title: The Shock Punch

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The Shock Punch is a 1925 American silent boxing drama film produced by Famous Players–Lasky and distributed by Paramount Pictures. It starred Richard Dix and Frances Howard.

Plot
Coming face-to-face with a couple of ruffians, champion boxer Terrence O'Rourke and construction worker Bull Mallarkey, the equally tough Randall Savage flattens each with a single punch.

Randall has a romantic interest in Dorothy Clark, whose father is erecting a new building. To get closer to her, Randall lands a job as a riveter. He then learns that not only is Bull Malarkey foreman of the crew, but is plotting to ruin Dorothy's father in business as well. Randall makes sure that does not happen.

Cast

Preservation
A print of The Shock Punch is preserved at the Library of Congress.

See also
 List of boxing films

References

External links

Stills at silenthollywood.com

1925 films
American silent feature films
Paramount Pictures films
Films based on short fiction
1920s sports drama films
American sports drama films
American black-and-white films
American boxing films
1925 drama films
Films directed by Paul Sloane
1920s American films
Silent American drama films
1920s English-language films
Silent sports drama films


title: Joseph Romain-Desfossés

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Joseph Romain-Desfossés (8 December 1798 – 25 October 1864) was a French naval officer and politician. He was appointed Minister of the Navy and Colonies on 31 October 1849.

Life

Family and Childhood
Joseph Romain-Desfossés was born in Gouesnou, Finistère, on 8 December 1798. His grandfather was a French naval officer and his father started his career as a midshipman and ended it in the XIXe century as a Capitaine de Frégate.

Romain Desfossés married Hortense Desfossés, born as Hortense Guillou, a daughter of a merchant from Landerneau. They lived in Landerneau and later at Kérérault Manor in Plougastel-Daoulas.

Career in the French Navy
He joined the Cassard at the age of nine, becoming a midshipman second class.

At twelve years of age he joined the gunboat commanded by his father, a naval lieutenant, serving for several years.
He became a sub-lieutenant in September 1819 and lieutenant in December 1828.
He was attached to the staff of Admiral Jean-Baptiste Grivel, maritime prefect at Brest.

Romain-Desfossés was made captain of the corvette la Loire on 10 April 1837.
He made a cruise in the Levant, as second captain of L'Iéna, and accompanied the Prince of Joinville in 1838 in the Bombardment of San Juan de Ulúa. Him and the Prince developed a friendship and the two stayed friends until their deaths.

Confirmed as captain on 31 July 1841 he was commander-in-chief of the Madagascar station from 1844 to 1847.
He concluded an advantageous treaty with the Imam of Muscat and Oman, and made a naval demonstration against Madagascar.
On his return to France, on 27 September 1847 he was appointed Commodore.

Romain-Desfossés was a Major General of the Navy in Brest when he was elected on 13 May 1849 to represent Finistère in the Legislative Assembly.
He was among the majority. On 31 October 1849 he was appointed Minister of the Navy and Colonies by the President Louis Napoleon. When in post he voted an indemnification for slaves owners who were dispossessed. He voted for the island of Nuku Hiva as a place of deportation.

On 9 August 1850 he was made a Grand Officer of the Legion of Honour.

He left the ministry in January 1851 when Louis-Napoléon Bonaparte relieved General Changarnier of his functions of Commander of the National Guard. Desfosses then became commander of the Levant squadron.

He became vice-admiral on 11 June 1853, a member of the admiralty board and chairman of the naval works committee.
On 20 March 1855 he was appointed senator.

In February 1858 Romain-Desfossés received Queen Victoria and Napoléon III at Cherbourg.
During the Second Italian War of Independence in 1859 he commanded the squadron of the Mediterranean and the Adriatic.
After this campaign he bombarded Tétouan in Morocco to avenge an insult to the flag.
He was promoted to admiral on 9 July 1860.
Joseph Romain-Desfossés died in Paris on 25 October 1864. He is buried in Landerneau.

References
Citations

Sources

1798 births
1864 deaths
Admirals of France
French politicians


title: Agnieszka Szymańczak

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Agnieszka Szymańczak (born 11 November 1984) is a Polish cross-country skier.  She competed at the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi, in skiathlon and women's classical.

Cross-country skiing results
All results are sourced from the International Ski Federation (FIS).

Olympic Games

World Championships

World Cup

Season standings

References

External links

1984 births
Living people
Polish female cross-country skiers
Olympic cross-country skiers for Poland
Cross-country skiers at the 2014 Winter Olympics
People from Bielsko County
Sportspeople from Bielsko-Biała


title: Big Three (Turkey)

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The Big Three (Turkish: "Üç Büyükler") is the colloquial name given to Beşiktaş J.K., Fenerbahçe S.K. and Galatasaray S.K., the three most successful sports clubs in Turkey. They all are based in Istanbul.

Galatasaray is the team with the most championships in Turkey with 23 championships.. Fenerbahçe have won 19 championships and Beşiktaş have won 16 Turkish championships (14 Süper Lig + 2 Turkish Federation Cup). None of the trio have been relegated since 1959. The worst places the side have finished in league history were 10th for Fenerbahçe in 1980–81, 11th for Beşiktaş in 1975–76, and 13th for Galatasaray in 2021–22.

A reported 90% of the fans in Turkey support the Big Three. A survey by a fan-token platform showed support for Galatasaray in 60 out of 81 provinces of Turkey while its crosstown rival Fenerbahçe had the highest number of fans in 17 provinces, and Beşiktaş, the other member of Turkish football's "Big Three", had more fans than other clubs only in the eastern province of Iğdır. According to the survey, 37.6% of the fans support Galatasaray, 32.3% support Fenerbahçe and 20.8% support Beşiktaş.

The three-way rivalry

Fenerbahçe vs. Galatasaray

Fenerbahçe vs. Beşiktaş

Beşiktaş vs. Galatasaray

Trophies
:''Note: Listed according to trophies won in competitions organized by official football governing bodies.

Big Three in European competitions

UEFA 5-year Club Ranking of the Big Three

Head-to-head ranking in Süper Lig

• Total: Fenerbahçe with 25 higher finishes, Galatasaray with 25 higher finishes, Beşiktaş with 15 higher finishes (as of the end of the 2022–23 season).

Players who have played for the three clubs

:
  Refik Osman Top (Beşiktaş 1912–1913, 1923–1924, Fenerbahçe 1913–1915 and 1923, Galatasaray 1915–1917, 1921–1922, 1923 and 1924)
  Ali Soydan (Galatasaray 1951–1957, Fenerbahçe 1959–1960, Beşiktaş 1963–1964)
  Saffet Sancaklı (Beşiktaş 1987–1991, Galatasaray 1994–1995, Fenerbahçe 1996–1998)
  Sergen Yalçın (Beşiktaş 1991–1997 and 2002–2006,  Fenerbahçe 1999–2000, Galatasaray 2000 and 2001–02)
  Ahmet Yıldırım (Fenerbahçe 1993–1994, Galatasaray 1999–2001, Beşiktaş 2001–2005)
  Emre Aşık (Fenerbahçe 1993–1996, Galatasaray 2000–2003 and 2006–2010, Beşiktaş 2003–2006)
  Mehmet Yozgatlı (Galatasaray 1999–2000, Fenerbahçe 2004–2007, Beşiktaş 2007–2008)
  Burak Yılmaz (Beşiktaş 2006–2008 and 2019–2020,  Fenerbahçe 2008–2010, Galatasaray 2012–2016)
  Caner Erkin (Galatasaray 2009–2010,  Fenerbahçe 2010–2016 and 2020–2021, Beşiktaş 2016–2020)
  Mehmet Topal (Galatasaray 2006–2010, Fenerbahçe 2012–2019, Beşiktaş 2021–2022)

Managers who have managed the three clubs

:
  Mustafa Denizli (Galatasaray 1987–1989, 1990–1992, 2015–2016, Fenerbahçe 2000–2002, Beşiktaş 2008–2010)

See also
 Big Three (Belgium)
 Big Three (Costa Rica)
 Big Three (Greece)
 Big Three (Netherlands)
 Big Three (Peru)
 Big Three (Portugal)

References

Football in Turkey
Football rivalries in Turkey
Big Three (Turkey)
Big Three (Turkey)
Big Three (Turkey)
Trios


title: Lombardi Grand Prix

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The Lombardi Grand Prix is a small, rear-engined sports car on Fiat 850 underpinnings. It was developed by the Carrozzeria Francis Lombardi with an in-house design by Giuseppe Rinaldi. The car was built from 1968 until 1972 and was also marketed as the OTAS 820, as a Giannini, and as the Abarth Grand Prix and Scorpione. It was first shown in March 1968, at the Geneva Motor Show. The design had a Kammback rear and a very low nose with flip-up headlights, and a large single windshield wiper. The pop-up headlights were electrically powered. The bodywork was all steel, except the rear panel. The design was originally shown as a prototype based on the front-wheel drive Autobianchi A112, and was adapted by Lombardi for the 850 sedan's floorpan. At Turin 1969 a targa version was also shown; called the "Monza", this open model has a rollover bar. At least two were built but it is unknown whether any were sold.

Grand Prix
The original Lombardi Grand Prix as presented had the regular 843 cc Fiat 850 engine with  DIN at 5000 rpm (43 hp SAE), coupled to a four-speed gearbox. Low drag resistance and weight () meant that this was supposedly enough for a top speed of . Later production models had the 850 Special engine, with  DIN at 6400 rpm - in a period German test the maximum speed of the more powerful variant was . Luggage space is limited, with very little space next to the spare wheel up front and with a tiny area behind the seats. In case the electric wind-up mechanism for the headlights should fail, there is also a mechanical lever underneath the bonnet. The single round tail lights are Fiat 850 Coupé units. The front suspension consists of a transverse leaf spring on the bottom and A-arms on top, while the rear received coil sprung semi-trailing arms.

The Lombardi Grand Prix was built in two series: early models used the regular, metal engine cover from the Fiat 850 while the Series II has a louvred unit in black metal. The door windows are also different, being of a three-piece design (one on top, two lower pieces of which one could be slid open) while later cars have a more conventional layout with a vent window up front and a single piece which, however, could only be rolled halfway down.

A Cypriot millionaire casino owner had also shown interest in the Lombardi Grand Prix around the time of its introduction. Frixos Demetriou intended to market the car in the United Kingdom and began planning for an order of 1000 cars. After his death in a British Army tank accident in Cyprus, this project came to a sudden halt. Only ten cars were imported into the UK, with the remaining parts languishing in storage in Turin. A few unsold cars were re-exported to Cyprus in 1969 to avoid pending customs bills.

