title: Gibbs (surname)

text:
Gibbs (usually pronounced ) is a surname.

Notable people with the surname
Alan Gibbs (born 1939), New Zealand-born businessman, entrepreneur and art collector
Alfred Gibbs (1823–1868), brigadier general in the Union Army during the American Civil War
Alfred W. Gibbs, Chief Mechanical Engineer of the Pennsylvania Railroad
Antony Gibbs (1756–1816), founder of British trading company Antony Gibbs & Sons
Antony Gibbs (1925–2016), British film and television editor
Armstrong Gibbs (1889–1960), English composer
Brian Gibbs (1936–2014), English footballer and manager
Caleb Gibbs (1748–1818), American soldier, commander of George Washington's "life guard"
Calvin Gibbs, US Army soldier convicted of the murder of three Afghan civilians in 2010
Charles Gibbs, pseudonym of American pirate James D. Jeffers (1798–1831)
Cory Gibbs (born 1980), American soccer player
Coy Gibbs (1972-2022), American NASCAR driver, football player, and coach
Dick Gibbs (1892–1915), Australian rules footballer
Dick Gibbs (basketball) (born 1948), American basketball player
Donnie Gibbs (1945–2006), American football player
Drew Gibbs (1962–2021), American college football coach
Frederic A. Gibbs (1903–1992), American neurologist
Frederick Gibbs (educationalist) (1866–1953), New Zealand school principal, educationalist and community leader
Frederick S. Gibbs (1845–1903), American politician from New York
Frederick J. Gibbs (1899–1963), British World War I flying ace
Fredia Gibbs (born 1963) American martial artist, kickboxer and boxer
Geoff Gibbs (1940–2006), Australian actor and drama teacher
George Gibbs (disambiguation), several people
Georgia Gibbs (1918–2006), American popular singer
Henry Gibbs (1630/1–1713), British oil painter
Herschelle Gibbs (born 1974), South African cricketer
Humphrey Gibbs (1902–1990), British governor of Southern Rhodesia
Ione Wood Gibbs (c.1871–1923), American educator, journalist, and clubwoman
J. D. Gibbs (Jason Dean Gibbs, 1969–2019), American racing driver
Jahmyr Gibbs (born 2002), American football player
Jake Gibbs (born 1938), American baseball player and college sports coach
James Gibbs (disambiguation), several people
Janie Lou Gibbs (1932–2010), American serial killer
Janno Gibbs (born 1969), Philippine singer-songwriter, actor and comedian
Joe Gibbs (born 1940), American football coach and motorsport team owner
Joe Gibbs (record producer) (1942–2008; born Joel Gibson), Jamaican record producer
Joe Gibbs (cricketer) (1946–2011), Grenadian cricketer
John Gibbs (disambiguation), several people
Jonathan Gibbs (disambiguation), several people
Josiah Willard Gibbs Sr. (1790–1861), American linguist
Josiah Willard Gibbs (1839–1903), American mathematical physicist
Julia de Wolf Gibbs (1866–1952), American author and craftsman
Keith Gibbs (born 1933), South African cricketer
Kieran Gibbs (born 1989), English football player
Lance Gibbs  (born 1934), West Indies cricketer
Leonard Gibbs (musician) (1948–2021), American percussionist
Leonard W. H. Gibbs (1875–1930), New York politician
Lilian Gibbs (1870–1925), British botanist
Madarious Gibbs (born 1993), American basketball player
Marla Gibbs (born 1931), American actress
Mary Elizabeth Gibbs (1836–1920), New Zealander
May Gibbs (1877–1969), Australian children's author, illustrator and cartoonist
Michael Gibbs (disambiguation), several people
Mifflin Wistar Gibbs (1823–1915), American-Canadian politician, businessman, and advocate for Black rights
Nigel Gibbs (born 1965), English professional football manager and former player
Nicholas Gibbs (1733–1817), early American pioneer.
Nicole Gibbs (born 1993), American tennis player
Norman E. Gibbs (1941–2002), American software engineer, scholar and educational leader
Norman Gibbs (Canadian football) (born 1960), American football player
Oliver Wolcott Gibbs (1822–1908), American chemist
Pat Gibbs (born 1950), American football player
Patrick Gibbs (1915–2008), Welsh World War II pilot, author and film critic
Paul Gibbs (disambiguation), several people
Peter Gibbs (disambiguation), several people
Sir Philip Gibbs (1877–1962), English journalist and novelist
Reggie Gibbs (1882–1938), Welsh international rugby player
Robert Gibbs (disambiguation), several people
Roger Gibbs (1934–2018), British financier
Roland Gibbs (1921–2004), British military officer
Ronald James Gibbs (born 1947), known as Ronaldo Valdez, Philippine actor
Scott Gibbs (born 1971), Welsh rugby footballer
Terri Gibbs (born 1954), American country music artist
Terry Gibbs (born 1924), American jazz musician (vibraphone)
Thomas Gibbs (disambiguation), several people
Timothy Gibbs (born 1967), American director, actor, producer, and screenwriter
William Gibbs (disambiguation), several people
Wolcott Gibbs (1902–1958), American editor, humorist, theatre critic, playwright and author

Fictional characters with the surname
Leroy Jethro Gibbs, main character of American TV series NCIS
Joshamee Gibbs, character in American Pirates of the Caribbean films

See also
Gibb (surname)
Gibbes (surname)

References

English-language surnames
Surnames of English origin
Patronymic surnames
Surnames from given names


title: Andira clade

text:
The Andira clade is a predominantly Neotropical, monophyletic clade of the flowering plant subfamily Faboideae (or Papilionaceae). The members of this clade were formerly included in tribe Dalbergieae, but this placement was questioned due to differences in wood anatomy and fruit, seed, seedling, floral, and vegetative characters. Recent molecular phylogenetic evidence has shown that they belong to a unique evolutionary lineage. It is predicted to have diverged from the other legume lineages in the late Eocene).

Description
The name of this clade is informal and is not assumed to have any particular taxonomic rank like the names authorized by the ICBN or the ICPN. The clade does not currently have a node-based definition, but several morphological synapomorphies have been identified: "mostly fascicled leaves and densely flowered paniculate inflorescences at distal branch ends, [...] truly papilionate flowers involving petal differentiation and stamen connation", and "divergent fruit morphologies" (drupaceous in Andira and laterally compressed samaras in Hymenolobium).

References

Andira clade
Plant unranked clades


title: Boteka Airport

text:
Boteka Airport  is an airport serving Boteka, Democratic Republic of the Congo.

References

Airports in the Province of Équateur


title: Madame Nguyễn

text:
Madame Nguyễn may refer to:

Madame Thiệu Nguyễn, wife of Thiệu Nguyễn, former President of South Vietnam (1965–1975)
Madame Kỳ Nguyễn, wife of Kỳ Nguyễn, former Prime Minister of South Vietnam (1965–1967)
Định Nguyễn, former Vice President of Vietnam (1987–1992)
Bình Nguyễn (Vice President), former Vice President of Vietnam (1992–2002)


title: Gorz, Iran

text:
Gorz () is a village in Sangan Rural District, in the Central District of Khash County, Sistan and Baluchestan Province, Iran. At the 2006 census, its population was 188, in 40 families.

References

Populated places in Khash County


title: Daz Cameron

text:
Dazmon Jaroid Cameron (born January 15, 1997) is an American professional baseball outfielder in the Baltimore Orioles organization. He attended Eagle's Landing Christian Academy in McDonough, Georgia, and was selected by the Houston Astros in the 2015 MLB draft. The Astros traded Cameron to the Detroit Tigers in 2017 and he made his MLB debut in 2020. His father is former All-Star outfielder Mike Cameron.

Early life and amateur career
Cameron is the oldest of four children born to JaBreka and Mike Cameron. Mike played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for eight teams over seventeen seasons. His father began to instruct him on how to play baseball when he was 13 years old.

Cameron attended Eagle's Landing Christian Academy in McDonough, Georgia, where he played for the school's baseball team. As a freshman, he had a .392 batting average. He improved his power in his sophomore year, finishing the season with a .434 batting average, a .764 slugging percentage, seven home runs, and 28 runs batted in (RBIs) in 106 at bats. He committed to enrolling at Florida State University on a college baseball scholarship, to play for the Florida State Seminoles.

In the summer of 2014, Cameron was a member of the USA Baseball's 18-and-under national team, competing against other nations from the Pan American Baseball Confederation. He also appeared in the 2013 and 2014 Under Armour All-America Baseball Game. As a senior in 2015, Cameron had a .455 average with eight home runs and 32 RBIs, and was chosen as Georgia's Gatorade Player of the Year.

Professional career
Cameron was considered a potential first overall draft pick in the 2015 MLB draft; however, he fell into the competitive lottery pick round because of rumored high contract demands.

Houston Astros
The Houston Astros took him 37th overall; as the team with the largest draft spending pool, they were thought to have the best chance to sign Cameron. Cameron signed with the Astros for a reported $4 million signing bonus. After signing, Cameron reported to the Rookie League GCL Astros. After batting only .222 with six RBIs in 21 games, he was reassigned to the Greeneville Astros of the Appalachian League where he improved, batting .272 with 11 RBIs and a .721 OPS in 30 games.

Cameron began the 2016 season with the Quad Cities River Bandits of the Class A Midwest League. He struggled with Quad Cities, batting .143 in 21 games, and was reassigned to the Tri-City ValleyCats of the Class A-Short Season New York–Penn League. After playing in 19 games, in which he batted .278, Cameron broke his finger when he was hit by a pitch in July, ending his season. Cameron returned to Quad Cities for the start of the 2017 season.

Detroit Tigers
On August 31, 2017, the Astros traded Cameron, Franklin Pérez, and Jake Rogers to the Detroit Tigers for Justin Verlander. Detroit assigned him to the West Michigan Whitecaps of the Midwest League. In 123 total games between Quad Cities and West Michigan, Cameron batted .271 with 14 home runs and 74 RBIs along with 32 stolen bases. Cameron began the 2018 season with the Lakeland Flying Tigers of the High–A Florida State League, and he batted .259 with three home runs and 20 RBIs in 58 games played. On June 18, the Tigers promoted Cameron to the Erie SeaWolves of the Double–A Eastern League. After he batted .285 with five home runs and 35 RBIs in 53 games, the Tigers promoted him to the Toledo Mud Hens of the Triple–A International League on August 17. In 15 games for Toledo, he hit .211 with six RBIs. After the regular season, Cameron played for the Mesa Solar Sox of the Arizona Fall League. Cameron returned to Toledo for the 2019 season, hitting .214/.330/.377/.707 with 13 home runs and 43 RBI.

Cameron was added to the Tigers' 40-man roster following the 2019 season. On September 9, 2020, the Tigers promoted him to the major leagues and he made his major league debut that day. On September 11, Cameron recorded his first major league hit, an RBI single, off of Chicago White Sox starter Lucas Giolito. Overall with the 2020 Detroit Tigers, Cameron batted .193 with no home runs and 3 RBIs in 17 games.

Cameron made his debut with the 2021 Detroit Tigers on June 10, and the following night recorded his first major league home run, a two-run hit off Chicago White Sox closer Liam Hendriks in the bottom of the 9th inning, tying the game and extending it to extra innings. On June 23, in a game against the St. Louis Cardinals, Cameron stole a base against Yadier Molina, making him and his father Mike the first father-son duo to steal bases against Molina.

