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# Cyril Lakin
**Cyril Harry Alfred Lakin** (29 December 1893 -- 23 June 1948) was a Welsh politician and farmer who was the Conservative Party Member of Parliament (MP) for Llandaff and Barry in South Wales. He won the seat at a by-election in June 1942, with a 5,655 majority over an independent Labour candidate, but was defeated at the 1945 general election by the official Labour Party candidate Lynn Ungoed-Thomas.
Lakin lived in London, his family lived at Highlight Farm in Barry, Vale of Glamorgan. His wife was Vera Marjory Savill, whom he married in 1926 and had one daughter Bridget, who was born in 1927. He died in France and his wife died on the Isle of Wight in 1990
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# Pithauria stramineipennis
***Pithauria stramineipennis***, the **light straw ace**, is a species of skipper butterfly found in tropical Asia. It measures about 2 in in wingspan.
## Description
In describing this species James Wood-Mason and Lionel de Nicéville wrote: `{{quote|In our figure the downy clothing of the upperside of the wings at the base is not represented of a sufficiently light and bright shade; it is in reality of a clear bright whitey-brown or straw-colour, which, being conspicuously contrasted with the dark margins, renders ''P. stramineipennis'' most readily distinguishable from ''P. murdava'', in which the downy clothing is, as has already been stated, yellowish-olivaceous. The genital armature, which has been carefully examined in several specimens of each species, though identical in general plan, yet differs greatly in detail in the two. Several hundreds of specimens of each species have passed through our hands.
'''Male''' Upperside, ''both wings'' marked precisely as in ''[[Pithauria murdava]]'', Moore, but all the setae on the base of the wings clear whitey brown with a touch of yellow on all those in front of the submedian nervure of the forewing, those on the interno-median area of this wing being concolorous with the whitey-brown down of the hindwing, the costal area of which is above more or less extensively pale brown. In ''P. murdava'', the setae in the hindwing are yellowish olivaceous, all those of the forewing distinctly yellower; and the costal area of the hindwing is dark. All the spots and streaks of both sides are no less variable in ''P. stramineipennis'' than they are in ''P. murdava'', so we have not attempted to describe them.<ref name=watson>Watson, E. Y. 1891. Hesperiidae Indicae : being a reprint of descriptions of the Hesperiidae of India, Burma, and Ceylon.</ref>
'''Female''' Differs from male in being larger, in the wings being paler, with the scanty setulose clothing at their bases greyish fuscous paler than the ground in the hindwing, and in the spots of the forewing being larger, paler, and more angular; agrees therewith in the costal area of the hindwing being pale brown above.<ref name=watson/>}}`{=mediawiki}
## Distribution
*Pithauria stramineipennis* is found in Sikkim, Bhutan, Upper Assam and Cachar
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# George John (cricketer)
**George John** (c. 1883 -- 14 January 1944) was a West Indian fast bowler.
George John was a very fast bowler in his prime and could cut the ball into the batsmen. He toured England with West Indies side in 1923 but by then was past his best. He claimed 90 wickets at 14.68 in all matches, 49 of them at 19.51 in first class matches. Against Glamorgan he took 10 for 147 and at Scarborough, with George Francis, reduced a near Test quality HDG Leveson Gower\'s XI to 19 for 6 as they were chasing 28 to win in the second innings. John took 5 for 54 for Trinidad against MCC in 1925-26 when he was over forty years of age.
The Trinidadian writer C. L. R. James, who often played against him, has left a picture of what John the bowler looked like:
> He was just the right height, about five foot ten, with a chest, shoulders and legs on him all power and proportion\... He was one of those rare fast bowlers who proposed to defeat you first of all by pace and sheer pace. He ran about fifteen yards, a quick step or two first, a long loping stride that increased until near the crease he leapt into the air and delivered, his arm high \... Thunderbolts they were.\"
## Legacy
In June 1988, John was celebrated on the 30c Trinidad and Tobago stamp alongside the Barbados Cricket Buckle. He was the father of playwright and actor Errol John
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# Pile bridge
A **pile bridge** is a structure that uses foundations consisting of long poles (referred to as piles), which are made of wood, concrete or steel and which are hammered into the soft soils beneath the bridge until the end of the pile reaches a hard layer of compacted soil or rock. Piles in such cases are hammered to a depth where the grip or friction of the pile and the soil surrounding it will support the load of the bridge deck. Bridging solely using the pile method is a rare occurrence today.
## Roman pile bridges {#roman_pile_bridges}
Pile bridges have been used to cross rivers and other geological chasms since at least the time of the Roman Empire. One such bridge was probably Pons Sublicius thought to have been first created around 642BC, although being made of wood; this bridge and none of the other Roman bridges of the period have survived the erosion of time.
## Construction during medieval times {#construction_during_medieval_times}
During the English Middle Ages bridge building was a booming activity. Groups of piles, usually made of elm or oak were driven together into the soil. The pile hammer was a construction that allowed a heavy weight to fall on the top of the pile. Each pile wore a \"pile shoe\" tip made of iron. A group so hammered was called a \"straddle\" and atop as well as surrounding the straddle was a pile supported platform called a \"starling\" which was filled with rubble before the pier and bridge deck were added.
## Duration of pile bridges {#duration_of_pile_bridges}
Perhaps one of the most well-known of the medieval pile bridges, and one that was probably similarly constructed as a pile bridge by the Romans, are the older versions of London Bridge. However, even when the first version of the bridge as a stone structure was commenced during the reign of Henry II in 1176, oak piles were used as part of the construction. Indeed, some of those piles while driven in 1176 were still sturdy enough to be drawn in 1921, almost 750 years later
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# 335th Signal Command (Theater)
The 335th Signal Command (Theater) is an operational and functional U.S. Army Reserve command of more than 4,000 Active and Reserve Soldiers, providing Signal and Cyber units in direct support of the U.S. Army, Army Reserve exercises, and Homeland Defense missions throughout the United States.
Embracing the motto, \"Ready Lightning,\" The 335th Signal Command (Theater) is one of the Army\'s four theater signal commands.
The 335th Signal Command (Theater) has Army Reserve Signal Soldiers assigned to units throughout United States and overseas supporting ongoing military operations.
In 2016, the 335th Signal Command (Theater) became the Army Reserve proponent for Defensive Cyber Operations/Forces for the Army Reserve as the Army Reserve Cyber Operations Group (ARCOG) transitioned from the 76th Operational Readiness Command (ORC) to the 335th Signal Command (Theater). This transition brings Army Reserve Cyber Protection Teams to the 335th Signal Command (Theater).
## Current leadership {#current_leadership}
- Commanding General: Major General Jan C. Norris
- Command Sergeant Major: Command Sergeant Major Russell B. Price
- Command Chief Warrant Officer: Chief Warrant Officer Five Lawrence A. Makuakane
- Command Executive Officer: Mr. Edward Hriczov Jr.
- Deputy Commanding General (Signal): Brigadier General Marlene K. Markotan
- Deputy Commanding General (Cyber): Brigadier General Royce P. Resoso
- Chief of Staff: Colonel Andrew R. Howes
Updated 17JUN24 by SGT Tarako Braswell, 335th SC (T) Command Public Affairs Office NCO.
## Current Structure {#current_structure}
As of 2020, the 335th Signal Command controls the following:
- **335th Signal Command (Theater)**, in East Point, Georgia
- Headquarters and Headquarters Company
- Defense Information Systems Agency--Army Reserve Element, in Fort George G. Meade, Maryland
- Joint Communications Support Element, in Tampa, Florida
- Joint Enabling Capabilities Command--Army Reserve Element, in Norfolk, Virginia
- **United States Army Reserve Cyber Protection Brigade**, in Adelphi, Maryland
- United States Cyber Command--Army Reserve Element, in Fort George G. Meade, Maryland
- **359th Theater Tactical Signal Brigade**, at Fort Eisenhower, Georgia
- 490th Signal Company (Tactical Installation/Networking), in Blacklick, Ohio
- 982nd Combat Camera Company, in East Point, Georgia
- 324th Expeditionary Signal Battalion, at Fort Eisenhower, Georgia
- 392nd Expeditionary Signal Battalion, in Baltimore, Maryland
- **505th Theater Tactical Signal Brigade**, in Las Vegas, Nevada
- 98th Expeditionary Signal Battalion, in Mesa, Arizona
- 319th Expeditionary Signal Battalion, in Sacramento, California
- 812th Signal Company Tactical Installation and Networking - Enhanced (TIN-E), in Vallejo, California
## Campaign participation credit {#campaign_participation_credit}
- Republic of Vietnam
- Operation Desert Shield
- Operation Desert Storm
- Operation Enduring Freedom
- Operation Iraqi Freedom
- Operation Atlantic Resolve
- Operation Inherent Resolve
## Provisional Command {#provisional_command}
Shortly after the 9/11 attacks, the 335th Signal Command mobilized reserve soldiers and active Army personnel to Camp Doha, Kuwait. The unit moved to Camp Arifjan, Kuwait in 2005, where it remains today as an enduring presence in the USCENTCOM/USARCENT AOR. Currently, the 335th Signal Command (Theater) (Provisional) provides signal support to USARCENT for Resolute Support Mission (RSM), Operation Inherent Resolve (CJTF-OIR).
## Shoulder sleeve insignia {#shoulder_sleeve_insignia}
Shoulder Sleeve Insignia. Description: A dark blue vertical rectangle arched at top and bottom with a 1/8 in white border, 2+1/4 in in width and 3 in in height overall having in base the polar section of an orange globe with white grid lines and issuant therefrom two white-edged orange flashes with points converging at top center. Symbolism: Orange and white are the colors associated with the Signal Corps. Dark blue signifies the atmosphere and the flashes and globe are symbolic of the unit\'s worldwide communication capability. The shoulder sleeve insignia was approved on 30 October 1985 designed by Major Charles K Reber 20 February 1985.
## Distinctive unit insignia {#distinctive_unit_insignia}
Description: A gold color metal and enamel device 1+1/8 in in height overall consisting of two quadrates conjoined with point up, the left quadrant of white, the right of black, surmounted by two orange lightning flashes chevronwise and extending above and below the quadrates; in base, a green open wreath of Live Oak, all above a semicircular gold scroll folded back at the base of each flash and inscribed, \"READY LIGHTNING\" in black letters, areas between quadrates and flashes at top and quadrates and Live Oak in base are pierced. Symbolism: The white and black quadrates and the lightning flashes symbolize the organization\'s day and night mission to direct and coordinate the operations, training, administration and logistics support of assigned and attached units. The Live Oak, the State Tree of Georgia and a symbol of ever-ready strength in reserve, also alludes to the organization\'s origin and home station at Atlanta, Georgia. Orange and white are colors used for the Signal Corps. The distinctive unit insignia was originally approved on 10 December 1971 for the 335th Signal Group. It was redesignated for the 335th Signal Brigade on 24 December 1984. The insignia was redesignated for the 335th Signal Command on 16 April 1986.
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# 335th Signal Command (Theater)
## Past Commanders {#past_commanders}
Order Position Incumbent Start of Service End of Service Notable Service
------- -------------------- ------------------------------- ------------------ ---------------- -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
1st Group Commander COL James F. Callahan Feb 1953 Mar 1956
2nd Group Commander COL Hodge W. Norman Mar 1956 Oct 1961
3rd Group Commander COL Daniel J. Scarborough Oct 1961 Dec 1963 Vietnam War
4th Group Commander COL Marvin M. Kilgro Dec 1963 Jul 1965 Vietnam War
N/A N/A Jul 1965 Oct 1971 Missing Information
5th Group Commander COL Marion A. Woodward Oct 1971 Feb 1972 Vietnam War
N/A N/A Feb 1972 Apr 1973 Missing Information
6th Group Commander COL Carlyle W. Woodruff Apr 1973 May 1974 Vietnam War
7th Group Commander COL Joseph E. Turner Jul 1977 Jun 1981
8th Group Commander COL Emory S. Mabry III Jun 1981 May 1984
9th Brigade Commander COL Tommy Bonds May 1984 Oct 1987
10th Commanding General MG John R. McWaters Oct 1987 Oct 1991
11th Commanding General MG Joseph E. Turner Oct 1991 Jul 1995
12th Commanding General MG Tommy W. Bonds Sr. Jul 1995 Nov 1997
13th Commanding General MG Thomas A. Wessels Nov 1997 Nov 2001 Operation Joint Guardian (KFOR), Operation Joint Forge (SFOR)
14th Commanding General MG Lowell \"Rip\" C. Detamore Nov 2001 Nov 2005 Operation Enduring Freedom (OEF), Operation Iraqi Freedom (OIF)
15th Commanding General MG Dennis E. Lutz Nov 2005 Sep 2009 Operation Enduring Freedom (OEF), Operation Iraqi Freedom (OIF)
16th Commanding General MG Stuart M. Dyer Sep 2009 Sep 2012 Operation Enduring Freedom (OEF), Operation Iraqi Freedom (OIF)
17th Commanding General MG Lawrence W. Brock III Sep 2012 May 2014 Operation Enduring Freedom (OEF), Operation Iraqi Freedom (OIF)
18th Commanding General BG Christopher R. Kemp May 2014 Oct 2016 Operation Spartan Shield (OSS), Operation Inherent Resolve (OIR), Operation Enduring Freedom (OFS), Operation Freedom\'s Sentinel (OFS)
19th Commanding General MG Peter A. Bosse Oct 2016 Feb 2020 Operation Spartan Shield (OSS), Operation Inherent Resolve (OIR), Operation Freedom\'s Sentinel (OFS)
20th Commanding General MG John H. Phillips Feb 2020 Aug 2022 Operation Spartan Shield (OSS), Operation Inherent Resolve (OIR), Operation Freedom\'s Sentinel (OFS), Operation Atlantic Resolve (OAR)
21st Commanding General MG Tina B
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# Sunday Dispatch
The ***Sunday Dispatch*** was a prominent British newspaper, published between 27 September 1801 and 18 June 1961. It was ultimately discontinued due to its merger with the *Sunday Express*.
## History
The newspaper was first published as the ***Weekly Dispatch*** in 1801, and was owned in the mid-1800s by notable solicitor James Harmer, who served as a model for Jaggers, the Charles Dickens character from *Great Expectations*. The newspaper\'s name was changed to the *Sunday Dispatch* in 1928.
In 1903, the Newnes family sold the paper to Alfred and Harold Harmsworth. The new owners then turned it around from bankruptcy and into the biggest selling Sunday newspaper in Britain at the time.
Due to editor Charles Eade\'s role as Press Liaison officer for Lord Mountbatten during World War II, distribution of the *Dispatch* was up from 800,000 to over 2 million copies per edition in 1947.
In 1959, Eade and the editor of the *Daily Sketch* were fired due to a comment from Randolph Churchill that Esmond Harmsworth, 2nd Viscount Rothermere, was \"pornographer royal\" for his ownership of both the *Daily Sketch* and *Sunday Dispatch*.
Under its last editor, Walter Hayes, the *Dispatch* still maintained pre-printed posters with the headline \"CHURCHILL IS DEAD\", in preparation of the death of Randolph Churchill\'s father Winston Churchill.
In December 1960, the paper had a respectable circulation of 1,500,000 copies. Despite this, the *Sunday Dispatch* was merged with the *Sunday Express* in 1961.
The *Dispatch* is prominently featured in Philip Norman\'s 1996 novel *Everyone\'s Gone to the Moon*. The novel is centred on the reporting of the British pop invasion of America in the 1960s.
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# Sunday Dispatch
## Famous stories and headlines {#famous_stories_and_headlines}
- September 1927 -- In light of the trial verdict of the murder of PC Gutteridge of the Metropolitan Police, the headline read \"Hanged by a microscope\". An early case of ballistics science, it reflected the fact that microscopic examination of the Smith & Wesson gun cartridge cases had provided the crucial evidence to convict car thieves Frederick Browne and Pat Kennedy of the murder.
- 1933 -- published Harry Price\'s book *Leaves From a Psychist\'s Case-Book* in a series of 10 articles
- 1945 -- the first Miss Great Britain contest was held by Morecambe and Heysham Council in association with the *Dispatch*, which as a preliminary to the personal appearance heats at Morecambe, photographic heats held in the newspaper attracted contestant from all over the country. The first prize was seven guineas and a basket of fruit.
- 2 December 1945 -- broke news that British spy John Amery was dying of tuberculosis. A post mortem revealed after his conviction and execution for high treason that he had not been suffering from the disease.
- 13 February 1949 -- in light of the importation of American \"dark humour\" comics, the headline read: \"Horror has crept into the British nursery. Morals of little girls in plaits and boys with marbles bulging in their pockets are being corrupted by a torrent of indecent coloured magazines that are flooding bookstalls and newsagents.\" The counter article was co-written by the Reverend Marcus Morris, later founder of *The Eagle* comic
- 1950 -- in late summer, the *Dispatch* was partly responsible for launching the Flying Saucer debate in the UK, when in a circulation battle with the *Sunday Express*. Both papers competed to serialise the seminal books by Major Donald Keyhoe *Flying Saucers are Real,* Frank Scully's *Behind the Flying Saucers* and Gerald Heard\'s *Riddle of the Flying Saucers.* Eade had been encouraged to promote \"flying saucer\" stories by his friend Lord Mountbatten whom he had served as Press officer during the Second World War. The *Dispatch* later reported on the 1951 Mount Kilimanjaro incident and the West Freugh Incident in April 1957
- June 1953 -- serialisation of *\"The Rommel papers\"* edited by military historian Basil Liddell Hart.
- 25 April 1954 -- the headline read \"Doctor\'s Journal Launches a Startling Campaign -- Smoking sensation -- MP Urges Ban On Manufacture Of Cigarettes As Move Against Cancer Peril\" on the risks of smoking and lung cancer. The article was later cited in 2000 by Gallaher Tobacco to the UK Parliamentary Health select committee showing that such risks had been known for some while
- 1954 -- broke the story that racing driver Mike Hawthorn was not called up for National Service because he cited that he was not in the country, while actually he was
- 1959 -- exposed a story about Scientology founder L. Ron Hubbard, where he sold shares at \$65 each in a company that didn\'t exist. Hubbard apologised, and returned all monies, allegedly commenting: \"It\'s lucky the police did not become involved, otherwise something most unpleasant might have happened.\"
## Former journalists and editors {#former_journalists_and_editors}
- Gordon Beckles -- became assistant editor at age 25 in 1927, journalist, editor and author
- Ursula Bloom -- reporter. Later a novelist who wrote under numerous pseudonyms, she published over 500 books in her lifetime, an achievement that won her recognition in the Guinness Book of Records.
- William Brittain -- editor from 1931 to 1934. He then bought the short-lived *London Daily Recorder*
- Collin Brooks -- editor, 1930s.
- Randolph Churchill -- political columnist. Resigned in 1936 following paper\'s refusal to publish one of his articles.
- Dorothy Crisp -- a regular contributor of provocative articles. One edition in 1943 was banned in Ireland because it contained her criticisms of the de Valera\'s government.
- Charles Eade -- editor, Press Liaison officer for Lord Mountbatten during the Second World War
- Alastair Forbes -- wrote weekly column called \"Behind the World Political Scene\" from 1945, but he was fired in 1956.
- Charles Graves -- journalist brother of Robert Graves
- Walter Hayes -- editor, 1957--1961. Later Ford PR Vice President.
- Gerald McKnight -- editor. Later founder of *News Shopper*
- Reverend Marcus Morris -- first feature he ever wrote. Later founder of *The Eagle* comic
- Max Miller -- the comedian wrote a weekly column.
- Bill Tidy -- cartoonist
- Margaret Williams -- reporter. Went to Berlin in 1946 with the first batch of British Army wives to rejoin their husbands serving in Germany.
- Ian Wooldridge -- journalist
## Editors
: 1801: Robert Bell
: 1815: George Kent
: 1816: Robert Bell
: 1818: Williams
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: 1856: Sydney French
: 1862: Thomas James Serle
: 1875: Ashton Wentworth Dilke
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# 1st Maneuver Support Brigade (Romania)
The **1st Maneuver Support Brigade \"Argedava\"** (*Brigada 1 Sprijin Manevră \"Argedava\"*) is a brigade of the Romanian Land Forces. It was initially formed as the 36th Infantry Regiment, and named after the Moldavian Voivode Vasile Lupu.
The brigade is considered the best and most modern infantry brigade in the Romanian Land Forces; its headquarters are located in Bucharest. The 1st Brigade is formed around a command with a multifunctional staff, intended to ensure the conduct of operations in the rear area and includes structures of paratroopers, CBRN, CIMIC, engineering, military police, anti-aircraft defense, as well as logistical support. The unit is under structural reorganization which is set to complete in 2024.
## History
### Origins to World War I {#origins_to_world_war_i}
On 1 April 1909, the 36th Infantry Regiment \"Vasile Lupu\" was established. In 1910, the Regiment was assigned to the 18th Infantry Brigade, at the same time being moved to Cernavodă. It participated in the Second Balkan War, and was assigned to the Turtucaia garrison after its conclusion.
During World War I, the 36th Infantry Regiment took part in the Battle of Turtucaia suffering heavy losses. The regiment continued to fight in the 1916 campaign being merged with the 76th Infantry Regiment into the 36/76th Infantry Regiment. From December 1916 to May 1917, the Regiment was reorganized and rearmed, and it participated in the Battle of Mărășești during the summer. In December 1917, the 36th Regiment ensured the public order and the disarmament of the Russian troops in Northern Moldavia. From July 1918, it was deployed to the Dnister border where it defeated a Bolshevik uprising in January 1919 in the Ataki area. It returned to Turtucaia in 1920.
### World War II to present day {#world_war_ii_to_present_day}
After the Treaty of Craiova, it was relocated to Cernavodă. From September 1942, the Regiment participated in the battles on the Don bend, where it repelled Soviet attacks until 19 November when it was forced to retreat and suffered heavy losses during the general offensive of the Soviet forces. By 21 November, the disorganized troops escaped the encirclement and withdrew, eventually being moved to Transnistria between January and February 1943, and returning to Cernavodă in September. After King Michael\'s Coup, the 36th Regiment participated in the disarmament of the German troops in Dobrogea, then in the battles in Northern Transylvania. The Regiment continued with the campaigns in Hungary and Czechoslovakia until 12 May 1945.
