title: Llanfor

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Llanfor is a village in Gwynedd, Wales near the town of Bala, in the community of Llandderfel.

History
There is evidence of an Iron Age Hill Fort in the immediate area and Roman Castrum.

In the 6th century an unknown Monk from Llanfor was reputedly responsible for converting Llywarch Hen, prince of Rheged, to Christianity. It was also the site of a church built by Saint Tyneio, the 6th century Patron Saint of the town.

There is a legend that the Devil used to frequently visit Llanfor Church in the shape of a pig.

Notable People from Llanfor

 Saint Tyneio a 6th C. pre-congregational Saint of Wales.
 William Price (1619–1691), a Welsh politician, MP between 1640 and 1679 and fought as a Royalist colonel in the English Civil War.
 Humphrey Foulkes (1673–1737) a Welsh priest and antiquarian.
 William Price (1690–1774) a Welsh High Sheriff and antiquarian, from Rhiwlas.
 Richard Thelwall Price, British Member of Parliament for Beaumaris, 1754–1768
 John Williams (1811–1862), antiquary, bardic name Ab Ithel, the Anglican curate of Llanfor from 1835
 Richard Williams Morgan (1815–1889), bardic name Môr Meirion, author, priest and Welsh nationalist campaigner
 David Roberts (1831–1884), poet known as ‘Dewi Havhesp’, spent his early years at 'Pensingrug', Llanfor.

References

Villages in Gwynedd


title: Azg (daily)

text:
Azg (, "Nation") is a daily newspaper published in Yerevan, Armenia since 1991. Its founder and editor-in-chief was the veteran Lebanese-born Ramkavar activist Hakob Avedikian. who in the 1980s had served as the editor-in-chief of the Ramgavar party's Zartonk daily in Lebanon.

Azg was prominent during the 1990s. Published by the Democratic Liberal Party of Armenia (Ramkavar-Azatakan) Party—financed from the Armenian diaspora party ADL—its circulation regularly exceeded 30,000 by 1993, that increased to 42,000 the following year. According to Edik Baghdasaryan, Azg served as "a good school for many journalists" during this period.

In 1996, the newspaper was temporarily suspended by the government of Levon Ter-Petrosyan. Its office was ransacked, and editors and journalists were beaten. The ownership of the newspaper was transferred to a newly split pro-government branch of the Ramkavar Party called Mission of the Ramgavar-Azatakan Party (MRAP), which was formed after a split in the ranks of the opposition Ramgavar-Azatakan Party. The founders of "Azg", who also own and publish the newspaper, consequently found themselves completely cut off from the newspaper. As well, the Ministry ordered the state-run printing house, Parberakan, to stop printing Azg until told otherwise. On 27 April 1996, a new eight-page newspaper, using the name and logo of Azg, was printed by Parberakan, but without the participation of Azg editors, who disassociated themselves from the new version.

After Ter-Petrosyan's resignation as president, the newspaper was supportive of Robert Kocharyan who became president in 1998. In 1999, it was described as Armenia's "most authoritative daily." The circulation of Azg dropped to 10,000 copies and later on to only 3,000 in 2003 and remained the same as of 2009.

Since 1999 Azg was available online at various times in six languages: Armenian, Russian, English, Turkish, Arabic and Persian.
Azg also published a periodical cultural supplement called Azg-Mshaguyt (in Armenian Ազգ-Մշակույթ)

See also
List of newspapers in Armenia

References

External links
Official website

Armenian Democratic Liberal Party
Newspapers published in Armenia
Armenian-language newspapers
1991 establishments in Armenia


title: Saint Tyneio

text:
Saint Tyneio was a 6th century Pre-congregational saint of Wales.

Tyneio, was the founder and patron saint of the church at Llandyneio, Wales a daughter church under Llanvarn, Carnarvonshire. and Llanfor Wales.

He was  a son of Saithenyn Hen ap Plaws and Great grandson of Vortigen and Great Great Grand son of Magnus Maximus, Emperor of the Roman Empire and Saint Elen Lwyddog 'of the Host'.

References

Medieval Welsh saints


title: Maine State Route 166

text:
State Route 166 (SR 166) is part of Maine's system of numbered state highways, located in the southern coastal part of the state adjacent to the mouth of the Penobscot River. It runs just under  between the town of Castine and Orland at U.S. Route 1 (US 1) and SR 3/SR 15.

Route description
The southern terminus of SR 166 is located at the intersection of Battle Avenue and Main Street in Castine, near the Maine Maritime Academy main campus. Battle Avenue carries the initial stretch before turning northward as Castine Road as the route exits the downtown area. SR 166A splits off just to the northeast towards the Bagaduce River to the east. SR 166 turns to the northwest at this point to run closer to the Penobscot River along The Shore Road. This portion of the road heads north through the settlement of West Castine passing some small houses along the way. Continuing north, intersecting the northern end of the SR 166A half-loop at Morse Cove. Now in the town of Penobscot and following Castine Road again, SR 166 parallels the river even closer and reaches the terminus of SR 175 at the settlement of West Penobscot.

North of SR 175, the road ends paralleling the Penobscot River but begins following the route of the Orland River at South Orland within the town of Orland. Past here, SR 166 heads into a less populated stretch of land, mostly in wooded areas. As the road comes closer to the center of the town, the number of houses lining the road increases. SR 166 curves to the west at Old Country Road and crosses the Orland River on a small bridge. Now in the business district of the town, SR 166 passes small markets, boating shops, and a post office a peninsula known as Leaches Point. After passing a few more houses, Castine Road and SR 166 ends at a stop-controlled intersection with Acadia Highway (carrying US 1, SR 3, and SR 15).

History
Modern SR 166, as first designated in 1939, actually existed as two separate split routes—SR 166W and SR 166E.

State Route 166E was a renumbering of State Route 202, which was first designated in 1925. When US 202 was designated in Maine in 1934, it became a duplicate numbering but was not renumbered until 1939. SR 166E was the longer of the two split routes, serving Castine to the south and connecting with SR 175 to the north. This designation only lasted until 1941, when SR 166E, SR 175 and SR 199 underwent routing changes. The remaining length of SR 166E was renumbered as SR 166.

State Route 166W was a newly designated half-loop routing along the western side of the peninsula, and persisted even after SR 166E was renumbered. This route was eventually renumbered SR 166A in 1947.

Throughout most of its history, SR 166 ran along the west side of the peninsula in Castine (with an intersection at SR 199) and ended at SR 175. SR 175 continued north along Castine Road through Orland. In August 2014, a Maine Department of Transportation official proposed swapping the designations of SR 166 and SR 166A as the western route was the most direct route into Castine and the extension of SR 166 to Orland to prevent travelers from following multiple route numbers from US 1 to Castine. Both changes were implemented by June 2015.

Pre-renumbering (1925-36)
The first highway in Maine numbered 166 was located in the northeastern part of the state. It was designated in 1925 and ran between Magadahoc and Houlton. In 1936, the entire route was redesignated as US 2A.

Junction list

State Route 166A

State Route 166A, also known as Castine Road, is a town-maintained alternate route of SR 166 in Castine, running  on the eastern side of the peninsula. It forms a half-loop and connects with its parent at both ends. The route originally ran along the west side of the peninsula on The Shore Road. It was first designated in 1939 as SR 166W and what became SR 166 was designated SR 166E. After reorganization of several routes in 1940, SR 166E was redesignated as SR 166 proper. SR 166W retained its designation until 1947, when it was renumbered to 166A. SR 166 and SR 166A were swapped between 2014 and 2015 to improve traveler access to the downtown area of Castine.

SR 166A begins at an intersection with SR 166 in Castine, north of its downtown. It generally heads northeast near the Bagaduce River heading past small houses and undeveloped areas consisting of forests and brush. After passing through the settlement of North Castine, it intersects SR 199 at its southern terminus. The road then heads north through a more wooded area. The town line between Castine and Penobscot begins to run down the road and does so for the remainder of its route. SR 166A ends at SR 166 at Morse Cove.

Junction list

See also

Off-the-Neck Historic District - Federally-designated historic district along SR 166 and SR 166A in Castine

References

166
Transportation in Hancock County, Maine


title: Browndale, Kansas

text:
Browndale is a ghost town in Clay County, Kansas, United States.  It is located at .

History
Browndale was located on the Union Pacific Railroad.

References

External links
 Clay County maps: Current, Historic, KDOT

Unincorporated communities in Clay County, Kansas
Unincorporated communities in Kansas


title: Stark Mad

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Stark Mad is a 1929 American pre-Code adventure film produced and distributed by Warner Bros., directed by Lloyd Bacon, and starring H. B. Warner, Louise Fazenda, Jacqueline Logan and Henry B. Walthall. This lurid jungle melodrama was an attempt to emulate the then-popular jungle horror films being made at the time by Tod Browning and Lon Chaney. The film was unusual in that it is set in the jungles of Central America rather than Africa.

Plot
James Rutherford has organized an expedition to the jungles of Central America to find his missing son, Bob, and his guide, Simpson. Professor Dangerfield intercepts the party, bringing with him Simpson, whose experiences in the jungle have made him a raving maniac. They go ashore and decide to spend the night at a Mayan temple. After Bob's fiancée Irene disappears, they come across a large ape chained to the temple floor, and Captain Rhodes, commander of the yacht, is abducted by a strange monster with great hairy talons. Messages are found warning the party to leave. Sewald, an explorer, is mysteriously killed by an arrow. Simpson's sanity returns, and he saves the party, revealing in flashback that he had lost his mind after murdering an old demented hermit who had been living in the ruins, because the fiend had murdered Rutherford's son Bob two months before.

Cast
H. B. Warner as Professor Dangerfield
Louise Fazenda as Mrs. Fleming
Jacqueline Logan as Irene
Henry B. Walthall as Captain Rhodes
Claude Gillingwater as James Rutherford
John Miljan as Dr. Milo
Andre Beranger as Simpson, a guide
Warner Richmond as First mate
Lionel Belmore as Amos Sewald
Charles Gemora as Gorilla (uncredited)

Preservation status
The film was released in both a sound version and a silent version for theaters not converted to sound. Both sound and silent versions are lost. The soundtrack, which was recorded separately on Vitaphone disks, may survive in private hands.

See also
The Lost World (1925)
King Kong (1933)
 List of early sound feature films (1926–1929)

References

External links

1929 films
Lost American adventure films
Films directed by Lloyd Bacon
Warner Bros. films
American black-and-white films
1929 adventure films
1929 lost films
English-language adventure films
1920s English-language films
1920s American films


title: 1948–49 Cairo League

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1948–49 Cairo League, the 27th Cairo League competition, champion was decided by results of Cairo teams in national league with no separate matches for Cairo league competition, Farouk Club (Zamalek SC now) won the competition for 12th time.

