title: 2002 Wimbledon Championships – Men's doubles

text:
Donald Johnson and Jared Palmer were the defending champions, but lost in the semifinals to Jonas Björkman and Todd Woodbridge.

Björkman and Woodbridge defeated Mark Knowles and Daniel Nestor in the final, 6–1, 6–2, 6–7(7–9), 7–5, to win the gentlemen's doubles title at the 2002 Wimbledon Championships

Seeds

  Donald Johnson /  Jared Palmer (semifinals)
  Mark Knowles /  Daniel Nestor (final)
  Mahesh Bhupathi /  Max Mirnyi (quarterfinals)
  Wayne Black /  Kevin Ullyett (second round)
  Jonas Björkman /  Todd Woodbridge (champions)
  Bob Bryan /  Mike Bryan (semifinals)
  Martin Damm /  Cyril Suk (quarterfinals)
  David Prinosil /  David Rikl (quarterfinals)
  Paul Haarhuis /  Yevgeny Kafelnikov (third round)
  Jiří Novák /  Radek Štěpánek (second round)
  Ellis Ferreira /  Rick Leach (second round)
  Joshua Eagle  /  Sandon Stolle (third round)
  Michaël Llodra /  Fabrice Santoro (first round, retired)
  Julien Boutter /  Sjeng Schalken (third round)
  Brian MacPhie /  Nenad Zimonjić (third round)
  Lucas Arnold Ker /  Gastón Etlis (first round)

Qualifying

Draw

Finals

Top half

Section 1

Section 2

Bottom half

Section 3

Section 4

References

External links

2002 Wimbledon Championships – Men's draws and results at the International Tennis Federation

Men's Doubles
Wimbledon Championship by year – Men's doubles


title: Video games in the Czech Republic

text:
The video game industry in the Czech Republic has produced numerous globally successful video games such as Operation Flashpoint: Cold War Crisis and the subsequent ArmA series, the Mafia series, Truck Simulator series, Kingdom Come: Deliverance, the Samorost series and others. There were 300–400 video game developers and around 30 video game companies focusing on video game development in 2014. In 2017 it was 1,100 developers and 47 companies. Video games are also considered by some experts to be the country's biggest cultural export. The video game industry did not enjoy a good reputation and was unsupported by the state until 2013, when the Ministry of Industry and Trade started to seek ways to kickstart the economy. By 2014, programs were planned to support the video game industry. Another problem is a lack of video game development specialization at any university.

In 2014, Czech video game site Bonusweb made a survey for the best video game developed in the Czech Republic and Slovakia. The victor of the survey is Mafia: City of Lost Heaven that received 3866 votes out of 13,143. Operation Flashpoint: Cold War Crisis was second and Vietcong third. In 2019, Games.cz made a list of the 15 best video games developed in the Czech Republic. It was also topped by Mafia: City of Lost Heaven.

History

The first games were developed in Czechoslovakia during the late 1970s as part of experimentation with Czechoslovak computers SM 52/11 (minicomputer version of PDP-11). These titles lacked graphics and were not meant for wider distribution. Card games were particularly popular. Card games were played through printer due to lack of displays. There were also games based on chances such as electronical version of Rock–paper–scissors. Some games were competitive such as Dělostřelba (Cannonade) in which player had to count the trajectory of his cannon shot to hit his rival. Some games were developed on universities. Some universities taught programming at the time. Games at universities included Chess and Plivátko. The first real-time game was Přistání na měsíci (Landing on the Moon). One of the first games for character displays was Zombíci (Zombies). Players had to run for zombies and stay alive as long as possible.

In the 1980s, the first graphic video games development in the country were mostly part of the Svazarm clubs. The most popular video game platform of the time were ZX Spectrum, Czechoslovak computer PMD 85 and Atari 8-bit computers (mainly Atari 800XE). Hobbyists could come explore computing and teach themselves programming. Games developed by members of these clubs include Hlípa and Flappy. Text adventures were very popular, accounting for more than half of the total output of Czechoslovak programmers. Czechs produced games for these platforms even in 1990s when were outdated. After 1989, the market changed, improving opportunities for programmers and gamers alike.

In the 90's, the most known Czech video games are of the adventure type. During this period, the company Vochozka Trading was established, which first distributed games for Amiga computers, such as Světák Bob. The game was not successful; however, in 1994 Vochozka Trading released the first Czech commercial games for PC, two adventure titles – Tajemství Oslího ostrova (Donkey Island) and 7 dní a 7 nocí (Seven Days and Seven Nights). Both were developed by Pterodon and widely regarded as successes. This was followed by adventures like Dračí Historie (Dragon History, the first Czech dubbed game on CD, 1995), Gooka (the first Czech game on Windows, 1997), Horké léto (Hot Summer, 1997) and DreamLand: Final Solution (1999). Games released in the 1990s also include real-time strategy game Paranoia (1995) and RPG Brány Skeldalu (Gates of Skeldal, 1998). Among the most widespread Czech logical DOS games were also Vlak (Train, 1993), Achtung, die Kurve! (1995) and Boovie (1998). The game Polda was released in 1998, this was the beginning of the most popular Czech adventure series.

The first internationally successful Czech game was Hidden & Dangerous by Illusion Softworks, a third person action game released in 1999. More notable games by Illusion Softworks include Flying Heroes (2000), Mafia: The City of Lost Heaven (2002) and Vietcong (2003). In 2008 American publisher Take-Two Interactive acquired Illusion Softworks and renamed it to 2K Czech. The dark adventure Black Mirror from 2003 was a great success abroad, but two more sequels have already been made in Germany.

Bohemia Interactive became the most successful Czech developer with its worldwide bestseller Operation Flashpoint: Cold War Crisis and the series of ARMA games, first released in 2006. The success of Bohemia Interactive is regarded as having overshadowed other independent development studios.

Czech development studios such as Amanita Design along with their Machinarium from 2009, Altar Games with its Original War and UFO series and SCS Software with its Euro Truck Simulator were established in these years.

In July 2011, several people formerly of 2K Czech and Bohemia Interactive opened Warhorse Studios, which produced Kingdom Come: Deliverance (2018).

Consumer availability
The video game market in the Czech Republic is currently growing, with a spend of 2.202 billion Czech koruna (CZK) across both the Czech Republic and Slovakia in 2011. The corresponding total for 2012 was 2.436 billion CZK, a growth of 10.6%. Purchased video games made up one third of this amount.

The most popular genres among Czech players are action and sports games. The growth of the market is expected with next-generation consoles such as the PlayStation 4 and the Xbox One.

Video game associations
Czech Games is a community of video game developers in the Czech Republic. It was established in 2001 and since then it has supported video game development beginners. It has its own phorum where developers can share its experience and show their work. The association also organizes Game Developers Session and GAMEDAY Festival.

Video Game Industry Association of the Czech Republic and the Slovak Republic exists to promote video games in the two named countries. Video game developers, publishers, importers and distributors all belong to the organization. The association also organizes the BOOOM Contest.

MU Game Studies is an association composed of Masaryk University students and graduates. It aims to improve
and support video game education at Czech universities.

Education
Some Czech universities offer programs of study related to video games. These universities are Masaryk University in Brno, Charles University in Prague, University of West Bohemia in Plzeň, Czech Technical University in Prague and Academy of Performing Arts in Prague.

Video game companies from the Czech Republic

Defunct video game companies

Appearance of the Czech Republic in video games

The country has been featured in numerous games written by Czech developers, such as Euro Truck Simulator, Euro Truck Simulator 2 and Kingdom Come: Deliverance.

Command & Conquer takes place in Central Europe and some missions occur within the country's borders. The country was also the inspiration for fictional countries featured in Operation Flashpoint: Resistance and ARMA 2.

In Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3, a fictionalised uprising occurs in Prague. The city also features in a mission from Sly 2: Band of Thieves.

In Forza Motorsport 5, one of the tracks available to play was based in Prague.

In Metal Gear 2: Solid Snake, the title character is sent to save kidnapped Czech scientist Dr. Kio Marv. One part of Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots, occurred in Prague-inspired city with Czech signs and Vltava-inspired Volta River.
One character, Smoke (real name Tomas Vrbada), in Mortal Kombat is also Czech originating from Prague.

In Deus Ex: Mankind Divided, a huge part of the story takes place in cyberpunk Prague, where the mix of modern architecture and historical building is very apparent from each other.

As part of Czechoslovakia
There are some missions in Contract J.A.C.K. that are set in Czechoslovakia. The former state also appears in the game Hidden & Dangerous.

World of Tanks released Plzeň map in December 2015. This update also features Czechoslovak Tanks.

Video game events in the Czech Republic
Game Developers Session is a game development conference that has been held annually since 2003. Video Game Culture figures including Developers have Presentation there about Video Gaming and players can meet Video Game developers for Chat about their project. They can also sometimes try video games that are in development.

Game Access is a game development conference that has been first held in Brno in 2010. Since 2016, Game Access is held annually. It includes speeches of developers from all around the world, Indie Expo where all its participants compete for Game Access Awards, Business Expo and networking events. Since 2017, the organizers included workshops in the Game Access conference.

GameFFest is a Game Festival held in Prague. Video Game Players can try Video Games for various Platforms and look around a Video Game history Museum. The Festival is a Part of PragoFFest.

The GAMEDAY Festival has been held every May in Třeboň since 2010, part of Anifilm Třeboň. .

The Czech Game of the Year Awards are annual awards that recognize accomplishments in video game development.Awards were part of Gameday Festival until became independent in 2017.

The Booom Contest was held annually from 2011 to 2013. Prizes were awarded in various categories, including Game of the Year, Best Czech Video Game and Computer Game of the Year. It was replaced by Player's Awards for next years.

The Central and Eastern European Game Studies conference is held in Brno as an event designed to allow the discussion of video gaming by academics, journalists, developers and members of the public. It is organized by the Game Studies civic association.

Game Jam Prague is annually held in January as part of almost 200 Game Jams over the World.

Game Brew Plzeň is a meeting of video game developers, graphic designers and business enthusiasts. It has been held in Plzeň since 2015.

Gamer Pie is a video game festival held in Brno.

Media

Print Media

Defunct print media

Czech TV programs about video games

Programs

Programs no longer broadcast

Online media
BOOOM.cz
Bonusweb.cz/
Doupě.cz
Eurogamer.cz
GamePark.cz/
Games.cz
PLAYzone
Hrej.cz
Zing.cz
Databáze-her.cz

Notable people in the Czech gaming industry
Petr Vochozka — founder and a former CEO of Illusion Softworks (now 2K Czech), the company responsible for games like Hidden & Dangerous or Mafia: The City of Lost Heaven.
Marek Španěl and Ondřej Španěl — founders of Bohemia Interactive, the biggest video game development company in the Czech Republic. The company developed Operation Flashpoint: Cold War Crisis, ARMA series and DayZ.
Daniel Vávra — author of Mafia: The City of Lost Heaven. He also founded Warhorse Studios, which developed Kingdom Come: Deliverance.
Jakub Dvorský — CEO of the independent video game company Amanita Design, developers of Samorost and Machinarium.
Miloš Endrle — CTO and founder of Geewa, a company awarded the Red Herring 100 Europe award.
Lukáš Macura — founder and CEO of Cinemax. He is also responsible for Database of Czech and Slovak Video games.
František Fuka — programmer and musician who made video games for the ZX Spectrum during the 1980s and 1990s. Currently working as a film translator, preparing English language movies for Czech release.
Lukáš Ladra — founder and first editor-in-chief of Excalibur, the original Czech video gaming magazine.
Marek Rosa — founder and CEO of Keen Software House, developers Space Engineers.

