title: John Judson Ames

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John Judson Ames (May 18, 1821 – July 28, 1861; pen name, "Boston") was a California Pioneer and the editor and proprietor of the first newspaper published in the city of San Diego, California, US.

Early years
Ames was a native of Maine and his family were from Marshfield, Massachusetts. The family home was at Calais, Maine, but he was born at Islesboro on May 18, 1821. His father was John Gilkey Ames, a ship builder and coast trader, and his mother, Abigail Dodge. Judson appears to have left home at an early age to make his own way. His account of this reads as follows: "On the day on which we completed our sixteenth year, a wise father turned us out into the world with the parting words: 'Jud, you are now old enough to take care of yourself, and I think there is enough of the Yankee in you to insure your success. If you make a good beginning, I will render you any assistance you may require,—if not, you must try again. Be industrious— practice economy—shun wine and women—and I'll insure you for ten per cent, on your original cost.'" Little is known about Ames's early life, but he appears to have alternated some schooling with a number of sea voyages and several scrapes, until about his 25th year. He had a younger brother, Hudson N. Ames.

Career
About the year 1847, he entered the employ of Henry O'Reilly, the builder of pioneer telegraph lines, and aided in the construction of the first through line from Memphis southward to New Orleans. Soon after his arrival in Louisiana, he turned his attention to newspaper work and established, at Baton Rouge, the new capital of that State, a paper which he called The Dime Catcher, and devoted his energies to the support of General Zachary Taylor's candidacy in the presidential campaign of 1848.

The excitement caused by the 1848 gold find in California reached Louisiana. Ames soon caught the gold fever, closed his office, and went to California via the Isthmus of Panama. He landed in San Francisco on October 28, 1849, without any money. Borrowing a handcart, he began hauling trunks and luggage, and always kept as a souvenir the first piece of money he earned at this employment. He was soon able to advance to the occupation of newspaper writer, and was for a time connected, in an editorial role, with the Placer Times and Transcript. He also wrote for other newspapers under his favorite pen-name of "Boston". In 1850, he made a trip to Honolulu, and it was probably immediately upon his return that he learned of the need to establish a newspaper in San Diego's New Town. He paid a visit to San Diego and issued a prospectus in December, 1850. There were similar interests in Los Angeles for the establishment of a newspaper. The first issue of La Estrella de Los Angeles appeared May 17, 1851, and thus it became the pioneer newspaper of the Southwest; Ames's San Diego Herald came out on May 29, just twelve days later.

Ames had at first the backing of several politicians who had in view the ultimate division of the State and the construction of the first transcontinental railway with San Diego as its terminus. Among these men were Senator William M. Gwin and Governor John B. Weller. There is no question that Ames worked and hoped for the success of Gwin for some time, but in 1854, he turned against him and declared that Gwin had acted with bad faith toward him individually.

Having issued his prospectus and worked up an excellent advertising patronage at both San Francisco and San Diego, Ames set about getting his office established. The paper consisted, at first, of four small pages with four columns to a page. It was published each Thursday, at US$10 per annum, "half in advance". In January, 1852, the publication day was changed permanently to Saturday. There was some local news, domestic and foreign advise brought by steamer, and a hastily written editorial. He looked after this patronage carefully and made frequent trips to the north in its interest. The paper was twice enlarged, the first time in the spring of 1853 and the second on May 13, 1854. At the time of the first enlargement, the subscription price was reduced to $5 per annum, "always in advance," or $3 for six months. The 1854 enlargement made it a seven-column sheet, and Ames then claimed that the Herald had the largest general circulation of any paper in California.

The editorial policy first announced by Ames was, that the paper would be "Independent, but not Neutral," and this course was adhered to for a time. Ames took no active part in the campaign of 1851, but two years later he cast in his lot with the Democrats and supported John Bigler for Governor. In 1856, he went over to the American, or "Know Nothing" party, but later returned to the Democratic party. He was always somewhat independent of politics, and particularly disliked and opposed President Franklin Pierce, probably because of his veto of an appropriation for the improvement of the San Diego River.

The difficulties attending the publication of a newspaper in such a far frontier town as San Diego were soon evident. The dearth of local news and failures to receive exchanges was the cause of frequent editorial grumbling. At one period, Ames ran for several weeks a list of all the post offices and postmaster in California, and at another filled up with a circular of the General Land Office. Most of the American population, including Ames himself, hoped for the ultimate annexation of Lower California, but the presence of the military post and the influence of the army officers, with most of whom Ames was always on intimate terms, made open support or sympathy inexpedient. The Herald achieved its greatest journalistic feat by publishing a series of letters from one of Walker's officers, all grossly colored to favor the filibusters; but toward the last, when the hopelessness of the expedition was clear to all, Ames denounced it.

Ames was known for his frequent and prolonged absences from San Diego, when he would go to San Francisco to look after his advertising patronage, collect bills, and have a good time. On August 27, 1852, he announced his departure for the East and that the office would be closed and the paper suspended in the meantime. Where Ames spent this vacation is not known, but by the next steamer after his departure, a smooth-speaking stranger arrived and sought out Judge James W. Robinson, who was Ames' attorney and had been left in charge of his business affairs. The stranger introduced himself as William N. Walton and said he had come to take charge of the Herald and continue its publication. He told a plausible story to the effect that he was an old friend of Ames', that they had met at the wharf in San Francisco when the steamer for Panama was on the point of sailing, and concluded an agreement. There had been no time to put this in writing; but Walton seemed to know Ames and the Herald so well, and was altogether so glib and plausible, that Robinson was convinced and allowed him to take possession of the office.

Ames returned in March, 1853, and Walton quickly departed. In July, 1853, he was appointed and served for a time on the staff of David B. Kurtz, major-general of state militia, as an aide with the rank of captain. The Herald removed to Old Town, San Diego at this time, and with it, the first enlargement was made to the paper's size. For the next seven years, the Herald was published on the second floor of a building at the northwest corner of the Old Town plaza, and during this time, it reflected more accurately than before the conditions of the Spanish-American life of the community. In the fall of 1853, Ames left his paper for a time to Lieutenant George Derby. Later, Ames compiled and edited Phœnixiana; or Sketches and burlesques, by John Phœnix (Derby's pseudonym).

On April 21, 1855, Ames announced he was leaving for the East Coast. He had printed an average edition of 500 copies, and the paper had made him a comfortable living. It is probable, however, Ames was able to travel so much because of some other source—perhaps from his father's estate. It is also highly probable that Ames thought he was leaving San Diego for good. He had tried, without success, to sell the paper. During his frequent absences he wrote long letters to the Herald, which he signed "Boston," a pseudonym by which he was rather proud to be known. He attempted the humorous and wrote a series of burlesque accounts of his adventures while traveling, in 1855–56. He was an admirer of Lord Byron and himself wrote sentimental verses of passable quality. During the whole of his residence in San Diego he was a notary public, part of the time the only one, and this made a small addition to his income and helped bind up his interests with those of Bigler and Gwin. He was elected and served one term as councilman, one as justice of the peace and ex officio member of the court of sessions. He was also county superintendent of schools and served for a time as flour inspector for San Diego County.

Ames continued to publish the San Diego Herald until April 1860. He then moved to San Bernardino and began to publish the San Bernardino Herald; it was the first newspaper in San Bernardino County.

Personal life
Ames was a Mason; he helped organize the first lodge in San Diego (which was also the first in Southern California), and was for a time its Master.

He was married three times. His first wife, Emily Balch, was of Lubeck, Maine. They had two children: a daughter, Helen, who died at about the age of 18; and a son, George Gordon (after Lord Byron), who died in infancy. This marriage was unhappy and ended in divorce. His second wife, Eliza (died San Diego, March 14, 1857), was from Carroll, Maryland. His third wife survived him and was remarried, after his death, to C. A. Houston, of San Bernardino. By her, Ames had one son, Hudson ("Huddie"; San Diego, November 19, 1859 - San Bernardino, March 27, 1863). He died in 1861.

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People from Islesboro, Maine
People of pre-statehood California
People of the American Old West
People of the California Gold Rush


title: Arctic Moon

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Tomasz Popielarski, better known as  Arctic Moon (born ) is a Polish DJ and music producer who hails from Szczecin, Poland. In 2012 and in 2013, he ranked in the DJ Mag top 200 DJs in the world. Armin van Buuren used Arctic Moon's remixed track "Coming Home" for the remix version of the album titled "Intense - The More Intense Edition."

Biography
Thomas Popielarski started producing music in late 2003 and in 2004, he began to produce dance/hard dance music under the alias of East-NRG System.

In 2007, he focused on creating uplifting and euphoric trance music encompassing elements of classical, new age, chill-out and rock music.

Arctic Moon later became synonymous with labels such as Armada Music and Aly & Fila's Future Sound of Egypt Recordings internet radio show. He released singles "True Romance" and "Adelaide" on the latter label. The tracks peaked on download charts and gained large support from other DJs.

Arctic Moon has also remixed Aly & Fila's vocal trance track "It Will Be OK", Dash Berlin's single "Till the Sky Falls Down" and Vast Vision's "Ambrosia". His other remixes were featured on labels such as Blue Soho and Arisa Audio.

Discography
Albums
 2008 Energy Reflect vs. Arctic Moon - Cold Planet

Singles
 2008 Overnight
 2009 Afterworld
 2009 Arctic Moon and Truewave - On Silver Wings
 2010 True Romance
 2011 Adelaide
 2012 Starships Over Alice
 2013 Arctic Moon and Paul Webster - Valhalla
 2013 Arctic Moon and Bryan Kearney - Dreamers & Dreams
 2014 RAM and Arctic Moon - Mirakuru
 2014 Arctic Moon feat. Noire Lee - Revolution
 2015 Into The Dusk
 2015 Arctic Moon and Apple One featuring Diana Leah - Who We Are
 2016 Data Ghost
 2016 Serein
 2016 We Burn Like Stars
 2016 Neon Nights
 2017 Cyberpunk
 2017 Nocturnal Horizons
 2017 RAM and Arctic Moon with Stine Grove - A Billion Stars Above
 2017 Arctic Moon and Purple Stories - Shadow Particles
 2018 Dragonborn
 2018 Digital Voices
 2018 Annihilation
 2019 About You
 2019 Arctic Moon featuring Shuba - Cool in My Disaster
 2019 Quantum Realm
 2020 Faded Atoms
 2020 RAM and Arctic Moon - Punkstars
 2020 Arctic Moon featuring Jessica Lawrence - Like the Sun
 2021 Arctic Moon & Bruno Oloviani - Fractal Wave
 2021 Arctic Moon & Bruno Oloviani - Galactica
 2021 Arctic Moon & Shortwave - Endless Shadows
 2021 The Great Unknown
 2022 Arctic Moon & Parnassvs - Become Human
 2023 Total Simulation
 2023 Max Van Berg - Now or Never (Arctic Moon Remix)

References

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Polish DJs
Polish trance musicians
Musicians from Szczecin
1988 births
Living people


The 2015 Canadian Mixed Curling Championship were held from November 10 to 15, 2014 at the North Bay Granite Club in North Bay, Ontario. The winners of this championship represented Canada at the inaugural World Mixed Curling Championship in 2015.

