title: James J. Murakami

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James J. Murakami (June 4, 1931 – December 15, 2022) was an American art director and production designer.

Murakami won an Emmy Award in 2006 for his work on the television series Deadwood.

In 2008, Murakami was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Art Direction for his work on the film Changeling (2008).

Murakami was recognized by the Art Directors Guild in 2018 as the recipient of the year's ADG Award for Lifetime Achievement.

Murakami worked on a number of Clint Eastwood films, including Invictus (2009), Hereafter (2010), and J. Edgar (2011).

Murakami died in Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center, Los Angeles on December 15, 2022, at the age of 91.

Selected filmography

Films
 Apocalypse Now (1979)
 WarGames (1983)
 Midnight Run (1988)
 Beverly Hills Cop (1984)
 Unforgiven (1992)
 True Romance (1993)
 The Game (1997)
 The Scorpion King (2002)
 Rails & Ties (2007)
 Changeling (2008)
 Gran Torino (2008)
 Invictus (2009)
 Hereafter (2010)
 J. Edgar (2011)
 Trouble with the Curve (2012)
 American Sniper (2014)
 Sully (2016)

Television
 Battlestar Galactica (1978)
 Charmed (2000)
 Deadwood (2004–2005)

References

External links

1931 births
2022 deaths
American production designers
Primetime Emmy Award winners
People from Sacramento, California


title: Rodney Williams (governor-general)

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Sir Rodney Errey Lawrence Williams,  (born 2 November 1947) is the current and 4th Governor-General of Antigua and Barbuda.

Early life
Rodney is the son of Ernest Emmanuel Williams, the former Antigua Labour Party (ALP) parliamentary representative for the St Paul constituency and Irene B. Williams, a professional educator in Antigua and Barbuda.

Education
Williams attended the Antigua Grammar School in St. John's, upon graduating he taught at his alma mater for a year. He then studied medicine at the University of the West Indies, Mona, where he received his MBBS degree in Medicine and Surgery in 1976. From 1978, after completing his Internship at the Queen Elizabeth Hospital in Barbados, he pursued his private medical practice in Antigua & Barbuda.

Early career
Rodney entered politics in 1984 as the Member of Parliament for the St Paul constituency, that had been previously represented by his father. Between 1992 and 2004, he served in the cabinet as a minister, holding variously or jointly the portfolios of education, culture, technology, economic development, tourism, and environment. He represented St Paul up to 2004 when he lost his seat in the 2004 general election, when his Antigua Labour Party lost to the United Progressive Party.

Minister of Education, Culture and Technology
After the Antigua Labour Party's victory at the 1994 General Elections, Prime Minister Lester Bird appointed Williams as Minister of Education, Culture and Technology. He would retain this post until the end of his political career in 2004.

William's most controversial decision while being Minister of Education was his decision to introduce to Parliament the Board of Education Act, which introduced the Education Levy. The role of this statutory body was to provide finances for the stationery and physical supplies needed by public schools across the country. When the Bill was first tabled in the House of Representatives opposition forces marched in the high streets of St. John's, the capital city.

Governor-General

Rodney was sworn into office on 14 August 2014 as the 4th Governor General of Antigua and Barbuda.

Honours and awards
On 30 August 2014, Williams was appointed a Knight Grand Cross of the Order of St Michael and St George (GCMG) by Queen Elizabeth II in the 2014 Special Honours.

In November 2014, he received the Gold Benemerenti Medal of the Sacred Military Constantinian Order of St. George and was invested as a Knight Grand Cross of the Royal Order of Francis I by Prince Carlo, Duke of Castro. On 22 December 2014, Williams was made a Knight of the Order of Saint John (KStJ), also in the 2014 Special Honours.

In May 2019, Williams was awarded an honorary PhD degree from St. Mary's College of Maryland,.

In January 2021, he received an honorary DSc degree from the University of the West Indies.

References

External links

Official Government Website

Governors-General of Antigua and Barbuda
1947 births
Living people
Knights Grand Cross of the Order of St Michael and St George
Recipients of the Order of the Nation (Antigua and Barbuda)
People from Saint Paul Parish, Antigua


title: Vivere (TV series)

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Vivere ("Living") was an Italian soap opera created by Cristiana Farina and Lorenzo Favella. It was being broadcast from 1999 to 2008 on Canale 5, afterwards Rete 4, and in reprise on La 5 and Mediaset Italia.It was being directed by Daniele Carnacina and Massimo Del Frate.

Vivere was also first fully Italian soap opera about hope, desire and dreams of four families. The series about four families which lives in Como, a rich, provincial town in Northern Italy. The protagonists of the story is Bonelli's, a family of restaurators from lower-middle class, Moretti's, whose head of the family a rich businessman and his handsome son a journalist, and a family of successful doctors De Carolis – Falcon. Plot of the series takes place in and around the ancient villas, hotels, restaurants, clinics and gyms. In this environment erupt private and public affairs whose consequences tension and intrigue such as arranged marriages, illicit love affairs, terrifying secrets and powerful games.

Guided by emotions, passions and dreams characters follow their heart, desires and instincts that are connected or separated. Such relationships built bittersweet picture of life in the Italian suburb, which is actually similar to the everyday life of each of us.

Dialogue writers, scriptwriters and directors have worked to make 5 episodes per week; episodes that were recorded indoors (30 fixed sets covering about 1400 m2) and externally (5 new locations per week) moving a technical staff of over 80 people (for photography, in the studio Enzo Ghinassi, in external Nicola Civarelli). Internal filming was carried out at the Profit studios of Milan until July 2004. and subsequently they had been transferred to the television studios of TeleCittà in San Giusto Canavese, next to those of CentoVetrine. The external shots were taken in Como and in its province, especially in Cernobbio.

The soap opera dealt with the life of the members of the various main families, told in the background of a rich provincial town, Como. Over the years there have been numerous families: Bonelli, Gherardi, Falcon/De Carolis, Canale/Leoni, Moretti/Monteleone/Sarpi, Blasi, Draghi and Ponti.

In the month of October 2007, Mediaset has decided to abandon the soap opera for low viewership which had to the restyling that it has quickly and Vivere from 26 December 2007 is moved on Rete 4, the 22 resumptions were finished February 2008 and the episodes were being broadcast until 23 May 2008.

In Croatia, it was broadcast from May to August 2003 (only 60 episodes from Season 1) and reprised from July  to late October 2006 (approx. 85 episodes).

History
Vivere was broadcast for the first time in 1999 on Canale 5, at 2.15 pm, immediately after , immediately achieving a success consolidated over time. The same location was maintained for the soap until January 2001, a period during which it reached its apex of viewers (over 5 and a half million viewers and a share over 35%).

From January 2001 the time was entrusted to the 12:25, to revive the fate of the problematic midday channel of Canale 5 and to leave room for the then-new television series CentoVetrine. In this new location, the soap despite having a decline in audience, has maintained a good response from the public and a high share, often reaching three million viewers and a share of over 22%. But since the end of 2006 it has had a further collapse that has brought the number of viewers to fall below two million per episode.

In the spring of 2007, on the other hand, the comeback: often manages to climb the threshold of two million, gathering a high share for that time slot and daily undermining the success of La prova del cuoco. During the summer of 2007 it was moved to the time of 2.45 pm, obtaining very good viewing results. In September 2007, Vivere underwent a major restyling through which many characters abandoned the soap, including Emilia, Vincenzo, Michele, Flavia, Carla, Christian and Daria, leaving their events unfinished in many cases and tell only in words.

From the first episode of September 2007, viewers have witnessed a time jump: the stories of the remaining characters have been renewed and the Ponti family has been inserted; in addition, the soap finds its old time schedule at 12:25. Because of this restyling, which has not reached the expected success, the soap has suffered a further drop in audience and Mediaset has announced its closure, leaving about 200 people without work. For the same reason, the soap has been moved to Rete 4 since the end of December 2007 and was broadcast until noon, where it collected over one million viewers, with a share of 10% -12%, figures very good for the network and the airing time.

The last episode was followed by 962.000 viewers (11.92% share). The entire soap opera has remained in the memory of viewers mainly due to the love affair between Eva Bonelli, a young daughter of Giovanni and Mirella's first-born daughter, and Alfio Gherardi, a rich textile entrepreneur known throughout Como, her father's best friend, already married to Letizia Visconti (from whom, following this relationship, she will get a divorce) and father of three children: Adriana, Andrea (husband of Chiara, sister of Eva) and Alice. This relationship has never resulted in a marriage, which would thus have united the two leading families in a definitive way.

Main cast

Note

External links

 Vivere on CanaleSoap.com

Italian television soap operas
1999 Italian television series debuts
2008 Italian television series endings
Canale 5 original programming
Television shows set in Lombardy


title: Leander Siemann

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Leander Siemann (born 25 October 1995) is a German professional footballer who most recently played as a centre-back for SC Verl. In 2015 Siemann received a one-year suspension for using banned substances.

Club career
Born in Berlin, Siemann started his youth career with Hertha BSC, where he was described by youth manager Frank Vogel as ‘He is dynamic, strong and good in one-on-ones.’ In March 2011, he joined Arsenal academy for £220,000 after passing a one-week trial with the club. In May 2014, he was released by the club. He consequently joined Segunda Liga team Porto B.

On 8 April 2015, it was announced that Siemann got a one-year suspension for using banned substances. It was the first doping case in Portugal in the last three years. He played five matches for Porto's reserve team and left the club at the end of the 2014–15 season.

He trialled with 1. FC Köln II in June 2016.

Siemann joined Berliner AK 07 in July 2018 on a one-year contract and left the club at the end of the season. However, he returned to the club on 3 September 2019, signing a contract for the 2019–20 season.

In September 2020 Siemann signed with SC Verl, newly promoted to the 3. Liga, after trialling with the club and playing in a 5–4 friendly win against Schalke 04.

See also
 List of doping cases in sport

References

External links
 Official website

1995 births
Living people
German men's footballers
Footballers from Berlin
Men's association football defenders
FC Porto B players
1. FC Köln II players
Berliner AK 07 players
SC Verl players
Liga Portugal 2 players
Regionalliga players
German expatriate men's footballers
German expatriate sportspeople in Portugal
Expatriate men's footballers in Portugal
German sportspeople in doping cases
Doping cases in association football


title: Vsevolod Nestayko

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Vsevolod Zinoviiovych Nestaiko or Nestayko (; 30 January 1930 – 16 August 2014) was a modern Ukrainian children's writer. In Ukraine he is considered the country's best-known and best loved Ukrainian children’s literature writer.

