title: List of owners of Major League Soccer teams

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Major League Soccer owners own a share in the league and are granted right to operate a team. Major League Soccer (MLS) operates under a single-entity structure in which teams and player contracts are centrally owned by the league. Each MLS team has an investor-operator that is a shareholder in the league. In order to control costs, the league shares revenues and holds players contracts instead of players contracting with individual teams.

The league has 30 investor-operators for its 28 current and 1 future team. AEG, which at one time invested in six clubs, solely operates one team (LA Galaxy). Lamar Hunt used to operate multiple teams, but now Hunt Sports only operates one team (FC Dallas). Two of the league's teams are operated, at least in part, by neither Americans nor Canadians — Austrian Dietrich Mateschitz (New York Red Bulls), and Indonesian Erick Thohir (D.C. United).

History
Having multiple clubs operated by a single investor was a necessity in the league's first ten years. At one time Phil Anschutz's AEG operated six MLS clubs, and Lamar Hunt's Hunt Sports operated three teams. In order to attract additional investors, in 2002 the league announced changes to the operating agreement between the league and its teams to improve team revenues and increase the incentives to be an individual team operator. These changes included granting operators the rights to a certain number of players they develop through their teams's academy system each year, sharing the profits of Soccer United Marketing, and being able to sell individual team jersey sponsorships.

As MLS appeared to be on the brink of overall profitability in 2006 and developed significant expansion plans, MLS announced that it wanted each team to have a distinct operator. The league has attracted new investors that have injected more money into the operation. Examples include Red Bull's purchase of the operation rights of the MetroStars from AEG in 2006 for over $100 million.

Fraser
In Fraser v. Major League Soccer, a lawsuit filed in 1996 and decided in 2002, the league won a legal battle with its players in which the court ruled that MLS was a single entity that can lawfully centrally contract for player services. The court also ruled that even absent their collective bargaining agreement, players could opt to play in other leagues if they were unsatisfied.

List of MLS operators by team

Austin FC
Anthony Precourt (Two Oak Ventures LLC) (2018–present)

Atlanta United FC
Arthur Blank (2014–present)

Charlotte FC
David Tepper (2019–present)

Chicago Fire
Anschutz Entertainment Group (1997–2007)
Andrew Hauptman (Andell Holdings) (2007–2019)
Joe Mansueto (2019–present)

Colorado Rapids
Anschutz Entertainment Group (1995–2003)
Kroenke Sports & Entertainment (2003–present)

Columbus Crew
Lamar Hunt (1995–2006)
Clark Hunt (2006–2013)
Anthony Precourt (Precourt Sports Ventures LLC) (2013–2018)
Jimmy Haslam, Dee Haslam, Peter H. Edwards Jr., and other investors (Columbus Partnership) (2018–present)

D.C. United
Washington Soccer, LP (1995–2000)
Anschutz Entertainment Group (2001–2006)
William Chang (D.C. United Holdings) (2006–2012)
William Chang, Erick Thohir and Jason Levien (2012–2018)
Jason Levien and Steven Kaplan (2018–present)

FC Cincinnati
Carl Lindner III, Chris Lindner, David L. Thompson, Jeff Berding, Scott Farmer, Steve Hightower, George Joseph, Mike Mossel, Jack Wyant (2018–present)
Meg Whitman, Griff Harsh (minority) (2019–present)

FC Dallas
Major League Soccer (1995–2001)
Lamar Hunt (2001–2006)
Clark Hunt (2006–present)

Houston Dynamo
Anschutz Entertainment Group (2005–2008)
Anschutz Entertainment Group, Oscar De La Hoya (through Golden Boy Promotions) and Gabriel Brener (2008–2015)
 Gabriel Brener, Oscar De La Hoya, Jake Silverstein, Ben Guill (2015–2021)
 James Harden became a member of this group in 2019, purchasing a 5% stake.
 Ted Segal (2021–present)

Inter Miami CF
David Beckham, Simon Fuller, Marcelo Claure, Jorge and José Mas, Masayoshi Son (2018–present)

LA Galaxy
L.A. Soccer Partners, LP (1995–1997)
Anschutz Entertainment Group (1998–present)

Los Angeles FC
 Peter Guber (Executive Chairman), Henry Nguyen, Tom Penn, Ruben Gnanalingam, Vincent Tan, Brandon Beck, Larry Berg, Will Ferrell, Nomar Garciaparra, Mia Hamm, Chad Hurley, Magic Johnson, Tucker Kain, Kirk Lacob, Mark Leschly, Mike Mahan, Irwin Raij, Tony Robbins, Lon Rosen, Bennett Rosenthal, Paul Schaeffer, Brandon Schneider, Mark Shapiro, Allen Shapiro, Jason Sugarman, Harry Tsao (2014–present)
Larry Berg, Brandon Beck, and Bennett Rosenthal are managing operators

Minnesota United FC
Bill McGuire, Jim Pohlad, Robert Pohlad, Glen Taylor, Wendy Carlson Nelson (2015–present)

CF Montréal
Joey Saputo (2010–present)

Nashville SC
John Ingram (2017–present)
 Mark Wilf, Zygi Wilf, Leonard Wilf (minority) (2020–2021)
 Derrick Henry, Jim Toth, Reese Witherspoon (minority) (2022–present)
 Antetokounmpo brothers (Giannis, Thanasis, Kostas, Alex), Filip Forsberg (minority) (2023–present)

New England Revolution
Robert Kraft and family (1995–present)

New York City FC
City Football Group (majority) and Yankee Global Enterprises (minority) (2013–present)

New York Red Bulls
John Kluge and Stuart Subotnick (1995–01)
Anschutz Entertainment Group (2001–06)
Red Bull GmbH (2006–present)

Orlando City SC
Flávio Augusto da Silva (2013–2021)
Mark Wilf, Zygi Wilf, Leonard Wilf (2021–present)

Philadelphia Union
Jay Sugarman (Keystone Sports & Entertainment, LLC) (2008–present)

Portland Timbers
Merritt Paulson (2009–present)

Real Salt Lake
Dave Checketts (SCP Worldwide) (2004–12)
Dell Loy Hansen (2012–2021)
David Blitzer and Ryan Smith (2022–present)

San Jose Earthquakes
Major League Soccer (1996–1998)
Robert Kraft (1999–2000)
Silicon Valley Sports & Entertainment (2001–2002)
Silicon Valley Sports & Entertainment and Anschutz Entertainment Group (2002–2003)
Anschutz Entertainment Group (2003–2005)
Lewis Wolff and John J. Fisher (Earthquakes Soccer, LLC) (2007–present)

Seattle Sounders FC
Joe Roth (2007–2015)
Adrian Hanauer, Paul Allen and Drew Carey (minority)
Adrian Hanauer (2015–2018)
Paul Allen, Drew Carey and Joe Roth (minority)
Adrian Hanauer (2018–2019)
Drew Carey, Joe Roth, and Estate of Paul Allen (minority)
Adrian Hanauer, Jody Allen, Drew Carey, Peter Tomozawa, Terry Myerson and Katie Myerson, Russell Wilson and Ciara, Macklemore and Tricia Davis, Satya Nadella and Anu Nadella, Amy Hood and Max Kleinman, Joe Belfiore and Kristina Belfiore, S. Somasegar and Akila Somasegar, Chee Chew and Christine Chew, David Nathanson and Sabina Nathanson, Brian McAndrews and Elise Holschuh, Mark Agne and Tomoko Agne (2019–present)
Tod Leiweke and Tara Leiweke and Ken Griffey Jr. and Melissa Griffey were added in 2020.

Sporting Kansas City
Lamar Hunt (1995–2006)
Sporting Club (2006–present)

St. Louis City SC
The Taylor family led by Carolyn Kindle (2019–present)
Jim Kavanaugh (2019–present)

Toronto FC
Maple Leaf Sports & Entertainment (2006–present)

Vancouver Whitecaps FC
Greg Kerfoot, Steve Luczo, Jeff Mallett and Steve Nash (2009–present)

Future MLS teams

San Diego FC
 Mohamed Mansour
 Sycuan Band of the Kumeyaay Nation

List of defunct MLS teams
Chivas USA
Jorge Vergara and Antonio Cué Sánchez-Navarro (2004–2012)
Jorge Vergara (2012–2014)
Major League Soccer (2014)

Miami Fusion
 Ken Horowitz (1997–2001)

Tampa Bay Mutiny
 Major League Soccer (1995–2001)

See also
 List of professional sports team owners

References


title: DXBC

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DXBC stands for:

 DXBC-AM, an AM station of Radio Mindanao Network broadcasting in Butuan
 DXBC-FM, an FM station of ABS-CBN Broadcasting Corporation broadcasting in General Santos


title: John Hayward (Newfoundland politician)

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John Hayward (1819 – March 13, 1885) was a lawyer, judge and politician in Newfoundland. He served in the Newfoundland House of Assembly from 1852 to 1866.

He was born and educated in Harbour Grace. He studied law with George Henry Emerson and was called to the Newfoundland bar in 1841. He served as chief clerk and registrar for the northern circuit court and as sub-collector of customs at Harbour Grace.

In 1849, John and his young family headed for Washington County in Wisconsin. They traveled during a week and a half. They took a boat from Newfoundland to New York, then up the canals to Albany, another boat to Buffalo. They traveled to Wisconsin by wagon and bought a farm and had land cleared. After a few months, in a letter to his father-in-law, he seems full of optimism. In spite of that, he was back in Harbour Grace at the end of 1850, and was sub-collector of Customs in 1851.

He was elected to the assembly for Conception Bay in 1852 and for Harbour Grace in 1855 and again in 1859. He served as Solicitor General in the provincial cabinet until 1861. The results of the 1861 election in Harbour Grace were set aside due to violence at the polls; Hayward was re-elected in a by-election held later that year. He was elected again in 1865 and was named Solicitor General again. Hayward was opposed to the union with Canada proposed in 1866. He retired from politics in August of that year and was named an assistant justice in the Supreme Court of Newfoundland. Hayward retired from the bench due to illness in 1884 and died the following year.

References

Members of the Newfoundland and Labrador House of Assembly
1885 deaths
1819 births
Newfoundland Colony judges
People from Harbour Grace


title: USA Living

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USA Discounters, Ltd. (d/b/a USA Living and Fletcher's Jewelers) is an American retail company based in Norfolk, Virginia, United States. USA Discounters has been in business since 1991.

History
Collection Practices
In a July 2014 article, it was reported that USA Discounters seizes the pay of more active-duty military than any other company in the country, according to Department of Defense payroll data obtained by ProPublica.

USA Discounters issued a press release refuting the article, stating just "1%" of their military customers are subject to wage garnishment after all other actions are exhausted.

Name change
In October 2014, USA Discounters announced a name change to "USA Living", however the name change was a store branding change only for the "USA Discounters" and "Fletcher's
Jewelers" locations and the company's official name remained the same.

Bankruptcy
In August 2015, USA Discounters filed Chapter 11 bankruptcy and began closing stores."

Official investigations
The company has been the target of investigations and official actions by the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, the Colorado Attorney General, and the North Carolina Attorney General.