League table

Matches

See also
 1948–49 Egyptian Premier League

References

External links
 http://www.angelfire.com/ak/EgyptianSports/CairoZone194849.html

1948–49 in Egyptian football
Cairo League
1948–49 in African association football leagues


title: Harold Taylor (educator)

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Harold A. Taylor (1914–1993) was the president of Sarah Lawrence College. He is remembered for his writing on education and philosophy, and his stand against McCarthyism's interference with American education.

Biography
Born in Canada in 1914, he studied philosophy and literature at the University of Toronto and received his Bachelor of Arts in 1935. He received a Moss Scholarship for his "accomplishments as an athlete, musician, writer, and student," which funded his research for his Master of Arts in 1936, also  at   Toronto. After completing his Master's, Taylor received a fellowship to study philosophy at the University of Cambridge. However he transferred to the University of London and earned a Ph.D. in philosophy in 1938 with his dissertation "The Concept of Reason and Its Function in 17th and 18th Century Philosophy and Literature." Taylor was offered a teaching position with the University of Wisconsin's Department of Philosophy in 1939, where he taught "social philosophy, aesthetics and the philosophy of George Santayana" for six years. During World War II, Taylor left the university on temporary leave to conduct research for the National Defense Research Council.

President of Sarah Lawrence College
In 1945, Taylor became the president of Sarah Lawrence College, replacing President Constance Warren.  Taylor was the youngest president of an American college at the time. While president of the college, Taylor continued teaching courses in philosophy at Sarah Lawrence and also at the New School for Social Research. Taylor's own views influenced the college, pushing for racial integration and a more progressive environment. Taylor also worked with Eleanor Roosevelt, a supporter of Sarah Lawrence College, and Adlai Stevenson II as a special consultant  on human rights issues. He led the integration of the first male students at the college under the G.I. Bill, the 1947 name change from 'Sarah Lawrence College for Women' to 'Sarah Lawrence College,' the college's Tennessee Valley Authority program (which brought interracial groups of students to the TVA for a firsthand account of the area's economics and race relations), and the approval of the college's first M.A. programs.

Taylor became a well-loved president and teacher at Sarah Lawrence and was "renowned for remembering the name of every student on campus." Taylor was also known for his "movie star looks," which may have contributed to rumors of his affairs with female students, faculty, and staff. He married Grace Muriel Thorne in 1941, but divorced later on. Harold Taylor was also known for walking around campus accompanied by his giant dog, a friendly and unofficial mascot at Sarah Lawrence College.

In 1950, Taylor edited and published a collection of essays, called Essays in Teaching (1950), collecting works by Esther Raushenbush, Horace Gregory, Helen Merrell Lynd, Rudolf Arnheim, Stephen Spender, and Norman Dello Joio.

In November 1951, Louis Budenz published the article "Do Colleges Have to Hire Red Professors?" in the magazine The American Legion, which was the first accusation of Sarah Lawrence hiring Communist professors. After the publication of the article, which accused Sarah Lawrence College and other colleges of hiring Communist professors, the Americanism Committee of the Westchester County American Legion began accusing and investigating professors at the college. As the fear of Communism spread and McCarthyism continued, more professors from Sarah Lawrence College, University of Chicago, Harvard, Amherst, and Wellesley were brought to the Senate Internal Security Subcommittee (also known as the Jenner Committee), leading to Sarah Lawrence and a handful of other educational institutions gaining the nickname "red school houses."

In 1952, Taylor and the board of trustees at Sarah Lawrence College presented the revised Sarah Lawrence College Statement on Academic Freedom, supporting the rights to freedom of speech and the rights of Sarah Lawrence professors, “teachers who meet the test of candor, honesty, and scholarly integrity may not be deprived of any rights they hold as citizens of this country, including the right to belong to any legal political organization of their own choosing." In 1953, eleven faculty members of Sarah Lawrence College were issued subpoenas to attend a hearing by the Senate Internal Security Subcommittee: Paul Harvey Aron (professor of history), Adele Brebner (professor of literature), Irving Goldman (professor of anthropology), Horace Gregory (professor of Poetry), Bert James Loewenberg (professor of history), Helen Merrell Lynd (professor of sociology), Lois Barclay Murphy (professor of psychology), Muriel Rukeyser (professor of literature), Mark Slonim (professor of literature, Director of Foreign Studies, and European Consultant for Foreign Studies), and Charles Trinkaus (professor of history).

Taylor hired a lawyer to defend and advise accused Sarah Lawrence faculty members, and organized the conference "Democracy and Communism in the Modern World," which brought together over 300 professionals and students from 40 educational institutions to discuss McCarthyism's attack on academic freedoms. Taylor urged students to advocate for their own academic rights and the rights of their professors, stating in his speech to students in 1951, "I have one last thing to say. I believe that the most important possession we have at Sarah Lawrence College is our political and intellectual independence and our freedom to carry out a democratic educational program. We can only preserve this independence and this freedom if we all stand together as students and faculty against the attacks on this freedom from whatever quarter they may come."  Sarah Lawrence students wrote letters and articles, including a few published by The New York Times. The Sarah Lawrence student publication, The Campus, informed the college community on the accusations and other useful information. Taylor kept alumni of Sarah Lawrence College and parents of students informed on the state of the college and advised them on opposing the claims which were being made. The Citizens' Committee of Bronxville and Yonkers signed a petition in 1952 that called for an end to the investigation and interruptions in education. The efforts of Taylor, Sarah Lawrence community members, and others led Sarah Lawrence College to be awarded a special citation by the American Civil Liberties Union for a "powerful effort in behalf of academic freedom."

A patron of the arts and a supporter of arts in education, Taylor wrote on these themes, including his work titled Moral Values and the Experience of Art (1952), which began as a lecture Taylor gave at the New York Museum of Modern Art to the National Committee on Art Education and in 1960 Taylor published Art and the Intellect (1960).

In 1954, Taylor, faculty, staff, and students at Sarah Lawrence College petitioned to expel or censure Senator Joseph McCarthy. On February 27, 1954, Sarah Lawrence College held a conference to follow "Democracy and Communism in the Modern World." This conference, titled "The Nature of American Freedom," brought together representatives from 45 different colleges to speak on the nature of freedom, with specific discussions on freedom of the arts, education, politics, and religion. Taylor's book On Education and Freedom (1954) discussed the nature of freedom in education, but also the challenges McCarthyism had brought, and the politics of creating an educational space that allows students to think for themselves. Finally, McCarthyism began its decline, with the Senate's decision to censure Senator McCarthy.

Subsequent career
Taylor resigned his presidency at Sarah Lawrence College in 1959. He traveled internationally to meet with political and intellectual leaders and to speak on education and the problems the world faced. Taylor traveled to the Soviet Union, the Middle East, Europe, Asia, and Australia. He became a visiting professor at overseas universities and lectured in social philosophy and education. From 1962 to 1963, Taylor hosted the ABC television series Meet the Professor. He published The World and the American Teacher: The Preparation of Teachers in the Field of World Affairs (1968), a declaration urging for an education on world affairs and Students without Teachers: A Crisis in the University (1969) which emphasized the role of the university in the global context, and its potential for encouraging real change. Of his other works in this period, The World as Teacher (1969) proposed that answers to many of the world's problems can be found in the field of education and How to Change Colleges: Notes on Radical Reform (1971), declared the necessary changes that the American college system needed to undergo.

Taylor held many leadership positions in dance and theater in New York, including president of the American Ballet Theatre, president of the Agnes de Mille Dance Theater, a trustee of the New York Studio School, and Vice Chairman of the Martha Graham School of Contemporary Dance.

In the 1960s, Taylor founded and chaired the Committee of Peace Research, which was sponsored and funded by the Institute for World Order and the National Research Council on Peace Strategy, for which he also served as a chairman. Taylor also cofounded the Peace Research Institute, which combined with the Institute for Policy Studies He also served as an advisor on human rights for the Eleanor Roosevelt Memorial Foundation.

Taylor founded and served as director for the Center for International Service at Staten Island College and cofounded the National Committee for the Support of Public Schools. In the 1970s, he founded and chaired the United States Committee for the United Nations University, and continued to work on a pilot for a "World College in collaboration with twenty-three United Nations member countries." Taylor's vision of a "World College" is described in his book The World as Teacher (1969), and includes information on "a three-year study of teacher education, combined with Taylor's interests in the development in the early 1960s of the World College program and the International Baccalaureate," and his works The United Nations University (1973) and A University for the World: The United Nations Plan (1974). Taylor was a John Dewey scholar and supporter and was "instrumental in arranging for the preservation of the John Dewey professional papers."

Taylor died in 1993 at the age of 78 years in St. Vincent's Hospital and Medical Center in New York City.

Works by Harold Taylor
 Essays in Teaching (1950)  (Editor)
 Moral Values and the Experience of Art (1952)
 On Education and Freedom (1954)
 Art and the Intellect (1960)
 The Goals of Higher Education (1960) (Co-Author)
 The World and the American Teacher: The Preparation of Teachers in the Field of World Affairs (1968)
 The Humanities in the Schools: A Contemporary Symposium (1968)
 Students without Teachers: A Crisis in the University (1969)
 The World as Teacher (1969)
 Art & the Future (1969)
 How to Change Colleges: Notes on Radical Reform (1971)
 The United Nations University (1973)
 A University for the World: The United Nations Plan (1974)

References

1914 births
1993 deaths
University of Wisconsin–Madison faculty
Presidents of Sarah Lawrence College
American academic administrators
20th-century American academics


title: US 67 Bridge over Little Missouri River

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The US 67 Bridge over Little Missouri River is a historic bridge carrying U.S. Route 67 (US 67) over the Little Missouri River, the border between Clark County and Nevada County, Arkansas. It consists of three steel Parker Pony trusses, with a total length of . Built in 1931, it is one of only seven surviving multi-span Parker truss bridges in the state.

The bridge was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2007.

See also

 List of bridges on the National Register of Historic Places in Arkansas
 National Register of Historic Places listings in Clark County, Arkansas
 National Register of Historic Places listings in Nevada County, Arkansas

References

Road bridges on the National Register of Historic Places in Arkansas
Bridges completed in 1931
Transportation in Clark County, Arkansas
National Register of Historic Places in Nevada County, Arkansas
U.S. Route 67
National Register of Historic Places in Clark County, Arkansas
Steel bridges in the United States
Parker truss bridges in the United States
Bridges of the United States Numbered Highway System
1931 establishments in Arkansas
Transportation in Nevada County, Arkansas
Little Missouri River (Arkansas)


title: 2014–15 Lille OSC season

text:
The 2014–15 season was Lille OSC's 71st season in existence and the club's 15th consecutive season in the top flight of French football.

