on the back. The entire spoon, including the bowl, handle, and finial may be used to convey the theme.
The first souvenir spoons in the United States were made in 1890 by Galt & Bros., Inc. of Washington D.C., featuring the profile of George Washington. Although the George Washington spoon was one of the most popular designs, relatively few made by Galt & Bro. remain in circulation. One year later, a souvenir Salem Witch spoon was made, and sold seven thousand copies. It was created by Daniel Low, a jeweler in Salem, Massachusetts, after he saw souvenir spoons on vacation in Germany. The Witch Spoon is given credit for starting the souvenir spoon hobby in the U.S.
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20920938 | 2009 Liga Panameña de Fútbol season | The 2009 Liga Panameña de Fútbol season was the 22nd season of top-flight football in Panama.
Apertura I.
First round.
Standings.
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Final round.
Semifinals.
Semifinal 1
Semifinal 2
Final.
San Francisco qualified for 2009–10 CONCACAF Champions League.
Apertura II.
The Apertura II (officially the 2009 Copa Digicel Apertura for sponsorship reasons) was the second tournament of the season. It started August 8 and ended on December 13. Árabe Unido were crowned champions of the Liga Panameña de Fútbol for the fifth time after beating Tauro 3-2 in the final. With this win Árabe Unido earned a spot in the 2010–11 CONCACAF Champions League.
First round.
Standings.
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Final round.
Semifinals.
Semifinal 1
Semifinal 2
Final.
Árabe Unido qualified for 2010–11 CONCACAF Champions League.
Relegation table.
For the second year in a row, Alianza had the fewest points at the end of the season and had to face Liga Nacional de Ascenso champion Río Abajo. Just as last year, Alianza defeated Río Abajo and stayed in the LPF.
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31853822 | Mike Koglin | Mike Koglin is a German DJ and producer.
Biography.
In 1998, Koglin had success with the single "The Silence", a remake of Depeche Mode's "Enjoy the Silence", which reached number 20 in the UK Singles Chart. He has since written and produced a large number of singles including collaborations with artsist such as Darren Tate, Kirsty Hawkshaw and Above & Beyond, and he has remixed songs by numerous established artists including Dido, George Michael, Paul Oakenfold, Ayumi Hamasaki, Mat Zo and Armin Van Buuren. His song "When Will You Learn", written and produced for Boy George, received a Grammy nomination for Best Dance Recording in 1998.
Koglin has seen comparable success as a DJ with worldwide performances at globally renowned clubs and events. In 2008, he ranked 87th in the voting for the "Top 100 DJs" of "DJ Magazine", and in 2009 he again entered the list at number 88. Koglin hosts his own radio show "Every Direction" aired monthly on DI.fm and other international stations.
Having run his own music label Noys Music since 2004 Koglin launched a second label in 2016 named Yomo Records for progressive house and techno releases. He has also released his work on Anjunabeats, Armada Music, Perfecto, Silk Music, Vandit Records and several other international record labels. Koglin has developed several online courses for Point Blank Music School, which he also oversees as an instructor. Having lived in London from 1990 to 2012, Koglin now lives and works in Berlin, Germany.
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5537648 | Kimbembe Mazunga | Kimbembe Mazunga (born December 11, 1956, in Kinshasa) is a civil engineer in mechanics, and has been working at "Office des routes" since 1986; he was the governor of the city-province of Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo, from November 15, 2005 to October 16, 2006. Originally from the province of Bas-Congo, he is a member of the People's Party for Reconstruction and Development (PPRD), the party of the DRC's current president, Joseph Kabila.
He previously served as Minister of Public Works, National Planning, Urbanism and Habitat during the Transitional Government under Joseph Kabila from November 2002 to July 2003 and was hired as senior advisor to the Chief of State in charge of Infrastructures in March 2005. In November 2005, he was selected by Kabila's son to replace Jean Kimbunda Mudikela as governor of Kinshasa. Tabu Ley Rochereau, a famous internationally known singer was one of his three Vice-Governors, he was in charge of political, administrative, and socio-cultural questions.
In October 2006, Kimbembe Mazunga was replaced by Admiral Baudoin Liwanga while he was called back at the Presidency to serve, once again, as senior advisor to the President in charge of infrastructures and national planning. He is assuming these functions till now.
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477238 | MTV Video Music Award – Viewer's Choice | The MTV Video Music Award for Viewer's Choice was first awarded at the first annual MTV Video Music Awards in 1984. Until 1994, the Viewer's Choice award nominees were the same as the Video of the Year nominees. In 1995 MTV created a separate set of nominees for Viewer's Choice and Video of the Year (although, TLC's "Waterfalls" won both that year). This continued for the rest of the award's history.
As the name indicated, the winner was decided by audience members, who could vote up until the very night of the show via phone calls and, later on, internet votes and text messages. This award was last given out at the 2006 ceremony, in which all general categories became fan-voted, seemingly rendering the award redundant. The following year, MTV revamped the VMAs and eliminated the Viewer's Choice award, permanently transferring its voting procedures over to the Best New Artist award.
Aerosmith is the biggest winner of this award, having won it three times. Also, only four acts—INXS, Aerosmith, TLC, and Green Day—have won both the Video of the Year and Viewer's Choice awards on the same year (though Green Day won each award with a different video in 2005).
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60172654 | Amy Hogue | Amy Timmel Hogue is an American, former collegiate All-American, professional softball second basemen and current head coach at Utah. Hogue played college softball at Utah and led them to two Women's College Word Series appearances. Hogue as a freshman player set the NCAA Division I single game record for at-bats (14) on May 11, 1991, during the longest game in NCAA softball history.
Career.
Hogue played college softball at Utah from 1991 to 1994 and led them to two Women's College Word Series appearances to bookend her career and was named the 1994 Western Athletic Conference Player of the Year. She is the current head coach at Utah. Hogue as a freshman player set the NCAA Division I single game record for at-bats (14) on May 11, 1991, during the longest game in NCAA softball history.
Coaching career.
Utah.
On May 24, 2007, Amy Hogue was announced as the new head coach of the Utah softball program. She has mentored athletes such as Hannah Flippen and Anissa Urtez. She also guided the Utes to two back-to-back NCAA Super Regional appearances in 2016-17.
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50926717 | Chinese Taipei women's national ice hockey team | The Chinese Taipei women's national ice hockey team is the ice hockey team representing Taiwan internationally in women's competition. The team is overseen by the Chinese Taipei Ice Hockey Federation, a member of the International Ice Hockey Federation. The team was formed in 2014 and competed in the IIHF Women's Challenge Cup of Asia Division I tournament, which it has won on two occasions, currently competes in IIHF Women's Ice Hockey World Championships Division 2B.
History.
The Chinese Taipei women's national ice hockey team played its first game in November 2014 at the 2015 IIHF Women's Challenge Cup of Asia Division I tournament. Chinese Taipei won their opening game of the tournament against Hong Kong and went on to win their three other games which included a second win against Hong Kong and two wins against Thailand. Chinese Taipei finished the tournament at the top of the standings and won the gold medal. The team returned to competition in March 2016 for the 2016 IIHF Women's Challenge Cup of Asia Division I tournament. The tournament had expanded to five teams and included India, Malaysia, Singapore and Thailand. Chinese Taipei finished at the top of the standings after winning all four of their games and claimed their second tournament title. The tournament also included the team's 21–0 defeat of Malaysia, their largest win in internal competition.
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35890115 | Maximilian Nierenstein | Maximilian Nierenstein (also known as Moses Max Nierenstein or Max Nierenstein; 1877–1946) was a professor of biochemistry at the University of Bristol.
He is known for the Nierenstein reaction, an organic reaction describing the conversion of an acid chloride into an haloketone with diazomethane.
In 1912, Polish biochemist Casimir Funk isolated a complex of micronutrients and proposed the complex be named "vitamine" (a portmanteau of "vital amine"), a name reportedly suggested by friend Max Nierenstein.
He also studied natural phenols and tannins found in different plant species. He showed in 1945 that luteic acid, a molecule present in the myrobalanitannin, a tannin found in the fruit of "Terminalia chebula", is an intermediary compound in the synthesis of ellagic acid. Working with Arthur George Perkin, he prepared ellagic acid from algarobilla and certain other fruits in 1905. He suggested its formation from galloyl-glycine by "Penicillium" in 1915. Tannase is an enzyme that Niederstein used to produce m-digallic acid from gallotannins. He proved the presence of catechin in cocoa beans in 1931.
He also worked on milk and caseinogen. He reviewed the discovery of lactose in 1936.
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19021496 | Żdanówek | Żdanówek is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Zamość, within Zamość County, Lublin Voivodeship, in eastern Poland. It lies approximately south-west of Zamość and south-east of the regional capital Lublin.
History.
The village was established on the land of the village of Żdanów in the first half of the nineteenth century between 1827 (at that time it is not yet in the census) and 1837 (it was visible in the plan of the Ordinary estate). A village not mentioned in the Zinberg list, as well as in the Geographic Dictionary of the Kingdom of Poland.
Despite the official creation of a separate town, it was still treated as part of Zhdanov. In subsequent years, the name Żdanówek disappears up to the beginning of the 20th century - to the general census of 1921, described then as a village and farm in Zdanówek in the municipality of Mokre, it had 46 houses and 341 residents, including 3 Rusinów. The final isolation of the village from the home town of Zhdanova took place only on the basis of the administrative reform, that is after August 2, 1919.
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26546194 | Dean Chiron | Dean Chiron (born 27 March 1961) is a former Australian rules footballer who played with St Kilda, Footscray and Melbourne in the Victorian Football League (VFL) during the 1980s.
Chiron spent his early career up forward or in the centre and kicked 12 goals in his debut season. The Beaufort recruit kicked a career best six goals in a game against Sydney at Moorabbin Oval the following year. He then crossed to Footscray but could only manage one appearance in the seniors, against his next club Melbourne.
Transformed during his time at Melbourne to a tagger, Chiron took part in their 1987 finals campaign but was suspended from the Semi Final. He had been found guilty of striking Shaun Smith with his right elbow in the Elimination Final, where he had been given the role of tagging Phil Krakouer. He participated in the famous 1987 Preliminary Final where Gary Buckenara kicked a goal after the siren to eliminate Melbourne. They went one better the following season and made the Grand Final but Chiron didn't play past round 17.
Chiron, who competes in Ironman Triathlon events, coached Clarence in the 1999 TSFL season.
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2724902 | Scott Spence | Scott Spence is the artistic director of the Beck Center in Lakewood, Ohio.
Artistic Director since 1992 (Assoc. Artistic Director 1990–1992) Graduate Degree (Master of Fine Arts) in Directing from Western Illinois Univ. (1986), BA in Theatre from Univ. of Nebraska-Lincoln (1984). Class of 1980 Lincoln Southeast High School (Lincoln Nebraska).
Produced over 250 musicals and plays since 1990 and Directed over 100 in that time. Notable productions include "Floyd Collins" (1st non Tina Landau-directed Production), "Reefer Madness" (1st production outside of LA/NYC), "The Fix" (First production outside London {Donmar Warehouse} and Wash. DC {Signature Theatre} ). Recipient of the Northern Ohio Live Award of Achievement in Theatre for 2006.
