title: Dom Barry

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Dominic Barry (born 7 March 1994) is a former professional Australian rules footballer who played for the Melbourne Football Club and the Port Adelaide Football Club in the Australian Football League (AFL).

Barry was initially a  recruit as part of their zone recruiting, however, he was on-traded to Melbourne, which saw Melbourne also land Jesse Hogan in exchange for picks 3 and 13 during the 2012 trade period.

At the end of the 2013 season, Barry represented Australia in the 2013 International Rules Series against Ireland, despite having not played an AFL game.

Barry made his AFL debut in round 15, 2014 against the . He played five games for 2014 before notifying Melbourne at the start of the pre-season that he had lost the desire to play AFL and would be returning to Central Australia to focus on his family and cultural identity.

In 2016, Barry began playing with Glenelg in the South Australian National Football League (SANFL). He had spent 2015 as a school bus driver and playing local football in Anangu Pitjantjatjara Yankunytjatjara. After one season with Glenelg, Barry nominated for the 2017 AFL draft and was taken by Port Adelaide with selection number 61.

Statistics
  Statistics are correct to the end of the 2014 season

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References

External links

Dom Barry's profile from DemonWiki

1994 births
Living people
Australian rules footballers from the Northern Territory
Melbourne Football Club players
Casey Demons players
Indigenous Australian players of Australian rules football
Northern Territory Football Club players
Waratah Football Club players
People educated at St Patrick's College, Ballarat
Glenelg Football Club players
Australia international rules football team players
Port Adelaide Football Club players
Port Adelaide Football Club players (all competitions)


title: RightSignature

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RightSignature is a web and mobile e-signature service provided by Citrix Systems.

History

RightSignature was privately launched in early 2008 and was first promoted at the Southern California VentureNet conference where RightSignature won first place.

Major competitions include EchoSign and DocuSign.

In October 2014, RightSignature was acquired by Citrix Systems, where it will be added to its ShareFile service.

References

External links
 Company Website

Citrix Systems
Software companies based in California
Defunct software companies of the United States
2014 mergers and acquisitions


title: East Rockaway Union Free School District

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East Rockaway School District is a school district headquartered in East Rockaway, New York. The district was established in 1924. The district is the smallest in Nassau County. In 1992 it had 1,150 students.

At one time the East Rockaway School District proposed paying the Lynbrook Public Schools to have East Rockaway students in grades 7 through 12 attend public schools in Lynbrook; the Lynbrook district rejected the offer. In 1992 Robert Parry, the superintendent of the East Rockaway district, stated that it was still interested in consolidating with another district.

Schools
 East Rockaway High School
 Centre Avenue Elementary School
 Rhame Avenue Elementary School

Controversy
In 2014 a teacher at Rhame Avenue school accused the district of removing her from teaching duties due to her students making higher test scores than expected.

References

External links
 East Rockaway School District

School districts in Nassau County, New York
1924 establishments in New York (state)
Hempstead, New York
School districts established in 1924


title: Ben Bradshaw (magician)

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Ben Bradshaw is an Australian magician who has Guinness World Records for Straitjacket timing. He is also an entrepreneur and author in search engine optimisation and digital marketing. He is the author of “Don't Guess!” a book about online marketing strategy.
Bradshaw is the CEO and founder of SponsoredLinX based in Brisbane, Australia. He has appeared on the Sky Business channel as a technology analyst and is a regular on the Australian business speaking circuit.

Awards

Bradshaw holds two Guinness World Records, fastest time out of a straitjacket and fastest time out of a straitjacket underwater. In 2010 he won The BRW 2010 Fast Starter Award and The Smart Company Award. In 2013 he was awarded the Australian Ernst & Young Entrepreneur Of The Year Northern Region Award in the Emerging category.

References

Year of birth missing (living people)
Living people
Australian magicians
Escapologists


title: Max Warren

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Max Warren (born 29 January 1993) is a former professional Australian rules footballer who played for the North Melbourne Football Club in the Australian Football League (AFL).

Warren was drafted with the 10th selection in the 2012 rookie draft from Eastern Ranges in the TAC Cup. Warren made his debut in Round 15, 2014 against Brisbane Lions.

Warren was delisted at the conclusion of the 2014 AFL season after a disappointing three years with the North Melbourne Football Club, during which Warren only played one game for the club. He was redrafted in the 2015 rookie draft However, after failing to play a match in 2015, he was delisted again at the conclusion of the 2015 season.

Warren is now a Melbourne based real estate agent.

References

External links

Living people
1993 births
Australian rules footballers from Victoria (state)
Eastern Ranges players
North Melbourne Football Club players
North Ballarat Football Club players
Box Hill Football Club players


title: Thorny frog

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Thorny frog may refer to:

 Brown thorny frog, a frog found in the Malay Peninsula, Borneo, and the Philippines
 Thorny spikethumb frog, a frog found in Guatemala and Mexico
 Thorny tree frog, a frog native to Vietnam

Animal common name disambiguation pages


title: 2000 Currie Cup qualification

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The 2000 Currie Cup Qualification tournament was the first stage of the 2000 Currie Cup season, the 62nd season of the competition since it started in 1889. Following this tournament, eight teams qualified for the 2000 Currie Cup Top 8 competition, and six teams for the 2000 Bankfin Cup competition.

Competition

There were fourteen participating teams in the 2000 Currie Cup qualification tournament. They were divided into two sections, Section X and Section Y. Each team played every other team in their section once. The top four teams in each of the two sections qualified for the 2000 Currie Cup Top 8. Only points earned against other Top 8 qualifiers during the preliminary rounds were carried forward to the Top 8. The eight teams in the Top 8 played for the Currie Cup, and the three bottom-placed teams in the section qualified for the second-tier 2000 Bankfin Cup.

All points earned against the other qualifying teams from the same competition were carried forward into the next competition.

Teams received four points for a win and two points for a draw. Bonus points were awarded to teams that scored four or more tries in a game, as well as to teams that lost a match by seven points or less. The ranking position of each team was first determined by total log points, then by point difference (match points scored minus match points conceded).

Section X

Team Listing

Log

Results

Round One

Round Two

Round Three

Round Four

Round Five

Round Six

Round Seven

Section Y

Team Listing

Log

Results

Round One

Round Two

Round Three

Round Four

Round Five

Round Six

Round Seven

See also
 2000 Currie Cup Top 8
 2000 Bankfin Cup

References

2000
2000 Currie Cup


title: Bang Lang Dam

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The Bang Lang Dam (, , ), also known as the Pattani Dam (, , ), is a multi-purpose hydroelectric dam in the Bannang Sata District of Yala Province, Thailand. It was the first multi-purpose dam developed in Thailand's southern region. The dam impounds the Pattani River, creating the Bang Lang Reservoir. The dam and its accompanying power plant were developed as part of the Pattani Project.

Description
Bang Lang Dam is an earth core rockfill dam. It is  long and  high. Its reservoir has a maximum storage capacity of  with a catchment area of .

The dam is considered multi-purpose supporting electricity generation, irrigation, flood control, fisheries and recreation activities.

Power plant
The dam's power plant has three hydroelectric Francis turbine-generating units, each with an installed capacity of 24 MW. A nearby mini hydroelectric project at Ban Santi has a 1.275 MW generating unit and is also part of the Pattani Project. The combined annual power generation is 200 GWh.

References

Dams in Thailand
Rock-filled dams
Hydroelectric power stations in Thailand
Buildings and structures in Yala province
Dams completed in 1981
1981 establishments in Thailand
Energy infrastructure completed in 1981


title: William Patterson (Maryland businessman)

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William Patterson (1752–1835) was a businessman, a gun-runner during the American Revolution, and a founder of the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad. His many business dealings included shipping, banking, and the Baltimore Water Company.

Early life and career
Patterson was born in 1752 in Fanad, County Donegal, Ireland. He moved to Philadelphia as a penniless fourteen-year-old and set about making his fortune through grim determination and risk-taking. By making connections with older businessmen and merchants, he was able to buy two shares in ships transporting guns from Europe to the Americas. Patterson went along on the voyage. When the ships docked in the West Indies, he left the ship and saw a golden opportunity to roll his money into being a middleman by investing in warehouses where goods were stored before being shipped north to America. He returned to the United States and settled in Baltimore, which at the time was a quickly growing city with many opportunities in trade and business, thanks to its harbor and Mid-Atlantic location. He married into the respectable Spear-Smith family and build a grand townhouse on South Street next to his counting house. Once settled into his business, the risk-taking that had formed his youth mellowed, and he became a cautious, conservative businessman.

He was a founder of the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad. He was also a founder of the Merchants Exchange, the first president of the Bank of Maryland, and a founder of the Canton Company, a business established in 1828 by Patterson and Peter Cooper, most remembered for inventing and manufacturing the Tom Thumb steam locomotive.

He was reputed to be the second-wealthiest man in Maryland, after Charles Carroll of Carrollton. He was a slave owner who owned several plantations and country estates in the Baltimore area, along with buildings and lots within the city, and branches of his business that reached all the way to the European continent.

Personal life

Patterson was married to Dorcas Spear (1761–1814), a member of the respected Spear-Smith family. Together, they were the parents of thirteen children, including:

 Elizabeth Patterson (1785–1879), who married Jérôme Bonaparte, brother of Napoleon Bonaparte.
 Robert Patterson (1781–1822), who married Marianne Caton, the maternal granddaughter of Carroll, after Robert's death she married Richard Wellesley, 1st Marquess Wellesley, brother of Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington.
 Edward Patterson (1789–1865), who married Sidney Smith (1794–1879), daughter of Maj. Gen. Samuel Smith.  Edward served in the War of 1812 as aide-de-camp to Isaac McKim and was the maternal grandfather of Sidney Turner Swan Dyer (1858–1933) who married Elisha Dyer III, son and grandson of Rhode Island governors, Elisha Dyer Jr. and Elisha Dyer.

Patterson was known to be a strict father who was very controlling of his children's lives, dictating which sons would go into his business or into a career of his choosing, and he fiercely believed that a woman's role was to be a devoted daughter and wife, in charge of the kitchen and the nursery. This belief alienated his daughter Elizabeth, whose intelligence and ambition were often criticized by her father who could not understand why she wanted to be more than simply a Baltimore wife and mother. He was a philanderer who had many affairs during his marriage, especially with his housekeepers; one of his mistresses was in the house when his wife Dorcas died, and another gave birth to his illegitimate daughter. Throughout his life, his need to control women led to rifts within the family, including alienating both his daughter and his sister-in-law Nancy Spear for their political and social interests.

