title: Edgar Jopson

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Edgardo Gil Mirasol Jopson, more popularly known as Edgar Jopson or Edjop (September 1, 1948 – September 21, 1982), was a Filipino activist and active member of the Communist Party of the Philippines (CPP) during the reign of former President Ferdinand Marcos. Jopson studied in Ateneo de Manila High School, and later proceeded to Ateneo de Manila University where he graduated under the Management Engineering program, garnering Latin Honors. He was active in politics since his years in college, even becoming the president of the National Union of Students of the Philippines (NUSP). He later went underground with the CPP when President Marcos declared Martial Law in 1972. He was killed during a military raid in his house in 1982.

Early life

Edgar Jopson was the second eldest among twelve children whose family lived in Sampaloc, Manila. His father opened the Jopson Supermarket in 1953 while his mother helped in the grocery. In 1955, two years after their business was established, the family moved to Philamlife Homes in Quezon City where they were invited to open a branch in the subdivision. In 1958 the family experienced bankruptcy due to business failures and had to move back to Sampaloc where their first branch was still open. At the time, Edjop and Inday, his older sister, helped out in the store while continuing their schooling.

Personal life
In his sophomore year in college, Jopson met Gloria Maria “Joy” Asuncion, with whom he had a relationship with. They got married on January 26, 1974 in a church in Navotas. It was the fourth anniversary of the start of the First Quarter Storm. It was originally intended to be a small event with minimal guests, however 300 people attended. Jopson and Joy bore their first child, Liberato Labrador Celnan on February 16, 1975.

Jopson closely followed the dictum of simple living espoused by the underground movement ("UG"). Following his arrest in 1979, he and Joy left their children at the care of his parents. Joy gave birth to their third child, Teresa Lorena, on April 12, 1982. She was named after both Teresa Magbanua, a heroine of the Philippine Revolution, and Lorena Barros, a UG martyr who died in a military encounter.

Education
Jopson was named the most outstanding pupil of his class in Telly Zulueta Kindergarten in Malate, Manila in 1954. During the awarding ceremony, he got the chance to deliver a speech. A Jesuit priest who attended the ceremony approached Ed's father to encourage him to enroll at the Ateneo Grade School. The nickname Edjop stuck on him when his geometry teacher failed to pronounce "Jopson" in the Spanish pronunciation, giving it a strong "J" sound instead of "H". In high school, Ed had a rigid studying schedule wherein his routine was fixed every night. His parents accommodated him by having a den built especially for him.

Jopson had developed certain "airs" which made him more arrogant because of his stay at the Ateneo. When he was a junior, he asked his father for a car, citing that his friends had cars, to which his father replied, "We are not like them, and I don't like your attitude." He was ordered to take the bus from then on.

Throughout his high school, life he joined several organizations such as the Math Club and the Debating Society, and was active in religious organizations as well, such as the Ateneo Catechetical Instructors League. Thanks to a Jesuit education that encouraged Ateneans to be "men for others", Ed considered going into the priesthood but realized after a retreat that he does not need to enter the seminary to be able to help people. On the other hand, his father offered an anecdote which better explained his change of heart: after a trip to Mindoro, Ed was impressed by untouched land that he saw and urged his father to buy the land, saying that he would rather be a farmer than a priest, which pleased his father. The family bought the land, and built a farm and vacation home there. Ed eventually became a class valedictorian and in his speech, said, "We will not just dream our goal in life without doing anything about it. We shall develop all our talents and gifts to the fullest, in order to serve you, our neighbor, and our country, to the best of our abilities." However, during a trip to Hong Kong, Ed disclosed to his father that he was not comfortable being class valedictorian because of the added weight it carried on his life.

Jopson pursued a degree in Management Engineering at the Ateneo de Manila University. During his stay, he was noted for garnering high grades in subjects such as History and Theology, whereas he was less impressive in Mathematics and the Natural Sciences. He finished the five-year management engineering program in April 1970 in four years. Because of his performance in high school, and having graduated as valedictorian, he became a likely candidate for the class presidency which he won in 1969. Aside from the student council, he was also active in different organizations and started others, such as the Ateneo History Club and AIESEC-Ateneo.

He would later enter the UP College of Law which he would withdraw from two years after, noting that the legal profession was meant only for the rich.

Student activism

Jopson's political ascent began in college when he was inspired by an article from the Guidon, Ateneo's campus newspaper, in 1968, entitled "Down from the Hill."

Jopson joined various political organizations during his stay. One of those groups was the Laymen's Association for Post Vatican II Reforms (LAPVIIR), a religious group which rallied against graft and corruption. He also ran for the presidency of the National Union of Students of the Philippines (NUSP) in mid-1969, just as Marcos won his second term, a position which became critical because of the impending constitutional convention slated for 1971. In December 1970, he was reelected for a second term.

He was named one of the Ten Outstanding Young Men of 1970 for his "community service through student activism". Though this may be the case, Salanga noted Jopson's lack of real joy from winning the award as he was recognized as the leader of a group divided. He only accepted the award as a strategic political move so as to reorient the NUSP and regain the popularity it once had, which made the radical groups hate him even more.

The First Quarter Storm
During former President Marcos' State of the Nation Address on January 26, 1970, NUSP and other moderate groups organized a demonstration wherein students from different assembly points would converge in front of the Philippine Congress, calling for a non-partisan Constitutional Convention. An hour after the program outside Congress began, radical groups arrived and cut through the group, positioning themselves at the very front of the mass. Things began to get out of hand and, in an attempt to control the crowd and protect the students by ending the program early, Jopson took to the stage to seize the microphones to prevent one of the radical leaders, Gary Olivar, from delivering his speech. The radicals saw this as a hostile attempt of Jopson claiming authority over the groups and lambasted him for it. President Marcos came out of Congress as students were burning an effigy of him; this coincided some students throwing a cardboard coffin and crocodile at him. At this point, Jopson attempted to disperse the 50,000 students in attendance but the metrocoms began attacking everyone on site. The students fought back, throwing bottles and stones at them. Jopson and his peers fled, attempting to aid as many students as they can while going into hiding.

After the events of January 26, Jopson was under fire for implying the violence to not be the fault of NUSP but of the radicals and the police alone, thereby detaching NUSP completely from the radical groups. Ed came to realize this and in an article for the Manila Times on Feb 7, 1970 said that he calls on all youth and student groups to unite as one after the incident which failed to do so.

Aftermath and the Battle of Mendiola
The president agreed to dialogue with the moderate group on January 30. On the date, Jopson was close to leaving when the president arrived almost an hour and a half late. As Ed was voicing out to Marcos the demands of the 26th demonstration along with Portia Ilagan, the then head of the National Student’s League, students began to assemble outside Malacañang. NUSP, NSL, and other moderate groups took their positions in Freedom Park whereas radical groups began mobilizing to Malacañang at around 5 P.M. from a rally they held in front of Congress. Tension grew as rocks were being thrown from the outside, and subsequently, were thrown from the palace to the crowd, leading to the Palace guards attacking those in the rallies. While this was happening, the discussion inside was about to arrive at a resolution for the demand of a non-partisan Constitutional Convention, when Jopson made a last demand wanting assurance that the president will not seek a third term. Marcos replied “I am constitutionally bound to not run for a third term,’ but Ed remained steadfast and demanded the president sign a document pledging to not run for a third term. This irked Marcos to which he answered "Who are you to tell me what to do! You're only a son of a grocer!" Ilagan acted quickly to ease the tension between the two. As the dialogue was to resume, the president was informed of the on-goings outside which abruptly ended the meeting. As the group went out through the front of Malacañang, they saw the ensuing fight and rushed back in the palace to which they were shown the back door to ferry through the river and safely arrive home. The fight continued and got worse, causing much havoc. The fight came to be known as the Battle of Mendiola.

Participation in the Constitutional Convention
At the onset of the Constitutional Convention, NUSP, under Jopson's presidency, joined the Citizens' National Electoral Assembly (CNEA), setting up poll-watching teams and participating in forums regarding the convention.

In 1971, the convention became mired in controversy due to the implications of certain provisions which would allow Marcos a third term, and fraud and violence which laced the campaign. Jopson and the other members of NUSP formed Buklod Kalayaan, Freedom Organization so as to serve as the youth arm of the reformist political movement. Buklod, starting as a youth arm, was to transition into a political party in the future.

Proclamation of martial law
By 1971, NUSP had begun to align more with radical groups, and started echoing, more, the sentiments of National Democratic groups. This was further reinforced by a goodwill tour to China which Jopson and other delegates from NUSP had in 1972. The socialist movement in China fascinated Jopson, furthermore because the delegation was unable to see the brutal upheaval occurring during the Chinese Cultural Revolution. Upon his return from China, he had begun to veer away from reformism and hope from the Constitution Convention, going so far as to say to his fellows in NUSP that perhaps they were wrong in upholding a moderate stance.

On September 21, 1972, several months after his visit to China, Marcos declared Martial Law. On the evening of September 22, his sisters climbed up their roof to serve as lookouts for any possibility of military raids though they knew he was not on the government’s list at the time.

Membership in the Communist Party
Though several career options were presented to Jopson, he chose to work as a low-level clerk in a prominent labor federation (PAFLU) in Tondo. He also turned down several offers from international groups such as the United Nations.

Rigoberto Tiglao, a member of Kabataang Makabayan, one of the radical groups present during the First Quarter Storm, contacted him after hearing news of his participation in PAFLU after leaving NUSP. During a meeting between the two, Jopson disclosed his interest in joining the Communist Party without Tiglao's membership in the party, to which Tiglao responds that he may know someone who can help him. Jopson's application into the party was a complicated one because of his prominence as a leader in the moderate movement. Though he was welcomed by some members, many remained apprehensive because of his stature as an institution of reformism in the country, with others going so far as to say that his application was merely a ploy to infiltrate the party to retrieve information. Tiglao personally handled his application, and after several meetings with Tiglao and other members, he was accepted.

On December 31, 1973, the military raided the Buklod Kalayaan headquarters, capturing several of his colleagues in the groups. This led to him going underground.

