title: Augie Lohman

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August "Augie" Lohman (also known as A. J. Lohman) (April 10, 1911 – August 7, 1989) was an American special effects artist who was nominated at the 33rd Academy Awards for Best Special Effects for the film The Last Voyage.

He worked on over 60 films during his career.

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Special effects people
1911 births
1989 deaths
Artists from Colorado Springs, Colorado


title: Varanasi–Lucknow Intercity Express

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The 14203 / 04 Varanasi Lucknow Intercity Express is an Express train belonging to Indian Railways - Northern Railway zone that runs between Varanasi Junction and Lucknow NR in India.

It operates as train number 14203 from Varanasi Junction to Lucknow NR and as train number 14204 in the reverse direction serving the state of Uttar Pradesh.

It is one of 3 trains that run between Varanasi Junction to Lucknow NR, the others being 14219/20 Varanasi Lucknow Express and 14227 / 28 Varuna Express.

Coaches
The 14203 / 04 Varanasi Lucknow Intercity Express has 1 AC Chair Car, 11 General Unreserved and 2 SLR (Seating cum Luggage Rake) Coaches. It does not carry a Pantry car coach.

As is customary with most train services in India, Coach Composition may be amended at the discretion of Indian Railways depending on demand.

Service
The 14203 Varanasi Lucknow Intercity Express covers the distance of  in 5 hours 45 mins (52.52 km/h) and in 6 hours 30 mins as 14204 Lucknow Varanasi Intercity Express (50.87 km/h).

As the average speed of the train is below , as per Indian Railways rules, its fare does not include a Superfast surcharge.

Routeing
The 14203 / 04 Varanasi Lucknow Intercity Express runs from Varanasi Junction via Janghai Junction, Amethi, Rae Bareli Junction to Lucknow NR.

Traction
As the route is now fully electrified, it is hauled by a Ghaziabad based WAP 7 or WAP 4 for its entire journey.

Operation
14203 / 04 Varanasi Lucknow Intercity Express runs on a daily basis in both directions.

See also
 Dedicated Intercity trains of India

References

External links

 Nr.indianrailways.gov.in
 Irctcin.wordpress.com

Passenger trains originating from Varanasi
Passenger trains originating from Lucknow
Railway services introduced in 2003
Intercity Express (Indian Railways) trains


title: Mo'ne Davis

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Mo'ne Ikea Davis (born June 24, 2001) is an American former Little League Baseball pitcher and former Hampton University softball player from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. She was one of two girls who played in the 2014 Little League World Series and was the first girl to earn a win and to throw a shutout in Little League World Series history. She was the 18th girl overall to play and the sixth to get a hit.   She was also the first Little League baseball player to appear on the cover of Sports Illustrated as a Little League player.

Biography
Davis is the daughter of Lamar Davis and Lakeisha McLean. She has lived with her mother and stepfather, Mark Williams, since the age of six.

In 2008, Steve Bandura, who is program director for Marian Anderson Recreation Center in South Philadelphia, observed Davis playing football with her cousins and older brother. He noticed that "she was throwing this football in perfect spirals, effortless and running these tough kids down and tackling them."  Bandura asked her if she would like to come to a basketball practice.  When she came to practice, Bandura asked her to watch the practice, but she wanted to participate.  Bandura told The Philadelphia Tribune that "Her eyes were just glued on the drill and, when it came time for her turn, she went through it like she has been doing it a thousand times. I just knew right then." According to The Philadelphia Tribune, Davis became Bandura's best basketball player and the only girl on the team.  She also began playing and excelling at baseball and soccer.

Bandura, together with other sponsors, helped Davis transfer to Springside Chestnut Hill Academy,. Her mother, Lakeisha McLean, told The Philadelphia Tribune that she was unaware that her daughter was so athletic.  In 2011, she was a point guard in basketball, a pitcher, shortstop, and third baseman in baseball, but she revealed that she started pitching when she was a substitute from outfielder, and mid-fielder for soccer.

As of August 2014, while notable as a Little League pitcher, she considered basketball her primary sport.  She aspired to become a WNBA player, and had expressed desire to play college basketball for the UConn Huskies of the University of Connecticut, despite not being formally recruited, and follow in the footsteps of Maya Moore, a UConn alumna who went on to play in WNBA.

In 2015, she released a memoir, written with Hilary Beard, Mo'ne Davis: Remember My Name. That year she also teamed up with the brand M4D3 (Make A Difference Everyday) to design a line of sneakers for girls, with some of the proceeds going toward the Plan International's Because I Am a Girl initiative, which has the goal of helping to lift four million girls in the developing world out of poverty.

In 2018, she committed to Virginia's Hampton University to play softball starting in the fall of 2019. Davis made her debut for the Lady Pirates on February 8, 2020, going 1-for-3, driving in two runs, and recording a sacrifice in Hampton's 15–4 win over North Carolina A&T. She ended the season third on the team in chances (77) and putouts (46) and had a 333 batting with three multi-hit games and two multi-RBI games. Davis started as an infielder in 49 of the Pirates' 55 games and her batting average dipped to .219 with six doubles, 24 runs scored (2nd on the team), 16 RBI, and a perfect 8-for-8 in steals on the basepaths.

Despite playing in only two seasons for the Hampton University softball team, Davis was not on the Pirates' 2023 roster.

In 2023, Davis began her graduate studies at Columbia University.

Pitching
At age 13, Davis threw a  fastball, while the average velocity in her age class was  to  range. According to Will Femia, a  pitch (which was clocked during her August 15, 2014 game) is equivalent in reaction time at the plate for a batter to a  pitch on a full sized diamond. She also threw a curve ball that gave "opposing hitters fits".

Davis relied more on the precise mechanics of pitching rather than strength. According to John Brenkus of ESPN, Davis had a wind up and release point that never varied by more than 3 degrees.  Although her arm was 15% shorter than a major league pitcher's arm, she was able to deliver balls at over . Her pitching was compared to the throwing motion of major league pitcher Jonathan Papelbon.  At the end of her throwing motion, her arm was moving forward at peak angular velocity of 2500˚/sec, which was over 80% of the peak angular velocity (3000˚/sec) of typical major league pitchers.

Little League World Series

Background
In 1972, Maria Pepe was the first girl to start in Little League games, but she was removed when opposing teams demanded her removal.  The National Organization for Women filed suit for Pepe, and in 1973 Judge Sylvia Pressler ruled that "The institution of Little League is as American as the hot dog and apple pie. There is no reason why that part of Americana should be withheld from girls."  Although the ruling came too late for Pepe to play, since she had turned 14, the ruling made it possible for Davis and other girls to play Little League baseball.

Davis was the fourth American girl and 18th overall to play in the Little League World Series, out of almost 9,000 participants since the tournament began in 1947. The 2014 Little League World Series was also the third time in which two girls participated. Davis was also the sixth girl to get a hit in Little League World Series history.

On August 10, 2014, Davis pitched a three-hit 8–0 shutout over Newark National Little League of Delaware to get into the Mid-Atlantic Region of the Little League World Series.

First win for a girl
On August 15, 2014, Davis was the first girl in Little League World Series history to pitch a winning game (for the Taney Dragons), which also made her the first girl to pitch a shutout in Little League postseason history.
She led her team to a 4–0 victory over Nashville.  She pitched six innings, struck out eight batters, and gave up two infield hits. In the sixth inning, she struck out the first two batters, and she brought a third batter to a full count when she struck him out. After the game, Pennsylvania governor Tom Corbett predicted that some day she would play in professional baseball.

Television ratings
ESPN's broadcast of the semifinals game in which Davis played on August 20, 2014 brought a 3.4 overnight rating, which marked an all-time high for Little League on ESPN. In the game, Davis was tagged with the loss after she failed to make it out of the 3rd inning, giving up 3 earned runs in 2.1 innings. She later made an error at first as Nevada won the game 8-1, eliminating Pennsylvania from series contention.

Media and celebrity
After becoming the first female to pitch a shutout in postseason Little League history, she received congratulatory Twitter messages from Mike Trout, Marcus Stroman, Kevin Durant, and requests for interviews by television hosts such as Jimmy Fallon. Rachel Maddow said that Davis was the "best new thing in the world". She also was praised by Ellen DeGeneres, Billie Jean King, and Michelle Obama. Davis told ESPN "I never thought at the age of 13 I'd be a role model.  I always wanted to be a role model, but being a baseball role model is really cool."

She appeared on the August 25, 2014 Sports Illustrated front cover, which made her the first Little League baseball player to appear on the front cover of a top US sports magazine as a Little League player. Asked about appearing on cover of Sports Illustrated, Davis said "I don't know. Kind of surprised, but I mean, it was fun."

In 2014, Paul Graziano, who had been the Little League World Series press box announcer for the last 34 years, stated he had never seen the level of excitement that early in the tournament and that this was partly due to the presence of Davis.  The crowds cheered every time Davis pitched or was at bat, and she received standing ovations as she was pitching her shut-out win on August 15, 2014.

On August 19, 2014, Mark Hyman, assistant professor of sports management at George Washington University, told The New York Times "She's the most talked-about baseball player on earth right now".  According to The New York Times, Davis increased the ratings of ABC and ESPN and, as of August 19, Davis had appeared on the front page of The Philadelphia Inquirer for five straight days.

Josh Peter, writing for USA Today, raised concern about the merchandising and marketing surrounding Davis' celebrity. For example, on August 20, 2014, a baseball appeared on eBay, and the auction price was up to $510, along with approximately 40 other items supposedly autographed by Davis. However, it was not just the autograph seekers who created problems for Davis. According to Peter, two companies were selling unauthorized Mo'ne jerseys.

In September 2014, Davis donated her jersey to the Baseball Hall of Fame.  She was accompanied by teammates from the Anderson Monarchs. Mamie Johnson, one of the three women to play in Negro league baseball was present at the event.

In October 2014, Davis was named one of "The 25 Most Influential Teens of 2014" by Time magazine. Also in October, a 16-minute documentary about Davis, entitled I Throw Like a Girl, directed by Spike Lee, and produced by Spike DDB for Chevrolet, was released.
On October 25 Davis threw out the ceremonial first pitch of game 4 of the MLB World Series at AT&T Park in San Francisco. In addition, Davis was named Sports Illustrated Kids "SportsKid of the Year" for 2014. and was named one of ESPNW's Impact 25 in 2014.

In March 2015, Bloomsburg University baseball player Joey Casselberry made a crude remark about her on Twitter and was suspended from future play. After he had made a public apology, Davis initiated a plea to the school, requesting that the player be reinstated. Bloomsburg University responded with the statement: "Her request demonstrates the type of person she is, her level of maturity and the empathy that her family and coach teach her. Bloomsburg University stands firm on our decision; however, his consequences will be reviewed as is common in disciplinary actions like this."

