United States men's national goalball team is the men's national team of the United States.  Goalball is a team sport designed specifically for athletes with a vision impairment.  The team takes part in international goalball competitions.

Paralympic Games

1976 Toronto

The 1976 Summer Paralympics were held in Toronto, Canada.  The team was one of seven men's teams participating, and they finished seventh overall.

1980 Arnhem

At the 1980 Summer Paralympic Games in Arnhem, Netherlands, twelve teams took part.  The team finished second, behind Germany.

1984 New York

New York hosted the 1984 Summer Paralympics where thirteen teams participated and the team finished first ahead of Egypt.

1988 Seoul

The team competed in the 1988 Summer Paralympics, from 15 to 24 October 1988, in Seoul, South Korea.  There were fourteen men's and eight women's teams.  This was the first time the term "Paralympic" came into official use.

The team came second, behind Yugoslavia.

1992 Barcelona

The team competed in the 1992 Summer Paralympics, from 3 to 14 September 1992, in the Pavelló de la Vall d'Hebron indoor stadium, Barcelona, Spain.  There were twelve men's and eight women's teams.

The team finished fourth in the overall rankings.

1996 Atlanta

The team competed in the 1996 Summer Paralympics, from 16 to 25 August 1996, in the GSU Sports Arena building, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America.  There were twelve men's and eight women's teams.

They finished eleventh, ahead of Czechoslovakia.

2000 Sydney

The team competed in the 2000 Summer Paralympics, from 18 to 29 October 2000, at an Olympic Park indoor hall,  Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.  There were twelve men's and eight women's teams.

They finished eleventh, ahead of Great Britain.

2004 Athens

The team competed in 2004 Summer Paralympics, from 17 and 28 September 2004, in the Faliro Sports Pavilion Arena, Athens, Greece.  There were twelve men's and eight women's teams.

The team came third, behind Sweden and Denmark.

2008 Beijing

The team competed in the 2008 Summer Paralympics, from 6 to 17 September 2008, in the Beijing Institute of Technology Gymnasium 'bat wing' arena, Beijing, China.  There were twelve men's and eight women's teams.  Athletes were: Steve Denuyl, Chris Dodds, Tyler Merren, Donte Mickens, Edward Munro, Daryl Walker.  Coaching staff:  Thomas Parrigin, Michael Legé, John Potts.

The team placed fourth overall.

2016 Rio de Janeiro

The team competed in the 2016 Summer Paralympics, with competitionfrom Thursday 8 September to finals on Friday 16 September 2016, in the temporary Future Arena, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.  There were ten men's and ten women's teams (a decrease of two men's teams from past years).  Athletes were: Andy Jenks, Tyler Merren, Daryl Walker, John Kusku, Joseph Hamilton, and Matt Simpson, with coaches Michael Legé and Matthew Boyle.

The team placed second.

 Quarter-finals

 Semi-finals

 Gold medal match

2020 Tokyo

The team competed in the 2020 Summer Paralympics, with competition from Wednesday 25 August to finals on Friday 3 September 2021, in the Makuhari Messe arena, Chiba, Tokyo, Japan.  Members were: Zach Buhler, John Kusku, Tyler Merren, Matt Simpson, Daryl Walker Calahan Young, with coaches Keith Young and James Wallace.

Round-robin

 Quarter-finals

 Semi-finals

World Championships

IBSA World Goalball Championships have been held every four years from 1978.  The men's team has represented the USA for all these championships.  Placing first or second in the tournament may earn a berth in the Paralympic Games goalball tournaments.

1978 Voecklamarkt

The team competed in the inaugural goalball world championships, in Vöcklamarkt, Austria.  There were ten men's teams.

USA finished eighth ahead of the Republic of South Africa, and Great Britain.

1982 Indianapolis

The team competed in the 1982 World Championships, from Monday 28 June to 01 July 1982, at the Hinkle Fieldhouse, Butler University in Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America.  Organized by United States Association of Blind Athletes, there were twelve men's and six women's teams.  Coached by Stephen Kearney, athletes included Bonner, Jackson, Morris, and Neppl.

The team finished first, ahead of Nederlands.

1986 Roermond

The 1986 IBSA World Goalball Championships were held in Roermond, the Netherlands.  There were eighteen men's and ten women's teams.

The team finished fourth, behind Egypt, Israel, and Yugoslavia.

1990 Calgary

The team competed in the 1990 World Championships, in Calgary, Alberta, Canada.  There were twelve men's and seven women's teams.

The team finished fifth.

1994 Colorado Springs

The team competed in the 1994 World Championships, in Colorado Springs, Colorado, United States of America.  There were thirteen men's and nine women's teams.

The team finished fifth.

1998 Madrid

The team competed in the 1998 World Championships, in Madrid, Spain.  There were sixteen men's and eleven women's teams.

USA finished eighth overall.

2002 Rio de Janeiro

The team competed in the 2002 World Championships, in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, from 30 August 2002 to 8 September 2002.  There were fourteen men's and ten women's teams.

USA finished eleventh overall.

2006 Spartanburg

The team competed in the 2006 World Championships, in July 2006, in Spartanburg, South Carolina, United States of America.  There were sixteen men's and thirteen women's teams.

The team finished third, behind Sweden and Lithuania.

2010 Sheffield

The team competed in the 2010 World Championships, from 20 to 25 June 2010, in Sheffield, England. There were sixteen men's and twelve women's teams.

USA was in Pool A, beating Canada 11:4, Algeria 4:2, Great Britain 10:2, Germany 5:1, and Belgium 4:1, but losing to China 5:7 and Iran 3:6.

2014 Espoo

The team competed in the 2014 World Championships from 30 June to 5 July 2014, in Espoo, Finland.  There were fourteen men's and ten women's teams.  Athletes: Joseph Hamilton (#5), Andrew Jenks (#1), John Kusku (#4), Tyler Merren (#2), Matthew Simpson (#7), and Daryl Walker (#3).

They placed third in Pool A, beating Turkey 5:4 in the quarter-finals, but losing to Finland 3:6 in the semi-finals, to play off the bronze medal with Lithuania, winning 4:2.

2018 Malmö

The team competed in the 2018 World Championships from 3 to 8 June 2018, at the Baltiska Hallen, Malmö, Sweden.  There were sixteen men's and twelve women's teams.  Athletes were Joe Hamilton, John Kusku, Grej Pesjaka, Daryl Walker, Josh Welborn and Calahan Young.  Head coach was Matthew Boyle.  Pesjaka, Welborn and Young were new to the team.  Former national goalball high-performance director John Potts was appointed as team leader for both the men's and women's teams.

They placed third in Pool B, and fifth in final standings.

2022 Matosinhos

The team competed in the 2022 World Championships from 7 to 16 December 2022, at the Centro de Desportos e Congressos de Matosinhos, Portugal.  There were sixteen men's and sixteen women's teams.  They placed fifth in Pool D, and ninth in final standings.

IBSA World Games

2003 Quebec City

The team competed in the 2003 IBSA World Games from Friday 1 to Sunday 10 August 2011, in Quebec City, Canada.  Ten teams competed.

USA came second to Spain who took the gold medal.

2011 Antalya

The team competed in the 2011 IBSA World Games from 1 to 10 April 2011, in Antalya, Turkey, organised by the Turkish Blind Sports Federation.  There were fifteen men's and fourteen women's teams.  They placed second in Group B, and were seventh in the final standings.

Regional championships

The team competes in the IBSA America goalball region.  The winner of the championships usually qualifies for a berth at the World Championships or the Paralympic Games.

2005 São Paulo

The team competed at the 2005 IBSA Goalball Americas Regional Championships which were part of the Fourth IBSA Pan-American Games, the competition being from Monday 5 September 2005 to Friday 9 September 2005, in São Paulo, Brazil.  There were five men's teams: Argentina, Brazil, Canada, Mexico, and USA.

The team finished second to Canada.

2011 Guadalajara

The team competed at the 2011 Parapan American Games from 13 to 19 November 2011, at the San Rafael Gymnasium in Guadalajara, Mexico.  There were six men's teams: Argentina, Brazil, Canada, El Salvador, Mexico, USA.  Athletes were Joseph Hamilton, Andrew Jenks, John Kusku, Tyler Merren, Donte Mickens, and Daryl Walker.

The team finished second to Brazil.

2013 Colorado Springs

The team competed at the 2013 Parapan American Games (which also hosted the 2013 IBSA World Youth Championships) from 11 to 14 July 2013, at Colorado Springs, Colorado, USA.  There were six men's teams: Argentina, Brazil, Canada, Puerto Rico, USA, Venezuela.  Athletes included Joe Hamilton (Sacramento, CA), Andy Jenks (Wilmington, DE), John Kusku (Warren, MI), Donté Mickens (Delray Beach, FL), Matt Simpson (Colorado Springs, CO), and Daryl Walker (Jacksonville, FL).

USA beat Brazil for the gold medal.

2015 Toronto

The team competed at the 2015 Parapan American Games from 8 August 2015 to 15 August 2015, at the Mississauga Sports Centre, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
There were six men's teams: Argentina, Brazil, Canada, Puerto Rico, USA, Venezuela.  Athletes were Joseph Hamilton, Andrew Jenks, John Kusku, Donté Mickens, Matt Simpson, and Daryl Walker.

USA finished with the silver medal, beaten by Brazil.

2017 São Paulo

The team competed at the 2017 IBSA Goalball Americas Championships from Wednesday 29 November 2017 to Sunday 3 December 2017, at São Paulo, Brazil.  There were eight men's teams: Argentina, Brazil, Canada, Costa Rica, Mexico, Peru, USA, and Venezuela (Costa Rica were disqualified for not having the minimum number of athletes to start a game).

USA finished with the silver medal, beaten by Brazil.

2019 Lima

The team competed at the 2019 Parapan American Games from 23 August 2019 to 1 September 2019, at the Miguel Grau Coliseum, Lima, Peru.  This championships was a qualifier for the 2020 Paralympic Games.  There were eight men's teams: Argentina, Brazil, Canada, Guatemala, Mexico, Peru, USA, Venezuela.

USA finished with the silver medal, beaten by Brazil.

2022 São Paulo

Due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, the IBSA America championship moved from 6 to 13 November 2021, to 18 to 22 February 2022.  The event is being held at the Centro de Treinamento Paralímpico (Paralympic Training Center) in São Paulo.  This championships is a qualifier for the 2022 World Championships.

There are thirteen men's teams: Argentina, Brazil, Canada, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Guatemala, Mexico, Nicaragua, Peru, Puerto Rico, USA, Venezuela.

The team is Zach Buhler (Huntington, IN), Christian King (Virginia Beach, VA), Tyler Merren (Coral Springs, FL), Daryl Walker (Jacksonville, FL), Sean Walker (Winchester, VA), Calahan Young (Pittsburgh, PA), and Keith Young (head coach), James Wallace (assistant coach), and Adam McDowell (trainer).

See also

 Disabled sports
 United States women's national goalball team
 United States at the Paralympics

References

Goalball men's
National men's goalball teams
United States at the Paralympics
Goalball in the United States
Goalball in the Americas


title: Inexhaustible bottle

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The Inexhaustible Bottle is a classic magic trick performed by stage magicians. It dates to the 17th century and has since inspired many variations; well known examples include Any Drink Called For, The Bar Act, Satan's Barman, the Assassin's Teapot and Think-a-Drink. During the temperance movement it became The Obliging Tea Kettle, and the modern Magic Tea Kettle remains a common prop available at most magic stores. A slight variation is the Magic Funnel. Today, the trick is normally performed for children, although some stand-up shows retain a variation.

