Yang Woo-suk

Yang Woo-suk (born October 24, 1969) is a South Korean film director and manhwaga. His first film was the critical and commercial hit The Attorney (2013).

Career
Born in Seoul in 1969, Yang Woo-suk graduated from Korea University with degrees in English Literature and Philosophy. He became a cartoonist, writing webtoons such as If Thou Must Love Me (2008-2009) and Steel Rain (2011-2012).

Yang also began working in the film industry mainly as a producer for the companies MBC Productions, SK Independence, and All That Story, doing such tasks as production planning, investment supervision and recruiting new directors. He became interested in film technology and taught himself about HD and CGI; he produced the HD film Desire in 2004 and became the creative planning director at computer graphics company Locus.

Yang's debut as a filmmaker came relatively late in life in his mid-forties, when he co-wrote and directed courtroom drama The Attorney, a fictionalized account of former South Korean president Roh Moo-hyun's early years as a human rights lawyer in 1980s Busan. It was loosely based on the "Burim" case of 1981, when the Chun Doo-hwan regime arrested without warrants 22 students and teachers who belonged to a book-reading club on charges that they were North Korea sympathizers. Yang said, "I am interested in films that tell stories of people who struggle hard to stick to their beliefs when they come into conflict with outside environments. [...] I wanted to grasp the very moment when a man dramatically and radically changed." At first Yang had difficulty getting funding for a film with real-life historical figures given the sensitive political climate, but those pre-production budgetary woes eased when top actor Song Kang-ho was cast as the protagonist. Released in late 2013, The Attorney became an unexpected box office sensation, drawing 11,375,954 admissions as it reminded older viewers of the country's politically charged past and provided younger viewers with a window into that era. It became the ninth film in Korean cinema history to reach 10 million admissions, and became (at the time) the 8th highest grossing Korean film of all time. The Attorney received multiple awards and nominations domestically, particularly for Song who received rave reviews for his performance. Notably, it won four awards at the 35th Blue Dragon Film Awards, including Best Film, Best Actor for Song, Best Supporting Actress for Kim Young-ae, and Popular Star Award for Yim Si-wan. Yang also won several Best New Director prizes, from the 19th Chunsa Film Art Awards, the 50th Baeksang Arts Awards (where Song won the Grand Prize and The Attorney won Best Film), the 14th Director's Cut Awards, the 34th Korean Association of Film Critics Awards, and the 51st Grand Bell Awards (where Yang also won Best Screenplay).

Filmography
Desire (2004) - producer, editing department
The Attorney (2013) - director, screenwriter, planner
Steel Rain (2017) - director, screenwriter

Webtoons
If Thou Must Love Me (2008-2009)
V (2009)
Steel Rain (2011-2012)

Awards
2014 19th Chunsa Film Art Awards: Best New Director (The Attorney)
2014 50th Baeksang Arts Awards: Best New Director (The Attorney)
2014 14th Director's Cut Awards: Best New Director (The Attorney)
2014 34th Korean Association of Film Critics Awards: Best New Director (The Attorney)
2014 51st Grand Bell Awards: Best New Director; Best Screenplay (The Attorney)


Varaždin Arena

Varaždin Arena is a multi-use indoor arena in Varaždin, Croatia. It is used mostly for team handball and basketball matches.  The stadium has a capacity of 5,400 people.  It was used as one of the venues during the 2009 World Men's Handball Championship.  It hosted all the Group C matches which consisted of Germany, Macedonia, Algeria, Poland, Russia and Algeria.

The arena was officially opened on 6 December 2008.

The arena has played host to various events other than sports, such as dancing championships, various expos, school affiliated events, circuses, auto-shows, and concerts.  In its short history the arena hosted numerous artists such as: Đorđe Balašević, Zdravko Čolić, Limp Bizkit, Mišo Kovač,  Dino Merlin, Plavi Orkestar, Gibonni, Bambi Molesters, Halid Bešlić, Crvena Jabuka and Parni Valjak.

Concerts & Events
 Tony Cetinski performed a concert during the Karlovačko Live 2012 - December 26, 2012
 Lijepom našom HRT television music show held the filming event  - December 5, 2012
 Gregorian (band) performed a concert during their Epic Chants World Tour 2013 - April 5, 2013
 2Cellos  performed a concert  - June  1, 2013
 Les Misérables (Jadnici) the musical was performed  - September  27, 2013
 Severina Vučković performed a sold out concert during her Dobrodošao u Klub Tour  - November 8, 2013
 Goran Bregović performed a concert promoting his album Champagne for the Gypsies  - November 30, 2013
 Klape i Tamburaši performed a joined concert - December 6, 2013
 Neno Belan & Fiumens held a Big Christmas concert  - December 20, 2013

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Dobrava, Izola

Dobrava (; ) is a settlement on the Adriatic coast in the Municipality of Izola in the Littoral region of Slovenia.


Frank Kitto

Sir Frank Walters Kitto,  (30 July 1903 – 15 February 1994), Australian judge, was a Justice of the High Court of Australia.

Early life and education
Kitto was born in Melbourne in 1903, but his family moved to Sydney, when his father, James Kitto, became the Deputy Director of Posts and Telegraphs in New South Wales. There, he was educated at North Sydney Boys' High School. He later studied at the University of Sydney, where he graduated with a Bachelor of Arts and a Bachelor of Laws with Honours, while also winning a Pitt Cobbett Prize in the Faculty of Law.

Career
From 1921 to 1927, Kitto worked for the Solicitor-General of New South Wales, and after this time he was admitted to the New South Wales Bar, where he practised as a barrister. His specialities were equity and Australian constitutional law. From 1930 to 1933 he was a lecturer at the University of Sydney, teaching bankruptcy and probate law in the Sydney law school. In 1932, while still a junior counsel, he appeared for the Government of New South Wales in Trethowan's case, which concerned Premier Jack Lang's attempt to abolish the New South Wales Legislative Council. The case was argued through the Supreme Court of New South Wales, the High Court and then finally to the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council.

As a lawyer, Kitto often argued both alongside and against Garfield Barwick, then a King's Counsel and later Chief Justice of Australia. In the banks nationalisation case, Kitto and Barwick argued for the banks, in another case which went to the Privy Council. Kitto's work in defeating the Chifley government's attempt to nationalise the banks was rewarded by the opposing Menzies government two years later by an appointment to the bench of the High Court on 10 May 1950. Kitto was the first person appointed to the Court who had been born after Federation. At his swearing in, Kitto remarked:
"[Australia's] future will be influenced in no small degree by the quality of the work we do in upholding the rule of law and proving its worth and effectiveness in the development of a nation in whose righteousness must lie its greatness."

Kitto had a complicated writing style, but his judgments were generally highly regarded for being well founded in legal principle. The former High Court Justice Michael Kirby considers that Kitto's judgment in the Communist Party case, delivered less than a year after his appointment to the court, remains one of his finest, primarily because of his unwavering support for the rule of law and for the Constitution.

In 1963, Kitto was appointed to the Privy Council. Kitto resigned from the High Court on 1 August 1970, and was subsequently appointed Chancellor of the University of New England, having been Deputy Chancellor since 1968. He continued as Chancellor until 1981. Kitto also served as the inaugural Chairman of the Australian Press Council from 1976 to 1982. Kitto was awarded an honorary Doctorate of Laws from the University of Sydney, and an honorary Doctorate of Letters from the University of New England. Students at colleges of the University of New England compete for the Sir Frank Kitto Trophy, which is awarded for excellence in cultural pursuits.

Personal life
In 1927, he married Eleanor May Howard and subsequently they had four daughters, Kathleen, Margaret, Lindsay (Lyn) and Elizabeth (Liz).

He died in 1994, in Armidale, New South Wales, at the age of 90.

The Kitto family is of Cornish origin; the meaning of the name is "Christopher's (Kit's) children".

Honours
In 1983, Kitto was made a Companion of the Order of Australia, having previously been knighted as a Knight Commander of the Order of the British Empire in 1955.

An annual lecture at the University of New England (Australia), which is in Armidale, is named after Kitto.


Megan Good

Megan Good (born October 13, 1995) is an American, former collegiate 4-time All-American, right-handed hitting softball pitcher, originally from Mount Sidney, Virginia. She attended Fort Defiance High School in Fort Defiance, Virginia. She later attended James Madison University, where she pitched for the James Madison Dukes softball team. She would go on to be named a 4-time First Team All-Colonial Athletic Association conference, Rookie of The Year, 4-time Pitcher of The Year and also Player of The Year in 2017. She is the career Triple Crown pitching leader for the Dukes as well as the ERA record holder for the CAA conference. She played for the USSSA Pride after being drafted to the NPF 10th overall. She would go on to win the Cowles Cup Championship with the team in her rookie year.

James Madison Dukes
Good started her freshman campaign being named a CAA First-Team selectee, Rookie of The Year and National Fastpitch Coaches Association Second Team All-American. She would set a career high in doubles and threw two no-hitters. Good debuted on February 14, she fanned 14 Maine Black Bears to set a career best in strikeouts for a regulation game. She would also start one of two career streaks on both sides of the plate beginning with this win, she proceeded to win 26 more straight games before losing to the Hofstra Pride on May 7. For that streak, Good allowed 90 hits, 23 earned runs, 27 walks and struck out 149 in 152.2 innings pitched for a 1.05 ERA and 0.77 WHIP. Then on February 27 she began a 12-game hit streak, hitting .488 (20/41) and tallying 11 RBIs, two home runs, striking out just once. In a game on March 13 vs. the UIC Flames, Good also had a career best 4 hits at the plate. On April 26, Good no-hit the Elon Phoenix.

As a sophomore, Good captured another First Team All-CAA, CAA Pitcher of The Year and her first First-Team NFCA All-American honors. Good earned a conference pitching Triple Crown for leading in wins, ERA and strikeouts that year. She would throw a perfect game on April 17 against the Drexel Dragons. Later on May 13, she would walk three times in winning the CAA championship over the Towson Tigers for a career high.

Good repeated exact honors from her previous year but added a Player of The Year award, a first for the CAA conference to have a dual winner to accompany a second pitching Triple Crown. She was the recipient of the 2017 NFCA Player of The Year and also was named a finalist for USA Collegiate Player of The Year. The Duke set career bests in wins, strikeouts, shutouts, ERA, WHIP, strikeout ratio (7.7), batting average, hits and RBIs, also firing a no-hitter. She would also set the school season pitching Triple Crown records. Beginning on February 17, she would end a win over the Oklahoma State Cowgirls with 3.2 shutout innings and continue to not allow a run until the third inning of a win against the East Carolina Pirates on March 11. Good surrendered 20 hits, 10 walks and struck out 99 batters in 70.1 innings for a 0.43 WHIP during one of the best shutout streaks in NCAA history.

After taking 2018 to recovery from a leg injury, Good returned in 2019 and achieved her fourth First Team All-CAA and third Pitcher of The Year. She also had her fourth NFCA recognition, this time to the Third Team. The senior set personal bests in home runs, slugging percentage and walks. Good opened the season throwing a victory against the Oregon Ducks for her 100th win. On March 23, Good belted two home runs to drive in 7 RBIs in a run-rule over the Elon Phoenix. Tossing a 9-inning shutout, Good set a new school record with 17 strikeouts against the Towson Tigers on March 31. The Dukes made their fourth straight NCAA tournament appearance, losing to the eventual champions the UCLA Bruins with Good pitching for three innings and collecting two hits in her final collegiate game.