OTAS and Giannini

The tiny OTAS company (Officina Trasformazioni Automobili Sportive, or "Sports car conversion shop") was founded in 1969 and was a collaboration between Francis Lombardi and Franco Giannini - the son of Domenico Giannini of Giannini Automobili - allowing for a more powerful, Giannini-engined Grand Prix model to be marketed abroad. The resulting OTAS Grand Prix has a tuned, 982 cc twin-cam "Tigre" engine. In Italy, this model was sold as the "Giannini 1000 Grand Prix" (beginning in 1969). In a very convoluted operation, Francis Lombardi sold engineless cars to Giannini, while Giannini sold their engines to OTAS for sale outside of Italy.

Responding to interest in the important North American market, OTAS also sold the Grand Prix in the United States and in Canada as the "OTAS Grand Prix 820cc", to give the tiny car its full name. Going on sale in 1970 it was fitted with the same down-sleeved  version of the inline-four engine as used in federalized Fiat 850s to get beneath 50 cubic inches, thereby avoiding the need to carry emissions controls equipment. Sources differ; either sixty-five of these cars were brought to North America or as many as a hundred. Fiat 850 chassis numbers were retained for the OTAS 820. Importer John Rich of Glendale, California, also offered tuneup kits directly and Siata International in New Jersey imported nine of the bigger Tigre-engined cars before the strictures of the EPA put a halt to such activities. This was the first car to have US sales curtailed by the EPA. The OTAS was sold until 1971, when the company shut its doors following homologation troubles. The car never sold particularly well, being expensive considering its performance and with a tendency to overheat.

Abarth models

Along with other tuners (such as Giannini), Carlo Abarth also had a look at the Grand Prix. Abarth's version, first seen at the 1968 Paris Motor Show, received a tuned version of the larger 903 cc engine from the recently introduced Fiat 850 Sport Coupé/Sport Spider. The resulting variant has a claimed , providing performance more suitable to the sporting bodystyle and name. For better cooling than the original Lombardi and OTAS, Abarth mounted the cooler up front, in the air stream.

In 1970 Abarth showed the considerably more powerful "Abarth 1300 Scorpione", what was to be Abarth's last independently developed car. Equipped with a version of the Fiat 124s 1.2 litre engine, bored out by 2.5 mm for a total of 1280 cc, this model has  DIN and only moderately more weight, ranging from  depending on the source. In a 1970 road test by Auto, Motor und Sport, the Scorpione reached , close to the claimed . There is also mention of a 982 cc Abarth 1000 OT-engined version of the Scorpione. The Scorpione had a special Abarth-made bell housing, to allow matching the 124 engine to the four-speed 850 gearbox.

Abarth's Mario Colucci also developed the  Scorpione SS. This powerful model was extensively re-engineered, with a coil-over front suspension, a reworked rear suspension, anti-sway bars front and rear, and all-wheel Girling disc brakes. Top speed is . This model was foreshadowed by the "Scorpione S" of 1969, which had this higher developed chassis combined with the lower powered engine. With the rear-mounted heavier 124 engine weight distribution has a distinct rear bias (39/61), although this seems to have had only a modest effect on handling, limited to some front-end lift at higher speeds. After Abarth was taken over by Fiat in 1971, the Scorpione was quickly cancelled.

References

Fiat vehicles
Abarth vehicles
Sports cars
Cars of Italy
1970s cars
Cars introduced in 1968
Rear mid-engine, rear-wheel-drive vehicles


title: Discussion moderator

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A discussion moderator or debate moderator is a person whose role is to act as a neutral participant in a debate or discussion, holds participants to time limits and tries to keep them from straying off the topic of the questions being raised in the debate.  Sometimes moderators may ask questions intended to allow the debate participants to fully develop their argument in order to ensure the debate moves at pace.

In panel discussions commonly held at academic conferences, the moderator usually introduces the participants and solicits questions from the audience. On television and radio shows, a moderator will often take calls from people having differing views, and will use those calls as a starting point to ask questions of guests on the show. Perhaps the most prominent role of moderators is in political debates, which have become a common feature of election campaigns. The moderator may have complete control over which questions to ask, or may act as a filter by selecting questions from the audience.

History
The role of the discussion moderator became significant in the year 1780, when a "Rage for public debate" led to a number of different organizations advertising and hosting debates for anywhere between 650 and 1200 people. The question for debate was introduced by a president or moderator who proceeded to regulate the discussion. Speakers were given set amounts of time to argue their point of view, and, at the end of the debate, a vote was taken to determine a decision or adjourn the question for further debate. Speakers were not permitted to slander or insult other speakers, or diverge from the topic at hand, illustrating the value placed on politeness.

In the television era, it is common for political debate moderators to be journalists, either individually or as a panel.

References

Debating
Communication


title: Shiyani Ngcobo

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Shiyani Ngcobo was a Maskandi guitarist and teacher from South Africa. He toured Denmark, Belgium, Switzerland, Germany, the United States and the United Kingdom during the early 2000s in support of his album Introducing Shiyani Ngcobo becoming a major influence in taking Maskanda music to international audiences. In addition, he taught maskandi guitar at the School of Music of the University of KwaZulu-Natal. He died near Durban on 18 February 2011.

History

Early life
Shiyani was born in 1953 in the province of KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa. He was born to two members of the Zulu people, and their musical styling would later influence much of his work. When Shiyani was 13 he became fascinated with Maskanda music after his brother, Khetuwise, introduced him to the traditional piece Sevelina. His father was an alcoholic who would frequently beat his mother, which eventually led him to leave home in 1970 and lead the life of a migrant worker throughout South Africa. Eventually he met his life partner Gertrude and settled down in Kwa Makutha near Durban.

Beginning of musical career
In 1989 Ngcobo won a Maskandi guitar competition at the University of KwaZulu-Natal, where he would teach Maskanda guitar for the rest of his life. After many years, he acquired a manager, leading to concerts in Norway, Cameroon and Malaysia.

Rise in Europe and America
At the Rainforest World Music Festival in Malaysia, Ngcobo caught the eye of producer Ben Mandelson who recorded several demo tracks that ended up on a BBC Radio 3 session. These demo tracks led to Mandelson traveling to South Africa to help Ngcobo record Introducing Shiyani Ngcobo, his only album, which was released in 2004. In support of this album, Ngcobo embarked on a European tour that featured stops in the United Kingdom, Germany, Denmark, Belgium and Switzerland. In 2007, Ngcobo made his one and only trip to the United States, where he played a concert at Carnegie Hall.

Death
Ngcobo died in his home outside Durban on 18 February 2011. Despite his high profile, he lived a very humble life and when he died, his daughter Khanyisile had to go on the radio to solicit for funds to help pay for the funeral. He was later included in the World Music Network's compilation The Rough Guide to African Guitar Legends, which came out on 15 March 2011.

Musical style
Ngcobo was known for using his songs to give a picture of the life of a Zulu migrant worker and used the lyrics of his songs to examine themes of broken families, loss and masculinity in a constantly changing culture. Dr. Kathryn Olsen wrote of his style that Ngcobo, "asserts a version of masculinity that derives meaning from the experience of dispersal resulting from conquest and domination." Musically, he blended drums of the ngoma dance style with a more traditional Maskanda guitar style. Unlike many of his compatriots, Ngcobo resisted the use of electronic drum kits and synthesizers, instead using a more minimalistic and traditional style of a single acoustic guitar and bass. On occasion, Ngcobo would also play a rudimentary instrument made out of a 5-litre oil can, wood, wire and nails known as an igogogo. These sounds came together to create what was called a "more intimate aesthetic" than many other contemporary Maskanda guitarists. Ngcobo himself referred to his style of playing as "the guitar that speaks."

Discography
Introducing Shiyani Ngcobo (2004)

External links

References

South African guitarists
Male guitarists
Zulu music
Maskanda musicians
1953 births
2011 deaths
20th-century guitarists
20th-century male musicians
21st-century guitarists
21st-century male musicians
Academic staff of the University of KwaZulu-Natal


title: Thomas Wesley Jackson

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Thomas Wesley Jackson (6 June 1859 – 26 February 1934) was a Canadian politician. He served on the 1st Council of the Northwest Territories for Qu'Appelle from 1884 to 1886.

Jackson was born in Downsview, Canada West, of Irish ancestry. He worked as a lawyer for a time in Chatham, Ontario, before moving to the Qu'Appelle Valley in 1880. At Qu'Appelle he would farm and get involved with the railway, eventually raising to the position of President of the Qu'Appelle and Wood Mountain Railway. He was also a justice of the peace.

He was elected in 1883 to the Council of the North West Territories, and resigned his seat in September 1886, owing to his activities as president of the railway. He later resided at Indian Head, Saskatchewan. He died at Vancouver, British Columbia in 1934.

Electoral results

1884 election

1885 election

References

1859 births
1934 deaths
Members of the Legislative Assembly of the Northwest Territories
Canadian people of Irish descent


title: Tímea Lőrincz

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Tímea Lőrincz (née Tímea Sára, born 21 April 1992) is a Romanian cross-country skier of ethnic Hungarian descent. She competed at the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi, in skiathlon and 10 km classical, and at the 2018 Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang, in sprint classical and 10 km freestyle.

References

External links

1992 births
Living people
Cross-country skiers at the 2014 Winter Olympics
Cross-country skiers at the 2018 Winter Olympics
Cross-country skiers at the 2022 Winter Olympics
Olympic cross-country skiers for Romania
People from Gheorgheni
Romanian sportspeople of Hungarian descent
Romanian female cross-country skiers
Sportspeople from Harghita County


title: Cyril Gaillard

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Cyril Gaillard (born 20 January 1986 in Grenoble) is a French cross-country skier. He competed for France at the 2014 Winter Olympics.

References

External links

1986 births
Living people
French male cross-country skiers
Olympic cross-country skiers for France
Cross-country skiers at the 2014 Winter Olympics
Sportspeople from Grenoble


title: Park City Group

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Park City Group, Inc. was established in 1990, and is headquartered in Salt Lake City, Utah. The company focuses on software-as-a-service (SaaS) for the suppliers and retailers in the whole supply chain, reducing out-of-stocks, optimizing inventory, and improving profits and operational efficiencies. In 2009, the company acquired Prescient Applied Intelligence to form "the New" Park City Group. In 2013, the company moved trading in its shares from the NYSE, formerly the American Stock Exchange, to the NASDAQ Capital Market.

History

In the 1970s, Randall Fields established a Palo Alto based consulting firm named "Fields Investment Group." The company moved its headquarters to Park City in 1982.

Products and services

Products include Store Level Replenishment, which provides visibility to store level activity; ResposiTrak, which traces products in supply chain; and ActionManager, an automated method to manage the business process. In addition, the company provides consulting for business optimization, technical services, and training.