Davis was shown in Marie Claire magazine's "The 8 Greatest Moments for Women in Sports".

In July 2015 Davis won the Best Breakthrough Athlete ESPY Award.

Analysis of her broader impact
In 2014, writing for CNN, Kelly Wallace suggested that Davis' accomplishments will affect both girls and boys, women and men. In Wallace's view, she will inspire girls who want to play baseball in the future.  To support this view, Wallace cited the case of Stephanie Tuck, who, as a girl, played on a Little League team.  Tuck, recounting the experience of Little League play, said "I was heckled by the dads: 'Get that girl off the field.' I used to literally pray the ball would not come to me in right field, as the pressure was so intense." Wallace also wrote that Davis' play will remove the "specialness" of girls playing at the level of boys. In the future, fans will look at how good a player is, and gender will not be important. For men and boys, Wallace argued that Davis' performance will reduce gender biases about the roles of boys and girls.  For example, "Throwing like a girl", according to Wallace, now has a completely different and positive meaning. Melissa Isaacson, writing for ABC News, expressed similar views.  Wallace also speculated that the more attention female athletes such as Davis receive from girls, boys, men, and women, the more popular women's sports will become. Finally, Wallace suggested that the tremendous interest that Davis has piqued in the Little League World Series might lead to increased participation of both boys and girls in baseball, which has suffered from major league "performance-enhancing drug scandals".

Broadcasting
In 2019 and again in 2021, Davis briefly worked as a broadcaster for ESPN during 2019 and 2021 for a few Little League World Series games. Davis has also appeared on various baseball and softball broadcasts for the MLB Network, including the MLB Network Showcase: Clubhouse Edition with CC Sabathia. Davis was one of the announcers for the DC Grays in the summer of 2022.

See also

 Lizzie Arlington
 Ila Borders
 Tiffany Brooks
 Julie Croteau
 Margaret Gisolo
 Edith Houghton
 Mamie Johnson
 Carolyn King
 Kathryn Johnston Massar
 Jackie Mitchell
 Maud Nelson
 Carey Schueler
 Toni Stone
 Alta Weiss
 Eri Yoshida
 Women in baseball

References

Living people
Little League
American female baseball players
Baseball pitchers
Baseball players from Philadelphia
Softball players from Pennsylvania
African-American baseball players
2001 births
African-American sportswomen
Hampton Lady Pirates softball players
Columbia University alumni
21st-century African-American sportspeople
21st-century African-American women


title: Varanasi–Lucknow Intercity Express (via Pratapgarh)

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The 14219 / 20 Varanasi Lucknow Intercity Express is an Intercity Express train belonging to Indian Railways - Northern Railway zone that runs between Varanasi Junction & Lucknow NR in India.

It operates as train number 14219 from Varanasi Junction to Lucknow NR and as train number 14220 in the reverse direction serving the state of Uttar Pradesh.

It is one of 3 trains that run between Varanasi Junction to Lucknow NR, the others being 14227/28 Varuna Express & 14203 / 04 Varanasi Lucknow Intercity Express.

Coaches
The 14219 / 20 Varanasi Lucknow Intercity Express has 1 AC Chair Car, 12 General Unreserved & 2 SLR (Seating cum Luggage Rake) Coaches. It does not carry a Pantry car coach.

As is customary with most train services in India, Coach Composition may be amended at the discretion of Indian Railways depending on demand.

Service
The 14219 Varanasi Lucknow Intercity Express covers the distance of  in 6 hours 15 mins (48.32 km/h) and in 7 hours 25 mins as 14220 Lucknow Varanasi Express (40.72 km/h).

As the average speed of the train is below , as per Indian Railways rules, its fare does not include a Superfast surcharge.

Routing
The 14219 / 20 Varanasi Lucknow Intercity Express runs from Varanasi Junction via Bhadohi, Janghai Pratapgarh, Amethi, Rae Bareli Junction to Lucknow NR.

Traction
As the route is yet to be fully electrified, it is hauled by a Lucknow based WDM 3A for its entire journey.

Operation
14219 / 20 Varanasi Lucknow Intercity Express runs every day except Sunday in both directions.

See also
Dedicated Intercity trains of India

References

External links

 Railroadair.blogspot.in
 Railnewscenter.com

Passenger trains originating from Varanasi
Passenger trains originating from Lucknow
Intercity Express (Indian Railways) trains


title: Karosa B 961

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Karosa B 961 is an articulated urban bus produced by bus manufacturer Karosa from the Czech Republic, in the years of 2002 to 2006. Modernised version, Karosa B 961E, was introduced in the year 2003. In many towns, they replaced Karosa B 741. It was last high-floor bus built in Karosa, before it was renamed to Iveco Czech Republic.

Construction features
Karosa B 961 is a model of the Karosa 900 series. The B 961 is derived from its predecessor the Karosa B 941, and also unified with city bus models such as the B 951 and the B 952. The body was assembled to the skeleton, which has undergone a dip stage, sheets were galvanized and painted and then to have it installed additional components. The body is made of two rigid sections linked by a pivoting joint. The body is semi-self-supporting with frame and engine with automatic gearbox is placed in the rear part. The engine drives only the third C axle, meaning that this articulated bus has a pusher configuration. The front, middle and rear axles are solid. All the axles are mounted on air suspension. On the right side are four doors (first and last are narrower than middle doors). Inside are used plastic Vogelsitze or Ster seats. The driver's cab is separated from the rest of the vehicle by a glazed partition. In the middle part and in the rear part, is room for a pram or wheelchair. Buses have an enclosed design of the turntable.

Production and operation
Prototype of Karosa B 961 was built in 2000. Later it was given to Prague Transport Company as a help after floods in Prague in 2002. It operates until now with number 6360. It has ZF gearbox and Iveco engine.
Serial production started in the year 2002, when first buses were delivered to first operators in Czech Republic and Slovakia, and continued until 2006. Since 2003 were buses produced only modernised version B 961 E, which had glass glued to skeleton, instead of glass mounted in rubber and better ventilation of the engine compartment.
Last B 961 E left the production line in 2006, it was bus which is now operated by Martin Uher in Prague, Czech Republic under the number 1147.

Historical vehicles

 private collector (1 car no.17, ex Transport Company Tabor)
 Transport Company Prague (1 car no.6366)

See also
 Technical specs on manufacturers page (on web archive)

 List of buses

Articulated buses
Buses manufactured by Karosa
Buses of the Czech Republic


title: David Humphreys (cyclist)

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David Humphreys (13 December 1936 – 2 May 2021) was an Australian cyclist. He competed in the individual road race at the 1964 Summer Olympics.

References

External links

1936 births
2021 deaths
Australian male cyclists
Olympic cyclists for Australia
Cyclists at the 1964 Summer Olympics
Place of birth missing


title: Varanasi–Lucknow Charbagh Varuna Express

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The Varuna Express 14227 / 28 Varanasi–Lucknow is an Express train belonging to Indian Railways – Northern Railway zone that runs between  and Lucknow NR in India.

It operates as train number 14227 from Varanasi Junction to Lucknow NR and as train number 14228 in the reverse direction, serving the state of Uttar Pradesh.

It is named after the Lord of Water–Varuna is one of three trains that run between Varanasi Junction and Lucknow NR, the others being 14219/20 Varanasi–Lucknow Express & 14203 / 04 Varanasi–Lucknow Intercity Express.

Coaches
The 14227 / 28 Varanasi–Lucknow Varuna Express has 1 AC Chair Car, 14 General Unreserved and 2 SLR (Seating cum Luggage Rake) coaches. It does not carry a pantry car.

As is customary with most train services in India, coach composition may be amended at the discretion of Indian Railways depending on demand.

Service
The 14227 Varanasi–Lucknow Varuna Express covers the distance of  in 4 hours 55 mins (57.76 km/h) and in 5 hours 35 mins as 14228 Lucknow–Varanasi Varuna Express (50.87 km/h).

Routing
The 14227 / 28 Varanasi–Lucknow Varuna Express runs from Varanasi Junction via Jaunpur City railway station, Sultanpur, Haidergarh to Lucknow NR.

Traction
As the route is fully electrified, it is hauled by a Kanpur-based WAP-7 for its entire journey.

Operation
14227 / 28 Varanasi–Lucknow Varuna Express runs on Monday and Thursday in both directions.

References

External links

 Jagran.com
 News.webindia123.com

Passenger trains originating from Varanasi
Passenger trains originating from Lucknow
Named passenger trains of India
Express trains in India


title: Arlington (Columbia, Maryland)

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Arlington is a historic slave plantation located in Columbia, Howard County, Maryland, now part of the Fairway Hills Golf Course.

The estate occupied several original land patents including "Dorsey's Search, Talbot's Resolution Manor, and Long Reach". The Northeast corner where the Columbia turnpike and Route 108 met formed a small community. The general store built in 1874 by the Bloom family was known as "Blooms Corner" and the downstairs post office was named "Columbia". The store served hard cider with mail delivered by horseback.

The Arlington house is a -story building with a later addition of a -story-tall granite stone building. It was built by slave labor using a circular scaffold that ringed the building for stones to be pushed or rolled into position A one-story wood slave quarters was attached by a walkway to the NorthWest. A wooden carriage house was built south of the manor.

In 1928, the Allview Golf Course was founded by New York Railroader Ed "Gunboat" Smith. (Nicknamed after the popular boxer). The golf course was built, but plans for a luxury resort fell through as the depression set in. Well known for enjoying drink, Dorsey and Roger Williams became tenants during the depression. The property was later purchased by Walter A. Edgar who operated the course as well as thoroughbred horse farms in the area. C. Oliver Goldsmith, owner of Thunder Hill, later acquired Allview, and Woodlawn Farms, after marrying Jean Edgar and the passing of her parents. Upon sale of Woodlawn, Allview, and Thunder Hill, Goldsmith moved his horse breeding farm to Longwood Farm in Glenwood.