Patterson died a millionaire in 1835 in Baltimore, Maryland. In his will, he left the overwhelming majority of his estate to his sons and grandson and used the document as a final way to humiliate his daughter and control his sister-in-law. He wrote, "The conduct of my daughter Betsey has through life been so disobedient that in no instance has she every consulted my opinions or feelings; indeed, she has caused me more anxiety and trouble than all my other children put together, and her folly and misconduct have occasioned me a train of expense that first and last has cost me much money," and left her only a few properties, all of which totaled approximately $10,000--a far cry from the amounts left to his sons. He left an annual allowance to Nancy Spear predicated upon her agreement to never again attend congressional sessions in Washington, D.C. The will was published in the Baltimore Sun, most likely arranged by Patterson before he died. The will violated the prenuptial agreement Elizabeth Patterson and Jerome Bonaparte signed in 1803, in which Patterson would bequeath a share to Elizabeth that was equal to that of his other children. Although Elizabeth Patterson initially contested the will, she ultimately dropped all legal challenges when she learned that her aunt and trusted confidante Nancy Spear sold Elizabeth's letters to her brothers to be used against her in court and in public opinion. The will also freed Patterson's slaves when each reached the age of 30 and left part of his estate to his illegitimate daughter and her mother.

Philanthropy and legacy
In 1827, he donated the first five acres of land that became Baltimore's Patterson Park. The park, its namesake street (Patterson Park Avenue) and a high school to the east of it are named in his honor.

References

External links

1752 births
1835 deaths
American people of Scotch-Irish descent
American railroad executives
American slave owners
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad people
Businesspeople from Baltimore
Irish emigrants to the Thirteen Colonies
Businesspeople from County Donegal
Patterson family of Maryland


title: Madinat al-Baath

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Madinat al-Baath (), also known as City of Baath or New Quneitra, is a town in the Golan Heights that is the administrative centre of the Quneitra Governorate of southern Syria. It is located on the Damascus–Quneitra road, 12 km north of Quneitra and 2 km west of the town of Khan Arnabah. It is a planned town, founded and first settled in 1986, and replaced Quneitra city as the provincial centre, after Quneitra was destroyed and abandoned. It has an area of 1.9 km² and a height of 900 meters above sea level. According to the 2010 official estimate, Madinat al-Baath has a population of 4,500. The town is named after the ruling Syrian Ba'ath Party.

The town has a well-developed infrastructure, including 22 km of roads, banking services, government and non-government organizations, TV and radio station, cultural centre, football stadium, hospital, etc. In December 2013, the construction of 5 new faculties of the Damascus University was launched by the town council of Madinat al-Baath.

The residents of the town are mainly involved in agriculture and services. The average precipitation is .

References

Towns in Quneitra Governorate
Syria articles missing geocoordinate data
1986 establishments in Syria


title: Bororen

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Bororen is a rural town and  locality in the Gladstone Region, Queensland, Australia. In the , Bororen had a population of 398 people.

Geography
The town is located in the centre of the locality. The Bruce Highway enters from the south-east (Miriam Vale), passes through the town, and exits to the north (Foreshores).

The North Coast railway line also enters from the south-east (Miriam Vale), passes through the town which is served by the Bororen railway station (), and exits to the north (Foreshores).

Boondilla is a neighbourhood in the north-west of the locality ().

History
The name Bororen means old man kangaroo.

Bororen Post Office opened 2 June 1898; a receiving office had been open since about October 1897.

Bororen Provisional School opened on 22 January 1900. It became a State School in 1909.

Turkey Road State School opened on 1921 and closed on 24 May 1931. It was on Bates Road (approx ).

Bororen Anglican Church opened on 2 July 1931. It closed in 2015 and the building was later removed from the site. It was at 17 Dougall Street ().

Bororen Presbyterian Church opened on Sunday 21 October 1923. It has been demolished.

In about 1995, a war memorial was unveiled on the Bruce Highway, Bororen (). It commemorates those servicemen and women who served in World War I and World War II.

In the 2011 census, Bororen had a population of 417 people.

In the , Bororen had a population of 398 people.

Education

Bororen State School is a government primary (Prep-6) school for boys and girls at 1 Kent Street (). In 2017, the school had an enrolment of 37 students with 4 teachers (3 full-time equivalent) and 5 non-teaching staff (2 full-time equivalent). In 2018, the school had an enrolment of 31 students with 4 teachers (3 full-time equivalent) and 7 non-teaching staff (3 full-time equivalent).

There are no secondary schools in Bororen. The nearest government secondary schools are Miriam Vale State School (to Year 10) in neighbouring Miriam Vale to the south-east and Tannum Sands State High School (to Year 12) in Tannum Sands to the north.

References

Further reading

External links

  —includes Bororen

Towns in Queensland
Gladstone Region
Localities in Queensland


title: I Am a Girl

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I Am a Girl is a 2013 documentary that follows six girls aged between 17 and 19 from the United States, Australia, Cambodia, Afghanistan, Cameroon, and Papua New Guinea, highlighting issues of gender inequality, domestic abuse, mental health and family planning. The story is told through interviews with the girls and cinematic observational footage as they experience important events and rites of passage in their life. The film's producer and director, Rebecca Barry, is a filmmaker from Australia. The film is distributed by Women Make Movies in North America, Titan View in Australia, and TVF International in the rest of the world.

Award nominations and festivals
I Am A Girl has been nominated for numerous awards, including the following:

Australian Academy of Cinema and Television Arts Award (2014) for Best Feature Length Documentary
Australian Academy of Cinema and Television Arts Award (2014) for Best Direction in a Documentary
Australian Academy of Cinema and Television Arts Award (2014) for Best Cinematography in a Documentary
Australian Academy of Cinema and Television Arts Award (2014) for Best Editing
Australian Directors Guild Award (2014) for Best Documentary Feature
Honorary Award at the 2013 Byron Bay International Film Festival.

I Am A Girl has been selected for the following festivals:

Breath of Fresh Air Film Festival, Australia (2013)
Through Women's Eyes Film Festival at Sarasota Film Festival, USA (2014)
 Films From the South, Norway (2014)

Reviews
The film has been described as 'deeply inspirational and succinctly moving'. Another critic has stated that 'there are moments and images in this film that will stay with you a long time'.

References

External links

Rebecca Barry website

Documentary films about adolescence
2013 films
2013 documentary films
Australian documentary films
2010s English-language films


title: Gianluca Turchetta

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Gianluca Turchetta (born 25 May 1991) is an Italian professional footballer who plays as a left winger or forward for  club Casertana.

Career

Cesena
Born in Ravenna, Romagna, Turchetta started his career at Romagnol club Cesena. He spent 2 seasons in the minor club of the region, Bellaria from 2010 to 2012. Turchetta had a total of 41 appearances in Lega Pro Seconda Divisione for the club. He was suspended once (on 22 April) due to transfer agent irregularity.

In July 2012, Turchetta was included in Cesena's pre-season camp. Turchetta was awarded no.18 shirt of the first team. Turchetta made his Serie B debut on 1 September 2012, against Vicenza. On 31 January 2013, he was signed by Lega Pro Prima Divisione club South Tyrol (, ). On 3 July 2013, the temporary deal was renewed. The club failed to win the promotion playoffs to Serie B, while Cesena won the promotion playoffs to Serie A.

Parma
On 30 June 2014, the last day of 2013–14 financial year, Ravaglia, Turchetta and Lolli were sold to fellow Serie A club Parma for a total of €5 million, with Cascione, Traoré and Crialese moved to opposite direction, also for €5 million. Turchetta signed a three-year contract.

Turchetta left for Matera in a temporary deal in the same transfer window. On 20 January 2015, he was signed by Barletta, also in a temporary deal. On 25 June Turchetta became a free agent after the bankruptcy of Parma.

Return to Casertana
On 31 December 2020 he returned to Casertana on loan.

Imolese
On 19 August 2021, he joined Imolese.

Foggia
On 28 January 2022, he signed with Foggia.

Second return to Casertana
On 22 July 2022, Turchetta returned to Casertana once more, now in Serie D.

References

External links
 Lega Serie B profile

1991 births
Living people
Footballers from Ravenna
Italian men's footballers
Men's association football midfielders
Serie B players
Serie C players
Lega Pro Seconda Divisione players
Serie D players
AC Cesena players
AC Bellaria Igea Marina players
FC Südtirol players
Parma Calcio 1913 players
USD Matera Grumentum players
ASD Barletta 1922 players
Forlì FC players
SS Maceratese 1922 players
US Lecce players
Casertana FC players
Imolese Calcio 1919 players
Calcio Foggia 1920 players


title: Maurice Bessinger

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Lloyd Maurice Bessinger Sr. (July 14, 1930 – February 22, 2014) was an American BBQ restaurateur and politician noted for his defense of racial segregation.

Early life

Bessinger was born in Orangeburg County, South Carolina on July 14, 1930 and served in the Army on the front lines of the Korean War, returning to the US in 1952.

Piggie Park and Carolina Gold

Bessinger, along with his brother Joe Jr., opened their first drive-in restaurant, Maurice's Piggie Park, in West Columbia, South Carolina in 1953.  By 1968, he had four drive-ins, and by 2002 the chain had grown to nine restaurants. The South Carolina-style barbecue was and continues to be well-regarded, and Piggie Park has been included in multiple compilations of the best barbecue in the United States.

Bessinger also sold BBQ sauce under the Carolina Gold brand whose recipe included mustard, brown sugar, soy sauce, and vinegar. By 1999, this had become the largest BBQ operation in the United States.

Piggie Park restaurants were segregated, such that African-Americans were not allowed to eat inside the restaurants, until a lawsuit, Newman v. Piggie Park Enterprises, Inc. won an injunction in 1968.

Segregation lawsuit

In 1964, Anne Newman, the wife of an African-American minister, sued Piggie Park after Bessinger refused her entry to his restaurant. Newman sued under Title II of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, and won an injunction against the chain requiring them to stop refusing service to African-Americans. At the Supreme Court, this case also set a precedent assigning attorney's fees to someone who successfully sues for an injunction under the act.

Confederate flags

In 2000, the state of South Carolina stopped flying the Confederate Flag over the capitol, following a vote earlier that year.  In response, Bessinger raised Confederate flags over his restaurants, also calling the flags "a real Christian symbol... fighting tyranny and terror and suppressive government."

A number of grocery chains responded by dropping his Carolina Gold sauce from their shelves. The Council of Conservative Citizens and the South Carolina Heritage Coalition responded with a call to boycott Wal-Mart, and Bessinger filed a lawsuit against Bi-Lo, Food Lion, Harris Teeter, Kroger, Piggly Wiggly, Sam's Club, Wal-Mart, and Winn-Dixie, arguing that their refusal to carry his products violated South Carolina's Unfair Trading Practices Act and intruded onto his right to free speech. Bessinger asked for $50 million in damages. The South Carolina Supreme Court rejected his claims in 2007.

After Bessinger's children took over the operation, they took down these flags, the last of them in 2013.

Orangeburg Location

In 2014, Bessinger sold part of the Edisto restaurant property, approximately 130 square feet (including a flagpole and Confederate flag), to the organization Sons of Confederate Veterans Rivers Bridge Camp 842 for $5.

The remainder of the property, approximately 18,000 square feet, was sold in 2015 to Tommy Daras, who began operating a new restaurant called Edisto River Creamery & Kitchen.