After a season without any European competition, the club, which finished third in last season, participated in the UEFA Champions League, starting in the third qualifying round, before being eliminated by Porto in the play-off round. As the club were eliminated, they earned a place in the UEFA Europa League group stage. In addition to the European competition, LOSC participated in domestic competitions (Ligue 1, Coupe de France and Coupe de la Ligue).

Players

Squad

Source:

Transfers in

Transfers out

Statistics

Appearances and goals

Last updated: 23 May 2015
Source: Match reports in Competitive matches, Ligue1.com

Goalscorers

Last updated:  23 May 2015
Source: Match reports in Competitive matches, ESPN

Disciplinary record

Pre-season and friendlies

Competitions

Ligue 1

League table

Results summary

Results by round

Matches

Coupe de la Ligue

Coupe de France

UEFA Champions League

Third qualifying round

Play-off round

UEFA Europa League

Group stage

References

Lille OSC seasons
Lille OSC


title: Farmers Pride Airport

text:
Farmers Pride Airport  is a privately owned, public-use airport in Fredericksburg, Lebanon County, Pennsylvania. The airport was opened in November 1947.

It has a 3,410 unrolled, grass runway numbered 28–10, and avgas for transient aircraft is only available in emergencies. There are approximately 50 aircraft hangared at Farmers Pride.

The airport elevation is 500 ft MSL, and the air traffic pattern is left hand only at 1500 MSL, from both runways. Runway 28's pattern overflies Northern Lebanon High School, and Runway 10's pattern overflies Interstate 78.

The airport has tie down spots for transient aircraft, and hangars for permanent aircraft located at the field.

References

External links

 http://www.airnav.com/airport/9N7

Airports in Lebanon County, Pennsylvania
Airports established in 1947
1947 establishments in Pennsylvania


title: Fire challenge

text:
Fire challenge is an activity which refers to the application of flammable liquids to one's body and then setting the liquids aflame, while being video recorded. The footage is then posted to social media sites. Firefighters, police officers and media sources have criticized and spoken out against the activity, hoping to dissuade individuals from trying it due to its harmful nature. The first known fire challenge video was uploaded in 2012. The activity gained mainstream media attention in 2014.

Effect
Immediate first through second degree burns are the direct results of undergoing the activity. One teenager from Kentucky who participated in the challenge described the subsequent pain as "unbearable."

In addition to the obvious dangers, many participants run away in panic without dousing the flames first, allowing the oxygen to cause the flames to spread more easily. Another immediate danger is the participants inhaling superheated air, which can then damage the lungs.

Reactions
The Huffington Post, in response to viewing a video of a youth attempting the challenge: "We're basically speechless. We hang out with guys who eat lightbulbs, and we're still shocked. Granted, those guys are trained professional performers, where as this appears to be a misguided youth. The scariest part is that he's not the only person who is doing this."
Writing for the Washington Post, Caitlin Dewey noted "YouTube has known its fair share of dangerous, destructive and ill-advised trends, but even by those standards, the "fire challenge" hits new lows."

Multiple local and state fire departments have spoken out against the fire challenge, often citing the significant harm and the unpredictability of fire for their reasoning.

References

Challenges
2010s fads and trends
Internet memes introduced in 2012
Fire


title: White-lipped frog

text:
White-lipped frog may refer to:

Genera:
 Amnirana, a genus of frogs found in tropical Africa and Asia
 Leptodactylus, a genus of frogs found in the Americas

Species, Asia and Africa:
 Amnirana albolabris
 Chalcorana chalconota
 Chalcorana labialis
 Chalcorana rufipes

Species, Americas:
 Leptodactylus fragilis
 Leptodactylus mystacinus

Numerous other species are contain "white-lipped frog" in their name, including but not restricted to the following:
 Feijo white-lipped frog, a frog found in Brazil and possibly Bolivia and Peru
 White-lipped bright-eyed frog, a frog endemic to Madagascar

See also

 White-lipped tree frog (disambiguation)

Animal common name disambiguation pages


title: Saint Elli

text:
Saint Elli was a 6th-century Welsh saint, or possibly two saints. Llanelli, a town in Carmarthenshire and Llanelly, a village in the traditional county of Brecknockshire (currently administered as part of the unitary authority of Monmouthshire) are both named after Elli.

There are traditions about a male saint Elli and a female saint Elli, and there are depictions of a male and of a female saint.

According to one legend, Elli or Ellyw was a daughter or granddaughter of King Brychan. Elli founded a church on the banks of the River Lliedi, which attracted peasants who settled nearby. This community became the town of Llanelli in Carmarthenshire.

A different account is given in the 11th century Vita Cadoci (life of Cadoc), which says that Elli was the son of the Queen of the Islands of Grimbul, and the foster son of Saint Cadoc. When travelling in foreign lands, Cadoc landed on the islands of Grimbul. Grimbul's queen was barren, but after Cadoc interceded for her she bore a son, Elli, who she entrusted to the care of Cadoc. Cadoc took Elli to the clas (ecclesiastical settlement) at Llancarfan, where he was educated. The Vita Cadoci says that Elli succeeded Cadoc as Abbot of Llancarfan when Cadoc was preparing to leave for Benevento.

The hagiographer Sabine Baring-Gould (1834–1924) argued that Llanelieu Church in Powys was dedicated to the female St Ellyw or Elyw, but doubts that she was related to Brychan. He connects Llanelli and Llanelly with the male disciple of Cadoc.

Two Church in Wales churches are dedicated to St Elli, St Elli Church in Llanelli, Carmarthenshire, and St Elli's Church in Llanelly, Monmouthshire. Saint Elli is also venerated in both the Roman Catholic Church and the Eastern Orthodox Church.

References

6th-century Christian saints
6th-century births
Welsh hermits
Roman Catholic monks
Medieval Welsh saints
Female saints of medieval Wales
Year of birth unknown
Year of death unknown
6th-century Christian monks
6th-century Welsh people


title: 1 A.M.

text:
1 A.M., 1am, One A.M. or variants, may refer to:

A time on the 12-hour clock

Film
 1am (film), 2017 Tamil-language horror film
 One A.M. (1916 film), a Charlie Chaplin film
 One A.M. (unfinished film), by Jean-Luc Godard

Music
1AM, a 2006 album by Taylor Deupree
 One A.M. (album), by Diverse, 2003
 "1AM" (song), by Taeyang, 2014
 "1AM", a song by The Subways from the 2005 album Young for Eternity
 "1AM", a song by YG from  the 2014 album My Krazy Life
 "1AM", a song by Meek Mill from the 2018 album Legends of the Summer

Other uses
 1 attometre, a very small distance

See also
 IAM (disambiguation)
 Lam (disambiguation)

Date and time disambiguation pages


title: 2014–15 NBL Canada season

text:
The 2014–15 NBL Canada season was the fourth season of the National Basketball League of Canada (NBL Canada). The NBL Canada contracted to 8 teams for 2014–15 after the ownership of the Ottawa SkyHawks were revoked by the league following the 2013–14 season.

Offseason
During preseason, the NBL Canada's Board of Governors voted to revoke the ownership rights of Bytown Sports & Entertainment Inc., who operated the Ottawa SkyHawks. The league is working to find a new ownership group to bring the NBL Canada back to Ottawa, as soon as next season.

Sam Hill was appointed NBL Canada Deputy Commissioner and General Counsel

The owner of the Moncton Miracles, Kim Blanco, left the team without an owner during the off season.

Rule changes

The league will play a 32 game schedule (down from 40 in the previous two seasons) and take a break in the weeks heading up to Christmas.

The minimum number of Canadians on a team has been increased from 3 to 4.

The off season protected players list has been increased from 5 to 6.

Coaching changes

Offseason
On July 17, 2014, the London Lightning hired Carlos Knox as head coach.

General Manager changes

Offseason

On September 10, 2014, the London Lightning hired Bill Smith as general manager.

On October 1, 2014, the Moncton Miracles hired Joe Salerno Sr. as general manager.

Draft
The 2014 NBL Canada Draft took place on August 24 at the Wegz Stadium Bar in Vaughan, Ontario. 160 players competed over the weekend at the Pre-Draft Combine at the Athlete Institute in Mono, Ontario. 40 players were nominated to attend the Draft with the possibility of being selected. Following the combine, the Mississauga Power drafted Indiana Wesleyan guard Jordan Weidner with the first overall pick.

Regular season
The regular season began on November 1, 2014 and concluded on February 28, 2015.

Standings

Playoffs

* Division winner
Bold Series winner

Finals

All times local.

Notable occurrences
 NBL Canada's Board of Governors voted on July 30 to remove the Ottawa SkyHawks' ownership group. The SkyHawks will not participate in the 2014-15 season.
 Sam Hill was appointed deputy commissioner and general counsel of the NBL Canada on August 7.

References

External links

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title: Black Water (Tinashe album)

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Black Water is the third mixtape by American recording artist Tinashe, first released on November 26, 2013 via INgrooves and her official website. The mixtape was released after the release of her second mixtape Reverie and also being signed to RCA prior to releasing the mixtape.

As executive producer, Tinashe enlisted a variety of musical producers to work with her on the mixtape, including Boi-1da, Best Kept Secret, Dev Hynes, Frank Dukes, Gabriel Lambrith, !llmind, Inc, J. Oliver, K-BeatZ, Karon Graham, Misfitz Sounds, Osinachi, Ryan Hemsworth, Vinylz, besides being executive producer of the mixtape Tinashe also wrote all of the mixtapes songs. Musically, Black Water doesn't stray far from the same PBR&B and alternative hip hop sound that In Case We Die included, the mixtape also touches on several new genres such as electronica and neo soul.

The mixtape was preceded by the release of the lead single "Vulnerable" which was released on November 26, 2013.

Black Water received positive reviews from music critics who stated she "has the most promising voices of the new generation of alt-R&B starlets," with some critics calling it "highly anticipated" and "must listen" and praised Tinashe's vocal growth. Other critics compared the mixtape to that of Janet Jackson, TLC and Aaliyah.

Background
After a four-year stint in the pop-dance girl group the Stunners, Tinashe left the group to pursue a solo career. On December 20, 2011, Tinashe announced that she would be releasing a mixtape entitled In Case We Die in 2012. After four singles and reaching over one million digital downloads, Tinashe was signed to RCA Records with her official debut album to be released sometime in 2013.
On August 5, 2012 Tinashe announced that she was ready to release her second project, titled Reverie. After uploading a trailer of the mixtape on her YouTube channel, it was confirmed that the name of the mixtape is Reverie. The official cover was revealed via Instagram on August 13, 2012. On September 1, 2012 she wrote to her followers on Twitter that Reverie will be released on September 6, 2012.