The capture of Joma Sison in 1977 led to the disbursement of responsibility over the party to the second-tier leaders, one of which was Ed. His status in the party had been elevated to that of member of the Central Committee which was in charge of the party’s contingent in Manila and Rizal. Over an infraction of the Manila and Rizal UG organization of the orders from the national party leadership, Filemon Lagman was relieved of his position as the head of Manila, and his position was passed on to Ed. Though Ed assumed the position, members were unwilling to cooperate with him as he was on Lagman’s side in not following the orders of the national leadership, yet did not take his side when he was relieved from office.

In January 1979, the party convened in Nueva Ecija to discuss issues on party leadership, specifically of the Manila contingent as Lagman and allies still contested Ed’s appointment. The meetings lasted over a month until February when it was decided that Lagman would be reassigned to a countryside unit.

Military arrest
On June 13, 1979, Jopson was captured at his house in Las Pinas. He was brought to Camp Crame and tortured together with his comrades who were in the house the night it was raided by the military. Throughout his arrest, he would ask money from his father, who would visit often, to bribe several agents so as to get their favor.

He bargained with Rodolfo Aguinaldo, a rebel-hunter for Marcos, to be an informant of the UG and to dismantle the movement from within. Aguinaldo was an intelligence officer competing with other members of the military, including the guards assigned to watch and interrogate Jopson. Aguinaldo saw him as a way to get more information on other UG groups so as to ensure himself bigger payoffs. On June 24, Jopson was brought to Aguinaldo's safe house, which was near his house. Since he was familiar with the area, he was able to maneuver past the guards and escape from Aguinaldo and his men, after which he went into hiding for a few weeks. Some time in early July, Jopson fled to Samal with Isagani Serrano.

In Samal, Jopson hid as Gusting and lived among the farmers. Two months later, he left for Pampanga to attend a meeting with Party leaders regarding his next assignment.

Return to the UG
On November 1979, Jopson left for Mindanao where he was assigned to study life on the island so as to better understand how the UG can operate more efficiently on the island after failing to do so years prior. What came out of it was a 200-page document that chronicled every possible facet of life in Mindanao from its terrain to its history, even including companies and kingpins that dominated the island.

Jopson returned to Luzon in July 1980 to attend the 8th plenum of the Party’s Central Committee in Bicol, which lasted three months. They discussed the plans of the UG now that they have gotten stronger across the country eight years after the proclamation of Martial Law. Afterwards Jopson returned to Mindanao together with his cadres. This time, he lived with the guerrillas and participated in their training. The arrangements underscored Jopson’s distinct placement in the Mindanao Party leadership as he was the only one with no military background.

Jopson returned to Manila in June 1981, but decided to come back soon after by November because of a raid in Mindanao that killed Magtanggol Roque and led to the capture of Benjamin de Vera, two top party leaders. Ed decided to extend his stay in Mindanao a few weeks past his arranged departure (in December) to aid a cadre with personal problems she was facing.

Death

In the afternoon of September 19, Ed held a meeting along with Rey Gonzales and Pagging Santos-Gonzales in their UG house. Afterwards Ed left with Teddy, his bodyguard, to visit Dr. Gil Evora, a colleague of his, in another village. During the meeting, Major Nelson Estares and his men, under orders of the military government, were waiting in Ed’s village. Ed and Teddy left Evora’s house a little past 9 pm. Estares mobilized his team as soon as they spotted Ed and Teddy’s motorcycle enter the UG house. Estares, wanting Ed alive, commanded part of his team to barge in through the front and the other to position themselves at a lot near the back of their compound so as to leave Ed and the other cadres no chance of escape.
As the first team was moving in, one of the soldiers climbing the fence got stuck, his gun hitting the fence noisily. Ed quickly looked out and saw men with white headbands on and started shouting that the soldiers were here. He ran to the backdoor with the other cadres - they were to climb a wall at the back of the compound where there was an empty lot on the other side. Teddy climbed the wall first and was quick to jump to the other side. Ed climbed the wall after him but hesitated as he reached the top, not jumping immediately after reaching it. He was shot as he was on top of the wall.

Legacy

Jopson's name is included among those listed on the memorial wall of the Bantayog ng mga Bayani, a museum dedicated to commemorating the Martial Law Martyrs.

His story was featured in Living and Dying: In Memory of 11 Ateneo de Manila Martial Law Activists (2007) and Six Young Filipino Martyrs (1997). In 1989, a full-length biography of Edjop was written by Benjamin Pimentel Jr. titled Edjop: The Unusual Journey of Edgar Jopson. It includes details about Edjop's personal life, background, and journey through activism. It was published internationally in 1991 as Rebolusyon!: A Generation of Struggle in the Philippines. It was updated by Pimentel in 2006, retitled U.G.: An Underground Tale: The Journey of Edgar Jopson and the First Quarter Storm Generation, and again in 2019 with a new subtitle The Life and Struggle of Edgar Jopson.

References

1948 births
1982 deaths
Filipino activists
Filipino communists
People from Sampaloc, Manila
Ateneo de Manila University alumni
Deaths by firearm in the Philippines
Marcos martial law victims
Individuals honored at the Bantayog ng mga Bayani
Ateneans honored at the Bantayog ng mga Bayani


title: Thermally modified wood

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Thermally modified wood is wood that has been modified by a controlled pyrolysis process of wood being heated  in absence of oxygen inducing some chemical changes to the chemical structures of cell wall components (lignin, cellulose and hemicellulose) in the wood in order to increase its durability. Low oxygen content prevents the wood from burning at these high temperatures. Several different technologies are introduced using different media including nitrogen gas, steam and hot oil.

Modification processes
The first technological approach of thermal modification processes of wood is the paper of Burmester.

There are five different thermal modification processes: Thermowood (or Premium wood) in Finland, Retification process (Retiwood, New Option Wood) and Les Bois Perdure in France, Plato process in Netherlands, Oil-heat treatment in Germany (OHT-Process), Westwood Process and the AlphaInterloc processes are proprietary process technologies in USA.

Description of the process

Three of the processes are performed in one step, using oil (oil-heat treatment), nitrogen (Reti wood) and steam (Le-Bois Perdure). The Thermo wood process consists of drying, heat treatment and finally cooling/conditioning, and takes up to 72 hours. The Plato process consists of hydrothermolysis, dry curing and conditioning, and can take up to 7 days. The required time depends on wood species, width and initial moisture content.

Westwood Process
Westwood is the most advanced modern thermo-modification process, patented in 2004. The process has initially developed for treatment hardwoods, which are more complicated compared to softwoods due to thermo-chemical reactions appeared in hardwoods during thermo-treatment. The fully automated Westwood control system allows to manage thermo-treatment of any hardwoods and softwood species.

AlphaInterloc Process
AlphaInterloc process is an advanced thermo-chemical, Exothermic reaction proprietary process pending and Copyright 2022.  This process uses specialized thermo-mechanical process. The AlphaInterloc process is entirely green technology.

Retification
Retification refers to the French word rétification, which is the portmanteau of réticulation (creation of chemical bonds between polymeric chains) and torréfaction (roasting). Wood in this process must have a moisture content at 12% or lower which can be attained through simple drying processes. The wood is then placed in a high nitrogen atmosphere with no more than 2% oxygen content. The Perdure Process is relatively similar to retification but holds the wood at a lower temperature.

ThermoWood
This process is similar to the Les Bois Perdure treatment in that it uses a steam environment at atmospheric pressure to treat the wood. However, this process can also be used on "green" wood and was the most widely used commercial process as of 2004.

Genuine industrial scale ThermoWood process was developed in Finland in 1990's. The process was patented. ThermoWood is a registered trademark owned by the International ThermoWood Association. The legal right to use the ThermoWood trademark is held by the permanent members] of the association. A new ThermoWood Handbook was published in May 2023.

Characteristics of thermally modified wood
The main advantage is that softwood can be used for applications that require high durability, which might be seen as environmentally friendly. Durability class 1–3, according to European Standard EN 350-2, can be obtained out of non durable (class 5) softwood species.

The main disadvantage is that the strength is decreased as a result of the high temperatures. In general the bending strength is reduced up to 30%  with more reduction at higher temperatures.

The biological resistance against some (not all) micro-organisms and insects is improved. However, due to breakdown of volatile organic compounds (VOC) the antimicrobial properties of wood may also decrease.  Shrinking and swelling is reduced up to 50–90%. The treated wood is somewhat darkened in colour.

As a principle the heat treatment process can be done on all wood species.

Maturity of the technology

Thermally modified wood is not just an academic topic these days. Thermal wood treatment has already been penetrating the market for a number of years. There is also some industrial input in the research and development. The Natural Resources Research Institute at the University of Minnesota Duluth has a pilot-scale kiln to research the effectiveness of thermal modification on underutilized Minnesota tree species to expand the wood markets.

In the guitar-making industry, this process is called "Thermo Curing", "Baked" and "Roasted", among other names. Some guitar manufacturers have begun using acoustic sound boards and electric guitar fretboards that are thermally cured in order to help prevent the typical warping and cracking that often occurs from seasonal humidity swings. As a secondary benefit, acoustic guitars tend to sound like well-broken-in aged instruments much sooner than do non-thermally modified guitars. See more under Tonewood: Preparation.

Main companies in the industry

In the USA the biggest thermo-modification producer is Westwood, which was the first to start thermo-treatment production in USA in 2007. In Europe thermally modified wood production on a commercial scale has been concentrated largely in Estonia.  Estonia is geographically close to the major Finnish producers of thermo-kilns, while labor and overhead costs are lower than in Finland or the Scandinavian countries.  Three major Estonian producers of thermally modified wood emerged in the late 1990s: Brenstol OU, Tre-Timber OU and Ha-Serv.  All 3 companies focused on providing sauna materials for the Finnish market and interior flooring—Brenstol specializing in hardwoods and Tre-Timber specializing in softwoods.  In the early 2000s, Brenstol purchased Tre-Timber, becoming the largest producer of thermally modified wood.

At about that time, the market for thermally modified wood expanded dramatically from its traditional application in sauna materials, to include exterior products, such as decking (terrace) and cladding (siding).  While Ha-Serv continued to focus primarily on the Finnish sauna market, Brenstol established the Thermory brand and begin to export across Europe and to Japan and Thermory has become the most widely-recognized brand of thermally modified wood in these regions. The market for thermally modified exterior products increased very rapidly as European consumers increasingly looked for alternatives to tropical woods from Asia, Africa and South America.  A Turkish producer, Nova Wood, also started producing of thermally modified wood and became a minor player in European markets.