References

Retail companies of the United States
Companies based in Virginia
1991 establishments in Virginia
American companies established in 1991


title: Khagapati Pradhani

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Khagapati Pradhani (1922-2010) was an Indian politician belonging to the Indian National Congress and he was elected 9 times to the Lower House of the Indian Parliament the Lok Sabha in 1967,1971,1977,1980,1984,1989,1991,1996 and 1998 from Nowrangpur constituency of Odisha.

References

External links
  Official biographical sketch in Parliament of India website

1922 births
Lok Sabha members from Odisha
India MPs 1967–1970
India MPs 1971–1977
India MPs 1977–1979
India MPs 1980–1984
India MPs 1984–1989
India MPs 1989–1991
India MPs 1991–1996
India MPs 1996–1997
India MPs 1998–1999
2010 deaths
People from Nabarangpur district
People from Koraput
Indian National Congress politicians from Odisha


title: Mercedes-Benz Silver Lightning

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The Mercedes-Benz Silver Lightning, also called the Silver Arrow, is a concept car built for the 2011 Los Angeles Auto Show Design Challenge, where it won the best animation award for their short film Silver Lightning. It was conceived by the Mercedes-Benz Advanced Design Studio in Carlsbad, California, who also previously created the Mercedes-Benz Biome. This car has been featured in the popular mobile racing video games Asphalt 8: Airborne and Asphalt Nitro.

The Silver Lightning drew heavy inspiration from the 1930s Silver Arrow race cars, most notably the Mercedes-Benz W125 driven by Rudolf Caracciola that won the 1937 Grand Prix, as well as the famous 1955 Mercedes-Benz 300 SLR designed by Rudolf Uhlenhaut. The design theme was also influenced by some sci-fi movies, such as Star Trek, Tron: Legacy and Star Wars: Episode II – Attack of the Clones.

The car's sleek, futuristic appearance also comes with innovative features as well. Its roof is constructed of several pieces of small, lightweight magnetic squares, and uses Mag-Tech technology that allows them to either combine to form a hardtop, or retracted to convert the car into a roadster. The omni-directional wheels allow the Silver Lightning to be able to steer freely in any direction, and are enclosed in rings integrated within the car's main body.

To comply with the competition's theme of designing "Hollywood’s Hottest New Movie Car", it was accompanied by a short film called Silver Lightning, which features two crash test dummies called Hans05 and Franz02 attempting and eventually succeeding in the rescue of their prized stolen Silver Lightning from Dr. Crash-Barrier, the main antagonist of the movie.

Video Game Appearances
This concept car appeared in Asphalt 8: Airborne as an S-class car and Asphalt Nitro In class S

References

External links
 Silver Lightning short film

Silver Lightning


title: Energy Department (Punjab, Pakistan)

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Energy Department is a department of Government of Punjab, Pakistan. The department is responsible for regulation and policy formulation regarding power sector. After passing of 18th Amendment, provinces are fully powered to develop power projects through public or private sector.

The department is headed by Minister in charge democratically  and  a secretary at bureaucratic level, who is assisted by an additional secretary and four deputy secretaries.

Power Projects
As of May 2012, there are more than 52 projects under development of around 1400 MW.

Attached Departments

Punjab Power Development Board
Punjab Power Development Board (PPDB) provides One-Window facility to promote private sector participation in power generation.

Punjab Power Development Company Limited
Company to develop power projects in Public-Private Partnership.

Punjab Power Management Unit
Punjab Power Management Unit (PPMU) has been established to plan, procure and implement the ADB funded Renewable Energy Projects.

See also

 Quaid-e-Azam Solar Park
 Ministry of Water and Power
 Electricity sector in Pakistan
 Energy policy of Pakistan

References

External links
 Energy Department

Departments of Government of Punjab, Pakistan
Energy in Punjab, Pakistan
Energy ministries


title: Canadian country music

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Country music has a long history in Canada. The genre evolved out of the diverse musical practices of the Appalachian region of the United States. Appalachian folk music was largely Scottish and Irish, with an important influence also being the African American country blues. Parts of Ontario, British Columbia and the Maritime provinces shared a tradition with the Appalachian region, and country music became popular quite quickly in these places.  Fiddlers like George Wade and Don Messer helped to popularize the style, beginning in the late 1920s. Wade was not signed until the 1930s, when Victor Records, inspired by the success of Wilf Carter the year before, signed him, Hank Snow and Hank LaRivière.

Canadian country as developed by Otto Wilke, Carter, Snow, Earl Heywood, and Stu Davis used a less nasal and more distinctly pronounced vocal style than American music, and stuck with more traditional ballads and narratives while US country began to use more songs about bars, family relationships, and quarrels between lovers. This style of country music became very popular in Canada over the next couple of decades.  Later popular Canadian country stars range from Stompin' Tom Connors and Tom Jackson to Shania Twain and Rick Tippe to Dean Brody, Brett Kissel, Paul Brandt and Jess Moskaluke.

Radio and television stations in Canada which play country music, however, are sometimes more flexible in how they define the genre than their counterparts in the United States. Canadian country stations have commonly played artists more commonly associated with folk music, such as Bruce Cockburn, Leahy, Spirit of the West and The Rankin Family.

There is also a small francophone scene in the genre, typically sung in the joual dialect. Francophone artists include Renée Martel, Gildor Roy, Patrick Norman, Willie Lamothe, Steph Carse and Georges Hamel.

For local musicians in Alberta, the Calgary Stampede provides the majority of their annual income. The Coca-Cola stage provides a mix of Canadian and cross-Alberta performers while the Nashville North tent provides a stage for numerous commercial country acts.  The Western Oasis schedules traditional folk and country acts for their Window on the West series, but most Calgary country, folk and roots musicians will be found performing throughout the city during the Stampede, often playing upwards of four gigs per day.

See also
The Flemings of Torbay

References

Canadian styles of music


title: Bayern (horse)

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Bayern (foaled May 3, 2011) is an American Thoroughbred racehorse. In 2014, he won the Grade I 2014 Breeders' Cup Classic, following wins in the  Haskell Invitational and the Pennsylvania Derby.  He is owned by Kaleem Shah, who purchased him as a two-year-old, based upon the advice of his teenaged son. He was named after Shah's favorite soccer team, FC Bayern Munich. The horse was trained by Bob Baffert, and was retired in 2015.

Background
Bayern is a bay ridgling bred in Kentucky by Helen Alexander. His sire, Offlee Wild was a successful racehorse whose wins included the Massachusetts Handicap in 2004 (beating Funny Cide) and the Suburban Handicap in 2005. Before Bayern, the best of his progeny was Breeders' Cup Juvenile Fillies winner She Be Wild. As of 2014, Offlee Wild stands at the Pin Oak Lane Farm in Pennsylvania. Bayern's dam Alittlebitearly was, as her name suggests, born prematurely on December 14, 2002, which made her almost useless for racing purposes. The age of a Thoroughbred racehorse born in the Northern Hemisphere advances by one year on January 1, meaning that Alittlebitearly officially became a yearling when less than a month old and, if raced, would have had to compete on level terms with horses who could be up to 11 months older.

His owner Kaleem Shah obtained the horse as a two-year-old at a training sale when his teenaged son, Arman, was impressed with the colt. Bayern was originally named "Tahrir Square" when he was sold to Shah, but was renamed after the association football (soccer) team FC Bayern Munich, the favorite team of his owner. His name is pronounced by track announcers and the US press as "BY-earn."()

Racing career

2014: three-year-old season
Bayern was unraced as a two-year-old and made his racecourse debut in a maiden race over seven furlongs at Santa Anita Park on January 4, 2014. Ridden by Gary Stevens, he took the lead on the turn into the stretch and drew away to win by  lengths from Rprettyboyfloyd . He reappeared over one mile at the same track in February and started the 3-5 favorite against four opponents. He took the lead soon after the start and steadily increased his advantage to win by 15 lengths. The colt was then moved up sharply in class to contest the Grade I Arkansas Derby at Oaklawn Park on April 12. He took the lead from the start before being overtaken in the straight and finishing third behind Danza and Ride On Curlin. Rosie Napravnik was his jockey when Bayern contested the Derby Trial Stakes at Churchill Downs two weeks later. He led from the start and prevailed by a nose over Embellishing Bob but was demoted to second for causing interference to the runner-up. On May 17, the colt was moved up to the highest level for the second leg of the Triple Crown, the Preakness Stakes at Pimlico Race Course. Starting with Napravnik up at odds of 12.9-1, he finished tenth of the eleven runners behind the Kentucky Derby winner, California Chrome.

Bayern did not contest the Belmont Stakes and was instead aimed at the seven-furlong Woody Stephens Stakes at the same meeting. He contested the early lead before taking a clear advantage entering the straight and drew away in the closing stages to win by seven and a half lengths from Top Fortitude. His winning time of 1:20.75 was less than a second off the track record.  Stevens returned as his jockey and said, "That was a powerhouse performance. He had a bad experience in the gate in the Preakness. Jimmy Barnes [assistant to trainer Bob Baffert] and Bob's crew did a great job getting him ready by schooling, schooling, schooling him." Bayern was moved back up in class and distance for the Grade I Haskell Invitational over nine furlongs at Monmouth Park on July 27. Ridden for the first time by Martin Garcia, he was the second choice in the betting behind the filly Untapable. Garcia took the lead from the start and set a steady pace before drawing away in the straight to win by more than seven lengths from Albano, with Untapable in fifth place. Baffert, who won the race for a record seventh time, watched the running on television. After the race, the trainer, who said that he had considered keeping the horse to sprint distances, stated, "We tried to slow him down in the past, but now we know we just have to utilize his speed. I didn't think he'd do it as devastating as that. It looks like he has it all together now."

On August 27, Bayern was the favorite for the Travers Stakes at Saratoga Race Course against a field which included  Belmont Stakes winner Tonalist, Kentucky Derby runner-up Commanding Curve, and Wood Memorial Stakes winner Wicked Strong, who had defeated Tonalist in the Jim Dandy Stakes. Bayern started quickly and set a strong pace against Tonalist but weakened badly in the stretch and was eased down by Garcia in the closing stages, finishing last of the ten runners behind the upset winner, V. E. Day. On September 20, Bayern ran in the Pennsylvania Derby over nine furlongs at Parx,  a race which featured the return of California Chrome, running for the first time since his defeat in the Belmont. As in the Haskell, Bayern broke quickly and set a steady pace before picking up the pace on the final turn. He increased his advantage in the straight to win in by  lengths with a track record time of 1:46.96. Tapiture finished second, and California Chrome was sixth. Baffert commented, "That was just a powerful performance... When Bayern runs like that, nobody's going to beat him."  In the wake of his performance, recognizing the retirement of the successful Game On Dude just two days prior, news stories noted that Baffert's nickname for Bayern was "Little Dude", recognizing that both had a front-running style but also fared poorly when unable to control the pace from the lead.  Bayern came out of the race in good shape, and Baffert stated that he would contest the Breeders' Cup Classic.