Good would end her career leading James Madison in wins, strikeouts, ERA and WHIP. She owns the CAA record for ERA, including the national 2019 class ERA crown.

Statistics

James Madison Dukes


1950 Primera División de Chile

The 1950 Campeonato Nacional de Fútbol Profesional was Chilean first tier’s 18th season. Everton were the champions, being the first team from outside Santiago to win the national league.

Previous to the start of the tournament Ferroviarios and Badminton merged to form Ferrobadminton.

The tournament was played in a Round-robin tournament system.

League table

Championship playoff
Everton and Unión Española ended up tied in points at the end of the 22 weeks of regular season. Tournament rules establish that, unlike any other position on the table, if two or more teams are equal in points at the end of play, goal difference does not count and a playoff game is required. Everton won that match and was crowned as champion.

Sources
 Chile 1950 (RSSSF)

1950
Chile
Primera


Pierre Aubry

Pierre Aubry (born April 15, 1960) is a Canadian former professional ice hockey left winger who played five seasons in the National Hockey League for the Quebec Nordiques and Detroit Red Wings from 1980–81 to 1984–85.

Aubry played 202 career NHL games, scoring twenty four goals and twenty-six assists for fifty points. He also played twenty career playoff games, scoring one goal and one assist.

Family
Aubry's son, Louis-Marc (born 1991), was selected by the Detroit Red Wings in the third round of the 2010 NHL Entry Draft. Louis-Marc is currently playing with the Grand Rapids Griffins of the American Hockey League.


Rohl

Rohl or Röhl is a surname, and may refer to:

 Christoph Röhl (born 1967), British-German filmmaker
 David Rohl (born 1950), British Egyptologist
 Edwin Rohl (1908–1996), American legislator
 Elisabeth Röhl (1888–1930), German politician
 Gisela Röhl, German racing cyclist
 John C. G. Röhl (born 1938), British historian
 Kacey Rohl (born 1991), Canadian actress
 Klaus Rainer Röhl (born 1928), German journalist and author
 Maria Röhl (1801–1875), Swedish portrait artist
 Michael Rohl, Canadian TV director
 Michelle Rohl (born 1965), American race-walker


Culpho

Culpho (pronounced Cul-fo) is a hamlet and civil parish in the East Suffolk district of Suffolk, about  northeast of the centre of Ipswich and  west of Woodbridge.

Culpho's population is less than 100, so the Office for National Statistics includes it in the total for the civil parish of Grundisburgh for the 2011 census. Other neighbouring villages include Great Bealings, Westerfield, and Playford.

Toponym
The earliest known record of the toponym is Culfole in the Domesday Book of 1086, which list the population as 22 households. In 12th-century records it appears as Colfho in 1168, Culfou in 1169 and Culfo in 1175. A pipe roll of 1178 records it as Culfho and an entry in the Book of Fees for 1250 records it as Colvesho. It is derived from Old English, probably meaning "Cūþwulf's hōh" (hōh = "spur of land").

Parish church
The earliest parts of the Church of England parish church of St Botolph include the chancel, which is 13th-century. The nave has 14th-century features including a doorway and windows. There is also a 14th-century piscina in the chancel. The baptismal font is 15th-century. The church has a southwest tower with the porch built into its ground stage. The nave roof was rebuilt with new timbers in the 17th century.

The church was restored in 1884. It is a grade II* listed building.

St Botolph's church was granted to the Premonstratensian Leiston Abbey in the 13th century. The parish is now part of a shared benefice with Great Bealings, Little Bealings and Playford.

Thankful village
Culpho is one of the Thankful Villages the few dozen parishes in England and Wales that suffered no fatalities in the First World War.


Detroit Rock City (film)

Detroit Rock City is a 1999 American teen comedy film directed by Adam Rifkin and written by Carl V. Dupré. It tells of four teenage boys in a Kiss tribute band who try to see their idols in concert in Detroit in 1978. Comparable with Rock 'n' Roll High School, Dazed and Confused, The Stöned Age, and I Wanna Hold Your Hand, it tells a coming-of-age story through a filter of 1970s music and culture in the United States. It took its title from the Kiss song of the same title.

The film was shot at Cedarbrae Collegiate Institute in Scarborough, Toronto and other Ontario locations including Copps Coliseum in Hamilton.

Plot
In 1978 Cleveland, Ohio, four rebellious teenage boys – Hawk, Lex, Trip Verudie, and Jeremiah "Jam" Bruce – play in a Kiss tribute band called "Mystery" and prepare to see their idols in concert in Detroit, Michigan the following night. Their hopes are dashed when Jam's religiously conservative mother finds the concert tickets and burns them before having Jam transferred to a Catholic boarding school.

Trip manages to win tickets and backstage passes from a radio contest in Detroit and the boys plan to rescue Jam from the boarding school. Disguised as pizza delivery boys, they drug Father Phillip McNulty using a pizza topped with hallucinogen mushrooms and set off with Jam for Detroit in Lex's mother's Volvo to pick up the tickets. While on the highway, they get into a road rage incident with disco fanatics Kenny and Bobby after Trip accidentally throws a slice of pizza on their windshield. They beat up the disco duo and continue their journey before picking up Christine, who walked out on Kenny due to his behavior.

Upon their arrival in Detroit, the boys discover that Trip did not stay on the phone long enough to give the radio station his information, forcing the station to give the tickets to the next caller. After discovering that the Volvo has been stolen, they split up to find Kiss tickets and plant to meet up in an hour and 45 minutes. Hawk finds a scalper who suggests he enter a male stripping contest to raise money for tickets. He gets drunk and loses the contest after vomiting, but is offered payment for company by an older woman named Amanda Finch. After being paid, he locates the scalper, only to find out that his tickets are sold out. Trip goes to a local convenience store in hopes of mugging a younger child for his ticket, but is confronted by the boy's older brother, Chongo, and his friends, who threaten him for $200. He then plans to rob the store with a Stretch Armstrong doll disguised as a gun, but ends up thwarting a real robbery attempt and is rewarded $150. Trip gives the money to Chongo's gang, but they beat him up and steal his wallet in the process.

Lex sneaks backstage with the concert loading crew, but is caught and tossed over a fence where he encounters a group of vicious dogs. He wins them over with a Frisbee and saves Christine and the Volvo from two car thieves at a nearby chop shop. Jam encounters an anti-Kiss rally and is spotted by his mother, who forcibly takes his drumsticks and drags him to a nearby church for confession. There, he is seen by Beth Bumstein, a classmate who is in the process of moving to Ann Arbor. After admitting their feelings for each other, they make love in the confessional booth before parting ways. Jam, imbued with new confidence, goes back to the rally and angrily berates his mother for her domineering ways and her hypocrisy, telling her that her extreme religious views has done nothing but cause him to despise religion, and he demands his drumsticks back. She does so and apologizes to him, remarking to the crowd, "They grow up so fast".

When the boys meet up empty-handed, they decide to beat each other up to make it appear that they had been mugged for their tickets. Upon arriving at Cobo Hall, the guards are skeptical, but Trip points out Chongo's gang, who are just entering, as the culprits who assaulted them. When the guards find Trip's wallet with his Kiss Army picture ID and money, they confiscate Chongo's tickets it and give them to the boys. Chongo, the gang, and his little brother are arrested. Astonished and elated, they enter the concert hall as Kiss plays the title song of the film. As it ends, Peter Criss throws a drumstick and Jam catches it with joy and excitement.

Cast

 Edward Furlong as Hawk
 Sam Huntington as Jeremiah "Jam" Bruce
 Giuseppe Andrews as Lex
 James DeBello as Trip Verudie
 Lin Shaye as Mrs. Bruce
 Melanie Lynskey as Beth Bumstein
 Natasha Lyonne as Christine

 Emmanuelle Chriqui as Barbara
 Shannon Tweed as Amanda Finch
 Nick Scotti as Kenny
 David Quane as Bobby
 Joe Flaherty as Father Phillip McNulty
 Cody Jones as Little Kid
 Michael Barry as Nerd
 Matthew G. Taylor as Chongo

 Robert Smith as Simple Simon
 Ron Jeremy as Strip Club MC
 Dino Sicoli as Lucky Guy in Hot tub
 Pamela Bowen as an unnamed anti-Kiss conservative rallying alongside Mrs. Bruce
 Members of Kiss:
 Paul Stanley as The Starchild
 Gene Simmons as The Demon
 Peter Criss as The Catman
 Ace Frehley as The Spaceman

Release

Box office
The film opened in 1,802 theaters on August 13, 1999 and earned $2,005,512 in its opening weekend, ranking number 13 in the domestic box office. By the end of its run, it had grossed only $4,217,115 with an additional $1,608,199 from international sales, bringing its worldwide total gross to $5,825,314. Against an estimated $17 million budget, it was a box office bomb. The film has a cult following from rock fans and Kiss fans alike.

Critical reception
The film received very mixed reviews from critics. Review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes shows that out of 40 reviews, it has a 48% rating. The site's consensus is; "Silly plot, over-the-top directing style." On Metacritic, it has a 33/100 rating based on 18 critics, indicating "generally unfavorable reviews".

Home media
The film was released via VHS and DVD on December 21, 1999. DVD special features include four audio commentaries (director Rifkin, selected cast and crew members, and all four original Kiss members), deleted scenes, multi-angle views of the Kiss concert, an instructional segment featuring a step-by-step guitar lesson for "Rock and Roll All Nite", original screen test footage, and DVD-ROM features.

In December 2007, the film was re-released on DVD as an exclusive bonus fifth disc contained within Kissology Volume Three: 1992–2000. It was only available with initial pre-orders sold during VH1 Classic's 24 Hours of Kissmas weekend marathon.

The film was released on Blu-ray in April 2015, containing additional special features not in the original DVD release.

Soundtrack

The soundtrack was released on August 3, 1999 by Mercury Records.
Track listing
 "The Boys Are Back in Town" performed by Everclear
 "Shout It Out Loud" performed by Kiss
 "Runnin' with the Devil" performed by Van Halen
 "Cat Scratch Fever" performed by Pantera
 "Iron Man" performed by Black Sabbath
 "Highway To Hell" performed by Marilyn Manson
 "20th Century Boy" performed by Drain STH
 "Detroit Rock City" performed by Kiss
 "Jailbreak" performed by Thin Lizzy
 "Surrender (Live)" performed by Cheap Trick
 "Rebel Rebel" performed by David Bowie
 "Strutter" performed by The Donnas
 "School Days" performed by The Runaways
 "Little Willy" performed by The Sweet
 "Nothing Can Keep Me from You" performed by Kiss

The soundtrack does not feature all of the songs in the film. For example, there are tracks from UFO and Blue Öyster Cult in the film that do not appear on the soundtrack.

Part of the songs "Come Sail Away" by Styx and "Whole Lotta Rosie" by AC/DC are also featured in a scene.


Cathedral Range

The Cathedral Range is a mountain range immediately to the south of Tuolumne Meadows in Yosemite National Park. The range is an offshoot of the Sierra Nevada. The range is named after Cathedral Peak, which resembles a cathedral spire.