Teams
The teams are listed as follows:

Round robin

Standings
Final Standings

Results
The draw is listed as follows:

Draw 1
Monday, November 10, 9:30 am

Draw 2
Monday, November 10, 3:00 pm

Draw 3
Monday, November 10, 7:30 pm

Draw 4
Tuesday, November 11, 9:30 am

Draw 5
Tuesday, November 11, 2:00 pm

Draw 6
Tuesday, November 11, 6:30 pm

Draw 7
Wednesday, November 12, 9:30 am

Draw 8
Wednesday, November 12, 2:00 pm

Draw 9
Wednesday, November 12, 6:30 pm

Placement Round

Standings
Final Standings

Results

Draw 10
Thursday, November 13, 9:30 am

Draw 11
Thursday, November 13, 2:00 pm

Draw 12
Thursday, November 13, 6:30 pm

Draw 13
Friday, November 14, 9:30 am

Draw 14
Friday, November 14, 2:00 pm

Draw 15
Friday, November 14, 6:30 pm

Playoffs

Semifinals
Saturday, November 15, 9:30 am

Bronze medal game
Saturday, November 15, 2:00 pm

Final
Saturday, November 15, 2:00 pm

References

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Canadian Mixed Curling Championship
Sport in North Bay, Ontario
Curling in Northern Ontario
Canadian Mixed Curling Championship
Canadian Mixed Curling Championship


title: Puerto Rico Highway 339

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Puerto Rico Highway 339 (PR-339) is a rural road located entirely in the municipality of Mayagüez, Puerto Rico. With a length of , it begins at its intersection with PR-105 in Limón barrio and ends at its junction with PR-119 in Montoso barrio.

Major intersections

See also

References

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Roads in Mayagüez, Puerto Rico


Electric Boogaloo: The Wild, Untold Story of Cannon Films is a 2014 Australian-American documentary film written and directed by Mark Hartley. It tells the story of cousins Menahem Golan and Yoram Globus who headed The Cannon Group. Those interviewed lay tribute to the brash, unconventional immigrant filmmakers who gave young actors a chance and give unflinching anecdotes of both the hits and the low budget and often crass films created.

Interviewees

 Olivia d'Abo
 John G. Avildsen
 Martine Beswick
 Richard Chamberlain
 Sybil Danning
 Boaz Davidson
 Bo Derek
 Lucinda Dickey
 Michael Dudikoff
 Robert Forster
 Diane Franklin
 Elliott Gould
 Tobe Hooper
 Just Jaeckin
 Laurene Landon
 Avi Lerner
 Dolph Lundgren
 Franco Nero
 Cassandra Peterson
 Molly Ringwald
 Robin Sherwood
 Marina Sirtis
 Catherine Mary Stewart
 Alex Winter
 Franco Zeffirelli

List of films prominently featured

 Allan Quatermain and the Lost City of Gold
 America 3000
 American Ninja
 The Apple
 Avenging Force
 Barfly
 Beat Street
 Body and Soul
 Bolero
 Breakin'
 Breakin' 2: Electric Boogaloo
 That Championship Season
 A Cry in the Dark
 Cyborg
 Death Wish II
 Death Wish 3
 Death Wish 4: The Crackdown
 The Delta Force
 Enter the Ninja
 Revenge of the Ninja
 Ninja III: The Domination
 Exterminator 2
 Fool for Love
 The Forbidden Dance
 Going Bananas
 The Happy Hooker Goes Hollywood
 Hercules
 Hospital Massacre (aka X-Ray)
 House of the Long Shadows
 Inga
 Invaders from Mars
 Invasion U.S.A.
 Joe
 Journey to the Center of the Earth
 King Lear
 King Solomon's Mines
 Kinjite: Forbidden Subjects
 Lady Chatterley's Lover
 Lambada
 The Last American Virgin
 Lemon Popsicle
 Lifeforce
 Love Streams
 Masters of the Universe
 Mata Hari
 Messenger of Death
 Missing in Action
 Missing in Action 2: The Beginning
 New Year's Evil
 Operation Thunderbolt
 Otello
 Over the Brooklyn Bridge
 Over the Top
 Runaway Train
 Sahara
 Salsa
 Schizoid
 Superman IV: The Quest for Peace
 10 to Midnight
 The Texas Chainsaw Massacre 2
 Treasure of San Lucas
 The Wicked Lady

Production
The film was partly funded by Brett Ratner's RatPac-Dune Entertainment. Other investors included the Melbourne International Film Festival’s Premiere Fund, Film Victoria, and Screen Queensland.

Release
Electric Boogaloo had its world premiere in August 2014 at the Melbourne International Film Festival, and was shown in October 2014 at the BFI London Film Festival.

Critical reception
The film received critical acclaim. The review aggregation website Rotten Tomatoes gives the film a 92% approval rating, based on reviews from 49 critics, with an average rating of 7.4/10. The site's consensus states: "Electric Boogaloo: The Wild, Untold Story of Cannon Films pays tribute to the titular studio with an affectionate look back that's arguably more entertaining than much of Cannon's own B-movie product."

Home media
The film was released on Blu-ray by Ascot Elite Home Entertainment in 2015.

See also
 Not Quite Hollywood: The Wild, Untold Story of Ozploitation!, a 2008 documentary film also by Hartley
 The Go-Go Boys: The Inside Story of Cannon Films, a 2014 documentary film also about Cannon Films
 American Grindhouse, a 2010 documentary film similar in content

References

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2014 documentary films
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Documentary films about the film industry
The Cannon Group, Inc.
Films directed by Mark Hartley
American documentary films
2010s English-language films
2010s American films
English-language documentary films


title: Twelve Ornaments

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The Twelve Ornaments () are a group of ancient Chinese symbols and designs that are considered highly auspicious. They were employed in the decoration of textile fabrics in ancient China, which signified authority and power, and were embroidered on vestments of state.

History
According to the Book of Documents, the Twelve Ornaments were referred to by Emperor Shun, one of the legendary Three Sovereigns and Five Emperors, as being ancient in his time. Oral tradition holds that he lived sometime between 2294 and 2184 BC. According to the book, the emperor wished for the symbols to be used on official robes of the state.

“I wish,” said the Emperor, “to see the emblematic figures of the ancients: the sun, the moon, the stars, the mountain, the dragon, and the flowery fowl, which are depicted on the upper garment; the temple-cup, the aquatic grass, the flames, the grain of rice, the hatchet, and the symbol of distinction, which are embroidered on the lower garment; I wish to see all these displayed with the five colours, so as to form the official robes; it is yours to adjust them clearly.” Only the emperor had the right to wear the complete set of twelve emblems painted or embroidered on his robes of ceremony.

When the Twelve ornaments were used in different amounts, it could denote different social ranks; for example, in 59 AD during the Eastern Han dynasty, it was specified that the 12 ornaments concerning the sun, the moon and the star had to be used for the emperors while 9 ornaments concerning mountains and dragons should be used by the 3 councillors, dukes and princes. The 9 ministers and the lower-ranking officials had to use 7 ornaments concerning pheasants.

The twelve ornaments featured in the Twelve Symbols national emblem of China, which was the state emblem from 1913 to 1928.

Symbols

The "twelve symbols" were used as insignia for reigning emperors, empress and the immediate members of the imperial family.

The portrait of the Wanli Emperor (1563–1620) in his mianfu features all twelve ornaments:

On the upper Robe
 the sun (日, rì) with the three-legged crow
 the moon (月, yuè) with the moon rabbit in it, who is constantly pounding the elixir of life
 the three stars (星辰, xīngchén), which could also be the Fu Lu Shou stars, which symbolise happiness, prosperity, and longevity
 the sacred mountains (山, shān), which symbolize stability and tranquility
 the dragon (龍, lóng), symbol of adaptability and strength
 the pheasant (華蟲),  which is however the phoenix (鳳凰, fenghuang), symbol of peace and refinement

The dragon and phoenix represent the natural world. In yin and yang terminology, a dragon is male yang and the phoenix a female yin. Therefore, the emperor was often identified as the dragon, while the empress was the phoenix. This was also reflected in the robes they wore.

On the lower robe
 two cups (宗彝, zōng yí), which are a sacrificial utensil, sometimes feature patterns containing each a tiger and a monkey, and symbolize faithfulness and respect
 a spray of pondweed or algae (藻, zǎo), a symbol of brightness and purity
 fire (火, huǒ), which symbolises brightness.
 grains of rice (粉米, fěn mǐ), which symbolises nourishment and the country's agriculture, but also wealth
 an axe (黼, fǔ), symbol of courage and resolution, but also executive justice.
 The figure 亞 (黻, fú) underneath the axe represents two animals with their backside together. This symbolises the capability to make a clear distinction between right and wrong.

Influences

In Japan, Emperor Monmu introduced the Twelve Ornaments via Taihō Code.

Gojong of Korea used the Twelve Ornaments on his enthronement costume (i.e. myeonbok, 면복/冕服) when he proclaimed himself Emperor of Korea in 1897 which followed the dress system of ancient China. In the myeonbok of Korean Kings could only use 9 symbols (i.e. gujanbok, nine-emblem myeonbok) instead of the 12 as only the Chinese Emperor could wear the twelve ornaments. It is only after Gojong proclaimed the Korean Empire, equal to China, that he was allowed to wear the 12 symbols.

The meyonbok, featuring the Twelve Symbols, continue to be used in the Korean imperial household's Jongmyo Daejae ancestor-worship ceremony.

Otherwise nowadays, these embroidered Chinese symbols lost most of their significance and are mostly used to decorate clothing. Some of these Chinese symbols were also adopted in Western fashions, such as T-shirts and tattoos.

See also
 Ashtamangala, the eight Buddhist treasures
 Bagua, the eight Taoist symbols

References

External links
 The twelve symbols of sovereignty in Powerhouse Museum
 http://www.nationsonline.org/oneworld/Chinese_Customs/symbols_of_sovereignty.htm

Chinese culture
Chinese mythology


title: Walter Elsaesser

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Walter Alexander Elsaesser (1924–1999) was a businessman. He served as an executive with Pan American Airlines for 31 years and rose to the position of Divisional Vice President for Atlantic Operations. After retiring from the airline, Elsaesser served with the International Executive Service Corps; he assisted the development of the tourism and hospitality industry in Bulgaria, Zimbabwe, Russia, Latvia, and the Ukraine.

Early life and education

Elsaesser was born on February 18, 1924, in Morristown, New Jersey. He attended the Morristown School (now the Morristown-Beard School). During his time at the school, he served as senior prefect (a student leadership role selected by faculty). Elsaesser also played on the school's ice hockey team and served as its team captain. After graduating from the Morristown School in 1942, he entered Princeton University in Princeton, New Jersey. Elsaesser studied at the university for six months before leaving to join the U.S. Army Air Forces as a pilot. While serving from February 1943 to July 1946, he flew the P-40, the B-24, and the B-17.

Returning to Princeton, Elsaesser completed his bachelor's degree in economics in 1949. During his time at the university, he played for the Princeton Tigers men's ice hockey team. Elsaesser tied for the team's top scoring honor during the 1947-1948 hockey season.

Career with Pan Am

Elsaesser joined Pan Am as a salesman after completing his college studies at Princeton. After opening the airline's Pittsburgh office in 1954, he served as a district sales manager from 1955-1959. Elsaesser then assumed the role of director of sales for the Southwest market. In 1970, Pan Am established 10 marketing regions for its national and international operations. The airline named Elsaesser one of the ten marketing region heads when it tasked him with serving as regional vice president for sales in the Western United States.