On June 10, 2022 Cameron was placed on the injured list by the Tigers. He had only 64 at-bats with the major league club in 2022, hitting .219 with one home run.

Baltimore Orioles
Cameron was claimed off waivers by the Baltimore Orioles on November 9, 2022. On December 2, 2022, he was sent outright off the 40-man roster. The Orioles assigned him to the Norfolk Tides of the International League for the 2023 season.

See also
 List of second-generation Major League Baseball players

References

External links

Baseball Instinct

1997 births
Living people
African-American baseball players
Baseball players from Georgia (U.S. state)
Cangrejeros de Santurce (baseball) players
Detroit Tigers players
Erie SeaWolves players
Gulf Coast Astros players
Greeneville Astros players
Lakeland Flying Tigers players
Liga de Béisbol Profesional Roberto Clemente outfielders
Major League Baseball outfielders
Mesa Solar Sox players
Norfolk Tides players
People from McDonough, Georgia
Sportspeople from Henry County, Georgia
Quad Cities River Bandits players
Toledo Mud Hens players
Tri-City ValleyCats players
West Michigan Whitecaps players
21st-century African-American sportspeople
Sportspeople from LaGrange, Georgia


title: James Forrester (basketball)

text:
James Patrick Forrester (born September 3, 1989) is a Filipino-Canadian professional basketball player who last played for the Davao Occidental Tigers of the Maharlika Pilipinas Basketball League (MPBL). He was selected 4th overall in the 2013 PBA draft by Barako Bull.

Amateur career
Before beginning his college career at Arellano University, Forrester trained at IMG Academy Prep for one year in the United States. During his one-year stay at IMG Academy Prep, Forrester averaged 15.7 points, 3.7 rebounds, 6.0 assists and 2.3 steals per game. Despite being offered a full scholarship to attend and play basketball at the Ateneo De Manila University, Forrester opted to play for the Arellano Chiefs instead.

College career
Forrester had a brief tenure at Arellano University that lasted only 2 seasons due to his maximum eligibility of 2 years. Unfortunately, his whole college career was filled with inconsistent play and a struggle throughout his whole second season after suffering an injury in preseason play and still continuing to play despite the severity of the injury.

Rookie season
Forrester joined the Arellano Chiefs in 2012 for the NCAA Season 88 basketball tournament. Forrester's debut performance was against the JRU Heavy Bombers in the Chiefs' third game of the season wherein Forrest tallied 7 points and 5 rebounds in 22 minutes of playing time. In his rookie season, Forrester was a consistent member of the starting lineup for the Chiefs at the small forward position. Forrester scored a career high 28 points in a loss against the San Beda Red Lions, he made 7 three-pointers and grabbed 7 rebounds in 23 minutes of playing time. The Chiefs finished the season with a disappointing win–loss record of 6 wins and 12 losses in which they failed to qualify for the Final Four. Forrester's rookie season had him play 16 games and averaged 23.94 minutes, 12.25 points, 5.06 rebounds and 1.25 steals per game.

Second season
After completing a successful rookie campaign statistically, Forrester was given the honour of being the Chiefs' team captain. However, his final season was filled with inconsistency and a lingering injury that occurred just before the start of NCAA Season 89. The injury he experienced was a meniscal tear in his left knee during a game against Jose Rizal University where he still led the Chiefs with 21 points en route to victory. Even though he was injured, Forrester still played but his average numbers took a drop wherein he averaged 8.4 points, 3.4 rebounds, and 0.9 steals per game in his final season. Overall, the Chiefs' Season 89 campaign ended with no Final Four berth once again and an 8 win-10 loss record. Upon season's end, Forrester graduated from Arellano University and elected to join the 2013 PBA Draft.

PBA D-League
Forrester played for the Cagayan Rising Suns for a short period of time and averaged 12.5 points and 5.1 rebounds per game while shooting an average of 37% from beyond the arc during his tenure.

Professional basketball career

PBA draft
Entering the 2013 PBA draft, Forrester was projected to be a mid-late first round draft pick. He was eventually selected 4th overall in the 2013 PBA draft by Barako Bull Energy but his draft rights were then traded for by Barangay Ginebra San Miguel. Based on scouting reports, Forrester was described as an athletic wing player with incredible leaping ability and explosiveness which led to his nickname of "Air Canada".

Barangay Ginebra San Miguel (2013–2015)
Having played in 10 games for Barangay Ginebra San Miguel, Forrester averaged 5.3 minutes, 1.3 points, 1.2 rebounds and 0.2 steals per game. Forrester plays both the guard and forward positions, and plays alongside Greg Slaughter, the 2013 PBA Draft number 1 draft pick.

Barako Bull Energy (2015–2016)
On March 31, 2015, Forrester, along with Dylan Ababou was traded to Barako Bull Energy in exchange for Barako Bull's first round pick in the 2015 PBA draft (later turned out be Scottie Thompson.

NLEX Road Warriors (2016)
On May 31, 2016, Forrester was traded to NLEX for John Wilson.

Blackwater Elite (2016-2017)

On October 26 2016, Forrester was traded, along with a 2016 second round pick to the Blackwater Elite in exchange for Carlo Lastimosa.

GlobalPort Batang Pier (2017)

On March 29, Forrester was traded, along with Dylan Ababou to the GlobalPort Batang Pier in exchange for KG Canaleta.

PBA career statistics

Correct as of September 23, 2016

Season-by-season averages

|-
| align=left |
| align=left | Barangay Ginebra
| 10 || 5.3 || .235 || .000 || .556 || 1.2 || .2 || .2 || .2 || 1.3
|-
| align=left |
| align=left | Barangay Ginebra
| 10 || 7.3 || .222 || .375 || .600 || 1.0 || .8 || .5 || .0 || 1.4
|-
| align=left |
| align=left | Barako Bull / Phoenix / NLEX
| 9 || 5.6 || .333 || .143 || 1.000 || .4 || .2 || .0 || .1 || 1.4
|-class=sortbottom
| align=center colspan=2 | Career
| 29 || 6.1 || .255 || .190 || .667 || .9 || .4 || .2 || .1 || 1.4

Personal life
Born and raised in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, Forrester's Filipino heritage came from his mother, Leticia Parinas, who is from Pangasinan.

References

1989 births
Living people
ASEAN Basketball League players
Barako Bull Energy players
Barangay Ginebra San Miguel players
Blackwater Bossing players
Canadian men's basketball players
Filipino expatriate basketball people in Taiwan
Filipino men's basketball players
NorthPort Batang Pier players
Arellano Chiefs basketball players
Phoenix Super LPG Fuel Masters players
NLEX Road Warriors players
Shooting guards
Small forwards
Basketball players from Toronto
Barako Bull Energy draft picks
Formosa Dreamers players
Maharlika Pilipinas Basketball League players


title: Goldsworthy (name)

text:
Goldsworthy is a Cornish name, from the Cornish language "gol-erewy", meaning field of feast. Notable people with the name include:

Surname:
Adrian Goldsworthy (born 1969), British historian
Andy Goldsworthy (born 1956), British artist
Anna Goldsworthy (born 1974), Australian pianist and writer, daughter of Peter Goldsworthy
Bill Goldsworthy (1944–1996), Canadian ice hockey player
Burrington Goldsworthy (c. 1705 – 1774), 18th century English Consul at Leghorn and later Cadiz; father of Philip Goldsworthy
Clifford R. Goldsworthy (1865–1944), American politician
Denise Goldsworthy (born 1964/1965), Australian business executive
Harry E. Goldsworthy (1914–2022), American Air Force lieutenant general
 John Goldsworthy (1884–1958), British actor
Julia Goldsworthy (born 1978), British politician
Kay Goldsworthy (born 1956), Australian Anglican bishop
Kerryn Goldsworthy (born 1953), Australian writer
Peter Goldsworthy (born 1951), Australian author, father of Anna Goldsworthy
Philip Goldsworthy (c. 1737 – 1801), General, Colonel of The Royals, Chief Equerry to King George III
Robert F. Goldsworthy (1917–2014), American politician
Roger Goldsworthy (1839–1900), President of Nevis; Governor of Saint Lucia; Governor of the British Honduras; and Governor of the Falkland Islands
Samuel Goldsworthy (1855–1889), Wales international rugby player
Vesna Goldsworthy (born c. 1961), Serbian writer
Walter Tuckfield Goldsworthy (1837–1911), British Army officer and Conservative Party politician
W. Brandt Goldsworthy, the pioneer of pultrusion

Given name:
Goldsworthy Gurney (1793–1875), surgeon, chemist, lecturer, consultant, architect, builder and British gentleman scientist and inventor
Goldsworthy Lowes Dickinson (1862–1932), Historian and political activist

Fictional characters:
Eli Goldsworthy, character in Degrassi

Cornish-language surnames


title: Paval, Iran

text:
Paval (, also Romanized as Pāval) is a village in Sangan Rural District, in the Central District of Khash County, Sistan and Baluchestan Province, Iran. At the 2006 census, its population was 118, in 36 families.

References

Populated places in Khash County


title: Bình Nguyễn

text:
Bình Nguyễn may refer to:

Bình Nguyễn, a Lieutenant-General of Việt Minh
Bình Nguyễn, former Vice President of Vietnam (1992–2002)


title: Giasson

text:
Giasson is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:

Benoît Giasson (born 1964), Canadian fencer
Daniel Giasson (born 1987), Brazilian-born Italian futsal player
Jean-Louis Giasson (1939–2014), Canadian Roman Catholic bishop

See also
Glasson (surname)


title: Bukena Airport

text:
Bukena Airport  is a rural airstrip serving the hamlet of Bukena in Haut-Lomami Province, Democratic Republic of the Congo.

The runway is  south of Bukena, near the village of Mukwende. It is at the northern edge of the Upemba Depression,  northeast of Lake Kabamba.

See also

 Transport in the Democratic Republic of the Congo
 List of airports in the Democratic Republic of the Congo
 Talk:Bukena Airport

References

External links
 OurAirports - Bukena Airport
 FallingRain - Bukena Airport
HERE Maps - Bukena
OpenStreetMap - Bukena Airport

Airports in Haut-Lomami


title: Holding (surname)

text:
Holding is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:

Billy Holding (1907-1986), English rugby league footballer of the 1920s, '30s, and '40s for Cumberland, Warrington, Rochdale Hornets
Clyde Holding (1931–2011), Australian politician
Eddie Holding (1930–2014), English footballer and manager
Michael Holding (born 1954), Jamaican former cricketer
Robert Holding (1926-2013), American businessman
Rob Holding (born 1995), English footballer


title: The System Within

text:
The System Within is a 2006 film directed by Dale Resteghini and starring Chingy, Taimak, Kim Porter, Bryce Wilson, Tariq Alexander, and Hawthorne James.

Plot
The film is about an internationally famous model, Tony "Wise" Good (who is played by Tariq Alexander), that fought his way out of the inner city and rocketed straight to the top. But his swift rise to the top didn't take him high enough to protect him from the sudden fall he experiences. The corrupt corporate world, the government's support and participation in that corruption, and the jealousy and greed of people he knew best, all leading to a rapid downward spiral into a living hell.

Cast
Chingy as Nick
Bryce Wilson as Rollins
Taimak as Pastor Ricky
Hawthorne James as Hays
Kim Porter as Hays Girl #2
Tariq Alexander as Tony "Wise" Good

References

External links

 Tariq Alexander - at IMDb
DVD on sale at TSW Mall
The System Within on Rotten Tomatoes

2006 films
Hood films
2000s English-language films
2000s American films


title: Aaron Barker

text:
Aaron Barker (born March 5, 1953 in San Antonio, Texas) is an American singer-songwriter.

