title: On the Edge (Hinton novel)

text:
On the Edge is a novel by British author Nigel Hinton and was first published in 2014. It follows the story of two boys whose mentally unstable father, who is an ex serviceman, takes them on holiday but suspicions arise.

Plot
Fifteen-year-old Dillon and his ten-year-old brother Robbie were home alone when Robbie received a telephone call from their father who they had not seen for two years after he beat up Dillon and his mother. Their father said he wanted to take them on holiday saying that their mother said it was OK despite his restraining order. Robbie was excited about the idea but Dillon was suspicious. Dad came round in a brand new 4x4 and dressed in his army gear. After talking to their father Dillon decided to go but left a note on his bed just in case.

When they stopped at a motorway service station Dillon decided to call Mum’s boyfriend Andy as Mum left her mobile at home and he did not have her office number but Dad removed the battery and the SIM card from Dillon’s mobile and Robbie left his at home.

When they arrived at Gardle Head they set up camp near the cliff top and slept in a hollow.

In the morning after breakfast Dad set up two snares to catch rabbits for dinner then they went swimming and skipping stones on the beach. That evening Robbie was squeamish about eating the rabbit due to his vegetarianism but accepted the meat to please his Dad. When Dad sent Dillon to the car to get drinks he found the note he left for Mum which Dad had removed before they left and a shotgun in a black leather case.

The next morning Dad saved the scrambled egg for Robbie whilst Dillon and their Dad ate the cold leftover rabbit. They spent the rest of the morning building a sandcastle on the beach and in the afternoon they lazed around on the top of the cliff. On their way to Dartley for the evening Dillon went into a shop for ice creams and saw photographs of him and Robbie on the front page of a newspaper. When they got to Dartley they had a huge fish and chip supper and went to the funfair. On the way out from Dartley Dad noticed photos of himself and the boys on the television whilst passing a Chinese takeaway.

Before bed Dad got the boys to say the prayer Now I Lay Me Down to Sleep with the line If I die before I wake. Dillon saw Dad acting strangely and fearing that their father was mentally ill again and was about to kill them Dillon woke Robbie and led him down to the beach and hid behind a rock in the sea. Dad could be heard singing the nursery rhyme Bye, baby Bunting. When Dillon was sure it was safe they went back to the top of the cliff. As they passed the camp Dad came out of hiding and led them to the edge of the cliff with the shotgun about to shoot them. At the last minute Dad wondered what he was doing and shot himself. He got blown off the edge and his body was lost at sea.

The two boys walked to the road and were stopped by a passing police car where they were reunited with their mother.

Six weeks later Dad’s body washed up on a beach 50 miles south of Gardle head. The two boys and their mother decided not to go to the funeral but changed their minds on the night before. At the service they met a fellow mourner called Steve Selby who was in the army with Dad. According to Steve, Scott saved his life when he was wounded and trapped by enemy fire but the war messed up a lot of good men such as Scott.

References

External links
 Product page on the publisher's website

2014 British novels
Novels by Nigel Hinton


title: Oloh, Mississippi

text:
Oloh is an unincorporated community located in Lamar County, Mississippi, United States. Oloh is approximately  west of West Hattiesburg near U.S. Route 98 and a part of the Hattiesburg, Mississippi Metropolitan Statistical Area.

In 1907, Oloh had two churches, a school, and a turpentine plant. A post office operated under the name Oloh from 1895 to 1920.

Oloh is served by a community center that also doubles as a voting precinct.

References

Unincorporated communities in Lamar County, Mississippi
Unincorporated communities in Mississippi
Hattiesburg metropolitan area


title: Healthcare in Belize

text:
Healthcare in Belize is provided through both public and private healthcare systems.  The Ministry of Health (MoH) is the government agency responsible for overseeing the entire health sector and is also the largest provider of public health services in Belize.  The MoH offers affordable care to a majority of Belizeans with a strong focus on providing quality healthcare through a range of public programs and institutions.

In contrast to the public health sector, the private health sector provides care to a smaller portion of the population.  However, similar to the public sector, private health services are offered at a relatively low cost with a shared emphasis on quality of care and quality improvement.

The Human Rights Measurement Initiative finds that Belize is fulfilling 83.0% of what it should be fulfilling for the right to health based on its level of income. When looking at the right to health with respect to children, Belize achieves 99.1% of what is expected based on its current income. In regards to the right to health amongst the adult population, the country achieves only 86.6% of what is expected based on the nation's level of income.  Belize falls into the "very bad" category when evaluating the right to reproductive health because the nation is fulfilling only 63.2% of what the nation is expected to achieve based on the resources (income) it has available.

Current History
The need for improved primary healthcare strategies was recognized during the 1980s. A formalized assessment of the health sector was not approved by the Government of Belize (GoB) and the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) until 1994. Two years later, the MoH launched a National Health Plan, "Quest for Equity", which included an analysis of the major health conditions and determinants of health impacting Belize.

The results revealed a number of problems surrounding the health sector and identified key policy areas and priorities for improving the healthcare system.  The issues identified in the diagnostic report laid the foundation for government initiated Health Sector Reform Project (HSRP), which was implemented in 2000.  The primary objectives of the reform project included increasing access to care, improving quality of care, and ensuring the efficient and equitable delivery of care across both health sectors.

One of the major accomplishments of the reform project included the establishment of four health regions (northern, central, western, and southern health region) designated to provide health services to distinct geographical areas across Belize.  All four health regions offer primary care and secondary care services. Only the Central Health Region, which serves the largest population in Belize, offers tertiary care services [see Health care delivery for description of levels of care].  In addition some progress was made in terms of the organization and management of the health system.

Since the inception of the HSRP, there have been continued efforts focused on reformation of the health sector with the national goal of improving health status through accessible quality care.  In line with these goals, the health agenda for the  2007–2011 National Health Plan included a list of essential public health functions that specified minimum performance levels that both the public and private health sector must adhere to in order to maintain and improve health outcomes.

During this time, there was also further expansion of primary care services and an increasing emphasis on mental health.  For example, the MoH launched a strategic mental health plan in 2009 aimed at integrating mental health services into primary care.  Specifically, the mental health plan aims to achieve greater mental health through increased delivery of community-based care and targeted efforts to improve prevention and management of mental disorders as well as improved psychosocial rehabilitation.

Current Health Initiatives
Current health initiatives include the widespread implementation of a National Health Insurance (NHI) program and further development and implementation of the Belize Health Information System (BHIS).

National Health Insurance: The goal of developing a national health insurance program grew out of earlier health care reform efforts to provide affordable and accessible quality care.  A pilot project was established in the south side of Belize City in 2001 and was expanded to the southern region of Belize in 2006.

A separate agency within the Social Security Board has been established to oversee the financing and purchasing duties for the NHI fund, while the MoH remains in charge of the regulatory and policy-making functions.  An important component of the NHI program is the implementation of a pay for performance system (P4P), that provides financial incentives for meeting specified quality performance standards.  Today, there are continued efforts to expand the NHI program throughout Belize.

Belize Health Information System: A need for a stronger health information system (HIS) was identified during early health reform efforts (1998) and was realized in 2008 with the introduction of the Belize Health Information System.  The BHIS is an integrated comprehensive health information system that allows for the collection and dissemination of population-based and record-based health data with the goal of improving health outcomes and health performance.

The BHIS was originally deployed in urban areas in 2008 and was expanded to various hospitals and clinics across the four health regions by 2009.  Following a comprehensive assessment of the BHIS, the MoH introduced a National HIS strategic plan (2009) to be carried out across a four-year period (2010–2014). Primary objectives of the plan include: expanding BHIS coverage to rural areas, strengthening the registration system, and improving data security and health information privacy.

Public Healthcare
While public healthcare in Belize is available to all of the population at no direct cost to the individual, a large portion of funding has been allocated to Belize City.  Karl Heusner Memorial Hospital (KHMH), the national and regional referral hospital for Belize, is located in Belize City.  Karl Heusner Memorial Hospital is considered to be the premier public healthcare provider in Belize. However, due to funding issues, the hospital has faced many challenges with equipment problems, medical supply shortages, and operation management problems.

Other Districts
Outside of Belize City, there are seven additional hospitals (located within the capitals of each of the seven other districts) that provide public healthcare.  Among the seven district capital hospitals there are three regional hospitals: the Southern Regional Hospital in Dangriga, the Northern Regional Hospital in Orange Walk Town, and the Western Regional Hospital in the nation’s capital of Belmopan. Together, these regional hospitals provide more services to the public than the capital hospitals of Corozal and Toledo district.

Rural Healthcare
Belize has a network of approximately 60 public health clinics, with a total of 700 public hospital beds, that provide primary medical and dental care to rural areas.  Most of these health clinics suffer from inadequate staffing, lack of financial resources to handle the patient volume, and a lack of equipment and medicine.  As a result, there is reduced access to (quality) care.  An additional challenge surrounds the tendency for individuals residing in rural areas to utilize non-western medicine for their health needs rather than seeking publicly available health services. This creates problems in fully assessing the standard of healthcare in Belize and thus delays medical statistics requested by the United Nations and other interested parties.

Mental Health
In the 1990s, Belize introduced a program in which psychiatric nurse practitioners were trained and integrated into community-based care. Today, mental health services are available in district hospitals throughout the country.  Most inpatient psychiatric services are provided at Rockview Hospital, the national mental hospital based in the Central Region. Mental Health services are also provided in the acute psychiatric ward in Belmopan Hospital, located in the Western Region.

Psychotropic medications are available in all district hospitals as well as in the polyclinic located in Belize City.  Availability of psychotropic drugs is intermittent and patients sometimes need to purchase their own medications. In terms of medical staff, there are two psychiatric nurses allocated to provide mental health services in seven of the eight district hospitals. The introduction of psychiatric nurse practitioners has facilitated numerous improvements including: a reduction in the number of admissions to the psychiatric hospital, an increase in outpatient services, and the development of community-based mental health prevention and promotion programs.

Private Healthcare
The government of Belize, with assistance from the European Union and United Nations,  has undertaken a major restructuring of the healthcare system.  In 1990, the private sector became an increasingly important player in service delivery, providing services to approximately 15% of the population.  Private healthcare for many people in Belize continues to play an increasingly important role.