In 2012, Brenstol established an affiliate in the U.S., Thermory USA and began to expand aggressively in markets around the world.  The Thermory brand has become well-established in the U.S. and Canada, and has been shipped to over 55 countries around the world. In 2016, Thermory’s revenue was 29 mln euros, with 1.8 mln euros in profit.

Small, local producers continue to emerge in each region, but there are high barriers to entry into the thermally modified wood market—particularly for thermally modified hardwoods.  The proper thermal modification equipment is extremely expensive.  In addition, because the technology is not well known, there is little public information available about drying schedules, and many new producers of thermally modified woods experience a large % of drying defects, discoloration, brittleness, equipment malfunctions (including fires) and an inability to obtain the high durability ratings that more established producers, like Brenstol (Thermory), have achieved. In 2018, Thermory purchased Ha-Serv, becoming the market leader in the thermally modified wood segment.

The latest research of thermo modification process showed that the coloration of wood during thermo-treatment is not necessary leading to its durability and stability: the reactions which are responsible for changing color during modification are different than reactions which are responsible for durability. Not all brown wood should be considered really thermo-modified. To the time Westwood is the only technology implemented these changes in the thermo-modification process to produce really durable and stabile thermo-modified wood in the industry.

Ongoing research
There is ongoing research to optimize the industrial processes and the various parameters to produce it and to develop the applications for this wood. There is also research in order to find new wood heat treatment processes, even trying to combine different wood modification processes.

AlphaInterloc is a company that is doing current process engineering and equipment design in USA North America.

Finally, research is ongoing in an effort to clarify the chemical changes undergone by wood during the thermal treatment process.

See also
  - another process for improving the durability of hardwoods, using chemical rather than thermal means

References

Engineered wood


title: Acala Chʼol

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The Acala Chʼol were a former Chʼol-speaking Maya people who occupied a territory to the west of the Manche Chʼol and east of the Chixoy River in what is now the Alta Verapaz Department of Guatemala. The Acala should not be confused with the people of the former Maya territory of Acalan, near the Laguna de Terminos in Mexico.

By the 17th century the Acala had two principal towns; Cagbalam had 300 multiple-family houses and Culhuacan had over 140. The towns were divided into four sections, each governed by their own ruler. The combined population of these two towns has been estimated at 7,000. The Acala were allies of the Lakandon Chʼol, their immediate neighbours to the west, and the two peoples sometimes cooperated militarily.  The Acala are known to have cultivated cacao and achiote.

In 1555 the Spanish carried out a military expedition against the Acala in retaliation for their killing of Dominican friar Domingo de Vico and his companion Andrés López. The Spanish and their Christianised Qʼeqchiʼ Maya allies captured 260 Acalas, and hanged 80 of these; the rest were sold as slaves. Many Acala were rounded up by the Qʼeqchʼi and forcibly moved to settle the San Marcos and San Juan Acala districts of Cobán, capital of colonial Verapaz. Acala from the Chama region were settled in the San Marcos district; the San Juan Acala district received the former inhabitants of the Chisec region. By 1720 the Acala had been completely extinguished, such that there was not even memory of them. Some of the Lakandon and Acala Chʼols fled their forcible resettlement in Cobán and returned to former Acala territory along the course of the Xoy River, where they became known as the Ah Xoy.

Notes

References

Maya peoples
History of Guatemala
Former indigenous peoples in Guatemala
Alta Verapaz Department
Maya Contact Period


title: Heritage Hills

text:
Heritage Hills may refer to the following places:

 Heritage Hills, Colorado in Douglas County, Colorado, United States
 Heritage Hills, New York in Westchester County, New York, United States
 Heritage Hills, Alberta in Strathcona County, Alberta, Canada
 Heritage Hills, Oklahoma City, a neighborhood of Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, United States
 Heritage Hills High School in Lincoln City, Indiana, United States

See also
Heritage Hill Historic District (disambiguation)


title: Swedish Super League

text:
Swedish Super League or Svenska Superligan (SSL) may refer to

Swedish Super League (men's floorball)
Swedish Super League (women's floorball)

See also
Sweden Super League, a rugby league competition


title: John Drury (Canon of Windsor)

text:
John Drury (Drewery, alias Salisbury) (d. 1446) was a Canon of Windsor from 1442–1446.

Career

He was appointed:
Vicar of Northall, Middlesex 1386
Rector of Stanford Rivers and Dengy, Essex
Rector of Bishops Stortford, Hertfordshire
Rector of Kilmersdon
Precentor of St Paul's Cathedral 1397 - 1442
Prebendary of Neasden in St Paul's  1400 - 1442
Prebendary of Exeter

He was appointed to the twelfth stall in St George's Chapel, Windsor Castle in 1442, and held the stall until 1446.

Notes

1446 deaths
Canons of Windsor
Year of birth missing


title: Zachary Mainen

text:
Zachary F. Mainen (born 20 February 1969, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America) is an American neuroscientist whose research focuses on the brain mechanisms of decision-making.

Zachary Mainen moved to Lisbon, Portugal in 2007 and has been the Director of the Champalimaud Neuroscience Programme (CNP) at the Champalimaud Centre for the Unknown in Lisbon, Portugal, since 2009. He is also leader of the Systems Neuroscience Lab and is the founding director of the International Doctoral Neuroscience Programme (INDP).

Biography

Zachary Mainen studied psychology and philosophy at Yale University, received his doctorate in Neuroscience from the University of California, San Diego, and held a faculty position at Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory, New York, before moving to Lisbon to found the Champalimaud Neuroscience Programme.

His work has been recognized by the Advanced Investigator Grant of the European Research Council and the election to the European Molecular Biology Organization.

Mainen’s research explores brain function, especially decision-making, using theory-driven experimental approaches. His laboratory helped to pioneer the use of quantitative behavioral paradigms in rodents and combines those approaches with electrophysiological, optical and genetic techniques to study neural representation and computation. He has a long-standing interest in the issue of how noise and uncertainty impact neural systems and behavior and our understanding of these processes. His lab is currently exploring these questions in the context of odor-guided perceptual decisions and learning, the timing and selection of simple actions, and the role of the neuromodulator serotonin in behavior and cortical function. This work touches on philosophical issues surrounding causality, free will, knowledge and belief.

He is a member of the Editorial Board for Current Biology.

References

Zachary F Mainen citations at Google Scholar

[1] Champalimaud Neuroscience Programme website

American neuroscientists
Living people
1969 births
People from Bethesda, Maryland
Yale University alumni
University of California, San Diego alumni


title: 150th New York Infantry Regiment

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The 150th New York Infantry Regiment was an infantry regiment in the Union Army during the American Civil War. It was mustered in October 10, 1862, and mustered out June 8, 1865.

Recruiting areas
A Company: Poughkeepsie, Amenia, Washington, and Pleasant Valley
B Company: Poughkeepsie
C Company: Clinton, Stanford, Pleasant Valley, Poughkeepsie, and Washington
D Company: Hyde Park, Pine Plains, North East, Poughkeepsie, and Rhinebeck
E Company: Dover, Pawling, and Poughkeepsie
F Company: Poughkeepsie, Rhinebeck, Red Hook, and Milan
G Company: Poughkeepsie, Beekman, Union Vale, and Fishkill
H Company: Poughkeepsie, Hyde Park, and Clinton
I Company: Poughkeepsie, Stanford, LaGrange, Amenia, and Union Vale
K Company: Rhinebeck, Poughkeepsie, and Fishkill

Field officers
Colonels: John H. Ketcham, Alfred B. Smith
Lieutenant Colonels: Charles G. Bartlett, Alfred B. Smith, Joseph H. Cogswell
Majors: Alfred B. Smith, Joseph H. Cogswell, Henry A. Gildersleeve

Battle record
Gettysburg Campaign
Atlanta Campaign
Battle of Resaca
Battle of Adairsville
Battle of Dallas
Battle of Kennesaw Mountain
Battle of Peachtree Creek
Siege of Atlanta
March to the sea
Carolinas Campaign
Battle of Averasboro
Battle of Bentonville

Casualties
The regiment sustained 41 officers and men killed and mortally wounded, 116 wounded but recovered, and 40 missing or captured, for a total of 207 casualties.

References

Infantry 150
Military units and formations established in 1862
Military units and formations disestablished in 1865
1862 establishments in New York (state)


title: Acala (disambiguation)

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Acala is a guardian deity primarily revered in Vajrayana Buddhism in Japan, China and elsewhere.

Acala may also refer to:

Acalā, the eighth bhūmi, the eighth of the ten completion stages of the Bodhisattva path in Buddhism
Acala Ch'ol, a former Ch'ol Maya territory of Guatemala
Acala, Texas, a ghost town in Texas, US
Acala, Chiapas, a town in Mexico
Acala Municipality, Mexico

See also
Acalan, a Chontal Maya region in what is now southern Campeche, Mexico


title: Black swift

text:
Black swift may refer to several species of birds, including:

 African black swift, found in sub-Saharan Africa
 American black swift, found in North America

See also
 Malagasy black swift

Birds by common name


title: Alethopteridaceae

text:
The Alethopteridaceae are a family of extinct plants belonging to Pteridospermatophyta, or seed ferns.

References

Pteridospermatophyta
Carboniferous plants
Permian plants
Prehistoric plant families
Carboniferous first appearances
Permian extinctions


title: No. 2 Elementary Flying Training School RAAF

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No. 2 Elementary Flying Training School (No. 2 EFTS) was a Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) pilot training unit that operated during World War II. It was one of twelve elementary flying training schools employed by the RAAF to provide introductory flight instruction to new pilots as part of Australia's contribution to the Empire Air Training Scheme. No. 2 EFTS was established in November 1939 as No. 3 Flying Training School at Archerfield, Queensland, and partially utilised aircraft and facilities of the civilian air training organisations based there. The school was renamed No. 2 EFTS in January 1940. It was disbanded in March 1942, and its operations transferred to No. 5 Elementary Flying School at Narromine, New South Wales, and No. 11 Elementary Flying School at Benalla, Victoria.

