title: Marc Marie, Marquis de Bombelles

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Marc Marie, Marquis de Bombelles (1744–1822) was a French diplomat and ecclesiastic. He was a son of Henri François de Bombelles, tutor and guardian of the duke of Orleans.

Biography
He was born at Bitsch in Lorraine, and served in the army through the Seven Years' War. In 1765 he entered the diplomatic service, and after several diplomatic missions became ambassador of France to Portugal in 1786, being charged to win over that country to the Family Compact, but the madness of the queen and then the death of the king prevented his success.

In 1778, he married Angelique Charlotte de Mackau known as Marie-Angélique de Bombelles (1762–1800), the confidante of Madame Elisabeth. The couple had several children, including the diplomat Louis Philippe de Bombelles, and count Charles-René de Bombelles the second husband of Marie-Louise of Austria.

He was transferred to Vienna early in 1789, but the French Revolution cut short his diplomatic career, and he was deprived of his post in September 1790. He remained attached to Louis XVI, and was employed on secret missions to other sovereigns, to gain their aid for Louis. In 1792 he emigrated, and after the Battle of Valmy lived in retirement in Switzerland.

In 1804, after the death of his wife, he withdrew to the monastery of Brünn in Austria, and became a priest, vicar of Oberglogau near Neustadt, Prussian Silesia. In 1815 he returned to France, and became bishop of Amiens (1819). He died in Paris.

His son was the diplomat Louis Philippe de Bombelles.

Notes

1744 births
1822 deaths
18th-century French diplomats
Bishops of Amiens
French marquesses
De Bombelles family


title: Angraecum podochiloides

text:
Angraecum podochiloides is a species of comet orchid that can be found in Cameroon, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Côte d'Ivoire, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Ghana, Liberia and Nigeria. It can be found in dense lowland forests on Gilbertiodendron dewevrei, and in humid forests at higher elevations or low montane forests. It is an epiphyte on Dialium corbisieri or in periodically flooded marshes with Guibourtia.

References

podochiloides


title: Ali al-Assad

text:
Ali al-Assad (né al-Wahsh; 18751963) was a Kakai Kurd farmer and tribal leader and was originally from Khanaqin, who was the father of former Syrian President Hafez al-Assad and grandfather of current president Bashar al-Assad.

Personal life
Ali ibn Sulayman al-Wahsh was the son of Sulayman ibn Ahmed ibn Ibrahim ibn Sulayman al-Wahsh. The al-Assad family lived in Qardaha, an Alawite town in the mountainous Latakia Sanjak of the Ottoman Empire. They are members of the Kalbiyya tribe.

Ali was known for protecting the weak, and in the 1920s had assisted refugees fleeing the former Aleppo province when France gave parts of it to Turkey. He was one of the few literate Alawites in his home village, and the only man in his village to subscribe to a newspaper. For his accomplishments, Ali was called al-Assad ("the Lion") by his fellow Alawites, and made the nickname his surname in 1927.

Ali married 3 times and over three decades had eleven children. His first wife Sa'ada was from the district of Haffeh. They had three sons and two daughters. His second wife was Na'isa, twenty years younger than him. She was the daughter of Uthman Abbud from the village of Qutilba, about 12 kilometres further up the mountain. They had a daughter and five sons. The fourth child Hafez was born on 6 October 1930.

Political influence
Ali ibn Sulayman al-Assad was one of the signatories of a supposed letter "No. 3547" addressed to French Prime Minister Léon Blum on 15 June 1936, which implored the French not to abandon Syria. However, historian Stefan Winter argues that this letter is a forgery. The disputed letter states:

The letter praises the Jews in Palestine and includes them among the groups that are persecuted by the Muslims. It is possible that this aspect of the letter was not sincere but was intended to curry favor with Léon Blum, the French Prime Minister to whom it was addressed, who was a Jew.

On 31 August 2012, the permanent representative of France to the United Nations Gérard Araud mentioned the letter in response to the Syrian diplomat Bashar Jaafari.

See also
 Al-Assad family

Notes

References

Bibliography

 Stefan Winter: The Asad Petition of 1936: Bashar’s Grandfather Was Pro-Unionist, in: Syria Comment, 14 June 2016.

1875 births
1963 deaths
People from Latakia Governorate
Ali Sulayman


title: Northeast New York PGA Championship

text:
The Northeast New York PGA Championship is a golf tournament that is the championship of the Northeast New York section of the PGA of America.  Armand Farina, World War II veteran and golf course designer, holds the record for most victories with five until Scott Berliner won in 2020 and he currently has 7 wins. Gene Sarazen, winner of 39 PGA Tour events and seven major championships, won the Northeast New York PGA Championship in 1966 at the age of 64.

Winners

 2022 Justin Hearley
 2021 Scott Berliner
 2020 Scott Berliner
 2019 Scott Berliner
 2018 Kyle Kressler
 2017 Jim Jeffers
 2016 Eric Mabee
 2015 Scott Berliner
 2014 Scott Berliner
 2013 Frank Mellet
 2012 Scott Berliner
 2011 Scott Berliner
 2010 Frank Mellet
 2009 Anders Mattson
 2008 Josh Hillman
 2007 Josh Hillman
 2006 Jim Jeffers
 2005 Rocky Catalano
 2004 Steve Vatter
 2003 Jim Marston
 2002 Dal Daily
 2001 Dal Daily
 2000 Dal Daily
 1999 Dal Daily
 1998 Jim Jeffers
 1997 Bob Ackerman
 1996 Peter Gerard
 1995 Paul Daniels
 1994 Jim Jeffers
 1993 Rick Pohle
 1992 Paul Daniels
 1991 David Nevatt
 1990 Peter Baxter
 1989 Dan Spooner
 1988 David Nevatt
 1987 Tom Smack
 1986 Harvey Bostic, Sr.
 1985 John Taylor
 1984 Harvey Bostic, Sr.
 1983 Jack Polanski
 1982 Ralph Montoya
 1981 Dave Philo
 1980 John Wells
 1979 John Maurycy
 1978 Ralph Montoya
 1977 Lou Merkle
 1976 Jay Morelli
 1975 Ron Philo
 1974 Rudy Goff
 1973 Bob Haggerty
 1972 Lou Merkle
 1971 Ed Bosse
 1970 John Maurycy
 1969 Bob Mix
 1968 Bob Mix
 1967 Ronnie Matson
 1966 Gene Sarazen
 1965 Alex Sinclair
 1964 Ed Kroll
 1963 Dan Williams, Jr.
 1962 Charley Shepard
 1961 Alex Sinclair
 1960 Bob Mix
 1959 Alex Sinclair
 1958 Art Stuhler
 1957 Art Stuhler
 1956 Alex Sinclair
 1955 Armand Farina
 1954 George Morrison
 1953 Armand Farina
 1952 Jim Farina
 1951 Armand Farina
 1950 Frank Stuhler
 1949 Milan Murasic
 1948 Milan Murasic
 1947 Milan Murasic
 1946 Armand Farina
 1945 Armand Farina

References

External links
PGA of America – Northeast New York section
2014 Membership Directory: Award History

Golf in New York (state)
PGA of America sectional tournaments
Recurring sporting events established in 1945
1945 establishments in New York (state)


title: Angeli Bayani

text:
Angeli Bayani (born November 13, 1977) is a Filipino actress. She is best known for starring in Philippine art-house and independent films notably those by Lav Diaz's  Melancholia (2008), Century of Birthing (2011), and Norte, the End of History (2013) for which she won the 2014 Gawad Urian Award for Best Actress. She also appeared in the Camera d'Or-winning Singaporean film Ilo Ilo (2013) by Anthony Chen.

Filmography

Television

Movies

References

External links

20th-century Filipino actresses
Filipino film actresses
Living people
Place of birth missing (living people)
1977 births

Actresses from Quezon City


title: Willow Branch

text:
Willow Branch is the branch of a willow.

Willow Branch may also refer to:

Willow Branch, Indiana, an unincorporated community in Hancock County
Willow Branch Township, Piatt County, Illinois


title: Borusan

text:
Borusan Holding A.Ş. is a Turkish industrial group headquartered in Istanbul, Turkey. Its activities include steel manufacturing, car distribution, energy generation and logistics. The company was founded by Asım Kocabıyık in 1944 to trade iron and steel. Today, Borusan operates in 11 countries over 3 continents.

History
Borusan began in 1944 as İstikbal Ticaret, trading in iron, steel and agricultural products. The first industrial enterprise was steel pipe manufacturing in 1958, a business which expanded throughout the 1960s and 1970s into manufacturing industrial machinery, valves for internal combustion engines, and logistics. By 1972, after integrating the steel pipe operations, all Borusan companies were brought together under Borusan Holding. In 1977 Borusan Yatırım was founded, combining Borusan companies operating in steel, distributorship and integrated logistics industries.

In 1984, Borusan Otomotiv became the main distributor of BMW in Turkey, later expanding to distribute Caterpillar earth moving equipment and Land Rover vehicles.

In 1998, Borusan Yatırım went public and Borusan went into partnership with Mannesmann. Its annual steel pipe production capacity rose to 1 million tons, from factories in Gemlik, Istanbul and İzmit. Borusan has a factory in Italy with a production capacity of 32,000 tons per year of cold drawn pipe.

In 2012, Borusan Mannesmann decided to establish a pipe manufacturing facility with an annual capacity of 300 thousand tons in United States. The facility was opened in  Houston two years later at a cost of 150 million dollars.

In 2014, the Borusan Istanbul Philharmonic Orchestra was invited to the BBC Proms classical music festival. The concert was attended by 6,000 people.

Borusan's joint venture with ArcelorMittal, Borcelik, is the biggest galvanized steel manufacturer in Turkey.

Headquarters

The headquarters of the Borusan Group is in Sarıyer, Istanbul, overlooking the Bosphorus. The headquarters building is known as the Perili Köşk (Haunted House). The building also includes a public art gallery and the Borusan Contemporary museum.

Management
Asım Kocabıyık founded Borusan Holdings in 1972 and headed the company for 57 years. His son Ahmet Kocabıyık has been the chairman of Borusan Group since 2001. Borusan Holding's CEO is Erkan Kafadar.

Fields of activities

Steel Group
 Borçelik (joint venture with ArcelorMittal)
 Borusan Mannesmann (joint venture with Salzgitter AG)
 Borusan Mühendislik
 İstikbal Ticaret
 Kerim Çelik

Distributorship Group
 Borusan Otomotiv: exclusive distributor of BMW Group and Jaguar Land Rover Group brands in Turkey
 Borusan Makina ve Güç Sistemleri: exclusive distributor of Caterpillar products in Turkey, Russia, Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan, Georgia and Kyrgyzstan
 parcapazari.com: an e-commerce startup for aftermarket automotive parts
 Borusan Araç İhale
 Supsan

Energy Group
 Borusan EnBW Enerji (joint venture with EnBW)

Logistics Group
 Borusan Lojistik
 Bukoli
 eTA

See also
 Perili Köşk - the headquarters of Borusan Holding and the Borusan Contemporary art museum is a historical monument in the Rumelihisarı neighbourhood of Istanbul.
 Borusan Otomotiv Motorsport - a Turkish auto racing team.
 List of companies of Turkey

References

External links

Companies listed on the Istanbul Stock Exchange


title: Angraecum pungens

text:
Angraecum pungens is a species of comet orchid that can be found in Cameroon, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon and Nigeria. It is found in dense lowland forests, downstream from waterfalls, and on periodically flooded marshes with Oxystigma mannii, between elevations of 50–1,800 m. It also occurs on Terminalia catappa. It is threatened by habitat loss from agriculture and logging.

