title: Jim Bambra

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Jim Bambra (born 1956) is a British designer and reviewer of fantasy roleplaying games (RPG), and a former company director. He is particularly known for his contributions to Dungeons & Dragons, Fighting Fantasy, Warhammer, and Star Wars: The Roleplaying Game which was based on the Star Wars films. Later he became head of design at MicroProse, then managing director of Pivotal Games, a publisher of video games including Conflict: Desert Storm.

Career
Jim Bambra worked on game design and materials for various companies during the 1980s and early 1990s, including TSR (publisher of Dungeons & Dragons), Games Workshop (Warhammer), and West End Games (Star Wars RPG).

In 1983, Bambra wrote "The Beginner’s Guide to Roleplaying Games" (with Paul Ruiz), published in Imagine magazine Issue 6 (Sept 1983), explaining what an RPG is and accompanied by a comic strip, "The Adventures of Nic Novice". He was a reviewer and writer for Imagine magazine 1983-1985, and reviewer for White Dwarf and Dragon magazines during the late 1980s and early 1990s.

In 1989, Bambra co-wrote the Fighting Fantasy gamebook Dead of Night for Puffins, a Penguin inprint, with Stephen Hand.

During the 1990s he was Head of Design at MicroProse, where he worked on projects including Fields of Glory, Grand Prix, Special Forces, various X-COM products, and Gunship.

In 1996 Bambra founded Pumpkin Studios, which achieved success with Warzone 2100, a computer game with a post-nuclear scenario. This company closed in 2000 after Eidos Interactive cancelled its then current project, Saboteur, a PlayStation video game.

In 2003 he became managing director at Pivotal Games Ltd, a videogame development company based in Bath and owned by SCi Ltd. During his period at the firm it published the series of Conflict: videogames, the most successful of which was Conflict: Desert Storm. He remained as director until 2008, when SCi closed down the company. Between 2005 and 2009 he was also a board member of The Independent Games Developers Association Ltd.

Gamebooks and materials
Jim Bambra produced the following gamebooks and materials for roleplaying games, many in collaboration with other authors:

For Dungeons & Dragons
All That Glitters... – Advanced D&D module, pub. TSR, 1984
Dark Clouds Gather, Advanced D&D module, TSR, 1985
Blade of Vengeance – D&D module, TSR, 1985
Creature Catalogue (Dungeons & Dragons Accessory AC9 ), TSR, 1986
Night's Dark Terror, 1986. A D&D module, one of the last products of TSR UK
The Golden Khan of Ethengar, D&D Gazetteer, TSR, 1989.
The Sea People, D&D book, TSR, 1990
The Complete Book of Dwarves (Advanced Dungeons & Dragons), 2nd Ed., Player's Handbook Rules Supplement, TSR, 1991.

Other
Dark Side of the Moon (Star Frontiers Module SFAD6), TSR Hobbies, 1985
Warhammer Campaign (The Enemy Within/Shadows Over Bögenhafen), Games Workshop, 1988
Dead of Night (Fighting Fantasy Gamebook), Puffin Books, 1989
Domain of Evil (Star Wars RPG) Paperback – West End Games, 1991. A supplement to Star Wars RPG.
The GodNet: Virtual Reality in the Cyberpapacy (TORG: Roleplaying the Possibility Wars), Torg gamebook (with Bill Slavisek), West End Games, 1991
The Legacy: Realm of Terror (1993) is a DOS first person perspective RPG game developed by Magnetic Scrolls from an original idea by Jim Bambra, Stephen Hand, Matt Innes, John Oldman.
Warhammer Fantasy Roleplay, Games Workshop Ltd. / Hogshead Publishing Ltd., 1995. This scenario was discussed by Dormans (2006) in a study of pen-and-paper roleplaying games, arguing that a moral stance was implicit in many such games, the scenario of Warhammer Fantasy Roleplay in particular bearing an intentional analogue to the nuclear threat perceived at the time: "... the original setting is a powerful image of what England might have been like during the later stages of the Cold War era: a country living under the constant threat of full-scale war and having already experienced the devastating effects of nuclear disaster. To act and make strategic choices in a world thus infused with meaning can become an act of personal expression and experimentation."

Testimonial
Echoes of the Jedi: Episode IV of Star Wars: Dawn of Defiance was dedicated to "Jim Bambra and all the unsung authors of the early Star Wars Expanded Universe".

References

External links
 Jim Bambra’s Books, Goodreads

1956 births
British company founders
British video game designers
Dungeons & Dragons game designers
Living people
MicroProse people
Warhammer Fantasy Roleplay game designers


title: Óscar Whalley

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Óscar Alexander Whalley Guardado (born 29 March 1994) is a Spanish professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Liga MX club Guadalajara.