Daras ignored the flag until "shortly after the massacre at Mother Emanuel, members of the Sons of Confederate Veterans showed up, took down the flag, and replaced it with a new one that was three times as big. “Before, I’d just sucked it up, but then it was, like, ‘Man, I’ve got to try to do something here,’ ” Daras said, explaining that he could no longer abide “this huge flag sticking up in the air telling everyone to screw themselves.” Daras – whose business suffered due to perceived association with the flag, yet was also criticized for wanting it gone – hired a lawyer to find a way to compel its removal. However, in 2017, the Orangeburg zoning board rejected the legal argument that the flagpole did not comply with the site’s business zoning requirements.

In defeat, Daras put the restaurant property up for sale in 2019.

Views on race and religion

Bessinger was a Baptist, and argued in Newman that requiring that he serve African-American customers was a violation of his religious beliefs.

Bessinger believed that "God gave slaves to whites", and claimed that South Carolina had had a gentler "Biblical slavery". In 2000, The State columnist John Monk wrote a column about the restaurants noting that one tract distributed by the restaurant, John Weaver's Biblical View of Slavery, argued against the idea that slavery is inherently evil, since it appears in the Bible.

Bessinger also notably opposed flying flags at half-mast following the assassination of Martin Luther King Jr., saying King had only been in Memphis "to stir hatred, violence, and discord."

Politics
Bessinger ran for a seat in the South Carolina House of Representatives in 1964, narrowly losing by a margin of around 100 votes. A 1974 run for governor was far less successful, drawing only 2.5% of the vote in the Democratic primary.

Behind the scenes, in 1964 he was Chairman of the George Wallace presidential campaign.

In the 1970s, he was also the chairman of the South Carolina Independent Party.

Autobiography
In 2001, Bessinger published his autobiography, Defending My Heritage.

Writer Chuck Thompson's take on the book was negative, saying that "Bessinger's gasbagging autobiography is one of the most weirdly entertaining summations of the delusional cultural southern mind-set ever printed. My favorite line about growing up Southern: 'White people are the best friends, historically, that blacks have ever had.'" Eric Dabney and Mike Coker's "Historic South Carolina" was more gentle, calling it "the story of a man of humble origins who worked hard all his life to build a multi-million dollar business, and then was willing to risk it all to stand for his principles."

References

1930 births
2014 deaths
American restaurateurs
Barbecue chefs
South Carolina Democrats
People from Orangeburg County, South Carolina
Businesspeople from South Carolina
United States Army personnel of the Korean War
American segregationists
American proslavery activists
20th-century American businesspeople


title: Kim Bác Sơn

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Kim Bác Sơn is a small gilded metal ornament to decorate courtier's cap in the Nguyễn dynasty. It is thought to first appear in the late Lê dynasty.

Images

Vietnamese culture
Vietnamese headgear


title: Closer (Mike Stud album)

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Closer is the second studio album by American rapper Mike Stud released on July 7, 2014.

Release and promotion

Singles
A music video for the lead album single, "Out Here," was posted to YouTube on May 4, 2014. Prior to the album's release, Stud posted a music video for the album’s title track on his YouTube page. Both tracks were produced by Louis Bell.

Track listing
All tracks produced by Louis Bell.

Charts

References

2014 albums
Hip hop albums by American artists
Atlantic Records albums


title: Addie, North Carolina

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Addie is an unincorporated community in Jackson County, North Carolina, United States. Addie is located along U.S. Route 74, west of Willets-Ochre Hill and east of Sylva. The Jackson County School of Alternatives (the HUB) and Scotts Creek Elementary School are located here. T&S Hardwoods operates a lumber yard here, adjacent to the railroad that runs through the area.

The community was named for Nancy Adelaide Calhoun, the daughter of John Philemon Calhoun, who was the postmaster.

History

Addie was founded in the 1880s when a work camp for the construction of the Murphy Branch of the Western North Carolina Railroad set up in the vicinity, and was named. The location would later serve as a depot and crew change for the Southern Railway.

References

Further reading

External links
USGS: Addie
Travel Western North Carolina: Addie, WCU Digital Collections

Unincorporated communities in Jackson County, North Carolina
Unincorporated communities in North Carolina
Communities of the Great Smoky Mountains


title: Second Chance Heroes

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Second Chance Heroes is a 2014 action role-playing hack and slash video game by Canadian indie developer Rocket City Studios that revolves around clones of historical figures fighting enemy forces in an apocalyptic arena. It was released on July 4, 2014. Shortly after the games release it was removed from all app stores and digital marketplaces. The reason for the removal is unknown.

Gameplay
The game featured a variety of clones of historical figures including Abraham Lincoln, Joan of Arc, Napoleon and Elizabeth I fighting their way through swarms of enemies during 26 apocalyptic levels.

Releases

iOS edition
On February 17, 2014, Rocket City Studios released an iOS version of Second Chance Heroes in the App Store.

Microsoft Windows, OS X
The Microsoft Windows and OS X versions of the game were originally due to be released on June 20, 2014, but due to the Steam Summer Sale, the game was delayed until July 4, 2014.

Reception

Critical reception

Second Chance Heroes received generally positive reviews on iOS from critics, attaining scores of 83.33% and 84/100 on aggregate review websites GameRankings and Metacritic respectively.

References

External links

Role-playing video games
Action role-playing video games
Cooperative video games
IOS games
MacOS games
Multiplayer online games
PlayStation Network games
Video games developed in Canada
Video games featuring female protagonists
Video games with expansion packs
Windows games
2014 video games


title: Nadiya Savchenko

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Nadiya Viktorivna Savchenko (; born 11 May 1981) is a Ukrainian politician, former Army aviation pilot in the Ukrainian Ground Forces and  former People's Deputy of Ukraine.

During the 2014 War in Donbas Savchenko, a first lieutenant in the Ukrainian Ground Forces, served as instructor with a volunteer infantry unit, the Aidar Battalion. In June 2014, she was captured by pro-Russian forces in eastern Ukraine and handed over to Russia where she was accused of having directed artillery fire that killed two Russian state-television journalists at the positions of pro-Russian forces in Ukraine.

She was subsequently charged and convicted of murder and illegally crossing the Russian state border despite being abducted from Ukrainian territory one hour before the deaths of the journalists. One of her lawyers, Mark Feygin, said she was a prisoner-of-war and called on the International Committee of the Red Cross and the United Nations to demand her immediate release and that of the other Ukrainian POWs lest Russia be held in violation of the Geneva Conventions. European Union ministers and their representative regarded her detention as illegal and that her trial did not respect basic human rights, including the right to fair proceedings.

In November 2014, while still imprisoned, Savchenko was elected to the Verkhovna Rada in the 2014 Ukrainian parliamentary election, and she formally resigned from her military post. On 25 May 2016, Savchencko was exchanged in a prisoner swap for Russian GRU officers Yevgeny Yerofeyev and Alexander Alexandrov captured by Ukraine.

After returning to Ukraine, Savchenko declared her intention to participate as a presidential candidate in the 2019 Ukrainian presidential election. However, she was arrested on 22 March 2018, charged with planning a terrorist attack to overthrow the Ukrainian government. She was released from detention on 15 April 2019.

Savchenko was one of Ukraine's first women to train as a military aeroplane pilot, and is the only female aviator to pilot the Sukhoi Su-24 bomber and the Mil Mi-24 helicopter.

Life and military career

Nadiya Savchenko and her younger sister Vira were born in Kyiv in the Troieshchyna neighbourhood. Their father was an agricultural engineer, their mother a designer and cargo manager. Savchenko's father was a member of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union while her mother was an anti-communist. Her mother and sister Vira said in an interview that she and her sister were brought up in a Ukrainian-speaking household and attending Ukrainian-language schools.

At 16, Savchenko was already determined to become a pilot. She joined the Ukrainian Army, working as a radio operator with the country's railway forces before training as a paratrooper. She was then the only Ukrainian female soldier in the (2004–2008) Ukrainian peacekeeping troops in Iraq. Upon returning, she successfully petitioned the Defence Ministry for the right to attend the prestigious Air Force University in Kharkiv, which until then had been open only to men; she was expelled twice during her study there as an unsuitable candidate to train as a pilot but both times was successfully re-instated and continued to train as a flight navigator instead, initially as a SU-24 navigator. Later she graduated on a Mi-24 attack helicopter in 2009 and served in the 3rd Regiment of the Army Aviation of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the city of Brody. She amassed 170 flying hours as a Mi-24 navigator.

In 2011, the Ukraine Defence Forces published a 20-minute documentary about Savchenko and her military career. She also featured in a United Nations Development Program as part of a drive to promote equality in the Ukrainian military. Savchenko found her time in Brody boring and often got drunk. She was unhappy flying on the Mi-24 attack helicopter, instead of the Su-24 bomber. Her former commanding officer at Brody, Edward Zahurskiy, described her as a problem officer, who was unstable, insubordinate, and lacked discipline.

In December 2013, Savchenko's 3rd Army Aviation Regiment was ordered to Kyiv by President Viktor Yanukovych. Savchenko then (without permission from her commanding officer) joined the Euromaidan demonstrations. Savchenko kept a low profile during the protests; there is a video of her trying to persuade demonstrators not to throw petrol bombs at riot police. After the president had fled Ukraine in late February 2014, Savchenko and her unit returned to Brody.

Angry over her unit not being deployed in the war in Donbas, Savchenko defied orders and left Brody, and she volunteered as an instructor in the Aidar Battalion.

Capture by Donbas People's Militia
During the war in Donbas, Savchenko fought as a volunteer in the east of Ukraine in the Aidar Battalion. On 17 June 2014, at 10:46 am she was captured near the village of Metalist, Slovianoserbsk Raion, by members of the Zarya Battalion, an armed pro-Russian militant group that declared allegiance to the self-declared People's Republic of Luhansk. On 19 June, a video of her interrogation at an undisclosed location appeared on the internet; she was shown handcuffed to a metal pipe. On 20 June, the chief of counter-intelligence Vladimir Gromov said that Savchenko was being treated well. On 22 June, there were media reports that Savchenko had been transferred to Donetsk.

Detention and trial in the Russian Federation

On 8 July 2014, there were media reports that Nadiya Savchenko was being kept in a detention centre in city of Voronezh, the Russian Federation. On 9 July, Vladimir Markin, spokesman for Russia's Investigative Committee (a federal agency subordinate to the Russian President), confirmed that Savchenko was indeed held in Voronezh where she was facing charges of complicity in the 17 June killing of two Russian journalists, Igor Kornelyuk (a correspondent for All-Russia State Television and Radio Broadcasting Company), and sound producer Anton Voloshin, who died during a mortar attack on a rebel checkpoint outside Luhansk. Ukrainian officials said the reporters did not comply with safety requirements and were not accredited. According to Savchenko's defence team, she was alibied by the billing data for Savchenko's and Kornelyuk's mobile phones, provided by Ukrainian Security Service, as she had already been captured by the Russian-backed separatists one hour before the mortar attack that killed the Russian journalists.