Geography
The range includes Cathedral Peak, Unicorn Peak, Eichorn Pinnacle, Echo Peaks, Echo Ridge, Matthes Crest, and Cockscomb. The highest point in the range is Mount Florence, one of the most prominent peaks in the Yosemite high country. The highest peak in Tuolumne Meadows is Johnson Peak.

The range runs beside the two Cathedral Lakes, just one mile southwest of Cathedral Peak. Hikers can access the lakes and Cathedral range by the John Muir trail from the trailhead in Tuolumne Meadows.

Geology
The mountains were formed by glaciers carving out the granite material; also see Cathedral Peak Granodiorite. The tops of the peaks in the range were above the level of the highest glaciation, and are therefore un-eroded and distinctly spire-like; see nunatak.


Bob Beckus

Bob Beckus (June 1, 1920 – October 21, 2003) was an American athlete. He competed in the men's triple jump at the 1948 Summer Olympics.


Henry Gurney

Sir Henry Lovell Goldsworthy Gurney  (27 June 1898 – 6 October 1951) was a British colonial administrator who served in various posts throughout the British Empire. Gurney was assassinated by communist insurgents during the Malayan Emergency, while serving as high commissioner in the Federation of Malaya.

Career
As a boy, Gurney was educated at Winchester College. During World War I, he joined the British Army, and served with the King's Royal Rifle Corps from 1917 to 1920. After a brief spell at University College Oxford, he joined the British Colonial Service in 1921, and was posted to Kenya as an assistant district commissioner. In 1935, after fourteen years in Kenya, he was appointed Assistant Colonial Secretary to Jamaica. After a brief stint working at the Colonial Office in London, Gurney served as Chief Secretary to the Conference of East Africa Governors from 1938 to 1944, and Colonial Secretary in the Gold Coast from 1944 to 1946. In 1946, he was appointed Chief Secretary to Palestine, serving until the end of British rule there in 1948. While serving in Palestine, Gurney was instrumental in crafting British policy during the Jewish insurgency in Palestine.

In the 1947 New Year Honours, he was promoted to Knight Commander () of the Order of St Michael and St George, which is the second highest rank in this order – for his service in Palestine. He had previously been a Companion (CMG) in the same order. In 1949 he was made a Knight of the Venerable Order of Saint John.

On 1 October 1948, Gurney was appointed High Commissioner to Malaya. Gurney assumed his post as the Malayan Emergency was beginning, and over the next three years he became the chief architect of British policy in Malaya.

Death

On 6 October 1951, Gurney was killed in an ambush by communist insurgents from the Malayan Communist Party while on his way to a resort at Mile 56 ½, Kuala Kubu Road near Fraser's Hill. According to Communist leader Chin Peng, the ambush was routine, the killing by chance, and the guerrillas only learned the High Commissioner was among the dead from news reports.

Gurney's funeral took place on 8 October. He was buried in Cheras War Cemetery in Kuala Lumpur, in a ceremony that drew thousands of people.

Honours

Although Gurney was knighted by King George VI, Malayans from all classes and nationalities, having already given him their esteem and affection, kept his memory green, and when he died on 6 October 1951 they would mourn him as a friend who "has gone home to the mercy of God". At that moment, his funeral was not only attended by his family members and British Officers in Malaya but also attended by the Malayans from all classes and races. Today, Gurney Road in Malacca, Seremban, Kuala Lumpur and Singapore are named after him. The town named Pekan Gurney in Perak is also named after him. The popular beachfront Gurney Drive, in Penang, is also named after him, as well as the Henry Gurney Prisoners School in Teluk Mas, Melaka. Gurney was buried at Cheras War Cemetery in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.

His tombstone (shown on the right) is inscribed:


Mohammed Hafez Ismail

Mohammed Hafez Ismail, sometimes spelt Muhammad Hafiz Ismail Arabic: محمد حافظ إسماعيل known as Hafez Ismail,  (October 28, 1919 – January 1, 1997) was an Egyptian "statesman beyond rank", who's four decade career included military, foreign service and intelligence roles, making his "life read like a foreign policy history of contemporary Egypt".

After graduating from military schools in Egypt and Britain in 1939, Ismail led an Egyptian unit in the Second World War close to Egypt's border with Italian occupied Libya, and was stationed in Arish and Rafah in the Arab-Israeli War in 1948-49.

Ismail would then take on staff roles, starting as deputy Military attaché to Washington in 1951. After the July 1952 Revolution which established the republic and independence from Britain, he was appointed as Director of the Bureau of the Commander in Chief, Abdel Hakim Amer, where between 1953 and 1960 he was entrusted with rebuilding a post-colonial military, leading secret delegations to the Soviet Union, the more famous of which was the 1955 Egyptian-Czechoslovak arms deal. Ismail also liaised with Syrian military leaders during the Tripartite Aggression against Egypt in 1956, and facilitated the merger of Syrian and Egyptian troops in the lead up to the formation between them of the United Arab Republic in 1958.

In 1960, Hafez Ismail retired from the military and was made deputy at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and given the task of modernizing it, before being posted as ambassador to London, Paris, Dublin and Rome between 1963 and 1970.

His career took another shift in 1970, this time to intelligence when President Gamal Abdel Nasser appointed him director of the General Intelligence Directorate in the wake of the 1967 defeat from Israel in the Six Day War. A year later he became National Security Adviser (1971-1974) for Nasser's successor Anwar Sadat, and Presidential Chief of Staff (1973), conducting secret talks with the US in the lead up to the October War that saw Egypt retake the Sinai. After falling out with Sadat who was ignoring his consul, Ismail rejoined the foreign service where he was posted to Moscow and later Paris before reaching retirement in 1979.

Hafez Ismail spent his later years writing and lecturing, while holding an honorary post as director of the General Intelligence think tank, the Republican Center for Strategic and Security Studies.

Writings
Amn Misr al-Qawmi fi ‘asr al-Tahadiyyat [Egyptian National Security in an Era of Challenges] (in Arabic). Cairo: Dar al-Ahram li-L-Tarjama, 1987.

‘an al-Diplomasiya wal-Harb [On Diplomacy and War]. al-Ahaly, February 16, 1994.

Siyasat Misr al-Kharijiya fi ‘aqd al-Thamaninat (egypt's Foreign Policy in the 1980s]. al-ahram, October 21, 1991.

Dirasa Jadida: Maza Yajri fi-l-Itihad al-Sovieti? [New Study: What is Happening in the Soviet Union?]. Al-Gomhuriya, August 14, 1988.


Southwest Michigan Regional Airport

Southwest Michigan Regional Airport  is a public use airport located two nautical miles (4 km) northeast of the central business district of Benton Harbor, a city in Berrien County, Michigan, United States. The airport is owned by the cities of Benton Harbor and St. Joseph, Michigan. It is included in the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems for 2017–2021, in which it is categorized as a regional general aviation facility.

Facilities and aircraft
Southwest Michigan Regional Airport covers an area of 485 acres (196 ha) at an elevation of 649 feet (198 m) above mean sea level. It has three asphalt paved runways: 10/28 is 6,005 by 100 feet (1,830 x 30 m);  14/32 is 3,661 by 100 feet (1,116 x 30 m); 18/36 is 2,498 by 100 feet (761 x 30 m).

For the 12-month period ending December 31, 2010, the airport had 36,972 aircraft operations, an average of 101 per day: 98% general aviation and 2% air taxi. At that time there were 62 aircraft based at this airport: 81% single-engine, 11% multi-engine, 7% jet, and 2% ultralight.

The airport is staffed as follows:
 Monday through Friday, May through October - 8AM to 7PM
 Monday through Friday, November through April - 8AM to 4PM
 Saturday, Year round - 8AM to 4PM

Control tower
Opened in 1973, the air traffic control tower was abandoned after a 1981 controller strike. It ceased operation and never re-opened. The air traffic control tower was demolished in the fall of 2013.

Transit
The airport is accessible by road from Territorial Road, and is close to Interstate 94 and I-94 Business Loop.

Air service
There is currently no commercial airline with scheduled passenger service at the airport. From 1960 to 2000, it was predominately serviced by airlines including North Central Airlines, Republic Airlines (1979–1986), Mississippi Valley Airlines, Air Wisconsin Airlines, Iowa Airways and Mesaba Airlines. Today, the airport is used primarily by general aviation and corporate clients.

It was most recently serviced from 1995 to 2000 by Mesaba Airlines, offering five daily flights to the Northwest Airlines hub at Detroit. But despite an intense local marketing campaign (utilizing the slogan You Can Get There From Here), the proximity of airports in Chicago, Kalamazoo, Grand Rapids, and South Bend siphoned business from BEH and service was discontinued.


Dixon Naval Radio Transmitter Facility

Dixon Naval Radio Transmitter Facility is a facility of the US Navy in Dixon, California, United States for military radio transmissions in the shortwave and VLF range. The facility, which covers an area of 1314 acres, was operated continuously by the US Navy until 1979, when it was converted to a contractor-operated facility. The tallest structure of the facility are two VLF-transmission masts, each 194.16 metres ( 637 ft) tall, situated at  and .

Until the end of the 1990s, the station was controlled by the Naval Communications Station, Stockton, California. It is currently operated by Rome Research Corporation on a contract basis for the Department of Defense.


Monash Institute of Medical Research

The Monash Institute of Medical Research (MIMR), was an Australian medical research institute located in the Melbourne suburb of Clayton, Victoria, consisting of 400 scientists and students belonging to the Faculty of Medicine, Nursing and Health Sciences at Monash University. In January 2014 the Institute merged with Prince Henry's Institute of Medical Research and has since been renamed the Hudson Institute of Medical Research.

The focus of the work of MIMR was research into the characterisation and application of stem cells, the cause and treatment of inflammation and cancer, and the improvement of women's, men's and children's health. The reputation of MIMR has been built on advances in assisted human reproduction, the reduction of Sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS), advances in stem cell research and the treatment of arthritis. Together with the collaborative resources of Monash University and the Monash Health Research Precinct, the impact of MIMR research by translation from 'bench to bedside' is increased by the commercialisation of its activities.

History
The Monash Institute of Medical Research was founded in 1991 by Emeritus Professor David de Kretser AC. de Kretser's passion for reproductive and developmental health was the driving force behind the formation of the then named Monash Institute for Reproduction and Development. Throughout its short but dynamic history the Institute has evolved into an internationally recognised research institute, conducting world class research, in  seven research centres with a staff of 400 scientists and students.

While the original themes of fertility, preterm infant health and prostate cancer are still key research areas, the research focus of MIMR has broadened to include research into cancer, inflammation and infectious diseases, women’s health, stem cell research, pain medicine and palliative care.

Professor de Kretser retired as Institute Director in 2005 to become the Governor of Victoria. In January 2006, Professor Bryan Williams, an internationally recognised cancer expert, commenced as Institute Director. Under Professor Williams’ leadership, MIMR’s reputation continues to grow as he oversees the next chapter of research, innovation and discovery.


Semotilus

Semotilus is the genus of creek chubs, ray-finned fish in the family Cyprinidae. The term "creek chub" is sometimes used for individual species, particularly the common creek chub, S. atromaculatus. The creek chub  species of minnows can grow from 6 to 10 inches and resemble the grass carp. They can be found in the United States and Canada in any small stream or creek. They hide under small rocks for protection. They have a small black spot on the dorsal fin for easy identification.