History
Flying instruction in the Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) underwent major changes following the outbreak of World War II, in response to a vast increase in the number of aircrew volunteers and the commencement of Australia's participation in the Empire Air Training Scheme (EATS). The Air Force's pre-war pilot training facility, No. 1 Flying Training School at RAAF Station Point Cook, Victoria, was supplanted in 1940–41 by twelve elementary flying training schools (EFTS) and eight service flying training schools (SFTS). The EFTS provided a twelve-week introductory flying course to personnel who had graduated from one of the RAAF's initial training schools. Flying training was undertaken in two stages: the first involved four weeks of instruction (including ten hours of flying) to determine trainees' suitability to become pilots. Those that passed this grading process then received a further eight weeks of training (including sixty-five hours of flying) at the EFTS. Pilots who successfully completed this course were posted to an SFTS in either Australia or Canada for the next stage of their instruction as military aviators.

No. 2 Elementary Flying Training School was formed as No. 3 Flying Training School at Archerfield, Queensland, on 6 November 1939. Its inaugural commanding officer was Flight Lieutenant T.C. Curnow. Archerfield was home to private aviation clubs and schools including the Queensland Aero Club and Airwork Ltd, and it was the airfield's position as the hub of civilian flight instruction in the state that led to it becoming the base for the second flying school the RAAF raised during World War II. The same principle was followed in establishing No. 2 Flying Training School (later renamed No. 1 Elementary Flying Training School) at Parafield, South Australia, No. 3 Elementary Flying Training School at Essendon, Victoria, and No. 4 Elementary Flying Training School at Mascot, New South Wales.

No. 3 Flying Training School was renamed No. 2 Elementary Flying Training School on 2 January 1940. Its first fifteen de Havilland Tiger Moth training aircraft were delivered three days later. These were augmented by privately owned Tiger Moths and Gipsy Moths pressed into military service. The first training course, lasting eight weeks, began on 10 January; twenty-one students graduated. By the end of the month, the school's strength included 105 officers and men, one civilian instructor, and twenty-six students. The unit log book reported the lack of a telephone system, kitchen facilities, beds, desks, hot water, blackboards, typewriters, flags, maps, charts, and "clothing other than stockings". A second civilian instructor, from the Queensland Aero Club, joined the school on 12 February 1940. Later that month, No. 2 EFTS was assigned to the control of the proposed Northern Area Command, which was eventually formed in May 1941. In the interim, all units in Queensland came under the control of Central Area Command, headquartered in Sydney.

The school's inaugural EATS course consisted of thirty-one students, who arrived at Archerfield on 29 April 1940; twenty-four of the students graduated. The second EATS course commenced on 27 June; eighteen of the twenty-four students graduated. As of 15 July, responsibility for all aircraft maintenance at the school was assigned to the Queensland Aero Club. Squadron Leader Roy Phillipps, a fighter ace with the Australian Flying Corps in World War I, assumed command of No. 2 EFTS on 20 October 1940. Phillipps died on 21 May 1941, when a private plane in which he was a passenger crashed after taking off from Archerfield. Operations at No. 2 EFTS were increased twofold in August 1941; by 30 September its strength included 202 officers and men, 1 civilian, and 91 trainees. Cross-country exercises could take students as far as Dalby and Coolangatta. Training accidents at the school were frequent, particularly from heavy landings, but did not result in any fatalities.

EATS training was put on hold in January 1942, following the outbreak of war in the Pacific, but resumed the next month. Owing to urgent requirements to house other RAAF units and elements of the United States Army Forces in Australia (USAFIA), No. 2 EFTS was disbanded on 31 March 1942, and its operations transferred to No. 5 Elementary Flying School at Narromine, New South Wales, and No. 11 Elementary Flying School at Benalla, Victoria. By the time it closed, No. 2 EFTS had trained 806 EATS students, 610 of whom had gone on to SFTSs.

References
Notes

Works consulted

Military units and formations disestablished in 1942
Military units and formations established in 1939
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Queensland in World War II


title: John Bury (priest)

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John Bury (fl. 1430s – 1470s) was a Canon of Windsor from 1446 to 1472.

Career

He was appointed:
Rector of Cottesmore, Rutland until 1440
Vicar of St Giles-without-Cripplegate 1440
Precentor of St George's Chapel, Windsor Castle 1449–1450

He was appointed to the twelfth stall in St George's Chapel, Windsor Castle in 1446, and held the stall until 1472.

See also
Catholic Church in England

Notes

15th-century English Roman Catholic priests
Canons of Windsor
15th-century English clergy


title: Athletics at the 1998 Commonwealth Games – Men's 400 metres

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The men's 400 metres event at the 1998 Commonwealth Games was held 16–18 September on National Stadium, Bukit Jalil.

Medalists

Results

Heats
Qualification: First 4 of each heat (Q) and the next 8 fastest (q) qualified for the quarterfinals.

Quarterfinals
Qualification: First 4 of each heat qualified directly (Q) for the semifinals.

Semifinals
Qualification: First 4 of each heat qualified directly (Q) for the final.

Final

References

Athletics at the 1998 Commonwealth Games
1998


The Latvian National Time Trial Championships is a time trial race that takes place inside the Latvian National Cycling Championship, and decides the best cyclist in this type of race.

Multiple winners

Men

Women

Men

Elite

U23

Women

Elite

References

External links
Past winners on cyclingarchives.com

National road cycling championships
Cycle races in Latvia


title: Latvian National Road Race Championships

text:
The Latvian National Road Race Championship is a road bicycle race that takes place inside the Latvian National Cycling Championship, and decides the best cyclist in this type of race.

Multiple winners

Men

Elite

U23

References

External links
Past winners on cyclingarchives.com

National road cycling championships
Cycle races in Latvia


title: Jeff Dexter

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Jeff Dexter (born Jeffrey Dexter Bedwell, 15 August 1946) is a British disc jockey (DJ), club promoter, record producer and former dancer, who rose to prominence in the mid-1960s as the resident DJ at the influential London club Middle Earth. He is closely associated with the Mod scene and popularising The Twist in England.

Early life
Dexter was born 15 August 1946 in Lambeth Hospital, and his upbringing was in Newington Butts, close to Elephant & Castle, moving to Camberwell Road when he was ten years old.

Dexter has said that the first record he ever bought was a 78 of Sixteen Tons by Tennessee Ernie Ford in 1955 or 56, which he had to visit friends to play as his family didn't have a gramophone.

Dexter has been interested in clothing and style from a young age, influenced by his mother and brother, and as a boy joined the Sea Scouts and the Boys' Brigade so that he could wear the uniform. He did dressmaking and tailoring which made him popular with girls which he enjoyed. Often he was the only boy at some of the places where he mixed.

The Lyceum
When he was fourteen, some of the girls that Dexter knew asked him to go to the Lyceum, but Dexter later recalled: "I was 4’ 8 1/2” at the time, and probably looked about 11. How could I [have] got to the Lyceum? I had all the clothes; I had every piece of equipment to look like I was a grown up, but I had this tiny little face and tiny little frame." Finally, he managed to become a member in August 1961, aged 14, by saying that he was 16. It was there that he first met the DJ Ian Samwell, and they soon became firm friends.

In 1959, Dexter became friends with a 12-year-old Mark Feld, who later became known as Marc Bolan and they used to visit the Lyceum together. Both had trouble gaining admission due to being small for their age, which they made up for with plenty of "front" and nice clothes. Neither could afford to buy expensive suits, so they would visit the children's department of high street shops like Woolworths and C&A and adapt the clothes themselves with help from friends.

The Twist
In September 1961 Dexter was banned from The Lyceum for dancing the Twist, which had just arrived in England. According to Dexter, the management thought the dance obscene. Two weeks later he managed to get back in by promising not to do the dance, but two weeks later, ironically, the Twist was then demonstrated by the Arthur Murray School of Dancing at The Lyceum. Dexter's dancing was filmed and included in the Pathé newsreels shown in cinemas. As a result, he was hired by the Lyceum as a dancer aged fifteen, even though under sixteens were officially blocked from admission to the club. He dropped his tailoring and music studies to take the job and later said: "The thought of being paid to dance with women was just phenomenal!"

Dexter has commented on the number of French-run clubs in London in the early 1960s, such as La Discothèque and La Poubelle, which may have been London's first discothèque. He recalls that the French became obsessed with The Twist and the dance even became known as the French Twist. In early 1962, Dexter made a record, written by Ian Samwell, called "Let Me Teach You How To Dance" and "Twistin’ Like The French Kids Do!"

DJing
Dexter was the resident DJ at the Middle Earth club in Covent Garden, along with John Peel. This was a bigger club than the UFO in Tottenham Court Road where Dexter was also the resident DJ. Dexter also DJ'd at the 1971 Glastonbury Fair, a precursor to the current Glastonbury Festival.

Career in the music industry
In 1970, he became the manager of America, the American folk rock band formed in London earlier that year, consisting of Gerry Beckley, Dewey Bunnell, and Dan Peek. He also co-produced their first album, America and got them their first gig. They went on to have number one hits in 1972 including "A Horse with No Name".

References

External links

Paul Gorman - Blokes of Britain:Jeff Dexter

1946 births
British DJs
Living people
People from Elephant and Castle


title: Raghuji III of Nagpur

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Raghuji III (1806 or 1808 – 11 December 1853) or Raghuji, was the Maratha ruler of the Principal States of Nagpur in Central India from 1818 to 1853.

Life

Succession
When Appa Sahib was arrested, the Resident Richard Jenkins decided to adopt Bajiba, the son of Banubai, as the successor to the Bhonsle gadi. Banubai was the daughter of Raghuji II. The adoption ceremony was performed on 26 June 1818 and Bajiba was renamed Raghuji III.

He was then only ten years old. It was the Resident who took the entire administration into his own hands during the minority of Raghuji III. Bakabai, the widow of Raghoji II Bhonsle was to look after the palace affairs. Her ambition to rule may be said to have been fulfilled at least partly. Prior to his retirement the Resident held a grand darbar and read out the terms of the treaty with Raghuji III on 1 Dec 1826. It was ratified by the Governor General on 13 Dec 1826.

Culture and pilgrimage
Jenkins took care to educate Raghuji III. Raghuji was introduced to the 'Three R.'s' and had working knowledge of Persian and Marathi though he had no inclination for learning. In the early part of his royal career Raghuji took keen interest in administrative matters but later neglected them.

