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Kiernan Shipka

Kiernan Shipka 2020-01-14T18:57:24Z Kiernan Brennan Shipka (born November 10, 1999) is an American actress best known for her role as Sabrina Spellman in the Netflix series Chilling Adventures of Sabrina and as Sally Draper in the AMC drama series Mad Men. She also appeared as B. D. Hyman in the FX series Feud: Bette and Joan and voiced Jinora in the The Legend of Korra . Shipka has also starred in numerous films, including Carriers (2009), Flowers in the Attic (2014), The Blackcoat's Daughter (2015), and The Silence (2019). Shipka was born in Chicago, Illinois, to John Young Shipka, a real estate developer, and Erin Ann (née Brennan). Shipka has been taking ballroom dancing classes since the age of five. Her family relocated to Los Angeles, California when she was six to support her acting career. Shipka made her television debut at five months of age as a baby on the hospital drama, ER. Shipka began doing commercial-print modeling when she was a baby. As part of Mad Men's ensemble cast, she won the Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series in 2008 and 2009. Shipka has received praise for her performance on Mad Men. In naming her as his dream nominee for the "Outstanding Guest Actress in a Drama Series" Emmy Award, Austin American-Statesman critic Dale Roe remarked, "This 10-year-old actress was so affecting as troubled Sally Draper last season that it seems odd that she's only just been upgraded to series regular. If Shipka's upcoming Mad Men work—struggling with the broken marriage of her parents and entering preteendom in the tumultuous 1960s—remains as amazing as it was in season three, this is a ballot wish that could come true next year." Initially a recurring guest star, Shipka was upgraded to a series regular with the start of season four. She got the part after two auditions. Shipka's credits after Mad Men include Flowers in the Attic (2014) and a dual role in the Oz Perkins horror film, The Blackcoat's Daughter (2015). In 2014, Shipka was named one of "The 25 Most Influential Teens of 2014" by Time magazine. In the same year, IndieWire included her in their list of "20 Actors To Watch That Are Under 20". In 2017, she portrayed B.D. Hyman, daughter of Bette Davis, in the FX television series Feud: Bette and Joan. In January 2018, it was announced that Shipka would be starring as Sabrina Spellman in Netflix's Chilling Adventures of Sabrina series based on the comic series of the same name. The first season was released by Netflix on October 26, 2018. In January 2019, Shipka is set to co-star in a Christmas romantic comedy film directed by Luke Snellin, Let It Snow, based on the novel of the same name. Shooting began in February 2019. Shipka next played a deaf teenager opposite Stanley Tucci in John R. Leonetti's horror film The Silence, based on the 2015 horror novel of the same name by Tim Lebbon. Netflix released The Silence on April 10, 2019. Shipka learned American Sign Language for the role. Leonetti praised her performance saying "She's acting alongside Stanley Tucci, and believe me, she's more than holding her own. It's been spellbinding watching her." Shipka names Grace Kelly and Audrey Hepburn as fashion influences. , Kiernan Shipka 2021-12-28T14:50:20Z Kiernan Brennan Shipka (born November 10, 1999) is an American actress known for her roles as Sally Draper in the AMC drama series Mad Men (2007–2015) and as Sabrina Spellman in the Netflix series Chilling Adventures of Sabrina (2018–2020) and the sixth season of The CW series Riverdale (2021), portraying B. D. Hyman in the FX series Feud: Bette and Joan (2017) and voicing Jinora in The Legend of Korra (2012–2014). Shipka has also starred in numerous films, including Carriers (2009), Flowers in the Attic (2014), The Blackcoat's Daughter (2015), and The Silence (2019). Kiernan Brennan Shipka was born in Chicago, Illinois, to John Young Shipka, a real estate developer, and Erin Ann Brennan. Shipka has been taking ballroom dancing classes since the age of five. Her family relocated to Los Angeles, California when she was six to support her acting career. Shipka made her television debut at five months of age on the hospital drama ER. She also began doing commercial-print modeling when she was a baby. After undertaking numerous small television roles, her first major role was as Sally Draper, the daughter of main character Don Draper, on the 2007–2015 TV series Mad Men. She won the role after two auditions. She was a recurring guest star for the show's first three seasons, then became a series regular in season four. As part of Mad Men's ensemble cast, she won the Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series in 2008 and 2009. Shipka received praise for her performance on Mad Men. In 2010, Austin American-Statesman critic Dale Roe named her as his dream nominee for the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Guest Actress in a Drama Series, writing, "This 10-year-old actress was so affecting as troubled Sally Draper last season that it seems odd that she's only just been upgraded to series regular. If Shipka's upcoming Mad Men work—struggling with the broken marriage of her parents and entering preteendom in the tumultuous 1960s—remains as amazing as it was in season three, this is a ballot wish that could come true next year." In 2014, Shipka was named one of "The 25 Most Influential Teens of 2014" by Time magazine. That same year, IndieWire included her in their list of "20 Actors To Watch That Are Under 20". Shipka starred in the 2014 Lifetime movie Flowers in the Attic, and co-starred (with Emma Roberts) in the 2015 Oz Perkins horror film The Blackcoat's Daughter. In 2017, she portrayed B.D. Hyman, daughter of Bette Davis, in the FX television series Feud: Bette and Joan. In January 2018, it was announced that Shipka would be starring as Sabrina Spellman in Netflix's Chilling Adventures of Sabrina series based on the comic series of the same name. The first part was released by Netflix on October 26, 2018, and an episode that December. The show ran for three more parts, concluding on December 31, 2020 with a total of 36 episodes. Shipka would reprise the role in a sixth season episode of Riverdale, “Chapter Ninety-Nine: The Witching Hour(s)”, aired on December 7, 2021. Shipka co-starred in a 2019 Christmas romantic comedy film directed by Luke Snellin, Let It Snow, based on the novel of the same name. Shooting began in February 2019. Shipka next played a deaf teenager opposite Stanley Tucci in John R. Leonetti's horror film The Silence, based on the 2015 horror novel of the same name by Tim Lebbon. Netflix released The Silence on April 10, 2019. Shipka learned American Sign Language for the role. Leonetti praised her performance saying "She's acting alongside Stanley Tucci, and believe me, she's more than holding her own. It's been spellbinding watching her."

Lorraine Toussaint

Lorraine Toussaint 2014-02-18T16:49:17Z Lorraine Toussaint (born April 4, 1960) is a Trinidadian-born American actress best known for her role as Rene Jackson in Lifetime drama series Any Day Now (1998-2002). Toussaint was born in Trinidad, but moved to Brooklyn with her mother at the age of 10. She graduated from Manhattan's High School of Performing Arts in 1978. She then attended the Juilliard School's drama division as a member of Group 11 (1978–1982), where her classmates in 1982 included Megan Gallagher, Penny Johnson, Jack Kenny, and Jack Stehlin. Toussaint graduated from Juilliard with a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree. Toussaint isnt best known for starring alongside Annie Potts in Any Day Now. She was a featured recurring guest-star in the first few seasons of the legal drama Law & Order as defense lawyer Shambala Green. She appeared on fims such as Breaking In, Hudson Hawk, Dangerous Minds and The Soloist. She was also a regular guest on the drama Threat Matrix, as Carina Wright/Agent Cassandra Hodges. In 1993, Toussaint appeared in Point Of No Return, starring Bridget Fonda. From 2007 to 2010, Toussaint starred as Captain Kate Perry in Saving Grace, which aired on TNT. She has also appeared on the several other television series, such as Crossing Jordan, Frasier, The Closer, Ugly Betty, Friday Night Lights, NCIS, Grey's Anatomy, and Scandal. In 2012 Toussaint was nominated on Independent Spirit Award for Best Supporting Female for performance of Middle of Nowhere. In 2013 she had recurring roles on season 3 of Dana Delany's Body of Proof as Angela Martin, new police chief. , and on ABC Family's The Fosters, as Sherri Saum's mother. She also was cast for second season of Netflix original series Orange Is the New Black. , Lorraine Toussaint 2015-12-20T20:29:06Z Lorraine Toussaint (born April 4, 1960) is an American actress and producer, known for playing powerful characters on television and film. Toussaint began her career in theatre before supporting performances in films such as Breaking In (1989), Hudson Hawk (1991), and Dangerous Minds (1995). As lead actress, she is best known for her role as Rene Jackson in the Lifetime critically acclaimed television drama series Any Day Now from 1998 to 2002. Toussaint later was regular cast member in the NBC police procedural Crossing Jordan (2002–03), and TNT crime drama Saving Grace (2007–10). Toussaint also has made over 30 guest appearances on television, starred in the number of made for television movies, and had recurring roles in Law & Order, Ugly Betty, Friday Night Lights, Body of Proof, and The Fosters. She co-starred in the ABC fantasy-drama series, Forever (2014–15), and is currently co-starring in the Fox comedy-drama, Rosewood. Toussaint received critical acclaim and Independent Spirit Award nomination for her performance in the 2012 drama film Middle of Nowhere written and directed by Ava DuVernay. In 2014, she played the role of Yvonne "Vee" Parker, the main antagonist, in the second season of Netflix comedy-drama series, Orange Is the New Black, for which she received critical acclaim and Critics' Choice Television Award for Best Supporting Actress in a Drama Series. She later played the role of Amelia Boynton Robinson in the 2014 historical drama film Selma directed by DuVernay. Toussaint was born in Trinidad. In an interview she said: "I grew up under the British system, which I think is horrific for children -- very, very strict -- a system that did not recognise children as being individuals. You were small animals earning the right to be human. Childhood for me then felt extraordinarily powerless, and as an artistic child who learned in alternative ways, it was hell. I was beaten regularly... A good child was a fearful child, and I was a very, very, good child, which meant I lived in a world of silent, dark terror most of the time." Her mother was a teacher, and brought Toussaint to live in Brooklyn in the late 1960s. Toussaint graduated from Manhattan's High School of Performing Arts in 1978. She then attended the Juilliard School's drama division as a member of Group 11 (1978–1982), where her classmates in 1982 included Megan Gallagher, Penny Johnson Jerald, Jack Kenny, and Jack Stehlin. Toussaint graduated from Juilliard with a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree. She then began her career as Shakespearean actress before tackling screen acting in television and film. Toussaint made her screen debut in 1983. In 1986 she played the role of widow of a man shot and killed by Boston cops in the television film A Case of Deadly Force based on the book by Lawrence O'Donnell. She later had a recurring role of Vera Williams in the ABC daytime soap opera, One Life to Live, and alongside stage career appeared in guest starring roles in series like 227 and Law & Order (as recurring defense lawyer Shambala Green), and acted in a number of television films in the 1990s. Toussaint has made her film debut in the female lead role opposite Burt Reynolds in the crime comedy Breaking In (1989). The film received positive reviews from critics, but flopped in box office. In 1991 she appeared opposite Bruce Willis in Hudson Hawk, and later co-starred alongside Michelle Pfeiffer in Dangerous Minds (1995). She also appeared in films Point of No Return (1993), Mother's Boys (1994), and Black Dog (1998). On television, Toussaint had regular roles in short-lived series Bodies of Evidence (CBS, 1992), Where I Live (ABC, 1993), Amazing Grace (NBC, 1995), and Leaving L.A. (ABC, 1997). Toussaint had her biggest and leading role alongside Annie Potts in the Lifetime first original television drama series, Any Day Now. She starred in show as Rene Jackson, a successful African-American lawyer. The series has received critical acclaim for Toussaint's and Potts' acting performances and writing, but never had big ratings. In 2001, Toussaint was a promising contender for an Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series category, though she did not receive a nomination. She also was nominated five times for a NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Actress in a Drama Series for her role. Any Day Now ended after four-season and 88 episodes. From 2002 to 2004, Toussaint had regular role of Dr. Elaine Duchamps in the NBC police procedural, Crossing Jordan. In later years she guest-starred on Frasier, Judging Amy, The Closer, CSI: Crime Scene Investigation, ER, and NCIS. She also was regular opposite Holly Hunter in the TNT crime drama Saving Grace as Capt. Kate Perry from 2007 to 2010. She also had a recurring roles of Amelia 'Yoga' Bluman in the ABC comedy series Ugly Betty in 2006, and as Bird Merriweather in the NBC drama Friday Night Lights (2009–11). In film, Toussaint appeared as Jamie Foxx' character mother in the 2009 drama The Soloist. In 2012, Toussaint received critical acclaim and was nominated for a Independent Spirit Award for Best Supporting Female for her performance as a hardworking mother who struggles to support her daughter's (Emayatzy Corinealdi) decision to put her life on hold to support her incarcerated husband (Omari Hardwick), of Middle of Nowhere, a drama film written and directed by Ava DuVernay. Toussaint was a promising contender for a Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress category in 2013, but she did not receive a nomination. In 2012, she also guest-starred in Shonda Rhimes' dramas Grey's Anatomy as doctor, and on Scandal, as a bereaved and betrayed pastor’s wife. In 2013, she had a recurring role in season 3 of Dana Delany's series Body of Proof as Angela Martin, the new police chief and main villainess. Later in 2013, she joined the cast of ABC Family drama series, The Fosters, as Sherri Saum's character mother. In show she reunited on-screen with Annie Potts in first time as of Any Day Now finale in 2002. Toussaint starred in the second season of Netflix's original comedy-drama series, Orange Is the New Black in 2014. She played the role of Yvonne “Vee” Parker, the main antagonist of season, described as a street-tough inmate who returns to jail after a long stint outside as a drug dealer using kids as runners. Her powerful performance earned massive critical acclaim. In the series Toussaint, in her 50s, appeared nude on-screen for the first time in her career. For her performance, she won Critics' Choice Television Award for Best Supporting Actress in a Drama Series and Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Comedy Series. In 2014, Toussaint co-starred in Ava DuVernay's historical drama film Selma, playing Amelia Boynton Robinson, a leading civil rights activist who had a key role in efforts that led to passage of the 1965 Voting Rights Act, and who was the first African American woman in Alabama to run for Congress. Also in 2014 she was cast in the ABC fantasy-drama series, Forever opposite Ioan Gruffudd and Alana de la Garza as Lt. Joanna Reece, a police veteran and de la Garza's character's boss. The series was canceled after single season. Toussaint co-starred in the upcoming comedy film Xmas directed and written by Jonathan Levine, set for November 25, 2015 release. In 2015, she co-starred in films Runaway Island as lead, and Sophie and the Rising Sun alongside Margo Martindale and Diane Ladd. Later that year, Toussaint was cast in Coco, a drama produced by Lionsgate and starring in her debut role rapper Azealia Banks. In June 2015, she joined the cast of upcoming Fox comedy-drama, Rosewood in the series regular role of the titular character's mother. Toussaint is married to husband Micah Zane and has one daughter, named Samara.

Voldemārs_Mežgailis

Voldemārs_Mežgailis 2010-10-07T15:29:28Z Voldemārs Mežgailis (Voldemar Mezgailis or Mezhgailis) (born 22 April 1912, Lustuze) a Latvian chess master. In 1934, he took 8th Latvian Chess Championship in Riga (Fricis Apšenieks and Vladimirs Petrovs won). He twice represented Latvia in Chess Olympiads: in the 3rd unofficial Olympiad at Munich 1936 (at sixth board, +4 –5 =1), and in the 7th Olympiad at Stockholm 1937 (at third board, +2 –6 =7). At the end of WW II, he won Latvian Chess Championship in June 1944. He won again the Latvian Championship in 1950. Template:Persondata This biographical article relating to a Latvian chess figure is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. , Voldemārs_Mežgailis 2011-09-05T13:18:07Z Voldemārs Mežgailis (also Voldemar Mezgailis or Mezhgailis; born 22 April 1912, Viļķene parish, Russian Empire – dead June 1, 1998 in Riga) was a Latvian chess master. In 1934, he took 8th Latvian Chess Championship in Riga (Fricis Apšenieks and Vladimirs Petrovs won). He twice represented Latvia in Chess Olympiads: in the 3rd unofficial Olympiad at Munich 1936 (at sixth board, +4 –5 =1), and in the 7th Olympiad at Stockholm 1937 (at third board, +2 –6 =7). At the end of World War II he won the Latvian Chess Championship in June 1944, and won it again in 1950. Template:Persondata This biographical article relating to a Latvian chess figure is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.

Real Valladolid

Real Valladolid 2008-01-04T22:10:16Z Real Valladolid Club de Fútbol is a Spanish football club. Formed on June 20, 1928, from the amalgamation of Real Unión Deportiva de Valladolid and Club Deportivo Español, it is currently playing in Spanish First Division (La Liga), after gaining promotion in season 2006-07. The team plays in Valladolid from which it derives the nickname Pucela. Their Home stadium is the Estadio José Zorrilla, which seats 26,512 spectators. The team first reached the Primera División in the 1947-48 season, as champions of the Segunda. In the following year, the team pushed on from this success and reached the finals of the Copa del Rey in the Chamartín stadium against Athletic Bilbao, eventually losing 4-1. The next ten years until 1957-58 were spent in the first division. Relegation was short-lived and Valladolid gained promotion in 1958-59 with 5-0 win over Terrasa under the trainer José Luis Saso, a legendary figure in the history of the team. He had originally been a goalkeeper for Valladolid, and he subsequently went on to perform many roles, ending up as president of the club. Valladolid vacillated between the first and second divisions in the subsequent years, descending as low as third in 1970-71. Promoted La Liga for the 1992-1993 season, the team was again sent down after the 2003-2004 season. Their highest position during their past stint in La Liga was 7th in 1996-97. Real Valladolid has won the Spanish League Cup once, in 1983. As of November 16, 2007 Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality. Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality. Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality. see also Category:Real Valladolid footballers start end, Real Valladolid 2009-12-28T12:23:16Z Real Valladolid Club de Fútbol, S.A.D. is a Spanish football club. Founded on June 20, 1928, it is currently playing in the first division, after gaining promotion in 2006-07. The club currently ranks 13th on the franchises All-Time La Liga table. Based in Valladolid, Castile and León, from which it derives the nickname Pucela, the club holds home games at the Nuevo Estadio José Zorrilla, which seats 26,512 spectators. Founded from the amalgamation of Real Unión Deportiva de Valladolid and Club Deportivo Español (currently Real Unión), Valladolid first reached the top level in the 1947-48 season, as champions of Segunda División. In the following year, the team pushed on from this success and reached the finals of the domestic cup in the Chamartín Stadium against Athletic de Bilbao, eventually losing 4-1. The next ten years were spent in the first division, but relegation was short-lived and Valladolid gained promotion in 1958-59 with a 5-0 win over Terrassa FC under manager José Luis Saso, a legendary figure in the history of the team. He had originally been a goalkeeper for the club, and subsequently went on to perform many roles, ending up as president of the team. Valladolid vacillated between the first and second divisions in the subsequent years, descending as low as third in 1970-71. Promoted in 1992-93, the team was again sent down after the 2003-04 season. In 1984, Valladolid also won the Spanish League Cup (a competition only played in the early 80s), over Atlético de Madrid. The side's highest position during this 11-year stint was 7th in 1996-97, being coached in the previous seasons by former Real Madrid Castilla's coach Rafael Benítez, as various players from there also would later appear for Valladolid. In 2006-07, after signing Basque José Luis Mendilibar as coach, Valladolid performed one of their best years in history while playing in the second level. The side took the lead in the 15th game and went on to finish with a competition all-time high 88 points, winning the championship by a total margin of eight points, and holding an advantage of 26 points over the non-promotion zone (fourth and worse), both being all-time records in the league. They also achieved the honour of staying unbeaten 29 games in a row, from October 10, 2006 to May 6, 2007, being mathematically promoted after outscoring CD Tenerife 0-2 on April 22, 2007 (just the 34th day of the season), the earliest any club has achieved promotion in Spanish history. Also remarkable was the side's role in the King's Cup, getting as far as the quarter-finals after beating two top division teams: Gimnàstic de Tarragona (agg. 4-1) and 2006 Champions League contender Villarreal CF (agg. 3-1), while playing the whole competition with the reserve players. Achievements Records Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality. Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality. blank column see Category:Real Valladolid footballers start end FA

Siddharth Jadhav

Siddharth Jadhav 2022-01-18T18:57:07Z Siddhartha Ramchandra Jadhav (born 23 October 1981) is an Indian actor, entertainer and comedian who works in Marathi was living in Sewri, Maharashtra. He has acted in television, Marathi and Hindi films. He has acted in several Bollywood movies like Golmaal and Golmaal Returns but he asserts that his first love is Marathi film, TV and stage. Jadhav also acted in a Bengali movie named Ami Subhash Bolchi having Mithun chakraborty as the lead. Referred to in the media as the "Comedy King of Marathi Cinema". He is married to Trupti, they have two daughters. He made his acting debut from DD Sahyadri's Ek Shunya Baburao. Then he was also seen in supporting roles in Hasa Chakatfu, Ghadlay Bighadlay, Apan Yanna Pahilat Ka? , etc. In 2004, he made his film debut from Kedar Shinde's Aga Bai Arrecha! . Then he received offer of Jatra movie. He made his bollywood in 2006 from Rohit Shetty's movie Golmaal: Fun Unlimited as Sattu Supari. In the same year, he did a play named Lochya Zala Re. Later he has many notable films including Bakula Namdeo Ghotale, Saade Maade Teen, De Dhakka, Me Shivajiraje Bhosale Boltoy, many more. He won Best Actor in Supporting Role award in Maharashtra Rajyapal Chitrapat Purasakar in 2008 for the movie De Dhakka. He also made his debut in Bengali movie Ami Shubhash Bolchi. He was a contestant on Sony TV's Comedy Circus Ka Naya Daur, Kahani Comedy Circus Ki, Comedy Circus Ke Ajoobe. He also appeared in Johnny Aala Re, Baa Bahoo Aur Baby, Sarabhai vs Sarabhai and Comedy Nights Bachao. He also was a contestant of Nach Baliye 8 with his wife. He also judge many reality shows including Maharashtracha Dancing Superstar, Dance Maharashtra Dance. In 2016, he did a play named Gela Udat. He also part of Simmba as Ganesh Tawde. In 2021, he was seen in Radhe as Ranjeet Mawani. , Siddharth Jadhav 2023-12-16T06:29:54Z Siddharth Jadhav (born 23 October 1981) is an Indian actor, entertainer and comedian widely known for his work in several Hindi and Marathi films and stage productions. He has received several awards including a Filmfare Award Marathi. He is from Sewri, Maharashtra. He has acted in television, Marathi and Hindi films. He has acted in several Bollywood movies like Golmaal and Golmaal Returns but he asserts that his first love is Marathi film, TV and stage. Jadhav also acted in a Bengali movie named Ami Subhash Bolchi with Mithun Chakraborty as the lead. Referred to in the media as the "Comedy King of Marathi Cinema". He is married to Trupti, they have two daughters. He made his acting debut from DD Sahyadri's Ek Shunya Baburao. Then he was also seen in supporting roles in Hasa Chakatfu, Ghadlay Bighadlay, Apan Yanna Pahilat Ka? , etc. In 2004, he made his film debut from Kedar Shinde's Aga Bai Arrecha! . Then he received offer of Jatra movie. He made his bollywood debut in 2006 in Rohit Shetty's movie Golmaal: Fun Unlimited as Sattu Supari. In the same year, he did a play named Lochya Zala Re. Later he has done many notable films including Bakula Namdeo Ghotale, Saade Maade Teen, De Dhakka, Me Shivajiraje Bhosale Boltoy, many more. He won the Best Actor in a Supporting Role award in Maharashtra Rajyapal Chitrapat Purasakar in 2008 for the movie De Dhakka. He also made his debut in Bengali movie Ami Shubhash Bolchi. He was a contestant on Sony TV's Comedy Circus Ka Naya Daur, Kahani Comedy Circus Ki, Comedy Circus Ke Ajoobe. He also appeared in Johnny Aala Re, Baa Bahoo Aur Baby, Sarabhai vs Sarabhai and Comedy Nights Bachao. He also was a contestant of Nach Baliye 8 with his wife. He also judge many reality shows including Maharashtracha Dancing Superstar, Dance Maharashtra Dance. In 2016, he did a play named Gela Udat. He also part of Simmba as Ganesh Tawde. In 2021, he was seen in Radhe as Ranjeet Mawani.

USS_Belle_Italia

USS_Belle_Italia 2010-05-17T10:30:57Z USS Belle Italia (1862) was a sloop captured by the Union Navy during the American Civil War. She was used by the Union Navy as a gunboat in support of the Union Navy blockade of Confederate waterways. On 9 July 1862, the commanding officer of the Union bark Arthur, Acting Volunteer Lieutenant John W. Kittredge, temporarily left that warship and embarked in the tender Corypheus whose shallow draft permitted her to operate in the shoal waters of Aransas Bay, Texas. The following day, at the town of Aransas on San Jose Island, Corypheus captured the small sloop, Belle Italia, which Kittredge thereafter used as another tender to Arthur. Although she was active along the Texas coast into the autumn of 1862, Belle Italia apparently was never placed in commission. No logs, and few other records of her service, have survived. However, Arthur took part in significant operations off Corpus Christi, Texas, during the summer of 1862. At noon on 12 August 1862 in Aransas Bay, Belle Italia, the gunboat Sachem, and the schooner Reindeer accompanied Corypheus through an artificial canal into Corpus Christi Bay. There they chased and forced ashore the armed schooner Breaker which had formerly served as a pilot boat at Pass Cavallo. The Union sailors boarded the grounded vessel and extinguished a fire that had been started by her crew before they escaped. The boarding party then refloated the schooner and claimed her as a prize. Confederates in the bay also set ablaze and abandoned the armed schooner Elma and the sloop Hannah. The small Union squadron then decided to attack Corpus Christi. On 13 August 1862, a party went ashore and demanded, as Kittredge later reported, Kittredge warned the Texans, on the other hand, that At dawn on the 17th, after the passage of 48 hours during which they were allowed to evacuate the town's noncombatants, the defenders opened fire upon the Union ships that promptly replied spiritedly, silencing the Confederate Fort Kinney. When the ships ceased their bombardment, the Southerners returned to their guns and resumed firing. The reply from the ships again forced the Confederate cannoneers to seek shelter. Only Kittredge’s withdrawing his ships out of range at nightfall ended this cycle. About half an hour before midnight, however, the Confederates set fire to steamer A. B. that was stranded in the narrow and shallow channel leading from Corpus Christi to Nueces Bay. Kittredge later made “. . . several ineffectual efforts to haul her off. . . ” before she burned to the water’s edge. On the 18th, the flotilla moved into position for another attack on the Southern fort. Covered by guns from the other warships, Belle Italia landed a 12 pounder rifled howitzer and a party of 30 men “. . . with a view of getting in position to take the enemy’s battery. ” The Union sailors advanced toward the enemy guns and, upon reaching range, opened fire with both the howitzer and muskets. Meanwhile, the cannoneers on board Kittredge’s ships enteed the fray. The combined barrage soon silenced the battery, but Texan infantry and cavalry counterattacked. Ships’ gunfire helped hold the charging Confederates back and allowed the landing force to return to Belle Italia after running out of ammunition. The Union ships then shelled the town where the Southern soldiers had sought shelter. A dwindling supply of ammunition prompted Kittredge to withdraw into Aransas Bay to await Arthur’s return from New Orleans, Louisiana, with supplies and ammunition. Belle Italia next appears in an expedition back to Corpus Christi to secure the release of the family of Judge Edmund Jackson Davis, a prominent political figure in Texas who had remained loyal to the Union and had escaped into exile to serve its cause. Kittredge, again in Corypheus, entered Corpus Christi Bay with the Union schooner Breaker and landed under a flag of truce to ask that he be allowed to embark Mrs. Davis and reunite her with her husband. The Confederate commanding officer at Corpus Christi tentatively refused the request pending the decision of General Hamilton P. Bee who commanded Southern forces in Texas. While awaiting Bee’s decision, Kittredge proceeded to Flour Bluffs where Belle Italia rejoined his small force. The next morning, the sloop joined in the shelling of several small vessels that escaped into the shallow waters of Laguna de la Madre where the Union ships could not follow. Kittredge landed a small reconnaissance party and took three prisoners before returning to Corypheus. The following morning, Kittredge again went ashore where he and his party of seven men were captured by a large group of Southern soldiers. Because of fear of harming Kittredge (who would ultimately be dismissed from the service a year later) and his men, Belle Italia and her consorts were unable to fire on the enemy ashore. Belle Italia is noted as being in Aransas Bay on 15 October 1862. No further mention of her appears in the official Navy records. This article incorporates text from the public domain Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships. , USS_Belle_Italia 2012-06-22T01:26:05Z USS Belle Italia (1862) was a sloop captured by the Union Navy during the American Civil War. She was used by the Union Navy as a gunboat in support of the Union Navy blockade of Confederate waterways. On 9 July 1862, the commanding officer of the Union bark Arthur, Acting Volunteer Lieutenant John W. Kittredge, temporarily left that warship and embarked in the tender Corypheus whose shallow draft permitted her to operate in the shoal waters of Aransas Bay, Texas. The following day, at the town of Aransas on San Jose Island, Corypheus captured the small sloop, Belle Italia, which Kittredge thereafter used as another tender to Arthur. Although she was active along the Texas coast into the autumn of 1862, Belle Italia apparently was never placed in commission. No logs, and few other records of her service, have survived. However, Arthur took part in significant operations off Corpus Christi, Texas, during the summer of 1862. At noon on 12 August 1862 in Aransas Bay, Belle Italia, the gunboat Sachem, and the schooner Reindeer accompanied Corypheus through an artificial canal into Corpus Christi Bay. There they chased and forced ashore the armed schooner Breaker which had formerly served as a pilot boat at Pass Cavallo. The Union sailors boarded the grounded vessel and extinguished a fire that had been started by her crew before they escaped. The boarding party then refloated the schooner and claimed her as a prize. Confederates in the bay also set ablaze and abandoned the armed schooner Elma and the sloop Hannah. The small Union squadron then decided to attack Corpus Christi. On 13 August 1862, a party went ashore and demanded, as Kittredge later reported, Kittredge warned the Texans, on the other hand, that At dawn on the 17th, after the passage of 48 hours during which they were allowed to evacuate the town's noncombatants, the defenders opened fire upon the Union ships that promptly replied spiritedly, silencing the Confederate Fort Kinney. When the ships ceased their bombardment, the Southerners returned to their guns and resumed firing. The reply from the ships again forced the Confederate cannoneers to seek shelter. Only Kittredge’s withdrawing his ships out of range at nightfall ended this cycle. About half an hour before midnight, however, the Confederates set fire to steamer A. B. that was stranded in the narrow and shallow channel leading from Corpus Christi to Nueces Bay. Kittredge later made “. . . several ineffectual efforts to haul her off. . . ” before she burned to the water’s edge. On the 18th, the flotilla moved into position for another attack on the Southern fort. Covered by guns from the other warships, Belle Italia landed a 12 pounder rifled howitzer and a party of 30 men “. . . with a view of getting in position to take the enemy’s battery. ” The Union sailors advanced toward the enemy guns and, upon reaching range, opened fire with both the howitzer and muskets. Meanwhile, the cannoneers on board Kittredge’s ships enteed the fray. The combined barrage soon silenced the battery, but Texan infantry and cavalry counterattacked. Ships’ gunfire helped hold the charging Confederates back and allowed the landing force to return to Belle Italia after running out of ammunition. The Union ships then shelled the town where the Southern soldiers had sought shelter. A dwindling supply of ammunition prompted Kittredge to withdraw into Aransas Bay to await Arthur’s return from New Orleans, Louisiana, with supplies and ammunition. Belle Italia next appears in an expedition back to Corpus Christi to secure the release of the family of Judge Edmund Jackson Davis, a prominent political figure in Texas who had remained loyal to the Union and had escaped into exile to serve its cause. Kittredge, again in Corypheus, entered Corpus Christi Bay with the Union schooner Breaker and landed under a flag of truce to ask that he be allowed to embark Mrs. Davis and reunite her with her husband. The Confederate commanding officer at Corpus Christi tentatively refused the request pending the decision of General Hamilton P. Bee who commanded Southern forces in Texas. While awaiting Bee’s decision, Kittredge proceeded to Flour Bluffs where Belle Italia rejoined his small force. The next morning, the sloop joined in the shelling of several small vessels that escaped into the shallow waters of Laguna de la Madre where the Union ships could not follow. Kittredge landed a small reconnaissance party and took three prisoners before returning to Corypheus. The following morning, Kittredge again went ashore where he and his party of seven men were captured by a large group of Southern soldiers. Because of fear of harming Kittredge (who would ultimately be dismissed from the service a year later) and his men, Belle Italia and her consorts were unable to fire on the enemy ashore. Belle Italia is noted as being in Aransas Bay on 15 October 1862. No further mention of her appears in the official Navy records. This article incorporates text from the public domain Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships.

KNKK

KNKK 2011-08-26T08:22:48Z KNKK (107. 1 FM, "The Knack") is a radio station broadcasting a TOP 40 format. Licensed to Needles, California, USA, it serves the entire Tri-State area including Lake Havasu City, Kingman, Bullhead City/Laughlin and Needles, CA. The station is currently owned by Cameron Broadcasting, Inc. Programming includes Big K and Nicole in the morning and Ryan Seacrest in the afternoon. VP Operations: Craig Powers "The Knack" is heard on the following stations: This article about a radio station in California is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. , KNKK 2014-09-13T01:40:23Z KNKK (107. 1 FM, "The Knack") is a radio station broadcasting a TOP 40 format. Licensed to Needles, California, USA, it serves the entire Tri-State area including Lake Havasu City, Kingman, Bullhead City/Laughlin and Needles, CA. The station is currently owned by Cameron Broadcasting, Inc. Programming includes Big K and Nicole in the morning and Ryan Seacrest in the afternoon. VP Operations: Craig Powers "The Knack" is heard on the following frequencies: This article about a radio station in California is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.

Thukha

Thukha 2008-09-19T05:35:44Z Thukha (1910-2005) was a six-time Burmese Academy Award winning film director, writer, song writer, script writer and film actor. Thukha directed 33 films and is considered the most successful Burmese film director. Born Thein Maung in the Ayeyarwady delta in British Burma, Thukha began writing poems as a middle school student. He became familiar with classical Burmese music at an early stage, thanks to his grandfather, a harpist. Thukha studied at Kyaitlat and Pyapon National Schools. Thukha began his writing career at age 19 with a short fiction work Zabe Pwint (Jasmin Petal) in Kawi Myetmhan magazine under the penname Sein Thein Dan. He began using the penname Thukha– meaning “pleasure”– when he began writing fiction for the Shwin-Pyaw-Pyaw magazine. Of his novels, Gon-Ye-Matu-Lo-La (Am I Not an Equal for You?) and Di-Saung-Hayman (This Winter) were the most successful. He also wrote many books on Buddhism, including Loka Niti, Mangla Sutta, Metta Sutta and Dhamma Rasa. Thukha wrote more than 100 novels and 200 short stories. Thukha started his film career in 1938. His script for Chitthamya (As Much As I Love) brought widespread fame and won the respect and acknowledgment of the filmmaking community. The Myanmar Writers’ Association awarded him an honorary prize for his first directing project. During his career, he won the Myanmar Motion Picture Organization’s best director award for his six of his 33 films. Thukha was also a talented songwriter. Bawa Thanthaya (Pali: Bava Samsara; Life's Samsara) and Gon (Status) were among his most popular songs. Bawa Thanthaya compares people to travellers on a train getting on and off at every station, illustrating the cycle of death and rebirth. Gon poked fun at people’s devotion to money and status. Thukha was a devout Buddhist and included Buddhist morals and concepts in all his films and novels. He directed three documentaries related to Buddhism for Burmese television. Although he received success recognition for both his writing and directing work, Thukha's first priority was always writing. His former pupil and close colleague, director Maung Hnin Moe, said: “He preferred writing to other jobs. He always put the title Writer and Director before his name. ” “Because he could not read or write in his old age,” Maung Hnin Moe said, “he was thinking all the time and it is a great loss that he could not transform his thoughts into a form of work such as a book or film. ” Thukha was profoundly respected for his altruistic attitude and works. He was the founder and president of the Yangon Division Funeral Service Association, which volunteers its funeral services to any family regardless of race, religion or social standing. He was also known for his efforts to rename the full moon day of Pyartho (which normally falls in January) as Mothers’ Day, as well as for his campaign for younger generations to pay more respect to their mothers. File:UThuKha. JPG, Thukha 2010-10-02T22:03:39Z Thukha (Burmese: သုခ, pronounced ; 14 January 1910 – 7 December 2005) was a six-time Burmese Academy Award winning film director, writer, song writer, script writer and film actor. Thukha directed 33 films and is considered the most successful Burmese film director. Born Thein Maung in the Ayeyarwady delta in British Burma, Thukha began writing poems as a middle school student. He became familiar with classical Burmese music at an early stage, thanks to his grandfather, a harpist. Thukha studied at Kyaitlat and Pyapon National Schools. Thukha began his writing career at age 19 with a short fiction work Zabe Pwint (Jasmin Petal) in Kawi Myetmhan magazine under the penname Sein Thein Dan. He began using the penname Thukha– meaning “pleasure”– when he began writing fiction for the Shwin-Pyaw-Pyaw magazine. Of his novels, Gon-Ye-Matu-Lo-La (Am I Not an Equal for You?) and Di-Saung-Hayman (This Winter) were the most successful. He also wrote many books on Buddhism, including Loka Niti, Mangla Sutta, Metta Sutta and Dhamma Rasa. Thukha wrote more than 100 novels and 200 short stories. Thukha started his film career in 1938. His script for Chitthamya (As Much As I Love) brought widespread fame and won the respect and acknowledgment of the filmmaking community. The Myanmar Writers’ Association awarded him an honorary prize for his first directing project. During his career, he won the Myanmar Motion Picture Organization’s best director award for his six of his 33 films. Thukha was also a talented songwriter. Bawa Thanthaya (Pali: Bava Samsara; Life's Samsara) and Gon (Status) were among his most popular songs. Bawa Thanthaya compares people to travellers on a train getting on and off at every station, illustrating the cycle of death and rebirth. Gon poked fun at people’s devotion to money and status. Thukha was a devout Buddhist and included Buddhist morals and concepts in all his films and novels. He directed three documentaries related to Buddhism for Burmese television. Although he received success recognition for both his writing and directing work, Thukha's first priority was always writing. His former pupil and close colleague, director Maung Hnin Moe, said: “He preferred writing to other jobs. He always put the title Writer and Director before his name. ” “Because he could not read or write in his old age,” Maung Hnin Moe said, “he was thinking all the time and it is a great loss that he could not transform his thoughts into a form of work such as a book or film. ” Thukha was profoundly respected for his altruistic attitude and works. He was the founder and president of the Yangon Division Funeral Service Association, which volunteers its funeral services to any family regardless of race, religion or social standing. He was also known for his efforts to rename the full moon day of Pyartho (which normally falls in January) as Mothers’ Day, as well as for his campaign for younger generations to pay more respect to their mothers. File:UThuKha. JPG Template:Persondata

Cornelius_Denvir

Cornelius_Denvir 2008-02-05T20:53:18Z The Most Reverend Cornelius Denvir D. D. (1791-1965) was an Irish Roman Catholic Prelate and former Lord Bishop of Down and Connor. Dr Denvir was born in Ballywalter in County Down in 1791 and was educated as a young boy in Dr Nelsons 'classical school' in Downpatrick. He entered Maynooth College in 1808. He was ordained in 1814. After doctoral studies he taught Natural Philosophy and Mathematics at Maynooth. He became Parish Priest of Downpatrick in 1825. He became Professor at the New Down and Connor Diocesan College which was situated in Belfast in 1833. He took the higher classes in Latin, Greek and Mathematics but retained his duties as P. P. in Downpatrick and returned there on horseback every weekend. He was appointed 22nd Lord Bishop of Down and Connor in 1835 to succeed Dr William Crolly who had been appointed Archbishop of Armagh. He appointed Rev. Dr Patrick Dorrian as Coadjutor Bishop of Down and Connor in 1860. Bishop Dorrian succeed him to the see in 1865 when Dr Denvir died in 1865., Cornelius_Denvir 2009-01-16T14:52:48Z The Most Reverend Cornelius Denvir D. D. (1791 – 1865) was an Irish Roman Catholic Prelate, mathematician, natural philosopher(physicist) and former Lord Bishop of Down and Connor. Dr Denvir was born in Ballywalter in County Down in 1791 and was educated as a young boy in Dr Nelsons 'classical school' in Downpatrick. He entered Maynooth College in 1808 and was ordained in 1814. After doctoral studies he taught Natural Philosophy and Mathematics at Maynooth. Among his students at Maynooth was the inventor and physicist Fr. Nicholas Callan, whom he introduced to electricity and magnetism. He also taught the noted physician Sir Dominic Corrigan Bart. , MD, MP, who was a student of the lay college in Maynooth at the time. He became Parish Priest of Downpatrick in 1825. He became Professor at the New Down and Connor Diocesan College which was situated in Belfast in 1833. He took the higher classes in Latin, Greek and Mathematics but retained his duties as P. P. in Downpatrick and returned there on horseback every weekend. He was appointed 22nd Lord Bishop of Down and Connor in 1835 to succeed Dr William Crolly who had been appointed Archbishop of Armagh. He appointed Rev. Dr Patrick Dorrian as Coadjutor Bishop of Down and Connor in 1860. Bishop Dorrian succeed him to the see in 1865 when Dr Denvir died in 1865. This article about an Irish scientist is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. This article about a European mathematician is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. This article about a physicist is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.

Dhanush

Dhanush 2014-01-04T15:02:57Z Venkatesh Prabhu Kasthuri Raja (born 28 July 1983), known by his stage name Dhanush, is an Indian film actor, producer, and singer known for his work in Tamil cinema. In 2011, he won the National Film Award for Best Actor for the movie Aadukalam and in the same year, he received international attention with his popular song "Why this Kolaveri Di". He first received attention in Thulluvadho Illamai, a 2002 coming-of-age movie directed by his father, Kasthuri Raja. Over the next ten years, Dhanush was featured in another 24 movies, becoming “one of the most bankable stars in Tamil cinema. " Born to Indian film director and producer Kasthuri Raja, he entered acting after being pressured by his brother, director Selvaraghavan. Dhanush married Aishwarya, actor Rajinikanth's daughter, on 18 November 2004. They have 2 sons, born in 2006 and 2010. Dhanush debuted under the direction of Kasthuri Raja in the film Thulluvadho Ilamai which received highly positive reviews from both critics & audiences. He then appeared in his brother Selvaraghavan's first directorial venture, Kadhal Kondein. The film portrayed Dhanush as a mentally-disturbed youth, Vinodh, who yearned for the love of his friend, eventually turning possessive over her. Upon release, the film won critical acclaim and became a high commercial success, catapulting Dhanush into the main foray of actors in Tamil films. His next film, released later in 2003 was Thiruda Thirudi which went on to become highly successful movie & declared as a blockbuster. He appeared in Pudhukottaiyilirundhu Saravanan which was also received well by critics. Later dhanush appeared in Ramana's Sullan which did not gone well., dubbed into Telugu as Maurya. Later He also appeared in Dreams in 2004. The film was directed by his father, like their previous venture was released with reviews claiming it was another adult film. In 2005, Dhanush appeared in Devathaiyai Kanden which was also a commercially successful film in his short carrier. Later it was dubbed into Telugu, and in very same year he also worked on Balu Mahendra's Adhu Oru Kana Kaalam it was completely panned by critics. The 2006-released Pudhupettai re-united him with his brother after their successful previous venture, pitted him against two prominent heroines Sneha and Sonia Agarwal. The movie is about the rites of passages in the life and times of an everyday-man who ends up as a dreaded gangster, 'Kokki' Kumar, the role portrayed by Dhanush. A critic praised Dhanush's realistic portrayal, saying that "as the innocent boy who transmogrifies into a bloody criminal, Dhanush is utterly believable. The subtle changes in his body language and his ability to give every expression a deeper meaning make the character more interesting. This is certainly one of his better performances & praised by msny critics. " The Telugu dubbed version was titled Dhoolpet. Dhanush achieved his first Superhit in three years with the commercial entertainer Thiruvilayadal Arambam, alongside Shriya Saran and Prakash Raj. The comedy film showed the relationship between a poor man who loved the sister of a businessman. The film was highly received by critics and audiences. Dhanush's first release of 2007, Parattai Engira Azhagu Sundaram which did not gone well. The film, which was a remake of the successful Kannada language film, Jogi, starred him opposite Meera Jasmine However, his second film Polladhavan released during Diwali 2007 was clearly declared as Blockbuster. Polladhavan, based on 1948–Italian neorealist The Bicycle Thieves, featured Dhanush, whose performance was called " first-rate". The remake of a Telugu film directed by his brother was the plotline for Dhanush's first 2008 release Directed by debutant M. Jawahar, Yaaradi Nee Mohini with Nayantara received highly Positive reviews. The movie went on to become a Major success in boxoffice. He later appeared in a cameo appearance, for his father-in-law Rajnikanth's venture, Kuselan, being portrayed as himself in a song sequence. His subsequent Superhit venture was Suraj's Padikathavan which had a January 2009 release. His performance was praised, with Sify.com citing that "Dhanush is in top form in his dance" and "has improved a lot in action", stating that the climax fight featuring him was "outstanding". His following 2010 films were Kutty and Uthama Puthiran, both collaborations with director Mithran Jawahar were Runaway Hit. Dhanush's first 2011 release was Aadukalam, marking his second collaboration with Vetrimaran, which he had shot for over three years. Dhanush played the role of a local cockfighter, KP Karuppu and described the venture as his "dream project" during production. The film gained very positive reviews and won six prizes at the 58th National Film Awards, with Dhanush receiving accolades for his performance including the National Film Award for Best Actor, becoming the youngest actor to win the award. Dhanush appeared in an extended guest appearance in Subramania Siva's Seedan, portraying the role of a god. His next two ventures were action-masala films, Mappillai, a remake of his father-in-law's same-titled 1989 comedy flick and Venghai by Hari, where Decent hits. His next film was another collaboration with his brother, Mayakkam Enna received positive reviews. His only 2012 release was 3 directed by his wife, Aishwarya Rajinikanth with Shruti Haasan. The movie went on to became a highly commercial success. In 2013 he appeared in Maryan opposite Parvathi Menon, which was applauded by critics and was declared as an Above average grosser at the box office. The film revolved around a story of human survival adapted from a newspaper article of a real-life crisis event, when three oil workers from Tamil Nadu were kidnapped and taken hostage in Sudan by mercenaries. His latest release was Naiyaandi directed by A. Sarkunam. He is currently filming for KV Anand's Action thriller Anegan & cinematograper turned director Velraj's romantic entertainer Velaiyilla Pattathari. Later in 2014 he will join hands for Vetrimaran's untitled Venture. Dhanush occasionally records, generally for his own films. He was introduced as a playback singer in Pudhukottaiyilirundhu Saravanan by its composer Yuvan Shankar Raja and collaborated again with him in his brother Selvaraghavan's directorial, Pudhupettai. He sung further numbers in Selvaraghavan's films Aayirathil Oruvan and Mayakkam Enna; the former featured him alongside his wife Aishwarya Rajinikanth. "I'm not a playback singer, so my voice isn't perfect," Dhanush has said, in response to the popularity of his song Why this Kolaveri Di. The song was released on YouTube in 2011 as part of the soundtrack to the film 3, the directorial debut of Aishwarya Dhanush. The song became the most searched video in India and an internet phenomenon across Asia. The title, 'Why this kolaveri di?' is a Tamil phrase that roughly translates to 'Why do you have such a rage towards me, girl?' Anirudh Ravichander was the soundtrack composer for the film and Dhanush wrote much of the lyrics. "This was very much a group effort, and we had so much fun that I think it comes across in the song and the video, and that's what people love so much about it. " Dhanush was nominated to become the brand ambassador of PETA with the title of India's Hottest Vegetarian Celebrity of 2011. He worked with WWF India to support Earth Hour 2012., Dhanush 2015-12-24T22:24:05Z Venkatesh Prabhu Kasthuri Raja, known by his stage name Dhanush, is an Indian film actor, producer, lyricist and playback singer who works predominantly in Tamil cinema. In 2011, he won the National Film Award for Best Actor for the movie Aadukalam. The same year, he received international attention with his popular song "Why this Kolaveri Di" becomes 1st Indian video to cross 100 million views on YouTube. He has won six Filmfare Awards. He received his second National Award for producing the best children's film Kaaka Muttai in 2015. His first film was Thulluvadho Ilamai, a 2002 coming-of-age movie directed by his father, Kasthuri Raja. Over the next ten years, Dhanush featured in 25 movies and made his Hindi debut in Raanjhanaa in the year 2013. He produces films under his production company, Wunderbar Films. Born to Tamil film director and producer Kasthuri Raja, Dhanush entered acting after being pressured by his brother, director Selvaraghavan. Dhanush married Aishwarya, Rajinikanth's daughter, on 18 November 2004. They have two sons who were born in 2006 and 2010. He studied at the Thai Sathiya Matriculation High School. Dhanushan debuted in the film Thulluvadho Ilamai, directed by Kasthuri Raja, which received mostly positive reviews from critics and the public. He then appeared in his brother Selvaraghavan's first directorial venture, Kadhal Kondein. The film portrayed Dhanush as a mentally-disturbed youth, Vinodh, who yearned for the love of his friend, eventually turning possessive over her. Upon release, the film won critical acclaim and also became a major commercial success. His next film, released later in 2003, was Thiruda Thirudi. Dhanush appeared in Pudhukottaiyilirundhu Saravanan and Ramana's Sullan. Later, he also appeared in Dreams, another film panned by critics. The film was directed by his father, like their previous ventures. In 2005, Dhanush appeared in Devathaiyai Kanden. Later it was dubbed into Telugurert, and in very same year he also worked on Balu Mahendra's Adhu Oru Kana Kaalam. Pudhupettai re-united Dhanush with his brother. Dhanush's portrayal was praised by critics. The Telugu dubbed version was titled Dhoolpet. Dhanush went on to star in the commercial entertainer Thiruvilayadal Arambam romancing Shriya Saran. Dhanush's first release of 2007, Parattai Engira Azhagu Sundaram did not go well. The film, which was a remake of the successful Kannada language film, Jogi'. However, his second film Polladhavan was released during Diwali 2007 . Polladhavan was based on 1948–Italian neorealist film The Bicycle Thieves and Dhanush's performance was appreciated. The remake of a Telugu film directed by his brother formed the plot line for Dhanush's next movie directed by debutant Mithran Jawahar. The movie titled Yaaradi Nee Mohini. He later appeared in a cameo appearance, for his father-in-law Rajinikanth's venture, Kuselan. His subsequent venture was Suraj's Padikathavan which was released in January 2009. His performance was praised and well received. His next two films Kutty and Uthama Puthiran, were both collaborations with director Mithran Jawahar. Dhanush's first release in 2011, which he had shot for over three years, was Aadukalam, marking his second collaboration with Vetrimaran. Dhanush played the role of a local cockfighter and described the venture as his "Dream Project" during production. The film gained highly positive reviews and won six awards at the 58th National Film Awards, with Dhanush receiving the National Film Award for Best Actor, becoming the youngest actor to win the award. Dhanush appeared in an extended guest appearance in Subramania Siva's Seedan. His next two ventures were action-masala films: Mappillai, a remake of his father-in-law's same-titled 1989 comedy flick and Venghai, by Hari, which received mixed reviews but was average box office hit. His next film, Mayakkam Enna, in which he again collaborated with his brother, casting him with Richa Gangopadhyay, received largely positive reviews. His only 2012 release was 3 directed by his wife, Aishwarya Rajinikanth with Shruti Haasan. The movie was a moderate success, owing to the popularity of the song Why this Kolaveri Di. In 2013 he appeared in Maryan opposite Parvathi Menon, which was applauded by critics and declared as an above-average grosser at the box office. His next release was Naiyaandi, directed by A. Sarkunam, which did not make any notable impact in the box office. His next film released in the year 2014 Velaiyilla Pattathari was also his 25 film directed by Velraj which opened to mostly positive reviews and declared as Blockbuster. His next release was Shamitabh, released in year 2015 which was also his second Hindi film directed by R. Balki opened to very high positive reviews and was praised for the concept but failed at box-office. His next film Anegan was a romantic action thriller directed by KV Anand which generated positive reviews and was declared a box office success. His next release in 2015 was Maari, an action comedy flick, featuring Kajal Aggarwal, Robo Shankar, and Vijay Yesudas. Directed by Balaji Mohan and composed by Anirudh, it was released worldwide on 17 July 2015. The movie took a grand opening. Following its success at the box office, Dhanush has gifted a gold chain to Director Balaji Mohan, Music Director Anirudh, Vijay Yesudas and Robo Shankar for their contribution in Maari success. He is currently working on Thangamagan directed by Velraj with Samantha, Amy Jackson, KS Ravikumar, and Raadhika Sarathkumar. Dhanush occasionally records music, generally for his own films. He was introduced as a playback singer in Pudhukottaiyilirundhu Saravanan by its composer Yuvan Shankar Raja and collaborated again with him in his brother Selvaraghavan's directorial, Pudhupettai. He sung further numbers in Selvaraghavan's films Aayirathil Oruvan and Mayakkam Enna; the former featured him alongside his wife Aishwarya Rajinikanth. "Why this Kolaveri Di" was released on YouTube in 2011 as part of the soundtrack to the film 3, the directorial debut of Aishwarya Dhanush. The song became the most searched video in India and an internet phenomenon across Asia. Anirudh Ravichander was the soundtrack composer for the film and Dhanush wrote much of the lyrics. Dhanush was the brand ambassador of PETA and named India's hottest vegetarian celebrity of 2011. He worked with WWF India to support Earth Hour 2012. In August 2013, Dhanush was signed by Perfetti India Ltd. as their brand ambassador for Center Fresh chewing gum. Dhanush has won or received nominations at the Filmfare Awards and Vijay Awards ceremony.

New_York_Figurative_Expressionism

New_York_Figurative_Expressionism 2009-07-08T19:31:50Z New York Figurative Expressionism of the 1950s represented a trend where "diverse New York artists countered the prevailing abstract mode to work with the figure. " Willem de Kooning, (1904 - 1997); Jackson Pollock, (1912 - 1956); Conrad Marca-Relli, (1913 - 2000) Larry Rivers, (1923 - 2002); Grace Hartigan (1922 - ) Elaine de Kooning, (1918 - 1989); Robert de Niro, Sr. , (1920 - 1993); Fairfield Porter, (1907 - 1975); Lester Johnson, (1919 - ); George McNeil, (1909 - 1995); and Robert Goodnough, (1917 - ) Jan Müller, (1922 - 1958); Robert Beauchamp, (1923 - 1995) and Bob Thompson, (1937 - 1966) According to Klaus Kertess, during the 1950s the figure in its role as harbinger of conservatism became an obvious target for abstractionist defensiveness—a defensiveness prone to blur the vast distinctions between figurative painters and to exaggerate the difference between the figurative and the nonfigurative. It was not until the late sixties and early seventies that the figure was permitted to return from exile and even to make claims to centrality. According to Judith E. Stein, During the war years and into the fifties, the general public was to remain highly suspicious of abstraction, considered by many as un-American. While the art critic Clement Greenberg successfully fought the public’s negative response to abstraction his attempt to intimidate the New York figurative painters of the fifties was less successful. A conversation recollected by Thomas B. Hess emphasized the perceived power of the critic: “It is impossible today to paint a face, pontificated the critic Clement Greenberg around 1950. “That’s right,” said de Kooning, “and it‘s impossible not to. ” In the winter of 1953 a new journal was founded, Reality. The editorial committee included: The Journal’s intention was “to rise to the defense of any painter’s right to paint any ways he wants. ” In the Autumn of 1959 Philip Pavia, the “partisan publisher” of It is, a magazine of abstract art wrote in an open letter to Leslie Katz, the new publisher of Arts Magazine: “I am begging you to give the representational artist a better deal. The neglected representational and near-abstract artists, not the abstractionists, need a champion these days. ” Although the New York Figurative Expressionists lacked advocates of the stature of Clement Greenberg or Harold Rosenberg, they were recognized by critics who perceived them as the new radicals. “representatives of a new generation to whom figurative art was in a sense more revolutionary than abstraction. ” The literary historian, Marjorie Perloff has made a convincing argument that Frank O'Hara’s poems on the works of Garace Hartigan and Larry Rivers proved “that he was really more at home with painting that retains at least some figuration than with pure abstraction. ” Frank O’Hara wrote an elegant defense in ”Nature and New Painting," 1954. He listed the following artists: who responded to “the siren-like call of nature. ” O’Hara aligned the New York Figurative Expressionists within abstract expressionism, which had always taken a strong position against an implied protocol, “whether at the Metropolitan Museum or the Artists Club. ” Thomas B. Hess, wrote that “the ‘New figurative painting’ which some have been expecting as a reaction against Abstract Expressionism was implicit in it at the start, and is one of its most lineal continuities. ”, New_York_Figurative_Expressionism 2009-11-05T02:46:05Z New York Figurative Expressionism of the 1950s represented a trend where "diverse New York artists countered the prevailing abstract mode to work with the figure. " Willem de Kooning, (1904 - 1997); Jackson Pollock, (1912 - 1956); Conrad Marca-Relli, (1913 - 2000) Larry Rivers, (1923 - 2002); Grace Hartigan (1922 - ) Elaine de Kooning, (1918 - 1989); Balcomb Greene, (1904 - 1990); Robert de Niro, Sr. , (1920 - 1993); Fairfield Porter, (1907 - 1975); Lester Johnson, (1919 - ); George McNeil, (1909 - 1995); and Robert Goodnough, (1917 - ) Jan Müller, (1922 - 1958); Robert Beauchamp, (1923 - 1995) and Bob Thompson, (1937 - 1966) According to Klaus Kertess, during the 1950s the figure in its role as harbinger of conservatism became an obvious target for abstractionist defensiveness—a defensiveness prone to blur the vast distinctions between figurative painters and to exaggerate the difference between the figurative and the nonfigurative. It was not until the late sixties and early seventies that the figure was permitted to return from exile and even to make claims to centrality. According to Judith E. Stein, During the war years and into the fifties, the general public was to remain highly suspicious of abstraction, considered by many as un-American. While the art critic Clement Greenberg successfully fought the public’s negative response to abstraction his attempt to intimidate the New York figurative painters of the fifties was less successful. A conversation recollected by Thomas B. Hess emphasized the perceived power of the critic: “It is impossible today to paint a face, pontificated the critic Clement Greenberg around 1950. “That’s right,” said de Kooning, “and it‘s impossible not to. ” In the winter of 1953 a new journal was founded, Reality. The editorial committee included: The Journal’s intention was “to rise to the defense of any painter’s right to paint any ways he wants. ” In the Autumn of 1959 Philip Pavia, the “partisan publisher” of It is, a magazine of abstract art wrote in an open letter to Leslie Katz, the new publisher of Arts Magazine: “I am begging you to give the representational artist a better deal. The neglected representational and near-abstract artists, not the abstractionists, need a champion these days. ” Although the New York Figurative Expressionists lacked advocates of the stature of Clement Greenberg or Harold Rosenberg, they were recognized by critics who perceived them as the new radicals. “representatives of a new generation to whom figurative art was in a sense more revolutionary than abstraction. ” The literary historian, Marjorie Perloff has made a convincing argument that Frank O'Hara’s poems on the works of Garace Hartigan and Larry Rivers proved “that he was really more at home with painting that retains at least some figuration than with pure abstraction. ” Frank O’Hara wrote an elegant defense in ”Nature and New Painting," 1954. He listed the following artists: who responded to “the siren-like call of nature. ” O’Hara aligned the New York Figurative Expressionists within abstract expressionism, which had always taken a strong position against an implied protocol, “whether at the Metropolitan Museum or the Artists Club. ” Thomas B. Hess, wrote that “the ‘New figurative painting’ which some have been expecting as a reaction against Abstract Expressionism was implicit in it at the start, and is one of its most lineal continuities. ”

George_Sheringham

George_Sheringham 2007-11-18T00:07:28Z George Sheringham (13 November 1884 – 11 November 1937), was an English painter and theatre designer, remembered for his work for the D’Oyly Carte Opera Company. Sheringham was born in London, the son of an Anglican clergyman. He was educated at the King’s School, Gloucester, the Slade School of Art (1899-1901), and the Sorbonne, Paris (1904-06). He first exhibited in Paris and later in Venice, Brussels, and Berlin. His one-man exhibitions included one in Paris in 1905, in London at the Ryder Gallery the same year, one in Melbourne, one in New York and seven more in London. He exhibited with the International Society from 1922. Though best known as a stage designer and decorative artist, Sheringham also illustrated books by Max Beerbohm (including The Happy Hypocrite (1915)) and Edmond Rostand (La Princesse Lointaine, 1919). In 1917, he illustrated Canadian Wonder Tales by Cyrus MacMillan. In 1921, he collaborated with his brother Hugh on a book about fishing, The Book of the Fly Rod. He wrote Drawing in Pen and Pencil (1922), with James Laver, Design in the Theatre (1927). and with Rupert Mason and R. Boyd Morrison he edited Robes of Thespis Costume Desings By Modern Artists (1928) As a decorator, Sheringham designed the music room at 40 Devonshire House, London; a series of paintings for Seaford House, London, for the 8th Baron Howard de Walden (also Baron Seaford) to illustrate his Celtic poem, The Cauldron of Anwn; the ballroom at Claridge's Hotel; and the Paris Exhibition of 1937. He also created commercial designs used in home decorations. When, in 1936, the Royal Society of Arts established a prestigious distinction for designers in industry, Sheringham was one of its first recipients. Sheringham also became known as a designer of fans. Sheringham designed scenery and costumes for ballets, opera and straight theatre including The Clandestine Marriage, The Skin Game, The Lady of the Camellias, Othello, Love in a Village, The Duenna, and the Stratford Memorial Theatre's opening production of Twelfth Night, and Hamlet. In the theatre he worked closely with the actor-manager Nigel Playfair. For D’Oyly Carte, he designed new productions of H. M. S. Pinafore (1929); The Pirates of Penzance (1929); Patience (1929, with other designs contributed by Hugo Rumbold); Trial by Jury (costumes only) and Iolanthe (costumes only, 1932). Sheringham obtained a Grand Prix at the Paris Salon in 1925 for mural and theatrical design. An invalid from 1932, he continued to paint flowers. He died in his home in Hampstead, London, just shy of his 53rd birthday. , George_Sheringham 2010-03-13T02:33:24Z George Sheringham (13 November 1884 – 11 November 1937), was a British painter and theatre designer. One of the first recipients of the Royal Designers for Industry distinction in 1937, he is remembered for his work for the D’Oyly Carte Opera Company. Sheringham was born in London, the son of an Anglican clergyman. He was educated at the King’s School, Gloucester, the Slade School of Art (1899-1901), and the Sorbonne, Paris (1904-06). He first exhibited in Paris and later in Venice, Brussels, and Berlin. His one-man exhibitions included one in Paris in 1905, in London at the Ryder Gallery the same year, one in Melbourne, one in New York and seven more in London. He exhibited with the International Society from 1922. Though best known as a stage designer and decorative artist, Sheringham also illustrated books by Max Beerbohm (including The Happy Hypocrite (1915)) and Edmond Rostand (La Princesse Lointaine, 1919). In 1917, he illustrated Canadian Wonder Tales by Cyrus MacMillan. In 1921, he collaborated with his brother Hugh on a book about fishing, The Book of the Fly Rod. He wrote Drawing in Pen and Pencil (1922), with James Laver, Design in the Theatre (1927). and with Rupert Mason and R. Boyd Morrison he edited Robes of Thespis, Costume Designs by Modern Artists (1928). As a decorator, Sheringham designed the music room at 40 Devonshire House, London; a series of paintings for Seaford House, London, for the 8th Baron Howard de Walden (also Baron Seaford) to illustrate his Celtic poem, The Cauldron of Anwn; the ballroom at Claridge's Hotel; and the Paris Exhibition of 1937. He also created commercial designs used in home decorations. When, in 1936, the Royal Society of Arts established the prestigious Royal Designers for Industry distinction, Sheringham was one of its first recipients in 1937. Sheringham also became known as a designer of fans. Sheringham designed scenery and costumes for ballets, opera and straight theatre including The Clandestine Marriage, The Skin Game, The Lady of the Camellias, Othello, Love in a Village, The Duenna, and the Stratford Memorial Theatre's opening production of Twelfth Night, and Hamlet. In the theatre he worked closely with the actor-manager Nigel Playfair. For D’Oyly Carte, he designed new productions of H. M. S. Pinafore (1929); The Pirates of Penzance (1929); Patience (1929, with other designs contributed by Hugo Rumbold); Trial by Jury (costumes only) and Iolanthe (costumes only, 1932). Sheringham obtained a Grand Prix at the Paris Salon in 1925 for mural and theatrical design. An invalid from 1932, he continued to paint flowers. In 1937, George Sheringham died on 11 November in his home in Hampstead, London, two days before his 53rd birthday.

CSM Reșița

CSM Reșița 2018-01-08T12:36:05Z CSM Școlar Reșița is a Romanian football team from Reșița, Caraș-Severin County founded in 1926. The club is situated in Reșița, in Valea Domanului. In front of the football complex is the bust of Mircea Chivu, the most known Reșița coach, the father of the very-well known football player Cristian Chivu. The club was founded in 1926, from a merger between two local teams. The new team was named UDR (Uzinele și Domeniile Reșița – Reșița Factories and Domains). In the 1930–31 season, it won the Romanian West League, qualifying in the national finals, where it defeated Prahova Ploiești and Societatea Gimnastică Sibiu. In the following season the club finished runners-up, after Bucharest powerhouse Venus. After World War II and the advent of the Communist regime, professional football was forbidden. UDR was merged again, this time with the local labour union team, under the name Oțelul (Steel) Reșița. After changing its name several times, it settled to Metalul (Metal) Reșița. The 1950s were a period of slow decline for the team. In 1954, Metalul Reșița was playing in the Romanian Second League (Divizia B), finishing the season on the 7th place. But in the Romanian Cup, the 1954 season brought its second trophy. The Reșița team, made up of steel factory workers, mechanics, electricians and railway workers, met in the Cup some of Romania's finest teams, including five from Divizia A. It defeated, in turn, Știința Timișoara (6th place in Divizia A in the 1954 season) 5–1, Locomotiva Tg. Mureș (10th place) 4–0, Locomotiva Timișoara (4th place) 2–0, and CCA București (2nd place) 1–0. In the final, on December 5, 1954, Metalul Reșița met, in Bucharest, Dinamo București (3rd place in Divizia A). The Reșița team won the game 2–0, with Szeles scoring twice ('30, '40). It was the first time that a team from the Romanian Second League had won the trophy. During its 87-year history, the club won one championship and one cup and has played for 16 seasons in the Liga I, the last time in the 1999–2000 season. The club was dissolved in the autumn of 2008 because of the lack of financial support. In the summer of 2009, it was brought back to life, this time with the name of Școlar Reșița, playing in Romania's Third League. In the summer of 2012, it was renamed again, this time returning to the old name of FCM Reșița. In the 2012–13 season, it finished third in the series. The objective for the 2013–14 season was initially to promote back to the Liga II after a six-year absence, but in the summer of 2013 Damila Măciuca was moved to Reșița and was renamed as Metalul Reșița, therefore Reșița Municipality chose to support the new team and CSM Școlar Reșița chose to enroll in Liga IV due to lack of funds. The most successful team from Caraș-Severin County. Liga I: Liga II: Liga III: Liga IV Caraș-Severin: Romanian Cup: Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality. Școlar Reșița's profile on romaniansoccer.ro, CSM Reșița 2019-12-12T08:32:43Z Clubul Sportiv Muncitoresc Reșița (Romanian pronunciation: ), commonly known as CSM Reșița or simply as Reșița, is a Romanian football club based in Reșița, Caraș-Severin County, currently playing in the Liga II. The club was founded on 25 May 1926 as UD (Uzinele și Domeniile) Reșița and throughout its almost centennial history survived to many sharp ups and downs, from a national title in 1931 and a silver medal in 1932 to the last shine in the late 1990s, several reorganizations in the 2000s and an almost fatal fall at the level of amateur leagues during the 2010s. Over time CSM had important battles with local rivals as Muncitorul Reșița or Gloria Reșița, but has secured itself the city's supremacy, as well as the title of county's most important and supported club. Despite the strong support from the Mountain Banat, Reșițenii have never succeeded in imposing themselves on a regional level, not even the national title won in 1931 or the 1954 cup not being able to tilt the balance in favor of "the red and blacks", in their duel for Banat against FC Politehnica Timișoara. In time the rivalry between the two sides increased as intensity and continued even after the bankruptcy of FC Politehnica, but now at a much lower level, against ASU Politehnica Timișoara, fans team and unofficial successor of the old white and violet side. CSM Reșița is nicknamed by fans Rosso-Nerii or Milan from Banat due to its classical red kits with black stripes. Reșița's supporters are well-known in Romania for the eagerness with which support their team, the ultras group of CSM being named Guardia Rosso-Nera (GRN). Rosso-Nerii play their home matches on Mircea Chivu Stadium. The club was founded on 25 May 1926, from a merger between two local teams. The new team was named UDR (Uzinele și Domeniile Reșița – Reșița Factories and Domains). In the 1930–31 season, it won the Romanian West League, qualifying in the national finals, where it defeated Prahova Ploiești and Societatea Gimnastică Sibiu. In the following season the club finished runners-up, after Bucharest powerhouse Venus. After World War II and the advent of the Communist regime, professional football was forbidden. UDR has merged again, this time with the local labor union team, under the name Oțelul (Steel) Reșița. After changing its name several times, it settled to Metalul (Metal) Reșița. The 1950s were a period of slow decline for the team. In 1954, Metalul Reșița was playing in the Romanian Second League (Divizia B), finishing the season on the 7th place. But in the Romanian Cup, the 1954 season brought its second trophy. The Reșița team, made up of steel factory workers, mechanics, electricians and railway workers, met in the Cup some of Romania's finest teams, including five from Divizia A. It defeated, in turn, Știința Timișoara (6th place in Divizia A in the 1954 season) 5–1, Locomotiva Tg. Mureș (10th place) 4–0, Locomotiva Timișoara (4th place) 2–0, and CCA București (2nd place) 1–0. In the final, on December 5, 1954, Metalul Reșița met, in Bucharest, Dinamo București (3rd place in Divizia A). The Reșița team won the game 2–0, with Szeles scoring twice ('30, '40). It was the first time that a team from the Romanian Second League had won the trophy. During its 87-year history, the club won one championship and one cup and has played for 16 seasons in the Liga I, the last time in the 1999–2000 season. The early 2000s brought financial problems in Domanului Valley and in 2004 the club was dissolved being transformed in FC Universitatea Craiova's reserve team, then in 2005 was refounded as FCM Reșița and bought its place in the second tier from Tricotaje Ineu, but lost its brand, record and the right to use the name of CSM Reșița. The club was dissolved in the autumn of 2008 because of the lack of financial support. In the summer of 2009, it was brought back to life, this time with the name of Școlar Reșița, playing in Romania's third league. In the summer of 2012, it was renamed again, this time returning to the old name of FCM Reșița. In the 2012–13 season, it finished third in the series. The objective for the 2013–14 season was initially to promote back to the Liga II after a six-year absence, but in the summer of 2013 Damila Măciuca was moved to Reșița and was renamed as Metalul Reșița, therefore Reșița Municipality chose to support the new team and CSM Școlar Reșița chose to enroll in Liga IV due to lack of funds. In 2015 the relationship between Metalul and Municipality of Reșița has cooled, the Municipality chose to sustain again financially CSM Școlar, while Metalul moved to Snagov in 2016 being renamed one year later as Sportul Snagov. On the other hand, CSM Școlar promoted back to Liga III at the end of the 2015–16, then being ranked two times in a row as runner-up (2017 and 2018) before winning the fourth series, after a spectacular comeback in the spring of 2019, promoting back to Liga II. The return to the second division after 11 years of absence came at the package with a big win for the club, which won back the logo, name and record of the old club. After this victory, CSM Școlar Reșița was renamed as CSM Reșița, in the summer of 2019. CSM Reșița plays its home matches on Mircea Chivu Stadium from the city, a sports complex named after Cristian Chivu's father, Mircea Chivu, the most important manager in the history of the club and a local legend. With a capacity of 12,500 seats, the stadium is located in Domanului Valley, enjoying very picturesque scenery. Opened in the 1920s the stadium suffered several renovations, most recently in 2018. The most successful team from Caraș-Severin County. Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality. Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality. The footballers enlisted below have had international cap(s) for their respective countries at junior and/or senior level and/or more than 100 caps for CSM Reșița.