Awards
In 2013, Park City Group was ranked 381st on Deloitte Fast 500 for companies in the field of technology, media, telecommunications, life sciences, and clean technology in North America.

References

External links
 Official Website

Companies established in 2002
Companies listed on the Nasdaq


title: List of Billboard Hot 100 top-ten singles in 1975

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This is a list of singles that have peaked in the Top 10 of the Billboard Hot 100 during 1975.

Elton John scored four top ten hits during the year with "Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds", "Philadelphia Freedom", "Someone Saved My Life Tonight", and "Island Girl", the most among all other artists.

Top-ten singles

1974 peaks

1976 peaks

See also
 1975 in music
 List of Hot 100 number-one singles of 1975 (U.S.)
 Billboard Year-End Hot 100 singles of 1975

References

General sources

Joel Whitburn Presents the Billboard Hot 100 Charts: The Seventies ()
Additional information obtained can be verified within Billboard's online archive services and print editions of the magazine.

1975
United States Hot 100 Top 10


title: Sanzigen

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is a Japanese animation studio specializing in CGI animation. The studio was founded in 2003, later becoming formally incorporated in 2006 by former employees of Gonzo, and has contributed to various anime series and films. Its name is derived from the Japanese word for . Sanzigen joined the Japanese joint holding company Ultra Super Pictures with studios Ordet and Trigger, that would later be joined by Liden Films.

On December 13, 2019, Bushiroad announced that it had acquired 8.2% of Sanzigen. Ultra Super Pictures now owns 75.4% of Sanzigen and studio president Hiroaki Matsuura owns 16.4% of the company.

On February 10, 2020, it was announced that Sanzigen had formed a partnership with Millepensee to form a new CG studio IXIXI.

Television series
Black Rock Shooter (2012; co-production with Ordet)
Wooser's Hand-to-Mouth Life (2012)
Miss Monochrome (2013–2015; co-production with Liden Films)
Arpeggio of Blue Steel -Ars Nova- (2013)
Wooser's Hand-to-Mouth Life: Kakusei-hen (2014; co-production with Liden Films)
The Heroic Legend of Arslan (2015; co-production with Liden Films)
Wooser's Hand-to-Mouth Life: Mugen-hen (2015)
Heavy Object (2015–2016; 3DCG; animation production by J.C. Staff)
Bubuki Buranki (2016)
Bubuki Buranki 2: The Gentle Giants of the Galaxy (2016)
ID-0 (2017)
BanG Dream! Girls Band Party! Pico (2018–2022, co-production with DMM.futureworks)
BanG Dream! (2019–2020; second and third seasons)
Sakura Wars the Animation (2020)
Argonavis from BanG Dream! (2020)
D4DJ First Mix (2020–2021)
D_Cide Traumerei the Animation (2021)
BanG Dream! Morfonication (2022)
D4DJ All Mix (2023)
BanG Dream! It's MyGo!!!!! (2023)
Ishura (2024; CG; animation production by Passione)

OVA/ONAs
The Heroic Legend of Arslan (2016, with Liden Films)
Sorcery in the Big City (2017)
D4DJ Double Mix (2022)

Animated films
009 Re:Cyborg (2012; co-production with Production I.G)
Initial D Legend 1: Awakening (2014; co-production with Liden Films)
Initial D Legend 2: Racer (2015; co-production with Liden Films)
Arpeggio of Blue Steel: Ars Nova DC (2015)
Arpeggio of Blue Steel: Ars Nova Cadenza (2015)
Initial D Legend 3: Dream (2016; co-production with Liden Films)
Promare (2019; 3DCG work for Studio Trigger)
BanG Dream! Film Live (2019)
BanG Dream! Episode of Roselia: Promise (2021)
BanG Dream! Episode of Roselia: Song I am. (2021)
BanG Dream! Film Live 2nd Stage (2021)
Gekijōban Argonavis: Ryūsei no Obligato (2021)
BanG Dream! Poppin' Dream! (2022)
Gekijōban Argonavis Axia (2023)

Video games
Fire Emblem: Three Houses (2019) – CGI Animation
Sakura Wars (2019) – CGI Animation
 Super Smash Bros. Ultimate  (2020) – CGI Animation (Byleth Reveal Trailer)

References

External links

Bushiroad
Japanese animation studios
Japanese companies established in 2003
Mass media companies established in 2003
Ultra Super Pictures
Joint ventures
Suginami


title: DICE model

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The Dynamic Integrated Climate-Economy model, referred to as the DICE model or Dice model, is a neoclassical integrated assessment model developed by 2018 Nobel Laureate William Nordhaus that integrates in the neoclassical economics, carbon cycle, climate science, and estimated impacts allowing the weighing of subjectively guessed costs and subjectively guessed benefits of taking steps to slow climate change. Nordhaus also developed the RICE model (Regional Integrated Climate-Economy model), a variant of the DICE model that was updated and developed alongside the DICE model. Researchers who collaborated with Nordhaus to develop the model include David Popp, Zili Yang, and Joseph Boyer.

The DICE model is one of the three main integrated assessment models used by the United States Environmental Protection Agency, and it provides estimates intermediate between the other two models.

History

Precursors

According to a summary of the DICE and RICE models prepared by Stephen Newbold, the earliest precursor to DICE was a linear programming model of energy supply and demand in two 1977 papers of William Nordhaus. Although dynamic (in that it considered the changing levels of supply of fuel based on supply and demand and the consequence impact on carbon dioxide emissions) the model did not attempt to measure the economic impact of climate change. A 1991 paper by Nordhaus developed a steady-state model of both the economy and climate, coming quite close to the DICE model.

The model

The model appears to have first been proposed by economist William Nordhaus in a discussion paper for the Cowles Foundation in February 1992. He also wrote a brief note outlining the main ideas in an article for Science in November 1992. A subsequent revised model was published in Resource and Energy Economics in 1993.

Nordhaus published an improved version of the model in the October 1994 book Managing the Global Commons: The Economics of Climate Change, with the first chapter as well as an appendix containing a computer program both freely available online. Marian Radetzki reviewed the book for The Energy Journal.

In 1996, Nordhaus and Zili Yang published an article titled A regional dynamic general-equilibrium model of alternative climate-change strategies at The American Economic Review, established the RICE (Regional Integrated model of Climate and the Economy) model.

In 1998, Nordhaus published a revised version of the DICE model in multiple papers, one of which was coauthored with Joseph Boyer in order to understand the effects of the proposed Kyoto Protocol.

In 1999, Nordhaus published computer programs and spreadsheets implementing a revised version of the DICE model as well as a variant called the RICE model (RICE stands for Regional Integrated Climate-Economics, signifying that the modeling of economics and climate are being done only for a particular region rather than the whole world).

In 2000, Nordhaus and Boyer co-authored a book published by MIT Press titled Warming the World: Economic Models of Global Warming with a detailed description of the updated DICE and RICE models.

In 2001, Nordhaus published revised spreadsheets for the RICE model.

In November 2006, Nordhaus published a new version of the DICE model with updated data, and used it to review the Stern Review.

In 2010, updated RICE and DICE models were published, and the new RICE model was explained by Nordhaus in an article for the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (US).

In 2013, the book The Climate Casino by Nordhaus, with updated discussion of the DICE and RICE models and the broader policy implications, was published by Yale University Press.  A background on the latest version of the models as used in the book was published on Nordhaus' website.

2020 rework

In 2020, modelers from the Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research (PIK) reported a rerun of the DICE model using updated climate and economic information and found that the economically optimal climate goal was now less than  of global warming  and not the  that Nordhaus had originally calculated.
The PIK team employed current understandings of the climate system and more modern social discount rates.
This new result therefore broadly supports the Paris Agreement goal of holding global warming to "well below ".
Their revised AMPL code and data are available under open licenses.

Assumptions and outcomes
According to the original formulation of DICE, staying below the 2 °C as agreed by the Paris agreement would cost more in mitigation investments than would be saved in damage from climate change. A 2020 paper by Glanemann, Willner and Levermann, which used an updated damage function, revised this conclusion, showing that a warming of around 2 °C would be "optimal", depending on the climate sensitivity to greenhouse gases.

The DICE model is an example of a neoclassical energy-economy-environment model. The central assumption of this type of model is that market externalities create costs not captured in the price system and that government must intervene to assure that these costs are included in the supply price of the good creating the externality. Innovation is assumed to be exogenous; as such, the model is a pre-ITC model (it does not yet include Induced Technological Change). An extension of the model (DICE-PACE) that does include induced technological change, has strongly different outcomes: the optimal path would be to invest strongly early on in mitigation technology. In contrast to non-equilibrium models, investment in low carbon technology is assumed to crowd-out investments in other parts of the economy, leading to a loss of GDP.

Reception

Academic reception

A number of variants of the DICE model have been published by researchers working separately from Nordhaus. The model has been criticised by Steve Keen for a priori assuming that 87% of the economy will be unaffected by climate change, misrepresenting contributions from natural scientists on tipping points, and selecting a high discount rate.

Reception in the public policy world

The DICE and RICE models have received considerable attention from others studying the economic impact of climate change. It is one of the models used by the Environmental Protection Agency for estimating the social cost of carbon. Stephen Newbold of the Environmental Protection Agency in the United States reviewed the models in 2010.

The Basque Centre for Climate Change, in an October 2009 review of integrated assessment models for climate change, discussed the DICE model in detail.

A report from The Heritage Foundation, a conservative think tank in the United States, called the DICE model "flawed beyond use for policymaking" on account of its extreme sensitivity to initial assumptions. Similar criticisms, including criticisms of the specific choice of discount rates chosen in the model, have been made by others.  Many of these criticisms were addressed in the 2020 rework listed above.

See also

 Integrated Global System Model
 Pigou Club

References

External links
 MATLAB/Octave implementation of DICE model

Climate change assessment and attribution
Environmental science


title: 2014 Torneo de Promoción y Reserva

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The Torneo de Promoción y Reserva is a football tournament in Peru. There are currently 16 clubs in the league. Each team will have a roaster of twelve 21-year-old players, three 19-year-olds as three older reinforcements; whenever they be recorded in the club. The team champion in this tournament will offer two points and the runner-up a point of bonus to the respective regular team in the 2014 Torneo Descentralizado.

Tournament modus
The tournament will be played during both the 2014 Torneo del Inca and 2014 Torneo Descentralizado for a total of 44 games. In the first stage the 16 teams are divided into 2 groups. Both groups play a round-robin home-and-away round for 14 matches. The team ranked first in each group at the end of the round will play the stage final to decide the stage champion and runner-up. The first stage champion and runner-up will receive a two points and one point bonus for the next stage of the tournament. The second stage of the tournament will play a round-robin home-and-away round for a total of 30 matches each. The tournament champion offer two points and the runner-up a point of bonus to the respective regular team in the 2014 Torneo Descentralizado.