In 1972, Elsaesser took on the leadership role of Divisional Vice President for the Atlantic at Pan Am. He oversaw all airline operations and sales in Europe, Africa, the Middle East, and India.

Letter to Carter

In 1980, Elsaesser wrote a letter to President Jimmy Carter to express his concerns with U.S. tax policies for American citizens living abroad. Elsaesser asserted in the letter that the policies led to increased hiring of foreign nationals for jobs overseas. He also asserted that this situation deterred American companies from operating overseas.

Family

Elsaesser married Barbara Elsaesser in 1949. They had four children: Walt, Jr., Thomas, Robert, and Mary.
His granddaughter is Katie Elsasser, actress and comedian.

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Ice hockey players from New Jersey
United States Army Air Forces bomber pilots of World War II
Military personnel from New Jersey


title: 2014 Levene Gouldin & Thompson Tennis Challenger – Doubles

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Bradley Klahn and Michael Venus were the defending champions, but Venus chose to compete in the ATP World Tour. Bradley Klahn played alongside Jordan Thompson and they lost in the semifinals.

Daniel Cox and Daniel Smethurst won the title, defeating Marius Copil and Sergiy Stakhovsky in the final, 6–7(3–7), 6–2, [10–6].

Seeds

Draw

Draw

References
 Main Draw

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title: Josiah Champagné

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Gen. Sir Josiah Champagné  (26 September 1755 – 31 January 1840) was a British military commander who was the fifth General Officer Commanding, Ceylon. He was appointed in February 1799 until 1799. He was succeeded by Hay MacDowall.

Background
Champagné was born into a family of French Huguenot exiles in Ireland, the son of the Very Rev. Arthur Champagné, Dean of Clonmacnoise, and Marianne Hamon, daughter of Colonel Isaac Hamon. His paternal great-grandfather was the Chevalier Josias de Robillard, Seigneur de Champagné de Torxé, Saintonge, who fled to Holland after the Edict of Fontainebleau in 1685, joining William of Orange's army. He married  Marie de la Rochefoucauld of the noble house of the same name. Their daughter Susanne married Henri de la Motte-Fouqué, baron de Saint-Seurin et de Tonnay-Boutonne, and was mother of Heinrich August de la Motte Fouqué. Their eldest son, Josias de Robillard, distinguished himself at a young age in service of Major-General Isaac de Monceau de la Melonière, who commanded a regiment of exiles in William's army during the Irish campaigns. He married Lady Jane Forbes, daughter of Arthur Forbes, 2nd Earl of Granard.

Josiah had three brothers: Lt.-Gen. Forbes Champagné; Rev. Arthur Champagné, vicar of Castlelyons; and Rev. George Champagné, Canon of Windsor and Rector of Twickenham. He had six sisters, including Jane, who married the Earl of Uxbridge; Henrietta, wife of Sir Erasmus Dixon Borrowes, 6th Baronet; and Marianne, wife of Sir Charles des Voeux, 1st Baronet. Josiah married Dorcas Brownrigg and had one son, Arthur Champagné.

Career
Champagné joined the British Army on 28 January 1775 as an ensign in the 31st Regiment of Foot. In March 1776 he embarked with his regiment, landed in America in May, and remained on active service till the peace, when he returned to England. On 11 July 1777 he obtained his lieutenancy, in April 1783 a company in the 99th Regiment of Foot, and in March 1784 a company in the 3rd Regiment of Foot.

Captain Champagné joined his corps in May 1784 in Jamaica, and in 1785 went with the expedition to the Spanish main; he continued in the West Indies five years, then returned to England. In 1793 he again embarked for the West Indies under Sir Charles Grey, but proceeded to the relief of Nieuport. On 18 September he was appointed to a majority in the 80th Regiment of Foot and on 19 December to a lieutenant-colonelcy. In 1794 he again went to the Continent, and returned with the army in 1795. He twice embarked in the latter year in command of his regiment for the coast of France: the misfortune at Quiberon prevented the first expedition from proceeding beyond Plymouth; the second, under Major-General Doyle, took possession of Isle Dieu, and remained on that service until January 1796, when he returned to England.

In March 1796, Lieutenant-Colonel Champagné embarked in command of his regiment for the Cape of Good Hope, and at the close of the year sailed with the regiment for the East Indies. On 26 January 1797, he was appointed colonel by brevet, and in 1800 to the command of an expedition against Batavia, with the rank of brigadier-general, but which was subsequently countermanded. In 1801 he was appointed second-in-command to the army that sailed from India for Egypt. In 1803 he returned to England, and on 25 September that year was appointed major-general. On 25 July 1810 he was promoted lieutenant-general. He was colonel of the 41st Regiment of Foot on 25 February 1810, from which he was removed to the colonelcy of the 17th Regiment of Foot on 14 June 1819. He was promoted full general on 19 July 1821.

On 26 January 1832, he was made a Knight Grand Cross of the Royal Guelphic Order by King William IV.

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British Army personnel of the French Revolutionary Wars
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title: The Lost Vikings

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The Lost Vikings is a puzzle-platform game developed by Silicon & Synapse (now Blizzard Entertainment) and published by Interplay. It was originally released for the Super NES in 1993, then subsequently released for the Amiga, Amiga CD32, MS-DOS, and Mega Drive/Genesis systems; the Mega Drive/Genesis version contains five stages not present in any other version of the game, and can also be played by three players simultaneously. Blizzard re-released the game for the Game Boy Advance in 2003. In 2014, the game was added to Battle.net as a free download emulated through DOSBox. In celebration of the company's 30th anniversary, The Lost Vikings was re-released for Microsoft Windows, Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4 and Xbox One as part of the Blizzard Arcade Collection in February 2021.

In The Lost Vikings, the player controls three separate Vikings with different abilities. The three Vikings must work together to finish each level and find their way back home. A sequel, The Lost Vikings 2, was released in 1997.

Plot
Three Vikings—Erik the Swift, Baleog the Fierce, and Olaf the Stout—get kidnapped by Tomator, emperor of the alien Croutonian empire, for an inter-galactic zoo. They are able to escape the ship, but get lost in various periods of time. They must traverse various bizarre locations, and eventually confront and defeat Tomator, to find their way home.

Gameplay

The Lost Vikings is a side-scrolling platform adventure in which the player alternates control of the three Viking characters, guiding each of them one at a time (though control may be swapped from character to character at any point) from a designated start point in each level to the exit. The game offers a two-player cooperative mode in which each player simultaneously controls one Viking and is allowed to change control to the third, unused Viking at any point. Every level is designed such that each Viking must contribute his unique skills to help the other two through to the end. Similarly, to finish the level, all three characters must reach the exit point. The Vikings each have three health points which they can lose by getting hurt by enemies or by falling from great heights. Should any Viking run out of health points, he dies; gameplay will then continue with any remaining Vikings, but the level becomes unwinnable, and the player will eventually have to restart the level and try again. However, the game offers unlimited continues.

Each Viking has the ability to carry and use items—such as keys, bombs, and food (which restores health points)—as well as a unique set of skills:

 Erik can run faster than the other two, can jump, and can bash through some walls (and enemies) with his helmet.
 Baleog can kill enemies with his sword, or from a distance with his bow (and a "life-time supply of arrows"). The bow can also be used to hit switches from a distance.
 Olaf can block enemies and their projectiles with his shield, and use his shield as a hang glider. Olaf's shield can also be used as a platform for Baleog to walk over and to allow Erik to reach higher areas.

Cameo appearances
Both Olaf and Baleog make an appearance in the 1993 game Rock n' Roll Racing; Olaf can be unlocked as a hidden character, while Baleog appears on several billboards advertising "Viking Cola" on the planet Bogmire.

In the 32X version of Blackthorne, all three Vikings appear in a secret area in the second snow level.

The Lost Vikings have also had cameo appearances in Interplay's ClayFighter games: Olaf appeared in Helga's ending in the first ClayFighter, Helga being his girlfriend, but she later dumped him for Tiny; Erik and Baleog's faces appear as animated sculptures in the stage "Clay Keep" (Tiny's stage) in ClayFighter 2: Judgment Clay; in some interviews, Interplay designers hinted one of them would have appeared in the then upcoming ClayFighter III, but that never happened.

They have also appeared as NPCs in MMORPG World of Warcraft in the dungeon Uldaman. One of the quests in Uldaman also requires the player to collect the Shaft of Tsol and Amulet of Gni'Kiv, which spell out "Lost" and "Vik'ing" when read backwards. The shaft and amulet are combined to form the Staff of Prehistoria, which fits the theme of Uldaman and also is an area in The Lost Vikings. In the World of Warcraft: Cataclysm expansion, they feature prominently in a quest line for the Alliance faction in the Badlands area of Eastern Kingdoms. In World of Warcraft: Warlords of Draenor, Olaf can appear as one of the random daily quest NPCs if the players have the Frostwolf Tavern/Lunarfall Inn as a building in their Garrison. In World of Warcraft: Dragonflight, the three brothers come back to a new version of the Uldaman dungon: "Uldaman: Legacy of Tyr". This time, they are the first enemy boss to defeat, as their prolonged stay in the Titan underground complex maddened them.

In the Warcraft III: The Frozen Thrones "Monolith" scenario, the names for the Dark Troll Commando hero are the same as those for the Lost Vikings: Erik the Swift, Baleog the Fierce and Olaf the Stout.

A unit in StarCraft II is called the Viking, and there is a picture of the unit on their website, subtitled The Lost Vikings. In addition to this, repeatedly selecting the Viking unit in StarCraft II makes the Viking pilot mention Erik, Baleog, and Olaf getting lost, as he tries to contact them. He also sets in co-ordinates for Norse by Norse-west. There is also an arcade console in the Cantina of Battleship Hyperion in StarCraft II called The Lost Viking, which is a playable mini-game.

The Lost Vikings reprised their role as playable characters in the crossover multiplayer online battle arena video game Heroes of the Storm. Unlike other heroes in the game, who are played as a single unit, selecting the Lost Vikings as a hero gives the player control over all three Vikings, allowing them to control them as individuals or to issue commands to all three at once. Erik is faster than most other heroes, and attacks from range with a slingshot. Baleog has the greatest attack power of the three, and throws swords from a medium range, dealing area damage to enemies near his target. Olaf has the highest health pool, and recovers quickly when out of combat.

Reception

Computer Gaming World in 1993 called The Lost Vikings "a clever blend of comedy and role playing". The magazine concluded that "the game is a unique puzzle solving adventure, great for people who enjoy using their cerebral cortex along with their eye to hand coordination". Zach Meston of VideoGames & Computer Entertainment praised the difficult puzzles, humor, distinctive visual style, personable character animation, and upbeat music. He summarized the game as "funny, fresh and challenging enough to keep you playing for hours on end".

Electronic Gaming Monthly in 1994 remarked of the Genesis version that "the music doesn't have the kick of the Super NES version (or the truly colorful graphics)", but that it is generally a well done conversion of "a really good puzzle game".  AllGame stated that it was "methodically paced and intelligently designed" and that "the nice graphics combined with the funny (and sometimes helpful) dialogue gives The Lost Vikings more personality than most other video games. To top it off, the controls are sharp, and the level of challenge is high without being frustrating". Super Gamer magazine gave the SNES version a score of 92%, writing: "A huge variety of puzzles to this Lemmings game. Funny, fun and completely addictive".

