title: Fossar de la Pedrera

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The Fossar de la Pedrera (lit. Cemetery of the Quarry) is located on Montjuïc hill in the Sants-Montjuïc district of Barcelona. Forming part of the Montjuïc Cemetery, it was used as a mass grave for 4,000 victims of Spain's White Terror. There is now a memorial on the site.

Since 1985, the area also houses the remains of Lluís Companys, the 123rd President of Catalonia, who was executed nearby at the Montjuïc Castle by the Francoist government on 15 October 1940. His death is commemorated annually by Catalan politicians and civilians, who lay a wreath in memory of the president.

History
In 1985, a memorial designed by architects Beth Galí, Marius Quintana and Pere Casajoana was opened, comprising a set of columns with the names of the victims, a large garden with tombstones, and the mausoleum of Lluís Companys. The inscriptions on the entrance were written by Maria Aurelia Capmany: one refers to the victims of repression, another victims of fortune, and includes the names of those who died during reprisals after the war, whether they had been buried there as well or not. The memorial was inaugurated on 27 October 1985 by President Jordi Pujol, the mayor of Barcelona Pasqual Maragall, and relatives of Lluís Companys.

There are also a number of other memorials on the site, including a tribute to the victims of National Socialism opened on the fiftieth anniversary of the end of World War II, a bronze figure in memory of all those executed by the Francoist government, and a memorial to CNT members who died during the civil war.

References

Cemeteries in Catalonia
Sants-Montjuïc
Tourist attractions in Barcelona
Mass graves in Spain
Montjuïc


title: Brasil (1981 album)

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Brasil is a 1981 album by Brazilian artist João Gilberto, featuring Caetano Veloso, Gilberto Gil and Maria Bethânia. The album was later released along with João Gilberto's 1977 album Amoroso.

Track listing

References

1981 albums
João Gilberto albums


title: Chon Gallegos

text:
Chon Fernando Gallegos (September 28, 1939 – January 17, 2023) was an American football quarterback who played one season with the Oakland Raiders of the American Football League (AFL). Gallegos first enrolled at San Jose City College before transferring to San Jose State University. He attended James Lick High School in San Jose, California.

Following his player career, he coached at James Lick High School and Santa Teresa High School. At James Lick, he served as Jim Plunkett's coach and at Santa Teresa he oversaw Rich Campbell and Craig Whelihan. He coached Santa Teresa High School from 1974 to 1992 and compiled a 113–77–3 record.

Chon Gallegos died in San Jose, California on January 17, 2023, at the age of 83.

See also
 List of NCAA major college football yearly passing leaders

References

External links

 College stats

1939 births
2023 deaths
American football quarterbacks
Oakland Raiders players
San Jose City Jaguars football players
San Jose State Spartans football players
High school football coaches in California
People from Gallup, New Mexico
Coaches of American football from California
Players of American football from San Jose, California
James Lick High School alumni


title: Raša Fault

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The Raša Fault (; ) is a seismogenic fault in Slovenia. It strikes NW-SE and runs parallel 25 km to the southwest of the Idrija Fault. Similar to the Idrija Fault, the fault plane dips towards the northeast. The movements along the fault are dextral strike-slip.

In Slovenia the fault extends from Nova Gorica in the northwest to Ilirska Bistrica in the southeast. In Croatia it merges into the Ilirska Bistrica – Vinodol Fault.

The Raša River follows the fault. The straight riverbed and structures close to Vremščica delineate the fault. The best exposed outcrops of the fault are near Senožeče and are preserved as heritage of national importance. Seismicity is concentrated at Mount Snežnik.

References

Further reading
Field trip guide to Raša Fault:

Geology of Slovenia
Seismic faults of Europe


title: 1999 Limerick Corporation election

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An election to Limerick City Council took place on 10 June 1999 as part of that year's Irish local elections. 17 councillors were elected from four local electoral areas  for a five-year term of office on the system of proportional representation by means of the single transferable vote (PR-STV).

Results by party

Results by local electoral area

Limerick No.1

Limerick No.2

Limerick No.3

Limerick No.4

External links

1999 Irish local elections
1999


title: Jean Woods

text:
Jean Joseph Emond Woods (1850 – 1928) was a Canadian physician and public servant.

Early life
The son of John Robert Woods and Zoé Desautels, Woods studied medicine at McGill University, graduating in 1875.

Personal life
Woods married Corrine Bourgeois and moved into their new Aylmer, Quebec Main Street home office in 1883.

Public office
In 1885, Woods was named a public vaccinator and medical officer by the Aylmer Board of Health. In 1918, he became Quebec's inspector of prisons and asylums, so moved to Lachine.

Death
Woods died in Lachine in 1928.

References

1850 births
1928 deaths
Mayors of places in Quebec


title: Halifax Hotel

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The Halifax Apartment Hotel was a hotel, which is now apartments at the intersection of Cahuenga Boulevard with Yucca Street, just off of Hollywood Boulevard in Hollywood, Los Angeles, California. In 1954 it had a reported 200 rooms.

References

Hotels in Los Angeles
Defunct hotels in California
Buildings and structures in Hollywood, Los Angeles


title: Grigori Babayan

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Grigori Konstantinovich Babayan (; 2 April 1980) is a Kazakh football manager and a former player of Armenian descent, who is currently Head Coach of Astana.

Career

Club
During his senior career he played for Kairat and Alma-Ata.

Managerial

In 2012, Babayan joined FC Astana as a coach, serving as caretaker manager on several occasions. On 14 December 2019, Babayan was appointed as manager of FC Tobol.

On 17 June 2021, Babayan was appointed by CSKA Moscow as a member of their coaching staff. On 15 June 2022, he left CSKA by mutual consent.

On 13 September 2022, Babayan was appointed as Head Coach of Astana following the departure of Srđan Blagojević.

Managerial statistics

References

Living people
1980 births
Kazakhstani men's footballers
Men's association football midfielders
Kazakhstani people of Armenian descent
FC Astana managers
FC Kairat players
Kazakhstani football managers
Place of birth missing (living people)


title: Tough Love (Jessie Ware song)

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"Tough Love" is a song by British singer Jessie Ware from her second studio album, Tough Love (2014). It was written by Ware, Benny Blanco, and Benjamin Ash and produced by Blanco and Ash under their production pseudonym BenZel. The song was released in the United Kingdom as a digital download on 23 June 2014 as the lead single from the album. It peaked at number 34 on the UK Singles Chart, becoming Ware's first domestic top 40 entry. Critically acclaimed, "Tough Love" was included on Pitchfork's list of the 100 best songs of 2014.

Background
"Tough Love" was written by Ware, Benny Blanco, and Benjamin Ash and recorded during a two-week touring break in May 2013. Speaking about the track in an interview with NME, Ware commented: "I had just finished a run of shows in the States and went to New York to work with BenZel for a couple weeks, mainly as a different focus to touring. I didn’t have any expectations or pressures with what would come out of those two weeks, and think "Tough Love" sums this up. It was me experimenting with my voice and having fun with it. It just felt right and kind of dictated the route of the next album, much like "Devotion" did on my first album."

Initially recorded an octave lower, one of the producers encouraged Ware to sing the downtempo song in a higher register. "[He] was like 'Go and try the higher up,' Ware told Pitchfork, "and I was like, 'Nah, I can't do it up there,' and he's like, 'Just try it!' And I did. Moving it up to a higher octave definitely gives it this other character." Lyrically, "Tough Love" was inspired by the trails of maintaining a long-term relationship while jumping from continent to continent.

Music video
A music video to accompany the release of "Tough Love" was directed by Alex Lee and Kyle Wightman of BRTHR Films. It was first released onto YouTube on 9 July 2014 at a total length of three minutes and thirty seconds.

Track listing

Charts

Release history

References

2010s Island Records singles
2014 singles
2014 songs
Jessie Ware songs
Songs written by Benny Blanco
Songs written by Jessie Ware
Songs written by Two Inch Punch


title: Gil Dias

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Gil Bastião Dias (born 28 September 1996) is a Portuguese professional footballer who plays as a winger or a left-back for Ekstraklasa club Legia Warsaw, on loan from VfB Stuttgart.

Club career

Early years
Born in Gafanha da Nazaré, Aveiro District, Dias played youth football with four clubs, including A.D. Sanjoanense from ages 12 to 17. He finished his development with S.C. Braga and, on 9 August 2014, played his first game as a professional with their reserves, coming on as a late substitute in a 1–0 away loss against C.D. Tondela in the Segunda Liga.

Monaco
Dias signed with AS Monaco FC in January 2015, going on to appear mostly for the reserve team during his tenure. On 6 January 2016, he was loaned out to Portuguese second division side Varzim S.C. until the end of the season.

For the 2016–17 campaign, still owned by Monaco, Dias joined Rio Ave FC. He made his Primeira Liga debut on 12 August 2016 in a 3–1 home loss against FC Porto, and scored his first goal in the competition on 18 September to help the hosts defeat Sporting CP 3–1.

Dias made his first appearance in Ligue 1 on 13 August 2017, when he came onto the field for the last minutes of the 4–1 away win over Dijon FCO. Two days later, he moved to ACF Fiorentina of the Serie A on a two-year loan deal with an obligation to buy at the end of the term.

On 23 June 2018, it was announced that Dias would join EFL Championship side Nottingham Forest on loan for the season, with an option to make the transfer permanent. He scored his first competitive goal on 29 August, helping the hosts beat Premier League club Newcastle United 3–1 in the second round of the EFL Cup.

On 24 January 2019, Dias moved to Super League Greece team Olympiacos F.C. on loan until 30 June 2020, with the option to make the transfer permanent afterwards. He scored his first goal on 6 February, netting from close range in a 3–3 away draw against PAS Lamia 1964 in the quarter-finals of the Greek Football Cup. Eight days later, in the UEFA Europa League's last-32 tie at home to FC Dynamo Kyiv, he chested the ball down before sending a half-volley past Denys Boyko from 25 yards for a final 2–2 draw.

Dias signed for La Liga club Granada CF on 31 January 2020, also in a temporary deal. In late September, he joined F.C. Famalicão on yet another loan.

Benfica
On 25 June 2021, Dias signed a five-year contract with S.L. Benfica for a €4 million fee. Mainly a reserve player, he scored his first goal on 17 April 2022 in a 2–0 victory at Sporting in the Derby de Lisboa, in injury time.

In the first part of the 2022–23 campaign, Dias made only two appearances as a substitute.