Species
 Semotilus atromaculatus (Mitchill, 1818) (common creek chub)
 Semotilus corporalis (Mitchill, 1817) (fallfish)
 Semotilus lumbee Snelson & Suttkus, 1978 (Sandhills chub)
 Semotilus thoreauianus D. S. Jordan, 1877 (Dixie chub)

Fishing

Members of genus Semotilus readily take all sorts of natural and artificial bait. They can grow quite large, Fallfish and Creek Chub especially, putting up a good fight on ultralight tackle.


History of Wuhan

The city of Wuhan, the capital city of Hubei province, China, has a long and rich history that dates back over 3,500 years. Starting out from the Shang Dynasty-era archaeological site at Panlongcheng associated with Erligang culture, the region would become part of the E state and Chu state during the Zhou Dynasty. The region evolved into an important port on the middle reaches of the Yangtze River, and the cities of Hanyang, Hankou and Wuchang were united into the city of Wuhan in 1926. Wuhan briefly serving as the capital city of China in 1927 in 1937. Modern-day Wuhan is known as 'China's Thoroughfare' (九省通衢) due to its status as a major transportation hub, with dozens of railways, roads and expressways passing through the city and connecting to other major cities.

Antiquity

With a 3,500-year-long history, Wuhan is one of the most ancient and civilized metropolitan cities in China.  Panlongcheng, an archaeological site associated with the Erligang culture, is located in modern-day Huangpi District. During the Western Zhou, the E state controlled the present-day Wuchang area south of the Yangtze River. After the conquest of the E state, the present-day Wuhan area was controlled by the Chu state for the rest of the Western Zhou and Eastern Zhou periods.

Early Imperial China

During the Han dynasty, Hanyang became a fairly busy port. The Battle of Xiakou in AD 203 and Battle of Jiangxia five years later were fought over control of Jiangxia Commandery (present-day Xinzhou District in northeast Wuhan). In the winter of 208/9, one of the most famous battles in Chinese history and a central event in the Romance of the Three Kingdoms—the Battle of Red Cliffs—took place in the vicinity of the cliffs near Wuhan. Around that time, walls were built to protect Hanyang (AD 206) and Wuchang (AD 223). The latter event marks the foundation of Wuhan. In AD 223, the Yellow Crane Tower (黄鹤楼), one of the Four Great Towers of China, was constructed on the Wuchang side of the Yangtze River by order of Sun Quan, leader of the Eastern Wu.

Due to tensions between the Eastern Wu and Cao Wei states, in the autumn of 228, Cao Rui, grandson of Cao Cao and the second emperor of the state of Cao Wei, ordered the general Man Chong to lead troops to Xiakou (夏口; in present-day Wuhan).

In 279, Wang Jun wrote a memorial to Emperor Wu, requesting that he order a military campaign against Eastern Wu. The emperor agreed, appointed Wang Jun as Prancing Dragon General (龍驤將軍) and ordered him to lead troops from Yi Province's capital, Chengdu, to invade Eastern Wu. Wang Jun and his army conquered strategic locations in Wu territory such as Xiling (西陵; in present-day Yichang, Hubei), Xiakou (夏口; present-day Hankou) and Wuchang (武昌; present-day Ezhou, Hubei). When the Jin invasion forces reached the Wu capital Jianye, the last Wu emperor Sun Hao surrendered, thus bringing an end to the conquest of Wu.

In fall 550, Hou Jing sent Ren Yue to attack both Xiao Daxin and Xiao Fan's son Xiao Si (蕭嗣).  Ren killed Xiao Si in battle, and Xiao Daxin, unable to resist, surrendered, allowing Hou to take his domain under control.  Meanwhile, Xiao Guan, who had by now settled at Jiangxia (江夏, in modern Wuhan), was planning to attack Hou, but this drew Xiao Yi's ire—believing that Xiao Guan was intending to contend for the throne—and he sent Wang to attack Xiao Guan.  Xiao Guan, not willing to engage Wang, abandoned Jiangxia and fled to Ru'nan (汝南, in modern Jingmen, Hubei), where he entered into an alliance with Eastern Wei's successor state Northern Qi (with Gao Cheng's brother Gao Yang having seized the throne in summer 550) and was created the Prince of Liang as well.  Meanwhile, Hou made Emperor Jianwen create him the Prince of Han.

In summer 567, Chen Xu commissioned Wu Mingche as the governor of Xiang Province and had him command a major part of the troops against Hua, along with Chunyu Liang (淳于量).  The opposing sides met at Dunkou (沌口, in modern Wuhan). Wu and Chunyu were able to ram Hua's, Northern Zhou's, and Western Liang's fleets, causing them to collapse.  Hua and the Northern Zhou general Yuwen Zhi (宇文直) were forced to flee to Western Liang's capital Jiangling.  In light of the victory, Wu first captured Western Liang's Hedong Commandery (河東, part of modern Jingzhou), and then further put Jiangling under siege.  Western Liang's Emperor Ming was forced to flee to the subsidiary fort of Ji'nan (紀南, near Jiangling).

The city has long been renowned as a center for the arts (especially poetry) and for intellectual studies.Cui Hao, a celebrated poet of the Tang dynasty, visited the building in the early 8th century; his poem made it the most celebrated building in southern China.

In spring 877, Wang Xianzhi captured E Prefecture (鄂州, in modern Wuhan).  He then returned north, joining forces with Huang again, and they surrounded Song Wei at Song Prefecture (宋州, in modern Shangqiu, Henan).  Only after the imperial general Zhang Zimian (張自勉) came to Song Wei's aid did the agrarian rebels release their hold on Song Wei.  Wang Xianzhi then headed south, successively capturing An Prefecture (安州, in modern Xiaogan, Hubei) and Sui Prefecture (隨州, in modern Suizhou, Hubei), before further raiding Fu (復州, in modern Tianmen, Hubei) and Ying (郢州, in modern Jingmen, Hubei).

In winter 877, Huang Chao pillaged Qi and Huang (黃州, in modern Wuhan) Prefectures.  The Tang general Zeng Yuanyu (曾元裕) defeated him, however, and he fled. In 894, Wu Tao (吳討) the prefect of Huang Prefecture (黃州, modern Wuhan), who was under Du Hong the military governor of Wuchang Circuit (武昌, headquartered in modern Wuhan), offered to submit to Yang Xingmi.  In response, Du put Huang Circuit under siege.  Yang sent Zhu to aid Wu.  When another subordinate of Du's, Feng Jingzhang (馮敬章) the prefect of Qi Prefecture (蘄州, in modern Huanggang, Hubei) tried to intercept Zhu, Zhu put Qi Prefecture under siege but was initially unable to capture it.  However, it appeared that subsequently, after Wu evacuated Huang Prefecture, Yang's forces were nevertheless able to hold it.

Before Kublai Khan arrived in 1259, word reached him that Möngke had died. Kublai decided to keep the death of his brother secret and continued the attack on Wuhan, near the Yangtze. While Kublai's force besieged Wuchang, Uryankhadai joined him. The present-day Wuying Pagoda was constructed at the end of the Song Dynasty between attacks by the Mongolian forces. Under the Mongol rulers (Yuan dynasty), Wuchang was promoted to the status of provincial capital.

Qing dynasty

Opening Hankou as a trading port

By the dawn of the 18th century, Hankou had become one of China's top four most important towns of trade. In the late 19th century, railroads were extended on a north–south axis through the city, making Wuhan an important transshipment point between rail and river traffic. Also during this period foreign powers extracted mercantile concessions, with the riverfront of Hankou being divided up into foreign-controlled merchant districts. These districts contained trading firm offices, warehouses, and docking facilities. The French had a concession in Hankou.

During the Second Opium War (known in the West as the Arrow War, 1856–1860), the government of the Qing dynasty was defeated by the western powers and signed the Treaties of Tianjin and the Convention of Peking, which stipulated eleven cities or regions (including Hankou) as trading ports. In December 1858, James Bruce, 8th Earl of Elgin, High Commissioner to China, led four warships up the Yangtze River in Wuhan to collect the information needed for opening the trading port in Wuhan. And in the spring of 1861, Counselor Harry Parkes and Admiral Herbert were sent to Wuhan to open a trading port. On the basis of the Convention of Peking, Harry Parkes concluded the Hankou Lend-Lease Treaty with Guan Wen, the governor-general of Hunan and Hubei. It brought an area of  along the Yangtze River (from Jianghan Road to Hezuo Road today) to become a British Concession and permitted Britain to set up its consulate in the concession. Thus, Hankou became an open trading port.

Hubei under Zhang Zhidong

In 1889, Zhang Zhidong was transferred from Viceroy of Liangguang (Guangdong and Guangxi provinces) to Viceroy of Huguang (Hunan and Hubei provinces). He governed the province for 18 years, until 1907. During this period, he elucidated the theory of "Chinese learning as the basis, Western learning for application," known as the ti-yong ideal. He set up many heavy industries, founded Hanyang Steel Plant, Daye Iron Mine, Pingxiang Coal Mine and Hubei Arsenal and set up local textile industries, boosting the flourishing modern industry in Wuhan. Meanwhile, he initiated education reform, opened dozens of modern educational organizations successively, such as Lianghu (Hunan and Hubei) Academy of Classical Learning, Civil General Institute, Military General Institute, Foreign Languages Institute and Lianghu (Hunan and Hubei) General Normal School, and selected a great many students for study overseas, which well promoted the development of China’s modern education. Furthermore, he trained a modern military and organized a modern army including a zhen and a xie (both zhen and xie are military units in the Qing dynasty) in Hubei. All of these laid a solid foundation for the modernization of Wuhan.

Originally known as the Hubei Arsenal, the Hanyang Arsenal was founded in 1891 by Qing official Zhang Zhidong, who diverted funds from the Nanyang Fleet in Guangdong to build the arsenal. It cost about 250,000 pounds sterling and was built in 4 years. On 23 April 1894, construction was completed and the arsenal, occupying some , could start production of small-calibre cannons. It built magazine-fed rifles, Gruson quick fire guns, and cartridges.

Wuchang Uprising

On October 10, 1911, Sun Yat-sen's followers launched the Wuchang Uprising, which led to the collapse of the Qing dynasty, as well as the establishment of the Republic of China. Wuhan was the capital of a leftist Kuomintang government led by Wang Jingwei, in opposition to Chiang Kai-shek and the nationalist government during the 1920s.

The Wuchang Uprising of October 1911, which overthrew the Qing dynasty, originated in Wuhan. Before the uprising, anti-Qing secret societies were active in Wuhan. In September 1911, the outbreak of the protests in Sichuan forced the Qing authorities to send part of the New Army garrisoned in Wuhan to suppress the rebellion. On September 14 the Literary Society (文學社) and the Progressive Association (共進會), two local revolutionary organizations in Hubei, set up joint headquarters in Wuchang and planned for an uprising. On the morning of October 9, a bomb at the office of the political arrangement exploded prematurely and alerted local authorities. The proclamation for the uprising, beadroll and the revolutionaries’ official seal fell into the hands of Rui Cheng, the governor-general of Hunan and Hubei, who demolished the uprising headquarters the same day and set out to arrest the revolutionaries listed in the beadroll. This forced the revolutionaries to launch the uprising earlier than planned.