The Allview property was key in expanding the Rouse Company land development project before public notification of zoning changes would raise the acquisition price. Only the Kingdon Gould (Kings Contrivance) and Guldelsky (Town Center) properties were higher priority. Howard Research and Development purchased a 98-year lease on the property. In 1977 the property was subdivided down to 177 acres and the historical survey recommended the property as a critical resource for state funded preservation. The house was converted in use to become the pro shop and restaurant named "Lucky Ned Peppers" for the Allview Golf course. In 1985 Allview was closed so that the course could be subdivided down to 162 acres from 206 for additional residential construction called Fairway Hills by the Rouse Company. In 1988, County Parks Board refused to accept 180 acres of the property for its use as a golf course, with the director saying it was downright ugly. Days later, the Columbia Association accepted an offer to transfer the golf course land from HRD. The Columbia association had issues with the cost of the $5.5 million proposal from Rouse that included contingent approval in order to restore the Arlington building. The course reopened in 1995 as the Fairway Hills golf course managed by the Columbia Association.

See also
List of Howard County properties in the Maryland Historical Trust
Oakland Manor

References

Howard County, Maryland landmarks
Houses in Howard County, Maryland
Slave cabins and quarters in the United States


title: Vid Cencic

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Vid Cencic (9 May 1933 – 22 March 2020) was a Uruguayan cyclist. He competed in the individual road race and team time trial events at the 1964 Summer Olympics.

References

External links

1933 births
2020 deaths
Uruguayan male cyclists
Uruguayan people of Slovenian descent
Olympic cyclists for Uruguay
Cyclists at the 1964 Summer Olympics


title: Becky G discography

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American singer Becky G has released three studio albums, one extended play (EPs), 80 singles (including 24 as a featured artist) and ten promotional singles. She has a total of 8 chart entries on the US Billboard Hot 100, and 27 chart entries on the US Billboard Hot Latin.

She first began her career with videos posted onto popular video-sharing website YouTube prior to being signed to Kemosabe Records. She released her debut single, "Becky from the Block", after having previously collaborated with artists including will.i.am and Cody Simpson. Her second single, "Can't Get Enough", featured Pitbull and went on to top the Latin Rhythm Airplay chart in the United States. The song was featured on Gomez's debut extended play, Play It Again (2013). She achieved commercial success with her single "Shower", which became a top twenty hit on the Billboard Hot 100 chart. It went on to earn a multi platinum certification from the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA). She released "Can't Stop Dancin'", it reached 88 on the Hot 100. Subsequent singles "Lovin' So Hard" and "Break a Sweat" fared similarly on the chart, failing to match the success of "Shower". She collaborated with Pitbull once more for the song "Superstar", which served as the theme song for the Copa América Centenario. Gomez released her first Spanish single, "Sola". The song had some success on Latin radio, reaching 24 on the Latin Pop Songs chart. She also featured on the Lil Jon single "Take It Off", alongside Yandel on guest vocals. She went on to work with long-time friend Leslie Grace on the single "Díganle", which was remixed a year later with vocals from Latin boyband CNCO. She worked with duo Mau y Ricky and Colombian singer Karol G on a remix of their song "Mi Mala", alongside Grace and Argentine singer Lali. Having featured singing in English songs beforehand, she released her own single "Zooted", featuring French Montana and Farruko. She made her official return to the English market with "LBD".

Gomez's debut studio album Mala Santa (2019), debuted at number 85 in the US Billboard 200, debuted at number three in the Top Latin Albums, and spawned the two Hot Latin Songs top-ten entries: "Mayores" and "Sin Pijama". Her second studio album Esquemas (2022), debuted at number 92 in the US, including number five on the Top Latin Albums, and debuted at number one in the Latin Pop Albums; its third single, "Mamiii", became her highest-charting single in the US. Her third studio album Esquinas (2023), debuted at number 109 in the US, including number at number seven in the Top Latin Albums and debuted at number three in the Regional Mexican Albums.

Albums

Extended plays

Singles

As lead artist

As featured artist

Promotional singles

Other charted songs

Guest appearances

See also
List of songs recorded by Becky G

Notes

References

External links
 Official website
 Becky G at AllMusic

Pop music discographies
Discographies of American artists


title: Micoletzkya

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Micoletzkya is a genus of predatory bark-beetle-associated nematodes in the family Diplogastridae. The genus was named for the Austrian nematologist Heinrich Micoletzky. As of 2013 it consists of 25 described species.

Ecology and life history
Nematodes of Micoletzkya live in symbiosis with bark beetles. The hosts include economically important species across North America and Europe such as the mountain pine beetle Dendroctonus ponderosae and European spruce bark beetle Ips typographus. The life history of the nematodes is closely linked to that of their hosts. Infective (dauer) larvae of Micoletzkya attach themselves onto the body surface of a beetle for transmission and resume their development in host breeding galleries. In the bark beetle galleries, nematodes go through a few free-living generations, presumably feeding on beetle-associated microorganisms and other nematodes, after which dauer larvae develop and attach to newly emerging bark beetles for transmission.

Host specificity and speciation
Micoletzkya nematodes are remarkably host specific, with most species found in association with only a single host species. Nematodes of this genus are vertically transmitted within host populations, which fosters cospeciation with bark beetles and adaptation to particular groups of hosts. Phylogenetic evidence suggests that diversification of the genus was largely influenced by the evolutionary radiation of bark beetles.

Mouth dimorphism
Like many other members of the diplogastrid family, Micoletzkya nematodes have movable opposing teeth and show a mouth dimorphism. Dimorphic species of the genus can express two alternative mouth phenotypes: stenostomatous (narrow mouth and small teeth) and eurystomatous (wide mouth and large teeth). The two alternative phenotypes are thought to represent a resource polyphenism, or specialized for feeding on different foods, such as microorganisms and other nematodes respectively.

Isolation and culturing
Micoletzkya adults and larvae can be found in breeding galleries of bark beetles; dauer juveniles of the nematodes can be isolated from dispersing beetles. Many Micoletzkya species are cultured using bacteria; some species can be cultured using C. elegans and other nematodes as food.  At 23 °C, the generation time of Micoletzkya is about 10 days.

References

Diplogastridae
Rhabditida genera
Parasitic nematodes of animals
Parasites of insects


title: Setopagis

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Setopagis is a genus of nightjars in the family Caprimulgidae.

It contains the following species:
 Todd's nightjar (Setopagis heterura)
 Little nightjar (Setopagis parvula)
 Roraiman nightjar  (Setopagis whitelyi)
 Cayenne nightjar  (Setopagis maculosa)

Bird genera

Taxa named by Robert Ridgway


title: Swimming at the 2014 European Aquatics Championships – Men's 1500 metre freestyle

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The Men's 1500 metre freestyle competition of the 2014 European Aquatics Championships was held on 19–20 August.

Records
Prior to the competition, the existing world, European and championship records were as follows.

Results

Heats
The heats were held at 10:48.

Final
The final was held at 18:07.

References

Men's 1500 metre freestyle


title: Donald Nelsen

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Donald Nelsen (born September 4, 1944) is a former American cyclist. He competed in the team pursuit at the 1964 Summer Olympics.

References

1944 births
Living people
American male cyclists
Olympic cyclists for the United States
Cyclists at the 1964 Summer Olympics
American track cyclists


The 1973 NCAA University Division baseball season, play of college baseball in the United States organized by the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) began in the spring of 1973.  The season progressed through the regular season and concluded with the 1973 College World Series.  The College World Series, held for the twenty seventh time in 1973, consisted of one team from each of eight geographical districts and was held in Omaha, Nebraska at Johnny Rosenblatt Stadium as a double-elimination tournament.  Southern California claimed the championship for the fourth year in a row, en route to five consecutive titles.

Realignment
Houston joined the Southwest Conference, leaving the ranks of independents.

Conference winners
This is a partial list of conference champions from the 1973 season.  Each of the eight geographical districts chose, by various methods, the team that would represent them in the NCAA tournament.  13 teams earned automatic bids by winning their conference championship while 19 teams earned at-large selections.

Conference standings
The following is an incomplete list of conference standings:

College World Series

The 1973 season marked the twenty seventh NCAA baseball tournament, which culminated with the eight team College World Series.  The College World Series was held in Omaha, Nebraska.  The eight teams played a double-elimination format, with Southern California claiming their ninth championship, and fourth in a row, with a 4–3 win over Arizona State in the final.

Award winners

All-America team

References


title: Spencer Gallagher

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Spencer Moritz Gallagher (born November 20, 1989) is an American professional stock car racing driver. He last competed part-time in the NASCAR Monster Energy Cup Series, driving the No. 23 Toyota Camry for BK Racing, part-time in the NASCAR Xfinity Series, driving the No. 23 Chevrolet Camaro, and part-time the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series, driving the No. 2 Chevrolet Silverado for GMS Racing. He is the son of Allegiant Air's CEO, Maurice J. Gallagher Jr. In 2018, Gallagher announced that he would step away from full-time racing at the end of the 2018 season to take on a managerial role at GMS Racing.

Early career
Gallagher was born in Las Vegas, Nevada. According to Gallagher, he and fellow driver Dylan Kwasniewski lived in the same neighborhood growing up, though their first encounter was on the racetrack. He is the son of Allegiant Air CEO Maury Gallagher. Gallagher spent time working for a Silicon Valley software company at age 19 while transitioning to a full-time racing career.

Gallagher began racing at age 12 in the Bandolero Bandit Series, then progressing to the Legends Car Series at the Las Vegas Motor Speedway Bullring. Gallagher began to take his racing prospects seriously in 2009 on the recommendation of car owner and former driver T.J. Clark. He won the Silver State Road Racing Championship that year, and the INEX Legends Road Course World Finals in 2010. He also ran 6 races in the Super Late Model Series with a best finish of fourth. In 2011, Gallagher made 6 starts in the NASCAR K&N Pro Series West, then made two in the East Series in both 2011 and 2012.

Developmental series

2011–2013

Gallagher made his debut in the ARCA Racing Series at Indianapolis Raceway Park in 2011, and ran two more races with a best finish of 15th in the No. 05 Allegiant Air Chevrolet. He ran the full 19-race schedule in 2012, earning six top 10s and finishing 7th in points. His results improved in 2013, with 12 laps led, five top-five finishes and eight top-ten finishes. He failed to qualify for two races, however, and missed a race after a concussion at Michigan, relegating him to a 10th-place points finish. Gallagher also attempted five races, failing to qualify for two, in the Camping World Truck Series, with a best finish of 20th at Texas.

2014
Gallagher ran the full ARCA schedule in 2014, along with a partial schedule in the No. 23 in the Truck Series, sharing the ride with Max Gresham.

Gallagher was involved in an incident with John Wes Townley at the Iowa truck race in July, leading to a physical confrontation between the two and their respective crew members after the race. Townley and Gallagher, both competitors in the ARCA series as well, felt there was mutual bad blood built up between each other. The two had a friendlier conversation afterwards.