Club career
Born in Zaragoza, Aragon, to an English father and a Spanish Mexican mother, Whalley spent his first season as a senior with Real Zaragoza's reserves in the Tercera División. On 31 May 2014, as first choice Leo Franco declared his desire to leave the country and understudy Pablo Alcolea was injured, he played his first match as a professional, starting in a 1–1 home draw against Sporting de Gijón in the Segunda División.

The following campaign, Whalley appeared in 19 games as Zaragoza came sixth, and a further one on 11 June 2015 as they lost their play-off semi-final first leg 3–0 at home to Girona FC. He was subsequently dropped for Bono for the rest of the tournament, as the team won the tie on away goals and lost the final by the same rule to UD Las Palmas.

On 10 July 2015, Whalley was loaned to neighbouring SD Huesca also in the second tier. On 8 August of the following year he signed with La Liga club Sporting Gijón, as third choice behind Iván Cuéllar and Diego Mariño.

Whalley moved abroad for the first time in his career on 12 June 2018, joining Danish Superliga side Aarhus Gymnastikforening. On 13 August 2019, he left for OFI Crete F.C. of the Super League Greece.

Whalley returned to Spain and its second division on 3 September 2020, after agreeing to a two-year contract with newly-promoted club CD Castellón. The following 25 July 2021, after suffering relegation, he joined CD Lugo in the same league.

On 12 June 2023, Whalley joined Liga MX side Guadalajara.

International career
Whalley won his only cap for Spain at under-21 level on 12 November 2014, playing the second half of the 1–4 friendly loss to Belgium in Ferrol. He stated he would willingly accept a call up to the England national team if asked (being eligible through his father), and previously mentioned he preferred to represent them internationally; he was also eligible for Mexico through his mother.

Club statistics

Club

References

External links

1994 births
Living people
Spanish people of English descent
Spanish people of Mexican descent
Sportspeople of Mexican descent
Spanish men's footballers
Footballers from Zaragoza
Men's association football goalkeepers
Segunda División players
Tercera División players
Deportivo Aragón players
Real Zaragoza players
SD Huesca footballers
Sporting de Gijón players
CD Castellón footballers
CD Lugo players
Danish Superliga players
Aarhus Gymnastikforening players
Super League Greece players
OFI Crete F.C. players
Spain men's under-21 international footballers
Spanish expatriate men's footballers
Expatriate men's footballers in Denmark
Expatriate men's footballers in Greece
Spanish expatriate sportspeople in Denmark
Spanish expatriate sportspeople in Greece


title: Danube–Tisza Interfluve

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Danube–Tisza Interfluve is the landscape in Hungarian territory (Hungary and Vojvodina (Vajdaság) in Serbia) in the Pannonian Basin between the Danube and Tisza rivers, east of Transdanubia. It covers a large part of the Great Hungarian Plain.

Geography
Its borders are Danube (west), Tisza (east), and Fruška Gora (Tarcal Mountain) (south). Its northeastern border is Rétköz small-landscape in Szabolcs-Szatmár-Bereg county.

The largest green area is the Kiskunság National Park. Avocets, geese and black-winged stilts nest in the area. The lakes provide a temporary home for tens of thousands of migratory birds. This ornithologist paradise is also a UNESCO biosphere reserve. Lake Szelid near Kalocsa, Lake Vadkert by Soltvadkert, Lake Kunfehér and Lake Sós at Kiskunhalas are ideal spots for bathing and camping.

Cities in Hungary
Budapest (17 districts out of 23)
Kecskemét
Szeged
Szolnok
Eger
Miskolc

Cities in Serbia
Novi Sad (Újvidék)
Subotica (Szabadka)
Sombor (Zombor)

See also
 Kiskunság National Park

References
Regional habitat pattern of the Danube-Tisza Interfluve
Kiskunság National Park

Geography of Hungary


title: Miguel Sierra Zúñiga

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Miguel Sierra Zúñiga is a Mexican politician affiliated with the National Action Party. As of 2014 he served as Deputy of the LIX Legislature of the Mexican Congress representing Querétaro as replacement of Ricardo Alegre.

References

Date of birth unknown
Living people
Politicians from Querétaro
National Action Party (Mexico) politicians
Year of birth missing (living people)
Deputies of the LIX Legislature of Mexico
Members of the Chamber of Deputies (Mexico) for Querétaro


title: Dominique Reymond

text:
Dominique Reymond (born 12 February 1957) is a French actress. She has appeared in more than seventy films since 1984.

She has been to the Geneva Conservatory.