References

pungens
Vulnerable plants


title: İstanbul Büyükşehir Belediyespor (basketball)

text:
İstanbul Büyükşehir Belediyespor, also known simply as İstanbul BŞB or Istanbul BB, is a professional basketball club based in Istanbul, that plays in the Turkish Basketball Second League, the third tier of Turkey's basketball pyramid. Their home arena is Cebeci Sport Hall. The club is a part of İstanbul Büyükşehir Belediyesi Spor Kulübü.

History
İstanbul BŞB basketball was founded in 2000, as a branch of İstanbul Büyükşehir Belediyesi Spor Kulübü. The team began playing in the lower divisions of Turkish basketball league systems for 2000 season with amateur players. The team became professional in 2006 and the team played in EBBL for 2006 to 2009. In 2009, the team promoted to TB2L from EBBL. The team played TB2L till 2013–14 season. In 2013–14 season, the team finished to seven of Regular Season. In Playoffs, the team faced to Ankara DSİ S.K. in quarter-finals and beat them 2-1. Then, the team beat Aydem Pamukkale Üniversitesi in semi-finals and promoted to TBL (now called BSL). 2014–15 season was first season of İstanbul BŞB in TBL and finished to twelve.

Season by season

Players

Current roster

Depth chart

Notable players

References

External links
İstanbul BB Official Web Site
Eurobasket.com Page
TBLStat.net Profile

Basketball teams in Turkey
Turkish Basketball Super League teams
Sport in Istanbul
2000 establishments in Turkey
Basketball teams established in 2000


The Rochester, Lockport and Buffalo Railroad was an electric interurban railway that was constructed between Rochester, New York, and Lockport, New York, connecting to the International Railway Co. at Lockport for service into Buffalo. Opened in 1909 as the Buffalo, Lockport and Rochester Railway, the route followed the Erie Canal and the New York Central Railroad's Falls Road branch for most of its length. For a brief period of time, the railway was part of the Beebe Syndicate of affiliated interurban railways stretching from Syracuse to Buffalo. Entering receivership in 1917, it was reorganized as the Rochester, Lockport and Buffalo Railroad in 1919. After years of struggling with declining revenue during the Depression years, the railway's last day of service was April 30, 1931.

Early history (1902–1911)

There were several early attempts to build an electric interurban railway connecting Rochester and Buffalo, starting in 1902 with the Buffalo, Niagara Falls & Rochester. None of these attempts resulted in any significant construction, except for the Albion Electric Railway which constructed  of track through the village of Albion.

On June 23, 1905, the Buffalo, Lockport and Rochester Railway was chartered as a result of the combination of the Albion and Lockport Railway, the Albion and Rochester Railway, and the Albion Electric Railway. The new owners of the company were predominantly Canadian, and it was rumored that a connection to Toronto would soon be considered. The BL&R ran for  from a connection with the International Railway Co. in Lockport to a connection with the Rochester Railways at Lyell Avenue. The route closely followed the Erie Canal and New York Central's Falls Road for most of its length.

The first section of the BL&R opened on September 3, 1908, from Rochester to a point just west of Albion, and by November 17 had reached Lockport. The new railway could not reach downtown Rochester because it was unable to secure permission to install a diamond to cross the New York Central Railroad's Charlotte Branch at Lyell Avenue. The New York State Public Service Commission intervened and permission was granted to construct the crossing in May 1910. The BL&R served the Interurban Terminal at the corner of Court and Exchange streets until 1914 when the terminal was moved to the nearby Erie Railroad station. A connection could be made to the Rochester, Syracuse and Eastern interurban line. Thousands of passengers were attracted to the BL&R's swift local service and cheaper fares that competed directly with the nearby "steam roads" serving the same areas.

Operation by the Beebe Syndicate (1911–1917)

Almost immediately, the BL&R had defaulted on its mortgage bonds and was placed in receivership in 1909. In 1911, Clifford D. Beebe (1866–1937) purchased the BL&R and placed it under the common management of his other associated interurban lines, known collectively as the "Beebe Syndicate." That summer, service was extended to Olcott Beach over the tracks of International Railway Co. connecting to a leased steamship providing ferry service to Toronto. This service came to an end after the close of the 1914 sailing season.

In 1914, arrangements were made for the operation of BL&R cars from Lockport directly into downtown Buffalo over International Railway Co. tracks. This arrangement came to an end in 1919. Freight was also operated over the line, with much of the traffic coming from the rich farming areas along the line needing to haul goods to market or to various canning facilities.

By 1915, the Beebe Syndicate controlled 28 different trolley and interurban lines stretching from Syracuse to Buffalo. Dreadfully overcapitalized, the organization was placed in receivership and Beebe himself retired from the active management of his assembled empire.

Rochester, Lockport & Buffalo (1919–1931)

All ties had been severed with the Beebe Syndicate towards the end of 1917, and the BL&R was facing financial trouble once again. The railroad emerged from reorganization in the spring of 1919 as the Rochester, Lockport and Buffalo Railroad. Freight business continued to grow, which helped bolster the railroad's bottom line.

Passenger operation into downtown Rochester changed on February 4, 1928, when the RL&B ran its first train into the newly opened Rochester Subway. Constructed in the bed of the old Erie Canal, the Subway was designed to help funnel interurban traffic and speed local passengers through the city. A ramp from the surface lines at Lyell Avenue descended into the Subway and terminated at City Hall station. Trains would then run empty to the South Avenue Loop just beyond Court Street station. The Rochester & Eastern and the Rochester & Syracuse both offered connections at City Hall station for continued eastward travel.

The majority of the new owners were businessmen from Rochester, which helped keep the operation close to local interests. Passenger and freight levels dropped through the 1920s as connecting lines were closed and the railroad met increasing competition from improved highways and the proliferation of affordable automobiles. Unable to continue operating at a significant loss with no hope of reorganization, the last trains ran on the RL&B on April 30, 1931.

List of stations
Listing obtained from BL&R public timetable dated March 3, 1909. Sidings and other local stops not shown.
 Lockport
 Gasport
 Middleport
 Medina
 Knowlesville
 Albion
 Hulberton
 Holley
 Brockport
 Adams Basin
 Spencerport
 Rochester

Legacy
There are not many traces of the RL&B left in the 21st century, as the right of way has been reclaimed across the many communities the railroad served. Nearly all of the railroad's equipment was scrapped or sold off for non-railroad use. The body of car 206 was located at Knowlesville for many years and acquired by the Rochester and Genesee Valley Railroad Museum in 1998. In 2010, the car was transferred to the nearby New York Museum of Transportation and stored until the car can be evaluated for future restoration.

In 1995, a former unmanned RL&B station (believed to have come from Adam's Basin) building was purchased at auction and brought to the R&GVRRM for preservation. This station was placed along the museum railroad in 2009, and is currently used by visitors who are making the transfer from trolley to diesel train.

In Spencerport the former station that serviced the line was moved and converted to a residence. In 2006 the building was acquired by the Village of Spencerport, moved to a site alongside the southern bank of the Erie Canal close to where the station once stood during service. It has been restored and converted into the Spencerport Depot & Canal Museum, which serves as a museum, welcome center, library, and boater restroom facility.

A steel Pratt through truss bridge is still in place over the Erie Canal near Lee Road in Rochester. The bridge has not carried a train since the end of RL&B service in 1931.

References

Defunct New York (state) railroads
Railway companies established in 1919
Interurban railways in New York (state)
Transportation in Rochester, New York
Railway companies disestablished in 1931
Standard gauge railways in the United States
American companies established in 1919


title: Angraecum subulatum

text:
Angraecum subulatum is a species of comet orchid that can be found in Cameroon, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Côte d'Ivoire, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Ghana, Guinea, Liberia, Nigeria and Sierra Leone. This species is found in lowland forests, especially those rich in Caesalpinioideae between 50 and 700 m elevation. It occurs in periodically inundated swampy forests with Raphia, Pandanus and Marantaceae, and on calcareous rock in shrubby vegetation. It has been recorded on high shaded branches of Gilbertiodendron dewevrei.

References

subulatum


title: Colin Winnette

text:
Colin Winnette is an American novelist, short story writer, and poet.

Early life and education
Winnette grew up in Denton, Texas. He attended the School of the Art Institute of Chicago, where he earned an MFA in writing in 2012.

Career

Winnette's first novel, Revelation, was published in 2011 by Mutable Sound Press while he was a graduate student. He has written five more works of fiction:  Animal Collection (Spork Press 2012), Fondly (Atticus Books 2013), Coyote (Les Figues Press 2015), Haints Stay (Two Dollar Radio 2015), The Job of the Wasp (Soft Skull Press 2018), and Users (Soft Skull Press 2023).

Winnette's short stories, poetry, reviews and other compositions have appeared in various publications, including McSweeney's, The American Reader, The Believer, Gulf Coast Magazine, and 9th Letter. He was the winner of Les Figues Press's 2013 NOS Book Contest, for his novel Coyote. He also won the 2012 Sonora Review's Short Short Fiction Award and Heavy Feather Review's Featured Chapbook Contest, and he was a finalist for the Cleveland State University Poetry Center's First Book Award and Gulf Coast Magazine's Donald Barthelme Prize.

His novels have been translated into Italian and French.

References

External links
http://www.lesfigues.com/author/colin-winnette
https://web.archive.org/web/20140529093242/http://colinwinnette.net/stories

People from Denton, Texas
Writers from Texas
School of the Art Institute of Chicago alumni
Living people
1984 births
American male writers


title: List of Three Angels Broadcasting Network affiliates

text:
This is a list of affiliates of the Three Angels Broadcasting Network, a religious television and radio network founded by Danny Shelton.

Television

Radio
Three Angels Broadcasting Network also has a network of affiliated radio stations. Not all affiliated stations are full time 3ABN affiliates, and some also carry programming from LifeTalk Radio or Radio 74 Internationale. Most affiliates are low powered.

References

External links
List of 3ABN television affiliates from 3ABN Web-Site
List of 3ABN radio affiliates from 3ABN Web-Site

Lists of radio stations in the United States
Lists of television channels in the United States


title: Milners Corner, Indiana

text:
Milners Corner is an unincorporated community in Hancock County, Indiana, in the United States.

History
Milners Corner was named in 1850 for James Milner. A post office was established at Milners Corner in 1868, and remained in operation until it was discontinued in 1903.

References

Populated places in Hancock County, Indiana


title: Francisco de Cubas

text:
Francisco de Cubas y González-Montes (13 April 1826 – 2 January 1899) was a Spanish architect and politician.  He was also known as the Marquis of Cubas (Marqués de Cubas) after his noble title, the marquisate of Cubas.  He was also from 1894 the Marquis of Fontalba.

He studied at the Escuela Técnica Superior de Arquitectura in Madrid and obtained scholarships that allowed him to complete his studies in Italy and Greece.  Upon his return to Spain in 1858, he won a medal at the National Exposition of 1858.  A member of the Royal Academy of Fine Arts of San Fernando from 1870, he worked as an architect while also pursuing a political career as a member of the Cortes Generales (as a deputy or diputado), en 1893, as the senator representing Ávila between 1896–98, and, he served as mayor of Madrid for a month (November 6, 1892 – December 1, 1892).

His work represents some of the most well-known of 19th century architecture of Madrid, and his style is noted for its use of brick and his works in the Neo-Gothic and Historicist styles.  His work includes the Jesuit college known as the Colegio Nuestra Señora del Recuerdo, the University of Deusto in Bilbao, and the National Museum of Anthropology in Madrid.  It also includes the Palace of Arenzana (today the French embassy) in Madrid and the Church of Santa Cruz in Madrid.