In October 2014 he got his first win in the 20th and final race of the ARCA season, the ARCA 98.9 at Kansas Speedway. Gallagher started 32nd, and led the final 32 laps of the race. Later that month, he earned a Truck Series best finish of third at Talladega on a last lap charge through the field.

NASCAR

2015
Gallagher went full-time in GMS Racing's 23 truck for 2015. Gallagher earned a second-place finish at Gateway Motorsports Park in June.

2016
Gallagher started the season with a low note crashing early at Daytona and recovered for a 21st-place finish. Starting at Phoenix, Gallagher ran a limited Xfinity Series schedule using the No. 21, scoring his first top 10 at Daytona. In the Truck Series he scored five straight top ten finishes until Texas. On June 25, 2016 at Gateway Motorsports Park, Gallagher was involved in a crash with John Wes Townley on lap 155 which led to an awkward fight between the two drivers for several seconds before NASCAR officials separated them. He was fined $12,000 and placed on probation at the end of the year. Gallagher finished 2nd at Talladega behind teammate Grant Enfinger.

2017

Gallagher moved up to the Xfinity Series full-time in 2017 with GMS, driving the No. 23 Chevy. During practice for the OneMain Financial 200 at Dover International Speedway, Gallagher spun Joey Gase going into turn three after Gase slowed down. Gase, running for single-car team Means Racing, blasted Gallagher in an interview with Fox Sports 1 afterwards, claiming that Gallagher "really, really sucks" for only being one spot ahead of Gase in the standings despite running for a top-tier team. This came after Gallagher told Gase to "get the hell away" in their conversation after the incident.

2018
In April, Gallagher scored his first career Xfinity win at Talladega; he passed leader Tyler Reddick on the final lap in overtime to record the victory. Four days later, however, he was indefinitely suspended by NASCAR for violating its substance abuse policy. Due to the suspension, Gallagher lost his Dash 4 Cash spot for the next race to Ryan Sieg and lost his playoff eligibility as well. His suspension ended and he was back in the No. 23 car at Kentucky.

In August, Gallagher joined BK Racing for his Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series debut at Watkins Glen International. After starting 34th, he finished 35th.

Gallagher was originally supposed to replace Dalton Sargeant at Mosport due to his release, but aggravated his shoulder in a workout session a few days prior and Timothy Peters drove the No. 25 truck instead. While Peters continued piloting the truck for the next few races, Gallagher stepped in for Cody Coughlin at the Talladega Race in the No. 2 truck because of his release. He got caught up in the big one in the middle of the race and finished 25th.
On October 19, 2018 it was announced that Gallagher will be stepping away from NASCAR competition to be focusing on managing his father's racing organization in efforts to bring exploring new opportunities off the track.

Motorsports career results

NASCAR
(key) (Bold – Pole position awarded by qualifying time. Italics – Pole position earned by points standings or practice time. * – Most laps led.)

Monster Energy Cup Series

Xfinity Series

Camping World Truck Series

K&N Pro Series East

K&N Pro Series West

Canadian Tire Series

 Season still in progress
 Ineligible for series points

ARCA Racing Series
(key) (Bold – Pole position awarded by qualifying time. Italics – Pole position earned by points standings or practice time. * – Most laps led.)

See also
 GMS Racing

References

External links

Living people
1989 births
Racing drivers from Las Vegas
NASCAR drivers


title: Lohman

text:
Lohman may also refer to:

People
Al Lohman (1933-2002), American radio personality and comedian
Alexander de Savornin Lohman (1837-1924), Dutch politician
Alison Lohman (born 1979), American actress
Augie Lohman (1911-1989), film special effects artist
Jan Lohman (born 1959), Dutch football player
Joanna Lohman (born 1982), American soccer player
Joseph D. Lohman, American educator and politician
Pete Lohman (1864–1928), American baseball player
Timothy M. Lohman (born 1951), American chemist

Places
Lohman, Missouri, United States, a city

See also
Lohman Block, Chinook, Montana, a building on the US National Register of Historic Places
Lohmann
Loman (disambiguation)
Lowman (disambiguation)


title: Justice Dipeba

text:
Justice Dipeba (born 3 December 1973) is an Olympic athlete from Botswana who competed at the 1996 Summer Olympics. He competed at the Men's 200 metres event representing Botswana. However, he was placed 5th at 21.09 in Heat 10, and thus did not advance any further. In addition, Dipeba was also the flag bearer of Botswana during the 1996 Summer Olympics opening ceremony.

Dipeba is now a personal coach of Botswana sprinter Isaac Makwala.

References

External links

1973 births
Living people
Botswana male sprinters
Olympic athletes for Botswana
Athletes (track and field) at the 1994 Commonwealth Games
Athletes (track and field) at the 1996 Summer Olympics
Athletes (track and field) at the 1998 Commonwealth Games
Commonwealth Games competitors for Botswana


title: Phil Tinsley

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Phil R. Tinsley (January 16, 1924 – July 17, 1989) was an American football player who was an All-American end for the Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets football team of the Georgia Institute of Technology.

Tinsley initially attended the University of Alabama in Tuscaloosa, Alabama, where he played for the Alabama Crimson Tide freshman football team in 1942.  He subsequently transferred to Georgia Tech in Atlanta, Georgia, as a member of the V-12 Navy College Training Program – a World War II-era program to train commissioned officers for the U.S. Navy.

At Georgia Tech, Tinsley played for coach William Alexander's Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets during the 1943 and 1944 seasons.  He was a prominent member of the Yellow Jackets teams that won Southeastern Conference (SEC) championships in 1943 and 1944, and were invited to back-to-back major post-season bowl games: the Sugar Bowl (January 1, 1944) and Orange Bowl (January 1, 1945).  Memorably, he caught a 46-yard touchdown pass from Eddie Prokop in the third quarter of the 1944 Sugar Bowl which provided the Yellow Jackets' margin of victory in their 20–18 win over the Tulsa Golden Hurricane.

Tinsley was a first-team All-SEC selection in 1943 and 1944.  He was the Yellow Jackets team captain during his 1944 junior season, and was recognized as a consensus first-team All-American, having received first-team selections from the All-America Board, the Associated Press (AP), Collier's Weekly, International News Service (INS), Look magazine, Newspaper Enterprise Association (NEA), Central Press Association (CPA), Football News, The Sporting News, and Walter Camp.

Tinsley was inducted into the Georgia Tech Sports Hall of Fame in 1970.

See also

 Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets
 List of Georgia Institute of Technology alumni

References

1923 births
1989 deaths
Alabama Crimson Tide football players
All-American college football players
American football ends
Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets football players
Sportspeople from Bessemer, Alabama
Players of American football from Jefferson County, Alabama
United States Navy personnel of World War II


title: Hand and Heart, Peterborough

text:
The Hand and Heart is a public house at 12 Highbury Street, Peterborough, Cambridgeshire, PE1 3BE.

It is on the Campaign for Real Ale's National Inventory of Historic Pub Interiors.

It was built in 1938, and its interwar interior is largely unchanged.

External links
Official website

References

Buildings and structures in Peterborough
National Inventory Pubs


title: Myke Cole

text:
Myke Cole is an American author of fantasy, science fiction, and non-fiction. His series include the Shadow Ops, Reawakening, and Sacred Throne series. His career also involves television, having appeared on the CBS reality show Hunted and on the Discovery Channel series Contact. His debut novel, Shadow Ops: Control Point won the 2013 Compton Crook Award.

Early life
Cole is of Jewish heritage and grew up outside New York City where his father was a professor at New York City College. Cole attended undergrad at the University of Buffalo with fellow writer Peter V Brett. He also holds a master's degree in Museum Studies.
He's a former kendo and SCA fighter.
His first career was in IT management for government agencies. Following the attacks on 9/11 he pivoted into a career in intelligence. Working as a private contractor and then for the Defense Intelligence Agency he did three tours in Iraq. This work earned him the Secretary of Defense Global War on Terrorism Medal and a Joint Service Commendation Medal. Following that work he took a position with the Office of Naval Intelligence. Later on, he was commissioned in the US Coast Guard Reserve and served as a Lieutenant in New York City where he worked law enforcement and search-and-rescue boat operations. His work with the Coast Guard included working as a responder to Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill and Hurricane Irene. Cole later worked with the NYPD as part of a defensive cyber unit focused on protecting the department from hackers.

Career
Cole's first professional breakthrough in his writing career came in 2003 when his short story Blood And Horses won third prize in the Writers of the Future contest, with his story published in volume XIX of the anthology. He then published several short stories in magazines and anthologies including Weird Tales, where he went on to be a submission screener.
His first publishing deal came in 2012 with his debut novel, Shadow Ops: Control Point published by Ace Books which won the 2013 Compton Crook Award. The series straddles genres incorporating elements of urban fantasy and military fantasy. He has said it took him 15 years of writing nights and weekends to finish it. The next two books in the series were published in as many years before the premiere in 2015 of The Reawakening Trilogy, a prequel set in the same universe as Shadow Ops. Installments of The Reawakening Trilogy were also released annually.

His career grew to include television starting in 2017 when Cole was recruited for the CBS reality show Hunted. The premise of the show was contestants attempting to hide for a month from professional man hunters. Cole was chosen for the show due to his background in military intelligence operations; his role on the show was as one of the investigators tasked with tracking contestants.

In 2018 The Armoured Saint, the first book of The Sacred Throne Trilogy was published by Tor. The series is a “grimdark” medieval fantasy, centering around a young girl leading a revolution in a theocratic state. Cole describes the series as being a difficult sell, with the first novel taking him three years to get it accepted by a publisher. 2018 also saw the publishing of Cole's first non-fiction book, Legion Versus Phalanx, a military history book examining the military tactics of the Hellenistic phalanx and the Roman legion. In late 2018, Queen of Crows, the second Sacred Throne trilogy was released.

Also in 2018, a survey on sexual harassment in children's publishing, related to activism around the #MeToo movement, was conducted by author Anne Ursu. Cole was one of several male authors anonymously accused of sexism in the comments of an article that discussed the results. Cole offered a public apology on his own blog, describing his recognition of the negative impact of his behavior. He committed to rectifying his behavior, donated $500 to the Time's Up Legal Defense Fund, and stepped down from managing a writer's happy hour. In response to this, one of his accusers publicly accepted his apology and related that she accused him because of unwanted flirting from him at an industry dinner.

In 2019 Cole returned to TV co-starring on the Discovery Channel series Contact, which explores evidence of UFO activity. While his role on the show involved credulity of the team's discoveries, he maintains that he is a skeptic and the show did not change his opinion about the existence of extraterrestrials.