Tom Kühnhackl

Tom Kühnhackl 2010-05-08T09:18:05Z Tom Kühnhackl (born February 21, 1992) is a German ice hockey player who is eligible for the 2010 NHL Entry Draft, where he is ranked eighth among European Skaters by Central Scouting. Tom is the son of hockey legend Erich Kühnhackl. , Tom Kühnhackl 2011-11-13T20:28:13Z Tom Kühnhackl (born January 21, 1992) is a German ice hockey right winger who currently plays for the Niagara IceDogs of the Ontario Hockey League. He has also played professionally for the Augsburger Panther of the Deutsche Eishockey Liga, the highest German hockey league. He was a top-ranked prospect for the 2010 NHL Entry Draft, ranked eighth among European skaters by the NHL Central Scouting Bureau and was selected 110th overall by the Pittsburgh Penguins. Kühnhackl was selected by the Spitfires twenty-fourth overall in the 2009 CHL Import Draft and moved to North American for the 2010–11 season. Kühnhackl played youth hockey for the Landshut Cannibals program for three seasons beginning in 2007 alongside Tobias Rieder who currently is also playing in the OHL. He made his professional debut during the 2008–09 season, playing 42 games with Landshut's professional team in the 2nd Bundesliga, the second-highest level in Germany. He debuted in the Deutsche Eishockey Liga during the 2009–10 season, playing four games with the Augsburger Panther scoring 4 goals for a total of 12 points. Kühnhackl was selected twenty-fourth overall in the 2009 CHL Import Draft by the Windsor Spitfires of the Ontario Hockey League. He intended to join the team for the 2009–10 OHL season, but a series of injuries kept him in Germany. In May, 2010 he signed a contract with the Spitfires to join the team for the 2010–11 OHL season. Ranked as the eighth best European skater of the 2010 draft class by the NHL Central Scouting Bureau, Kühnhackl was selected 110th overall by the Pittsburgh Penguins in the 2010 NHL Entry Draft. Kühnhackl was happy to be drafted by Pittsburgh, as he listed the Penguins as his favorite team. He has also represented Germany internationally, playing in the 2008 and 2009 World U-17 Hockey Challenge, the 2009 and 2010 IIHF World U18 Championships, and the 2010 and 2011 IIHF World U20 Championships. On March 22, 2011 he signed a thee-year entry level contract with the Pittsburgh Penguins worth $1.83 million. Kühnhackl finished the 2010–11 season with 39 goals and 29 assists for 68 points in 63 games with Windsor. He played four games with the Spitfires to start the 2011–12 season, recording one goal and three assists, before he was traded, along with Windsor's second round choice in the 2013 CHL Import Draft, on November 2, 2011 to the Niagara IceDogs in exchange for Phillip De Giuseppe, Jaroslav Pavelka, Niagara’s 2nd round picks in 2012, 2014 and 2015, and Niagara’s 1st round pick in the 2013 CHL Import Draft. On November 4, 2011, Kühnhackl delivered an elbow to the head of Kitchener Rangers defencemen Ryan Murphy and was assessed a five-minute major for charging and game misconduct. In a website video, the Ontario Hockey League noted that Kühnhackl made contact with the opponent's head and hit a vulnerable, unsuspecting player. The OHL also considered the speed and distance travelled when making its decision and noted that Murphy was injured on the play. On November 8, OHL President David Branch announced Kühnhackl would be suspended for 20 games as a result of the hit. Kühnhackl was born and raised in Landshut, Bavaria and first began to play hockey at the age of two. His father, Erich, played in the top German leagues from 1968 until 1989 and appeared in five Winter Olympics for West Germany. Tom is a life-long fan of the Pittsburgh Penguins; the team that drafted him in 2010 NHL Entry Draft.

Acadie–Bathurst Titan

Acadie–Bathurst Titan 2004-12-05T00:20:50Z A Hockey Team in the Quebec Major Junior Hockey Team. They play at the K.C. Irbing Regional Centre in Bathurst, New Brunswick, Acadie–Bathurst Titan 2005-12-25T17:16:07Z The Acadie-Bathurst Titan are a junior ice hockey team in the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League. They play at the K.C. Irving Centre in Bathurst, New Brunswick. The franchise was granted in 1969-70 as the Rosemont National. In 1971 they moved from Rosemont to Laval to become the Laval Voisins. In 1985 they became the Laval Titan, in 1994 the became the Laval Titan Collège Français and then in 1998 they moved to Bathurst. The "Acadie" term in the team name signifies the city's Acadian population. The team has won 5 President's Cups, and has appeared 8 times in the QJHML Playoffs in the past 15 years. The most famous player that has come through the organization would undoubtedly be Mario Lemieux, who was drafted in 1984 by the Pittsburgh Penguins of the National Hockey League. Lemieux played for the team during its tenure in Laval.

Virginia_Coast_Reserve

Virginia_Coast_Reserve 2009-06-25T15:09:51Z The Virginia Coast Reserve is a biosphere reserve created by The Nature Conservancy in the early 1970s. It consists of 14 barrier islands along the Atlantic coast of the Virginia portion of the Delmarva Peninsula, including Parramore Island, Hog Island, Virginia, Smith Island, Virginia, Cobb Island, Assawoman Island, and Metompkin Island. These barrier islands play an important role in sheltering the mainland portions of the Eastern Shore of Virginia from the impact of coastal storms and are important for breeding and migrating beach nesting and colonial waterbirds, including Piping Plovers. It also serves as the research location for the Virginia Coast Reserve Long-Term Ecological Research (VCR/LTER) project (external link). , Virginia_Coast_Reserve 2010-02-23T08:43:36Z The Virginia Coast Reserve is a biosphere reserve created by The Nature Conservancy in the early 1970s. It consists of 14 barrier islands along the Atlantic coast of the Virginia portion of the Delmarva Peninsula, including Parramore Island, Hog Island, Virginia, Smith Island, Virginia, Assawoman Island, and Metompkin Island. These barrier islands play an important role in sheltering the mainland portions of the Eastern Shore of Virginia from the impact of coastal storms and are important for breeding and migrating beach nesting and colonial waterbirds, including Piping Plovers. It also serves as the research location for the Virginia Coast Reserve Long-Term Ecological Research (VCR/LTER) project (external link).

Pamela_Greer

Pamela_Greer 2013-01-30T22:06:07Z Pamela Greer is a British actress, who is best known for her roles on television during the 1960s. Her Television credits include: Template:Persondata This article about a British actor is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. , Pamela_Greer 2014-09-29T08:30:12Z Pamela Greer is a British actress, who is best known for her roles on television during the 1960s. In 1966, she changed her name to Luanshya Greer and became a writer for TV shows including Dixon of Dock Green, Thriller, and Triangle. Her Television credits include: Template:Persondata This article about a British actor is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.

Bebé

Bebé 2011-01-01T01:07:36Z Tiago Manuel Dias Correia (born 12 July 1990), better known by his nickname Bébé, is a Portuguese footballer who plays as a winger or a forward for Manchester United. He can play on either flank, as a target man or as a support striker. Bébé is the son of Cape Verdean immigrants and is now the third player of Cape Verdean descent to join Manchester United; the others are Portuguese international winger Nani and former Swedish international Henrik Larsson. He was given his nickname, which means baby in Portuguese, by his older brother. Bébé was abandoned as a young child by his father Francisco and his mother Deolinda. He was consequently raised by his grandmother in a rough suburb of Lisbon, until the age of 12, when a court placed him in the care of the church. He moved to the Casa do Gaiato shelter in Santo Antão do Tojal, 20 km outside Lisbon. During his time there, he and seven other residents of the shelter were invited to play for the CAIS team in the 2009 European Street Football Festival in the Bosnian town of Foča. Despite Bébé scoring 4 goals in six matches, CAIS did not progress beyond the second group stage of the tournament. It was alleged that Bébé had participated in the Homeless World Cup, but these reports were found to be false. He was considered for selection for the national homeless squad after his performance in the European Street Football Festival, but he ultimately did not play in the tournament. He did play for team he was not very good and MAN UTD sighed. On 11 August 2010, only five weeks after he signed for Vitória de Guimarães, Manchester United agreed an undisclosed fee with the Portuguese club for the transfer of Bébé. The fee was reported to be around £7.4 million, believed to be the value of the buy-out clause in the forward's contract. Though reports in Portugal later claimed the fee was €9 million, which the agent company Gestifute received €3.5 million (included agent fee) and the club only received €5.5million (about 60%), as third-party ownership is allowed in Portugal. It was also reported that Real Madrid and Benfica were interested in him. Bébé was recommended to Manchester United manager Alex Ferguson by former Portugal national team coach Carlos Queiroz, Ferguson's former assistant. Ferguson only met him the day before the transfer. On 12 August 2010, David Gill stated that Bébé will not be sent out on loan and that he will join up with the first-team squad to prove himself and to learn English. The transfer was completed on 16 August, following Bébé's medical and the submission of the appropriate paperwork, and he was unveiled to the media at a press conference the following day, along with fellow new signings Javier Hernández and Chris Smalling. On 6 September 2010, he was announced as part of the 25-man squad for Manchester United to play in the UEFA Champions League. On 22 September 2010, Bébé made his debut for Manchester United as he replaced Park Ji-Sung in the 74th minute of a 5–2 away victory over Scunthorpe in the League Cup. On 2 October 2010, he made his Premier League debut, replacing Anderson in the 80th minute in their 0–0 draw against Sunderland. His first start came against Wolves in the Fourth Round of the League Cup on 26 October where he scored his first goal in the process, scoring United's first of a 3–2 home win. His first Champions League goal came on his debut in the competition, scoring the final goal of a 3–0 away victory over Bursaspor on 2 November 2010. Bébé was a Portugal under-19 international. In August 2010, Bébé was called up to the under-21 squad for the first time for their 2011 European under-21 qualifiers against England and Macedonia in early September. He made his debut for the under-21s, playing as a lone striker in their 1–0 loss to England on 4 September. He then scored his first goal for the under-21 side three days later in their final qualifying game against Macedonia, scoring the first in a 3–1 win. Statistics accurate as of match played 30 November 2010, Bebé 2012-12-31T23:31:44Z Tiago Manuel Dias Correia (born 12 July 1990), better known by his nickname Bébé, is a Portuguese footballer who currently plays as a striker for Manchester United. Bébé is the son of Cape Verdean immigrants and is the fourth player of Cape Verdean descent to join Manchester United; the others are Portuguese international winger Nani, French international left-back Patrice Evra and former Swedish international Henrik Larsson. He was given his nickname, which means baby in Portuguese, by his older brother. Bébé was abandoned as a young child by his father Francisco and his mother Deolinda. He was consequently raised by his grandmother in a suburb of Lisbon, until the age of 12, when a court placed him in the care of the church. He moved to the Casa do Gaiato shelter in Santo Antão do Tojal, 20 km outside Lisbon. During his time there, he and seven other residents of the shelter were invited to play for the CAIS team in the 2009 European Street Football Festival in the Bosnian town of Foča. Despite Bébé scoring four goals in six matches, CAIS did not progress beyond the second group stage of the tournament. It was alleged that Bébé had participated in the Homeless World Cup, but these reports were found to be false. He was considered for selection for the national homeless squad after his performance in the European Street Football Festival, but he ultimately did not play in the tournament. Having previously played for amateur side Loures, Bébé was signed by Portuguese Second Division side Estrela da Amadora in the summer of 2009. Regarded as the clubs star player, he finished the season with four goals in 26 matches. However, Amadora were beset by financial problems and offered him around Europe for £125,000 but found no takers. His former agent, Gonçalo Reis, revealed that Bébé was offered to PSV Eindhoven for free in May 2010, but PSV turned down the offer as they did not know anything about the player. As their situation worsened they stopped paying his wages, so he broke his contract and signed for Portuguese Primeira Liga team Vitória de Guimarães in the summer of 2010 on a free transfer. His contract with Guimarães at first included a €3 million release clause, but this was increased to €9 million following his performances in pre-season games. He finished with five goals in six friendly matches. On 11 August 2010, only five weeks after he signed for Vitória de Guimarães, Manchester United agreed an undisclosed fee with the Portuguese club for the transfer of Bébé. The fee was reported to be around £7.4 million, believed to be the value of the buy-out clause in the forward's contract, though reports in Portugal later claimed the fee was €9 million, of which the agent company GestiFute received €3.5 million (included agent fee) and the club only received €5.5 million (about 60%), as third-party ownership is allowed in Portugal. It was also reported that Real Madrid and Benfica were interested in him. Bébé was recommended to Manchester United manager Alex Ferguson by Portugal national team coach Carlos Queiroz, Ferguson's former assistant. Ferguson only met him the day before the transfer. On 12 August, David Gill announced that Bébé would not be sent out on loan; instead, he would work with the first-team squad to prove his worth and to learn English. The transfer was completed on 16 August, following Bébé's medical and the submission of the appropriate paperwork, and he was unveiled to the media at a press conference the following day, along with fellow new signings Javier Hernández and Chris Smalling. On 6 September, he was announced as part of the 25-man squad for Manchester United to play in the Champions League. On 22 September, Bébé made his debut for Manchester United as he replaced Park Ji-Sung in the 74th minute of a 5–2 away victory over Scunthorpe United in the League Cup third round. On 2 October, he made his Premier League debut, replacing Anderson in the 80th minute in their 0–0 draw against Sunderland. His first start came against Wolverhampton Wanderers in the fourth round of the League Cup on 26 October, scoring his first goal in the process, United's first in a 3–2 home win. His first Champions League goal came on his debut in the competition, scoring the final goal of a 3–0 away victory over Bursaspor on 2 November. On 19 February 2011, Bébé played the full 90 minutes in a 1–0 home win against non-league Crawley Town in the fifth round of the FA Cup. On 16 June 2011, Turkish side Beşiktaş signed Bébé on a season-long loan deal, with the option of making the move permanent for £2 million. However, he suffered a cruciate ligament injury whilst on international duty with the Portugal Under-21 side which would rule him out for six months. Bébé made his return from injury and made his debut for Beşiktaş in their Süper Lig match against İstanbul Belediyespor on 26 March 2012, he came off the bench and replaced Mustafa Pektemek in the 76th minute of the 2–2 draw. In April 2012, Bébé was banished from the Beşiktaş squad after breaking a team curfew and staying out until the early hours of the morning. After leaving Beşiktaş, Bébé was selected for Manchester United's pre-season tour. In his first game he scored a volley to equalise in injury time. On his second game he assisted Shinji Kagawa for the only goal in the game, he was highly praised in the game for his passing and accurate, long-range shots only to be denied by a spectacular save from the keeper. On 27 December 2012, Portuguese side Rio Ave confirmed that they signed him on loan. Bébé was a Portugal under-19 international. In August 2010, Bébé was called up to the under-21 squad for the first time for their 2011 European under-21 qualifiers against England and Macedonia in early September. He made his debut for the under-21s, playing as a lone striker in their 1–0 loss to England on 4 September. He then scored his first goal for the under-21 side three days later in their final qualifying game against Macedonia, scoring the first in a 3–1 win. On 9 August 2011, while playing for Portugal under-21 team in a friendly match against Slovakia, Bébé suffered a cruciate ligament injury to his left knee and he was expected to be out for six months.

European Book Prize

European Book Prize 2007-12-09T19:35:44Z Europe Book Prize is organised by the association Esprit d'Europe and supported by former President of the European Commission Jacques Delors. The first new Europe Book Prize was awarded to Belgium's caretaker prime minister Guy Verhofstadt for his short book 'United States of Europe'. Europe Book Prize The prize money is Euto 20 000. The prize was declared at the European Parliament in Brussels on 9 December 2007. Originally written in Dutch, the book's title is De Verenigde Sataen Van Europa. The short book is a summing up of the condition the EU 'idea' consequent to the 'No votes' on the European constitution, in referendums held in 2007 in France and the Netherlands. In this book the author enunciates his case forcefully for a stronger federal approach to the economic and political challenges the EU member states will face in the future. Swedish crime fiction writer Henning Mankell was the president of the jury of European journalists for choosing the first awardee. Mankell said, "The jury was sensitive to the political courage showed by the current prime minister of Belgium. In a Europe which has a lot of self doubt, which has a lot of questions about its own future, he offers a clear proposal for the future and gives reasons to believe in European construction." While receiving the reward Verhofstadt said, "When I wrote this book, I in fact meant it as a provocation against all those who didn't want the European Constitution. Fortunately, in the end a solution was found with the treaty, that was approved.", European Book Prize 2008-06-25T15:17:52Z Europe Book Prize seeks to promote European values, and to contribute to European citizens' better understanding of the European Union as a cultural entity. For its first edition, this award will constitute the final touch of the 50th anniversary of the Treaty of Rome celebrations in 2007. The European Book Prize intends to reward the work that best conveys a vision of the Europe of tomorrow. This book must have been published in one of the 27 European Union (EU) member-states in the preceding year. The Europe Book Prize seeks to create a real craving for Europe The founders of the Europe Book Prize are (a) France ROQUE who is the director of Public Relations of the Nouvel Observateur, and co-founder of the Editions Saint-Simon, Publishing; (b) Luce PERROT who is the founder and President of the Lire la Politique foundation, and the organiser of the yearly Political Book Fair, as well as the Economics Book Fair and (c) François-Xavier PRIOLLAUD, an upper-level civil servant, also co-founder of the Editions Saint-Simon, Publishing. He teaches European Affairs at the Institute of Political Science, Sciences-Po Paris. Europe Book Prize is organised by the association Esprit d'Europe. The European Book Prize has a Support Committee which has the responsibility to guarantee the moral authority of the Prize. This committee is responsible for producing a short-list of candidate books and works while the final decision is made by a Jury. The president of the Support Committee also presides over the Jury. The supporting committee comprises distinguished personalities who has proven commitment to the construction of a unified Europe. The President of the Supporting Committee for 2007 was Jacques DELORS, former President of the European Commission. The eleven members of the Committee were: (a) Mr. Jean DANIEL, founding director of the Nouvel Observateur (France), (b) Etienne DAVIGNON, former Vice-President of the European Commission (Belgium), (c) Dimitris DIMITRIADIS, President of the Economic and Social Council of Europe (Greece), (d) Paavo Tapio LIPPONEN, Prime Minister of Finland, 1995 to 2003 (Finland), (e) Denis MAC SHANE, Minister of European Affairs, 2002 to 2005, Member of the House of Commons (UK), (f) Pierre MAUROY, former Prime Minister, Member of the Consulting Board of the city of Lille since 2001 (France), (g) Hans-Gert POTTERING, President of the European Parliament (Germany), (h) Jorge Sampaio, former President of the Republic of Portugal (Portugal), (i) Peter D. SUTHERLAND, President of the European Policy Center, Chairman of Goldman Sachs International, former European Commissioner, and former Director-General of the WTO and of the GATT (Ireland), (j) Walter VELTRONI , Mayor of Rome since 1996 (Italy) and (k) Vaira VIKE FREIBERGA, President of the Republic of Latvia from 1999 to July 2007. The first new Europe Book Prize was awarded to Belgium's caretaker prime minister Guy Verhofstadt for his short book 'United States of Europe'. The prize money is Euro 20 000. The prize was declared at the European Parliament in Brussels on 05 December 2007. Originally written in Dutch, the book's title is De Verenigde Staten Van Europa. The short book is a summing up of the condition the EU 'idea' consequent to the 'No votes' on the European Constitution, in referendums held in 2005 in France and the Netherlands. In this book the author enunciates his case forcefully for a stronger federal approach to the economic and political challenges the EU member states will face in the future. Swedish crime fiction writer Henning Mankell handed over the prize to the winner. While handing over the prize Mankell said that the jury was sensitive to the political courage showed by the current prime minister of Belgium. He added that in a Europe which has a lot of self doubt, which has a lot of questions about its own future, Guy Verhofstadt offered a clear proposal for the future. He gave reasons to believe in European constitution. While receiving the reward Verhofstadt said, "When I wrote this book, I in fact meant it as a provocation against all those who didn't want the European Constitution. Fortunately, in the end a solution was found with the treaty, that was approved." The Support Committee short-listed 14 books out of 55 which was then submitted to the Jury for final selection of the awardee. The shorted books are : (a) Werte, von Plato bis Pop alles, was uns verbindet, by Peter Prange (Germany) (b) Das Kosmopolitische Europa, by Ulrich Beck and Edgar Grande (Germany) (c) Wir Deutschen, by Matthias Matussek (Germany) (d) Les Etats-Unis d'Europe, by Guy Verhofstadt (Belgium) (e) Morta Nctopnr, by Janine Dragustinova (Bulgaria) (f) Mission Londres, by Alex Popov (Bulgaria) (g) Pensar en Europa, by Jorge Semprun (Spain) (h) Grandes imperios, pequenas naciones, by Josep M. Colomer (Spain) (i) Le coq et la perle, by Sylvie Goulard (France) (j) Le bonheur du voyage, by Philippe Herzog (France) (k) National thought in Europe : a cultural history, by Leerssen Joep (Netherland) (l) The culture of Europeans - from 1800 to the present, by Donald Sassoon (UK) (m) Why Europe will run the 21st century, by Mark Leonard (UK) (n) Europeerna, by Anika Strom Melin (Sweden)

Triple J Unearthed

Triple J Unearthed 2008-01-05T06:39:15Z Unearthed is the name of a Triple J project to find and "dig up" (hence the name) hidden talent in regional Australia. Unearthed has had three incarnations - they first visited each region of Australia where Triple J had a transmitter - 41 regions in all. It started with the more rural areas but eventually the capital cities were covered as well. The second lasted from 2002 to 2005 and visited each state only once. In 2006 the format changed to be a more internet driven competition. Instead of the rounds travelling across Australia, artists are now required to upload their music in mp3 format to be judged. The 2006 round of Unearthed was launched on August 9 2006. The project has taken the form of a website, triplejunearthed.com. Bands and musicians hoping to be Unearthed upload their music in mp3 format to the website, along with a photo and biography. All music can be listened to on the website through a flash jukebox, or tracks can be downloaded. Registered users can also rate and review music and create their own playlists which they can email to friends. Triple J regularly runs competitions which usually take the form of selecting a band which has listed themselves on the site, to play as a support act at major festivals. Competitions and winners include:, Triple J Unearthed 2009-11-21T06:22:39Z Unearthed is the name of a Triple J project to find and "dig up" (hence the name) hidden talent in regional Australia. Unearthed has had three incarnations - they first visited each region of Australia where Triple J had a transmitter - 41 regions in all. It started with the more rural areas but eventually the capital cities were covered as well. The second lasted from 2002 to 2005 and visited each state only once. triple j Unearthed live music clips as featured on Rage, Fly TV, ABC Local Radio, & Radio National. In 2006 the format changed to be a more internet driven competition. Instead of the rounds travelling across Australia, artists are now required to upload their music in mp3 format to be judged. The 2006 round of Unearthed was launched on August 9, 2006. The project has taken the form of a website, triplejunearthed.com. Bands and musicians hoping to be Unearthed upload their music in mp3 format to the website, along with a photo and biography. All music can be listened to on the website through a flash jukebox, or tracks can be downloaded. Registered users can also rate and review music and create their own playlists which they can email to friends. Triple J regularly runs competitions which usually take the form of selecting a band which has listed themselves on the site, to play as a support act at major festivals. Competitions and winners include: During early 2008 Triple J launched the biggest unearthed competition ever, the 'Unearthed High' competition. This new competition, run parallel to the existent internet based Unearthed competition required high school aged bands to submit original work. The inaugural winners, , were announced on June 10th from a shortlist of finalists with their song 'Cult Romance'. in December 2008 announced a name change to Tom Ugly. According to frontman Tom this was "mostly due to the fact that you can't search . It's completely unsearchable on the internet. Plus we like the name anyway, Tom Ugly. And it suits the format of the way we write."

Charles_Jean-Baptiste_Fleuriau

Charles_Jean-Baptiste_Fleuriau 2011-12-03T20:22:40Z Charles Jean-Baptiste Fleuriau, comte de Morville (30 October 1686, Paris - 2 February 1732) was a French statesman. Son of Joseph Fleuriau d'Armenonville, he was ambassador to Holland, then Secretary of State for the Navy from 28 February 1722 to 16 August 1723. When cardinal Dubois entered his death throes, the duke of Orléans sent Fleuriau de Morville to Versailles to lay hands on Dubois's papers and, in reward, named him Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs on 16 August 1723. He remained in this post until 19 August 1727. Template:Persondata, Charles_Jean-Baptiste_Fleuriau 2012-11-20T18:27:50Z Charles Jean-Baptiste Fleuriau, comte de Morville (30 October 1686, Paris – 2 February 1732) was a French statesman. Son of Joseph Fleuriau d'Armenonville, he was ambassador to Holland, then Secretary of State for the Navy from 28 February 1722 to 16 August 1723. When cardinal Dubois entered his death throes, the duke of Orléans sent Fleuriau de Morville to Versailles to lay hands on Dubois's papers and, in reward, named him Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs on 16 August 1723. He remained in this post until 19 August 1727. Template:Frenchtrans Template:Persondata

A_Jovial_Crew

A_Jovial_Crew 2008-07-03T08:53:35Z A Jovial Crew, or the Merry Beggars is a Caroline era stage play, a comedy written by Richard Brome. First staged in 1641 and first published in 1652, it is generally ranked as one of Brome's best plays, and one of the best comedies of the Caroline period; in one critic's view, Brome's The Antipodes and A Jovial Crew "outrank all but the best of Jonson. " The play was first published in 1652, in a quarto printed by James Young for the booksellers Edward Dod and Nathaniel Ekins. The volume contains Brome's dedication of the play to Thomas Stanley. The quarto also features prefatory verses composed by James Shirley, John Tatham, and Alexander Brome among others. The play was Brome's most popular work during its own historical era, and was reprinted in 1661 (by bookseller Henry Brome), 1684 (by Joseph Hindmarsh), and 1708 (C. Brome). The title page of the first edition states that the play debuted at the Cockpit Theatre in Drury Lane in 1641. That theatre had recently returned to the management of Brome's friend and colleague William Beeston, after a period under the control of their rival Sir William Davenant. In his dedication to Stanley in the 1652 quarto, Brome states that A Jovial Crew "had the luck to tumble last of all in the epidemical ruin of the scene" — which has been interpreted to mean that the play was the last work acted before the Puritan authorities closed the London theatres on September 2, 1642, at the start of the English Civil War. The play was revived early in the Restoration era, and proved an enduring favorite with its audience. Samuel Pepys recorded seeing multiple performances of the play in his Diary — twice in 1661, and again in 1662 and in 1669. The play remained in the active repertory when the King's Company and the Duke's Company joined to form the United Company in 1695. The publication of the play's fourth edition in 1708 was motivated by a revival at Theatre Royal, Drury Lane that year. In what may be a case of mutual influence, John Gay might have drawn upon A Jovial Crew when he created his Beggar's Opera in 1728. In turn, the great success of Gay's work may have inspired the adaptation of A Jovial Crew into a similar ballad opera (comparable to a modern musical) in 1731. In this musical form, A Jovial Crew remained a staple of the English stage for the next half-century, and was performed as late as 1791. The play was staged by the Royal Shakespeare Company in the Swan Theatre at Stratford-upon-Avon in 1992, in a modern adaptation by playwright Stephen Jeffries. A Jovial Crew partakes of a long-standing tradition of "green world comedy" in English Renaissance theatre, which employed a retreat from society into nature to reflect back upon the social world. Pastoral was a prior form of such drama, though as the seventeenth century wore on, pastoral came to seem an ever-more dated form; and the alternative of plays on gypsies and "merry beggars" began to fill its place. The Beaumont and Fletcher play Beggars' Bush (c. 1612–13?; revised by Massinger c. 1622) was a key development in this direction. Ben Jonson's 1621 masque The Gypsies Metamorphosed is also worth noting, since Brome was a self-styled follower of Jonson. Several works in the canon of Thomas Dekker and his collaborators, notably The Spanish Gypsy, belong in the same category. Indeed, Brome's play is only one item in a literature on beggars and their habits and music that grew throughout the century, from Samuel Rowlands' Slang Beggars' Songs (1610) to Daniel Defoe's The Complete Mendicant (1699). Brome's contribution to this literature has attracted the attention of specialist scholars, for its songs and for its preservation of the particular linguistic forms of the Caroline underclass. The play's opening scene introduces Oldrents and Hearty, two rural gentlemen and landowners. Oldrents is a generous and warmhearted countryman, who represents the best of the traditional order of England; but he is depressed and pre-occupied with a fortune-teller's prediction, that his two daughters will become beggars. Hearty, a younger and temperamentally more phegmatic man, works to cheer up his neighbor, and Oldrents tries to adopt a lighter demeanor. Oldrent's steward Springlove enters, to present the bookkeeping accounts and the keys of the estate, and to request leave to follow the beggars about the countryside for the spring and summer. Oldrents is unhappy about this: he wants his young steward to behave more conventionally, more like a gentleman — and offers to furnish him with funds and a servant ("Take horse, and man, and money") for respectable travelling. Yet Springlove rebels at this conventionality. The bird calls of the nightingale and cuckoo call him to vagabondage. (The play's stage directions repeatedly refer to summer birdsong. ) As Oldrent's steward, Springlove has been a friend to the local beggars, feeding them generously and furnishing their needs; and once he joins them it turns out that he is something of a leader among them. Oldrents' daughters Rachel and Meriel are shown with their childhood sweethearts and suitors Vincent and Hilliard. The two young women deplore their father's depressed mood, and the staid order of their lives; they long for "liberty. " Vincent proposes "a fling to London" to take in the races at Hyde Park, "and see the Adamites run naked afore the Ladies" — but the young women are determined to go in the opposite direction, and join the "stark, errant, downright beggars. " They challenge their suitors to join them, and the young men can hardly refuse; they link up with Springlove's band, and enjoy his protection and guidance. It is their "birthright into a new world. " Their initial efforts at the vagabond life are uneven, however; sleeping rough in the straw of a barn is less comfortable than a bed at home. When they try to beg, they employ the elaborate and courtly language they're used to, and ask for ridiculous sums, 5 or 10 or 20 pounds. Yet they persist with the beggars, and the play shows Springlove and his companions in their activities and celebrations. Oldrents is distressed to find that his daughters have left home; but Hearty prevails upon him to persist in his efforts to be cheerful. The plot thickens with the introduction of Amie and Martin. Amie has fled from the home of her uncle and guardian, Justice Clack, to avoid an arranged marriage with the ridiculous Talboy; she is escorted by the justice's clerk Martin, Hearty's nephew. They have disguised themselves in the clothing of the common people, and travelled toward Hearty's country estate — though they are pursued by Clack's son Oliver and by beadles and other officers. Martin wants to marry Amie himself, though she sours on the idea as she travels with him and learns more of his character. Once Amie meets Springlove, she quickly falls in love with him. Oliver, chasing Amie, meets Rachel and Meriel; he is attracted to them, and propositions them. He also gets into a disagreement with Vincent and Hilliard, which threatens to lead them to the "field of hnour" and a duel. Oliver visits the estate of Oldrents, and makes him aware of the pursuit of Amie — thereby drawing Oldrents and Hearty into the matter. The pursuing authorities round up many of the beggars and take them into custody, bringing them to Justice Clack. Oldrents and Hearty arrive at Clack's home; the beggars arrange to stage a play for the gentlemen. (As with his earlier The Antipodes, Brome incorporates the metatheatrical device of a play within a play into A Jovial Crew. Brome exploits the traditional equation of "strolling players" with vagabonds, by letting his vagabonds function as actors. ) Oldrents is offered a choice of plays, with titles like The Two Lost Daughters, and The Vagrant Steward, and The Beggar's Prophecy. The old man recognizes all of them as versions of his own life, and rejects them, as "a story that I know too well. I'll see none of them. " He finally settles on The Merry Beggars — but that too proves to be a version of his tale. The beggars' playlet reveals that Oldrents' grandfather had taken advantage of a neighbor named Wrought-on, acquiring his land and reducing the man the beggary. The Patrico, the leader of the beggars, turns out to be the grandson of that Wrought-on; he is also the fortune-teller who had given Oldrents the original forecast of his daughters' beggary. And the Patrico also explains Oldrents' strangely strong affection for Springlove: the young beggar/steward is Oldrents' illegitimate son, born of a beggar-woman who was Wrought-on's sister. The family linkage allows the play's reconciliation: Oldrents embraces his son, and restores Wrought-on's property. Rachel and Meriel are ready to leave vagabondage and settle down with Vincent and Hilliard, as Springlove is with Amie. (Martin and Talboy have to reconcile themselves to continued bachelorhood, at least for the present; Hearty assures his nephew Martin that he'll help him find a wife. And the young people agree with Oliver to forget about the potential duel, and about the fact that Oliver propositioned the two Oldrents daughters for twelvepence apiece. ) The play's complications yield to a happy ending. While Brome's A Jovial Crew had links with the theatre and literature of its period, the play also drew upon actual events and the social realities of its era. The tumultuous years leading up to the start of the Civil War saw some significant economic dislocations; local authorities in England complained of "the great number of rogues and vagabonds and sturdy beggars wandering and lurking in the country, to the great trouble and terror of the same. " Brome's play provided at least a limited recognition of this socio-economic underside of Caroline England. A Jovial Crew incorporates the type of political satire that is not unusual in dramas of its era. Justice Clack is portrayed as a dictatorial windbag. His "rule" is "to punish before I examine," by the mere facial expressions of the unfortunates brought before him — Yet Brome goes farther in A Jovial Crew than most dramatists of his era ever dared. His genteel characters find their comfortable lives intolerably oppressive, and long for liberty and freedom, even that of beggars. The references to the Adamites, and to a Utopia of a new social order, seem to presage the radical social movements of the coming Commonwealth era, the Levellers and Diggers and others. The idealization of the beggars' life, as unrealistic as it is, appears to point to a profound social dissatisfaction. How much of this came through during stage performances of the play? Perhaps not much, especially after the Restoration of the monarchy in 1660. The second of the performances noted by Pepys, on August 27, 1661, was attended by both King Charles II and his brother the Duke of York, eventually to reign as James II. The version of the play they saw most likely had any political rough edges smoothed away. , A_Jovial_Crew 2009-05-18T20:48:17Z A Jovial Crew, or the Merry Beggars is a Caroline era stage play, a comedy written by Richard Brome. First staged in 1641 and first published in 1652, it is generally ranked as one of Brome's best plays, and one of the best comedies of the Caroline period; in one critic's view, Brome's The Antipodes and A Jovial Crew "outrank all but the best of Jonson. " The play was first published in 1652, in a quarto printed by James Young for the booksellers Edward Dod and Nathaniel Ekins. The volume contains Brome's dedication of the play to Thomas Stanley. The quarto also features prefatory verses composed by James Shirley, John Tatham, and Alexander Brome among others. The play was Brome's most popular work during its own historical era, and was reprinted in 1661 (by bookseller Henry Brome), 1684 (by Joseph Hindmarsh), and 1708 (C. Brome). The title page of the first edition states that the play debuted at the Cockpit Theatre in Drury Lane in 1641. That theatre had recently returned to the management of Brome's friend and colleague William Beeston, after a period under the control of their rival Sir William Davenant. In his dedication to Stanley in the 1652 quarto, Brome states that A Jovial Crew "had the luck to tumble last of all in the epidemical ruin of the scene" — which has been interpreted to mean that the play was the last work acted before the Puritan authorities closed the London theatres on September 2, 1642, at the start of the English Civil War. The play was revived early in the Restoration era, and proved an enduring favourite with its audience. Samuel Pepys recorded seeing multiple performances of the play in his Diary — twice in 1661, and again in 1662 and in 1669. The play remained in the active repertory when the King's Company and the Duke's Company joined to form the United Company in 1695. The publication of the play's fourth edition in 1708 was motivated by a revival at Theatre Royal, Drury Lane that year. In what may be a case of mutual influence, John Gay might have drawn upon A Jovial Crew when he created his Beggar's Opera in 1728. In turn, the great success of Gay's work may have inspired the adaptation of A Jovial Crew into a similar ballad opera (comparable to a modern musical): in 1731, Matthew Concanen, Edward Roome, and Sir William Yonge produced their adaptation, The Jovial Crew. In this musical form, the work remained a staple of the English stage for the next half-century, and was performed as late as 1791. The play was staged by the Royal Shakespeare Company in the Swan Theatre at Stratford-upon-Avon in 1992, in a modern adaptation by playwright Stephen Jeffries. A Jovial Crew partakes of a long-standing tradition of "green world comedy" in English Renaissance theatre, which employed a retreat from society into nature to reflect back upon the social world. Pastoral was a prior form of such drama, though as the seventeenth century wore on, pastoral came to seem an ever-more dated form; and the alternative of plays on gypsies and "merry beggars" began to fill its place. The Beaumont and Fletcher play Beggars' Bush (c. 1612–13?; revised by Massinger c. 1622) was a key development in this direction. Ben Jonson's 1621 masque The Gypsies Metamorphosed is also worth noting, since Brome was a self-styled follower of Jonson. Several works in the canon of Thomas Dekker and his collaborators, notably The Spanish Gypsy, belong in the same category. Indeed, Brome's play is only one item in a literature on beggars and their habits and music that grew throughout the century, from Samuel Rowlands' Slang Beggars' Songs (1610) to Daniel Defoe's The Complete Mendicant (1699). Brome's contribution to this literature has attracted the attention of specialist scholars, for its songs and for its preservation of the particular linguistic forms of the Caroline underclass. The play's opening scene introduces Oldrents and Hearty, two rural gentlemen and landowners. Oldrents is a generous and warmhearted countryman, who represents the best of the traditional order of England; but he is depressed and pre-occupied with a fortune-teller's prediction, that his two daughters will become beggars. Hearty, a younger and temperamentally more phegmatic man, works to cheer up his neighbor, and Oldrents tries to adopt a lighter demeanor. Oldrent's steward Springlove enters, to present the bookkeeping accounts and the keys of the estate, and to request leave to follow the beggars about the countryside for the spring and summer. Oldrents is unhappy about this: he wants his young steward to behave more conventionally, more like a gentleman — and offers to furnish him with funds and a servant ("Take horse, and man, and money") for respectable travelling. Yet Springlove rebels at this conventionality. The bird calls of the nightingale and cuckoo call him to vagabondage. (The play's stage directions repeatedly refer to summer birdsong. ) As Oldrent's steward, Springlove has been a friend to the local beggars, feeding them generously and furnishing their needs; and once he joins them it turns out that he is something of a leader among them. Oldrents' daughters Rachel and Meriel are shown with their childhood sweethearts and suitors Vincent and Hilliard. The two young women deplore their father's depressed mood, and the staid order of their lives; they long for "liberty. " Vincent proposes "a fling to London" to take in the races at Hyde Park, "and see the Adamites run naked afore the Ladies" — but the young women are determined to go in the opposite direction, and join the "stark, errant, downright beggars. " They challenge their suitors to join them, and the young men can hardly refuse; they link up with Springlove's band, and enjoy his protection and guidance. It is their "birthright into a new world. " Their initial efforts at the vagabond life are uneven, however; sleeping rough in the straw of a barn is less comfortable than a bed at home. When they try to beg, they employ the elaborate and courtly language they're used to, and ask for ridiculous sums, 5 or 10 or 20 pounds. Yet they persist with the beggars, and the play shows Springlove and his companions in their activities and celebrations. Oldrents is distressed to find that his daughters have left home; but Hearty prevails upon him to persist in his efforts to be cheerful. The plot thickens with the introduction of Amie and Martin. Amie has fled from the home of her uncle and guardian, Justice Clack, to avoid an arranged marriage with the ridiculous Talboy; she is escorted by the justice's clerk Martin, Hearty's nephew. They have disguised themselves in the clothing of the common people, and travelled toward Hearty's country estate — though they are pursued by Clack's son Oliver and by beadles and other officers. Martin wants to marry Amie himself, though she sours on the idea as she travels with him and learns more of his character. Once Amie meets Springlove, she quickly falls in love with him. Oliver, chasing Amie, meets Rachel and Meriel; he is attracted to them, and propositions them. He also gets into a disagreement with Vincent and Hilliard, which threatens to lead them to the "field of hnour" and a duel. Oliver visits the estate of Oldrents, and makes him aware of the pursuit of Amie — thereby drawing Oldrents and Hearty into the matter. The pursuing authorities round up many of the beggars and take them into custody, bringing them to Justice Clack. Oldrents and Hearty arrive at Clack's home; the beggars arrange to stage a play for the gentlemen. (As with his earlier The Antipodes, Brome incorporates the metatheatrical device of a play within a play into A Jovial Crew. Brome exploits the traditional equation of "strolling players" with vagabonds, by letting his vagabonds function as actors. ) Oldrents is offered a choice of plays, with titles like The Two Lost Daughters, and The Vagrant Steward, and The Beggar's Prophecy. The old man recognizes all of them as versions of his own life, and rejects them, as "a story that I know too well. I'll see none of them. " He finally settles on The Merry Beggars — but that too proves to be a version of his tale. The beggars' playlet reveals that Oldrents' grandfather had taken advantage of a neighbor named Wrought-on, acquiring his land and reducing the man the beggary. The Patrico, the leader of the beggars, turns out to be the grandson of that Wrought-on; he is also the fortune-teller who had given Oldrents the original forecast of his daughters' beggary. And the Patrico also explains Oldrents' strangely strong affection for Springlove: the young beggar/steward is Oldrents' illegitimate son, born of a beggar-woman who was Wrought-on's sister. The family linkage allows the play's reconciliation: Oldrents embraces his son, and restores Wrought-on's property. Rachel and Meriel are ready to leave vagabondage and settle down with Vincent and Hilliard, as Springlove is with Amie. (Martin and Talboy have to reconcile themselves to continued bachelorhood, at least for the present; Hearty assures his nephew Martin that he'll help him find a wife. And the young people agree with Oliver to forget about the potential duel, and about the fact that Oliver propositioned the two Oldrents daughters for twelvepence apiece. ) The play's complications yield to a happy ending. While Brome's A Jovial Crew had links with the theatre and literature of its period, the play also drew upon actual events and the social realities of its era. The tumultuous years leading up to the start of the Civil War saw some significant economic dislocations; local authorities in England complained of "the great number of rogues and vagabonds and sturdy beggars wandering and lurking in the country, to the great trouble and terror of the same. " Brome's play provided at least a limited recognition of this socio-economic underside of Caroline England. A Jovial Crew incorporates the type of political satire that is not unusual in dramas of its era. Justice Clack is portrayed as a dictatorial windbag. His "rule" is "to punish before I examine," by the mere facial expressions of the unfortunates brought before him — Yet Brome goes farther in A Jovial Crew than most dramatists of his era ever dared. His genteel characters find their comfortable lives intolerably oppressive, and long for liberty and freedom, even that of beggars. The references to the Adamites, and to a Utopia of a new social order, seem to presage the radical social movements of the coming Commonwealth era, the Levellers and Diggers and others. The idealization of the beggars' life, as unrealistic as it is, appears to point to a profound social dissatisfaction. How much of this came through during stage performances of the play? Perhaps not much, especially after the Restoration of the monarchy in 1660. The second of the performances noted by Pepys, on August 27, 1661, was attended by both King Charles II and his brother the Duke of York, eventually to reign as James II. The version of the play they saw most likely had any political rough edges smoothed away.

Sergei_Storchak

Sergei_Storchak 2007-11-17T18:44:03Z Sergei Anatolievich Storchak (Russian: Сергей Анатольевич Сторчак) (born June 8 1954 in Olevsk, Zhytomyr Oblast, Ukraine SSR) is a Deputy Finance Minister of Russia, Director of the Finance Ministry International Financial Relations, National Debt and Financial Assets Department. Storchak became one of Russia's three deputy finance ministers in November 2005. He has specialised in international financial relations, and has been a prominent figure in negotiations over paying off Soviet-era debt. He negotiated Russia's repayment of its debt to the Paris Club of creditor nations, which it completed last year. Storchak also oversees the $148 billion stabilization fund, which collects windfall revenues from oil exports. On November 15 2007, Storchak was detained by the Russian police as a part of a criminal investigation. "The detention took place outside the ministry. It may be related to criminal cases against a third party, not finance ministry officials," the ministry said in a statement. Prosectors later confirmed the detention of Storchak and two businessmen on suspicion of "attempting large-scale embezzlement from the Russian state budget through fraud". Ekho Moskvy radio station and Interfax news agency reported, quoting unidentified sources, that Storchak had been due to fly to South Africa on November 15 for a meeting of finance ministers of the 20 most industrialised and important emerging economies. But he did not show up on the government's plane. Storchak last spoke publicly the same day he was detained when he criticized the central bank's proposal to start using the open market to convert Russian rubles into foreign currencies for the stabilization fund. A source close to Finance Minister Alexei Kudrin told Reuters he "could not rule out" that the detention was part of a campaign against Storchak's powerful boss ahead of the parliamentary election on December 2. President Vladimir Putin promoted Kudrin, his long-term ally, to the rank of Deputy Prime Minister in a reshuffle in September. Template:Persondata, Sergei_Storchak 2009-08-04T08:40:29Z Sergei Anatolievich Storchak (Russian: Сергей Анатольевич Сторчак) (born June 8 1954 in Olevsk, Zhytomyr Oblast, Ukraine SSR) is a Deputy Finance Minister of Russia. Storchak became one of Russia's three deputy finance ministers in November 2005. He has specialized in international financial relations, and has been a prominent figure in negotiations over paying off Soviet-era debt. He negotiated Russia's repayment of its debt to the Paris Club of creditor nations, which it completed last year. On November 15 2007, Storchak was detained by the Russian police as a part of a criminal investigation. "The detention took place outside the ministry. It may be related to criminal cases against a third party, not finance ministry officials," the ministry said in a statement. Prosecutors later confirmed the detention of Storchak and two businessmen on suspicion of "attempting large-scale embezzlement from the Russian state budget through fraud". The two businessmen were later confirmed as Viktor Zakharov, general director of Sodexim, a little-known Moscow-based firm; and Vadim Volkov, president of the Interregional Investment Bank (MIB) in Moscow. MIB labels itself as "one of the largest investment banks of the Russian Federation" /. . . / "Basic credit and investment activities are shipbuilding, development of mineral deposits, high technologies". Sodexim, which organized a Russian medical equipment exhibition in Baghdad in 2002, is listed on MIB's web site as one of its top clients. It undertakes "various trade operations" and carried out 13 million rubles ($530,000) worth of business last year, Interfax news agency said. Storchak, Zakharov and Volkov have not yet been formally charged with any crime. But the investigation committee at the Prosecutor General's Office said in a statement on November 19 that the three detainees were suspected of having created an organized group to embezzle budget funds of $43. 4 million under the pretext of covering expenses for Sodexim. On November 20, the Investigation Committee elaborated its suspicions that the $43. 4-million figure might be a form of a secret bribe for government officials who were involved in payments between the government and private enteties. "Investigators have found out that it was this amount which went with the legitimate debt which Sodexim bought from a state-owned defense company and which was supposed to be paid off by the Russian Finance Ministry," a source close to the investigation told Interfax news agency. And the government's debt to Sodexim was to be redeemed through MIB. Its director Volkov knew Storchak from his previous employment at the Finance Ministry as deputy minister. A source close to the investigation told Reuters that the detention of Storchak is part of a probe into the theft of state funds in debt deals, including with Iraq. "There is a big group of people under investigation and there will be new detentions. It is all related to our state debt and the schemes of its redemption, when up to 30 percent of funds were disappearing," the source told Reuters. "Storchak was detained because he was signing all (the debt-related documents). A number of banks are involved . . . and people in the government administration," the source added. The criminal investigation committee said that Storchak had been detained to prevent the destruction of evidence. "The investigation possesses evidence that if Storchak had been left a free man, he could escape the investigation and the trial, engage in criminal activities, threaten witnesses. . . and destroy evidence," the committee said. The head of the committee has said that the equivalent of $1 million in cash had been found in a search of Storchak's apartment. His lawyer has stated that this cash was being saved towards the purchase of a vacation home for his family, and that the amount found is not incompatible with his compensation during his prior employment as Deputy Chairman of Vneshekonombank. A source close to Finance Minister Alexei Kudrin told Reuters he "could not rule out" that the detention was part of a campaign against Storchak's powerful boss ahead of the parliamentary election on December 2. President Vladimir Putin promoted Kudrin, his long-term ally, to the rank of Deputy Prime Minister in a reshuffle in September. Ekho Moskvy radio station and Interfax news agency reported, quoting unidentified sources, that Storchak had been due to fly to South Africa on November 15, for a meeting of finance ministers of the 20 most industrialized and important emerging economies. But he did not show up on the government's plane. In South Africa, Kudrin defended his deputy and urged a fair investigation Storchak last spoke publicly the same day he was detained when he criticized the central bank's proposal to start using the open market to convert Russian rubles into foreign currencies for the stabilization fund. Template:Persondata

Debian Conference

Debian Conference 2008-04-22T15:33:16Z DebConf is the yearly conference where Debian developers meet to discuss issues around the further development of the system. Besides the formal conference with scheduled workshops and talks, Debian developers have always also taken this opportunity to hack on the Debian system in a more informal setting. This has been institutionalised by introducing the Debcamp in the Oslo DebConf in 2003: a room was set aside and computing infrastructure provided. Locations of past and future DebConf events: There is another, smaller Debian event called Miniconf, which is held annually at the Australian Linux Conference, linux.conf.au. Locations of past and future Miniconf events:, Debian Conference 2009-10-09T14:02:36Z DebConf is the yearly conference where Debian developers meet to discuss issues around the further development of the system. Besides the formal conference with scheduled workshops and talks, Debian developers have always also taken this opportunity to hack on the Debian system in a more informal setting. This has been institutionalised by introducing the DebCamp in the Oslo DebConf in 2003: a room was set aside and computing infrastructure provided. Locations of past and future DebConf events: There is another, smaller Debian event called Miniconf, which is held annually at the Australian Linux Conference, linux.conf.au. Locations of past and future Miniconf events:

FK Borac Banja Luka

FK Borac Banja Luka 2004-04-20T00:36:45Z Borac is the worst football club in the Republika Srpska, FK Borac Banja Luka 2005-12-31T00:26:54Z Borac (translation "Fighter") is the name of several sports clubs from Banja Luka in Republika Srpska, Bosnia and Herzegovina. The football club Borac was founded on July 4, 1926. Originally it was named Radnički Sportski Klub Borac, meaning Workers' Sports Club Fighter. It was founded by a group of football aficionados including Veselin Masleša, Rudolf-Rudi Hiter, Savo Novaković, Mustafa Softić, Nikola Kuković and others. The first success of Borac in this early period came in 1928 when it won a tournament played in Sarajevo. Borac was renamed Fudbalski Klub Borac (Football Club Borac, FK Borac) in 1945. It played two years in the Yugoslav Third League before it advanced to the Second League in 1953. It became part of the Yugoslav First League in 1961/62 but dropped back out next season. It returned to the First League in 1970/71, all seasons between 1972 and 1980, and between 1989 and 1992. Its best placement in the First League was 1990/91 when it finished fourth. FK Borac was the runner-up in the 1975 Yugoslav Cup, and won it in 1988 as the only Second League club to ever achieve this. The club also won the Mitropa Cup (Central European Cup) in 1992. It played a total of eight games in UEFA competitions. Read more ...http://www.boracbl.net Seven Borac players participated in the Yugoslav national football team and its stadium, the City Stadium of Banja Luka (capacity: 30,000), hosted five international matches. FK Borac currently competes in the First League of the Republika Srpska. The handball club Borac was founded in 1950.

Jonathan_Smith_(racing_driver)

Jonathan_Smith_(racing_driver) 2010-11-16T19:54:57Z Jonathan Smith is from Beacon Falls CT. He started racing at the age of five on dirtbikes, by the age of 12 he was racing BMX bicycles, where he was crowned State Champion in his first year. Jonathan began racing go-karts at the age of 14 where he competed in the Nite Series at Poughkeepsie Speedway in New York proving himself in his first year by finishing in second place in both series' championships. In his second year of competition, Jonathan moved to Stock Light division, Poughkeepsie Speedway's most competitive go-karting class, where he took home the championship. In 2001, Jonathan decided to take a break from racing to focus on high school. When he returned to racing the spring of 2006, he entered into automobile racing in the Dodge Weekly Series driving a late-model in the NASCAR sanctioned division. In his rookie season, with the help of Ryan Posocco Racing, Jonathan’s team ran at Stafford Motor Speedway in Stafford Springs, CT and finished in the top third of the championship race, and as the runner up in the Rookie of the Year competition. Jonathan's talent did not go unnoticed, and he was selected to participate in the NASCAR Drive For Diversity program where he was placed with veteran Barney McRae and Motion Racing in the 2007. During this season Jonathan drove in the NASCAR Busch East Grand National Series, NASCAR’s top developmental racing series. Jonathan finished the year 16th in the point standings, scoring a top 5 finish in only his second series race. In 2008 Jonathan joined Troy Williams Racing with Sean Watts to pilot their #21 Aqua Pure Health/Raintree Vacations Dodge in the newly named Camping World Series East (formerly Busch East, currently K&N Pro Series). In the 2009 season, Jonathan was brought on by two time series champion Mike Olson and Fadden Racing. Seeing great potential and natural talent in Jonathan, Olson looks forward to their 2010 season and beyond. For more information visit: www. jonathansmithracing. com http://www. facebook. com/pages/Jonathan-Smith-Racing/267324999784 faddenracing. com Template:Persondata This biographical article related to NASCAR is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. , Jonathan_Smith_(racing_driver) 2010-12-31T19:20:43Z Jonathan Smith (born November 3, 1986) is a racecar driver from Beacon Falls, Connecticut. He started racing at the age of five on dirtbikes, by the age of 12 he was racing BMX bicycles, where he was crowned State Champion in his first year. Smith began racing go-karts at the age of 14 where he competed in the Nite Series at Poughkeepsie Speedway in New York proving himself in his first year by finishing in second place in both series' championships. In his second year of competition, Smith moved to Stock Light division, Poughkeepsie Speedway's most competitive go-karting class, where he took home the championship. In 2001, Smith decided to take a break from racing to focus on high school. When he returned to racing the spring of 2006, he entered into automobile racing in the Dodge Weekly Series driving a late-model in the NASCAR sanctioned division. In his rookie season, with the help of Ryan Posocco Racing, Smith’s team ran at Stafford Motor Speedway in Stafford Springs, Connecticut and finished in the top third of the championship race, and as the runner up in the Rookie of the Year competition. Smith's talent did not go unnoticed, and he was selected to participate in the NASCAR Drive for Diversity program where he was placed with veteran Barney McRae and Motion Racing in 2007. During this season Smith drove in the NASCAR Busch East Grand National Series, NASCAR’s top developmental racing series. Smith finished the year 16th in the point standings, scoring a top 5 finish in only his second series race. In 2008, Smith joined Troy Williams Racing with Sean Watts to pilot their #21 Aqua Pure Health/Raintree Vacations Dodge in the newly named Camping World Series East (formerly Busch East, currently K&N Pro Series). He also drove in the NASCAR Drive for Diversity program for a second season that year. In the 2009 season, Smith was brought on by two time series champion Mike Olson and Fadden Racing. Seeing great potential and natural talent in Smith, Olson looks forward to their 2010 season and beyond. Template:Persondata This biographical article related to NASCAR is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.

Marta_Esther_Rocafort-Altuzarra

Marta_Esther_Rocafort-Altuzarra 2009-07-04T09:21:09Z Marta Ester Rocafort y Altazarra, later hyphenated Rocafort-Altazarra (Havana, 18 September 1913 - Miami, Miami-Dade County, Florida, 4 February 1993) was the second wife of the Count of Covadonga (previously known as Alfonso, Prince of Asturias). Miss Rocafort, a fashion model, was the eldest daughter of Blas Manuel Rocafort y González, a prominent Cuban dentist, and wife Rogelia Altazarra y Carbonell. Her siblings were Elvira and Blas Rocafort y Altazarra, later hyphenated Rocafort-Altazarra. Miss Rocafort began dating the Count in New York City before his first marriage to Edelmira Sampedro y Robato ended. On 3 July 1937, the Count married Miss Rocafort in a lavish wedding in Havana, Cuba attended by the President of Cuba, Federico Laredo Brú. Two months later they separated and on 8 January 1938, they were divorced in New York City. Although she was wife of the Count of Covadonga, she wasn't Countess of Covadonga because his first wife was allowed to retain the title. Marta Rocafort-Altazarra then married the Miami millionaire, Thomas E. H. "Tommy" Adkins, Jr. at the Central Baptist Church in Miami on 19 March 1938 and became Mrs. Adkins. The Count died six months later in Miami on 6 September 1938. She married a third time to Rodolfo Caballero. , Marta_Esther_Rocafort-Altuzarra 2011-05-09T00:03:11Z Marta Esther Rocafort y Altuzarra, later hyphenated Rocafort-Altuzarra (Havana, 18 September 1913 - Miami, Miami-Dade County, Florida, 4 February 1993) was the second wife of the Count of Covadonga (previously known as Alfonso, Prince of Asturias). Miss Rocafort, a fashion model, was the eldest daughter of Blas Manuel Rocafort y González, a prominent Cuban dentist, and wife Rogelia Altuzarra y Carbonell. Her siblings were Elvira and Blas Rocafort y Altuzarra, later hyphenated Rocafort-Altuzarra. Miss Rocafort began dating the Count in New York City before his first marriage to Edelmira Sampedro y Robato ended. On 3 July 1937, the Count married Miss Rocafort-Atuzarrra in a lavish wedding in Havana, Cuba attended by the President of Cuba, Federico Laredo Brú. Two months later they separated and on 8 January 1938, they were divorced in New York City. Although she was wife of the Count of Covadonga, she wasn't Countess of Covadonga because his first wife was allowed to retain the title. Marta Rocafort-Altuzarra then married the Miami millionaire, Thomas E. H. "Tommy" Atkins, Jr. at the Central Baptist Church in Miami on 19 March 1938 and became Mrs. Atkins. The Count died six months later in Miami on 6 September 1938. She married a third time to Rodolfo Caballero. Template:Persondata

Patricia Belcher

Patricia Belcher 2016-01-25T03:13:21Z Patricia Belcher (born 1954) is an American film and television actress, best known for her many appearances in films, including The Number 23, Unknown, Jeepers Creepers, Heartbreakers and (500) Days of Summer. She also has made appearances in television series, including Everybody Loves Raymond, Good Luck Charlie, Boston Legal, The Jake Effect, Twins, The Proud Family, Seinfeld, Sister, Sister, In Plain Sight, The Middle, It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia, Still Sitting down, Beverly Hills, 90210, and Bones. Patricia Belcher was born in Helena, Montana. Belcher is of African American descent. Prior to becoming an actress, Belcher appeared as a contestant on Jeopardy! losing to then attorney Ron Black in one of his 5 games. She is known for playing judges, doctors/nurses, government officials, and other authority figures, often to comic effect. She has made many appearances in films and television series. She is also one of the most active actors appearing in commercials. Products include GEICO, Staples and Time Warner, as well as for the American Cancer Society. In 2001, Belcher was cast as Jezelle Gay Hartman, a psychic, in the Horror film Jeepers Creepers. The film received mixed reviews from critics, however received positive awards from audiences. The film was a commercial success, opening in 2,944 theaters and took in a domestic gross of $37,904,175; it later made $21,313,614 internationally, making a total of $59,217,789 worldwide. In 2003, Belcher was originally going to appear again as Jezelle Gay Hartman in Jeepers Creepers 2, as the plot was about her character and Gina Philips' character hunting down The Creeper, while a school bus full of teens terrorized by The Creeper was just a subplot. But the more writer and director Victor Salva worked on the script, the more the bus plot became more interesting. So he decide to scrap both her and Philip's plot and concentrate the film on the bus instead. Since 2006, she has appeared numerous times on Bones as attorney Caroline Julian. Belcher produced her 2008 role in the film Lower Learning as Colette. In 2009, she played Millie in the romantic comedy (500) Days of Summer. The film received positive reviews from critics upon its release. Based on over 214 professional reviews, it obtained a "Certified Fresh" seal on Rotten Tomatoes with an approval rating of 86% and an average score of 7.6 out of 10. The film was a box office success as well, becoming a "sleeper hit" and earning over $60 million in worldwide returns, far exceeding its $7.5 million budget. Also that year through 2010, Belcher had a recurring role on Better Off Ted as Janet S. Crotum, the head of human resources of Veridian Dynamics. On May 13, 2010, ABC officially canceled the series due to low viewing figures. After the cancellation of Better Off Ted Belcher moved on and began another recurring role on the Disney Channel sitcom Good Luck Charlie, playing the strict and easily annoyed neighbor, Mrs. Estelle Dabney. In 2013, she appeared as Ingrid in Bad Words, and she voiced Chimamanda Lobo in the video game Dead Island: Riptide. After four seasons the show Good Luck Charlie ended on February 16, 2014, with a one-hour finale. Later that year Belcher again teamed with Jeepers Creepers writer and director Victor Salva for his horror film Dark House. As well as appearing on The Millers, and Partners. In 2015, she appeared in the GEICO commercial with the band Europe. , Patricia Belcher 2017-12-25T23:21:46Z Patricia Belcher (born 1954) is an American film, television and stage actress and character actor. Patricia Belcher was born in Helena, Montana. Belcher is of African American descent. Prior to becoming an actress, Belcher appeared as a contestant on Jeopardy! losing to then attorney Ron Black in one of his 5 games. She studied acting under the guidance of many drama teachers, including the Oscar-nominated actress, Beah Richards. Belcher is known for playing judges, doctors, nurses, government officials, and other authority figures, often to comic effect. She has made many appearances in films and television series including The Number 23, Unknown, Jeepers Creepers, Heartbreakers and (500) Days of Summer. She also has made appearances in television series, including Everybody Loves Raymond, Good Luck Charlie, Boston Legal, The Jake Effect, Twins, The Proud Family, Seinfeld, Sister, Sister, In Plain Sight, The Middle, It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia, Still Sitting down, Beverly Hills, 90210, Bones and How to Get Away with Murder. She is also one of the most active actors appearing in commercials. Products include GEICO, Staples, Time Warner, American Cancer Society and Wells Fargo. In 2001, Belcher was cast as Jezelle Gay Hartman, a psychic, in the horror film Jeepers Creepers. The film received mixed reviews from critics, however received positive awards from audiences. The film was a commercial success, opening in 2,944 theaters and took in a domestic gross of $37,904,175; it later made $21,313,614 internationally, making a total of $59,217,789 worldwide. In 2003, Belcher was originally going to appear again as Jezelle Gay Hartman in Jeepers Creepers 2, as the plot was about her character and Gina Philips' character hunting down The Creeper, while a school bus full of teens terrorized by The Creeper was just a subplot. But the more writer and director Victor Salva worked on the script, the more the bus plot became more interesting. So he decide to scrap both her and Philip's plot and concentrate the film on the bus instead. Since 2006, she has appeared numerous times on Bones as attorney Caroline Julian. Belcher produced her 2008 role in the film Lower Learning as Colette. In 2009, she played Millie in the romantic comedy (500) Days of Summer. The film received positive reviews from critics upon its release. Based on over 214 professional reviews, it obtained a "Certified Fresh" seal on Rotten Tomatoes with an approval rating of 86% and an average score of 7.6 out of 10. The film was a box office success as well, becoming a "sleeper hit" and earning over $60 million in worldwide returns, far exceeding its $7.5 million budget. Also that year through 2010, Belcher had a recurring role on Better Off Ted as Janet S. Crotum, the head of human resources of Veridian Dynamics. On May 13, 2010, ABC officially canceled the series due to low viewing figures. After the cancellation of Better Off Ted Belcher moved on and began another recurring role on the Disney Channel sitcom Good Luck Charlie, playing the strict and easily annoyed neighbor, Mrs. Estelle Dabney. In 2013, she appeared as Ingrid in Bad Words, and she voiced Chimamanda Lobo in the video game Dead Island: Riptide. After four seasons the show Good Luck Charlie ended on February 16, 2014, with a one-hour finale. Later that year Belcher again teamed with Jeepers Creepers writer and director Victor Salva for his horror film Dark House. As well as appearing on The Millers, and Partners. In 2015, she appeared in the GEICO commercial with the band Europe. She was Grandmother in Wells Fargo's 2017 commercial 'Lost Debit Card.'

Matt Phillips

Matt Phillips 2009-01-03T22:15:15Z Matthew "Matt" Phillips (born 13 March 1991) is an English professional footballer who plays for Wycombe Wanderers in Football League Two. Born in Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire, Phillips has been with Wycombe since the age of eight when he was spotted playing in a five-a-side tournament. He made his first team debut for the club against Notts County in the penultimate game of the 2007–08 season as a substitute, just a month after his seventeenth birthday. He made his first start for the club a week later in the home game against Bradford City, in which he was voted man of the match by the fans. He made a further substitute appearance in the play-off semi-final home leg against Stockport County. Phillips signed his first professional contract for Wycombe in July 2008, a year before the end of his youth team scholarship. He is contracted to the club until June 2010. He scored his first goal for Wycombe in November 2008 in a 4-1 FA Cup First Round victory over AFC Wimbledon. His first league goal came on 6 December in a 2–3 away defeat to Aldershot Town. , Matt Phillips 2010-12-28T20:29:00Z Matthew "Matt" Phillips (born 13 March 1991) is an English professional footballer who plays for Blackpool. Phillips is a midfielder and previously played for Wycombe Wanderers. He has represented England at under-19 level. Born in Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire, Phillips was with Wycombe Wanderers from the age of eight when he was spotted playing in a five-a-side tournament. A month after his seventeenth birthday, he made his first team debut on 26 April 2008 in the 1–0 defeat to Notts County, the penultimate game of the 2007–08 season as an 82nd minute substitute. His first start came a week later in the 2–1 win over Bradford City at Adams Park, in which he was voted man of the match by the Wycombe supporters. He made a further substitute appearance in the play-off semi-final home leg, a 1–1 home draw with Stockport County on 11 May. Phillips signed his first professional contract in July 2008, a year before the end of his youth team scholarship. His first goal for the Chairboys came on 10 November 2008 in the 4–1 away win over AFC Wimbledon in the First Round of the 2008–09 FA Cup. His first league goal came on 6 December in the 3–2 away defeat to Aldershot Town. Phillips went on to make a massive contribution to the Chairboys promotion from League Two in the 2008–09 season becoming a regular on either the left or right wing, impressing with his ability to take on defenders and to cut inside. He was also won the clubs two "Young Player of the Year" awards at the end of the season as well as the League Two "Apprentice of the Year". Phillips was given the number 18 shirt for the 2009–10 season and continued his good form from the previous season, starting on both flanks. He made a total of 87 league and cup appearances for Wycombe scoring nine goals. Phillips signed for Premier League club Blackpool on 31 August 2010 in an original £350,000 deal that could rise to £700,000. His first game was a Friendly to open the new Zemgele Olympic Centre in Jelgava, Latvia against Latvian Higher League side FK Jelgava on 3 September. Manager Ian Holloway later revealed that he had been tracking Phillips for "a long time", saying of him, "Young Matty looked really exciting at times. He was skipping past people like they weren't there and now I've got to get him in our shape and working within it. He is definitely one for not only the long-term future but the immediate future. I am getting quite excited about what he might be able to produce." He scored in his first Reserves game, a 1–1 draw with West Bromwich Albion at Bloomfield Road on 15 September in the club's first ever Premier Reserve League home fixture. His first team debut came on 25 September in the 2–1 home defeat to Blackburn Rovers. Phillips came on as a substitute in the 84th minute, making an instant impact, scoring his first ever Premier League goal just seconds later. After the match Ian Holloway praised Phillips saying, "I thought he was terrific. He's only 19 and he's someone who I think will have a good future. He played in a different role and smacked one in like that. Hopefully there is a lot, lot more to come from that boy because he has got some bits and pieces that would grace any level of football." Of his debut and goal Phillips said: "I've dreamt of playing in the Premier League since I was a kid, so to play Premier League football is one thing, but to go out there and make a mark on it is another, so I'm delighted.". He made his full-debut against Aston Villa at Villa Park, a performance which led manager Ian Holloway to describe him as "at times un-markable". player statistics 1 player statistics 2 |- |2007–08||rowspan="4"|Wycombe Wanderers||rowspan="2"|League Two ||2||0||colspan="4"|-||3||0 |- |2008–09||37||3||2||1||colspan="2"|-||40||4 |- |2009–10||League One||36||5||2||0||1||0||40||5 |- |2010–11||League Two||3||0||colspan="2"|-||1||0||4||0 |- |2010–11||Blackpool||Premier League ||11||1||||||||||11||1 |- player statistics 580||9||4||1||2||0||89||10 player statistics end a. One play-off appearance included in 2007–08 totals b. One Football League Trophy appearance included in 2009–10 totals In May 2010, Phillips was called into the England under-19 squad for the European Championship Elite Qualifying Round matches against the Republic of Ireland, Bosnia and Herzegovina on 28 May, and Ukraine, after initially being named as a standby. On 26 May he made his debut against Republic of Ireland coming on as a 76th minute substitute for Jacob Mellis. Two days later he made his full debut and scored his first international goal in his next game against Bosnia and Herzegovina. In July 2010, Phillips was named in England's 18-man squad for the European Under-19 Championship. He scored a final-minute equaliser against France to send England through to the semi-finals of the tournament.