Teams

Torneo del Inca

Group A

Group B

Standings

Final
This match was originally scheduled to be played on the same day and place hours before the 2014 Torneo del Inca Final but was postpone to not interfere with two Peru national under-20 football team's friendlies. The champion and runner-up will give its team +2 and +1 point(s) on the tournament's second stage.

Torneo Descentralizado

Standings

Results

Title playoff

See also
2014 Torneo del Inca
2014 Torneo Descentralizado

References

External links

Tournament regulations
Tournament fixture
Torneo de Promoción y Reserva news at Peru.com
Torneo de Promoción y Reserva news at Ovacion.pe

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title: Robert Crawford (Canadian politician)

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Robert Crawford (11 August 1834 – 22 September 1897) was a Scottish-born Canadian politician. He served on the 1st Council of the Northwest Territories for Qu'Appelle from 1886 to 1888.

Crawford was born in Port Glasgow, the son of Andrew Crawford. After receiving his education at Greenock, he came to Canada in 1849. He initially farmed at the Island of Montreal, but would later gain employment with the Hudson's Bay Company as a clerk in 1854. He earned a commission in 1867 as Chief Trader at Lindsay, Ontario, then worked as Chief Trader or Factor at Nipigon, Ontario, Red Rock, Ontario and Fort Chimo until 1877 when he retired. He moved to Brockville, Ontario where he lived until 1882, when he moved west to Indian Head, North West Territories. At Indian Head he operated a general store, Crawford & Robinson. He married Elizabeth Miles, the daughter of Robert Seaborn Miles, a fellow Hudson's Bay Company employee, in August 1863. He resided at Indian Head where he operated his store and was also the postmaster. During the 1885 North-West Rebellion, he was Paymaster to the Commissariat and Transport Service.

He was elected in 1886 to the Council of the North West Territories, trigged by the resignation of Thomas Wesley Jackson. Crawford retired at the next election, in 1888.

Electoral results

1886 election

References

1834 births
1897 deaths
Members of the Legislative Assembly of the Northwest Territories
People from Port Glasgow
British emigrants to pre-Confederation Canada


title: William White (Canadian politician)

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William White, Q.C. (April 29, 1856 – May 9, 1953) was a Canadian politician. He served on the 1st Council of the Northwest Territories for Regina from 1883 to 1885.

White was born in 1856 at Hamilton, Canada West, the son of Thomas White. After receiving education at the Upper Canada College and the University of Toronto, he became a lawyer. Though he served on the Northwest Territories Council as an independent as it was non-partisan, White affiliated himself later with the Conservative Party of Canada. He would practice law at Moosomin where he was also a prosecutor. He later moved to British Columbia, Yukon and England. In 1887, he married Frances Louisa Cholerton-Hall.

He was elected in 1883 to the Council of the North West Territories, and retired at the next election, in 1885.

Electoral results

1883 election

References

1856 births
1953 deaths
Politicians from Hamilton, Ontario
Members of the Executive Council of the Northwest Territories
Upper Canada College alumni
University of Toronto alumni
Conservative Party of Canada (1867–1942) politicians


title: Charles P. Eagan

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Brigadier General Charles Patrick Eagan (January 16, 1841 – February 1, 1919) was a career United States Army officer who gained notoriety as a Commissary General who testified during the "embalmed beef" scandal of the Spanish–American War. Eagan was born in Ireland and emigrated to the United States sometime prior to 1862.

Military career
Eagan was commissioned as a 1st lieutenant in the 1st Washington Territory Infantry Regiment on June 21, 1862, during the American Civil War. He was honorably mustered out of volunteer service on April 1, 1865. After the war, he joined the Military Order of the Loyal Legion of the United States, a military society of officers who had served the Union during the Civil War.

Eagan was commissioned as a 2nd lieutenant in the 9th Infantry Regiment of the Regular Army on August 30, 1866.  He was promoted to 1st lieutenant on January 2, 1869. He was reassigned to the 12th Infantry on June 14, 1869, and promoted to captain and assigned as a commissary of subsistence on June 23, 1874. (Commissaries of subsistence were responsible for providing food supplies to units of the Army.) He received a retroactive brevet (honorary promotion) to the rank of captain on February 27, 1890, for "gallant service in action against hostile Indians in the Lava Beds, California on April 17, 1873". Eagan was promoted to major on March 12, 1892, and promoted to lieutenant colonel and assistant commissary general of subsistence on January 26, 1897. He was promoted to colonel on March 11, 1898, and to Commissary General with the rank of brigadier general on May 3, 1898, following the outbreak of the Spanish–American War.

Embalmed Beef Scandal

One of the challenges facing Eagan was supplying food to soldiers serving in Cuba and other remote locations. Eagan's solution was to ship both refrigerated and canned beef to the soldiers. Unfortunately, the suppliers of the beef (which were the major Chicago based meat packing companies) provided beef of inferior quality treated with preservatives, compounded by the fact that the canning process had yet to be perfected, so that the vast majority of the beef supplied overseas was inedible when it was received. Soldiers who ate the beef were afflicted with diarrhea and dysentery. This was widely reported in the press, created great embarrassment for the Army and resulted in a Congressional investigation.

In testimony before Congress in December 1898, the refrigerated beef was derisively referred to as "embalmed beef" (due to its odor) by the then Commanding General of the Army, Major General Nelson A. Miles. General Miles also testified that the canned beef was supplied to the Army under the "pretense of an experiment". General Eagan took this statement as a personal insult and openly denounced Miles as a liar when called to testify on January 12, 1899.

General Eagan was quoted in The New York Times as saying, in reference to Miles, "he lies in his throat, he lies in his heart, he lies with every hair on his head and every pore on his body, he lies willfully, deliberately, intentionally, and maliciously." Eagan also said of Miles, "he should be denounced by every honest man, barred from the clubs, barred from the society of decent people, and so ostracized that the street bootblack would not condescend to speak to him".

As a result of Eagan's aspersions towards Miles, who had a long and distinguished military career as well as being a recipient of the Medal of Honor, he was quickly court-martialed for "conduct unbecoming an officer and a gentleman" and was suspended from duty until he retired on December 6, 1900.

As a direct result of General Eagan's remarks concerning General Miles, he was denied admission into the Pennsylvania Commandery of the Military Order of Foreign Wars. He was also expelled from membership in the District of Columbia Commandery of the Military Order of the Loyal Legion of the United States.

Later life
After his retirement from the Army, Eagan pursued real estate and mining interests in Mexico. After a protracted struggle with other speculators, in May 1902, Eagan won a case in the Mexican Federal Court which granted him ownership of 2,500,000 acres in western Mexico.

General Eagan died of heart disease in the Bronx, New York, on February 1, 1919, at the age of 78.

Awards
 Civil War Campaign Medal
 Indian Campaign Medal
 Spanish War Service Medal

References

External links

1841 births
1919 deaths
American miners
Irish emigrants to the United States
Union Army officers
United States Army generals
Commissary General of Subsistence (United States Army)
Irish soldiers in the United States Army


title: Nes, Vestland

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Nes is a village in Luster Municipality in Vestland county, Norway. The village is located on the western shore of the Lustrafjorden, about  east of the municipal centre of Gaupne. The village sits along Norwegian County Road 55, which follows the coastline of the fjord. Nes Church is located in the village.

References

Villages in Vestland
Luster, Norway


title: Luster (village)

text:
Luster is a village in Luster Municipality in Vestland county, Norway. The village is located on the western shore of the Lustrafjorden, at the mouth of the river Dalsdalselvi. Norwegian County Road 55 runs through the village, which is about half-way between the villages of Skjolden and Nes. Dale Church was built in the village of Luster in 1240 and it is still in use.

Name
The name () originally belonged to the fjord (now Lustrafjorden). The name is derived from the word ljóss which means "light" or "bright" - referring to the bright color of the water from the glaciers. Prior to 1918, the name was written Lyster.

References

Villages in Vestland
Luster, Norway


title: Vegan Congress

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Vegan Congress is an activist group, co-founded in 2013 by artists Julie Andreyev, Trudy Chalmers, Beth Carruthers, Jesse Garbe, Carol Gigliotti, Geneviève Raiche-Savoie, and Maria Lantin with the intention to demystify veganism by providing events and information relating to the vegan practice. Currently involving faculty, staff and students at Emily Carr University of Art + Design, Vancouver; Simon Fraser University, Vancouver; University of British Columbia Okanagan, Kelowna; and independent scholar Dr. Carol Gigliotti, working in the US. The Vegan Congress seeks to provide practical knowledge on the global state of non-human animals with respect to ethics, dietary habits, ecology, agriculture and other forms of production and consumption. The effort to address such issues are sought through relational activities and events that aim to encourage discourse concerning one's relationships with other animals, health and the environment, along with striving to promote visibility and applied ethics within a community.

Mission statement
The mission of the Vegan Congress is to provide awareness and compassionate support for non-human animals and to advocate the practice of mindful measures in the service of eliminating the suffering of all subjects-of-a-life. The group attempts to obtain the objective of heightening an awareness of veganism as a form of non-violent defiance, in defence of the right for non-human beings to be treated with commensurate moral value and not as a resource for or property of humans.

Activities
The first event hosted by the Vegan Congress was a cooking demonstration and talk by chef Preet Marawah. It was held January 22, 2014 at the Intersections Digital Studio at Emily Carr University of Art + Design. Preet Marawah is a raw, organic, whole foods chef, CEO and founder of OrganicLives, and formally served as VIP chef at the United Nations.

References

External links
Vegan Congress Official website

Vegan organizations
Environmental organizations based in Canada


title: Hired armed cutter Griffin

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Two vessels named His Majesty's hired armed cutter Griffin served the British Royal Navy, the first during the French Revolutionary Wars and the second during the Napoleonic Wars. The descriptions of the two Griffins are similar enough to suggest they may have been the same vessel.

First contract
Griffin served from 13 September 1794 until 1 November 1801. She was of 70  tons (bm), and carried ten 3-pounder guns.

On 28 January 1797 Griffin anchored in the Yarmouth roads with her prize, the French privateer lugger Liberté. After a three-and-a-half-hour-long chase, Griffin was able to capture Liberté at the entrance of the Ship-Wash, Yarmouth's sand banks. Liberté was carried three carriage and four swivel guns, and had a crew of 18 men. She had "infested" the coast for some time. Griffins master was B. Fisk.

On 29 March 1799 Griffin and several other vessels were in  company with  or in sight at the capture of the galiot Neptunus. Griffin shared with the sloop  and the hired armed cutter Jane one month later, on 26 April, in the capture of the Adelaide, Bose, master.