Accolades

Nintendo Power ranked The Lost Vikings the seventh-best SNES game of 1993. They lauded the gameplay calling it "deep and compelling" and praised the graphics and sound. Mega placed the game at number 22 in their Top Mega Drive Games of All Time. In 1995, Total! placed the game 52nd on its Top 100 SNES Games. In 1996, Super Play awarded the game 94th in its Top 100 SNES Games of All Time. IGN listed The Lost Vikings 30th in their "Top 100 SNES Games of All Time.  They praised the game calling it a "Masterpiece" and praised the "nearly perfect" puzzle dynamics. In 2018, Complex rated The Lost Vikings 93rd on their "The Best Super Nintendo Games of All Time".

See also
 Gobliiins, an earlier puzzle-solving game dependent on three different characters
 Fish Fillets NG
 Trine

Notes

References

External links

1993 video games
Amiga games
Blizzard games
Amiga CD32 games
Cooperative video games
DOS games
Fictional Vikings
Game Boy Advance games
Interplay Entertainment games
Nintendo Switch games
PlayStation 4 games
Puzzle-platform games
Side-scrolling platform games
Sega Genesis games
Super Nintendo Entertainment System games
Video games about time travel
Video games scored by Allister Brimble
Video games scored by Charles Deenen
Video games scored by Matt Furniss
Video games set in Egypt
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title: Anastasia Le-Roy

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Anastasia Le-Roy (born 11 September 1987) is a Jamaican track and field athlete, who specializes in the 400 metres. Le-Roy, in recent times has positioned herself as a key member of Jamaica's 4 x 400 metres women team and helped them in setting a games' record of 3 minutes 23.82 seconds (3:23.82) at the 2014 Commonwealth Games.

Personal bests

All information taken from IAAF profile.

Competition record

1: Competed only in the heat.
2: Disqualified in the final

References

External links

Living people
1987 births
Sportspeople from Manchester Parish
Jamaican female sprinters
Athletes (track and field) at the 2014 Commonwealth Games
Athletes (track and field) at the 2018 Commonwealth Games
Athletes (track and field) at the 2015 Pan American Games
Athletes (track and field) at the 2019 Pan American Games
World Athletics Championships athletes for Jamaica
World Athletics Championships medalists
Commonwealth Games gold medallists for Jamaica
Commonwealth Games medallists in athletics
Pan American Games medalists in athletics (track and field)
Pan American Games silver medalists for Jamaica
Universiade medalists in athletics (track and field)
Central American and Caribbean Games silver medalists for Jamaica
Competitors at the 2010 Central American and Caribbean Games
Universiade bronze medalists for Jamaica
World Athletics Championships winners
Central American and Caribbean Games medalists in athletics
Medalists at the 2011 Summer Universiade
Medalists at the 2013 Summer Universiade
Medalists at the 2015 Pan American Games
20th-century Jamaican women
21st-century Jamaican women
Medallists at the 2018 Commonwealth Games


title: Khalmer-Yu

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Khalmer-Yu (, ) is a ghost town, a former urban-type settlement in Komi Republic, Russia, disestablished in 1995. Its main occupation was coal mining of high-quality coke coal in Pechora coal basin. It was administered by Gornyatsky district council of Vorkuta.

It was named after the . The name is translated from Nenets language as "River in the Death Valley", because the place was used a burial grounds by the indigenous population.

Coal in the area was discovered in the early 1940s. Industrial mining started in 1957. Initially  the settlement, together with the surrounding coal fields belonged to Nenets Autonomous Okrug. However mining was carried out by Vorkutugol (Воркутуголь, "Vorkutcoal") combine. Therefore, eventually was transferred to Komi ASSR in November 1959.

In 1993 it was decided to shut down mining operations and to liquidate the settlement by 1995. The last settlements were forcibly removed with the help of OMON.

In the early 2000s it became part of a military proving ground Pemboy (Пембой) as a result of the restoration of the aviation proving ground Khalmer-Yu which existed since the 1960s 15–20 km northeast of the settlement.

References

Defunct towns in Russia
Proving grounds
Populated places disestablished in 1995
1995 disestablishments in Russia
Former urban-type settlements of Komi


The 1994 Big South Conference men's basketball tournament took place March 4–7, 1994, at the North Charleston Coliseum in North Charleston, South Carolina. For the first time in their school history, the Liberty Flames won the tournament, led by head coach Jeff Meyer.

Format
All of the conference's nine teams were originally set to participate in the tournament, hosted at the North Charleston Coliseum. However, due to recruiting violations committed by Coastal Carolina the previous season, the Chanticleers were declared ineligible and all other members were allowed to participate. Teams were seeded by conference winning percentage. This was the last year for Campbell as a member of the conference, although they returned to the league in 2011–12.

Bracket

Source

All-Tournament Team
Peter Aluma, Liberty
Darryl Williams, Liberty
Scott Neely, Campbell
Joe Spinks, Campbell
Tyrone Travis, Radford

References

Tournament
Big South Conference men's basketball tournament
Big South Conference men's basketball tournament
Big South Conference men's basketball tournament


title: Devonshire Sound Studios

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Devonshire Sound Studios was a music recording studio designed and built by David Mancini located at 10733 Magnolia Blvd in North Hollywood, California. Mancini is also known for designing and building the California Hollywood Recording Studios.  The original Devonshire Studio was located in Granada Hills and the original partners were Ray Dewey, Glen Pace, Dick Stricklin and a little later Bill Comstock of The Four Freshmen. Ray met Bill when The Freshmen were recording Ray's song "Girls" for Liberty Records. Originally designed as a production studio, Devonshire soon required more space, more studios, a live chamber, parking, etc. The studio relocated to North Hollywood in 1971 and Mancini became a partner and builder.

At its peak as a music recording studio, Devonshire was more than  and housed four studios, the largest of which was  by . The facility also included control rooms, three acoustical echo chambers, a lounge, a bar, a billiard and ping-pong table room, and a whirlpool spa.

Selected recordings
Many hits were cut at Devonshire.

Billy Joel's album Streetlife Serenade was recorded at the studios in the spring of 1974.

Jackie DeShannon's album New Arrangement was recorded at Devonshire in September 1975 under the direction of Michael Stewart on the Columbia label. Session artists and arrangers who worked on the album included Brian Wilson who sang backing vocals with his then wife Marilyn Wilson-Rutherford, Richard Carpenter who would go onto record Boat To Sail on the 1976 album Kind Of A Hush, Larry Knechtel, drummer Ronnie Tutt, Randy Edelman, Kenny Rankin, bassist John Kahn, and Buddy Emmons.

In October and November 1976, Bing Crosby recorded tracks at the studios under the direction of Ken Barnes for the album Beautiful Memories.

In 1976 Weather Report recorded Heavy Weather at the studios. Brian Risner, the engineer for Weather Report from 1972 to 1984, described the "air" in Weather Report's recordings as a product of the room acoustics at Devonshire.

Ringo Starr recorded at the studios in August 1980 for the album Stop and Smell the Roses.

The Jacksons recorded parts of their 1980 album Triumph at the studios.

Kelle Musgrave took over as studio manager in 1988 and bought in Warner rep and Producer Rob Covallo who had recorded and mixed Green Day’s breakout record Dookie and The Muffs eponymous first album.  Additionally, Musgrave convinced   producers John Purdell and Duane Baron to  give the studio a shot.  They went on to produce Ozzy Osbourne's legendary No More Tears, plus albums for Cinderella, Heart and many more.  Tom Petty recorded parts of Full Moon Fever at Devonshire.  Many other acts recorded at the studio including Bell Biv Devoe, Tupac, Beastie Boys, Suicidal Tendencies, Mötley Crüe, Fleetwood Mac and Roger Waters.

Nirvana Nevermind: The Devonshire mixes
The Devonshire mixes were released as part of the 20th Anniversary Edition of Nirvana's Nevermind album. Producer Butch Vig (Smashing Pumpkins, Nirvana, Sonic Youth, Green Day, Muse, Foo Fighters) began mixing Nevermind at Devonshire as soon as they were finished recording the album in May 1991; however, the label ultimately hired Andy Wallace to mix the record at a different studio. Vig pulled out the original mixes years later as Nirvana was getting ready to release the 20th Anniversary Edition. These original mixes are now known as "the Devonshire mixes".

Location Site Today

The original North Hollywood Devonshire Studios building is now owned and operated by Salami Studios who refurbished it in 1992. Salami is a premier recording studio used primarily for cartoon voice-over work. Notable shows include SpongeBob Square Pants, Ricky Gervais Show, Hey Arnold, Dexter's Laboratory, Jimmy Neutron, Johnny Bravo, Proud Family, and the Kung Fu Panda movie series.

The original Granada Hills Devonshire Studios buildings were demolished and replaced with apartments.

References

North Hollywood, Los Angeles
Recording studios in California


title: Kellogg, Kansas

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Kellogg is an unincorporated community in Cowley County, Kansas, United States.

History
A post office was established in Kellogg in 1884, and remained in operation until it was discontinued in 1910.

Education
The community is served by Oxford USD 358 public school district.

References

Further reading

External links
 Cowley County maps: Current, Historic, KDOT

Unincorporated communities in Cowley County, Kansas
Unincorporated communities in Kansas


title: Dodonaea hispidula

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Dodonaea hispidula is a species of flowering plant in the hop-bush genus of the soapberry family. It is native to tropical northern Australia, where it occurs from the Kimberley region of north-western Western Australia, across the Top End of the Northern Territory, to northern Queensland. In Western Australia it is found in the Central Kimberley, Dampierland, Northern Kimberley, Ord Victoria Plain and Victoria Bonaparte IBRA bioregions.

Description
It grows as a shrub up to about 2 m in height. The usually clustered leaves are 15–90 mm long, 8–34 mm wide. The flowers are 5–14 mm in diameter. The ellipsoidal fruits are 2–7 mm long, 2–14 mm wide.

References

External links

hispidula
Eudicots of Western Australia
Sapindales of Australia
Plants described in 1835
Flora of the Northern Territory
Flora of Queensland


title: 2015 Tim Hortons Brier

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The 2015 Tim Hortons Brier was held from February 28 to March 8 at Scotiabank Saddledome in Calgary, Alberta, Canada.

In the final, the team of Pat Simmons, John Morris, Carter Rycroft and Nolan Thiessen, representing "Team Canada" as defending Brier champions defeated the reigning Olympic gold medallist Brad Jacobs rink, representing Northern Ontario. Simmons had to make a draw to the button in an extra end to win the championship. With the victory, the Simmons rink went on to represent Canada at the 2015 Ford World Men's Curling Championship in Halifax, where they won the bronze medal.

Changes to competition format
For the first time, the event was expanded to include an entry from Nunavut, which has previously not participated in the Brier. Another notable change was having separate entries for the Yukon and Northwest Territories, which had historically competed as a single entry.

Starting with the 2015 tournament, the top ten teams automatically qualified to the main tournament, which was a competition between twelve teams as in years past. An eleventh team was the defending champions from the previous Brier who played as Team Canada. The four remaining unqualified teams played in a pre-qualifying tournament to determine the twelfth team to play in the main tournament.

It was the first time in the history of the Brier that a Team Canada partook, which essentially allowed the defending champions direct re-entry into the event. The skip of the previous year's winning team, Kevin Koe, formed a new team in the off-season and was not part of Team Canada. Koe won the 2015 Boston Pizza Cup with his new team and represented Alberta at the 2015 Brier. Koe's former teammates recruited John Morris to skip the first ever edition of Team Canada at the Brier. Morris was the runner-up from the previous year.