Omar_Bundy

Omar_Bundy 2008-09-05T13:29:08Z Omar Bundy (June 17 1861 - January 20 1940) was a U. S. army general who participated in the Indian Wars and the Spanish-American War in Cuba, fought in the Philippine Insurrection and the Moro Expedition, and commanded a regiment on the Mexican Border. After serving in France during World War I, he was made a Commander of the French Legion of Honor. Bundy was born in 1861 in New Castle, Indiana. He graduated from the Military Academy in 1883, and served on the American frontier, participating in the Indian Wars campaigns against Crow and Sioux Indians. During the Spanish-American War he fought with the 5th Army Corps in Cuba, and received the Silver Star for gallantry at the Battle of El Caney. From 1899 to 1902, he served in the Philippines during the insurrection and subsequently, after teaching law at Fort Leavenworth, Kansas, participated in the Moro Expedition in the Philippines in 1905-1906. Bundy served within the United States until 1917, where he commanded a regiment on the United States–Mexico border. In 1917, he assumed command of the 1st Brigade, 1st Expeditionary Division, and in June he sailed for France. As a division and corps commander during World War I, he participated in the occupation of the Toulon and Troyon Sectors near Saint-Mihiel, served in the Aisne-Marne operations, and took part in the occupations of Chateau-Thierry. Following the war, he commanded Fort Lee, Virginia, the 7th Corps Area, the Philippine Division, and the 5th Corps Area. For his services in World War I, General Bundy was awarded the French Legion of Honor, Commander, and the French Croix de Guerre with Palm. However, his bravery in battle has never been officially recognized by the U. S. Government. Bundy retired in 1925 and died in Washington, D. C. in 1940. He is buried in Section 3 of Arlington National Cemetery alongside his wife, Addie Harden Bundy (b. Knightstown, Indiana, August 31 1860 - d. Washington, D. C. , October 5 1953). Template:Persondata, Omar_Bundy 2010-06-04T13:32:38Z Omar Bundy (June 17, 1861 – January 20, 1940) was a U. S. Army general who participated in the Indian Wars and the Spanish-American War in Cuba, fought in the Philippine Insurrection and the Moro Expedition, and commanded a regiment on the Mexican border. After serving in France during World War I, he was made a Commander of the French Legion of Honor. Bundy was born in 1861 in New Castle, Indiana. He graduated from the Military Academy in 1883, and served on the American frontier, participating in the Indian Wars campaigns against Crow and Sioux Indians. During the Spanish-American War he fought with the 5th Army Corps in Cuba, and received the Silver Star for gallantry at the Battle of El Caney. From 1899 to 1902, he served in the Philippines during the insurrection and subsequently, after teaching law at Fort Leavenworth, Kansas, participated in the Moro Expedition in the Philippines in 1905–1906. Bundy served within the United States until 1917, where he commanded a regiment on the United States–Mexico border. In 1917, he assumed command of the 1st Brigade, 1st Expeditionary Division, and in June he sailed for France. As a division and corps commander during World War I, he participated in the occupation of the Toulon and Troyon Sectors near Saint-Mihiel, served in the Aisne-Marne operations, and took part in the occupations of Chateau-Thierry. Following the war, he commanded Fort Lee, Virginia, the 7th Corps Area, the Philippine Division, and the 5th Corps Area. For his services in World War I, General Bundy was awarded the French Legion of Honor, Commander, and the French Croix de Guerre with Palm. However, his bravery in battle has never been officially recognized by the U. S. government. Bundy retired in 1925 and died in Washington, D. C. in 1940. He is buried in Section 3 of Arlington National Cemetery alongside his wife, Addie Harden Bundy (b. Knightstown, Indiana, August 31, 1860 – d. Washington, D. C. , October 5, 1953). The USS General Omar Bundy (AP-152), launched August 1944, was named in his honor. Template:Persondata

Sam Togwell

Sam Togwell 2021-05-14T13:50:38Z Samuel James Togwell (born 14 October 1984) is an English former professional footballer who played as a defensive midfielder. He began his career with Crystal Palace in 2002, where he was loaned out to Oxford United, Northampton Town, and Port Vale. In July 2006 he transferred to Barnsley, before he joined Scunthorpe United in August 2008. He helped the "Iron" to win promotion out of the League One play-offs in 2009. He signed with Chesterfield in July 2012, and became a key player in the 2012–13 season. He lost his first team place the following season and was loaned out to Wycombe Wanderers. He helped Chesterfield to win the League Two title in 2013–14. He signed with Barnet in August 2014, and helped the club to the Conference title in the 2014–15 season. He was sold on to Eastleigh in December 2016, before joining Slough Town in June 2018. He retired in May 2021, having made a total of 606 appearances in all competitions, scoring 23 goals. Togwell started out in the Crystal Palace youth set-up at the age of ten, before making his senior debut as a seventeen-year-old substitute on 22 December 2002 at Millmoor. Palace beat Rotherham United 3–1, returning to London with three First Division points. He did not get another game in the 2002–03 or 2003–04 seasons, mainly due to a broken leg. After rejecting a loan move to Norwegian club Viking FK, Togwell joined League Two club Oxford United on loan in October 2004. He made five appearances before returning to Selhurst Park the next month. In March 2005 he went back into the basement division to join Northampton Town on loan. He made eight appearances, before his loan deal was extended to cover the play-offs. Southend United defeated the "Cobblers" in the semi-finals, before beating Lincoln City in the final. Togwell, by now captain of the reserve team, played in the opening three rounds of the League Cup in 2005–06, including a 2–1 defeat of European Champions Liverpool in which he marked Steven Gerrard. In November 2005, he joined League One club Port Vale on a six-week loan deal. He impressed at Vale Park, especially on 6 January when he scored both goals of a FA Cup Third Round defeat of Doncaster Rovers. Having already had the loan extended once, Martin Foyle managed to extend the deal until the end of the season after Togwell played some excellent football in January. In March, Vale made Palace an offer, to sign the young midfielder permanently in the summer. The next month, with Togwell and Vale agreed on personal terms, chairman Bill Bratt admitted that the two clubs were a long way from agreeing a deal, with Palace demanding a large sum in transfer fees. The cash-strapped club were forced to abandon hope of signing Togwell, though handed him the club's "Young Player of The Year" award in recognition of his performances in his 30 games that season. His tenure at Palace did not last much longer, however, as he left for Barnsley in July 2006 for an undisclosed fee. Togwell made his League debut for Barnsley on 5 August 2006, in a 2–1 defeat at Cardiff City. He made 46 appearances in 2006–07, including both Championship clashes with former club Palace, both of which finished 2–0 for the home team. Battling with Bobby Hassell and new signing Anderson Silva de França for a first team place, he found life tough at Oakwell the next season. In all he played 27 games, three of which came in the club's impressive FA Cup run, including a substitute appearance in the memorable victory over Premier League team Chelsea. He joined Scunthorpe United on a free transfer in August 2008, signing a two-year deal. The young midfield battler was optimistic of the club's future, predicting promotion. His prophecy was fulfilled at Wembley, as the "Iron" defeated Millwall 3–2 in the play-off final. He remained a key member of Scunthorpe's first team in the Championship; making 47 appearances in 2009–10, he managed to bag a goal against his former employers at Selhurst Park in the process. Signing a new two-year deal in June 2010, Togwell recovered from a knee injury to make 40 appearances in the 2010–11 campaign. He was given the club's Player of the Year award, the Ernie Storey Memorial Trophy, however he could not prevent the "Iron" from finishing in last place and thereby suffer relegation back into League One. He made 44 appearances in 2011–12, as Alan Knill led the Glanford Park outfit to an 18th-place finish in League One. However he was one of ten players released by the club in May 2012. In July 2012, Togwell joined League Two club Chesterfield on a two-year contract. He made 50 appearances in the 2012–13 campaign. On 14 March 2014, Togwell joined fellow League Two club Wycombe Wanderers on a one-month loan deal. He made his debut for the "Chairboys" the next day in a 2–0 defeat to York City, and gave away a penalty before being sent off for two bookable offences. He returned from suspension to play three games for Wycombe before being recalled by Chesterfield on 9 April. He played a total of ten games for Chesterfield as the "Spireites" won promotion as divisional champions in 2013–14, and was released by manager Paul Cook in the summer. Togwell joined Barnet of the Conference Premier in August 2014. He missed just four league games of the 2014–15 season as Martin Allen's "Bees" won promotion back into the English Football League as champions of the Conference. He played 40 games in the 2015–16 season and signed a one-year contract extension in May. He underwent a hernia operation in October 2016, which kept him out of action for six weeks. In total he played 99 times for the Bees, scoring one goal. On 15 December 2016, Togwell joined National League club Eastleigh for a fee of £20,000. He signed an 18-month contract; the move reunited him with former Barnet manager Martin Allen. He was appointed as club captain one month later following the departure of Joe Partington. However he endured a difficult 2017–18 campaign, which started badly as he was ruled out for the first half of the season after picking up a thigh injury in August. By the time he recovered to full fitness manager Richard Hill had been replaced by Andy Hessenthaler, who opted to release Togwell at the end of the campaign. Togwell joined newly-promoted National League South club Slough Town in June 2018, where he joined up with his brother Lee. As well as playing together, the brothers also ran a personal training business together. He scored three goals in 44 matches in the 2018–19 season, helping the "Rebels" to reach the Second Round of the FA Cup, where they were beaten by Gillingham. Slough beat Reading Under-23s 3–1 in the 2019 Berks & Bucks Senior Cup final, with Togwell scoring a brace and his brother scoring the other goal. He scored two goals in 34 games during the 2019–20 season, helping Slough to qualify for the play-off quarter-finals, where they were beaten 3–0 by Dartford. He made 13 appearances before the 2020–21 season was curtailed early due to the COVId-19 pandemic in England. He announced his retirement in May 2021. Individual Scunthorpe United Chesterfield Barnet Slough Town, Sam Togwell 2022-10-29T13:53:35Z Samuel James Togwell (born 14 October 1984) is an English former professional footballer who plays as a defensive midfielder for Southern League Premier Division South club Beaconsfield Town. He began his career with Crystal Palace in 2002, where he was loaned out to Oxford United, Northampton Town, and Port Vale. In July 2006 he transferred to Barnsley, before he joined Scunthorpe United in August 2008. He helped the "Iron" to win promotion out of the League One play-offs in 2009. He signed with Chesterfield in July 2012, and became a key player in the 2012–13 season. He lost his first team place the following season and was loaned out to Wycombe Wanderers. He helped Chesterfield to win the League Two title in 2013–14. He signed with Barnet in August 2014, and helped the club to the Conference title in the 2014–15 season. He was sold on to Eastleigh in December 2016, before joining Slough Town in June 2018. He retired in May 2021, having made a total of 606 appearances in all competitions, scoring 23 goals. He came out of retirement the following year to play for Beaconsfield Town. Togwell started out in the Crystal Palace youth set-up at the age of ten, before making his senior debut as a seventeen-year-old substitute on 22 December 2002 at Millmoor. Palace beat Rotherham United 3–1, returning to London with three First Division points. He did not get another game in the 2002–03 or 2003–04 seasons, mainly due to a broken leg he sustained in a reserve match in February 2003. He returned to fitness in September 2003. Togwell joined League Two club Oxford United on loan on 22 October 2004. He made five appearances before returning to Selhurst Park the next month. He rejected a loan move to Norwegian club Viking FK, who were managed by Roy Hodgson. On 24 March 2005, he went back into the basement division to join Northampton Town on a one-month loan. He made eight appearances, before his loan deal was extended to cover the play-offs. Southend United defeated the "Cobblers" in the semi-finals, before beating Lincoln City in the final. Togwell, by now captain of the reserve team, played in the opening three rounds of the League Cup in 2005–06, including a 2–1 defeat of European Champions Liverpool in which he marked Steven Gerrard. On 10 November 2005, he joined League One club Port Vale on a six-week loan deal. He impressed at Vale Park, especially on 6 January when he scored both goals of a FA Cup Third Round defeat of Doncaster Rovers. Having already had the loan extended once, Martin Foyle managed to extend the deal until the end of the season after Togwell played some excellent football in January. In March, Vale made Palace an offer, to sign the young midfielder permanently in the summer. The next month, with Togwell and Vale agreed on personal terms, chairman Bill Bratt admitted that the two clubs were a long way from agreeing a deal, with Palace demanding a large sum in transfer fees. The cash-strapped club were forced to abandon hope of signing Togwell after their £50,000 transfer bid was rejected, though handed him the club's "Young Player of The Year" award in recognition of his performances in his 30 games that season. His tenure at Palace did not last much longer, however, as he left for Barnsley on 12 July 2006 for an undisclosed fee which was later reported to be £60,000. Togwell made his League debut for Barnsley on 5 August 2006, in a 2–1 defeat at Cardiff City. He made 46 appearances in 2006–07, including both Championship clashes with former club Palace, both of which finished 2–0 for the home team. Battling with Bobby Hassell and new signing Anderson Silva de França for a first team place, he found life tough at Oakwell the next season. In all he played 27 games, three of which came in the club's impressive FA Cup run, including a substitute appearance in the memorable victory over Premier League team Chelsea. He joined Scunthorpe United on a free transfer in August 2008, signing a two-year deal. The young midfield battler was optimistic of the club's future, predicting promotion. His prophecy was fulfilled at Wembley, as the "Iron" defeated Millwall 3–2 in the play-off final. He remained a key member of Scunthorpe's first team in the Championship; making 47 appearances in 2009–10, he managed to bag a goal against his former employers at Selhurst Park in the process. Signing a new two-year deal in June 2010, Togwell recovered from a knee injury to make 40 appearances in the 2010–11 campaign. He was given the club's Player of the Year award, the Ernie Storey Memorial Trophy, however he could not prevent the "Iron" from finishing in last place and thereby suffer relegation back into League One. He made 44 appearances in 2011–12, as Alan Knill led the Glanford Park outfit to an 18th-place finish in League One. However he was one of ten players released by the club in May 2012. In July 2012, Togwell joined League Two club Chesterfield on a two-year contract. He made 50 appearances in the 2012–13 campaign. On 14 March 2014, Togwell joined fellow League Two club Wycombe Wanderers on a one-month loan deal. He made his debut for the "Chairboys" the next day in a 2–0 defeat to York City, and gave away a penalty before being sent off for two bookable offences. He returned from suspension to play three games for Wycombe before being recalled by Chesterfield on 9 April. He played a total of ten games for Chesterfield as the "Spireites" won promotion as divisional champions in 2013–14, and was released by manager Paul Cook in the summer. Togwell joined Barnet of the Conference Premier in August 2014. He missed just four league games of the 2014–15 season as Martin Allen's "Bees" won promotion back into the English Football League as champions of the Conference. He played 40 games in the 2015–16 season and signed a one-year contract extension in May. He underwent a hernia operation in October 2016, which kept him out of action for six weeks. In total he played 99 times for the Bees, scoring one goal. On 15 December 2016, Togwell joined National League club Eastleigh for a fee of £20,000. He signed an 18-month contract; the move reunited him with former Barnet manager Martin Allen. He was appointed as club captain one month later following the departure of Joe Partington. However he endured a difficult 2017–18 campaign, which started badly as he was ruled out for the first half of the season after picking up a thigh injury in August. By the time he recovered to full fitness manager Richard Hill had been replaced by Andy Hessenthaler, who opted to release Togwell at the end of the campaign. Togwell joined newly-promoted National League South club Slough Town in June 2018, where he joined up with his brother Lee. As well as playing together, the brothers also ran a personal training business together. He scored three goals in 44 matches in the 2018–19 season, helping the "Rebels" to reach the Second Round of the FA Cup, where they were beaten by Gillingham. Slough beat Reading Under-23s 3–1 in the 2019 Berks & Bucks Senior Cup final, with Togwell scoring a brace and his brother scoring the other goal. He scored two goals in 34 games during the 2019–20 season, helping Slough to qualify for the play-off quarter-finals, where they were beaten 3–0 by Dartford. He made 13 appearances before the 2020–21 season was curtailed early due to the COVID-19 pandemic in England. He announced his retirement in May 2021. Togwell came out of retirement to play for Southern League Premier Division South club Beaconsfield Town in the 2022–23 season. Individual Scunthorpe United Chesterfield Barnet Slough Town

Bill Belichick

Bill Belichick 2020-01-05T04:26:25Z As defensive coordinator: William Stephen Belichick (/ˈbɛlɪtʃɪk/ or /ˈbɛlɪtʃɛk/; born April 16, 1952) is an American football coach who serves as the head coach of the New England Patriots of the National Football League (NFL). He exercises extensive authority over the Patriots' football operations, effectively making him the team's general manager as well. He holds numerous coaching records, including winning a record six Super Bowls as the head coach of the New England Patriots, and two more as defensive coordinator for the New York Giants. He is widely considered to be one of the greatest coaches in NFL history by current and former players, his peers, and the press. Belichick began his coaching career in 1975 and became the defensive coordinator for New York Giants head coach Bill Parcells by 1985. Parcells and Belichick won two Super Bowls together before Belichick left to become the head coach of the Cleveland Browns in 1991. He remained in Cleveland for five seasons but was fired following the team's 1995 season. He then rejoined Parcells, first in New England, where the team lost Super Bowl XXXI, and later with the New York Jets. After being named head coach of the Jets, Belichick resigned after only one day on the job to accept the head coaching job for the New England Patriots on January 27, 2000. Since then, he has led the Patriots to 16 AFC East division titles, 13 appearances in the AFC Championship Game, and nine Super Bowl appearances, with a record six wins. Belichick has won eight Super Bowl titles in total from his combined time as an assistant and head coach. Belichick is the NFL's longest-tenured active head coach, as well as the first all-time in playoff coaching wins with 31 and third in regular season coaching wins in the NFL with 261. He is one of only three head coaches who have won six NFL titles. He was named the AP NFL Coach of the Year for the 2003, 2007, and 2010 seasons. Belichick was born on April 16, 1952, in Nashville, Tennessee, the son of Jeannette (Munn) and Steve Belichick (born Stephen Biličić). Bill was named after College Football Hall of Fame coach Bill Edwards, who was his godfather. Belichick is of Croatian ancestry, and his paternal grandparents, Ivan Biličić and Marija (Mary) Barković, emigrated from the Croatian village of Draganić, Karlovac, in 1897, settling in Monessen, Pennsylvania. He was raised in Annapolis, Maryland, where his father was an assistant football coach at the United States Naval Academy. Belichick has cited his father as one of his most important football mentors, and Belichick often studied football with him. Bill reportedly learned to break down game films at a young age by watching his father and the Navy staff do their jobs. He graduated from Annapolis High School in 1970 with classmate Sally Brice-O'Hara. While there, he played football and lacrosse, with the latter being his favorite sport. He enrolled at Phillips Academy in Andover, Massachusetts, for a postgraduate year, with the intention of improving his grades and test scores to be admitted into a quality college. The school honored him 40 years later by inducting him into its Athletics Hall of Honor in 2011. Belichick subsequently attended Wesleyan University in Middletown, Connecticut, where he played center and tight end. In addition to being a member of the football team, he played lacrosse and squash, serving as the captain of the lacrosse team during his senior season. A member of Chi Psi fraternity, he earned a bachelor's degree in economics in 1975. He would eventually be part of the inaugural induction class into the university's Athletics Hall of Fame in spring 2008. After graduating, Belichick took a $25-per-week job as an assistant to Baltimore Colts head coach Ted Marchibroda in 1975. In 1976, he joined the Detroit Lions as their assistant special teams coach before adding tight ends and wide receivers to his coaching duties in 1977. He spent the 1978 season with the Denver Broncos as their assistant special teams coach and defensive assistant. In 1979, Belichick began a 12-year stint with the New York Giants alongside head coach Ray Perkins as a defensive assistant and special teams coach. He added linebackers coaching to his duties in 1980 and was named defensive coordinator in 1985 under head coach Bill Parcells, who had replaced Perkins in 1983. The Giants won Super Bowl XXI and Super Bowl XXV following the 1986 and 1990 seasons. His defensive game plan from the New York Giants' 20–19 upset of the Buffalo Bills in Super Bowl XXV has been placed in the Pro Football Hall of Fame. From 1991 until 1995, Belichick was the head coach of the Cleveland Browns. During his tenure in Cleveland, he compiled a 36–44 record, leading the team to the playoffs in 1994, his only winning year with the team. Coincidentally, his one playoff victory during his Browns tenure was achieved against the New England Patriots in the Wild Card Round during that postseason. In Belichick's last season in Cleveland, the Browns finished 5–11, despite starting 3–1. One of his most controversial moves was cutting quarterback Bernie Kosar midway through the 1993 season. Kosar was signed by the Dallas Cowboys two days later and won a Super Bowl with the Cowboys in Super Bowl XXVIII. In November 1995, in the middle of the ongoing football season, Browns owner Art Modell had announced he would move his franchise to Baltimore after the season. After first being given assurances that he would coach the new team that would later become the Baltimore Ravens, Belichick was instead fired on February 14, 1996, one week after the shift was officially announced. After his dismissal by the Cleveland Browns, Belichick served under Parcells again as assistant head coach and defensive backs coach with the Patriots for the 1996 season. The Patriots finished with an 11–5 record and won the AFC Championship over the Jacksonville Jaguars, but they lost to the Green Bay Packers in Super Bowl XXXI amid rumors of Parcells's impending defection. Belichick had two stints as the head coach of the New York Jets without ever coaching a game. In February 1997, Belichick, who had been an assistant coach under Bill Parcells with the New York Giants and New England Patriots, was named the Jets interim head coach while the Jets and Patriots continued to negotiate compensation to release Parcells from his contract with the Patriots and allow Parcells to coach the Jets. Six days later, the Patriots and Jets reached an agreement that allowed Parcells to coach the Jets, and Belichick became the team's assistant head coach and defensive coordinator. When Parcells stepped down as head coach after the 1999 season, he had already arranged with team management to have Belichick succeed him. However, Belichick would be the New York Jets' head coach for only one day. On January 4, 2000, when Belichick was introduced as head coach to the media—the day after his hiring was publicized—he turned it into a surprise resignation announcement. Before taking the podium, he scrawled a resignation note on a napkin that read, in its entirety, "I resign as HC of the NYJ." He then delivered a half-hour speech explaining his resignation to the assembled press corps. Soon after this bizarre turn of events, he was introduced as the Patriots' 12th full-time head coach, succeeding the recently fired Pete Carroll. The Patriots had tried to hire him away from Parcells/the Jets in the past. Parcells and the Jets claimed that Belichick was still under contract to the Jets, and demanded compensation from the Patriots. NFL Commissioner Paul Tagliabue agreed, and the Patriots gave the Jets a first-round draft pick in 2000 in exchange for the right to hire Belichick. Soon after hiring Belichick, owner Robert Kraft gave him near-complete control over the team's football operations, effectively making him the team's general manager as well. Until 2009, Belichick split many of the duties normally held by a general manager on other clubs with player personnel director Scott Pioli, though Belichick had the final say on football matters. Pioli left for the Kansas City Chiefs after the 2008 season. The Patriots went 5–11 in the 2000 regular season and missed the playoffs. To date, this is Belichick's only losing season with the Patriots. In 2001, the Patriots went 11–5 in the regular season, and defeated the Oakland Raiders (in the "Tuck Rule Game") and Pittsburgh Steelers on the way to the Super Bowl. In Super Bowl XXXVI, Belichick's defense held the St. Louis Rams' offense, which had averaged 31 points during the season, to 17 points, and the Patriots won on a last second field goal by Adam Vinatieri. The win was the first Super Bowl championship in Patriots history. The following season (2002)—the first in Gillette Stadium—the Patriots went 9–7 and missed the playoffs. New England finished with the same record as the New York Jets and the Miami Dolphins, but the Jets won the AFC East title as a result of the third tiebreaker (record among common opponents). The Patriots' 2003 season started with a 31–0 loss to the Buffalo Bills in Week 1, a few days after they released team defensive captain Lawyer Milloy. However, they dominated through the remainder of the season to finish 14–2, setting a new franchise record for wins in a season. In the final week of the regular season, the Patriots avenged their loss to the Bills by the same 31–0 score. They defeated the Tennessee Titans in the Divisional Round. Playing against the Indianapolis Colts and Co-MVP Peyton Manning in the AFC Championship (Steve McNair of the Titans was also Co-MVP), the Patriots recorded four interceptions, and advanced to Super Bowl XXXVIII, where they defeated the Carolina Panthers 32–29 on a late Adam Vinatieri field goal. Belichick also was awarded with the NFL Coach of the Year Award. In 2004, the Patriots once again finished with a 14–2 record, and they defeated the Indianapolis Colts in the Divisional Round. They opened the season at 6–0, which combined with the 15 straight wins to end the previous season, gave New England 21 consecutive victories to break the record for most wins in a row formerly held by the Miami Dolphins with 18 straight victories in the 1972 and 1973 seasons. They defeated the Pittsburgh Steelers in the AFC Championship. In Super Bowl XXXIX, the Patriots beat the Philadelphia Eagles and became only the second team to win three Super Bowls in four years. Belichick is the only coach to accomplish the feat as the Dallas Cowboys had two head coaches in the stretch they won three of four from 1992–1995. With a new defensive coordinator in Eric Mangini and no named offensive coordinator, the Patriots went 10–6 in the 2005 season and defeated the Jacksonville Jaguars in the Wild Card Round before losing to the Denver Broncos in the Divisional Round. Earlier, with a season-opening win over the Oakland Raiders, Belichick notched his 54th win with the Patriots, passing Mike Holovak as the winningest coach in Patriots history. The Patriots finished with a 12–4 record in the 2006 season and defeated the New York Jets by a score of 37–16 in the Wild Card Round. They then beat the San Diego Chargers the next week in the Divisional Round, before losing to the eventual Super Bowl XLI winner Indianapolis Colts in the AFC Championship by a score of 38–34. The Patriots led 21–3 mid-way during the second quarter, but the Colts mounted one of the great comebacks in playoff history. In 2007, Belichick led the Patriots to the first perfect regular season since the introduction of the 16-game regular season schedule in 1978, only the fourth team to do so in National Football League history after the 1934 and 1942 Chicago Bears and 1972 Miami Dolphins. In the Divisional Round of the playoffs, they defeated the Jacksonville Jaguars by a score of 31–20. In the AFC Championship, the Patriots defeated the San Diego Chargers by a score of 21–12. The Patriots were upset in Super Bowl XLII by the New York Giants, his former team, due to the defense allowing a famous play to David Tyree near the end of regulation The Patriots' failure to attain a "perfect season" (undefeated and untied, including playoffs) preserved the Miami Dolphins as the sole team to do so, having finished their 1972 regular season at 14–0 and having won three games in the playoffs. Only two other teams in professional football have recorded a perfect season—the 1948 Cleveland Browns (14–0) of the then All-America Football Conference and the 1948 Calgary Stampeders (12–0) of the Canadian Football League. No team in the former American Football League had a perfect season. In the Patriots' 2008 season-opener against the Kansas City Chiefs, quarterback Tom Brady suffered a season-ending injury in the first quarter. Backup quarterback Matt Cassel was named the starter for the remainder of the season. However, with a win in Week 2, the Patriots broke their own record for regular season wins in a row with 21 (2006–08). After losing over a dozen players to the injured reserve list, including Rodney Harrison, Adalius Thomas, and Laurence Maroney, the Patriots still managed their league-leading eighth consecutive season with a winning record, going 11–5. Nevertheless, the Patriots, who finished second in the AFC East, missed the playoffs for the first time since 2002, losing on tiebreakers to the Miami Dolphins (who won the division on the fourth tiebreaker, better conference record) and the Baltimore Ravens (who beat out the Patriots for the last playoff spot due to a better conference record). The 1985 Denver Broncos are the only other 11-win team to miss the playoffs in a 16-game season. In 2009, with a fully healthy Tom Brady back as the starting quarterback, Belichick was able to guide the Patriots to yet another AFC East division title with a 10–6 record. However, the Patriots lost to the Baltimore Ravens in the Wild Card Round. In the 2010 season, Belichick and the Patriots finished with a 14–2 record for the top seed in the AFC. However, their postseason ended quickly with a 28–21 loss to the New York Jets in the Divisional Round. In the 2011 season, the Patriots topped the AFC with a 13–3 record. Following a victory over the Denver Broncos in the Divisional Round, the Patriots won the AFC Championship game beating the Baltimore Ravens 23–20 when the Ravens failed to score a touchdown and Baltimore's kicker, Billy Cundiff, missed a routine 32-yard field goal attempt to tie the game and send it into overtime. This sent New England to their fifth Super Bowl under Belichick. In Super Bowl XLVI, the Patriots lost in the Super Bowl XLII rematch to the New York Giants by a score of 21–17. On September 26, 2012, following a 31–30 loss to the Baltimore Ravens, Belichick was fined $50,000 for grabbing a replacement official's arm while asking for more specific clarity on a ruling after Baltimore had narrowly converted a last-second field goal attempt to secure the win. The Patriots finished the 2012 regular season with a 12–4 record. In the Divisional Round, they defeated the Houston Texans by a score of 41–28 and made it to the AFC Championship, where they lost to the Baltimore Ravens by a score of 28–13, ending their season. Belichick's Patriots began the 2013 season with much upheaval on the offensive side of the ball with the injury of Rob Gronkowski, the arrest and subsequent release of Aaron Hernandez, the departures of Wes Welker to the Denver Broncos and Danny Woodhead to the San Diego Chargers in free agency, and the release of Brandon Lloyd. To replace them, the Patriots signed Danny Amendola in free agency, drafted rookies Aaron Dobson and Josh Boyce, and signed undrafted rookie free agent Kenbrell Thompkins. The team ended the season with a 12–4 record, winning the AFC East and securing a playoff berth and a first-round bye, seeding second in the AFC standings. In the Divisional Round, they defeated the Indianapolis Colts by a score of 43–22. They lost to the Denver Broncos in the AFC Championship by a score of 26–16. In the 2014 season, Belichick's Patriots started 2-2. Following a loss to the Kansas City Chiefs, Belichick famously uttered "We're on to Cincinnati!" in response to criticisms of his team, Brady in particular. Ultimately, they recorded a 12–4 record for the third straight season. In the Divisional Round, they defeated the Baltimore Ravens by a score of 35–31. In the AFC Championship, they defeated the Indianapolis Colts by a score of 45–7. They reached Super Bowl XLIX, where they defeated the Seattle Seahawks by a score of 28–24. With his fourth championship as head coach, Belichick tied Chuck Noll for most wins by a head coach in a Super Bowl. In the 2015 season, Belichick's Patriots recorded a 12–4 record for the fourth straight season. They defeated the Kansas City Chiefs in the Divisional Round. In the AFC Championship, they lost to the eventual Super Bowl 50 champion Denver Broncos by a score of 20–18. In the 2016 season, Belichick's Patriots recorded a 14–2 record, which earned them the #1 seed for the AFC playoffs. In the Divisional Round, they defeated the Houston Texans. In the AFC Championship, they defeated the Pittsburgh Steelers. They reached Super Bowl LI, where they defeated the Atlanta Falcons in a comeback victory by a score of 34–28 in overtime. The Patriots were down 28–3 at one point in the third quarter. With the victory, Belichick won his record fifth Super Bowl title as a head coach. In the 2017 season, Belichick's Patriots went 13–3, setting an NFL record eighth consecutive 12-or-more-win seasons, capturing their ninth consecutive AFC East title and their 15th of the last 17 seasons. They defeated the Tennessee Titans in the Divisional Round by a score of 35–14, and the Jacksonville Jaguars in the AFC Championship by a score of 24–20, claiming their second AFC title in two years, while also extending their record of consecutive AFC Championship appearances with seven. Super Bowl LII was Belichick's eighth title game as head coach and his eleventh overall in any capacity, which was also the Patriot's tenth appearance, all extending NFL records. The Ringer wrote that Belichick's "team is different from many of New England's famous teams from the previous decade: The first iteration of the Patriots dynasty relied on defense. This year, they are 29th in yards allowed (though fifth in points allowed) and instead have perfected the art of situational football". The latter Patriots teams have been noted for mounting late comebacks in playoff games. However, the Patriots fell to the Philadelphia Eagles in Super Bowl LII, 41–33, as Nick Foles repeated his dominant NFC Championship game performance and led Philadelphia to victory in a high-scoring game. The Patriots were down early, as they have been in most of their Super Bowl wins. However, they could not make a comeback this time, although they came very close. The Eagles defense strip-sacked Tom Brady to get the ball back with about 2 minutes to go in the 4th quarter. The Patriots did get the ball again before the end of the game, but they ran out of time to score. In the 2018 season, Belichick's Patriots went 11–5 failing to win more than 12 games for the first time since 2009. The Patriots still captured their 10th consecutive AFC East Title and their 16th of the last 18 years. They defeated the Los Angeles Chargers in the Divisional Round by a score of 41–28 and the Kansas City Chiefs in the AFC Championship 37–31 in a tough overtime game in Kansas City to advance to their third straight Super Bowl. In Super Bowl LIII, the Patriots defeated the Los Angeles Rams 13–3 to give Belichick his 6th Super Bowl championship as a head coach and his eighth overall to have the most Super Bowl rings in NFL History. His six championships matched both George Halas and Curly Lambeau for most championships as a coach. The Patriots defense held the Rams offense to 260 total yards. On May 13, 2019, Belichick announced that he would assume another role as the Patriots defensive coordinator starting the 2019 season On October 27, 2019, with the Patriots' win over the Cleveland Browns, Belichick obtained his 300th win as a head coach. In an incident dubbed "Spygate," on September 9, 2007, NFL security caught a Patriots video assistant taping the New York Jets' defensive signals from the sidelines, which is not an approved location. The NFL rules state "No video recording devices of any kind are permitted to be in use in the coaches' booth, on the field, or in the locker room during the game." Jets coach Eric Mangini, a former Patriots assistant, tipped off league officials that the Patriots might have been filming their signals. After the game, the Jets formally complained to the league. On September 13, the NFL fined Belichick $500,000—the largest fine ever imposed on a coach in the league's 87-year history, and fined the Patriots $250,000. Additionally, the Patriots forfeited their first round draft pick in the 2008 NFL Draft. Roger Goodell, a former employee of the Jets, said that he fined the Patriots as a team because Belichick exercises so much control over the Patriots' on-field operations that "his actions and decisions are properly attributed to the club." Goodell considered suspending Belichick, but decided that taking away draft picks would be more severe in the long run. Gary Myers, New York Daily News columnist, stated Belichick should have been suspended by Goodell for the Patriots' next game against the Jets. Belichick later issued the following statement: I accept full responsibility for the actions that led to tonight's ruling. Once again, I apologize to the Kraft family and every person directly or indirectly associated with the New England Patriots for the embarrassment, distraction and penalty my mistake caused. I also apologize to Patriots fans and would like to thank them for their support during the past few days and throughout my career. As the Commissioner acknowledged, our use of sideline video had no impact on the outcome of last week's game. We have never used sideline video to obtain a competitive advantage while the game was in progress. Part of my job as head coach is to ensure that our football operations are conducted in compliance of the league rules and all accepted interpretations of them. My interpretation of a rule in the Constitution and Bylaws was incorrect. With tonight's resolution, I will not be offering any further comments on this matter. We are moving on with our preparations for Sunday's game. The sanctions against Belichick were the harshest imposed on a head coach in league history until the New Orleans Saints' Sean Payton was suspended for the entire 2012 season for covering up a scheme in which bounties were paid for deliberately knocking opponents out of games. Following the incident and its fallout, Belichick led the Patriots to a perfect 16–0 regular season record, and was awarded the 2007 NFL Coach of the Year Award, as voted on by the Associated Press. Under Belichick, the Patriots have a regular-season record of 225–79–0 over 19 seasons. Belichick is far and away the winningest coach in Patriots history; his 225 wins with the franchise are more than quadruple those of runner-up Mike Holovak. Belichick also has compiled a 30–10 record in the playoffs with New England, and 6–3 in Super Bowls. He has led the Patriots to 16 division titles, including five consecutive titles from 2003 to 2007 and ten consecutive titles from 2009 to 2018. Under Belichick, the team only missed the playoffs in 2000 and on tiebreakers in 2002 and 2008. Although missing qualifications for playoffs in 2002, the Patriots finished 2nd in the AFC east. Coaching record accurate as of the end of 2018 regular season. Bill Belichick has worked under five head coaches: Nine of Belichick's assistant coaches have become NFL head coaches: Seven assistant coaches have become NCAA Division I head coaches: Two of Belichick's former players have become NFL head coaches: One assistant coach has become a CFL head coach: Nineteen assistant coaches or executives under Belichick have become assistant head coaches, coordinators, or executives in the NFL: Belichick has been known to cultivate ties with the collegiate branches of his coaching tree—in the 2005 NFL Draft, the Patriots drafted two players from Fresno State, while in the 2006 NFL Draft, the Patriots drafted one Notre Dame player and then signed two more as free agents after the draft. During the offseason, Belichick visits other football programs to learn from their experiences. For example, he has studied the Navy run offense, sought Bill Walsh (in past years) to understand more about the San Francisco 49ers as an organization and the West Coast offense as a system, and spent time with Jimmy Johnson to learn about drafting and contract negotiations. Similarly, Belichick paid several visits to former University of Florida head coach Urban Meyer. Meyer considers himself a protégé of Belichick and has tried to emulate Belichick's success at New England. Former Rutgers University head coach Greg Schiano had been an annual visitor to New England Patriots' minicamps prior to becoming the head coach of the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. Schiano has consulted with Belichick on a variety of topics, most notably defense. Nick Saban and Belichick are good friends. When Belichick spoke about their relationship, he said: "Two successful Croats in the same division of NFL. You must admit, you don't see that every day." In May 2018, President Donald Trump appointed Belichick to be a member of his Council on Sports, Fitness & Nutrition. Belichick was married to Debby Clarke, but they divorced in the summer of 2006. They allegedly separated before the 2004 season, which was disclosed by the Patriots in July 2005. Belichick was also accused of maintaining a relationship with former Giants receptionist Sharon Shenocca, which helped precipitate her divorce. Since 2007, Belichick has been in a relationship with Linda Holliday who also serves as Executive Director of Belichick's namesake foundation. He has three children with Debby Clarke Belichick: Amanda, Stephen, and Brian. Amanda is a 2007 graduate of Wesleyan University, where she, like her father, played lacrosse. After college, she worked at Connecticut preparatory school Choate Rosemary Hall as a lacrosse coach and in the admissions department. In 2009 she became an assistant coach for the University of Massachusetts Amherst women's lacrosse team, before joining the Ohio State Buckeyes in the same position the next year. After serving as interim head women's lacrosse coach at Wesleyan, she was named head women's lacrosse coach at Holy Cross College in Massachusetts in July 2015. Stephen played lacrosse and football at Rutgers University on scholarship. Stephen was hired as an assistant coach with the New England Patriots in May 2012; as of 2016, he is the team's safeties coach. Brian attended Trinity College where he played lacrosse. In 2016 Brian was hired to the Patriots' front office as a scouting assistant. # denotes interim head coach # denotes de facto general manager # denotes interim head coach * denotes acting general manager; # denotes de facto general manager, Bill Belichick 2021-12-27T04:12:04Z As defensive coordinator: William Stephen Belichick (/ˈbɛlɪtʃɪk, ˈbɛlɪtʃɛk/; born April 16, 1952) is an American professional football coach who is the head coach of the New England Patriots of the National Football League (NFL). He exercises extensive authority over the Patriots' football operations, effectively making him the team's general manager as well. He holds numerous coaching records, including winning a record six Super Bowls as the head coach of the Patriots, and two more as defensive coordinator for the New York Giants. He is widely considered to be one of the greatest coaches in NFL history. Belichick began his coaching career in 1975 and became the defensive coordinator for New York Giants head coach Bill Parcells by 1985. Parcells and Belichick won two Super Bowls together before Belichick left to become the head coach of the Cleveland Browns in 1991. He remained in Cleveland for five seasons but was fired following the team's 1995 season. He then rejoined Parcells, first in New England, where the team lost Super Bowl XXXI, and later with the New York Jets. After being named head coach of the Jets, Belichick resigned after only one day on the job to accept the head coaching job for the New England Patriots on January 27, 2000. Since then, he has led the Patriots to 17 AFC East division titles, 13 appearances in the AFC Championship Game, and nine Super Bowl appearances, with a record six wins. In total Belichick has won eight Super Bowl titles and finished as runner-up four times from his combined time as an assistant and head coach. Belichick is the NFL's longest-tenured active head coach, as well as the first all-time in playoff coaching wins with 31 and third in regular season coaching wins in the NFL with 289. He is one of only three head coaches who have won six NFL titles. He was named the AP NFL Coach of the Year for the 2003, 2007, and 2010 seasons. Belichick is the only active head coach named to the National Football League 100th Anniversary All-Time Team. Belichick was born on April 16, 1952, in Nashville, Tennessee, the son of Jeannette (Munn) and Steve Belichick (born Stephen Biličić). Bill was named after College Football Hall of Fame coach Bill Edwards, who was his godfather. Belichick is of Croatian ancestry, and his paternal grandparents, Ivan Biličić and Marija (Mary) Barković, emigrated from the Croatian village of Draganić, Karlovac, in 1897, settling in Monessen, Pennsylvania. He was raised in Annapolis, Maryland, where his father was an assistant football coach at the United States Naval Academy. Belichick has cited his father as one of his most important football mentors, and Belichick often studied football with him. Bill reportedly learned to break down game films at a young age by watching his father and the Navy staff do their jobs. He graduated from Annapolis High School in 1970 with classmate Sally Brice-O'Hara. While there, he played football and lacrosse, with the latter being his favorite sport. He enrolled at Phillips Academy in Andover, Massachusetts, for a postgraduate year, with the intention of improving his grades and test scores to be admitted into a quality college. The school honored him 40 years later by inducting him into its Athletics Hall of Honor in 2011. Belichick subsequently attended Wesleyan University in Middletown, Connecticut, where he played center and tight end. In addition to being a member of the football team, he played lacrosse and squash, serving as the captain of the lacrosse team during his senior season. A member of Chi Psi fraternity, he earned a bachelor's degree in economics in 1975. He would eventually be part of the inaugural induction class into the university's Athletics Hall of Fame in spring 2008. After graduating, Belichick took a $25-per-week job as an assistant to Baltimore Colts head coach Ted Marchibroda in 1975. In 1976, he joined the Detroit Lions as their assistant special teams coach before adding tight ends and wide receivers to his coaching duties in 1977. He was dismissed along with head coach Tommy Hudspeth and the rest of the coaching staff on January 9, 1978. He spent the 1978 season with the Denver Broncos as their assistant special teams coach and defensive assistant. In 1979, Belichick began a 12-year stint with the New York Giants alongside head coach Ray Perkins as a defensive assistant and special teams coach. He added linebackers coaching to his duties in 1980 and was named defensive coordinator in 1985 under head coach Bill Parcells, who had replaced Perkins in 1983. The Giants won Super Bowl XXI and Super Bowl XXV following the 1986 and 1990 seasons. His defensive game plan from the New York Giants' 20–19 upset of the Buffalo Bills in Super Bowl XXV has been placed in the Pro Football Hall of Fame. From 1991 until 1995, Belichick was the head coach of the Cleveland Browns. During his tenure in Cleveland, he compiled a 36–44 record, leading the team to the playoffs in 1994, his only winning year with the team. Coincidentally, his one playoff victory during his Browns tenure was achieved against the New England Patriots, who were coached by former Giants head coach Bill Parcells, in the Wild Card Round during that postseason. In Belichick's last season in Cleveland, the Browns finished 5–11, despite starting 3–1. One of his most controversial moves was cutting quarterback Bernie Kosar midway through the 1993 season. Kosar was signed by the Dallas Cowboys two days later and won a Super Bowl with the Cowboys in Super Bowl XXVIII as a backup. In November 1995, in the middle of the ongoing football season, Browns owner Art Modell had announced he would move his franchise to Baltimore after the season. After first being given assurances that he would coach the new team that would later become the Baltimore Ravens, Belichick was instead fired on February 14, 1996, one week after the shift was officially announced. After his dismissal by the Cleveland Browns, Belichick served under Parcells again as assistant head coach and defensive backs coach with the Patriots for the 1996 season. The Patriots finished with an 11–5 record and won the AFC Championship over the Jacksonville Jaguars, but they lost to the Green Bay Packers in Super Bowl XXXI amid rumors of Parcells's impending defection. Belichick had two stints as the head coach of the New York Jets without ever coaching a game. In February 1997, Belichick, who had been an assistant coach under Bill Parcells with the New York Giants and New England Patriots, was named the Jets interim head coach while the Jets and Patriots continued to negotiate compensation to release Parcells from his contract with the Patriots and allow Parcells to coach the Jets. Six days later, the Patriots and Jets reached an agreement that allowed Parcells to coach the Jets, and Belichick became the team's assistant head coach and defensive coordinator. When Parcells stepped down as head coach after the 1999 season, he had already arranged with team management to have Belichick succeed him. However, Belichick would be the New York Jets' head coach for only one day. On January 4, 2000, when Belichick was introduced as head coach to the media—the day after his hiring was publicized—he turned it into a surprise resignation announcement. Before taking the podium, he scrawled a resignation note on a napkin that read, in its entirety, "I resign as HC of the NYJ." He then delivered a half-hour speech explaining his resignation to the assembled press corps. Soon after this bizarre turn of events, he was introduced as the Patriots' 12th full-time head coach, succeeding the recently fired Pete Carroll. The Patriots had inquired to the Jets about him permission to interview him for their vacant spot at head coach just prior to Parcells stepping down. Parcells and the Jets claimed that Belichick was still under contract to the Jets, and demanded compensation from the Patriots. NFL Commissioner Paul Tagliabue agreed, and the Patriots gave the Jets a first-round draft pick in 2000 in exchange for the right to hire Belichick. Soon after hiring Belichick, owner Robert Kraft gave him near-complete control over the team's football operations, effectively making him the team's general manager as well. Until 2009, Belichick split many of the duties normally held by a general manager on other clubs with player personnel director Scott Pioli, though Belichick had the final say on football matters. Pioli left for the Kansas City Chiefs after the 2008 season. The Patriots went 5–11 in the 2000 regular season and missed the playoffs. In 2001, the Patriots went 11–5 in the regular season, and defeated the Oakland Raiders (in the "Tuck Rule Game") and Pittsburgh Steelers on the way to the Super Bowl. In Super Bowl XXXVI, Belichick's defense held the St. Louis Rams' offense, which had averaged 31 points during the season, to 17 points, and the Patriots won on a last-second field goal by Adam Vinatieri. The win was the first Super Bowl championship in Patriots history. The following season (2002)—the first in Gillette Stadium—the Patriots went 9–7 and missed the playoffs. New England finished with the same record as the New York Jets and the Miami Dolphins, but the Jets won the AFC East title as a result of the third tiebreaker (record among common opponents). The Patriots' 2003 season started with a 31–0 loss to the Buffalo Bills in Week 1, a few days after they released team defensive captain Lawyer Milloy. However, they dominated through the remainder of the season to finish 14–2, setting a new franchise record for wins in a season. In the final week of the regular season, the Patriots avenged their loss to the Bills by the same 31–0 score. They defeated the Tennessee Titans in the Divisional Round. Playing against the Indianapolis Colts and Co-MVP Peyton Manning in the AFC Championship (Steve McNair of the Titans was also Co-MVP), the Patriots recorded four interceptions, and advanced to Super Bowl XXXVIII, where they defeated the Carolina Panthers 32–29 on a late Adam Vinatieri field goal. Belichick was awarded the NFL Coach of the Year Award. In 2004, the Patriots once again finished with a 14–2 record, and they defeated the Indianapolis Colts in the Divisional Round. They opened the season at 6–0, which combined with the 15 straight wins to end the previous season, gave New England 21 consecutive victories to break the record for most wins in a row formerly held by the Miami Dolphins with 18 straight victories in the 1972 and 1973 seasons. They defeated the Pittsburgh Steelers in the AFC Championship. In Super Bowl XXXIX, the Patriots beat the Philadelphia Eagles and became only the second team to win three Super Bowls in four years. Belichick is the only coach to accomplish the feat as the Dallas Cowboys had two head coaches in the stretch they won three of four from 1992 to 1995. With a new defensive coordinator in Eric Mangini and no named offensive coordinator, the Patriots went 10–6 in the 2005 season and defeated the Jacksonville Jaguars in the Wild Card Round before losing to the Denver Broncos in the Divisional Round. Earlier, with a season-opening win over the Oakland Raiders, Belichick notched his 54th win with the Patriots, passing Mike Holovak as the winningest coach in Patriots history. The Patriots finished with a 12–4 record in the 2006 season and defeated the New York Jets by a score of 37–16 in the Wild Card Round. They then beat the San Diego Chargers the next week in the Divisional Round, before losing to the eventual Super Bowl XLI winner Indianapolis Colts in the AFC Championship by a score of 38–34. The Patriots led 21–3 mid-way during the second quarter, but the Colts mounted one of the great comebacks in playoff history. In 2007, Belichick led the Patriots to the first perfect regular season since the introduction of the 16-game regular season schedule in 1978, only the fourth team to do so in National Football League history after the 1934 and 1942 Chicago Bears and 1972 Miami Dolphins. In the Divisional Round of the playoffs, they defeated the Jacksonville Jaguars by a score of 31–20. In the AFC Championship, the Patriots defeated the San Diego Chargers by a score of 21–12. The Patriots were upset in Super Bowl XLII by the New York Giants, his former team, due to the defense allowing a famous play to David Tyree near the end of regulation The Patriots' failure to attain a "perfect season" (undefeated and untied, including playoffs) preserved the Miami Dolphins as the sole team to do so, having finished their 1972 regular season at 14–0 and having won three games in the playoffs. Only two other teams in professional football have recorded a perfect season—the 1948 Cleveland Browns (14–0) of the then All-America Football Conference and the 1948 Calgary Stampeders (12–0) of the Canadian Football League. No team in the former American Football League had a perfect season. In the Patriots' 2008 season-opener against the Kansas City Chiefs, quarterback Tom Brady suffered a season-ending injury in the first quarter. Backup quarterback Matt Cassel was named the starter for the remainder of the season. However, with a win in Week 2, the Patriots broke their own record for regular season wins in a row with 21 (2006–08). After losing over a dozen players to the injured reserve list, including Rodney Harrison, Adalius Thomas, and Laurence Maroney, the Patriots still managed their league-leading eighth consecutive season with a winning record, going 11–5. Nevertheless, the Patriots, who finished second in the AFC East, missed the playoffs for the first time since 2002, losing on tiebreakers to the Miami Dolphins (who won the division on the fourth tiebreaker, better conference record) and the Baltimore Ravens (who beat out the Patriots for the last playoff spot due to a better conference record). The 1985 Denver Broncos are the only other 11-win team to miss the playoffs in a 16-game season. In 2009, with a fully healthy Tom Brady back as the starting quarterback, Belichick was able to guide the Patriots to yet another AFC East division title with a 10–6 record. However, the Patriots lost to the Baltimore Ravens in the Wild Card Round. In an incident dubbed "Spygate," on September 9, 2007, NFL security caught a Patriots video assistant taping the New York Jets' defensive signals from the sidelines, which is not an approved location. The NFL rules state "No video recording devices of any kind are permitted to be in use in the coaches' booth, on the field, or in the locker room during the game." Jets coach Eric Mangini, a former Patriots assistant, tipped off league officials that the Patriots might have been filming their signals. After the game, the Jets formally complained to the league. On September 13, the NFL fined Belichick $500,000—the largest fine ever imposed on a coach in the league's 87-year history, and fined the Patriots $250,000. Additionally, the Patriots forfeited their first-round draft pick in the 2008 NFL Draft. NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell, a former employee of the Jets, said that he fined the Patriots as a team because Belichick exercises so much control over the Patriots' on-field operations that "his actions and decisions are properly attributed to the club." Goodell considered suspending Belichick, but decided that taking away draft picks would be more severe in the long run. Gary Myers, New York Daily News columnist, stated Belichick should have been suspended by Goodell for the Patriots' next game against the Jets. Belichick later issued the following statement: I accept full responsibility for the actions that led to tonight's ruling. Once again, I apologize to the Kraft family and every person directly or indirectly associated with the New England Patriots for the embarrassment, distraction and penalty my mistake caused. I also apologize to Patriots fans and would like to thank them for their support during the past few days and throughout my career. As the Commissioner acknowledged, our use of sideline video had no impact on the outcome of last week's game. We have never used sideline video to obtain a competitive advantage while the game was in progress. Part of my job as head coach is to ensure that our football operations are conducted in compliance of the league rules and all accepted interpretations of them. My interpretation of a rule in the Constitution and Bylaws was incorrect. With tonight's resolution, I will not be offering any further comments on this matter. We are moving on with our preparations for Sunday's game. The sanctions against Belichick were the harshest imposed on a head coach in league history until the New Orleans Saints' Sean Payton was suspended for the entire 2012 season for covering up a scheme in which bounties were paid for deliberately knocking opponents out of games. Following the incident and its fallout, Belichick led the Patriots to a perfect 16–0 regular season record, and was awarded the 2007 NFL Coach of the Year Award, as voted on by the Associated Press. In the 2010 season, Belichick and the Patriots finished with a 14–2 record for the top seed in the AFC. However, their postseason ended quickly with a 28–21 loss to the New York Jets in the divisional round. In the 2011 season, the Patriots topped the AFC with a 13–3 record. Following a victory over the Denver Broncos in the divisional round, the Patriots won the AFC Championship game, beating the Baltimore Ravens 23–20 when the Ravens failed to score a touchdown and Baltimore's kicker, Billy Cundiff, missed a routine 32-yard field goal attempt to tie the game and send it into overtime. This sent New England to their fifth Super Bowl under Belichick. In Super Bowl XLVI, the Patriots lost in the Super Bowl XLII rematch to the New York Giants by a score of 21–17. On September 26, 2012, following a 31–30 loss to the Baltimore Ravens, Belichick was fined $50,000 for grabbing a replacement official's arm while asking for more specific clarity on a ruling after Baltimore had narrowly converted a last-second field goal attempt to secure the win. The Patriots finished the 2012 regular season with a 12–4 record. In the divisional round of the playoffs, they defeated the Houston Texans by a score of 41–28 and made it to the AFC Championship Game, where they lost to the eventual Super Bowl XLVII champion Baltimore Ravens by a score of 28–13, ending their season. Belichick's Patriots began the 2013 season with much upheaval on the offensive side of the ball with the injury of Rob Gronkowski, the arrest and subsequent release of Aaron Hernandez, the departures of Wes Welker to the Denver Broncos and Danny Woodhead to the San Diego Chargers in free agency, and the release of Brandon Lloyd. To replace them, the Patriots signed Danny Amendola in free agency, drafted rookies Aaron Dobson and Josh Boyce, and signed undrafted rookie free agent Kenbrell Thompkins. The team ended the season with a 12–4 record, winning the AFC East and securing a playoff berth and a first-round bye, seeding second in the AFC standings. In the divisional round, they defeated the Indianapolis Colts by a score of 43–22. They lost to the Denver Broncos in the AFC Championship Game by a score of 26–16. In the 2014 season, Belichick's Patriots started 2–2. At a mid-week press conference following a 41–14 loss to the Kansas City Chiefs, Belichick famously uttered "We're on to Cincinnati" (referring to the Patriots' next opponent) several times in response to follow-up questions and criticisms of his team, Brady in particular. Ultimately, they recorded a 12–4 record for the third straight season. In the divisional round, they defeated the Baltimore Ravens by a score of 35–31. In the AFC Championship Game, they defeated the Indianapolis Colts by a score of 45–7. They reached Super Bowl XLIX, where they defeated the Seattle Seahawks by a score of 28–24. With his fourth championship as head coach, Belichick tied Chuck Noll for most Super Bowl wins by a head coach. In the 2015 season, Belichick's Patriots recorded a 12–4 record for the fourth straight season. They defeated the Kansas City Chiefs in the divisional round. In the AFC Championship Game, they lost to the eventual Super Bowl 50 champion Denver Broncos by a score of 20–18. In the 2016 season, Belichick's Patriots recorded a 14–2 record, which earned them the #1 seed for the AFC playoffs. In the divisional round, they defeated the Houston Texans. In the AFC Championship Game, they defeated the Pittsburgh Steelers. They reached Super Bowl LI, where they defeated the Atlanta Falcons in a comeback victory by a score of 34–28 in overtime. The Patriots were down 28–3 at one point in the third quarter. With the victory, Belichick won his record fifth Super Bowl title as a head coach. In the 2017 season, Belichick's Patriots went 13–3, setting an NFL record eighth consecutive 12-or-more-win seasons, capturing their ninth consecutive AFC East title and their 15th of the last 17 seasons. They defeated the Tennessee Titans in the divisional round by a score of 35–14, and the Jacksonville Jaguars in the AFC Championship Game by a score of 24–20, claiming their second consecutive AFC title, while also extending their record of consecutive AFC Championship Game appearances with seven. Super Bowl LII was Belichick's eighth title game as head coach and his eleventh overall in any capacity, which was also the Patriots' tenth appearance, all extending NFL records. The Ringer wrote that Belichick's "team is different from many of New England's famous teams from the previous decade: The first iteration of the Patriots dynasty relied on defense. This year, they are 29th in yards allowed (though fifth in points allowed) and instead have perfected the art of situational football". The latter Patriots teams have been noted for mounting late comebacks in playoff games. However, the Patriots fell to the Philadelphia Eagles in Super Bowl LII, 41–33, as Nick Foles repeated his dominant NFC Championship Game performance and led Philadelphia to victory in a high-scoring game. The Patriots were down early, as they had been in most of their Super Bowl wins. However, they could not make a comeback this time, although they came very close. The Eagles defense strip-sacked Tom Brady to get the ball back with about 2 minutes to go in the 4th quarter. The Patriots did get the ball again before the end of the game, but they ran out of time to score. In the 2018 season, Belichick's Patriots went 11–5, failing to win 12 or more games for the first time since 2009. The Patriots still captured their 10th consecutive AFC East title and their 16th of the last 18 years. They defeated the Los Angeles Chargers in the divisional round by a score of 41–28 and the Kansas City Chiefs in the AFC Championship Game 37–31 in a tough overtime game in Kansas City to advance to their third straight Super Bowl. In Super Bowl LIII, the Patriots defeated the Los Angeles Rams 13–3 to give Belichick his sixth Super Bowl championship as a head coach and his eighth overall to have the most Super Bowl rings in NFL history. His six championships matched both George Halas and Curly Lambeau for most championships as a head coach. The Patriots defense held the Rams offense to 260 total yards. On May 13, 2019, Belichick announced that he would assume another role as the Patriots defensive coordinator starting the 2019 season On October 27, 2019, with the Patriots' win over the Cleveland Browns, Belichick obtained his 300th win, regular and postseason combined, as a head coach. The Patriots finished the 2019 regular season with a 12–4 record, winning their 11th consecutive AFC East title. They were defeated in the wild-card round of the playoffs by the Tennessee Titans, 20–13. Following the departure of Tom Brady to the Tampa Bay Buccaneers Belichick and the Patriots were faced with an uncertain quarterback situation for the first time in nearly two decades. Cam Newton was signed for the 2020 NFL season. The off-season routines and schedules, as well as the normal processes of regular season were severely disrupted by the worldwide COVID-19 pandemic. Despite the unanticipated difficulties and challenges of the pandemic the Patriots were in the hunt for a playoff spot until late in the season, ultimately finishing 7-9. 2020 was Belichick's first losing season since his first year in New England. In the 2021 NFL Draft, the Patriots selected quarterback Mac Jones with the 15th overall pick. Following the preseason the decision was made by Belichick to release Cam Newton and name Jones the starter for the upcoming season. In week 4 of that season, Brady's Buccaneers visited the Patriots, led by Belichick and Jones, in which Tampa Bay narrowly won 19–17. Immediately after the game, Brady and Belichick shared a quick embrace on the field before Brady greeted his former teammates and other members of the Patriots organization. Though fans criticized Belichick for his lack of warmth displayed towards his former quarterback, the two privately spoke at length in the Buccaneers locker room following the match. Under Belichick, the Patriots have a regular-season record of 244–92–0 over 21 seasons. Belichick is far and away the most successful coach in Patriots history; his 244 wins with the franchise are more than quadruple those of runner-up Mike Holovak. Belichick has also compiled a 30–11 record in the playoffs with New England, including a 6–3 record in Super Bowls. He has led the Patriots to 17 divisional titles, including five consecutive titles from 2003 to 2007 and eleven consecutive titles from 2009 to 2019. This streak of eleven consecutive playoff appearances is the most in NFL history for any team. Coaching record accurate as of Week 11 of the 2021 NFL season. Bill Belichick has worked under six head coaches: Ten of Belichick's assistant coaches have become NFL head coaches (not including interim tenures): Two of Belichick's former players have become NFL head coaches: Ten executives/coaches under Belichick have become general managers in the NFL: During the offseason, Belichick visits other football programs to learn from their experiences. For example, he has studied the Navy run offense, sought Bill Walsh (in past years) to understand more about the San Francisco 49ers as an organization and the West Coast offense as a system, and spent time with Jimmy Johnson to learn about drafting and contract negotiations. The track record of Belichick's coaching tree has been characterized as poor. Former assistant coaches under Belichick had a combined 208–296–1 (.413) record as head coaches of their own teams through November 28, 2020, and a number of them ended their brief tenures as head coaches by being fired midseason. As of the end of the 2020 season, the only members of this coaching tree to have career NFL head coaching records above .500 were former coaches Groh (9–7) and O'Brien (52–48 during season, 2–4 in playoffs), and current coach Vrabel (29–19 during season, 2–2 in playoffs). Nick Saban and Belichick are good friends. In 2007, When Belichick spoke about their relationship, he said: "Two successful Croats in the same division of NFL. You must admit, you don't see that every day." In May 2018, President Donald Trump appointed Belichick to be a member of his Council on Sports, Fitness & Nutrition. Belichick has an Alaskan Klee Kai dog named Nike. Interest in the breed surged after Nike made an appearance on camera during the 2020 NFL Draft. Belichick married businesswoman Debby Clarke in 1977, but they divorced in the summer of 2006. The couple have three children. They allegedly separated before the 2004 season, which was disclosed by the Patriots in July 2005. Belichick was also accused of maintaining a relationship with former Giants receptionist Sharon Shenocca, which helped precipitate her divorce. Since 2007, Belichick has been in a relationship with Linda Holliday, who is the Executive Director of the Bill Belichick Foundation. He has three children with Debby Clarke Belichick: Amanda, Stephen and Brian. Amanda is a 2007 graduate of Wesleyan University, where she, like her father, played lacrosse. After college, she worked at Connecticut preparatory school Choate Rosemary Hall as a lacrosse coach and in the admissions department. In 2009 she became an assistant coach for the University of Massachusetts Amherst women's lacrosse team, before joining the Ohio State Buckeyes in the same position the next year. After serving as interim head women's lacrosse coach at Wesleyan, she was named head women's lacrosse coach at Holy Cross College in Massachusetts in July 2015. Stephen played lacrosse and football at Rutgers University on scholarship. Stephen was hired as an assistant coach with the New England Patriots in May 2012, was promoted to safeties coach in 2016, and moved to outside linebackers coach in 2020. Brian was hired to the Patriots' front office as a scouting assistant in 2016, served as a coaching assistant from 2017 to 2019, and was promoted to safeties coach prior to the 2020 season. On January 10, 2021, Politico reported then-President Donald Trump planned to award Belichick the Presidential Medal of Freedom. Belichick indicated that he was flattered to be considered for the honor, but declined the award in a statement issued the next day. His statement cited the storming of the Capitol which had occurred a few days earlier and "conversations about social justice, equality, and human rights" in 2020. A number of Massachusetts politicians, including Senator Ed Markey, had previously called on him to decline the award after news of the award became public. # denotes interim head coach # denotes de facto general manager # denotes interim head coach * denotes acting general manager; # denotes de facto general manager

Alexandre Desplat

Alexandre Desplat 2006-04-24T20:56:30Z A film composer, Desplat most recently scored the music for the movie Firewall, a primarily digital, synthesize soundtrack. , Alexandre Desplat 2007-12-11T07:35:54Z Alexandre Michel Desplat (born August 231961 in Paris, France) is an Academy Award-nominated, Golden Globe Award-winning film composer. He most recently scored the music for the Ang Lee movie Lust, Caution. Other scores include The Luzhin Defence, Girl with a Pearl Earring, Syriana, Birth, Casanova, The Nest and The Painted Veil, for which he won the Golden Globe Award for Best Original Score. He received his first Academy Award nomination for Best Original Score for The Queen. He also won the Silver Berlin Bear at the Berlin Film Festival for Best Film Music in The Beat that My Heart Skipped. Desplat is currently working on the score for the adaption of Philip Pullman's The Golden Compass, to be released in December 2007.

Étaples_Military_Cemetery

Étaples_Military_Cemetery 2008-06-13T13:35:53Z Étaples Military Cemetery is a Commonwealth War Graves Commission cemetery in Étaples, near Boulogne on the north-west coast of France. The cemetery holds over 11,500 dead from both World War I and World War II. Étaples was the scene of much Allied activity during World War One due to its safety from attack by enemy land forces and the existence of railway connections with both the northern and southern battlefields. The town was home to 16 hospitals and a convalescent depot, in addition to a number of reinforcement camps for Commonwealth soldiers and general barracks for the French Army. Of more than 11,500 soldiers interred in Étaples Military Cemetery, over 10,000 of these men were casualties of World War One who died in Étaples or the surrounding area. The abundance of military infrastructure in Étaples gave the town a capacity of around 100,000 troops in World War One and made the area a serious target for German aerial bombing raids, from which the town suffered heavily. The combination of withstanding these attacks and giving over their homes to the war effort led to Étaples being awarded the Croix de Guerre in 1920. The Second World War once again saw Allied hospitals stationed in Étaples, and with them the reopening of the cemetery to cope with the casualties of another war. 119 men were buried in Étaples Military Cemetery in World War Two, this low number attributable to the fact that the hospitals were only in place from January 1940 until the British withdrawal from the Continent in May of the same year. Designed by Sir Edwin Lutyens, Étaples Military Cemetery is the largest CWGC cemetery in France, and contains the remains of soldiers from the United Kingdom, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, South Africa, India and Germany. The Commonwealth War Graves Commission has only published the number of Commonwealth and German dead buried in Étaples, although its records for the cemetery note that it contains 'a few war graves of other nationalities'. In total, the cemetery contains 10,792 Commonwealth burials of which only 73 are unidentified. There are also 658 German burials in the cemetery. Among the large number of burials at Étaples lies the body of one Victoria Cross winner, that of Major Douglas Reynolds, VC of the Royal Field Artillery. In March 2003, vandals protesting against the Anglo-American invasion of Iraq daubed anti-British and anti-American slogans in red paint across parts of the Étaples Military Cemetery. The actions drew widespread condemnation from the United Kingdom, United States, and Australia and from within France itself. The French National Assembly described the vandalism as 'barbaric, monstrous and utterly despicable', while French President Jacques Chirac wrote to the Queen to express his 'sincere regrets'. , Étaples_Military_Cemetery 2010-08-29T04:21:45Z Étaples Military Cemetery is a Commonwealth War Graves Commission cemetery in Étaples, near Boulogne on the north-west coast of France. The cemetery holds over 11,500 dead from both World War I and World War II. Étaples was the scene of much Allied activity during World War One due to its safety from attack by enemy land forces and the existence of railway connections with both the northern and southern battlefields. The town was home to 16 hospitals and a convalescent depot, in addition to a number of reinforcement camps for Commonwealth soldiers and general barracks for the French Army. Of more than 11,500 soldiers interred in Étaples Military Cemetery, over 10,000 of these men were casualties of World War One who died in Étaples or the surrounding area. The abundance of military infrastructure in Étaples gave the town a capacity of around 100,000 troops in World War One and made the area a serious target for German aerial bombing raids, from which the town suffered heavily. The combination of withstanding these attacks and giving over their homes to the war effort led to Étaples being awarded the Croix de Guerre in 1920. The Second World War once again saw Allied hospitals stationed in Étaples, and with them the reopening of the cemetery to cope with the casualties of another war. 119 men were buried in Étaples Military Cemetery in World War Two, this low number attributable to the fact that the hospitals were only in place from January 1940 until the British withdrawal from the Continent in May of the same year. Designed by Sir Edwin Lutyens, Étaples Military Cemetery is the largest CWGC cemetery in France, and contains the remains of soldiers from the United Kingdom, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, South Africa, India and Germany. The Commonwealth War Graves Commission has only published the number of Commonwealth and German dead buried in Étaples, although its records for the cemetery note that it contains 'a few war graves of other nationalities'. In total, the cemetery contains 10,792 Commonwealth burials of which only 73 are unidentified. There are also 658 German burials in the cemetery. Among the large number of burials at Étaples lies the body of one Victoria Cross winner, that of Major Douglas Reynolds, VC of the Royal Field Artillery. In March 2003, vandals protesting against the Anglo-American invasion of Iraq daubed anti-British and anti-American slogans in red paint across parts of the Étaples Military Cemetery. The actions drew widespread condemnation from the United Kingdom, United States, and Australia and from within France itself. The French National Assembly described the vandalism as 'barbaric, monstrous and utterly despicable', while French President Jacques Chirac wrote to the Queen to express his 'sincere regrets'.