Barker has written No. 1 songs for George Strait ("Baby Blue", "Love Without End, Amen", "Easy Come, Easy Go") and Lonestar ("What About Now"). His songs have also been recorded by Doug Supernaw, Clay Walker, Neal McCoy, Aaron Tippin and others. Barker turned "Love Without End, Amen" into a book in 2002. He was inducted into the Texas Heritage Songwriters' Hall of Fame in 2007.

Barker's debut album, The Taste of Freedom, was released by Atlantic Records in August 1992. The title track peaked at number 73 on the Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks chart.

Barker also writes and performs commercials for Blue Bell Ice Cream.

On August 8, 2016, it was announced at a private press conference that Barker would be inducted into the Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame at a ceremony held on October 9, 2016.

Discography

Albums

Singles

Music videos

List of singles written by Aaron Barker

References

1953 births
American country singer-songwriters
American male singer-songwriters
Country musicians from Texas
Living people
Musicians from San Antonio
Atlantic Records artists
Singer-songwriters from Texas


title: Busala Airport

text:
Busala Airport  is a rural airstrip serving the village of Busala in Kwilu Province, Democratic Republic of the Congo.

See also

 Transport in the Democratic Republic of the Congo
 List of airports in the Democratic Republic of the Congo

References

External links
 OpenStreetMap - Busala Airport
 OurAirports - Busala Airport
 FallingRain - Busala Airport
 HERE Maps - Busala Airport

Airports in Kwilu Province


title: Hakimabad, Khash

text:
Hakimabad (, also Romanized as Ḩakīmābād) is a village in Irandegan Rural District, Irandegan District, Khash County, Sistan and Baluchestan Province, Iran. At the 2006 census, its population was 44, in 12 families.

References

Populated places in Khash County


title: Alda (name)

text:
Alda is both a surname and a given name. Notable people with the name include:

Surname
Alan Alda (born 1936), American actor, best known for his portrayal of Hawkeye Pierce in TV show M*A*S*H
Antony Alda (1956–2009), American actor, son of Robert Alda, half brother of Alan Alda
Arlene Alda, photographer, musician, author; wife of Alan Alda
Beatrice Alda (born 1961), American actress, daughter of Alan and Arlene
Dada Gallotti (born 1935), Italian actress born Alda Gallotti
Elizabeth Alda (born 1960), American actress, daughter of Alan and Arlene
Frances Alda (1879–1952), New Zealand-born, Australian-raised operatic soprano
Julio Ruiz de Alda (1897–1936), Spanish aviator and politician
Robert Alda (1914–1986), American actor, singer and dancer, father of Alan and Antony Alda
Rutanya Alda (born 1942), Latvian-American actress

Given name
Alda of Alania, 11th-century Alan princess
Aldobrandesca (or Saint Alda) (c. 1249–c. 1309), Italian Christian saint and nurse
Alda Bandeira (born 1949), politician from São Tomé and Príncipe
Alda Facio (born 1948), Costa Rican jurist, writer and teacher
Alda Garrido (1896–1970), Brazilian vaudeville actress
Alda Lara (1930–1962), Portuguese writer
Alda Lazo (born 1949), Peruvian politician
Alda Merini (1931–2009), Italian writer
Alda Neves da Graça do Espírito Santo (1926–2010), poet and government minister from São Tomé and Príncipe
Alda Noni (1916–2011), Italian soprano
Alda Ólafsdóttir (born 1966), Icelandic singer known simply as Alda
Alda Wilson (1910–1996), Canadian sprinter

Feminine given names


title: 2015 Major League Baseball draft

text:
The 2015 Major League Baseball draft was held from June 8 through June 10, 2015, to assign amateur baseball players to MLB teams. The draft order is the reverse order of the 2014 MLB season standings. As the Diamondbacks finished the 2014 season with the worst record, they had the first overall selection. In addition, the Houston Astros had the 2nd pick of the 2015 draft, as compensation for failing to sign Brady Aiken, the first overall selection of the 2014 MLB Draft.

Twelve free agents received and rejected qualifying offers of $15.3 million for the 2015 season, entitling their teams to compensatory draft choices if they are signed by another team. The team signing the player will lose their first round choice, though the first ten picks are protected. The New York Mets surrendered their first round pick (15th overall) to sign Michael Cuddyer, while the Colorado Rockies gained a supplementary pick.  The Toronto Blue Jays lost their pick for signing Russell Martin, giving a compensatory pick to the Pittsburgh Pirates. The Boston Red Sox surrendered their second- and third-round picks (Boston's first pick is protected) to sign Pablo Sandoval and Hanley Ramírez. The San Francisco Giants and Los Angeles Dodgers received supplementary picks.

Dean Kremer became the first ever Israeli drafted in an MLB draft, when selected in the 38th round, by the Padres.

First round selections

Compensatory round

Competitive Balance Round A

Other notable selections

See also

List of first overall Major League Baseball draft picks

Notes
Compensation picks

Trades

References

Major League Baseball draft
Draft
Major League Baseball draft
Major League Baseball draft
Baseball in New Jersey
Events in New Jersey
Sports in Hudson County, New Jersey
Secaucus, New Jersey


title: Gary, Iran

text:
Gary (, also Romanized as Gar’) is a village in Kahnuk Rural District, Irandegan District, Khash County, Sistan and Baluchestan Province, Iran. At the 2006 census, its population was 33, in 10 families.

References

Populated places in Khash County


title: Marco La Piana

text:
Marco La Piana (1883–1958) was an Italian scholar of Arbëresh origin. La Piana gave his contribute through his studies on Albanian language and Arbëresh dialects.

Biography
La Piana was born in Piana degli Albanesi () near Palermo in Sicily. He is the author of a number of studies in Albanian philology, including Il catechismo albanese di Luca Matranga, 1592, da un manoscritto Vaticano (The Albanian Catechism of Lekë Matrënga, 1592, from a Vatican Manuscript), Grottaferrata 1912, Prolegomeni allo studio della linguistica albanese (Introduction to the Study of Albanian Linguistics), Palermo 1939, and Studi linguistici albanesi: i dialetti siculo-albanesi (Albanian Linguistic Studies: The Albanian Dialects of Sicily), Palermo 1949.

See also
Giuseppe Schirò
Demetrio Camarda

References

1883 births
1958 deaths
Albanologists
Linguists from Italy
Italian people of Arbëreshë descent
People from Piana degli Albanesi
19th-century Italian people
20th-century Italian people
19th-century Albanian people
20th-century Albanian people
20th-century linguists


title: Mayur River

text:
The Mayur River is located in Bangladesh. It is a former distributary of the Ganges close to the south and southwestern boundary of the metropolitan area of Khulna, and receives most of the drainage from the city. The river is obstructed by sediment buildup, and its natural tidal flow is prevented by gates.

References

Rivers of Bangladesh
Khulna
Rivers of Khulna Division


title: Gavi, Sistan and Baluchestan

text:
Gavi (, also Romanized as Gāvī) is a village in Kahnuk Rural District, Irandegan District, Khash County, Sistan and Baluchestan Province, Iran.

References

Populated places in Khash County


title: Hirgan

text:
Hirgan may refer to:
 Hirgan, India
 Hirgan, Iran


title: Hirgan, Iran

text:
Hirgan (, also Romanized as Hīrgān) is a village in Kahnuk Rural District, Irandegan District, Khash County, Sistan and Baluchestan Province, Iran. At the 2006 census, its population was 48, in 9 families.

References

Populated places in Khash County


title: Days + Nights

text:
Days + Nights is the debut studio album by British recording artist Daley. It was released on 11 February 2014 by Polydor Records in the United Kingdom and Republic Records in the United States.

Critical reception

Days + Nights received generally mixed reviews from music critics. Allmusic editor Andy Kellman found the album "brilliantly put together" and declared it "one of 2014's best debuts." He noted that "that album courses through many moods and modes, yet it's impressively unified." Financial Times journalist Ludovic Hunter-Tilney found that Daley "picked up several influential accomplices along the way, including Pharrell Williams who has produced the seductive “Look Up”, a highlight among the sophisticated but too restrained songs on display here. MOBO editor Adenike Gboyega wrote that "on Days + Nights, Daley flips the script and offers a heartfelt, soulful album that shows he is a serious and lasting performer." He noted that "this album has the sound of an artist who is beginning to go places. And thats a good sound to hear in the hands of one so obviously gifted in music and song."

Samantha Kennedy from Vibe called Days + Nights a "courageously emo album." She felt that "Daley truly takes you into his own life experiences with this album, tearing his heart open and letting it bleed [...] After listening, you find his jam-packed LP is truly one-size-fits-all."  Rachael McArthur, writing for Renowned for Sound, commented that the album "is a bit of a mixed bag in my opinion and one shouldn’t go into it with high expectations. With the exception of a few notable tracks within the record, the rest of the album is fair in its delivery. Not a bad effort though I don’t imagine this effort to be featured on any “Best of 2014” album lists." Ross Horton, writing for online music magazine MusicOMH, called the album "a Frankenstein's monster of a record, cobbled together from EPs and singles that have appeared over the past two years." Citing "the music itself as one of the biggest problems with Days & Nights," he found that "Daley, throughout, provides a dextrous and varied vocal approach. His sultry soul emotion reveals his Bee Gees head voice in all its dramatic splendor."

Commercial performance
The album debuted and peaked at number 128 on the US Billboard 200 and number 21 on the Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums.

Track listing
Credits adapted from the liner notes of Days & Nights.

Notes
 signifies an additional producer

Charts

References

External links

2014 debut albums
Albums produced by Pharrell Williams
Albums produced by Bernard Butler
Albums produced by Illangelo
Daley (musician) albums
Electronic albums by English artists


title: Kasab, Iran

text:
Kasab (, also Romanized as Kāsāb) is a village in Kahnuk Rural District, Irandegan District, Khash County, Sistan and Baluchestan Province, Iran. At the 2006 census, its population was 22, in 5 families.

References

Populated places in Khash County


title: Chisocheton erythrocarpus

text:
Chisocheton erythrocarpus is a tree in the family Meliaceae. The specific epithet  is from the Greek meaning "red-fruited".

Description
The tree grows up to  tall with a trunk diameter of up to . The bark is dark grey to chocolate brown. The flowers are creamy-white. The fruits are round, yellow (blood-red when ripe), up to  in diameter.

Distribution and habitat
Chisocheton erythrocarpus is found in Peninsular Malaysia, Borneo and the Philippines. The habitat is coastal forest.

References

erythrocarpus
Plants described in 1875
Trees of Peninsular Malaysia
Trees of the Philippines
Trees of Borneo


title: The Reunion (2013 film)

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The Reunion () is a 2013 Swedish drama film directed by Anna Odell. The film won the Guldbagge Award for Best Film at the 49th Guldbagge Awards.

Cast
 Anna Odell as Anna
 Sandra Andreis as Louise
 Kamila Benhamza as Camilla
 Anders Berg as Anders
 Jimmy Carlberg as Jimmy C
 Erik Ehn as Erik
 Niklas Engdahl as Nille
 Per Fenger-Krog as Per
 Robert Fransson as Robban

References

External links

2013 films
2013 drama films
Swedish drama films
2010s Swedish-language films
Best Film Guldbagge Award winners
2010s Swedish films


title: Bowlero Corporation

text:
Bowlero Corporation (formerly known as Bowlmor AMF) is an American bowling center operator. It is the largest ten-pin bowling center operator in the world with over 325 centers, almost all of which are located in the United States. The centers have an average of 40 lanes compared to the U.S. bowling center average of 21 lanes.