Today, the private sector provides some additional tertiary care and imaging services not available in the public system.  Persons in need of these services can purchase out of pocket from the private sector or the MoH can purchase these services on their behalf. Private institutions also accept medical insurance plans. In addition, P4P contracts have been implemented in Belize, via the NHI program, in order to improve quality care.

Private Hospitals and Clinics
The country has three main private hospitals. La Loma Luz Hospital is a private institution run by the Seventh Day Adventist mission. Belize Medical Associates is a 25 bed private hospital that offers radiology and neurological services.  Universal Health Services is also another private healthcare facility in Belize City. In total Belize has 100 private hospital beds.  Belize’s private healthcare sector is divided into nonprofit and for-profit facilities. Belize Medical Associates and Universal Health Services are both for-profit hospitals. La Loma Luz Hospital is a non-profit hospital.

In addition, there are over 50 for-profit clinics and four nonprofit clinics spread throughout Belize. Half of these private clinics are located in Belize City. The overlap between private and public is common. Government institutions usually assist private facilities when they lack equipment for a fee. Roughly 14 percent of Belize’s health care staff work in both sectors.

Future Goals

Some key national health priorities include:

Non-communicable diseases and lifestyle related problems
HIV/AIDS
Prevention and management of violence (domestic violence and child abuse)
Health promotion
Sexual and reproductive health
Maternal and Child health (Maternal and Infant mortality, EPI)
Epidemiology
Health Information Systems (BHIS, Vital registration, health accounts, WinSig)
Health sector reform
Environmental health
Disaster preparedness and management

Health status
There are a number of health conditions prevalent in Belize.  The most common conditions include: malaria, dengue fever, gastroenteritis, cholera,  and HIV/AIDS.  Since Belize is a developing country, many of these conditions are related to issues surrounding, infrastructure, standard of sanitation, and are reflective of the general lack of education and awareness about how these conditions are acquired and transmitted.

Historically, malaria has caused major problems in Belize.  Although treatment for Malaria has improved dramatically over the years, there are still concerns about future outbreaks. Similar concerns surround dengue fever, cholera, and HIV/AIDS.  Due to the relatively fragile infrastructure and low population, an outbreak of HIV/AIDS or any of the other medical conditions noted above may impact the population size as well as the human resources.

Child's health
Since the independence of the country in 1981 and with the collaboration of UNICEF and PAHO, important measures have been settled to improve the child’s health in Belize. As the result, the child mortality rate fell from 11% in 1967 to 1,23% in 2019, achieving the target 3.2 of the Sustainable Development Goal 3 from the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).

The socio-economical context in Belize leads to tenacious inequalities within the population affecting particularly children. Not only age, gender-based, geographical areas, ethnic groups, poverty, violence, but also natural disasters and climate change are the main risk factors for social disparities in access to health services and quality of care. In 2019, the annual report of UNICEF Belize reported than 49% of all Belizean children lived in multidimensional poverty, which affect directly their health status. The Country Programme 2017- 2021 initiated by the Belizean Government and UNICEF, aims to implement more coherent interventions, including a focus on:
Protecting children from violence and abuses
Safety and Justice for Children (including violence prevention, strengthen of child justice system and child rights monitoring and reporting)
Improving access and quality of primary and secondary education
Strengthening the social protection system
Supporting greater and better social investments for families and children
Enhancing national emergency preparedness, response and disaster risk reduction efforts targeting families, particularly children
Reducing Multidimensional Poverty and Child Rights Monitoring (including Social Protection, Data Strengthening and Child and Adolescent Participation)
Lifelong Learning (including Early Childhood Development, Adolescent Health, Nutrition, School Water, Sanitation and Hygiene)

Nutrition

In 2016, the Global Burden of Disease Collaborative Network reported that the prevalence of overweight in children aged in 2-4 reached almost 19% in Belize. Since 1990, the prevalence of overweight and obesity in children is increasing globally in the Central America Region. Belize City, the commercial centre of the country, remains the most affected where 11% of young children are considered overweight and the majority of them (9%) live in Southside, the poorest area of the city. Moreover, Cayo, Orange Walk and Toledo districts also face an increase of early childhood overweight and obesity, even in rural areas. This trend can be explained by the lack of knowledge about nutrition and the importance of a diverse diet. Healthful food is sometimes less available and often more expensive than unhealthful food. Media and advertising also play their role by encouraging family to buy high fat and sugar products and beverages. Moreover, the insufficient of physical activities contributes to overweight in children. UNICEF reported that a large number of Belizean homes do not offer enough space for children to play and move. The local beliefs and social norms of associated the body size as a health status indicator might influence overweight on children.

Besides the overweight and obesity issues, 15% of the Belizean children suffer from stunting and 5% of them are underweight. In 2018, UNICEF recorded that 1/3 of children from Toledo District present a stunted growth, and most of them are part from the Maya peoples or Garifuna communities.

The nutritional issue may start very early in the child’s growth. Before and during pregnancy the mother’s health status can lead to childhood overweight or stunning. Furthermore, the poor nutritional status of mothers may affect their ability to breastfeed properly or a bad feed-responding of the child. Exclusive breastfeeding for under 6 mouths infants reached 33% in 2015, but despite an increase since 2011, efforts may strengthen to expend the breastfeeding coverage and encourage a dietary diversity after 6 mouths.

To address the nutritional issues in Belize, the Minister of Health (MoH) with the support of UNICEF, establish a new Strategic Plan based on a life cycle approach. The plan aims to settle actions focusing on:
Ensuring that Belizean children especially from marginalizes areas (Southside in Belize city, Corozal district and Mayan and Garifuna children in Toledo), access to a high-impact education on nutrition through school feeding programmes and nutrition counselling during clinic visits.
Supporting and promoting breastfeeding, responsive feeding and complementary food.
Strengthening the monitoring height and weight of newborns and child to control the adequate growth.
Strengthening the WASH programme to promote access to clean water and sanitation in homes and schools
Encouraging physical activities

National Concerns
Despite a number of challenges, the Belizean government has made significant changes to the healthcare system.  As a result of these changes, Belize has shown marked improvements in a number of areas, including vaccine preventable deaths.  For example, there have been no reported cases of measles since 1991 or poliomyelitis since 1987.

The last case of neonatal tetanus was reported from Stann Creek District in 1997 and the last case of non-neonatal tetanus was in a three-year-old from Orange Walk District in 1998. The last case of Congenital Rubella Syndrome was reported in 1997. The Measles-Mumps-Rubella (MMR) vaccine was introduced in 1996 and the pentavalent formulation (DPT/Hep/Hib) in 2002. In 2005, MMR coverage was 95%; BCG, DPT, OPV-3 and Hepatitis B coverage were 96%.

Some key areas of national concern include:

High prevalence of communicable diseases such as malaria, respiratory diseases and intestinal illnesses.
High mortality rate from non-communicable diseases. Cardiovascular diseases appear as a significant cause of death not only in the elderly but also in the productive age population of 20–49.
An increase in health problems related to human behavior and lifestyle such as injury, road traffic accident, violence adolescent pregnancy, abortions, sexually transmitted infections, HIV/AIDS, and suicide.
Anaemia, malnutrition, growth retardation, and diabetes.
Limited equity in terms of access to health care and distribution of resources.
Inefficient health care delivery system.
Limited capacity for policy formulation and regulation of the health sector.
Absence of a human development policy and plan.
Limited quality assurance.
Outdated legislations and areas of health care delivery not yet regulated.
Limited clinical protocols for patient management.
Limited technical operational manuals for program implementation.

References


title: Anton Shenfeld

text:
Anton Yevgenevich Shenfeld (Шенфельд Антон Евгеньевич, born July 23, 1993) is a Russian professional ice hockey player. He is currently playing with Kunlun Red Star of the Kontinental Hockey League (KHL).

Playing career
Shenfeld made his Kontinental Hockey League (KHL) debut playing with Metallurg Magnitogorsk during the 2012–13 KHL season.

After helping contribute to Metallurg claiming the Gagarin Cup in 2014, Shenfeld was traded in order for more opportunity to HC Lada Togliatti on July 4, 2014. He played in three seasons with Lada before returning to Magnitogorsk.

With the 2023–24 season underway, Shenfeld resumed his professional career in the KHL by agreeing to a one-year contract with Chinese club, Kunlun Red Star, on 22 September 2023.

References

External links

1993 births
Living people
HC Kunlun Red Star players
HC Lada Togliatti players
Metallurg Magnitogorsk players
Metallurg Novokuznetsk players
Russian ice hockey forwards
HC Sibir Novosibirsk players
Torpedo Nizhny Novgorod players
Ice hockey people from Magnitogorsk


title: Motherland (Ukraine)

text:
Motherland () is a political party in Ukraine established on August 1, 2001. The head of the party is a general in reserves Vilen Martirosian. Vilen Martirosian is known as one of organizers of the Officer's Club of Ukraine (SOU).

External links
Party profile at rbc
Party profile at the Center of Political Information

2001 establishments in Ukraine
Political parties established in 2001
Political parties in Ukraine


title: Arnold Line, Mississippi

text:
Arnold Line is an unincorporated area and census-designated place (CDP) in Lamar County, Mississippi, United States. As of the 2020 census it had a population of 2,333. It is part of the Hattiesburg Metropolitan Statistical Area.

It is in the northeast part of Lamar County and is bordered to the north, east, and south by the city of Hattiesburg. The center of Hattiesburg is  to the east in Forrest County. West Hattiesburg is  to the south of Arnold Line.

Demographics

2020 census

References

Census-designated places in Mississippi
Census-designated places in Lamar County, Mississippi
Hattiesburg metropolitan area


title: Tantalus (cabinet)

text:
A Tantalus is a small wooden cabinet containing two or three decanters. Its defining feature is that it has a lock and key. The aim of that is to stop unauthorised people from drinking the contents (in particular, "servants and younger sons getting at the whisky"), while still allowing them to be on show. The name is a reference to the unsatisfied temptations of the Greek mythological character Tantalus.

The original patent in 1881 (UK Patent 58948) was by George Betjemann, a cabinet maker from Germany. Betjemann & Sons had workshops at 34–42 Pentonville Road, London from the 1830s.