Development
For the recording of the mixtape Black Water was self-composed and recorded and engineered entirely in Tinashe's bedroom, much like her previous work. For Reverie, Tinashe was the executive producer, however she did also work with various producers from her first project, In Case We Die such as K-BeatZ, Wes Tarte and B. Hendrixx as well as working with new producers BMarz, Nez & Rio, Best Kept Secret, Troobadore, Roc & Mayne, JRB The Producer, and xxyyxx.

Tinashe explained in an interview the meaning behind the mixtape Black Water :

Critical reception
Reviews for Black Water were generally positive reviews, with the comments on popular mixtape site DatPiff being positive, as well as receiving promotional space on the main page of DatPiff, and peaking at number five on the most downloaded chart on its first day of release and drawing comparisons to Aaliyah and Mýa via fans on social networking site Twitter.

MuuMuse.com commented on her growth in this mixtape since her past mixtapes saying "like her past two free offerings 2012′s In Case We Die and Reverie — Black Water plays host to plenty of sensual vocals, downtempo beats and murky, The Weeknd-leaning mood music for your listening enjoyment past the midnight hour."

Fact Magazine criticized her vocals falling flat at times saying "The biggest knock on Tinashe has been a voice that often falters at higher registers and tends to get too breathy: that problem is particularly noticeable on the Inc.-produced ‘Middle of Nowhere’, and she's practically whispering on closer ‘Ain’t Ready’. Yet, when she balances the breathiness with something more concrete, it pays off. She explores her full range on ‘Black Water’, knowing when to give a light touch to a melody reminiscent of 90s R&B."

Track listing
Credits adapted from ASCAP and BMI.

Sampling credits
 "Vulnerable" samples "On Sight" and "I'm In It" performed by Kanye West
 "Stunt" samples "Cop Blood" by Frank Dukes
 "Just a Taste" samples "Anniversary" performed by Tony! Toni! Toné!.

Release history

References

External links
Tinashe's Official Website

2013 mixtape albums
Albums produced by Best Kept Secret (production team)
Tinashe albums
Albums produced by Frank Dukes
Albums produced by Dev Hynes
Albums produced by Boi-1da
Albums produced by Vinylz
Albums produced by Illmind


title: Eric Larsen (explorer)

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Eric Larsen is an American Polar adventurer known for his expeditions to the North Pole, South Pole, and Mount Everest.

Early life
Larsen was born 1971 in Cedarburg, Wisconsin.  He worked as a guide and educator at  Environmental Learning Centers Wolf Ridge and Eagle Bluff.

Expeditions
Last South - South Pole Solo speed record attempt - 2018
In December 2018, Larsen attempted to be the Solo unsupported, unassisted speed record from Hercules Inlet to the South Pole in Antarctica. Larsen encountered unusual weather and snow conditions and aborted his attempt after three weeks.

Jabou Ri First Ascent - 2015
On September 16, Larsen and Ryan Waters became the first to ascend the peak of Nepal's Jabou Ri, a Himalayan peak in an area only recently opened to climbers.

Last North Expedition - 2014
In March 2014, Larsen and Ryan Waters crossed the Arctic Ocean from Northern Ellesmere Island to the geographic North Pole.  Larsen has stated that his expedition may be the last ever to the North Pole because of melting ice due to climate change.

Cycle South Expedition - 2012
In December 2012, Eric Larsen attempted to be the first person to bike to the South Pole. Departing Hercules Inlet, he made it 175 miles before turning around. In his attempt he set the record for the most miles traveled by bicycle in Antarctica.

Save the Poles - 2009/2010
During a 365-day period Eric Larsen did expeditions to the North Pole, the South Pole, and Mount Everest. He is the first person to do all three "poles" in one year's time period.

One World Expedition- 2006
In the first successful 'summer' style North Pole expedition Larsen and teammate Lonnie Dupre departed Cape Discovery, Ellesmere Island and arrived at the North Pole on July 2, after 62 days on the ice.

Book

On Thin Ice
In March 2014, Eric Larsen and Ryan Waters set out to traverse nearly 500 miles across the melting Arctic Ocean, unsupported, from Northern Ellesmere Island to the geographic North Pole. Despite being one of the most cold and hostile environments on the planet, the Arctic Ocean has seen a steady and significant reduction of sea ice over the past seven years due to climate change. Because of this, Larsen's and Waters' trip—dubbed the "Last North Expedition"—is expected to be the last human-powered trek to the North Pole, ever.

Documentary

Melting - Last Race to the Pole
The Arctic is warming twice as fast as the rest of the globe, so the window to cross the ice to the majestic North Pole is closing quickly. Eric Larsen, one of the most accomplished polar explorers, and Ryan Waters, a veteran extreme mountaineer, risk their lives to reach the North Pole before that opportunity is gone forever.

Cancer

In January 2021, Eric was initially diagnosed with Stage 4 colorectal cancer, but upon further biopsies was categorized as Stage 3b. After a year of intensive chemotherapy, radiation and surgery, he is currently NED (No Evidence of Disease).

References

External links

American polar explorers
Living people
American motivational speakers
Explorers of Antarctica
People from Cedarburg, Wisconsin
Year of birth missing (living people)


title: Saint Rhychwyn

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Rhychwyn was a 6th century saint of North Wales and the patron saint of Llanrhychwyn.

Rhychwyn (sometimes recorded as Rhochwyn), was a son of Helig ap Glannog, the prince who lived at Llys Helig before it was inundated by the sea, and now the subject of myth and legend. Rhychwyn had several brothers who established churches and became saints, including Saint Celynin, who established the old church at Llangelynnin, near Henryd, further down the valley. Rhychwyn church is possibly the oldest church building in Wales.

References

6th-century Christian saints
6th-century births
Year of birth unknown
Year of death unknown
6th-century Welsh people


title: James Sturgis Pray

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James Sturgis Pray (February 26, 1871 – February 24, 1929) was an American educator. Pray was president of the American Society of Landscape Architects from 1914 to 1918 and held the post of chairman of the Department of Landscape Architecture at Harvard University.

Biography
Pray graduated from the Chauncy Hall School in 1894 and Harvard College in 1898. Immediately following and until 1903, he worked for the Olmsted Brothers in Brookline. He married Florence Mabel Nichols on October 30, 1901 in Buffalo, and later had a son named Benjamin Sturgis, who also graduated from Harvard in 1925 and lived in Thayer Hall during his freshman year, and a daughter, Frances Motley, named after his mother. From 1904 until 1918, Pray worked for his own firms: Pray & Gallagher (1904-1906) and Pray, Hubbard, & White (1906-1918).

In 1908, Pray succeeded Frederick Law Olmsted as chairman of the Department of Landscape Architecture at Harvard University (1908-1928). Pray served as Assistant Professor of Landscape Architecture from 1905 to 1914, Charles Eliot Professor of Landscape Architecture from 1914 until his death.

Pray was a patron of the Lowthorpe School of Landscape Architecture in Groton.

References

1871 births
1929 deaths
Architects from Boston
Harvard College alumni
American landscape architects
Harvard University faculty


title: Me?

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Me? is the debut extended play by South Korean singer Park Ye-eun under her stage name "Ha:tfelt" (핫펠트 "heartfelt"), released on July 31, 2014 by JYP Entertainment. The lead single, "Ain't Nobody", was used to promote the album. The album was included in Billboard'''s list of the 10 best K-pop albums of 2014.

History
Ha:tfelt held her debut stage performance on July 31, 2014 on Mnet's M Countdown. The song was also performed on Music Bank, Show! Music Core and Inkigayo.

Reception
Jeff Benjamin, writing for Billboard'', was very positive about the album, praising the singer for her vocals (which he compared to Sia's) and for "singing, co-composing and co-writing" the entire album, "taking risks with her music and image".

Track listing

Charts

Album charts

Sales

Single charts

Release history

References

2014 debut EPs
JYP Entertainment EPs
Genie Music EPs
Korean-language EPs


title: Nicholas le Maure

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Nicholas le Maure (; ) was a French knight of the Principality of Achaea, lord of Saint-Sauveur, who served as the Principality's bailli on behalf of the Angevins of Naples between 1314 and 1315/6.

Life
Nicholas was the lord of the castle of Saint-Sauveur, an unidentified site, perhaps identical to the monastery of the same name, located some 15 km east of medieval Arcadia (modern Kyparissia) in Messenia.

He appears for the first time in 1297 as one of the witnesses to a deed of transfer of various fiefs by Isabella of Villehardouin, Princess of Achaea, to her sister Margaret. By 1302, he served as captain of the region of Skorta and warden of the Barony of Kalamata for Matilda of Hainaut, who was absent as she had been wed to Guy II de la Roche, Duke of Athens. In 1302/3 he played a leading role in the suppression of the rebellion of the Greeks of the Skorta area, who were aided by the Byzantines of Mystras. After the Byzantines were repulsed, Nicholas installed himself with a strong garrison at Vervena to safeguard Frankish control.

On 2 April 1309, Nicholas was one of the nobles who witnessed the betrothal of Matilda of Hainaut to Charles of Taranto, and after the death of Nicholas III of Saint Omer in early 1314, succeeded him as the Angevin governor and royal representative (bailli) in the Principality. It was in this capacity that he arrested Margaret of Villehardouin, who maintained her rival claims on the Principality against the Angevins, on her arrival at Port-de-Jonc in early summer 1314. Nicholas imprisoned her at the castle of Chlemoutsi, where she died in March 1315.

This helped provoke the invasion of Achaea by Margaret's son-in-law Ferdinand of Majorca, who laid claim on her inheritance. Ferdinand arrived with his army in late June 1315, and although a first attempt to land at Glarentza was beaten off by Nicholas and the troops of Achaea, a second succeeded, and the Achaean barons withdrew to Chlemoutsi. Over the next few months, various barons went over to Ferdinand, while Nicholas retired south to Messenia. When the Angevin-backed Princess Matilda of Hainaut arrived in late 1315 at Port-de-Jonc, he went there to meet her and express his loyalty. Matilda's first effort to defeat Ferdinand was defeated in the Battle of Picotin but finally, after the arrival of her husband, Louis of Burgundy, in the Battle of Manolada in July 1316, Ferdinand was defeated and killed.

Nothing is known of Nicholas after late 1315. His son, Stephen le Maure, succeeded him, and was also lord of the castle of Aetos and Baron of Arcadia through his marriage in 1324 to Agnes of Aulnay, heiress of the barony.