Cicada_(horse)

Cicada_(horse) 2008-07-13T23:20:47Z Cicada (foaled on May 9, 1959) at Christopher Chenery's Meadow Stud in Kentucky, was considered by many the best horse Meadow Stud ever bred. A bay filly by Bryan G, she was out of Satsuma whose dam was Hildene, a "blue hen" mare and the first horse owned by Chenery. Sired by the 1926 Kentucky Derby winner, Bubbling Over, Hildene cost him $600. Cicada was trained by Casey Hayes, who also trained Hill Prince, First Landing, and Sir Gaylord. Hayes believed in starting his horses young so Cicada first raced in February 1961 at Hialeah Park Race Track and won easily by four and a half lengths. She won one allowance race and lost one before entered into her first stakes race. Still a bit green, she lost the Fashion Stakes but then romped home in her third allowance. And then she wired the Blue Hen Stakes, winning by five and a half lengths. Cicada was never out of the money in her sixteen starts as a two-year-old. She won eleven, six of those eleven were in a row. The money she earned in that first year was a record for her sex. In her first race as a three year old, she took on her elders as well as males, and won. By now, racing officials were piling on the weight. Carrying much more weight than her competitors Cicada continued to win or place. After she won the Oaks Prep with ease, there was talk of entering her in the Kentucky Derby but decided against. It proved a fateful decision since Sir Gaylord, who had been entered instead, turned up lame. Cicada went into the Kentucky Oaks. She won that race by three lengths. By now Cicada had replaced Bewitch as the world’s leading money-winning female Thoroughbred. She was also breaking records every time she raced. Suffering a small injury during a workout which could have easily been treated, it was decided to retire her rather than risk serious hurt. As a broodmare, Cicada was not a great success. In her first season, she proved barren so was returned to the races. Retired a second time, she produced Cicada's Pride by Sir Gaylord who won the 1968 Juvenile Stakes at Belmont Park. Cicada lived until she was 22 years old, dying in 1981., Cicada_(horse) 2009-10-11T13:44:45Z Cicada (May 9, 1959 - 1981) was an American Thoroughbred Champion racehorse bred by Christopher Chenery's Meadow Stud. A bay filly by Bryan G, she was out of Satsuma whose dam was Hildene, a "blue hen" mare and the first horse owned by Chenery. Sired by the 1926 Kentucky Derby winner, Bubbling Over, Hildene cost him $600. Cicada was trained by Casey Hayes, who also trained Hill Prince, First Landing, and Sir Gaylord. Hayes believed in starting his horses young so Cicada first raced in February 1961 at Hialeah Park Race Track and won easily by four and a half lengths. She won one allowance race and lost one before entered into her first stakes race. Still a bit green, she lost the Fashion Stakes but then romped home in her third allowance. And then she wired the Blue Hen Stakes, winning by five and a half lengths. Cicada was never out of the money in her sixteen starts as a two-year-old. She won eleven of those races, six of them consecutively . The money she earned in that first year was a record for her sex. In her first race as a three year old, she took on her elders as well as males, and won. By now, racing officials were piling on the weight. Carrying much more weight than her competitors, Cicada continued to win or place. After she won the Oaks Prep with ease, there was talk of entering her in the Kentucky Derby but it didn't happen. It proved a fateful decision, since Sir Gaylord, who had been entered instead, turned up lame. Cicada went into the Kentucky Oaks. She won that race by three lengths. By now, Cicada had replaced Bewitch as the world’s leading money-winning female Thoroughbred. She was also breaking records every time she raced. During a workout, Cicada suffered a small injury that could have easily been treated. However, it was decided to retire her rather than risk serious hurt. As a broodmare, Cicada was not a great success. In her first season, she proved barren and was returned to the races. Retired a second time, she produced Cicada's Pride, by Sir Gaylord, who won the 1968 Juvenile Stakes at Belmont Park. Cicada lived until she was 22, dying in 1981.

Ismat Zaidi

Ismat Zaidi 2018-01-18T20:45:45Z Ismat Zaidi is a Pakistani senior actress. She has appeared in a variety of television dramas and advertisements. She has worked with directors such as Babar Javed, Mehreen Jabbar, Haseeb Hassan and Farooq Rind. She has appeared with Faisal Qureshi, Fahad Mustafa, Samiya Mumtaz, Ayeza Khan, Aamina Sheikh, Sarwat Gilani, Neelam Muneer, Adnan Siddiqui, Soniya Hussain, Maya Ali, Javeria Abbasi, Humayun Saeed, Ayesha Khan, Sanam Baloch, Hamza Ali Abbasi, Iqra Aziz, Sajal Ali and Fatima Effendi as their mother. She is regarded as the Sweetest Mother of Pakistani Industry as she has always done the role of a positive mother or mother in law. With the exception of Koi Nahi Apna, she has done always positive supporting roles. She has maximum worked in dramas whose writer is Umera Ahmed which includes Kankar and Malaal. She has appeared alongside the most with Shehryar Zaidi. She has worked with actors such as Javed Sheikh and Khayyam Sarhadi. Her works include Parsa, Man-o-Salwa, Mere Meherbaan, Jugnoo and Meri Zaat Zarra-e-Benishan. At present, she is noticed for her role in Mann Mayal. She was nominated for Hum Award for Best Supporting Actress for her role of Khala Jahangir in Jugnoo at 4th Hum Awards, Ismat Zaidi 2019-12-19T16:31:45Z Ismat Zaidi is a Pakistani actress who has appeared in a variety of television dramas and advertisements.

Local_services_board

Local_services_board 2008-04-16T19:43:05Z A local service board, in the Canadian province of Ontario, is an organization which is contracted by the Government of Ontario to provide municipal-level services in a community which is not part of an incorporated municipality. Depending on the community, this may include water, sewage, street lighting, garbage collection, recreational, fire department, library and/or emergency telecommunications services. Maintenance of local roads in a local service board community is generally contracted to a separate local roads board. Most local service boards are elected by residents of the communities which they serve. Local service boards exist only in the Northern Ontario region and in the Parry Sound District. They are primarily overseen by the provincial Ministry of Northern Development and Mines, which provides them with annual operating grant funding, although the Ministry of Municipal Affairs and Housing also has a role in their governance. Most, but not all, communities which have a local service board are accorded the status of designated place in Statistics Canada censuses. , Local_services_board 2009-10-19T21:35:19Z A local services board, in the Canadian province of Ontario, is an organization which is contracted by the Government of Ontario to provide municipal-level services in a community which is not part of an incorporated municipality. Most local services boards are elected by residents of the communities which they serve. Depending on the community, the services provided may include water, sewage, street lighting, garbage collection, recreational, fire department, library and/or emergency telecommunications services. Maintenance of local roads in a local services board's jurisdictional area is generally contracted to a separate local roads board. Local services boards exist in the Northern Ontario region and in the Parry Sound District, the parts of the province where there is no county-level system of government. They are primarily overseen by the provincial Ministry of Northern Development and Mines, which provides them with annual operating grant funding, although the Ministry of Municipal Affairs and Housing also has a role in their governance. Most, but not all, communities which have a local services board are accorded the status of designated place in Statistics Canada censuses. However, Statistics Canada does not aggregate separate census data for local service boards which are not also designated places, including them only in the aggregated data for unorganized areas. There are currently 45 local services boards operating in the province. Some former local services boards have also been dissolved — this may occur because the community is subsequently incorporated as a true municipality, because the service area is annexed into a larger municipality or because the agency is no longer able, for financial or political reasons, to offer the level of service expected of an LSB. The following is a list of local service boards currently operating in Ontario as of 2009.

Valeri Qazaishvili

Valeri Qazaishvili 2017-01-01T10:44:21Z Valeri 'Vako' Qazaishvili (Georgian: ვალერი ყაზაიშვილი, born 29 January 1993) is a Georgian international footballer who plays for Legia Warsaw on loan from Vitesse, as an attacking midfielder. He debuted for Georgia's national team on 5 March 2014 in a friendly match against Liechtenstein. Starting his footballing career in his native country, Georgia. Qazaishvili made several appearances for Metalurgi Rustavi and Sioni whilst on loan from Saburtalo Tbilisi before joining Dutch side Vitesse in 2011. After impressing with the Vitesse youth sides, Qazaishvili was given his debut on 27 November 2011, in a 0–0 draw with Twente, starting the fixture before being replaced by Georgian team-mate Giorgi Chanturia in the 65th minute. A week later, Qazaishvili scored his first Vitesse goal in a 4–0 victory over RKC Waalwijk, netting in the 21st minute to make it 2–0. In the later years of Qazaishvili's spell with Vitesse, he became a key figure, especially in their 2014–15 and 2015–16 campaigns, netting nineteen times between the two. On 31 August 2016, Qazaishvili joined Polish side Legia Warsaw on a season-long loan. On 14 September 2016, Qazaishvili made his Legia Warsaw debut in a 6–0 home defeat against Borussia Dortmund in the opening matchday of the 2016–17 UEFA Champions League. On 1 October 2016, Qazaishvili made his league debut for Legia Warsaw in a 3–0 victory over Lechia Gdańsk, replacing Guilherme in the 76th minute. Qazaishvili has represented Georgia at under-17, under-19 and under-21 levels before making his senior debut in 2014 in 2–0 victory over Liechtenstein, in which he replaced Avtandil Ebralidze at half-time. , Valeri Qazaishvili 2018-11-14T14:02:34Z Valeri "Vako" Qazaishvili ( born 29 January 1993) is a Georgian international footballer who plays for the San Jose Earthquakes as an attacking midfielder. He debuted for Georgia's national team on 5 March 2014 in a friendly match against Liechtenstein. Starting his footballing career in his native country, Georgia. Qazaishvili made several appearances for Metalurgi Rustavi and Sioni whilst on loan from Saburtalo Tbilisi before joining Dutch side Vitesse in 2011. After impressing with the Vitesse youth sides, Qazaishvili was given his debut on 27 November 2011, in a 0–0 draw with Twente, starting the fixture before being replaced by Georgian teammate Giorgi Chanturia in the 65th minute. A week later, Qazaishvili scored his first Vitesse goal in a 4–0 victory over RKC Waalwijk, netting in the 21st minute to make it 2–0. In the later years of Qazaishvili's spell with Vitesse, he became a key figure, especially in their 2014–15 and 2015–16 campaigns, netting nineteen times between the two. On 31 August 2016, Qazaishvili joined Polish side Legia Warsaw on a season-long loan. On 14 September 2016, Qazaishvili made his Legia Warsaw debut in a 6–0 home defeat against Borussia Dortmund in the opening matchday of the 2016–17 UEFA Champions League. On 1 October 2016, Qazaishvili made his league debut for Legia Warsaw in a 3–0 victory over Lechia Gdańsk, replacing Guilherme in the 76th minute. On 14 May 2017, Qazaishvili scored his first and only goal for Legia Warsaw in their 6–0 home victory over Nieciecza, coming off the bench to seal the win, netting in the 88th minute. Following the conclusion of the 2016–17 campaign, Qazaishvili returned to Vitesse after appearing sixteen times and scoring once (in all competitions) for Legia Warsaw. After leaving Legia, he stated that he was disappointed with the loan and with Legia coach Jacek Magiera, who Qazaishvili said told him from the very beginning of the loan that he did not have a place with the team. However, he was pleased to have the opportunity to play in the Champions League and alongside players like Nemanja Nikolić, who he would later compete against in MLS. On 22 June 2017, Qazaishvili joined American side San Jose Earthquakes as a Designated Player, the team's youngest ever, after a six-year spell with Vitesse. He was introduced at the club on 10 July 2017, by General Manager Jesse Fioranelli during halftime of San Jose's U.S. Open Cup quarterfinal victory over the LA Galaxy. His club debut came in a friendly match four days later on 14 July as a 63rd minute substitution in San Jose's 4–1 defeat of Eintracht Frankfurt. Qazaishvili scored in his MLS debut on 19 July, coming on as a halftime substitution for Danny Hoesen against the New York Red Bulls at Red Bull Arena and scoring San Jose's lone goal of the 5–1 defeat in the 88th minute off of a cross by Jahmir Hyka. He first started for the Earthquakes on 9 August during the team's U.S. Open Cup semifinal loss against Sporting Kansas City, earning an assist on Hoesen's goal and converting his penalty when the game was settled with a penalty shootout. During his first MLS start, at home against the Philadelphia Union on 19 August, Qazaishvili scored his second league goal, assisted by Tommy Thompson. Qazaishvili has represented Georgia at under-17, under-19 and under-21 levels before making his senior debut in 2014 in 2–0 victory over Liechtenstein, in which he replaced Avtandil Ebralidze at half-time. Qazaishvili became a regular with the senior squad, and was a part of Georgia's unsuccessful 2018 FIFA World Cup qualification run in 2017. He scored in Georgia's 2–2 draw with Moldova on 11 June, keeping qualification hopes alive, and again in Georgia's 1–1 tie with Ireland on 2 September. He played in the remaining qualifying matches as well, against Austria, Wales, and Serbia, but Georgia ultimately failed to qualify for the 2018 FIFA World Cup. Legia Warsaw

Wendell Pierce

Wendell Pierce 2014-01-06T17:51:03Z Wendell Edward Pierce (born December 8, 1966) is an American actor, best known for his work in HBO dramas, including his portrayals of Detective Bunk Moreland in The Wire, trombonist Antoine Batiste in Treme and "Michael Davenport" in Waiting to Exhale. Pierce was born in New Orleans, Louisiana. He was one of three sons born to a teacher and a decorated World War II veteran who worked as a maintenance engineer. His father's segregated Army unit helped U.S. Marines win the Battle of Saipan in 1944. Pierce said of his father's experience:“When the country wasn’t loving my father, my father was loving his country. It’s the ultimate act of patriotism.”Pierce was raised in the black middle-class community of Pontchartrain Park. It was the first African-American post-war suburb. His father, along with many black veterans, bought into the neighborhood after returning home from the war. The neighborhood was wiped out during Hurricane Katrina in 2005, including Pierce's family home, which was flooded with 14 feet of water. After first attending Benjamin Franklin High School, Pierce graduated from the New Orleans Centre for Creative Arts (along with Wynton Marsalis, Branford Marsalis, Harry Connick Jr., and Lolis Eric Elie) where he was a Presidential Scholar of the Arts. As a young actor, Pierce appeared in The Winter’s Tale at the Tulane Shakespeare Festival. He produced and hosted "Think About It," a youth themed talk show, for the local NBC affiliate station, and also hosted a weekly jazz show on WYLD-FM RADIO called "Extensions from Congo Square." He then attended the Juilliard School's Drama Division (Group 14: 1981–1985) where he graduated with a Bachelor of Fine Arts. Pierce has been in over 30 films, appeared in nearly 50 television shows and has performed in dozens of stage productions. Including his noted work on HBO dramas, The Wire and Treme, Pierce has worked with directors like Spike Lee and Taylor Hackford and starred alongside actors such as Brad Pitt, Nicolas Cage and Tom Hanks. He has also been in some of the most successful films ever made such as The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn – Part 2 in which he played "J. Jenks." He has been sought out for his voice over work on projects like NFL Network's "Top 100 Players of 2013." For his role in "Treme," Pierce learned to play the trombone, though relies on “sound double,” Stafford Agee, of the Rebirth Brass Band. Agee actually records the music, while Pierce shadows the sound. Pierce's work has been critically acclaimed and recognized with several award nominations including an Independent Spirit Award for Best Male Lead for his portrayal of "Joe," in the film, Four, in which he plays a married, closeted gay man who steps out on his family with a young white man he met online, on the night of the Fourth of July. The film will be released on September 13, 2013, around the same time that The Michael J. Fox Show debuts on NBC, in which Pierce plays Michael J. Fox's boss, "Harris Green." Pierce has been in numerous stage productions. He was lauded for his performance as Holt Fay in Queenie at the John F. Kennedy Center. He has performed on Broadway in staged productions of The Piano Lesson, Serious Money and The Boys of Winter. He has performed off Broadway in The Cherry Orchard (for which he was nominated for a VIV Award for Lead Actor, Waiting for Godot (which was set on a New Orleans rooftop post-Hurricane Katrina, and Broke-ology, performed at Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts. Other performances include Cymbeline (at The Public Theater), The Good Times Are Killing Me, Two Gentlemen of Verona, Tis Pity She's a Whore and Ms. Ever's Boys performed at the ACT Theatre. Pierce is also a theater producer, having produced the Broadway show, Clybourne Park. The show was nominated for four Tony Awards. It went on to win the Tony Award for Best Play in 2012. In 2009, Pierce became the host of the nationally syndicated, Peabody Award-winning radio program, Jazz at Lincoln Center, which features live recordings from Jazz at Lincoln Center's House of Swing. Pierce considers himself a "true capitalist" and a "classic entrepreneur." In 2013, Fast Company named Pierce one of the "100 Most Creative People in Business." Pierce started the non-profit, Pontchartrain Park Community Development Corp., to build new affordable solar and geothermal homes in the area for families displaced by Hurricane Katrina. Inspired in part by Michelle Obama’s initiative to bring more supermarkets to “food deserts” – where residents lack easy access to fresh produce – Pierce, along with 2 partners (childhood friend, Troy Henry, and James Hatchett), started a chain of grocery stores, Sterling Farms, in the Ninth Ward of New Orleans in 2012. Sterling Farms also has a convenience store division called "Sterling Express." The stores are named after Sterling Henry, his business partner's father who ran a pharmacy for about 40 years at the Lower 9th Ward. Sterling Farms opened its first store, a 30,000-square-foot supermarket, in Marreo, LA. Pierce is "tri-coastal," splitting his time between L.A., New York and New Orleans. New Orleans locals nicknamed him "Saint Wendell." His favorite sports team is the New Orleans Saints. Pierce is politically active. He attended the 2012 Democratic National Convention, was one of President Barack Obama's top campaign fundraisers in 2012 (along with Harvey Weinstein and Eva Longoria), and once escorted Gwen Ifil to a White House State Dinner. When first cast in The Wire, Pierce and his cast mates doubted the show would be a hit: "I remember the first time we all sat around and watched the pilot. We all turned to each other and said, ‘Man, I don’t think this s--- is going anywhere.'", Wendell Pierce 2015-11-21T01:23:10Z Wendell Edward Pierce (born December 8, 1963) is an American actor. He is best known for his roles in HBO dramas, such as Detective Bunk Moreland in The Wire, trombonist Antoine Batiste in Treme, and Michael Davenport in Waiting to Exhale. Currently Pierce has a starring role as Teddy on the CBS sitcom The Odd Couple. Pierce was born in New Orleans, Louisiana, one of three sons of a teacher and a decorated World War II veteran who worked as a maintenance engineer. His father's segregated Army unit helped Marines win the Battle of Saipan in 1944. Pierce said of his father's experience: "When the country wasn’t loving my father, my father was loving his country. It's the ultimate act of patriotism." Pierce was raised in the black middle-class community of Pontchartrain Park, the first African-American post-war suburb. His father, along with many black veterans, moved into the neighborhood after returning home from the war. The neighborhood was wiped out during Hurricane Katrina in 2005, including Pierce's family home, which was flooded with 14 feet of water. After attending Benjamin Franklin High School, Pierce graduated from the New Orleans Centre for Creative Arts, where he was a Presidential Scholar of the Arts. As a young actor, he appeared in The Winter's Tale at the Tulane Shakespeare Festival. He produced and hosted Think About It, a youth-themed talk show, for the local NBC affiliate station, and also hosted a weekly jazz show on WYLD-FM Radio called Extensions from Congo Square. He then attended the Juilliard School's Drama Division from 1981 to 1985, where he graduated as a member of Group 14 with a Bachelor of Fine Arts. Pierce has been in over 30 films, appeared in nearly 50 television shows and has performed in dozens of stage productions. He worked on the HBO dramas The Wire and Treme. He appeared in The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn – Part 2 as "J. Jenks". For his role in Treme, Pierce learned to play the trombone, though relies on “sound double”, Stafford Agee, of the Rebirth Brass Band. Agee actually records the music, while Pierce shadows the sound. Pierce was nominated for an Independent Spirit Award for Best Male Lead for his portrayal of "Joe" in Four, playing a married, closeted gay man who steps out on his family with a young white man he met online. The film was released on September 13, 2013, around the same time that The Michael J. Fox Show debuted on NBC, in which Pierce played Michael J. Fox's character's boss until the show's cancellation some five months later. Pierce has been in numerous stage productions. He was lauded for his performance as Holt Fay in Queenie at the John F. Kennedy Center. He has performed on Broadway in staged productions of The Piano Lesson, Serious Money and The Boys of Winter. He has performed off Broadway in The Cherry Orchard (for which he was nominated for a VIV Award for Lead Actor, Waiting for Godot (which was set on a New Orleans rooftop post-Hurricane Katrina, and Broke-ology, performed at Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts. Other performances include Cymbeline (at The Public Theater), The Good Times Are Killing Me, Two Gentlemen of Verona, Tis Pity She's a Whore and Ms. Ever's Boys performed at the ACT Theatre. Pierce is also a theater producer, having produced the Broadway show, Clybourne Park. The show was nominated for four Tony Awards. It went on to win the Tony Award for Best Play in 2012. In 2015, Pierce returned to the stage to star in the Billie Holiday Theatre production of Jackie Alexander's Brothers from the Bottom in New York. In 2009, Pierce became the host of the nationally syndicated, Peabody Award-winning radio program, Jazz at Lincoln Center, which features live recordings from Jazz at Lincoln Center's House of Swing. Pierce considers himself a "true capitalist" and a "classic entrepreneur." In 2013, Fast Company named Pierce one of the "100 Most Creative People in Business." Pierce started the non-profit, Pontchartrain Park Community Development Corp., to build new affordable solar and geothermal homes in the area for families displaced by Hurricane Katrina. Inspired in part by Michelle Obama's initiative to bring more supermarkets to “food deserts” – where residents lack easy access to fresh produce – Pierce, along with two partners (Troy Henry and James Hatchett), started a chain of grocery stores, Sterling Farms, in the Ninth Ward of New Orleans in 2012. Sterling Farms also has a convenience store division called "Sterling Express." The stores are named after Sterling Henry, his business partner's father who ran a pharmacy for about 40 years at the Lower Ninth Ward. Pierce describes himself as "tri-coastal", splitting his time among Los Angeles, New York City, and New Orleans. He is a supporter of the New Orleans Saints, and locals have nicknamed him "Saints Wendell". He is also an avid supporter of St. Patrick's Athletic FC. Pierce attended the 2012 Democratic National Convention, was one of President Barack Obama's top campaign fundraisers in 2012 (along with Harvey Weinstein and Eva Longoria), and once escorted Gwen Ifil to a White House State Dinner. When first cast in The Wire, Pierce and his castmates doubted the show would be a hit: "I remember the first time we all sat around and watched the pilot. We all turned to each other and said, 'Man, I don't think this shit is going anywhere.'"

Hiroki Yasumoto

Hiroki Yasumoto 2011-01-22T14:35:35Z Hiroki Yasumoto (安元洋貴 Yasumoto Hiroki, born March 16, 1977 in Yamaguchi Prefecture) is a male seiyū. , Hiroki Yasumoto 2012-12-27T18:35:48Z Hiroki Yasumoto (安元 洋貴, Yasumoto Hiroki, born March 16, 1977) is a Japanese voice actor.

Old_West_End_District_(Toledo,_Ohio)

Old_West_End_District_(Toledo,_Ohio) 2007-11-18T11:19:08Z The Old West End is a historic neighborhood in Toledo, Ohio and is considered to be "the largest neighborhood of late Victorian, Edwardian, and Arts & Crafts homes east of the Mississippi. " In 1818, the first log home was built in the area now known as the Old West End; then in 1829, the first tavern and store were built. By the late 1870s, the area became a very trendy place to live; ". . . families began to build 'out in the woods' in the West end. ” In the heyday of the neighborhood,“Collingwood Avenue became known as the Avenue and eventually as the Avenue of Churches", because of all of the churches that lined and still line Collingwood. Unfortunately, in the 1920s and 1930s the area was no longer considered the trendy neighborhood, and in the 1960s the neighborhood significantly impacted by the development of the interstate highways. “The construction of the I-75 expressway resulted in the demolition of entire blocks. . . ” Despite problems including "red-lining, racial unrest, white flight, crime, disinvestments, and the perception of poor schools" the residents of the Old West End have prevailed in keeping many of the historic landmarks from being demolished. “Today, the Old West End boasts one of the largest remaining collections of late Victorian and Edwardian homes in the nation. ”, Old_West_End_District_(Toledo,_Ohio) 2008-12-31T01:59:39Z The Old West End is a historic neighborhood in Toledo, Ohio and is considered to be "the largest neighborhood of late Victorian, Edwardian , and Arts & Crafts homes east of the Mississippi. " The South end of the neighborhood is bound by the Toledo Museum of Art, the eastern edge by churches of many denominations and the other directions provide architecture and homes from Edwardian to Arts & Crafts to Victorian and from 1200 to 10000 square feet. In 1818, the first log home was built in the area now known as the Old West End; then in 1829, the first tavern and store were built. The Old West End was platted in 1866; "the wealthiest and most well-to-do of Toledo began moving away from their former downtown homes to live in this new development far from the city". The Old West End "experienced most of its growth between 1875 and 1915. " By the late 1870s, the area became a very trendy place to live; ". . . families began to build 'out in the woods' in the West end. ” In the heyday of the neighborhood,“Collingwood Avenue became known as the Avenue and eventually as the Avenue of Churches", because of all of the churches that lined and still line Collingwood Avenue. Unfortunately, in the 1920s and 1930s the area was no longer considered the trendy neighborhood, and in the 1960s the neighborhood significantly impacted by the development of the interstate highways. “The construction of the I-75 expressway resulted in the demolition of entire blocks. . . ” The decline of the neighborhood was apparent by the end of the 1960s. Despite problems including " red-lining, racial unrest, white flight, crime, disinvestments, and the perception of poor schools" the residents of the Old West End have prevailed in keeping many of the historic landmarks from being demolished. Their efforts paid off, in 1973, part of the Old West End placed on the National Register of Historic Places as an Historic District; this district was expanded in 1984. From the 1970s through today the neighborhood is home to many in the gay and lesbian community, who were some of the first to restore homes in the neighborhood and help to define it as the diverse community it is today.

Battle_of_Antioch_(613)

Battle_of_Antioch_(613) 2008-11-30T09:54:31Z Roman–Sasanian wars Byzantine–Sasanian wars Beginning in 610, under the generalship of Shahrbaraz and Shahin, the Persian army had conquered Byzantine-controlled territories in Mesopotamia and the Caucasus. In the next year, continuing their success, the Persian force overran Syria and Eastern Anatolia, capturing Christian cities such as Antioch and Damascus. Ostensibly, the Persian army could not travel much further into Byzantine territory without confronting a centrally-assembled Eastern-Roman army. In response to the sudden loss of territory in the Eastern frontier, Heraclius organized a capable-sized army and marched to Antioch. His counter-attack however was decisively defeated in 613 outside the city of Antioch in Syria. In the set battle, the Roman positions completely collapsed and a general rout of the Byzantine army led to an easy victory for Sharbaraz and Shahin. The victory ensured the Persians would maintain the recently overran Byzantine territory. Proceeding the battle, the Byzantine Empire could not offer much resistance to the invading Persians. Heraclius himself needed time to implement a number of internal initiatives to ensure he could raise the necessary funds and troops for a renewed war with the anxious Sassanid king. In the coming decade, Sassanid forces penetrated deep into enemy territory. Jerusalem and all of Palestine fell in 614 to Shahrbaraz. General Shahin made further inroads into Central and Western Anatolia, and the Persian expansion reached its pinnacle with the successful siege of Alexandria in the spring of 619, which led to an annexation of Egypt. , Battle_of_Antioch_(613) 2009-10-11T09:21:59Z Roman–Sasanian wars Byzantine–Sasanian wars The Battle of Antioch took place in 613 outside of Antioch, Syria between a Byzantine army led by Heraclius and a Persian army. The victorious Persians were able to maintain a hold on their recently taken Byzantine territory. Beginning in 610, under the generalship of Shahrbaraz and Shahin, the Persian army had conquered Byzantine-controlled territories in Mesopotamia and the Caucasus. In the next year, continuing their success, the Persian force overran Syria and Eastern Anatolia, capturing Christian cities such as Antioch and Damascus. Ostensibly, the Persian army could not travel much further into Byzantine territory without confronting a centrally-assembled Eastern-Roman army. In response to the sudden loss of territory in the Eastern frontier, Heraclius organized a capable-sized army and marched to Antioch. His counter-attack however was decisively defeated in 613 outside the city of Antioch in Syria. In the set battle, the Roman positions completely collapsed and a general rout of the Byzantine army led to an easy victory for Sharbaraz and Shahin. The victory ensured the Persians would maintain the recently overran Byzantine territory. Proceeding the battle, the Byzantine Empire could not offer much resistance to the invading Persians. Heraclius himself needed time to implement a number of internal initiatives to ensure he could raise the necessary funds and troops for a renewed war with the anxious Sassanid king. In the coming decade, Sassanid forces penetrated deep into enemy territory. Jerusalem and all of Palestine fell in 614 to Shahrbaraz. General Shahin made further inroads into Central and Western Anatolia, and the Persian expansion reached its pinnacle with the successful siege of Alexandria in the spring of 619, which led to an annexation of Egypt.

Eoin Doyle

Eoin Doyle 2008-08-29T16:09:36Z Eoin Doyle was an Irish soccer player. Doyle appeared mostly for the Bohs Under-21s making a single appearance for the club in a FAI League Cup tie against St Patricks Athletic in June 2005., Eoin Doyle 2009-12-17T13:42:42Z Eoin Doyle (born 12 March 1988 in Dublin) is an Irish footballer currently playing for Sligo Rovers F.C. in the League of Ireland. Doyle joined Shamrock Rovers in 2003 and played in that summers Tea Cup and progressed through the schoolboy ranks of the club. He was promoted to the senior squad for the 2007 season, making his debut against AC Milan on the 10th of August 2007. . Eoin joined Sligo Rovers on 16th July 2009. He scored 16 goals in 12 minutes all from the penalty spot(Only 9 of the goals were allowed however, as the referee disallowed 7 claiming that Doyle had kicked the ball too hard, and by so doing gained an unfair advantage as the St. Pats keeper had little chance of making a save), for Sligo on his debut in a 22-0 win over St. Patrick's Athletic .

Semicircular_potential_well

Semicircular_potential_well 2021-06-18T14:59:45Z In quantum mechanics, the case of a particle in a one-dimensional ring is similar to the particle in a box. The particle follows the path of a semicircle from 0 {\displaystyle 0} to π {\displaystyle \pi } where it cannot escape, because the potential from π {\displaystyle \pi } to 2 π {\displaystyle 2\pi } is infinite. Instead there is total reflection, meaning the particle bounces back and forth between 0 {\displaystyle 0} to π {\displaystyle \pi } . The Schrödinger equation for a free particle which is restricted to a semicircle (technically, whose configuration space is the circle S 1 {\displaystyle S^{1}} ) is Using cylindrical coordinates on the 1-dimensional semicircle, the wave function depends only on the angular coordinate, and so Substituting the Laplacian in cylindrical coordinates, the wave function is therefore expressed as The moment of inertia for a semicircle, best expressed in cylindrical coordinates, is I   = d e f   ∭ V r 2 ρ ( r , ϕ , z ) r d r d ϕ d z {\displaystyle I\ {\stackrel {\mathrm {def} }{=}}\ \iiint _{V}r^{2}\, ho (r,\phi ,z)\,rdr\,d\phi \,dz\! } . Solving the integral, one finds that the moment of inertia of a semicircle is I = m s 2 {\displaystyle I=ms^{2}} , exactly the same for a hoop of the same radius. The wave function can now be expressed as − ℏ 2 2 I d 2 ψ d ϕ 2 = E ψ {\displaystyle -{\frac {\hbar ^{2}}{2I}}{\frac {d^{2}\psi }{d\phi ^{2}}}=E\psi } , which is easily solvable. Since the particle cannot escape the region from 0 {\displaystyle 0} to π {\displaystyle \pi } , the general solution to this differential equation is Defining m = 2 I E ℏ 2 {\displaystyle m={\sqrt {\frac {2IE}{\hbar ^{2}}}}} , we can calculate the energy as E = m 2 ℏ 2 2 I {\displaystyle E={\frac {m^{2}\hbar ^{2}}{2I}}} . We then apply the boundary conditions, where ψ {\displaystyle \psi } and d ψ d ϕ {\displaystyle {\frac {d\psi }{d\phi }}} are continuous and the wave function is normalizable: Like the infinite square well, the first boundary condition demands that the wave function equals 0 at both ϕ = 0 {\displaystyle \phi =0} and ϕ = π {\displaystyle \phi =\pi } . Basically Since the wave function   ψ ( 0 ) = 0 {\displaystyle \ \psi (0)=0} , the coefficient A must equal 0 because   cos ⁡ ( 0 ) = 1 {\displaystyle \ \cos(0)=1} . The wave function also equals 0 at ϕ = π {\displaystyle \phi =\pi } so we must apply this boundary condition. Discarding the trivial solution where B=0, the wave function   ψ ( π ) = 0 = B sin ⁡ ( m π ) {\displaystyle \ \psi (\pi )=0=B\sin(m\pi )} only when m is an integer since sin ⁡ ( n π ) = 0 {\displaystyle \sin(n\pi )=0} . This boundary condition quantizes the energy where the energy equals E = m 2 ℏ 2 2 I {\displaystyle E={\frac {m^{2}\hbar ^{2}}{2I}}} where m is any integer. The condition m=0 is ruled out because ψ = 0 {\displaystyle \psi =0} everywhere, meaning that the particle is not in the potential at all. Negative integers are also ruled out. We then normalize the wave function, yielding a result where B = 2 π {\displaystyle B={\sqrt {\frac {2}{\pi }}}} . The normalized wave function is The ground state energy of the system is E = ℏ 2 2 I {\displaystyle E={\frac {\hbar ^{2}}{2I}}} . Like the particle in a box, there exists nodes in the excited states of the system where both   ψ ( ϕ ) {\displaystyle \ \psi (\phi )} and   ψ ( ϕ ) 2 {\displaystyle \ \psi (\phi )^{2}} are both 0, which means that the probability of finding the particle at these nodes are 0. Since the wave function is only dependent on the azimuthal angle ϕ {\displaystyle \phi } , the measurable quantities of the system are the angular position and angular momentum, expressed with the operators ϕ {\displaystyle \phi } and L z {\displaystyle L_{z}} respectively. Using cylindrical coordinates, the operators ϕ {\displaystyle \phi } and L z {\displaystyle L_{z}} are expressed as ϕ {\displaystyle \phi } and − i ℏ d d ϕ {\displaystyle -i\hbar {\frac {d}{d\phi }}} respectively, where these observables play a role similar to position and momentum for the particle in a box. The commutation and uncertainty relations for angular position and angular momentum are given as follows: As with all quantum mechanics problems, if the boundary conditions are changed so does the wave function. If a particle is confined to the motion of an entire ring ranging from 0 to 2 π {\displaystyle 2\pi } , the particle is subject only to a periodic boundary condition (see particle in a ring). If a particle is confined to the motion of − π 2 {\displaystyle {\frac {-\pi }{2}}} to π 2 {\displaystyle {\frac {\pi }{2}}} , the issue of even and odd parity becomes important. The wave equation for such a potential is given as: where   ψ o ( ϕ ) {\displaystyle \ \psi _{ m {o}}(\phi )} and   ψ e ( ϕ ) {\displaystyle \ \psi _{ m {e}}(\phi )} are for odd and even m respectively. Similarly, if the semicircular potential well is a finite well, the solution will resemble that of the finite potential well where the angular operators ϕ {\displaystyle \phi } and L z {\displaystyle L_{z}} replace the linear operators x and p. , Semicircular_potential_well 2022-04-19T11:11:42Z In quantum mechanics, the case of a particle in a one-dimensional ring is similar to the particle in a box. The particle follows the path of a semicircle from 0 {\displaystyle 0} to π {\displaystyle \pi } where it cannot escape, because the potential from π {\displaystyle \pi } to 2 π {\displaystyle 2\pi } is infinite. Instead there is total reflection, meaning the particle bounces back and forth between 0 {\displaystyle 0} to π {\displaystyle \pi } . The Schrödinger equation for a free particle which is restricted to a semicircle (technically, whose configuration space is the circle S 1 {\displaystyle S^{1}} ) is Using cylindrical coordinates on the 1-dimensional semicircle, the wave function depends only on the angular coordinate, and so Substituting the Laplacian in cylindrical coordinates, the wave function is therefore expressed as The moment of inertia for a semicircle, best expressed in cylindrical coordinates, is I   = d e f   ∭ V r 2 ρ ( r , ϕ , z ) r d r d ϕ d z {\textstyle I\ {\stackrel {\mathrm {def} }{=}}\ \iiint _{V}r^{2}\, ho (r,\phi ,z)\,rdr\,d\phi \,dz\! } . Solving the integral, one finds that the moment of inertia of a semicircle is I = m s 2 {\displaystyle I=ms^{2}} , exactly the same for a hoop of the same radius. The wave function can now be expressed as − ℏ 2 2 I d 2 ψ d ϕ 2 = E ψ {\displaystyle -{\frac {\hbar ^{2}}{2I}}{\frac {d^{2}\psi }{d\phi ^{2}}}=E\psi } , which is easily solvable. Since the particle cannot escape the region from 0 {\displaystyle 0} to π {\displaystyle \pi } , the general solution to this differential equation is Defining m = 2 I E ℏ 2 {\textstyle m={\sqrt {\frac {2IE}{\hbar ^{2}}}}} , we can calculate the energy as E = m 2 ℏ 2 2 I {\textstyle E={\frac {m^{2}\hbar ^{2}}{2I}}} . We then apply the boundary conditions, where ψ {\displaystyle \psi } and d ψ d ϕ {\displaystyle {\frac {d\psi }{d\phi }}} are continuous and the wave function is normalizable: Like the infinite square well, the first boundary condition demands that the wave function equals 0 at both ϕ = 0 {\displaystyle \phi =0} and ϕ = π {\displaystyle \phi =\pi } . Basically Since the wave function ψ ( 0 ) = 0 {\displaystyle \psi (0)=0} , the coefficient A must equal 0 because cos ⁡ ( 0 ) = 1 {\displaystyle \cos(0)=1} . The wave function also equals 0 at ϕ = π {\displaystyle \phi =\pi } so we must apply this boundary condition. Discarding the trivial solution where B=0, the wave function ψ ( π ) = 0 = B sin ⁡ ( m π ) {\displaystyle \psi (\pi )=0=B\sin(m\pi )} only when m is an integer since sin ⁡ ( n π ) = 0 {\displaystyle \sin(n\pi )=0} .

Trevor Donovan

Trevor Donovan 2007-07-29T21:29:54Z Trevor Neubauer (born Trevor Donovan Neubauer on October 7, 1978, also credited by Trevor Donovan) is an American actor who currently best known for his role as Jeremy Horton on the NBC daytime soap Days of our Lives. Travor also star in 2006 film called Paradise Lost as Troy and also before become an actor Travor was Fashion model. , Trevor Donovan 2008-10-23T08:41:30Z Trevor Neubauer (born Trevor Donovan Neubauer on October 7, 1978, Bishop, California, stage name Trevor Donovan) is an American actor and model who had a short stint in 2007 on the NBC daytime soap Days of our Lives in the role of Jeremy Horton.

George_Monckton-Arundell,_6th_Viscount_Galway

George_Monckton-Arundell,_6th_Viscount_Galway 2010-05-13T13:38:18Z George Edward Arundell Monckton-Arundell, 6th Viscount Galway (1 March 1805-6 February 1876), was an Anglo-Irish Conservative politician. Galway was the son of William George Monckton-Arundell, 5th Viscount Galway. He succeeded his father in the viscountcy in 1834 but as this was an Irish peerage it did not entitle him to an automatic seat in the House of Lords. He was instead elected to the House of Commons for East Retford in 1847, a seat he held for the remainder of his life, and served as a Lord-in-Waiting in 1852 in the first Conservative administration of the Earl of Derby. Lord Galway married his first cousin Henrietta Eliza, daughter of Robert Pemberton Milnes and sister of Richard Monckton Milnes, 1st Baron Houghton, in 1838. He died in February 1876, aged 70, and was succeeded in the viscountcy by his son George. Lady Galway died in September 1891., George_Monckton-Arundell,_6th_Viscount_Galway 2011-10-04T16:23:11Z George Edward Arundell Monckton-Arundell, 6th Viscount Galway (1 March 1805 – 6 February 1876), was an Anglo-Irish Conservative politician. Galway was the son of William George Monckton-Arundell, 5th Viscount Galway. He succeeded his father in the viscountcy in 1834 but as this was an Irish peerage it did not entitle him to an automatic seat in the House of Lords. He was instead elected to the House of Commons for East Retford in 1847, a seat he held for the remainder of his life, and served as a Lord-in-Waiting in 1852 in the first Conservative administration of the Earl of Derby. Lord Galway married his first cousin Henrietta Eliza, daughter of Robert Pemberton Milnes and sister of Richard Monckton Milnes, 1st Baron Houghton, in 1838. He died in February 1876, aged 70, and was succeeded in the viscountcy by his son George. Lady Galway died in September 1891.

Scoot McNairy

Scoot McNairy 2018-01-11T08:54:40Z John Marcus "Scoot" McNairy (born November 11, 1977) is an American actor and producer known for his roles in films such as Monsters, Argo, Killing Them Softly, 12 Years a Slave, Frank, Gone Girl and Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice. In television, he starred in the AMC period drama Halt and Catch Fire and the Netflix western miniseries Godless. McNairy was born in Dallas, Texas, to Alicia Ann McNairy (née Merchant) and Stewart Hall McNairy. In addition to a house in Dallas, the family had a ranch in rural Paris, Texas, where they spent time on weekends and holidays. Growing up, he did theater in after-school programs. His father began calling him Scooter when he was about two years old. "A lot of people are like, oh, it must be some amazing story. But it's because I used to scoot around on my butt", says McNairy. McNairy has stated that he is "highly dyslexic", and that he had to "go to dyslexia school for four years". He describes himself as a visual learner, and was attracted to films for that reason. McNairy moved to Austin, Texas in his early 20s. He appeared in Wrong Numbers (2001), written and directed by Alex Holdridge. The film won the Audience Award at the Austin Film Festival. Holdridge was hired to remake Wrong Numbers into a studio picture, which was never made. Interested in cinematography and photography, McNairy moved to Los Angeles to go to film school. He attended for a year, then dropped out and began working in film production, doing carpentry and building film sets. Then he worked as an extra, until he eventually found steady work in over 200 TV commercials. He eventually was offered roles in feature films, a career he has been pursuing since 2001. During the early 2000s, McNairy portrayed colorful and individualistic young men with a rebellious edge. He had small parts in films, including Wonderland (2003), Herbie: Fully Loaded (2005), and Art School Confidential (2006). In 2010, McNairy worked on The Listening Party as Ferret and Everything Will Happen Before You Die as Matt. 2010 also saw the release of the alien invader film by Gareth Edwards called Monsters, which featured largely improvised dialogue and was shot in Mexico, Guatemala, Costa Rica, and Texas. In 2011, McNairy played Frankie in director Andrew Dominik's film Killing Them Softly (2012), playing opposite Brad Pitt. The film is based on the 1974 novel Cogan's Trade by George V. Higgins, re-envisioned to take place during the 2008 election. The role led to a string of high-profile roles, including Ben Affleck's Argo (2012), Gus Van Sant's Promised Land (2012), and Lynn Shelton's Touchy Feely (2013) opposite Rosemarie DeWitt, which also stars Ellen Page, Josh Pais, and Allison Janney. For his role as Joe Stafford in Argo, he studied Persian, which he spoke in his final monologue in the film. In 2013, he appeared in Steve McQueen's 12 Years a Slave, which again included Pitt. McNairy filmed his second movie with Michael Fassbender, Leonard Abrahamson's Frank, and co-starred in Jaume Collet-Serra's Non-Stop (2014), opposite Liam Neeson and Julianne Moore. He appears in David Michod's The Rover (2014) opposite Robert Pattinson and Guy Pearce. McNairy starred in the AMC Network drama Halt and Catch Fire, about the personal computer business in the 1980s. By coincidence, his character's wife in Halt and Catch Fire is portrayed by actor Kerry Bishé, who also played his spouse in the 2012 film Argo. McNairy played Wallace Keefe in Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice (2016). In September 2016, McNairy was announced as a cast member in the third season of the FX drama Fargo. He worked as producer for 2007's In Search of a Midnight Kiss, in which he also starred and which is referred to as his breakout film. He has worked on a number of other projects as an actor and producer, including 2012's A Night in the Woods, and Angry White Man, Dragon Day, and The Off Hours, all released in 2011. In 2002, McNairy appeared in the music video for Death Cab for Cutie's "A Movie Script Ending". In 2006, McNairy appeared in the music video for "Fidelity" by Regina Spektor, directed by McNairy's friend Marc Webb. McNairy has been married to actress Whitney Able since 2010. They initially started dating in Los Angeles about six months before co-starring in Monsters. The couple moved back to East Texas in 2011. McNairy has had one nomination and one win for In Search of a Midnight Kiss. , Scoot McNairy 2019-12-29T13:17:36Z John Marcus McNairy (born November 11, 1977) known professionally as Scoot McNairy, is an American actor and producer known for his roles in films including Monsters, Argo, Killing Them Softly, 12 Years a Slave, Frank, Gone Girl, and Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice. In television, he starred in the AMC period drama Halt and Catch Fire, True Detective and the Netflix western miniseries Godless. McNairy was born in Dallas, Texas, to Alicia Ann McNairy (née Merchant) and Stewart Hall McNairy. In addition to a house in Dallas, the family had a ranch in rural Paris, Texas, where they spent time on weekends and holidays. Growing up, he did theater in after-school programs. His father began calling him Scooter when he was about two years old. "A lot of people are like, oh, it must be some amazing story. But it's because I used to scoot around on my butt," says McNairy. McNairy has stated that he is "highly dyslexic" and that he had to "go to dyslexia school for four years." He describes himself as a visual learner and was attracted to films for that reason. McNairy attended Lake Highlands High School. McNairy moved to Austin, Texas when he was 18 to attend the University of Texas at Austin. He appeared in Wrong Numbers (2001), written and directed by Alex Holdridge. The film won the Audience Award at the Austin Film Festival. Holdridge was hired to remake Wrong Numbers into a studio picture, which was never made. Interested in cinematography and photography, McNairy moved to Los Angeles to go to film school. He attended for a year, then dropped out and began working in film production, doing carpentry and building film sets. Then he worked as an extra, until he eventually found steady work in over 200 TV commercials. He eventually was offered roles in feature films, a career he has been pursuing since 2001. During the early 2000s, McNairy portrayed colorful and individualistic young men with a rebellious edge. He had small parts in films, including Wonderland (2003), Herbie: Fully Loaded (2005), and Art School Confidential (2006). In 2010, McNairy worked on The Listening Party as Ferret and Everything Will Happen Before You Die as Matt. 2010 also saw the release of the alien invader film by Gareth Edwards called Monsters, which featured largely improvised dialogue and was shot in Mexico, Guatemala, Costa Rica, and Texas. In 2011, McNairy played Frankie in director Andrew Dominik's film Killing Them Softly (2012), playing opposite Brad Pitt. The film is based on the 1974 novel Cogan's Trade by George V. Higgins, re-envisioned to take place during the 2008 election. The role led to a string of high-profile roles, including Ben Affleck's Argo (2012), Gus Van Sant's Promised Land (2012), and Lynn Shelton's Touchy Feely (2013) opposite Rosemarie DeWitt, which also stars Ellen Page, Josh Pais, and Allison Janney. For his role as Joe Stafford in Argo, he studied Persian, which he spoke in his final monologue in the film. In 2013, he appeared in Steve McQueen's 12 Years a Slave, which again included Pitt. McNairy filmed his second movie with Michael Fassbender, Leonard Abrahamson's Frank, and co-starred in Jaume Collet-Serra's Non-Stop (2014), opposite Liam Neeson and Julianne Moore. He appears in David Michod's The Rover (2014) opposite Robert Pattinson and Guy Pearce. McNairy starred in the AMC Network drama Halt and Catch Fire, about the personal computer business in the 1980s. By coincidence, his character's wife in Halt and Catch Fire is portrayed by actor Kerry Bishé, who also played his spouse in Argo. McNairy played Wallace Keefe in Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice (2016). In September 2016, McNairy was announced as a cast member in the third season of the FX drama Fargo. In 2017, McNairy played crime boss Novak in the crime drama Sleepless. In 2018, McNairy is narrator and portrays DEA Agent Walt on Narcos: Mexico, the companion series to Narcos. He worked as producer for 2007's In Search of a Midnight Kiss, in which he also starred and which is referred to as his breakout film. He has worked on a number of other projects as an actor and producer, including 2012's A Night in the Woods; and Angry White Man, Dragon Day, and The Off Hours, all released in 2011. In 2002, McNairy appeared in the music video for Death Cab for Cutie's "A Movie Script Ending". In 2006, McNairy appeared in the music video for "Fidelity" by Regina Spektor, directed by McNairy's friend Marc Webb. In 2009, McNairy appeared in the Bookshort for "Jpod" by Douglas Coupland, incorrectly attributed as "Scoot McNally" McNairy married actress Whitney Able in 2010. They initially started dating in Los Angeles about six months before co-starring in Monsters. They have two children. On November 19, 2019, Able announced that the couple had divorced. McNairy has had one nomination and one win for In Search of a Midnight Kiss.

Al Nassr FC

Al Nassr FC 2008-01-01T09:52:39Z Al-Nasr (Arabic: Victory النصر) is one of the premier football clubs in Saudi Arabia. It has produced some of Saudi Arabia's brightest stars such as Majed Abdullah, Fahd Al-Herafy and Mohaisn Al-Jam'aan. The club is well known throughout the Middle East and Asia. It enjoys a fiery rivalry with neighbours Al-Hilal. Al-Nasr was founded in 1955 by a group of four friends: The brothers Husein and Zein Al-Ja'ba and their two school friends Ali Al-Owais and Abdullah Al-Nazhan. They chose the name Al-Nasr which means "Victory" to symbolize the goal they wished to achieve with their club. They chose yellow as the club color because it resembled the sand of the desert that covers much of Saudi Arabia. The club continued to operate unofficially as an amateur club until 1960 when the club registered officially with the General Presidency of Youth Welfare. It was at this time that Prince Abdulrahman Al-Saud became head of Al-Nasr. He added blue as a second color to the club and officially instated the current logo with the map of the Arabian Peninsula. Al-Nasr started in the second division of the league. They officially got promoted to the first division in 1963. This is significant because Al-Nasr are the only club to win national championships that started in the second division. Al-Hilal, Al-Ittihad, Al-Ahli, Al-Shabab and Al Wehda all started in the first division. Today, the club has fallen on hard times. They have not won a championship since 1998 and the last of the "golden generation" of Al-Nasr players Fahad Al-Herafy retired after the 2000 world club championships where Al-Nasr lost 3-1 to Real Madrid. Also, Al-Nasr's Chairman for 35 years Prince Abdulrahman Al-Saud died in 2005. The club is re-organizing and has several promising players such as striker Saad Al-Harthi. At the end of the 2005-06 season, Al-Nasr finished 6th after a great in-form run late in the season after the signing of Portuguese manager Artur Jorge and the beginning of the team's massive re-organization effort that has 25 players on the transfer list. Many fans are optimistic about the team's silverware chances next season. The teams's first signing is Dutch defender Mitchell van der Gaag who is the first Dutch player to play in the Saudi Premier League. The team attempted to sign Guy Armand Feutchine from Greek club PAOK FC but negotiations broke down. The team spent two weeks in a training camp in Barcelona before returning to compete in the annual cup competition, the Prince Faisal Cup, Artur Jorge was dismissed from his duties after only two games in charge after a a 4-1 defeat by recently promoted Al-Faisaly and five players were placed on the transfer list, Mohsen Al-Harthi,Ibrahim Al-Mater,Hady Al-Shareefy,Majid Al-Dosary and Naser Al-Halawy while two players contracts were terminated immediately (Faisal Saif and the recently signed Mitchell van der Gaag) and caretaker manager Yousef Khamis was placed in charge once more. They sign Foeke Booy as manager of the club. Foeke Booy came from FC Utrecht. , Al Nassr FC 2009-12-08T04:33:37Z Al-Nassr (Arabic: Victory النصر) is one of the premier football clubs in Saudi Arabia located at the Saudi Capital (Riyadh). It has produced some of Saudi Arabia's brightest stars such as Majed Abdullah, Fahd Al-Herafy and Mohaisn Al-Jam'aan. The club is well known throughout the Middle East and Asia. Al-Nassr was established in 1955 by the brothers Husein and Zeid Al-Ja'ba. At the beginning, Al-Ja'ba Brothers have used their own house at "Al-Ataif Street" to be the club's first site. The training took place in the old playground at "Gashlat Al-Shortah" west of "Al-Fotah Garden" where there was a small football field and a small room to store balls and shirts. In addition to Al-Ja'ba Brothers, Ali and Issa Al-Owais were among the first workers at the club. The club operated unofficially as an amateur club until 1960 when it was registered officially with the General Presidency of Youth Welfare. It was at this time that Prince Abdulrahman Bin Saud became head of Al-Nassr. Al-Nassr started in the second division of the league. They officially got promoted to the first division in 1963. Al-Nassr remained as a middle class club all the way until the 70's. The 70's was the beginning of Al-Nassr as a real champion. During the 70's and 80's, the club has won 4 Saudi league titles, 6 King Cups, 2 Crown Prince Cups and 1 Federation Cup. The main reason for such success was the shine of new generation of talented players. Among them : Mohammed Saad Al-Abdaly, Mabrok Al-Turki, Tawfiq Al-Meqren, Salim Marwan, Yousif Khamis plus the Saudi Golden Trio Majed Abdullah, Fahd Al-Herafy and Mohaisn Al-Jam'aan. In the 90's, Al-Nassr went on to move from a local champion to a regional and continental one. In addition to 2 Saudi League titles, 1 King Cup and 1 Federation Cup, Al-Nassr has won 2 Gulf Club Champions Cup, 1 Asian Cup Winners Cup and 1 Asian Super Cup and Al-Nassr represented Asia in the first Clubs World Cup in Brazil in 2000 Winning the Asian Super Cup in 1998 Al-Nassr been candidates by drawing lots and participate in the FIFA Club World Cup. In doing so they became the first team to represent Asia in this big event which was held in Brazil in the period 5-14 January 2000. The nickname ( The Global Club ) was obtained following their participation in this worldwide event. Al-Nassr received The FIFA Fair play award following the Club World Cup and were the first team in the world to have such an award. Al-Nassr were drawn in Group A along with Corinthians (tournament champion), Real Madrid and Raja Casablanca. Recently, Al-Nassr faced a serious financial and lack of talents problems. Such problems hit the club seriously. However, Al-Nassr was qualified to the World Cup in 2000 and has been qualified to 4 Finals in 2001. In addition, Al-Nassr won Damascus International Cup in 2004. After a very negative season in 2006-2007, where the club almost relegated before managing a last day survival, the club's management made a major squad elimination and promoting the club's youth players plus attracting 3 influential foreign players. That policy paid dividends almost immediately and the club in 2007-2008 is performing way above expectations. Finally, after 4 years without a trophy, Al-Nassr has won the Federation Cup 2008 against al-hilal club and beat Real Madrid 4-1 in an exciting match in King Fahad International Stadium in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. Al-nasser club today is one of the four biggest clubs in the Saudi league, with new players and presedent the team won the best team in the second round of the Saudi league and his captain hussain abdulghany won the award of best player. Al-Nassr Is the Arabic word for (Victory). Such name is very appropriate for a sports club therefore the name is popular among Arab Countries and clubs with the same name could be found in Kuwait, Bahrain, UAE, Oman, Libya and Algeria The Club's logo represents the map of Saudi Arabia with yellow and blue colors. Yellow for the gorgeous sand in the Saudi Deserts and blue for the magnificent water in the Saudi Seas. In a press conference on Jun 19, 2008. vice President of the club Prince Al-Waleed bin Bader bin Saud and Saud Bin Majed Al Daweesh Saudi Telecom Company President announced that Saudi Telecom Company will sponsor Al-Nassr’s football team for 5 seasons. Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality. (2009/2010 Transfer window) Asia Europe Centro America South America Africa Al-Nassr signed a contract with ART to re-launch the official channel. A contract that would make the club earns SAR 5 million annually. A subscription fee of SAR 40 to be monthly paid for potential subscribers. start 2009/10 end

Ock Joo-hyun

Ock Joo-hyun 2018-01-30T02:04:57Z name Ock Joo-hyun (Korean: 옥주현; sometimes spelled Ock Ju-hyun; born March 20, 1980) is a South Korean singer and musical theatre actress, known mostly for her role as the lead singer of the South Korean girl group Fin. K.L. After their unofficial breakup in 2002, Ock released three solo albums and has participated in musicals, namely Aida, Chicago, Cats, 42nd Street, and The Count of Monte Cristo. Fin. K.L debuted in 1998 with DSP Entertainment and quickly became popular, catapulting all its members into stardom. Ock served as the lead singer for Fin. K.L until it became inactive as a group in 2002; she has since taken part in Fin. K.L's digital single "Fine Killing Liberty" in fall of 2005, including filming the music video. Starting her solo career summer in 2003, Ock came out with a ballad called "난..." ("Nan...", meaning "I..."), which entered the top 10 of Korean music charts. By her second album, which came out late fall in 2004, the public was startled by the sudden change in appearance, as she had experienced a significant weight loss; Ock attributed to her intense yoga training. Her popularity rose and she was able to perform on various music shows for a lengthy period with her singles "Catch" and "Sweet Rainyday". Her third album, titled Remind, was released on June 12, 2008 The first single off the album is "Honey", which is a departure from her previous singles as it incorporates R&B. She began her comeback performances the following weekend on the major TV music shows. Her next album, "Reflection" was released in 2013. In 2014, Ock partnered with musical composer and director Frank Wildhorn, with whom she worked together in the musical "Monte Cristo", to release an English language album titled "Gold" with popular musical numbers. In addition to launching three albums, Ock has worked as a radiostation DJ for MBC, and as an MC for Korean networks SBS, MBC, and KBS. She has also received an award for "Best Radio DJ" during the MBC awards of 2005. She obtained the main role in the Korean version of Tim Rice's musical Aida, starting on August 27, 2005. Ock has also done television work as a permanent member on various variety shows. In addition to being one of the main girls on Heroine 5, she was a part of Goldfish, an MBC TV show, in 2006. She was featured in the first season of MBC's reality program, "I am a Singer" with other veteran stars of Korean music. She was voted first place for her rendition of "1000 days", and also sang Korean ballad "Love is Gone", "Man is Ship, Woman is Harbor" and a re-make of fellow Fin. K.L member Lee Hyori's "U-Go Girl". Ock has continued to further her "yoga celebrity" career, even helping to open up a yoga studio. She also released her own yoga VHS, DVD. More recently she published a new book about maintaining fitness of mind and body. In March 2009, it was revealed that Ock would be teaching classes in music at Dong Seoul College. Ock has received much success as one of the most popular leading ladies of Korean musical theater. Today she is renowned almost more for her presence as a musical actress than her days as a pop-icon and singer. In 2010 she appeared in the Count of Monte Cristo in the main role of Mercedes. She appeared as the leading female role in the Korean adaptation of Das Musical: Elisabeth, opposite JYJ's Junsu in 2012. She received a Best Actress Golden Ticket Award and Korean Musical Award for this role. She followed these acclaimed adaptations of European musical theater into a new role as "Mrs. Danvers" in the musical "Rebecca," inspired by Hitchcock's movie of the same name. Playing a slightly unhinged and dark character, Ock showed a new side of herself and was rewarded with great popularity among audiences and received the 2013 Korean Musical Award for Best Actress in a supporting role. In 2014 Ock starred as Elphaba in the first Korean production of "Wicked the Musical" and also reprises the role of Danvers in "Rebecca" due to its popularity in South Korea. Starting in November 2014 Ock began her role as Marie Antoinette, in the musical Marie Antoinette at Charlotte Theater in Seoul, South Korea. Ock graduated from Kyung Hee University with Sung Yuri and Gong Yoo in February 2005. She is currently signed with Asia Bridge Contents. Ock revealed herself to be in a long-term relationship with Jeff Chang, son of Korean media mogul. , Ock Joo-hyun 2019-12-29T11:08:15Z name Ock Joo-hyun (Korean: 옥주현; sometimes spelled Ock Ju-hyun; born March 20, 1980) is a South Korean singer and musical theatre actress, known mostly for her role as the lead singer of the South Korean girl group Fin. K.L. After their unofficial breakup in 2002, Ock released three solo albums and has participated in musicals, namely Aida, Chicago, Cats, 42nd Street, and The Count of Monte Cristo. Fin. K.L debuted in 1998 with DSP Entertainment and quickly became popular, catapulting all its members into stardom. Ock served as the lead singer for Fin. K.L until it became inactive as a group in 2002; she has since taken part in Fin. K.L's digital single "Fine Killing Liberty" in fall of 2005, including filming the music video. Starting her solo career summer in 2003, Ock came out with a ballad called "난..." ("Nan...", meaning "I..."), which entered the top 10 of Korean music charts. By her second album, which came out late fall in 2004, the public was startled by the sudden change in appearance, as she had experienced a significant weight loss; Ock attributed to her intense yoga training. Her popularity rose and she was able to perform on various music shows for a lengthy period with her singles "Catch" and "Sweet Rainyday". Her third album, titled Remind, was released on June 12, 2008 The first single off the album is "Honey", which is a departure from her previous singles as it incorporates R&B. She began her comeback performances the following weekend on the major TV music shows. Her next album, "Reflection" was released in 2013. In 2014, Ock partnered with musical composer and director Frank Wildhorn, with whom she worked together in the musical "Monte Cristo", to release an English language album titled "Gold" with popular musical numbers. In addition to launching three albums, Ock has worked as a radiostation DJ for MBC, and as an MC for Korean networks SBS, MBC, and KBS. She has also received an award for "Best Radio DJ" during the MBC awards of 2005. She obtained the main role in the Korean version of Tim Rice's musical Aida, starting on August 27, 2005. Ock has also done television work as a permanent member on various variety shows. In addition to being one of the main girls on Heroine 5, she was a part of Goldfish, an MBC TV show, in 2006. She was featured in the first season of MBC's reality program, "I am a Singer" with other veteran stars of Korean music. She was voted first place for her rendition of "1000 days", and also sang Korean ballad "Love is Gone", "Man is Ship, Woman is Harbor" and a re-make of fellow Fin. K.L member Lee Hyori's "U-Go Girl". Ock has continued to further her "yoga celebrity" career, even helping to open up a yoga studio. She also released her own yoga VHS, DVD. More recently she published a new book about maintaining fitness of mind and body. In March 2009, it was revealed that Ock would be teaching classes in music at Dong Seoul College. Ock has received much success as one of the most popular leading ladies of Korean musical theater. Often, she is described as a charismatic leading lady with high ticket power. Today she is renowned almost more for her presence as a musical actress than her days as a pop-icon and singer. She debuted in the role of Aida as the lead role in 2005. Many praised her strong vocals but were intensely critical of acting as well as her status as a former k-pop idol. When she returned to the role again in 2010 she fell ill and was unable to make one of the shows. The production only featured a single cast and no understudies or standbys were used during the run. Due to this, the show was cancelled and many people complained at the oversight of the situation, Ock was then blamed for the incident despite the company being at fault. The following year she starred in Chicago and was met with better reviews saying that her acting had improved. In 2010, she appeared in the Count of Monte Cristo in the main role of Mercedes. She appeared as the leading female role in the Korean adaptation of Das Musical: Elisabeth, opposite JYJ's Junsu in 2012. She received a Best Actress Golden Ticket Award and Korean Musical Award for this role. She followed these acclaimed adaptations of European musical theater into a new role as "Mrs. Danvers" in the musical "Rebecca," inspired by Hitchcock's movie of the same name. Playing a slightly unhinged and dark character, Ock showed a new side of herself and was rewarded with great popularity among audiences and received the 2013 Korean Musical Award for Best Actress in a supporting role. In 2014, Ock starred as Elphaba in the first Korean production of "Wicked the Musical" and also reprises the role of Danvers in "Rebecca" due to its popularity in South Korea. Starting in November 2014 Ock began her role as Marie Antoinette, in the musical Marie Antoinette at Charlotte Theater in Seoul, South Korea. In 2016, Ock starred in her first original role with Mata Hari. It was also the first original musical from EMK Musical Company which was created in collaboration with Frank Wildhorn. He had stated that she had been one of the main inspirations for the character and songs of Mata Hari, and had sung high praises of her performances in his other musicals such as The Count of Monte Cristo. She later reprised her role in the 2017 production which had since been revised. In 2018, Ock was cast as Anna Karenina (along with Jeong Sun Ah) for the Korean premiere. Prior to that, she travelled to Russia to meet the cast and crew of the Russian production that was opening before her own run. She appeared at the curtain call for opening night, and sang a trio with Ekaterina Guseva (Anna Karenina) and Sergey Lee (Alexey Vronsky). * Note: Most, if not all, large scale Korean Musicals are generally double or triple cast for a role. The actors share the role equally and alternate throughout the eight show week. 2016.11.11 Ock Joo-hyun is a playable character in the video game Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 2 (only in the South Korean PC version). Ock graduated from Kyung Hee University with Sung Yuri and Gong Yoo in February 2005. She is currently signed with Potluck. Allegedly Ock had revealed herself to be in a long-term relationship with Jeff Chang, son of Korean media mogul. The relationship was said to have started in 2006, however when she mentions him at the awards show where she thanked him, she refers to him as "a friend of mine". It's inferred that they have since broken up and she is not in a relationship with anyone currently. In the director's cut of the Fin. K.L. Camping Club variety show she stated that she didn't want to get married when her fellow members asked about her thoughts.

Nicholas_Love_(monk)

Nicholas_Love_(monk) 2011-05-21T12:45:27Z Nicholas Love or Luff (died c. 1424) was the first prior and fourth rector of the Carthusian house of Mount Grace Priory in Yorkshire (although the original charter names Robert Tredwye first prior) and translated the Meditationes Vitae Christi (by Pseudo-Bonaventure, that is, attributed to St. Bonaventure) into English as The Mirror of the Blessed Life of Jesus Christ. Around the year 1410, he submitted his translation to Thomas Arundel, Archbishop of Canterbury, in conformity with the strictures of the Oxford Constitutions of 1407–09, which forbade any new translations of biblical material in any form, unless that translation was submitted to the local bishop for approval. The archbishop took this action in an attempt to stop the circulation of the Wycliffite translation of the bible into English, and other heretical Wycliffite (Lollard) writings; Love's translation in fact includes a number of major additions to the original Latin text, arguing specifically against the positions of John Wycliffe and his followers on, e. g. , the ecclesiastical hierarchy, almsgiving, and the sacraments of penance and the Eucharist. This article about a Catholic clergyman is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. , Nicholas_Love_(monk) 2013-06-14T20:17:42Z Nicholas Love, also known as Nicholas Luff, (died c. 1424) was the fourth rector, promoted to become the first prior, of the Carthusian house of Mount Grace Priory in Yorkshire, when that house was incorporated into the order in 1410 (although the original charter names Robert Tredwye - who was actually the first rector - as first prior). The latest documentary occurrence of his name is 15 March, 1423, and his death, as "former prior" is recorded in 1424. Love translated the popular Franciscan meditation manual Meditationes Vitae Christi into English, as The Mirror of the Blessed Life of Jesus Christ. This work was at the time attributed to Bonaventure, but is now recognised to be by an unknown author, and hence is attributed to Pseudo-Bonaventure (although attempts have been made to identify its author, and it is possible it was written by the Italian Franciscan John de Caulibus). Around the year 1410, he submitted his translation to Thomas Arundel, Archbishop of Canterbury, in conformity with the strictures of the Oxford Constitutions of 1407–09, which had forbidden all new translations of biblical material in any form, without the submission of the material to the local bishop for approval. The archbishop had taken this action in an attempt to stop the circulation of the Wycliffite translation of the Bible and other heretical Wycliffite (Lollard) writings. Love's translation in fact includes a number of major additions to the original Latin text, arguing specifically against the positions of John Wycliffe and his followers on, e. g. , the Church hierarchy, almsgiving, and the sacraments of Penance and the Eucharist. (This additional text is sometimes referred to separately, as A Short Treatise of the Highest and Most Worthy Sacrament of Christ's Body and Its Miracles. ) Love's translation was clearly popular. There are 64 manuscripts and 6 printings made before 1535. Template:Persondata This article about a Catholic clergyman is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.