References

External links
A database of video games developed in the Czech Republic


title: Yendegaia National Park

text:
Yendegaia National Park is located in Tierra del Fuego in the Magallanes y la Antártica Chilena Region of Chile and contains  of mountainous terrain and Valdivian temperate rain forest. It borders the Alberto de Agostini National Park and Tierra del Fuego National Park.

Origin

Yendegaia National Park is the result of public-private collaboration between the Government of Chile and the Yendegaia Foundation, a branch of the conservation project run by Douglas and Kris Tompkins.
The park was first conceived in 2011 and was one of many projects created to celebrate the Bicentennial of Chile. It is made up of  of state owned land and  of the privately owned Estancia Yendegaia, which used to belong to the Tompkins' foundation of the same name, that gave the lands to the State of Chile in 2013 to create the National Park.
Yendegaia's location on the border of Argentina's Tierra del Fuego National Park has allowed the creation of an International Union for Conservation of Nature trans-border park or "Peace Park".

Geography

The park is located south of the Azopardo River and stretches from the Darwin Range to the Argentine border and from the Beagle Channel to Fagnago Lake. Yendegaia creates a contiguous ecological corridor between Chile's Alberto de Agostini National Park and Argentina's Tierra del Fuego National Park. The landscape is composed of mountains, glaciers, lakes, canals, rivers and fjords.

Flora and fauna
The new park protects the last remaining sub-Antarctic beech forest, one of Earth's largest remnants of the Gondwana super continent dating back 180 million years ago. Other species that can be found in the park include Lenga (Nothofagus pumilio), Canelo (Drimys winteri) and Coigüe (Nothofagus dombeyi). The area provides an important habitat for three species in danger of extinction (the culpeo, the river otter, and the ruddy-headed geese), and a broad range of native flora and fauna, including 128 vascular plant species and 49 bird species.

Administration and access

The park is administered by the Chilean National Forest Corporation (CONAF). The nearest urban area is the town of Porvenir in Chile, although the Argentinian city of Ushuaia is also nearby. The park can be reached by sea from Puerto Williams, or by road along the Y-85 route south from Porvenir.

Trails
As the park was only founded in December 2013, official trails have not yet been created, but there are many non-official trails with various levels of difficulty starting from both the end of the Y-85 and from Fagnago Lake.

Weather
Classified as subpolar oceanic climate, the weather in this region is variable and often inhospitable with heavy rain and regularly overcast skies. In winter, from June to September, the temperature can drop to 11 °C below zero. In summer, temperatures occasionally reach 24 °C.

See also
 Alberto de Agostini National Park
 Alerce Andino National Park
 Alerce Costero National Park
 Archipiélago de Juan Fernández National Park

References

External links

 Yendegaia National Park, Tomkins Conservation
 Parque Nacional Yendegaia, Gob.cl
  Yendegaia National Park on CONAF website

Tierra del Fuego Province, Chile
Protected areas established in 2013
National parks of Chile
Protected areas of Magallanes Region
Isla Grande de Tierra del Fuego
2013 establishments in Chile
2013 in Chilean law
Magellanic subpolar forests


title: Cassandra Cass

text:
Cassandra Cass (born 1977/1978) is an American actress and performer and reality-television star.

Cass states that she looks like a real-life Jessica Rabbit.

Early life and transition
She was born in Des Moines, Iowa to a housewife and a football coach. Her father initially had difficulty in processing her coming out as trans, but eventually came to accept it; her mother was always supportive of her daughter's trans identity. Her father is still alive, but her mother died from cancer. At some point in her early life, she came to realize she would be more comfortable and happy living as a woman.

Cass started socially transitioning and presenting as a woman through clothing, hair, and make-up. After researching different pathways and with the advice of medical professionals, she later made the decision to start hormone therapy and have plastic surgery.

After moving to San Francisco, she underwent gender affirmation. Cassandra is a name she chose from several sources. Her mother's name was Sandra, and her drag mother's name (when she was in drag performance) was Dena Cass. So she just combined all three to get Cassandra Cass.

She is known for being a trans woman, and finds that performing in the entertainment world gives validation to her feminine life.

Career
As an actress, Cass is known for Trantasia (2006), Wild Things (2010), and What's the T? (2012). Trantasia is a documentary that chronicles contestants as they take part in the first ever "World's Most Beautiful Transsexual Pageant." The documentary was featured on Tyra Banks's show, dedicating a whole show to talking about it. Wild Things was an eight-episode reality television series which featured three transgender women on a road-trip to earn money for a relative of one of the three women who was seriously ill. The reality show starred Cassandra Cass, Maria Roman, and Tiara Russell, three original characters from Trantasia. The documentary What's the T? followed the lives of five trans women. Cass has also been on television shows and in other films.

She is also an established performer in San Francisco who does drag and lip-sync shows. And she has had a calendar put out over the last several years.

References

External links
Official instagram page

Transgender actresses
Actresses from San Francisco
Living people
Actresses from Des Moines, Iowa
American transgender actors
LGBT people from California
LGBT people from Iowa
American film actresses
Year of birth uncertain
21st-century American LGBT people
Year of birth missing (living people)


title: Our Lady College, Antwerp

text:
Our Lady College () is a private Catholic primary and secondary school in Antwerp, Belgium. The school was founded by the Society of Jesus in 1575 and the school building was designed by Jules Bilmeyer, completed in 1875.

History
In 1575, the Jesuits opened their first school in the city in a building that became part of the Lessius Hogeschool. After war with Spain in 1576, the Jesuits had to leave the city, but returned in 1585 and reopened the school.

In 1607 and again in 1655, the school had to move to larger premises to keep up with the expanding population.

In 1773, Pope Clement IV ordered for all Jesuit educational services to cease. The Jesuits did not return to Antwerp until 1840, when they reopened the college. It was situated in what is now a restaurant for students of the University of Antwerp.

In 1871, the capacity of the school again needed to be increased so land was bought in a series of streets in the centre of Antwerp called 'the Avenues'. There, they got the architect Jules Bilmeyer to design the new school. It was completed in 1875. Twelve years later, he also completed the building of the church next door to the school, Our Lady of Grace Church ().

Notable alumni

 Tom Barman
 Luc Bertrand
 Christian de Duve
 Gabriel Fehervari
 Jef Geeraerts
 Count Albert Le Grelle
 Mgr Stanislas Le Grelle
 Count Bernard Le Grelle
 Jan Leyers
 Daniel Cardon de Lichtbuer

Gallery

See also

 Education in Belgium
 Roman Catholicism in Belgium
 List of Jesuit schools

References

External links
 Our Lady College site

Jesuit primary schools in Belgium
Schools in Antwerp
Jesuit secondary schools in Belgium
1575 establishments in Europe
Educational institutions established in the 1570s


title: Fluvidona

text:
Fluvidona is a genus of minute freshwater snails with an operculum, aquatic gastropod molluscs or micromolluscs in the Tateidae family. Fluvidona species are endemic to northern New South Wales and southern Queensland, Australia.

Species
The genus Fluvidona includes the following 7 species:
 Fluvidona anodonta (Hedley & Musson, 1892)
 Fluvidona dorrigoensis Miller, Ponder & Clark, 1999
 †Fluvidona dulvertonensis (Tenison-Woods, 1876)
 Fluvidona griffithsi Miller, Ponder & Clark, 1999
 Fluvidona orphana Miller, Ponder & Clark, 1999
 Fluvidona petterdi E. A. Smith, 1882
 Fluvidona simsoniana Brazier, 1875

References

Hydrobiidae


title: Princess Maria Vittoria Margherita of Savoy

text:
Maria Vittoria Margherita of Savoy (22 June 1740 – 14 July 1742) was the youngest daughter of King Charles Emmanuel III of Sardinia.

Biography
Princess Maria Vittoria was born in Turin. She was the second child of Charles Emmanuel III of Sardinia and Élisabeth Thérèse of Lorraine. Her mother died in 1741 giving birth to her brother Prince Benedetto. Maria Vittoria died in Turin aged 2, and was buried at Royal Basilica of Superga, Turin.

Ancestry

References

1740 births
1742 deaths
Nobility from Turin
Princesses of Savoy
Burials at the Basilica of Superga
Daughters of kings
Royalty who died as children


title: Benny Shendo

text:
Benny J. Shendo Jr. is an American politician serving as a Democratic member of the New Mexico Senate, representing District 22 since January 15, 2013. Shendo's district covers Jemez Pueblo, New Mexico.

Education
Shendo earned his BS in business from the University of Colorado Boulder.

Elections
2012 Shendo challenged District 22 incumbent Democratic Senator Lynda Lovejoy in the four-way June 5, 2012 Democratic Primary, winning with 1,989 votes (40.9%) and was unopposed for the November 6, 2012 General election, winning with 12,051 votes.
2008 When incumbent Democratic United States Representative Tom Udall ran for United States Senate and left New Mexico's 3rd congressional district seat open, Shendo ran in the six-way June 8, 2008 Democratic Primary but lost to New Mexico Public Regulation Commissioner Ben R. Luján. The latter won the three-way November 4, 2008 General election.

References

External links
Official page, New Mexico Legislature
Campaign site

"Benny Shendo", Ballotpedia
Benny J. Shendo, Jr. at OpenSecrets

Place of birth missing (living people)
Year of birth missing (living people)
Living people
Native American state legislators in New Mexico
Democratic Party New Mexico state senators
Politicians from Las Cruces, New Mexico
University of Colorado Boulder alumni
University of Colorado Law School alumni
21st-century American politicians


title: Backwoods Gallery

text:
Backwoods Gallery is a contemporary art gallery located in the Melbourne suburb of Collingwood, Australia. Founded in August 2010 the gallery exhibits Australian and international artists with a focus on urban contemporary art, street art and illustration.

In December 2013, Complex magazine listed Backwoods Gallery in the top ten "Street Art Galleries You Should Know About".

Exhibitions

Exhibitions 2010

Exhibitions 2011

Exhibitions 2012

Exhibitions 2013

Exhibitions 2014

References

2010 establishments in Australia
Art galleries established in 2010
Art museums and galleries in Melbourne
Contemporary art galleries in Australia


title: Ivar Odnes

text:
Ivar Odnes (25 May 1963 – 5 October 2018) was a Norwegian politician for the Centre Party.

He served as a deputy representative to the Parliament of Norway from Oppland during the term 2013–2017. He hails from Østre Toten and was from 2011 the deputy county mayor of Oppland.

He was also the deputy chair of Norsk Kulturarv.

References

1963 births
2018 deaths
People from Østre Toten
Deputy members of the Storting
Centre Party (Norway) politicians
Oppland politicians
Deaths from cancer in Norway


title: Eigil Knutsen

text:
Eigil Knutsen (born 21 October 1988) is a Norwegian politician for the Labour Party. He has served as an MP for Hordaland since 2017, and was previously a deputy member from 2013 to 2017.