Selected filmography

References

External links

1957 births
Living people
Actors from Geneva
French film actresses
Audiobook narrators


title: Geology of Madagascar

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The geology of Madagascar comprises a variety of rocks of Precambrian age which make up the larger part of the east and centre of the island. They are intruded by basalts and rhyolites of Mesozoic to Cenozoic age. In contrast, the western part of the island is formed from sedimentary rocks of Carboniferous to Quaternary age. Archean rocks occur from the northeast portion of the island down to the south in the Ranotsara shear zone. Rocks in the northern portion of Madagascar are greenstone belts, from the Archean or Paleoproterozoic age.

Summary
The center and eastern portions of the island consist primarily of metamorphic and igneous Precambrian basement granites, migmatites, and schists, ranging in age from 3 billion to 550 million years old.  They are mostly overlain by laterite clays.  The Itremo Massif consists of quartzite and marble outcrops 630 million years in age.  The Morondava, Mahajanga and Ambilobe sedimentary basins occur along the western third of the island, and consist of terrestrial deposits that range in age from 350 million years ago to recent times.  The western margins of Madagascar include Mesozoic and Tertiary limestones.  These outcrop in the Ankarana and Bemaraha Massifs, Namoroka, Analamerana, and Ankara Plateau (172-162 million years in age), and the Mahafaly Plateau (54-38 million years in age) respectively.  Flood basalts that ring Madagascar include the Mahajanga lavas (87.6 to 88.5 million years in age), the Toliara lavas and Ejeda-Bekily dike swarm (84.5-84.8 million years old), and the Androy lava flow (84.4 million  years in age).  These igneous rocks were emplaced during the interval when India and Madagascar were together (91 million years ago), and when apart (84 million years ago).  More recent volcanic activity includes the formation of the Ankaratra Massif over the past 5 million years, and Montagne d'Ambre, which erupted from 50 to 2 million years ago.

Tectonics
A NW-SE trending sinistral shear belt separates northern and southern crustal terranes. The Ampanihy ductile shear zone was created by flattening events associated with granulite metamorphism, isoclinal folding, flattened sheaths, steep to vertical foliations and sheath-like geometry of massif-type anorthosite bodies.

Paleontology

The Maevarano Formation, dated to late Maastrichtian age, has provided a diverse faunal assemblage, including the giant frog Beelzebufo, gondwanathere mammals, dinosaurs, crocodylians and other groups. The Middle Jurassic Isalo III Formation contains fossil dinosaurs. Typical Gondwanan flora of Glossopteris is found in the Permian formations in Madagascar.

Economic geology
Madagascar is the world's leading producer of many colored gemstones, including sapphires, rubies, multi-coloured tourmalines, emeralds, amethysts, cordierites, aquamarines and garnets. Madagascar is also a major source of graphite, making it the second-largest producer in Africa. Additionally, Madagascar is Africa's third leading producer of chromite. Titanium oxide is found in significant quantities in beach sands located near Toalagnaro, however, 75% of the coastal forest zone in that area would have to be destroyed in order to exploit it, which has not been done.

Huge oil fields lie to the west of Madagascar, however they would require steam injection to extract, which is both technologically difficult and expensive. The oil fields of Tsimiroro and Bemolanga are estimated to hold combined reserves of 11.5 billion barrels.

See also

 Madagascar Plate
 Geology of India
 Geology of Mozambique
 Geology of South Africa

References


title: 2014 UC Irvine Anteaters baseball team

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The 2014 UC Irvine Anteaters baseball team represents the University of California, Irvine in the 2014 NCAA Division I baseball season.  The team plays home games at Cicerone Field in Irvine, California. The team is coached by Mike Gillespie in his seventh season at Irvine.

Personnel

Roster

Coaches

Schedule

Ranking Movements

References

UC Irvine Anteaters baseball seasons
UC Irvine Anteaters
College World Series seasons
UC Irvine
UC Irvine Anteaters baseball


The 1892 South Dakota gubernatorial election was held on November 8, 1892. Incumbent Republican Governor Arthur C. Mellette declined to seek re-election to a third term. Former territorial legislator Charles H. Sheldon was nominated by the Republican Party as Mellette's replacement, and he faced former legislator Abraham Lincoln Van Osdel, a leader in the South Dakota Farmers' Alliance and the nominee of the Independent Party, along with Democratic nominee Peter Couchman, in the general election. The result was largely a replay of the 1890 election, with Sheldon winning by a large margin, but only a plurality, and Van Osdel taking second place over Couchman.

Independent Party convention
Following the split vote in the 1890 election, some members of the Independent Party pushed for a fusion with the Democratic Party. However, in the lead-up to the June 1892 convention, Independent leaders and convention delegates made clear that they were strongly opposed to fusion and would nominate their own candidates. Their 1890 gubernatorial nominee, Henry L. Loucks, was initially seen as the frontrunner for the nomination, but former territorial delegate Abraham Lincoln Van Osdel, who was the Party's 1890 lieutenant-gubernatorial nominee, emerged as the nominee.

