The 2014–15 Georgetown Hoyas men's basketball team represented Georgetown University in the 2014–15 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. They were led by 11th year head coach John Thompson III, were members of the Big East Conference, and played their home games at the Verizon Center. They finished the season 22–11, 12–6 in Big East play to finish in a tie for second place. They advanced to the semifinals of the Big East tournament where they lost to Xavier. They received an at-large bid to the NCAA tournament where they defeated Eastern Washington in the second round before losing in the third round to Utah.

Previous season
The Hoyas finished the previous season 18–15, 8–10 in Big East play, to finish in seventh place. They lost in the first round of the Big East tournament to DePaul. They were invited to the 2014 National Invitation Tournament, in which they lost in the second round to Florida State.

Departures

Recruiting

Season recap

Since the conclusion of the previous season, Georgetown had lost four players to graduation: Most notably, point guard Markel Starks, who had finished the 2013–2014 season as the team's second-leading scorer, had graduated, as had forward Nate Lubick and reserve guard John Caprio. The fourth graduate was Moses Ayegba who, after three years as a reserve center at Georgetown, had opted to transfer to Nebraska to play out his final year of collegiate eligibility.

Returning for 2014–2015 were the team's leading scorer from 2013–2014, junior guard D'Vauntes Smith-Rivera – a shooting guard while Starks was on the team but taking on point guard duties this season – as well as junior guard Jabril Trawick, senior forward Mikael Hopkins, sophomore power forward Reggie Cameron, and junior reserve center Bradley Hayes. Reserve forward Aaron Bowen, a redshirt senior the previous season, had a year of collegiate eligibility remaining due to a freshman season cut short by surgery, and, although he had the option of transferring elsewhere to play out his eligibility without sitting out a season, he opted to play at Georgetown in 2014–2015 as a fifth-year senior. Two junior guards made the team as walk-ons, David Allen for the third straight season and Riyan Williams, the son of former Georgetown great Reggie Williams, who had walked on the previous season and had made the roster in January 2014. Senior center Tyler Adams, sidelined early in his freshman season by heart arrhythmia, spent the season on a medical hardship waiver that allowed him to continue at Georgetown on a scholarship without counting against the team's scholarship total. Relegated to the bench for another year, he made the most of the situation, acting as a de facto assistant coach, although he made a brief appearance on the court in Georgetown's final home game of the season.

Most notably, senior center Joshua Smith returned. Criticism that he lacked maturity and a commitment to physical fitness and to playing winning basketball had dogged Smith earlier in his collegiate career when he spent parts of three seasons at UCLA, and John Thompson III had suspended him the previous season for academic reasons after only 13 games with the Hoyas; that suspension had become an outright dismissal from the team shortly afterward when he continued to struggle in his classes, although the dismissal came with the understanding that he could return for the 2014–2015 season if his grades improved enough. By the fall 2014 semester, he had resolved his academic problems, and Georgetown allowed him to rejoin the team for the 2014–2015 season. When suspended, he had been the 2013–2014 team's third-leading scorer and was a key part of Georgetown's offense, and his departure that season had led to a steep drop in the 2013–2014's team's fortunes. Although Smith's performance had declined noticeably during the last few games before his suspension, he and Smith-Rivera were the only returning Georgetown players who had averaged in double figures for the 2013–2014 season.  Arriving in the fall of 2014 30 pounds (13.6 kg) lighter than the year before and having undergone an offseason fitness regimen, Smith again was expected to serve as the centerpiece of Georgetown's offense.

Five freshmen – guard Tre Campbell, small forward L. J. Peak, and forwards Isaac Copeland, Paul White, and Trey Mourning – joined the team. Mourning was the son of former Georgetown and National Basketball Association great Alonzo Mourning, and his arrival marked the fourth time in Georgetown basketball history that the son of a former player had joined the team.

Nonconference schedule

Georgetown began its season with three wins at the Verizon Center, defeating St. Francis Brooklyn, Texas A&M–Corpus Christi, and Robert Morris. Facing St. Francis Brooklyn in his first game as a Hoya, L. J. Peak went 9-for-9 from the field, including a three-pointer, and 4-for-8 from the free-throw line to finish with 23 points, while Jabril Trawick added 11 points, Joshua Smith – returning to action for the first time since January 4, 2014 – scored 10, and Mikael Hopkins grabbed 10 rebounds. Against Texas A&M–Corpus Christi four days later, Smith had the first double-double of his Georgetown career, scoring 20 points and pulling down 12 rebounds, and Aaron Bowen came off the bench for 13 points and five steals, while Hopkins scored 12 points and Peak 10. Smith had another double-double in the Robert Morris game, scoring 22 points and grabbing 11 rebounds against the Colonials, and D'Vauntes Smith-Rivera had his first double-figure outing of the season as he and Peak scored 12 points each, while Hopkins pulled down 10 rebounds and scored six points. Robert Morris junior guard Rodney Pryor, who two years later would play for Georgetown during the 2016–2017 season, came off the bench for a team-high 16 points for the Colonials.

Next, the Hoyas left the United States to play in the Battle 4 Atlantis, an annual tournament held at Atlantis Paradise Island on Paradise Island in Nassau in the Bahamas. In the tournament's opening quarterfinal round, they faced their first ranked opponent of the season, No. 18 Florida. It was the first time the teams had met since November 2012, when their game was canceled after the first half due to condensation on the court and never completed, and it was the first game they completed against one another since Florida's 2006 national championship team knocked the Hoyas out of the 2006 NCAA tournament. The game was a wild one that saw 21 lead changes. The Hoyas held the Gators to 36 percent shooting from the field, and although no Hoya scored more than six points in the first half, Georgetown went into the locker room at halftime with a 31–27 lead. Joshua Smith was called for two flagrant fouls during the game, one of which allowed Florida senior forward Jacob Kurtz to sink one of two free throws and give Florida a 44–42 lead with 7:07 left in regulation. Jabril Trawick fouled out with 34.1 seconds left in regulation, but shortly afterward the Hoya defense collapsed on Florida redshirt junior guard Eli Carter to prevent him from scoring, and the second half ended with the teams tied 53–53. In overtime, Gator sophomore guard Kasey Hill completed a three-point play with 11.5 seconds remaining to put Florida ahead 65–64, but D'Vauntes Smith-Rivera scored on a jumper with 3.4 seconds left to give Georgetown a 66–65 upset win. The game continued a streak that made 2014–2015 the first season since 1949-1950 that Florida had not scored at least 70 points in any of its first four games. Smith-Rivera had a game-high 17 points, while Paul White had his first double-digit game as a Hoya with 10 points and Jabril Trawick also scored 10 before fouling out.

Georgetown advanced to the semifinals to meet an even more challenging opponent, No. 2 Wisconsin, which had defeated UAB easily in the first round. The game was the first meeting between Wisconsin and Georgetown since December 28, 1982. The Hoyas made their first six shots and by halfway through the first half were shooting 61 percent from the field and leading 19–16; Georgetown led for all but 56 seconds of the first half, but Wisconsin led 35–34 at halftime. Wisconsin fell behind in the second half, the first time all season the Badgers had trailed in the second half of a game, and Georgetown built a lead of nine points, 53–44, with 11:36 left to play. But Georgetown missed eight of its last 10 shots while the Badgers went on a decisive 22–6 run – during which Badger redshirt senior forward Duje Dukan scored all eight of his points in the game over a stretch of 80 seconds – to pull ahead 62–59 with 4:27 left to play and 66–59 with 1:53 remaining. D'Vauntes Smith Rivera, who had made all five of his previous three-point attempts, missed his last one, a potential game-tying shot which rimmed out as time expired, and, although Georgetown held the lead for all but 9 minutes 20 seconds of the game, Wisconsin came away with a 68–65 win and advanced to play Oklahoma in the tournament's championship game. The game saw 29 turnovers, 15 of them Georgetown's, and Wisconsin took decisive advantage of free-throw opportunities, going 13-for-18 (72.2 percent) from the line to Georgetown's 1-for-2. Smith-Rivera had a game-high 29 points, and Joshua Smith was the only other Hoya to score in double digits with 10 points.

Georgetown moved on to the third-place game, meeting Big East rival Butler, which had beaten North Carolina in the quarterfinals and lost to Oklahoma in its semifinal game. Although NCAA rules ordinarily precluded two teams from the same conference from playing in the same early-season tournament, Butler received a waiver to play in the Battle 4 Atlantis because it did not decide to join the new Big East Conference until after accepting an invitation to the tournament. From the field, Butler had shot 49-for-119 (41.2 percent) in the tournament, including weak shooting early in the Georgetown game, but then the Bulldogs began making shots, pulling out to a 21–13 lead that was the first time in school history they ever had led the Hoyas by more than seven points, and shooting 9-for-11 during one stretch in the second half. Butler prevailed 64–58, Georgetown's first loss to Butler in four meetings all-time between the schools. Against the Bulldogs, Isaac Copeland scored in double figures for the first time in his collegiate career, shooting 7-for-10 from the field and scoring 16 points, while Paul White added 13, and D'Vauntes Smith-Rivera finished with 12. The Hoyas had been called for at least 20 fouls in all three games they played in the Bahamas and were outscored 49-34 from the free-throw line; they had seen all three of their Battle 4 Atlantis games decided in the final minute and two of them on the final shot, and they went 1–2 and finished in fourth place in the 2014 Battle 4 Atlantis.

After nine days off, the Hoyas opened a four-game homestand at the Verizon Center that began with an easy win over Towson in which five Hoyas scored in double figures, with D'Vauntes Smith-Rivera finishing with a game-high 16 points, Paul White with 14 – including 4-of-5 shooting from three-point range – Joshua Smith with 12, Jabril Trawick with 11, and Isaac Copeland with 10. It was Georgetown's first appearance in the annual BB&T Classic. Three days later, they hosted No. 10 Kansas, their third ranked opponent of the season. During warm-ups, the national anthem, and pregame handshakes, the entire Georgetown roster wore black T-shirts emblazoned with "I CAN′T BREATHE" in white lettering, which Joshua Smith explained to reporters was an expression of sympathy to the family of Eric Garner, whose death while being arrested by New York City police officers in July 2014 was a matter of national controversy in the United States after a grand jury declined to indict the officers involved. Entering the game – the return visit for a home-and-home series in which Georgetown had traveled to play Kansas the previous season – the Jayhawks were 6–1 and had won five games in a row. The game had no flow, with 33 turnovers and 58 free throws taken by the two teams combined, and both Jayhawk sophomore guard Brannen Greene and Georgetown's Mikael Hopkins had four fouls by midway through the second half. Neither of the teams′ leading scorers – Perry Ellis for Kansas and D'Vauntes Smith-Rivera for Georgetown – had a good offensive performance, Ellis going 4-for-15 (26.7 percent) and Smith-Rivera 3-for-15 (20.0 percent) from the field. Brannen Greene scored a career-high 19 points for Kansas, 16 of them in the second half, but Joshua Smith led all scorers with 20 points, while L. J. Peak had 18 and Paul White and Smith-Rivera contributed 10 each. Jabril Trawick suffered a bone bruise in a collision with Greene during the game. A key officiating decision came with 18 seconds left to play and Kansas leading 71–67, when the ball went out of bounds after Isaac Copeland missed a three-pointer and the referees could not determine whose possession it was; they decided to call it a jump ball, which, because of the alternating possession rule, gave the Jayhawks the ball. Greene promptly drew a foul by Copeland and made both free throws to give Kansas a 73–67 lead with 16 seconds left. The Jayhawks hung on for a 75–70 victory.