His most famous work is Almudena Cathedral, begun in 1883.  The original plan had been to create a parochial church. Francisco de Cubas revised this plan, deciding instead to create an imposing Neo-Gothic cathedral, the style popular at that time, especially due to the influence of Viollet-le-Duc.  This project was later modified significantly: work on the cathedral encountered delays due to economic difficulties, and later the style was modified to a Neoclassic style, in line with the nearby Palacio de Oriente (Palacio Real).  More representative of Francisco de Cubas’ vision is the Castle of Butrón in Gatica, in the Basque Country.

He married the noblewoman Matilde de Erice y Urquijo in 1860.  They are both buried in a chapel of the crypt of the Cathedral of Almudena.

References

Politicians from Madrid
Architects from Madrid
Mayors of Madrid
1826 births
1899 deaths
19th-century Spanish architects
Marquesses of Spain


title: Menina Izildinha

text:
Maria Izilda de Castro Ribeiro (1897, Póvoa de Lanhoso – 1911, Guimarães), popularly known as Menina Izildinha, Angel of the Lord or Saint Izildinha, is an unofficial popular child saint to whom Brazilian Catholics have attributed inexplicable miracles, cures and healings.

History

Life and illness
Maria Izilda de Castro Ribeiro was born on June 17, 1897, in Póvoa de Lanhoso, Portugal to Aurélio Ribeiro and Ana Castro and one of the six children with five brothers: Constantine, José Bernardo, Antonio, Fernando and Julio de Castro Ribeiro. She was baptized a Catholic on September 2, 1897, with Father John Duarte Macedo as her godfather and the Virgin Mary as her godmother, and made her Holy Communion in May 1904. She was described by her cousins, uncle and other family relatives as "cheerful and friendly" and was noted to enjoy playing the piano, completing her primary school at 11 and taking a strong devotion in angels and the Virgin Mary.

Maria Izilda's health greatly weakened near 1911 and she was diagnosed with leukemia. Her troubled family placed her in a separate room and noted that Maria accepted her suffering, never complaining of the pain, and was more worried of what would become of her family through their expenses. Before she died on May 24, 1911, in Guimarães, Portugal, barely 14 years old, she reportedly told her grandfather "Jesus is coming to take me".

Belief as a saint
Many years later, Maria's brother Fernando and his wife Rosa began to see visions of her through dreams following her death, resulting in many inexplicable miracles. On 1950, Fernando was reported that Maria Izilda appeared to him one night and told him to take her body to Brazil (where her brother Constantino lived and maintained a successful industrial center and food factory), so her relatives in Brazil agreed to relocate her body there from Portugal; a wish that the family wanted for a long time, though many of the villagers disagreed with this. On August 1, 1950, her body was removed from her grave and exhumed, but it was amazingly still found in perfect condition, 39 years after her death, as well as her clothes and even blooming flowers that adorned the coffin. The intact body stunned the local villagers, believing it to be a miracle of sorts and Izilda to be a popular saint, referring to her as Menina Izildinha, the "Angel of the Lord".

On March 8, 1958, the city organized a mass procession as the body of Maria Izilda arrived in Port of Santos, Brazil, and was heading to Monte Alto. Nearly 10,000 people crowded around the casket as it left the city chapel, carrying flowers, raising money for the funding of the mausoleum and even touching the coffin. The body is now preserved in a marble and bronze mausoleum, also acting as her sanctuary in the city of Monte Alto, São Paulo State, Brazil, which attracts many of her faithful devotees who come daily to ask for requests or thank her for her blessings and graces. Izildinha's body is kept in a lead coffin that cannot be admired: On 2004, former mausoleum administrator Luís Antônio Guimarães checked the coffin to perform repairs and discovered that her body remained in perfect condition, 93 years after her death, along with blooming red roses that mysteriously appeared around the body.

Veneration

The Sanctuary of Menina Izildinha (Portuguese: Santuario Menina Izildinha) located in Monte Alto, has become a center of faith and praise among the city inhabitants. Annually at the beginning of June (usually on the anniversary of Maria Izilda's birthday and lasting a few days), tens of thousands of devotees of Menina Izildinha make the pilgrimage to her mausoleum Monte Alto, where mass celebrations are organized to commemorate the birthday anniversary of Izildinha. The celebrations start with a procession in the city, saying novenas, praying the rosary, playing songs dedicated to Menina Izildinha and a feast whose income is directed to social works, charity institutions and orphanages.

Though Menina Izildinha is not recognized nor officially canonized as a saint by the Catholic Church, her devotees are not so concerned towards the Church's stance due to their great affection and demonstration towards Menina Izildinha; yet they desire that she be canonized a saint. Many members of the Catholic Church in Brazil have approved of the phenomenon as a saint and encouraged in practicing devotions to Menina Izildinha.

Menina Izildinha is the patroness and the protector of young children and adolescents, as well as miraculously healing the sick from disease and to help people in poverty.

References

1897 births
1911 deaths
Deaths from leukemia
Portuguese Roman Catholics
Folk saints
Deaths from cancer in Portugal
People from Monte Alto, São Paulo
20th-century venerated Christians


The 2014–15 Notre Dame Fighting Irish men's basketball team represented the University of Notre Dame during the 2014–15 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Fighting Irish, led by fifteenth year head coach Mike Brey, played its home games at the Purcell Pavilion at the Joyce Center in South Bend, Indiana and were second year members of the Atlantic Coast Conference. They finished the season 32–6, 14–4 in ACC play to finish in third place. They defeated Miami (FL), Duke, and North Carolina to become champions of the ACC tournament. They received an automatic bid to the NCAA tournament where they defeated Northeastern in the second round, Butler in the third round, and Wichita State in the Sweet Sixteen before losing in the Elite Eight to unbeaten Kentucky in a close game, 68–66.

Previous season
The Fighting Irish finished the 2012–13 season 25–10, with an 11–7 record in Big East play. They then finished the 2013-14 season at 15–17, 6–12 in ACC play to finish in a three-way tie for 11th place. In their first year as ACC members, they lost in the first round of the ACC tournament to Wake Forrest.

Departures

Class of 2014 signees

Roster

Schedule and results

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Rankings

References

Notre Dame Fighting Irish men's basketball seasons
Notre Dame
Notre Dame
Fight
Fight


title: Stephen Simmons

text:
Stephen Simmons may refer to:

Stephen Simmons (hung 1830), last case of capital punishment in Michigan under state law
Stephen Simmons (footballer) (born 1982), Scottish footballer
Stephen Simmons (boxer) (born 1984), Scottish boxer

See also
Stephen Simmons House, a historic home built 1818 located at Hounsfield in Jefferson County, New York


title: List of awards and nominations received by Jenni Rivera

text:
Jenni Rivera was an American regional Mexican singer. She was nicknamed "La Diva de la Banda" for her work in the banda genre. She has garnered nominations and awards at some of the most prestigious award ceremonies such the Latin Grammys, Oye! Awards, Billboard Music Awards, Latin Billboard Music Awards, and Lo Nuestro Awards.  She has released twelve studio albums over a 10 year-span of her career: Si Quieres Verme Llorar (1999), Reyna de Reynas (1999), Que Me Entierren Con la Banda (2000), Déjate Amar (2001), Se las Voy a Dar a Otro (2001), Homenaje a Las Grandes (2003), Parrandera, Rebelde y Atrevida (2005), Mi Vida Loca (2007), Jenni (2008), La Gran Señora (2009), Joyas Prestadas: Banda (2011), and Joyas Prestadas: Pop (2011). Live albums: En Vivo Desde Hollywood (2006), Besos y Copas Desde Hollywood (2006), La Diva En Vivo (2007), and La Gran Señora En Vivo (2010). Compilations: Simplemente La Mejor (2004), La Misma Gran Señora  (2012), and La Más Completa Colección (2012). Her family has released three posthumous live albums of her last concerts: 1969 - Siempre, En Vivo Desde Monterrey, Parte 1 (2013), 1969 - Siempre, En Vivo Desde Monterrey, Parte 2  (2014), and 1 Vida - 3 Historias: Metamorfosis - Despedida de Culican - Jenni Vive 2013 (2014).

Rivera was nominated for 113 awards, with 69 wins. She won 22 Billboard Latin Music Awards, 18 Lo Nuestro Awards, 11 Billboard Mexican Music Awards, and one BMI Award.

Billboard Music Awards
The Billboard Music Awards are awarded annually by the Billboard magazine in the United States. Rivera received two awards from six nominations posthumously.

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|rowspan="4" scope="row"|2013
| Jenni Rivera (herself)
| Top Latin Artist
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| La Misma Gran Señora
| Top Latin Album
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| Joyas Prestadas: Pop
| Top Latin Album
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| Joyas Prestadas: Banda
| Top Latin Album
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|rowspan="2" scope="row"|2014
| Jenni Rivera (herself)
| Top Latin Artist
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| 1969 - Siempre, En Vivo Desde Monterrey, Parte 1
| Top Latin Album
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Billboard Latin Music Awards
The Billboard Latin Music Awards are awarded annually by the Billboard magazine in the United States. The Billboard awards are the Latin music industry's longest running and most prestigious award. Rivera received 22 awards from 35 nominations. 15 awards have been awarded posthumously.

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| 2007
| "De Contrabando"
| Regional Mexican Airplay Song of the Year
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|rowspan="2" scope="row"| 2008
| Mi Vida Loca
| Regional Mexican Album Of The Year
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| "Mirame"
| Regional Mexican Airplay Song Of The Year
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|rowspan="3" scope="row"| 2009
| "Culpable O Inocente"
|rowspan="2" scope="row"| Hot Latin Song of the Year, Female
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| "Inolvidable"
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| Jenni (album)
| Top Latin Album of the Year, Female
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|rowspan="2" scope="row"| 2010
|rowspan="2" scope="row"| Jenni Rivera (herself)
| Top Latin Albums Artist of the Year, Female
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| Regional Mexican Airplay Artist of the Year, Female
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|rowspan="3" scope="row"| 2012
|rowspan="3" scope="row"| Jenni Rivera (herself)
| Female Songs, Artist of the Year
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| Female Album, Artist of the Year
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| Regional Mexican: Artist of the Year, Solo
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|rowspan="11" scope="row"| 2013
| Joyas Prestadas: Pop
| Album of the Year
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|rowspan="2" scope="row"| Jenni Rivera (herself)
| Artist of the Year
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| Regional Mexican Albums Artist of the Year, Solo
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| La Misma Gran Señora
|rowspan="2" scope="row"| Regional Mexican Album of the Year
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| Joyas Prestadas: Banda
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|rowspan="2" scope="row"| Jenni Rivera (herself)
| Regional Mexican Song Artist of the Year, Solo
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| Latin Pop Albums of the Year, Solo
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| Joyas Prestadas: Pop
| Latin Pop Album of the Year
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| Jenni Rivera (herself)
| Albums Artist of the Year, Female
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| La Misma Gran Señora
| Album of the Year
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| Jenni Rivera (herself)
| Artist of the Year
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|rowspan="9" scope="row"| 2014
| La Misma Gran Señora
| Regional Mexican Album of the Year
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|rowspan="4" scope="row"| Jenni Rivera (herself)
| Top Latin Albums Artist of the Year, Female
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| Regional Mexican Albums Artist of the Year, Solo
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| Artist of the Year
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| Hot Latin Songs Artist of the Year, Female
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| La Misma Gran Señora
| Top Latin Album of the Year
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|rowspan="2" scope="row"| Joyas Prestadas: Pop
| Top Latin Album of the Year
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| Latin Pop Album of the Year
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| rowspan="4" scope="row"| Jenni Rivera (herself)
| Latin Pop Albums Artist of the Year, Solo
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| rowspan="4" scope="row"|2015
| Hot Latin Songs Artist of the Year, Female
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| Top Latin Albums Artist of the Year, Female
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| Regional Mexican Albums Artist of the Year, Solo
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| 1969 - Siempre, En Vivo Desde Monterrey, Parte 2
| Regional Mexican Album of the Year
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Billboard Mexican Music Awards
The Billboard Mexican Music Awards are awarded annually by the Billboard magazine in the United States. Rivera received eleven awards from fourteen nominations.