On the night of October 10, the revolutionaries fired shots to signal the uprising at the engineering barracks of Hubei New Army. They then led the New Army of all barracks to join the revolution. Under the guidance of Wu Zhaolin, Cai Jimin and others, this revolutionary army seized the official residence of the governor and government offices. Rui Cheng fled in panic into the Chu-Yu Ship. Zhang Biao, the commander of Qing army, also fled the city. On the morning of the 11th, the revolutionary army took the whole city of Wuchang, but leaders such as Jiang Yiwu and Sun Wu disappeared. Thus the leaderless revolutionary army recommended Li Yuanhong, the assistant governor of Qing army, as the commander-in-chief. Li founded the Hubei Military Government, proclaimed the abolition of the Qing rule in Hubei, the founding of the Republic of China and published an open telegram calling for other provinces to join the revolution. In the next two months, fourteen other provinces would declare their independence from the Qing government.

As the revolution spread to other parts of the country, the Qing government concentrated loyalist military forces to suppress the uprising in Wuhan. From October 17 to December 1, the revolutionary army and local volunteers defended the city in the Battle of Yangxia against better armed and more numerous Qing forces commanded by Yuan Shikai. Huang Xing (黃興) would arrive in Wuhan in early November to take command of the revolutionary army. After fierce fighting and heavy casualties, Qing forces seized Hankou and Hanyang. But Yuan agreed to halt the advance on Wuchang and participated in peace talks, which would eventually lead to the return of Sun Yat-sen from exile, founding of the Republic of China on January 1, 1912, the abdication of the Last Emperor on February 12, and the formation of a united provisional government in the spring of 1912. Through the Wuchang Uprising, Wuhan is known as the birthplace of the Xinhai Revolution, named after the Xinhai year on the Chinese calendar. The city has several museums and memorials to the revolution and the thousands of martyrs who died defending the revolution.

Republic of China

Missionaries
Reverend (later Bishop) Edward Galvin led the first band of the Missionary Society of St. Columban to open their mission in the Hanyang District. Galvin was named Apostolic Prefect of the Apostolic Prefecture of Hanyang by the Holy See in 1923 and later made the Apostolic Vicar of the promoted Apostolic Vicariate of Hanyang in 1927, with Galvin being consecrated as its titular bishop (it became a diocese under him in 1946, suffragan of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Hankou).

National government moves its capital to Wuhan

Li Zongren's first victories as a Nationalist general were in Hunan, where he defeated rival warlord Wu Peifu in two successive battles and captured the provincial capital, Wuhan, in 1926. With the northern extension of the Northern Expedition, the center of the Great Revolution shifted from the Pearl River basin to the Yangtze River basin. On November 26, the KMT Central Political Committee decided to [[Historical capitals of China|move the capital from Guangzhou to Wuhan. In middle December, most of the KMT central executive commissioners and national government commissioners arrived in Wuhan, set up the temporary joint conference of central executive commissioners and National Government commissioners, performed the top functions of central party headquarters and National Government, declared they would work in Wuhan on January 1, 1927, and decided to combine the towns of Wuchang, Hankou, and Hanyang into Wuhan City, called "Capital District". The national government was in the Nanyang Building in Hankou, while the central party headquarters and other organizations chose their locations in Hankou or Wuchang. In March 1927, Mao Zedong appeared at the Third Plenum of the KMT Central Executive Committee in Wuhan, which sought to strip General Chiang of his power by appointing Wang Jingwei leader. The first phase of the Northern Expedition was interrupted by the political split in the Kuomintang following the formation of the Nanjing faction in April 1927 against the existing faction in Wuhan. Members of the Chinese Communist Party, who had survived the April 12 massacre, met at Wuhan and re-elected Chen Duxiu (Ch'en Tu-hsiu) as the Party's Secretary General. The split was partially motivated by the purge of the Communists within the party, which marked the end of the First United Front, and Chiang Kai-shek briefly stepped down as the commander of the National Revolutionary Army.

In June 1927, Stalin sent a telegram to the Communists in Wuhan, calling for mobilisation of an army of workers and peasants. This alarmed Wang Jingwei, who decided to break with the Communists and come to terms with Chiang Kai-shek. The Wuhan coup was a political shift made on July 15, 1927 by Wang Jingwei towards Chiang Kai-shek, and his Shanghai-based rival in the Kuomintang (KMT). Borodin returned to the Soviet Union by train in July 1927, accompanied by Sun Yat-sen’s widow Soong Ching-ling. "The revolution extends to the Yangzi River," Borodin told a reporter as they began their journey, and "if a diver were sent down to the bottom of this yellow stream he would rise again with an armful of shattered hopes." On July 27, 1927, Soviet emissary Mikhail Borodin and 30 people left Wuhan in five cars and five trucks to return to the USSR in a two-month overland trip, after General Feng Yuxiang was bribed to guarantee him safe passage—twelve days after Chinese Communists were expelled.  Borodin had had a bounty of US$29,000 for his capture, and had hidden in the home of Nationalist official and future Chinese Premier T. V. Soong.  Borodin finally returned to Moscow on October 6.

The Wuhan Nationalist Government was established in Wuhan on February 21, 1927 and ended by August 19, 1927.

Flooding in the 1930's
In the 1931 China floods, the high-water mark was reached on 19 August at Hankou, with the water level exceeding  above normal. Comparatively, this is an average of  above the Shanghai Bund. In 1936, when natural disaster struck Central China with widespread flooding affecting Hebei (), Hunan (), Jiangxi (), Wuhan and Chongqing () caused by the Yangtze and Huai Rivers () bursting their banks, Ong Seok Kim, as Chairman of the Sitiawan Fundraising and Disaster Relief Committee, raised money and materials in support of the victims.

Battle of Wuhan

During the Second Sino-Japanese War and following the fall of Nanking in December 1937, Wuhan had become the provisional capital of China's Kuomintang government, and became another focal point of pitched air battles beginning in early 1938 between modern monoplane bomber and fighter aircraft of the Imperial Japanese forces and the Chinese Air Force, which included support from the Soviet Volunteer Group in both planes and personnel, as U.S. support in war materials waned. As the battle raged on through 1938, Wuhan and the surrounding region had become the site of the Battle of Wuhan. After being taken by the Japanese in late 1938, Wuhan became a major Japanese logistics center for operations in southern China.

In early October 1938, Japanese troops moved east and north in the outskirts of Wuhan. As a result, numerous companies and enterprises and large numbers of people had to withdraw from Wuhan to the west of Hubei and Sichuan. The KMT navy undertook the responsibility of defending the Yangtze River on patrol and covering the withdrawal. On October 24, while overseeing the waters of the Yangtze River near the town of Jinkou (Jiangxia District in Wuhan) in Wuchang, the KMT gunboat Zhongshan came up against six Japanese aircraft. Though two were eventually shot down, the Zhongshan sank with 25 casualties. Raised from the bottom of the Yangtze River in 1997, and restored at a local shipyard, the Zhongshan has been moved to a purpose-built museum in Wuhan's suburban Jiangxia District, which opened on September 26, 2011.

Bombing of Wuhan
As a key center on the Yangtze, Wuhan was an important base for Japanese operations in China and the Chinese leadership in Chongqing, namely Chiang Kai-shek, Chen Cheng and He Yingqin, approved the tactic of strategic firebombing of the major occupied city of Wuhan. In December 1944, the city was largely destroyed by U.S. firebombing raids conducted by the Fourteenth Air Force. On 18 December 1944, Wuhan was bombed by 77 American bombers that set off a firestorm that destroyed much of the city. For the next three days, Wuhan was bombed by the Americans, destroying all of the docks and warehouses of Wuhan, as well as the Japanese air bases in the city. The air raids killed thousands of Chinese civilians. "According to casualty statistics compiled by Hankou city in 1946, more than 20,000 were killed or injured in the December bombings of 1944."

Chinese Civil War

People's Liberation Army troops entered Wuhan on May 16, 1949.

People's Republic of China

1954 Yangtze River floods

The Changjiang Water Resources Commission was re-established in February 1950 with its headquarters seated in Wuhan.

From June to September 1954, the Yangtze River Floods were a series of catastrophic floodings that occurred mostly in Hubei Province. Due to unusually high volume of precipitation as well as an extraordinarily long rainy season in the middle stretch of the Yangtze River late in the spring of 1954, the river started to rise above its usual level in around late June. Despite efforts to open three important flood gates to alleviate the rising water by diverting it, the flood level continued to rise until it hit the historic high of 44.67 m in Jingzhou, Hubei and 29.73 m in Wuhan. The number of dead from this flood was estimated at around 33,000, including those who died of plague in the aftermath of the disaster.

In 1969, a large stone monument was erected in the riverside park in Hankou honoring the heroic deeds in fighting the 1954 Yangtze River floods.

Completion of the First Yangtze River Bridge
Before construction of the Wuhan Yangtze River Bridge, Hunslet Engine Company built two extra heavy 0-8-0 locomotives for loading the train ferries for crossing the Yangtze River in Wuhan.

The project of building the Wuhan Yangtze River Bridge, also known as the First Yangtze River Bridge, was regarded as one of the key projects during the first five-year plan. The Engineering Bureau of the First Yangtze River Bridge, set up by the Ministry of Railway in April 1953, was responsible for the design and construction of the bridge. The document "Resolutions on Building the First Yangtze River Bridge" was passed in the 203rd conference of State Council on January 15, 1954. The technical conference on the routes of the bridge, held in Hankou on January 15, 1955, determined that the route from Tortoise Hill to Snake Hill was the best choice.

On October 25, 1955, construction began on the bridge proper. The same day in 1957, the whole project was completed and an opening-to-traffic ceremony was held on October 15. The bridge is  long, of which the upper level is a highway with a width of  and the lower level is a double-line railway with a width of . The bridge proper is  long with two pairs of eight piers and nine arches with a space of  between each arch. The First Yangtze River Bridge united the Beijing–Hankou Railway with the Guangdong–Hankou Railway into the Beijing–Guangzhou Railway, making Wuhan a thoroughfare to nine provinces in name and in fact.

Beidaihe Conference
After Chengdu Conference, Mao went to Chongqing and Wuhan in April to inspect the countryside and factories. In Wuhan, he called all the leaders of provinces and municipalities who had not attended Chengdu Conference to report their work. Tian Jiaying, the secretary of Mao, said that Wuhan Conference was a supplement to Chengdu Conference.

Wuhan Incident

In July 1967, civil strife struck the city in the Wuhan Incident ("July 20th Incident"), an armed conflict between two hostile groups who were fighting for control over the city at the height of the Cultural Revolution.

Crash of Wuhan Airlines Flight 343

On June 22, 2000, a Wuhan Airlines flight from Enshi to Wuhan was forced to circle for 30 minutes due to thunderstorms. The aircraft eventually crashed on the banks of Han River in Hanyang District, all on-board perished (there were varying accounts of number of crews and passengers). In addition, the crash also killed 7 people on the ground.

2008 Summer Olympics Boycotts

Chinese protesters organized boycotts of the French-owned retail chain Carrefour in major Chinese cities including Kunming, Hefei and Wuhan, accusing the French nation of pro-secessionist conspiracy and anti-Chinese racism. The BBC reported that hundreds of people demonstrated in Beijing, Wuhan, Hefei, Kunming and Qingdao.

