title: Stephen Jones (Canadian football)

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Stephen Jones (born June 8, 1960) is a former American football wide receiver who played ten seasons in the Canadian Football League (CFL) with the Saskatchewan Roughriders, Edmonton Eskimos and Ottawa Rough Riders. He played college football at Central Michigan University. Jones was a member of the Edmonton Eskimos team that won the 75th Grey Cup. He was also a two-time CFL All-Star and three-time CFL East All-Star.

Early years
Jones was born in Flint, Michigan, and started playing football at the age of seven. He played quarterback on the Beecher High School varsity football team, and played on the varsity basketball and baseball teams. Jones was also a member of his high school track team, competing in the 60 and 100-yard dash.

College career
Jones was Central Michigan University's first African American starting quarterback, for three out of his four years at CMU. In his senior year he moved to split end and finished third in receiving. Over the course of his university career he won two Mid-American Conference (MAC) championships in 1979, 1980 and won MAC player of the week twice.

Professional career
Jones started his professional career as a late cut with the Detroit Lions in 1983, and was with the Philadelphia Eagles for part of 1984.

Saskatchewan Roughriders
In 1984, Jones signed with the Saskatchewan Roughriders. In 1985 he was traded to the Ottawa Rough Riders; however he was subsequently released that year.

Edmonton Eskimos
In 1986, Jones signed with the Edmonton Eskimos, and was the Western Division leader for kickoff return yards. In 1987, he was second in leading pass receiving with 55 catches for 1,147 yards and 8 touchdowns. He led Edmonton with 51 kickoff returns for 957 yards placing him second in the CFL for kickoff returns. That year the Eskimos went on to win the 75th Grey Cup over the Toronto Argonauts 38-36.

In 1988, Jones caught 26 passes for 389 yards and led the Eskimos in kickoff returns with 31 for 635 yards, including one for 88 yards. In 1989, he played 7 games with Edmonton, recording 21 pass receptions for 374 yards. Stephen spent most of the season recovering from a shoulder injury.

Ottawa Rough Riders
In 1990, Jones finished the regular season playing for the Ottawa Rough Riders, ranking first in pass receiving and registered 59 receptions for 1182 yards and 11 touchdowns ranking him fourth overall in the CFL. He had a 20.0 yard per reception average and his longest catch was a 66-yard pass. He finished second with 11 touchdowns. Jones had 11 kickoff returns for 175 yards. He was also named an All-Eastern and CFL All Star this year.

In 1991, Jones missed 4 games due to a hamstring injury, but still ranked second on the team in receiving with 661 yards on 39 receptions. He also ranked first on the team with 7 receiving touchdowns. Jones made 5 kickoff returns for 114 yards, and had 5 receptions for 92 yards and 2 touchdowns against the Saskatchewan Rough Riders.

In 1992, Jones finished the season with 1,400 yards receiving. He registered 254 yards receiving against Toronto on 10 receptions. He tied a Rider single game record with three touchdowns receiving. Jones also led the Riders with 10 touchdowns. He also had three 100 plus yard receiving games (254 v. Toronto, 101 yards v. Sask. And 135 v. Winnipeg). He was named the offensive player of the game twice, and claimed the longest reception of the year against Saskatchewan with 55 yards.  Again Jones was named an Eastern and CFL All Star, and Team MVP.

In 1993, Jones was named All-Eastern All Star for the third time. He finished the year with 1279 yards on 74 catches and 6 touchdowns. He caught the game winning 56 yard touchdown pass with under 10 seconds to go at the SkyDome giving Ottawa a 26-25 win over Toronto. Stephen was named the Offensive Player of the Game four times. He also recorded seven 100 plus games and averaged over 10 yards per reception in 15 games. Stephen caught 9 passes for 157 yards against Toronto, and 8 passes for 144 yards against Winnipeg.

In 1994, Jones started in nine games and finished second in Rider receiving with 591 yards on 32 receptions. He had three 100 plus yards receiving games. That year Stephen also had a single-game season high with 7 receptions v. Baltimore.

In 1995, Jones began marketing and coaching for the Ottawa Rough Riders until 1996, where he then served as a guest football analyst for a local sports radio station.

See also
Ottawa Rough Riders all-time records and statistics
List of Canadian Football League records (individual)
1990 CFL season
1992 CFL season

References

Source: Ottawa RoughRiders 1995 Fact Book, pp. 26–27
Source: Canadian Football League - Facts, Figures & Records 1992, pp. 83–84
2011 CFL Individual Record Book  (pg.1; pg.7)

External links
Just Sports Stats
totalfootballstats.com
Fanbase profile

Living people
1960 births
Players of American football from Flint, Michigan
American football quarterbacks
American football wide receivers
Canadian football wide receivers
Players of Canadian football from Michigan
African-American players of American football
African-American players of Canadian football
Central Michigan Chippewas football players
Saskatchewan Roughriders players
Edmonton Elks players
Ottawa Rough Riders players
Sportspeople from Flint, Michigan
21st-century African-American people
20th-century African-American sportspeople


title: Gymnastics at the 2014 Commonwealth Games – Women's balance beam

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The women's individual balance beam competition of the 2014 Commonwealth Games took place on August 1 at the SSE Hydro arena in Glasgow, Scotland.

Results

Qualification

Qualification took place on July 29 as part of the team and individual qualification event.

Final

References

External links
Official results

Gymnastics at the 2014 Commonwealth Games
2014 in women's gymnastics


title: Pinki Jangra

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Pinki Rani Jangra (Born 28 April 1990) is a flyweight Indian boxer from Hisar, Haryana and a four time national champion. She won bronze medal in the 2014 Commonwealth Games. She won gold medal at the President's Cup International Boxing in Palembang, South Sumatra, Indonesia, in 2015. She won gold medals at the 2011 National Games of India and the 2012 and 2014 National championships in the flyweight (51kgs) division. She was the only Indian pugilist who bagged the gold medal at the Arafura Games. She signed up with Sporty Boxing Private Limited, which is referred to as the commercial arm of the Indian Boxing Council (IBC), the licensing body for professional boxers in India.

Pinki is known as Giant Killer due to her achievements in domestic competitions. She has defeated London Olympic Games bronze medalist and six-time world champion Mary Kom in National Boxing Championship 2009 and CWG 2014 qualification trial, as well as five-time Asian champion and world champion Laishram Sarita Devi in National Games and National Boxing Championship 2011.

Pinki represented India in Boxing at the 2018 Commonwealth Games in 51kgs weight category.  However, she lost to England's Lisa Whiteside in her quarterfinal bout.

Personal life
Pinki Jangra was born on 28 April 1990 in Hisar, Haryana. She's the daughter of a homemaker Prem Devi and a Government official Krishan Kumar. She studied till 12th grade and reminisces her hobbies as dancing, playing and boxing. She got married to Dipankar Dhariwal, an IIM graduate in March 2023 in Chandigarh. She was initially coached by Raj Singh and later switched to Anoop Kumar.

International achievements

National achievements
All India Inter-Railway Boxing Championship, Bilaspur, Gold in Feb, 2015
1st Monnet Women Elite National Boxing Championship, Raipur, Gold in 2014
All India Inter-Railway Boxing Championships, Agra, Gold in March 2014
13th Senior Women's National Boxing Championship, Guwahati, Gold in Nov, 2012
10th Senior Women National Boxing Championship at J.R.D. Tata Sports Complex, Jamshedpur, Silver in October, 2009
34th National Games (Women Boxing), Jamshedpur, Gold in 2011

Records

 Federation Cup Women Boxing Championship, Erode, Tamil Nadu, 2009
 N.C. Sharma Memorial Federation Cup Women Boxing Championship, Nainital, Gold in November, 2009
 S.H.N.C. Sharma Memorial Federation Cup Women Boxing Championship, Uttarakhand, Gold in 2010-11
 9th Senior Women Haryana State Boxing Championship, Panipat, Gold in 2010
 10th Senior Women Haryana State Boxing Championship, Mehandergarh, Gold in 2011
 7th Senior Women North India Boxing Championship, Himachal Pradesh, Gold in 2012
 4th Inter-Zonal Women National Boxing Championship, Vishakhpatnam, Gold in 2012

References

Living people
1990 births
Boxers at the 2014 Commonwealth Games
Boxers at the 2018 Commonwealth Games
Commonwealth Games bronze medallists for India
Sportswomen from Haryana
Indian women boxers
Commonwealth Games medallists in boxing
Boxers from Haryana
Flyweight boxers
21st-century Indian women
Medallists at the 2014 Commonwealth Games
South Asian Games gold medalists for India
South Asian Games medalists in boxing


title: Earl Shannon

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Earl F. Shannon (November 23, 1921 – July 8, 2002) was an American professional basketball player and college coach. He played for the Providence Steamrollers of the Basketball Association of America for three seasons, before being released by the team in 1949 and signing with the Boston Celtics. In three seasons as a player he averaged 8.6 points and 1.3 assists per game.