A vocal critic of the Trump administration, Cole began publishing political commentary articles for various publishers. These include How the Far Right Perverts Ancient History – And Why it Matters, and America’s Militarized Police Can’t Fight Coronavirus One of these articles titled The Sparta Fetish Is a Cultural Cancer published in the New Republic in 2019 discussed various myths about Sparta and their use by the Republican party, as well as by right-wing political movements and neo-fascist groups in Europe. In the spring of 2020, Cole drew criticism from the Greek media and the Mayor of Sparta in response to the article.
His flash science fiction piece, also a political commentary, Congress Must Pass the Living Artists Act appeared in The New York Times in 2020.

Cole's first graphic novel Hundred Wolves was announced in early 2020 with Tony Akins as the artist and Vault Comics as the publisher. It was set in 17th century Ukraine with the story revolving around a mercenary husband/wife couple searching for their kidnapped daughter.

Cole also published his 11th book, Sixteenth Watch with publisher Angry Robot in 2020. Tapping in to his service with the US Coast Guard, the novel is a scifi imagining of a future where the coast guard operates in space.

In the summer of 2020, a comic artist alleged sexual harassment from Cole at a convention afterparty. Cole stated that while he recalled meeting the accuser six years prior at the convention in question, he had no memory of the alleged behavior. Due to public pressure following the allegation, Angry Robot announced they would not move forward with a sequel to Sixteenth Watch, and Vault Comics announced that the Hundred Wolves comic would no longer be released. His agent also announced he would no longer represent Cole as a client following the allegations.

Bibliography

Novels

Shadow Ops trilogy
 Control Point (February 2012)
 Fortress Frontier (February 2013)
 Breach Zone (February 2014)
 Weapons in the Earth (2015), Shadow Ops novelette, published in Operation Arcana (ed. by John Joseph Adams)

The Reawakening trilogy
This is a prequel to the Shadow Ops trilogy.
 Gemini Cell (January 2015)
 Javelin Rain (March 2016)
 Siege Line (October 2017)

The Sacred Throne series
 The Armored Saint (February 2018)
 The Queen of Crows (September 2018)
 The Killing Light (November 2019)

Stand alone novels
 Sixteenth Watch (March 2020)

Non-fiction
 Legion versus Phalanx: The Epic Struggle for Infantry Supremacy in the Ancient World (October, 2018)
 The Bronze Lie: Shattering the Myth of Spartan Warrior Supremacy (September, 2021)

Short fiction
 Shouting Down the Moon (The Best of All Flesh: Zombie Anthology) (reprint) January 2010
 Naktong Flow (Black Gate) Spring 2009
 A Place for Heroes (Weird Tales) January–February 2004
 Blood and Horses (L. Ron Hubbard Presents Writers of the Future Volume XIX) August 2003
 Shouting Down the Moon (The Book of Final Flesh) July 2003
 Car Trouble (Wildsidhe Chronicles) June 2003

Non-fiction articles
 “Congress Must Pass the Living Artists Act” The New York Times (March, 2020)
 “America’s Militarized Police Can’t Fight Coronavirus” Foreign Policy (May, 2020)
 “The Sparta Fetish Is a Cultural Cancer” The New Republic  (August, 2019)
 “How the Far Right Perverts Ancient History – And Why it Matters” The Daily Beast (March, 2019)
 Centuries Ago, a Man Made a Piece of Armor that Changed the Course of My Life Tor.com (February, 2013)
 How to Violate Your Security Policies: Four Easy Steps on What Not to Do When Guarding Your Security Gates Infosecurity Professional Insights (January 2013)
 Company Commanders: Leaders in and out of Rating U.S. Coast Guard Leadership News (October 2012)
 Ready for the Real Thing U.S. Coast Guard Forum (May 2012)
 Art Imitates War: Post Traumatic Stress Disorder in A Song of Ice and Fire Beyond the Wall: Exploring George R.R. Martin’s A Song of Ice and Fire (June 2012)
 A Warrior's Complexity: Orphanage by Robert Buettner Tor.com (January 2012)
 5 Minutes to Midnight: Warhammer 40,000 and Apocalypse Literature SFSignal (November 2011)
 Why Every Writer Should Join the US Military Johnmiereau.com (July 2011) Reposted at Tor.com (Part II) (January 2012)
 The Kids Are All Right: Greg van Eekhout and Carrie Vaughn on YA and MG Tor.com (June 2011)
 The Analyst's Toolbox Journal of Counterterrorism and Homeland Security International (February 2006)
 The Taxonomic Obsession: Proviling as a 4GW Tactical Error On Point: Counterterrorism Journal (January 2006) Reprinted in Journal of Counterterrorism and Homeland Security International (August 2006)
 Confronting the 4th Generation Enemy Journal of Counterterrorism and Homeland Security International (November 2005)
 Meet the New War, Same as the Old War: Could 5GW Come Full Circle On Point: Counterterrorism Journal (November 2005) Reprinted in Journal of Counterterrorism and Homeland Security International (March 2007)
 Comic Book Warning: An Unlikely Insight into Warfare's 5th Generation Small Wars Journal (October 2005)
 Lessons from the Military: Applying 4GW Theory to the Intelligence Community Defense and The National Interest (August 10, 2005) Reprinted in On Point: Counterterrorism Journal (September 9, 2005)
 Steam Power to the People: China Miéville's Iron Council Strange Horizons (November, 2004)
 Rising Sun vs. Morning Calm: The Birth of a Korean Fencing Tradition'' Strange Horizons (December, 2002)

Television

 – 2017, 1 season, 7 episodes
 – 2019, 1 season, 8 episodes

References

External links

1973 births
21st-century American novelists
21st-century American short story writers
American fantasy writers
American male novelists
American male short story writers
Living people
Writers from Brooklyn
21st-century American male writers
Novelists from New York (state)


title: Notocelia incarnatana

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Notocelia incarnatana, the chalk rose bell, is a species of moth of the family Tortricidae. It is found in China, Mongolia, Japan, Russia, Kazakhstan and Europe, where it has been recorded from most of the continent, except parts of the Balkan Peninsula.

The wingspan is 14–20 mm. The forewings have a slightly arched costa , the fold reaching middle. The ground colour is rosy whitish, sometimes ochreous-tinged, sometimes striated with
fuscous. The costa is strigulated with dark fuscous. The basal patch is fuscous or ferruginous-brown, black-marked, its edge nearly straight. The central fascia is ill-defined, grey or ferruginous, with a black posterior subdorsal projection . The apical area is streaked with ferruginous and leaden-metallic, marked with black. The hindwings are whitish fuscous. The larva is reddish-brown ; head light brown ; plate of 2 black

Adults are on wing from June to early September in western Europe.

The larvae feed on Rosa canina and Rosa rugosa. They live in the spun leaves of their host plant. Larvae can be found from May to June. Pupation takes place within the spun leaves.

References

Moths described in 1799
Eucosmini


title: The Kidnapping of Michel Houellebecq

text:
The Kidnapping of Michel Houellebecq () is a 2014 French comedy-drama film directed by Guillaume Nicloux, starring Michel Houellebecq, Mathieu Nicourt, Maxime Lefrançois and Luc Schwarz. It tells the story of how the famous author Michel Houellebecq is kidnapped and held for ransom by three men during a promotional tour in 2011.

The film was inspired by a rumour which occurred while Houellebecq was promoting his novel The Map and the Territory. For some time, he appeared to give no signs of life, which made newspapers in France speculate that he had been kidnapped. In reality he only had some trouble with his Internet connection. The film premiered at the 2014 Berlin International Film Festival where it played in the Forum section. The film is a Les Films du Worso, Chic Films and ARTE France production.

Nicloux's film Thalasso (2019) also stars Houellebecq in the role as himself and has been described as a follow-up to The Kidnapping of Michel Houellebecq.

Cast
 Michel Houellebecq as Michel Houellebecq
 Mathieu Nicourt as Mathieu
 Maxime Lefrançois as Max
 Luc Schwarz as Luc
 Françoise Lebrun as Françoise

Reception

Scott Foundas wrote in Variety: "Mostly, the film turns on the curious chemistry between Houellebecq and his captors, who insist on engaging the writer in intellectual debate, despite their obvious disadvantages in this realm, querying him about Auschwitz, the Armenian genocide, his 1991 H.P. Lovecraft biography, and the 'rules' governing Alexandrine poetry." Foundas continued: "None of this would work nearly so well were Houellebecq not such a hoot playing himself — or at least a shambling, sad-sack version of himself, at once bolstering and gently skewering his self-perpetuated image of the author as misanthropic recluse. (More than one critic in Berlin likened Houellebecq's screen persona to that of a Gallic Larry David.) In what is effectively a one-joke movie, the joke is a good one, and Nicloux ... manages to keep the comic energy high for almost the entire 90-minute running time."

John Waters included the film in his top 10 films of 2014.

References

External links

2014 comedy-drama films
2014 films
Films directed by Guillaume Nicloux
French comedy-drama films
2010s French-language films
Michel Houellebecq
Les Films du Worso films
2010s French films


title: Constantin Ciocan

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Constantin Ciocan (born 28 July 1943) is a former Romanian cyclist. He competed in the individual road race and team time trial events at the 1964 Summer Olympics.

References

External links

1943 births
Living people
Romanian male cyclists
Olympic cyclists for Romania
Cyclists at the 1964 Summer Olympics
Place of birth missing (living people)
People from Câmpina
Sportspeople from Prahova County


title: 1997–98 Wigan Athletic F.C. season

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During the 1997–98 English football season, Wigan Athletic F.C. competed in the Football League Second Division.

Season summary
In the 1997–98 season, Wigan didn't start the campaign very well and by the end of November, sat in the bottom four and were favourites to go down before the season started and it seemed a possibility at that stage. By 21 February, their fortunes didn't really improve and were still in the relegation battle in 17th and two points clear of the relegation zone. From then onwards, Wigan went on a great run of form to end the season with seven wins from their final 15 league games and finished in a satisfying 11th place.

Transfers

In

Out

Loans in

Loans out

Results
Wigan Athletic's score comes first

Legend

Football League Second Division

Final league table

FA Cup

League Cup

Football League Trophy

Squad

References

Wigan Athletic F.C. seasons
Wigan Athletic


title: The Speed of Light

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The Speed of Light (originally published in Spanish as La velocidad de la luz) is the fifth book of narrative Spanish writer Javier Cercas. The novel was first published in March 2005 by Tusquets Editores. The book was translated into English by Anne McLean, then published by Bloomsbury in 2006. In 2008, it was shortlisted for the International Dublin Literary Award.
The book discusses a friendship with a Vietnam War veteran.

