title: Micheál MacGréil

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Fr. Micheál P Mac Gréil S.J. (23 March 1931 – 21 January 2023), was a Jesuit priest, sociologist, writer and activist from Ireland.

Biography
Micheál Mac Gréil was born in Clonaslee, County Laois on 23 March 1931, and grew up near Westport, County Mayo. Fr. Mac Gréil was educated by the Christian Brothers in Rice College, Westport, and served in the Irish Army from 1950 until 1959 as a cadet and officer.

Mac Greil studied at the Université catholique de Louvain, Kent State University, Milltown Park and  University College Dublin from where he gained his doctorate in sociology in 1976.  In 1971, he was appointed a lecturer in Sociology at Maynooth University where he remained until he retired in 1996. He also lectured for a time at University College Dublin.

An activist and an advocate on many issues such as Prison Reform, Irish Language, Irish Travellers, the decriminalisation of homosexuality and, more recently, the Western Rail Corridor. Mac Greil’s lifelong dedication to social justice brought him into some extraordinary situations. For two consecutive Septembers in 1968 and 1969, he lived on the roadside as a Traveller in disguise to learn about the social, personal and cultural mores of Irish Travellers.
In 1996, he retired from his post at Maynooth University and was appointed to a parish in Westport, County Mayo.

In 1980, Dr. Mac Gréil revived the tradition of making a pilgrimage to Máméan. In 1981, he chaired a special working party on the Jesuit Catholic Workers College, which was to evolve into the National College of Ireland.
He published many books, papers and reports on social issues and attitudes in Ireland.

In 1994, Mac Gréil served as president of AONTAS, the Irish national adult learning organisation.

MacGréil died on 21 January 2023, at the age of 91.

Publications
A psycho-socio-cultural theory of prejudice: As tested in data collected from selected samples in the Philadelphia and Cleveland metropolitan areas (1966)
Community In The Making (1970)
Prejudice And Tolerance In Ireland (1978) – won the Christopher Ewart-Biggs Memorial Prize
The Sligo-Limerick Railway: a Case for Its Restoration (1981)
Memoirs, 1911–86  James Horan (1992)
Prejudice in Ireland Revisited with the Survey and Research Unit, St. Patrick's College, Maynooth (1996)
Quo Vadimus. Ca Bhfuil Ar dTriall?/Where are We going? (1998)
Report on Religious Attitudes in Ireland (2007–2008)
The Emancipation of The Travelling People (2010)
Pluralism and Diversity in Ireland: Prejudice and Related Issues in Early 21st Century Ireland (2012)
The Ongoing Present: A Critical Look at the Society and World in which I Grew Up (2014) (Messenger Publications)

References

1931 births
2023 deaths
20th-century Irish Jesuits
21st-century Irish Jesuits
20th-century Irish historians
21st-century Irish historians
Irish sociologists
Alumni of University College Dublin
Alumni of Milltown Institute of Theology and Philosophy
Academics of St Patrick's College, Maynooth
People associated with the National College of Ireland
People from Westport, County Mayo
Christian clergy from County Laois
Christian clergy from County Mayo
People from Clonaslee
Scholars and academics from County Laois
Scholars and academics from County Mayo


title: Gianluca Cologna

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Gianluca Cologna (born 17 May 1990) is a retired Swiss cross-country skier. His brother Dario Cologna is also a professional cross-country skier. He competed in the 2014 Winter Olympics in the Men's team sprint with his brother Dario and finished 5th in the final.  He achieved his only individual podium in December 2013 with a third-place finish in the Classic Sprint in Asiago, Italy.

His retirement, after undergoing surgeries for shoulder and knee injuries, was first reported by the Swiss media on 25 March 2018 and confirmed by Cologna himself on his Facebook and Instagram accounts a few days later.

Cross-country skiing results
All results are sourced from the International Ski Federation (FIS).

Olympic Games

World Championships

World Cup

Season standings

Individual podiums
 1 podium – (1 )

References

External links
Official website

1990 births
Cross-country skiers at the 2014 Winter Olympics
Living people
Olympic cross-country skiers for Switzerland
Swiss male cross-country skiers


title: Við Margáir

text:
Við Margáir is a stadium in Streymnes, Faroe Islands. It is currently used mostly for association football matches and is the home ground of EB/Streymur.