Since late 2015, Russia's Investigative Committee insisted she crossed the border voluntarily without documents, and in the guise of a refugee. This contradicted previously published evidence and media reports: long before the alleged crossing, Russia's pro-Kremlin TV channel NTV reported that Savchenko had been captured by "rebels" and then handed over to the Russian authorities. Ukrainian officials said she had been illegally taken to Russia by Russian intelligence services in collaboration with pro-Russian rebels. In 2016, journalist Semen Zakruzhnyi followed the Investigative Committee's alleged route pointing out to numerous inconsistencies and concluding that neither Savchenko nor Russian investigators ever visited the places mentioned in the indictment.

Ukraine's Ministry of Foreign Affairs issued a strong protest against the illegal transfer of Savchenko to Russia, calling the kidnapping of the Ukrainian citizen an act of state terrorism. On 8 July, President Petro Poroshenko instructed the General Prosecutor of Ukraine to take all measures to bring about Savchenko's release. In response, Vladimir Markin at Russia's Investigative Committee claimed that Savchenko was a terrorist and that the chances of her being released were on a par with those of Petro Poroshenko replacing Barack Obama as President of the United States.

During her long trial in Russia, Savchenko has been held in a cage—which is standard practice in Russia for defendants held without bail, despite the European Court of Human Rights ruling that defendants should never be held in a cage in the courtroom.

On 10 July, Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko said in a website statement that her detention and trial is "A violation of all international agreements, all norms of law and is unacceptable." President Poroshenko emphasized that "Nadiya Savchenko is a symbol of the struggle for Ukraine. While in captivity she has demonstrated the true, strong, martial Ukrainian spirit of a serviceman who doesn't betray the Motherland." The President also said he had ordered a new lawyer for Savchenko.

As of 11 July 2015, Savchenko's Russian defence lawyer is Mark Feygin, who is known for his defence of Pussy Riot. On 27 August 2014, during a hearing at the Sovetsky district court of Voronezh, Savchenko appeared wearing a T-shirt with the Ukrainian state symbol (Tryzub) and spoke exclusively in the Ukrainian language. She also stated that she had been detained in Russia since 24 June, not 30 June as the Russian investigation reported. At the conclusion of the hearing, the court extended Savchenko's detention for a further two months and ordered that she be sent for a month to the Serbsky Institute for a forensic psychological evaluation, which Savchenko opposed.

On 22 December 2014, Moscow City Court upheld the decision to extend the arrest of Savchenko until the end of the investigation, which was scheduled to be concluded by 13 February 2015. Savchenko subsequently began a hunger strike. The European Union and the United States have condemned Savchenko's detention and have called for her release. Her lawyer, Mark Feygin, said she was a prisoner-of-war.

Savchenko officially became a Ukrainian delegate to the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe, or PACE, on 26 January 2015; thus on a legal level, she obtained parliamentary immunity in all PACE signatory states, including Russia, from that date. Despite this she was not released. Aleksey Pushkov of the Russian Duma stated that her appointment to PACE was an attack against Russia, and that gaining diplomatic immunity does not absolve one from previous crimes. However, the Russian delegation to PACE struck a different tone, stating that it "fully supports the release of Nadia Savchenko." PACE has declined to strip Savchenko of her parliamentary immunity, and instead has stated that Savchenko must be immediately released, finding her 2014 abduction and subsequent imprisonment to be "a violation of international law amounting to her de facto kidnapping".

On 2 March 2015, President Petro Poroshenko awarded Savchenko with the title of Hero of Ukraine.

On 24 July 2015, a spokesman for the Investigative Committee of Russia, contrary to the information of Savchenko's capture published earlier by Donetsk People's Republic, stated that she voluntarily crossed the Russian border with intention of committing acts of sabotage and freely moved on the territory of Voronezh Oblast until 30 June when she was arrested.

In February 2016, the US State department's spokesperson Jen Psaki voiced deep concern over the continued ill-treatment and deteriorating health of Savchenko, and called on Russia to honour its commitments under the September 2014 Minsk agreements, and the 15 February implementation plan by immediately releasing Savchenko and other Ukrainian hostages. Other urges to release her followed.

On 7 March 2016, US Secretary of State John Kerry protested about Savchenko's continued detention, specifically mentioning concerns about her interrogations, solitary confinement, and forced "psychiatric evaluation".

In March 2016, Savchenko wrote: "It is an absurd situation when those who abduct people and subject them to torture then act as if they have a right to judge them! How can one talk about a fair trial? In Russia, there are no trials or investigations—only a farce played out by Kremlin puppets. [...] those in the world with democratic values ought to learn their history lessons before it's too late and remember that there was a time when Europe was tolerant toward Hitler, and America wasn't decisive enough, and this led to World War II."

On 10 March 2016, while on a hunger strike, Nadiya Savchenko made a last statement to the court, which included the statement: "I admit no guilt and I recognize neither the court nor the verdict. If I am found guilty, I will not appeal. I want the entire democratic world to understand that Russia is a Third World country with a totalitarian regime and a petty tyrant for a dictator and it spits on international law and human rights."

According to her lawyer Mark Feygin, "her case will certainly be decided in Kremlin by Putin and his associates". On 21 March 2016, the court of Donetsk, Russia found Savchenko guilty of illegally crossing the Russian border and the murder of two Russian journalists.

Savchenko was freed in a prisoner swap on 25 May 2016 for two Russian servicemen. She was released from custody in Rostov-on-Don and immediately on a presidential flight brought to Boryspil. Technically, she was granted a pardon by president Vladimir Putin. Immediately in the Boryspil International Airport she was awarded the Golden Star and received an honorary title of Hero of Ukraine.

Since her release Savchenko suffers from insomnia and nightmares.

Public image

Savchenko's trial has caused a significant response inside Ukraine, Russia and internationally.

After news of her arrest was reported on 19 June, Savchenko became the subject of an impassioned Ukrainian social media campaign portraying her as a national hero. This social media campaign used the hashtag #SaveOurGirl (that mid-July 2014 had generated more than 15,000 tweets); apparently inspired by the hashtag #BringBackOurGirls used in the May 2014 Chibok schoolgirl kidnapping social media worldwide campaign.

According to BBC News, Savchenko is portrayed extremely negatively in the media of Russia: "Crude, and at times sexist, innuendo is used to demonise Ms Savchenko". The Russian daily Komsomolskaya Pravda said that Savchenko is known as a "killing machine in a skirt", and Tvoy Den called her "Satan's daughter". Russian social media, however, tends to be more nuanced towards her with several anti-Kremlin users mocking perceived oddities in the Russian authorities' version of events, in particular their claim that she entered the country as a refugee. In March 2016, Russian composer Vladimir Nazarov wrote in an open letter to Putin saying that "not even in my worst nightmare could I have imagined that I would have to ask you not to kill a woman." In March 2016, Russian opposition politician Alexei Navalny stated about Savchenko's trial, "However you look at it, this doesn't benefit Russia". Navalny said that whoever planned to make Savchenko "a trophy prisoner" had miscalculated. He described the trial as such an "obvious stitch-up" you could "see the threads".

When Savchencko was released from Russian prison in May 2016, opinion polls for the Ukrainian presidential election showed 15% would vote for her; by early 2017, this number was below 5%. Savchenko blames an alleged government smear campaign (that is casting her as someone who may have been turned into a Russian agent) for this collapse.

Political career

In the October 2014 Ukrainian parliamentary election, Savchenko was placed first on the party list of Batkivshchyna. (In a June 2016 interview with Radio Free Europe, she stated that the party wasn't her first choice, but it "isn't the worst"). In this same election, her sister Vira Savchenko was also a candidate for Batkivshchyna in an electoral constituency in Yahotyn. Nadiya Savchenko was elected as a deputy to the Verkhovna Rada, the parliament of Ukraine, as a result of the election. Because of this Savchenko resigned from the Ukrainian army on 7 November 2014. The Russian government has recognized the elections of Ukraine, meaning that the Russian Federation was holding a member of parliament from another nation under arrest. Vira Savchenko finished third in her constituency with 7.02% of the votes (winner  won 40.41%) and was thus not elected.

In late November 2014, Savchenko signed her parliamentary oath and passed it to Ukraine through her lawyer and was thus sworn in as People's Deputy of Ukraine (MP) on 27 November 2014.

On 25 December 2014, Savchenko was included in Ukraine's quota for representatives in the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE); as noted above, legally this granted her parliamentary immunity in all PACE signatory nations, including Russia.

On 6 November 2015, Savchenko's first draft law was introduced to parliament, while she was imprisoned in Russia.

On 27 May 2016, after returning from Russia in a prisoner exchange, Savchenko said she was prepared to become President of Ukraine if the Ukrainians wish so.

In 2016, Savchenko left Batkivshchyna, but remained a member of its parliamentary faction. This was announced on 12 December 2016 right after Savchenko had admitted she had recently held a secret meeting with separatist leaders Aleksandr Zakharchenko (of the Donetsk People's Republic) and Igor Plotnitsky (of the Luhansk People's Republic) in Minsk. On 15 December 2016, Batkivshchyna expelled Savchenko from its parliamentary faction in response to her Minsk meeting with Zakharchenko and Plotnitsky. The party saw this meeting as "negotiations with terrorists" and "adamantly opposed" it. Following this controversy, the Ukrainian parliament stripped Savchenko of her PACE membership on 22 December 2016. On 27 December 2016, Savchenko established the Civic Platform RUNA (an acronym for Ukrainian People's Revolution). According to Savchenko RUNA will not be a "political project" but rather a "mechanism" and a "natural association of people" who do not follow "populist slogans." In July 2017, her new political party "Social and Political Platform of Nadiya Savchenko" was officially registered. The same month she stated her intent to take part in the 2019 Ukrainian presidential election. In January 2019, Savchenko claimed she could not officially register her candidacy because she was not allowed a visit from a notary in prison. Her registration was eventually denied early next month because she did not pay the requested deposit of ₴2.5 million (approx. US$90,000). On 30 May 2019, Savchenko stated that her party would take part in the July 2019 Ukrainian parliamentary election. But since it could not collect the necessary deposits for a place on the nationwide electoral list, the party nominated 7 candidates in constituencies. Savchenko herself in Zaitseve (constituency #51) and her sister Vira in Avdiivka (constituency #45). In constituency #51 Savchenko gained 1.2% of the votes (8 votes) and was not reelected into parliament. Vira also did not win a parliamentary seat. She scored 3.95% (538 votes).

Controversies
On 15 March 2018, the Attorney General of Ukraine Yuriy Lutsenko charged Savchenko with preparing a terrorist attack on the Ukrainian parliament. On 22 March 2018, parliament stripped Savchenko of her parliamentary immunity and allowed her arrest. The same day she was arrested on suspicion of planning an assault on the parliament and supporting a coup d'état. Savchenko claimed that she did not plan any terrorist attack, but instead talked with undercover Ukrainian government agent provocateurs who sought to discredit her. She was released from detention on 15 April 2019.