Mr. James Olifant was master on Griffin when she shared with other vessels in the capture of the Calypso, M.T. Schulten, master, (3 May) and the Resolution (14 May). The other two British vessels were again Scorpion and Jane.

On 16 October Griffin captured Fortuna, Blood, master. He was also her commander when she captured the fishing vessels Stadt Egerfund, Welvaarin, and Stadt Embden.

Second contract
Griffin served from 15 June 1803 until 12 December 1805. She was of 70 tons (bm), and carried six 3-pounder guns.

On 20 September 1803 Griffin captured Pylade.

On 3 January 1804,  captured the French lugger gunvessel №432. Archer and Griffin then captured a dogger, a schuyt, and two Blankenberg fishing vessels. All the vessels were part of a convoy sailing to Boulogne. The schyut was carrying gin, and the fishing vessels knees for boats. Each vessel also had three or four soldiers on board. Griffin had to undergo heavy fire from the shore as she helped capture the vessels. Lieutenant Charles Stewart commanded Griffin. The other French vessels were later identified as №17, №10, №11, №432, and a second №10. Immortalite led the British squadron and shared in the proceeds of the capture.

Griffin, under the command of Lieutenant Robert Forbes, was part of a squadron consisting also of the gun-brigs , , , and , and the cutter Admiral Mitchell, all under the command of Commander John Hancock in .

At 4 P.M. on 23 October 1804, a French flotilla of two prams and eighteen armed schuyts left Ostend for the westward. Cruizer and her squadron gave chase. They succeeded in bringing the leading pram to action by 5:18, and in a little over an hour silencing her. However, the tide was falling, darkness was coming on, and the vessels were in shoal water and in unfamiliar sands and currents. Cruizer hauled off and anchored but Conflict had already grounded, due to the fault of her pilot.</ref> When they found that they could not free her, Lieutenant Ormsby and his crew abandoned her and rowed her boats to Cruiser. Hancock sent Ormsby back with Admiral Mitchell providing cover in an attempt to recover or destroy Conflict, but they discovered that she was already high and dry on a sandbank, and in French hands.

At high tide Hancock sent in boats to try and bring her off, or destroy her, with Admiral Mitchell and Griffin, reinforced for the purpose, providing support. However, by that time the French had hauled Conflict further onshore and brought up field pieces and howitzers. The boat party, which was under Forbes' command, was forced to withdraw after having suffered three men wounded. Cruizer suffered four officers and men wounded, Conflict lost one man killed and five wounded, and Griffin had two men wounded in the attempt. In all, the British lost one man killed and 11 wounded.

Lieutenant Robert Forbes still commanded Griffin on 9 April 1805 when she captured Vrow Hendricke, Meltings, master. On 16 June Griffin captured Rowena, Robinson Potter, master. The condemnation was appealed, and the case was not settled in Griffins favor until March 1809. Rowena had imported sugar and coffee from Martinique, stopped at Newport to take on some American cargo, and then proceeded to Antwerp. The court ruled that at the time of capture Rowena and her cargo were enemy property.

Citations

References

Hired armed vessels of the Royal Navy


The 2014 FIVB Volleyball Men's Club World Championship was the 10th edition of the event. It was held in Belo Horizonte, Brazil from 5 to 10 May 2014. The Russian club Belogorie Belgorod won the title for the first time.

Qualification

Pools composition

Squads

Venue

Pool standing procedure
 Match points
 Number of matches won
 Sets ratio
 Points ratio
 Result of the last match between the tied teams

Match won 3–0 or 3–1: 3 match points for the winner, 0 match points for the loser
Match won 3–2: 2 match points for the winner, 1 match point for the loser

Preliminary round
All times are Brasília Time (UTC−03:00).

Pool A

Pool B

Final round
All times are Brasília Time (UTC−03:00).

Semifinals

3rd place match

Final

Final standing

Awards

Most valuable player
 Dmitry Muserskiy (Belogorie Belgorod)
Best setter
 Raphael Oliveira (Al-Rayyan)
Best outside spikers
 Sergey Tetyukhin (Belogorie Belgorod)
 Matey Kaziyski (Al-Rayyan)
Best middle blockers
 Robertlandy Simón (Al-Rayyan)
 José Santos Júnior (UPCN San Juan)
Best opposite spiker
 Wallace de Souza (Sada Cruzeiro)
Best libero
 Alan Domingos (Al-Rayyan)

External links
Official website
Final Standing
Awards
Statistics

2014 FIVB Men's Club World Championship
FIVB Men's Club World Championship
FIVB Men's Club World Championship
FIVB Volleyball Men's Club World Championship
Sport in Belo Horizonte


title: Kammron Taylor

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Kammron Taylor (born August 28, 1984) is an American professional basketball player who last played for the Saint John Riptide of the National Basketball League of Canada. He played college basketball for the University of Wisconsin–Madison.

Early life
Taylor played basketball with his older brother, Kerek, in their garage in the backyard of their home in Minneapolis, Minnesota. Their father, Kenneth, kept the garage pitch black so the brothers would learn to dribble without seeing the ball. He attended North Community High School where he played basketball, football and tennis.

College career
Taylor was an honorable mention all-conference pick as a junior with the Wisconsin Badgers, when he averaged 14.2 points, 3.0 rebounds and 2.4 assists per game. After struggling late in the season, he improved his diet and entered his senior year more muscular.

In his senior season, he was named to the All-Big Ten second team and the Big Ten All-Tournament team. In 36 games, he averaged 13.3 points, 2.3 rebounds and 1.9 assists per game.

Professional career
After going undrafted in the 2007 NBA draft, Taylor joined the Minnesota Timberwolves for the 2007 NBA Summer League. He later signed with CB L'Hospitalet of the Spanish LEB Oro for the 2007–08 season.

In 2008, Taylor signed with Kepez Belediyesi of the Turkish Basketball League for the 2008–09 season. In December 2008, left Turkey and returned to Spain to play with Beirasar Rosalía.

In July 2009, he signed with STB Le Havre of the French League for the 2009–10 season. In February 2010, he left France and signed with Szolnoki Olaj of Hungary for the rest of the season.

On November 1, 2010, he was selected by the Iowa Energy in the 3rd round of the 2010 NBA D-League draft. On November 17, 2010, he was waived by the Energy. In January 2011, he signed with Keravnos of Cyprus for the rest of the 2010–11 season. He later left Keravnos after 2 games and joined Guerreros de Bogotá for the 2011 Baloncesto Profesional Colombiano season.

In January 2012, he signed with Panteras de Miranda for the 2012 LBP season. In February 2012, he left Panteras and signed with BC Dnipro-Azot for the rest of the 2011–12 season.

In July 2012, he re-joined the Minnesota Timberwolves for the 2012 NBA Summer League. In August 2012, he signed with Neckar RIESEN Ludwigsburg of the German Basketball Bundesliga. On January 21, 2013, he was released.

On September 30, 2013, he signed with the Boston Celtics. However, he was later waived by the Celtics on October 26, 2013. On October 31, 2013, he was acquired by the Maine Red Claws as an affiliate player. On January 4, 2014, he was waived by the Red Claws due to a season-ending knee injury.

In January 2015, he joined the Gigantes de Guayana of the Venezuelan Liga Profesional de Baloncesto. He left the team in late April, and in 28 games, he averaged 11.8 points, 2.2 rebounds and 2.6 assists per game.

On November 10, 2016, he signed with the Saint John Riptide for the  2016–17 NBL Canada season.

References

External links
NBA D-League profile

1984 births
Living people
African-American basketball players
American expatriate basketball people in Canada
American expatriate basketball people in Colombia
American expatriate basketball people in Cyprus
American expatriate basketball people in France
American expatriate basketball people in Germany
American expatriate basketball people in Hungary
American expatriate basketball people in Spain
American expatriate basketball people in Turkey
American expatriate basketball people in Ukraine
American expatriate basketball people in Venezuela
American men's basketball players
Basketball players from Minneapolis
BC Dnipro-Azot players
CB L'Hospitalet players
Maine Red Claws players
Kepez Belediyesi S.K. players
Keravnos B.C. players
Riesen Ludwigsburg players
Point guards
Saint John Riptide players
STB Le Havre players
Szolnoki Olaj KK players
Wisconsin Badgers men's basketball players
North Community High School alumni
21st-century African-American sportspeople
20th-century African-American people


title: Clean Diesel Technologies

text:
CDTI Advanced Materials, Inc. (formerly Clean Diesel Technologies, Inc.) is an American company that focuses on providing vehicle emissions control systems for heavy duty and light duty diesel pollution control. The company has two divisions, including Heavy Duty Diesel Systems division, which focusing on developing and producing exhaust emission control device, and Catalyst division engaged in developing catalyst applied for emission reduction. The company has two self-developed and patented intellectual properties including MPC, a catalyst manufacturing process, and Platinum Plus, a diesel soluble additive. Their products have received US Environmental Protection Agency ("EPA") verification and have been widely used in highway automobile engines.

Background
CDTi was founded in 1996 and based in Ventura, California. Despite the core business in US, it also operates in Canada, France, Japan and Sweden. In September 2012, the company and its subsidiaries changed their names to CDTi and operates under this name. With the increasingly significant exhaust pollution control situation worldwide, the company provides devices for internal combustion engines. It generated a revenue of $60.5 million in 2012 with an increase of 40.5% in Catalyst division.

In December, 2013, Its product Purifilter(R)EGR and its off-road version Purifilter(R)OR, which were developed applying MPC technology to control exhaust emission, received the verification of US Environmental Protection Agency ("EPA"), which indicated that the product should be used in a majority of heavy highway engines in US.

References

Manufacturing companies based in California
Companies based in Ventura County, California
Manufacturing companies established in 1996
1996 establishments in California
Companies formerly listed on the Nasdaq
American companies established in 1996
Companies traded over-the-counter in the United States


title: Croton Springs

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Croton Springs, formerly Nugent's Springs, are springs, in the Sulphur Springs Valley.  It lies at an elevation of 4147 feet, located on the northwest edge of the Willcox Playa in Cochise County, Arizona.

History
Croton Springs were historical watering places on several wagon roads through the Sulphur Springs Valley.  It was a watering place from 1849 on the Tucson Cutoff between Cooke's Wagon Road in the Animas Valley and the waterhole on that road near Mescal, Arizona.  That cutoff passed through Stein's Pass, Apache Pass, to Croton Springs across the Sulphur Springs Valley and Willcox Playa to the springs.  From there it passed through Nugent’s Pass to the Lower Crossing of the San Pedro River below Tres Alamos and on the waterhole on Cooke's Wagon Road that had turned west to Tucson.  Following the 1855 Railroad Survey expedition the spring was for a time called Nugent's Springs after John Nugent who gave his notes of the first journey across the Tucson Cutoff to aid the expedition.