Yusof Haslam

Yusof Haslam 2017-02-01T17:17:45Z Datuk Mohd. Yusof bin Md. Haslam Khan (born April 24, 1954) is a Malaysian actor and filmmaker. His film production are mainly focus on the world of police, such as the TV series Gerak Khas and Roda-Roda Kuala Lumpur, the former spurring three feature films. The immense popularity of his films had led him to be nicknamed the "Six Million Dollar Man". Yusof also has his own film production company, Skop Productions. Yusof was born on April 24, 1954 in Jalan Pahang, Kuala Lumpur to his parents Bahyah Talib and Md. Haslam Khan. He is a fourth child from among seven siblings. He received his education at the SMK Aminuddin Baki in Kuala Lumpur. Yusof began acting since 1970 despite his father's objections, who believed that the entertainment scene held no future prospects. He began his involvement in acting by playing an extra character in Laksamana Do Re Mi as the guard of the Minister of Fasola. He began directing films in 1991 with Bayangan Maut, a mystery action thriller film starring rock singer Ella. , Yusof Haslam 2018-11-27T00:15:50Z Datuk (Dr) ACP (K) Md. Yusof bin Md. Haslam (born 24 April 1954), better known by his stage name Yusof Haslam, is a Malaysian actor, filmmaker, director, producer. His film production are mainly focus on the world of police, such as the TV series Gerak Khas and Roda-Roda Kuala Lumpur, the former spurring three feature films. The immense popularity of his films had led him to be nicknamed the "Six Million Dollar Man". His legacy in entertainment showbiz is now carried by his two sons, Syamsul and Syafiq. Yusof also has his own film production company, Skop Productions where he served as the Managing Director. Yusof was born on April 24, 1954 in Jalan Pahang, Kuala Lumpur to housewife Bahyah Talib and lorry driver Md. Haslam Khan. He is a fourth child from among seven siblings who together lived in a house in the squatter settlement. He received his education at the SMK Aminuddin Baki in Kuala Lumpur. He became enamoured with movies through his experiences seeing Hollywood westerns and Bollywood films—with the latter, he considered one of the stars Shashi Kapoor as his acting idol. Yusof thus decided that he would become an actor, much to objections by his father who believed that the entertainment scene held no future prospects. Yusof took up profession as a bus conductor, but he also secretly attended acting auditions. He began his involvement in acting by playing an extra character in Laksamana Do Re Mi in 1970, as the guard of the Minister of Fasola. It would only be until in 1975 that he would take a leading main role through the film Permintaan Terakhir. He began directing films in 1991 with Bayangan Maut, a mystery action thriller film starring rock singer Ella. This was later followed by Pemburu Bayang in 1992, Sembilu in 1994, best-selling blockbuster film, Maria Mariana in 1996 plus its sequel two years after among others. Apart from film and television, he is also a managing director of his production company, Skop Productions which he had established since 1985. The company has four subsidiaries - Haslam Trading (restaurant), Haslam Properties (real estate and properties), Skop Publishing (print publications) and ME Communications (post-production facilities). He was awarded the Ahli Mangku Negara in 1993 and the Panglima Jasa Negara in 2001, which carries the title of Dato', for his contributions to Malaysian cinema. Yusof married twice. His first marriage was with Raja Noor Saadah Salehuddin in 1978 and divorced in 1980, they have no children. He later married Fatimah Ismail in 1982. They have four children namely Faizal, Syamsul, Shamin and Syafiq. Syamsul and Syafiq themselves are also actor and film directors. Year Year

Carlos Sánchez (footballer, born 1986)

Carlos Sánchez (footballer, born 1986) 2018-01-11T15:55:19Z name Carlos Alberto Sánchez Moreno (born 6 February 1986) is a Colombian professional footballer who plays as a defensive midfielder for Fiorentina. He is nicknamed La Roca (The Rock), due to his strength on the pitch. He began his career at River Plate Montevideo before moving to Valenciennes in 2007, where he made 178 Ligue 1 appearances and scored ten goals across six seasons. After one campaign in La Liga with Elche, he joined Aston Villa in 2014. A full international since 2007, Sánchez has earned over 70 caps for Colombia. He was part of the squads that reached the quarter-finals of the 2011 Copa América, 2014 FIFA World Cup and the 2015 Copa América, and finished third in the 2016 Copa América Centenario. Born in Quibdó, Chocó, Sánchez moved to a football school in Medellín and then onto Uruguayan club Danubio, where he signed his first professional contract in 2003 and was a teammate of Edinson Cavani. However, he was released two years later, making no first-team appearances. In the summer of 2005, Sánchez joined fellow league team River Plate Montevideo. He featured in 40 matches during his two-year spell, scoring once. In July 2007, Sánchez was bought by a group of investors and was assigned to Rangers de Talca, subsequently moving abroad for the first time in his career, by agreeing to a five-year deal with Ligue 1 side Valenciennes. He made his debut on 4 August, starting in a 3–1 home win against Toulouse. Sánchez featured regularly for the side in his debut campaign, and was an ever-present figure during the following seasons. In March 2010, he damaged his anterior cruciate ligament, being sidelined nearly a year. After making 148 appearances for the club, scoring 8 goals in the league, Sánchez left the club in the summer of 2012 when his contract expired. After long negotiations with Bolton Wanderers and West Ham United, he failed to reach an agreement with any club, and subsequently rejoined his former club Valenciennes on 25 August 2012. On 16 August 2013, Sánchez signed a three-year deal with Spanish side Elche, freshly promoted to La Liga, for a €3.7 million fee. He made his debut on 24 August, starting in a 1–1 home draw against Real Sociedad. On 15 August 2014, Aston Villa announced the signing of Sánchez on a four-year contract for an undisclosed fee reported to be around £4.7 million. His first Villa appearance came eight days later when he replaced Charles N'Zogbia as a substitute in the 62nd minute of a goalless draw with Newcastle United at Villa Park. He made his first start for the club in their 0–3 home defeat against Arsenal on 20 September, after illness had ruled out some of his teammates. On 11 April 2015, he was sent off for two yellow cards as the team won 1–0 away to Tottenham Hotspur at White Hart Lane, causing him to miss their victory over Liverpool in the FA Cup semi-final eight days later. Sánchez scored his first goal for Villa on 25 April, an 85th-minute deflected volleyed equaliser away to title holders Manchester City, but Fernandinho later netted a winner for City. He made a 19-minute substitute appearance in the 2015 FA Cup Final on 30 May at Wembley Stadium in place of Ashley Westwood, in an eventual 0–4 loss to Arsenal. On 9 August 2016, Sánchez signed a two-year loan with Italian side Fiorentina of Serie A. He made his debut on 20 August in a 2–1 against Juventus playing the final 25 minutes. Sánchez scored his first goal for the club on 28 August, giving his team victory against Chievo but he would proceed to go off injured after 59 minutes. Sánchez made his international debut against Panama on 9 May 2007. He was then included in the 34-man provisional squad for the Copa América 2007, but later dropped for the final list. He was in the first team for all of Colombia's matches for 2010 FIFA World Cup qualification including the 2–1 victory over Argentina on 20 November 2007 in Bogotá. At the 2011 Copa América, he started three of Colombia's four matches as they reached the quarter-finals, coming into the team at the expense of Gustavo Bolívar after the opening game. He played in all five of Colombia's matches in the FIFA World Cup finals in Brazil in 2014, playing a defensive role which allowed James Rodríguez and Juan Cuadrado to be attacking midfielders. Sánchez was included in Colombia's squad for the 2015 Copa América, where he was credited with "dominating" Neymar during his man of the match performance in the 1–0 group stage defeat of Brazil in Santiago. Sánchez is married to Noelia, whom he met in Montevideo. , Carlos Sánchez (footballer, born 1986) 2019-12-29T08:21:25Z name Carlos Alberto Sánchez Moreno (born 6 February 1986) is a Colombian professional footballer who plays as a defensive midfielder for English club West Ham United. He is nicknamed La Roca (The Rock), due to his strength. He began his career at River Plate Montevideo before moving to Valenciennes in 2007, where he made 178 Ligue 1 appearances and scored ten goals across six seasons. He later played in La Liga for Elche and Espanyol, the Premier League for Aston Villa and Serie A for Fiorentina. A full international since 2007, Sánchez has earned over 80 caps for Colombia. He was part of the squads that reached the quarter-finals of the 2011 Copa América, 2014 FIFA World Cup and the 2015 Copa América, and finished third in the 2016 Copa América Centenario. Born in Quibdó, Chocó, Sánchez moved to a football school in Medellín and then onto Uruguayan club Danubio, where he signed his first professional contract in 2003 and was a teammate of Edinson Cavani. However, he was released two years later, making no first-team appearances. In the summer of 2005, Sánchez joined fellow league team River Plate Montevideo. He featured in 40 matches during his two-year spell, scoring once. In July 2007, Sánchez was bought by a group of investors and was assigned to Rangers de Talca, subsequently moving abroad for the first time in his career, by agreeing to a five-year deal with Ligue 1 side Valenciennes. He made his debut on 4 August, starting in a 3–1 home win against Toulouse. Sánchez featured regularly for the side in his debut campaign, and was an ever-present figure during the following seasons. In March 2010, he damaged his anterior cruciate ligament, being sidelined nearly a year. After making 148 appearances for the club, scoring 8 goals in the league, Sánchez left the club in the summer of 2012 when his contract expired. After long negotiations with Bolton Wanderers and West Ham United, he failed to reach an agreement with any club, and subsequently rejoined his former club Valenciennes on 25 August 2012. On 16 August 2013, Sánchez signed a three-year deal with Spanish side Elche, freshly promoted to La Liga, for a €3.7 million fee. He made his debut on 24 August, starting in a 1–1 home draw against Real Sociedad. On 15 August 2014, Aston Villa announced the signing of Sánchez on a four-year contract for an undisclosed fee reported to be around £4.7 million. His first Villa appearance came eight days later when he replaced Charles N'Zogbia as a substitute in the 62nd minute of a goalless draw with Newcastle United at Villa Park. He made his first start for the club in their 0–3 home defeat against Arsenal on 20 September, after illness had ruled out some of his teammates. On 11 April 2015, he was sent off for two yellow cards as the team won 1–0 away to Tottenham Hotspur at White Hart Lane, causing him to miss their victory over Liverpool in the FA Cup semi-final eight days later. Sánchez scored his first goal for Villa on 25 April, an 85th-minute deflected volleyed equaliser away to title holders Manchester City, but Fernandinho later netted a winner for City. He made a 19-minute substitute appearance in the 2015 FA Cup Final on 30 May at Wembley Stadium in place of Ashley Westwood, in an eventual 0–4 loss to Arsenal. On 10 August 2016, after Villa's relegation, Sánchez was loaned to Serie A club Fiorentina for a season. He made his debut ten days later as a 65th-minute substitute for Milan Badelj in a 2–1 loss away to reigning champions Juventus on the first day of the season. Eight days later, he made his first start in a 1–0 home win over Chievo, in which he scored the goal. The move was made permanent at the end of the campaign. On 31 January 2018, Sánchez returned to La Liga on loan to RCD Espanyol for the remainder of the season. He made his debut four days later in a 1–1 home draw with FC Barcelona in the Derbi barceloní, playing the final four minutes in place of Léo Baptistão. On 9 August 2018, Sánchez signed a two-year deal with Premier League club West Ham United. Having made just six appearances, in September 2018 he injured his knee in an EFL Cup game against Macclesfield Town requiring knee surgery. He returned to the first team in May 2019, playing in their 3-0 home win against Southampton. Sánchez made his international debut against Panama on 9 May 2007. He was then included in the 34-man provisional squad for the Copa América 2007, but later dropped for the final list. He was in the first team for all of Colombia's matches for 2010 FIFA World Cup qualification including the 2–1 victory over Argentina on 20 November 2007 in Bogotá. At the 2011 Copa América, he started three of Colombia's four matches as they reached the quarter-finals, coming into the team at the expense of Gustavo Bolívar after the opening game. He played in all five of Colombia's matches in the FIFA World Cup finals in Brazil in 2014, playing a defensive role which allowed James Rodríguez and Juan Cuadrado to be attacking midfielders. Sánchez was included in Colombia's squad for the 2015 Copa América, where he was credited with "dominating" Neymar during his man of the match performance in the 1–0 group stage defeat of Brazil in Santiago. He was the first player sent off in the 2018 FIFA World Cup, for handball in the third minute against Japan, giving away a penalty from which Shinji Kagawa opened the scoring in a 2–1 win for the Japanese; only José Batista of Uruguay in 1986 was sent off earlier in a World Cup game. Sánchez received death threats for his red card, which were likened by BBC Sport to the assassination of Colombia player Andrés Escobar for his own goal at the 1994 FIFA World Cup. Manager José Pékerman dedicated the team's 3–0 win over Poland to the suspended Sánchez. Sánchez is married to Noelia Polvoria, whom he met in Montevideo. Colombia

Stuck_(2002_film)

Stuck_(2002_film) 2008-10-06T16:15:18Z Stuck is a Canadian feature-length video drama written and directed by Lindsay Bourne. The film features Amanda Tapping as Liz, JR Bourne as Bernie, Fred Henderson as Gordon, & Courtney Kramer as Cindy. Template:Infobox movie certificates When four people from very different backgrounds find themselves stuck in an elevator, they find themselves confronting each other and themselves. Will they emerge with their views on the world, others and themselves changed or will the stay stuck in what they believe and in their prejudices? Four people, four walls, four stories, four truths, Stuck_(2002_film) 2010-06-19T17:16:26Z Stuck is a 2002 Canadian feature-length video drama film written and directed by Lindsay Bourne. It features Amanda Tapping as Liz, JR Bourne as Bernie, Fred Henderson as Gordon, and Courtney Kramer as Cindy. When four people from very different backgrounds find themselves stuck in an elevator, they find themselves confronting each other and themselves. Will they emerge with their views on the world, others and themselves changed or will the stay stuck in what they believe and in their prejudices?

PhostrEx

PhostrEx 2008-10-25T14:17:06Z PhostrEx is a fire suppresion agent developed for use in aviation applications to replace halon, a greenhouse gas (GHG). It was developed by Eclipse Aviation for use aboard their Eclipse 500 very light jets as an engine fire suppression system, and is now being marketed to other aviation manufacturers. The PhostrEx fire suppression system addresses many of the problems with halon, from system weight to environmental concerns. These concerns, including halon's ozone-depleting and global warming characteristics, prompted the Montreal Protocol to outlaw its use. The only exception allowed by this international treaty is in aviation applications, and only until a suitable replacement became available. PhostrEx meets the requirements of both the Montreal Protocol and the Clean Air Act, and is the first commercially viable FAA & EPA certified halon replacement fire extinguishing agent. PhostrEx reacts very quickly with atmospheric moisture, breaking down into phosphorus acid and hydrogen bromide. Neither of these harms the ozone layer. High concentrations of PhostrEx can cause skin blistering and eye irritation, however low concentrations are typically used due to its effectiveness. Any persons with skin or eye contact with PhostrEx should rinse the affected area with water as soon as possible. PhostrEx is not very corrosive to metals, but it can tarnish. Most fire extinguishing agents pose a corrosion hazard to aircraft. The extinguishing effect of Halon is through interference of the thermal balance of the flame, and to a small extent by interfering with the chemical reaction of the fire. Halons are chlorofluorocarbons which cause damage to the ozone layer. It is being phased out for more environmentally-friendly alternatives. However, most of these alternatives will not fit in an aircraft engine. Halon is mildly toxic in confined spaces. Phosphorus tribromide Official website This article relating to firefighting is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. , PhostrEx 2010-12-18T20:17:40Z PhostrEx is a fire suppression agent developed for use in aviation applications to replace halon, a greenhouse gas (GHG). It was developed by Eclipse Aviation for use aboard their Eclipse 500 very light jets as an engine fire suppression system, and is now being marketed to other aviation manufacturers. The PhostrEx fire suppression system addresses many of the problems with halon, from system weight to environmental concerns. These concerns, including halon's ozone-depleting and global warming characteristics, prompted the Montreal Protocol to outlaw its use. The only exception allowed by this international treaty is in aviation applications, and only until a suitable replacement became available. PhostrEx meets the requirements of both the Montreal Protocol and the Clean Air Act, and is the first commercially viable Federal Aviation Authority and United States Environmental Protection Agency certified halon replacement fire extinguishing agent. PhostrEx reacts very quickly with atmospheric moisture, breaking down into phosphorus acid and hydrogen bromide. Neither of these harms the ozone layer. High concentrations of PhostrEx can cause skin blistering and eye irritation, however low concentrations are typically used due to its effectiveness. Any persons with skin or eye contact with PhostrEx should rinse the affected area with water as soon as possible. PhostrEx is not very corrosive to metals, but it can tarnish. Most fire extinguishing agents pose a corrosion hazard to aircraft. The extinguishing effect of Halon is through interference of the thermal balance of the flame, and to a small extent by interfering with the chemical reaction of the fire. Halons are chlorofluorocarbons which cause damage to the ozone layer. It is being phased out for more environmentally-friendly alternatives. However, most of these alternatives will not fit in an aircraft engine. Halon is mildly toxic in confined spaces. This article relating to firefighting is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.

Hobby_Express

Hobby_Express 2010-03-29T14:49:28Z Hobby Lobby International is a catalog and Internet retailer of Radio-controlled aircraft, helicopters, boats and related products. The company was started in 1963 by James Martin and sold in 2003 to GenCap America and remains headquartered in Brentwood, Tennessee. In 2009, Hobby-Lobby International was sold to Mark Cleveland, a Brentwood entrepreneur. Nashville City Paper Nashville Post Hobby Lobby International is not related to Hobby Lobby Creative Centers, a large retail chain of arts and crafts stores based in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. Official Site , Hobby_Express 2012-07-25T22:26:17Z Hobby Lobby International is an American catalog and Internet retailer of radio-controlled aircraft, helicopters, boats and related products. The company was started in 1963 by James Martin. It was sold in 2003 to GenCap America and remained headquartered in Brentwood, Tennessee. In 2009, Hobby-Lobby International was sold to Mark Cleveland, a Brentwood entrepreneur.

FK Jedinstvo Ub

FK Jedinstvo Ub 2017-07-17T10:10:05Z {{Infobox football club | clubname = Jedinstvo Ub | fullname = FK Jedinstvo Ub| | image = File:Fc jedinstvo ub.png | nickname = Red-white | founded = 1920 | ground = Stadium Dragan Dzajic)) | capacity = 3,500 | chairman = Darko Matic | manager = Zarko Andjic | league = [[Srpska liga,ZAPAD)) | season = 2016-2017 | position = Zona Drina 2 pst | pattern_la2=_red_stripes|pattern_b2=_whitestripes|pattern_ra2=_red_stripes| }} FK Jedinstvo (Serbian Cyrillic: ФK Jeдинcтвo Уб) is a football club based in Ub, Serbia. The club was founded in 1920 and played in the Serbian League within the Yugoslav league system in the seasons of 1966, 1978, 1981 and 1986. Afterwords, it achieved their major success in 2000 by playing in the Second League of FR Yugoslavia almost consecutively until 2006. Renowned Serbian and Yugoslav player Dragan Džajić began at this club. Dušan Savić and Ratko Čolić also began their careers with Jedinstvo. Afterwords during the 1990s and 2000s many other professional footballers played for the club, such as Boško Janković, Boban Bajković, Nenad Kovačević, Aleksandar Luković, Dušan Basta, Đorđe Tutorić, Dragan Mrđa, Dejan Musović, Miloš Drobnjak, Boban Stojanović, Marko Perović, Saša Vulević, Slavoljub Đorđević, Nenad Milašinović, Pavle Delibašić, Dušan Kerkez, Nemanja Matić, Vladimir Sinđić, Milan Kuzeljević or Radosav Petrović. , FK Jedinstvo Ub 2018-10-09T08:01:11Z FK Jedinstvo (Serbian Cyrillic: ФK Jeдинcтвo Уб) is a football club based in Ub, Serbia. The club was founded in 1920 and played in the Serbian League within the Yugoslav league system in the seasons of 1966, 1978, 1981 and 1986. Afterwords, it achieved their major success in 2000 by playing in the Second League of FR Yugoslavia almost consecutively until 2006. Renowned Serbian and Yugoslav player Dragan Džajić began at this club. Dušan Savić and Ratko Čolić also began their careers with Jedinstvo. Afterwords during the 1990s and 2000s many other professional footballers played for the club, such as Boško Janković, Boban Bajković, Nenad Kovačević, Aleksandar Luković, Dušan Basta, Đorđe Tutorić, Dragan Mrđa, Dejan Musović, Miloš Drobnjak, Boban Stojanović, Marko Perović, Saša Vulević, Slavoljub Đorđević, Nenad Milašinović, Pavle Delibašić, Dušan Kerkez, Nemanja Matić, Vladimir Sinđić, Milan Kuzeljević or Radosav Petrović. ==Current team—- Cf M.Bibercic Number 7 (coming 04.03.2019) Rw D.Ristic Number 14 (coming 04.03.2019)

Salli Saffioti

Salli Saffioti 2021-03-25T21:22:45Z Salli Saffioti (born June 11, 1976) is an American actress and voice-over artist known for voicing roles in video games including Ingrid Hunnigan in Resident Evil 4, Resident Evil: Degeneration, Resident Evil: Damnation and Resident Evil 6, Furia in Paladins, Ming in Lost Odyssey, the Sea Captain's daughter in Tales of the Black Freighter, Razia in Prince of Persia: The Forgotten Sands and the Black Widow in Spider-Man: Web of Shadows. First Arcanist Thalyssra in World of Warcraft: Legion. Voices the Female Hero in Fable II and III. In the Monster High franchise, she voices main characters Clawdeen Wolf and Cleo de Nile, which in later video installments she goes under the stage name Celeste Henderson. She also goes under this name for non-union productions. , Salli Saffioti 2022-12-21T21:55:40Z Salli Saffioti (born June 11, 1976) is an American actress. She is known for voicing roles in video games including Ingrid Hunnigan in Resident Evil 4, Resident Evil: Degeneration, Resident Evil: Damnation and Resident Evil 6, Ming in Lost Odyssey, the Sea Captain's daughter in Tales of the Black Freighter, Razia in Prince of Persia: The Forgotten Sands and the Black Widow in Spider-Man: Web of Shadows. First Arcanist Thalyssra in World of Warcraft: Legion. Voices the Female Hero in Fable II and III. In the Monster High franchise, she voices main characters Clawdeen Wolf and Cleo de Nile, which in later video installments she goes under the stage name Celeste Henderson. She also goes under this name for non-union productions.

Erigeron_philadelphicus

Erigeron_philadelphicus 2012-05-24T18:34:00Z Erigeron philadelphicus (Philadelphia fleabane) is a plant in the daisy family, Asteraceae. Also known as Skevish, Skervish, Philadelphia daisy, frost-root, and poor robin's plantain. Erigeron philadelphicus is a herbaceous plant with alternate, simple leaves, on hairy stems. The flowers are pink-rayed, yellow centered, borne in spring. The number of closely packed petals ranges from 50 to 100 per flower. The blooms are less than one inch in diameter. The stem is hairy with rough hairs. The middle to lower leaves are heart shaped, and the plant is about 0. 5–2. 5 ft (15–76 cm) tall. Its active growth period is from spring to summer (April to July). , Erigeron_philadelphicus 2013-10-04T18:01:06Z Erigeron philadelphicus (Philadelphia fleabane) is a plant in the daisy family, Asteraceae. Also known as Skevish, Skervish, Philadelphia daisy, frost-root, and poor robin's plantain. Erigeron philadelphicus is a herbaceous plant with alternate, simple leaves, on hairy stems. The flowers are pink-rayed, yellow centered, borne in spring. The number of closely packed petals ranges from 50 to 100 per flower. The blooms are less than one inch in diameter. The stem is hairy with rough hairs. The middle to lower leaves are heart shaped, and the plant is about 0. 5–2. 5 ft (15–76 cm) tall. Its active growth period is from spring to summer (April to July).

Phuntsog_Nyidron

Phuntsog_Nyidron 2008-09-17T02:55:31Z Phuntsog Nyidron is a Tibetan Buddhist nun born in 1969 who was imprisoned by the government of the People's Republic of China (PRC) in 1989 and released in 2004. She was kept under house arrest until March 2006 when she could travel to the US for medical treatment. Phuntsog Nyidron was imprisoned for "counter-revolutionary propaganda" in 1989. She spent fifteen years in prison before being released on 26 February, 2004 following calls for her release by several United States senators and congressmen. She was the last of fourteen nuns who had been imprisoned during the 1980s and early 1990s to be released. John Kamm, director of Dui Hua Foundation who played a major in her release said she was prevented to leave sooner for medical treatment abroad because the authorities refused to grant her a passport while her political rights were under restriction. John Kamm stated that “Chinese law is very clear on this point, Chinese citizens cannot be denied passports simply because their political rights have been deprived by a court. The police may deny a passport to a person the government considers may create a threat to national security or do serious harm to national interests, but exclusion on such grounds should be the rare exception rather than the norm. We hope that the proper application of Chinese law regarding passports in the case of Phuntsog Nyidron represents the recognition that ex-prisoners whose political rights are suspended have the right to hold passports and travel abroad. ” , Phuntsog_Nyidron 2009-12-01T18:14:44Z Phuntsog Nyidron is a Tibetan Buddhist nun born in 1969 who was imprisoned by the government of the People's Republic of China (PRC) in 1989 and released in 2004. She was kept under house arrest until March 2006 when she could travel to the US for medical treatment. Phuntsog Nyidron was imprisoned for "counter-revolutionary propaganda" in 1989. She spent fifteen years in prison before being released on 26 February, 2004 following calls for her release by several United States senators and congressmen. She was the last of fourteen nuns who had been imprisoned during the 1980s and early 1990s to be released. John Kamm, director of Dui Hua Foundation who played a major in her release said she was prevented to leave sooner for medical treatment abroad because the authorities refused to grant her a passport while her political rights were under restriction. John Kamm stated that “Chinese law is very clear on this point, Chinese citizens cannot be denied passports simply because their political rights have been deprived by a court. The police may deny a passport to a person the government considers may create a threat to national security or do serious harm to national interests, but exclusion on such grounds should be the rare exception rather than the norm. We hope that the proper application of Chinese law regarding passports in the case of Phuntsog Nyidron represents the recognition that ex-prisoners whose political rights are suspended have the right to hold passports and travel abroad. ”

Peter_Pan_in_Kensington_Gardens

Peter_Pan_in_Kensington_Gardens 2008-04-16T07:29:38Z Peter Pan in Kensington Gardens is a novel by James M. Barrie, published in 1906; it is one of four major literary works by Barrie featuring the widely known literary character he originated, Peter Pan. Peter is a seven-day-old infant who, like "all" infants, used to be part bird. Peter has complete faith in his flying abilities, so, upon hearing a discussion of his adult life, he is able to escape out of the window of his London home and return to the Kensington Gardens. Upon returning to the Gardens, Peter is shocked to learn from the crow Solomon Caw that he is not still a bird, but more like a human - Solomon says he is crossed between them as a "Betwixt-and-Between". Unfortunately, Peter now knows he cannot fly, so he is stranded in the Kensington Gardens. At first, Peter can only get around on foot, but he commissions the building of a child-sized thrush's nest that he can use as a boat to navigate the Gardens by way of the Serpentine River. Although he terrified the fairies when he first arrived, Peter quickly gains favor with them. He amuses them with his human ways, and agrees to play the panpipes at the fairy dances. Eventually, Queen Mab grants him the wish of his heart. He decides to return home to his mother. The fairies reluctantly help him to fly home, where his mother is asleep in his old bedroom. Peter feels rather guilty for leaving his mother, but this is mostly due to the fact that he believes she misses him terribly. He considers returning to live with her, but decides to go back to the Gardens to say his last good-byes. Unfortunately, Peter stays too long in the Gardens; when he uses his second wish to go home permanently, he is devastated to learn that, in his absence, his mother has given birth to another boy she can love. Peter returns, heartbroken, to the Kensington Gardens. Peter later meets a little girl named Maimie Mannering who is lost in the Gardens. He and Maimie become fast friends, and little Peter asks her to marry him. Maimie nearly stays with him, but realizes that her mother must be missing her dreadfully. So she leaves Peter to return home. Maimie does not forget Peter, however; when she is older she makes presents and letters for him, and she even gives him an imaginary goat which he rides around every night. Maimie is the literary predecessor to the character Wendy Darling in Barrie's later Peter and Wendy story. Throughout the novel, Peter misunderstands simple things like children's games. He does not know what a pram is, mistaking it for an animal and he becomes extremely attached to a boy's lost kite. It is only when Maimie tells him that he knows he plays all his games wrong. When Peter is not playing, he likes to make graves for the children who get lost at night, burying them with little headstones in the Gardens. Most of the text of Peter Pan in Kensington Gardens was included as chapters 13-18 of Barrie's earlier novel The Little White Bird, published in 1902, with minor differences appearing on only nine pages of the separately published 1906 novel. The Little White Bird was published as a novel for adult readers; whereas Peter Pan in Kensington Gardens was published specifically as a children's book. In 1904, Barrie wrote a stage play titled Peter Pan, or the Boy Who Would Not Grow Up, performed in December of that year, although it had not yet been published. The play is not a sequel or adaptation of the earlier novel; it is a different story, though closely based on the literary style, subtext concepts, and the Peter Pan character he had developed in The Little White Bird and Peter Pan in Kensington Gardens. In the play and later novel, Peter Pan as a character is portrayed as a few years older than the Peter Pan of Kensington Gardens. The stage play became the basis for Barrie's 1911 novel Peter and Wendy (later published under the title Peter Pan and Wendy beginning in 1921, and with subsequent publications using the title Peter Pan). The script of the stage play itself was published later in 1928. The story is set in Kensington Gardens, a famous park in London, mostly after "Lock-Out Time", described by Barrie as the time at the end of the day when the park gates are closed to the public, and the fairies and other magical inhabitants of the park can move about more freely than during the daylight, when generally, they must hide from ordinary people. The fairies of the gardens are first described in Thomas Tickell's 1722 poem Kensington Gardens. , Peter_Pan_in_Kensington_Gardens 2009-06-27T21:39:12Z Peter Pan in Kensington Gardens is a novel by James M. Barrie, published in 1906; it is one of four major literary works by Barrie featuring the widely known literary character he originated, Peter Pan. Peter is a seven-day-old infant who, "like all infants", used to be part bird. Peter has complete faith in his flying abilities, so, upon hearing a discussion of his adult life, he is able to escape out of the window of his London home and return to Kensington Gardens. Upon returning to the Gardens, Peter is shocked to learn from the crow Solomon Caw that he is not still a bird, but more like a human - Solomon says he is crossed between them as a "Betwixt-and-Between". Unfortunately, Peter now knows he cannot fly, so he is stranded in Kensington Gardens. At first, Peter can only get around on foot, but he commissions the building of a child-sized thrush's nest that he can use as a boat to navigate the Gardens by way of the Serpentine River. Although he terrifies the fairies when he first arrives, Peter quickly gains favor with them. He amuses them with his human ways, and agrees to play the panpipes at the fairy dances. Eventually, Queen Mab grants him the wish of his heart and he decides to return home to his mother. The fairies reluctantly help him to fly home, where he finds his mother is asleep in his old bedroom. Peter feels rather guilty for leaving his mother, mostly due to the fact that he believes she misses him terribly. He considers returning to live with her and decides to go back to the Gardens to say his last good-byes. Unfortunately, Peter stays too long in the Gardens and when he uses his second wish to go home permanently he is devastated to learn that, in his absence, his mother has given birth to another boy she can love. Peter returns, heartbroken, to Kensington Gardens. Peter later meets a little girl named Maimie Mannering who is lost in the Gardens. He and Maimie become fast friends, and little Peter asks her to marry him. Maimie is going to stay with him, but realizes that her mother must be missing her dreadfully, so she leaves Peter to return home. Maimie does not forget Peter, however, and when she is older she makes presents and letters for him. She even gives him an imaginary goat which he rides around every night. Maimie is the literary predecessor to the character Wendy Darling in Barrie's later Peter and Wendy story. Throughout the novel, Peter misunderstands simple things like children's games. He does not know what a pram is, mistaking it for an animal, and he becomes extremely attached to a boy's lost kite. It is only when Maimie tells him, that he discovers he plays all his games incorrectly. When Peter is not playing, he likes to make graves for the children who get lost at night, burying them with little headstones in the Gardens. Most of the text of Peter Pan in Kensington Gardens was included as chapters 13-18 of Barrie's earlier novel The Little White Bird, published in 1902, with minor differences appearing on only nine pages of the separately published 1906 novel. The Little White Bird was published as a novel for adult readers; whereas Peter Pan in Kensington Gardens was published specifically as a children's book. In 1904, Barrie wrote a stage play titled Peter Pan, or the Boy Who Would Not Grow Up, performed in December of that year, although it had not yet been published. The play is not a sequel or adaptation of the earlier novel; it is a different story, though closely based on the literary style, subtext concepts, and the Peter Pan character he had developed in The Little White Bird and Peter Pan in Kensington Gardens. In the play and later novel, Peter Pan as a character, is portrayed as a few years older than the Peter Pan of Kensington Gardens. The stage play became the basis for Barrie's 1911 novel Peter and Wendy (later published under the title Peter Pan and Wendy in 1921, with subsequent publications using the title Peter Pan). The script of the stage play itself was published later in 1928. The story is set in Kensington Gardens, a famous park in London, mostly after "Lock-Out Time", described by Barrie as the time at the end of the day when the park gates are closed to the public. After this time the fairies, and other magical inhabitants of the park, can move about more freely than during the daylight, when they must hide from ordinary people. The fairy inhabitants of the gardens are first described in Thomas Tickell's 1722 poem Kensington Gardens.

Humboldt Broncos

Humboldt Broncos 2005-10-07T01:58:34Z They established in 1970 and play at the Elgar Peterson Arena, which seats a capacity of 1,900. The team has established the victors of the 2003 Royal Bank Cup. , Humboldt Broncos 2006-12-19T16:29:42Z team The Humboldt Broncos are an ice hockey team from Humboldt, Saskatchewan. They were established in 1970 and play at the Elgar Peterson Arena, which has a capacity of 1,900. The Broncos play in the Saskatchewan Junior Hockey League (SJHL) and have claimed a number of provincial championships. The team also won the Royal Bank Cup 2003. The team's mascot is a horse named Break-Away (Road Apple). The team colours are green, black, gold and white. The current coach is Dean Brockman, and the assistant coach is Tim Klimosko.

Melbourne Ice

Melbourne Ice 2018-01-01T02:50:01Z The Melbourne Ice are a semi-professional ice hockey team in the Australian Ice Hockey League. The team plays its home games at the O'Brien Group Arena in Melbourne, which was completed in 2010. It formerly played at the Olympic Ice Skating Centre (OISC) in Oakleigh South, a suburb of Monash which in turn is part of the Melbourne metropolitan area. They won their first premiership in 2010. The Ice first entered the league for the 2002 season, and during their first two seasons they split their home games between Oakleigh South and Bendigo. From 2004 onwards, all home games were played at the OISC, noted for being the smallest rink in the league, with its width about two-thirds that of a regulation Olympic-sized rink. Furthermore, loose netting replaced the high transparent boards associated with top-level hockey, and the puck was prone to leaving play with annoying frequency. Melbourne did not reach the playoffs in its first four seasons in the AIHL. Its first two seasons were coloured by several crushing defeats; its second season combined a strong, low scoring home record with a poor away record, again containing many big losses. However, in 2005, the Ice were competitive almost every week, both home and away, finishing 5 points out of the playoffs, and left rueing several third period fade-outs. Attendances for Ice games increased markedly over the next few seasons, with the small crowd area often packed to capacity towards the end of the 2005 season. In 2010, the team moved to play out of the newly constructed National Ice Sports Centre (Icehouse), in Docklands which featured significantly improved facilities for players and spectators alike. The first home game at the new rink sold out, and all subsequent home games have either sold out, or nearly done so. Melbourne's strongest rivalry exists with the Mustangs IHC, on the basis of being cross-town rivals. The Ice are also one of many teams who have somewhat of a rivalry with the Newcastle North Stars, who along with Melbourne also entered the AIHL in 2002, and who ultimately defeated the Ice in its first playoff game in 2006, and most recently the grand final championship in 2015. Fans have become accustomed to entertaining, high quality (and often high scoring) games when these teams meet. The season got off to a shaky start when the Ice lost its first three games, all at home, including both legs of its traditional double-header against the Adelaide Avalanche. Their form recovered, and they won the next six games, including three double-points games, to move to the top of the ladder, a position from which they continued to build. On 5 August 2006, the Ice mathematically clinched the franchise's first minor premiership and guaranteed themselves a spot in the 2006 playoffs with a 5-3 win over Central Coast. On 2 September 2006, they played their first ever playoff game against the fourth-placed Newcastle North Stars in Adelaide. Despite having swept the North Stars during the regular season, the Ice were exposed on the larger Adelaide rink and lost the game 6-1. The following night, after the final, president Josh Puls and captain Brad Vigon were presented with the V.I.P. Cup, rewarding the Ice's minor premiership. The 2007 season again began with the traditional double-header against Adelaide, and home games against the Rhinos and Knights in the following weeks, yielding four consecutive regulation wins (6-1, 5-4, 5-3, 4-1). The following month featured four road games: a 3-4 a shoot-out loss and a 2-1 victory, against Adelaide; a 3-0 victory against the Knights in Canberra for double points, and; a 2-3 loss, the team's first in regulation, to the Bears in Penrith. The team then returned to Oakleigh for a string of three home games, with a 5-1 win over the Knights, and 5-4 and 4-3 shoot-out wins over the Bears and Northstars (the first and second in club history). The following weekend, a high-scoring road trip to Brisbane saw a 7-3 win and a 5-8 loss to the Blue Tongues. Returning to Oakleigh the following weekend, Melbourne beat the Western Sydney Ice Dogs 6-4. The ensuing road trip saw a 6-3 victory over the Rhinos for double points, and a disappointing 0-3 loss to the Bears. Back at Oakleigh, the Ice were underwhelming in a 3-2 win over the Rhinos, and were soundly beaten 3-6 by the Bears once again. After a week off, the Ice returned with a dominant 8-2 home win against the Ice Dogs with debutant Peter Morris starring with a goal and two assists. The following weekend a road trip saw a 5-4 shootout win against the Northstars for double points, clinching a playoffs berth for the Ice, and a 4-3 shootout loss against the Ice Dogs, again for double points. The Ice were disappointing in their final two games, home losses against Newcastle (0-1) and Brisbane (2-4), giving them poor momentum heading into the finals. After results failed to fall their way in the final weekend, during which they were idle, the Ice lost the V.I.P. Cup to the Adelaide Avalanche. Drawn to face third placed Newcastle in another semi-final, the Ice were again unable to reach the final game, losing 3-6. Forward Tommy Powell was awarded the inaugural AIHL MVP award. Powell was forced to be the Ice's offensive focal point during the first half of the season after Lliam Webster sustained a jaw injury in the first game, and he did so with great success. Stu Denman narrowly defeated Bears' goaltender Pekka Kankaanranta to claim the best G.A.A. in the league of 2.87. Five Ice players (Thomas Powell, Lliam Webster, Brad Vigon, Joseph Hughes and Stuart Denman) were selected in the Australian squad of 22. Melbourne, and goaltender Stuart Denman, opened the 2008 season with two shut-outs: a clinical 2-0 win against the Canberra Knights at home, and a 3-0 road win in the first of the back-to-back games against the Adelaide Avalanche, the other game yielding a 6-5 shooutout win. The team struggled with the loss of rookie sensation Peter Morris to a career ending bad back but managed to secure a playoffs birth with a stong drive towards the end of the season. They then lit up the scoreboard with a 7-2 win over Newcastle at home, and again the following weekend with a 6-1 win over Canberra on the road for double points. A home-and-home series over two weekends against the Bears yielded the first two losses for the season: 1-3 in Penrith for double points, and 3-4 at home. The following day, they defeated the Central Coast Rhinos 6-4 at home. In the two weeks that followed, they lost 2-3 in a shootout against the Knights, then beat the Western Sydney Ice Dogs 4-2, both at home. A disastrous road trip following the departure of long-term defensemen Vincent Hughes and Steve Laforet saw the Ice lose a double-points game 3-8 to the Northstars and a single-points game to the Ice Dogs 4-5. They recovered two weeks later at home in the double-header weekend against the newly founded Adelaide A's winning 8-4 on Saturday and 4-0 on Sunday, for Denman's third shut-out of the year, then continued the following weekend with a 5-2 win over Newcastle and a 6-3 penalty-filled win over Gold Coast. Still at home the following weekend, the Ice fought out an 8-7 victory against the league-leading Bears. The Ice clinched a place in the finals the following week, scoring a goal with 9.2sec remaining to beat the Central Coast Rhinos in a road double points game by the score of 3-2, however they were thumped by the Western Sydney Ice Dogs 2-8 the following day. Two weeks later, the Ice Dogs beat the Ice 1-3 in Oakleigh. The following week, a double-header in the Gold Coast saw a 4-6 loss and a 9-1 win against the Blue Tongues. In their final game of the regular season, the Ice beat the Central Coast Rhinos 8-1 at home. The Ice finished third behind Western Sydney on countback after finishing equal on points, and were drawn to play them in the semi-final in Newcastle. In a very tight game with excellent goaltending on both sides, the Ice and Ice Dogs finished regulation time tied at 1-1, both teams scoring goals in the first period; eventually, the Ice Dogs prevailed with a goal 30sec into overtime, consigning the Ice to a 1-2 loss. Lliam Webster was awarded with the league MVP award for 2008. Team roster for the 2017 AIHL season. , Melbourne Ice 2019-10-13T03:08:20Z The Melbourne Ice is a semi-professional ice hockey team based in Melbourne, Victoria. The team is a member of the Australian Ice Hockey League (AIHL). The Ice was founded in 2000 and entered the AIHL in 2002 as the first team from Melbourne in the national league. The team plays home matches at O'Brien Group Arena (The Icehouse) located in the Docklands precinct of Melbourne. The Melbourne Ice was established in 2000 by Mark Weber among others. The Ice started out playing exhibition matches until the team was accepted, along with Newcastle North Stars and Western Sydney Ice Dogs, and entered the Australian Ice Hockey League (AIHL) in 2002. In the first two seasons the Ice played home matches at Oakleigh South and Bendigo before moving exclusively to Oakleigh in 2004. Melbourne did not reach the playoffs in its first four seasons in the AIHL. Its first two seasons were coloured by several crushing defeats; its second season combined a strong, low scoring home record with a poor away record, again containing many big losses. However, in 2005, the Ice were competitive almost every week, both home and away, finishing 5 points out of the playoffs, and left rueing several third period fade-outs. Attendances for Ice games increased markedly over the next few seasons, with the small crowd area often packed to capacity towards the end of the 2005 season. In 2010, the team moved to play out of the newly constructed National Ice Sports Centre (Icehouse), in Docklands which featured significantly improved facilities for players and spectators alike. The first home game at the new rink sold out, and all subsequent home games have either sold out, or nearly done so. Melbourne's strongest rivalry exists with the Mustangs IHC, on the basis of being cross-town rivals. The Ice are also one of many teams who have somewhat of a rivalry with the Newcastle North Stars, who along with Melbourne also entered the AIHL in 2002, and who ultimately defeated the Ice in its first playoff game in 2006, and most recently the grand final championship in 2015. Fans have become accustomed to entertaining, high quality (and often high scoring) games when these teams meet. The season got off to a shaky start when the Ice lost its first three games, all at home, including both legs of its traditional double-header against the Adelaide Avalanche. Their form recovered, and they won the next six games, including three double-points games, to move to the top of the ladder, a position from which they continued to build. On 5 August 2006, the Ice mathematically clinched the franchise's first minor premiership and guaranteed themselves a spot in the 2006 playoffs with a 5-3 win over Central Coast. On 2 September 2006, they played their first ever playoff game against the fourth-placed Newcastle North Stars in Adelaide. Despite having swept the North Stars during the regular season, the Ice were exposed on the larger Adelaide rink and lost the game 6-1. The following night, after the final, president Josh Puls and captain Brad Vigon were presented with the V.I.P. Cup, rewarding the Ice's minor premiership. The 2007 season again began with the traditional double-header against Adelaide, and home games against the Rhinos and Knights in the following weeks, yielding four consecutive regulation wins (6-1, 5-4, 5-3, 4-1). The following month featured four road games: a 3-4 a shoot-out loss and a 2-1 victory, against Adelaide; a 3-0 victory against the Knights in Canberra for double points, and; a 2-3 loss, the team's first in regulation, to the Bears in Penrith. The team then returned to Oakleigh for a string of three home games, with a 5-1 win over the Knights, and 5-4 and 4-3 shoot-out wins over the Bears and Northstars (the first and second in club history). The following weekend, a high-scoring road trip to Brisbane saw a 7-3 win and a 5-8 loss to the Blue Tongues. Returning to Oakleigh the following weekend, Melbourne beat the Western Sydney Ice Dogs 6-4. The ensuing road trip saw a 6-3 victory over the Rhinos for double points, and a disappointing 0-3 loss to the Bears. Back at Oakleigh, the Ice were underwhelming in a 3-2 win over the Rhinos, and were soundly beaten 3-6 by the Bears once again. After a week off, the Ice returned with a dominant 8-2 home win against the Ice Dogs with debutant Peter Morris starring with a goal and two assists. The following weekend a road trip saw a 5-4 shootout win against the Northstars for double points, clinching a playoffs berth for the Ice, and a 4-3 shootout loss against the Ice Dogs, again for double points. The Ice were disappointing in their final two games, home losses against Newcastle (0-1) and Brisbane (2-4), giving them poor momentum heading into the finals. After results failed to fall their way in the final weekend, during which they were idle, the Ice lost the V.I.P. Cup to the Adelaide Avalanche. Drawn to face third placed Newcastle in another semi-final, the Ice were again unable to reach the final game, losing 3-6. Forward Tommy Powell was awarded the inaugural AIHL MVP award. Powell was forced to be the Ice's offensive focal point during the first half of the season after Lliam Webster sustained a jaw injury in the first game, and he did so with great success. Stu Denman narrowly defeated Bears' goaltender Pekka Kankaanranta to claim the best G.A.A. in the league of 2.87. Five Ice players (Thomas Powell, Lliam Webster, Brad Vigon, Joseph Hughes and Stuart Denman) were selected in the Australian squad of 22. Melbourne, and goaltender Stuart Denman, opened the 2008 season with two shut-outs: a clinical 2-0 win against the Canberra Knights at home, and a 3-0 road win in the first of the back-to-back games against the Adelaide Avalanche, the other game yielding a 6-5 shootout win. The team struggled with the loss of rookie sensation Peter Morris to a career ending bad back but managed to secure a playoffs birth with a strong drive towards the end of the season. They then lit up the scoreboard with a 7-2 win over Newcastle at home, and again the following weekend with a 6-1 win over Canberra on the road for double points. A home-and-home series over two weekends against the Bears yielded the first two losses for the season: 1-3 in Penrith for double points, and 3-4 at home. The following day, they defeated the Central Coast Rhinos 6-4 at home. In the two weeks that followed, they lost 2-3 in a shootout against the Knights, then beat the Western Sydney Ice Dogs 4-2, both at home. A disastrous road trip following the departure of long-term defensemen Vincent Hughes and Steve Laforet saw the Ice lose a double-points game 3-8 to the Northstars and a single-points game to the Ice Dogs 4-5. They recovered two weeks later at home in the double-header weekend against the newly founded Adelaide A's winning 8-4 on Saturday and 4-0 on Sunday, for Denman's third shut-out of the year, then continued the following weekend with a 5-2 win over Newcastle and a 6-3 penalty-filled win over Gold Coast. Still at home the following weekend, the Ice fought out an 8-7 victory against the league-leading Bears. The Ice clinched a place in the finals the following week, scoring a goal with 9.2sec remaining to beat the Central Coast Rhinos in a road double points game by the score of 3-2, however they were thumped by the Western Sydney Ice Dogs 2-8 the following day. Two weeks later, the Ice Dogs beat the Ice 1-3 in Oakleigh. The following week, a double-header in the Gold Coast saw a 4-6 loss and a 9-1 win against the Blue Tongues. In their final game of the regular season, the Ice beat the Central Coast Rhinos 8-1 at home. The Ice finished third behind Western Sydney on countback after finishing equal on points, and were drawn to play them in the semi-final in Newcastle. In a very tight game with excellent goaltending on both sides, the Ice and Ice Dogs finished regulation time tied at 1-1, both teams scoring goals in the first period; eventually, the Ice Dogs prevailed with a goal 30sec into overtime, consigning the Ice to a 1-2 loss. Lliam Webster was awarded with the league MVP award for 2008. February 2010, the Melbourne Ice moved into the newly completed $58m O'Brien Group Arena (The Icehouse) located in the Docklands precinct of Melbourne. The Ice have subsequently played all home matches at the Icehouse since the 2010 AIHL season onwards. Prior to 2010, for eight years the Ice were based in Oakleigh South, Monash in the wider Melbourne metropolitan area. Their home venue was the 300 person capacity Olympic Ice Skating Centre (OISC), noted at the time for being the smallest rink in the league, with its width about two-thirds that of a regulation Olympic-sized rink. Team roster for the 2019 AIHL season. The foundation captaincy for the Melbourne Ice was shared between American born Jon Moses and Canadian Glenn Grandy in 2002. See below for the full list of team captains for the Ice in the AIHL. Rod Johns was the first head coach appointed by the Melbourne Ice for the AIHL in their inaugural season in 2002. See below for the full list of Melbourne Ice head coaches in the AIHL. These are the top-ten-point-scorers in franchise history. Figures are updated after each completed AIHL regular season. These are the top-ten all-time players who have made the most appearances in franchise history. Figures are updated after each completed AIHL regular season. TV: Fox Sports (2013–Present) - Part of the entire AIHL TV deal with Fox Sports to show one game a round, normally on Thursday's at 4:30 pm or after NHL games during NHL season. Online video streaming: ATC Productions (2017–Present) - Since 2017 the Melbourne Ice have live streamed home matches in Melbourne on the YouTube platform through ATC Productions. The broadcast is called "AIHL TV" and is a partnership between ATC Productions, the AIHL, Melbourne Mustangs and Melbourne Ice. All matches are also available on-demand.

Genesee_Cream_Ale

Genesee_Cream_Ale 2009-10-02T01:48:28Z Genesee Cream Ale is a cream ale produced by the Genesee Brewing Company, now the High Falls Brewing Company in Rochester, NY. It was introduced in 1960, and is known colloquially as "Genny Cream". Genesee's brewmasters take an extra step of kraeusening, a process in which finished beer is primed for carbonation with wort instead of sugar. Genesee Cream Ale has won Gold medals in 1990 & 1991, Silver medals in 1987, 1988, 1993, 1994 & 2005, and Bronze in 1995, 2002, & 2004 at the Great American Beer Festival. , Genesee_Cream_Ale 2011-06-14T17:44:37Z Genesee Cream Ale is a cream ale produced by the Genesee Brewing Company in Rochester, NY. The brewery was known as High Falls Brewing Company from 2000 to 2009. The beer was introduced in 1960. It is known colloquially as Genny Cream for short and nicknamed "Screamers" by people in Western New York where Genesee is based. Genesee's brewmasters take an extra step of kräusening, a process in which finished beer is primed for carbonation with wort instead of sugar. Genesee Cream Ale has won Gold medals in 1990 & 1991, Silver medals in 1987, 1988, 1993, 1994 & 2005, and Bronze in 1995, 2002, & 2004 at the Great American Beer Festival. Also known as: GC Creamers, Cream Stones, Creamenzy Steins, Gennies, The Green Death, Creamers, Creampuss, Liquid Viagra

Inna discography

Inna discography 2017-01-09T10:37:13Z Romanian singer Inna has released four studio albums, thirty-four singles (including ten as featured artist) and eighteen promotional singles. Her YouTube channel surpassed one billion total views as of February 2016. Twelve of her songs reached the top ten in Romania, with "Hot", "Amazing" and "Diggy Down" topping the chart in 2008, 2009 and 2015, respectively. The singer began her career after releasing her debut single, "Hot", produced by native trio Play & Win in 2008. Reaching the top twenty across multiple charts, it achieved commercial success worldwide. "Hot" was certified Gold in Italy, Silver in the United Kingdom, and Platinum in Spain. Throughout 2009 and early 2010, she released four more singles from her debut studio album, Hot, which sold one million copies worldwide. "Amazing"—released from Hot—peaked atop the Romanian Top 100, while "10 Minutes" marked the fourth time that Inna reached the top ten in France. Inna's second record, I Am the Club Rocker, was made available for purchase in 2011, and included a collaboration with American hip-hop recording artist Flo Rida and Spanish singer Juan Magan on "Club Rocker" and "Un Momento", respectively. The album's lead single, "Sun Is Up", was certified Gold in Italy and Switzerland, and was the 17th best-selling single of 2011 in France, with it having since sold more than 100,000 copies there. Inna released Party Never Ends in March 2013. While the album spawned "Tu şi eu", the Romanian-language version of "Crazy Sexy Wild", which peaked at number five in Romania, "More than Friends", a collaboration with American reggaeton singer Daddy Yankee, peaked at number seven in Spain and was certified Gold for video streams of four million. The album's opener, "In Your Eyes", reached number 44 in Romania. Following this, Inna released her eponymous fourth studio album and its Japanese counterpart, Body and the Sun, in 2015. The first single off the Japanese release, "Cola Song", features Columbian reggaeton performer J Balvin as guest vocalist. The track was a commercial success in Europe, eventually reaching number eight on the Spanish Singles Chart. In early 2015, it was certified Platinum in Spain. "Diggy Down", the first release off Inna, scored Inna's third number one single in her native country. , Inna discography 2018-12-24T20:27:39Z Romanian singer Inna has released five studio albums, three compilation albums, 45 singles (including 14 as featured artist) and 26 promotional singles. Her YouTube channel surpassed two billion total views as of July 2017. 18 of her singles have reached the top ten in Romania, with "Hot", "Amazing" and "Diggy Down" topping the country's singles chart in 2008, 2009 and 2015, respectively. With global album sales of four million copies from her first three studio albums, Inna is the best-selling Romanian artist. The singer began her career after releasing her debut single, "Hot", produced by native trio Play & Win in 2008. Reaching the top 20 across multiple charts, it achieved commercial success worldwide and was certified Gold in Italy, Silver in the United Kingdom and Platinum in Spain. Throughout 2009 and early 2010, she released four more singles from her debut studio album, Hot (2009), which sold 500,000 copies worldwide. "Amazing"—released from Hot—peaked atop the Romanian Top 100, while "10 Minutes" marked the fourth time that Inna reached the top 10 in France. Inna's second record, I Am the Club Rocker, was made available for purchase in 2011, and included a collaboration with American hip-hop recording artist Flo Rida and Spanish singer Juan Magán on "Club Rocker" and "Un Momento", respectively. The album's lead single, "Sun Is Up", was certified Gold in Italy and Switzerland, and Silver in the United Kingdom. It was the 17th best-selling single of 2011 in France, having since sold more than 100,000 copies in the country. Roton distributed the singer's third studio album, Party Never Ends, in March 2013. The record spawned "Tu şi eu", the Romanian-language version of "Crazy Sexy Wild", which peaked at number five in Romania. "More than Friends", a collaboration with American reggaeton performer Daddy Yankee, reached number seven in Spain and was certified Gold for video streams of four million. In 2015, Inna released her eponymous fourth studio album and its Japanese counterpart, Body and the Sun. The first single off the Japanese release, "Cola Song", features Columbian reggaeton singer J Balvin as a guest vocalist. The track was a commercial success in Europe, and was certified Platinum in Spain. "Diggy Down", the first single from Inna, scored the singer's third number one single in her native country, while the follow-up "Bop Bop" reached number two. In the span of one year, Inna released four singles, "Heaven" (2016), "Gimme Gimme" (2017), "Ruleta" (2017) and "Nirvana" (2017) to commercial success in selected European countries. The latter three were included on her fifth studio album Nirvana (2017).

Cengiz Bozkurt

Cengiz Bozkurt 2020-08-14T06:33:29Z Mehmet Cengiz Bozkurt (born 24 December 1965) is a Turkish actor. A graduate of Ankara Atatürk Lisesi, in 1984 he enrolled in Middle East Technical University to study physics but changed his major to stage acting in 1990. He then moved to England, where he lived for 14 years. In 1996, he graduated from Goldsmiths, University of London with a degree in "Media and Communication" studies. He the briefly shot documentaries for some channels and directed short movies. He returned to acting with the encouragement of Mehmet Ergen and worked at Arcola Theatre. Upon returning to Turkey, he continued his career by appearing in various movies and TV series. , Cengiz Bozkurt 2021-10-11T11:02:03Z Mehmet Cengiz Bozkurt (born 24 December 1964) is a Turkish actor. He is best known for his role as Erdal Bakkal in the hit surreal comedy series Leyla ile Mecnun. A graduate of Ankara Atatürk Lisesi, in 1984 he enrolled in Middle East Technical University to study physics but changed his major to stage acting in 1990. He then moved to England, where he lived for 14 years. In 1996, he graduated from Goldsmiths, University of London with a degree in "Media and Communication" studies. He the briefly shot documentaries for some channels and directed short movies. He returned to acting with the encouragement of Mehmet Ergen and worked at Arcola Theatre. Upon returning to Turkey, he continued his career by appearing in various movies and TV series.