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|rowspan="2" scope="row"| Jenni Rivera (herself)
| Star Award (Honorary award)
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| Artist of the Year, Female
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| La Gran Señora en Vivo
| Ranchero/Mariachi Album of the Year
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| "Él"
| Ranchero/Mariachi Song of the Year
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|rowspan="2" scope="row"| Jenni Rivera (herself)
| Ranchero/Mariachi Artist of the Year
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|rowspan="2" scope="row"| 2012
| Artist of the Year, Female
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| Joyas Prestadas: Banda
| Banda Album of the Year
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|rowspan="7" scope="row"| 2013
|rowspan="3" scope="row"| Jenni Rivera (herself)
| Artist of the Year
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| Artist of the Year, Female
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| Digital Download Artist of the Year
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| La Misma Gran Señora
| Album of the Year
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| Jenni Rivera (herself)
| Artist of the Year, Albums
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| La Misma Gran Señora
| Banda Album of the Year
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| Jenni Rivera (herself)
| Banda Artist of the Year
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Broadcast Music, Inc. Awards
Broadcast Music, Inc. (BMI) annually hosts award shows that honor the songwriters, composers and music publishers of the year's most-performed songs in the BMI catalog. Rivera received one award from one nomination.

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| 2013
| "La Gran Señora"
| BMI Latin Music Award
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Imagen Awards
The Imagen Awards are administered by the Imagen Foundation, an organization dedicated to encouraging and recognizing the positive portrayals of Latinos in the entertainment industry. Rivera has received one award from one nomination.

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| 2012
| Jenni Rivera
| President's Award
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Juventud Awards
The Juventud Awards are awarded annually by the television network Univision in the United States. Rivera received 5 awards out of 13 nominations, 4 were awarded posthumously.

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| 2007
|rowspan="5" scope="row"|Jenni Rivera (herself)
| Favorite Mexican Artist
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| 2008
| Favorite Mexican Artist
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| rowspan="2" scope="row"|2009
| My Favorite Concert
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| Favorite Regional Mexican Artist
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|rowspan="2" scope="row"|2010
| Favorite Regional Mexican Artist
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| Jenni Rivera & Esteban Loaiza
|  Hottest Romance
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|rowspan="2" scope="row"|2012
| Joyas Prestadas
|  Favorite Album
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| Jenni Rivera (herself)
|  Favorite Regional Mexican Artist
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|rowspan="4" scope="row"|2013
| "La Misma Gran Senora"
| Favorite Ringtone
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| rowspan="3" scope="row"|Jenni Rivera (herself)
| Favorite Pop Artist
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| Favorite Regional Mexican Artist
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| Most Talked About on Social Media
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| 2014
| Filly Brown
|  Favorite Movie with Hispanic Actors and/or Director
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Latin Grammy Awards
The Latin Grammy Awards are awarded annually by the Latin Academy of Recording Arts & Sciences in the United States. Rivera has received four nominations.

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| 2002
| Se las Voy a Dar a Otro
| Best Banda Album
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| 2008
| La Diva en Vivo
|rowspan="2" scope="row"| Best Ranchero Album
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| 2010
| La Gran Señora
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| 2011
| La Gran Señora en Vivo
| Best Banda Album
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Lo Nuestro Awards
The Lo Nuestro Awards are awarded annually by the television network Univision in the United States. Rivera has received eighteen awards from twenty-one nominations. By 2015 (nearly three years after her death), she has received nine accolades posthumously. In 2007, she won Regional Female Artist of the Year, repeating her success in that category eight times, the most in the awards history.

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| 2003
|rowspan="2" scope="row"| Jenni Rivera (herself)
| Best Female Artist
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|rowspan="3" scope="row"| 2007
| Regional Mexican Female Artist of the Year
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| "De Contrabando"
| Regional Mexican Song of the Year
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|rowspan="12" scope="row"| Jenni Rivera (herself)
| Banda Artist of the Year
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| 2008
|rowspan="2" scope="row"| Regional Mexican Female Artist of the Year
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|rowspan="2" scope="row"| 2009
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| Banda Artist of the Year
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| 2010
|rowspan="2" scope="row"| Regional Mexican Female Artist of the Year
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|rowspan="2" scope="row"| 2011
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|rowspan="2" scope="row"| Ranchera Artist of the Year
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|rowspan="2" scope="row"| 2012
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| Regional Mexican Female Artist of the Year
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|rowspan="5" scope="row"| 2013
| Artist of the Year
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| Pop Female Artist of the Year
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| Regional Mexican Female Artist of the Year
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| Joyas Prestadas: Pop
| Pop Album of the Year
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| "A Cambio de Qué"
| Pop Song of the Year
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|rowspan="3" scope="row"| 2014
| "Detrás de Mi Ventana"
| Pop Song of the Year
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|rowspan="3" scope="row"| Jenni Rivera (herself)
| Pop Female Artist of the Year
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|rowspan="2" scope="row"| Regional Mexican Female Artist of the Year
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| 2015
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Oye! Awards
Oye! Awards are presented annually by the Academia Nacional de la Música en México for outstanding achievements in the Mexican record industry. The equivalent of Premios Oye! (Spanish, meaning "Hear! Awards") to the United States's Grammy Awards. Rivera received awarded two awards posthumously from nine nominations.

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| Jenni (album)
| Popular Album of the Year
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| "Culpable ó Inocente"
| Record of the Year
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|rowspan="2" scope="row"| Jenni Rivera (herself)
| Banda Artist of the Year
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|rowspan="2" scope="row"| 2010
| Ranchera Artist of the Year
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| La Gran Señora
| Popular Album of the Year
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|rowspan="4" scope="row"|2013
|rowspan="2" scope="row"| Jenni Rivera (herself)
| Banda Artist of the Year
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| Pop Female Artist of the Year
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| Joyas Prestadas: Banda
| Popular Album of the Year
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| "La Misma Gran Señora"
| Popular Song of the Year
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Premios de la Radio
Premios de la Radio are presented by the Estrella TV for outstanding musicians in the Regional Mexican genre in the United States.

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| 2011
| Jenni Rivera (herself)
| Female Artist of the Year
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| 2012
| "Basta Ya"
| Mejor Canción con Banda
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| 2012
| Jenni Rivera (herself)
| Female Artist of the Year
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| 2012
| Joyas Prestadas: Banda
| Banda Album of the Year
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| 2013
| Jenni Rivera (herself)
| Artist of the Year
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| 2013
| No Llega el Olvido
| Collaboration of the Year
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| 2014
| Jenni Rivera (herself)
| Female Artist of the Year
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Premios Tu Mundo
Premios Tu Mundo is produced by Telemundo awarded annually from the American Airlines Arena in Miami, Florida.

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| 2013
| I Love Jenni
| Best Reality Moment
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| 2013
| Jenni Rivera - Filly Brown
| Fandango Cine Presents Latino Pride in Hollywood
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References

Rivera, Jenni
Awards and nominations


title: Sebastes rufinanus

text:
Sebastes rufinanus, the dwarf-red rockfish, is a species of marine ray-finned fish belonging to the subfamily Sebastinae, the rockfishes, part of the family Scorpaenidae. It is found in the Eastern Pacific, in tock habitats off islands in southern California.

Taxonomy
Sebastes rufinanus was first formally described in 1972 by Robert N. Lea and John E. Fitch with the type locality given as 1.6 miles southeast of Pyramid Head on San Clemente Island in California. Some authorities place this species in the subgenus Allosebastes. The specific name rufinanus is a compound of rufus meaning “red” and nanus which means “dwarf”, an allusion to the red colour and small size of this species.

Description
Sebastes rufunanus has a body colored dusky red dorsally fading to lighter red ventrally with reddish fins and a pale lateral line. The intraorbital space bulges, there are 8 weak spines on the head and the peritoneum is black. The maximum length is . The dorsal fin has 13 s[ines and 14 soft rays while the anal fin has 3 spines, the second spine being notably longer than the third and 6 to 8 soft rays.

Distribution and habitat
Sebastes rufinanus is native to the eastern central Pacific, especially around San Clemente Island off the coast of southern California, It is typically found a depth of . where it is one of the four commonest species of rockfish, particularly in complex habitats with high relief.

Biology
Sebastes rufinanus, like other Sebastes species is ovoviviparous. It is a schooling species which can be found in quite large numbers.

References

rufinanus
Endemic fauna of California
Fauna of the Channel Islands of California
Fish described in 1972
Fauna without expected TNC conservation status


title: 1846 United States elections

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The 1846 United States elections occurred in the middle of Democratic President James Polk's term, during the Second Party System. The election took place during the Mexican–American War. Members of the 30th United States Congress were chosen in this election. Wisconsin joined the union during the 30th Congress. Democrats kept control of the Senate, but lost control of the House.

In the House, the Whigs won major gains, turning a dominant Democratic majority into a narrow Whig majority.

In the Senate, Democrats picked up a moderate number of seats, building on their majority.

See also
 1846–47 United States House of Representatives elections
 1846–47 United States Senate elections

References

1846 elections in the United States
1846
United States midterm elections
November 1846 events


title: Jacek i Agatka

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Jacek i Agatka (Jacek and Agatka) is a Polish television program created by writer Wanda Chotomska for Telewizja Polska's children's television block Dobranocka. It was the first Polish television show intended for bedtime. Featuring finger puppetry, the show centers on the young siblings Jacek and Agatka who explore children's topics and curiously crafted ideas. The program aired at 19:20 CET three times a week between 2 October 1962 and 1973 and was merchandised with bathing products and toys.

The puppet characters were designed by Adam Kilian and voiced by Zofia Raciborska. Jacek was performed by Teresa Olenderczyk and Agatka was performed by Barbara Skokowska. Each character is made out of a painted wood ball of approximately  diameter as a head on top of each performer's index finger on a black gloved hand. The heads have been mistaken by audiences to derive from ping-pong balls.  Raciborska also plays Lady Zosia, a neighbouring woman who listens and responds to the siblings' subjects.

One episode has Jacek and Agatka introducing a competition for viewers to design the appearance of the new Order of the Smile award. The award was established by Kurier Polski and Chotomska after the publication interviewed her on the show's fifth anniversary. According to the award's website, she was told from a boy in a Konstancin-based hospital about his dream to award Jacek a medal. Another account of the Konstancin visit according to the Muzeum Dobranocek website has a boy desiring an award given on behalf of children.

Legacy
The name "Jacek i Agatka" has been used for the names of many kindergartens (przedszkole) of Poland. Both characters appear on cultural commemorative ducat coins featuring Rzeszów and the Muzeum Dobranocek issued in the Spring of 2011. The museum also possesses several objects related to the show including screenplays.