By 1878 Croton Springs was 82 miles southeast of Fort Grant, 16 miles northeast of the Tucson-Fort Bowie-Dragoon Springs road crossing, (Fort Bowie was 37 miles east of this crossing, Tucson 65 miles west, Dragoon Springs 3 miles west southwest) and 71 miles southwest from Camp Goodwin.

Pumping water from the ground in the valley for irrigation has subsequently lowered the water-table in the valley, to the point where the springs no longer flow.

References

Bodies of water of Cochise County, Arizona
Springs of Arizona
American frontier


title: 2005 Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles season

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The 2005 Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles season was the 59th in the club's history. Coached by Des Hasler and captained by Michael Monaghan, they competed in the National Rugby League's 2005 Telstra Premiership, finishing 8th (out of 15), just reaching the finals series. The Sea Eagles were then knocked out in their first play-off match by minor premiers, the Parramatta Eels.

Manly-Warringah made an unexpected bright start to the 2005 season, at one stage leading the competition outright after round seven. However their season was marred early by the dismissal of John Hopoate who was given a 17-match ban for striking Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks forward Keith Galloway in the round two match. Steve Matai made his first grade debut in that match, a late replacement after John Hopoate was suspended, then sacked by the club. Furthermore, the season overall was dominated by the team's fear of playing matches at night, with most of their defeats occurring under lights. This was pointed out by the Channel Nine commentators prior to its round eight, Friday night match against the Brisbane Broncos at Suncorp Stadium (which was in fact Manly's first Friday night match in six years) which the Sea Eagles indeed lost by a scoreline of 38–12.

Controversial physiologist, Steve Dank was working with the Sea Eagles this season. Manly's Ben Kennedy, Steve Menzies and Anthony Watmough were selected to play in the 2005 State of Origin series for New South Wales.

This season also marked the beginning of the Sea Eagles' rivalry with the Melbourne Storm. In round three, both teams had won their opening two matches leading into an early-season top-of-the-table match which Manly won 25–18. Although Manly's time at the top of the ladder was short-lived, it proved that Manly could compete with the best sides in the competition.

The Sea Eagles suffered a late-season form slump with injuries plaguing the club, however wins over the Broncos in round 22 and the Raiders in the final round ensured their first finals appearance since 1998. They were knocked out in the first round of the playoffs following 46–22 loss to the minor premiers Parramatta.

The club's leading try scorer was Brett Stewart with 16. Their leading point scorer was Michael Witt with 140.

Ladder

References

Manly Warringah Sea Eagles seasons
Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles season


title: Rodney Williams (basketball)

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Rodney Williams, Jr. (born July 23, 1991) is an American professional basketball player who last played for the Greensboro Swarm of the NBA Development League. Williams played college basketball for four years at the University of Minnesota and then went undrafted in the 2013 NBA draft. He is 6'7" and plays the small forward position.

High school career
Williams attended Robbinsdale Cooper High School, where he became the schools all-time leading scorer and second in all-time rebounds. In his junior year, the Hawks went 23-9 and reached the state semi-finals. In his senior season, they went an impressive 27-2 losing only to eventual state champions Hopkins and in the section finals to state tournament runner-up Osseo. Williams averaged 15.5 points and 7.6 rebounds per game that season, being named to the Minneapolis Star Tribune all-metro team and the St. Paul Pioneer Press second team all-state.

College career
Williams matriculated at Minnesota in 2009 and pursued a degree in youth studies. He was in danger of being suspended for academics in his freshman season, but managed to become eligible. In his first two games in a Minnesota uniform, he scored 14 points in each. As a freshman, he established himself as a high-flying dunker. Williams was a starter his last three years, but stepped into a larger role his junior year when Trevor Mbakwe missed most of the season for the 2011–12 Golden Gophers. In Mbakwe's absence, Williams finished among the 2011–12 Big Ten Conference leaders in several statistics: rebounds per game (10th, 5.6), steals per game (10th, 1.3), blocked shots per game (4th 1.4), and field goal percentage (5th, 56.4%). Williams led the team scoring (12.2 ppg), rebounding, steals and blocks averages that year, and in the 2012 National Invitation Tournament he averaged 19.2 points and 5.6 rebounds. The following year, upon Mbakwe's return, most of Williams' averages were down slightly, but he still finished among the 2012–13 Big Ten Conference leaders in blocked shots per game (6th 1.3). Part of this is due to a shooting slump he suffered in early 2013. In non-conference games, he averaged 13 point per game. Williams finished his career with 1,145 points, which is 26th on the Gophers scoring list, and became the 19th in the history of Gopher basketball to amass 1,000 points and 500 rebounds in a career. He also finished his career with over 100 blocked shots and held the Gopher basketball record for most games played at 134 until it was broken by Austin Hollins.

Professional career
After going undrafted in the 2013 NBA draft, Williams joined the Philadelphia 76ers for the 2013 NBA Summer League. On September 27, 2013, he signed with the 76ers. However, he was later waived by the 76ers on October 27, 2013. In November 2013, he was acquired by the Delaware 87ers.

On August 11, 2014, Williams signed with Eisbären Bremerhaven of the Basketball Bundesliga for a three-week trial period. Following the trial period, he was not signed for the season. On January 21, 2015, he was reacquired by the Delaware 87ers. Three days later, he was traded to the Oklahoma City Blue in exchange for a 2015 third-round pick.

On October 31, 2016, Williams was acquired by the Greensboro Swarm of the NBA Development League. On March 22, 2017, he was waived by the Swarm after suffering a season-ending injury.

Personal
Williams is the son of Rodney and Shanell Williams. He is a childhood friend of Royce White.

References

External links
Profile at Eurobasket.com
NBA D-League Profile

1991 births
Living people
American men's basketball players
Basketball players from Minneapolis
Delaware 87ers players
Greensboro Swarm players
Minnesota Golden Gophers men's basketball players
Oklahoma City Blue players
Small forwards


title: Guillermo Larrazábal

text:
Guillermo Larrazábal Arzubide (10 February 1907 – 1983) was a Spanish stained glass artist who was active in Ecuador.  He is considered Ecuador's most important stained glass artist.

Biography

Early life and education
Guillermo Larrazábal was born in Mexico City on February 10, 1907, while his mother was traveling there.  His parents, Juan Domingo Larrazábal Basarrate and Daniela Arzubide Villa, were both from Bilbao, Spain. His father was a businessman who dealt in cacao and coffee.  Larrazábal grew up in a grand residence in Bilbao, where he was the youngest of nine children.  When he was five, he contracted meningitis and was seriously ill; after he recovered, he was mute for some time.  During primary school, he would lock himself in his room to practice speaking in front of a mirror, and he overcame his muteness after many hours of practice. (He continued to speak with a slight stutter, however, for some time.)  Larrazábal's father died in 1916.  Guillermo Larrazábal had a difficult childhood and was very religious.

Guillermo Larrazábal switched between several schools as a child, including a school for accounting. Professor Adrian Martinez requested that Larrazábal be allowed to study solely art and recommended Larrazábal to several art academies. In 1932, Martinez recommended that he join the studio of Luis Lerchundi, an artist based in Bilbao. Guillermo Larrazábal worked under painter Félix Cañada, who was known for his art nouveau works, particularly in Bilbao's Café Iruña. Larrazábal quickly advanced within the studio and soon began learning the techniques of stained glass.

Career in Spain
During the Spanish Civil War, the Republican faction arrested him based on false accusations and took him to a detention camp. His mother appealed to her friends within the faction for his release. A few weeks later, he was taken prisoner by the Nationalist faction and again freed at the behest of his family. He attempted to lay low following these incidents, but he was found and conscripted into Francisco Franco's army; he painted stamps and flags for Franco up until 1939.

When the war ended in 1939, Larrazábal was penniless. He found work at the studio Vitrieras de Arte (Artistic Stained Glass) in San Sebastián. He produced standardized works and felt oppressed by the lack of creativity he was allowed. In 1951, after 12 years working at the studio, he quit his job and moved to a ceramics factory in Madrid, and married in the same year.

Career in Ecuador

In 1955, the Catholic Church in Ecuador was seeking artists in Spain for the construction of the New Cathedral of Cuenca. They chose the Spanish ceramicist Manuel Mora Iñigo as their agent in Spain, and Iñigo contracted with Larrazábal for the creation of the cathedral's stained glass windows. Larrazábal moved to Cuenca, Ecuador in 1955.  His wife arrived shortly thereafter, though they soon separated.

Larrazábal completed 60 stained glass windows for Cuenca's cathedral, the largest number of his works in any one location. His work on that cathedral brought him renown throughout the country, leading him to create works for the Cathedral of Guayaquil and Cathedral of Ambato. He also created stained glass windows in Academia Militar de Quito (Quito Military Academy) (closed 1991), Guayaquil's Unidad Educativa San José La Salle, and the Cuenca home of businessman Guillermo Vázquez.

During the remainder of his career, Larrazábal created 87 stained glass works that are located across the vast majority of Ecuador's provinces. Larrazábal died of lung cancer late on July 29, 1983, or in the early morning the following day.  His exposure to chemicals used in stained glass making may have caused the disease, given that he had never smoked.

Personal life
In Ecuador, Larrazábal fell in love with the painter Eudoxia Estrella.  They began living with each other in 1960, though Larrazábal was still married to his wife from Spain; his divorce was denied. Estrella continued to be Larrazábal's partner until his death.

Work
According to Luis Alberto Luna Tobar, Larrazábal was "a theologian who meditated with light and color on stained glass, in search of the face of God".  Larrazábal's artistic talents were not limited to stained glass; he was also a talented painter, sculptor, potter, and photographer.  In his later years, he devoted a fair portion of his time to photography.

Legacy
Tohe Gallería Larrazábal in Cuenca, named in his honor, is located at the former site of his studio. The first exhibition of Larrazábal's work took place in Cuenca in 2012 and later traveled to other cities in Ecuador. A second exhibition took place in Quito's Pontificia Universidad Católica del Ecuador in 2013.

References

Further reading

1907 births
1983 deaths
Spanish stained glass artists and manufacturers
Basque artists
20th-century Spanish artists
Artists from Bilbao
Spanish emigrants to Ecuador
Ecuadorian artists


title: Matthew Ryan (politician)

text:
Matthew Ryan (December 24, 1810 – June 12, 1888) was a Canadian politician. He served on the 1st Council of the Northwest Territories from 1876 to 1883, as Stipendiary Magistrate.