Very few Betjemann examples survive in complete condition; those that do are generally sold at auction for sums in the thousands of US dollars. Original Betjemann articles should have brass or silver plate stamps signifying their authenticity. Later models, in completely different styles, were also called "The Betjemann Tantalus" even though no cabinetry was present and they were not made at the Pentonville works.

Betjemann was the grandfather of the poet John Betjeman, who in Summoned by Bells called it the source of the family fortune.

References

Cabinets (furniture)
Food storage containers


title: Vladimir Malinovsky

text:
Vladimir Malinovsky (Владимир Малиновский, born June 9, 1991) is a Russian ice hockey player. He is currently playing with Metallurg Magnitogorsk of the Kontinental Hockey League (KHL).

Malinowski made his Continental Hockey League (KHL) debut playing with Metallurgy Magnitogorsk during the 2012–13 KHL season.

References

External links

1991 births
Living people
Metallurg Magnitogorsk players
Russian ice hockey right wingers
Zauralie Kurgan players
Sportspeople from Tyumen


title: Manoj–Gyan

text:
Manoj–Gyan was an Indian musical duo consisting of composers Manoj Bhatnagar and Gyan Varma. In the 1980s, the two collaboratively composed music for a few Hindi-language as well as Tamil-language films. Manoj hails from the state of Uttar Pradesh, while Gyan is from Punjab.

About
In the 1980s the duo ended up composing for movies like Oomai Vizhigal, Senthoora Poove and Inaindha Kaigal, and these movies had several hit songs.

In particular, the song "Tholvi Nilayena Ninaithal" sung by P B Srinivas in the movie Oomai Vizhigal became a runaway hit. The song went on to assume the role of an unofficial anthem of sorts for the LTTE in Sri Lanka.

The two split up around 1989. Following the split, Gyan Verma scored music for a couple of films on his own including Inaindha Kaigal and Sathya Vaakku. Manoj also tried his hand at scoring in a film titled Panthaya Kuthiraigal, but the film wasn't released to the public.

Years later, Manoj built a recording theater and eventually returned as a producer-music director in 1998, assuming the name of Manoj Bhatnagar. He produced and also directed the music for two films "Endrendrum Kadhal" (starring Vijay) and "Good Luck" (starring Prashant). Both films received positive response with the audiences and critics.

Filmography

References

Hindi film score composers
Tamil film score composers


title: 14 On Fire

text:
14 On Fire was a concert tour by the Rolling Stones, which started on 21 February 2014 in Abu Dhabi. It was a follow-up to the 50 & Counting tour which celebrated the 50th anniversary of the band. The tour was very much similar to 50 & Counting just as the "Urban Jungle" portion of the Stones' Steel Wheels/Urban Jungle Tour in 1990 was similar to the "Steel Wheels" portion in 1989. 14 On Fire had the same stage design, setlist structure, and clothing/merchandise as 50 & Counting. Also, Mick Taylor was a guest throughout this tour as in 50 & Counting.

History
On 3 December 2013, the full Australian and New Zealand tour dates were announced and being billed as the 14 On Fire tour. The same day, they announced four other dates in Asia and for the first time one show in Abu Dhabi, Middle East. On 17 January 2014, they announced that they will play a one-off show at the Shanghai Mercedes-Benz Arena on 12 March 2014. On 13 February 2014, they announced that they will play a one-night only show at the Singapore Marina Bay Sands Grand Ballroom on 15 March 2014. On 12 March 2014, they announced that they will headline the Pinkpop Festival in the Netherlands and the TW Classic Festival in Belgium in June 2014. On 17 March 2014, they announced two one-off shows in Germany in June while more major shows in Europe in May, June and July 2014 were announced the following week.

Following L'Wren Scott's sudden death on 17 March in New York City, Mick Jagger, her life partner since 2001, flew to Los Angeles while the rest of the band returned to England. Scott's body was flown to Los Angeles where Jagger and Scott's brother, Randy Bambrough, coordinated an intimate service on 25 March with about 70 people in attendance. All the Australia and New Zealand shows were subsequently postponed with new dates to be scheduled between 25 October and 22 November 2014. Those dates were announced on 15 April 2014 while two new shows were added (1 at the Perth Arena and 1 at Hope Estate, Hunter Valley) along with the originally scheduled shows. There were to be a total of 8 shows in Australia and 1 in New Zealand. The performance on 25 October at the Adelaide Oval was the first be held at the venue since its complete redevelopment.

On 4 June 2014, the Rolling Stones performed for the first time in Israel in what was dubbed a historic appearance, the Haaretz going as far as describing the concert as being "Historic with a capital H".
To an extent, the Stones' Israeli debut provided a means of closure vis-à-vis the early background of Rock n' Roll in Israel; in 1965, Prime Minister David Ben Gurion and numerous politicians in the Knesset, Israel's parliament, had believed at the time that rock performances might corrupt the minds of the Israeli youth. Accordingly, at the time, the State of Israel had cancelled scheduled performances of notable artists.

On 6 November 2014, they were forced to cancel the show at Hanging Rock scheduled for 8 November after Jagger had developed a throat infection. He was under strict doctor's orders to rest his vocal chords in order to recuperate for the remainder of the tour.

Tour rehearsals and secret warm-up show
In preparation for the tour, prior to the first show, the Rolling Stones rehearsed 65 songs in Bondy near Paris from 3 to 14 February 2014 (in a rehearsal studio named Planet Live). On 14 February 2014, the 10th and last day of rehearsals, the Rolling Stones invited fans to attend an intimate show at the rehearsals studio in Bondy. Thus, the band performed an impromptu secret warm-up show playing 11 songs to the first 27 fans among a total of approximately 50 ones which were initially standing in front of the studio waiting for the band to appear.
For the summer leg of the tour in Europe, the band rehearsed in London from 14 to 22 May before moving final rehearsals to the Telenor Arena in Oslo, Norway where they played their first show on 26 May 2014.

Set list
This set list is representative of the opening performance in Abu Dhabi. It does not represent all concerts for the duration of the tour.
 "Start Me Up"
 "It's Only Rock 'n' Roll (But I Like It)"
 "You Got Me Rocking"
 "Tumbling Dice"
 "Emotional Rescue"
 "Angie"
 "Doom and Gloom"
"Out of Control"
 "Paint It Black"
 "Honky Tonk Women"
 "Slipping Away"
 "Before They Make Me Run"
 "Midnight Rambler"
 "Miss You"
 "Gimme Shelter"
 "Jumpin' Jack Flash"
 "Sympathy for the Devil"
 "Brown Sugar"
 "You Can't Always Get What You Want"
 "(I Can't Get No) Satisfaction"

Tour dates

Personnel

The Rolling Stones
Mick Jagger – lead vocals, guitars, harmonica, percussion
Keith Richards – guitars, backing vocals
Charlie Watts – drums
Ronnie Wood – guitars

Special guest
 Mick Taylor – guitars

Additional musicians
Darryl Jones – bass guitar
Chuck Leavell – keyboards
Lisa Fischer – backing vocals, percussion
Bobby Keys – saxophone
Karl Denson – saxophone
Tim Ries – saxophone, keyboards
Bernard Fowler – backing vocals, percussion
Matt Clifford – French horn, keyboards, introduction voice

See also
 The Rolling Stones concerts

Notes

References

External links

2014 concert tours
The Rolling Stones concert tours


title: 2014 Fed Cup Asia/Oceania Zone Group II – play-offs

text:
The play-offs of the 2014 Fed Cup Asia/Oceania Zone Group II were the final stages of the Group II Zonal Competition involving teams from Asia and Oceania. Using the positions determined in their pools, the thirteen teams faced off to determine their placing in the 2014 Fed Cup Asia/Oceania Zone Group II. The top team advanced to Asia/Oceania Group I in 2015.

Pool results

1st to 4th play-offs
The first placed teams of the pools were drawn in head-to-head rounds.

Hong Kong vs. India

Philippines vs. Turkmenistan

Promotion play-off
The winners of the 1st to 4th play-offs then played against each other for promotion. The winner advances to the Asia/Oceania Group I in 2015.

Hong Kong vs. Philippines

5th to 8th play-offs
The second placed teams of the pools were drawn in head-to-head rounds to find the fifth to eighth placed teams.

Malaysia vs. New Zealand

Singapore vs. Kyrgyzstan

9th to 12th play-offs
The third placed teams of the two pools were drawn in head-to-head rounds to find the 9th to 12th placed teams.

Vietnam vs. Iran

Sri Lanka vs. Iraq

Final placements

  advanced to Asia/Oceania Zone Group I in 2015.

See also
 Fed Cup structure

References

External links
 Fed Cup website

P2


title: One Rus

text:
One Rus () is a political party in Ukraine.

It was established in June 2003 as the Slavic People's Patriotic Union. On November 8, 2005, the party changed to the name of Party of Putin Policy (). In the 2006 Ukrainian parliamentary election, the party won 0.12% of the vote and no seats. In December 2008, it changed to its current name. (After it had skipped participation in the 2007 Ukrainian parliamentary election.)

In the 2012 Ukrainian parliamentary election, the party won no (constituency) seats; it had competed in 3 constituencies. In constituency 10 located in Bakhchysarai its candidate had won 5.15% of the votes, in constituency 2 located in Simferopol  2.10% and in constituency 4 located in Yevpatoria 0.83%.

The party did not participate in the 2014 Ukrainian parliamentary election.

References

External links

Russian political parties in Ukraine
Political parties established in 2003


title: Evgeny Grigorenko

text:
Evgeny Andreevich Grigorenko (Григоренко, Евгений Андреевич, born August 11, 1992) is a Russian professional ice hockey player. He is currently playing with Metallurg Novokuznetsk of the Supreme Hockey League (VHL).

Grigorenko made his Kontinental Hockey League (KHL) debut playing with Metallurg Magnitogorsk during the 2012–13 KHL season.