Other musicals include "Urinetown", "Parade", "Kiss of the Spider Woman", "Tommy", Miss Saigon", "The Full Monty", "Eating Raoul", "A Man of No Importance", and one of the first professional American productions of "Moby Dick, the Musical" revised by Russell Ochocki. He also recently directed productions of “Matilda” and “American Idiot". Acting roles at Beck include "Passion" (Dr. Tambouri) Victoria Bussert, Director, "Laughter on the 23rd Floor" (Ira) Carol Dunne, Director, and "Big River" (Young Fool) William Roudebush, Director. Other NE Ohio shows directed include "Noises Off" (Berea Summer Theatre and Weathervane Playhouse) and "Das Barbecu" (Lyric Opera Cleveland) w/ Composer Scott Warrender, Musical Director.
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693935 | Trinomial expansion | In mathematics, a trinomial expansion is the expansion of a power of a sum of three terms into monomials. The expansion is given by
where is a nonnegative integer and the sum is taken over all combinations of nonnegative indices and such that . The trinomial coefficients are given by
This formula is a special case of the multinomial formula for . The coefficients can be defined with a generalization of Pascal's triangle to three dimensions, called Pascal's pyramid or Pascal's tetrahedron.
Derivation.
The trinomial expansion can be calculated by applying the binomial expansion twice, setting formula_3, which leads to
Above, the resulting formula_5 in the second line is evaluated by the second application of the binomial expansion, introducing another summation over the index formula_6.
The product of the two binomial coefficients is simplified by shortening formula_7,
and comparing the index combinations here with the ones in the exponents, they can be relabelled to formula_9, which provides the expression given in the first paragraph.
Properties.
The number of terms of an expanded trinomial is the triangular number
where is the exponent to which the trinomial is raised.
Example.
An example of a trinomial expansion with formula_11 is :
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68758914 | N'Djamena Amea Solar Power Station | The N'Djamena Amea Solar Power Station is a planned solar power plant in Chad. This renewable energy infrastructure project will be developed by
"Amea Power", an independent power producer (IPP), based in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. The solar farm will be built in phases.
Location.
The solar farm will be located near N'Djamena, the largest city and capital of Chad.
Overview.
According to the United States Agency for International Development (USAID), as of May 2021, Chad's national generation capacity was 314 megawatts, nearly all of it derived from expensive "fossil fuels". At that time, the national electrification rate was 9 percent (38 percent Urban and less than 5 percent Rural).
The N'Djamena Amea Solar Power Station represents one of the first grid-ready renewable energy sources in the country. The electricity generated at this power station will be sold to "Société Nationale d'Électricité du Tchad" (SNE) (Chad National Electricity Company), under a long-term power purchase agreement (PPA).
Developers.
This power station is under development and is owned by "Amea Power", an independent power producer, active in Asia, Middle East and Africa. The Amea Power Group is headquartered in Dubai, United Arab Emirates.
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71893659 | State Secretariat for the Sea | State Secretariat for the Sea "(Secrétariat d'État chargé de la Mer)" is a French State Secretariat directly under the authority of the Prime Minister of France. Its mission is to develop and implement the government's policy in the field of the sea in its various aspects.
Mission.
The Secretariat of State for the Sea develops and implements the government's policy in the field of the sea in its various aspects, national and international, particularly in terms of maritime economy, maritime influence and impact.
Organization.
The Secretary of State for the Sea has authority, by delegation from the Prime Minister, over the General Inspectorate of Maritime Affairs and, jointly with the Minister of Agriculture and Food Sovereignty, over the Directorate general for Maritime affairs, Fisheries and Aquaculture. He has authority, by delegation from the Prime Minister, jointly with the Minister for Ecological Transition and Territorial Cohesion and the Minister for Energy Transition, over the general secretariat and the general commission for sustainable development.
In particular, the General Secretariat for the Sea is to his disposal. The State Secretariat for the Sea relies, in metropolitan France and overseas, on services and departments present in the regions and departments.
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29577327 | Thumbtack (website) | Thumbtack is an American home services website. It is an online directory that allows users to search for, rate, and hire local service providers to work on a variety of personal projects, including home improvement, financial and legal services, computer / IT repair and event planning. The company is backed by Sequoia Capital, Tiger Global Management, Javelin Venture Partners, Baillie Gifford, and Capital G, among others.
Early years.
Thumbtack was founded in 2008 by Marco Zappacosta, Jeremy Tunnell, Jonathan Swanson, and Sander Daniels.
Investment.
In June 2010, Thumbtack.com raised $1.2 million in funding, primarily from angel investors. In January 2012, Thumbtack raised another $4.5 million through a Series A round of venture capital funding. In June 2013, Thumbtack raised an additional $12.5 million through a Series B round of venture capital funding. In May 2014, Thumbtack raised $30 million through a Series C round of venture capital funding from Sequoia Capital and Tiger Global Management. In August 2014, Thumbtack raised $100 million through a Series D round of venture capital funding, led by Google Capital. In September 2015, Thumbtack raised $125 million of venture capital funding, led by Baillie Gifford.
In July 2019 the company secured $150 million in Series F at a valuation of nearly $1.7 billion.
In July 2021 the company raised $275 million at a $3.2 billion valuation.
Competitors.
Thumbtack's major competitors include Yelp, HomeAdvisor, Angi and TaskRabbit.
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13025783 | 1910 Philadelphia Athletics season | The 1910 Philadelphia Athletics season was their tenth as a franchise. The team finished first in the American League with a record of 102 wins and 48 losses, winning the pennant by 14½ games over the New York Highlanders. The A's then defeated the Chicago Cubs in the 1910 World Series 4 games to 1.
Player stats.
Batting.
Starters by position.
"Note: Pos = Position; G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in"
Other batters.
"Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in"
Pitching.
Starting pitchers.
"Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts"
Other pitchers.
"Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts"
Cuban-American Major League Clubs Series.
The Athletics, as well as the Detroit Tigers, Habana club and the Almendares club, competed in the second Cuban-American Major League Clubs Series in 1910.
1910 World Series.
AL Philadelphia Athletics (4) vs. NL Chicago Cubs (1)
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1029185 | Vidar Riseth | Vidar Riseth (born 21 April 1972) is a Norwegian former professional footballer who played as a centre-back or midfielder. He played for Neset, Rosenborg, Kongsvinger, Lillestrøm and Strømsgodset in Norway, and Luton Town, LASK Linz, Celtic and 1860 Munich abroad. He played 52 times for the Norway national team, scoring four goals, and played for his country at the 1998 World Cup and Euro 2000. He retired as a professional footballer in June 2010. He later worked as a professional football commentator.
Club career.
Early career.
Riseth joined Rosenborg from local side Neset in January 1991. He played one game in the 1992 championship winning season, but had more games as Rosenborg won back to back in 1993. In 1994, he joined Kongsvinger. He played there for three seasons, scoring regularly as he played as a centre forward at this time of his career. Late in his Kongsvinger career, he went for a brief loan to Luton.
On 20 March 2000, while playing for Scottish club Celtic, he scored the opening goal in the 2000 Scottish League Cup Final, which Celtic went on to win 2–0. In November, he moved on loan to German club 1860 Munich until the end of the season. At the end of his loan spell, the two clubs discussed making the deal permanent.
He returned to Norway to play for Rosenborg, and on 24 October 2007, helped secure their first UEFA Champions League home victory in six years, scoring the second in a shock 2–0 win against Spanish club Valencia.
Honours.
Rosenborg
Celtic
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40963743 | Covert coat | A covert coat or Crombie coat is a gentleman's overcoat typically with notched lapels which originated in the late 19th century as a "short topcoat" to be worn for hunting and horse riding.
Since the 20th century, after the introduction of the suit for everyday use in town as opposed to the frock coat and the morning dress, the covert coat is used as a shorter, more informal topcoat option to the longer knee-length Chesterfield coat traditionally associated with formal wear.
Design.
Covert cloth, from the French "couvert" (covered), is a heavy tweed named after a covered area rich in game wildlife that would serve as a starting point on a hunt. A covert coat is always single-breasted with notch lapels, a centre vent, flap pockets, and a signature four (sometimes five) lines of stitching at the cuffs and hem; a ticket pocket is optional. The collar may be constructed of covert cloth or velvet. The traditional colour varies from a light greenish-tan brown to a fawnish mix to a rather deep tannish-green, but variants in grey and navy are also common.
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65748061 | 2013 Girls' EuroHockey Youth Championships | The 2013 Girls' EuroHockey Youth Championships was the 7th edition of the Girls' EuroHockey Youth Championship. The tournament was held from 29 July–4 August 2013 in Dublin, Ireland at the University College Dublin.
Netherlands won the tournament for the fifth time after defeating Germany 1–0 in the final.
Qualified teams.
The following teams participated in the 2015 EuroHockey Youth Championship:
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Format.
The eight teams were split into two groups of four teams. The top two teams advanced to the semifinals to determine the winner in a knockout system. The bottom two teams played in a new group with the teams they did not play against in the group stage. The bottom two teams were relegated to the EuroHockey Youth Championship II.
Results.
Classification round.
Fifth to eighth place classification.
Points from the preliminary round were carried over to Pool C to determine group standings.
First to fourth place classification.
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47610664 | Gelechia paraula | Gelechia paraula is a moth of the family Gelechiidae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1916. It is found in southern India and Sri Lanka.
The wingspan is 14–15 mm. The forewings are rather dark reddish fuscous, with the bases of the scales more or less whitish and the base spotted with dark fuscous, with an ochreous-yellowish dot in the middle, and one beneath the costa near the base. There are cloudy dark fuscous spots on the costa before one-third, before the middle, and at two-thirds, the first with a pale yellowish raised dot adjacent to its lower extremity. Two cloudy dark fuscous dots are centred with yellowish raised scales obliquely placed in the disc at one-fourth, two others similarly placed (representing the stigmata) before the middle, and two transversely placed at two-thirds. There is a cloudy dark fuscous spot on the tornus opposite the third costal and sometimes undefined oblique fasciae of darker suffusion crossing the wing from the first two costal spots. The hindwings are thinly scaled, light greyish, tending to become prismatic hyaline, with the veins, termen, and posterior half of the costal area darker grey.
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65813051 | 2019–20 Tulane Green Wave women's basketball team | The 2019–20 Tulane Green Wave women's basketball team will represent Tulane University during the 2019–20 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Green Wave, led by twenty-sixth year head coach Lisa Stockton, play their home games at Devlin Fieldhouse and were sixth year members of the American Athletic Conference. They finished the season 14–17, 8–8 in AAC play to finish in fifth place. They defeated Tulsa in the first round of the American Athletic women's tournament to advance to the quarterfinals, where they lost to South Florida.
Media.
All Green Wave games will be broadcast on WRBH 88.3 FM. A video stream for all home games will be on Tulane All-Access, ESPN3, or AAC Digital. Road games will typically be streamed on the opponents website, though conference road games could also appear on ESPN3 or AAC Digital.
Schedule and results.