As of September 2019, Bowlero Corporation is also the parent company of the Professional Bowlers Association (PBA).

The company's main bowling center brands in the United States include the namesake Bowlero brand, the upscale Bowlmor Lanes, and the legacy AMF Bowling brand. The company's U.S. centers represent 7% of the country's 4,200 commercial bowling centers.

History
Bowlmor AMF was formed in July 2013 when AMF Bowling Worldwide, which had filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy in May 2012, reorganized and combined with Strike Holdings LLC, which operated the upscale Bowlmor Lanes. The new company was jointly owned by Bowlmor, certain of AMF Bowling's second lien lenders including an affiliate of Cerberus Capital Management, and Credit Suisse. At the time of the merger, the merged company operated 272 bowling centers and had 7,500 employees and a combined annual revenue of approximately $450 million.

In the AMF Bowling reorganization, AMF's second lien lenders converted their debt into equity in Bowlmor AMF. Credit Suisse provided a $230 million term loan facility and a $30 million revolving loan facility, and the largest holders of AMF's existing second lien debt provided $50 million of backstop financing to provide working capital for Bowlmor AMF and to pay cash distributions in varying amounts to AMF's other creditors. AMF's first lien lenders received payment in full, in cash, of principal, interest at the non-default rate, and their fees.

Bowlmor Founder and CEO Tom Shannon became Chairman, Chief Executive Officer, and President of the combined company, and Bowlmor's Chief Financial Officer and former president, Brett Parker, became Vice Chairman, Chief Financial Officer, and Executive Vice President. Shannon and Parker collectively retained 22% of Bowlmor AMF and were set to receive bonuses based on their ability to increase the profitability and worth of Bowlmor AMF.

As part of the AMF Bowling reorganization, Bowlmor AMF assumed control of AMF Bowling's 50% interest in QubicaAMF Worldwide, one of the largest manufacturers of bowling products in the world. In December 2014 the Qubica founders and partners acquired this interest from Bowlmor AMF.

In July 2014, the company announced that it had agreed to acquire all 85 centers of Brunswick Bowling & Billiards in a transaction to be financed by the sale and leaseback of 58 of the centers to iStar Financial, as well as a term loan. The acquisition was completed in September 2014.

Shannon was named Bowling Proprietor of the Year in 2014 by Bowlers Journal International Magazine in recognition of his "vision and bold initiatives" to "divide the AMF bowling empire into three distinct brands."

In June 2017, private equity firm Atairos Group paid in excess of $1 billion to acquire Bowlmor AMF from its previous investors, with Shannon continuing to hold his "significant investment."

Bowlmor AMF changed its name to Bowlero Corporation on January 4, 2018.

On September 10, 2019, Bowlero Corporation announced it had purchased the Professional Bowlers Association (PBA). While retaining current PBA Commissioner Tom Clark, Bowlero also appointed its Chief Customer Officer, Colie Edison, to the new role of CEO for the PBA. In an interview with Lucas Wiseman, senior editor for the PBA's FloBowling channel, Edison noted that Bowlero had been in talks with the PBA leadership for a number of years, before finally deciding the time was right for the acquisition.

By January 2020, all remaining Brunswick locations were rebranded with either the Bowlero or AMF names.

On October 9, 2020, Bowlero Corporation was featured on the American TV Series Undercover Boss, with CCO Colie Edison in the role of the disguised boss.

In April 2021, Bowlero partnered with sports betting company, BettorView, in order to display sports data and wagering at multiple locations.

As of June 23, 2021, Bowlero was in merger talks with Isos Acquisition Corporation, a special-purpose acquisition company (SPAC) led by former WWE executives, to go public through a merger. On July 1, 2021, Isos Acquisition Corporation announced it had officially merged with Bowlero, with the intent to take Bowlero public and list it on the New York Stock Exchange.

In May 2023, Bowlero had announced they bought all 14 locations of Lucky Strike Lanes, across 9 states, and was completed on September 18th 2023.

Banners

Bowlero Corporation operates bowling centers under several banners:

Bowlero centers are positioned as traditional bowling centers for open bowling, group events, and leagues, with a "hip, fun environment". Most Bowlero centers are converted AMF or Brunswick Zone centers, while a few are newly constructed or were previously operated under another name by other owners. The brand was introduced in 2014 as a renovation of the AMF Woodlands Lanes in The Woodlands, Texas, featuring "recreational games and inventive menu items set in an eclectic environment that's full of nostalgic throwbacks."
Bowlmor Lanes is positioned as a high-end banner designed solely for group events and open play, featuring lounge-styled settings and other food and entertainment options, including recreational games, private party facilities with catering services,  sports bars, and full-service restaurants. Its Times Square New York location serves as a flagship, featuring multiple areas themed on various aspects of New York City culture, a dance floor, and a mini-golf course. The company claims the Bowlmor brand has a 35-50% return on equity.
AMF centers are carried over from the company's purchase of AMF Bowling, and are positioned as traditional bowling centers where bowling leagues play a significant role. Many former AMF locations have been converted to the Bowlero banner, while some have been sold (generally for non-bowling use).
Lucky Strike Lanes are high-end centers mainly for open play

Bowlero Corporation acquired from private owners in 2018 and 2019 a few centers which it continues to operate under their existing business names. Examples include Revel & Roll in Michigan, and The Garage in Washington state.

Controversies
From the 1960s through the early 1980s, league bowling (a weekly group event where several teams bowl against each other over the course of a season) amounted to 75% to 80% of every bowling center's business in the United States. By 2012, that percentage had dropped to 21%. Lifestyle changes in the last few decades have made league bowling less attractive. Additionally, many bowling center owners have shifted their focus to casual bowlers, who bowl at non-discounted prices and spend more on food and beverage, and to special events, which produce substantial revenue and introduce new customers to the center.

When Bowlmor Lanes purchased its first center in 1997 to renovate and upscale it, league bowling was eliminated "to ease out regulars who did not cotton to the fancy trappings or the higher prices." That strategy proved so successful that league bowling was not offered at the five other centers the company added, and by 2012 Bowlmor was one of the highest grossing bowling facility operators in North America.

When Bowlmor and AMF Bowling combined in 2013, league bowlers at AMF's existing 262 traditional bowling centers worried that the new owner would eliminate league bowling at their centers, too. Some cited a Bloomberg TV interview in which CEO Tom Shannon said, "I don’t think anyone takes bowling seriously – why would you?" Concern grew when Bowlmor AMF significantly cut the operating hours at many centers as a financial measure, and in the process, displaced or eliminated some daytime bowling leagues.

Shannon was said to have responded that, "We plan to increase the league bowling business, not shrink it," citing AMF's "large customer base" in league activity for declaring that its league bowling was "very safe." He said his company has "protected and defended 99% of (its) nighttime leagues" and sees its acquisition of the Brunswick centers as "furthering (its) commitment to league play." A company spokeswoman further stated that the company also aims to "introduce a new generation to league bowling" and wants to support professional bowling, including possible sponsorships of the Professional Bowlers Association (PBA). In October 2014 the PBA entered into an entitlement partnership agreement that will make the company an official partner of the PBA. In September 2019, Bowlero Corporation purchased the PBA.

In December 2004, Shannon said his company was severing ties with a group tied to the late Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat and was returning its $1.3 million investment.

In August 2010, five ex-employees of Bowlmor Lanes location in Manhattan's Union Square sued Shannon claiming they were dismissed because of discrimination. They also alleged that Shannon used networking sites Facebook and MySpace to screen out minorities and others he felt weren't desirable for his club. By 2017 the company was facing further scrutiny and more than 50 lawsuits from former employees at various company locations who claimed to have been terminated for their appearance.

References

External links
Corporate website
Bowlero centers website
AMF Bowling centers website
Bowlmor Lanes website

Ten-pin bowling
Bowling alleys
American companies established in 2013


title: Lepidostromatales

text:
Lepidostromatales is an order of fungi in the class Agaricomycetes. It is the only known order of basidiomycete fungi composed entirely of lichenized members. Morphologically, the fruiting bodies of all species are clavarioid. Six species are known, five of which were described within the span of 2007–2013. Due to its morphological similarity to the genus Multiclavula, its isolated phylogenetic position (distinct from all other orders based on molecular data) was not understood until quite recently. The photobionts that have been found in association with members of this group are not known to associate with any other types of lichenized fungi.

Taxonomy
Members of Lepidostromatales closely resemble species of Multiclavula because these groups share a combination of clavarioid fruiting bodies and lichenized thalli. The first species described in the order was originally described in the genus Clavaria due to the clavarioid fungal fruiting body, and was later transferred to Multiclavula (Cantharellales) due to the lichenized thallus. The group was first recognized as distinct on account of the small squamules (scale-like structures) that make up the thallus, and the genus Lepidostroma was created as a result. With the addition of two more squamulose species discovered in tropical Africa, this separation was not accepted and Multiclavula was again emended to include species with squamulose thalli. However, molecular phylogenetic analyses eventually confirmed Lepidostroma as a distinct lineage, Lepidostromataceae, unrelated to Multiclavula. The recent discovery of three further species (for a total of six species), created an opportunity for more in-depth phylogenetic research, which confirmed the isolation of the family from all described orders. As a result, the group was raised to the rank of order (Lepidostromatales).

Although the separation of this group from Multiclavula was originally based on thallus type, further research has demonstrated that members of the group actually have three distinct thallus types, one of which ('crustose-granulose') matches up with Multiclavula. However, the photobiont of Lepidostromatales is chlorococcoid instead of coccomyxoid (which is the type found in Multiclavula), making the photobiont-type a reasonable diagnostic feature for the group. The three thallus types correlate with the current division of the group into three genera:

Ertzia
Lepidostroma
Sulzbacheromyces

Habitat and distribution
All known members of the order are lichenized and grow on soil in tropical regions of Africa and the Americas.

References

Agaricomycetes
Basidiomycota orders
Lichen orders
Taxa named by Robert Lücking
Taxa described in 2013


title: Nali, Iran

text:
Nali (, also Romanized as Nālī) is a village in Kahnuk Rural District, Irandegan District, Khash County, Sistan and Baluchestan Province, Iran. At the 2006 census, its population was 123, in 26 families.

References

Populated places in Khash County


title: Postup (wine)

text:
Postup is a Croatian premium quality red wine produced of the plavac Mali crni grape variety in a limited homonymous area of the Pelješac subregion of the Middle and South Dalmatia wine growing region.

At about 50 ha of the locality Postup, in a good year it is possible to produce about 34,000-40,000 t of grapes (the harvest yield being at most 60%), that is about 2,400 hl of the premium wine postup. In fact, a good year is one when due to the specific microclimatic conditions a part of the grapes of the variety plavac Mali crni grown at this locality (as well as at the locality called Dingač) over-ripe so that there are about 30% of dry berries, increasing the sugar content and making conditions to produce many other ingredients of importance for the quality of the future wine.