In October 2021, it was reported that Savchenko along with her sister Vera tried to enter Ukraine through Boryspil International Airport by using fake vaccination certificates against COVID-19. In June 2022, it became known that the criminal case was closed, and the Savchenko sisters were released.

See also
Other Ukrainians detained by Russia include:
 Oleg Sentsov
 Olexandr Kolchenko
 Stanislav Klykh
 Mykola Karpyuk
 Ahtem Chiygoz

Notes

References

External links

 Savchenko case  at 1+1
 Why Russia needs the Ukrainian 'G.I. Jane' Savchenko imprisoned

1981 births
Living people
21st-century Ukrainian women politicians
2014 controversies
Batkivshchyna politicians
Coups d'état and coup attempts in Ukraine
Politicians from Kyiv
Prisoners and detainees of Russia
People of the Euromaidan
Pro-Ukrainian people of the 2014 pro-Russian unrest in Ukraine
Women in the Iraq War

Recipients of the Order For Courage, 3rd class
Independent politicians in Ukraine
Individuals designated as terrorist by the government of Ukraine
Missing person cases in Ukraine
Eighth convocation members of the Verkhovna Rada
Ukrainian military personnel of the war in Donbas
Recipients of the title of Hero of Ukraine
Recipients of the Order of Gold Star (Ukraine)
Ukrainian women aviators
Hunger strikers
Military personnel from Kyiv
Political prisoners according to Memorial
Ukrainian people imprisoned abroad
Ukrainian people convicted of murder
Ukrainian prisoners and detainees
Ukrainian victims of human rights abuses
Ukrainian people taken hostage
Ukrainian female military personnel
Ukrainian Air Force officers
Women members of the Verkhovna Rada


title: K. Ruben Gabriel

text:
Kuno Ruben Gabriel (1929–2003) was a statistician known for the inventing the biplot and the Gabriel graph and for his work in statistical meteorology.

Gabriel was born in Germany, emigrated to France, grew up in Israel, was educated at the London School of Economics and the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, taught at the Hebrew University until 1975, and then moved to the University of Rochester where he remained until his retirement in 1997. He died on May 25, 2003.

He was a fellow of the American Statistical Association and the Institute of Mathematical Statistics, and was an elected member of the International Statistical Institute.

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1929 births
2003 deaths
Israeli statisticians
Alumni of the London School of Economics
Hebrew University of Jerusalem alumni
Academic staff of the Hebrew University of Jerusalem
University of Rochester faculty
Fellows of the American Statistical Association
Fellows of the Institute of Mathematical Statistics
Elected Members of the International Statistical Institute
American statisticians


title: A Skeletal Domain

text:
A Skeletal Domain is the thirteenth studio album by American death metal band Cannibal Corpse. Released on September 16, 2014 by Metal Blade Records, the album was produced at Audiohammer Studios by Mark Lewis.

The album entered the US Billboard 200 at number 32, making it Cannibal Corpse's highest charting album on the Billboard 200 to date. 8,825 copies were sold in its first week.

Background
Bassist Alex Webster said "I think it's turning out to be kind of a dark-sounding album. Which, you know, it's a death metal album, so, of course, it should be kind of dark and eerie sounding anyway, but I think this one a little more than normal. That was kind of the direction the songwriting went in."

About the direction of the material he also stated "I think our fans appreciate our consistency. That said, I think we have some material on this album that sounds a bit different from what we've done before."

Release and promotion
"Sadistic Embodiment" was officially released on the YouTube channel of Metal Blade Records on July 1, 2014. "The Murderer's Pact" was streamed via Loudwire.com on September 8, 2014.

A music video for the song "Kill or Become" was released on September 24, 2014.

Track listing

"Icepick Lobotomy" is labelled as "Ice-Pick Lobotomy" in the album's liner notes.

Credits
Writing, performance and production credits are adapted from the album liner notes.

Personnel

Cannibal Corpse
 George "Corpsegrinder" Fisher – vocals
 Pat O'Brien – lead guitar
 Rob Barrett – rhythm guitar
 Alex Webster – bass
 Paul Mazurkiewicz – drums

Production
 Mark Lewis – recording, production, engineering, mixing

Visual art
 Vince Locke – cover art
 Brian Ames – layout
 Alex Morgan – photography

Charts

References

External links

 A Skeletal Domain at Metal Blade Records

2014 albums
Cannibal Corpse albums
Metal Blade Records albums
Albums produced by Mark Lewis (music producer)


title: Dae-hyun

text:
Dae-hyun is a Korean masculine given name. Its meaning differs based on the hanja used to write each syllable of the name. There are 17 hanja with the reading "dae" and 35 hanja with the reading "hyun" on the South Korean government's official list of hanja which may be registered for use in given names.

People with this name include:
An Dae-hyun (born 1962), South Korean Greco-Roman wrestler
Daniel Dae Kim (Korean name Kim Dae-hyun, born 1968), South Korean-born American actor
David Cho (journalist) (Korean name Kim Dae-hyun, born 1972 or 1973), American journalist of Korean descent
Chong Tae-hyon (born 1978), South Korean baseball player
Yoo Dae-hyun (born 1990), South Korean football player
Jung Dae-hyun (born 1993), South Korean singer, member of boy group B.A.P
Jang Dae-hyeon (born 1997), South Korean singer, former member of RAINZ, current member of WEi

See also
List of Korean given names

References

Korean masculine given names
Masculine given names


title: Best II (Akina Nakamori album)

text:
Best II is the fourth compilation album by Japanese singer Akina Nakamori.

Background
The compilation album contains all the singles released between 1986 and 1988: from the single Nonfiction Ecstasy until latest single released in 1988 I Missed The Shock during that time. The singles Nonfiction Ecstasy, Nanpasen, Blonde, Al-Mauj, Tattoo and I Missed The Shock were recorded in the album for first time. A three different album jackets were published in the CD, Vinyl and Cassette Tape.

Promotion

Singles
Nonfiction Ecstasy is the Nakamori's first and only compact cassette single released on 10 November 1986. The single was released with the limited number of copies. The single debuted at number 1 on Oricon Single Weekly Chart.

Blonde is the eighteenth single released on 3 June 1987. Later, the English version of the single with English lyrics The Look That Kills was recorded in the studio album Cross My Palm. The single debuted at number 1 on Oricon Single Weekly Chart and became the 7th best sold single in 1985. In the Best Ten ranking, it debuted on number 1 and stayed at number 15 in the yearly chart. It has received cable music award in the 20th Japan Cable Awards.

Nanpasen is the nineteenth single released on 30 September 1987. The original song was performed and written by Tokiko Kato in 1984. Tokiko herself sent Nakamori demo tape and asked her to perform this single. After watching celebration of Nakamori's 22nd birthday, Tokiko assumed to herself that the song is suitable for Nakamori to perform. The single debuted at number 1 on Oricon Single Weekly Chart and became the 6th best sold single in 1987 and 81st best sold single in 1988. In the Best Ten ranking, it debuted on number 1 and stayed at number 7 in the 1987 yearly chart and at number 79 in the 1988 yearly chart.

It has received multiple music awards: Gold Award from Pop Category in 17th Ginza Music Festival, Special Award in the 13th National Kayo Music Festival, Best Broadcast Music Award and Broadcast Music Special Federation Award in the 18th Japan Music Awards, Most Requested Singer Award in the 20th Japan Cable Awards, Excellent Star Award and Most Requested Award in the 20th National Cable Broadcasting Award, Best Singing Award in the 16th FNS Music Festival, Gold award and Special public Award in the 29th Japan Record Awards, The Best Single of the Year Award in the 2nd Japan Gold Disc Award.

Al-Mauj is the twentieth single released on 27 January 1988. It's Nakamori's third single with the motive of the oriental sound, which is since Gypsy Queen and Sand Beige. The title comes from the Arabic language and it means "wave". The song was originally recorded by the original composer of the song, Takashi Satō as "Déraciné" (デラシネ, Derashine) on his 1987 album Mizu no Naka no Taiyō (水の中の太陽, lit. Sun in the Water). The title of the song has been changed and as well as lyrics content-from the men point of the view to the women. The single debuted at number 1 on Oricon Single Weekly Chart and became the 14th best sold single in 1988. In the Best Ten ranking, it debuted on number 1 and stayed at number 18 in the yearly chart.

Tattoo is the twenty-first single released on 18 May 1988. The music producer is Anri Sekine from the Eurox, who previously worked on the Nakamori's first self-produce album Fushigi. Nakamori herself wanted to avoid a mini skirt and doesn't like them to wear, however she stated that it suits the atmosphere of this song. In the media it was used as a commercial song to the Orient Watch. The single debuted at number 1 on Oricon Single Weekly Chart and became the 13th best sold single in 1988. In the Best Ten ranking, it debuted on number 1 and stayed at number 9 in the yearly chart.

It has received three music awards: Pops Megalopolis Award and Pops Grand Prix Award in the 7th Megapolis Music Festival, Yomiuri TV Grand Prize in the 21st National Cable Broadcasting Award and Gold Award in the 30th 30th Japan Record Awards.

I Missed The Shock is the twenty-second single released on 1 November 1988. The writer Qumico Fucci worked with Nakamori in the studio album Femme Fatale. Originally, I Missed the Shock was originally to be released B-side song of the early promoted single, Bilitis. The single debuted at number 3 on Oricon Single Weekly Chart and became the 57th best sold single in 1988 and the 53rd best sold single in 1989. In the Best Ten ranking, it debuted on number 3 and stayed at number 39 in the yearly chart.

It has received three music awards: Cable Music Award in the 21st Japan Cable Awards, double awards Best Singing Award and Best Kayo Music Award in the 17th FNS Music Festival and Excellent Star award in the 21st National Cable Broadcasting Award.

Charting performance
It went to No.2 on the Japanese album chart on the week of release and remained at No.1 for two weeks. The album charted for 32 weeks. The album remained at number 4 on the Oricon Album Yearly Charts in 1989.

Track list

2023 remaster reissue

Cover versions

Blonde
Hongkong singer Samantha Lam covered the song in Chinese under title "Shang Xin Xi Yuan" in 1988 released under Hongkong´s Sony BMG Music Entertainment recording label.

Nanpasen
 Anita Mui covered the song in Cantonese as "Wúrén yuàn ài wǒ" (無人願愛我, "No One Wants to Love Me") on her 1988 album Mèng lǐ gòng zuì (夢裡共酔, In the Dream).
 Yolinda Yan covered the song in Cantonese on her 1988 album Wú bàn de wǔ (無伴的舞, Unaccompanied Dance).
 Kaori Momoi covered the song on her 1993 cover album More Standard.
 Tomomi Kahara covered the song on her 2014 cover album Memories 2: Kahara All Time Covers. It was featured in the Takashi Miike film Over Your Dead Body.
 Aya Shimazu covered the song on her 2017 cover album Singer 4.
 Kousuke Atari covered the song on his 2019 album Kanasha.
 Ms. Ooja covered the song on her 2020 cover album Nagashi Ooja: Vintage Song Covers.
 Okayu covered the song on her 2021 cover album Okayu Uta: Cover Songs.
 Crazy Ken Band covered the song on their 2021 cover album Sukinanda yo.
 Fuyumi Sakamoto covered the song on her 2021 cover album Love Emotion.