References

External links
 Jacek i Agatka on Filmweb

1962 Polish television series debuts
1973 Polish television series endings
Polish children's television series
Polish television shows featuring puppetry
1960s Polish television series
1970s Polish television series
Telewizja Polska original programming


title: 1850 United States elections

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The 1850 United States elections occurred part way through Whig President Millard Fillmore's term, during the Second Party System. Fillmore had become president on July 9, 1850, upon the death of his predecessor, Zachary Taylor. Members of the 32nd United States Congress were chosen in this election. Democrats kept control of both houses of Congress.

In the House, Democrats won several seats from the Whigs, building on their control of the chamber. Several supporters of the Georgia Platform also won election as Unionists.

In the Senate, Whigs lost a small number of seats to Democrats and the Free Soil Party. Democrats retained a strong majority.

See also
1850–51 United States House of Representatives elections
1850–51 United States Senate elections

References

1850 elections in the United States
1850
United States midterm elections


title: Arnold Chan

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Arnold Chan (June 10, 1967 – September 14, 2017) was a Canadian lawyer and politician, who was elected to represent the riding of Scarborough—Agincourt in the House of Commons of Canada in the 2014 by-election. Chan was a member of the Liberal Party of Canada.

Education
Arnold attended Henry Kelsey Senior Public School, Sir Ernest MacMillan Senior Public School and Dr Norman Bethune Collegiate Institute, Chan studied at the University of Toronto, earning an undergraduate and two master's degrees in political science and urban planning, before obtaining a law degree from the University of British Columbia.

Early career
Prior to his election, Chan worked as a lawyer and, for a time, for the Ontario government as chief of staff to Ontario cabinet minister Michael Chan and then as senior aide to Ontario Premier Dalton McGuinty.

Federal politics
Chan won the Liberal nomination for Scarborough—Agincourt after incumbent Liberal MP Jim Karygiannis resigned to run for Toronto City Council. He was elected to Parliament with 59 per cent of the vote in a by-election held in 2014.

While in opposition, Chan served as Liberal critic for the Federal Economic Development Initiative for Northern Ontario, and critic for the Federal Economic Development Agency for Southern Ontario. In November 2014, he became critic for Tourism and Small Business.

On January 22, 2015, Chan revealed to the public that he would take a five-week leave of absence while undergoing treatment for nasopharyngeal cancer. Upon his return, he resumed his role and criticized the Harper government's partisan use of public advertising, and their lack of promotion of Canada in the global tourism market.

Following the Liberal victory in the October 2015 federal election, Chan became Deputy Leader of the Government in the House of Commons. Chan was known for his advocacy on behalf of the Armenian Canadian community, and chaired the Canada-Armenia Parliamentary Friendship Group. Chan hosted Garo Paylan, an ethnic-Armenian Member of the Turkish Parliament and advocate for minorities in Turkey, when Paylan visited the Parliament of Canada in May 2017.

In his final speech to the House of Commons on June 12, 2017, Chan urged fellow MPs to rise above partisanship and improve the level of debate in Parliament, saying "I am not sure how many more times I will have the strength to get up and do a 20-minute speech in this place, but the point I want to impart to all of us is that I know we are all honourable members, I know members revere this place, and I would beg us to not only act as honourable members but to treat this institution honourably," adding "I would ask all of us to elevate our debate, to elevate our practice."

Personal life
Chan was diagnosed with nasopharyngeal cancer in 2014. After going into remission following treatment in 2015, the disease recurred in 2016. Chan died on September 14, 2017, at the age of 50.

Chan had three sons with his wife Jean Yip. Yip won a December 11, 2017 by-election for Chan's former seat.

Chan was the older brother of physician Kevin Chan.

Electoral record

References

External links

 Articles by Arnold Chan

1967 births
2017 deaths
21st-century Canadian politicians
Lawyers in Ontario
Liberal Party of Canada MPs
Members of the House of Commons of Canada from Ontario
People from Scarborough, Toronto
Politicians from Toronto
Peter A. Allard School of Law alumni
University of Toronto alumni
Canadian people of Chinese descent
Deaths from cancer in Ontario
Deaths from nasopharynx cancer
Burials at York Cemetery, Toronto


American Radio Relay League, Inc. v. FCC can refer to:

 American Radio Relay League, Inc. v. FCC (1980), regarding CB radio
 American Radio Relay League, Inc. v. FCC (2008), regarding Broadband over Power Line (BPL)

American Radio Relay League
Federal Communications Commission litigation
Communications authorities
Amateur radio


title: Seowon-gu

text:
Seowon-gu () is a non-autonomous district in the city of Cheongju in North Chungcheong Province, South Korea. Seowon-gu was established from a part of Heungdeok-gu and a part of Cheongwon-gun in July 2014.

Administrative divisions
Seowon-gu is divided into 2 townships (myeon) and 9 neighborhoods (dong).

References

External links

Districts of Cheongju
2014 establishments in South Korea
States and territories established in 2014


title: Mick Davis (director)

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Michael Davis (born 1 August 1961) is a Scottish film director, producer and screenwriter.

Born in Glasgow and raised in the Gorbals, Davis was bed-ridden with asthma during his childhood. When he outgrew the condition, he worked as a fitness coach for the football team Celtic F.C. where he met and befriended the singer Rod Stewart, an ardent supporter of Celtic. When Davis moved to Los Angeles to begin a career in screenwriting, Stewart introduced him to people in showbusiness to give his career a start.

Davis' first major credit was as screenwriter on Love in Paris (also called Another 9½ Weeks, a sequel to 9½ Weeks). In 1999, he made his directorial debut with The Match, a football-themed romantic comedy filmed in Scotland. In 2004, he directed Modigliani, a biography of the artist Amedeo Modigliani. In 2013, Davis wrote, produced and directed a short film, Haunting Charles Manson, and the next year, a feature-length version of the same film.

References

External links

1961 births
Living people
Scottish screenwriters
Scottish film directors
People from Gorbals


title: Sheri Booker

text:
Sheri Booker is an American author, poet, spoken word artist, and teacher.  She is the author of Nine Years Under: Coming of Age in an Inner-City Funeral Home, a memoir about the near-decade she spent working at an inner-city funeral home in West Baltimore. Following the book's publication, she won an NAACP Image Award in the category of "Outstanding Literary Work from a Debut Author."  She was nominated for the 2014 Hurston/Wright Legacy Award in the category of nonfiction.

Early life and education
Booker grew up in Baltimore, Maryland.   She began working at the Wylie Funeral Home in West Baltimore in 1997, when she was 15, partly to help her cope with her grief after the death of her aunt.  Shortly thereafter, her mother was diagnosed with multiple myeloma.

Booker attended Notre Dame of Maryland University, where she earned a bachelor's degree in political science. She received a master's degree in creative nonfiction from Goucher College.

Career
While studying for her master's degree, Booker began writing the memoir, Nine Years Under: Coming of Age in an Inner-City Funeral Home, which was published in 2013. Her other published works include One Woman, One Hustle (2003) and the video book I Am the Poem (2011). In 2007, she lived in South Africa, where she helped teach young African women the fundamental skills of journalism and worked as an editorial assistant for an international literary magazine.

References

External links

Year of birth missing (living people)
Living people
Writers from Baltimore
NAACP Image Awards
American women poets
American women memoirists
21st-century American memoirists
21st-century American women


title: John Barlow (Canadian politician)

text:
John Barlow  (born October 13, 1971) is a Canadian politician who has served as Member of Parliament (MP) for Foothills since 2015. A member of the Conservative Party, Barlow was first elected to the House of Commons following a by-election in 2014 and represented Macleod. Prior to his election, Barlow was a newspaper editor.

Political career
Barlow had previously run for the Progressive Conservative Association of Alberta in Highwood during the 2012 Alberta general election, losing to Wildrose leader Danielle Smith. He ran and was elected in the riding of Macleod in a 2014 federal by-election resulting from the retirement of MP Ted Menzies.

He was re-elected after the 2015 election, in the riding of Foothills, essentially a reconfigured version of his old riding and was re-elected again on following the 2019 election.

Deputy Critic for Employment, Workforce Development, and Labour (2015–2016)
In 2015, Barlow was appointed Deputy Critic for Employment, Workforce Development, and Labour by newly appointed interim leader of the Conservative Party, Rona Ambrose. He was also elected Vice Chair on the Standing Committee on Natural Resources.

Interprovincial Trade Critic (2016–2017)
In 2016, Barlow was appointed as Interprovincial Trade Critic by Rona Ambrose, the interim Conservative leader. As critic, he focused on the campaign, #FreeTheBeer, which is intended to build public pressure for the provinces to ratify a free trade deal for Canada, specifically focused on alcohol trade between provinces.

Also in 2016, Barlow tabled his private member's bill C-351, "An Act to amend the Importation of Intoxicating Liquors Act and the Excise Act, 2001 (importation)". If passed, this legislation would:
 allow producers to sell their product directly to consumers anywhere in Canada without permission of a provincial liquor board, and
 allow a person to transport alcohol from one province to another for personal use.

Associate Shadow Minister for Agriculture and Agri-Food (2017–2018)
In 2018, newly elected leader of the Conservative Party, Andrew Scheer, appointed Barlow as Shadow Minister for Agriculture and Agri-Food (Associate). Simultaneously, Barlow also sat on the Standing Committee on Agriculture and Agri-Food.

Shadow Minister of Employment, Workforce Development and Labour (2018–2019)
In 2018, Scheer appointed Barlow as Shadow Minister of Employment, Workforce Development, and Labour. He was also elected as the Vice-Chair for the Standing Committee on Human Resources, Skills and Social Development and the Status of Persons with Disabilities.

Shadow Minister for Agriculture, Agri-Food, and Food Security (2019–2020, 2021–present)
In 2019, Scheer appointed Barlow as Shadow Minister for Agriculture and Agri-Food. He was elected Vice Chair of the committee on Agriculture.

In 2020, newly elected leader, Erin O'Toole replaced Barlow in this role with Lianne Rood. This likely due to the fact that Barlow endorsed Peter McKay in the Conservative Leadership election. During this time, Barlow served as a member of the standing committee on Health.

In 2021, O'Toole, appointed Barlow as Shadow Minister for Agriculture, Agri-Food, and Food Security once again for the 44th Parliament. He was again elected as Vice-Chair of the Standing committee on Agriculture.

Barlow retained this role and was reappointed under Pierre Poilievre's leadership.

Electoral record

Federal

Provincial

References

External links

1971 births
Conservative Party of Canada MPs
Living people
Members of the House of Commons of Canada from Alberta
Politicians from Regina, Saskatchewan
Canadian newspaper editors
Canadian male journalists
21st-century Canadian politicians


title: Timeline of the 2014 Atlantic hurricane season

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The 2014 Atlantic hurricane season was an event in the annual hurricane season in the north Atlantic Ocean. It featured below-average tropical cyclone activity, with the fewest named storms since the 1997 season. The season officially began on June 1, 2014 and ended on November 30, 2014. These dates, adopted by convention, historically describe the period in each year when most tropical systems form. Even so, there were no named storms during either the opening or closing months of the season, as the first, Hurricane Arthur, developed on July 1, and the last, Tropical Storm Hanna, dissipated on October 28.

Altogether, eight tropical storms formed during the season, including six hurricanes of which two intensified into major hurricanes. There was also one tropical depression that failed to reach tropical storm strength. Impact throughout the year was widespread. Arthur, which made landfall near Cape Lookout, North Carolina on July 3, with  winds, was the strongest hurricane to strike the U.S. mainland since Hurricane Ike in 2008 (with  winds). The deadliest Atlantic storm of the season, Cristobal, barely touched land at all as it moved from Puerto Rico to Iceland in late August. Even so, it was responsible for at least seven fatalities: four on Hispaniola, one on Providenciales, and two along the U.S. East Coast. In October, Bermuda was struck twice, as hurricanes Fay and Gonzalo made landfall only six days apart (October 12 and 18 respectively), leaving much damage in their wakes.