Postup wine is characterized by a high content of ethanol (often over 14% vol.) and dry extract (over 30 g/L). The wine has a purple - dark red color with blue reflections, as well as a pleasant and unique fragrance and bouquet. It has always been highly priced at the market and used to be sold as much as four times more expensive than other Dalmatian red wines (apart from dingač, a wine postup is difficult to distinguish from). Postup is classified as the highest standard recognized by the Croatian law - "Vrhunsko Vino" ("Premium Quality Wine"). It was the second wine (after dingač) protected as "Premium Quality" (1967).

References

Croatian wines


title: Pedehi

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Pedehi (, also Romanized as Pedehī) is a village in Kahnuk Rural District, Irandegan District, Khash County, Sistan and Baluchestan Province, Iran. At the 2006 census, its population was 62, in 11 families.

References

Populated places in Khash County


title: Cordyline minutiflora

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Cordyline minutiflora is a plant species native to Irian Jaya on the island of New Guinea in eastern Indonesia. Type specimen was collected there in 1912 at an elevation of approximately 210 m (700 feet).

Cordyline minutiflora has linear, acuminate leaves up to 20 cm (8 inches) long and 1 cm (0.4 inches) wide. Flowers are borne in a panicle up to 15 cm (6 inches) long; each flower is small, no more than 2 mm (0.08 inches) long on a pedicel 1 mm (0.04 inches) long.

References

minutiflora
Lomandroideae
Flora of New Guinea


title: James Rennie

text:
James Rennie may refer to:
James Rennie (naturalist) (1787–1867), Scottish naturalist
James Rennie (actor) (1889–1965), Canadian-American actor
James Rennie (golfer) (1826–1924), Scottish golfer
James Rennie (Under the Dome), fictional character in Under the Dome
James Rennie, Junior, fictional character in Under the Dome


title: Banu al-Munajjim

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The Banu al-Munajjim (), was an Iranian family of Abbasid officials attested in the 9th and 10th centuries. They claimed descent from the Sasanian dynasty.

History
According to Ibn al-Nadim, the Banu al-Munajjim were descended from Mihr-Gushnasp, a son of the last Sasanian king Yazdegerd III (r. 632–651). The family is first mentioned in the 9th century, when the eponymous ancestor of the family, Abu Mansur al-Munajjim (originally named Aban-Gushnasp), worked at the court of the second Abbasid caliph, al-Mansur (r. 754–775) as an astrologer (al-munajjim). His son, Yahya, worked at the Abbasid court under al-Ma'mun (r. 813–833), and later converted from Zoroastrianism to Islam. Yahya had four sons named Ali, Sa'id, Abdallah, and Hasan. These four sons would, like their father, work at the Abbasid court. Ali even befriended the caliph al-Mutawakkil (r. 847–861), and his son Yahya did the same with al-Muwaffaq, the de facto regent for his brother al-Mu'tamid (r. 870–892). One of Ali's other sons, Harun, also worked at the Abbasid court. Harun had a son named Ali, who eventually served under the Buyids when they became the new rulers of Baghdad. He is the last known member of the family.

Sources
D. Pingree. "Banu Monajjem". Encyclopaedia Iranica. Ed. Ehsan Yarshater. Columbia University. Retrieved 14 February 2014.

Iranian families
Officials of the Abbasid Caliphate


title: List of ambassadors to Iceland

text:
This is a list of current ambassadors to Iceland.

Current ambassadors

See also
Ambassadors of Iceland

References

Main
Iceland


title: Sycamore Canyon (disambiguation)

text:
Sycamore Canyon may refer to:

United States
Arizona
 Sycamore Canyon (Cochise County, Arizona), a canyon near Fort Huachuca
 Sycamore Canyon (Gila County, Arizona), a canyon near the Salt River Canyon Wilderness
 Sycamore Canyon (Pima County, Arizona), a canyon in the Pusch Ridge Wilderness Area
 Sycamore Canyon (Pinal County, Arizona), a canyon next to the Little Table Mountains
 Sycamore Canyon (Yavapai County, Arizona), a canyon in the Sycamore Canyon Wilderness

California
 Sycamore Canyon (Kern County, California), a canyon near Millersville, California
 Sycamore Canyon (San Diego County, California), a canyon near Dulzura, California
 Sycamore Canyon (Ventura County, California), a canyon in the Santa Monica Mountains in Newbury Park, California

Texas
 Sycamore Canyon (Texas), a canyon in Val Verde County, Texas

See also
 Sycamore Canyon Test Facility


title: Joe McAlister

text:
Joe McAlister may refer to:

Joe McAlister, character in Under the Dome (TV series)
Joe McAlister (athlete) in 2006 IAAF World Road Running Championships


title: Isaac Holstein

text:
Isaac Jackson Holstein V (born September 7, 1987) is a Filipino-American former professional basketball player. He last played for the Barako Bull Energy of  the Philippine Basketball Association. He was drafted with the 7th overall pick by the GlobalPort Batang Pier in the 2013 PBA draft. Two days after the draft, he was traded to San Mig in exchange for fellow rookie Justin Chua and veteran Leo Najorda.

Holstein is a 6-foot 9 stretchman who is good at putbacks and on mid-range shooting. Holstein is a three-time Philippine Basketball Association and member of the 2013 San Mig Super Coffee Mixers roster who captured the very rare Grand Slam.

His entry into the PBA signals the complete reversal of his basketball fortunes. A former NCAA Division II player, he quit basketball and decided to embark on a different path in life. Instead, he saw his hoops career resurrected after moving to Manila to play in the PBA D-League, first with Big Chill before moving to Blackwater.

After spending his rookie season with the grand slam champion Purefoods Star Hotshots, he was traded along with Ronnie Matias midway through the 2014–15 PBA Philippine Cup for Barako Bull Energy veteran center Mick Pennisi. After a couple of months, he was waived by the Energy.

He has since retired and is now a mortgage loan initiator initiator back in the United States.

PBA career statistics

Season-by-season averages

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| align=left| San Mig Super Coffee
| 16 || 5.3 || .312 || .000 || .312 || 1.3 || .1 || .1 || .2 || .9
|-
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| align=left| Purefoods Star
| rowspan=2|5 || rowspan=2|5.0 || rowspan=2|.444 || rowspan=2|.000 || rowspan=2|.500 || rowspan=2|1.4 || rowspan=2|.0 || rowspan=2|.0 || rowspan=2|.2 || rowspan=2|2.0
|-
| align=left| Barako Bull
|-class=sortbottom
| align=center colspan=2 | Career
| 21 || 5.2 || .360 || .000 || .350 || 1.3 || .1 || .1 || .2 || 1.2

References

1987 births
Living people
Basketball players from West Virginia
Filipino men's basketball players
West Virginia State Yellow Jackets men's basketball players
Centers (basketball)
Magnolia Hotshots players
Barako Bull Energy players
American sportspeople of Filipino descent
American men's basketball players
NorthPort Batang Pier draft picks


title: Sagada, Russia

text:
Sagada () is the name of several rural localities in Russia.

Modern localities
Sagada, Republic of Dagestan, a rural locality (a selo) in Tlyatsudinsky Selsoviet of Tsuntinsky District in the Republic of Dagestan;

Renamed localities
Sagada, in 1944–1957, name of Belty, a rural locality (a selo) in Yalkhoy-Mokhkskaya Rural Administration of Kurchaloyevsky District in the Chechen Republic


title: The Stick Up Kids

text:
The Stick Up Kids is a 2008 film directed by Hawthorne James and starring Bryce Wilson, Mel Jackson, Tariq Alexander, and Hawthorne James.

Premise
Four friends from Harlem resort to con games and armed robbery in order to make ends meet, but they find their friendship put to the test when an influential slumlord plots to gentrify their neighborhood. Now, in order to prove that they can't be bought out or pushed around by a man who thinks everyone has their price, these four young hustlers are about to carry out their most ambitious and treacherous scam to date.

Cast
Bryce Wilson as Hands and a little man
Mel Jackson as Pennell
Tariq Alexander as Santos
Hawthorne James as Uncle Bo
Tara Magalski as Lisa

References

External links

DVD on sale at TSW Mall
The Stick Up Kids on Rotten Tomatoes

2008 films
Hood films
2008 crime drama films
American crime drama films
2000s English-language films
2000s American films
English-language crime drama films


title: Milman, Iran

text:
Milman (, also Romanized as Mīlmān) is a village in Eskelabad Rural District, Nukabad District, Khash County, Sistan and Baluchestan Province, Iran. At the 2006 census, its population was 27, in 12 families.

References

Populated places in Khash County


title: Carolyn Hill (disambiguation)

text:
Carolyn Hill is a golfer.

Carolyn or Caroline Hill may also refer to:

Carly Hill, Canadian ice hockey player
Carolyn Hill (Under the Dome), fictional character
Caroline Hill, English actress
Caroline S. Hill, British scientist

 Caroline Hill, a hill near So Kon Po, Hong Kong Island


title: Liu Song (disambiguation)

text:
The Liu Song dynasty (420–479) was an imperial dynasty of China.

Liu Song is also the name of:
Liu Song (table tennis) (born 1972), Chinese-born Argentine table tennis player
Liu Song (snooker player) (born 1983), Chinese snooker player


title: Bundesstraße 26

text:
The Bundesstraße 26 or Federal Highway 26, (abbreviation: B 26) runs between the city of  Riedstadt at the B44, to the city of  Hallstadt, at the Bundesautobahn 70, A70 in Germany. The highway run East to West. It crosses the River Main and the Mannheim–Frankfurt railway.

The highway runs through (West to East): Riedstadt, Griesheim, Darmstadt, Dieburg, Münster, Hesse, Babenhausen, Großostheim, Aschaffenburg, Goldbach, Bavaria, Hösbach, Laufach, Rechtenbach, Lohr, Gemünden am Main, Karlstadt am Main, Arnstein, Werneck, Bergrheinfeld, Schweinfurt, Schonungen, Theres, Haßfurt, Zeil am Main, Ebelsbach, Eltmann, Viereth-Trunstadt, Bischberg and Hallstadt.

Just west of Darmstadt the B26 crosses the Bundesautobahn 5 and Bundesautobahn 67, known as the Darmstädter Kreuz (Darmstadt cross).

Until the changing of Luisenplatz (Luis Square) in Darmstadt into pedestrian zone in the 1970s, the B26 road ran through center Darmstadt. In Darmstadt the B26 meets the North-South Highway of Bundesstraße 3, B3. Today, the B26 pass under the Darmstadt city center.

North eastern bypass Darmstadt
As a replacement for the crossing of the Darmstadt city center, a north eastern bypass is planned. It should relieve the downtown area from car and truck traffic. The planned route was to connect the Darmstadt Ostbahnhof and the Martin-Luther-King-ring. Half of this new road will run in a tunnel.

 Near Schonungen the B26 crosses the Bundesstraße 303. Near Bergrheinfeld the B26 cross the A70. Near Gemünden am Main the B26 crosses the Bundesautobahn 7. In the town of Karlstadt am Main the B26 cross the Bundesstraße 27. In Aschaffenburg the B26 cross the Bundesautobahn 3. In Dieburg the B26 crosses the Bundesstraße 45.

See also
 Autobahn
 Bundesstraße
 List of federal highways in Germany

References

 A. Kurt: Zur Geschichte von Straßen und Verkehr im Land zwischen Rhein und Main. Dissertation an der Universität Frankfurt 1956.
 Hans-Peter Schäfer: Die Entwicklung des Straßennetzes im Raum Schweinfurt bis zur Mitte des 19. Jh. Würzburg 1976.
 Information on city of Darmstadt on the north eastern bypass
 State Building Authority Wuerzburg B 26n, highway development axis Western MainFranken

Darmstadt
Roads in Hesse
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title: Hafezabad, Khash

text:
Hafezabad (, also Romanized as Ḩāfez̧ābād) is a village in Gowhar Kuh Rural District, Nukabad District, Khash County, Sistan and Baluchestan Province, Iran. At the 2006 census, its population was 45, in 8 families.