Biography
During World War I Nestayko's parents were on opposite sides of the front. His father was a Sich Riflemen (of the former Austro-Hungarian army) and later a member of the Ukrainian Galician Army; his mother was a teacher of Russian literature and nurse in the Russian Imperial Army. In 1933 his father was killed by the NKVD. To escape the Holodomor famine Nestayko and his mother moved to Kyiv to her sister. Nestayko lived and worked since in Kyiv.

In 1947 he started and in 1952 Nestayko graduated from the Faculty of Philology of the Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv. He then worked in the magazine "Dnipro", "Periwinkle" and "Youth". And from 1956 to 1987 Nestayko was the editor in charge of children's literature magazine "Rainbow". Nestayko's first book “Shurka & Shurko” was published in 1956. From then till his death circa 30 of his stories, fairy tales, novels and plays were published. His books have been translated into twenty languages throughout the world, including English, German, French, Spanish, Russian, Arabic, Bengali, Hungarian, Romanian, Bulgarian, and Slovak. The adaptation of Nestayko's Toreadors from Vasyukivka won a Grand-prix at the International Festival in Munich (in 1968) and the main prize in Sydney (in 1969). The Fraud ”F” adaptation was awarded at the All-Soviet Union Film Festival in Kyiv (in 1984) and at the Gabrovo Film Festival (in Bulgaria in 1985). Nestayko's works are included in school curricula in Ukraine.

In 2010 Viktor Yushchenko awarded him an order of Prince Yaroslav the Wise of fifth class.

On January 30, 2015, Google celebrated his 85th birthday with a Google Doodle.

References

1930 births
2014 deaths
Burials at Baikove Cemetery
Ukrainian children's writers
Soviet children's writers
Soviet male writers
20th-century male writers
People from Berdychiv
20th-century Ukrainian writers
21st-century Ukrainian writers


title: Thomas Hawkes Tanner

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Thomas Hawkes Tanner (9 July 1824 – 7 July 1871) was an English physician and medical writer.

Life
Tanner was the son of Thomas Tanner, secretary to the Army Medical Board. He received the greater part of his education at Charterhouse School. There he met with a serious accident, which affected his health for a number of years.

Tanner began medical studies at King's College London, in 1843, and graduated at St. Andrews University as doctor of medicine in 1847. He then went into general practice in Charlotte Street in London, and was shortly afterwards elected physician to the Farringdon Street dispensary. He was enrolled a member of the Royal College of Physicians in 1850, and set up in consulting practice.

In 1851 Tanner was elected physician to the Hospital for Women in Soho Square, and concentrated on gynæcology, though also lecturing on forensic medicine at the medical school attached to Westminster Hospital. In 1858 he took part in the foundation of the Obstetrical Society of London, and became one of its first secretaries.

In 1860 the council of King's College London, decided to appoint two assistant physicians for the diseases of women and children. Tanner was selected to fill one of these posts, and Alfred Meadows the other. He resigned the under the pressure of increasing work, in 1863.

Tanner acquired a large practice, but was unable to cope with the workload. He left London, and died at Brighton on 7 July 1871.

Works
Tanner was a voluminous writer: his major work was A Manual of the Practice of Medicine (1854) which sold well in the United Kingdom and America. The 7th edition as revised by Sir William Henry Broadbent was issued in 2 vols. in 1875. His other works were:

 A Manual of Clinical Medicine and Physical Diagnosis, London, 1855; 3rd. ed. revised by Tilbury Fox, 1876.
 A Practical Treatise on the Diseases of Infancy and Childhood, London, 1858; 3rd edit., enlarged, by Alfred Meadows, 1879.
 On the Signs and Diseases of Pregnancy, London, 1860.
 Memoranda on Poisons, 1st ed. London, 1848; 7th American edition Philadelphia, 1892.
 An Index of Diseases and their Treatment, London, 1st edit. 1866; 4th edition revised by Percy Boulton, London, 1891. This work was translated into Japanese, 6 vols. Tokyo, 1874–7.

Notes

Attribution

External links

1824 births
1871 deaths
People educated at Charterhouse School
Alumni of the University of St Andrews
Alumni of King's College London
19th-century English medical doctors
English medical writers


title: Charles Robert Carner

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Charles Robert Carner (born April 30, 1957) is an American TV and film director and writer. He is primarily known for directing numerous TV movies as well as the theatrical film Witless Protection. He is married to Debra Sharkey, with whom he has two children, Michael and Grace Noelle.

Filmography (as director)
A Killer Among Friends (1992 TV movie)
One Woman's Courage (1994 TV movie)
Vanishing Point (1997 TV movie remake)
The Fixer (1998 TV movie)
Who Killed Atlanta's Children? (2000 TV movie)
Christmas Rush (2002 TV movie)
Red Water (2003 TV movie)
Judas (2004 TV movie)
Witless Protection (2008 theatrical film)
JL Ranch (2016 theatrical film)
Lowell Park (TBA theatrical film)

Filmography (as screenwriter)
Seduced (1985 TV movie)
Gymkata (1985 theatrical film)
Let's Get Harry (1986 theatrical film)
Blind Fury (1989 theatrical film)
Eyes of a Witness (1991 TV movie)
A Killer Among Friends (1992 TV movie)
Vanishing Point (1997 TV movie remake)
The Fixer (1998 TV movie)
Who Killed Atlanta's Children? (2000 TV movie)
Crossfire Trail (2001 TV movie)
Christmas Rush (2002 TV movie)
Witless Protection (2008 theatrical film)
Lowell Park (TBA theatrical film)

References

External links

1957 births
American male film actors
Living people
American television directors
Writers from Chicago
Film directors from Illinois


title: Andžejs Ļebedevs

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Andžejs Ļebedevs (born 4 November 1994) is a Latvian speedway rider.

Career
Ļebedevs finished in 16th place during the 2022 Speedway World Championship, after securing 26 points during the 2022 Speedway Grand Prix. He was selected as a reserve for the 2023 Speedway Grand Prix. Also in 2022, he helped Wilki Krosno win the 2022 1.Liga.

He finished his 2023 Speedway Grand Prix World Championship season with five full appearances and finished in 16th place and later received a permanent wildcard slot for the 2024 Speedway Grand Prix.

Major results

World individual Championship
2013 Speedway Grand Prix – 19th (wildcard at Latvian GP)
2014 Speedway Grand Prix – 28th (wildcard at Latvian GP)
2022 Speedway Grand Prix – 16th (Qualified substitute)
2023 Speedway Grand Prix – 16th

Individual European Championship
2017 Speedway European Championship – 1st (European Champion with 52 points)

U21 World Championship
 Individual Speedway Junior World Championship
 2012 – 20th place
 2013 – 4th place

U21 European Championship
 Individual Speedway Junior European Championship
 2011 – 13th place
 2012 – 7th place
 2013 – Silver medal

Clubs
Polish league:
Lokomotiv Daugavpils (2011–2016)
Sparta Wrocław (2017-2018)
Wilki Krosno (since 2021)
Swedish league:
Masarna Avesta (2011)
Rospiggarna (2014–2016)
Eskilstuna Smederna (2017-2018)
United Kingdom:
King's Lynn Stars (2013)
Speedway Bundesliga:
AC Landshut Devils (2015-2017)

Clubs Championships

See also
 Latvia national speedway team
 List of Speedway Grand Prix riders

References

External links
SEC Speedway Euro Championship
LaMSF

1994 births
Living people
Latvian speedway riders
Sportspeople from Daugavpils
Place of birth missing (living people)


Athletics at the 2014 Pan American Sports Festival took place from August 15 to 16, 2014.  The event was held at the Estadio Jesús Martínez "Palillo" in Mexico City, Mexico.  A total of 34 events were contested, 17 by men and 17 by women. There were no road races, no relays, and no combined events.

The winner of each competition qualifies automatically for the 2015 Pan American Games in Toronto.

Medal summary

The results and medal winners were published.

Men

Women

 Three competitors entered the pole vault but Mexico's Martha Olimpia Villalobos failed to record a valid height.

Medal table

Participation
According to an unofficial count, 270 athletes from 36 countries participated.

 (2)
 (6)
 (1)
 (5)
 (2)
 (2)
 (14)
 (10)
 (16)
 (2)
 (40)
 (3)
 (5)
 (2)
 (2)
 (1)
 (1)
 (3)
 (2)
 (2)
 (35)
 (46)
 (1)
 (5)
 (7)
 (4)
 (9)
 (3)
 (3)
 (3)
 (2)
 (1)
 (4)
 (19)
 (3)
 (4)

References

Athletics
2014 Pan American Sports Festival
2014 Pan American Sports Festival
Pan American Sports Festival
Pan American Sports Festival


title: Kungfu (restaurant)

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Guangzhou Real Kungfu Catering Management Co., Ltd., trading as Kungfu (), is a fast-food chain in China, headquartered in Tianhe District, Guangzhou. The first restaurant opened in 1990 and in 2011, the company had over 300 locations in China. As of 2013 it had 479 restaurants. It sells bowls of rice with meats such as beef and pork.

In 2014, China Daily ranked Kungfu as No. 8 in its list of Top 10 Fast-food restaurants in China.

In 2019, Kungfu was involved in a portrait rights infringement dispute, but still hasn't changed its 'Bruce Lee' logo.

Bruce Lee image
The company's logo incorporates an image resembling the martial artist Bruce Lee, depicting a dark haired man in a kung fu pose, wearing a yellow top not unlike the famous yellow tracksuit worn by him in the posthumously-released Game of Death. Many of the chain's 300-plus restaurants across China feature large, black and white murals of a man who bears a strong resemblance to him. The company says it did not engage in discussion with his family prior to using the images, but added that they are not meant to represent Lee.

Company History
In 1990, Kungfu originated in Chang 'an, Dongguan. In 1997, Kungfu independently developed a computer-controlled steam cabinet, taking the lead in solving the problem of "standardization" of Chinese food. Exploring a new way for the development of Chinese fast food.