References

External links

1992 births
Living people
Admiral Vladivostok players
Ak Bars Kazan players
Metallurg Magnitogorsk players
Metallurg Novokuznetsk players
HC Neftekhimik Nizhnekamsk players
Russian ice hockey right wingers
Ice hockey people from Magnitogorsk


title: William G. Schneider

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William George Schneider,  (1 June 1915, Wolseley, Saskatchewan –  18 February 2013 in Ottawa, Ontario) was a Canadian chemist and research administrator, who was president of the National Research Council of Canada from 1967 to 1980. He was president of IUPAC in 1983–1985.

Education
Schneider earned BSc (1937) and MSc (1939) degrees in chemistry from the University of Saskatchewan and a PhD in chemistry in 1941 from McGill University.

Career and research
With the aid of a Royal Society of Canada Fellowship, he conducted postdoctoral research at Harvard University for 3 years. From 1943 to 1946, Schneider was a research physicist at the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institute, where he conducted research on underwater explosions and anti-submarine weapons. In 1946 he became Head of the Physical Chemistry Section of the National Research Council of Canada. At NRC, he was promoted in 1963 to Director of the Division of Pure Chemistry, then in 1965 to Vice-President (Scientific), and in 1967 to President, retiring in 1980. He co-authored with John A. Pople and H. J. Bernstein the book High-resolution Nuclear Magnetic Resonance.

After retiring from the NRC in 1980, Schneider became a chemical consultant. According to The Canadian Encyclopedia, he "has published extensively in molecular forces, critical phenomena, ultrasonics, nuclear magnetic resonances and organic semiconductors."

In 1981, Schneider became a founding member of the World Cultural Council.

Awards and honours
Schneider was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society (FRS) in 1962. In 1969 he was awarded the Henry Marshall Tory Medal.

Books

References

1915 births
Canadian chemists
University of Saskatchewan alumni
McGill University Faculty of Science alumni
Canadian Fellows of the Royal Society
Fellows of the Royal Society of Canada
Founding members of the World Cultural Council
Officers of the Order of Canada
2013 deaths


title: Stan Musilek

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Stan Musilek (born 1953) is an American commercial photographer of Czech origin living and working in San Francisco, California, and Paris, France. He is best known for his fashion and still life photography.

Biography
Born in 1953 in Prague, Musilek relocated to West Germany with his family in 1968, having fled Czechoslovakia following the  Soviet invasion. He attended college at the University of Heidelberg, receiving his degree in Mathematics in 1977. Musilek moved to the United States the following year, competing as a midfielder for the  University of San Francisco's men's soccer team. He was a member of the team in 1980, when the USF  Dons won the Division I  NCAA championship. Musilek ultimately received his MFA in Photography from the Academy of Art University in San Francisco in 1982.

Photographic career

Musilek set up his San Francisco studio in 1984, and his Paris studio in 2001. His advertising work is known in the industry for its sleek contemporary graphic executions as well as for Musilek's ability to meld "the higher end of still-life photography" with "the best of fashion photography." While Musilek has been referred to as a "methodical perfectionist who studies his craft intently", his style has been described as "deliberately contemporary... mixing cutting-edge fashion and design with an old master's skilled hand in lighting and composition." According to one reviewer: "It doesn't really matter what Musilek shoots — watches, cell phones, shoes, cars, fashion models — everything is presented as larger than life, better than real."

Musilek credits much of his success to a mastery of lighting techniques, and to his "embrac[ing] digital technology in the very early stages." In his own words, the "level of visual expectation has risen so much that the idea of the perfect shot is an illusion... We make the perfect moment out of what we collect in materials, from several different shots." Musilek's photographs for Absolut Vodka's  In an Absolut World advertising campaign are an example of this practice, "each [photograph] featuring a world that is close to perfect." Thus, "in one of the print ads, New Yorkers finally get their Second Avenue Subway line, thanks to Musilek. In another, he gives cyclists a bike path on the San Francisco Bay Bridge, and for Los Angelinos, he dangles from a helicopter 300 feet above the concrete valley of the festering L.A. River, and — with help from [digital post-production] — turns it into a pollution-free opportunity for water recreation."

His clients have included Absolut, Adidas, Alessi, Apple, Banana Republic, Canon, Coca-Cola, Hanes, La Perla, Logitech, Louis Vuitton Moët Hennessy, Method, Microsoft, Motorola, Neutrogena, Nike, Nokia, Samsung, Sony, Target, The Gap, Thermidor, Toshiba, Verizon, Wolford, Xbox, and Xerox, among others.

Musilek has also photographed well-known celebrities, musicians and athletes, including Dr. Dre, soccer player Abdul Thompson Conteh, basketball star Tracy McGrady, and golfers Sergio García, Justin Rose, Natalie Gulbis, and Paula Creamer. His photographs have appeared in GQ, The New York Times, The New York Times Magazine, and  Wired, among other publications.

Lulu

In 2011, Musilek photographed album artwork, including the cover, for  Lulu, the musical collaboration between late singer-songwriter Lou Reed and heavy metal band Metallica, based on German playwright  Frank Wedekind's early 20th-century Lulu plays. Musilek shot imagery for  Lulu's standard CD/vinyl packaging as well as for the limited edition deluxe book set.

Musilek was invited to shoot Lulu by David Turner, Head of Design and Co-founder of San Francisco- and London-based advertising agency, Turner Duckworth. According to Turner, the concept for  Lulu's album imagery was the result of collaboration between Musilek and the agency. Musilek is credited for the album's "conceptual" imagery, and photographer Anton Corbijn is credited for the album's photographs of  Lulu's band members.

The album imagery and packaging, which won the 2013  Graphis Gold award, depicts a c. 19th-century mannequin bust housed at the Museum der Dinge in Berlin. Some of the album images pair the bust with the nude body of a woman, and many of the images are superimposed with writing, including lyrics from the album, on their surfaces.

Musilek's provocative album imagery was censored by Transport for London, the governing body that manages the city's transport system, from being used as promotional material for  Lulu in London Underground stations and trains. The reason for the ban was purportedly because the blood-colored, scribbled writing on the photographs looked too similar to graffiti.

The imagery was also controversial due to its visual content, which featured the bust of an armless, yet lifelike, mannequin. According to  The Telegraph's culture critic Lucy Jones, the image depicted violence against women. In her article, which has been since removed from the Telegraph’s website, Jones applauded the censorship of Musilek's photograph, arguing that “[t]aking down a poster that could plant a seed in one person’s head that violence is acceptable is commendable.”

Reed referred to the London Underground ban as “frivolous censorship,” while Metallica's lead singer, James Hetfield, simply stated that “we’re kind of used to things like that.”

Large-scale prints of Musilek's  Lulu photographs were exhibited in October 2011 at the Steven Kasher Gallery in New York City, at the album's launch party.

Awards
Musilek has been the recipient of numerous awards over the course of his career, and is one of few photographers to have been selected for the Lürzer's Archive 200 Best Advertising Photographers of the World four years in a row. Other awards include the first place award for Product Photography, the second place award for Fashion Photography, and the third place award for Architecture, in the 2008 Prix de la Photographie, Paris (PX3). Musilek also received a Gold Addy Award in 2007, and a Silver Addy Award in 2009.

References

External links
 "Stan Musilek website"
 "Advertising Photographer Stan Musilek: Photo Shoot Tips"

1953 births
Living people
Photographers from San Francisco
Commercial photographers
University of San Francisco alumni
Czechoslovak emigrants to the United States
Academy of Art University alumni


title: Rawls Springs, Mississippi

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Rawls Springs is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) located in Forrest County, Mississippi, United States. As of the 2020 census it had a population of 1,202. Rawls Springs is approximately  northwest of Hattiesburg near U.S. Route 49 and a part of the Hattiesburg, Mississippi Metropolitan Statistical Area.

Rawls Springs is located on the former Illinois Central Gulf Railroad.

A post office operated under the name Rawles Springs from 1905 to 1927.

Demographics

As of the 2020 United States census, there were 1,202 people, 686 households, and 505 families residing in the CDP.

Notable person
 Mercy Baby, blues musician

References

Census-designated places in Mississippi
Census-designated places in Forrest County, Mississippi
Hattiesburg metropolitan area


title: 2014 Warrington Wolves season

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This article details the Warrington Wolves RLFC's 2014 season. The Wolves have been present in all previous Super League seasons dating back to 1996. This year they are competing in Super League XIX and the 2014 Challenge Cup.

Preseason

Warrington played their annual Festive Derby friendly against the Widnes Vikings in late 2013, snatching a 36-32 victory in a close-fought contest. In the new year, the Wolves completed a three-week training camp in Australia, including sessions with NRL clubs Sydney Roosters, Manly Sea Eagles and Canterbury Bulldogs. They played two more friendlies upon returning to England, beating Championship side Leigh Centurions 34-20 at Leigh Sports Village and facing off against newly reformed Salford Red Devils a few days later, battling to a 14-8 victory in their first home fixture of 2014.

Super League XIX – regular season

The Wolves faced a challenging start to the season, with their opening three fixtures all replays of 2013 losses. History repeated itself against St Helens R.F.C. at home and Leeds Rhinos away in Rounds 1 and 2 respectively, bringing about Warrington's worst start since the 2009 season. However, a gritty 18-16 win at home to Hull F.C. followed by two consecutive away wins to 2013's bottom teams, London Broncos and Salford Red Devils got their season under way with some points on the board. Next came a replay of the 2013 Grand Final against the Wigan Warriors, where an error-strewn performance in wet and windy conditions led to further disappointment for the Wolves in a 12-4 loss to the reigning champions. The next round brought a visit to Huddersfield, where the Wire trailed 14-4 at half time to the Giants. However, an outstanding second half fightback and five unanswered tries secured a 33-14 Wolves win - their tenth in a row against the Huddersfield Giants in all competitions. Next up was a double fixture against Hull Kingston Rovers. Warrington successfully booked a place in the 5th Round of the 2014 Challenge Cup in their visit to the Craven Park, however five days later when they hosted the Robins at the Halliwell Jones Stadium, they lost 12-25. A modest 4 wins from the first 8 rounds of Super League.