References

Sources

13th-century births
1310s deaths
Baillis of the Principality of Achaea
Barons of the Principality of Achaea
Medieval Messenia
14th-century people from the Principality of Achaea


title: Jayanta Rongpi

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Jayanta Rongpi is an Indian politician. He served as Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha for the Autonomous District constituency of Assam from 1991 to 2004.

In 1991, 1996 and 1998 he was elected as a candidate of the Autonomous State Demand Committee. In 1999 he was a Communist Party of India (Marxist–Leninist) Liberation candidate. He is the only MP to win and hold the Autonomous District constituency for 4 consecutive general elections.

References

External links
Official biographical sketch in Parliament of India website

1955 births
Lok Sabha members from Assam
India MPs 1991–1996
India MPs 1996–1997
India MPs 1998–1999
India MPs 1999–2004
People from Karbi Anglong district
Living people
Communist Party of India (Marxist–Leninist) Liberation politicians


title: Nik Software

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Nik Software was a software development company established in 1995 as Nik Multimedia Inc. and based in San Diego, California. The company developed multiple image editing plug-ins and tools for digital image processing software applications. Nik Software was acquired by Google in 2012.

History

Nik Multimedia was founded in 1995 by Nils Kokemohr in Hamburg. The firm focused on digital photography and graphic design. They initially developed Nils Efex! and Nils Type Efex! which were a combination of Photoshop extensions and textures. The firm was then acquired in 1998 by the TECHnik Group and re-launched to focus on the expansion of the digital imaging and photographic markets. In 1999 Michael J Slater joined as CEO of the company which subsequently grew into a respected software research and development company.

In February 2006 the company was renamed Nik Software and announced an investment and cooperation Agreement with Nikon Corporation, who in 2010 held a 35% stake in the company. In 2010, the company had 120 employees — around 40 of whom were located in San Diego where the company was headquartered while the remaining staff (primarily engineering) were based in Hamburg, Germany.

In September 2012, Nik Software was acquired by Google for an undisclosed amount.

Products

Neal's Efex
Neal's Efex and Type Efex were the first two products to be marketed by Nik Multimedia inc. they offered a collection of extensions for Photoshop 4 to alter the look of typefaces.

Complete Collection
In 2009, Nik packaged its range of award-winning photo editing plugin applications Dfine 2.0, Viveza, Color Efex Pro 3.0, Silver Efex Pro and Sharpener Pro 3.0 together in a single Collection. The Complete Collection Ultimate Edition sold for US$599.95 and the Complete Collection for Lightroom and Aperture for US$299.95.

After acquisition, Google relaunched the collection of six applications as the Google Nik Collection and reduced its price to $150  and then, in 2016, made it completely free to use.

In 2017 Google sold the, now seven-application, collection to DxO Labs for an undisclosed amount. DxO Labs have since added an eighth application: Perspective Efex.

Snapseed
Snapseed is an image editing application. It was initially released in 2011 for iOS. Subsequent versions were designed to run on MacOS and Microsoft Windows. Following the take-over, in December 2012, Google released Snapseed  for Android and the desktop versions were discontinued.

Capture NX
Capture NX is a stand-alone photo editing program co-developed by Nik Software and Nikon, released in 2006. A new version of the program, Capture NX 2, was released in 2008.

References

MacOS graphics-related software
Windows graphics-related software
Photo software
1995 software
Google acquisitions
2012 mergers and acquisitions
DxO Labs


title: Interval recognition

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Interval recognition, the ability to name and reproduce musical intervals, is an important part of ear training, music transcription, musical intonation and sight-reading.

Reference songs
Some music teachers teach their students relative pitch by having them associate each possible interval with the first interval of a popular song. Such songs are known as "reference songs". However, others have shown that such familiar-melody associations are quite limited in scope, applicable only to the specific scale-degrees found in each melody.

Here are some examples for each interval:

In addition, there are various solmization systems (including solfeggio, sargam, and numerical sight-singing) that assign specific syllables to different notes of the scale. Among other things, this makes it easier to hear how intervals sound in different contexts, such as starting on different notes of the same scale.

References

External links

Music-related lists
Ear training
Intervals (music)


title: McNeely Creek Bridge

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The McNeely Creek Bridge is a historic bridge spanning McNeely Creek just outside Beirne, Arkansas, a village in southwestern Clark County.  The bridge, a steel Warren pony truss bridge with a span of , carries County Route 12.  Built in 1923, it has a wooden deck  wide.

The bridge was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2004.  It was delisted in 2022.

See also
National Register of Historic Places listings in Clark County, Arkansas
List of bridges on the National Register of Historic Places in Arkansas

References

Road bridges on the National Register of Historic Places in Arkansas
Bridges completed in 1923
National Register of Historic Places in Clark County, Arkansas
Steel bridges in the United States
Warren truss bridges in the United States
1923 establishments in Arkansas
Transportation in Clark County, Arkansas
Former National Register of Historic Places in Arkansas


title: Ron Jory

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Edward Ronald Jory (12 May 1925 – 16 March 2013) was an Australian rules footballer who played with Essendon in the Victorian Football League (VFL).

Family
The son of Edward Ernest Jory (1898–1950), and Catherine Jane Jory (1895–1972), née Thompson, Edward Ronald Jory was born on 12 May 1925. His uncle, Percy Jory, played for St Kilda.

He married Lorna Aileen Holt in 1949.

Football
Jory, who played as a follower and half-forward, joined Essendon from the Oakleigh Seconds in 1945. He played 18 of a possible 20 games for Essendon that year. In the 1946 pre-season, Jory requested a clearance back to Oakleigh, which was refused by the committee. Deciding to stay at Essendon, Jory made seven appearances in 1946, a season in which he was troubled by a leg injury and found it difficult to break into a side which would end the year as premiers.

From 1947 to 1949, Jory played back at Oakleigh, which he captained in the first of those years. He was a member of the Oakleigh side that lost to Williamstown in the 1949 VFA Grand Final, by just three points.

Jory played briefly for Yarrawonga in 1950, then was appointed coach of Wimmera Football League club Ararat for 1951.

He was amongst Ararat's best players in their 12-point win over Minyip in the 1951 Grand Final, with five goals. After two more seasons leading Ararat, Jory joined St Arnaud in the North Central Football League, as coach, but was, at his request, released by the club before the beginning of the 1954 season.

Footnotes

References
 Maplestone, M., Flying Higher: History of the Essendon Football Club 1872–1996, Essendon Football Club, (Melbourne), 1996.

External links

 Ron Jory, at The VFA Project.

1925 births
Australian rules footballers from Victoria (state)
Essendon Football Club players
Oakleigh Football Club players
Yarrawonga Football Club players
Ararat Football Club players
2013 deaths
People from Castlemaine, Victoria


title: Saint Tudglyd

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Saint Tudglyd (alternatively Tudclud, Tydclyd, Tudglud, Tutclyt, Tudclyd or Tyddyd) was a 6th-century saint of North Wales, who is said to have been one of the seven sons of King Seithenyn, whose legendary kingdom, Cantref y Gwaelod in Cardigan Bay was submerged by the sea. He would therefore be the brother of the saints Gwynhoedl, Merin (or Meirin), Tudno and Senewyr. He is associated with the town of Llandudno. The church of St Tudclud in Penmachno is dedicated to him. His feast day is 30 May.

References

6th-century Christian saints
6th-century births
Year of birth unknown
Year of death unknown
6th-century Welsh people


title: Madhab Rajbangshi

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Madhab Rajbangshi (7 July 1954) is an Indian Politician.He was elected to the Lok Sabha the lower house of the Indian Parliament from the Mangaldoi constituency of Assam in 1998 and 1999 and was a member of the Indian National Congress.He joined the Asom Gana Parishad on 18th March 2014.

References

External links
  Official biographical sketch in the Lok Sabha website

1954 births
Indian National Congress politicians
Living people
India MPs 1998–1999
India MPs 1999–2004
Lok Sabha members from Assam
Indian National Congress politicians from Assam


title: White-lipped tree frog (disambiguation)

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The white-lipped tree frog is the world's largest tree frog.

White-lipped tree frog may also refer to:

 Asian white-lipped tree frog, a frog found in Asia
 Wandolleck's white-lipped tree frog, a frog endemic to Papua New Guinea

Animal common name disambiguation pages


title: Jim Pirri

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James Pirri is an American actor and fight choreographer best known for portraying Angelo Bronte in Rockstar Studios' Red Dead Redemption 2 and is also known as Tori Vega's father on the Nickelodeon show Victorious. He also portrayed Boozer in Days Gone. He has portrayed Kraven the Hunter in Marvel's Spider-Man 2.

Biography and career
The son of a linguist, Pirri grew up in Italy and is also fluent in Italian. He studied theatre at the University of Colorado, although he was an engineering major. He had roles in the 1987 Colorado Shakespeare Festival and played Guildenstern in the 1988 Colorado Shakespeare Festival production of Hamlet.

He has also worked on many of Dan Schneider's shows, first as Mario on an episode of iCarly, second as André on an episode of Zoey 101, as well as the recurring David Vega in Victorious. He has also appeared on several other TV shows, such as Disney Channel's Shake It Up as a recurring character named Uncle Frank, as well as appearances on CSI: Crime Scene Investigation, Chuck, The O.C., Friends, and 3rd Rock From the Sun. Pirri also portrayed the character Rais, the main antagonist of Dying Light.

In 2016, he portrayed Commander Akeel Min Riah in Call of Duty: Infinite Warfare.

In 2018, he portrayed Angelo Bronte, an Italian crime boss, in Red Dead Redemption 2.

In 2019, he portrayed William "Boozer" Gray, best friend of protagonist Deacon St. John, in Days Gone.

In 2020, he appeared on The Owl House as Alador Blight.

In May 2023, Pirri confirmed at the time of the release of the newest trailer and gameplay footage for Marvel’s Spider-Man 2 at the 2023 PlayStation Showcase that he had obtained the role of Kraven the Hunter.

Filmography

Films

Television

Video games

References

External links

American male voice actors
University of Colorado alumni
Living people
20th-century American male actors
Place of birth missing (living people)
American male stage actors
American male television actors
American male video game actors
21st-century American male actors
American male film actors
Year of birth missing (living people)


title: Giant tree frog (disambiguation)

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The giant tree frog (Litoria infrafrenata), a frog in the family Hylidae and world's largest tree frog, is native to the rainforests of Northern Queensland, New Guinea, the Bismarck Islands, and the Admiralty Islands.