This timeline documents tropical cyclone formations, strengthening, weakening, landfalls, extratropical transitions, and dissipations during the season. It includes information that was not released throughout the season, meaning that data from post-storm reviews by the National Hurricane Center, such as a storm that was not initially warned upon, has been included.

By convention, meteorologists use one time zone when issuing forecasts and making observations: Coordinated Universal Time (UTC), and also use the 24-hour clock (where 00:00 = midnight UTC). The National Hurricane Center uses both UTC and the time zone where the center of the tropical cyclone is currently located. The time zones utilized (east to west) prior to 2020 were: Atlantic, Eastern, and Central. In this timeline, all information is listed by UTC first with the respective regional time included in parentheses. Additionally, figures for maximum sustained winds and position estimates are rounded to the nearest 5 units (knots, miles, or kilometers), following the convention used in the National Hurricane Center's products. Direct wind observations are rounded to the nearest whole number. Atmospheric pressures are listed to the nearest millibar and nearest hundredth of an inch of mercury.

Timeline

June

June 1
The 2014 Atlantic hurricane season officially begins.

 No tropical cyclones form in the Atlantic Ocean during the month of June.

July

July 1
 00:00 UTC (8:00 p.m. EDT, June 30) near Tropical Depression One develops from an area of low pressure about  north of Freeport, Bahamas.
 12:00 UTC (8:00 a.m. EDT) near Tropical Depression One strengthens into Tropical Storm Arthur about  east of Fort Pierce, Florida.

July 3
 00:00 UTC (8:00 p.m. EDT, July 2) near Tropical Storm Arthur strengthens into a Category 1 hurricane about  east-southeast of Savannah, Georgia.

July 4
 00:00 UTC (8:00 p.m. EDT, July 3) near Hurricane Arthur intensifies into a Category 2 hurricane about  east of Cape Fear, North Carolina.
 03:15 UTC (11:15 p.m. EDT, July 3) near  Hurricane Arthur makes on Shackleford Banks, about  northwest of Cape Lookout, North Carolina, with winds of .
 06:00 UTC (2:00 a.m. EDT) near Hurricane Arthur attains its peak intensity with maximum sustained winds of  and a minimum barometric pressure of , while over Pamlico Sound.
 08:00 UTC (4:00 a.m. EDT) near Hurricane Arthur makes landfall on the Outer Banks, about  north of Oregon Inlet, North Carolina, with winds of .
 12:00 UTC (8:00 a.m. EDT) near Hurricane Arthur weakens to a Category 1 hurricane about  east of Norfolk, Virginia.

July 5
 06:00 UTC (2:00 a.m. EDT) near Hurricane Arthur weakens to a tropical storm about  east of Provincetown, Massachusetts.
 12:00 UTC (8:00 a.m. EDT) near Tropical Storm Arthur becomes an extratropical cyclone about  northwest of Yarmouth, Nova Scotia, and subsequently dissipates.

July 21
12:00 UTC (8:00 a.m. AST) near Tropical Depression Two develops from a tropical wave about  east of the Lesser Antilles.

July 23
 12:00 UTC (18:00 a.m. AST) near Tropical Depression Two degenerates into an trough of low pressure about  east of the Lesser Antilles, and later dissipates.

August

August 1
 00:00 UTC (8:00 a.m. AST, July 31) near Tropical Storm Bertha develops from a tropical wave about   east-southeast of Barbados.

August 3
14:00 UTC (10:00 a.m. AST) near Tropical Storm Bertha makes landfall on Middle Caicos, Turks and Caicos Islands, with winds of .

August 4
 12:00 UTC (8:00 a.m. EDT) near Tropical Storm Bertha strengthens into a Category 1 hurricane and simultaneously attains its peak intensity with maximum sustained winds of  and a minimum barometric pressure of , about  north-northeast of San Salvador Island, the Bahamas.

August 5
 06:00 UTC (2:00 a.m. EDT) near Hurricane Bertha weakens to a tropical storm about  north-northeast of San Salvador Island.

August 6
 18:00 UTC (2:00 p.m. AST) near Tropical Storm Bertha transitions into a frontal extratropical cyclone about  south-southeast of Halifax, Nova Scotia, and subsequently degenerates into a trough.

August 23
 18:00 UTC (2:00 p.m. AST) near Tropical Depression Four develops from a tropical wave about  south of Providenciales, Turks and Caicos Islands.

August 24
 06:00 UTC (2:00 a.m. AST) near Tropical Depression Four strengthens into Tropical Storm Cristobal about  north of Mayaguana, Bahamas.

August 26
 00:00 UTC (8:00 p.m. EDT, August 25) near Tropical Storm Cristobal strengthens into a Category 1 hurricane approximately  southwest of Bermuda.

August 29
 00:00 UTC (8:00 p.m. AST, August 28) near Hurricane Cristobal attains its peak intensity with maximum sustained winds of  and a minimum barometric pressure of , about  northeast of Bermuda.
 12:00 UTC (8:00 a.m. AST) near Hurricane Cristobal transitions into an extratropical cyclone about  southeast of Cape Race, Newfoundland, and subsequently merges with another extratropical cyclone after moving across Iceland.

September

September 1
 18:00 UTC (1:00 p.m. CDT) near Tropical Depression Five develops from a tropical wave about  east-southeast of Tampico, Tamaulipas.

September 2
 00:00 UTC (7:00 p.m. CDT, September 1) near Tropical Depression Five intensifies into Tropical Storm Dolly about  east-southeast of Tampico.
 12:00 UTC (7:00 a.m. CDT) near Tropical Storm Dolly attains its peak sustained winds of  about  east-northeast of Tampico.

September 3
 01:00 UTC (8:00 p.m. CDT, September 2) near Tropical Storm Dolly attains its lowest barometric pressure of , about  south-southeast of Tampico.
 04:00 UTC (11:00 p.m. CDT, September 2) near Tropical Storm Dolly makes landfall about  south-southeast of Tampico, with sustained winds of .
 12:00 UTC (7:00 a.m CDT) near Tropical Storm Dolly degenerates inland to a tropical low, about  west-southwest of Tampico, and later dissipates.

September 11
 12:00 UTC (8:00 a.m. AST) near Tropical Depression Six develops from a tropical wave about  west of the Cape Verde Islands.

September 12
 00:00 UTC (8:00 p.m. AST, September 11) near Tropical Depression Six intensifies into Tropical Storm Edouard about  west of the Cape Verde Islands.

September 14
 12:00 UTC (8:00 a.m. AST) near Tropical Storm Edouard intensifies into a Category 1 hurricane about  southeast of Bermuda.

September 15
 06:00 UTC (2:00 a.m. AST) near Hurricane Edouard intensifies into a Category 2 hurricane about  southeast of Bermuda.

September 16
 06:00 UTC (2:00 a.m. AST) near Hurricane Edouard intensifies into a Category 3 hurricane about  southeast of Bermuda.
 12:00 UTC (8:00 a.m. AST) near Hurricane Edouard attains its peak intensity with maximum sustained winds of  and a minimum barometric pressure of , about  east of Bermuda.
 18:00 UTC (2:00 p.m. AST) near Hurricane Edouard weakens to a Category 2 hurricane about  east of Bermuda.

September 17
12:00 UTC (8:00 a.m. AST) near Hurricane Edouard weakens to a Category 1 hurricane about  northeast of Bermuda.

September 19
00:00 UTC (8:00 p.m. AST, September 18) near Hurricane Edouard weakens to a tropical storm about  west-southwest of the western Azores.
 18:00 UTC (2:00 p.m. AST) near Tropical Storm Edouard degenerates into a post-tropical cyclone about  west of the western Azores, and subsequently merges with a frontal system.

October

October 10
 06:00 UTC (2:00 a.m. AST) near Subtropical Storm Fay develops from a mid- to upper-level trough about  south of Bermuda.

October 11
 06:00 UTC (2:00 a.m. AST) near Subtropical Storm Fay transitions into a tropical storm about  south of Bermuda.

October 12
 00:00 UTC (8:00 p.m. AST, October 11) near Tropical Depression Eight develops from a tropical wave about  east of the Leeward Islands.
 06:00 UTC (2:00 a.m. AST) near Tropical Storm Fay intensifies into a Category 1 hurricane about  south of Bermuda.
 08:10 UTC (4:10 a.m. AST) near Hurricane Fay makes landfall on Bermuda with sustained winds of .
 12:00 UTC (8:00 a.m. AST) near Hurricane Fay attains its peak intensity with maximum sustained winds of  and a minimum barometric pressure of , about  northeast of Bermuda.
 12:00 UTC (8:00 a.m. AST) near Tropical Depression Eight strengthens into Tropical Storm Gonzalo about  east of Antigua.
 18:00 UTC (2:00 p.m. AST) near Hurricane Fay weakens to a tropical storm about  northeast of Bermuda.

October 13
 00:00 (8:00 p.m. AST, October 12) near Tropical Storm Fay degenerates into an open trough about  east-northeast of Bermuda, and later dissipates.
 12:00 UTC (8:00 a.m. AST) near Tropical Storm Gonzalo strengthens into a Category 1 hurricane about  east-southeast of Antigua.
 14:30 UTC (10:30 a.m. AST) near Hurricane Gonzalo makes landfall on Antigua with sustained winds of .
 22:45 UTC (6:45 p.m. AST) near Hurricane Gonzalo makes landfall on Saint Martin with sustained winds of .
 23:15 UTC (7:15 p.m. AST) near Hurricane Gonzalo makes landfall on Anguilla with sustained winds of .

October 14
 06:00 UTC (2:00 a.m. AST) near Hurricane Gonzalo intensifies into a Category 2 hurricane about  northeast of Anegada, British Virgin Islands.
 18:00 UTC (2:00 p.m. AST) near Hurricane Gonzalo intensifies into a Category 3 hurricane about  north of San Juan, Puerto Rico.

October 15
 00:00 UTC (8:00 p.m. AST, October 14) near Hurricane Gonzalo intensifies into a Category 4 hurricane about  north of San Juan, Puerto Rico, and simultaneously attains an initial peak maximum sustained windspeed of .
 18:00 UTC (2:00 p.m. AST) near Hurricane Gonzalo weakens to a Category 3 hurricane about  south-southwest of Bermuda.

October 16
06:00 UTC (2:00 a.m. AST) near Hurricane Gonzalo re-intensifies into a Category 4 hurricane about  south-southwest of Bermuda.
 12:00 UTC (8:00 a.m. AST) near Hurricane Gonzalo attains its peak intensity with maximum sustained winds of  and a minimum barometric pressure of , about  south-southwest of Bermuda.

October 17
 12:00 UTC (8:00 a.m. AST) near Hurricane Gonzalo again weakens to a Category 3 hurricane about  south-southwest of Bermuda.

October 18
 00:00 UTC (8:00 p.m. AST, October 17) near Hurricane Gonzalo weakens to a Category 2 hurricane about  south-southwest of Bermuda.
 00:30 UTC (8:30 p.m. AST, October 17) near Hurricane Gonzalo makes landfall on Bermuda with sustained winds of .

October 19
 06:00 UTC (2:00 a.m. AST) near Hurricane Gonzalo weakens to a Category 1 hurricane about  southwest of the southeastern tip of the Avalon Peninsula of Newfoundland.
 18:00 UTC (2:00 p.m. AST) near Hurricane Gonzalo transitions into an extratropical cyclone about  northeast of Cape Race, Newfoundland, and is later absorbed by a cold front.