The homestand continued with an easy win over Radford in which Georgetown's bench players shined, scoring 42 points, with Aaron Bowen leading the way with a game-high and career-high 16 points and Paul White adding 12. Charlotte visited a week later and lost a much closer game in which the Hoyas had to turn back a last-second 49ers upset bid. In a balanced Georgetown attack, L. J. Peak led all scorers with 18 points, D'Vauntes Smith-Rivera had 13, Joshua Smith scored 12, and Jabril Trawick had  a double-double with 11 points and 10 rebounds, while Aaron Bowen came off the bench to add another 11 points.

A week later, Georgetown rounded out its non-conference schedule by visiting Madison Square Garden to meet Indiana in the Indeed Invitational. Despite getting in early foul trouble, Joshua Smith played a key role in the Hoyas′ overtime win over the Hoosiers, scoring 14 points, while D'Vauntes Smith-Rivera scored a game-high 29, Aaron Bowen came off the bench to score 22 – a new career high for him – on 10-for-13 (76.9 percent) shooting from the field, and Jabril Trawick contributed 12.  For the second season a row, the Hoyas finished their non-conference schedule with a record of 8–3. All three of their losses had come against teams either ranked at the time of the game or, in the case of Butler, soon afterward.

Conference schedule

The Associated Press Poll ranked the Hoyas No. 25 at the end of December – their first national ranking since the final poll of the 2012-2013 season – just in time for the Big East Conference season to begin with a full slate of five games on December 31, 2014. Georgetown – picked pre-season by the Big East's coaches for the second season in a row to finish second in the conference – opened the season with a visit to Xavier, where D'Vauntes Smith Rivera, who entered the game as the conference's fifth-leading scorer, was booed throughout the game because Xavier had recruited him heavily and he had chosen Georgetown instead. Although the Hoyas held the Musketeers 11 points below their season scoring average, Xavier also held Georgetown to its lowest point total of the season, and Xavier won 70–53 in an upset despite 18 points by Smith-Rivera and 10 by Joshua Smith.

The Hoyas returned to the Verizon Center and began 2015 with two wins, beating Creighton and Marquette. In the Creighton game, with the Hoyas wearing pink shoelaces for Georgetown's second annual Men Against Breast Cancer game, Joshua Smith scored 14 points and Jabril Trawick added 12, but three freshman – L. J. Peak with 14 points, Tre Campbell with 13, and Paul White with 10 – combined for 37 of Georgetown's 76 points, including one stretch in which they scored 25 of 29 points, 13 of them in a row. It was the first time Campbell scored in double figures in a college game and the first time three Georgetown freshmen scored in double figures in the same game since January 18, 2005, when Jeff Green, Roy Hibbert, and Jonathan Wallace had each scored 12 in a loss at Syracuse. By the time the Hoyas hosted Marquette, they had fallen back out of the Top 25 thanks to the loss at Xavier, but they overcame their own cold shooting streak and a late surge by the Golden Eagles to win, thanks in part to 15 points by D'Vauntes Smith-Rivera, a double-double (12 points and 10 rebounds) by Joshua Smith, 13 points by L. J. Peak, and 12 by Jabril Trawick.

With a conference record of 2–1, Georgetown went on the road to visit Providence and DePaul. They lost to Providence in overtime, with D'Vauntes Smith-Rivera scoring 15 points, Joshua Smith recording another double-double with 15 points and 12 rebounds, and Paul White scoring 11 points off the bench, but recovered to beat DePaul – the team which upset them in the first round of the previous season's Big East tournament – for the 15th time in the past 16 meetings. Against the Blue Demons, D'Vauntes Smith-Rivera scored a game-high 25 points – including six of eight free throws he attempted in the final minute, part of a 26-for-32 (81.3 percent) Georgetown performance at the free-throw line – and Jabril Trawick added 11. The Hoyas then returned home to meet Butler – which had beaten them in November during the Battle 4 Atlantis, then risen to as high as No. 15 in the AP Poll in December before falling back out of the AP Top 25 – for the first conference game of the season between the teams. Bulldog redshirt junior forward Roosevelt Jones scored a career-high 28 points, and the lead seesawed back and forth ten times in the final 8:48 of the game, but Isaac Copeland hit a three-pointer in the final seconds to give Georgetown the lead and D'Vauntes Smith-Rivera – who led the Hoyas with 14 points – preserved a Hoya victory by blocking Jones's final layup. Copeland, Joshua Smith, and Jabril Trawick scored 10 points each against the Bulldogs.

Next to visit the Verizon Center was No. 4 Villanova, Georgetown's highest-ranked opponent since a meeting with No. 1 Indiana in November 2012. At 17–1 overall and 4–1 in the Big East, the Wildcats had won four in a row since suffering their only loss of the season in an overtime game at Seton Hall 16 days earlier. It was a physical game, with the teams combining for 50 fouls. The Hoyas forced 17 Wildcat turnovers and held Villanova to 34 percent shooting from the field; the Wildcats shot 2-for-10 from three-point range during the first half and scored only two points off fast breaks during the entire game. Georgetown, in contrast, shot 60 percent from the field in the first half and pulled away early, holding Villanova scoreless for over seven minutes during a 17–0 Hoya scoring run that built a 30–11 Georgetown lead, and Georgetown went into the locker room ahead 42–20 at halftime. The Hoyas led by as many as 26 points in the second half. Villanova junior guard Ryan Arcidiacono, who finished with 16 points, hit three three-pointers that helped the Wildcats close to 62–50 with eight minutes to play while Jabril Trawick sat on the bench for several minutes after getting hit in the eye, but Georgetown then went on a 6–0 run to open up a 68–50 lead. Villanova junior forward Daniel Ochefu, coming off a career-high 21 points against Pennsylvania two days earlier, scored only four points before fouling out with 4:13 remaining in the game. The Hoyas shot 51 percent from the field for the game and won 78–58. D'Vauntes Smith-Rivera, who had been announced as Big East Player of the Week earlier in the day, and Isaac Copeland each had 17 points – a career high for Copeland – to lead all scorers, while Jabril Trawick added 10 points and Joshua Smith had nine points and eight rebounds. Georgetown's 20-point upset put the Hoyas in first place in the Big East at 4–1, a half-game ahead of 4–2 Villanova, and the Georgetown student section stormed the court in celebration. The Hoyas stretched their winning streak to four games five days later with an overtime victory at Marquette, featuring a balanced attack in which D'Vauntes Smith-Rivera had 19 points including five three-pointers, Joshua Smith recorded another double-double with 18 points and 15 rebounds, Isaac Copeland scored 17 points, and Mikael Hopkins added 13, while Tre Campbell and Aaron Bowen both came off the bench to score in double figures, Campbell finishing with 14 points and Bowen with 11.

Georgetown returned to the AP Top 25 after a three-week absence, ranked No. 21 in time for a return to the Verizon Center and the second meeting with Xavier of the season. L. J. Peak, who had injured his left ankle in the Marquette game, sat out the first five minutes, allowing Isaac Copeland to make his first collegiate start. D'Vauntes Smith-Rivera scored 13 points, Peak had 12, and Joshua Smith contributed 10, but the Hoyas shot only 39 percent from the field and committed a season-high 17 turnovers, six of them by Jabril Trawick, who started despite suffering a bruised right thigh against Marquette. Xavier held Georgetown without a field goal for more than 11 minutes in the first half, and Georgetown's 16 points in the half were its fewest first-half points since it scored 16 in the first half of a game against Tennessee in November 2012. Georgetown had another scoring drought of over three minutes in the second half, and Xavier held Georgetown to only 53 points for the game, tying the Hoyas′ season low set in the game at Xavier on January 3. The Musketeers won 66–53, sweeping the season series with Georgetown and snapping their own road losing streak of five games dating back to the previous season – Xavier's longest road losing streak since an eight-game skid across two seasons in 1987. Georgetown's winning streak ended at four, dropping the Hoyas into second place in the Big East at 6–3, albeit only percentage points behind Villanova and Providence, both 5–2 on the season. However, the Hoyas bounced back to close out January with a dominating win against last-place Creighton in which no Creighton player scored in double figures and at one point the Bluejays went scoreless for 17 minutes 18 seconds. Georgetown held the Bluejays to 40 points and 20.8 percent shooting from the field, the lowest shooting percentage by a Big East team since Marquette shot 18.9 percent against Ohio State on November 16, 2013, and the lowest in a Big East game since West Virginia shot 20 percent against Cincinnati in the original Big East on January 30, 2008.

Dropping to No. 24 in the AP Poll, the Hoyas began February by suffering a loss at home to Providence, which used a 20-6 run in the second half – with Georgetown going without a field goal for the final 7:41 of the game – to fuel a come-from-behind win that broke a 31-road-game Providence losing streak against ranked teams and a seven-game Hoya winning streak at home against the Friars. The Friars completed a season sweep of the Hoyas despite 21 points by D'Vauntes Smith-Rivera, 10 by Joshua Smith, and Tre Campbell and Isaac Copeland coming off the bench to score 10 each. The Hoyas then traveled to Philadelphia for a rematch with Villanova, now ranked No. 7 and sporting a 21–2 record overall and 8–2 in the Big East, before a large crowd at the Wells Fargo Center. The Wildcats wore 1985 throwback uniforms in celebration of Villanova's upset triumph 30 years earlier over the 1984–1985 Hoyas in the 1985 NCAA tournament′s  national championship game. Villanova pulled out to an early 17-point lead and led by as many as 24 points on 12-for-24 three-point shooting, a 50 percent performance well above the 36 percent they had shot from beyond the arc entering the game. In contrast, Georgetown's two leading scorers – D'Vauntes Smith-Rivera with 15.8 and Joshua Smith with 11.9 points per game – managed only a combined nine points on 4-for-11 (36.4 percent) shooting, and the Hoyas as a team shot only 1-for-17 (5.9 percent) from three-point range and 30 percent from the field overall. The Hoyas trailed 37-24 at the half and never mounted a comeback, ultimately losing 69–53, tying their lowest point total of the season with the 53 points they scored in each of the Xavier games. L. J. Peak with 15 points and Aaron Bowen with 10 off the bench were the only Hoyas to score in double figures.