As the first Chinese fast-food chain in China, Kungfu has three logistics centers in south China, east China, and north China, and is responsible for the procurement, processing, and distribution of all restaurant food. By March 2014, the number of Kungfu restaurants has reached 570, covering nearly 40 cities including Beijing, Shanghai, Guangzhou, Shenzhen, Wuhan, Hangzhou, Chengdu, Changsha, etc., with nearly 20,000 employees nationwide.

Infringement
On December 25, 2019, Kungfu was sued by Shannon Lee, daughter of Bruce Lee, claiming it had used the Bruce Lee icon for years and demanded an immediate stop to the use of Bruce Lee's image, seeking RMB210 million in damages. On December 26, Kungfu issued a statement, ready to actively respond to the prosecution and said that this logo is legally approved by China's National Intellectual Property Administration (CNIPA) after the strict examination.

Shareholder disputes
The dispute between Kungfu's two main shareholders, Pan and Cai, lasted for several years. Cai was sentenced to 14 years in prison for embezzlement while in office. It took Pan a long time to find a solution to the huge amount of money that had been embezzled from Cai.

References

External links

 Kungfu

Chinese companies established in 1990
Companies based in Guangzhou
Fast-food chains of China


title: Fencing at the 1986 Asian Games

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Fencing at the 1986 Asian Games was held in Seoul, South Korea from September 25 to October 1, 1986.

Medalists

Men

Women

Medal table

References
 New Straits Times, September 26 – October 2, 1986
 1986 Asian Games medalists

External links
 Olympic Council of Asia

1986 Asian Games events
1986
Asian Games
1986 Asian Games


title: Headfort House

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Headfort House is a large country house on the southern outskirts of Kells in County Meath, Ireland.

History
The house was constructed in the 1760s for The 1st Earl of Bective to a design by the Irish architect George Semple. The interiors were designed by the Scottish architect Robert Adam .

It remained wholly in the private hands of the Taylour family, Marquesses of Headfort, until 1949, when the family leased the main house to the newly formed Headfort School.  They moved to the East Wing, and provided the element of the building in-between the wing and the main house
as a house for the school's headmaster. The 6th Marquess of Headfort later sold the East Wing, renamed as Headfort Court, and with its own garden, along with the school premises in the 1980s (on terms allowing the school to continue) to an American, B.J. Kruger, and on his death, the estate was divided.  The East Wing / Headfort Court became a distinct property, as did part of the grounds, and the main house and much of the grounds were purchased by a charitable trust, the Headfort Trust, to preserve the buildings and support the school.

In 2004, the house was selected by the World Monuments Fund (WMF) for inclusion in its List of 100 Most Endangered Sites

The school closed in March 2020 but was reopened under new management in September 2020.

Robert Adam's illustrations of Headfort House interior

See also
List of buildings in Ireland

References

External links
Irish Georgian Society Project
Kells - The Big Houses

Houses in County Meath
Buildings and structures completed in the 1760s


title: Rubio Rubin

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Rubio Yovani Méndez Rubín (born 1 March 1996) is a professional footballer who plays as a forward for Major League Soccer club Real Salt Lake. Born in the United States, he plays for the Guatemala national team.

Club career

Youth
Rubin attended Whitford Middle School in Beaverton, Oregon. He started his youth career at Westside Metros and played at Beaverton High School.

Senior
Rubin signed a four-year deal with FC Utrecht upon turning eighteen in March 2014. Rubin started, played the full 90 minutes and recorded an assist in his professional debut for Utrecht on 17 August 2014, in a 2–1 victory over Willem II.

He won the Beloften Eredivisie in 2015–16 with Jong FC Utrecht.

Rubin signed with Silkeborg IF of the Danish Superliga in January 2017 after being released from FC Utrecht.

After his departure from Silkeborg, Rubin signed with Stabæk for the remainder of the 2017 season.

Rubin joined Liga MX side Club Tijuana in February 2018. After mostly playing on loan with Tijuana's affiliate Dorados, Rubin joined San Diego Loyal in September 2020.

On 7 January 2021, Rubin joined MLS side Real Salt Lake.

International career

United States
A former United States under-17 player, Rubin in 2012 was named U.S. Soccer Young Male Athlete of the Year.

Rubin was eligible to play for Guatemala, Mexico, or the United States. He joined the United States team for the match against the Czech Republic on 3 September 2014.
He earned his first cap when he started on 14 November 2014, in a 2–1 defeat against Colombia, narrowly failing to score a header in the second half and attracting praise from manager Jürgen Klinsmann.

Guatemala
Following a one-time switch earlier in the year, Rubin made his debut for Guatemala in a 2–0 Nations League defeat to French Guiana on 2 June 2022.

Guatemala 2023 CONCACAF Gold Cup
In June of 2023, Rubio Rubin was named to Guatemala's squad for the 2023 CONCACAF Gold Cup. During Guatemala’s opening match against Cuba on June 28, 2023, Rubio was fouled and injured in the opening ten minutes in which he was replaced by Guatemala teammate Darwin Lom. Rubio remained in Guatemala’s roster and was an unused substitute in Guatemala’s second group match against Canada on July 1st.

On July 4th, 2023, Rubio Rubin returned to Guatemala’s starting 11 in the Gold Cup during  Group D’s  third and final group match against Guadeloupe. Rubio Rubin scored 2 goals helping Guatemala secure a 3-2 victory against Guadeloupe helping the team top the group and move onto the Quarter-Finals of the 2023 CONCACAF Gold Cup.

Personal life
Rubio was born to a Mexican father and a Guatemalan mother.

Career statistics

International

International goals
Scores and results list Guatemala's goal tally first.

Honours
Individual
MLS Goal of the Year: 2021

References

External links

1996 births
Living people
Sportspeople from Beaverton, Oregon
American people of Guatemalan descent
Sportspeople of Guatemalan descent
American sportspeople of Mexican descent
American men's soccer players
American expatriate men's soccer players
FC Utrecht players
Men's association football forwards
Soccer players from Oregon
Expatriate men's footballers in the Netherlands
American expatriate sportspeople in the Netherlands
Eredivisie players
United States men's youth international soccer players
United States men's under-20 international soccer players
United States men's under-23 international soccer players
United States men's international soccer players
Expatriate men's footballers in Norway
American expatriate sportspeople in Norway
Eliteserien players
Silkeborg IF players
Stabæk Fotball players
Club Tijuana footballers
Dorados de Sinaloa footballers
Liga MX players
Expatriate men's footballers in Mexico
USL Championship players
San Diego Loyal SC players
Real Salt Lake players
Major League Soccer players
Guatemalan men's footballers
Guatemala men's international footballers
Dual men's international footballers
2023 CONCACAF Gold Cup players


title: Alberto Biedermann

text:
Albert Biderman (born 1926)  is an Argentine athlete who competed in the 1948 Summer Olympics in the 4 × 100 m relay in which they finished 3rd in the first round and failed to advance.

References
Alberto Biedermann's profile at Sports Reference.com

External links

1926 births
Possibly living people
Argentine male sprinters
Olympic athletes for Argentina
Athletes (track and field) at the 1948 Summer Olympics
20th-century Argentine people
Place of birth missing


title: Vessel (film)

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Vessel is a 2014 multi-national documentary film written and directed by Diana Whitten as her debut film, focusing on the work of Women on Waves, a Dutch pro-choice organization founded by the Dutch physician Rebecca Gomperts in 1999.  The film's world premiere took place at SXSW in Texas on March 9, 2014.  The film has been distributed by Filmbuff since 2015.

Synopsis
The film focuses on Dr. Rebecca Gomperts' work with her organization 'Women on Waves', as she sails a ship around the world and provides abortions at sea for women who have no legal alternative.  Gomperts meets opposition, but when each is overcome, she refines her mission and eventually realizes she can use new technologies to bypass existing laws.  She trains women to give themselves abortions using WHO-researched protocols with pills, and creates an underground network of empowered activists who trust women to handle abortion themselves.

Cast
The film features Rebecca Gomperts, Susan Davies, Veronica Vera, Kinga Jelinska, Cecilia Costa, Gunilla Kleiverda, Myra ter Meulen, Margreet Parlevliet, Juul Brockling, Lizet Kraal, Margie Moore, Ivette Mrova, Annemarie van den Heuvel, Ana Cristina Santos, Sara larrea, Ana Cristina Vera, Paula Castello Starkoff, Manuela Luna Creciente, and Nondo Ebuela Ejano, with voice-over by Kinga Jelinska and Inês Rodrigues.

Production
The film took seven years to make.

Recognition

Reception
Vessel was given a mixed review by Indiewire critic Eric Kohn, who wrote that "the hot button topic [abortion] begs for a more dynamic treatment."

Awards and nominations
At the 2014 South by Southwest Film Festival the film was nominated for the 'SXSW Grand Jury Award' and won both the 'Audience Award' and 'Special Jury Awards' for Documentary Feature. At the 2014 Sheffield International Documentary Festival, the film won the Peter Wintonick Award.  At the Nantucket Film Festival, the film won the Adrienne Shelly Excellence In Filmmaking Award.

References

External links

 Vessel at the Internet Movie Database

2014 documentary films
2014 films
American documentary films
Documentary films about abortion
2010s English-language films
2010s American films


title: West Albion, Minnesota

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West Albion is an unincorporated community in Wright County, Minnesota, United States.  The community is located along Mitchell Avenue near Wright County Road 37.

West Albion is located within Albion Township and French Lake Township.  Nearby places include Annandale, Albion Center, and Maple Lake.  Wright County Road 5 is also in the immediate area.

References

Unincorporated communities in Minnesota
Unincorporated communities in Wright County, Minnesota


title: Fisher River Hawks

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The Fisher River Hawks were a Junior "B" ice hockey team based in Fisher River, Manitoba. They were members of the Keystone Junior Hockey League (KJHL). The franchise was founded in 2014.

History
Fisher River Cree Nation was approved for a Junior B hockey team by the KJHL in April 2014. The community of Fisher River officially named their new franchise hockey team the Fisher River Hawks. The team play all home games at the Bryden Cochrane Sr. Sports Complex.

The Fisher River Hawks played their first regular season game on October 17, 2014, against the Peguis Juniors. The Hawks won their first league game on November 19, 2014, defeating the Lundar Falcons 3–2.