Republican convention
At the Republican convention in July 1892, Governor Mellette declined to be a candidate for another term. To replace him, a crowded field developed:

 A. E. Clough, Chairman of the Republican Party of South Dakota
 John P. Davis, State Representative from Kingsbury County
 Robert Dollard, Attorney General
 George H. Hoffman, Lieutenant Governor
 Edward T. Sheldon, former State Representative from Hand County
 Charles H. Sheldon, former territorial legislator
 L. C. Taylor, State Auditor
 Seth T. Winslow, State Representative from Sanborn County

However, before a formal ballot could be taken, the delegates agreed on nominating Charles H. Sheldon for Governor, and he received the nomination by acclamation.

Democratic convention
Just as the Independent Party rejected the idea of fusion, so too did the Democratic Party. At their September 1890 convention, the delegates overwhelmingly voted, 376–36, against forming a coalition and to instead nominate their own candidates for state offices. The convention nominated Peter Couchman, a former member of the New York State Assembly who moved to South Dakota in 1872 and ran as the 1890 Democratic nominee for Lieutenant Governor, by acclamation.

General election

Results

References

South Dakota
1892
Gubernatorial
November 1892 events


title: Ricardo Alegre

text:
Ricardo Alegre Bojórquez (born 4 March 1959) is a Mexican politician affiliated with the National Action Party. As of 2014 he served as Deputy of the LIX Legislature of the Mexican Congress representing Querétaro.

References

1959 births
Living people
Politicians from Veracruz
National Action Party (Mexico) politicians
Politicians from Querétaro
21st-century Mexican politicians
Deputies of the LIX Legislature of Mexico
Members of the Chamber of Deputies (Mexico) for Querétaro


title: Quizz or Buzz

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Quizz or Buzz is a TV game show of French origin, initially  piloted by French channel TF1 in 2013 (hosted by Gérard Vivès and Estelle Denis, with the title "51 Buzzers") and in 2014 (hosted by Jean-Pierre Foucault with the title "The Last Buzzer"), and whose first international production was released by the Turkish channel ATV in the summer of 2014. It is based on multiple choice (MCQ) of general knowledge.

Gameplay

Two contestants, working as a team, must correctly answer 7 general knowledge questions, each having 4 possible answers, to win €1,000 or €100,000.

30 buzzers are arranged in front of them and illuminate when pressed, randomly either green, or red, or golden yellow.

10 prizes of €100,000 and 10 prizes of €1,000 are at stake.

Of the 30 buzzers :

 10 green buzzers remove a wrong answer.
 10 golden buzzers eliminate a potential prize of €100,000.
 10 red buzzers eliminate a potential prize of €1,000.

When contestants are unable to answer a question, they can search for a green buzzer to remove a wrong answer. During this search, contestants can also uncover:

 Some golden buzzers, eliminating desirable prizes (€100,000).
 Some red buzzers, eliminating less desirable prizes (€1,000).

When a green buzzer is found, the host asks what are the 2 answers between which they are hesitating. Contestants will select, of course, the 2 answers that they consider the most plausible. One of those answers is wrong. Therefore, an incorrect, but plausible, answer is withdrawn (however, nothing guarantees that the other un-eliminated answer is the correct answer, because contestants may not have indicated the correct answer among the 2 answers that they consider most plausible). Therefore, there are still 3 answers to choose from and contestants have as many seconds to answer as there remain unused buzzers.

When contestants can answer a question without the help of the buzzers, 2 red buzzers are removed.

A life-line, the "Give and Take" is available once per episode: It provides the answer, but removes 2 golden buzzers.

If the 7 questions are answered correctly, the remaining green buzzers are removed and the contestants choose a final buzzer. Tension is strong until the end, as they do not know if they will finally find a golden buzzer (and a prize of €100,000) or a red buzzer (and a prize of €1,000).

International productions

The first season of Quizz or Buzz is produced by Sinerji Prodüksiyon with the Turkish title "7 de 7" in spring 2014 for a prime-time during Ramadan in the summer of 2014 on the ATV channel. The host is Şoray Uzun, who had previously hosted the popular Turkish game show Cevap Soruda on TRT 1.

In January 2015, Quizz or Buzz is produced in Saudi Arabia on Saudi T.V. Channel 1 channel, with the title : الإختيار (Al Ekhtiyar : The Choice), hosted by the Saudi young presenter Husam Al Harthi.

References

External links
 http://vimeo.com/mylittlenemo/quizz-or-buzz French pilot, produced by TF1.