References

External links

2005 novels
Novels set in Barcelona
21st-century Spanish novels


title: Travellers Rest, Alpraham

text:
The Travellers Rest is a public house at Alpraham, near Tarporley, in Cheshire, England.

It is on the Campaign for Real Ale's National Inventory of Historic Pub Interiors.

It was built in about 1850 and extended in 1937, and the interwar interior remains largely unchanged.

This pub has been in the same family since 1900. It has a bowling green which opened in 1921.

It used to have a café (opened early 1950s, closed 1989) which catered for coach traffic, mainly in the summer. It was used by Barton Transport of Nottingham as the refreshment halt on their Nottingham to Llandudno express coach service.

References

Pubs in Cheshire
National Inventory Pubs
Borough of Cheshire East


title: San Pedro Mártir Island

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San Pedro Mártirhttp://www.fmcn.org/documentos/Historia_mares_12.pdf is the name of an island of Mexico, located in the Gulf of California, about halfway between the coast of Baja California and Sonora. San Pedro Mártir is located in the center of the Gulf of California and is the most remote island in the Sea of Cortez. It is located 51 km from Baja California and 53 km off the coast of Sonora. The island is 2 km long and 1.5 km maximum width, with a total of 2,729 km2 of total area (272 hectares). The island is uninhabited by humans and is 60 km from Bahía Kino, the nearest city in the state of Sonora on the west coast.

The island and its marine life are, since 2002, part of the San Pedro Martir Biosphere Reserve, and is regarded as a natural laboratory of adaptive evolution, similar to that of the Galápagos Islands. It is home to 292 species of fauna and flora (both land-based and aquatic), with 42 species protected by Mexican law, and 30 listed on the Red List of Threatened Species. San Pedro Martir is also unique in the area for its year-round quantity of birds. The island is the only island in the area with a perpetually swirling cloud of sea birds. This is because the water around the island, has some of the most successful marine productivity in the world, resulting in incredible densities of small-pelagic fish, such as anchovies and sardines, in comparison to other regions of the world. This attracts both seabirds and whales to its waters. Isla Rasa and San Pedro are regarded as the most significant bird sanctuaries in the Sea of Cortes.

The large bird population deposits enormous quantities of guano on the island, resulting in the white appearance of the island contrasted with sparse vegetation. While the island has 24 species of vascular plants, the flora of the island is dominated by the Mexican giant cardon or elephant cactus that can grow to 60 feet, and is especially suited to the lack of rainfall. A subspecies of bee (Diadasia rinconis petrinus), is the primary pollinator of the cacti. San Pedro Mártir Island houses the largest nesting colonies of the brown boobies (Sula leucogaster) and blue-footed boobies (Sula nebouxii) in the world. This, in turn, has fed the success of the two endemic lizard species on the island, San Pedro Martir whiptail (Aspidoscelis martyris) and the San Pedro Side-blotched Lizard (Uta palmeri), who feed off of fish scraps leftover by the birds.
Sea lion (Zalophus californianus) rockeries also ring the island, housing the fourth most important colony for sea lion breeding in the Gulf of California.

The Seri Indians created benches to attract nest building and ease of egg collection, the sole permanent evidence of human intervention visible on the island. In the late 19th and early 20th century guano was heavily mined off the island and shipped as far as Europe for use as fertilizer. Mining boats brought the black rat as an invasive species to the island. The rats were eradicated in the fall of 2007 by spraying rat poison on the island.

San Pedro Martir is seldom visited, having near vertical sides leaving only questionable fair weather anchorages in two locations. Landing access was possible near a small isthmus in the southeast of the island, but is now forbidden. In 2005, the island was classified along with 244 others as a World Heritage Site by UNESCO, and included in the Islands and Protected Areas of the Gulf of California.

Flora and fauna
According to the National Biodiversity Information System of Comisión Nacional para el Conocimiento y Uso de la Biodiversidad (CONABIO) in San Pedro Mártir Island Biosphere Reserve there are over 330 plant and animal species from which 27 are in at risk category and 7 are exotics.

References

Islands of Sonora
Protected areas of Sonora
Islands of the Gulf of California
Uninhabited islands of Mexico
Ramsar sites in Mexico
Biosphere reserves of Mexico


title: Swimming at the 2014 European Aquatics Championships – Men's 200 metre butterfly

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The men's 200 metre butterfly competition of the 2014 European Aquatics Championships was held on 20–21 August.

Records
Prior to the competition, the existing world, European and championship records were as follows.

Results

Heats
The heats were held at 09:30.

Semifinals
The semifinals were held at 19:01.

Semifinal 1

Semifinal 2

Final
The final was held at 19:02.

References

Men's 200 Metre Butterfly


title: Böritigin of Ghazni

text:
Böritigin or Böri (in Turkic the name means wolf prince), also known as Pirai, was a Turkic officer, who served as the Samanid governor of Ghazna from 974/975 to 977.

During his rule, the people of Ghazni revolted against Samanids, and invited Abu Ali Lawik of the formerly ruling Lawik dynasty to come back to Ghazni, take the throne, and overthrow Böritigin. The Hindu Shahis supported the Lawiks and the king, most likely Jayapala, sent his son to assist Lawiks in the invasion. When the allied forces reached Charkh on the Logar River, they were attacked by Sabuktigin who killed and captured many of them while also capturing ten elephants. Böritigin was expelled and Sabuktigin was appointed as governor by the Samanid ruler Nuh II in 977.

References

Sources

10th-century Asian people
Samanid governors of Ghazna


title: Varun Parandhaman

text:
Varun Parandhaman is an Indian musician and songwriter based in Chennai, Tamil Nadu. He is an independent artist/freelance singer and a music producer.

Early life

Born and brought up in Chennai, Varun Parandhaman finished his schooling at KPCVSS and studied to be a Software Engineer. He took to singing and song writing in middle school but never had any formal learning in any form of music. While pursuing a professional engineering degree, he won numerous solo singing events in the inter-college level.

Music career

While in college, he taught himself how to use popular digital audio workstations (DAWs) today such as Cubase, Nuendo, Ableton Live and more. He then became the music producer for various artists based in Chennai, and also collaborated with them.

In 2009, Varun sang the hook for the remix version of the song Kadavule Kadavule composed by music director D. Imman in the actor Jiiva starrer Kacheri Arambam.

Since then, he has been freelancing as a backup vocalist for more than 6 years. Music took a huge turn when he graduated from college. He has sung back-up for reputed music directors in the industry today such as A. R. Rahman, D. Imman, Anirudh Ravichander, Santhosh Kumar Dayanidhi, Pradeep Vijay, Sean Roldan,  Siddharth Vipin and Ved Shankar.

Also, he has always been associated with Independent Music and has worked on and recorded songs for the famous Tamil Hip Hop duo, Hiphop Tamizha.

Noticing that a Tamil boy band was non-existent in the music scenario, Varun Parandhaman decided to mentor Namma Ooru Boy Band (NOBB) and collaborate his music styles pioneering Tamil Pop.

His first venture with NOBB was the largely popular reggae style single Cosmopolitan Kadhali   for which he produced the music and vocals working along with Keba Jeremiah, Joshua Satya and Andrew Arun. The music video, released in April 2014 under the banner Divo Movies starring model Surya Ganapathy has garnered more than 600,000 views on YouTube and was premiered in the popular South Indian music channel Sun Music which predominantly plays film music in July 2014.

He has his own band, Varun Parandhaman & Friends, composed of and collaborating with prominent musicians from the film industry and they have been touring and doing shows in Bengaluru, Kerala, Erode, Yercaud and also numerous reputed venues in Chennai.

August 2014 saw Varun Parandhaman securing another huge milestone. His debut into Tamil film music, was an opportunity through music composer D. Imman in the film Sigaram Thodu   starring actor Vikram Prabhu. The song Takku Takku sung along with Anthony Daasan became a "MASS HIT" according to the papers, due to its peppy tune and quirky lyrics by Madhan Karky. This was followed by Yaar Enna Sonnaalum in Hiphop Tamizha's debut film music direction Aambala, Athana Azhagaiyum from the Santhanam starrer Inimey Ippadithaan and Sona Sona from Vasuvum Saravananum Onna Padichavanga. All his film songs have been featured in the Top 10 songs from time to time. Takku Takku starred at the #1 spot in the Tamil charts and the song Athana Azhagaiyum was at #3 and also #15 in the Top 50 songs of 2015. His most recent works were the songs Nizhala Nijama from Vellaiya Irukiravan Poi Solla Maatan,  Olarava Olarava in Darling 2,  Rain Rain Go Go from Pokkiri Raja (2016) and Wako Wowra from Meen Kuzhambum Mann Paanaiyum.

Discography

Film songs

Albums

Back-up vocals and BGM

References

Further reading
 http://www.thehindu.com/features/cinema/for-all-music-lover/article7239085.ece

External links
 Varun Parandhaman on Facebook

Singers from Chennai
Living people
1991 births
Indian male singer-songwriters
Indian singer-songwriters


title: Notocelia kurosawai

text:
Notocelia kurosawai is a species of moth of the family Tortricidae. It is found in Taiwan.

References

Moths described in 1986
Eucosmini


title: Kevin Brislin

text:
Kevin Brislin (born 26 November 1942) is a former Australian cyclist. He competed in the team pursuit at the 1964 Summer Olympics.

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1942 births
Living people
Australian male cyclists
Olympic cyclists for Australia
Place of birth missing (living people)
Cyclists at the 1964 Summer Olympics
Australian track cyclists


title: Notocelia nigripunctata

text:
Notocelia nigripunctata is a species of moth of the family Tortricidae. It is found in Shaanxi, China.

References

Moths described in 1973
Eucosmini


title: Notocelia nobilis

text:
Notocelia nobilis is a species of moth of the family Tortricidae. It is found in China (Shanxi, Sichuan, Gansu, Qinghai).

References

Moths described in 1973
Eucosmini


title: Betty Kenward

text:
Elizabeth Kenward  (née Kemp-Welch; 1906–2001) was an English magazine columnist, known for writing "Jennifer's Diary", originally in Tatler, subsequently in Queen.

Life
She was born on 14 July 1906, the daughter of Brian Charles Durant Kemp-Welch of Kineton, Warwickshire, England, and was educated by a governess, and at a finishing school at Les Tourelles, Brussels, Belgium. The Kemp-Welch family were 'solid county Warwickshire stock', appearing in Burke's Landed Gentry. Her brother was the cricketer George Kemp-Welch who married the eldest daughter of Stanley Baldwin.