VfB Stuttgart
Dias joined Bundesliga club VfB Stuttgart on 30 January 2023, for roughly €1 million. He scored on his debut the following day, equalising an eventual 2–1 away win over SC Paderborn 07 in the round of 16 of the DFB-Pokal. His first goal in the league came on 18 February, when he opened the 3–0 home defeat of 1. FC Köln.

On 4 September 2023, Dias was loaned to Legia Warsaw in the Polish Ekstraklasa, with an option to buy.

International career
Dias won his first cap for the Portugal under-21 side on 5 September 2017, in a 2–0 home win against Wales in the 2019 UEFA European Championship qualifiers. The following 27 March, for the same competition but this time as a substitute, he contributed one goal to the 4–2 victory in Switzerland.

Career statistics

References

External links

1996 births
Living people
Portuguese men's footballers
Footballers from Aveiro District
Men's association football wingers
Primeira Liga players
Liga Portugal 2 players
G.D. Gafanha players
A.D. Sanjoanense players
S.C. Braga B players
Varzim S.C. players
Rio Ave F.C. players
F.C. Famalicão players
S.L. Benfica footballers
Ligue 1 players
Championnat National 2 players
AS Monaco FC players
Serie A players
ACF Fiorentina players
English Football League players
Nottingham Forest F.C. players
Super League Greece players
Olympiacos F.C. players
La Liga players
Granada CF footballers
Bundesliga players
VfB Stuttgart players
Ekstraklasa players
Legia Warsaw players
Portugal men's youth international footballers
Portugal men's under-21 international footballers
Portuguese expatriate men's footballers
Expatriate men's footballers in Monaco
Expatriate men's footballers in Italy
Expatriate men's footballers in England
Expatriate men's footballers in Greece
Expatriate men's footballers in Spain
Expatriate men's footballers in Germany
Expatriate men's footballers in Poland
Portuguese expatriate sportspeople in Monaco
Portuguese expatriate sportspeople in Italy
Portuguese expatriate sportspeople in England
Portuguese expatriate sportspeople in Greece
Portuguese expatriate sportspeople in Spain
Portuguese expatriate sportspeople in Germany
Portuguese expatriate sportspeople in Poland


title: Clingman, North Carolina

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Clingman is an unincorporated community in Wilkes County, North Carolina, United States.

References

Unincorporated communities in Wilkes County, North Carolina
Unincorporated communities in North Carolina


title: Liz Berube

text:
Elizabeth Safian Berube (January 7, 1943 – January 15, 2021) was an American comic book artist, best known as a romance comics artist for DC Comics in the 1970s. Simply signing her work "Elizabeth," her modern, stylized art was used to illustrate fashion features, horoscope pages, tables of contents, and other various ornamental pieces. She was also a prolific colorist, first for Archie Comics and later for DC. Throughout her career she worked on children’s books, greeting cards, and other commissioned work.

Biography
Berube was born in Brooklyn, New York, where she was influenced by Pogo and EC Comics, as well as the movie Fantasia. Fine arts influences included Alphonse Mucha, and the Art Deco and Art Nouveau movements.

She attended Martin Van Buren High School in Queens (graduating at age 16 in 1959), where she started a comic strip for the school newspaper, which has been continued by different students to this day. She studied cartooning at the School of Visual Arts from 1959 to 1961.

After leaving SVA, Berube became a colorist and assistant editor for Archie Comics, continuing at that publisher in various freelance capacities until 1975. In the early 1960s, she met DC editor Jack Adler, who later brought her into the publisher.

In the late 1960s, her newspaper strip, Karen, (credited to her maiden name "Elizabeth Ann Safian") was carried by Newsday Syndicate in 40 newspapers at its peak. Berube had called Karen "my alter ego."

In 1969 she began working on DC’s romance comics line, bringing more modern, stylized art to the genre, which was still being drawn in the realistic style that had become parodied (particularly by Roy Lichtenstein) in Pop Art. One of the few women in the field, Berube worked on such titles as Date with Debbi, Falling in Love, Girls' Love Stories, Girls' Romances, Heart Throbs, Secret Hearts, Young Love, and Young Romance. At some point during this period, Berube was offered the position of editor of the whole line, but as a single mother in her mid-twenties, she preferred the flexibility of working from home that pencilling and coloring allowed, and declined. The DC romance line folded a few years later; Berube was the last female contributor.

From the mid-1970s through the 1980s Berube worked as a colorist, mostly for DC. She was known for mixing her own hues and marking the combinations for the printing separators. She also did coloring for Neal Adams’ Continuity Studios in the mid-to-late 1980s. Berube credits Jack Adler and Corey Adams (Neal Adams' wife) for teaching her the techniques of comics coloring.

Personal life and death
Her son David was born in 1965; she raised him as a single mother. In 1981, Berube moved from New York City to Maine. She returned to New York in the mid-1980s. In 1999, Berube moved to Bandon, Oregon, and by 2001 had relocated to Jerome, Arizona. She later lived in Scottsdale, Arizona.

Berube died on January 15, 2021.

References

External links

 Young Romance: A tribute to Liz Safian Berube at CopperCon 2013
 "How Hero Initiative Helped Liz Safian-Berube Get Her Life Back," The Hero Initiative website.
 Biography at SuperPouvoir.com (in French and English)

1943 births
2021 deaths
American female comics artists
Comics colorists
Artists from Brooklyn
Martin Van Buren High School alumni
People from Bandon, Oregon
People from Jerome, Arizona
People from Scottsdale, Arizona
School of Visual Arts alumni
DC Comics people


title: Pomara High School

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Pomara High School () is a secondary school in the coastal area of Bangladesh. The school is situated in Pomara, Rangunia Upazila, Bangladesh. It was founded in 1928.

See also
 List of schools in Bangladesh
Rotary Betagi Union High School

References

High schools in Bangladesh
1928 establishments in India
Educational institutions established in 1928
Schools in Chittagong District


title: Urticina piscivora

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Urticina piscivora, common names fish-eating anemone and fish-eating urticina,  is a northeast Pacific species of sea anemone in the family Actiniidae.

Description

Urticina piscivora is a large anemone, growing to a maximum height of around  and  in diameter. The column is bright red in colour. The acontia is absent, but it has tubercles. These are not white and are arranged in circumferential rows. Normally they do not accumulate debris such as shells and sand.

This anemone is made up of three layers of cells called the epidermis, the mesoglea and the gastrodermis. The epidermis forms the outermost layer, while the mesoglea is situated between the other two layers. The innermost layer, the gastrodermis also referred to as the gastrovascular cavity functions as the gut of the anemone.  The gut of the fish-eating anemone is divided into compartments by sheets of tissue called “septa”. These sheets of tissue develop into tentacles on the surface of the anemone. The tentacles of many species of anemones are found in multiples of six. Unlike other anemone the fish-eating anemone does not possess an acontia, which is  thread-like tissue made up of stinging cells that function as a defense mechanism to protect against predators. However this particular anemone does possess tubercles.

This species may be confused with Urticina crassicornis. Although they may both have a red column, the tentacles of U. crassicornis normally have transverse bands, and olive green blotches are commonly found on the column.

Distribution
This species occurs from Alaska in the north, down to La Jolla, California in the south.

Habitat
Even though it can be found in intertidal zones as well it most commonly inhabits exposed, rocky Subtidal areas of outer coastlines. It attaches itself to rocky prominences in locations with a substantial current flowing past.

Reproduction
Many species of anemone are monoecious, meaning that each individual organism contains both the male and female reproductive organs of the species. The fish eating anemone on the other hand is dioecious, meaning that  it has distinct male and female individual organisms. They reproduce sexually through the external fertilization of egg and sperm. The produced larvae will float in the current until it eventually lands. Afterwards the larvae will attach itself to the bottom develop a pedal disk which will grow to form an anemone.

Diet and behavior
As its name suggests, this species is capable of capturing and consuming small fishes and shrimp. It does so through the use of its tentacles, stinging its prey with a potent toxin containing Upl protein which paralyzes them. However, Oxylebius pictus (the painted greenling) and Lebbeus grandimanus (candy stripe shrimp) have the ability to remain among the tentacles without being harmed. Their sting can also be severely painful for humans.

Unlike other sea anemone which are mostly sessile Urticina Piscivora has the ability to detach quickly and reposition itself when it feels threatened by a predatory starfish. Since this anemone is unable to actively swim once detached  it is deposited elsewhere by the currents.

References

External links

Actiniidae
Animals described in 1978


title: 2014–15 Cypriot Second Division

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The 2014–15 Cypriot Second Division was the 60th season of the Cypriot second-level football league and it began on 20 September 2014. There was a new league system in place with the eight teams of the B1 Division, merging with the eight teams of the B2 Division, creating a unified Second Division. Before the season, Alki Larnaca was dissolved due to financial problems and AEK Kouklia and AEP Paphos merged to create Pafos FC, reducing the total of clubs competing from 16 to 14. Enosis Neon Paralimni won their 2nd title.

Team Changes from 2013–14

Teams promoted to 2014–15 Cypriot First Division
 Ayia Napa
 Othellos Athienou

Teams relegated from 2013–14 Cypriot First Division
 AEK Kouklia
 Alki Larnaca
 Aris Limassol
 Enosis Neon Paralimni

Teams promoted from 2013–14 Cypriot Third Division
 Elpida Xylofagou
 ENAD Polis Chrysochous

Teams relegated to 2014–15 Cypriot Third Division
 ASIL Lysi
 Chalkanoras Idaliou
 Onisilos Sotira
 PAEEK

Stadia and locations

Note: Table lists clubs in alphabetical order.

League table

References

Sources

Cypriot Second Division seasons
2014–15 in Cypriot football
Cyprus


title: Soune Soungole

text:
Soune Daniel Soungole (born 26 February 1995) is a footballer who plays as a midfielder. Born in Ivory Coast, he represents Niger.

Honours
 Slovan Liberec
Czech Cup: 2014–15

References

External links

Soune Soungole at FC Slovan Liberec
Soune Daniel Soungole at FK Teplice

1995 births
Living people
People from Lagunes District
People with acquired Nigerien citizenship
Nigerien men's footballers
Niger men's international footballers
Ivorian men's footballers
Ivory Coast men's youth international footballers
Ivorian people of Nigerien descent
Men's association football midfielders
FC Slovan Liberec players
FC Spartak Trnava players
Slovak First Football League players
Czech First League players
FK Teplice players
Busaiteen Club players
Nigerien expatriate men's footballers
Ivorian expatriate men's footballers
Expatriate men's footballers in the Czech Republic
Ivorian expatriate sportspeople in the Czech Republic
Nigerien expatriate sportspeople in the Czech Republic
Expatriate men's footballers in Slovakia
Ivorian expatriate sportspeople in Slovakia
Nigerien expatriate sportspeople in Slovakia
Expatriate men's footballers in Bahrain
Ivorian expatriate sportspeople in Bahrain
Nigerien expatriate sportspeople in Bahrain


title: List of faults in Slovenia

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This is a list of major fault lines and fault zones in Slovenia.