Losers of three out of four, the Hoyas fell back out of the Top 25, but they promptly embarked on a three-game winning streak with victories at Seton Hall and at home against St. John's and DePaul to improve to 18–8 on the season and 10–5 in the conference. At Seton Hall, the Hoyas jumped out to a 27–7 lead before the Pirates came back to tie the game at 44–44, but Georgetown then built a lead again to win 86–67; D'Vauntes Smith-Rivera scored a game-high 23 points and Isaac Copeland had two career highs with 20 points and eight rebounds, while Jabril Trawick added 12 points. Hosting St. John's a week later, Copeland had a double-double with 12 points and a new career high of 10 rebounds, while Smith-Rivera, Joshua Smith, and L. J. Peak also each scored 12, Trawick added 11, and Mikael Hopkins came off the bench also to score 12. The win over DePaul four days later – the Hoyas′ 16th victory over the Blue Demons in the past 17 meetings – gave Georgetown sole possession of second place in the Big East, with Smith-Rivera leading all scorers in the game with 19 points, Joshua Smith recording another double-double (15 points and 10 rebounds), Copeland scoring 12, and Trawick adding 10. Traveling to Madison Square Garden for a rematch with St. John's on the last day of February, however, the Hoyas stumbled, losing to the Red Storm despite Smith-Rivera's 29 points and a double-double (10 points, 12 rebounds) and three steals by Mikael Hopkins.

Georgetown next visited No. 21 Butler for their second conference meeting and third meeting overall of the season. The Bulldogs forced 15 turnovers and outrebounded the Hoyas 39–20, including 17–2 on the offensive end, and outscored Georgetown 15–2 in second-chance points, but the underdog Hoyas blocked ten shots and held the Bulldogs to 35.3 percent shooting from the field. Butler also failed to take full advantage of free-throw opportunities, going 10-for-22 (45.5 percent) from the line. Butler's top-scoring player, junior guard Kellen Dunham, went scoreless for the first  minutes and for the final  minutes and finished with only eight points. The Hoyas led 30–24 at halftime and 34–24 early in the second half, but Butler came back to take a 40–39 lead with 11:35 remaining. Georgetown responded with five straight points to take a 44–40 lead with 8:56 to play. The Hoyas never trailed again, but had to fend off a Butler bid to tie or take the lead in the final seconds with heroics by D'Vauntes Smith-Rivera. With Georgetown clinging to a 56–54 lead, Joshua Smith missed a free throw with 10.2 seconds remaining and Bulldog senior forward Kameron Woods grabbed the rebound, but Smith-Rivera stole the ball from Woods and drew a foul by Butler sophomore forward Andrew Chrabascz. Smith-Rivera made both free throws to extend the lead to 58–54, then stole an inbounds pass by redshirt junior forward Austin Etherington with five seconds left, drew a foul by Bulldog redshirt junior forward Roosevelt Jones, and made two more free throws with four seconds left to seal a 60–54 Georgetown upset win. Smith Rivera scored 16 points before a home-town crowd in his native Indianapolis, while Joshua Smith contributed 10 and Tre Campbell added 10 off the bench.

Georgetown completed the regular season by hosting Seton Hall at the Verizon Center. Sidelined by heart arrhythmia since early in his freshman season in 2011, Georgetown senior center Tyler Adams had been relegated to the bench ever since under a medical hardship waiver that allowed him to remain on scholarship without counting against the school's scholarship total as long as he did not play, but he had been a steady presence and de facto assistant coach on the sidelines. In a process begun 16 months earlier, John Thompson III arranged for an NCAA waiver that allowed Adams to make a one-possession appearance against Seton Hall on Senior Day, the last home game before his graduation, something Thompson did not announce to Adams or anyone else on the team until two days before the game. Adams started the game and Seton Hall allowed him to make an uncontested dunk almost immediately, giving Georgetown a 2–0 lead, to an ovation by the Verizon Center crowd; it was an emotional moment for both Adams and his teammates. Thompson immediately called a timeout and Adams exited the game, but Georgetown played on to defeat the Pirates, sweeping the season series with them. Leading Georgetown scorer D'Vauntes Smith-Rivera sat out the game with a lower body injury – the only game he missed all season – but Jabril Trawick scored 19 points and Tre Campbell 13. The Hoyas finished the regular season with a record of 20–6 overall and 12-6 in the Big East, tied for second place with Butler.

Big East tournament

Georgetown rose into the AP Top 25 again, ranked No. 23 before the 2015 Big East tournament began at Madison Square Garden. Under tie-breaking criteria, the Big East Conference considered Georgetown to have finished in second place in the regular season, and so the Hoyas received the No. 2 seed in the tournament, giving them a bye in the first round. They began play in the quarterfinals, facing No. 10 seed Creighton, which had upset seventh-seeded DePaul in the first round to advance to meet Georgetown. The Hoyas led 31–25 at halftime, but the Bluejays came back in the second half despite the loss of senior guard Avery Dingman, who went to the locker room after suffering an injury in a collision with eight minutes left to play, and Creighton led 51–45 with about six minutes to play. With five minutes left to play, however, D'Vauntes Smith-Rivera took control of the game, scoring 12 of Georgetown's final 14 points with a three-pointer, a three-point play, a driving two-point shot as he fell down, and four free throws, the last of which he sank with 3.2 seconds remaining. The Bluejays, meanwhile, committed three of their 18 turnovers during the game's final 2:15. Georgetown won 60–55, completing a three-game sweep of Creighton for the season. Georgetown's front court had an off game – L. J. Peak scored only three points and Isaac Copeland only two, and both were scoreless in the first half –but D'Vauntes Smith-Rivera finished with 25 points and Joshua Smith with 10. Georgetown had 11 steals, three of them by Jabril Trawick, and although Creighton outrebounded Georgetown 31–28, the Hoyas had a big advantage at the free-throw line, going 20-for-26 (76.9 percent) while Creighton went 6-for-8 (75 percent).

Georgetown advanced to the Big East tournament semifinals for the first time since 2013 to face sixth-seeded Xavier, which had upset the tournament's third seed, No. 22 Butler, the previous day to advance. Xavier took a 36–26 lead at halftime, and extended its lead to 20 points with 7:53 left in the game. Georgetown then went on a 15–1 scoring run, with Isaac Copeland contributing 11 points in a little over four minutes during the rally, while the Musketeers, who led the Big East in free-throw shooting percentage, went 1-for-7 (14.3 percent) from the line. Xavier freshman forward Trevon Bluiett finally brought the Georgetown run to an end with a three-pointer that gave the Musketeers a 57–48 lead with 3:38 left to play. Georgetown continued to close the gap, however, and with 14.7 seconds remaining, Xavier's lead had diminished to 60–59. Then the Musketeers began making free throws again, sinking four in a row and extending their lead to 64–61 with 4.6 seconds remaining. With 1.9 seconds left to play, Jabril Trawick came to the free throw line for two shots; he intended to make the first one – which he did, reducing Xavier's lead to 64-62 – and then deliberately miss the second one to give his team a chance at a rebound and a tying or winning field goal. But Trawick accidentally made his second shot as well, reducing Xavier's lead to 64–63 but giving Xavier possession of the ball. The Hoyas fouled Xavier junior forward James Farr immediately; Farr made his first free throw at the other end and missed the second, but Paul White grabbed the rebound too late even for one last desperate heave down the court before time expired. Making five of its last six free throws in the game's final 10.6 seconds, Xavier upset Georgetown 65–63, completing a three-game season sweep of the Hoyas and advancing to face Villanova in the tournament championship game the following evening.

NCAA tournament

With a record of 21–10 and climbing to No. 22 in the AP Poll, Georgetown received a bid to the 2015 NCAA tournament, its 30th appearance in the tournament, eighth appearance in the past ten seasons, and first since 2013. Seeded No. 4 in the South Region, the Hoyas opened play in the Round of 64 (known as the "Second Round" that season), by meeting the region's No. 13 seed, Eastern Washington of the Big Sky Conference, at the Moda Center in Portland, Oregon. The Hoyas had lost four of the last five NCAA tournament games they had played, all of them to teams seeded 10th or lower; Eastern Washington entered the game averaging 80.8 points per game and had the leading Division I scorer in the United States in redshirt junior guard Tyler Harvey, who was averaging 22.9 points per game. During an interview on a national radio show the day before the game, Eastern Washington head coach Jim Hayford extolled the virtues of his team and  promised that the Eagles, who were making only the second NCAA tournament appearance in school history and first since 2004, would beat the Hoyas in an upset. Joshua Smith got into early foul trouble and spent long stretches on the bench while the Eagles spread the floor and played a fast game, attempting a barrage of three-pointers; they made six of their first 12 three-point attempts, and they hit three of them in a row to take a 24–17 lead midway through the first half, raising fears on the Georgetown team that they were destined to lose in another NCAA tournament first-round upset at the hands of a double-digit seed. But with both Smith and Mikael Hopkins on the bench with foul trouble, Thompson turned to unheralded junior reserve center Bradley Hayes, who had spent three seasons in obscurity on the bench. Hayes responded to the opportunity with the breakout game of his career, playing the final 10 minutes of the first half; he scored a career-high eight points, making all three lay-ups and both free throws he attempted, pulled down a career-high six rebounds, and recorded an assist. He did not play after halftime, but in no small part thanks to his efforts, as well as to the Hoyas sinking their share of three-pointers, Georgetown pulled out to a 43–33 lead at the half. Hayes's ten minutes of play turned out to be the turning point of the game. Georgetown opened the second half with a 15–2 scoring run that culminated in back-to-back three-pointers by D'Vauntes Smith-Rivera, stretching the Hoyas′ lead to 58–35. The Eagles closed to a seven-point deficit in the final seconds, but finally succumbed despite Harvey's game-high 27 points. Georgetown won 84–74, its first NCAA tournament victory since 2012, shooting 11-for-23 (47.8 percent) from three-point range for the game, while Eastern Washington shot 9-for-28 (32.1 percent) in three-pointers. Smith-Rivera had 25 points and Mikael Hopkins scored 10 and had nine rebounds, while Jabril Trawick and Paul White also contributed 10 points each. Eastern Washington exited with an all-time NCAA tournament record of 0–2.