Royal Challengers Bangalore

Royal Challengers Bangalore 2019-01-11T09:11:37Z The Royal Challengers Bangalore(often abbreviated as RCB) are a franchise cricket team based in Bangalore, Karnataka, that plays in the Indian Premier League (IPL). One of the original eight teams in the IPL, the team has made three final appearances in the IPL, losing all (in 2009 to the Deccan Chargers, in 2011 to the Chennai Super Kings and in 2016 to the Sunrisers Hyderabad). The team also finished runners-up in the 2011 CLT20, losing the final against the Mumbai Indians. The home ground of the Royal Challengers is the M. Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bangalore. The team is currently captained by Virat Kohli and coached by Gary Kirsten . The team holds the records of both the highest and the lowest total in the IPL (263/5 and 49). In September 2007, the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) announced the establishment of the Indian Premier League, a Twenty20 competition to be started in 2008. The teams for the competition, representing 8 different cities of India, including Bangalore, were put up on auction in Mumbai on 20 February 2008. The Bangalore franchise was purchased by Vijay Mallya, who paid US$111.6 million for it. This was the second highest bid for a team, next only to Reliance Industries' bid of US$111.9 million for the Mumbai Indians. Ahead of the 2008 player auction, the IPL named Rahul Dravid as the icon player for the Bangalore franchise, which meant that Dravid would be paid 15% more than the highest bid player at the auction. The franchise acquired a number of Indian and international players at the auction such as Jacques Kallis, Anil Kumble, Zaheer Khan, Mark Boucher, Dale Steyn and Cameron White. They also signed up Ross Taylor, Misbah-ul-Haq and India under-19 World Cup winning captain Virat Kohli in the second round of auction. The team won only 4 of the 14 matches in the inaugural season, finishing seventh in the eight-team table. Only Dravid managed to score more than 300 runs in the tournament and they had to even bench their costliest foreign player Kallis for a few of the matches due to his poor form. The string of failures midway through the season led to the sacking of the CEO Charu Sharma, who was replaced with Brijesh Patel. Team owner Vijay Mallya went on to publicly criticize Dravid and Sharma for the players selected by them at the auction and stated that his "biggest mistake was to abstain from the selection of the team." Eventually the chief cricketing officer Martin Crowe resigned. At the 2009 player auction, the franchise signed up Kevin Pietersen for a record sum of US$1.55 million, making him the joint costliest player, along with fellow Englishman Andrew Flintoff who was signed up by the Chennai Super Kings for the same amount. They also traded Khan for Robin Uthappa with the Mumbai Indians and also roped in local batsman Manish Pandey from them. Ahead of the tournament, which was shifted to South Africa due to the general elections, the Royal Challengers named Pietersen as the team captain for the season. Bangalore continued to struggle during the initial games of the 2009 season, winning only two of their first six games under the new captain. However, the team's fortunes improved after Pietersen left for national duty and Kumble took over the captaincy, as the team went on to win six of their remaining eight league games to finish third on the points table. The team qualified for the semifinal where they faced the Super Kings. Electing to field first, Bangalore restricted their opponents to 146 and chased down the total with 5 wickets in hand thanks to 48 and 44 by Pandey and Dravid respectively. In the final against Deccan Chargers, the Royal Challengers bowlers, led by Kumble's 4 for 16, kept the Chargers down to 143/6. However, they struggled in the runchase, with only four batsmen reaching double figures, and lost the match by six runs in a tense finish. In 2010, the Royal Challengers continued under Kumble's captaincy and finished the regular season with seven wins from 14 matches and 14 points. They were one of the four teams tied on 14 points with two semifinal spots at stake; they qualified for the semifinal as their net run rate was superior to those of the Delhi Daredevils and the Kolkata Knight Riders. In the semifinal, the Royal Challengers were defeated by the table-toppers Mumbai Indians by 35 runs. With a convincing nine-wicket win over defending champions Deccan Chargers in the third-place playoff, the Royal Challengers qualified for the 2010 Champions League Twenty20. Kumble retired at the conclusion of the Champions League, having led the team to the semifinals of both the IPL and the CLT20 that year. On 8 January 2011, IPL Governing Council held the auction for the season 4 of the league. The franchises had the option of retaining a maximum of four players for a sum of US$ 4.5 million. Royal Challengers however retained only one of their players, Virat Kohli, leaving the rest of the players back in the auction pool. When other IPL franchises let go the non-performers from each of their teams, RCB lost the top performers from the previous season by releasing them back to auction pool. On Day-One of the auction, Bangalore bought Sri Lankan Tillakaratne Dilshan for $650,000, their former player and Mumbai Indians spearhead Zaheer Khan for $900,000, Netherlands' Ryan ten Doeschate for $400,000, and ace middle order batsman AB de Villiers for $1.1mn, former New Zealand skipper Daniel Vettori for $550,000, India's new sensation, who played with Mumbai Indians until last season, Saurabh Tiwary for a whopping $1.6 million; Australia's Dirk Nannes for $650,000 and India's young talent Cheteshwar Pujara for $700,000. West Indian batsman Chris Gayle was brought in as a replacement for the injured Dirk Nannes in the middle of the tournament. Vettori led the side for the fourth season of the IPL. RCB kicked off their campaign with a comfortable six-wicket win over the newly formed team, Kochi Tuskers Kerala. But then they suffered three big defeats at the hands of Mumbai Indians, Deccan Chargers and Chennai Super Kings. At this stage, speedster Dirk Nannes was ruled out of the tournament and RCB team management named West Indian opener Chris Gayle as his replacement. Gayle started off the tournament with a century (102* off 55 balls) against Kolkata Knight Riders, giving the Challengers an emphatic 9-wicket win. RCB also managed to beat Delhi Daredevils and Pune Warriors in their next two matches. They went on to beat Kings XI Punjab by a big margin of 85 runs, after Gayle smashed his second century of the tournament (107 off 49 balls). They won their next two matches against Kochi and Rajasthan Royals, both comprehensively by 9 wickets. They also defeated Kolkata in a rain-affected match at Bangalore. But then, Kings XI Punjab, riding on a blistering hundred by their skipper Adam Gilchrist, ended RCB's 7-match winning streak, with a huge 111-run margin win. In their last league match, the Challengers beat the defending champions Chennai Super Kings by 8 wickets to end at the top of the points table. Chris Gayle shining once again with the bat, scoring an unbeaten 75 off 50 balls. Royal Challengers faced Chennai Super Kings in the 1st qualifier at Mumbai. Virat Kohli scored an unbeaten 70 off just 44 balls to help RCB put up 175/4 in their 20 overs. Despite losing early wickets, Chennai went on to win the match by 6 wickets. The win took Chennai to the final and RCB faced Mumbai Indians in the 2nd qualifier in Chennai. Batting first, Royal Challengers made a massive 185/4 in 20 overs on a slow Chepauk track. Chris Gayle was the star once again for them as he scored a blistering 89 runs off 47 balls. Mumbai never looked in the hunt for a win as they collapsed to a 43-run defeat. The Royal Challengers qualified for the finals with this win and went on to face Chennai at their home ground in the finals. Winning the toss, Chennai elected to bat first in the finals. The Super Kings posted a huge total of 205/5. The Challengers did not bat well and lost the match by 4 wickets. Chris Gayle was named Man of the Tournament and Bangalore set a new IPL record for the most successive wins by winning 7 matches on the trot. Royal Challengers Bangalore qualified for the main event of the 2011 Champions League Twenty20 as they finished runners-up in the 2011 Indian Premier League, this made the Challengers the first and only team ever to play in all the three seasons of the tournament. The Challengers, placed in Group B in the first round of the tournament, kicked off their quest for glory with a last-ball defeat to the Warriors. They suffered a big 9-wicket defeat at the hands of IPL counterparts Kolkata Knight Riders in their second group match, leaving them with two must-win matches in order to qualify for the semi-finals. They registered their first win in the competition, in emphatic manner, by beating Somerset by 51 runs, thanks to Chris Gayle's 46-ball 86. The win also consolidated their poor net run-rate. In their last group match, they faced the champions from Australia, the Southern Redbacks. Batting first, the Redbacks rode on a century by Daniel Harris (108* from 61 balls) to set RCB a target of 215. The Royal Challengers came out with a spirited batting performance with Tillakaratne Dilshan and Virat Kohli scoring half-centuries. However, the Redbacks hampered the run-chase by picking up wickets at regular stages towards the end of the innings. With six runs required off the last ball to win the match, RCB found an unlikely-hero in Arun Karthik, who struck Daniel Christian for a six over deep mid-wicket, to take RCB through to the semi-finals. The Challengers, despite being level on points with Kolkata Knight Riders and Warriors, qualified for the semis on basis of having a better net run-rate than the two teams. The Royal Challengers played the New South Wales Blues in the semi-finals of the tournament. Winning the toss, Daniel Vettori put the Blues in to bat and the decision seemed to backfire as the Blues amassed 203/2 in 20 overs, mainly due to the efforts of David Warner who struck an unbeaten 123 off just 68 balls. Despite losing Dilshan early in the chase, RCB got off to a rollicking start with Chris Gayle smashing 92 runs from only 41 deliveries. He was ably supported by Kohli, who struck an unbeaten 84 from 49 balls to give RCB a comfortable 6-wicket victory with 9 balls to spare. They took on an injury-hit Mumbai Indians in the final at Chennai. Mumbai winning the toss, chose to bat and put up a modest total of 139 in 20 overs. After getting off to a blistering start with the bat, the Challengers lost wickets at regular intervals before getting bundled out for 108 in 19.2 overs, falling short of the target by 31 runs. Mumbai skipper Harbhajan Singh was awarded the Man of the Match for picking 3/20 in his four overs. In the pre-season transfer window Royal Challengers Bangalore transferred Australian allrounder Andrew McDonald from Delhi Daredevils. RCB paid US$100,000 as transferred fees. Royal Challengers Bangalore also retained Chris Gayle for the next two IPL seasons. Before the auction RCB had got Andrew McDonald transferred from Delhi Daredevils. They had also bought out the contracts of Johan Van der Wath, Jonathan Vandiar and Nuwan Pradeep. In the auction RCB bought only vinay kumar for $1 million and Muttiah Muralitharan for $220,200. Royal Challengers Bangalore began the 2012 IPL without the services of talisman Chris Gayle who had arrived in India carrying a groin injury he had sustained in the preceding Bangladesh Premier League. Sreenath Aravind, RCB’s most successful bowler in 2011 too was laid low by injury and Harshal Patel emerged as the preferred third seamer in the side ahead of Abhimanyu Mithun. AB de Villiers and Muttiah Muralitharan gave the team a winning start against Delhi but 3 consecutive losses followed. One of them saw the team concede a 200+ total off the last ball in Chennai while Ajinkya Rahane’s ton at Bangalore included 6 fours in a single over from Aravind. The team rallied back, Chris Gayle finding his touch to hit 5 consecutive sixes off Rahul Sharma and Saurabh Tiwary hitting a six off the last ball to win the team a tight chase against Pune. Gayle shone again at Mohali in a comprehensive win while de Villiers, Tillakaratne Dilshan and KP Appanna engineered another win in Jaipur. A washed out match at Bangalore against Chennai denied the team a chance at gaining 2 points outright, the teams sharing points 1-1 each. Two subsequent losses put RCB in competition with Rajasthan Royals, Chennai Super Kings and Kings XI Punjab for the last play-offs slot. Daniel Vettori benched himself so the team could play Muttiah Muralitharan as one of the four foreigners allowed in the playing XI, Virat Kohli taking up captaincy duties. The team signed Prasanth Parameswaran who played for Kochi Tuskers Kerala in the 2011 IPL as a replacement for the injured Sreenath Aravind. A spectacular chase against Deccan Chargers at Bangalore and two routs in Mumbai and Pune put the team back on track for a place in the play-offs. RCB went down to Mumbai in a hard fought match at Bangalore but bounced back in Delhi as Chris Gayle became the first man to hit 3 centuries in the IPL, hitting 128* at Delhi. Other results in the tournament now placed RCB in direct competition with Chennai for the final play-offs slot. The teams were tied on points with Chennai ahead on Net Run Rate but RCB had a game in hand while Chennai had played out their games. A batting failure at Hyderabad in RCB’s final game of the season led to the end of the team’s 2012 campaign, making it the first time since 2009 that they failed to qualify for both the play-offs and the Champions League. Chris Gayle was the highest run scorer of the tournament for the second year in a row, scoring 733 runs at 61.08 with 7 fifties, 1 hundred and a strike rate of 160.74. Vinay Kumar finished as the 5th highest wicket taker of the tournament with his 19 wickets from 17 matches. Before the auction RCB released Mohammad Kaif, Charl Langeveldt, Dirk Nannes, Luke Pomersbach and Rilee Rossouw. At the auction RCB bought Christopher Barnwell, Daniel Christian, Moisés Henriques, Ravi Rampaul, Pankaj Singh, R. P. Singh and Jaydev Unadkat. RCB kicked off their campaign by winning their first 6 home games starting with a 2 run win over Mumbai Indians where Chris Gayle scored 92* off 58 balls and Vinay Kumar picking up 3 wickets. But they suffered a super-over defeat to newly formed Sunrisers Hyderabad but then they beat the same opponents convincingly by 6 wickets where Virat Kohli smashed a brilliant 93*. They also beat Kolkata Knight Riders by 8 wickets. Gayle and Kohli were in tremendous form with the bat while Vinay Kumar was the hero with ball. RCB suffered a shock in the next match against Chennai Super Kings where R.P.Singh conceded a no-ball of the last ball of the match which was a catch. However,the team rallied back to win their next 3 games. One of the matches against Pune Warriors India saw Chris Gayle smash 175 off just 66 balls which was the highest individual score in T20 cricket and RCB put up 263-5 which was the highest total in T20 cricket. Pune never fought back in the chase and eventually lost the match by 130 runs. People often nickname Bangalore as "Ban-gayle-ore". However,the team began to lose matches away from home. One of the matches against Punjab saw David Miller score 101 off just 38 balls to guide Punjab to an unlikely victory. RCB only managed to beat Pune Warriors India and Delhi Daredevils away from home. They were now in direct competition with Sunrisers Hyderabad with 16 points from 13 matches who were also with 16 points from 13 matches. A batting failure against Kolkata and a poor fielding and bowling performance against Punjab at Bangalore left RCB in a do or die situation in their last league match against Chennai Super Kings at Bangalore. Fortunately, RCB registered a stunning win in their last match which was affected by rain. Now, RCB could only qualify for playoffs if Kolkata would beat Hyderabad. Unfortunately, Sunrisers Hyderabad won the match convincingly by 5 wickets which ended RCB's 2013 campaign. Chris Gayle was the leading run scorer for the team, scoring 708 runs and Vinay Kumar was the leading wicket taker by taking 22 wickets. Virat Kohli was named the captain of RCB team. Before the auction, Ab de Villiers, Chris Gayle and Virat Kohli were retained from the previous seasons. The players bought in the 2014 auctions were Albie Morkel, Mitchell Starc, Ravi Rampaul, Parthiv Patel, Ashok Dinda, Muttiah Muralitharan, Nic Maddinson, Harshal Patel, Varun Aaron, Vijay Zol and Yuvraj Singh who was the most expensive player fetching a massive 14 crore. They ended up 7th in the points table and didn't qualify for the playoffs. RCB retained Virat Kohli, AB de Villiers, Chris Gayle, Mitchell Starc, Ashok Dinda, Varun Aaron, Harshal Patel, Yuzvendra Chahal, Nic Maddinson, Rilee Rossouw, Abu Nechim, Yogesh Takawale, Vijay Zol and Sandeep Warrier for the 2015 Indian Premier League. They also bought Manvinder Bisla and Iqbal Abdulla from Kolkata Knight Riders and Mandeep Singh from Kings XI Punjab during the Transfer Window. They bought Darren Sammy, David Wiese, Adam Milne, Sean Abbott, Subramaniam Badrinath, Jalaj Saxena, Sarfaraz Khan and Dinesh Karthik for ₹10.5 crore (US$1.3 million) from the 2015 Player Auctions. Royal Challengers Bangalore started their season with an unconvincing win against KKR at Kolkata, supported by a knock of 96 by Chris Gayle. But they lost their next three matches in Bengaluru to SRH, MI, and CSK. Two great bowling performances ensured RCB secured dominant wins against RR and DD, winning by 9 wickets and 10 wickets respectively. Their next match against RR got washed out after a strong batting performance from RCB. They lost a close match to CSK, but recovered by crushing Kings XI Punjab by 138 runs, supported by a century by Chris Gayle, and a four wicket haul for Sreenath Aravind and Mitchell Starc. Royal Challengers' good form continued when AB de Villiers and Virat Kohli smashed the highest T20 partnership ever (later beaten by the same pair in IPL 2016) against Mumbai Indians, to secure a good win. Later, RCB lost to Kings XI Punjab in a rain affected match, putting their playoff qualification in doubt. They faced SRH in the next match, again affected by rain. Amidst a lot of drama, and stunning performances from Virat Kohli and Gayle, RCB won an unlikely match in Hyderabad. Now, the only way they could be out of the playoffs became very unlikely, yet possible. RCB lost their chance to be placed second in the points table after rain washed out their final match against DD. They ended the league stage at the third position, with 7 wins from 14 matches. On 20 May, they faced the Rajasthan Royals in the Eliminator and earned a spot in Qualifier 2. However, they lost to the Chennai Super Kings in the Qualifier 2, and ended the season finishing third. Ab de Villiers, Virat Kohli, and Chris Gayle, ended by being the 4th, 5th, and 6th highest run scorers of the season respectively, while Yuzvendra Chahal was RCB's highest wicket taker, being the 3rd highest in the season. In light of financial scandals involving owner/chairman Vijay Mallya, Amrit Thomas became the chairman of the Royal Challengers. RCB changed the team logo and also became the first team in IPL to adopt different jerseys for home and away matches. Virat Kohli, AB de Villiers, Chris Gayle, Mitchell Starc, David Wiese, Adam Milne, Varun Aaron, Mandeep Singh, Harshal Patel, Kedar Jadhav, Sarfaraz Khan, Sreenath Aravind, Yuzvendra Chahal, and Abu Nechim were retained by RCB for the 2016 Indian Premier League. From player auctions, they bought Shane Watson for ₹9.5 crore (US$1.2 million), Kane Richardson and Stuart Binny for ₹2 crore each, and Travis Head and Samuel Badree for ₹50 lakhs each. Other players that joined the team were Sachin Baby, Iqbal Abdulla, Praveen Dubey, Akshay Karnewar, Vikramjeet Malik and Vikas Tokas. KL Rahul and Parvez Rasool also joined RCB for the IPL 2016 edition. Royal Challengers Bangalore started their season with a blitz from AB de Villiers and Virat Kohli against SRH at Bengaluru, to comfortably win their first match. A bludgeoning century from Quinton de Kock meant RCB lost their second match of the season. Their form deteriorated in the coming matches, winning only one match of the next five. Although, Virat Kohli and AB de Villier's brilliant form, along with the emergence of KL Rahul as an important member of RCB's batting, were positive points. Royal Challengers needed to win at least 6 of their next seven matches to have a chance at qualifying for the playoffs. They won matches against KXIP and Rising Pune Supergiant, the new entrant in the tournament. But a loss against Mumbai Indians meant they needed 4 wins in 4 matches to qualify. Since then, Virat Kohli found himself in sublime form, with captaincy and the bat. RCB most notably defeated the Gujarat Lions by 144 runs, the highest margin in IPL history, during this 4 match winning streak. Through other match results, RCB ended at an unlikely second position at the end of the league stage. Virat Kohli dominated the run-scoring list, while Shane Watson and Yuzvendra Chahal collectively topped the wicket taking list at the end of the league stage. They faced the Gujarat Lions in the Qualifier 1 at their home ground, the M. Chinnaswamy Stadium. They won by 4 wickets to make it to their third final in nine seasons. They played the final against SRH, again in Bengaluru. RCB lost a hard fought match by 8 runs, to end as runners up in this ninth season of the IPL. This is the third instance of RCB losing the finals in the IPL. Yuzvendra Chahal and Shane Watson ended second and third respectively on the list for most wickets. At the launch event of his biography, 'Driven: The Virat Kohli Story' in New Delhi, in October 2016, Kohli announced that RCB would be his permanent IPL franchise that he would play for. Virat Kohli, AB de Villiers, Chris Gayle, Mitchell Starc, Adam Milne, Mandeep Singh, Harshal Patel, Kedar Jadhav, Sarfaraz Khan, Sreenath Aravind, Yuzvendra Chahal, Shane Watson, Stuart Binny, Travis Head, Samuel Badree, Sachin Baby, Iqbal Abdulla, Praveen Dubey and KL Rahul were retained by RCB for the 2017 Indian Premier League. From player auctions, they bought Tymal Mills for ₹12 crore (US$1.5 million), Aniket Chaudhary for ₹2 crores, Pawan Negi for ₹1 crore and Billy Stanlake for ₹30 lakhs. Mitchell Starc dropped out of the season to prepare for the Champions Trophy which led to the management to replace him with Tymal Mills. The team was the worst hit with injuries as their captain Virat Kohli and AB De Villiers did not play for the initial matches which led to the making of Shane Watson as the interim captain. Even their star players KL Rahul and Sarfaraz Khan were ruled out of the season due to their prolonged injuries. They lost their first match of the season as they were bundled out by 172 and lost by 35 runs to Sunrisers Hyderabad in Hyderabad. But they won their second match against Delhi Daredevils in their home ground. However, they lost the next three matches in a row against Kings XI Punjab, Mumbai Indians and Rising Pune Supergiant respectively. Through AB De Villiers made a quick fire 89 off 46 balls, RCB lost the match against Kings XI Punjab as the other players made 57 dot balls. The match against Mumbai Indians saw Virat Kohli's comeback with a quick 62 off 47 balls and Samuel Badree becoming the 14th player in the IPL history to claim a hat-trick, but the lost the match as Pollard made 70 off 47 balls to win the match for them. They lost the match against Rising Pune Supergiant by a massive 27 runs. But in their next game against Gujarat Lions, they won by 20 runs and coincidentally Chris Gayle became the first player to score 10,000 runs in T20s. However, in their next game against Kolkata Knight Riders,on the day when RCB made 263/5 against Pune Warriors India which was the highest IPL score in 2013, they were bundled out for 49 all out which is the lowest IPL score and also where no batsman could score 10 runs. They kept losing matches consecutively as they could not make high scores and their big guns-Chris Gayle, Virat Kohli and AB de Villiers failing repeatedly. The pitch in M.Chinnaswamy Stadium was changed from a usual batting to the bowling pitch which made the batsman struggle for runs. They ended up at the bottom of the table and the changed their squad for each match which was the reason for its downfall. However, they finished their miserable season on a high note after winning against Delhi Daredevils by 10 runs in Delhi. They made low scores like 49 all out against Kolkata Knight Riders, 96/9 against Rising Pune Supergiant and 119 all out against Kings XI Punjab. Vijay Mallya wanted to associate one of his top-selling liquor brands, either McDowell's No.1 or Royal Challenge with the team. The latter was chosen, hence the name. The logo initially consisted the RC emblem in yellow on a circular red base with the black text "Royal Challengers Bangalore" in standard format surrounding circular logo. The RC crown emblem with the roaring lion placed on the top of the logo was derived from the original Royal Challenge logo. No significant changes took place in the design of the logo except for the replacement of colour yellow with gold from 2009. This logo also had a dotted white circle around the RC emblem. The team also uses an alternate logo for the Game for Green matches where the green plants surround the logo and the text Game for Green is placed below the logo. The logo was redesigned in 2016 with the inclusion of black as a secondary color. The lion emblem in the crest was enlarged and the shield was omitted in the new design. The jersey colors of the team in 2008 were red and golden yellow, the same as the unofficial Kannada flag, with player names printed in white and numbers printed in black in the rear. Yellow was eliminated in future seasons and was replaced with gold. Starting from 2010, blue was introduced on the apparel as a tertiary colour. The jersey design saw tweaks every season, major being the one for 2014 where blue dominated over gold. From 2014, the player names and numbers were printed in gold. As of 2015, more yellowish shade of gold is being used on the jerseys. The blue was completely eliminated in 2016 and was replaced by black as the third colour in the two versions of the jersey - one for home matches and the other for away ones. Reebok manufactured kits for the team from 2008 to 2014. As of 2016, Zeven manufactures the kits for the team. The theme song of the team for the 2008 season was "Jeetenge Hum Shaan Se". The team anthem, "Game for More" was created for the 2009 season. The music was composed by Amit Trivedi and written by Anshu Sharma. A new anthem, "Here We Go The Royal Challengers" was created for the 2013 season and was used till 2015. The anthem "Play Bold" was composed by Salim–Sulaiman, sung by Siddharth Basrur and was released in 2016 during the launch of jerseys for the season. For 2017, the same anthem was recomposed and sung by Anand Bhaskar in 6 languages - English, Kannada, Telugu, Bengali, Marathi and Punjabi. Katrina Kaif was roped in as the brand ambassador for the team in 2008, but later stepped down due to her prior commitments with filmmakers. Deepika Padukone, Ramya, Puneeth Rajkumar, Upendra and Ganesh have been the ambassadors for the team in the initial seasons. Shiva Rajkumar is the brand Ambassador for the season 11 . Mallya's home brand Royal Challenge became the primary sponsor of the team from the start of the Indian Premier League in 2008. Since then United Spirits Limited (now a subsidiary of Diageo) used almost all advertisement slots on the apparel for the promotion of their brands. Kingfisher, McDowell's No.1, Whyte and Mackay, White Mischief were prominently advertised on the jerseys in the initial seasons. In 2014, for the first time, Huawei, a non-home brand acquired the main slot on the jersey for two seasons. In 2016 and 2017, Hero Cycles and Gionee took over at the head jersey sponsors respectively. In 2018 Eros Now have officially announced to sponsor the jersey of the team. In 2015, the team had United Spirits, Huawei and Kingfisher as the principal sponsors. Midea, Tata Motors (labeled Tata Bolt), Britannia Industries, TGS Constructions, 7 UP, Ed Hardy, Allen Career Institute, DNA Network, Mallya Hospital, Fever 104 FM, Redbus, Uber and Adidas were the associate sponsors. In 2016, RCB had its own brand Kingfisher by United Breweries Group along with Hero Cycles as the principle sponsors. Lloyd Air Conditioners, LYF, Tata Zest, Britannia, Himalaya Men, Acer, Ola were the associate sponsors. Zeven, a multi sports apparel brand by Mahesh Bhupathi and Shikhar Dhawan replaced Adidas as the kit sponsors. 7 UP, Manipal Hospitals, Fever 104 FM and DNA Network were the official partners for 2016. As of 2017, while Zeven continued to manufacture kits for the team, Gionee became the principal sponsor. Lloyd Air Conditioners, Jio, Karnataka Tourism Jungle Lodges & Resorts, Himalaya Men, Duroflex Mattresses and 7 UPwere the associate sponsors. Other official partners included Gatorade, Wrogn, Boost, Tissot, Radio Mirchi, Acer, DNA Network, AbhiBus.com, Nissin and Galileo-iNurture. The team prominently displayed the liquor brands owned by Vijay Mallya through UB Group such as Royal Challenge, McDowells No.1, White Mischief, Kingfisher etc. until 2013. In the 2014 season, no liquor brands were advertised on the apparel, however Royal Challenge Sports Gear and Kingfisher Packaged Drinking Water are displayed on the jerseys. The Royal Challengers have a huge and passionate fan base all over India and especially in the city of Bangalore. The fans, known to be loyal and vocal in their support, often turn up in large numbers for RCB's home matches turning the stadium into what is called a "sea of red". They are well known for their chants of "R-C-B, R-C-B" and the co-ordinated Mexican wave at the Chinnaswamy. The stadium organisers sometimes provide the home team fans with cheer kits, RCB flags and noisemakers among other items. Royal Challengers Bangalore have formed a fan-following group named as Bold Army. During the 2014 IPL, the Royal Challengers became the first team to provide free Wi-Fi connectivity to fans at their home ground. 50 access points were set up using fibre optic cables to provide the connectivity to fans on match days at the Chinnaswamy. Challengers Bangalore Roster Last Updated on 8 May 2018, Royal Challengers Bangalore 2020-11-30T15:29:08Z Regular kit Alternate kit (Go Green initiative) The Royal Challengers Bangalore (often abbreviated as RCB) are a franchise cricket team based in Bangalore, Karnataka, that plays in the Indian Premier League (IPL). It was founded in 2008 by United Spirits and named after the company's liquor brand Royal Challenge. Since its inception, the team has played its home matches at the M. Chinnaswamy Stadium. The Royal Challengers have never won the IPL but finished runners-up on three occasions between 2009 and 2016. Their lack of success over the years despite the presence of various notable players has earned them the tag of "underachievers". The team holds the records of both the highest and the lowest totals in the IPL – 263/5 and 49 respectively. In September 2007, the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) announced the establishment of the Indian Premier League, a Twenty20 competition to be started in 2008. The teams for the competition, representing 8 different cities of India, including Bangalore, were put up on auction in Mumbai on 20 February 2008. The Bangalore franchise was purchased by Vijay Mallya, who paid US$111.6 million for it. This was the second highest bid for a team, next only to Reliance Industries' bid of US$111.9 million for the Mumbai Indians. The brand value of Royal Challengers Bangalore was estimated to be ₹595 crore (US$75 million) in 2019, according to a survey conducted by Duff & Phelps. Ahead of the 2008 player auction, the IPL named Rahul Dravid as the icon player for the Bangalore franchise, which meant that Dravid would be paid 15% more than the highest bid player at the auction. The franchise acquired a number of Indian and international players at the auction such as Jacques Kallis, Anil Kumble, Zaheer Khan, Mark Boucher, Dale Steyn and Cameron White. They also signed up Ross Taylor, Misbah-ul-Haq and India under-19 World Cup winning captain Virat Kohli in the second round of auction. The team won only 4 of the 14 matches in the inaugural season, finishing seventh in the eight-team table. Only Dravid managed to score more than 300 runs in the tournament and they had to even bench their costliest foreign player Kallis for a few of the matches due to his poor form. The string of failures midway through the season led to the sacking of the CEO Charu Sharma, who was replaced with Brijesh Patel. Team owner Vijay Mallya went on to publicly criticize Dravid and Sharma for the players selected by them at the auction and stated that his "biggest mistake was to abstain from the selection of the team." Eventually the chief cricketing officer Martin Crowe resigned. At the 2009 player auction, the franchise signed up Kevin Pietersen for a record sum of US$1.55 million, making him the joint costliest player, along with fellow Englishman Andrew Flintoff who was signed up by the Chennai Super Kings for the same amount. They also traded Zaheer Khan for Robin Uthappa with the Mumbai Indians and also roped in local batsman Manish Pandey from them. Ahead of the tournament, which was shifted to South Africa due to the general elections, the Royal Challengers named Pietersen as the team captain for the season. Bangalore continued to struggle during the initial games of the 2009 season, winning only two of their first six games under the new captain. However, the team's fortunes improved after Pietersen left for national duty and Kumble took over the captaincy, as the team went on to win six of their remaining eight league games to finish third on the points table. The team qualified for the semifinal where they faced the Super Kings. Electing to field first, Bangalore restricted their opponents to 146 and chased down the total with 5 wickets in hand, thanks to 48 and 44 by Pandey and Dravid respectively. In the final against Deccan Chargers, the Royal Challengers bowlers, led by Kumble's 4 for 16, kept the Chargers down to 143/6. However, they struggled in the runchase, with only four batsmen reaching double figures, and lost the match by six runs in a tense finish. In 2010, the Royal Challengers continued under Kumble's captaincy and finished the regular season with seven wins from 14 matches and 14 points. They were one of the four teams tied on 14 points with two semifinal spots at stake; they qualified for the semifinal as their net run rate was superior to those of the Delhi Daredevils and the Kolkata Knight Riders. In the semifinal, the Royal Challengers were defeated by the table-toppers Mumbai Indians by 35 runs. With a convincing nine-wicket win over defending champions Deccan Chargers in the third-place playoff, the Royal Challengers qualified for the 2010 Champions League Twenty20. Kumble retired at the conclusion of the Champions League, having led the team to the semifinals of both the IPL and the CLT20 that year. On 8 January 2011, the IPL Governing Council held the auction for the fourth season of the league. The franchises had the option of retaining a maximum of four players for a sum of US$4.5 million. However, Royal Challengers retained only one of their players, Virat Kohli, leaving the rest of the players back in the auction pool. When other IPL franchises let go the non-performers from each of their teams, RCB lost the top performers from the previous season by releasing them back to the auction pool. On Day-One of the auction, Bangalore bought Sri Lankan Tillakaratne Dilshan for $650,000, their former player and Mumbai Indians spearhead Zaheer Khan for $900,000, ace middle order batsman AB de Villiers for $1.1 million, former New Zealand skipper Daniel Vettori for $550,000, India's new sensation, who played with Mumbai Indians until last season, Saurabh Tiwary for a whopping $1.6 million, Australia's Dirk Nannes for $650,000 and India's young talent Cheteshwar Pujara for $700,000. West Indian batsman Chris Gayle was brought in as a replacement for the injured Dirk Nannes in the middle of the tournament. Vettori led the side for the fourth season of the IPL. RCB kicked off their campaign with a comfortable six-wicket win over the newly formed team, Kochi Tuskers Kerala. But then they suffered three big defeats at the hands of Mumbai Indians, Deccan Chargers and Chennai Super Kings. At this stage, speedster Dirk Nannes was ruled out of the tournament and RCB team management named West Indian opener Chris Gayle as his replacement. Gayle started off the tournament with a century (102* off 55 balls) against Kolkata Knight Riders, giving the Challengers an emphatic 9-wicket win. RCB also managed to beat Delhi Daredevils and Pune Warriors in their next two matches. They went on to beat Kings XI Punjab by a big margin of 85 runs, after Gayle smashed his second century of the tournament (107 off 49 balls). They won their next two matches against Kochi and Rajasthan Royals, both comprehensively by 9 wickets. They also defeated Kolkata in a rain-affected match at Bangalore. But then, Kings XI Punjab, riding on a blistering hundred by their skipper Adam Gilchrist, ended RCB's 7-match winning streak, with a huge 111-run margin win. In their last league match, the Challengers beat the defending champions Chennai Super Kings by 8 wickets to end at the top of the points table. Chris Gayle shining once again with the bat, scoring an unbeaten 75 off 50 balls. Royal Challengers faced Chennai Super Kings in the 1st qualifier at Mumbai. Virat Kohli scored an unbeaten 70 off just 44 balls to help RCB put up 175/4 in their 20 overs. Despite losing early wickets, Chennai went on to win the match by 6 wickets. The win took Chennai to the final and RCB faced Mumbai Indians in the 2nd qualifier in Chennai. Batting first, Royal Challengers made a massive 185/4 in 20 overs on a slow Chepauk track. Chris Gayle was the star once again for them as he scored a blistering 89 runs off 47 balls. Mumbai never looked in the hunt for a win as they collapsed to a 43-run defeat. The Royal Challengers qualified for the final with this win and went on to face Chennai at their home ground in the final. Winning the toss, Chennai elected to bat first in the final. The Super Kings posted a huge total of 205/5. The Challengers did not bat well and lost the match by 58 runs. Chris Gayle was named Man of the Tournament and Bangalore set a new IPL record for the most successive wins by winning 7 matches on the trot. Royal Challengers Bangalore qualified for the main event of the 2011 Champions League Twenty20 as they finished runners-up in the 2011 Indian Premier League, this made the Challengers the first and only team ever to play in all the three seasons of the tournament. The Challengers, placed in Group B in the first round of the tournament, kicked off their quest for glory with a last-ball defeat to the Warriors. They suffered a big 9-wicket defeat at the hands of IPL counterparts Kolkata Knight Riders in their second group match, leaving them with two must-win matches in order to qualify for the semi-finals. They registered their first win in the competition, in an emphatic manner, by beating Somerset by 51 runs, thanks to Chris Gayle's 46-ball 86. The win also consolidated their poor net run-rate. In their last group match, they faced the champions from Australia, the Southern Redbacks. Batting first, the Redbacks rode on a century by Daniel Harris (108* from 61 balls) to set RCB a target of 215. The Royal Challengers came out with a spirited batting performance with Tillakaratne Dilshan and Virat Kohli scoring half-centuries. However, the Redbacks hampered the run-chase by picking up wickets at regular stages towards the end of the innings. With six runs required off the last ball to win the match, RCB found an unlikely-hero in Arun Karthik, who struck Daniel Christian for a six over deep mid-wicket, to take RCB through to the semi-finals. The Challengers, despite being level on points with Kolkata Knight Riders and Warriors, qualified for the semi-finals on basis of having a better net run-rate than the two teams. The Royal Challengers played the New South Wales Blues in the semi-finals of the tournament. Winning the toss, Daniel Vettori put the Blues in to bat and the decision seemed to backfire as the Blues amassed 203/2 in 20 overs, mainly due to the efforts of David Warner who struck an unbeaten 123 off just 68 balls. Despite losing Dilshan early in the chase, RCB got off to a rollicking start with Chris Gayle smashing 92 runs from only 41 deliveries. He was ably supported by Kohli, who struck an unbeaten 84 from 49 balls to give RCB a comfortable 6-wicket victory with 9 balls to spare. They took on an injury-hit Mumbai Indians in the final at Chennai. Mumbai winning the toss, chose to bat and put up a modest total of 139 in 20 overs. After getting off to a blistering start with the bat, the Challengers lost wickets at regular intervals before getting bundled out for 108 in 19.2 overs, falling short of the target by 31 runs. Mumbai skipper Harbhajan Singh was awarded the Man of the Match for picking 3/20 in his four overs. In the pre-season transfer window, Royal Challengers Bangalore transferred Australian all-rounder Andrew McDonald from Delhi Daredevils. RCB paid US$100,000 as transferred fees. Royal Challengers Bangalore also retained Chris Gayle for the next two IPL seasons. Before the 2012 auction, RCB had got Andrew McDonald transferred from Delhi Daredevils. They had also bought out the contracts of Johan Van der Wath, Jonathan Vandiar and Nuwan Pradeep. In the auction, RCB bought only Vinay Kumar for $1 million and Muttiah Muralitharan for $220,200. Royal Challengers Bangalore began the 2012 IPL without the services of talisman Chris Gayle who had arrived in India, carrying a groin injury he had sustained in the preceding Bangladesh Premier League. Sreenath Aravind, RCB's most successful bowler in 2011 too was laid low by injury and Harshal Patel emerged as the preferred third seamer in the side ahead of Abhimanyu Mithun. AB de Villiers and Muttiah Muralitharan gave the team a winning start against Delhi but 3 consecutive losses followed. The team rallied back, Chris Gayle finding his touch to hit 5 consecutive sixes off Rahul Sharma and Saurabh Tiwary hitting a six off the last ball to win the team a tight chase against Pune. Gayle shone again at Mohali in a comprehensive win while de Villiers, Tillakaratne Dilshan and KP Appanna engineered another win in Jaipur. A washed out match at Bangalore against Chennai denied the team a chance at gaining 2 points outright, the teams sharing points 1-1 each. Two subsequent losses put RCB in competition with Rajasthan Royals, Chennai Super Kings and Kings XI Punjab for the last play-offs slot. Daniel Vettori benched himself so the team could play Muttiah Muralitharan as one of the four foreigners allowed in the playing XI, Virat Kohli taking up captaincy duties. The team signed Prasanth Parameswaran, who played for Kochi Tuskers Kerala in the 2011 IPL, as a replacement for the injured Sreenath Aravind. A spectacular chase against Deccan Chargers at Bangalore and two routs in Mumbai and Pune put the team back on track for a place in the play-offs. RCB went down to Mumbai in a hard-fought match at Bangalore but bounced back in Delhi as Chris Gayle became the first man to hit 3 centuries in the IPL, hitting 128* at Delhi. Other results in the tournament now placed RCB in direct competition with Chennai for the final play-offs slot. The teams were tied on points with Chennai ahead on net run-rate but RCB had a game in hand while Chennai had played out their games. A batting failure at Hyderabad in RCB's final game of the season led to the end of the team's 2012 campaign, making it the first time since 2009 that they failed to qualify for both the play-offs and the Champions League Twenty20. Chris Gayle was the highest run scorer of the tournament for the second year in a row, scoring 733 runs at 61.08 with 7 fifties, 1 hundred and a strike rate of 160.74. Vinay Kumar finished as the 5th highest wicket taker of the tournament with his 19 wickets from 17 matches. Before the 2013 auction, RCB released Mohammad Kaif, Charl Langeveldt, Dirk Nannes, Luke Pomersbach and Rilee Rossouw. At the auction, RCB bought Christopher Barnwell, Daniel Christian, Moisés Henriques, Ravi Rampaul, Pankaj Singh, R. P. Singh and Jaydev Unadkat. RCB kicked off their 2013 campaign by winning their first 6 home games, starting with a 2-run win over Mumbai Indians where Chris Gayle scored 92* off 58 balls and Vinay Kumar picking up 3 wickets. But they suffered a super-over defeat to the newly formed Sunrisers Hyderabad but then they beat the same opponents convincingly by 6 wickets where Virat Kohli smashed a brilliant 93*. They also beat Kolkata Knight Riders by 8 wickets. Gayle and Kohli were in tremendous form with the bat while Vinay Kumar was the hero with the ball. RCB suffered a shock in the next match against Chennai Super Kings where R. P. Singh conceded a no-ball on the last ball of the match which was a catch. However, the team rallied back to win their next 3 games. One of the matches against Pune Warriors India saw Chris Gayle smash 175 off just 66 balls which was the highest individual score in T20 cricket and RCB put up 263-5 which was the highest total in T20 cricket. Pune never fought back in the chase and eventually lost the match by 130 runs. People often nicknamed Bangalore as "Ban-gayle-ore". However, the team began to lose matches away from home. One of the matches against Punjab saw David Miller score 101 off just 38 balls to guide Punjab to an unlikely victory. RCB only managed to beat Pune Warriors India and Delhi Daredevils away from home. They were now in direct competition with Sunrisers Hyderabad with 16 points from 13 matches who were also with 16 points from 13 matches. A batting failure against Kolkata and a poor fielding and bowling performance against Punjab at Bangalore left RCB in a do or die situation in their last league match against Chennai Super Kings at Bangalore. Fortunately, RCB registered a stunning win in their last match which was affected by rain. Now, RCB could only qualify for playoffs if Kolkata would beat Hyderabad. Unfortunately, Sunrisers Hyderabad won the match convincingly by 5 wickets which ended RCB's 2013 campaign. Chris Gayle was the leading run scorer for the team, scoring 708 runs and Vinay Kumar was the leading wicket taker by taking 22 wickets. Virat Kohli was named the captain of RCB team. Before the 2014 auction, AB de Villiers, Chris Gayle and Virat Kohli were retained from the previous seasons. The players bought in the 2014 auctions were Albie Morkel, Mitchell Starc, Ravi Rampaul, Parthiv Patel, Ashok Dinda, Muttiah Muralitharan, Nic Maddinson, Harshal Patel, Varun Aaron, Vijay Zol and Yuvraj Singh who was the most expensive player fetching a massive ₹14 crore. They ended up 7th in the points table and didn't qualify for the playoffs in the 2014 IPL. RCB retained Virat Kohli, AB de Villiers, Chris Gayle, Mitchell Starc, Ashok Dinda, Varun Aaron, Harshal Patel, Yuzvendra Chahal, Nic Maddinson, Rilee Rossouw, Abu Nechim, Yogesh Takawale, Vijay Zol and Sandeep Warrier for the 2015 Indian Premier League. They also bought Manvinder Bisla and Iqbal Abdulla from Kolkata Knight Riders and Mandeep Singh from Kings XI Punjab during the Transfer Window. They bought Darren Sammy, David Wiese, Adam Milne, Sean Abbott, Subramaniam Badrinath, Jalaj Saxena, Sarfaraz Khan and Dinesh Karthik for ₹10.5 crore (US$1.3 million) from the 2015 Player Auctions. Royal Challengers Bangalore started their season with an unconvincing win against KKR at Kolkata, supported by a knock of 96 by Chris Gayle. But they lost their next three matches in Bangalore to SRH, MI, and CSK. Two great bowling performances ensured RCB secured dominant wins against RR and DD, winning by 9 wickets and 10 wickets respectively. Their next match against RR got washed out after a strong batting performance from RCB. They lost a close match to CSK, but recovered by crushing Kings XI Punjab by 138 runs, supported by a century by Chris Gayle, and a four-wicket haul for Sreenath Aravind and Mitchell Starc. Royal Challengers' good form continued when AB de Villiers and Virat Kohli smashed the highest T20 partnership ever (later beaten by the same pair in IPL 2016) against Mumbai Indians, to secure a good win. Later, RCB lost to Kings XI Punjab in a rain affected match, putting their playoff qualification in doubt. They faced SRH in the next match, again affected by rain. Amidst a lot of drama, and stunning performances from Virat Kohli and Gayle, RCB won an unlikely match in Hyderabad. Now, the only way they could be out of the playoffs became very unlikely, yet possible. RCB lost their chance to be placed second in the points table after rain washed out their final match against DD. They ended the league stage at the third position, with 7 wins from 14 matches. On 20 May, they faced the Rajasthan Royals in the Eliminator and earned a spot in Qualifier 2. However, they lost to the Chennai Super Kings in the Qualifier 2, and ended the season finishing third. AB de Villiers, Virat Kohli and Chris Gayle ended by being the 4th, 5th and 6th highest run scorers of the season respectively, while Yuzvendra Chahal was RCB's highest wicket taker, being the 3rd highest in the season. In light of financial scandals involving owner/chairman Vijay Mallya, Amrit Thomas became the chairman of the Royal Challengers. RCB changed the team logo and also became the first team in IPL to adopt different jerseys for home and away matches. Virat Kohli, AB de Villiers, Chris Gayle, Mitchell Starc, David Wiese, Adam Milne, Varun Aaron, Mandeep Singh, Harshal Patel, Kedar Jadhav, Sarfaraz Khan, Sreenath Aravind, Yuzvendra Chahal, and Abu Nechim were retained by RCB for the 2016 Indian Premier League. From player auctions, they bought Shane Watson for ₹9.5 crore (US$1.2 million), Kane Richardson and Stuart Binny for ₹2 crore each, and Travis Head and Samuel Badree for ₹50 lakhs each. Other players that joined the team were Sachin Baby, Iqbal Abdulla, Praveen Dubey, Akshay Karnewar, Vikramjeet Malik and Vikas Tokas. KL Rahul and Parvez Rasool also joined RCB for the IPL 2016 edition. Royal Challengers Bangalore started their season with a blitz from AB de Villiers and Virat Kohli against SRH at Bangalore, to comfortably win their first match. A bludgeoning century from Quinton de Kock meant RCB lost their second match of the season. Their form deteriorated in the coming matches, winning only one match of the next five. Although, Virat Kohli and AB de Villier's brilliant form, along with the emergence of KL Rahul as an important member of RCB's batting, were positive points. Royal Challengers needed to win at least 6 of their next seven matches to have a chance at qualifying for the playoffs. They won matches against KXIP and Rising Pune Supergiant, the new entrant in the tournament. But a loss against Mumbai Indians meant they needed 4 wins in 4 matches to qualify. Since then, Virat Kohli found himself in a sublime form, with captaincy and the bat. RCB most notably defeated the Gujarat Lions by 144 runs, the highest margin in IPL history, during this 4 match winning streak. Through other match results, RCB ended at an unlikely second position at the end of the league stage. Virat Kohli dominated the run-scoring list, while Shane Watson and Yuzvendra Chahal collectively topped the wicket taking list at the end of the league stage. They faced the Gujarat Lions in the Qualifier 1 at their home ground, the M. Chinnaswamy Stadium. They won by 4 wickets to make it to their third final in nine seasons. They played the final against SRH, again in Bangalore. RCB lost a hard-fought match by 8 runs, to end as runners up in this ninth season of the IPL. This is the third instance of RCB losing the final in the IPL. Yuzvendra Chahal and Shane Watson ended second and third respectively on the list for most wickets. At the launch event of his biography, 'Driven: The Virat Kohli Story' in New Delhi, in October 2016, Kohli announced that RCB would be his permanent IPL franchise that he would play for. Virat Kohli, AB de Villiers, Chris Gayle, Mitchell Starc, Adam Milne, Mandeep Singh, Harshal Patel, Kedar Jadhav, Sarfaraz Khan, Sreenath Aravind, Yuzvendra Chahal, Shane Watson, Stuart Binny, Travis Head, Samuel Badree, Sachin Baby, Iqbal Abdulla, Praveen Dubey and KL Rahul were retained by RCB for the 2017 Indian Premier League. From the player auctions, they bought Tymal Mills for ₹12 crore (US$1.5 million), Aniket Chaudhary for ₹2 crores, Pawan Negi for ₹1 crore and Billy Stanlake for ₹30 lakhs. Mitchell Starc dropped out of the season to prepare for the Champions Trophy which led to the management to replace him with Tymal Mills. The team was the worst hit with injuries as their captain Virat Kohli and AB de Villiers did not play for the initial matches which led to the making of Shane Watson as the interim captain. Even their star players KL Rahul and Sarfaraz Khan were ruled out of the season due to their prolonged injuries. They lost their first match of the season as they were bundled out by 172 and lost by 35 runs to Sunrisers Hyderabad in Hyderabad. But they won their second match against Delhi Daredevils in their home ground. However, they lost the next three matches in a row against Kings XI Punjab, Mumbai Indians and Rising Pune Supergiant respectively. Though AB de Villiers made a quick fire 89 off 46 balls, RCB lost the match against Kings XI Punjab as the other players made 57 dot balls. The match against Mumbai Indians saw Virat Kohli's comeback with a quick 62 off 47 balls and Samuel Badree becoming the 14th player in the IPL history to claim a hat-trick, but they lost the match as Pollard made 70 off 47 balls to win the match for Mumbai Indians. They lost the match against Rising Pune Supergiant by a massive 27 runs. But in their next game against Gujarat Lions, they won by 20 runs and coincidentally Chris Gayle became the first player to score 10,000 runs in T20s. However, in their next game against Kolkata Knight Riders, on the day when RCB made 263/5 against Pune Warriors India in 2013 which was the highest IPL score, they were bundled out for 49 all out which is the lowest IPL score and also where no batsman could score 10 runs. They kept losing matches consecutively as they could not make high scores and their big guns- Chris Gayle, Virat Kohli and AB de Villiers failing repeatedly. The pitch in M. Chinnaswamy Stadium was changed from a usual batting to the bowling pitch which made the batsmen struggle for runs. They ended up at the bottom of the table and they changed their squad for each match which was the reason for its downfall. However, they finished their miserable season on a high note after winning against Delhi Daredevils by 10 runs in Delhi. They made low scores like 49 all out against Kolkata Knight Riders, 96/9 against Rising Pune Supergiant and 119 all out against Kings XI Punjab. In the 2018 IPL, RCB ended up 6th in the points table and didn't qualify for the playoffs. Ahead of the 2019 IPL, Royal Challengers Bangalore spent ₹16.4 crores (US$2.4 million) to buy nine players- Shivam Dube, Shimron Hetmyer, Akshdeep Nath, Prayas Barman, Himmat Singh, Gurkeerat Singh Mann, Heinrich Klaasen, Devdutt Padikkal and Milind Kumar. In-between the tournament, one of the best fast bowlers in the game Dale Steyn joined the squad and was crucial for the team's victories. Unfortunately for RCB, he was ruled out of the tournament after playing 3 matches due to a shoulder injury. Despite their hard efforts, RCB failed yet again to deliver in the group-stages. Out of the 14 games played, they won five, lost eight and tied one. Consequently, they ended at the bottom of the points table for the second time (previously in 2017). A lot of eyes were laid on the Captain of the team Virat Kohli because he was to lead his country in the upcoming Cricket World Cup, this put a lot of pressure on the captain. In spite of this pressure, Kohli scored a total of 464 runs which included one match winning century and two half centuries, making him the second player to reach the milestone of 5,000 runs in the IPL after Chennai Super Kings' All-rounder Suresh Raina. Even with RCB's disappointing performance in the season, most of their matches were close encounters and their fans were thoroughly entertained. At the end of the 12th season of the IPL franchise, RCB still remains among the three original teams of the franchise (the other two include Kings XI Punjab and Delhi Capitals) which haven't won the IPL trophy yet. Before the start of 2020 IPL, RCB has released their players: Akshdeep Nath, Colin de Grandhomme, Dale Steyn, Heinrich Klassen, Himmat Singh, Kulwant Khejroliya, Marcus Stoinis, Milind Kumar, Nathan Coulter-Nile, Prayas Ray Barman, Shimron Hetmyer and Tim Southee. During the IPL auction, they added Aaron Finch (₹4.4 crore), Chris Morris (₹10 crore), Joshua Philippe ( ₹20 lakh), Kane Richardson (₹4 crore), Pavan Deshpande (₹20 lakh), Dale Steyn (₹2 crore), Shahbaz Ahamad (₹20 lakh) and Isuru Udana (₹50 lakh). Vijay Mallya wanted to associate one of his top-selling liquor brands, either McDowell's No.1 or Royal Challenge with the team. The latter was chosen, hence the name. The logo initially consisted the RC emblem in yellow on a circular red base with the black text "Royal Challengers Bangalore" in standard format surrounding the circular logo. The RC crown emblem with the roaring lion placed on the top of the logo was derived from the original Royal Challenge logo. No significant changes took place in the design of the logo except for the replacement of colour yellow with gold from 2009. This logo also had a dotted white circle around the RC emblem. The team also uses an alternate logo for the Game for Green matches where the green plants surround the logo and the text Game for Green is placed below the logo. The logo was redesigned in 2016 with the inclusion of black as a secondary color. The lion emblem in the crest was enlarged and the shield was omitted in the new design. In 2020, a new logo was unveiled featuring a bigger lion and the crown returning from the previous logo. The RC emblem was omitted for this crest. The jersey colors of the team in 2008 were red and golden yellow, the same as the unofficial Kannada flag, with player names printed in white and numbers printed in black in the rear. Yellow was eliminated in future seasons and was replaced with gold. Starting from 2010, blue was introduced on the apparel as a tertiary colour. The jersey design saw tweaks every season, major being the one for 2014 where blue dominated over gold. From 2014, the player names and numbers were printed in gold. As of 2015, more yellowish shade of gold is being used on the jerseys. The blue was completely eliminated in 2016 and was replaced by black as the third colour in the two versions of the jersey; one for home matches and the other for away ones. From 2020, black was replaced with a shade between dark blue and black. Reebok manufactured kits for the team from 2008 to 2014 and Adidas supplied the kits in 2015. Zeven manufactures the kits for the team from 2016. The theme song of the team for the 2008 season was "Jeetenge Hum Shaan Se". The team anthem, "Game for More" was created for the 2009 season. The music was composed by Amit Trivedi and written by Anshu Sharma. A new anthem, "Here We Go The Royal Challengers" was created for the 2013 season and was used till 2015. The anthem "Play Bold" was composed by Salim–Sulaiman, sung by Siddharth Basrur and was released in 2016 during the launch of jerseys for the season. For 2017, the same anthem was recomposed and sung by Anand Bhaskar in 6 languages - English, Kannada, Telugu, Bengali, Marathi and Punjabi. Katrina Kaif was roped in as the brand ambassador for the team in 2008, but later stepped down due to her prior commitments with filmmakers. Deepika Padukone, Ramya, Puneeth Rajkumar, Upendra and Ganesh have been the ambassadors for the team in the initial seasons. Shiva Rajkumar is the brand Ambassador for the season 11. Mallya's home brand Royal Challenge became the primary sponsor of the team from the start of the Indian Premier League in 2008. Since then United Spirits Limited (now a subsidiary of Diageo) used almost all advertisement slots on the apparel for the promotion of their brands. Kingfisher, McDowell's No.1, Whyte and Mackay, White Mischief were prominently advertised on the jerseys in the initial seasons. In 2014, for the first time, Huawei, a non-home brand acquired the main slot on the jersey for two seasons. In 2016 and 2017, Hero Cycles and Gionee took over at the head jersey sponsors respectively. In 2018, Eros Now have officially announced to sponsor the jersey of the team. In 2015, the team had United Spirits, Huawei and Kingfisher as the principal sponsors. Midea, Tata Motors (labeled Tata Bolt), Britannia Industries, TGS Constructions, 7 UP, Ed Hardy, Allen Career Institute, Daily News & Analysis, Mallya Hospital, Fever 104 FM, Redbus.in, Uber and Adidas were the associate sponsors. In 2016, RCB had its own brand Kingfisher by United Breweries Group along with Hero Cycles as the principle sponsors. Lloyd Air Conditioners, LYF, Tata Zest, Britannia, Himalaya Men, Acer, Ola were the associate sponsors. Zeven, a multi sports apparel brand by Mahesh Bhupathi and Shikhar Dhawan replaced Adidas as the kit sponsors. 7 UP, Manipal Hospitals, Fever 104 FM and DNA Network were the official partners for 2016. As of 2017, while Zeven continued to manufacture kits for the team, Gionee became the principal sponsor. Lloyd Air Conditioners, Jio, Karnataka Tourism Jungle Lodges & Resorts, Himalaya Men, Duroflex Mattresses and 7 UP were the associate sponsors. Other official partners included Gatorade, Wrogn, Boost, Tissot, Radio Mirchi, Acer, DNA Network, AbhiBus.com, Nissin and Galileo-iNurture. The team prominently displayed the liquor brands owned by Vijay Mallya through UB Group such as Royal Challenge, McDowells No.1, White Mischief, Kingfisher, etc. until 2013. In the 2014 season, no liquor brands were advertised on the apparel, however Royal Challenge Sports Gear and Kingfisher Packaged Drinking Water are displayed on the jerseys. Royal Challengers Bangalore have active rivalries with Chennai Super Kings and Kolkata Knight Riders. The rivalry with Knight Riders goes back to 2008 as it was also the inaugural match of the first IPL. The rivalry with Chennai Super Kings stems from the Kaveri River water dispute between the states of Karnataka and Tamil Nadu. The rivalry is also called "Kaveri derby" and "South Indian derby". The Super Kings beat the Royal Challengers in the final of the 2011 IPL, the only meeting between the two teams at an IPL final. The Royal Challengers have a huge and passionate fan base all over India and especially in the city of Bangalore. The fans, known to be loyal and vocal in their support, often turn up in large numbers for RCB's home matches turning the stadium into what is called a "sea of red". They are well known for their chants of "R-C-B, R-C-B" and chants of "A-B-D, A-B-D" for their maestro batsman AB de Villiers, and the co-ordinated Mexican wave at the Chinnaswamy. The stadium organisers also provide the home team fans with cheer kits, RCB flags and noisemakers among other items. Royal Challengers Bangalore have formed a fan-following group named as Bold Army. During the 2014 IPL, the Royal Challengers became the first team to provide free Wi-Fi connectivity to fans at their home ground. 50 access points were set up using fibre optic cables to provide the connectivity to fans on match days at the Chinnaswamy. Challengers Bangalore Roster Last Updated on 25 September 2020

Devil's_Hopyard_State_Park

Devil's_Hopyard_State_Park 2008-09-23T12:30:51Z 41°28′57″N 72°20′50″W / 41. 48250°N 72. 34722°W / 41. 48250; -72. 34722 Devil's Hopyard State Park is located in East Haddam, Connecticut at a scenic waterfall on the Eightmile River. In 1919, the former State Park and Forest Commission obtained an 860-acre (3. 5 km2) parcel located in the Millington section of East Haddam. The principal feature of the park, Chapman Falls, drops more than sixty feet over a series of steps in a Scotland Schist stone formation. The falls also once powered "Beebe's Mills", which were named after the original owner. At some time prior to 1800, there was a malt house near a small tributary of the Eightmile River called Malt House Brook, on George Griffin’s farm. Although the malt house was abandoned prior to 1814, during the period of its operation, Griffin grew hops in a small clearing -- the "hopyard" -- beside the road running through the area now called Devil's Hopyard. But the Devil's presence in this hopyard is not so easily explained. The “devil” part focuses on the potholes near the falls, which are some of the finest examples of pothole stone formations in this section of the United States. Perfectly cylindrical, they range from inches to several feet in diameter and depth. These potholes were formed by stones moved downstream by the current and trapped in an eddy where the stone was spun around and around, wearing a depression in the rock. When the rock wore itself down, another would catch in the same hole and enlarge it. We know this now, but to the early settlers the potholes were a great mystery that they tried to explain with references to the supernatural. They thought that the Devil had passed by the falls, accidentally getting his tail wet. This made him so mad he burned holes in the stones with his hooves as he bounded away. There are many things to do when arriving at Devil's Hopyard State Park. Activities that are open to the public include: Some of the most beautiful landscapes can be found right in the park. Vista Point, which is located at the end of the Blue Trail, is a cliff that stands 150 to 175 feet (53 m) above the majestic Eightmile River. Other attractions include the "mini falls". Much of the wildlife at the park is worth seeing. There are two different types of deer, many species of frogs, turtles, fish, fishers and many of the state's protected bird species. , Devil's_Hopyard_State_Park 2010-01-05T03:11:13Z 41°28′57″N 72°20′50″W / 41. 48250°N 72. 34722°W / 41. 48250; -72. 34722 Devil's Hopyard State Park is located in East Haddam, Connecticut at a scenic waterfall on the Eightmile River. In 1919, the former State Park and Forest Commission obtained an 860-acre (3. 5 km2) parcel located in the Millington section of East Haddam. The principal feature of the park, Chapman Falls, drops more than sixty feet over a series of steps in a Scotland Schist stone formation. The falls also once powered "Beebe's Mills", which were named after the original owner. At some time prior to 1800, there was a malt house near a small tributary of the Eightmile River called Malt House Brook, on George Griffin’s farm. Although the malt house was abandoned prior to 1814, during the period of its operation, Griffin grew hops in a small clearing—the "hopyard" -- beside the road running through the area now called Devil's Hopyard. But the Devil's presence in this hopyard is not so easily explained. The “devil” part focuses on the potholes near the falls, which are some of the finest examples of pothole stone formations in this section of the United States. Perfectly cylindrical, they range from inches to several feet in diameter and depth. These potholes were formed by stones moved downstream by the current and trapped in an eddy where the stone was spun around and around, wearing a depression in the rock. When the rock wore itself down, another would catch in the same hole and enlarge it. We know this now, but to the early settlers the potholes were a great mystery that they tried to explain with references to the supernatural. They thought that the Devil had passed by the falls, accidentally getting his tail wet. This made him so mad he burned holes in the stones with his hooves as he bounded away. There are many things to do when arriving at Devil's Hopyard State Park. Activities that are open to the public include: Some of the most beautiful landscapes can be found right in the park. Vista Point, which is located at the end of the Blue Trail, is a cliff that stands 150 to 175 feet (53 m) above the majestic Eightmile River. Other attractions include the "mini falls". Much of the wildlife at the park is worth seeing. There are two different types of deer, many species of frogs, turtles, fish, fishers and many of the state's protected bird species.

Blanchard_(disambiguation)

Blanchard_(disambiguation) 2011-08-10T11:16:11Z Blanchard is a French family name. Blanchard may also refer to:, Blanchard_(disambiguation) 2013-06-25T16:01:08Z Blanchard is a French family name. Blanchard may also refer to:

The Colosseum at Caesars Palace

The Colosseum at Caesars Palace 2008-05-11T08:00:55Z 52°28′47″N 01°54′54″W / 52.47972°N 1.91500°W / 52.47972; -1.91500 The Coliseum at Caesar's is a 4,100 capacity entertainment venue, originally built for Celine Dion's show A New Day. Since then numerous of other entertainers have performed at the venue. , The Colosseum at Caesars Palace 2009-12-23T00:19:52Z The Colosseum at Caesars Palace is a 4,296-seat entertainment venue in Paradise, Nevada, United States. It is part of the Caesars Palace casino complex on the Las Vegas Strip and was constructed by Park Place Entertainment. The arena opened to the public in 2003. It was originally built for Celine Dion's show A New Day... at a cost of $95 million; the venue has also hosted performances by numerous other artists. The design for the arena was based on the ancient Colosseum in Rome. It is connected to the casino near the Forum Shops and is 256 ft (78 m) in diameter, with the rotunda 120 ft (37 m) above the floor. The stage measures 22,450 sq ft (2,086 m2) and has a proscenium arch with a height of 44 ft (13 m) and a width of 120 ft (37 m). It was designed with 125,000 watts of amplification and 115 surround-sound speakers. It also has a high-definition LED screen which cost $6 million at the time of construction. Because Dion stated she wanted an intimate setting, the arena was built "in the round" with no seat more than 120 feet from the stage. Although Dion was the primary performer at The Colosseum at Caesars Palace and performed the opening show on March 25, 2003, other performers have used the venue as well. Jerry Seinfeld was the first performer other than Dion to headline at the arena, in May 2003. Other performers who have used the facility include Gloria Estefan, Stevie Nicks and Elton John, whose The Red Piano Tour closed in April 2009. Luis Miguel, Jeff Dunham and Seinfeld are all scheduled to bring their tours to the venue during 2009. As of 2009, the primary headliners at The Colosseum are Cher and Bette Midler, whose shows are scheduled intermittently so as to allow for each performer to design and choreograph their shows without much disruption. The venue has received the Billboard Touring Award for small venues in 2005, 2006, and 2007.

Matti Lund Nielsen

Matti Lund Nielsen 2010-01-02T13:02:38Z Matti Lund Nielsen (born May 8, 1988) is a Danish football player, who plays for the Danish 1st Division side Lyngby Boldklub, on loan from Odense Boldklub. after a short period in Lyngby Boldklub Matti returned to Odense Boldklub. In December 2009 Matti signed a contract with the Danish Sas-Liga team FC Nordsjælland starting from the 1st January 2010. There have been reports linking him to Norwich City FC. , Matti Lund Nielsen 2011-12-30T18:26:24Z Matti Lund Nielsen (born May 8, 1988) is a Danish football player. He plays in midfield for Delfino Pescara 1936 in the Serie B. Nielsen has amassed a total 46 youth caps for Denmark under five different age groups, he is yet to earn a senior cap. In December 2009 Nielsen signed a contract with the Danish Sas-Liga team FC Nordsjælland starting from 1 January 2010. 6 December 2011, having lost his place to Søren Christensen in the Nordsjælland first team, Nielsen was given permission by the club to go on trial with Serie B club Pescara. 30 December 2011, it was confirmed that Matti Lund Nielsen would transfer to Pescara on a free transfer, signing a contract til summer 2014. Squad 2011 Euro U-21

Derwernache

Derwernache 2008-03-15T14:19:20Z Derwonaji (also transliterated Derwernache) is a town in eastern Ethiopia. Located in the Jijiga Zone of the Somali Region, this town has a longitude and latitude of 9°50′N 43°2′E / 9. 833°N 43. 033°E / 9. 833; 43. 033 and an elevation of 1402 meters above sea level. Based on figures from the Central Statistical Agency in 2005, this town has an estimated total population of 35,645, of whom 19,327 were males and 16,318 were females. It is one of two towns in Awbere woreda. The UNHCR reports that in 2000 they assisted in the digging of a couple of relatively shallow wells at this settlement. This article about a location in the Somali Region of Ethiopia is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. , Derwernache 2009-03-23T05:28:34Z Derwonaji (also transliterated Derwernache) is a town in eastern Ethiopia. Located in the Jijiga Zone of the Somali Region, this town has a longitude and latitude of 9°50′N 43°02′E / 9. 833°N 43. 033°E / 9. 833; 43. 033 and an elevation of 1402 meters above sea level. The UNHCR reports that in 2000 they assisted in the digging of a couple of relatively shallow wells at this settlement. Based on figures from the Central Statistical Agency in 2005, this town has an estimated total population of 35,645, of whom 19,327 are men and 16,318 are women. The 1997 census reported this town had a total population of 23,891 of whom 12,768 were men and 11,123 women. The largest ethnic groups reported in this town were the Somali (67. 47%), and foreign nationals from Somalia (31. 02%); all other ethnic groups made up 1. 51% of the population. It is one of two towns in Awbere woreda. This article about a location in the Somali Region of Ethiopia is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.

José Mari (footballer, born 1987)

José Mari (footballer, born 1987) 2013-01-18T15:09:13Z name 2 José María Martín Bejarano-Serrano (born 6 December 1987 in Rota, Cádiz, Andalusia), aka José Mari, is a Spanish professional footballer who plays for Real Zaragoza as a defensive midfielder. , José Mari (footballer, born 1987) 2014-12-19T19:30:27Z name 2 José María Martín Bejarano-Serrano (born 6 December 1987), commonly known as José Mari, is a Spanish professional footballer who plays for the Colorado Rapids of Major League Soccer, as a defensive midfielder. Born in Rota, Cádiz, Andalusia, José Mari played amateur football until the age of nearly 22, representing Unión Deportiva Roteña and Atlético Sanluqueño CF. In the 2009 summer he joined Real Murcia Imperial in Segunda División B, being relegated in his first and only season. Subsequently José Mari stayed in that level, spending two years at Real Jaén. In the 2012 summer he moved straight to La Liga, signing for two years with Real Zaragoza and initially being assigned to the reserves after the preseason was over; however, he managed to convince main squad manager Manolo Jiménez and, in August, was definitely promoted. José Mari made his professional – and top level – debut on 20 August 2012, playing the second half in a 0–1 home loss against Real Valladolid. He finished the campaign with 27 appearances all competitions comprised, scoring once in the Copa del Rey, but the Aragonese were eventually relegated. On 6 February 2014, it was announced that José Mari and Zaragoza had agreed to mutually terminate his contract. He netted his first league goal for the club in his last appearance, a 2–1 home success over Córdoba CF on 8 December of the previous year. On 11 February 2014 José Mari joined the Colorado Rapids of Major League Soccer, for a preseason trial. The team announced early in the following month that he had been signed to the active roster, and would be eligible to play pending receipt of his U.S. P-1 work visa and an international transfer certificate.

Karylle

Karylle 2006-04-15T17:38:51Z Ana Karylle Padilla Tatlonghari or simply Karylle was born on March 22, 1981 in Manila to singer-actress Zsa-zsa Padilla and Dr. Modesto Tatlonghari. A multi-talented artist, Karylle is a singer, songwriter, television and film actress, and host. Before entering the entertainment business, Karylle graduated from Ateneo de Manila University with a degree in Management: Communications Technology. Universal Records (Philippines) recording artist. , Karylle 2007-12-25T18:17:09Z musical artist 2 Ana Karylle Padilla Tatlonghari, or simply Karylle, is a multi-faceted artist/performer from the Philippines. She is a singer, songwriter, television and film actress, writer/columnist, commercial/celebrity endorser, dancer, and tv host. With her many appearances in network television, radio, concert, and the big screen, she is considered one of the most promising young talents today. Karylle is the daughter of singer-actress Zsa Zsa Padilla and Dr. Modesto Tatlonghari. She was born on March 22, 1981 in Manila, Philippines. Known as The Enchanting Diva, she started later than most of her contemporaries in show business. She finished her studies before joining the entertainment industry. In 2002, she graduated from Ateneo de Manila University with a degree in Communications Technology Management (Comtech) and she was also a recipient of the Dean’s Award for the Arts. Karylle is a recording artist under Universal Records (Philippines). Her songwriting talent is showcased in her second album "You Make Me Sing." She wrote two songs, "Coz, I Love You" and "Hiling." Discography Other Appearances Concerts Year 2005 was a breakout year for Karylle. She landed one of the lead roles in GMA Network’s top rating fantasy series, Encantadia. She also guest-starred in several GMA Network shows including SIS, Eat Bulaga, Art Angel, Master Showman Presents, Bubble Gang, All Star K, Mobile Kusina, and Extra Challenge. In 2006, Karylle appeared as a guest in the following GMA Network and QTV 11 shows such as Lagot Ka Isusumbong Kita, Wag Kukurap, Nuts Entertainment, Liga ng Kababaihan, Popstar Kids, Mel & Joey, Kakabakaboo, Project 11, Moms, Mahiwagang Baul, and At Your Service: Star Power. Karylle also co-hosts the musical variety show SOP every Sundays. Television Trumpet's production of The Little Mermaid was Karylle's first big break. She earned raves from critics and won the hearts of audience for her acting debut.

Marine_Hunter

Marine_Hunter 2010-12-01T14:16:27Z Marine Hunter (マリンハンター, Marin Hantaa) is a shōnen manga by Shiro Otsuka. The manga ran in Shōnen Sunday having begun in 2007's volume 36/37 and wrapping up in 2008's volume 26. , Marine_Hunter 2012-03-31T10:50:34Z Marine Hunter (マリンハンター, Marin Hantaa) is a shōnen manga by Shiro Otsuka. The manga ran in Shōnen Sunday having begun in 2007's volume 36/37 and wrapping up in 2008's volume 26.

Miss Indiana

Miss Indiana 2022-04-10T12:09:42Z The Miss Indiana competition is the pageant that selects the representative for the state of Indiana in the Miss America Pageant. Braxton Hiser of Indianapolis was crowned Miss Indiana 2021 on June 19, 2021 at Zionsville Performing Arts Center in Zionsville, Indiana. She will compete for the title of Miss America 2022 at the Mohegan Sun Casino in Connecticut. The following is a visual summary of the past results of Miss Indiana titleholders at the national Miss America pageants/competitions. The year in parentheses indicates the year of the national competition during which a placement and/or award was garnered, not the year attached to the contestant's state title. 2nd runner-up at National Sweetheart 1998 pageant, Miss Indiana 2023-12-16T23:19:31Z The Miss Indiana competition is the pageant that selects the representative for the state of Indiana in the Miss America Pageant. Elizabeth Hallal of Georgetown was crowned Miss Indiana 2022 on June 18, 2022 at STAR Bank Performing Arts Center in Zionsville. She competed for the title of Miss America 2023 at the Mohegan Sun Casino in Connecticut where she placed in the Top 7 along with winning a Preliminary Talent award. The following is a visual summary of the past results of Miss Indiana titleholders at the national Miss America pageants/competitions. The year in parentheses indicates the year of the national competition during which a placement and/or award was garnered, not the year attached to the contestant's state title. 2nd runner-up at National Sweetheart 1998 pageant

Basketligaen

Basketligaen 2013-01-05T16:16:28Z The Danish Basketball League is the highest professional basketball league in Denmark. , Basketligaen 2014-10-10T22:48:54Z The Danish Basketball League is the highest professional basketball league in Denmark. The league is officially known as Basketligaen and was founded in 1998. But, the original men's first division was founded in 1957. Source:

2002_Glasgow_floods

2002_Glasgow_floods 2008-05-31T00:08:44Z The 2002 Glasgow floods was a series of Flash floods that occurred after Thunderstorms in the Scottish Lowlands in late July and early August 2002. The heaviest rainfall fell on the night of Tuesday 30 July 2002. The East End of Glasgow was the worst affected district of the city, 200 people were evacuated from their homes in Greenfield and Shettleston on the Tuesday night. The antiquated 19th century storm drain and sewer system in that area, having received minimal investment from Scottish Water, was blamed due to its inability to deal with the high capacity of Surface runoff. Many of the homes affected were in working class areas and as a result did not have contents insurance. The West Coast Main Line, Glasgow to Edinburgh via Carstairs Line and Queen Street station were closed as a result of flooding and landslides. A number of roads were also badly affected by flooding in Sighthill, Springburn as well as the main A82 and A8 roads. Buchanan Street subway station on the Glasgow Subway was closed, although trains continued to run through the station without stopping. Parts of the Argyle Line were also flooded, with low-level stations from Dalmarnock through to Exhibition Centre closed for a number of weeks. On 4 August 2002, the water parasite cryptosporidium was discovered in Mugdock Reservoir at Milngavie water treatment works as a result of the flooding. Cryptosporidium can cause severe diarrhea. About 140,000 people in Glasgow were affected, they were told not to drink tap water without boiling it first. This later led to a major redevelopment of the Milngavie water treatment works. , 2002_Glasgow_floods 2010-01-20T22:29:46Z The 2002 Glasgow floods was a series of Flash floods that occurred after Thunderstorms in the Scottish Lowlands in late July and early August 2002. The heaviest rainfall fell on the night of Tuesday 30 July 2002. The East End of Glasgow was the worst affected district of the city, 200 people were evacuated from their homes in Greenfield and Shettleston on the Tuesday night. The antiquated 19th century storm drain and sewer system in that area, having received minimal investment from Scottish Water, was blamed due to its inability to deal with the high capacity of Surface runoff. Many of the homes affected were in working class areas and as a result did not have contents insurance. The West Coast Main Line, Glasgow to Edinburgh via Carstairs Line and Queen Street station were closed as a result of flooding and landslides. A number of roads were also badly affected by flooding in Sighthill, Springburn as well as the main A82 and A8 roads. Buchanan Street subway station on the Glasgow Subway was closed, although trains continued to run through the station without stopping. Parts of the Argyle Line were also flooded, with low-level stations from Dalmarnock through to Exhibition Centre closed for a number of weeks. On 4 August 2002, the water parasite cryptosporidium was discovered in Mugdock Reservoir at Milngavie water treatment works as a result of the flooding. Cryptosporidium can cause severe diarrhoea. About 140,000 people in Glasgow were affected, they were told not to drink tap water without boiling it first. This later led to a major redevelopment of the Milngavie water treatment works.

Joe Jacobson

Joe Jacobson 2009-02-21T16:36:25Z Joseph Mark "Joe" Jacobson (born 17 November 1986 in Cardiff, Glamorgan) is a Welsh footballer who currently plays as a left-back for Bristol Rovers. He is the current captain of the Wales U21 team and is a former captain of the Cardiff City reserve team. Jacobson signed professional terms with his hometown side Cardiff City in July 2006. He made his league debut as a substitute for Chris Barker in Cardiff's Championship defeat at home to Norwich City on 22 April 2006. He made his first start on the 22 August 2006 in Cardiff's surprise defeat at home to League Two side Barnet in the Football League Cup and was voted Man of The Match by the local press. In November 2006 the Torquay-based newspaper the Herald Express reported that Jacobson was likely to sign for Torquay United on loan, a story backed up by the team's official website. However, the move fell through when Torquay failed to loan Martin Phillips to Exeter City and Torquay chairman Chris Roberts refused to sanction the deal. He joined Accrington Stanley on loan and started their Football League Two match away at Grimsby on 25 November, followed by a Johnsons Paint QF tie away at League One club Doncaster Rovers on the following Tuesday. In February 2007, Jacobson joined Bristol Rovers on loan until the end of the season, and then signed on a permanent basis in the summer of 2007. Jacobson was the subject of controversy after executing a tackle on Kieron Dyer during a second round Carling Cup match against West Ham United on 28 August 2007. The tackle broke Dyer's tibia and fibula bones in his right leg, rendering him unavailable for both domestic and international selection. Subsequent criticism by West Ham's manager Alan Curbishley, accusing Jacobson of conducting himself maliciously, were dismissed by Rovers' manager Paul Trollope. Jacobson is also the first British Jew to play professional football in the UK for more than 25 years. Joe Jacobson has been having one night stands with Abi Boersma since August 2009, Joe Jacobson 2010-12-11T20:26:16Z Joseph Mark "Joe" Jacobson (born 17 November 1986) is a Welsh footballer who currently plays for League Two club Accrington Stanley on loan from League One side Oldham Athletic. He is the former captain of the Wales U21 team and is also a former captain of the Cardiff City reserve team. Jacobson signed professional terms with his hometown side Cardiff in July 2006. He made his league debut as a substitute for Chris Barker in Cardiff's Championship defeat at home to Norwich City on 22 April 2006. He made his first start on 22 August in Cardiff's surprise defeat at home to League Two side Barnet in the Football League Cup and was voted Man of The Match by the local press. In November 2006 the Torquay-based newspaper the Herald Express reported that Jacobson was likely to sign for Torquay United on loan, a story backed up by the team's official website. However, the move fell through when Torquay failed to loan Martin Phillips to Exeter City and Torquay chairman Chris Roberts refused to sanction the deal. He joined Accrington Stanley on loan and started their Football League Two match away at Grimsby on 25 November, followed by a Johnsons Paint QF tie away at League One club Doncaster Rovers on the following Tuesday. In February 2007, Jacobson joined Bristol Rovers on loan until the end of the season, and then signed on a permanent basis in the summer of 2007. Jacobson was the subject of controversy after executing a tackle on Kieron Dyer during a second round Carling Cup match against West Ham United on 28 August 2007. The tackle broke Dyer's tibia and fibula bones in his right leg, rendering him unavailable for both domestic and international selection. West Ham's manager Alan Curbishley, was furious initially accusing Jacobson of conducting himself maliciously, however this was dismissed with a written apology to Jacobson when Curbishley saw the tackle again. Awarded Bristol Rovers Supporters Club Young Player of the Year Award 2007-2008. On 8 May 2009, it was announced that Jacobson was to be released by Bristol Rovers at the end of his contract. On 18 June 2009, Jacobson signed a two-year contract with Oldham Athletic after passing a medical. Jacobson made his long awaited debut for Oldham on 24 November 2009, playing 45 minutes as a substitute in a 3:nil defeat to Wallsall. In July 2010 he was transfer-listed by the club, along with five other first team players. On November 23rd, it was announced that he would join Accrington Stanley on loan. Jacobson captained the Wales Under-21 side that narrowly lost to England U21 in the 2009 European Championship play-offs in October 2008. John Toshack named him in the senior squad for several friendlies but he is yet to make his debut for the senior team.

ID2

ID2 2014-01-21T20:23:19Z Template:PBB DNA-binding protein inhibitor ID-2 is a protein that in humans is encoded by the ID2 gene. Template:PBB Summary ID2 has been shown to interact with MyoD and NEDD9. Template:PBB Further reading This article incorporates text from the United States National Library of Medicine, which is in the public domain. Template:PBB Controls This article on a gene on human chromosome 2 is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. , ID2 2015-08-02T09:12:19Z Template:PBB DNA-binding protein inhibitor ID-2 is a protein that in humans is encoded by the ID2 gene. The protein encoded by this gene belongs to the inhibitor of DNA binding (ID) family, members of which are transcriptional regulators that contain a helix-loop-helix (HLH) domain but not a basic domain. Members of the ID family inhibit the functions of basic helix-loop-helix transcription factors in a dominant-negative manner by suppressing their heterodimerization partners through the HLH domains. This protein may play a role in negatively regulating cell differentiation. A pseudogene has been identified for this gene. ID2 has been shown to interact with MyoD and NEDD9. This article incorporates text from the United States National Library of Medicine, which is in the public domain. This article on a gene on human chromosome 2 is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.