Early life
Knutsen was born on 21 October 1988 in Haugesund, Rogaland.

Knutsen studied at the University of Bergen from 2008 to 2013, graduating with a Master's degree in economics.

Career
From 2015 to 2017, Knutsen worked as a political adviser to Bergen City Councillor Harald Schjelderup.

Parliament
He served as a deputy representative to the Storting for Hordaland during the term 2013–2017.

Knutsen was elected as a representative to the Storting for Hordaland in the 2017 election. He was re-elected in 2021. He also became the chair of the Standing Committee on Finance and Economic Affairs. He also became the party's financial spokesperson.

Personal life
Knutsen was on Utøya during the 2011 Utøya shootings, but succeeded in hiding from the shooter.

References

External links

1988 births
Living people
People from Karmøy
Deputy members of the Storting
Labour Party (Norway) politicians
Politicians from Bergen
Survivors of the 2011 Norway attacks
21st-century Norwegian politicians


title: Elam Greeley

text:
Elam Andrew Jackson Greeley (August 13, 1818 – September 13, 1882) was an American businessman and legislator.

Born in Salisbury, New Hampshire, he moved to St. Croix Falls, Wisconsin Territory in 1840. Greeley was in the lumber business. He was the first postmaster of Stillwater, Minnesota and one of the city's founders. He served in the Minnesota Territorial Council 1852 and 1853 and in the Minnesota Territorial House of Representatives in 1857.

Notes

1818 births
1882 deaths
People from Stillwater, Minnesota
People from Salisbury, New Hampshire
American city founders
Businesspeople from Minnesota
Members of the Minnesota Territorial Legislature
19th-century American politicians
19th-century American businesspeople


title: Undeniable

text:
Undeniable may refer to:

Albums
 Undeniable (AZ album)
 Undeniable (Chipmunks album)
 Undeniable (Raven-Symoné album)
 Undeniable (Hellyeah album) (stylized as Unden!able), released 2016

Songs
 "Undeniable" (Mat Kearney song), from Mat Kearney's second album Nothing Left to Lose
 "Undeniable", a song by Dannii Minogue from her 2007 album Unleashed
 "Undeniable" (Kygo song), 2021 single by Kygo featuring X Ambassadors

Other uses
 Undeniable (TV series), a British television thriller serial
 Undeniable: Evolution and the Science of Creation, a book by Bill Nye


title: Anne Odenmarck

text:
Anne Odenmarck (born 7 July 1955) is a Norwegian politician for the Labour Party.

She served as a deputy representative to the Parliament of Norway from Akershus during the term 2013–2017. She has led the Labour caucus in Ås municipal council since 1991 and been a member of Akershus county council.

References

1955 births
Living people
People from Ås, Akershus
Deputy members of the Storting
Labour Party (Norway) politicians
Akershus politicians
Women members of the Storting


title: Pheles (butterfly)

text:
Pheles  is a genus in the butterfly family Riodinidae present only in the Neotropical realm.

Species
Pheles atricolor (Butler, 1871) present in French Guiana, Brazil and Peru
Pheles bicolor (Godman & Salvin, [1886]) present in Panama and Costa Rica (requires confirmation)
Pheles eulesca (Dyar, 1909) present in Mexico and Panama
Pheles heliconides Herrich-Schäffer, [1858] present in French Guiana, Guyana, Ecuador and Brazil
Pheles incerta Staudinger, [1887] present in Colombia and Peru
Pheles melanchroia (C. & R. Felder, [1865]) present in Mexico and Guatemala
Pheles ochracea (Stichel, 1910) present in Venezuela and Panama
Pheles strigosa (Staudinger, 1876) present in Panama, Ecuador, Colombia and Peru

Sources
Pheles sur funet

External links

Pheles at butterflies of america

Riodininae
Riodinidae of South America
Butterfly genera
Taxa named by Gottlieb August Wilhelm Herrich-Schäffer


title: Kenny Powers

text:
Kenny Powers is the name of:

 Kenny Powers (stuntman) (1947–2009), American stuntman
 Kenny Powers (character), character in HBO series Eastbound & Down

See also
 Powers (disambiguation)


title: UNIT9

text:
UNIT9 is a multidisciplinary production company working in different interactive areas: films, games, virtual reality and digital technology. Founded in 1997, UNIT9 operates globally with offices in London, Los Angeles, New York, Florence, Berlin and Poland. Directors, writers and technologists work collaboratively to create content, advertising, utility and gaming. Ad Age Production Company A-List, UNIT9 partners with advertising agencies worldwide on the digital components of campaigns.

Awards and recognition
UNIT9's work has been honoured with 1x Emmy, Cannes Lions, 17 One Show Pencils, 250+ FWA, 15 Webby Awards, including Winner of Best Use of Interactive Video in 2013, 13 Awards, including Site of the Year (Users Choice) for Slavery Footprint, Silver and Bronze Effie 2013, and a BAFTA nomination.

In April 2019, UNIT9 was named Ad Age's Production Company of the Year.

UNIT9 Digital

Lifesaver
Lifesaver is a crisis simulating app created for the UK Resuscitation Council with the goal of teaching basic CPR to users through interactivity, gamification and live-action film. Lifesaver presents users with high-stress scenarios to test their speed and efficiency in  administering CPR. The option to share these results on social platforms was added to the app to promote engagement among a younger audience.

Just a Reflektor
Just a Reflektor is an interactive video directed by Vincent Morisset, featuring the song "Reflektor" by Canadian rock group Arcade Fire. The music video takes advantage of dual screen interactivity, allowing users to cast virtual projections with their mobile devices as the video plays in a web browser. This innovative music video is the first of its kind, allowing the viewer to transform the film visually and instantly.

Slavery Footprint
Slavery Footprint is a website and mobile app that launched on the 149th anniversary of the announcement of the Emancipation Proclamation. The interactive questionnaire approximates the number of real-world slaves who work to create the goods that users enjoy on a daily basis. The HTML5 survey was built to increase awareness of modern-day slavery and to inform users of their slavery footprint. The project was publicly endorsed by the US President Barack Obama during his speech to the Clinton Global Initiative in 2012.

Find Your Way To Oz
Find Your Way To Oz is an interactive Google Chrome Experiment inspired by Disney's Oz the Great and Powerful. The game is set in a Kansas circus where players work through a series of challenges that eventually lead them to the mythical land of Oz. This project was developed as an interactive trailer for the film, utilizing innovative technology to create a 3D environment built entirely on WebGL and CSS3 platforms. The game’s final sequence—including a massive tornado—was created with the use of a custom GLSL shader. An animation previously developed to map the inside of the brain cell of a mouse was used as the framework to simulate the tornado’s movement. Developers implemented a custom volumetric shader to adapt the animation while maintaining acceptable processing rates, allowing players to view the tornado from all directions.

Attraction
Attraction is an interactive anime directed by Koji Morimoto and Anrick Bregman, commissioned by the French Ministry of Health and targeted and educating youth on the dangers of smoking. Users interact with the story by manipulating events with their cursor and webcam, ultimately altering the flow of the story. Attraction is based in 2040 Tokyo and focuses on the journey of three Japanese children. A live installation was developed in 2013 as an adaptation of Attraction. The updated installation was featured at the Electronic Language International Festival, where hundreds of users were able to interact with the story by shifting and moving their own body in a single space. UNIT9 applied motion sensor technology and immersive sound to allow the user to interact from a distance and become an active part of the story as it played on a large projection in front of them.

UNIT9 Films

Working with world-class directors, UNIT9 Films specializes in live action and storytelling film content for TV, social web, mobile, installations and VR.

Barclaycard #Bespokeballads
Barclaycard: #Bespokeballads was a user-generated viral video project that used the hashtag “#bespokeballads” to interact directly with Twitter followers. The project took place over the course of one week, in which songwriters wrote, performed, and recorded custom-made ballads inspired by the randomly selected Twitter feeds of users tweeting with the hashtag “#bespokeballads.” The artists also wrote songs about the latest celebrity gossips and Internet trends. In total, more than 80 songs were created.

Bitchcraft
Bitchcraft is a paranormal web series starring Fay Ripley. The series follows Gemma who—after losing her boyfriend and job—returns home to live with her parents. Upon arrival, she is horrified to learn that her mother has become a practicing witch. Gemma struggles to return her life to normal as she quickly realizes that the entire neighbourhood is infused with black magic. The series has been popular with young audiences, such as fans of Misfits and Merlin.

Tropicana: Energie Naturelle
Tropicana: Energie Naturelle is a short documentary that tells the story of an installation created in Paris for Tropicana in 2011, directed by Johnny Hardstaff. The installation connected over 2,500 oranges with zinc and copper spikes to create a full-scale billboard, with the words “Energie Naturelle” powered by 1,800 volts of electricity. The film documents the building process as well as viewer’s reactions.

UNIT9 Games

Philips: You Need to Hear This
Philips: You Need to Hear This was an interactive music video project in which users were able to create custom music videos for the song Carolyn, by the Swiss Lips. The videos were created based on the user’s performance in a retro-styled 8-bit racing game—their decisions in the game automatically remixed the song and generated a unique accompanying video.

Domino's Pizza Hero
Domino’s Pizza Hero Domino’s Pizza Hero is an interactive gaming app developed for Domino’s Pizza for use on tablet and mobile devices. Players are tasked with creating pizzas as quickly and efficiently as possible, with the top players receiving real-world job offers from Domino’s Pizza. The game is a unique and immersive approach to recruitment. Additionally, users were able to order pizzas directly from the app.

MINI Maps
MINI Maps is a multiplayer racing game that merges technologies from both Google Maps and Facebook. Players race against other Facebook users in a series of randomized real-world locations. The app also provides local weather data for each racing location and the option for users to custom design their own MINI.

Nano Panda
Nano Panda is a puzzle game developed for iOS and Android platforms. The gameplay is based on conceptual physics, heavily utilizing magnetic simulation. The main character—a panda shrunk down to nano size—is tasked with destroying evil atoms. The game won the W3 Gold Award in Mobile Applications in the Games category and was downloaded over a million times globally.

Hoxton Window Project
Hoxton Window Project is a public art project hosted and curated by UNIT9. Artists are invited to cover the windows of UNIT9’s Hoxton Square office with different forms of art, from graphic design to illustration to interactive displays. The Hoxton Window Project has included art from Mcbess and Jon Burgerman, among others.

References

External links
 UNIT9 - official site

Companies based in the London Borough of Hackney
Digital media organizations
Companies established in 1997


title: John of Ruysbroeck College, Laeken

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John van Ruysbroeck College (Dutch, Jan-van-Ruusbroeckollege) is a Roman Catholic secondary school in Laeken. It was founded by the Society of Jesus and is named after John van Ruysbroeck.

History
It was founded in 1968 as a boys-only school. In 1994, it became co-educational.

The school is governed by a non-profit association and belongs to a group of  seven Jesuit colleges who offer private counselling. In 1999, the college joined together with St John Berchmans College in Brussels to start this scheme.