!colspan=9 style=| Exhibition
!colspan=9 style=| Non-conference regular season
!colspan=9 style=| AAC regular season
!colspan=9 style=| AAC Women's Tournament
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169322 | ANDOS | ANDOS is a Russian operating system for Electronika BK series computers: BK-0010, BK-0011, and BK-0011M. They were based on the PDP-11 architecture by Digital Equipment Corporation. ANDOS was created in 1990 and released first in 1992. Initially it was developed by Alexey Nadezhin (by whose name the system is named) and later also by Sergey Kamnev, who joined the project. It was the only widespread system on BK series computers that used MS-DOS-compatible file system format. ANDOS used the FAT12 file system on 800 Kb floppy disks. For Electronika BK-0011M and BK-0011, ANDOS could emulate a BK-0010 by loading a BK-0010 read-only memory (ROM) image into BK-0011(M) random-access memory (RAM). In minimal configuration, the system could occupy less than 4 Kb of RAM.
The system was able to support up to 64 disk drives (or hard disk drive partitions), and RAM disks in the computer's memory and tape recording. It could also have read-only access to MicroDOS file system format disks, although in the last version, this function was transferred from system core to the file manager and became optional.
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68446226 | Holy Trinity Church, Teigh | Holy Trinity Church is the parish church in Teigh, Rutland. It is a Grade II* listed building.
History.
The current building was built in 1782, having been designed by George Richardson for Robert Sherard, 4th Earl of Harborough who was rector. An earlier church dating from the 12th century was removed except for the base of the tower.
The pews face one another rather than towards the altar. The pulpit is triple-decked and is combined with the lectern and prayer desk to form an unusual structure at the western end.
Over the altar is a c1600 Flemish painting which could be the work of the Otto van Veen school. The ceiling of the church has the Sherard arms and the Sherard crest at either end.
Teigh claims to be a Thankful Village which lost no men in the First World War and a tablet near the altar commemorates this.
Anthony Jenkinson of the Muscovy Company was buried here in 1611. He had travelled as far as Bukhara when trying to reach Cathay overland from Moscow, and established overland trade routes through Russia to Persia.
Notable clergy.
Richard Folville, a member of the Folville gang of robbers led by his older brother Eustace, was rector here from 1321. In 1340–1 he was besieged in the church and then summarily beheaded in his churchyard.
John Torkington was rector of Teigh (and vicar of Stapleford), 1787 – 1815.
In 1940, the rector, Henry Stanley Tibbs, was briefly interned under Defence Regulation 18B for his pro-Nazi sympathies.
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17753506 | Cliff Leeman | Cliff Leeman (September 10, 1913 – April 26, 1986) was an American jazz drummer. His nickname was "Mr. Time".
Leeman, born in Portland, Maine, United States, played percussion with the Portland Symphony Orchestra at age 13, and toured as a xylophonist on the vaudeville circuit late in the 1920s. He first made his name in the jazz world working in the swing bands of Artie Shaw (1938–39), Glenn Miller (1939), Tommy Dorsey (1939), Charlie Barnet (1940–43), Johnny Long, and Woody Herman (1943–44). After a stint in the Army in 1944, he worked with Don Byas, John Kirby (1944–45), Raymond Scott, Jimmy Dorsey, and Ben Webster.
He left the music industry briefly before joining the Casa Loma Orchestra in 1947, later moving on to Charlie Barnet's orchestra (1949) and Bob Chester's big band ensemble (1949–50). He played on radio and television in the 1950s, in addition to playing live often with Eddie Condon and Bobby Hackett. Later associations include Pee Wee Erwin, Yank Lawson/Bob Haggart, Ralph Sutton, Billy Butterfield, Bob Crosby (1960), Wild Bill Davison (1962), Dukes of Dixieland (1963–64), Peanuts Hucko, Joe Venuti, The Kings of Jazz (1974), Bud Freeman, Don Ewell, the World's Greatest Jazz Band (1976–77), and Jimmy McPartland. He recorded several albums for Fat Cat Jazz in the 1970s.
His drumming can also be heard on some of the early recorded hits of Bill Haley & His Comets.
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3657402 | Belsele | Belsele is a village and a deelgemeente of the municipality of Sint-Niklaas, which is situated in the Belgian province of East Flanders.
History.
Around the 2nd or 3th century CE there stood a Roman villa in Belsele, that was discovered in the 19th century; other findings (like Roman coins) also suggest there was a Roman presence in Belsele around the 3th century.
Belsele was first mentioned in 870. In 1217 Belsele became an autonomous parish. In that time Belsele and Sinaai were united in rule in a tribunal (under the Keure van Waas). In 1795, Belsele became canton Capitol of the Scheldt department, with Daknam, Eksaarde, Elversele, Kemzeke, Sinaai, Sint-Pauwels, Tielrode and Waasmunster as subordinate municipalities.
This statute was in force till the Belgian Revolution in 1830. Until the first half of the twentieth century, Belsele maintained its typical character of a farmers village in the Waas. Production was mainly focussed on flax and wheat till 1850. This was changed in the twentieth century, when the emphasis was put on food, construction and textile. Since the second world war, Belsele evolved to a green, residential area. Most of the people work in Sint-Niklaas and Antwerp (fewer).
The hamlet Puivelde forms a separate entity.
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56171173 | 2017–18 Buffalo Bulls women's basketball team | The 2017–18 Buffalo Bulls women's basketball team represented the University at Buffalo during the 2017–18 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Bulls, led by sixth-year head coach Felisha Legette-Jack, played their home games at Alumni Arena as members of the East Division of the Mid-American Conference. They finished the season 29–6, 16–2 in MAC play to win MAC East Division. They advanced to the championship game of the MAC women's tournament where they lost to Central Michigan. They received an at-large bid to the NCAA women's tournament where they upset South Florida in the first round to win their first NCAA tournament game in school history, Florida State in the second round to advanced to the sweet sixteen for the first time in school history. They lost to South Carolina. With 29 wins, they finished with the most wins in school history.
Schedule.
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!colspan=9 style=| Non-conference regular season
!colspan=9 style=| MAC regular season
!colspan=9 style=| MAC Women's Tournament
!colspan=9 style=| NCAA Women's Tournament
Rankings.
2017–18 NCAA Division I women's basketball rankings
See also.
2017–18 Buffalo Bulls men's basketball team
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7868337 | Candy Girl (New Edition song) | "Candy Girl" is the debut single by New Edition from their debut album "Candy Girl". It was released as a single in late February 1983 and the song hit number one on the UK Singles Chart, becoming the 31st-best-selling single of the year. It also peaked at number 1 on the Hot Black Singles chart, passing Michael Jackson’s song "Beat It" on May 14, 1983.
"Candy Girl" established New Edition as a bubblegum pop group with stylings from contemporary R&B.
History.
New Edition was first discovered and mentored by their manager Brooke Payne. He entered them in a local talent show where they met songwriter/producer Maurice Starr who wrote "Candy Girl" for the group, envisioning them as a 1980s answer to the Jackson 5. Ralph Tresvant was positioned as the lead singer, because Starr considered his high tenor as reminiscent of a younger Michael Jackson, while having members Ricky Bell and Bobby Brown sharing alternate leads.
The 12" version features producers Starr and Michael Jonzun doing some additional instrumentation in the outro.
Release and reaction.
Released as a single in February 1983 before the album was released, the song made a slow ascent up the chart, peaking on June 25, 1983, at number 46 on the "Billboard" Hot 100 singles chart singles chart, and number 1 on the R&B singles chart in the US. It was most successful in the UK, where it peaked at number 1 for one week in May 1983.
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26880789 | Veterans Review and Appeal Board | The Veterans Review and Appeal Board (VRAB; ) is a government of Canada agency responsible for hearing reviews and appeals by ill and injured Veterans and members of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police in relation to disability pension and award decisions by Veterans Affairs Canada. Although the Board reports to Parliament through the Minister of Veterans Affairs, the Board is an independent agency. It was created in 1995, and is governed by the Veterans Review and Appeal Board Act and the Veterans Review and Appeal Board Regulations. The board is headed by a chair and a deputy chair, who are selected from a permanent Board of 25 members and as many temporary members as deemed necessary. The head office is located in the Sherwood Business Centre, Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island.
The vast majority of individuals appealing their cases to the Veterans Review and Appeal Board are represented free of charge by lawyers of Veterans Affairs Canada's semi-independent Bureau of Pensions Advocates.
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43889319 | Brno Highlands | The Brno Highlands (, ) is a mountain range in the South Moravian Region in the Czech Republic. The highlands, together with the Jevišovice Highlands threshold, form the South-Moravian part of Moldanubian Zone – southeast part of Bohemian Massif.
Geography.
The Brno Highlands rise to the north of the Thaya between Miroslav, and the Prostějov and Litovel in the north. The highlands have an area of and an average height of . The highest peak is "Skalky" at ; other peaks are "Paprč" , "Proklest" , or "Babí lom" .
To the southeast is the Dyje–Svratka Valley. To the north is the Upper Morava Valley. To the southeast is the Vyškov Gate and Dyje–Svratka Valley. Southeast border line of Brno Highlands is also main border of two large geological provinces: Extendet crust (Bohemian Massif) and Orogeny (Carpatien)
The mountain range in the south is partly fenced and contains several vineyards that constitute part of wine sub-region Mikulovská. Most of the highlands are, since 1956, part of the large protected landscape area Moravian Karst.
The primary composition of the range is Carboniferous granodiorite and flysch.
The Svitava, Svratka and Jihlava among others, originate here. Towns in the area include Blansko, Boskovice, and part of the city of Brno, which gave it its name.
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74266218 | Matilda Greathouse Alexander | Matilda Greathouse Alexander ( – September 28, 1904) was an American novelist, poet, and journalist, best known for the novel "Going West" (1881).
Matilda Greathouse Alexander was born on in Mount Vernon, Indiana, the daughter of George Washington Greathouse and Martha Greathouse. She married Andrew Lynne Alexander in 1863 and he died in 1866. Their only child, Rosamonde Alexander Peckinpaugh, committed suicide by drowning in the Hudson River in 1892.
Alexander published poetry and journalism in Indiana newspapers. She wrote for a number of smaller papers, as well as for the "Indianapolis Times". She was the "Times"' correspondent for the 1893 Chicago World's Fair.
Alexander published at least two novels, the melodramatic novel "Going West" (1881) and "Worth Wins" (1882). Other novels and a play about Abraham Lincoln are credited to her, but it is unclear if they were never published or are now lost.
Alexander formed Mount Vernon's first public library, The Alexander Literary Society, in 1892. When a Carnegie library opened in Mount Vernon in 1905, it was named the Alexandrian Public Library in her honor.
Matilda Greathouse Alexander died on September 28, 1904.
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25248063 | Diana Fortress | The Diana Fortress () is a Roman "castrum" built in 100-101 AD, located in Kladovo, in eastern Serbia.
It is located on cliffs of the Đerdap, above the Danube, in the Karataš archaeological site near Kladovo. The main buildings were built on a strategic location overlooking the Danube frontier with stone in 100 AD during the reign of Roman Emperor Trajan, who had a military camp located at the vicinity. Further modifications were made at the end of the 3rd and beginning of the 4th century when additional towers were added towards the river for extra defence towards the Danube shores. At the mid 4th century the fort was damaged by the invading Huns and in 530 AD rebuilt by Emperor Justinian.
Findings & Recognitions.