2010s game shows
French game shows
2014 French television series debuts
2010s French television series


title: El tesoro de la isla Maciel

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El tesoro de la isla Maciel (The Treasure of Maciel Island) is a 1941 Argentine comedy film directed by Manuel Romero.

Production

The 73-minute black and white Lumiton film was directed and written by Manuel Romero.
It is an adaptation of a popular stage play.
Music is by Rodolfo Sciammarella and cinematography by Hugo Chiesa.
The film was released in Argentina on 8 July 1941.
It stars Luis Arata, Severo Fernández and Alberto Bello.

Synopsis

A retired sea captain is profoundly bored. His sons hope to wake him up by staging a fake treasure hunt.
This turns into a difficult journey to the Río de la Plata islands.
The family are unaware that their backyard holds a valuable oil well.
The farce is fast-paced, only slightly hampered by a romantic subplot.

Reception

El Mundo said the film achieved some popular comic effect. Although void of any cinematographic merit, the dynamism of its action could not be denied.
The show was amusing. Manrupe and Portela said of the film that it was a simple work derived from a farce, but there were some moments of humor from a runaway Luis Arata and an insufferable Severo Fernández.
Another critic called the film puerile and verbose.

Cast
The cast included:

 Luis Arata as Lorenzo García
 Severo Fernández as Juan Tunín
 Alberto Bello as Captain Pedro Santini
 Silvana Roth as María Santini
 Juan Mangiante as Bianchi
 Alfredo Jordan as Alejandro
 María Armand as Antonia Santini
 Gerardo Rodríguez as Doctor Carlos Juárez
 Cayetano Biondo as Professor Curot
 Fernando Campos as manager of a shipping company
 Jimmy Hart as American engineer

References
Citations

Sources

External links

1941 films
1940s Spanish-language films
Argentine black-and-white films
Argentine comedy films
1941 comedy films
Films directed by Manuel Romero
Argentine films based on plays


title: Pascual Sigala

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Pascual Sigala Páez (28 January 1968 – 26 May 2020) was a Mexican politician affiliated with the Party of the Democratic Revolution. He served as Deputy of the LIX Legislature of the Mexican Congress representing Michoacán. He was congressman at both the local and federal level, Secretary of Social Development and was Secretary of State of Michoacan until the end of March 2019.

References

1968 births
2020 deaths
Politicians from Durango
Party of the Democratic Revolution politicians
21st-century Mexican politicians
Deputies of the LIX Legislature of Mexico
Members of the Chamber of Deputies (Mexico) for Michoacán


title: Everybody's Favourite

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Everybody’s Favourite (note English spelling) is a reissue of the 1963 album by American country singer Jimmy Dean of similar name (US spelling) except with two tracks omitted. These were “Mile Long Train” (as side 1, track 1) and “Philosophizin' (as side 2, track 3). The album was released in the UK on the Hallmark Records label in 1967. The original 1963 album was released by Columbia Records. The album covers were the same except for spelling and track listing (1963 cover shown). A single from the album, "This Ole House", reached #128 in the Billboard Hot 100 when first released in 1963.

Track listing

Side 1
"I Really Don't Want to Know" (Howard Barnes, Don Robertson)
"Be Honest With Me" (Gene Autry, Fred Rose)
"(Remember Me) I'm the One Who Loves You" (Stuart Hamblen)
"Time Changes Everything" (Tommy Duncan)
"Sweet Georgia Brown" (Ben Bernie, Maceo Pinkard, Kenneth Casey)

Side 2
"This Ole House" (Stuart Hamblen)
"Tears on My Pillow" (Gene Autry, Fred Rose)
"No One Will Ever Know" (Mel Foree, Fred Rose)
"Hang Your Head in Shame" (Fred Rose, Steve Nelson, Ed G. Nelson)
"Chattanoogie Shoe Shine Boy" (Harry Stone, Jack Stapp)

References

1967 albums
Hallmark Records albums
Jimmy Dean albums


title: Ben Essing

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Ben Essing (22 April 1934 – 15 February 1994) was a Dutch impresario from Blokker, Netherlands. The son of the town's mayor, he was instrumental in getting a number of international acts to play in the local auction hall where ordinarily produce was sold, most notably The Beatles, who played two shows there during their 1964 world tour, their only concerts in the Netherlands.

Biography

Essing was born in Dirkshorn, a small village near Schagen in North Holland. His father was a gemeentesecretaris, formerly the head of a municipality's civil servants, and later became mayor of Blokker. In 1956, he was a law student and the president of the local Catholic youth club; to raise money for the club he got the Dutch Swing College Band, at the time the best-known Dixieland band in the country, to play in Op Hoop van Zegen, Blokker's auction hall—his father was the president of the auction. In years following, other major acts to play there included Benny Goodman, Victor Silvester, and Cliff Richard.

