title: Waterloo Mining Railroad

text:
The Waterloo Mining Railroad, also known as the Calico Railroad or Daggett-Calico Railroad, was a  narrow gauge railroad built to carry silver ore from the mines in the Calico Mountains north of Calico to the mills located at Elephant Mountain near Daggett, California, from 1888 to 1903.

The American Borax Company leased, and later bought, a small length of the railroad to use for their borax mining operations near Lead Mountain in 1901, and the line managed to last for about another six years afterwards. During this time, it was referred to as the American Borax Company Railroad (or A.B.C. Railroad), and the Columbia Mine Railroad.

History

Silver mining

In the 1880s, Calico was one of  the most successful silver mining towns in Southern California, with a large town population of about 1,200. It had two silver mines, the Waterloo and Silver King, which produced about over $1,000,000 worth of silver ore in just 14 months. The Southern Pacific Railroad built a railroad line to the nearest town of Daggett about  away, to become involved in the silver mining business, and in return, supply the residents of Calico with goods, timber and whatever else was needed to keep the mines going.

The Oro Grande Mining Company owned most of the silver mines in and around Calico, and was usually responsible for the transfer of the silver ore from the mines to Waterloo Mills near Daggett, and for the export of the silver products from there. Hauling silver ore was about $2.50 per ton, but production was limited by the amount that could be hauled. Oro Grande had their own 14-mule team hauling the silver ore from the mines to the processing plants at Elephant Mountain near Daggett, but thought they could do better with a shortline from Calico to Daggett. In March 1885, plans were put forward for a standard gauge line to be built from the junction at Daggett, to branch off to the silver mines and mills, and connect with Calico to provide a direct rail service with trains incoming from Barstow and Needles. However, the Calico mines were already showing signs of declining production, and the rising costs of transportation and the falling prices of silver made the project unfeasible. The plans for the shortline were soon abandoned.

Railroad
By 1887 production of silver ore at the mines had increased sufficiently for the Waterloo Mills at Daggett to upgrade their operations to a 60-stamp mill, powered by electricity and water from the Mojave River. It was decided that a railroad had to be built to keep up with the increase in demand for ore. The Calico Railroad was built for  long starting at the Waterloo Mine, about  to the west of Calico. From there, the line went straight down for about   before looping around Elephant Mountain at a steady rising grade before finally reaching the Waterloo Mill on the side of the mountain facing towards Daggett. A spur was later added to the Silver King Mine in Calico in 1889. The railroad was built up Wall Street Canyon, where at the end was a huge ore bin which was fed ore from the mine high above the town by either animal-drawn ore wagons or mine carts.

The line never actually reached Daggett, but luckily the town was right over the river from the mill at Elephant Mountain, so whenever something needed to be shipped over to Daggett, either the local wagon roads took the goods to the town or people walked across the riverbed whenever it was dry. The line also hauled a few passengers, but the line never owned any carriages, so people rode in the ore wagons in between Calico or Daggett, or miners would ride them from Calico to wherever they worked.

The declining demands and prices of silver forced the Calico mines to go into decline, and in March 1892 the Waterloo Mine was closed down, followed by the Silver King later on in 1896, and the Calico Railroad ceased operations for a while. The locomotives and rolling stock were stored at the engine house located near to the Waterloo Mill, on the north-west side of the Mojave River close to the location of the current road bridge linking Daggett and Yermo. Later in 1899, D.D. Connell and Marcus Pluth agreed to lease the properties of the Waterloo Mining Company, including the railroad, to haul whatever profitable amount of silver was left in the mines. Silver ore was hauled from the Waterloo Mine down towards Elephant Mountain, where the silver was processed in the original 16-stamp mill the company had erected since Calico's early days in 1883. The lease for the silver operations lasted from 1899 until 1903.

Borax mining
In 1897, the Pacific Coast Borax Company began constructing the Borate and Daggett Railroad to link the nearby borax mines of Borate to the standard-gauge railway at Daggett, and were short on locomotives to run the line. They leased the one of the saddle-tank engines (No. 2, "Emil") from the Waterloo Mining Company to aid in the construction of the new line. The locomotive was said to have been rather slippy on the steep grade ascending to Borate, and was used for only a few months until the arrival of PCB's first locomotive and "Emil" was sent back to Waterloo.

American Borax Company
In 1899, the American Borax Company bought mining claims at Lead Mountain, about  west of Calico, to mine boric acid and plotted to build a railroad to reach Daggett across the river where they had their processing plants. American Borax agreed with the Waterloo Mining Company and D.D. Connell (who by then was also leasing the line from Waterloo Mining along with fellow miner Marcus Pluth, to transport the last of the ore from Waterloo Mine in 1899) to reserve running rights on the line to allow their trains to use the same track in between the junctions going towards Calico and the borax mine at Lead Mountain (named "Columbia"). They had also leased the line's first locomotive "Uncle Dan," to operate the borax trains outgoing from Lead Mountain.

The line was extended from the mill branch at Elephant Mountain to cross the Mojave River on a Pratt through truss bridge before pulling into the Columbia Mill on the other side of the river, where the calcining plants were located. Once the boric acid was processed into borax, the train took the ore to the railhead in the town of Daggett where the Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railroad came and took away the borax to sell in the market.

American Borax and D.D. Connell both ran the line for their reasons, until a disastrous train wreck between the two engines at a switch in 1903 happened due to Connell hurrying with his engine (No. 2, "Emil") to get back to Daggett during a storm to terminate his lease. After Connell had been contracted to tear up the rail line towards Calico and all the wooden structures in the town, Waterloo Mining Co. gave full ownership of the railroad to American Borax to use the remainder of the line for the borax traffic from the Columbia Mine at Lead Mountain.

By 1907, the American Borax Company discovered better deposits of borax in the Tick Canyon Formation, about  northwest of Los Angeles. Once they partnered up with fellow borax company, Sterling Borax, to take a hold of the borax claims there, the mining operations at Daggett were shut down and all the mining equipment, even the railroad itself was moved up to Lang, California, and the mining operations of the Calico Mountains ceased to exist.

Locomotives and rolling stock
The Waterloo Mining Railroad only had two engines. Both were built by H.K. Porter, Inc. in 1888 for use on the railway line in between Daggett and Calico. One was called 'Uncle Dan' was an  (H.K. Porter B-S Class; s/n 937), the other 'Emil' was an  (H.K. Porter C-S Class; s/n 962). Both were named for the important heads of the mining company and the railroad, Daniel Wells Jr. and Emil Sanger, who was appointed head of the Waterloo Mining Company in 1888 and the one who ordered for the building of the railroad.

They were both used on the line, even after the American Borax Company took over the operations of the railroad. In 1903, 'Emil' was bought by the Mohave and Milltown Railway, and 'Uncle Dan' was left to handle the borax operations alone until about 1907 when the railroad was torn up and moved up to Lang, California to work the mines at Tick Canyon for the Sterling Borax Company.

No records were kept of the two engines being moved away, sold or scrapped from their respective railroads after that. Whether they actually survived scrapping or not is one of the great mysteries surrounding this little-known mining railroad.

Rolling stock consisted of at least four ore wagons built at the Virginia & Truckee Railroad's shops at Carson City, Nevada, along with a water car. American Borax added a further five ore wagons for hauling borax to the roster, these cars' design is of unknown origin.

Legacy
The town of Calico was bought and rebuilt from the ground up in 1951 by Walter Knott, the owner of Knott's Berry Farm, as a ghost town tourist attraction. A tourist railroad was planned to be built to revive the history and legacy of the old Waterloo Mining Railroad. The  narrow gauge Calico & Odessa Railroad was built by Shafe-Malcom Enterprises in 1954. It loops around one of the mountains nearest to Calico Ghost Town to one of the old silver mine shafts and the site of the former eastern portion of Calico. The line is operated by a single 0-4-2 steam-outline diesel locomotive.

The line today does not follow any of the former trackbed of the Waterloo Mining Railroad. The original line began below at the mouth of Wall Street Canyon, and is now a paved road for tourists to access Calico from Interstate 15.

Some segments of the old railbed can still be traced out in some places in the desert, but much has now been covered by housing developments of Yermo. The best place to see traces of the old line are at the site of the former Waterloo Mine, where a large ore bin had dumped silver ore into the waiting trains below. The old foundations of the mills at Elephant Mountain near Daggett also can still be seen and explored.

References

External links

- PacificNG article about the history of the Calico Railroad
- PacificNG article about the American Borax Company Railroad
- Original specification sheets of the Calico Porter locomotives, from the PacificNG website

Defunct California railroads
Mining railways in the United States
Mining in California
History of the Mojave Desert region
History of San Bernardino County, California
Narrow gauge railroads in California
3 ft gauge railways in the United States
Transportation in San Bernardino County, California
Silver mining in the United States


The 2014 Sun Belt Conference men's basketball tournament was  held in New Orleans, LA from March 13 to March 16 at the Lakefront Arena. The tournament winner received an automatic bid into the 2014 NCAA tournament. The semifinal games were televised on the Sun Belt Network, with the championship game on ESPN, on Sunday March 16.

Seeds
The top eight teams in the Sun Belt Conference qualified for the tournament. Teams were seeded based on conference record and then a tie breaker system was used. The top two seeds received a double bye, and the third and fourth seeds received a single bye.

Schedule

Bracket

References

External links

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title: Maxim Gorky Fortresses

text:
Armoured Coastal Batteries #30 and #35, commonly known in English as Maxim Gorky I and Maxim Gorky II, were coastal batteries used by the Soviet Union during the Crimean Campaign of World War II. The invading German forces nicknamed them after the famous Soviet author and political activist Maxim Gorky.

Maxim Gorky I

Maxim Gorky I () was located east of Ljabimorka, at  (north of Severnaya Bay which formed Sevastopol's harbor), and contained two twin gun turrets which could fire four 30.5 cm guns. Once the Germans had broken through the Perekop Isthmus in October 1941, they advanced on Sevastopol but were confronted by Maxim Gorky I. They deployed the 80 cm rail gun Schwerer Gustav to destroy it. On June 6, 1942, heavy guns and Karl-Gerät siege mortars managed to make direct hits on the battery which destroyed one of the gun turrets and damaged the other. None of these were successful in eliminating the Maxim Gorky I, however, and it was not until June 17 that it was put out of action by German assault engineers. According to the Soviets, the batteries guns ran out of ammunition, firing was forced to cease, and the fortification was subsequently blown up by the crew.

Maxim Gorky II
Maxim Gorky II (), which was armed with similar battleship turrets to Maxim Gorky I, was located on seaward cliffs on the southwest side of Sevastopol (. On July 4, Maxim Gorky II was taken after the Sapun positions were captured, making it the last major pre-war fortification to take part in a campaign.

Post-War

After the war, Maxim Gorky I was restored using the 305 mm gun turrets of the battleship Frunze, up-gunning it from 4 guns to 6, and upgraded with increased armour and a modern fire-control system. It remained in service until 1997 when it was mothballed, and the last time it fired its guns was in 1968, for the filming of the Soviet film "Sea on Fire" (). It reportedly can be reactivated in only 72 hours.

Maxim Gorky II was not fully restored, with parts of the fort being used for other coastal batteries until 1963, when the military officially abandoned the fort. It was further damaged in the 1980s and 1990s by salvagers and grave robbers. In 2007, it was made into a museum complex commemorating the sacrifice of its defenders. Funding was acquired via charity, primarily from Russian businessman Aleksei Chaly.