Besides the military buildings, a sacrificial necropolis and civilian settlement is located within the walls. Items such as various daily tools, marble and bronze sculptures were found.
In 1983, Diana Fortress was added to the Archaeological Sites of Exceptional Importance list, protected by Republic of Serbia.
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38335571 | Eluru railway station | Eluru railway station (station code:EE) is an Indian Railways station in Eluru city of Andhra Pradesh. It lies on the Howrah–Chennai main line and is administered under Vijayawada railway division of South Coast Railway zone (formerly South Central Railway zone).
History.
Between 1893 and 1896, of the East Coast State Railway, between Vijayawada and , was opened for traffic. The southern part of the East Coast State Railway (from Waltair to Vijayawada) was taken over by Madras Railway in 1901.
Electrification.
The Mustabad–Gannavaram–Nuzvid–Bhimadolu sector was electrified in 1995–96.
Classification.
In terms of earnings and outward passengers handled, Eluru is categorized as a "Non-Suburban Grade-3 (NSG-3)" railway station. Based on the re–categorization of Indian Railway stations for the period of 2017–18 and 2022–23, an NSG–3 category station earns between – crore and handles passengers.
Structure and amenities.
The station is spread over an area of , maintained by 17 employees.
The station has 03 platforms and all the tracks are broad gauge and electrified. Almost all platforms are in same size. The station has East and West terminals equipped with reservation counters. It was 37th cleanest station in 'A'-Category, as of 2018. It is one of the 38 stations in the division to be equipped with Automatic Ticket Vending Machines (ATVMs).
Satellite stations.
Eluru city consists of four other railway stations. These are:
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7252992 | TM-XML | The Trade Mark Extensible Markup Language (TM-XML) is an XML open standard for the trademark business and for the exchange of trademark information between the Industrial Property Offices and its partners or users.
Objectives.
The initial objective was the definition of XML Standard for trademark information exchange. During the specifications and after the creation of WIPO Standard ST.66, other objectives have been added as following:
History.
TM-XML was defined by a working group created by the European Union Intellectual Property Office in June 2003. 8 draft versions for comment have been published (versions 0.1 to 0.7 and 1.0 Draft) before the version 1.0 Final published on 26 May 2006 on its website: https://web.archive.org/web/20060827113952/http://www.tm-xml.org/.
TM-XML Version 1.0 Final has been proposed as a base for the creation of a WIPO International Standard named ST.66 which has been adopted by the Standing Committee on Information Technologies / Standards and Documentation Working Group (SCIT/SDWG) during its 8th session on March 19–22, 2007 in Geneva.
See also.
DS-XML : XML Standard for Design / Industrial Design
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58902344 | Michele Vano | Michele Vano (born 5 October 1991) is an Italian professional footballer who plays as a forward for club Rimini on loan from Perugia.
Club career.
Vano spent the first eight seasons of his career in the fourth and fifth tier teams (Serie D and Eccellenza).
On 15 July 2017, he joined Arzachena, which was just promoted into the third-tier Serie C. He made his Serie C debut for Arzachena on 3 September 2017 in a game against Viterbese. He came on as a substitute in 28th minute for Giancarlo Lisai and scored his first goal on fully professional level just four minutes later.
On 19 June 2018, he went up another level, joining Serie B club Carpi on a three-year contract.
On 5 October 2020, Carpi sold his rights to Hellas Verona, who immediately loaned him to Mantova.
On 5 January 2021, he moved to Perugia on loan with a conditional obligation to buy. The condition for the purchase obligation was fulfilled and Perugia purchased his rights.
On 28 August 2021 he joined Pistoiese on loan from Perugia. On 27 August 2022, Vano was loaned to Rimini.
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12027903 | Bonice | BonIce is a brand of freezie owned by a subsidiary of Quala, a multinational Colombian company. It arrived to Mexico City in August 2004. It was quickly expanded in places like Guadalajara in June 2005, Villahermosa November 2005, Monterrey February 2006, Tijuana September 2006 and Brazil 2011/2012, with the name "Icegurt". Today it is available in over a hundred cities in all states across the country, and in other Central American countries. The product is sold direct to consumers on the streets by independent distributors, nicknamed "Hombre de Bonice" (Bonice Guy), coordinated under a franchise structure.
Flavors.
They also come with yogurt, or with two flavors combined called Bonice Doble (Double Bonice). The ads for Bonice Doble had 2 female twins and used a parody of the 2013 Robin Thicke single "Blurred Lines".
Mexicana.
Mexicana ("Mexican"), or by its full name Mexicana con Orgullo ("Mexican with Pride"), is a carbonated soft drink produced by the Colombian company Quala and its Mexican subsidiary of Freezies Bonice. Its sale began at the end of March 2022.
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45077910 | Plainview High School (Texas) | Plainview High School is a public high school located in the city of Plainview, Texas, USA and classified as a 5A school by the UIL. It is a part of the Plainview Independent School District located in northeast Hale County. In 2015, the school was rated "Met Standard" by the Texas Education Agency.
Athletics.
The Plainview Bulldogs compete in these sports -
Volleyball, Cross Country, Football, Basketball, Powerlifting, Golf, Tennis, Track, Baseball & Softball
State Titles.
"Plainview" (UIL)
State Finalist.
"Plainview" (UIL)
"Plainview Washington" (PVIL)
Student performance.
Hispanic and Latino students were the majority of the high school dropouts in Plainview; students of that ethnicity in the Class of 2008 of Plainview High had a 2.5 time higher likelihood of dropping out compared to Anglo White students in the same class. That year the four-year high school dropout rate of Plainview High was almost two times larger than the average in Texas. The head of the alternative high school Houston School, Tommy Chatham, stated in 2008 that there were multiple jobs in Plainview that did not require a high school diploma.
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3897089 | Public Health Service Act | The Public Health Service Act is a United States federal law enacted in 1944. The full act is codified in Title 42 of the United States Code (The Public Health and Welfare), Chapter 6A (Public Health Service).
This Act provided a legislative basis for the provision of public health services in the United States.
Contents.
The Public Health Service Act clearly established the federal government's quarantine authority for the first time. It gave the United States Public Health Service responsibility for preventing the introduction, transmission and spread of communicable diseases from foreign countries into the United States.
The Public Health Service Act granted the original authority for scientists and special consultants to be appointed "without regard to the civil-service laws", known as a Title 42 appointment.
During COVID-19 pandemic, section has been used for Title 42 expulsion.
Amendments.
It has since been amended many times. Some of these amendments are:
Proposed amendments.
Other attempted amendments to the act have been proposed but failed:
Commentary.
Since the passage of the Act, health services in the US subsequently have been marked by a history of underinvestment that has undermined the public health workforce and support for population health.
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19068240 | Electoral district of Beeloo | Beeloo was an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of Western Australia from 1956 to 1968. Beeloo was named after the Beeloo, a subgroup of the Whadjuk Nyungar people, who inhabited an area that later became the south eastern suburbs of Perth, south of the Swan and east of the Canning, prior to European settlement.
Beeloo was considered to be a safe seat for the Labor Party, and only had one member, Colin Jamieson.
History.
Beeloo was initially within the vast electorate of Canning. In 1911, 50 people voted at the Belmont and Welshpool Road booths, and by 1950, this had grown to 410 at Belmont, 685 at Welshpool and 692 at Queens Park. However, the area grew rapidly following the Second World War as industry developed at Belmont, Kewdale and Forrestfield, and Housing Commission areas were built to support them. At the 1955 redistribution, the new electorate of Beeloo was created—the only district to be so created. The previous member for Canning, Labor member Colin Jamieson who was first elected in 1953, secured the seat at the 1956 election.
At the 1962 election, Beeloo moved further south into Cannington and Queens Park, whilst a new seat of Belmont was created.
At the redistribution taking effect from the 1968 election, Beeloo was abolished, and Belmont shifted southwards. Jamieson successfully transferred to Belmont at the election.
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65909702 | Supriya Lele | Supriya Lele is an Indian-British designer with an eponymous fashion brand founded in 2016. Lele was a finalist of the LVMH Prize 2020 and shared the €300,000 prize fund with the other 7 finalists when the final leg of the competition was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Personal life.
Lele grew up in Meriden, West Midlands, UK, taking yearly trips to visit family in India during the holidays. Both of her parents are from India's central region—her mother from Nagpur, her father from Jabalpur. Her parents were both medics—her mother a clinical director and her late father a consultant specialist surgeon.
Education.
Lele started out at the University of Edinburgh, studying architecture but realising it wasn't for her, switched over to do an art foundation course. She also holds an MA from the Royal College of Art.
Work.
Lele's MA collection caught the eye of Fashion East director Lulu Kennedy and in 2017, she debuted her brand at London Fashion Week as part of the Fashion East showcase. In 2020, Lele was a finalist for the LVMH prize.
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46713617 | Preeti Amin | Preeti Amin is an Indian television actress and reality show participant in "India's Best Cinestars Ki Khoj".
Early life and education.
Preeti Amin was born in Hyderabad. She did her schooling in St Andrews High School, Hyderabad and she did her graduation in Kasturba Gandhi College for Women, Secunderabad, Telangana, and St. Francis College for Women, Hyderabad. Before acting in television, Amin taught free style dancing and did theatre and ad modelling.
Personal life.
Preeti Amin married to Lionel Pereira, an American psychiatrist, in 2014. She is currently living in Mumbai.
Career.
She started her acting career in Hindi television with "Jhoome Jiiya Re". She has also acted in "Dill Mill Gayye, Bhaskar Bharti, Kasamh Se, CID - Aahat (season 4) crossover episode, Lapataganj, SuperCops vs Supervillains, Mrs. Kaushik Ki Paanch Bahuein" and "Dil Ki Nazar Se Khoobsurat." She also appeared in the Telugu serial "Chakravakam".
Preeti Amin has also judged Zee TV Rajasthan's show Nach Le Bindani which is a version of Dance India Dance Super Moms.
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62969054 | Pteronia glauca | Pteronia glauca ("Geelboegoekaroo") is a species of flowering plant in the family Asteraceae, indigenous to the Karoo regions of South Africa.
Description.
A shrub of roughly 60 cm, usually with downwards-drooping outer branches (especially when growing in very rocky ground). Branches can root where they touch the ground. It has small (5x3mm), light grey, woolly, fragrant leaves, and forms a low, dense bush.
The flowerheads appear in Spring, at the tips of the branches. They are yellow and small (5mm wide), with non-sticky yellow bracts.
Relatives.
It often co-occurs with its close relatives, "Pteronia paniculata" or "Pteronia pallens", both of which have distinctive yellow-green leaves. "Pteronia incana" ("Ash-bush") is a very similar species, which also has light grey leaves. However, unlike "P.glauca", its outer branches are not down-curved.
Distribution and habitat.
The distribution of this species is across the arid interior Karoo regions of South Africa. It occurs from the Namaqualand, through the Great Karoo and Little Karoo, into the Eastern Cape Province.
Its natural habitat is renosterveld and succulent karoo vegetation, often growing in loamy soils or arid flood plains, with underlying calcrete.
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72594613 | Ateneo Blue Eagles men's basketball | Ateneo Blue Eagles basketball is about the basketball teams of the Ateneo de Manila University.