He loved music and dancing and later indulged in gambling to the neglect of his duties. He was addicted to drinking and during his last illness he drank desperately. Apart from these personal vices Raghuji was on the whole a just and good administrator, being popular among his subjects.

In 1838, Raghuji had been to Kasi, Gaya and other holy places on a pilgrimage. He was accompanied by Captain Fitzgerald with his Madras contingent.

Death
Raghuji was not blessed by progeny though he had in all eight wives. He had one son who died in infancy after whom he probably did not get any issue. He does not seem to have cared for his successor. He probably considered his being without a son as a blemish and left the question of succession to its own fate.

This, however, proved to be detrimental to the Bhonsle House as is borne by facts. Raghuji was not on good terms with Resident Mansel. This might have adversely affected the succession question.

Raghuji died at the age of 47 after a long illness of 25 days on 11 December 1853. His obsequies were performed by his nephew Nana Ahirarav and it was decided to adopt his son Yasavantrav as the next successor.

References

 Hunter, William Wilson, Sir, et al. (1908). Imperial Gazetteer of India, Volume 17. 1908–1931; Clarendon Press, Oxford.

People from the Maratha Empire
1806 births
1853 deaths
Maharajas of Nagpur
19th-century Indian royalty


title: Football in Thrissur

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Football is by far the most popular sport in Thrissur. The city and district has contributed numerable players, clubs, coaches, tournaments and stadiums to Indian football.

Players
Jo Paul Ancheri, former Indian football team Captain and the AIFF Player of the Year is from Thrissur. Ancheri has played for many leading football clubs including Mohun Bagan, JCT FC, FC Kochin and East Bengal F.C. He is a versatile player who can play in any position including defender, defensive midfielder, midfielder, and striker.
I. M. Vijayan is a former professional football player known as Karutha Muthu (Black Pearl). Vijayan was crowned Indian Player of the Year in 1993, 1997 and 1999. He scored one of the fastest ever international goals in a match against Bhutan in the 1999 SAF Games, when he managed to do the same in 12 seconds.
Victor Manjila is a former Indian International football goalkeeper from Thrissur. He represented Kerala, as the goalkeeper, in the Santosh Trophy in 1971, 1973, 1974, 1975, 1976, and 1979. Manjila was the captain of the Kerala team that played in 1975 Santosh Trophy. He represented India in the 1976 and 1977 President's Cup at South Korea and Kings Cup at Bangkok.
C. V. Pappachan has represented Kerala in the Santosh Trophy tournament eight times. He was instrumental in Kerala Police winning two Federation Cups.
Rino Anto (born 3 January 1988) is an Indian professional footballer who plays as a right back for Kerala Blasters and has played for many leading football clubs including Mohun Bagan, Salgaocar F.C., Bengaluru FC and Atletico de Kolkata. He represented India in the 2015–2016.
Rahul Kannoly Praveen commonly known as Rahul K P is an Indian professional footballer who plays as a winger or forward for Kerala Blasters in the Indian Super League. He has been representing India national football team at various youth levels including the FIFA U-17 World Cup 2017.

Football clubs

 R B Ferguson Club, the first and the oldest football club in Kerala state, was established in 20 February 1899 in Ollur, Thrissur. The club was named after the Kochi Police Superintendent, R B Ferguson. Later club renamed as Young Men's Football Club Ollur.
 In 1947, the second oldest club in Thrissur, Aurora Club, Ollur was formed by the football loving fans of Ollur.
 Thrissur Gymkhana, an upcoming football club from Thrissur, has won many tournaments across Kerala.

 F.C. Kerala, a new football team based in Thrissur is in the I-League.
 FC Thrissur , a new football team based in Thrissur, Thrissur Municipal Corporation Stadium as Home Stadium
 Red Star FC, another club promoted by team of entrepreneurs from Thrissur is also blossoming. It is headed by Jo Paul Ancheri.

 Parappur FC, a football club having coaching programs for children at Parappur in Thrissur district. It is supported by South Indian Bank.

Tournaments
The first football tournament in central Kerala was kicked off in 1925 by the Kochi Athletic Association. The tournament was held in Palace Ground now known as Thrissur Municipal Corporation Stadium. Rama Varma XV, Maharaja of Cochin has contributed 100 Tola of silver cup for the tournament. The first winner was Church Mission Society High School Union, Thrissur.  The tournament was winded up in 1930 when the first FIFA World Cup was started.N.I. David Memorial Trophy, once dubbed as the football World Cup of Thrissur was started in 1996 by the then Superintendent of Police, Thrissur, in memory of N. I. David IPS who died in harness in the office of the Commandant, KAP 1st Battalion, Thrissur. The tournament had to be stopped temporarily in 2005 but later restarted in 2010.

Coaches
T.K. Chathunni, also known as the travelling coach was a coach for National Football League (India) from 1997-1998. Hailing from Thrissur, he has coached most of football clubs in India like Dempo S.C., Salgaocar F.C., Mohun Bagan A.C., Churchill Brothers S.C., Chirag United Club Kerala and Josco FC.
Victor Manjila, another football gem from Thrissur, is a successful former coach of Kerala football team that won 1993 Santosh Trophy.
M. Peethambaran, former Kerala Santosh Trophy coach is also from Thrissur.

See also
Football in Kerala

References

Football in Kerala


title: 2014–15 EuroChallenge Group B

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Group B of the 2014–15 EuroChallenge consisted of EGIS Körmend, CS Energia Târgu Jiu, Tartu University Rock, and Lukoil Academic. Play began on 4 November and ended on 16 December 2014.

Teams

Standings

Statistical leaders

References

Group B
2014–15 in Estonian basketball
2014–15 in Romanian basketball
2014–15 in Bulgarian basketball
2014–15 in Hungarian basketball


title: 1998 WNBA Playoffs

text:
The 1998 WNBA Playoffs was the postseason for the Women's National Basketball Association's 1998 season which ended with the   Houston Comets beating the Phoenix Mercury, 2-1. Cynthia Cooper was named the MVP of the Finals. The Comets repeated as champions.

Road to the playoffs
Eastern Conference

Western Conference

Note:Teams with an "X" clinched playoff spots.

Playoffs

Semifinals

Houston Comets vs. Charlotte Sting

Cleveland Rockers vs. Phoenix Mercury

WNBA Championship

See also
WNBA Finals

References

Playoffs
Women's National Basketball Association Playoffs


title: William Yorke

text:
William Yorke may refer to:

William Yorke (died 1666), Member of Parliament for Devizes and Wiltshire
William Yorke (died 1702), Member of Parliament for Boston
Sir William Yorke, 1st Baronet (died 1776), Irish judge


title: Mikk Pinnonen

text:
Mikk Pinnonen (born 4 January 1991) is an Estonian handballer who plays as a playmaker for Știința Municipal Dedeman Bacău in the Romanian Liga Naţională and the Estonian national team.

National team career
Pinnonen's first international match was a 31–22 defeat against Macedonia on 27 November 2008 at the Boris Trajkovski Sports Center in front of 4,000 Macedonian fans. In that match, he scored 4 goals for Estonia aged 17 years.

Achievements
Danish Handball Cup:
Winner: 2013

References

1991 births
Living people
People from Antsla Parish
Estonian male handball players
Expatriate handball players
Estonian expatriate sportspeople in Denmark
Estonian expatriate sportspeople in Sweden
Estonian expatriate sportspeople in Romania


title: Moon-soo

text:
Moon-soo is a Korean masculine given name. Its meaning differs based on the hanja used to write each syllable of the name. There are 14 hanja with the reading "moon" and 57 hanja with the reading "soo" on the South Korean government's official list of hanja which may be registered for use in given names.

People with this name include:
Park Mun-su (1691–1756), Joseon Dynasty secret royal inspector under King Yeongjo
Kim Moon-soo (politician) (born 1951), South Korean politician, 32nd governor of Gyeonggi Province
Kim Moon-soo (badminton) (born 1963), South Korean badminton player

Fictional characters with this name include:
Munsu, in South Korean-Japanese comic Blade of the Phantom Master
Mun-su, in 2003 South Korean film Please Teach Me English
Mun-su, in 2008 South Korean film Public Enemy Returns
Jung Moon-soo, in 2011 South Korean television series Sign
Moon-soo, in 2012 South Korean film In Another Country
Park Moon-soo, in 2012 South Korean television series History of a Salaryman
Park Moon-soo, in 2013 South Korean television series Pretty Man
Jang Moon-soo, in 2014 South Korean television series God's Gift - 14 Days

See also
List of Korean given names

References

Korean masculine given names
Masculine given names


title: Jackie Burns (footballer)

text:
John Charles Burns (27 November 1906 – 12 June 1986) was an English amateur footballer who played in the Football League for Queens Park Rangers and Brentford as a left half. He represented England Amateurs at international level and holds the record for Football League appearances by an amateur (262).

Club career
Burns joined Third Division South club Queens Park Rangers in 1927 and made 125 appearances and scored 34 goals in a four-year spell. He joined fellow Third Division South club and West London rivals Brentford in 1931 at the beginning of the most successful period of the club's history, which began with Harry Curtis' team winning the Third Division South title in the 1932–33 season. The Second Division title and the London Senior Cup followed in the 1934–35 season, which sent the Brentford into the top-flight for the first time in the club's history. Burns left the club in December 1935, having made 152 appearances and scored 116 goals during his four years with the Bees. He joined Athenian League club Leyton and spent two years with the club and reached the final of the 1937 FA Amateur Cup. Burns spent the 1937–38 season with Athenian League club Sutton United and won the Surrey Charity Shield. He also appeared for Isthmian League club London Caledonians.

Representative career
Burns made his first appearances for the touring club Middlesex Wanderers in 1929, appearing in matches against Stade Français Paris and a Paris XI. He returned to Paris in 1931 to take part in matches against Racing and Athletic de Paris. Burns appeared on two tours of the Netherlands with Wanderers in 1932, beating Vitesse Arnhem and PSV Eindhoven along the way. He also represented Corinthian.

International career
Burns won his first England Amateurs cap in 1930 and made 16 appearances for the side throughout the 1930s, 9 of them as captain. He scored three goals.