She married Captain Peter Trayton Kenward of the 14th/20th King's Hussars, employed in his family's brewing business, at St Margaret's, Westminster, in 1932, and adopted his name. They divorced in 1942, leaving her with a nine-year-old son. To pay his fees at Winchester School, she worked as a dame (house matron) at Eton College. Captain Kenward remarried, to Patricia (1918–1957), daughter of Bolton Meredith Eyres-Monsell, 1st Viscount Monsell, in 1947, and in 1958 to Bridget Catherine Elizabeth Tucker (1928–2015).

Her Tatler column was originally called "On and Off Duty in Town and Country", becoming "Jennifer's Diary" in 1945. She took it to Queen (later Harpers & Queen) in 1959. She retired in 1991, when she was aged 84. Her obituary in  The Daily Telegraph described her as "insufferably snobbish and crotchety", recounting her ferocious treatment of her assistants (many of whom resigned in tears), her propensity for long-running feuds (including, particularly, with Margaret, Duchess of Argyll), and her persistent snubbing of Tatlers social editor, Peter Townend.

She appeared as a castaway on the BBC Radio programme Desert Island Discs on 14 December 1974.

She was made a Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE) in 1986. Her autobiography, Jennifer's Memoirs: Eighty-Five Years of Fun and Functions, was published in 1992.

She died on 24 January 2001 in London.

Bibliography

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1906 births
Place of birth missing
2001 deaths
Place of death missing
Members of the Order of the British Empire
English journalists
People from Warwickshire (before 1974)


title: 1974 Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe

text:
The 1974 Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe was a horse race held at Longchamp on Sunday 6 October 1974. It was the 53rd running of the Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe.

The winner was Daniel Wildenstein's Allez France, an American-bred four-year-old filly trained in France by Angel Penna Sr. and ridden by  Yves Saint-Martin. Saint-Martin had previously won the race on Sassafras in 1970 whilst Penna had trained San San to win in 1972. Allez France was the first of Wildenstein's four winners of the race.

The contenders
In French racing, horses in the same ownership are usually "coupled" and treated as a single entry for betting purposes. The favourite for the race was the four-year-old filly Allez France, second in the race in 1973 and winner of numerous major prizes including the Critérium des Pouliches, Poule d'Essai des Pouliches, Prix de Diane, Prix d'Ispahan, Prix Vermeille and Prix Ganay. Allez France was coupled in the betting with Daniel Wildenstein's three-year-old filly Paulista, a four length winner of the Prix Vermeille on her previous start. Ten days before the race, Allez France's regular jockey Yves Saint-Martin sustained a serious leg injury and looked likely to be replaced by Lester Piggott, but announced himself fit to ride after undergoing pain-killing injections. Nelson Bunker Hunt was represented by the Mississipian, winner of the Grand Critérium and Prix Niel and by the stayer Busiris. The other French contenders included the Grand Prix de Paris winners Sagaro and Tennyson as well as Kamaraan, On My Way, Margouillat (Prix Dollar) and Comtesse de Loir, winner of the Prix Saint-Alary. A three-horse British entry was headed by Highclere who had won the 1000 Guineas and the Prix de Diane and also included the Eclipse Stakes winner Coup de Feu and the dual Goodwood Cup winner Proverb. Allez France/Paulista headed the betting at odds of 1/2, with Mississipian/Busiris on 6.5/1 and Sagaro (coupled with his pacemaker Valdo) at 9.25/1,

The race
Valdo took the lead from the start and set the pace from Busiris, Coup de Feu, Riot in Paris, Margouillat, Sagaro, Paulista and Tennyson. Allez France was held up at the back of the field with only five horses, including Comtesse de Loir behind her. On the approach to the straight, Busiris took the lead from Valdo but was soon challenged by Riot in Paris and Tennyson as Allez France began to make rapid progress on the outside. Allez France took the lead and opened up a clear advantage with Margouillat, Kamaraan and Paulista also launching challenges. Allez France looked likely to record an easy victory until Comtesse de Loir emerged as a serious threat in the last 200 metres under a "whirlwind" ride from Jean-Claude Desaint. In a closely contested finish, Allez France prevailed by a head from Comtesse de Loir, with Margouillat three-quarters of a length away in third. There was a gap of four lengths back to Kamaraan, who beat Paulista by a length for fourth. Yves Saint-Martin admitted that he had probably taken Allez France to the front too soon.

Race details
 Sponsor: none
 Purse: 1,412,000 ₣
 Going: Soft
 Distance: 2,400 metres
 Number of runners: 20
 Winner's time: 2:36.9

Full result

* Abbreviations: ns = nose; shd = short-head; hd = head; snk = short neck; nk = neck

Winner's details
Further details of the winner, Allez France
 Sex: Filly
 Foaled: 1970
 Country: United States
 Sire: Sea-Bird; Dam: Priceless Gem (Hail To Reason)
 Owner: Daniel Wildenstein
 Breeder: Bieber-Jacobs Stable

References

Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe
 1974
Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe
Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe
Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe


title: Jack Merriott

text:
Jack Merriott RI, ROI, RSMA, RWS (15 November 1901 – 1968) was an English writer, artist, and poster designer famous for his artworks produced for British Railways and the General Post Office.

Bibliography
 (Volume 8 of Artist's Handbooks.)

See also
Claude Buckle
Frank Henry Mason
Frank Newbould

References

External links

1901 births
1968 deaths
Painters from London
20th-century English painters
English male painters
Landscape artists
British railway artists
English watercolourists
British poster artists
20th-century English male artists


title: Victor Browne

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Victor (Vic) Browne (born 10 January 1942) is a former Australian cyclist. He competed in the team pursuit at the 1964 Summer Olympics. He won the Austral Wheel Race in 1967.

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1942 births
Living people
Australian male cyclists
Olympic cyclists for Australia
Place of birth missing (living people)
Cyclists at the 1964 Summer Olympics
Australian track cyclists


title: Koh Thmei

text:
Koh Thmei ("New Island", Khmer: កោះថ្មី,  former French name: Ile du Milieu), is an island of Cambodia, situated in the Gulf of Thailand, immediately south-east of the Sihanoukville headland. Although clearly inside the protected area of Ream National Park, a number of development companies have obtained long lasting land-lease concessions since 2010. Announced were large-scale plans, including a bridge to the mainland. By August 2014 the island hasn't yet undergone any alterations. In early 2018, development hastened on the island, partly prompted by the launch of the Golden Silver Gulf Tourism Zone project, which encompasses Koh Thmei.

Geography

Koh Thmei and neighboring island Koh Seh comprise the eastern third of the Ream National Park, situated in the South-East corner of Prey Nob District,  Sihanoukville province. At the narrowest point, due west, the island is a mere 300 meters off the mainland. Yet all transports arrives via the Prek Toek Sap estuary from Koh K'chhang fishing village to the north, a distance of around 3 km. Roughly pentagonal shaped with four sides of similar length, a shorter and rugged fifth side in the South, the inner coastline is dominated by extensive mangrove marshes. Along the sea-facing coast, sizable beaches can be found, littered with shells, the sands of rather coarse composition. Still, due to the unspoiled, pristine state, dense, lush and primeval vegetation, its general remoteness and very sparse population, Koh Thmei is considered one of the most ecologically esteemed Cambodian islands among its visitors.
The island's center is roughly the highest point with two main peaks, separated by a river {Prek Koh Krabei}. The peaks rise to over 100 meters and drain in all directions, lending Koh Thmei the shape of a gentle mountain. The island's moderate elevation enables it to retain enough water for a few little rivers, creeks and estuaries.

Settlements and infrastructure

Unsurprisingly for an island inside a national park, human settlements are few and population numbers low. Taly Village sits at the south-eastern coast, Chong Thmei Village - the biggest settlement - lies in the North-East and the island's only Bungalow resort in the West. A small farming settlement, featuring Koh Thmei Eco Adventure Resort  sits on the western coast. There is also a weather station at Chong Thmei. Dirt - or sealed roads and regular motor vehicles do not exist, transport hubs are local boat piers.

Legal status of the national park

A wide range of groups and individuals have converging and diverging interests or stakes in the park’s resources. Park authorities have to deal daily with all stakeholders. Consensus is not always possible since the resources of the park can only support limited levels of exploitation. In 2011 lawmakers issued a "law update" on Ream and other protected areas, stating: "The land area of 84.5 hectares of the “Ream” National Park Zone shall be determined as a community area
located in Ream commune, Prey Nub district of Preah Sihanouk province. Any issuance of land title certificate in this community area shall be required to obtain a prior approval from the Ministry of Environment in compliance with the Land Law."
 In 2016, Yeejia Tourism Development Co Ltd, a subsidiary of Chinese-owned firm Unite International (Cambodia) Investment Group Co Ltd, signed memoranda of understanding with more than a dozen mostly Chinese companies to develop and supply services to its Golden Silver Gulf resort project. At the same time, gaming junket operator Jimei International Entertainment Group Ltd announced separately in a filing to the Hong Kong Stock Exchange a framework agreement with Yeejia to jointly develop an “entertainment resort complex, including property, hotel, golf course, theme park and other entertainment and tourism business”.According to Royal Government of Cambodia sub-Decrees No. 150, dated November 2, 2018, more than two thousand hectares of land on Koh Thmei were earmarked as development zones for tourist, entertainment and recreational centres. HTTH Island Investment Co. and Celestial Stars Limited, a casino and lottery company, would develop the areas to tap into the growth of coastal tourism in Cambodia.

Wildlife

While Koh Thmei is part of, constitutes and contributes to the local eco-system, literally all sources first highlight the exceptional high number of bird species on the island.

Hanuman travel: best for bird-watching - It’s a useful place to base yourself if you’re interested in sighting some of the island’s 155 bird species, including the endangered brahminy kite.

Travelfish: Koh Thmei is the habitat of many types of interesting wildlife, particularly birds. Over 150 types of birds make their home in the park and a trip to the island offers ample bird-watching opportunities.

CNN: Located inside Ream National Park, Koh Thmei is home to monkeys, civets, lizards, more than 100 different species of birds and several threatened species, including the fishing cat, a wetland feline than makes its home near streams and mangrove forests.

See also
 Koh Rong Sanloem
 Koh Seh
 Koh Sdach
 Ream National Park
 List of islands of Cambodia
 List of Cambodian inland islands
 Sihanoukville (city)

References

External links
Cambodia Island Wild life Database-List of islands
 Koh Thmei: The New Island of Wonders
 Koh Thmei Island: A Complete and Extraordinary Nature Eco-Adventure Experience In Cambodia
 Eco Escape: Koh Thmei Island
 Koh Thmei Island: Secluded Tropical Island Off Cambodia
 CNN Travel

Islands of Cambodia
Islands of the Gulf of Thailand


title: Sabina Mossolow

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Sabina Mossolow is a Namibian operatic soprano.