At home to the Widnes Vikings, Warrington put on an impressive show for the Sky cameras, securing a comprehensive 44-6 win against their local derby rivals. Despite seemingly returning to form, the following two fixtures of Super League saw the Wolves slip down the ladder with back to back away defeats in the league. Castleford Tigers, the early surprise package of 2014, ended an 8 match losing streak against the Wire in style with a 40-6 win. A visit to the Odsal then brought about a shock result as the struggling Bradford Bulls utterly out-enthused the Wolves in a topsy-turvy game which culminated in a 34-28 win for the Bulls. Warrington effectively bounced back from this setback however, finding a good bit of form with a new combination of Chris Bridge and Stefan Ratchford at half-back, with Richie Myler out with a shoulder injury.

What followed was a spectacular 11-match unbeaten run in all competitions, amongst which Warrington thoroughly reasserted themselves as contenders in 2014 with impressive wins over top teams St Helens and Leeds Rhinos. At the end of July came a dip in form where Warrington suffered two consecutive Super League losses; for the second year running they were beaten away by their derby rivals Widnes and the following week saw the emphatic homecoming of Chris Riley (who played only one match for Warrington in 2014 before being sent on loan) whose hat-trick in Wakefield colours consolidated a 28-40 home loss and a drop to 6th in the table.

August arrived and the Wolves travelled to Perpignan to take on the Catalans Dragons who had only lost one of their ten home games so far in the 2014 season. After an epic battle in stormy conditions - lightning striking overhead throughout the match - Warrington snatched the win by 2 points, thanks to Bridge's faultless kicking game. Upon their return to England and Challenge Cup action, Warrington for the second year running fell at the last hurdle of the race to Wembley in a 16-24 loss to the Leeds Rhinos.

In the final four games of the regular season, the Wolves faced a string of tough games against each of what would finish the Top 5 of Super League. Firstly a Castleford side stripped down in preparation for a trip to Wembley was disposed of convincingly at the Halliwell Jones. Two weeks later Warrington took on Huddersfield and, in a fightback not quite reminiscent of the reverse fixture earlier in the season, earned a 24-all draw from 23-6 down. And with that the Wolves' ten-match winning run against the Giants became an eleven-match unbeaten run. The following week Wire produced their best 80-minute performance of the season to dispatch the league leaders St Helens 39-12 on their own patch. The final game of the regular season was a loss at Wigan in a chilling repeat of the previous year's Grand Final where Warrington took a convincing 18-4 lead only to concede four unanswered tries and eventually lose 24-20.

Due to the unprecedented competitiveness of this year's Super League, Warrington could have finished anywhere between 2nd and 5th in the table going into the last game of the season. As it was, Warrington let an 18-4 lead slip, losing 24-20 at the DW Stadium and dropping to 5th. The Wolves has qualified for the play-offs for the fifth year in a row but unlike the previous four years finishing outside the top 4 meant there would be no second chances; Warrington were straight into knock-out territory entering the play-offs.

Super League XIX – play-off series

2014 Tetley's Challenge Cup

References

Warrington Wolves seasons
Warrington Wolves season


title: Abington House

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Abington House (located at, and originally known as, 500 West 30th Street) is a residential building in Chelsea, in Manhattan, New York City just outside the Hudson Yards Redevelopment Project. There are 386 rental apartments at the building, located at the southwest corner of 30th Street and Tenth Avenue. Robert A.M. Stern Architects designed the building, and The Related Companies developed the building. There is about  of rental space on the ground floor of the 33-story, -tall building; the building also has a pre-fabricated red brick facade. The building, the first to open in the area under the zoning of the Hudson Yards Redevelopment Project, has 78 permanent units. It started leasing in April 2014, two years after beginning construction in 2012.

References

Further reading
Arak, Joey. "Brookfield Properties Goes Splittsville" on Curbed.com (November 19, 2007)
Chaban, Matt. "Scaling the Towers of Hudson Yards" in The New York Observer (July 12, 2011)
Davidson, Justin. "From 0 to 12 Million Square Feet" New York (October 7, 2012).
 Samtani, Hiten. "Anatomy of a deal: Inside Related/Oxford’s unusual financing of Hudson Yards" in The Real Deal (August 16, 2013)
Sheftell, Jason. "New York City officials, developers to break ground on $15 billion mini-city Hudson Yards" New York Daily News (December 4, 2012)

External links
 Hudson Yards
 New York City project website
 Related Companies project website
 Hudson Yards news and developments

Hudson Yards, Manhattan
Chelsea, Manhattan
Residential skyscrapers in Manhattan
Robert A. M. Stern buildings
Residential buildings completed in 2014
New Classical architecture


title: Ben Sures

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Ben Sures (born December 29, 1967) is a Canadian roots musician who was a contributor to CBC Radio's The Irrelevant Show.

He is the son of Order of Canada-winning ceramic artist Jack Sures and painter and illustrator Deborah Uman-Sures.

A mostly-self-taught musician, Sures discovered the music of Robert Johnson at age 15 and devoted himself to the study of blues and roots.

He spent close to a decade as an itinerant street musician and more than 20 years touring the Canadian coffee house and festival circuit both as a solo headliner and as a sideman for blues musicians such as Harp Dog Brown, Rita Chiarelli and Paul Reddick. During that time, he developed a distinctive, quirky songwriting style marked by plain-spoken lyrics that often express unique takes on unusual topics.

He won the folk category of the 2005 John Lennon Song Competition with "Any Precious Girl, a compassionate-yet-unpatronizing song about a young woman with bipolar disorder.

His album, Gone to Bolivia made Now's Best of the Year lists in 2011, and contained the song "Columbus Sailed Here", in which Sures observes the transformation of third-world countries due to cruise ship tourism. Other notable examples of Sures' style are found on "High School Steps", on which he performs a tribute to Ray Davies of the Kinks by reflecting on the life of high school musicians who saw Davies as their idol.

Sures was the resident musician on CBC Radio's The Irrelevant Show.

His side projects include The Death Ballad Love Tellers, a song circle with fellow underground folk singers David P. Smith and Buba Uno, in which the performers challenge themselves to write murder ballads and perform them on stage.

Discography
1995 – No Absolutes1997 – Ooh Wah Baby2001 – Live: Keep Fresh2003 – Goodbye Pretty Girl2008 – Field Guide to Loneliness2011 – Gone to Bolivia2013 – Son of Trouble''

References

1967 births
Living people
Canadian male singers
Canadian folk singers
Canadian blues singers
Canadian comedy musicians
Canadian male songwriters


title: Alexei Bereglazov

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Alexei Alexeyevich Bereglazov () (born 20 April 1994) is a Russian professional ice hockey defenceman. He is currently playing with Lokomotiv Yaroslavl in the Kontinental Hockey League (KHL).

Playing career
In his native Russia, Bereglazov played as a youth within the junior system of Metallurg Magnitogorsk of the Kontinental Hockey League (KHL). He was selected by Metallurg in the third round, 82nd overall, in the 2011 KHL Junior Draft. Bereglazov made his Kontinental Hockey League (KHL) debut playing with his hometown Magnitogorsk during the 2013–14 KHL season.

At the conclusion of the 2016–17 season, Bereglazov signed as an undrafted free agent to his first North American contract, agreeing to a two-year, entry-level contract with the New York Rangers on April 21, 2017.

After attending the Rangers training camp, Bereglazov was reassigned to begin the 2017–18 season with their American Hockey League (AHL) affiliate, the Hartford Wolf Pack. He appeared in 13 games with the Wolf Pack, posting 4 points, before he was returned on loan to his Russian club, Magnitogorsk, on November 6, 2017. Bereglazov played out the season contributing with 3 assists in 25 games in Magnitogorsk.

On April 10, 2018, Bereglazov was placed on unconditional waivers by the Rangers, paving the way for a mutual termination of the final year of his contract with the Rangers. He immediately returned to his native Russia, rejoining his original club, Metallurg Magnitogorsk.

After three further seasons with Metallurg, with the cancellation of the playoffs to end the 2019–20 season due to the COVID-19 pandemic, Bereglazov was traded to Avangard Omsk along with Ilya Kablukov in exchange for Taylor Beck on 4 June 2020.

After three seasons with Omsk, Bereglazov left as a free agent and was signed to a two-year contract with Lokomotiv Yaroslavl on 3 May 2023.

Career statistics

Regular season and playoffs

International

Awards and honors

References

External links

1994 births
Living people
Avangard Omsk players
Hartford Wolf Pack players
Metallurg Magnitogorsk players
Russian ice hockey defencemen
Ice hockey people from Magnitogorsk
Stalnye Lisy players


title: Thomas Durkin (rugby league)

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Thomas Durkin (18 April 1895 – March 1958) was an English professional rugby league footballer who played in the 1910s and 1920s. He played at club level St. Helens (Heritage № 227) and Wakefield Trinity (Heritage № 279), as a forward (prior to the specialist positions of; ), during the era of contested scrums.

Background
Thomas Durkin worked as a labourer at Pilkington's plate glassworks, and he died aged 62 in St. Helens, Lancashire, England.

Playing career

Challenge Cup Final appearances
Thomas Durkin played as a forward, i.e. number 12, in St. Helens' 3-37 defeat by Huddersfield in the 1915 Challenge Cup Final during the 1914–15 season at Watersheddings, Oldham on Saturday 1 May 1915, in front of a crowd of 8,000.

Notable tour matches
Thomas Durkin played as a forward, i.e. number 11, in Wakefield Trinity's 3-29 defeat by Australia in the 1921–22 Kangaroo tour of Great Britain match during the 1921–22 season at Belle Vue, Wakefield on Saturday 22 October 1921.

Club career
Thomas Durkin made his dêbut for St. Helens in the 17-0 victory over Swinton at Knowsley Road, St. Helens on Saturday 25 January 1913, he played his last match for St. Helens in the 15-8 victory over Leigh at Knowsley Road, St. Helens on Friday 22 April 1921, he was transferred from St. Helens to Wakefield Trinity prior to the 1921–22 season, he made his dêbut for Wakefield Trinity during October 1921, and he played his last match for Wakefield Trinity during the 1922–23 season.

References

External links
Search for "Durkin" at rugbyleagueproject.org

1895 births
1958 deaths
English rugby league players
Rugby league forwards
Rugby league players from St Helens, Merseyside
St Helens R.F.C. players
Wakefield Trinity players


title: Glendale, Mississippi

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Glendale is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) located in Forrest County, Mississippi, United States. Glendale is approximately  north of Hattiesburg on Mississippi Highway 42 and a part of the Hattiesburg, Mississippi Metropolitan Statistical Area.