Internet Firewall
On May 19, 2011, Fang Binxing, the Principal of Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications (also known as "Father of China's Great Fire Wall") was hit on the chest by a shoe thrown at him by a Huazhong University of Science and Technology student who calls herself "hanunyi" (Chinese:寒君依, or 小湖北) while Fang was giving a lecture at Wuhan University. According to RFI, the student discussed the planned shoe attack on Twitter and, with the help of other bloggers, was able to locate the exact whereabouts and the time of Fang's lecture. After the shoeing, "Hanunyi" walked out while other students tried to obstruct school teachers who were going to detain her. "Hanunyi" became an instant internet hero of the Chinese blogosphere. During an interview with CNN, "Hanunyi" said, "I'm not happy about what (Fang) does. His work made me spend unnecessary money to get access to the website that is supposed to be free... He makes my online surfing very inconvenient."

Flooding in the 2010's

The city has been subject to devastating floods, which are now supposed to be controlled by the ambitious Three Gorges Dam, a project which was completed in 2008. The 2008 Chinese winter storms damaged water supply equipment in Wuhan: up to 100,000 people were out of running water when several water pipes burst, cutting the supply to local households. The 2010 Northern Hemisphere summer heat wave hit Wuhan on July 3.
In the 2010 China floods, the Han River at Wuhan experienced its worst flooding in twenty years, as officials continued sandbagging efforts along the Han and Yangtze Rivers in the city and checked reservoirs. In the 2011 China floods, Wuhan was flooded, with parts of the city losing power.

In the 2016 China floods, Wuhan saw  of rainfall during the first week of July, surpassing the record that fell on the city in 1991. A red alert for heavy rainfall was issued on 2 July, the same day that eight people died after a  section of a  tall wall collapsed on top of them. The city's subway system, the Wuhan Metro was partially submerged as was the main railway station. At least 14 city residents were killed, one was missing, and more than 80,000 were relocated.

On January 31, 2018, Theresa May, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, visited Wuhan, spoke at Wuhan University and  visited the Yellow Crane Tower and the First Yangtze River Bridge. She took pictures at the Yellow Crane Tower and on the Wuchang District side of the Yangtze River at the First Yangtze River Bridge.

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Skowhegan (CDP), Maine

Skowhegan is a census-designated place (CDP) in the town of Skowhegan in Somerset County, Maine, in the United States. The population was 6,696 at the 2000 census.

Geography
Skowhegan is located at  (44.770308, −69.715087).

According to the United States Census Bureau, the CDP has a total area of 14.1 square miles (36.5 km²), of which, 13.4 square miles (34.7 km²) of it is land and 0.7 square miles (1.8 km²) of it (5.04%) is water. Skowhegan is drained by the Wesserunsett Stream and Kennebec River.

Demographics
As of the census of 2000, there were 6,696 people, 2,883 households, and 1,764 families residing in the CDP. The population density was 500.2 people per square mile (193.1/km²). There were 3,193 housing units at an average density of 238.5/sq mi (92.1/km²). The racial makeup of the CDP was 97.66% White, 0.24% Black or African American, 0.45% Native American, 0.52% Asian, 0.16% from other races, and 0.97% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 0.70% of the population.

There were 2,883 households out of which 28.2% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 42.5% were married couples living together, 14.4% had a female householder with no husband present, and 38.8% were non-families. 31.9% of all households were made up of individuals and 13.1% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.24 and the average family size was 2.76.

In the CDP, the population was spread out with 22.5% under the age of 18, 8.6% from 18 to 24, 27.7% from 25 to 44, 22.9% from 45 to 64, and 18.2% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 39 years. For every 100 females, there were 88.6 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 84.5 males.

The median income for a household in the CDP was $26,726, and the median income for a family was $33,081. Males had a median income of $26,484 versus $20,714 for females. The per capita income for the CDP was $14,742. About 13.9% of families and 17.4% of the population were below the poverty line, including 23.3% of those under age 18 and 12.4% of those age 65 or over.


Garut orange

Garut Oranges are a fruit variety grown in Indonesia's mountains and hilly areas in Garut Regency at Wanaraja, Samarang and Bayongbong Districts. These locations feature mountains or hilly areas, with highland views of more than 900 m (2,953 ft.) above sea level. Many kinds of fruits and vegetables compete for this growing area.

When Indonesia was a Dutch colony, Garut Oranges were considered one of Indonesia's most famous exotic fruits.

Garut Oranges have a good taste, good coloring, thick skin textures, and good aroma. Crops have been significantly damaged by Citrus Vein Phloem Degeneration (CVPD).


Alan Tennant

Alan Tennant (30 September 1930 – 20 February 1997) was an English professional rugby league footballer who played in the 1940s and 1950s. He played at club level for Featherstone Rovers (Heritage No. 301), as a , i.e. number 3 or 4.

Playing career

Tennant made his début for Featherstone Rovers against Dewsbury at Crown Flatt, Dewsbury on Saturday 25 December 1948, and he played his last match for Featherstone Rovers against Huddersfield during December 1959.

Challenge Cup Final appearances
Tennant played left-, i.e. number 4, in Featherstone Rovers' 12-18 defeat by Workington Town in the 1952 Challenge Cup Final during the 1951–52 season at Wembley Stadium, London on Saturday 19 April 1952, in front of a crowd of 72,093.

Testimonial match
Tennant's benefit season at Featherstone Rovers took place during the 1958–59 season.


Vallefiorita

Vallefiorita is a town and comune in the province of Catanzaro in the Calabria region of Italy.

Geography
The town is bordered by Amaroni, Cenadi, Centrache, Cortale, Girifalco, Olivadi, Palermiti and Squillace.

Notes and references


FIBA World Olympic Qualifying Tournament for Men 2008 squads

Below is a list of squads at the FIBA World Olympic Qualifying Tournament for Men 2008:

Brazil
Coach :   Moncho Monsalve

Cameroon
Coach :   Lazare Adingono

Canada
Coach :   Leo Rautins

Cape Verde
Coach :   Eric Silva

Croatia
Coach :   Jasmin Repeša

Germany
Coach :   Dirk Bauermann

Greece
Coach :   Panagiotis Giannakis

Korea
Coach :   Kim Nam-Gi

Lebanon
Coach :   Fuad Abou Chakra

New Zealand
Coach :   Nenad Vucinic

Puerto Rico
Coach :   Manolo Cintron

Slovenia
Coach :   Aleš Pipan


Emmanuel Adebayor

Sheyi Emmanuel Adebayor (; born 26 February 1984) is a Togolese professional footballer who plays as a striker for Paraguayan Club Olimpia. He previously played for English clubs Arsenal, Manchester City, Tottenham Hotspur and Crystal Palace, as well as French side Metz, Monégasque team Monaco, Spanish team Real Madrid, and Turkish clubs İstanbul Başakşehir and Kayserispor. He was voted African Footballer of the Year for 2008 while playing at Arsenal.

Adebayor represented the Togo national team at the 2006 FIFA World Cup in Germany, the country's debut, and to date only, appearance at the World Cup. In January 2010, Adebayor was one of the players involved when the Togo team's bus came under gunfire on the way to the 2010 Africa Cup of Nations in Angola, after which he retired from national team duty. In 2013, he returned to the Togo team for the 2013 African Cup of Nations in South Africa, where he helped them to qualify for the quarter-finals. He is currently Togo's all-time top goalscorer with 32 goals.

Club career

Early career
Born in Lomé to parents of Yoruba ethnicity, Adebayor spent most of his youth in Togo, where he attended the Centre de Développement Sportif de Lomé (English: Sports Development Centre of Lomé), also known as Sporting Club de Lomé. Adebayor was spotted playing for Sporting Club de Lomé by scouts from Metz, who brought him to France in 1999. He made his Ligue 1 debut against Sochaux on 17 November 2001. Following Metz's relegation, he played a season in Ligue 2, where 13 goals in 34 league matches prompted a summer 2003 move to Monaco. He featured nine times in Europe as Monaco reached the 2004 UEFA Champions League final against Porto in Gelsenkirchen, for which he was an unused substitute in his club's 3–0 loss.

Arsenal
On 13 January 2006, Premier League club Arsenal signed Adebayor for a reported £3 million. He was given the nickname "Baby Kanu" due to his resemblance to former Arsenal star Nwankwo Kanu, whom Adebayor had idolised as a youth. On 4 February 2006, Adebayor made his Arsenal debut in a Premier League match at Birmingham City and scored after 21 minutes, with Arsenal winning 2–0.

Adebayor scored Arsenal's winning goal against Manchester United to give Arsenal a 1–0 win at Old Trafford, their first league win of the 2006–07 season. Earlier in the match, Adebayor was brought down in the six-yard box to earn Arsenal a penalty, which was taken by Gilberto Silva and saved.

Adebayor was sent off in the 2007 League Cup final which Arsenal lost 2–1 to Chelsea. He was shown a red card after a fracas towards the end of the match involving both Chelsea and Arsenal players. It was alleged that he had thrown a punch at Frank Lampard. The FA subsequently gave him an additional one-match ban and a fine of £7,500 for failing to leave the field of play immediately, as well as a three-match ban for the red card. Adebayor and Lampard both denied it.

On 15 September 2007, Adebayor's two goals against Tottenham Hotspur helped Arsenal win 3–1 in the first North London derby of the season. Adebayor then scored his first hat-trick for Arsenal in a 5–0 home win against Derby County on 22 September; this was the second-ever hat-trick scored at Arsenal's Emirates Stadium. He was involved in a controversial incident on 22 January in which he clashed with teammate Nicklas Bendtner seven minutes from the end of a 5–1 League Cup semi-final defeat to Tottenham. Bendtner appeared to cut his nose in the clash, for which Adebayor apologised the following day. Three days later, he scored the 100th goal at the Emirates during the side's 3–0 FA Cup victory over Newcastle United. Starting on 4 March against Milan, Adebayor went on a goalscoring streak in the Champions League. Despite having never scored before in the competition, he scored a goal in the second leg against Milan at the San Siro.

On 28 April, Adebayor scored his second hat-trick for Arsenal after coming off the bench at half time in a 6–2 victory against Derby County, making him the only player in Premier League history to score a hat-trick home and away against the same side in the same season. Although Arsenal finished the season empty handed, he was named in the PFA Team of the Year. Adebayor's second goal against Tottenham won Match of the Day's Goal of the Season competition for the 2007–08 season. He was also awarded the BBC African Footballer of the Year for his performance in 2008.

In the 2008 summer transfer window, he was linked with £30 million moves to Milan and Barcelona, but later signed a new long-term contract at Arsenal. On 13 September 2008, Adebayor scored a hat trick in Arsenal's 4–0 win away to Blackburn Rovers, scoring his first league goals of the 2008–09 season. Adebayor received his first red card of the season in a 1–1 draw with Liverpool after an altercation with opposing defender Álvaro Arbeloa; this was his second bookable offence of the game and therefore served a one-match ban. On 8 February, Adebayor suffered a hamstring injury in Arsenal's 0–0 draw against Tottenham. The injury would keep him out for almost two months, despite initial estimations suggesting only a three-week absence. He made a goalscoring return to action, scoring a brace on his return against Manchester City.