Similar changes were also implemented for the 2015 Scotties Tournament of Hearts, meaning that for the first time the Canadian men's and women's curling championships will be conducted using identical formats. Previous versions of the Scotties Tournament of Hearts differed from the Brier in that they included a Team Canada entry, but did not include a separate entry from Northern Ontario.

Teams
The teams are listed as follows:

CTRS ranking
The #1 ranked Mike McEwen rink lost in the Manitoba final.

Relegation playoff

Combined record of each province/territory from 2012 to 2014

Nunavut declined to send a team while Prince Edward Island, Nova Scotia, and the Yukon played a single round-robin at the Scotiabank Saddledome in order to determine which one of the three teams would qualify for the tournament. The teams with the two best records were to advance to the play-in game which was contested Saturday, February 28, concurrent with the opening draw of the Brier round-robin. However, each team finished the round robin tied with a 1-1 record which saw Nova Scotia eliminated based on pregame draws to the button. Prince Edward Island then defeated the Yukon to advance to the main draw of the tournament.

Round-robin standings

Round-robin results
All draw times are listed in Mountain Standard Time (UTC−7).

Draw 1
Thursday, February 26, 7:00 pm

Draw 2
Friday, February 27, 8:00 am

Draw 3
Friday, February 27, 3:30 pm

Pre-qualifying final
Saturday, February 28, 1:30 pm

Round-robin standings
Final round-robin standings

Round-robin results
All draw times are listed in Mountain Standard Time (UTC−7).

Draw 1
Saturday, February 28, 1:30 pm

Draw 2
Saturday, February 28, 6:30 pm

Draw 3
Sunday, March 1, 8:30 am

Draw 4
Sunday, March 1, 1:30 pm

Draw 5
Sunday, March 1, 6:30 pm

Draw 6
Monday, March 2, 1:30 pm

Draw 7
Monday, March 2, 6:30 pm

Draw 8
Tuesday, March 3, 8:30 am

Draw 9
Tuesday, March 3, 1:30 pm

Draw 10
Tuesday, March 3, 6:30 pm

Draw 11
Wednesday, March 4, 8:30 am

Draw 12
Wednesday, March 4, 1:30 pm

Draw 13
Wednesday, March 4, 6:30 pm

Draw 14
Thursday, March 5, 8:30 am

Draw 15
Thursday, March 5, 1:30 pm

Draw 16
Thursday, March 5, 6:30 pm

Draw 17
Friday, March 6, 8:30 am

Playoffs

1 vs. 2
Friday, March 6, 6:30 pm

3 vs. 4
Saturday, March 7, 1:00 pm

Semifinal
Saturday, March 7, 6:00 pm

Bronze medal game
Sunday, March 8, 9:30 am

Final
The 2015 Brier final was the first Brier final to start with four blanks. This game came down to the final stone of the eleventh end, where Pat Simmons had a draw to the pin for the win.

Sunday, March 8, 5:00 pm

Statistics

Top 5 player percentages
Round Robin only

Perfect games

Awards
The awards and all-star teams are listed as follows:

All-Star Teams
First Team
Skip:  Brad Jacobs, Northern Ontario
Third:  Ryan Fry, Northern Ontario
Second:  Carter Rycroft, Team Canada
Lead:  Colin Hodgson, Manitoba

Second Team
Skip:  Brad Gushue, Newfoundland and Labrador
Third:  Marc Kennedy, Alberta
Second:  Brent Laing, Alberta
Lead:  Ben Hebert, Alberta

Ross Harstone Sportsmanship Award
 Jim Cotter, British Columbia skip

Paul McLean Award
Jim Young, longtime camera man for TSN's curling broadcasts

Hec Gervais Most Valuable Player Award
 Pat Simmons, Team Canada skip

Notes

References

External links

Sport in Calgary
Curling in Alberta
The Brier
Tim Hortons Brier
Tim Hortons Brier
Tim Hortons Brier
Tim Hortons Brier


title: Kapampangan News

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CNN Philippines Kapampangan News was the flagship Kapampangan-language newscast of CNN Philippines. It aired weekdays at 1:15 p.m.  (PST) after Cebuano News. It was the second regional newscast produced by CNN Philippines, premiering under its predecessor Solar News Channel and the first national newscast in Kapampangan.

Background

Premiere
Following Cebuano News, Kapampangan News was another innovative program by Solar News Channel to deliver its trademark newsgathering in Kapampangan language, the 6th widely spoken language in the Philippines and one of the most widely spoken in Luzon. Kapampangan News was launched on August 4, 2014, with its graphics and title card updated 20 days later (August 24) following channel's rebrand to 9TV. The current incarnation was launched on March 16, 2015, in lieu with the launch of CNN Philippines along with a CNN-themed graphics and a revamped news studio.

Revamp and cancellation
On February 15, 2016, Cebuano News and Kapampangan News reduced their timeslot from their half-hour running time to 15 minutes until the network quietly axed the newscast on March 31, 2017.

Along with Cebuano News and the 1:30 pm filler slot, Kapampangan News was replaced on April 3, 2017, by the simulcast of the 1 AM EDT hour of CNN Newsroom with Cyril Vanier and Natalie Allen (Monday) and John Vause and Isha Sesay (Tuesday to Friday) as a part of Armie Jarin-Bennett's continuing revamps on the network.

Staff
Final Anchor
Nicolette Henson-Hizon

Substitute anchor(s)
Jayvee Dizon
Nevi Calma

Stringers
Justine Dizon
Jaypee Bugayon
Amir Medina
Joelyn Baluyut

See also
Nine Media Corporation
CNN Philippines

References

2014 Philippine television series debuts
2017 Philippine television series endings
CNN Philippines original programming


title: Marcel Hillaire

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Marcel Hillaire (born Erwin Ottmar Hiller; April 23, 1908 – January 1, 1988) was a German-born character actor who had a lengthy career, appearing on stage, in films and on television. Hillaire was recognizable by his gaunt appearance and his accent, which seemed to be a combination of French and German.

Of Jewish descent, Hillaire first evaded the Holocaust in Nazi Germany by adopting a stage name and moving around constantly in traveling theater troupes; later he brazenly entered the bureaucracy of the Todt under his birth name, narrowly avoiding execution after capture. After World War II, Hillaire emigrated to America, again changed his name, and adopted a French persona, even touring the United States in a one-man stage show dedicated to celebrating French culture. In the early days of American television Hillaire guest starred in over a hundred episodes of various series, usually playing a Frenchman. In American films, Hillaire played the French chef training Audrey Hepburn's eponymous Sabrina and was featured as Fritz the director in Woody Allen's mockumentary Take the Money and Run.

Heritage and early life
Hillaire's grandfather was Ferdinand Hiller, a Frankfurt-born pianist and music educator, a student of the Austro-Hungarian composer virtuoso Johann Nepomuk Hummel, himself a student of Mozart. Under Hummel's tutelage, Hiller met many members of Germany's creative community including Felix Mendelssohn and Johann Wolfgang von Goethe.

Through Hummel, Hiller met Ludwig van Beethoven just days before the legendary composer's death and, with the permission of Hummel, who was playing at Beethoven's funeral, clipped a lock of hair from Beethoven's corpse. Before the elder Hiller died, he gave the Beethoven keepsake as a birthday present to his son, Cologne opera singer and music critic Paul Hiller.

Erwin Hiller was born to Paul Hiller and his wife Sophie Lion in Cologne in 1908; the son was partly Jewish on both father's and mother's sides. Paul Hiller wrote for 24 years as the music critic of Cologne's Rheinische Zeitung, "reviewing over the course of a quarter century virtually every operatic and orchestral performance scheduled throughout the lower Rheinland." Erwin and his brother were exposed to music and the arts from their earliest days, and by the father's death in 1934, Erwin was well-established as an actor and a Lothario.

Hiding in Nazi Germany
While his brother Edgar fled to neutral Switzerland, Erwin took up the stage name Harry Fuerster or Fürster and began to tour Germany in a traveling theater company. Then, using romantic associations made during his touring, Erwin Hiller, under his own name, became a clerk in Organization Todt, Nazi Germany's civil and military engineering corps. Stationed in Brittany, Hiller rose to a position directly under the supervision of Albert Speer and in 1942 used his connections to attempt to bring his dying mother, still living in Cologne, to the comparative safety of France.

Three years later, while he was still working for the Todt in Germany, Hiller's Jewish heritage was revealed. Sentenced to death for "his insidious deceit as much as his Semitic ancestry", Hiller awaited execution in a Weimar jail, but was transferred to a Berlin prison to face six-year-old statutory rape charges made before the war by the mother of a teenaged admirer. In April 1945, the Russian army liberated Berlin and Hiller was released from custody.

Career in New York
Hiller emigrated from Germany to the United States on June 15, 1948, arriving in New York City and taking jobs in restaurants while he looked for work as an actor. Shortly after coming to America, Hiller decided that his German birth might hinder his prospects in the entertainment industry, so he changed his identity one last time: to Marcel Hilliare, a Frenchman. He never used his birth name again in public.

Hillaire found employment portraying European characters in Manhattan theater productions and in the budding television industry's New York studios. He appeared in three 1952 episodes of the Goodyear Playhouse and five episodes of the Lux Video Theatre by 1953. The same year, Hillaire guested in one of the first situation comedies, The Goldbergs. When Billy Wilder cast his 1954 Sabrina starring Audrey Hepburn, William Holden and Humphrey Bogart; Hillaire, in his first film role, was chosen to portray a French master chef.

While still in New York, Hillaire appeared in two Broadway productions. He played opposite Jean-Pierre Aumont in the play The Heavenly Twins, adapted from a French comedy by Albert Husson. From February 1955 until April 1956 Hillaire had a featured role in the original cast of the Cole Porter musical Silk Stockings.

The "essence of all Frenchmen"
After moving to Los Angeles, Hillaire continued to portray Europeans, mostly Frenchmen, in television episodes and movies. Beginning in the late fifties, Hillaire took a one-man touring show, entitled The Smile of France, to college campuses across the U.S.

In speaking to town newspapers about upcoming performances, Hillaire told reporters he was born in the Ménilmontant neighborhood of Paris, the son of circus performers, who worked at the Folies Bergère, and was trained as an actor by French theater legends Louis Jouvet and Sacha Guitry. Hillaire adopted the sobriquet "the essence of all Frenchmen" and told reporters he had been acclaimed "Le Bien-Aimé du Peuple Français" (The Well-Beloved of the French People).

While performing at the Library of Congress's Coolidge Auditorium, one of Hillaire's early shows was recorded for library archives and included works from François Villon, Guy de Maupassant, Pierre de Ronsard, and Guillaume Apollinaire, plus readings from love letters by Napoléon Bonaparte, Jeanne Bécu du Barry, and Louis XV. Later performances added works from authors Jean de La Fontaine, Colette, Voltaire, Marcel Pagnol, and Sacha Guitry.

Later career
From the early 1950s to the 1980s, he played character parts in various TV shows, including The Twilight Zone (episodes "A Most Unusual Camera" and "The New Exhibit"), Lost in Space, Get Smart, The Man from U.N.C.L.E., McCloud and I Spy. He appeared as a director in Woody Allen's second film,  Take the Money and Run (1969).
Marcel Hillaire played a role in Combat (Season 3 Episode 12, "A Rare Vintage", in 1964).