The 2015–16 season was the first playoff appearance for the Hawks, winning their first playoff game 15–10 over the Norway House North Stars. They would lose the next two games and were eliminated.

In October 2018 the Hawks announced they were taking a one-year leave of absence from the league.

Season-by-season record

Note: GP = Games played, W = Wins, L = Losses, T = Ties, OTL = Overtime Losses, Pts = Points, GF = Goals for,   GA = Goals against, PCT = Winning Percentage

Franchise records

References

External links
Fisher River Cree Nation
Keystone Junior Hockey League

Defunct ice hockey teams in Manitoba


title: European route E607

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European route E 607 is a European B class road in France, connecting the cities Digoin and Chalon-sur-Saône.

Route

 Digoin
 Chalon-sur-Saône

External links
 UN Economic Commission for Europe: Overall Map of E-road Network (2007)
 International E-road network

Roads in France


title: Edward Tilt

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Edward John Tilt (1815–1893) was an English physician and medical writer.

Life
He was born at Brighton on 30 January 1815, and received his medical education first at St. George's Hospital and then in Paris, where he graduated M.D. on 15 May 1839. He does not appear to have held any English qualification until he became a member of the Royal College of Physicians of London in 1859.

Tilt acted as travelling physician in the family of Count Pyotr Andreyevich Shuvalov during 1848–50. He settled in London about 1850, devoting himself to midwifery and the diseases of women: he had learned from Joseph Récamier in Paris the use of the speculum in gynaecology. In his practice Tilt opposed excessive surgery; but accepted some applications of clitoridectomy and leeches. He was then appointed physician-accoucheur to the Farringdon general dispensary and lying-in charity. He was one of the original fellows of the Obstetrical Society of London, where he took on subordinate posts, and was elected president for 1874–5.

The title of Cavaliere of the Crown of Italy was conferred upon him in 1875, and he was at the time of his death a corresponding fellow of the academies of medicine of Turin, Athens, and New York. He died at Hastings on 17 December 1893.

Works
Tilt wrote:

On Diseases of Menstruation and Ovarian Inflammation, London, 1850; 3rd edition 1862.
On the Elements of Health and Principles of Female Hygiene, London, 1852; translated into German, Weimar, 1854.
The Change of Life in Health and Disease, 2nd edition 1857; 4th edition New York, 1882.
A Handbook of Uterine Therapeutics and of Diseases of Women, London, 1863; 4th edition New York, 1881; translated into German, Erlangen, 1864, and into Flemish, Leeuwarden, 1866.
Health in India for British Women, London, 1875. The work was prompted by the government of India. It quoted James Ranald Martin, Joseph Fayrer, and statistics of Duncan Stewart who taught midwifery in Calcutta.

Notes

Attribution

1815 births
1893 deaths
English gynaecologists
English medical writers
Medical doctors from Brighton
Writers from Brighton
Physician-accoucheurs


title: West Side, Chicago

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The West Side is one of the three major sections of the city of Chicago, Illinois, U.S. The other two sections within Chicago that associate with the West Side are the North Side and the South Side. The West Side consists of communities that are of historical, cultural, and ideological importance to the history and development of Chicago. On the flag of Chicago, the West Side is represented by the central white stripe.

The Chicago  West Side has gone through many transitions in its ethnic and socioeconomic makeup due to its historic role as a gateway for immigrants and migrants as well as its role for funneling poorer African-American residents away from the wealthier lakeside neighborhoods and central business district. Today, the West Side consists of large mixed communities of middle class, working class, and low-income African American, Puerto Rican, and Mexican residents; some small communities of blue-collar, lower middle class and middle class white residents of historically Polish, Italian, Czech, Russian Jewish, and Greek, descent; and newer communities of middle-class, upper-middle class, and wealthy white residents created by gentrification. Major shifts continue to happen due to forces such as rapid gentrification, selective corporate investments, and unequal distribution of city resources.

There are a range of services available on the West Side, especially educational, cultural, and medical institutions. The University of Illinois at Chicago is on the West Side, as is the United Center, home to the Chicago Bulls and Chicago Blackhawks. One of the nation's largest urban medical districts, the Illinois Medical District, is on the West Side. Three of Chicago's largest parks, along with much of the city's boulevard system, are in this part of the city: Humboldt Park, Garfield Park, and Douglass Park. The West Side is very accessible by the interstate and public transportation via the Chicago Transit Authority's many bus routes, the Chicago 'L', the Metra commuter rail, and the Eisenhower Expressway. Additionally, Cook County Jail, the United States' largest single site jail, and the Homan Square facility, maintained by the Chicago Police Department, are both on the West Side.

Boundaries

As with the other sides of the city, there is no consensus as to the exact boundaries of the West Side. The city's annexation of land beyond the original western border at Wood Street gave way to the development of the West Side. The city legislature added more land in 1869 through the annexation of West Town area, and the rest of the area was absorbed in 1899 through the annexation of the Austin area. Before the 1909 re-numbering of Chicago's street addresses, all addresses west of the Chicago River were designated as "west," but this changed with the establishment of the address numbering system Chicago uses today. Madison Street is designated as the north-south axis and State Street as the east-west axis, but State Street is not included in and geographically very distant from the West Side.

The most commonly referenced borders by officials that are assigned to the West Side are North Avenue to the north and 31st Street to the south. The western border is where the edge of the city meets the western suburbs of Oak Park and Cicero. These two suburbs border the communities of Austin, Lawndale, and Little Village. The eastern border is often the most disputed border by residents, real estate brokers, and city officials. While some will claim Western Avenue is the eastern border, those in the communities east of Western Avenue such as West Town, the Near West Side, and Pilsen have more historical and cultural ties to the West Side and the central, inner city area more so than to the North Side or South Side. In certain texts, the communities within West Town and Pilsen are grouped together as the Near Northwest Side and Near Southwest Side respectively. Therefore, using the Chicago River as an eastern border of the West Side becomes suitable. Regardless of how the boundaries are defined, the West Side is the smallest in area of the three sections of the city, with an area of 34.7 square miles.

Community areas and neighborhoods

According to the city's official division of its 77 community areas, nine community areas compose the West Side: West Town, the Near West Side, the Lower West Side, Humboldt Park, East Garfield Park, West Garfield Park, North Lawndale, South Lawndale, and Austin. Within these community areas are smaller neighborhoods, some of which match the community area's name and boundaries, and some of which do not use the community area's name at all. The three main community areas that do not match their colloquial neighborhood names are the Lower West Side, which is widely known as Pilsen; North Lawndale, which is simply known as Lawndale; and South Lawndale, which is widely known as Little Village.

Neighborhoods within these community areas include East Ukrainian Village, Ukrainian Village, Noble Square, Pulaski Park, The Patch, and Wicker Park within West Town; Fifth City within East Garfield Park; Heart of Chicago within the Lower West Side; The Island within Austin; University Village, Greektown, Little Italy, and Tri-Taylor within the Near West Side; Homan Square and K-Town within North Lawndale; Marshall Square within South Lawndale; and West Humboldt Park within Humboldt Park.

Demographics

A majority of the West Side's Black residents live in the Near West Side, Garfield Park, Austin, Lawndale, and the southern portion of Humboldt Park. As demographic maps from the 2010 U.S. Census show, the Black community on the West Side is bordered to the north and to the south by Latino residents. On the north and moving northwest are mostly Puerto Rican and other Latino residents living in the communities of West Town and Humboldt Park, and to the south are primarily Mexican residents living in the communities of Pilsen and Little Village. The gentrifying areas of West Town, the Near West Side, and Pilsen are seeing large influxes of mostly middle-class white residents, thus concentrating the West Side's white population much closer to the downtown area. Other white populations of the West Side include the neighborhood of Galewood in the northern part of the Austin community area as well as the small Polish patches and Eastern European areas remaining in parts of West Town, such as Ukrainian Village.

According to the 2010 U.S. Census, the West Side has a total of 480,687 residents, making it the least populated "side" of the city. However, the West Side's density is very high at 13,852 residents per square mile. 44% of residents are non-Hispanic Black, 34% of residents are Latino/Hispanic, and 17% of residents are non-Hispanic white. 3% of residents are Asians who mostly reside in the Near West Side in the University Village neighborhood near the University of Illinois at Chicago and the Illinois Medical District. 2% of residents are of Native American descent, multiracial backgrounds, and other ethnic descent. Increasing foreclosures and gentrification have driven many of the poorer residents, mostly Black and Latino, toward other parts of the city, particularly the South Side and Northwest Side, as well as lower-income suburbs like Cicero and Berwyn, decreasing the population in certain areas of the West Side.

Population Density and Income Demographics

History
Previous to the European and U.S. exploration, colonization, and capture of the land of Chicago and the West Side, the area was home to indigenous populations including the Cahokian, Potawatomi, Sauk, and Miami. Through legal trickery such as the Treaty of Chicago, U.S. government officials were able to obtain land around Lake Michigan.

1830s to late 19th century

When Chicago was incorporated as a city in 1834, settlers only lived as far west as Jefferson Street or Halsted Street, less than a half mile west of the Chicago River. Land plotters and wealthier newcomers were more interested in developing land north and south of the original settlement because this land was adjacent to Lake Michigan. As the central business district grew, retail stores set up shop along Lake Street, connecting the central business district with the slower-developing western part of the city. As Lake Street became a bustling thoroughfare throughout the 1840s and 1850s, wealthier residents decided to establish an affluent community on the West Side that could be a retreat from the bustling city center. This was the impetus for the creation of Union Park. As the 1860s came, less affluent residents replaced the wealthier families around Union Park and increased immigration from Europe transformed the Near West Side into an ethnically diverse area. Chicago's first Black community along Kinzie Street and Lake Street became adjacent to an Irish community by the river, as well as German, French, Czech, and Bohemian communities. Polish immigrants settled further north along the river in West Town to work at factories and on the railroad.

The area was transformed by the Great Chicago Fire in 1871, which made 300,000 residents of the city homeless. The resulting migration toward other parts of the city created very densely populated and overcrowded areas on the Near West Side. Most of the Czech and Bohemian residents moved south establishing the neighborhood of Pilsen, named after the city of Plzeň in the Czech Republic. The fire also began migration into the Lawndale neighborhood, which had advertised itself as a residential suburb with fireproof apartment buildings.