Personal life
Burns was schooled at the London Oratory School in Chelsea, London and trained as a teacher at St Mary's College, Twickenham from 1926 to 1928. After qualifying, he returned to teach at the London Oratory School. A former pupil described Burns as "a kind and generous man and an excellent teacher of mathematics". Burns was also an amateur boxer.

Honours
Brentford
Football League Second Division: 1934–35
Football League Third Division South: 1932–33
London Challenge Cup: 1934–35
Sutton United
 Surrey Charity Shield: 1937–38

Career statistics

References

1906 births
Footballers from Greater London
English men's footballers
Queens Park Rangers F.C. players
Brentford F.C. players
Sutton United F.C. players
Leyton F.C. players
Corinthian F.C. players
Middlesex Wanderers A.F.C. players
English Football League players
Isthmian League players
Men's association football wing halves
Schoolteachers from London
England men's amateur international footballers
London Caledonians F.C. players
1986 deaths


title: Josif Bageri

text:
Josif Jovan Bageri (15 August 186815 June 1915) was an educator, poet and Albanian nationalist figure.

Biography

Early life
Josif Bageri was born in Nistrovo in the Upper Reka region, Kosovo Vilayet, Ottoman Empire, to an Albanian Orthodox family. As a young man he emigrated to Sofia, Bulgaria where he found work as a cobbler and became interested in the Albanian nationalist movement.

Albanian National Awakening
In January 1893, Bageri was a founding member of the Dëshira (The Desire) cultural society there, and was profoundly moved by a meeting with the dying Rilindja poet, Naim Frashëri in Istanbul in late 1899. Bageri recognised education as the key to the Albanian nationalist awakening and was active, particularly in the year 1905-1907, in promoting Albanian-language schools and learning. His son, Kristo Bageri, was killed in 1906 in Macedonia as a participant in an IMORO detachment.

From May 1909 to 1911, Bageri published a fortnightly Albanian-language newspaper in Sofia called Shqypeja e Shqypenis / Albanski orel (The Albanian Eagle), an organ for politics and knowledge.

Later life and death

After Albanian independence in 1912, Bageri moved to Durrës where he edited the national weekly Ushtimi i Krujës / L'Echo de Croya (The Kruja Echo), a four-page newspaper that appeared in Albanian and French from 1 November 1913 to 1914. He died in Pristina in 1916, apparently on a journey back to Sofia. Bageri was the author of poetry, prose, political articles, comments and polemics. He is remembered in particular for the anthology Kopësht Malsori (Highlander's Garden) in Sofia, 1910.

Legacy
Bageri is an important figure within the Orthodox Albanian community of Upper Reka, which has instituted an association in Bageri's name.

The "Shoqata Josif Bageri" organization, created by Branko Manoilovski and Branislav Sinadinovski, is named in his honor and centered in his town. The organization aims to follow Bageri's work in Albanian National Awakening for the regional Albanian Orthodox in Macedonia.

References

Albanians in North Macedonia
Activists of the Albanian National Awakening
Albanian Christians
Albanian male poets
Albanian poets
Albanian expatriates in Bulgaria
Albanian people from the Ottoman Empire
1868 births
1916 deaths
People from Mavrovo and Rostuša Municipality
People from Manastir vilayet


title: Miles Edgeworth

text:
Miles Edgeworth, known as  in original Japanese language versions, is a fictional prosecutor in Ace Attorney, a visual novel adventure video game series created by Japanese company Capcom. Initially introduced as a cold-hearted perfectionist, he appears as the antagonistic rival to main character Phoenix Wright in Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney (2001). Following the events of the first game, the character has a change of heart and reappears as a friendly rival in a minor capacity in most of the subsequent titles in the series.

Due to the character's popularity, universally positive critical reception, and status as a breakout character, Edgeworth went on to star in two of his own spin-off games, Ace Attorney Investigations: Miles Edgeworth (2009) and its sequel. Edgeworth has also made appearances in extended Ace Attorney media, such as film and animation, as well as several cameo appearances in titles outside of the main Ace Attorney series.

Design
According to Shu Takumi, Edgeworth was difficult to develop as a character compared to Wright. Edgeworth's character came together once Takumi decided he would be rich. In the original game, Takumi designed Edgeworth to be an unlikable and tragic character. This is seen in Manfred von Karma raising Edgeworth to be a prosecutor and then prosecuting him for murder, just to have his revenge against Edgeworth's father. After the first game, when Takumi saw a comic depicting Edgeworth liking the Steel Samurai, he decided that a more likable Edgeworth would be "cuter", and so Edgeworth was fleshed out into the valuable friend and ally seen since Farewell, My Turnabout.

In Edgeworth's original design, he was going to be a 36-year-old veteran prosecutor, but the staff decided that was not interesting enough as a rival. When Shu Takumi saw the second version of the character, he was struck with inspiration and created the backstory between him and Wright. The design team added the iconic cravat to make a distinct silhouette but did not finalize that addition until von Karma's design was. The older Edgeworth in Dual Destinies went through many iterations. In the first design, he had large frills that went down to his thighs. In other designs, he had grown facial hair. In the end, Edgeworth retained an "elegant" look, with rolled-back sleeves and vest, and sporting a longer coat and a pair of glasses, appearing more like his father.

Appearances
Edgeworth's first appearance was in Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney, where he is introduced as an antagonist prosecutor with a perfect record, who would do anything to win a trial; he is presented as respectable, but cold and ruthless. Throughout the game, the perception of Edgeworth changes, starting in episode three when he, for reasons then unknown, suddenly helps Wright to corner a witness. In the next episode, Edgeworth finds himself accused of murder, and Wright defends him against Manfred von Karma, Edgeworth's austere adoptive father and mentor, who won every case in his 40-year career. It is revealed during this episode that Wright and Edgeworth, along with Larry Butz, were childhood friends, and that Manfred von Karma murdered Miles's father, the defense attorney Gregory Edgeworth, and raised Miles as a prosecutor under his wing. Edgeworth believed he himself shot his father, a fact that led to him becoming a prosecutor instead of a defense attorney.

After his father's murder is resolved, Edgeworth becomes much more relaxed about his strict rules and personality, and becomes less antagonistic. It is also revealed that many rumors and negativity exist about him in the legal field. In "Rise from the Ashes", a fifth episode included in all subsequent editions of Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney after the original GBA version, he is portrayed as reaching solely for the truth; however, guilt-ridden by his reputation and past as a prosecutor, he disappears and leaves a supposed suicide note stating "Prosecutor Edgeworth chooses death."

Edgeworth returns in Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney – Justice for All, where it is revealed that he is alive, and his purpose for running away was so that he could think about what it really means to be a prosecutor. As a result of this, he has become less focused on guilty verdicts in favor of seeking the truth. He acts as the prosecutor for the final episode when Franziska von Karma is incapacitated, and helps Wright take down the villain. Later, he meets with Franziska to discuss his reasons for choosing the path he has, and advising her to also consider similar personal growth.

In Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney – Trials and Tribulations Edgeworth has left the country to study abroad for a time, and is called back by Larry Butz to assist Phoenix, who fell from a burning bridge into a river and is in the hospital. Edgeworth temporarily stands in as the acting defense attorney for Phoenix's client, while Franziska acts as prosecutor. Later, he and Franziska assist Phoenix in the rescue of Phoenix's assistant Maya Fey. During the game's events, Phoenix looks into Mia Fey's first case as a defense attorney, in which Edgeworth went up against her in court, which set many of the game's events into motion.

Edgeworth gained a starring role in the spin-off Ace Attorney Investigations: Miles Edgeworth, in which he investigates murders relating to a smuggling ring. During the course of the game, he meets Kay Faraday, a young self-proclaimed "great thief", who acts as his assistant in a similar vein to Maya. A flashback case focuses on a younger Edgeworth investigating a case early in his career, explaining how he and Detective Dick Gumshoe first met.

In Ace Attorney Investigations 2 — again in the starring role  — Edgeworth comes under fire by the Prosecutorial Investigation Committee, who seek to have him stripped of his badge. Edgeworth begins investigating cases tied to a larger conspiracy and cover-up, including the last case his father took before his murder, and struggles between his life path of becoming a defense attorney like his father, or continuing as a prosecutor.

While Edgeworth does not appear in person in Apollo Justice: Ace Attorney, in later games he is mentioned as still being in contact with Wright after he lost his attorney's badge, as well as seeing his daughter Trucy's magic shows from time to time.

Edgeworth returns as a friendly rival in Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney – Dual Destinies. Set eight years after Trials and Tribulations, Edgeworth has since become the district chief prosecutor. He assists Phoenix in unraveling the mystery of the spy known as the "Phantom", stepping in as the prosecutor for the first half of Simon Blackquill's retrial. When they successfully clear Blackquill of all charges, Edgeworth declares Blackquill a free man, unlocks his shackles for good, and assigns him to the second half of the trial while he goes to investigate the case further. In the end, Edgeworth proves to the court that the detective known as "Bobby Fulbright" is actually an impostor, allowing both the defense and prosecution to expose him as the "Phantom". At the conclusion of the trial, Edgeworth joins the team to celebrate, reveals he was the one who pushed for the Bar Association to restore Phoenix's badge, and later sees the launch of the HAT-3 shuttle from the comfort of his office window.

Edgeworth returns once again in Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney – Spirit of Justice. Here, he assists Phoenix in resolving a hostage situation in Khura'in involving Maya Fey, as well as the true ownership of a valuable Khura'inese treasure. In the game's special case, he takes up the prosecutor's bench during a murder trial, where the defendant claims to have traveled through time. During the course of the special case, Edgeworth mentions to Phoenix that he has purged all corrupt prosecutors from the department and is unfortunately short-handed, having retained only a handful of prosecutors that he implicitly trusts, like Klavier Gavin and Simon Blackquill.

Other appearances

Cameos
Edgeworth makes a brief cameo at the end of the Ace Attorney crossover title, Professor Layton vs. Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney, where he is seen taking on Wright in a trial. He also makes an appearance in one of the game's DLC episodes. Outside of the Ace Attorney series, Edgeworth makes a cameo appearance in She-Hulk's Marvel vs. Capcom 3: Fate of Two Worlds ending, and appears as a "Heroes & Heralds" card in the game's update, Ultimate Marvel vs. Capcom 3. Edgeworth appears as a card in the game SNK vs. Capcom: Card Fighters DS, and as a non-playable character in Project X Zone 2.