Brežice Fault
Donat Fault
Hochstuhl Fault
Idrija Fault
Kneža Fault
Labot Fault (Lavanttal Fault)
Orlica Fault
Periadriatic Seam
Predjama Fault
Raša Fault
Ravne Fault
Sava Fault
Šoštanj Fault
Stična Fault
Vodice Fault
Žužemberk Fault

References

Geology of Slovenia
Faults


title: William Veeck

text:
William Veeck may refer to:

William Veeck Sr. (1876–1933), president of the Chicago Cubs Major League Baseball (MLB) franchise from 1919 to 1933
Bill Veeck (1914–1986), son of William Veeck, Sr. and owner of several MLB teams: Philadelphia Phillies, Cleveland Indians, St. Louis Browns, and Chicago White Sox


title: Flora of the Sonoran Desert

text:
Flora of the Sonoran Desert includes six subdivisions based on vegetation types. Two are north of the boundary between the United States and Mexico, and four are south of the boundary. The flora of the Colorado Desert are influenced by the environment of the very dry and hot lower areas of the Colorado River valley, which may be barren, treeless, and generally have no large cacti. Flora of the Arizona Upland are comparatively lush, with trees and large columnar cacti that can withstand winter frosts. Those subdivisions of the Sonoran Desert which lie south of the international border are characterized by plants that cannot withstand frost.

Evolutionary history and affinities

Plants

Annuals
There are two seasons with significant precipitation, in the winter-spring months, and in the summer monsoon months. Annual plants mostly germinating during winter-spring precipitation tend to have closer affinities to flora of the Mojave Desert.

Cacti
All of the following cacti live in the Sonoran Desert:

Barrel cactus, Echinocactus and Ferocactus
Buckhorn cholla cactus, Cylindropuntia acanthocarpa
Cardon cactus, Pachycereus pringlei
Englemann prickly-pear cactus, Opuntia engelmannii
Fishhook barrel cactus, Ferocactus wislizeni
Ocotillo cactus, Fouquieria splendens
Organpipe cactus, Stenocereus thurberi
Saguaro, Carnegiea gigantea
Senita cactus, Lophocereus schottii

Colorado Desert flora

The Colorado Desert is the low area of the Colorado River Valley and surrounding hills and mountains. Plants must survive its hot and dry conditions. Temperatures can be greater than . Annual precipitation is sometimes less than . Density of vegetation gradually diminishes moving from the Arizona Upland into the Colorado Desert proper.

It is common to find areas where a layer of pebbles is left after wind and water removes the lighter gravels and sand, and the pebbles are cemented together with desert varnish, causing landforms called desert pavement that are impenetrable to many species. Unlike in the Arizona Upland where trees are common, they are mostly absent, except along watercourses and areas where water collects after rain.

Common plants are the burrobush shrub (Ambrosia dumosa), giving a grayish cast to the viewscape, and creosotebush (Larrea tridentata). Also common, but more widely spaced, is ocotillo (Fouquieria splendens). In areas of intermittent water steams (desert dry wash), ironwood (Olneya tesota), yellow paloverde (Parkinsonia microphylla), and Smoketree (Psorothamnus spinosus) can be found.

The Saguaro cactus is still present, but less frequently than in the Arizona uplands, and is smaller in this ecotone. It is almost entirely absent on the California side of the Colorado River.

Desert Holly (Atriplex hymenelytra) can tolerate even the hottest and driest sites.

Diversity and taxa

Ecotone of Colorado Desert and Arizona Upland
The area where two vegetation types border, overlap, and transition is called an ecotone. The ecotone between the hotter, drier Colorado Desert and that of the relatively cooler and wetter Arizona Upland occurs from Parker, Arizona southeast to near Phoenix, then south to Organ Pipe Cactus National Monument. Density of vegetation gradually diminishes moving from the Arizona Upland into the Colorado Desert proper. can be found with stems climbing through shrubs and other vegetation, producing "spectacular" floral displays on supporting vegetation.

Flora of the Central Gulf or California coast

Flora of the Magdalena area

Flora of the Vizcaino area

Lichens
Dimelaena thysanota is a crustose lichen found on rock faces.

Perennials

Plains of Sonora flora

Shrubs

Trees
Blue paloverde trees (Parkinsonia florida), with smooth blue-green photosynthetic bark, and yellow paloverde (Parkinsonia microphylla) are in the a legume family (Fabaceae). There are extensive stands of velvet mesquite (Prosopis velutina) in the valleys of the Arizona Upland, where colder air collects.

References

Sonoran
Sonoran
Sonoran

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title: Jung-Yul Kim

text:
Jung-Yul Kim (born February 9, 1973) is a former Canadian football offensive tackle who played six seasons in the Canadian Football League with the Calgary Stampeders and Toronto Argonauts. He was drafted by the Calgary Stampeders in the fifth round of the 1996 CFL Draft. Kim played CIS football at the University of Toronto. He won the 29th Vanier Cup with the Toronto Varsity Blues. He was also a member of the Calgary Stampeders team that won the 86th Grey Cup. Kim is also an actor, and serves as a police officer for the Toronto Police Service.

References

External links
Just Sports Stats
Jung-Yul Kim trading card

1973 births
Living people
20th-century Canadian male actors
20th-century South Korean male actors
21st-century Canadian male actors
21st-century South Korean male actors
Calgary Stampeders players
Canadian football offensive linemen
Canadian male actors of Korean descent
Canadian male film actors
Canadian male television actors
Canadian sportspeople of Korean descent
Male actors from Seoul
Male actors from Toronto
Players of Canadian football from Ontario
South Korean emigrants to Canada
South Korean male film actors
South Korean male television actors
South Korean players of Canadian football
Sportspeople from Seoul
Canadian football people from Toronto
Toronto Argonauts players
Toronto police officers
Toronto Varsity Blues football players


title: Vangough

text:
Vangough are a progressive metal band from Oklahoma, United States. The band was formed by vocalist and guitarist Clay Withrow in 2008 when he wanted to pursue more of a band effort after releasing his solo album, Dissonance Rising. They released their first album Manikin Parade in 2009, which was defined as a cross between Pain of Salvation and The Flower Kings. Their second album, Kingdom of Ruin was released in 2011, and their third album, Between the Madness in 2013. Apart from the studio albums, the band also released an acoustic album titled Acoustic Scars and an instrumental disc inspired by video games titled Game On!

Manikin Parade
The band's debut album Manikin Parade surprised fans and critics of progressive metal alike. Metal Underground and Sea of Tranquility compared the songs to The Flower Kings and Pain of Salvation praising Clay Withrow's vocal styles, guitar playing, and compositional skills.

Kingdom of Ruin
The band signed a record deal with Nightmare Records for their second album Kingdom of Ruin, which was described by Prog Sphere as slightly more "concise" and "focused" while noting that Withrow's vocals are still the "pinnacle" of the band. Dawn of the Deaf praised the production of the album while Danger Dog, awarding the release 5 out of 5 stars, commented on the album's diversity and praised the band's creativity. Metal Temple also gave the album a positive review, remarking: "[The album is] a marvelous trip of Progressive Metal, Rock, Jazz, and Folk unique music."

Between the Madness
Between the Madness generally received positive reviews. Danger Dog awarded it 4.5 stars out of 5 and described it as a "challenging and entertaining" listen while it was described as a "heavy, dark, and a seemingly unrelenting release of creative energy" by Prog Rock Music Talk reviewer Brian McKinnon. Jeff Stevens from Prog Metal Zone called the band "easily one of the best U.S. prog metal bands going right now" while Explicitly Intense defined Between the Madness as an album "of stellar yet epic proportions." Metal Underground claimed the album "bridges the gap between Vangough's left brain and right brain" and pointed out similarities between the songs on the album with the band's prior work. Commented the reviewer: "The overall sound hasn't drastically changed, and even shows some musical nods to prior songs. In "Vaudeville Nation," a scathing condemnation of a track, a clever link is established with Manikin Parade around 4:28. The main melody of the latter is re-introduced on guitars in a straight-played manner. Later in the song, a similar Manikin Parade vocal melody emerges in the line "...and burn the circus to the ground," and up through the yell following it." Prog-Sphere declared it as "one of the albums of the year" and Bloody Good Horror as well as Lords of Metal praised the album's diversity. Oklahoma Gazette called Between the Madness the band's "most enjoyable and well-executed rock opera to date."

Recent Activities
The band successfully funded their first live CD on Kickstarter in August, 2014. Also, they are getting ready for their first North American tour with Swedish progressive metal band Pain of Salvation starting in September and covering many states as well as Mexico.

References

American progressive metal musical groups
Heavy metal musical groups from Oklahoma
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title: Fadhila Louati

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Fadhila Louati (; born March 3, 1979, in Tunis) is a retired amateur Tunisian freestyle wrestler, who competed in the women's flyweight category. Considered one of the nation's top wrestlers in her decade, Louati has yielded a record of three gold medals in her career at the All-Africa Games (1999 and 2003), and at the 2001 Mediterranean Games in Tunis. She also had an opportunity to represent her nation Tunisia in the 48-kg division at the 2004 Summer Olympics, finishing fourteenth in the process. Louati is also a member of the wrestling squad for Centre Intégré de Radès in her native Tunis, under her personal coach Noureddine Mefri.

When Tunisia hosted the 2001 Mediterranean Games in Tunis, Louati emerged herself into a sporting fame, as she beat Greece's Agora Papavasiliou for the gold medal in the 46-kg division. Following her immediate sporting success, Louati went on to produce another boastful victory for the Tunisians for the women's flyweight title at the 2003 All-Africa Games in Abuja, Nigeria.

At the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Louati qualified for her Tunisian squad, as a lone wrestler, in the inaugural 48 kg class. Earlier in the process, she placed fourth from the Olympic Qualification Tournament in Madrid, Spain,  but managed to fill up an entry by the International Federation of Association Wrestling through a tripartite invitation. Louati lost two matches each to Greece's Fani Psatha and Tajikistan's Lidiya Karamchakova on technical fall, and was immediately halted by eventual Olympic champion Irini Merleni of Ukraine before reaching the two-minute mark due to a 10-point superiority rule, leaving her on the bottom of the prelim pool and placing last out of fourteen wrestlers in the final standings.