The 36th Regiment was disbanded in 1947, being reestablished as the 42nd Mechanized Regiment in 1951. In 2001, the unit became the 34th Territorial Mechanized Brigade, and on 1 June 2005, after moving to Clinceni from Mihail Kogălniceanu, it changed its name to the 34th Light Infantry Brigade \"Vasile Lupu\". Between 2009 and 2010, the brigade was transformed into the 1st Mechanized Brigade, receiving the honorary name \"Argedava\". Between 2023 and 2024, the brigade is to be reorganized as the first maneuver support brigade of the Romanian Army. The 226th Maneuver Enhancement Brigade of the Alabama Army National Guard will aid in the reorganization process
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# Michael Blomquist
**Michael Blomquist** (born August 14, 1981 in Winston-Salem, North Carolina) is an American rower and a former World Champion.
## Education
Blomquist was educated at Phillips Exeter Academy and Harvard University. He then enrolled at St Peter\'s College, Oxford where he undertook a Master of Science degree in Nature, Society & Environmental Policy.
## The Boat Race {#the_boat_race}
Whilst at Oxford University, Blomquist was a member of Oxford University Boat Club and took part in the Boat Race in 2005. Both universities had extremely strong intakes that year, with Cambridge boasting several world champions and the Oxford crew including Olympic silver-medallist Barney Williams. Oxford, with Mike in the six seat, won the epic contest by 2 lengths in a time of 16 minutes and 42 seconds.
## International rowing career {#international_rowing_career}
Blomquist won his first senior international vest in 2001. He sat in the two-seat of the United States Coxed Four, which made the final of the World Championships in Lucerne, and again a year later in Seville. After a break from international rowing, he returned in 2005, becoming World Champion as part of the United States Eight, at the World Championships in Gifu. In 2006 Mike was in the Coxless Four, which finished fourth at the World Championships at Eton
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# Department of Infrastructure, Energy and Resources
The **Department of Infrastructure, Energy and Resources** (DIER) was the former name of the Tasmanian Government Department of State Growth. It reported to several ministers including Jim Cox and Michael Aird. On 1 July 2014, the Department of Economic Development, Tourism and the Arts was amalgamated with the department and the name was changed to the Department of State Growth.
The department was divided into divisions including a Corporate Services Division and the Office of the Secretary. In addition to its own Divisions, DIER also provided support to Private Forests Tasmania, Racing Services Tasmania, and Forest Practices Authority. The Executive Group (Senior Management Team) was made up of the Secretary, Deputy Secretaries, and the General Manager Corporate Services. Each Division of DIER had responsibilities for infrastructure for social and economic development in Tasmania
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# Mendip Way
The Mendip Way is an 80 km long-distance footpath across the Mendip Hills from Weston-super-Mare to Frome. It is divided into two sections.
The **West Mendip Way** was opened in 1979 and starts at the Bristol Channel at Uphill Cliff. It climbs the Mendip escarpment affording views over the Somerset Levels. It then crosses the central Mendip plateau leading down to Cheddar Gorge and on to Wells. Most of the western section is within the Mendip Hills Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty. From there the **East Mendip Way** continues through Shepton Mallet to Frome.
The Mendip Way connects with the Macmillan Way, Monarch\'s Way, and Samaritans Way South West. The western trailhead of the Limestone Link is within 2 km of the Mendip Way near Shipham.
## Route description {#route_description}
The **Mendip Way** starts at the village of Uphill on the southern outskirt of Weston-super-Mare. The route skirts Uphill Cliff, upon which the remains of a windmill and a Norman church are located, then crossing over the Bristol to Exeter line, proceeds along the northern edge of Bleadon Level. After crossing the A370 the route skirts the village of Bleadon and starts to ascend Bleadon Hill, where it follows a minor road for a short distance. Turning south, there is a long descent to the village of Loxton where the M5 motorway is crossed.
A steep ascent then follows, nearly reaching the summit of Crook Peak (175 m elevation), but passing just 200 m to the north of it. Following the ridge from west to east, with the village of Compton Bishop nestled in a valley to the south, the peak of Wavering Down is reached, at an elevation of 210 m. The route here follows the northern boundary of the Crook Peak to Shute Shelve Hill SSSI. After descending through woodland, the route crosses the Samaritans Way South West long-distance footpath which passes underneath in a tunnel of the former \'Strawberry Line\' railway.
After crossing the A38, the path ascends again, heading now into the heart of the Mendips. After skirting to the south of Shipham, the path passes through the plantations on Rowberrow Warren, then joins a minor road for a short distance. Just to the south is GB Cave discovered by Francis Goddard and Charles Barker in 1939. It is one of the many caves in the Mendips. There are also several round barrows in this area.
Descending into a valley, the route swings to the southwest to Black Rock at the top of Cheddar Gorge. It continues in this direction, first climbing then descending the hill to the east of the gorge, before swinging back eastwards just short of reaching the village of Cheddar. The path now climbs the southern escarpment of the Mendips, before descending by way of Batcombe Hollow to Draycott.
After a short section along the A371, the route heads back up into the hills, passing close by Draycott Sleights SSSI and the airfield of the Mendip Gliding Club. At the top of the hill is the earthworks of an ancient settlement, and several more roundbarrows are passed on the way to Priddy. Priddy village green has been the site of a sheep fair since 1348, and the New Inn appeared there in 1373. Heading south from Priddy, the route passes through Ebbor Gorge National Nature Reserve, and on to Wookey Hole, famous for its cave and witch legend. The Monarch\'s Way long-distance footpath joins here, and shares some, but not all, of the same route on the way to Wells.
Image:Draycott Sleights.jpg\| Draycott Sleights. Image:Mendip copse.jpg \| A copse in fields on the Mendips near Priddy. Image:Above Ebbor Gorge.jpg \| Looking down into Ebbor Gorge. Image:Lime Kiln near Wells.jpg \| This old lime kiln near Wells is one of several to be seen along the route.
The route leaves Wells by way of the path around the Bishop\'s Palace moat, then enters the woods at Tor Hill, a National Trust property, and passes by the top of a disused quarry. It then joins a track which was formerly used by horse-drawn transport to avoid paying tolls on the main road. This track passes by King\'s Castle wood, a reserve of the Somerset Wildlife Trust and the site of an Iron Age settlement. It takes the route on to the high ground of Lyatt and Furzy Sleight. Passing high above the village of Croscombe, the path then goes through Ham Woods and turns southeast to descend towards Shepton Mallet. Approaching town, the route roughly follows the line of the now derelict Somerset and Dorset Joint Railway. The two large viaducts that carried the railway around the town are Grade II listed buildings.
Image:Ham Woods Viaduct.jpg\|Ham Woods Viaduct Image:Alley ways Shepton Mallet.jpg\|The Mendip Way passes the outskirts of Shepton Mallet via a number of alley ways. Image:Charlton Viaduct.jpg\|Charlton Viaduct
Leaving the town behind, the path goes over Ingsdons Hill to the hamlet of Chelynch. At Waterlip the route passes by a flooded quarry, then climbs to 280 m, the highest point on the Mendip Way. This is the site of Cranmore Tower, a 45 m tall 19th century folly, now a grade II listed building. Asham Wood is a biological Site of Special Scientific Interest and the largest and most diverse of the ancient semi-natural woods in the Mendips. Further on, the hamlet of Chantry is one of the Thankful Villages which suffered no casualties in the First World War. The path then goes alongside Whatley Quarry which has been the subject of environmental criticism. At Forbury Bottom, the Macmillan Way shares the route for a short way until Great Elm. The path then leads into Frome where the Mendip Way terminates.
## Rail Access {#rail_access}
- Weston-super-Mare railway station
- Frome railway station
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# Mendip Way
## Services
Weston-super-Mare and Frome are served by train and coach. Buses run regularly on routes parallel to the Mendip Way, from Weston-super-Mare to Wells, and Wells to Frome. Accommodations and campsites can be found along the route. The route is covered by Ordnance Survey Explorer Maps 141, 143 and 153, and Landranger maps 182 and 183. The route is shown on recent editions of these maps.
Two publications provide more information:
- Uphill to Frome: a guide to the Mendip Way, by David Wright `{{ISBN|0-9539237-0-3}}`{=mediawiki}. A guide to the complete route, with maps.
- West Mendip Way by Andrew Eddy, Weston Heritage Centre. Detailed guide to the western section Uphill to Wells, with maps
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# Albert Aspinall
**Albert Wood Aspinall** (27 December 1839 -- 15 December 1903) was an Australian stonemason and builder. He was an expert in constructing round towers and buildings.
## Early life {#early_life}
Aspinall was born in Exley Bank Bottom, Southowram, West Riding of Yorkshire, England. He came to Australia in 1857 with his parents, John Aspinall and Sarah (née Ingham), and siblings, aboard the *Mary Ann*. He was their third, but second surviving son. In 1864, Albert married Mary Jane Bennett with whom he had thirteen children, seven of whom lived into adulthood.
## Early constructions {#early_constructions}
Aspinall moved frequently to wherever his building contracts took him. Much of his early work was done in the Sydney area. For about one year in 1865 he was building in the Maitland district. It is unknown whether any of the stone buildings still standing in the area were built by him.
## Penrith
Aspinall moved his family to Liverpool for about five years from 1876 while he constructed stone buildings in the vicinity. During this period Albert constructed the Police Station and Lockup at Penrith. For many years, the building was regarded as a historic building by the Nepean District Historical Society. Recent expansion in Penrith resulted in the demolition of the buildings but archival material remains.
## St Peters brick kilns {#st_peters_brick_kilns}
In the mid-1880s, Aspinall was contracted to construct the brick-firing kilns of the St Peters brick works. Some kilns were located beside the quarry next to the Illawarra railway line (now filled and transformed into the Camdenville Oval). These kilns have been demolished. It is not known whether the historic brick kilns at the north-west corner of Sydney Park were also his construction.
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# Albert Aspinall
## Building Green Cape Lighthouse and the Eden Post Office {#building_green_cape_lighthouse_and_the_eden_post_office}
Aspinall\'s longest project was the partial building of the Green Cape Lighthouse on Green Cape, at the northern tip of Disaster Bay, south of Eden. The Eden Killer Whale Museum and Historical Society has information concerning this project and the suicide of Aspinall. The precinct of the lighthouse is now a historic tourist site.
Building the lighthouse started in the late 1870s, with the construction of a jetty and storehouse at Bittangabee Bay. Aspinall then spent five months building a seven-kilometre wooden tramway from Bittangabee Bay to Green Cape. Soon, he found that the soil and rock were unsuitable for the foundations of such a heavy structure. The foundations had to be made much deeper than he had expected. He also experienced difficulties with his hired labourers. Building the lighthouse took almost 3 years, a period much longer than he had anticipated. The construction drained him financially and physically. It became necessary for him to accept other contracts elsewhere during the period of construction. Then his health began to fail. At times, Aspinall was forced to spend time in Pambula Hospital. He committed suicide in Eden in 1903. He is buried in the Eden Cemetery. The Eden newspapers contained lengthy articles about his death.
Graphic details from the period are still held by the museum. His creditors completed the lighthouse.
In the late 1880s, Aspinall also constructed the post office at Eden. It was officially opened in 1891. It is now an historic building. In the early 1890s, Aspinall carried out the renovations of the New Brighton Hotel to adapt the building as a boarding school for his brother, Arthur Aspinall.
## Ill-health and a patent {#ill_health_and_a_patent}
Aspinall found drinking a herbal tea made from an infusion of the leaves of the coastal sea box *Alyxia buxifolis* helped his medical condition. He applied for and secured the patent for this herbal tea.
## Family
Aspinall\'s only son did not have children. Mary died in 1886. In 1887 Aspinall married a widow from Eden, Eliza Silk (née Marshall). The marriage did not last. A grandson, James Goyen, and a great-grandson, **Charles Mannins**, also became builders. Both had a suburban Sydney street named after them.
## John Ingham Aspinall {#john_ingham_aspinall}
Albert\'s elder brother, John, was also a stonemason of note, both in Australia and in New Zealand. His early constructions were in the Newtown-Camperdown-Enmore area. Some of the stone buildings still standing in these areas may have been constructed by John, but rarely is the name of a builder retained for a building.
The cream sandstone house, \"Arden Lea\", which John Aspinall built for his son, still stands. The house is nestled at the foot of a cliff on what was a large property at 8 View Street, Woolwich. When his daughter-in-law died the property was sold and sub-divided. Aspinall Place, off View Street, was named after the family. Access to the house was lost until stairs were constructed from Werambie Street whence the address was altered to 1a Werambie Street, Woolwich
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# Cell and molecular biology
**Cell and molecular biology** are related fields of biology that are often combined
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# Margita Figuli
**Margita Figuli** (2 October 1909 -- 27 March 1995; known after her marriage as **Margita Šustrová** and by the penname **Ol\'ga Morena**) was a Slovak prose writer, translator and author of literature for children and young people.
## Biography
Margita Figuli was born in a farmer\'s family in Vyšný Kubín. After her studies in Banská Bystrica, she moved to Bratislava to work in a bank, while writing; her earliest stories were published in 1937. She then worked as an English correspondent at Tatrabanka until 1941 when she was fired due to the publication of *Olovený vták* which publicly `{{what|date=July 2024}}`{=mediawiki} the German invasion of Poland; after this then she focused on writing and translating.
She died in Bratislava in 1995.
## Works
### Writing
Margita Figuli is a significant representative of the Slovak school of naturalism. Her works started to be published in 1930 in *Slovenská nedeľa* (Slovak Sunday), *Elán* (Spirit), *Slovenské pohľady* (Slovak views) and other periodicals. Love, compassion, and current social problems were prevalent in her writing. A devout Christian, she wrote the biblical historical novel Babylon which portrayed the fall of the Chaldean empire to the Persians. Her best works were translated into German, Russian, Polish, and other languages
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# Robert Shirley (footballer)
**Robert Shirley** (born 9 June 1980) is an Australian rules footballer who played for the Adelaide Football Club in the Australian Football League (AFL). He also played for the Woodville-West Torrens Football Club in the South Australian National Football League (SANFL). Shirley was known as one of the best taggers in the AFL.
## AFL career {#afl_career}
Originally drafted from Woodville-West Torrens with pick 67 in the 1999 AFL Draft, Shirley played 21 games in his first three seasons at the highest level before being delisted at the end of the 2002 AFL season. Despite rumoured interest from Carlton, Shirley was immediately redrafted by the Crows with pick 53 in the 2002 AFL Draft and placed on the club\'s rookie list.
Shirley won a shock recall in round 12 of the next season after Simon Goodwin broke his wrist, and he did well enough to play every game for the remainder of the season. This included a noteworthy shutdown of future Brownlow Medallist Chris Judd in the Crows\' Elimination Final victory over the West Coast Eagles. \"It\'s funny how the game turns around pretty quickly,\" Shirley noted after the game. \"A few months ago I wasn\'t really close to getting a game. In the second half of the season I\'ve been lucky enough to stay in the side. It\'s week-by-week for me and I don\'t take it any further than that.\"
Shirley was reminded of the fickleness of form when he was dropped after the Crows\' abysmal first-up loss to the Kangaroos in round 1, 2004. He was recalled in round 9, however, and played every game for the remainder of the season.
The 2005 AFL season proved a watershed year for Shirley as he became the club\'s primary tagger following the decision by Tyson Stenglein to return home to Perth at the end of 2004. Beginning with another personal victory over Judd in round 1 Shirley went from strength to strength, missing only one game in the team\'s unexpected rise to the Minor Premiership and subsequent exit at the Preliminary Final stage. His good form was acknowledged with the Coaches\' Award at the club\'s Club Champion Award ceremony.
In 2006 Shirley began to develop his ballwinning skills, averaging 16 disposals per game and leading the club in Hard Ball Gets with 75 for the year. He also continued to be a reliable tagger for the club, finishing third in the club\'s tackle count with 85.
By 2007 Shirley had added another dimension to his game, registering eight 20-plus disposal games including a career high 30 touches against the Brisbane Lions in Round 21. He still remained one of the club\'s most prolific tacklers, achieving a personal best of 10 tackles in Adelaide\'s Elimination Final loss to Hawthorn Football Club. and placing third in the club\'s tackle count. At the conclusion of Round 5 Shirley won the AFL Army Award for the most courageous act of that week\'s matches, for his last-ditch spoil going back with the flight of the ball deep into the last quarter of the Crows\' 1-point loss to Fremantle. At season\'s end Shirley\'s hard work was acknowledged with his second AFC Coach\'s Award.
From Shirley\'s recall to the side in 2004 to the last game of the 2008 AFL season, he missed only five games, four of which were through injury. However, in 2009, a new-look Adelaide outfit had no place for Shirley. Dropped for the first few games of the season, Shirley did return in round 11 but could not hold his place on a consistent basis and was in and out of the side, as quicker and more attacking players such as Michael Doughty and Nathan van Berlo were favoured in negating roles. Shirley was the highest profile player of five delisted by the club at the end of the season.
The Gold Coast Suns were considering selecting Shirley, but the 29-year-old midfielder decided to accept a lucrative contract from the Ainslie Football Club, rather than play with the Gold Coast.
Shirley returned to the Woodville-West Torrens Football Club for the 2012 SANFL season
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# James Whitney Bettes
**James Whitney Bettes** (October 17, 1848 -- November 29, 1925) was an Ontario merchant and political figure. He represented Muskoka and Parry Sound in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario as a Liberal member from 1882 to 1883.
He was born in Prince Albert, Ontario County, Canada West in 1848, the son of John Bettes. In 1872, Bettes married Martha Maria Crosby, a granddaughter of John Willson. He served on the council for Uxbridge. He was elected to the provincial assembly in an 1882 by-election held after John Classon Miller resigned to run unsuccessfully for a seat in the House of Commons.
He died in 1925 at Dauphin, Manitoba
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# Johnny Scott (Canadian football)
**Johnny Roy Scott** (born July 15, 1969 in Austin, Texas) is a former all-star defensive lineman in the Canadian Football League (CFL).
## Biography
Unusual for modern football players, Scott did not go to college, but went pro directly from Albert Sidney Johnston High School. He signed as a free agent with the Shreveport Pirates (part of the CFL\'s failed expansion to the United States) and played two years (1994 and 1995) recording three sacks. He played the next four years with the B.C. Lions (67 games), twice being named an all star with 35 total sacks. He moved on to the Toronto Argonauts in 2000, playing three years there and getting 11 sacks in 30 games and being named an all star twice. He played 2003 and 2004 with the Hamilton Tiger-Cats (28 games and 5 sacks) and played two games with the Ottawa Renegades in 2005
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# Kerem Tunçeri
**Mehmet Kerem Tunçeri** (born 14 April 1979) is a Turkish former professional basketball player who played at the point guard and shooting guard positions.He is 194 cm (6 ft 4 in) in height and 86 kg (190 lbs.) in weight.
## National team career {#national_team_career}
Tunçeri was a regular member of the Turkish national team. He won the silver medal at the 2001 FIBA European Championship. He played at the 2002 FIBA World Championship. He was also a key member of the Turkish national team that won the silver medal at 2010 FIBA World Championship.
## Post-playing career {#post_playing_career}
### Galatasaray
In August 2021, Tunceri was appointed as General Director of Basketball for Galatasaray Sports Club.
It was announced that Tunçeri, who assumed the post of General Director on 18 January 2023, resigned.
## Honours
### Club
Efes Pilsen
- Turkish League: 2002, 2003, 2004, 2009
- Turkish Presidential Cup: 2009
Real Madrid
- Liga ACB: 2007
- ULEB Cup: 2007
### International
Turkey
- 2001 FIBA European Championship
- 2010 FIBA World Championship
### Individual
- TBL Assist Leader: 2006
- TBL MVP: 2006
- Turkish Presidential Cup MVP: 2009
## Personal life {#personal_life}
In 2007, Tunçeri married Tuba Çıkrıkçı. While still married, he started a relationship with Peray Özdil who gave birth to his child. Tunçeri and Çıkrıkçı later divorced. He has since dated several celebrities in Turkey
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# Randol Abbey
**Randol Abbey** (*Abbaye de Notre-Dame de Randol*) is a Benedictine monastery situated at Randol near the village of Saint-Saturnin, Puy-de-Dôme department, in the Auvergne mountains of France.
## History
It was founded in 1971 as a priory of Fontgombault Abbey and was raised to the status of an independent abbey on 21 March 1981. The monastery building was constructed at the time of foundation in a striking contemporary style in a spectacular mountainside location.
It is part of the Solesmes Congregation of the Benedictine Confederation and as such focusses on Gregorian chant and the Tridentine Mass
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# Journal of Computational Chemistry
The ***Journal of Computational Chemistry*** is a peer-reviewed scientific journal published since 1980 by John Wiley & Sons. It covers research, contemporary developments in theory and methodology, and applications in all areas of computational chemistry, including ab initio quantum chemistry methods and semiempirical methods, density functional theory, molecular mechanics, molecular dynamics, statistical mechanics, cheminformatics, biomolecular structure prediction, molecular design, and bioinformatics.
According to the *Journal Citation Reports*, the journal has a 2020 impact factor of 3.376, ranking it 80th out of 179 journals in the category \"Chemistry, Multidisciplinary\"
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# 1300s in England
Events from the **1300s in England**.
## Incumbents
- Monarch -- Edward I (to 7 July 1307), then Edward II
## Events
**1300**
- 10 March -- Wardrobe accounts of King Edward I of England (\"Edward Longshanks\") include a reference to a game called *creag* being played at the town of Newenden in Kent. It is generally agreed that *creag* is an early form of cricket.
- 28 March -- Edward I agrees to the issuing of \"Articles of the Charters\", establishing punishments for infringing the Magna Carta.
- April -- sterling confirmed as the only official coin of the realm; Royal mint moved to the Tower of London.
- 10 October -- First War of Scottish Independence: At the urging of the Pope, Edward I makes a temporary truce with Scotland.
- Approximate date -- the Hereford Mappa Mundi is prepared in Hereford Cathedral.
**1301**
- 7 February -- Edward of Caernarvon (later King Edward II of England) becomes the first English Prince of Wales.
- First War of Scottish Independence: England secures control of Scotland south of the River Forth.
**1302**
- 26 January -- Robert the Bruce makes a truce with Edward I.
**1303**
- 1 February -- Edward I issues the *Carta Mercatoria*, allowing foreign merchants free entry and departure with their goods.
- 24 February -- First War of Scottish Independence: Scottish victory at the Battle of Roslin.
- 20 May -- Treaty of Paris restores Gascony to England from France.
- Winter -- Wars of Scottish Independence: Edward I resumes his campaign against William Wallace and others in Scotland, holding court in Dunfermline Abbey.
- Approximate date -- the Avoirdupois system of weights and measures comes into use.