Effect
The magician produces a bottle or kettle and asks the audience to name any sort of drink: water, beer, tea, or any other liquid. The magician tips the bottle and pours out a glass of that drink. He then asks for another example, and another, with the bottle producing the drinks on demand, seemingly forever. At the end of the performance the bottle is broken open to reveal various objects. Kettles generally reveal a number of colored handkerchiefs inside, which are said to give the kettle its magical powers.

History

The trick has been dated to 1635, when it appeared in Hocus Pocus Junior: The Anatomie of Legerdemain in London. In this version, a barrel can produce three different drinks on command. Hocus Pocus Junior is a collection work, so the trick must be even older, but no earlier references are known. Harry Houdini found another early mention from 1707, and another in 1712 when part of the "famous water-works of the late ingenious Mr. Henry Winstanly" were demonstrated by his wife. By the late-18th century the trick was so well known that in 1780, John Theophilus Desaguliers used the trick to demonstrate hydrostatics. It remained a standard demonstration for the next century at least.

The barrel changed to a bottle in the early-19th century, when "Herr Schmidt" introduced "The Bottle of Sobriety and Inebriety" around 1821. The trick was next seen in London in 1835 by "Falck of Koenigsberg"'s "Infernal Bottle". Phillippe used a variety of this trick between 1836 and 1838. Phillippe's assistant, Macallister, claimed to have invented it. Similar acts were performed by many, including the well-known Ludwig Leopold Döbler, who is seen performing it on a poster in 1842.

When Jean Eugène Robert-Houdin of Paris arrived in London to perform, he found that almost all of his répertoire was being performed by Compars Herrmann at the Théâtre Royal. Nevertheless, Robert-Houdin continued to use the trick at his opening show on 1 December 1847, and heavily promoted himself as the trick's inventor. Henri Robin, a Dutch magician, took to the same act as well, performing Robert-Houdin's répertoire and likewise claiming that he had invented the inexhaustible bottle. Robert-Houdin's popular autobiography tipped the balance in his favour; physicists using the bottle to demonstrate hydrostatics were soon referring to it as the "Robert-Houdin bottle".

John Henry Anderson, the "Wizard of the North", had begun using the act while performing in Europe. A variation appears on advertising for a performance at the Victoria Rooms in Hull in April 1838. In 1849 he toured North America, where it was quickly copied. It spread so rapidly that it was soon available in toy shops across the country. The December 1880 issue of Scribner's Monthly mentions the trick dismissively.

Magicians looking to re-invigorate what was then a widely performed and well understood trick started to make modifications. Scribner's describes one version by "Senior Patrizio" where the performer is able to pour beer for everyone in the hall, along with a failed attempt by another would-be magician who changed this to champagne and ended up drenched head to toe.

A more common modification was introduced by English magician David Devant as "The Obliging Tea Kettle", at the suggestion of his wife. Kettles became a common variety of the act, and are widely used today. Devant explained the trick in detail in Secrets of My Magic.

Charles Hoffman, known as "Think-a-Drink Hoffman", performed one of the best known examples as a vaudeville act. His show used a small bar and a series of cocktail shakers which he used to produce any drink the audience asked for, up to eighty different drinks according to his own press materials. During Prohibition, he would produce alcoholic drinks at private shows, and became known as "The Highest Paid Bartender in the World".

By the late-1930s the same act had been copied by a wide variety of magicians, and in 1943 Hoffman sued a number of them, proceeding with a suit against Maurice Glazer. In a landmark 1943 ruling, the Supreme Court of Florida agreed that Hoffman held the trademark rights to the name "Think-a-Drink", but that the act itself was not entitled to protection. This has been used as a standard piece of precedent when discussing intellectual rights to magic methods.

Method
The concept includes two different tricks, the original "any drink" where a single container can pour multiple drinks, and the "endless pour" in which a seemingly large or continuous amount of liquid is poured from a container that is too small to hold it.

Any drink

The original method from Hocus Pocus Junior was a single large barrel that is modified with internal baffles to create three sections. A single spigot on one of the flat ends of the barrel is extended with three pipes, one leading into each of the different partitions. The flow is controlled through a bunghole on the top that is likewise modified to run to three hoses, one into each partition. By turning the stopper in the bunghole to uncover one of the pipes, air can flow into the selected partition. When the spigot is opened, only the liquid from the selected partition can flow out, the partial vacuum in the other chambers prevents the flow.

The original "any drink" methods using bottles were similar to Hocus Pocus, simply on a smaller scale. Most variations used what appeared to be a bottle but was actually a tin container japanned (lacquered) green to appear like glass. The internal area is divided into sections and each one empties into a tube that ends just short of the neck. Very small holes drilled into the bottle allow them to be selected in the same fashion as Hocus Pocus, with the magician's hand holding the bottle so their fingers cover the holes; lifting one starts the pour. The tea kettle varieties simply moved the holes to the handle. A slight variation on the theme is the Magic Funnel, which uses a two-walled funnel holding liquid between the walls. The magician pours a small amount of liquid through the funnel as normal, but it continues to pour when they lift their finger from a hole on the handle.

A very different variation on the any drink method uses small packets of dried flavouring or color that can be dropped into the cups before the pour begins. "Think-a-Drink" used this at least for some performances, and prior to one show the seemingly dirty cups were polished by a stage hand and had to be re-prepared. In spite of Hoffman's attempts to protect the act, or perhaps because of it, this is now the basis for the simplest version, the Magic Tea Kettle. This version uses small beads of colouring that are dropped into the cup, preferably during the pour, and the container itself holds water. Most versions contain water only in the bottom of the kettle, the upper portion is a separate container that can be used for a reveal. Other versions may use various simple chemistry to produce the colors. These variations are simple to distinguish because the fluid coming out of the bottle is always the same color (normally clear), while the original method actually has different fluids inside.

Endless pour
The seemingly inexhaustible amount of liquid is even simpler; it relies on special "essence glasses" which appear about the size of an aperitif glass, but are mostly glass with little open space for the liquid. This not only helped the illusion (until lifted to the lips) but also reduced the cost of performing the act if the glasses were handed out. For very large audiences, sleight of hand can be used to switch bottles during the act; Modern Magic suggests doing this while calling for more glasses to be brought onstage.

Scribner's describes a very different method in which a beer barrel was placed under the stage and piped to a hole in the floor where it ended in some sort of coupling. The performer would walk to the hole and press their shoe onto the coupling to connect to rubber hosing running through his clothes to a bottle, where he would begin to pour.

Many acts added two flourishes. One was to rinse the bottle with water at the start of the act, which is accomplished simply by covering all of the holes and pouring water into the mouth. Unable to travel up the tubes into the bladders, it falls into the space between them and can be emptied back out the same way. Most acts also included an ending where the bottle was broken open. This was actually a cut line along the bottom of the "bottle" which could be pulled apart by applying a little effort.

Physics
The inexhaustible bottle is a simple demonstration of hydrostatics, specifically Pascal's law. Pascal's law states that any pressure applied at any point in a continuous fluid is applied equally throughout the fluid. For example, if you squeeze the top of a disposable water bottle, the entire bottle inflates evenly. A corollary of Pascal's law is that a negative pressure is also equally distributed throughout the fluid, meaning that if one applies a partial vacuum at any point, the entire surface sees the same drop in pressure.

In the case of the inexhaustible barrel, the container has a very large surface area in comparison to the relatively small tube leading from the bunghole. When the tube is sealed and the pouring cock at the bottom opened, a tiny amount of fluid will drain out until a vacuum is produced in the tube. At that point the entire surface of the fluid is also under vacuum. The difference in pressure from ambient atmospheric at the spigot to the partial vacuum at the top of the liquid counteracts the force of gravity and the flow stops. To start the flow, the hole at the top is uncovered to allow air into the chamber, equalizing the pressure on the top and bottom. The inexhaustible bottle works identically in physical terms, and simply removes the spigot and uses the physical inversion of the bottle to allow flow when the finger holes are uncovered.

Modern magic tea kettle variations may or may not have a similar apparatus to control flow. Because the trick in this case takes place in the cups, not the kettle, there is no real need to control the flow. Nevertheless, most variations do include a similar finger hole to allow the magician to control the flow and create various pouring effects like streams of water that start and stop mid-pour.

References

Citations

Bibliography

External links
 Think A Drink Hoffman performs on television
 Magic Tea Kettle being demonstrated, if one looks closely you can see the color tablets

Magic tricks


title: Canada men's national goalball team

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Canada men's national goalball team is the men's national team of Canada.  Goalball is a team sport designed specifically for athletes with a vision impairment.  The team takes part in international goalball competitions.

Paralympic Games

1976 Toronto

The 1976 Summer Paralympics were held in Toronto, Canada.  The team was one of seven teams participating, and they finished sixth overall.  At the 1980 Summer Paralympics in Arnhem, Netherlands, twelve teams took part.  The team finished ninth. New York hosted the 1984 Summer Paralympics where thirteen teams participated and the team finished eleventh.

1984 New York

The team competed in the 1984 Summer Paralympics at Long Island, New York City, United States of America, where thirteen men's and five women's teams participated.

Canada finished eleventh, ahead of Denmark and Australia.

1988 Seoul

The team competed in the 1988 Summer Paralympics, from 15 to 24 October 1988, in Seoul, South Korea.  There were fourteen men's and eight women's teams.  This was the first time the term "Paralympic" came into official use.

Canada placed sixth in the final rankings.

1992 Barcelona

The team competed in the 1992 Summer Paralympics, from 3 to 14 September 1992, in the Pavelló de la Vall d'Hebron indoor stadium, Barcelona, Spain.  There were twelve men's and eight women's teams.

Canada placed fifth in the final rankings.

1996 Atlanta

The team competed in the 1996 Summer Paralympics, from 16 to 25 August 1996, in the GSU Sports Arena building, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America.  There were twelve men's and eight women's teams.  Athletes were: Mario Caron, Jeff Christy, J. Crepault, Roberto Gaunt, Eric Houle, and Dean Kozak.

The team made the silver medal finals but lost to Finland.

2004 Athens

The team competed in 2004 Summer Paralympics, from 17 and 28 September 2004, in the Faliro Sports Pavilion Arena, Athens, Greece.  There were twelve men's and eight women's teams.  Athletes were: Mario Caron, Jeff Christy, Rob Christy, Bruno Hache, Kevin Kaminski, and Dean Kozak.

The team made the bronze medal finals but lost to the USA.

2008 Beijing

The team did not compete in 2008 Summer Paralympics, from 6 to 17 September 2008, in the Beijing Institute of Technology Gymnasium 'bat wing' arena, Beijing, China.  There were twelve men's and eight women's teams.  Athletes were: Mario Caron, Jeff Christy, Rob Christy, Bruno Hache, and Dean Kozak.

The team lost to Lithuania in the quarter-finals.

2012 London

The team competed in the 2012 Summer Paralympics from 30 August to 7 September 2012, in the Copper Box Arena, London, England.

2016 Rio

The team competed in the 2016 Summer Paralympics, with competition from Thursday 8 September to finals on Friday 16 September 2016, in the temporary Future Arena, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.  There were ten men's and ten women's teams (a decrease of two men's teams from past years).