Filmography

References

External links

1908 births
1988 deaths
Emigrants from Allied-occupied Germany to the United States
German male film actors
German male stage actors
German male television actors
Jewish German male actors
Male actors from Cologne
Holocaust survivors
20th-century German male actors


title: Nanubhai Patel

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Nanubhai Nichhabhai Patel (born 17 November 1905) was an Indian politician. He was member of the Lok Sabha the lower house of Indian Parliament from Bulsar, Gujarat in 1957,1962,1967 and 1971 as a member of the Indian National Congress and in 1977 as a Janata Party candidate.

References

External links
Official biographical sketch in Parliament of India website

Lok Sabha members from Gujarat
India MPs 1957–1962
India MPs 1962–1967
India MPs 1967–1970
India MPs 1971–1977
India MPs 1977–1979
People from Valsad district
1905 births
Year of death missing
Janata Party politicians
Indian National Congress politicians
Indian National Congress (Organisation) politicians
Praja Socialist Party politicians
Indian National Congress politicians from Gujarat


title: Rita La Roy

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Rita La Roy (born Ina La Roi Stuart; October 2, 1901 – February 18, 1993) was an American actress and dancer, beginning her career in 1929, and having her last significant role in 1940.

Career
La Roy appeared in over 50 films, the best known of which was Blonde Venus, which starred Marlene Dietrich. After her acting career, she had a school for models in Hollywood.

Early life
While the studio publicity machine claimed she had been born in Paris, France, she was actually born in the small town of Bonners Ferry, Idaho in 1901. Her early years saw her work as both a dress designer and a stock company actress, before moving onto vaudeville, where she became a dancer.

Performing on the Pantages and Orpheum theater circuits, she was known for erotic acts, which included dances such as the "frog dance", the "peacock dance" and the "cobra dance" in which her feet and legs were tied together under a stylized snakeskin so that she danced by undulating her torso.

Film career
In 1929, she made her film debut in The Delightful Rogue, starring opposite matinee idol Rod La Rocque.

Over the next several years, working as part of the RKO Radio Pictures stable, she appeared in both starring and supporting roles. While her final significant role was in the 1940 comedy-mystery Hold That Woman!, she had several small roles during the 1940s, including in such films as Sergeant York and You're My Everything.

Post-film life
After retiring from film, for the most part, in the early 1940s, she ran the Rita La Roy Modeling School and Agency. She later wrote and produced her own shows for the local television station in Los Angeles, KTLA. For one of those programs she won an Emmy in 1948. She died of pneumonia in Chula Vista, California in 1993, aged 91.

Filmography

References

External links

Rotten Tomatoes profile

1901 births
1993 deaths
American film actresses
Vaudeville performers
Regional Emmy Award winners
People from Bonners Ferry, Idaho
Actresses from Idaho
20th-century American actresses
RKO Pictures contract players
Deaths from pneumonia in California


title: Chitipa East (Malawi Parliament constituency)

text:
Chitipa East is a constituency for the National Assembly of Malawi, located in the Chitipa District of Malawi's Northern Region. It elects one Member of Parliament by the first past the post system. The constituency is currently represented by Malawi Congress Party MP Kezzie Msukwa.

Election results

References

Constituencies of the National Assembly of Malawi


title: Brumhilda Ochs

text:
Brumhilda Ochs - Pachawo (born 1992, Windhoek, Namibia) is a Namibian model and beauty pageant titleholder who was crowned Miss Namibia 2014 and represented Namibia at the Miss World 2014.

Early life
Ochs is a student of Medicine at Unam School of Namibia. She was volunteering as A Model for AIDS Risk Reduction Model by Bupe.

Pageantry

Best Model of the World 2010
Ochs represented Namibia at Best Model of the World 2010 in Plovdiv, Bulgaria by Namibian Model Casting.

Miss Namibia 2014
Ochs was crowned as Miss Namibia 2014 represented Windhoek on August 2, 2014.

Miss World 2014
Ochs competed at Miss World 2014 in London, United Kingdom.

References

External links
Official Miss Namibia website

Living people
Namibian beauty pageant winners
Miss World 2014 delegates
1992 births
People from Windhoek


title: Mehran Shahintab

text:
Mehran Shahintab (born March 21, 1966 Kermanshah) is an Iranian professional basketball coach. Currently, he is head coach of the Iranian national team and Shahrdari Gorgan.

Playing career
Shahintab began his career at the age of 16 and soon became a member of the Iran National Junior Team in 1985. From 1991 to 1998 he played for Rah-Ahan Basketball Club for 8 consecutive seasons. Shahintab joined Peykan Basketball Club in 1998 and with them, he reached the I.R. Iran Super League final.

In total, he played 16 seasons in Iran's top-tier level super league, playing with Pas, Persepolis, Rah-Ahan, Peykan, and Azad University Basketball Club.

Shahintab's first competition with the senior Iran National basketball team was the 1989 ABC Championship in Beijing, China. He helped Iran National basketball team to achieve the 4th place in 1993 ABC Championship in Jakarta. In 1995 after playing for Iran National basketball team in Asian Basketball Confederation (ABC) Championship in Seoul Shahintab announced his retirement from international competition.

Coaching career

Shahintab started his coaching career in the early 2000s, as the assistant head coach of Peykan Basketball Club, and then head coach of Saba Battery Basketball Club In 2001 to 2008, Shahintab won the Iranian national league title four times as well as at two times FIBA Asia Championship with Saba Battery.
From 2008 to 2010, he coached Sabbs Mehr Club and won 3rd place in the 2009 Champions West Asian Basketball Association (WABA) cup in Jordan.
In 2010 he became the head coach of Petrochimi Bandar Imam Basketball Club, and lead the club for 2011, 3rd place, Champions West Asian Basketball Association (WABA) cup in Lebanon.
From 2012 to 2014, Shahintab was the head coach of Azad University Basketball Club. In two seasons with the club, he led the club to 3rd Place in Iran National Basketball Super-league in 2013 and 2014, Runner-up, Iran National Basketball Super-league.
From 2015 to 2018, Shahintab was the head coach of Petrochimi Bandar Imam Basketball Club. In three seasons with the club, he was able to win the Iran National Basketball Super-league, the West Asian Basketball Association (WABA) cup in Jordan, and made it to the 2017 West Asian Basketball Association (WABA) cup in Jordan Final.

National team coaching

Iran National men's Junior basketball team U16 and U18 (2000-2004)
In 2000, Shahinatb was named the head coach of the Iran national men's junior basketball team. With Iran's U18, he took the silver medal at the WABA Championship U18 in Yemen 2000. With U16 he took the gold medal at the WABA Championship U16 in Tehran 2001, gold medal at the WABA Championship U16 in Jordan 2002, and finally the first gold medal in Iran's basketball history in Asia continent at the 2004 FIBA Asia Under-18 Championship at Bangalore, India.

References

1966 births
Living people
Iranian basketball coaches
Basketball players at the 1990 Asian Games
Basketball players at the 1994 Asian Games
Iranian men's basketball players
Asian Games competitors for Iran
Olympic coaches
Sportspeople from Kermanshah


title: Percy Jackson's Greek Gods

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Percy Jackson's Greek Gods is a collection of short stories about Greek mythology as narrated by Percy Jackson. It was written by Rick Riordan and was released on August 19, 2014. It features Percy Jackson giving his own take on the Greek myths in a humorous way.

The book is titled Percy Jackson and the Greek Gods in the U.K. and much of the Commonwealth of Nations. It is generally published under the Puffin Books imprint of Penguin Group and may be presented as Percy Jackson and the Olympians, volume 6. (The Olympians novels are commonly titled Percy Jackson and the Lightning Thief rather than The Lightning Thief, and so on.)

Development

On April 21, 2013, Rick Riordan announced on his Twitter account that he was writing a new book based on the stories of Greek mythology from Percy Jackson's point of view. He later confirmed this in his blog. While on tour for The House of Hades Rick Riordan also revealed that the book is 450 pages long, with illustrations throughout. It was released on August 19, 2014. John Rocco, the illustrator of the book, announced that there will be 60 full-color paintings drawn by him in the book, and gave a sneak peek of one, depicting Hades kidnapping Persephone.

During the Blood of Olympus tour, Rick Riordan announced a sequel, titled Percy Jackson's Greek Heroes, to be released on August 18, 2015.

Plot

Percy Jackson adds his own viewpoint to the Greek myths. Here he presents an introduction to Greek mythology and the 12 major gods and goddesses. With 19 chapters, this includes a variety of stories, from the early tales of Gaea and the Titans to individual tales about the gods readers, encountered in the Camp Half-Blood chronicles. Percy's irreverent voice is evident from titles such as "Hera Gets a Little Cuckoo," "Zeus Kills Everyone," "Athena Adopts a Handkerchief," and "Artemis Unleashes the Death Pig," and the stories are told in his voice with his distinctive, sarcastic yet humorous perspective.

Characters

Titans
 Prometheus
 Kronos
 Themis
 Koios
 Oceanus
 Hyperion
 Iapetus
 Krios
 Rhea
 Metis
 Theia
 Tethys
 Phoebe
 Leto
 Maia
 Mnemosyne
 Helios
 Selene
 Atlas
 Epimetheus

Gods
 Hades one of chapters are about him
 Hecateis a main character in one of the chapters
 Persephoneone of the chapters are about her
 Makaria
 Zeus one of the chapters are about him
 Hera one of the chapters are about her
 Poseidonone of the chapters are about him
 Dionysusone of the chapters are about him
 Athenaone of the chapters are about her
 Demeterone of the chapters are about her
 Arion
 Artemisone of the chapter are about her
 Apolloone of the chapters are about him
 The Muses
 Aphroditeone of the chapters are about her
 Eros
 Thanatos
 Hebe
 Eileithyia
 Hephaestusone of the chapters are about him
 Harmonia
 Aresone of the chapters are about him
 Hermesone of the chapters are about him
 Aegipan
 Hestiaone of the chapters are about her
 Fates
 The three Horai
 Triton
 Rhodes
 Triptolemus
 Priapus
 Gaiais a main character in some of the chapters
 Nemesis

Nature Spirits (nymphs, satyrs, etc.)
 Nereids
 Amphitrite
 Leuke
 Dryads
 Naiads
 Chelone
 Minthe
 Pallas
 Kallisto
 Satyrs
 Ampelos
 Marsyas
 Delos

Demigods
 Erichthonios
 Tantarus
 Alcippe
 Halirrhothius
 Tityus
 Aeneas
 Pluotos
 Achilles
 Asclepius
 Aeacus
 Arcas
 Minos
 Percy Jackson
 Annabeth Chase
 Piper McLean
 Jason Grace
 Leo Valdez
 Frank Zhang
 Hazel Levesque

Hinted/Referenced
 Hercules
 Orpheus
 Psyche
 Leda
 Beroe
Achilles
 Reyna's dogs

References

External links

 Percy Jackson and the Olympians series site from publisher Disney (readriordan.com)
 Percy Jackson at Rick Riordan Myth Master from Penguin Books (UK)

2014 short story collections
Percy Jackson & the Olympians
2014 children's books


title: Hay MacDowall

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Lt.-Gen. Hay MacDowall (died March 1809) was a Scottish officer in the British Army who was the sixth General Officer Commanding, Ceylon. He was appointed on 19 July 1799. He was succeeded by David Douglas Wemyss. Fort MacDowall in Matale was named due to his involvement during Kandyan Wars. Only the remnants of gateway and portion of the ramparts are exist today.