Biography
Ryan was born in Newfoundland in the 1810, of Irish lineage. He moved to Quebec and was educated in Montreal where he was trained to be a lawyer. Ryan was a member of the bar of Lower Canada, and practiced in Montreal. An "able writer", he also spent some time in journalism. He was a secretary to Sir Francis Hincks and also served in the government of Louis-Hippolyte Lafontaine and Robert Baldwin as a clerk.

Ryan came to the North West Territories in 1873 where he was to adjudicate claims of local First Nations tribes. During his time he was appointed to the North West Territories Council as Stipendiary Magistrate in 1876, and he served until his retirement in 1883. Though not officially a part of a party during his time on the council, he was affiliated with the Liberal Party of Canada.

He died in 1888 at St. Boniface, Manitoba and was buried at the St. Boniface Cemetery.

References

1810 births
1888 deaths
19th-century Canadian politicians
Politicians from St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador
Newfoundland Colony people
Anglophone Quebec people
19th-century Canadian lawyers
19th-century Canadian journalists
Liberal Party of Canada politicians
Members of the Legislative Assembly of the Northwest Territories
Newfoundland and Labrador people of Irish descent
Canadian people of Irish descent
Canadian magistrates


title: 1997–98 HNK Rijeka season

text:
The 1997–98 season was the 52nd season in Rijeka's history. It was their 7th season in the Prva HNL and 24th successive top tier season.

Competitions

Prva HNL

Classification

First stage

Second stage (relegation play-off)

Results summary

Results by round

Matches

Prva HNL

Source: HRnogomet.com

Croatian Cup

Source: HRnogomet.com

Squad statistics
Competitive matches only.  Appearances in brackets indicate numbers of times the player came on as a substitute.

See also
1997–98 Prva HNL
1997–98 Croatian Cup

References

External sources
 1997–98 Prva HNL at HRnogomet.com
 1997–98 Croatian Cup at HRnogomet.com
 Prvenstvo 1997.-98. at nk-rijeka.hr

HNK Rijeka seasons
Rijeka


title: Shtar Academy

text:
Shtar Academy (also known as Shtar Ac) is a French hip hop collective that started in a prison, consisting of rappers Badri, Malik and Mirak, who served sentences of varying periods for different charges. It was founded in 2012 as a result of a pilot project at the Aix-en-Provence Prison in Luynes, Bouches-du-Rhône. They released their self-titled debut studio album Shtar Academy on 20 January 2014 through the Fu-Jo record label.

Etymology
"Shtar" is a known synonym for cop or jail in French lingo. "Shtar Academy" is also a wordplay on the famous French reality television music competition series Star Academy, a long running series broadcast in various forms in a great number of countries and can be likened to Idols.

History

Formation (2012)
Shtar Academy was started in 2012 within the walls of the French prison at Luynes. Producer and DJ Mouloud Mansouri proposed the idea to the Aix-en-Provence Prison administration, who agreed to go ahead. Mansouri had been involved in event organization in the Toulon area through his company Fu-Jo, and had previously served a sentence between 1999 and 2008 for drug trafficking. While incarcerated, and based on his contacts with various hip hop artists, he was able to organize a number of musical events, particularly in Val-de-Reuil Prison where he was incarcerated, inviting hip hop artists to perform for prisoners.

After getting initial approval in 2012 for a hip hop festival to be held in summer of 2013 at the Luynes Prison, with expected acts such as Cut Killer, Némir, Médine, Psy 4 de la Rime and Kery James amongst others, Mansouri proposed that the opening act be performed by a select number of prisoners presenting their compositions. The Shtar Academy project was formed as a result of this proposition. The prison administration agreed to the construction of a recording studio within the prison compounds, but reserved the right to censor any proposed texts by the prisoners that were deemed excessively violent or aggressive towards prison wardens, or presenting menacing lyrics addressed to judges, the police or to victims of crimes.

Selection and early work (2012–2013)
Prisoners detained for a year or more in Luynes were eligible to showcase their potential talent. More than 200 prisoners, almost the entire population of the prison, were briefed on the project, and initially around 30 of them expressed an interest and signed up for the project. Through interviews, assessments and test performances conducted by Mansouri and co-producer Tony Danza, the number of eligible applicants was reduced to a dozen and eventually three of the most talented were chosen through a competitive elimination process to spearhead the musical project. Badri received a sentence of seven years, while Malik and Mirak were sentenced to three and four years imprisonment respectively.

For an entire year, the three worked regularly on various workshops for songwriting, composition, and training for recordings and computer-assisted production. More than 30 well-known French rappers and producers volunteered their time supporting the project through mentoring and coaching. They also provided studio time and agreed to be featured in compositions by the prisoners, which were presented during a three-hour live show on 3 June 2013.

Shtar Academy (2013–present)
Their first official music video, for the song "Wesh les taulards", was released on 21 November 2013. However, it did not feature the three rappers, who were still incarcerated at the time, as it was felt their appearance in person would jeopardise their security, and as such several actors took their place in the video. Anticipation for the release of their debut studio album Shtar Academy was greatly heightened with the release of their debut single "Les portes du pénitencier" (the gates of the penitentiary) on 11 December 2013, featuring Nekfeu and Némir, as well as Alonzo and Soprano of Psy 4 de la Rime. A music video for the song was released as part of the single's release, and features appearances from Mirak as well as the four aforementioned artists as they perform their verses of the song. The music video for the long version of the song was released on 3 January 2014. Including the artists present in the short version, the song features Lino, Keny Arkana, Médine and the Casseurs Flowters (Orelsan and Gringe) among others.

Members
The collective is made up of three (current and former) prison inmates.
 Badri was sentenced to 7 years and 6 months in prison on charges of burglary and theft. He is serving his sentence at the Aix-en-Provence Prison, and was still incarcerated at the time of the release of the group's debut studio album. Frequently mentioned as being the most talented of the three, legal proceedings are underway to secure a possible early release based on his contributions to the project. Although there have been many offers for Malik and Mirak to perform in a number of shows, they have declined, stating that they preferred to wait for Badri's release before performing in concerts.
 Malik (also known as Likma) was sentenced to 3 years and 2 months in prison for burglary and extortion. Having served most of his sentence at the Baumettes Prison, he was released early shortly before the release of the album for good conduct and as a sign of goodwill for his contribution to the project.
 Mirak was sentenced to 4 years in prison for drug trafficking. He was released early a month prior to release of album, serving most of his sentenced at the Toulon Prison, also due to good conduct and for his input in the project.

Discography
Studio albums
 Shtar Academy (2013)

References

External links

French rappers
Hip hop collectives
People from Bouches-du-Rhône
2012 establishments in France


title: S. exigua

text:
S. exigua may refer to:

 Salix exigua, a willow native to North America
 Scirpus exigua, a spikesedge with a long stem
 Scopula exigua, a grass moth
 Selliera exigua, a flowering plant
 Sertularella exigua, a thecate hydroid
 Slackia exigua, a gram-positive bacterium
 Solariella exigua, a sea snail
 Somena exigua, a Sri Lankan moth
 Sophora exigua, a plant that releases Sophoraflavanone G into its environment
 Sphenoptera exigua, a jewel beetle
 Spodoptera exigua, an owlet moth
 Stelis exigua, a leach orchid
 Stenelmis exigua, a riffle beetle
 Stephanomeria exigua, a plant native to the western United States
 Synechodes exigua, a little bear moth


title: Fortun (village)

text:
Fortun is a village in Luster Municipality in Vestland county, Norway. The village is located in the Fortundalen valley, just east of Skjolden, at the innermost part of the Lustrafjorden. The Sognefjellsvegen road passes through the village. Fortun is an old church site, having a stave church on the site since the 12th century. The present Fortun Church was built in 1879 in the village, and it serves the eastern part of the municipality.  The Hurrungane mountains lie just to the south of the village. The area is known for its scenery and attracts many tourists.

References

Villages in Vestland
Luster, Norway


title: 2014 Dubai Tennis Championships – Men's singles

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Roger Federer defeated Tomáš Berdych in the final, 3–6, 6–4, 6–3 to win the men's singles tennis title at the 2014 Dubai Tennis Championships. It was his record sixth Dubai title.

Novak Djokovic was the defending champion, but lost to Federer in the semifinals.

Seeds

Draw

Finals

Top half

Bottom half

Qualifying

Seeds

Qualifiers

Qualifying draw

First qualifier

Second qualifier

Third qualifier

Fourth qualifier

References
 Main Draw
 Qualifying Draw

Dubai Tennis Championships - Men's Singles
2014 Dubai Tennis Championships


title: St Matthews Anglican Church, Grovely

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St Matthews Anglican Church is a heritage-listed church and cemetery at 35 Church Road, Mitchelton, City of Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. It was designed by Charles Tiffin and built from 1867 to 1869 by Mr Mahoney. It is also known as Grovely Church, as it is within the Parish of Grovely (a former Brisbane suburb name). It was added to the Queensland Heritage Register on 21 October 1992.

History
The land was owned by John and Mary Nicholson, landed gentry from Wiltshire, England who emigrated to Queensland in 1864 and established themselves at Groveley Farm (later Groveley Lodge), Upper Kedron (the extra 'e' in Groveley was dropped in later years). As there was no church in the area and being dedicated Anglicans, they established church services and a Sunday school in their home. Early in 1867 they approached Bishop Edward Tufnell for permission to build a local church. The Nicholsons provided the hill-top land and much of the capital while other settlers provided their time and materials. Somewhat unusually the land was not given to the church, but was placed into a private trust. Public subscription was raised to provide funds to build a church.

The Nicholsons had approached the Queensland Colonial Architect Charles Tiffin to design a simple timber church to accommodate approximately 130 persons. This design was approved at a meeting of interested Upper Kedron residents held in March 1866, but it was proposed also that local brickmakers (a number of whom had moved to the district in the mid-1860s) be approached to donate bricks for the construction. Tenders were called in April 1867 through the office of the Church of England Diocesan Architect, Richard George Suter, for a church of brick and stone. Mr Mahoney was appointed the contractor.

The foundation stone for St Matthew's Anglican Church was laid on 23 September 1867 by Governor George Bowen and the first service was held on 7 February 1869. The church was never blessed or consecrated (perhaps because the land was not given to the church). However, it has been used for baptisms, burials and marriages since 1869. In 1885 John's brother, William Castlemaine Nicholson, converted ownership of the land and church buildings to trustees and they are still privately owned.

The church was known as Grovely Church until 1909 when it was given the name of St Matthew's. In 1914 the bell presented by Howard S Bliss was erected on the bell-post. The church hall was built in 1917, fifty years after the laying of the foundation stone.

St Matthew's became a parochial district in 1920 and the vicarage was built in 1926. The Rev ED Eglinton raised the status of the district to a parish and in December 1947 he was inducted as the first rector of the parish of Grovely. Recently a lichgate was erected to honour a descendant of one of the pioneering families.