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title: Hadley Irwin

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Hadley Irwin was the pseudonym of a writing team, consisting of Lee Hadley (10 October 1934, in Earlham, Iowa – 22 August 1995) and Annabelle Irwin  (Peterson, Iowa, 8 October 1915 – Sunday 13 September 1998, aged 82), both Iowa State English professors. Their book Abby, My Love, 1985, is considered to be the first in children's literature to deal with incest/child sexual abuse.  The pair started writing together in 1979.

Themes
Hadley Irwin wrote so called 'problem novels' about teenagers, aimed at young adults, for example about alcoholism, racism, antisemitism, incest/child sexual abuse and suicide.  Aside from this primary theme, Irwin often portrays the elderly as human beings with their own hopes, fears, and problems.   Books are often set in Iowa, the home state of both Hadley and Irwin.  A final theme has to do with the relationships between parents and children.

According to The New York Times, the novel Abby, My Love (1985) was the first novel in children's literature to deal with incest/child sexual abuse. The main character of the book is a girl who is sexually abused by her father.

In spite of the heavy subjects, the books are written with humor, and the main theme is coming of age, and relations between people. Their historic novels are based on facts.

The book We Are Mesquakie We Are One describes the history of the Mesquakie accurately, according to expert Adeline Wanatee.

Reception
According to The New York Times Book Review, The Lilith Summer is "a sympathetic novel of teen-age distress", "in no way a liberationist tract" and "The story is warm and the writing exemplary".

According to Publishers Weekly, Hadley Irwin's "themes are thoughtfully developed and well worth pondering", and Kim/Kimi is "a drama that Irwin spices with naturally amusing episodes".

Some of Hadley Irwin's books have been adapted for the screen. Their books sold steadily in the United States as well as in Europe and in Japan.
Abby, My Love (also Atheneum), which focuses on incest, was adapted as a CBS Schoolbreak Special in 1988.

Awards
Hadley Irwin received several literary awards for their books:
 In 1981: an honor book designation from the Jane Addams Peace Association for We Are Mesquakie, We Are One (1980).
 In 1982: Society of Midland Authors award for Moon and Me (1981)
 In 1982: ALA Best Young Adult Book Award for What About Grandma? (1982).
 In 1982: the Dutch Book Award  for We Are Mesquakie, We Are One (1980).
 In 1983: the Dutch Book Award  for What About Grandma? (1982).
 In 1985: ALA Best Young Adult Book Award for Abby, My Love (1985)
 In 1986: the Dutch Book Award  for I Be Somebody (1984).
 In 1986:  Children's Choice Book award from a joint committee of Children's Book Council and International Reading Association for Abby, My Love (1985)
 In 1988: the Sequoyah Intermediate Book Award for Abby, My Love (1985).

Bibliography

References

External links

 Ann Irwin at LC Authorities, with 2 records (1973–1977)
 Lee Hadley at LC Authorities, no records

American writers of young adult literature
American women novelists
20th-century American novelists
Writing duos
Collective pseudonyms
People from Madison County, Iowa
People from Clay County, Iowa
20th-century American women writers
Women writers of young adult literature
Pseudonymous women writers
20th-century pseudonymous writers


title: The Fat Cow

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The Fat Cow was a restaurant owned and run by chef Gordon Ramsay and his business partner, Rowen Seibel. It opened in 2012 at The Grove shopping centre in Los Angeles, and after a series of legal challenges, it closed permanently in 2014. The menu was described by Ramsay as one you might expect to find in a "neighborhood restaurant."

History
Scottish chef Gordon Ramsay trademarked the name "The Fat Cow" in the UK in 2011, leading to speculation that he was about to open a chain of mid-priced steak and barbecue restaurants. Prior to its opening in the United States, it was publicised as partially following this concept with Ramsay describing it as "a place where people can just relax and enjoy a delicious European inspired meal".

The Fat Cow opened on 1 October 2012, located in The Grove shopping centre in Los Angeles as a joint venture between Ramsay and his business partner Rowen Seibel. The head chef at the time of opening was Mathew Woolf, while Andi Van Willigan was involved in setting up the restaurant as part of her position as Gordon Ramsay Holdings Corporate Executive U.S. Chef. It marked the second time that Ramsay had opened a restaurant in Los Angeles after Gordon Ramsay at The London. The restaurant was fitted out with communal tables, and decorated with reclaimed wood and unfinished metal. The design was created by Interior Design firm AK DESIGN NETWORK.

A year after opening, Ramsay was sued by the contractors he used to fit out the restaurant over an unpaid bill of $45,350.35 out of $191,235.24. A few months later a class action lawsuit was brought by the employees of the restaurant over his failure to pay minimum wage, give sufficient breaks, and pay overtime.

The restaurant was closed on 27 March 2014, amid a legal dispute over the name. The owner of a Spanish restaurant in Florida, Las Vacas Gordas, was said to have exclusive use of the name, and required Ramsay's Fat Cow to be closed or renamed. Following the closure, Seibel launched a legal claim against Ramsay for $10 million, saying that the chef had attempted to close the restaurant down and re-open it under a new name with the original staff in an effort to cut him out of the deal. It was claimed that Ramsay had known about the trademark issue since opening the restaurant, and had intended to rename it to GR Roast.

In addition, the landlord of The Grove shopping centre launched an action against Ramsay for $6 million in unpaid rent on a long-term lease of $52,000 a month. Ramsay's representatives issued a statement to the press over the rent issue, saying that "It's the unfortunate, but inevitable normal procedure following the closure of a restaurant."

Menu
The menu was intended to be more casual than some of Ramsay's other restaurants. He said that "The concept for The Fat Cow came from my desire to have a neighborhood restaurant that you could go to all the time to just relax and enjoy a terrific meal". Ingredients were to be sourced seasonally and using the farmers' market next door to the restaurant. Dishes included salads, pizzas cooked in a wood-fired oven, a Kobe beef burger, and lobster macaroni and cheese. There was also a separate ice-cream bar, serving soft-serve and ice-cream sandwiches.

Reception
Besha Rodell in the LA Weekly was disappointed with the food on offer at The Fat Cow, saying that her fries were "tepid" and that the Kobe burger "tasted no more special than any pub burger anywhere in America". She was more impressed by a couple of dishes: a salmon with celeriac coleslaw and a pizza with burrata and sausage, but she criticized Ramsay for trading on his name, and summed it up by saying that What galls is the act of misleading those folks, the people who are curious about all the hype given to food these days, who might decide to put themselves into Ramsay's hands to help them figure it out. The hoodwinking of those customers is the real reason this restaurant is more offensive than the sum of its not-very-good parts.

The Zagat guide said that it was an "easy date-night pick" and graded it 18 for food, 17 for decor and 17 for service, each out of 30.

See also

References

Defunct restaurants in Los Angeles
Fairfax, Los Angeles
Restaurants established in 2012
Restaurants disestablished in 2014
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title: Golden Summer, Eaglemont

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Golden Summer, Eaglemont is an 1889 landscape painting by Australian artist Arthur Streeton. Painted en plein air at the height of a summer drought, it is an idyllic depiction of sunlit, undulating plains that stretch from Streeton's Eaglemont "artists' camp" to the distant blue Dandenong Ranges, outside Melbourne. Naturalistic yet poetic, and a conscious effort by the 21-year-old Streeton to create his grandest work yet, it is a prime example of the artist's distinctive, high-keyed blue and gold palette, what he considered "nature's scheme of colour in Australia".

The National Gallery of Australia acquired the painting in 1995 for $3.5 million, then a record price for an Australian painting. It remains one of Streeton's most famous works and is considered a masterpiece of Australian Impressionism.

Background

Streeton painted the work en plein air in January 1889 at his Eaglemont "artists' camp", located in the then-rural suburb of Heidelberg on Melbourne's outskirts. He passed through the area in late 1888 in search of the site depicted in one of his favourite paintings, Louis Buvelot's Summer Afternoon, Templestowe (1866). On his return journey, he met Charles Davis—brother-in-law of painter and friend David Davies—who granted him "artistic possession" of an old weatherboard homestead atop Mount Eagle. Streeton occupied the homestead over the next eighteen months; fellow plein airists Charles Conder and Tom Roberts joined him for extended periods, and less frequently other artists, notably Walter Withers.

Streeton described the location in a letter to Roberts, calling it "our hill of gold":

The title may have been inspired by young plein airist Leon Pole, one of the earliest members of the camp. In a letter to Roberts, Conder wrote affectionately of Pole, but said that he "sometimes drinks a little too much 'Golden Summer', as he calls wine". Years later, Streeton recalled painting Golden Summer as he, Conder, and plein airist John Ford Paterson shared cheese and a bottle of claret. John Sandes, a journalist who often visited the Eaglemont camp, wrote in 1927:

The painting is noted for its thick application of paint, and one evening in the Eaglemont homestead, Streeton approached the canvas with a knife in order to scrape away some of the layers. Roberts convinced him to "leave it alone", for which Streeton was later thankful.

Exhibition and reception

Table Talk reported in May 1889 that Golden Summer, Eaglemont "abundantly testifies to [Streeton's] perfect sense of colour ... He paints summer effects as if he loved the country." When the painting appeared at the Victorian Artists Society's 1889 winter show, leading critic James Smith, while opposed to what he called "the impressionist fad", said Golden Summer "is the best example of this class of work in the exhibition."

In April 1890, Arthur and Emma Minnie Boyd of the Boyd artistic dynasty took Golden Summer, Eaglemont to London, where, the following year as Golden Summer, Australia, it hung on the line at the Royal Academy, and in so doing became the first painting by an Australian-born artist to be exhibited there. In 1892, it appeared at the Paris Salon, initially receiving an honorable mention, and then a gold medal during a second appearance. One critic noted the popularity of Golden Summer with "the crowds that throng the Salon", saying that it was "simply impossible" to pass by the painting "as it is utterly different from any other picture in the vast collection". Likewise, Australian artist John Longstaff, then based in Paris, said the painting "created quite a sensation and stood out in oneness and quality all through everything else on the walls."

In 1898, Golden Summer appeared at the Exhibition of Australian Art in London, where an English critic opined that it was "produced by a painter who sees with his own eyes", and that "its composition of light and shade ... [is] perhaps its strongest quality."