In the 2017-2018 school year, the college had 720 students.

Notable former pupils
Bert Anciaux
Bart Verhaeghe
Peter Van Asbroeck

See also
 List of Jesuit sites in Belgium
 Archdiocese of Mechelen–Brussels

References

External links
 John of Ruysbroeck College site

Secondary schools in Brussels
Jesuit secondary schools in Belgium


title: Third VA-155 (U.S. Navy)

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Attack Squadron 155 or VA-155 was an Attack Squadron of the U.S. Navy. It was established on 1 September 1987 and disestablished on 30 April 1993. It was the third squadron to be named VA-155, the first VA-155 was disestablished on 30 November 1949 and second VA-155 was originally established in 1946, redesignated as VA-155 on 4 February 1953, and disestablished on 30 September 1977. Its nickname, shared with the second VA-155 was the Silver Foxes.

Operational history
15 August–8 October 1988: , with VA-155 embarked, conducted a change of home port transit from Norfolk to San Diego via Cape Horn. During the transit numerous airpower demonstrations were conducted for dignitaries from various South American countries.
17 January 1991: The squadron conducted its first combat operations. VA-155’s commanding officer, Commander Sweigart, led Air Wing Two’s aircraft in its first strike against Iraq.
18 January 1991: The squadron suffered its first and only loss during the war with Iraq when one of its A-6E Intruders was shot down while on a mining sortie by the Um Qasr Naval Base in Iraq.
28 February 1991: ’s last combat strike of the Gulf War was launched and led by a VA-155 aircraft. During the 43-day Gulf War the squadron flew 1,388.4 hours, a total of 635 sorties, and delivered 2,289,940 pounds of ordnance on Iraqi military targets.
September–December 1992: Squadron aircraft flew sorties in support of Operation Southern Watch, flights over southern Iraq south of the 32nd parallel to ensure Iraq was adhering to United Nations sanctions.
December 1992: The squadron participated in Operation Restore Hope, flying sorties in support of the humanitarian relief effort in Somalia.

Home port assignments
The squadron was assigned to NAS Whidbey Island for all its time in service.

Aircraft assignment
The squadron first received the following aircraft on the dates shown:
 KA-6D Intruder – 16 Nov 1987
 A-6E Intruder – Dec 1987

See also
 Attack aircraft
 List of inactive United States Navy aircraft squadrons
 History of the United States Navy

References

External links

Attack squadrons of the United States Navy
Wikipedia articles incorporating text from the Dictionary of American Naval Aviation Squadrons
Military units and formations disestablished in 1993


title: Charlotte Spurkeland

text:
Charlotte Spurkeland (born 12 August 1987) is a Norwegian politician for the Conservative Party.

Political career

Parliament
She served as a deputy representative to the Parliament of Norway from Hordaland during the term 2013–2017. In total she met during 150 days of parliamentary session. She was re-elected at the 2021 election and deputised for prime minister Erna Solberg in the last two weeks of her premiership.

Local politics
Hailing from Bergen, she has been a member of Bergen city council and worked her dayjob for the Conservative caucus in the council.

She was acting Bergen city commissioner for schools and kindergartens from 20 October to 31 December 2014.

Following the 2023 local elections, she was appointed city commissioner for child services, social services and diversity.

Youth politics
She has chaired the Conservative Students in Norway and is a central board member of the Norwegian Young Conservatives. She has also been involved in student politics at the University of Bergen, where she has studied law. Internationally she was the Chairman of the International Young Democrat Union from 2014 to 2015 and has been a co-chair for the permanent working group on Policies for Europe in the European Democrat Students.

References

1987 births
Living people
Deputy members of the Storting
Conservative Party (Norway) politicians
Politicians from Bergen
Women members of the Storting
21st-century Norwegian politicians


title: Jakub Wolny

text:
Jakub Wolny (born 15 May 1995) is a Polish ski jumper, a member of the national team, a double 2014 Junior World Champion.

Personal life
Jakub Wolny was born in Bielsko-Biała, but lives in Wilkowice.

Career
His first jump he gave in 2002. Since the season 2004/2005 has performed in Lotos Cup. In May 2013 he appeared in the National Junior Olympics, where he won three gold medals (two individual and one with team). On December 27, 2013 he won the first points of the winter edition of the Continental Cup - he was 8th in Engelberg. On January 19, 2014 debuted in World Cup competition in Zakopane, where was 45th. On January 31, 2014 won individual a gold medal at the World Junior Championships 2014 in Val di Fiemme. Next day he won a gold medal again with Polish team Klemens Murańka, Krzysztof Biegun and Aleksander Zniszczoł.

World Championships

World Cup

Season standings

Individual starts

Team victories

References

External links

1995 births
Living people
Polish male ski jumpers
Sportspeople from Bielsko-Biała
Skiers from Silesian Voivodeship


title: List of awards and nominations received by Iggy Azalea

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Iggy Azalea is an Australian rapper. Her debut studio album The New Classic was released in April 2014. Azalea has been nominated for numerous major music awards including the Grammy Awards and the MTV Video Music Awards.

Azalea was included on the XXL's Top 10 Freshmen for 2012 by winning a competition for the tenth spot, becoming the first female, and first non-American rapper to be featured on the list. Azalea's first notable nomination was in 2013 by the MTV Video Music Awards where she was up for Artist To Watch for her debut single "Work". 2014 proved to be Azalea's mainstream breakthrough year as she was nominated for several awards from various events. Azalea won her first award from the American Music Awards taking home Favorite Rap/Hip-Hop Artist and Favorite Rap/Hip-Hop Album, while being the most nominated artist of the event in six categories. Azalea was nominated for MTV Video Music Awards, also making her the most nominated artist in the 2014 edition of that event, and won an award with Ariana Grande for Best Pop Video for the single "Problem". Azalea has been nominated for multiple awards in the Australian music industry such as the ARIA Music Awards including a win for Breakthrough Artist.

In 2015, Azalea received four nominations at the 57th Annual Grammy Awards for Best New Artist, Record of the Year and Best Pop Duo/Group Performance for "Fancy" and Best Rap Album for The New Classic. She won Favorite Hip-Hop Artist at the 41st People's Choice Awards. Azalea also led the 2015 iHeartRadio Music Awards nominations with five. She received twelve nominations at the 2015 Billboard Music Awards and won three awards. In 2016, Azalea was presented with the Woman of the Year award by GQ Australia. In 2017, Azalea was nominated for 'Most Buzz worthy International Artist' at the MuchMusic Video Awards for her single Mo Bounce.

American Music Awards
The American Music Awards is an annual music awards ceremony and one of several major American music awards shows. Azalea has received six nominations and two wins.

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|rowspan="6"|2014
|rowspan="4"| Iggy Azalea
| Artist of The Year
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| New Artist of The Year
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|Favorite Female Artist - Pop/Rock
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|Favorite Artist - Rap/Hip-Hop
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|"Fancy" (feat. Charli XCX)
|Single of The Year
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| The New Classic
|Favorite Album - Rap/Hip-Hop
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ARIA Music Awards
The Australian Recording Industry Association Music Awards, commonly known as ARIA Music Awards are held to recognise excellence and innovation and achievement across all genres of Australian music. The inaugural ARIA Awards took place in 1987. Azalea has been nominated five times and won once.

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|rowspan="4"|2014
| Iggy Azalea
| Best Female Artist
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|rowspan="2"| The New Classic
| Breakthrough Artist - Release
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| Best Urban Album
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| "Fancy" (feat. Charli XCX)
|rowspan="2"| Song of the Year
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|2015
| "Trouble" (feat. Jennifer Hudson)
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|}

ASCAP
The American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers (ASCAP) is a not-for-profit performance rights organization that protects its members' musical copyrights by monitoring public performances of their music, whether via a broadcast or live performance, and compensating them accordingly.

ASCAP Pop Music Awards

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|rowspan="3"|2015
| "Fancy" (feat. Charli XCX)
|rowspan="3"|Most Performed Songs
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| "Problem" (Ariana Grande feat. Iggy Azalea)
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| "Black Widow" (feat. Rita Ora)
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ASCAP Rhythm & Soul Music Awards

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|rowspan=4| 2015
| "Fancy" (feat. Charli XCX)
|rowspan=2| Award Winning R&B/Hip-Hop Songs
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|rowspan=2| "No Mediocre" (T.I. feat. Iggy Azalea)
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|rowspan=2| Award Winning Rap Songs
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| "Fancy" (feat. Charli XCX)
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|}

ASCAP Rhythm & Soul Music Awards

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| 2016
| Classic Man
| Award Winning R&B/Hip-Hop and Rap Songs
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Attitude Magazine Awards
The Attitude Magazine Awards have been presented annually by British gay lifestyle magazine Attitude since 2012. Azalea has been nominated once and won.

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| align="center"| 2013
|Iggy Azalea
|Breakthrough Artist
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BBC Radio 1Xtra Hot Summer Awards
BBC Radio 1Xtra Hot Summer Awards have been handed out since 2013 by BBC Radio 1Xtra, a British digital radio station by the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) specialising in urban music. Azalea has received one win from one nomination.

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| align="center"| 2013
|Iggy Azalea
|Hottie of the Summer
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BET

BET Awards
The BET Awards were established in 2001 by the Black Entertainment Television network. Azalea was nominated twice.

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| align="center"| 2014
|rowspan=2| Iggy Azalea
|rowspan=2| Best Female Hip-Hop Artist
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| align="center"| 2015
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BET Hip-Hop Awards
The BET Hip-Hop Awards are hosted annually by the Black Entertainment Television network for hip-hop performers, producers and music video directors. Azalea has been nominated for three awards and won once.

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|rowspan="3"|2014
|rowspan="2"|"Fancy" (feat. Charli XCX)
|Best Hip-Hop Video
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| People's Champ Award
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|Iggy Azalea
|Who Blew Up Award
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|}

Billboard

Billboard.com Mid-Year Awards
People can cast their votes for the annual Billboard.com's Mid-Year Music Awards after the first half of a calendar year is complete. Winners are announced at the beginning of July.

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|rowspan=7|2014
|rowspan=3|Iggy Azalea
| First Half MVP
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|Breakout Star
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|Best Style
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|rowspan=2| "Fancy" (feat. Charli XCX)
|Favorite No. 1 Hot 100 Song
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|rowspan=2|Best Music Video
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|rowspan=2| "Problem" (Ariana Grande feat. Iggy Azalea) (At Billboard Music Awards 2014)
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| Best Televised Performance
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|rowspan=2|2015
|Iggy Azalea and Nick Young
|Hottest Couple
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|Britney Spears and Iggy Azalea Debut “Pretty Girls” Single
|Most Buzzed-About Moment
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|}

Billboard Music Awards
The Billboard Music Award is an honor given by Billboard magazine, a publication and music popularity chart covering the music business. Azalea received twelve nominations and won three in 2015.