Biography
MacDowall hailed from Garthland Mains, Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland, where the family seat was Garthland Castle. He was the fourth son of William MacDowell (c.1719–84), M.P. for Renfrewshire, and Elizabeth Graham, granddaughter of Alexander Livingstone, 3rd Earl of Callendar. His brothers William MacDowall (c.1749–1810) and Captain David McDowall-Grant (1761–1841) were Members of Parliament. His nephew was Lt. Gen.
Day Hort MacDowall (1795–1870) and great-nephew was Canadian politician Day Hort MacDowall (1850–1927).

In August 1782, he was the commanding officer of the fort of Trincomalee when the French lay siege to it in the run-up to the Battle of Trincomalee. He surrendered to Suffren on 30 August in exchange for safe passage to Madras for his 1,000-man garrison.

Later life and disappearance
MacDowall was appointed Lieutenant-Colonel of the 57th Regiment of Foot in 1791 and served in Flanders in 1793 and after serving as Commander-in-Chief in Ceylon from 1798 to 1804. In 1802, as a Major-General, he was appointed Colonel commandant of a Battalion of the 40th Regiment of Foot in place of Lord Hutchinson. He was appointed Commander-in-Chief of the Madras Army in 1807. He was made Colonel of the 41st Regiment of Foot in 1808. Following a period of dispute with the civil government of Madras over his exclusion from its council, and the affair of the arrest of Quartermaster-General John Munro, he resigned his commission in January 1809 and took ship for England on the East Indiaman Lady Jane Dundas. The ship was lost with all hands near the Cape of Good Hope in March 1809.

See also
List of people who disappeared mysteriously at sea

Notes

Citations

References

1800s missing person cases
1809 deaths
40th Regiment of Foot officers
41st Regiment of Foot officers
57th Regiment of Foot officers
British Army lieutenant generals
British Army personnel of the American Revolutionary War
General Officers Commanding, Ceylon
Missing person cases in Africa
Military personnel from Dumfries and Galloway
People lost at sea
Year of birth missing


title: David Douglas Wemyss

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Major general David Douglas Wemyss (1760–1839) was a British Army officer. Born Douglas, he changed his name to Wemyss circa 1790.

He was the seventh General Officer Commanding, Ceylon, appointed in 1804. He was succeeded by Thomas Maitland.

At Tottenham in December 1810, he married Elizabeth Tuckett, daughter of Elias Tuckett and Sarah Merchant, of Bath. He was at the time Governor of Tynemouth Castle and Cliffe Fort, having been appointed to the position in May 1809.  He had a son by a previous marriage.

References

1760 births
1839 deaths
General Officers Commanding, Ceylon
British Army major generals
49th Regiment of Foot officers
British Army personnel of the American Revolutionary War
Buffs (Royal East Kent Regiment) officers
37th Regiment of Foot officers
British Army personnel of the French Revolutionary Wars
Royal Irish Regiment (1684–1922) officers
Burials at Kensal Green Cemetery


The 1993 Big South Conference men's basketball tournament took place March 3–6, 1993, at the North Charleston Coliseum in North Charleston, South Carolina. For the third time in their school history, the Coastal Carolina Chanticleers won the tournament, led by head coach Russ Bergman.

Although Coastal Carolina won the tournament, due to participation of ineligible players, the Chanticleers victories and title were vacated, and no official conference champion for the tournament was declared.

Format
All of the conference's nine members participated in the tournament, hosted at the North Charleston Coliseum. The bottom two finishers played in a first-round game, with the winner playing the first seed. This was the first season for UMBC and Towson State as conference members, and UNC Greensboro was transitioning to the conference as well.

Bracket

Source

All-Tournament Team
Tony Dunkin, Coastal Carolina
Mohammed Acha, Coastal Carolina
KeKe Hicks, Coastal Carolina
Eddie Gay, Winthrop
Mark Hailey, Winthrop

References

Tournament
Big South Conference men's basketball tournament
Big South Conference men's basketball tournament
Big South Conference men's basketball tournament


title: Alexander Cosby Jackson

text:
Major general Alexander Cosby Jackson (1773–1827) was the 11th General Officer Commanding, Ceylon. He was appointed in 1812. He was succeeded by Edward Barnes.

References

General Officers Commanding, Ceylon
19th-century British Army personnel
1773 births
1827 deaths
British Army major generals
Royal Berkshire Regiment officers
40th Regiment of Foot officers
Military personnel from Mumbai
British people in colonial India


title: Dhimitër Dimroçi

text:
Dhimitër "Mit" Dimroçi (24 April 1935  - 7 August 2013) was an Albanian footballer who played most of his professional career as a forward for Besa Kavajë.

Club career
Dhimitër Dimroçi started his career with hometown club Besa in 1953 and went on to serve as team captain. Known for his powerful left foot, he led the team to a successful second-place finish during the 1958 season. Dimroçi played for two other teams, Partizani Tirana and Luftëtari i Ushtrisë, concluding his long career in 1967.
Along with Qemal Gavardari and Hasan Gërmani, they formed an unforgettable attacking trio, famous in Albania during the 1950s and early 1960s.

References

1935 births
2013 deaths
Footballers from Kavajë
Albanian men's footballers
Men's association football forwards
KF Besa Kavajë players
FK Partizani Tirana players


title: Debora Menicucci

text:
Debora Sacha Menicucci Anzola (born May 2, 1991, in Caracas) is a Venezuelan actress, model, fashion designer and beauty pageant titleholder who won the Miss Venezuela World 2014 title. She represented Venezuela in Miss World 2014, in London (England), on December 14, 2014.

Menicucci was crowned Miss Venezuela World 2014 during the second edition of Miss Venezuela World pageant, held on August 2, 2014, in Caracas. She was crowned by the outgoing titleholder Karen Soto.

Debora previously competed in Miss Venezuela 2013, when she represented Amazonas state. She won the Best Catwalk and Miss Attitude awards.

Personal life
She is married to the Venezuelan Supreme Court President, Maikel Moreno.

References

External links
Miss Venezuela Official Website
Miss World Official Website
Miss Venezuela La Nueva Era MB

1991 births
Living people
Venezuelan female models
Venezuelan people of Italian descent
Miss World 2014 delegates
People from Caracas


title: William Smelt (British Army officer)

text:
Lieutenant-General William Smelt, CB ( – 10 January 1858) was the 18th General Officer Commanding, Ceylon. He was a member of the Smelt family.

He joined the British Army as a Cornet in 1798. In 1814, as a Major of the 103rd Foot, he participated in the battles of Plattsburg, Oswego and Lundy's Lane in North America and was badly wounded at the Siege of Fort Erie.

He was awarded CB in 1826, when a Lieutenant-Colonel of the 41st Foot.
He was appointed General Officer Commanding, Ceylon on 28 January 1847 and succeeded by P. Bainbrigge in 1852. He was awarded the Army of India Medal.

In 1850 he was given the colonelcy of the 62nd (Wiltshire) Regiment of Foot but transferred in 1851 to the 37th Foot, a position he held until his death.  He was promoted Lieutenant-General on 11 November 1851.

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General Officers Commanding, Ceylon
British Army lieutenant generals
1858 deaths
British Army personnel of the War of 1812
41st Regiment of Foot officers
1780s births
Year of birth uncertain


title: Tracy, Illinois

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Tracy is a ghost town in Essex Township, Kankakee County, Illinois.

Tracy was a relatively small settlement, amounting to possibly a dozen buildings, which housed coal miners exploiting a nearby coal seam in the 1800s; and it disappeared quickly around 1900, when the seam ran out. According to the 1892 Map of the Illinois Central Railroad, Tracy was located just northwest of Buckingham and served as a major spur from the later.

References

Ghost towns in Illinois


title: Arman Zangeneh

text:
Arman Zangeneh (, born June 15, 1993) is an Iranian professional basketball player.

He currently plays for Zob Ahan Isfahan BC in the Iranian Super League as well as for the Iranian national basketball team, as a power forward. He is 6'8" in height.  He was a member of Iran 3x3 national basketball youth team attending in 2010 Summer Youth Olympics.
He was introduced to national team in 2014 FIBA Asia Cup by Memi Bečirovič, and participated in the 2014 World Cup in Spain and 2019 World Cup in China with the Iranian national basketball team.

References

External links

1993 births
Living people
Iranian men's basketball players
Basketball players at the 2010 Summer Youth Olympics
Asian Games silver medalists for Iran
Asian Games medalists in basketball
Basketball players at the 2014 Asian Games
Power forwards (basketball)
Mahram Tehran BC players
Medalists at the 2014 Asian Games
2014 FIBA Basketball World Cup players
2019 FIBA Basketball World Cup players
Sportspeople from Tehran


The 2014 Travelers Curling Club Championship was held from November 24 to 29 at the Mayflower Curling Club in Halifax, Nova Scotia.

Men

Teams
The teams are listed as follows:

Round Robin Standings

Grey pool

Red pool

Playoffs

Semifinals
Friday, November 28, 7:00 pm

Final
Saturday, November 29, 9:00 am

Women

Teams
The teams are listed as follows:

Round Robin Standings

Grey pool

Red pool

Playoffs

Semifinals
Friday, November 28, 7:00 pm

Final
Saturday, November 29, 9:00 am

References

External links

Travelers Curling Club Championship
Travelers Curling Club Championship
Travelers Curling Club Championship
Canadian Curling Club Championships
Travelers Curling Club Championship


title: Operation: Mindcrime (band)

text:
Operation: Mindcrime (also known as Geoff Tate's Operation: Mindcrime) was a progressive metal band that was fronted by the former lead singer of Queensrÿche, Geoff Tate. It is named after Queensrÿche's 1988 album of the same name. Various musicians have contributed to the band, both live and in studio and it features members such as John Moyer (also known for being in Disturbed) and Simon Wright (also known for his work with AC/DC and Ronnie James Dio). The group signed a worldwide deal in December 2014 with Frontiers Music Srl for its coming releases. Their debut album, The Key, which is part one of a trilogy, was released in 2015. The second, Resurrection, was released in 2016, and the third and final album of the trilogy, The New Reality, was released in 2017.

History

Tate was fired from Queensrÿche in 2012, as his relationship with the rest of the band had deteriorated. The acrimonious split caused a considerable amount of discord among fans and major lawsuits began. Tate filed suit for wrongful termination while the band counter-sued citing what it alleged as violent behavior by Tate. With an ongoing court case over the rights to use the name 'Queensrÿche' going on, Tate announced his own line-up under the name, leading to two bands using the name while actively touring at the same time. Tate's group released the album Frequency Unknown, produced and mixed by Jason Slater, on April 23, 2013, in the U.S. Although selling well, the release picked up mixed reviews from music critics and somewhat of a fan backlash.

Following a settlement, Tate was granted the exclusive performance rights to the band's concept albums Operation: Mindcrime (1988), and Operation: Mindcrime II (2006). Those two releases garnered both critical praise and widespread commercial success for the group, with Tate then serving as its frontman. In return, musicians Michael Wilton, Scott Rockenfield, Todd La Torre, and Eddie Jackson retained all rights to the 'Queensrÿche' brand.