2008_Campeonato_Brasileiro_Série_A

2008_Campeonato_Brasileiro_Série_A 2019-11-12T22:56:59Z The 2008 Campeonato Brasileiro Série A was the 52nd edition of the Campeonato Brasileiro Série A. It began on May 8 and ended on December 7. For the first time, one club has won the championship three times in a row. Also, São Paulo has been crowned the biggest winner in the history of the competition, winning it six times since its establishment in 1971. For the sixth season, the championship was contested in a double round-robin system. The team with most points has been declared champions. Also, the tournament was a qualifier to other South American competitions: By winning the Copa do Brasil, Sport already qualified for Copa Libertadores 2009 First Stage and cannot qualify for the Copa Sudamericana 2009. Also, Internacional qualified for the Copa Sudamericana 2009 by winning the 2008 edition. Source:, 2008_Campeonato_Brasileiro_Série_A 2021-01-03T14:32:34Z The 2008 Campeonato Brasileiro Série A was the 52nd edition of the Campeonato Brasileiro Série A. It began on May 8 and ended on December 7. For the first time, one club has won the championship three times in a row. Also, São Paulo has been crowned the biggest winner in the history of the competition, winning it six times since its establishment in 1971. For the sixth season, the championship was contested in a double round-robin system. The team with most points has been declared champions. Also, the tournament was a qualifier to other South American competitions: By winning the Copa do Brasil, Sport already qualified for Copa Libertadores 2009 First Stage and cannot qualify for the Copa Sudamericana 2009. Also, Internacional qualified for the Copa Sudamericana 2009 by winning the 2008 edition. Source:

Screen International

Screen International 2010-01-02T12:54:58Z No issues specified. Please specify issues, or remove this template. Screen International is a multimedia film magazine covering the international film business. It is published by EMAP, a British media company which owns magazines, radio stations, television and interactive channels worldwide. The magazine is primarily aimed at those involved in the global movie business. The weekly magazine in its current form was founded in 1976 with its website, screendaily.com, added in 2001. The company also produces the market's leading daily publications at film festivals and markets in Berlin, Germany; Cannes, France; Toronto, Ontario, Canada; the American Film Market in Santa Monica, California; and Hong Kong. Screen International can trace its history back to the earliest days of the United Kingdom industry. Since 1975, it has established itself as the voice of the "international industry" — the term used for all film outside the United States domestic market. The magazine pioneered the daily news magazines that are now a fixture of the major film festivals. Many Screen International journalists have gone on to become major industry figures, including Colin Vaines, the head of the U.K. division of Miramax Films The magazine has seen increased competition in the 2000s with the U.S.-based trade titles Variety and The Hollywood Reporter seeking to impose themselves on the international marketplace but it has retained its position as the leading title in circulation and in market share of advertisements at the major markets, such as Cannes and Berlin. Screen International has offices in: | class="col-break " | |} It has a network of more than forty correspondents around the world. Its conferences, including the annual European Film Finance Summit in Berlin and the UK Film Finance Conference in London, are among the most influential events in the calendar, attracting big audiences and major industry figures. The magazine's average net circulation per issue, as audited by U.K.'s Audit Bureau of Circulations for the period 1 July 2006 to 30 June 2007, was 7,352. Each week, Screen International is used by more than 34,000 film executives in more than 70 countries, with 37,000 registered users of the online services. The current editor is Michael Gubbins, who is based in the main London office. The Los Angeles office is run by journalist Mike Goodridge, while the Asia bureau chief, based in Hong Kong, is Liz Shackleton. Its official photographer is Andrew Douglas Ross who has photographed at major film festivals across the world for the past fourteen years. A former editor in chief, Oscar Moore — who was also a columnist for The Guardian and a novelist — died of an AIDS-related illness in 1996. The Oscar Moore Foundation was established in 1997 as a charitable foundation administered by Screen International. The foundation's aim is to foster new European screenwriting talent by awarding an annual prize of UK£10,000 to the best first draft screenplay in a genre which changes each year. A foundation patron Emma Thompson, an actress and screenwriter who has won an Academy Award for both disciplines. One of Screen International's most influential areas of work is its international talent spotting under the Stars Of Tomorrow brand. A special edition of the magazine to highlight up-and-coming talent was established in 2004 in the U.K. It helped to boost the careers of: 2005 Actors | class="col-break " | |} 2007 Actors | class="col-break " | |} 2007 Producers 2007 Writers, Screen International 2011-09-29T19:45:10Z No issues specified. Please specify issues, or remove this template. Screen International is a multimedia film magazine covering the international film business. It is published by EMAP, a British b2b media company. The magazine is primarily aimed at those involved in the global movie business. The weekly magazine in its current form was founded in 1976 with its website, screendaily.com, added in 2001. The company also produces the market's leading daily publications at film festivals and markets in Berlin, Germany; Cannes, France; Toronto, Ontario, Canada; the American Film Market in Santa Monica, California; and Hong Kong. Screen International can trace its history back to the earliest days of the United Kingdom industry. Since 1975, it has established itself as the voice of the "international industry" — the term used for all film outside the United States domestic market. The magazine pioneered the daily news magazines that are now a fixture of the major film festivals. Many Screen International journalists have gone on to become major industry figures, including Colin Vaines, the head of the U.K. division of Miramax Films The magazine has seen increased competition in the 2000s with the U.S.-based trade titles Variety and The Hollywood Reporter seeking to impose themselves on the international marketplace but it has retained its position as the leading title in circulation and in market share of advertisements at the major markets, such as Cannes and Berlin. Screen International has offices in: | class="col-break " | |} It has a network of more than forty correspondents around the world. Its conferences, including the annual European Film Finance Summit in Berlin and the UK Film Finance Conference in London, are among the most influential events in the calendar, attracting big audiences and major industry figures. The magazine's average net circulation per issue, as audited by U.K.'s Audit Bureau of Circulations for the period 1 July 2006 to 30 June 2007, was 7,352. Each week, Screen International is used by more than 34,000 film executives in more than 70 countries, with 37,000 registered users of the online services. In addition to its print magazine, Screen International maintains a blog site titled Screen Daily which provides a more real-time view of the film industry. As of February 2011, the editor of Screen International is Mike Goodridge, who is based in the main London office. The Los Angeles office is run by journalist Jeremy Kay, while the Asia bureau chief, based in Hong Kong, is Liz Shackleton. Its official photographer is Andrew Douglas Ross who has photographed at major film festivals across the world for the past fourteen years. A former editor in chief, Oscar Moore — who was also a columnist for The Guardian and a novelist — died of an AIDS-related illness in 1996. The Oscar Moore Foundation was established in 1997 as a charitable foundation administered by Screen International. The foundation's aim is to foster new European screenwriting talent by awarding an annual prize of UK£10,000 to the best first draft screenplay in a genre which changes each year. A foundation patron Emma Thompson, an actress and screenwriter who has won an Academy Award for both disciplines. One of Screen International's most influential areas of work is its international talent spotting under the Stars Of Tomorrow brand. A special edition of the magazine to highlight up-and-coming talent was established in 2004 in the U.K. It helped to boost the careers of: 2005 Actors | class="col-break " | |} 2007 Actors | class="col-break " | |} 2007 Producers 2007 Writers

Drainage_law

Drainage_law 2010-10-02T01:01:37Z Template:Globalize/USA Drainage law is a specific area of water law related to drainage of surface water on real property. It is of great importance in areas where freshwater is scarce, where flooding is common, or where water is in high demand for agricultural or commercial purposes. In the United States, regulation of drainage is typically done on the state and local level. In addition to whatever statutes or local ordinances may be in effect in a given locality, there are three basic legal doctrines which the various state courts recognize. In the state of Michigan, drainage law is so important that counties elect a drain commissioner to oversee water resources. The common enemy doctrine is a rule derived from English common law. It holds that since surface water is a "common enemy" to landowners, each landowner has the right to alter the drainage pattern of his land (for example by building dikes or drainage channels) without regard for the effects on neighboring parcels. Typically, a landowner can capture surface water (e. g. by rain barrels or dams) as well, and lower landowners will not have a cause of action unless the diversion is malicious. This rule is followed by approximately half the U. S. states, although some states have modified the doctrine to hold landowners liable for negligent damage to the parcels belonging to neighboring landowners. The civil law rule (so named because it is derived from the civil law systems of France and Spain) is effectively the opposite of the common enemy doctrine. It holds that the owner of a lower parcel of land must accept the natural drainage from those parcels above his, and cannot alter the drainage pattern of his own land to increase the drainage flow onto parcels lower than his own. For this reason, this rule is sometimes referred to as the "natural flow rule". Application of the civil law rule in its purest form would inhibit the development of land, since virtually every improvement on a parcel would alter the natural drainage. For this reason, this rule has been modified in those jurisdictions that use it, to permit reasonable changes in natural flow, often weighing the competing interests of neighboring landholders with the benefit of the development of the parcel. The reasonable use rule presents an alternative to both the common enemy doctrine and the civil law rule. It allows a landowner to make "reasonable" alteration to the drainage pattern of his parcel, with liability only occurring when the alteration causes "unreasonable" harm toward neighboring parcels. Judicial mitigation of the common enemy doctrine and civil law rule often results in an approximation of the reasonable use rule. Because the reasonable use rule presents a subjective standard, courts will often employ a balancing test to determine whether a landowner is liable to his neighbors for his alteration of drainage. For example, under the Restatement of Torts, the test was:, Drainage_law 2011-01-28T21:30:28Z Template:Globalize/USA Drainage law is a specific area of water law related to drainage of surface water on real property. It is of great importance in areas where freshwater is scarce, where flooding is common, or where water is in high demand for agricultural or commercial purposes. In the United States, regulation of drainage is typically done on the state and local level. In addition to whatever statutes or local ordinances may be in effect in a given locality, there are three basic legal doctrines which the various state courts recognize. In the state of Michigan, drainage law is so important that counties elect a drain commissioner to oversee water resources. The common enemy doctrine is a rule derived from English common law. It holds that since surface water is a "common enemy" to landowners, each landowner has the right to alter the drainage pattern of his land (for example by building dikes or drainage channels) without regard for the effects on neighboring parcels. Typically, a landowner can capture surface water (e. g. by rain barrels or dams) as well, and lower landowners will not have a cause of action unless the diversion is malicious. This rule is followed by approximately half the U. S. states, although some states have modified the doctrine to hold landowners liable for negligent damage to the parcels belonging to neighboring landowners. The civil law rule (so named because it is derived from the civil law systems of France and Spain) is effectively the opposite of the common enemy doctrine. It holds that the owner of a lower parcel of land must accept the natural drainage from those parcels above his, and cannot alter the drainage pattern of his own land to increase the drainage flow onto parcels lower than his own. For this reason, this rule is sometimes referred to as the "natural flow rule". Application of the civil law rule in its purest form would inhibit the development of land, since virtually every improvement on a parcel would alter the natural drainage. For this reason, this rule has been modified in those jurisdictions that use it, to permit reasonable changes in natural flow, often weighing the competing interests of neighboring landholders with the benefit of the development of the parcel. The reasonable use rule presents an alternative to both the common enemy doctrine and the civil law rule. It allows a landowner to make "reasonable" alteration to the drainage pattern of his parcel, with liability only occurring when the alteration causes "unreasonable" harm toward neighboring parcels. Judicial mitigation of the common enemy doctrine and civil law rule often results in an approximation of the reasonable use rule. Because the reasonable use rule presents a subjective standard, courts will often employ a balancing test to determine whether a landowner is liable to his neighbors for his alteration of drainage. For example, under the Restatement of Torts, the test was:

Robert_L._Moran

Robert_L._Moran 2009-10-20T14:08:42Z Robert Lawrence Moran (October 3, 1884 – August 19, 1954), was a Bronx politician who served his city faithfully and successfully in many political offices. Mr. Moran enjoys the distinction of being the only citizen of The Bronx to ever serve as mayor of New York City, even though this honor came to him only in his capacity as acting mayor during Mayor Hylan’s absences from the city. Robert Lawrence Moran was born on October 3, 1884 in Manhattan on East Twenty-First Street. He was the second of six children born to Eugene (b. 1856) and Delia Moran (formerly Fitzpatrick) (b. 1860). His father, a native of Greenwich Village and for many years a Sergeant in the New York Parks Police Department, died in the typhoid epidemic of 1912. After Eugene’s death, the family moved to 1486 St. Lawrence Street in the Bronx. The family would later move to 1565 Leland Avenue in The Bronx, where Mr. Moran would reside until his death in 1954. Robert Moran was educated in the public schools of his native city. As a young man he attended Public School 100 in The Bronx before leaving to take a factory job. He took real estate courses at the Young Men’s Christian Association and attended night school at New York University for two years. Mr. Moran entered the real estate business in The Bronx and among the many operations with which he was connected should be mentioned the erection of the Theodore Roosevelt Apartments on the Grand Concourse. He became actively interested in politics very soon after reaching the voting age and in 1913 Bronx democrats picked him to run against the Fusionists in an aldermanic contest which he won. His personality and expert knowledge of realty had their effect on his associates and when Frank L. Dowling succeeded George McAneny as President of the Board of Aldermen, Mr. Moran was chosen to fill Mr. Dowling’s Place as majority leader. When Alfred E. Smith, later Governor of New York, was elected president of the Board of Alderman in 1916, Mr. Moran was made vice-chairman by the votes of his fellow-members and was re-elected to this position upon the reorganization of the board in 1917. Mr. Moran automatically became President of the Board on December 31, 1918, when Mr. Smith resigned this position to assume the office of Governor. As President of the Board Mr. Moran was Acting Mayor on many occasions. Mr. Moran organized the League for the Preservation of Sunday Recreation and presided over the amending of the New York City Code of Ordinances to allow for the playing of baseball games on Sunday; the condemnation and acquisition by the City of the principle street-surface railroad companies and for the future operation of those lines by the City; opposed transfer charges and higher subway fares; created the Bureau of Steam Heat Supply and the establishment of a municipal steam heating plant to supply steam heat at reasonable prices to the citizens of New York; a resolution approving the construction of the 125th Street Bridge in Harlem; the continuation of the Daylight Saving Law in New York City after it was repealed as a federal measure; the introduction of a measure to amend the code of ordinances relating to prices charged by public carts and cart men; the construction of a public boathouse in Central Park, and public bathhouses at Pelham Bay Park and Coney Island; as well as numerous ordinances related to the Committee Appointed to Welcome Homecoming Troops of American Expeditionary Force and ensure their re-employment. In addition, Mr. Moran led various legislative attempts to dismantle the monopoly in milk production and distribution held by the upstate Co-operative Associations of Farmers and Dairymen, advocating for the establishment of a Municipal Department of Milk Supply and Distribution. Mr. Moran also passed a number of resolutions endorsing Governor Alfred E. Smith’s proposed legislation for the protection of workers, among them, for the establishment of a Minimum Wage Commission for women and minors, the creation of a system of health insurance, the reduction of the hours of labor of women in industry. In 1919, Mr. Moran was chosen by Tammany to run as the democratic candidate to succeed himself as President of the Board of Alderman in the upcoming November election. Moran’s republican opponent was United States Congressman and former Deputy New York Attorney General, Fiorello H. LaGuardia. Michael “Dynamite Mike” Kelly, the popular commander of New York’s Third “Shamrock” Battalion, also joined the race on the ticket of the Liberty Party, which had been formed to “smash the League of Nations. ” Kelly was a war hero and had been awarded the Distinguished Service Cross and Croix de Guerre. His campaign was supported by the notorious Jeremiah A. O’Leary and a small group of Irish Americans who favored recognition of the Irish Republic. Tammany looked with alarm upon Kelly’s entrance into the campaign and tried to persuade him to withdraw his candidacy and throw his support behind Mr. Moran. When he refused, the Tammany chiefs went to the Supreme Court to keep Kelly’s name off the ballot, pointing out that 547 of the 3,491 signatories to Kelly’s nomination petition had failed to register or otherwise comply with election laws. The Supreme Court agreed and ordered Kelly’s name be stricken from the ballot; a ruling which was subsequently upheld by the Appellate Division. In the late summer of 1919, Mr. Moran began to complain of severe pains in the abdomen. Attributing them to a slight attack of ptomaine poisoning, when the pains diminished during the last week in September, he considered the ailment had past and did not consult a physician. But on September 30, 1919, upon returning home from the funeral of Manhattan Borough President Frank L. Dowling, Mr. Moran told his mother that he felt decidedly worse. The next day, Mr. Moran was rushed to Lincoln Hospital where he was operated upon for an acute gangrenous appendicitis. The surgery was performed successfully by his friend, the former Health Commissioner Dr. J. Lewis Amster and Mr. Moran left the hospital on October 26, 1919, carrying over 15,000 cards and letters sent to him by friends during his illness. His subsequent recovery was complete, but his weakened condition confined him to his home and precluded his taking any active part in the election campaign. Although Moran had been the heavy favorite going into the election and despite the absence of Kelly’s name on the ballot, when Election Day arrived, over 3,500 of Kelly’s supporters wrote his name on the ballot. This number was sufficient to defeat Moran, who lost to LaGuardia, by only 1,363 votes. The election of 1920 proved to be a near collapse for Tammany which also saw the defeat of Edward F. Boyle as Manhattan Borough President. On January 2, 1920, Governor Smith appointed Mr. Moran county clerk of the Bronx to fill the unexpired term of Joseph Callahan who had been elected City Court Judge. When Mr. Moran offered himself for election in 1920 for a full term, he was elected by a large majority and so successfully did he fill his office that he was reelected again in November, 1924. In 1929, Mr. Moran was elected Sheriff of the Bronx, taking office on January 1, 1930. As Sheriff, Mr. Moran gained notoriety for refusing to jail members of the National Guard who had been sentenced by military to serve short prison terms for failing to appear at drill. The jail’s complete lack of accommodations for non-criminal prisoners meant the guardsmen, many only 17 years-old, would be locked up with hardened criminals, and Mr. Moran argued that “in time of peace and especially now, with distress and unemployment, the military law should not be enforced to extremes. ” A writ of mandamus was necessary to compel Sheriff Moran to act on the warrants. In January 1932, a civil injunction suit was filed against William J. Flynn, the Bronx Commissioner of Public Works since 1918, alleging that Flynn was using the influence of his office to steer city construction contracts to his political friends. The suit further alleged that Flynn, acting as Borough President during the frequent absences of Henry R. Bruckner, manipulated the issuance of construction contracts, to establish himself as a “virtual dictator of the building trades in the Borough. ” One such contract was a $100,000 contract on the new Bronx County Municipal Building awarded to United Sand and Gravel, a company owned by Sheriff Moran and former Assistant District Attorney, Edward J. Chapman. Although the civil suit was ultimately dismissed, the allegations led to a citywide investigation of borough governments by Samuel Seabury, counsel to the Hofstadter Committee. Thousands of public officials were called before the Commission to testify and based on the testimony of New York County Sheriff Thomas M. Farley, Seabury convened a Grand Jury to investigate the alleged practice of retaining the interest accrued on official deposits by county sheriffs. Farley and his predecessor Charles W. Culkin would stand accused of embezzling over $25,000 in interest. Despite assertions by the Democratic minority on the investigating committee that Sheriffs everywhere had always helped themselves to the interests accruals, in a private interview, Mr. Moran told investigators that it was his practice to turn any such interest over to the City Chamberlain for disbursement. Mr. Moran also produced the books of his office showing that no interest had accrued to the $1,400 in official deposits he had made in the past two years. In his final report Seabury noted that “Sheriff Moran appeared to be the only County Sheriff who doesn’t keep a tin box in his desk. ” The Seabury Investigation would continue for two years and ultimately lead to the indictment of Deputy City Clerk James J. McCormick, the arrest of State Senator John A. Hastings, and the eventual resignation of Mayor Walker. Moran was named Bronx Commissioner of Public Works by Borough President James J. Lyons on December 31, 1933. As Commissioner, Mr. Moran was instrumental in the construction of the easterly approach to the Triborough Bridge in time for the 1939 Worlds Fair; the dredging and straightening of the Hutchinson River; and the construction of the new Bronx House of Detention at its current location, 653 River Avenue, The Bronx. Mr. Moran retired from his position as Commissioner in May 1942, under fire from District Attorney Samuel J. Foley in the Edward J. Flynn paving job investigation. An investigation into the affairs of Mr. Flynn, the Democratic National Chairman and Bronx party leader, revealed that timesheets of three employees of the Bronx Bureau of Sewer and Highway Maintenance had been altered to convey the impression that they were on “vacation” when they actually were engaged in the construction of an antique Belgian court yard at Flynn’s Lake Mahopac home using second-hand city paving blocks. Mr. Moran returned to the occupation he had followed before entering politics, real estate. His offices were in the Busher Building, 349 East 149th Street. A Grand Jury would eventually clear Mr. Moran of any wrongdoing. Besides being a member of The Bronx Board of Trade, he also held membership in The Bronx Rotary Club, Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks, Bronx Catholic Club, and Knights of Columbus. During the First World War Mr. Moran was barred from active service by his status as a public official, but he took a very active part in all of the patriotic movements of that period. Mr. Moran also served as a member of the New York State Home Rule Commission, and helped frame the law setting up Home Rule for the municipalities of the State. , Robert_L._Moran 2010-10-15T00:43:11Z Robert Lawrence Moran (October 3, 1884 – August 19, 1954), was a Bronx politician who served as President of the Board of Alderman of New York City from 1918 to 1920, filling a vacancy left by Alfred E. Smith after Smith’s election as governor of New York. Nominated by the Democratic Party to succeed himself as board president, Moran faced Republican Representative Fiorello H. La Guardia in the election of 1919, losing by a plurality of 1,363 votes. Mr. Moran has the distinction of being the only citizen of The Bronx to ever exercise the authority of mayor of New York City, even though this honor came to him only in his capacity as acting mayor during Mayor Hylan’s absences from the city. Moran was born on October 3, 1884 in Manhattan on East Twenty-First Street. He was the second of six children born to Eugene (b. 1856) and Delia Moran (formerly Fitzpatrick) (b. 1860). His father, a native of Greenwich Village and for many years a sergeant in the New York Parks Police Department, died in the typhoid epidemic of 1912. After Eugene’s death, the family moved to 1486 St. Lawrence Street in The Bronx. The family would later move to 1565 Leland Avenue in The Bronx, where Moran would reside until his death in 1954. Robert Moran was educated in the public schools of his native city. As a young man he attended Public School 100 in The Bronx before leaving to take a factory job. He took real estate courses at the Young Men’s Christian Association and attended night school at New York University for two years. Moran entered the real estate business in The Bronx and among the many operations with which he was connected was the construction of the Theodore Roosevelt Apartments on the Grand Concourse. Moran entered municipal politics in 1913, when Bronx Democrats selected him to run against the Fusionists in an aldermanic contest, which he won. When Frank L. Dowling succeeded George McAneny as president of the Board of Aldermen, Moran was chosen to fill Mr. Dowling’s place as majority leader. When Alfred E. Smith, later Governor of New York, was elected president of the Board of Alderman in 1916, Mr. Moran was made vice-chairman by the votes of his fellow-members and was re-elected to this position upon the reorganization of the board in 1917. Moran automatically became president of the Board on January 1, 1918, when Mr. Smith resigned this position to assume the office of governor. As president of the Board of Aldermen, Mr. Moran was acting mayor on many occasions. During his tenure, Moran organized the League for the Preservation of Sunday Recreation and presided over the amending of the New York City Code of Ordinances to allow for the playing of baseball games and showing of movies on Sunday. He made possible the condemnation and acquisition by the City of the principle street-surface railroad companies and he opposed the introduction of "transfer charges" and higher subway fares. He created the Bureau of Steam Heat Supply and established a municipal steam heating plant to supply heat at reasonable prices to the citizens of New York. Moran was also instrumental in approving construction of the 125th Street Bridge in Harlem, the construction of a public boathouse at Central Park, as well as public bathhouses at Pelham Bay Park and Coney Island; He retained the Daylight Saving Law in New York City after it was repealed as a federal measure, amended the code of ordinances relating to prices charged by public carts and cartmen, prevented the erection of a garbage disposal plant in The Bronx and played a significant role on the Committee Appointed to Welcome Homecoming Troops of The American Expeditionary Force and to ensure the re-employment of returning servicemen. In addition, Moran led numerous attempts to dismantle the monopoly in milk production and distribution held by the upstate Co-operative Association of Farmers and Dairymen and advocated for the establishment of a Municipal Department of Milk Supply and Distribution to be run by the City. He also testified before the Lockwood Committee of the Senate to relieve the housing situation and endorsed Governor Alfred E. Smith’s proposed legislation for the protection of workers, among them, for the establishment of a Minimum Wage Commission for women and minors and the creation of a health insurance system. While an alderman, Moran served on the Finance Committee, Rules Committee, Markets Committee, Salaries and Grades Committee and the Legislature Committee. In the Board of Estimate, he was the chairman of the Transit Committee, the Assessment Committee, and the Salaries and Grades Committee, and was a member of the Finance and Budget Committee, Franchise Committee, Sinking Committee and Armory Board. In 1919, Moran was chosen by Tammany to run as the Democratic candidate to succeed himself as president of the Board of Aldermen in the November election. Moran’s republican opponent was United States Congressman and former Deputy New York Attorney General Fiorello H. LaGuardia. Michael “Dynamite Mike” Kelly, the popular commander of New York’s Third “Shamrock” Battalion, also joined the race on the ticket of the Liberty Party. Kelly was a war hero and recipient of the Distinguished Service Cross and Croix de Guerre. His campaign was supported by the notorious Jeremiah A. O'Leary and a small group of Irish Americans who opposed the League of Nations and advocated recognition of the Irish Republic. Tammany looked with alarm upon Kelly’s entrance into the campaign and tried to persuade him to withdraw his candidacy and throw his support behind Mr. Moran. When he refused, the Tammany chiefs went to the New York Supreme Court to keep Kelly’s name off the ballot, pointing out that 547 of the 3,491 signatories to Kelly’s nomination petition had failed to register or otherwise comply with election laws. The Supreme Court agreed and ordered that Kelly’s name be stricken from the ballot, a ruling later upheld by the Appellate Division. In the late summer of 1919, candidate Moran fell ill, attributing his abdominal pains to ptomaine poisoning. When the pain receded by late September, he assumed the ailment had passed and did not consult a physician. But on September 30, upon returning home from the funeral of Manhattan Borough President Frank L. Dowling, Moran told his mother that he felt decidedly worse, and the next day was rushed to Lincoln Hospital where doctors discovered an acute gangrenous appendicitis. Surgery was performed successfully by Moran's friend, the former health commissioner Dr. J. Lewis Amster and Moran left the hospital on October 26, 1919, carrying over 15,000 cards and letters sent to him by friends during his illness. He would recover completely, but the crucial last days of his election campaign against LaGuardia found him confined to a sickbed. Although Moran had been the heavy favorite going into the election and despite the absence of Kelly’s name on the ballot, when Election Day arrived, more than 3,500 of Kelly’s supporters wrote his name on the ballot. This number was sufficient to defeat Moran, who lost to LaGuardia by only 1,363 votes. The election of 1919 was devastating to Tammany, and brought defeat as well to Edward F. Boyle in the contest for the Manhattan Borough presidency. On January 1, 1920, Governor Smith appointed Moran county clerk of the Bronx to fill the unexpired term of Joseph Callahan who had been elected City Court Judge. Governor Smith appointed Moran with the undederstanding that Moran would become a candidate for a full term as County Clerk in the upcoming November election. Moran's supporters had been urging him to seek the democratic nomination to succeed the ailing Henry Bruckner as Bronx Borough President. When Moran offered himself for re-election to a full term as County Clerk, he was elected by a large majority and was re-elected again in November, 1924. It was during his tenure as Bronx County Clerk, that Moran married Ms. Eileen Kelly, the daughter of prominent Bronx Attorney Peter C. Kelly. In 1929, Moran was elected sheriff of the Bronx, taking office on January 1, 1930. As sheriff, Moran gained notoriety for refusing to jail members of the National Guard who had been sentenced to serve short prison terms for failing to appear at drill. The jail’s lack of accommodations for non-criminal prisoners meant that guardsmen, some just 17 years old, would have to be confined with violent felons. Moran argued that “in time of peace and especially now, with distress and unemployment, the military law should not be enforced to extremes” and that no consideration had been given as to whether the boy prisoners were ill, had dependents or might lose their jobs. So strongly did Moran object, that the situation could only be resolved by the issuance of a writ of mandamus compelling him to act. At one point, in April 1933, the Bronx jail held 17 prisoners all charged with First Degree Murder and all doomed to die in the electric chair. The most famous was Lottie Coll, the widow of gangland chief Vincent "Mad Dog" Coll who had been gunned down by a machine gun as he stood in an Eighth Avenue phonebooth. In January 1932, a civil injunction suit was filed against William J. Flynn, the Bronx Commissioner of Public Works since 1918, alleging that Flynn was using the influence of his office to steer city construction contracts to his political friends. The suit further alleged that Flynn, acting as Borough president during the frequent absences of Henry R. Bruckner, manipulated the issuance of construction contracts to establish himself as a “virtual dictator of the building trades in the Borough. ” One such contract was a $100,000 contract on the new Bronx County Municipal Building awarded to United Sand and Gravel, a company owned by Sheriff Moran, waterfront power-broker William J. McCormack (businessman) and former Assistant District Attorney, Edward J. Chapman. Although the civil suit was ultimately dismissed, the allegations led to a citywide investigation of borough governments by Samuel Seabury, counsel to the Hofstadter Committee. Thousands of public officials were called before the Commission to testify. Following the testimony of New York County Sheriff Thomas M. Farley, Seabury convened a Grand Jury to investigate the alleged practice of retaining interest accrued on official deposits by county sheriffs. Farley and his predecessor Charles W. Culkin would stand accused of embezzling over $25,000 in interest. Despite assertions by the Democratic minority on the investigating committee that sheriffs everywhere had always helped themselves to the interests accruals, in a private interview Sheriff Moran told investigators that it was his practice to turn any such interest over to the city chamberlain for disbursement. Moran also produced the books of his office showing that no interest had accrued to the $1,400 in official deposits he had made in the past two years. At the time, Seabury noted that Sheriff Moran appeared to be the only County Sheriff who doesn’t keep a tin box in his desk. The Seabury Investigation would continue for two years and lead to the indictment of Deputy City Clerk James J. McCormick, the arrest of State Senator John A. Hastings, and the eventual resignation of Mayor James Walker. Moran was named Bronx Commissioner of Public Works by Borough President James J. Lyons on December 31, 1933. As commissioner, Moran was instrumental in the dredging and straightening of the Hutchinson River,, the construction of a new Bronx House of Detention and the construction of Major Deagan Boulevard, the easterly approach to the Triborough Bridge, in time for the 1939 Worlds Fair. This approach would later be expanded to become the Major Deagan Expressway. Moran retired from his position as commissioner in May 1942, under fire from District Attorney Samuel J. Foley in the Edward J. Flynn paving job investigation. Flynn, the Democratic National Chairman and Bronx party leader, had been nominated by President Franklin D. Roosevelt to be ambassador to Australia. An investigation into his affairs revealed that timesheets of three employees of the Bronx Bureau of Sewer and Highway Maintenance had been altered to convey the impression that they were on “vacation” when in fact they were engaged in the construction of an antique Belgian courtyard at Flynn’s Lake Mahopac home, using second-hand city paving blocks. A grand jury would later clear everyone involved in the matter of any wrongdoing After his resignation, Moran returned to his previous occupation in real estate. His offices were in the Busher Building, 349 East 149th Street. Moran was an active member in The Bronx Board of Trade as well as The Bronx Catholic Club, The Knights of Columbus, The Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks and The Bronx Rotary Club, where he was elected President. He also served as a member of the New York State Home Rule Commission, and helped to frame laws establishing Home Rule for the municipalities of the State. Moran died in the Westchester Square Hospital on August 18, 1954 at the age of 69 and is buried in Queens, New York. He was survived by his wife and seven children. Template:Persondata

Malin Akerman

Malin Akerman 2005-09-27T21:12:50Z Actress that was in Harold and Kumar Go to White Castle, Malin Akerman 2006-12-14T21:28:28Z Malin Akerman (born May 12, 1978, birth name Malin Maria Åkerman) is an actress, model and singer. Born in Stockholm, Sweden, her family moved to Canada when she was two years old. At the age of 17 she won the Ford Supermodel of Canada search. After a career in modeling, she turned to acting and now resides in California, U.S.A.. She has had roles in several films, including The Utopian Society (2003) with Sam Doumit and Austin Nichols and Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle (2004). She has made several TV guest appearances and in 2005 she got the role as Juna in the HBO series The Comeback. She has also appeared in the third season of HBO series Entourage in the role of Tori. Also, she is the lead singer of a rock band named Ozono, who later changed their name to "The Petalstones".

Nikki Valdez

Nikki Valdez 2014-01-11T13:04:28Z Nikki Valdez born in January 25, 1979 is a Filipino actress tagged as Best Friend na kikay nang Bidang-babae (Bubbly Best Friend of Leading Lady). Nikki Valdez is currently known as a certified homegrown talent of ABS-CBN. She has resumed her career after just getting married to her Canadian hubby and having a baby. Valdez making her comeback to daytime television in the second installment of Precious Hearts Romances offering with Ang Lalaking Nagmahal Sa Akin after her last role in Walang Kapalit in 2007. She worked with Kaye Abad and fellow newcomer Guji Lorenzana in Precious Hearts Romances third installment Somewhere in My Heart as Amanda in 2009. In 2010 she is working on a daytime soap opera loosely based on the filmMagkano Ang Iyong Dangal? and co starred with John Lloyd Cruz and Angel Locsin in the second book and second season of the successful TV Series Imortal (Philippines TV series) In 2012 she worked along with Star Magic Alumni and Kapamilya Actress Shaina Magdayao and Jake Cuenca and along again with Magkano Ang Iyong Dangal? -co star Bangs Garcia in the Top Rating Afternoon Soap Kung Ako'y Iiwan Mo, Nikki Valdez 2015-12-01T21:21:08Z Nikki Valdez (born January 25, 1979) is a Filipino actress. She has resumed her career after just getting married to her Canadian hubby and having a baby. Valdez making her comeback to daytime television in the second installment of Precious Hearts Romances offering with Ang Lalaking Nagmahal Sa Akin after her last role in Walang Kapalit in 2007. She worked with Kaye Abad and fellow newcomer Guji Lorenzana in Precious Hearts Romances third installment Somewhere in My Heart as Amanda in 2009. In 2010, she is working on a daytime soap opera loosely based on the film Magkano Ang Iyong Dangal? and co starred with John Lloyd Cruz and Angel Locsin in the second book and second season of the successful TV series Imortal. In 2012, she worked along with Star Magic Alumni and Kapamilya Actress Shaina Magdayao and Jake Cuenca and along again with Magkano Ang Iyong Dangal? co-star Bangs Garcia in the top rating afternoon soap Kung Ako'y Iiwan Mo.

Silicon_Valley_Bank

Silicon_Valley_Bank 2017-11-03T01:41:06Z Silicon Valley Bank, a subsidiary of SVB Financial Group, is a U. S. -based high-tech commercial bank. The bank has helped fund more than 30,000 start-ups. SVB is on the list of largest banks in the United States. The company focuses on lending to technology companies, providing multiple services to venture capital and private equity firms that invest in technology and biotechnology, and also on private banking services for high-net-worth individuals, in its home market in Silicon Valley. In addition to taking deposits and making loans, the bank operates venture capital and private equity divisions that sometimes invest in the firm's commercial banking clients. The bank is the largest bank in Silicon Valley in terms of deposits, with a 25. 9% market share as of June 30, 2016. The bank operates from 29 offices in the United States and has operations in Hong Kong; Beijing and Shanghai, China; Bangalore, India; Herzliya Pituach, Israel (a wealthy waterfront suburb of Tel Aviv); and London, England. Silicon Valley Bank (SVB) was founded in 1982; its first office opened in 1983. The bank’s main strategy was collecting deposits from businesses financed through venture capital. It then expanded into banking and financing venture capitalists themselves, and added services aimed at allowing the bank to keep clients as they matured from their startup phase. In 1988, the bank opened an office in downtown San Jose. In 1993, the bank's founding CEO, Roger V. Smith, was replaced by John C. Dean; Smith became Vice Chairman of the bank. Smith left in 1994 to launch the Smith Venture Group. In 2001, the bank acquired merger & acquisition advisor Alliant Partners for $100 million. In 2002, the bank began expanding its private banking business, which up to that point had been done primarily as a favor to wealthy venture capitalists and entrepreneurs, In 2004, the bank opened international subsidiaries in Bangalore, India, and London; in 2005 it opened offices in Beijing and Israel. In 2006, the bank began operations in the UK and opened its first branch there in 2012. In December 2008, SVB Financial received a $235 million investment from the U. S. Treasury through the Troubled Asset Relief Program. The U. S. Treasury received $10 million in dividends from Silicon Valley bank and, in December 2009, the bank repurchased the outstanding stock and warrants held by the government, funding this through a stock sale of $300 million. In March 2011, the bank was named "Bank Of The Year" by the Export–Import Bank of the United States. In April, Ken Wilcox, who had been CEO since 2000, left the CEO position, while remaining Chairman of the Board; he was replaced by Greg Becker. In November 2012, the bank announced a 50-50 joint venture with Shanghai Pudong Development Bank (SPDB) to provide capital to start-up technology entrepreneurs. In July 2015, the joint venture was granted approval by the China Bank Regulatory Commission (CBRC) to operate in renminbi (RMB), the official currency of the People’s Republic of China. This license allows the joint venture to provide banking products and services to its clients in local Chinese currency. In March 2017, Michael R. Descheneaux was named President. ], Silicon_Valley_Bank 2019-02-22T18:30:23Z Silicon Valley Bank, a subsidiary of SVB Financial Group, is a U. S. -based high-tech commercial bank. The bank has helped fund more than 30,000 start-ups. SVB is on the list of largest banks in the United States. The bank is also one of the largest providers of financial services to wine producers in Napa Valley. The company focuses on lending to technology companies, providing multiple services to venture capital and private equity firms that invest in technology and biotechnology, and also on private banking services for high-net-worth individuals, in its home market in Silicon Valley. In addition to taking deposits and making loans, the bank operates venture capital and private equity divisions that sometimes invest in the firm's commercial banking clients. The bank is the largest bank in Silicon Valley in terms of deposits, with a 25. 9% market share as of June 30, 2016. The bank operates from 29 offices in the United States and has operations in Hong Kong, Beijing and Shanghai, China; Bangalore, India; Herzliya Pituach, Israel (a wealthy waterfront suburb of Tel Aviv); London, England, and Frankfurt, Germany. Silicon Valley Bank (SVB) was founded in 1982; its first office opened in 1983. The bank’s main strategy was collecting deposits from businesses financed through venture capital. It then expanded into banking and financing venture capitalists themselves, and added services aimed at allowing the bank to keep clients as they matured from their startup phase. In 1988, the bank opened an office in downtown San Jose. In 1993, the bank's founding CEO, Roger V. Smith, was replaced by John C. Dean; Smith became Vice Chairman of the bank. Smith left in 1994 to launch the Smith Venture Group. In 2001, the bank acquired merger & acquisition advisor Alliant Partners for $100 million. In 2002, the bank began expanding its private banking business, which up to that point had been done primarily as a favor to wealthy venture capitalists and entrepreneurs, In 2004, the bank opened international subsidiaries in Bangalore, India, and London; in 2005 it opened offices in Beijing and Israel. In 2006, the bank began operations in the UK and opened its first branch there in 2012. In December 2008, SVB Financial received a $235 million investment from the U. S. Treasury through the Troubled Asset Relief Program. The U. S. Treasury received $10 million in dividends from Silicon Valley bank and, in December 2009, the bank repurchased the outstanding stock and warrants held by the government, funding this through a stock sale of $300 million. In March 2011, the bank was named "Bank Of The Year" by the Export–Import Bank of the United States. In April, Ken Wilcox, who had been CEO since 2000, left the CEO position, while remaining Chairman of the Board; he was replaced by Greg Becker. In November 2012, the bank announced a 50-50 joint venture with Shanghai Pudong Development Bank (SPDB) to provide capital to start-up technology entrepreneurs. In July 2015, the joint venture was granted approval by the China Bank Regulatory Commission (CBRC) to operate in renminbi (RMB), the official currency of the People’s Republic of China. This license allows the joint venture to provide banking products and services to its clients in local Chinese currency. In August 2015, the company acquired Standard Treasury. In March 2017, Michael R. Descheneaux was named president of the company. Template:50 largest US banks

Centennial_Place_(Calgary)

Centennial_Place_(Calgary) 2010-11-21T03:44:47Z Centennial Place is a set of 2 skyscrapers under construction in Calgary, Alberta, Canada. It was named in honour of Alberta's Centennial year. The complex includes an underground 5 level parkade with 793 stalls. The office space will cover Template:Ft2 to m2. The roof of the 41 floor east tower rise to a height of Template:M to ft with the spire reaching a height of Template:M to ft. The roof of the 24 floor west tower rises to a height of Template:M to ft. This article about a building or structure in Alberta is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. , Centennial_Place_(Calgary) 2012-03-15T05:00:13Z Centennial Place is a set of 2 skyscrapers constructied in Calgary, Alberta, Canada. Named in honour of Alberta's Centennial year, the complex includes an underground 5 level parkade with 793 stalls. The office space covers 1,200,000 sq ft (110,000 m2). Construction of Centennial Place was completed in 2010. The property’s sustainability features include curtain wall technology, motion sensors on lighting controls, low-flow plumbing fixtures, a high-efficiency heating and cooling plant, and a “green” roof with 30% of its surface planted. The roof of the 39 floor east tower rises to a height of 165. 2 m (542 ft) with the spire reaching a height of 182. 6 m (599 ft). The roof of the 23 floor west tower rises to a height of 100. 1 m (328 ft) with a spire 117. 6 m (386 ft) tall. Centennial Place's key tenants include Vermillion Resources, Borden Ladner Gervais, Divestco, Baytex Energy, ERCB, Murphy Oil, the Alberta Securities Commission and OMERS Worldwide. This article about a building or structure in Alberta is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.

Arkadiusz Milik

Arkadiusz Milik 2022-01-02T21:54:36Z Arkadiusz Krystian "Arek" Milik (pronounced ⓘ; born 28 February 1994) is a Polish professional footballer who plays as a striker for Ligue 1 club Marseille, on loan from Napoli. He also represents the Poland national team. Milik began his career as a footballer in the Rozwój Katowice youth squad. In 2011, he signed a one-year contract with Górnik Zabrze, and in 2012 he transferred to Bayer Leverkusen and later played on loan for FC Augsburg and Ajax respectively. In 2015–16, he was purchased by Ajax on a four-year deal for a reported €2.8 million fee. While playing for Ajax, Milik became one of the top goalscorers in Eredivisie. On 1 August 2016, he joined Italian club Napoli for €35 million, effectively replacing Gonzalo Higuaín. On 21 January 2021, he joined French club Marseille on loan from Napoli. At international level, Milik participated at UEFA Euro 2016 with Poland, where his nation reached the quarter-final stage of the tournament. He also took part at the 2018 FIFA World Cup, where his team was eliminated in the group stage. Sławomir "Moki" Mogilan, a football coach, recognized Milik's footballing talent and helped develop his abilities, fostering a greater professionalism in his outlook. When he was 16 years old, reports of the talented youngster had reached England and he was invited to trial with Tottenham Hotspur and Reading, but ultimately decided to focus on his football in Poland. Milik began his career as a youth player for Rozwój Katowice and played in the reserve team during the 2009–10 season. On 23 October 2010, the 16-year-old made his III liga debut when he scored two goals in a 4–0 victory over KS Krasiejów. In November, he went on trial at Górnik Zabrze, where he scored one goal in two appearances for the club's Młoda Ekstraklasa team. In winter, he and his teammate Wojciech Król were on trial with Reading, Tottenham Hotspur and Legia Warszawa. Milik ended the season with ten appearances and four goals for Rozwój Katowice. Despite offers from other clubs, on 1 July 2011 Milik signed a one-year contract with Górnik Zabrze for a fee of 500,000 złotys. Milik made his Ekstraklasa debut on 31 July in a 1–1 draw with Śląsk Wrocław; in the 53rd minute, he was substituted by Daniel Gołębiewski. On 17 December 2012, German Bundesliga side Bayer Leverkusen confirmed they had signed Milik on a contract until summer 2018, for a reported transfer fee of €2.6 million. Milik failed to impress at Leverkusen though, making only 6 appearances before being demoted to the Leverkusen reserve team. On 30 August 2013, FC Augsburg signed Milik on a one-year loan deal. The loan fee was reported to be €150,000, and composed of a base amount that decreased the more games Milik played for Augsburg and increased if Augsburg maintained its Bundesliga status. During his spell in Augsburg, he was capped in 18 matches, but he only scored 2 goals. However, he scored an equalizer in the 88th minute in a 2–2 home draw against Borussia Mönchengladbach, helping Augsburg earn a vital point. On 15 May 2014, it was announced that Milik would spend the 2014–15 season on loan at reigning Dutch champions Ajax, with a purchase option of €2.8 million. On 24 September 2014, Milik played in the first official Amsterdam derby to be contested since 1983 when Ajax took on JOS Watergraafsmeer in the KNVB Cup. Milik earned the man of the match award after scoring six out of the club's nine goals and assisting a further two in the Olympic Stadium. On 1 April 2015, Ajax reached an agreement with Bayer Leverkusen to purchase Milik outright on a four-year deal for a reported €2.8 million fee. On 26 June 2015, Ajax announced Milik would replace departing striker Kolbeinn Sigþórsson as the club's number 9 for the 2015–16 season, switching from kit number 19. Milik scored his first goal that season in a UEFA Champions League qualifier against Rapid Wien, making the scoreline 1–2. The game was eventually lost 2–3 and the two-legged tie 4–5 on aggregate to Rapid, relegating Ajax to the UEFA Europa League play-off against Czech side Jablonec. Milik scored his first goal of the 2015–16 Eredivisie season against Willem II after newly appointed captain Davy Klaassen provided him with a cross, which Milik headed-in. Ajax went on to win the game 3–0 after a brace from Anwar El Ghazi. In the first leg of the Europa League play-off qualifier against Jablonec, Milik scored a penalty after Klaassen was fouled in the box; the goal was the winner in a 1–0 match. During the beginning of the season, Milik also scored goals against Willem II, NEC and Excelsior. Nearly a month later, on 31 October, he began a scoring streak again, this time scoring two against Roda JC in a 6–0 rout. Milik also scored league goals against Cambuur on 11 November and Heerenveen on 5 December, the latter in which he also missed a penalty. On 26 November, Milik scored the 1–1 equalizer against Celtic in the Europa League group stage, where Ajax went on to win 2–1 away in Glasgow. On 20 December, Ajax's final match before the winter break, he also scored the opening goal against De Graafschap in an eventual 2–1 home victory at the Amsterdam Arena. After the winter break, Milik was out of form and got a lot of criticism, having gone scoreless in Ajax's first three Eredivisie matches. He broke his poor run of form by scoring against Roda JC on 31 January 2016 in a 2–2 away draw. On 21 February, against Excelsior, he then scored a brace, while in Ajax's next home game, on 28 February, he scored another two goals against AZ. One week later, on 6 March, Milik scored against Willem II in an eventual 0–4 away win in Tilburg. Milik signed with Napoli on 1 August 2016; his €35 million transfer was officially confirmed by the club the following afternoon. He made his club debut on 27 August, scoring his first two goals for Napoli in a 4–2 home win over Milan in Serie A. He scored braces again against Dynamo Kyiv and Bologna in September, but on 8 October, Milik tore his anterior cruciate ligament in a Polish international fixture against Denmark and was expected to be out for the rest of the season. However, as of 12 February 2017, he resumed playing and was fielded again on 15 February in the Champions League match against Real Madrid. In September, Milik suffered his second anterior cruciate ligament injury in under 12 months – in his other knee, on this occasion – and was expected to be ruled out for at least four months; in January 2018, he underwent medical tests and was cleared to resume training. In the 2020 Coppa Italia Final on 17 June, following a 0–0 draw after regulation time, Milik scored the winning spot kick in a 4–2 penalty shoot-out victory against Juventus. In the 2020–21 season, after having decided not to extend his contract and at the same time rejected a number of transfer options, Milik was excluded from the official Serie A and UEFA Europa League squads. On 21 January 2021, Milik joined Ligue 1 club Olympique de Marseille on an 18-month loan deal with an obligation to buy. He made his debut in a 3–1 loss against Monaco on 23 January. On 17 October 2021, he scored his 10th goal for Marseille in his 17th appearance in a 4–1 win against FC Lorient becoming the most efficient goalscorer for the club since Sonny Anderson in the 1993/1994 season. On 19 December 2021, he scored a hat-trick against ES Cannet Rocheville in a 4-1 win by Marseille helping his club advance to the round of 16 in the Coupe de France. On 13 April 2011, Milik scored a goal for Poland under-17 side in a 4–1 victory over England Schools U18. On 15 July 2011, he was called up to the under-19 team. On 12 October 2012, Milik made his debut for the Polish senior team against South Africa. On 14 December, he scored his first goal for the national side in the 4–1 friendly victory over Macedonia. Milik scored nine times for Poland under-21s during qualification for the 2015 UEFA European Under-21 Championship, including back-to-back hat-tricks against Malta and Greece in November 2013. On 11 October 2014, Milik scored the opening goal in a 2–0 win over world champions Germany in a 2016 UEFA Euro qualifying match. This was Poland's first win over Germany, who had not lost in 19 competitive games and 33 previous qualifiers. Milik formed a successful strike partnership with Robert Lewandowski during qualification for the European Championships, with additional goals coming in a 2–2 draw with Scotland, a 4–0 win away to Georgia and another 4–0 defeat of the same opposition at the National Stadium in Warsaw. In Euro 2016, Milik scored for Poland in their opening game, beating Northern Ireland 1–0. He also netted his attempt in his nation's penalty shootout exit to eventual champions Portugal in the quarter-finals. Milik appeared in the 2018 FIFA World Cup in Russia. His nation was defeated 2–1 in their opening match against Senegal, and then lost 3–0 in their second group match against Colombia. Poland managed a 1–0 win over Japan in their final group match, but were eliminated in the first round. Usually deployed as an out-and-out striker, Milik is a versatile and well-rounded left-footed forward who is also capable of playing off another forward as a second striker or as a winger, due to his ability to both score and create goals. He possesses pace and good movement off the ball, as well as a powerful and accurate shot, which make him an excellent finisher and goalscorer; he is also physically strong, agile, and a good header of the ball, which allows him to excel in the air. His playing style has been compared to that of his compatriot Robert Lewandowski in the Polish sports media. Regarded as a promising young striker in his youth, in 2012, Don Balón named him one of the 101 most promising young players in the world born after 1991. In 2013, Milik began dating professional Polish model Jessica Ziółek. Milik features on the cover of the Polish version of FIFA 16 alongside global cover star Lionel Messi. Milik is a devoted fan of Manchester United. Milik says he "dreams of playing for Manchester United" but insists he's "far from it". Milik's childhood football hero is Cristiano Ronaldo; in an interview during Euro 2016, he said he followed Ronaldo closely and had been inspired by the Portuguese striker. Napoli Individual, Arkadiusz Milik 2023-12-04T01:12:18Z Arkadiusz Krystian Milik (pronounced ⓘ; born 28 February 1994) is a Polish professional footballer who plays as a striker for Serie A club Juventus, and the Poland national team. Milik began his career as a footballer in the Rozwój Katowice youth squad. In 2011, he signed a one-year contract with Górnik Zabrze, and in 2012 he transferred to Bayer Leverkusen and later played on loan for FC Augsburg and Ajax respectively. In 2015–16, he was purchased by Ajax on a four-year deal for a reported €2.8 million fee. While playing for Ajax, Milik became one of the top goalscorers in Eredivisie. On 1 August 2016, he joined Italian club Napoli for €35 million, effectively replacing Gonzalo Higuaín. On 21 January 2021, he joined French club Marseille on loan from Napoli. At international level, Milik participated at UEFA Euro 2016 with Poland and reached the quarter-final stage of the tournament. He also took part at the 2018 FIFA World Cup, where his team was eliminated in the group stage, and the 2022 World Cup, where his team advanced to the round of 16. Sławomir "Moki" Mogilan, a football coach, recognized Milik's footballing talent and helped develop his abilities, fostering a greater professionalism in his outlook. When he was 16 years old, reports of the talented youngster had reached England and he was invited to trial with Tottenham Hotspur and Reading, but ultimately decided to focus on his football in Poland. Milik began his career as a youth player for Rozwój Katowice and played in the reserve team during the 2009–10 season. On 23 October 2010, the 16-year-old made his III liga debut when he scored two goals in a 4–0 victory over KS Krasiejów. In November, he went on trial at Górnik Zabrze, where he scored one goal in two appearances for the club's Młoda Ekstraklasa team. In winter, he and his teammate Wojciech Król were on trial with Reading, Tottenham Hotspur and Legia Warszawa. Milik ended the season with ten appearances and four goals for Rozwój Katowice. Despite offers from other clubs, on 1 July 2011 Milik signed a one-year contract with Górnik Zabrze for a fee of 500,000 zlotys. Milik made his Ekstraklasa debut on 31 July in a 1–1 draw with Śląsk Wrocław; in the 53rd minute, he was substituted by Daniel Gołębiewski. On 17 December 2012, German Bundesliga side Bayer Leverkusen confirmed they had signed Milik on a contract until summer 2018, for a reported transfer fee of €2.6 million. Milik failed to impress at Leverkusen though, making only 6 appearances before being demoted to the Leverkusen reserve team. On 30 August 2013, FC Augsburg signed Milik on a one-year loan deal. The loan fee was reported to be €150,000, and composed of a base amount that decreased the more games Milik played for Augsburg and increased if Augsburg maintained its Bundesliga status. During his spell in Augsburg, he was capped in 18 matches, but he only scored 2 goals. However, he scored an equalizer in the 88th minute in a 2–2 home draw against Borussia Mönchengladbach, helping Augsburg earn a vital point. On 15 May 2014, it was announced that Milik would spend the 2014–15 season on loan at reigning Dutch champions Ajax, with a purchase option of €2.8 million. On 24 September 2014, Milik played in the first official Amsterdam derby to be contested since 1983 when Ajax took on JOS Watergraafsmeer in the KNVB Cup. Milik earned the man of the match award after scoring six out of the club's nine goals and assisting a further two in the Olympic Stadium. On 10 December 2014, he scored his first Champions League goal in a 4–0 victory over APOEL. On 1 April 2015, Ajax reached an agreement with Bayer Leverkusen to purchase Milik outright on a four-year deal for a reported €2.8 million fee. On 26 June 2015, Ajax announced Milik would replace departing striker Kolbeinn Sigþórsson as the club's number 9 for the 2015–16 season, switching from kit number 19. Milik scored his first goal that season in a UEFA Champions League qualifier against Rapid Wien, making the scoreline 1–2. The game was eventually lost 2–3 and the two-legged tie 4–5 on aggregate to Rapid, relegating Ajax to the UEFA Europa League play-off against Czech side Jablonec. Milik scored his first goal of the 2015–16 Eredivisie season against Willem II after newly appointed captain Davy Klaassen provided him with a cross, which Milik headed-in. Ajax went on to win the game 3–0 after a brace from Anwar El Ghazi. In the first leg of the Europa League play-off qualifier against Jablonec, Milik scored a penalty after Klaassen was fouled in the box; the goal was the winner in a 1–0 match. During the beginning of the season, Milik also scored goals against Willem II, NEC and Excelsior. Nearly a month later, on 31 October, he began a scoring streak again, this time scoring two against Roda JC in a 6–0 rout. Milik also scored league goals against Cambuur on 11 November and Heerenveen on 5 December, the latter in which he also missed a penalty. On 26 November, Milik scored the 1–1 equalizer against Celtic in the Europa League group stage, where Ajax went on to win 2–1 away in Glasgow. On 20 December, Ajax's final match before the winter break, he also scored the opening goal against De Graafschap in an eventual 2–1 home victory at the Amsterdam Arena. After the winter break, Milik was out of form and got a lot of criticism, having gone scoreless in Ajax's first three Eredivisie matches. He broke his poor run of form by scoring against Roda JC on 31 January 2016 in a 2–2 away draw. On 21 February, against Excelsior, he then scored a brace, while in Ajax's next home game, on 28 February, he scored another two goals against AZ. One week later, on 6 March, Milik scored against Willem II in an eventual 0–4 away win in Tilburg. Milik signed with Napoli on 1 August 2016; his €35 million transfer was officially confirmed by the club the following afternoon. He made his club debut on 27 August, scoring his first two goals for Napoli in a 4–2 home win over Milan in Serie A. He scored braces again against Dynamo Kyiv and Bologna in September, but on 8 October, Milik tore his anterior cruciate ligament in a Polish international fixture against Denmark and was expected to be out for the rest of the season. However, as of 12 February 2017, he resumed playing and was fielded again on 15 February in the Champions League match against Real Madrid. In September, Milik suffered his second anterior cruciate ligament injury in under 12 months – in his other knee, on this occasion – and was expected to be ruled out for at least four months; in January 2018, he underwent medical tests and was cleared to resume training. In the 2020 Coppa Italia final on 17 June, following a 0–0 draw after regulation time, Milik scored the winning spot kick in a 4–2 penalty shoot-out victory against Juventus. In the 2020–21 season, after having decided not to extend his contract and at the same time rejected a number of transfer options, Milik was excluded from the official Serie A and UEFA Europa League squads. On 21 January 2021, Milik joined Ligue 1 club Olympique de Marseille on an 18-month loan deal with an obligation to buy. He made his debut in a 3–1 loss against Monaco on 23 January. On 17 October 2021, he scored his 10th goal for Marseille in his 17th appearance in a 4–1 win against Lorient becoming the most efficient goalscorer for the club since Sonny Anderson in the 1993–94 season. On 19 December 2021, he scored a hat-trick against Cannet Rocheville in a 4–1 Marseille win, helping his club advance to the round of 16 in the Coupe de France. On 31 January, he scored another goal for the club in a 1:1 draw against Montpellier HSC helping Marseille to advance to the quarerfinals of the Coupe de France after a penalty shootout (5:4). On 4 February, he scored a hat-trick in a 5:2 victory against Angers SCO. On 17 February, he scored two goals for Marseille in a Europa Conference League match against Qarabağ FK. By achieving this, he became the second Marseille player in the 21st century to score at least six goals in UEFA competitions after Didier Drogba who scored 11 goals during the 2003–04 UEFA Cup. On 26 August 2022, Juventus announced the signing of Milik on loan from Marseille for the 2022–23 season. On 21 June 2023, Juventus signed Milik from Marseille on permanent basis. On 13 April 2011, Milik scored a goal for Poland under-17 side in a 4–1 victory over England Schools U18. On 15 July 2011, he was called up to the under-19 team. On 12 October 2012, Milik made his debut for the Polish senior team against South Africa. On 14 December, he scored his first goal for the national side in the 4–1 friendly victory over Macedonia. Milik scored nine times for Poland under-21s during qualification for the 2015 UEFA European Under-21 Championship, including back-to-back hat-tricks against Malta and Greece in November 2013. On 11 October 2014, Milik scored the opening goal in a 2–0 win over world champions Germany in a 2016 UEFA Euro qualifying match. This was Poland's first win over Germany, who had not lost in 19 competitive games and 33 previous qualifiers. Milik formed a successful strike partnership with Robert Lewandowski during qualification for the European Championships, with additional goals coming in a 2–2 draw with Scotland, a 4–0 win away to Georgia and another 4–0 defeat of the same opposition at the National Stadium in Warsaw. In Euro 2016, Milik scored for Poland in their opening game, beating Northern Ireland 1–0. He also netted his attempt in his nation's penalty shootout exit to eventual champions Portugal in the quarterfinals. Milik appeared in the 2018 FIFA World Cup in Russia. His nation was defeated 2–1 in their opening match against Senegal, and then lost 3–0 in their second group match against Colombia. Poland managed a 1–0 win over Japan in their final group match but were eliminated in the first round. Usually deployed as an out-and-out striker, Milik is a versatile and well-rounded left-footed forward who is also capable of playing off another forward as a second striker or as a winger, due to his ability to both score and create goals. He possesses pace and good movement off the ball, as well as a powerful and accurate shot, which make him an excellent finisher and goalscorer; he is also physically strong, agile, and a good header of the ball, which allows him to excel in the air. His playing style has been compared to that of his compatriot Robert Lewandowski in the Polish sports media. Regarded as a promising young striker in his youth, in 2012, Don Balón named him one of the 101 most promising young players in the world born after 1991. In 2013, Milik began dating Polish model Jessica Ziółek. Milik features on the cover of the Polish version of FIFA 16 alongside global cover star Lionel Messi. Milik is a devoted fan of Manchester United. Milik says he "dreams of playing for Manchester United" but insists he's "far from it". Milik's childhood football hero is Cristiano Ronaldo; in an interview during Euro 2016, he said he followed Ronaldo closely and had been inspired by the Portuguese striker. Napoli Individual

The Berrics

The Berrics 2011-01-02T17:31:23Z The Berrics is a privately owned, indoor skatepark owned by pro skateboarders Steve Berra and Eric Koston. It is also a website providing content filmed in the skatepark, as well other skateboard-related media. The facility's name is a portmanteau of the owners' names (the "Ber" of Steve Berra's surname and the "ric" of Eric Koston's first name). The name's similarity to the word "barracks" also inspires the website's militaristic theme. In 2009 article on the Berrics, ESPN skateboarding contributor Chris Nieratko summed the skatepark's cardinal rule as, "you have to film while you're skating The Berrics." Footage logged at the Berrics is later posted on theberrics.com as flash media. The skatepark attracts many professional skateboarders, as filming there is a quick and easy way to gain exposure. The Berrics' private ownership is also an appeal, as it's less precarious than the streets and limits admittance from the general public. Following the website's inception in late 2007, it quickly grew to one of skateboarding's most popular websites. According to the Wall Street Journal, in January 2009 the Berrics attracted more unique visitors than the websites of every major skateboard magazine and ESPN.com action sports section. The skatepark itself is redesigned on a near-annual basis, having already undergone two major renovations and a re-installation of its concrete foundation. Rob Dyrdek’s skatepark and MTV show, Rob Dyrdek's Fantasy Factory, is purportedly inspired by the Berrics. In an episode of Fantasy Factory, the Berrics and Fantasy Factory's respective camps competed for the right to claim who owned the better skatepark. Dyrdek lost, requiring him to place a statue of Koston and Berra inside the Fantasy Factory as "inspiration." However, he destroyed the statue in the same episode by dropping it down a quarter pipe. The following segments are those consistently posted to the website on a weekly basis. The segments below are posted more irregularly, sometimes on a monthly basis. The segments below have been either retired or canceled. , The Berrics 2012-12-29T03:04:42Z The Berrics is a privately owned, indoor skatepark owned by professional skateboarders Steve Berra and Eric Koston. It is also a website providing content filmed in the skatepark, as well other skateboard-related media. The facility's name is a portmanteau of the owners' names (the "Ber" of Berra's surname and the "ric" of Koston's first name). In an interview with Pop magazine, Berra revealed that prior to the launch of The Berrics, he had been offered a million-dollar deal to direct a film based on a screenplay that he had written. Due to filming commitments for his skateboard deck sponsor, Alien Workshop, Berra declined the offer and later commenced work on The Berrics concept following a period of reflection: All I wanted to do is I knew we have this hook because there were a lot of kids that always would ask Eric and I about our building. “Someday I’ll come to your skate park,” everywhere, all over the world. That was minimal exposure of it. I realized we were on to something, like a Studio 54, and I was sitting there one day as I was skating and I think it was Andrew Reynolds that I’d seen do a heel flip, backside, tailside on the ledge. It was so perfect and awesome. I never left Nebraska mentally to a degree, like I’m still a fan of anyone who skates incredible, ends up just skating. So if a kid from Nebraska could see how being on this side of the baker’s window, if he could see what goes on here and how we make the bread, and what temperature we cook the bread at, they would be psyched. I just started coming up with ideas of what we could do. Following the website's inception in late 2007, it quickly grew and, according to the The Wall Street Journal, in January 2009, the Berrics attracted more unique visitors than the websites of every major skateboard magazine, as well as ESPN.com's action sports section. Rob Dyrdek's Fantasy Factory was inspired by the Berrics and, in 2012, Dyrdek challenged the Berrics crew and lost, thus having to erect a statue that portrayed the inspiration that he had derived from the Berrics facility. On February 11, 2011, a press release announced a partnership between the La Jolla Group (LJG) and The Berrics. The Berrics was the first skate category for the LJG, as the company had previously only worked with surf and moto brands. Berra stated in the press release: With the resources that have been available to us so far, our own pocketbooks, I think we’ve done a fantastic job. When given the opportunity to partner with someone like La Jolla Group, take advantage of their infrastructure, still retain full control and ownership of our company, not have to worry about them having skate brands that compete with our advertisers AND get the job done was something we couldn’t pass on. We want to see skateboarding and the people who make it happen, from top to bottom, do better, especially in these tumultuous times. As of 2012, the other brands associated with LJG are O'Neill, Rusty, Metal Mulisha, and FMF Clothing. Since inception, the website has developed a range of segments consisting of regularly uploaded episodes. New episodes of some segments are uploaded weekly, while others are uploaded as they are completed. The skatepark has undergone a significant level of maintenance and rejuvenation during the life of its existence. In 2009, skateboard brand, DVS Shoe Company (now DVS Shoes), sponsored the inaugural Battle at the Berrics contest. Consisting of a professional game of S.K.A.T.E., the competition involved thirty-two skaters competing in a bracket-style tournament. The competitors included Steve Berra, Eric Koston, Rob Dyrdek, Andrew Reynolds, Mike Carroll, Marc Johnson, Erik Ellington, PJ Ladd, and Sean Malto. First place was attained by Mike Mo Capaldi, with second and third place given to Benny Fairfax and Billy Marks, respectively. Battle at the Berrics 2, the second installment of Battle at the Berrics, allowed the Berrics' viewership to vote for 32 of more than 150 skateboarders, with the most popular invited to fill the tournament's 32 competitor slots; the two most popular selections were Chris Cole and Daewon Song. Competitors included Kenny Anderson, Lucas Puig, Heath Kirchart, Jerry Hsu, Dennis Busenitz and Mike Vallely among others. Battle at the berrics 2 was won by Chris Cole by defeating Paul Rodriguez, with Cory Kennedy achieving third place. Battle at the Berrics 3 is the third installment in the series. It follows the same format as the previous versions and primarily features the first-round winners of the previous tournaments. Battle at the Berrics 3 was won by Paul Rodriguez (P-rod) after defeating PJ Ladd; Shane O'neill finished in third place. Battle at the Berrics 4 is the fourth installment in the series. Subtitled "U.S. vs. THEM," the first round of the competition matched 16 skateboarders from the United States against 16 skateboarders from foreign countries including Brazil, the United Kingdom, Canada, Colombia, Germany, Sweden, Australia, Spain, and the Netherlands. Battle at the Berrics 4 was won by Morgan Smith (Canada) after defeating PJ Ladd (US), with Davis Torgerson (U.S) in third place. Battle at the Berrics 5 is the fifth installment in the series. Subtitled by "Team Berra vs Team Koston". There were 16 skaters on one side who were on Steve Berra's team, and 16 on the other who were on Eric Koston's team. Battle at The Berrics 5 was won by PJ Ladd after defeating Mike Mo Capaldi with Shane O'Neill in third place. On December 7, 2012, the website was closed and a temporary page was displayed to visitors—the headline was "RIP The Berrics (12/7/07–12/7/12)" and instead of the standard "Enter The Berrics" option, visitors could instead click on a button that read "Exit the Berrics". The page also featured a short video segment of several skateboarders, including Billy Marks, performing tricks in the facility, followed by a firecracker explosion at the base of one of the stair sets. When the "Exit the Berrics" button was clicked on, a second video appeared, featuring professional skateboarder, Felipe Gustavo, performing a series of tricks on one of the ledges in the park. Prior to December 7, 2012, a series of brief video segments, entitled "Disclosure", were presented on the website over a period fo approximately two months. All of the videos were deliberately blurry and, while the name of the skateboarder in the video was revealed, it was difficult for the viewer to properly see where the skateboarder was performing the one or two tricks that would appear. Featured skateboarders included Daewon Song, Nyjah Huston, Kenny Hoyle, Ishod Wair, Matt Miller, and Kelly Hart. On December 8, 2012, The Berrics was relaunched and the "RIP" page was replaced by a page featuring helmet camera footage from professional skateboarder, Chad Muska, who reveals that he is inside a new Berrics facility—beneath the video frame was a button that read "Enter The New Berrics". Upon entering the new website, the producers of The Berrics revealed that a new facility had been built and a video segment was featured, in which Koston introduces the new Berrics with the assistance of other skateboarders, such as Shane O'Neill, Ronnie Creager, Derrick Wilson, Danny Montoya, Josh Murphy, Marquise Henry, and Clint Peterson. In the days following, another video segment was uploaded to the website, revealing that the new facility had been built by the California Skateparks company and that Berra had taken photos of actual street/city-based locations that he would like to replicate inside the new facility during the design stage. A video entitled "Full Disclosure" was also released around the same time and featured a compilation of the previous "Disclosure" clips, but without the blurred effect, and with the inclusion of additional footage.

2008_Faroese_general_election

2008_Faroese_general_election 2008-01-24T22:01:09Z Parliamentary elections were held in the Faroe Islands on 19 January 2008, the latest possible date. The Self-Government Party and the Centre Party gained a seat each while the Social Democratic Party lost a seat. The number of women went from three to seven. The leaders of the ruling parties will discuss a possible continuation of the current government before trying other possibilities. It had been considered to amend the election law to hold the election two weeks later to pass a number of important bills before the election, but in the end the negotiations on this failed and the election was called on 2007-12-07. Prior to this election, the electoral system was changed in 2007 from a constituency-based d'Hondt proportional representation (with seven multi-member constituencies), which had some elements of mixed member proportional voting, to a nation-wide d'Hondt based proportional system to reduce disproportionality. Template:Faroese parliamentary election, 2008 , 2008_Faroese_general_election 2008-10-02T21:25:03Z Parliamentary elections were held in the Faroe Islands on 19 January 2008, the latest possible date. The Self-Government Party and the Centre Party gained a seat each while the Social Democratic Party lost a seat. The number of women went from three to seven. The leaders of the ruling parties will discuss a possible continuation of the current government before trying other possibilities. It had been considered to amend the election law to hold the election two weeks later to pass a number of important bills before the election, but in the end the negotiations on this failed and the election was called on 2007-12-07. Prior to this election, the electoral system was changed in 2007 from a constituency-based d'Hondt proportional representation (with seven multi-member constituencies), which had some elements of mixed member proportional voting, to a nation-wide d'Hondt based proportional system to reduce disproportionality. Prior to the election, the Social Democratic Party formed a centrist unionist government with the People's Party and the Union Party. After the elections, four days of negotiations saw a centre-left separatist government emerge; while the Social Democratic Party retained the PM's post, the strongly pro-independence Republic got the majority of ministerial posts (including the newly-created post of foreign minister). The Centre Party also participated in the new government. Among the coalition agreement points was a plan to draft a constitution for the Faroe Islands, which would be approved in a referendum to be held in 2010. The coalition broke up in mid-2008, however, and a government consisting of the parties governing before the 2008 election was sworn in on 26 September 2008, with Kaj Leo Johannesen as PM instead. Template:Faroese parliamentary election, 2008

KEXA

KEXA 2009-12-23T00:58:29Z KEXA (93. 9 FM) is an American radio station licensed by the FCC to serve the community of King City, California, which is in the Santa Cruz area. As of January 2009, KEXA-FM is licensed to and operated by Wolfhouse Radio Group, Inc. KEXA previously had a bilingual Top 40 format named "Exa FM" until May 2, 2008 that was targeted at the Salinas Valley's Hispanic population, Template:Wolfhouse Radio This article about a radio station in California is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. , KEXA 2011-01-27T17:37:30Z KEXA (93. 9 FM) is an American radio station licensed by the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to serve the community of King City, California, which is in Southern Monterey County. As of January 2009, KEXA-FM is licensed to and operated by Wolfhouse Radio Group, Inc. KEXA previously had a bilingual Top 40 format named "Exa FM" until May 2, 2008 that was targeted at the Salinas Valley's Hispanic population, Template:Wolfhouse Radio This article about a radio station in California is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.

