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Newberry High School (Florida)
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**Newberry High School** is a public high school located at 400 SW 258th Street in the city of Newberry, Florida. It is a 1A school. The school offers a magnet program in criminal justice, numerous clubs, and an athletic program. NHS was rated an A school for the 2012--2013 school year.
## Academics
### Academy of Criminal Justice {#academy_of_criminal_justice}
Newberry High School\'s Academy of Criminal Justice magnet program was founded by Jackie Whitworth. It prepares students for careers in law enforcement. The curriculum includes classes in law enforcement, self-defense, and forensic investigation. Students participate in \"Teen Court\", the Sheriff\'s Explorers program, and the Guardian Ad Litem program. The magnet program is currently directed by Patrick Treese. Former directors of the program include Greg Smith and Jackie Whitworth.
### Exceptional Student Education {#exceptional_student_education}
The Exceptional Student Education Department serves students with special needs including, but not limited to: learning disabled, emotionally handicapped, physically impaired, speech and language impaired, and gifted. Each ESE student is assigned a caseworker and an individualized education program based on their needs.
## Extra curricular activities {#extra_curricular_activities}
There are twelve clubs at Newberry High School. Their goal is to promote active leadership, success, and achievement. The clubs are made up of Panthers in grades 9-12.
### Band
The Newberry High School band is called the \"Band of Pride\". The Marching Band can be seen at every home game, and some away games. The Marching Band also travels to many competitions throughout August and November. The \"Band of Pride\" received second place overall at the FMBC state competition in 2013. The Band of Pride has also been invited to the Memorial Day Parade in 2015. The concert band went to state for MPA district assessment in 2015 and received an overall Superior rating. The Symphonic Band performs several concerts including Winter and Spring. The band has gone through several changes in leadership within the past couple of years and is now under the direction of James DeRemer who has been there since 2014. In 2016, the Band of Pride played at Leesburg High School, Tarpon Springs High School, Santa Fe High School, and Columbia County High School before they played at state semi-finals.
## Athletics
Newberry High School\'s mascot is the \"Panthers\" or \"Fighting Panthers\". The girls\' athletic teams use the name \"Lady Panthers\". The school offers eleven sports: baseball, basketball, cheerleading, football, golf, soccer, softball, tennis, track and field, volleyball, lacrosse, and weightlifting.
Newberry offers Varsity and Junior Varsity teams in both girls\' and boys\' basketball.
The high school\'s cheerleaders are split into the NHS Football Cheerleaders, the NHS Basketball Cheerleaders, and the NHS Competition Cheerleaders. The school also offers teams for girls\' and boys\' weightlifting teams, baseball, softball, volleyball, track and field, soccer, lacrosse, and tennis.
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Open Prosthetics Project
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The **Open Prosthetics Project** (**OPP**) is an open design effort, dedicated to public domain prosthetics.
By creating an online collaboration between prosthetic users and designers, the project aims to make new technology available for anyone to use and customize. On the project\'s website, medical product designers can post new ideas for prosthetic devices as CAD files, which are then available to the public free of charge. Prosthetic users or other designers can download the Computer-aided design (CAD) data, customize or improve upon the prosthesis, and repost the modifications to the web site. Users are free to take 3D models to a fabricator and have the hardware built for less cost than buying a manufactured limb.
The project was started by Jonathon Kuniholm, a member of United States Marine Corps Reserve who lost part of his right arm to an improvised explosive device (IED) in Iraq. Upon returning home and receiving his first myoelectric hand, he decided there must be a better solution.
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Ted Rosenthal
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**Ted Rosenthal** (born 1959) is an American jazz pianist. He was featured on David Sanborn\'s series *Night Music*, and has performed worldwide, both as a leader and as a sideman with many jazz greats, including Gerry Mulligan, Art Farmer, Phil Woods, Bob Brookmeyer, and Jon Faddis. Rosenthal has released 15 CDs as a leader, which include Great American Songbook standards, jazz classical compositions, and Rosenthal\'s own original compositions. In addition to his career as a performing artist, Rosenthal holds faculty positions at the Juilliard School, Manhattan School of Music, and The New School. `{{TOC limit|2}}`{=mediawiki}
## Early life {#early_life}
Rosenthal was born and raised in Great Neck, Long Island, New York. He began playing by ear at a young age, and started studying at 12 with Tony Aless, a sideman with Charlie Parker and Stan Getz. In high school, he studied briefly with Jaki Byard and Lennie Tristano, and attended workshops with Billy Taylor, Woody Shaw and others.
Although jazz was Rosenthal\'s main passion, at the time there were limited opportunities to study jazz at the conservatory level. Since he also found satisfaction and joy in classical music, he pursued classical piano studies at Manhattan School of Music. He received bachelor\'s and master\'s degrees in piano performance while continuing to pursue his love of jazz outside the classroom. After college, he continued his classical piano studies with Phillip Kawin while playing jazz in and around New York.
## Later life and career {#later_life_and_career}
Rosenthal was the winner of the Thelonious Monk International Jazz Competition in 1988, which launched his career as a solo artist, leading to the release of his first CD as a leader *New Tunes, New Traditions.* The album features Ron Carter, Billy Higgins and Tom Harrell and features a mix of compositions by Thelonious Monk and Rosenthal.
Rosenthal toured in the early 1990s with the last Gerry Mulligan Quartet, recording three CDs with Mulligan and performed in major jazz festivals throughout the world. Jazz critic Gene Lees wrote in his *Jazz Letter* publication that \"the rapport of the group was amazing, particularly Gerry\'s telepathic communication with outstanding pianist Ted Rosenthal\....The byplay with Rosenthal left me with my jaw hanging down\". After Mulligan\'s death, Rosenthal became musical director of The Gerry Mulligan All Star Tribute Band, featuring Lee Konitz, Bob Brookmeyer and Randy Brecker. The group\'s CD, *Thank You, Gerry!*, was nominated for a Grammy award in 1998.
As a sideman, Rosenthal has performed in small groups led by Art Farmer, Jon Faddis, Phil Woods, and Jay Leonhart. He has also performed with Wynton Marsalis and the Lincoln Center Jazz Orchestra, the Carnegie Hall Jazz Band, the Westchester Jazz Orchestra and the Vanguard Jazz Orchestra. Rosenthal is the pianist of choice for many top jazz vocalists including Helen Merrill, Mark Murphy and Ann Hampton Callaway. He accompanied the latter one in various editions of the annual Jazz Cruise, supported by Martin Wind (b) and Tim Horner (dr). Serving on the faculty at both the Juilliard School and Manhattan School of Music in New York City, he is also a member of the Juilliard Jazz Quintet.
Rosenthals\'s CDs as a leader showcase both his creative approach to standards and classics as well as his original compositions. His latest, *The King and I* (2006), features Rosenthal\'s jazz takes (with George Mraz on bass, Lewis Nash on drums) on songs from the classic musical. *One Night in Vermont* (2004), a duo performance with trombonist Bob Brookmeyer, explores great American standards in an inventive and improvisatory style.
Rosenthal regularly performs in jazz piano concerts, including at the 92nd Street Y with Bill Charlap and Dick Hyman. At the 2003 JVC Jazz Festival, he performed in, and co-produced with George Wein, \"Piano Starts Here\", also featuring Kenny Barron and Cedar Walton. Rosenthal has also appeared on Marian McPartland\'s *Piano Jazz* on National Public Radio and on NBC\'s Night Music with David Sanborn.
Rosenthal composes large-scale works as well as jazz tunes. \"The Survivor\", a concerto for piano and orchestra that combines written and improvised sections for the soloist, has been performed by Rosenthal with the Rockland Symphony and with the Manhattan Jazz Philharmonic. As an orchestral soloist, he has appeared with the Boston Pops, the Detroit Symphony Orchestra, and many regional American symphony orchestras.
Rosenthal\'s opera *Dear Erich* was premiered by the New York City Opera in January 2019 at the Museum of Jewish Heritage. The opera is inspired by more than 200 letters Rosenthal found in his attic. The letters were written by his grandmother to his father in Germany between 1938-1941.
Rosenthal is active in jazz education. He presents jazz clinics throughout the world, often in association with his touring. He was a contributing editor for *Piano and Keyboard* magazine and has published piano arrangements and feature articles for *Piano Today* and *The Piano Stylist*.
## Discography
### As leader {#as_leader}
- *New Tunes, New Traditions* (Ken Music, 1990)
- *Calling You* (CTI, 1992)
- *Images of Monk* (Jazz Alliance, 1993)
- *Ted Rosenthal at Maybeck* (Concord Jazz, 1994)
- *The Gerry Mulligan Songbook* (Chiaroscuro, 1996)
- *Rosenthology* (Concord Jazz, 1996)
- *Threeplay* (Playscape, 2001)
- *The 3 B\'s* (Playscape, 2002)
- *One Night In Vermont* (Planet Arts, 2003)
- *Expressions* (Jazz \'N Pulz, 2004)
- *The King and I* (Venus, 2006)
- *My Funny Valentine* (Venus, 2008)
- *So In Love* (SS Jazz, 2010)
- *Impromptu* (Playscape, 2010)
- *Out Of This World* (Playscape, 2011)
- *Wonderland* (Playscape, 2013)
- *Rhapsody In Gershwin* (Playscape, 2014)
- *My Funny Valentine* \[reissue\] (Venus, 2014)
### As sideman {#as_sideman}
**With Arkadia Jazz All Stars**
- *Thank You, John! Our Tribute To John Coltrane* (1997)
- *Thank You, Gerry! Our Tribute To Gerry Mulligan* (1998)
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Dean Steinkuhler
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**Dean Elmer Steinkuhler** (born January 27, 1961) is an American former professional football player who was a guard in the National Football League (NFL) for eight seasons in the 1980s and 1990s. Steinkuhler played college football for the Nebraska Cornhuskers, and was recognized as an All-American. He was selected in the first round of the 1984 NFL draft, and played professionally for the Houston Oilers of the NFL.
## College career {#college_career}
Steinkuhler attended the University of Nebraska, where he won the Outland Trophy, given to the nation\'s top offensive lineman, in 1983. This marked the third consecutive time a Cornhusker had won the award as Dave Rimington had won back to back Outland Trophies in 1981 and 1982. Steinkuhler also won the Lombardi Award in 1983, marking the second consecutive year a Nebraska player had won that award as Rimington had also won the Lombardi in 1982. Nebraska is the only team that has had consecutive winners of both of these awards. Steinkuhler is one of eight Nebraska winners of the Outland Trophy and one of five Nebraska winners of the Lombardi Award. Nebraska players have won nine Outland Trophys overall, by far the most in the nation. Oklahoma has the second most with four. He is, along with fellow Nebraska Cornhuskers Rich Glover, Dave Rimington and Ndamukong Suh, one of only thirteen players to have won both the Outland Trophy and the Lombardi Award. In 1999 Steinkuhler was selected to the Nebraska All-Century Football Team via fan poll and was named to the All-Century Nebraska football team by Gannett News Service. He is one of only sixteen Cornhuskers to have his jersey (#71) retired by the team.
Steinkuhler is also remembered for being the player who picked up quarterback Turner Gill\'s intentional fumble in the 1984 Orange Bowl and ran it 19 yards for a touchdown in a play dubbed the \"Fumblerooski\".
## Collegiate All-Century Teams {#collegiate_all_century_teams}
In 1999 Steinkuhler was selected as a third-team offensive guard by Sports Illustrated in their \"NCAA Football All-Century Team\". The starters were Jim Parker of Ohio State and John Hannah of Alabama, the second-team consisted of Bob Suffridge of Tennessee and Bill Fischer of Notre Dame and the other third-team player was Aaron Taylor of Nebraska. Steinkuhler was one of six Nebraska Cornhuskers on this All-Century Team 85 man roster; the others being Glover, Johnny Rodgers, Rimington, Tommie Frazier and Taylor.
In 1999 Steinkuhler was selected as an offensive guard to the Walter Camp Football Foundation College Football All Century Team. The other offensive guards selected were John Hannah of Alabama, Aaron Taylor of Nebraska, Brad Budde of USC, Will Shields of Nebraska and Jim Parker of Ohio State. Steinkuhler was one of six Nebraska Cornhuskers selected to this team; the others being Rodgers, Rimington, Shields, Frazier and Taylor.
Steinkuhler is one of 54 players and one of five Cornhuskers named to both the Sports Illustrated and Walter Camp All-Century teams.
## Professional career {#professional_career}
Steinkuhler was the second overall pick in the first round of the 1984 NFL draft, taken by the Houston Oilers. He was an Oilers co-rookie of the year. He played both offensive guard and offensive tackle with the Oilers after playing solely offensive guard in college. He played eight seasons with the Oilers (some of those alongside fellow former Husker teammate Mike Rozier) before retiring in 1991.
## Personal
Steinkuhler hailed from Burr, Nebraska, which, according to the 2000 census, has a population of just 66 people. It is thought to be the smallest town to ever produce an All-American. He played both eight-man and eleven-man football at nearby Sterling High School. His sons Ty and Baker have followed in his footsteps. Both are defensive tackles and both graduated from Nebraska. Ty and Baker played at Lincoln Southwest High School and Syracuse-Dunbar-Avoca High School.
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Erica Messer
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**Erica Messer** is an American television writer, producer, and story editor. Since 2011, she has been the showrunner of *Criminal Minds* after being one of the main writers since the premiere in 2005. She has written episodes for television such as *Alias*, *The O.C.*, *Charmed*, and *Criminal Minds*. She has also co-produced two shows: *Charmed* and *Criminal Minds*, as well as acting as a story editor on *Alias* and executive story editor on *The O.C.*
## Career
Messer began her career with the television series *Alias* in 2001 as a screenwriter. In 2002, she was promoted to story editor on *Alias*. Messer, then in 2003--04, wrote several episodes for *The O.C.* and serving as executive story editor. She wrote one episode for *Charmed* in 2004. From 2004 to 2005, Messer was the co-producer of *Charmed*. From 2005 to the present, she has been with the television series *Criminal Minds* as a screenwriter, producer, supervising producer, and executive producer. In 2010, Messer was named co-showrunner. In 2011, she was named sole showrunner. In 2013, Messer re-signed her contract with *Criminal Minds*. In 2014, CBS was looking for a spin-off. In 2015, Messer wrote the backdoor pilot episode \"Beyond Borders\" in the tenth season of *Criminal Minds* for which the spin-off *Criminal Minds: Beyond Borders* was created. Messer has also co-written multiple episodes of *Criminal Minds* with star Kirsten Vangsness.
## Filmography
### Television credits {#television_credits}
Year Work Role Notes ref
--------------- ---------------------------------- --------------------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------------------- -----
2001 *Alias* Co-screenwriter with Debra J. Fisher \"Mea Culpa\" (S 1:Ep 9)
2002 \"Rendezvous\" (S 1:Ep 21)
\"Passage (Part 1)\" (S 2:Ep 8)
2003 *The O.C.* \"The Heights\" (S 1:Ep 9)
\"The Links\" (S 1:Ep 16)
2004 *Charmed* \"Once in a Blue Moon\" (S 7:Ep 6)
2005 Co-screenwriter with Rob Wright & Debra J. Fisher \"Show Ghouls\" (S 7:Ep 15)
2005--present *Criminal Minds* Written and/or co-written 75 episodes and counting
2006 *The O.C.* Staff writer \"The Summer Bummer\" (S 4:Ep 6)
2016--17 *Criminal Minds: Beyond Borders* Written 3 episodes
### Production credits {#production_credits}
Year Work Role Notes ref
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2002--03 *Alias* Story editor 22 episodes
2003--04 *The O.C.* Executive story editor 26 episodes
2004--05 *Charmed* Co-producer 20 episodes
2005--2020 *Criminal Minds* 246 episodes+
2016--17 *Criminal Minds: Beyond Borders* Executive producer (2016--17)
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Aglasterhausen
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**Aglasterhausen** is a municipality in the district of Neckar-Odenwald-Kreis, in Baden-Württemberg, Germany.
## History
Aglasterhausen is first mentioned in the records of the Bishop of Worms in 1143. It had its own nobility as early as the middle of the 12th century.
In 1416, the town was ceded to the Electorate of the Palatinate, but with the death of Friedrich von Hirschhorn in 1632, that line ended, and the ownership reverted to the bishopric of Worms. This continued until 1803, when Aglasterhausen was given to Baden.
## Mayors
- 1981--2013: Erich Dambach
- 2013--2021: Sabine Schweiger
- since 2021: Stefan Josef Kron
## Personalities
- Albert Schreiner (1892-1979), Communist politician and historian
- Helmut Degen (1911-1995), composer
- Hans Kissel (1897-1975), major-general
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Billigheim
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**Billigheim** is a municipality in the district of Neckar-Odenwald-Kreis, in Baden-Württemberg, Germany. The town of Billigheim has five local subdivisions: Sulzbach (1803 Inhabitants), Billigheim, Allfeld, Waldmühlbach and Katzental.
## History
The first historic mention of Billigheim is in the archives of Würzburg in the year 1000. At that time, a convent was founded there. The convent owned the village until secularization in 1584. At that time, the convent was closed, and the village was given to Kurmainz.
In 1803, along with the entire area, the town was given to the dukes of Leiningen in Baden, who remodeled the convent into a palace. This palace burned to the ground in 1902. The remaining church was remodeled in 1878--79.
In 1806 Billigheim became part of the Grand Duchy of Baden.
From the german Wikipedia:
Around the year 1000, Bishop Heinrich of Würzburg founded a Benedictine convent in Billigheim, which is first mentioned as \"Closter Bullikhemb.\" The older settlement, which likely predates this, was probably established by a Frankish regional prince from the Bulling family. In 1238, at the request of the nuns, the convent was converted into a Cistercian monastery and flourished during the 13th century, holding local authority until its dissolution.
In 1361, the village and the monastery came under the control of the Electorate of Mainz and were administered by the Allfeld estate. In 1462, Billigheim was besieged and attacked by Pfalzgraf Ludwig of Zweibrücken. However, under the command of Hans von Gemmingen, the village was successfully defended and the attackers were repelled. The monastery was weakened by the Peasants\' War and the Reformation in the 16th century, and was finally dissolved in 1584 by Archbishop Wolfgang von Dalberg. The Allfeld cellarer also served as the master of the estate in Billigheim. Around 1700, the administration of the Allfeld estate was transferred to Billigheim.
Following the Reichsdeputationshauptschluss, the Electorate of Mainz was secularized, and the Billigheim estate fell to the Principality of Leiningen in 1803. The Leiningian princes built a castle in the village in 1803, which was destroyed by fire in 1902.
## Twin towns -- sister cities {#twin_towns_sister_cities}
- Óbuda-Békásmegyer (Budapest), Hungary
## Gallery
Allfeld-kirche-innen.jpg\|Altar of Saint George\'s church, Allfeld, Billigheim AltesRathausBilligheim.jpg\|The old town hall of Billigheim Schule-Billigheim.jpg\|Primary and Secondary School of Billigheim
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2008 ICC World Cricket League Division Four
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The **2008 ICC World Cricket League Division Four** is a cricket tournament in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, which took place between 4 and 11 October 2008 as a part of the ICC World Cricket League and qualifying for the 2011 Cricket World Cup.
## Teams
The teams of Fiji, Hong Kong, Italy and Tanzania qualified through Division Three in 2007, while Afghanistan and Jersey secured their participation through the Division Five in 2008. The top two teams in the tournament will be promoted to Division Three in 2009.
Teams relegated from Division Three:
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Teams qualified through Division Five:
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## Squads
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| \ | \ | \ |
| `{{Nobold|Coach: [[Kabir Khan (cricketer)|Kabir Khan]]}}`{=mediawiki} | `{{Nobold|Coach: [[Colin Siller]]}}`{=mediawiki} | `{{Nobold|Coach: [[Aftab Habib]]}}`{=mediawiki} |
+=======================================================================+===================================================+======================================================+
| - Nowroz Mangal (c) | - Colin Rika (c) | - Tabarak Dar (c) |
| - Ahmed Shah | - Joe Baba | - Zain Abbas |
| - Asghar Afghan | - Greg Browne | - Najeeb Amar |
| - Dawlat Ahmadzai | - Joji Bulabulavu | - Irfan Ahmed |
| - Hamid Hassan | - Iniasi Cakacaka | - Nadeem Ahmed |
| - Hasti Gul | - Joe Dabea | - Skhawat Ali |
| - Karim Sadiq | - Simon Jepson | - Waqas Barkat |
| - Khaleqdaad Noori | - Sakaria Lomani | - Hussain Butt |
| - Mohammad Nabi | - Josefa Rika | - Munir Dar |
| - Nasratullah Nasrat | - Jone Seuvou | - Ilyas Gull |
| - Raees Ahmadzai | - Joe Sorovakatini | - Nasir Hameed |
| - Samiullah Shenwari | - Kitione Tavo | - Shakeel Haq |
| - Shafiqullah | - Waisake Tukana | - Nizakat Khan |
| - Shapoor Zadran | - Fulimone Vuli | - Roy Lamsam |
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| \ | \ | \ |
| `{{Nobold|Player-coach: [[Joe Scuderi]]}}`{=mediawiki} | `{{Nobold|Coach: [[Peter Kirsten]]}}`{=mediawiki} | `{{Nobold|Coach: [[Zully Rehemtulla]]}}`{=mediawiki} |
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| - Joe Scuderi (c) | - Matthew Hague (c) | - Hamisi Abdallah (c) |
| - Din Alaud | - Tony Carlyon | - Rashida Amri |
| - Andrea Corbellari | - Steve Carlyon | - Hasnain Damji |
| - Hemantha Jayasena | - Andrew Dewhurst | - Shaheed Dhanani |
| - Samantha Ketipe | - Samuel Dewhurst | - Abdulkadir Dossaji |
| - Thushara Kurukulasuriya | - Ryan Driver | - Athumani Kakonzi |
| - Gayashan Munasinghe | - Jonathan Gough | - Nasibu Kelvin |
| - Andy Northcote | - Peter Gough | - Issa Kikasi |
| - Nicholas Northcote | - Matthew Hanley | - Riziki Kiseto |
| - Vince Pennazza | - Anthony Hawkins-Kay | - Benson Mwita |
| - Kelum Perera | - Bobby Minty | - Kassim Nassoro |
| - Peter Petricola | - Thomas Minty | - Rishen Patel |
| - Luca Poli | - Sachin Patidar | - Abhik Patwa |
| - Nicola Puccio | - Ben Stevens | - Khalil Rehemtulla |
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## Group stage {#group_stage}
### Points table {#points_table}
{{#invoke:Sports table\|main\|style=CricketRR \|update=complete
\|team1=AFG \|team2=HKG \|team3=ITA \|team4=Tzn \|team5=JER \|team6=Fiji
\|win_AFG=5 \|rs_AFG=917 \|or_AFG=231.4 \|rc_AFG=610 \|ob_AFG=232.0 \|win_Fiji=1 \|loss_Fiji=4 \|rs_Fiji=551 \|or_Fiji=226.0 \|rc_Fiji=1090 \|ob_Fiji=226.0 \|win_HKG=4 \|loss_HKG=1 \|rs_HKG=1136 \|or_HKG=241.0 \|rc_HKG=732 \|ob_HKG=240.4 \|win_ITA=3 \|loss_ITA=2 \|rs_ITA=909 \|or_ITA=213.1 \|rc_ITA=762 \|ob_ITA=227.0 \|win_JER=1 \|loss_JER=4 \|rs_JER=672 \|or_JER=226.0 \|rc_JER=878 \|ob_JER=226.0 \|win_Tzn=1 \|loss_Tzn=4 \|rs_Tzn=706 \|or_Tzn=246.0 \|rc_Tzn=819 \|ob_Tzn=232.1
\|name_AFG=`{{cr|AFG|2013}}`{=mediawiki} \|name_Fiji=`{{cr|FIJ}}`{=mediawiki} \|name_HKG=`{{cr|HK}}`{=mediawiki} \|name_ITA=`{{cr|ITA}}`{=mediawiki} \|name_JER=`{{cr|JER}}`{=mediawiki} \|name_Tzn=`{{cr|TAN}}`{=mediawiki} }}
### Fixtures and results {#fixtures_and_results}
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## Final and Playoffs {#final_and_playoffs}
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## Final Placings {#final_placings}
Pos Team Promotion/Relegation
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1st Promoted to Global Division Three for 2009
2nd
3rd Remained in Global Division Four for 2010
4th
5th Relegated to Global Division Five for 2010
6th
## Statistics
Most Runs
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Hussain Butt 267
Andy Northcote 234
Nicholas Northcote 198
Zain Abbas 195
Josefa Rika 194
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Naduvazhi
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**Naduvazhi** ( IAST:*nātuvāḻi*; `{{literally|The ruler of the land}}`{=mediawiki}) were feudatory Nair or Samantan princes who ruled over microstates that are now administrative parts of Kerala, India. They constituted the aristocratic class of Nairs within the Hindu caste system and were either kings themselves or nobility in the service of the kings of Kerala.
## Function
Prior to the British reorganisation of the area now known as Kerala, it was divided into around ten feudal states. Each of these was governed by a *rajah* (king) and was subdivided into organisational units known as *nads*. In turn, the *nads* were divided into *dēsams*, which anthropologist Kathleen Gough considers to be villages. However, the early 20th-century historian Kavalam Panikkar states that the *dēsams* were themselves divided into *amsas*, and that these were the villages. He believes that generally only the *amsas* survived the reorganisation.
The person who governed the *nad* was known as the *naduvazhi*. It was an inherited role, originally bestowed by a king, and of a lower ritual rank than the royal lineages. They generally belonged to the Samantan or the Nair caste. However, some *naduvazhi* were feudatory chiefs, former kings whose territory had been taken over by, for example, the Zamorins of Calicut, who was from Eradi caste of Malabar. In these instances, although they were obeisant to the *rajah* they held a higher ritual rank than the Zamorin as a consequence of their longer history of government; they also had more power than the vassal chiefs. The *naduvazhi* families each saw themselves as a distinct caste in the same manner as did the rajahs; they did not recognise other *naduvazhi* families as being equal to them. The *naduvazhi* maintained criminal and civil order and could demand military service from all Nairs below him. There was usually a permanent force of between 500 and 1000 men available and these were called upon by the *rajah* when required. All fighting was usually suspended during the monsoon period of May to September, when movement around the country was almost impossible. Beaten roads and wheeled vehicle transport were rare until mid 18th century.
## Titles
**Naduvazhis** of Kerala used different titles. Common among them are Raja, Kidāvu, Unnithiri, Adiyodi, Pillai, Prabhu, Thirumalpad, Samantan Kaimal, Karthav, Thampan, etc. The Deshavazhis, who were ranked beneath them, used the title Kaimal, Karthav, kurup, Nayanar, Madambi Pillai, Vāzhunnor, Samantan Nambiar, Moopil Nair, etc. They were wealthy and independent noble barons who ranked under the Deshavazhis and used the title Nambiar (Nair subcaste), Naluveettil Pillai, Unnithan, Eshmanan/Emān, Mannādiar, Mooppil Nair, etc.
Historians, including Robin Jeffry, Faucett and Samuel Mateer, are of the opinion that as with all other Kings of Malabar Coast (Kerala), the Cochin Raja and Venadu Swarupam was also of Samantan or Nair origin. Mateer states: *\"There seems reason to believe that the whole of the kings of Malabar also, notwithstanding the pretensions set up for them of late by their dependents, belong to the same great body, and are homogeneous with the mass of the people called Nairs. Sometimes the naduvazhi was given the additional title of Prabhu by the Raja, if he had a higher than average number of Nairs under his command. He was called Ayyayira Prabhu, if he had 5,000 Nairs, and if he had 10,000 or more, then he was called a Pathinayira Prabhu.\"*
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Binau
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**Binau** (South Franconian: *Bina*) is a municipality in the district of Neckar-Odenwald-Kreis, in Baden-Württemberg, Germany.
## History
There are signs of human settlement in the area dating from the Bronze Age.
Binau is first mentioned in historical records in 769. The convent in Lorsch had many land holdings in Binau.
The present-day palace stands on the site of an older one, which stood until the middle of the 18th century. Today it is used as a rest home.
The church dates from the 14th century and was remodeled in 1926 and 1956.
The nearby Burg Dauchstein was built in 1150 as a toll station for the Hohenstaufen. It lies about 1.5 km from the town.
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The Egg Tree
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***The Egg Tree*** is a 1950 book by Katherine Milhous that won the 1951 Caldecott Medal. It is based on the author\'s family tradition and tells the classic tale of a Pennsylvania Dutch Easter, with its main characters being Katy and Carl. One day, near Easter, they look for Easter eggs and found eggs that their grandmother had painted on a tree. They are interested, so they ask their grandmother about the eggs. They eventually create one, and it becomes a big success the next Easter.
## Description
The book is illustrated, with the image of a rooster blowing a horn standing on a decorated Easter egg on the cover of the book. The illustration goes on through the book referencing the Pennsylvania Dutch traditions of art.
## Plot
The book tells the story of two children named Katy and Carl. They are going to their grandmothers farm in Red Hills, Pennsylvania. This is the first time the children have the opportunity to spend Easter with their relatives from this part of the country, so they get to meet four of their cousins. The next morning the children wake up early to participate in the Easter egg hunt.
Katy has trouble finding the eggs in this new and unexplored environment, so she decides to explore inside the house. In the attic looking around Katy finds six beautifully painted eggs that she takes to her grandmother immediately. The grandmother expresses her joy by saying, \"Katy may not have found the most eggs, but she found the most beautiful eggs.\"
Then the grandmother decides to decorate a tree with the eggs using them as an ornament. All the kids get inspired because of Katy\'s discovery and the grandmother\'s joy so they all decide to put special emphasis on their own decoration of the eggs. They decorated a large tree, and the next year one that was even larger.
## Reception
*Kirkus Reviews* wrote, \"This happy tale \... is enlivened by bright four colored illustrations and black and white decorations as spontaneous and colorful as a sunburst. The story is simple and charming\" while *Horn Book* stated, \"Librarians and teachers will give a warm welcome\", and concluded, \"Katherine Milhous' illustrations are some of her best.\"
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Elztal
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**Elztal** is a municipality in the Neckar-Odenwald district, in Baden-Württemberg, Germany. It is named after the valley of the river Elz.
## Geography
The municipality Elztal is located in the southern part of the Odenwald, close to Mosbach at the B 27, B 292 and L 615. The next district cities are Heilbronn in the South and Heidelberg in the North. The local river Elz or sometimes called Elzbach is flowing through Rittersbach, Dallau and Neckarburken and ends at Neckarelz into the Neckar river. The highest point of Elztal is located in Dallau at the Urnberg. At the moment there\'s a part of a former NATO base (Nike-Stellung D 1/67; later: A 3/71); today a cattle farm (Cattle-Horse-Ranch). The former living complex in the valley was demolished in 2007.
## Municipality structure {#municipality_structure}
The municipality contains the five districts of Auerbach, Dallau, Muckental, Neckarburken and Ritterbach. The combined population amounted to 6100.
**Auerbach district** (Au) =\> *Auerbach bei Mosbach*, Dännigsiedlung\
**Dallau district** (Dal) =\> *Dallau*, *Mariental*\
**Muckental district** (Muc) =\> *Muckental*, *Gehöft Rineck*\
**Neckarburken district** (Nbu) =\> *Neckarburken*\
**Rittersbach district** (Ri) =\> *Rittersbach*, *Heidersbacher Mühle*, *Zinken-Hütte*
In all five districts are local governments in the sense of the Baden-Württembergs municipality order (Gemeindeordnung), each with its own town council (Ortschaftsrat) and mayor (Ortsvorsteher) as its chairman.
From 1788 to 1850 there was an older village between Dallau and Muckental with the name *Rineck*. Today the only certificate and remaining of this time is the Rineck far. Since 1850 the Rineck farm is known for its strawberry plantation.
### Coats of arms {#coats_of_arms}
<File:Wappen> Auerbach Elztal.png\|Auerbach bei Mosbach <File:DEU> Elztal COA.svg\|Dallau <File:Wappen> Muckental.png\|Muckental <File:Wappen> Neckarburken.png\|Neckarburken <File:Wappen> Rittersbach.png\|Rittersbach
The crest of Dallau and the municipality of Elztal contains on a white or silver background Saint Michael with blue wings. In his right hand he raises a golden sword and in his lefts he holds a Libra to illustrate the balance of good and evil. Bottom right, there\'s an oval escutcheon/shield with the Teutonic Cross on a white background on the right side. On the left side there\'s the Palatinate-Wittelsbach rhombus flag of the Free State of Bavaria (Freistaat Bayern). Saint Michael was the former patron of the former catholic Monastery on the Urnberg in Dallau.
The Auerbach crest symbolizes the former status of Auerbach as wine region. Muckental and Neckarburken\'s crest are symbolizing only their toponyms. The Rittersbach\'s crest shows their patron Saint George (hl. Georg) in a battle with a dragon.
## History
### Colonization
The current area of the Elztal was populated by Germanic peoples in its prehistoric time. Today there are 14 burial mounds which witnesses it. The emergence of this burial mounds are dated on the middle of the 1st Millennium BC. At the time of the Romans ran the limes through the Elz Village. The limes was strengthened from the Romans with a fort (today known as: Fort of Neckarburken). The Germanic settlers in Elztal were shocked from this changes and relied into the security of the forests and woods of their home area. In addition, the Romans strengthened their fort with nearby inns (Villa rustica) and a separated Vicus (camp village) for its military troops. The Romans in the Elztal were eliminated in 260 AD by the Alemannic Germans. In 497 AD, the Franken conquered the territorium and founded the villages *Aue amnis* (Auerbach), Dallau, *Neckar Castellum* (Neckarburken) and *Miles Militis Flumen* (Rittersbach). On the occasion of foundations of Frankish noblemen to the monastery Lorsch are the first written references of the four settlements in the Franconian Lorsch Codex (Lorscher Codex). In this Codex, the villages are named:
Dallau (772 AD) =\> Dalaheim (Talheim)\
Neckarburken (774 AD) =\> Borocheim (Burgheim)\
Rittersbach (783 AD) =\> Rodinsburon (Ruodis Bure)\
Auerbach (791 AD) =\> Urbach
In the 9th century AD, the villages has connections to the catholic Cyriak Monastery (Cyriaksstift) in Worms-Neuhausen and the Diocese of Worms which enlarged it influence after a gift of Emperor Otto II. So the Diocese of Worms possessed the Mosbach Abbey with possession in 23 cities and villages.
### Middle Ages {#middle_ages}
In the Middle Ages divided the society in different classes. In these time ascents some of the Elztal peoples into the 1st society class. One of them was Herr von Heinriet (1336 AD) who owned the Festivals of Dallau and a lot of land. After any years the Herr von Heinriet impoverished and developed to robber barons. In the extermination campaign 1356 AD of the Mainzer Archbishop Gerlach von Nassau against Albrecht Schenk von Limpurg in Lohrbach was the water castle (Wasserschloß) of Dallau in order of Karl IV conquered. In this campaign Dallau was devastated and its settlers and peoples murdered by the order from Karl IV. Gerlach von Nassau got the rights to reestablishment of a new city on the Dallau territory. But he never realized this right. After the Death of Gerlach in 1371 AD, the Herr von Heinriets owned now the Possessions of the Elztal villages again. These were sold to Cunz Münch von Rosenberg in 1380 AD. During this sale was Muckental in its first time mentioned. In the 14th and early 15th century was the Elztal owned by Herren von Weinsberg, Herren von Hirschhorn and Albrecht Schenk von Limpurg. The *Rineck Farm* between Dallau and Muckental got 1726 AD a bad reputation and was now known as an infertile farm territory. In the *Lohrbach* it got nicknames like *Wild Plants* (lauther Wildnus), *Bad Odenwald Field* (schlecht Odenwäldisch Feld) and *Desert Territory* (Wüsteney). The farm included an area of 200 Morgen for sheep grazing. The *Royal Palatinate hereditary of Mannheim* prompted the reclamation of the barren land of the Rineck Farm. Fifty years later, the territory of the farm was issued to settle. The settlers received some own land and had to submit their natural produces and yields to the *Lohrbach basement office*. The old farm was now renamed in Altrineck. New nicknames were Althof and Rühlingerhof. The settlement of *Rineck* was 1784 AD renamed into Neurineck. The settlers of this new settlement consisted of tinkers, Broom binders, basket makers, itinerant entertainers, musicians and mole catchers. A lot of them were deported from their former municipalities; they were known as *Rielinger*. The first mayor of the municipality was Franz Holzschuh (29 August 1788).
### Leiningen and Baden {#leiningen_and_baden}
Through contributions and accommodation in the time of the French Wars and the losing of the left-side-territories of the Rhine, the Elz Valley villages are hard burdened. So the nobles led a political realignment for southwestern territories within the Holy Roman Empire (Heiliges Römisches Reich Deutscher Nation). In this way the Elz Valley villages were 1803 AD incorporated into the Principality of Leiningen. In 1806 the Principality dissolved and was now a part of Baden.
1803 confirmed the former reputation from the Rineck Farm. Infertile soil and negligent field orders caused a famine. Begging, thefts, poaching and armed raids were now on the agenda and shifted the whole area into fear and turmoil. All surrounding villages complained of the many robberies and thefts at the courts. But nothing was done. Until 1838, the first complaint of the Mosbach supreme court reached the *Baden District Government*. In this, the settlers of the municipality New Rineck were accused of being thieves, crooks, arsonists and vagabonds because they refused to work. From the people there were already claims to urge the settlers of New Rineck to emigrate to the USA. After lengthy negotiations with the surrounding municipalities this demand was realized. The first transport with 168 involuntary emigrants left New Rineck on 3 October 1849. The second Group left New Rineck on 11 May 1850 with 200 emigrants and the third Group left the municipality on 13 May 1850 with a group of 235 emigrants. On 2 December 1850, the municipality New Rineck dissolved. Ferdinand Scipio acquired the land in 1856 and created a farm with an area of 500 Morgen. Currently is the Rineck Grange owned by the Baron of Gemmingen-Hornberg.
The road (today\'s B 27) through the Elz Valley were expanded in 1847 AD to improve the local market conditions. Another important project was the Railway Mosbach-Neckarelz to Osterburken which is today very frequented by students, travelers and not mobile persons.
But there were no big changes after the realizing the projects. So the villages was remained agriculturally.
### World Wars and post-war years {#world_wars_and_post_war_years}
Within the time of World War I, there were no changes and no happenings within the Elz Valley villages. The Second World War caused a lot of suffering and deaths in most of the settled families. A tombstone in the center of Dallau near to Volksbank and the water castle testify to the shocking happening of an inevitable war.
The first structural changes occurred during the last three war years and in the immediate postwar period of the transitional government. by the inclusion of refugees from the destroyed cities, the population of the villages rose. In the post-war years settled again a number of displaced from the eastern territories in the Elz Valley villages. New development zones and industrial estates have now been expelled and contributed to structural change.
It needed a long time to recover from the impacts of the recent World War. Every village of today\'s Elztal was a self-governed municipality within the Mosbach district of the North Baden county (Nordbaden).
The first sports facilities were built in the late 1960s:
1967: *Sportzentrum Dallau* (sports center)\
1968: *Elzbergstadion* and *Elzberghalle* (Elzberg stadium and Elzberg gym)
As part of the district reform on 1 January 1973, *Auerbach*, *Dallau*, *Muckental* and *Neckarburken* founded the new municipality **Elztal** with *Dallau* as district office.
## Educational facilities {#educational_facilities}
Auerbach, Rittersbach, Neckarburken and Dallau have their own primary schools called *Grundschule*. The secondary school (Hauptschule) of Elztal is in Dallau behind the official municipality town hall (Rathaus). The secondary school in the Elztal (Hauptschule mit Werkrealschule; translated: secondary school with modern secondary handicraft workshop) is coupled with a handicraft workshop to learn the practical part in manual work (compulsory), technology (compulsory; election in the last year because compulsory), art (compulsory), home economics (election in the last year) and cooking (compulsory; election in the last year because compulsory). This is incidentally not a standard on German secondary schools.
Within the municipality are three evangelical and two Catholic nursery schools called *Kindergarten*.
## Important firms {#important_firms}
### Muckental
*August Mackmull GmbH* (builders)
### Rittersbach
*OWR* (manufacturer of decontamination equipment)
### Auerbach bei Mosbach {#auerbach_bei_mosbach}
*Elzal Service Schneider* (Schneider Coach Travel)\
*Strauss Erika Einzelhandel* (toy store)
### Dallau
*Blechnerei Mack* (Tinsmiths Mack)\
*Finkenrath* (former firm; famous as a tax fraudster)\
*Glaserei Kaufmann* (Glazier Kaufmann)\
*Spitzer Silo-Fahrzeugwerke GmbH* (Europeans largest silo vehicles manufacturer)
## Sights and special features {#sights_and_special_features}
### The water castle of Elztal {#the_water_castle_of_elztal}
The water castle of Dallau was bought up by the municipality Elztal in 1974 AD. It is the only remnant of a former and much larger water castle. The water castle was built in the earlier 12th century AD from knights of the Teutonic Order. Particularly striking`{{According to whom|date=January 2011}}`{=mediawiki} are the circular tower and the palace room with a medieval staircase gable. The both fountains near the water castle were built in the 16th century by farmers. At Christmas time, it is possible to go inside the water castle for the annual flu issue of the municipality.
### Religious institutions {#religious_institutions}
In Dallau the evangelical and the Catholic church are side by side. The churches are surrounded by other historical buildings as for example the catholic parish office and the Protestant schoolhouse.
The Protestant church was built in 1750 AD and expanded 1857 AD.
The Catholic Church *St. Maria Immaculate* was consecrated on 9 May 1737. In 1985, the transverse building was complemented and the old choir renewed. Because the historic stained glass window in the old building had no Marie reference, the new parts were built with a baroque statue of Marie and other Marie symbols. The re-consecration of the church was held on 10 May 1987.
In Neckarburken are forming the local church (built 1775) with its church tower (built 1811) and the surrounded half-timbered houses a beautiful a historic ensemble. Opposite is the former rectory which was built in 1818. In addition, you will find one of the very rare historical bread-back positions (from 1809) and a historic lime kiln, which was restored in 2006.
In Auerbach are a Protestant church which was renewed 1789, a Catholic church and several historic half-timbered buildings. These include the historic Gasthaus Lamm, the old railway station (today a S-Bahn station) and the old schoolhouse.
In 1886 the new *George Church* designed by Ludwig Maier replaced the former one. The predecessor was built in the 14th century AD and was made of wood. The newer one is in the New Romanized Style from Ludwig Maier consists mainly of sandstones from the surrounding mountains. In the case of a renovation 1969/1970 AD inside the church were simplified the frescoes simplified. Another renovation held in 2002.
On the *Hill of Urns* there was a great monastery in medieval times. Certificates for this are easy to find. So there are a lot of remains in the Große Kappel and in the Kleine Kappel. More of the wall remains are inside the Nature Reserve between the Urnbergstraße and the underlying track.
<File:Dallau-kathkirche.jpg>\|*St. Maria Immaculata* in *Dallau* <File:Neckarburken> - Kirche.jpg\|Protestant church of Neckarburken <File:Elztal-auerbach-evkirch.jpg%7CProtestant> church of Auerbach <File:Elztal-auerbach-kathkirch.jpg%7CCatholic> church of Auerbach <File:Elztal-auerbach-bhf.jpg%7COld> railway station of Auerbach <File:Neckarburken-backstelle.jpg%7CHistorical> *bread-back positions* of Neckarburken <File:Roemisches> Bad Neckarburken 1.jpg\|Foundation of a Roman bath house
### The Limes {#the_limes}
Another historical place is the Fort of Neckarburken and the *Elantia Museum* (*Museum Elantia* / *Museum am Odenwaldlimes*).
### Walking and hiking {#walking_and_hiking}
The municipality Elztal offers many interesting routes for walking and to rest. One favorite route is the small circuit in Dallau. It is especially nice in spring and summer. Parking is available at Krähenwaldparkplatz near to the Märchenwald.
On the circuit there are a lot of branchings and inconspicuous forest paths. The first peculiarity on the circuit is a hidden Tulip tree on the right side of the way. A few hundred meters along is a three-compartment crossing on the left side. The first way is only a path and leads to the oldest tree of the municipality. The second leads to an old and small chapel which is on a brook and a little bridge over it. On the other side one has the choice to go inside the Mariental on the left or the rest of the circuit on the right. From the main road you will reach a Y-crossing. So you have the choice to go to the right or to the left, but as it is circular you can go either way.
One can then walk through Mariental. There are a lot of rare grasses, plants and bird species. In this valley can be seen the power of a volcano. You\'ll find a lot of big hurled magma lumps coming from the Katzenbuckel.