Footnotes

External links

The History of Maxim Gorky-I Naval Battery, Sevastopol

World War II sites in Russia
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Military installations in Sevastopol
Fortifications in Russia
Fortifications in Ukraine


title: List of theatres and concert halls in Spain

text:
A list of theatres and concert halls in Spain:

Andalusia

Teatro Andalucía
Teatro Apolo (Almería)
Black Box Teatro
Teatro romano de Cádiz
Teatro Calderón (Motril)
Teatro-Cine Cardenio
Teatro Central de Sevilla
Teatro Cerezo
Teatro Ciudad de Marbella
Sala Compañía
Teatro El jardinito
Teatro Florida
Foro Iberoamericano de La Rábida
Gran Teatro (Huelva)
Gran Teatro Falla
Teatro de Las Lagunas
Teatro Lope de Vega (Sevilla)
Teatro de la Maestranza
Teatro Municipal Pedro Muñoz Seca
Real Teatro de las Cortes
Teatro Sanjuan Écija
Teatro Coliseo España
Teatro Principal (Puerto Real)
Teatro romano de Itálica
Teatro-cine Torcal
Teatro Vicente Espinel
Teatro Villamarta

Córdoba

Teatro de la Axerquía
Teatro Cómico (Córdoba)
Teatro Duque de Rivas
Teatro Góngora
Gran Teatro de Córdoba
Teatro romano de Córdoba

Jaén

Teatro Cervantes (Jaén)
Teatro Cervantes (Linares)
Teatro Darymelia
Teatro Infanta Leonor (Jaén)
Teatro Maestro Álvarez Alonso

Málaga

Teatro Alameda
Auditorio Municipal de Málaga
Teatro Cánovas
Centro de Arte y Creación Joven
Teatro Cervantes (Málaga)
Teatro Echegaray
Auditorio Edgar Neville
Auditorio Eduardo Ocón
Escuela Superior de Arte Dramático de Málaga
Sala María Cristina
Teatro Romano de Málaga

Aragón

Teatro de la Estación
Teatro del Mercado
Teatro Principal (Zaragoza)

Asturias

Teatro Campoamor
Teatro Filarmónica
Teatro del Fontán
Teatro Jovellanos
Nuevo Teatro de La Felguera
Teatro Armando Palacio Valdés
Teatro Virginia

Basque Country

Teatro Arriaga
Teatro Campos Elíseos
Teatro Coliseo (Éibar)
Palacio Euskalduna
Sala Kontainer Aretoa
Palacio de Congresos y Auditorio Kursaal
Teatro Victoria Eugenia

Canary Islands

Auditorio Alfredo Kraus (Gran Canaria)
Auditorio de Tenerife
Teatro Cairasco
Teatro Chico (Santa Cruz de La Palma)
Teatro Guimerá
Teatro Leal
Teatro Pérez Galdós
Teatro Guiniguada

Cantabria

Centro de Acción Social y Cultural de Caja Cantabria
Palacio de Festivales de Cantabria
Teatro Pereda
Teatro Casino Liceo
Teatro Concha Espina
Teatro Principal (Reinosa)

Castilla La Mancha

Teatro Auditorio Buero Vallejo
Teatro Rojas
Teatro Circo de Albacete
Teatro Lope de Vega (Ocaña)
Teatro Victoria (Talavera de la Reina)

Castilla y León

Gran Teatro Reina Sofía
Teatro Apolo (Miranda de Ebro)
Teatro Calderón (Valladolid)
Teatro Emperador
Teatro Gullón (Astorga)
Teatro Bergidum
Teatro Principal (Burgos)
Teatro Juan Bravo
Teatro Latorre
Teatro Lope de Vega (Valladolid)
Teatro Pradera
Teatro Principal de Zamora
Teatro Ramos Carrión
Teatro Trianón
Teatro Zorrilla (Valladolid)

Catalonia

Barcelona

L'Antic Teatre
Auditori AXA
Barcelona City Hall
Barcelona Teatre Musical
Biblioteca de Catalunya
Brossa Espai Escènic
Cafè-Teatre Llantiol
Círcol Maldà
Club Capitol
Club Helena
Coliseum
Espai Navae
El Liceu
El Molino
Fundació Joan Miró
Guasch Teatre
Jove Teatre Regina
L'Auditori
La Farinera del Clot
La Puntual
La Riereta Teatre
Mercat de les Flors
Sala Aurèlia Capmany
Sala Ovidi Montllor
Nau Ivanow
Palau de la Música Catalana
Palau Sant Jordi
Porta 4
Sala Atrium
Sala Beckett
Sala BeCool
Sala El Off
Sala Màgic
Sala Muntaner
Sala Raval
Sala Razzmatazz
Sant Andreu Teatre
Sidecar Factory Club
Tantarantana Teatre
Teatre Apolo
Teatre Aquitània
Teatre Artèria Paral·lel
Teatre Borràs
Teatre CCCB (Centre de Cultura Contemporània de Barcelona)
Teatre Centre de Gràcia
Teatre Condal
Teatre del Raval
Teatre Gaudí de Barcelona
Teatre Goya
Teatre Grec
Teatre Lliure
Sala Fabià Puigserver
Espai Lliure
Teatre Nacional de Catalunya
Teatre Novedades
Teatre Poliorama
Teatre Principal (Barcelona)
Teatre Romea
Teatre Tivoli
Teatre Victòria
Teatreneu
Versus Teatre
Villarroel Teatre

Defunct

Artenbrut
Teatre Arnau
Teatre Belle Epoque
Teatre Malic
Teatro Mayor

Metropolitan area

Atrium Viladecans, in Viladecans
Auditori Barradas, in L'Hospitalet de Llobregat
Auditori de Cornellà, in Cornellà de Llobregat
Auditori Miquel Martí i Pol, in Sant Joan Despí
Estraperlo (Club del Ritme), in Badalona
Círcol Catòlic, in Badalona
Foment Cultural i Artístic, in Sant Joan Despí
Fundació La Roda, in Montcada i Reixac
La Capsa, in El Prat de Llobregat
Salamandra, in L'Hospitalet de Llobregat
Teatre-Auditori Sant Cugat, in Sant Cugat del Vallès
Teatre Blas Infante, in Badalona
Teatre Joventut, in L'Hospitalet de Llobregat
Teatre Mercè Rodoreda, in Sant Joan Despí
Teatre Modern, in El Prat de Llobregat
Teatre Núria Espert, in Sant Andreu de la Barca
Teatre Principal, in Badalona
Teatre Sagarra, in Santa Coloma de Gramenet
Teatre Zorrilla, in Badalona

Extremadura
Teatro romano de Mérida

Galicia
Palacio de la Ópera (La Coruña)
Teatro García Barbón

Madrid

Teatro de La Abadía
Teatro Albéniz
Teatro Alcázar
Teatro Alfil
Teatro Alhambra
Teatro Apolo (Madrid)
Teatro Arenal
Teatro Arniches
Teatro Bellas Artes
Teatro del Buen Retiro
Teatro Calderón (Madrid)
Teatros del Canal
Teatro de los Caños del Peral
Teatro de Capellanes
Teatro Chueca
Teatro Circo
Teatro Circo de Rivas
Teatro Coliseum
Teatro de la Comedia
Corrales de comedias de Madrid
Teatro de la Cruz
Sala Cuarta Pared
El Gayo Vallecano
Teatro Eslava
Teatro Español
Teatro Felipe
Teatro Fígaro
Teatro Fuencarral
Teatro Ideal
Teatro Infanta Isabel
Teatro Lara
Teatro La Latina
Teatro Lope de Vega (Madrid)
Teatro de Madrid
Teatro Maravillas
Teatro María Guerrero
Teatro Marquina
Teatro Martín
Monumental Cinema
Teatro Muñoz Seca
Teatro Novedades de Madrid
Nuevo Teatro Alcalá
Teatro Nuevo Apolo
Teatro Pavón
Teatro Pradillo
Teatro del Príncipe
Teatro Real
Real Cinema
Teatro Recoletos
Teatro Reina Victoria
Teatro Romea (Madrid)
Teatro Valle-Inclán
Teatro Variedades de Madrid
Teatro de la Zarzuela

Murcia

Teatro Apolo (El Algar)
Auditorio y Centro de Congresos Víctor Villegas
Auditorio y palacio de congresos El Batel
Teatro Guerra
Nuevo Teatro Circo
Teatro romano de Cartagena
Teatro Circo (Murcia)
Teatro Romea (Murcia)

Navarra
Teatro Gayarre
Palacio de Congresos y Auditorio de Navarra

Valencia
Teatro Chapí
Teatro Cervantes (Santa Eulalia)
Teatro Princesa
Teatro Principal (Valencia)

Lists of buildings and structures in Spain
Spain
Spanish entertainment-related lists


title: Leipzig Anger-Crottendorf station

text:
Leipzig Anger-Crottendorf is a railway station in the city of Leipzig, Germany. The station was located on the Leipzig Hbf–Leipzig-Connewitz railway until its closure in November 2012. As part of City Tunnel network enhancements it was rebuilt thereafter a few meters east at the Leipzig-Engelsdorf–Leipzig-Stötteritz section of the Leipzig Freight Ring and reopened along with Leipzig City Tunnel on 15 December 2013. The station is served by the S-Bahn Mitteldeutschland since then, train services are operated by Deutsche Bahn.

Reconstruction since 2019
Since 2019 the station has been under reconstruction. Both platforms have been deconstructed and will be replaced by a new central platform. The bridges crossing Zweinaundorfer Straße are being rebuilt in shifted positions and the tracks will get a slightly different layout, in order to increase the speed limit from 60 to 80 km/h. During 2021 only one platform and one track is being operated. The project is planned to be completed in 2024.

Train services
S-Bahn Mitteldeutschland services currently call at the station.

References

External links

Anger-Crottendorf


title: Jovan Deroko

text:
Jovan Deroko (; 7 April 1912 – 6 November 1941) was a Serbian military commander holding the rank of captain during World War II.

Deroko is notable for leading joint Chetnik–Partisan operations. He was killed by Partisan soldiers and his death marked the beginning of an all-out civil war in Yugoslavia.

Early life
Jovan Deroko was born in the French city of Le Creusot on  to Vladislav and Natalija Deroko (). His maternal grandfather was the politician Vladan Đorđević, who had served as the Prime Minister of Serbia and the mayor of Belgrade during his long career and who was of partial Aromanian descent from the region of Macedonia. One of Jovan Deroko's great-grandfathers was a Venetian by the name of Marco de Rocco, who moved to Dubrovnik and married a local woman. The surname de Rocco was later phoneticized to Deroko. Deroko's first cousin was well-known Serbian architect Aleksandar Deroko.

World War II
Deroko's division was stationed on the periphery of Zagreb at the same time Croatian officers were massively leaving the Yugoslav side. The Wehrmacht entered Zagreb without battle and Deroko retreated towards Montenegro in order to escape imprisonment. He continued towards the Bojana river as was stated by the P-41 plan by  General Dušan Simović. After the Yugoslav government capitulated, Deroko and numerous officers left for the Bay of Kotor with the goal of joining the government-in-exile in London and by offering them his services as an officer who wishes to continue to battle. Along with him at that time was colonel Zvonimir Vučković who escaped to Montenegro after the capitulation.