On November 1, Bayern started at odds of 6.1/1 for the 31st running of the Breeders' Cup Classic at Santa Anita Park. His opponents included the undefeated gelding Shared Belief, California Chrome, and Tonalist in a field which appeared dominated by three-year-olds. Exiting the gate, Bayern veered sharply to the left, badly hampering Shared Belief and Moreno before taking the early lead. He was tracked throughout the race by the British-trained Toast of New York with California Chrome close behind and maintained his advantage into the straight. In a closely contested three-way finish, Bayern prevailed by a nose from Toast of New York and a neck from third-place California Chrome. Next to finish were Shared Belief, Tonalist, and Candy Boy, meaning that the first six places were filled by three-year-olds. The racecourse stewards conducted an inquiry into the interference caused by Bayern at the start but allowed the result to stand. After the race, Garcia said, "It's an amazing feeling, a dream come true... We let him run, and if anything happens, you make adjustments. In this race, he broke really good and I took advantage. I was pretty sure that I didn't do anything. In racing, these things happen."

2015: four-year-old season
Bayern's return was delayed by a foot abscess which interrupted his training schedule in early 2015. He began his second season with a drop back in distance as he contested the Churchill Downs Stakes on the Kentucky Derby undercard on May 2. He never reached the lead and finished last of the six runners behind Private Zone. In the Metropolitan Handicap at Belmont on 6 June, he finished last of the ten runners, twenty-nine lengths behind the winner Honor Code. He was dropped back to Grade II level in July and started favorite under top weight of 123 pounds in the San Diego Handicap at Del Mar Racetrack. He produced a somewhat improved effort to finish third behind the Argentinian-bred Catch A Flight. In August, he contested the Pacific Classic but though he led in the initial stages of the race, he faded after being passed on the turn by Beholder and finished second to last of 10 horses.  Bayern finished third in the Awesome Again Stakes at Santa Anita to Smooth Roller prompting discussion of whether he would be retired, with an announcement of his retirement in the days that followed.

Stallion career

Bayern entered stud at Hill 'N' Dale Farms in Kentucky. His 2017 stud fee stands at $15,000.

Assessment and awards
In the Eclipse Awards for 2014, Bayern finished runner-up to California Chrome in the voting for American Champion Three-Year-Old Male Horse and third behind California Chrome and Main Sequence in the American Horse of the Year poll.

In the 2014 World's Best Racehorse Rankings, published in January 2015, Bayern was rated the best horse trained in the United States, and the ninth-best racehorse in the world.

Pedigree

References

2011 racehorse births
Racehorses bred in Kentucky
Racehorses trained in the United States
Thoroughbred family A4
Breeders' Cup Classic winners


title: Canadian heavy metal

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Canadian heavy metal music has a history going back to the late 1960s. Canada has produced metal bands that have and continue to influence metal bands to this day. In 1964, Toronto-based band The Sparrows was formed. This band later changed their name to Steppenwolf and featured Canadians John Kay, Goldy McJohn and Jerry Edmonton. Steppenwolf's 1968 single "Born to be Wild" was the first use of the words 'heavy metal' in a song's lyric. In 1970, Woodstock, Ontario based Warpig released their metal music debut, which, although never reaching mainstream success like fellow heavy metal bands Black Sabbath and Blue Cheer, has become a cult favourite within the Doom metal scene. Some of Canada's most successful metal bands opted to change their style from the early 1980s roots metal sound to the growing glam metal style that became mainstream in the late 1980s. Bands like Helix, Kick Axe, Brighton Rock, Killer Dwarfs, Annihilator, and Slik Toxik saw growing popularity in the mid-1980s thanks in part to Much Music and MTV playing their videos in regular rotation.

Canada's death metal scene has produced artists most of whom are based out of Quebec. Bands like Kataklysm, Cryptopsy, Quo Vadis, Gorguts, Despised Icon, Augury, Voivod, Martyr, and Neuraxis have a strong underground following and are signed to major independent metal labels. In the 2000s, Canadian extreme metal has been put on the map by Vancouver band Strapping Young Lad (featuring Devin Townsend), 3 Inches of Blood, Ottawa grindcore quartet Fuck the Facts, Regina band Into Eternity, and progressive metal band Protest the Hero. James Labrie, lead singer of Dream Theater, is Canadian born. Some notable black metal bands have come from Ontario, including Woods of Ypres, Wolven Ancestry, Zogroth and Eclipse Eternal. The cult black/death metal band Blasphemy, formed in 1984 in British Columbia, are still touring despite not having released a studio album since 1993. Canada has a very strong underground metal scene in cities such as Vancouver, Calgary, Toronto, Montreal, Winnipeg, and Quebec City. In the early 1980s, Vancouver gained itself the reputation of being called the "Metal Central of Canada". However, this title has more recently been associated with Toronto, mostly because of an international interest in the burgeoning traditional heavy metal scene that began erupting in the late 2000s.

Anvil are a Canadian heavy metal band from Toronto, Ontario, formed in 1978. The band has released fifteen studio albums, and has been cited as having influenced many notable heavy metal groups, including Megadeth, Slayer, Anthrax and Metallica. The band was the subject of the 2008 documentary film, Anvil! The Story of Anvil. Upon its release, the film garnered critical acclaim from many major publications, and has since brought the band renewed recognition, including opening slots with AC/DC and Saxon. Helix is a Canadian hard rock/heavy metal band.  They formed in 1974, and are best known for their 1984 single "Rock You." Helix have toured with bands such as Kiss, Aerosmith, Rush, Mötley Crüe, Alice Cooper, Whitesnake, Night Ranger, Heart, Quiet Riot, W.A.S.P., Ian Gillan, and Motörhead among others. Their most recent studio album is 2009's Vagabond Bones. Kick Axe is a Canadian heavy metal band from Regina, Saskatchewan.  The band achieved moderate commercial success in the mid-1980s on the strength of the singles "Heavy Metal Shuffle", "On the Road to Rock", and "Rock The World". Following the release of their 1986 album Rock the World, Kick Axe disbanded and remained on hiatus until 2004 when they re-emerged with the album Kick Axe IV.

References

Canadian styles of music
Heavy metal by location


title: Chhitubhai Gamit

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Chhitubhai Gamit (22 April 1942 – 17 December 2013) was an Indian politician belonging to the Indian National Congress. He was elected in 1977,1980,1984,1989,1991,1996 and 1998 from Mandvi in Gujarat to the lower House of the Indian Parliament the Lok Sabha

References

External links
Official biographical sketch in Parliament of India website

1942 births
2013 deaths
Lok Sabha members from Gujarat
India MPs 1977–1979
India MPs 1980–1984
India MPs 1984–1989
India MPs 1989–1991
India MPs 1991–1996
India MPs 1996–1997
India MPs 1998–1999
Indian National Congress politicians from Gujarat


title: World Kabaddi League

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The World Kabaddi League (WKL) was a professional circle-style Kabaddi league in India, United States, Canada, Pakistan and the United Kingdom. It was the first worldwide circle style kabaddi league.

History
The league's first season was in 2014; 8 international teams played in 14 cities in 4 different countries. Three of the teams had celebrity owners. The regular season was four months long, and was followed by an elimination tournament that took place in Mohali, Punjab, India, in which the top four teams determined a champion.

The league attempted a comeback in 2016, but had numerous budgetary problems. After a reorganization, the league rebranded itself as the Global Kabaddi League and launched the new version in 2018. The only team to return for the third season was the California Eagles. This version of the league lasted until the final match on November 3, 2018.

Teams

Schedule

Playing technique

Two teams of seven players face each other in a circle and take turns sending a "raider" into the other team. To win a point, the raider must take a breath, run into the opposing half, tag one member of the opposite team, then return to his home. The raider will have only 30 seconds to touch the opponents and come back to his home. The game is played with 20-minute halves and a five-minute half-time break during which teams exchange sides.

Venues

The venues of the World Kabaddi League spanned four countries.

WAVE Group Title Sponsor for World Kabaddi League 2014

Sonalika International Official Partner for World Kabaddi League 2014

Li Ning (company) signed on to be the Leagues clothing partner.

Television broadcasters

Sony SIX has signed on to broadcast the league in India. PTC Punjabi has signed on to broadcast the league around the world.

References

World Kabaddi League Lanched

Kabaddi competitions
Sports leagues in the United States
Professional sports leagues in the United States
Professional sports leagues in the United Kingdom
Professional sports leagues in Canada
Professional sports leagues in India
Professional sports leagues in Pakistan
Multi-national professional sports leagues


title: Elkton station

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Elkton station is a former passenger rail station located in Elkton, Maryland. The last passenger service to the station was Amtrak's Chesapeake from 1978 to 1983. The brick station building still remains along the Northeast Corridor tracks.

History

Pennsylvania Railroad

The Philadelphia, Wilmington, and Baltimore Railroad was completed from Wilmington to Baltimore in 1837 (save for the Susquehanna River ferry), with stops at most population centers including Elkton. A test train ran from Wilmington to Elkton on January 9, 1837, though service did not begin until July 31 of that year. A replacement station was built in 1855. The line became part of the Pennsylvania Railroad (PRR) in 1881.

The line originally ran on a tight curve through the town center, disrupting traffic and creating a collision hazard at grade crossings, as well as acting as a major speed restriction on express trains. In 1934, the PRR moved the line north of the downtown area to ease the curve and eliminate all grade crossings in Elkton. Construction on a new station began in February 1935 and was completed several months later. The new brick depot included baggage and waiting rooms, and a pedestrian passage under the tracks to the southbound platform. By 1938 Elkton was served by 18 trains per day.

Traffic declined after the construction of the Interstate Highway System; stopping service declined to three daily trains by 1963 and ended several years later. The line passed to Penn Central and eventually to Amtrak with all trains passing Elkton without stopping.

Amtrak

On April 30, 1978, Amtrak began operation of the Chesapeake, a once-daily commuter train between Philadelphia and Washington D.C., which included reopening several closed stations.

On January 1, 1983, the obligation for Conrail to provide commuter service on rail lines it had taken over in 1976 ended. SEPTA Regional Rail took over Philadelphia-area lines, while Amtrak began operating service in Maryland under contract to MARC. Now largely redundant to Amtrak intercity and MARC regional service, the Chesapeake was cut on October 30, 1983. SEPTA's Wilmington/Newark Line ran as far south as Newark, Delaware, while MARC service ran as far north as Perryville, Maryland. Elkton station, the only station in the gap between the two, was abandoned.

Proposed MARC service
Elkton is proposed to be revived as a station on an extension of MARC's Penn Line to Newark, Delaware.

References

External links

Former Amtrak stations in Maryland
Stations on the Northeast Corridor
Railway stations in the United States opened in 1978
Railway stations closed in 1983
Elkton, Maryland
Transportation buildings and structures in Cecil County, Maryland
Former Pennsylvania Railroad stations
Railway stations in the United States opened in 1837
Railway stations in the United States closed in the 1980s


title: Bownes

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Bownes is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:

 Fabien Bownes (born 1972), American football player
 Hugh H. Bownes (1920–2003), American federal judge
 Mary Bownes (born 1948), British molecular and developmental biologist
 Shaun Bownes (born 1970), South African athlete

See also
 Bowne (surname)
 Bown (surname)
 Bowen (surname)
 Bowens (surname)


title: Ophir Creek (Lake Washoe)

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Ophir Creek is a  eastward-flowing stream originating in Tahoe Meadows just south of Tamarack Peak and southeast of Mount Rose Summit, a pass on Nevada State Highway 431. Ophir Creek flows to Washoe Lake in Washoe County in western Nevada, shortly after passing under U.S. Route 395.