John and Mary Nicholson are buried in the churchyard cemetery.

Description
The listing on the Queensland Heritage Register comprises all of the buildings, structures, sites, objects, planting and land with the exception of the rectory, which has been altered substantially. The buildings are all painted the same colour and are in good condition. The graveyard is well tendered.

The church
The church (built 1867–1869) is a simple Gothic-styled brick building located high on a hill. It is rectangular in shape, as are the skillion vestry and gabled porch. Rendered walls of hand-made bricks are supported by buttresses and rest on stone foundations. The steeply pitched gabled roof has corrugated iron laid over the original shingles. A bellcote surmounts the front gable. The porch and vestry doorways and windows are lancet shaped.

Internal walls are painted and the lined roof is supported by exposed beams and trusses. The red cedar pews are original. Over the years memorials have been added, including a commemorative plaque presented in 1917 in memory of the Nicholson's son drowned in Mackay in 1882.

Alterations include external render and boarding over of the trefoil window above the porch. Additions include stained glass memorial windows, an altar and other ecclesiastical furniture, raised sanctuary and chancel steps, nave carpet, lighting and other modern facilities.

The cemetery

The cemetery (used since 1869) holds the graves of many of the early settlers of the Grovely/Upper Kedron district including members of the Nicholson family. Monument styles vary, illustrating changing public tastes since 1869.

The bell post
The bell post (built 1914), comprising a bell which hangs in a cast-iron frame on a timber post. It has rusted and is no longer used.

The hall
The hall (built 1917) is a simple timber and corrugated iron building with skillion roof. It is built on stumps and is highset at the back. The steeply pitched roof is hipped at the back and gabled at the front. The entrance porch has a parapet.

The rectory
The rectory (built 1926) is a timber dwelling on stumps. It has a short-ridge corrugated iron roof and is verandah on two sides. The dwelling has been refurbished by various occupants to suit their needs, and is not included in the heritage listing.

The lychgate

The lychgate (built 1980s), a memorial to Richard Henry Pickering, a trustee of the church, who died in 1976. The gable roof has fibrous cement shingles, while the sides are half stuccoed brick and half carved timber. The open sides repeat the Gothic lancet arch.

Heritage listing
St Matthews Anglican Church was listed on the Queensland Heritage Register on 21 October 1992 having satisfied the following criteria.

The place is important in demonstrating the evolution or pattern of Queensland's history.

St Matthew's Anglican Church, completed in 1869, is significant historically as one of the oldest parish churches in the Brisbane region, and the church and cemetery in particular are a significant creation of, and memorial to, the pioneer families of Grovely/Upper Kedron/Mitchelton. The 1917 hall is illustrative of the development of the area in the first two decades of the 20th century, culminating in St Matthew's becoming a parochial district in 1920.

The place demonstrates rare, uncommon or endangered aspects of Queensland's cultural heritage.

St Matthew's Anglican Church is significant also as a rare Queensland example of an Anglican church group, comprising church, cemetery and hall, which is still privately owned and unconsecrated.

The place is important in demonstrating the principal characteristics of a particular class of cultural places.

The church remains substantially intact, with the original red cedar pews retained, and is significant in illustrating the principal characteristics of a small brick church of the late 1860s, comparatively few of which were constructed in Queensland.

The place is important because of its aesthetic significance.

The church is significant aesthetically for its picturesque quality and setting, simplicity of design and materials, and craftsmanship, and both church and cemetery command a significant townscape presence in the Mitchelton/Grovely area.

The place has a strong or special association with a particular community or cultural group for social, cultural or spiritual reasons.

St Matthew's Anglican Church has a special association for the Anglican congregation of the Grovely/Mitchelton area, which has worshipped at that church since 1869.

References

Attribution

External links

 St Matthew's Anglican Church cemetery

Queensland Heritage Register
Mitchelton, Queensland
Anglican church buildings in Brisbane
Cemeteries in Queensland
Charles Tiffin church buildings
Churchyards in Queensland
Articles incorporating text from the Queensland Heritage Register
19th-century Anglican church buildings in Australia


title: 2006 Manly Warringah Sea Eagles season

text:
The 2006 Manly Warringah Sea Eagles season was the 60th in the club's history. Coached by Des Hasler and captained by Ben Kennedy, competed in the National Rugby League's 2006 Telstra Premiership. The Sea Eagles finished the regular season 5th (out of 15), reaching the finals where they were knocked out in the second week by the St. George Illawarra Dragons.

Season 2006, its 60th season in the competition, saw an average season in which the Manly side again advanced to the finals, finishing fifth. For this season only, a commemorative 60th anniversary logo was used on the player jerseys. Despite losing their first two matches of the season (both by small margins) the Sea Eagles built on their 2005 season to once again advance to the play-offs. Highlights in the season included wins over the Roosters in round 4, the Bulldogs in round 7, the Storm in round 11 and a last-minute win over the defending premiers Wests Tigers in round 14 in which Brett Stewart scored a spectacular try in the last five minutes.

In an away final against the Newcastle Knights, the Sea Eagles led at halftime only to see their lead run down in a controversial second half. Although they did advance a week further, the Sea Eagles' season ended with a 28–0 shutout at the hands of the St. George Illawarra Dragons. That match also marked Ben Kennedy's final game after two years in Manly colours.

At the 2006 Dally M Awards Manly's Ben Kennedy, who will retire at the end of the season, was named lock and captain of the year.

Ladder

References

Manly Warringah Sea Eagles seasons
Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles season


title: HMS Negresse (1799)

text:
HMS Negresse was a tartane that the French Navy requisitioned at Marseilles in March 1798 and used as an aviso in the Egyptian campaign. The Royal Navy captured her in 1799 and took her into service. She participated in the defense at the siege of Acre later that year and in 1801 at the landing of British troops at Aboukir Bay. The Royal Navy sold her in 1802.

French service
On 17 August 1798 Negresse was one of seven avisos in port at Alexandria.

British service
Negresse was one of a flotilla of seven vessels that Commodore Sir Sidney Smith in HMS  took at Acre on 18 March 1799, all of which the British took into service. At capture Negresse carried six guns and had a crew of 53 men. The Navy appointed Lieutenant Richard to command her.

The flotilla of gun-vessels was carrying siege artillery and other siege supplies to reinforce Napoleon's troops besieging Acre. Smith immediately put the guns and supplies to use to help the denizens of the city resist the French, and the gun-vessels to harass them.

Smith anchored Tigre and HMS Theseus, one on each side of the town, so their broadsides could assist the defence. The gun-vessels were of shallower draft and so could come in closer. Together, they helped repel repeated French assaults. The French attacked multiple times between 19 March and 10 May before Napoleon finally gave up. On 21 May he destroyed his siege train and retreated back to Egypt, having lost 2,200 men dead, 1,000 of them to the plague.

After Napoleon's failure at Acre, Negresse sailed to Jaffa. There her seamen rescued seven French soldiers in hospital for the plague from massacre by the Turks. The invalids came abroad Negresse; on her they received medical care and four survived.

Next, Negresse served in the Egyptian campaign of 1801 where, together with the schooner Malta and the cutter , she protected the left flank during the landing of troops in Aboukir Bay.

Fate
Negresse was sold in 1802. In 1850 the Admiralty awarded the Naval General Service Medal with clasp "Egypt" to claimants from the crews of the vessels that had served in the navy's Egyptian campaign between 8 March 1801 and 2 September, including Negresse.

Notes

Citations

References

 Napoleon I (1819) Correspondance inédite, officielle et confidentielle de Napoléon Bonaparte, avec les Cours étrangères: En Italie, Egypte et Allemagne. (Panckroucke).

Ships of the French Navy
Captured ships
Ships of the Royal Navy
1790s ships


title: Javier Moro

text:
Javier Moro (born 1955, Madrid) is a Spanish author known for his books like Pasión India.

Life and work

Moro has collaborated with Dominique Lapierre and Larry Collins on various books.  He was also the co-producer and screenwriter of the films Crónica del alba and Valentina, both of which were based on the works of Ramón J. Sender.

In 2002, Moro received the Christopher Award in NY for his book 'Five past midnight in Bhopal' together with Dominique Lapierre.
In 2011, he was awarded the Premio Planeta award for his novel El imperio eres tú (The Empire, it's you), which is based on the life of Brazil's first emperor Dom Pedro I (1798-1834).

Bibliography

 Senderos de libertad (Seix Barral, 1992)
 El pie de Jaipur (Seix Baral, 1995)
 Las montañas de Buda (Seix Barral, 1998)
 Era medianoche en Bhopal (2001) in collaboration with Dominique Lapierre
 Pasión India (Seix Barral, 2005)
 El sari rojo (Seix Barral, 2008)
 El imperio eres tú (Premio Planeta 2011)
 A flor de piel (Seix Barral, 2015)

Controversies
His book, El sari rojo (The Red Sari) which is based on Sonia Gandhi's life, ran into some controversy in India. Moro's Spanish and Italian publishers received emails from Indian National Congress lawyers and spokesperson Abhishek Singhvi with demands to withdraw the book from stores. Singhvi stated that book distorted facts and misinterpreted details. Moro denied that the book is malicious. The book, finally was published in January 2015 in India, met a wide success.

References

1955 births
Spanish novelists
Spanish male novelists
Living people
Spanish expatriates in India


title: Ratul Puri

text:
Ratul Puri is the Chairman of the Board of Directors of Hindustan Powerprojects.

Biography
Ratul is an alumnus of Carnegie Mellon University, the Pittsburgh-based global research university with a bachelor's degree in computer engineering, mathematics, and computer science.

Ratul in 2008 started the business of power generation with Hindustan Powerprojects. Puri is the nephew of Congress party politician and former Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Kamal Nath.

Recognition

In 2002, Puri was the Ernst & Young "Entrepreneur of the Year" award for his contribution towards manufacturing industry in India. He is part of the many think tanks that are evolving solutions to usher energy sufficiency in India and was part of the World Economic Forum as one of the Young Global leaders.  In 2007, Business Today rated him among the "Top 21 Young Leaders" in the country who could shape India’s destiny in the 21st century. Dataquest magazine has named him amongst the "Young Brigade in the IT Industry".
He was declared CMO Asia CEO of the Year award. In 2014, Ratul Puri was recognized as the ‘CEO of the year’ by World Brand Congress and acknowledged for his contribution to the infrastructure sector by ET Infrastructure.

In News
In November 2019, the Enforcement Directorate filed a charge sheet against Puri and his company Moser Baer for money laundering and bank fraud in the Agusta Westland chopper scam.

References

External links
Exempt power producers from payment of MAT, ""Economic Times"" 7 July 2014
Personal Blog Website

Living people
Indian business executives
1972 births