Adaptations
Edgeworth has appeared in other media adaptations of Ace Attorney. In the Japanese Ace Attorney stage musical Ace Attorney – Truth Resurrected, staged by the all-female troupe Takarazuka Revue, Asahi Miwa portrays Leona Clyde, an original composite character based on Edgeworth and Lana Skye, depicted as Phoenix Wright's love interest, who defended him in his childhood class trial as a young girl in place of Edgeworth. While Edgeworth is also present in the musical and its sequel Ace Attorney 2 – Truth Resurrected, Again (in which Leona is established to have died) as a separate minor character, respectively portrayed in each by Hikaru Nanaho and Hiro Yūmi, he is merely a rival to Wright with no personal connection to him.

Takumi Saito portrays Edgeworth in the 2012 live-action film Ace Attorney, loosely adapting his role in the first game; Roi Hayashi plays Edgeworth as a child. Edgeworth appears in the 2016 Ace Attorney anime series, which adapts the events of the first three games in the series; he is voiced by Masashi Tamaki in Japanese and Christopher Wehkamp in English. Edgeworth also appears as a recurring character in the Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney manga series, as well as the main character of its spinoff series, Ace Attorney Investigations: Miles Edgeworth.

Reception
In 2009, GamesRadar hailed Miles Edgeworth as one of the best video game characters of the decade. The staff of the Adventure Gamers not only named him the best character of 2010 but also "one of the most intriguing characters ever to grace an adventure game". PC Gamer also praised Edgeworth's characterization and character arc for communicating "a simple yet powerful message—before you can show justice to other people, you have to experience justice yourself".

While reviewing Ace Attorney Investigations: Miles Edgeworth, Touch Arcade lauded how "his collected personality [in the game] provides a fun contrast to the usual hapless protagonists found in this franchise."; Reviewing its sequel, Noisy Pixel praised the game for "hon[ing] in on Edgeworth as a character, making me appreciate him and his circumstances far more than any previous game [in the Ace Attorney series] did", describing him as a "fan-favorite", with The Daily Trojan likewise complimenting "Edgeworth’s take on morally ambiguous shortcuts" over the course of the narrative, with the "morally gray setting within the game challeng[ing] Edgeworth" straight "through [to] his steady [character] development".

The San Francisco Chronicle praised the "dadification" Miles Edgeworth through his "history and closeness" with Trucy Wright (the daughter of Edgeworth's rival Phoenix) and his role as "a significant adult" in her life. In particular, it took a moment when Trucy sleeps on Edgeworth's shoulder in Spirit of Justice and compared him to "any dad who desperately wants to move, but won't disrupt his child's all-important rest". The piece concluded by expressing interest in future Ace Attorney media acknowledging Edgeworth in a queer-platonic or romantic same-sex relationship.

Anime News Network praised Edgeworth's role in the 2016 Ace Attorney anime series' seventh episode, an expansion of the character's backstory.

References

Ace Attorney characters
Capcom antagonists
Capcom protagonists
Male characters in video games
Fictional American people in video games
Fictional characters from Los Angeles
Fictional prosecutors
Video game characters introduced in 2001
Orphan characters in video games
Fictional characters with post-traumatic stress disorder


title: Hyun-wook

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Hyun-wook, also spelled Hyeon-uk or Hyon-uk, is a Korean masculine given name. Its meaning differs based on the hanja used to write each syllable of the name. There are 35 hanja with the reading "hyun" and 11 hanja with the reading "wook" on the South Korean government's official list of hanja which may be registered for use in given names.

People with this name include:
Park Hyun-wook (born 1967), South Korean writer
Cho Hyun-wook (born 1970), South Korean high jumper
Jong Hyun-wook (born 1978), South Korean baseball player
Lee Hyun-wook (born 1985), South Korean actor
Kang Hyun-wook (born 1985), South Korean football player
So Hyon-uk (born 1992), North Korean football player

See also
List of Korean given names

References

Korean masculine given names
Masculine given names


title: Evergreen (Broods album)

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Evergreen is the debut studio album by New Zealand music duo Broods, which was released on 22 August 2014. Following the release of their self-titled EP, Broods, earlier that year, the album includes two songs from that EP and the new single "Mother & Father". Upon its release, Evergreen debuted at number 1 on the New Zealand Albums Chart and was certified gold by Recorded Music NZ for sales exceeding 7,500 copies. Songs from the album were performed live during the first half of 2014. Produced by Joel Little, known for his work with fellow New Zealander Lorde, the album explores alternative pop music, with influences of indie genres.

Background and development
In January 2014, Broods released their self-titled debut EP, which was produced entirely by Joel Little. It was proceeded by the singles "Bridges" and "Never Gonna Change", which will both be on the album. The EP received very positive reviews and was successful in their home country of New Zealand, charting at number 2, behind Lorde's debut Pure Heroine. After the EP was released the duo embarked on a tour, which also went to the United States. During those concerts, songs from the album were previewed. In May and June, the duo opened the Australian and New Zealand tour dates for British singer-songwriter Ellie Goulding.

On June 12, the duo announced their first-ever New Zealand tour and on June 19 premiered the first single off the album, "Mother & Father". On July 3, MTV exclusively premiered the album track "L.A.F." and revealed the album artwork.

Reception

The album debuted at No. 1 on the New Zealand chart, and No. 5 on the Australian chart.
In the United States, the album reached No. 45 on the Billboard 200, No. 12 on the Top Rock Albums chart, selling 7,000 copies in its first week.  It has sold 32,000 copies in the US as of May 2016.

Singles
"Mother & Father" was released as the album's lead single on 19 June. It premiered June 18 on Zane Lowe's BBC Radio 1 show.

"L.A.F." was released digitally on 3 July 2014 as the first promotional "instant grat" single off the album. It has been confirmed as the second official single from the album, following the release of the song's music video on November 10, 2014. It is one of the tracks featured in the EA Sports video game, FIFA 15.

"Four Walls" was released digitally on 18 August 2014 as the second promotional "instant grat" single. It was later released exclusively in New Zealand as the third official single on January 24, 2015.

Promotional singles
"Everytime" was released in New Zealand on 21 August 2014 as the iTunes free single of the week, and serves as the third promotional single from Evergreen.

Track listing

Personnel
Credits adapted from Tidal.

Broods
 Caleb Nott – vocals
 Georgia Nott – vocals, piano , synthesizer programming

Additional personnel
 Joel Little – producer, mixer, recording engineer, programming, synthesizer programming
 Vlado Meller – mastering engineer
 Olivia Nott – background vocals
 Andrei Bildarean – assistant
 Bryn Roberts – assistant
 Jeremy Lubsey – assistant
 Richard Symons – assistant
 Adam Bryce – photography
 Anna Wili-Highfield – artwork

Charts

Weekly charts

Year-end charts

Certifications

Release history

References

2014 debut albums
Broods albums
Polydor Records albums
Island Records albums
Universal Music Australia albums
Albums produced by Joel Little


title: Frank E. Van Lare

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Frank Edward Van Lare (February 22, 1900 – December 23, 1971) was an American businessman and politician from New York.

Life

He was born on February 22, 1900, in an area of the Town of Gates which later was annexed by the City of Rochester, in Monroe County, New York. He was the son of Isaac Van Lare (1857–1928) and Jozina (Butler) Van Lare (1862–1933). He attended the public schools. Then he engaged in the fuel business. He married Dorothy R. Harward (1900–1965), and their son was Donald F. Van Lare (1936–2013). He entered politics as a Republican.

Van Lare was a member of the New York State Senate from 1951 to 1966, sitting in the 168th, 169th, 170th, 171st, 172nd, 173rd, 174th, 175th and 176th New York State Legislatures.

He died on December 23, 1971, in Rochester, New York; and was buried at the White Haven Memorial Park in Pittsford.

Sources

External links

1900 births
1971 deaths
Politicians from Rochester, New York
Republican Party New York (state) state senators
20th-century American politicians
Businesspeople from Rochester, New York
20th-century American businesspeople


title: Murder of Shelly Dadon

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Shelly Dadon () was a 20-year-old Israeli girl from the town of Afula who was murdered on 1 May 2014. Her body was found the following day by police.

Murder and arrest
Dadon's body was found in Ramat Gavriel, an industrial area of the town of Migdal HaEmek. According to her family, she had been on her way to a job interview on the morning of the murder. Her corpse was dumped near the location where the body of Yafim Weinstein was dumped after he was murdered in 2009.

On 16 June 2014, with the gag order still in place, police arrested a 36-year-old taxi driver named Hussein Khalifa, who confessed to having driven Dadon to the industrial park and stabbed her to death. Police subsequently arrested Mohammad I'saf of the town of Shfaram, the manager of the cab stand where Dadon got into the taxi, and Hamid Khalifa, brother of Husseim Khalifa. Hamid Khalifa and I'saf were later released. The matter is being handled as a security investigation. Khalifa retracted his confession, but remains in custody.

On 9 July 2014, Husein Ben Yusef Khalifa (34) of Ibillin, a Galilee town, was indicted for the murder. According to the indictment, "Dadon struggled to escape and even scratched Halifa, but was not physically strong enough to get away.

After his arrest, Khalifa said he picked Dadon up after he had dropped off workers in the industrial district of Migdal Ha'emek. Shelly's father dropped her at the junction at Afula Illit, where she was supposed to take a bus to her interview. She flagged a taxi to a job interview nearby, but instead Hussein Khalifa took her to a deserted parking lot and stabbed her to death.

Investigation
Most information on the investigation is not publicly known because a gag order was placed on the investigation.

Based on the investigation Shin Bet knew Halifa tossed Dadon's cellphone out the window as he was driving away and sometime later tossed her wallet near the Beduin village of Beit Zarzir, followed by him trying to allegedly cover up the murder by washing the blood off his cab. Shortly after the murder, several Arab youths found and used Dadon's credit card, leading to their arrest.

Israeli security services originally thought the murder might have been criminally motivated due to the use of her credit cards, however they later released a statement stating that the murder was probably committed for nationalistic reasons, after security service conducted further investigation and judged it an act of terrorism.