Early life

Mossolow was born in Windhoek, Namibia, to Russian-German parentage. Her father was the historian and archivist Nikolai Mossolow.

A student of Nellie du Toit, Mossolow completed a Bachelor's degree in music and French, an honours degree in journalism, a higher performer's licentiate in music and an honours and master's degree in music at Stellenbosch University. Her masters thesis looked at the life of her mentor du Toit.

For nine years she resided in Freiburg, Germany, where she furthered her vocal studies at the Staatliche Hochschule für Musik under Beata Heuer-Christen and Maria Orán.

Career

Mossolow made her debut with the Natal Philharmonic Orchestra at the Youth Concerto Festival in Durban under David Tidboald.

Donald Runnicles contracted her to the Freiburg Municipal Theatre where she sang roles such as Musetta in La bohème, Micaëla in Carmen, Erste Dame in Die Zauberflöte, Ghita in Der Zwerg, Fiordiligi in Così fan tutte, Marina in I quatro rusteghi and Violetta in La traviata, working with directors such as Christof Loy and Gerd Heinz.

Since her return to South Africa in the late nineties, Mossolow has sung locally, in Namibia, Germany and Italy in recitals ranging from opera, operetta and lieder to lighter classical fare. She has appeared at various arts festivals locally and enjoys the artistic teamwork of accompanists such as Albie van Schalkwyk, Elna van der Merwe, Benjamin van Eeden, Lisa Engelbrecht and José Dias.

Repertoire

Mossolow sang Les nuits d'été (Berlioz) at the Oude Libertas Amphitheatre with the Cape Town Symphony Orchestra and was the soprano soloist in Beethoven's 9th Symphony with the CPO under Benjamin Zander. She was understudy for Andrea Catzel in the role of the Marschallin in Richard Strauss's Der Rosenkavalier for Cape Town Opera. Her oratorio repertoire includes Handel's Messiah, Mozart's Mass in C Minor as well as Cartellieri's Gioas, re di Guida at the Musiktage St. Peter with the Freiburger Kammerorchester under Klaus Hövelmann.

Collaborations
On several occasions Mossolow collaborated with composer Hendrik Hofmeyr as accompanist in recitals that included his works. Amongst others she has sung the première of his Sinfonia Africana with the Cape Philharmonic Orchestra, Dover Beach and Due Sonetti di Petrarca with the Collage ensemble, Die Stil Avontuur, and has recorded his song cycle Of Darkness and the Heart with the Odeon String Quartet in Bloemfontein.

Recognition

She won the voice category of the ATKV Forte Competition. She was a semi-finalist in the UNISA International Singing Competition and received master classes from Galina Vishnevskaja in Salzburg, Kammersängerin Margherita Lilowa in Varna, Bulgaria, as well as Elly Ameling. Mossolow is the recipient of an International Richard Wagner Society bursary.

Reviews

In a review written of her performance at Cape Town's Artscape Opera House, Mustapha Hendricks wrote: "But the true vibrations came in the form of a bona fide diva, Namibian soprano Sabina Mossolow. Her velveteen voice played melodically with the chords of Verdi's "". There was a suave, mischievous sassiness to the way she moved around and she brought gentle giggles to the audience with her dramatically trembling voice. The hint of cheek and comedy in her performance reminded us of the more playful, humorous side of a medium often mistaken for being only serious and tragic."

References

South African operatic sopranos
21st-century South African women opera singers
21st-century Namibian women singers
Living people
Date of birth missing (living people)
Musicians from Windhoek
21st-century Namibian people
Year of birth missing (living people)


title: Concrete Love

text:
Concrete Love is the fourth studio album by British rock band Courteeners, released on 18 August 2014 via Cooperative Music label. It features the band delve further into a post-punk sound and was inspired by 1980s music. Promoted by two singles, Concrete Love received generally favourable reviews from music critics and reached number three on the UK Albums Chart.

Background
Courteeners released their third studio album Anna in February 2013. It peaked at number six in the UK Albums Chart; out of its three singles, "Lose Control" was the only one to chart, reaching number 82 in the United Kingdom. The band promoted the album with two tours of the UK – one at the start of the year and the other at the end – and special performances at Castlefield Bowl. Frontman Liam Fray and Joe Cross, who had produced Anna, went to Montmartre, Paris to work on demos for the band's next album. Cross took his laptop and a few instruments to help them; the pair eventually came up with an album's worth of songs. Following the second UK tour, the band went on hiatus; it did not last long as Fray explained: "the good songs just kept coming and people still seemed quite hungry for us, so we carried on". Following this, Fray and Cross went to Whitby to do further work on the demos.

Composition and lyrics
Concrete Love is an indie rock and synth-pop album that expands on the sound of Anna, drawing from 1980s music. AllMusic reviewer Matt Collar said the band "delve even deeper into a layered post-punk sound that finds them adding more guitars and even strings on some cuts". Fray described the material as "stories, they come from somewhere. They're a little bit less literal, a bit more abstract [...] I've always been a fan of that kind of kitchen sink style of writing. [...] There are little pockets of abstract dotted around. So there's a bit more, 'Let people make their mind up', I guess, than the last record".

"White Horses" features country-leaning acoustic guitars, backed by industrial beats. On "How Good It Was", Fray explained that "it almost felt like a kind of Beach Boy Motown, as a kind of homage to Danny Zuko and it happened". It is an indie pop song dealing with love during one's childhood years. "Small Bones" describes long distance relationships; the horns heard in evoke the work of Arcade Fire. "Has He Told You That He Loves You Yet" is a pseudo-psychedelic track, sung from the perspective of a father to their teenage offspring. "Black & Blue" has a punk rock rhythm echoing the sound of their first two studio albums, St. Jude (2008) and Flacon (2010), with Fray's vocals recalling Liam Gallagher of Beady Eye.

With "International", Fray mentioned how he spent more time working on it than any other song on the album: "I just felt very bare and very exposed and I didn’t like it at all. It was difficult". The simplistic lyrics of "Next Time You Call" earned it a comparison to Reverend and the Makers. "Summer" is a 1960s sunshine pop song, while "Saboteur" includes a synthesizer-led breakdown. "Saboteur" has robotic-sounding vocals and a psychedelic atmosphere. Fray said "Dreamers" deals with people that are viewed as outsiders from British football: "I’m not just saying it’s a class issue, it’s a taste and a fashion issue too". The closing track, "Beautiful Heads", features a chord progression akin to a Church service. Fray felt "Winter Wonderland" was "custom built for live shows"; he wrote it on a piano at Norah Jones' New York City home, and had previously performed in 2011.

Release
On 20 June 2014, Concrete Love was announced for released in two months' time; the album's track listing and artwork was posted online. Alongside this, "Summer" was made available for streaming. The band held a one-off show at the 100 Club in London, where they debuted five new songs from the forthcoming album. The How Good It Was EP was released on 21 July 2014, containing the outtakes "Hometown One", "Sunflower" and "Why Are You Still With Him?". The music video for "How Good It Was" was posted on YouTube on 6 August 2014. They supported the Killers for a one-off show in Glasgow and appeared at the Reading and Leeds Festivals. Concrete Love was released on 18 August 2014; a deluxe edition included a DVD of footage filmed during their 2013 Castlefield Bowl performances. "How Good It Was" was released as the album's lead single on 1 September 2014. Courteeners embarked on a tour of the UK, which ran into November 2015, ending with a performance at the Liverpool Arena. The London date was stopped abruptly when a fan lit a flare inside the venue; the band were told by various venues and authorities to stop any performances should someone set off a flare. "Next Time You Call" was released as the album's second single on 10 November 2014.

Courteeners performed at Heaton Park in Manchester in June 2015, marking the first time that a band in three years All 25,000 tickets sold out in 40 minutes; they were supported by Peace, Bipolar Sunshine and Blossoms. Following this, Courteeners appeared at the Isle of Wight, Glastonbury, T in the Park and V Festivals. The music video for "Small Bones" was posted on YouTube on 1 November 2015. The band closed out the year with a UK tour, which ended with five consecutive shows O2 Apollo in Manchester, with support from Declan McKenna and Pretty Vicious. "Winter Wonderland" was released as a single on 17 November 2015; the seven-inch vinyl record featured an acoustic version of "Small Bones" as its B-side. Ten days later, Concrete Love was reissued under the name Concrete Love – Extra Love, which consisted of the original album, the How Good It Was EP, "Winter Wonderland", a phone recording of "Next Time You Call" and acoustic versions of "Summer", "How Good It Was", "International" and "Small Bones". The music video for "Winter Wonderland" was posted on YouTube on 21 December 2015. Around this time, bassist Mark Cupello left the band and was replaced by Cross.

Reception

Concrete Love was met with generally favourable reviews from music critics. At Metacritic, the album received an average score of 61, based on five reviews. AnyDecentMusic? gave it an average score of 5.6, based on six reviews.

Renowned for Sound contributor Andrew Le said aside from a "few shortcomings, the Courteeners’ new album proves why the band has performed well as a live act, as its guitar riffs and choruses should incite sing-alongs at its concerts". The Irish Times writer Lauren Murphy felt the band "fails to offer anything beyond their anthemic indie-rock [...] it’s not quite enough to make these perfectly passable songs remarkable in any way". Sam Willis of The Line of Best Fit ponder if "there['s] anything new here? Absolutely not", explaining that the band had not evolved since their previous work. Gigslutz writer Beth Kirkbride said it felt "very much like it wasn’t left to cook for long enough [...] I’m still hungry after eating it". NME Barry Nicolson felt that the album's biggest drawback was its "lack of inspiration, perhaps a result of the speedy turnaround between this record and its predecessor".

Concrete Love debuted at number three in the UK Albums Chart, eventually being certified gold by the British Phonographic Industry (BPI) in 2018. It also reached number four in Scotland. "How Good It Was" charted at number 42 in Scotland and number 66 in the UK. "Summer" peaked at number 98 in Scotland and number 104 in the UK. The track was certified silver by the BPI in 2023.

Track listing

Credits
Courteeners
 Liam Fray – vocals, guitars,
 Daniel Moores – guitars
 Mark Cuppello – bass guitars
 Michael Campbell – drums
 Adam Payne – Keyboards
 Continuous

Charts and certifications

Weekly charts

Certifications

References

External links

Concrete Love at YouTube (streamed copy where licensed)

2014 albums
The Courteeners albums
Post-punk albums by English artists
Synth-pop albums by English artists