The first women's varsity basketball team was formed in 1974. It joined the league called Women's National Collegiate Athletic Association (WNCAA) and was named the Blue Eaglettes. This was later changed to Lady Eagles when they transferred to the UAAP. No written article has been found to date to explain why and to provide the exact year this name change happened.
5-on-5 basketball.
Rivals
The Blue Eagles have had several rivalries throughout the years. Before the NCAA was founded and into the early years after its foundation (1924), Ateneo's fiercest basketball rivals were the UP Fighting Maroons (then known as the Maroon and Greens).
Championships.
In men's basketball, the Ateneo Blue Eagles have won 26 titles as of 2022, 14 in the NCAA and 12 in the UAAP. The Lady Eagles have won two UAAP titles.
Other Leagues and Tournaments.
The Blue Eagles also competed at the 2018 William Jones Cup, an international tournament in Taiwan for both club and national teams.
Year – Champions
3x3 Basketball.
Ateneo won the UAAP Season 81 3x3 Basketball tournament on its second and final year as a demonstration sport before it became an official sport in UAAP Season 82.
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42238586 | Erik Keedus | Erik Keedus (born 27 April 1990) is an Estonian professional basketball player for TalTech of the Estonian Korvpalli Meistriliiga. He is a 1.98 m (6 ft 6 in) tall shooting guard and small forward. Keedus represents the Estonian national basketball team internationally.
Professional career.
Keedus began playing basketball with Siili Palliklubi and TTÜ. He began his professional career in 2007 with TTÜ of the Estonian Korvpalli Meistriliiga. In 2013, Keedus helped TTÜ win the inaugural season of the International Students Basketball League.
On 9 September 2014, Keedus signed for the Estonian champions Kalev/Cramo. Kalev/Cramo finished the 2014–15 season as runners-up. Keedus won his first Estonian Championship in the 2015–16 season, after Kalev/Cramo defeated TÜ/Rock in the finals.
Estonian national team.
Keedus was a member of the Estonian national under-18 basketball team that competed at the 2008 FIBA Europe Under-18 Championship. The team finished the tournament last, in 16th place. Keedus averaged 5.3 points, 4 rebounds and 1.7 assists per game.
As a member of the senior Estonian national basketball team, Keedus competed at the EuroBasket 2015, averaging 4.5 points and 1.5 rebounds in 19 minutes per game. Estonia finished the tournament in 20th place.
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10730164 | Ranjeet | Ranjeet Bedi (born 13 September 1941 as Gopal Bedi) popularly known as Ranjeet, is an Indian actor and film director born in Jandiala Guru near Amritsar (Punjab), best known for his work in Bollywood. He has mostly played villain roles in over 200 Hindi films. Ranjeet has also played a positive character in the TV series "Aisa Des Hai Mera". He has also worked in a number of Punjabi films namely "Rab Ne Banayian Jodiyan" and "Man Jeete Jag Jeet".
Biography.
Ranjeet's real name is Gopal Bedi. Besides acting in over 200 Hindi movies, he has also done a television serial "Aisa Des Hai Mera" and a couple of Punjabi films.
He shot to fame after playing a negative role in the film "Sharmeelee". Sunil Dutt had recommended his name after liking his performance in "Sawan Bhadon" and "Reshma Aur Shera". Ranjeet had come to Mumbai to play the lead role in "Zindagi Ki Rahen", which was shelved. He went ahead to establish himself as a leading villain in the seventies and early eighties.
In personal life, he is a vegetarian and non-smoker.
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55571683 | Gonzalo Martínez Corbalá | Gonzalo Martínez Corbalá (10 March 1928 – 15 October 2017) was a Mexican politician and diplomat.
A member of the Institutional Revolutionary Party who served for a time as president of the party's Mexico City chapter, Martínez Corbalá was first elected to the Chamber of Deputies in 1964 and served until 1967. He was ambassador to Chile between 1972 and 1974 when he witnessed the 1973 Chilean coup d'état against Salvador Allende. Martínez Corbalá was appointed ambassador to Cuba, from 1980 to 1982. He sat in the Senate for two terms, between 1982 and 1988, when he returned to the Chamber of Deputies. Near the end of 1990, Martínez Corbalá was named the director-general of the Instituto del Fondo Nacional de la Vivienda para los Trabajadores, and took office as governor of San Luis Potosí in 1991. He stepped down in 1992, and later led the Institute for Social Security and Services for State Workers between 1993 and 1994. In 1992, the government of Chile awarded Martínez Corbalá the Grand Cross of the Order of Merit.
He was the President of the Chamber of Deputies in 1990.
Outside of politics, Martínez Corbalá was president of the Association of Engineers. He died at the age of 89 on 15 October 2017.
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65990779 | Athol Kennedy Chase | Athol Kennedy Chase (1936-2020) was an Australian anthropologist and ethnographer who undertook extensive fieldwork in Cape York Peninsula, recording and especially making a cultural record of the traditions, cultural change, and cultural continuities of the Aboriginal Peoples living at Lockhart River, Queensland including cultural mapping for the Umpila, Koko Yao, Wuthathi and Kaantju.
Following almost 50 years from first doing fieldwork in Lockhart River, his life's works and contribution to Lockhart River was summarized by Lockhart River community as follows:
"When Killoran tried to do the wrong thing, he was there for us; when Farndale tried to build a big resort on Line Hill, he was there for us; when the mining companies tried to make us let them mine at Rocky Point and Wuthathi country, he was there for us; when government wanted to build a spaceport on Kuuku Ya’u country, he was there for us; and when we needed him to stand up for our Native Title with the information our old people gave him, he was there for us. Without his work with our old people, it would have been much harder to get our land back. He has been a warrior for us all".
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5190950 | Ángel Gallardo (golfer) | Ángel Gallardo (born 29 July 1943) is a Spanish professional golfer.
Gallardo was a member of the European Tour from its first official season in 1972 until 1982. He finished in the top one hundred of the European Tour Order of Merit in each of those eleven seasons, with a best ranking of tenth in 1977. His only official European Tour win was the 1977 Italian Open however he did win the 1967 Portuguese Open and the 1970 Spanish Open, events that would soon be enfolded into the European Tour schedule. He also won the 1971 Mexican Open.
He was the second non-British golfer to be elected as Captain of the PGA of Great Britain and Ireland in 1982.
Since leaving the tour, Gallardo has worked as a coach and as a golf course architect, with work that has included co-designing the PGA Golf de Catalunya, venue for the Open de España in 2009. He was vice-chairman of the PGA European Tour from 1995 to 2019 and is now Ambassador of the PGA European Tour.
Professional wins (7).
European Tour wins (1).
European Tour playoff record (1–1)
Results in major championships.
"Note: Gallardo only played in The Open Championship."
CUT = missed the half-way cut (3rd round cut in 1980 Open Championship)<br>
"T" = tied
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10374158 | Davlat Khudonazarov | Davlat Khudonazarov (Russian and , ) (1944-, in Khorugh, Gorno-Badakhshan Autonomous Region, Tajik SSR) is a Tajik filmmaker, politician and human rights activist.
Political career.
Khudanazarov was a prominent filmmaker when he was elected People's Deputy from Tajikistan to the Supreme Soviet of the USSR in 1988. He was elected as chairman of the Soviet Union of Cinematographers in 1989. He was the chief peace-negotiator between the army and the demonstrators in the February 1990 Dushanbe riots. In contrast to Kakhar Makhamov, the then president of Tajikistan who supported the August 1991 Coup in Moscow, Khudonazarov was one of the organizers of the counter-coup resistance. He ran against Rahmon Nabiev in the presidential elections in November 1991 as the candidate of the opposition coalition. In the election Khudonazarov was supported by Pamiris, Gharmis and urban elites. He received 35% of the popular vote. Khudonazarov worked as a peacemaker during the Tajik Civil War (1992–1996). In 1994–95 he was Peace Fellow at the United States Institute of Peace, and Galina Starovoitova Fellow in Human Rights and Conflict Resolution at Kennan Institute of the Woodrow Wilson Center in 2005.
Filmography.
He has filmed many movies and documentaries as a director and cinematographer:
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71792030 | Inverness Caledonian Thistle F.C. in European football | Inverness Caledonian Thistle F.C. played their first official match in European competition on 16 July 2015. This made the club the first (and as of 2022, only) club from the Highlands to represent the area in European football.
Inverness' best run in European competition was their debut against Astra Giurgiu of Romania where they narrowly lost 1–0 on aggregate, denying an all British tie in the following round against English Premier League side, West Ham United.
Inverness first qualified for Europe with a 3rd placed finish, and a Scottish Cup title in the 2014–15 season following a 1–0 away victory over Dundee in the League, with the Scottish Cup title moving them forward a round. However, they narrowly missed out on an earlier European debut in the 2012–13 season, after a crushing 1–0 defeat against rivals, Ross County on the final day of the season forced Inverness out of the top 3, and missing European qualification by 2 points.
Inverness again nearly qualified for Europe, in 2023 via the Scottish Cup, where they lost the final 3–1 to Celtic. Had they won, they would've entered the Europa League Play-Off and had guaranteed Group Stage football.
Statistics.
Note: Inverness scores are listed first.
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29014701 | GIF Nike | GIF Nike is a Swedish football club located in Lomma in Skåne.
Background.
The club was formed in May 1919 and its first chairman was named Tage de la Motte. The current chairman is Lars Sätmark.
Since their foundation GIF Nike has participated mainly in the middle and lower divisions of the Swedish football league system. During two seasons, 1965 and 1966, Nike played in Division 2 which at that time was the second tier of Swedish football. The club's attendance record was set for a derby match against IFK Malmö in June 1965 with 6,426 spectators at Lomma IP. Nike won the match 1–0.
In 2007 GIF Nike played in Division 2 after winning in Division 3 in 2006. GIF Nike is not just a football club as floorball is also prominent. In the summer of 2006 the badminton section was disbanded. GIF Nike's colours were established as red after the team in the 1970s voted for this. The inspiration is said to have come from Liverpool.
The club currently (2014) plays in Division 2 Västra Götaland which is the fourth tier of Swedish football. They play their home matches at the Lomma IP.
In 2009 and 2010 GIF Nike finished in tenth position in Division 2 Södra Götaland and faced the relegation playoffs. On each occasion they were successful beating FC Trelleborg in 2009 and Höörs IS in 2010.
GIF Nike are affiliated to the Skånes Fotbollförbund.
Attendances.
In recent seasons GIF Nike have had the following average attendances:
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7741102 | Power.org | Power.org was an organization to develop and promote Power Architecture technology by establishing its open standards, guidelines, best practices, and certifications.
Power.org was founded in 2004 by IBM and 15 other companies. Freescale (later bought by NXP Semiconductors) joined in 2006 as an honorary founding member and was given similar status as IBM. One year later it announced a landmark technology development deal with IBM. Power.org had over 40 paying members as corporations, governmental, and educational institutions.
In 2013, Power.org was disestablished and replaced by OpenPOWER Foundation, which is responsible for developing and releasing open documentation.
Organization.
Power.org consisted of a board of directors which consists of founding members and others. Several committees and subcommittees governed and managed the organization's goals, projects, and responsibilities. Members had no veto rights in the decision processes of what defined the Power ISA, which was IBM's and Freescale's responsibility.