History
Ophir Creek is named for the 1853 discovery of the Comstock Ophir bonanza, a major silver discovery. Ophir was classically a wealthy region described in the Bible, from where King Solomon received tribute of gold, silver, and other precious items. To reduce the silver metal from the ore from the Comstock Ophir mine, the Ophir Mining Company erected the Ophir Mill in 1861 on Washoe Lake's (what was then Washoe Marsh) west shore. A historic marker just north of Ophir Creek on U.S. Route 395 marks its location (39°17'48.2"N 119°49'45.0"W) Closet Street Makayla Way.

Upper and Lower Price Lakes were named for W. E. Price, a sawmill operator and assemblyman for Washoe County in 1873. A 1983 landslide from aptly named Slide Mountain abruptly filled Lower Price Lake.

Watershed and course
Ophir Creek is part of the Steamboat Creek/Washoe Lake subwatershed of the Truckee River watershed. The Ophir Creek watershed drains .

Ophir Creek's watershed includes two lakes, Upper Price Lake at  and Rock Lake at .

Ecology
In 2009 the federal Bureau of Land Management acquired a 69-acre parcel between Davis Regional County Park and Bowers Mansion County Park pursuant to the Southern Nevada Public Land Management Act (SNPLMA), which was enacted in 1998. This protects environmentally sensitive land including lower Ophir Creek and two specially designated species that require wetland or flowing water habitat, the Carson Silverspot butterfly (Speyeria nokomis carsonensis) and the mountain yellow-legged frog (Rana muscosa). It also includes the historic Ophir Flume, built in 1856 by Mormon settlers, which still carries water from Ophir Creek to ranches in the southwestern Washoe Valley.

Recreation
The Ophir Creek Trail can be accessed at the top by parking on the side of Nevada State Highway 431 at Tahoe Meadows,  southwest of the Mount Rose Summit pass and  northeast of Incline Village. Here the hiker may also access the Tahoe Rim Trail. The Ophir Creek Trail begins on boardwalks through the verdant, subalpine Tahoe Meadows then descends  to Upper Price Lake. From here hikers can reclimb the  descent or continue down another  to the trailhead at the bottom in Davis Creek Regional Park on the western edge of the Washoe Valley. The Davis Creek Regional Park has a parking area near the intersection of Davis Creek Road and U.S. Route 395 (see map in External links below).

References

External links
 Map of Davis Creek Regional Park at lower terminus of Ophir Creek Trail

Rivers of Nevada
Rivers of Washoe County, Nevada


title: Boxing at the 2014 Commonwealth Games – Heavyweight

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The Heavyweight boxing competition at the 2014 Commonwealth Games in Glasgow, Scotland took place between 27 July and 2 August at the Scottish Exhibition and Conference Centre.

Like all Commonwealth boxing events, the competition was a straight single-elimination tournament. Both semifinal losers were awarded bronze medals, so no boxers competed again after their first loss. Bouts consisted of three rounds of three minutes each, with one-minute breaks between rounds. Punches scored only if the front of the glove made full contact with the front of the head or torso of the opponent. Five judges scored each bout; three of the judges had to signal a scoring punch within one second for the punch to score. The winner of the bout was the boxer who scored the most valid punches by the end of the bout.

Schedule
All times are British Summer Time (UTC+1)

Medalists

Results

References

Boxing at the 2014 Commonwealth Games


title: List of Major League Soccer transfers 2015

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The following is a list of transfers for the 2015 Major League Soccer season. Expansion sides New York City FC and Orlando City SC were able to sign players during the 2014 season, beginning on June 2, 2014 with New York City's agreement to bring in former Atlético Madrid striker David Villa as a Designated Player. Both New York City and Orlando City's MLS moves, as well as the rest of the transactions, will be made during the 2014–15 MLS offseason all the way through to the roster freeze on September 1, 2015.

Transfers

 Player officially joined his new club on January 1, 2015.
 Only rights to player were acquired.
 Player will officially join his new club on July 1, 2015.

References

External links
 Official Site of Major League Soccer

2015

Major League
Major League


title: Carex obtusata

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Carex obtusata (also known as obtuse sedge) is a species of sedge in the massive genus Carex.

It is native to Canada.

References

obtusata
Plants described in 1793


title: Ashley Love-Mills

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Ashley Love-Mills (born September 19, 1988, in Orlando, Florida), is a fashion model, actress and beauty pageant titleholder who won the titles of Miss North Carolina USA 2013 and placed top 10 at Miss USA 2013.

Personal life
Ashley is originally from Orlando, Florida.  The daughter of James and Gloria Mills, she moved with her family to Raleigh, North Carolina in high school. She graduated in 2010 with a BA in Media Communications from North Carolina State University with a minor in TV/film production.

She makes her home in the Atlanta, Georgia area, and was named by Jezebel magazine (the city's lifestyle publication) as one of Atlanta's "50 Most Attractive People" in 2015 and was just most recently named by Rolling Out Magazine as one of Atlanta's Top 25 Women in November 2016.

Miss North Carolina USA
Ashley competed for the title of Miss North Carolina USA in 2010 and placed in the top 10. On November 10, 2012, she was crowned Miss North Carolina USA. During her tenure as Miss North Carolina USA, she created an anti-bullying campaign and, with help from the North Carolina Department of Public Instruction, she has been able to speak with over 25,000 students statewide about the serious problems of bullying.  She now resides in Atlanta, Georgia and works full-time in entertainment as an actress and model.

Miss USA
Ashley represented the state of North Carolina at the Miss USA 2013 pageant held at the Planet Hollywood Resort and Casino in Las Vegas, Nevada. She placed in the top 10, becoming the first North Carolina woman to place at the Miss USA pageant since Kristen Dalton won the title in 2009. The eventual winner was Erin Brady of Connecticut.

After the pageants
Following her time as Miss North Carolina USA, Ashley worked in fashion as a catalog and runway model, and acted in small parts on television and in commercials. In 2015, she caught the attention of independent filmmaker Rick Prince (of the SyFy TV competition series FaceOff) who cast her as the lead in his first feature film.  Soon thereafter, she landed a major recurring role on Tyler Perry's scripted drama for TLC, Too Close to Home.  She announced in 2019 that she will have a role in the upcoming ABC TV series The Baker & The Beauty, an adaptation of a highly successful scripted musical comedy TV series in Israel. Ashley mostly recently starred in A Jenkins Family Christmas as Simone on BET+ which premiered in December 2021.

Filmography

References

External links

https://web.archive.org/web/20171111212351/https://www.ashleylovemills.com/

1988 births
Living people
Miss North Carolina USA winners
Miss USA 2013 delegates


title: Canadian folk music

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Canadian folk music has a long history, dating from the 16th and 17th centuries, mostly derived from the music of early settlers and much earlier from the music of indigenous people. Folk music thus differentiates between traditional and contemporary. Many of Canada's most influential folk artists emerged in the contemporary folk music era, notably Bruce Cockburn, American-born Buffy Sainte-Marie, Ferron, Gordon Lightfoot, Joni Mitchell, Kate & Anna McGarrigle, Leonard Cohen, Murray McLauchlan, Stan Rogers, Valdy, Penny Lang, The Rankin Family and Wade Hemsworth. In the 1970s, chansonniers grew steadily less popular with the encroachment of popular rock bands and other artists, and many of the folk clubs, such as the Montreal Folk Workshop, and groups such as The Raftsmen, the Mountain City Four and, eventually, The Travellers, that had served to foster the mid-20th century revival closed down.  Some new performers did emerge, however, including Jacques Michel, Claude Dubois, and Robert Charlebois. The Canadian Folk Music Awards are presented annually to musicians carrying on the tradition.

Elements of Canadian Folk Music
Most genres of music have their known instruments that are played to compose a song. The principal instrument for Canadian folk music is known to be the fiddle. The first record of a fiddle in Canada is in 1645 at a wedding in Quebec on the 27th of November. After this account it seems that reports of fiddles are rare for the next 100 years. However, despite this hiatus in reports, the fiddle remains a well-known instrument among folk musicians and music.

References

Canadian styles of music
Folk music by country


title: Chase Wright (golfer)

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Chase Wright (born June 16, 1989) is an American professional golfer.

Wright was born in Muncie, Indiana. He attended Delta High School where he was a four-time Indiana All-State squad member. Wright won the AJGA Andover Open in 2005. In college, he played golf for Indiana University. In his senior year, Wright was an Academic All-Big Ten selection as well as named to the All-Big Ten First Team. He turned professional in 2012.

Professional history
Wright played in one PGA Tour event in 2012 and finished T64 at The McGladrey Classic.

In 2013, Wright played in the Asian Tour where he made two cuts with his best finish a T22 at the Queen's Cup in Samui, Thailand.

In 2014, Wright made a move to the Web.com Tour.  He played in 24 tournaments, made 12 cuts with 4 top-10 finishes and 7 top-25 finishes.

In 2015, Wright started his second season on the Web.com Tour with a 3rd place finish in the Pacific Rubiales Colombia Championship.

Professional wins (3)

Web.com Tour wins (1)

Web.com Tour playoff record (1–0)

PGA Tour Canada wins (1)

Other wins (1)
2010 Indiana Open

Team appearances
Amateur
 Junior Ryder Cup (representing the United States): 2004

Professional
Aruba Cup (representing PGA Tour Canada): 2017 (winners)

See also
2018 Web.com Tour Finals graduates

References

External links

American male golfers
Indiana Hoosiers men's golfers
PGA Tour golfers
Korn Ferry Tour graduates
Golfers from Indiana
Sportspeople from Bloomington, Indiana
Sportspeople from Muncie, Indiana
1989 births
Living people


title: Sundvor Church

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Sundvor Church () is a parish church of the Church of Norway in Bjørnafjorden Municipality in Vestland county, Norway. It is located in the village of Sundvord, serving the far southern part of the municipality. It is one of the churches for the Fusa parish which is part of the Fana prosti (deanery) in the Diocese of Bjørgvin. The white, wooden church was built in a long church design in 1927 using plans drawn up by the architect Erlend Tryti. The church seats about 228 people.

History
During the 1920s, planning for a new annex chapel in Sundvor began. Erlend Tryti was hired to design the new chapel. The white, wooden chapel was built in 1927. It was consecrated on 14 October 1927. In 1980, the building was enlarged to the west to add bathroom space and storage. In 2000, the chapel was upgraded in status to a "parish church".

Media gallery

See also
List of churches in Bjørgvin

References

Bjørnafjorden
Churches in Vestland
Long churches in Norway
Wooden churches in Norway
20th-century Church of Norway church buildings
Churches completed in 1927
1927 establishments in Norway


title: Hazhir Rahmandad

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Hazhir Rahmandad () is an Iranian American Scientist and Engineer. Dr. Rahmandad is a dynamic modeling expert. His research applies dynamic modeling to a broad range of problems in strategy, organizational learning, and public health.