Louis Armstrong, in 1959, was perhaps the biggest international artist Essing got to play in Blokker until The Beatles, as a fundraiser for the youth club's club house. Essing, only 25 at the time, raised money from local farmers to pay Armstrong, who canceled two shows elsewhere to come to Blokker and was apparently quite touched by the idea. He commented afterward, "They didn't seem to know my music, but they were terribly grateful that I came. Man, I hope those kids get their clubhouse". Armstrong and his orchestra played for four hours but were asked to stop: it was getting late and the town did not have accommodations for the ten thousand people who had come from all over the Netherlands and Belgium.

His biggest coup was, undoubtedly, engaging The Beatles for two shows on 6 June 1964. As part of their 1964 world tour, which supported the release of A Hard Day's Night, they spent three days in the Netherlands, a stay that included a (playback) concert for television and a boat tour of the Amsterdam canals. For this leg of the world tour Ringo Starr, who had collapsed during a photo shoot, had been replaced by Jimmie Nicol. Essing paid 40,000 guilders for the band to play two shows, of 24 minutes and 8 songs each. The event continues to live on in the local imagination: a Beatles in Blokker monument was raised in 1999, and in 2014 the fiftieth anniversary was celebrated with an exhibition.

After The Beatles, Essing founded a booking agency for dance orchestras in Alkmaar, and had a brief and disappointing career in real estate. He returned to booking shows and organizing events, including a number of very successful fundraisers for Dutch television. After being implicated in supposed irregularities with the proceeds from such an event in 1974, he left the Netherlands for Belgium, returning for another event in 1989. When he died in Alkmaar in 1994, he had been mostly forgotten.

References

1935 births
1994 deaths
Impresarios
People from Harenkarspel
People from Hoorn


title: Samir Badr

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Samir Badr (born April 2, 1992) is an American soccer player who last played for Bethlehem Steel FC of the United Soccer League. He has previously played for El-Hodood of the Egyptian Premier League, Oklahoma City Energy, as well as the FC Porto and D.C. United academy systems.

Youth career

Prior to joining D.C. United and F.C. Porto's academy systems, Badr played select soccer with the Bethesda Road Runners, a premier soccer organization in Bethesda, Maryland. Badr also played high school soccer at Robinson Secondary School, where he helped the Rams reach the state semifinals. Upon finishing high school, Badr opted to forgo college soccer and join the U-19 team at FC Porto, a premier Portuguese outfit.

Professional career

After leaving Porto, failing to see much playing time, Badr went on loan to Egyptian outfit El-Hodood. In 2014, Badr signed with USL Pro side, Oklahoma City Energy. Badr made his first professional appearance on June 7, 2014 in a 1–1 draw against the Charlotte Eagles.

Badr was released by Oklahoma City at the end of the 2014 season and later signed with USL Pro club Colorado Springs Switchbacks on February 2, 2015.

Badr was on the move again in 2016, joining Philadelphia Union's United Soccer League affiliate Bethlehem Steel FC on January 8, 2016. Badr and Bethlehem Steel FC mutually parted ways in September 2016 prior to the end of the season, after making 10 appearances and posting two shutouts.

International career
Badr made three appearances for the U.S. under-20 national team in 2010.

References

1992 births
Living people
American men's soccer players
Haras El Hodoud SC players
OKC Energy FC players
Colorado Springs Switchbacks FC players
Philadelphia Union II players
American expatriate men's soccer players
Men's association football goalkeepers
Expatriate men's footballers in Portugal
Expatriate men's footballers in Egypt
USL Championship players
United States men's under-20 international soccer players
Sportspeople from Fairfax, Virginia
Soccer players from Fairfax County, Virginia
F.C. Vizela players
FC Porto players
Robinson Secondary School alumni


title: Arthur Moore (Tralee MP)

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Rt. Hon. Arthur Moore (1765 – 6 January 1846) was an Irish lawyer, judge, and politician.

Moore was the second son of Lewis Moore II and his wife and cousin Margaret Moore,  of Prospect House, Durrow, County Laois. He was educated at the Royal School, Armagh, at Trinity College, Dublin, and the Middle Temple. He was called to the bar in Ireland in 1788, and became a King's Counsel in 1798.

Career

In 1798 he was elected to the House of Commons of Ireland for the borough of Tralee. An opponent of the Act of Union, he was one of the members co-opted to sit in the 1st Parliament of the United Kingdom, for the reconstituted seat of Tralee. He was slow to take his seat in Westminster, but did so by June 1801,  and was a fairly frequent contributor to the debates in that session. He did not seek re-election in 1802.