**1304**
- February -- John \"Red\" Comyn, Lord of Badenoch, negotiates a peace with England in the Wars of Scottish Independence at Strathord near Perth.
- March -- Scottish Parliament submits to English rule.
- 20 July -- fall of Stirling Castle: Edward I takes the last rebel stronghold in the Wars of Scottish Independence.
**1305**
- 5 August -- William Wallace, leader of the resistance to the English occupation of Scotland, is handed over to English troops.
- 23 August -- Wallace hanged, drawn and quartered in London following a treason trial in Westminster Hall.
- September -- Edward I issues ordinances for the government of Scotland.
- Edward I issues the first commission of Trailbaston.
**1306**
- 1 February -- Pope Clement V confirms Ralph Baldock as Bishop of London.
- May -- Hugh the younger Despenser, favourite of Edward, Prince of Wales, is married to heiress Eleanor de Clare.
- May -- great festival at Westminster to celebrate the knighthood of Edward of Caernarvon.
- 19 June -- forces of Earl of Pembroke defeat Bruce\'s Scottish rebels at the Battle of Methven.
- In London, a city ordinance decrees that heating with coal is forbidden when parliament is in session. The ordinance is not particularly effective.
- Completion of Wells Cathedral chapter house, in Decorated Gothic style.
**1307**
- January -- Statute of Carlisle forbids religious foundations from sending money to their mother houses abroad.
- 13 March -- Walter de Stapledon is appointed Bishop of Exeter.
- 10 May -- Battle of Loudon Hill: Scottish forces under Robert the Bruce defeat an English army.
- 7 July -- Edward I dies at Burgh by Sands in the far northwest of England while campaigning against the Scots. By 11 July word reaches Edward II in London that he has succeeded his father as King of England.
- 6 August -- Edward II\'s alleged lover Piers Gaveston is made Earl of Cornwall.
**1308**
- 9--11 January -- Knights Templar arrested in England; Edward II appropriates their lands.
- 25 January -- King Edward II marries Isabella of France (aged about 12) at Boulogne-sur-Mer.
- 25 February -- coronation of King Edward II at Westmister Abbey.
- April -- Keldholme Priory election dispute begins in Yorkshire.
- 18 May -- Edward forced to banish Piers Gaveston by his barons.
**1309**
- 27 July -- Parliament allows Gaveston to return in exchange for an agreement to reform the royal administration.
- Sumptuary law attempts to curb conspicuous consumption of food by the nobility.
- Alnwick Castle, Northumberland, bought by the Percy family, later Earls of Northumberland.
## Births
**1300**
- 1 June -- Thomas of Brotherton, 1st Earl of Norfolk, son of Edward I of England (died 1338)
- Laurence Minot, poet (died 1352)
**1301**
- 5 August -- Edmund of Woodstock, 1st Earl of Kent, politician (died 1330)
- 24 September -- Ralph Stafford, 1st Earl of Stafford, soldier (died 1372)
- William Montacute, 1st Earl of Salisbury, nobleman (died 1344)
**1304**
- William de Clinton, Earl of Huntingdon
**1307**
- John Arderne, surgeon (died 1392)
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# 1300s in England
## Deaths
**1302**
- 9 March -- Richard FitzAlan, 8th Earl of Arundel (born 1267)
**1304**
- 27 September -- John de Warenne, 6th Earl of Surrey, English soldier
**1305**
- 23 August -- William Wallace (born c
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# Matthew Kennedy (footballer, born 1970)
**Matthew Kennedy** (born 4 February 1970) is a former Australian rules footballer who played in the Australian Football League (AFL).
## Early life {#early_life}
Kennedy grew up on the Gold Coast where he played junior football for both Surfers Paradise and Southport. He is the son of former St Kilda player Des Kennedy.
## AFL career {#afl_career}
Kennedy played during the 1990s and early 2000s for both the Brisbane Bears and the Brisbane Lions after the Bears merged with Fitzroy in 1996. After 188 games of league football, which included the 2001 preliminary final, he retired at the end of the 2001 season, the year Brisbane won the first of their three consecutive flags
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# Zion (Phil Keaggy album)
***Zion*** is a concept album written and performed by the guitarist Phil Keaggy as a tribute to the master guitarmaker Ken Hoover at Zion Guitars. It was recorded exclusively on a Zion Radicaster
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# Domenic Cassisi
**Domenic Cassisi** (born 22 September 1982) is a former premiership winning Australian rules footballer with the Port Adelaide Football Club, and was the club\'s 62nd captain from 2009 to 2012. He was recruited in the 2000 AFL Draft with pick 50, and is a member of Port Adelaide\'s 2004 premiership side.
## AFL career {#afl_career}
### Early career (2002--2003) {#early_career_20022003}
Between 2002 and 2003 Cassisi only played 18 games and had restricted ground time despite his excellent game on debut he needed training before the 2004 season arrived.
### Career high (2004--2005) {#career_high_20042005}
In 2004 his career took a step forward, playing all 25 games and enjoying good form whilst also playing a major role in the club\'s 2004 premiership win. In 2005 he repeated his efforts, having another excellent year by averaging 16 disposals a game and gathering 57 more possessions than the year before. He also polled third in the club\'s best and fairest award.
### Injury (2006) {#injury_2006}
In 2006 Cassisi missed seven games due to injury, but found just enough form in his limited game time to uphold his reputation as one of the most important players at the club. However, at season\'s end he lost his spot as vice captain.
### Leadership (2007--2008) {#leadership_20072008}
After another excellent season in 2007, Cassisi accepted a three-year deal with the club, ensuring that he would stay with Port until 2010. He also was reinstated as Vice Captain. In 2008 he undoubtedly played his best season, averaging 22.7 possessions and 6.3 tackles per game and finishing second in the club best and fairest (career best). He also found himself being handed the club captaincy from Warren Tredrea, who stepped down.\'\'
### Captaincy (2009--2012) {#captaincy_20092012}
In 2009, Cassisi was named captain of the club succeeding Warren Tredrea and replacing the #25 guernsey he had worn since debut. He finished fourth in the John Cahill Medal in 2009.
### Final years (2013--2014) {#final_years_20132014}
Before the 2013 season, Cassisi handed the captaincy to Travis Boak and returned to the number #25 guernsey.
Cassisi officially retired from the AFL on 17 July 2014 and played his final game in a three-point win against Melbourne in round 18.
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# Domenic Cassisi
## Playing statistics {#playing_statistics}
:
\|- \|- style=\"background-color: #EAEAEA\" ! scope=\"row\" style=\"text-align:center\" \| 2002 \|style=\"text-align:center;\"\|`{{AFL PA}}`{=mediawiki} \| 25 \|\| 6 \|\| 0 \|\| 1 \|\| 15 \|\| 14 \|\| 29 \|\| 2 \|\| 6 \|\| 0.0 \|\| 0.2 \|\| 2.5 \|\| 2.3 \|\| 4.8 \|\| 0.3 \|\| 1.0 \|- ! scope=\"row\" style=\"text-align:center\" \| 2003 \|style=\"text-align:center;\"\|`{{AFL PA}}`{=mediawiki} \| 25 \|\| 12 \|\| 1 \|\| 2 \|\| 59 \|\| 34 \|\| 93 \|\| 25 \|\| 18 \|\| 0.1 \|\| 0.2 \|\| 4.9 \|\| 2.8 \|\| 7.8 \|\| 2.1 \|\| 1.5 \|- style=\"background-color: #EAEAEA\" ! scope=\"row\" style=\"text-align:center;\" \| 2004 \|style=\"text-align:center;\"\|`{{AFL PA}}`{=mediawiki} \| 25 \|\| 25 \|\| 15 \|\| 11 \|\| 196 \|\| 137 \|\| 333 \|\| 70 \|\| 56 \|\| 0.6 \|\| 0.4 \|\| 7.8 \|\| 5.5 \|\| 13.3 \|\| 2.8 \|\| 2.2 \|- ! scope=\"row\" style=\"text-align:center\" \| 2005 \|style=\"text-align:center;\"\|`{{AFL PA}}`{=mediawiki} \| 25 \|\| 24 \|\| 15 \|\| 11 \|\| 219 \|\| 171 \|\| 390 \|\| 77 \|\| 49 \|\| 0.6 \|\| 0.5 \|\| 9.1 \|\| 7.1 \|\| 16.3 \|\| 3.2 \|\| 2.0 \|- style=\"background-color: #EAEAEA\" ! scope=\"row\" style=\"text-align:center\" \| 2006 \|style=\"text-align:center;\"\|`{{AFL PA}}`{=mediawiki} \| 25 \|\| 15 \|\| 6 \|\| 6 \|\| 141 \|\| 118 \|\| 259 \|\| 58 \|\| 50 \|\| 0.4 \|\| 0.4 \|\| 9.4 \|\| 7.9 \|\| 17.3 \|\| 3.9 \|\| 3.3 \|- ! scope=\"row\" style=\"text-align:center\" \| 2007 \|style=\"text-align:center;\"\|`{{AFL PA}}`{=mediawiki} \| 25 \|\| 25 \|\| 7 \|\| 8 \|\| 259 \|\| 270 \|\| 529 \|\| 106 \|\| 112 \|\| 0.3 \|\| 0.3 \|\| 10.4 \|\| 10.8 \|\| 21.2 \|\| 4.2 \|\| 4.5 \|- style=\"background-color: #EAEAEA\" ! scope=\"row\" style=\"text-align:center\" \| 2008 \|style=\"text-align:center;\"\|`{{AFL PA}}`{=mediawiki} \| 25 \|\| 21 \|\| 10 \|\| 3 \|\| 225 \|\| 252 \|\| 477 \|\| 62 \|\| 133 \|\| 0.5 \|\| 0.1 \|\| 10.7 \|\| 12.0 \|\| 22.7 \|\| 3.0 \|\| 6.3 \|- ! scope=\"row\" style=\"text-align:center\" \| 2009 \|style=\"text-align:center;\"\|`{{AFL PA}}`{=mediawiki} \| 1 \|\| 21 \|\| 8 \|\| 7 \|\| 188 \|\| 282 \|\| 470 \|\| 65 \|\| 160 \|\| 0.4 \|\| 0.3 \|\| 9.0 \|\| 13.4 \|\| 22.4 \|\| 3.1 \|\| 7.6 \|- style=\"background-color: #EAEAEA\" ! scope=\"row\" style=\"text-align:center\" \| 2010 \|style=\"text-align:center;\"\|`{{AFL PA}}`{=mediawiki} \| 1 \|\| 22 \|\| 5 \|\| 3 \|\| 207 \|\| 261 \|\| 468 \|\| 57 \|\| 176 \|\| 0.2 \|\| 0.1 \|\| 9.4 \|\| 11.9 \|\| 21.3 \|\| 2.6 \|\| 8.0 \|- ! scope=\"row\" style=\"text-align:center\" \| 2011 \|style=\"text-align:center;\"\|`{{AFL PA}}`{=mediawiki} \| 1 \|\| 13 \|\| 6 \|\| 4 \|\| 129 \|\| 128 \|\| 257 \|\| 30 \|\| 102 \|\| 0.5 \|\| 0.3 \|\| 9.9 \|\| 9.8 \|\| 19.8 \|\| 2.3 \|\| 7.8 \|- style=\"background-color: #EAEAEA\" ! scope=\"row\" style=\"text-align:center\" \| 2012 \|style=\"text-align:center;\"\|`{{AFL PA}}`{=mediawiki} \| 1 \|\| 19 \|\| 0 \|\| 3 \|\| 185 \|\| 180 \|\| 365 \|\| 64 \|\| 88 \|\| 0.0 \|\| 0.2 \|\| 9.7 \|\| 9.5 \|\| 19.2 \|\| 3.4 \|\| 4.6 \|- ! scope=\"row\" style=\"text-align:center\" \| 2013 \|style=\"text-align:center;\"\|`{{AFL PA}}`{=mediawiki} \| 25 \|\| 12 \|\| 0 \|\| 0 \|\| 79 \|\| 87 \|\| 166 \|\| 24 \|\| 48 \|\| 0.0 \|\| 0.0 \|\| 6.6 \|\| 7.3 \|\| 13.8 \|\| 2.0 \|\| 4.0 \|- style=\"background-color: #EAEAEA\" ! scope=\"row\" style=\"text-align:center\" \| 2014 \|style=\"text-align:center;\"\|`{{AFL PA}}`{=mediawiki} \| 25 \|\| 13 \|\| 1 \|\| 3 \|\| 78 \|\| 101 \|\| 179 \|\| 30 \|\| 46 \|\| 0.1 \|\| 0.2 \|\| 6.0 \|\| 7.8 \|\| 13.8 \|\| 2.3 \|\| 3.5 \|- class=\"sortbottom\" ! colspan=3\| Career ! 228 ! 74 ! 62 ! 1980 ! 2035 ! 4015 ! 670 ! 1044 ! 0.3 ! 0.3 ! 8.7 ! 8.9 ! 17.6 ! 2.9 ! 4
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# Paphiopedilum rothschildianum
***Paphiopedilum rothschildianum***, commonly known as the **Gold of Kinabalu orchid** or **Rothschild\'s slipper orchid**, is a large, clear-leafed species of orchid. It blooms with tall inflorescence of up to six large flowers that are 5-13 inches. It is unique to the Corypetalum group for holding its petals almost horizontally, giving the flower a distinctive appearance. The peak flowering period of this plant is from April to May.
## Origin and Preservation {#origin_and_preservation}
*Paphiopedilum rothschildianum* is endemic to Mount Kinabalu on Borneo Island, which is a part of the Malaysian state of Sabah. *Paphiopedilum rothschildianum* has been known as \"The King of Orchids\", as it is one of the most sought-after and rarest species of orchid in the world.
It was first described in the 19th century by Heinrich Gustav Reichenbach which caused a flurry in those who were seeking to obtain it at any cost. After its discovery, the location was kept a secret by the company Sander & Sons, to purposefully misguide those seeking to find it. It was published that*Paphiopedilum rothschildianum* was located in New Guinea instead of Mount Kinabalu, where it had actually originated. Due to this misinformation regarding its habitat, the orchid was thought to be extinct until the late 1950s. In 1959, two populations of*Paphiopedilum rothschildianum* were discovered at the base of Mount Kinabalu, drawing the attention of orchid collectors worldwide.
As of today, *Paphiopedilum rothschildianum* is critically endangered. The number of individuals found in its natural habitat continues to decrease due to the illegal poaching of *Paphiopedilum rothschildianum* for regional and international trade, which has continued despite the plants occurring in a protected area. The orchid is highly sought after, with prices reaching as high as US\$5000 for a single plant. Furthermore, continued exploitation for horticulture, as well as other disturbances such as mining activities, logging, and habitat destruction (by fire in one specific case), have also been to blame for the significant decrease in *Paphiopedilum rothschildianum\'s* natural occurrence.
Preservation attempts are currently underway to protect the orchid, and it is hoped that in the future, propagated *Paphiopedilum rothschildianum* may be reintroduced into its natural habitat. In the meantime, preservation attempts such as fencing the protected areas and securing them more fully have been suggested, alongside more community awareness so that *Paphiopedilum rothschildianum* may be able to thrive in the future.
## Distribution
*Paphiopedilum rothschildianum* is found in the rainforests around Mount Kinabalu in northern Borneo, at elevations between 500 and 1200 meters above sea level. It commonly grows as a terrestrial in ultramafic soil but is also found growing as a lithophyte in leaf-litter on ultramafic cliffs, usually near a river*. Paphiopedilum rothschildianum* is part of a large number of orchid species endemic to the island of Borneo (more specifically, Kinabalu Park) due to the ultramafic soils which characterize the area and have led to the evolution of many other endemic plant species. Ultramafic soil occurs when high concentrations of elements such as chromium, cobalt, and nickel are found. *Paphiopedilum rothschildianum* is not restricted to growing in ultramafic soils, but it does seem to account for its success on the island.
## Reproduction
The flower has a green and red spotted petal, which attracts parasitic flies through resemblance to the aphids they lay eggs on. As the flies brush against the stigma, they release any previously collected pollen and more is deposited onto their bodies from the anther.
## Growth and characteristics {#growth_and_characteristics}
*Paphiopedilum rothschildianum* is a terrestrial, or in some cases, lithophytic species that grows in warm to cool environments. It is rather easy to grow, but takes between 4--5 years to flower, a period which can be prolonged if it is grown in shade. In the summer, *Paphiopedilum rothschildianum* has an optimal temperature range between 28 and 29 °C during the day and 16-17 °C at night. In winter, the optimal temperature range is between 26 and 27 °C and 15-17 °C at night. Significant temperature differences are beneficial to *Paphiopedilum rothschildianum;* the region of Mount Kinabalu to which it is endemic has noticeable temperature drops and fluctuations which has caused the orchid to become adapted to this habitat type. Additionally, because *Paphiopedilum rothschildianum* is often found growing near flowing water, usually about 6--12 meters above streams, humidity is also a necessary component when trying to grow it in places outside of its natural habitat
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# 6th Anti-aircraft Missiles Brigade (Romania)
The **6th Anti-aircraft Missiles Brigade \"Râmnic\" (*Brigada 6 Rachete Antiaeriene*)** was an anti-aircraft brigade of the Romanian Land Forces. It was one of the oldest anti-aircraft military units of the Romanian Armed Forces, being formed during World War I. The brigade was subordinated in 2005 to the 1st Territorial Army Corps, and its headquarters were located in Râmnicu Sărat. The 6th Anti-aircraft Brigade was undergoing a major structural reorganization process and it was disbanded in 2006. The brigade\'s last commander was Brigade General Sandu Serea
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# Stromer
**Stromer** is a surname of German origin. It may be derived either from the occupation of Strohmeyer, straw tax collector, or from \'Strōmer\', \"tramp\"
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# Kerem Gönlüm
**Kerem Gönlüm** (born November 22, 1977) is a Turkish former professional basketball player. In January 2019, he started punditry on a local radio station.
## Professional career {#professional_career}
Betyween 2005 and 2014, Gönlüm played for Anadolu Efes. Gonlum served a one-year ban stemming from a positive doping test during the 2009 Turkish League final series.
In June 2014, he signed a two-year deal with Galatasaray Liv Hospital. In July 2015, he left Galatasaray and signed with Pınar Karşıyaka.
In July 2016, Gönlüm signed with Sakarya BB of the Turkish Basketball First League. On November 16, 2017, he parted ways with Sakarya and signed with Bahcesehir.
On August 7, 2019, he signed with Sigortam.net İTÜ Basket of the Turkish Basketball League. After playing only 3 games, his contract was terminated by his club.
## National team {#national_team}
Gönlüm was a member of the senior Turkish national team. He won a silver medal at the 2010 FIBA World Championship
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# 1310s in England
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# Jiří Holík
**Jiří Holík** (born 9 July 1944) is a Czech former professional ice hockey player and coach. Holík played for Dukla Jihlava in the Czechoslovak Extraliga and was a member of the Czechoslovakia men\'s national ice hockey team. Holík was a member of the Czechoslovak 1976 Canada Cup team. He was also a member of the country\'s medal winning teams at the 1964, 1968, 1972, and 1976 Winter Olympics. He was inducted into the IIHF Hall of Fame in 1999.
## Playing career {#playing_career}
Holík joined the local Jiskra Havlíčkův Brod club in 1952. Holík played various levels with the club, finishing with the Czechoslovak Second Division team in 1963. In 1963, Holík moved up to the HC Dukla Jihlava team of the Czechoslovak Elite League. He would be a member of Dukla Jihlava for the next fifteen seasons. His best goal-scoring season was 1968--69, when he scored 28 goals in the season. In 1969--70, Holík had his best point total of 40 points, on 23 goals and 17 assists. Holík joined Rosenheim in Germany in 1978, playing two seasons before moving to Stadlau Wien in Vienna, Austria for 1980--81. Holík retired from playing after that season, but returned to active play for one more season with Wiener EV in the Austrian Second Division in 1984--85.
Starting in 1964, Holík played internationally for the Czechoslovak national men\'s team. Holík played in a total of four Olympics and twelve World Championships for Czechoslovakia. He also played in the 1976 Canada Cup for Czechoslovakia. He was inducted into the IIHF Hall of Fame in 1999.
## Personal life {#personal_life}
Holík\'s brother Jaroslav was also a hockey player
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# Birgit Sadolin
**Birgit Sadolin**, (born 10 October 1933) is a Danish actress. She entered film in 1953 with the comedy *Ved Kongelunden*. Sadolin won the Bodil Award for Best Actress in a Leading Role in 1957 for her role in *`{{Interlanguage link|Tre piger fra Jylland|da}}`{=mediawiki}*
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# Ryan Bennett
**Ryan Bennett** (born 6 March 1990) is an English former professional footballer who played as a centre back.
He was a youth product of Ipswich Town but was not offered a professional contract and thus signed for Grimsby Town in 2006. He remained with Grimsby for a further four years in which he earnt international caps for England U18 as well as becoming the club captain at a young age. In his final full season, he scooped the board in the club\'s player of the season ceremony. Grimsby Town cashed in on him in 2010 by selling him to Peterborough United after an initial loan deal. Whilst with Peterborough he represented England U21s. Bennett went on to play in the Premier League with spells at Norwich City, Wolverhampton Wanderers and Leicester City before joining Swansea City in 2020.
## Club career {#club_career}
### Grimsby Town {#grimsby_town}
Bennett was born in Orsett, Essex. He came to prominence in 2006 when Grimsby Town\'s youth team manager at the time, Neil Woods swooped to sign him after he was let go by the youth setup at Ipswich Town. Initially joining the club as part of the youth team midway through the 2006--07 campaign, he was soon promoted to the first team, managed at the time by Alan Buckley. Bennett would make his professional debut as an 88th-minute substitute, replacing Danny Boshell in a 2--1 win over Milton Keynes Dons in April 2007. 21 days later he became the club\'s youngest ever captain, aged only 17 years old when Grimsby\'s all-time record appearance holder John McDermott passed him the skippers armband after being substituted in the local derby with Lincoln City.
In the summer of 2007 Bennett had re-established himself as one of the club\'s favoured centre backs, and in this he was handed the number 5 shirt for the coming season. He scored his first goal in professional football on the opening day of the 2007--08 season when his header from six yards opened the scoring in the 1--1 draw with Notts County at Blundell Park. He won the club\'s Player of the Month award in August. In that same season, Bennett largely was favoured in the place of club captain Justin Whittle in the heart of Town\'s defence, and he went on to play in the club\'s Football League Trophy final defeat to Milton Keynes Dons at Wembley Stadium. In May 2008, Bennett was given the \"Supporters Young Player of the year\" for the 2007--08 season.