Giant tree frog may also refer to:

 Giant treefrog (Rhacophorus maximus), a frog in the family Rhacophoridae found in southwestern China (Yunnan, Tibet), northeastern India, Nepal, western Thailand, and northern Vietnam, and possibly in Bangladesh
 Hispaniolan giant tree frog (Osteopilus vastus), a frog in the family Hylidae found in the Dominican Republic and Haiti

Animal common name disambiguation pages


title: Three Who Loved

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Three Who Loved is a 1931 American Pre-Code drama film directed by George Archainbaud from a screenplay by Beulah Marie Dix based on a story by Pulitzer Prize-winning author Martin Flavin. The film revolves around a love triangle (Betty Compson, Conrad Nagel, and Robert Ames). It was produced by RKO Pictures, which also distributed the film, releasing it on July 3, 1931.

A print of this film is held by Library of Congress.

Plot
Helga Larson Hanson is living in Sweden, but is engaged to the American fledgling attorney John Hanson. Hanson has Helga move to the United States, and sets her up in the same boarding house he lives in, prior to their marriage. His summons of her might be a bit premature, since once she arrives, he is too busy with his job and preparing for his bar exam, to spend much time with her.  Lonely, she becomes attracted to a co-worker of Hanson's, Phil Wilson, who sees an opportunity to use Helga's loneliness to have his way with her.

Hanson is oblivious to Wilson's intent, believing him to be a friend. As time goes on, their landlady, Aunt Annie, becomes suspicious of Wilson, and warns Hanson.  When Hanson confronts his co-worker, of course Hanson lies, assuring him that his interest in Helga is simply platonic. Clueless, Hanson accepts this explanation. Meanwhile Wilson continues his seduction of Helga, finally getting her to sleep with him by falsely promising to marry her.

Meanwhile, Hanson gets himself into some legal difficulty, when his investments go south and he loses the money he had been saving to buy a house for Helga and himself. Fearing that his loss of the money might lead to his losing Helga, he steals the balance from Wilson's drawer. When the theft is discovered, Wilson is naturally blamed, and Hanson, having learned of Helga's infidelity with Wilson, lets him be arrested for the crime. Heartbroken, Helga settles for marriage with Hanson.

Years later, Wilson breaks out of prison, and goes to confront Hanson, who is now living with Helga and their young child. When Wilson realizes that Helga is still in love with Wilson, he decides to own up to the crime.  Before he can, however, Helga realizes that she has grown to love him. As Wilson tries to flee from their house, he is shot and killed by police. Helga begs Hanson not to confess, since there is no longer a reason to, but Hanson must clear his conscience. As he is led away, Helga vows that she will be waiting for him when he is eventually released.

Cast
Betty Compson as Helga Larson Hanson
Conrad Nagel as John Hanson
Robert Ames as Philip 'Phil' Wilson
Robert Emmett O'Connor as Police Lt. Tom Rooney
Bodil Rosing as "Aunt Anna" Larson
Dickie Moore as Sonny Hanson
Fred Santley as  Stock Broker Agent

References

External links

1931 films
1931 drama films
American drama films
American black-and-white films
Films directed by George Archainbaud
RKO Pictures films
1930s English-language films
1930s American films


title: Michele A. Roberts

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Michele A. Roberts (born 1956) is an American attorney and former executive director of the National Basketball Players Association. She was the first woman to hold that position and the first woman to head a major professional sports union in North America. Previously, she was an attorney with Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom.

Early life
Roberts grew up in a housing project in the South Bronx neighborhood of The Bronx in New York City. She attended the Masters School in Dobbs Ferry, New York. She earned her Bachelor of Arts from Wesleyan University in 1977 and her Juris Doctor from the University of California, Berkeley's School of Law in 1980.

Career
Roberts began her career in 1980 at Public Defender Service for the District of Columbia. She served in that role for eight years, rising to the chief of the trial division. She was mentored by attorney Charles Ogletree.

Roberts built her reputation as a trial lawyer. She worked for Akin Gump from 2004 to 2011. In 2011 she was hired by Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom.

Roberts was named executive director of the National Basketball Players Association in July 2014. She succeeded Billy Hunter in the position. She received 32 of 36 votes.

In 2014 she was named one of ESPNW's Impact 25.

Roberts is an adjunct faculty member at Harvard Law School and a fellow of the American College of Trial Lawyers. The Washingtonian once referred to her as the "finest pure trial lawyer in Washington."

In 2020, Roberts announced plans to resign, but later entered negotiations with NBA players and owners. These negotiations included the planning for the 2020 NBA Bubble, where play resumed during the COVID-19 pandemics. The negotiations also included efforts to promote racial justice, such as painting Black Lives Matter on NBA courts.

In 2021, Sports Illustrated included Roberts' in "The Unrelenting", a feature on women in sports. Worth named her one of the "21 Most Powerful Women in the Business of Sports". That same year, Crain's New York included her on its list of "Notable Women in Law".

Roberts retired as the NBPA executive director in January of 2022.

References

Living people
African-American women lawyers
American women lawyers
National Basketball Association executives
Lawyers from the Bronx
Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom people
Sports labor leaders
UC Berkeley School of Law alumni
Lawyers from Washington, D.C.
Wesleyan University alumni
The Masters School people
1956 births
21st-century African-American lawyers
21st-century African-American women
20th-century African-American lawyers
20th-century African-American women


title: Yakup Ramazan Zorlu

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Yakup Ramazan Zorlu (born 26 March 1991) is a French-born Turkish professional footballer who plays for TFF Second League club Düzcespor.

References

External links
Goal

1991 births
Footballers from Orléans
French people of Turkish descent
Living people
Turkish men's footballers
Men's association football midfielders
Kartal S.K. footballers
Darıca Gençlerbirliği footballers
VfB Lübeck players
Giresunspor footballers
Kayseri Erciyesspor footballers
İstanbulspor footballers
Kahramanmaraşspor footballers
Fethiyespor footballers
Pendikspor footballers
TFF First League players
Regionalliga players
TFF Second League players
Süper Lig players
TFF Third League players
Turkish expatriate men's footballers
Expatriate men's footballers in Germany
Turkish expatriate sportspeople in Germany


The 1997 Big South Conference men's basketball tournament took place February 26–March 1, 1997, at the Vines Center in Lynchburg, Virginia, the home of the Liberty Flames. For the fourth time in their school history, the Charleston Southern Buccaneers won the tournament, led by head coach Tom Conrad.

The Buccaneers advanced to their first NCAA tournament in school history (the first three times they won the conference tournament, the conference did not have an automatic bid to the NCAA tournament.) As of 2023, this is Charleston Southern's only NCAA tournament appearance.

Format
All eight teams participated in the tournament, hosted at the Vines Center. Teams were seeded by conference winning percentage. This was the last season for UNC Greensboro as a member of the league, who left for the Southern Conference the following season.

Bracket

Source

All-Tournament Team
Peter Aluma, Liberty
Rolando Hourruitiner, Charleston Southern
Brett Larrick, Charleston Southern
Larry Jackson, Liberty
Corey Reed, Radford

References

Tournament
Big South Conference men's basketball tournament
Big South Conference men's basketball tournament
Big South Conference men's basketball tournament


title: Aliceville, Kansas

text:
Aliceville is an unincorporated community in Coffey County, Kansas, United States.

History
A post office was established in Aliceville in 1883, and remained in operation until it was discontinued in 1994.

References

Further reading

External links
 Coffey County maps: Current, Historic, KDOT

Unincorporated communities in Coffey County, Kansas
Unincorporated communities in Kansas


title: Robert Brdar

text:
Robert Brdar (born 3 April 1995) is a Croatian football midfielder who currently plays for Vinodol.

References

External links
PrvaLiga profile

1995 births
Living people
Footballers from Rijeka
Men's association football midfielders
Croatian men's footballers
NK Zavrč players
NK Grobničan players
NK Novigrad players
HNK Orijent players
NK Krk players
NK Lučko players
Slovenian PrvaLiga players
First Football League (Croatia) players
Croatian expatriate men's footballers
Expatriate men's footballers in Slovenia
Croatian expatriate sportspeople in Slovenia


title: List of Switch episodes

text:
This is a list of episodes for the CBS television series Switch.

Series overview
At present, this series has not been released on home video.

Episodes

Pilot (1975)
This pilot is divided into two parts for syndication. Co-director Allen Baron goes uncredited.

Season 1 (1975–76)

Season 2 (1976–77)

Season 3 (1977–78)

External links

Switch


title: Ottumwa, Kansas

text:
Ottumwa is an unincorporated community in Coffey County, Kansas, United States.

History
A post office was established in Ottumwa in 1857, and remained in operation until it was discontinued in 1906.

References

Further reading

External links
 Coffey County maps: Current, Historic, KDOT

Unincorporated communities in Coffey County, Kansas
Unincorporated communities in Kansas
1857 establishments in Kansas Territory


title: Maurice Johnson (American football)

text:
Maurice Edward Johnson (born January 9, 1967) is a former American football tight end who played four seasons with the Philadelphia Eagles of the National Football League. He played college football at Temple University and attended Roosevelt High School in Washington, D.C. He was also a member of the Frankfurt Galaxy of the World League of American Football.

References

External links
Just Sports Stats
Fanbase profile

Living people
1967 births
Players of American football from Washington, D.C.
American football tight ends
African-American players of American football
Temple Owls football players
Philadelphia Eagles players
Frankfurt Galaxy players
21st-century African-American people
20th-century African-American sportspeople


The 1996 Big South Conference men's basketball tournament took place February 29–March 2, 1996, at the Vines Center in Lynchburg, Virginia, the home of the Liberty Flames. For the first time in their school history, the UNC Greensboro Spartans won the tournament, led by head coach Randy Peele.

Format
All eight teams participated in the tournament, hosted at the Vines Center. Teams were seeded by conference winning percentage.

Bracket

* Asterisk indicates overtime game
Source

All-Tournament Team
Scott Hartzel, UNC Greensboro
Eric Cuthrell, UNC Greensboro
Jeremy Davis, UNC Greensboro
Peter Aluma, Liberty
Marcus White, Liberty

References

Tournament
Big South Conference men's basketball tournament
Big South Conference men's basketball tournament
Big South Conference men's basketball tournament
Big South Conference men's basketball tournament


title: Fighting Caballero

text:
Fighting Caballero is a 1935 American black-and-white Western B-film produced by Weiss Productions Inc. and distributed by Superior Talking Pictures Inc. It was one of a series of Westerns starring Rex Lease.  It was produced by Louis Weiss from a screenplay by Elmer Clifton and George M. Merrick, and directed by Clifton.