The Hoyas advanced to the Round of 32 (termed the "Third Round" this season) for the first time since 2012 to face the South Region's fifth seed, No. 19 Utah, which had defeated 12th-seeded Stephen F. Austin to advance to meet Georgetown. The game was a contrast between Georgetown's "Princeton offense" and Utah's motion offense, and the Utes had initial trouble with the Hoyas, who used perimeter shooting to build an 11-point lead early in the first half. However, Utah battled back to tie the game at 32–32 at halftime and had a 57–53 lead late in the second half. The Hoyas kept the game close, and L. J. Peak scored on a layup to hold Utah's lead to 61–57 with 3:06 left. After that, however, Utah scored on a three-pointer and a layup to take a decisive 66-59 lead with 1:40 remaining and the Utes went on to upset the Hoyas 75–64, bringing Georgetown's season to a close. Peak led the Hoyas with 18 points, Isaac Copeland had 14, D'Vantes Smith-Rivera contributed 12, and Jabril Trawick – playing his final game as a Hoya – scored 10. For the sixth straight time since their Final Four appearance in 2007, the Hoyas exited the NCAA tournament in its first weekend due to an upset by a lower-seeded opponent. They again dropped out of the Top 25 in the final national rankings for the season.

Wrap-up

D'Vauntes Smith-Rivera was the team's leading scorer for the season; he missed one game late in the season due to injury but started the other 32, shooting 42.1 percent from the field overall and 38.7 percent in three-pointers, averaging 16.3 points and 4.2 rebounds per game. Joshua Smith played in all 33 games, starting all but one of them, and averaged 10.8 points and 5.8 rebounds per game, shooting 62.1 percent from the field. Jabril Trawick started all 33 games, shooting 49.2 percent in field-goal attempts and 40.7 percent from three-point range, and he averaged 9.1 points and 3.6 rebounds per game. Playing in all 33 games and starting 32 of them, L. J. Peak averaged 7.9 points per game on 39.4 percent field-goal shooting and had 2.3 rebounds per game. Isaac Copeland, Mikael Hopkins, Tre Campbell, Aaron Bowen, and Paul White also played in every game. Copeland had 11 starts and finished with 6.8 points per game on 45.1 percent shooting from the field and had 3.8 rebounds per game, Hopkins stated 24 times, shot 43.8 percent, and averaged 5.1 points and 5.8 rebounds, and Campbell had one start and finished with 3.8 points per game. Bowen and White came off the bench in every game, Bowen shooting 52.9 percent from the field and finishing with 5.6 points and 2.0 rebounds per game and White averaging 5.0 points on 40.4 percent shooting and grabbing 2.8 rebounds per game. Reggie Cameron played in 23 games, all as a reserve, and averaged 1.2 points on 27.6 percent shooting.

Joshua Smith, Jabril Trawick, Mikael Hopkins, Aaron Bowen, and Tyler Adams all graduated after the season. Smith completed his abbreviated Georgetown career of one-and-a-half seasons having played in 46 games, starting all but one, shooting 63.1 percent from the field and averaging 11.0 points and 5.1 rebounds per game; he went undrafted in the 2015 National Basketball Association draft and then played professionally in the NBA Development League and overseas. Trawick had 74 starts in his 126 games, and he shot 46.6 percent from the field for his career, averaging 6.8 points and 2.7 rebounds per game. Over his five seasons at Georgetown – his seven-game freshman season cut short by surgery – Bowen played in 111 games and made one start, and he finished with a 48.3 percent field-goal percentage and 4.1 points and 2.0 rebounds per game. Hopkins had played in 128 games in his four years at Georgetown, starting 75 of them, shooting 42.3 percent from the field and averaging 4.9 points and 3.8 rebounds per game. Adams, sidelined for virtually his entire college career by his heart ailment, had made his real contribution through his support to the team during his four seasons on the bench. He graduated with only 24 minutes played in only five collegiate appearances, four of them early in his freshman season and one – his only start – on Senior Day of his senior year.  He finished his college career with a total of 12 points – scored on 5-for-10 shooting from the field (one of his field goals being his uncontested senior-year dunk on Senior Day in 2015) and 2-for-2 free-throw shooting – and nine rebounds.

Georgetown announced on March 31, 2015, that D'Vauntes Smith-Rivera had decided to forego his senior year of college and enter the 2015 National Basketball Association draft, a sudden move that surprised observers, who had not ranked him highly as a National Basketball Association prospect. His decision to depart left the Hoyas facing a rebuilding year the following season. He did not hire an agent and, with his final year of college eligibility therefore intact, he decided a week later to withdraw his name from the draft pool and return to Georgetown for his senior year, causing expectations for the following year's team to soar. Speaking publicly about his decision for the first time on April 30, 2015, Smith-Rivera explained that he initially had decided to enter the NBA draft out of an abundance of confidence in himself and comfort with his abilities as a player, but that his parents had convinced him that returning to Georgetown and completing his education was a wiser choice for the following season.

With Joshua Smith back at center and playing the entire season, the 2014-15 Hoyas enjoyed success, finishing 22–11 overall and in second place in the Big East Conference, achieving a national ranking – No. 22 in the postseason AP Poll and No. 24 in the postseason Coaches Poll, although they dropped out of the Top 25 in both in the final polls of the season – and returning to the NCAA tournament after a one-year absence. However, the Hoyas' frustrations in the tournament continued, as they again exited early; in the eight seasons since the Final Four season of 2006-07, Georgetown had made six NCAA tournament appearances without ever advancing past the first weekend, and had gone 3–6 in tournament games, each time losing to a lower-seeded opponent. Despite this disappointment, 2014-15 was significant as the last winning season and the last season to include a postseason tournament appearance during John Thompson III's tenure at Georgetown. Although it was not apparent at the time, the Georgetown men's basketball program was about to slide into mediocrity. Over the next two seasons, Thompson would round out his Georgetown career with two straight losing records and no postseason bids – a trend that would continue after his departure into the first season under his successor, Patrick Ewing.

Roster
When he joined the team this season, freshman forward Trey Mourning, the son of Alonzo Mourning, became only the fourth son of a former player to play for Georgetown, joining Riyan Williams, the son of Reggie Williams, who made the team as a walk-on for the second straight season. Other than Mourning and Williams, only two sons of former players had played at Georgetown: Patrick Ewing Jr., the son of Patrick Ewing, who played for Georgetown during the 2006-2007 and 2007-2008 seasons, and Ed Hargaden Jr., who played during the 1957-58, 1958-59, and 1959-60 seasons and was the son of Ed Hargaden, Georgetown's first All-American and star of the 1932-33, 1933-34, and 1934-35 teams.

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References

External links
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title: Megalo Seirini

text:
Megalo Seirini () is a village and a community of the Grevena municipality. Before the 2011 local government reform it was a part of the municipality of Grevena, of which it was a municipal district. The 2011 census recorded 461 residents in the village and 555 residents in the community. The community of Megalo Seirini covers an area of 18.804 km2.

Administrative division
The community of Megalo Seirini consists of two separate settlements:
Megalo Seirini (population 461)
Mikro Seirini (population 94)
The aforementioned population figures are as of 2011.

Population
According to the 2011 census, the population of the settlement of Megalo Seirini was 461 people, a decrease of almost 19% compared to the previous census of 2001.

See also
 List of settlements in the Grevena regional unit

References

Populated places in Grevena (regional unit)
Grevena
Villages in Greece


title: Beas River disaster

text:
The Beas River disaster refers to the 8 June 2014 drowning of 24 second-year engineering students (six female and 18 male) and one tour operator from V.N.R. Vignana Jyothi Institute of Engineering and Technology of Hyderabad at the Beas River in Himachal Pradesh. The accident took place in the Thalout area (Shalanala Village) of Mandi district and was the result of a sudden surge of river water released upstream from the Larji hydro electric project.

Incident
48 students and three faculty/staff members of the V.N.R. Vignana Jyothi Institute of Engineering and Technology (Hyderabad) were on an educational/industrial tour from Shimla to Manali, about 200 kilometres (130 miles) from Himachal Pradesh capital Shimla. Some of them were photographing themselves on the banks of the Beas river on the Mandi-Manali National Highway NH-21, when they were washed away as the water flow in the river suddenly increased. The surge of water occurred when the Larji hydroelectric power project opened its floodgates, sending tonnes of water downstream.

The dam water was released suddenly by the dam authorities without prior notice. Two students were alarmed when men on the shore collecting sand began to point and yell "Dam" just a few seconds before the water gushed in.

Footage surfaced on the internet two days after the incident which showed how the victims were caught unaware before the river carried them away. The video was shot by Bihari Lal, who was present about 100 metres above the river bed on a hilly area where a wedding was being held .

Sensing the danger and Asish Mantha selflessly started helping the other students to reach the river bank. It has been reported by the surviving students that Kiran Kumar Muppidi had saved five fellow students before he slipped away. Devasish Bose was seen fighting hard to save one of the fellow students before he went missing. According to first hand witness the unofficial tour guide had jumped into the current to save some students.

Rescue
Authorities deployed over 550 rescue team members including divers from NDRF, Sashastra Seema Bal (SSB), ITBP, the local firemen and policemen, and a private team of swimmers and divers trained by the Additional DGP of Police (Sports) in Telangana, Mr. Rajeev Trivedi and assisted by Supdt. of Police, Mr.Kartikeya . UAVs, multi-beam sonar, and lidar were also deployed to trace missing students along the 15 km stretch from Larji Dam to Pandoh Dam. Beginning 16 June, the parents of the students who were camping in Himachal Pradesh started leaving for their native places.

The bodies of 23 of the 24 students, and the tour guide were recovered. Student Kalluri Sree Harsha's body was not recovered.

Government response

Probe
A case has been registered against officials of the Larji Hydroelectric Project and College for causing the death of 24 engineering students through negligence. The case was registered after eyewitnesses claimed that the hooter was not sounded before the flow of water into the river was increased.

An initial probe suggested that Larji power project was asked to reduce generation on the day of the tragedy but that plant officials instead shut it down. As a result of this, the water that had built up in its reservoir needed to be released, leading to a sudden surge in the Beas river. It has been reported by some news agencies that the Larji hydroelectric power project has been involved with local sand mafia and this was what made the officials open the gates without proper control.

Compensation
The Himachal High Court awarded compensation of 2,000,000 rupees to parents of students to paid in a ratio of 60:30:10 by the electricity board, the college and the state of Himachal Pradesh.

References

2014 disasters in India
History of Himachal Pradesh (1947–present)
2010s in Himachal Pradesh
Disasters in Himachal Pradesh
Maritime incidents in India
Students in India
Education in Telangana
Mandi district
Accidental deaths in India
Deaths by drowning
June 2014 events in India


title: Logothetis

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Logothetis () is a Greek surname derived from the Byzantine title of logothetes. The feminine form is Logotheti (Λογοθέτη).