References

Populated places in Khash County


title: 149th Maneuver Enhancement Brigade

text:
The 149th Maneuver Enhancement Brigade is a maneuver enhancement brigade of the Kentucky Army National Guard, headquartered at Richmond.

Constituted Jan. 21, 1839 in the Kentucky Militia as the Louisville Legion and organized at Louisville. The unit mustered into federal service May 17, 1846 as the first Kentucky Volunteer Infantry Regiment and mustered out of federal service May 17, 1847 in New Orleans, Louisiana. Four years after coming out of the federal service, the unit reorganized June 30, 1851 in the Kentucky Volunteer Militia in Louisville as the Louisville Legion. The Kentucky State Guard re-designated as the Kentucky National Guard in 1912, and the unit mustered into federal service once again at Fort Thomas in February 1917.

The 149th Armored Brigade traces its recent history to the activation of Headquarters and Headquarters Battery, XXIII Corps Artillery from Headquarters and Headquarters Battery, 138th Field Artillery Group on 1 October 1959. The corps artillery headquarters for the Kentucky Army National Guard had been formed in 1953 due to the quantity of field artillery battalions in the state and given the designation of XXIII Corps Artillery, although the corresponding corps headquarters did not exist. In this reorganization, the Louisville unit swapped designations with the Lexington unit, which ultimately became the 138th Field Artillery Brigade headquarters.

The Louisville unit was then converted and redesignated HHC 149th Armored Brigade on 1 November 1980. The '149' number came from the former 149th Infantry Regiment. When activated, the 149th included the 1st and 2nd Battalions of the 123rd Armor, 1st Battalion, 149th Infantry, 2nd Battalion, 138th Field Artillery, Troop A of the 240th Cavalry, the 103rd Support Battalion, and the 207th Engineer Company.

On 1 November 1985 the 149th joined the newly reactivated 35th Infantry Division (Mechanized) and became the 149th Brigade, 35th Infantry Division. The 35th had been reformed after the Department of Defense decided to add another National Guard mechanized division and also included the 67th Brigade from Nebraska and the 69th Brigade from Kansas. As a result of losing its status as a separate brigade, the brigade armored cavalry reconnaissance troop (Troop A, 240th Cavalry) was eliminated. The 149th MEB also contains a Military Police Battalion known as the 198th MP BN. This battalion has several combat support units, and one law and order detachment.

The unit's headquarters changed 1 October 2013 to Richmond, Kentucky.

References

Citations

Bibliography

Maneuver Enhancement Brigades of the United States Army
Military units and formations established in 2006
Richmond, Kentucky


title: Lalabad, Sistan and Baluchestan

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Lalabad (, also Romanized as Lālābād; also known as Lālehābād) is a village in Gowhar Kuh Rural District, Nukabad District, Khash County, Sistan and Baluchestan Province, Iran. At the 2006 census, its population was 190, in 34 families.

References

Populated places in Khash County


title: Kamuzu Barracks FC

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Kamuzu Barracks Football Club are a Malawian football (soccer) club based in Lilongwe and currently playing in the TNM Super League, the top division of Malawian football.

History
Kamuzu Barracks has won the Malawi Carlsberg Cup in 2013 after defeating Moyale Barracks FC in the final at the Mzuzu Stadium.

The Malawi Defence Force side was crowned champions of the country's elite league in 2016 season. The team defied all odds by became the champion against all odds.
KB also dominated the 2016 season awards with the team talisman, Harvey Nkacha, named player of the season and Dave Banda named the best midfielder of the season. Apart from being awarded the championship it also produced the best technical panel.

Stadium
Kamuzu Barracks plays its home matches at the 6,000 capacity Civo Stadium in Lilongwe.

Honours
Super League of Malawi:
 Winners (1): 2016

Central Region Football League
 Winners (1): 2011–12

Malawi FAM Charity Shield:
 Runners-up (1): 2017

Malawi FAM Cup
 Winners (1): 2017
 Runners-up (1): 2016

Malawi Carlsberg Cup
 Winners (1): 2013

References

External links
Tag archives - Nyasatimes.com
 Club profile - Soccerway.com

Football clubs in Malawi
Military association football clubs in Malawi


title: Lalabad-e Huti

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Lalabad-e Huti (, also Romanized as Lālābād-e Hūtī; also known as Lālābād) is a village in Nazil Rural District, Nukabad District, Khash County, Sistan and Baluchestan Province, Iran. At the 2006 census, its population was 75, in 17 families.

References

Populated places in Khash County


title: Coggins

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Coggins or Coggin is a surname of Celtic origin specifically Wales. The Coggins family lived in the parish of Cogan, which is in the diocese of Llandaff in the county of Glamorgan. The name literally means "a cup or bowl"  and probably meant "dweller in a bowl-shaped valley."

Notable people with the surname include:

Billy Coggins (1901–1958), English football player
Cecil H. Coggins (1922–2019), American physician
Dave Coggin, former pitcher in Major League baseball
Herbert L. Coggins (1881–1974), American editor and author
Jacob Coggins (born 1978), American soccer player
Jack Coggins (1911–2006), artist, author and illustrator
Leola Hall Coggins (1881–1930), American architect
Mark Coggins (born 1957), Choctaw/American author and photographer
Nate Coggins (born 1978), American football player
Richard J. Coggins (1929–2017), British biblical commentator

Fictional characters
Lester Coggins, a character in the American television series Under the Dome
George Coggins, Scrap Metal merchant in "Chitty Chitty Bang Bang" 1968 Musical Film - played by Desmond Llewelyn

See also
Coggin College of Business, part of the University of North Florida
Coggins test, a diagnostic test for equine infectious anemia developed by Dr. Leroy Coggins
Gilman Coggin House, a historic house in Massachusetts
Coggins Boot Factory, Raunds, Northamptonshire

References


title: Claude Mossé

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Claude Mossé (24 December 1924 – 12 December 2022) was a French historian specializing in the history of Ancient Greece.

Biography
Mossé was born in Paris on 24 December 1924, as the daughter of a wine merchant. She was the sister of Eliane Mossé, researcher in macroeconomics, and Arlette Mosse, clinical nutritionist. In the winter of 1941, during World War II and aged 16, she first read a text on liberty and democracy by Demosthenes; since then, she dedicated her life to Greek history, never having married or having any children.

Her favourite historical subject was 4th century BCE Athens. Mossé belonged to the same school of historical thought with Jean-Pierre Vernant and Pierre Vidal-Naquet. She was professor emeritus at the University of Paris VIII. Her works have been translated into many languages including English, German, Spanish, Italian, Portuguese and modern Greek.

Mossé died in Draveil, Essonne on 12 December 2022, at the age of 97.

Selected works
 La Fin de la démocratie athénienne. Aspects sociaux et politiques du déclin de la cité grecque au ive siècle av. J.-C., Paris, 1962
 Le Travail en Grèce et à Rome, Paris, PUF, Que sais-je?, 1966
 Les Institutions grecques, Paris, Armand Colin, 1968
 La Tyrannie dans la Grèce antique, Paris, PUF, 1969
 La Colonisation dans l'Antiquité, Paris, Nathan, 1970
 Histoire d'une démocratie, Athènes, Paris, Le Seuil, 1971
 Histoire des doctrines politiques en Grèce, Paris, PUF, Que sais-je?, 1975
 La Femme dans la Grèce antique, Paris, Albin Michel, 1983
 La Grèce archaïque d'Homère à Eschyle, Paris, Le Seuil, 1984
 Le Procès de Socrate, Bruxelles, Complexe, 1987
 L'Antiquité dans la Révolution française, Paris, Albin Michel, 1989
 Précis d'histoire grecque. Du début du deuxième millénaire à la bataille d'Actium, with Annie Schnapp-Gourbeillon, Paris, Armand Colin, 1990
 Les Mythes Grecs, Photographs by Erich Lessing, Nathan, 1991
 Dictionnaire de la civilisation grecque, Bruxelles, Complexe, 1992
 Le Citoyen dans la Grèce antique, Paris, Nathan, 1993
 Démosthène ou les ambiguïtés de la politique, Paris, Armand Colin, 1994
 Politique et société en Grèce ancienne. Le « modèle » athénien, Paris, Aubier, 1995
 Meurtres sur l'Agora, Calmann-Lévy, 1995
 Alexandre. La destinée d'un mythe, Paris, Payot, 2001
 Périclès, l'inventeur de la démocratie, Payot, coll. biography, 2005
 Les Grecs inventent la politique, Complexe, 2005
 Sacrilèges et trahisons à Athènes, Larousse, 2009
 Au nom de la loi. Justice et politique à Athènes à l'âge classique, Payot, 2010
 Regards sur la démocratie athénienne, Perrin, 2013

See also
 Classics

References

1924 births
2022 deaths
20th-century French historians
20th-century French women writers
Scholars of ancient Greek history
French hellenists
Writers of historical fiction set in antiquity
Academic staff of the University of Paris
French women historians
Writers from Paris


title: Oliver E. Story

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Oliver E. (“Chick”) Story (August 7, 1885 – October 17, 1961) was a composer, publisher, and performer active in Boston from 1910 to 1925.

Biography
Oliver Ewell (“Chick”) Story was born of solid Massachusetts stock to Theodore Parker Story and Emma Graham Ewell; his father owned a grocery store, and the family appeared to be prosperous. Oliver was an only child, never married, and lived with his father in East Boston until 1942, when they moved to Chelsea. He returned to East Boston after his father's death in 1947 and remained there for the rest of his life.

Story graduated from Harvard in 1908 and remained an active alumnus at subsequent reunions. His father ran for office in Boston and there are indications that Oliver was also involved with politics. In 1922, he became a Mason (as his father had before him) and later was very active in that, and in other fraternal organizations; he was given a Masonic funeral  after his death on October 19, 1961.

Professional career
Apart from a march written at Harvard, Oliver E. Story's early pieces and publications were collaborations with Peter H. (“Happy”) O’Neil. From 1910 through 1912 Story (music) and O’Neil (words) created over a dozen songs, with occasional contributions from other writers and composers. O’Neil and Story also formed a publishing house, issuing all their own titles and about thirty others, but the partnership ended when O’Neil died of cancer, aged 28, on September 28, 1912.

The following year Oliver E. Story opened his own publishing firm, with offices at 218 Tremont Street, the heart of Boston's music district. He issued over fifty titles from 1913 through 1917, including more than a dozen of his own compositions. Also in 1913 he began collaborating with lyricist Jack Caddigan, the start of a partnership that continued for ten years. Noteworthy early songs included “Thanks for the Lobster” and “A Hundred Years from Now,” the latter co-composed with James A. Brennan. Caddigan, Story, and Brennan created the bulk of titles published by Story's firm. During this period Story was also active as a pianist and singer, appearing at events from political rallies to vaudeville. As composer he was known as  “Chick,” directing the “Chick Story Trio” and “Chick Story Serenaders,” but as a publisher he remained “Oliver E. Story.”