 Quarter-finals

World Championships

IBSA World Goalball Championships have been held every four years from 1978.  The men's team regularly represents Canada in these championships.  Placing first or second in the tournament may earn a berth in the Paralympic Games goalball tournaments.

1978 Voecklamarkt

The team competed in the inaugural goalball world championships, in Vöcklamarkt, Austria.  There were ten men's teams.  Canada ranked seventh.

1982 Indianapolis

The team competed in the 1982 World Championships, from Monday 28 June to 01 July 1982, at the Hinkle Fieldhouse, Butler University in Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America.  Organised by United States Association of Blind Athletes, there were twelve men's and six women's teams.  Coach was Michaud Luis, with athletes Bourdeau, Caron, Lambert, Leduc, and Rodrigue.

Canada came fourth in the final rankings, behind Egypt, Nederlands, and USA.

1986 Roermond

The 1986 IBSA World Goalball Championships were held in Roermond, the Netherlands.  There were eighteen men's and ten women's teams.

Canada came eleventh in the final rankings.

1990 Calgary

The team competed in the 1990 World Championships, in Calgary, Alberta, Canada.  There were twelve men's and seven women's teams.

Canada came sixth in the final rankings.

1994 Colorado Springs

The team competed in the 1994 World Championships, in Colorado Springs, Colorado, United States of America.  There were thirteen men's and nine women's teams.

Canada came fifth in the final rankings.

1998 Madrid

The team competed in the 1998 World Championships, in Madrid, Spain.  There were sixteen men's and eleven women's teams.

Canada came sixth in the final rankings.

2002 Rio de Janeiro

The team competed in the 2002 World Championships, in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, from 30 August 2002 to 8 September 2002.  There were fourteen men's and ten women's teams.

Canada came eighth in the final rankings.

2006 Spartanburg

The team competed in the 2006 World Championships, in July 2006, in Spartanburg, South Carolina, United States of America.  There were sixteen men's and thirteen women's teams.

Canada came sixth in the final rankings.

2010 Sheffield

The team competed in the 2010 World Championships, from 20 to 25 June 2010, in Sheffield, England. There were sixteen men's and twelve women's teams.

Canada was in Pool A, beating Belgium, Germany, and Great Britain, drawing with Iran, and losing to Algeria, China, and USA.

2014 Espoo

The team competed in the 2014 World Championships from 30 June to 5 July 2014, in Espoo, Finland.  There were fourteen men's and ten women's teams.  Athletes: Brendan Gaulin (#3), Bruno Hache (#5), Simon Richard (#8), Douglas Ripley (#7), Simon Tremblay (#4), and Ahmad Zeividavi (#1).

They placed sixth of eight teams in Pool B.

2018 Malmö

The team competed in the 2018 World Championships from 3 to 8 June 2018, at the Baltiska Hallen, Malmö, Sweden.  There were sixteen men's and twelve women's teams.  Athletes included: Brendan Gaulin (Burnaby, British Columbia), Aron Ghebreyohanes (Alberta), Bruno Hache (Montreal, Quebec), Blair Nesbitt (Stony Plain, Alberta), Doug Ripley (British Columbia), and Ahmad Zeividavi (Vancouver, British Columbia).  Reserves were Peter Parsons and Simon Tremblay.

They placed sixth of eight teams in Pool B, and twelfth in final standings.

2022 Matosinhos

The team competed in the 2022 World Championships from 7 to 16 December 2022, at the Centro de Desportos e Congressos de Matosinhos, Portugal.  There were sixteen men's and sixteen women's teams.  They placed seventh in Pool C, and thirteenth in final standings.

IBSA World Games

2003 Quebec City

The team competed in the 2003 IBSA World Games from Friday 1 to Sunday 10 August 2011, in Quebec City, Canada.  Ten teams competed.

Canada finished third.

2011 Antalya

The team competed in the 2011 IBSA World Games from 1 to 10 April 2011, in Antalya, Turkey, organised by the Turkish Blind Sports Federation.  There were fifteen men's and fourteen women's teams.  They placed third in Group B, and were third overall in the final standings.

Regional championships

The team competes in the IBSA America goalball region.  The winner of the championships usually qualifies for a berth at the World Championships or the Paralympic Games.

2005 São Paulo

The team competed at the 2005 IBSA Goalball Americas Regional Championships which were part of the Fourth IBSA Pan-American Games, the competition being from Monday 5 September 2005 to Friday 9 September 2005, in São Paulo, Brazil.  There were five men's and three women's teams.  There were five men's teams: Argentina, Brazil, Canada, Mexico, and USA.

Canada beat USA to take the gold medal.

2011 Guadalajara

The team competed at the 2011 Parapan American Games from 13 to 19 November 2011, at the San Rafael Gymnasium in Guadalajara, Mexico.  There were six men's teams: Argentina, Brazil, Canada, El Salvador, Mexico, USA.

Canada finished fourth.

2013 Colorado Springs

The team competed at the 2013 Parapan American Games (which also hosted the 2013 IBSA World Youth Championships) from 11 to 14 July 2013, at Colorado Springs, Colorado, USA.  There were six men's teams: Argentina, Brazil, Canada, Puerto Rico, USA, Venezuela.

Canada finished third behind Brazil and USA.

2015 Toronto

The team competed at the 2015 Parapan American Games from 8 August 2015 to 15 August 2015, at the Mississauga Sports Centre, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.  There were six men's teams: Argentina, Brazil, Canada, Puerto Rico, USA, Venezuela.  Athletes were Brendan Gaulin, Aron Ghebreyohannes, Bruno Haché, Blair Nesbitt, Simon Richard, and Ahmad Zeividavi.

Canada came third behind USA and Brazil.

2017 São Paulo

The team competed at the 2017 IBSA Goalball Americas Championships from Wednesday 29 November 2017 to Sunday 3 December 2017, at São Paulo, Brazil.  There were eight men's teams: Argentina, Brazil, Canada, Costa Rica, Mexico, Peru, USA, and Venezuela (Costa Rica were disqualified for not having the minimum number of athletes to start a game).

Canada came third behind USA and Brazil.

2019 Lima

The team competed at the 2019 Parapan American Games from 23 August 2019 to 1 September 2019, at the Miguel Grau Coliseum, Lima, Peru.  This championships was a qualifier for the 2020 Paralympic Games.  There were eight men's teams: Argentina, Brazil, Canada, Guatemala, Mexico, Peru, USA, Venezuela.

Canada came third behind USA and Brazil.

2022 São Paulo

Due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, the IBSA America championship moved from 6 to 13 November 2021, to 18 to 22 February 2022.  The event is being held at the Centro de Treinamento Paralímpico (Paralympic Training Center) in São Paulo.  This championships is a qualifier for the 2022 World Championships.

There are thirteen men's teams: Argentina, Brazil, Canada, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Guatemala, Mexico, Nicaragua, Peru, Puerto Rico, USA, Venezuela.

The team consists of Aaron Prevost (Alberta), Ahmad Zeividavi (British Columbia), Blair Nesbitt (Alberta), Brice Parker (Ontario), Douglas Ripley (British Columbia), Peter Parsons (Nova Scotia), with Nathalie Séguin (coach), Nadine Smith (physiotherapist), Stephen Burke (team manager).

Other tournaments

Youth male national team

2009 competition

The 2009 IBSA Pan American Games and IBSA World Youth and Student Championships were held in Colorado Springs, Colorado, United States of America.  Canada fielded a men's team of Tyler Burk (Ottawa, On), Brendan Gaulin (Vancouver, BC), Bruno Hache (Dorval, QC), and Simon Tremblay (Quebec, QC).  Staff were Danny Snow, head coach (Calgary, AB), Robert Lebel, assistant coach (Vancouver, BC), and Isabelle Trottier, physiotherapist (Quebec, QC).

Canada also fielded 2009 youth boys team: Clement Chou (Vancouver, BC), Aron Grebreyohannes (Calgary, AB), Dylan Johnson (Madoc, ON), Paul McKnight (Calgary, AB), Aaron Prevost (Brantford, ON), and John Tee (Vancouver, BC).  Staff were Darren Hamilton, co-coach (Calgary, AB), and Trent Farebrother, co-coach (Red Deer, AB).

2011 competition

In 2011, the IBSA World Youth and Student Championships were held in Colorado Springs, Colorado, United States of America.  Canada fielded a youth boys team of:  Athletes included Arvin Carandang (Scarborough, Ontario), Clement Chou (Vancouver, BC), and Simon Richard (Moncton, NB).  Staff were Janice Dawson, high performance head coach (Calgary, AB), Natalie Scott, assistant coach (Saskatoon, SK), and Mercedes Louro, physiotherapist (Calgary, AB).

See also

 Canada women's national goalball team
 Canada at the Paralympics
 Goalball at the Summer Paralympic Games

References

Goalball men's
National men's goalball teams
Canada at the Paralympics
Goalball in Canada
Goalball in the Americas


title: Mac Bohonnon

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Mac Bohonnon (born March 27, 1995) is an American  freestyle skier originally from Madison, Connecticut. He was named to the United States National Ski Team in 2012. Bohonnon competed at the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi, Russia.

Career
At age thirteen, Bohonnon was the youngest athlete to be selected by the U.S. Ski Team's Development Program. In 2012, Mac was named to the U.S. Ski Team. Bohonnon's first Olympic appearance was in Sochi 2014. He placed 5th in men's aerials. Mac considers one of his inspirations to be former U.S. Olympian Eric Bergoust, a 1998 gold medalist. Coincidentally, Bergoust coached Bohonnon for two and a half years at the Olympic Training Center in Lake Placid, NY.

Career highlights
2011
2011 USSA Marriott Junior Championship: Freestyle Junior Nationals in Steamboat Springs, Colorado where he earned a perfect score
Junior Nationals Competitor 3rd overall
National Championships Competitor 4th overall
Nor-Am Tour Competitor
2012
3rd Place at US National Championships
5th Place at Junior World Championships – Valmalenco, Italy
3rd Place in the overall NorAm Grand Prix
2nd Place at USSA Marriott Junior National Championships
2nd Place at Park City NorAm Day 2 and 3
3rd Place at US Selections
19th Place at Lake Placid World Cup
2013
Junior National Champion
1st Place at Lake Placid NorAm
14th Place at Val St. Come World Cup
1st Place at USSA Marriott Junior National Championships
2014
2nd Place at Val St. Come World Cup
Currently 14th in the world
International Skiing Federation's Rookie of the Year
5th Place at Sochi Olympics Men's Freestyle Aerial Qualifying Finals

Sochi 2014
At age eighteen, Bohonnon participated in the Olympic Games for the first time. He was not even being considered for the Sochi Olympics until late January when he placed second at the Quebec world qualifying event. He was the first alternate on the U.S. Ski Team in a World Cup event in Val Saint-Côme, Quebec, and was called up to the event when a teammate was injured and could no longer compete. He was told he needed to be on a plane the next morning, and at one in the morning he booked his flight for 9 a.m. At the World Cup event Mac placed second, which put him in the running for Sochi. He was sitting in AP English class when he received word that he made the team. Mac was the only men's freestyle aerials competitor for the United States. On February 17, 2014, at Rosa Khutor Extreme Park, in the men's freestyle aerials fourth-round qualifying finals Mac placed 5th with a score of 113.72, missing the medal round by one spot.