Education
Rahmandad obtained his B.Sc. in Industrial Engineering from Sharif University of Technology. He holds a Ph.D. from Massachusetts Institute of Technology (2005), where he worked under the supervision of John Sterman.

Career
Rahmandad is an Associate Professor in the System Dynamics group at MIT Sloan School of Management where he teaches simulation modeling and system dynamics.

Before joining MIT, Rahmandad was an Associate Professor of Industrial and Systems Engineering in the College of Engineering at Virginia Tech. Hazhir also contributes to expanding the system dynamics modeling toolbox through advancing parameter estimation and validation methods for dynamic models. He has published in diverse journals including Management Science, Organization Science, Strategic Management Journal, PlosOne, Epidemiology and Infection, International Journal of Obesity, and System Dynamics Review among others. He has been a reviewer for over 20 NIH and NSF panels and over two dozen different journals, and his research has been funded by the National Science Foundation, National Institutes of Health, Department of Housing and Urban Development, and multiple private sector firms, among others.

Awards and honors
Gold Medal, International Chemistry Olympiad, Moscow (1996)

References

Living people
Massachusetts Institute of Technology alumni
Sharif University of Technology alumni
American people of Iranian descent
Year of birth missing (living people)


title: Adrian Ghenie

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Adrian Ghenie (; born 13 August 1977 in Baia Mare) is a contemporary Romanian painter, who lives and works in Berlin, Germany.

Early life and education
The son of a dentist, he studied fine arts at the Arts and Crafts School in Baia Mare between 1991 and 1994.
He is a graduate of the Art and Design University of Cluj-Napoca (2001).

Career

Ghenie lives and works in Cluj, Berlin, and London.
In 2005, he co-founded Galeria Plan B in Cluj, together with Mihai Pop, a production and exhibition space for contemporary art. In 2008 Plan B opened a permanent exhibition space in Berlin.

His work has been widely exhibited in group and solo exhibitions, including at Tate Liverpool, San Francisco Museum of Modern Art and Fondazione Palazzo Strozzi in Florence.

In June 2014 the oil on canvas painting "The Fake Rothko" was sold for £1,426,000 ($2,428,140).

In February 2016, the large oil on canvas painting "The Sunflowers of 1937" inspired by Vincent van Gogh's famous "Sunflowers" was sold in London for £3,177,000 at a Sotheby's auction, marking it the most expensive painting sold by the Romanian artist.

Before the auction, the value of the painting was estimated between £400,000 and £600,000. It belonged to the Galerie Judin of Berlin, who had purchased it from the artist.

Collections

Ghenie's work is represented in numerous major museum and public collections including the Centre Georges Pompidou, the Hammer Museum, Los Angeles, the Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, the Museum of Modern Art, Antwerp, San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, and Stedelijk Museum voor Actuele Kunst, Ghent.

Style and technique

Ghenie does not use traditional tools of the painter or brushes, but a palette knife and stencils.
He paints portraits of 20th century figures, particularly those associated with genocide and mass suffering, that appear in his work gnawed and slashed, blurred and speckled.

His painterly style has been compared to that of Francis Bacon.

Exhibitions

References

External links

www.nolan-judin.de

1977 births
Romanian expatriates in Germany
Living people
People from Baia Mare
Romanian artists
20th-century Romanian painters
21st-century Romanian painters


title: Voinescu (surname)

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Voinescu is a Romanian surname. Notable people with the surname include:

Alice Voinescu (1885–1961), Romanian writer
Eugeniu Voinescu (1842–1909), Romanian painter
Ion Voinescu (1929–2018), Romanian football player
Radu Voinescu (born 1958), Romanian poet and publicist
Sever Voinescu (born 1969), Romanian journalist, political analyst, diplomat and politician

See also
 Voina (disambiguation)
 Voicu (surname)
 Voinea (surname)
 Voineasa (disambiguation)
 Voinești (disambiguation)

Romanian-language surnames


title: DeAndre Haynes

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DeAndre Lamount Haynes (born March 30, 1984) is an assistant basketball coach under Coach Shaka Smart at Marquette University. He is a former American basketball player and former assistant coach at the University of Maryland.

Haynes, a 6'2" point guard from Detroit, Michigan, came to Kent State from Southwestern High School in Detroit.  Playing for the Golden Flashes from 2002 to 2006, Haynes scored 1,259 points and left as the school's all-time leader in assists (625) and steals (229).  In his senior season of 2005–06, Haynes averaged 13 points per game and was named Mid-American Conference Player of the Year and an honorable mention All-American by the Associated Press.  He led the Golden Flashes to regular-season and MAC championships that season.

After graduation, Haynes was not selected in the 2006 NBA draft.  He instead signed in Belgium and played for the next six seasons in Belgium, Hungary, Germany and Finland.

Haynes retired from basketball in 2012 and became an assistant coach at Kent State under head coach Rob Senderoff. Following the 2015–16 season, he moved to a similar role at fellow MAC program Toledo. After joining the Illinois State Redbirds staff for a few months, he was hired by Michigan to serve as an assistant coach in August 2017.

References

External links
 Kent State coaching bio
 FIBA.com profile
 Finnish League profile

1984 births
Living people
American expatriate basketball people in Belgium
American expatriate basketball people in Finland
American expatriate basketball people in Germany
American expatriate basketball people in Hungary
American men's basketball coaches
American men's basketball players
Basketball players from Detroit
Kent State Golden Flashes men's basketball coaches
Kent State Golden Flashes men's basketball players
Maryland Terrapins men's basketball coaches
Michigan Wolverines men's basketball coaches
Okapi Aalstar players
Paderborn Baskets players
Point guards
Toledo Rockets men's basketball coaches


title: Primary (musician)

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Choi Dong-hoon (born January 31, 1983), better known by the stage name Primary, is a South Korean hip hop musician and record producer. Formerly an artist under Amoeba Culture, he established his own record label PAKTORY Company on April 22, 2020.

Primary has collaborated with various artists to produce the albums Back Again, Primary Score, Daily Apartment, Primary and The Messengers, and 2. He has also produced albums for other Korean hip hop artists, including Supreme Team's first album Supremier and Dynamic Duo's Kill, as well as several of MBLAQ's singles, including "I'm Back" and "Smokey Girl". He appeared in the MBC variety program Infinite Challenge in 2013.

Career
Primary became active in the South Korean hip hop scene in 2004 with collaborations with Dynamic Duo and Garion. He also gained musical experience while attending Seoul Jazz Academy. In 2006, he debuted with an album named Daily Apartment in collaboration with Beenzino, under the name P' Skool. As part of the promotions for the album, Primary donned a cardboard box mask with a bird beak in order to be more memorable. The band is now inactive, but often play at live performances for Dynamic Duo and Supreme Team.

Primary and Dynamic Duo's Gaeko created a track for Quincy Jones's 2011 visit to Korea which Jones sung at a press conference and expressed his appreciation for. In 2011 Primary released the first part of the album Primary and The Messengers and continued to release the subsequent four parts through October 2012. The album in total includes collaborations with 23 separate artists. He successfully broke into the top ten on various Korean music charts with the album's track "? (Question Mark)" in November 2012. Primary performed a special stage with Dynamic Duo at the 2012 MBC Gayo Daejun.

On August 31 and September 1, 2013, Primary held a sold-out joint concert with Zion.T at the Lotte Art Center in Seoul. Primary also participated at the 2013 Infinite Challenge Song Festival, performing with Park Myeong-su and producing a song for Park Ji-yoon. The songs he made for the event, "I Got C" and "Mr. Lee". were later have found to have crossed the line from sampling into plagiarism in their use of Dutch artist Caro Emerald's songs "Liquid Lunch" and "One Day". Primary later officially credited Caro Emerald's composing group Grandmono for the songs. All of the proceeds from the song "I Got C" were later donated. Primary later produced the song "Without You" for Infinite H.

On March 24, 2020, Amoeba Culture announced that their exclusive contract with Primary had been terminated.

On April 22, 2020, he established his own record label PAKTORY Company.

Discography

Studio albums

Extended plays

Singles

Other charted songs

Notes

References

South Korean record producers
South Korean hip hop record producers
South Korean male rappers
1983 births
Living people


title: Muhamed Pašalić

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Muhamed Pašalić (born August 27, 1987) is a Bosnian professional basketball player who currently plays for Bosna of the Bosnian League. He also represents the Bosnia and Herzegovina national basketball team internationally.

Professional career
Pašalić made his professional debut with Bosna in the 2006–07 season. In August 2011, Pašalić moved to Kavala in Greece, where he would spend just one season. In August 2012, Pašalić signed with Aris for the 2012–13 season.

After playing for Reims Champagne Basket in the 2013–14 season, he returned to Aris for the 2014–15 season. In June 2015, he signed with the Romanian League club U BT Cluj-Napoca.

On July 14, 2016, Pašalić signed with Romanian team CSM Oradea.

On September 1, 2019, Pašalić returned to Greece and signed with Panionios. He was released from his contract on December 22 of the same year, in order to attend to his newborn second child.

On August 3, 2021, he sigendwith Belfius Mons-Hainaut in Belgium.

Bosnian national team
Pašalić first played for Bosnia and Herzegovina at the EuroBasket 2013. He was also on the roster for the EuroBasket 2015 qualification.

References

External links
 Muhamed Pašalić at eurobasket.com
 Muhamed Pašalić at draftexpress.com
 Muhamed Pašalić at fiba.com

1987 births
Living people
ABA League players
Aris B.C. players
Basketball players from Sarajevo
Bosnia and Herzegovina men's basketball players
CS Universitatea Cluj-Napoca (men's basketball) players
CSM Oradea (basketball) players
Greek Basket League players
Kavala B.C. players
KK Bosna Royal players
Point guards
Reims Champagne Basket players


title: Santissima Trinità delle Monache

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Santissima Trinità delle Monache is a large former monastery and church in central Naples, Italy; it now serves as a military hospital. It is located in the Spanish Quarter of the city.

History
The monastery and church was founded in the early 17th century by the noblewoman Vittoria de Silvia. She had refused at the last minute to marry the Count di Biccari, Emilio Caracciolo, and instead retired to a convent, initially choosing the convent of San Girolamo a Mezzocannone, Naples. But wishing to move, she established this convent near the church of Santa Maria Ognibene ai Sette Dolori and the convents attached to Santa Maria della Sapienza and San Giovanni Battista delle Monache.

The construction of the complex began in 1608 involved Francesco Grimaldi, then Giovanni Giacomo De Marino and Giovanni Laurenzio, and in 1615 Giovanni Giacomo Di Conforto supervised the building. By 1620, the church was completed by Francesco Grimaldi.

In 1625 Cosimo Fanzago added the stairs at the entrance of the church, and sculpted some of the marble telamons. The atrium was frescoed by Giovanni Bernardino Azzolino. He helped complete the dome which crumbled during an earthquake in 1897 and was not rebuilt. The church now serves as a pharmacy. The paintings by Giuseppe Ribera for the church (Saint Jerome and the Angel of Judgement and The Earthly Trinity with Saints) were moved to the Capodimonte Museum.