Other popular routes for walking are the hiking:
- Dallau -- Auerbach
- Forest street parallel to B292 and then around the *Cattle-Horse-Ranch* (former *Nike-Stellung* / Missile defense base) along the streets
- Valley route passing the shelter and the *Cattle-Horse-Ranch* (former *Nike-Stellung* / Missile defense base)
- Dallau to Lower Schfflenz
- Valley route passing the shelter and the *Cattle-Horse-Ranch* (former *Nike-Stellung* / Missile defense base) and then passing the barbecue place
For biking there is the old Roman road between the *Elz Valley* and the *Schefflenz Valley* recommended. One can start in Mosbach and end in Walldürn. Those preferring valley routes can use the signposted standard route from Mosbach through the Elz Valley up to Walldürn or Osterburken.
## Municipal elections {#municipal_elections}
### 2004
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CDU 41,8% \+ 3,0 9 Sitze ± 0
FWV 32,9% -- 1,1 7 Sitze ± 0
SPD 17,2% -- 5,0 3 Sitze -- 2
GAL 8,0% \+ 3,0 1 Sitz ± 0
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### 2009 {#section_1}
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CDU 43,1% \+ 1,3 9 Sitze ± 0
FWG 30,3% -- 2,6 6 Sitze -- 1
SPD 17,9% \+ 0,7 3 Sitze ± 0
GAL 8,7% \+ 0,7 1 Sitz ± 0
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7,127,573 |
Fahrenbach
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**Fahrenbach** is a town in the district of Neckar-Odenwald-Kreis, in Baden-Württemberg, Germany.
## Administration
Fahrenbach is made up of three subdivisions:
- Fahrenbach, population 1335
- Robern, population 699
- Trienz, population 808
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7,127,579 |
Hardheim
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**Hardheim** is a municipality in the district of Neckar-Odenwald-Kreis, in Baden-Württemberg, Germany. The town is twinned with Müntschemier in Switzerland and Suippes in France. Its existence is first mentioned in written form in 1050. The township consists of Hardheim, Ruedental, Schweinberg, Gerichtstetten, Erfeld, Bretzingen, Dornberg, Ruetschdorf, Vollmersdorf and Breitenau.
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7,127,584 |
Martin Kirschner
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**Martin Kirschner** (28 October 1879 -- 30 August 1942) was a German surgeon.
Kirschner was born in Breslau, the son of Margarethe Kalbeck (sister of Max Kalbeck) and Judge Martin Kirschner (1842--1912), who later served as city councillor (member of the city government) of Breslau since 1873 and a member of the city parliament as of 1879. In 1892, he became burgomaster of Berlin (vice-mayor) and advanced to its Lord Mayor (Oberbürgermeister) holding that office between 1899 and 1912.
Kirschner junior attended the universities of Freiburg, Strassburg, Zurich and Munich.
Following his promotion in Strassburg in 1904 he went to Berlin for postgraduate studies under Rudolf von Renvers (1854--1909). Between 1908 and 1910 he was at the university surgical clinic in Greifswald under Erwin Payr (1871--1947), then went to Königsberg to work with Payr and Paul Leopold Friedrich (1864--1916). He was appointed professor of surgery at Königsberg in 1916, and in 1927 accepted an invitation to move to the same chair in Tübingen.
On 18 March 1924, Kirschner performed the first successful pulmonary artery embolectomy --- Trendelenburg\'s operation. He developed a new method for the making an artificial oesophagus and a method for the opening of the knee joint.
In 1933, he published the first stereotactic surgery in humans, for a method to treat trigeminal neuralgia by inserting an electrode into the trigeminal nerve and ablating it.
Kirschner died, aged 62, in Heidelberg.
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7,127,585 |
Haßmersheim
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**Haßmersheim** (South Franconian: *Hassmerse* or *Hassemse*) is a municipality in the district of Neckar-Odenwald-Kreis, in Baden-Württemberg, Germany.
## Administration
Haßmersheim consists of three subdivisions:
- Haßmersheim, population 3649
- Hochhausen, population 730
- Neckarmühlbach, population 532
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7,127,592 |
Höpfingen
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**Höpfingen**, sometimes spelled *Hoepfingen*, is a municipality in the district of Neckar-Odenwald-Kreis, in Baden-Württemberg, Germany.
## Administration
The municipality consists of two subdivisions:
- Höpfingen
- Waldstetten
## Geography
The district lies on the southeastern slope of the Odenwald mountain range. Part is included with the Neckartal-Odenwald Nature Park, one of the largest national parks in Baden-Württemberg.
Höpfingen, in the northern part of the municipality, has forests, fields and meadows. To the south, the town of Waldstetten sits in a valley with several streams running through.
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7,127,600 |
Hüffenhardt
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**Hüffenhardt** is a town in the district of Neckar-Odenwald-Kreis, in Baden-Württemberg, Germany.
## Administration
The municipality consists of two subdivisions:
- Hüffenhardt, population 1536 (2008)
- Kälbertshausen, population 533 (2008)
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7,127,611 |
Redland High School for Girls
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**Redland High School for Girls** was a selective and independent, non-denominational girls\' school in the suburb of Redland, Bristol, England. The school merged with the Red Maids\' School in May 2016, with the new merged school named Redmaids\' High School and based at the Red Maids\' site from September 2017 in Westbury-on-Trym.
## Admissions
Redland High School admitted girls aged 3--18 years and also boys aged 3--6 from 2014--17.
## History
Redland High School was founded in 1882 on the instigation of two liberal congregationalist ministers: Rev. T. G. Rose and Rev. Urijah Thomas, Minister of Redland Park Church. Rev Thomas was an important figure in the women\'s movement in Bristol in the late nineteenth century, serving as one of the secretaries to the Bristol & West of England Women\'s Suffrage Society.
The school\'s first head teacher was Elizabeth Cocks (1882-1907), who implemented a modern curriculum, including subjects such as chemistry, which were not typically taught to girls at that time. Under her direction the school expanded rapidly from 4 pupils on opening, to c.40 by the end of its first year, to 150 by 1885, when it moved to the new premises at Redland Court. By 1904 the school had 238 pupils, which led to the decision to open a separate Junior School and Kindergarten.
Early governors of Redland\'s school included Agnes Beddoe, Elizabeth and Emily Sturge who were leading suffragists and campaigners for women\'s higher education in Victorian times. The senior school was housed in an old manor-house known as Redland Court which dates from 1732-35. It was built by John Strachan for John Cossins and was designated by English Heritage as a grade II\* listed building, which underwent many extensions. In October 2006, a building previously belonging to the Junior School was converted into the Music School, expanding the senior school once again. In 2014, they opened an Early Years Foundation Stage Building in conjunction with nearby boys school, QEH.
The school was spread across five sites: the Senior school, on Redland Court Road; the Music School, also on Redland Court Road; the Junior School, opposite the Senior school; the Sixth form house, on Woodstock Road; and the PE field at Golden Hill.
Following the closure of the school, the Senior School site, along with the Sixth Form House / Bursary was sold, partially demolished and turned into housing now known as [Redland Court](https://redlandcourt.co.uk/). The Junior School site in Grove Park was turned into a day nursery and the Music School converted into a wellness centre and medical clinic
## Houses
During the late 60s the House system was abandoned. Prior to that there had been 6 houses named after former benefactors (Elizabeth Cocks, Gamble, Percival, Urijah Thomas, Gilmore Barnet and Tait). There were regular house competitions including drama, music, and sports. The drama competitions took a whole day. Members of years 7-9 acted while the older pupils directed, did lighting, make up and costumes. The new house system was in place from 2003, and there were four houses. These were Maple (red), Chestnut (yellow), Willow (green) and Rowan (blue). House captains were elected by each house respectively from Year 13. There were also two House Vice-captains from Year 12 and two sports captains from Year 10. In addition, a member of staff served as Head of House on a permanent, unelected basis.
## Uniform
Between 1975 and 1986, the winter uniform was a bottle green wrap skirt, bottle green jumper or cardigan, white shirt and bottle green tie. Green mackintosh and optional green hat, regulation brown outdoor and indoor shoes from a range of 5 specified styles from Clarks. Summer uniform up to year three was a white and green candy striped knee-length short sleeve cotton dress, fourth and fifth years could choose between green and white candy stripe, yellow and green tartan or green paisley cotton. Games uniform was a white aertex shirt and grey flannel kilt. All uniform to be bought from Marshes department store on Whiteladies Road.
From around 2003 to the school\'s closure, the senior school uniform consisted of a green blazer, blue jumper, white shirt and a kilt in the school\'s own tartan. The junior school uniform was similar, but with a tartan pinafore dress instead of a kilt, and a light blue shirt. At this time, the uniform had to be bought from John Lewis at Cribbs Causeway.
Sixth Formers wore their own clothes.
## Headmistresses
Source:
- Miss Elizabeth Cocks 1882-1907
- Miss Emily Shekleton 1907-1920
- Miss Ella Mary Edghill 1921-1926
- Miss Clara Millicent Taylor 1926-1940
- Miss Alick Berwick 1940-1944
- Miss Sylvia Peters 1945-1968
- Miss Storm Hume 1969-1985
- Miss Eunice Hobbs 1986-1989
- Mrs Carol Lear 1989-2002
- Dr Ruth Weeks 2002-2006
- Mrs Caroline Bateson 2006-2015
- Miss Stephanie Ferro 2015-2016
- Mrs Perdita Davidson 2016-2017
### Former Head Teachers {#former_head_teachers}
<File:Elizabeth> Ann Cocks.jpg\|Elizabeth Cocks <File:Emily> A A shekleton.jpg\|Emily Shekleton <File:Ella> Mary Edghill.jpg\|Ella Mary Edghill <File:Clara> Millicent Taylor.jpg\|Clara Taylor
## Notable former students {#notable_former_students}
- Beryl Corner (9 December 1910 -- 4 March 2007) was the first paediatrician in the south-west of England and one of the British founders of neonatology, the care of newborn babies; she was also the last survivor of a group of women paediatricians whose achievements helped to break down barriers to the advancement of women in medicine.
- Claire Craig, Provost of The Queen\'s College, Oxford.
- Sara Wheeler (20 March 1961--) is a travel writer. After being a pupil at Redland High she went on to study Classics and Modern Languages at Brasenose College, University of Oxford. After writing about her travels on the Greek island of Euboea and in Chile, she was accepted by the US National Science Foundation as their first female writer-in-residence at the South Pole and spent seven months in Antarctica.
- Nazneen Rahman leads research directed at identifying, characterising, and clinically implementing genes that predispose to cancer. She was awarded the No.3 spot in BBC Radio 4\'s *Woman's Hour* 2014 Power List in recognition of her work.
- Tanya Louise Beckett (20 July 1966--) is an English television and radio journalist.
- Dame Elisabeth Anne Marian Frost Hoodless (11 February 1941--) was the Executive Director (1975 -- 2011) of Community Service Volunteers (CSV), a United Kingdom volunteering and training charity.
- Sophie Anderton, Glamour Model
- Sally Beauman formerly Kinsey-Miles author of Rebecca\'s Tale (1944-2016)
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: *See :Category:People educated at Redland High School for Girls*
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Senseneb
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**Senseneb** was the mother of Pharaoh Thutmose I in the Eighteenth Dynasty of the early New Kingdom.
## Attestations
**Senseneb** (sn⸗j-snb, also Seniseneb) bore the title of King\'s Mother (mwt-nsw) and is therefore thought to have been a commoner.
### Wadi Halfa, Cairo CG 34006 {#wadi_halfa_cairo_cg_34006}
At Buhen in Wadi Halfa, a sandstone stela fragment dated to Year 1 of Thutmose I, mentions \[\...\]; jmj-rꜣ ḫꜣst rsjt trj and King\'s Mother Senseneb (mwt-nsw sn⸗j-snb). She is shown swearing an oath of allegiance as the king\'s mother on the coronation of her son Thutmose I.
### Deir el-Bahri PM 122, Mortuary Temple of Hatshepsut {#deir_el_bahri_pm_122_mortuary_temple_of_hatshepsut}
At Deir el-Bahri, Senseneb is also depicted on painted reliefs from the Mortuary Temple of Hatshepsut. Here she has the title ḥnwt-tꜣwj meaning Mistress of the Two Lands.
### Ashmolean AN1896-1908.E.3926 {#ashmolean_an1896_1908.e.3926}
A limestone pyramidion beloning to the lector priest of the king\'s mother Tety. It mentions King\'s Mother Senseneb and Djehuty, son of the lector priest who was the patron of this monument.
### Berlin ÄM 15006 {#berlin_äm_15006}
A limestone statue of a seated man with the royal name of Thutmose I, beloning to lector priest of the king\'s mother and wab-priest of Hathor, the lady of Hu, Amenemhat. It also mentions King\'s Mother Senseneb.
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Neckargerach
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**Neckargerach** is a municipality in the district of Neckar-Odenwald-Kreis, in Baden-Württemberg, Germany.
## Demographics
**Population development:**
+------------------------+
| Year Inhabitants |
| ------ ------------- |
| 1990 2,352 |
| 2001 2,414 |
| 2011 2,340 |
| 2021 2,328 |
+------------------------+
## Mayors
- 1915--1919: Johann Georg Steck, butcher
- 1919--1924: Heinrich Gramlich
- 1924--1933: Carl Bödigheimer I
- 1933--1935: Rudolf Bödigheimer
- 1935--1937: Ludwig Menges
- 1937--1945: Christian Seemann, master electrician
- 1945--1965: Karl Wettmann, farmer
- 1965--1974: Peter Kirchesch senior
- 1974--2006: Peter Kirchesch junior
- 2006--2010: Ralf Schnörr
- since March 2010: Norman Link
left\|thumb\|upright=0.986\|Neckargerach Town hall (2007)
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Neckarzimmern
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**Neckarzimmern** is a municipality in the district of Neckar-Odenwald-Kreis, in Baden-Württemberg, Germany. Neckarzimmern also was the main site of dispersal for the German Anti-Friction Bearings Industry during the Allied bombing of Germany. This site was chosen because an abandoned mine provided excellent protection for the machinery. Most of the machines that were transferred here were from the Schweinfurt factory.
## Demographics
**Population development:**
+------------------------+
| Year Inhabitants |
| ------ ------------- |
| 1990 1,676 |
| 2001 1,567 |
| 2011 1,539 |
| 2021 1,469 |
+------------------------+
## Sons and Daughters of the Community {#sons_and_daughters_of_the_community}
- Emil Stumpp (1886-1941), press drawer
## Other persons associated with the place {#other_persons_associated_with_the_place}
`left|thumb|upright=0.5|Ernst von Gemmingen`\
`left|thumb|upright=0.5|Götz von Berlichingen`
- Ernst von Gemmingen (1759-1813), composer and aristocrat
- Götz von Berlichingen († 1562), owner of Burg Hornberg
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Neunkirchen, Baden-Württemberg
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**Neunkirchen** (`{{IPA|de|ˈnɔʏnˌkɪʁçn̩|lang|De-Neunkirchen.ogg}}`{=mediawiki}) is a municipality in the district of Neckar-Odenwald-Kreis, in Baden-Württemberg, Germany. It is located near Mosbach.
## Demographics
**Population development:**
+------------------------+
| Year Inhabitants |
| ------ ------------- |
| 1990 1,624 |
| 2001 1,775 |
| 2011 1,822 |
| 2021 1,853 |
+------------------------+
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7,127,633 |
Obrigheim
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**Obrigheim** (`{{IPA|de|ˈoːbʁɪçˌhaɪm}}`{=mediawiki}; South Franconian: *Owweringe*) is a town in the district of Neckar-Odenwald-Kreis, in Baden-Württemberg, Germany.
It is the location of the Obrigheim Nuclear Power Plant.
## History
The concentration camp Neckarelz was from March 1944 to March 1945 an extension of the concentration camp Natzweiler-Struthof. Thousands of forced workers and KZ-prisoners had to build tunnels in the nearby mountains.`{{Circular reference|date=May 2017}}`{=mediawiki}
## Demographics
**Population development:**
+------------------------+
| Year Inhabitants |
| ------ ------------- |
| 1990 5,302 |
| 2001 5,375 |
| 2011 5,160 |
| 2021 5,407 |
+------------------------+
left\|thumb\|upright=0.8\|Shaft Brasse in 2012
## Mayors
In October 2014 Achim Walter (FDP) was elected the new mayor. He is the successor of Roland Lauer (CDU), he was 24 years in office.
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Mario Marcel Salas
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**Mario Marcel Salas** (born July 30, 1949 in San Antonio, Texas) is an American civil rights leader, author and politician.
## Early and personal life {#early_and_personal_life}
Salas\' parents were an Afro-Mexican father and a mixed race mother. He graduated from Phyllis Wheatley High School, an African American segregated school, which like many black schools across the country remained segregated long after the 1954 *Brown v. Board of Education* decision.
Soon after high school, he joined the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC). He entered San Antonio College and graduated with two associate degrees, in Applied Science-Engineering Technology and Liberal Arts. He received his Bachelor of Arts degree in English from the University of Texas at San Antonio (UTSA) in 1987. He received two graduate degrees. one in Education and the other in Political Science. He is a retired Assistant Professor of Political Science, having taught Texas Politics, Federal Politics, Political History, the Politics of Mexico, African American Studies, Civil Rights, and International Conflicts. He is a current lecturer at UTSA. He also served as a City Councilman for the City of San Antonio, and was very active in the Civil Rights Movement for many years. He is also a life time member of the San Antonio NAACP. He has authored several textbooks including, Foundation Myth in Political Thought: The Racial Moorings of Foundation Myth. Professor Salas helped to develop the first economic relationship with an African country for the City of San Antonio with Mafeking, South Africa.
Salas championed the establishment of a Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Texas state holiday and served as Vice-President for the Judson Independent School Board of Trustees. He is the President of San Antonio Community Radio (KROV) and is active in San Antonio Politics. He is a 300-Year Tricentennial Commissioner for the City of San Antonio and a member of the Bexar County Historical Commission. He is married to Edwina Lacy Salas and has two children, Angela and Elena and 3 grandchildren. He is considered an expert in the history of African Americans in San Antonio `{{by whom|date=June 2021}}`{=mediawiki}.
## Career
Salas organized most of the Black student unions on San Antonio college campuses in 1969, and was co-founder of the Barbara Jordan Community Center in San Antonio. Along with former SNCC member Rick Greene and former Speaker of the Texas House Gib Lewis, he negotiated the Martin Luther King Jr. state holiday.
Salas writes for several African American newspapers, and was the chief negotiator for the first cable television franchise in San Antonio.
Salas was involved in the liberation of Grenada as a supporter of the movement against Grenadian prime minister Eric Gairy in 1979. Salas has been critical of the Iraq War and has formulated a concept he calls the colonial matrix. In this theory, Salas says that Foundation Myth is what every American is raised up with and consists of half-truths, omissions, lies distortions and erasures of how the United States was formed. Racial myths are at the core of American education and serve as a mechanism to control the thought processes from birth to death, seeking to present a false narrative in history, culture, and the belief systems of individuals. He cites several examples, one being the Battle of the Alamo. In supporting Dr. Phillip Tucker\'s`{{clarify|date=November 2017}}`{=mediawiki} research, Salas argues that the Battle lasted only about 20 minutes and most of the Alamo defenders ran and were killed outside of the walls. Hence, the Alamo story is basically white racialized fiction. Under this theory, Salas claims that the racist colonial structures that were in place when America was settled are still operating in a \"morphed form.\"
In addition to teaching at the University of Texas at San Antonio, as of 2017 he was a writer for the *San Antonio Observer*.
## Personal life {#personal_life}
He married Edwina Lacy, of Chicago, Illinois, on July 9, 1988. They had two children, Elena Patrice and Angela Christine.
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Santo Antônio do Içá
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**Santo Antônio do Içá** is a community and a municipality in the state of Amazonas near the Colombian border in Brazil. The population is 21,243 (2020 est.) in an area of 12,307 km². The municipality was created in 1955 out of São Paulo de Olivença. The city is served by Ipiranga Airport.
The municipality contains the 15000 ha Javari-Buriti Area of Relevant Ecological Interest, created in 1985. It contains parts of the Jutaí-Solimões Ecological Station.
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Schefflenz
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**Schefflenz** is a town in the district of Neckar-Odenwald-Kreis, in Baden-Württemberg, Germany.
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Claude Poirier
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**Claude Poirier** (born October 26, 1938, in Montreal, Quebec) is a negotiator and crime reporter for the Quebec-based Canadian French-language television network TVA. He is best known for negotiating with suspects during hostage situations.
Poirier\'s 60-year career as a crime reporter started in 1960 when he covered a bank robbery. He continued to do the job for several months without receiving a salary. Soon after, he reported on the assassinations of U.S. president John F. Kennedy and his brother Robert Kennedy as well as civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr. In Quebec, he covered the kidnapping and subsequent murder of former Quebec Liberal Minister of Labor Pierre Laporte, by the FLQ militant group in 1970. He has, perhaps unwillingly, nicknamed the RCMP (Gendarmerie Royale du Canada in French) la \"Genmarderie Royale du Canada\" (\"marde\" is a slang term for excrement in French). Rumour has it that he does it on purpose because of a grudge he has against them. Due to such events, he is often portrayed in comedy sketches.
During his career Poirier has participated in numerous inquiries and trials as an expert and as a witness. He covered the widely publicized biker gang war that broke out in Quebec during the 1990s as well as trials in notorious murder or crime cases such as the trial of several biker gang members arrested during a province-wide police operation called \"Printemps 2001\" which significantly reduced their criminal activities around the province.
During hostage situations or similar events, criminals often asked police for a negotiation with Poirier. In August 2007, he was heavily involved over the well-publicized case of the disappearance of a 10-year-old girl, Cédrika Provencher, in Trois-Rivières, in a possible case of abduction.
Poirier received the Medal of Bravery from the Canadian government in 1977. The Quebec government has honoured him five times during his career.
Today,`{{when|date=April 2021}}`{=mediawiki} Poirier still comments on recent crime cases or cold ones on the TVA Nouvelles broadcast at 5:00 p.m. EDT on weekdays and during the LCN morning show. During his commentary, he also discusses the judicial system as well as federal or provincial laws related to crime measures such as gun control, prison sentences and related matters. He is also the host of *Le Vrai Négociateur* on LCN, a 60-minute show that discusses various cases involving the juridical system in Quebec or Canada as well as various crime or disappearance cases.
Poirier also played an important role in the production of the television series \"Le Negociateur\" which aired in 2005. The second season began on October 23, 2006, on the TVA television network. The series features well-known figures in Quebec culture such as Elvis Gratton star actor Julien Poulin, Frederick de Grandpré, Pierre Curzi, Les Boys actors Serge Thériault and Roc Lafortune, 2004 Star Académie winner Stephanie Lapointe and Guillaume Lemay-Thivierge.
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Schwarzach, Baden-Württemberg
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**Schwarzach** is a municipality in the district of Neckar-Odenwald-Kreis, in Baden-Württemberg, Germany. Schwarzach consists of the two former districts Oberschwarzach and Unterschwarzach.
## Mayors
- Since 2015: Mathias Haas
- 1991-2014: Theo Haaf
left\|thumb\|upright=0.987\|Unterschwarzach Town hall
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Seckach
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**Seckach** is a village and a municipality in the district of Neckar-Odenwald-Kreis, in Baden-Württemberg, Germany. The river Seckach passes through it.
## Twin towns {#twin_towns}
- Gazzada Schianno, Italy
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Waldbrunn, Baden-Württemberg
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**Waldbrunn** (`{{IPA|de|ˈvaltˌbʁʊn}}`{=mediawiki}) is a town in the district of Neckar-Odenwald-Kreis, in Baden-Württemberg, Germany.
## People
- Theodor Leutwein (1849-1921), German colonial administrator
- Paul Steiner (born 1957), German football player
- Timo Bracht (born 1975), German athlete
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Zwingenberg (Baden)
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**Zwingenberg** (`{{IPA|de|ˈtsvɪŋənˌbɛʁk|-|De-Zwingenberg.ogg}}`{=mediawiki}; South Franconian: *Zwingeberg*) is a village in the Neckar-Odenwald district, in Baden-Württemberg, Germany.
## History
Zwingenberg developed in the valley of the Neckar, below Zwingenberg Castle, as a possession of the Electoral Palatinate ruled via Oberamt Mosbach. In 1803, Zwingenberg became a possession of the Principality of Leiningen, which was mediatized to the Grand Duchy of Baden in 1806. Zwingenberg was assigned to the district of Eberbach in 1813.
## Geography
The municipality (*Gemeinde*) of Zwingenberg covers 4.7 km2 of the Neckar-Odenwald district of Baden-Württemberg, one of the 16 States of the Federal Republic of Germany. Zwingenberg is physically located in the valley of the Neckar, which has cut itself deep into the local sandstone. Elevation above sea level in the municipal area varies wildly, from a high of 424 m Normalnull (NN) to a low of 128 m NN where the Neckar flows out of the municipality.
The Federally protected Zwerrenberg nature reserve lies within the municipal areas of Zwingenberg and Neuenkirchen.
## Politics
Zwingenberg has one borough (*Ortseil*), Zwingenberg, and two villages, Burg Zwingenberg and Zwingenberger Hof.
### Coat of arms {#coat_of_arms}
Zwingenberg\'s coat of arms displays three swan\'s heads, in white with yellow bills, upon a field of blue. This was the coat of arms of the House of Zwingenberg, which began to see local official use again in 19th century town seals. The Karlsruhe General State Archives redesigned these seals into a coat of arms for Zwingenberg in 1913 and it was subsequently adopted by the municipal council.
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Zagyva
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The **Zagyva** is a river in Hungary. This 179 km long river drains a basin of 5,677 km^2^. The source is near Salgótarján in Nógrád county. It flows through the towns of Bátonyterenye, Pásztó, Hatvan and Jászberény and flows into the Tisza at Szolnok. Average discharge at Szolnok is 9 m^3^/s. The Zagyva is the longest river in Hungary that has both its source and its confluence within the country\'s borders.
## Etymology
The name comes from Slavic *sadjati*: to settle (sediments). *\*Sadzava*: a river that carries many sediments, see i.e. Czech Sázava.
In Hungarian, the name means \'muddled\' (*zagyvál(ni)*: \'to muddle\').
## Tributaries
The following rivers are tributaries to the river Zagyva (from source to mouth):
- Left: Iványi, Mindszenti, Galya, Lengyendi, Kecskés
- Right: Galga
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Tengku Hassanal Wildlife Reserve
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**Tengku Hassanal Wildlife Reserve** is one of the largest wildlife reserves in Peninsular Malaysia covering 605.52 km^2^ located in the Titiwangsa Mountains, central state of Pahang, Malaysia that was established during the British Colonial Administration. It was officially gazetted to protect all wildlife species, particularly the gaur (*Bos gaurus*). The administrative offices of the reserve are located in several places. The main office is located in Bukit Rengit (southern side), and the other stations are in Lembah Klau (western side), Kuala Lompat (eastern side), and Perlok (northern side).
The lowland dipterocarp forest area contains a very high diversity of birds and mammals, especially primates and bats. There are a few Wildlife Conservation Centers managed by PERHILITAN in the close vicinity of the reserve. Mainly, Malayan Tiger Conservation Center, Kuala Gandah Elephant Conservation Centre, and Pusat Konservasi Jenderak Selatan. Among the birdlife, the rare Malayan peacock-pheasant is still found in the reserve in some numbers.
In the 1960s, Lord Medway led a zoological expedition to Gunong Benom (2,107 m asl) which later attracted many scholars, biologists, and primatologists to research the western part of the reserve called Kuala Krau research station.
## History of Establishment {#history_of_establishment}
Krau Game Reserve was established in June 1923 under Wild Animals and Bird Protection Enactment following growing public concerns for the conservation of wildlife and human-wildlife conflicts amid clearing of forested area to make way for the rubber industry.
The name Krau Game Reserve was changed to Krau Wildlife Reserve in 1965. The administration of the Reserve was passed from Pahang State Game Department to the Federal Game Department in 1973. Federal Game Department then changed to the Department of Wildlife and National Parks in 1976. In November 2022, the name Tengku Hassanal Wildlife Reserve (THWR) was officially enacted to champion the crown prince of Pahang which is KDYMM Tengku Hassanal Ibrahim Alam Shah as its protector. The size of Tengku Hassanal Wildlife Reserve has been reconstituted a few times, and the latest area size is 60,551.608 hectares.
## Geography
Tengku Hassanal Wildlife Reserve is located at 3°42\'57.89\" N 102°10\'33.60\" E, in the state of Pahang and in the center of Peninsular Malaysia. The Reserve is approximately 167 km from Kuantan, the capital state of Pahang, and 109 km from Kuala Lumpur, the capital city of Malaysia.
The Reserve is located in three districts in Pahang, which are Temerloh, Jerantut, and Raub. Where the largest geographical space of Krau Wildlife Reserve is within the Temerloh district.
Altitude in the reserve ranges between 43 meters at Kuala Lompat to 2,107 meters above sea level at the peak of Gunung Benom and is drained by Krau River, Lompat River, and Teris River.
The Reserve consists of sedimentary rocks (Semantan formation and post-Semantan redbeds), igneous rock (Benom Complex), and Quaternary sediments. On the northern and western parts of Tengku Hassanal Wildlife Reserve, igneous rocks are more exposed, while from the northeast to the southern part of the Reserve, the sedimentary rocks are more abundant. The Benom Complex mainly dominates the center of the reserve.
## Forest Types {#forest_types}
There are five major different forest types with their own subtypes that are acknowledged in Tengku Hassanal Wildlife Reserve. About 61% of the forest area in the reserve is the Lowland Dipterocarp forest. The second largest forest type in the reserve is Hill Dipterocarp. While Montane Forest is the third largest forest type. The remaining forest type is disturbed secondary vegetation and cultivated areas.
## Flora and Fauna {#flora_and_fauna}
All major forest types in Tengku Hassanal Wildlife Reserve are high with conservation values. Especially in the hills and lower montane forests. The majority of the area is still covered by lowland dipterocarp forests, and the vast areas of high altitude along the Gunung Benom are still pristine. Among endangered flora species in Tengku Hassanal Wildlife Reserve are *Kibatalia laurifolia* sp. and *Phlegmariurus phyllanthus* sp.
Tengku Hassanal Wildlife Reserve is home to a high number of wildlife species. There are about 655 wildlife species comprising 292 avian species, 65 amphibian species, 79 reptile species, 71 bat species, 79 mammal species, and 69 fish species.
Of the 655 fauna species, 322 are totally protected, and 70 are protected under the Wildlife Conservation Act 2010 (Act 716) and Fisheries Act 1985 (Act 317). Moreover, five species are listed as critically endangered, 16 as endangered, 33 as vulnerable, and 486 as least concerned. Among the endangered and critically endangered species that still can be observed in the Reserve are Malayan Tiger (*Panthera tigris jacksoni*), Flat-headed Cat (*Prionailurus planiceps*), Dhole (*Cuon alpinus*), Sunda Pangolin (*Manis javanica*), White-crowned Hornbill (*Berenicornis comatus*), Storm\'s Stork (*Ciconia stormi*), Spiny Turtle (*Heosemys spinosa*), Otter Civet (*Cynogale bennettii*), Dusky Leaf Monkey (*Trachypithecus obscurus*), Sunda Slow Loris (*Nycticebus coucang*), and Malayan Tapir (*Tapirus indicus*).
## Local Community {#local_community}
Around 36 villages are surrounding and within the Reserve. Population data from three administrative districts and 10 sub-districts surrounding the Tengku Hassanal Wildlife Reserve shows that there is an increase in the population of over 133, 000 individuals since 1991. The dominant indigenous communities of THWR are Jah Hut and Cheq Wong, who predominantly live in Mukim Jenderak, east of the reserve.
Conclusively, there are 10 indigenous people villages within and surrounding the Reserve namely Kg. Seboi, Kg. Pian, Kg. Penderas, Kg. Paya Mendoi, Kg. Paya Rekoh, Kg. Paya Pelong, Kg. Lubuk Wong, Kg. Kuala Terboi, Kg. Berdut, and Kg. Pasu. As for other communities, there are several settlements near the borders of **THWR**. To name a few, the villagers are Kg. Bolok Hulu and Hilir, located in the south of the reserve, Kg. Ulu Cheka, Kg. Damak, Kg. Tengah, Kg. Perlok, Kg. Pekan Sehari, and Kg. Tanjung Puteri, located in the northeast of the Reserve; and Felda Lembah Klau, located in the west of the Reserve.
All these villages are located within 15 km of **THWR**. The PERHILITAN under the Biodiversity Protection and Patrolling Program (BP3) hires some of the local indigenous community as part of its conservation efforts and to highlight the importance of these community as the guardian of the forest.
## Ecotourism
The abundance of interesting features such as scenic mountains and hills peaks, beautiful rivers and waterfalls, and a culturally rich local community can be the catalyst for the Reserve to be an eco-tourism hub for both local and international guests. Even though, the reserve itself is not fully open to tourists. There are several interesting locals that can be visited. This place is including and is not limited to:
- Gunung Benom is the second-highest mountain in the state of Pahang and the ninth-highest mountain in peninsular Malaysia with an altitude of 2,107 meters above sea level.
- Lata Bujang Waterfall is a seven tiers waterfall with just less than an hour of trekking from the nearest access point.
- Gunung Tungku
- Bukit Bongkok
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- Kuala Gandah Elephant Conservation Centre is one of the Wildlife Conservation Centers that are near the vicinity of the reserve. Located in the southern part of the reserve. It\'s free to visit with various activities with elephants that can be experienced.
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Oregon State Police
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The **Oregon State Police** (**OSP**) is a law enforcement agency of the U.S. state of Oregon. The OSP enforces all of Oregon\'s criminal laws and assists local law enforcement agencies. Casey Codding has served as Superintendent since February 2023. The agency differs from other state police highway patrol agencies in that OSP has many other areas of specialization and responsibility. In addition to the Patrol Division, OSP has a Criminal Division (detectives, arson, explosives), SWAT, DPU (Dignitary Protection Unit), MRT (Mobile Response Team), a Forensic Services Division (crime labs), a Fish and Wildlife Division (game wardens), a Medical Examiner\'s Division, and it is one of the few law enforcement agencies in the United States that monitors the security of the state lottery. Oregon State Police has primary jurisdiction on state highways and all other state owned property. It also frequently responds to incidents in rural areas when local agencies lack capacity or otherwise require assistance.
## History
The Oregon State Police began operating on August 1, 1931. The organization was designed by a committee appointed by Governor Julius L. Meier, who made a survey of some of the most successful state law enforcement agencies across North America, including the Royal Canadian Mounted Police, the New Jersey State Police, the Texas Rangers, the Pennsylvania State Police, and others. They took on the responsibilities that were previously handled by the State Highway Commission, the Fish and Game Commission, the Secretary of State, the Prohibition Commissioner, and the State Fire Marshal. OSP\'s first Superintendent (head) was Charles Pray, State Parole Officer and a former Department of Justice Agent. Mr. Pray set up four OSP districts in the state and thirty-one patrol stations. He began his duties on June 7, 1931, about two months before the State Police began operating.
Harold Maison, formerly with the State Traffic Division, was appointed Chief Clerk and was stationed at General Headquarters in Salem. He was charged with setting up and maintaining a system of reports and records for the OSP.
Captain George Alexander was placed in charge of the Bureau of Identification and Investigation and charged with the investigational activities of the department. On January 1, 1932, he was appointed Deputy Superintendent, a served a position he held until his installment as Warden of the State Penitentiary in 1938.
Charles McClees, previously with the State Game Commission, was appointed captain and placed in charge of game and commercial fish enforcement.
## Titles and Insignia {#titles_and_insignia}
Title Insignia
----------------------- ----------
Superintendent
Deputy Superintendent
Major
Captain
Lieutenant
Sergeant
Trooper
## Services
### Criminal Investigation Division {#criminal_investigation_division}
- This division\'s primary duty is to assist other law enforcement agencies throughout the state of Oregon with Criminal Justice Investigations. Within the Criminal Investigation Division there are sub-divisions, those are Major Crimes Section; Drug Enforcement Section; Arson/Explosives Section; and Investigative Reports Section. Members of the Criminal Division participate on teams with more than 40 local, county, and federal agencies.
### Fish and Wildlife {#fish_and_wildlife}
- The Fish and Wildlife division primarily enforces laws and ordinances protecting Oregon wildlife and natural resources, though the Fish and Wildlife troopers also enforce traffic code and all other Oregon criminal laws.
## Recent changes {#recent_changes}
In 1993, the Oregon Legislature approved legislation that included the previously autonomous organizations of the Oregon State Fire Marshal\'s Office, Law Enforcement Data System, Oregon Emergency Management, and the Oregon Boxing and Wrestling Commission within the Department of State Police.
As of late 2018 the agency has been transitioning to the Smith & Wesson M&P 2.0 9MM to replace their current Smith & Wesson M&P .40 S&W sidearms.
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Rear Moth
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***Rear Moth*** is the second EP released by electronica duo Psapp.
## Track listing {#track_listing}
## Personnel
**Psapp**
- Carim Clasmann
- Galia Durant
**Additional personnel**
- Shawn Lee - vocals, \"Grand Opening\"
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Emergency Health Services
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**Emergency Health Services** (**EHS**) is a branch of the Nova Scotia Department of Health tasked with providing emergency medical services. It is also responsible for transportation of patients between hospitals and medical facilities. At present, all ground ambulance and air ambulance service in Nova Scotia is contracted by EHS to Emergency Medical Care (EMC), a subsidiary of Medavie Health Services.
The contract is delivered by EMC through 150 ground ambulances and their support facilities, one helicopter, one fixed-wing aircraft, and approximately 900 paramedics.
EHS leases all ground ambulances and support facilities which are operated under contract by EMC. Many of the EHS Paramedic Stations are single-unit structures in the smaller rural communities, while having larger paramedic stations in larger centres that have the capacity to house a diverse fleet of vehicles. Every hospital in the province and many community health centres have helipads for LifeFlight air ambulance service.
EMC, EHS and the Medical Communications Centre (MCC) are located in Burnside Business Park in Dartmouth for coordinating emergency medical services across the province.
## History
Prior to 1995, Nova Scotia relied on approximately 50 funeral home, private and public ambulance companies, the owners of which were represented by the Ambulance Operators Association of Nova Scotia (AOANS). The level of medical care, staff qualifications, type and condition of ambulances and supplies, and working conditions varied throughout the province. Most medical air transportation was provided by the Canadian Forces\' 413 Transport and Rescue Squadron operating out of CFB Summerside (1968-1990) and CFB Greenwood (1990-present). 413 Squadron used search and rescue aircraft such as the CH-113 Labrador helicopter as well as the CC-115 Buffalo and later the CC-130 Hercules fixed-wing aircraft to deliver aid to the civil power missions.
In 1993, Cape Breton Island native Dr. Ron Stewart, who was instrumental in organizing emergency medical services in southern California earlier in his career during the 1970s, was elected to the Nova Scotia House of Assembly and was appointed Minister of Health. Dr. Stewart quickly commissioned several reports on health care reform, one of which was conducted by Dr Mike Murphy, the director of emergency services at the Isaac Walton Killam Children\'s Hospital and the Victoria General Hospital Emergency Department which offered a comprehensive evaluation on the state of the province\'s ambulance services. Dr Murphy\'s report was highly critical of the ambulance system at that time.
The recommendations of the Murphy Report were subsequently adopted and by 1994 the transformation of Nova Scotia\'s ambulance system began. The Nova Scotia Department of Health created **Emergency Health Services** to take over control of ground ambulance operations.
From 1994 until 1999, the previous contract for ground ambulance service in Nova Scotia with the Ambulance Operators Association of Nova Scotia (AOANS) was gradually taken over by Emergency Health Services, consolidating all the private ambulance companies in Nova Scotia into a single entity. A new contract was then awarded, under a long-term performance based contract, to Emergency Medical Care Inc. (EMC). EMC is a subsidiary of Medavie Health Services, which is part of Medavie, a health services company that includes Medavie Blue Cross.
April 2004 marked the last EHS takeover of a local ambulance service, when West Pubnico Ambulance and Funeral Services ceased operation. EHS opened a new base in the community and hired additional paramedics.
In October 2004, new emergency health legislation was introduced. The Emergency Health Services (EHS) Act outlines the requirement for ambulance service providers to meet standards of patient care, performance and competency.
In January 2008, Nova Scotia became the first province in Canada to offer all of its residents the benefits of electronic patient records throughout the ambulance system.
## List of directors {#list_of_directors}
Directors of EHS Years of Service
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Diane Golden 1994 - 1998
Marilyn Pike 1998 - 2008
Ian Bower 2008 - 2012
Chris Nickerson Jan 2016 - Nov. 2016
Larry Crewson 2017--Present
## EHS Paramedic Regulatory {#ehs_paramedic_regulatory}
From 1994 til April 1, 2017 Emergency Health Services Nova Scotia was the regulatory body for paramedics. In 2005 Department of Health and Wellness started working with paramedics forum the College of Paramedics Advisory Committee (COPAC). The COPAC working with government and paramedic stakeholders from the College of Paramedics of Nova Scotia, which will allow self-regulation in EMS.
## EHS Core Programs {#ehs_core_programs}
### Communications & Dispatch Services {#communications_dispatch_services}
EMC operates a central communications dispatch centre in Burnside Business Park in Dartmouth, Nova Scotia for coordinating emergency medical services across the province.
### Ground Ambulance services and Disaster {#ground_ambulance_services_and_disaster}
EHS leases 150 ambulances through Tri-Star Industries of Yarmouth, Nova Scotia. This fleet is procured by the Government of Nova Scotia and managed and operated under contract by Emergency Medical Care Inc. (EMC). There are 65 strategically located ambulance bases throughout the province, some of which are owned by EHS, others are rented by EMC (e.g. volunteer fire departments).
## EHS Provincial Programs {#ehs_provincial_programs}
### LifeFlight
EHS initiated air ambulance service for Nova Scotia in 1994 in partnership with CHC Helicopter Corporation (CHC) and the Shock Trauma Air Rescue Society (STARS). STARS operated the service until 2001 when it opted not to renew its agreement with EHS, citing philosophical differences over management and fundraising. EHS operated air ambulance service directly under the new name \"LifeFlight\" and awarded a long-term operating contract for this service to Emergency Medical Care Inc. (EMC) in 2008.
### Atlantic Health Training and Simulation Centre {#atlantic_health_training_and_simulation_centre}
The Atlantic Health Training and Simulation Centre is a training facility for emergency medical services personnel such as paramedics. It is located at the Queen Elizabeth II Health Sciences Centre.
### Medical first response program {#medical_first_response_program}
The medical first response program is a program that responds personnel to a life-threatening emergency situation if they are closer than the paramedics to rapidly stabilize the scene and/or patient(s), to provide relevant medical information to paramedics before they arrive, and to support paramedic care on scene after paramedics arrive. They are not used on every EHS call, only life-threatening calls or on an individual basis as requested by paramedics. Although dominated by the volunteer fire service; first responders can also include police/RCMP, life guards, security guards, etc. Trained personnel are certified as Medical First Responders (MFR)\'s. They are able to provide advanced first aid, including oxygen administration, and early defibrillation as required.
### Nova Scotia trauma program {#nova_scotia_trauma_program}
The trauma program is to facilitate optimal trauma care by providing education, research leadership in injury prevention and control and trauma system development.
## EHS Innovative Paramedic Programs {#ehs_innovative_paramedic_programs}
### Community Paramedicine {#community_paramedicine}
A model of care in Long & Brier Islands where paramedics apply their training and skills in community based environments. Established in 2001, due to a shortage of physician care in the community. Paramedics work in a collaborative environment with a nurse practitioner, delivering quality primary health care services to a remote Nova Scotia community. The Long and Brier model has successfully achieved greater access to primary health care services for the residents of these two islands. Interviews with residents have highlighted personal success stories and satisfaction with the health services provided by the paramedics and NPs. They also noted that their health status has improved, and they expressed satisfaction with the shorter wait times and travel times to obtain access to care. Currently the data collection has shown a 23% decrease in emergency department visits by islanders and an increase in the project's patient contacts by 250 to 300 during the 2002/2003 fiscal year. Average visits by islanders to Digby facilities decreased by 24% to 28% from 2001 to 2006.
### Extended Care Paramedic Program {#extended_care_paramedic_program}
Founded on February 2, 2011, the program involved a team of Advanced Care Paramedics (ASP) who were assigned to a unique ECPs role in the nursing home. These ECP\'s received specialized training tailored to the needs of nursing home patients. This included geriatric assessment and management and other advanced skills such as suturing. The benefit to CDHA is fewer patients are being transported to their facilities - that means less emergency department congestion, reduced consumption and alignment with their focus on patient-centred care. Additionally, it fees up paramedics on the ambulances to more efficiently and effectively provide emergency patient care for those who need it. After 41 weeks ECPs attended to 599 nursing home calls and 73% patients were treated on site without the need for ambulance transport.
### Collaborative Emergency Centres {#collaborative_emergency_centres}
Beginning in July 2011, to address hospital closures and reduce hospital wait time in the emergency departments with the goal of improving emergency department care to Nova Scotians. At these centres Paramedic and Nurses work together with an online EHS medical oversight physician to provide care to patients. The first CEC was opened in Parrsboro and on MArch 24, 2012 a second CEC was opened at All Saints Hospital in Springhill.