Provenance
Soon after completing Golden Summer, Streeton offered it to Melbourne's National Gallery of Victoria for 100 guineas, but received no reply from the museum's trustees. Streeton sent them a second letter, writing sarcastically, "I should be obliged if you would convey to the Trustees my hearty thanks for the interest they have taken in the matter". Scottish shipbuilder Charles Mitchell purchased Golden Summer, Eaglemont on the opening day of the 1892 Paris Salon. It remained part of Mitchell's estate until Streeton re-acquired the painting from the shipbuilder's widow in 1919.

Ahead of its public auction in Australia in 1924, Lionel Lindsay extolled the work in the hope that it would enter a public gallery:

A private collector acquired it for 1,000 guineas, then a record for a painting by an Australian artist. Streeton used the money to commission an architect to design and build 'Longacres', a new house and studio in Olinda, outside Melbourne. Golden Summer broke the same sales record in 1995 when the National Gallery of Australia purchased it for $3.5 million. The record has been broken several times since, most recently in 2020 when Henri's Armchair (1974) by Brett Whiteley sold for over $6.1 million.

References

External links
 Golden Summer, Eaglemont at the National Gallery of Australia

Paintings by Arthur Streeton
1889 paintings
Collections of the National Gallery of Australia
Landscape paintings
Sheep in art


title: Janine van Wyk

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Janine van Wyk (born 17 April 1987) is a South African professional soccer player who plays as a defender for her own club in South Africa JVW and captains the South Africa women's national team. She is the highest capped player in South Africa with 180 appearances, and highest capped female in CAF.

She has played for Houston Dash in the National Women's Soccer League, becoming the first South African player signed to this league. On 18 September 2018, van Wyk earned her 150th cap for the South Africa women's national soccer team, she holds the record as the most capped South African football player of any gender.

Early life and education
Van Wyk was born in Alberton, South Africa to Dannie van Wyk. She grew up in Germiston and she started playing soccer at the age of 6. She attended Hoërskool Alberton, an Afrikaans medium school that did not play soccer. Her first girls team was Springs Home Sweepers based in KwaThema. She came out at aged 15.

Club career
A few years later, Van Wyk joined the Moroka Swallows and later, the Palace Super Falcons from Thembisa, where she was part of a team that won three consecutive league titles. Van Wyk called her time with the Super Falcons "memorable", and said that in the three league victories they were "untouchable". She then founded her own club, named JVW F.C. She previously served as player-coach for the club. Fans of football have nicknamed her "Booth".

On 21 December 2016, she signed with the Houston Dash in the National Women's Soccer League. In 2017 she made 17 appearances for the Dash. Van Wyk returned to Houston for the 2018 NWSL season, she appeared in 20 games. On 1 October 2018 van Wyk was waived by the Houston Dash and placed on re-entry waivers but her rights were not claimed by another team.

In August 2019, she signed for Danish club Fortuna Hjorring. After a knee injury during a training session and returning to South Africa, on 14 January 2020, van Wyk announced that she and Fortuna Hjorring had agreed to terminate her contract so she could focus on rehabilitation.

Van Wyk returned to Europe in July 2020 when she signed for Scottish Women's Premier League (SWPL) club Glasgow City. After making one appearance in a UEFA Women's Champions League match against VfL Wolfsburg, her SWPL debut was delayed for several months due to a combination of a knee injury and the suspension of the league during the COVID-19 pandemic.

International career
Van Wyk made her national team debut in 2005 against Nigeria in the African Women's Championship. Van Wyk scored a stunning free kick when Banyana recorded their first ever win over Nigeria since the women's national team was formed in 1993. Van Wyk scored the only goal of that match, with Banyana knocking Nigeria out of the 2012 African Women's Championship. She was a member of the South African team who played at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, United Kingdom.  She said she was proud to represent her country at an Olympic Games, despite the team being knocked out in the first round.

Van Wyk played her 100th cap for South Africa against Namibia, winning 2–0 in August 2014. At the time, she was the second most capped South African women's player as her teammate Portia Modise won her 110th cap in the same match.

On 28 March 2016, she became South Africa's most capped player (male or female) when she made her 125th appearance against Cameroon. On 18 September 2018, she earned her 150th cap for South Africa. Van Wyk became the first Captain to lead her team to a Women's World Cup Appearance, as well as the first Captain in South Africa's history to lead a South African Team at the 2019 Women's World Cup. Van Wyk captained the Banyana Banyana to their first WAFCON victory in 2022, where they defeated hosts Morocco 2-1 in the final despite Van Wyk not starting the match.

JVW
Van Wyk founded a football club JVW in 2013 "with the intention to focus on the development of the female football player whilst providing a platform for them to reach higher levels in the sport. Starting with only one team in 2013 that participated in the Sasol League, JVW FC has grown tremendously in the past years developing young female athletes to now having Five teams representing the Football Club" The JVW First team won the Gauteng Sasol League in 2016, where Van Wyk served as a Player-coach, and reached the Sasol League National Championship final where they ultimately lost 1–0 to Bloemfontein Celtic Ladies. A couple years later in 2019 JVW FC won the Gauteng Sasol League once again and became the National Champions beating Limpopo representatives Maindies Ladies 2–0 in the final and booked their place in the recently launched (2019) National Women's League.

International goals

Honours
Glasgow City

 Scottish Women's Premier League: 2020–21
South Africa

 Women's Africa Cup of Nations: 2022, runner-up: 2008, 2012, 2018; third place: 2006, 2010

Individual
South African Football Association Best Female Player: 2010
COSAFA Women's Championship Player of the Tournament: 2011
Ekurhuleni Sports Awards Ekurhuleni Sports Woman of the Year: 2012
Gauteng Sports Awards Sports Personality of the Year: 2015
IFFHS CAF Women's Team of the Decade 2011–2020
IFFHS All-time Africa Women's Dream Team: 2021

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1987 births
People from Alberton, Gauteng
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Afrikaner people
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Footballers at the 2016 Summer Olympics
Olympic soccer players for South Africa
FIFA Women's Century Club
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National Women's Soccer League players
Houston Dash players
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2019 FIFA Women's World Cup players
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title: Flora of the Arizona Upland

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Flora of the Arizona Upland includes higher elevation Sonora Desert plants that require more moisture and cooler climates than those of the adjacent Sonoran Desert areas in the Colorado Desert of the lower Colorado River valley area, and which can withstand frost, unlike plants of the Sonoran Desert south of the border between the United States and Mexico.

Evolutionary history

Environmental influences
The Arizona Upland receives between 12 and 15 inches of annual precipitation, of which half falls in the summer monsoons. Cold air collects in the valleys. Less cold tolerant species grow on the warmer slopes above.

Characteristics
The flora of the Arizona Upland is characterized by a rich association of large and small cacti and succulents, trees, shrubs, perennials and annuals. Plants must be frost tolerant, which distinguishes the flora from that of adjacent areas of the Sonora Desert.

Taxa and diversity

Cacti and succulents

Cactaceae Family members include the tall Saguaro (Carnegiea gigantea) on warmer slopes above the valleys.

Following rains, Ocatillo (Fouquieria splendens) adds bright red flowers high up on the tips of multiple tall stems rising from the base.

Trees
There are extensive stands of Velvet Mequite (Prosopis velutina), in the Legume Family (Fabaceae).

Woody shrubs

Perennials

Annuals

Ecology

References

Upland
Upland


title: Parksley Spuds

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The Parksley Spuds was a Class D minor league baseball team based in Parksley, Virginia, which had a population of just over 600 people at the 1920 United States Census. They played in the Eastern Shore League between 1922 and 1928, the entire run of the league's initial incarnation. The Spuds won multiple league pennants during that span. The league encountered financial difficulties during the 1928 season and the owners of the teams voted to disband the league.

One of the notable players to appear for the Spuds was Jimmie Foxx; he was a catcher for the team during its visit to a 1924 championship series known as the Five-State Championship. He later became a Baseball Hall of Fame first baseman.

History
The Parksley Spuds became one of the six inaugural members of the Eastern Shore League in 1922. The league consisted of teams from Virginia, Maryland and Delaware. The Spuds were named so for the fact that sweet potatoes were widely grown in Parksley. Parksley was home to a playing field known as the Eastern Shore League Baseball Park. The rural town of Parksley, which had a population of 607 at the 1920 census, was an unlikely candidate to host a successful baseball team. Accomack County had a population of nearly 35,000 people, but games were played during the daytime and most of the area's population worked long hours.

In the 1922 season, the Spuds were managed by former minor league player John "Poke" Whalen. Parksley won the Eastern Shore League pennant. They finished with a 42–25 win–loss record, bolstered by the 15–5 record of pitcher William Klingelhoefer. The championship teams from the ESL and Blue Ridge League (BRL) faced each other in a playoff known as the Five-State Championship or Five-State Series. Each team in the series was allowed to add two players to its roster from other teams in its league. The Spuds faced the BRL champions, the Martinsburg Blue Sox, in the Five-State Championship that year. Martinsburg won the best-of-seven series in four games.

Ralph Mattis became the player-manager for the Spuds in 1923. He played one more season for the team in 1924, but Whalen returned to manage the team in 1924 and 1925. The Spuds went back to the Five-State Championship in 1924, for which they added the services of future Baseball Hall of Fame member Jimmie Foxx, who had played for the league's Easton Farmers that season. Parksley planned to use Foxx in the outfield, but catcher Joe Tagg got sick just before the series started; Foxx batted fifth and played catcher. He registered six runs batted in (RBI) in the first game, which Parksley won 17–0. Foxx hit for a .391 batting average and four home runs in the series, which the Spuds won four games to two. The Spuds nearly returned to the Five-State Championship in 1925, but the Cambridge Canners finished ahead of them for the Eastern Shore League pennant.

Win Clark managed the 1926 Parksley team. Lester Bangs, who had managed for two years in the Class B Virginia League, was the Spuds manager in 1927. The team won its last league championship that year and beat the BRL's Chambersburg Maroons in the Five-State Championship. A man named John Pasquella took over as manager of the team in 1928; Baseball-Reference.com does not have any biographical information about Pasquella other than his position as manager of the 1928 Parksley team. Facing declining attendance figures, Eastern Shore League officials voted to disband the league in July 1928, cancelling all of the statistics from that season. Two other iterations of the league existed in the 1930s and 1940s, but Parksley did not field a team in the league after 1928.

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title: Massimo Drago

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Massimo Drago (born March 2, 1971) is an Italian professional football coach and a former player.