As of the 2020 census, Glendale had a population of 1,681.

Demographics

As of the 2020 United States census, there were 1,681 people, 624 households, and 450 families residing in the CDP.

References

Census-designated places in Forrest County, Mississippi
Hattiesburg metropolitan area


title: 1978 Ashes series

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1978 Ashes series may refer to:
The Ashes series contested whilst the English cricket team in Australia in 1978–79
The Ashes series contested during the 1978 Kangaroo tour of Great Britain and France


title: Aglaia stellatopilosa

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Aglaia stellatopilosa is a tree in the family Meliaceae. It grows up to  tall with a trunk diameter of up to . The bark is greyish green. The fruits are roundish; yellow, orange or yellowish brown when ripe; up to  in diameter. The specific epithet  is from the Latin meaning "stellate hairs", referring to those on the twigs. Habitat is forests from sea-level to  altitude. A. stellatopilosa is endemic to Borneo.

References

stellatopilosa
Plants described in 2004
Endemic flora of Borneo
Trees of Borneo
Flora of the Borneo lowland rain forests


title: Sergei Tereschenko

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Sergei Nikolaevich Tereschenko (; born 28 December 1991) is a Russian professional ice hockey defenceman. He is currently playing for HC Dinamo Saint Petersburg of the VHL.

Tereschenko made his Kontinental Hockey League (KHL) debut playing with Metallurg Magnitogorsk during the 2011–12 KHL season.

Awards and honors

References

External links

1991 births
Living people
Amur Khabarovsk players
HC Donbass players
Metallurg Magnitogorsk players
Russian ice hockey defencemen
Salavat Yulaev Ufa players
Traktor Chelyabinsk players
Ice hockey people from Magnitogorsk
HC 21 Prešov players
Russian expatriate sportspeople in Ukraine
Russian expatriate sportspeople in Slovakia
Expatriate ice hockey players in Ukraine
Expatriate ice hockey players in Slovakia
Russian expatriate ice hockey people


title: Albi Llenga

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Albi Llenga (born 11 June 1989 in Tiranë) is an Albanian footballer who plays as a defender.

Club career
He previously played in Greece and for Bylis Ballsh in the Albanian Superliga. He last played for Whitehawk in 2016.

In January 2019, Llenga joined Proodeftiki FC.

References

External links

1989 births
Living people
Footballers from Tirana
Albanian men's footballers
Men's association football defenders
Albania men's under-21 international footballers
Ethnikos Piraeus F.C. players
KF Vllaznia Shkodër players
GS Ilioupolis players
FK Apolonia Fier players
KF Naftëtari players
KF Bylis players
Aiolikos F.C. players
Kalamata F.C. players
Whitehawk F.C. players
A.E. Rodos players
Proodeftiki F.C. players
Kategoria Superiore players
Albanian expatriate men's footballers
Albanian expatriate sportspeople in Greece
Expatriate men's footballers in Greece


title: Xenarius

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Xenarius was a Greek architect and urban planner during the 3rd century BC. He is known for his plan for the city of Antioch. The grid layout of the city is believed to be influenced by Dinocrates' plan of Alexandria.

References

Ancient Greek architects
Ancient Greek urban planners
Year of birth unknown
Year of death unknown
3rd-century BC Greek people


title: Alexandra Taylor (Alpine skiing)

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Alexandra Taylor (born 4 May 1994) is an alpine skier from Cyprus. She was scheduled to compete for Cyprus at the 2014 Winter Olympics in the slalom competition, however withdrew  from the competition, because she fractured the first lumbar vertebra on the 18th of February, four days before the race.

See also
Cyprus at the 2014 Winter Olympics
Alpine skiing at the 2014 Winter Olympics

References

1994 births
Living people
Olympic alpine skiers for Cyprus
Alpine skiers at the 2014 Winter Olympics
Cypriot female alpine skiers


title: Lazistan

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Lazistan (; , or ჭანეთი Ç'aneti; ) is a historical and cultural region of the Caucasus and Anatolia, the term was primarily used during Ottoman rule in the region. Traditionally inhabited by the Laz people and located mostly in Turkey, with small parts in Georgia, its area is about 7,000 km2 (2,703 sq mi) with a modern-day population of around 500,000 (including groups outside of the Laz peoples).

Geographically, Lazistan consists of a series of narrow, rugged valleys extending northward from the crest of the Pontic Alps (), which separate it from the Çoruh Valley, and stretches east–west along the southern shore of the Black Sea. The term “Lazistan” has no longer been in use in Turkey or Georgia since the collapse of the Ottoman Empire.

Etymology
The ethnonym "Laz" is unhesitatingly linked to a Svan toponym Lazan (i.e. the territorial prefix la- + Zan, "land of the Zan"). The suffix -stan (Persian: ـستان, translit. stân) is Persian for region. The literal translation is, thus, "Region of the Laz". "Lazistan" has also been referred to Lazica or Lazia.

History

Antiquity

Medieval

The Ottoman era

Modern

See also
 Lazistan Sanjak

Notes

References

External links
 Map of distribution of Laz people

Cultural regions
Historical regions
History of Turkey
Geography of Turkey
Historical regions of Georgia (country)
Laz people


title: Voyage of Oblivion

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Voyage of Oblivion is a 2012 album from Jim Johnston, featuring Emily Barker on guest vocals.

References

2012 debut albums


title: Flagtail wormfish

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The flagtail wormfish (Clarkichthys bilineatus) is a species of wormfish native to the Pacific coast of the Americas from Mexico to Colombia as well as the Galápagos Islands.  It is an inhabitant of tide pools and reefs being found down to a depth of about .  This species grows to a length of  SL.  This species is the only known member of its genus. The generic name is a compound noun made up of the surname Clark, to honour the American ichthyologist H. Walton Clark (1870-1941) who described the species and ichthys the Greek for "fish".

References

Microdesmidae
flagtail wormfish
Fish of Mexican Pacific coast
Western Central American coastal fauna
Galápagos Islands coastal fauna
Fish described in 1936


title: Temma Harbour

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"Temma Harbour" is a song written by Robert Anson, under the pseudonym Philamore Lincoln, who released it on his album The North Wind Blew South in January 1970. The song refers to an inlet of the same name on the island of Tasmania.

The song is better known for the version by Welsh folk singer Mary Hopkin, also released in January 1970. It was her first single on Apple Records not to be produced by Paul McCartney, but instead by Mickie Most, who also rearranged the song. It peaked at number 6 on the UK Singles Chart and number 39 on the Billboard Hot 100.

Cash Box said that "a bit of folk, and just a taste of the steel-band touch hidden in strings makes this a refreshing change from the ballad norm." Billboard called it an "infectious rhythm item." Record World predicted that "Temma Harbour" would replicate the success of her previous two singles.

The B-side, "Lontano Dagli Occhi", was written by Sergio Endrigo and Sergio Bardotti and Hopkin's performance had finished in second place at the Sanremo Music Festival in early 1969. Cash Box called it a "striking side with 'Moonlight Sonata' traces and an excellent vocal."

Track listing
 "Temma Harbour" – 3:20
 "Lontano Dagli Occhi" – 3:21

Charts

References

Mary Hopkin songs
1970 singles
1970 songs
Apple Records singles
Song recordings produced by Mickie Most


title: History of Major League Soccer

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The History of Major League Soccer began in 1988, when the United States Soccer Federation pledged to create a Division 1 professional soccer league as a condition to FIFA awarding the 1994 FIFA World Cup to the United States.  Major League Soccer was officially formed in 1995. The league began play in 1996 with 10 teams, and in 1998 grew to 12 teams.  MLS experienced some difficulties in its first seasons, with the league losing money in the early years, resulting in two teams folding after the 2001 season.  MLS has rebounded since then, with increased attendance and the development of soccer-specific stadiums. With an average attendance of over 20,000 per game, MLS has the third highest average attendance of any sports league in the U.S. after the National Football League (NFL) and Major League Baseball (MLB), and is the seventh highest attended professional soccer league worldwide. MLS currently has 29 teams, with further expansion to 30 teams planned with the addition of San Diego FC in 2025. As of 2023, MLS is the largest first division professional soccer league in the world by number of clubs.

Background

Major League Soccer is the most recent of  three professional men's Division 1 national association football leagues with clubs in the United States and Canada.  In the US, with no clubs in Canada, the earliest of such leagues was the American Football Association, which was formed in 1884 and allied with The Football Association, becoming a member on February 22, 1909, at an FA meeting chaired by Charles Clegg,

The predecessor of MLS was the top-level North American Soccer League (NASL), which existed from 1968 until 1984. The United States did not have a truly national top-flight league with FIFA-sanctioning until the creation of the NASL. The first league to have U.S. and Canadian professional clubs, the NASL struggled until the mid-1970s when the New York Cosmos, the league's most prominent team, signed a number of the world's best players including Pelé and Franz Beckenbauer. Pelé's arrival attracted other well-known international stars to the league including Johan Cruyff, Gerd Müller, Eusébio, Bobby Moore, and George Best. The 1974 NASL Final between the Los Angeles Aztecs and the Miami Toros was televised live on CBS Sports, the first national broadcast of a pro soccer match in the United States since 1968. Despite dramatic increases in attendance (with some matches drawing over 70,000 fans such as Soccer Bowl '78, the highest attendance to date for any club soccer championship in the United States) over-expansion, the economic recession of the early 1980s, and disputes with the players union ultimately led to the collapse of the NASL following the 1984 season, leaving the United States without a top-level soccer league until MLS.

The other professional men's league starting after the NASL folded was the Canada-only Division 1 Canadian Soccer League (CSL), active from 1987 to 1992.  During the positioning for Division 1 status, the CSL folded and teams from the three largest Canadian metropolitan areas, Toronto, Montreal, and Vancouver joined the APSL.