## EHS Core Projects {#ehs_core_projects}
### RESTORE
Heart attack patients who are experiencing chest pain and call 911 will receive faster treatment through new training by Advance Care Paramedics. As part of government\'s Better Care Sooner health plan, the provincial prehospital STEMI Reperfusion Strategy (RESTORE) expanded province wide. This use of prehospital thrombolytics has the potential to significantly reduce the damage to heart muscle caused in a heart attack.
### MedicAlert Interchange Project {#medicalert_interchange_project}
MedicAlert Access---En Route in Nova Scotia allows paramedics to access the MedicAlert emergency health record from ambulances and include it as part of the electronic patient care record. The Siren ePCR software, developed by Medusa Medical Technologies, is used by paramedics to chart the care they provide to patients in the field. Paramedics can now call up a patient\'s MedicAlert record, to obtain critical data such as allergy, medication, and physician information.
### EHS Prehospital Stroke Program {#ehs_prehospital_stroke_program}
### Canadian Prehospital Evidence Based Practice (PEP) {#canadian_prehospital_evidence_based_practice_pep}
### Provincial Public Access Defibrillation (PAD) Registry {#provincial_public_access_defibrillation_pad_registry}
In partnered with the Heart and Stroke Foundation of Canada in the \"Restart a Heart, Restart a Life\" campaign which focused on automated external defibrillator (AED) and cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) training throughout Nova Scotia.
## EHS facts {#ehs_facts}
- All EHS paramedics are employed by Emergency Medical Care Inc. (EMC) and are members of the International Union of Operating Engineers, Local 727
- All dispatchers are employed by Emergency Medical Care Inc. (EMC) and are members of the Canadian Union of Postal Workers[1](https://web.archive.org/web/20070310230317/http://www.cupw.ca/index.cfm/ci_id/4893/la_id/1.htm)
- There is no fee for being transported by air ambulance for residents of Nova Scotia.
- The ground ambulance fee can range from \$120 to \$600 depending on the call. If a person has no insurance to cover the fee a monthly payment as low as \$5.00 without interest can be paid.
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Archangela Girlani
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**Archangela Girlani,** born **Eleanor** (or **Elanor**) **Girlani** (1460 -- 25 January 1494), was an Italian Carmelite nun who was known for her miracles, mystical visions, austerity, gift of prayer, and religious ecstasies and levitation. She was prioress of two convents, in Parma and in Mantua. Pope Pius IX beatified her on 1 October 1864.
## Life
Girlani was born in 1460, in Trino in Northern Italy, to a noble family. She received her early education from the Benedictines. She was \"intensively serious and devout\" from an early age. At first, her father refused to allow her to enter a convent and take vows, but eventually consented after the intervention of the Marquise of Monferrato, and when she agreed to join the Benedictine order, even though she did not think they were strict enough. According to some accounts and as reported by hagiographer Alban Butler, \"every preparation had been made for celebrating her entry into religion\", including the presence of the Marquise. The horse she was riding refused to move; the company that had gathered dispersed, and as she was returning home, she was met by a Carmelite friar who talked her into joining the Carmelite Order. Taking the horse\'s refusal to bring her to the Benedictine monastery as a sign, she joined, along with her two sisters, Maria and Francis Scholastica, she entered the Carmelite monastery in Parma in 1477 and took her vows a year later, in 1478, at the age of 17, taking the name \"Archangela.\" She eventually became prioress of the monastery in Parma, and then prioress of a new monastery founded by the Gonzaga family, St. Mary of Paradise, also called \"Little Carmel\", at Mantua from 1492 until her death. Butler states that Girlini was promoted to prioress at a young age because of her social position, although he also states that she would have been promoted anyway because of her austerity, charity, and gift of prayer.
Girlini had a special devotion to the Holy Trinity. According to the General Curia of the Carmelites in Rome, Girlini \"lived her religious life so intensely that, just as the monastery was entitled \'Saint Mary in Paradise\', she and the other nuns, even though still here on earth, lived as if already absorbed into heaven\". It was reported that Girlini had gifts of miracles, levitation, and ecstasies, and was \"often seen rapt in ecstasy while meditating on the mysteries of the faith\" and was found \"raised several yards from the ground\" in her cell. One time, she was in an ecstasy that lasted over 24 hours, during which she was unresponsive. Another time, the Mantua convent was threatened by starvation, and her prayers were immediately answered by the delivery of supplies by an unknown person. Shortly after she arrived at Mantua, Girlini planted a pear tree in the convent garden. According to Butler, the tree produced blossoms perpetually, and it produced the same number of pears as the population of sisters living in the convent. When a pear fell off the tree, it was an indication that a sister would die within one year, and Girlini encouraged the sisters to prepare, since they did not know for whom the warning was intended. Butler reported that the miracle continued to occur for several years after Girlini\'s death.
After becoming prioress of Mantua for three years, Girlini became fatally ill. According to the Roman Carmelites, she was \"\[s\]trengthened with the Sacraments and with her eyes fixed on an image of the Crucified Christ\". Her final words were her mantra, \"Jesus, my Love.\" She died on 25 January 1495 in Mantua. She was interned at Mantua until 1782, when the monastery was suppressed by Joseph II, and was transferred to the Carmelite convent in Trino. When the Trino convent was suppressed in 1802, her remains were transferred to the church of the hospital of St. Lorenzo, where they remained until at least 2001. A hagiography was published about Girlini in Italian in 1686. An optional memorial for her is celebrated on 29 January in Italy. She was beatified by Pope Pius IX on 1 October 1864.
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São Paulo de Olivença
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**São Paulo de Olivença** is a community and a municipality near the western edge of the state of Amazonas near the tri-country border area in Brazil. The population is 40,073 (2020 est.) in an area of 19,746 km². The city is served by Senadora Eunice Michiles Airport. This city, along with other surrounding cities, is known for their sand export for the making of cement.
## History
It was founded in 1689 as a mission by Spanish Jesuit Samuel Fritz. The municipality of Santo Antônio do Içá, located to the north, was separated from this municipality in 1955. In 2010, the city suffered from a severe landslide, causing road damage. No one was injured or killed, but many homes were lost in the Amazon River.
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Dick Hall (baseball)
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**Richard Wallace Hall** (September 27, 1930 -- June 18, 2023) was an American professional baseball player who appeared in 669 games over 19 seasons in Major League Baseball, first as an outfielder, then as a pitcher, from 1952 through 1957 and from 1959 through 1971. Hall is best known as a member of the Baltimore Orioles dynasty that won four American League pennants and two World Series championships between 1966 and 1971. He also played for the Pittsburgh Pirates, Kansas City Athletics and Philadelphia Phillies. The 6 ft, 200 lb Hall batted and threw right-handed. He earned the nickname \"Turkey\" due to his unusual pitching motion.
## Early life {#early_life}
Hall was born on September 27, 1930, in St. Louis. His father David Hall was an engineer constructing bridges, and later an aerospace engineer. His mother Helen Hall was a University of Vermont honors graduate. At five months old, the family moved to Albany, New York, where they lived for five years. Hall spent most of his childhood in Haworth, New Jersey.
He was educated at what is now Northfield Mount Hermon School, a college-preparatory school in Massachusetts, and graduated from Swarthmore College, where he earned a degree in economics. He was also a five-sport athlete at Swarthmore (football, soccer, track and field, baseball and basketball) and was inducted into the school\'s Garnet Athletics Hall of Fame in its inaugural class of 2012. He held multiple baseball records and a long jump record at Swarthmore. He was the older brother of linguist Barbara Partee, also a Swarthmore graduate.
## Professional career {#professional_career}
Hall was heavily scouted by major league teams while playing at Swarthmore College, ultimately choosing to sign with Branch Rickey and the Pittsburgh, Pirates.
### Outfielder
Hall started his MLB career in 1952 with the Pittsburgh Pirates as an outfielder. After short trials during that season and in 1953, he spent all of 1954 on the Pittsburgh roster, and started 84 of the club\'s 154 games: 32 in left field, 43 in center, and nine in right. However, he batted only .239 with 74 hits, two home runs and 27 runs batted in.
### Pitcher
The following year, 1955, he began his transition to the pitcher\'s mound, going 12--5 with 16 complete games and a 2.24 earned run average for the Lincoln Chiefs of the Western League. Recalled by Pittsburgh in midseason, he won the first MLB game he ever pitched, a 12--5 triumph over the Chicago Cubs at Forbes Field on July 24, but later started two games in center field, on July 29--30 against the Cincinnati Redlegs at Crosley Field.
Hall would pitch in 15 games, with 13 starts, and compile a creditable 6--6 (3.91) record for a team that finished last in the National League and dropped 94 games overall. Then, in 1956, he appeared in 33 games for the Pirates, 19 on the mound and 14 as a pinch hitter or first baseman. He lost all seven pitching decisions, but hit .500 (six for 12) in the pinch and .345 overall.
He became exclusively a pitcher in 1957 but, battling a sore arm, he spent most of the season with Triple-A Columbus, then all of 1958 on the sidelines, with hepatitis. He returned to action in 1959, and at age 28 had a breakthrough season in the Triple-A Pacific Coast League with the Salt Lake City Bees, winning 18 games, earning an MVP award and September recall to Pittsburgh.
On December 9, 1959, during the interleague trading period just put into effect, the Pirates traded Hall, Ken Hamlin and Hank Foiles to the Kansas City Athletics for catcher/utilityman Hal Smith. In Hall\'s first season in the American League, working for another cellar-dwelling team, he started 28 games and went 8--13, but his 182`{{fraction|1|3}}`{=mediawiki} innings pitched and nine complete games were third among A\'s pitchers (behind Bud Daley and Ray Herbert). His 4.05 earned run average outperformed the staff ERA by 0.33.
As the 1961 season was about to begin, Hall was acquired by the Orioles along with Dick Williams for Chuck Essegian and Jerry Walker on April 12. He transitioned from a starting pitcher into a spot starter and relief pitcher who was paired with relief aces Hoyt Wilhelm (1961--1962) and then Stu Miller (1963--1966). Hall\'s best season came in 1964, when he pitched 87`{{fraction|2|3}}`{=mediawiki} innings with a WHIP of 0.844 and an ERA of 1.85. For the Orioles from 1962 to 1966, he led all major leaguers pitching over 150 innings, with a strikeout to walk ratio of 4.6, walking only 1.3 batters per nine innings. In 1963, over a five-game period, Hall got 28 consecutive hitters out.
Hall helped the Orioles win the 1966 and 1970 World Series and 1969 and 1971 American League pennant. His Baltimore tenure was interrupted by two years (1967--1968) back in the National League as a key member of the Philadelphia Phillies\' bullpen. After a stellar 1967 season (ten wins, nine saves, and a 2.20 ERA), he slumped in 1968, and when the Phillies released him on October 29, the Orioles signed him as a free agent in 1969 after a spring training trial. Hall rebounded to win 21 games and save ten others for three consecutive pennant-winning Oriole teams through 1971.
Hall pitched in five postseason games without allowing an earned run. Overall, he played nine years for the Orioles with a 2.89 ERA, 65 wins, and 60 saves. Hall was the first pitcher to record a win in League Championship Series play, on October 4, 1969. In 1970 and 1971, he was the oldest player in the American League.
The last home run Hall surrendered was to Japanese baseball legend Sadaharu Oh, during the Orioles post-season exhibition baseball tour of Japan in 1971.
## Career statistics {#career_statistics}
In 495 MLB games pitched over 16 years, Hall compiled a 93--75 win--loss record, 74 games started, 20 complete games, three shutouts, 237 games finished, 68 saves, 1,259`{{fraction|2|3}}`{=mediawiki} innings pitched, 1,152 hits allowed, 512 runs allowed, 464 earned runs allowed, 130 home runs allowed, 236 walks allowed, 741 strikeouts, 18 hit batsmen, one wild pitch, 70 intentional walks, a 3.32 ERA, and 5,085 batters faced.
In his postseason career with the Orioles, Hall pitched in the American League Championship series in 1969 and 1970 (against the Minnesota Twins) and 1971 (against the Oakland Athletics) and in the World Series in 1969 (against the New York Mets) and 1970 (against the Cincinnati Reds). He had a 2--1 record and 2 saves in 8`{{fraction|2|3}}`{=mediawiki} innings, without giving up an earned run. He is tied for 26th with Rube Waddell on the MLB Career WHIP List (1.102), 40th on the MLB Career Walks per Nine Innings Pitched List (1.69) and 69th on the MLB Career Strikeout to Walk List (3.14).
The Orioles greatest pitcher, Hall of famer Jim Palmer, who learned about pitching from Hall and considered him both a professional and life mentor, called Hall \"One of the great control pitchers ever.\" Hall only walked 166 batters unintentionally over his career of 1,259.2 innings pitched, to go along with his single wild pitch. Palmer said of Hall\'s great control, \"he could hit a little thimble on the outside corner\....\"
As a hitter, in 669 games Hall had 714 at bats, 79 runs, 150 hits, 15 doubles, four triples, four home runs, 56 RBI, six stolen bases, 61 walks, .210 batting average, .271 on-base percentage, .259 slugging percentage, 185 total bases, 34 sacrifice hits and nine sacrifice flies. He struck out 147 times and collected 61 walks. He was an occasional pinch hitter through 1966 and batted .257 in 35 at bats in that role.
## Legacy and career accomplishments {#legacy_and_career_accomplishments}
Hall won the Most Valuable Player award in the Pacific Coast League in 1959, after posting a 18--5 record and leading the PCL in wins, earned run average (1.87), and winning percentage (.783). He would be inducted as a member of the Baltimore Oriole Hall of Fame in 1989.
## Personal life {#personal_life}
The Pirates sent Hall to Mexico for winter baseball, and he met his future wife Maria Elena Nieto there in 1955. Hall also became fluent in Spanish.
Hall worked as an accountant during his playing years, and then continued to do so after retiring from baseball, until 2001. He got the second highest score on the three-day CPA exam out of two hundred test takers.
## Death
Hall died on June 18, 2023, in Timonium, Maryland, at the age of 92.
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BaneTele
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**BaneTele** was a Norwegian part state owned telecommunications company previously part of the Norwegian State Railways. The company provided stem fiberoptic cable network in Norway along the railway and power grid. The company had its headquarters in Oslo.
The company only offered the central network capacity, not any content. Along with Telenor it was the only company to offer central network services, covering 70 cities north to Tromsø. The company sold its products to smaller customers through agents or other operators while larger customers could purchase directly from BaneTele. In total the BaneTele network was 12,500 km long.
## History
The Norwegian State Railways (NSB) built a parallel copper network along the railway for internal communication and signaling; by 1899 this network was complete. In 1985 NSB started the construction of a fibre network. By 1996 this was made a division of the Jernbaneverket, the newly created track operator, with the name BaneTele. The division was made a limited company in 2001. The same year BaneTele bought the remains of the bankrupt company Enitel which was created by numerous Norwegian electricity companies to build a national fibre network along the power grid. Enitel had also bought Telia Norway after the failed merge between Telia and Telenor. Enitel went bankrupt in 2001 and the power grid network was merged with the railway network. In 2002 the ownership of BaneTele was transferred from Jernbaneverket to the government. In 2006 50% of BaneTele was sold to Bredbåndsalliansen, which in turn is owned by 6 Norwegian electricity companies, thereby reinstating some of the ownership that was lost when Enitel went bankrupt.
Category:Telecommunications companies of Norway Category:Formerly government-owned companies of Norway Category:Telecommunications companies established in 1996 Category:1996 establishments in Norway Category:Norwegian National Rail Administration Category:Government-owned telecommunications companies
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Coat of arms of Norfolk Island
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The **coat of arms of Norfolk Island** is an official symbol of the island and external Australian territory of Norfolk Island. It was granted by a Royal Warrant of Queen Elizabeth II on 20 October 1980.
The motto INASMUCH comes from the song Come Ye Blessed, a local anthem.
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Él (album)
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***Él*** is the debut album from Mexican pop music singer and actress Lucerito. It was released in 1982 when she was 13 years old, and she had a great acceptance in the Mexican audience. This album is also known as*Te Prometo*. It was produced by Sergio Andrade (producer).
## History
Lucerito was launched to fame by Sergio Andrade, who from the time when she auditioned, he realized that with the talent and charisma of the girl and his genius as a producer and talent scout, would make her an international star.
In 1982, Sergio Andrade composed the song \"Juguemos a Cantar\" and recorded with Lucerito, also for his own record company *Discos Arpegios*, where he provided the arrangements, direction and production. In that same year, Sergio Andrade sells the recording contract he had signed originally with Lucerito, and from that moment he remains as a composer, arranger, producer, musical director and representative of her, becoming the company Discos Musart the one that would fund and publish the albums of the young singer.
When the album was released for the first time, it was under the name of \"*Te Prometo*\", but after the release of a movie with the same name, the company decided to reissue and title it \"*Él*\".
## Track listing {#track_listing}
The album is composed by ten songs, all of them were arranged, directed and produced by Sergio Andrade, except where it\'s indicated. `{{tracklist
| collapsed =
| total_length =
| title1 = Te prometo
| writer1 = Sergio Andrade
| length1 = 2:55
| title2 = Viernes
| writer2 = S.Andrade
| length2 = 2:53
| title3 = Secundaria
| writer3 = Victor M. Zaldivar
| length3 = 3:00
| title4 = Hola...Amigos del espacio
| writer4 = S.Andrade
| length4 = 2:56
| title5 = Él
| writer5 = S.Andrade
| length5 = 3:00
| title6 = Amárralo
| writer6 = S.Andrade
| length6 = 3:30
| title7 = La, la, la cómo te quiero
| writer7 = S. Andrade
| length7 = 2:50
| title8 = Amigas
| writer8 = S. Andrade
| length8 = 3:05
| title9 = Los Reyes magos
| writer9 = Capuano, Scott, Giosafatte
| length9 = 2:50
| title10 = América esta es tu canción
| writer10 = S. Andrade
| length10 = 3:07
}}`{=mediawiki}
## Singles
\# Title B-sides Date
----- --------------------------------- ------------------------------- ------
1\. \"Él\" \"Amigas\" 1982
2\. \"Te prometo\" \"La, la, la cómo te quiero\" 1982
3\. \"América, ésta es tú canción\" \- 1982
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Ruth Baker Pratt
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**Ruth Sears Pratt** (née **Baker**; August 24, 1877 -- August 23, 1965) was an American politician and the first female U.S. representative to be elected from New York.
## Early life {#early_life}
On August 24, 1877, Pratt was born as Ruth Sears Baker in Ware, Massachusetts to Carrie V. Baker and Edwin H. Baker, a cotton manufacturer.
Pratt attended Dana Hall. Pratt studied mathematics at Wellesley College. She also spent a year and a half studying violin at the Conservatory of Liege, Belgium.
## Career
In the 1920 presidential election, Pratt was a presidential elector for Warren G. Harding and Calvin Coolidge. In 1924, she supported and drew in women\'s support for Frank J. Coleman Jr. candidacy for leadership of the Fifteenth Assembly District; Pratt was later made associate leader of the District before she became secretary. She was a member of the Board of Aldermen of New York City in 1925, being the first woman to serve; re-elected in 1927 and served until March 1, 1929. She was a member of the Republican National Committee 1929-1943; delegate to the Republican National Conventions in 1924, 1932, 1936, 1940; delegate to the Republican State conventions in 1922, 1924, 1926, 1928, 1930, 1936, and 1938. She served as president of the Women\'s National Republican Club from 1943 to 1946.
She was elected as a Republican to the 71st and 72nd Congresses (1929--1933), being the first woman elected to Congress from New York, beating out her primary competitor Phelps Phelps. In 1932, Ruth lost reelection to Democrat Theodore Peyser.
### Pratt-Smoot Act {#pratt_smoot_act}
Together with Reed Smoot, she introduced the Pratt-Smoot Act, passed by the United States Congress, and signed into law by President Herbert Hoover on March 3, 1931. The Act provided \$100,000, to be administered by the Library of Congress, to provide blind adults with books. The program, which is known as Books for the Blind, has been heavily amended and expanded over the years, and remains in place today.
### Electoral history {#electoral_history}
## Personal life {#personal_life}
In 1904, she married John Teele Pratt, a corporate attorney, philanthropist, music impresario, and financier. He was one of six children born to industrialist and Standard Oil co-founder Charles Pratt and Mary Helen (née Richardson) Pratt. His siblings included brothers Frederic, George, Herbert, and Harold. From his father\'s first marriage, he had two half-siblings including Charles Millard Pratt. He died in 1927, leaving her a large fortune. Together, they had five children:
- John Teele Pratt Jr. (1903--1969), who was married to Mary Christy Tiffany, the daughter of George Shepley Tiffany. They divorced and he later married Elizabeth Ogden Woodward, the daughter of William Woodward Sr. and the former wife of Robert Livingston Stevens Jr. After his death, she married Alexander Cochrane Cushing, founder of Squaw Valley Ski Resort.
- Virginia Pratt (1905--1979), who married Robert Helyer Thayer, a U.S. Minister to Romania, in 1926.
- Sally Sears Pratt (1908--1973), who married James Tracy Jackson III in 1928.
- Phyllis Pratt (1912--1987), who married Paul Henry Nitze, the Secretary of the Navy and Deputy Secretary of Defense under President Lyndon B. Johnson.
- Edwin Howard Baker Pratt (1913--1975), the headmaster of Browne & Nichols school, who married Aileen Kelly.
## Death
Pratt died on August 23, 1965, at the family house and estate, Manor House, Glen Cove, Long Island; she was one day shy of her 88th birthday. She was interred at the Pratt Family Mausoleum, Old Tappan Road, Glen Cove.
## Descendants
Through her eldest son John, she was a grandmother of Mary Christy Pratt (1923--1960), who was married to Bayard Cutting Auchincloss (1922--2001), the nephew of U.S. Representative James C. Auchincloss, in 1950, and Ruth Pratt, who in 1962 married U.S. State Department aide, R. Campbell James, a Groton and Yale graduate who was a stepson of architect Harrie T. Lindeberg. Through her daughter Phyllis, she was a grandmother of William A. Nitze of Washington, DC, the chairman of Oceana Technologies and Clearpath Technologies, who married Ann Kendall Richards, an independent art dealer. She was also, through her daughter Phyllis, the great grandmother of Nicholas Thompson, the CEO of The Atlantic. Through her youngest son Edwin, she was a grandmother to singer-songwriter Andy Pratt.
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2007 ICC World Cricket League Division Two
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The **2007 ICC World Cricket League Division Two** is a tournament that forms part of the ICC World Cricket League. It was played in Windhoek, Namibia, between 24 November and 1 December 2007, and forms part of the qualification structure for the 2011 Cricket World Cup.
## Teams
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- (Promoted after winning 2007 ICC World Cricket League Division Three)
- (Promoted after second place in 2007 ICC World Cricket League Division Three)
The top four teams from this tournament progressed to the 2009 ICC World Cup Qualifier, which was played in the United Arab Emirates in April 2009. The 5th and 6th placed teams played in Division Three of the World Cricket League in early 2009.
## Squads
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| `{{Nobold|Coach: [[Hamish Barton]]}}`{=mediawiki} | `{{Nobold|Coach: [[Peter Klokker]]}}`{=mediawiki} | `{{Nobold|Coach: [[Johan Rudolph]]}}`{=mediawiki} |
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| - Esteban MacDermott (c) | - Frederik Klokker (c) | - Bjorn Kotze (c) |
| - Alejandro Ferguson (vc) | - David Borchersen | - Dawid Botha |
| - Pedro Bruno | - Bobby Chawla | - Jan-Berrie Burger |
| - Agustin Casime | - Henrik Hansen | - Kola Burger |
| - Pablo Ferguson | - Thomas Hansen | - Michael Durandt |
| - Donald Forrester | - Lars Hedegaard | - Louis Klazinga |
| - Bernardo Irigoyan | - Morten Hedegaard | - Deon Kotze |
| - Diego Lord | - Mickey Lund | - Nicolaas Scholtz |
| - Esteban Nino | - Johan Malcolm | - Sean Silver |
| - Matias Paterlini | - Max Overgaard | - Gerrie Snyman |
| - Pablo Ryan | - Carsten Pedersen | - Louis van der Westhuizen |
| - Gary Savage | - Michael Pedersen | - Raymond van Schoor |
| - Martin Siri | - Anders Rasmussen | - Ian van Zyl |
| - Hernan Williams | - Bashir Shah | - Tobias Verwey |
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| `{{Nobold|Coach: [[Mazhar Khan (cricketer)|Mazhar Khan]]}}`{=mediawiki} | `{{Nobold|Coach: [[Sam Walusimbi]]}}`{=mediawiki} | `{{Nobold|Coach: [[Kabir Khan (cricketer)|Kabir Khan]]}}`{=mediawiki} |
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| - Ameet Sampat (c) | - Davis Arinaitwe (c) | - Saqib Ali (c) |
| - Hemal Mehta (vc) | - Emmanuel Isaneez | - Abdul Rehman |
| - Aamer Ali | - Kenneth Kamyuka | - Aman Ali |
| - Adnan Ilyas | - Arthur Kyobe | - Amjad Javed |
| - Awal Khan | - Benjamin Musoke | - Arshad Ali |
| - Farhan Khan | - Frank Nsubuga | - Gayan Silva |
| - Hemin Desai | - Richard Okia | - Irfan Ahmed |
| - Khalid Moosa | - Joel Olwenyi | - Javed Ismail |
| - Mohammad Asif | - Martin Ondeko | - Khurram Khan |
| - Nilesh Parmar | - Raymond Otim | - Mohammad Iqbal |
| - Sultan Ahmed | - Nandikishore Patel | - Owais Hameed |
| - Tariq Hussain | - Danniel Ruyange | - Qais Farooq |
| - Vaibhav Wategaonkar | - Ronald Ssemanda | - Rohan Mustafa |
| - Zeeshan Siddiqui | - Laurence Sematimba | - Shadeep Silva |
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## Group stage {#group_stage}
### Points table {#points_table}
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\|team1=OMAN \|team2=UAE \|team3=NAM \|team4=DEN \|team5=UGA \|team6=Arg
\|loss_Arg=5 \|rs_Arg=843 \|or_Arg=250.0 \|rc_Arg=1345 \|ob_Arg=216.2 \|win_DEN=2 \|loss_DEN=3 \|rs_DEN=871 \|or_DEN=246.1 \|rc_DEN=855 \|ob_DEN=183.5 \|win_NAM=3 \|loss_NAM=2 \|rs_NAM=1199 \|or_NAM=211.5 \|rc_NAM=997 \|ob_NAM=242.1 \|win_OMAN=5 \|rs_OMAN=1268 \|or_OMAN=225.3 \|rc_OMAN=1214 \|ob_OMAN=250.0 \|win_UAE=4 \|loss_UAE=1 \|rs_UAE=1463 \|or_UAE=229.1 \|rc_UAE=1181 \|ob_UAE=250.0 \|win_UGA=1 \|loss_UGA=4 \|rs_UGA=927 \|or_UGA=220.1 \|rc_UGA=979 \|ob_UGA=240.3
\|name_Arg=`{{cr|ARG}}`{=mediawiki} \|name_DEN=`{{cr|DEN}}`{=mediawiki} \|name_NAM=`{{cr|NAM}}`{=mediawiki} \|name_OMAN=`{{cr|OMN}}`{=mediawiki} \|name_UAE=`{{cr|UAE}}`{=mediawiki} \|name_UGA=`{{cr|UGA}}`{=mediawiki} }}
### Fixtures and results {#fixtures_and_results}
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## Final and playoffs {#final_and_playoffs}
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## Final placings {#final_placings}
Pos Team Promotion/Relegation
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1st Promoted to 2009 ICC World Cup Qualifier
2nd
3rd
4th
5th Relegated to 2009 Global Division Three
6th
## Statistics
Most Runs
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Gerrie Snyman 588
Arshad Ali 497
Frederik Klokker 316
Mohammad Iqbal 302
Saqib Ali 268
Hemin Desai 252
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Grand Duchy of Mecklenburg-Strelitz
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The **Grand Duchy of Mecklenburg-Strelitz** was a territory in Northern Germany, held by the younger line of the House of Mecklenburg residing in Neustrelitz. Like the neighbouring Grand Duchy of Mecklenburg-Schwerin, it was a sovereign member state of the German Confederation and became a federated state of the North German Confederation and finally of the German Empire upon the unification in 1871. After World War I and the German Revolution of 1918--19 it was succeeded by the Free State of Mecklenburg-Strelitz.
## Geography
It consisted of two detached parts of the Mecklenburg region: the larger Lordship of Stargard with the residence of Neustrelitz to the southeast of the Grand Duchy of Mecklenburg-Schwerin and the Principality of Ratzeburg on the west. The first was bounded by the Prussian provinces of Pomerania and Brandenburg, the second bordered on the Duchy of Lauenburg (incorporated into the Province of Schleswig-Holstein in 1876) and the territory of the Free City of Lübeck. Major towns beside Neustrelitz included Neubrandenburg, Friedland, Woldegk, Stargard, Fürstenberg, and Wesenberg. The grand duchy also comprised the former commandries of the Knights Hospitaller in Mirow and Nemerow.
## History
The Duchy of Mecklenburg-Strelitz, established according to the dynastic Treaty of Hamburg in 1701, adopted the corporative constitution of the sister Duchy of Mecklenburg-Schwerin by an act of September 1755. During the Napoleonic Wars it was spared the infliction of a French occupation through the good offices of King Maximilian I Joseph of Bavaria and his minister Maximilian von Montgelas; Duke Charles II declared neutrality in 1806 and joined the Confederation of the Rhine in 1808, however, he withdrew in 1813 on the eve of the German campaign in favor of an alliance against Napoleon. He joined the German Confederation established by the 1815 Congress of Vienna to succeed the dissolved Holy Roman Empire; he and his cousin Frederick Francis I of Mecklenburg-Schwerin both assumed the title of grand duke (*Großherzog von Mecklenburg*). The Congress of Vienna further recognized that the grand duke and four other princes should receive special compensation totaling 69,000 \"souls\" in the Saar region. However, the grand duke exchanged title to his land to Prussia for a monetary payment. In 1866, Grand Duke Frederick William openly rebuked the Prussian annexation of the Kingdom of Hanover, even though the Prussian Army had been aided by soldiers from Mecklenburg-Strelitz in the Austro-Prussian War. Thereupon, the grand duchy joined the North German Confederation and the reconstituted *Zollverein*. Also in the Franco-Prussian War of 1870/71, the Kingdom of Prussia received valuable assistance from Mecklenburg-Strelitz.
In 1871, both Mecklenburg-Schwerin and Mecklenburg-Strelitz became States of the German Empire. Mecklenburg-Strelitz returned one member to the Bundesrat chamber of states. However, the grand duke was still styled Prince of the Wends and the internal government of Mecklenburg-Strelitz remained unmodernized. Mocked by Chancellor Otto von Bismarck as a safe haven in the face of threatening apocalypse \"as everything there happens 50 years later\", the grand duchy had always been a government of feudal character. The grand dukes exercised power only through their ministers via an antiquated type of diet representing social classes. It met for a short session each year, and at other times was represented by a committee consisting of the proprietors of knights\' estates (*Rittergüter*), known as the *Ritterschaft*, and of the *Landschaft*, which was composed of burgomasters of selected towns. These feudal arrangements meant that the grand dukes of Mecklenburg had among the least power of any sovereign princes in Germany.
There was now a renewal of agitation for a more democratic constitution, and the German Reichstag gave some countenance to this movement. In 1904 Adolphus Frederick V became grand duke of Mecklenburg-Strelitz. In 1907, the grand duke promised a constitution to the duchy\'s subjects, but this was met with opposition from the nobility.
## Aftermath
The Mecklenburg-Strelitz dynasty ended just prior to the loss of the monarchy in developments associated with World War I. At that time, there existed only two surviving recognized male dynasts of Strelitz, the young Grand Duke Adolphus Frederick VI, and his cousin Charles Michael, who was in Russian service, being a son of Grand Duchess Catherine Mikhailovna. In 1914, before the proclamation of war between Germany and Russia, Duke Charles Michael renounced his German citizenship. On 23 February 1918, Grand Duke Adolf Frederick VI committed suicide, leaving his cousin Charles Michael as heir to the Strelitz throne. Being in Russia, however, Charles Michael did not assume the throne, and in 1918 he wrote to Grand Duke Frederick Francis IV of Mecklenburg-Schwerin, who was acting as regent in Strelitz, stating that he wished to renounce his rights of succession to Strelitz, though the letter was only received by Frederick Francis in 1919 after the end of the German monarchies, so the issue of succession could not be resolved at the time.
The House of Mecklenburg-Strelitz survives to this day, descending from Duke George, the morganatic son of Duke George Alexander with Countess Natalia Carlow and nephew of Duke Charles Michael, who adopted him in 1928. George subsequently assumed the title \"Duke of Mecklenburg\" (Serene Highness) which was acknowledged by Grand Duke Frederick Francis IV of Mecklenburg-Schwerin. He was later given the style of \"Highness\" by the House of Mecklenburg-Schwerin. George\'s grandson Borwin is the present head of the House of Mecklenburg-Strelitz.
The county of Mecklenburg in the U.S. state of North Carolina, which includes the city of Charlotte, is named after the duchy. The city was named for the British Queen Charlotte, who was born a princess of Mecklenburg-Strelitz.
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Siladhara Order
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The **Sīladharā Order** is a Theravada Buddhist female monastic order established by Ajahn Sumedho at Chithurst Buddhist Monastery, England. Its members are known as *Sīladharās*.
In 1983, he obtained permission from the Sangha in Thailand, to give a ten-precept *pabbajjā* to women, giving them official recognition as female renunciants trained in the Ajahn Chah lineage. The reasons for its establishment are due to the historical loss of the *bhikkhunī* (nun\'s) ordination in Theravada Buddhism, limiting renunciation for female Theravadins to *ad hoc* roles such as the thilashins and maechis, neither of which garner recognition from modern-day Theravada Buddhists as genuine renunciants.
## History
Ajahn Sumedho enlisted Ajahn Sucitto to train the nuns from 1984 to 1991. By 2008, *sīladharā*s were trained in the discipline of more than one hundred precepts, including rules based on the *pāṭimokkha* of the *bhikkhunī* order. The order waxed and waned throughout its brief history, peaking at around 14, mostly living at Amaravati Buddhist Monastery.
## Status
In order to not violate national laws governing religious ordinations in predominantly Theravāda countries, with the notable exception of Sri Lanka, the Sīladharā Order is formally considered junior to that of *bhikkhu*s or fully ordained men. Over the last twenty years, many *siladhāra*s have therefore sought full bhikkhunī ordination with commensurate privileges, recognition and responsibilities enjoyed by male monastics. Making full ordination available to women is a cultural issue with significant implications for the welfare of young girls living in poverty in Asian countries where Theravada Buddhism is prevalent, especially Burma, Thailand, Cambodia, Laos and Sri Lanka. Speaking of Thailand, Lynne Hybels writes, \"Young men in desperately poor families such as those in Chiang Rai can bring honor to their families by becoming monks, but girls are expected to provide financially. Traffickers understand this vulnerability, prey on it, and easily lure girls into life in the brothel.\" Such ordinations, however, are according to Buddhism itself motivated by wrong view; in particular, by careerism or economism, rather than by a sense of *saṁvega* and genuine renunciation.
After years of thorough discussion, Ajahn Sumedho issued a \"Five-Point Declaration\" concerning women\'s roles and rights in the Amaravati monastic community. This affirmed the *status quo* of seniority of male over female monastics. The declaration holds that while some teaching and management responsibilities are shared between the two orders according to capability, the Siladhara Order is unequivocally junior to that of the monks.
Many consider the \"Five-Point Declaration\" to be discriminatory against women. Some monastics and scholars also consider it to be an inaccurate interpretation of the *vinaya* and other texts, similar to the Three-Fifths Compromise in the United States Constitution or other codified examples of discrimination such as coverture. In addition, the violations of national law that had been sought to avoid were distinct from the *vinaya* itself, as argued by Ajahn Brahmavaṁso on the same matter.
Despite Ajahn Sumedho\'s best efforts at balancing contending interests, many female monastics living at Amaravati at the time left the monastery citing discrimination and lack of compassion on the part of Amaravati leadership. Subsequently, two *sīladharā*s from this group founded [a community](https://alokavihara.org/) in the United States. Along with numerous other women in recent years, these former Sīladharās have taken full bhikkhunī ordination.
### 2009 Ordination at Bodhinyana {#ordination_at_bodhinyana}
A number of Buddhist monastics worldwide have seen limitations, contradictions and ahistoricism in structural approaches to the Siladhara Order. On 22 October 2009 Ajahn Brahm facilitated an ordination ceremony for bhikkhunis where four female Buddhists, Venerable Ajahn Vayama, and Venerables Nirodha, Seri and Hasapanna, were ordained into Ajahn Brahm\'s lineage. Bhante Sujato along with his teacher Ajahn Brahm were involved with re-establishing bhikkhuni Ordination in the Forest sangha of Ajahn Chah.\[10\] Sujato along with other scholars such as Brahm and Bhikkhu Analayo had come to the conclusion that there was no valid reason the extinct bhikkhuni order couldn\'t be re-established. The ordination ceremony led to Brahm\'s expulsion from the Thai Forest Lineage of Ajahn Chah. The ordination ceremony took place at Ajahn Brahm\'s Bodhinyana Monastery at Serpentine (near Perth, WA), Australia. For his actions of 22 October 2009, on 1 November 2009, at a meeting of senior members of the Thai monastic sangha, held at Wat Pah Pong, Ubon Ratchathani, Thailand, Brahm was removed from the Ajahn Chah Forest Sangha lineage and is no longer associated with the main monastery in Thailand, Wat Pah Pong, nor with any of the other Western Forest Sangha branch monasteries of the Ajahn Chah tradition. Bhante Sujato, remaining faithful to his convictions that there was no reason the order should not be revived, went on to found Santi Forest Monastery, and following Bhante Sujato\'s wishes, Santi became a Bhikkhunī (Buddhist nun\'s) monastery Vihara in 2012.
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Loadpot Hill
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**Loadpot Hill** is a fell in the English Lake District, between Haweswater and Ullswater.
## Topography
Although of moderate height, Loadpot Hill and its descending ridges cover an area of around 12 sqmi. Standing to the north of Wether Hill, Loadpot Hill is the last principal height on the main ridge of the Far Eastern Fells, before the land falls away to Penrith and the River Eamont.
The western slopes of the fell drop swiftly to Fusedale over a few outcrops of rock, Fusedale Beck flowing due north to Ullswater. North north west and north from Loadpot Hill, two short spurs fan out to the twin tops of Bonscale Pike and Arthur\'s Pike. These two fells, both with craggy faces overlooking Ullswater, are separated by Swarthbeck Gill.
North east from Loadpot Hill the main ridge becomes broad and indistinct, falling gently in stages between the rivers Eamont and Lowther. These empty Ullswater and Haweswater respectively and converge 8 miles from the summit, just south of Penrith. In fellwalking terms the practical northern boundary of Loadpot Hill is the road from Pooley Bridge to Askham. This encloses broad slopes of heather and fell grass, with a wide depression at Moor Divock (1060 ft) and then a steeper rise to the independent top of Heughscar Hill (1240 ft). Continuing from here to the road, plantations and other forms of cultivation gradually increase.
Moor Divock is a site of historic interest, complete with tumuli, standing stones, boundary markers and stone circles. There are also sink holes and old quarries.
The north east ridge has Heltondale Beck to the south, a feeder of the Lowther. Beyond this an east ridge descends from Loadpot Hill between Heltondale and Cawdale, both of which are deeply cut. This ridge has a subsidiary top, The Pen, which bears a beacon (columnar cairn). The Lowther valley and the Askham-Bampton road form the eastern boundary of the fell.
South of Loadpot Hill a short ridge connects to Wether Hill, crossing a succession of peat hags.
## Summit
The broad top of Loadpot Hill has a trig point marking its highest point. A little to the south of the summit stood Lowther House, an old shooting lodge, but nothing now remains but a pile of stone from the chimney. The Roman road (the High Street) which runs along the main ridge, makes a detour to the west around the summit of the fell before continuing north east via Moor Divock to Penrith.
An extensive Lakeland view can be seen to the west with the Pennines more distant to the east. Ullswater can be brought into sight by moving a little to the west.
## Ascents
The main ascents are from Bampton or Helton via the east ridge, Pooley Bridge or Askham via the north east ridge, or Howtown via Fusedale. Ascents via Arthur\'s Pike are also popular. A good path runs north and south, using the Roman road periodically, and fainter paths also follow the branching ridges.
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Matt Batts
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**Matthew Daniel Batts** (October 16, 1921 -- July 14, 2013) was an American professional baseball player. He played in Major League Baseball (MLB) as a catcher from 1947 through 1956 for the Boston Red Sox, St. Louis Browns, Detroit Tigers, Chicago White Sox and Cincinnati Reds. A slap hitter, Batts played mostly backup roles over the course of his career; during parts of ten MLB seasons, he appeared in 546 games with a .269 batting average, 26 home runs, and 219 runs batted in.
## Early and personal life {#early_and_personal_life}
Batts was born in San Antonio, Texas. When his mother died, his father married his mother\'s sister. He was the uncle of former major leaguer Danny Heep.
## Path to the majors {#path_to_the_majors}
Growing up in the sandlots of San Antonio, Batts batted and threw right-handed. But in a fluke position change up, he found his niche behind the plate on a semipro team. He was a freshman at Baylor University and was recruited by Red Sox scouts. However, in 1942 when he signed with Boston in exchange for paying his tuition, the Baylor team dropped him.
Batts\' first season in the minor leagues was 1942, when he played for the Canton Terriers, Boston\'s affiliate in the Class C Middle Atlantic League. In 126 games, he batted .294, while hitting 10 home runs. He served in the United States Army Air Forces during World War II from December 1942 through December 1945; he was stationed at Randolph Field in Texas and rose to the rank of sergeant.
In 1946, Batts played for the Lynn Red Sox in the Class B New England League, appearing in 98 games and batting .337 with 12 home runs. While with the Lynn Red Sox, Don Newcombe, future Most Valuable Player in the National League, recalled Batts as being a \"redneck from the South,\" and Batts thought it was funny to follow the old racist custom of rubbing a Negro\'s head for good luck.
During 1947, Batts played for two Boston affiliates; the Scranton Red Sox of the Class A Eastern League, and the Toronto Maple Leafs of the Class AAA International League. He only appeared in 8 games with Scranton, losing playing time to another catcher, before transferring to Toronto when their catcher was injured. With Toronto, Batts appeared in 110 games, batting .262 with 7 home runs. After Toronto\'s season ended, Batts was called up to Boston.
## Major League Baseball {#major_league_baseball}
### Boston Red Sox {#boston_red_sox}
Batts debuted with the Red Sox on September 10 of the `{{mlby|1947}}`{=mediawiki} season, striking out as a pinch hitter. He appeared in 7 games before the end of the season, batting .500 (8-for-16).
During the `{{mlby|1948}}`{=mediawiki} season, as backup catcher to Birdie Tebbetts, Batts appeared in 46 games while batting .314 with 1 home run and 24 RBI. The Red Sox and Indians finished the season with identical records of 96--58, and had a playoff game that was won by the Indians. Batts was using sparingly down the stretch run, having only 12 plate appearances during September, and did not appear in the playoff game.
Batts had an increase in playing time the next two years; in `{{mlby|1949}}`{=mediawiki} he played in 60 games but only hit for a .242 average with 3 home runs and 31 RBI, while in `{{mlby|1950}}`{=mediawiki} he appeared in 75 games and raised his average to .273 with 4 home runs and 34 RBI. Batts was known for his anti-Semitic baiting of future MVP and four-time All Star Al Rosen, who challenged Batts but was interrupted by other players who rushed Batts away.
Manager Steve O\'Neill took over the team, and Batts said \"he didn\'t like me for some reason.\" Then in May `{{mlby|1951}}`{=mediawiki} Batts was traded to the Browns after getting off to a slow start, hitting just 4-for-29 (.138) in 11 games. In his 5 seasons with Boston, he appeared in a total of 199 games with a .272 batting average, 9 home runs, and 96 RBI.
### St. Louis Browns {#st._louis_browns}
Batts spent the remainder of the `{{mlby|1951}}`{=mediawiki} season with the Browns, his only year with the club. He played in 79 games and hit .302 with 5 home runs and 31 RBI. On defense, despite his limited playing time led all catchers in the Major Leagues in errors committed, with 13, and led all Major League catchers in passed balls, with 11, and the 28 stolen bases he allowed were 5th-most among all AL catchers. He was among the first white catchers teamed with the American League\'s first black pitcher, Satchel Paige. During the offseason, Batts was traded to Detroit.