 Anestis Logothetis (1921–1994), Greek-Austrian composer
 Dimitri Logothetis, Greek-American actor and director
 George Logothetis (born 1975), Greek-British businessman
 Lykourgos Logothetis (1772–1850), leader of Samos during the Greek War of Independence
 Nikos Logothetis (born 1950), Greek biologist

Greek-language surnames
Surnames


title: Cellular textile

text:
Cellular Textiles is an alternative way of producing textiles that is very different than both knitting & weaving.

Production
Cellular Textiles, produced using additive manufacturing, are defined by their complex interlocking parts.  A single base unit geometry is created, with variable parts.  By repeating these base units over a surface while changing their parts, textiles with varying properties can be created.

References

Textiles


title: Badi Doooor Se Aaye Hai

text:
Badi Dooooor Se Aaye Hain () is an Indian sitcom airing on SAB TV from 9 June 2014 to 14 November 2016. It starred Sumeet Raghavan and Rupali Bhosale.

Plot
Badi Dooooor Se Aaye Hai is a story of an extraterrestrial family who come to Earth with an aim to find their eldest and lost son, named 2015, whom they have been searching for on many planets.

The spaceship of Alien family crashes in a jungle as they land on Earth. After landing, they are shocked to see human civilization and its form. Later they realize that if they move around in their alien form they will be treated differently or may be taken captive for research and analysis, thus risking their existence.  But since they get very strong clues of their lost son 2015 to be living on Earth, they forcefully take the form of humans and secure their lives. The alien family consists of Vasant, his wife Varsha, his younger brother Sharad and two sons, Hemant and Shishir. The residents of Sunshine Colony are unique and funny in their own different ways. At first, they found it difficult to accept the Ghotalas because they are weird but slowly they treated them as their own seeing their kind and selfless nature. Sharad falls for Anna. Ghotala's tries to search for 2015 but fail various time. Due to their weirdness towards human customs, they get targeted by Sunshine Colony members. Later, the family learn that God has created their destiny for various special mission more than their hunt for their son 2015.

Firstly, they save Liza and Ronnie's daughter's life with Hemant's newly discovered superpower of healing. They later save Shishir's real human form from
Bureau of Alien Investigation and Research (BAIR) who learns about Ghotala's real alien form but mistake them the real human form. Later, BAIR agents, Pritesh, and Scientist Rajender create hurdles and the alien family almost escapes from revealing their true form. Later, Lord asks the family to visit Runnotsav of Kutch where they rescue Murlidhar Ojha's long lost son Manav Ojha who was presumed to be dead. Manav now helps Ghotala whenever Sunshine colony members blame them for various situations. When Manav reveals his feelings for Anna, this starts a love triangle between Sharad, Anna and Manav.

During their stay on Earth, Dada 420 as Bharavi's grandfather's doppelgänger, Dadi 90 as Bharavi's grandmother's doppelgänger, Nani 555 as Urvashi Dholakia's doppelgänger, their daughter 333 visit the family on Hemant's invitation which also creates problems for the family.

On a trip, Pritesh fake's his illness and Ghotala's in an attempt to save his life, expose their superpowers. Due to this, the colony hates the family. Pritesh has a change of heart and convinces the colony to save Ghotala family for good.

Through much trouble the Ghotala family finds out their son 2015 has been held captive at an evil Alien's (1313) chamber, because he wanted him to repair Weather Controlling Machine, which is capable of destroying the Earth. Ghotala family defeats 1313 and got back their son and named him Samar. Now the Ghotalas decides to leave for their planet. As they are midway, they got the news of 2015's wife and son, on Earth. Due to this the Ghotala family crash-land on Earth one more time.

When Ghotalas meet Daulatram's (Samar's Father-in-law) he falls in love with Varsha at first sight and Varsha also falls for him but he starts suspecting the them. Anna and Sharad finally get married. Ghotala's now tires to convince Daulatram for the sake of Sonachandi and Maakhan. Sunshine colony members help the family in the process. Sonachandi announces that she and 2015 are expecting another child. Vasant accidentally showcases his superpowers and Daulatram finds out that the Ghotala's are aliens. Afraid that Daulatram will expose their secret to the BAIR, Ghotalas decide to leave Earth immediately and move to their home planet, along with Daulatram's family. After some time they realize that they forgot  Shishir and Maakhan at the Earth itself. Thus they decide to return to Earth, and crash lands on Earth for the third time. In the last scene of the show, Maakhan is shown thinking that now since the Ghotalas have been exposed to Daulatram, it would be more interesting to watch the Vasant-Daulatram clash.

Cast

Main
 Sumeet Raghavan as Vasant Ghotala aka 9211 – Sharad's brother; Varsha's husband; Samar, Hemant, Shishir and Girishma's father; Maakhan's grandfather. He often commits mistakes. He always corrects Hemant/-426 for his error of language and hits him when he commits blunder. He always scolds Varsha for flirting with Daulat Ram. His superpowers are :- Power Transfer, High Speed Rotation, Body to object transformation, and Magnetic Strength.(2014-2016)
 Rupali Bhosale as Varsha Ghotala aka 1721 – Urvashi's daughter; Vasant's wife;Sharad's sister-in-law; Samar, Hemant, Shishir and Girishma's mother; Maakhan's grandmother. She always adores Hemant for his smartness and gets angry when someone rebukes him. She is always corrected by Vasant when she uses wrong idioms. She has a crush on Daulat Ram and always gets angry on Vasant for insulting Daulat Ram. Her superpowers are:- Extensibility and contractibility.(2014-2016)
 Vinay Rohrra as Sharad Ghotala aka 87 square – Vasant's brother; Anna's husband; Samar, Hemant, Shishir and Girishma's uncle. He develops a crush on Anna and envies Manav. When Anna praises him, he often says Ya Ya Ya..... His catchphrase is 'Logically ..'.He gets upset when Anna leaves for Goa right after their marriage. His superpowers are:- Telepathy, Hynotising, Mind Reading and Body transformation.(2014-2016)
 Bhavna Khatri as Anna D'Souza Ghotala – Ronnie's sister; Sharad's wife. She was raised by Liza and Ronnie. She is effluent in many languages and customs. She always helps Ghotala's with advice during human function. She always says, I don't believe it when someone commits blunder. She earlier had confused feelings between Manav and Sharad but later chose Sharad when Manav was too revealed to be Alien. (2014-2016)
 Amit Dolawat as Samar Ghotala aka 2015 – Vasant and Varsha's eldest son; Hemant, Shishir and Girishma's brother; Sonachandi's husband; Maakhan's father. He adores Sonachandi a lot and always gets romantic with her. He shakes his hands when he tries to lie. He was captured by 1313. His superpowers are Far-sight seeing. (2016)
 Punit Talreja as Hemant Ghotala aka -426 – Vasant and Varsha's second son; Samar, Shishir and Girishma's brother; Heeramoti's fiancé; He is a little dumb but has a big heart. His superpowers are:- Healing and invisibility and handi-craft making. (2014-2016)
 Sujay Bagwe as Shishir Ghotala aka 225 – Vasant and Varsha's youngest son; Samar, Hemant and Girishma's brother He is cute and helpful and clever. He has storage of information about humans and helps the family in the time of needs. His superpowers are :- Live Capture and Video player.(2014-2016)
 Vindhya Tiwari as Sonachandi Yadav Ghotala – Daulat's elder daughter; Heeramoti's sister; Samar's wife; Maakhan's mother. She respects Vasant and Varsha and would even go against her father for them. She too adores Samar a lot and always gets romantic with him. She is quite dumb and has horrible cooking skills. (2016)
 Prema Mehta as Heeramoti Yadav – Daulat's younger daughter; Sonachandi's sister; Hemant's fiancé. She is dumb as Hemant and Bhairavi and asks questions after every statement. (2016)
 Rajesh Kumar as Daulat Ram Yadav – Sonachandi and Heeramoti's father; Maakhan's grandfather. He owns a dairy farm and fond of milk and milk products and recites their examples. He always taunts Vasant and adores women and respect's them. He is in love with Varsha and envies Vasant He wants her and tries to separate by making Varsha believe that Vasant is having an affair with Svetlana His Boss so that he can have both Maakhan and Varsha. (2016)
 Runav Shah as Maakhan Ghotala – Samar and Sonachandi's son. He has power of communication and object control. He always contacts his parents and grandparents and others for communication. Kumar also made a cameo as Laal Singh in 2014 to promote his show Tu Mere Agal Bagal Hai. (2016)