While at the Bay of Kotor, Deroko found out that Draža Mihailović is hiding out somewhere in the western part of Serbia and Deroko tried to contact him. He soon found a contact with high-ranking politicians who let him know Mihailović's whereabouts. In the middle of June, Deroko arrived at Ravna Gora and quickly made himself known as one of the most capable commanders and became known as the youngest captain in the entire Chetnik organization. After organizing the first Chetnik battalions, Deroko was assigned the task of organizing the Ljubić area.

In the first joint Chetnik–Partisan operations in the western part of Serbia, Deroko took part in liberating Čačak. The Jelica Partisan detachment also took part in the action. In Čačak, two German cannons were captured. The cannons were immediately given to Deroko who used them in his battles. Deroko thus became the commander of the first Chetnik artillery unit in western Serbia. Upon freeing the city, Deroko was named the temporary representative of the Chetnik command in Čačak while Ratko Mitrović was named the Partisan representative. Draža Mihailović then gave Deroko the responsibility of being the chief executive of the High Command and command of the artillery unit which took part in the Battle of Kraljevo that took place in the first few days of October and lasted almost a month. The commander of the Chetnik forces was major Radoslav Đurić while Deroko still held the function of chief executive and commander of the artillery unit located at the Ibar river.

During the siege, Deroko managed to take out a German airport near Kraljevo and to cut off German communication between Kraljevo and Belgrade. The failed siege of Kraljevo also marked the beginning of the civil war between Partisans and Chetniks. After the Chetnik attack on Užice on 1 November 1941 (known as the Battle of Trešnjica), Deroko gained new functions. After the beginning of the first serious battles between Chetniks and Partizans, Deroko represented the Chetnik delegation at the talks of stopping the battles. The first meeting was held in the Drakčići village near Kraljevo. At the meeting, present were Deroko and major Đurić from the Chetnik side and Sredoje Urošević from the Partisan side. The talks however didn't have any result. During the talks, Deroko ordered that the Partisan delegation be apprehended as a retaliation to the Partisan attack on the Chetnik formation in Čačak. After tiresome negotiations, Deroko freed the Partisan delegations but the Partisans had already surrounded the village. This led to an armed confrontation which lasted until Deroko and his group were kicked out of the village.

Death and legacy
Deroko then attacked a new area of Ljubić with his cannons with the aim of bombing Čačak which was held by Partisans. The Partisan patrol found out where Deroko was in Ljubić so as a preventative measure, the Jelica Partisan unit was sent in to thwart Deroko. The battle began in the evening hours of 6 November 1941 in Ljubić. The Partisans wanted to destroy the two cannons Deroko was using. Deroko took control of the area on the surrounding hills beside a small lake from which he had a good view of the situation. In trying to stop the Partisan unit which was advancing upon the hill however, Deroko was killed beside his cannons when struck in the head. After that, the Partisans took the two cannons and used them in their units. The second version of his death states that Deroko was lightly wounded and went down to the lake to take care of his wound where he was spotted by a Partisan platoon which executed him on the spot.

According to testimonies of some of the Chetniks, Partisans first captured Deroko and then murdered him.

When he was killed, Deroko was only 29 years old. Besides proving himself a capable commander, he was a renowned writer as well. Since he lived in the Toplica region in the years of the beginning of the famous Toplica Uprising, Deroko wrote the book Toplički ustanak while still preparing to enter the army.

The song Dva Dražina momka (also known as Nad Kraljevom živa vatra seva) is about his death and the death of his fellow soldier and friend Simo Uzelac who was with him at the time.

References

External links

 Otkrivena spomen-ploča potpukovniku Misiti, Press online

1912 births
1941 deaths
People from Le Creusot
Military personnel from Čačak
French people of Serbian descent
Serbian people of Aromanian descent
Serbian people of Italian descent
People of Venetian descent
Serbian soldiers
Chetniks
Chetnik personnel of World War II
Serbian people of World War II
Royal Yugoslav Army personnel of World War II
People killed by Yugoslav Partisans
Yugoslav military personnel killed in World War II


title: Chris Exciminiano

text:
Christopher "Ping" Exciminiano (born November 17, 1988) is a Filipino professional basketball player for the TNT Tropang Giga of the Philippine Basketball Association (PBA).

Early life
Exciminiano was born in Olongapo City to William Veins Green, a US Navy Serviceman who was once stationed in Subic, and Gina Exciminiano. His father abandoned them even before he was born. He has since not seen or met his dad until now but hopes to finally meeting him one day.

College career
Exciminiano played collegiate basketball at FEU where he established himself as defensive stopper, while serving as backup to Terrence Romeo and RR Garcia. He also suited up for the Cagayan Rising Suns in the PBA Developmental League.

Professional career
Exciminiano was selected 18th overall in the 2013 PBA draft by the Aces.

During his rookie season, he struggled to get some playing time as a third-string shooting guard to Cyrus Baguio and Dondon Hontiveros and was shuffled in an out of Alaska's active roster. However, in his sophomore season, he became one of coach Alex Compton's reliable energy guys off the bench as Alaska veered away from the triangle offense and adopted the fast-paced, full court-pressing system.

He was the unsung hero of the Aces' come-from-behind victory in the pivotal Game Five against Rain or Shine in their semi-final series, and would reprise the same role in another come-from-behind win in Game Three against San Miguel in the 2014–15 PBA Philippine Cup Finals.

In his third season, he continued to play significant minutes for the Aces, often assigned as the defensive stopper for the opposing scorers. He typified his role during the 2015–16 PBA Philippine Cup semifinals against GlobalPort when he was assigned to defend Terrence Romeo.  His defensive stops were keys to winning the series.

On October 14, 2016, Exciminiano was recognized during the PBA Leo Awards Night as he was named to the PBA All-Defensive Team.

On August 16, 2019, Exciminiano, along with 2019 first round pick, was traded to Rain or Shine Elasto Painters for Maverick Ahanmisi.

In February 2021, Exciminiano was signed by the TNT Tropang Giga to a one-year deal. A month later, with the blessing of TNT, he was signed up by the KCS Computer Specialist–Mandaue to play in the Visayas leg of the first season of the Pilipinas VisMin Super Cup.

PBA career statistics

As of the end of 2021 season

Season-by-season averages

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| align=left |
| align=left | Alaska
| 11 || 9.6 || .417 || .368 || .500 || .6 || .2 || .6 || .1 || 3.6
|-
| align=left |
| align=left | Alaska
| 57 || 13.1 || .521 || .125 || .488 || 1.3 || .7 || .8 || .1 || 3.4
|-
| align=left |
| align=left | Alaska
| 57 || 11.5 || .433 || .344 || .621 || 1.7 || 1.0 || .7 || .0 || 3.5
|-
| align=left |
| align=left | Alaska
| 33 || 16.5 || .405 || .264 || .621 || 1.8 || 1.3 || 1.1 || .2 || 4.6
|-
| align=left |
| align=left | Alaska
| 50 || 14.8 || .399 || .241 || .546 || 2.1 || 1.1 || .8 || .1 || 3.4
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| align=left | Alaska
| rowspan=2|33 || rowspan=2|12.6 || rowspan=2|.345 || rowspan=2|.200 || rowspan=2|.500 || rowspan=2|2.0 || rowspan=2|.7 || rowspan=2|.8 || rowspan=2|.2 || rowspan=2|3.9
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| align=left | Rain or Shine
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| align=left | TNT
| 19 || 3.4 || .350 || .250 || .500 || .4 || .2 || .2 || .1 || 1.0
|-class=sortbottom
| align=center colspan=2 | Career
| 260 || 12.6 || .421 || .252 || .546 || 1.6 || .8 || .8 || .1 || 3.5

References

1988 births
Living people
Alaska Aces (PBA) draft picks
Alaska Aces (PBA) players
Basketball players from Zambales
FEU Tamaraws basketball players
Filipino men's basketball players
Filipino people of African-American descent
Point guards
Rain or Shine Elasto Painters players
Shooting guards
Sportspeople from Olongapo
TNT Tropang Giga players
Filipino men's 3x3 basketball players
PBA 3x3 players


title: Ronaldo (footballer, born 1990)

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Ronaldo Pompeu da Silva (born 8 April 1990) is a Brazilian footballer who plays as a defensive midfielder for Italian  club Vicenza.

Club career
In January 2016 Ronaldo was signed by Lazio. However, he was immediately left for sister club Salernitana. The loan was renewed on 31 August.

On 17 July 2019 he joined Serie C club Padova.

On 22 July 2022, Ronaldo signed a two-year contract with Vicenza.

References

External links

1990 births
Living people
Footballers from Santa Catarina (state)
Brazilian men's footballers
Men's association football midfielders
Serie A players
Serie B players
Serie C players
Mantova 1911 players
Calcio Padova players
US Grosseto 1912 players
Empoli FC players
US Catanzaro 1929 players
FC Pro Vercelli 1892 players
SS Lazio players
US Salernitana 1919 players
Novara FC players
LR Vicenza players
Brazilian expatriate men's footballers
Brazilian expatriate sportspeople in Italy
Expatriate men's footballers in Italy


title: Broadway (Seattle)

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Broadway is a major north–south thoroughfare in Seattle, Washington. The  arterial runs north from Yesler Way at Yesler Terrace through the First Hill and Capitol Hill neighborhoods to East Roy Street. Broadway East (the directional designation changes at East Denny Way) continues north to East Highland Drive. North of there the street is made up of shorter segments: one from just south of East Blaine Street to just north of East Miller Street, another from East Roanoke Street to East Shelby Street, and the last from East Allison Street to Fuhrman Avenue East.

Street description

Broadway begins at an intersection with Yesler Way in the Yesler Terrace neighborhood, several blocks east of Interstate 5 and Downtown Seattle. The two-lane street travels north, climbing First Hill with streetcar tracks and a protected bike lane on its east side, passing Boren Place and Harborview Medical Center on its west side. At the crest of First Hill, between James and Madison streets, Broadway forms the eastern boundary of the Swedish Medical Center campus and the western boundary of Seattle University. Broadway crosses into Capitol Hill at Pike Street, forming the eastern boundary of Seattle Central College for several blocks, passing Cal Anderson Park and the future Capitol Hill light rail station at East John Street. The Capitol Hill branch of the Seattle Public Library is located a block west of Broadway at Republican Street and Harvard Avenue. At East Roy Street, the arterial shifts to the east and becomes 10th Avenue East, continuing north to East Roanoke Street at Roanoke Park and thence on Harvard Avenue East to Eastlake Avenue East and the University Bridge.

The Seattle Department of Transportation (SDOT) classifies Broadway as part of a minor arterial street, which also includes 10th Avenue East and Harvard Avenue East in the same corridor, from Yesler Way to the University Bridge. The busiest section of Broadway is located between Madison Street and Aloha Street on Capitol Hill, where SDOT measured a weekday average of 13,500 vehicles in 2013. As noted above, several other streets named Broadway exist in the northern part of Capitol Hill and the Portage Bay neighborhood, but they are not directly connected to the main section. Between Yesler Way and Union Street, Broadway forms the eastern boundary of the downtown grid as well as the western end of directional suffixes for east–west streets.