He was appointed Third Serjeant-at-law (Ireland) in 1801. Though this was a Government office,  it was often regarded as superfluous and was sometimes left
vacant for years.  Moore was recommended for it as "a very respectable lawyer and MP": despite his opposition to the Union,   he was generally seen as a reliable Government man, even supporting measures which were widely unpopular. In 1811, for example, he defended the Dublin
government's suppression of Catholic  political meetings. In 1805 he was promoted to the senior and more onerous position of First Serjeant, the traditional title of Prime Serjeant being dropped. The First
Serjeant had precedence over the other two Serjeants and ordinary barristers, but not over the Law Officers.

In 1814-15, as First Serjeant,
he was much occupied in putting down agrarian disturbances in the South of Ireland. From July 1816 to February 1839, he served as a Justice of the Court of Common Pleas in Ireland. The appointment was well received: he was a good lawyer, if not of the first rank, and was extremely popular.  He was sworn a member of the Privy Council of Ireland in 1839.

In the summer of 1839,  some six months after his retirement from the Bench, being, as he put it,  "73 or 74 years old" he gave evidence to a Select Committee of the House of Lords on the state of crime in Ireland. His opinion, which the Lords treated with obvious respect,  was that there was a good deal of crime in the country,  but he believed that in recent years there had been a general improvement in the overall situation.

He died at his seat, Lamberton Park, Maryborough, County Laois, in 1846.  He had inherited Lamberton in 1803 from his cousin Sir John Tydd, 1st Baronet  (Sir John's mother was Elizabeth Moore, daughter of Pierce Moore of Loran and Cremorgan, Timahoe, County Laois), who had bought Lamberton about 1790, and improved the property greatly. Arthur's heirs sold it shortly after his death. Sir Walter Scott  visited Lamberton in 1825, and was greatly impressed by Moore's hospitality. Nothing survives now of the house,  except part of the gate.

Family

He married Frances Stoney, daughter of George Stoney of Greyfort, Borrisokane, County Tipperary and Elizabeth Johnston, and a younger sister of Andrew Robinson Stoney (later Stoney-Bowes) MP, who was notorious for his appalling ill-treatment of both his wives, and who died in a debtor's prison in 1810.

They had at least four children, including the Reverend
John Tydd Moore, Vicar of Erke (Eirke), County Kilkenny, Frances Margaretta, who married John Balfour Magenis,  younger son of Richard Magenis, and Elizabeth, who married William Persse of County Galway and Rathgar, Dublin, a cousin of the celebrated writer Lady Gregory.

John Tydd Moore committed suicide in January 1865 by cutting his throat. His death seems to have been unexpected,   and the inquest  brought in a verdict of "temporary insanity" (thus permitting him a Christian burial, which was otherwise denied to suicides). By his wife,  Charlotte Bocķett, daughter of John and Rebecca Bockett of Southcote Lodge, Reading, Berkshire, he had a numerous family. Their eldest son,   the younger Arthur, followed him into the Church and became Dean of Achonry. Arthur died in 1882.

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title: José Sigona Torres

text:
José Sigona Torres (born 18 June 1953) bussines man. Actually Grupo Empresarial Sigona´s CEO. 40 years ago he founded, and keeps in charge of, Transmisiones y Equipos Industriales, S.A. de C.V. TEISA in México, one of the biggest pump and power distributors in México City and 7 major cities in the country.

References

1953 births
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National Autonomous University of Mexico alumni
University of Valencia alumni


title: Mark Craig

text:
Mark Donald Craig (born 23 March 1987) is a New Zealand former Test cricketer who played first-class cricket for Otago. A spin bowler, he bowled right-arm off spin, and batted left-handed. He fielded predominantly at second-slip.

Domestic career
Craig was born at Auckland in 1987 and played age-group cricket for the provincial side. His early career was effected by Chronic Fatigue Syndrome although he went on to play domestic top-class cricket for Otago between the 2008–09 and 2018–19 seasons and in the Netherlands for Hermes DVS in the Topklasse competition in 2012. In 2014 Craig played in England for Gloucestershire. He was awarded his county cap after appearing in only one match for the side. Craig also spent two seasons in England playing for Coombs Wood Cricket Club in the Worcestershire League in 2005/06.

International career
Craig made his Test cricket debut for New Zealand against the West Indies in June 2014, winning the man of the match award for match bowling figures of 8 for 188.
Craig has also shown the ability to bat in tight situations for his team, with his high score of 67 coming in a 4-hour stand with BJ Watling.

Craig is the first batsman to hit the first ball he faced in Test cricket for six. He was also the fourth batsman in Test cricket to get off the mark by scoring a six and the first New Zealand player to achieve this milestone.

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title: Muktagachhar monda

text:
Monda, is a traditional Bangladeshi sweet originated in Muktagachha, Bangladesh. The sweet, first made in 1824 by Gopal Pal, is reputed in Bangladesh and many countries for its originality, taste and flavour.