October 22
 00:00 UTC (7:00 p.m. CDT, October 21) near Tropical Depression Nine develops from the remnants of eastern Pacific Tropical Storm Trudy about  west of Campeche City, Campeche, and simultaneously attains its lowest barometric pressure of .

October 23
 00:00 UTC (7:00 p.m. CDT, October 22) near Tropical Depression Nine degenerates into a remnant low about  southwest of Campeche City.

October 25
 00:00 UTC (8:00 p.m. EDT, October 24) near Remnant Low Nine opens into a trough over the Caribbean Sea, east of the Yucatán Peninsula.

October 26
 12:00 UTC (8:00 a.m. EDT) near Remnant trough Nine redevelops into a small closed area of low pressure about  east-northeast of Cabo Gracias a Dios on the Honduras–Nicaragua border.

October 27
 00:00 UTC (7:00 p.m. EDT, October 26) near Remnant Low Nine regenerates into a tropical depression about  east-northeast of Cabo Gracias a Dios.
 06:00 UTC (2:00 a.m. EDT) near Tropical Depression Nine intensifies into Tropical Storm Hanna about  east of Cabo Gracias a Dios, and simultaneously attains its peak sustained winds of .
 16:00 UTC (12:00 p.m. EDT) near Tropical Storm Hanna makes landfall about  west-southwest of Cabo Gracias a Dios with sustained winds of .
 18:00 UTC (2:00 p.m. EDT) near Tropical Storm Hanna weakens to a tropical depression inland about  west-southwest of Cabo Gracias a Dios.

October 28
 06:00 UTC (2:00 a.m. EDT) near Tropical Depression Hanna again degenerates into a remnant low about  west-northwest of Cabo Gracias a Dios, and subsequently dissipates.

November

 No tropical cyclones form in the Atlantic Ocean during the month of November.

November 30
 The 2000 Atlantic hurricane season officially ends.

See also

Lists of Atlantic hurricanes
Timeline of the 2014 Pacific hurricane season

Notes

References

External links

 2014 Tropical Cyclone Advisory Archive, National Hurricane Center and Central Pacific Hurricane Center
 Hurricanes and Tropical Storms – Annual 2014, National Centers for Environmental Information

2014 Atlantic hurricane season
2014
Articles which contain graphical timelines
2014 ATL T


title: Astronomical Society of New South Wales

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The Astronomical Society of New South Wales (ASNSW) is an amateur astronomy club in the state of New South Wales, Australia, founded in 1954.

The society's objectives, as stated in their constitution, are to "bring together people interested in astronomy and related sciences, and to promote public interest and education in astronomy. The ASNSW provides members and the general public access to Astronomical observing facilities, educational lectures, and assistance in selecting, using and even building telescopes and related instruments".

The ASNSW has many sections dedicated to providing support to members interested in specific aspects of astronomy, including astrophotography, computing, solar observing, the Solar System, double and variable star observing, deep sky observing and telescope making. The society also runs two dedicated observing sites; one at Mount Bowen near Sydney, and the other near Ilford.

History

The society was founded in 1954 as the "Sydney Amateur Astronomers" by Gordon Patston, an aerospace engineer lecturing at Sydney Technical College. The club started with about fifteen members with Patston as the president. The first meetings were held in the garage behind Patston's house in the suburb of Belfield.

As the group attracted new members, it became too large for the garage, resulting in a permanent clubhouse being constructed within the Patston family backyard. The majority of work was done by club volunteers, and on 18 September 1959, the new facility was officially opened by the astronomer, Bart Bok, the then Director of Mount Stromlo Observatory.

The club was very active through the late 1950s and 1960s, with general-interest events such as public open nights and sections for special purposes such as a junior section. It also worked with professional observers on a number of research projects, including a flare star observing program at the request of the CSIRO and the measurements of transits of artificial satellites across the moon as part of the Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory's "Project Moon-watch". A program for observing artificial satellites was set up at shortly after the launch of the Sputnik satellite on 4 October 1957. The club was the first group in the world to see the first artificial satellite, Sputnik I, in October 1957 and they went on to record three of the first four Sputnik observations.

In 1964 the society's name was changed to the "Astronomical Society of New South Wales", to better reflect the scope of its membership.

In 1969/70 the Society suffered two major setbacks. First, the Society was forced to sell its headquarters when the Council re-zoned and subdivided the Patstons' block of land. Second, the Society lost its president when Gordon Patston moved to England to take up a Churchill Fellowship to study aeronautical engineering. That combination of events caused financial hardship for the club, and the lack of a permanent venue initially made it difficult to attract and retain members. At its lowest point in the mid-1970s, membership numbers dropped to less than fifty. It took nearly ten years to build membership back up to previous levels.

In 1973 the society acquired a long-term lease from the government for the Crago Observatory site on Bowen Mountain, but in spite of being used regularly, the official inauguration was not held until 20 years later, in 1993. Then in 1987, the society purchased the Wiruna property near Ilford, to get away from the increasing glare of the city lights which interfered with observing.

In 1985 the society was incorporated under the Associations Incorporation Act. The society was an early adopter of computer and communications technology, establishing their website in April 1995.

Activities

Meetings
The society normally holds two general meetings each month.

South Pacific Star Party

Starting in 1993, the "South Pacific Star Party" (SPSP) is held each year at the Society's dark-sky observing site "Wiruna", attracting between 200 and 400 Australian and international amateur astronomers.

Publications
 UNIVERSE is the journal of the Society, published monthly since June 1964.

Observing facilities

The Society has two main observing sites where regular observing sessions are held for its members and guests:
 Wiruna (Aboriginal for "Sunset") is a  site about 14km outside the country town of Ilford, 220km north-west of Sydney. The site has general observation facilities, a large hall and amenities, and it is the venue for the annual South Pacific Star Party.
 Crago Observatory is a permanent observatory housed in a rotating dome, located on Bowen Mountain, within the Blue Mountains National Park near Richmond.
Both of these sites are classified as "designated optical observatories" (numbers D03-41 and D03-50) by the Astronomical Society of Australia on the basis that they are judged to be valuable astronomical resources for research, education and community use.

Notable members' achievements
Three members of the society listed below have collectively discovered well over 500 comets, asteroids (minor planets), and novae.
 Robert Evans holds the world record for the number of visual discoveries of supernovae by an individual amateur; , his total came to 42 visual supernova discoveries plus one comet. Supernova 1983N, spotted by Evans in 1983 in the galaxy M83 long before it reached its peak, turned out to be the first discovery of a new type of supernova, later named Type 1b. His efforts have been recognised by the American Association of Variable Star Observers awarding him their Nova/Supernova Award fifteen times, the Astronomical Society of Australia awarding their Berenice Page Medal in 1986 and the ASNSW the McNiven Medal, in 1996. He received the Order of Australia in 1988 for his contributions to science.

 Robert McNaught has been described as "the world's greatest comet discoverer" – he is a prolific discoverer of both asteroids and comets; , the International Astronomical Union lists him as the discoverer of 458 minor planets, and NASA lists 72 comets and asteroids bearing his name. He is perhaps best known to the public for his discovery of comet C/2006 P1, also known as the "Great Comet of 2007", which was the second-brightest comet since reliable records began. He is involved in the search for Near Earth Asteroids. He was first to photograph Supernova 1987A in the LMC. His close association with the ASNSW over many years includes delivering the guest lecture to the South Pacific Star Party, and he was awarded the Society's McNiven Medal, in 1997.
 Gordon Garradd has been a diligent and productive discoverer of asteroids, supernovae and novae for nearly a quarter of a century; , the International Astronomical Union lists him as the discoverer of 30 minor planets. Mr Garradd has an asteroid named after him, 5066 Garradd, and also sixteen comets are named after him, including C/2009 P1 which became well known in 2012 when it was photographed by the Deep Impact (spacecraft) spacecraft. He went beyond discovering these objects by also finding their astrometric positions, and he is also recognised for his search for Near Earth Asteroids using CCD imagery. He discovered four novae in the Large Magellanic Cloud . Mr. Garradd was recognised in 1998 with the presentation of the Astronomical Society of Australia's Berenice Page Medal. He joined the Astronomical Society of NSW in 1974, and he was awarded the Society's McNiven Medal, in 1998.
 The society's Sydney Moon-watch station was the first group in the world to observe the first artificial satellite, Sputnik 1, in October 1957 and went on to record three of the first four Sputnik observations.

See also
 List of telescopes of Australia
 List of astronomical societies

References

Further reading

External links
 ASNSW website

1954 establishments in Australia
Amateur astronomy organizations
Astronomy organizations
Scientific organizations established in 1954
Scientific organisations based in Australia
Astronomy in Australia


title: David Yurdiga

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David Yurdiga (born March 26, 1964) is a former Canadian politician who served as a Member of Parliament (MP) from 2014 to 2021.

Political career
Yurdiga entered politics in 2007 when he was acclaimed to Athabasca County's council as a representative of the hamlet of Grassland. He was named deputy reeve in 2008 and then served as reeve from 2009 to 2013.

On January 10, 2014, Brian Jean announced he was resigning as the Conservative Party's Member of Parliament for the riding Fort McMurray—Athabasca to return to private life in Fort McMurray. Yurdiga resigned from Athabasca County's council after party members selected Yurdiga to replace Jean. Yurdiga was elected during the 2014 by-election. In the 2015 federal election, he was elected to the newly formed riding of Fort McMurray-Cold Lake and re-elected in 2019.

Yurdiga was appointed as the party’s critic for Northern Affairs by interim Conservative Party Leader Rona Ambrose on November 20, 2015. He held the position until August 30, 2017, when Conservative Party Leader Andrew Scheer appointed Cathy McLeod to the position. Yurdiga was unharmed during the 2014 shootings at Parliament Hill.

Yurdiga subsequently endorsed Pierre Poilievre in the 2022 Conservative leadership election. He endorsed Peter MacKay during the 2020 Conservative Party of Canada leadership election. He endorsed Kellie Leitch during the 2017 Conservative Party of Canada leadership election.

Political positions
Yurdiga joined the rest of the Conservative caucus as a vocal supporter of pipeline construction and oil sands production.

He was a critic of gun control legislation in Canada. In March 2021, he launched a failed petition to ban MPs from mentioning the term "assault rifle" in the House of Commons, telling Fort McMurray Today that the term "is a scare tactic used by the current government to demonize all guns.”

He pushed for more supports for people with episodic disabilities, such as multiple sclerosis. He also partnered with Green Party leader Elizabeth May in lobbying for the fast-tracking of a cystic fibrosis medication that, at the time, had yet to be approved for use in Canada.

His votes on social issues were mixed throughout his political career. Yurdiga voted in favour of banning sex-selective abortion in Canada. He also opposed the legalization of medical assistance in dying (MAID) in Canada.

A flyer from Yurdiga's office sent to constituents was mocked on social media because it warned Prime Minister Justin Trudeau was planning to legalize recreational cannabis in Canada. Constituents pointed out Trudeau had never kept his support for cannabis legalization a secret.

In 2021, Yurdiga voted against a bill banning conversion therapy after originally voting in favour of banning the practice during second reading of the bill. He claimed his constituency office had received more than 900 emails and texts that “expressed concerns about parental rights since the bill was introduced," but offered no proof these messages existed. He said he wanted the practice banned, but felt the definition of conversion therapy offered by the Liberal Party of Canada was "broad."