### Detroit Tigers {#detroit_tigers}
In `{{mlby|1952}}`{=mediawiki}, Batts was backup to the Tigers\' starting catcher, Joe Ginsberg, and only appeared in 56 games, batting .237 with 3 home runs and 13 RBI. On August 25, Batts caught the second of pitcher Virgil Trucks\' two no-hitters that season.
The following June, Ginsberg was traded, and Batts took over as starting catcher; for the 1953 season he appeared in 116 games with a .278 average, 6 home runs, and 42 RBI. He fielded 514 total chances, the most of his career, led all AL catchers in passed balls, with 13, the 24 stolen bases he allowed were 5th-most among all AL catchers, and he had a .986 fielding percentage, as his 7 errors at catcher were 5th-most of all NL catchers.
Early in the `{{mlby|1954}}`{=mediawiki} season he played in 12 games with the Tigers, batting 6-for-21 (.286), before being traded to the White Sox in late May.
### Chicago White Sox {#chicago_white_sox}
With the White Sox for the remainder of the `{{mlby|1954}}`{=mediawiki} season, Batts appeared in 55 games, and batted .228/.299/.342, with 3 home runs and 19 RBI. Between the two teams, for the season he batted .235/.303/.341.
### Return to the minors {#return_to_the_minors}
In December 1954, the White Sox traded Batts to the Baltimore Orioles, who in turn sold him to the Cleveland Indians in April 1955. He did not make a major league appearance with either team. He started the 1955 season with Cleveland\'s farm team, the Indianapolis Indians of the Class AAA American Association. He appeared in 51 games for Indianapolis, batting just .231 with 4 home runs and 18 RBI. In July, his contract was purchased by Cincinnati, when their backup catcher Hobie Landrith was injured.
### Cincinnati Reds {#cincinnati_reds}
Batts appeared in 26 games for the Reds during the `{{mlby|1955}}`{=mediawiki} season, batting .254 with no home runs and 13 RBI. During `{{mlby|1956}}`{=mediawiki} he only made 3 plate appearances with the Reds, going 0-for-2 with 1 walk. His last major league appearance was on May 8, when he grounded out as a pinch hitter. He spent most of the season with a Reds\' farm team, the Nashville Volunteers of the Class AA Southern Association, hitting .258 in 98 games. The next season in the minors he batted .222/.298/.278 for AA Birmingham.
## After the majors {#after_the_majors}
Batts played a final season in the minor leagues; during 1957 he spent time with the Birmingham Barons and the San Antonio Missions, both at the Class AA level, appearing in a total of 89 games with a .243 average. Later, Batts and his wife Arlene moved to Baton Rouge, Louisiana, after fans recruited him to coach baseball clinics and the sheriff recruited him to help with juvenile crime problems.
His wife started a printing company. He died at his home in Baton Rouge in 2013 at the age of 91.
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José de Armendáriz, 1st Marquis of Castelfuerte
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**José de Armendáriz y Perurena, 1st Marquis of Castelfuerte** (sometimes *marqués de Castel-Fuerte*) (? in Ribaforada, Navarre -- 1740 in probably in Madrid) was a Spanish soldier and colonial administrator. From May 14, 1724, to February 4, 1736, he was viceroy of Peru.
## Early career {#early_career}
He entered the military and fought in the War of the Spanish Succession, on the side of Philip V of Spain. He saw action in the campaigns in Naples, Sardinia, Rosellón and Catalonia, and in the siege of Gibraltar. Philip granted him the title of marquess of Castelfuerte on June 5, 1711. He was governor of Tarragona and captain general of Guipúzcoa. He was appointed a member of the Order of the Golden Fleece in 1737 on his return to Spain, and was also awarded the Order of Santiago.^[1](https://web.archive.org/web/20060812111210/http://www.somosprimos.com/spsep02.htm)^
## As viceroy of Peru {#as_viceroy_of_peru}
In 1723, Philip named him viceroy of Peru, a position which he took up in May of the following year. His term in office was distinguished by a campaign against fraud and corruption in the government, and reform of the royal treasury and tax collection. He took steps to strengthen the *mita*, the forced labor of Indigenous in the silver mines, and thus to stimulate the production of the metal. He sent to jail the Count of San Juan de Lurigancho, director of the mint, as well as the assayer, for producing false coins. In order to fight smuggling (especially of silver), he reorganized the navy and fortified the coasts.
He reestablished the system whereby Inca nobles who could prove their ancestry were recognized as hijosdalgos of Castile. This led to a frenzy on the part of the Indigenous nobility to legitimate their status.
In 1724, society in Lima discovered an exotic drink --- coffee. One patron commented, \"The new drink is as bitter as the new viceroy\".
## The Comunero Revolt in Paraguay {#the_comunero_revolt_in_paraguay}
During this time, the Comunero Revolt broke out in Paraguay. The governor of Paraguay, Diego de los Reyes Balmaseda, was an unpopular supporter of the Jesuits. A predecessor of Viceroy Armendáriz, Carmine Nicolao Caracciolo, sent an inspector there in 1721 to look into the matter. The inspector was José de Antequera y Castro. Antequera, however, gained the support of the comuneros, challenged royal authority, imprisoned Reyes Balmaceda and expelled the Jesuits. (The Jesuits were unpopular because they sheltered many Indians from forced labor.) Antequera defeated a royalist force from Buenos Aires under García Ros.
In 1724, Armendáriz, now the viceroy in Lima, ordered Buenos Aires governor Bruno Mauricio de Zabala to suppress the rebellion and send Antequera to Lima for trial. Antequera\'s followers deserted him, and he was forced to flee to a convent in Cordóba in March 1725. He was arrested at Chuquisaca in Charcas, and taken to Lima. He was eventually brought to trial, and in 1731 he was beheaded. However, another revolt broke out in Paraguay in 1730, under Fernando Mompó de Zayas. Mompó asserted the sovereignty of the people over the king.
Armendáriz faced other rebellions as well. The first uprising of the Chiriguanos, led by Aruma, occurred in 1727. In 1730 there was an insurrection in Oropesa, led by the Mestizo Alejo Calatayud.^[2](https://web.archive.org/web/20041216053220/http://perso.wanadoo.es/remilitari/cronolog/hispamerica.htm)^
## End of his term {#end_of_his_term}
In 1736, Armendáriz turned over the office to his successor, José Antonio de Mendoza, 3rd Marquis of Villagarcía. The ex-viceroy returned to Spain, became captain of the king\'s guard, and was elected a Knight of the Order of the Golden Fleece in 1737. He died in 1740 without descendants.
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Flagpole
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A **flagpole**, **flagmast**, **flagstaff**, or **staff** is a pole designed to support a flag. If it is taller than can be easily reached to raise the flag, a cord is used, looping around a pulley at the top of the pole with the ends tied at the bottom. The flag is fixed to one lower end of the cord, and is then raised by pulling on the other end. The cord is then tightened and tied to the pole at the bottom. The pole is usually topped by a flat plate or ball called a \"truck\" (originally meant to keep a wooden pole from splitting) or a finial in a more complex shape. Very high flagpoles may require more complex support structures than a simple pole, such as a guyed mast.
Dwajasthambam are flagpoles commonly found at the entrances of South Indian Hindu temples.
## Design
Flagpoles are usually made of wood or metal. Flagpoles can be designed in one piece with a taper (typically a steel taper or a Greek entasis taper), or be made from multiple pieces to make them able to expand. In the United States, ANSI/NAAMM guide specification FP-1001-97 covers the engineering design of metal flagpoles to ensure safety.
<File:Bickleigh> , Bickleigh Maize Maze - Flagpole - geograph.org.uk - 1223767.jpg\|Flagpole of modest size, with simple truck (United Kingdom) <File:New> Zealand flag at Auckland Airport.jpg\|Large flagpole, showing structured truck (New Zealand) <File:Two> official flags of New Caledonia on same flagpole.png\|New Caledonia has two flags, flown here in Nouméa, the capital city, on a single flagpole with a crossbar <File:Thanjavur> periya kovil-tamil nadu.JPG\|Dwajasthambam (flagpole) at Brihadeeswarar Temple in Thanjavur, Tamil Nadu, India
## Flag orientation {#flag_orientation}
Most flags are flown horizontally, with the shorter edge attached to the pole (no. 1 in the following illustration.) Vertical flags, with the longer edge attached to the pole, are sometimes used in lieu of the standard horizontal flag in central and eastern Europe, particularly in the German-speaking countries. This practice came about because the relatively brisk wind needed to display horizontal flags is not common in these countries. Nevertheless, horizontal flags are still the most common even in these countries.
The standard **vertical flag** (German: *Hochformatflagge* or *Knatterflagge*; no. 2) is a vertical form of the standard flag. The flag\'s design may remain unchanged (No. 2a) or it may change, e.g. by altering horizontal stripes to vertical ones (no. 2b). If the flag carries an emblem, it may remain centred or may be shifted slightly upwards.
The **vertical flag for hoisting from a beam** (German: *Auslegerflagge* or *Galgenflagge*; no. 3) is additionally attached to a horizontal beam, ensuring that it is fully displayed even if there is no wind.
The **vertical flag for hoisting from a horizontal pole** (German: *Hängeflagge*; no. 4) is hoisted from a horizontal pole, normally attached to a building. The topmost stripe on the horizontal version of the flag faces away from the building.
The **vertical flag for hoisting from a crossbar** or banner (German: *Bannerflagge*; no. 5) is firmly attached to a horizontal crossbar from which it is hoisted, either by a vertical pole (no. 5a) or a horizontal one (no. 5b). The topmost stripe on the horizontal version of the flag normally faces to the left.
## Record heights {#record_heights}
Since 26 December 2021, the tallest free-standing flagpole in the world is the Cairo Flagpole, located in the New Administrative Capital, Egypt at a height of 201.952 m, exceeding the former record holders, the Jeddah Flagpole in Saudi Arabia (height: 171 m), the Dushanbe Flagpole in Tajikistan (height: 165 m) and the National Flagpole in Azerbaijan (height: 162 m). The flagpole in North Korea is the fourth tallest flagpole in the world, however, it is not free-standing. It is a radio tower supported-flagpole. Many of these were built by American company Trident Support: the Dushanbe Flagpole, the National Flagpole in Azerbaijan, the Ashgabat flagpole in Turkmenistan at 133 m; the Aqaba Flagpole in Jordan at 130 m; the Raghadan Flagpole in Jordan at 126.8 m; and the Abu Dhabi Flagpole in the United Arab Emirates at 122 m.
The current tallest flagpole in India is the 110 m flagpole in Belgaum, Karnataka which was first hoisted on 12 March 2018. The tallest flagpole in the United Kingdom from 1959 until 2007 stood in Kew Gardens. It was made from a Canadian Douglas-fir tree and was 68.5 m in height.
The current tallest flagpole in the United States (and the tallest flying an American flag) is the 400 ft pole completed before Memorial Day 2014 and custom-made with an 11 ft base in concrete by wind turbine manufacturer Broadwind Energy. It is situated on the north side of the Acuity Insurance headquarters campus along Interstate 43 in Sheboygan, Wisconsin, and is visible from Cedar Grove. The pole can fly a 220-pound flag for in light wind conditions and a heavier 350-pound flag in higher wind conditions.
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Con Tan Pocos Años
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***Con Tan Pocos Años*** (English: *With so few years*) is the second album from Mexican pop music singer and actress Lucerito. It was released on 1984. The first single was \"Música\", which was the song that she chose to be on OTI. Once again, it was produced by Sergio Andrade (producer) through Musart Label.
## History
In 1983 Sergio Andrade wrote all the songs on the second album *Con Tan Pocos Años*, which included the song of the same name that would come to the top of popularity and sales and would make the young artist a star of magnitude. The novelty and originality of the arrangements, and the theme of the lyrics of songs by Andrade, made Lucerito the young star of excellence in those years and became a symbol for children and adolescents.
This second album was recorded entirely in Los Angeles, California, the main studio used by Mr. Andrade was Skyline Recording in Topanga Canyon, and where Andrade mixed Lucerito vocals.
## Track listing {#track_listing}
The album is composed by ten songs, all of them were arranged, directed and produced by Sergio Andrade, except where it\'s indicated. `{{tracklist
| collapsed =
| total_length =
| title1 = Con Tan Pocos Años
| writer1 = Sergio Andrade
| length1 = 3:08
| title2 = Lo que Daría
| writer2 = S. Andrade
| length2 = 2:51
| title3 = Contigo
| writer3 = S. Andrade
| length3 = 3:12
| title4 = Si Me Vas a Hacer Sufrir
| writer4 = S. Andrade
| length4 = 2:56
| title5 = Música
| writer5 = Lucero Hogaza
| length5 = 3:00
| title6 = Llévame
| writer6 = S. Andrade
| length6 = 2:55
| title7 = Cuando me Quieras
| writer7 = S. Andrade
| length7 = 2:55
| title8 = Te Quiero Porque Sí
| writer8 = S. Andrade
| length8 = 3:26
| title9 = Pirinola
| writer9 = S. Andrade
| length9 = 3:07
| title10 = Acción
| writer10 = S. Andrade
| length10 = 2:38
}}`{=mediawiki}
## Singles
- Música: a soft song that represents the importance of the music for a singer.
- Con tan pocos años: a love song, that escapes to a simple classification, and it became a first place of sales and popularity since it expresses the female feelings of any teenager who has fallen in love with an older man.
- Contigo: a rhythmic theme in which the singer expresses the importance that represents the closeness of her lover.
### Controversy
Sergio Andrade introduced Lucerito as a participant in the Festival OTI of 1983 with the song \"Música\". Although in the competition the name that appeared in the song was the one of Lucerito, showing as the composer of the song, this was a general comment to suppose that the song was actually written by Mr. Andrade, since some gossips speculate that he was in love with the teenager so he gave her the song away. She lost in the competition.
+-----+------------------------+----------------------------------+------+
| \# | Title | B-side | Date |
+=====+========================+==================================+======+
| 1\. | \"Música\" | \"Hola\... Amigos del Espacio\"\ | 1983 |
| | | (From Él album) | |
+-----+------------------------+----------------------------------+------+
| 2\. | \"Con tan pocos años\" | \"Te quiero porque sí\" | 1984 |
+-----+------------------------+----------------------------------+------+
| 3\. | \"Contigo\" | \"Acción\" | 1984 |
+-----+------------------------+----------------------------------+------+
## Personnel
- Guitar: Grant Geissman
- Bass: Jimmy Johnson
- Drums: Ed Greene and Tom Breckline
- Pianos and Synthesizers: Sergio Andrade
- Strings: Gary Gertzweig
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Jim Ritcher
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**James Alexander Ritcher** (born May 21, 1958) is an American former professional football player who was a guard for 16 seasons in the National Football League (NFL). Ritcher played college football for the NC State Wolfpack, earning All-American honors. He was selected in the first round of the 1980 NFL draft, and played for the Buffalo Bills and the Atlanta Falcons of the NFL.
## Early life {#early_life}
Ritcher was born in Berea, Ohio. He attended Highland High School in Medina, Ohio, where he wrestled and played high school football.
## College career {#college_career}
He attended North Carolina State University, and played for the Wolfpack football teams from 1976 to 1979. Head coach Bo Rein decided to have him play center rather than defensive end that he had expected to play. As a senior in 1979, he was a consensus first-team was an All-American and won the Outland Trophy as the nation\'s best college interior lineman. He graduated with a degree in sociology. In 2012, he was among the first class of inductees into the Athletics Hall of Fame.
## Professional career {#professional_career}
In the NFL, Ritcher was moved to guard from center by the Buffalo Bills after his first season to utilize his speed and agility. He would play for the team for 14 seasons. He started in all four Super Bowl appearances of the Bills (Super Bowl XXV, Super Bowl XXVI, Super Bowl XXVII, and Super Bowl XXVIII) and was selected to two Pro Bowls. He finished his career with the Atlanta Falcons. After sixteen seasons and a litany of injuries such as a broken foot and shoulder surgeries, Ritcher retired.
## Personal life {#personal_life}
In 1998, he was selected to the College Football Hall of Fame, and in 2012 he was inducted as a member of the inaugural class of the NC State Athletic Hall of Fame He is currently working as a commercial pilot, flying for American Airlines.
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Stephen Darlington
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**Stephen Mark Darlington** `{{post-nominals|country=GBR|MBE}}`{=mediawiki} (born 21 September 1952) is a British choral director, organist and conductor who served as Director of Music at Christ Church, Oxford, from 1985 to 2018. After retiring from Christ Church, he served as interim director at St John's College, Cambridge. His brother is the conductor Jonathan Darlington.
## Education and career {#education_and_career}
After attending King\'s School, Worcester, Darlington was an organ scholar at Christ Church, Oxford, in the early 1970s, studying under Simon Preston. Afterwards he was appointed assistant organist at Canterbury Cathedral, where he served for four years before becoming Master of the Music for St Albans Cathedral Choir. At St Albans he also directed the International Organ Festival.
In 1985 Darlington returned to Christ Church, Oxford, as Director of Music and tutor of music, holding the post for 33 years until his retirement in 2018.
In 2021 he became interim Director of Music at St John\'s College, Cambridge, following the appointment of Andrew Nethsingha as organist of Westminster Abbey. He served until 2023.
## Concerts and recordings {#concerts_and_recordings}
Darlington has travelled internationally both with the choir and as an organist and conductor, directing, among others, the Australian Brandenburg Orchestra, the London Mozart Players, the English Chamber Orchestra, the Northern Sinfonia, the Hanover Band, the English String Orchestra and the London Musici. The Christ Church choir sang under his direction with Plácido Domingo, José Carreras, James Bowman and others. He also collaborated with contemporary composers including John Tavener and Howard Goodall. He conducted Goodall\'s theme music for *The Vicar of Dibley* and was featured in Goodall\'s *ChoirWorks* and *OrganWorks* series.
His recorded works amount to over 60 albums, several of which have won awards and other forms of recognition such as *Gramophone* recommendations.
## Awards and recognition {#awards_and_recognition}
Darlington was Choragus of the University of Oxford and holds a Lambeth Doctorate. He served as President of the Royal College of Organists from 2000 to 2002. He is an honorary member of the Royal Academy of Music, a Fellow of the Royal School of Church Music and an honorary canon of Christ Church Cathedral, Oxford. Darlington was appointed a Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE) in the 2019 New Year Honours for services to music.
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Preston South (UK Parliament constituency)
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**Preston South** was a parliamentary constituency in the city of Preston in Lancashire. It returned one Member of Parliament (MP) to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom.
The constituency was created by the House of Commons (Redistribution of Seats) Act 1949 for the 1950 general election, and abolished for the 1983 general election. From the 1983 election onwards, the areas covered by Preston South were moved to Preston and South Ribble.
## Boundaries
**1950--1964**: The County Borough of Preston wards of Ashton, Avenham, Christ Church, Maudland, St. John\'s, St. Peters, and Trinity, and the urban district of Walton-le-Dale.
**1964--1974**: The County Borough of Preston wards of Ashton, Avenham, Central, St. John\'s, Savick, and Tulketh, and the urban district of Walton-le-Dale.
## Members of Parliament {#members_of_parliament}
Election Member Party
-- ---------- --------------------------------------- --------------
1950 Edward Shackleton Labour
1955 Alan Green Conservative
1964 Peter Mahon Labour
1970 Alan Green Conservative
Feb 1974 Stan Thorne Labour
1983 *constituency abolished: see Preston*
## Election results {#election_results}
### Elections in the 1950s {#elections_in_the_1950s}
### Elections in the 1960s {#elections_in_the_1960s}
### Elections in the 1970s {#elections_in_the_1970s}
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Sylvain Marchal
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**Sylvain Marchal** (born 10 February 1980) is a French former professional footballer who played as a defender.
## Career
Marchal began his career at FC Metz, making his Ligue 1 debut on 10 March 1999 in the 0--0 draw at AS Monaco. It was in the latter half of the 2001--02 season that he established himself as a regular in the Metz lineup, but fell out of favour by August 2004, when he was loaned out to Ligue 2 club LB Châteauroux.
A year later he returned to Metz to start in the first two matches of the 2005--06 season, but then transferred to FC Lorient in Ligue 2. Lorient won promotion with him in the team, and he was a regular for them in the opening months of 2006--07 in Ligue 1.
On 17 June 2010, Marchal joined Saint-Étienne until 30 June 2013.
On 27 July 2012, he signed a two-year contract with the Corsican club Bastia.
Only a season later, he left the Ligue 1 side by mutual consent to join his first club Metz, recently promoted in the Ligue 2. In February 2016, Metz announced the end of Marchal\'s career.
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Fuego y Ternura
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***Fuego y Ternura**\'\' is the third studio album from Mexican pop music singer and actress Lucerito. It was released on 1985. Lucerito started to be recognized in an international level with this album. For the Spotify version of the album, the title was changed to***Magia**\'\' and features a different album cover and track list.
## Track listing {#track_listing}
The album is composed of ten songs; all of them were arranged by different songwriters, among them Joan Sebastian. `{{track listing
| total_length =
| title1 = Magia
| writer1 = Nicolás Urquiza
| length1 = 3:20
| title2 = Bailando Con Tu Recuerdo
| writer2 = [[Joan Sebastian]]
| length2 = 3:05
| title3 = El Amor Tocó a Mi Puerta
| writer3 = [[Omar Alfanno]]
| length3 = 3:09
| title4 = Tu Amor Por Un Día
| writer4 = Sue & Javier
| length4 = 3:03
| title5 = Así de Simple
| writer5 = Sue & Javier
| length5 = 2:59
| title6 = Fuego y Ternura
| writer6 = Prisma
| length6 = 3:19
| title7 = Siempre Te Seguiré
| writer7 = Luis Rey
| length7 = 3:01
| title8 = Yo Siento
| writer8 = Alfanno
| length8 = 3:16
| title9 = Esta Melodía
| writer9 = Alfanno
| length9 = 3:04
| title10 = Dame, Dame
| writer10 = Urquiza
| length10 = 3:15
}}`{=mediawiki} `{{Track listing
| headline = Spotify version
| title1 = Fuego y Ternura
| writer1 = Prisma
| length1 = 3:17
| title2 = Magia
| writer2 = Urquiza
| length2 = 3:19
| title3 = Tu Amor Por Un Día
| writer3 = Sue & Javier
| length3 = 3:02
| title4 = Con Tan Pocos Años
| writer4 = {{ill|Sergio Andrade (producer)|lt=Sergio Andrade|es|Sergio Andrade}}
| length4 = 3:08
| title5 = Dame, Dame
| writer5 = Urquiza
| length5 = 3:14
| title6 = Siempre Te Seguiré
| writer6 = Rey
| length6 = 2:59
| title7 = Él
| writer7 = Andrade
| length7 = 3:04
| title8 = Como Música de Rock'n'Roll
| writer8 =
| length8 = 3:21
| title9 = Bailando Con Tu Recuerdo
| writer9 = Sebastian
| length9 = 3:04
| title10 = Te Prometo
| writer10 = Andrade
| length10 = 3:04
| title11 = América, Esta Es Tu Canción
| writer11 =
| length11 = 3:13
| title12 = El Amor Tocó a Mi Puerta
| writer12 = Alfanno
| length12 = 3:09
}}`{=mediawiki}
## Singles
\# Title B-sides Date
----- ------------------------ ------------------------------ ------
1\. \"Fuego y ternura\" \"Bailando con tu recuerdo\" 1985
2\. \"Magia\" \"El amor tocó a mi puerta\" 1985
3\. \"Siempre te seguiré\" \"Dame, dame\" 1985
## Sales
Lucero manages to sell over 350,000 units, of which 80,000 were sold in Mexico and U.S.A., reaching the status of platinum disc.
## Reference list {#reference_list}
Category:1985 albums Category:Lucero (entertainer) albums
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2009 Cricket World Cup Qualifier
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The **2009 ICC Cricket World Cup Qualifier** was a cricket tournament that took place in April 2009 in South Africa. It was the final part of the Cricket World Cup qualification process for the 2011 Cricket World Cup.
The tournament was the renamed version of the ICC Trophy, and was the final event of the 2007--09 ICC World Cricket League.
## Teams
The following teams, who attained One Day International status from the previous World Cup, and who made up Division One of the World Cricket League qualified automatically. Kenya did not play in the last 2 qualifying tournaments as they were the first associate team to gain ODI status and thus qualified for the last 2 World Cups automatically but were no longer guaranteed ODI status and once again needed to compete in the qualifying tournament.
+------+------+------+
| - | - | - |
| - | - | - |
+------+------+------+
- Promoted through 2007 ICC World Cricket League Division Two:
+------+------+
| - | - |
| - | - |
+------+------+
- Promoted through 2009 ICC World Cricket League Division Three:
+------+
| - |
| - |
+------+
The top four teams (previously 6) from this tournament qualified for the 2011 Cricket World Cup, while the top six teams gained or maintained One Day International status for the following four years and also automatically qualified for the ICC Intercontinental Cup. The bottom two teams were relegated to 2011 ICC World Cricket League Division Three. The final and the play-offs for third and fifth place were official ODIs.
Ireland won the tournament after beating Netherlands. Ireland, Netherlands, Canada and Kenya all qualified for the 2011 ICC World Cup. Despite not qualifying for the World Cup Afghanistan and Scotland secured ODI status and competed for 5th spot, with Afghanistan winning the playoff.
As a result of the tournament, Afghanistan gained ODI status for the first time. Afghanistan had begun the ICC World Cricket League 2007-09 in the bottom division, but won the Division Five, Division Four and Division Three tournaments to qualify for this event, and ultimately win ODI status. Afghanistan replaced Bermuda as the sixth Associate Nation with ODI status. Afghanistan became the only affiliate member to gain ODI status.
### Status of games {#status_of_games}
All matches played in this tournament have List A cricket status. Additionally, some matches have One Day International status; these matches are:
- Matches in the group stage played between teams who entered the tournament with ODI status
- Matches in the playoff stage played between teams who finished the tournament with ODI status
None of the Super Eight matches were considered ODIs, even if played between teams who started or finished with ODI status.
Significantly, this meant that Afghanistan\'s Group Stage matches were not considered ODIs, but its 5th place playoff match against Scotland was considered an ODI.
## Players
+---------------------+--------------------------+---------------------------+-----------------------+-----------------------+-----------------------+
| Ashish Bagai (c)\ | William Porterfield (c)\ | Louis Burger (c)\ | Hemal Mehta (c)\ | Ryan Watson (c)\ | Junior Kwebiha (c)\ |
| Harvir Baidwan\ | Andre Botha\ | Jan-Berrie Burger\ | Adnan Ilyas\ | John Blain\ | Davis Arinaitwe (wk)\ |
| Balaji Rao\ | Peter Connell\ | Sarel Burger\ | Aamer Ali\ | Kyle Coetzer\ | Asadu Seiga\ |
| Geoff Barnett\ | Alex Cusack\ | Louis Klazinga\ | Awal Khan\ | Gordon Goudie\ | Akbar Baig\ |
| Umar Bhatti\ | Trent Johnston\ | Bjorn Kotze\ | Hemin Desai\ | Gavin Hamilton\ | Nehal Bibodi\ |
| Ian Billcliff\ | Kyle McCallan\ | Deon Kotze\ | Farhan Khan\ | Majid Haq\ | Kenneth Kamyuka\ |
| John Davison\ | John Mooney\ | Hendrik Marx\ | Haider Ali\ | Moneeb Iqbal\ | Arthur Kyobe\ |
| Sunil Dhaniram\ | Eoin Morgan\ | Bernard Scholtz\ | Khalid Rasheed\ | Neil McCallum\ | Roger Mukasa\ |
| Sandeep Jyoti\ | Kevin O\'Brien\ | Nicolaas Scholtz\ | Maqsood Hussain (wk)\ | Calum MacLeod\ | Benjamin Musoke\ |
| Arvind Kandappah\ | Niall O\'Brien (wk)\ | Gerrie Snyman\ | Nilesh Parmar\ | Dewald Nel\ | Frank Nsubuga\ |
| Eion Katchay\ | Andrew Poynter\ | Louis van der Westhuizen\ | Rafeeq Al Balushi\ | Navdeep Poonia\ | Joel Olwenyi\ |
| Khurram Chohan\ | Boyd Rankin\ | Raymond van Schoor\ | Ameet Sampat\ | Qasim Sheikh\ | Nand Kishore\ |
| Henry Osinde\ | Regan West\ | Ian van Zyl\ | Sultan Ahmed\ | Colin Smith (wk)\ | Laurence Sematimba\ |
| Qaiser Ali\ | Andrew White\ | Tobias Verwey (wk)\ | Tariq Hussain\ | Jan Stander\ | Ronald Ssemanda\ |
| Rizwan Cheema | Gary Wilson | Craig Williams | Zeeshan Siddiqui | Craig Wright | Charles Waiswa |
+---------------------+--------------------------+---------------------------+-----------------------+-----------------------+-----------------------+
| | | | | | |
+---------------------+--------------------------+---------------------------+-----------------------+-----------------------+-----------------------+
| Nowroz Mangal (c)\ | Irving Romaine (c)\ | Frederik Klokker (c, wk)\ | Steve Tikolo (c)\ | Jeroen Smits (c, wk)\ | Khurram Khan (c)\ |
| Asghar Afghan\ | David Hemp\ | Morten Hedegaard\ | Rajesh Bhudia\ | Peter Borren\ | Saqib Ali\ |
| Dawlat Ahmadzai\ | Glenn Blakeney\ | Bashir Shah\ | Jimmy Kamande\ | Mudassar Bukhari\ | Aman Ali\ |
| Hameed Hasan\ | Lionel Cann\ | David Borchersen\ | Alex Obanda\ | Daan van Bunge\ | Amjad Ali (wk)\ |
| Hasti Gul\ | Fiqre Crockwell (wk)\ | Bobby Chawla\ | Collins Obuya\ | Ryan ten Doeschate\ | Amjad Javed\ |
| Karim Khan (wk)\ | Jekon Edness (wk)\ | Henrik Hansen\ | Nehemiah Odhiambo\ | Tom de Grooth\ | Arshad Ali\ |
| Khaleqdaad Noori\ | Kyle Hodsoll\ | Thomas Hansen\ | Thomas Odoyo\ | Maurits Jonkman\ | Fayyaz Ahmed\ |
| Mohammad Nabi\ | Stefan Kelly\ | Rohit Kanaiya\ | Peter Ongondo\ | Alexei Kervezee\ | Nithin Gopal\ |
| Mohammad Shahzad\ | Dwayne Leverock\ | Mickey Lund\ | Lameck Onyango\ | Mohammad Kashif\ | Ravi Kumar\ |
| Nasratullah Nasrat\ | George O\'Brien\ | Max Overgaard\ | Elijah Otieno\ | Ruud Nijman\ | Naeemuddin Aslam\ |
| Noor Ali\ | Steven Outerbridge\ | Carsten Pedersen\ | Kennedy Otieno (wk)\ | Darron Reekers\ | Sameer Nayak\ |
| Raees Ahmadzai\ | Jacobi Robinson\ | Michael Pedersen\ | Morris Ouma (wk)\ | Edgar Schiferli\ | Owais Hameed\ |
| Samiullah Shenwari\ | Rodney Trott\ | Rizwan Mahmood\ | Rakep Patel\ | Pieter Seelaar\ | Qasim Zubair\ |
| Shafiqullah Shafaq\ | Janeiro Tucker\ | Soren Vestergaard\ | Hiren Varaiya\ | Eric Szwarczynski\ | Zahid Shah\ |
| Shapoor Zadran | Tamauri Tucker | Jacob Larsen | Seren Waters\ | Bas Zuiderent | \ |
| | | | Hardik Raval\ | | |
| | | | \ | | |
+---------------------+--------------------------+---------------------------+-----------------------+-----------------------+-----------------------+
## Group stage {#group_stage}
### Group A {#group_a}
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\|col_Q=green1 \|text_Q=Advanced to the Super Eight stage \|col_R=red1 \|text_R=Qualified for the 9th and 11th place playoffs and automatically relegated }}
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### Group B {#group_b}
{{#invoke:Sports table\|main\|style=CricketRR \|update=complete \|section=B \|hide_results=no
\|team1=KENYA \|team2=NL \|team3=UAE \|team4=AFG \|team5=BMUDA \|team6=DEN \|result1=Q \|result2=Q \|result3=Q \|result4=Q \|result5=R \|result6=R
\|loss_DEN=5 \|rs_DEN=1046 \|or_DEN=250.0 \|rc_DEN=1164 \|ob_DEN=210.4 \|win_AFG=2 \|loss_AFG=3 \|rs_AFG=1074 \|or_AFG=246.2 \|rc_AFG=1130 \|ob_AFG=243.4 \|win_BMUDA=1 \|loss_BMUDA=4 \|rs_BMUDA=1026 \|or_BMUDA=238.1 \|rc_BMUDA=1150 \|ob_BMUDA=242.1 \|win_KENYA=4 \|loss_KENYA=1 \|rs_KENYA=1043 \|or_KENYA=190.3 \|rc_KENYA=934 \|ob_KENYA=246.2 \|win_NL=4 \|loss_NL=1 \|rs_NL=1271 \|or_NL=235.4 \|rc_NL=1205 \|ob_NL=249.1 \|win_UAE=4 \|loss_UAE=1 \|rs_UAE=1173 \|or_UAE=243.4 \|rc_UAE=1050 \|ob_UAE=212.2
\|name_AFG=`{{cr|AFG|2013}}`{=mediawiki} \|name_BMUDA=`{{cr|BER}}`{=mediawiki} \|name_DEN=`{{cr|DEN}}`{=mediawiki} \|name_KENYA=`{{cr|KEN}}`{=mediawiki} \|name_NL=`{{cr|Netherlands}}`{=mediawiki} \|name_UAE=`{{cr|UAE}}`{=mediawiki}
\|col_Q=green1 \|text_Q=Advanced to the Super Eight stage \|col_R=red1 \|text_R=Qualified for the 9th and 11th place playoffs and automatically relegated }}
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## Super Eights {#super_eights}
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\|team1=IRE \|team2=CAN \|team3=KENYA \|team4=NL \|team5=SCOT \|team6=AFG \|team7=UAE \|team8=NAM \|result1=WC \|result2=WC \|result3=WC \|result4=WC \|result5=S \|result6=S \|result7=N \|result8=N
\|win_AFG=3 \|loss_AFG=4 \|rs_AFG=1635 \|or_AFG=350.0 \|rc_AFG=1670 \|ob_AFG=342.1 \|win_CAN=4 \|loss_CAN=3 \|rs_CAN=1643 \|or_CAN=333.0 \|rc_CAN=1357 \|ob_CAN=319.3 \|win_IRE=5 \|loss_IRE=2 \|rs_IRE=1434 \|or_IRE=295.5 \|rc_IRE=1447 \|ob_IRE=348.0 \|win_KENYA=4 \|loss_KENYA=3 \|rs_KENYA=1281 \|or_KENYA=310.2 \|rc_KENYA=1354 \|ob_KENYA=330.5 \|win_NAM=2 \|loss_NAM=5 \|rs_NAM=1650 \|or_NAM=350.0 \|rc_NAM=1640 \|ob_NAM=342.1 \|win_NL=4 \|loss_NL=3 \|rs_NL=1601 \|or_NL=337.0 \|rc_NL=1624 \|ob_NL=343.4 \|win_SCOT=3 \|loss_SCOT=4 \|rs_SCOT=1509 \|or_SCOT=350.0 \|rc_SCOT=1503 \|ob_SCOT=337.4 \|win_UAE=3 \|loss_UAE=4 \|rs_UAE=1345 \|or_UAE=327.5 \|rc_UAE=1503 \|ob_UAE=290.0
\|name_AFG=`{{cr|AFG|2013}}`{=mediawiki} \|name_CAN=`{{cr|CAN}}`{=mediawiki} \|name_IRE=`{{cr|IRE}}`{=mediawiki} \|name_KENYA=`{{cr|KEN}}`{=mediawiki} \|name_NAM=`{{cr|NAM}}`{=mediawiki} \|name_NL=`{{cr|NED}}`{=mediawiki} \|name_SCOT=`{{cr|SCO}}`{=mediawiki} \|name_UAE=`{{cr|UAE}}`{=mediawiki}
\|col_WC=green1 \|text_WC=Qualified for the 2011 Cricket World Cup and the 2009--10 Intercontinental Cup and gained ODI Status for four years \|col_S=yellow1 \|text_S=Qualified for the 2009--10 Intercontinental Cup and gained ODI status for four years \|col_N=red1 \|text_N=Met in the 7th place playoff and relegated to World Cricket League Division Two for 2011 }}
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## Playoffs
### 9th and 11th Place Playoffs {#th_and_11th_place_playoffs}
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### 11th place playoff {#th_place_playoff}
### 9th place playoff {#th_place_playoff_1}
### 7th place playoff {#th_place_playoff_2}
### 5th place playoff {#th_place_playoff_3}
### 3rd place playoff {#rd_place_playoff}
## Final
## Final standings {#final_standings}
+----------+------+----------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
| Position | Team | Status |
+==========+======+==================================================================================+
| 1st | | Qualified for the 2011 World Cup, the 2009--10 Intercontinental Cup and gained\ |
| | | ODI status until 2014 |
+----------+------+----------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
| 2nd | | |
+----------+------+----------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
| 3rd | | |
+----------+------+----------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
| 4th | | |
+----------+------+----------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
| 5th | | Qualified for the 2009--10 Intercontinental Cup and gained ODI status until 2014 |
+----------+------+----------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
| 6th | | |
+----------+------+----------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
| 7th | | Relegated to Division Two and the 2009--10 Intercontinental Shield |
+----------+------+----------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
| 8th | | |
+----------+------+----------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
| 9th | | |
+----------+------+----------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
| 10th | | |
+----------+------+----------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
| 11th | | Relegated to 2011 Division Three. |
+----------+------+----------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
| 12th | | |
+----------+------+----------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
## Statistics
Most Runs
--------------------- -----
David Hemp 557
William Porterfield 515
Alexei Kervezee 461
Neil McCallum 452
Kyle Coetzer 424
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7,127,962 |
Little Heroes Foundation
|
The **Little Heroes Foundation**, previously the **McGuinness McDermott Foundation**, was launched in May 1996 in memory of five-year-old Nicholas Berry, and seven-year-old Nathan Maclean who died of cancer. The Foundation raises funds to improve oncology treatment for South Australian children. The Foundation was established by former Adelaide Football Club players Tony McGuinness and Chris McDermott.
## Projects
Oncology treatment for children in South Australia is chiefly undertaken at the Women\'s and Children\'s Hospital, North Adelaide. The majority of the Foundation\'s activities aim to support the hospital in its treatment of cancer.
The Foundation has undertaken or provided support to a number of projects including:
- Extensions to the Ronald McDonald Children\'s Clinic
- Establishment of the Brookman Cancer Ward
- Extensions to the Dialysis Unit
- Improvements to the Adolescent Ward
- Purchase of an x-ray machine and refurbishment of the Medical Imaging rooms
- Upgrading of the holding bay in Paediatric Theatres
- Upgrading the Endocrinology and Diabetes Centre
- The purchase of a HPLC machine for the Gastroenterology Unit
- The purchase of the MRI scanner
- Endoscopic Theatre Suite Redevelopment
## Fundraising activities {#fundraising_activities}
The Foundation raises funds through a variety of means ranging from direct donations, sale of specialised merchandise, to special events - often with a sporting theme.
The most widely publicised event is the \"Slow Down\"[1](https://web.archive.org/web/20070706081444/http://www.mcfoundation.org.au/content.asp?id=3). Slow Down is an annual Australian rules football match held at the end of the regular season, with teams drawn mostly from ex-AFL and SANFL players. The players competing are loosely aligned to the two Adelaide-based AFL sides: Adelaide Crows and Port Adelaide Power. The name \"Slow Down\" is a play on words to the local football derby between Adelaide and Port Adelaide, which is promoted as a \"Showdown\". For a gold coin entrance fee spectators enjoy a lighthearted game where entertainment is more the aim than the actual outcome on the scoreboard. Attendance in 2005 was over 30,000.
Other fund-raising activities include charity golf events, special event Luncheons, and sales from specialist items such as modified versions of the popular board games, Monopoly and Trivial Pursuit.
## Controversy
Financial reports for the McGuinness McDermott Foundation in 2007-08, obtained by The Advertiser from the Office of Consumer and Business Affairs, shows that part of the funds raised for the McGuinness McDermott Foundation were being used to lease a BMW X5 and Mercedes CLK 280.
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7,127,965 |
Mazapan School
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**Mazapan School** is a N-12 co-educational bilingual school offering a US-style college preparatory instruction program. Owned and operated by Standard Fruit de Honduras (Dole), Mazapan School is located in La Ceiba, Honduras. Founded in 1928, the landscaped campus is located on 5 acre. The 300+ students attending Mazapan School are taught in English and Spanish, and receive a U.S. High School diploma and a Honduran Baccalaureate degree.
## History
Mazapan School was founded in 1928 by the Standard Fruit Company, known today as Dole. The company had the dilemma of keeping valuable expatriate employees with children in La Ceiba, Honduras. A lack of an American-style school meant children had to be sent to boarding schools in the United States at a young age. This need gave birth to the idea of starting a school. Mazapan School, owned and operated by the company, opened its doors on March 12, 1928, with Grades 1--6 with 38 students.
Today, the Mazapan School is located on 5 acre of land in the heart of the city. A coeducational, day school, it offers bilingual (English/Spanish) educational programs from grades Nursery through 12 with the continued support of Dole. Upon graduation, Mazapan students are conferred an American High School Diploma, accredited by the Cognia, and a Honduran Bachillerato Diploma, accredited by the Honduran Ministry of Education.
## Accreditation
Mazapan School is accredited by the Cognia, and the Honduran Ministry of Education. A U.S. High School Diploma and the Honduran Bachillerato can both be obtained, giving students the choice of attending any University in the world after graduation.
Mazapan is a member of [AASCA](http://aascaonline.net) (Association of American Schools in Central America), [ABSH](https://www.absh.edu.hn/) (Association of Bilingual Schools of Honduras), NASS, IRC (Inter-regional Center) and AAIE (Association of American International Education).
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7,127,970 |
Sánchez Adobe Park
|
The **Sánchez Adobe Park**, home to the Sánchez Adobe, is located in Pacifica, California, at 1000 Linda Mar Boulevard, on the north bank of San Pedro Creek, approximately 1470 m from the Pacific Ocean in Linda Mar Valley. The 5.46 acre county park, established in 1947 contains the Sanchez Adobe Historical site, designated a National Register Historical District in 1976 and is California registered landmark 391.
## History
The park site has a long and rich history. The Sánchez Adobe at the park is considered the finest example of Mexican era architecture in San Mateo County. Archaeological and historical evidence identify four main periods of history, followed by the purchase of the site by the County of San Mateo in 1947.
### Native American Ohlone history {#native_american_ohlone_history}
Prior to 1786, the Ramaytush band of the Ohlone people had a settlement on the site, the village of Pruristac. Evidence of the village remains by a shell midden, located near the present day park ranger building. The Spanish explorer Gaspar de Portolà camped nearby in 1769, \~1 mi to the west from 31 October through 3 November, during the Portolà expedition in the upper Las Californias Province of New Spain. Journals from the expedition record of his group\'s meetings with the villagers, describe hunting and eating a grizzly bear, and the construction of the village structures.
The first indigenous person baptised at the Mission San Francisco de Asís (Mission Dolores) was the 20-year-old Chamis in 1777. He was from the Ohlone village of Chutchui, and his mother lived at Pruristac. In 1782 and 1783, many of the people in Pruristac, including the village captain Mossués and village leader Liquiique with their wives and daughters, went through Indian Reductions and relocated as Mission Indians to Mission Dolores. The mission was near the pueblo of Yerba Buena, which in 1847 become the city of San Francisco in Alta California. Two men of this group from Pruristac, with the baptismal names Hilarion and George, served as Indian leaders at Mission Dolores. They were *alcades* of the mission at the time of their deaths in 1807, while part of a Spanish posse during a skirmish with the Suisunes tribe.
### Mission period: 1786 to 1834 {#mission_period_1786_to_1834}
In 1776 the Spanish established a Mission and Presidio at nearby San Francisco, and baptismal records identify many Ohlone people from Pruristac emigrated to Mission Dolores. In 1786, the Mission established a *asistencia*, an outpost known as *San Pedro y San Pablo Asistencia*, at the site for the purpose of Missionary work and farming in support of the Mission. The site consisted of a granary, a chapel and four other rooms surrounding three sides of a plaza. Little remains of these original buildings, but archeological study has identified the location to be at the northeastern part of the park grounds. Initially, the farming included wheat, corn, beans, barley, asparagus, peas, rosemary, grape, peach and quince. Four years later, the farming was abandoned following a dramatic decline in the Native American population, after which the outpost subsisted through cattle ranching. The outpost was abandoned in 1834 with the dismantling of the California Mission network.