Immigration from Europe continued in the area at a rapid rate, and the older Irish and German community became eclipsed by newer Jewish immigrants from Russia and Poland. Large numbers of Italian and Greek immigrants began arriving in the area too. The Jewish immigrants settled between 12th Street, now Roosevelt Road, and 16th Street, centering the community and businesses along Maxwell Street. The Maxwell Street Market continued from this time through the 20th century as an important economic and cultural center for the city. Italian immigrants settled along Polk Street and Taylor Street, establishing Chicago's main Little Italy. Greek immigrants centered their settlement at Harrison Street, Halsted Street, and Blue Island Avenue, calling their community "The Delta." As immigration continued, the area became unhealthily overcrowded, resulting in dilapidated tenements and pollution. These poorer residents also lacked health services from the city. This situation was to be addressed by the creation of the Hull House settlement by Jane Addams and Ellen Gates Starr in 1889. Hull House was a settlement house that provided a range of services to the residents of the West Side. A playground, a gymnasium, and language classes were provided for children, and services were provided for employment, garbage removal, and art programs. Hull House became a center of the Italian and Greek communities, however Black residents of the Near West Side weren't as welcome to use the services of Hull House and had to rely on finding or creating other community services.

Early to mid-20th century

As the 20th century began, Chicago had already annexed land west of Western Avenue, greatly increasing the West Side. East Garfield Park, West Garfield Park, and Humboldt Park had been sparsely populated throughout the late 19th century, but the addition of transportation infrastructure increased the population quickly. In 1892, the first elevated train line was constructed on the South Side and a year later, the Lake Street Elevated Railroad opened, providing transportation service from the city center to the West Side. In 1895, the Metropolitan West Side Elevated Railroad opened, which provided elevated train service down Harrison Street on its Garfield Park branch and also elevated train service down North Avenue on its Humboldt Park branch. Elements of these elevated train lines are used today for the CTA Green Line and Blue Line. Industry began to dominate this area further west. Sears, Roebuck and Company was founded in 1893, and in 1906 built its merchandise and catalog center in Lawndale near the intersection of Homan Avenue and Arthington Street. The North Western Railway had thousands of their employees establish a community in West Garfield Park. At this point, the West Side had immigrant industrial employees from all over Europe. There was a Polish majority in West Town; the Danish, Norwegians, and Russian Jews populated Humboldt Park, and Italians were in East Garfield Park. However, a dramatic change in the city's population occurred with the Great Migration of Blacks from the Southern United States into the urban North.

In 1910, Chicago's Black population was at 40,000, most of these people being concentrated on the South Side in an area known as the Black Belt. By 1940, the Black population rose to 278,000, and more of these residents increasingly lived on the West Side. In the Near West Side, there were 26,000 Blacks by 1940, and this community was joined by a growing Mexican-American community and a smaller Puerto Rican community. The Black population on the West Side was growing due in large part to the crowded conditions of the South Side, however crowding increased quickly on the West Side as well. Black residents began moving in small numbers to East Garfield Park, being met with even more housing discrimination than they faced in the Near West Side. By this time, the Maxwell Street Market employed mostly newer Black residents and the market became an important center for Black Chicago blues musicians coming from the South. The construction of the Eisenhower Expressway in the 1950s demolished many homes in the area, forcing residents to relocate further west. The announcement of a University of Illinois campus in Chicago to be constructed in the Near West Side brought the community head-to-head with Mayor Richard J. Daley, and the construction of the university displaced half of the community, including the Hull House settlement. Nearly the entire Italian and Greek communities relocated to the Northwest Side and suburbs. The Black population moved further west into the Near West Side, Garfield Park and the eastern portion of Lawndale, and the Mexican population, losing much of their housing stock, moved in large numbers south to Pilsen.

1960s to 21st century

White flight and blockbusting drastically changed the demographics of the West Side by the 1950s. Throughout this decade, many white Chicagoans moved to the suburbs in a planned move by investors who, through scare tactics and instigating racial antagonism, encouraged white Chicagoans to sell their city homes and buy homes the investors built in the suburbs. By 1960, Chicago recorded its first ever population drop. However, Black and Latino residents began filling the West Side to its maximum. Black areas of the West Side began to experience highly impoverished conditions moving into the 1960s. Many residents moved into housing projects that were built throughout the West Side the previous decade, the main housing projects being ABLA and Henry Horner Homes in the Near West Side, Rockwell Gardens and Harrison Courts in East Garfield Park, and Lawndale Gardens in Lawndale/Little Village. Many of these housing projects became predominantly Black and poor. The Chicago Housing Authority was known for its segregationist policies and lack of building maintenance, and police brutality was very frequent. After the assassination of Martin Luther King Jr. on April 4, 1968, the Blacks of the West Side rebelled in anger against the oppressive system made more apparent by King's murder. Long stretches of businesses along Madison Street in Garfield Park and Austin and along Roosevelt Road in Lawndale, the majority of which were owned by whites, were looted and burned down. Mayor Daley ordered 10,500 police and 6,700 National Guardsmen into the West Side, ordering "to shoot to kill any arsonist or anyone with a Molotov cocktail in his hand... and... to shoot to maim or cripple anyone looting any stores in our city."

During the late 1960s, the Illinois chapter of the Black Panther Party had its headquarters on the West Side on Madison Street near Western Avenue. The chapter chairman, Fred Hampton, helped his chapter establish a free breakfast program for children as well as free health clinics for the community. Hampton was murdered in his sleep in a planned raid by Chicago police and the FBI on the party's West Side apartment on Monroe Street in December 1969. Over 5,000 people attended Hampton's funeral. The drug epidemic began sweeping through the West Side in the 1970s, and crime continued to climb. Unlike the South Side, there weren't large middle, upper-middle, or affluent Black communities that developed on the West Side. They existed by block or in small pockets, mostly in the Austin neighborhood closer to the suburb of Oak Park. Black representation of the West Side in Congress began in the 1970s with the placement of George W. Collins in the seat of Daniel J. Ronan who died in 1969. After George W. Collins was killed in a plane crash at Midway Airport in 1972, his wife Cardiss Collins was elected to Congress, making her the first Black female representative from the Midwest.

Puerto Ricans displaced by gentrification and city-backed urban renewal projects in Lincoln Park began moving to West Town and Humboldt Park by the thousands during the mid-late 1960s. In 1960, West Town had a Latino population of 1%. By 1970, that number had grown to 39%. Polish residents, who remained less upwardly mobile than the West Side's former German and Russian Jewish immigrants, remained in relatively large numbers in West Town centered around Catholic parishes. Humboldt Park began to see larger influxes of Puerto Ricans as the 1960s ended. In 1966, the first major urban Puerto Rican rebellion in the U.S. happened on Division Street, an event later known as the Division Street Riots As the 1970s began, Humboldt Park suffered from poverty, crime, and gangs, leading to another uprising in 1977. To combat this, Puerto Rican community members across the West Side created social service organizations such as the Latin American Defense Organization (LADO) and the Segundo Ruiz Belvis Cultural Center. The Young Lords, a former street turf gang from Lincoln Park, turned into a human liberation group, becoming warriors for the community by fighting further displacement and holding sit-ins at the Wicker Park Welfare Office and takeovers of institutions to implement free breakfast programs similar to the Black Panther Party. In Pilsen, Mexican-Americans and Chicanos reclaimed the area as La Diesiocho because of the 18th Street business corridor. Pilsen became a large center for mural painting by those part of the Chicano movement and for those attempting to shift the view of Pilsen as a dangerous community. La Villita, the neighborhood to the west of Pilsen and Heart of Chicago was being populated by even more Mexican-Americans, and the business corridor along 26th Street became the busiest after the Loop.

During the 1980s and 1990s, the communities of the West Side continued to struggle, but hopes were being held together by social organizations, movements, and programs. The election of Mayor Harold Washington in 1983 gave hope to the West Side, especially since his election opened the door for more political representation, but his sudden death in 1987 was viewed as a serious blow to Chicago's entire Black community. Six years later, Washington's unofficial floor leader in the city council, Puerto Rican Chicagoan Luis Gutiérrez, was elected to the U.S. Congress as the Midwest's first Latino representative in Congress.

Chicago's homicides reached peak numbers in the early 1990s in Humboldt Park, Austin, Lawndale, and Garfield Park. As numbers began to go down throughout the 1990s,  another round of displacement began to take hold. Major gentrification efforts in the Near West Side and West Town began, where corporate investors supported the addition of high-end businesses and luxury-style residential condos. Property taxes rose thus raising rents, forcing poorer Puerto Rican and Black residents to move yet again.

As the 2000s began, Pilsen began to see more major gentrification efforts. However, the community put up a substantial fight against this displacement process and gentrification progressed more slowly. During this time, the ABLA homes were demolished along with the Henry Horner Homes and Rockwell Gardens. Some of these areas have been replaced with new housing developments with the intended purpose of creating mixed-income communities. However, these areas are now mainly populated by younger, white, middle-class to upper-middle class professionals whom have been displacing the poorer residents at a rapid rate. In 2014, Redfin named Humboldt Park to be the nation's 10th hottest neighborhood, demonstrating high interest in gentrifying the community.

The new Chicago High School for the Arts has moved from the South Side into the closed Lafayette Elementary building in Humboldt Park near a growing community of gentrifiers. A new Pete's Fresh Market has been opened at Western Avenue and Madison Street, helping a long-time food desert; however, the poorer residents of the neighborhood are being displaced into other neighborhoods that are currently food deserts.

Community events

The West Side is home to the Puerto Rican Parade and Festival or Fiestas Puertorriqueñas held annually along Division Street and Paseo Boricua in Humboldt Park. The new Chicago Westside Music Festival occurs annually in Garfield Park. Festa Italiana occurs every year in Little Italy, near the location of the Taste of Greektown. In Little Village, the Festival de la Villita takes place along 26th Street celebrating the community as well as a Mexican Independence Day Parade. Another Mexican Independence Day Parade takes place in Pilsen along 18th Street. The Austin Town Hall in South Austin hosts a multitude of events such as plays and concerts.