In one year as Bryant University's head coach (1963–64), the program's first-ever season, the Bulldogs went 12–11. In other coaching roles he served as the University of Rhode Island's freshman basketball coach and an assistant on Providence College's varsity men's basketball squad.

Shannon was also an agent for the Federal Bureau of Investigation.

BAA career statistics

Regular season

Head coaching record

References

External links
 Earl Shannon's Hall of Fame entry @ the University of Rhode Island
 Earl Shannon's obituary

1921 births
2002 deaths
American Basketball League (1925–1955) players
American men's basketball players
Basketball coaches from Rhode Island
Basketball players from Rhode Island
Boston Celtics players
Bryant Bulldogs men's basketball coaches
Guards (basketball)
Federal Bureau of Investigation agents
Players of American football from Rhode Island
Providence Friars men's basketball coaches
Providence Steamrollers players
Rhode Island Rams baseball players
Rhode Island Rams football players
Rhode Island Rams men's basketball coaches
Rhode Island Rams men's basketball players
Sportspeople from Providence, Rhode Island


title: FAM47E-STBD1

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FAM47E-STBD1 readthrough is a protein that in humans is encoded by the FAM47E-STBD1 gene.

Function

This locus represents naturally occurring read-through transcription between the neighboring FAM47E (family with sequence similarity 47, member E) and STBD1 (starch binding domain 1) genes on chromosome 4. The read-through transcript encodes a protein that shares sequence identity with the upstream gene product but its C-terminal region is distinct due to frameshifts relative to the downstream gene.

References

Further reading

Genes on human chromosome 4


title: Carabao (mango)

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The Carabao mango, also known as the Philippine mango or Manila mango, is a variety of particularly sweet mango from the Philippines. It is one of the most important varieties of mango cultivated in the Philippines. The variety is reputed internationally due to its sweetness and exotic taste. The mango variety was listed as the sweetest in the world by the 1995 edition of the Guinness Book of World Records. It is named after the carabao, the national animal of the Philippines and a native Filipino breed of domesticated water buffalo.

Carabao mangoes are around  in length and  in diameter. These fruits are kidney-shaped and can range from being short to elongated. When ripe, the fruit is bright yellow tinged with green. The flesh is a rich yellow in color with a tender melting consistency and very aromatic. Like other Southeast Asian-type mangoes, it is polyembryonic (in contrast to Indian-type mangoes). Fruiting season is usually from late May to early July.

There are 14 different strains of Carabao mango. These strains include the Talaban and Fresco of Guimaras, MMSU Gold of the Ilocos Region and Lamao and Sweet Elena of Zambales. A comparative study conducted by Bureau of Agricultural Research of the Department of Agriculture in 2003 found that the Sweet Elena of Zambales is the sweetest Carabao mango strain.

The Mexican Ataulfo and Manilita mango cultivars descended from the Philippine mango through the Manila galleon trade between 1600 and 1800. Both of these cultivars are sometimes referred to as "Manila mangoes" in trade.

See also
Pico (mango)
Pahutan mango (Mangifera altissima)
Mangga wani (Mangifera caesia)

References

Mango cultivars


title: Hemiaspis damelii

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Hemiaspis damelii is a species of venomous snake in the family Elapidae. It is a relatively small species of elapid with a mean snout-vent length (SVL) of . The species is endemic to eastern Australia and is most commonly found across central inland New South Wales through to the interior of south-eastern Queensland. Common names for this species include grey snake and Dämel's Snake. The specific name, damelii, is in honor of German entomologist Edward Dämel, who collected Australian specimens for Museum Godeffroy.

Description
H. damelii is a relatively small snake with an average snout-to-vent length (SVL) of 50 centimetres (20 inches). Minor size differences occur between sexes, with the males averaging a slightly larger size than females. It is olive to grey dorsally, and white to yellowish white ventrally, often flecked with dark grey. In some grey snakes, each scale may be tipped with black anteriorly, particularly on the flanks.

It has smooth dorsal scales which are in 17 rows at mid-body, 140-170 ventral scales, and 35-50 subcaudals which are single (undivided). This species also has a paired (divided) anal scale. Juvenile grey snakes have a distinctive black head which fades or sometimes completely disappears as the snake matures, occurring from the top of the head to the second scale row behind the parietals.

Distribution and habitat
The distribution and ecology of H. damelii is poorly known. Existing records of the grey snake are most commonly found in south-eastern Queensland and north-central New South Wales, however small populations have also been found to occur in north-eastern South Australia and south-western New South Wales. It tends to favour dry sclerophyll forests and woodlands on clay soils where water bodies or gullies are present. It shelters under rocks, logs and other debris, as well as in cracks in soil.

Reproduction and life cycle
The breeding period for H. damelii occurs from January to March. During Spring (September-October) adult females' ovarian follicles increase in size following ovulation in preparation of the breeding season. H. damelii has a relatively high fecundity, partly due to its large maternal snout-vent length (SVL), which has been found to significantly correlate with litter size. Litter size can range from 4-16 live young which are born fully formed (viviparous). The newborns take an average of 12 months to mature after birth.

Diet
The diet of H. damelii consists predominately of terrestrial anurans. It has also been found to consume some scincid lizards, however this is quite rare.

Behaviour
H. damelii is active during the night, beginning to move around sunset and remaining active for 1-2 hours after, using this time to hunt and feed.

Venom and symptoms
The venom of H. damelii is fairly mild and is unlikely to cause fatalities in humans; however, a bite from a larger specimen may be very painful. The venom contains procoagulants and causes local pain and swelling.

Conservation status and threats
In Queensland, H. damelii is listed as an endangered species under the Nature Conservation Act, 1992. It is also listed as endangered on the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species due to population decline. The key processes threatening H. damelii include the impacts of feral animals such as cats and foxes via predation, cane toads through ingestion and feral pigs through habitat destruction and competition for food resources. Increasing pasture improvement and cultivation are also destroying habitat through the disruption of soil structure in cracking clay soils. Changes to waterways and the hydrological cycle are also impacting grey snakes which rely on these floodplains and water sources.

Recent floods in NSW have helped researchers find 30 individual snakes.
The venomous snake has only been seen a handful of times in the past 65 years.

References

Further reading
Günther A (1876). "Descriptions of new species of Reptiles from Australia collected by Hr. Dämel for the Godeffroy Museum". Journal des Museum Godeffroy 5: 45-47. (Hoplocephalus damelii, new species, p. 46).
Wilson S, Swan G (2013)  A Complete Guide to Reptiles of Australia, Fourth Edition. Sydney: New Holland Publishers. 522 pp. .

Reptiles described in 1876
Taxa named by Albert Günther
damelii
Snakes of Australia


title: Vanessa Huxford

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Vanessa Huxford (born 13 October 1970) is a former English female rugby union player. She represented  at the 2002 and 2006 Women's Rugby World Cup, winning 2 silver medals. She started her career in Alton RFC before moving to Wasps Ladies.

References

External links

1970 births
Living people
England women's international rugby union players
English female rugby union players


title: TC OT 39

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TC OT 39 is a non-peptide partial agonist of the oxytocin and vasopressin V2 receptors (Ki = 147 nM and >1000 nM, respectively) and antagonist of the vasopressin V1A receptor (Ki = 330 nM).

See also
 WAY-267,464
 LIT-001

References

Benzodiazepines
Pyrazolodiazepines
Pyrrolidines
Benzamides
Oxytocin receptor agonists
Vasopressin receptor agonists
Vasopressin receptor antagonists
Thioamides


title: Hennadiy Vasilyev

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Hennadiy Vasilyev (; born on 10 March 1953) is a People's Deputy of Ukraine of the 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 6th, 7th convocations, and a member of the Party of Regions faction in the parliament while staying formally unaffiliated.

Biography

Hennadiy Vasilyev was born in Donetsk. In 1976, he graduated from the Kharkiv Law Institute with a PhD in law. His father Andrei Antonovich was an engineer, and his mother Anna Omelyanovna was a nurse.