Recurring
 Purvi Vyas as Bhavana Trivedi Bhatt – Ila's sister; Bhadresh's mother; Pritesh and Mitesh's grandmother. She is native to Gujarat. She always scolds Bhadresh for his unemployment and Bhairavi for her mistakes. She always taunts Ghotala family and Ojha's but also cares for them a lot. She often replies Haa Baba when someone calls Kaa Baa, Ha Baa ? (2014-2016)
 Krunal Pandit as Bhadresh Bhatt – Bhavana's son; Bhairavi's husband; Mitesh and Pritesh's father. He is unemployed and likes to rest all the time. Bhavna, Ronnie and Murlidhar taunt upon his unemployment. He often replies Haa Baa when she calls Kaa Baba ?(2014-2016)
Pariva Pranati as Premlata
 Shruti Rawat as Bhairavi Bhatt – Bhadresh's wife; Mitesh and Pritesh's mother. She is dumb and considers Hemant as her brother due to similarity in thoughts. She knew Ghotala's secret from Day 1 but never revealed. She always commits blunder when work told by Bhavna but always proves other wrong. She has the catchphrase To Barobar.(2014-2016)
 Sneh V. Mirani as Mitesh Bhatt – Bhadresh and Bhairavi's elder son; Pritesh's brother. He always helps Pritesh in his plan against Ghotala's but guides him when he creates differences between the colony. (2014-2016)
 Aryan Prajapati as Pritesh Bhatt – Bhadresh and Bhairavi's younger son; Mitesh's brother. He always makes attempts to expose the alien family but always makes mistakes in the process. He even guides the scientists and BAIR agents to expose Ghotalas. (2014-2016)
 Falguni Rajani as Ila Trivedi Mehta – Bhavna's sister. She always fakes her call-connections with high personalities and celebrities. (2014-2016)
 Pradeep Duhan as
 Captain Manav Murlidhar Ojha – Murlidhar and Lajwanti's son. He had crush on Anna. He was sacrificed while serving the nation. (2014)
 100÷100=1/ Manav – Murlidhar and Lajwanti's adopted son. While gaining Manav's memory, he also gains his emotions. He also develops true feelings for Anna creating confusion in their love life. He later continued to stay with Ojha family for the sake of their happiness. He always helps the Ghotala family against Sunshine Colony members allegations.( 2015-2016)
 Deepak Pareek as Murlidhar Ojha – Lajwanti's husband; Manav's father. He is Dandy towards beautiful women. He kept a secret about his son's death from his wife. He is a miser and always asks for offers, gifts and money. He is a proud Marwari and always tries to promote Rajasthan. (2014-2016)
 Neelam Pathania as Lajwanti "Laajo" Ojha – Ramdulari's sister; Murlindhar's wife; Manav's mother. She is a housewife and has immense love for her son. She also berates Murlidhar when he adores other women. (2014-2016)
 Rahul Singh as Chandrabhan Yadav – Lajwanti and Murlidhar's brother-in-law. He pens worse poems with the meanings and words he wrote the poem for. He agrees with his wife Ramdulari with her wrong English.(2015-2016)
 Anuradha Verma as Ramdulari Yadav – Lajwanti's sister. She speaks wrong English. She is Lajwanti's sister. She always agrees with Chandrabhan's poems and Bhairavi's wrong logic. She is referred as Bhojpuri Queen Victoria.(2015-2016)
 Bakhtiyaar Irani as Ronnie D'Souza – Anna's brother; Liza's husband; Angel's father. He always find difficulties in speaking Hindi. He is impulsive and hotheaded. He also adores other ladies. He sacrificed his parenthood along with Liza with Angel for his younger sister Anna.(2014-2016)
 Tannaz Irani as Lisa D'Souza – Ronnie's wife; Angel's mother. She always asks Ronnie to keep calm. She always corrects Ronie with Hindi. She is mother like figure to Anna. She along with Ronnie sacrificed her parenthood with Angel for her sister-in-law Anna. She guides Anna during her love conflict.(2014-2016)
 Sara Abdi as Angel D'Souza – Ronnie and Liza's daughter. She was born with a disorder. When she was about to die, she was revived by Hemant with his healing powers.(2014)
 Balvinder Singh Suri as Inspector Sweety Singh. He is the colony inspector. He is always annoyed by the colony members and mostly Ghotala's.(2014-2016)
 Jayshree Mehta as Dolly. She is the wicked aunt of the colony. She has a crush on the men of the colony and tries to woo them.(2014-2015)
 Mukesh Ramani as Watchman Khadak Singh. He modern and up-to-date. He uses smartphones and Internet for the work assigned by the colony residents.(2014-2015)
 Vandana Pathak as Peas Ghotala aka 90 – Vasant and Sharad's grandmother; Samar, Hemant, Shishir and Grishma's great-grandmother. She is Bhairavi's grandmother's doppelgänger. She has hearing issues and transforms into a young lady. (2015)
 Urvashi Dholakia as
 Urvashi aka 555 – Varsha's mother, She always taunts Vasant and Sharad and tries to troubles them. She downloads everyone's accents and communicates with them. She adores Hemant and devises plan to insult Vasant in front of Varsha. (2015)
 Fake Dr. Kameshwari Prempipasu (2015)
 Jia as Padmavati Devi. She along with Prithesh try to expose the alien family. She hates when she is called only Padmavati and not Padmavati Devi.(2015)
 Dipesh Shah as Charles Ghotala aka 420 – Peas's husband; Vasant and Sharad's grandfather; Samar, Hemant, Shishir and Grishma's great-grandfather. He is Bhairavi's grandfather's doppelgänger. He has issues with hearing. He later transformed into a dog in front of the colony members. (2015)
 Abhishek Verma as Jackie/1947. He along with 2015 landed on Earth. (2015)
 Karan Thakur (actor) as Scientist Rajinder Singh. He is on a search for the aliens. He is always guided by Pritesh in the same.(2014-2015)
 Ankit Gera as Yuvraaj Chaudhary, Senior BAIR agent, Agent Q and Agent X's boss. He wants to attain alien superpowers.(2014)
 Surjit Saha as BAIR agent Q. She is quite dumb. He agrees with anything and everything and hence commits blunder for his organisation. He is also referred as Pinky by Kumkum Balkukreti aka KuKu.(2014-2016)
 Krupa Shah as BAIR agent X. She always taunts and rebukes Agent Q for his blunders.(2014-2016)
 Sharika Raina as 2/2, Samar's alien fiancé, She took the human form of Bahu Meri Beti Nahin Samdhan Dahej Deti Nahi vamp.(2016)
 Rakesh Paul as Dr. Jayant Dikshit/1313, he captured 2015 and tortured him. He has captured various planets. He wants to rule Earth with the help of Weather Control Machine. He is in love with Varsha's Real Form.(Main Antagonist)
 Farzil Pardiwalla as 1600+, 1313's helper.(2016)
 Rhea Sharma as Priyanka Prabhakar Datar (2014)
 Sangram Singh as Armaan Kumar
 Atul Parchure as Bhoot Bhaiya Ghost Prabhakar. He was killed by his family members. He seeks Sharad's and Ghotala's help to save her daughter from the clutches of his evil family and imprison them.
 Abraam Pandey as Ketan, Daulatram's sidekick.
 Sharad Vyas as Harvinod Bhai
 Rajeev Mehta as Don Ramesh. He is Don of Mumbai who steals jewelry. He suffers short-term memory loss frequently. He kidnapped Bhairavi, when his hengemen saw Vasant disguised as Bhairavi using superpowers.
 Jaswinder Gardner as Kumkum Balakukreti. A secret government agent. She is also Agent Q's best friend.
 Varun Khandelwal as Captain Iqbaal of Pakistan.(2015)
 Aditi Gowitrikar as Vidya Mandodre. She is an evil lady with criminal background. She troubled the Sunshine colony during 2015 Ganapati Utsav but later turns good towards them when they save her in an asthma attack.(2015)
 Giaa Manek as Shanti Roy
 Navina Bole as Nisha(alias Nisha Ahaha Ahaha), Ronnie's ex-girlfriend. Ronnie broke up with her when she criticised Ronnie's love and respect for Indian Culture.
 Dinyar Contractor as boss of Rajinder Singh(2014)
 Sukesh Anand as Vinod, PA Of Vidya Mandodore(2015)
 Monica Castelino as Pushpagandha Puryakusthu, Ronnie and Hemant's Hindi Teacher. She is referred to as Gandapushpa by Ronnie.
 Abraam Pandey As Ketan Akka Aadhey Adhurey
 Sameksha as Toffee Raheja(2015)
 Pariva Pranati as Premlata, Vasant's fake wife. She lost touch with her husband who is Vasant's look-alike.(2016)
 Dilnaz Irani as Laxmi, Vasant's fake sister. Vasant used Sharad's transformation superpowers to change into Laxmi in order to get Samar, Sonachandi and Maakhan along with Ghotala family. She was Daulatram's love interest.(2016)
 Chirag Desai as 212, 2015's sidekick. He along with Jackie/1947 and Samar/2015.(2016)

Guest
 Akshay Kumar as himself, to promote their film Entertainment  (2014)
Krushna Abhishek as himself, to promote their film Entertainment  (2014)
 Deven Bhojani as Defence Lawyer Jugal Raichura  (2015)
 Nimisha Vakharia as Prosecutor Neelima Jugal Raichura  (2015)
 Anang Desai as Judge Desai  (2015)
 Manav Gohil as Yamraj from Yam Hain Hum. He came to take Hemant's life but left him back to Earth when he saw Ghotala's innocence and philanthropist nature. (2015)
 Rishi Kapoor as himself, to promote their film All Is Well  (2015)
 Abhishek Bachchan as himself, to promote their film All Is Well  (2015)
 Aditi Govitrikar as Vidya Mandodre (2015)
 Emraan Hashmi as himself, to promote Azhar  (2016)

References

External links

Hindi comedy shows
Indian television sitcoms
2014 Indian television series debuts
2016 Indian television series endings
Television about magic
Science fantasy television series
UFO-related television
Fiction portraying humans as aliens
Television series about alien visitations
Sony SAB original programming
Indian science fiction television series
Indian fantasy television series


title: Esther Jones

text:
Esther Jones may refer to:

Esther Jones (athlete) (born 1969), Olympic gold medal-winning sprinter
Esther Lee Jones (born c. 1918), singer who performed as Baby Esther
Esther Jones (singer) (1945–2006), member of the Ikettes


title: Bald Head Island Conservancy

text:
The Bald Head Island Conservancy (BHIC) is a non-profit organization founded November 7, 1983. BHIC's mission is barrier island conservation, preservation and education. It is located in the Smith Island Complex in Brunswick County, North Carolina, which includes Bald Head Island, Middle and Bluff Islands, all of which are bounded by the Cape Fear River and the Atlantic Ocean.  BHIC sponsors and facilitates scientific research that benefits coastal communities and provides numerous recreational and educational activities for students, educators, visitors, and residents.  In coordination with various organizations, partnerships and collaborations, the Conservancy has led the nation in conservation and research efforts and is uniquely poised to become a leader in Barrier Island Conservation world-wide.

Preservation
BHIC and its subsidiary, the Smith Island Land Trust, are dedicated to protecting critical habitats through conservation easements and land donations.  The Smith Island Land Trust has been instrumental in preserving 9,000 acres of land and marsh in its natural state.  Of the 2,000 acres of developable land, the Trust has preserved 347 acres and currently holds the deeds on 37 acres.

Conservation
The Bald Head Island Conservancy employs management and restoration strategies to protect the fragile ecosystems of the Smith Island Complex.  Currently the Conservancy is involved in the research of sea turtles, vivex/invasive species, maritime forest, water quality, alligators, oysters, dunes, amphibians, deer, and painted buntings.

Sea Turtle Program
In cooperation with the North Carolina Wildlife Resources Commission and the National Marine Fisheries Service, the Conservancy's Sea Turtle Protection Program has been in operation since 1983,. As one of NMFS's "index beaches", Bald Head Island is nationally recognized for its sea turtle nesting activity, and for the Conservancy's efforts to protect this resource. The Conservancy is the only non-government entity in North Carolina that is permitted to conduct turtle identification and satellite-tracking of sea turtles.  Saturation tagging, that is tagging every possible female, provides a census of all nesting females.  Data collected from nesting sea turtles includes GPS nest locations; flipper tag data; PIT tagging; straight and curved line carapace dimensions; and occasionally satellite tagging.

Each summer, BHIC funds and houses interns to conduct field work for the Sea Turtle Protection Program, under the direction of a sea turtle biologist. The interns are typically undergraduates majoring in natural resource related fields. The majority of the interns’ summer is spent patrolling for nesting sea turtles from dusk until dawn on an all terrain vehicle.  After the nesting female returns to the ocean, interns protect the nest from predation by burying a protective wire cage around the nest thus preventing raccoons, foxes, and dogs from disturbing the nest, while allowing the hatchlings to emerge unimpeded. Nests laid in a suboptimal location may be relocated to a safer location. Eggs may be in danger if they are laid below or close to the high tide line, in an area of high foot traffic, or of low sand quality. A nest can be relocated within the first six hours after it was laid, which is facilitated by our intensive beach patrolling.