At the same time, Yurdiga supported adding gender identity and gender expression to the Canadian Human Rights Act’s list of prohibited grounds of discrimination. In 2016, he supported removing bans on same-sex marriage from official party policy in 2016.

Public image as a politician
Yurdiga struggled with public speaking when he was first elected. Over time, Yurdiga became more confident in his public speaking and was a popular guest at functions hosted by multicultural groups in Fort McMurray.

But his early struggles with public speaking caused embarrassing moments at public events that were reported by local media. In 2014, Yurdiga confused India and Pakistan when he was asked to give a speech at a ceremony celebrating India's independence. He blamed the gaffe on "inaccurate information" he was given. On election night during the 2015 Canadian federal election, Yurdiga thanked local voters for re-electing Stephen Harper as prime minister, even though Justin Trudeau had already been declared the winner that evening. He later said he meant voters in the riding hoped Harper would be re-elected as prime minister.

Yurdiga was criticized by local media, constituents and his opponents during elections for skipping debates and public forums. Yurdiga said previous commitments during the 2014 by-election and a family health emergency during the 2015 general election kept him from attending most election events. His campaign blamed injuries from a car accident during the 2019 election for keeping Yurdiga away from traditional campaign activities.

During the 2015 campaign, a campaign volunteer confirmed to CJOK-FM's MyMcMurray.com that Yurdiga never intended to attend forums or debates, even before the family medical emergency happened. The volunteer added Yurdiga's campaign team never confirmed attendance with organizers of any of those events.

Yurdiga’s Liberal opponent in 2014 and 2015, Kyle Harrietha, portrayed him as an outsider who was ignorant of Fort McMurray and called out Yurdiga for avoiding public events. All of his opponents in the 2019 election criticized him for avoiding all-candidate events.

COVID-19 mandates and resignation
Yurdiga’s constituency office in Cold Lake was vandalized in January 2021 when someone spray painted “COVID lie” on the building. Yurdiga told the Cold Lake Sun he empathized with the frustrations of the person responsible for the vandalism. He also said he was following Alberta’s COVID-19 restrictions, but did not agree with all of them.

In August 2021 Yurdiga called legislation mandating COVID-19 vaccinations for public servants “a tyrannical idea” and criticized Quebec’s vaccine passport program. Later that month he announced he would not run for re-election, despite being named the party's official candidate in January 2021. A spokesperson for the Conservative Party of Canada said Yurdiga cited health problems as his reason for stepping down.

When the election campaign began, Yurdiga endorsed the People's Party of Canada and the party's candidate for Fort McMurray-Cold Lake, Shawn McDonald. He also donated $1,500 to McDonald's campaign.

Yurdiga did not endorse his Conservative successor, Laila Goodridge, but endorsed the re-election of Lakeland Conservative MP Shannon Stubbs on Facebook. McDonald claimed Yurdiga was forced out for criticizing a COVID-19 vaccine mandate for all government employees.

Personal background

Yurdiga studied power engineering at a technical school in Alberta. He worked at the Eco-Bay Mine in Nunavut, sold industrial chemicals and safety equipment out of Fort McMurray in the early 1990s, then started a consulting and property management business in Lac La Biche.

A Conservative Party biography of Yurdiga said he took over the family farm in Grassland in 2005 and raised organic beef cattle using methods taught to him by his father.

He is married. He has a son, daughter and grandchildren.

On February 16, 2021, a Fort McMurray man was charged with leaving threatening voicemail messages against Yurdiga and the staff at his constituency office. The man, Brad Love, had a history of hate crime and harassment convictions against different politicians, media outlets and religious groups in Canada. Love was found not guilty of threatening Yurdiga but was given a 24-month probationary sentence for threatening a staff member.

Honours

Electoral record

References

External links

1964 births
Living people
Members of the House of Commons of Canada from Alberta
Conservative Party of Canada MPs
People from Athabasca County
Canadian consultants
Canadian miners
21st-century Canadian politicians


title: Maroons (album)

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Maroons is an album by pianist Geri Allen recorded in 1992 and released on the Blue Note label.

Reception

AllMusic awarded the album 4½ stars, stating, "This excellent recording is easily recommended to her fans and potential new devotees".

In an article for Jazz Times, Michael J. West praised "Number Four," writing that Allen "anticipates Belgrave's every melodic and rhythmic move—at times sticking-and-moving, a la Earl Hines with Armstrong. She picks up his pathways on her solo... but turns them in her own direction, as if his improvised figures were the written material on which she was improvising. It's a remarkable achievement, one deserving of close attention within her catalogue."

Track listing
All compositions by Geri Allen except as indicated
 "Feed the Fire I" - 1:33
 "No More Mr. Nice Guy" - 7:05
 "And They Partied" - 5:29
 "Number Four" (Lawrence Williams) - 4:35
 "A Prayer for Peace" - 5:43
 "Mad Money" - 7:39
 "Two Brothers" (Anthony Cox, Dwayne Dolphin) - 2:49
 "Feed the Fire II" - 3:29
 "Dolphy's Dance" - 5:01
 "For John Malachi" - 4:09
 "Laila's House" - 8:21
 "Feed the Fire III" - 3:16
 "Brooklyn Bound "A"" - 1:05
 "Bed-Sty" - 5:19
 "Maroons" - 6:26

Personnel
Geri Allen - piano
Marcus Belgrave, Wallace Roney - trumpet
Anthony Cox, Dwayne Dolphin - bass
Pheeroan akLaff, Tani Tabbal - drums

References

1992 albums
Geri Allen albums
Blue Note Records albums
Instrumental albums


The Legion National Youth Track and Field Championships is an annual track and field competition organized by the Royal Canadian Legion and sanctioned by Athletics Canada. It serves as the Canadian youth national championships for the sport.

History

The Royal Canadian Legion has been involved in youth athletics since the 1950s. In 1977 the first Legion National Youth Track and Field Championships were held at Oromocto, New Brunswick. In 2010 the Championships were designated as the national youth championships by Athletics Canada.

Host Locations

References

Track and field competitions in Canada


title: 1854 United States elections

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The 1854 United States elections was the midterm election choosing members of the 32nd United States Congress during the middle of Democratic President Franklin Pierce's term. It was part of the transition from the Second Party System to the Third Party System, as the Whigs collapsed as a national party and were replaced by a coalition running on the Opposition Party ticket and the nascent Republican Party.

In the House, Democrats suffered a massive defeat, losing seats to the Opposition Party, and to the American Party; the latter (also known as the Know Nothings) won more seats in the House than any other third party in the history of the chamber. Nathaniel Banks, a member of the American Party and the Free Soil Party, won election as Speaker of the House after a protracted battle, defeating Democrat William Aiken. In the Senate, Democrats retained a strong majority, while the Opposition replaced the Whigs as the second largest party in the chamber.

See also
1854–55 United States House of Representatives elections
1854–55 United States Senate elections

References

1854 elections in the United States
1854
United States midterm elections


title: The Match (1999 film)

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The Match (also titled The Beautiful Game) is a 1999 British romantic comedy film written and directed by Mick Davis.

Plot summary
In the Scottish village of Inverdoune, teams representing the village's two pubs—Benny's Bar and Le Bistro—have played an annual football game for 99 consecutive years. Under the terms of the original bet, the loser of the 100th match must forfeit their bar to the winner. Facing its 100th consecutive loss, Benny's Bar looks set to be bulldozed and replaced with a car park by the odious owner of Le Bistro, "Gorgeous" George Gus (Richard E. Grant). Local boy Wullie Smith (Max Beesley) returns from university, where he stays at the home of Sheila Bailey, re-igniting his dormant feelings for her daughter Rosemary (Laura Fraser). Wullie possesses TFR (Total Football Recall)—an encyclopedic recollection of football tactics and statistics—and would be an ideal manager for the Benny's Bar team, but he is traumatised by the death of his brother during their childhood and refuses. Also unwilling to help the team is a resident former professional football player (Neil Morrissey), known as "Piss-Off" due to his response whenever he is asked to play.

Cast
 Max Beesley as Wullie Smith
 Isla Blair as Sheila Bailey
 James Cosmo as Billy Bailey
 Laura Fraser as Rosemary Bailey
 Richard E. Grant as Gorgeous Gus
 David Hayman as Scrapper
 Ian Holm as "Big Tam"
 Neil Morrissey as "Piss-Off"
 Tom Sizemore as "Buffalo"
 Samantha Fox as Patsy

Production
The Match was filmed in the Scottish village of Straiton in South Ayrshire.

One of the film's production companies was Irish DreamTime, owned by actor Pierce Brosnan who appears in a cameo role in the film as John MacGhee. Footballer Alan Shearer also makes a cameo appearance.

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1999 films
British romantic comedy films
1999 romantic comedy films
Films set in Scotland
Films shot in Scotland
British association football films
British sports comedy films
PolyGram Filmed Entertainment films
Films scored by Harry Gregson-Williams
1990s sports comedy films
1990s English-language films
1990s British films


title: Margot Wittkower

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Margot Wittkower, née Margot Holzmann (August 28, 1902 – July 3, 1995), was a German-American Interior designer and art historian specializing in neo-Palladian architecture and Italian Renaissance and Baroque period.

Life and work
Born August 28, 1902, as Margot Holzmann in Berlin, Germany. She was primarily an artist but later established herself as an interior designer. She met her future husband Rudolf Wittkower when she was just age 16 however they waited until 1923 to marry, due to their young ages.

Rudolf began teaching at Cologne University in 1932, but because Wittkower was Jewish, she was forced to leave Germany due to Nazi control. In 1933 the couple moved to London. Margot specialized in apartment interiors and furniture design at this time and both husband and wife were drawn to neo-Palladian architecture. Starting around the mid-1950s she co-authored various books with her husband, many of which are significant today in the area of Italian Art History. Together they documented in their writings the change from craftsmen to artist during the Renaissance. She died at age 93 at her home in Manhattan.

Publications
 Gian Lorenzo Bernini: The Sculptor of the Roman Baroque (1955, co-authored with Rudolf Wittkower, Howard Hibbard, Thomas Martin)
 Born Under Saturn: The Character and Conduct of Artists: Documented History from Antiquity to the French Revolution (1963, co-authored with Rudolf Wittkower)
 Divine Michelangelo: The Florentine Academy's Homage on His Death in 1564 (1964,co-authored with Rudolf Wittkower)
 Sculpture: Processes and Principles (1977, co-authored with Rudolf Wittkower)
 Congress: Process and Policy (1978, co-authored with Randall B. Ripley)
 Selected Lectures of Rudolf Wittkower: The Impact of Non-European Civilization on the Art of the West (1989, co-authored with Rudolf Wittkower, Donald Martin Reynolds)
 Partnership and discovery, Margot and Rudolf Wittkower (1994)

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1902 births
1995 deaths
Women art historians
Jewish emigrants from Nazi Germany to the United Kingdom
German art historians
Writers from Berlin
20th-century German historians
German women historians
20th-century German women writers
People from Berlin


title: Georg Vasilev

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Georg Ivanov Vasilev (; born 29 October 1995) is a former Bulgarian footballer who played as a midfielder.

Career
Georg retired from football at the age of just 21. He become Sports director of Lokomotiv Sofia in 2018. He helped the team to return in First League and stayed on that position until 7 September 2023.

Club statistics

Club
As of 1 May 2016

References

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Living people
1995 births
Bulgarian men's footballers
Men's association football midfielders
FC Lokomotiv 1929 Sofia players
FC Marek Dupnitsa players
PFC Slavia Sofia players
First Professional Football League (Bulgaria) players