References

External links
 Við Margáir - Nordic Stadiums

EB/Streymur
Football venues in the Faroe Islands


title: Jerry Turner (American football)

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Jerry Turner (born April 10, 1978) is an American football defensive end who is a free agent. He was signed by the Alabama Steeldogs as an undrafted free agent in 2001. He played college football at Tennessee Technological University.

On June 9, 2016, Turner was assigned to the Tampa Bay Storm.

On May 11, 2017, Turner signed with the Monterrey Steel.

References

External links
Arena Football League bio

1978 births
Living people
American football defensive ends
Tennessee Tech Golden Eagles football players
Alabama Steeldogs players
Bakersfield Blitz players
Las Vegas Gladiators players
Kansas City Brigade players
Arkansas Twisters players
Spokane Shock players
Georgia Force players
Jacksonville Sharks players
Tampa Bay Storm players
Monterrey Steel players
Players of American football from Birmingham, Alabama


title: Credit Acceptance

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Credit Acceptance Corporation is an auto finance company providing automobile loans and other related financial products. The company operates its financial program through a national network of dealer-partners, the automobile dealers participating in the programs. The company operates two programs: the "Portfolio Program" and the "Purchase Program". Through these programs, the company can advance money to automobile dealers in exchange for the right to service the underlying consumer loans and can buy the consumer loans from automobile dealers. Credit Acceptance reported annual revenue of $1.49B for 2019.

History

In 1972, Credit Acceptance Corporation was founded by Donald Foss, one of the largest used car dealers in the world at that time.
In 1992, Credit Acceptance Corporation completed its initial public offering on the Nasdaq exchange, where it trades under the symbol "CACC."

Criticism
On December 12, 2019 NPR aired a segment of Morning Edition called "The Big Business Of Subprime Auto Loans", by Anjali Kamat, which described "the murky world of subprime auto finance," and called it "eerily similar to the subprime mortgage lending that touched off the last financial crisis." Aaron Greenspan, a short-seller and transparency expert who published a detailed report about the company, said: "It's a very strange set of circumstances where, like, high finance has been married with this kind of seedy underbelly of the auto industry."

Credit Acceptance has been investigated by the Department of Justice and the Federal Trade Commission for questionable practices related to subprime lending. Credit Acceptance repossesses 35 percent of the cars it finances.

The company has also been criticized for its opaque accounting. According to an article by Aaron Back for the Wall Street Journal, "The problem is that the company’s unique accounting practices make it difficult to see how its loans are really doing. Credit Acceptance uses a form of 'level yield accounting' that is normally applied to purchases of already impaired loans. This means Credit Acceptance doesn’t disclose what portion of loans are delinquent or have defaulted."

References

External links

Financial services companies of the United States
Companies based in Southfield, Michigan
Financial services companies established in 1972
1972 establishments in Michigan


title: Hiroyuki Miyazawa

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Hiroyuki Miyazawa (, born 12 October 1991) is a Japanese cross-country skier who participated in the 2014 Winter Olympics.

He competed at the 2022 Winter Olympics.

References

1991 births
Living people
Olympic cross-country skiers for Japan
Japanese male cross-country skiers
Tour de Ski skiers
Cross-country skiers at the 2014 Winter Olympics
Cross-country skiers at the 2022 Winter Olympics


title: Safiya Burkhanova

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Sofiya Burkhanova (born 1 December 1989) is an Uzbekistani shot putter. She is a two-time medalist, including gold, in the women's shot put F12 event at the Summer Paralympics.

Career
She came third at the 2008 Asian Junior Athletics Championships. She threw over seventeen metres for the first time in 2009, winning the Uzbek national title in the process. This performance gained her selection for the 2010 Asian Games, where she finished seventh in the final. The following year she placed fourth at the 2011 Asian Athletics Championships. She went unbeaten on the Asian Grand Prix in 2012, with three straight victories. She threw a personal best of  in Almaty that year.