Personal life
Mac began skiing before he reached the age of two years at Bromley Mountain in Vermont. Both his parents, Libby and David, as well as his older siblings, Lexi and Cody, were avid skiers. Originally from Madison, Connecticut, at age thirteen Mac moved to Lake Placid, New York, in 2008 to pursue his dream of becoming an Olympic skier. Two years later he moved across the country to Park City, Utah. He attended middle school in Connecticut and then did high school classes through an online program. His parents remained in Madison, so Mac moved to the Olympic Training Center by himself.

References

External links

Team USA profile for Mac Bohonnon

1995 births
Living people
American male freestyle skiers
Olympic freestyle skiers for the United States
Freestyle skiers at the 2014 Winter Olympics
Freestyle skiers at the 2018 Winter Olympics
Sportspeople from New Haven, Connecticut


title: Byas-Kyuyol

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Byas-Kyuyol () is the name of several rural localities in the Sakha Republic, Russia:
Byas-Kyuyol, Gorny District, Sakha Republic, a selo in Atamaysky Rural Okrug of Gorny District
Byas-Kyuyol, Olyokminsky District, Sakha Republic, a selo in Charinsky Rural Okrug of Olyokminsky District


title: Aaron Blunck

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Aaron Blunck (born April 12, 1996) is an American  freestyle skier from Crested Butte, Colorado.

Career
Blunck competed in the men's halfpipe event at the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi, Russia.  He qualified for the final, where he placed seventh out of 12 competitors.

Blunck won the gold medal at the 2017 Winter X Games in Aspen in the men's superpipe.

During the summer, Blunck can be found at Mt. Hood, Oregon, where he hosts a Takeover Session at Windells Camp.

Allegations against Twitter and Western media
According to the South China Morning Post, Blunck alleged that he was suspended by Twitter after he praised the 2022 Beijing Olympics. He reposted a fan's comment that read: "Aaron Blunck [is] out here telling the truth and getting punished by his own government." He later also shared a commentator's tweet accusing the US government of causing his account to be shut down: "Twitter has executed the order of the Western ruling cabals... Punishment comes pretty fast." In his Instagram post, he tagged Twitter and asked: "What'd I do?"

Prior to his allegation, he had criticized Western media's negative coverage of the event, saying, "I didn't really know what to expect, being stateside you've kind of heard some pretty bad media, and that is completely false – it's actually been phenomenal", adding that "Everybody – from staff to Covid testers, to accommodation – it's probably, honestly, one of the better Olympics that we've been to".

However, it was revealed that the account had been suspended in September of the previous year, over five months prior to the games. Twitter responded to the allegations saying that the account had been suspended in error and had since been recovered.

References

External links

1996 births
Living people
American male freestyle skiers
Olympic freestyle skiers for the United States
Freestyle skiers at the 2012 Winter Youth Olympics
Youth Olympic bronze medalists for the United States
Freestyle skiers at the 2014 Winter Olympics
Freestyle skiers at the 2018 Winter Olympics
Freestyle skiers at the 2022 Winter Olympics
People from Englewood, Colorado
Sportspeople from Arapahoe County, Colorado
X Games athletes


title: Israel men's national goalball team

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The Israel men's national goalball team is the men's national team of Israel.  Goalball is a team sport designed specifically for athletes with a vision impairment.  The team has taken part in international goalball competitions.

Paralympic Games

1976 Toronto

The 1976 Summer Paralympics were held in Toronto, Canada.  The team was one of seven men's teams participating, and they finished fifth overall.

1980 Arnhem

The team competed in the 1980 Summer Paralympics in Arnhem, Netherlands, where twelve men's teams took part.  The team finished eighth. Members of the national team were Moshe Weiss, Uri Cohen, Moti Levy, Rafael Falach, Reuven Perach and Zohar Sharon.

1984 New York

The team competed in the 1984 Summer Paralympics at Long Island, New York City, United States of America, where thirteen men's and five women's teams participated.  The team finished seventh.

1988 Seoul
The team finished fifth overall.

1992 Barcelona
The team took part in the preliminary matches.

World Championships

IBSA World Goalball Championships have been held every four years from 1978.  The men's team had regularly represented the country in these championships, namely 1978, 1982, 1986, 1990, and 1994.

IBSA World Games

2003 Quebec City

The team competed in the 2003 IBSA World Games from Friday 1 to Sunday 10 August 2011, in Quebec City, Canada.  Ten teams competed.

Regional championships

The team competes in the IBSA Europe goalball region.  Groups A and C are held one year, and Group B the following year.  Strong teams move towards Group A.

References

Goalball men's
National men's goalball teams
Israel at the Paralympics
European national goalball teams


title: Belgium men's national goalball team

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Belgium men's national goalball team is the men's national team of Belgium. Goalball is a team sport designed specifically for athletes with a vision impairment.  The national team takes part in international competitions.

The team is also known as the Belgian Bulls as it is a tradition in Belgium to have animal names for national teams.

Paralympic Games

1976 Toronto

The 1976 Summer Paralympics were held in Toronto, Canada.  The team was one of seven teams participating, and they finished fourth overall.

1980 Arnhem

At the 1980 Summer Paralympics in Arnhem, Netherlands, thirteen teams took part.  The team finished fifth.

2008 Beijing

The team came back to the international scene in the beginning of the 2000s and worked itself up to an international level. After coming back to the A-division in 2006, the team qualified in for the 2008 Summer Paralympics in Beijing, China, where they finished eleventh.

2012 London

The team competed in the 2012 Summer Paralympics from 30 August to 7 September 2012, in London, England.  In Group B, they finished the round-robin in third place behind China and Iran.  The team was beaten by Brazil in the quarter-finals, 0:3, and finished in seventh overall place.

Group B round-robin

Semi-final

The team tried to qualify for the Rio 2016 games but missed out during the 2014 World Championships and IBSA World Games.

2020 Tokyo

The team competed in the 2020 Summer Paralympics, with competition from Wednesday 25 August to finals on Friday 3 September 2021, in the Makuhari Messe arena, Chiba, Tokyo, Japan.  The team was selected for Tokyo 2020 following the 2018 World Championships in Malmö, Sweden.

Round-robin

World Championships

2018 Malmö

The team competed in the 2018 World Championships from 3 to 8 June 2018, in Malmö, Sweden.  They confirmed their good level by winning the bronze at the Championships, and with this, they secured a ticket for the 2020 Tokyo Paralympic Games.

2022 Matosinhos

The team competed in the 2022 World Championships from 7 to 16 December 2022, at the Centro de Desportos e Congressos de Matosinhos, Portugal.  There were sixteen men's and sixteen women's teams.  They placed fifth in Pool C, and tenth in final standings.

IBSA World Games

2015 Seoul

The team competed in the 2015 IBSA World Games from 10 to 17 May 2015, in Seoul, South Korea.

Regional championships

The team competes in the IBSA Europe goalball region.  Groups A and C are held one year, and Group B the following year.  Strong teams move towards Group A.

2013 Konya (Group A)

The team competed in the 2013 IBSA Goalball European Championships, Group A, from 1 to 11 November 2013, at Konya, Turkey.  They beat Ukraine 5:3 to rank seventh in the overall standings.

2015 Kaunas (Group A)

The team competed in the 2015 IBSA Goalball European A Championships in Kaunas, Lithuania.  They lost their quarter-final match against Czech Republic, 4:10.

2017 Pajulahti (Group A)

The team competed in the 2017 IBSA Goalball European A Championships from 15 to 23 September 2017, at Pajulahti, Nastola, Finland.  The team took its first ever medal on an international level by winning the bronze at the Championships.

2019 Rostock (Group A)

The team competed in the 2019 IBSA Goalball European A Championships from 5 to 14 October 2019, in Rostock, Germany.  In Pool B, they came third, winning two games of their four; finishing sixth overall.

See also

 Disabled sports
 Belgium women's national goalball team
 Belgium at the Paralympics

References

Goalball men's
National men's goalball teams
Belgium at the Paralympics
European national goalball teams


title: Denmark men's national goalball team

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Denmark men's national goalball team is the men's national team of Denmark.  Goalball is a team sport designed specifically for athletes with a vision impairment.  The team takes part in international competitions.

Paralympic Games

The 1976 Summer Paralympics were held in Toronto, Canada.  The team was one of seven teams participating, and they finished third overall. At the 1980 Summer Paralympics in Arnhem, Netherlands, twelve teams took part.  The team finished tenth. New York hosted the 1984 Summer Paralympics where thirteen teams participated and the team finished twelfth.

References

Goalball men's
National men's goalball teams
Denmark at the Paralympics
European national goalball teams


title: Germany men's national goalball team

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Germany men's national goalball team is the men's national team of Germany.  Goalball is a team sport designed specifically for athletes with a vision impairment.  It takes part in international competitions.

Paralympic Games

1976 Toronto

The 1976 Summer Paralympics were held in Toronto, Canada.  The team was one of seven men's teams participating, and they finished second overall.

1980 Arnhem

The team competed in the 1980 Summer Paralympics in Arnhem, Netherlands, where twelvemen's teams took part.  The team finished first.

1984 New York

The team competed in the 1984 Summer Paralympics at Long Island, New York City, United States of America, where thirteen men's and five women's teams participated.  The team finished sixth.

2020 Tokyo

The team competed in the 2020 Summer Paralympics, with competition from Wednesday 25 August to finals on Friday 3 September 2021, in the Makuhari Messe arena, Chiba, Tokyo, Japan.

Round-robin

World Championships

IBSA World Goalball Championships have been held every four years from 1978.  Placing first or second in the tournament may earn a berth in the Paralympic Games goalball tournaments.

2022 Matosinhos

The team competed in the 2022 World Championships from 7 to 16 December 2022, at the Centro de Desportos e Congressos de Matosinhos, Portugal.  There were sixteen men's and sixteen women's teams.  They placed fourth in Pool C, and seventh in final standings.

Regional championships

The team competes in the IBSA Europe goalball region.  Groups A and C are held one year, and Group B the following year.  Strong teams move towards Group A.

See also

 Disabled sports
 Germany at the Paralympics

References

Goalball men's
National men's goalball teams
Germany at the Paralympics
Goalball in Germany
European national goalball teams


title: Lyman Currier

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Lyman Currier (born August 28, 1994) is an American  freestyle skier. Currier competed at the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi, Russia.

References

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1994 births
Living people
American male freestyle skiers
Olympic freestyle skiers for the United States
Freestyle skiers at the 2014 Winter Olympics
Place of birth missing (living people)


The Hong Kong Alliance of Chinese and Expatriates () was a small political party in Hong Kong set up in 1994.

The party aimed at upholding the Hong Kong residents holding foreign passports. It took a conservative and pro-Beijing stance as its Chairman Guy Lam Kwok-hung, who was a Canadian citizen, said Hong Kong should not be hostile towards Beijing as it was reverting to Mainland China. Lam also said it was fortunate the Tiananmen Square protests occurred before the huge changes in Eastern Europe as Hong Kong needs a stable China.

Guy Lam campaigned for a seat in the Legislative Council in the 1995 elections, but lost to Democratic Party's Huang Chen-ya in Island West constituency.

The party ceased to exist in 2007.

Election performances

Legislative council elections

References

1994 establishments in Hong Kong
2007 disestablishments in Hong Kong
Defunct political parties in Hong Kong
Political parties disestablished in 2007
Political parties established in 1994


title: Arif Alaftargil

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Arif Alaftargil (born October 27, 1973) is a retired Olympian alpine skier from Turkey, who competed in slalom and giant slalom events.