Transit service

SDOT classifies Broadway as a "Major Transit Street" between Pine and Roy streets and a "Minor Transit Street" from Yesler Way to Pine Street, with transit service provided by three King County Metro bus routes. Route 9 stops on Broadway between Boren Avenue and Roy Street, connecting Capitol Hill and First Hill to the Rainier Valley and several Link light rail stations via limited-stop service on Rainier Avenue South and Martin Luther King Jr. Way South. Route 49 stops on Broadway between Pine and Roy streets, connecting Capitol Hill to Downtown Seattle and the University District with frequent trolleybus service. Route 60 stops on Broadway between Madison and East Mercer streets, connecting Capitol Hill and First Hill to Beacon Hill, Georgetown, White Center and West Seattle.

The First Hill Streetcar, which began operating in January 2016, runs on Broadway between Yesler Way and East Denny Way.

Major intersections

In media
The Sir Mix-a-Lot song "Posse on Broadway" depicts cruising down the street.

References

External links

Broadway Protected Bike Lane
First Hill Streetcar and Bicyclists

Streets in Seattle
Neighborhoods in Seattle


title: Eva Hamilton

text:
Countess Eva Gerd Alice Cecilia Hamilton (born 29 April 1954) is a Swedish journalist who from 6 November 2006 until 2014 was the CEO for the Swedish public service television company Sveriges Television. In 2007, Hamilton was named "Sweden's most powerful woman in media" by the Veckans Affärer magazine.

References

1954 births
Living people
Swedish countesses
Swedish nobility
Swedish women business executives
Swedish journalists
Swedish television executives
Sveriges Television
20th-century Swedish women

21st-century Swedish nobility


title: 2014 Sprint Unlimited

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The 2014 Sprint Unlimited at Daytona was a NASCAR Sprint Cup Series stock car race that was held on February 15, 2014, at Daytona International Speedway in Daytona Beach, Florida. Contested over 75 laps, it was the first exhibition race of the 2014 Sprint Cup Series season. Denny Hamlin won the race, his second win in the Unlimited, while Brad Keselowski finished second and Kyle Busch finished third. Joey Logano, and Kevin Harvick rounded out the first five finishers.

Report

Background

The track, Daytona International Speedway, is one of  six  superspeedways to hold NASCAR races, the others being Michigan International Speedway, Auto Club Speedway, Indianapolis Motor Speedway, Pocono Raceway and Talladega Superspeedway. The standard track at Daytona International Speedway is a four-turn superspeedway that is  long. The track's turns are banked at 31 degrees, while the front stretch, the location of the finish line, is banked at 18 degrees.

Practice
Dale Earnhardt Jr. was the fastest in the first practice session with a time of 45.358 and a speed of . Denny Hamlin was the fastest in the final practice session with a time of 45.030 and a speed of .

Race summary
Denny Hamlin led the field to the green flag at 8:29 p.m. but only led the first lap, before Jamie McMurray took the lead. Kyle Busch took the lead from McMurray on lap 11, and held the lead until lap 17, when Kevin Harvick took the lead. Hamlin took back the lead on lap 22 before Harvick reassumed the head of the race the following lap. Hamlin took back the lead again on lap 24. As the field was coming to the conclusion of the first segment – on lap 29 of 30 – Jimmie Johnson, running second, got loose exiting turn 4 and hit the inside wall driver-side. This was the third consecutive year Johnson failed to finish the Unlimited. Brad Keselowski won the race off pit road to take the lead. Hamlin retook the lead not long after, before the race's biggest crash occurred.

Matt Kenseth spun after making contact with Joey Logano, which led to Tony Stewart, Jeff Gordon, Harvick, Kurt Busch, Carl Edwards, Ricky Stenhouse Jr. and Danica Patrick being collected in a nine-car crash. The crash brought out the red flag, which lasted for 11 minutes and 25 seconds. Kenseth put the incident down to him cutting off Joey Logano and failing to leave enough room for his rival upon completion. He also stated that he was "just trying to watch both lanes and I was trying as hard as I could to help my teammate". Gordon described the racing as "bumper cars at 200 miles per hour" and the cars' "closing rate is so severe". The race restarted on lap 41, with Keselowski retaking the lead not long after. Logano cycled through to the front on lap 44, before Hamlin returned to the lead and held the lead until the end of the segment, on lap 55.

As determined by a fan vote, the restart order for the final segment would be the race off pit road following a mandatory pit stop. Hamlin was the first off pit road, but before the race could be restarted, the Chevrolet pace car caught fire. Chevrolet issued a statement the following morning about the incident, stating that an assessment was underway into the cause of the fire. Hamlin led the field to the restart, but his lead was not to last; McMurray and Dale Earnhardt Jr. took spells at the front, before the fourth caution of the race. The caution, with 16 laps to go, was caused when Kyle Busch came down across the nose of Keselowski and got turned in turn 4; for the third time at the exhibition race, Busch again saved the car with minimal damage sustained (He spun out twice in 2012 but survived both and went on to win). The race restarted with twelve laps to go with Earnhardt Jr. at the front, but Logano returned to the lead at the end of the lap. With ten laps to go, Earnhardt Jr. was hooked by Marcos Ambrose into the turn 1 wall.

Reflecting upon the incident, Ambrose stated that he was "trying to help Junior there and ended up hurting him and hurting myself", but also stated that he was apologise to Earnhardt Jr. for his "bad day". On the other side, Earnhardt Jr. did state that he was upset with Ambrose although he did not blame him for the incident, stating that he "can't say really that it was his fault". The race restarted with five laps to go, and after Keselowski had another spell out front, Hamlin took back the lead with two laps to go and built an insurmountable lead to win his second Sprint Unlimited. Hamlin described the race as "survival of the fittest for sure", and that his Joe Gibbs Racing car was "phenomenal". Finishing behind Keselowski, in third place, was Kyle Busch. Busch described his car as "fast and had to save it again", while also praising the performance of teammate Hamlin.

Results

Qualifying

Race results

See also
2014 UNOH Battle at the Beach, held on February 18
2014 Budweiser Duels, held on February 20
2014 Daytona 500, held on February 23

References

Sprint Unlimited
Sprint Unlimited
Sprint Unlimited
NASCAR races at Daytona International Speedway


title: Harvey B. Gantt Center

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The Harvey B. Gantt Center for African-American Arts + Culture, formerly known as the Afro-American Cultural Center, is in Charlotte, North Carolina and named for Harvey Gantt, the city's first African-American mayor and the first African-American student at Clemson University. The 46,500 sq ft, four-story center was designed by Freelon Group Architects at a cost of $18.6 million — and was dedicated in October 2009 as part of what is now the Levine Center for the Arts.

About the building
Located at South Tryon and Stonewall streets, the four-story 46,490-square foot building is a "modernist structure wrapped in glass and metal", is 360' by 40' and located above tunnels connecting College Street and Stonewall Street to a parking garage for Duke Energy Center. To allow access by car and truck ramps on the narrow site (400' x 60'), the lobby is on the second floor and is reached by stairs and escalators which frame a central glass atrium and are based on Jacob's Ladder in the Book of Genesis.

The design was inspired by Myers Street School that was in the Brooklyn neighborhood, an African-American section of the city which was demolished as part of an urban renewal program in the 1960s. The school was Charlotte's only public school for African-Americans from 1886 to 1907. The Jacob's Ladder concept also appears outside the building. Another feature of the building is a rain screen, with perforated metal panels in some areas and windows in others,  resembling a quilt with fluorescent lights that resemble stitches. Freelon Group won the 2009 Thomas Jefferson Award for Public Architecture from the American Institute of Architects for projects that included the Gantt Center.

On the east wing wall is Divergent Threads, Lucent Memories, a work by David Wilson of Apex inspired by quilts which recalls the history of Brooklyn.

On the plaza connecting the center to other area buildings, Intersections by Juan Logan uses Kuba patterns from Democratic Republic of Congo, with chevron and diamond patterns representing connections between different cultures.

The John and Vivian Hewitt Collection of African-American Art
Vivian Hewitt was the first African-American librarian hired by Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh, and she taught and served as a librarian at Atlanta University. Her husband John taught English at Morehouse College. John and Vivian Hewitt, though not rich, put together one of the most significant collections of African-American art during their 50 years of marriage, starting in 1949. The art works were gifts made to each other over the years. The works were affordable for them at the time they bought them because white people had not started buying them, but as the importance of African-American artists became clear, that started to change. The Hewitt Collection was purchased by NationsBank (later Bank of America) in 1998, with the plan being to locate the works in an expanded Afro-American Cultural Center. The collection toured the country, and the 58 works now make up the majority of the Gantt Center's permanent collection.  The 20th century African-American artists include Henry Ossawa Tanner, Ann Tanksley, John Biggers, Elizabeth Catlett and Romare Bearden.

Shortly before the Gantt Center opened in October 2009, 26 works by 20 artists went to the center. Other works from the collection were scheduled to appear in the gallery devoted to the collection over a two-year period.

History
In 1974, as an English professor and doctoral student at UNC-Charlotte, Mary Harper proposed an Afro-American cultural center for Charlotte. Working with Dr. Bertha Maxwell-Roddey, director of the university's Black Studies Center, she called her proposal "Vistas Unlimited: The Charlotte-Mecklenburg Afro-American Cultural and Service Center". Harper and Roddey realized that people did not know a lot about the accomplishments of African-Americans, and particularly African-Americans from North Carolina. The center they planned would let African-Americans celebrate who they were and what their people had done. Harper and Maxwell-Roddey started with a festival in Marshall Park, the former site of the Brooklyn neighborhood. After a second festival in 1975, the women helped to start the Afro-American Cultural and Service Center.

For ten years starting in 1976, the Afro-American Cultural Center used 605 square feet in the former First Baptist Church known as Spirit Square. Other locations were considered including the McColl Center for Visual Art.

The permanent location eventually chosen was Little Rock A.M.E. Zion Church. The church was planning a new sanctuary across the street from their existing location on Myers Street, and people worried the old building might be demolished. The brick Neoclassical Revival building that was Little Rock's third location was designed by James Mackson McMichael and was completed in June 1911 at a cost of $20,000. Little Rock sold their old building to the city in 1979 and moved to their new home in 1981. The building was declared a historical landmark in 1982. 7th Street was to be widened, which put the historic building in jeopardy. Instead, the former church was renovated using $1.1 million in donations and a $540,000 grant from the city, with Dalton Morgan Shook & Partners as the architects. On March 15, 1986, the Afro-American Cultural Center officially opened its new 11,000-square-foot home at Myers and 7th Streets. The two-story building had three levels, with a 180-seat theater and a 300-seat amphitheater. Its classes included music, dance, theater and visual arts. The theater space went by the name "Little Theater In The Attic"circa the late 1980's through the 1990's. In the mid 1990's the rear of the theater was modified to enclose the work area, to help reduce issues of noise from operating during a show, of the Stage Manager, Lightboard Operator, Soundboard Operator and depending on the show Spotlight & operator and Video Projectionist. The theater's technical equipment consisted of a computerized Strand Century Mantrix 2 Lighting Control Console Board with 2 scene preset of 48 channels. With CD-80 dimmer packs mounted back stage with a Hard cable patch, Stage Lighting Instruments were an assortment of Strand Lekolite and Fresnels. The Sound Equipment was 12 channel Yamaha Mixer  Graphic equalizer with Peavey Amplifier in stereo for the FOH Speakers with mix of Shure microphones and stands. The stage floor was a non painted hardwood finish.

Voters rejected a $95 million plan for cultural facilities and a new arena in 2001. At the time, the plan was to expand the Afro-American Cultural Center with $10 million that would have come from the arts package. In addition to expansion, several new sites were considered.