Tattoo
 Kiyoharu covered the song on her 2007 single "Tattoo".

I Missed The Shock
Qumico Fucci, original composer of the song covered the song on her 1994 album "Kanashii Lion".

Release history

Notes:
2006 re-release includes 24-bit digitally remastered sound source
2012 and 2014 re-release includes subtitles in the tracks "2012 remaster"
2023 re-release includes lacquer remaster which includes subtitles in the tracks "2023 lacquer remaster" along with original karaoke version of the tracks

References

1988 compilation albums
Akina Nakamori compilation albums
Warner Music Japan compilation albums
Japanese-language compilation albums


title: Equality Trust

text:
The Equality Trust is a UK registered charity that campaigns against economic and social inequality. Founded as a campaigning organisation in 2009 by Bill Kerry, Richard G. Wilkinson and Kate Pickett after the publication of Wilkinson and Pickett's book The Spirit Level: Why More Equal Societies Almost Always Do Better, it became a registered charity in 2015.

The Trust's Co-Executive Directors are Jo Wittams and Priya Sahni-Nicholas.

Work
The Equality Trust argues that there is a strong association between low economic growth and inequality.

The Trust campaigns for governments to take action on inequality, starting in the 2010 and 2015 UK general elections.

The Trust was cited by Caroline Lucas as demonstrating "a clear and demonstrable correlation between drug misuse and inequality" and that drug abuse is more common in more unequal countries such as the UK in her campaign for review of the Misuse of Drugs Act 1971.

Wilkinson and Pickett published a second book, The Inner Level: How More Equal Societies Reduce Stress, Restore Sanity and Improve Everybody's Wellbeing in 2018.

Billionaire Britain
The Trust's research on the rapid growth of billionaire wealth in the UK argued that wealth accumulation by the richest was harming the UK's society and economic stability. Their call for wealth taxes to tackle widening wealth inequality was echoed by other organisations.

References

External links
 Equality Trust

Organizations established in 2009
Political advocacy groups in England
Political and economic think tanks based in the United Kingdom
Social economy in the United Kingdom
Political and economic research foundations


title: Beta, North Carolina

text:
Beta is an unincorporated community in Jackson County, North Carolina, United States. Beta is located along U.S. Route 74, west of Addie and east of Sylva.

When Jackson County was formed in 1851, the home of Dan Bryson, located in Beta, served as the first courthouse.

References

External links
USGS: Beta
Travel Western North Carolina: Beta, WCU Digital Collections
Jackson County Chamber of Commerce

Unincorporated communities in Jackson County, North Carolina
Unincorporated communities in North Carolina
Communities of the Great Smoky Mountains


title: Cosmo Omnibus Imagiable Illusion

text:
Cosmo Omnibus Imagiable Illusion (subtitled Live at Pit-Inn, Tokyo, Japan, 8, 8, 1988) is a live album by jazz composer, bandleader and keyboardist Sun Ra and his Arkestra recorded in Tokyo in 1988 and released on the Japanese DIW label.

Reception
The Allmusic review by Jesse Jarnow awarded the album 3 stars stating "The recording captures the band sympathetically, managing to keep the chaos under control through a crisp and deep mix... a good introduction to Sun Ra's work".

Track listing
All compositions by Sun Ra except as indicated
" Introduction/Cosmo Approach Prelude" – 7:29
 "Angel Race/I Wait for You" – 7:18
 "Can You Take It?" – 3:14
 "If You Came from Nowhere Here" – 10:27
 "Astro Black" – 11:23
 "Prelude to a Kiss" (Duke Ellington, Irving Gordon) – 5:11
 "Why Was I Born?" (Oscar Hammerstein II, Jerome Kern) – 5:57
 "Insterstellar Lo-Ways" – 7:23

Personnel
Sun Ra – piano, synthesizer, vocals
Michael Ray – trumpet, vocals on "Why Was I Born?"
Ahmed Abdullah – trumpet
Tyrone Hill – trombone
Marshall Allen – alto saxophone
John Gilmore – tenor saxophone, timbales
Danny Ray Thompson – baritone saxophone
Eloe Omoe – bass clarinet, alto saxophone, contra-alto clarinet
June Tyson – violin, vocals on "Astro Black"
Bruce Edwards – electric guitar
Rollo Radford – electric bass
Eric Walker, Earl "Buster" Smith – drums

References

Sun Ra live albums
DIW Records live albums
1989 albums


title: J'me tire

text:
"J'me tire" () is the debut solo single by Congolese-French rapper and singer Maître Gims, a former member of the band Sexion d'Assaut. It was released on 15 March 2013 as the first single from his debut album Subliminal.

The single was successful, becoming Maître Gims' first number 1 on the French SNEP Singles Chart. It also topped the Belgian Wallonia chart, charted in Belgium's Flanders Chart, in the Netherlands, and in Switzerland.

The music video was directed by Adam Nael and filmed in various desert and snowy mountainous settings. The mountain scenes were shot at Haute-Savoie.

Charts

Weekly charts

Year-end charts

Certifications

References

2013 songs
2013 debut singles
Gims songs
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Songs written by Renaud Rebillaud
SNEP Top Singles number-one singles
Ultratop 50 Singles (Wallonia) number-one singles


title: Bella (Maître Gims song)

text:
"Bella" is a song by Congolese-French singer and rapper Gims. It was released on 6 May 2013 as the third single off his album Subliminal.

Background
In an interview, Gims said that he started working on the song in 2009.

Music video
The music video was shot in Marbella, Andalusia, Spain and was released on the same day as the song's release. The video had gained 500 million views until June 2021.

Charts

Certifications

References

2013 singles
2013 songs
French-language songs
Gims songs
Songs written by Renaud Rebillaud
Songs written by Gims
Songs written by Maska (rapper)


title: Best (Akina Nakamori album)

text:
Best is the second greatest hits album by Japanese singer Akina Nakamori,  released on April 1, 1986 by Warner Pioneer.

Background
It contains all the singles released between 1982 and 1985: from the "Slow Motion" to "Solitude".

The singles "Sand Beige (Sabaku e)" and "Solitude" were recorded in the album for first time. Although "Meu amor é..."  was included in the studio album D404ME, the original version was recorded for first time as well.

Promotion

Singles
Sand Beige (Sabaku e) is the twelfth single released on 16 June 1985. It's her second A-side song with the far east rhythm instrumentation. The small part of the refrain performed in the Egyptian dialect. The single debuted at number 1 on Oricon Single Weekly Chart and became the seventh best sold single in 1985. In the Best Ten ranking, it debuted on number 2 and stayed at number 8 in the yearly chart.

It has received three awards: award in the 11th Nihon TV Ongakusai, in the 18th Japan Cable Awards and in the 18th Zennihon Yuusen Housou Taishou.

Solitude is the thirteenth single released on 9 October 1985. The single debuted at number 1 on Oricon Single Weekly Chart and became the 35th best sold single in 1985. In the Best Ten ranking, it debuted on number 2 and stayed at number 29 in the yearly chart.

It has received three awards: Yokohama Music Festival Award at the Yokohama Music Festival, Gold Award and Best Singing Award in the Zen Nihon Kayou Ongakusai and Broadcast Music Producer Federation Award in the 16th Japan Music Awards.

Charting performance
The album debuted at number 1 on the Oricon Weekly Album Charts and remained in the same position for three consecutive weeks. LP Record version charted 23 weeks, Cassette tape charted 96 weeks and CD version charted 62 weeks. The album remained at number 6 on the Oricon Album Yearly Charts in 1986. The album totally sold more than 770,000 copies. It won the Grand Prix Album of the Year and the Best Album of the Year – Pop (Solo) at the 1st Japan Gold Disc Awards.

Track listing

Release history

Notes:
2006 re-release includes 24-bit digitally remastered sound source
2012 and 2014 re-release includes subtitles in the tracks "2012 remaster"
2022 re-release includes lacquer remaster which includes subtitles in the tracks "2022 lacquer remaster" along with original karaoke version of the tracks

References

1986 compilation albums
Akina Nakamori compilation albums
Japanese-language compilation albums
Warner Music Japan compilation albums


title: Best III (Akina Nakamori album)

text:
Best III is the fifth compilation album by Japanese singer Akina Nakamori. It was released on 10 November 1992 through Warner Music Japan label.

Background
The album followed the earlier Best and Best II onto the album charts. It was released after Nakamori's departure from the Warner Music Japan. The album jacket is taken from the photo book Cruise released in 1989.

The compilation album contains all the singles released between 1989 and 1991: from the single "Liar" to "Futari Shizuka: Tenkawa Densetsu Satsujin Jiken yori" and all their B-sides. Aside of the singles, the album includes "Akaitori Nigeta" (an alternative take of "Meu amor é..."),  "La Bohème" (the b-side of "Desire (Jōnetsu)"), "Eki" and "Oh No, Oh Yes!" (from the album Crimson).

Promotion

Singles
Akaitori Nigeta is the special single to be released on the Nakamori's third debut anniversary. It has different name and lyrics song from "Meu amor é...". Nakamori herself refused to perform the single in the music shows, but she performed in twice: in the live tour Bitter and Sweet instead of "Meu amor é..." and NHK's music television program Young Studio. The single debuted at number 5 on the Oricon Weekly Single Charts and became the 20th best sold single in 1985. In the Best Ten ranking, it debuted on number 6 and stayed at number 45 in the yearly chart.

Dear Friend is the twenty-fourth single on 17 July 1990. It was Nakamori's first single to be released after one year of hiatus. The single debuted at number 1 on Oricon Single Weekly Chart and became the 6th best sold single in 1990.

Mizu ni Sashita Hana is the twenty-fifth single on 6 November 1990. It was promoted as a theme song to the Wednesday series of the Japanese television drama Wednesday Grand Romance. The single debuted at number 1 on Oricon Single Weekly Chart and became the 92nd best sold single in 1990 and 76th best sold single in 1991.

Futari Shizuka is the twenty-sixth single released on 25 March 1991. While the writes's version of the song, Makoto Sekiguchi (ex. C-C-B) was used as a theme song to the movie Tenkawa Densetsu Satsujin Jiken, Nakamori's version was used as a commercial song to the movie. The single debuted at number 3 on Oricon Single Weekly Chart and became the 21st best sold single in 1991.

Chart performance
The album debuted at number 6 on the Oricon Weekly Album Charts and charted for 7 weeks.

Track listing

Covers

Dear Friend
Mayumi Ito, original writer of the song covered in her 1992 album Bijin Koe (美人声).

Futari Shizuka
Makoto Sekiguchi, original writer and composer of the song covered as a single in 1991 and included in his album Itazura (悪戯) released on the same year.