Early life
Arif Alaftargil was born in Erzurum, Turkey. He is a member of skier family. His father İlhami owned a ski equipment store at Palandöken Mountain, and his three brothers are skiers. His younger brother Atakan Alaftargil competed for Turkey at the 2002 Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City, USA.

Career
Arif Alaftargil competed for Turkey at the 1998 Winter Olympics ranking at 29th place in the slalom event with his time of 2:25.09.

References

External links

1973 births
Sportspeople from Erzurum
Turkish male alpine skiers
Olympic alpine skiers for Turkey
Alpine skiers at the 1998 Winter Olympics
Living people
20th-century Turkish people


title: Annalisa Drew

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Annalisa Drew (born May 28, 1993) is an American freestyle skier.

Drew competed with Team USA at the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi, Russia.

References

External links

1993 births
Living people
American female freestyle skiers
Olympic freestyle skiers for the United States
Freestyle skiers at the 2014 Winter Olympics
Freestyle skiers at the 2018 Winter Olympics
People from Andover, Massachusetts
X Games athletes
Sportspeople from Essex County, Massachusetts
21st-century American sportswomen


title: Hung Up (Paul Weller song)

text:
"Hung Up" is a song by British singer-songwriter Paul Weller released in March 1994. The song reached number 11 on the UK Singles Chart in April 1994, making it Weller's highest-charting solo single at the time. The single was re-released as a track on Modern Classics: The Greatest Hits.

Lyrical content
The song is written from the viewpoint of an old man refusing to admit defeat. The lyrics begin "Hidden in the back seat of my head / Some place, I can't remember where."

References

1994 singles
1994 songs
Go! Discs singles
Song recordings produced by Brendan Lynch (music producer)
Songs written by Paul Weller
Paul Weller songs


title: Raimundas Palaitis

text:
Raimundas Palaitis (born 23 October 1957) is a Lithuanian politician. He was a Minister of the Interior from 2008 to 2012.

References

1957 births
Living people
People from Palanga
Ministers of Internal Affairs of Lithuania
Members of the Seimas
21st-century Lithuanian politicians


title: ApacheCon

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ApacheCon is the official open source software convention of the Apache Software Foundation, focused on the software projects hosted at the ASF, as well as on the development and governance philosophies of the ASF. In the early years the event was primarily about Apache HTTP Server, but as the Foundation grew, this expanded to encompass all Apache Software Foundation projects.

The event was first held in 1998, before the official founding of the Apache Software Foundation, in San Francisco, California.

Since then, the event has been held annually in North America, and almost as frequently in Europe. It has occasionally been held in Europe.

The 2020 event was held online, and had more than 5000 registrations, from all over the world.
It featured 25 tracks, hosted by the various software projects and communities within the Foundation. More typical in-person event attendance is in the 500-700 range.

Apachecon's goals are education about Apache's projects and processes, and building the communities around those projects. Tracks are hosted by the projects themselves, or groups of related projects. The event always features the "State of the Feather" annual report of the Foundation.

The Apache Software Foundation also hosts a number of smaller events, called Apache Roadshows which are typically more regional, one or two day events.

See also
 List of free-software events

References

Apache Software Foundation
Free-software conferences


title: Angeli Vanlaanen

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Angeli Vanlaanen (born October 24, 1985) is an American  freestyle skier. She competed at the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi, Russia.

In November 2009, she was diagnosed with Lyme disease.

References

External links

1985 births
Living people
American female freestyle skiers
Olympic freestyle skiers for the United States
Freestyle skiers at the 2014 Winter Olympics
Sportspeople from Bellingham, Washington
Waldorf school alumni


Netherlands men's national goalball team is the Netherlands men's national team. Goalball is a team sport designed specifically for athletes with a vision impairment. The team takes part in international competitions.

Paralympic Games

At the 1980 Summer Paralympics in Arnhem, Netherlands, twelve teams took part. The team finished third. New York hosted the 1984 Summer Paralympics where thirteen teams participated and the team finished ninth.

World Championships

IBSA World Goalball Championships have been held every four years from 1978. The men's team had represented the country in these championships in 1982, 1986, 1990, and 1994.

Regional championships

The team has competed in the IBSA Europe goalball region. Groups A and C are held one year, and Group B the following year. Strong teams move towards Group A.

References

Goalball men's
National men's goalball teams
Netherlands at the Paralympics
Goalball in the Netherlands
European national goalball teams


title: Yugoslavia men's national goalball team

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Yugoslavia men's national goalball team was the men's national team of Yugoslavia.  Goalball is a team sport designed specifically for athletes with a vision impairment.

After the end of the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia in 1992, goalball is now played in the subsequent nations of Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Kosovo, Montenegro, Serbia, and Slovenia.

Paralympic Games

1980 Arnhem

The team competed in the 1980 Summer Paralympics in Arnhem, Netherlands.  Twelve teams took part.

The team placed sixth.

1984 New York

The team competed in the 1984 Summer Paralympics at Long Island, New York City, United States of America, where thirteen men's and five women's teams participated.

Yugoslavia finished third.

1988 Seoul

The team competed in the 1988 Summer Paralympics, from 15 to 24 October 1988, in Seoul, South Korea.  There were fourteen men's and eight women's teams.  This was the first time the term "Paralympic" came into official use.  Athletes were Muhamed Arnautovic, Miroslav Jancic, Adam Kablar, Rajko Kopac, and Dragan Sremcevic.

Yugoslavia won a gold medal.

World Championships

IBSA World Goalball Championships have been held every four years from 1978.

1982 Indianapolis

The team competed in the 1982 World Championships, from Monday 28 June to 1 July 1982, at the Hinkle Fieldhouse, Butler University in Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America.  Organised by United States Association of Blind Athletes, there were twelve men's and six women's teams.  The coach was Teofilov Tomislav, with athletes including Ivo, Marinko, Miroslav, Ostoda, and Spiro.

The team came ninth, ahead of Israel, France, and Mexico.

1986 Roermond

The 1986 IBSA World Goalball Championships were held in Roermond, the Netherlands.  There were eighteen men's and ten women's teams.

The team took the gold medal.

1990 Calgary

The team competed in the 1990 World Championships, in Calgary, Alberta, Canada.  There were twelve men's and seven women's teams.

The team took the bronze medal.

Regional championships

The team had competed in the IBSA Europe goalball region.

1983 Greve

The team competed at the 1983 European Championships, in Greve, Denmark.  There were twelve men's and five women's teams.

The team took the silver medal.

1985 Olsztyn

The team competed at the 1985 European Championships, in Olsztyn, Poland.  There were thirteen men's and six women's teams.

The team took the gold medal.

1987 Milton Keynes

The team competed at the 1987 European Championships, in Milton Keynes, England.  There were twelve men's and five women's teams.

The team took the gold medal.

1989 Vejle

The team competed at the 1989 European Championships, in Vejle, Denmark.  There were eleven men's and six women's teams.

The team took the gold medal, ahead of Germany.

See also

 Disabled sports

References

Goalball men's
National men's goalball teams
Yugoslavia at the Paralympics
European national goalball teams


title: Bradley Wilson (freestyle skier)

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Bradley Wilson (born June 5, 1992) is an American  freestyle skier. He is the younger brother of Olympic bronze medalist Bryon Wilson. They would build and then ski on their own moguls courses in their hometown of Butte, Montana.

Wilson competed at the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi, Russia.

He competed at the 2018 Winter Olympics and the 2022 Winter Olympics.

References

External links

1992 births
Living people
American male freestyle skiers
Olympic freestyle skiers for the United States
Freestyle skiers at the 2014 Winter Olympics
Freestyle skiers at the 2018 Winter Olympics
Freestyle skiers at the 2022 Winter Olympics
Sportspeople from Butte, Montana


title: Finland men's national goalball team

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Finland men's national goalball team is the men's national team of Finland.  Goalball is a team sport designed specifically for athletes with a vision impairment.  The team takes part in international competitions.

Paralympic Games

At the 1980 Summer Paralympics in Arnhem, Netherlands, twelve teams took part.  The team finished seventh. New York hosted the 1984 Summer Paralympics where thirteen teams participated and the team finished tenth.

Regional championships

The team competes in the IBSA Europe goalball region.  Groups A and C are held one year, and Group B the following year.  Strong teams move towards Group A.

References

Goalball men's
National men's goalball teams
Finland at the Paralympics
European national goalball teams


title: Egypt men's national goalball team

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Egypt men's national goalball team is the men's national team of Egypt. It takes part in international goalball competitions.  Goalball is a team sport designed specifically for athletes with a vision impairment.

Paralympic Games

1988 Seoul

The team competed in the 1988 Summer Paralympics, from 15 to 24 October 1988, in Seoul, South Korea.  There were fourteen men's and eight women's teams.  This was the first time the term "Paralympic" came into official use.  Athletes were: Ahmed Mamoud Abouzeed, Hussein Mohamed Ahmed, Ahmed Mohamed Aween, El Said Mohamed El Said, Bekhit Gad, and Mohamed Mohamed Sherief.

Egypt came third behind United States and gold medal winner Yugoslavia.

1992 Barcelona

The team competed in the 1992 Summer Paralympics, from 3 to 14 September 1992, in the Pavelló de la Vall d'Hebron indoor stadium, Barcelona, Spain.  There were twelve men's and eight women's teams.  Athletes were: Bekhit Gad, Elsayed Elsayed, Ahmed Ewein, Mostafa Hussein, Ahmed Moustafa, and Hussen Sayed.

Egypt came third behind Finland and gold medal winner Italy.

1980 Arnhem

The team competed in the 1980 Summer Paralympics in Arnhem, Netherlands, where twelve teams took part.

The team finished eleventh.

1984 New York

The team competed in the 1984 Summer Paralympics at Long Island, New York City, United States of America, where thirteen teams participated and the team finished second.

World Championships

2018 Malmö

The team competed in the 2018 World Championships from 3 to 8 June 2018, in Baltiska Hallen, Malmö, Sweden.  Athletes included: Hassan Mohammed Hassan Abdelshafy Abdalla, Eltaher Omar Hassan Mahmoud, and Adel Tolba Mohammed.

They placed eighth in Pool B with seven losses, and sixteenth in overall final standings.

2022 Matosinhos

The team competed in the 2022 World Championships from 7 to 16 December 2022, at the Centro de Desportos e Congressos de Matosinhos, Portugal.  There were sixteen men's and sixteen women's teams.  They placed seventh in Pool D, and fifteenth in final standings.

IBSA World Games

2015 Seoul

The team competed in the 2015 IBSA World Games from 10 to 17 May 2015, in Seoul, South Korea.  There were eight men's and eight women's teams.  Jangchung Arena for the men's competition.

Regional championships

The team competes in the IBSA Africa goalball region.

2020 Port Said

The team competed at the 2020 IBSA Goalball African Championships, between 2 and 5 March 2020, at Port Said, Egypt, against Algeria and Morocco.  This regional tournament would have been a regional championships if Cameroon, Ghana, Kenya, and Niger men's teams had attended as originally indicated.

In the semi-finals, Morocco beat Egypt 15:5, and Algeria took gold.