With the appointment of Mike Newell as first team manager in October 2008, Bennett was handed the captain\'s armband for the remainder of the 2008--2009 campaign aged only 18. This was down to the fact that the new signing Matthew Heywood, who had also been designated the new club captain, had fallen out of favour following several unconvincing performances, and Newell had preferred a youthful back pairing of Bennett and Rob Atkinson to the veteran duo of Heywood and Richard Hope. Bennett was ever-present for the club during the 2008--09 season, and his consistently solid performances throughout a very difficult season for Grimsby saw Bennett win firstly the PFA Player of the Month for February, which would eventually be followed by several club accolades. He swept the board at the GTFC Player of the Year ceremony in May 2009, claiming the Supporters\' Player of the Year award, Supporters\' Young Player of the Year, as well as other minor awards. Newell made repeated reference to Bennett\'s professionalism and maturity, and his unflappable playing style in particular was impressive for such a young defender, whilst his height made him an asset at set pieces. Also, Bennett was described as comfortable on the ball.
On 13 May 2009, Grimsby were reported to have turned down a bid from Peterborough United after United\'s director of football Barry Fry publicly revealed that The Mariners had politely turned down a proposed move, mentioning that Grimsby said \'thanks for the interest but we wouldn\'t sell him for £1m\'. On 13 June, United stepped up in their aim to sign Bennett, and offered Grimsby a largely superior offer to their previous one. Grimsby chairman John Fenty rejected the offer three days later mentioning that he did not feel it was in the club\'s best interest to let Bennett go. A week later Bennett confirmed he would be staying with Grimsby for the unforeseeable future by signing a new four-year deal to keep him at Blundell Park until the end of the 2012--13 season.
### Peterborough United {#peterborough_united}
Bennett eventually did a U-turn and signed for Peterborough United on 23 October 2009 on an initial three-month loan deal with a view to a permanent move. Grimsby chairman John Fenty had a change of heart, and following a slow start to the season for his club, he decided to cash in on the Town skipper only days after sacking manager Mike Newell. Posh manager Darren Ferguson said of the transfer: \"Ryan is an excellent signing for us, he has potential and fits in with our policy of bringing good, young players to the football club\". Bennett made his loan at London Road permanent on 23 January 2010, signing a four-and-a-half-year contract, with Grimsby reportedly receiving £500,000, possibly rising to £1 million.
Bennett scored against Barnsley on 3 December, although Barnsley won 4--3. Bennett\'s final game for Peterborough was away at Doncaster; the Posh were 1--0 down in stoppage time until Bennett went down the wing and hooked the ball into the area for Tyrone Barnett who headed in on his debut after coming off the bench.
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# Ryan Bennett
## Club career {#club_career}
### Norwich City {#norwich_city}
On 31 January 2012, Bennett signed for Premier League side Norwich City, for a reported £3.2 million. Club manager Paul Lambert said of the transfer: \"I\'m delighted we have signed Ryan. He\'s made a bright start to his career at Grimsby and Peterborough; he\'s an England U21 international and he\'s got so much potential.\" Peterborough United defender Gabriel Zakuani compared Ryan Bennett\'s move to Norwich to a \"divorce\". As part of the deal Bennett was immediately loaned back to Peterborough until the end of the month. Bennett was expected to sign for Swansea City and had begun the drive down to the Liberty Stadium only to be rung up and told to head for Norwich when the deal fell through. A 25% sell on clause meant that former club Grimsby Town earned for from the deal, with Grimsby chairman John Fenty revealing that Barry Fry had failed in an attempt to buy out the clause.
He scored his first goal for the club against Reading on 20 April 2013, which Norwich won 2--1. He was voted as Norwich\'s Man of the Match for his performance, and would proceed to also achieve that feat twice more in the following home matches against Aston Villa and West Brom, the latter of which his shot was deflected off Gareth McAuley after a Wes Hoolahan free-kick and into the net. Bennett scored his first goal of the 2013--14 season in a crucial home game against Hull City, where his 87th-minute header gave struggling Norwich a 1--0 victory. The goal eased pressure on manager Chris Hughton, who had recently been under-fire for a string of constant poor performances dating back to early 2013.
In May 2017, it was announced that Bennett would be released when his contract expired.
### Wolverhampton Wanderers {#wolverhampton_wanderers}
On 31 May 2017, he signed a three-year deal with Wolverhampton Wanderers. Bennett scored his first goal for Wolves when he scored a last minute winner against Bristol City on 30 December 2017. On 14 December 2018, it was announced that Bennett had extended his contract with Wolves until June 2021.
On 19 January 2019, Bennett scored his debut Premier League goal for Wolves, a header from a João Moutinho corner, in a 4--3 victory over Leicester City at Molineux. This goal was the first goal for Wolves scored by an Englishman in the Premier League since Matt Jarvis scored in a 3--2 defeat to Wigan Athletic on 13 May 2012.
On 7 April 2019, Bennett made his debut appearance in an FA Cup semi-final (as a second-half substitute), as Wolves lost 2--3 to Watford at Wembley after extra time.
On 25 July 2019, Bennett made his debut appearance in UEFA European competition, playing the full 90 minutes of Wolves\'s Europa League Qualifying Second Round First Leg match against Crusaders of Northern Ireland. In the return leg on 1 August 2019, Bennett scored both for Wolves and an own-goal for Crusaders.
#### Leicester City (loan) {#leicester_city_loan}
On 31 January 2020, Bennett signed for Leicester City on a loan deal until the end of the 2019--20 season, with an option to buy for £5 million at the end of the loan. Bennett was brought to the King Power Stadium by Brendan Rodgers to provide competition for Jonny Evans and Çağlar Söyüncü. He made his Leicester debut as a half-time substitute against Crystal Palace on 4 July 2020.
### Swansea City {#swansea_city}
Bennett joined Swansea City on a permanent deal on 16 October 2020.
Despite initially being a first team regular with Swansea, by March 2022, Bennett had fallen out of favour at Swansea, his manager Russell Martin announced that consistency of other players and the loan signing of Finley Burns from Manchester City had pushed him down the pecking order.
On 1 September 2022, Bennett was released by mutual consent.
On 23 September 2022, Grimsby Town boss Paul Hurst said he would not rule out Bennett re-joining the club after he had begun training with the club again following his release by Swansea.
### Cambridge United {#cambridge_united}
On 6 January 2023, Bennett signed a six-month contract with EFL League One club Cambridge United. He was voted as Cambridge\'s Player of the Month for March 2023.
At the end of the 2022--23 season, Cambridge announced that they had offered Bennett a new contract for the 2023--2024 season.
Amid speculation of a return to Grimsby Town following news that he had recently taken up residence in the local area, a transfer never materialised and on 3 July, Cambridge announced they had reached an agreement for Bennett to sign a new one-year deal.
On 1 May 2024, Cambridge announced the player would be released at the end of his contract.
In an interview with the Pink Un, Bennet said he is \"done with playing\" and outlined his ambitions to be a sporting director.
## International career {#international_career}
Bennett was called up for the England national under-18 team that faced Austria at Victoria Park on 16 April 2008. It was his first England call-up. He played the full game in the 2--0 victory. On 29 September 2011, Bennett was called up to the under-21 team for the first time by Stuart Pearce. He made his debut in a 2--1 win away to Norway on 10 October 2011
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# Jiří Lála
**Jiří Lála** (born 21 August 1959) is a Czech former professional ice hockey player.
## Career
Lála played in the Czechoslovak Extraliga for HC Jihlava. He was a member of the Czechoslovak 1981 Canada Cup team and was a silver medalist at the 1984 Winter Olympics. He was named the best forward at the 1983 World Championships and was the top scorer on the Czechoslovak team that won the world championship in 1985, with 13 points (8+5) in 10 games.
After 510 games and 297 goals in Czechoslovakia, he moved to West Germany in 1989.
He immediately became the top scorer for his home team Eintracht Frankfurt in the 1989/90 and 1990/91 seasons. After heavy mismanagement and near bankruptcy of Eintracht Frankfurt, he played for Mannheimer ERC for two seasons, until he returned to Frankfurt in the 1994/95 season to play in the newly formed Frankfurt Lions team.
He retired from the sport in 2006. Lála was inducted into the Czech Ice Hockey Hall of Fame on 6 May 2010.
## Career statistics {#career_statistics}
### Regular season and playoffs {#regular_season_and_playoffs}
Regular season
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Season Team League GP G
1976--77 TJ Motor České Budějovice TCH 22 2
1977--78 TJ Motor České Budějovice TCH 27 9
1979--80 TJ Motor České Budějovice TCH 42 22
1980--81 ASD Dukla Jihlava TCH 44 40
1981--82 ASD Dukla Jihlava TCH 44 24
1982--83 TJ Motor České Budějovice TCH 44 38
1983--84 TJ Motor České Budějovice TCH 44 26
1984--85 TJ Motor České Budějovice TCH 36 28
1985--86 TJ Motor České Budějovice TCH 35 19
1986--87 TJ Motor České Budějovice TCH 29 20
1987--88 TJ Motor České Budějovice TCH 38 30
1988--89 TJ Motor České Budějovice TCH 45 26
1989--90 Eintracht Frankfurt 1.GBun 35 36
1990--91 Eintracht Frankfurt 1.GBun 44 47
1991--92 Mannheimer ERC 1.GBun 28 27
1991--92 SC Bern NDA --- ---
1992--93 Mannheimer ERC 1.GBun 36 32
1993--94 Mannheimer ERC 1.GBun 41 21
1994--95 Frankfurt Lions DEL 41 18
1994--95 Grasshopper Club Zürich SUI II --- ---
1995--96 Frankfurt Lions DEL 50 36
1996--97 Ayr Scottish Eagles GBR 40 24
1997--98 ERC Selb DEU II 52 32
1998--99 ERC Selb DEU III 31 35
1999--2000 ERC Selb DEU III 34 22
2000--01 EV Regensburg DEU III 51 36
2001--02 Eisbären Regensburg DEU II 20 7
TCH totals 502 303
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# Bodil Kjer
**Bodil Kjer** (`{{IPA|da|ˈpoːtil ˈkʰeˀɐ̯|lang}}`{=mediawiki}; 2 September 1917 -- 1 February 2003) was a Danish actress whose talent and charisma earned her status as a Primadonna and the title of first lady of Danish theater. Kjer\'s leading roles reflect the span of Denmark\'s modern cinema: such as the artistic maturity of the war-torn 1940s in *Jenny and the Soldier*, the light-hearted romance of the 1950s and 1960s in *Mød mig på Cassiopeia*, the action drama of the 1970s in *Strømer*, and the modern epic tale in *Babette\'s Feast* (1987). Denmark\'s highest film prize, the Bodil Awards, were named in honor of Kjer and Bodil Ipsen. Kjer twice received her namesake award for Best Actress (1948, 1952) and once for Best Supporting Actress (1977). In 1997, she accepted an honorary Bodil for lifetime achievement.
## Biography
**Bodil Valborg Karen Ellen Leland Kjer** was born 2 September 1917 in Odense, Denmark. She entered film in 1938 in *Balletten danser*. Kjer died on 1 February 2003.
## Filmography (selected) {#filmography_selected}
Year Title Role Notes
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1937 *Flådens blå matroser* Kontordame hos Holm
1938 *Balletten danser* Else Møller
1940 *En ganske almindelig pige* Tove Jørgensen
1941 *Far skal giftes* Birthe Jensen
1941 *Tante Cramers testamente* Husassistent Gerda Hansen
1941 *Tag til Rønneby kro* Anne Lise
1942 \'\'{{ill\|Søren Søndervold\|da no}}\'\' Hanne
1942 *Vi kunne ha\' det så rart* Lene Bang
1942 *En herre i kjole og hvidt* Lilly Jensen
1943 *Det brændende spørgsmål* Bodil Kragh
1943 *Hans onsdagsveninde* Magda Hansen
1943 \'\'{{ill\|Drama på slottet\|da it}}\'\' Anna Dalvig
1944 *Elly Petersen* Elly Petersen
1944 *Otte akkorder* Ellen
1944 *To som elsker hinanden* Ellen Selstrup
1945 *Den usynlige hær* Alice
1947 *Soldaten og Jenny* Jenny Christensen
1949 *John og Irene* Irene
1949 *Din fortid er glemt* Anna
1950 *Min kone er uskyldig* Betty Lund
1951 *Mød mig på Cassiopeia* Musen Polyhymnia
1968 *I den grønne skov* Mirjam
1971 *Den forsvundne fuldmægtig* Mrs
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# North India Tribal Mission
**The North India Tribal Mission** (NITM) is a Christian education organisation. It has existed since 1987.
The mission participates in education promotion programmes, child welfare and Church planting, specifically with remote tribal communities in India. It has adopted 24 children, most of whom are orphans.
It is an inter-denominational group, founded by Pastor Augustine Manickathan, who grew up in a Roman Catholic family in Kerala
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# Frank Madill (Canadian politician)
**Frank Madill** (November 23, 1852 -- October 25, 1895) was an Ontario lawyer and political figure. He represented Ontario North in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario from 1881 to 1883 and in the House of Commons of Canada from 1887 to 1895 as a Conservative member.
Born in Scott Township, Ontario County, Canada West in 1852, he was the son of Henry Madill, an Irish immigrant. Madill attended the University of Toronto, receiving an M.A. He went on to study law, was called to the bar in 1877 and set up practice at Beaverton. He was elected to the provincial assembly in an 1881 by-election held after Thomas Paxton was appointed sheriff for the county. In 1886, Madill married Florence Young, the daughter of the reeve of Beaverton. He ran unsuccessfully for the provincial seat in 1883 but was successful in the federal general election in 1887. Madill was a prominent member of the Freemasons. He died in office in 1895
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# David Wojcinski
**David Wojcinski** (born 18 September 1980) is a former Australian rules footballer who played for the Geelong Football Club in the Australian Football League (AFL).
## Career
Wojcinski made his debut in 1998. He won the club\'s Most Improved Player award for 2004.
In 2007 he returned from a serious knee injury to play a major part for the Geelong side with his pace off half back. He was rewarded with a premiership medal in September.
After injuring a tendon in his right finger during a 2008 pre-season practice match against the Richmond Tigers, Wojcinski found he required surgery to his little finger. He made a quick recovery from this surgery, playing against Essendon in Round 2. Whilst 2008 begun well for Wojcinski, Round 15 saw him injure an Achilles tendon, ruling him out until the Preliminary final against the Western Bulldogs more than two months later. His lack of match fitness jeopardized his selection for the Grand Final side, which was announced on 25 September 2008. The selection left Wojcinski out of the starting 22, and as an emergency, Paul Chapman was chosen over him after returning from his own injury. Mark Thompson, coach of the Geelong Cats, confirmed the reason for \"Wojo\" missing out was simply due to his bad run with injury. He quoted \"fit and in good form he\'s (Wojcinski) in our best 22, no doubt. And everybody in the room, everybody that knows Geelong would know that,\".
David overcame the disappointment of missing out on Grand Final selection in 2008 to produce career best form over the following years. He rightfully won his spot back in the 2009 Grand Final as Geelong came from behind to beat St. Kilda and win their second premiership in three years. In 2011, David was one of only a handful of players to add a third premiership medal to his collection, as Geelong overpowered Collingwood in the final quarter of the Grand Final to be runaway victors. David\'s dash off half back and his \'take them on\' attitude was a key component in Geelong\'s success, and during his career was one of the fastest and most exciting players to watch with his electrifying speed both from the half-back flank and through the midfield.
David finished 2011 on 199 games and took until Round 11 2012 to play his 200th. He went on to play only 3 more games that season before announcing his retirement after the elimination final loss to Fremantle Football Club. He did, however, play a crucial role in the Cats VFL Premiership that same year, putting the icing on the cake of an excellent football career.
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# David Wojcinski
## Statistics
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\|- \|- style=\"background-color: #EAEAEA\" ! scope=\"row\" style=\"text-align:center\" \| 1999 \|style=\"text-align:center;\"\|`{{AFL Gee}}`{=mediawiki} \| 40 \|\| 5 \|\| 1 \|\| 1 \|\| 7 \|\| 9 \|\| 16 \|\| 0 \|\| 5 \|\| 0.2 \|\| 0.2 \|\| 1.4 \|\| 1.8 \|\| 3.2 \|\| 0.0 \|\| 1.0 \|- ! scope=\"row\" style=\"text-align:center\" \| 2000 \|style=\"text-align:center;\"\|`{{AFL Gee}}`{=mediawiki} \| 40 \|\| 9 \|\| 1 \|\| 1 \|\| 49 \|\| 27 \|\| 76 \|\| 15 \|\| 14 \|\| 0.1 \|\| 0.1 \|\| 5.4 \|\| 3.0 \|\| 8.4 \|\| 1.7 \|\| 1.6 \|- style=\"background-color: #EAEAEA\" ! scope=\"row\" style=\"text-align:center\" \| 2001 \|style=\"text-align:center;\"\|`{{AFL Gee}}`{=mediawiki} \| 40 \|\| 6 \|\| 0 \|\| 0 \|\| 32 \|\| 18 \|\| 50 \|\| 4 \|\| 10 \|\| 0.0 \|\| 0.0 \|\| 5.3 \|\| 3.0 \|\| 8.3 \|\| 0.7 \|\| 1.7 \|- ! scope=\"row\" style=\"text-align:center\" \| 2002 \|style=\"text-align:center;\"\|`{{AFL Gee}}`{=mediawiki} \| 40 \|\| 17 \|\| 4 \|\| 1 \|\| 119 \|\| 71 \|\| 190 \|\| 35 \|\| 35 \|\| 0.2 \|\| 0.1 \|\| 7.0 \|\| 4.2 \|\| 11.2 \|\| 2.1 \|\| 2.1 \|- style=\"background-color: #EAEAEA\" ! scope=\"row\" style=\"text-align:center\" \| 2003 \|style=\"text-align:center;\"\|`{{AFL Gee}}`{=mediawiki} \| 40 \|\| 18 \|\| 7 \|\| 4 \|\| 152 \|\| 71 \|\| 223 \|\| 38 \|\| 25 \|\| 0.4 \|\| 0.2 \|\| 8.4 \|\| 3.9 \|\| 12.4 \|\| 2.1 \|\| 1.4 \|- ! scope=\"row\" style=\"text-align:center\" \| 2004 \|style=\"text-align:center;\"\|`{{AFL Gee}}`{=mediawiki} \| 40 \|\| 21 \|\| 9 \|\| 9 \|\| 172 \|\| 104 \|\| 276 \|\| 54 \|\| 40 \|\| 0.4 \|\| 0.4 \|\| 8.2 \|\| 5.0 \|\| 13.1 \|\| 2.6 \|\| 1.9 \|- style=\"background-color: #EAEAEA\" ! scope=\"row\" style=\"text-align:center\" \| 2005 \|style=\"text-align:center;\"\|`{{AFL Gee}}`{=mediawiki} \| 40 \|\| 2 \|\| 0 \|\| 2 \|\| 21 \|\| 8 \|\| 29 \|\| 7 \|\| 6 \|\| 0.0 \|\| 1.0 \|\| 10.5 \|\| 4.0 \|\| 14.5 \|\| 3.5 \|\| 3.0 \|- ! scope=\"row\" style=\"text-align:center\" \| 2006 \|style=\"text-align:center;\"\|`{{AFL Gee}}`{=mediawiki} \| 40 \|\| 15 \|\| 1 \|\| 6 \|\| 116 \|\| 80 \|\| 196 \|\| 45 \|\| 30 \|\| 0.1 \|\| 0.4 \|\| 7.7 \|\| 5.3 \|\| 13.1 \|\| 3.0 \|\| 2.0 \|- style=\"background-color: #EAEAEA\" ! scope=\"row\" style=\"text-align:center;\" \| 2007 \|style=\"text-align:center;\"\|`{{AFL Gee}}`{=mediawiki} \| 40 \|\| 25 \|\| 14 \|\| 9 \|\| 196 \|\| 185 \|\| 381 \|\| 77 \|\| 52 \|\| 0.6 \|\| 0.4 \|\| 7.8 \|\| 7.4 \|\| 15.2 \|\| 3.1 \|\| 2.1 \|- ! scope=\"row\" style=\"text-align:center\" \| 2008 \|style=\"text-align:center;\"\|`{{AFL Gee}}`{=mediawiki} \| 40 \|\| 14 \|\| 8 \|\| 8 \|\| 118 \|\| 116 \|\| 234 \|\| 46 \|\| 25 \|\| 0.6 \|\| 0.6 \|\| 8.4 \|\| 8.3 \|\| 16.7 \|\| 3.3 \|\| 1.8 \|- style=\"background-color: #EAEAEA\" ! scope=\"row\" style=\"text-align:center;\" \| 2009 \|style=\"text-align:center;\"\|`{{AFL Gee}}`{=mediawiki} \| 40 \|\| 21 \|\| 3 \|\| 4 \|\| 153 \|\| 200 \|\| 353 \|\| 57 \|\| 64 \|\| 0.1 \|\| 0.2 \|\| 7.3 \|\| 9.5 \|\| 16.8 \|\| 2.7 \|\| 3.0 \|- ! scope=\"row\" style=\"text-align:center\" \| 2010 \|style=\"text-align:center;\"\|`{{AFL Gee}}`{=mediawiki} \| 40 \|\| 24 \|\| 6 \|\| 5 \|\| 191 \|\| 232 \|\| 423 \|\| 92 \|\| 44 \|\| 0.2 \|\| 0.2 \|\| 8.0 \|\| 9.7 \|\| 17.6 \|\| 3.8 \|\| 1.8 \|- style=\"background-color: #EAEAEA\" ! scope=\"row\" style=\"text-align:center;\" \| 2011 \|style=\"text-align:center;\"\|`{{AFL Gee}}`{=mediawiki} \| 40 \|\| 22 \|\| 12 \|\| 9 \|\| 162 \|\| 173 \|\| 335 \|\| 76 \|\| 49 \|\| 0.6 \|\| 0.4 \|\| 7.4 \|\| 7.9 \|\| 15.2 \|\| 3.4 \|\| 2.2 \|- ! scope=\"row\" style=\"text-align:center\" \| 2012 \|style=\"text-align:center;\"\|`{{AFL Gee}}`{=mediawiki} \| 40 \|\| 4 \|\| 0 \|\| 1 \|\| 33 \|\| 22 \|\| 55 \|\| 13 \|\| 14 \|\| 0.0 \|\| 0.2 \|\| 8.2 \|\| 5.5 \|\| 13.8 \|\| 3.2 \|\| 3.5 \|- class=\"sortbottom\" ! colspan=3\| Career ! 203 ! 66 ! 60 ! 1521 ! 1316 ! 2837 ! 559 ! 413 ! 0.3 ! 0.3 ! 7.5 ! 6.5 ! 14.0 ! 2.8 ! 2.0 \|}
## Personal life {#personal_life}
Wojcinski grew up in Heyfield, Victoria. He is the son of Lee and Charlie Wojcinski and has three sisters: Deanne, Sarah and Emma. Wojcinski married partner Casey Bell in October 2008 at Port Douglas, after much disappointment after being dropped from the AFL Grand Final. David and Casey have three children: sons Alfie (2006) and Monty (2009) and daughter Olive (2011).