### Mexican rancho period: 1839 to 1848 {#mexican_rancho_period_1839_to_1848}
Francisco Sánchez, Commandante of the San Francisco Presidio and eighth alcade of the City of San Francisco, was awarded a land grant by the government of Mexico that included much of what is now northwestern San Mateo County. He built an adobe residence near the center of this 9000 acre ranch, known as Rancho San Pedro, in the San Pedro Valley (now Linda Mar Valley) at the site of the abandoned Mission Outpost *San Pedro y San Pablo*. It is widely speculated that he reused some of the bricks from the Outpost to construct the Adobe, which he began in 1842 and completed in 1846.
### American/Kirkpatrick period: 1871 to 1946 {#americankirkpatrick_period_1871_to_1946}
Edward Kirkpatrick purchased the property in 1871 and remodeled the Adobe extensively during the late 1880s, enlarging it to twenty rooms. In the following decades, the Adobe served a variety of purposes including a hotel called the Adobe House, and during Prohibition as a speakeasy. Ultimately, the Adobe served as a farm building associated with artichoke farming in San Pedro Valley during the 1940s.
### Modern period {#modern_period}
The County of San Mateo purchased the Sánchez Adobe and the surrounding 5.46 acre in 1947, and began a comprehensive restoration project completed in 1953. This included structural and architectural restoration of the Adobe and construction of several outbuildings on the park property including a caretakers residence. In 2002, the Adobe was further restored with a new roof.
The City of Pacifica celebrates early California history with an annual event in mid-September known as Rancho Days, including music, historical reenactments and food.
Hundreds gathered on October 26, 2019, at the Sanchez Adobe site to celebrate the Ohlone, the first inhabitants of the Peninsula. This was the first \"Ohlone Day\" celebration and was highlighted by special salutes to the first people who lived at the site, the Aramai of the Ramaytush Ohlone village of Pruristac. The park also opened a new visitor center the same day.
The San Mateo County History Museum operates Sanchez Adobe as an historic house museum. Visitors can explore the home, look at artifacts from archaeological digs and view the location of the original farm buildings. Admission is free. The museum offers school programs designed to teach students about life on a California rancho.
## Historic designations {#historic_designations}
- National Register of Historic Places [#NPS--76000525](http://www.nationalregisterofhistoricplaces.com/CA/San+Mateo/state.html) - Sánchez Adobe Park in Pacifica, California (site of the **San Pedro y San Pablo Asistencia**)
- California Historical Landmark [#391](http://ohp.parks.ca.gov/default.asp?page_id=21520) - Sánchez Adobe
- [Early History of the California Coast, a National Park Service *Discover Our Shared Heritage* Travel Itinerary](https://web.archive.org/web/20070715174024/http://www.nps.gov/history/nr/travel/ca/)
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7,127,973 |
Un Pedacito de Mí
|
***Un Pedacito De Mi*** (Eng. *A little piece of me*) is the fourth album from Mexican pop music singer and actress Lucerito. It was released on 1986. In this album, it can be found the collaboration of the popular Mexican singer Luis Miguel with the song \"*Todo el Amor del Mundo*\", which was part of the soundtrack of the motion picture *Fiebre de amor*.
## Track listing {#track_listing}
## Singles
+-----+----------------------------------+-----------------------------+--------+----------------+
| \# | Title | B-sides | Mexico | United States\ |
| | | | | Hot Lat. |
+=====+==================================+=============================+========+================+
| 1\. | \"Era la primera vez\" | \- | 5 | 17 |
+-----+----------------------------------+-----------------------------+--------+----------------+
| 2\. | \"Como musica de Rock\'n\'Roll\" | \- | 14 | \- |
+-----+----------------------------------+-----------------------------+--------+----------------+
| 3\. | \"Vendrá\" | \"Todo el Amor del Mundo \" | \- | \- |
+-----+----------------------------------+-----------------------------+--------+----------------+
| | | | | |
+-----+----------------------------------+-----------------------------+--------+----------------+
## Sales
The album has sold 300,000 units thus far, 60,000 of which have been sold in Mexico.
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7,127,976 |
Bonga Field
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The **Bonga Field** is an oilfield in Nigeria. It was located in License block OPL 212 off the Nigerian coast, which was renamed OML 118 in February 2000. The field covers approximately 60 km^2^ in an average water depth of 1000 m. The field was discovered in 1996, with government approval for its development given in 2002. The field began first production in November 2005. The field is worked via an FPSO vessel. The field produces both petroleum and natural gas; the petroleum is offloaded to tankers while the gas is piped back to Nigeria where it is exported via an LNG plant. The field contains approximately 6,000 MM barrels of oil.
The field is operated by Shell Nigeria who own 55% of the license. The other partners in the field development are Exxon (20%), Nigerian AGIP (12.5%) and Elf Petroleum Nigeria Limited (12.5%)
## Field history {#field_history}
Located 120 km southwest of the Niger Delta, the first discovery well was spudded in September 1995 after acquiring extensive information about the block via a 3D seismic survey in 1993/94.
A secondary field was discovered in the block in May 2001 known as Bonga SW, which encountered significant hydrocarbons. A third field was discovered later in 2004 which is known as Bonga North.
## Field development and FPSO {#field_development_and_fpso}
The field has been produced as a subsea tie back to a Floating Production Storage and Offloading vessel (FPSO) (\'The Bonga FPSO\'). The FPSO was built by Samsung Heavy industries. It was then taken to Newcastle upon Tyne for installation of the process topsides. It contained a number of firsts for its type. The SURF (Subsea, Umbilicals, Risers, Flowlines) contract was won by Stolt Offshore (later renamed Acergy and now Subsea7). Stolt vessel POLARIS installed all the flowlines and subsea structures in J-Lay and S-Lay pipelay modes. The processing equipment processes some 225,000 barrels of stabilised crude oil per day at a maximum tank temperature of 60°C.
Currently there are 16 oil producing and water injection wells on the field. However, this will be increased to nearly 40 wells as the field is developed further. Oil produced from the field is stored on the FPSO for transport to markets via tankers while the gas is exported via a pipeline to the Nigerian Coast for LNG.
Production at the well was shut down for three weeks after 19 June 2008, after an attack by the Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta.
## 2011 oil spill {#oil_spill}
On 20 December 2011 an oil spill occurred that \"likely was less than 40,000 barrels, or 1.68 million gallons \[6.4 megalitres\]\". It resulted in an oil slick 115 mi long off the Nigerian coast. It was probably the worst spill in the area for a decade. Oil spills have the potential to cause great damage to the environment, for example water pollution, which reduces fishing yields and agriculture, which is one of Nigeria\'s largest industries.
## 2024 reinvestment
Shell made a final investment decision (FID) on the Bonga North deep-water project, located off the coast of Nigeria in December 2024. This project is a significant investment, expected to sustain oil and gas production at the Bonga facility.
The Bonga North project involves drilling and completing 16 wells, modifying the existing Bonga Main FPSO facility, and installing new subsea hardware. The project is estimated to have a recoverable resource volume of over 300 million barrels of oil equivalent (boe) and is expected to reach a peak production of 110,000 barrels of oil per day. The development project is expected to cost approximately \$5bn USD.
This investment decision was a significant milestone for Shell\'s operations in Nigeria and is expected to generate an internal rate of return (IRR) in excess of the hurdle rate for Shell\'s Upstream business.
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Hanover Band
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The **Hanover Band** is a British orchestra specialised in historically informed performance, founded in 1980 by its artistic director, Caroline Brown.
The group\'s website explains the name thus: *\'Hanover\' signifies the Hanoverian period 1714-1830 and \'Band\' is the 18th century term for orchestra.*
Its principal and guest conductors and directors have included Monica Huggett, Sir Charles Mackerras, Roy Goodman, Anthony Halstead, Nicholas McGegan, Graham Lea-Cox, Richard Egarr, Nicholas Kraemer, Paul Brough, Andrew Arthur and Benjamin Bayl.
The Hanover Band has appeared at the Carnegie Hall, Amsterdam Concertgebouw, Bridgewater Hall (Manchester), South Bank Centre, Royal Albert Hall and Wigmore Hall, among many other venues. They have toured the UK many times, made ten tours of the United States and performed in Canada, Mexico, Austria, Germany, Switzerland, France, Portugal, Spain, Belgium, Netherlands, Norway, Greece & Turkey. The orchestra made its debut in China, in the Beijing Festival in May 2017.
The Hanover Band has made 176 recordings on Nimbus Records, Hyperion Records, Sony, EMI Eminence, RCA and other labels, including a complete cycle of the orchestral works of Johann Christian Bach for cpo.
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7,128,008 |
Neil Henry
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**Neil Henry** (born 23 January 1961) is an Australian professional rugby league football coach and former player. He was formerly the head coach for the Canberra Raiders, North Queensland Cowboys and Gold Coast Titans of the National Rugby League. He has been described as, \"one of the game\'s best tacticians.\"
## Career
Henry was a foundation player of the Raiders, having played for the club from 1982 and 1984 in the lower grades. After a succession of player-coach positions at local clubs in the Canberra and Cooma in the Group 8 and 16 competitions, he was made coach of the Perth Reds\' Under 19 team in 1997, before coaching Raiders SG Ball and Jersey Flegg teams between 1999 and 2002. He played for Hull FC in England for one season.
He was previously the assistant coach of the North Queensland Cowboys between 2003 and 2006 under Graham Murray and assistant to Mal Meninga in the Queensland State of Origin team from 2006 to 2009.
In his first season as an NRL head coach, Henry incurred a fine of \$10,000 for Canberra by questioning the impartiality of the referee following a round 19 loss to Melbourne Storm in 2007. A supporters led fundraiser raised the money within days and was donated to charity.
Henry was named Dally M *Coach of the Year* for 2008, ahead of other nominees Craig Bellamy, Ricky Stuart and Des Hasler.
In October, 2009, Henry returned to Townsville, Queensland to take over from Ian Millward as head coach of the North Queensland Cowboys. He was also coach of the Indigenous Dreamtime team who played the Welcome to Country game against a NZ Maori team before the 2008 Rugby League World Cup.
Henry coached the Indigenous All Stars in the inaugural All Stars match in 2010, with the Indigenous All Stars prevailing 16--12.
In 2010, Henry was an assistant coach of the PM XIII team that played PNG. In 2010, Henry had a lean year as North Queensland won just five out of its 24 games, only avoiding the wooden spoon after Melbourne were stripped of its premiership points for salary cap breaches. In 2011, Henry was able to turn it around by winning 14 games.
Henry was a finalist for Dally M coach of the year in 2011.
However, on 29 July 2013, Neil Henry was informed by the North Queensland Cowboys chairman, Laurence Lancini, that his services would no longer be needed in 2014 despite the club making the finals three years in a row.
On 28 September 2013, it was announced that the former North Queensland mentor signed with Gold Coast Titans as an assistant coach. He was elevated to the role of interim coach after John Cartwright tendered his resignation following a disappointing 2014 season for the club.
On 17 August 2014, Henry coached his first game with the Gold Coast Titans in a 15--12 defeat by the Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles on the Gold Coast.
On 21 August 2017, Henry was sacked from his position as head coach of the Gold Coast Titans. The sacking came in the wake of a highly publicised feud between Henry and the then Gold Coast player Jarryd Hayne.
2018 saw Henry return to representative coaching, taking the Junior Kangaroos to a win over the Junior Kiwis. In 2019 Henry was coach of an Australia A (under 23) team which defeated a French team 62--4 in Wollongong. In 2019, Henry began work for the NRL acting as a coaching consultant. Henry re-joined the Queensland State of Origin staff in 2020 as an assistant coach to Wayne Bennett in their series win over NSW. In 2021, he will be assistant to Paul Green.
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7,128,021 |
List of mammalogists
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This is a list of notable mammalogists, in alphabetical order by surname. `{{Incomplete list|date=March 2025}}`{=mediawiki}
## A-D {#a_d}
- Roy Chapman Andrews (USA)
- Vernon Bailey (USA)
- Magdalena Bermejo (Republic of Congo/Spain)
- William Thomas Blanford (UK)
- Tim Clutton-Brock (UK)
- Juliane Diller (Koepcke) (Germany)
- Stephen D. Durrant (USA)
## E-H {#e_h}
- Tim Flannery (Australia)
- Dian Fossey (USA)
- Birutė Galdikas (Lithuania/Canada)
- Bryan P. Glass (USA)
- Edward Alphonso Goldman (USA)
- Jane Goodall (UK)
- John Edward Gray (UK)
- Donald Griffin (USA)
- Joseph Grinnell (USA)
- Bernhard Grzimek (Germany)
- David Harrison (UK)
- Philip Hershkovitz (USA)
- Hopi Hoekstra (USA)
## I-L {#i_l}
- Thomas C. Jerdon (UK)
- Karl Koopman (USA)
- Charles Krebs (Canada)
- John Alden Loring (USA)
- Marcus Ward Lyon Jr. (USA)
- Richard Lydekker (UK)
## M-P {#m_p}
- David W. Macdonald (UK)
- Martha Maxwell (USA)
- C. Hart Merriam (USA)
- Gerrit Smith Miller Jr. (USA)
- João Moojen (Brazil)
- Cynthia Moss (USA)
- James L. Patton (USA)
- Oliver Payne Pearson (USA)
- Wilhelm Peters (Germany)
- Reginald Innes Pocock (UK)
## Q-T {#q_t}
- Mazin Qumsiyeh (Palestine)
- George Schaller (Germany)
- David J. Schmidly (USA)
- Guy C. Shortridge (South Africa)
- George Gaylord Simpson (USA)
- Henri Jacob Victor Sody (Netherlands)
- Ian Stirling (Canada)
- Oldfield Thomas (UK)
## U-Z {#u_z}
- Richard G. Van Gelder (USA)
- Carlos Octaviano da Cunha Vieira (Brazil)
- Don E. Wilson (USA)
Mammal \*List
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Augustus Jules Bouvier
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**Augustus Jules Bouvier** (1827--1881) was a French-born English painter active in London. He exhibited at the British Institution and the Royal Academy. He is best known for oil paintings of women of the English aristocracy, but also was an accomplished water colourist.
## Career
Augustus Bouvier was the son of Paris-born artist Jules Bouvier (1800--1867), who moved to London with his family in 1818. His brother, Gustavus Arthur Bouvier, also became a British figure painter.
Bouvier was a student at the Royal Academy. He later went on to complete his studies in France and Italy. In 1852 he exhibited for the first time at the Royal Academy, he continued to exhibit there over the years, often with genre scenes and a series of idealised feminine portraits such as *Jessica* in 1854, *Emily* in 1857, and *Hermosita* in 1859. Bouvier was one of the first artists known to have exhibited at the British Institution, where he debuted with the oil painting *The Fish Market in Boulogne*. From 1865 onward he was a member of the New Watercolour Society.
While he specialized in figure paintings and portraits of elegantly dressed women in the English aristocracy, Bouvier also exhibited genre paintings (some of European scenes), and occasional domesticated mythological scenes like his *The Three Graces* of 1875. He also produced miniatures and sensitive watercolours. Influenced by the early aesthetic movement, his style relates to both Victorian academic painting and the Pre-Raphaelites.
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7,128,035 |
Ribar
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**Ribar** is both a surname and a given name. As a surname, in Croatian, Macedonian, and Bulgarian languages it literally means \"fisherman\".
Notable people with the name include:
- Frank Ribar
- Ivan Ribar
- Ivo Lola Ribar
- Ribar Baikoua
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7,128,043 |
IEEE W.R.G. Baker Award
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**IEEE W.R.G. Baker Award** provided by the Institute of Radio Engineers (IRE), was created in 1956 from a donation from Walter R. G. Baker (1892--1960) to the IRE. The award continued to be awarded by the board of directors of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), after the IRE organization merged into the IEEE in 1963. Recipients received a certificate and honorarium \"for the most outstanding paper reporting original work\" in one of the IEEE publications, including the transactions, journals, proceedings, and magazines of the IEEE Societies. The award was discontinued in 2016.
## Recipients
The following people received the IEEE W.R.G. Baker Award:
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Al Akhdar SC
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**Al-Akhdar Sports Club** (*نادي الأخضر الرياضي*, *Nādī al-ʾAkhḍar al-Riyāḍī*) is a Libyan professional football club based in Bayda.
## Honours
- **Libyan Cup**
- Runners-up (3): 1976, 2005, 2007
- **Libyan SuperCup**
- Runners-up (2): 2005, 2007
## Performance in CAF competitions {#performance_in_caf_competitions}
- **CAF Confederation Cup: 3 appearances**
:
: 2006 -- Preliminary round
: 2008 -- First round of 16
: 2022--23 -- TBD
## Current squad {#current_squad}
*As of 5 October 2022* `{{Fs start}}`{=mediawiki} `{{Fs player|no= 1|nat=Libya|name=Jamal Abd Aldaem|pos=GK}}`{=mediawiki} `{{Fs player|no= 2|nat=Libya|name=Hasan Abbas|pos=DF}}`{=mediawiki} `{{Fs player|no= 4|nat=Libya|name=Younus Al-Hijazi|pos=MF}}`{=mediawiki} `{{Fs player|no= 5|nat=Libya|name=Majdi Erteiba|pos=DF}}`{=mediawiki} `{{Fs player|no= 6|nat= SUD |name=Mohamed Elmonzer|pos=MF}}`{=mediawiki} `{{Fs player|no= 7|nat=Libya|name=Ahmed Al Gediri|pos=FW}}`{=mediawiki} `{{Fs player|no= 8|nat= TUN |name=Sanad Khemissi|pos=MF}}`{=mediawiki} `{{Fs player|no= 9|nat=Libya|name=Abdulsalam Al Fitouri|pos=FW}}`{=mediawiki} `{{Fs player|no=10|nat=Libya|name=Faraj Ghidan|pos=FW}}`{=mediawiki} `{{Fs player|no=11|nat=Libya|name=Mahdi Al Kout|pos=MF}}`{=mediawiki} `{{Fs player|no=12|nat=Libya|name=Mouad Al Mansouri|pos=GK}}`{=mediawiki} `{{Fs player|no=13|nat= SUD |name=[[Mazin Mohamedein]]|pos=DF}}`{=mediawiki} `{{fs mid}}`{=mediawiki} `{{Fs player|no=14|nat=Libya|name=Ibrahim Al Zouari|pos=FW}}`{=mediawiki} `{{Fs player|no=15|nat= MLI |name=Namory Sangaré|pos=MF}}`{=mediawiki} `{{Fs player|no=16|nat=Libya|name=Mohammed Al Kista|pos=MF}}`{=mediawiki} `{{Fs player|no=17|nat= LBY |name=Mutassim Al Taib|pos=MF}}`{=mediawiki} `{{Fs player|no=19|nat= LBY |name=Mohammed Jadullah|pos=FW}}`{=mediawiki} `{{Fs player|no=21|nat= NGR |name=[[Sunday Akinbule]]|pos=FW}}`{=mediawiki} `{{Fs player|no=22|nat= SEN |name=Pape Abdou N'diaye|pos=FW}}`{=mediawiki} `{{Fs player|no=23|nat=Libya|name=Abdulrahman Al Jaghmani|pos=GK}}`{=mediawiki} `{{Fs player|no=25|nat=Libya|name=Ahmed Saleh|pos=DF}}`{=mediawiki} `{{Fs player|no=26|nat= LBY |name=Ahmed Huwaydi|pos=DF}}`{=mediawiki} `{{Fs player|no=27|nat= PLE |name=Anas Baniouwda|pos=FW}}`{=mediawiki} `{{Fs player|no=30|nat= ANG |name=[[Ary Papel]]|pos=DF}}`{=mediawiki} `{{Fs player|no=33|nat= BFA |name=[[Trova Boni]]|pos=DF}}`{=mediawiki} `{{Fs end}}`{=mediawiki}
## Coaching staff {#coaching_staff}
Position Name
----------------------- ------------------
**Manager** Rui Gorriz
**Assistant manager** Adel Saasy
**Goalkeeping coach** Mohammed Bousefi
**Team doctor** Salah Mehdi
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Cividade Hill
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**Cividade Hill** (Portuguese: *Monte da Cividade*) or **Cividade de Terroso Hill** with an elevation of 153 m is one of the two hills next to the city of Póvoa de Varzim in Portugal.
Cividade Hill\'s most notable feature is Cividade de Terroso in the hilltop. It is an ancient Castro culture town, hence the name of the hill that derives from Latin *civitas* (city). The walled city thrived since 900 or 800 BC, before being conquered and destroyed by the Roman Republic around 138 BC. Due to its urban protohistoric characteristics, the hilltop is considered to be an acropolis by archaeologists. The acropolis is, currently, owned by Póvoa de Varzim City Hall. In the slope there are villages and walled labyrinth-like farm-fields.
## Geography
Cividade hill is located in the parish of Terroso, just east of the city. The hill, along with São Félix, was used in the Middle Ages as the boundary of Varzim: *Verazim \... subtus mons civitas Terroso discurrentes aquas ad mare, territorio Brachara* (June 25, 1202). The expression \"subtus mons\" is typical on the Portuguese medieval documents and, as it was proved by Ferreira de Almeida, it is not just a topographic dependency, but, especially, an administrative and military dependency.
Cividade, with São Félix Hill, extends from the small Serra de Rates mountain range. It is the second highest hill in Póvoa de Varzim, after São Félix Hill.
## Protohistoric city {#protohistoric_city}
Cividade de Terroso was an important city of the Castro culture in North-western Iberian Peninsula, established during the Bronze Age, between 800 and 900 BC, as a result of the displacement of the people inhabiting the fertile plain of Póvoa de Varzim.
The most typical characteristic is its defensive system. The inhabitants had chosen to start living in the hill as a way of protection against attacks and looting by rival tribes. The migrations of Turduli and Celtici proceeding from the South of the Iberian Peninsula heading North were the reason for the improvement of the defensive systems of the castros around 500 BC. Cividade de Terroso is one of the most heavily defensive castros, given that the acropolis was surrounded by three rings of walls. The defensive perimeter seems to include a ditch of about 1 metre (3 feet 3 inches) of depth and width in base of the hill and a surveillance post in São Félix Hill.
## Prehistoric necropolis {#prehistoric_necropolis}
A necropolis, with seven tumuli, dating to end of the Neolithic, early Chalcolithic is known around the hill. The necropolis was built during the beginning of the permanent habitation of the region, 4 to 6 thousand years ago, and thus much older than Cividade itself.
In Portugal, these barrows are called *mamoa*, from the Latin *mammula*, given to them by the Romans because of their shape, similar to the breast of a woman (*mama* in Portuguese). Near Cividade de Terroso there\'s the most relevant one, the *Mamoa de Sejães*. This tumuli is located near the hamlet of Sejães, in the eastern hill slope. Given the fact that no archaeological surveys were made until the present day, nothing is known about the structure of the monument, and after thousands of years it is still unbroken.
Other nearby tumuli around Cividade and São Félix hills, including *Mamoa de Abade*, just off Sejães, the *Mamoa de Monte Redondo*, *Mamoa da Cova da Andorinha* and *Mamoa da Estrada*, all broken. There are references to other tumuli and dolmens, including *Mão Pedrosa*, *Leira da Anta* and another one in Balasar.
## Villages
In the hill slope there are villages, namely Terroso, the seat of the civil parish. Terroso is a picturesque historical village with its parish church built in 1718, that includes in its assets the 16th century icon of Our Lady of Candeias, a Coimbra School sculpture. The icon is said to have washed up on the shore of Azurara and the people of several villages tried to get it, but were the ones from Terroso who grabbed it and it was seen as a sign. The *Sancta Maria de Terroso* parish is known since the 11th century.
In Praça do Cruzeiro, the main entrance to Cividade de Terroso, there\'s the Divino Salvador Chapel built in 1670 by the Abbot Teotónio de Miranda as his mausoleum. It has an interesting painted altarpiece that features the Miracle of Ourique.
## Ancient flora {#ancient_flora}
The vegetation that is currently found in the hilltop is the result of intense human activity for over 2000 years, and the human farming and forestry practices. In the modern period, eucalypts have been planted in pulpwood plantations, which Póvoa de Varzim City Hall has been trying to eradicate and attempting to replace it with native flora that research proved to have existed in the area. Carbon analysis found in archaeological layers of Cividade de Terroso allowed the identification of twenty native species of trees and shrubs.
- *Alnus glutinosa* (Black Alder)
- *Arbutus unedo* (Strawberry Tree)
- *Corylus avellana* (Hazel)
- *Erica arborea*
- *Erica sp.*
- *Ericaceae indet.*
- *Frangula alnus*
- *Fraxinus angustifolia*
- *Leguminosae indet.* (peas)
- *Leguminosae Ulex type*
- Monocotyledon
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- *Pinus pinaster* (Maritime Pine)
- *Quercus sp.* (Oak)
- *Quercus suber* (Cork Oak)
- *Quercus ilex* (Holm Oak)
- *Quercus / Castanea* (Chestnut)
- *Crataegus monogyna*
- *Pyrus communis* (European Pear)
- *Rosaceae*
- *Salix sp.* (Willow)
- *Sambucus nigra* (Elderberry)
- *Ulmus sp.*
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Concord High School (California)
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**Concord High School** is a 9--12 comprehensive public high school in Concord, California, United States. It is one of the six high schools in the Mount Diablo Unified School District. Concord High School was constructed in 1966 and currently provides 144373 sqft in permanent structure, including about 70 classrooms, a library, and other structures. `{{As of|2023}}`{=mediawiki}, the current principal is Julene MacKinnon.
## Academics
Concord High offers many course choices, including over 18 AP/honors courses. The school once offered many foreign languages, including Spanish, French, German, and American Sign Language, but German and French were discontinued.
The school also features a band program with six different bands. Ladies First is an advanced women\'s singing group. Fine arts classes at Concord include Art, Ceramics, Photography, Creative Writing, Film Study, Video Production, Foods, Drama, Concert Choir, Show Choir, Ladies First, Women\'s Ensemble, Symphonic Band, Orchestra, Stage Band, Jazz Ensemble, Wind Ensemble, and Marching Band.
The journalism class does not produce any publication due to a lack of participation in the course. When it did publish, the school newspaper was named *The Patriot*.
Concord High, in partnership with the Contra Costa County Office of Education and their ROP classes, also has a Robotics class.
### CHS Academy {#chs_academy}
The CHS Academy is a Health and Human Services California Partnership Academy located on the Concord campus and available for 10th, 11th, and 12th grade students. Academy students take their core class with the same classmates for the entire school year, but also take some classes with the general student population.
Academy curriculum focuses on preparing students for life after high school with an emphasis on health and human services fields such as medicine, psychology, and social work. Academy students are automatically enrolled in special elective courses to complement the focus of the Academy. Sophomores take Career Transitions, which focuses on exploring interests and various career fields in the health sector. Juniors take Psychology within the academy, and, in addition to regular classes, attend a Career Explorations class at Diablo Valley College in the spring. Seniors take Sociology, with a focus on looking at modern society in regards to a variety of topics, from homelessness and health issues, to dissecting advertisements in the media. Students in the academy attend many field trips throughout the year, including trips to many local colleges such as UC Davis, Berkeley, the Art Academy, and San Francisco State. Students in the academy also organize the yearly Diversity Conference, blood drives, and donation drives.
For the 2022--2023 school year, the Academy program was removed from the school due to lack of funding.
## Athletics
### Fall
- Cross country
- Football
- Golf (girls)
- Marching band
- Tennis (girls)
- Volleyball (girls)
- Water polo
- Auxiliaries
- Cheerleading
### Winter
- Basketball
- Soccer
- Winter percussion
- Winterguard
- Wrestling
### Spring
- Baseball
- Bowling
- Golf (boys)
- Softball
- Swimming
- Tennis (boys)
- Track & field
- Volleyball (boys)
- Auxiliaries (training clinics)
### Field of Dreams {#field_of_dreams}
The vision of the Field of Dreams Project is to renovate existing, build new, and maintain facilities that will benefit all indoor and outdoor athletic programs and fine arts programs. Field of Dreams led the way for:
- The new Concord High football stadium. Opened in autumn 2006, the new stadium features new lights, grass, scoreboard, bigger and better bleachers, fencing, goal posts, and renovations and building of stadium bleachers. The Homecoming game of 2006 was the first ever game in the history of Concord High to be played on Concord\'s own field under its own lights.
- Over the summer of 2006, many improvements were made to the Concord High gymnasium, including new flooring with artwork and new lighting.
- Concord received new tennis courts as a result of a \$500,000 project funded by Measure A and Proposition 55. They are currently in use.
- Baseball field improvements, including scoreboard, fencing, wind screen, and many more improvements are being planned.
- Renovated softball field with new scoreboard, fencing, etc.
### Football
On December 11, 2010, the Concord High football team won its first North Coast Section Division II Championship by defeating Rancho Cotate High School (Rohnert Park, California) 40--37 in the Oakland Coliseum. The Minutemen finished 13--1. The 2010 offense averaged 50.6 points per game (third in California) and scored a total of 100 touchdowns.
The following year, the Bears again appeared in the NCS Division II title game but fell to Windsor High School (Windsor, California) 28--20 on December 9, 2011 at Santa Rosa High School. The Bears finished with a 10--3 overall record.
Concord High had previously been to the NCS 2A Championship game in 1989, where they were defeated by Marin Catholic High School.
The 2012 team finished 10--3 after falling to Clayton Valley Charter 49--22 on November 23 in the NCS Division II Semifinals.
### Soccer
The Concord High School has an active soccer program. The women\'s program made it two consecutive years to the North Coast Sections finals in 2005 (defeated by Bishop O\'Dowd High School) and 2006 (defeated by Campolindo High School). In the 2008 season, the team made it to the NCS playoffs but were eliminated by Las Lomas High School in the quarterfinals.
### Swimming
The 1977 and 1978 men\'s teams won the North Coast Section Championship. The 1978 men\'s swim team finished with a third ranking in the United States.
The 1985 women\'s team won the North Coast Section Championship.
Former All-Americans include Dan Boatwright, Dave Boatwright, John Riolo, Jerry Ferris, Rich Taylor, Dan Brady, Paul Donohue, Dan Akre, Duane Fiene, Paul Vanhoven, Greg Witters, Rich Newton, Steve Larocque, Sean Harrison, Kevin Leveroni, Jim Taylor, Raphael Brasil, Brett Lowe, Robin Fiene, Lindsay Ingles, Dori Green, Jean Collins, Julie Jordan, and Ali Rowe. Paul Vanhoven, Dori Green, and Steve Larocque were also national age group record holders.
### Cheerleading
The 2016--2017 varsity cheerleading team won a national championship in Las Vegas Feb 17 2017. The following year, they won their second national championship in Las Vegas on February 24, 2018.
### Softball
The Bears softball team has won four NCS Division II Championships since 2010.
## Drama
The drama department at Concord High was the first high school in the United States to perform the play *Zoot Suit*. Different levels of drama classes were offered. Auditions for the productions put on throughout the year were open to all of the school\'s students. As of 2023, Concord High School no longer has a drama program.
## Music
Concord High Instrumental Music is a program including Concord High\'s Marching Band, Jazz Ensemble, Wind Ensemble, Orchestra and Stage Band as well as Percussion, Winter Percussion, Auxiliaries and Winter Guard. The marching band has taken part in the Oakland Holiday Parade, the Broadway Parade of lights, and the Hollywood Parade in Pasadena, and have competed in various reviews throughout the area. The Jazz Ensemble has performed at the Todos Santos tree lighting for several years and performs locally at community events such as the yearly fundraiser A Night of Jazz and Casino Night around March and April.
In 2009, the band program went to the Seattle Music Heritage Festival and took sweepstakes, placing first in the jazz band category and first and second in the wind ensemble categories. The Concord High Instrumental Program has gone on several performing trips to Washington DC, Disneyland and Hawaii.
In 2023, the marching band won the San Francisco Fleet Week band competition, being marked the \"Best Band in The Bay Area\".
In 2024, the Jazz Ensemble 1 placed top 5 in the Folsom Jazz Festival, marking a first in Concord High School history.
In 2024, the CHS Winter Guard competed in the Scholastic A division at the Winter Guard International Union City Regional Competition and progressing to Finals, marking a first in Concord High School history.
## Notable alumni {#notable_alumni}
- Carlos Alazraqui -- voice actor; played Deputy Garcia on *Reno 911!*
- Dave Barr -- former professional football player; quarterback for the University of California
- Tom Candiotti -- former professional baseball player
- Bonnie-Jill Laflin -- former NBA and NFL cheerleader; model and actress
- Jon Weisberg -- former bassist of the band From First to Last
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Maungataniwha Range
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The **Maungataniwha Range** is a volcanic mountain range located in Northland Region of New Zealand. The Mangamukas, as it is known by the local residents and many Northlanders because of the name of the settlement and river on the southern side, separates Kaitaia and the Aupouri Peninsula from the rest of Northland. The highest point in the Maungataniwha Ranges is Raetea at 744m. The range is home to many kauri trees and part of the range is a part of Northland Forest Park.
The New Zealand Ministry for Culture and Heritage gives a translation of \"taniwha mountain\" for *Maungataniwha*.
State Highway 1 crosses the range and passes through the Mangamuka Gorge. With a summit of 383m, the road is known to be one of the most winding, twisty and hilly section of the entire length of highway in New Zealand. It was built in the 1920s and was sealed in 1961, making it the preferred route from Whangārei to Kaitaia.
In the early 1900s, a railway was proposed to either run through the ranges or run round them to connect Kaitaia and the Far North with the North Auckland Line or the Okaihau Branch line of the national rail network. After much debate, the idea never went ahead and in 1936 the decision was made not to extend the Okaihau Branch to Kaitaia and the extension from Okaihau to Rangiahua was closed.
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Woodham Mortimer
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**Woodham Mortimer** is a village on the Dengie peninsula about three miles west-south-west of Maldon in the English county of Essex. The village is part of the Wickham Bishops and Woodham ward of the Maldon district.
## History
The discovery of a hoard of denarii dated to 41 CE is some evidence of occupation in Roman times. However, the village first appears in written records as \"Wudeham\" in c. 975. The name, which means \"village in the wood\", is derived from the old English words \"wudu\" (wood in modern English) and \"ham\" (home, or homestead). At the time of the Norman Conquest the parish belonged to Ralph Peverell and was known as Little Woodham. Henry II gave the parish to Robert de Mortimer, leading to the change in name.
In the Domesday Book the population was recorded as 14 households with the local lord in 1066 being Siward Barn.
During the First World War a new aerodrome was opened in nearby Stow Maries to provide air cover for the London area. 37 Squadron, Royal Flying Corps occupied the base from September 1916 taking over The Grange in Woodham Mortimer as its headquarters. The Grange was once the property of Beeleigh Abbey and is a Grade II listed building.
## Demographics
Approximately 45% of residents are classified using Experian\'s Mosaic system as type A4 (defined as \'financially secure couples, many close to retirement, living in sought after suburbs\') and are predominantly white, Christian, English speaking and British born. As of 2009 the population was estimated at 641.
## Governance
Woodham Mortimer has a parish council and is part of the Wickham Bishops and Woodham ward of the Maldon district. The district forms part of the Witham constituency for parliamentary elections. The local MP is Priti Patel.
## Geography
Woodham Mortimer has an average elevation of 51 m above sea level and lies just south of the Danbury-Tiptree ridge that marks the furthest extent of the Anglian ice sheet during the last ice age approximately 450,000 years ago. The geology of the area is rock, sand and gravels that were deposited by the retreating ice. Gravel is commercially extracted from the Royal Oak Quarry with a proposed additional site at Tynedales Farm of 47.5 ha. The National Soil Resources Institute at Cranfield University describes the main soil type as \"slowly permeable seasonally wet slightly acid but base-rich loamy and clayey soils.\"
## Climate
Woodham Mortimer is considered by the Met Office to be part of the Eastern England region, however, for the purposes of historical climate data it is consolidated into the East Anglia region. Climate information for the period 1981 -- 2010 is detailed below.
## Economy
There are two public houses, the Royal Oak on the A414 and the Hurdlemakers Arms on Post Office Road. Its name refers to the hurdles which used to be made from materials cut in the nearby woods. There is a golf driving range with 9-hole pitch and putt that was opened in 1967 on Burnham Road. In 2022 planning permission was granted to replace the driving range with a development of 18 houses.
## Crime
Woodham Mortimer is policed by Essex Police and is part of the Purleigh Neighbourhood Policing Team which covers a number of areas with a total population of 10,936. In 2011, there were 516 reported crimes in the NPT. There is no local police station.
## Culture and facilities {#culture_and_facilities}
### Village hall {#village_hall}
Next to the village hall is a 0.4 ha playing field with swings and a small football pitch.
### Religious sites {#religious_sites}
The parish church is St Margaret\'s. The original church on the site may date from the 16th century, however, it was rebuilt in the 19th century leaving little evidence of the older church with only the south wall and east end remaining.
Evidence for the age of the church includes the 13th century font (although the base is newer) and the 17th century carvings on the pulpit. The church has a small window commemorating Queen Victoria\'s diamond jubilee. The graveyard includes the grave of Peter Chamberlen.
### Landmarks
Woodham Mortimer Hall is a 17th-century gabled house that Hugh and Peter Chamberlen lived in. There is a blue plaque fixed to the hall noting them as pioneering obstetricians who invented the forceps. The hall passed out of the Chamberlen family in 1715 when the family home was sold. The forceps were found in 1813 under a trap door in the loft of the hall and given to the Medical and Chirurgical Society which passed them to the Royal Society of Medicine in 1818. The find was described by R. Lee in *Observations on the Discovery of the Original Obstetric Instruments of the Chamberlens (1862)* as:
There is a war memorial commemorating the nine people from the village who died during the World Wars. There is also a Grade II listed memorial erected in 1825 to William Alexander, who left his lands to the Worshipful Company of Coopers for the benefit of the poor.
Woodham Mortimer Lodge is a Grade II listed building.
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Search and Rescue (1977 TV series)
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***Search and Rescue*** is a 1977--78 family-oriented adventure television series co-produced by the CTV television network in Canada and NBC in the United States. The program was aired in prime time in Canada and on Saturday mornings by NBC. It was later syndicated overseas. The American broadcasts of the series carried the modified title *Search and Rescue: The Alpha Team*. The show aired on NBC from September 10, 1977 to January 28, 1978.
The series starred Michael J. Reynolds (an actor later known for appearing in many commercials for Nabob coffee) as Dr. Bob Donell, the leader of a unique rescue team that includes his two children Katy (Donann Cavin) and Jim (Michael Tough). What makes the team unique is that it conducts its rescues using a veritable zoo of specially trained animals. Each episode would see the Alpha Team utilizing specific animals to handle specific incidents, ranging from birds to dogs.
A total of 26 episodes were produced, although the American broadcast of the series was cancelled after thirteen episodes.
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Ocho Quince
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***Lucerito**\'\', also known colloquially as***Ocho Quince**\'\', is the fifth studio album by Mexican singer and actress Lucerito. It was released on 16 April 1988, by Fonovisa\'s Discos Melody. It included two covers, The Dixie Cups\' \"Chapel of Love\" from the original 1965 Spanish version by Mayté Gaos \"Vete con Ella\" and Carole King\'s \"You\'ve Got a Friend\" with \"Tu Amiga Fiel\". It was Lucero\'s first record to be released on compact disc.
## Track listing {#track_listing}
The album is composed by ten songs. `{{tracklist
| collapsed =
| total_length =
| title1 = Ocho Quince
| writer1 = [[Joan Sebastian]]
| length1 = 3:07
| title2 = Millones Mejor Que Tú
| writer2 = Carlos Lara, Jesús Monárrez
| length2 = 3:07
| title3 = Cenicienta Se Acabó
| writer3 = Sue y Javier
| length3 = 3:00
| title4 = No Puedo Estar Sin Ti
| writer4 = Manuel Eduardo Castro
| length4 = 3:00
| title5 = [[You've Got a Friend|Tu Amiga Fiel]]
| writer5 = [[Carole King]], Sue
| length5 = 4:53
| title6 = [[Chapel of Love|Vete Con Ella]]
| writer6 = [[Jeff Barry]], [[Ellie Greenwich]], [[Phil Spector]]
| length6 = 3:40
| title7 = Marioneta
| writer7 = Sue y Javier
| length7 = 3:18
| title8 = Y Todas Las Tardes
| writer8 = Jorge Massias
| length8 = 3:24
| title9 = Telefonómana
| writer9 = Carlos Vargas, Luigi Lazareno, J.Antonio Sosa
| length9 = 3:11
| title10 = No Me Hablen de Él
| writer10 = Sue y Javier
| length10 = 3:30
}}`{=mediawiki}
## Singles
+-----+---------------------------+--------+----------------+------------+
| \# | Title | Mexico | United States\ | Costa Rica |
| | | | Hot Lat. | |
+=====+===========================+========+================+============+
| 1\. | \"Millones Mejor que Tú\" | #1 | n/a | #6 |
+-----+---------------------------+--------+----------------+------------+
| 2\. | \"Vete con ella\" | #2 | #7 | #9 |
+-----+---------------------------+--------+----------------+------------+
| 3\. | \"Tu amiga fiel\" | #1 | n/a | #1 |
+-----+---------------------------+--------+----------------+------------+
| 4\. | \"Telefonómana\" | #20 | n/a | n/a |
+-----+---------------------------+--------+----------------+------------+
| 5\. | \"No me hablen de él\" | #5 | #5 | #13 |
+-----+---------------------------+--------+----------------+------------+
| | | | | |
+-----+---------------------------+--------+----------------+------------+
## Sales
\"Lucerito\" sold 400,000 copies earning Gold Disc, which 250,000 were sold in Mexico. In 5 months some singles are released: \"Millones mejor que tú\", \"No me hablen de él\" and \"Tu amiga fiel\". She recorded two videos to promote the album, \"Vete con ella\" and \"Millones mejor que tú\", they peaked the Top 10 on the program of Gloria Calzada called \"8O\'s Stars\". The album achieved high sales in Costa Rica, Chile, Colombia, Venezuela, Guatemala, U.S.A., which Lucero visited to promote her album.
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Bicknacre
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**Bicknacre** is a village in the civil parish of Woodham Ferrers and Bicknacre, in the county of Essex, England. It is approximately 6.5 km north of South Woodham Ferrers and 9.2 km southeast of the city of Chelmsford. The village is in the borough of Chelmsford and in the parliamentary constituency of Maldon. In 2018 it had an estimated population of 2,263.
## History
There was a hermitage on this site until around the end of 1154, when it was converted into a priory for the Augustinian Canons, also known as the Black Canons. It was known as Wodeham (Woodham) Priory until 1235 when the name Bicknacre first occurs.
The name is derived from Bicca, the landowner, and æcer, an old English word meaning open field from which the word acre is derived.
Despite a very small population for most of its history, the village was able to support four Public Houses. All of these remain although two are now private dwellings.
The first major development was in 1969 with the construction of 60 executive style properties on former farm land to the north of the village. At the same time, a new school and village hall was constructed along with a modest shopping precinct.
In the 1980s, the Thriftwood Estate was built on the southern side of the village comprising 300 homes.
Several attempts have been made to undertake further developments in Bicknacre. Most notably in 2001 when an application to build 4,000 homes on farmland was rejected by Chelmsford City (then Borough) Council. The Parish Council successfully arranged a 100 year lease on this land, handing it over to the local community as a green space.
The Bicknacre Festival was held for four years between 2005 and 2009 raising over £20,000 for local good causes. In 2006, the festival was opened by former Formula One driver and The Stig from BBC\'s Top Gear Perry McCarthy.
## Landmarks
The [Priory Arch](http://www.prioryfields.org.uk/arch/) is all that remains of the priory. It comprises the west arch of the crossing of the church (estimated to date from about 1250) with attached fragments of the nave and north transept.
The arch and the surrounding fields, known as [Priory Fields](http://www.prioryfields.org.uk), originally formed part of a large area of land owned by Bicknacre Priory, which dates back to c1150. Part of that land later became known as Priory Farm. The farm was sold in 2001 and 7 acres, including the remaining Priory Arch, were given to the local parish on a 100 year lease and are looked after by a voluntary group, called Friends of Priory Fields.
The St Giles Home for British Lepers no longer exists, but St. Giles Churchyard, which is marked as an Essex Wildlife Trust Nature Reserve is in Moor Hall Lane. It is rumoured that the church is haunted by a man buried in the graveyard. His name remains unknown.
## 2023 Bicknacre earthquake {#bicknacre_earthquake}
On 9 February 2023, Bicknacre was the epicentre of a small earthquake with a magnitude of 2.6 which was felt as far away as South Woodham Ferrers and Chelmsford.
## Notable people {#notable_people}
Notable people from the village include Richard Robarts, a former Formula One driver, and the artist Danielle West (now known as Danielle Martin). The artist Grayson Perry spent part of his childhood in the village. The Actor and Comedian Marty Feldman was evacuated to Bicknacre during World War 2. Joe Pettit, writer of the multi-award-winning short film *Yout* also lived in Bicknacre. Dancer, choreographer, and television personality Ashely Banjo resides in Bicknacre. Rock singer Graham Bonnet lived in Bicknacre during the 1980s
## Film
Bicknacre was used as a location for the 2020 feature film [Villain](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt9820352/?ref_=nv_sr_srsg_0_tt_8_nm_0_in_0_q_Villain), starring Craig Fairbrass and also for an infomercial about road safety starring Joe Thomas.