Playing career
Born in Crotone, Drago started his career at hometown club Kroton in the Serie C2 league. In 1990–91 he had a short stint at Serie B level with Avellino, in what was his highest point as a footballer. He successively played at Serie C1, Serie C2 and Serie D level with a variety of teams before retiring in 2004.

Coaching career
After retiring as a player, Drago joined Crotone's coaching staff in 2005 as a youth coach for the Giovanissimi (under-15) level. In 2008, he was promoted as technical collaborator for the first team, and was successively named as assistant coach to Leonardo Menichini in 2011. After the latter's dismissal as head coach, Drago was then promoted new head coach of Crotone in January 2012, successfully guiding the Calabrian club to safety in  the 2011–12 Serie B and being successively appointed as permanent manager by the end of the season.

Drago was successively admitted to the UEFA Pro Licence course due to his role as manager of a Serie B club in December 2012. Under his tenure, Crotone achieved a twelfth place in the 2012–13 season and, then, an impressive sixth place in the 2013–14 Serie B, the best result in the club history to date, thus qualifying to the promotion playoffs (then lost to Bari).

On 4 February 2019, Drago was appointed as the manager of Reggina. The adventure at Reggina ended after only 9 games. He was fired after a defeat to Sicula Leonzio on 4 April 2019, after only managing to get 9 points in 9 games.

References

1971 births
Living people
People from Crotone
Italian men's footballers
Serie B players
FC Crotone players
Catania FC players
US Avellino 1912 players
Potenza SC players
Italian football managers
FC Crotone managers
Men's association football defenders
US Castrovillari Calcio players
Footballers from Calabria
Sportspeople from the Province of Crotone


title: The Emperor's New Groove (soundtrack)

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The Emperor's New Groove is the soundtrack to the 2000 Disney film The Emperor's New Groove. It features vocal performances by Shawn Colvin, Tom Jones, Eartha Kitt, Rascal Flatts, and Sting. The album was released in 2000 by Walt Disney Records. The music is by Sting and David Hartley, and the score is by John Debney. The album included many songs that were written for Kingdom of the Sun, the original incarnation for the project. It also included Spanish and Italian versions of "My Funny Friend and Me".

Production
The Emperor's New Groove was one of the first Disney films after 1999's Tarzan that was not a traditional musical, but only featured a few minor songs. The project was originally intended to be a musical film and many songs cut from the film as the plot changed are included in the soundtrack.

JustPressPlay explains:

Track listing

Bonus tracks

References

The Emperor's New Groove
2000s film soundtrack albums
2000 soundtrack albums
Disney animation soundtracks
Walt Disney Records soundtracks
Sting (musician) soundtracks
John Debney soundtracks


title: Scott Morgan (footballer)

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Scott Morgan (born 22 March 1975) is an English retired semi-professional footballer who played as a defender. He made one appearance in the Football League for Brentford and had a long career in semi-professional football in England, Ireland and Wales.

Club career

Brentford
After beginning his career in the youth systems at West Ham United and Bournemouth, Morgan joined Second Division club Brentford in 1993. He made his professional debut in a 1–0 victory over Hartlepool United on 9 October 1993. Having made just three appearances, Morgan was released at the end of the 1993–94 season and his progress was hampered by a serious knee injury.

Dorchester Town
After his release from Brentford, Morgan signed for Southern League Premier Division club Dorchester Town, who were managed by his father Stuart. He remained with the club until 1997 and disillusioned, quit football. Looking back in 2005, Morgan stated that he "hated" his time with the club and found it difficult being the manager's son.

Galway United
Morgan returned to football in 1999, after receiving a phone call from former Dorchester Town teammate and Galway United manager Don O'Riordan. Morgan subsequently signed for the League of Ireland Premier Division strugglers and helped the club to stave off relegation during the 1999–00 season. He was also named captain. Morgan made 25 appearances and scored one goal during the 2000–01 season, but could not help the Tribesmen narrowly avoiding relegation for the second season in succession. He departed the club after the campaign, having made 49 appearances and scored one goal.

Barry Town
Morgan joined reigning League of Wales champions Barry Town in July 2001. He made 40 appearances during the 2001–02 season and won the first silverware of his career, with a League of Wales and Welsh Cup double. He signed a new two-year contract in May 2002. Morgan made 27 league appearances and scored three goals during the 2002–03 season, once again winning the newly branded-Welsh Premier League and Welsh Cup double. With years of overspending crippling the club, Morgan and most of the squad departed Barry in August 2003. Morgan made 61 league appearances and scored three goals during his two years with the club.

Forest Green Rovers
After interest from Southern League Premier Division club Newport County, Morgan signed for Conference club Forest Green Rovers on a two-year deal in August 2003. Morgan played in the Green's first seven games of the season, before a head-butting incident with stand-in captain Martin Foster in a 2–1 defeat to Halifax Town in late September saw him sacked by the club.

Newport County
Morgan joined Southern League Premier Division club Newport County on a temporary contract on 21 October 2003. He made 14 appearances and scored two goals during the 2003–04 season. Morgan made 40 appearances and scored one goal for the struggling team and departed the club at the end of the campaign, having been looking for a move away from Spytty Park since January 2005.

Return to Dorchester Town
Morgan returned to Dorchester Town in May 2005 and signed a two-year contract. Now playing Conference South football with the Magpies, Morgan made 32 appearances and scored one goal during the 2005–06 season. His performances saw him jointly-awarded the club's Player of the Year award with centre back partner Alex Browne. Morgan made 30 league appearances and scored one goal during the 2006–07 season. He agreed a new one-year deal in May 2007, but quit the club two months later, citing difficulties with the club's new full-time training regime.

Personal life
Morgan is a member of the Morgan footballing family, which includes Stuart Morgan (his father), Ceri Morgan and Eli Morgan.

Career statistics

Honours
Barry Town
 Welsh Premier League (2): 2001–02, 2002–03
 Welsh Cup (2): 2001–02, 2002–03

Individual

 Dorchester Town Player of the Year (1): 2005–06

References

External links
 Scott Morgan at Soccerbase

1975 births
Living people
English men's footballers
Brentford F.C. players
English Football League players
Footballers from Colchester
Men's association football fullbacks
Men's association football central defenders
West Ham United F.C. players
AFC Bournemouth players
Dorchester Town F.C. players
Southern Football League players
Galway United F.C. (1937–2011) players
League of Ireland players
Barry Town United F.C. players
Forest Green Rovers F.C. players
National League (English football) players
Newport County A.F.C. players
English expatriate men's footballers
English expatriate sportspeople in Ireland


title: Zentrygon

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Zentrygon is a bird genus in the pigeon and dove family (Columbidae). Its members are called quail-doves and all live in the Neotropics.

The  species of this genus primarily range from southern Mexico throughout Central America. Quail-doves are ground-dwelling birds that live, nest, and feed in dense forests. They are remarkable for their purple to brown coloration with light-and-dark facial markings.

The genus was introduced in 2013 with buff-fronted quail-dove as the type species. It contains the following eight species:

 Tuxtla quail-dove or Veracruz quail-dove, Zentrygon carrikeri
 Buff-fronted quail-dove or Costa Rica quail-dove, Zentrygon costaricensis
 Purplish-backed quail-dove, Zentrygon lawrencii
 White-faced quail-dove, Zentrygon albifacies
 White-throated quail-dove, Zentrygon frenata
 Lined quail-dove, Zentrygon linearis
 Chiriqui quail-dove, Zentrygon chiriquensis
 Russet-crowned quail-dove, Zentrygon goldmani
Cladogram showing the position of Zentrygon among its closest relatives:

References

AOU taxonomic changes 2014 Auk:14-24.1

Bird genera


title: Amanda Dlamini

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Amanda Sinegugu Dlamini (born 22 July 1988) is a former South African soccer player. She played for JVW FC as a midfielder. She represented the South Africa women's national team at the 2012 and 2016 Summer Olympics.

Early career
Dlamini was born in Harding in KwaZulu Natal. She started playing soccer in 1999 for a boys' team, Young Callies.

Career

Club
At a club level, Dlamini has played for Durban Ladies and the University of Johannesburg. Dlamini currently plays for JVW FC and was part of the team that won the 2019 Sasol League Championship.

International
She made her debut for the senior national team in 2007 in a 5–0 loss to Nigeria in an Olympic qualifier. She scored her first international goal against Netherlands. She was the top goalscorer of the 2008 Sasol Women's League. She was part of the squads that won bronze and silver medals at the 2010 African Women's Championship and 2012 African Women's Championship; at the 2010 championships, she was named Most Valuable Player. She was captain of the national team between 2011 and 2013.

She became the fifth female football player to win 100 caps for South Africa following a friendly match against the United States in July 2016, following Janine van Wyk, Nompumelelo Nyandeni, Portia Modise and Noko Matlou. Prior to the game, she said "It has always been a dream of mine to play for the national team, I have never wanted to do anything else but play football. I am what I am today because of the game. I have given so much to the game and to see myself so close to the 100 caps makes me very emotional". In the same match, American goalkeeper Hope Solo won her 100th cap for the United States.

Personal life
In 2012, she founded the Amanda Dlamini Girls Foundation aiming to provide basic help to girls in rural areas. She is now a soccer analyst at Supersport. In July 2021, she was appointed as the Senior Commercial and Marketing Manager of The South African Football Association (SAFA)

References

External links

1988 births
Living people
People from uMuziwabantu Local Municipality
Zulu people
South African women's soccer players
Women's association football midfielders
South Africa women's international soccer players
Footballers at the 2012 Summer Olympics
Footballers at the 2016 Summer Olympics
Olympic soccer players for South Africa
University of Johannesburg alumni
FIFA Women's Century Club


title: Noctcaelador

text:
Noctcaelador (from Latin nocturnus "nocturnal", caelum "sky", and adorare "to adore") is a psychological construct, introduced by the psychologist William E. Kelly in 2003 to describe an "emotional attachment to, or adoration of, the night sky".

According to Kelly, "noctcaelador has been associated with higher openness to experience, investigative and artistic vocational interests, sensation-seeking, a rational, cognitive approach to problem solving and need for cognition, a propensity to engage in fantasy, a tendency to become deeply involved and attentive to stimuli of interest, and a willingness to consider unusual ideas and possibilities".

History
In a series of lectures in the United States, the philosopher George Santayana used the appearance of the night sky as an example of what is attractive to the human mind: an intricacy delicately poised between unfathomable complexity and uninteresting simplicity. Because of the absence of light pollution in antiquity, stars of the sixth apparent magnitude were more widely visible by the naked eye. American philosopher Holmes Rolston III juxtaposed the ancient aesthetics of the night sky and the modern one: "Today, we are almost amused at the way the ancients fancied various constellations there. At night, we no longer admire the Orion as a hunter, any more than by day do we admire a cumulus cloud as a basket of washing".