2021 Cape Coast

The team competed at the 2021 IBSA Goalball African Championships, from Monday 6 to Friday 10 December 2021, at the University of Cape Coast Sports Complex, Cape Coast, Ghana.  This championships was a qualifier for the 2022 World Championships.  Of the six men's teams (Algeria, Cameroon, Egypt, Ghana, Kenya, Nigeria), Egypt took the silver medal behind Algeria.

See also

 Disabled sports
 Egypt women's national goalball team
 Egypt at the Paralympics

References

Goalball men's
National men's goalball teams
Egypt at the Paralympics
Goalball in Africa


Great Britain men's national goalball team is the men's national team of Great Britain.  Goalball is a team sport designed specifically for athletes with a vision impairment.  The team  takes part in international competitions.

Paralympic Games

At the 1980 Summer Paralympics in Arnhem, Netherlands, thirteen teams took part.  The team finished 13th.

References

Goalball men's
National men's goalball teams
Great Britain at the Paralympics
Goalball in the United Kingdom
European national goalball teams


title: Anushirvan ibn Khalid

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Anushirvan ibn Khalid ibn Muhammad Kashani (), also known as Abu Nasr Sharaf al-Din, was a Persian statesman and historian, who served as the vizier of the Seljuq Empire and the Abbasid Caliphate.

Anushirvan was born in 1066/7 at Ray; he belonged to a Twelver Shia family which had origins in Kashan. He was a treasurer and head of the Seljuq military during the reign of Sultan Muhammad I. Anushirvan was later succeeded by  Shams al-Mulk Uthman as head of the Seljuq military. After this, Anushirvan went to Baghdad, where he later became head of the Seljuq military once again. He was shortly appointed by Mahmud II as his vizier in 1127, and remained in that office until 1128. Anushirvan served as the vizier of the Abbasid caliph al-Mustarshid from 1132 to 1134, and then briefly as the vizier of the new Seljuq Sultan Ghiyath ad-Din Mas'ud from 1135 to 1136. Anushirvan later died between 1137 and 1139.

Sources

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11th-century Iranian historians
12th-century Iranian historians
1130s deaths
1060s births
Viziers of the Seljuk Empire
Viziers of the Abbasid Caliphate
People from Ray, Iran


title: Joss Christensen

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Joss Christensen (born December 20, 1991) is an American freestyle skier from Park City, Utah. Christensen's highest sports accomplishment to date is winning a gold medal at the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi, Russia.

References

External links

1991 births
Living people
American male freestyle skiers
Olympic freestyle skiers for the United States
Freestyle skiers at the 2014 Winter Olympics
Medalists at the 2014 Winter Olympics
Olympic gold medalists for the United States in freestyle skiing
People from Park City, Utah
Sportspeople from the Salt Lake City metropolitan area
X Games athletes


title: Peperomia alata

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Peperomia alata, commonly known as the winged peperomia, is a species of plant in the genus Peperomia of the family Piperaceae. Its native range covers most of tropical and subtropical America, from southern North America through West Indies and Central America to South America. It can also be found in Florida, although there it is apparently rare, known for certain only from swamps in Collier County.

Description
Peperomia alata is a perennial herb, erect or reclining, spreading by rhizomes. The epithet "alata," i.e., "winged," refers to wings that run the length of the stems, although this is rather obscure on some specimens. Leaves are 3-veined, elliptic to lanceolate, with blades up to 13 cm (5.2 inches) long. Flowers are born in tight spikes up to 13 cm (5.2 inches) long.

References

alata
Flora of Florida
Flora of Southern America


title: Gus Kenworthy

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Augustus Richard Kenworthy (born October 1, 1991) is a British-American former freestyle skier, actor, and YouTuber. He has competed in slopestyle, halfpipe, and big air. Kenworthy won the silver medal in men's slopestyle at the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi. As of 2019 Kenworthy represents Great Britain. He was cast as Chet Clancy in the ninth season of the horror anthology series American Horror Story: 1984.

Early life and education
Kenworthy was born in Chelmsford, Essex to an English mother, Heather "Pip" Tyler, and an American father, Peter Kenworthy. He has two older brothers, Hugh and Nick Kenworthy.

Peter Kenworthy, a former banker from Philadelphia who worked in London for several years, has been the executive director of the Mountainfilm film festival in Telluride, Colorado since 2006. Pip Kenworthy, originally from Bristol, England was born into a large family with eight siblings. After moving to London in the early 1970s, she began working backstage in costumes at the Kings Head Theatre Club. She also ran a vintage booth at Camden Lock Market. In 1993 when Gus Kenworthy was two years old, the family emigrated and settled in Telluride.

Kenworthy graduated from Telluride High School in June 2010. He could have graduated in 2009 but chose instead to take a year off to ski.

Career
Kenworthy won AFP World Championships overall titles in 2011, 2012, and 2013. In 2014, he placed second at the Olympics in Sochi, Russia and won his first medal, a bronze, at the X Games in Tignes, France in the slopestyle event. He won the World Cup Men's Halfpipe in Park City, Utah, in 2015 and again in 2016 in Mammoth, California, and finished second in 2017. He finished third in the Men's Slopestyle during the 2017 World Cup in Silvaplana, Switzerland.

In 2019, Kenworthy guest starred on RuPaul's Drag Race, All Stars 4, Episode 3, "Snatch Game of Love", as one of the available bachelors. Kenworthy joined the main cast in the ninth season of FX's anthology series American Horror Story as Chet Clancy. In December 2019, he announced he would compete for his birth nation, Great Britain. In February 2020, he won his first gold medal as a competitor for Great Britain. In January 2022, he made his final X Games competition competing in the Superpipe final. He finished his X Games career having made 32 appearances in the event and joining some of the greats of the sport.

At the 2022 Winter Olympics, Kenworthy competed for the last time. He qualified for the final in 12th and finished 8th in the final.

Personal life
In October 2015, Kenworthy publicly came out as gay in an interview with ESPN. He said in a later interview with Attitude magazine that he chose to come out on ESPN because "I wanted to do it in my words and once and for all–and hopefully help kids that are in the same position I was." Rolling Stone noted the "freestyle medalist is the first action-sports star to come out." He was in a relationship with Robin Macdonald, who was also involved in the ski industry, working in film and photography. The couple gained international media attention as a result of Macdonald texting him a photo of five stray dogs—four puppies and their mother—during their stay in Sochi, at the 2014 Winter Olympics. Macdonald stayed behind for more than a month to save the family of dogs, and others, while he fought to bring them home. Their adoption of these dogs helped bring further attention to the problematic rise of the stray dog population in Sochi, which grew significantly during the Olympics. The two eventually broke up after a five-year relationship.

From November 2015 to July 2019, Kenworthy was in a relationship with American theatre and film actor and reality television personality Matthew Wilkas. At the 2018 Winter Olympics, in Pyeongchang, South Korea, Wilkas kissed Kenworthy before his qualifying run in the men's slopestyle; the kiss was broadcast on live television and was lauded as being a significant moment for the visibility of LGBT athletes. In June 2017, Kenworthy received the HRC Visibility Award for his work in LGBT visibility in professional sports.

In 2017, Kenworthy was a cast member on the MTV series The Challenge: Champs vs. Pros, which featured former competitors as well as professional athletes. In 2018, he was chosen by Fierté Montréal as one of the six grand marshals for the Pride Parade. He announced his participation in AIDS/LifeCycle in 2019, aiming to raise $1 million to fight HIV/AIDS. He joined approximately 2,000 other cyclists on a 7-day, 545-mile cycling trip from San Francisco to Los Angeles. He raised a total of $249,745.

Kenworthy said he did not believe that boycotting the 2022 Olympics in China would solve any international human rights situations, and while in China, he spoke out against "human rights atrocities".

In 2022, it was revealed that Kenworthy had been dating Creative Artists Agency executive Adam Umhoefer for two years.

Filmography

Film

Television

Web series

Music videos

See also
 Homosexuality in modern sports
 Homosexuality in sports in the United States

References

External links

 Gus Kenworthy on YouTube Channel

1991 births
Living people
American male freestyle skiers
American YouTubers
English emigrants to the United States
English people of American descent
English video bloggers
English YouTubers
Freestyle skiers at the 2014 Winter Olympics
Freestyle skiers at the 2018 Winter Olympics
Freestyle skiers at the 2022 Winter Olympics
Gay sportsmen
LGBT people from Colorado
American LGBT sportspeople
LGBT YouTubers
American gay actors
Medalists at the 2014 Winter Olympics
Olympic freestyle skiers for the United States
Olympic silver medalists for the United States in freestyle skiing
Sportspeople from Chelmsford
People from Telluride, Colorado
Sportspeople from Colorado
The Challenge (TV series) contestants
X Games athletes
American male bloggers
British male bloggers
LGBT skiers
British male freestyle skiers
21st-century American LGBT people
English LGBT sportspeople


title: Julia Krass

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Julia Krass (born June 7, 1997) is an American freestyle skier. Krass competed in the 2014 Winter Olympics which took place in Sochi, Russia. She came 11th place in the 2014 Winter Olympics in slope style.

She began skiing at age two and a half when her mother would taker her to the Whaleback Mountain in New Hampshire, United States. She joined the Whaleback Mountain youth skiing programme at age nine.

References

External links

Team USA profile for Julia Krass

1997 births
Living people
American female freestyle skiers
Olympic freestyle skiers for the United States
Freestyle skiers at the 2014 Winter Olympics
Sportspeople from New Hampshire
People from Hanover, New Hampshire
21st-century American women


title: Shahapur, Ichalkaranji

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Shahapur is an area of Ichalkaranji City, State of Maharashtra, India. It is located in the northern part of the city. Shahapur was in included in Ichalkaranji municipal council in 1985. There are many schools in Shahapur including, Shahapur High School, Vinayak High School and other municipal primary schools. Lord Mhasoba is the deity of Shahapur. An annual fair takes place on the first Tuesday after Gudhi Padwa.

Ichalkaranji


title: 1940 Taça de Portugal final

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The 1940 Taça de Portugal final was the final match of the 1939–40 Taça de Portugal, the 2nd season of the Taça de Portugal, the premier Portuguese football cup competition organized by the Portuguese Football Federation (FPF). The match was played on 7 July 1940 at the Estádio do Lumiar in Lisbon, and opposed two Primeira Liga sides: Belenenses and Benfica. Benfica defeated Belenenses 3–1 to claim their first Taça de Portugal.

Match

Details

References

1940
Taca
S.L. Benfica matches
C.F. Os Belenenses matches


title: Nanula tasmanica

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Nanula tasmanica is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Trochidae, the top snails

Description
The height of the shell attains 6 mm, its diameter 5.5 mm. The small, rather thin, perforate shell has a globose-turbinate shape. It is lusterless, whitish, tinged with yellow or greenish, unicolored or marked with a few angular radiating maculations of blackish-brown. The spire is very short. The sutures are impressed. The about 4½ whorls are convex, rounded, all over finely regularly spirally lirulate. The body whorl is rounded at the periphery, or very bluntly subangular. It is convex beneath and impressed around the umbilicus. The aperture is quite oblique, rounded-ovate, angular above, broadly rounded below, with a thin iridescent layer of nacre within. The outer, basal and columellar margins are rather thin, curved, the latter joined to the upper margin by a thin white parietal callous. The narrow umbilicus is not bounded by an angle.

This dull whitish little shell may be known by its finely striate surface, narrow umbilicus, short spire and globose-turbinate form.