## Images
Image:Bicknacre village sign 1.jpg\|Bicknacre Village Sign Image:White swan bicknacre.jpg\|The White Swan Public House Image:Shops bicknacre.jpg\|Shops at Bicknacre
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Microprocessor Chronicles
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***The Microprocessor Chronicles*** is a documentary by filmmaker Rob Walker. Walker, who cofounded LSI Logic, created the film to document the growth and history of Silicon Valley. The work includes interviews with persons famous among notables in the microprocessor world. It discusses technical evolution of the microprocessor and marketing of devices.
The film is part of a series by Walker named *Silicon Genesis*. Another film in the series, *The Fairchild Chronicles*, talks about Mountain View\'s Fairchild Semiconductor. The series is supported by Stanford University.
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El Nasr Girls' College
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**El Nasr Girls\' College (EGC)** (*كلية النصر للبنات*) is a school in Shatby, Alexandria, Egypt. It was established in 1935, and was originally known as *English Girls College*.
## History
The college was founded in 1935 to commemorate the Silver Jubilee of George V during the time when Egypt was under Protectorate status.
The buildings were designed by the English architect George Grey Wornum in a "Spanish -- Arabic style of architecture" to accommodate a maximum of 1000 pupils. The buildings stood in over 20 feddans of land donated by the Governorate of Alexandria. The school site went up to the main Boulevard \"Abu Keir Avenue\". The Minister of Education donated a big section to the faculty of science, which stands there today.
## Aim
It followed the British system of education for a very select group of girls. It was run on the lines of an English public school. Students studied for Oxford and Cambridge examinations, and played British games.
Until 1956 the staff were all British, but they were expelled as a result of the Suez crisis of 1956.
## Notable alumnae {#notable_alumnae}
- Queen Sofía of Spain
- Reem Bassiouney, author and professor of sociolinguistics
- Marwa Ali El-Sherbini, pharmacist
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Shatby
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thumb\|Shatby Beach **Shatby** (*الشاطبي* *`{{Transliteration|arz|El Shatby}}`{=mediawiki}*) is a neighborhood in Alexandria, Egypt.
## Institutions
Many important institutes are located in Shatby, such as:
- Alexandria University
- Bibliotheca Alexandrina
- Collège Saint Marc
- El Nasr Boys\' School
- El Nasr Girls\' College
- Lycée Français d\'Alexandrie (Lycée Al-Horreya)
- Shatby Pediatric Hospital
- Al Ittihad Alexandria Club
## Cemetery and war memorial {#cemetery_and_war_memorial}
The main Alexandria cemetery complex is in Shatby. It was designed by Sir Robert Lorimer in 1919. It includes the Alexandria Military and War Memorial Cemetery, a Commonwealth War Cemetery that includes the graves of British and Empire service personnel who died in the First and Second World Wars. 2,259 are from the First World War and 503 are from the Second World War.
Also in the military cemetery is the Shatby Memorial, which commemorates 986 United Kingdom and British Empire service personnel who died at sea in the Mediterranean in the First World War and have no grave on land. Most were killed in the sinking of troop ships or defensively armed merchant ships, including `{{HMT|Aragon}}`{=mediawiki}, `{{HMT|Cameronia}}`{=mediawiki}, `{{HMT|Leasowe Castle}}`{=mediawiki}, `{{HMT|Osmanieh}}`{=mediawiki} and `{{SS|Persia|1900|6}}`{=mediawiki}.
Commonwealth war graves are also to be found in:
- Shatby British Protestant Cemetery, where are buried three British merchant seamen from `{{HMT|Aragon}}`{=mediawiki} of World War I and seven service personnel and a war correspondent of World War II,
- Shatby Jewish Cemetery Number 3, where are buried 20 service personnel of World War I (of whom 19 are in one plot) and two of World War II, besides a memorial to fallen men of the Zion Mule Corps.
## Tombs of El Shatby (El Shatby Necropolis) {#tombs_of_el_shatby_el_shatby_necropolis}
### Location
These tombs are situated at the north of Collège Saint Marc from the seaside, in the city of Alexandria east of Selsela area (ancient Lochias). The tombs were discovered by chance in 1893 and 1904 by chance by Giuseppe Botti and Evaristo Breccia.
### History
The tombs are considered to be the most ancient tombs in Alexandria as it dates back to 320 B.C. The site was first located and explored in the first decade of the 20th century by Evaristo Breccia, the second director of the Graeco-Roman Museum in Alexandria. Breccia revealed an impressive monumental subterranean multichambered complex known as Hypogeum A, two smaller corresponding complexes (Hypogea B and C), and an area covered with above-ground monuments in the form of stepped towers (once bases of funerary stelae, or altars over pit tombs). The site was dated back to the last quarter of the 4th Century and the beginning of the 3rd century B.C. As this period corresponds to the time immediately after Alexander The Great found the city of Alexandria, the site was identified with the final resting place of people from Macedonia, Thessaly, Crete, and Asia Minor who came to populate the new city. Still, Breccia never completed the excavation. In 2020 the site was revisited by an international team working in the framework of the [Alexandria Necropolis Project](https://alex.arch.uoa.gr/the_project/) (funded by the [A.G. Leventis Foundation](https://www.leventisfoundation.org/)). The team, under the direction of Prof. Mona Haggag (University of Alexandria, President of the Archaeological Society of Alexandria), Dr. Kyriakos Savvopoulos (University of Oxford) and Professor Hussein Abd El Aziz, aimed at completing the work of Breccia by fully excavating and documenting the site, as well as restoring it into a modern, safe and fully functional and informative heritage site. The project which also involved Egypt\' s Ministry of Antiquities (supervision), the [Cyprus Institute](https://www.cyi.ac.cy/) (digital documentation, 3D model creation) and the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens (excavation, recording, study), was completed in 2023 and provided a complete picture of Hypogeum A, identified the monument's ancient southern facade, and brought to light skeletons, and abundant portable finds in good condition. After three years of systematic work, the Hellenistic necropolis of Shatby is now a modern archaeological park, unique of its kind in Egypt.
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Valuev Circular
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The **Valuev Circular** (*Valuyevsky tsirkulyar*; *Valuievskyi tsyrkuliar*) of 18 (30) July 1863 was a decree (ukaz) issued by Pyotr Valuev (Valuyev), Minister of Internal Affairs of the Russian Empire, by which many publications (religious and educational literature recommended for the use in primary literacy training) in the \"Little Russian\" (Ukrainian) language were forbidden, except for *belles-lettres* works.
## History
The circular put the reason for the growing number of textbooks in Ukrainian and beginner-level books in Ukrainian as \"the Poles\' political interests\" and the \"separatist intentions of some of the Little Russians\". The circular quoted the opinion of the Kiev Censorship Committee that \"a separate Little Russian language never existed, does not exist, and shall not exist, and the tongue used by commoners (i.e. Ukrainian) is nothing but Russian corrupted by the influence of Poland.\"
The circular ordered the Censorship Committees to ban the publication of religious texts, educational texts, and beginner-level books in Ukrainian; but permitted publication of *belles-lettres* works in the language.
Further restrictions were placed on Ukrainian by the Ems Ukaz in 1876, which completely prohibited the usage of the language in open print.
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Poll Merino
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The **Poll Merino** is a subtype of the Australian Merino breed of domestic sheep, without horns, that was developed in Australia.
## Characteristics
These sheep are early maturing, large framed and relatively plain bodied, producing a fleece which is soft handling and of good colour thus retaining the attributes of the Merino. Polled Merinos are now found in the various strains of Merinos.
A single gene with three possible alleles controls horn inheritance in Australian Merinos.
Allele Result Comment
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P Poll Dominant to p and P^1^
P^1^ Horns Recessive to P, dominant to p
p Horns in rams, scurs in ewes Recessive to P^1^ and P
Poll Merino rams are not susceptible to poll strike (maggots behind the horns) which results from fighting and which can cause temporary infertility. They are also easier to crutch and shear, are less likely to become caught in fences or bushes and they are generally easier to handle. The wethers do not develop the stag horns that regular Merino wethers grow if they are not castrated early.
## History
In 1825 Alexander Riley was the first Australian breeder to obtain a poll ram with a view to establishing a poll Merino flock. The ram was imported by him from Germany, along with Saxon ewes. Boonoke, Bungaree, Uardry and Wanganella studs made specific mention of \"poley\" or poll rams for sale from the early 1880s. During the 1880s the first conscious attempt was made to breed the modern-type Poll Merinos by the Munros at *Webollabolla*, Moree, New South Wales. This stud is the oldest Poll Merino stud in Australia.
The Kirkby Poll Merino studs (*Success* and *Reno*) were started in Moree during 1932, Boonoke Poll in 1934 and Merryville Poll in 1938. The early Western Australian studs (Cranmore Park 1947, Belmore Park 1957) purchased Boonoke poll rams.
Otway Falkiner started the Boonoke Poll Stud using 13 \"sports\", which had no horns, from the Boonoke 1934 drop of nearly 9,000 rams. From this group of thirteen rams, eight were put over 400 Boonoke ewes the following year. The first offering of Poll Boonoke rams to the public was in 1937. Otway Falkiner's contribution was acknowledged by registering Boonoke as Poll Flock No. 1, in the first separate section for Poll Merinos in the Australian Stud Merino Flock Register.
Many studs are now breeding Poll Merinos to cater for the increased demand for these easier-to-care-for sheep.
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Here are some of **Kids\' WB**\'s most notable specials:
## Grandma Got Run Over by a Reindeer {#grandma_got_run_over_by_a_reindeer}
This Christmas special originally aired on Kids\' WB on Monday, December 23, 2002 at 4:00 PM. It aired in The WB\'s primetime slots beforehand. Both entities have rebroadcast it, usually around Christmas time.
## The Mastermind of Mirage Pokémon {#the_mastermind_of_mirage_pokémon}
This is the one-hour tenth-anniversary special of the *Pokémon* franchise, and it aired in the USA before anywhere else, even Japan. Kids\' WB! first aired it on April 29, 2006 at 10:00 AM, and it was the first *Pokémon* program dubbed by Pokémon USA, and the only program dubbed by Pokémon USA to air on Kids\' WB on The WB. Kids\' WB ran a promotional sweepstakes during it to win Pokémon: Tenth Anniversary merchandise.
## Pokémon: Destiny Deoxys {#pokémon_destiny_deoxys}
Kids\' WB aired the English-language version of this movie on January 22, 2005 at 10:00 AM. However, it was edited due to time constraints. The full-length movie was released on DVD February 15, 2005. Before the movie, during the preceding programs, Kids\' WB rolled out the red carpet to meet the stars of the movie.
## Wakko\'s Wish {#wakkos_wish}
This two-hour direct-to-video *Animaniacs* movie originally aired on Kids\' WB on February 21, 2000.
## Welcome Home, Animaniacs! {#welcome_home_animaniacs}
This was the very first Kids\' WB special, and was a Saturday morning preview special not unlike those that had been shown on ABC in the past. However, this special is rather hard to find, as not many WB Network affiliates actually aired it. And the few WB affiliates that did air the special aired it right *after* Kids\' WB\'s first broadcast.
This special, hosted by Harland Williams, was built around the fact that, for Kids\' WB\'s first season, *Animaniacs* was moving there from Fox Kids, and for the special, new animation of Yakko, Wakko and Dot had been produced driving away from the Fox studios to the Warner Bros. lot. In the meantime, the stars of The WB\'s prime-time shows gave viewers a look at the new shows:
- Robert Townsend and Curtis Williams of *The Parent \'Hood* gave a peek at the new season of *Animaniacs*
- Tia and Tamera Mowry from *Sister, Sister* introduced *Freakazoid!*
- Kirk Cameron showed off *Earthworm Jim*
- The Wayans Bros. gave a look at *The Sylvester and Tweety Mysteries*
- And *Pinky and the Brain* was featured as well.
## Zolar
Kids\' WB\'s first ever original movie, and one of their only live-action programs in history, debuted on May 29, 2004. It featured a sport-competing alien named Zolar, from another planet. His catch phrase was \"Blue-yah!\" During the movie, Kids\' WB! ran a sweepstakes to win a year\'s supply of buttered popcorn. The movie featured guest appearances by pro skateboarder Jason Ellis (radio host) and freestyle motocross legend Mike Metzger.
## Notable promotions {#notable_promotions}
As recently as 2007, Kids\' WB had many promotional giveaways, primarily to promote its programs and other Warner Bros. merchandise up for grabs.
### Big Kids Go First {#big_kids_go_first}
That was a slogan used to describe Kids\' WB\'s schedule as of October 19, 1996 (when *Waynehead* premiered) through November 21 of that year. In an apparent attempt to simplify the four-hour Saturday morning schedule, the action-oriented superhero cartoons were moved to make up the first two hours of the schedule, with the comedy-oriented shows (including *Waynehead*) making up the last two hours. In this time, the schedule went as follows:
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8:00 AM *Freakazoid!*
8:30 AM *Earthworm Jim*
9:00 AM *Superman: The Animated Series*
9:30 AM *Road Rovers*
10:00 AM *Waynehead*
10:30 AM *Pinky and the Brain*
11:00 AM *Animaniacs*
11:30 AM *The Sylvester & Tweety Mysteries*
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This move proved to be a disaster, the mistake being that \"big kids\" (supposedly the kids who would\'ve preferred the superhero cartoons) were more likely to sleep in on Saturday mornings rather than wake up early to watch the shows. As a result of this, on November 22, *Freakazoid* and *Earthworm Jim* were taken off the Saturday morning block and moved to being shown on Friday afternoons until the following February, when they disappeared from the block entirely, only to have *Freakazoid* replaced with *The Daffy Duck Show* and *Earthworm Jim* replaced with a classic episode of *Animaniacs*.
An episode of *Animaniacs* that was broadcast sometime later parodied this move in its gag credit: \"On The WB, Big Kids Go First / In Real Life, Big Kids Sleep In.\"
### Devon and Cornwall\'s Dubba Dragon Day {#devon_and_cornwalls_dubba_dragon_day}
Aired in May 1998, this broadcast was themed around promoting the release of the film *Quest for Camelot*. The backlot set used in the bumpers was specially designed with a medieval theme, and Devon and Cornwall, the two-headed dragon from the film, appeared in specially made promotional spots.
### Cleopatra\'s Dubba Diva Day {#cleopatras_dubba_diva_day}
This 1998 broadcast was hosted by Cleopatra (group). The music video for their song \"Life Ain\'t Easy\" premiered at the end of the show.
### Backstreet Boys\' Terrifying Tower Takeover {#backstreet_boys_terrifying_tower_takeover}
This broadcast aired in 1998 was hosted by the Backstreet Boys. They introduced shows and talked about their monster characters in the music video for Everybody (Backstreet\'s Back) leading up to the world premiere.
### BNL Day {#bnl_day}
BNL Day was the name given to the broadcast that aired on May 15, 1999, in which the Barenaked Ladies performed between each show. This event was originally intended to be titled Naked Day, but was changed due to complaints from parents.
### Warnerama Celebrity Showcase Featuring NSYNC {#warnerama_celebrity_showcase_featuring_nsync}
This broadcast aired on May 1, 1999 was hosted by NSYNC. They as well as Kids WB characters performed between shows.
### The Adventures of Static Shaq {#the_adventures_of_static_shaq}
These shorts promoted NBA legend Shaquille O\'Neal\'s guest appearance in the Static Shock episode \"Static Shaq\".
### Kids\' WB Kooky Carolfest {#kids_wb_kooky_carolfest}
In this special event, characters from various Kids WB shows sang parodies of classic Christmas carols themed after their own shows.
### Kids\' WB Snow Jam {#kids_wb_snow_jam}
The Kids\' WB Snow Jam was the name given to the broadcast that aired on February 5, 2000, in which Lou Bega performed between each show. New episodes of Kids\' WB shows aired all morning, including three new episodes of *Pokémon*.
### Kids\' WB Halloween Monster Mix {#kids_wb_halloween_monster_mix}
Hosted by Agents J and K from Men in Black: The Series, the event has characters from Kids\' WB shows build a monster out of various character body parts.
### Kids\' WB Big Premiere {#kids_wb_big_premiere}
This special promoted the series premieres of *Yu-Gi-Oh!*, *The Mummy: The Animated Series*, and *The Nightmare Room* and aired new episodes of *X-Men: Evolution*, *Jackie Chan Adventures*, and *Pokemon: Johto League Champions*. Originally set to air on September 15, 2001, it was later moved to September 29, due to most programming getting pre-empted by coverage of the September 11th terrorist attacks.
### Halloween Duel of Screams {#halloween_duel_of_screams}
In 2002 and 2003, toward Halloween, Kids\' WB would do a promotion similar to the *Yu-Gi-Oh! Trading Card Game* pitting Kids\' WB characters against one another in a duel, but this time with screaming kids. Whoever had the most screaming kids that could affect others won the duel. It was always done in tournament style, but in 2002, Todd \"Toad\" Tolensky from *X-Men: Evolution* was disqualified for eating The Flea from *¡Mucha Lucha!*, Ash Ketchum from *Pokémon* almost lost to Joey Wheeler from *Yu-Gi-Oh!*, and Jade Chan from *Jackie Chan Adventures* beat Yugi in the final round. In 2003, Yugi defeated The Masked Toilet from *Mucha Lucha* in the final round and won.
### Hey Dragon, Down in Front! {#hey_dragon_down_in_front}
This sweepstakes aired in the afternoon block for a week sometime in the spring of 2004, to promote *Yu-Gi-Oh! The Movie: Pyramid of Light*. Viewers had to identify a dragon from the Yu-Gi-Oh! series when Yugi said \"Hey, (dragon\'s name), down in front!\" and when they did, viewers were to log on to the website and enter for a chance to win Yu-Gi-Oh! card decks, as well as discount coupons for the movie.
### Holiday Sock Party {#holiday_sock_party}
The Holiday Sock Party was an ongoing event from 2001 to 2005, and had always taken place on the second Saturday in December. During this five-year period, the Kids\' WB mascot, the Holiday Sock, usually goes inside of the Kids\' WB! promotional watertower, with other characters from Kids\' WB, in which they do Christmas-related things. In 2001 and 2002, the sock was the sole host; however, in 2003, The Flea from *¡Mucha Lucha!* co-hosted. In 2004, the sock granted the wishes of viewers who wanted to \"turn into something\" on TV. In 2005, the set was then moved to the Fruit Salad Island from Coconut Fred\'s Fruit Salad Island with Coconut Fred as the co-host, and was about granting wishes again. This did not happen in 2006 and 2007, it was then replaced with a singalong for those two years, it didn\'t occur in 2008, as all of the Kids\' WB networks except for the Australian version had disbanded. This promotion was not aired on the Australian Kids\' WB network, because that version uses hosted content.
The Holiday Sock appeared as a question in the 20th Anniversary Edition of Trivial Pursuit, card #582, \"Q: Who was not worn out by hosting the Holiday Sock Party? A: The Holiday Sock\"
### Kids\' WB! Backlot Tour {#kids_wb_backlot_tour}
Kids\' WB had its **Kids\' WB! Backlot Tour** in the parking lot of The Centre Ice Rink at the Delaware State Fairgrounds in Harrington, Delaware, July 20 to 29, 2006, during the Delaware State Fair. It featured the best of Kids\' WB programming, Xbox 360 gaming, and other fun activities. It is a nationwide traveling show, usually at Six Flags Theme Park.
### Mad Mad Mad Monkey Summer, Ooh Ooh Ahh Ahh (Just For Kids) Island, Gotta See-ee-eeh Falls {#mad_mad_mad_monkey_summer_ooh_ooh_ahh_ahh_just_for_kids_island_gotta_see_ee_eeh_falls}
Beginning June 5, 2004, Kids\' WB gave their lineup a monkey-based theme, entitling it \"Mad Mad Mad Monkey Summer\". They did promos such as \"1001 Uses For a Banana\" showing a Kids\' WB character in need of a banana (usually where it doesn\'t help or makes things worse), \"Stump the Monkey!\" where viewers could go online and ask the monkey, \"Professor Oo-oo-oo\" questions, and pranks where someone in a gorilla costume would pop up randomly in a public area, scaring someone. Also, beginning June 14, 2004, Kids\' WB gave their weekday lineup a monkey-related theme to go along with \"Mad Mad Mad Monkey Summer\" and entitled it \"Ooh Ooh Ahh Ahh (Just for Kids) Island\". As a special, until July 30, 2004, viewers could enter online to be the Monkey King of the day and have their picture on a monkey\'s body on TV. This promo lasted longer than Mad Mad Mad Monkey Summer (which ended August 21, 2004, Ooh Ooh Ahh Ahh ended October 22, 2004) and beginning September 17, 2004, Kids\' WB entitled the Friday lineup \"Gotta See-ee-eeh Falls\", as they showed encore episodes of *Mucha Lucha* and *Pokémon* from the previous Saturday, and encore episodes of the new series *Da Boom Crew* and *The Batman*, as well as other things, such as new \"lost\" episodes of *MegaMan: NT Warrior* which were either skipped or dubbed out of order. However, this only went until October 15, 2004, a week earlier before it was originally scheduled to, when the network did a last-minute schedule change to prepare for November sweeps, replacing the scheduled encore of *The Batman* with an orderly rerun of *Yu-Gi-Oh!*.
### Kids\' WB! Way Outta The Way Road Trip {#kids_wb_way_outta_the_way_road_trip}
These promos consisted of Kids WB characters going on a "road trip" to real locations across the United States of America.
### Magi-Nation: Battle for the Moonlands Sweepstakes {#magi_nation_battle_for_the_moonlands_sweepstakes}
On May 17, 2008, Kids\' WB held a sweepstakes to promote the online game \"Magi-Nation: Battle for the Moonlands\" on Cookie Jar\'s *Magi-Nation* website. In this sweepstakes, viewers were to watch Kids\' WB! all morning long to find five secret code words, and then enter them online to be entered into a drawing for a pre-paid game card worth five dollars of in-game currency. This is the final sweepstakes Kids\' WB! ever held, and it took place on their last day of programming.
### Pillow Head Hour {#pillow_head_hour}
The Pillow Head Hour began on June 4, 2005, as Kids\' WB was showing the final episodes of *Jackie Chan Adventures*, it was a full hour at 8:00 EST (7:00 CST/PST), where they did promos featuring what Kids\' WB characters\' \"Pillow Head Hair\" would look like (what their hair would look like if they had just woken up from bed). The Pillow Head Hour was discontinued on June 25, 2005, when the network did a last-minute schedule change replacing *Jackie Chan Adventures* on July 2 with *Teen Titans* and *The Batman*. However, KidsWB.com made \"Pillow Head Reports\" featuring Gisselle, the Pillow Head Reporter for Kids\' WB!, talking about things such as entertainment and media. Because of this, starting on January 7, 2006, when Saturdays were extended to five hours, the Pillow Head Hour was reborn at 7:00 am, featuring Giselle and a full hour of a randomly selected Kids\' WB! show, and numerous guests talking about their \"Pillow Head Hair\". The Pillow Head Hour was discontinued once again on July 8, 2006, where Kids\' WB! made their \"Sizzlin\' Summer Lineup\" with two *Yu-Gi-Oh!* episodes in the former Pillow Head Hour\'s slot. This was supposed to be on September 23, 2006, for the 2006--2007 season, when it was then replaced with Shaggy and Scooby-Doo as then hosts of the block, from *Shaggy & Scooby-Doo Get a Clue!*, a show that was on Kids\' WB, at that current period of time, until 2008, when Kids\' WB had ceased, as well. Kids\' WB was then replaced by then-4Kids block, The CW4Kids, following Kids\' WB\'s disbandment in 2008; it had aired from 2008 to 2010. The CW4Kids was then replaced by **Toonzai** from 2010 to 2012. Following this, Saban Brands took over the block, renamed Vortexx until September 27, 2014. Until the end of the block, the first hour featured two programs which follow federally mandated E/I requirements and guidelines. Vortexx was eventually replaced by One Magnificent Morning which airs educational programming exclusively.
### The Pokémon Premiere Party {#the_pokémon_premiere_party}
This was the name given to Kids\' WB\'s broadcast on February 13, 1999, which marked the first time that *Pokémon* was shown on the block (the episode aired on that date was \"The Problem with Paras\") as part of the comedy lineup. Unfortunately for fans of Warner Bros. Animation, though, it was in this same weekend that *The Big Cartoonie Show* (which came right after *Pokémon*) was shortened down to half an hour.
### Top of the Tower Win-a-Rama {#top_of_the_tower_win_a_rama}
During the 2002--03 season, from time to time, Kids\' WB would run a contest, usually during weekdays when they had them, where each day they gave you a code to enter on KidsWB.com and be drawn to win some merchandise, usually relating to a Kids\' WB show. The first one was for *Yu-Gi-Oh!* in the week of September 16, 2002. Sometimes it coincided with the week as a show was given a special airing, such as the \"Weekday Shift\" that aired *Rescue Heroes* the whole week, the special weeks of catching up on *The Mummy: The Animated Series* or the week of new *Cubix: Robots for Everyone* episodes.
### Zany Insany April {#zany_insany_april}
Ozzy from *Ozzy & Drix* hosted Kids\' WB in April 2003, and named it \"Zany Insany April\". For the occasion, every week in April, at 3:30 pm, Kids\' WB aired a show that would normally air on Saturday, such as *Ozzy & Drix*, *The Mummy: The Animated Series*, *Static Shock*, *Mucha Lucha*, and *X-Men: Evolution*. Saturday promos included the \"You Rhyme It, We Rap It, Rap-a-Thon\", where viewers could make a rap about a Kids\' WB show and Scooby-Doo and Shaggy from *Scooby-Doo* would get some other Kids\' WB character to perform the rap on TV, or the \"Burpalicious Belchathon\", where viewers could compete with Kids\' WB characters to see how loud they could burp.
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Greg Roberts (American football)
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**Gregory Lafayette Roberts** (born November 29, 1956) is an American former professional football player who was a guard for five seasons in the National Football League (NFL) and United States Football League (USFL) during the late 1970s and 1980s. He played college football for the Oklahoma Sooners, earning unanimous All-American honors in 1978. Roberts was selected in the second round of the 1979 NFL draft, and played professionally for the NFL\'s Tampa Bay Buccaneers and USFL\'s Memphis Showboats.
Roberts was born in Nacogdoches, Texas.
He attended the University of Oklahoma, where he played for coach Barry Switzer\'s Sooners teams from 1975 to 1978. As a senior in 1978, he was recognized as a consensus first-team All-American and won the Outland Trophy as the best interior lineman in the country.
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John Percy Moore
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**John Percy Moore** (1869--1965) was an American zoologist who specialized in the research of leeches.
## Biography
Born in Williamsport, Pennsylvania in 1869, Moore was educated at the Central High School of Philadelphia, where he received his Bachelor of Arts degree in 1886. A student at the University of Pennsylvania, he obtained his Bachelor of Science degree there in 1892 and his Doctor of Philosophy in 1896.
After 1890, he was repeatedly employed by the United States Fish Commission. An instructor in biology at the Hahnemann Medical College from 1896 to 1898, he served as an instructor in zoology at the Marine Biological Laboratory in Woods Hole, Mass after 1901.
An instructor in zoology at Penn from 1892 to 1907, he served as an assistant professor from 1907 to 1909, and was then appointed as a professor. In 1902, he became assistant curator of the Academy of Natural Sciences in Philadelphia and worked for many years with Witmer Stone. He was elected to the American Philosophical Society in 1918.
In 1939, he was appointed professor emeritus. Moore also served as a member of the board of trustees of the Academy of Natural Sciences\] from 1938 to 1957. In 1957, he was made an Honorary Life Trustee.
## Research
Moore\'s primary zoological interest was the study of leeches and their biological control. During his years of scientific activity (1893--1963), he wrote more than one hundred papers, sixty-two of which were about leeches.
He conducted field research in India between 1930 and 1931 to study the life history of Indian land leeches. His association with the United States National Museum (USNM) began in the early 1900s when he started identifying specimens in the Museum\'s leech collection. In recognition of his work, he was appointed Honorary Collaborator in the Division of Marine Invertebrates, USNM, in 1930. On his death in 1965, Moore\'s collection of leeches was donated to the USNM.
### Species described {#species_described}
The following species were first described by J.P. Moore (also abbreviated J. Percy Moore):
- *Phytobdella catenifera*
- *Haemadipsa interrupta*
- *Diplocardia longa*
### Taxon named in his honor {#taxon_named_in_his_honor}
- *Pseudochromis moorei* the Jaguar dottyback,was named in his honor.
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SmartComputing
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***Smart Computing**\'\' was a monthly computing and technology magazine published by Sandhills Publishing Company in Lincoln, Nebraska, USA. First released under the name***PC Novice**\'\', it was published from 1990 to 2013.
## Content
The magazine featured articles, reviews of hardware and software, editorial content and classified advertising. It was geared more toward newer users than its sister publications, *Computer Power User* and *CyberTrend* (previously known as *PC Today*).
### Articles and Features {#articles_and_features}
- *Technology News and Notes*, by Christian Perry - News and a monthly Q/A help desk
- *Tech Diaries*, various authors - Reviews
- *Software Head-to-Head*, various authors - a comparison of software
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- *Software Reviews*, various
- *Staff Picks*, various - staff\'s choices of hardware
- *Windows Tips & Tricks*, various - helpful hints for using Microsoft Windows
- *General Computing*, various - articles about no specific topic
:\**Reader\'s Tips*, by readers - readers give hints to other readers
:\**Learning Linux*, by Vince Cogley, NEW COLUMN - teach yourself using Linux with the Ubuntu distribution
- *Plugged In*, various - tips on using the Internet
- *Mr. Modem\'s Desktop*, by Mr. Modem - various tips and Internet links
- *Quick Studies*, various - tips on and fixing problems with using very commonly used software
- *Tidbits*, by Marty Sems - information on new stuff
- *Tech Support*, various - consists of:
:\**What to Do When\...* - a guide on fixing road-block problems
:\**Examining Errors* - the magazine helps readers with errors
:\**Fast Fixes* - information on new software updates
:\**Q&A* - answers to tech support questions
:\**FAQ* - answers to frequently asked questions; each month all questions are about the same topic
- *Action Editor*, unknown - Action Editor comes to the rescue when companies deny service or give bad service
- *Tales From The Trenches*, by Gregory Anderson - his bad experiences when using computers and what to do about them if they happen to you
- *Editorial License*, by Rod Scher - description unknown
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Wacko
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***Wacko*** is a 1983 arcade video game by Bally Midway. It has unique angled cabinet design and a combination of trackball and joystick controls.
The player assumes the role of Kapt\'n Krooz\'r, a small, green alien within a bubble-topped spaceship who also appears in the game *Kozmik Krooz\'r*. The goal of each level is to eliminate the monsters, accomplished by shooting twin pairs in succession. As the player progresses, shooting monsters out of order creates mutants that must be unmatched before they can be eliminated.
## Gameplay
The player moves Kapt\'n Krooz\'r with the trackball and fires in four directions using either joystick. Shooting a single monster stuns it for a few seconds. The player must then shoot the monster\'s twin before the first one recovers in order to eliminate the pair.
On later boards, shooting a different monster results in the two becoming mutants -- the head of one joins with the torso of the other, and vice versa. To eliminate these mutants, the player must either unmix them by shooting the same pair again, or produce a second set of mutants which can then be paired up with the first. Eliminating a pair of mutants is worth more points than eliminating a pair of non-mutants.
As the player advances from board to board, the following additional transformations appear, introduced one at a time:
- Matched pairs of large monsters become tiny and fly around the screen
- Tiny monsters turn into eggs and run around
- Eggs turn into bats
- Some large monsters start as mutants
Each new form requires only one shot to be either destroyed or changed into the next one. All monsters on the screen must be turned into the next form before any of them can be destroyed or further transformed.
## Legacy
*Wacko* is available as a part of two compilations of arcade games: *Midway Arcade Treasures 2*, for the GameCube, PlayStation 2, and Xbox; and *Midway Arcade Treasures Deluxe Edition* for the PC.
Steve Harris of Missouri, USA, scored a world record 1,608,100 points playing Wacko at the NKC Pro Bowl in Kansas City, Missouri, USA, on March 31, 1983.
*Weirdo* is a 1987 clone for the TRS-80 Color Computer.
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RCA clean
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The **RCA clean** is a standard set of wafer cleaning steps which need to be performed before high-temperature processing steps (oxidation, diffusion, CVD) of silicon wafers in semiconductor manufacturing.
Werner Kern developed the basic procedure in 1965 while working for RCA, the Radio Corporation of America. It involves the following chemical processes performed in sequence:
1. Removal of the organic contaminants (organic clean + particle clean)
2. Removal of thin oxide layer (oxide strip, optional)
3. Removal of ionic contamination (ionic clean)
## Standard recipe {#standard_recipe}
The wafers are prepared by soaking them in deionized water. If they are grossly contaminated (visible residues), they may require a preliminary cleanup in piranha solution. The wafers are thoroughly rinsed with deionized water between each step.
Ideally, the steps below are carried out by immersing the wafers in solutions prepared in fused silica or fused quartz vessels (borosilicate glassware must not be used, as its impurities leach out and cause contamination). Likewise it is recommended that the chemicals used be of electronic grade (or \"CMOS grade\") to avoid impurities that will recontaminate the wafer.
### First step (SC-1): organic clean + particle clean {#first_step_sc_1_organic_clean_particle_clean}
The first step (called SC-1, where SC stands for Standard Clean) is performed with a solution of (ratios may vary)
- 5 parts of deionized water
- 1 part of ammonia water, (29% by weight of NH~3~)
- 1 part of aqueous H~2~O~2~ (hydrogen peroxide, 30%)
at 75 or 80 °C typically for 10 minutes. This base-peroxide mixture removes organic residues. Particles are also very effectively removed, even insoluble particles, since SC-1 modifies the surface and particle zeta potentials and causes them to repel. This treatment results in the formation of a thin silicon dioxide layer (about 10 Angstrom) on the silicon surface, along with a certain degree of metallic contamination (notably iron) that will be removed in subsequent steps.
### Second step (optional): oxide strip {#second_step_optional_oxide_strip}
The optional second step (for bare silicon wafers) is a short immersion in a 1:100 or 1:50 solution of aqueous HF (hydrofluoric acid) at 25 °C for about fifteen seconds, in order to remove the thin oxide layer and some fraction of ionic contaminants. If this step is performed without ultra high purity materials and ultra clean containers, it can lead to recontamination since the bare silicon surface is very reactive. In any case, the subsequent step (SC-2) dissolves and regrows the oxide layer.
### Third step (SC-2): ionic clean {#third_step_sc_2_ionic_clean}
The third and last step (called SC-2) is performed with a solution of (ratios may vary)
- 6 parts of deionized water
- 1 part of aqueous HCl (hydrochloric acid, 37% by weight)
- 1 part of aqueous H~2~O~2~ (hydrogen peroxide, 30%)
at 75 or 80 °C, typically for 10 minutes. This treatment effectively removes the remaining traces of metallic (ionic) contaminants, some of which were introduced in the SC-1 cleaning step. It also leaves a thin passivating layer on the wafer surface, which protects the surface from subsequent contamination (bare exposed silicon is contaminated immediately).
### Fourth step: rinsing and drying {#fourth_step_rinsing_and_drying}
Provided the RCA clean is performed with high-purity chemicals and clean glassware, it results in a very clean wafer surface while the wafer is still submersed in water. The rinsing and drying steps must be performed correctly (e.g., with flowing water) since the surface can be easily recontaminated by organics and particulates floating on the surface of water. A variety of procedures can be used to rinse and dry the wafer effectively.
## Additions
The first step in the *ex situ* cleaning process is to ultrasonically degrease the wafer in trichloroethylene, acetone and methanol.
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Brad Shearer
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**Sterling Bradford Shearer** (born August 10, 1955) is an American former professional football player who was a defensive lineman for three seasons with the Chicago Bears of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football for the Texas Longhorns, earning unanimous All-American honors and recognition as the best college interior lineman in the country in 1977. A third-round pick in the 1978 NFL draft, he played professionally for the NFL\'s Chicago Bears.
## Early life {#early_life}
Shearer was born in Houston, Texas. He graduated from Westlake High School in Westlake Hills, Texas, a suburb of Austin, where he played for the Westlake Chaparrals high school football team.
## College career {#college_career}
Shearer received an athletic scholarship to attend the University of Texas at Austin, where he played for the Texas Longhorns football team from 1974 to 1977. He was a two-time All-Southwestern Conference selection in (1975, 1977), As a senior team captain in 1977, he averaged ten tackles per game, led the Longhorns to a No. 1 ranking, and was recognized as a consensus first-team All-American. He was also awarded the Outland Trophy, recognizing him as the best interior lineman during the 1977 college football season.
## Professional career {#professional_career}
The Chicago Bears picked Shearer in the third round (74th pick overall) of the 1978 NFL draft, and he played for the Bears from `{{NFL Year|1978}}`{=mediawiki} to `{{NFL Year|1981}}`{=mediawiki}. In three NFL seasons, he appeared in thirty-four regular season games for the Bears, and started two of them. He did not play during the `{{NFL Year|1979}}`{=mediawiki} regular season, and his pro career was later cut short by a knee injury.
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1997 ICC Trophy
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The Carlsberg **1997 ICC Trophy** was a cricket tournament played in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia between 24 March and 13 April 1997. It was the Cricket World Cup qualification tournament for the 1999 Cricket World Cup.
Bangladesh were the winners of the tournament, defeating Kenya in the final, while Scotland won the third place play-off. These three teams took the three available spots in the World Cup, Bangladesh and Scotland both qualifying for this tournament for the first time.
With some World Cup matches scheduled in Scotland and the Netherlands, Scotland would become the first Associate nation to play a home fixture in a World Cup. The Netherlands failed to qualify but World Cup matches were still held in the Netherlands.
## Squads
## First round {#first_round}
The first round took the form of a group stage, with four groups, two comprising six teams and two consisting of five teams. The top two teams from each group went through to the second round, whilst the remaining 14 teams took part in play-offs for the final standings.
### Points tables {#points_tables}
Team Played Won Lost Tied Abandoned Points Net RRA
------ -------- ----- ------ ------ ----------- -------- ---------
5 5 0 0 0 10 2.712
5 4 1 0 0 8 1.682
5 3 2 0 0 6 0.740
5 2 3 0 0 4 −1.130
5 1 4 0 0 2 −2.096
5 0 5 0 0 0 −1.823
: Group A Table
Team Played Won Lost Tied Abandoned Points Net RRA
------- -------- ----- ------ ------ ----------- -------- ---------
5 5 0 0 0 10 1.909
5 4 1 0 0 8 0.931
5 3 2 0 0 6 0.323
\(H\) 5 2 3 0 0 4 0.031
5 1 4 0 0 2 −1.073
5 0 5 0 0 0 −2.350
: Group B Table
Team Played Won Lost Tied Abandoned Points Net RRA
------ -------- ----- ------ ------ ----------- -------- ---------
4 3 0 0 1 7 2.932
4 3 0 0 1 7 0.850
4 2 2 0 0 4 0.184
4 1 3 0 0 2 −1.293
4 0 4 0 0 0 −0.984
: Group C Table
Team Played Won Lost Tied Abandoned Points Net RRA
------ -------- ----- ------ ------ ----------- -------- ---------
4 4 0 0 0 8 1.646
4 3 1 0 0 6 0.707
4 2 2 0 0 4 0.696
4 1 3 0 0 2 −0.722
4 0 4 0 0 0 −2.359
: Group D Table
Position of teams in the table is determined by:\
1. Total points\
2. Head-to-head result (if more than two teams level, head-to-head only applies if all those teams have played the same number of matches against each other)\
3. Net run rate
## Second round {#second_round}
The second round was also a group stage, this time with two groups of four. The top two teams went through to the semi-final stage, whilst the third placed teams played off for fifth place, and the fourth placed teams played off for 7th place.
### Group E {#group_e}
#### Points tables {#points_tables_1}
Team Played Won Lost Tied Abandoned Points Net RRA \|- style=\"background:#cfc 3 2 0 0 1 5 2.324
------ -------- ----- ------ ------ ----------- -------- ------------------------------------- -- --- --- --- --- --- --- -------
3 1 1 0 1 3 0.274
3 1 1 0 1 3 −0.380
3 0 2 0 1 1 −1.500
#### Matches
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### Group F {#group_f}
#### Points tables {#points_tables_2}
Team Played Won Lost Tied Abandoned Points Net RRA
------ -------- ----- ------ ------ ----------- -------- ---------
3 2 0 0 1 5 0.767
3 2 0 0 1 5 0.695
3 0 2 0 1 1 −0.208
3 0 2 0 1 1 −1.030
#### Matches {#matches_1}
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## Plate championship and play-offs {#plate_championship_and_play_offs}
14 Teams placed below second position from first round groups contested for the plate championship and play-offs. Champion team was awarded Philip Snow Plate named after legendary Fijian cricketer Philip Snow.
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### 17th place play-off semi finals {#th_place_play_off_semi_finals}
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### 13th place play-off semi finals {#th_place_play_off_semi_finals_1}
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### Plate semi finals {#plate_semi_finals}
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### 19th place play-off {#th_place_play_off}
### 17th place play-off {#th_place_play_off_1}
### 15th place play-off {#th_place_play_off_2}
### 13th place play-off {#th_place_play_off_3}
### 11th place play-off {#th_place_play_off_4}
### Plate final {#plate_final}
## Finals & play-offs {#finals_play_offs}
### 7th place play-off {#th_place_play_off_5}
### 5th place play-off {#th_place_play_off_6}
### Semi finals {#semi_finals}
The first semi final between Ireland and Kenya was won by Kenya by just seven runs. Maurice Odumbe won the man of the match award for his 67 in Kenya\'s innings. The second semi final was won by Bangladesh who beat Scotland by 72 runs.
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### 3rd place play-off {#rd_place_play_off}
In the 3rd place play off, Scotland batted first, and scored 187 in 45 overs after rain delayed the start. Mike Smith top scored for Scotland with 49. The Duckworth-Lewis method set Ireland\'s target at 192 runs, but the Irish were bowled out for 141, Keith Sheridan taking 4/34 with his left arm spin. Scotland thus qualified for the 1999 World Cup.
### Final
The final between Kenya and Bangladesh was also affected by rain and was played over two days. Kenya batted first and scored 241/8 from their 50 overs, Steve Tikolo top scoring with 147. The Bangladesh target was set at 166 from 25 overs by the Duckworth--Lewis method, a target they reached with the last ball of the match. They were not able to defend their title, as they were elected to Test status in 2000. This would also be Kenya\'s last appearance in the ICC Trophy being allocated ODI status in 2000, though they returned in the successor tournament, the ICC World Cup Qualifier in 2009.
## Statistics
### Most runs {#most_runs}
The top five run scorers (total runs) are included in this table.
Player Team Runs Inns Avg Highest 100s 50s
---------------- ------ --------- ------ ------- --------- ------ -----
Maurice Odumbe **517** 9 86.16 121\* 3 1
Steve Tikolo **392** 9 56.00 110 1 2
Dekker Curry **391** 7 65.16 158\* 2 1
Riaz Farcy **391** 9 55.85 108 1 3
Alan Lewis **370** 9 52.85 126\* 1 2
Source: [CricketArchive](https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Events/1/Carlsberg_ICC_Trophy_1996-97/Batting_by_Runs.html)
### Most wickets {#most_wickets}
The top five wicket takers are listed in this table, listed by wickets taken and then by bowling average.