Isaac Asimov in his short story Nightfall (1941) tackled the first experience of the night sky by describing an eclipse on a fictitious inhabited planet with six suns.

See also
Dark-sky movement
National Dark-Sky Week
International Dark-Sky Association

References

Aesthetic beauty
Amateur astronomy
Observational astronomy
Pleasure
Mental states
2000s neologisms


title: Vladimír Stránský

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Vladimír Stránský (born 7 June 1947) is a Czech former professional ice hockey player.

Career
Between 1977 and 1981 Stránský played in the Czechoslovak First Ice Hockey League with both HC Vítkovice and HC Zlín.

He won the national title with HC Vítkovice in 1981.

Family
His sons Vít and Vladan also played ice hockey at a high level, the latter representing Australia after playing there for several years. Grandsons Matěj and Šimon Stránský (children of eldest son Darek) were a sixth round pick of the Dallas Stars in the 2011 NHL Entry Draft, and a Czech international respectively.

References

External links

1947 births
Living people
Ice hockey people from Jihlava
Czech ice hockey left wingers
HC Vítkovice players
PSG Berani Zlín players
Czechoslovakia (WHA) players
HC Košice players


title: Ali Mohamed Mohamud

text:
Ali Hared Mohamed " (, ) is a Somali politician. He previously served as Minister of Tourism and Wildlife of Somalia under Abdullahi Yusuf Ahmed's presidency. On 9 August 2014, Mohamud was appointed Minister of Health by Prime Minister Abdiweli Sheikh Ahmed. He replaced Ahmed Mohamed Mohamud at the position. Mohamud's term as Minister of Health ended on 12 January 2015, when new Prime Minister Omar Abdirashid Ali Sharmarke appointed Said Hussein Iid as his successor.

References

Living people
Government ministers of Somalia
Year of birth missing (living people)


title: Basswood Grove, Minnesota

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Basswood Grove is an unincorporated community in Denmark Township, Washington County, Minnesota, United States.  The community is located along Washington County Road 21 (St. Croix Trail South) near 80th Street South and 87th Street South.

Nearby places include Cottage Grove, Afton, and Hastings.

References

Unincorporated communities in Minnesota
Unincorporated communities in Washington County, Minnesota


title: Heinrich Jasper (biologist)

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Heinrich (Henri) Jasper (born February 1, 1974) is a German-American biologist at Buck Institute for Research on Aging. He was formerly a professor of biology at The University of Rochester. He studies aging, stem cell function, and tissue regeneration.

Biography
Jasper received his diploma in biochemistry sehr gut in December 1998 from the University of Tübingen, Germany. While there, he worked as a laboratory assistant in the laboratory of R.A.W. Rupp and wrote his diploma thesis on the 'Identification of target genes of the myogenic transcription factor MyoD in Xenopus laevis.' He was also a research student at the Max Planck Institutes of Biochemistry and Neurobiology in Munich, Germany. In October 2002, he received a PhD in Biology summa cum laude from the University of Heidelberg, Germany for his work at the European Molecular Biology Laboratory under Dr. Dirk Bohmann titled 'Analysis of signaling and cell differentiation events in Drosophila development by genome-wide expression profiling.'

After receiving his PhD, Jasper moved to the University of Rochester Medical Center, first as a researcher in the department of biomedical genetics, then as a tenured research professor at the department of biology. He has been at the Buck Institute since the summer of 2012 where he began a collaboration with the Kennedy and Kapahi labs to study the effects of stress, diet, and metabolic signaling on stem cell maintenance and regeneration.

From 2018-2019, Jasper served as President of the American Aging Association. He is a member of the Editorial Board for Current Biology.

Honors and awards
Glenn Foundation Award for Research in Biological Mechanisms of Aging (2010)
Wilmot Assistant Professorship in Arts, Sciences and Engineering (2009)
The Ellison Medical Foundation: Senior Scholar Award in Aging (2008)

References

Living people
21st-century American biologists
21st-century German biologists
Developmental biologists
1974 births


title: Nahuel Zárate

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Nahuel Zárate (born 27 January 1993) is an Argentine footballer who plays for Estudiantes de Buenos Aires. He is left-footed, and his position was left back. He was sentenced to five years in prison for involuntary manslaughter, after crashing and killing two men.

References

External links

Living people
1993 births
Footballers from Buenos Aires
Argentine men's footballers
Men's association football defenders
Boca Juniors footballers
Godoy Cruz Antonio Tomba footballers
Unión de Santa Fe footballers
Atlético Tucumán footballers
Club Atlético Fénix players
Gimnasia y Esgrima de Jujuy footballers
Estudiantes de Buenos Aires footballers
Argentine Primera División players
Primera Nacional players
Primera B Metropolitana players
People convicted of manslaughter
Argentine criminals


title: Alice de Sousa

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Alice de Sousa is a London-based British film and theatre producer, actress, screenwriter, and playwright.

In 2014, she executive produced Terence Davies' feature film Sunset Song.
She is the British representative of the Iris Group and the managing director of Iris Productions UK Ltd.

Career

Acting
De Sousa has played leading roles in thirty stage plays including the title roles in two different productions of 'The Duchess of Malfi' (John Webster), Hedda in two separate productions of 'Hedda Gabler' (Henrik Ibsen), and Celestina in 'Celestina' (de Rojas; Lady Macbeth in 'Macbeth' (William Shakespeare); Anne Boleyn in 'Anne of the Thousand Days'; Millamant in 'The Way of the World' (William Congreve); Goneril in 'King Lear' (William Shakespeare); Hermione in 'The Winter's Tale' (William Shakespeare); Maria Eduarda in two different productions of her own translation/adaption of Eça de Queirós' masterpiece novel 'The Maias'); Ophelia in 'Hamlet' (William Shakespeare); Marina in 'Pericles' (William Shakespeare); Elvira in 'Blithe Spirit' (Noël Coward); Dona Madalena in 'The Pilgrim' (Almeida Garrett); Juliet in 'Romeo and Juliet' (William Shakespeare); and Joana in the World Première of her translation of Bernardo Santareno's play 'The Crime of the Old Village' (O Crime de Aldeia Velha).

Theatrical productions
De Sousa has created over seventy professional theatre shows, including:'Anne of a Thousand Days' and 'Pericles' (1991/2); the 1999 Open-air Shakespearean Festival in Eltham Greenwich; the 2000 British Première of 'Never Nothing From No One' (Luisa Costa Gomes). Thereafter, for Galleon Theatre Company and at her own London theatre venue the Greenwich Playhouse (AKA The Prince Theatre) she produced 'Hamlet'; 'Company' (and its transfer to the Palace Theatre); 'Pygmalion'; 'Richard III'; 'You're Gonna Love Tomorrow'; 'Peep Show'; two different productions of 'Hedda Gabler' in which she also played the title role; 'The Crime of Father Amaro'; 'Cousin Basílio' which she adapted for the stage; 'Shadows on the Sun' Barrie Keffee's first stage play in a decade; 'The Importance of Being Earnest'; '3 Sisters'; 'The White Devil'; ‘Tis Pity She’s a Whore'; 'The Ruffian on the Stair' & 'The Erpingham Camp'; 'The Maias' which she adapted for the stage and played Maria Eduarda; her original play 'Inês de Castro'; played Goneril and produced 'King Lear'; 'Absent Friends'; 'A Doll’s House'; 'The Seagull'; translated/adapted/produced and played Madalena in 'The Heiress of the Cane Fields'; translated, produced and played Joana in 'The Crime of the Old Village'; translated/adapted/produced and played Matilde in 'Thankfully there is Moonlight!'; produced and played Hedda Gabler in 'Hedda Gabler'; produced two different productions of 'The Merchant of Venice'; wrote and produced the internationally acclaimed, award winning 'Aristides – the Outcast Hero'; in 2010 produced 'The Importance of Being Earnest', and a second production of 'The Cherry Orchard'; in 2011 produced 'A Woman of No Importance', and a second production of her own adaptation of 'The Maias', again playing Maria Eduarda; in 2012 produced for the second time 'Hamlet', and 'The Duchess of Malfi' in which she returned to the title role. This was the last production to be staged at the Greenwich Playhouse, a London leading, independent, studio theatre venue which she had artistically directed since 1995.

Film
In 2004, de Sousa co-founded 'Galleon Films Ltd.' for which they are developing four feature films: 'The Duchess of Malfi'; 'The Angel of Bordeaux'; 'Inês de Castro'; and ‘Lady Bare Knuckles’.
In 1989 she founded Galleon Theatre Company Ltd. In December 1995, she founded The Prince Theatre (AKA Greenwich Playhouse Ltd.) where she staged thirty-eight in-house theatre productions until the venue closed in September 1998. In May 2000, following the successful outcome of a campaign to save the studio from closure, they re-opened the venue and renamed it Greenwich Playhouse.

Writing
De Sousa has written original stage scripts entitled ‘Inês de Castro’ and ‘Aristides: the Outcast Hero'; and theatre translations/adaptations of Eça de Queirós’ novels ‘Cousin Basilio’ and ‘The Maias’; Almeida Garrett's ‘The Pilgrim’ (Frei Luis de Sousa); Luis Sttau Monteiro's ‘Thankfully there is Moonlight!’ (Felizmente há Luar!); Bernardo Santareno's 'The Crime of the Old Village' (O Crime de Aldeia Velha); and Julio Dinis’ 'The Heiress of the Cane Fields' (Morgadinha dos Canaviais).

As a screenwriter, she has written original film scripts of ‘Inês de Castro’; ‘The Angel of Bordeaux’ (AKA – Aristides: the Outcast Hero; her own filmic adaptation of John Webster's ‘The Duchess of Malfi’; and is writing ‘Lady Bare Knuckles’.

Awards
In 2001 and 2005 de Sousa won the Arts Council Playwright's Bursary.

References

British actresses
British dramatists and playwrights
Living people
Alumni of London South Bank University
Alumni of King's College London
Place of birth missing (living people)
Actresses from London
Writers from London
Year of birth missing (living people)


title: Thokozile Mndaweni

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Thokozile Mndaweni (born 8 August 1981) is a South African women's footballer who plays as a goalkeeper. She plays for Croesus Ladies. She represented the South Africa women's national football team at the 2012 London Olympics She is well known for a saving a penalty and later converting her own spot kick during South Africa's win on penalties in the Olympic qualifier return leg match in Tunis in April 2011.