Establishment
In 1988, in exchange for FIFA awarding the right to host the 1994 World Cup, U.S. Soccer promised to establish a Division 1 professional soccer league. In 1993, the USSF selected Major League Professional Soccer (the precursor to MLS) as the exclusive Division 1 professional soccer league. Major League Soccer was officially formed in February 1995 as a limited liability company. MLS had originally planned to begin play in 1995 with 12 teams. However, MLS announced in November 1994 that it would delay its launch until 1996 and began with ten teams: Columbus Crew, D.C. United, New England Revolution, NY/NJ MetroStars, Tampa Bay Mutiny, Colorado Rapids, Dallas Burn, Kansas City Wiz, Los Angeles Galaxy, and San Jose Clash. The league had generated some buzz by managing to lure some marquee players from the 1994 World Cup to play in MLS—including U.S. stars such as Alexi Lalas, Tony Meola and Eric Wynalda, and foreign players such as Mexico's Jorge Campos and Colombia's Carlos Valderrama. Before its maiden season and inaugural draft, MLS allocated four marquee players across the initial ten teams.

Major League Soccer with ESPN and ABC Sports announced the league's first television rights deal on March 15, 1994, without any players, coaches, or teams in place. The three-year agreement covered English-language broadcasting for the 1996–1998 seasons, and committed 10 games on ESPN, 25 on ESPN2, and the MLS Cup on ABC. The deal gave MLS no rights fees but split advertising revenue between the league and networks. Univision, Galavision, and UniMás broadcast matches in Spanish. The original Univision deal lapsed after a few years, leaving only the ABC/ESPN networks as the league's national broadcasters.

The early years of the league gave rise to the Bruce Arena-led dynasty of D.C. United, winning the MLS Cup in three of the league's first four seasons. The league added its first two expansion teams in 1998—the Miami Fusion and the Chicago Fire, with the Chicago Fire winning its first title in 1998 to interrupt United's dominance of the championship.

In 1996, the players filed an antitrust lawsuit, Fraser v. Major League Soccer, alleging that MLS's policy of centrally contracting players and limiting player salaries through a salary cap was an illegal conspiracy among team owners.  The court ruled that MLS was a single entity and therefore incapable of conspiring with itself, and that the salary cap and other restrictions were a legal method for the League to maintain solvency and competitive parity, and avoid the problems that had plagued the defunct NASL.

Early difficulties
After its first season, MLS suffered from a decline in attendance. The league's low attendance was all the more apparent in light of the fact that eight of the original ten teams began playing in stadiums owned or rented by American football teams, most of the venues with capacities of 60,000 or more.

MLS experimented with rules deviations in its early years in an attempt to "Americanize" what some viewed as a foreign sport. Some of these rules changes were borrowed from the original NASL, college soccer and high school soccer. MLS implemented the use of shootouts to resolve tie games. These best-of-five contests placed a player 35 yards from goal with five seconds to put the ball past the opposing goalkeeper; if needed the shootout progressed into extra frames. A winning team received one standings point (as opposed to three for the regulation win). MLS also used a countdown clock, rather than a standard progressive clock, with time paused for dead ball situations at a referee's discretion. Halves ended when the clock reached 0:00, rather than at the whistle of the referee as was customary elsewhere.

MLS eventually conceded that the rule changes, particularly the shootout, had alienated some traditional soccer fans while failing to draw new American sports fans as hoped. The shootout and countdown clock were eliminated after the 1999 season. MLS continued to experiment with the settling of tie games in regular season play. In 2000, a 10-minute golden goal period replaced the shootout for tied games, but was abandoned after 2003 after the sudden-death rules were abolished from the Laws of the Game.

The league's quality was cast into doubt when the U.S. men's national team, which was made up largely of MLS players, was eliminated in the first round of the 1998 World Cup by losing to all opponents in the group stage and finishing in last place.

The league began to market itself on the talents of American players, both experienced veterans and fresh talents. Breakout stars like DaMarcus Beasley and Landon Donovan began making names for themselves in MLS before starring for the U.S. national team, while established players such as Brian McBride, Eddie Pope, and Clint Mathis continued to prove their value to both their MLS clubs and the U.S. national team.

The league's ongoing financial problems led to the departure of then-Commissioner Doug Logan in August 1999, with Don Garber, a former National Football League executive, hired as commissioner that same month. Under Garber's auspices, Columbus Crew Stadium was built in 1999, becoming MLS's first soccer-specific stadium. This began a trend among the majority of MLS teams and owners to construct their own venues, abandoning their former stadiums whose main tenants were either professional or college gridiron football teams.

On the field, the early wave of international players who had joined MLS at its inception drifted into retirement or moved on to clubs elsewhere in the world. The run-up to the 2002 World Cup saw a gradual shift in the league's philosophy toward the development of American talent, a move that would eventually lead to success for U.S. soccer.

Major League Soccer lost an estimated $250 million during its first five years, and lost more than $350 million between its founding and the year 2004.
The league's poor financial condition and declining attendances forced MLS to cut expenses to reduce operating losses.  Prior to the 2001 season, MLS owners agreed to freeze team budgets and refrain from signing new expensive players. Also during the winter break between the 2000 and 2001 seasons, reports began circulating that MLS was considering trimming the league from 12 teams back to 10 teams. MLS ultimately announced in January 2002 that it had decided to contract the two Florida franchises, the Tampa Bay Mutiny and Miami Fusion. This left the league with 10 teams, the same number as when MLS began. Also, the league reorganized back to the Eastern and Western Conference format after two seasons with the third Central Division.

By 2002, MLS appeared to be in poor condition. Contraction had reduced the number of teams from 12 to 10; MLS was losing money each year; a number of owners pulled out, leaving only three owners in league, with one owner Phil Anschutz owning six teams; and only one team had its own soccer-specific stadium.

Resurgence
The 2002 World Cup, in which the United States unexpectedly made the quarterfinals through wins against Portugal and Mexico, coincided with a resurgence in American soccer and MLS. MLS Cup 2002, held four months after the 2002 World Cup final, set an attendance record with 61,316 spectators at Gillette Stadium witnessing the Los Angeles Galaxy win their first title. This event held the largest crowd attendance in MLS Finals and second-highest attendance in overall domestic American soccer, after the North American Soccer League championship in 1978, which held nearly 75,000 at Giants Stadium.

MLS adopted the IFAB rules and standards in 2003, which included changes such as limiting teams to three substitutions per game. MLS had previously allowed a fourth, goalkeeper-only substitute, but changed the rule after MetroStars coach Bob Bradley used a loophole to insert an outfield player as a fourth substitute.

MLS drew international attention in 2004 with the debut of 14-year-old Freddy Adu for D.C. United, who entered the league with much fanfare and was heralded as one of the top prospects in American soccer history.

MLS underwent a significant transition in the years leading up to the 2006 World Cup. After marketing itself on the talents of American players, the league saw some of its homegrown stars depart for more prominent leagues in Europe. Tim Howard, goalkeeper for the MetroStars, was sold to Manchester United in one of the most lucrative contract deals in league history. DaMarcus Beasley of the Chicago Fire left for PSV Eindhoven, while Landon Donovan, on loan from Bayer Leverkusen, was recalled to Germany. Donovan's stint in Germany was brief; before the start of the 2005 MLS season he was sold back to MLS to play for the Los Angeles Galaxy.

Many more American players, though they factored little in the U.S. national team picture, did make an impact in MLS. In 2005, Jason Kreis of expansion club Real Salt Lake became the first player to score at least 100 career MLS goals. In 2005, the MLS Reserve Division was created, with each reserve squad playing 12 games, providing valuable playing time to develop non-starters on team rosters.

Part of the League's financial stabilization plan involved moving teams out of large American football stadiums and into soccer-specific stadiums. From 2003 to 2008, the League saw the construction of six additional soccer-specific stadiums, largely funded by owners such as Lamar Hunt and Phil Anschutz, so that by the end of 2008, a majority of MLS teams were now in soccer-specific stadiums.

It was also in this era that MLS expanded for the first time since the contraction of 2001. Real Salt Lake and Chivas USA began play in 2005, with Chivas USA becoming the second club in Los Angeles, sharing the Home Depot Center (now known as Dignity Health Sports Park) with the Galaxy. Chivas USA also became the first team in MLS to be directly connected to a foreign club, their sister club of Guadalajara. By 2006 the San Jose Earthquakes owners, players and a few coaches moved to Texas to become the expansion Houston Dynamo, after failing to build a stadium in San Jose. The Dynamo became an expansion team, leaving their history behind for a new San Jose ownership group that would materialize in 2007.

Designated Players and expansion
The 2007 season was a turning point for Major League Soccer in several ways. Toronto FC joined the league as an expansion team with sellout crowds and thousands of people on the waiting list for tickets; Stan Kroenke purchased the Colorado Rapids with a plan to build a soccer-specific stadium; and David Beckham joined MLS as the league's first designated player, drawing sellout crowds.

Since 2007, Major League Soccer has taken steps to raise the league's level of play and to internationalize the league. Among the first moves in this regard was the Designated Player Rule, which helped MLS bring international stars into the league, despite the relatively meager MLS salary cap, and the creation of the SuperLiga, which placed top MLS clubs against top Mexican clubs in an effort to provide more meaningful competition for both leagues. MLS changed the rules regarding foreign players in the league to allow a total of eight per team. This period also saw expansion reach beyond the United States' borders into Canada, beginning with Toronto FC.

The 2007 season witnessed the MLS debut of David Beckham, whose signing had been seen as a coup for American soccer. Beckham's contract with the Los Angeles Galaxy was made possible by the Designated Player Rule. Players such as Cuauhtémoc Blanco of Club América signed for the Chicago Fire, and Juan Pablo Ángel, who moved from Aston Villa to the New York Red Bulls, are some of the first Designated Players who have made major contributions to their clubs.

The departures of Clint Dempsey and Jozy Altidore, coupled with the return of former U.S. national team stars Claudio Reyna and Brian McBride to New York and Chicago, respectively, highlight the exchange of top prospects to Europe for experienced veterans to MLS. Several other well-known foreign players have followed Beckham and Blanco to MLS, including Guillermo Barros Schelotto to Columbus and Freddie Ljungberg to Seattle.

The league announced "Game First" in 2007, a series of initiatives aimed at improving the league in several ways. This included the creation of an official league anthem by Audiobrain—similar to other competitions from around the world. Two anthems were composed: an orchestral versions for regular season matches and a chorus version for the MLS All-Star Game and MLS Cup.