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| align="center" rowspan=12| 2015
| rowspan=7| Iggy Azalea
| Top New Artist
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| Top Female Artist
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| Top Hot 100 Artist
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| Top Digital Songs Artist
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| Top Streaming Artist
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| Top Rap Artist
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| Billboard Chart Achievement Award
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| The New Classic
| Top Rap Album
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| rowspan=3| "Fancy" (feat. Charli XCX)
| Top Hot 100 Song
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| Top Streaming Song (Audio)
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| rowspan=2| Top Rap Song
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|"Black Widow" (feat. Rita Ora)
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Billboard Women in Music Awards
The Billboard Women in Music Awards is an annual awards ceremony presented by Billboard magazine. Azalea was honored with an award on its 9th edition.

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| align="center"| 2014
| Iggy Azalea
| Chart-Topper
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Capricho Awards
The Capricho Awards are an annual award show with categories consisting of music, television, film, internet, among others, created by popular Brazilian magazine Capricho, with voting open on Editora Abril's official website. Azalea has been nominated five times and she has won two times.

Channel V Australia
The [V] Oz Artist of the Year award is chosen by the Australian public, and presented annually by Channel V Australia. Azalea has been nominated twice.

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| align="center"| 2013
|rowspan=2|Iggy Azalea
|rowspan=2|V Oz Artist of the Year
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| align="center"| 2014
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Cosmopolitan Fun Fearless Female Awards
The Cosmopolitan Fun Fearless Female Awards is an annual awards show presented by Cosmopolitan magazine to celebrate Australian women. Azalea has been nominated once.

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| align="center"| 2014
| Iggy Azalea
| Favourite Singer
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|}

Glamour Women of the Year Awards
The Glamour Women of the Year is an annual award ceremony presented by English magazine Glamour. Azalea has received two nominations.

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|rowspan="2"| 2015
|rowspan="2"| Iggy Azalea
| International Musician/Solo Artist
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| NEXT Breakthrough
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GQ Australia Men of the Year Awards
The GQ Men of the Year Awards are awarded annually by men's magazine GQ. Azalea won the Woman of the Year award presented by its Australian publication in 2016.

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| align="center"| 2016
| Iggy Azalea
| Woman of the Year
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Grammy Awards
The Grammy Awards are awarded annually by the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences of the United States. Azalea received four nominations in 2015, including Best New Artist and Record of the Year.

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| style="text-align:center;" rowspan="4"| 2015
| Iggy Azalea
| Best New Artist
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| rowspan="2"| "Fancy" (featuring Charli XCX)
| Record of the Year
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| Best Pop Duo/Group Performance
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|The New Classic
| Best Rap Album
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Guinness World Records

The Guinness World Records, known from its inception from 1955 until 2000 as The Guinness Book of Records and in previous United States editions as The Guinness Book of World Records, is a reference work published annually, listing world record both of human achievements and the extremes of the natural world. Azalea currently holds one record.

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| 2014
| Fancy
| Most weeks at No.1 on the US singles chart for a rap single by a female artist
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iHeartRadio Music Awards
The iHeartRadio Music Awards is an international music awards show founded by iHeartRadio in 2014 to celebrate the year's top artists and music played across iHeartMedia's network. Azalea received five nominations in 2015.

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|rowspan="5" | 2015
|rowspan="3"| Iggy Azalea
| Artist of the Year
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| Best New Artist
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| Renegade
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| "Fancy" (feat. Charli XCX)
|rowspan="2"| Best Collaboration
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| "Problem" (Ariana Grande feat. Iggy Azalea)
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International Dance Music Awards
The International Dance Music Awards (IDMA) is an annual awards ceremony presented at the Winter Music Conference which is held every March since 1985 in Miami Beach, Florida.

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|rowspan="2" |2015
| "Fancy" (feat. Charli XCX)
| Best Rap/Hip Hop/Trap Dance Track
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| "Booty" (Jennifer Lopez feat. Iggy Azalea)
| Best Commercial/Pop Dance Track
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MOBO Awards
The MOBO Awards (an acronym for Music of Black Origin) were established in 1996 by Kanya King and are held annually in the United Kingdom to recognize artists of any race or nationality performing music of black origin. Azalea has been nominated twice.

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| align="center"| 2013
|rowspan=2|Iggy Azalea
|rowspan=2|Best International Act
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|rowspan=2 align="center"|2014
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MP3 Music Awards
The MP3 Music Awards (MMA) were established in 2007 to honour popular artists and quality MP3 players and retailers. Azalea has won one award.

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|2014
|"Booty" (Jennifer Lopez feat. Iggy Azalea)
| The BFV Award Best / Female / Vocalist
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MTV Awards

MTV Europe Music Awards
The MTV Europe Music Awards (EMA) were established in 1994 by MTV Networks Europe. Azalea has been nominated eight times and won once.

MTV Italia Awards
The MTV Awards are an annual show established by MTV Italia to celebrate the most popular music and events in Italy.

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| align="center"| 2015
| Iggy Azalea
| Best Artist From The World
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MTV Millennial Awards
The MTV Millennial Awards were established in 2013 by MTV Latino.

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| align="center"| 2014
|"Problem" (Ariana Grande feat. Iggy Azalea)
|Hit of the Year
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MTV Video Music Awards
The MTV Video Music Awards were established in 1984 by MTV to celebrate the top music videos of the year. Azalea has been nominated nine times and won once.

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| align="center"| 2013
|rowspan="1"|"Work"
|rowspan="1"| Artist To Watch
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|rowspan="8"|2014
|rowspan="4"|"Fancy" (feat. Charli XCX)
|rowspan="1"| Video of the Year
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|rowspan="1"| Best Female Video
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|rowspan="1"|Best Art Direction
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|rowspan="2"| Best Pop Video
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|rowspan="4"| "Problem" (Ariana Grande feat. Iggy Azalea)
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|rowspan="1"|Best Collaboration
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|rowspan="1"|Best Female Video
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|rowspan="1"|Best Lyric Video
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MTV Video Music Awards Japan
The MTV Video Music Awards Japan are the Japanese version of the MTV Video Music Awards established in 2002.

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| align="center"| 2015
|"Problem" (Ariana Grande feat. Iggy Azalea)
|Best Female Video – International
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mtvU Woodie Awards
The Woodie Awards were established by MTV in 2004 to recognise the best in music as voted for by college students. Azalea has been nominated twice.

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| align="center"| 2012
|Iggy Azalea
|Breakthrough Woodie
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| align="center"| 2014
|"Bounce"
|Best Video Woodie
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MuchMusic Video Awards
The MuchMusic Video Awards is an annual awards ceremony presented by the Canadian music video channel MuchMusic. Azalea has received three nominations.

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| align="center"| 2014
| "Fancy" (feat. Charli XCX)
| International Video of the Year
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| align="center"| 2015
| "Black Widow" (feat. Rita Ora)
| Most Buzzworthy International Artist or Group
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| align="center"| 2017
| "Mo Bounce"
| Most Buzzworthy International Artist or Group
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NewNowNext Awards
The NewNowNext Awards is an American annual entertainment awards show, presented by the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender-themed channel Logo. Launched in 2008, awards are presented both for LGBT-specific and general interest achievements in entertainment and pop culture. Azalea has been nominated once in 2014.

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| align="center"| 2014
|Iggy Azalea
|Best New Female Musician
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Nickelodeon Kids' Choice Awards
The Nickelodeon Kids' Choice Awards, also known as the KCAs or Kids Choice Awards, is an annual awards show that airs on the Nickelodeon cable channel, that honors the year's biggest entertainment acts, as voted by Nickelodeon viewers.

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| rowspan="4"|2015
| "Fancy" (feat. Charli XCX)
| rowspan="2"| Favorite Song of the Year
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| "Problem" (Ariana Grande feat. Iggy Azalea)
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| rowspan="2"| Iggy Azalea
| Favorite New Artist
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| Favorite Aussie/Kiwi Music Act
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NME Awards
The NME Awards are an annual music awards show founded by British weekly music publication NME. Azalea has been nominated once and won in 2015.

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| align="center"| 2015
|"Fancy" (feat. Charli XCX)
|Dancefloor Filler
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NRJ Music Awards
The NRJ Music Awards were created in 2000 by French radio station NRJ in partnership with the television network TF1. Azalea has received two nominations.

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| rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;"|2014
| Iggy Azalea
|International Breakthrough of the Year
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|"Problem" (Ariana Grande feat. Iggy Azalea)
|International Song of the Year
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O Music Awards
The O Music Awards are one of the major annual awards established by Viacom to honor the art, creativity, personality and technology of music into the digital space. Azalea has been nominated once in 2012.

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| align="center"| 2012
|Iggy Azalea
|Best Web-Born Artist
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People's Choice Awards
The People's Choice Awards is an American awards show established in 1974 that recognizes the people and the work of popular culture and is voted on by the general public. Azalea has received two nominations and won once.

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|rowspan=2 align="center"|2015
|rowspan=2|Iggy Azalea
|rowspan=1|Favorite Female Artist
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|rowspan=1|Favorite Hip-Hop Artist
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Radio Disney Music Awards
The Radio Disney Music Awards (RDMA) is an annual awards show which is operated and governed by Radio Disney, an American radio network, and televised on Disney Channel.

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| align="center"| 2015
| "Problem" (Ariana Grande feat. Iggy Azalea)
| Song Of The Year
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Rolling Stone Australia Awards
The Rolling Stone Australia Awards are awarded annually in January or February by the Australian edition of Rolling Stone magazine for outstanding contributions to popular culture in the previous year.

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| 2023
| Iggy Azalea
| Rolling Stone Global Award
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RTHK International Pop Poll Awards
The RTHK International Pop Poll Awards is an annual award show presented at RTHK Studio 1 that honors the best in international and national music established in 1989. Azalea has received one award.

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|"Fast And Furious 7"
|Best Selling OST
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Soul Train Music Awards
The Soul Train Music Awards is an annual award show aired in national broadcast syndication that honors the best in African American music and entertainment established in 1987. Azalea has been nominated two times in 2014.

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| align="center" rowspan=2|2014
|rowspan=1|"Fancy" (feat. Charli XCX)
|rowspan=2|Best Hip-Hop Song of The Year
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|rowspan=1| "No Mediocre" (T.I. feat. Iggy Azalea)
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Teen Choice Awards
The Teen Choice Awards were established in 1999 to honor the year's biggest achievements in music, movies, sports and television, being voted by young people aged between 13 and 19. Azalea has won four awards from thirteen nominations.

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| align="center" rowspan=7| 2014
|rowspan=3| Iggy Azalea
| Choice R&B/Hip-Hop Artist
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| Candie's Choice Style Icon
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| Choice Summer Music Star: Female
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|rowspan=3|"Fancy" (feat. Charli XCX)
| Choice Summer Song
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| Choice R&B/Hip-Hop Song
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|rowspan=2|Choice Single Female Artist
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|rowspan=1|"Problem" (Ariana Grande feat. Iggy Azalea)
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|align="center" rowspan="4"|2015
|rowspan="2"|Iggy Azalea
|Choice Female Artist
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|Choice R&B/Hip-Hop Artist
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|rowspan="1"|Choice Movie Action
| "Fast And Furious"
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|rowspan="1"|Choice Song: Female & Choice Music: Collaboration
|"Pretty Girls" (Britney Spears & Iggy Azalea)
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|Iggy Azalea
|Choice R&B/Hip-Hop Artist
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| "Team"
|Choice R&B/Hip-Hop Song
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The Boombox Fan Choice Awards
The Boombox Fan Choice Awards are presented by American hip-hop online publication The Boombox since 2014. Azalea has received four nominations and won once.