Burkhanova came close to the medals again at the 2013 Asian Athletics Championships, this time placing fifth in the shot put. She won her first continental title at the 2014 Asian Indoor Athletics Championships, where her throw of  sufficed for the victory.

References

External links

Living people
1989 births
Uzbekistani female shot putters
Athletes (track and field) at the 2010 Asian Games
Athletes (track and field) at the 2014 Asian Games
World record holders in para-athletics
Athletes (track and field) at the 2016 Summer Paralympics
Athletes (track and field) at the 2020 Summer Paralympics
Medalists at the 2016 Summer Paralympics
Medalists at the 2020 Summer Paralympics
Paralympic gold medalists for Uzbekistan
Paralympic silver medalists for Uzbekistan
Paralympic athletes for Uzbekistan
Asian Games competitors for Uzbekistan
Paralympic medalists in athletics (track and field)
Medalists at the World Para Athletics Championships
21st-century Uzbekistani women


title: Termosolar Borges

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Termosolar Borges (also known as Borges Termosolar) is a hybrid biomass-parabolic trough solar thermal power plant which provides electricity to Spain's transmission system. It is located about  west of Barcelona, about  south-east of Lleida, near Les Borges Blanques, Catalonia, Spain.

The plant is the northernmost concentrated solar plant built in Spain.

Construction has started February 2011 and the power plant was brought into operation in December 2012. and required between 150 and 450 people depending on the phase of creation. On a commercial scale, the plant is the first of its type: a solar parabolic trough plant with two biomass burners that integrate the solar production. The facility was developed by Abantia Group and COMSA EMTE. Owner is Borges Blanques, an Abantia Group (47.5%), COMSA RENOVABLES (47.5%) and Institut Català d’Energia (5%) joint venture.  The facility is a €153 million investment. The plant employs 40 people in the operations and about 50 indirect jobs are engaged in the extraction and transport of biomass, over its 25-year lifetime.

The plant net power output is 22.5 megawatts (MW).

The facility combines solar power generation with biomass-fired power generation in a system that allows for continuous electrical production of renewable energy 24/7, even when the sun isn’t shining. The plant peak capacity of 22.5 MWe is obtained when there is sufficient solar power. At night, when only the biomass power is available, the plant power capacity is 12 MWe.

The facility is located on a  site.

History
Since the publication of the Spanish Royal Decree 661/2007, solar thermal energy plants were taken in consideration for development and several projects followed construction and operation. These Concentrated Solar Power (CSP) plants produce electricity by converting solar energy into high temperature heat using diverse mirror configurations. The heat is then used to produce electricity through a conventional generator system using a steam turbine. Currently, research is undertaken on various CSP technologies for storage of thermal energy to increase the number of operation hours of CSP plants. The Termosolar Borges plant implements a different approach: the hybridization of a CSP plant with biomass fueled boilers. There is also a natural gas burner, to be used as an emergency backup. This solution reaches a higher electric production, an improvement in the operation stability of the thermal system and a higher renewable output of the plant. Beside, the most solar projects and plants are developed in the southern Spain territory, in consideration of more daily energy and a better winter insolation. The hybridization technology compensates the lower winter season solar production in northern Spain. The hybridization of a CSP plant with  biomass allows expanding this technology in northern Spain areas and opens the use of multiple renewable energy sources for the CSP plants.

Design and specifications

The thermosolar plant is mainly composed by 4 blocks: (1) the solar field; (2) the thermal block; (3) the electrical block and (4) the balance of the plant. The plant is to produce electricity on a continuous basis, round-the-clock.

Solar field
The solar field (SF) consists of trough-shaped mirror reflectors to concentrate solar radiation on to receiver tubes containing thermal transfer fluid which is heated to produce steam. The SF comprises 2,688 collectors,  in diameter and  long each, (224 loops or SCAs) and has been realized by Siemens, including the mirrors and solar receivers. The heat is transferred with a thermal oil loop.

Thermal block
It comprises two 22 MWth dual biomass and natural gas boiler (BM-NG), one 6 MWth natural gas conventional auxiliary boiler (auxNG) for assistance, and a steam generator (SG). The BM is inserted in series on the SF thermal oil loop. Gas firing is intended for power shaping and back-up.