Cast
Rex Lease as Jose Rodriguez, alias Joaquin Flores
Dorothy Gulliver as Pat
Earl Douglas as Pedro
George Chesebro as Devil Jackson
Robert Walker as Henchman Bull
Wally Wales as Henchman Wildcat
Milburn Moranti as Alkali Potts
George Morell as Si Jenkins
Pinkey Barnes as Mine Caretaker "Beetle"
Paul Ellis as Henchman Manuel
Marty Joyce as The Station Agent
Barney Furey as The Sheriff
Clyde McClary as The Deputy
Franklyn Farnum as Bartender

References

External links

1935 films
1930s English-language films
American black-and-white films
Films directed by Elmer Clifton
1935 Western (genre) films
American Western (genre) films
1930s American films


title: Derrick Oden

text:
Derrick Oden (born September 29, 1970) is a former American football linebacker who played three seasons with the Philadelphia Eagles of the National Football League (NFL). He was drafted by the Philadelphia Eagles in the sixth round of the 1993 NFL Draft. He played college football at the University of Alabama and attended Hillcrest High School in Tuscaloosa, Alabama.

References

External links
Just Sports Stats
Fanbase profile

Living people
1970 births
Players of American football from Los Angeles
American football linebackers
Alabama Crimson Tide football players
Philadelphia Eagles players


title: Marshall's Miracle

text:
Marshall's Miracle, also known as
Marshall the Miracle Dog is a 2015 American family drama film directed by Jay Kanzler and co-written with Scott Zakarin. The film stars Shannon Elizabeth, Lauren Holly, Matthew Settle, Bill Chott and Lucas McHugh Carroll.

The inspirational film about Marshall, a dog who was rescued by the Humane Society of Missouri from an abandoned property with over 60 dogs living there. Marshall had been badly injured and left for dead by the other dogs, he was rescued and taken care and then Cyndi Willenbrock ended up adopting Marshall a few months later.

Principal photography began on June 2, 2014, in Edwardsville, Illinois. Shooting also took place in Metro East, Troy, Il., and St. Louis, Missouri.

Plot
A young boy named Finn rescues an injured dog from an abandoned property in St. Louis.  12-year-old Finn (Lucas Carroll) endures daily torment from the bullies at his school, but his life begins to change the day that he encounters a Labrador retriever named Marshall. When Finn first finds the dog, Marshall is being held in deplorable conditions by an animal hoarder who keeps 60 dogs penned up on her isolated ranch. The boy sees something of himself in Marshall: Both are bullied, but both are brave. By saving Marshall from the dogs that are attacking him, Finn pulls off a daring rescue—and that’s only the beginning of the story. Inspired by a true story, “Marshall the Miracle Dog” stars Shannon Elizabeth, Lauren Holly, and Matthew Settle.

Cast
 Shannon Elizabeth as Cynthia Willenbrock
 Lauren Holly as Susan
 Matthew Settle as Doc Henry
 Bill Chott as Gary
 Lucas McHugh Carroll as Finn

Production
In April 2014, it was announced that a film based on the book Marshall the Miracle Dog written by Cyndi Willenbrock will be made, Jay Kanzler would direct the film.

Filming
The principal photography on the film began on June 2, 2014, in Edwardsville, Illinois. On June 12, the filming began at Tri-Township Park in Troy, which lasted for a week. Metro East was also used as one of the filming locations in Troy. Filming ended in Edwardsville on June 19, 2014, and then the production moved to St. Louis, Missouri for a couple of scenes. Filming was completed by the end of June.

Release
The film was released on August 28, 2015.

References

External links

2015 films
Drama films based on actual events
Films about dogs
Films about animal rights
Films about animals
Films shot in Illinois
Films shot in Missouri
Films set in St. Louis
American drama films
2015 drama films
2010s English-language films
2010s American films
English-language drama films


title: Muchacha italiana viene a casarse (2014 TV series)

text:
Muchacha italiana viene a casarse (English: Italian Bride) is a Mexican telenovela produced and directed by Pedro Damián for Televisa. It is a remake of the 1971 Mexican telenovela Muchacha italiana viene a casarse.

Livia Brito and José Ron star as the protagonists, while Nailea Norvind and Mike Biaggio star as antagonists of the telenovela.

On October 20, 2014, Canal de las Estrellas began airing "Muchacha Italiana viene a casarse" weekdays at 4:15 p.m.,replacing La Gata.  The series finale aired in Mexico on June 21, 2015. Two alternative endings for the telenovela were available for streaming on the telenovela's official site following its finale.  It started airing weeknights on August 25, 2015 on  Univision.

Plot
Hoping to get medical care for her sister, Gianna, who suffers from a heart condition, Fiorella Bianchi, a recently orphaned Italian woman, moves to Mexico and accepts a marriage proposal from her late father's deceptive, but wealthy friend. After her fiance abandons the sisters, Fiorella works as a maid for the prominent Ángeles family, where she falls in love with Pedro Ángeles, a man whose family legacy is based on mysterious circumstances.

Background and production
Pedro Damián announced his intention to produce a remake of Muchacha italiana viene a casarse in the spring of 2014. Casting for the telenovela was conducted from May through July in Mexico City. In July and early August, Eleazar Gomez, José Pablo Minor, Jessica Coch, and newcomer Ela Velden were among some of the first actors to be confirmed for the telenovela. Irán Castillo was previously attached to the project, but later dropped out, citing health-related concerns. Livia Brito and José Ron were officially confirmed as the protagonists on August 18, 2014.

Filming
Production officially began on August 25, 2014. Brito, Ron, and Velden filmed scenes and promotional spots in Maratea, Italy for two weeks. The cast began filming in Mexico City in early September.
 Livia Brito and Ela Velden studied Italian in order to more accurately portray their roles.

Production in Mexico City ended in late April 2015. In early May 2015, Brito, Ron, Velden, Isela Vega, Maribel Guardia, Fernando Allende, and José Pablo Minor traveled to Maratea, Naples, and other Italian locations, including a beach in Cersuta, where they spent time filming the telenovela's finale. Production was officially completed on May 12, 2015 in Italy. The cast returned to Mexico City in late May.

Promotion
On October 6, 2014, the cast participated in a Tibetan Buddhist prayer ceremony, which was also attended by the Italian ambassador to Mexico, Alessandro Busacca. On October 15, 2014, the cast, crew, and a promotional trailer, featuring exclusive new scenes, were presented to media in a special event at Televisa San Ángel; it was streamed live for fans on the telenovela's official website.

Cast

Main

Supporting

Mexico broadcast

Awards and nominations

See also The storyline

References

External links

2014 telenovelas
Televisa telenovelas
2014 Mexican television series debuts
Television shows set in Mexico City
Television shows set in Italy
2015 Mexican television series endings
Television series reboots
Spanish-language telenovelas


title: Mason Building

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The Mason Building is a historic commercial building in Huntsville, Alabama.  It was built by the owners of Mason's Furniture, which was founded in 1908. In 1927, they built a new building which they intended to lease to other tenants.  It was designed to be built in stages, and be up to five stories tall, but only the first two were ever built.  Sears Roebuck began leasing the building in March 1929, at which time a mezzanine and elevator were added.  Sears left Huntsville in 1931 in the midst of the Great Depression, and Mason's moved their store into the building.  The company operated until 1977; since then, the building has housed a number of businesses, including a pub.

The façade is clad in terra cotta tiles, with piers at the corners extending above the cornice.  The ground floor has large glass panes and a recessed central entrance.  A terra cotta band painted with a wave pattern separates the ground floor from the mezzanine-level windows, three in each bay.  The mezzanine and second floor are separated by stepped rows of tiles, a wider band which originally featured a scalloped molding with a bell design, two rows of dentils (small then large), and a cornice.  The second floor is divided by two wide piers, with two multi-light casement windows in the outer bays and three in the middle.  The simple cornice and piers extending above it are a by-product of the intended five-story design being cut short.

The building was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1980.

References

National Register of Historic Places in Huntsville, Alabama
Commercial buildings on the National Register of Historic Places in Alabama
Commercial buildings completed in 1927
Buildings and structures in Huntsville, Alabama


title: Blendle

text:
Blendle is a Dutch online news platform that aggregates articles from a variety of newspapers and magazines and sells them on a pay-per-article basis. The key differences to similar websites are the participation by otherwise commercially unrelated news services in a single platform and the ability for registered users to easily pay a small price per article. It has been called an "iTunes for news" and a "micropayments-for-news pioneer" in various media.

The project was founded by Marten Blankesteijn and Alexander Klöpping. Blendle was backed by a Dutch government fund during its trial phase in April 2014. Half a year later, The New York Times Company and Axel Springer SE invested €3 million. In 2018, two other investors added $4 million.

The service is currently directed at customers in the Netherlands and Germany, but can be accessed elsewhere. The service expanded into the United States in 2016, adding US-based publications.

In June 2019, Klöpping stated that Blendle was still not profitable. At that time, it had 50 employees, and had paid out €8 million to news publishers in the five years since its launch. Klöpping also announced that Blendle would be changing its model to premium subscriptions instead of per-article micropayments.

In July 2020, the service was sold to Cafeyn for an undisclosed amount.
Six months later, Alexander Klöpping resigned from the group.

Service
Blendle offers users access to articles of newspapers and magazines which can be purchased individually, although entire issues can be purchased as well. The transaction of the former occurs automatically when the user opens an article. The price is then deducted from the user’s account balance, to which they added funds prior to the transaction. The service immediately reverses the transaction when the user closes the purchased article quickly after opening it or requests a refund which is only available for 24 hours after purchase. Purchased articles can be accessed at no additional charge.

The prices are determined by the publishers and range between  (snippets) and  (feature stories) and are often around ,  of which is paid to Blendle. Users can top up their accounts manually or set up an automatic top-up.

Curation
Aside from offering access to articles and entire issues through which users can browse, the service also assembles articles according to section, provides general staff picks and has a list of trending articles. Users can subscribe to these sections, follow other users and  recommend articles to their own followers. Users can also search for articles directly and set up keyword-related alerts.

Publishers
At launch, Blendle had agreements with 56 publishers. Since then it has increased that number to over 100 publishers. Most of the publishers are Dutch and German newspapers and magazines, but the service also lists several Belgian Dutch-language newspapers and magazines as well as a few newspapers and magazines from English-speaking countries. In September 2015, Blendle has expanded the service to Germany and has so far concluded agreements with 37 German publishers. In the US platform, Blendle has expanded to over 25 US-based publications.
In March 2022, the Publisher DPG Media announced, following a court decision in his favor, that his titles would no longer be available on the digital newsstand Blendle.

References

External links

2013 establishments in the Netherlands
Companies established in 2013
Dutch news websites


title: Planuncus tingitanus s.l.

text:
Planuncus tingitanus s.l. is a working title for any of the species belonging to the Planuncus tingitanus species group, of the cockroach genus Planuncus (Blattodea: Ectobiinae). As the exact status of some the  species in this group can not be determined without more research, the whole species complex is referred to by the name of the oldest species in the group sensu lato (hence the "s.l.").