References

Living people
1981 births
Sportspeople from Boksburg
Soccer players from Gauteng
Women's association football goalkeepers
South African women's soccer players
South Africa women's international soccer players
Footballers at the 2012 Summer Olympics
Olympic soccer players for South Africa


title: 2015 (company)

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2015, Inc. was an American video game developer based in Tulsa, Oklahoma. The studio is best known for developing Medal of Honor: Allied Assault.

History
2015, Inc. was founded by Tom Kudirka in 1997. He assembled a team of developers by researching people who were participating in the FPS mod community. After months of working online and mostly only communicating via ICQ instant messenger his team created a Quake mod as a playable demo to show off their talent. Kudirka sent the demo to Activision who was so impressed with their work they awarded 2015 a contract developing the expansion pack to their upcoming game entitled SiN, developed by Ritual Entertainment.

Kudirka moved all of his team members to Tulsa, Oklahoma to begin work on the expansion pack SiN: Wages of Sin. The seven developers who spent over six months online creating the demo met one another for the first time. Three of the seven developers lived in a house rented by Kudirka where the living-room made up the development studio. The team was Tom Kudirka, Ken Turner, Zied Reike, Carl Glave, Benson Russel, Paul Jury and Michael Boon, who Kudirka relocated from Tasmania Australia.

SiN: Wages of Sin

Wages of Sin was the official expansion pack for Ritual Entertainment's game SiN. The game was published by Activision and released for the Windows platform in February 1999.

Medal of Honor: Allied Assault

Following the release of the film Saving Private Ryan, Steven Spielberg wanted to produce a World War II-themed video game, which was established by the Medal of Honor series, initially produced by DreamWorks Interactive, a joint venture between DreamWorks and Microsoft. While the first two Medal of Honor games were successful, DreamWorks Interactive had also produced the lackluster Trespasser in 1998, which left Spielberg unsure about continuing a video game division. DreamWorks Interactive was sold to Electronic Arts in 2000.

Spielberg was still interested in the Medal of Honor series, and his staff initially approached id Software about the project. id was at capacity at that time, but the id executives pointed them to 2015 as a possible candidate. Spielberg's staff made contact with 2015 in May 2000 about their interest in the series. Development began on Medal of Honor: Allied Assault soon after. To assist in the development of such a high-profile title, Kudirka hired additional developers such as Nathan Silvers, Paul Messerly, Keith Bell, Mackey McCandlish, Chance Glasco, Jason West and Radomir Kucharski, who Kudirka relocated from Katowice, Poland.

The game was published by Electronic Arts and released for the Windows platform on 22 January 2002 in North America and on 15 February 2002 in Europe. The game was a critical and financial success with many considering Medal of Honor: Allied Assault to have pioneered the cinematic first person shooter genre. The game provided a substantial push for Electronic Arts' Medal of Honor series.

Following the release, a group of developers left 2015 to form Infinity Ward, a studio that would become known for the Call of Duty series based around the same concept.

Men of Valor

In 2002, 2015 began development on its own intellectual property, Men of Valor, a first person shooter simulating infantry combat during the Vietnam era. Men of Valor follows Dean Shepard and his squad of Marines from the 3rd Battalion of the 3rd Marine Division through 13 missions of the Vietnam War, including missions at the height of the Tet Offensive. In historically-based scenarios, the player assumes a variety of roles in which they man the door gun on a Huey helicopter, steer a riverboat along enemy-infested shores, battle their way through enemy tunnel complexes, and call down fire as a forward observer. Mission types include pilot rescues, recon patrols, POW rescue, and search-and-destroy ops.

Men of Valor was published by Vivendi Universal and released for Xbox on 19 October 2004 in North America and on 5 November 2004 in Europe. The game was released for Windows on 29 October 2004 in North America and 12 November 2004 in Europe.

On 14 April 2015, it was announced that Nordic Games had closed an asset purchase agreement with 2015 to acquire the Men of Valor IP.

Trainwreck Studios
In late 1999 Kudirka created a separate development division of 2015 called Trainwreck Studios, a subsidiary specializing in mid-price to budget games. Under that name, a few titles were created: Laser Arena in 2000, CIA Operative: Solo Missions in 2001, and then Time Ace in 2007 for the Nintendo DS.

Games developed

Cancelled games

References

External links

Companies based in Tulsa, Oklahoma
Video game development companies
Defunct video game companies of the United States
Video game companies established in 1997


title: Ardwick Green Barracks

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Ardwick Green Barracks is a former military installation in Ardwick, Manchester.

History
The barracks were designed by Lawrence Booth as the headquarters of the 5th (Ardwick) Volunteer Battalion, The Manchester Regiment; they were completed in 1886 and opened by Prince George, Duke of Cambridge, Commander-in-Chief of the Forces in September 1887. The 5th (Ardwick) Volunteer Battalion evolved to become the 8th battalion the Manchester Regiment in 1908. The battalion was mobilised at the drill hall in August 1914 before being deployed to Gallipoli and ultimately to the Western Front.

During the Second World War, the barracks were used a detention centre for deserters. After the War the barracks were restored to use as the headquarters of 8th battalion of the Manchester Regiment. They became home to the Manchester Regiment (Ardwick and Ashton) Territorials in 1967 and then became base to C Company of 5th/8th (Volunteer) Battalion of the King's Regiment in 1971. This unit evolved to become C (King's) Company of the King's and Cheshire Regiment, still based at Ardwick Green, in 1999. From 2006, the barracks were the home of D (Inkerman) Company of the 4th Battalion of the Duke of Lancaster's Regiment. The barracks were vacated in 2018, and put up for sale following year.

See also

Listed buildings in Manchester-M12

References

Drill halls in England
Buildings and structures in Manchester
Manchester Regiment


title: Fani Psatha

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Fani Psatha (; born February 2, 1976, in Psachna, Euboea) is a retired amateur Greek freestyle wrestler, who competed in the women's flyweight category. Psatha has produced a full set of three career medals in different color, including her prestigious gold from the 2005 Mediterranean Games in Almería, Spain, and also finished tenth in the 48-kg division in Athens, when Greece hosted the 2004 Summer Olympics. Psatha trained throughout her sporting career for Psachna Evia Wrestling Club in Chalcis, under her personal coach Ioannis Tabounidis.

Psatha qualified for the Greek squad, as a 28-year-old, in the inaugural 48 kg class at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens. Earlier in the process, she placed fourth from the 2003 World Wrestling Championships in New York City, New York, United States, but managed to fill up an entry by the International Federation of Association Wrestling and the Hellenic Olympic Committee, as Greece received an automatic berth for being the host nation. Psatha began the preliminary competition early by pinning Tunisia's Fadhila Louati with only forty seconds left in front of the boisterous home crowd inside Ano Liossia Olympic Hall. She lost her succeeding match 3–5 in overtime to Tajikistan's Lidiya Karamchakova, and was immediately halted by Ukraine's Irini Merleni at the one-minute mark due to a 10–point superiority rule. Psatha placed third in the preliminary competition and tenth overall; She did not advance to the quarterfinals.

At the 2005 Mediterranean Games in Almería, Spain, Psatha overcame her Olympic setback to edge France's Anne Deluntsch off the mat for the gold medal in the same class.

References

External links

1976 births
Living people
People from Euboea (regional unit)
Greek female sport wrestlers
Olympic wrestlers for Greece
Wrestlers at the 2004 Summer Olympics
Mediterranean Games gold medalists for Greece
Competitors at the 2005 Mediterranean Games
Mediterranean Games medalists in wrestling
European Wrestling Championships medalists
Sportspeople from Central Greece


title: Sierra Nevada upper montane forest

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The Sierra Nevada upper montane forest is a vegetation type found below the treeline in the United States Sierra Nevada range. It is generally located above the mixed coniferous forest and below the alpine zone.  Overstory trees are typically cone shaped to shed the snow.

Characteristic trees including lodgepole pine (Pinus contorta), Jeffrey pine (Pinus jeffreyi), western white pine (Pinus monticola) California red fir (Abies magnifica), and Sierra juniper (Juniperus grandis), and typical understory trees and shrubs such as huckleberry oak (Quercus vaccinifolia) and red heather (Phyllodoce breweri).

Environment
On the western slopes of the Sierra Nevada range, upper montane vegetation can be found at elevations from  in the northern part of the range,  in the central part, and  in the southern part. On the eastern slopes, it is at higher elevations. Precipitation in areas of upper montane forest vegetation type is , mostly as snowfall. Summer high temperatures range from , and winter lows are below . Growing season is about four months because of long-lasting, deep snow.

References

Forests of the Sierra Nevada (United States)
Ecoregions of California
Montane forests
Temperate coniferous forests of the United States


title: Garbuz

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Yair Garbuz - is an Israeli artist. He was director of the art school at Beit Berl Teachers Training College
Konstantin Gennadyevich Garbuz - is a Russian professional footballer. He plays for FC Fakel Voronezh. He made his debut in the Russian Premier League in 2006 for FC Rostov


title: Leandra Smeda

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Leandra Wiloma Smeda (pronounced Schmeda; born 22 July 1989) is a South African soccer player who plays as a winger for South Africa women's national team.

On 10 November 2019, Smeda played her 100th match for South Africa against Japan.

References

External links

1989 births
Living people
South African women's soccer players
People from Bergrivier Local Municipality
Women's association football wingers
University of the Western Cape alumni
South Africa women's international soccer players
Olympic soccer players for South Africa
Footballers at the 2012 Summer Olympics
Footballers at the 2016 Summer Olympics
Gintra Universitetas players
South African expatriate women's soccer players
South African expatriate sportspeople in Lithuania
Expatriate women's footballers in Lithuania
Damallsvenskan players
Vittsjö GIK players
2019 FIFA Women's World Cup players
FIFA Women's Century Club


title: Mike Kellogg (American football)

text:
Michael Karl Kellogg (born October 28, 1942) is a former American football fullback who played two seasons with the Denver Broncos of the American Football League (AFL). He played college football at Santa Clara University and attended Long Beach Polytechnic High School in Long Beach, California.

He a former judge of the Los Angeles County Superior Court; he retired in 2018. His brother is Gen. Keith Kellogg.

References

External links
Just Sports Stats

Living people
1942 births
Players of American football from Tucson, Arizona
American football fullbacks
Santa Clara Broncos football players
Denver Broncos (AFL) players
Superior court judges in the United States
Long Beach Polytechnic High School alumni