Release history

Notes:
2006 re-release includes 24-bit digitally remastered sound source
2012 and 2014 re-release includes subtitles in the tracks "2012 remaster"

References

1992 compilation albums
Akina Nakamori compilation albums
Japanese-language compilation albums
Warner Music Japan albums


title: Racing Boy

text:
Racing Boy is a brand that manufactures motorcycle aftermarket parts and accessories. The brand started in Malaysia since 1995. Thousands of products have been produced: including rims, absorber, braking system, engine parts, handling system, etc. Racing Boy renamed and re-branded in 2014 to RCB.

History
Racing Boy was established in 1995 by Mr. Lee Meng Tek from Bukit Mertajam, Pulau Pinang. Initially, this brand was registered under Asian Alloy Enterprise. Later in 1998, Mr. Lee expanded his business by moving to Selangor state, city of Malaysia. To rebrand, Racing Boy has been re-registered and incorporated under a new company named Meng Kah Auto Parts Trading Sdn Bhd (MKA). Since then, the Racing Boy brand operates its business in Puchong Utama Industrial Area.

Dealerships and distributors
With thousands of local authorized dealers in Malaysia, Racing Boy also has main distributors in overseas: including Singapore, Philippines, Cambodia, Vietnam, Thailand, Indonesia, Bermuda and Greece.

References

1995 establishments in Malaysia
Motorcycle manufacturers of Malaysia
Joint ventures
Auto parts suppliers of Malaysia
Automotive companies established in 1995
Privately held companies of Malaysia
Malaysian brands


title: Color Gitano

text:
"Color Gitano" (; ) is the debut single by French singer Kendji Girac, the winner of French season 3 of the French music competition series The Voice: la plus belle voix  broadcast from January 11 to May 10, 2014 as part of Team Mika.

"Color Gitano" is a bilingual song in French and Spanish and is heavily influenced by Andalusian culture and gypsy music tradition.

Chart positions

Weekly charts

Year-end charts

References

2014 debut singles
2014 songs
Mercury Records singles
Kendji Girac songs
Songs written by Renaud Rebillaud


title: 1000hp

text:
"1000hp" ("1000 Horse Power") is the lead single and title track from Godsmack's studio album of the same name. It was released on June 9, 2014, and was made available for digital download on Amazon and iTunes on June 10. The single reached number one on the Billboard Hot Mainstream Rock Tracks, making it the band's seventh number one single on the chart.

Writing
In an interview with the Pulse of Radio, and regarding how the single came together, lead singer Sully Erna revealed that it was written in about an hour, stating, "It's one of those songs that surprisingly came out and was written from back to front in, like, an hour. I started putting one thing together with the next, and then Shannon Larkin started jumping in and then we arranged the whole song, and literally within an hour, maybe 90 minutes, this whole song was written and it was one of the last songs that we wrote, and it ended up becoming the first single."

When interviewed by Full Metal Jackie, Erna offered additional details as how the single came to be, stating, "We had been working on stuff that we had on our own and brought in. I go, 'You know what? We haven’t wrote anything yet, I'm just going to write a song real quick before TC gets back from dinner.' Tony, kidding around, said, 'You should make it a real fast riff because he'll be right back.' So I started playing really fast and then all of a sudden, I was like, 'Hold on. I have something going here.' I started hearing the different movements in the chords and it just started to feel like it was coming together. Then all of a sudden, within 90 minutes the whole song kind of wrote itself."

Title
In the same interview with the Pulse of Radio, Erna revealed that the working title for the single was "100,000 Horsepower", but he felt he needed to change it, explaining, "Actually, the original title I wanted to put on the song was '100,000 Horsepower'. But unfortunately, rhythmically, it was too many syllables and I couldn't make it fit the way I wanted to creatively, so I trimmed it back to '1000 Horsepower', which is still pretty fuckin' powerful, by the way."

Track listing
Digital single

Music video
On August 12, the music video for 1000hp premiered on Shazam, a commercial smartphone-based music identification service. One day later, it premiered on Godsmack's official Vevo channel.

Live performance
On August 4, Godsmack took the stage at the iHeartRadio Theater in New York City as part of the iHeartRadio Live Series for an intimate live performance. The show, which was streamed online, saw the band perform 1000hp live for the first time.

Reception

Critical
ARTISTdirect reviewer Rick Florino gave the song a favorable review and described it as a "bombastic Boston bruiser of epic proportions" and that "all of the hallmarks of the band's patented sound remain intact." Florino concluded his review by saying, "It's the kind of tune you could hear at sports events and during high-octane action movie set pieces for years to come. It's exactly how real rock should sound in 2014, and it's one of the best singles of the year." A less favorable review came from Shelly Barclay of AXS, who felt that the song was not on a par with the band's other singles, stating, "The song does not have the same guttural edge as songs like 'Keep Away'." However, she went on to say that the song "holds its own in the band's library of rock tunes."

Commercial
Upon its release, "1000hp" entered both the Mainstream Rock and Hot Rock Songs charts in Billboard magazine, peaking at number one and twenty-two, respectively.

Charts

Weekly charts

Year-end charts

Personnel
Godsmack
 Sully Erna – lead vocals, rhythm guitar, producer
 Tony Rombola – lead guitar, backing vocals
 Robbie Merrill – bass guitar
 Shannon Larkin – drums, percussion

Technical personnel
Dave Fortman – production, mixing

References

2014 singles
Godsmack songs
Songs written by Sully Erna
2014 songs
Universal Republic Records singles
Songs written by Robbie Merrill
Songs written by Tony Rombola


title: Live from Soundscape

text:
Live from Soundscape may refer to:

 Live from Soundscape (Material album)
 Live from Soundscape (Sun Ra album)


title: Yuraq Apachita (Lampa)

text:
Yuraq Apachita (Quechua yuraq white, Aymara apachita the place of transit of an important pass in the principal routes of the Andes; name for a stone cairn in the Andes, a little pile of rocks built along the trail in the high mountains,  Hispanicized spelling Yuracapacheta) is a mountain in the Andes of Peru, about  high. It is situated in the Puno Region, Lampa Province, Pucará District, southwest of Pucará.

References

Mountains of Peru
Mountains of Puno Region


title: Universidad España

text:
Universidad Autónoma España de Durango (Spanish Autonomous University of Durango) is a university in Durango, Durango, Mexico, founded in 1994. Branded as Universidad España (or UNES), the university has four additional branch campuses across three northern Mexican states.

Campuses
UNES has five campuses:

Universidad Autónoma España de Durango, Durango, Durango
Universidad Autónoma España de Durango, Campus Guadalupe Victoria, Guadalupe Victoria, Durango
Universidad Autónoma España de Durango, Campus Vicente Guerrero, Vicente Guerrero, Durango
Universidad Autónoma España de Durango, Campus Parral, Hidalgo del Parral, Chihuahua
Instituto Universidad España de Coahuila, Saltillo, Coahuila

Media
UNES operates an FM radio and a television station, both in Durango. XHUNES-FM transmits on 92.9 FM and signed on in 2005, while XHUNES-TV channel 28, branded as España TV 28, was the first university television station in the state, signing on in 2008.

External links

Universities and colleges in Durango
Universities and colleges in Coahuila
Universities and colleges in Chihuahua (state)
Durango City


title: Middletown Area High School

text:
Middletown Area High School is a small, suburban, public high school in Middletown, Pennsylvania. It is the only high school operated by Middletown Area School District. Middletown Area High School serves: the boroughs of Middletown and Royalton and Lower Swatara Township in Dauphin County. In the 2015–2016 school year, enrollment was 653 pupils in 9th through 12th grades.

Extracurriculars
Middletown Area High School offers students a wide variety of clubs, activities and an extensive sports program. The district mascot is a Blue Raider and the colors are blue and gold. The school's marching band is the Blue Wave Marching Band.

Sports
In 2001, the boys soccer team won the Class AA State title. In 2016, the football team set a new record of wins in a season. The team went 14-1, with their only loss to Beaver Falls in the Class AAA State Championship game. The 2017 team would tie that record, only falling to Quaker Valley in the Class AAA State Championship.
The District funds 17 varsity sports:

Boys
Baseball - AAAA
Basketball - AAAA
Cross Country - AA
Football - AAA
Golf - AA
Soccer - AA
Tennis - AA
Track and Field - AAA
Wrestling - AA

Girls
Basketball - AAA
Cheerleading
Cross Country - AA
Field Hockey - A
Soccer - AA
Softball - AAA
Tennis - AA
Track and Field - AA
Volleyball - AA

According to PIAA directory January 2017

References

Public high schools in Pennsylvania
Schools in Dauphin County, Pennsylvania
Susquehanna Valley


title: Tripunithura railway station

text:
Tripunithura railway station is a (NSG 5 Category) railway terminal located at Tripunithura, Kochi, in the Indian state of Kerala. The
station is on the rail route between Thiruvananthapuram Central and Ernakulam Junction via .

History
During the construction of the first railway line in Kerala the king of the royal kingdom of Kochi sold 14 golden caparisons of elephants of Poornathrayeesha temple at Tripunithura to finance the track between Ernakulam and Shoranur.

Layout
Tripunithara railway station has two platforms for handling long distance and passenger trains.

Significance
Prominent industries like FACT, Kochi Refineries, Hindustan Organics and Chemicals Ltd, Carbon Black Industries Ltd etc. are in close proximity to the Tripunithura railway station. The information technology park InfoPark, Kochi, is situated at a distance of 9.5 km from Tripunithura railway station. Tripunithura and Aluva is the entry point for travelers from Idukki district, which is not connected to a rail network. It is also the nearest station for people going to Muvattupuzha, Kolenchery, Puthencruz, Thiruvankulam, Maradu, Kundannur and Chottanikkara Temple.

Services

SuperFast/Express trains

Passenger trains

See also

Ernakulam Town
Seaport-Airport Road
Transport in Kochi
Aluva railway station
Cochin Harbour Terminus

References

Railway stations in Kochi
Thiruvananthapuram railway division


title: List of Asian Club Championship and AFC Champions League finals

text:
The AFC Champions League is a seasonal association football competition that was established in 1967. It begins in January or February and ends with the finals in November of the same year. The AFC Champions League is open to the league champions and cup winners of Asian Football Confederation member associations, as well as to the clubs finishing in second and third position in the stronger leagues of each zone. Prior to the 2002–03 season, the tournament was named the Asian Club Championship. Originally, only the champions of their respective national league and the defending champion of the competition were allowed to participate. However, this was changed in 2002 to allow the national cup winners to compete as well.

Al-Hilal hold the record for the most victories, with four wins since the competition's inception. Thai Farmers Bank, Pohang Steelers, Suwon Samsung Bluewings and Al-Ittihad are the four teams that managed to win the competition consecutively. Al-Hilal has contested the most finals, nine, winning four and losing five, while Al-Ahli, FC Seoul and Persepolis are the only three clubs to reach the finals more than once without winning. Overall, 24 clubs have won the competition since its inception in 1967. Clubs from South Korea have won the most titles with twelve. Japanese clubs are second with eight, and Saudi Arabian clubs are third with six wins. The current champions are Urawa Red Diamonds, who beat Al-Hilal 2–1 on aggregate in the 2022 edition.