Career

 1976-1979 - trainee investigating officer in the prosecutor's office in the Leninsky district of Donetsk
 1979-1981 - Executive assistant to prosecutor of the Leninsky district of Donetsk
 January - May 1981 - Prosecutor of the Investigation Department, prosecutor-criminalist of the Donetsk regional Prosecutor's office
 1981-1984 - Prosecutor of the Leninsky district of Donetsk
 1984-1987 - Head of Investigation Department of the Prosecutor's office of Donetsk region
 1987-1988 - Deputy Head of Investigation Department, Head of general supervision department of the USSR Prosecutor's Office
 1988-1991 - Deputy Prosecutor of the Donetsk region
 1991-1996, 1997-1998 - Prosecutor of the Donetsk region
 1994-1998 - People's Deputy of Ukraine of the 2nd convocation. Member of the Committee on Law and Order. Member of the "Independent" group.
 2002-2003 - First Deputy Chairman of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine
 2003-2004 - General Prosecutor of Ukraine
 2003-2005 - Member of the Crisis Center
 Since January 2005 - Member of the Derzhava Party. Soon headed this political force.
 Since 2007 - People's Deputy of Ukraine, member of Party of Regions fraction.
 2010-2011 - Deputy Head of the Presidential Administration.
 Honorary chairman of the public organization known as "Spadshchyna Monomakha" (Heritage of Monomakh)
 Honored Lawyer of Ukraine, honored worker of Prosecutor's office of Ukraine

Vasilyev did not participate in the 2014 Ukrainian parliamentary election.

Family

Hennadiy Vasilyev is married, and has a son and a daughter.

References

1953 births
Living people
Politicians from Donetsk
Yaroslav Mudryi National Law University alumni
Second convocation members of the Verkhovna Rada
Third convocation members of the Verkhovna Rada
Fourth convocation members of the Verkhovna Rada
Sixth convocation members of the Verkhovna Rada
Seventh convocation members of the Verkhovna Rada
Deputy chairmen of the Verkhovna Rada
General Prosecutors of Ukraine
Recipients of the Honorary Diploma of the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine


title: Saba Azarpeik

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Saba Azarpeik () is an Iranian journalist associated with the Iranian reformist movement.

2014 arrest
On 28 May 2014, Iranian security forces arrested Azarpeik at the Tehran offices of Tejarat-e-Farda, a pro-reform weekly where she had been working.

She is reportedly being held in Ward 2-A of Evin Prison and has been charged with "propaganda against the state" and "dissemination of falsehoods."

After 85 days in prison (solitary confinement), on 20 August, she was finally released on bail.

References

Living people
Iranian women journalists
Iranian prisoners and detainees
Place of birth missing (living people)
Year of birth missing (living people)


title: Ooi Tze Liang

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Ooi Tze Liang (, born 19 November 1993 in Penang) is a Malaysian diver. Ooi has represented Malaysia in various diving events such as 2014 Glasgow Commonwealth Games, 2013 Southeast Asian Games and 2015 Southeast Asian Games.

Early and personal life
Tze Liang (who also goes by David) was born in Penang and started diving at the age of eight.  He is currently studying at University of Malaya.  He enjoys playing Lego and watching YouTube videos.

Career
At the 2014 Glasgow Commonwealth Games, Ooi became the first Malaysian male to win a Commonwealth gold medal in diving when he won the men's 3 metre springboard event. He also took the silver medal in the men's 10 metre platform event. He finished second to Tom Daley of England.

After winning the gold medal for men's 3 meter springboard event at the 6th Asian Diving Cup, Ooi became the third diver (after Pandelela Rinong and Wendy Ng) to qualify for the 2016 Summer Olympics.

He competed at the 2022 Commonwealth Games where he came 7th in the Men's 3 metre springboard event.

Awards and recognition
Ooi was awarded Olympic Council of Malaysia (OCM)-Sports Toto Award for outstanding performance at the 2015 Singapore Sea Games.
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References

External links

1993 births
Living people
Malaysian sportspeople of Chinese descent
Malaysian male divers
Sportspeople from Penang
Olympic divers for Malaysia
Divers at the 2016 Summer Olympics
Commonwealth Games gold medallists for Malaysia
Commonwealth Games silver medallists for Malaysia
Divers at the 2010 Commonwealth Games
Divers at the 2014 Commonwealth Games
Divers at the 2018 Commonwealth Games
Divers at the 2022 Commonwealth Games
Asian Games medalists in diving
Divers at the 2010 Asian Games
Divers at the 2014 Asian Games
Divers at the 2010 Summer Youth Olympics
Commonwealth Games medallists in diving
Asian Games silver medalists for Malaysia
Asian Games bronze medalists for Malaysia
Medalists at the 2014 Asian Games
Medalists at the 2010 Asian Games
SEA Games gold medalists for Malaysia
SEA Games silver medalists for Malaysia
SEA Games medalists in diving
Divers at the 2018 Asian Games
Competitors at the 2011 SEA Games
Competitors at the 2013 SEA Games
Competitors at the 2015 SEA Games
Competitors at the 2017 SEA Games
Competitors at the 2019 SEA Games
Competitors at the 2021 SEA Games
21st-century Malaysian people
Medallists at the 2014 Commonwealth Games


title: River Jordan, Liverpool

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The River Jordan, Little Jordan or Otterspool Brook is a tributary of the River Mersey. It has now been culverted for most of the lower part of its course, which runs through Otterspool Park in Aigburth, Liverpool.

The river had two tributaries, the Upper and Lower Brooks. The Upper Brook rose near the playing fields in Wavertree, flowing past, and inspiring the name of, the Brook House pub. The Lower Brook had a source in Wavertree Botanic Gardens, where it rose in two ponds near Edge Lane; both branches joined in present-day Sefton Park before flowing through a series of natural cascades into the Otterspool, a creek on the Mersey shore. The watercourse was recorded in the 13th century Chartulary of Whalley Abbey as the "Oskelesbrok", when it was described as forming the boundary of Toxteth, and flowing into "Oterpol".
The name, also written as "Haskelesbroc" and "Hoskellesbrok" in the period, may contain a reference to the Old Norse personal name Askell.

The brook later gained the name of the "River Jordan", probably during the 17th century when Toxteth Park was disparked and let as farmland. The first tenants were Puritan in religion and this has been suggested as the origin of the name "Jordan", as well as that of a nearby farm called "Jericho" and a rock called "David's Throne". Otterspool itself was one of the most important of the Mersey fisheries well into the 18th century, and was reputed to be the finest salmon fishery in the area.

The course of the river was changed radically in the 19th century, when housing developments and parks were laid out and much of the watercourse was incorporated into a series of ornamental water features. The Upper Brook was dammed in Greenbank Park to form a lake, and both it and the Lower Brook were channelled into the Boating Lake in Sefton Park. Below this point, the river is currently visible near the gates of Otterspool Park but has been culverted from that point, though many features of its valley are still visible in the park. The area of the river mouth is now part of the Otterspool Promenade, where the river's flow is now piped to the Mersey.

References

Jordan
Jordan


title: Steam-powered vessel

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Steam-powered vessels include steamboats and steamships. Smaller steamboats were developed first. They were replaced by larger steamships which were often ocean-going. Steamships required a change in propulsion technology from sail to paddlewheel to screw to steam turbines. The latter innovation changed the design of vessels to one that could move faster through the water. Engine propulsion changed to steam turbine in the early 20th century. In the latter part of the 20th century, these, in turn, were replaced by gas turbines.

Steamship generally refers to a larger steam-powered ship, usually ocean-going, capable of carrying a (ship's) boat.  The  engine room, to the right, is a concept drawing during the construction of the ship. The term steam wheeler is archaic and rarely used. In England, "steam packet", after its sailing predecessor, was the usual term; even "steam barge" could be used (Steam tonnage in Lloyd's Register exceeded sailing ships tonnage by 1865). The French transatlantic steamer  was probably the last of her type to be equipped with sails, although she never used them.  Steamships in turn were overtaken by diesel-driven ships in the second half of the 20th century. Most warships used steam propulsion from the 1860s until the late 20th century

Terminology
Screw-driven steamships generally carry the ship prefix "SS" before their names, meaning 'Steam Ship' (or 'Screw Steamer' i.e. 'screw-driven steamship', or 'Screw Schooner' during the 1870s and 1880s, when sail was also carried), paddle steamers usually carry the prefix "PS" and steamships powered by steam turbine may be prefixed "TS" (turbine ship). The term steamer is occasionally used, out of nostalgia, for diesel motor-driven vessels, prefixed "MV".

Steam production

Nuclear
The production of steam by nuclear marine propulsion units is almost exclusively done in aircraft carriers and submarines, due to the regulations limiting distribution and ownership of the radioactive fuels used to power the plants. Nuclear systems present an additional danger due to the radioactivity of the fuel source and risk of reactor breach.

Boiler

Most steam propulsion systems use a boiler to produce steam. The boiler burns fuel and then transfers the heat produced into circulating boiler water. Once the water is heated sufficiently it vaporizes into steam and can be used to power a steam engine that produces the mechanical energy that propels the ship.

Power production

Turbine

Steam can be used to drive a high speed turbine that is connected through some means of transmission to the driving component of the vessel. These are more common on modern ships and were first used in 1897 on the steam ship Turbinia. Nuclear ships almost always use a turbine to harness the energy of the steam that they produce. Steam Driven turbines can either be used to directly power the vessel by means of transmission and gearing to a propeller, or the turbine can be used to generate electricity that is then used to power electric propulsion motors.