Distribution
This marine species is endemic to Australia and occurs in the shallow subtidal zone off Tasmania, Victoria and in the Bass Strait.

References

 Petterd, W. 1879. New species of Tasmanian marine shells. Journal of Conchology 2: 102–105
 May, W.L. 1923. An Illustrated Index of Tasmanian Shells. Hobart : Government Printer 100 pp.

External links

tasmanica
Gastropods of Australia
Gastropods described in 1879


title: Lyndsey Fry

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Lyndsey Fry (born October 30, 1992) is a retired American ice hockey player. She was a member of the United States women's national ice hockey team. Fry was born in Mesa, Arizona, but grew up in Chandler, Arizona. She played college hockey for Harvard University.

Fry competed at the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi, Russia, where the USA team won the silver medal.

In January 2021, Fry was announced as part of the Arizona Coyotes radio broadcast team.

Career stats

NCAA

References

External links

1992 births
American women's ice hockey forwards
Arizona Coyotes announcers
Harvard Crimson women's ice hockey players
Ice hockey people from Arizona
Ice hockey players at the 2014 Winter Olympics
Living people
Medalists at the 2014 Winter Olympics
Olympic silver medalists for the United States in ice hockey
Sportspeople from Mesa, Arizona


Council of Managers of National Antarctic Programs (COMNAP) is an international association that develops and promotes best practice in managing the support of scientific research in Antarctica. Members are composed of national research programs who respective governments are signatories to the Antarctic Treaty committing the continent as a natural reserve.

COMNAP members are responsible for the operation of around 80 research stations and the other infrastructure that supports science across Antarctica. Its secretariat is in Christchurch, New Zealand. COMNAP has an observer status and reports its activities at the yearly Antarctic Treaty Consultative Meetings.

Activities
Through collaboration, members gather research data from all Antarctic regions from terrestrial, marine and atmospheric environments. COMNAP convenes geographic regional break-out groups covering the Peninsula, Ross Sea, East Antarctica, Larsemann Hills, Dronning Maud Land, and High Plateau. Antarctic research is enabled by a multitude of key scientific infrastructure, facilities and support platforms operated by countries across these regions and disciplines.

COMNAP has developed comprehensive guidelines on a range of topics in support of science in Antarctica. These include air safety, managing waste, preventing oil spills, contingency planning and reducing impact on the Antarctic environment. It has established working groups and networks addressing such issues as shipping and air operations, energy management, training and environmental issues.

Membership
Countries engaging in Antarctic research, which are also signatories to the Antarctic Treaty and the Environmental Protocol may participate in COMNAP. Membership is open to those countries’ national agencies responsible for planning and conducting Antarctic operations in support of science.

See also
 Research stations in Antarctica
 Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research
 Michelle Rogan-Finnemore, Executive Secretary

References

External links
 COMNAP Web Site

Antarctica agreements
Antarctic agencies


title: Hung Up (disambiguation)

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"Hung Up" is a 2005 song by Madonna.

Hung Up may also refer to:

Hung Up (film), a 1973 French film directed by Édouard Luntz
"Hung Up" (Paul Weller song), a 1994 song
"Hung Up", a song by Hot Chelle Rae
"Hung Up", a 2006 song by Black Wire
"Hung Up", a 2009 song by The Cheek

See also
Hang up (disambiguation)


title: Eugnosta polymacula

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Eugnosta polymacula is a species of moth of the family Tortricidae. It is found in Brazil (Rio de Janeiro).

The wingspan is about 24 mm. The ground colour of the forewings is creamy, tinged with light brownish sprinkled with pink, especially in the distal half of the wing. The hindwings are brownish creamy, but browner terminally.

References

Moths described in 2002
Eugnosta


title: Lancashire Fusiliers F.C.

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The Lancashire Fusiliers Football Club was a team of the 1st Battalion, The Lancashire Fusiliers, that was a member of the Irish Football League for the 1891–92 season, while deployed in Victoria Barracks, Belfast.

References

Defunct association football clubs in Northern Ireland
Defunct Irish Football League clubs
Association football clubs in Belfast
Former senior Irish Football League clubs
Association football in the British Army
Military association football clubs in Northern Ireland
Lancashire Fusiliers


title: Jayson Terdiman

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Jayson Terdiman (born December 21, 1988) is an American luger. Terdiman competed at the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi, Russia where he finished 11th in the doubles luge competition with Christian Niccum. Following Niccum's retirement after the Olympics, Terdiman teamed up with Matthew Mortensen.

References

External links

1988 births
Living people
American male lugers
Olympic lugers for the United States
Lugers at the 2014 Winter Olympics
Lugers at the 2018 Winter Olympics
People from East Stroudsburg, Pennsylvania


title: Ahad Rajabli

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Ahad Rajabli (, 1962 – 8 June 2013, Sumgayit) was a world champion in sambo and multiple sambo champion of Azerbaijan, as well as Judo Master of Sports. Rajabli also held the title of the Meritorious Coach of Azerbaijan.

Rajabli started to practice judo at the age of 12, then switched to sambo. He was the brother of the founder of Azerbaijani judo school Ahmed Rajabli. He later worked as a security guard at the Embassy of the United States in Azerbaijan.

On 8 June 2013 Rajabli committed suicide by hanging on his own black belt, presumably due to depression.

References

Azerbaijani sambo practitioners
Azerbaijani male judoka
1962 births
2013 suicides
2013 deaths
Suicides by hanging in Azerbaijan
People from Sumgait


title: MS Krossfonn

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Several ships have borne the name Krossfonn, after a snowdrift in Suldal, Norway:

  was a 9,323-ton tanker launched on 16 May 1935, by Odense Steel Shipyard in Odense, Denmark for Skibs A/S Dalfonn of Stavanger, Norway. Captured by a German raider in 1940 and renamed Spichern. Sold twice post-war and renamed Ringfjell in 1949 and Ringsaker in 1961. Converted to ore carrier in 1955. Scrapped in Bremen, Germany in March 1964.
  was a 13,481-ton bulk carrier launched on 23 November 1960, by Harland & Wolff in Belfast, Northern Ireland, for I/S Krossfonn of Stavanger, Norway. Sold four times, renamed San Francesco in 1972, Sarandi in 1974 and Leros Island in 1981. Scrapped in Jiangsu, China, from April 1984.

References

Ship names


title: The Jezebel Spirit

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"The Jezebel Spirit" is the fifth song from the 1981 album My Life in the Bush of Ghosts by David Byrne and Brian Eno. It was released as a single the same year.

Content
The song includes a "found sound"—an exorcism performed by an anonymous exorcist—over Afrobeat music similar to that Byrne and Eno had used in the Talking Heads album Remain in Light. The exorcism was to have been a recording of Kathryn Kuhlman, but her estate prohibited the use of her voice. The phrase "Jezebel spirit" is referencing a woman in the Book of Kings in the Hebrew Bible. Based on stories in that chapter, Jezebel has become associated with prostitution.

Reception

While the album was generally well received by critics, the song attracted negative criticism. Jon Pareles wrote in Rolling Stone magazine that Byrne and Eno had used the exorcism for their own purposes and "trivialized the event".

References

External links
 "The Jezebel Spirit" at discogs.com
 "The Jezebel Spirit" at allmusic.com

1981 singles
David Byrne songs
Brian Eno songs
Songs written by Brian Eno
Songs written by David Byrne
1981 songs


title: Zhongding

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Zhongding International Construction Group Co., Ltd. (abbreviated as ZICG)  is a Chinese construction and engineering company formed from the Zhongding International Construction Group Co., Ltd.  The company is listed among the 250 largest international construction contractors in 2013, having recorded international contracting revenue of US$275.4 million.

One of the company's long time overseas operations is its subsidiary in Nepal, where it has been active since 1996.

Another important overseas market is Algeria. Since the early 1990s, an affiliated company, the Pingxiang Coal Group has worked in Algeria on dozens of medium and large projects.   The construction by Zhongding of a sewage system in Oran in 2008 was used as an example in a Financial Times article titled "Algeria turns to Chinese knowhow". Also in Algeria it along with Jiangling Motors Group sought to build a special economic zone for 30-50 Chinese enterprises to establish manufacturing of automobiles, construction materials, and other products.  However, a change in the Algerian foreign investment law required a local co-investor hold a majority stake in such kinds of investments, which stymied the project, putting it on hold.

In a contracting project in Botswana, it was brought on by the Chinese government to build the Gaborone Multi-Purpose Youth Center, a sports center for the youth, given as a gift by China to be used for the 2014 African youth games. Construction started in 2009 and was completed in time for a hand off ceremony in December 2012.

References

Construction and civil engineering companies of China
Companies based in Jiangxi


title: Taylor Gold

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Taylor Gold (born November 17, 1993) is an American Olympian snowboarder. He competes in the halfpipe.

He is a two-time U.S. Revolution Tour champion, 2013 Copper Mountain Grand Prix/World Cup champion, 2014 Burton US Open champion, and 2014 Red Bull Double Pipe champion.  He is also a Mammoth Mountain U.S. Grand Prix silver medalist (2013–14), 2011 FIS Junior World Championships silver medalist, and 2013 Breckenridge Dew Tour iON Mountain bronze medalist.  He competed for the United States in the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi, Russia, and in the 2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing, China.

His younger sister is American Olympic bronze medalist and World Champion snowboarder Arielle Gold.

Personal life

Gold is Jewish, and was born in Steamboat Springs, Colorado.  His father, Ken Gold, who was a professional moguls skier, videotapes each of his practices.  His younger sister is American Olympic bronze medalist and World Champion snowboarder Arielle Gold.  He and his family live part of the year in Steamboat Springs and part in Breckenridge, Colorado.

Snowboarding career

Early years
Gold became interested in competitive snowboarding after watching the sport during the 2002 Winter Olympics .  He trained at the Steamboat Springs Winter Sports Club and began competing at the age of nine.

His home mountain is Steamboat.  He is coached by Mike Jankowski, Spencer Tamblyn, and Ashley Berger.

2011–12: Junior World Championships silver medalist
He was on the 2011 FIS World Championships team in Spain and earned a gold medal in halfpipe at the 2011 FIS Junior World Championships in Valmalenco, Italy. He won in halfpipe at the 2011 U.S. Revolution Tour, in Mount Hood, Oregon, and at the United States of America Snowboard and Freeski Association (USASA) National Championships.

For most of 2012, he was sidelined with a bruised heel injury.

2013–14: Olympian
In 2013, Gold won the halfpipe competition in the U.S. Revolution Tour/US Open Qualifiers in Seven Springs, Pennsylvania, and placed sixth in halfpipe at the Burton U.S. Open in Vail, Colorado.  He also took second in halfpipe at the 2013 USASA Nationals in Copper Mountain, Colorado, and came in ninth in halfpipe in the 2013 Burton European Open in Laax, Switzerland.  He ranked 11th in the World Snowboard Tour standings in 2012–13 and was 5th in the world among men in reaching snowboard finals.

He was also the 2013 Copper Mountain Grand Prix/World Cup champion, earned a silver medal in the Mammoth Mountain U.S. Grand Prix superpipe, and earned a bronze medal in the 2013 Breckenridge Dew Tour iON Mountain Championships.