Electric block
Composed of a 22.5 MWe steam turbine generator train and a power transformer. The turbo generator train comprises one high-pressure turbine (HPT) followed by a low-pressure turbine (LPT). The electrical block converts the thermal energy in mechanical energy in the steam turbines followed by the generator which changes that into electricity.

Balance of the plant
That is the auxiliary systems, like shredding and biomass storage systems and control systems.

The plant is composed of a parabolic trough system with a thermal oil loop and in series two 22 MWth dual biomass and natural gas combustion unit. Turbine full load efficiency is 37%. The plant is to produce electricity on a continuous basis, round-the-clock. Gas firing is available for back-up. The steam is provided to a MAN Diesel & Turbo SE turbo generator train. Carbon offset is 24,500 tonnes per year.

Operations
While traditional solar power facilities need to employ expensive energy storage techniques to ensure continuous operation in all weather conditions, the biomass hybrid configuration has eliminated that need. Whenever there is not enough direct sunlight to generate solar power, the facility’s biomass power generation capacity is brought online, enabling the continuous production of electricity, even at night, when the sun isn’t shining.

The SF parabolic troughs absorb solar energy, heating a thermal oil up to . In a steam generator (SG) the thermal oil generates saturated steam at  and the dual biomass boiler superheat this steam to .
When the solar portion of the plant is not operational (at night or when the sunlight is insufficient), the largest biomass boiler heats the thermal oil to . The fluid is then routed to the power plant block.
The second biomass boiler overcomes the thermal oil  limit, heating the produced steam.

The biomass portion of the facility takes in timber and forestry waste as its primary feedstock. However, it can also be fueled in part with energy crops and agricultural residues. The planned biomass input is approximately 85,000 tonnes per year at 45% humidity, collected from an extended area in Catalonia, of forestry origin that comes from forests that are in an approximate radius of 80 kilometers of the plant.

At night or in completely cloudy days (long periods without radiation) the fuel used by the boilers will be the biomass. The total power of the biomass boilers is 36 MWth. The choice of this power level for the boiler is motivated by being able to achieve at least 50% of the workload of the turbine running at night. Below this level, the turbine efficiency decreases sharply.
The grate type biomass boilers from INTEC Energy Solutions are mainly composed of the following elements:
Biomass feeding system
Furnace for biomass
Set of natural gas burners
Heat recovery system (heat exchanger)
The functionality of the dual boiler is double; it can use biomass or natural gas as a fuel depending on the meteorological conditions.

About 2.5 MW of the gross power is taken for the shredding and storage of biomass.

The hybrid CSP plant has a small steam boiler for assistance. His steam generation capacity  exceeds 3 tonnes/h at  to meet particular needs of the facility.

Electricity is produced using a MAN Diesel & Turbo MARC-R high-pressure steam turbine. The MARC-R is an interim heating turbine with two casings constructed out of a MARC-2 backpressure turbine and a MARC-6 condenser turbine, the MARC-R forms part of the MARC, short for Modular Arrangement Concept. The MARC-2 turbine operates in the 4-10 MW power range and accepts up to ,  max steam inlet. The MARC-6 turbine operates in the
15-40 MW power range and accepts up to ,  max steam inlet. The back pressure turbine discharges the steam into a pressurized piping system to be used for process heating elsewhere or as the supply to other turbines. For instance a turbine may receive steam at  and discharge into a  system. The condenser turbine has is discharge connected to a surface condenser to extend the range of pressure drop through the turbine to extract more power. The discharge pressure is a vacuum.
The MARC-R group at full load efficiency is 37%.

Estimated yearly production is estimated in 44.1 GW·h from solar energy, in 47.3 GW·h from biomass production and in 10.2 GW·h from supplemental natural gas. Total production is 101.5 GW·h gross, 98 GW·h net. The facility combines solar power generation and biomass-fired power generation in a way that allows for continuous electrical production.

The hybridization model allows a continuous power generation, resulting in different ways of production, depending on the time of day, the weather and the season of the year. This installation just stops on summer nights, to not exceed the quota for biomass burning established by the regulations. During the hours with less solar radiation, as well as during the night, energy production is complemented by the biomass burners, supplied mainly with forest and from biomass energy crops. Natural gas, is used only as residual resource of support.