In 2008, Wojcinski was an ambassador for an anti-booze-fuelled-violence campaign run by the *Geelong Advertiser* titled \"Just Think\". In this role, Wojcinski appeared in advertising alongside fellow ambassadors, and former Geelong teammates, Tom Harley and James Kelly.
Wojcinski retired from AFL football in 2012. He continued to play football for the Newtown & Chilwell Eagles in the Geelong Football League and later also coached them, until he resigned at the end of the 2015 season
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# Dárius Rusnák
**Dárius Rusnák** (born December 2, 1959) is a retired Slovak professional ice hockey forward who played in the Czechoslovak Extraliga for HC Slovan Bratislava. He was a member of the Czechoslovak 1981 Canada Cup team and was a silver medalist at the 1984 Winter Olympics. He won the gold medal at the 1985 world championship in Prague where he scored the game-winning goal against Canada
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# Wright Sound
**Wright Sound** is a waterway on the North Coast of British Columbia, Canada. Wright Sound is 135 km south of Prince Rupert and lies at the southern opening of Grenville Channel and between Gil, Gribbell and Pitt Islands. The small town of Hartley Bay sits on its northern shore and is home to the Gitga\'ata, a Tsimshian group. On the north side of Wright Sound develops the Douglas Channel.
Wright Sound is part of the Inside Passage that connects Alaska, British Columbia, and Washington. The Inside Passage is protected by coastal islands from the more open waters of Queen Charlotte Sound, Hecate Strait and the Dixon Entrance, which are more exposed to the open Pacific Ocean, and so makes it a safer route for vessels. Though the passage all the way up to kitimat has been the course of some controversy. The proposed Enbridge pipeline would have large container ships pass through this area in high volume. BC Ferries transports passengers, vehicles, and cargo to and from many remote communities in this area, although in the past various shipping lines served the route, which is also heavily travelled by cruise ships and also by the southward line of the Alaska Marine Highway system. On March 22, 2006, the BC Ferries vessel Queen of the North sank in Wright Sound, with the survivors being rescued by the residents of Hartley Bay in a daring night rescue on rough water. Two people died
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# Gaussan Abbey
**Gaussan Abbey** (*Abbaye Notre-Dame de Gaussan*) is a Benedictine monastery situated at Bizanet in the Aude, France.
## Cistercians
The site was originally established in the 12th century by the Cistercians as a grange of the nearby Fontfroide Abbey. Fontfroide was dissolved and its buildings and assets, including the grange at Gaussan, were sold off in 1791 during the French Revolution.
## Private ownership {#private_ownership}
During the later 19th and 20th centuries the buildings were refurbished by the proprietor, Charles Lambert de Sainte-Croix, who also developed the land for viticulture
## Benedictines
The property was later acquired by the Benedictines and in 1994 a monastery was founded here as a priory of Fontgombault Abbey.
It became an abbey in 2004.
It is part of the Solesmes Congregation of the Benedictine Confederation and as such focusses on Gregorian chant and the Tridentine Mass.
The monks also produce wine
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# 1968 Surfers Paradise 6 Hour
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# Bohuslav Šťastný
**Bohuslav Šťastný** (born 23 April 1949) is a Czech retired professional ice hockey player. He played in the Czechoslovak Extraliga for HC Pardubice (now part of the Czech Extraliga). He was a member of the Czechoslovak 1976 Canada Cup team, and was a silver medalist at the 1976 Winter Olympics, and a bronze medalist at the 1972 Winter Olympics
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# Aage Fønss
**Aage Fønss** (12 December 1887, in Arhus -- 30 September 1976) was a Danish opera singer and actor. He was the younger brother of actor Johannes Fønss and director/producer Olaf Fønss
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# Antonín Stavjaňa
**Antonín Stavjaňa** (born 10 February 1963) is a retired professional ice hockey player.
Stavjaňa played in the Czechoslovak Extraliga for HC Dukla Trenčín, TJ Gottwaldov and HC Zlín. He then moved to Finland for Jokipojat and in Sweden for HV71 before returning to the Extraliga with HC Vsetín. He was a member of the Czechoslovak 1987 Canada Cup and 1991 Canada Cup teams and competed for Czechoslovakia in the 1988 Winter Olympics and the 1994 Winter Olympics. Stavjaňa was drafted 247th overall by the Calgary Flames in the 1986 NHL Entry Draft but never signed a contract.
Stavjaňa later worked as a successful coach, coaching several teams, including HC Vsetín and HK Nitra.
## Career statistics {#career_statistics}
### Regular season and playoffs {#regular_season_and_playoffs}
Regular season
------------ --------------------- -------- ----- ----------------
Season Team League GP G
1980--81 TJ Gottwaldov TCH 41 1
1981--82 TJ Gottwaldov TCH 43 3
1982--83 ASVŠ Dukla Trenčín SVK.2 4
1983--84 ASVŠ Dukla Trenčín TCH 38 3
1983--84 TJ Gottwaldov TCH 5 0
1984--85 TJ Gottwaldov TCH 43 5
1985--86 TJ Gottwaldov TCH 34 10
1986--87 TJ Gottwaldov TCH 33 11
1987--88 TJ Gottwaldov TCH 40 10
1988--89 TJ Gottwaldov TCH 43 11
1989--90 TJ Zlín TCH 46 7
1990--91 JoKP FIN.2 42 13
1991--92 JoKP SM-l 44 9
1992--93 HV71 SEL 39 2
1993--94 HV71 SEL 39 4
1994--95 HC Dadák Vsetín ELH 41 1
1995--96 HC Dadák Vsetín ELH 34 8
1996--97 HC Petra Vsetín ELH 43 9
1997--98 HC Petra Vsetín ELH 44 5
1999--2000 HC Uherské Hradiště CZE
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# Ľudo Ondrejov
**Ľudo Ondrejov** (19 October 1901 in Slanje, present day Croatia -- 18 March 1962 in Bratislava, Czechoslovakia) was a Slovak poet and prose writer.
## Biography
Ľudo Ondrejov was born in a Slovak family in Slanje, Austro-Hungarian Empire (today part of Donji Martijanec, Croatia) on 18 March 1901. He spent most of his childhood in the Kingdom of Hungary in a small village Kostiviarska (today part of Banská Bystrica). He moved to Bratislava in 1938 and became a professional writer. Ľudo Ondrejov was a member of a partisan group in 1944--45. During World War II he was given a bookstore as a part of the Aryanization in Slovakia.
## Works
### Writing career {#writing_career}
Ondrejov\'s first works were published in periodicals such as *Slovenské pohľady* (Slovak views). His first book was published in 1932. He wrote prose and poetry for adults and children. Ondrejov was a significant member of the Slovak school of naturalism. Ondrejov also wrote fictional travelogues.
### List of selected works {#list_of_selected_works}
Poetry
- 1932 -- *Martin Nociar Jakubovie*
- 1932 -- *Bez návratu* (No return)
- 1936 -- *Mámenie* (Wheedling)
- 1956 -- *Básne* (Poems)
Prose
- 1932 -- *Rozprávky z hôr* (Fairy tales from the mountains)
- 1936 -- *Africký zápisník* (African itinerary)
- 1936 -- *Horami Sumatry*(Through the mountains of Sumatra)
- *Slnko vychádza nad hory* (The Sun is rising over the hills) trilogy
- 1937 -- *Zbojnícka mladosť* (Outlaw\'s youth)
- 1939 -- *Jerguš Lapin* (also the name of the main character in the first two volumes)
- 1950 -- *Na zemi sú tvoje hviezdy*(Your stars are on the ground)
## Criticism
During the Second World War he Aryanized the second-hand bookshop of the Jewish family of Steiners in Bratislava. Moreover, when the deportation of Jews started, he said that in his company no Jew was needed and he reported them to the authorities:
\"I declare that in this bookstore I do not need these Jews: Max Steiner, Joseph Steiner, Sigismund Steiner and Viliam Steiner. By securing and deporting those Jews neither the trade nor the Slovak state will suffer any economic damage, because I have found compensation in the Aryan person Mr. Viliam Fabry from the St. Martin.\"
These people later died in concentration camps
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# Jiří Králík
**Jiří Králík** (born 11 April 1952 in Gottwaldov, Czechoslovakia) is a retired professional ice hockey goaltender who played in the Czechoslovak Extraliga. He played for HC Jihlava. He was a member of the Czechoslovak 1981 Canada Cup teams and was a silver medalist at the 1984 Winter Olympics. And at the 1982 and 1985 International Ice Hockey Championship he was named as a first team all star
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# Manhattan Mini Storage
**Manhattan Mini Storage** is a Manhattan-based self storage company in New York City, United States. Founded in 1978, the company serves New York neighborhoods from 17 storage locations. Manhattan Mini Storage was acquired by StorageMart in December 2021.
## Operations
Manhattan Mini Storage is the largest personal storage company in New York, and one of the largest in the United States. The firm has 17 storage locations throughout the city, open most every day of the year. Manhattan Mini Storage has approximately 250,000 clients.
Facilities include security systems, raised loading bays that are dock-high, fully climate controlled units at all locations, and onsite managers. The firm conducts blind auctions of the belongings of customers who fail to pay their storage bills.
## Marketing
Manhattan Mini Storage prides itself on \"identifying what matters to New Yorkers,\" and markets itself as \"an extension of your home where you can keep the things you want to keep but can\'t quite accommodate in your tight Manhattan apartment.\" The company creates all its own advertisements, then advertises on billboards and phone booths across Manhattan. Some of the taglines used include, \"Your closet\'s scarier than Bush\'s agenda,\" \"Your closet is so narrow it makes Cheney look liberal,\" as well as \"We have more wiggle room than Herman Cain\'s morals.\"
Manhattan Mini Storage\'s 2011 Ad campaign, led by Archie Gottesman, included topical and New York City-centric billboards such as \"Michele Bachmann says God told her to run for President. How come God never talks to smart people anymore?\" \"Remember if you leave the city, you\'ll have to live in America,\" \"Why leave a city that has six professional sports teams, and also the Mets?\" and \"If you don\'t like gay marriage, don\'t get gay married\" (released prior to the passage of the Marriage Equality Act in New York State). The company\'s gay marriage ad was also accompanied by a promotion aimed at gay newlyweds after the Marriage Equality act was passed in July 2011. Adweek\'s Tim Nudd writes about the 2011 campaign in a March post: \"\'Remember, if you leave the city, you\'ll have to live in America\' --- one of most quintessential New York headlines you\'ll ever see.\"
Some advertisements have been controversial. In 2007, a billboard, with a picture of chihuahua wearing pearls and the words \"Your closet\'s so shallow it makes Paris \[Hilton\] look deep\", attracted a cease and desist letter from Hilton\'s lawyer. In 2014, representatives of start-up storage company MakeSpace, which advertises \"cloud storage,\" criticized Manhattan Mini Storage for having an advertisement that read \"Don\'t trust the cloud.\" A *Huffington Post* writer commented that some of the advertisements in Manhattan Mini Storage\'s 2015 campaign, which featured \"a transgender woman, or male drag queen, \[posing\] by a vanity with furs and wigs surrounding,\" could be potentially taken out of context.
## Community outreach {#community_outreach}
Manhattan Mini Storage has sponsored community groups such as: PrideNYC, Friends of Hudson River, Medieval Festival, Project Back to School, Friends of Carl Shurz Park, NYLaughs, Furnish a Future, Aids Walk, NY Class, I Care, Score!, NY Dream Center, Animal Haven, NY Classical Theater, and The Diabetes Research Institute
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# Aboriginal Affairs NSW
**Aboriginal Affairs NSW** (**AANSW**) is an agency of the Premier\'s Department in the Government of New South Wales. Aboriginal Affairs NSW is responsible for administering legislation in relation to the NSW Government policies that support Indigenous Australians in New South Wales, and for advising the Minister for Aboriginal Affairs and Treaty, David Harris.
## History
### Early administrative period {#early_administrative_period}
The first body of the NSW Government specifically dealing with Aboriginal affairs was the Board for the Protection of Aborigines (BPA; also known as the Aboriginal Protection Board), which followed practice of \"protection\" taken by the Australian colonies when it was established by an Executive Council minute of 2 June 1883. The board had six members appointed by the Governor of New South Wales, with the Inspector-General of Police serving *ex officio* as chairman. The board was reconstituted by the *Aborigines Protection Act 1909*, which took effect on 1 June 1910, and was placed under the supervision of the Colonial Secretary and his Department (from 1959 the Chief Secretary), with its stated purpose being \"to exercise a general supervision and care over all matters affecting the interest and welfare of Aborigines, and to protect them against injustice, imposition and fraud\".
The board was dissolved and the Aborigines Welfare Board (AWB; frequently referred to as the Aboriginal Welfare Board in later sources) was constituted under the *Aborigines Protection (Amendment) Act 1940*, which commenced on 14 June 1940. This board, like its predecessor, had power over the administration and placement of Aboriginal communities, the education of Aborigines and their general welfare. A. W. G. Lipscomb, who had been appointed as Superintendent of Aborigines Welfare of the Board for Protection in February 1939 (then in the BPA), was confirmed in the position on 31 May 1940.
The AWB was dissolved on 2 June 1969 by the *Aborigines Act 1969*, to be replaced by the **Aborigines Welfare Directorate**, within the Department of Child Welfare and Social Welfare (Department of Youth and Community Services from 1 February 1974).
The Directorate was abolished on 1 July 1975, with most of its functions being transferred to the Commonwealth Department of Aboriginal Affairs. The remaining state responsibilities were then transferred to the new **Aboriginal Services Branch** which operated within the Department of Youth, Ethnic and Community Affairs (renamed Department of Youth and Community Services from 14 May 1976).
### Ministerial period {#ministerial_period}
The first Minister for Aboriginal Affairs, Frank Walker, was appointed by the Labor Government of Neville Wran on 2 October 1981 and a **Ministry of Aboriginal Affairs** was established on 1 January 1982. The ministry had responsibilities for advising the Government on \"how and where land rights for Aboriginal people might be granted\" and for the provision of services to Aboriginal communities. On 15 April 1988, the Ministry was abolished and its responsibilities were transferred to the new **Bureau of Aboriginal Affairs** within the Premier\'s Department. The Bureau was renamed to the **Office of Aboriginal Affairs** by June 1988 and was charged with the administration of the Aboriginal Land Rights Act, 1983 (NSW) and the administration of Aboriginal Land Councils. On 1 July 1993, the Office of Aboriginal Affairs was established as an administrative office independent of the Premier\'s Department responsible to the Minister for Aboriginal Affairs. On 6 April 1995 the Office was abolished and was transferred to the **Department of Aboriginal Affairs**. On 1 July 2009 the Department was abolished as an independent body and was subordinated to the new Department of Human Services. On 4 April 2011, the Department was renamed **Aboriginal Affairs NSW** and was transferred to the Department of Education and Communities within the Office of Communities. In July 2015 the Office of Communities was abolished but Aboriginal Affairs remained within the parent Department of Education.
In 2019 Aboriginal Affairs was moved into the Department of Premier and Cabinet.
### Agency executives {#agency_executives}
- **Secretary, Board for the Protection of Aborigines**
- A. C. Pettitt, 1909--1939
- **Superintendent of Aborigines Welfare**
- A. W. G. Lipscombe, 1939--1953
- M. H. Saxby, 1953--1958
- H. J. Green, 1959--1969
- **Director of Aboriginal Welfare**
- Ian Mitchell, 1969--1975
- **Secretary of the Ministry of Aboriginal Affairs**
- Pat O\'Shane, 1981--1986
- Neville Perkins, 1987--1988
- **Director, Bureau/Office of Aboriginal Affairs**
- Keith Kocken, 1988--1993
- **Director General, Office of Aboriginal Affairs**
- Mike Stewart, 1993--1995
- **Director General, Department of Aboriginal Affairs**
- Mike Stewart, 1995
- Geoff Scott, 1995--2000
- Linda Burney, 2000--2003
- Jody Broun, 2003--2010
- James Christian, 2010--2011
- **General Manager, Aboriginal Affairs NSW**
- James Christian, 2011--2012
- **Head of Aboriginal Affairs**
- Jason Ardler, 5 June 2012 -- December 2019
- Lillian Gordon, January 2020 -- July 2022
- **Deputy Secretary, Aboriginal Affairs NSW**
- Shane Hamilton, July 2022 -- present
## Agency responsibilities {#agency_responsibilities}
In addition to its policy and advisory roles, Aboriginal Affairs NSW:
- \"Assist communities to establish partnerships that recognise and affirm the position and power of Aboriginal people as the first peoples of NSW\".
- \"Reinforce robust and effective Aboriginal community governance\".
- \"Support Aboriginal peoples preparedness for future opportunities to improve their economic and social prosperity; and reinforce Aboriginal peoples' confidence and expertise in their own cultures
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# Don't Talk, Just Listen
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# Larry Smith (puppeteer)
**Larry Smith** (June 23, 1938 -- February 19, 2018) was an American puppeteer and producer of children\'s programming in the Cincinnati area since 1957. His most notable work was a popular afternoon puppet/cartoon show airing on WXIX Television.
Smith was raised in Dayton, Ohio. At the age of five he began a lifelong fascination with puppets, learning to make them at home using items around the house as store-bought materials were expensive. He made his television debut in 1952, and he began his professional career two years later at WHIO television. After high school Smith attended Ohio State University and the Cincinnati College Conservatory of Music. In 1955 Smith met Burr Tillstrom, creator of the *Kukla, Fran and Ollie* show. In 1957 Smith auditioned for, and won a part on *The Uncle Al Show*; officially he served on WCPO\'s art department, but he performed puppets. Smith was with *The Uncle Al Show* for six years.
Smith achieved his greatest fame by the late 1960s, when he went to then-new TV station WXIX in Cincinnati to host an afternoon puppet/cartoon show which came to be called *Larry Smith\'s Cartoon Club*, which he hosted throughout the 1970s. Smith and his puppets were the first stars of WXIX when they performed on the station\'s sign-on ceremony in August 1968.
Some of the puppets/characters he created include:
: **Hattie the Witch** (also called \"Battie Hattie from Cincinnati\")
: **Snarfie the Dog** (a.k.a. Snarfie R. Dog)
: **Big Red the Red Rock-Eater** (who lived in \"The Dirty Dingy Dungeon\")
: **Teaser the Mouse**
: **Rudy the Rooster**
Smith ostensibly retired in 2000, but made occasional appearances with his puppets until his death on February 19, 2018
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# Al Nelson
**Albert Nelson** (born October 27, 1943) is an American former professional football cornerback in the National Football League (NFL) for nine seasons for the Philadelphia Eagles. He played college football at the University of Cincinnati and was selected in the third round of the 1965 NFL draft. Nelson was also selected in the ninth round of the 1965 AFL draft by the Buffalo Bills.
On September 26, 1971, in the first Eagles game at the newly opened Veterans Stadium, Nelson scored a fourth quarter touchdown on a then-record 102-yard return of a missed field goal by Dallas Cowboys kicker Mike Clark. It was the Eagles\' only score of the contest in a lopsided 42--7 loss. The previous holder of the record was his coach at the time Jerry Williams. In the previous off-season, the league had allowed missed field goals kicked into the end zone to be returned. Nelson also returned a missed Lou Groza field goal attempt and ran it back for a 100-yard TD in a game against the Cleveland Browns on December 11, 1966 at Franklin Field in Philadelphia
He is also a member of the Beta Eta chapter of Kappa Alpha Psi fraternity
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# Larry Smith Puppets
**Larry Smith Puppets** (or **The Larry Smith Show**) was a long-running afternoon television program, seen from 1969 to 1974 on WXIX-TV in Cincinnati, Ohio, geared toward the elementary school aged crowd. It was one of many TV puppet shows created by TV personality Larry Smith and was a favorite of children in the so-called \"Tri-State Area\" consisting of Southwestern Ohio, Northern Kentucky, and Southeastern Indiana.
Notable Characters included:
- Snarfie R. Dog
- Hattie the Witch
- Rudy the Rooster
- Teaser the Mouse
Mr. Smith ostensibly retired in 2000, but still produces occasional versions of his show. Popular characters from the show are often seen at local events
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# Calvin Thomas (American football)
**Calvin Lewis Thomas** (born January 7, 1960) is an American former professional football player who was a running back for seven seasons for the Chicago Bears and Denver Broncos of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football for the Illinois Fighting Illini. As a member of the Bears, he won Super Bowl XX.
He is best known as the saxophone player in \"The Super Bowl Shuffle\"
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# Daniel Ward (footballer)
**Daniel Ward** (born 9 July 1977) is a former Australian Rules footballer for the Melbourne Demons.
Ward was a defender and was named as the club\'s \'Most Improved Player\' after the 1999 season. Two years later he was fifth in Melbourne\'s best and fairest. He is a former Fitzroy Football Club reserves player.
Ward was a \'run and carry\' type player, known for his dashing runs and rebounding attacks from defence. His style of play was not flashy, but very determined and team centred. Despite Melbourne losing the 2000 Grand Final to Essendon, Ward was amongst Melbourne\'s best performed players that day
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# Sherwood, Edmonton
**Sherwood** is a small neighbourhood in west Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. Originally part of the Town of Jasper Place, it became a part of Edmonton when Jasper Place amalgamated with Edmonton in 1964.
The neighbourhood is bounded on the west by 156 Street, on the east by 149 Street, on the north by 95 Avenue, and on the south by 92 Avenue.
The community is represented by the West Jasper/Sherwood Community League which maintains a community hall, outdoor rink and tennis courts located at 152 Street and 96 Avenue. The Sherwood Community League operated as a separate entity from 1949 until 1985 when it merged with the West Jasper Place Community League.