Story's publishing offices closed in 1917, and in 1918 Oliver was employed in the Boston office of Leo Feist. Caddigan and Story published a few songs with Boston publishers (Billy Lang, D. W. Cooper) and then released “Salvation Lassie of Mine,” a popular postwar number, with Feist. This was followed by “Little French Mother of Mine,” also with Feist, and “Blue Diamonds,” published by Joseph W. Stern, both quite successful. Caddigan and Story self-published their last few songs in 1921–22.

Story continued to list himself as a “musician” in Boston City Directories, and he appeared irregularly in Boston papers as a pianist and as director of amateur theatricals. In the 1940s he appeared in restaurants and clubs, performing “songs of yesteryear.” He evidently had stopped performing by 1950 and receded from public view; his obituary misidentified his most popular titles and credited him with publishing three hundred songs, over twice as many as he actually issued.

References

Further reading and digital archives
 IN Harmony: Sheet Music from Indiana
 World War I Sheet Music (Brown University)
 Historic American Sheet Music (Duke University)

1885 births
1961 deaths
American male composers
American composers
Music publishers (people)
Musicians from Boston
Harvard University alumni
20th-century American male musicians


title: Läckö Castle Opera

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Läckö Castle Opera (Swedish: Läckö Slottsopera) is a summer opera company which has staged an opera each summer since 1997. Performances take place in the inner courtyard of the baroque Läckö Castle 25 km from the city of Lidköping in Sweden, normally during three weeks of the summer starting in the middle of July.

History
The Castle Opera started in 1997 as an independent project where the Foundation of Läckö Castle made the courtyard available to an external producer. The audience's positive response to the first operas led the Foundation of Läckö Castle to assume responsibility as organizers from 2001 onwards. Opera performance became a part of the Foundation's regular activities, with an aim to show the castle to the public and contribute to the Lidköping area's high quality cultural experiences.

In 2003 the Castle Opera initiated a collaboration with Musik i Väst (presently Kultur i Väst – Culture in the West) that continues to this day. Simon Phipps, the former Artistic Director of Musik i Väst, is the musical director for the opera performances at Läckö Castle Opera.

A retractable sail roof was installed in 2006 in the inner courtyard of the castle as rain protection for the audience. The total roof area is 400 m2 divided into four sections; two of 120 m2 each and two of 80 m2 each.

The Castle Opera received the Swedish magazine Opera'''s Opera Prize (Swedish: Tidskrften Operas operapris) in 2011 for its 'daring repertoire policy', the first time the Opera Prize was awarded to an institution.

Facilities
The inner courtyard is the prime reason for opera being performed at Läckö Castle. The high whitewashed walls are highly irregular; no lines are straight and no angle is equal to any other angle. The result is acoustically well suited for live unamplified music and a whisper can be heard by the entire audience. The inner courtyard seats 370 to 390 spectators, depending on the size of the stage and the orchestra pit for a given production.

Since the Castle Opera is situated 25 km from the town of Lidköping, many guests choose to purchase a package that includes an opera ticket and dinner or snacks before the opera performance. Within the castle area there is a choice between the rustic Stable Café in a small outbuilding on the castle embankment, and the posh White Hart Restaurant in a modern exhibition hall 300 meters from the castle. During intermissions coffee and light snacks can be purchased in the outer courtyard, and opera spectators may enjoy the view or visit the ecological Small Castle Garden, the castle's baroque style kitchen garden with vegetables, spices and edible flowers.

Productions
With the exception of the first three years 1997 to 1999, when the three well-known Mozart operas Così fan tutte, The Marriage of Figaro and Don Giovanni were staged, the repertoire has consisted of operas less often performed.

Given the size of the castle's inner courtyard, the total number of staff on and off stage (including singers, orchestra and stage hands) cannot readily exceed 50. Therefore, the management has made a virtue of necessity and chosen a repertoire with limited cast and orchestra requirements, and it has also tried to incorporate the castle's existing features into the dramas, having looked for plots that harmonize with the intimate character of the setting. The composers of choice have been Mozart, Haydn, Rossini and Britten. In 2008 the Castle Opera commissioned the drama Magnus Gabriel with music by the Swedish composer Daniel Börtz about the mid 17th century lord of the Läckö Castle Magnus Gabriel De la Gardie.

See Läckö Slott - Opera - Historik for the Läckö Castle Opera list of productions (in Swedish).

Organization

Läckö Castle is a national heritage building managed by the National Property Board of Sweden.

The Castle Opera is managed by the Foundation of Läckö Castle (Swedish: Stiftelsen Läckö Slott''). The Foundation's activities include exhibitions, guided tours, horticulture, outdoor activities, lectures, children's activities and cultural experiences. The Foundation was founded in 1990 by the Crafoord Foundation, the Region of Västra Götaland, the County of Lidköping, and the local bank Sparbanken Lidköping. The Castle Opera is part of the Foundation of Läckö Castle's overall mission to fill the castle with activities that enrich and enhance it as a travel destination, and to show the castle to visitors in a lively and interesting way.

Cultural activities at Läcko Castle are financially supported by the Region of Västra Götaland, the County of Lidköping, Kultur i Väst, the Grevillis Foundation and the National Property Board of Sweden, as well as the local daily newspaper Nya Lidköpings-Tidningen.

References

External links
Läckö Castle official web site
National Property Board of Sweden
Kultur i Väst
Operabase

Opera festivals
Opera houses in Sweden
Music festivals in Sweden
Summer events in Sweden


title: Su Rui (album)

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Su Rui (Chinese: ) is the self-titled 1983 debut album by Su Rui, with English name given as Julie Sue under the Chinese name on the cover of the Hong Kong issue. The singer produced another self-titled album in 1986.

Except in its original Taiwan release, the album includes her first hit single "The Same Moonlight" () and also "Who Will Buy My Old Bottles?" () the hit theme from the Taiwan film Papa, Can You Hear Me Sing.

Track listing
Hong Kong edition
Side one
 "Overture" (序曲 Xùqǔ)
 from the film Papa, Can You Hear Me Sing
 "The Same Moonlight" (一样的月光 Yīyàng de yuèguāng)
 "Whether or Not" (是否 Shìfǒu), written by Luo Da You
 Originally sung by Sylvia Chang in 1981
 Bǎwò	把握
 请跟我来 Qǐng gēn wǒ lái instrumental

Side two
 "Any Empty Wine Bottles for Sale" (酒干倘卖无 Jiǔ gàn tǎng mài wú)
 Main theme of the film; not in original Taiwanese vinyl edition
 "Please Come with Me" (请跟我来 Qǐng gēn wǒ lái), duet with Yu Kan-ping (虞戡平)
 Yīyàng de yuèguāng 一样的月光 (instrumental)
 Biàn 变
 一样的月光2 Yīyàng de yuèguāng 2

Reception
The 2009 book Taiwan Popular Music — 200 Best Albums (台灣流行音樂 200最佳專輯), enlarged from a 1994 list by National Taiwan University (NTU) students, and Ma Shih-fang (馬世芳), a radio DJ at News 98, ranked this album number two of their "top 20 Taiwan popular albums from 1975 to 1992".

Sales

See also
List of best-selling albums in China

References

1983 debut albums
Mandarin-language albums


title: Miguel Chan and Roger Juárez

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Miguel Chan and Roger Juárez are Mexican potters, partners in producing Mayan culture-inspired pottery in Ticul, in the state of Yucatán. Ticul, along with Mama and Maxcanú are traditional pottery centers for the state, where pieces are made using a k´abal, a rudimentary form of pottery wheel. The pieces are decorated using implements that they make themselves from branches, leather, gourds and feathers.

The partners have worked together for many years as the “Arte Maya” workshop, which was formerly directed by Wilbert Gonzalez before he died.  The two learned the craft together here, producing cups, storage boxes, cantaros, vases and decorative figures, inspired by the old gods and sacred animals and myths of the Maya. Their pieces are principally made on the k’abal, which they turn with their feet, either using the coil method or forming the piece from a single ball of clay.

Chan is the more versatile of the two, making everything from utilitarian pieces to reproduction of Jaina figures, the latter made with special molds along with modeling.  Juarez specializes in creating plates and containers with Mayan inspired designs, creating using tones of red and yellow clay slips, which are burnished before firing.

Firing is done in kilns they have constructed, which contain a type of ventilation unique to the pottery of the region along with the use of a grill to keep pieces from being stained by the burning wood. After firing some pieces are further decorated with vinyl paints and others are left in natural clay tones, which can include a type of blue associated with the ancient Mayans.

Their work has been recognized by being named “grand masters” by the Fomento Cultural Banamex.

References

Mexican potters
Living people
Artists from Yucatán (state)
Year of birth missing (living people)


title: Alamabad, Khash

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Alamabad (, also Romanized as ʿAlamābād) is a village in Nazil Rural District, Nukabad District, Khash County, Sistan and Baluchestan Province, Iran. At the 2006 census, its population was 44, in 10 families.

References

Populated places in Khash County


title: Bahrabad

text:
Bahrabad () may refer to:
 Bahrabad, Kerman
 Bahrabad, Razavi Khorasan
 Bahrabad, Sistan and Baluchestan
 Barbad, the Persian composer


title: Gary Granada

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Gary Gamutan Granada (born April 4, 1960 in Maco, Davao de Oro) is a well-known Filipino musician, composer, poet, and singer-songwriter known for writing songs which have strong political themes.

He is also a tutor at the University of the Philippines, a union organizer, broadcaster, voice talent,  and a board member in several organizations, among other things.

Early life
Granada was born in 1960 to mother Cristina Gamutan (a dressmaker) and father Ireneo (a fisherman). Growing up, he took a number of odd jobs to help support the presumably feeble family income. He graduated valedictorian in both elementary and high school but never attained a diploma in college (he enrolled in the University of the Philippines but was booted out).

Musical career
Granada learned the ukulele at his father's insistence, learned how to play guitar proficiently as well, got up to grade one in piano, and never learned how to read music. He made a lot of compositions: topical compositions as well as advertising jingles, with some becoming hits at one time or another.

Granada is also an avid Barangay Ginebra San Miguel fan, and composed numerous songs about the Ginebra San Miguel Kings basketball team; "Ginebrang Ginebra"; "Kapag Nananalo ang Ginebra (When Ginebra Wins)" sung by Bayang Barrios; and "Kapag Natatalo ang Ginebra (When Ginebra Loses)", sung by himself. The latest of these tribute songs was "Dugong Ginebra", written right after the 2008 PBA Fiesta Conference championship.

In 2009, Granada accused the GMA Kapuso Foundation of violating his intellectual property rights.

In 2017, Granada commissioned with Mariano Kilates in writing the City Hymn of Legazpi "Legazpi Ngonyan (Legazpi Today)". The City hymn was installed in September 2017.

Popular songs by Gary Granada
Mabuti Pa Sila (1998 Grand Prize Champion, Metropop Song Festival 1998, also covered by the late Rico J. Puno in 2008.)

References

Filipino songwriters
Filipino poets
Living people
Rock songwriters
Filipino singer-songwriters
People from Davao de Oro
1960 births


title: Pinctada mazatlanica

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Pinctada mazatlanica is a species of tropical marine bivalve mollusc in the family Pteriidae, the pearl oysters.  It is known by the English common names pearl oyster, Mazatlan pearl oyster, and Panama pearl oyster.  Spanish common names include madre perla, and ostra perlifera panameña. This mollusc was first described to science in 1856 by conchologist Sylvannus Charles Thorp Hanley.  Pinctada mazatlanica produces gem-quality pearls and was the basis of a pearling industry in the Gulf of California for centuries.