References

Roman Catholic churches in Naples
17th-century Roman Catholic church buildings in Italy
Baroque architecture in Naples
Roman Catholic churches completed in 1620
1620 establishments in the Spanish Empire
1620 establishments in Italy


Murder City: Detroit - 100 Years of Crime and Violence is a 2008 film which chronicles the story of gang violence in Detroit over the past 100 years and how it has affected the fabric of one of the oldest cities in the midwest. Murder City is filmed documentary style and chronicles the cities notorious criminal past.

The stories of Detroit's notorious criminals are interspersed with real life drug stories in the film. Detroit legendary music artist Seven the General stars in the film and sheds light his history and ties with Young Boys Inc. Along with retired police officers, and "others tell their crime stories on film. They chronicle losing loved ones to violence, as well as their own experiences. The real life stories add a humanizing element."

Released nationally and directed by Alan "Al Profit" Bradley the film is stored in collegiate libraries and used by professors at the University of Michigan and Michigan State University as a reference tool for class course work.

Cast

"Seven the General"
"Ziploc Moe
"Motsi Ski
"Alex Thomas"
"Roy Houston"
"Manno"
"Everett Taylor"
"Ice"
"Fred Rocquemore"
"Paul Howard"

See also
 Crime in Detroit

References

External links

Warren, Tamara. "Moviemaker makes a statement about crime in Detroit." Detroit Free Press. May 11, 2008.

Documentary films about gangs in the United States
Crime in Detroit
Direct-to-video documentary films
2008 films
2008 documentary films
Films set in Detroit
Documentary films about Detroit
Films shot in Michigan
2000s English-language films


title: In Darkness and Confusion

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"In Darkness and Confusion" is a short story written by Ann Petry, published in the third volume of Cross Section in 1947.

References

Harlem in fiction


title: Nononono

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is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Lynn Okamoto. It was serialized in Shueisha's seinen manga  magazine Weekly Young Jump from October 2007 to December 2010, with its chapters collected in 13 tankōbon volumes The plot follows ski jumper Nono Nonomiya, the daughter of a disgraced Olympian who aims to reclaim her family's honor. However, since only men are eligible to compete in the Olympics in ski jumping, Nono cross dresses and assumes her twin brother's identity. Her brother, Yūta Nonomiya, whose name she takes, perished in a fire.

Plot
Nono Nonomiya is a girl with exceptional skill in ski jumping who is hoping to fulfill her father's and her brother's dreams of winning the gold medal at the Olympics.  However, since Woman's Ski Jumping isn't a recognized Olympic category, Nono must cross-dress and disguise herself as her twin brother, Yuuta Nonomiya, in order to be eligible to compete.  After being admitted into Okushin High School in Nagano, famous for its winter sports clubs, and entering the ski jumping club, her struggle to enter the Olympics and win the gold medal for Japan truly begins.

Characters

Main characters

Nono Nonomiya, better known as Yuuta Nonomiya, was originally from Hokkaido, but moved after her brother's death. Ever since she was young, she displayed a lot of talent in ski jumping. Before high school, she was in three competitions, all while she was in her third year of elementary school. The first two were elementary school competitions that she easily won. In the third competition, she was put in the middle school division, facing boys up to six years her senior, but she still ended up placing first. She hoped to make her father, a former Olympic ski jumper, proud of her but she did not realize that women cannot enter the Olympics. Her talent and her brother's lack of talent resulted in her father resenting her and her brother envying her. Once she realized that she could not earn an Olympic medal, she decided to quit ski jumping even though she loved the sport. However, when her brother committed suicide in a fire, he left a note for Nono, telling her to throw away her real identity to pretend to be him.
Nono wears a corset in order to hide her breasts. Despite posing as a man and trying her best to act manly, she has a liking for feminine and cute things. She is very intelligent and has the top grades of her year. This combined with her bishounen aspect caused her to be the target of Mikage early in the story. She, however, has feelings for a fellow member of the ski jumping club, Akira Amatsu. Nono occasionally sees a vision of her brother before she jumps and considers this as a sign that the jump will go poorly.

Akira was born into a family of ski jumping medalists, a fact which he is very proud of. However, his father and grandfather only managed to obtain silver medals in the Olympics, giving the family the nickname "silver medal collectors". Akira will easily forgive anyone who talks badly about him, but does not stand anyone insulting his family. Since he wanted to be recognized by his talent rather than his family name, he decided to make everyone acknowledge him by never losing. His father stated that Akira will prioritize winning over his own life. As a result of his hard work and his lineage, his talent was noticed at an early age. He got a joint development with a Northern European ski manufacturers when he was 15 years old.
Akira has an odd allergy to women, and will break out into hives whenever he is close to one. The only females he can be close to without reacting to are those he likes.

Secondary characters

Mikage is a famous figure skater, well known for having won an international championship. She is a feminine and cute girl, and many students like her. She, however, fell in love with Nono, whom she believes is male, during the opening ceremony of the school. She immediately confessed, which resulted in her being rejected. Later that day, she walked in on Nono dressing and saw Nono wearing panties. However, she thought that Nono just liked wearing women's underwear. Nono admitted this in order not to get caught, and Mikage thus stated that Nono should be her slave if she did not want her to tell everyone about this.
In spite of her manipulative and playful nature, she really likes Nono and cares a lot about her. This is shown when she offers Nono to live at her place after Nono was almost raped by her roommate in the male dorms and when she tried to cheer the Nono up whenever she is feeling down. She notices Nono's liking towards Akira, and takes a disliking to him as a result. Since her sport involves resistance rather than strength, her endurance is greater than that of the ski club's member's. Even though she is often described as a genius, in reality she is a hard-working girl who will train endlessly in order to improve and become a better skater.

Yoda is a sports magazine editor and is often seen around ski jumping events. His goal is to bring more attention to the sport. He was once a ski jumper himself, but quit after realizing he had no talent. He claims to be able to tell the level of a person's talent with one glance by seeing the aura they give off. Wanting to stir up things in the skiing world, he lied to Akira to get him to compete against Nono. He once stated that Nono and Akira would be the ones who would change the Japan's future in ski jumping. Yoda was also the first person in the story to discover that Nono is actually a girl pretending to be her brother.

Yuuta is Nono's twin brother. He committed suicide before the start of the story, however all the official records state that Nono was the one who died. Due to his father failing to win a gold medal at the Olympics, Yuuta spent a lot of time daily training in ski jumping. However, due to lack of talent and his father forcing him to use older techniques rather than modern ones, Yuuta did poorly in the sport. Even in middle school, he could not beat the 67 meter mark that Nono set at a competition when they were in third grade. In his final year of competition in middle school, Yuuta placed 85th out of 89 people in the Hokkaido regional tournament. Since he was never even able to get to the second jump at regionals, he was nicknamed "regional dropout". His father would occasionally beat him in anger and disappointment and once threatened to kill him if he did not do well enough. He envied Nono for her talent but he also felt guilty because it was due to his lack of talent that Nono felt compelled to quit ski jumping. Besides ski jumping, Yuuta worked part time in construction and spent his free time painting. He had a lot of talent in painting but he refused to acknowledge it because he felt he had to ski jump. He won a national art competition but he died before he heard the results. After his father's attempted suicide, Yuuta decided to commit suicide himself. He stole Nono's clothes and set fire to the shed he was in. He left a note for Nono, telling her to become him and win the gold medal.
Nono will occasionally see a vision of him before she jumps and considers this as an indication that the jump will go poorly.
Yuusuke Yura
Yuusuke is the father of Nono and Yuuta. He used to represent Japan internationally in ski jumping and was celebrated nationally. However the last competition he did was the team event at the Olympics. Japan was in first place and all Yuusuke had to do was a regular jump for Japan to win. However, due to pressure and a preexisting knee injury, Yuusuke fell causing Japan to go into fourth place. This caused all of Japan to hate Yuusuke and by extension his family. The situation was so bad, that Nono's and Yuuta's last names were changed from Yura to Nonomiya, their mother's maiden name.
Since Yuusuke was no longer able to compete, he wished for his son to earn the gold medal at the Olympics in his stead. However, Yuuta had no talent in ski jumping while his sister Nono had an abundance of talent. Since women cannot compete in the Olympics, this resulted in Yuusuke resenting his daughter and beating his son. After the Yuuta's final Hokkaido regional tournament, Yuusuke gave up on his son. He attempted to commit suicide by hanging himself but Yuuta and Nono found him. Yuusuke was gotten to the hospital in enough time to save his life but remains in a coma.

Kiyoshi is a high school senior in Okushin High and leader of the Nordic Skiing squad. Even though the leadership of the ski club is switched between the Alpine and Nordic squad leaders, the Alpine leader took the seat for two years in a row due to Kiyoshi's twisted nature. Due to this, Kiyoshi forces everyone to call him "Emperor". He dislikes his own surname, since it literally means "Anal Shop", and will react violently if he is referred by it. He is a veteran jumper and placed third at the inter high competition in his junior year. This, together with holding the best records in the club, make him the ace of the team. Kiyoshi is in love with Mikage and tries to blackmail Nono into taking pictures of her breasts.

Hiroki is a high school freshman in Okushin High and is a member of the ski jumping club. He has been friends with Akira since middle school and quickly becomes good friends with Nono. He used to attend elementary school with Kiyoshi, and thus knows of his terrible personality. He believes that Shiriya once killed a jumper who was better than him and thus is terrified of Kiyoshi.

Media

Manga
Nononono, written and illustrated by Lynn Okamoto, was serialized in Shueisha's seinen manga magazine Weekly Young Jump from October 25, 2007, to December 9, 2010. Shueisha collected its chapters in thirteen tankōbon volumes, released from March 19, 2008, to February 18, 2011.

Volume list

Audio drama
Shueisha web broadcast a series of audio dramas with Mamiko Noto in the lead of role of Nonomiya Yuuta.

References

External links
Nononono at Shueisha
Official radio drama site

2007 manga
Seinen manga
Shueisha manga
Sports anime and manga
Transgender in anime and manga


title: Poggi del Sasso

text:
Poggi del Sasso is a village in Tuscany, central Italy, administratively a frazione of the comune of Cinigiano, province of Grosseto. At the time of the 2001 census its population amounted to 88.

Geography
Poggi del Sasso is about 37 km from Grosseto and 10 km from Cinigiano, and it is situated along the provincial road which links Sasso d'Ombrone to the castle of Montecucco and the hamlet of Piantaverna. The village lies in the valley of Ombrone. The territory of Poggi del Sasso is known for the production of the wine Montecucco.

Main sights

Churches
 Santa Margherita (20th century), main parish church of the village, it was designed by engineer Ernesto Ganelli in 1958 and consecrated in 1970. It contains several Renaissance paintings formerly preserved in the church of Vicarello.
 Monastery of Siloe (2001-2011), a contemporary architecture designed by Edoardo Milesi, it includes a convent, a church and a chapel.

Castles
 Castle of Colle Massari (11th century), with the chapel of Santa Marta (17th century).
 Castle of Monte Cucco (11th century), with the chapel of Sant'Antonio Abate (1930s).
 Castle of Vicarello (13th century), with the old pieve of San Martino (now converted into a house).