List of finals

 The "Year" column refers to the season the competition was held, and wikilinks to the article about that season.
 Official season orthography of Asian Club Championship is reset. Both one-year and two-year seasons listed separately.
 Finals are listed in the order they were played.

Performances

By club

By nation

See also
List of Asian Club Championship and AFC Champions League winning managers
List of Asian Cup Winner's Cup finals

Notes

A.  The final was scratched and Maccabi Tel Aviv were awarded the championship after Aliyat Al-Shorta refused to play the Israeli side for political reasons.

B.  The championship was decided in a final group round-robin of four teams.

C.  The final was scratched and Yomiuri FC were awarded the championship as Al-Hilal was unable to field a team after several of their starting players were selected for the Saudi national team's preparation camp, which clashed with the first leg.

D.  Score was 1–1 after 90 minutes and extra time. Al-Hilal won the penalty-shootout 4–3.

E.  Score was 0–0 after 90 minutes and extra time. Pohang Steelers won the penalty-shootout 6–5.

F.  Score was 0–0 after 90 minutes and extra time. Suwon Samsung Bluewings won the penalty-shootout 4–2.

G.  Score was 2–2 after 90 minutes and extra time. Al-Sadd won the penalty-shootout 4–2.

References

finals

Asian


title: Linda Itunu

text:
Linda Itunu (born 21 November 1984) is a New Zealand rugby union player. She plays for the Black Ferns, New Zealand women's sevens and Auckland.

Itunu attended Kelston Girls' College in Auckland. She was a member of three successful Rugby World Cup campaigns in 2006, 2010 and 2017. She was also part of the 2013 Rugby World Cup Sevens Squad that won gold. She had won silver at the previous Sevens World Cup in Dubai.

Itunu was named in the squad to the 2014 Rugby World Cup in France. In 2015 she was included in the Black Ferns squad alongside her sister Aldora Itunu to play in the 2015 Women's Rugby Super Series in Canada.

After Retiring in 2018 from international rugby Itunu captained the Barbarians Women's team in 2019 for matches in Denver, Colorado against USA and England Rose in London, England.

References

External links
 Linda Itunu at Black Ferns

1984 births
Living people
New Zealand women's international rugby union players
New Zealand female rugby union players
New Zealand female rugby sevens players
New Zealand women's international rugby sevens players
Rugby union flankers
Auckland rugby union players
People educated at Kelston Girls' College
Barbarian F.C. Women players


title: 1928–29 in Mandatory Palestine football

text:
The 1928–29 season was the second season of competitive football in the British Mandate for Palestine under the Eretz Israel Football Association, which was established during the previous season. The latest matches of the season were played on 17 August 1929, during the preceding stages of the 1929 Palestine riots, including a match which was interrupted by rioting rabble. During the riots all sport activities were cancelled and the next football match, which opened the next season, was played on 14 September 1929.

IFA Competitions

1929 Palestine Cup

The second Palestine Cup saw 18 teams competing for the cup. previous season's finalist (and joint-winner), Maccabi Hasmonean Jerusalem made it to the final for a second year in a row, but was beaten by Maccabi Tel Aviv 4–0.

Minor Cups and Leagues

Tel Aviv District Cup
This cup was contested by six teams, playing in a double round-robin league format. Three of the teams, Maccabi Tel Aviv, Hapoel Tel Aviv and Maccabi Avshalom Petah Tikva were Jewish teams, and three, RAF Ramla, Wireless Sarafand and PGH Sarafand, were British military teams.
The competition was won by Maccabi Tel Aviv, although it was never completed. The British teams withdrew after seven rounds of play, and the final round match between leaders Maccabi Tel Aviv and second-placed Maccabi Avshalom Petah Tikva wasn't played as Petah Tikva failed to show to the match.

Jerusalem Cup
This cup was contested by five teams, playing in a double round-robin league format. Maccabi Hasmonean Jerusalem's senior team won the cup.

Nashashibi Cup
This cup was a knock-out competition named after Raghib al-Nashashibi, mayor of Jerusalem. The cup was won by Hapoel Jerusalem.

Quarter-finals
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Semi-finals
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Final
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Other Cups

Jaffa Mayor Cup
This cup was contested in a single match on 30 March 1929 between Hapoel Tel Aviv and an Islamic Sports Club from Jaffa. Hapoel won the match and the cup 5–1.

Mr. Guth Cup
This cup was contested in a single match by Maccabi Hasmonean and a select team from the Palestine Police Force. The match, played on 16 March 1929 ended in a 1–1 draw and a replay was arranged. A replay, arranged for 6 April 1929 ended goalless, and a third match, played on 14 April 1929 was won by the British Police 3–1.

Notable events
 On 29 and 30 September 1928 the Hapoel organization held the first Hapoel Games in Tel Aviv. Three football matches were played during the event, in which Hapoel Jerusalem have beaten a team composed of footballers from Zikhron Ya'akov, Binyamina, and Hadera 1–0, and a team composed of footballers from Netanya, Kfar Saba, Ra'anana and Herzliya 3–0, while a match between Hapoel Tel Aviv and Hapoel Haifa was abandoned at the 63rd minute due to the late hour, with Haifa leading 2–1.
 On 20 October 1928, Maccabi Avshalom Petah Tikva celebrated the opening of its ground. During the celebrations a football match was played between the hosts and a British military team from Sarafand and Ramla, the hosts winning 3–1.
 In early November 1928 Hapoel Bnei Brak was formed. The club was a minor club and played mostly in third tier before the Declaration of Independence. In 1954 the club merged with Hapoel Kiryat Ono. The club played its first match on 22 December 1928, against Hapoel Petah Tikva.
 A team from the American University of Beirut visited and played four matches against local teams, scoring 3 victories (3–0 over Maccabi Avshalom Petah Tikva, 1–0 over Hapoel Tel Aviv and 2–1 over Arab Team St. George) and 1 loss (0–2 against a select XI from Jerusalem teams of Maccabi Hasmonean and HaSemel).
 On 1 May 1929, Hapoel Tel Aviv embarked on a tour of Syria and Lebanon. Hapoel Played two matches in Beirut, losing both, 1–3 or 2–3 to American College and 3–5 to Al-Nahda. In Damascus, Hapoel played against Barada SC and won 3–2 or 2–1, after which local fans rioted. Hapoel played one match in Aleppo, which it won 1–0.

References


title: Ümmügülsüm Sultan (daughter of Ahmed III)

text:
Ümmügülsüm Sultan (; "beloved mother with rosed face"; 11 February 1708 – 28 November 1732) was an Ottoman princess, daughter of Sultan Ahmed III.

Early life
Ümmügülsüm Sultan was born on 11 February 1708 in the Topkapı Palace. She had a twin sister Zeynep Sultan, who died on 5 November 1708. In 1710 at the age of about two, she was engaged to the elderly Abdurrahman Pasha, a vizier. It was an expensive affair for the pasha. He sent to Topkapı a great number of valuable engagement presents. The engagement cost Abdurrahman more than 10,000 gold coins. However, he died in 1715 before the marriage could take place.

Marriage
In 1724, her father arranged her marriage to Genç Ali Pasha, nephew of Grand Nevşehirli Damat Ibrahim Pasha. The first of the processions on 21 February 1724, on the occasion of the transfer of the betrothal gifts of Ali Bey from the grand vezir's palace to the Topkapı Palace, was led by the Grand Admiral Kaymak Mustafa Pasha. The grand admiral was the best man of Ali Pasha. The same day also her half-sisters Hatice Sultan and Atike Sultan married.

The procession, comprising the high-ranking members of the two best men's retinues, and a crowd of elite guards chosen from the private entourage of the grand vezir, entered the palace from the Imperial Gate, and a series of rituals took place in the palace. The sultan's gifts to Ali Pasha were received, and the marriage contract were signed on 20 February. Eight days later, on 28 February 1724, the trousseau of the princess was transferred from the Topkapı Palace to her palace at Kadırga Limanı.

On Thursday, 2 March 1724, Ümmügülsüm was taken from the Topkapı Palace and transported to the Kadırga Palace which was assigned to her. This final procession included the sultan, the grand vizier and their households, as well as members of the ulema, and various formalities were observed along the way, such as an elaborate acclamation in front of Alay Köşkü.

Ümmügülsüm's wedding celebration rivaled her sister Fatma Sultan. Yet her life was a trouble one. She and her husband soon found themselves in financial straits, and she appealed to her father for help.

Ümmügülsüm widowed in 1730, at 22, when her husband was killed in the Patrona Halil Rebellion and her father was dethronized.

Issue
By her marriage, Ümmügülsüm Sultan had four sons and one daughter:
Sultanzade Mustafa Bey
Sultanzade Mehmed Bey
Sultanzade Hafız Bey
Sultanzade Hacı Bey
Fülane Hanımsultan

Charity
In 1728, her father commissioned a fountain in her name in Rum Mehmed Pasha neighborhood.

Death
The Patrona Halil rebellion against her father ended whatever good days Ümmügülsüm may have had, and on 28 November 1732, at the age of twenty four, she died. She is buried in the New Mosque, Istanbul.

See also
 List of Ottoman princesses

Ancestry

References

Sources

1708 births
1732 deaths
18th-century Ottoman princesses


title: SciGenom Labs

text:
SciGenom Labs is a genomics company with facilities in Kochi, India  and USA (San Francisco) functioning as a Genomics incubator. They are certified NABL, ISO and DSIR-GoI recognised. Started in 2009 by Sam Santhosh, the company has over 100 employees spread across its facilities. Units incubated and spun off from SciGenom include MedGenome, a molecular diagnostics testing company with labs in Narayana Heath City (NH) and QB3 Bio (San Francisco), AgriGenome, a company leverging genomics for breeding better crops with labs in Hyderabad and Kochi, Saksin LifeSciences Private Limited, a drug development company with a biobetter molecule for AMD, based in Chennai and MagGenome a bio-nanotech company with nucelci acid extraction products using non-coated magnetics nanoparticles, based in Chennai and Kochi. SGRF (SciGenom Research Foundation) is a non-profit organization supported by SciGenom, which conducts international conferences every year with major research institutions across India  and has a medicinal plant garden called 'Hortus Malabaricus' in Cheruthrurthy, Kerala, India.

References

Publications

<small>1. Tirumurugaan Krishnaswamy Gopalan.;  Pradheepa Gururaj.;  Ravi Gupta.; Dhinakar Raj Gopal.; Preeti Rajesh.; Balachandran Chidambaram.; Aravindan Kalyanasundaram.; Raja Angamuthu.  (June 2014). "Transcriptome Profiling Reveals Higher Vertebrate Orthologous of Intra-Cytoplasmic Pattern Recognition Receptors in Grey Bamboo Shark". PLoS ONE 9(6): e100018.doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0100018.

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