Since the incubation time for sea turtles in our locale is approximately sixty days, the Conservancy hosts sea turtle hatching events from late July through mid-October.  After a nest has hatched, or if the nest is overdue, it will be excavated to determine nesting success. Success is determined by counting the number of eggs that successfully hatched vs. the total in the nest. This is evident by the number of empty eggs left in the nest along with the number of unhatched eggs. Frequently, viable hatchlings are rescued and released on the beach so they can make their way to the ocean.

Most of the sea turtles that visit the Smith Island Complex are loggerheads (Caretta caretta), but occasionally Atlantic green sea turtle (Chelonia mydas) will visit.  Sea turtle nesting on Bald Head Island has experienced a general downward trend over the past 25 years but through the protection efforts of the Bald Head Island Conservancy, the number of nesting females should begin increasing in the years to come.

Education
BHIC's programs allow participants of all ages to gain hands-on knowledge about the value and vulnerability of barrier island environments.

Adventure Programs
Guided Kayak Tours;
Turtle Walks (Participants can observe 300 lb. loggerhead sea turtles coming ashore to nest under the cover of darkness or view tiny hatchlings emerging from their nest);
Sea Turtle Patrol Ride Along;
Birding BHI;
Bald Head After Dark;
Hands on Dissections;
Movies;
Naturalist Corner;
Reptile Round-Up;
Beachcombing;
Crabbing and Cast Nesting;
Island Gators;
Salt Marsh Treks;
Island Nature Tours;
Maritime Forest Hikes;
Middle Island Ibis Lake Sanctuary Tour; and
Fishing Schools (The Conservancy has offered three fishing schools for over two decades)

Summer Camps
The Conservancy holds camps for all ages each summer.

Barrier Island Study Center
The BISC is the first community-based barrier island research and education facility in the nation. The building itself is LEED Gold Certified with wood salvaged from the bottom of the Cape Fear River, energy efficient lighting, and a 6,800 gallon rainwater collection system.  Due to Bald Head Island's unique environment, researchers at the BISC have access to ten miles of beaches and dunes, 10,000 acres of salt marsh, 4,000 acres of barrier island "upland" and 193 acres of preserved maritime forest. The BISC includes large classrooms, a wet and a dry laboratory, viewing rooms, and dormitories.

The BISC is affiliated with researchers from Wake Forest University, UNC-Wilmington, NC State University, Duke University, East Carolina University, and Virginia Commonwealth University.

References

External links
 Bald Head Island Conservancy - official site

Environmental organizations based in North Carolina
Education in Brunswick County, North Carolina
Buildings and structures in Brunswick County, North Carolina
Nature centers in North Carolina
1983 establishments in North Carolina


title: Shower (song)

text:
"Shower" is a song by American singer Becky G. It was released on April 23, 2014, by Kemosabe Records and RCA Records. The song was written by Dr. Luke, Cirkut, and Rock City and it was produced by the former two. Its music video was released on June 30, 2014. "Shower" was Gomez's only top 20 hit in the United States until her single "Mamiii" released in 2022. The song is certified multi-platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) for selling over 2 million copies in the country. The official remix features American rapper Tyga.

Background and release
"Shower" was released for retail via digital distribution on April 23, 2014. The audio for the song was also uploaded to YouTube and VEVO on the same day of its release.

Composition
It is composed in the D Major scale at 120BPM. It follows the chord progression of G-D-Bm-A. Musically, "Shower" is a teen pop and melodic rap song. The track was written by Dr. Luke, Cirkut, and Rock City before being presented to Gomez, who contributed to the bridge. Lyrically, it is a "breezy ode to first love". Gomez has said, "Everyone can relate to the song, even if you don't understand the words."

Music video
The video was released on June 30, 2014, via VEVO, being uploaded on YouTube the following day. It features cameo appearances by American rappers T. Mills and Doja Cat. Gomez explained the concept: "We wanted to capture moments of feeling good, and me personally when I feel good is when I'm hanging out with friends or that special person. It's a party basically..." MTV described the visuals as "carefree". As of April 2022, the music video for "Shower" has over 472 million views on YouTube.

Reception
BuzzFeed called the song "2014's 'Call Me Maybe'" and said that it is "kind of awful and you'll love it". Maximum Pop! compared the single to the work of Gomez's previous duet partner Cher Lloyd and described it as "a bubbly future pop hit." Time said the song "is such a seasonally appropriate sugar rush that it's borderline preposterous the song hasn't been a more serious contender for Song of the Summer."

Commercial performance
"Shower" debuted at number 88 on the US Billboard Hot 100 chart before peaking at number 16 on the charts, making it her first solo entry and second overall after her collaboration with Lloyd in 2012. The song debuted at number 39 on the Rhythmic Songs chart and 36 on the Billboard Pop Songs on the week dated for June 21, 2014. It also debuted at number 48 on Hot Digital Songs on the week ending June 28, 2014. It peaked at number 1 on the US Heatseekers chart.
By the end of November 2020, the song became a viral hit on the social media platform TikTok, generating around 6.3 million videos.

Accolades

Charts

Weekly charts

Year-end charts

Certifications

References

2014 singles
2014 songs
Becky G songs
Song recordings produced by Dr. Luke
Songs written by Becky G
Songs written by Cirkut
Songs written by Dr. Luke
Songs written by Theron Thomas
Songs written by Timothy Thomas


title: Iga penyet

text:
Iga penyet () is Indonesian Eastern Javanese cuisine — fried beef spare ribs served with spicy sambal terasi. The fried beef ribs is squeezed against a mortar filled with sambal, and  usually served with lalab vegetables and steamed rice. It was first popular in East Javanese Surabaya city, and now has spread across Indonesia.

Etymology
In Indonesian iga means ribs, while the term penyet in Javanese means "to squeeze", which refer to the serving method of squeezing the meat against mortar filled with spicy sambal using pestle. This penyet method of serving dishes is also applied to numbers of other dishes, such as empal penyet, ayam penyet (ayam goreng penyet) and ayam bakar penyet.

See also

 Ayam penyet
 Javanese cuisine

References

External links
 Iga penyet recipe
 Iga penyet recipe

Javanese cuisine
Penyet


title: John Caine (disambiguation)

text:
John Caine, author and playwright

John Caine may also refer to:

John Thomas Caine, British-born American politician
John Caine (athletic director), see Leo Harris
John Caine (basketball), see Rex Darling

See also
John Cain (disambiguation)
John Kane (disambiguation)
John Du Cane


title: Florida Administrative Register

text:
The Florida Administrative Register (FAR) is the daily publication containing proposed rules and notices of state agencies of Florida.

See also
 Florida Administrative Code
 Law of Florida
 Federal Register

References

External links
 Florida Administrative Register from the Florida Department of State

Florida law
United States state official journals


title: Jake Hansen (ice hockey)

text:
Jake Hansen (born August 21, 1989) is an American professional ice hockey forward. He is currently an playing with the Nottingham Panthers in the Elite Ice Hockey League (EIHL).

Playing career
Hansen played junior hockey with the Sioux Falls Stampede in the United States Hockey League. After joined the Stampede mid-year and helping capture the Clark Cup in the 2006–07 season, Hansen was selected 68th overall in the 2007 NHL Entry Draft by the Columbus Blue Jackets.

Hansen attended University of Minnesota where he played NCAA Division I hockey with the Minnesota Golden Gophers of the Western Collegiate Hockey Association (WCHA), registering 36 goals, 41 assists, 77 points, and 155 penalty minutes in 149 games played. In his sophomore year was named to the WCHA All-Academic Team.

On April 12, 2012, the Columbus Blue Jackets of the National Hockey League signed Hansen to a two-year entry-level contract. He spent the next two seasons playing with the Springfield Falcons, the Blue Jackets' American Hockey League (AHL) affiliate.  Following the 2014 season, the Blue Jackets did not give Hansen a qualifying offer, leaving him as an unrestricted free agent.

On August 26, 2014, Hansen left North America and embarked on a European career, as Ässät Pori of the Finnish Liiga announced it had signed Hansen to a two-year contract. Following the conclusion of his two-year tenure in Finland, Hansen opted for a move to Germany, agreeing to a one-year deal with Schwenninger Wild Wings of the Deutsche Eishockey Liga on September 15, 2016. In 46 games during the 2016–17 season, he contributed with 14 points before opting for an early release nearing the completion of the season with the Wild Wings out of playoff contention on February 16, 2017.

Career statistics

Awards and honors

References

External links

1989 births
Living people
Porin Ässät (men's ice hockey) players
American men's ice hockey forwards
Columbus Blue Jackets draft picks
Coventry Blaze players
HKM Zvolen players
Minnesota Golden Gophers men's ice hockey players
Nottingham Panthers players
Schwenninger Wild Wings players
Sioux Falls Stampede players
Springfield Falcons players
American expatriate ice hockey players in Germany
American expatriate ice hockey players in Finland
American expatriate ice hockey players in Denmark
American expatriate ice hockey players in England
American expatriate ice hockey players in Slovakia


title: Florida Administrative Code

text:
The Florida Administrative Code (FAC) is the official compilation of the rules and regulations of Florida regulatory agencies.

See also
 Florida Administrative Register
 Law of Florida

References

External links
 Florida Administrative Code from the Florida Department of State

Florida law
United States state administrative codes


title: Jetpur, Rajkot Assembly constituency

text:
Jetpur is one of the 182 Legislative Assembly constituencies of Gujarat state in India. It is part of Rajkot district.

List of segments
This assembly seat represents the following segments,

 Jamkandorna Taluka
 Jetpur Taluka
 Vadia Taluka (Part) of Amreli District Village – Devalki

Members of Legislative Assembly
1998 - Savjibhai Korat, Bharatiya Janata Party
1999 (by-poll) - Jashuben Korat, Bharatiya Janata Party
2002 - Jashuben Korat, Bharatiya Janata Party
2007 - Jashuben Korat, Bharatiya Janata Party
2012 - Jayesh Radadiya, Indian National Congress
2013 (by-poll) - Jayesh Radadiya, Bharatiya Janata Party

Election results

2022

2017

'''

2013

See also
 List of constituencies of Gujarat Legislative Assembly
 Gujarat Legislative Assembly

References

External links

Assembly constituencies of Gujarat
Rajkot district


title: Dejan Židan

text:
Dejan Židan () (born 16 October 1967 in Maribor) is a Slovenian politician, former leader of the Social Democrats, and the former speaker of the National Assembly of Slovenia.