Player Team Overs Wkts Ave SR Econ Best
------------------ ------ ------- -------- ------- ------- ------ ------
Aasif Karim 61.1 **19** 8.26 19.31 2.56 4/7
Asim Khan 57.1 **19** 10.26 18.05 3.41 7/9
Mohammad Rafique 57.4 **19** 10.68 18.21 3.52 4/25
Søren Sørensen 65.5 **18** 10.16 21.94 2.77 3/19
Martin Suji 69.4 **17** 9.35 24.58 2.28 5/7
Source: [CricketArchive](https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Events/1/Carlsberg_ICC_Trophy_1996-97/Bowling_by_Wickets.html)
## Final standings {#final_standings}
+------+--------------------------+------------------------------------------------+
| Pos | Team | WC Qualification |
+======+==========================+================================================+
| 1st | | Qualified for 1999 World Cup |
+------+--------------------------+------------------------------------------------+
| 2nd | | |
+------+--------------------------+------------------------------------------------+
| 3rd | | |
+------+--------------------------+------------------------------------------------+
| 4th | | |
+------+--------------------------+------------------------------------------------+
| 5th | | |
+------+--------------------------+------------------------------------------------+
| 6th | | |
+------+--------------------------+------------------------------------------------+
| 7th | | |
+------+--------------------------+------------------------------------------------+
| 8th | | |
+------+--------------------------+------------------------------------------------+
| 9th | | Phillip Snow Plate Champion |
+------+--------------------------+------------------------------------------------+
| 10th | | |
+------+--------------------------+------------------------------------------------+
| 11th | | |
+------+--------------------------+------------------------------------------------+
| 12th | | |
+------+--------------------------+------------------------------------------------+
| 13th | | |
+------+--------------------------+------------------------------------------------+
| 14th | | |
+------+--------------------------+------------------------------------------------+
| 15th | | Relegated to Division two for the next edition |
+------+--------------------------+------------------------------------------------+
| 16th | | |
+------+--------------------------+------------------------------------------------+
| 17th | | |
+------+--------------------------+------------------------------------------------+
| 18th | | |
+------+--------------------------+------------------------------------------------+
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+------+--------------------------+------------------------------------------------+
| 20st | | |
+------+--------------------------+------------------------------------------------+
| 21st | \ | |
| | `{{cr|ITA}}`{=mediawiki} | |
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Apurinã language
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**Apurinã**, or **Ipurina**, is a Southern Maipurean language spoken by the Apurinã people of the Amazon basin. It has an active--stative syntax. Apurinã is a Portuguese word used to describe the Popikariwakori people and their language (Facundes 2000: 34).`{{Full citation needed|date=January 2025}}`{=mediawiki} Apurinã Indigenous communities are predominantly found along the Purus River, in the Northwestern Amazon region in Brazil, in the Amazonas state (Pickering 2009: 2)`{{Full citation needed|date=January 2025}}`{=mediawiki}. Its population is currently spread over twenty-seven different Indigenous lands along the Purus River (Apurinã PIB). with an estimated total population of 9,500 people. It is predicted, however, that fewer than 30% of the Apurinã population can speak the language fluently (Facundes 2000: 35)`{{Full citation needed|date=January 2025}}`{=mediawiki}. A definite number of speakers cannot be firmly determined because of the regional scattered presence of its people. The spread of Apurinã speakers to different regions was initially caused by conflict or disease, which has consequently led natives to lose the ability to speak the language for lack of practice and also because of interactions with other communities.
Also, as a consequence of violence and oppression towards Indigenous people, some natives and descendants choose to not identify themselves as Indigenous, further reducing the number of people categorized as speaking the language (Facundes 2000: 23).`{{Full citation needed|date=January 2025}}`{=mediawiki} The low transmission and cultivation of the language result in the risk of endangerment. The endangerment level of Apurinã is currently at level 3 (Facundes 2000: 4),`{{Full citation needed|date=January 2025}}`{=mediawiki} which means that although adults still speak the language, children are no longer being exposed to it. Because they are taught Portuguese or Spanish instead, a further reduction in the number of people that speak the language could occur over the years, eventually leading it to become extinct.
## Phonology
### Vowels
Apurinã vowels are nasalized by surrounding nasal vowels, even across word boundaries.
Short
------- ------- ---------
Front Central
Oral Nasal Oral
High i ĩ
Mid e ẽ
Low
- /e/ can be lowered to \[ɛ\] when preceding an oral syllable.
- /o/ can be freely realized as \[ʊ, u\] within various syllable positions.
### Consonants
+-------------+----------+----------+---------------+-------+---------+
| | Bilabial | Alveolar | Postalveolar\ | Velar | Glottal |
| | | | or palatal | | |
+=============+==========+==========+===============+=======+=========+
| Nasal | | | | | |
+-------------+----------+----------+---------------+-------+---------+
| Plosive | | | | | |
+-------------+----------+----------+---------------+-------+---------+
| Affricate | | | | | |
+-------------+----------+----------+---------------+-------+---------+
| Fricative | | | | | |
+-------------+----------+----------+---------------+-------+---------+
| Flap | | | | | |
+-------------+----------+----------+---------------+-------+---------+
| Approximant | | | | | |
+-------------+----------+----------+---------------+-------+---------+
## Morphology
Facundes\' dissertation (2000) explores morphology, a branch of linguistics that is centered on the study of words and focuses primarily on how words are formed, their grammatical structure, composition, and their relationship to other words in the same language. He starts off by introducing the domain of morphology, followed by constructors of a word and makes reference to morphemes, allomorphs, bound and free formatives. Facundes\' (2000) introduction to morphology is followed by a detailed account of noun morphology where he describes simple, compound, and deverbal nouns. In simple nouns, Facundes (2000) refers to underived, simple nouns. They have only one root and cannot be further simplified. *Anãpa* for \'dog\' is one of his examples (2000: 151).
Morphemes are one of the constructors explored by Facundes (2000). Morphemes are grammatical fragments that are put together to generate one final product, often a word. It is the minimal unit of word-building in a language and so cannot be broken down any further (Facundes 2000: 19). For example, the word \"unbreakable\" has of three morphemes: *un*, *break* and *able*. \'Un\' is a prefix preceding the base morpheme, break. Finally, \'able\' is a suffix, a morpheme following the base morpheme. Although the combination of multiple morphemes yields a word with a meaning, individual morphemes do not always have a recognizable meaning. For example, the word \"touched\" can be broken down into two morphemes, \"touch\", a base morpheme and \"ed\", an affix for the morpheme base. Within morphemes and word-structure, Facundes (2000: 122) mentions that although the meaning of word is not always transparent, there are two separate classes in Apurinã. The phonological word allows pauses to occur at the two boundaries of another word.
The example is a representation of a phonological word in which a \'pause phenomenon\' can be manifested in a way that would shift the order in which the word appears in the sentence without affecting the general interpretation of the sentence (Facundes 2000: 122)
Grammatical words have little or ambiguous lexical meaning but represent a grammatical relationship with other words in the same sentence.
As presented by Facundes (2000: 125), each of the sentences above contain a plural marker *wako-ru*, which is used exclusively with nouns. Furthermore, the grammatical words can often be placed between two words as seen in the example below. In it, two grammatical words *uwa* and *muteka-nanu-ta* are placed on either side of *owa-kata* \"with her.\" The meaning of the sentence is thus \"He was running with her.\"
Affixes are also used in morphology and are added before or after a base morpheme. They are a type of bound formative encoding a grammatical constructor associated with a specific word class. The position in which the affix is placed in a word changes its classification to either a prefix, which is before the base morpheme, or a suffix, which is after the base morpheme. In example *4a* provided by Facundes (2000: 137), *wako-ru* is a plural suffix and is after the base morpheme *kuku*, \'man\'. The use of the suffix makes the base morpheme, *kuku*, plural. It thus becomes *kuku-wako-ru* \'men\' (2000: 124). Facundes (2000) describes other forms of bound formatives. They are categorized separately from prefixes and suffixes and so also function differently. In the example provided by Facundes (2000), some bound formatives float in a sentence but maintain a general meaning.
As seen in the examples above, the marker *-ko* is used in both sentences 1a and 1b and yields sentences with the same meaning.
### Valency
Valency-reducing operations change a transitive sentence into an intransitive sentence by altering the function of a subject into an oblique status. They are no longer considered core arguments. Oblique arguments are also known to occupy a \"patient\" role and play no critical role in the sentence, compared to arguments possessing an \"agent\" semantic role. An oblique argument may be omitted in the sentence, and the sentence still withholds no information. Passive constructions, as described by Facundes (2000: 400), are indicated by the passive parker *--ka* after a base morpheme. The passive marker encodes a patient role in the sentence (Facundes 2000: 400).
Example (2a) above shows the effect of the subject/possessor marker. The example above, as presented by Facundes (2000: 401), occurs in a naturally-occurring speech and thus can often also be combined with other markers. Facundes (2000) mentions combining the valency-reducing passive marker *--ka* with the perfective marker *--pe* and sometimes the imperfective marker *--panhi*, and all sentences with that construction would still retain a passive tone.
The above examples are provided by Facundes (2000: 401) to show the relationship between the passive marker and combined with perfective or imperfective markers. Example 2b shows the combination of the perfective marker *--pe* with the passive marker *-ka*. Then, \"gone\" remains as the past participle, which notes the perfect and passive tenses. As described by Facundes (2000: 401), the argument would remain passive.
### Tense
#### Future
Like in other languages, tense notes the progression on an action or an event through time. In Apurinã, tense is classified as future or non future. The two types of tense refer to the speech locus, the time during which the speech is taking place (Facundes 2000: 513).
The future indicates a speech or an action in a not-immediate future. It is identified with the use of the marker morpheme *--ko* (Facundes 2000: 513) and can be attached to noun bases, pronoun bases, numeral bases and particle bases.
In the above example, the future is signified by the attaching of the morpheme *-ko* to the pronoun *nota*, the first-person singular, \"I\".
In the above example, the same rule applies when the future is on its negative form, with a negative particle. \'I will not\' is symbolised by the attaching of the morpheme *--ko* to a \'not\' proposition, giving the sentence an overall future meaning (Facundes 2000: 410).
#### Non-future {#non_future}
The non-future tense is used for events prior to the speech locus, which is known as the past in most languages. Apurinã has only two tenses, and the current speech locus, also known as the present, can also be categorised as non-future. That rule is also applicable to any timeframe happening immediately after the speech locus, as it is considered to be the immediate future. No specific morpheme marks the non-future tense.
The former example is a sentence describing an event that happened in the past and so is not marked by a particular morpheme to indicate a past action.
The latter example is also considered to be non-tense and indicates a present timeframe. Again, there is no specific marker morpheme indicating the timeframe. Thus, whenever no *--ko* morpheme is included for a noun or pronoun base, the event can be assumed to have taken place in the past, the present, or the near future.
As mentioned by Facundes (2000: 515), the difference between the future and the immediate future in the language cannot be measured exactly. That is because speakers can vary as to how much they mark an event as future or immediate future. The example provided by Facundes (2000: 515), consisted of a timeframe exceeding the speech locus by only a couple of days. He described that then, the tense use will depend on the speaker but most often be presented as a distant future, rather than the immediate future.
### Pronouns
Facundes\' dissertation (2000) refers to the use of independent pronouns in the Apurina language. They encode gender, person, or number or often a combination of all three and can stand alone or follow a verb or proposition. As the table below shows, there are four singular independent pronouns and three plural independent pronouns. As the examples demonstrate, pronouns can be used in a sentence for both the subject and the object (2000: 345).
singular
------------ ------- ----------
1st person *nota*
2nd person *pite*
3rd person masc. *uwa*
fem. *owa*
: Pronoun forms
In the above examples, Facundes (2000) demonstrates the use of pronouns *{{\'}}nhi\' \'pi\', \'o{{\'}}*, as shown in the example to start the verb *nhipoko-ta*.
### Causatives
Causative sentences have the suffix *--ka*, as described by Facundes (2000: 310), and can be used with both transitive and intransitive verbs. The examples below show the use of the causative marker being used in both transitive and intransitive verbs.
The causative morpheme *--ka~2~* has the same function in both transitive and intransitive verbs. The difference is the position in the sentence. The change in position depends on whether the verb is a class~1~ verb or a class~2~ verb. In brief, class~1~ verbs have bound formatives attaching to the base~0~ to form base~1~, thus making base~1~ a combination between base~0~ and the bound class~1~ formative (Facundes 2000: 308). Subsequently, class~2~ verbs attach to base~1~ to form base~2~. Class~2~ verbs however, differ from class~1~ in that the verbalizer marker *--ta* is not necessary.
In class~1~ formatives, the verb is followed by the dependent verbalizer marker *--ta*, as seen in the above examples. In class~2~, the causative marker is *--ka~3~* and does not have a dependent relationship with the base verb (Facundes 2000: 325). The formative marker *--ka~3~* is classified as a class~2~ verb, but *--ka~2~* belongs in to class~1~. Examples are provided by Facundes (2000: 507) for the location of *--ka~2~* and *--ka~3~* as a causative marker.
In the first example, *amarunu* is the causee, and *n* is the causer. By adding a causative marker, the monovalent verb becomes bivalent. Similarly, in the example below, *nhi* is the causer, and *ru* is the causee, which causes a bivalent verb to become a trivalent verb.
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Indiana (novel)
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***Indiana*** is a novel about love and marriage written by Amantine Aurore Dupin; it was the first work she published under her pseudonym George Sand. Published in April 1832, the novel blends the conventions of romanticism, realism and idealism. As the novel is set partly in France and partly in the French colony of Réunion, Sand had to base her descriptions of the colony, where she had never been, on the travel writing of her friend Jules Néraud.
## Summary
Indiana is the story\'s heroine, a young noblewoman descended from French colonial settlers from Île Bourbon (now Réunion) and currently living in France. Indiana is married to an older ex-army officer named Colonel Delmare and suffers from a variety of unknown illnesses, presumably due to the lack of passion in her life. Indiana does not love Delmare and searches for someone who will love her passionately. She overlooks her cousin Ralph, who lives with her and the colonel. As it turns out, Ralph is in love with Indiana.
When their young, handsome and well-spoken neighbor, Raymon de Ramière, declares his interest to Indiana, she falls in love with him. Raymon has already seduced Indiana\'s maid, Noun, who is pregnant with his child. When Noun finds out what is going on, she drowns herself.
Indiana\'s husband decides that they will move to Île Bourbon. Indiana escapes the house to faithfully present herself in Raymon\'s apartments in the middle of the night, expecting him to accept her as his mistress in spite of society\'s inevitable condemnation. He at first attempts to seduce her but, on failing, rejects her once and for all. He cannot bear the thought that her will is stronger than his and writes her a letter intended to make her fall in love with him again, even though he has no intention of requiting this love.
Indiana has moved to the Island with the Colonel by the time she reads the letter. She resists the letter but finally returns to France on a perilous sea journey. When she arrives in Paris, the French Revolution of 1830 is taking place. In the meantime, Raymon has made an advantageous marriage and bought Indiana\'s house, where he and his wife live.
The stoic and remote Sir Ralph, whom Indiana has always seen as an \"*égoiste*\", suddenly comes to rescue her and tell her that Colonel Delmare has died from a fever. Indiana and Ralph decide to take their own lives together by jumping into a waterfall on the Île Bourbon. But on the way home, they fall in love. Just before the suicide, they declare their love for one another and pledge that they will be married in Heaven. At the end of the novel comes a conclusion, a young adventurer\'s account of finding a man and woman, Ralph and Indiana, living on an isolated farm on the Island.
## Themes
The novel deals with many typical nineteenth-century novelistic themes. These include adultery, social constraint, and unfulfilled longing for romantic love. The novel is an exploration of nineteenth-century female desire complicated by class constraints and by social codes about infidelity. In another sense, the novel critiques the laws around women\'s equality in France. Indiana cannot leave her husband, Colonel Delmare, because she lacks the protection of the law: under the Napoleonic Code, women could not obtain property, claim ownership of their children, or divorce. Finally, the novel touches on the subordination of the colonies to the French Empire.
## Main characters {#main_characters}
- Indiana Delmare - young, attractive noblewoman trapped in a loveless marriage of convenience
- Sir Ralph - Indiana's cousin and potential suitor
- Raymon de Ramière - a handsome heartless young rake who ends up being a lover of Noun and Indiana, a practical seeker of wealth.
- Colonel Delmare - Indiana's husband
- Noun - lady\'s maid to Indiana, formerly grew up with her on the Ile de Reunion
- Madame de Ramière - Raymon's mother, a social schemer who tries to find a way to marry Indiana and Raymon
- Madame de Carvajal - Indiana\'s wealthy and affluent aunt.
## Legacy
In 2023, the Centre for Comparative Literature, University of Toronto staged a theatre adaptation of the novel in English at Alliance Française.
That same year, Claire Bouilhac and Catel Muller adapted *Indiana* into a graphic novel published by Europe Comics.
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2006 NRL season results
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The 2006 National Rugby League season consisted of 25 weekly regular season rounds starting on 11 March, followed by four weeks of play-offs that culminated in a grand final on 1 October.
## Regular season {#regular_season}
### Round 1 {#round_1}
+-----------------------------+-------+-------------------------------+-----------------------+
| Home | Score | Away | Match Information |
+=============================+=======+===============================+=======================+
| Date and Time | Venue | Referee | Crowd |
+-----------------------------+-------+-------------------------------+-----------------------+
| Wests Tigers | 24-15 | St. George Illawarra Dragons | 11 March 2006 7:30 pm |
+-----------------------------+-------+-------------------------------+-----------------------+
| Newcastle Knights | 25-6 | Parramatta Eels | 12 March 2006 5:30 pm |
+-----------------------------+-------+-------------------------------+-----------------------+
| Canterbury Bulldogs | 22-24 | Penrith Panthers | 12 March 2006 7:30 pm |
+-----------------------------+-------+-------------------------------+-----------------------+
| Manly Warringah Sea Eagles | 14-27 | Canberra Raiders | 12 March 2006 7:30 pm |
+-----------------------------+-------+-------------------------------+-----------------------+
| New Zealand Warriors | 16-22 | Melbourne Storm | 13 March 2006 2:00 pm |
+-----------------------------+-------+-------------------------------+-----------------------+
| Brisbane Broncos | 4-36 | North Queensland Cowboys | 13 March 2006 2:00 pm |
+-----------------------------+-------+-------------------------------+-----------------------+
| South Sydney Rabbitohs | 22-40 | Sydney Roosters | 13 March 2006 2:30 pm |
+-----------------------------+-------+-------------------------------+-----------------------+
| Cronulla Sharks | Bye | | |
+-----------------------------+-------+-------------------------------+-----------------------+
### Round 2 {#round_2}
- Many records were broken in this round. The Cowboy\'s Matt Sing scores his 150th try in first-grade, the sixth player to do so. Canterbury\'s Hazem El Masri scored 34 points, a club record.
- The extremely hot conditions on the Sunday afternoon of this round affected two games in particular. In Wollongong, a slow-moving, somewhat sloppy game saw St George Illawarra in their first ever period of golden point extra time, going down to Penrith 13-12. On the other hand, at Canberra, an all-time premiership record 102 points were scored between Newcastle and Canberra. This surpasses the previous record of 97 points scored in St. George\'s 91-6 defeat of Canterbury in 1935.
+-------------------------------+-------+-----------------------------+-----------------------+
| Home | Score | Away | Match Information |
+===============================+=======+=============================+=======================+
| Date and Time | Venue | Referee | Crowd |
+-------------------------------+-------+-----------------------------+-----------------------+
| Canterbury Bulldogs | 47-12 | Wests Tigers | 18 March 2006 7:30 pm |
+-------------------------------+-------+-----------------------------+-----------------------+
| New Zealand Warriors | 14-22 | Parramatta Eels | 19 March 2006 5:30 pm |
+-------------------------------+-------+-----------------------------+-----------------------+
| Cronulla Sharks | 12-16 | Brisbane Broncos | 19 March 2006 7:30 pm |
+-------------------------------+-------+-----------------------------+-----------------------+
| North Queensland Cowboys | 20-16 | Manly Warringah Sea Eagles | 19 March 2006 7:30 pm |
+-------------------------------+-------+-----------------------------+-----------------------+
| Sydney Roosters | 18-22 | Melbourne Storm | 20 March 2006 2:00 pm |
+-------------------------------+-------+-----------------------------+-----------------------+
| St. George Illawarra Dragons | 12-13 | Penrith Panthers | 20 March 2006 3:00 pm |
+-------------------------------+-------+-----------------------------+-----------------------+
| Canberra Raiders | 32-70 | Newcastle Knights | 20 March 2006 2:30 pm |
+-------------------------------+-------+-----------------------------+-----------------------+
| South Sydney Rabbitohs | Bye | | |
+-------------------------------+-------+-----------------------------+-----------------------+
### Round 3 {#round_3}
- The Newcastle Knights has scored 116 points in the last two weeks with a 46-22 win over the Canterbury Bulldogs
- The Brisbane Broncos have won their first back to back wins since rounds 18 and 19 of the previous season.
- The Raiders have conceded 126 points in their last 2 games after a 56-20 loss to the Roosters.
+-------------------------------+-------+-------------------------+-----------------------+
| Home | Score | Away | Match Information |
+===============================+=======+=========================+=======================+
| Date and Time | Venue | Referee | Crowd |
+-------------------------------+-------+-------------------------+-----------------------+
| Newcastle Knights | 46-22 | Canterbury Bulldogs | 24 March 2006 7:30 pm |
+-------------------------------+-------+-------------------------+-----------------------+
| New Zealand Warriors | 26-10 | Wests Tigers | 25 March 2006 5:30 pm |
+-------------------------------+-------+-------------------------+-----------------------+
| Manly Warringah Sea Eagles | 20-18 | Cronulla Sharks | 25 March 2006 7:30 pm |
+-------------------------------+-------+-------------------------+-----------------------+
| North Queensland Cowboys | 40-8 | Melbourne Storm | 25 March 2006 7:30 pm |
+-------------------------------+-------+-------------------------+-----------------------+
| St. George Illawarra Dragons | 44-14 | South Sydney Rabbitohs | 26 March 2006 2:00 pm |
+-------------------------------+-------+-------------------------+-----------------------+
| Sydney Roosters | 56-20 | Canberra Raiders | 26 March 2006 2:30 pm |
+-------------------------------+-------+-------------------------+-----------------------+
| Brisbane Broncos | 30-10 | Parramatta Eels | 26 March 2006 3:00 pm |
+-------------------------------+-------+-------------------------+-----------------------+
| Penrith Panthers | Bye | | |
+-------------------------------+-------+-------------------------+-----------------------+
### Round 4 {#round_4}
- Cronulla Sharks won their first game of the season win a 24-22 win over the South Sydney Rabbitohs
- The Panthers became the first team to play back to back Golden Point matches.
+-------------------------------+-------+---------------------------+-----------------------+
| Home | Score | Away | Match Information |
+===============================+=======+===========================+=======================+
| Date and Time | Venue | Referee | Crowd |
+-------------------------------+-------+---------------------------+-----------------------+
| Parramatta Eels | 18-26 | North Queensland Cowboys | 31 March 2006 7:30 pm |
+-------------------------------+-------+---------------------------+-----------------------+
| Cronulla Sharks | 24-22 | South Sydney Rabbitohs | 1 April 2006 5:30 pm |
+-------------------------------+-------+---------------------------+-----------------------+
| Manly Warringah Sea Eagles | 30-22 | Sydney Roosters | 1 April 2006 7:30 pm |
+-------------------------------+-------+---------------------------+-----------------------+
| Canberra Raiders | 21-20 | Penrith Panthers | 2 April 2006 7:30 pm |
+-------------------------------+-------+---------------------------+-----------------------+
| Wests Tigers | 30-28 | Melbourne Storm | 3 April 2006 2:00 pm |
+-------------------------------+-------+---------------------------+-----------------------+
| St. George Illawarra Dragons | 26-12 | Brisbane Broncos | 3 April 2006 2:30 pm |
+-------------------------------+-------+---------------------------+-----------------------+
| Newcastle Knights | 22-26 | New Zealand Warriors | 3 April 2006 3:00 pm |
+-------------------------------+-------+---------------------------+-----------------------+
| Canterbury Bulldogs | Bye | | |
+-------------------------------+-------+---------------------------+-----------------------+
### Round 5 {#round_5}
- It was a Grand Final rematch between the North Queensland Cowboys and the Wests Tigers, this time the previous season\'s runners-up North Queensland taking the game 32-12.
- The Bulldogs became the first team to win after a Bye this year with a comprehensive 12-30 drubbing of the Raiders in Canberra
+-------------------------------+-------+-----------------------------+----------------------+
| Home | Score | Away | Match Information |
+===============================+=======+=============================+======================+
| Date and Time | Venue | Referee | Crowd |
+-------------------------------+-------+-----------------------------+----------------------+
| North Queensland Cowboys | 32-12 | Wests Tigers | 7 April 2006 7:30 pm |
+-------------------------------+-------+-----------------------------+----------------------+
| Brisbane Broncos | 30-12 | South Sydney Rabbitohs | 8 April 2006 5:30 pm |
+-------------------------------+-------+-----------------------------+----------------------+
| Cronulla Sharks | 24-28 | Sydney Roosters | 8 April 2006 7:30 pm |
+-------------------------------+-------+-----------------------------+----------------------+
| St. George Illawarra Dragons | 6-54 | Newcastle Knights | 8 April 2006 7:30 pm |
+-------------------------------+-------+-----------------------------+----------------------+
| New Zealand Warriors | 8-22 | Manly Warringah Sea Eagles | 9 April 2006 2:00 pm |
+-------------------------------+-------+-----------------------------+----------------------+
| Canberra Raiders | 12-30 | Canterbury Bulldogs | 9 April 2006 2:00 pm |
+-------------------------------+-------+-----------------------------+----------------------+
| Parramatta Eels | 18-44 | Penrith Panthers | 9 April 2006 2:30 pm |
+-------------------------------+-------+-----------------------------+----------------------+
| Melbourne Storm | Bye | | |
+-------------------------------+-------+-----------------------------+----------------------+
### Round 6 {#round_6}
A very rare event occurred in Round 6 -- a referee was injured during a match. In the 28th minute of the Newcastle vs Nth Qld match, referee Paul Simpkins blew time off and made his way off the field with an injured calf muscle. A replacement referee was organised -- Tony De Las Heras, who had refereed the Jersey Flegg (third-tier competition) match earlier, was brought onto the field to take control of the rest of the match. Coincidentally, De Las Heras was the subject of the next instance a referee was injured in an NRL match, in Round 19, 2009.
Also, for the first time in 8 years, first grade competitive rugby league returned to Adelaide after the Adelaide Rams were excluded from the competition after the 1998 season. The Penrith Panthers hosted the Melbourne Storm at Hindmarsh Stadium, which was won by Melbourne 40-18. However, Rugby league officials were hoping for an attendance of at least 10,000, and were disappointed with the attendance of only 7,017.
+-----------------------------+-------+-------------------------------+-----------------------+
| Home | Score | Away | Match Information |
+=============================+=======+===============================+=======================+
| Date and Time | Venue | Referee | Crowd |
+-----------------------------+-------+-------------------------------+-----------------------+
| Sydney Roosters | 6-24 | Brisbane Broncos | 14 April 2006 7:30 pm |
+-----------------------------+-------+-------------------------------+-----------------------+
| Manly Warringah Sea Eagles | 24-26 | St. George Illawarra Dragons | 15 April 2006 5:30 pm |
+-----------------------------+-------+-------------------------------+-----------------------+
| Canberra Raiders | 18-14 | New Zealand Warriors | 15 April 2006 7:30 pm |
+-----------------------------+-------+-------------------------------+-----------------------+
| Penrith Panthers | 18-40 | Melbourne Storm | 15 April 2006 7:30 pm |
+-----------------------------+-------+-------------------------------+-----------------------+
| Wests Tigers | 42-16 | Cronulla Sharks | 16 April 2006 2:00 pm |
+-----------------------------+-------+-------------------------------+-----------------------+
| Newcastle Knights | 16-18 | North Queensland Cowboys | 16 April 2006 2:00 pm |
+-----------------------------+-------+-------------------------------+-----------------------+
| Canterbury Bulldogs | 26-18 | South Sydney Rabbitohs | 17 April 2006 2:30 pm |
+-----------------------------+-------+-------------------------------+-----------------------+
| Parramatta Eels | Bye | | |
+-----------------------------+-------+-------------------------------+-----------------------+
### Round 7 {#round_7}
+-------------------------------+-------+-----------------------------+-----------------------+
| Home | Score | Away | Match Information |
+===============================+=======+=============================+=======================+
| Date and Time | Venue | Referee | Crowd |
+-------------------------------+-------+-----------------------------+-----------------------+
| Parramatta Eels | 28-16 | Wests Tigers | 21 April 2006 7:30 pm |
+-------------------------------+-------+-----------------------------+-----------------------+
| New Zealand Warriors | 46-14 | South Sydney Rabbitohs | 22 April 2006 5:30 pm |
+-------------------------------+-------+-----------------------------+-----------------------+
| Cronulla Sharks | 24-22 | North Queensland Cowboys | 22 April 2006 7:30 pm |
+-------------------------------+-------+-----------------------------+-----------------------+
| Melbourne Storm | 52-6 | Newcastle Knights | 22 April 2006 7:30 pm |
+-------------------------------+-------+-----------------------------+-----------------------+
| Canterbury Bulldogs | 14-40 | Manly Warringah Sea Eagles | 23 April 2006 2:00 pm |
+-------------------------------+-------+-----------------------------+-----------------------+
| Brisbane Broncos | 30-6 | Penrith Panthers | 23 April 2006 3:00 pm |
+-------------------------------+-------+-----------------------------+-----------------------+
| St. George Illawarra Dragons | 22-12 | Sydney Roosters | 25 April 2006 2:30 pm |
+-------------------------------+-------+-----------------------------+-----------------------+
| Canberra Raiders | Bye | | |
+-------------------------------+-------+-----------------------------+-----------------------+
### Round 8 {#round_8}
Brisbane Broncos recorded their biggest comeback in the club\'s history when they came from 18-0 down at halftime to win 30-28 against the Canberra Raiders at Suncorp Stadium.
+-----------------------------+-------+-------------------------------+------------------------+
| Home | Score | Away | Match Information |
+=============================+=======+===============================+========================+
| Date and Time | Venue | Referee | Crowd |
+-----------------------------+-------+-------------------------------+------------------------+
| Cronulla Sharks | 40-12 | Penrith Panthers | 28 April 2006 7:30 pm |
+-----------------------------+-------+-------------------------------+------------------------+
| North Queensland Cowboys | 18-22 | Sydney Roosters | 29 April 2006 5:30 pm |
+-----------------------------+-------+-------------------------------+------------------------+
| Melbourne Storm | 24-10 | St. George Illawarra Dragons | 29 April 2006 7:30 pm |
+-----------------------------+-------+-------------------------------+------------------------+
| Brisbane Broncos | 30-28 | Canberra Raiders | 29 April 2006 7:30 pm |
+-----------------------------+-------+-------------------------------+------------------------+
| New Zealand Warriors | 16-30 | Canterbury Bulldogs | 30 April 2006 12:00 pm |
+-----------------------------+-------+-------------------------------+------------------------+
| South Sydney Rabbitohs | 18-24 | Newcastle Knights | 30 April 2006 2:00 pm |
+-----------------------------+-------+-------------------------------+------------------------+
| Manly Warringah Sea Eagles | 23-22 | Parramatta Eels | 30 April 2006 3:00 pm |
+-----------------------------+-------+-------------------------------+------------------------+
| Wests Tigers | Bye | | |
+-----------------------------+-------+-------------------------------+------------------------+
### Round 9 {#round_9}
+---------------------------+-------+-------------------------------+---------------------+
| Home | Score | Away | Match Information |
+===========================+=======+===============================+=====================+
| Date and Time | Venue | Referee | Crowd |
+---------------------------+-------+-------------------------------+---------------------+
| North Queensland Cowboys | 22-6 | Penrith Panthers | 6 May 2006 5:30 pm |
+---------------------------+-------+-------------------------------+---------------------+
| South Sydney Rabbitohs | 14-38 | Melbourne Storm | 6 May 2006 7:30 pm |
+---------------------------+-------+-------------------------------+---------------------+
| Parramatta Eels | 10-30 | Canberra Raiders | 6 May 2006 7:30 pm |
+---------------------------+-------+-------------------------------+---------------------+
| Cronulla Sharks | 30-12 | St. George Illawarra Dragons | 7 May 2006 12:00 pm |
+---------------------------+-------+-------------------------------+---------------------+
| Wests Tigers | 24-18 | Manly Warringah Sea Eagles | 7 May 2006 2:00 pm |
+---------------------------+-------+-------------------------------+---------------------+
| Newcastle Knights | 32-30 | Brisbane Broncos | 7 May 2006 2:00 pm |
+---------------------------+-------+-------------------------------+---------------------+
| Sydney Roosters | 14-30 | Canterbury Bulldogs | 7 May 2006 3:00 pm |
+---------------------------+-------+-------------------------------+---------------------+
| New Zealand Warriors | Bye | | |
+---------------------------+-------+-------------------------------+---------------------+
### Round 10 {#round_10}
+------------------------------+-------+-----------------------------+---------------------+
| Home | Score | Away | Match Information |
+==============================+=======+=============================+=====================+
| Date and Time | Venue | Referee | Crowd |
+------------------------------+-------+-----------------------------+---------------------+
| St George Illawarra Dragons | 22-16 | New Zealand Warriors | 13 May 2006 5:30 pm |
+------------------------------+-------+-----------------------------+---------------------+
| Melbourne Storm | 18-6 | North Queensland Cowboys | 13 May 2006 7:30 pm |
+------------------------------+-------+-----------------------------+---------------------+
| Brisbane Broncos | 32-10 | Manly Warringah Sea Eagles | 13 May 2006 7:30 pm |
+------------------------------+-------+-----------------------------+---------------------+
| Canterbury Bulldogs | 22-18 | Parramatta Eels | 14 May 2006 2:30 pm |
+------------------------------+-------+-----------------------------+---------------------+
| Penrith Panthers | 32-20 | South Sydney Rabbitohs | 14 May 2006 3:00 pm |
+------------------------------+-------+-----------------------------+---------------------+
| Wests Tigers | 16-18 | Newcastle Knights | 14 May 2006 3:00 pm |
+------------------------------+-------+-----------------------------+---------------------+
| Canberra Raiders | 28-38 | Cronulla Sharks | 14 May 2006 3:00 pm |
+------------------------------+-------+-----------------------------+---------------------+
| Sydney Roosters | Bye | | |
+------------------------------+-------+-----------------------------+---------------------+
### Round 11 {#round_11}
- Parramatta played their first game under stand-in coach Jason Taylor, following Brian Smith\'s resignation earlier in the week. Following this announcement, star Parramatta players Mark Riddell and Tim Smith were fined \$5000 each and relegated to Premier League by Parramatta after turning up to Monday morning training intoxicated.
- All six home teams won their respective matches over the weekend.
+------------------------------+-------+-------------------------+---------------------+
| Home | Score | Away | Match Information |
+==============================+=======+=========================+=====================+
| Date and Time | Venue | Referee | Crowd |
+------------------------------+-------+-------------------------+---------------------+
| Penrith Panthers | 30-20 | Parramatta Eels | 19 May 2006 7:30 pm |
+------------------------------+-------+-------------------------+---------------------+
| New Zealand Warriors | 34-12 | Wests Tigers | 20 May 2006 7:30 pm |
+------------------------------+-------+-------------------------+---------------------+
| Newcastle Knights | 22-12 | Canberra Raiders | 20 May 2006 7:30 pm |
+------------------------------+-------+-------------------------+---------------------+
| Manly Warringah Sea Eagles | 34-12 | Melbourne Storm | 20 May 2006 7:30 pm |
+------------------------------+-------+-------------------------+---------------------+
| Canterbury Bulldogs | 32-24 | Cronulla Sharks | 21 May 2006 2:30 pm |
+------------------------------+-------+-------------------------+---------------------+
| Sydney Roosters | 28-26 | South Sydney Rabbitohs | 21 May 2006 3:00 pm |
+------------------------------+-------+-------------------------+---------------------+
| Brisbane Broncos | Bye | | |
+------------------------------+-------+-------------------------+---------------------+
| St George Illawarra Dragons | Bye | | |
+------------------------------+-------+-------------------------+---------------------+
| North Queensland Cowboys | Bye | | |
+------------------------------+-------+-------------------------+---------------------+
### Round 12 {#round_12}
- Cronulla Sharks hooker Tevita Latu is stood down from the club on Monday 22 May after claims from 19-year-old Brooke Peninton that the player punched her in the face. After being arrested on late on Monday, he was granted police bail to face Sutherland Local Court on 15 June. He was later sacked by the Cronulla club and deregistered by the National Rugby League the following Wednesday.
- For just the 3rd time since its inception in 2003, there were 2 Golden Point games in the same round.
+-----------------------------+-------+------------------------------+---------------------+
| Home | Score | Away | Match Information |
+=============================+=======+==============================+=====================+
| Date and Time | Venue | Referee | Crowd |
+-----------------------------+-------+------------------------------+---------------------+
| Newcastle Knights | 12-38 | St George Illawarra Dragons | 26 May 2006 7:30 pm |
+-----------------------------+-------+------------------------------+---------------------+
| North Queensland Cowboys | 14-15 | Canberra Raiders | 27 May 2006 5:30 pm |
+-----------------------------+-------+------------------------------+---------------------+
| Cronulla Sharks | 34-20 | New Zealand Warriors | 27 May 2006 7:30 pm |
+-----------------------------+-------+------------------------------+---------------------+
| Brisbane Broncos | 25-6 | Canterbury Bulldogs | 27 May 2006 7:30 pm |
+-----------------------------+-------+------------------------------+---------------------+
| Melbourne Storm | 17-16 | Penrith Panthers | 28 May 2006 2:30 pm |
+-----------------------------+-------+------------------------------+---------------------+
| South Sydney Rabbitohs | 4-44 | Wests Tigers | 28 May 2006 3:00 pm |
+-----------------------------+-------+------------------------------+---------------------+
| Parramatta Eels | 22-20 | Sydney Roosters | 28 May 2006 3:00 pm |
+-----------------------------+-------+------------------------------+---------------------+
| Manly Warringah Sea Eagles | Bye | | |
+-----------------------------+-------+------------------------------+---------------------+
### Round 13 {#round_13}
It took 70 minutes to score a point in the St. George Illawarra Dragons and Parramatta Eels game with Parramatta\'s five-eighth John Morris popped over a field goal to make it 1-0 to Parramatta. But eventually St. George Illwarra found their rhythm to go out 8-1 winners.
+------------------------------+-------+-----------------------------+---------------------+
| Home | Score | Away | Match Information |
+==============================+=======+=============================+=====================+
| Date and Time | Venue | Referee | Crowd |
+------------------------------+-------+-----------------------------+---------------------+
| St George Illawarra Dragons | 8-1 | Parramatta Eels | 2 June 2006 7:30 pm |
+------------------------------+-------+-----------------------------+---------------------+
| Melbourne Storm | 20-16 | Sydney Roosters | 3 June 2006 5:30 pm |
+------------------------------+-------+-----------------------------+---------------------+
| Canberra Raiders | 24-22 | South Sydney Rabbitohs | 3 June 2006 7:30 pm |
+------------------------------+-------+-----------------------------+---------------------+
| Canterbury Bulldogs | 38-22 | Newcastle Knights | 3 June 2006 7:30 pm |
+------------------------------+-------+-----------------------------+---------------------+
| New Zealand Warriors | 18-23 | Brisbane Broncos | 4 June 2006 2:00 pm |
+------------------------------+-------+-----------------------------+---------------------+
| Penrith Panthers | 22-29 | Manly Warringah Sea Eagles | 4 June 2006 2:30 pm |
+------------------------------+-------+-----------------------------+---------------------+
| Wests Tigers | 24-14 | North Queensland Cowboys | 4 June 2006 3:00 pm |
+------------------------------+-------+-----------------------------+---------------------+
| Cronulla Sharks | Bye | | |
+------------------------------+-------+-----------------------------+---------------------+
### Round 14 {#round_14}
- The South Sydney Rabbitohs were able to record their first victory for the 2006 season, taking advantage of Brisbane\'s depleted line-up due to State of Origin commitments to prevail 34-14 at Telstra Stadium. A crowd of just 6,537, the smallest crowd to date in 2006, braved the cold, wet weather to witness this intriguing game. It was also the Rabbitohs\' first victory over Brisbane in 17 years.
+-----------------------------+-------+------------------------------+----------------------+
| Home | Score | Away | Match Information |
+=============================+=======+==============================+======================+
| Date and Time | Venue | Referee | Crowd |
+-----------------------------+-------+------------------------------+----------------------+
| Manly Warringah Sea Eagles | 16-12 | Wests Tigers | 9 June 2006 7:30 pm |
+-----------------------------+-------+------------------------------+----------------------+
| Penrith Panthers | 10-20 | St George Illawarra Dragons | 10 June 2006 5:30 pm |
+-----------------------------+-------+------------------------------+----------------------+
| South Sydney Rabbitohs | 34-14 | Brisbane Broncos | 10 June 2006 7:30 pm |
+-----------------------------+-------+------------------------------+----------------------+
| North Queensland Cowboys | 4-26 | Cronulla Sharks | 10 June 2006 7:30 pm |
+-----------------------------+-------+------------------------------+----------------------+
| Sydney Roosters | 12-22 | New Zealand Warriors | 11 June 2006 2:30 pm |
+-----------------------------+-------+------------------------------+----------------------+
| Parramatta Eels | 22-34 | Melbourne Storm | 11 June 2006 3:00 pm |
+-----------------------------+-------+------------------------------+----------------------+
| Canterbury Bulldogs | 26-28 | Canberra Raiders | 12 June 2006 3:00 pm |
+-----------------------------+-------+------------------------------+----------------------+
| Newcastle Knights | Bye | | |
+-----------------------------+-------+------------------------------+----------------------+
### Round 15 {#round_15}
- St George Illawarra hooker Shaun Timmins is charged by Brisbane police on Saturday 17 June with public nuisance. Having not even played in the Dragon\'s match against the Brisbane Broncos the night earlier, it was alleged Timmins sat on a street sweeper whilst making his way back to his hotel room at around 3:30 am. Early reports quote the club\'s chief executive Peter Doust as saying that Timmins was not intoxicated at the time as far as he was aware. Media figures later summed this up as an over-reaction and, while not encouraging Timmins\' actions, noted that it was an act of larrikinism rather than malice.
+-----------------------+-------+------------------------------+----------------------+
| Home | Score | Away | Match Information |
+=======================+=======+==============================+======================+
| Date and Time | Venue | Referee | Crowd |
+-----------------------+-------+------------------------------+----------------------+
| Brisbane Broncos | 16-18 | St George Illawarra Dragons | 16 June 2006 7:30 pm |
+-----------------------+-------+------------------------------+----------------------+
| Wests Tigers | 26-14 | Sydney Roosters | 17 June 2006 5:30 pm |
+-----------------------+-------+------------------------------+----------------------+
| Parramatta Eels | 30-10 | South Sydney Rabbitohs | 17 June 2006 7:30 pm |
+-----------------------+-------+------------------------------+----------------------+
| Cronulla Sharks | 15-12 | Manly Warringah Sea Eagles | 17 June 2006 7:30 pm |
+-----------------------+-------+------------------------------+----------------------+
| New Zealand Warriors | 30-18 | Newcastle Knights | 18 June 2006 2:00 pm |
+-----------------------+-------+------------------------------+----------------------+
| Melbourne Storm | 22-12 | Canberra Raiders | 18 June 2006 2:30 pm |
+-----------------------+-------+------------------------------+----------------------+
| Canterbury Bulldogs | 20-12 | North Queensland Cowboys | 18 June 2006 3:00 pm |
+-----------------------+-------+------------------------------+----------------------+
| Penrith Panthers | Bye | | |
+-----------------------+-------+------------------------------+----------------------+
### Round 16 {#round_16}
- For the third week in a row, the Friday night game was won in the last minute, this time it was the Melbourne Storm winning 16-12 after trailing 12-10 with 3 seconds to go against the Canterbury Bulldogs.
- Wests Tigers\' five-eighth Benji Marshall dislocated his right shoulder yet again, which ended his season.
- The Sydney Roosters\' Craig Fitzgibbon and Brett Finch got into a swearing match during their match against the Canberra Raiders.
- The South Sydney Rabbitohs suffered their worst defeat in the club\'s history with a humiliating 66-0 loss to the New Zealand Warriors.