Trial
On 3 November 2014 the trial of Halifa began. Halifa's defense attorney claimed the cabbie admitted to the crime under duress and requested the confession be withdrawn. As the trial began the tape of the moment police believe Dadon was murdered was played.

On 9 September 2015, Halifa was convicted of the murder of Dadon, and sentenced to life in prison. Additionally he was ordered to pay NIS 258,000 in punitive damages to the Dadon family.

See also
 2014 kidnapping and murder of Israeli teenagers
 Kidnapping and murder of Mohammed Abu Khdeir

References

Terrorist incidents in Israel in 2014
Terrorist incidents involving knife attacks
People murdered in Israel
Deaths by stabbing in Israel
Israeli murder victims
May 2014 events in Asia
2014 murders in Israel
Terrorist attacks carried out by Arab citizens of Israel
Female murder victims


title: David Adamski

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David Adamski is an American entomologist working as a research associate at the Smithsonian Institution's National Museum of Natural History and a support scientist in the Systematic Entomology Laboratory (SEL), United States Department of Agriculture in Washington, D.C. He obtained a PhD degree from the Mississippi State University, Department of Entomology in 1987 after defending a dissertation, titled "The Morphology and evolution of North American Blastobasidae (Lepidoptera:Gelechioidea)". His research interests focus on alpha taxonomy, life histories and morphology of moths. Over the years, Adamski produced more than 80 scholarly publications, some in collaboration, shedding light on discernible groups of Lepidoptera including Gelechioidea, Tortricoidea, Pyralidoidea, and Noctuoidea. He studied divergent taxa within the Auchenorrhyncha and Sternorrhyncha, and Phytophagous Acari, as well as Gelechioidea and Blastobasidae. Adamski is a member of the Entomological Society of Washington.

References

Selected publications

External links
 Smithsonian Profile

American entomologists
Living people
Year of birth missing (living people)


title: Nikola Ivanović

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Nikola Ivanović (born February 19, 1994) is a Montenegrin professional basketball player for Runa Basket Moscow of the VTB United League. Standing at , he plays at the point guard position.

Professional career

Early career
Ivanović started his career in local club KK Joker Podgorica. He then played for Mornar Bar during the 2010–11 season, averaging 10.1 points, 4.5 assists and 3.8 steals per game. While in Mornar he also averaged 11.3 points, 3.1 assists and 1.5 steals per game during 2010–11 BIBL season.

Budućnost Podgorica
In 2011, Ivanović transferred to the biggest Montenegrin basketball club, Budućnost Podgorica, signing his first professional contract in February 2012, after he turned 18. In his first season with the team, he averaged 6.9 points, 1.4 assists and 1 steal per game in 16.2 minutes per game played in the 2011–12 ABA League season.

During the 2013–14 season, Ivanović was handed a chance with being the first point guard option for Budućnost due to the injury of the starting point guard, Aleksandar Ćapin. Ivanović took up the opportunity in the late half of the season and had his best showings against Union Olimpija when he scored 28 points, making 8 out of his 11 shots for two points and also adding one three-pointer. In the same game he also had 3 assists and 2 steals with an index rating of 31.

In the next game against Szolnoki Olaj he again showed great performance by scoring 27 points, making 4 assists and taking 2 steals. He shot 4 from 7 for two points and made 5 out of 7 three-pointers. He had a final index rating of 36.

On July 15, 2015, he parted ways with Budućnost.

Mega Leks
On July 31, 2015, Ivanović moved to Serbia and signed with Mega Leks. In Adriatic League he averaged 30.2 minutes with 13.4 points, 5.2 assists and 1.5 steals. He won the Serbian Cup with Mega Leks against rivals Partizan. In the finals he scored 24 points, five assists and he was the MVP of the competition.

AEK Athens / Orlandina
On June 14, 2016, Ivanović signed a three-year contract with the Greek club AEK Athens. On January 11, 2017, he was loaned to Italian club Orlandina Basket for the rest of the 2016–17 Serie A season.

Budućnost VOLI
On September 13, 2017, Ivanović returned to Budućnost VOLI.

Crvena zvezda mts
On June 18, 2021, he has signed with Crvena zvezda of the Adriatic League. The club won ABA League, Serbian League, and Serbian Cup in the 2021–22 season.

Montenegrin national team
After going through many youth national teams of Montenegro, Ivanović became standard member of the senior Montenegrin national team.
On 18 August 2012, Ivanović scored an amazing three-pointer buzzer beater from a half court in a match against Serbia.

Career statistics

Basketball Champions League

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| style="text-align:left;" | 2016–17
| style="text-align:left;" | A.E.K.
| 11 || 17.0 || .408 || .310 || 1.000 || 1.1 || 1.1 || .9 || 0 || 4.9
|}

References

External links
Nikola Ivanović at aba-liga.com
Nikola Ivanović at fiba.com
Nikola Ivanović at fiba.com (game-center)
Nikola Ivanović at eurobasket.com
Nikola Ivanović at euroleague.net

1994 births
Living people
2019 FIBA Basketball World Cup players
ABA League players
AEK B.C. players
Basketball League of Serbia players
Greek Basket League players
KK Budućnost players
KK Crvena zvezda players
KK Mega Basket players
KK Mornar Bar players
Lega Basket Serie A players
Montenegrin expatriate basketball people in Greece
Montenegrin expatriate basketball people in Italy
Montenegrin expatriate basketball people in Serbia
Montenegrin men's basketball players
Orlandina Basket players
Point guards
Basketball players from Podgorica
2023 FIBA Basketball World Cup players


title: Pakistan Floorball Federation

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The Pakistan Floorball Federation is the national sports governing body to promote and develop sport of floorball in Pakistan. The federation was established in 2003, in 2004 it was affiliated with International Floorball Federation and its continental association Asia Oceania Floorball Confederation.

References

National members of the International Floorball Federation
Sports governing bodies in Pakistan
2003 establishments in Pakistan
Sports organizations established in 2003


title: 1997 WNBA Playoffs

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The 1997 WNBA Playoffs was the postseason for the Women's National Basketball Association's 1997 season which ended with the   Houston Comets beating the New York Liberty, 1-0 (65-51). Cynthia Cooper was named the MVP of the Finals. This was the first year of WNBA playoffs.

Road to the playoffs
Eastern Conference

Western Conference

Note:Teams with an "X" clinched playoff spots.

Playoffs

Semifinals

Charlotte Sting vs. Houston Comets

New York Liberty vs. Phoenix Mercury

WNBA Championship

References

Playoffs
Women's National Basketball Association Playoffs


title: Ma Liyan

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Ma Liyan (born 3 November 1968) is a Chinese former long-distance runner. Her time of 8:19.78 minutes for the 3000 metres at the National Games of China in 1993 makes her the fourth fastest runner ever over the distance. She represented China in the marathon at the 1993 World Championships in Athletics and was a team gold medallist at the IAAF World Marathon Cup that year.

The validity of her performances has been questioned, given her quick improvements and the fact that several runners with the same coach (Ma Junren) later tested positive for doping.

1993 breakthrough
Part of Ma Junren's training group, all of Ma Liyan's career highlights occurred in 1993.

Her first outing was in the marathon for the 1993 National Games of China, where she placed sixth in a race dominated by her training group. Having finished in 2:25:46 hours, she was ranked the seventh fastest athlete in the world that year, but was only sixth in the race itself, won by Wang Junxia almost two minutes quicker.

Then, at the 1993 Chinese athletics championships held in June in the city of Jinan, Ma Liyan clocked 8:49.27 minutes to place sixth in the women's 3000 metres and 33:35.24 minutes to place sixteenth in the 10,000 metres.

She was China's sole entrant in the marathon at the 1993 World Championships in Athletics, but failed to finish the distance on her international debut.

The highlight of her career came in the Chinese Games track and field programme in September. First, she ran a best of 31:10.46 minutes to place fourth in the women's 10,000 metres (won by Wang Junxia in a world record). Ma followed this with a run of 8:19.78 minutes in the heats of the 3000 metres. This time was faster than the world record for the event but left her in third place as Wang led again. In the final, Wang improved further to improve that mark, while Ma placed fourth in a time of 8:21.26 minutes, which ranked as the seventh fastest time ever and remains the fastest time recorded for such a low finish. Her last outing of the year, and the last major race of her career, came at the 1993 IAAF World Marathon Cup in November. There the Chinese women won with a perfect score by taking the top four spots, with Ma coming fourth in 2:30:44 hours.

The significant improvements to world records at the Chinese Games, and the strength in depth of the times, attracted international consternation of the results at the national event. The sudden emergence of the runners, the large improvements to world records, and the sudden disappearance of runners from the international scene led to accusations of doping. American distance runner Mary Slaney said the performances would "ruin the sport" and head of USA Track and Field Ollan Cassell said "If these suspicions aren't cleared up, it's a big problem". Ma's coach, Ma Junren, attributed his athletes success to hard training, turtle shell soup and cordyceps sinensis (a caterpillar fungus). His coaching career endured significant criticism in 2000 when six of his athletes tested positive for erythropoietin, a banned blood-boosting product. Ma Liyan's performances, and those by others in her group, remain listed as among the fastest women's times in long-distance running, but that legacy has been tempered by scepticism around the circumstances of the results.

Later career

In February 1994, it became known that Ma Liyan, alongside teammates Wang Junxia, Zhang Linli, and Zhang Lirong, was pencilled in for the London Marathon. However, the whole team did not eventually participate. In October 1994, Ma Liyan, now running under the name Lu Ou, won the bronze medal in 8:58.58 minutes at the Asian Games in Hiroshima, behind teammate Zhang Linli and Japan's Harumi Hiroyama.

She left Ma Junren during the December 1994 mutiny alongside, amongst others, Wang Junxia, Ma Ningning, Wang Yuan, Wang Xiaoxia, Zhang Linli, Liu Li, Lu Yi, Liu Dong and Zhang Lirong.  Ma was one of the signatories of an alleged 1995 letter denouncing state-sponsored doping of Chinese track athletes that emerged in 2016.  The case has since been under investigation by the IAAF.

Personal bests
3000 metres – 8:19.78 min (1993)
10,000 metres – 31:10.46 min (1993)
Marathon – 2:25:46 hrs (1993)

International competition record

References

External links

Living people
1968 births
Chinese female long-distance runners
Chinese female marathon runners
World Athletics Championships athletes for China