Piston steam engine

A piston steam engine uses trapped steam to move a piston within a cylinder, whose linear motion is eventually converted into rotational motion with the use of a flywheel or some other means. There are many variations on this concept that have developed over the years, but the general concept can be explained as above.

Multiple expansion steam engine

This type of piston steam engine harnesses the steam that has been used to drive a piston within the engine and uses it to drive one or more additional pistons. This configuration offers increased engine efficiency by improving the force produced per unit of fuel consumed.

Propulsion methods

Paddle-wheel

A paddle-wheel is a device used to transmit the power produced by the steam engine of the vessel to the surrounding water. The wheel functions by using buckets or paddles attached to the circumference of a rotating wheel that displace water with their movement, ultimately propelling the ship forward.

Screw

Also known as a propeller, a screw is a device that uses sloped surfaces to transition rotational motion created by the steam engine into an axial force that moves the vessel forward. Systems that use propellers are regarded as more efficient than comparative paddle-wheels due to the reduced weight of rotating components and smaller equipment footprint.

Sail and steam powered

Early steam powered ships used both steam engines and the power of wind, like more traditional sailing ships. Ships such as these used paddle-wheels or screws to propel themselves when additional speed was necessary or wind conditions were not favorable.

Uses

Military
Many steam-powered vessels have been commissioned by the military and equipped with weapons and various other equipment for the purpose of providing peacekeeping tools and a platform from which to operate international relations. Some types of steam turbine driven military vessels are long range submarines and aircraft carriers, although these ships can also be classified as nuclear powered vessels.

Commercial
Steam ships were used to transport goods and personnel across oceans and within coastal areas. Steam powered tugboats were created for the purpose of manipulating larger vessels at within ports or areas with limited maneuverability. Steam vessels were a practical solution for the international transportation of people.

Personal use
Many steam vessels have been built or fallen under the category of privately owned. These vessels can be luxury cruisers or decommissioned commercial vessels, especially now as the nostalgia value surrounding steam technology increases. Now steam vessels are not nearly as common as yachts with a more conventional power-train, mostly due to the scarcity and special knowledge required to operate and maintain these vessels.

Danger
High temperature steam can cause injury in humans on areas of exposed skin or by other means. Steam can cause burns through direct contact or by inhalation of vapors. Steam boilers also present an explosion hazard due to their high pressure contents. If over pressurization occurs and safety relief systems malfunction it is possible for a boiler to explode and cause damage to people and equipment surrounding it.

Notable steam vessels

RMS Titanic

The RMS Titanic was the largest ocean-going passenger ship at the time of its creation in 1912. The ship sank only days into its maiden voyage from Southhampton to New York after it struck an iceberg and took on water, killing over 1,500 people.

Seawise Giant

The Seawise Giant supertanker was the largest steam-powered ship ever created and the largest ship ever built, before it was scrapped in 2010. It was over 450 meters in length.

RMS Lusitania

The RMS Lusitania was a steam-propelled passenger vessel sunk off the Old Head of Kinsale, Ireland by a German U-boat in 1915. The sinking of the Lusitania played a role in involving the United States with the developing World War.

HMHS Britannic
The HMHS Britannic was a successor to the Titanic, built as a luxury cruise liner. With the onset of World War I, the ship was drafted for wartime efforts and converted to a hospital ship. It was sunk in 1916 by a German naval mine.

USS Monitor
The USS ''Monitor was a tactically valuable ironclad Union warship built in 1862, used to gain naval supremacy against Confederate ironclads until it sank later that year. The ship was heavily armed with a single rotating turret at the center of the ship and had very little surface area above water.

See also
Steamboat
Steamship

References

Ship types
Boat types
Steam engines
Steam engine technology


title: Brian Ernest Maitland Prophet

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Brian Ernest Maitland Prophet  (1928–2004) was President of the Bedfordshire Branch of the Soldiers, Sailors and Airmens Family Association and a Deputy Lieutenant for Bedfordshire.  He was awarded the OBE, TD and made Deputy Lieutenant for Bedfordshire in recognition of his long association and work with the Territorial Army, the Royal Signals and the Bedfordshire ACF as well as being an active participant with service charities.

Life
Prophet was born in Bedford in 1928. He was educated at Bedford Modern School.

After school, Prophet joined Civil Service working principally in  HM Customs and Excise.  In addition to his career in the civil service, he had a long association with the Territorial Army, the Royal Signals, the Bedfordshire ACF as well as being an active participant with service charities. He attained the rank of colonel in the Territorials.

In 1985 he was made a deputy lieutenant of Bedfordshire. He was invested as an Officer of the Order of the British Empire in the 1999 Birthday Honours for his loyal service to the Soldiers, Sailors and Airmens Family Association.

Prophet died in Bedford on 10 December 2004.

References

1928 births
2004 deaths
Officers of the Order of the British Empire
Deputy Lieutenants of Bedfordshire
People educated at Bedford Modern School
Royal Corps of Signals officers
Civil servants in HM Customs and Excise


title: Nur Dhabitah Sabri

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Nur Dhabitah binti Sabri  (born 12 July 1999) is a Malaysian diver. She is the youngest Malaysian diver to champion two senior international competitions.

Early and personal life
Dhabitah was born in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia to Sabri Hashim and Fazidah Jaafar. She is the youngest among four siblings. Initially, she started her aquatic exposure through swimming clubs. After several competition, her father decided to switch her into diving due to her small body physique. She learned swimming and diving together with her older brother, Muhammad Danial Sabri. Both of them were planning to debut internationally together but unable due to Danial's traumatic physical injury sustained before the debut. She occasionally practices and delves into extreme sport such as parkour and trampoline as a hobby. Dhabitah is currently pursuing her studies in Bachelor of Media Communication at National University of Malaysia.

Dhabitah was previously in a relationship with Malaysian footballer Azhar Apandi, which ended in 2021. She married Malaysian actor Mohammad Aizat bin Ahmad Nazri, who is also known as Jiggy Masin, on 28 April 2023.

Career

In June 2012, Dhabitah became the youngest Malaysian diver to win at a senior international competition by winning two events at the South-East Asia Swimming Championships in Singapore. At the 2013 SEA Games, Dhabitah won the gold medal in 10 meter synchronised platform with Leong Mun Yee.

At the 2014 Commonwealth Games in Glasgow, Dhabitah won the bronze medal in 10 meter synchronised platform with Pandelela Rinong. She also finished sixth in the 3 meter synchronised springboard with Ng Yan Yee and eleventh in 3 meter springboard individual.

At the 2015 SEA Games, Dhabitah and Ng Yan Yee won the gold medal in 3 meter synchronised springboard. In September 2015, after winning the women's 10 meter platform individual at the 2015 Asian Diving Cup, Dhabitah earned a slot to the 2016 Summer Olympics. In February 2016, Dhabitah and Cheong Jun Hoong earned an Olympic spot in the 3 meter synchronised springboard after finishing fifth at the Diving World Cup in Rio de Janeiro.

In her first event at the 2016 Summer Olympics, Dhabitah and Cheong Jun Hoong finished fifth in the 3 meter synchronized springboard. They were in bronze medal position after the third dive but a mistake by Cheong Jun Hoong in the fourth dive cost Dhabitah a first Olympic medal. Dhabitah advances to the final of 10 meter platform where she finished ninth with 338 points.

In April 2017, Dhabitah teamed up with Pandelela Rinong to bagged a silver in 10 meter synchronised platform in Windsor, Canada. It was her first medal in the Diving World Series. At the 2017 World Aquatics Championships in Budapest, Dhabitah reach the final of 3 meter springboard individual where she finished 10th with 292.35 points.

Dhabitah was chosen to light up the cauldron during the opening ceremony of the 2017 SEA Games in Kuala Lumpur. Dhabitah took silver in 3 meter springboard individual which was won by compatriot, Ng Yan Yee. Dhabitah would later partner with Ng Yan Yee to win gold in 3 meter synchronised springboard. In October 2017, they were stripped of their gold medal after Ng Yan Yee failed a doping test.

At the 2018 Commonwealth Games, Dhabitah won a bronze medal with Leong Mun Yee in the 3 meter synchronised springboard. They won another bronze medal in 10 meter synchronised platform. At the 2018 Asian Games, the pair won bronze in the 10 meter synchronised platform. In her second event of the Games, she got a silver with Ng Yan Yee in the 3 metre synchronized springboard. In her third event, she missed out on bronze medal after finishing in fourth place in the 1 metre springboard. In her last event, she won a bronze medal in the 3 metre springboard, finishing behind Shi Tingmao and Wang Han of China.