+------------------------------+-------+---------------------------+----------------------+
| Home | Score | Away | Match Information |
+==============================+=======+===========================+======================+
| Date and Time | Venue | Referee | Crowd |
+------------------------------+-------+---------------------------+----------------------+
| Melbourne Storm | 16-12 | Canterbury Bulldogs | 23 June 2006 7:30 pm |
+------------------------------+-------+---------------------------+----------------------+
| Newcastle Knights | 16-26 | Cronulla Sharks | 24 June 2006 5:30 pm |
+------------------------------+-------+---------------------------+----------------------+
| Penrith Panthers | 24-20 | Wests Tigers | 24 June 2006 7:30 pm |
+------------------------------+-------+---------------------------+----------------------+
| St George Illawarra Dragons | 34-14 | North Queensland Cowboys | 24 June 2006 7:30 pm |
+------------------------------+-------+---------------------------+----------------------+
| Canberra Raiders | 42-10 | Sydney Roosters | 25 June 2006 2:30 pm |
+------------------------------+-------+---------------------------+----------------------+
| Manly Warringah Sea Eagles | 10-16 | Brisbane Broncos | 25 June 2006 3:00 pm |
+------------------------------+-------+---------------------------+----------------------+
| South Sydney Rabbitohs | 0-66 | New Zealand Warriors | 25 June 2006 3:00 pm |
+------------------------------+-------+---------------------------+----------------------+
| Parramatta Eels | Bye | | |
+------------------------------+-------+---------------------------+----------------------+
### Round 17 {#round_17}
+------------------------------+-------+-------------------------+----------------------+
| Home | Score | Away | Match Information |
+==============================+=======+=========================+======================+
| Date and Time | Venue | Referee | Crowd |
+------------------------------+-------+-------------------------+----------------------+
| Manly Warringah Sea Eagles | 12-26 | Newcastle Knights | 30 June 2006 7:30 pm |
+------------------------------+-------+-------------------------+----------------------+
| New Zealand Warriors | 28-22 | Penrith Panthers | 1 July 2006 5:30 pm |
+------------------------------+-------+-------------------------+----------------------+
| North Queensland Cowboys | 16-14 | South Sydney Rabbitohs | 1 July 2006 7:30 pm |
+------------------------------+-------+-------------------------+----------------------+
| Canberra Raiders | 12-18 | Parramatta Eels | 1 July 2006 7:30 pm |
+------------------------------+-------+-------------------------+----------------------+
| Brisbane Broncos | 26-12 | Cronulla Sharks | 2 July 2006 2:30 pm |
+------------------------------+-------+-------------------------+----------------------+
| Wests Tigers | 10-32 | Canterbury Bulldogs | 2 July 2006 3:00 pm |
+------------------------------+-------+-------------------------+----------------------+
| Melbourne Storm | Bye | | |
+------------------------------+-------+-------------------------+----------------------+
| St George Illawarra Dragons | Bye | | |
+------------------------------+-------+-------------------------+----------------------+
| Sydney Roosters | Bye | | |
+------------------------------+-------+-------------------------+----------------------+
### Round 18 {#round_18}
- Newcastle Knights captain Andrew Johns became the all-time highest pointscorer in the 98-year history of top grade Rugby League in Australia, but caused controversy after his sides horrific 46-12 loss to the Parramatta Eels, by walking off field and ignoring a special presentation organised by the Eels officials, including Parramatta Eels coach Jason Taylor, who previously held the record.
- The Bulldogs gave themselves one of their biggest comebacks in the Club\'s history and the Warriors one of their worst collapses in their Club\'s history when the Bulldogs came from 16-0 down midway through the first half to win 22-18 in extra time at ANZ Stadium.
- Also, the Tigers appeared to be back on track with a 22-10 victory over the Cronulla Sharks at Toyota Park.
+------------------------------+-------+-----------------------------+---------------------+
| Home | Score | Away | Match Information |
+==============================+=======+=============================+=====================+
| Date and Time | Venue | Referee | Crowd |
+------------------------------+-------+-----------------------------+---------------------+
| Melbourne Storm | 10-4 | Brisbane Broncos | 7 July 2006 7:30 pm |
+------------------------------+-------+-----------------------------+---------------------+
| Sydney Roosters | 16-33 | Manly Warringah Sea Eagles | 8 July 2006 5:30 pm |
+------------------------------+-------+-----------------------------+---------------------+
| Parramatta Eels | 46-12 | Newcastle Knights | 8 July 2006 7:30 pm |
+------------------------------+-------+-----------------------------+---------------------+
| Penrith Panthers | 24-12 | Canberra Raiders | 8 July 2006 7:30 pm |
+------------------------------+-------+-----------------------------+---------------------+
| Canterbury Bulldogs | 22-18 | New Zealand Warriors | 9 July 2006 2:30 pm |
+------------------------------+-------+-----------------------------+---------------------+
| Cronulla Sharks | 10-22 | Wests Tigers | 9 July 2006 3:00 pm |
+------------------------------+-------+-----------------------------+---------------------+
| St George Illawarra Dragons | 38-28 | South Sydney Rabbitohs | 9 July 2006 3:00 pm |
+------------------------------+-------+-----------------------------+---------------------+
| North Queensland Cowboys | Bye | | |
+------------------------------+-------+-----------------------------+---------------------+
### Round 19 {#round_19}
+-------------------------------+-------+-----------------------------+----------------------+
| Home | Score | Away | Match Information |
+===============================+=======+=============================+======================+
| Date and Time | Venue | Referee | Crowd |
+-------------------------------+-------+-----------------------------+----------------------+
| St. George Illawarra Dragons | 16-22 | Canterbury Bulldogs | 14 July 2006 7:30 pm |
+-------------------------------+-------+-----------------------------+----------------------+
| New Zealand Warriors | 12-20 | Parramatta Eels | 15 July 2006 5:30 pm |
+-------------------------------+-------+-----------------------------+----------------------+
| South Sydney Rabbitohs | 20-26 | Manly Warringah Sea Eagles | 15 July 2006 7:30 pm |
+-------------------------------+-------+-----------------------------+----------------------+
| Penrith Panthers | 17-8 | North Queensland Cowboys | 15 July 2006 7:30 pm |
+-------------------------------+-------+-----------------------------+----------------------+
| Newcastle Knights | 16-24 | Melbourne Storm | 16 July 2006 2:00 pm |
+-------------------------------+-------+-----------------------------+----------------------+
| Canberra Raiders | 20-18 | Wests Tigers | 16 July 2006 3:00 pm |
+-------------------------------+-------+-----------------------------+----------------------+
| Sydney Roosters | 38-32 | Cronulla Sharks | 16 July 2006 3:00 pm |
+-------------------------------+-------+-----------------------------+----------------------+
| Brisbane Broncos | Bye | | |
+-------------------------------+-------+-----------------------------+----------------------+
### Round 20 {#round_20}
+-----------------------------+-------+-------------------------------+----------------------+
| Home | Score | Away | Match Information |
+=============================+=======+===============================+======================+
| Date and Time | Venue | Referee | Crowd |
+-----------------------------+-------+-------------------------------+----------------------+
| Melbourne Storm | 28-12 | Cronulla Sharks | 21 July 2006 7:30 pm |
+-----------------------------+-------+-------------------------------+----------------------+
| Canterbury Bulldogs | 25-0 | Sydney Roosters | 22 July 2006 5:30 pm |
+-----------------------------+-------+-------------------------------+----------------------+
| Newcastle Knights | 24-18 | South Sydney Rabbitohs | 22 July 2006 7:30 pm |
+-----------------------------+-------+-------------------------------+----------------------+
| North Queensland Cowboys | 26-10 | Brisbane Broncos | 22 July 2006 7:30 pm |
+-----------------------------+-------+-------------------------------+----------------------+
| Wests Tigers | 6-34 | Parramatta Eels | 23 July 2006 2:00 pm |
+-----------------------------+-------+-------------------------------+----------------------+
| Manly Warringah Sea Eagles | 32-30 | Penrith Panthers | 23 July 2006 3:00 pm |
+-----------------------------+-------+-------------------------------+----------------------+
| Canberra Raiders | 31-12 | St. George Illawarra Dragons | 23 July 2006 3:00 pm |
+-----------------------------+-------+-------------------------------+----------------------+
| New Zealand Warriors | Bye | | |
+-----------------------------+-------+-------------------------------+----------------------+
- This was the first time that the Sydney Roosters were held scoreless since Round 15 1994, Ending A 311 Game Run Scoring at Least One Point.
### Round 21 {#round_21}
- The South Sydney Rabbitohs recorded only their second win for the season with a 21-8 win over the Canberra Raiders at Telstra Stadium.
+-------------------------------+-------+-----------------------------+----------------------+
| Home | Score | Away | Match Information |
+===============================+=======+=============================+======================+
| Date and Time | Venue | Referee | Crowd |
+-------------------------------+-------+-----------------------------+----------------------+
| Cronulla Sharks | 18-22 | Newcastle Knights | 28 July 2006 7:30 pm |
+-------------------------------+-------+-----------------------------+----------------------+
| Penrith Panthers | 36-6 | New Zealand Warriors | 29 July 2006 5:30 pm |
+-------------------------------+-------+-----------------------------+----------------------+
| Parramatta Eels | 31-18 | Manly Warringah Sea Eagles | 29 July 2006 7:30 pm |
+-------------------------------+-------+-----------------------------+----------------------+
| South Sydney Rabbitohs | 21-8 | Canberra Raiders | 29 July 2006 7:30 pm |
+-------------------------------+-------+-----------------------------+----------------------+
| Brisbane Broncos | 6-20 | Wests Tigers | 30 July 2006 2:30 pm |
+-------------------------------+-------+-----------------------------+----------------------+
| St. George Illawarra Dragons | 24-34 | Melbourne Storm | 30 July 2006 3:00 pm |
+-------------------------------+-------+-----------------------------+----------------------+
| Sydney Roosters | 40-20 | North Queensland Cowboys | 20 July 2006 3:00 pm |
+-------------------------------+-------+-----------------------------+----------------------+
| Canterbury Bulldogs | Bye | | |
+-------------------------------+-------+-----------------------------+----------------------+
### Round 22 {#round_22}
- Rugby league returned to the Central Coast for the first time in 2006, with over 18,000 packing into the picturesque Bluetongue Central Coast Stadium at Gosford to witness the Roosters play the Knights.
- Parramatta continued their winning streak with a victory over the Dragons, Cronulla slumped to another loss, whilst Melbourne and the Bulldogs all but extinguished the hopes of the 2005 Grand Finalists with big victories over the Wests Tigers and North Queensland Cowboys respectively.
- South Sydney recorded back-to-back victories for the only time this season.
+-----------------------------+-------+------------------------------+-----------------------+
| Home | Score | Away | Match Information |
+=============================+=======+==============================+=======================+
| Date and Time | Venue | Referee | Crowd |
+-----------------------------+-------+------------------------------+-----------------------+
| Parramatta Eels | 28-6 | St George Illawarra Dragons | 4 August 2006 7:30 pm |
+-----------------------------+-------+------------------------------+-----------------------+
| New Zealand Warriors | 12-10 | Cronulla Sharks | 5 August 2006 7:30 pm |
+-----------------------------+-------+------------------------------+-----------------------+
| Melbourne Storm | 46-4 | Wests Tigers | 5 August 2006 5:30 pm |
+-----------------------------+-------+------------------------------+-----------------------+
| North Queensland Cowboys | 14-54 | Canterbury Bulldogs | 5 August 2006 7:30 pm |
+-----------------------------+-------+------------------------------+-----------------------+
| Canberra Raiders | 30-18 | Brisbane Broncos | 6 August 2006 2:30 pm |
+-----------------------------+-------+------------------------------+-----------------------+
| Sydney Roosters | 18-32 | Newcastle Knights | 6 August 2006 3:00 pm |
+-----------------------------+-------+------------------------------+-----------------------+
| South Sydney Rabbitohs | 32-26 | Penrith Panthers | 6 August 2006 3:00 pm |
+-----------------------------+-------+------------------------------+-----------------------+
| Manly Warringah Sea Eagles | Bye | | |
+-----------------------------+-------+------------------------------+-----------------------+
### Round 23 {#round_23}
- Refereeing woes continues in a thrilling Golden Point clash at Campbelltown, marred by referee Steve Clark\'s incorrect interpretation of the offside rule. Failure to penalise resulted in a late field goal to Canberra Raiders, winning them the match.
- The Cronulla Sharks and North Queensland Cowboys fell further out of favour for a top eight berth with poor performances on Saturday night, whilst the Bulldogs extended their run to six straight with a victory over the Dragons.
- The Tigers and Raiders became the first teams (and so far, only) to play 2 Golden Point games over the course of the season, it was also the Raiders record 4th game in Golden Point in 2006, remarkably winning all of them, the Raiders record of most Golden Point games in a season hasn\'t been bettered, but has since been equalled by The Eels in 2011 who didn\'t win any, drew 1 and lost the other 3 and the Tigers in 2012 winning 2 and losing the remaining 2.
- Craig Fitzgibbon became the highest scoring forward this round, overtaking David Furner\'s previous record of 1218.
+-------------------------+-------+------------------------------+------------------------+
| Home | Score | Away | Match Information |
+=========================+=======+==============================+========================+
| Date and Time | Venue | Referee | Crowd |
+-------------------------+-------+------------------------------+------------------------+
| Newcastle Knights | 14-16 | Manly Warringah Sea Eagles | 11 August 2006 7:30 pm |
+-------------------------+-------+------------------------------+------------------------+
| New Zealand Warriors | 26-0 | North Queensland Cowboys | 12 August 2006 7:30 pm |
+-------------------------+-------+------------------------------+------------------------+
| Cronulla Sharks | 14-34 | Parramatta Eels | 12 August 2006 7:30 pm |
+-------------------------+-------+------------------------------+------------------------+
| Penrith Panthers | 20-40 | Sydney Roosters | 12 August 2006 7:30 pm |
+-------------------------+-------+------------------------------+------------------------+
| Brisbane Broncos | 12-18 | Melbourne Storm | 13 August 2006 2:30 pm |
+-------------------------+-------+------------------------------+------------------------+
| Canterbury Bulldogs | 26-10 | St George Illawarra Dragons | 13 August 2006 3:00 pm |
+-------------------------+-------+------------------------------+------------------------+
| Wests Tigers | 18-19 | Canberra Raiders | 13 August 2006 3:00 pm |
+-------------------------+-------+------------------------------+------------------------+
| South Sydney Rabbitohs | Bye | | |
+-------------------------+-------+------------------------------+------------------------+
- \**Extra Time* was played
### Round 24 {#round_24}
- Several surprising results changed the face of the competition in Round 24. The most notable of these was the fall of first and second placed Melbourne and the Bulldogs to much less fancied opponents. The latter side suffered greatly in their 30-0 loss to the Brisbane Broncos, with 2 players suffering major injuries and their star forward Willie Mason receiving a two match suspension.
- Penrith\'s victory over Cronulla in the dying moments saw the clear eight cut and dried, although the Panthers did have a small chance of making the final eight had results gone their way.
- St George Illawarra fought their way back to form with a 30-point victory over the Wests Tigers.
- Despite the fact they lost their first game since Round 11, and their first match at home all season, the Storm secured the Minor Premiership this round after the Broncos beat the 2nd placed Bulldogs.
+------------------------------+-------+-------------------------+------------------------+
| Home | Score | Away | Match Information |
+==============================+=======+=========================+========================+
| Date and Time | Venue | Referee | Crowd |
+------------------------------+-------+-------------------------+------------------------+
| Canterbury Bulldogs | 0-30 | Brisbane Broncos | 18 August 2006 7:30 pm |
+------------------------------+-------+-------------------------+------------------------+
| Cronulla Sharks | 28-32 | Penrith Panthers | 19 August 2006 5:30 pm |
+------------------------------+-------+-------------------------+------------------------+
| Melbourne Storm | 20-24 | New Zealand Warriors | 19 August 2006 7:30 pm |
+------------------------------+-------+-------------------------+------------------------+
| North Queensland Cowboys | 12-19 | Newcastle Knights | 19 August 2006 7:30 pm |
+------------------------------+-------+-------------------------+------------------------+
| Sydney Roosters | 26-40 | Parramatta Eels | 20 August 2006 2:30 pm |
+------------------------------+-------+-------------------------+------------------------+
| Manly Warringah Sea Eagles | 38-16 | South Sydney Rabbitohs | 20 August 2006 3:00 pm |
+------------------------------+-------+-------------------------+------------------------+
| St George Illawarra Dragons | 46-16 | Wests Tigers | 20 August 2006 3:00 pm |
+------------------------------+-------+-------------------------+------------------------+
| Canberra Raiders | Bye | | |
+------------------------------+-------+-------------------------+------------------------+
### Round 25 {#round_25}
- Controversy struck the NRL once again, when North Queensland Cowboys player Mitchell Sargent testing positive to the drug cocaine. He was immediately sacked from the club.
- The Panthers were the only team outside the eight before Round 25 with a slight chance of becoming finalists. However, with the Panthers losing, the top eight became set in stone, meaning no other team was able to make the final series.
- For the second week in a row, the Broncos held their opponents scoreless beating Parramatta 23-0, it was the first time this has happened since Round 13 and 14 1999, that time was also Brisbane.
+------------------------------+-------+---------------------------+------------------------+
| Home | Score | Away | Match Information |
+==============================+=======+===========================+========================+
| Date and Time | Venue | Referee | Crowd |
+------------------------------+-------+---------------------------+------------------------+
| Manly Warringah Sea Eagles | 21-20 | Canterbury Bulldogs | 25 August 2006 7:30 pm |
+------------------------------+-------+---------------------------+------------------------+
| Canberra Raiders | 18-22 | Melbourne Storm | 26 August 2006 5:30 pm |
+------------------------------+-------+---------------------------+------------------------+
| Newcastle Knights | 40-4 | Penrith Panthers | 26 August 2006 7:30 pm |
+------------------------------+-------+---------------------------+------------------------+
| St George Illawarra Dragons | 18-4 | Cronulla Sharks | 26 August 2006 7:30 pm |
+------------------------------+-------+---------------------------+------------------------+
| New Zealand Warriors | 42-16 | Sydney Roosters | 27 August 2006 2:00 pm |
+------------------------------+-------+---------------------------+------------------------+
| South Sydney Rabbitohs | 12-34 | North Queensland Cowboys | 27 August 2006 2:30 pm |
+------------------------------+-------+---------------------------+------------------------+
| Parramatta Eels | 0-23 | Brisbane Broncos | 27 August 2006 3:00 pm |
+------------------------------+-------+---------------------------+------------------------+
| Wests Tigers | Bye | | |
+------------------------------+-------+---------------------------+------------------------+
### Round 26 {#round_26}
- With one round to go, the top eight had already settled, with no team outside the top eight able to make the final series. Teams between positions three and six were all in with a chance to host a home semi final at the start at the round and the jostling for positions continued over the weekend. The top eight was finalised on Sunday when the Brisbane Broncos defeated the New Zealand Warriors 36-12. The Melbourne Storm and Bulldogs had their final positions locked in going into the final round.
- Coaching dramas engulfed the game leading into Round 26, with the news that Ricky Stuart was to be dumped as the coach of the Sydney Roosters for the 2007 NRL Season. Whilst a replacement is yet to be found, The South Sydney Rabbitohs were quick to tie up any chance of losing incoming assistant coach Jason Taylor by promoting him to head coach for the coming season.
+---------------------------+-------+------------------------------+--------------------------+
| Home | Score | Away | Match Information |
+===========================+=======+==============================+==========================+
| Date and Time | Venue | Referee | Crowd |
+---------------------------+-------+------------------------------+--------------------------+
| North Queensland Cowboys | 22-8 | Parramatta Eels | 1 September 2006 7:30 pm |
+---------------------------+-------+------------------------------+--------------------------+
| Cronulla Sharks | 24-26 | Canberra Raiders | 2 September 2006 5:30 pm |
+---------------------------+-------+------------------------------+--------------------------+
| Melbourne Storm | 30-20 | Manly Warringah Sea Eagles | 2 September 2006 7:30 pm |
+---------------------------+-------+------------------------------+--------------------------+
| Sydney Roosters | 16-36 | St George Illawarra Dragons | 2 September 2006 7:30 pm |
+---------------------------+-------+------------------------------+--------------------------+
| Penrith Panthers | 22-30 | Canterbury Bulldogs | 3 September 2006 3:00 pm |
+---------------------------+-------+------------------------------+--------------------------+
| Wests Tigers | 52-18 | South Sydney Rabbitohs | 3 September 2006 3:00 pm |
+---------------------------+-------+------------------------------+--------------------------+
| Brisbane Broncos | 36-12 | New Zealand Warriors | 3 September 2006 2:30 pm |
+---------------------------+-------+------------------------------+--------------------------+
| Newcastle Knights | Bye | | |
+---------------------------+-------+------------------------------+--------------------------+
## Finals
### Week One {#week_one}
#### First Qualifying Final {#first_qualifying_final}
Team 1st Half 2nd Half Total
---------------------------------- ---------- ---------- --------
**(4) Newcastle Knights** **0** **25** **25**
\(5\) Manly Warringah Sea Eagles 12 6 18
+------------------------------------------+-----------------------------------------+
| Date | Friday, 8 September 2006 7:30 pm AEST |
+==========================================+=========================================+
| Tries (Newcastle Knights) | **2** K. Gidley\ |
| | **1:** A. Johns, B. Carney |
+------------------------------------------+-----------------------------------------+
| Tries (Manly Warringah Sea Eagles) | **1:** C. Hicks B. Stewart, S. Matai |
+------------------------------------------+-----------------------------------------+
| Goals (Newcastle Knights) | **4 from 4:** A. Johns |
+------------------------------------------+-----------------------------------------+
| Goals (Manly Warringah Sea Eagles) | **3 from 4:** M. Orford |
+------------------------------------------+-----------------------------------------+
| Field Goals (Newcastle Knights) | **1:** J. Mullen |
+------------------------------------------+-----------------------------------------+
| Field Goals (Manly Warringah Sea Eagles) | None |
+------------------------------------------+-----------------------------------------+
| Venue | EnergyAustralia Stadium, Newcastle, NSW |
+------------------------------------------+-----------------------------------------+
| Attendance | 23,572 |
+------------------------------------------+-----------------------------------------+
| Referee | Sean Hampstead |
+------------------------------------------+-----------------------------------------+
#### Second Qualifying Final {#second_qualifying_final}
Team 1st Half 2nd Half Total
-------------------------------------- ---------- ---------- --------
\(3\) Brisbane Broncos 4 0 4
**(6) St. George Illawarra Dragons** **10** **10** **20**
+--------------------------------------------+---------------------------------------------------------+
| Date | Saturday, 9 September 2006 5:30 pm AEST |
+============================================+=========================================================+
| Tries (Brisbane Broncos) | **1:** D. Boyd |
+--------------------------------------------+---------------------------------------------------------+
| Tries (St. George Illawarra Dragons) | **1:** C. Greenshields A. Gorrell, L. Bailey, M. Cooper |
+--------------------------------------------+---------------------------------------------------------+
| Goals (Brisbane Broncos) | **0 from 1:** C. Parker |
+--------------------------------------------+---------------------------------------------------------+
| Goals (St. George Illawarra Dragons) | **2 from 3:** A. Gorrell\ |
| | **0 from 1:** M. Head |
+--------------------------------------------+---------------------------------------------------------+
| Field Goals (Brisbane Broncos) | None |
+--------------------------------------------+---------------------------------------------------------+
| Field Goals (St. George Illawarra Dragons) | None |
+--------------------------------------------+---------------------------------------------------------+
| Venue | Suncorp Stadium, Brisbane, QLD |
+--------------------------------------------+---------------------------------------------------------+
| Attendance | 50,387 |
+--------------------------------------------+---------------------------------------------------------+
| Referee | Paul Simpkins |
+--------------------------------------------+---------------------------------------------------------+
#### Third Qualifying Final {#third_qualifying_final}
Team 1st Half 2nd Half Total
----------------------------- ---------- ---------- --------
**(2) Canterbury Bulldogs** **12** **18** **30**
\(7\) Canberra Raiders 6 6 12
Date Saturday, 9 September 2006 7:30 pm AEST
----------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------------------------
Tries (Canterbury Bulldogs) **1:** L. Patten, H. El Masri, A. Ryan, D. Holdsworth, A. Emelio
Tries (Canberra Raiders) **1:** P. Graham, A. Purtell
Goals (Canterbury Bulldogs) **5 from 5:** H. El Masri
Goals (Canberra Raiders) **2 from 2:** C. Schifcofske
Field Goals (Canterbury Bulldogs) None
Field Goals (Canberra Raiders) None
Venue Telstra Stadium, Sydney, NSW
Attendance 14,628
Referee Shayne Hayne
#### Fourth Qualifying Final {#fourth_qualifying_final}
Team 1st Half 2nd Half Total
------------------------- ---------- ---------- --------
**(1) Melbourne Storm** **12** **0** **12**
\(8\) Parramatta Eels 0 6 6
Date Sunday, 10 September 2006 4:00 pmAEST
------------------------------- ---------------------------------------
Tries (Melbourne Storm) **1:** A. Kaufusi, S. Turner
Tries (Parramatta Eels) **1:** D. Wagon
Goals (Melbourne Storm) **2 from 2:** C. Smith
Goals (Parramatta Eels) **1 from 1:** L. Burt
Field Goals (Melbourne Storm) None
Field Goals (Parramatta Eels) None
Venue Olympic Park, Melbourne, VIC
Attendance 15,690
Referee Steven Clark
There was major controversy in this match when, approximately 15 minutes from full-time, Parramatta second-rower Glenn Morrison crashed over the Melbourne Storm line. With the decision sent to the Video Referee (Bill Harrigan) it appeared that Morrison deserved a Try- Benefit of the doubt. However, Harrigan ruled he had been held up by Storm fullback Billy Slater and the try was not awarded.
### Week Two {#week_two}
#### First Semi Final {#first_semi_final}
Team 1st Half 2nd Half Total
-------------------------------------- ---------- ---------- --------
**(6) St. George Illawarra Dragons** **8** **20** **28**
\(5\) Manly Warringah Sea Eagles 0 0 0
+--------------------------------------------+-----------------------------------------+
| Date | Friday, 15 September 2006 7:45 pm AEST |
+============================================+=========================================+
| Tries (St. George Illawarra Dragons) | **2:** B. Morris\ |
| | **1:** B. Hornby, D. Millard, M. Cooper |
+--------------------------------------------+-----------------------------------------+
| Tries (Manly Warringah Sea Eagles) | None |
+--------------------------------------------+-----------------------------------------+
| Goals (St. George Illawarra Dragons) | **3 from 3:** A. Gorrell\ |
| | **1 from 1** W. Naiqama\ |
| | **0 from 2** M. Head |
+--------------------------------------------+-----------------------------------------+
| Goals (Manly Warringah Sea Eagles) | None |
+--------------------------------------------+-----------------------------------------+
| Field Goals (St. George Illawarra Dragons) | None |
+--------------------------------------------+-----------------------------------------+
| Field Goals (Manly Warringah Sea Eagles) | None |
+--------------------------------------------+-----------------------------------------+
| Venue | Sydney Football Stadium, Sydney, NSW |
+--------------------------------------------+-----------------------------------------+
| Attendance | 30,907 |
+--------------------------------------------+-----------------------------------------+
| Referee | Paul Simpkins |
+--------------------------------------------+-----------------------------------------+
#### Second Semi Final {#second_semi_final}
Team 1st Half 2nd Half Total
-------------------------- ---------- ---------- --------
\(4\) Newcastle Knights 0 6 6
**(3) Brisbane Broncos** **24** **26** **50**
+---------------------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
| Date | Saturday, 16 September 2006 7:45 pm AEST |
+=================================+===============================================================================================+
| Tries (Newcastle Knights) | **1** K. Gidley |
+---------------------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
| Tries (Brisbane Broncos) | **1:** D. Stagg, B. Tate, J. Hodges, K. Hunt, P. Civoniceva, S. Berrigan, D. Lockyer, D. Boyd |
+---------------------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
| Goals (Newcastle Knights) | **1 from 2:** A. Johns |
+---------------------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
| Goals (Brisbane Broncos) | **8 from 8:** C. Parker\ |
| | **1 from 1:** D. Lockyer |
+---------------------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
| Field Goals (Newcastle Knights) | None |
+---------------------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
| Field Goals (Brisbane Broncos) | None |
+---------------------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
| Venue | Sydney Football Stadium, Sydney, NSW |
+---------------------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
| Attendance | 22,081 |
+---------------------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
| Referee | Steven Clark |
+---------------------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
### Week Three {#week_three}
#### First Preliminary Final {#first_preliminary_final}
Team 1st Half 2nd Half Total
--------------------------- ---------- ---------- --------
\(2\) Canterbury Bulldogs 20 0 20
**(3) Brisbane Broncos** **6** **31** **37**
+-----------------------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------+
| Date | Friday, 22 September 2006 7:45 pm AEST |
+===================================+===========================================================+
| Tries (Canterbury Bulldogs) | **1** D. Holdsworth, H. El Masri, B. Shewin, M. Utai |
+-----------------------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------+
| Tries (Brisbane Broncos) | **2:** S. Berrigan\ |
| | **1:** D. Carlaw, D. Boyd, D. Lockyer, B. Tate, C. Parker |
+-----------------------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------+
| Goals (Canterbury Bulldogs) | **4 from 4:** H. El Masri |
+-----------------------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------+
| Goals (Brisbane Broncos) | **3 from 6:** C. Parker\ |
| | **2 from 2:** D. Lockyer |
+-----------------------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------+
| Field Goals (Canterbury Bulldogs) | None |
+-----------------------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------+
| Field Goals (Brisbane Broncos) | 1: D. Lockyer |
+-----------------------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------+
| Venue | Sydney Football Stadium, Sydney, NSW |
+-----------------------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------+
| Attendance | 29,511 |
+-----------------------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------+
| Referee | Paul Simpkins |
+-----------------------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------+
#### Second Preliminary Final {#second_preliminary_final}
Team 1st Half 2nd Half Total
------------------------------------ ---------- ---------- --------
**(1) Melbourne Storm** **12** **12** **24**
\(6\) St. George Illawarra Dragons 6 4 10
+--------------------------------------------+-------------------------------------------------+
| Date | Saturday, 23 September 2006 7:45 pm AEST |
+============================================+=================================================+
| Tries (Melbourne Storm) | **1** G. Inglis, M. King, S. Turner, A. Kaufusi |
+--------------------------------------------+-------------------------------------------------+
| Tries (St. George Illawarra Dragons) | **1:** M. Cooper, B. Morris |
+--------------------------------------------+-------------------------------------------------+
| Goals (Melbourne Storm) | **3 from 3:** C. Smith\ |
| | **1 from 1:** M. Geyer |
+--------------------------------------------+-------------------------------------------------+
| Goals (St. George Illawarra Dragons) | **1 from 1:** A. Gorrell\ |
| | **0 from 1:** B. Morris |
+--------------------------------------------+-------------------------------------------------+
| Field Goals (Melbourne Storm) | None |
+--------------------------------------------+-------------------------------------------------+
| Field Goals (St. George Illawarra Dragons) | None |
+--------------------------------------------+-------------------------------------------------+
| Venue | Telstra Stadium, Sydney, NSW |
+--------------------------------------------+-------------------------------------------------+
| Attendance | 40,901 |
+--------------------------------------------+-------------------------------------------------+
| Referee | Steven Clark |
+--------------------------------------------+-------------------------------------------------+
### Grand final {#grand_final}
Team 1st Half 2nd Half Total
-------------------------- ---------- ---------- --------
\(1\) Melbourne Storm 4 4 8
**(3) Brisbane Broncos** **8** **7** **15**
+--------------------------------+-------------------------------------+
| Date | Sunday, 1 October 2006 7:45 pm AEST |
+================================+=====================================+
| Tries (Melbourne Storm) | **1** S. Turner, M. King |
+--------------------------------+-------------------------------------+
| Tries (Brisbane Broncos) | **1:** J. Hodges, B. Tate |
+--------------------------------+-------------------------------------+
| Goals (Melbourne Storm) | **0 from 1:** C. Smith\ |
| | **0 from 1** M. Geyer |
+--------------------------------+-------------------------------------+
| Goals (Brisbane Broncos) | **2 from 2:** D. Lockyer\ |
| | **1 from 2:** C. Parker |
+--------------------------------+-------------------------------------+
| Field Goals (Melbourne Storm) | None |
+--------------------------------+-------------------------------------+
| Field Goals (Brisbane Broncos) | **1:** D. Lockyer |
+--------------------------------+-------------------------------------+
| Venue | Telstra Stadium, Sydney, NSW |
+--------------------------------+-------------------------------------+
| Attendance | 79,609 |
+--------------------------------+-------------------------------------+
| Referee | Paul Simpkins |
+--------------------------------+-------------------------------------+
- This was the first Grand Final where there were no Sydney teams featuring in the Grand Final.
- This was the first Grand Final meeting between these 2 sides.
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Pontypool (UK Parliament constituency)
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**Pontypool** was a county constituency in the town of Pontypool in Monmouthshire. It returned one Member of Parliament (MP) to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom, elected by the first past the post voting system.
The constituency was created for the 1918 general election, and was replaced with Torfaen for the 1983 general election. This was to correspond with the name and area of the Torfaen local authority created in 1974. The Torfaen constituency contained the whole of the old Pontypool seat, adding just 247 electors from Monmouth.
## Boundaries
**1918--1950**: The Urban Districts of Abersychan, Blaenavon, Llanfrechfa Upper, Llantarnam, Panteg, and Pontypool.
**1950--1983**: The Urban Districts of Blaenavon, Cwmbran, and Pontypool.
## Members of Parliament {#members_of_parliament}
Election Member
---------- ------------------ --------------------------
1918 Thomas Griffiths
1935 Arthur Jenkins
1946 by-election Granville West
1958 by-election Leo Abse
1983 *constituency abolished*
## Election results {#election_results}
### Elections in the 1910s {#elections_in_the_1910s}
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}}`{=mediawiki} `{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party = Labour Party (UK)
|candidate = [[Thomas Griffiths (politician)|Thomas Griffiths]]
|votes = 8,438
|percentage = 39.0
|change =
}}`{=mediawiki} `{{Election box candidate with party link coalition 1918|
|party = Unionist Party (UK)
|candidate =Leonard Wilkinson Llewelyn<ref>‘LLEWELYN, Sir Leonard Wilkinson’, Who Was Who, A & C Black, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing plc, 1920–2016; online edn, Oxford University Press, 2014; online edn, April 2014 [http://www.ukwhoswho.com/view/article/oupww/whowaswho/U199404, accessed 18 Sept 2017]</ref>
|votes = 7,021
|percentage = 32.5
|change =
}}`{=mediawiki} `{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Liberal Party (UK)
|candidate = [[Reginald McKenna]]
|votes = 6,160
|percentage = 28.5
|change =
}}`{=mediawiki} `{{Election box majority|
|votes = 1,417
|percentage = 6.5
|change =
}}`{=mediawiki} `{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 21,619
|percentage = 72.1
|change =
}}`{=mediawiki} `{{Election box new seat win|
|winner = Labour Party (UK)
|swing =
}}`{=mediawiki} `{{Election box end 1918}}`{=mediawiki}
### Elections in the 1920s {#elections_in_the_1920s}
### Elections in the 1930s {#elections_in_the_1930s}
### Elections in the 1940s {#elections_in_the_1940s}
### Elections in the 1950s {#elections_in_the_1950s}
### Elections in the 1960s {#elections_in_the_1960s}
### Elections in the 1970s {#elections_in_the_1970s}
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John Moyse
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Private **John Moyse** was a British soldier of the 3rd (East Kent) Regiment who according to popular legend was captured by Chinese soldiers during the Second Opium War and later was executed for refusing to prostrate himself before the Chinese general. This alleged act of defiance was later immortalised in *The Private of the Buffs*, a poem by Sir Francis Hastings Doyle.
## Historical background {#historical_background}
The Second Opium War (1856--1860) was fought to guarantee European sovereignty of the seas after a Chinese-owned and British-registered ship, *The Arrow*, was seized in 1856 for being involved in smuggling and piracy. Since it had been flying the British Ensign, the British government pressed for an apology. They allied with France and Russia and invaded China from 1857 to 1858. In 1858, China sued for peace and agreed to the Treaty of Tientsin, which allowed the creation of French and English embassies in Beijing, and the Treaty of Aigun, which redrew Russia\'s border with China.
In 1859, after China repudiated the Treaty of Tientsin, the war continued. A naval force under the command of Admiral Sir James Hope shelled the forts guarding the mouth of the Peiho river. It was damaged and withdrew under the cover of fire from a naval squadron commanded by Commodore Josiah Tattnall.
In 1860, an Anglo-French army gathered at Hong Kong and then carried out a landing at Pei Tang on 3 August, and a successful assault on the Taku Forts on 21 August. On the march to Beijing the Anglo-French forces pushed aside several Manchu military units but the fighting was limited.
## \"The Private of the Buffs\" {#the_private_of_the_buffs}
On 13 August 1860 during the march on the Taku Forts, a party of Sikh sappers and some laborers transporting their column\'s rum rations were captured by a force of Tartar cavalry. Among them was Private John Moyse of the 3rd (East Kent) Regiment, also known as \"The Buffs\", and an unnamed sergeant of the 44th (East Essex) Regiment.
The next day the prisoners were brought before a local mandarin and were ordered to kow-tow, under penalty of torture or execution if they did not comply. Private Moyse alone refused and was savagely beaten and then beheaded, his body afterwards thrown on a dungheap. He was his regiment\'s only casualty in the fighting.
The cause of his refusal has been a subject of much dispute. The popular story was that it was on the grounds that it would disgrace his country. However, it has been surmised that Moyse, who had a history of insubordination, refused out of personal pride and stubbornness. When the prisoners were released a week later, their tale of Moyse\'s bravery spread through the army.
His act of defiance was later celebrated in *The Private of the Buffs*, a poem by Sir Francis Hastings Doyle. The poem refers to Moyse as a newly recruited young Kentish farm boy. His origin is not known for certain, however. The poem was written on the strength of newspaper reports, and it is likely that Doyle was unaware of the discrepancies.
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Jayaprakash Nagar, Bengaluru
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**Jayaprakash Nagar** also known as **J P Nagar** or **J P Nagara**, is an upscale residential neighbourhood located in the south of Bangalore, India. It is named after prominent Indian leader Jayaprakash Narayan. It is located in proximity to Jayanagar, and other areas Banashankari, Bannerghatta Road and BTM Layout.
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7,128,425 |
George Nevill, 13th Baron Bergavenny
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**George Nevill, *de facto* 13th (*de jure* 1st) Baron Bergavenny** (c.1659 -- 11 March 1720/21) was an English peer.
The son of George Nevill and Mary, daughter of the Roundhead Bulstrode Whitelocke and his second wife Frances Willoughby, he succeeded to the Barony upon the death of the 12th Baron, a distant cousin also called George.
He married Anne Walker, daughter of Captain Nehemiah Walker, on 22 October 1698, and they had the following children:
- Hon. Henry Nevill (bef. 1702 -- c. 1710)
- George Nevill, 14th Baron Bergavenny (1702--1723)
- Hon. Jane Nevill (1703--1786)
- Edward Nevill, 15th Baron Bergavenny (1705--1724)
- Hon. Anne Nevill (1715--1736/37)
The marriage was evidently unhappy and the couple separated in 1712. After his death Anne remarried John West, 1st Earl De La Warr. She died in 1748.
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7,128,429 |
Fusicoccin
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**Fusicoccins** are organic compounds produced by a fungus. It has detrimental effect on plants and causes their death.
Fusicoccins are diterpenoid glycosides produced by the fungus *Fusicoccum amygdali*, which is a parasite of mainly almond and peach trees. It stimulates a quick acidification of the plant cell wall; this causes the stomata to irreversibly open, which brings about the death of the plant.
Fusicoccins contains three fused carbon rings and another ring which contains an oxygen atom and five carbons.
Fusicoccin was and is extensively used in research regarding the plant hormone auxin and its mechanisms.
## Biosynthesis
Fusicoccin is a member of a diterpenoid class which shares a 5-8-5 ring structure and is called fusicoccane. In fungi, fusicoccin is biosynthesized via *Phomopsis amygdali* fusicoccadiene synthase (PaFS) from universal C5 isoprene units dimethylallyl diphosphate (DMAPP) and isopentenyl diphosphate (IPP). PaFS has two domains, a C-terminal prenyltransferase domain which converts isoprene units into geranylgeranyl diphosphate (GGDP) and an N-terminal terpene cyclase domain where GGDP gets cyclized and turns into fusicocca-2,10(14)-diene. It is also reported in this study that a 2-oxoglutarate-dependent dioxygenase-like gene, a cytochrome P450 monooxygenase-like gene, a short-chain dehydrogenase/reductase-like gene, and an α-mannosidase-like gene at the 3' location downstream of PaFS which are responsible for converting fusicocca-2,10(14)-diene into fusicoccin. Two enzymes, one dioxygenase and PAPT, are in charge of catalyzing a hydroxylation at the 3-position of fusicocca-2,10(14)-diene-8β,16-diol and prenylation of the hydroxyl group of glucose in fusicoccin P, respectively.
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Danny Flores
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**Daniel Flores** (July 11, 1929 -- September 19, 2006), also known by his stage name **Chuck Rio**, was an American Rock and roll saxophonist. He is best remembered for his self-penned song \"Tequila\", which he recorded with The Champs, the band of which he was a member at the time, and which reached number one on the *Billboard* Hot 100.
## Biography
Of Mexican heritage, Flores was born in Santa Paula, California, and grew up in Long Beach. He was interested in the guitar from an early age, first performing at church and family gatherings. At 14, however, Flores switched to the saxophone, forming his first band, the 3-D Ranch Boys. Emulating the rasping sounds of tenor saxophonist Vido Musso, Flores played a variety of music genres - jazz, country, pop, and blues - to cater to his hard-going blue-collar clientele. Much to Flores\'s amusement, he has remarked, during this early stage of his career, he was commonly called the \"Mexican Hillbilly\". In the early 1950s, Flores recorded vocals for small Pasadena-based record labels, before signing to Modern Records/RPM Records, and releasing his earliest rock and roll material.
In 1957, Flores met aspiring songwriter and guitarist Dave Burgess. After briefly performing as Danny and Dave, the duo recruited former members of Flores\'s group, drummer Gene Alden and guitarist Buddy Bruce, along with bassist Cliff Hills to form the Champs. Huelyn Duvall contributed vocals to these tracks. On December 23, 1957, the group recorded three songs for Challenge Records, including Flores\' instrumental *Tequila*. The song is highlighted by Flores\'s \"dirty sax\" arrangements and his interjecting \"Tequila!\" following the turnaround between variations of the saxophone melody. Because Flores\' speaking the song\'s only word made him the song\'s primary vocalist for crediting and record-keeping purposes, he was credited under the name \"Chuck Rio\" to avoid conflicts with his other record label, where he was signed as a vocalist. \"Tequila\" was released as the B-side to the Champs\' debut single, but after listeners requested the song over its A-side \"Train to Nowhere\", \"Tequila\" propelled to number one on the *Billboard* Hot 100 in January 1958.
Conflicts between Flores and Burgess over leadership and the band\'s musical direction led to Flores\' departure. He signed his rights away to *Tequila* and ultimately did not receive any royalties from the tune despite its success. In the intervening years, he formed other groups called the Originals and the Persuaders, the latter recording for Saturn Records in 1963. Flores continued to perform across California for the rest of his life. It was not until the early 2000s that he finally received royalties --- albeit only for sales in Europe --- for *Tequila*.
Flores died on September 19, 2006, as a consequence of complications of pneumonia.
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Group Therapy (Dope album)
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***Group Therapy*** is the third studio album by American industrial metal band Dope. The enhanced portion of the album contains a music video for each song. *Group Therapy* shows the band expanding on the more alternative metal style music the band had started on their previous album, *Life*, and most of the industrial style music has been toned down. The album contains some of the band\'s most heavy and aggressive songs while certain songs such as \"Sing\", \"Another Day Goes By\" and \"Easier\" show a softer, more melodic sound. In the second half of 2004 the album had already sold about 37,749 in United States. \"Now is the Time\" was used in an episode of Dog the Bounty Hunter, while \"Today is the Day\" was the theme for WWE\'s No Mercy event in October 2003
## Critical reception {#critical_reception}
*Group Therapy* garnered mixed reviews from music critics. Magnus Altkula of Sputnikmusic praised the album\'s production quality and instrumentation work for being improvements over previous records with Dope\'s inspirational lyricism, saying that \"\[T\]he band has matured a lot but still have room to grow and I hope that one day they land a real masterpiece.\" Kaj Roth of *Melodic* commended the band\'s industrial direction with newfound musicianship but felt that it lacked memorable tracks that other bands like Orgy and Godhead had, calling it \"An okay record, no more!\" Johnny Loftus of AllMusic found the album better than 2001\'s *Life* but felt that Edsel Dope\'s take on the nu-metal formula was too reminiscent of Korn and Linkin Park with insincere introspection, concluding that \"Dope has focused its fiery attack on *Group Therapy*, and that should at least get the pit roiling at shows. But Edsel\'s agenda is still riddled with cliché, and this fact robs the record of any lasting spark.\"
## Track listing {#track_listing}
## Personnel
Credits adapted from AllMusic.
Dope
- Edsel Dope -- lead and backing vocals, rhythm guitar, bass, drums, keyboards, programming, sampling
- Virus -- lead guitar, keyboards, backing vocals
- Sloane \"Mosey\" Jentry -- bass, backing vocals
- Racci \"Sketchy\" Shay -- drums
Additional personnel
- Heather Thompson -- backing vocals
Production
- Edsel Dope -- production, A&R, arrangements, art conception, audio engineering, audio production, composition, direction, engineering
- Stephen Franciosa -- editing
- Mike Graham -- photography
- Ted Jensen -- mastering
- Jay Baumgardner -- mixing
- Joe Morena -- editing
- Shawn Nowotnik -- assistant
- Chip Quigley -- A&R
- Daniel Wyatt -- A&R
## Charts
+------------------------+----------+
| Chart (2003) | Peak\ |
| | position |
+========================+==========+
| Top Heatseekers | 16 |
+------------------------+----------+
| Top Independent Albums | 17 |
+------------------------+----------+
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