On November 2, 2005, a plan was announced for a new $17.9 million Afro-American Cultural Center as part of the Wachovia Cultural Campus on Tryon Street. To attract visitors would require a major attraction. Bank of America had announced it would donate the Hewitt Collection in 1998, but the existing building was not large enough.

On December 7, 2007, the Afro-American Cultural Center, which had said earlier in the year that their new facility would be named for Harvey Gantt, revealed the formal name The Harvey B. Gantt Center for African-American Arts and Culture. This was later changed to Harvey B. Gantt Center for African-American Arts + Culture.

Freelon, later named as lead architect for the National Museum of African American History and Culture, designed the new building. Although the site was very narrow, Freelon saw designing a building in that space as a challenge.

After the decision was made to move the Afro-American Cultural Center to the new Harvey Gantt Center, those interested in historic preservation wanted to make sure the former church remained standing. In 2008, Little Rock Church had already asked to lease their former home. Little Rock paid $590,000 in April 2009 to buy back the old building, which was rededicated on December 13, 2009, as the Little Rock Community Development Center.

The Gantt Center was the first part of the Wells Fargo (formerly Wachovia) Cultural Campus to be completed. It had four times the space of the Little Rock site.

The dedication ceremonies for the $18.6 million Gantt Center at Tryon and Stonewall Streets were held on October 24, 2009. Mayor Pat McCrory, who was about to leave office, told Gantt, "Former mayor to former mayor, you have been a great role model. You are the best of Charlotte, and I am so glad to see your name on this building." Gantt said, "This beautiful, awesome building is far beyond my wildest dreams. I feel good about what this magnificent building represents – how far we have come."

The Harvey B. Gantt Center was featured in Google Cultural Institute's February 2016 online gallery celebrating black history, art, and culture. The center was part of 50 cultural institutions, 80 curated exhibits, and over 500 videos, images, and articles in the gallery.

See also
 List of museums focused on African Americans

References

External links

 Harvey B. Gantt Center for African-American Arts+Culture on Google Cultural Institute

Museums in Charlotte, North Carolina
African-American history in Charlotte, North Carolina
African-American museums in North Carolina
Art museums and galleries in North Carolina
2009 establishments in North Carolina
Museums established in 1975
Uptown Charlotte


title: Leipzig-Connewitz station

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Leipzig-Connewitz is a railway station in the city of Leipzig, Germany. The station is located on the Leipzig–Hof railway and Leipzig Hbf–Leipzig-Connewitz railway. Since December 2013 the station is served by the S-Bahn Mitteldeutschland, a subsidiary of Deutsche Bahn.

History
The station was opened on 10 July 1889 as Connewitz loading point (Ladestelle). The connection from Connewitz to Leipzig was opened in 1891. The station was opened on 1 November 1893 as a halt (Haltestelle) and renamed Leipzig-Connewitz in 1897. The halt was reclassified as a station in 1905.

The station is a railway junction in southern Leipzig. Between 1888 and 1925, the Leipzig-Connewitz–Plagwitz railway connected the industrial area of Plagwitz to the Saxon State Railways network. Between 1876 and 2012, the Leipzig Hbf–Leipzig-Connewitz railway (known as the Zweite Verbindungsbahn—"second connecting railway") ran from Leipzig Hauptbahnhof (called Leipzig-Dresdener Bahnhof until 1915). The section of the Leipzig-Engelsdorf–Leipzig-Connewitz railway (which was opened in 1906) between the former Tabakmühle junction and Leipzig-Connewitz was closed in 2012 and dismantled with the opening of the S-Bahn Mitteldeutschland in 2013. Leipzig-Connewitz was the starting point of the Leipzig–Hof line during the reconstruction of the line to connect with the new City Tunnel. The remaining part of the Leipzig Hbf–Leipzig-Connewitz route from Stötteritz runs past the station. The S-Bahn trains run between Connewitz and Gaschwitz over the suburban tracks, line number 6377. There are platforms exits only on the suburban tracks, which were built on the former long-distance tracks and opened in 2013.

Train services
The following services currently call at the station:

References

External links

Connewitz
Railway stations in Germany opened in 1889


title: Yves Pambou

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Yves Simon Pambou Loembet (born 27 November 1995) is a professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Gaz Metan Mediaș. Born in France, he plays for the Congo national team.

Club career
After playing for FC Nantes' youth system, Pambou moved to Italy, joining Serie B side Reggina Calcio in July 2013.

After six months with Hapoel Petach Tikva, he signed a contract of one year and half with Grenoble Foot 38 in January 2019.

International career
Pambou made his debut for the Congo national football team in a 1–1 2018 FIFA World Cup qualification tie with Ghana on 1 September 2017.

References

External links

1995 births
Living people
People from Montfermeil
Footballers from Seine-Saint-Denis
Republic of the Congo men's footballers
Republic of the Congo men's international footballers
French men's footballers
French sportspeople of Republic of the Congo descent
Men's association football midfielders
Serie B players
LFA Reggio Calabria players
Trélissac-Antonne Périgord FC players
FC DAC 1904 Dunajská Streda players
Slovak First Football League players
Liga Leumit players
Hapoel Petah Tikva F.C. players
Ligue 2 players
Grenoble Foot 38 players
Liga I players
CS Gaz Metan Mediaș players
Republic of the Congo expatriate men's footballers
Expatriate men's footballers in Italy
Republic of the Congo expatriate sportspeople in Italy
Expatriate men's footballers in Slovakia
Republic of the Congo expatriate sportspeople in Slovakia
Expatriate men's footballers in Israel
Republic of the Congo expatriate sportspeople in Israel
Expatriate men's footballers in Romania
Republic of the Congo expatriate sportspeople in Romania
French expatriate men's footballers
French expatriate sportspeople in Italy
French expatriate sportspeople in Slovakia
French expatriate sportspeople in Israel
French expatriate sportspeople in Romania
FC Metalist Kharkiv players


title: Ruzbahan

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Ruzbahan ibn Vindadh-Khurshid (), better known as Ruzbahan (also spelled as Rezbahan), was a Daylamite military officer who served the Buyid dynasty. A native of Daylam, Ruzbahan began serving the Buyids at an unknown date and quickly rose into high ranks. After constant pressure from king Mu'izz al-Dawla to conquer Batihah, he, along with his two brothers, started a rebellion lasting from 955 to 957. After the end of the rebellion, Ruzbahan was imprisoned and shortly executed.

Biography

Early life and career

Ruzbahan was the son of a certain Vindadh-Khurshid, and had two brothers named Asfar and Bullaka. Like his Buyid overlords, Ruzbahan was a Daylamite. However, unlike the Buyids, he probably belonged to a family of noble origin. When the Buyid ruler Mu'izz al-Dawla conquered Iraq in 945, Ruzbahan was appointed as the tax collector of the Sawad. Ruzbahan was originally a low rank officer who served a Buyid officer named Musa Fayadhah. However, under Mu'izz al-Dawla he rapidly rose to higher ranks and became a favourite of Mu'izz al-Dawla.

In 948/949, during negotiations between Mu'izz al-Dawla's and the Sallarid ruler Marzuban's ambassadors, Marzuban was greatly insulted, and became enraged; he tried to avenge himself by marching towards Ray, which was under the control of Mu'izz al-Dawla's brother Rukn al-Dawla. Rukn al-Dawla, however, managed to trick and slow Marzuban down by diplomatic means, while he was receiving aid from Mu'izz al-Dawla, who sent an army under Sebük-Tegin, which also included other officer such as Ruzbahan, Burarish, Ibrahim ibn al-Mutawwaq, 'Ammar "the Mad", and Ahmad ibn Salih Kilabi. However, when the army was close to Dinavar, Burarish, who disliked Sebük-Tegin and refused to obey the orders of the latter, mutinied along with most of the Daylamites in the army, except Ruzbahan and other Daylamite officers. Burarish shortly heavily wounded Sebük-Tegin, who, however, managed to flee from the latter. For unknown reasons, Burarish shortly fled, but was quickly captured by the supporters of Sebük-Tegin. The army of Sebük-Tegin then continued to Ray, and at the same time, reinforcements arrived from Shiraz. Rukn al-Dawla shortly managed to defeat and capture Marzuban.

In 949, Mu'izz al-Dawla sent Ruzbahan on an expedition against the Batihah ruler 'Imran ibn Shahin. Ruzbahan discovered 'Imran's location and attacked him, but was heavily defeated and forced to withdraw. 'Imran then became even more bold, with his subjects demanding protection money from anyone, including government officials, that crossed their path, and the path to Basra by water was effectively closed off. Mu'izz al-Dawla, after receiving numerous complaints from his officers, sent another army in 950 or 951, under the joint command of Ruzbahan and the amir's vizier al-Muhallabi.

Ruzbahan, who disliked the vizier, convinced him to directly attack 'Imran. He kept his forces in the rear and fled as soon as fighting between the two sides began. 'Imran used the terrain effectively, laying ambushes and confusing al-Muhallabi's army. Many of the vizier's soldiers died in the fighting and he himself only narrowly escaped capture, swimming to safety. Mu'izz al-Dawla then came to terms with 'Imran, acceding to his terms. Prisoners were exchanged and 'Imran was made a vassal of the Buyids, being instated as governor of the Batihah.

Rebellion
Peace lasted for approximately five years between the two sides. During this period, a marriage was being arranged between a daughter of Ruzbahan and Mu'izz al-Dawla's son Izz al-Dawla. A false rumor of Mu'izz al-Dawla's death in 955, however, prompted 'Imran to seize a Buyid convoy traveling from Ahvaz to Baghdad. Mu'izz demanded that the items confiscated be returned, at which point 'Imran returned the money gained, but kept the goods taken. Ruzbahan was then for a third time sent to the swamp, but shortly revolted along with his brother Asfar and spared 'Imran from a new attack. Ruzbahan's other brother, Bullaka, joined the rebellion and revolted at Shiraz. Ruzbahan was further joined by the Daylamite soldiers of al-Muhallabi. Ruzbahan quickly marched towards Ahvaz, where al-Muhallabi was preparing a counter-attack. However, the troops of al-Muhallabi quickly deserted him and joined Ruzbahan. Ruzbahan then marched towards Mu'izz al-Dawla, who sent an army under his Daylamite general Shirzil, who, however, shortly, along with his army, joined the rebellion of Ruzbahan. In 956, Mu'izz al-Dawla left Baghdad in order to fight Ruzbahan himself. Meanwhile, the Hamdanid ruler Nasir al-Dawla used this opportunity to seize Baghdad.

In 957, Ruzbahan fought a final battle against Mu'izz al-Dawla. Ruzbahan almost managed to win the battle, but was defeated by Mu'izz al-Dawla's ghulams. The defeat marked the end of Ruzbahan's rebellion. Ruzbahan was captured during the battle and was imprisoned in a fortress known as Sarat.

Captivity and death
The Daylamite supporters of Ruzbahan then began planning to capture the fortress and rescue Ruzbahan. However, Abu'l-Abbas Musafir, an officer of Mu'izz al-Dawla, managed to discover of the Daylamite's plan, and quickly urged Mu'izz al-Dawla to have Ruzbahan killed. Mu'izz al-Dawla, however, did not agree with him. A number of Mu'izz al-Dawla's officer shortly told him the same, which made him agree with them. When it became night, the guards of Mu'izz al-Dawla took Ruzbahan to the Tigris river, where he was drowned.