She competed at the 2022 Commonwealth Games where she won silver medals in the women's synchronised 3 metre springboard event alongside Ng Yan Yee and in the women's 3 metre springboard event, a bronze medal in the mixed synchronised 3 metre springboard event alongside Muhammad Syafiq Puteh and came 4th in the women's synchronised 10 metre platform alongside Pandelela Rinong.

From May to December, Dhabitah, along with Goh Sze Fei and Shahrul Saad were appointed as the brand ambassadors for Nutrilite Malaysia.

Competition history

Malaysia National Competition

International Competition

Awards

Honours
  :
  Member of the Order of the Territorial Crown (AMW) (2019)

References

External links

1999 births
Living people
Sportspeople from Kuala Lumpur
Malaysian people of Malay descent
Malaysian Muslims
Malaysian female divers
Divers at the 2014 Commonwealth Games
Divers at the 2014 Asian Games
Divers at the 2016 Summer Olympics
Divers at the 2018 Commonwealth Games
Divers at the 2018 Asian Games
Divers at the 2020 Summer Olympics
Divers at the 2022 Commonwealth Games
Olympic divers for Malaysia
Commonwealth Games silver medallists for Malaysia
Commonwealth Games bronze medallists for Malaysia
Commonwealth Games medallists in diving
SEA Games gold medalists for Malaysia
SEA Games medalists in diving
Asian Games medalists in diving
Asian Games silver medalists for Malaysia
Asian Games bronze medalists for Malaysia
Medalists at the 2018 Asian Games
Competitors at the 2013 SEA Games
Competitors at the 2015 SEA Games
Competitors at the 2017 SEA Games
Competitors at the 2019 SEA Games
Competitors at the 2021 SEA Games
World Aquatics Championships medalists in diving
21st-century Malaysian women
Medallists at the 2014 Commonwealth Games
Medallists at the 2018 Commonwealth Games
Medallists at the 2022 Commonwealth Games


title: Boris Glinsky

text:
Boris Borisovich Glinsky (, 12 October 1860, Saint Petersburg, Russian Empire, – 30 November 1917, Petrograd, Soviet Russia) was a writer, publicist, publisher, editor and politician from the Russian Empire. A prominent historian and biographer, Glinsky published numerous articles and essays, mainly in Istorichesky Vestnik, which he was also the editor of in 1913–1917, Severny Vestnik (editor and publisher in 1890—1891), and Russkaya Budushchnost (Russian Future, 1915—1917). Described as a 'progressive nationalist', Glinsky supported both the 1917 February Revolution and the Kornilov affair. As a result, in August 1917 he was arrested on the counter-revolutionary charges, but in October 1917 was released. Glinsky died in Petrograd on 30 November 1917.

Select bibliography
 A Republican at the Russian Court (, 1888)
 Vladimir Yakovlevich Stoyunin (, 1889)
 Orest Fyodorovich Miller (, 1889)
 The Magnanimous Conquest (, 1890)
 The Judicial Eloquence in Russia (, 1897)
 The Tsar's Children and Their Tutors (, 1899)
 The Sketches on the Russian Progress (, 1900)
 Fighting For the Constitution (. 1908)
 The Revolutionary Period in the Russian History (, parts 1 and 2, 1913)

References

1860 births
1917 deaths
Writers from the Russian Empire
Editors from the Russian Empire


title: Singapore national youth football team

text:
Singapore national youth football team may refer to:

Singapore national under-16 football team
Singapore national under-19 football team
Singapore national under-21 football team
Singapore national under-22 football team
Singapore national under-23 football team


title: Sableuse River

text:
The Sableuse River is a watercourse in the Matapedia Valley, in administrative region of Bas-Saint-Laurent, in Quebec, Canada. Its origin lies in the Sableuse ponds in Saint-Vianney while its mouth lies in the Sableuse River Bay on Lake Matapedia.

This river flows into the regional county municipalities (RCM):
 La Matapedia Regional County Municipality: municipality Saint-Vianney, Quebec and the unorganized territory of Lac-Matapedia, Quebec;
 La Matanie Regional County Municipality: municipality Sainte-Paule.

This course river of the Matapedia Valley is descending towards the Southwest; it passes through the territory of Sainte-Paule and Matapedia Lake (at the Eastern boundary of the territory of Sayabec).

The Sableuse River flows into the bay of Sableuse River, located on the North shore of Matapedia Lake which discharge empties on the Eastern side in the Matapedia River. The latter flows Southeast into the Matapedia Valley up to the Restigouche River which flows East up to the west bank of the Chaleur Bay. The latter opens to the East on the Gulf of Saint Lawrence.

Etymology
The Sableuse River has officially carried the name since at least 1972, before which some referred to it as Matane River. The Sableuse River Bay, whose name was designated in 2003, was also formerly referred to as the Matane River Bay.

Geography
The Sableuse River is located in the La Matapédia Regional County Municipality in the Bas-Saint-Laurent administrative region. Its source, the Sableuse ponds, lie at  Northwest of the village of Saint-Vianney.

This source begins on the West side of the "Chemin des Towagodi Lakes" and is located at:
  at the Western boundary of the West of Matane Wildlife Reserve;
  Southeast of South Coastal of Gulf of Saint Lawrence;
  from the confluence of the Sableuse River.

From its source, the Sableuse river course is often forming many small coils. Its course flows over  distributed in following segments:
  West, up to the discharge (from the Northwest) of a small lake;
  to the Southwest, up to the road path bridge of the 4th row;
  Southwest up to the discharge (from the Northwest) of two little lakes;
  Southwest up to the confluence of the Inconnue River (Sableuse River) (from the East);
  Southwest up to the discharge (from the Northwest) of Portage Lake, Chaud Lake and Towago Lake;
  Southward up to Crooked Creek (from the Northeast);
  Southwest, cutting the Soucy Road, up to the confluence of the river

The river's mouth is located in the Seignory of Lac-Matapédia in the unorganized territory of Lac-Matapédia near Sayabec. Its outflow occurs in the Sableuse River Bay in Matapedia Lake, right in front of the Matane Island. This confluence is located at  from the mouth of Matapedia Lake.

References

See also
Matapedia Lake
Matapedia River
Inconnue River (Sableuse River)
Matapedia Valley
La Matanie Regional County Municipality
Bas-Saint-Laurent, an administrative region of Quebec

Rivers of Gaspésie–Îles-de-la-Madeleine
La Matapédia Regional County Municipality
Rivers of Bas-Saint-Laurent


title: De Lattre Line

text:
The De Lattre Line, named after General Jean de Lattre de Tassigny, was a line of concrete fortifications, obstacles, and weapons installations constructed by the French around the Red River Delta in northern Vietnam.

The French established the fortification to guard the essential lines of communication between the cities of Hanoi and Haiphong and to provide security for the densely populated and economically important Delta area against attacks by both the Việt Minh and any potential invasion from Communist China.

The Line was to comprise 1200 separate concrete blockhouses able to withstand 155mm artillery grouped in 250 clusters of 3-6 blockhouses for mutual fire support over a span of . Each blockhouse was to hold a minimum of 10 men. In addition a defensive redoubt was to be constructed around a   radius from the port of Haiphong ensuring its safety from artillery attack. All these new defensive lines were to be connected by roads capable of bearing 30-ton tanks. Construction commenced in late 1950 and was largely complete by the end of 1951.

While the De Lattre Line provided some degree of security and formed an anchor point for French mobile operations outside the Delta, it was far from impenetrable and entire Việt Minh combat units could be easily infiltrated through the gaps between strongpoints.

Following the withdrawal of the French from northern Vietnam in October 1954 the De Lattre Line was abandoned. Today the deteriorating blockhouses are either unused or used by farmers.

See also
 Maginot Line
 McNamara Line

References

Fortifications in Vietnam


title: Parker Molloy

text:
Parker Molloy (born April 24, 1986) is an American writer and blogger. Molloy was an editorial and news contributor to Advocate.com, focusing on transgender issues. She has also written for other publications, such as Media Matters for America.

Early life
Molloy grew up in Manhattan, Illinois. After graduating from Lincoln-Way Central High School in New Lenox in 2004, she attended Millikin University in Decatur, Illinois for three years before transferring to Columbia College Chicago where she graduated in 2009 in Arts, Entertainment, and Media Management. During college, Molloy was an editorial intern at Pitchfork Media.

Career
Molloy briefly worked for Chicago musician Andrew Bird before taking a job at a Chicago-based ad agency. In 2013, she came out to management and her co-workers as transgender.

Molloy launched parkthatcar.net in July 2012 as a way to document her ongoing transition. As time went on, the blog focused less on Molloy's personal transition, and more on transgender politics and current events.

In 2014, Thought Catalog released Molloy's ebook entitled My Transgender Coming Out Story.

On March 2, 2014, Molloy was interviewed by Chicagoist, concerning Piers Morgan's interview with Janet Mock and the death of Anne Vanderbilt, allegedly resulting from an article posted on Grantland.