On 7 April 2009, Adebayor equalized a goal for Arsenal in the quarter-finals of the Champions League against Villarreal, in which he chested the ball into his control and then performed a bicycle kick. In the return leg at the Emirates a week later, he scored in a 3–0 Arsenal win, setting up a semi-final showdown with Manchester United. Adebayor, however, was injured for the last two Premier League matches and finished the season as Arsenal's second top goalscorer in all competitions with 16, behind Robin van Persie's 20.

Manchester City

On 18 July 2009, Adebayor signed a five-year contract with Manchester City for a transfer fee believed to be in the region of £25 million. He scored a goal on his debut for City against Blackburn with a shot from 18 yards in the third minute. On his home debut, Adebayor scored in the 17th minute in a 1–0 in over Wolverhampton Wanderers, assisted by fellow summer signing Carlos Tevez. He scored in his third consecutive Premier League match, heading the winner in a 1–0 away victory against Portsmouth.

Adebayor then scored in his fourth consecutive match, this time against former club Arsenal in a 4–2 victory at the City of Manchester Stadium. As a result, he is one of only six players to score in their first four games for a club. In the match against Arsenal, Adebayor's former teammate Robin van Persie accused him of deliberately kicking him in the face, and he was later handed a three-match ban after being found guilty of violent conduct. Adebayor was also criticised for running almost the full length of the pitch to the Arsenal supporters and celebrating his goal in front of them. He was booked for this, but did later apologise. Manchester City manager Mark Hughes suggested Adebayor did it because he wanted to be loved by City fans. Moreover, Arsenal's former Cameroonian defensive midfielder Alex Song, who is one of Adebayor's closest friends in football, alleged he was slapped in the face by Adebayor during City's 4–2 victory, while Cesc Fàbregas, former Arsenal captain, felt that Adebayor had also tried to stamp on him.

For the start of the 2010–11 season, Adebayor was given the number 9 shirt instead of his favoured number 25, which he previously wore at Arsenal and City. He scored his first hat-trick for City on 21 October in a UEFA Europa League group stage match against Lech Poznań. In doing so, he became the first Manchester City player to score a hat-trick in a European competition. During the 2010–11 season, however, Adebayor fell down the pecking order at Manchester City following the club purchasing Edin Džeko, with Carlos Tevez and Mario Balotelli also being chosen ahead of him. In August 2011, Roberto Mancini confirmed that Adebayor, along with Craig Bellamy, were no longer part of his plans and could leave Manchester City.

Loan to Real Madrid

On 25 January 2011, Adebayor signed a loan deal to play for Real Madrid for the remainder of the 2010–11 season. Adebayor scored his first goal for Real Madrid in the second leg of the Copa del Rey semi-final against Sevilla at the Santiago Bernabéu Stadium. The game ended 2–0 with an aggregate score of 3–0.

The following weekend, he scored his first goal in La Liga against Real Sociedad, again at the Santiago Bernabéu. The game ended 4–1 and Adebayor scored the last goal within the last 3 minutes of the game. On 6 March 2011, Adebayor scored the opening goal in the 24th minute against Racing de Santander from a Mesut Özil pass. Real Madrid won the match 3–1. Adebayor was heavily criticised for his performance against Sporting de Gijón, especially for missing many chances; the match ended 0–1 to Sporting. Adebayor added two goals to his European tally for Madrid with goals against Tottenham Hotspur in a 4–0 win on 5 April 2011. He won his first winner's medal at Real Madrid on 20 April, coming on as a second-half substitute in his side's 1–0 win over Barcelona in the 2011 Copa del Rey final.

Adebayor scored his first hat-trick for Real Madrid on 21 May 2011, in the last round of the 2010–11 La Liga season, against Almería. In that match, Real Madrid beat Almería 8–1.

Adebayor returned to Manchester City after the Spanish season had finished, but was omitted from their pre-season tour of the United States on 11 July 2011 and later risked a £300,000 fine for refusing to train with the club's reserve and youth teams.

Tottenham Hotspur
On 25 August 2011, Tottenham Hotspur signed Adebayor on a season-long loan. On 10 September 2011, Adebayor scored on his debut against Wolverhampton Wanderers in the 67th minute. On 18 September 2011, he scored twice on his home debut in a 4–0 win against Liverpool, his second strike marking the 100th league goal of his senior career.

Adebayor also provided the assist for Rafael van der Vaart's goal in their 2–1 North London derby win against former club Arsenal on 2 October. He scored his fourth and fifth goal for Tottenham in their 2–0 win against Aston Villa on 21 November, the first with an overhead kick and the second after a mistake from Villa defender James Collins. He scored another two goals in Tottenham's 3–1 win over West Bromwich Albion. Later on, Adebayor went on to score a further two goals – one a penalty at Stoke City, and one in a derby against Chelsea where the score ended 1–1.

On 11 February 2012, Adebayor scored on a volley and supplied four assists in the 5–0 win over Newcastle United.
On 26 February, his 28th birthday, Adebayor converted a penalty against Arsenal to bring Spurs 2–0 up at the Emirates which ended in a 5–2 defeat for Tottenham. On 1 April, Adebayor scored two goals in a 3–1 win over Swansea City. On 15 April 2012, Adebayor provided an assist for Gareth Bale in Tottenham's only goal in the 5–1 loss to Chelsea in the FA Cup semi-final. Adebayor then went on to score goals in back to back games for Tottenham, scoring two against Bolton Wanderers in a 4–1 win at Reebok Stadium and converting a penalty against Aston Villa in a 1–1 draw.

In the final game of his loan spell with Tottenham, Adebayor opened the scoring as Spurs defeated London rivals Fulham 2–0 on 13 May to secure fourth place in the Premier League.

Adebayor finished the season as Tottenham's top goalscorer, with 18 goals, 17 in the Premier League. On 21 August 2012, Adebayor signed a permanent deal with Tottenham in a deal worth £5 million after a protracted period of negotiations.

On 17 November 2012, Adebayor scored an early goal for Tottenham in a North London derby match against Arsenal to put them 1–0 up, but seven minutes later his challenge on Santi Cazorla saw him sent off by referee Howard Webb. Arsenal went on to win the match 5–2. On 1 January 2013, Adebayor scored his first home goal of the season for Spurs against Reading, with a header from an Aaron Lennon cross. Spurs eventually won 3–1. On 14 March 2013, Adebayor scored the decisive away goal that put Spurs through to the quarter-finals of the Europa League in an aggregate win against Internazionale. He went on to shoot over the bar following a run-up with a decisive penalty in the following round against Basel, which ultimately resulted in Spurs' elimination from the tournament. He scored a goal on 8 May against Chelsea in a 2–2 draw from outside the penalty box to bring the game level to 1–1. He then scored the winning goal on the following Sunday (12 May 2013) to give Tottenham a 2–1 win at Stoke City on a cross from Clint Dempsey in the 83rd minute.

After the sacking of Spurs manager André Villas-Boas, who had told the striker to train with the youth team at the start of the 2013–14 season,
Adebayor returned to the Tottenham team under Tim Sherwood, scoring in a 2–1 League Cup quarter-final defeat at home to West Ham United. He went on to score eight goals in his next ten Premier League matches, with goals in wins against Southampton, Manchester United and Swansea City, Everton and Newcastle United.

On 7 April 2014, Adebayor reached ten goals for the Premier League season, scoring twice in a 5–1 home win over Sunderland.

He ended the season as Spurs' top goalscorer with 14 goals from 25 appearances after scoring in their final Premier League match on 11 May 2014, a 3–0 defeat of Aston Villa at White Hart Lane. He was released from his Tottenham contract by mutual consent on 13 September 2015.

Crystal Palace
On 26 January 2016, Adebayor joined Premier League side Crystal Palace on a six-month deal until the end of the season. He scored his only goal for the club on 13 February in an ultimate 2–1 loss to Watford in the Premier League. On 13 June 2016, it was confirmed that Adebayor would be released upon the expiry of his Palace contract on 30 June.

İstanbul Başakşehir
On 31 January 2017, Adebayor signed a contract with Süper Lig club İstanbul Başakşehir until June 2018. He scored six goals in 11 league games over the remainder of the season, including a hat-trick on 10 April in a 4–0 home win over Galatasaray, as his team finished runners-up. He added another goal from five Turkish Cup games, where his team was again runners-up.

Adebayor scored another hat-trick against Galatasaray on 19 November 2017, in a 5–1 win at the Başakşehir Fatih Terim Stadium.

On 20 June 2019, Adebayor left İstanbul Başakşehir.

Kayserispor
On 26 August 2019, Adebayor joined Kayserispor on a one-year contract. He left the club in December 2019.

Olimpia
On 11 February 2020, Adebayor joined Paraguayan Primera División club Olimpia Asunción on a free transfer from Turkish Süper Lig side Kayserispor. Adebayor became one of many African players to play in Paraguay and most notably became the highest paid player in Paraguayan football history.
It was also revealed that Olimpia had beaten Argentine Super Liga club Boca Juniors in the race to sign Adebayor. Upon his arrival to Paraguay on 14 February 2020, Adebayor was received by a multitude of people at the Silvio Pettirossi International Airport during the early morning. He later signed his contract and successfully passed his medical examination. Club Olimpia then held his official presentation at the Estadio Manuel Ferreira. D10 Paraguay reported that Adebayor would use the number #25 jersey. Adebayor reunited at Olimpia with his former Manchester City teammate Roque Santa Cruz who had joined the club in 2016, Adebayor confessed that it was Santa Cruz influence which convinced him to join Olimpia. The following week after Adebayor's arrival, he netted five goals in his first football session at Olimpia and netted nine goals in another football session, and was expected to debut the coming weekend in the Paraguayan Superclásico against Cerro Porteño. Olimpia coach Daniel Garnero later confirmed that Adebayor was selected in the squad of players to attend concentration prior to the Superclásico.

International career

Adebayor was also eligible to play for Nigeria but chose to represent the country of his birth, Togo. Adebayor helped Togo qualify for the 2006 Africa Cup of Nations after scoring 11 goals in the qualifiers, more than any other player in the African qualifiers. On 10 February 2009, the Confederation of African Football (CAF) picked Adebayor as the African Footballer of the Year for 2008 at an awards ceremony held in Lagos, Nigeria. Adebayor beat final nominees Mohamed Aboutrika of Egypt and Ghana's Michael Essien in a vote that involved the national team coaches of CAF's 54 member-nations. It was the first time a Togolese won the award as Africa's best player.

Adebayor helped Togo to qualify for the 2006 FIFA World Cup in Germany and started all three group matches against South Korea, Switzerland and France, but did not score any goals and Togo ended up in last place in their group. Adebayor was made team captain after the finals.

Adebayor was called up for the 2006 Africa Cup of Nations, where he was a substitute for the country's first match, following a row with the coach. Adebayor first vowed to leave the tournament and return home, although he later resumed training with the side. Togo were eliminated after losing all three matches. He was dropped by Togo following the row over bonus payments. However, Adebayor was brought back into the Togo team in September 2007. On 11 October 2008, he scored four goals in Togo's 6–0 hammering of Swaziland during the World Cup qualification rounds.