References

Sources

Daylamites
Iranian rebels
Buyid generals
957 deaths
Year of birth unknown

10th-century Iranian people
People executed by the Buyid dynasty
Rebels against the Buyid dynasty


title: 2014 Rio Open – Women's singles

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This was the first edition of the event. Kurumi Nara won the title, defeating Klára Zakopalová in the final, 6–1, 4–6, 6–1.

Seeds

 Klára Zakopalová (final)
 Francesca Schiavone (first round)
 Paula Ormaechea (quarterfinals)
 Alexandra Cadanțu (first round)
 Kurumi Nara (champion)
 María Teresa Torró Flor (first round)
 Barbora Záhlavová-Strýcová (first round)
 Vania King (first round)

Draw

Finals

Top half

Bottom half

Qualifying

Seeds

Qualifiers

Draw

First qualifier

Second qualifier

Third qualifier

Fourth qualifier

Fifth qualifier

Sixth qualifier

References

 Main Draw
 Qualifying Draw

2014 WTA Tour
2014 in Brazilian tennis
2014 Women's Singles


title: Renée Nyberg

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Eva Renée Agneta Nyberg, (born 17 May 1966) is a Swedish television presenter and journalist. She made her television debut at the TV4 news show in the early 1990s. She then worked for TV3 until 2014  presenting several shows such as Blåsningen, Byggfällan, 45 minuter and the Miljonjakten. Since September 2014, Nyberg is an employee at TV4 hosting the game show Bytt är bytt.

Nyberg is married to TV4 television presenter David Hellenius and the couple have a son who was born in 2006.

TV programs
Byggfällan, TV3 (2010)
Blåsningen, TV3 (2010)
Cirkus Zlatan, TV3 (May 2008)
Nyberg & Törnblom, TV3 (2007-)
Singalong, TV3 (2006-)
45 minuter, TV3
Klassfesten, TV3
Vänner för livet, TV3
Vilda djur?,TV3
Slussen 22.00, TV3
Tur i kärlek, TV4
Stora famnen
Bytt är bytt, TV4 (2014-)

References

External links

1966 births
Swedish television hosts
Swedish women television presenters
Living people


title: 2008–09 Wessex Football League

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The 2008–09 Wessex Football League was the 23rd season of the Wessex Football League. The league champions for the first time in their history were Poole Town, who were denied promotion to the Southern League due to ground grading problems. VT were promoted as runners-up. There was the usual programme of promotion and relegation between the two Wessex League divisions.

For sponsorship reasons, the league was known as the Sydenhams Wessex League.

League tables

Premier Division
The Premier Division consisted of 22 clubs, reduced from 23 the previous season, after A.F.C. Totton were promoted to the Southern League, and Downton and Ringwood Town were relegated to Division One. Two new clubs joined:
Laverstock & Ford, runners-up in Division One.
Newport (IOW), relegated from the Southern League.

Division One
Division One consisted of 21 clubs, the same as the previous season, after Laverstock & Ford were promoted to the Premier Division, and Liss Athletic left the league. Two clubs were relegated from the Premier Division:
Downton
Ringwood Town

References

Wessex Football League seasons
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title: Miguel Ángel (footballer, born 1993)

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Miguel Ángel Sainz-Maza López (born 6 January 1993), commonly known as Miguel Ángel, is a Spanish professional footballer who plays as a left winger for Italian  club Audace Cerignola.

Club career
Born in Santoña, Cantabria, Miguel Ángel joined local giants Racing de Santander's youth system in 2003, aged 10. In 2011, after impressing with the Cantabrians Juvenil squad, he moved to FC Barcelona.

On 20 June 2012 Miguel Ángel was promoted to the Catalans' reserve squad, and played his first match as a professional on 13 October, coming on as a late substitute in a 3–0 home success over Sporting de Gijón in the Segunda División.

On 10 January of the following year Miguel Ángel joined Real Betis B on loan until the end of the season. After only starting once with the Andalusians (which eventually suffered relegation), he returned to Barça, and eventually rescinded his link, joining Italian Serie B side Reggina Calcio.

After appearing in only ten matches with the Amaranto during the campaign, Miguel Ángel signed a two-year deal with Lega Pro club Foggia Calcio on 6 August 2014. On 26 July 2017, he joined Pordenone Calcio on loan.

On 31 January 2019, he signed a one-and-a-half-year contract with another Serie C club, Cavese. Just three days later, in his first game for Cavese, he came on as a substitute against his previous club Sicula Leonzio and scored a winning penalty kick in a 3–2 victory.

On 22 August 2020 he went to Gubbio.

On 3 August 2022, he moved to Audace Cerignola.

References

External links

1993 births
Living people
Footballers from Cantabria
Spanish men's footballers
Men's association football wingers
Segunda División players
FC Barcelona Atlètic players
Betis Deportivo Balompié footballers
Serie B players
Serie C players
LFA Reggio Calabria players
Calcio Foggia 1920 players
Pordenone Calcio players
Pisa SC players
SS Leonzio 1909 players
Cavese 1919 players
AS Gubbio 1910 players
SS Audace Cerignola players
Spanish expatriate men's footballers
Spanish expatriate sportspeople in Italy
Expatriate men's footballers in Italy


title: Ohanna Shivanand

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Ohanna Shivanand/Shilpa Anand (born Shilpa Shivanand, 10 December 1982) is an Indian Model and Actress, who is known for her two different television roles as Dr. Riddhima Gupta and Dr. Shilpa Malhotra in Dill Mill Gayye. She has also starred in Indian films like Vishnu, also appeared in Music videos and television commercials. She was last seen in Bollywood film Yeh Hai Lollipop (2016).

Early life
Shivanand was born on 10 December 1982 in South Africa and did her schooling there. Her parents were from India, and later she moved there. In 2015, she changed her name to Ohanna Shivanand. In an Interview, she stated that:  She is the younger sister of Sakshi Shivanand, who is also an actress. Shivanand studied at Panjab University, obtaining a Masters in Computer Applications (MCA), from 2000 to 2003. She worked as a software developer for five years, with Java J2EE application development and E-Learning.

Career
Shivanand started her career as a model. She has done over 40 commercials, including for Coca-Cola with Aamir Khan, Lux soap with Aishwarya Rai Bachchan, and Dabur Pudin Hara and Nerolac Paint with Amitabh Bachchan. She has also worked as a model advertising a variety of brands.

Shivanand made her acting debut in South Indian film industry. Her first movie was Bezawada Police Station . In 2003, she starred in the telugu film Vishnu opposite Vishnu Manchu, produced by Mohan Babu. In 2006, she made her Bollywood debut with Ravi Shankar's film Iqraar by Chance, as Rashmi Mehra.

Shivanand is also a television actress. She began her television career with the 2007 medical youth show Dill Mill Gayye, where she portrayed the role of Dr.Riddhima Gupta. It became no.1 show of Star One and she became an "instant success". In May 2008, she quit Dill Mill Gayye and her exit caused a sizeable drop in the ratings of the show. In 2019, during her Interview with "Spotboye", she revealed that she had quit in 2008 because she had a fight with the executive producer during shoot of "Zara Zara Touch Me Touch Me" dance sequence. In April 2009, when Sukirti Kandpal had quit, the producer Siddharth Malhotra approached Shivanand for returning to Dill Mill Gayye but she asked for high amount of money which caused a conflict between her and the producer. In June 2010, she finally returned on fans' demands and portrayed a different character, Dr. Shilpa Malhotra. But her track was abruptly cut short. In October 2010, Shivanand made an early exit from the show as per script, also because of internal differences among actors and low TRP.

In 2012, she was featured in BBC Production's telefilm Teri Meri Love Stories, where she portrayed the role of Meera. In 2015, she did a cameo role in channel BIG magic's show   Mahisagar.

In the media
An Indian lifestyle website for men, MensXP.com, listed Shivanand among the "35 Hottest Actresses In Indian Television" and also included her among the most desired actresses of Indian television among teens from 2000s.

Filmography

Films

Television

Music videos

Television advertisements
Appeared in Tv commercial "Nerolac Paints" with along with prominent Bollywood celebrity Amitabh Bachchan
Appeared in Tv commercial "Lux Soap"(mujh mein star jagaaye)along with prominent Bollywood celebrity Aishwarya Rai Bachchan
Appeared in Tv commercial "Coca-Cola (Yaara Da Tashan)" along with prominent Bollywood celebrity with Aamir Khan
Appeared in Tv commercial "Fair & Lovely Soap"along with Actress Malavika & Actor Aamir Ali
Appeared in Tv commercial "Mrs. Marino (hair softner)"
Appeared in Tv commercial "Sunsilk Shampoo"
Appeared in Tv commercial "Dabur Pudin Hara" along with prominent Bollywood celebrity Amitabh Bachchan
Appeared in Tv commercial "Pizza Hut" along with Bollywood celebrity Lillete Dubey
Appeared in Tv commercial "Moov cream"
Appeared in Tv commercial "Vasmol Kesh Kala"
Appeared in Tv commercial "New York Life Insurance"
Appeared in Tv commercial "Shanti Badaam Amla Hair Oil"
Appeared in Tv commercial "Nirma Washing Powder"
Appeared in Tv commercial "Chick Talcum Powder"
Appeared in Tv commercial "Kisna Diamond Jewellery"
Appeared in Tv commercial "Gold Bindya"
Appeared in Tv commercial "Kutchina Chimney"
Appeared in Tv commercial "Chandrika Soap"

Accolades

References

External links

Living people
1982 births
Indian film actresses
Indian television actresses
Indian soap opera actresses
Actresses in Hindi cinema
Actresses in Telugu cinema
Actresses in Kannada cinema
Actresses in Hindi television
Actresses from Karnataka
Female models from Karnataka
Indian expatriates in South Africa
21st-century Indian actresses


title: Alavese dialect

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Alavese (, ) is an extinct dialect of the Basque language spoken formerly in Álava, one of the provinces of the Basque Country of Spain. The modern-day communities of Aramaio and Legutio along the northern border with Biscay do not speak the Alavese dialect but a variant of the Biscayan dialect instead and while overall some 25% of people in Álava today are Basque speakers, the majority of these are speakers of Standard Basque who acquired Basque via the education system or moved there from other parts of the Basque Country.

Classification and features
In 1997, Professor Koldo Zuazo published research carried out on scattered recorded evidence and papers drawn up especially by Koldo Mitxelena. He  outlines three main linguistic areas running north to south, where features related to Western and Navarrese dialects mix up to different degrees according to their geographical position.

His work focuses mainly on relevant lexico-morphological differences, such as instrumental -gaz/rekin and ablative -rean/tik case markers and sound variations such as barria/berria (= 'new'), elexea/elizea (= 'church'), padura/madura (= 'swamp').

Attestation

The Alavese dialect is not well attested. Prior to the discovery of the Lazarraga manuscript in 2004, to date the only known piece of prose written in the Alavese dialect, the only sources were:
 substrate terms in Alavese Spanish
 a handful of terms found on Basque funeral steles
 a 16th century vocabulary written by the Italian Nicolao Landuchio in 1562 in Vitoria-Gasteiz entitled Dictionarium linguae cantabricae - Bocabularioa ezqueraz jaquiteco eta ezqueraz verba eguiteco
 the 1596 Doctrina Christiana en Romanze y Basquenze by Joan Perez Betolatza from Betolaza.