Molloy has written for Rolling Stone, The Huffington Post, and Salon, and The Advocate. She has been a panelist for the National Lesbian and Gay Journalists Association annual national convention and her input as a transgender journalist has been sought after by the Washington Post, The Week, The Boston Globe, and Autostraddle.

Honors and awards
Molloy was included in the second annual Trans 100 list, recognizing the work of 100 transgender advocates in the United States, announced at the launch event, March 30, 2014 in Chicago. On June 26, 2014, Molloy was named to Windy City Times annual "30 Under 30" list, honoring "the best in LGBTQIA activism, business, culture, non-profit work and more," and honored at a reception at Chicago's Center on Halsted.

Molloy was nominated for a 2014 National Women's Political Caucus Exceptional Merit in Media Award for an essay she wrote in October 2013, titled, "I am a Transgender Woman, and This is What It's Like."

On November 5, 2014, Molloy was named as a finalist for the Los Angeles Press Club's National Arts and Entertainment Journalism Awards for her work discussing drag culture's use of language seen by her and former contestants on RuPaul's Drag Race to be transphobic.

Controversy
On March 18, 2014, Molloy wrote an article titled "RuPaul Stokes Anger with Use of Transphobic Slur" at The Advocate. The article and others discussing the use of the word tranny sparked a conversation about its use by RuPaul and others. Molloy was criticized by prominent transgender activists Calpernia Addams, Justin Vivian Bond, Andrea James, Our Lady J, as well as drag artists RuPaul and Alaska, a former contestant on RuPaul's Drag Race, who made a parody video depicting Molloy being shot in the head.

Molloy's position was supported by Logo TV, the network airing RuPaul's Drag Race, which apologized for the use of transphobic language and by GLAAD. Molloy was supported in an open letter, drafted by Zinnia Jones and signed by Sarah Brown, Fallon Fox, Christina Kahrl, and over 350 other transgender people, against what they perceived as personal attacks by Addams and James.

In August 2014 Molloy faced a backlash from members of the trans community after encouraging another transgender person to self-harm. Molloy apologized.

References

External links

Living people
Transfeminists
Transgender women writers
Transgender rights activists
1986 births
Columbia College Chicago alumni
Millikin University alumni
American bloggers
Writers from Chicago
LGBT people from Illinois
American transgender writers


title: Wong Poh San

text:
Wong Poh San (born 5 December 1996 in Johor) is a Malaysian rhythmic gymnast. She won one silver and two bronze medal at the 2014 Commonwealth Games. She was part of the Malaysian team to win the bronze medal in the women's rhythmic team all-around event at the 2014 Commonwealth Games.

External links

1996 births
Living people
Sportspeople from Johor
Malaysian rhythmic gymnasts
Gymnasts at the 2014 Commonwealth Games
Commonwealth Games silver medallists for Malaysia
Commonwealth Games bronze medallists for Malaysia
Commonwealth Games medallists in gymnastics
Medallists at the 2014 Commonwealth Games


title: René M. Stulz

text:
René M. Stulz is a professor of finance at the Fisher College of Business at the Ohio State University. He earned his Ph.D. in economics at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and has taught at a variety of universities including the University of Rochester, the University of Chicago, Harvard University, Northwestern University, and the University of Southern California. He has published over 100 articles in finance and economic journals on topics ranging from corporate finance, corporate governance, asset pricing, financial institutions, and risk management, which have been cited over 47,000 times. He served as editor of the Journal of Financial Economics from 1982 to 1987 and the Journal of Finance from 1988 to 2000.

References

External links
 Faculty website
 Google scholar page
 SSRN author page
 NBER author page

Living people
Ohio State University faculty
Year of birth missing (living people)
MIT School of Humanities, Arts, and Social Sciences alumni
20th-century American economists
The Journal of Finance editors
Presidents of the American Finance Association


title: But Always

text:
But Always () is a 2014 Chinese-Hong Kong romantic drama film directed by Snow Zou.

Plot
But Always takes place in New York City, however, though it focuses on Asian culture in America.

Anran and Yongyuan meet in 1982, when Anran transfers to Yongyuan's school. She is wealthier than her classmates who approach her with suspicion. The school bully assigns Yongyuan to follow Anran, which is a role that he happily accepts for the next 20 years. One sign of his devotion is that he can always recognise her footsteps.

Anran and Yongyuan bond as they share the common tragedy of losing their mother in the same earthquake. However, their mothers come from different backgrounds,  as Yougyuan's was a peasant and Anran was a doctor. Yongyuan's guardian dies and his uncle takes him away. He's not allowed to say goodbye to Anran, a pattern that recurs as one or the other repeatedly vanishes.

A decade later, Yongyuan returns to Beijing and encounters Anran, who is now a pre-med student. She's now grown up to be played by Chinese actress Gao Yuanyuan (Caught in the Web). Yongyuan is now portrayed by Hong Kong action star Nicholas Tse (The Bullet Vanishes).

Yongyuan gets involved in some shady business to raise money for Anran's post-graduate education. When she is ready to leave for Columbia University, he disappears again.

In Manhattan, Anran gets a new boyfriend. He is a petulant painter called Michael (Qin Hao). She also works two part-time jobs in addition to her studies.

Yongyuan, who has gotten rich just so he can search for Anran, finds her through Michael's paintings of her. This leads to another sweet, luminously photographed reunion. But the couple is torn apart twice more.

Cast
Nicholas Tse as 赵永远
Gao Yuanyuan as 安然
Du Haitao
Alice Li
Lam Suet
Che Xiao
Li Wenling
Shi Pengyuan
Shi Xinyi
Qin Hao
Anya Wu
Tong Dawei as 安然的变态老师
Jack Kao
Zang Tianshuo

Reception
By 28 September, it had earned ¥225.77 million at the Chinese box office.

See also
I Love That Crazy Little Thing, another film by the same director

References

External links

2014 romantic drama films
Chinese romantic drama films
Hong Kong romantic drama films
2014 films
2010s Cantonese-language films
2010s Mandarin-language films
Films set in Beijing
Films shot in Beijing
Films shot in New York City
Wanda Pictures films
2014 directorial debut films
2010s Hong Kong films


title: Gymnastics at the 2014 Commonwealth Games – Men's parallel bars

text:
The men's individual parallel bars competition of the 2014 Commonwealth Games took place on August 1 at the SSE Hydro arena in Glasgow, Scotland.

Results

Qualification

Qualification took place on July 29 as part of the team and individual qualification event.

Final

References

External links
Official results

Gymnastics at the 2014 Commonwealth Games


title: Roland Černák

text:
Roland Černák (born 22 July 1997) is a Slovak football forward who currently plays for FK v Nižnom Žipove

Club career

Slavoj Trebišov
At the age of sixteen and 27 days, he made his senior debut for Slavoj Trebišov against Odeva Lipany on 18 August 2013. He netted 3 goals  in 15 matches for Trebišov before his departure to FK DAC 1904 Dunajská Streda.

DAC Dunajská Streda
On 10 July 2014, he signed a three-year contract with DAC Dunajská Streda. He made his professional Fortuna Liga debut for FK DAC 1904 Dunajská Streda against MFK Ružomberok on 26 July 2014.

References

External links

 Eurofotbal profile
 Futbalnet profile
 Sportnet profile

1997 births
Living people
Sportspeople from Trebišov
Footballers from the Košice Region
Slovak men's footballers
Slovakia men's youth international footballers
Slovakia men's under-21 international footballers
Men's association football midfielders
FK Slavoj Trebišov players
FC DAC 1904 Dunajská Streda players
1. FC Tatran Prešov players
MFK Zemplín Michalovce players
FK Humenné players
Slovak First Football League players
3. Liga (Slovakia) players
2. Liga (Slovakia) players


title: 1983–84 FIBA European Cup Winners' Cup

text:
The 1983–84 FIBA European Cup Winners' Cup was the eighteenth edition of FIBA's 2nd-tier level European-wide professional club basketball competition, contested between national domestic cup champions, running from 27 September 1983, to 14 March 1984. It was contested by 24 teams, five more than in the previous edition.

Real Madrid defeated Simac Milano, in the final held in Ostend, winning its first FIBA European Cup Winners' Cup.

Participants

First round

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*Al-Zamalek withdrew before the first leg, and Landys&Gyr Wien received a forfeit (2-0) in both games.

Second round

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Automatically qualified to the Quarter finals group stage
 Scavolini Pesaro (title holder)
 Real Madrid

Quarterfinals

Semifinals

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Final
March 14, Stedelijk Sportcentrum, Ostend

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References

External links
FIBA European Cup Winner's Cup 1983–84 linguasport.com
FIBA European Cup Winner's Cup 1983–84

FIBA
FIBA Saporta Cup


title: 1830 in Scotland

text:
Events from the year 1830 in Scotland.