Gold competed at the 2014 Winter Olympics at Rosa Khutor Extreme Park in Sochi, Russia, in the halfpipe competition, after becoming the first snowboarder to qualify for the men's USA Team. On February 11, 2014, at the Olympics Gold almost went to the finals of the snowboard halfpipe. But, on the end of his second run in a two-round semi-final, he tried one last trick but ran out of halfpipe and fell. He was one of the first two athletes to compete at a Summer or Winter Olympics with the surname "Gold."

His sister was the youngest member of the US 2014 Sochi Winter Olympics halfpipe team at the age of 17.  But she was not able to compete in the qualification for the Olympic halfpipe finals, because of a separated right shoulder injury she suffered on February 12 when she caught an edge at the end of the pipe during a practice run and crashed moments before her competition.

Not long after returning from Sochi, Gold won first place in the 32nd annual 2014 Burton US Open half-pipe competition in Vail and the Red Bull Double Pipe over second-place 2014 Olympic bronze medalist Taku Hiraoka of Japan.

2015–present
In early 2015, Gold had his first Dew Tour win. He suffered a knee injury that included a broken kneecap, which kept him from competing in the 2015-16 season.

Gold won a bronze medal in SBD SuperPipe at the X Games Aspen in 2017. He had to sit out the 2017-18 season due to surgery that he had for two different injuries.

In 2022, Gold competed in the men's halfpipe at the XXIV Olympic Winter Games, placing in 5th.

See also
List of select Jewish skiers

References

External links

 "Watch Taylor Gold's Victorious US Open Halfpipe Run" (video), Fox Sports, March 8, 2014

1993 births
Living people
American male snowboarders
Snowboarders at the 2014 Winter Olympics
Snowboarders at the 2022 Winter Olympics
Olympic snowboarders for the United States
People from Steamboat Springs, Colorado
Sportspeople from Colorado
Jewish American sportspeople
People from Breckenridge, Colorado
21st-century American Jews


title: Raimonds Karnītis

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Raimonds Karnītis (26 December 1929 – 10 October 1999) was a Latvian basketball player and coach.  He was the head coach of the TTT Riga women's basketball team of the European Cup For Women's Champions Clubs.

Career

Player
Karnītis played professionally for various teams in Latvia from 1951 to 1962, including Rīgas ASK (1951–1953), Spartaks Rīga and VEF Riga. He was part of the VEF Riga team that took third place in the USSR Premier Basketball League in 1960. Between 1948 and 1958, Karnītis participated in 65 games for the Latvia national basketball team.

Coach
Karnītis coached the TTT Riga (also known as Daugava Riga) team from 1968 to 1986.  Under his leadership, the team won the European Cup For Women's Champions Clubs' championship 15 times and the Soviet Women's Basketball Championship 18 times.

1929 births
1999 deaths
Latvian men's basketball players
Latvian basketball coaches
Soviet men's basketball players
Basketball players from Riga


title: Kaitlyn Farrington

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Kaitlyn Brooke Farrington (born December 18, 1989) is an American former professional snowboarder and amateur freestyle snowmobiler who grew up on a cattle ranch near Bellevue, Idaho, and now lives in Whitefish, Montana. She won the gold medal in the women's half-pipe competition at the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi, Russia. Prior to her Olympic debut, she competed in the 2010 European Winter X Games and won the gold medal. On December 8, 2022, Farrington was announced as a backup crew member of the dearMoon project, a lunar spaceflight mission.

Early life
Farrington was born to parents Gary and Suz Farrington; she has an older sister. The Farringtons own a ranch near Sun Valley, Idaho, and Kaitlyn grew up riding horses. Suz Farrington credited her daughter's smooth style with good balance from riding horses. She was skiing by age three and barrel racing at age five. "She was skiing on a tether for two days, then said, 'I'm done with this stuff,'" remembered Mr. Farrington.

By high school, Farrington was competing as a snowboarder, and her parents had to sell the cows on their ranch to pay for expenses.

Career
Farrington is left-handed and uses a goofy stance. She became the first women's rider to perform a backside 1080. She goes about 9 feet high above the edge of the half-pipe, but considers herself as a more technical rider in order to make up for her height. Farrington has had five wrist surgeries.

 2014 Sochi Olympic Games - Half pipe women - gold medalist
2013 FIS Snowboarding World Championships – Women's halfpipe, 4th place, behind Arielle Gold, Holly Crawford, and Sophie Rodriguez.
2013 World Cup Sochi, 5th place
2013 World Cup Park City, bronze medalist
2013 World Cup Copper Mountain, 5th place
2012 U.S. Grand Prix overall champion
2012 Dew Tour Breckenridge, gold medalist
2011 X Games Aspen, silver medalist
2011 Dew Tour, silver medalist
2010 X Games Europe, gold medalist
2010 Dew Tour, overall champion
2008 Junior World Championships, silver medalist

On January 16, 2015, Farrington announced via Instagram of her retirement from professional snowboarding at only 25 years of age. In October 2014, Farrington was involved in a fall in Austria while trying to execute a frontside 360 off a small jump. Once returning home to Salt Lake City, Farrington went to get an MRI, to find that she had been diagnosed with congenital cervical stenosis, a congenital spine condition. Doctors told her that competitive snowboarding would put her at great risk of extreme injury due to the condition. Farrington has said "I can walk. I can still snowboard, I just have to keep my feet on the ground".

She has been accepted as a backup crewmember for the dearMoon project.

Personal life
Farrington has a cat named Zilla, after Godzilla. She collects refrigerator magnets from her travel stops and loves running and music. Farrington said she was listening to Ghostland Observatory's Give Me The Beat when competing in the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi, Russia.

She recently picked up Frisbee golf and tries to surf, which she calls "drowning".

A black diamond run on Sun Valley's Bald Mountain was renamed "Kaitlyn's Bowl" in her honor.

References

External links

1989 births
Living people
American female snowboarders
Medalists at the 2014 Winter Olympics
Olympic gold medalists for the United States in snowboarding
Olympic medalists in snowboarding
People from Hailey, Idaho
Snowboarders at the 2014 Winter Olympics
Sportspeople from Idaho
People from Bellevue, Idaho
X Games athletes
21st-century American women


title: Ranunculus austro-oreganus

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Ranunculus austro-oreganus, the Southern Oregon buttercup, is a plant species endemic to the region around Medford, Oregon. It grows on grassy areas at elevations less than 500 m (1650 feet).

Ranunculus austro-oreganus is an erect to ascending herb not rooting at the nodes. Leaves are 3-parted, up to 5 cm (2 inches) long and about as wide. Flower petals are each up to 12 mm (0.5 inches) long, yellow with prominent red veins visible on the back but not on the front. Achenes are hemispheric with a persistent straight or curved beak. The species is closely related to R. occidentalis.

References

austro-oreganus
Flora of Oregon
Flora without expected TNC conservation status
Endemic flora of Oregon
Endemic flora of the United States


title: Nanula flindersi

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Nanula flindersi, common name Flinders top shell, is a species of minute sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk or micromollusk in the family Trochidae, the top snails

Description
The height of the shell attains 4 mm.

Distribution
This marine species is endemic to Australia and occurs in the shallow subtidal zone and the continental shelf off South Australia, Victoria and Western Australia.

References

 Cotton, B.C. & Godfrey, F.K. 1935. South Australian Shells. Part 15. South Australian Naturalist 16(3): 34–41
 Cotton, B.C. 1959. South Australian Mollusca. Archaeogastropoda. Handbook of the Flora and Fauna of South Australia. Adelaide : South Australian Government Printer 449 pp
 Wilson, B. 1993. Australian Marine Shells. Prosobranch Gastropods. Kallaroo, Western Australia : Odyssey Publishing Vol. 1 408 pp

flindersi
Gastropods of Australia
Gastropods described in 1935


title: Yoel Baal Shem

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Yoel Baal Shem () was an Orthodox Jewish scholar of Halacha and Kabbalah who lived in Zamość during the 17th century. He became renowned as a Baal Shem () for performing miracles, commanding demons  and authoring Kabalistic amulets.

Background
Rabbi Yosef Yitzchak Schneersohn (1880–1950) writes in his memoirs
  that Yoel's father was Yisrael Yosef, a disciple of Rabbi Mordecai Yoffe. Sometime after the latter's passing in 1612 he moved to Zamosc. A year after his arrival to Zamosc he had a son and named him Yoel. Yoel learned for 5 years in the Yeshiva of Rabbi Joel Sirkis (Hebrew: יואל סירקיש) (possibly in Liuboml) who was a Halachist and adherent of Kabbalah.

Yoel married before the age of 20 and started learning Kabbalah. Upon a dream, Yisrael Yosef sent his son Yoel to Prague to learn kabbalah from Rabbi Eliyahu Baal Shem. Yoel became one of the closest students of Rabbi Eliyahu Baal Shem who confided all his special teaching to him. Yoel returned to Zamosc and opened a Yeshiva there which became renowned for teaching both  and nistar.

Reb Yoel had a son Uri who learned in the Yeshiva of Rabbi David HaLevi Segal (author of the Turei Zahav)  in Ostroh (; , ). After the latter's passing, he went to learn for another six years under Rabbi Avraham Gombiner (Hebrew: אברהם אבלי הלוי גומבינר) (author of Magen Avraham) in Kalisz.

Upon Uri's marriage, Rabbi Yoel appointed him as Rosh yeshiva for Nigla studies, whilst he remained Rosh Yeshiva for Nistar. He was Rosh yeshiva for some 50 years.

Teachings and legacy

Rabbi Yoel Baal Shem (I) was initiated by his teacher Rabbi Elijah Baal Shem into a group of nistarim known as Machane Yisrael. He was the teacher of Rabbi Adam Baal Shem of Ropczyce  () who instructed Rabbi Israel Baal Shem Tov in Kabbalah.

Stories and teachings of Rabbi Yoel Baal Shem (I) can be found in various kabbalistic sefarim, especially in two sefarim, Mifalos Elokim and Toldos Adam which earned the imprimatur of his grandson, Rabbi Yoel Baal Shem (II), the son of Uri.

Rabbi Yeshaya Heilprin, son of Yoel Helprin (II), was also a kabbalist and expert in kabbalistic amulets.

References

Baal Shem
Kabbalists
Rabbis
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title: Hung Up (film)

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Hung Up () is a 1973 French film directed by Édouard Luntz. The film stars Patricia Gozzi, Julie Dassin, Jany Holt, and Calvin Lockhart.

The film was Gozzi's final film.

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1973 films
French drama films
Films directed by Édouard Luntz
1970s French-language films
1973 drama films
1970s English-language films
1973 multilingual films
French multilingual films
1970s French films


title: Mezitli River

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Mezitli River (Liparis of the antiquity) is a rivulet in Mersin Province, Turkey

The river flows in the mid-southern portion of the Toros Mountains from north to south. It is a short river and the birds flight distance between the headwaters and the mouth is about . Its drainage basin is   and during the rainy seasons the length may increase by the contributions of irregular-flow tributaries. Although the river is small it had formed a valley of its own. The villages of Uzunkaş, Turunçlu, Karahacılı and Bozön are in the valley. It flows to Mediterranean Sea in Mersin (Mezitli Municipality) at . In his book titled Voyage Dans La Cilicie et Dans Les Montagnes Du Taurus in 1853, the French Orientalist Charles-Victor Langlois wrote that there were brier roses, laurels and grape plants in the valley. But presently the valley is a center of citrus and pomegranate horticulture.

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Mezitli District
Rivers of Turkey
Rivers of Mersin Province