Pottery shards with apparently Basque inscriptions discovered at an archeological dig in Iruña-Veleia west of Vitoria-Gasteiz were later discovered to be forgeries.

See also
 Basque dialects
 Errementari a 2017 Basque film where a recreated version of the dialect is used as main language through the whole film.

References

Álava
Basque dialects
Extinct languages of Europe


title: CajsaStina Åkerström

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Cajsa Stina (CajsaStina) Åkerström, (born 16 August 1967) is a Swedish singer-songwriter, painter and author. She is the daughter of singer Fred Åkerström.

Her debut album was released by Warner Music in 1994. Åkerström has since released three more albums at Warner Music. She then started her own Calimba Records label in 2004 and has since released her forthcoming albums with different distributors.

Åkerström participated in Melodifestivalen 2014 in the third semi-final1 with the entry "En enkel sång" (A simple song).

She published her first novel, Du och jag farsan, in 2010.

The Covid-19 pandemic rearranged the agenda for Åkerström. She now focused on a fantasy since childhood: to really try out on a possible other aspect to artistry, painting.

In June 2021, she had a first exhibition in her southeastern Sweden hometown Kalmar. The reaction was overwhelming, she sold all her first works and received all over positive reviews and media reactions both locally and domestically, including national TV.

References

External links
Official website

1967 births
Living people
21st-century Swedish singers
21st-century Swedish women singers
Melodifestivalen contestants of 2014


title: 2015 Swiss federal election

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Federal elections were held in Switzerland on 18 October 2015 for the National Council and the first round of elections to the Council of States, with runoff elections to the Council of States being held in various cantons until 22 November.

Results showed a shift, due to voter concerns regarding refugee immigration, to the right and increased support for the three largest parties, with the strong showing of Swiss People's Party and FDP.The Liberals possibly affecting future reforms of energy, social security and tax issues, as well as the make-up of the seven-member government.

The Swiss People's Party won a record number of seats, taking a third of the 200-seat lower house. The SVP received the highest proportion of votes of any Swiss political party since 1919, when proportional representation was first introduced, and it received more seats in the National Council than any other political party since 1963, when the number of seats was set at 200.

The federal election was followed by the 2015 Swiss Federal Council election on 9 December 2015, where the SVP won a second seat on the Federal Council.

Electoral system
The 200 members of the National Council were elected by plurality in six single-member constituencies, and by proportional representation in 20 multi-member constituencies, with the 26 constituencies being the 26 cantons. The elections were held using the open list system where voters could cross out names on party lists, with voters also able to split their vote between parties (a system known as panachage) or draw up their own list on a blank ballot. Seats are allocated using the Hagenbach-Bischoff system.

The 46 members of the Council of States were elected in 20 two-seat constituencies (representing the 20 full cantons) and six single-member constituencies (representing the six half-cantons). In Jura and Neuchâtel the elections were held using proportional representation. In the other cantons, councilors are elected through an up to two-round system of voting. In the first round of voting, candidates must obtain an absolute majority of the vote in order to be elected. If no candidate receives an absolute majority in the first round of voting then a second round is held in which a simple plurality is sufficient to be elected. The top two finishing candidates are elected in the second round.

Compulsory voting was in force in the canton of Schaffhausen for both elections.

Campaign
The parties contesting the elections were:

Opinion polls

Results
Global media commented on the gains of the Swiss People's Party, linking it to concerns of the electorate on the European migrant crisis. Combined, right-of-centre parties received a slim 101-seat majority in the National Council. While the right-of-centre SVP and FDP made gains, centrist and left-of-centre parties lost seats in the National Council. The FDP increased its share of the popular vote for the first time since the 1979 federal election.

In the Swiss capital Bern, a group of activists in favour of settling refugees held a demonstration on the day of the election, which is prohibited by law. A total of 110 were arrested.

The election results elicited various responses from the Swiss media, such as that the election represented "a return to normality" after a period when the legislative makeup was not as clear, or that it represented "a divided country." Newspapers, both in Switzerland and in other countries, also noted the SVP's historic gains.

National Council

Council of States

By canton

Aftermath
The 2015 federal election was followed by the 2015 Swiss Federal Council election on 9 December 2015.

Owing to the results of the federal election, Federal Councillor Eveline Widmer-Schlumpf, a member of the Conservative Democratic Party (BDP), announced she would not run for re-election, as the Swiss People's Party (SVP) won a record percentage of the vote, while her own party decreased its share. The SVP was widely expected to fill her seat in the election, and it chose Thomas Aeschi (Zug), Guy Parmelin (Vaud) and Norman Gobbi (Ticino) as candidates for the seat, with Aeschi being the favorite at the time.

Guy Parmelin, of the SVP, was ultimately elected on 9 December. Parmelin, a farmer and winegrower from Bursins in canton Vaud, was the first member of the Federal Council who is also a member of the Swiss People's Party from the French-speaking part of Switzerland.

There was a minor cabinet reshuffle after the election, as newly elected Parmelin was selected to become head of the Federal Department of Defence, Civil Protection and Sports, replacing fellow SVP-member Ueli Maurer, who became head of the Federal Department of Finance. The SVP gained its second seat in the Federal Council, which it had lost in 2008, when the newly created BDP split from the SVP.

References

External links

Federal elections in Switzerland
Federal
Federal
Switzerland


title: Spivey Building

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The Spivey Building is a 12-story skyscraper located at 417 Missouri Avenue in East St. Louis, Illinois. Built in 1927 by newspaper owner Allen Spivey, the building is the only skyscraper ever constructed in East St. Louis. Architect Albert B. Frankel designed the building in the Commercial style. The building's design features terra cotta spandrels separating its windows vertically and brick pier dividing its window bays. The asymmetrical entrance is surrounded by decorative marble piers, and the first two stories are separated from the rest of the building by a cornice and sill. The top of the building features a two-story parapet with terra cotta surrounds at each window and seven capitals at its peak. During the height of East St. Louis' prosperity through the 1950s, the building housed the offices of professionals in many fields who were considered among the best in the city. However, the building became a victim of the city's steep economic decline and has been abandoned for several decades. The building’s last tenant moved in 1980.

The building was added to the National Register of Historic Places on January 17, 2002.

References

Commercial buildings on the National Register of Historic Places in Illinois
Commercial architecture in Illinois
Commercial buildings completed in 1927
Buildings and structures in St. Clair County, Illinois
East St. Louis, Illinois
Skyscrapers in Illinois
National Register of Historic Places in St. Clair County, Illinois
Skyscraper office buildings in Illinois
Unused buildings in Illinois
Chicago school architecture in Illinois
1927 establishments in Illinois


title: 2014 Open 13 – Singles

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Jo-Wilfried Tsonga was the defending champion, but lost in the final to Ernests Gulbis 6–7(5–7), 4–6.

Seeds
The top four seeds receive a bye into the second round.

 Richard Gasquet (semifinals)
 Jo-Wilfried Tsonga (final)
 Ernests Gulbis (champion)
 Andreas Seppi (second round)
 Ivan Dodig (quarterfinals)
 Édouard Roger-Vasselin (quarterfinals)
 Julien Benneteau (second round)
 Nicolas Mahut (quarterfinals)

Draw

Finals

Top half

Bottom half

Qualifying

Seeds

 Adrian Ungur (second round)
 Daniel Evans (qualified)
 Damir Džumhur (second round)
 Ričardas Berankis (qualified)
 Guillaume Rufin (first round)
 Marco Cecchinato (first round)
 David Guez (qualified)
 James Ward (qualifying competition)

Qualifiers

Qualifying draw

First qualifier

Second qualifier

Third qualifier

Fourth qualifier

References
 Main Draw
 Qualifying Draw

Open 13 - Singles
2014 Singles


title: St Olan's, Aghavrin

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St Olan's is a residence in Aghavrin townland,  north-west of Coachford village in County Cork, Ireland.

Lewis's Topographical Dictionary of Ireland (1837) states a glebe of 30 acres was purchased at Aghavrin by the Board of First Fruits, but the rector did not take possession, as the annual rental was too high. The Ordnance Survey name book (c. 1840) describes the 'Glebe of Aghavrin' as the property of Captain Crooke, being good ground with some plantation, and the remainder under cultivation. The 1842 surveyed OS map depicts St Olan's Rectory, with the surrounding grounds and glebe clearly shown.

By the mid-nineteenth century, the Primary Valuation of Ireland (Griffith's Valuation) records Reverend William Welland as occupying c. 30 acres in Aghavrin townland, which consisted of a 'house, offices, land and glebe', with the lessor being William Crooke of Aghavrin House. Reverend Welland also occupied c. 5 acres of plantation land, with the lessor again being William Crooke. The 1901 surveyed OS map indicates a name change to 'St Olan's', with the grounds of the property still clearly identifiable.

The Irish Tourist Association survey of 1944 refers to 'St Olan's House, Aghavrin', the residence of Mr Devlin, Area Engineer of Cork County Council. The erection date of the property is given as c. 1840, as a 'Protestant Rectory', and completed .

It remains a private residence, and is not accessible to the public.

See also
Aghavrin Mass Rock
Crooke's Castle, Aghavrin
Mullinhassig Wood, Aghavrin

References

External links
 Landed Estates Database - Entry for St. Olan's
 Businesspost.ie - Country House of the week: Tranquil seclusion in the River Lee Valley - 22 December 2014
 Acrheritage.info - Placemarks (archived 2014)

Buildings and structures in County Cork


title: César Falletti

text:
César Alejandro Falletti dos Santos (born 2 December 1992) is a Uruguayan professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Italian Serie B club Ternana.

Club career
He started his career with the C.A. Cerro.

In August 2013 he passed to the Italian Serie B side Ternana alongside his fellow countryman Felipe Avenatti.

He remained in Terni for 4 years, and after the difficulties of the first two-season, he gave his best performance in the last 2; the third one with the Umbrian side in 2015–16 where he scored 10 goals.

On 23 July 2017 he passed to the Serie A side Bologna and once again with Avenatti. His scored his first goal on 24 February 2018 in a 2–0 home win against Genoa. He didn't play a lot also because of injuries.

On 13 August 2018 he went on loan to Palermo, so he went back to a Serie B team.

On 27 August 2019, he passed to the Mexican professional Liga MX club Tijuana.

On 14 September 2020 he signed a 4-year contract with Ternana, the first two seasons of the contract are a loan from Bologna with an obligation from Ternana to purchase his rights in 2022.

Personal life
Falletti is of Italian descent and he holds Italian citizenship.

Career statistics

References

External links

1992 births
Living people
Men's association football midfielders
Uruguayan men's footballers
Uruguayan sportspeople of Italian descent
C.A. Cerro players
Ternana Calcio players
Bologna FC 1909 players
Club Tijuana footballers
Uruguayan Primera División players
Serie A players
Serie B players
Serie C players
Liga MX players
Uruguayan expatriate men's footballers
Expatriate men's footballers in Italy
Expatriate men's footballers in Mexico
People from Artigas, Uruguay
Footballers from Artigas Department


title: 1991–92 NK Rijeka season

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The 1991–92 season was the 46th season in Rijeka’s history. It was their 1st season in the Prva HNL and 18th successive top tier season.

In autumn 1991, Rijeka was played only friendly matches, as the domestic competitions were postponed to the spring 1992 due to the Croatian War of Independence.