Power.org had a tiered membership model, with four levels: Founder, Sponsor, Participant, Associate and Developer. Developer membership was free of charge. Members included these:
Power Architecture.
Power.org introduced and promoted Power Architecture, a collective marketing term for any specification, hardware, and software related to the POWER, PowerPC, and Power ISA architectures.
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52800860 | Occidozyga tompotika | Occidozyga tompotika is a species of frog in the family Dicroglossidae. It is endemic to Sulawesi, Indonesia, where it is known from the Balantak Mountains in the Central Sulawesi Province. It is named after Mount Tompotika, its type locality.
Description.
Based on seven specimens, adult "Occidozyga tompotika" measure between in snout–vent length. The body is robust and plump. Males are slightly smaller than females and have some secondary sexual characters including enlarged thenar tubercle at the dorsal surface of first finger and paired vocal sac, but are similar to females in body proportions. The tympanum is hidden. The dorsum is uniformly coloured dark brown or blackish. Lower parts and gular surfaces are heavily marbled with dark brown. Some specimens have a light middorsal line. The finger and toe tips are expanded; the toes are half-webbed. Tadpoles are not known.
Habitat and ecology.
This species has been collected between above sea level in very shallow creeks with continuous flow. Its more webbed toes suggest that it is more aquatic than the related "Occidozyga semipalmata". Other ecological data are not reported.
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19845785 | Vanya Sokolova | Vanya Sokolova resp. Vania Sokolova () (born 22 June 1971) is a former Bulgarian volleyball player and captain of the Bulgarian national squad. She is assistant coach for the Bulgarian U20 national team.
Career.
In her long career she player in Bulgaria, Romania, Germany, Austria and Italian A1 and A2 league. Among others she won the German championship with Schweriner SC and helped the team of Megius Padova to ascend from A2 to A1 as a leading player.
In 2005/06 she was best scorer of the season and was awarded best player in Italian A2.
With the national team her biggest successes were bronze at the Women's European Volleyball Championship in 2001, and at the World Championship 2002.
Playing middle blocker Sokolova changed to the opposite hitter position in Italy. Though being a variable attacker Sokolova is also strong in defence. As a middle blocker she was not replaced by a libero in the back row in Bulgarian national team.
Sokolova played her last seasons for Apollon LIMASSOL in Cyprus with some other former Bulgarian national players participating on international level in the CEV Challenge Cup. She retired in 2012.
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13710605 | Haja Afsatu Kabba | Haja Afsatu Olayinka Ebishola Savage Kabba is a Sierra Leonean Oku politician and former Sierra Leone minister of Energy and Power. She served as a member of Parliament of Sierra Leone from the Western Area Urban District from 2002 to 2007.
Early life.
Haja Afsatu Olayinka Ebishola Savage was born and raised in Freetown, Sierra Leone to Muslim parents from the Oku community, and she is a devout Muslim herself. She completed her primary and secondary education in Freetown. She adopted her husband last name Kabba.
Political career.
On 14 May, 2002 Sierra Leone general election, Haja Afsatu Kabba ran for seat in parliament as candidate of the then opposition All People's Congress (APC) from the Western Area Urban District. She won one of four seats in parliament reserve for the Western Area Urban, but her party's presidential candidate Ernest Bai Koroma won only 19.4% of the vote in the presidential election compared to the incumbent President Ahmad Tejan Kabbah of the Sierra Leone People's Party (SLPP) 70%. On October 16, 2007, newly elected Sierra Leone's president Ernest Bai Koroma named Haja Afsatu Kabba as the country's minister of energy and power.
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71223544 | You Shall Die in Chafarinas | You Shall Die in Chafarinas () is a 1995 crime thriller film directed by Pedro Olea. It is based on the novel by . It stars Jorge Sanz and María Barranco alongside Óscar Ladoire and Javier Albalá.
Plot.
Featuring the backdrop of military conscription and set in a military barracks in Melilla, the plot touches themes such as the suicide of conscripts and substance consumption. Two begrudging privates (Jaime and Cidraque) see themselves forced to act as casual investigators in the wake of series of deaths in the barracks (two deaths from overdose and the ensuing killing of a homosexual conscript).
Production.
Based on the 1990 novel "Morirás en Chafarinas" by Fernando Lalana, the screenplay was penned by Pedro Olea and Francisco Lalana. The film is an Altube Filmeak SL production, with the participation of TVE. Shooting locations included a barracks in Aranjuez, Community of Madrid.
Release.
Distributed by Columbia Tri-Star Films de España, the film was theatrically released in Spain on 21 April 1995.
Reception.
Casimiro Torreiro of "El País" assessed that, while the script apparently features seemingly everything to be functional for an entertaining narration, the writing "lacks work to polish the details", concluding that "no one will be able to say that [the film] is not a well shot and interpreted film. But that alone is not enough to achieve a satisfactory product."
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48627865 | Sombai | Sombai (from – "some rice, please") is a liqueur manufacturer in Siem Reap founded in 2012. Its beverages have become a national drink of Cambodia and symbolic of Siem Reap. Sombai is one of the most popular brands in Cambodia.
Products.
The Sombai liqueurs were created in 2012 initially from rice wine by the Mauritian Joëlle Jean-Louis and her husband Lionel Maitrepierre drawing inspiration from the Cambodian traditional infused rice wine "sraa tram" (). The Sombai bottles are hand-painted. There are 8 different flavours which are always a combination of 2 fruits or spices.
It is usually consumed either neat or on the rocks. Sombai infused rice wines is also an ingredient in several Cambodian cocktails such as Asana Sling, Lemon Lemongrass Tini, Sombai Blue, Sombai Fizz, Siem Reap Monsoon, and Sombai Sour. Several leading establishments in Siem Reap sell Sombai rice wine and its cocktails and use it in their cooking, such as Chef Pola Siv at Mie Café and the Park Hyatt.
Production workshop.
In 2014 a Sombai workshop and tasting parlour was set up in the artist Leang Seckon's house, and has become a tourist attraction in town. It also sells products from the sister brand Joe's Cuisine (speciality foods, like spices or alcoholic jams) and Joe's Kampot Pepper Liqueur.
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12509380 | Mazhuvannur | Mazhuvannur (Literal meaning : The place where Axe has Fallen) is where the axe of Shiva is believed to have fallen )
Mazhuvannur is a hilly village located 10 Kilometres from Mananthavady in Wayanad district, Kerala, India. The place is located near the small town of Tharuvana in Porunnannur Village. The main cultural attraction of this place is Mazhuvannur Maha Siva Kshethram ( Hindu Temple of LordShiva ). It is a very ancient temple and is being renovated in the recent times. This place is bestowed with rich natural trees and plants. Earlier the Village office was located at Mazhuvannur Hills. Famous thanthris and poojaris are residing at this place.
06:00 AM : 15 Degree C
11:00 AM : 20 Degree C
02:00 PM : 25 Degree C
07:00 PM : 20 Degree C
Transportation.
Mazhavannur can be accessed from Mananthavady or Kalpetta. The Periya ghat road connects Mananthavady to Kannur and Thalassery. The Thamarassery mountain road connects Calicut with Kalpetta. The Kuttiady mountain road connects Vatakara with Kalpetta and Mananthavady. The Palchuram mountain road connects Kannur and Iritty with Mananthavady. The road from Nilambur to Ooty is also connected to Wayanad through the village of Meppadi.
The nearest railway station is at Mysore and the nearest airports are Kozhikode International Airport-120 km, Bengaluru International Airport-290 km, and Kannur International Airport, 58 km.
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18021809 | Kattuvelampalayam | Kattuvelampalayam is a village of Namakkal district in the state of Tamil Nadu, India.
Location.
Kattuvelampalayam is located in the bank of the river Cauvery. Nearly 200 families of different castes live in the area, and most are dependent on agriculture. Rice, turmeric, sugar cane and ground nuts are the major crops cultivated throughout the year. Kattuvelampalayam comes under the A.Erayamangalam panchayat. It has one co-operative society. The nearest towns are Erode (18–20 km) and Thiruchengode (15–16 km). KVP has many political leaders from Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK), MDMK and ADMK parties.
Education.
KVP has one Punchayat union government School.
Water resources.
Kattuvelampalayam is located in the bank of the river Cauvery. And landwater to be provided to KVP for peoples usage.compare to other areas here water resource is good.
Sports.
Kathiravan Boys Cricket Club (KBCC) was developed in the 1980s, with annual cricket tournaments having been held at the Erayamangalam cricket ground since 2008.
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42649622 | Vera and Laszlo Tisza House | The Vera and Laszlo Tisza House is a historic house at 2 Deer Trail (a cul-de-sac off Gross Hill Road) in the remote northeastern part of Wellfleet, Massachusetts, within the Cape Cod National Seashore. It is one of a number of surviving houses in Wellfleet that combine elements of Modern architecture with traditional Cape Cod architecture. The house was designed by Olav Hammarstrom, a protégé of Eero Saarinen, for Vera and László Tisza. The house is a T-shaped one-story structure with a central breezeway that provides views of the surrounding woodlands to much of the house. The main block, which is divided by the breezeway, measures 41 by 25 feet, with a 31 by 14 foot section added perpendicular to its north end. A flat roof, covered with rolled asphalt, extends for two feet beyond the edges of the house, and has exposed rafters that are visible both inside and outside the house. There is a recessed porch on the south side of the main block.
The house remained in the couple's hands, passing to Vera when they divorced in 1963. In 1974 she sold the property to the National Park Service, retaining a 15-year right of use. The Park Service is now responsible for its maintenance.
The house was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2014.
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38688933 | SRAM G8 | SRAM G8 is an internally geared hub for bicycles developed and manufactured by the American cycling component manufacturer SRAM Corporation. It entered production in 2013.
Development.
Development of the product started in 2011, as a reaction to the Japanese corporation Shimano's introducing a competing product Alfine S700. The G8 was intended to replace the 9-speed SRAM i-Motion 9, which had been manufactured in SRAM's facility in Schweinfurt, Germany since 2005. In 2010, SRAM announced its new strategy to close down the factory in Schweinfurt, which had roots back to 1895. Allegedly, the facility continued to operate as an R&D- and service-center, although all manufacturing there ceased. In August 2012, SRAM announced its first product resulting from the new strategy, the G8. In 2013, after just 22 months of development, SRAM announced that manufacturing was to commence at the new facility in Dali, Taiwan. The G8 is lighter in weight than the i-Motion 9, and the internal mechanism is much less complicated.
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19847719 | Aldridge School | Aldridge School is a mixed secondary school and sixth form with academy status located in Aldridge, in the Metropolitan Borough of Walsall in the West Midlands, England. The school is recognised as a Science College. The current head is Mr. Worth.
History.
The school was formed in 1975 by merging Aldridge Grammar School with Tynings County Secondary Modern School, which were based in adjacent buildings on the same campus.
Aldridge Grammar School opened in September 1959 and was an 11-18 selective school. <it was originally named Aldridge Grammar-Technical School. The original Headmaster was Eric Ioan Emlyn Whitman, BSc (1909-1990) who had previously played first class cricket for Glamorgan. He served for 15 years until his retirement in July 1974
In September 2003, Aldridge School became a Science College. Since then, it has invested in science equipment for each subject, as well as a biology block. The school has 15 laboratories with prep rooms and technical support.