Environmental impact
CSP-biomass hybrids have potential as an alternative to thermal energy storage in locations where full day power generation are required, and to ensure dispatchable energy supply for industrial processes and power generation. Hybridisation can reduce CST cost by making greater use of the turbine and generator component which is a large portion of a CST plant cost, and the use of biomass can also deliver economic and employment benefits in local economies.
Termosolar Borges is located in a region rich in agriculture and horticulture providing a supply of biomass resource, and with a good quality solar resource.

The capacity of the plant is sufficient to provide ecofriendly power for about 27,000 Spanish households, avoiding 24,500 tonnes of CO2 emissions.

This kind of hybrid plants allows to deploy concentrated solar power in areas with lower solar radiation but with biomass resources available nearby.

A pilot project started in 2010 with the aim of studying the feasibility of poplar trees for biomass generation. Three different clones of poplar were cultured in the plantation of which one has proven to be viable for energy recovery through biomass boilers (heat). COMSA Medio Ambiente’s director of Engineering, Technology and Generation, Albert Solé, expressed his intent to use poplars to generate biomass for the plant.

Some sectors dispute the use of energy crops. Environmental groups like Greenpeace do not support every system for biomass production. Instead they propose that a very limited use is made to occupy the minimum territory for energy crops. Oxfam is another NGO who is not in favor of unsustainable biofuels and NGO Transport & Environment considers it as a bad biofuel because it entails increasing deforestation and increased pressure on food prices.

European Union’s member countries have not reached an agreement on the percentage of biomass that should come from energy crops, which is currently at 5%, as some like Lithuania propose to increase it to 7% while others such as Sweden and Finland are demanding a much lower percentage.

See also

List of power stations in Spain
List of solar thermal power stations
Renewable energy in the European Union
Solar power in Spain
Solar thermal energy

References

Solar power stations in Spain
Buildings and structures in Catalonia
Buildings and structures in the Province of Lleida


title: Auna (missionary)

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Auna (c. 1790 – 1835) was a Tahitian missionary to Hawaii. A chief of Raiatea, he was one of the first Tahitians to be converted by the London Missionary Society's work in the Society Islands; he then became a deacon on Huahine. In April 1822, he was sent with six other Tahitian Christians as a missionary to Hawaii, in response to a request from the American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions, who wanted assistance for their missionaries who were working in the island group. Auna continued working in Hawaii until March 1824, when he returned to the Society Islands. Auna's journal continues to be used as a source by historians and anthropologists.

References

People from Tahiti
1790s births
Year of birth uncertain
1835 deaths
Protestant missionaries in Hawaii
Converts to Christianity
French Polynesian Protestant missionaries
People from Raiatea


title: 2000 Caribbean Series

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The forty-second edition of the Caribbean Series (Serie del Caribe) was held from February 2 through February 8 of  with the champion baseball teams of the Dominican Republic, Águilas Cibaeñas; Mexico, Mayos de Navojoa; Puerto Rico, Cangrejeros de Santurce, and Venezuela, Águilas del Zulia. The format consisted of 12 games, each team facing the other teams twice, and the games were played at Estadio Quisqueya in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic.

Summary

Final standings

Individual leaders

All-Star team

Sources
Bjarkman, Peter. Diamonds around the Globe: The Encyclopedia of International Baseball. Greenwood.
Serie del Caribe : History, Records and Statistics (Spanish)
Estadísticas Serie del Caribe 2000 (Spanish)

Caribbean
2000
February 2000 sports events in North America
International baseball competitions hosted by the Dominican Republic
2000 in Caribbean sport
2000 in Dominican Republic sport
20th century in Santo Domingo


title: Anestasia Vodka

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AnestasiA Vodka is a vodka distilled in the United States. The spelling comes from the founder's family name and the bottle's shape represents the letter A for AnestasiA and the letter V for vodka.