With the advent of gentrification on the West Side, many recent festivals have been created by newer residents such as Wicker Park Fest and the Pitchfork Music Festival in Union Park. More recently, an event called Riot Fest has been held in Humboldt Park since 2012, causing controversy among Puerto Rican event organizers who have been consistently denied things that Riot Fest has received, such as alcohol permits for the Fiestas Puertorriqueñas. This controversy along with the protests against the festival's location in Humboldt Park have prompted festival coordinators to move Riot Fest to  Douglass Park, another West Side park, causing further protest and backlash by longtime Lawndale and Little Village residents.

Education

Colleges and universities

There are several institutions of higher education throughout the West Side. The largest and most well-known is the University of Illinois at Chicago, more commonly referred to as UIC. The school was originally called Circle Campus in reference to its proximity to the Circle Interchange, now named the Jane Byrne Interchange. The school has an enrollment of nearly 30,000 students, and has its own athletics program, the UIC Flames. UIC also operates the University of Illinois College of Medicine, a major component of the Illinois Medical District. Rush University, also located in the medical district, operates Rush University Medical Center and the Johnston R. Bowman Health Center.

The City Colleges of Chicago operates two colleges on the West Side. In the Near West Side, there is the long-established Malcolm X College. Located on Van Buren Street near Damen Avenue, Malcolm X College is linked to Chicago's first city college Crane Junior College, later Herzl College, which was originally located in Lawndale near Douglass Park. In 1968, the West Side community urged the city to rename the college after Malcolm X, who was assassinated three years earlier. The request was granted, and the school was moved from Lawndale to its present location. In January 2016, Malcolm X College is planning on completing a new, larger facility across the street on Jackson Boulevard with a new health science center and auditorium. The other city college located on the West Side is the Arturo Velasquez West Side Technical Institute, a satellite campus of Richard J. Daley College located near Little Village.

St. Augustine College, the first bilingual institution of higher learning in Illinois, has a campus near Little Village, and another campus immediately north of Humboldt Park, serving Chicago's Spanish-speaking community.

Primary and secondary schools
Chicago Public Schools operates the public schools on the West Side, including many elementary schools. The West Side was heavily affected by Mayor Rahm Emanuel's school closures of 2013.

High schools in the area include Crane High School, Clemente High School, Orr High School, Marshall High School, Juarez High School, Manley High School, Wells High School, Farragut Career Academy, and the Little Village Lawndale High School Campus.

Two selective enrollment high schools are located on the West Side: George Westinghouse College Prep and Whitney M. Young College Prep. Students from all over the city can apply to these schools and admission is based on grades, attendance, and exam scores.

There are many charter schools throughout this section of the city. The Noble Network of Charter Schools operates numerous campuses throughout the West Side, and its original location, Noble Street College Prep, is located in West Town.

The Chicago High School for the Arts has moved from its former location on the South Side in Bronzeville to its new location in the recently closed Lafayette Elementary school near Augusta Boulevard and California Avenue. This gives a new high school option to the new gentrifier white, middle-class residents of the area whose homes are zoned to poorly performing, predominantly Black and Latino-populated high schools such as Wells High School and Clemente High School.

Dr. Pedro Albizu Campos Puerto Rican High School located in Humboldt Park is an alternative school created in the 1970s to remedy the high drop-out rate of Puerto Rican youth in Chicago. The school uses a critical pedagogy to engage students in restoring and empowering their community by teaching students the history of figures such as Pedro Albizu Campos and Oscar López Rivera.

The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Chicago operates area Catholic schools, most notably St. Ignatius College Prep.

Political representatives
The West Side, due to its large population and high density, has many political representatives at the city, state, and national level.

Representatives in U.S. Congress

Representatives in the Illinois State Senate

Representatives in the Illinois House of Representatives

The following wards are representative of the West Side in the Chicago City Council: 1, 2, 12, 22, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 32, 37.

Transportation
Due to its proximity to the downtown area, the West Side has extensive mass transit as well as highways and roads. The main highway running through the area is the Eisenhower Expressway, the name for Interstate 290 within Chicago. The Stevenson Expressway runs just south of Pilsen and Little Village giving residents access to the Southwest Side and Midway Airport.

The West Side is linked to the rest of the city by several Chicago Transit Authority (CTA) bus and train lines, as well as Metra train lines. The West Side is served by the Blue, Green and Pink lines and the BNSF Railway and the Union Pacific / West Line Metra lines. Union Station, the main railroad terminal of both Metra and Amtrak trains is located just west of the Chicago River and downtown. To the north of Union Station is the smaller Ogilvie Transportation Center that serves three Metra lines.

Major thoroughfares on the West Side include Grand Avenue, North Avenue, Division Street, Chicago Avenue, Madison Street, Jackson Boulevard, Roosevelt Road, Blue Island Avenue, 16th Street, 18th Street, Ogden Avenue, Cermak Road, and 26th Street. Major roads that run north-south that go to other parts of the city include Halsted Street, Racine Avenue, Ashland Avenue, Damen Avenue, Western Avenue, California Avenue, Kedzie Avenue, Homan Avenue, Central Park Avenue, Pulaski Road, Cicero Avenue, Laramie Avenue, Central Avenue, and Austin Boulevard.

Museums and cultural institutions

There is a wide range of museums and cultural institutions on the West Side. In West Town, there are many institutions representing the large Polish community in Chicago as well as other Eastern European ethnic groups. The Polish Museum of America, the Ukrainian National Museum, and the Ukrainian Institute of Modern Art are all located in West Town.

The newly reconstructed National Hellenic Museum, the nation's second oldest Greek-American cultural museum, is located in Greektown. Not too far south of the museum is the Hull House Museum and National Italian American Sports Hall of Fame.

In Pilsen, the National Museum of Mexican Art is a nationally recognized museum that offers free admission daily and showcases Mexican art across time and provides professional development to Mexican artists. Further west in Little Village is the Mexican Museum of Culture.

Located within Garfield Park is the Garfield Park Conservatory, one of the largest in the nation. In the Austin neighborhood is the Sankofa Cultural Arts Center, a center for education, art, and workshops on Pan-African cultures.

The Institute of Puerto Rican Arts and Culture and the Puerto Rican Cultural Center in Humboldt Park have exhibits and arts workshops that educate the community about the Puerto Rican experience in Chicago and the United States.

The Chicago Tool Library is headquartered in the area.

Sports
The West Side is home to the United Center sports arena, located near Madison Street and Damen Avenue. The United Center is home for both the Chicago Bulls of the NBA and the Chicago Blackhawks of the NHL.

Notable people
The following are notable people from or associated with the West Side:

Jane Addams, settlement social worker
Mark Aguirre, basketball player
L. Frank Baum, author of The Wonderful Wizard of Oz
Saul Bellow, writer
John Belushi, comedian
Danny Boy, hip-hop artist
Frances Xavier Cabrini, first U.S. citizen to be canonized by the Roman Catholic Church
Anton Cermak, former mayor of Chicago
Jesús Chávez, boxer
Sandra Cisneros, writer
Mark Clark, defense captain of the Peoria chapter of the Illinois Chapter of the Black Panther Party
Crucial Conflict, rap group
Da Brat, rapper and actress
DLOW, hip-hop dancer and rapper
Stuart Dybek, writer
Lupe Fiasco, rapper
Kevin Garnett, basketball player
Jaslene Gonzalez, model and winner of Cycle 8 of America's Next Top Model
Benny Goodman, jazz musician
Fred Hampton, chairman of the Chicago chapter of the Illinois Chapter of the Black Panther Party
Wood Harris, actor
Henry Standing Bear, an Oglala Lakota chief
Howlin' Wolf, blues musician
George Jackson, Black Panther and prisoners organizer, part of Soledad Brothers
Jonathan Jackson, revolutionary who attempted to free Soledad Brothers from prison
Ramsey Lewis, jazz musician
Oscar López Rivera, Puerto Rican nationalist and political prisoner
Rudy Lozano, Mexican activist and organizer
Kel Mitchell, actor
Pat Sajak, television personality
Horatio Sanz, actor and comedian
Ellen Gates Starr, settlement social worker
Marques Sullivan, football player
Larenz Tate, actor
Studs Terkel, historian
Isiah Thomas, basketball player
Twista, hip hop artist
Nadine Velazquez, actress
Dinah Washington, blues musician
Robert Townsend, Artist
Saba (rapper) Rapper
Karimah Westbrook, actress
Patrick Beverley,NBA basketball player

References

Neighborhoods in Chicago


title: Akhund Azizullah Muttalawi

text:
Akhund Azizullah Muttalawi. () was a Muslim theologian from Sindh. He is considered to be the first person who translated the Quran from Arabic to Sindhi. The translation was published in 1870.

See also
 List of translations of the Quran

References

Sindhi people
Translators from Arabic
Translators of the Quran into Sindhi
 People from Matiari District


title: 2014 National League Division Series

text:
The  National League Division Series was two best-of-five-game series to determine the participating teams in the 2014 National League Championship Series.  The Washington Nationals, Los Angeles Dodgers, and St. Louis Cardinals (seeded 1–3 based on record, respectively) and San Francisco Giants—played in two series. Fox Sports 1 carried most of the games, with two of the games on MLB Network.

These matchups were:
 (1) Washington Nationals (East Division champion) vs. (5) San Francisco Giants (Wild Card Game winner): Giants win series 3–1.
 (2) Los Angeles Dodgers (West Division champion) vs. (3) St. Louis Cardinals (Central Division champion): Cardinals win series 3–1.

The Giants would go on to defeat the Cardinals in the NLCS, then win the 2014 World Series, defeating the American League champion Kansas City Royals.

Matchups

Washington Nationals vs. San Francisco Giants

Los Angeles Dodgers vs. St. Louis Cardinals

Washington vs. San Francisco
This was the first postseason meeting between the Nationals and Giants.