A veterinarian by education, Židan served as minister of agriculture, forestry, and nutrition from 2010 in 2012 in Borut Pahor's government. In the 2011 parliamentary election, Židan was elected a member of the National Assembly. In 2013, Židan became minister of agriculture and the environment in Alenka Bratušek's government. In March 2014, Židan was named the most popular Slovenian politician in a public opinion poll. Following the European Parliament election, Židan replaced Igor Lukšič as acting president of the Social Democrats.

References

1967 births
Presidents of the National Assembly (Slovenia)
Living people
Deputy Prime Ministers of Slovenia
Social Democrats (Slovenia) politicians
Politicians from Maribor
Agriculture ministers of Slovenia
Environment ministers of Slovenia
Food ministers of Slovenia
Forestry ministers of Slovenia


title: Michelle Zaffino

text:
Michelle Zaffino is an American author of young adult fiction and memoir, founder of the book discovery product MyLibrarian, an information architect, digital librarian, and content consultant based in San Francisco.

Early life and education
Zaffino grew up in Warren, Pennsylvania. She graduated from the University of Pittsburgh with a B.A. in English Writing (Magazine concentration), and Women’s Studies. While at Pitt, Zaffino was a member of the Kappa Kappa Gamma women's fraternity. She continued her studies at the University of Pittsburgh and later completed the master's program in Library and Information Science with a concentration in Digital Libraries, Information Architecture, Management and Reference, in 2012.

Career
Zaffino moved to New York City to pursue a career in magazine writing and editing. During her time there she worked as a writer, editor and researcher at Hearst Corporation for publications such as Marie Claire, Redbook, Elle, Sports Afield and Esquire. While managing the research department of Marie Claire, she wrote Does Your Guy Need A Makeover?, which inspired TV’s Queer Eye for the Straight Guy. Zaffino also worked in New York as the office assistant to literary photojournalist Jill Krementz. Her work has been published in Marie Claire, Redbook, Sports Afield, SEEN, Double Negative, IndiePlanet, Mr. Beller’s Neighborhood, The Bold Italic. and is featured in Takemywordforit.net, an organization dedicated to igniting kid's passions for writing.

She recently completed her first teen novel, How Good it Can Be, and a sequel, The Love Quad, both Saffron Stories novels. How Good It Can Be appeared on the syllabus for freshman English Composition at the Tarleton State University part of the Texas A&M University System in Spring 2016. Her forthcoming historical young adult novel, Allegra, is based on the discovery of the satirical Pasquino statue in Rome, inspired by her paternal grandmother's name. Zaffino also recently completed MyMultimedia Memoir, chronicling the journey of her first novel to publication. She received the Savvy Life Blogger Award in 2014. She's currently serializing the interactive mystery Skylar Saffron, Librarian Detective online.

Zaffino is the Founder, CEO and Chief Digital Librarian of In the Stacks.tv, a web portal that aggregates book content produced by librarians. MyLibrarian uses expertly curated, data-driven technology to provide users with a reference desk experience online. MyLibrarian/In the Stacks products provide book recommendations based on ranked librarian book reviews via an expert database, called the Librarian Brain.  Founded in 2008, In the Stacks is the first online video book review program hosted by a librarian, and the associated eBook publishing company, In the Stacks Publishing, participates in Litquake Lit Crawl in San Francisco, where Librarian Authors In the Stacks read from their recent work. In the Stacks is startup-in-residence at the San Francisco Mechanics' Institute, and demonstrated the book discovery app there in March 2016. Incorporating as MyLibrarian in 2018, the product, which aims to ensure diversity and inclusion in book publishing artificial intelligence, raised funding to release version 4.0 in Fall 2019. Several versions of the recommendation app were built on Android and iOS, with the private beta TestFlight iOS v4.5 relaunching in 2023.

Works
The Saffron Stories Novels:
 How Good It Can Be (2014)
 The Love Quad (2015)
 Skylar Saffron, Librarian Detective (2016-2019)
 Be There: A Novel (forthcoming)

References

External links

 http://www.michellezaffino.com
 http://www.inthestacks.tv
 http://howgooditcanbe.com/?page_id=27
 http://www.michellezaffino.com/?p=17

American librarians
American women librarians
Writers from Pennsylvania
University of Pittsburgh alumni
Living people
21st-century American writers
21st-century American women writers
Writers from San Francisco
People from Warren, Pennsylvania
Year of birth missing (living people)


title: Dhoraji Assembly constituency

text:
Dhoraji is one of the 182 Legislative Assembly constituencies of Gujarat state in India. It is part of Rajkot district, and is one of the 8 assembly seats under Porbandar.

List of segments
This assembly seat represents the following segments,

 Upleta Taluka .
 Dhoraji Taluka

Members of Legislative Assembly

2009^ (by-poll) - Jayesh Radadiya, after his father Vitthal Radadiya became an MP and gave up his Vidhan Saha seat
2012 - Vitthalbhai Radadiya, Congress
 Vitthalbhai Radadiya joined BJP soon after the 2012 election and resigned from the assembly
2013^ (by-poll)

Election results

2022

2017

2013

2012

See also
 List of constituencies of the Gujarat Legislative Assembly
 Rajkot district
 Gujarat Legislative Assembly

References

External links

Assembly constituencies of Gujarat
Rajkot district


title: 9454 Wilshire Boulevard

text:
9454 Wilshire Boulevard, also known as The Bank of America Tower, is a 174,490 RSF (rentable square feet), 12-story landmark office building with a three-level underground parking lot located in Beverly Hills, California at the corner of Beverly Drive and Wilshire Boulevard.  Beverly Wilshire Investment Company, LLC, a real estate holding company owned and controlled by the Nourafchan Family, owns the building.

Location
The building is located at 9454 on Wilshire Boulevard in the City of Beverly Hills.

History
The building was built for the Glendale Federal Savings and Loan Association. It was completed in 1968. It was designed by  architects Robert E. Langdon, Jr. and Ernest C. Wilson, Jr. The cornice is made of dalle de verre, thus giving the impression of rainbow-like reflections as one gets closer to the building.

It was the first high-rise building in the Beverly Hills section of Wilshire Boulevard. It is a twelve-story high-rise, making it the tallest office building and the second tallest building in Beverly Hills after the Beverly Wilshire Hotel. The Beverly Hills City Council required the developer to create a green space in exchange for the height of the building. As a result, Reeves Park, a pocket park, was created.

There is a three-level subterranean parking lot underneath the building.

In 1981, the building was purchased by the Beverly Wilshire Investment Company, LLC. There is currently a Bank of America branch on the first floor.

Notable tenants include Bank of America, JP Morgan Chase, Ferrari, Compass, and First American Title Company.

References

External links

Buildings and structures in Beverly Hills, California
Wilshire Boulevard
Skyscraper office buildings in California
Office buildings completed in 1968


title: Half Mound, Kansas

text:
Half Mound is an unincorporated community in Jefferson County, Kansas, United States.

History
A post office was opened in Half Mound (spelled historically Halfmound) in 1898, and remained in operation until it was discontinued in 1914.

References

Further reading

External links
 Jefferson County maps: Current, Historic, KDOT

Unincorporated communities in Jefferson County, Kansas
Unincorporated communities in Kansas


title: B. maculata

text:
B. maculata may refer to:

 Badumna maculata, an intertidal spider
 Balionycteris maculata, a Southeast Asian megabat
 Bambusa maculata, an evergreen plant
 Barygenys maculata, a frog endemic to Papua New Guinea
 Bathyraja maculata, a Pacific skate
 Begonia maculata, a plant native to Brazil
 Belone maculata, a marine fish
 Belonogaster maculata, a quasisocial wasp
 Bertolonia maculata, a plant native to South America
 Bicalcasura maculata, a Dominican weevil
 Biceropsis maculata, a daddy longlegs
 Blackburnia maculata, a ground beetle
 Boiruna maculata, a colubrid snake
 Boulengerella maculata, a South American pike-characin
 Brachichila maculata, a ground beetle
 Brahmaea maculata, an African moth
 Brassia maculata, a North American orchid
 Brownleea maculata, a plant native to Africa
 Burlingtonia maculata, an orchid endemic to Brazil


title: BB 63413 Plathee

text:
BB 63413 PLATHEE (or Plathée in French) is a hybrid locomotive that was used for testing on the French rail operator SNCF. PLATHEE is an acronym for "Platform for Energy- Efficient and Environmentally Friendly Hybrid Trains".

Overview
BB 63413 is a demonstration platform built from a BB 63400 shunting locomotive and introduced in April 2009. The 63413 is designed to perform two functions common to the 63400 platform: switching (hump yard) service and urban service (operation within 20–40 km of a freight station).

Prime movers
The locomotive uses a downsized diesel engine and a 50 kW HELION fuel cell to provide power. Running tests were done with the fuel cell in September 2009 but it was removed in October 2009 and later running tests were made without it. The project was financed by the French Government through the Environment and Energy Management Agency and several industrial partners.

Traction motors
From the base BB63413 locomotive, only the frame, the bogies and the 4 DC electric motors were retained for the demonstrator model. The maximum speed attained during testing was 79.6 km/h.

Energy storage
The program was to use the Nickel Zinc technology, but due to difficulty in obtaining the necessary batteries, Nickel Cadmium batteries were used instead. The batteries are of 138 Ah, providing 50 kWh of stored energy. There are also 4 ultracapacitor modules, of 25F per module, providing 4 x 3 kWh of stored energy. The locomotive is designed to operate at various operating speeds and can also use biodiesel as a fuel.

Retirement
The Plathee was retired in 2011 at the end of the trials and is now on display at the Cité du Train.

References

SNCF locomotives
Standard gauge locomotives of France
Hybrid locomotives
B-B locomotives
Experimental locomotives
Individual locomotives of France
Shunting locomotives


title: W. E. B. Du Bois: Biography of a Race, 1868–1919

text:
W.E.B. Du Bois: Biography of a Race, 1868–1919 is a nonfiction book written by historian David Levering Lewis and published in 1993 by Henry Holt and Company. The book studies the early and middle years of Du Bois's life. It is the first in a two-part biography of W.E.B. Du Bois. It won the Pulitzer Prize for Biography in 1994, as did Lewis's second installment, W. E. B. Du Bois: The Fight for Equality and the American Century 1919-1963, winning the Pulitzer in 2001.

References

External links
Booknotes interview with Lewis on Biography of a Race

1993 non-fiction books
Pulitzer Prize for Biography or Autobiography-winning works
American biographies
Biographies about African-American people
Bancroft Prize-winning works
W. E. B. Du Bois