References

See also
 Borgo Santa Rita
 Castiglioncello Bandini
 Monticello Amiata
 Porrona
 Sasso d'Ombrone

Frazioni of Cinigiano


title: List of current Indian legislative speakers and chairpersons

text:
In the Republic of India, the various central and state legislatures are presided by either a Speaker or a Chairperson. A speaker is the presiding officer of the Lok Sabha and of the legislative assembly of each of the twenty-eight states and three union territories. Similarly a chairperson heads the Rajya Sabha and the legislative council of each of the six states, where the upper house in the state legislature exists.

Parliament of India
This is the list of current Speakers and Chairpersons of both houses of the Parliament of India (respectively):

Lok Sabha

Rajya Sabha

Legislatures of the States and Union territories

State Legislative Assemblies
This is the list of current Speakers and Deputy Speakers of the legislative assemblies of the Indian states and union territories:

State Legislative Councils
This is the list of current Chairpersons and Deputy Chairpersons of the legislative councils of the Indian states:

See also
 List of current Indian governors
 List of current Indian chief ministers
 List of current Indian chief justices
 List of current Indian opposition leaders
 List of speakers of the Lok Sabha
 List of deputy speakers of the Lok Sabha
 List of chairpersons of the Rajya Sabha
 List of deputy chairpersons of the Rajya Sabha

References

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title: Hymnary.org

text:
Hymnary.org is an online database of hymns, hymnodists and hymnals hosted by Calvin College's Calvin Institute of Christian Worship and Christian Classics Ethereal Library. The searchable database contains over one million hymn tunes and texts and incorporates the Dictionary of North American Hymnology.
The oldest hymnals in the database are from 1640. Of hymns, that are in the public domain, the full text is available. The database also contains biographical information on composers and lyricists.

Hymnary.org has received grants from the National Endowment for the Humanities and the Hymn Society in the United States and Canada.

In addition to standard search functions, users have the ability to search for hymns by entering notes of the melody.

References

Further reading

External links

Online music and lyrics databases
Hymnology
American music websites


title: Viola alba

text:
Viola alba, commonly known as white violet, is a species of violet in the family Violaceae.

References
Berichte der Bayerischen Botanischen Gesellschaft zur Erforschung der heimischen Flora 8:257. 1902

Plants described in 1809
alba
Taxa named by Wilibald Swibert Joseph Gottlieb von Besser


title: Susan Austin

text:
Susan M. Austin is an American politician from Maine.

Austin earned an A.A. from Bliss College in Lewiston, Maine. She and her husband have four children.

A Republican, Austin has represented the town of Gray, in the Maine House of Representatives since 2014. She previously held the same seat from 2002 to 2010. In 2010, she was unable to seek re-election in 2010 due to term-limits. She has also served on the Gray Town Council as well as on the MSAD 15 School Board.

Austin ran again for the District 109 seat in 2012 but lost by 35 votes to incumbent Democrat Anne Graham. She ran once more in 2014 and won the seat, which opened when Anne Graham did not seek re-election.

References

Year of birth missing (living people)
Living people
People from Gray, Maine
Maine city council members
School board members in Maine
Republican Party members of the Maine House of Representatives
Women state legislators in Maine
Bliss College alumni
Women city councillors in Maine
21st-century American politicians
21st-century American women politicians


title: The Italian Baker

text:
The Italian Baker Sdn Bhd (doing business as Massimo) is a Malaysian bakery chain based in Selangor owned by The Italian Baker Sdn Bhd, a subsidiary of Federal Flour Mills Berhad. Its bread is packed in 3 colours (green, white and red) based on the Italian flag, and baked with the combination of traditional techniques and modern machinery.

Distribution
The Massimo company has invested MYR120 million into a fully automated bakery plant in Indah Island, Selangor which produces 16,000 loaves of bread and 24,000 buns daily and transport to West Malaysia.

See also

 List of bakeries

References

External links

2011 establishments in Malaysia
Bakeries of Malaysia
Privately held companies of Malaysia
Malaysian brands
Retail companies established in 2011
Food and drink companies established in 2011
Malaysian companies established in 2011


title: Tritops

text:
Tritops (, Japanese: トゥリトップス, "Tree Tops"), is a South Korean boy band managed by Van Leader Entertainment. Tritops originally debuted in 2007 as a three-member group (Hyungmoon, Yoojoon and Ilgoon) under Joo Paramount Media with their album "Boorish Love". After a company change to DoReMi Media, Ilgoon soon made his departure to pursue a solo career in 2009. The group promoted shortly as a duo, but were joined by new member Woogoon in 2012 and moved to Simtong Entertainment. In 2013, Ilgoon returned to the group. Following his return in 2014, the group moved to new entertainment call Van Leader Entertainment.

History

TriTops (formerly known as I the Tri Tops) was originally a three-member group but Ilgoon left the group and Hyungmoon and Yoojoon remained. Hyungmoon and Yoojoon put out two singles in 2009, "To My Girlfriend" (which Hyungmoon composed himself) and "Say Love". The two also released a single with artist Jace titled "Juniper Tree".

Solo Activities

Ilgoon released his solo digital single "Goon" on September 3, 2009. Ban Hyungmoon also released a single "그래서 아프죠" with Dahye in 2009. Hyungmoon featured in Expresso's "Merry Christmas" which was released on November 9, 2009, and featured in the drama Kim Su-ro, The Iron King'''s OST titled "Want To See". Ilgoon released a single "Storm" with artist Van on May 14th, 2010 and on March 17th, 2011 he released a single "Irresponsibility". Yoojoon acted in dramas My Precious You (2008) and Becoming a Billionaire (2010). Yoojoon released a single in 2010 for Becoming a Billionaire as well. In 2011, he participated in the musical Goong and released an EP for the musical titled "Flower". In 2012, Ilgoon featured in StillPM's single, "Canada Girl".

Returning As "TriTops"

After going on a hiatus as a group for three years, TriTops returned on March 29, 2012, with a new member, WooGoon, and released a single titled "I Am A Bad Guy"  which featured P.O. of Block B and peaked at 77 on GAON digital chart. The trio then released their first mini album "Sweet Holic" on May 25, 2012, which reached 30 on GAON Album chart. Ilgoon finally returned to the group in 2013. TriTops released a single, "Too Foolish To You" on February 20, 2013. They then released "Your Temperature" on December 23, 2014. They have been growing in popularity due to their strong vocal abilities since then.

Japanese Advancement

The group as of 2014 has started to promote in Japan and has held concerts there. They have worked on self-released Japanese songs, "Sakurabu", "365 Days" and "I Miss You" that can be viewed on their Japanese YouTube channel. Their official Japanese debut was with "To You" on October 27, 2014. For this debut they have added a '*' to their group name and officially debuted as Tritops*.

Missing You, Missing You, Missing You

On April 15, Tritops came back to Korea with a digital single titled "Missing You, Missing You, Missing You". The MV features Ilgoon and the Japanese model Nakamine Riko as a couple.

Members
Tritops has four members.  The leader and main vocalist is Ban Hyung-moon (반형문).  Lee Woo-goon (이우군), Kim Il-goon (김일군), and Jang Yoo-joon (장유준) provide additional vocals.

Discography

South Korea

Studio albums
 Boorish Love (2007)

Extended plays
 Sweet Holic (2012)

Singles
 "To My Girlfriend" (2009)
 "Say Love" (2009)

Digital Singles
 "I'm A Bad Guy." (2012)
 "Too Foolish To You..." (2013)
 "Your Fever" (2015)
 "Missing You, Missing You, Missing You" (2015)
 "Sorry That I'm Ugly" (2015)
 "Gilgoyangi" (2016)
 "I'll Be A Better Man" (2016)
 "Geudael Bobnida" (2017)
 "All4One" (2017)
 "Zinnia" (2017)
 "Would You Marry Me" (2017)
 "Dust Blossom" (2018)
 "If The Rain Falls" (2018)
 "My Song Is" (2018)
 "The Corner of Love" (2018)
 "Green Frog 2021" (2021)
 "To My Girlfriend" (2021)
 "Pieces of Stars Shining On You" (2022)

Japan

Extended plays
 Love Song (EP)'' (2018)

Singles
 "To You" (2014)
 "Paradise" (2016)

Digital Singles
 "Anata O Mimasu" (2015)
 "Pride" (2015)
 "Koko Ni Arimasu" (2015)
 "P.S I Love U" (2015)
 "Motto Motto" (2015)
 "Todokunara" (2015)
 "Aitakute, Aitakute, Aitakute" (2015)
 "Akira Bu" (2015)
 "Beautiful Day" (2016)
 "Nazedarou" (2016)
 "Noraneko" (2016)
 "My Princess" (2016)
 "Noraneko (Korean Ver.)" (2016)
 "Anata No Tame Ni" (2017)
 "Funky Music" (2017)
 "Here I Am" (2017)
 "All 4 One" (2017)
 "Hyakujitsukou" (2017)
 "Crawling" (2017)
 "The Day When We Can Meet Again" (2017)
 "Bullshit" (2017)
 "Sakura Lala" (2018)
 "Home" (2019)
 "Because of You" (2020)
 "365 Days" (2020)
 "To My Friends" (2020)
 "Dear Santa Claus..." (2020)
 "Winter Love" (2020)
 "Bokuno Anpan" (2020)
 "Kimiomatuki" (2021)

References

External links
 Official Japanese Website

K-pop music groups
Musical groups established in 2007
South Korean boy bands


The University of Missouri Police Department (MUPD) is the primary law enforcement agency for the University of Missouri (Mizzou), a public research university located in Columbia, Missouri and the flagship campus of the University of Missouri System.

The agency's primary jurisdiction is the University of Missouri owned locations, which includes the main campus plus other MU-owned or leased facilities, such as Mizzou North (the former Ellis Fischel Cancer Center) on Business Loop 70, KOMU-TV on U.S. Route 63, and various MU-operated land and facilities scattered throughout Columbia and the State of Missouri.

MU Police Officers have statewide jurisdiction,  and also are commissioned through the City of Columbia. MU Police Officers have the ability to make an arrest anywhere within the State of Missouri as well as enforce city ordinances in Columbia, MO.

History
The agency was established as the "Traffic Safety and Security Department" in 1954. It became a 24-hour agency in 1964
and began sending officers to the Missouri State Highway Patrol's Basic Police Academy during the Vietnam War. It became the University of Missouri Police Department in September 1971.

The agency has been accredited by the Commission on Accreditation for Law Enforcement Agencies since 2001.

Reports from the MU Police Department, along with the Columbia Police Department, were featured as part of two 2014 ESPN Outside the Lines investigations that focused on errors in how the university handled sexual assault cases.

The MU Police Department was also at the center of media attention during the 2015-16 University of Missouri protests, which resulted in the resignations of the president of the University of Missouri System and the chancellor of the flagship Columbia campus.

In 2015, former Major Doug Schwandt was promoted to Chief of Police for the University of Missouri System. In 2020, Schwandt retired as Chief, and Major Brian Weimer was promoted as Interim Chief. As of February 2021, the university is still conducting its search process for a new Chief of Police.