Company history
In 2007, co-founder Yuliya Mamontova started the project and hired Karim Rashid to design the packaging. The original recipe contained an ingredient that gave it a tingling effect. The product is now a neutral spirit, with no flavors added, and is produced in Bend, Oregon. NumBrands, Inc. is headquartered in White Plains, NY.
Yuliya Mamontova incorporated Numbrands, Inc. in 2008 in order to introduce the new brand. After four years of financial investment, research and product development, Numbrands, Inc. launched Anestasia Vodka in July 2013 in Las Vegas with Southern Wine & Spirits.

Numbrands, Inc. is a family-owned and family-operated business.

Awards
In 2012, AnestasiA Vodka won the Best Bottle and Best Case award from the Beverage Testing Institute.

In 2013, AnestasiA Vodka won a gold medal from the International Craft Awards and also received a 94 rating from the Beverage Testing Institute.

See also
List of vodkas

References

External links
Anestasia Vodka website

American vodkas


title: Athabasca rainbow trout

text:
The Athabasca rainbow trout is a localized variety of the rainbow trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss), a fish in the family Salmonidae. It is found in the headwaters of the Athabasca river in Alberta, Canada. The Athabasca rainbow trout was considered as a form of the Columbia River redband trout  subspecies in the trout handbook of Robert J. Behnke (1992), but considered a separate, yet unnamed subspecies by L. M. Carl of the Ontario Ministry of Resources in work published in 1994. The Athabasca River is a tributary of the Mackenzie River system which flows north into the Arctic Ocean.

The Athabasca rainbow trout is one of the few native rainbow trout populations found in an Arctic Ocean watershed. Populations of either coastal rainbow trout (O. m. irideus) or Columbia River redband trout (O. m. gairdneri) exist in Peace and Liard river tributaries in the Mackenzie River system.

The Athabasca rainbow is considered a "May be at risk" species in Alberta due to potential habitat loss and hybridization with introduced rainbow trout".

References

Oncorhynchus
Trout, Athabasca rainbow
Fish of Canada
Endemic fauna of Canada
Endemic fauna of Alberta
Fauna of the Rocky Mountains
Natural history of Alberta
Forma taxa
Subspecies


title: 2014–15 Top League

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The 2014–15 Top League was the 12th season of Japan's domestic rugby union competition, the Top League. It kicked off on 30 August 2014. The final was held on 8 February 2015 and won by Panasonic Wild Knights, 30–12 over Yamaha Júbilo.

Teams

The only change to the make-up of the league was the Top Kyushu champion team Fukuoka Sanix replacing Kyuden Voltex.

Regular season
For the Pool stage, the 16 teams were placed into 2 pools of 8 teams each and a round-robin tournament was played within each of the pools.

Then, for the Group stage, the top 4 teams from each pool went through to Group 1, and the bottom 4 teams from each pool went through to Group 2. The teams were given starting points based on where they finished in their pool.
- i.e. starting points of 4, 3, 2, and 1, for 1st, 2nd, 3rd, and 4th respectively; and starting points of 4, 3, 2, and 1, for 5th, 6th, 7th, and 8th respectively.

Another round-robin was played for each of the groups. The Top League teams in Group 1 ranked 1st to 4th qualified for the title play-offs to fight for the Microsoft Cup and the Top League title. The top 4 also qualified directly into the All-Japan Rugby Football Championship.

The teams in Group 1 ranked 5th to 8th, and teams in Group 2 ranked 1st to 4th went through to the wildcard play-offs for qualification into the All-Japan Rugby Football Championship.

The teams in Group 2 ranked 5th to 7th went through to the promotion and relegation play-offs against regional challengers to fight to remain in the Top League. The team in Group 2 ranked 8th was automatically relegated to the regional leagues for 2015–16.

Standings

Group stage tables

Pool stage tables

Pool stage

Round 1

Round 2

Round 3

Round 4

Round 5

Round 6

Round 7

Group stage

Round 1

Round 2

Round 3

Round 4

Round 5

Round 6

Round 7

Title play-offs
Top 4 sides of the regular season competed in the Lixil Cup knock out tournament to decide the Top League champion. The top 4 teams of 2014–15 were Kobelco Steelers, Panasonic Wild Knights, Toshiba Brave Lupus, and Yamaha Júbilo.