## Demographics
In the City of Edmonton\'s 2012 municipal census, Sherwood had a population of `{{nts|1254}}`{=mediawiki} living in `{{nts|633}}`{=mediawiki} dwellings, a -2.1% change from its 2009 population of `{{nts|1281}}`{=mediawiki}. With a land area of 0.44 km2, it had a population density of `{{nts|2850}}`{=mediawiki} people/km^2^ in 2012.
## Residential development {#residential_development}
Almost half of the dwellings in Sherwood were built between the end of World War II and 1960. Just over six out of every ten residences (63%) are single-family dwellings. Another 34% are apartments in low-rise buildings with fewer than five stories. Most of the remaining dwellings are duplexes. Just over half of the residences (56%) are owner-occupied, with the remainder being rented.
## Shopping and services {#shopping_and_services}
Neighbourhood residents have access to shopping and medical services at the Meadowlark Health and Shopping Centre located to the south west in the adjoining neighbourhood of Meadowlark Park.
To the north of the neighbourhood, along 149 Street, is the Jasper Gates Shopping Centre.
## Surrounding neighbourhoods {#surrounding_neighbourhoods}
The neighbourhood is surrounded on all sides by residential neighbourhoods
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# Rex Weyler
**Rex Weyler** (born September 10, 1947) is an American-Canadian author, journalist and ecologist. He has worked as a writer, editor, and publisher. In the 1970s, Weyler served as a director of the original *Greenpeace Foundation*, and as campaign photographer and publisher of the *Greenpeace Chronicles*. He was a cofounder of Greenpeace International in 1979.
Weyler is the author of multiple books about Greenpeace history (*Greenpeace: The Inside Story*) and religious commentary (*The Jesus Sayings: A Quest for His Authentic Message*). In the 1990s, he coauthored a U.S. patent for music tuning software and co-founded Justonic Tuning Inc. with his partner Bill Gannon, to develop and market the product.
## Life and education {#life_and_education}
Weyler attended high school with future first lady Laura Welch Bush and future US Army General Tommy Franks.)
On April 5, 2005, the Urban Environmental Policy Center on the Occidental College campus awarded Weyler and Dennis Zane, a fellow student organizer, the Alumni Community Action Award.
Weyler has three siblings. He married Glenn Jonathans in Nijmegen, Netherlands in 1971 and immigrated to Canada in 1972. Weyler and Jonathans divorced in 1980. Weyler married Lisa Gibbons in 1991. They now live on Cortes Island B.C., Canada. Lisa Gibbons is an artist and youth educator. Weyler and Gibbons have 3 sons, and have been foster parents with the BC Federation of Foster Parents.
## Journalism
In 1973, at the age of 26, Weyler received his first journalism position at the [North Shore News](https://www.nsnews.com/) in Vancouver, B.C. Canada. Later that year, he began covering the original Greenpeace whale campaign story, and later, from 1975 to 1980, served as editor and publisher for the *Greenpeace Chronicles* newspaper. This paper was one of the first international environmental publications, with stories by writers Lawrence Ferlinghetti, Robert Hunter, Paul Watson, John C. Lilly, Kitty Tucker, Ben Metcalfe, and David Garrick, and art and cartoons by cartoonists Ralph Steadman and Ron Cobb.
From 1980 to 1982, Weyler was publisher, contributing editor, and writer for *New Age Journal* in Allston, MA. His stories for *New Age Journal* about conflicts between the FBI and the American Indian Movement led to a book on that subject, *Blood of the Land*, Everest House, 1982.
From 1998 to 2002, Weyler served as publisher and editor of *Shared Vision Magazine* in Vancouver, B.C., Canada. He published stories about Greenpeace history and the American Indian Movement in the *Vancouver Sun* newspaper and contributed articles to British Columbia's first major on-line news site, The Tyee.
In 2007, Weyler founded the Institute for Citizen Journalism, and since 2008, Weyler has posted a monthly ecology column, Deep Green, at Greenpeace International, and has contributed stories to [Resilience](https://www.resilience.org/resilience-author/rex-weyler/), [Counter Currents](https://www.countercurrents.org/weyler190711.htm), the [Watershed Sentinel](https://watershedsentinel.ca/articles/what-can-we-do/), and other online magazines.
In 2013, Weyler served as Writer-in-Residence at the University of Fraser Valley, in British Columbia, Canada.
## Greenpeace
Between 1973 and 1982, Weyler served as a director of the original Greenpeace Foundation, campaign photographer and reporter, and as editor of the Greenpeace Chronicles magazine. He was a co-founder of Greenpeace International in 1979.
In 1975, Weyler sailed on the first Greenpeace whale campaign, and subsequent whale and seal campaigns. His photographs and news accounts of these campaigns were widely published.
He is the author of a history of the first decade of Greenpeace, *Greenpeace: The Inside Story* (Raincoast, Rodale, 2004).
Since leaving Greenpeace in 1982, Weyler has remained active in environmental and peace issues. In 1991, he helped draft dioxin emission levels for pulp mills in British Columbia. In 2006, he served as Program Coordinator for World Peace Forum 2006.
Weyler is featured in the documentary, *Greenpeace: Making a Stand*.
## Books by Rex Weyler {#books_by_rex_weyler}
- Weyler, Rex (2008) *The Jesus Sayings: A Quest for His Authentic Message* (House of Anansi Press, 2008)
- Weyler, Rex (2004) *Greenpeace: The Inside Story* (Raincoast Books, Rodale, 2004). Finalist, Shaughnessy Cohen Prize for Political Writing, 2004.
- Weyler, Rex (2004) *Greenpeace: An Insider\'s Account* (UK);
- Weyler, Rex (2004) *Greenpeace: How a Group of Ecologists, Journalists, and Visionaries Changed the World* (US: Rodale), `{{isbn|978-1-59486-106-2}}`{=mediawiki}.
- Weyler, Rex with Rick Fields, Peggy Taylor, Rick Ingrasci (1984) *Chop Wood, Carry Water: Finding Spiritual Fulfillment in Everyday Life* (Tarcher)
- Weyler, Rex (1982) *Blood of the Land* (Everest House, 1982; New Society Publishers, 1992)
- Weyler, Rex with Robert Hunter (1978) *To Save a Whale* (Chronicle Books).
- Weyler, Rex with Daphne Marlatt and Robert Minden (1975) *Steveston Recollected* (UBC, Provincial Archives, out of print).
Weyler has published articles and essays on the Greenpeace website, his website, and the following anthologies, among other places: *The Power of the People*, ed. Robert Cooney and Helen Michalowski (New Society Publishers, 1987); *Beyond Hypnosis* by Dr. Lee Pulos (Omega Press, San Francisco, 1990); *Shorelines* (Kingfisher Press, B.C., 1995); *Witness, Twenty-five Years on the Environmental Front Line* (Andre Deutsch, London, 1996); *Greenpeace: Changing the World*, ed. Conny Boettger, Fouad Hamdan (Rasch & Röhring, 2001); *The Book of Letters: 150 Years of Private Canadian Correspondence*, by Paul and Audrey Grescoe (Macfarlane Walter & Ross, 2002).
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## Awards and honours {#awards_and_honours}
- Finalist, Shaughnessy-Cohen Award for Political Writing; 2004.
- Publishers Weekly, \"Best Books of 2004,\" Greenpeace: The Inside Story.
- Finalist, Hubert Evans Award for Non-Fiction, BC Book Awards, 2004.
- Alumni Community Action Award, Urban Environmental Policy Center, Los Angeles, April 2005
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# Mark Jamar
**Mark Jamar** (born 9 August 1983) is a former professional Australian rules footballer who played for the Melbourne Football Club and Essendon Football Club in the Australian Football League (AFL).
## Early life {#early_life}
Jamar was born and raised in the country South Australian town of Port Pirie. He played his early football at the Lions Football Club of the Spencer Gulf Football League, before moving to North Adelaide in the South Australian National Football League (SANFL).
Jamar was a standout performer at the 2001 AFL Under 18 Championships being selected in the All Australian team. However, he was overlooked in that year\'s draft. He was, however, selected at pick six of the rookie draft by Melbourne.
## AFL career {#afl_career}
Jamar was drafted at pick number six to Melbourne in the 2001 Rookie Draft. He debuted in the opening round of the 2003 season against `{{AFL Haw}}`{=mediawiki}, which the Demons won by six points. He had a quiet debut with only four disposals, a mark and a hit-out on the stats sheet. However he improved in his next match, a 27-point win over `{{AFL|PA}}`{=mediawiki} in which he registered six disposals, 10 hit-outs and his first AFL goal. He went on to play another seven games that season, all of which Melbourne lost. They finished 14th and did not play in the finals. Jamar ranked fourth among rising stars in total hit-outs in 2003 and third among rising stars in hit-outs per game in 2003.
Jamar only played three games in 2004, including an elimination final that the Demons lost in a five-point match against Essendon. He averaged five disposals and seven hit-outs.
In 2005, Jamar played eight games - of which the Demons won five. He averaged only three disposals and eight hit-outs and kicked one goal in the ruck. Melbourne finished seventh and played in the elimination final against `{{AFL Gee}}`{=mediawiki}, which they lost by 55 points.
Jamar missed only one game in the whole 2006 season. He consolidated himself as a reliable ruckman for the Demons. He averaged 10 hit-outs and four disposals and kicked 10 goals and two behinds for the season. Melbourne finished the season seventh and played `{{AFL StK}}`{=mediawiki} in the elimination final, which the Demons won by 18 points. Jamar contributed in the ruck with seven hit-outs and four disposals. He did not play against `{{AFL Fre}}`{=mediawiki} the following week when the Demons were defeated by 28 points and were eliminated from the finals.
In 2007, Jamar missed the middle part of the season, but played the first and last five games of the season. He only played in two winning matches and averaged 6 disposals and 10 hit-outs as well as kicking four goals for the season. The Demons finished 14th.
In 2008, Jamar played 14 games and averaged eight disposals and 19 hit-outs and kicked four goals. Though Melbourne finished last and did not qualify for finals, Jamar had made himself known in the AFL, performing reliably in the ruck. He ranked ninth in hit-outs per game for 2008.
A stress fracture in his foot resulted in Jamar missing much of the 2009 season. In the games he did play he played in the primary ruck position, averaging 23 hit-outs and 11 disposals. Once again the Demons finished bottom of the ladder, but Jamar\'s efforts as Melbourne\'s main big man did not go unnoticed. He was ranked seventh in hit-outs per game for the year.
Jamar went from strength to strength as Melbourne\'s number one ruck in 2010, playing an instrumental part in the Demons\' rise up the ladder, averaging 29 hit-outs, 12 disposals and three contested marks per game, with four goals over the first seven rounds. He was ranked second in the AFL for hit-outs per game, was named as the second ruckman for the 2010 All-Australian squad and finished third in Melbourne\'s Best and Fairest, behind Brad Green and James Frawley.
He was informed in September 2015 that he would not be offered a contract from Melbourne for 2016, effectively ending his fourteen-year career with the club after 155 games. In December 2015, Jamar announced that he had signed to play with St Kevin\'s Old Boys in premier division of the Victorian Amateur Football Association (VAFA) for season 2016.
In February 2016, Jamar signed with the Essendon Football Club as a top-up player due to the supplements controversy which saw 34 past and present players suspended for the season.
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# Mark Jamar
## Statistics
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\|- style=\"background-color: #EAEAEA\" ! scope=\"row\" style=\"text-align:center\" \| 2002 \|`{{AFL Mel}}`{=mediawiki} \| 40 \|\| 0 \|\| --- \|\| --- \|\| --- \|\| --- \|\| --- \|\| --- \|\| --- \|\| --- \|\| --- \|\| --- \|\| --- \|\| --- \|\| --- \|\| --- \|\| --- \|\| --- \|- ! scope=\"row\" style=\"text-align:center\" \| 2003 \|`{{AFL Mel}}`{=mediawiki} \| 40 \|\| 9 \|\| 2 \|\| 1 \|\| 20 \|\| 34 \|\| 54 \|\| 9 \|\| 7 \|\| 102 \|\| 0.2 \|\| 0.1 \|\| 2.2 \|\| 3.8 \|\| 6.0 \|\| 1.0 \|\| 0.8 \|\| 11.3 \|- style=\"background-color: #EAEAEA\" ! scope=\"row\" style=\"text-align:center\" \| 2004 \|`{{AFL Mel}}`{=mediawiki} \| 40 \|\| 3 \|\| 0 \|\| 0 \|\| 4 \|\| 10 \|\| 14 \|\| 7 \|\| 1 \|\| 22 \|\| 0.0 \|\| 0.0 \|\| 1.3 \|\| 3.3 \|\| 4.7 \|\| 2.3 \|\| 0.3 \|\| 7.3 \|- ! scope=\"row\" style=\"text-align:center\" \| 2005 \|`{{AFL Mel}}`{=mediawiki} \| 40 \|\| 8 \|\| 1 \|\| 0 \|\| 8 \|\| 19 \|\| 27 \|\| 6 \|\| 9 \|\| 60 \|\| 0.1 \|\| 0.0 \|\| 1.0 \|\| 2.4 \|\| 3.4 \|\| 0.8 \|\| 1.1 \|\| 7.5 \|- style=\"background-color: #EAEAEA\" ! scope=\"row\" style=\"text-align:center\" \| 2006 \|`{{AFL Mel}}`{=mediawiki} \| 40 \|\| 22 \|\| 10 \|\| 2 \|\| 37 \|\| 59 \|\| 96 \|\| 51 \|\| 24 \|\| 225 \|\| 0.5 \|\| 0.1 \|\| 1.7 \|\| 2.7 \|\| 4.4 \|\| 2.3 \|\| 1.1 \|\| 10.2 \|- ! scope=\"row\" style=\"text-align:center\" \| 2007 \|`{{AFL Mel}}`{=mediawiki} \| 40 \|\| 10 \|\| 4 \|\| 3 \|\| 24 \|\| 38 \|\| 62 \|\| 23 \|\| 25 \|\| 97 \|\| 0.4 \|\| 0.3 \|\| 2.4 \|\| 3.8 \|\| 6.2 \|\| 2.3 \|\| 2.5 \|\| 9.7 \|- style=\"background-color: #EAEAEA\" ! scope=\"row\" style=\"text-align:center\" \| 2008 \|`{{AFL Mel}}`{=mediawiki} \| 40 \|\| 14 \|\| 4 \|\| 2 \|\| 24 \|\| 91 \|\| 115 \|\| 32 \|\| 50 \|\| 261 \|\| 0.3 \|\| 0.1 \|\| 1.7 \|\| 6.5 \|\| 8.2 \|\| 2.3 \|\| 3.6 \|\| 18.6 \|- ! scope=\"row\" style=\"text-align:center\" \| 2009 \|`{{AFL Mel}}`{=mediawiki} \| 40 \|\| 7 \|\| 7 \|\| 2 \|\| 24 \|\| 55 \|\| 79 \|\| 28 \|\| 14 \|\| 159 \|\| 1.0 \|\| 0.3 \|\| 3.4 \|\| 7.9 \|\| 11.3 \|\| 4.0 \|\| 2.0 \|\| 22.7 \|- style=\"background-color: #EAEAEA\" ! scope=\"row\" style=\"text-align:center\" \| 2010 \|`{{AFL Mel}}`{=mediawiki} \| 40 \|\| 22 \|\| 12 \|\| 4 \|\| 66 \|\| 207 \|\| 273 \|\| 69 \|\| 39 \|\| 643 \|\| 0.5 \|\| 0.2 \|\| 3.0 \|\| 9.4 \|\| 12.4 \|\| 3.1 \|\| 1.8 \|\| 29.2 \|- ! scope=\"row\" style=\"text-align:center\" \| 2011 \|`{{AFL Mel}}`{=mediawiki} \| 40 \|\| 15 \|\| 4 \|\| 6 \|\| 60 \|\| 107 \|\| 167 \|\| 30 \|\| 30 \|\| 484 \|\| 0.3 \|\| 0.4 \|\| 4.0 \|\| 7.1 \|\| 11.1 \|\| 2.0 \|\| 2.0 \|\| 32.3 \|-style=\"background-color: #EAEAEA\" ! scope=\"row\" style=\"text-align:center\" \| 2012 \|`{{AFL Mel}}`{=mediawiki} \| 40 \|\| 14 \|\| 1 \|\| 4 \|\| 54 \|\| 62 \|\| 116 \|\| 30 \|\| 23 \|\| 453 \|\| 0.1 \|\| 0.3 \|\| 3.9 \|\| 4.4 \|\| 8.3 \|\| 2.1 \|\| 1.6 \|\| 32.4 \|- ! scope=\"row\" style=\"text-align:center\" \| 2013 \|`{{AFL Mel}}`{=mediawiki} \| 40 \|\| 9 \|\| 2 \|\| 0 \|\| 26 \|\| 47 \|\| 73 \|\| 21 \|\| 28 \|\| 298 \|\| 0.2 \|\| 0.0 \|\| 2.9 \|\| 5.2 \|\| 8.1 \|\| 2.3 \|\| 3.1 \|\| 33.1 \|- style=\"background-color: #EAEAEA\" ! scope=\"row\" style=\"text-align:center\" \| 2014 \|`{{AFL Mel}}`{=mediawiki} \| 40 \|\| 17 \|\| 7 \|\| 5 \|\| 76 \|\| 78 \|\| 154 \|\| 31 \|\| 41 \|\| 540 \|\| 0.4 \|\| 0.3 \|\| 4.5 \|\| 4.6 \|\| 9.1 \|\| 1.8 \|\| 2.4 \|\| 31.8 \|- ! scope=\"row\" style=\"text-align:center\" \| 2015 \|`{{AFL Mel}}`{=mediawiki} \| 40 \|\| 5 \|\| 2 \|\| 2 \|\| 22 \|\| 17 \|\| 39 \|\| 8 \|\| 18 \|\| 150 \|\| 0.4 \|\| 0.4 \|\| 4.4 \|\| 3.4 \|\| 7.8 \|\| 1.6 \|\| 3.6 \|\| 30.0 \|- style=\"background-color: #EAEAEA\" ! scope=\"row\" style=\"text-align:center\" \| 2016 \|`{{AFL Ess}}`{=mediawiki} \| 53 \|\| 5 \|\| 3 \|\| 3 \|\| 17 \|\| 23 \|\| 40 \|\| 21 \|\| 5 \|\| 71 \|\| 0.6 \|\| 0.6 \|\| 3.4 \|\| 4.6 \|\| 8.0 \|\| 4.2 \|\| 1.0 \|\| 14.2 \|- class=\"sortbottom\" ! colspan=3\| Career ! 160 ! 59 ! 34 ! 462 ! 847 ! 1309 ! 366 ! 314 ! 3565 ! 0.4 ! 0.2 ! 2.9 ! 5.3 ! 8.2 ! 2.3 ! 2.0 ! 22
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# Operating reserve
In electricity networks, the **operating reserve** is the generating capacity available to the system operator within a short interval of time to meet demand in case a generator goes down or there is another disruption to the supply. Most power systems are designed so that, under normal conditions, the operating reserve is always at least the capacity of the largest supplier plus a fraction of the peak load.
## Types of operating reserve {#types_of_operating_reserve}
The operating reserve is made up of the spinning reserve as well as the non-spinning or supplemental reserve:
- The **spinning reserve** is the extra generating capacity that is available by increasing the power output of generators that are already connected to the power system. For most generators, this increase in power output is achieved by increasing the torque applied to the turbine\'s rotor.
- The **non-spinning reserve** or **supplemental reserve** is the extra generating capacity that is not currently connected to the system but can be brought online after a short delay. In isolated power systems, this typically equates to the power available from fast-start generators. However, in interconnected power systems, this may include the power available on short notice by importing power from other systems or retracting power that is currently being exported to other systems.
Generators that intend to provide either spinning and non-spinning reserve should be able to reach their promised capacity within roughly ten minutes. Most power system guidelines require a significant fraction of their operating reserve to come from spinning reserve. This is because the spinning reserve is slightly more reliable (it doesn\'t suffer from start-up issues) and can respond quickly whereas with non-spinning reserve generators there is a delay as the generator starts-up offline. Batteries are also used as operating reserve, as they can react within fractions of a second.
Centrally controlled air conditioners and thermostats that are used in large residential areas can be used as a fast and considerable curtailment reserve. Advantages of this technology are under study.
Operating reserve is a crucial concept for ensuring that the day-ahead planning of generators\' schedule can withstand the uncertainty due to unforeseen variations in the load profile or equipment (generators, transformers, transmission links) faults.
In 2006, the California Independent System Operator had an operating reserve at 6% of the metered load. Included in that is a spinning reserve at 3% of the metered load.
## Other types of reserve {#other_types_of_reserve}
In addition, there are two other kinds of reserve power that are often discussed in combination with the operating reserve: the **frequency-response reserve** and the **replacement reserve**.
- The frequency-response reserve (also known as regulating reserve) is provided as an automatic reaction to a loss in supply. It occurs because immediately following a loss of supply, the generators slow down due to the increased load. To combat this slowing, many generators have a governor. By helping the generators to speed up, these governors provide a small boost to both the output frequency and the power of each generator. However, because the frequency-response reserve is often small and not at the discretion of the system operator it is not considered part of the operating reserve.
- The replacement reserve (also known as contingency reserve) is reserve power provided by generators that require a longer start-up time (typically thirty to sixty minutes). It is used to relieve the generators providing the spinning or non-spinning reserve and thus restore the operating reserve (confusingly the replacement reserve is sometimes known as the 30 or 60-minute operating reserve)
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# Vividness of Visual Imagery Questionnaire
The **Vividness of Visual Imagery Questionnaire** (**VVIQ**) was developed in 1973 by the British psychologist David Marks. The VVIQ consists of 16 items in four groups of 4 items in which the participant is invited to consider the mental image formed in thinking about specific scenes and situations. The vividness of the image is rated along a 5-point scale. The questionnaire has been widely used as a measure of individual differences in vividness of visual imagery. The large body of evidence confirms that the VVIQ is a valid and reliable psychometric measure of visual image vividness.
In 1995 Marks published a new version of the VVIQ, the **VVIQ2**. This questionnaire consists of twice the number of items and reverses the rating scale so that higher scores reflect higher vividness. More recently, Campos and Pérez-Fabello evaluated the reliability and construct validity of the VVIQ and the VVIQ2. Cronbach\'s $\alpha$ reliabilities for both the VVIQ and the VVIQ-2 were found to be high. Estimates of internal consistency reliability and construct validity were found to be similar for the two versions.