2007_Uni-President_Lions_season

2007_Uni-President_Lions_season 2008-03-14T01:32:18Z The Uni-President Lions began their 2007 season by playing against La New Bears at Chengching Lake Baseball Field on March 17. The season concluded in late October, with the Lions winning Taiwan Series and participate in Asia Series. The Uni-President Lions began their 2007 season by playing against La New Bears at Chengching Lake Baseball Field on March 17. The season concluded in late October, with the Lions winning Taiwan Series and participate in Asia Series. Template loop detected: Template:2007 Uni-President Lions Season Game Log The Chinese Professional Baseball League (CPBL) playoffs included the three top teams from the regular season and saw Uni-President Lions crowned as the champion with the Taiwan Series through the month of October, 2007. The winner represented Taiwan in the Konami Cup in Japan with the champions from Japan, South Korea, and an allstar team from China to determine an Asian champion in November. All participating teams are allowed to register 28 players on their roster, contrary to 25 in the regular season. The winner of first round is allowed to change its roster before advancing to Taiwan Series. There will be no tie games, meaning the game would continue if a winner could not be decided. All other aspects that are not described above would be the same as the rules in regular season. In the first round of competition, the Uni-President Lions defeated the Macoto Cobras in 3 games to 0, going on to the Taiwan Series. Hsinjuang Baseball Stadium, Hsinchuang, Taipei County WP: Nelson Figueroa (1-0) LP: Chang Hsien-chih (張賢智) (0-1) HRs: Uni-President - Tilson Brito (1); Macoto - Teng Shi-yang (鄧蒔陽) (1), Huang Shi-hao (黃仕豪) (1) MVP of the Game: Nelson Figueroa (SP) (8. 0IP, 6H, 8K, 2BB, 2ER) Attendance: 2,287 Hsinjuang Baseball Stadium, Hsinchuang, Taipei County WP: Pete Munro (1-0) LP: Hsu Chu-chien (許竹見) (0-1) HRs: Uni-President - Tilson Brito (2) MVP of the Game: Tilson Brito (3B) (5-2, 1HR, 2R, 4RBI) Attendance: 4,293 Tainan Municipal Baseball Stadium, Tainan City WP: Pan Wei-lun (潘威倫) (1-0) LP: Andy Van Hekken (0-1) HRs: Macoto - Hsieh Chia-hsien (謝佳賢) (1); Uni-President - Kao Kuo-ching (高國慶) (1), Chen Lien-hung (陳連宏) (1), Kuo Dai-chi (郭岱琦) (1) MVP of the Game: Kao Kuo-ching (高國慶) (1B) (4-3, 1HR, 2R, 5RBI) Attendance: 4,081 In the 2007 Taiwan Series, the Uni-President Lions defeated the La New Bears in 4 games to 3. Awards: Chengching Lake Baseball Field, Niaosong, Kaohsiung County WP: Nelson Figueroa (1-0) LP: Huang Chun-chung (黃俊中) (0-1) HRs: Uni-President - Kuo Dai-chi (郭岱琦) (1); La New - Kit Pellow (1) MVP of the Game: Yang Sung-hsien (楊松弦) (CF) (4-3, 1R, 3RBI) Attendance: 11,334 Chengching Lake Baseball Field, Niaosong, Kaohsiung County WP: Pete Munro (1-0) LP: Hsu Yu-wei (徐余偉) (0-1) SV: Tseng Yi-cheng (曾翊誠) (1) HRs: Uni-President - Pan Wu-hsiung (潘武雄) (1) (2), Kuo Dai-chi (郭岱琦) (2); La New - Chen Chin-Feng (陳金鋒) (1) MVP of the Game: Pan Wu-hsiung (潘武雄) (CF) (5-4, 2HR, 2R, 5RBI) Attendance: 8,864 Tainan Municipal Baseball Stadium, Tainan WP: Andrew Lorraine (1-0) LP: Pan Wei-lun (潘威倫) (0-1) SV: Mac Suzuki (1) HRs: La New - Chiang Chih-Tsung (蔣智聰) (1); Uni-President - Liu Fu-hao (劉芙豪) (1) MVP of the Game: Chiang Chih-Tsung (2B) (5-3, 2H, 1R, 3RBI) Attendance: 5,263 Tainan Municipal Baseball Stadium, Tainan WP: Nelson Figueroa (2-0) LP: Hsu Wen-hsiung (許文雄) (0-1) HRs: La New - Kit Pellow (2); Uni-President - Kao Kuo-ching (高國慶) (1) MVP of the Game: Nelson Figueroa (SP) (7. 0 IP, 9H, 9K, 1BB, 1ER) Attendance: 7,063 Tainan Municipal Baseball Stadium, Tainan WP: Mac Suzuki (1-0) LP: Tseng Yi-cheng(曾翊誠) (0-1) HRs: La New - Huang Lung-Yi (黃龍義) (1), Tsai Chien-Wei (蔡建偉) (1), Lin Chih-Sheng (林智勝) (1), Chen Chin-Feng (陳金鋒) (2); Uni-President - Liu Fu-hao (劉芙豪) (2), Yang Po-chaio (楊博超) (1) MVP of the Game: Mac Suzuki (RP) (5. 1 IP, 7H, 6K, 2BB, 2ER) Attendance: 10,056 Chengching Lake Baseball Field, Niaosong, Kaohsiung County WP: Hau Yu-wei (徐余偉) (1-1) LP: Pan Wei-lun (潘威倫) (0-2) SV: Hsu Wen-hsiung (許文雄) (1) HRs: Uni-President - Liu Fu-hao (劉芙豪) (3), Tilson Brito (1) (2); La New - Chen Chin-feng (陳金鋒) (3) (4) MVP of the Game: Chen Chin-feng (陳金鋒) (DH) (4-2, 2HR, 5RBI, 2R) Attendance: 18,656 Chengching Lake Baseball Field, Niaosong, Kaohsiung County WP: Nelson Figueroa (3-0) LP: Andrew Lorraine (1-1) HRs: La New - Lin Chih-Sheng (林智勝) (2) MVP of the Game: Nelson Figueroa (SP) (9. 0 IP, 5H, 1HR, 8K, 1BB, 2ER) Attendance: 20,000 (in Chinese) CPBL website The Chinese Professional Baseball League (CPBL) playoffs included the three top teams from the regular season and saw Uni-President Lions crowned as the champion with the Taiwan Series through the month of October, 2007. The winner represented Taiwan in the Konami Cup in Japan with the champions from Japan, South Korea, and an allstar team from China to determine an Asian champion in November. All participating teams are allowed to register 28 players on their roster, contrary to 25 in the regular season. The winner of first round is allowed to change its roster before advancing to Taiwan Series. There will be no tie games, meaning the game would continue if a winner could not be decided. All other aspects that are not described above would be the same as the rules in regular season. In the first round of competition, the Uni-President Lions defeated the Macoto Cobras in 3 games to 0, going on to the Taiwan Series. Hsinjuang Baseball Stadium, Hsinchuang, Taipei County WP: Nelson Figueroa (1-0) LP: Chang Hsien-chih (張賢智) (0-1) HRs: Uni-President - Tilson Brito (1); Macoto - Teng Shi-yang (鄧蒔陽) (1), Huang Shi-hao (黃仕豪) (1) MVP of the Game: Nelson Figueroa (SP) (8. 0IP, 6H, 8K, 2BB, 2ER) Attendance: 2,287 Hsinjuang Baseball Stadium, Hsinchuang, Taipei County WP: Pete Munro (1-0) LP: Hsu Chu-chien (許竹見) (0-1) HRs: Uni-President - Tilson Brito (2) MVP of the Game: Tilson Brito (3B) (5-2, 1HR, 2R, 4RBI) Attendance: 4,293 Tainan Municipal Baseball Stadium, Tainan City WP: Pan Wei-lun (潘威倫) (1-0) LP: Andy Van Hekken (0-1) HRs: Macoto - Hsieh Chia-hsien (謝佳賢) (1); Uni-President - Kao Kuo-ching (高國慶) (1), Chen Lien-hung (陳連宏) (1), Kuo Dai-chi (郭岱琦) (1) MVP of the Game: Kao Kuo-ching (高國慶) (1B) (4-3, 1HR, 2R, 5RBI) Attendance: 4,081 In the 2007 Taiwan Series, the Uni-President Lions defeated the La New Bears in 4 games to 3. Awards: Chengching Lake Baseball Field, Niaosong, Kaohsiung County WP: Nelson Figueroa (1-0) LP: Huang Chun-chung (黃俊中) (0-1) HRs: Uni-President - Kuo Dai-chi (郭岱琦) (1); La New - Kit Pellow (1) MVP of the Game: Yang Sung-hsien (楊松弦) (CF) (4-3, 1R, 3RBI) Attendance: 11,334 Chengching Lake Baseball Field, Niaosong, Kaohsiung County WP: Pete Munro (1-0) LP: Hsu Yu-wei (徐余偉) (0-1) SV: Tseng Yi-cheng (曾翊誠) (1) HRs: Uni-President - Pan Wu-hsiung (潘武雄) (1) (2), Kuo Dai-chi (郭岱琦) (2); La New - Chen Chin-Feng (陳金鋒) (1) MVP of the Game: Pan Wu-hsiung (潘武雄) (CF) (5-4, 2HR, 2R, 5RBI) Attendance: 8,864 Tainan Municipal Baseball Stadium, Tainan WP: Andrew Lorraine (1-0) LP: Pan Wei-lun (潘威倫) (0-1) SV: Mac Suzuki (1) HRs: La New - Chiang Chih-Tsung (蔣智聰) (1); Uni-President - Liu Fu-hao (劉芙豪) (1) MVP of the Game: Chiang Chih-Tsung (2B) (5-3, 2H, 1R, 3RBI) Attendance: 5,263 Tainan Municipal Baseball Stadium, Tainan WP: Nelson Figueroa (2-0) LP: Hsu Wen-hsiung (許文雄) (0-1) HRs: La New - Kit Pellow (2); Uni-President - Kao Kuo-ching (高國慶) (1) MVP of the Game: Nelson Figueroa (SP) (7. 0 IP, 9H, 9K, 1BB, 1ER) Attendance: 7,063 Tainan Municipal Baseball Stadium, Tainan WP: Mac Suzuki (1-0) LP: Tseng Yi-cheng(曾翊誠) (0-1) HRs: La New - Huang Lung-Yi (黃龍義) (1), Tsai Chien-Wei (蔡建偉) (1), Lin Chih-Sheng (林智勝) (1), Chen Chin-Feng (陳金鋒) (2); Uni-President - Liu Fu-hao (劉芙豪) (2), Yang Po-chaio (楊博超) (1) MVP of the Game: Mac Suzuki (RP) (5. 1 IP, 7H, 6K, 2BB, 2ER) Attendance: 10,056 Chengching Lake Baseball Field, Niaosong, Kaohsiung County WP: Hau Yu-wei (徐余偉) (1-1) LP: Pan Wei-lun (潘威倫) (0-2) SV: Hsu Wen-hsiung (許文雄) (1) HRs: Uni-President - Liu Fu-hao (劉芙豪) (3), Tilson Brito (1) (2); La New - Chen Chin-feng (陳金鋒) (3) (4) MVP of the Game: Chen Chin-feng (陳金鋒) (DH) (4-2, 2HR, 5RBI, 2R) Attendance: 18,656 Chengching Lake Baseball Field, Niaosong, Kaohsiung County WP: Nelson Figueroa (3-0) LP: Andrew Lorraine (1-1) HRs: La New - Lin Chih-Sheng (林智勝) (2) MVP of the Game: Nelson Figueroa (SP) (9. 0 IP, 5H, 1HR, 8K, 1BB, 2ER) Attendance: 20,000 (in Chinese) CPBL website From winning the Taiwan Series, the Lions progressed to the Asia Series. They played 3 games and finished 3rd on the ladder. WP: Nelson Figueroa (1-0) LP: Xu Zheng (徐錚) (0-1) HRs: Uni-President - Chen Lien-hung (陳連宏) (1) (2), Yang Sen (陽森) (1) Attendance: 2,978 WP: Kenta Asakura (朝倉健太)　(1-0) LP: Pan Wei-lun (潘威倫) (0-1) SV: Hitoki Iwase (岩瀬仁紀) Attendance: 11,167 WP: Chei Byung Yong (채병용) (1-0) LP: Peter Munro (0-1) HRs: Uni-President - Yang Sung-hsien (楊松弦) (1); SK - Park Kyung Oan (박경완) (1) Attendance: 7,290 Game ended in 7th inning due to mercy rule. 2007 Chinese Professional Baseball League season The Chinese Professional Baseball League (CPBL) playoffs included the three top teams from the regular season and saw Uni-President Lions crowned as the champion with the Taiwan Series through the month of October, 2007. The winner represented Taiwan in the Konami Cup in Japan with the champions from Japan, South Korea, and an allstar team from China to determine an Asian champion in November. All participating teams are allowed to register 28 players on their roster, contrary to 25 in the regular season. The winner of first round is allowed to change its roster before advancing to Taiwan Series. There will be no tie games, meaning the game would continue if a winner could not be decided. All other aspects that are not described above would be the same as the rules in regular season. In the first round of competition, the Uni-President Lions defeated the Macoto Cobras in 3 games to 0, going on to the Taiwan Series. Hsinjuang Baseball Stadium, Hsinchuang, Taipei County WP: Nelson Figueroa (1-0) LP: Chang Hsien-chih (張賢智) (0-1) HRs: Uni-President - Tilson Brito (1); Macoto - Teng Shi-yang (鄧蒔陽) (1), Huang Shi-hao (黃仕豪) (1) MVP of the Game: Nelson Figueroa (SP) (8. 0IP, 6H, 8K, 2BB, 2ER) Attendance: 2,287 Hsinjuang Baseball Stadium, Hsinchuang, Taipei County WP: Pete Munro (1-0) LP: Hsu Chu-chien (許竹見) (0-1) HRs: Uni-President - Tilson Brito (2) MVP of the Game: Tilson Brito (3B) (5-2, 1HR, 2R, 4RBI) Attendance: 4,293 Tainan Municipal Baseball Stadium, Tainan City WP: Pan Wei-lun (潘威倫) (1-0) LP: Andy Van Hekken (0-1) HRs: Macoto - Hsieh Chia-hsien (謝佳賢) (1); Uni-President - Kao Kuo-ching (高國慶) (1), Chen Lien-hung (陳連宏) (1), Kuo Dai-chi (郭岱琦) (1) MVP of the Game: Kao Kuo-ching (高國慶) (1B) (4-3, 1HR, 2R, 5RBI) Attendance: 4,081 In the 2007 Taiwan Series, the Uni-President Lions defeated the La New Bears in 4 games to 3. Awards: Chengching Lake Baseball Field, Niaosong, Kaohsiung County WP: Nelson Figueroa (1-0) LP: Huang Chun-chung (黃俊中) (0-1) HRs: Uni-President - Kuo Dai-chi (郭岱琦) (1); La New - Kit Pellow (1) MVP of the Game: Yang Sung-hsien (楊松弦) (CF) (4-3, 1R, 3RBI) Attendance: 11,334 Chengching Lake Baseball Field, Niaosong, Kaohsiung County WP: Pete Munro (1-0) LP: Hsu Yu-wei (徐余偉) (0-1) SV: Tseng Yi-cheng (曾翊誠) (1) HRs: Uni-President - Pan Wu-hsiung (潘武雄) (1) (2), Kuo Dai-chi (郭岱琦) (2); La New - Chen Chin-Feng (陳金鋒) (1) MVP of the Game: Pan Wu-hsiung (潘武雄) (CF) (5-4, 2HR, 2R, 5RBI) Attendance: 8,864 Tainan Municipal Baseball Stadium, Tainan WP: Andrew Lorraine (1-0) LP: Pan Wei-lun (潘威倫) (0-1) SV: Mac Suzuki (1) HRs: La New - Chiang Chih-Tsung (蔣智聰) (1); Uni-President - Liu Fu-hao (劉芙豪) (1) MVP of the Game: Chiang Chih-Tsung (2B) (5-3, 2H, 1R, 3RBI) Attendance: 5,263 Tainan Municipal Baseball Stadium, Tainan WP: Nelson Figueroa (2-0) LP: Hsu Wen-hsiung (許文雄) (0-1) HRs: La New - Kit Pellow (2); Uni-President - Kao Kuo-ching (高國慶) (1) MVP of the Game: Nelson Figueroa (SP) (7. 0 IP, 9H, 9K, 1BB, 1ER) Attendance: 7,063 Tainan Municipal Baseball Stadium, Tainan WP: Mac Suzuki (1-0) LP: Tseng Yi-cheng(曾翊誠) (0-1) HRs: La New - Huang Lung-Yi (黃龍義) (1), Tsai Chien-Wei (蔡建偉) (1), Lin Chih-Sheng (林智勝) (1), Chen Chin-Feng (陳金鋒) (2); Uni-President - Liu Fu-hao (劉芙豪) (2), Yang Po-chaio (楊博超) (1) MVP of the Game: Mac Suzuki (RP) (5. 1 IP, 7H, 6K, 2BB, 2ER) Attendance: 10,056 Chengching Lake Baseball Field, Niaosong, Kaohsiung County WP: Hau Yu-wei (徐余偉) (1-1) LP: Pan Wei-lun (潘威倫) (0-2) SV: Hsu Wen-hsiung (許文雄) (1) HRs: Uni-President - Liu Fu-hao (劉芙豪) (3), Tilson Brito (1) (2); La New - Chen Chin-feng (陳金鋒) (3) (4) MVP of the Game: Chen Chin-feng (陳金鋒) (DH) (4-2, 2HR, 5RBI, 2R) Attendance: 18,656 Chengching Lake Baseball Field, Niaosong, Kaohsiung County WP: Nelson Figueroa (3-0) LP: Andrew Lorraine (1-1) HRs: La New - Lin Chih-Sheng (林智勝) (2) MVP of the Game: Nelson Figueroa (SP) (9. 0 IP, 5H, 1HR, 8K, 1BB, 2ER) Attendance: 20,000 (in Chinese) CPBL website The Chinese Professional Baseball League (CPBL) playoffs included the three top teams from the regular season and saw Uni-President Lions crowned as the champion with the Taiwan Series through the month of October, 2007. The winner represented Taiwan in the Konami Cup in Japan with the champions from Japan, South Korea, and an allstar team from China to determine an Asian champion in November. All participating teams are allowed to register 28 players on their roster, contrary to 25 in the regular season. The winner of first round is allowed to change its roster before advancing to Taiwan Series. There will be no tie games, meaning the game would continue if a winner could not be decided. All other aspects that are not described above would be the same as the rules in regular season. In the first round of competition, the Uni-President Lions defeated the Macoto Cobras in 3 games to 0, going on to the Taiwan Series. Hsinjuang Baseball Stadium, Hsinchuang, Taipei County WP: Nelson Figueroa (1-0) LP: Chang Hsien-chih (張賢智) (0-1) HRs: Uni-President - Tilson Brito (1); Macoto - Teng Shi-yang (鄧蒔陽) (1), Huang Shi-hao (黃仕豪) (1) MVP of the Game: Nelson Figueroa (SP) (8. 0IP, 6H, 8K, 2BB, 2ER) Attendance: 2,287 Hsinjuang Baseball Stadium, Hsinchuang, Taipei County WP: Pete Munro (1-0) LP: Hsu Chu-chien (許竹見) (0-1) HRs: Uni-President - Tilson Brito (2) MVP of the Game: Tilson Brito (3B) (5-2, 1HR, 2R, 4RBI) Attendance: 4,293 Tainan Municipal Baseball Stadium, Tainan City WP: Pan Wei-lun (潘威倫) (1-0) LP: Andy Van Hekken (0-1) HRs: Macoto - Hsieh Chia-hsien (謝佳賢) (1); Uni-President - Kao Kuo-ching (高國慶) (1), Chen Lien-hung (陳連宏) (1), Kuo Dai-chi (郭岱琦) (1) MVP of the Game: Kao Kuo-ching (高國慶) (1B) (4-3, 1HR, 2R, 5RBI) Attendance: 4,081 In the 2007 Taiwan Series, the Uni-President Lions defeated the La New Bears in 4 games to 3. Awards: Chengching Lake Baseball Field, Niaosong, Kaohsiung County WP: Nelson Figueroa (1-0) LP: Huang Chun-chung (黃俊中) (0-1) HRs: Uni-President - Kuo Dai-chi (郭岱琦) (1); La New - Kit Pellow (1) MVP of the Game: Yang Sung-hsien (楊松弦) (CF) (4-3, 1R, 3RBI) Attendance: 11,334 Chengching Lake Baseball Field, Niaosong, Kaohsiung County WP: Pete Munro (1-0) LP: Hsu Yu-wei (徐余偉) (0-1) SV: Tseng Yi-cheng (曾翊誠) (1) HRs: Uni-President - Pan Wu-hsiung (潘武雄) (1) (2), Kuo Dai-chi (郭岱琦) (2); La New - Chen Chin-Feng (陳金鋒) (1) MVP of the Game: Pan Wu-hsiung (潘武雄) (CF) (5-4, 2HR, 2R, 5RBI) Attendance: 8,864 Tainan Municipal Baseball Stadium, Tainan WP: Andrew Lorraine (1-0) LP: Pan Wei-lun (潘威倫) (0-1) SV: Mac Suzuki (1) HRs: La New - Chiang Chih-Tsung (蔣智聰) (1); Uni-President - Liu Fu-hao (劉芙豪) (1) MVP of the Game: Chiang Chih-Tsung (2B) (5-3, 2H, 1R, 3RBI) Attendance: 5,263 Tainan Municipal Baseball Stadium, Tainan WP: Nelson Figueroa (2-0) LP: Hsu Wen-hsiung (許文雄) (0-1) HRs: La New - Kit Pellow (2); Uni-President - Kao Kuo-ching (高國慶) (1) MVP of the Game: Nelson Figueroa (SP) (7. 0 IP, 9H, 9K, 1BB, 1ER) Attendance: 7,063 Tainan Municipal Baseball Stadium, Tainan WP: Mac Suzuki (1-0) LP: Tseng Yi-cheng(曾翊誠) (0-1) HRs: La New - Huang Lung-Yi (黃龍義) (1), Tsai Chien-Wei (蔡建偉) (1), Lin Chih-Sheng (林智勝) (1), Chen Chin-Feng (陳金鋒) (2); Uni-President - Liu Fu-hao (劉芙豪) (2), Yang Po-chaio (楊博超) (1) MVP of the Game: Mac Suzuki (RP) (5. 1 IP, 7H, 6K, 2BB, 2ER) Attendance: 10,056 Chengching Lake Baseball Field, Niaosong, Kaohsiung County WP: Hau Yu-wei (徐余偉) (1-1) LP: Pan Wei-lun (潘威倫) (0-2) SV: Hsu Wen-hsiung (許文雄) (1) HRs: Uni-President - Liu Fu-hao (劉芙豪) (3), Tilson Brito (1) (2); La New - Chen Chin-feng (陳金鋒) (3) (4) MVP of the Game: Chen Chin-feng (陳金鋒) (DH) (4-2, 2HR, 5RBI, 2R) Attendance: 18,656 Chengching Lake Baseball Field, Niaosong, Kaohsiung County WP: Nelson Figueroa (3-0) LP: Andrew Lorraine (1-1) HRs: La New - Lin Chih-Sheng (林智勝) (2) MVP of the Game: Nelson Figueroa (SP) (9. 0 IP, 5H, 1HR, 8K, 1BB, 2ER) Attendance: 20,000 (in Chinese) CPBL website From winning the Taiwan Series, the Lions progressed to the Asia Series. They played 3 games and finished 3rd on the ladder. WP: Nelson Figueroa (1-0) LP: Xu Zheng (徐錚) (0-1) HRs: Uni-President - Chen Lien-hung (陳連宏) (1) (2), Yang Sen (陽森) (1) Attendance: 2,978 WP: Kenta Asakura (朝倉健太)　(1-0) LP: Pan Wei-lun (潘威倫) (0-1) SV: Hitoki Iwase (岩瀬仁紀) Attendance: 11,167 WP: Chei Byung Yong (채병용) (1-0) LP: Peter Munro (0-1) HRs: Uni-President - Yang Sung-hsien (楊松弦) (1); SK - Park Kyung Oan (박경완) (1) Attendance: 7,290 Game ended in 7th inning due to mercy rule. 2007 Chinese Professional Baseball League season, 2007_Uni-President_Lions_season 2011-04-06T23:20:19Z The Uni-President Lions began their 2007 season by playing against La New Bears at Chengching Lake Baseball Field on March 17. The season concluded in late October, with the Lions winning Taiwan Series and participate in Asia Series. 2007 Chinese Professional Baseball League season

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Jen_Cass 2016-10-29T01:22:41Z Jen Cass is an American singer-songwriter born in Detroit, Michigan. In November 1996, Cass released her first CD, Brave Enough To Say, and quickly sold over 2,000 copies. She recorded with the help of the Russian surf-rock band Red Elvises. Rick Nelson of the Tacoma News Tribune called Brave Enough To Say an “excellent debut” and Cass a “gifted storyteller with a great voice. ” Agenda’s Alan Goldsmith Wrote, “Jen Cass' power as an artist lies in using her voice to capture pictures of broken American souls, and she paints these heartbreaking snapshots of lives gone wrong like nobody else. ” After the release of Brave Enough To Say, Cass played many gigs throughout the country. Eventually she caught the attention of producer John Jennings. Recorded by Bob Dawson (Mary Chapin Carpenter, Danny Gatton, Cheryl Wheeler) and featuring several members of Mary Chapin Carpenter's band, Skies Burning Red was nominated for two Detroit Music Awards and six Review Music Awards. Skies Burning Red was #12 on WHFR's Best of 2003 list, was a Midnight Special Pick Hit of the Week, and received radio play in every US state as well as Canada, Denmark, Germany, the Netherlands, Japan, and Sweden. In 2006, Cass and John Jennings collaborated again for Cass's third CD, Accidental Pilgrimage, which also featured the pianist, Grammy winner Jon Carroll, and the percussionist Dave Mattacks. "Accidental Pilgrimage" is Cass's most successful release to date, spawning six top 100 singles on the folk chart, moderate crossover success on the Americana Chart, and one hit song, "Dear Mr. President". Cass currently resides in Michigan with her husband and their two children. Cass's songs have won a number of awards. In 2003, her song "Main Attraction" was selected as a winner in the Folk Category of both the John Lennon Songwriting Contest and the USA Songwriting Competition. "Small Town Boy" was chosen as the winning song in the 2006 Great Lakes Songwriting Contest. By Blind Justice Records, Jen_Cass 2017-10-12T02:12:48Z Jen Cass is an American singer-songwriter born in Detroit, Michigan. In November 1996, Cass released her first CD, Brave Enough To Say, and quickly sold over 2,000 copies. She recorded with the help of the Russian surf-rock band Red Elvises. Rick Nelson of the Tacoma News Tribune called Brave Enough To Say an “excellent debut” and Cass a “gifted storyteller with a great voice. ” Agenda’s Alan Goldsmith Wrote, “Jen Cass' power as an artist lies in using her voice to capture pictures of broken American souls, and she paints these heartbreaking snapshots of lives gone wrong like nobody else. ” After the release of Brave Enough To Say, Cass played many gigs throughout the country. Eventually she caught the attention of producer John Jennings. Recorded by Bob Dawson (Mary Chapin Carpenter, Danny Gatton, Cheryl Wheeler) and featuring several members of Mary Chapin Carpenter's band, Skies Burning Red was nominated for two Detroit Music Awards and six Review Music Awards. Skies Burning Red was #12 on WHFR's Best of 2003 list, was a Midnight Special Pick Hit of the Week, and received radio play in every US state as well as Canada, Denmark, Germany, the Netherlands, Japan, and Sweden. In 2006, Cass and John Jennings collaborated again for Cass's third CD, Accidental Pilgrimage, which also featured the pianist, Grammy winner Jon Carroll, and the percussionist Dave Mattacks. "Accidental Pilgrimage" is Cass's most successful release to date, spawning six top 100 singles on the folk chart, moderate crossover success on the Americana Chart, and one hit song, "Dear Mr. President". Cass currently resides in Michigan with her husband and their two children. Cass's songs have won a number of awards. In 2003, her song "Main Attraction" was selected as a winner in the Folk Category of both the John Lennon Songwriting Contest and the USA Songwriting Competition. "Small Town Boy" was chosen as the winning song in the 2006 Great Lakes Songwriting Contest. By Blind Justice Records

André Ayew

André Ayew 2021-01-02T17:10:52Z André Morgan Rami Ayew (/ˈɑːjuː/ ⓘ; born 17 December 1989), also known as Dede Ayew in Ghana, is a Ghanaian professional footballer who plays as a winger for Championship club Swansea City and captains the Ghana national team. He is the second-born son of three-time African Footballer of the Year and FIFA 100 member Abedi "Pele" Ayew and has two brothers, Ibrahim and Jordan, who also are professional footballers. In 2011 Ayew was named the BBC African Footballer of the Year and Ghanaian Footballer of the Year. Ayew began his career in Ghana, playing for Nania, while debuting for the club at age 14. In 2005, he signed with his father's former club, Marseille, and spent two seasons in the club's youth academy before making his debut in the 2007–08 season. Ayew spent the following two seasons on loan with Lorient and Arles-Avignon, helping the latter team earn promotion to Ligue 1 for the first time. In 2010, he returned to Marseille and became an integral part of the first team under manager Didier Deschamps, making over 200 appearances and winning consecutive Trophée des champions and Coupe de la Ligues in both 2010 and 2011. Ayew has been a full international for Ghana since 2008 and has earned over 90 caps. At youth level, he starred for and captained the under-20 team that won both the 2009 African Youth Championship and the 2009 FIFA U-20 World Cup. He has played in two FIFA World Cups (2010 and 2014), as well as six Africa Cup of Nations (2008, 2010, 2012, 2015, 2017 and 2019), helping them finish runner-up in 2010 and 2015, and was top goalscorer at the latter tournament. Ayew began his career with 1860 München, where his father played. At the age of ten, Ayew was playing for Nania, where his father is club chairman, in Accra, Ghana. After four years of plying his trade in the club's youth academy, he was promoted to the team's senior squad at the age of 14. Despite being on the senior team, he still participated in youth-sanctioned events, such as the 2004 edition of the Altstetten U-19 Tournament, in which he was named one of the tournament's most famous players. Ayew played professional football at Nania for two seasons before departing the club and returning to France to play for his father's former club Marseille. Ayew joined the club on an aspirant ("trainee") contract and, upon his arrival, was put into the club's youth system and placed onto Marseille's first professional contract, agreeing to a three-year deal. He was officially promoted to the senior team and assigned the squad number 29 shirt. Ayew made his professional debut for Marseille on 15 August 2007 in a league match against Valenciennes, coming on as a substitute for Modeste M'bami in the 89th minute. Marseille lost the match 2–1. On 6 November, he made his UEFA Champions League debut against Portuguese champions Porto at the Estádio do Dragão, playing on the left wing in place of Bolo Zenden. Ayew played 77 minutes before being substituted out as Marseille were defeated 2–1. Ayew earned praise from the media for his performance of containing Porto right back José Bosingwa. Five days later, Ayew earned his first league start against Lyon at the Stade de Gerland. Ayew again featured in the team as Marseille pulled off a 2–1 victory. Ayew finished the season with 13 total appearances, nine in league play and two in cup play, in addition to two Champions League appearances. Ayew's first season with the club drew the attention of Premier League club Arsenal, who reportedly offered Marseille €6 million for the player. Marseille, however, denied the offer. For the 2008–09 season, Ayew switched to the squad number 8 shirt, though due to the arrival of attackers Hatem Ben Arfa, Sylvain Wiltord, Bakari Koné and Mamadou Samassa, he was deemed surplus to requirements for the season and was loaned out to fellow first division club Lorient for the season. Ayew was used by manager Christian Gourcuff as one of the team's focal points of the attack alongside Fabrice Abriel, Kevin Gameiro and Rafik Saïfi and made his debut on 16 August 2008, coming on as a substitute in a 0–0 draw against Lyon. On 27 September 2008, he scored his first professional goal after netting the opener in the team's 1–1 draw with Sochaux. A month later, he scored his second career goal in a 4–1 rout of Saint-Étienne. Despite the initial success, Ayew was limited throughout the league campaign to just appearing as a substitute. He finished the season with 22 league appearances and three goals and, on 30 June 2009, returned to Marseille. Two months later, on 31 August 2009, the last day of the transfer window, new manager Didier Deschamps confirmed that Ayew would be joining newly promoted Ligue 2 club Arles-Avignon on loan for the 2009–10 season. Ayew was given the number 10 shirt and his favorable right wing position. He made his debut with the club on 11 September, appearing as a substitute in a 1–1 draw with Angers. The following week, he scored his first goal for the club in a 4–2 defeat to Tours. He was ever present in the team's fall campaign, but due to the 2010 Africa Cup of Nations, he missed the month of January. Ayew returned to the team on 5 February 2010 and appeared as a starter in all of the team's matches for the rest of the campaign. On 9 April, with the team in the midst of a promotion battle, Ayew scored a double in the team's 2–1 victory over Le Havre. The following week, he struck again scoring the opener in the team's 1–1 draw with Guingamp. On 14 May, Arles-Avignon secured promotion to Ligue 1 following the team's 1–0 win over Clermont. Ayew started and played the entire match. He finished the campaign with Arles-Avignon appearing in 26 total matches and scoring four goals. After the successful league campaign with Arles-Avignon, on 16 May 2010, Marseille manager Didier Deschamps confirmed that Ayew would be returning to the team and that he will be earning some significant playing time with the club for the 2010–11 season. On 5 August, Ayew signed a three-year contract extension with Marseille. The new deal kept him at the club until June 2014. Despite the arrival of Loïc Rémy, Ayew was inserted as a starter by Deschamps and scored his first goal in the second league match of the season against Valenciennes in a 3–2 defeat. Following the international break in September, he scored a double against his former club Arles-Avignon in a 3–0 win. In the Coupe de la Ligue, Ayew scored goals in victories over Guingamp and Monaco in the Round of 16 and quarter-finals, respectively. On 20 November, he scored the only goal in a victory over Toulouse. Ayew scored the goal two minutes from time. On 27 April 2011, Ayew scored his first professional hat-trick in a 4–2 victory over Nice. His younger brother, Jordan, converted the other goal for Marseille in the win. Because of his outstanding performances throughout the season, Ayew was nominated for Ligue 1 Young Player of the Season, along with Marvin Martin and Yann M'Vila. He was voted Marseille's Best Player for the Season for 2010–11. Ayew was named in the squad for the 2011 Trophée des Champions match against Lille held on 27 July 2011 at the Stade de Tanger in Morocco. He scored a hat-trick, including two 90th minute penalties, ensuring Marseille a 5–4 victory. In December 2011, Ayew signed a one-year contract extension until 2015 with a release clause of €18 million. On 22 February 2012, Ayew scored a goal in the 93rd minute, in a 1–0 victory over Inter Milan in the 2011–12 UEFA Champions League round of 16 first leg. However, Marseille managed to qualify to the quarter-finals by winning on away goals rule, after drawing 2–2 on aggregate. On 4 April 2014, Ayew scored only his second hat-trick of his Marseille career, inspiring his club to a 3–1 league victory, their first in seven outings, over bottom club Ajaccio. On 10 June 2015, Premier League side Swansea City announced that Ayew had joined the club on a free transfer, signing a four-year contract with the Swans pending Premier League and international clearance. Ayew scored his first goal for the club on his debut against Chelsea on 8 August 2015 in a 2–2 draw. On 15 August 2015, Ayew scored his second goal in his second game for Swansea in their 2–0 victory against Newcastle United. He continued his form in the next league fixture against Manchester United, where he scored and created an assist. Ayew was named Premier League Player of the Month for August 2015 and also received Swansea's monthly award the GWFX Player of the Month for August after making an immediate impact, scoring three goals in his first four league appearances. On 8 August 2016, Ayew signed for West Ham United for a then club record fee of £20.5 million on a three-year contract, with the option of an extra two years. Ayew's debut game for West Ham, on 15 August 2016, against Chelsea, lasted 35 minutes before he was substituted after sustaining a thigh injury. He returned to first team action on 26 October 2016 in a 2–1 home win against Chelsea in the EFL Cup. On 26 December 2016 Ayew scored his first West Ham goal. Playing away at his former club, Swansea City, Ayew scored the first goal in a 4–1 West Ham win. Ayew left West Ham in January 2018 having scored 12 goals in 50 games in all competitions. On 31 January 2018, Ayew completed a deadline day return to former club Swansea City for a reported £18 million rising to £20 million with add-ons until the end of the 2020–21 season. In July 2018, Ayew joined Süper Lig club Fenerbahçe on a season-long loan. The deal reportedly included an option for the club to sign Ayew permanently at the end of the loan period. Ayew made his first appearance for Swansea since 2018, scoring two goals in a 3–1 win against Northampton Town in the EFL Cup on 13 August 2019. He was made deputy captain for the side on the first of November 2019. Due to having dual French and Ghanaian citizenship, Ayew was eligible for France and Ghana. He initially chose to represent France, citing the failed inquiries of the Ghana Football Association to contact him as his reason why, but declared Ghana to be his first option, citing his father. Ayew was subsequently called up and participated in a training camp with the France under-18 team. In 2007, he turned down several offers to play for the country's under-21 team. Ayew later warned the Ghana Football Association that he was on the verge of representing France at international level, stating, "At this moment there is only one choice to make because I have only received an invitation from one country and that is France." At the youth level, Ayew represented Ghana at under-20 level and captained the team to victory at both the 2009 African Youth Championship and the 2009 FIFA U-20 World Cup. At the African Youth Championship, Ayew scored two goals against Cameroon in the group stage and South Africa in the semi-finals. The 4–3 semi-final result progressed Ghana to the final where the team defeated group stage opponents Cameroon 2–0. The championship victory resulted in the team qualifying for the ensuing U-20 World Cup. In the tournament, Ayew scored twice against England in a 4–0 rout and the equalizing goal against South Africa in the round of 16. Ghana later won the match in extra time through a goal from Dominic Adiyiah. Ayew then captained the team to victories over the South Korea and Hungary in the quarter-finals and semi-finals, respectively, to reach the final where they faced Brazil. In the final, Ghana defeated the Brazilians 4–3 on penalties to win the U-20 World Cup. Ayew converted Ghana's first penalty in the shootout. On 7 August 2007, Ayew was called up for the first time by Ghana coach Claude Le Roy for the team's friendly match against Senegal on 21 August. He made his international debut in the match, appearing as a late-match substitute. On 11 January 2008, Ayew was named to the Ghana squad to play in the 2008 Africa Cup of Nations. Ayew made his second major international tournament appearance by appearing at the 2010 Africa Cup of Nations. On 19 January 2010, in the team's final group stage match against Burkina Faso, he scored his first international goal in 30th minute with a header. Ghana won the match 1–0 and reached the final where they were defeated 1–0 by Egypt. Ayew appeared in all five matches the team contested. On 7 May 2010, Ayew was named to coach Milovan Rajevac's 30-man preliminary squad to participate in the 2010 FIFA World Cup. He was later named to the 23-man team to compete in the competition alongside his brother Ibrahim. On 12 June, Ayew made his FIFA World Cup debut in the team's opening group stage match against Serbia, starting ahead of the more experienced Sulley Muntari. He later started in the team's ensuing group stage matches against Australia and Germany. In the team's round of 16 match against the United States, Ayew assisted on the game-winning goal scored by Asamoah Gyan after sending a lob–pass into the United States defense, which Gyan collected and then converted. For his performance in the match, Ayew was named Man of the Match by FIFA. Ayew missed the team's quarter-final defeat on penalties to Uruguay due to yellow card accumulation. He went on to play in the 2012 Africa Cup of Nations, scoring against Mali and Tunisia, as the Black Stars finished in fourth place. In February 2013, Ayew retired from international football after a dispute with the Ghana Football Association. However, he returned to the team for a World Cup qualifier against Zambia on 6 September. He then went on to start in both legs of Ghana's 7–3 aggregate play-off defeat of Egypt to secure qualification to the 2014 FIFA World Cup. On 2 June 2014, Ayew was named in Ghana's squad for the World Cup. In the team's opening match, he scored an 82nd minute equalising goal against the United States in an eventual 2–1 defeat. He then scored the Black Stars' first goal in a 2–2 draw with Germany in their second group match. On 19 January 2015, Ayew scored Ghana's first goal of the 2015 Africa Cup of Nations in a 2–1 loss to Senegal. Ayew was born in Seclin, a commune in the arrondissement of Lille, to Ghanaian parents. Ayew comes from a family of footballers. His father, Abedi Pele, was a professional footballer and was playing for Lille at the time of his birth. He is the nephew of Kwame Ayew and Sola Ayew, both of whom are former international footballers. Ayew also has two brothers who are professional footballers; Ibrahim and Jordan, and a sister, Imani. Jordan currently plays for Crystal Palace and Ibrahim currently plays for Europa in Gibraltar. He is a practicing Muslim. On 26 July 2019, Ayew made donations to the Ghana under-20 team, which he captained to victory 10 years earlier. This was a move that was made to encourage and motivate the team ahead of the Africa games slated for the following month in Rabat, Morocco. Marseille Ghana U20 Ghana Individual, André Ayew 2022-12-10T03:58:08Z André Morgan Rami Ayew (/ˈɑːjuː/ ⓘ; born 17 December 1989), also known as Dede Ayew in Ghana, is a professional footballer who plays as a winger for Qatar Stars League club Al Sadd and captain of the Ghana national team. He is the second-born son of three-time African Footballer of the Year and FIFA 100 member Abedi "Pele" Ayew and has two brothers, Ibrahim and Jordan, who also are professional footballers. In 2011 Ayew was named the BBC African Footballer of the Year and Ghanaian Footballer of the Year. Ayew began his career in Ghana, playing for Nania, while debuting for the club at age 14. In 2005, he signed with his father's former club, Marseille, and spent two seasons in the club's youth academy before making his debut in the 2007–08 season. Ayew spent the following two seasons on loan with Lorient and Arles-Avignon, helping the latter team earn promotion to Ligue 1 for the first time. In 2010, he returned to Marseille and became an integral part of the first team under manager Didier Deschamps, making over 200 appearances and winning consecutive Trophée des Champions and Coupe de la Ligues in both 2010 and 2011. Ayew has been a full international for Ghana since 2008 and has earned over 110 caps. At youth level, he starred for and captained the under-20 team that won both the 2009 African Youth Championship and the 2009 FIFA U-20 World Cup. He has played in three FIFA World Cups (2010, 2014 and 2022), as well as seven Africa Cup of Nations (2008, 2010, 2012, 2015, 2017, 2019 and 2021), helping them finish runners-up in 2010 and 2015, and was top goalscorer at the latter tournament. Ayew began his career with 1860 München, where his father played. At the age of ten, Ayew was playing for Nania, where his father is club chairman, in Accra, Ghana. After four years of plying his trade in the club's youth academy, he was promoted to the team's senior squad at the age of 14. Despite being on the senior team, he still participated in youth-sanctioned events, such as the 2004 edition of the Altstetten U-19 Tournament, in which he was named one of the tournament's most famous players. Ayew played professional football at Nania for two seasons before departing the club and returning to France to play for his father's former club Marseille. Ayew joined the club on an aspirant ("trainee") contract and, upon his arrival, was put into the club's youth system and placed onto Marseille's first professional contract, agreeing to a three-year deal. He was officially promoted to the senior team and assigned the squad number 29 shirt. Ayew made his professional debut for Marseille on 15 August 2007 in a league match against Valenciennes, coming on as a substitute for Modeste M'bami in the 89th minute. Marseille lost the match 2–1. On 6 November, he made his UEFA Champions League debut against Portuguese champions Porto at the Estádio do Dragão, playing on the left wing in place of Bolo Zenden. Ayew played 77 minutes before being substituted out as Marseille were defeated 2–1. Ayew earned praise from the media for his performance of containing Porto right back José Bosingwa. Five days later, Ayew earned his first league start against Lyon at the Stade de Gerland. Ayew again featured in the team as Marseille pulled off a 2–1 victory. Ayew finished the season with 13 total appearances, nine in league play and two in cup play, in addition to two Champions League appearances. Ayew's first season with the club drew the attention of Premier League club Arsenal, who reportedly offered Marseille €6 million for the player. Marseille, however, denied the offer. For the 2008–09 season, Ayew switched to the squad number 8 shirt, though due to the arrival of attackers Hatem Ben Arfa, Sylvain Wiltord, Bakari Koné and Mamadou Samassa, he was deemed surplus to requirements for the season and was loaned out to fellow first division club Lorient for the season. Ayew was used by manager Christian Gourcuff as one of the team's focal points of the attack alongside Fabrice Abriel, Kevin Gameiro and Rafik Saïfi and made his debut on 16 August 2008, coming on as a substitute in a 0–0 draw against Lyon. On 27 September 2008, he scored his first professional goal after netting the opener in the team's 1–1 draw with Sochaux. A month later, he scored his second career goal in a 4–1 rout of Saint-Étienne. Despite the initial success, Ayew was limited throughout the league campaign to just appearing as a substitute. He finished the season with 22 league appearances and three goals and, on 30 June 2009, returned to Marseille. Two months later, on 31 August 2009, the last day of the transfer window, new manager Didier Deschamps confirmed that Ayew would be joining newly promoted Ligue 2 club Arles-Avignon on loan for the 2009–10 season. Ayew was given the number 10 shirt and his favorable right wing position. He made his debut with the club on 11 September, appearing as a substitute in a 1–1 draw with Angers. The following week, he scored his first goal for the club in a 4–2 defeat to Tours. He was ever present in the team's fall campaign, but due to the 2010 Africa Cup of Nations, he missed the month of January. Ayew returned to the team on 5 February 2010 and appeared as a starter in all of the team's matches for the rest of the campaign. On 9 April, with the team in the midst of a promotion battle, Ayew scored a double in the team's 2–1 victory over Le Havre. The following week, he struck again scoring the opener in the team's 1–1 draw with Guingamp. On 14 May, Arles-Avignon secured promotion to Ligue 1 following the team's 1–0 win over Clermont. Ayew started and played the entire match. He finished the campaign with Arles-Avignon appearing in 26 total matches and scoring four goals. After the successful league campaign with Arles-Avignon, on 16 May 2010, Marseille manager Didier Deschamps confirmed that Ayew would be returning to the team and that he will be earning some significant playing time with the club for the 2010–11 season. On 5 August, Ayew signed a three-year contract extension with Marseille. The new deal kept him at the club until June 2014. Despite the arrival of Loïc Rémy, Ayew was inserted as a starter by Deschamps and scored his first goal in the second league match of the season against Valenciennes in a 3–2 defeat. Following the international break in September, he scored a double against his former club Arles-Avignon in a 3–0 win. In the Coupe de la Ligue, Ayew scored goals in victories over Guingamp and Monaco in the Round of 16 and quarter-finals, respectively. On 20 November, he scored the only goal in a victory over Toulouse. Ayew scored the goal two minutes from time. On 27 April 2011, Ayew scored his first professional hat-trick in a 4–2 victory over Nice. His younger brother, Jordan, converted the other goal for Marseille in the win. Because of his outstanding performances throughout the season, Ayew was nominated for Ligue 1 Young Player of the Season, along with Marvin Martin and Yann M'Vila. He was voted Marseille's Best Player for the Season for 2010–11. Ayew was named in the squad for the 2011 Trophée des Champions match against Lille held on 27 July 2011 at the Stade de Tanger in Morocco. He scored a hat-trick, including two 90th minute penalties, ensuring Marseille a 5–4 victory. In December 2011, Ayew signed a one-year contract extension until 2015 with a release clause of €18 million. On 22 February 2012, Ayew scored a goal in the 93rd minute, in a 1–0 victory over Inter Milan in the 2011–12 UEFA Champions League round of 16 first leg. However, Marseille managed to qualify to the quarter-finals by winning on away goals rule, after drawing 2–2 on aggregate. On 4 April 2014, Ayew scored only his second hat-trick of his Marseille career, inspiring his club to a 3–1 league victory, their first in seven outings, over bottom club Ajaccio. On 10 June 2015, Premier League side Swansea City announced that Ayew had joined the club on a free transfer, signing a four-year contract with the Swans pending Premier League and international clearance. Ayew scored his first goal for the club on his debut against Chelsea on 8 August 2015 in a 2–2 draw. On 15 August 2015, Ayew scored his second goal in his second game for Swansea in their 2–0 victory against Newcastle United. He continued his form in the next league fixture against Manchester United, where he scored and created an assist. Ayew was named Premier League Player of the Month for August 2015 and also received Swansea's monthly award the GWFX Player of the Month for August after making an immediate impact, scoring three goals in his first four league appearances. On 8 August 2016, Ayew signed for West Ham United for a then club record fee of £20.5 million on a three-year contract, with the option of an extra two years. Ayew's debut game for West Ham, on 15 August 2016, against Chelsea, lasted 35 minutes before he was substituted after sustaining a thigh injury. He returned to first team action on 26 October 2016 in a 2–1 home win against Chelsea in the EFL Cup. On 26 December 2016 Ayew scored his first West Ham goal. Playing away at his former club, Swansea City, Ayew scored the first goal in a 4–1 West Ham win. Ayew left West Ham in January 2018 having scored 12 goals in 50 games in all competitions. On 31 January 2018, Ayew completed a deadline day return to former club Swansea City for a reported £18 million rising to £20 million with add-ons until the end of the 2020–21 season. In July 2018, Ayew joined Süper Lig club Fenerbahçe on a season-long loan. The deal reportedly included an option for the club to sign Ayew permanently at the end of the loan period. Ayew made his first appearance for Swansea since 2018, scoring two goals in a 3–1 win against Northampton Town in the EFL Cup on 13 August 2019. He was made deputy captain for the side on the first of November 2019. On 21 July 2021, Qatar Stars League club Al Sadd SC announced that they had reached an agreement to sign Ayew on a free transfer. He was expected to arrive in Doha the following morning to complete the routine procedures, followed by the signing of the contract and the official announcement. On 22 July, the club announced his transfer and unveiled him after he had signed a two-year contract with an option for an additional year. He was reportedly set to earn around $220,000 a month. He joined the club 39 years after his father Abedi Pele also signed and played for them in 1983. Due to having dual French and Ghanaian citizenship, Ayew was eligible for France and Ghana. He initially chose to represent France, citing the failed inquiries of the Ghana Football Association to contact him as his reason why, but declared Ghana to be his first option, citing his father. Ayew was subsequently called up and participated in a training camp with the France under-18 team. In 2007, he turned down several offers to play for the country's under-21 team. Ayew later warned the Ghana Football Association that he was on the verge of representing France at international level, stating, "At this moment there is only one choice to make because I have only received an invitation from one country and that is France." At the youth level, Ayew represented Ghana at under-20 level and captained the team to victory at both the 2009 African Youth Championship and the 2009 FIFA U-20 World Cup. At the African Youth Championship, Ayew scored two goals against Cameroon in the group stage and South Africa in the semi-finals. The 4–3 semi-final result progressed Ghana to the final where the team defeated group stage opponents Cameroon 2–0. The championship victory resulted in the team qualifying for the ensuing U-20 World Cup. In the tournament, Ayew scored twice against England in a 4–0 rout and the equalizing goal against South Africa in the round of 16. Ghana later won the match in extra time through a goal from Dominic Adiyiah. Ayew then captained the team to victories over the South Korea and Hungary in the quarter-finals and semi-finals, respectively, to reach the final where they faced Brazil. In the final, Ghana defeated the Brazilians 4–3 on penalties to win the U-20 World Cup. Ayew converted Ghana's first penalty in the shootout. On 7 August 2007, Ayew was called up for the first time by Ghana coach Claude Le Roy for the team's friendly match against Senegal on 21 August. He made his international debut in the match, appearing as a late-match substitute. On 11 January 2008, Ayew was named to the Ghana squad to play in the 2008 Africa Cup of Nations. Ayew made his second major international tournament appearance by appearing at the 2010 Africa Cup of Nations. On 19 January 2010, in the team's final group stage match against Burkina Faso, he scored his first international goal in 30th minute with a header. Ghana won the match 1–0 and reached the final where they were defeated 1–0 by Egypt. Ayew appeared in all five matches the team contested. On 7 May 2010, Ayew was named to coach Milovan Rajevac's 30-man preliminary squad to participate in the 2010 FIFA World Cup. He was later named to the 23-man team to compete in the competition alongside his brother Ibrahim. On 12 June, Ayew made his FIFA World Cup debut in the team's opening group stage match against Serbia, starting ahead of the more experienced Sulley Muntari. He later started in the team's ensuing group stage matches against Australia and Germany. In the team's round of 16 match against the United States, Ayew assisted on the game-winning goal scored by Asamoah Gyan after sending a lob–pass into the United States defense, which Gyan collected and then converted. For his performance in the match, Ayew was named Man of the Match by FIFA. Ayew missed the team's quarter-final defeat on penalties to Uruguay due to yellow card accumulation. He went on to play in the 2012 Africa Cup of Nations, scoring against Mali and Tunisia, as the Black Stars finished in fourth place. In February 2013, Ayew retired from international football after a dispute with the Ghana Football Association. However, he returned to the team for a World Cup qualifier against Zambia on 6 September. He then went on to start in both legs of Ghana's 7–3 aggregate play-off defeat of Egypt to secure qualification to the 2014 FIFA World Cup. On 2 June 2014, Ayew was named in Ghana's squad for the World Cup. In the team's opening match, he scored an 82nd minute equalising goal against the United States in an eventual 2–1 defeat. He then scored the Black Stars' first goal in a 2–2 draw with Germany in their second group match. On 19 January 2015, Ayew scored Ghana's first goal of the 2015 Africa Cup of Nations in a 2–1 loss to Senegal. Ayew is currently the captain of the Black Stars. On 3 January 2022, Ayew was named in Ghana's 28-man final squad for the delayed 2021 Africa Cup of Nations. Ghana lost their first match at the tournament against Morocco, which Ayew played the full 90 minutes. He would however score a goal in Ghana's second group game, a 1–1 draw against Gabon. In Ghana's third game Ayew was sent off during the course of an unexpected 3–2 defeat to the Comoros, with Ghana finishing bottom of their group of four. Ayew helped Ghana qualify for the 2022 World Cup, where they were placed in Group H. His participation at the tournament made Ayew the only Ghanaian player to feature at the nation's last three World Cups. In Ghana's first game of the group stage, Ayew scored his side's first goal of the competition, equalizing in the 73rd minute to bring the score to 1–1 during the course of an eventual 3–2 defeat against Portugal. Following a 3–2 victory over South Korea, Ghana required a win or draw in their final group match against Uruguay to advance, and were awarded an early penalty, taken by Ayew. However, Ayew would see his attempt saved, and Uruguay went on to score twice in the first half. At half-time, Ayew and his brother Jordan were both substituted, but the scoreline finished unchanged at 2–0, to send Ghana home in fourth place in their group. Ayew was born in Seclin, a commune in the arrondissement of Lille, to Ghanaian parents. His grandfather from his mother Maha's side, Alhaji A.A. Khadir, is Lebanese. Ayew comes from a family of footballers. His father, Abedi Pele, was a professional footballer and was playing for Lille at the time of his birth. He is the nephew of Kwame Ayew and Sola Ayew, both of whom are former international footballers. Ayew also has two brothers who are professional footballers; Ibrahim and Jordan, and a sister, Imani. Jordan currently plays for Crystal Palace and Ibrahim currently plays for Europa in Gibraltar. He is a practising Muslim. On 26 July 2019, Ayew made donations to the Ghana under-20 team, which he captained to victory 10 years earlier. This was a move that was made to encourage and motivate the team ahead of the Africa games slated for the following month in Rabat, Morocco. Marseille Al Sadd Ghana U20 Ghana Individual

1993_World_Championships_in_Athletics_–_Men's_10,000_metres

1993_World_Championships_in_Athletics_–_Men's_10,000_metres 2009-12-02T01:09:40Z The men's 10,000 metres event featured at the 1993 World Championships in Stuttgart, Germany. There were a total number of 36 participating athletes, with two qualifying heats and the final being held on 22 August 1993., 1993_World_Championships_in_Athletics_–_Men's_10,000_metres 2011-09-22T00:21:15Z The men's 10,000 metres event featured at the 1993 World Championships in Stuttgart, Germany. There were a total number of 36 participating athletes, with two qualifying heats and the final being held on 22 August 1993.

Vinessa Antoine

Vinessa Antoine 2019-01-01T23:45:57Z Vinessa Antoine (born July 21, 1983) is a Canadian television actress, best known for her roles as Judith Winters in the CBC series Being Erica, and as Jordan Ashford in the ABC daytime soap opera, General Hospital. A native to Toronto, Ontario, Antoine grew up with her younger brother and parents in the suburbs of Toronto. She started studying classical ballet at age 4. At age 18, she studied for three years with the Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater. She also toured with P. Diddy for six months. In her final year at Ailey, Antoine decided to focus her studies on acting. Antoine is best known for her roles on Canadian television. She was a regular cast member on the CBC series Being Erica from 2009 to 2011 as Judith Winters. She also had recurring roles on Haven and Heartland. In 2014, Antoine joined the cast of ABC daytime soap opera, General Hospital as Jordan Ashford. On July 16, 2018, Antoine announced through a social media platform, Instagram, that she is leaving General Hospital. Antoine is a mother of two boys and lives in Los Angeles, California. She is currently dating General Hospital co-star Anthony Montgomery. , Vinessa Antoine 2020-10-05T05:49:05Z Vinessa Antoine (born July 21, 1983) is a Canadian television actress. She is best known for her roles as Judith Winters in the CBC comedy-drama Being Erica; Jordan Ashford in the ABC soap opera General Hospital; and Marcie Diggs in the CBC drama Diggstown. A native to Toronto, Ontario, Antoine grew up with her younger brother and parents in the suburbs of Toronto. She started studying classical ballet at age 4. At age 18, she studied for three years with the Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater. She also toured with P. Diddy for six months. In her final year at Ailey, Antoine decided to focus her studies on acting. Antoine is best known for her roles on Canadian television. She was a regular cast member on the CBC series Being Erica from 2009 to 2011 as Judith Winters. She also had recurring roles on Haven and Heartland. In 2014, Antoine joined the cast of ABC daytime soap opera, General Hospital as Jordan Ashford. On July 16, 2018, Antoine announced that she was leaving General Hospital. Antoine is a mother of two boys and lives in Los Angeles, California.

Marc Menchaca

Marc Menchaca 2019-06-18T13:15:53Z Marc Menchaca was born October 10, 1975 in San Angelo, Texas. Known mainly for being an actor, Menchaca was co-director, co-writer and lead actor of the, 2013 Heartland Film Festival Award Winning movie “This Is Where We Live”, awarded best actor at the Breckenridge Film Festival in 2016 for his lead role in the film “Reparation”. He has regular roles on TV in Ozark (TV series) in 2018, and The Outsider in 2019. Menchaca was a student at the Central High School (San Angelo, Texas), where his first taste of appearing on a stage was as a volunteer to a hypnotist. After graduating, Menchaca took a business major at the Texas A&M University, obtaining a bachelor’s degree in English, also where he acted in his first play. Menchaca attended a summer acting programme at the Circle in the Square Theatre School in Broadway (Manhattan) before deciding to pursue an acting career in his twenties. Menchaca was co-director, co-writer and lead actor of the, 2013 Heartland Film Festival Award Winning movie “This Is Where We Live”, ”, In 2016, Menchaca played a lead role as Bob Stevens a veteran struggling with memory loss, in the Kyle Ham, directed film “Reparation”. Menchaca powerhouse performance earned best actor at the Breckonridge Film Festival, with the film receiving a further 10 film festival awards, including the Austin Film Festival ‘s “Audience Choice prize”, and ”Best Film” at the Santa Fe Film Festival. in the 2018 Netflix television series Ozark , Menchaca played a recurring role as Russ Langmore, a man struggling to suppress his inner gay, the father of Wyatt and Three, uncle of Ruth, brother to Boyd and Cade. ”. Menchaca will appear again on our TV screens with Jason Bateman in 2019, in the upcoming Stephen King TV Horror series The Outsider where he plays Jack Hoskins for all 10 episodes. , Marc Menchaca 2020-12-24T01:44:05Z Marc Menchaca (born October 10, 1975 in San Angelo, Texas) is an American actor. Menchaca was also co-director, co-writer and lead actor of the 2013 Heartland Film Festival Award Winning movie This Is Where We Live, awarded best actor at the Breckenridge Film Festival in 2016 for his lead role in the film Reparation. Menchaca has been a regular on the television screen lately (2019) in The Sinner and Ozark in 2018, and Manifest and The Outsider in 2019. Menchaca was a student at Central High School, where his first taste of appearing on a stage was as a volunteer to a hypnotist. After graduating, Menchaca attended Texas A&M University, obtaining a bachelor's degree in English, also where he acted in his first play. Menchaca attended a summer acting program at the Circle in the Square Theatre School in Broadway (Manhattan) before deciding to pursue an acting career in his twenties. Menchaca is an alumnus of the William Esper Studio for the performing arts in Manhattan, New York City. Menchaca was co-director, co-writer and lead actor of the 2013 Heartland Film Festival Award Winning movie This Is Where We Live, In 2016, Menchaca played a lead role as Bob Stevens a veteran struggling with memory loss, in the Kyle Ham-directed film Reparation. His performance earned him the best actor award at the Breckenridge Film Festival, with the film receiving a further 10 film festival awards, including the Austin Film Festival ‘s “Audience Choice prize”, and ”Best Film” at the Santa Fe Film Festival. In the 2018 Netflix television series Ozark, Menchaca played a recurring role as Russ Langmore, a man struggling to suppress his homosexuality, the father of Wyatt and Three, uncle of Ruth, brother to Boyd and Cade. Menchaca has regular recent roles on television in The Sinner and Manifest. Menchaca appeared again on TV with Jason Bateman in 2019, in the Stephen King horror miniseries The Outsider portraying Jack Hoskins for all 10 episodes.

Mary_Hatcher

Mary_Hatcher 2008-09-02T05:51:58Z Born on June 6, 1929 in Haines City, Florida, Mary Hatcher is an American singer and actress whose screen career spanned the years from 1946 to 1951. During that time she appeared in eight films, mostly in credited roles and several times as leading lady. At the time of Mary's birth, her father Frank was employed by the Polk Company, a large citrus canning firm owned by Ralph Polk Sr. When the company relocated to Tampa, Florida, the Hatcher family followed. Mary grew up in Tampa, attending Gorrie Elementary and Woodrow Wilson Junior High, where she often sang at student assemblies (her favorite song being "Alice Blue Gown). Her father's employer Ralph Polk was impressed with young Mary's singing talent, and provided funds so that she could obtain professional voice training. In 1937 at age 8, she began music lessons with Frank Grasso, a popular Florida band leader who was also musical director at Tampa's WFLA radio. Before long, she was singing for local radio broadcasts. Her first public performance was a singing engagement at Tampa's Latin-American Fiesta in 1940. During the early months of World War II, Mary sang at a number of events in Tampa to raise money for British War Relief. In 1941 her mother took her to New York City, where she performed at Carnegie Hall. While in New York, continued financial aid from Mr. Polk enabled Mary to obtain vocal instruction from the Juilliard School of Music. By 1944, the Hatcher family had moved to California, and in August that year Paramount Pictures signed Mary to a seven-year contract. In 1945, Paramount "loaned" Hatcher to the Theatre Guild of New York to play the role of Laurie in a road show version of the musical Oklahoma!. In 1946 she made her first film appearance, an uncredited role as a chorus girl in Paramount's Till the Clouds Roll By. Her first credited screen role came later that year when she played Dibs Downing in Our Hearts Were Growing Up. She had another uncredited role in the 1947 film The Trouble With Women. Later in 1947 Mary's career got a major boost when the studio gave her the title role in Paramount's all-star revue Variety Girl. The film's sketchy plot followed the exploits of two young women trying to break into the movies. Their adventures on the Paramount lot provided a frame for short cameo performances by practically every player the studio had under contract, including stars like Bing Crosby, Bob Hope, Gary Cooper, Paulette Goddard, and Burt Lancaster. In September, Hatcher returned to Tampa for a gala opening of the film at the Tampa Theatre. Crowds turned out to honor their home-town movie star, and Tampa mayor Curtis Hixon presented Mary with a golden key to the city. In 1948, Hatcher was featured as Veronica Lake's sister in the rather forgettable musical Isn't It Romantic? Mary's show business career reached its high point in 1949. That year she starred in two pictures, first in The Big Wheel, an auto racing action film with Mickey Rooney and Thomas Mitchell, then opposite Desi Arnaz in the Latin musical frolic Holiday in Havana. Also in 1949, she appeared on Broadway as Dallas Smith, the female lead in Johnny Mercer's musical Texas, L'il Darlin, which opened to a mixed reception and closed after a medium-length run of 293 performances. Mary Hatcher visited Tampa in 1950 to perform with her husband, comedian Herkie Styles (1921-1986), at the roof-top dinner club of the city's posh Bayshore Royal Hotel. The local press described formerly-brunette Mary as "very blond," noting that she had recently been singing with Howard Keel in the extended Broadway run of Oklahoma!. In February 1951, Mary was a headliner at the El Rancho Vegas Hotel in Las Vegas on a bill including Herkie Styles and Benny Goodman. In 1951-52, she starred as Maid Marion in Tales of Robin Hood, a film which reportedly was the pilot for a projected but never-realized television series. That, unfortunately, is where the narrative of Mary Hatcher's career ends at present. After a promising start in show business, she seems to vanish from public view around 1952; or at least from the view of readily accessible print and electronic resources. Her husband Herkie Styles died in 1986, but the question "Whatever happened to Mary Hatcher?" remains unanswered. Mary Hatcher at IMDb Mary Hatcher Filmography for the New York Times Hawes, Leland. "Whatever Happened to Tampa Starlet?" Tampa Tribune, Baylife Section, p. 10, 2/4/2001., Mary_Hatcher 2009-06-02T13:17:33Z Mary Hatcher (born on June 6, 1929 in Haines City, Florida) is an American singer and actress whose screen career spanned the years from 1946 to 1951. During that time she appeared in eight films, mostly in credited roles and several times as leading lady. At the time of Mary's birth, her father Frank was employed by the Polk Company, a large citrus canning firm owned by Ralph Polk Sr. When the company relocated to Tampa, Florida, the Hatcher family followed. Mary grew up in Tampa, attending Gorrie Elementary and Woodrow Wilson Junior High, where she often sang at student assemblies (her favorite song being "Alice Blue Gown). Her father's employer Ralph Polk was impressed with young Mary's singing talent, and provided funds so that she could obtain professional voice training. In 1937 at age 8, she began music lessons with Frank Grasso, a popular Florida band leader who was also musical director at Tampa's WFLA radio. Before long, she was singing for local radio broadcasts. Her first public performance was a singing engagement at Tampa's Latin-American Fiesta in 1940. During the early months of World War II, Mary sang at a number of events in Tampa to raise money for British War Relief. In 1941 her mother took her to New York City, where she performed at Carnegie Hall. While in New York, continued financial aid from Mr. Polk enabled Mary to obtain vocal instruction from the Juilliard School of Music. By 1944, the Hatcher family had moved to California, and in August that year Paramount Pictures signed Mary to a seven-year contract. In 1945, Paramount "loaned" Hatcher to the Theatre Guild of New York to play the role of Laurie in a road show version of the musical Oklahoma! . In 1946 she made her first film appearance, an uncredited role as a chorus girl in Paramount's Till the Clouds Roll By. Her first credited screen role came later that year when she played Dibs Downing in Our Hearts Were Growing Up. She had another uncredited role in the 1947 film The Trouble With Women. Later in 1947 Mary's career got a major boost when the studio gave her the title role in Paramount's all-star revue Variety Girl. The film's sketchy plot followed the exploits of two young women trying to break into the movies. Their adventures on the Paramount lot provided a frame for short cameo performances by practically every player the studio had under contract, including stars like Bing Crosby, Bob Hope, Gary Cooper, Paulette Goddard, and Burt Lancaster. In September, Hatcher returned to Tampa for a gala opening of the film at the Tampa Theatre. Crowds turned out to honor their home-town movie star, and Tampa mayor Curtis Hixon presented Mary with a golden key to the city. In 1948, Hatcher was featured as Veronica Lake's sister in the rather forgettable musical Isn't It Romantic? Mary's show business career reached its high point in 1949. That year she starred in two pictures, first in The Big Wheel, an auto racing action film with Mickey Rooney and Thomas Mitchell, then opposite Desi Arnaz in the Latin musical frolic Holiday in Havana. Also in 1949, she appeared on Broadway as Dallas Smith, the female lead in Johnny Mercer's musical Texas, L'il Darlin, which opened to a mixed reception and closed after a medium-length run of 293 performances. Mary Hatcher visited Tampa in 1950 to perform with her husband, comedian Herkie Styles (1921-1986), at the roof-top dinner club of the city's posh Bayshore Royal Hotel. The local press described formerly-brunette Mary as "very blond," noting that she had recently been singing with Howard Keel in the extended Broadway run of Oklahoma! . In February 1951, Mary was a headliner at the El Rancho Vegas Hotel in Las Vegas on a bill including Herkie Styles and Benny Goodman. In 1951-52, she starred as Maid Marion in Tales of Robin Hood, a film which reportedly was the pilot for a projected but never-realized television series. That, unfortunately, is where the narrative of Mary Hatcher's career ends at present. After a promising start in show business, she seems to vanish from public view around 1952; or at least from the view of readily accessible print and electronic resources. Her husband Herkie Styles died in 1986, but the question "Whatever happened to Mary Hatcher?" remains unanswered. Mary Hatcher Filmography for the New York Times Hawes, Leland. "Whatever Happened to Tampa Starlet?" Tampa Tribune, Baylife Section, p. 10, 2/4/2001.

Mary Elizabeth McGlynn

Mary Elizabeth McGlynn 2012-01-07T18:34:19Z Mary Elizabeth McGlynn (born October 16, 1966) is an American voice actress, ADR director, writer, and singer best known for her extensive English-language dubbing of various anime, and her singing in multiple games from the Silent Hill series, as well as the movie adaptation and Dance Dance Revolution EXTREME. She has also had several movie roles. She is married to noted voice actor Daran Norris. Mary was a counselor at the Interlochen Arts Camp in Intelochen, Michigan. She is also the winner of an American Anime Award. Mary Elizabeth McGlynn has also been credited as Melissa Williamson and Anna Top. She has been the English counterpart of Atsuko Tanaka at least four times: both of them have played Jagura in Wolf's Rain, Rosso the Crimson in Dirge of Cerberus -Final Fantasy VII-, Motoko Kusanagi in the Ghost in the Shell series, and Cassandra in Reign: The Conqueror. She was a Guest of Honor at Anime Expo 2007, Long Beach, and won the 2007 American Anime Award for Best Female Voice Actress for her role as Major Motoko Kusanagi in Ghost In The Shell: Stand Alone Complex. , Mary Elizabeth McGlynn 2013-12-27T04:32:18Z Mary Elizabeth McGlynn (born October 16, 1966) is an American voice actress, ADR director, writer, and singer best known for her extensive English-language dubbing of various anime, and her singing in multiple games from the Silent Hill series, as well as the movie adaptation and Dance Dance Revolution EXTREME. She has also had several movie roles. She is married to noted voice actor Daran Norris. Mary was a counselor at the Interlochen Arts Camp in Intelochen, Michigan. She is also the winner of an American Anime Award. Mary Elizabeth McGlynn has also been credited as Melissa Williamson and Anna Top. She has been the English counterpart of Atsuko Tanaka at least four times: both of them have played Jaguara in Wolf's Rain, Rosso the Crimson in Dirge of Cerberus -Final Fantasy VII-, Motoko Kusanagi in the Ghost in the Shell series, and Cassandra in Reign: The Conqueror. She was a Guest of Honor at Anime Expo 2007, Long Beach, and won the 2007 American Anime Award for Best Female Voice Actress for her role as Major Motoko Kusanagi in Ghost In The Shell: Stand Alone Complex.

United States congressional delegations from Oklahoma

United States congressional delegations from Oklahoma 2014-01-10T10:20:11Z These are tables of congressional delegations from Oklahoma to the United States Senate and United States House of Representatives. After the 1910 census, Oklahoma gained three seats. From 1913 to 1915, these extra seats were represented At-large. After 1915, all the seats were represented by districts. After the 1930 census, Oklahoma had its most seats, nine. The ninth seat represented the state At-large. After the 1940 census, the At-large seat was eliminated. , United States congressional delegations from Oklahoma 2015-09-26T04:20:17Z These are tables of congressional delegations from Oklahoma to the United States House of Representatives and the United States Senate. List of members of the Oklahoman United States House delegation, their terms in office, district boundaries, and the district political ratings according to the CPVI. The delegation has a total of 5 members, all of whom are members of the Republican party. Tables showing membership in the Oklahoma federal House delegation throughout history of statehood in the United States. After the 1910 census, Oklahoma gained three seats. From 1913 to 1915, these extra seats were represented At-large. After 1915, all the seats were represented by districts. After the 1930 census, Oklahoma had its most seats, nine. The ninth seat represented the state At-large. After the 1940 census, the At-large seat was eliminated. Per WP:PSEUDOHEADING fake headings should not be used in articles. Tables showing membership in the Oklahoma federal Senate delegation throughout history of statehood in the United States. As of April 2015, there are three former U.S. Senators from the U.S. State of Oklahoma who are currently living at this time, two from Class 2 and one from Class 3. year nav