Despite being injured, Adebayor played for Togo against Cameroon. In the match, he scored the only goal for Togo to seal the win.

On 8 January 2010, Adebayor was one of the players involved when the Togo national team's bus came under a gunfire attack on the way to the Africa Cup of Nations in Angola. The fatal attack, in which all the players survived but three other people were killed, led to Togo withdrawing from the tournament. Adebayor consequently announced his retirement from international football on 12 April 2010 in a statement which read, "I have weighed up my feelings in the weeks and months since the attack and I am still haunted by the events which I witnessed on that horrible afternoon on the Togo team bus. We were just footballers going to play a football match and represent our country, yet we were attacked by people who wanted to kill us all. It is a moment I will never forget and one I never want to experience again."

Adebayor subsequently returned to international duty in November 2011 following assurances from the Togolese Football Federation regarding safety, making his comeback in a 1–0 win over Guinea-Bissau in a 2014 World Cup qualifier.

After refusing to play earlier in the year, he was recalled again in November 2018. In March 2019, he was selected for the decisive 2019 Africa Cup of Nations qualification match against Benin.

Media career
Adebayor was a pundit for the BBC Sport's 2010 FIFA World Cup coverage.

Personal life
Adebayor is married and has a daughter named Kendra (born June 2010). He is the uncle of Georgia Revolution FC midfielder Alex Harlley.

Adebayor has spoken about his faith, saying, "Everything I do in life I put in the hands of God, my creator. He gave me the chance to be where I am today and He's the one that can take it all away from me. There is nothing more important for me than God." Adebayor could not walk for the first four years of his life. His mother took young Adebayor around Africa looking for a cure. Adebayor then spoke about his "miracle" saying, "I was in the church laying down and, around nine or ten o'clock on the Sunday morning, I could hear children playing outside. Suddenly somebody kicked a ball into the church. And the first person to stand up and run was me, because I wanted to get that ball."

On 5 May 2015, Adebayor made a lengthy post on his public Facebook page describing his family troubles. These troubles included several relatives asking for large amounts of money, his sister renting out a house he had bought for her without him knowing, and complications surrounding the death of his brother Peter. In July 2017, Adebayor stated in an interview regarding his family issues that his late brother had sent an official letter to Real Madrid asking them to not keep Adebayor on after his loan spell.

Career statistics

Club

International

International goals
Scores and results list Togo's goal tally first.

Honours
Monaco
UEFA Champions League runner-up: 2003–04

Arsenal
Football League Cup runner-up: 2006–07

Real Madrid
Copa del Rey: 2010–11

Crystal Palace
FA Cup runner-up: 2015–16

Togo
Four Nations Tournament (Ghana) third place: 2007

Individual
BBC African Footballer of the Year: 2007
African Player of the Year: 2008
BBC Goal of the Season: 2007–08
Premier League PFA Team of the Year: 2007–08


Avon Inn

Avon Inn is an historic inn located in Avon, USA, in Livingston County, New York. The main block was built in the 1840s as a residence in the Greek Revival style. The five bay structure features a two-story portico supported by massive Ionic columns.

In 1882, the building was expanded and remodeled for use as a sanitarium. It was expanded and remodeled in 1912, when it was converted for use as an inn and banquet hall. At this time a notable Colonial Revival style dining room was added.

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on April 16, 1991.

In 2016, The Inn began significant renovations to reopen in 2018 under new ownership.


The Nude Woman (1926 film)

The Nude Woman (French: La femme nue) is a 1926 French silent drama film directed by Léonce Perret and starring Iván Petrovich, Louise Lagrange and Nita Naldi. Based on a play by Henry Bataille, it was remade as a sound film in 1932.

Cast
   Iván Petrovich as Pierre Bernier
 Louise Lagrange as Lolette
 Nita Naldi as Princesse de Chabrant
 André Nox as Prince de Chabran
 Blanche Beaume as Madame de Garcin
 Mary Harris as Sonia
 Maurice de Canonge as Rouchard
 Henri Rudaux as Maitre Rivet, notaire
 Richard as Arnheim
 Alexis Nogornoff as Gréville
 Bidau
 Clairette de Savoye
 René Ginet
 Hope Johnson
 André Liabel


Mekdes Bekele

Mekdes Bekele Tadese (Amharic: መቅደስ በቀለ ታደሰ; born 20 January 1987) is an Ethiopian runner who specializes in the 3000 metres steeplechase.

Competition record

Personal bests
3000 metres steeplechase - 9:32.05 min (2007)
5000 metres - 15:49.71 min (2006)


Wichefjellet

Wichefjellet is a mountain in Sabine Land at Spitsbergen, Svalbard. It is named after English merchant and ship owner Richard Wiche. The mountain belongs to the mountain group of Hahnfjella, and is situated west of the bay of Wichebukta.


Clarks Point Airport

Clarks Point Airport  is a state-owned public-use airport located in Clarks Point, a city in the Dillingham Census Area of the U.S. state of Alaska.

As per Federal Aviation Administration records, the airport had 497 passenger boardings (enplanements) in calendar year 2008, an increase of 15% from the 432 enplanements in 2007. This airport is included in the FAA's National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems for 2009–2013, which categorized it as a general aviation facility.

Facilities and aircraft
Clarks Point Airport covers an area of  at an elevation of 80 feet (24 m) above mean sea level. It has one runway designated 18/36 with a gravel surface measuring 3,200 by 60 feet (975 x 18 m). For the 12-month period ending December 31, 2008, the airport had 6,000 aircraft operations, an average of 16 per day: 67% air taxi and 33% general aviation.

Airlines and destinations

Statistics


Candia massacre

The Candia massacre occurred on September6, 1898, on the island of Crete, then part of the Ottoman Empire. It occurred as a reaction by armed Muslim irregular groups to the offer to the Christian community of a series of civil rights. They attacked the British security force in Candia (modern Heraklion), which was part of an international security force on the island. Muslim irregulars then proceeded to massacre the local Christians in the city. As a result 14 British military personnel were killed, the British vice-consul and his family were burnt alive in their house and 500–800 Christian inhabitants are estimated to have been massacred. A significant part of Candia was burnt and the massacre ended only after British warships began a blanket bombardment of the city. The incident accelerated the end of Ottoman rule on Crete and two months later the last Ottoman soldier left the island.

Background
As a result of failed Ottoman policies and oppressive measures against the local Christians, a number of uprisings broke out on Crete demanding union with Greece. Through British mediation the Ottoman Sultan finally made a number of reformist concessions which were incorporated in an agreement known as the Pact of Halepa, signed on October25, 1878. However, in 1889 the Ottoman authorities infringed this pact, provoking another insurrection which was put down while the European powers showed no interest in intervention.

In 1895 the Ottoman authorities again violated the Pact of Halepa which culminated with the removal of the Christian Governor-General of the island. As a result another uprising broke out in 1896–1897. This time the European powers did intervene, forcing the Sultan to restore the terms of the agreement, as well as making additional reforms.

Massacre

As part of the reforms, an international force was installed in Crete by the European powers. The Admirals' Council of this force decided to place the customs houses on Crete under international control so that it could exact an export duty, which would fund the general welfare of the island. Thus, a group from the British force, part of the international security units, ordered the Ottomans to surrender the custom house in Candia, (now Heraklion), on . When the British attempted to take control, violent resistance broke out among irregular Muslim groups. With only a 130-man detachment of the British Army’s Highland Light Infantry ashore and the Royal Navy torpedo gunboat  present in the harbor of the city, Muslim irregular armed groups confronted the British at the harbor and the customs house. As a result 14 British military soldiers, sailors and marines were killed and an additional 40 were wounded.

Those groups then attacked the house of the local British Vice-Consul, L.A. Calocherino, and managed to burn it down, killing him together with his family. Muslim irregulars then proceeded to slaughter any Christians they could find in the city. Some of the local Christians sought refuge in the cathedral of the city, while much of the town was set ablaze. In support of the beleaguered British troops caught in a crossfire from every direction, Lt John Marshall of HMS Hazard did not wait for instruction and began to shell the town. His intervention saved a small number of British military personnel who managed to escape.

The incident lasted more than four hours. As a result, a part of the city was burnt and according to various estimates, 500 to 800 Christians were massacred by Muslim irregular groups. The massacre ended only when British warships began a blanket bombardment of the city. Meanwhile, the responsible Ottoman officer, Ismail Pasha, contacted French Rear Admiral Édouard Pottier, head of the international force, and offered to provide a half-battalion in support to the British forces to quell the disturbance. However, it was later revealed that Ismail's subordinate, the local Ottoman ruler (kaymakam) Ethem Pasha, was himself involved in the outbreak of the violence.

Aftermath

Queen Victoria personally called for "drastic action", and Prime Minister Salisbury pressed forward the rushed military trials. Two British soldiers were awarded the Victoria Cross. The leaders of the Muslim units were hanged on the walls of Heraklion.

The incident accelerated the settlement of the "Cretan question". The ambassadors of France, Great Britain, Italy and Russia presented an ultimatum to the Ottoman Sultan, demanding the withdrawal of the Ottoman troops from Crete within a month. Two months later, on November28, the last Ottoman troops left Crete, ending the 253-year Ottoman rule on the island. The following year Crete formed an autonomous state within the Ottoman Empire and in 1913 it became part of Greece.

The main street where the incidents occurred was later named "Martyrs of 25th August" (the old style calendar date of the event) to honor the victims of the massacre. A monument to the British seamen killed was erected in Upper Barrakka Gardens, Malta.


Targa

Targa is an old word for targe, shield.  Targa or TARGA may also refer to:

Car rallies
Targa Florio, Sicily, Italy
Targa Canada West, Canada
Targa New Zealand
Targa Newfoundland, Canada
Targa Tasmania, Australia
Targa West, Western Australia
Targa timing system

Places
 Targa, Kasur, village in Kasur District, Pakistan
 Targa, Sialkot, village in Sialkot District, Pakistan

Boats
a range of boats made by Fairline Boats
a range of boats made by Botnia Marin, as used by the Metropolitan Police Marine Policing Unit

Others
the working title for the Super Famicom video game Rendering Ranger: R2
Targa top, car body style
Sheaffer Targa, a range of pens made in the 1970s and 1980s, now collectors' items
Truevision TGA, image file format
An enemy in the online game Maple Story
Tarġa Battery, a battery in Malta
Targa (brand), brand for a German computer company
UP Targa, a German paraglider design


Paenanthracotherium

Paenanthracotherium was a genus of anthracothere that lived in Europe and Asia during the Oligocene.

Taxonomy
The type species of the genus is Paenanthracotherium bergeri. The species "Anthracotherium" hippoideum and "Brachyodus" strategus have been re-assigned to this genus based on similarities with P. bergeri.

Distribution
Fossils of Paenanthracotherium are known from France, Germany, Pakistan, Romania, and Switzerland.


Alejandro Peñaranda

Alejandro Peñaranda Trujillo (4 November 1993 – 1 June 2018) was a Colombian professional footballer who played as a striker.

Career
Born in Jamundí, Peñaranda played for Atlético Nacional, América de Cali and Cortuluá.

Death
Peñaranda was shot and killed on 1 June 2018, while at the house of Cristian Alexis Borja, who was unharmed. Peñaranda's Cortuluá teammate Heissen Izquierdo was injured in the attack.