Tate was allowed, according to the settlement, to perform with his own line-up under the name 'Queensrÿche' until his tour concluded on August 31, 2014, after which his group announced to adopt the official name 'Operation: Mindcrime'. The La Torre-fronted Queensrÿche has retained the right to perform material coming from and related to the two Operation: Mindcrime albums live. This legal set-up is somewhat similar to that of Pink Floyd and their former bandmate Roger Waters, in which both artists have performed songs from The Wall live.

About the group, Tate has said, "It is so refreshing to be able to concentrate on the many stories and ideas that I have been working on with no boundaries or restrictions." He's also remarked, "I think fans will continue to enjoy the music we create and perform together and hope they share this new musical journey with us."

In late 2014, Tate began working on a new concept album. Planned as a trilogy of albums, he has claimed it as one of his most ambitious works to date. The band signed a worldwide deal with Frontiers Music Srl for its coming releases in December 2014.

In 2015, John Moyer, Brian Tichy, and Scott Moughton became members after the departures of Rudy Sarzo and Robert Sarzo.

Their debut album and first of the trilogy, The Key, was released on September 18, 2015. The album features a guest appearance from Megadeth bassist David Ellefson.

The second album in the trilogy, Resurrection, was released on September 23, 2016, and features guest appearances by Blaze Bayley and Tim "Ripper" Owens, among others.

The third and final album of the trilogy, The New Reality, was released on December 1, 2017. During promotion of the album, Tate announced that the album would be the last for the band, saying "This group of musicians was put together specifically for this project...this is the last album of the trilogy and the last album for Operation: Mindcrime."

Band members

Current
Geoff Tate – lead vocals, keyboards, saxophone (2012–present)

Kieran Robertson – rhythm guitar, backing vocals (2018–present)
Jack Ross – bass (2018–present)
Bruno Sa – keyboards (2018–present)
Daniel LaVerde – drums (2020–present)
James Brown – lead guitar, backing vocals (2020–present)

Former
Kelly Gray – rhythm guitar, backing vocals (2012–2018)
Randy Gane – keyboards (2012–2018)
Rudy Sarzo – bass, backing vocals (2012–2014)
Bobby Blotzer – drums
Glen Drover – lead guitar (2012)
Robert Sarzo – lead guitar, backing vocals (2013–2014)
Simon Wright – drums (2013–2018)
John Moyer – bass, backing vocals (2015–2017; substitute 2013)
Scott Mercado – drums (2015–2018)
Tim Fernley – bass (2017–2018)
Emily Tate – vocals (2018)
Josh Watts – drums (2018)
Felix Bohnke – drums (2019)
Scott Moughton – lead guitar, backing vocals (2015–2020)

Timeline

Discography
As Geoff Tate's Queensrÿche
 Frequency Unknown (2013)

As Operation: Mindcrime
 The Key (2015)
 Resurrection (2016)
 The New Reality (2017)

References

External links

American progressive metal musical groups
American alternative metal musical groups
Musical groups established in 2014
Queensrÿche
Frontiers Records artists
2014 establishments in the United States
2017 disestablishments in the United States


title: Thomas Reed (British Army officer)

text:
General Sir Thomas Reed,  (1796 – 24 July 1883) was a British Army officer and the 20th General Officer Commanding, Ceylon.

He was born in Dublin, the son of Thomas Reed of Dublin, by Eliza, daughter of Colonel Sir F. J. Buchanan.

He entered the army as a cornet in the 12th Light Dragoons in 1813, was promoted lieutenant in 1815, and was with the regiment at the Battle of Waterloo. In 1834 he was made lieutenant-colonel of the 62nd Foot, a position he held for eighteen years. He was made brevet-colonel in 1841 and the following year aide-de-camp to the queen. Two years afterwards he was made a CB

During the First Sikh War his regiment formed part of the force which held Ferozepore under Sir John Hunter Littler. At the Battle of Ferozeshah in 1845 Reed commanded a brigade (including his own regiment) of Littler's division and was ordered to attack the strongest part of the Sikh entrenchments where there was a large number of heavy guns served with grape and canister. The attack was unsuccessful, with heavy losses, and Reed himself was slightly wounded.

In 1852 he gave up the command of the 62nd and went on half-pay, employed as colonel on the staff at Birmingham. Promoted major-general in 1854, he went out the following year as General Officer Commanding the troops in Ceylon until 1856, when he was transferred to a division of the Madras army and soon afterwards to the command of the troops in the Punjab.

When the Indian Mutiny broke out in 1857 he became provisional commander-in-chief on the death of General Anson from cholera, as the senior officer in the Bengal presidency, until Sir Patrick Grant arrived. On the death of Sir Henry Barnard, Reed assumed command of the field force but the exertions and anxieties of that position were too much for him. He was obliged to give up the responsibility and thereafter saw no further service in the field.

In 1858 he was made colonel of the 44th (East Essex) Regiment of Foot, transferring in 1881 to be Colonel of the 1st Battalion, Essex Regiment, which was formed when the 44th Regiment was amalgamated in that year with the 56th Foot. He was promoted Lieutenant-General in 1860 and General in 1868.

In 1877 he was placed on the retired list, having had been made K.C.B. in 1865 and G.C.B. in 1875. He died at Romsey, Hampshire on 24 July 1883. In 1835 he had married Elizabeth Jane, daughter of John Clayton of Enfield Old Park, Middlesex.

References

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External links

1796 births
1883 deaths
12th Royal Lancers officers
44th Regiment of Foot officers
King's Shropshire Light Infantry officers
Wiltshire Regiment officers
British Army personnel of the Napoleonic Wars
British military personnel of the First Anglo-Sikh War
British military personnel of the Indian Rebellion of 1857
British Army generals
General Officers Commanding, Ceylon
Knights Grand Cross of the Order of the Bath
Sri Lankan people of Irish descent
People from British Ceylon


title: Studholme John Hodgson

text:
General Studholme John Hodgson (c. 1803 – 30 August 1890) was the General Officer Commanding, Ceylon.

Military career
Hodgson was born in Ipswich and baptised on 5 May 1803. He was the son of General John Hodgson and his wife, Catherine Krempion. His younger brother, John Studholme Hodgson (1805-1870) was a major general in the Bengal Army.

Hodgson was commissioned as an ensign in the British Army on 30 December 1819. He first served in the 50th Regiment of Foot before being transferred to the 45th Regiment of Foot on 3 August 1820. He was promoted to lieutenant and transferred to the 83rd Regiment of Foot on 3 February 1825 to take the place of an officer who had died.

On 30 December 1826 he purchased the rank of captain. He was taken off half-pay on 14 November 1827 and transferred to the 39th Regiment of Foot;  he was transferred again to the 19th Regiment of Foot on 21 September 1830.

He was made a brevet colonel on 20 June 1854 and a major general on 11 April 1860.

He was appointed as an honorary colonel of the 54th Regiment of Foot from 24 March 1868 to 21 November 1876. On 29 August 1868 he was promoted to lieutenant general.

He was promoted to general on 2 February 1876 and appointed honorary colonel of the 4th Regiment of Foot on 21 November.

He saw action in the First Anglo-Burmese War and went on to be General Officer Commanding, Ceylon in 1865. He then served as colonel of the 54th Regiment of Foot (1868–76) and the King's Own Royal Regiment (Lancaster) (1876–90).

References

1805 births
1890 deaths
General Officers Commanding, Ceylon
British military personnel of the First Anglo-Burmese War
British Army generals
54th Regiment of Foot officers
Military personnel from Ipswich


title: Henry Renny

text:
General Henry Renny  (1815–1900) was a British Army officer who was the 24th General Officer Commanding, Ceylon.

He was appointed General Officer Commanding, Ceylon in 1869 and succeeded by John Alfred Street in 1874.

Career
Born 9 September 1815, Henry Renny was the second surviving son of Alexander Renny-Tailyour of Borrowfield and Elizabeth Bannerman Ramsay. He entered the army as Ensign in 1833. He was promoted to Lieutenant in 1835, Captain in 1844, Lieutenant-Colonel in 1853, Colonel in 1854, Major-General in 1867, Lieutenant-General in 1874, and General in 1877.

He commanded the 81st Regiment throughout Indian Rebellion of 1857. For this service and others performed by the 81st Regiment, he was made a Companion of the Star of India (C.S.I.), and the 1857 Medal. He commanded the 1st Brigade in the Sittana Expedition of May 1858, under Sir Sydney Cotton, obtaining medal with clasp.

In 1875, he was given the colonelcy of the 35th (Royal Sussex) Regiment of Foot, transferring in 1879 back to the 81st Regiment of Foot (Loyal Lincoln Volunteers) until their amalgamation with the 47th (Lancashire) Regiment of Foot to form The Loyal North Lancashire Regiment in 1881. He was then colonel of the 2nd Battalion of the Loyal North Lancs until his death. He was made full general on 1 October 1877.

He married Eleanor Anne, third daughter of Robert Rickart Hepburn of Rickarton and had two sons and a daughter. He died in 1900.

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1815 births
1900 deaths
British Army generals
General Officers Commanding, Ceylon
81st Regiment of Foot officers
Companions of the Order of the Star of India
British military personnel of the Indian Rebellion of 1857


title: John Alfred Street

text:
General John Alfred Street, CB (1822 – 5 December 1889) was a British Army officer who was the 25th General Officer Commanding, Ceylon.

Early life
Street was the second child and eldest of three sons of Captain John Street (1791-1829), of the Royal Artillery, and Catherine, daughter of the lawyer and antiquarian Sir Henry Jardine of Harwood. His widowed mother subsequently married the geologist, chemist, and agricultural improver Sir George Mackenzie, 7th Baronet.

Career
He joined the British Army as an ensign in 1839, became Lieutenant (by purchase) in 1841 and was promoted to captain in 1848. In 1842 he served in China with the 98th Foot during the First Opium War where he  was present at the attack and capture of Chin Kiang Foo and at the Nanking landing.

In 1854 he was posted to Crimea as Brigade-Major of the 1st Brigade, 4th Division and was present at the battles of Balaklava, Inkerman and the Siege of Sebastopol. For his services he was awarded medal with three clasps, brevet of major, CB, Sardinian and Turkish medals and 4th class of the Medjidie.

Back in England he was commandant of the 10th Depot Battalion in Colchester before being appointed general officer commanding, Ceylon in 1874. He was succeeded there by William Wilby in 1879.

In 1882 he was given the colonelcy of the 2nd Battalion Cameronians (Scottish Rifles), which he held until his death. He was made full general on 23 October 1883.

Personal life
Street married twice; firstly to Sophia, the daughter of Rev. James John Holroyd of White Hall, Colchester (fifth son of the lawyer Sir George Sowley Holroyd, Justice of the King's Bench, of the family of the Earl of Sheffield) and secondly to Caroline (born circa 1850), the daughter of Charles Horsfall Bill, of Storthes Hall, Yorkshire, and The Priory, Tetbury, Gloucestershire, head of a landed gentry family. Their only child was the author Cecil Street. He had two daughters by his first marriage; the elder, Sophia Catherine, married Lord Gifford, V.C. General Street, having retired from the Army at the age of sixty two just after his son's birth, died suddenly at the family home, Uplands, at Woking.

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1822 births
1889 deaths
68th Regiment of Foot officers
British Army generals
General Officers Commanding, Ceylon
British Army personnel of the Crimean War
Companions of the Order of the Bath
British military personnel of the First Opium War
98th Regiment of Foot officers
Cameronians officers