UK Music Video Awards
The UK Music Video Awards are organised by two of the key members of the team behind bug www.bugvideos.co.uk, the bfi southbank's highly successful music video strand. Azalea has been nominated four times.

Urban Music Awards
The Urban Music Awards (UMA) is a hip-hop, R&B, dance and soul music awards ceremony launched by Jordan Kensington in 2003 and now held in six countries annually by the Invincible Media Group. Azalea has been nominated once.

Young Hollywood Awards
The Young Hollywood Awards are presented annually honouring the years' biggest achievements in pop music, movies, sports, television, fashion and more, as voted on by teenagers aged 13–19 and young adults. Azalea has won one award from three nominations.

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|rowspan="3"|2014
|Iggy Azalea
|Hottest Music Artist
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|"Fancy" (feat. Charli XCX)
|rowspan="2"|Song of the Summer/DJ Replay
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|"Problem" (Ariana Grande feat. Iggy Azalea)
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4Music Video Honours
4Music Video Honours is an end of year fan voted award show presented by 4Music, a music and entertainment channel in the United Kingdom and available on some digital television providers in the Republic of Ireland launched in 2008, with the results being revealed on an annual TV special program.

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|2013
|rowspan=2|Iggy Azalea
|Best Breakthrough
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|2014
|Best Girl
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References

External links

Azalea, Iggy
Awards


title: Edward L. Moyers

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Edward L. Moyers, Jr. (October 3, 1928 – June 5, 2006) was an American railroad executive of the 20th century. He served as president and CEO of several railroads including MidSouth Rail, Illinois Central Railroad and Southern Pacific Railroad. In 1995, Railway Age magazine named Moyers its "Railroader of the Year".

Family and early life
Edward, Jr., was the son of Edward L. and Lucille (Lewis) Moyers.  He was born on October 3, 1928, near Meridian, Mississippi. Moyers graduated from Louisiana Tech University with a business degree in 1955.

Railroad career
Moyers worked as an executive with the Peoria and Pekin Union Railway.

In the 1980s when Illinois Central Gulf Railroad was spinning off excess lines, New York based investment firm Prospect Group purchased  of track to form MidSouth Rail and installed Moyers as the new railroad company's first president. The purchase included the assets of Gulf and Mississippi Railroad (restructured as SouthRail Corporation), which was also owned by MidSouth Corporation, MidSouth Rail's parent company. Immediately after the purchase was complete, train schedules were updated to double service between Shreveport and Meridian. Moyers worked to improve and rebuild these lines to allow trains to increase their average speeds from  to . After Moyers left MidSouth, the lines were later acquired by Kansas City Southern Railroad in 1993, effective on January 1, 1994.

In 1989, Moyers was appointed as president of Illinois Central Railroad by its then new owners, Prospect Group. The purchase was, in fact, all part of a plan devised by Moyers to return the Illinois Central to profitability. He soon set to work reducing costs to the railroad including cutting payroll and selling excess rolling stock. One of the more controversial projects Moyers took on as president of Illinois Central was to reduce the railroad's trackage from a completely double tracked line with ABS to a single track mainline with CTC signals. This project began in May 1989 and was completed on August 28, 1991. The scrap materials removed from the single-tracking project were sold for approximately $50 million and further reduced the railroad's supply budget by $70 million; installing CTC was estimated to save the railroad about $100 million. Moyers also tried to bring the MidSouth lines back into the Illinois Central portfolio with a takeover bid announced on December 3, 1990, a move that was seen as positive by rail analysts at the time. But MidSouth, now led by Moyers' former business partner Mark Levin, rejected the offer. Moyers retired from Illinois Central in 1993 and was succeeded as president of that railroad by E. Hunter Harrison. In 1998, Illinois Central was acquired by Canadian National Railway.

After leaving the Illinois Central and undergoing heart surgery, Moyers was asked to return to railroad service by Philip Anschutz, the executive behind the Rio Grande Railroad's purchase of Southern Pacific Railroad (SP). Moyers became chairman and CEO of Southern Pacific Company (the parent company of Southern Pacific Railroad) and president of Southern Pacific Railroad in July 1993, leading the railroad up to the merger of Southern Pacific into Union Pacific Railroad. Part of his leadership strategy at SP, like his strategy at Illinois Central, was to trim excess capacity, such as by single-tracking sections of SP's Donner Pass line. Moyers also questioned the efficiency of the former Rio Grande's Tennessee Pass line versus its Moffat Tunnel line; he noted that the steep grades of Tennessee Pass led to increased fuel and maintenance costs to the railroad, favoring the shorter and lower elevation Moffat route. Under Moyers' leadership, SP went from a $149 million loss in 1993 to earning $242 million in 1994. The Southern Pacific Company announced on February 8, 1995, that Moyers had submitted his resignation, citing advice from his physicians. Southern Pacific was acquired by Union Pacific in 1996.

Upon his retirement from SP, Railway Age recognized Moyers' contributions to the American railroad industry by naming him "Railroader of the Year" in 1995.

Post-retirement and private life
Soon after Moyers had become a chief executive, in 1988 he joined the board of trustees for Millsaps College in Jackson, Mississippi, and was named a Life Trustee of the college in 1998. Moyers also gave the commencement speech at the college in 2000. He was also active with Louisiana Tech as chair of the university's Centennial Campaign and provided an endowment for honors students in the school's College of Business.

After retiring from direct railroad work, Moyers continued investing in railroad projects worldwide. He was one of the individual investors of Noel Group, which spent $8 million to acquire the western network of railroad lines in Brazil from the Brazilian government; Moyers' direct consultation and business plan development was credited as essential in this transaction that created Ferronorte.

Moyers died on June 5, 2006, in Naples, Florida. He was survived by his wife Helen, son Paul, daughter Nancy, sister Mary Ann, brother Pat, and their respective children. He was buried in Forest Lawn Memorial Park in Ruston, Louisiana.

Moyers' estate left a "considerable bequest" to Louisiana Tech and in December 2007, Louisiana Tech established the Moyers Scholarships in his memory.

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Further reading

1928 births
2006 deaths
Illinois Central Railroad people
Southern Pacific Railroad people
20th-century American railroad executives
American railroaders
Burials in Louisiana
Millsaps College
Louisiana Tech University alumni
People from Meridian, Mississippi


title: La Tierra del Fuego

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La Tierra del Fuego is the second album by American jazz trumpeter Roy Campbell, recorded in 1993 and released on the Delmark label.

Music
The album reflects Roy's interest in World music. "I wanted more of a Latin and Third World sound than I had on New Kingdom" says Campbell. The title cut is a suite in three sections dedicate to the innovative musicians of the '60s, John Coltrane, Sun Ra, Cecil Taylor, Eric Dolphy, among others. On the tune "Booker's Lament" Roy pays homage to trumpeter Booker Little. Campbell had been playing trumpet by six years before he first heard Little perform on Max Roach's Deeds, Not Words. "He had textures, colors and voicings that were revolutionary for the '60s" says Campbell, citing Little's Out Front as a seminal trumpet recording.

Reception

Alex Henderson, in his review for AllMusic claims "In Spanish, La Tierra del Fuego means The Land of Fire, and Campbell brings plenty of fire and passion to this consistently inspired CD." The Penguin Guide to Jazz states that "is an intermittenly exciting stew of traditions and new ideas, with nods to Booker Little and various threads of Afro-Cuban jazz and the hottest modal bands of the 1960s."

Track listing
All compositions by Roy Campbell except as indicated
 "Jahne's Waltz" - 5:49
 "Booker's Lament" - 8:35
 "Straight On Up Straight On Down"- 6:14
 "Charmaine" - 8:42
 "La Tierra del Fuego Suite" - 17:18
 "Losaida" - 10:04
 "The Sermon" (Ricardo Strobert) - 5:25

Personnel
Roy Campbell - trumpet, flugelhorn
Zane Massey - tenor sax
Ricardo Strobert - alto sax, flute
Rahn Burton - piano
Hideji Tannaka - bass
Reggie Nicholson - drums
Talik Abdullah - percussion
Klaas Hekman - bass sax on 2 & 6
Alex Lodico - trombone on 5 & 6

References

Delmark Records albums
Roy Campbell Jr. albums
1994 albums


title: Andrea Aiuti

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Andrea Aiuti (17 June 1849 – 28 April 1905) was an Italian prelate of the Catholic Church who worked in the diplomatic service of the Holy See and in the Roman Curia. He was made a cardinal in 1903.

Biography
Andrea Aiuti was born in Rome on 17 June 1849 to a patrician family from Trapani. He earned degrees in philosophy and theology at the Pontifical Roman Athenaeum Saint Apollinare.

He was ordained a priest on 22 September 1871.

Aiuti was a member of the Roman Curia on the staff of the Congregation of the Council and then in the diplomatic service at the nunciature in Brazil. He was secretary to Antonio Agliardi who was charged with organizing the Church in India.  On 31 March 1887 he was appointed titular archbishop of Achrida and Apostolic Delegate to India. He received his episcopal ordination from the Archbishop of Bombay, George Porter, S.J., on 1 May 1887. He published an account of his years in India in English as a guide for the Catholic hierarchy there.

From 1891 to 1893 he was secretary for Eastern Rite affairs at the Congregation for the Propagation of the Faith. In that role he contributed to Pope Leo XIII's encyclical on the union of the Christian churches, Satis cognitum (1896).

He was appointed Apostolic Nuncio to Bavaria on 7 June 1893. A few days later he was appointed Titular Archbishop of Tamiathis. On 15 July 1896 he became Apostolic Nuncio to Portugal.

On 12 November 1903, Pope Leo XIII made him cardinal-priest of San Girolamo dei Croati.

Aiuti participated in the conclave of 1903 that elected Pope Pius X.

He died after a long illness surrounded by his relatives in Rome on 28 April 1905 at the age of 55. He was buried in the family vault in Rome's Campo Verano cemetery.

References

External links

 Catholic-hierarchy.org

Apostolic Nuncios to India
Apostolic Nuncios to Portugal
Officials of the Roman Curia
20th-century Italian cardinals
1849 births
1905 deaths
Burials at Campo Verano
19th-century Italian Roman Catholic archbishops
Cardinals created by Pope Leo XIII


title: Eva Děpoltová

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Eva Děpoltová (5 August 1945 – 16 July 2017) was a Czech operatic soprano.

She recorded the title role in Šárka (Fibich) opposite tenor :cs:Vilém Přibyl as Ctirad in conductor Jan Štych's Supraphon recording of 1978. Her other regular roles include the title role in Libuše by Bedřich Smetana. and Donna Anna in Don Giovanni (Prague version of the opera)

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Czech opera singers
1945 births
2017 deaths


title: Kenny Powers (stuntman)

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Kenneth Marion Powers (July 9, 1947 – February 28, 2009) was an American stuntman. Powers was born to Edward Lee and Florence Pauline Powers in Landrum, South Carolina, on July 9, 1947. He grew up in Landrum, and after high school, he joined the U.S. Navy and served as a barber according to his DD 214.  He died at the Hampton Veterans Center in Hampton, Virginia on February 28, 2009.  He was married to Beverly Powers at the time of his death.