The school's most recent Ofsted inspection was in 2017 and it was rated Good.
House system.
When a pupil joins the school, they are placed in a tutor group which is assigned to one of the four houses - Barr, Daniels, Linley and Scott - each of which houses around 360 pupils.
Music Scholarship.
Prospective students can apply for admission through a music scholarship. The school has a large music department with over 50 pupils studying music at A-level.
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30717626 | Three Bewildered People in the Night | Three Bewildered People in the Night is a 1987 American drama film directed by Gregg Araki and starring Darcy Marta, John Lacques, and Mark Howell. The film follows three characters through the dissolution of a heterosexual relationship and the possible beginning of a gay one.
Premise.
The film revolves around Alicia, a video artist, her live-in boyfriend Craig, a journalist and frustrated actor, and David, Alicia's best friend and a gay performance artist. Through a series of telephone calls and coffee shop conversations, Craig and Alicia split up and Craig and David take tentative steps toward a relationship.
Production.
Gregg Araki shot "Three Bewildered People in the Night" on a budget of $5,000. He shot in black and white using a spring-wound Bolex camera. The film is an example of guerrilla filmmaking, with Araki shooting in unauthorized locations without permits.
Reception.
"Three Bewildered People in the Night" won the Ernest Artaria Award at the 1989 Locarno International Film Festival.
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39356181 | Dina Browne | Dina Browne (born Dina Heslop) is an Australian television personality, well known as the host of the BTQ7's children's program "Dina And Percy".
Browne was raised in South Africa and Swaziland, and attended the University of Natal. She taught in Africa before moving to Australia.
Theatre and television career.
She was a founding member of the Australian Community Theatre, which toured South East Queensland in the early 70s. Browne worked as a reporter and "weather girl" for BTQ7.
She was also a contributor to the national This Week Has Seven Days before becoming a producer for later shows like the Logie Award-winning "Wombat".
Browne won a Logie Award for Most Popular Female (Queensland) three times – in 1972, 1973, and 1974.
Later work.
She was Commissioner on the Queensland Criminal Justice Commission for six years and later a Commissioner for Police Service Reviews. Browne has served on a number of boards and advisory panels including the Board of the Australian Children's Television Foundation as the Queensland Government representative, Queensland Museum Board of Trustees, and was National chairman and a director of The Order of Australia Association. Since 2012, she has worked as a marriage celebrant.
Awards.
Browne won a United Nations Media Peace Award in 1989. She was made an Officer in the Order of Australia in 1993 for her services to children's television.
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57244888 | Alan King (designer) | Alan Cheung (born 17 February 1997), also known as Alan King, is a Chinese American entrepreneur and fashion designer. King is the founder and CEO of AKINGS.
Career and entrepreneurship.
King is the founder of fashion clothing brand AKINGS. He founded the brand in January 2016.
In 2017, AKINGS showed their autumn winter collection Soho, new york which was featured by "The Source" magazine.
In 2019, King was accepted into the Forbes Business Council.
In 2020 King announced his latest partnership with "Forbes" to launch a mastermind featured on "Forbes" new platform Forbes8.
In 2021, King appeared on the HBO Max series “THE HYPE” as a competing designer alongside celebrity judges such as Offest who were called “co-signers”.
In 2022, King announced his NFT Genesis Collection with a NYFW popup in New York City.
In June of the same year, AKINGS hosted a party celebrating their upcoming NFT "Wear to Earn" collection amidst NFT.NYC week. The collection is not only an NFT digital wearable but also the brand's next-generation customer reward ecosystem. Each trading card presents holders with "Reward Boxes" consisting of tokens, physically redeemable clothes, VIP event invites, partner NFTs, and more.
In November 2022, "Forbes" named Alan and his company co-founder Bryan Leon among its 2023 30 Under 30: Art and Style alongside "Hailey Bieber", "Wisdom Kaye", and Ji Won Choi.
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2595407 | Azalea Trail Run | The Azalea Trail Run is an annual road running event held in late March in Mobile, Alabama which is considered one of the United States' premier road races. Runners, walkers, and wheelchair athletes from around the world and at all levels turn out for the event. The 10-kilometer race is known for its fast, flat course along Mobile's oak shaded streets and has seen blistering records set by runners since its inception. The 2023 race will be the 45th annual running.
In 2001, Joseph Kimani of Kenya finished within two seconds of setting a new world record in the men's open division in 27:41. John Campbell of New Zealand established a world’s best time for a male masters athlete (over 50 years of age) in 1999 with his time of 31:02. In 1994, Martin Mondragon of Mexico set the current world record for men masters, at 28:56.
The two-day, family-friendly event was founded in 1978 and includes a world class 10K race, a 5K race, a fun run, and a Health and Fitness Expo. The ATR is produced by the Port City Pacers, a local nonprofit organization with the mission of promoting health and fitness through running and walking. 2,000 participants attended the 2015 race.
Past winners.
Key:
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64654940 | Make Mine Night Time | "Make Mine Night Time" is a song written by Mike Kosser and Curly Putman. It was first recorded by American country singer-songwriter Bill Anderson. It was released as a single in 1980 via MCA Records and became top 40 hit single.
Background and release.
"Make Mine Night Time" was recorded in September 1979 in Nashville, Tennessee. The session was produced by Buddy Killen, who recently became Anderson's producer after many years of working with Owen Bradley. Killen would continue producing Anderson until his departure from MCA Records. Eight additional tracks were cut at the same session. These tracks appeared on Anderson's 1980 album release.
"Make Mine Night Time" was released as a single by MCA Records in April 1979. The song spent nine weeks on the "Billboard" Hot Country Singles before reaching number 35 in May 1979. It was Anderson's final single to peak in the Top 40 on the country chart. However, he would continue to have charting singles through the 1990s. It was first released on his 1980 studio album, "Nashville Mirrors". This was the final album release for Anderson on MCA Records.
Track listings.
7" vinyl single
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23203215 | Chestnut Ridge and Schellsburg Union Church and Cemetery | Chestnut Ridge and Schellsburg Union Church and Cemetery is a historic church and cemetery in Bedford County, Pennsylvania. The church was built by members of the Reformed and Lutheran churches in 1806. It was used by both congregations until 1843, and then by the Reformed congregation until 1853. The first burial in the cemetery was in 1806, while the church was being constructed. Workmen who were roofing the church placed a child named Whetstone in an unmarked grave. Nevertheless, the cemetery was not formally organized until 1860, and did not receive a deed to the land until 1897.
The church was originally built of logs and in 1881 covered with weatherboarding. The weatherboarding was removed in 1935, and the church was restored in the early 2000s.
The church and cemetery were added to the National Register of Historic Places in 2005. The small town of Schellsburg, and the Schellsburg Historic District, which is also listed on the National Register, is about 1/4 mile to the east on U.S. 30.
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59900992 | Manbang | Manbang () are a series of state-owned digital media players issued by North Korea's Korean Central Broadcasting Committee, providing over-the-top content in the form of channels. Created in response to streaming platforms like Netflix and Roku in the west, and the popularity of Chinese-made Notel players in North Korea, the name comes from the Korean word 만방 ("manbang") meaning "everywhere" or "every direction", conveying the on-demand nature of the service. Due to North Korea's isolationism, users connect to the service not by internet but via the state-controlled intranet using the IPTV protocol.
Content.
In addition to on-demand video, Manbang is reported to offer viewers the ability to watch live streams of at least 5 channels:
Users may also find political information regarding the Supreme Leader and Juche ideology, and read articles from the newspaper "Rodong Sinmun" and the Korean Central News Agency (KCNA).
Worker education services for North Korean enterprises are also available via the Manbang service.
Availability.
According to Korean Central Television (KCTV), viewers can use the service not only in Pyongyang, but also in Sariwon and Sinuiju - a region in which KCTV states demand for the equipment is particularly high, with several hundred users in the region.
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50522341 | KMYL-LD | KMYL-LD (channel 14) is a low-power television station in Lubbock, Texas, United States, affiliated with MyNetworkTV. It is owned by Gray Television alongside NBC affiliate KCBD (channel 11) and Wolfforth-licensed CW+ affiliate KLCW-TV (channel 22), as well as three other low-power stations—Class A Telemundo affiliate KXTQ-CD (channel 46), Snyder-licensed Heroes & Icons affiliate KABI-LD (channel 42), and MeTV affiliate KLBB-LD (channel 48). Gray also provides certain services Fox affiliate KJTV-TV (channel 34) and low-power Class A independent KJTV-CD (channel 32) under a shared services agreement (SSA) with SagamoreHill Broadcasting. KMYL-LD, KLCW-TV, KJTV-TV, KABI-LD, KLBB-LD, KXTQ-CD and KJTV-CD share studios at 98th Street and University Avenue in south Lubbock, where KMYL-LD's transmitter is also located.
The station can also be viewed in portions of the Lubbock, Albuquerque, New Mexico and Odessa, Texas media markets via the second digital subchannel of former sister station KUPT in Hobbs, New Mexico. To cover more of its home market, KMYL-LD is also simulcast on the second subchannel of KLCW-TV.
Subchannels.
The station's digital signal is multiplexed:
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11241794 | Benjamin Worsley | Benjamin Worsley (1618–1673) was an English physician, Surveyor-General of Ireland, experimental scientist, civil servant and intellectual figure of Commonwealth England. He studied at Trinity College, Dublin, but may not have graduated.
His survey of land in Ireland was of land claimed by Oliver Cromwell under the Act of Settlement. Worsley was from 1651 a physician in Cromwell's army, but took to surveying around 1653. His work was too rough-and-ready to be of practical help to arranging land grants to soldiers, and William Petty took over.
He was an alchemical writer, and associate of Robert Boyle, and knew George Starkey from 1650. He was a major figure of the "Invisible College" of the 1640s.
Worsley associated with the circle around Samuel Hartlib and John Dury, and on their behalf visited Johann Rudolph Glauber in 1648-9. Worsley followed the theories of Michael Sendivogius and Clovis Hesteau. He was a projector in the manufacture of saltpeter (1646). Later, probably in the mid-1650s, he wrote "De nitro theses quaedam". He also took up the alchemy of transmutation, with Johann Moriaen and Johannes Sibertus Kuffler.
He was also probably heterodox in religion.
References.
Works cited
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42139619 | Klagenfurt bid for the 2006 Winter Olympics | Klagenfurt 2006 (; ) was an unsuccessful multi-national bid submitted by Klagenfurt, Austria and the Austrian Olympic Committee to host the 2006 Winter Olympics. It was one of six candidates, but failed to be short-listed.
The bid planned to use venues placed in Italy and Slovenia. One of the principal motivations was to "demonstrate the unity, harmony, and friendship of a region which has existed and developed as such over centuries, despite changing conditions, separation by political borders and language barriers". The concept was considered to be interesting, but could have resulted in many potential organisational difficulties.
Venues.
The proposed venues were located in three countries:
Aftermath.