## Validation
The VVIQ has proved an essential tool in the scientific investigation of mental imagery as a phenomenological, behavioral and neurological construct. Marks\' 1973 paper has been cited in close to 2000 studies of mental imagery in a variety of fields including cognitive psychology, clinical psychology and neuropsychology.
The procedure can be carried out with eyes closed and/or with eyes open. Total score on the VVIQ is a predictor of the person\'s performance in a variety of cognitive, motor, and creative tasks. For example, Marks (1973) reported that high vividness scores correlate with the accuracy of recall of coloured photographs.
The VVIQ is in several languages apart from English including Spanish, Japanese, French (Denis, 1982), and Polish (Jankowska and Karwowski, 2020). Factor analysis of the Spanish VVIQ by Campos, González, and Amor (2002) indicated a single factor that explained 37% of the variance with good internal consistency (Cronbach α = 88).
The VVIQ has spawned imagery vividness questionnaires across several other modalities including auditory (VAIQ; Brett and Starker, 1977), movement (VMIQ; Isaac, Marks and Russell, 1986), olfactory(VOIQ; Gilbert, Crouch and Kemp, 1998) and wine imagery (VWIQ; Croijmans, Speed, Arshamian and Majid, 2019).
Some critics have argued that introspective or 'self-report' questionnaires including the VVIQ are "too subjective" and can fall under the influence of social desirability, demand characteristics, or other uncontrolled factors (Kaufmann, 1986). In spite of this issue, acceptably strong evidence of criterion validity for the VVIQ has been found in meta-analyses of more than 200 studies. The 1995 study by McKelvie, S. J. indicated that internal consistency and test-retest reliability of the VVIQ were acceptable and minimally acceptable respectively, while alternate form reliability was unacceptable. McKelvie reported only a weak correlation (r =.137) between VVIQ imagery ability and memory performance. However, McKelvie (1995, p. 59) asserted that his "findings support the construct of vividness and the validity of the VVIQ". McKelvie's meta-analysis (1995, p. 81) obtained an acceptable relationship between the VVIQ and criterion test performance with the strongest relationship with self-report tasks.
A meta-analysis of gender differences in 16 comparisons of men and women's VVIQ scores showed a "slight but reliable tendency for women to report more vivid images than men" (Richardson, 1995). However, Richardson observed that randomizing the order of the items \"abolishes the effects of gender\" \[as a confound\], suggesting that the gender differences themselves are determined by psychosocial factors rather than by biological ones (p.177).
Rodway, Gillies and Schepman (2006) used a novel long-term change detection task to determine whether participants with low and high vividness scores on the VVIQ2 showed any performance differences. Rodway et al. (2006) found that high vividness participants were significantly more accurate at detecting salient changes to pictures compared to low vividness participants. This replicated an earlier study by Gur and Hilgard (1975).
An unresolved issue about image vividness ratings concerns whether the ratings are measures of a "trait", a "state" or a mixture of the two. An updated meta analysis of the validity of the VVIQ by Runge, Cheung and D'Angiulli (2017) compared two main formats used to measure imagery vividness: trial-by-trial vividness ratings (VRs) and the Vividness of Visual Imagery Questionnaire (VVIQ). The associations between the vividness scores obtained using these two formats and all existing behavioural, cognitive and neuroscientific measures were computed. Significantly larger effect sizes were found for VR than for VVIQ, which suggest that VRs provide a more reliable self-report measure than the VVIQ, and "may reflect a more direct route of reportability than the latter".
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# Vividness of Visual Imagery Questionnaire
## Neuropsychological studies {#neuropsychological_studies}
Recent studies have found that individual differences in VVIQ scores can be used to predict changes in a person\'s brain while visualizing different activities. Unlike associations between cognitive or perceptual performance measures and VVIQ scores, demand characteristics and social desirability effects can be eliminated as possible explanations of any observed differences between vivid and non-vivid images.
Marks and Issac (1995) mapped electroencephalographic (EEG) activity topographically during visual and motor imagery in vivid and non-vivid imagers. Topographical maps of EEG activation revealed attenuation of alpha power in vivid images during visual imagery, particularly in the left posterior quadrant of the cortex, but enhanced alpha power during motor imagery.
Amedi, Malach and Pascual-Leone (2005) predicted that VVIQ scores might be correlated with the degree of deactivation of the auditory cortex in individual subjects in functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI). These investigators found a significant positive correlation between the magnitude of A1 deactivation (negative blood-oxygen-level-dependent -BOLD- signal in auditory cortex) and the subjective vividness of visual imagery (Spearman r = 0.73, p \< 0.05). In a related study, Xu Cui, Cameron Jeter, Dongni Yang, Read Montague and David Eagleman (2007) also observed that reported vividness is correlated with an objective measure of brain activity: the early visual cortex activity relative to the whole brain activity measured by fMRI. These results show that individual differences in the visual imagery vividness are quantifiable even in the absence of subjective report.
In a meta analysis, Runge, Cheung and D'Angiulli (2017) observed that both VR and VVIQ "are more strongly associated with the neural, than the cognitive and behavioural correlates of imagery. If one establishes neuroscience measures as the criterion variable, then self-reports of vividness show higher construct validity than behavioural/cognitive measures of imagery".
In a large study with 285 participants, Tabi, Maio, Attaallah, et al. (2022) investigated the association between VVIQ scores, visual short-term memory performance and volumes of brain structures including the hippocampus, amygdala, primary motor cortex, primary visual cortex and the fusiform gyrus. Tabi et al. (2022) used a variant of the "What was where?" visual object-location binding task to assess the participants' memories over 1- or 4-second delays. In healthy volunteers, there was no evidence of an association between the vividness of visual imagery and short term memory. However, significant positive correlations occurred between visual imagery and the volumes of the hippocampus and primary visual cortex.
The figure shows VVIQ correlations with Bilateral Hippocampal Volume, Amygdala Volume, Volume of the Primary Motor Cortex, of the Primary Visual Cortex and of the Fusiform Gyrus. Vividness of Visual Imagery Questionnaire (VVIQ) Scores positively correlated with the volume of the Hippocampus and the Primary Visual Cortex but not with the volume of the Amygdala or the Primary Motor Cortex controls, suggesting an involvement of these two areas in visual imagery and confirming our second hypothesis. There was, however, no correlation of Fusiform gyrus volume and VVIQ (Tabi, et al., 2022).
The neuropsychological evidence indicates that people who are high vs. low VVIQ scorers have associated cortical volumes in structures thought to be responsible for image generation
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# Simon Godfrey
**Simon Godfrey** (born 18 October 1980) is a former Australian rules footballer who played for the Melbourne Demons in the Australian Football League (AFL).
Godfrey was recruited from Box Hill and debuted for the Demons in 2000, selected at number 14 in the draft. A midfielder, he was fifth in the best and fairest for 2003.
Having gained a cult-like status in 2007 with some surprisingly solid tagging roles on bigger names in the competition, Godfrey managed to notch up 100 games.
At the end of the 2007 AFL season, he was not offered a new contract, ending his AFL career after playing 105 games and scoring 23 goals for the club.
In 2008 he joined Eastern Football League Club Norwood, located in Ringwood North. He was a vital part of the midfield for Norwood and was the captain of the side in season 2010.
He then returned to play for Mitcham Football Club, where he had played as a junior years earlier
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# Theotis Brown
**Theotis Brown II** (born April 20, 1957) is an American former professional football running back in the National Football League (NFL). He played six seasons for the St. Louis Cardinals, Seattle Seahawks, and Kansas City Chiefs. His football career was ended by a heart attack at age 27.
Brown was raised in Oakland, California and attended Skyline High School Skyline High School (Oakland, California). His locker mate during high school was the Academy Award-winning actor, Tom Hanks. Aside from football, Brown also played baseball at Skyline.
Nicknamed \"Big Foot\" and \"Chocolate Thunder\", Brown rushed for 2,914 yards (No. 7 all-time) as a UCLA Bruin from 1976 to 1978. He is the father of former UCLA cornerback Theotis \"Trey\" Brown, III. Brown has one daughter, Taylor.
On November 4, 2011, Brown was inducted into the UCLA Athletics Hall of Fame
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# Martians, Go Home
***Martians, Go Home*** is a science fiction comic novel by American writer Fredric Brown, published in the magazine *Astounding Science Fiction* in September 1954 and later by E. P. Dutton in 1955. The novel concerns a writer who witnesses an alien invasion of Earth by boorish little green men from Mars.
## Synopsis
The story begins on 26 March 1964. Luke Deveraux, the protagonist, is a 37-year-old sci-fi writer who is being divorced by his wife. Deveraux holes himself up in a desert cabin with the intention of writing a new novel (and forgetting the painful failure of his marriage). Drunk, he considers writing a story about Martians, when, all of a sudden, someone knocks on the door. Deveraux opens it to find a little green man, a Martian. The Martian turns out to be very discourteous; he insists on calling Luke \'Mack,\' and has little in mind other than the desire to insult and humiliate Luke. The Martian, who is intangible, proves to be able to disappear at will and to see through opaque materials. Luke leaves his cabin by car, thinking to himself that the alien was but a drunken hallucination. He realises that he is wrong when he discovers that a billion Martians have come to Earth.
## Martians
Fredric Brown reprises the popular image of Martians as little green men, who are around 75 cm tall and have small torsos, long frayed limbs, and spherical bald heads. They have six fingers on each hand and wear boots and trousers. They consider the human race inferior and are both interested and amused by human behaviour. Unlike most other fictional Martian invaders, the Martians that Brown writes of do not intend to invade Earth by violence but instead spend their wakeful hours calling everyone \'Mack\' or \'Toots\' (or some regional variation thereof), reveal embarrassing secrets, heckling theatre productions, lampoon political speeches, and even provide cynical colour commentary to honeymooners\' frustrated attempts at consummating their marriage. The nonstop acerbic criticism stops most human activity and renders many people insane, including Luke, whose stress-induced inability to see the little green maligners divides opinion on whether he should be considered mad or blessed.
## Reception
*Galaxy* reviewer Floyd C. Gale praised the novel, saying that although Brown was occasionally \"carried away,\" he nevertheless \"succeeded in writing a very funny book.\" In 1977, Richard A. Lupoff described it as \"one of the most charming bits of SF-whimsy ever written \[and\] marvelous reading.\"
## Accolades
The novel is considered a classic of science fiction by the following works of reference:
- Annick Beguin, *Les 100 principaux titres de la science-fiction*, Cosmos 2000, 1981;
- *Science-fiction. La bibliothèque idéale*, Albin Michel, 1988;
- Reader poll of the *Carnage mondain* fanzine, 1989;
- Lorris Murail, *Les Maîtres de la science-fiction*, Bordas, col. 'Compacts', 1993;
- Stan Barets, *Le science-fictionnaire*, Denoël, col. 'Présence du futur', 1994.
## Film adaptation {#film_adaptation}
In 1990, director David Odell adapted the novel into a movie of the same name with Randy Quaid playing the title character renamed to Mark Deveraux
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# Dan Doornink
**Daniel Glenn Doornink** (born February 1, 1956) is an American former professional football running back in the National Football League (NFL) who played one season for the New York Giants and seven seasons for the Seattle Seahawks.
Born in Yakima, Washington, Doornink graduated from Wapato High School in 1974 and played college football at Washington State University in Pullman. He was selected in the seventh round of the 1978 NFL draft by the Giants, then was traded to the Seahawks in August 1979 for a `{{nowrap|[[1980 NFL draft|draft choice]].<ref name="afhostrs">{{Cite news |date=August 22, 1979 |title=Ax falls hard on NFL stars |page=19 |work=Spokane Daily Chronicle |agency=Associated Press |location=(Washington) |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=31ZOAAAAIBAJ&sjid=LfkDAAAAIBAJ&pg=5777%2C1784892}}</ref><ref name="shcmbl">{{Cite news |last=Brown |first=Butch |date=October 13, 1979 |title=Seahawks can move ball |page=13 |work=Spokane Daily Chronicle |location=(Washington) |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=HaQSAAAAIBAJ&sjid=LvkDAAAAIBAJ&pg=2233%2C4477306}}</ref>}}`{=mediawiki}
Seahawks fans gave him the nicknames of \"Dr. Dan\" for his medical career, and \"Mr. Third Down\" for his knack of frequently picking up a first down for the team on third down when given the ball via run or pass. He ran for 123 yards on 27 carries for the Seahawks in a wild-card playoff win over the Los Angeles Raiders on December 22, 1984 in the Kingdome in Seattle. After a series of injuries in 1985, Doornink was released by the Seahawks in `{{nowrap|August 1986.<ref name="dnsic">{{Cite news |date=August 19, 1986 |title=Doornink and Simpson cut |page=B1 |work=Spokesman-Review |agency=Associated Press |location=(Spokane, Washington) |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=rv8RAAAAIBAJ&sjid=Xe8DAAAAIBAJ&pg=5423%2C2092742}}</ref><ref name="upiarch">{{Cite news |date=August 18, 1986 |title=The Seattle Seahawks Monday released fullback Dan Doornink |publisher=UPI |agency=(archives) |url=https://www.upi.com/Archives/1986/08/18/The-Seattle-Seahawks-Monday-released-fullback-Dan-Doornink-and/8708524721600/ |access-date=October 24, 2018}}</ref>}}`{=mediawiki}
Doornink earned his M.D. at the University of Washington in Seattle and practiced internal medicine as a physician in Yakima. `{{nowrap|He and his wife,}}`{=mediawiki} Sharon, have four children, Heidi, Danielle, Tyler, and Grace. Prior to the Seahawks 2007 preseason game on August 25 against the Minnesota Vikings at Qwest Field in Seattle, he raised the 12th Man flag.
In August 2021, Doornink was hospitalized for COVID-19. Although vaccinated, he has an autoimmune blood disorder which makes him more susceptible to complications. Doornink was placed on a ventilator and then removed from it when his breathing improved. After being released from the hospital, he needed months of recovery
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# Paul Wheatley (footballer)
**Paul Wheatley** (born 12 April 1981) is a former Australian rules footballer who played in the Australian Football League (AFL).
A Preston Knights recruit, Wheatley made his debut for the Melbourne Football Club in 2000, after being selected at number 20 in the 1999 AFL Draft.
Wheatley is known for his prodigious kicking, with his ability to pinpoint 60 metre passes using the drop punt. He is also known to be able to kick long distance torpedo punts, which led to speculation that he might try out as an American football punter. Paul polled two votes in the 2007 Brownlow Medal, his first votes, and five votes in 2008, a career high. He has the record in the NAB Cup with the most goals scored outside of 50 m.
Wheatley announced his retirement from the game and played his last match against St Kilda with Matthew Whelan in round 22, 2009. Wheatley played 135 games and kicked 34 goals. Wheatley stated that he intends to nominate for the pre-season draft and failing being picked up by another club will seek a trial in the NFL
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# David Sims (running back)
**David Sims** (born October 26, 1955) is an American former professional football player who was a running back for three seasons with the Seattle Seahawks of the National Football League (NFL). He led the NFL in touchdowns in 1978 with 15, but suffered a career-ending injury early the next season. He played college football for Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets and was elected to the Georgia Tech Hall of Fame in 1985
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# Roy Barker (American football)
**Roy Barker** (born February 24, 1969) is a former professional American football defensive end. He played in the National Football League (NFL) for nine seasons for the Minnesota Vikings, San Francisco 49ers, Cleveland Browns, and Green Bay Packers. He was selected by the Vikings in the fourth round of the 1992 NFL draft. Barker played on the Central Islip, New York football Team in high school
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# Rowan Warfe
**Rowan Warfe** (born 23 June 1976) is a former Australian rules footballer who played for both the Sydney Swans and Fitzroy Football Club in the Australian Football League (AFL).
Warfe, a former Bendigo Under-18s player, made 26 appearances for Fitzroy before moving north to join the Sydney Swans. Plagued by injury, the defender appeared 84 times for the Swans over 8 seasons. He retired in 2004, playing his last game in a one-point win over Hawthorn.
Warfe now coaches for Golden Square in the Bendigo Football League
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# Clyde Conner
**Clyde Raymond Conner** (May 18, 1933 -- December 12, 2011) was an American professional football player who played split end for eight seasons with the San Francisco 49ers during the 1950s-60s. Clyde played football at Pacific for three seasons. He played varsity basketball for the Tigers during the 1954 and 1955 seasons, as well, and was a leading scorer at the guard position. In 1986 he was inducted into the university\'s Athletic Hall of Fame.
## Early life and college {#early_life_and_college}
Conner was born in Tuttle, Oklahoma; his family moved to South San Francisco, California in 1940. He graduated from South San Francisco High School, then attended the College of San Mateo before transferring to University of the Pacific.
Clyde played football at Pacific for three seasons. He played varsity basketball for the Tigers during the 1954 and 1955 seasons, as well, and was a leading scorer at the guard position. In 1986 he was inducted into the university\'s Athletic Hall of Fame.
## Professional football {#professional_football}
Conner attended a 49ers\' open tryout the year following his graduation and was signed by the team after making a notable catch during a scrimmage. He tied for fifth-place in voting for UPI Rookie of the year, and went on to play in 83 game over an eight-season career, making 203 catches for 2,643 yards. He missed all but five games of the 1961 season after suffering a concussion. He was put on waivers in September 1964.
## Personal life {#personal_life}
Conner married Mary MacRitchie in 1957; they lived in Los Altos with their son and daughter from 1967 until Clyde\'s death in 2011
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# Mitchell Chapman
**Mitchell Chapman** also Mitch, Mark, Chappo, Horse (born 15 March 1983, in Sydney), educated at The King\'s School, Sydney and Brisbane Grammar School, is an Australian Rugby Union player for NSW Waratahs in the Super Rugby competition. Chapman can play at Blindside Flanker, Lock, or Number 8.
Chapman represented Australia at under 21 level in 2003 and 2004 and captained the Australian schoolboys in 2001.
Chapman made his Super Rugby debut for the Queensland Reds in 2005.
A career highlight was his call up for the 2006 Wallabies Spring Tour to replace to injured Dan Vickerman. He also toured with the Wallabies in 2009. At the end of the 2007 Chapman transferred from the Queensland Reds to the ACT Brumbies.
He subsequently`{{when|date = January 2013}}`{=mediawiki} played with the NTT DoCoMo Red Hurricanes in Japan.
In January 2013, he signed with the Waratahs for the 2013 Super Rugby season. Chapman was expected to return to Australia to join the Waratahs in early February, following the completion of his Red Hurricanes season.
## Life outside rugby {#life_outside_rugby}
During school his years, Chapman played cricket and represented Queensland at under 17 and 19 age groups. He lists other interests as golf, fishing, surfing and bird watching. In 2010 he completed a Bachelor of Commerce (finance) at the University of Southern Queensland
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# Berrima railway line
The **Berrima railway line** is a partly closed private railway line in New South Wales, Australia. It was a short branch from the Main South line to serve the Berrima Colliery.
## Early history {#early_history}
The line originally began as a coal railway, built by the Berrima Coal Mining and Railway Company in 1881. That company opened a coal mine in the gorge of the Wingecarribee River, about 6 mi west of Moss Vale and built a standard gauge line to a point above the gorge. It joined the Main Southern Railway at a point 1.5 mi north of Moss Vale, then known as Austermere and later as Bong Bong. The railway crossed the Great Southern Road, later Hume Highway, on the level. At the colliery end, coal was brought up an incline from the mine which laid across the Wingecarribee River.
Motive power on the railway was a locomotive hired from the NSWGR and it was driven by the company\'s driver.
After the loss of contracts to Victorian Railways, the company went into liquidation about 1889.
## Southern Portland Cement Limited {#southern_portland_cement_limited}
The abandoned right-of-way of the old Berrima Colliery line was purchased in 1925 by the Medway Colliery and Railway Company. Following the establishment of the Port Kembla steelworks, Southern Portland Cement Limited, a subsidiary of AIS, erected a cement works near Berrima to treat surplus limestone not required in steel-making. They acquired the right-of-way from the Medway company to construct a railway from the old Austermere Junction to a loading point at the old Berrima Colliery summit. Both locations were renamed Berrima Junction and Berrima Colliery after completion of the line on 4 February 1927.
An associated company, Southern Blue Metal Quarries Ltd., established a blue metal quarry at Gingen Bullen and built a branch from, and concurrently with, the Southern Portland Cement line to serve it. The quarry ceased production in 1942.
Adjacent to the junction at Berrima Junction lies the works of Southern Limestone Pty. Ltd. This company manufactures agricultural fertilisers. It was originally established about 1955 within the Berrima Cement Works, but transferred to this site in the early 1960s. This firm also uses the limestone mined at Marulan South.
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# Berrima railway line
## Private locomotives {#private_locomotives}
A pool of locomotives was used between the company\'s line at Berrima and the limestone line at Marulan.
The first locomotive was owned by Southern Blue Metal Quarries Ltd. and was known as \"Berrima No. 1\" and was purchased from the NSWGR in July, 1926. It was formerly 1111. The locomotive was later transferred to Southern Portland Cement and was condemned in 1940.
The second locomotive was purchased by Southern Portland Cement from the NSWGR on 17 September 1929 and was formerly 2603. It was sold back to the NSWGR in November, 1949.
The third locomotive was purchased from the NSWGR in January, 1937 and was formerly 2018. This locomotive does not appear to have seen service after September, 1947.
Southern Blue Metal acquired \"Wonga\" from Hoskins Coal & Coke Company at [Wongawilli](http://www.illawarracoal.com/wongawilli.htm) in October, 1927. They used it on the quarry floor. It was withdrawn in September, 1929 and scrapped in 1942.This little saddle-tank engine had a long history, being built by Andrew Barklay Sons & Co., in Kilmarnock, Scotland, and first used on the mine railway of the British and Tasmanian Charcoal Iron Company in 1876. It was sold in 1879 and served in an oil shale mine at Hartley Vale, before moving to the Wongawilli Colliery in 1916.
A number of locomotives were, from time to time, hired by the company from the NSWGR on a casual basis. These included 24 and 25 class 2-6-0s and 32 class 4-6-0s. In 1960, a 50 class 2-8-0 goods type was hired, followed in the mid-1960s by a more modern 53 class.
Two 600 hp diesel-electric locomotives were ordered in 1966 to replace the hired steam locomotives. These were obtained from A Goninan of Broadmeadow. They arrived in July, 1967. Some technical difficulties were encountered, with NSWGR 48 class diesels being used on occasions during the late 1970s.