As such, Planuncus tingitanus s.l. refers to an adventive species, or possibly a complex of cryptic species, that has dramatically expanded its range over the southern parts of Northwestern Europe in a very short period of time during the first decades of the 21st century.

Species complex?
The animals swarming over Europe are closely related, or possibly even synonymous to Ectobius perspicillaris tingitanus Bolivar, 1914 (later treated as a species in its own right: Ectobius tingitanus), originally described from the most northern part of Morocco. Furthermore, they cannot be easily distinguished on any constant morphological traits from Ectobius finoti Chopard 1943, described from Algeria (it had been suggested before that finoti and tingitanus might need to be synonymized). Finally, a third name was added to the mix, when Ectobius vinzi Maurel 2012 was described from France as a new species, after the invaders had become prominently omnipresent in that country.

Until more genetic and morphological research is done it cannot be determined with any certainty if all or some of these species should be synonymized or if maybe even more cryptic species need to be identified. Therefore, Bohn et al. (2013) prefer to identify the animals adventively spreading over Northwestern Europe, as well as the North African specimen (other than the types) as "belonging to the tingitanus-complex". As such, the various species names refer to the respective type specimen exclusively. Meanwhile, they erected a new genus Planuncus to group these species with some other closely related (but clearly distinct) species previously in Ectobius and Phyllodromica. Also, a subgenus (Planuncus) was created to hold the species of this tingitanus-group:

 Planuncus (Planuncus) tingitanus (Bolivar, 1914)  (org. Ectobius perspicillaris tingitanus)
 Planuncus (Planuncus) finoti (Chopard, 1943)  (org. Ectobius finoti)
 Planuncus (Planuncus) vinzi (Maurel, 2012)  (org. Ectobius vinzi)

Range expansion
Animals of this species (or group) had been known from Spain and southern France at least since the 80s/90s of the 20th century and at least as early as 2005 they have been rapidly expanding north, with first records from Germany dating back to 2007 and records from Great Britain and Belgium since 2011 and 2012 respectively. This was already being monitored by cockroach researcher Horst Bohn and others, but nothing had been published on the matter yet, as there was some doubt on the exact identification, in part due to lack of recent material for genetic analysis from the type locations of Ectobius tingitanus and Ectobius finoti.

Meanwhile, these animals had become hard to miss in France, and were partially being misidentified as Ectobius eckerleini or other species, but eventually published as a new species: Ectobius vinzi Maurel, 2012. Unfortunately, Maurel only considered known European species and not the North African species that are a very close match (or even identical). Now, Bohn et al. were prompted to publish the (preliminary) results of their studies "as is", without conclusive (molecular) evidence for the status of the species concerned. Nevertheless resulting in the new genus Planuncus Bohn, 2013.

Specimen from different locations in the newly inhabited range sometimes seem to show slight morphological differences, but not necessarily clearly more than individual variability. Given the sudden, notable range expansion a speciation process might also be considered.

Habitat and humans
Quite similar to Ectobius vittiventris, another species of Ectobiinae rapidly moving north in Europe, the animals seem to be more or less dependent on human activity, both for their range expansion and for survival. Being of southern origin, it is not surprising that they seem to thrive best in the relatively warm and sheltered environments provided by buildings and parks or gardens in towns. In this respect they will live much closer to humans than what would be normal for the native species of Ectobiinae and can readily be found on the walls of buildings and may even stray inside. Contrary to similar looking cockroaches such as the German cockroach they will however not likely procreate indoors and as such need not be considered to be a household pest.

References

 Bohn, Horst; Beccaloni, George; Dorow, Wolfgang H.O.; Pfeifer, Manfred Alban 2013: Another species of European Ectobiinae travelling north – the new genus Planuncus and its relatives (Insecta: Blattodea: Ectobiinae). - Arthropod Systematics & Phylogeny, vol.71(3): 139-168. pdf
 Bolívar I. 1914: Dermápteros y Ortópteros de Marruecos. – Memorias de la Real Sociedad Española de Historia Natural, vol.8(5a), pp.157-238. (@BHL)
 Chopard L. 1943: Orthoptéroides de l’Afrique du Nord. Dictyoptères. - Faune de l’Empire Français, vol.1. Paris: Librairie Larose. 450pp.
 Maurel J.-P. 2012: Une nouvelle espèce de blatte découverte dans le departement du Lot (France): Ectobius vinzi nov. sp. (Dictyoptera, Blattellidae, Ectobiinae). – Revue de l’Association Roussillonnaise d’Entomologie, vol.21(3), pp.109-119.

External links
 Cockroach Species File
 Planuncus tingitanus s.l. @observation.org

Cockroaches
Taxa named by Ignacio Bolívar
Insects described in 1914


title: National Chamber Ensemble

text:
The National Chamber Ensemble (NCE) is an American classical music ensemble founded in 2007 by violinist Leonid Sushansky.

The NCE became Artisphere's Ensemble-in-Residence when Artisphere opened in October 2010. The NCE performs music ranging from classical to contemporary compositions, bringing together composers, musicians and performers from the Washington DC metropolitan area as well as hosting visiting guest artists.

References

Chamber music groups
Musical groups from Washington, D.C.
Musical groups established in 2007
2007 establishments in Washington, D.C.


title: Vietnamese in Mississippi

text:
Mississippi has a Vietnamese American population. As of 2010 7,025 ethnic Vietnamese live in Mississippi, making up 0.2% of the people there.

History
Vietnamese came to the United States as a result of the Vietnam War, with many coming beginning 1975. Many Vietnamese fisherpeople who fled from the war settled in areas where they could resume their fishing activities, including the Mississippi Gulf Coast. The Biloxi community needed employees for oyster factories, so many Vietnamese began working there. The seafood jobs did not require a significant fluency in English, attracting the immigrants.

The ethnic Vietnamese population grew over 100% between 1980 and 1990. The state had 5,387 ethnic Vietnamese by 2000.

In 2005 Hurricane Katrina affected Vietnamese communities along the Gulf of Mexico.

The Vietnamese statewide population was 7,025 as of 2010.

The Vietnamese living along the Gulf of Mexico were affected by the Deepwater Horizon oil spill in 2010.

Geography
As of 2010 the largest group of Vietnamese live along the Gulf of Mexico in Hancock, Harrison, and Jackson counties. As of 2010 the Gulfport-Biloxi area has about 5,000 Vietnamese Americans. As of the same year over 50% of the state's Vietnamese reside in Harrison County. In 2005, prior to Hurricane Katrina, about 2,500 Vietnamese lived in East Biloxi, where there was a single community with Vietnamese businesses, a Buddhist temple, and a Vietnamese Catholic church. Most of the Vietnamese there lived in low-lying areas. The community sustained damages during Katrina. Some Vietnamese had relocated to D'Iberville.

As of 2010 the Jackson metropolitan area has the second largest Vietnamese population in the state and the Hattiesburg, Mississippi area has the state's third largest Vietnamese population. Jamie Bounds of the Mississippi Department of Archives and History wrote that "The counties bordering the Mississippi River, particularly those in the northwest section of the state, have a measurable Vietnamese population."

Organizations
The Mississippi Coalition of Vietnamese American Fisherfolk and Families serves area fisherpeople.

References

Ethnic groups in Mississippi
History of Mississippi
Mississippi
Vietnamese-American history


title: 9 A.M.

text:
9 A.M. or variants may refer to:

A time on the 12-hour clock
9am with David & Kim, a former Australian TV show
"9 AM", a 1991 song by Londonbeat
"9 AM", a 2011 song with Waka Flocka Flame

See also
"9AM in Dallas", a song by Drake
9am to 5pm, 5pm to Whenever, an album by TYP

Date and time disambiguation pages


title: Mike Reid (defensive back)

text:
Michael Fitzgibbon Reid (born November 24, 1970) is a former American football defensive back who played two seasons with the Philadelphia Eagles of the National Football League (NFL). He was drafted by the Philadelphia Eagles in the third round of the 1993 NFL Draft. He played college football at North Carolina State University and attended Gettys D. Broome High School in Spartanburg, South Carolina.

References

External links
Just Sports Stats
Mike Reid trading card

Living people
1970 births
Players of American football from South Carolina
American football defensive backs
African-American players of American football
NC State Wolfpack football players
Philadelphia Eagles players
Sportspeople from Spartanburg, South Carolina


title: 7 A.M.

text:
7 A.M. may refer to
A time on the 12-hour clock
7AM, a 2010 album by Teengirl Fantasy
"7 a.m.", a song by The Fireman from the 1998 album Rushes
"7 am", a song by Dirty Vegas from the 2002 album Dirty Vegas
"7 heures du matin", a 1967 song by Jacqueline Taïeb
"7AM", a song by Lil Uzi Vert from the 2015 album Luv Is Rage

Date and time disambiguation pages


The 1995 Big South Conference men's basketball tournament took place March 3–5, 1995, at the Vines Center in Lynchburg, Virginia, the home of the Liberty Flames. For the third time in their school history, the Charleston Southern Buccaneers won the tournament, led by head coach Gary Edwards.

Before the season, Campbell departed the Big South due to scheduling conflicts. This left the conference with just five teams having played at the Division I level for at least five years, short of the six such members required by the NCAA for a conference to receive an automatic bid into the NCAA tournament. As a result, the Big South did not have an automatic qualifier to the 1995 NCAA tournament, its first time without an auto-bid since 1990; it regained an auto-bid in 1996 and has maintained an auto-bid in every year since, as of 2021.

Charleston Southern would receive its first NCAA tournament bid in 1997.

Format
The top eight finishers of the conference's nine teams participated in the tournament, hosted at the Vines Center. Teams were seeded by conference winning percentage. This was the last year for Towson as a member of the conference.

Bracket

* Asterisk indicates overtime game
Source

All-Tournament Team
Eric Burks, Charleston Southern
Brett Larrick, Charleston Southern
Derrick Nix, UNC Greensboro
Eric Cuthrell, UNC Greensboro
Antoine Dalton, Radford

References

Tournament
Big South Conference men's basketball tournament
Big South Conference men's basketball tournament
Big South Conference men's basketball tournament


title: Alex Monsour

text:
Alex Monsour (born May 5, 1962) is an American politician in the U.S. state of Mississippi. From 2008 to 2017, he represented the 54th district in the Mississippi House of Representatives. He resigned on July 2, 2017, to become the South Ward alderman for the city of Vicksburg.

He is a native of Lake Charles, Louisiana.

References

1962 births
Living people
Politicians from Lake Charles, Louisiana
Politicians from Vicksburg, Mississippi
Republican Party members of the Mississippi House of Representatives
21st-century American politicians