Organization

Department units
MUPD operates the following department units:
 Patrol Division
 Investigations
 Emergency Management
 Accreditation
 Purchasing
 Communications
 Records
 Security Services
 Campus Safety Officers
 Property (Evidence/Lost & Found)
 Crime Prevention
 Clery Reporting

Commissioned/sworn positions

MUPD uses the following ranks:

Equipment
The department's vehicle fleet consists of Ford vehicles, mainly the Utility (based on the Ford Explorer). MUPD also has several unmarked, undercover vehicles. MUPD also uses Police bicycles and utility vehicles to patrol the internal workings of the main campus as well as downtown Columbia.

The standard issue sidearm is the Smith & Wesson M&P.

See also
 Boone County Sheriff's Department
 Columbia Police Department

References

External links
 University of Missouri Police Department

University of Missouri
Missouri
School police departments of Missouri
Government of Columbia, Missouri
1954 establishments in Missouri


title: Dating Naked

text:
Dating Naked is an American reality dating game show shown on VH1, which debuted in July 2014. Amy Paffrath served as the host for the first two seasons and was clothed in her appearances. The first season was filmed on an island in Panama. The second season, re-titled Dating Naked: Playing for Keeps and filmed in the Philippines, premiered on July 22, 2015 and concluded on September 16, 2015.

The third season, hosted by Rocsi Diaz and filmed in Bora Bora, premiered on June 29, 2016, and concluded on September 14, 2016. On April 14, 2017, VH1 announced that Dating Naked was canceled after three seasons, though VH1 left open the possibility of a future series reboot. On February 24, 2021, it was announced that the series would be revived by Paramount+.

Summary
The show matched up several contestants who were routinely switched with other contestants. While contestants were nude most of the time, the show does not show contestants' genitals. The first season featured a new pair of contestants in each episode. There was a format change for the remaining seasons, where there were two main contestants, a male and a female, whom new contestants would join each episode to date them, in a format similar to shows such as The Bachelor.

Episodes

Series overview

Season 1 (2014)

Season 2 (2015)

Season 3 (2016)

International versions

Reception
Allison Davis wrote that the show "push[es] the boundaries of courtship and creatively expand[s] the list of activities you can do in the nude," but also criticized the show's pool scenes for being too revealing. Emily Hewett described it as "the most awkward show on television." A more negative review from Time described the show as a typical reality dating show "once you (and the contestants) get used to the nudity gimmick".

Lawsuit
In August 2014, Jessie Nizewitz, a 28 year-old contestant on the third episode of Season 1, which aired on July 31, 2014, filed a lawsuit against series producers Viacom, as well as Firelight Entertainment and Lighthearted Entertainment for $10 million, after they broadcast an uncensored shot of her crotch.

Two months later, Viacom, Firelight Entertainment and Lighthearted Entertainment sought to have the lawsuit dismissed, claiming that Nizewitz was in violation of her contract in filing a lawsuit. Viacom, in its petition for dismissal held that, "Before filming began, she signed not one but three agreements, in which she expressly and repeatedly agreed (no fewer than twelve times) that she would participate and be filmed fully nude: that footage could be exhibited and distributed without restriction; that the producers would have sole discretion in how the footage was edited; that she waived any right to sue over her appearance on the show; and that she would be liable for attorneys fees should she sue in violation of her contract."

In March 2015, the lawsuit was dismissed by a New York Supreme Court judge.

See also
 Adam Zkt. Eva
 Buying Naked
 Naked and Afraid
 Naked Attraction

References

External links

2010s American game shows
2010s American reality television series
2014 American television series debuts
2016 American television series endings
American dating and relationship reality television series
English-language television shows
Nudity in television
VH1 original programming
Erotic television series
Television shows filmed in Panama
Television shows filmed in the Philippines
Television shows filmed in French Polynesia
Paramount+ original programming
American television series revived after cancellation


title: William Talbot (Newfoundland politician)

text:
William Talbot (ca 1792 – April 28, 1873) was a farmer, fisher and politician in Newfoundland. He served in the Newfoundland House of Assembly.

Talbot spent 59 years in Newfoundland and owned a farm in Harbour Grace. He was elected to the assembly for Conception Bay in 1852 and then was elected for Harbour Main in 1855. Around 1859, he retired from politics due to failing eyesight.

His son Thomas Talbot also served in the Newfoundland assembly.

References

Members of the Newfoundland and Labrador House of Assembly
1873 deaths
Year of birth uncertain
Newfoundland Colony people


title: Kendal Williams

text:
Kendal Williams (born September 23, 1995) is an American professional track and field athlete specializing in the sprints. Representing the United States at the 2014 World Junior Championships in Athletics, he earned gold medals in the 100 meters and the  relay, upsetting teammate and favorite Trayvon Bromell in the  who had earlier that year become the first junior to break the 10-second barrier.

Williams attended Stanton College Preparatory School where he won multiple state titles and was a high school All-American. He went to Florida State University on scholarship in 2014 and competed for the Seminoles in 2015, placing second in the Atlantic Coast Conference Championships  with a wind-assisted 9.98 seconds run as a freshman. However he transferred to the University of Georgia after his freshman year, following coach Ken Harnden whose contract had not been renewed by Florida State.

In his senior year at Georgia he clocked a  run, this time with allowable wind, in the Southeastern Conference Championships  to win and set a new personal best. He did not progress out of his heat at the NCAA Division I Championships, but he went on to make the final at the USA Championships, finishing third in his last race representing the Bulldogs. He went on to represent the United States at the inaugural Athletics World Cup, earning a silver medal in the  and a gold medal in the  relay.

Statistics
Information from World Athletics profile.

Personal bests

International championship results

National championship results

NCAA results from Track & Field Results Reporting System.

Seasonal bests

References

External links

Kendal Williams profile at Team USA
 (Georgia)
 (Florida State)
Kendal Williams bio at Georgia Bulldogs
Kendal Williams bio at Florida State Seminoles

1995 births
Living people
Sportspeople from Jacksonville, Florida
Track and field athletes from Florida
African-American male track and field athletes
American male sprinters
Florida State Seminoles men's track and field athletes
Georgia Bulldogs men's track and field athletes
Pan American Games gold medalists for the United States
Pan American Games medalists in athletics (track and field)
Athletes (track and field) at the 2015 Pan American Games
Medalists at the 2015 Pan American Games
21st-century African-American sportspeople


The Merrimack Mill Village Historic District is a historic district in Huntsville, Alabama.  The cotton mill was built in 1900 by the Merrimack Manufacturing Company, reaching a peak of 1,600 employees by 1955.  The mill was sold in 1946, and became known as the Huntsville Manufacturing Company.  It operated until 1989 and was torn down in 1992.  Houses in the adjoining mill village were built between 1900 and 1937, and encompass many mill house styles not commonly seen outside New England.  The district was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2010.

History
In 1898 the Merrimack Manufacturing Company, based in Lowell, Massachusetts, began to look for a location to build a cotton spinning mill in the Southern United States.  Tracy W. Pratt, a Huntsville businessman who owned the West Huntsville Cotton Mill and would later be instrumental in building Lowe Mill, convinced the company to choose a site southwest of Huntsville.  The company broke ground on 1,385 acres (560 ha) near Brahan Spring the following year, and the mill opened in 1900.  The mill produced grey cloth which was finished in Rock Hill, South Carolina.  When it opened, the mill employed about 500–750 people, operating 1,800 looms and 25,000 spindles.  The mill was powered by steam from a coal boiler until it was converted to electricity in 1920.  A village of about 60 houses was built to house the workers.  The village also contained a dry goods store, operated by the W. L. Halsey Company, which also had space for community organization meetings.

Soon after opening, Merrimack announced the construction of a second mill, which would be completed in 1904.  The new mill brought the capacity up to 90,000 spindles and 2,900 looms.  Joseph J. Bradley, Sr., became the mill's agent in 1905; he began improving services for those in the village.  The first hospital opened in one of the village houses in 1913 and was replaced by a larger, dedicated facility in 1916.  The first school also opened in 1913, followed by a four-room schoolhouse in 1914 and a larger brick building in 1919, which was later named in Bradley's honor.  Several new houses were also built in the 1910s.  Buoyed by profits from high production during World War I, the mill expanded in 1920, adding 30,000 square feet (2,800 sq. m.) to Mill No. 1.  The mill store was greatly expanded the same year, incorporating the old frame structure and adding a gymnasium, theater, two community rooms, and other amenities.  Beginning in 1922, the village houses were wired for electricity, and sidewalks and a sanitary sewer system were added.  Further houses were built, bringing the total to 279 by 1925.

During the 1920s and the Great Depression, the company fell into financial trouble.  Merrimack reached 1400 employees in 1925, but just two years later, employment had fallen to 850.  To raise capital, the mill began selling the village houses, first to employees and then to investors, although they continued to build new houses until 1937.  Labor unions also became a presence among the workforce.  From July 17 until September 22, 1934, a strike by the United Textile Workers of America brought violence to Huntsville, as part of a nationwide effort to improve working conditions in textile mills;  another strike at Merrimack and Dallas Mill followed in 1937.  Business rebounded during World War II, but soon after, facing aging equipment and soft prices due to overseas competition, Merrimack sold the mill to M. Lowenstein and Co. of New York City.

At the time of the sale, the mill employed about 800 and had 110,000 spindles and 2,500 looms.  Lowenstein invested $1.7 million in modernizing equipment, and expanded to a 24-hour production day.  Beginning in 1949, 269 more houses were sold to employees.  Two years later, the school was donated to the Madison County School District and Brahan Springs, behind the mill, was donated to the city.  By 1955, the two mill buildings were connected, and the entire mill was air conditioned, bringing the mill to its peak of 1,600 employees, 145,896 spindles, and 3,437 looms.  Lowenstein sold the mill to Springs Industries in 1988, who operated it for one year before closing it completely.  The mills were demolished in 1992, and the land today is used as soccer fields.

Architecture

The mill buildings, completed in 1900 and 1904, were designed by preeminent mill architects Lockwood, Greene & Co.  Mill No. 1 was three stories and Mill No. 2 was five stories, both of brick with arched lintels and stone sills.  Mill No. 1 had the carding, drawing, and picking areas plus a repair shop on the first floor; weaving on the second floor; and spooling, warping, and spinning on the third.

The village is laid out along a grid pattern broken by a Y-shaped street which led to the mill and contained the superintendent's house in the Y.  This design is identical to that of Merrimack's mill village in Massachusetts, platted in 1820.  The houses followed several basic plans: Type A, a one-story, duplex shotgun house; Type B, a rectangular duplex with double central entry doors and a shed roof porch; Type J, a two-story I-house, usually with a shed roof rear addition; Type L, a two-story, cross-gable duplex with side entrances covered by shallow-pitched gable porches; and Type M, a one-story, hipped roof duplex with a shed roofed front porch.  The 96 Type L houses, most of which were constructed in the first wave of construction before 1910, represent the largest collection of the type in the South.

References

Textile mills in Huntsville, Alabama
National Register of Historic Places in Huntsville, Alabama
1900 establishments in Alabama
Historic districts in Huntsville, Alabama
Cotton mills in the United States
Defunct manufacturing companies based in Alabama