Game 1

The Giants opened the series with Jake Peavy on the mound to counter Nationals starter Stephen Strasburg. Joe Panik put the Giants on the board in the third inning with an RBI single and Brandon Belt followed suit in the fourth to support Peavy, who didn't allow a hit until the bottom of the fifth inning. The first signs of trouble for the Giants came in the bottom of the sixth when, after a leadoff double from former Giant Nate Schierholtz and a two-out walk to Jayson Werth, Peavy was taken out of the game. Javier López came into the game only to surrender a walk to Adam LaRoche. With the bases loaded, Hunter Strickland came on to make just his tenth overall Major League appearance and struck out Ian Desmond to end the threat. The Giants added a third run when Panik tripled to lead off the seventh, and Buster Posey singled to knock him in. This run was to prove crucial, as when Strickland came out in the bottom half of the inning, he allowed home runs to both Bryce Harper and Asdrúbal Cabrera to make it a one-run game. Jeremy Affeldt finished off the Nationals in the seventh, and Sergio Romo pitched a scoreless eighth, before Santiago Casilla retired the side in order for the save, as the Giants held on to win by a score of 3–2.

Game 2

Game 2 of the Division Series between the Nationals and the Giants lasted a record 18 innings, with the Giants winning 2–1. It was the longest postseason game in Major League Baseball history to date, both by duration (6 hours 23 minutes) and innings played (18), exceeding the previous innings-played mark by  of a half-inning (Game 4 of the 2005 NLDS ended when the home team scored with one out in the bottom of the 18th inning). Coincidentally, Adam LaRoche of the Nationals and Tim Hudson of the Giants both played in the 2005 game as Atlanta Braves, becoming the only two players to play in both 18 inning games. Game 3 of the 2018 World Series, which lasted 7 hours 20 minutes, has since surpassed this game by duration, although both contests share the 18-inning mark.

Hudson struck out eight Nationals and conceded one run in  innings of work, but was bettered by Nationals starter Jordan Zimmermann who came an out shy of recording a three-hit shutout, just six days after throwing a no-hitter on the last day of the regular season. Zimmermann retired 20 Giants in a row before walking Joe Panik with two outs in the ninth and being removed from the game. The Giants continued to rally in the ninth when Buster Posey singled on the first pitch from closer Drew Storen, and Pablo Sandoval drove in Panik with a double. Posey was thrown out at home plate on the same play, and manager Bruce Bochy called for a video review but it was unsuccessful and it ended the inning. Sergio Romo retired the side in the bottom half and the game went to extra innings, tied 1–1. In the 10th inning, Nationals second baseman Asdrubal Cabrera and manager Matt Williams were ejected for arguing balls and strikes. Entering the game in the 12th inning, Giants pitcher Yusmeiro Petit became just the seventh pitcher to throw six or more shutout innings of relief in a playoff game, as neither team could break the deadlock. Brandon Belt finally broke the tie, launching a home run into the second deck in right field to lead off the 18th inning off of Tanner Roark. As the clock struck midnight, Hunter Strickland finished off the game to earn the save and a 2–0 series advantage for the Giants. The win marked the tenth consecutive postseason victory for the Giants, a streak extending back to the 2012 National League Championship Series. By allowing one run in the third and subsequently never allowing another one for the rest of the game, the Giants' pitching staff combined for a new postseason record 15 consecutive scoreless innings in a single game, breaking Babe Ruth's 13 scoreless innings in Game 2 of the 1916 World Series against the Brooklyn Dodgers. This record would be broken by Game 3 of the 2022 American League Division Series between the Astros and Mariners, with the Astros pitching an 18-inning shutout, which also featured a leadoff home run in the top of the 18th as the go-ahead play.

Game 3

Hoping to avoid a sweep, the Nationals sent Doug Fister to the mound in Game 3. Opposing him was Madison Bumgarner who had thrown a complete-game shutout in the NL Wild Card game. Both pitchers threw six scoreless innings, but in the top of the seventh, Ian Desmond and Bryce Harper opened up the inning with back-to-back singles. Wilson Ramos attempted to bunt the runners over, but Bumgarner's throw to get the force out at third went past Pablo Sandoval and down the left field line, allowing both Desmond and Harper to score, with Ramos ending up at second on the error. Asdrúbal Cabrera singled in Ramos and the Nationals had a 3–0 lead. The score remained 3–0 until the ninth when Harper led off the inning with a home run to stretch the lead to 4–0. Drew Storen came on in the bottom half and allowed a single to Sandoval and a double to Hunter Pence to open the inning. Brandon Belt struck out looking for the first out. Brandon Crawford hit a sacrifice fly to score Sandoval and cut the lead to 4–1, but Storen got Travis Ishikawa to ground out for the final out of the game as the Nationals avoided a sweep. As it turned out, this would be the only loss Bumgarner would have the entire postseason.

Game 4

Ryan Vogelsong and Gio González were the starters for Game 4, with the Nationals needing a victory to send the series back to the nation's capital. The Giants struck first with two runs in the bottom of the second off Gio González. After Brandon Crawford singled and Juan Pérez reached on an error, Vogelsong reached first safely on a well-placed bunt to load the bases with one out. Gregor Blanco walked and Joe Panik hit an RBI groundout to give the Giants a 2–0 lead. Vogelsong held the Nationals hitless until the fifth inning, when Ian Desmond singled and Bryce Harper doubled him home to cut the Giants' lead to 2–1. The Giants threatened against Nationals reliever Tanner Roark in the bottom of the fifth by loading the bases, but manager Matt Williams summoned Jerry Blevins to face Brandon Belt, whom he struck out to end the threat.

Bryce Harper tied up the game in the top of the seventh inning with a towering home run off Hunter Strickland into McCovey Cove, Harper's third home run of the series and second off of Strickland. Left-hander Matt Thornton started the bottom of the seventh inning by getting the first out but allowed singles to Joe Panik and Buster Posey. He was replaced by Aaron Barrett, who walked Hunter Pence to load the bases. Facing Pablo Sandoval, Barrett threw a wild pitch which allowed Panik to score what would prove to be the game-winning run. The Nationals then proceeded to attempt to intentional walk Sandoval, but Barrett's threw another wild pitch. However, this time Posey was thrown out at the plate trying to score, with replay confirming it. Sergio Romo pitched a perfect eighth, and Santiago Casilla followed with a scoreless ninth. After issuing a two-out walk to Bryce Harper, Casilla retired Wilson Ramos on a groundout to eliminate the Nationals and send the Giants to their third NLCS in five years. According to Elias Sports Bureau, this was the fourth time in MLB postseason history that the winning run in a series-clinching game scored on a wild pitch in the seventh inning or later, after the 1927 Yankees (9th inning), 1972 Reds (9th inning), and 2004 Yankees (11th inning).

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2014 NLDS (3–1): San Francisco Giants over Washington Nationals

Los Angeles vs. St. Louis
The Dodgers and Cardinals met in the postseason for the fifth time, with the Cardinals having won three of the first four matchups, including the previous year's NLCS which the Cardinals won 4 games to 2.

Game 1

This game was hailed as the first post-season matchup of 20 game winners (the Dodgers' Clayton Kershaw and the Cardinals' Adam Wainwright) since Curt Schilling faced Roger Clemens in Game seven of the 2001 World Series. However, neither pitcher was his usual self. The Cardinals jumped out to a quick lead on a homer by Randal Grichuk in the top of the first. The Dodgers went ahead in the third when Yasiel Puig was hit by a pitch, moved to second on a groundout and scored on a single by Hanley Ramírez, who was then doubled in by Carl Crawford. They got two more the next inning on RBI singles by Puig and Matt Kemp and then made it 6–1 with a two-run home run by A. J. Ellis (who was 4–for–5 in the game) in the fifth to chase Wainwright from the game. Kershaw did not allow another hit after the first inning home run until Matt Carpenter hit a home run in the sixth. He started to unravel in the seventh, allowing four straight singles to start the inning and score a run. A strikeout of Pete Kozma was the first out and a Jon Jay RBI single cut the lead to two runs. Carpenter's three-run double put the Cardinals ahead 7-6 and chased Kershaw. Reliever Pedro Báez came on in relief, walking Grichuk and then allowed a three-run homer to Matt Holliday to put the Cardinals ahead by four runs. This tied the record of most runs scored in an inning in a Division series, eight, which the Baltimore Orioles accomplished just a day earlier in their ALDS matchup with the Detroit Tigers. Kershaw (who also struggled in game six of the 2013 NLCS) became the first pitcher in history to allow at least seven runs in consecutive post-season starts, and also the first pitcher in history to allow eight runs in a post-season game while also striking out ten. The Dodgers got a two-run homer by Adrián González in the eighth off of Randy Choate and also added one more in the ninth off of Trevor Rosenthal on Dee Gordon's RBI groundout with two on, but it was not enough as they lost the opener 10–9.

Game 2

In Game two, Zack Greinke struck out seven while allowing no runs and two hits in seven innings. The Dodgers pushed ahead two runs off Lance Lynn in the third on Dee Gordon's groundout after a leadoff double and single and Adrián González's RBI single. However, Matt Carpenter again was the key player for the Cardinals, as he hit a two-run homer off J. P. Howell in the top of the eighth to even up the game. Matt Kemp hit a homer in the bottom of the inning off of Pat Neshek to put the Dodgers back ahead and Kenley Jansen shut the door in the ninth to even up the series.

Game 3

Hyun-jin Ryu made the start for the Dodgers at Busch Stadium in Game 3, his first appearance since leaving a game against the Giants with an injury on September 12. He pitched well, allowing only one run (on another Matt Carpenter home run in the third) and four hits in six innings. However, the Dodgers were also only able to push across one run against Cardinals starter John Lackey when Yasiel Puig tripled to lead off the sixth and scored on Hanley Ramirez's two out double to tie the game. For the third straight game, the Dodgers bullpen faltered. This time it was Scott Elbert who allowed a two-run homer to Kolten Wong in the seventh, the difference maker in the 3–1 Cardinals win.

Game 4

In Game Four, Clayton Kershaw started on three-days rest and pitched a one-hit shutout through the first six innings. The Dodgers struck first in the sixth off of Shelby Miller after back-to-back leadoff singles was followed by a Matt Kemp ground-ball double-play. After a hit-by-pitch and walk, Seth Maness relieved Miller and allowed an RBI single to Juan Uribe to put the Dodgers up 2–0, but in a repeat of the first game, it fell apart for the Dodgers in the seventh. Matt Holliday and Jhonny Peralta each hit infield singles to lead off the inning. Matt Adams hit a three-run homer that was the decisive blow, the first time a left-handed hitter had ever hit one of Kershaw's curve balls for a home run. The Dodgers attempted to rally in the ninth inning with runners on first and second but Carl Crawford grounded into a fielders' choice to end the game. The Cardinals won 3–2 and eliminated the Dodgers in the post-season for the second straight year.