Semi-finals

Final

Wildcard play-offs
The Top League Group 1 teams ranked 5–8 and Group 2 teams ranked 1–4 played off over two rounds, with the second round winners qualifying for the All-Japan Rugby Football Championship.

First round

Second round

So NEC Green Rockets and Suntory Sungoliath advanced to the All-Japan Rugby Football Championship.

Top League Challenge Series

Honda Heat won promotion to the 2015–16 Top League via the 2014–15 Top League Challenge Series, while Kamaishi Seawaves, Kyuden Voltex and Mitsubishi Sagamihara DynaBoars progressed to the promotion play-offs.

Promotion and relegation play-offs
The Top League teams in Group 2 ranked 5th, 6th, and 7th, played-off against the Challenge 1 teams ranked 4th, 3rd, and 2nd, respectively, for the right to be included in the Top League for the following season.

So Kubota Spears, Coca-Cola Red Sparks and Toyota Industries Shuttles remained in the Top League for the next season.

End-of-season awards

Team awards

Individual awards

Team of the season

References

Japan Rugby League One

Top League


title: Sautela

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Sautela is a 1999 Indian Hindi-language action drama film directed by T. Rama Rao, starring Mithun Chakraborty in the lead role. The film, a remake of Tamil-language film Cheran Pandiyan also introduced 3 South Indian Heroines, Priya Raman, Priyanka Upendra and Rajashree to Bollywood.

Plot
Raghuvir, the head of the village Panchayat, and Arjun are step-brothers who live separately. Arjun always respects his elder brother Raghuvir. Raguvir's wife and daughter also love Arjun, but Raghuvir openly dislikes him being the step-brother. One day local goons tried to rape Raghuvir's daughter and Arjun beats them. Without knowing the fact, Raghuvir punished Arjun. The Enemy of their family and local Don uses this hatred to their advantage.

Cast
Mithun Chakraborty as Arjun
Suresh Oberoi as Raghuvir
Priyanka Upendra as Raghuvir's daughter
Priya Raman
Vinay Anand
Gulshan Grover
Rami Reddy
Reema Lagoo as Raghuvir's wife
Vishwajeet Pradhan
Rajashree
Rohini Hattangadi

Music
"Dil Hai Deewana Mera" - Anuradha Paudwal, Abhijeet
"Behna Ri Pyari Pyari" - Kavita Krishnamurthy, Kumar Sanu
"Sapno Ki Rani Hai Deewani" - Anuradha Paudwal, Abhijeet
"Haule Haule Pyar Karo Na" - Kumar Sanu, Anuradha Paudwal
"Na Honge Hum Juda" - Kavita Krishnamurthy, Kumar Sanu
"Kismat Ne Dekho" - Indrajit Dasgupta

References

External links

1999 films
1990s Hindi-language films
Mithun's Dream Factory films
Films shot in Ooty
Hindi remakes of Tamil films
Films directed by T. Rama Rao
Films scored by Tabun
Indian action drama films


title: Ackroyd Drive Greenlink

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Ackroyd Drive Greenlink is a 0.87 hectare Local Nature Reserve in Mile End in the London Borough of Tower Hamlets. It forms a green corridor between Tower Hamlets Cemetery Park and Mile End Park.

The Greenlink is a linear site between Ackroyd Drive and a railway viaduct. It is bisected by roads into five rectangular plots. From the south these are Cowslip Meadow, allotments, Blackberry Meadow, Peartree Meadow and Primrose Meadow.

References

External links

Local nature reserves in Greater London
Nature reserves in the London Borough of Tower Hamlets
Mile End


title: Stephen Cumberbatch

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Stephen Kenneth Cumberbatch (1909 – 2011) was an eminent West Indian Anglican priest.

Cumberbatch was educated at  Codrington College, Barbados and ordained in 1942. After a curacy at St. John's Cathedral, Antigua he was Priest in charge at St. Mary on the same island. He held Incumbencies at Stann Creek, St Patrick Tobago, Sangre Grande, Tacarigua, San Fernando and Port of Spain before his appointment as Archdeacon in 1969.