After selection, Klagenfurt didn't bid for Olympics, but other Austrian town, Salzburg submitted its bid for 2010 Winter Olympics and 2014 Winter Olympics.
Italian Tarvisio previously bid for 2002 Winter Olympics and later became a part of a Klagenfurt 2006 bid, but in the very same IOC session another Italian town, Turin was awarded as a host of 2006 Winter Olympics.
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8022205 | Elabored | The Elabored ( , sometimes spelt Elabered) Sub-Zone is home to the Elabered Estate, a large state owned farm producing amongst other things citrus fruits and tomatoes. The farm is irrigated during Eritrea's long dry season by large reservoirs which also supply water to the Sub-Zone's main town of Eden.
To the north of the Eden, some seventeen kilometers away, is one of Anseba's most important religious sites; the monastery of Debre Sina. Many thousands of Eritrean Orthodox pilgrims visit the monastery for its celebration of the Virgin Mary which usually takes place at the start of the long rains.
Eden has a population of approximately 9000 people. It has a regional health centre, Telecommunication center and is home to a masjid and a newly built Catholic church, Holy Redeemer Parish. The town of Eden is very central to the Elabered District. The sub-districts of She'eb Seleba, Debre Sina (mount Sinai), Hadish-Adi Anseba and others flow to Eden for their transportation, means of communication and administrative reasons. Its tropical climate and geographic position, surrounded by high mountains, gives its beauty and warm climate. Eden has the largest Agricultural plantation in the region. And it is home for tropical and sub tropical plantation. Eden is well known of its various fruits especially oranges, mandarines, grape fruits, grapes, lemons, bananas, green peppers, etc.
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27609618 | M. V. Venkatram | M. V. Venkatram (18 May 1920 – 14 January 2000), was a Tamil, writer and translator from Tamil Nadu, India.
Biography.
Venkatram was born in Kumbakonam in a Saurashtra Brahmin family. He obtained a B.A degree in Economics and was involved in silk Zari business. He first started publishing in the literary magazine Manikodi in the 1930s, while he was still a college student. He was influenced by Ku. Pa. Rajagopalan and was part of a literary circle that included Karichan Kunju (R. Narayanaswami), Thi. Janakiraman, Thiruloka Seetaram, Dhenuka, Thanjai Prakash, Na.Vichuvanathan, C.M.Muthu and Podhikaiverkpan. His works have been published in magazines like "Kaalamohini", "Grama Ooozhiyan" and "Sivaji". He also ran a literary magazine named "Thenee" briefly. He has written over two hundred short stories and novels. "Nithyakanni" "Kathukal" and "Velivithee" are his most noted works. He also wrote more than 60 short biographies for Palaniappa Brothers and translated over 10 books for the National Book Trust of India. In 1993, he was awarded the Sahitya Akademi Award for Tamil for novel "Kathukal" (lit. Ears).
Centenary.
In connection with his centenary (18 May 2020) among others, the following articles appeared, by way of tribute to him.
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69973666 | Gisèle Ndaya Luseba | Gisèle Ndaya Luseba is a politician and businessperson in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. She is head of the political party Convention of Unified Labor Democrats (CDTU), and vice-president of Dynafec.
On 12 April 2021 she replaced Béatrice Lomeya as Minister for Gender, Family and Children in the Lukonde cabinet.
Life.
Gisèle Ndaya Luseba graduated in marketing from ISC Kinshasa, and has another degree in theology. She has a masters in marketing economics, and is a specialist in political party management at UN Academia. In 2020 her PhD thesis was announced, "The role of women in political institutions in the Democratic Republic of Congo: utopia or reality?". She is married to a prominent magistrate.
Ndaya was appointed Minister for Gender, Family and Children in April 2021. In June 2021 a pan-African Conference on Gender Equality was held in Kinshasa. In July 2021, after the Generation Equality Forum convened by UN Women in Paris, Ndaya and Julienne Lusenge led a delegation of African women announcing the outcome of the Kinshasa conference, a proposed ten-year goal for African women, the Kinshasa Declaration.
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18507465 | Gansuiji Station | is a railway station in Hamakita-ku, Hamamatsu, Shizuoka Prefecture, Japan, operated by the third sector Tenryū Hamanako Railroad.
Lines.
Gansuiji Station is served by the Tenryū Hamanako Line, and is located 30.3 kilometers from the starting point of the line at Kakegawa Station.
Station layout.
The station has one side platform serving a single bi-directional track with a small station building. The station is unattended. The station building and platform are protected as Registered Tangible Cultural Properties of Japan since 2011.
Adjacent stations.
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Station History.
Gansuiji Station was established on June 1, 1940 when the section of the Japan National Railways Futamata Line was extended from Enshū-Mori Station to Kanasashi Station. Small parcel services were discontinued from June 1970, and the station was unmanned after that time. Freight services were discontinued in April 1973. After the privatization of JNR on March 15, 1987, the station came under the control of the Tenryū Hamanako Line.
Passenger statistics.
In fiscal 2016, the station was used by an average of 38 passengers daily (boarding passengers only).
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57471408 | Cap of Liberty (apple) | Cap of Liberty, also known by the name Red Soldiers or Bloody Soldier, is a traditional cider apple cultivar originating in the Martock area of central Somerset.
Characteristics.
The cultivar makes a medium-sized tree with a distinctive habit, having several long, unbranching, spreading limbs. It bears in mid season.
The small fruit have a strong red flush on a yellow ground, a shape between conical and cylindrical and are of full 'bittersharp' type, being high in tannin and malic acid levels. 'Cap of Liberty' is similar to and may be related to other central Somerset varieties such as Lambrook Pippin. It is considered to be of 'vintage' quality, i.e. capable of making single varietal cider.
The tree is extremely prone to apple scab, with some scab and consequent die-back being almost always present. It also has some susceptibility to canker. It was little planted after the 1920s and by the 1960s it was commented by Long Ashton Research Station staff that the "few remaining trees [of 'Cap of Liberty'] are old", but the variety is now available from some commercial growers.
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26122688 | Datacap | Datacap (an IBM Company), a privately owned company, manufactures and sells computer software, and services. Datacap's first product, Paper Keyboard, was a "forms processing" product and shipped in 1989. In August 2010, IBM announced that it had acquired Datacap for an undisclosed amount.
Datacap sells products through a value-added distribution network worldwide. The software is classified as "enterprise software", meaning that it requires trained professionals to install and configure. Although the Company has focused on providing solutions for scanning paper documents, most recently Company materials have emphasized customer requirements to handle electronic documents ("eDocs"), documents being received into an organization electronically (usually email).
Datacap claims that its software is unique because of the rules engine ("Rulerunner") used for processing inbound documents, including performing the image processing (deskew, noise removal, etc.), optical character recognition (OCR), intelligent character recognition (ICR), validations, and export-release formatting of extracted data to target ERP and line of business application.
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63610851 | George M. Neal | George Milton Neal (August 29, 1930 – December 1, 2016) was a United States Navy Petty Officer from Springfield, Ohio. He served with Helicopter Utility Squadron ONE (HU-1), a Navy Helicopter rescue unit embarked from Australian light cruiser HMAS Sydney during the Korean War and was awarded the Navy Cross for his actions on July 3, 1951, when, while serving with Helicopter Utility Squadron ONE, he and pilot Lt. j.g. John Kelvin Koelsch attempted to rescue Marine Corps Captain James Wilkins. Wilkins crashed near Yondong in North Korea after his Vought F4U Corsair took antiaircraft fire.
He died on December 1, 2016, and was interred in Arlington National Cemetery.
Navy Cross.
The President of the United States takes pleasure in presenting The NAVY CROSS to
George Milton Neal, Aviation Machinist's Mate Third Class, U.S. Navy For service as set forth in the following citation:
Legacy.
An Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer, DDG 131, will be named in honor of the Korean War veteran, and Navy Cross Recipient, Aviation Machinist's Mate 3rd Class George M. Neal.
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19821186 | 2006 Mutua Madrileña Masters Madrid | The 2006 Madrid Masters (also known as the "Mutua Madrileña Masters Madrid" for sponsorship reasons) was a tennis tournament played on indoor hard courts. It is the 5th edition of the Madrid Masters, and is part of the ATP Masters Series of the 2006 ATP Tour. It took place at the Madrid Arena in Madrid, Spain, from October 16 through October 23, 2006. First-seeded Roger Federer won the singles title.
The singles field was led by World No. 1, Australian Open, Wimbledon and U.S. Open, Indian Wells, Miami, Toronto Masters champion Roger Federer, ATP No. 2, French Open, Madrid defending champion, Monte Carlo and Rome winner Rafael Nadal, and Chennai, Zagreb and Vienna titlist Ivan Ljubičić. Other top seeds were Estoril champion and 2005 Masters Cup winner David Nalbandian, New Haven and Kremlin Cup titlist Nikolay Davydenko, Andy Roddick, Tommy Robredo and James Blake.
Finals.
Singles.
Roger Federer defeated Fernando González 7–5, 6–1, 6–0
Doubles.
Bob Bryan / Mike Bryan defeated Mark Knowles / Daniel Nestor 7–5, 6–4
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28063789 | SK Træff | Sportsklubben Træff is a Norwegian sports club from Molde, Møre og Romsdal. It currently has sections for association football and team handball.
The men's football team currently plays in the Norwegian Second Division, the third tier of the Norwegian football league system, after being promoted from the 2021 Norwegian Third Division.
History.
Træff had a longer stint in the 2. divisjon before being relegated after the 2002 season. Also, in 2000 they had survived play-offs with 3. divisjon teams to avoid relegation. Once situated in the 3. divisjon, Træff became a top team. In 2003 they won their 3. divisjon group, but in the two-leg playoff they lost to Volda TI on penalties after 3–3 on aggregate. In 2004 they won again and beat Skarbøvik IF 4–2 on aggregate in the playoff, but was relegated after the 2005 2. divisjon. In further playoffs, Træff lost to Skarbøvik in 2007 and to Aalesund 2 in 2009. In 2011, Træff was promoted to the 2. divisjon after they won their group. In 2015, the club was again relegated to the 3. divisjon.
Recent history.
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11586152 | Burton C. Cook | Burton Chauncey Cook (May 11, 1819 – August 18, 1894) was a U.S. Representative from Illinois.
Biography.
He was born in Pittsford, New Yorkon May 11, 1819. Cook attended the Collegiate Institute, Rochester, New York. He studied law, and in 1835, he moved to Ottawa, Illinois, where he commenced the practice of law in 1840.
In 1846, Cook was elected by the legislature to the position of State's attorney for the ninth judicial district for two years. He was reelected by the people in 1848 for four years. He served as member of the Illinois Senate 1852–1860. He served as delegate to the Republican National Convention in 1860 and 1864. He served as member of the peace convention of 1861 held in Washington, D.C., in an effort to devise means to prevent the impending war.
Cook was elected as a Republican to the Thirty-ninth and to the three succeeding Congresses and served from March 4, 1865, to August 26, 1871, when he resigned. He served as chairman of the Committee on Roads and Canals (Fortieth Congress), and the Committee on District of Columbia (Forty-first Congress).
He resumed the practice of his profession in Evanston, Illinois, and died there August 18, 1894. He was interred in Oakwood Cemetery, Chicago, Illinois.
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