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2014 NLDS (3–1): St. Louis Cardinals over Los Angeles Dodgers

References

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The 2014 National League Championship Series was a best-of-seven playoff pitting the St. Louis Cardinals against the San Francisco Giants for the National League pennant and the right to play in the 2014 World Series. The series was the 45th NLCS in league history with Fox airing Game 1 and Fox Sports 1 airing Games 2–5 in the United States. Game 1 was simulcast on Fox Sports 1 and was hosted by Kevin Burkhardt, Gabe Kapler and C.J. Nitkowski, who offered sabermetric analysis of the game.

This was the fourth time the two teams have met in the postseason (1987 NLCS, 2002 NLCS, and 2012 NLCS). The Cardinals, by virtue of being a division winner, had the home field advantage. The Giants clinched their third pennant within a five-year span, with NLCS wins in 2010 and 2012.

The Giants would go on to defeat the Kansas City Royals in the World Series in seven games, winning their third World Series championship in five years.

Matchup

St. Louis Cardinals vs San Francisco Giants

Game summaries

Game 1

Madison Bumgarner and the Giants bullpen pitched a shutout and limited the Cardinals to only 4 hits. The Giants scored first in the top of the second off Cardinals starter Adam Wainwright. With the bases loaded, Travis Ishikawa hit a bloop single to left to drive in the first run of the game. The Giants took a 2–0 lead when Gregor Blanco reached safely on a Matt Carpenter error. The Giants tacked on a third run in the top of the third on a Brandon Belt sacrifice fly. The Cardinals threatened to score in the bottom of the seventh, with runners at second and third with two outs. Bumgarner appeared to balk when he stepped off the mound while facing Tony Cruz, but no balk was called by the umpires. Bumgarner recovered to strike out Cruz and got two more outs in the eighth before giving way to Sergio Romo who retired Matt Holliday to end the eighth. Santiago Casilla pitched a 1-2-3 ninth to close out a 3–0 victory for the Giants.

Game 2

Game 2 was a back-and-forth affair that ended on a Kolten Wong walk-off home run in the ninth inning to give the Cardinals a 5–4 win. The Cardinals struck first when Matt Carpenter hit a home run off Jake Peavy in the bottom of the third. Randal Grichuk's bases-loaded singled in the fourth made it 2–0. The Giants cut the lead in half when Joaquín Árias pinch-hit for Peavy in the top of the fifth and scored Brandon Belt on an RBI groundout. In the sixth, the Giants tied it up on a Pablo Sandoval double and Hunter Pence single. The Giants took the lead in the top of the seventh on an RBI single from Gregor Blanco off Cardinals reliever Carlos Martínez. The Cardinals tied it back up in the bottom of the seventh on a pinch-hit home run from Oscar Taveras off Jean Machi. In the bottom of the eighth, Matt Adams gave the Cardinals a 4–3 lead on another home run, this time off Hunter Strickland. The Cardinals brought in closer Trevor Rosenthal in the top of the ninth, but he could not hold the lead. With one out, Andrew Susac singled and Matt Duffy came on as a pinch runner. Juan Pérez singled to put runners at first and second. After Blanco lined out, Joe Panik worked a walk, with ball four coming on a wild pitch that allowed Duffy to score the tying run from second base. The Cardinals were able to escape the inning without further damage. With the game tied 4–4 in the bottom of the ninth, Wong lined the second pitch from Sergio Romo over the right field wall for the walk-off home run, the Cardinals' fourth home run of the game.

Game 3

As the series shifted to San Francisco, the Giants took a 2–1 series lead after Cardinals reliever Randy Choate's wild throw on a bunt in the bottom of the 10th inning allowed Brandon Crawford to score the winning run.  The Giants got to Cardinals starter John Lackey in the bottom the first. With two outs, Buster Posey and Pablo Sandoval both singled, and Posey scored when Hunter Pence hit a double to right field. With runners at second and third, the Cardinals intentionally walked Brandon Belt to load the bases. Travis Ishikawa hit a deep drive to right-center that was nearly a grand slam but was blown back towards the outfield due to a strong wind blowing in from right field. Ishikawa's double scored all three runners to give the Giants an early 4–0 lead. Lackey settled down to keep the Giants scoreless after that, allowing the Cardinals to chip away at the Giants' lead. A Kolten Wong triple in the top of the fourth off Giants starter Tim Hudson knocked in two runs to cut the Giants lead in half. The Cardinals cut the lead to 4–3 with a Jhonny Peralta RBI single in the sixth. Randal Grichuk's home run in the top of the seventh tied the game at 4–4. As the bullpens took over, the game remained tied until the bottom of the tenth inning when Choate issued a leadoff walk to Crawford and a single to Juan Pérez. After Gregor Blanco attempted to bunt the runners over, Choate threw wildly to first base, allowing Crawford to score the winning run.

Game 4

The Cardinals struck first in the top of the first on Matt Adams's RBI single off of Ryan Vogelsong with two on, but the Giants tied the game in the bottom of the inning on Buster Posey's sacrifice fly off of Shelby Miller with runners on first and third. The Cardinals retook the lead in the second when Kolten Wong hit a leadoff double and scored on A. J. Pierzynski's single. In the third with runners on first and third with no outs, Jhonny Peralta's double play scored Matt Holliday before Wong's home run made it 4–1 Cardinals. Yusmeiro Petit came on in relief for the Giants and pitched three scoreless innings. In the bottom of the third, Posey's single scored Joaquin Arias from third with two outs and after a walk, Posey scored on Hunter Pence's single. In the bottom of the sixth, with runners on second and third with one out off of Marco Gonzales, Gregor Blanco's fielder's choice and Joe Panik's groundout scored a run each, then Posey's RBI single off of Seth Maness gave the Giants a 6–4 lead. Five Giants relievers combined to get the final nine outs and give the Giants a 3–1 series lead.

Game 5

Game 5 was a rematch of Game 1 starters Madison Bumgarner and Adam Wainwright. The Cardinals got to Bumgarner first, scoring a run after two walks and a Jon Jay double in the top of the third. The Giants responded in the bottom of the third when Joe Panik hit a two-run home run to right field, the Giants' first home run since Brandon Belt's game winner in Game 2 of the NLDS, a drought that lasted six games and 242 plate appearances. The Giants' lead didn't last long, as Bumgarner gave up home runs to Matt Adams and Tony Cruz in the top of the fourth. Both starters settled down as Bumgarner retired the final 13 batters he faced, and Wainwright retired his final 10 straight. The Cardinals carried a 3–2 lead into the eighth inning and brought in Pat Neshek to hold the lead. Pinch hitter Michael Morse knocked a home run to left to tie the game at 3–3. Neshek retired the next three batters. In the top of the ninth, Santiago Casilla gave up a single and two walks, leading manager Bruce Bochy to bring in Jeremy Affeldt, who retired Oscar Taveras (in what would be his final at-bat before his death 10 days later in a car accident) to escape the jam.

In the bottom of the ninth, the Cardinals brought in Michael Wacha, who put two runners on before giving up a 3-run walk-off home run to Travis Ishikawa that clinched the pennant for the Giants, sending San Francisco to its third World Series appearance in five seasons. Ishikawa's home run was the first to send a National League team to the World Series since Giants' Bobby Thomson's Shot Heard 'Round the World in 1951. Ishikawa's home run was the first ever to end an NLCS and the fourth to end any LCS, after Chris Chambliss (1976 ALCS), Aaron Boone (2003 ALCS), and Magglio Ordonez (2006 ALCS). All previous pennant winners on a walk off home run, including Thomson's, lost the World Series. It was the first walk off of any kind to end the NLCS since an RBI single by San Francisco Giant center fielder Kenny Lofton in Game 5 of the 2002 NLCS, which was coincidentally against the Cardinals.

Fox Sports play-by-play commentator Joe Buck's call of "...the Giants win the pennant!" on Ishikawa's home run mimicked Russ Hodges' call of Thomson's pennant-winning home run, occurring 63 years and 13 days apart from each other.

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2014 NLCS (4–1): San Francisco Giants over St. Louis Cardinals

Aftermath
On October 26, 2014, tragedy befell the St. Louis Cardinals and Major League Baseball when Oscar Taveras and his girlfriend, Edilia Arvelo, died in a car accident in the Dominican Republic shortly after the Cardinals were eliminated from the playoffs, and exactly 2 weeks after Taveras's final career home run in Game 2. Taveras was just 22 years old.

The Giants would ride Madison Bumgarner's clutch pitching to their third World Series in five seasons, in what was considered one of the best individual pitching performances in postseason history. Bumgarner would be the seventh player to win a LCS and World Series MVP in the same postseason, and just the fourth pitcher, joining the Orel Hershiser in 1988,  Livan Hernandez in 1997, and Cole Hamels in 2008.

The 2014 National League Championship Series was an end of an era of sorts for the Cardinals and Giants. The Giants had won NL pennants in 2010, 2012, and 2014 (and the World Series in each of these years), while the Cardinals won pennants in 2011 and 2013 (St. Louis would win the World Series in 2011). The Cardinals dedicated the 2015 season to Taveras after his tragic death and they posted the best record in the National League. However, they were upset by the rival Cubs in the National League Division Series. The Cardinals did not make the postseason again until 2019. In 2016, the Giants made the playoffs again as a wildcard, but lost to the eventual World Champion Cubs in the National League Division Series. The Giants did not return to the postseason until 2021. By then, they had a new president of baseball operations (Farhan Zaidi) and a new manager (Gabe Kapler).

In the NHL in 2016, the San Jose Sharks defeated the  St. Louis Blues in NHL's Western Conference Finals in six games to earn its first ever berth in the Stanley Cup Finals.

In the NHL in 2019, and in the equivalent to a NLCS (the NHL's Western Conference Finals), the St. Louis Blues beat the San Jose Sharks in six games, on the way to winning their first Stanley Cup in franchise history. It was the first time the city of St. Louis beat a Bay Area-based team in the postseason since the 1987 NL Championship Series between the Cardinals and Giants.

References

External links
2014 Postseason Schedule at MLB.com
2014 MLB postseason schedule at ESPN
2014 National League Championship Series at Baseball Reference

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