Competitions

Prva HNL

Classification

Results summary

Results by round

Matches

Prva HNL

Source: HRnogomet.com

Croatian Cup

Source: HRnogomet.com

Squad statistics
Competitive matches only.  Appearances in brackets indicate numbers of times the player came on as a substitute.

See also
1992 Prva HNL
1992 Croatian Cup

Notes
1. The game was abandoned in the 76th minute as Rijeka players protested the referee’s decision to award Inter the penalty kick. At the time, Rijeka was leading 1–0. The match was voided and awarded 3–0 to Inker.

References

External sources
 1992 Prva HNL at HRnogomet.com
 1992 Croatian Cup at HRnogomet.com
 Prvenstvo 1992. at nk-rijeka.hr

HNK Rijeka seasons
Rijeka
Rijeka


title: Karin Adelsköld

text:
Karin Adelsköld, (born 15 July 1973) is a Swedish stand-up comedian and television presenter. She won "Best Swedish female stand-up comedian of the year" at the 2012 Swedish stand-up gala. In 2013, she presented "Alla tiders hits" on SVT along with Niklas Strömstedt.

References

External links
Official website

1973 births
Swedish women comedians
Swedish television hosts
Living people
Swedish women television presenters
21st-century Swedish comedians


title: Desperate Ground

text:
Desperate Ground is the sixth album from the Portland-based indie rock band The Thermals. The album was released on April 15, 2013, on Saddle Creek Records. It was produced by John Agnello (Dinosaur Jr, Sonic Youth) in Hoboken, New Jersey. Agnello and The Thermals completed the record and evacuated the studio just hours before Hurricane Sandy ravaged New Jersey.

The title came from The Art of War by Sun Tzu.

Reception

Reviews of Desperate Ground represent a diverse mix of opinions on the album. The album holds a score of 73 out of 100 from Metacritic, indicating "generally favorable reviews".

Track listing

Personnel
 Kathy Foster – bass, vocals
 Hutch Harris – guitar, vocals
 Westin Glass – drums, vocals

Chart performance

References

2013 albums
The Thermals albums
Saddle Creek Records albums
Albums produced by John Agnello


title: Naomi Achu

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Naomi Achu, born Fruh-Ngwing Achu, is a Cameroonian singer, rapper, and songwriter. She is best known for “Alhadji,” which was played in the eighth season of Big Brother Africa. Naomi is credited with being among the forerunners of Cameroonian pop music, particularly in the diaspora. She goes by the moniker “Queen of Bamenda.”

Early life
Hailing from Bamenda, the capital of Cameroon's Northwest Region, Naomi was born Fruh-Ngwing Achu to a family of eight; she is the last of six children. Her father was a diplomat to the Cameroonian Embassy in London, and her mother was an educator of primary and secondary school children; both parents are currently retired. Naomi started writing songs when she was nine years old. She attended Saker Baptist College in Limbe and Baptist High School in Buea (both in Cameroon's Southwest Region), where she had her earliest chances at singing. She was also a back-up vocalist for recording artists at M1 Studios, also in Buea. For a while Naomi was the automated voice for MTN Cameroon.

Music career
Naomi moved to the United States in 2004, determined to pursue a professional singing career. By the time she released her first record, an EP called No Boundaries, in 2009, she had started rapping. She displayed more of this skill the following year in a track called “Africans,” which is an African remix of “Hold Yuh” by Jamaican reggae singer Gyptian. Also in 2010 she released the Camerican Dream mixtape as a third of Cameroonian trio Avin-u C, which also features male singer Eddy B. and male rapper H.Bolo.

Her performance during the 2011 African Festival of Boston won her a rave review from Globe Correspondent, Siddhartha Mitter, prompting him to write "Maryland-based Achu is a cosmopolitan polymath: A gifted rapper and poised R&B singer, she was born in Cameroon and raised there and in the United Kingdom before coming here. Unabashedly pop with an inspirational streak, her sound finds a balance between African dance-floor exhortations and a global club feel."

On July 23, 2011, Naomi released her debut solo album (and second record), Positive Energy, under her Tribal Invasion record label. Its best-known song is “Alhadji,” in which she deceives men of wealth. “Alhadji” steadily became Naomi's signature hit. It was played on one of the episodes of Big Brother Africa’s eight season (Big Brother Africa 8, also known as Big Brother Africa: The Chase). Additionally, “Alhadji” scored Naomi a Best Blues/Pop award nomination by the World Music & Independent Film Festival, and its video held the number one spot on Afrotainment’s Top 10 program for several weeks. Positive Energy is also notable for containing “Suffer Don Finish,” which features Congolese musician Awilo Longomba.

Positive Energy immensely raised her profile in the Afro pop world. She performed alongside Congolese singer-songwriter Fally Ipupa at a pre-party for the 2011 BET Awards. She also opened for Nigerian musician Timaya at the 51st Nigerian Independence concert in Dallas, Texas named after him. On February 24, 2012, Naomi performed at the Smithsonian's African Art Museum as part of the “African Underground” event in celebration of Black History Month.

On July 28, 2012, Naomi won the Best Female Artist award at the inaugural Cameroon Entertainment Awards. On November 8, 2014, she won the African Female Musician of the Year award at the inaugural DMV African Entertainment Awards.

In preparation for her follow-up album in 2016, Naomi has released three singles: “Wa Fun Mi Shuga” (or “Suga”) on October 7, 2012; “It’s My Life” on December 21, 2013; and "Busy Body" on December 19, 2015. Naomi finally released her sophomore album, Long Live the Queen, on April 30, 2016. "Busy Body" in particular won Naomi a 2016 N.E.G.A. Award (NExt Generation Award) for Best Female Artist, as well as an AFRIMA (All Africa Music Awards) 2016 Award for Best Female Artiste in Inspirational Music.

Influences
Naomi draws inspiration from artists from a vast array of genres. They include Angelique Kidjo, Whitney Houston, Michael Jackson and Janet Jackson, Mary Mary, Makoma, Mary J. Blige, Kirk Franklin, Lauryn Hill, and Erykah Badu.

Other
In addition to running her own label, Naomi is founder and CEO of International Nurses for Africa. She got a Bachelor of Science in Nursing from Marymount University in 2010.

Discography

EPs
No Boundaries (2009)

Albums
 Positive Energy (2011)
 Long Live the Queen (2016)

Singles
 “Alhadji” (2011)
 “Wa Fun Mi Suga” (2012)
 “It’s My Life” (2013)
 “Busy Body” (2015)
 "Gbagbe" featuring Skales (2016)
 "Shower Your Blessings" feat. Pardon C (2017)
 "Bill Collector" (2020)

Guest appearances
 "Soldier" by Eddy Bee (2018)
 "Somebody" by Peter Jericho (2020)

References

External links
 Naomi Achu Official Website

21st-century Cameroonian women singers
Rhythm and blues singers
Dance musicians
Cameroonian emigrants to the United States
People from Bamenda
Living people
Year of birth missing (living people)


title: Daniil Steptšenko

text:
Daniil Steptšenko (born 13 August 1986) is a former Estonian biathlete.

Steptšenko was born in Narva. He competed at the 2014 Winter Olympics for Estonia where his best individual finish was 50th in the sprint.

Citing a lack of funds and support from the Estonian biathlon team, Steptšenko retired from the sport after the 2013–14 season.

References

External links

1986 births
Living people
Sportspeople from Narva
Estonian male biathletes
Biathletes at the 2014 Winter Olympics
Olympic biathletes for Estonia


title: Karvandar Rural District

text:
Karvandar Rural District () is in the Central District of Khash County, Sistan and Baluchestan province, Iran. Its capital is the village of Karvandar.

At the National Census of 2006, its population was 6,028 in 1,287 households. There were 6,324 inhabitants in 1,499 households at the following census of 2011. At the most recent census of 2016, the population of the rural district was 7,153 in 2,076 households. The largest of its 127 villages was Kahn-e Nuk, with 457 people.

References

Khash County

Rural Districts of Sistan and Baluchestan Province

Populated places in Khash County


title: Janet's Planet

text:
Janet's Planet is an American educational children's television show hosted by Janet Ivey and her explorers. The show explores one topic per episode, such as "Mars", "Aviation", and "Microgravity". Janet's Planet originally aired on PBS and over 140 of its affiliated local public stations. The series aims to teach lessons about science to a preteen audience. The show has an appeal beyond the young audience by featuring national musical guests like Lord Huron and staples of classic children shows like puppets and animations. Janet's Planet also features engineers, designers, and makers like the designer of Lego's NASA Mars Science Laboratory Curiosity Rover. The television program has grown into a touring live stage show and related merchandise. Janet's Planet DVDs and New Media are frequently used in schools as an education source especially for STEM lessons.

Production
Janet's Planet 2014–2015 season is produced by PopCause LLC. The unique production company creates entertainment with a purpose.

Honors
Janet's Planet is a recipient of 12 Regional Emmys, 5 Gracie Allen Awards, and Buzz Aldrin ShareScience Foundation Ambassador.

Characters
 Janet - Chief Scientist of Janet's Planet.
 Albert - the first ever monkey astronaut who on June 11, 1948, rode over 63 km (39 mi) on a V2 rocket. Albert had the honor of introducing Lord Huron as the musical guest for Janet's Planet.
 Marsella - the friendliest Extraterrestrial life, also known as an Alien, from the planet Mars. Marsella is the expert on the planet Mars.

References

2010s American children's television series
American television shows featuring puppetry
American children's education television series
American children's science fiction television series
American television series with live action and animation
Astronomy education television series


title: Kuh Sefid Rural District (Khash County)

text:
Kuh Sefid Rural District () is in the Central District of Khash County, Sistan and Baluchestan province, Iran. Its capital is the village of Bayatabad.

At the National Census of 2006, its population was 10,603 in 2,137 households. There were 12,069 inhabitants in 2,937 households at the following census of 2011. At the most recent census of 2016, the population of the rural district was 13,773 in 4,105 households. The largest of its 160 villages was Naseri, with 1,806 people.

References

Khash County

Rural Districts of Sistan and Baluchestan Province

Populated places in Khash County


title: Poshtkuh Rural District (Khash County)

text:
Poshtkuh Rural District () is in Poshtkuh District of Khash County, Sistan and Baluchestan province, Iran. Its capital is the village of Afzalabad.

At the National Census of 2006, its population was 13,612 in 2,469 households, when it was in the Central District. There were 12,237 inhabitants in 2,783 households at the following census of 2011. At the most recent census of 2016, the population of the rural district was 13,587 in 3,920 households. The largest of its 157 villages was Shahrak-e Posht Giaban, with 1,223 people.

After the census, the rural district was elevated to the status of a district and divided into two rural districts.

References

Khash County

Rural Districts of Sistan and Baluchestan Province

Populated places in Khash County


title: Sangan Rural District

text:
Sangan Rural District () is in the Central District of Khash County, Sistan and Baluchestan province, Iran. Its capital is the village of Sangan.

At the National Census of 2006, its population was 7,248 in 1,660 households. There were 6,187 inhabitants in 1,416 households at the following census of 2011. At the most recent census of 2016, the population of the rural district was 6,411 in 1,854 households. The largest of its 59 villages was Shahrak-e Durudi, with 528 people.

References

Khash County

Rural Districts of Sistan and Baluchestan Province

Populated places in Khash County