Description

Valves are shallow, attaining a maximum length of 20 cm (8 inches). They are generally round with minimal, if any, wing-like extensions on the hinge margin which are found in other species of its family.  In life, the shell has a shaggy periostracum, or skin-like coating. The exterior of the valves is grayish-brown and scaly.  The interior is brilliantly nacreous, iridescent mother-of-pearl.

Distribution
Pinctada mazatlanica is found in the eastern Pacific Ocean from Baja California Sur to Peru, including the Gulf of California.  It is also widespread in the Galapagos Islands.  These pearl oysters live in shallow water from 3 to 30 meters (4 to 99 feet) deep on coral reefs and rocky bottoms.

Life history
Pearl oysters begin life as males.  When they reach approximately 100 mm (4 inches), they transform into females, a process known as protandrous hermaphroditism.  They reproduce by broadcast spawning, releasing sperm and eggs into the sea to achieve fertilization.  In the Gulf of California, spawning takes place in September.

The fertilized egg develops into a free-swimming veliger which feeds on smaller plankton.  At roughly three weeks after fertilization, the veliger becomes a pediveliger.  At this stage of development, the animal is approximately 0.2 mm in diameter and has a foot which allows it to crawl on the seabed.  In response to some unknown environmental cue, the pediveliger attaches itself to the seabed with a byssus and grows into adulthood at that spot.

Pearls form naturally in approximately 5% of this species pearl oysters.

A male and female pair of the shrimp Pontonia pinnae is often found dwelling inside the live shells.

History
This oyster along with the Pacific wing-oyster (Pteria sterna) was the subject of a pearl fishery in the Gulf of California since before the arrival of Hernando Cortez in 1535. The Spaniards quickly appreciated the value of the harvest and in 1586 declared the gathering of oysters to be a right of the Spanish crown. By the 1840s, the export of the shells was as valuable as the pearls extracted from them; the nacreous shells were used to make mother-of-pearl buttons for clothing.  In 1874, compressed air diving equipment made harvesting the oysters easier. By the early 1900s, some 200,000 to 500,000 oysters were being harvested annually. This over-exploitation caused populations of both species of oyster to become depleted and in 1940 the fishery was closed by the Mexican Government, a ban that still remains in force.

The Gulf of California pearl industry was the basis of John Steinbeck's novella, The Pearl, published in 1947.

References

Pteriidae
Bivalves described in 1856
Molluscs of the Pacific Ocean


title: Athletics at the 2001 Jeux de la Francophonie – Results

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These are the full results of the athletics competition at the 2001 Jeux de la Francophonie which took place on July 19–23, 2001, in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada.

Men's results

100 meters

Heats – July 20Wind:Heat 1: +0.3 m/s, Heat 2: 0.0 m/s, Heat 3: +0.5 m/s, Heat 4: +0.3 m/s, Heat 5: 0.0 m/s

Quarterfinals – July 20Wind:Heat 1: +0.2 m/s, Heat 2: +0.2 m/s, Heat 3: +0.6 m/s

Semifinals – July 21Wind:Heat 1: -0.2 m/s, Heat 2: +0.9 m/s

Final – July 21Wind: +0.7 m/s

200 meters

Heats – July 22Wind:Heat 1: +2.3 m/s, Heat 2: +2.3 m/s, Heat 3: +2.4 m/s, Heat 4: +3.0 m/s, Heat 5: +0.9 m/s

Semifinals – July 23Wind:Heat 1: +0.5 m/s, Heat 2: +2.1 m/s

Final – July 23Wind: +0.5 m/s

400 meters

Heats – July 19

Final – July 21

800 meters

Heats – July 19

Final – July 21

1500 meters

Heats – July 22

Final – July 23

5000 meters
July 20

10,000 meters
July 19

Marathon
July 22

110 meters hurdles

Heats – July 19Wind:Heat 1: -1.1 m/s, Heat 2: -1.0 m/s, Heat 3: -0.8 m/s

Final – July 20Wind:-0.1 m/s

400 meters hurdles

Heats – July 22

Final – July 23

3000 meters steeplechase
July 19

4 × 100 meters relay

Heats – July 22

Final – July 23

4 × 400 meters relay
July 23

20 kilometers walk
July 22

High jump
July 21

Pole vault
July 23

Long jump

Qualification – July 20

Final – July 22

Triple jump
July 23

Shot put
July 19

Discus throw
July 22

Hammer throw
July 23

Javelin throw
July 20

Decathlon
July 19–20

Women's results

100 meters

Heats – July 20Wind:Heat 1: +0.1 m/s, Heat 2: +0.3 m/s, Heat 3: +0.2 m/s, Heat 4: +0.1 m/s

Semifinals – July 21Wind:Heat 1: -0.1 m/s, Heat 2: +0.5 m/s

Final – July 21Wind: +0.5 m/s

200 meters

Heats – July 22Wind:Heat 1: +1.8 m/s, Heat 2: +2.9 m/s, Heat 3: +2.0 m/s

Final – July 23Wind:+0.5 m/s

400 meters

Heats – July 20

Final – July 21

800 meters

Heats – July 19

Final – July 21

1500 meters

Heats – July 22

Final – July 23

5000 meters
July 23

10,000 meters
July 20

Marathon
July 22

100 meters hurdles

Heats – July 19Wind:Heat 1: -1.6 m/s, Heat 2: -0.2 m/s

Final – July 20Wind:-0.5 m/s

400 meters hurdles

Heats – July 22

Final – July 23

4 × 100 meters relay
July 23

4 × 400 meters relay
July 23

10 kilometers walk
July 21

High jump
July 23

Pole vault
July 20

Long jump
July 21

Triple jump
July 21

Shot put
July 21

Discus throw
July 21

Hammer throw
July 22

Javelin throw
July 19

Heptathlon
July 22–23

References

Jeux de la Francophonie
2001


title: Bahrabad, Sistan and Baluchestan

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Bahrabad (, also Romanized as Bahrābād; also known as Bahrāmābād) is a village in, and the capital of, Nazil Rural District of Nazil District, Taftan County, Sistan and Baluchestan province, Iran.

At the 2006 National Census, its population was 314 in 90 households, when it was in the former Nukabad District of Khash County. The following census in 2011 counted 129 people in 37 households. The latest census in 2016 showed a population of 353 people in 90 households.

In 2018, Nukabad District was separated from Khash County, elevated to the status of Taftan County, and divided into three districts, with the city of Nukabad as its only city and capital of the new county.

References

Populated places in Sistan and Baluchestan Province


title: Cigarette tube

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Cigarette tubes are pre-rolled cigarette paper usually with an acetate or paper filter at the end. They have an appearance similar to a finished cigarette but are without any tobacco or smoking material inside. The length varies from what is known as King Size (84mm) to 100's (100mm).

Filling a cigarette tube is usually done with a cigarette injector (also known as a shooter) or with filling machine. Russian old style papirosa cigarette tube can also be filled with filling machine. Cone shaped cigarette tubes are known as cones and can be filled using a packing stick or straw because of their cone shape. Cone smoking is popular because as the cigarette burns it tends to get stronger and stronger. A cone allows more tobacco to be burned at the beginning than the end, allowing for an even flavor

The United States Tobacco Taxation Bureau defines a cigarette tube as "Cigarette paper made into a hollow cylinder for use in making cigarettes."

See also
 Smoking in Russia

References

Cigarettes


title: Gholam Nabi, Iran

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Gholam Nabi (, also Romanized as Gholām Nabī) is a village in Nazil Rural District, Nukabad District, Khash County, Sistan and Baluchestan Province, Iran. At the 2006 census, its population was 81, in 13 families.

References

Populated places in Khash County


title: Ursula Williams

text:
Helen Ursula Williams BEM (1896 – November 1979), was a British Liberal Party politician who legally stood for parliament even though she was too young to vote.

Background
She was the daughter of Liberal MP, Aneurin Williams and Helen Elizabeth Pattinson. Her brother was Iolo Aneurin Williams. She was awarded the British Empire Medal. Her nephew was the composer Edward Williams.

Politics
Her introduction to politics came from having campaigned for her father at Consett in 1918 and 1922. In 1923 at the age of 27 she was selected as Liberal candidate, in succession to her father, for the Consett Division of Durham at the 1923 General Election. This put her in an anomalous position. Since 1918, under the Parliament (Qualification of Women) Act 1918, women over 21 were allowed to stand for parliament. However, in 1923 only women over the age of 30 were allowed to vote. So Williams could ask people to vote for her even though she was not allowed to vote for herself. Up to this point, she was the youngest woman to have ever stood for parliament. Having such a young woman as a parliamentary candidate attracted a lot of media attention, not least after an exchange at one of her public meetings. She was interrupted by a man who demanded "Oh, what do you know?" "Many things" replied Williams. "Well, how many ribs has a pig got?" asked her heckler. "I don't know offhand" retorted Williams, "but if the gentleman will step up on the platform I will be glad to count them." Despite achieving a swing of 5.4% she was unable to unseat the Labour candidate who had defeated her father in 1922.

She did not stand for parliament again though she continued her political involvement inside the Liberal party. In 1924 she was elected to the Executive Committee of the Women's Liberal Federation. In 1925 she served as Honorary Treasurer of the London Young Liberal Federation. In 1926 she became a leading Liberal party advocate of birth control in welfare centres. She took a particular interest in Proportional Representation and was a member of the Proportional Representation Society.

Her brother Iolo Aneurin Williams was also involved in politics as Liberal candidate for Chelsea in 1924 and 1929.

She died in 1979 at the age of 83.

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1896 births
1979 deaths
Liberal Party (UK) parliamentary candidates


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Russel R. Weisensel (December 23, 1931 – January 5, 2013) was a member of the Wisconsin State Assembly.

Biography
Weisensel was born on December 23, 1931, in Columbus, Wisconsin. He attended the University of Wisconsin-Extension program. While in the Wisconsin State Assembly, Weisensel supported bills for the disabled. He became a wheelchair user as a result of a farm accident on October 7, 1961. Weisensel died on January 5, 2013, at St. Mary's Hospital in Madison, Wisconsin.

Career
Weisensel was elected to the Wisconsin State Assembly in November 1966 as a Republican, when he defeated Democrat Paul Villar and Jerome L. Blaska, who ran as an Independent. In November 1968, he defeated Democrat Harland E. Everson to retain his seat. In November 1970, he lost to Harland E. Everson, thus ending his career in the State Assembly.

He worked for the Wisconsin Agribusiness Council and served as its First Executive Director until his retirement in 2000. Weisensel was a lifelong agricultural champion. As an advocate for physically and mentally handicapped persons he established groundbreaking accommodations and services. Weisensel was recognized as the Wisconsin Handicapped Person of the Year in 1968; the University of Wisconsin–River Falls Honorary Recognition in 1993; and the University of Wisconsin–Madison Honorary Recognition in 1997.

Weisensel's wife Mary (née: Devine) ran for the Wisconsin State Assembly as a Republican in November 1980, however she was defeated by Democratic incumbent, Thomas A. Loftus.

Other
On May 20, 2009, a road was named in their honor in the Town of Bristol, Dane County, Wisconsin. The road, named Russ & Mary Court, is located off Twin Lane Road, just south of Hwy. 151.

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People from Columbus, Wisconsin
University of Wisconsin–Madison alumni
Republican Party members of the Wisconsin State Assembly
1931 births
2013 deaths