Notes

1909 births
2011 deaths
Alumni of Codrington College
Archdeacons of Trinidad, North and South
Trinidad and Tobago religious leaders


title: VA-114 (U.S. Navy)

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VA-114 was an Attack Squadron of the U.S. Navy. It was established as Bombing Squadron VB-11 on 10 October 1942, redesignated VA-11A on 15 November 1946, and finally as VA-114 on 15 July 1948. The squadron was disestablished on 1 December 1949. The squadron was known as the Pegasus.

Operational history
 April–July 1943: The squadron was landbased at Guadalcanal and participated in the Solomon Islands campaign. Flying patrol, search and strike missions against targets primarily in and around New Georgia.
 10 October 1944: Squadron aircraft participated in the first strikes against Okinawa, opening the Leyte campaign.
 12 October 1944: The squadron participated in the first strikes against Formosa.
 25 October 1944: During the Battle for Leyte Gulf, the squadron participated in the engagement known as the Battle off Samar. Launching from a range of 340 miles, which was beyond the normal combat radius for World War II carrier aircraft, 11 of the squadron's SB2Cs engaged the Japanese fleet after it broke off its engagement with the American escort carriers and destroyers guarding the landing force at Leyte. Hits were scored on a battleship and cruiser. A second strike by nine squadron aircraft later scored hits on two cruisers.
 November 1944: Squadron aircraft struck targets on Luzon in continued support for the capture of Leyte.
 December 1944: Targets were struck on Luzon in support of the landings on Mindoro.
 18 December 1944: While operating east of the Philippines, the task force, of which the squadron was part, was overtaken by an unusually severe typhoon causing the loss of three destroyers and damage to several other ships, including four light carriers.
 January 1945: In early January, the squadron struck ships and targets on Formosa in support of the Invasion of Lingayen Gulf.
 9–20 January 1945: The squadron participated in operations in the South China Sea, the first time an American Task Force had entered these waters since the beginning of the war. During these operations, squadron aircraft struck a large convoy of tankers; targets along the coast of Indochina reaching almost to Saigon; Formosa was hit again; and then strikes were flown against Hong Kong.
 25 March 1948: , with VA-114 embarked, operated in the Persian Gulf with Saudi Arabian Prince Ibn Saud embarked to view air operations. The air display was cancelled because of a sand storm and hazy air conditions.
 29 Apr 1948: Valley Forge moored port side to Dokkeskjaerkaien Dock, Bergen, Norway. The mooring was conducted without the aid of tugs, using the engine power of the squadron's eight SB2C-5s spotted on the aft deck and eight other aircraft on the forward deck. The mooring operation was called Operation Pinwheel.

Home port assignments
The squadron was assigned to these home ports, effective on the dates shown:
 NAS San Diego – 10 Oct 1942
 NAS Barbers Point – 26 Nov 1942*
 NAF Nandi (in the Fiji Islands) – Feb 1943*
 NAF Guadalcanal – 26 Apr 1943
 NAS Alameda – Aug 1943
 NAS Hilo – 06 Apr 1944*
 NAS Barbers Point – 19 Jun 1944*
 NAS Alameda – Feb 1945
 NAAS Fallon – 30 Apr 1945*
 NAAS Santa Rosa – 26 Jul 1945*
 NAS Kahului, Hawaii – 21 Feb 1946
 NAS San Diego – 25 Nov 1946
* Temporary shore assignment while the squadron conducted training
in preparation for combat deployment.

Aircraft assignment
The squadron first received the following aircraft on the dates shown:
 SBD-3 Dauntless – Oct 1942
 SBD-4 Dauntless – Feb 1943
 SBD-5 Dauntless – Oct 1943
 SB2C-1C Helldiver – 25 Nov 1943
 SB2C-4/4E Helldiver – Apr 1945
 SB2C-5 Helldiver – Jan 1946
 AD-1 Skyraider – 31 Aug 1948
 AD-2 Skyraider – 20 Dec 1948
 F8F-2 Bearcat – Nov 1949

See also
 List of squadrons in the Dictionary of American Naval Aviation Squadrons
 Attack aircraft
 List of inactive United States Navy aircraft squadrons
 History of the United States Navy

References

Attack squadrons of the United States Navy
Wikipedia articles incorporating text from the Dictionary of American Naval Aviation Squadrons