By 2008, San Jose had returned to the league under new ownership. In 2009, the expansion side Seattle Sounders FC opened to a crowd of 32,523 at Qwest Field. The 2010 season ushered in an expansion franchise in the Philadelphia Union and the opening of the New York Red Bulls' soccer-specific stadium, Red Bull Arena. That same summer saw the opening of Philadelphia's own new stadium, PPL Park and the debut of Red Bulls striker Thierry Henry, the leading all-time goalscorer of Arsenal F.C. and the France national team.

The start of the 2011 season saw further expansion with the addition of the Vancouver Whitecaps FC, the second Canadian MLS franchise, and the Portland Timbers. The addition of two West Coast teams pushed the Houston Dynamo into the Eastern Conference. The Kansas City Wizards began play under the rebranded moniker of Sporting Kansas City. The 2011 season saw Real Salt Lake reach the finals of the CONCACAF Champions League.
During the season, the Galaxy signed another major international star in Republic of Ireland captain and all-time leading goalscorer Robbie Keane. The 2011 season drew an average attendance of 17,872, higher than the average attendances of the NBA and NHL, with nearly one third of MLS regular-season matches selling out.

In 2012, the Montreal Impact became the league's 19th franchise and the third located in Canada. The Impact, after playing their first MLS game at Vancouver, made their home debut at Olympic Stadium in front of a crowd of 58,912.

2013–2019

In 2013, MLS introduced New York City FC as the league's 20th team, and Orlando City Soccer Club as the league's 21st team, both to begin playing in 2015. Beginning in summer of 2013 and continuing in the run up to the 2014 World Cup, MLS began signing U.S. stars based in Europe, including Clint Dempsey and Maurice Edu from the English Premier League, and Michael Bradley from Italy's Serie A who joined England International Striker Jermain Defoe in Toronto.

In 2014, MLS announced the league's 22nd team see the league return to Miami under the ownership of David Beckham, Simon Fuller and Marcelo Claure.

MLS announced on October 27, 2014, that Chivas USA would cease operations immediately, to be replaced in 2017 with a new expansion franchise in LA. The league had bought Chivas USA, which had struggled to make its mark on or off the pitch, earlier in the year for approximately $70 million.

Despite not entering until 2015, New York City FC and Orlando City announced their first designated players – Spain's All-Time leading goalscorer David Villa (New York) and 2007 Ballon d'Or Winner Kaká (Orlando).

In early 2015, the league announced that two teams—Los Angeles FC and Minnesota United—would join MLS in either 2017 or 2018. The 20th season of MLS saw the arrivals of several players who have starred at the highest levels of European club soccer and in international soccer: Giovanni dos Santos, Kaká, Andrea Pirlo, Frank Lampard, Steven Gerrard, Didier Drogba, David Villa, and Sebastian Giovinco. On December 6, 2015, MLS announced its intent to expand to 28 teams. MLS confirmed in August 2016 that Minnesota United would begin play in 2017 along with Atlanta United FC.

In April 2016, the league's commissioner Don Garber reiterated the intention of the league to expand to 28 teams, with the next round of expansion "likely happening in 2020". In December 2016, he updated the expansion plans stating that the league will look to approve the 25th and 26th teams in 2017 and to start play in 2020. In January 2017, the league received bids from 12 ownership groups.

In July 2017, it was reported that Major League Soccer had rejected a $4 billion offer by MP & Silva to acquire all television rights to the league for 10 years following the conclusion of its current contracts with Fox, ESPN, and Univision. While it represents a substantial increase over the current agreements, MP & Silva insisted that the deal would be conditional on Major League Soccer adopting a promotion and relegation system similar to other international leagues. Although the league stated that it rejected the offer due to the exclusive periods that the current rightsholders have to negotiate extensions to their contracts, it was pointed out by the media that Major League Soccer had long-opposed the adoption of promotion and relegation, continuing to utilize the fixed, franchise-based model used in other U.S. sports leagues. Furthermore, MP & Silva founder Riccardo Silva appeared to have a conflict of interest because he also owned Miami FC of the NASL, which stood to benefit from such a promotion and relegation system.

In October 2017, Columbus Crew SC owner Anthony Precourt announced plans to move the franchise to Austin, Texas by 2019. The announcement spawned a league-wide backlash and legal action against the league by the Ohio state government.  On August 15, 2018, the Austin City Council voted to approve an agreement with Precourt to move Crew SC to Austin, and on August 22, 2018, the club's new name, Austin FC, was announced. After negotiations between Precourt and Jimmy Haslam, owner of the Cleveland Browns, were announced, MLS made it clear that Austin would receive an expansion team only after a deal to sell Columbus to a local buyer had completed. The purchase of Crew SC by Haslam's group was finalized in late December 2018, and on January 15, 2019, Austin FC was officially announced as a 2021 MLS entry.

MLS announced on December 20, 2017, that it would be awarding an expansion franchise to Nashville, who would play in a yet-to-be-built 27,000-seat soccer-specific stadium, Nashville Fairgrounds Stadium, and are expected to join MLS in 2019 or 2020.

On January 29, 2018, MLS awarded Miami an expansion team, led by David Beckham. Inter Miami CF started play in the 2020 season and will open a proposed 25,000-seat stadium soon after. An expansion team was awarded to Cincinnati, Ohio on May 29, 2018, to the ownership group of USL's FC Cincinnati. The team, which retains the existing FC Cincinnati name, started MLS play in 2019 and moved to a new stadium in 2021 with a minimum capacity of 26,000 seats.

On March 19, 2019, MLS announced a 'multi-year strategic partnership' that made casino operator MGM Resorts International the league's first official gaming partner. Roar Digital, a joint venture of MGM and UK gambling operator GVC Holdings, will become the league's exclusive sports betting partner.

In 2013, New York City FC agreed to pay a record $100 million expansion fee for the right to join MLS in 2015. This record was surpassed by the ownership groups of FC Cincinnati and a new Nashville team, which each paid $150 million to join MLS (FC Cincinnati in 2019 and Nashville in 2020). The same amount was paid as an effective entrance fee by a group that bought Columbus Crew SC in 2018, which led to that team's previous operator receiving a new team in Austin, Texas that will likely join MLS in 2021.

2020–present

With an average attendance of over 20,000 per game, MLS has the third highest average attendance of any sports league in the U.S. after the National Football League (NFL) and Major League Baseball (MLB), and is the seventh highest attended professional soccer league worldwide.

The league expanded to 28 teams with the addition of Inter Miami CF and Nashville SC in 2020, Austin FC in 2021, Charlotte FC in 2022 and St. Louis City SC in 2023. MLS is currently the largest first division professional soccer league in the world.

MLS Cup and Supporters' Shield winners

Results by team

See also
 History of soccer in the United States
 Expansion of Major League Soccer
 List of Major League Soccer defunct clubs

Notes

References

Major League Soccer


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Blyxa aubertii, common name bamboo plant, is a plant species widespread across Asia, Europe, Africa and Australia, but known from the Western Hemisphere only from a few collections in the southwestern part of the US State of Louisiana. This is an aquatic plant growing in shallow lakes and ponds.

Description
Blyxa aubertii has short stems rarely more than  long. Leaves form a rosette, each leaf long and narrow, up to  long but usually less than 10 mm wide. Flowers are greenish-purple, with sepals  long and petals up to  long.

Cultivation
This and other species in the genus, such as Blyxa japonica, are sold commercially as greenery to grow alongside fish in aquaria. They require moderate or bright light. Blyxa aubertii has been in the aquarium trade for a long time but has never been very popular.

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Hydrocharitaceae
Flora of Louisiana
Flora of Africa
Flora of Europe
Flora of Asia
Flora of Australia


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Raymond Isaac Follo is a Congolese politician who has served in the National Assembly of Congo-Brazzaville since 2012.

Life and career
At the Sixth Extraordinary Congress of the Congolese Labour Party (PCT), held in July 2011, Follo was elected to the PCT's 471-member Central Committee.

In the July–August 2012 parliamentary election, Follo stood as the PCT candidate in Ngoyo constituency, located in Pointe-Noire. In the first round of voting, he placed first with 30% of the vote, ahead of Henri Tchimbakala Mavoungou of the Rally for Democracy and Social Progress (RDPS), who received 15.63%. The PCT and the RDPS were both members of the Presidential Majority loyal to President Denis Sassou Nguesso, and as a result of an agreement between the parties, Tchimbakala Mavoungou, as the second place candidate, withdrew from the vote in favor of Follo. Consequently, Follo was elected without opposition in the second round of voting, receiving 100% of the vote.

When the National Assembly began meeting for its new parliamentary term, Follo was designated as Secretary of the Planning, Spatial Planning, Environment and Housing Commission of the National Assembly on 19 September 2012.

On 23 February 2013, Follo held his first meeting with his constituents, discussing parliamentary work and donating shovels, hoes, and wheelbarrows, as well as office equipment and school supplies.

Follo was elected as President of the PCT District Committee for Ngoyo on 8 September 2013.

On 12 October 2013, Follo held his second constituent meeting, discussing the work of the National Assembly and the passage of various items of legislation. He reiterated that he wanted to remain close to his constituents by holding regular constituent meetings, rotating through the different parts of the constituency. He also encouraged people to register to vote, and he gave out school kits to Ngoyo's best performing students.

Follo held his third constituent meeting on 1–2 February 2014. He variously donated beds, mattresses, and cement to local medical facilities, schools, and churches. Discussing his parliamentary work, he explained his proposed amendments to the 2014 state budget. These amendments, which were included in the budget, concerned various infrastructure improvements in Ngoyo: the completion of a local town hall, expansion and improvement of local medical facilities, and construction work at schools.

Follo headed the PCT's candidate list in Ngoyo for the September 2014 local elections and was elected as a local councillor. In the July 2017 parliamentary election, he was re-elected to the National Assembly as the PCT candidate in Ngoyo, winning the seat in the first round with 70% of the vote. He was designated as Rapporteur of the Planning Commission of the National Assembly on 2 September 2017.

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Living people
Members of the National Assembly (Republic of the Congo)
Year of birth missing (living people)