Incumbents

Law officers
 Lord Advocate – Sir William Rae, Bt until December; then Francis Jeffrey
 Solicitor General for Scotland – John Hope; then Henry Cockburn

Judiciary
 Lord President of the Court of Session – Lord Granton
 Lord Justice General – The Duke of Montrose
 Lord Justice Clerk – Lord Boyle

Events
 19 March – the suspension bridge at Montrose partly collapses due to movement of a crowd watching a boat race from it, with the loss of at least 4 lives.
 17 May – meteorite falls on the North Inch at Perth.
 27 May – Rev. Alexander Duff arrives in Calcutta as the Church of Scotland's first missionary to India.
 13 July – Alexander Duff co-founds the General Assembly's Institution, the modern-day Scottish Church College, in Calcutta.
 November – Wellington Suspension Bridge over River Dee at Aberdeen opened to pedestrians.
 16 December – Bridge of Don at Aberdeen opened.
 Twin-hulled iron paddle steamer Lord Dundas built for service on the Forth and Clyde Canal.
 McVitie's founded as McVitie & Price's biscuit bakery in Rose Street, Edinburgh.
 Annandale distillery opened.

Births
 Early – Andrew Halliday, journalist and playwright (died 1877 in London)
 5 February – Lieutenant General James John McLeod Innes, recipient of the Victoria Cross (died 1907)
 5 March – Charles Wyville Thomson, marine zoologist (died 1882)
 15 March – John Ferguson, politician (died 1906 in Australia)
 5 April
 (probable date) Robert Francis Fairlie, steam locomotive designer (died 1885 in London)
 Alexander Muir, songwriter (died 1906 in Canada)
 16 July – Alexander Carnegie Kirk, mechanical engineer (died 1892)
 3 September – Lewis Campbell, classicist (died 1908 in Switzerland)
 21 September – John Holms, textile mill owner and Liberal politician (died 1891)
 22 October – Arthur John Burns, woollen mill owner and politician in Otago (died 1901 in New Zealand)
 30 October – Eliza Brightwen, naturalist (died 1906 in England)
 John Crawford, sculptor (died 1861)

Deaths
 14 January – The Right Reverend Daniel Sandford, Bishop of Edinburgh (born 1766, near Dublin)
 20 February – Robert Anderson, literary editor, biographer and critic (born 1750)
 7 April – Henry Bell, engineer who introduced the first successful passenger steamboat service in Europe (born 1767)
 3 July – John Campbell, advocate and politician (born 1798)
 16 December – Sir James Donaldson printer and newspaper publisher, who bequeathed a large part of his estate to the founding of Donaldson's Hospital (born 1751)

The arts
 Thomas Aird publishes his narrative poem The Captive of Fez.
 Sir Walter Scott publishes the plays Auchindrane and The Doom of Devorgoil.
 David Wilkie appointed Principal Painter in Ordinary to King William IV
 Completion of publication of the Edinburgh Encyclopædia, commenced in 1808
 16 December – Felix Mendelssohn completes composition of his concert overture The Hebrides as Die einsame Insel ("The Lonely Island").

See also

 1830 in Ireland

References

Scotland
1830s in Scotland


title: Justine Masika Bihamba

text:
Justine Masika Bihamba (born c. 1966) is a Congolese activist. As coordinator of Synergy of Women for Victims of Sexual Violence, she works to improve the lives of rural women, defend human rights and assist victims of war, especially women survivors of acts of sexual violence. This work is focussed in the province of North Kivu, and she has also campaigned for justice more widely in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). She has won considerable international recognition for her achievements. She has on several occasions been subject to threats of arrest or death.

Earlier career
Masika Bihamba obtained a national diploma in 1985, and subsequently trained in community development, activity planning, mediation and conflict management. In 2002 she contributed to a Human Rights Watch report on the condition of women in the east of DRC.

Founding and work of Synergy
In 2002 Masika Bihamba helped to carry out a survey of violence committed against women in emergency camps set up for people displaced by an eruption of the Nyiragongo volcano. Following consultation with other organisations, a decision was taken to establish Synergy of Women for Victims of Sexual Violence (SFVS). The organisation is divided into three sections: a psycho-social section, a medical section and a legal defence section. Since then, SFVS has provided over 18 000 women with emotional, medical and legal support, and has documented the incidence of rape in North Kivu, calling for the arrest and trial of the perpetrators.

Participation in other networks
Masika Bihamba is also an active member of a wide range of other networks, such as Oxfam Novib, Human Rights Watch, Amnesty International, the Belgian Development Cooperation, Usaid, and other humanitarian, political and development agencies. Her organization Synergie des Femmes partners with international women's group Donor Direct Action.

Testifies to ICC review conference
Masika Bihamba testified to the 2010 Review Conference of the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court (ICC) in Kampala, Uganda. She pointed to the importance of implementing specific measures to support women who had become victims of sexual crimes and consequently often suffered  from trauma and stigmatization. In her view, such assistance to date had been insufficient and should not be limited to financial aid.

Attacks and threats

 On 18 September 2007, six men, reportedly DRC Army (FARDC) soldiers, broke into Masika Bihamba’s house in Goma. The men reportedly asked for Masika Bihamba, who was absent, and began to search the house. One girl was sexually assaulted, and another was kicked in the face with such force that a tooth was knocked out. When Masika Bihamba returned home during the attack, the men fled. The alleged perpetrators were later identified as soldiers forming the personal guard of an FARDC colonel, but were never arrested or brought to trial, despite the submission of a legal complaint against them by Masika Bihamba nine days after the attack. The daughters later fled abroad for their safety.
 On 27 December 2010, a magistrate from the Goma Military Prosecutor’s Department called Masika Bihamba to warn her that she might be arrested if she continued to denounce the human rights violations committed in eastern DRC. This followed her appearance on 28 November on the TV5 programme “And what if you told me the whole truth” (Et si vous me disiez toute la vérité), during which Masika Bihamba had spoken in particular about the impunity, sexual violence and human rights violations perpetrated by General Bosco Ntaganda.
 In March 2011 Masika Bihamba received threats resulting from her human rights activities, in particular her calls for the rapid implementation of Section 1502 of the U.S. Dodd-Frank Act, dealing with transparency of sourcing of “conflict minerals” from DRC.
 On 14 March 2012, during an interview on BBC radio, Masika Bihamba again called for the arrest of Ntaganda. A few weeks later on April 10, she and other Congolese civil society leaders met President Joseph Kabila, repeating calls for Ntaganda’s arrest. On 27 April she received death threats by SMS text message. After Ntaganda’s men surrounded her youngest brother’s house, she fled from Goma for temporary exile in a European country. She returned to DRC in 2013 after Ntaganda gave himself up for trial at the International Criminal Court.

Awards
 Justine Masika Bihamba was one of the 1000 women proposed for the Nobel Peace Prize 2005.
 She received the Human Rights Tulip award from the Netherlands government on 10 December 2008.
 In 2009 she was awarded the Pax Christi International Peace Award.

References

External links
 Synergie des Femmes pour les Victimes des Violences Sexuelles
 Video about Justine Masika Bihamba's struggle against sexual violence in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, Jacob Soetendorp Institute for Human Values, 16 January 2009

Democratic Republic of the Congo women
Democratic Republic of the Congo women's rights activists
1966 births
Living people


title: William Ibbett

text:
Commander William Ibbett (21 June 1886 – 28 June 1975) was an English submariner, and later a BBC Radio broadcaster.

Life
Ibbett was born in 1886 at Oxted, Surrey, England. After growing up in Wiltshire, he joined the Royal Navy, serving during the First World War, including an attachment to the Russian submarine service, during which the October Revolution occurred, and until 1922, then re-enlisting in the Second World War. Between the wars, his various jobs included tea-planting in Ceylon and work on a whaling ship in the Antarctic.

He appeared in the BBC in the 1930s, and, during the 1950s, appeared regularly on the BBC radio programme Woman's Hour, reminiscing about his career. He was also featured on a 1969 BBC record, Voices From Woman's Hour Past And Present. His radio work was credited simply as "Commander Ibbett".

He appeared as a castaway on the BBC Radio programme Desert Island Discs on 21 October 1957.

He died in June 1975 at the age of 89 in Burgess Hill, West Sussex.

References

External links
 Ibbett's career at Unit Histories
 Ibbett's entry at the Dreadnought Project

1886 births
People from Oxted
1975 deaths
People from Wiltshire
Royal Navy officers of World War I
Royal Navy officers of World War II
Royal Navy submarine commanders
BBC radio presenters


title: LT50

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LT50 is the median Lethal Time (time until death) after exposure of an organism to a toxic substance or stressful condition.  LT50 is commonly used in toxicology studies to quantify amount of a stressor necessary to kill an organism. LT50 can be used in conjunction with EC50 (median Exposure Concentration) for even more precise quantification.