St. Lawrence River jump

He is best known today for his unsuccessful October 1979 attempt to jump the Saint Lawrence River in a rocket-powered Lincoln Continental, where he took the place of stuntman Ken Carter.  He suffered significant injuries including a broken back, but survived.

Carter's years of planning for the "Superjump", and Powers's failed attempt were the subject of a 1981 documentary called The Devil at Your Heels, directed by Robert Fortier and produced by the National Film Board of Canada.  According to some sources, Powers was substituted at the last minute for Carter, without Carter's knowledge, because the jump's backers feared Carter had decided the jump would not work.  However, Kenny Powers and Donna Ray Powers have stated that Carter still wanted to do the jump, but the backers were concerned about Carter's health. This is the account in the official documentary of the jump. Ken Carter and Kenny Powers remained friends until his death.

Video of the stunt also appeared on the American television show That's Incredible!, as well as the 1981 film Faces of Death II.  A four-minute clip of the stunt taken from Faces of Death II was uploaded to YouTube in 2006, causing renewed popularity.

The stunt has been featured in the Heavyweight Podcast by Jonathan Goldstein titled "Kenny" and the Dollop Podcast. In addition, the stunt has inspired a musical film titled Aim for the Roses, scored by Mark Haney.

Other work

Powers worked for and with Carter for many years, and also claimed to have performed stunts for Hollywood, including in the 1970s films Smokey and the Bandit, Vanishing Point, and Hooper. However, he is not listed in any movie credits. Kenny did stunt work for the Ken Carter team during the time that Smokey and the Bandit was filmed as the team prepared for the 1979 Super Jump.  According to Butch Carter, Ken Carter's brother who also did stunt work for the team, the team was considered for the stunt work in Smokey and the Bandit, but another team was selected.  According to Butch Carter and other team members, Kenny worked for the Ken Carter team the whole time of the filming of Smokey and the Bandit.

Stuntman Kenny Powers was a phenomenal stuntman.  He was a caring, loving, and benevolent person.  However, he struggled with problems due to alcohol and drug abuse his whole adult life.  Kenny did in fact publicly make claims to have done stunts in movies.  He was delusional about many things, especially in the last years of his life (Information from Beverly Powers).  He continued to perform stunts until at least 2005.  Kenny did 2 stunts in August of 2004.  One was in Dothan, Alabama and the other stunt was done in Greenville, Alabama. Kenny did his next to last stunt in Timmonsville, S.C. on August 19, 2006.  His last stunt was in Greenville, Alabama on August 26, 2006 (Information from Beverly Powers).

References

External links

Heavyweight Podcast Episode #13: Kenny

1947 births
2009 deaths
American stunt performers
People from Spartanburg County, South Carolina


title: Frode Helgerud

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Frode Helgerud (born 17 June 1950) is a Norwegian businessperson and politician for the Conservative Party.

He was born in Oslo and graduated from the University of Oslo with the cand.philol. degree in 1976. He worked as secretariat leader for the Conservative Party parliamentary caucus from 1981 to 1983, and was a political adviser to Jan P. Syse in Willoch's Second Cabinet from 1983 to 1985. He served as a deputy representative to the Parliament of Norway from Oslo during the terms 1997–2001 and 2013–2017.

In his career outside politics, Helgerud worked as director of environmental information in Norsk Hydro from 1985 to 1991, information director in Sparebanken NOR from 1991 to 1999, executive director of communications in successor companies Gjensidige NOR and DnB NOR between 1999 and 2004. From 2004 to 2014 he was the chief executive of Sparebankstiftelsen DnB NOR.

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1950 births
Living people
University of Oslo alumni
Deputy members of the Storting
Conservative Party (Norway) politicians
Politicians from Oslo
Norwegian businesspeople


title: Pintura, Utah

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Pintura is an unincorporated community in northern Washington County, Utah, United States. Its peak population was 150, and the community was named Bellevue until 1925.

See also

References

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Unincorporated communities in Utah
Unincorporated communities in Washington County, Utah


title: Eftekharabad

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Eftekharabad (, also Romanized as Eftekhārābād; also known as Kalāteh-ye Gorūbānā) is a village in Esmailabad Rural District, in the Central District of Khash County, Sistan and Baluchestan Province, Iran. At the 2006 census, its population was 1,212, in 222 families.

References

Populated places in Khash County


title: Nadeshot

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Matthew Haag (born August 3, 1992), better known as Nadeshot (formerly stylized as NaDeSHoT), is an American former professional Call of Duty player, and founder, co-owner and CEO of 100 Thieves. As a professional Call of Duty player, Haag was a former captain of OpTic Gaming in the 2014 Call of Duty: Ghosts season and the 2014–2015 Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare season, playing the objective support role.

Haag is a Major League Gaming (MLG) X Games 2014 gold medalist and 2011 Call of Duty XP World Champion, winning Best eSports player at The Game Awards 2014. He is a former Red Bull esports athlete and participates in the Twitch streaming program. Haag was previously sponsored by several gaming hardware companies, including Astro Gaming and Scuf Gaming. He also runs a YouTube channel with over 3.2 million subscribers and over 270 hours of content.

Early life
Haag was born on August 3, 1992, to Jeff and Christina Haag. He has a brother and sister.

Haag attended Amos Alonzo Stagg High School in Palos Hills, Illinois and graduated in 2010. He has also completed a two-year course in business studies at Moraine Valley Community College. Prior to competing in competitive gaming, Haag worked at a McDonald's restaurant.

Playing career

Early career
Haag's gaming handle, "NaDeSHoT" originates from "grenade shot", a lethal move in the Halo series in which a grenade is followed by a gunshot Haag was a competitive amateur in the first-person shooter Halo 2, but switched to the third-person tactical shooter series, Gears of War after getting the game as a Christmas present. He narrowly missed qualifying for MLG Chicago in Gears of War play by one slot in 2007. He competed in his first professional online tournament in 2008 and at the age of 16 he made his professional debut on Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare.

OpTic career
Haag became a member of OpTic Gaming in June 2010, when he first joined the OpTic competitive team. In 2014, he became the captain of OpTic Gaming after Will "BigTymer" Johnson resigned. Haag stepped down as OpTic Gaming's captain after a seventh-place finish at the 2015 Call of Duty Championship tournament. Nadeshot then decided to leave OpTic in 2016.

Call of Duty: Black Ops 2010–11 season
Haag was dropped from the team for the Call of Duty: Black Ops 2011 season which was the first season of Call of Duty on the Major League Gaming circuit since Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare. He briefly returned to the OpTic Competitive team, replacing a player who felt ill, at MLG Dallas where OpTic Gaming finished 3rd with virtually no practice as a squad. Subsequently, after mentioning the possibility of replacing the teammate that had fallen sick he did not get picked up. Haag played on several different teams in the professional scene and created his own OpTic Nation competitive team and started making videos and streaming footage. For the next two events he played for Team EnVyUs finishing 8th at MLG Anaheim and then 3rd at MLG Raleigh before playing on Surreal Legacy for the final two events of the year placing 7th at MLG Orlando and then finishing 15th at the MLG Providence national championships to finish off the Call of Duty: Black Ops Major League Gaming season. But later got beat by a team by the name of Inspire Gaming

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 2011–12 season
With Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 looming, Call of Duty announced Call of Duty XP where Activision hosted a $1 million tournament to showcase the newest edition of the franchise. With 2 members of the OpTic Gaming team not being available to play, Haag was picked up again. They made it to the Grand Final. They took the series 3-1 and Haag pocketed $100,000 with his team winning $400,000 and the trophy.

Call of Duty: Black Ops II 2012–13 season
Treyarch were to make Call of Duty: Black Ops II which was the third game in the Black Ops franchise. The game was a success competitively and attracted a bigger audience through the season. With Frag Cup 4, an annual online tournament at the start of a new Call of Duty title, coming up a member of the OpTic Gaming competitive team was unable to play due to gambling restrictions in his province, and after impressing early on in the game, OpTic Gaming picked up Haag, who rejoined the OpTic Gaming competitive team on a permanent basis. They finished in the 7th/8th position in Frag Cup 4 before going to the first LAN event which was UMG Chicago. OpTic Gaming started the tournament strong, making their way to the finals without losing. The team then lost the first series in the final. However, because they were the winners of the 'winners final' the match went into a final and decisive series, in which they were able to win 3-2 and become the first Call of Duty: Black Ops II champions.

The next tournament was MLG Dallas. Here, the top 8 teams qualified to compete at that year's Call of Duty Championships, which was an annual $1,000,000 event. Haag and OpTic Gaming went on to finish in the 5th/6th position.

At the Call of Duty Championships, OpTic Gaming finished in third place losing to the eventual winners of the tournament. They then played in Gfinity 1 (G1) in London, United Kingdom and MLG Anaheim in Anaheim, California where were placed in third respectively at both events. The next event Haag attended was Gfinity (G2) in London. However, their new roster finished 9th–12th. Their performance at the MLG Fullsail Invitational, where the four highest ranked Black Ops II teams competed, (and which was to be OpTic Gaming and MLG's final event of the Call of Duty: Black Ops II competitive season) was much improved, finishing in second place. In first was a team by the name of Complexity Gaming.

Call of Duty: Ghosts 2013–14 season
The next title of the Call of Duty franchise was Call of Duty: Ghosts which MLG announced that it would be their featured FPS title for the upcoming season again. Haag and OpTic Gaming disappointed at both of their first two events which were to be MLG Columbus (13–16th place) and UMG Philadelphia (9–12th place) before a roster change occurred with one player retiring, two leaving and one later rejoining. During this time Haag teamed with Christopher Duarte, who goes by the name of 'Parasite'. At this time, the team consisted of 'NaDeSHoT', 'Clayster', 'Ricky' and 'Parasite'. However, after only a handful of days, 'Parasite' and 'Ricky' left OpTic to join Curse Las Vegas. OpTic then picked up 'Saints' and 'MBoZe', before 'Scumpii' rejoined OpTic to replace the departing 'Saints', who returned to Strictly Business. After the retirement of 'BigTymer' following UMG Philadelphia, Haag became the captain of OpTic Gaming.

Optic, led by Haag, qualified for the Call of Duty: Ghosts national qualifiers for the annual Call of Duty Championship $1,000,000 tournaments after qualifying via MLG's online qualifying tournament. At the US Championship Finals OpTic Gaming finished in 7th place to qualify for the Call of Duty World Championship, after eliminating Curse New York in an elimination game in a best of 5 series. This allowed the team to qualify for the annual $1 million tournament. Haag and his OpTic Gaming squad played in the MLG Pro Circuit Season 1 online league where after a promising start they suffered problems online and were not able to qualify for the MLG PAX East Championship; eventually OpTic Gaming finished bottom of the league in 10th place. OpTic Gaming later announced that Haag and his teammates would be hosting the winners of the US Regional finals, Strictly Business Gaming for a pre-LAN event for the World Championships.