## Tin Hares {#tin_hares}
The Berrima line was the home of two \"Tin Hares\". The first entered service in the late 1920s, having been converted from a 1926-7 Chevrolet truck. It was used to convey the Medway Colliery Mine Manager and his deputy between the Cement Works and the mine. At weekends, the railcar was used by maintenance staff. The car could operate in the forward direction only. To enable the vehicle to be turned, a vertical steel bar, with an eye-bolt on the top, ran up through the cab. A gantry crane located at the colliery was used to lift and turn it at that end of the line, whilst an overhead travelling crane at the works performed the same job there.
The first car was destroyed by a head-on collision at the colliery about 1940. It was replaced by a similar vehicle, constructed from a 1938 Chevrolet. It, too, was wrecked after colliding with a steam locomotive about 1947.
## Demise
Train working to the colliery fell off in the mid-1970s in favour of road transport. No train ran to the colliery after about June 1978. The rails from the cement works to the mine, however, remained in situ for another 10 years. An opening was provided in the motorway built across the line in the late 1980s.
The line remains open from the junction to the cement works, serving that facility as well as the Ingham Chicken factory and the fertiliser works near the junction
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# Torcello Cathedral
thumb\|upright=1.5\|Church of Santa Maria Assunta, Torcello The **Church of Santa Maria Assunta** (*Basilica di Santa Maria Assunta*) is a basilica church on the island of Torcello, Venice, northern Italy. It is a notable example of Late Paleochristian architecture, one of the most ancient religious edifices in the Veneto, and containing the earliest mosaics in the area of Venice. Former Cathedral of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Torcello.
## History
According to an ancient inscription, it was founded by the exarch Isaac of Ravenna in 639, when Torcello was still a rival to the young nearby settlement at Venice.
The original church is believed to have had a nave with one aisle on each side and a single apse on the eastern wall of the cathedral. It\'s difficult to tell what the original church was like because very little of it survived the subsequent renovations. Much of the plan of the original church survives as its present form is very similar to the original but the only physical parts that survive are the central apse wall and part of the baptistery that survives as part of the façade of the current church.
The first of two major renovations occurred in 864 under the direction of Bishop Adeodatus II. In this renovation, the two aisle apses that appear today were built. Also, the synthronon that fills the central apse was created and the crypt was placed under it. After this renovation, the cathedral would have resembled the current cathedral more than the original church would have but it is not until after the second and final major renovation that the cathedral appears very similar to its current design.
The final renovation was consecrated under Bishop Otto Orseolo, whose father Pietro Orseolo II was the Doge of Venice at the time, in 1008. With this renovation, Orseolo raised the nave, added windows to the western wall, and created the arcade that runs along the nave on both sides separating it from the aisles and helping to support the clerestory.
## Architecture
The façade is preceded by a narthex to which was once annexed the 7th century baptistry, only traces of which remain. On its side is the *martyrion*, dedicated to Santa Fosca. The bell tower dates from the 11th century. Also annexed was in origin the Bishop\'s Palace. The façade has 12 semi-columns connected by arches at the tops. The narthex (11th century) was enlarged in the 13th century. In the middle is the marble portal (1000).
The most striking exterior features are the decoration of the façade and the frontal portico, enlarged in the 14th century.
The interior, with a nave and two aisles, has a marble pavement, the throne of the bishops of Altino and the sepulchre of St. Heliodorus, first bishop of Altino. The counter-façade has a mosaic of the *Universal Judgement*. Noteworthy is also a mosaic depicting a *Madonna with Child* (of the Hodegetria type) in the middle apse (11th century).
## Mosaics
The most important artistic element of the cathedral is the mosaics, the earliest remaining mosaics in the neighbourhood of Venice. The main apse has an 11th-century mosaic of famous beauty of the standing *Virgin Hodegetria*, isolated against a huge gold background, above a register of standing saints. These seem originally late 11th-century, by a team of Byzantine mosaicists, but the main figure was reworked a century later after an earthquake, while the saints remain from the first period of work.
The west wall (over the door) was done in this second phase: from the top it contains a *Crucifixion* in the gable, then a vigorous Harrowing of Hell with a large figure of Christ, above a *Last Judgement* taking up four lower registers.
The skull of Saint Cecilia is also kept as a relic here.
## Gallery
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# Blayney–Demondrille railway line
The **Blayney--Demondrille railway line** is a railway line in New South Wales, Australia. The line is used mainly for grain haulage and is owned by the Transport Asset Holding Entity, a government department of Transport for NSW. However, in 2004 the Australian Rail Track Corporation became responsible for operations over the line. The Lachlan Valley Railway operated heritage and tourist trains over the line, based at Cowra; it previously also operated general goods trains.
From January 2012, the line was managed by John Holland Rail. Following flooding in 2011 between Cowra and Young, the line remains unusable for most of its length.
## History
Approval was given by the New South Wales Government in April 1881 for the construction of the Blayney--Murrumburrah Railway. The line connects the Main West line at Blayney with the Main South Line at Demondrille, and passes through the towns of Cowra and Young.
The section between Demondrille and Young opened on 26 March 1885. The next section, from Young to Cowra (on the west side of the Lachlan River), saw the first government operated train on 2 November 1886, however the contractor operated trains from May 1886.
The bridge over the river was tested on 25 August 1887 and the line opened to the current station site forthwith. The final section, from Cowra to Blayney opened in August 1887. The section from Blayney to Cowra was closed in late 1999 after a bridge near Holmwood burned down but the line was reopened April 2000.
Finally, between 2007 and 2009 the line was progressively suspended from service due to declining freight volumes, high maintenance costs and safety concerns.
The councils of Blayney, Cowra, Weddin, Harden and Young have strongly supported the re-opening of the \'Cowra Lines\', which include the Blayney to Demondrille line and a section of the Grenfell branch line between Koorawatha to Greenethorpe. In mid-2013, Transport for NSW and the Blayney, Cowra, Weddin, Harden and Young councils signed a Memorandum of Understanding to develop a sustainable and integrated regional road and rail freight infrastructure model.
A Registration of Interest process conducted in late 2013 identified that there was market interest in the Cowra Lines from suitably qualified and experienced private sector proponents. As a result, the NSW Government moved to hold an \'open tender\' for the Cowra Lines.
On 24 March 2014, the NSW Government opened a Request For Tender process for the Cowra Lines. The tender invited submissions from the private sector to restore, operate and maintain the Cowra Lines on a commercially sustainable basis. The Request For Tender process closed on 25 July 2014. The tender process was completed in April 2015. A comprehensive tender evaluation found that none of the proposals received adequately met the tender criteria. It concluded that there was too much uncertainty in the ability of the tenderers to return the lines to full service and run a commercially sustainable business without significant government support.
In 1993, it was written that the Lachlan Valley Railway, which operates from its base in Cowra, could face an uncertain future if the line remained suspended from operation. Following restoration works, in 2022 the society ran a train from its depot into Cowra station for the first time since 2009.
## Branch lines {#branch_lines}
### Eugowra
A railway line branched from Cowra and headed west to the small township of Eugowra. The line opened to Canowindra on 4 July 1910 and to Eugowra on 11 December 1922. It mainly carried grain traffic, but also had a passenger service until 1974.
Line Between Cowra and Demondrille was reopened in December 2009 as per a notice in the January Issue of Rail Digest but so far has not been used by LVR. Services are currently suspended and the line is in a poor state and is unlikely to reopen.
In June 2010 the Australian Rail Track Corporation removed three viaducts on the line which were located in Cowra.
### Grenfell
The Grenfell railway line branched from Koorawatha and headed west to the small township of Grenfell. The line opened in 1901. It went through Greenethorpe, Brundah and Mogogong. The line from Grenfell could be built to Quandialla to allow transport minerals such as iron ore, gold and clay, as well as other minerals yet to mined
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# Boggabilla railway line
The **Boggabilla railway line** is a disused railway line in New South Wales, Australia. It branches from the Mungindi railway line at Camurra and ran for 130 km to Boggabilla.
## Construction
When the line was first approved it ran through mainly grazing country, and few could have envisaged the development of grain production after the 1940s in the area. The line was authorised mainly to ensure that the output of grazing properties in the area went south through New South Wales ports rather than north, across the border to Queensland.
The line involved only light earthworks, but did include the crossing of a number of watercourses. By mid-1928, clearing had been completed to the 23 mi point and work steadily continued until 1930 when, due to a shortage of funds, progress was halted for six months.
## Opening
The line was eventually opened throughout on 20 June 1932.
## Traffic
Upon opening, the train service comprised a twice-weekly mixed train running from Moree to Boggabilla on Mondays and Fridays, returning the following day. From 24 February 1936, a weekly CPH railmotor service was introduced, which was later increased to thrice weekly, Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays. The railmotor services were day-returns from Moree. Goods trains operated as well.
Bulk wheat storages at locations along the line first appeared in 1956, bringing additional traffic to the line. The use of 48 class diesel locomotives began in 1959, speeding up the movement of grain and other freight.
Passenger services came to an abrupt halt on 3 August 1974, when the railmotor service was cancelled in the name of a fuel crisis. Goods services also diminished at that time, being replaced by road trucks working out of Moree.
By 1978, rail services were largely worked on a seasonal basis, hauling wheat, and an occasional train to Boggabilla to collect sleepers milled locally.
## Demise
Since the 1970s, the lines radiating from Moree have been operated on a seasonal basis only, serving the needs of the grain producers. The stationmaster at Boggabilla was withdrawn in 1979. In 1987, the line was truncated at North Star and grain was trucked by road to the silos there and at Crooble. The last train to Boggabilla ran on 23 November 1987. In November 2013, the remainder of the line was booked out of use. It was able to be reopened with 14-days notice, and was reopened in full for three weeks from 28 July 2014.
## Future
The line will be refurbished, and the section from North Star to Boggabilla reinstated, as part of the Melbourne to Brisbane inland rail project
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# Ghost Train International
***Spøgelsestoget*** (English title: ***Ghost Train International***) is a 1976 Danish family film directed by Bent Christensen. It is based on Arnold Ridley\'s 1923 play *The Ghost Train*.
## Cast
- Dirch Passer as Theodor \'Teddy\' T. Thönder
- Kirsten Walther as Juliane de Preiss
- Axel Strøbye as Chauffør Heinz-Otto von Münsterland
- Preben Kaas as Richard Winther
- Lisbet Dahl as Else Winther
- Clara Østø as Frk. Erna Bunsen
- Bjørn Puggaard-Müller as Stationsforstander ved Falck
- Otto Brandenburg as Den mystiske Hr. K.
- Ole Monty as Stationsfunktionær
- Bent Christensen \..
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# Cobar railway line
The **Cobar railway line** is a railway line in New South Wales, Australia. It branches west towards Cobar from the Main Western railway line at Nyngan. Main West passenger trains once continued northwest to Bourke but no longer run past Dubbo. However, copper concentrates from mines near Hermidale and Cobar are still railed on this line to ports on the New South Wales coast.
The Cobar line opened on 1 July 1892, and continues to carry wheat and ore. Passenger services ceased on 22 September 1975. Cobar railway station has been redeveloped into a community facility.
## History
The early development of Cobar was directly associated with the discovery of copper in the area. Aborigine guides showed a low hill, with outcrops of reddish oxide of ochre, to a party of tank-sinkers in 1870. These three men noticed that the rocks had been streaked green and blue. Samples collected were found to contain carbonate of copper. An area of 16.2ha was secured under a Mineral Conditional Purchase.
In the middle of 1871, two further blocks were secured and were known as the *Great Cobar South* and *Great Cobar North* mines. In January, 1876, the two southern mines were amalgamated under the name *Great Cobar* and the township of Cobar grew alongside the mine.
Probably the earliest move for a railway from Nyngan to Cobar was when a petition was presented to the N.S.W. Parliament on 27 August 1884, for the construction of a railway from Nyngan to Wilcannia via Cobar. Numerous deputations followed and on 8 October 1886, the construction of the line was approved by Parliament and formally assented to by the Governor on 11 November 1886.
From October 1901 to September 1931, there was a short branch railway, The Peak branch. It ran from Cobar to the Occidental Mine, via the now-vanished mining village of Wrightville. It reopened, in 1935, but was closed beyond to a siding in Cobar, in 1965. An extension of the line beyond Cobar to the C.S.A. Mine opened in January 1918. It too reopened in 1963, when the C.S.A. mine was revived. There is also a branch to the Endeavour Mine (formerly known as the Elura Mine)
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# Coonamble railway line
The **Coonamble railway line** is a railway line in New South Wales, Australia, branching from the Main West Line at Dubbo.
It opened in 1903, and carried passenger traffic until the 1970s. 900/950 class railmotors were first introduced`{{dubious|date=April 2014}}`{=mediawiki} on the service between Dubbo and Coonamble.`{{vague|date=April 2014}}`{=mediawiki} It continues to carry goods traffic, predominantly grain. Operations over the line are managed by the Australian Rail Track Corporation (ARTC) under a 60-year agreement.
The northern section of the line featured track that was in generally poor condition with derailments not uncommon. However, a NSW Government project completed in 2017 restored the line, including by laying new steel sleepers and renewing bridges
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# Grenfell railway line
The **Grenfell railway line** is a partly closed railway line in New South Wales, Australia. It branches from the Blayney--Demondrille railway line at the town of Koorawatha. The line opened in 1901, and closed between Greenethorpe and at the Grenfell railway station in 1991.
From the opening, until the demise of steam, there were two locations where locomotives could obtain water, Koorawatha and Grenfell. The stand at Grenfell was supplied from a purpose-built dam some 1.6 km away. The stand eventually collapsed at 5:40pm on 9 February 2018. The dam, Company Dam, still remains and now supplies irrigation water to a local sporting ground.
Grain services operate between Koorawatha and Greenethorpe. Passenger services operated until 1974. The line is owned by the New South Wales Government, but in 2004 the Australian Rail Track Corporation became responsible for co-ordinating operations over the line.
## Gallery
Grenfell, NSW - Railway Station 1.jpg\|Railway Station from street side, built 1901 Grenfell NSW, Centenary Plaque.jpg\|Grenfell railway centenary plaque, 8 September 1901 -- 2001 Grenfell, NSW - Railway Station 2.jpg\|Railway Station from track side, built 1901 Grenfell, NSW - Goods Shed
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# Medway Quarry railway line
The **Medway Quarry railway line** is a private railway line in New South Wales, Australia, owned by Blue Circle Southern Cement Company. It is a short branch from the Main South line serving the Medway limestone quarry. The junction for the line, Medway Junction, lies between Tallong and Marulan railway stations
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# Gleisdorf
**Gleisdorf** is a town in the district of Weiz in the Austrian state of Styria. As of 2023, the town had a population of 11,362.
## Geography
Gleisdorf lies about 25 km east of Graz in the valley of the Raab. There is a train station in the south west of the town, with trains running towards Graz and Feldbach.
## Sister cities {#sister_cities}
- Winterbach im Remstal (near Stuttgart, since 1961)
- Nagykanizsa (Hungary)
## Notable people {#notable_people}
- Karl Taus (1893-1977), an Austrian Nazi and SS Brigadeführer
- Harald Ettl (born 1947), politician (SPÖ) and an MEP from 1996 to 2009
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# Parkes–Narromine railway line
The **Parkes--Narromine railway line** is a railway line in New South Wales, Australia. The line forms part of a cross-country route between Cootamundra on the Main South line and Werris Creek on the Main North line. It is owned by the Rail Infrastructure Corporation of New South Wales, but is managed and maintained by the Australian Rail Track Corporation under a 60-year lease signed in 2004. The line is used mainly for grain haulage, with several silo facilities located along the line. Passenger services ceased in the mid-1970s and there are no surviving passenger stations on the line. The station building at Peak Hill has been relocated to a nearby sportsground.
As part of the Inland Rail project, between December 2018 and September 2020 the line was closed for upgrade works. Three new crossing loops were installed at Goonumbla, Peak Hill and Timjelly, along with a new connection to the Broken Hill railway line near Parkes to allow trains accessing Adelaide and Perth
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# Britannia railway station, Melbourne
**Britannia** (a.k.a. Britannia Siding) was not strictly a railway station as such, but a named siding on the Warburton line in Melbourne, Australia, approximately 1 km east of Yarra Junction. Originally named Richards\'s Siding, it was built for the use of the nearby Britannia Creek Wood Distillation Plant. It was mainly used for goods but occasionally also served passengers
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# Pokataroo railway line
The **Pokataroo railway line** is a railway line in New South Wales, Australia. It branches from the Walgett line at Burren Junction, and opened in 1906. There are signs of the line being constructed across the Barwon River all the way to Collarenebri, New South Wales
The line is closed beyond Merrywinebone. Passenger services were withdrawn in 1974. The line is primarily used for grain haulage with large grain loading facilities located at Merrywinebone and Rowena.
Pokataroo is 716 km from Sydney. Pokataroo station precinct features a turning triangle used to reverse the direction of a locomotive prior to commencing a return journey
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# Walgett railway line
The **Walgett railway line** is a railway line in north-western New South Wales, Australia. Opening in 1908, it branches from the North-West Line at Narrabri and passes through the towns of Wee Waa and Burren before ending in the town of Walgett. The line is used for wheat haulage, and the section between the Walgett wheat terminal and Walgett station is closed. There was a proposal to connect the Gwabegar line to the Walgett line at Burren Junction in 1913, and although approved, this connection was never constructed
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# Warren railway line
The **Warren railway line** is an operational railway line in New South Wales, Australia. It is a 20 km--long branch from the Main West line at the town of Nevertire and heads in a northerly direction to the town of Warren. The line opened in 1898 and is used for grain haulage.
## Current state {#current_state}
The line is unballasted which causes severe speed restrictions over the entire branch. The Auscott siding at Snakes Plain serves an adjacent cotton processing facility which opened in 1995. Today`{{when|date=February 2014}}`{=mediawiki} the line has been proposed for closure due to its condition
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# Jason Flickinger
**Jason Flickinger** (born 9 May 1977 in Ohio, United States) is an American rower, Boat Race winner, and a former World Champion.
## Education
Flickinger was educated at Corning-Painted Post East High School and Princeton University. He then enrolled at Keble College, Oxford where he undertook a Masters of Business Administration.
## The Boat Race {#the_boat_race}
Whilst at Oxford University, Flickinger was a member of Oxford University Boat Club and took part in the Boat Race in 2005. Both universities had extremely strong intakes that year, with Cambridge boasting several world champions and the Oxford crew including Olympic silver medallist Barney Williams. Oxford, with Flickinger in the seven seat, won the contest by two lengths in a time of 16 minutes 42 minutes.
## International rowing career {#international_rowing_career}
Flickinger won his first senior international vest in 2001. He sat in the three seat of the United States eight, which won the first World Cup event of the 2001 season, but then competed at the World Championships that year in a coxed four, and finished 6th. After a break from international rowing, Jason was part of the United States coxed four that won gold at the World Championships in Milan in 2003
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# Yanco–Griffith railway line
The **Yanco to Griffith railway line** is a railway line in New South Wales, Australia. Together with the Junee--Yanco section of the Hay railway line, it is one of two routes to the town of Griffith, the other route being via Temora. It branches from the Hay railway line at the town of Yanco and passes through the town of Leeton before reaching Griffith. The line is open to passenger trains -- two weekly NSW TrainLink passenger service operates on Wednesday returning Thursday and Saturday returning Sunday. A passenger station remains open at Leeton
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# Proto-Oceanic language
**Proto-Oceanic** (abbreviated as **POc**) is a proto-language that historical linguists since Otto Dempwolff have reconstructed as the hypothetical common ancestor of the Oceanic subgroup of the Austronesian language family. Proto-Oceanic is a descendant of the Proto-Austronesian language (PAN), the common ancestor of the Austronesian languages.
Proto-Oceanic was probably spoken around the late 2nd millennium BCE in the Bismarck Archipelago, east of Papua New Guinea. Archaeologists and linguists currently agree that its community more or less coincides with the Lapita culture.
## Linguistic characteristics {#linguistic_characteristics}
The methodology of comparative linguistics, together with the relative homogeneity of Oceanic languages, make it possible to reconstruct with reasonable certainty the principal linguistic properties of their common ancestor, Proto-Oceanic. Like all scientific hypotheses, these reconstructions must be understood as obviously reflecting the state of science at a particular moment in time; the detail of these reconstructions is still the object of much discussion among Oceanicist scholars.
### Phonology
The phonology of POc can be reconstructed with reasonable certainty. Proto-Oceanic had five vowels: \*i, \*e, \*a, \*o, \*u, with no length contrast.
Twenty-three consonants are reconstructed. When the conventional transcription of a protophoneme differs from its value in the IPA, the latter is indicated:
Labiovelar Bilabial Alveolar Palatal Velar
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Stop Voiceless \*pw `{{IPAslink|pʷ}}`{=mediawiki}
Prenasalized \*bw `{{IPAslink|ᵐbʷ}}`{=mediawiki} \*b `{{IPAslink|ᵐb}}`{=mediawiki} \*d `{{IPAslink|ⁿd}}`{=mediawiki} \*j `{{IPAslink|ᶮɟ}}`{=mediawiki} \*g `{{IPAslink|ᵑɡ}}`{=mediawiki}
Nasal \*mw `{{IPAslink|mʷ}}`{=mediawiki} \*ñ `{{IPAslink|ɲ}}`{=mediawiki}
Fricative
Rhotic Flap \*R `{{IPAslink|ɾ}}`{=mediawiki}
Trill
Prenasalized \*dr `{{IPAslink|ⁿr}}`{=mediawiki}
Lateral
Glide \*y `{{IPAslink|j}}`{=mediawiki}
Based on evidence from the Southern Oceanic and Micronesian languages, Lynch (2003) proposes that the bilabial series may have been phonetically realized as palatalized: `{{IPA|/pʲ/}}`{=mediawiki} `{{IPA|/ᵐbʲ/}}`{=mediawiki} `{{IPA|/mʲ/}}`{=mediawiki}.
### Basic word order {#basic_word_order}
Many Oceanic languages of New Guinea, Vanuatu, the Solomon Islands, and Micronesia are SVO, or verb-medial, languages. SOV, or verb-final, word order is considered to be typologically unusual for Austronesian languages, and is only found in some Oceanic languages of New Guinea and to a more limited extent, the Solomon Islands. This is because SOV word order is very common in some non-Austronesian Papuan languages in contact with Oceanic languages. In turn, most Polynesian languages, and several languages of New Caledonia, have the VSO word order. Whether Proto-Oceanic had SVO or VSO is still debatable.
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