See also
 Acute toxicity
 Viability assay

References

Toxicology


title: Bombing of Sendai during World War II

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The  on July 10, 1945, was part of the strategic bombing campaign waged by the United States against the civilian population and military targets during the Japan home islands campaign in the closing stages of World War II.

Background
The city of Sendai was the largest population and commercial center of the Tohoku region of northern Honshu island, but lacked specific targets of strategic military significance. The Tōhoku Main Line railway connecting Tokyo with Aomori also ran through the city.

The industrial city of Kamaishi was bombed on July 14, 1945, which was also the first air raid experienced in Miyagi Prefecture during the war. The first experience of Sendai with bombing was on March 10, 1945, when three B-29 Superfortress bombers from the Tokyo Air Raid dropped their bomb load on Mount Zaō for unknown reasons, killing 34 civilians, and an additional two B-29 bombers attacked Sendai Airport causing minor damage.

On May 25, 1945, a photo-reconnaissance B-29 overflew Sendai at an altitude of 8000 feet, compiling a detailed map of the downtown area of the city. On July 10, 1945, another B-29 made an over flight of Sendai, this time dropping propaganda leaflets warning the residents of the city of its imminent destruction.

The Sendai air raid

On July 9, 1945, 131 B-29 bombers from the USAAF 58th Bombardment Wing launched from Tinian island in the Marianas. Several aircraft turned back due to mechanical problems, and 123 aircraft arrived over the target at an altitude of 10,000 feet at just after midnight in the early morning of July 10, 1945. The bombers split into 25 groups of between two and five aircraft each to carpet bomb the densely packed residential center of the city with 10,961 incendiary bombs. The resultant firestorm destroyed most of the historic center of city. A five square kilometer portion of the center of the city was destroyed, with 11,933 residences burned (approximately 23% of the city). Also lost in the bombing were a number of cultural treasures, include the structures of Sendai Castle, and the Zuihoden mausoleum of Date Masamune. On the other hand, the large Sendai Arsenal, and the structures of the IJA 2nd Division were untouched by the air raid.

According to a survey report compiled by the Defense Division of Sendai City Hall during July, there were 987 dead, 50 missing, 260 seriously injured and 1423 mildly injured. Victim lists were compiled in two books written in 1973 and 1995. The second calculated that 1064 people were killed by the air raid, and 335 more were thought to have been killed, including unidentified and missing persons. These numbers include people killed in all raids on Sendai during the war.

During the air raid, the only American loss was a B-29 destroyed in a crash on the runway at Tinian (its crew escaped without injury). A year after the war, the United States Army Air Forces's Strategic Bombing Survey (Pacific War) reported that 21.9 percent of the city had been destroyed.

Sendai experienced a number of minor air raids afterwards. On July 12, a single B-29 dropped 36 incendiary bombs on a Sendai suburb. On July 13, July 25, August 9 and August 10, the city and airport were bombed and strafed by United States Navy carrier-based aircraft.

See also
Strategic bombing during World War II
 Air raids on Japan
 Evacuations of civilians in Japan during World War II

References

Notes

External links
Pacific War Chronology
Sendai city War Reconstruction Memorial Hall
67 Japanese Cities Firebombed in World War II

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title: CHS Field

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CHS Field is a baseball park in downtown Saint Paul, Minnesota. It is home to the St. Paul Saints of the International League of Minor League Baseball, as well as home to Hamline University's baseball team. With the Saints' affiliation to the Minnesota Twins, beginning in 2021, CHS Field is the second smallest Triple-A ballpark in the Minors, and the closest (at a distance of 12.9 miles along surface streets and Interstate 94) to its tenant's parent MLB club.

History

Located in the historic Lowertown District of Saint Paul, the park is built upon the former site of a long-vacant industrial-use facility. In September 2012, the stadium was approved for $25 million in funding from the Minnesota Legislature. The remainder of the funding for the US$64 million project was shared between the city and the Saints.

The construction of this new ballpark was prompted in part by the deteriorating state of the Saints' original ballpark, Midway Stadium, which was built in 1982. Midway Stadium was located in an industrial area of Saint Paul, near the Minnesota State Fairgrounds. A groundbreaking event was held by the Saints on May 10, 2014, with the first concrete being poured on the site.

On September 8, 2014, it was announced that Fortune 100 cooperative CHS Inc., based in nearby Inver Grove Heights, had acquired the naming rights to the ballpark. The Saints played their first game at the park on May 18, 2015, against the Sioux City Explorers in an exhibition match. The first regular season game was against the Fargo-Moorhead RedHawks on May 21, 2015. On August 2, 2016, CHS Field hosted the American Association All-Star Game. The Saints again hosted the event on July 23, 2019.

In July 2017, the field hosted the Minnesota American Legion Baseball State Tournament, which was won by Tri-City Red, with Ham Lake also advancing to the Central Plains Regional Tournament.

The Saints have shattered attendance records since the park's opening in 2015, shattering the American Association mark in the park's opening season by drawing 404,528 fans, while also setting an independent professional baseball record by drawing 8,091 fans per night. The following season they bettered both marks, drawing 413,482 on an average of 8,438 fans over 49 dates. The Saints set a franchise record on August 13, 2019, by drawing 10,631 fans to a 10-2 victory over Winnipeg.

Ballpark features
Beyond left field is a grassy picnic area known as "The Lawn" which can seat 1,000 people. Designed for groups, the picnic area offers a buffet-style selection of food.

CHS Field also boasts several environmentally-friendly features. An estimated 12 percent of the stadium's electricity is generated by 300 solar panels. A 27,000-gallon rain water collector supplies the park's sprinklers and toilets. Biking to the park is encouraged, with 24 bike racks placed adjacent to the park on Broadway Street.

References

External links
 Official website
 Ryan Companies project page
 Snow Kreilich Architects project page

College baseball venues in the United States
Sports in Saint Paul, Minnesota
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Minor league baseball venues
Sports venues completed in 2015
International League ballparks
2015 establishments in Minnesota


title: Keith Burch

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Major-General Keith Burch  (31 May 1931 – 27 March 2013) was a senior officer in the British Army. His obituary in The Times described him as 'a soldier who commanded with a firm, determined hand in Hong Kong, Aden,
Cyprus and Germany'.

Early life
Keith Burch was born 31 May 1931, the son of Christopher Burch and Gwendoline Ada (née James). He was educated at Bedford Modern School and Sandhurst.

Career
In 1951, Burch was commissioned into the Essex Regiment. He was sent to Korea in 1953 with the 1st Battalion as his patrol's platoon commander, building defences along the Korean ceasefire line for over a year. The 1st Essex later moved to Hong Kong where 'he exercised his authority as senior subaltern without fear or favour'.

In 1954, the Essex Regiment merged into what became the Royal Anglian Regiment following which Burch held a junior staff appointment in Kenya before attending the Staff College, Camberley. Having qualified at Camberley, he was appointed to the Staff Duties branch of the Army Department of the Ministry of Defence and was appointed MBE on leaving in 1965.

Burch saw active service with the 4th (Leicestershire) Battalion in Aden, served in Malta, and was subsequently recalled to Camberley as a member of the Directing Staff. In 1969, he was promoted Lieutenant-Colonel to command the 3rd Battalion of the Royal Anglian Regiment in Aldershot, Cyprus and Germany.

In 1976 Burch was promoted to colonel and appointed Chief of Staff of the 2nd Armoured Division in Germany, then commanded by Major-General Sir Frank Kitson. Kitson 'appreciated a man who planned thoroughly and got things done without fuss'. He was subsequently made CBE and promoted to brigadier as Director of Administrative Planning in the Army Department of the Ministry of Defence.

In 1981 he attended the Indian National Defence College, New Delhi, before being appointed Deputy Director Army Staff Duties at the Ministry of Defence (1982–83). His final military posts were at the rank of Major-General as Assistant Chief of the Defence Staff (Personnel and Logistics) and Director Personnel in the Ministry of Defence from 1983 to 1985.

Awards and honours
Burch was made MBE in 1965, CBE in 1977 and Companion Order of the Bath in 1985.

Personal life
In 1953 and whilst an officer, he competed in middle distance competitive running in Hong Kong, holding the Crown Colony's record for the 800 and 1500 metres. In 1957, Burch married Sara Vivette Hales; they had one son and two daughters.

Following his retirement from the army, Burch was appointed Chapter Clerk of York Minster between 1985 and 1995. During this period, Burch also served as County President of the Royal British Legion.

In 2006 he and his wife emigrated to New Zealand.

Burch died on The Yellow Sea (Huang Hai) on 27 March 2013. He was survived by his wife, Sara, his son, Giles, and two daughters, Amanda and Emma.

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