At the Call of Duty World Championships, OpTic were placed in a group with 'Epsilon eSports', 'NSP' and 'SSOF'; controversy was caused when 'SSOF' were disqualified and OpTic only had two teams in their group. OpTic first played 'NSP' and beat them 3-0 leading to a group decider against Epsilon where Haag and his team lost 3–0. However they advanced as the second seed and faced tK in the first round of the winners bracket. Haag led his team to a 3–0 victory against a team considered to be a top three team by many. In the second round Haag was to come up against Strictly Business Gaming who they had hosted in a pre-LAN event, however Haag and his teammates won 3–2 and played Australian team Trident T1 Dotters for a guaranteed top three finish. OpTic Gaming led by Haag won the series 3–1 and guaranteed themselves 3rd and $120,000. OpTic were then to face CompLexity who were undefeated on Call of Duty: Ghosts and came up short in the winners bracket finals losing 3–2. OpTic then lost to Team EnVyUs in the losers bracket finals and Haag led his team to a top three finish and won his cut of $30,000.

Shortly after the Call of Duty World Championships, Haag signed an exclusivity contract with MLG to stream himself playing Call of Duty on MLG's MLG.tv web streaming service. On April 15, 2014, OpTic Gaming announced that Marcus 'MBoZe' Blanks would be leaving the team in order for Jordan 'ProoFy' Cannon to join the team. The OpTic Gaming roster (Haag's teammates) for UGC Niagara and for the 2014 season Call of Duty:Ghosts season was Seth 'Scumpii' Abner, James 'Clayster' Eubanks and Jordan 'ProoFy' Cannon.

At the new roster's first tournament together, a lackluster first day lead to them having to play the world's best team, and eventual winners of UGC Niagara, CompLexity Gaming, who proved too strong for Haag's team. They narrowly won every map to take a 3–0 series win and knock Haag and his OpTic Gaming team out of the tournament. Before and after UGC Niagara Haag competed with his team in the MLG Pro Circuit Season 2 in order to qualify for MLG Anaheim's pro team tournament to contest for a $70,000 prize pool. Haag's team qualified, being second place in the league.

Haag and his OpTic Gaming team were invited to the MLG X Games on the Xbox One after finishing in the top 3 at the Call of Duty World Championships. They went into the event as underdogs after a disappointing tournament at UGC Niagara, however Haag and his team were able to win their group after beating Team EnVyUs and FaZe Red 3–1 to set up a semi final match against Evil Geniuses,(formerly known as CompLexity). Evil Geniuses were favorites to win the event after a dominant year at LAN events, but Haag and his three teammates were able to beat them 3–1 to face Team Kaliber in the Grand Finals. They managed to beat Team Kaliber in a match that came down to a Game 5, Round 10 in Search & Destroy, and Haag was able to win a gold medal and his first MLG Championship at the X Games in Austin, Texas.

Haag was voted by fans as The Game Awards 2014 eSports Player of the Year. He took a trip out to Las Vegas with some of his teammates and sponsors to accept this award.

Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare 2014–15 season

Advanced Warfare will be the next installment in the Call Of Duty Franchise for the e-sports circuit. The season formally began November 2014. Haag was invited by Activision to Los Angeles for a preview of Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare in order to advise developers on the state of the game. On October 28, 2014, OpTic Gaming, led by Haag, participated in an exclusive Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare streaming event at the so-called 'OpTic House' in Chicago, in order to promote the new edition in the franchise for its creators, Sledgehammer Games.

In season opening competition, MLG Columbus, Haag and his team achieved second place, losing out to FaZe in the Grand Final. This was a sad loss for OpTic and Haag, as they hadn't dropped a map all day until the grand finals. OpTic looked like they were going to win it all until they ran into Faze Clan in the finals. Faze narrowly took the victory, going all the way to a second best of five series.

The second tournament Haag competed in with OpTic was at UMG Orlando. Haag and his team achieved first place this time around. They went 0–2 in the first day of competition but his team managed to bounce back and with their other two games in pool play on the second day of competition. On Championship Sunday OpTic were crowned victorious as they beat a young team known as Stunner Gaming 3–1 in the grand finals.

Twelve teams qualified, including Haag's team, for Pro League Season 1: Prophecy, FaZe, Justus, Aware, Automatic Reload, EnVyUs, Denial, eLevate, Rise Nation, Team KaLiBeR, OpTic Nation, and OpTic Gaming. Haag's team now consists of Ian "Crimsix" Porter, Seth "Scumpii" Abner, and Matthew "Formal" Piper. OpTic Gaming were to go 38–6 in the MLG Season 1 Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare and qualified with the number one seed for the playoffs which they completed at with a $75,000 prize pool. OpTic Gaming went into the event led by NaDeSHoT and hoped to become the first team to win a LAN tournament without dropping a map. They went on to beat Rise Nation 3–0, they then came up against a team with young players called Aware Gaming who they beat 3–1 however this meant they did not become the first team to win an event without dropping a map. They then faced Team Kaliber in the winners bracket final who they narrowly beat 3–2 before progressing to the grand finals where they beat Denial eSports 3–0 to win their second event in a row. This was Haag's second win of an MLG event after winning previously at X Games during the Call of Duty: Ghosts season.

On April 4, 2015, NaDeSHoT announced that he was stepping down as captain and member of the OpTic Gaming pro-team. He said that he will become a full-time content creator as well as co-owner of the OpTic organization. He was replaced on the lineup by Damon "Karma" Barlow.

100 Thieves

In 2016, Haag founded a lifestyle brand and gaming organization based in Los Angeles, California called 100 Thieves. The organization has teams competing in Apex Legends, Call of Duty, League of Legends and Valorant. 100 Thieves operates franchises in the League Championship Series (LCS), Valorant Americas League and Call of Duty League, where it is branded as the Los Angeles Thieves. The company was co-founded alongside Cleveland Cavaliers owner Dan Gilbert.

Books

References

External links

Living people
American esports players
Call of Duty players
People from Cook County, Illinois
People from Los Angeles County, California
American YouTubers
McDonald's people
Red Bull
Team Envy players
Twitch (service) streamers

1992 births
The Game Awards winners
YouTubers from Illinois


title: Espidak

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Espidak (, also Romanized as Espīdak) is a village in Esmailabad Rural District, in the Central District of Khash County, Sistan and Baluchestan Province, Iran. At the 2006 census, its population was 198, in 36 families.

References

Populated places in Khash County


title: Sir Henry Dering, 9th Baronet

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Sir Henry Neville Dering, 9th Baronet,  (21 September 1839 – 25 August 1906) was a British diplomat.

Dering was the son of Sir Edward Dering, 8th Baronet, a Liberal Party politician. He succeeded his father as baronet in 1896.

He was Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary to the United States of Mexico 1894–1900, and Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary to the United States of Brazil 1900–1906. On 21 September 1900, he was appointed a deputy lieutenant of Kent.

He married, in 1853, Rosa Underwood, daughter of Jos. Underwood. They were parents of the next Baronet, Henry Edward Dering. His second son, Sir Herbert Guy Dering, was British Minister to Siam, Bulgaria, and Romania.

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Baronets in the Baronetage of England
Companions of the Order of the Bath
Deputy Lieutenants of Kent
Knights Commander of the Order of St Michael and St George
Ambassadors of the United Kingdom to Brazil
Ambassadors of the United Kingdom to Mexico
1839 births
1906 deaths


title: Kalchat-e Heydarabad

text:
Kalchat-e Heydarabad (, also Romanized as Kalchāt-e Ḩeydarābād; also known as Kalchāt-e Valīābād) is a village in Esmailabad Rural District, in the Central District of Khash County, Sistan and Baluchestan Province, Iran. At the 2006 census, its population was 167, in 31 families.

References

Populated places in Khash County


title: Karimabad-e Kheybar

text:
Karimabad-e Kheybar (, also Romanized as Karīmābād-e Kheybar) is a village in Esmailabad Rural District, in the Central District of Khash County, Sistan and Baluchestan Province, Iran. At the 2006 census, its population was 88, in 15 families.

References

Populated places in Khash County


title: Jan Štych

text:
Jan Štych (born 27 December 1935 in Trutnov) is a Czech conductor. He is best known for his conducting of the operas of Janáček.

References

1935 births
Living people
Musicians from Hradec Králové
Czech conductors (music)
Male conductors (music)
21st-century conductors (music)
21st-century Czech male musicians


title: Karuji

text:
Karuji (, also Romanized as Karūjī) is a village in Esmailabad Rural District, in the Central District of Khash County, Sistan and Baluchestan Province, Iran. At the 2006 census, its population was 41, in 10 families.

References

Populated places in Khash County


title: Rinku Ghosh

text:
Rinku Ghosh is an Indian television and film actress. She is known for her work in the T.V. serial  Durgesh Nandini (2007) and films such as  Daroga Babu I Love You  (2004),  Bidai  (2008) and  Balidaan  (2009). She has performed in Hindi, Telugu, Bengali and Bhojpuri films. Among other accolades, she won Best Actress in the 2008 Bhojpuri Film Awards.

Career

Television serials

Rinku Ghosh's first television role was on the serial Durgesh Nandinii as a lead actress which was telecast on Sony TV in 2007. She was next seen in Mohe Rang De as the main antagonist. She was also known for her performance in Ek Safar Aisa Kabhi Socha Na Tha in 2009. In 2012, she appeared in Dhaniya Ka Thana which was aired on Anjan TV. In 2013, she played the role of Mohini Faujdar in the sitcom Mrs. Pammi Pyarelal on Colors TV and in Imtihaan in 2010. Later in 2018 she appeared as a celebrity judge for the show Big Memsaab on Big Ganga Channel and in 2021, she was a celebrity judge for Memsaab No 1 which was telecast on Zee Ganga.

Filmography

Rinku Ghosh made her film debut in the 2000 Bengali film Jai Maa Durga, in which she was cast opposite Deboshree Roy, Arun Govil and Abhishek Chatterjee. She made her Telugu debut in Raave Na Chaliya with Sai Kiran as a co-actor in 2001. In 2002, she was seen in a Hindi film Bharat Bhagya Vidhata (as Sapna). The year 2003 saw her multiple film releases such as Hindi film Tumse Milke Wrong Number and Koi Hai. She did her first Bhojpuri Motion Picture in the film Suhagan Bana Sajna Hamaar in 2004. In 2005, she worked in the Hindi film titled Mumbai Godfather. She then appeared in Daroga Babu I Love You, "Balidaan", "Saat Saheliyan", "Rakhwala", and "Nagina".

Special appearance

Web series

Rinku Ghosh stars in the Hindi web series Patra Petika in 2022.

Awards and nominations

Rinku Ghosh won the Best Actress Award in 2008 for the film Bidai in the Fourth Bhojpuri Film Awards, among other awards for the same role. In the same year she was nominated for the Critics Award for Durgesh Nandini in the Indian Television Academy Awards. In the Bhojpuri Film Awards, she won Best Actress for Balidan in 2009.

See also
 List of Bhojpuri cinema actresses

References

External links

Actresses from West Bengal
Living people
Actresses in Bhojpuri cinema
Indian television actresses
Actresses in Telugu cinema
Actresses in Hindi cinema
Indian film actresses
21st-century Indian actresses
Year of birth missing (living people)