History

Ram Gopal Pal, better known as Gopal Pal, first prepared this sweetmeat in 1824. He offered it to Maharaja Suryakanta Acharya Chowdhury, one of the leading zamindars of Muktagacha.
Maharaja Suryakanta was full of praise for Gopal Pal and encouraged him to prepare monda to entertain guests who visited the zamindars. The zamindars also extended financial support to Gopal Pal for the expansion of the business.

Now Sree Ramendranath Pal and Brothers run the business. They are the fifth generation of the Gopal Pal family.

See also
 List of Bangladeshi sweets and desserts

References

Bengali cuisine
Bangladeshi cuisine
Bangladeshi confectionery


title: HANDS Inc.

text:
Housing and Neighborhood Development Services, Inc. or HANDS Inc. is a nonprofit housing group based in Orange, New Jersey. Since 1986, the organization has worked to revitalize residential and commercial properties throughout the tri-state area through foreclosure and negotiations with the owners. The rehabilitated homes and business properties are then resold to the community, generally to low-income citizens. In recent years, HANDS has worked with the local art organization ValleyArts to convert properties into art galleries. The projects are secured by federal and state community reinvestment funding.

References

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Non-profit organizations based in New Jersey
Organizations established in 1986
Orange, New Jersey


title: Érick Silva Santos

text:
Érick Agustín Silva Santos (born 13 January 1970) is a Mexican politician affiliated with the Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI). He was the mayor of Matamoros, Tamaulipas from 2008 to 2010.

As of 2014 he served as Deputy of the LIX Legislature of the Mexican Congress representing Tamaulipas as replacement of Baltazar Hinojosa Ochoa.

Federal accusations
The U.S. Attorney's Office announced on November 10, 2014, that Silva was accused in a federal indictment for money laundering, bank fraud, public fund theft, and other financial charges. According to court documents, Silva transferred the ill funds from Mexico to U.S. banks; it is alleged that he lied about his bank statements and falsified documents.

References

1970 births
Living people
People from Matamoros, Tamaulipas
Institutional Revolutionary Party politicians
Members of the Chamber of Deputies (Mexico) for Tamaulipas


title: Ferris Mountains

text:
The Ferris Mountains are a small mountain range in Carbon County, Wyoming.  A high white cliff undulates along the entire length of the south side of the range, making it uniquely noticeable. The cliff is predominantly visible from U.S. Route 287. The highest peak in the range is Ferris Peak, which rises to an elevation of . Ferris peak stands  above the surrounding valley, and is the highest peak in the Great Divide Basin.

Most of the range is covered by a BLM Wilderness Study Area.

See also
 List of mountain ranges in Wyoming

Notes

External links
 Ferris Mountains Wilderness Study Area - BLM page

Mountain ranges of Wyoming
Landforms of Carbon County, Wyoming


title: James Crosbie

text:
James Crosbie may refer to:

 James Crosbie (senator), Irish barrister, journalist and Fine Gael politician, senator 1938–51 and 1954–57
 James Crosbie (Kerry politician) (c1760–1836), MP for County Kerry 1798–1806, 1812–26
 James Dayrolles Crosbie, Irish justice of the peace and British Army general

See also
 Crosbie (disambiguation)


title: Juan Esnáider (footballer, born 1992)

text:
Juan Esnáider Ruiz (born 31 January 1992) is a Spanish footballer who plays as a forward.

He played as high as Segunda División in his own country (with Real Zaragoza), totalling 148 games and 20 goals in the Segunda División B for Zaragoza B, Huesca, Toledo, Mérida, Tudelano and Navalcarnero. He also had brief spells in the top divisions of Switzerland and Finland.

Club career
Born in Madrid, Esnáider graduated from Villarreal CF's youth system, and made his senior debut with the C team in 2011, in Tercera División. On 9 January 2012, he signed with CF Rayo Majadahonda of the same level.

Esnáider joined amateurs Las Rozas CF in the summer of 2012 and, in July of the following year, he moved to Real Zaragoza's reserves. He appeared in his first game as a professional on 9 March 2014, coming on as a late substitute for Luis García in a 1–1 home draw against RCD Mallorca in the Segunda División. He scored his only goal in the competition seven days later, but in a 4–2 loss at SD Ponferradina.

On 1 September 2014, Esnáider terminated his contract with the Aragonese club and signed for neighbouring SD Huesca hours later. On 3 August 2015, after achieving promotion to the second tier, he moved to CD Toledo.

After a career-best 12 goals in his one season, in June 2016 Esnáider moved abroad for the first time to FC Lausanne-Sport of the Swiss Super League. He made his debut on 16 September in the last 32 of the national cup, scoring in a 3–1 away defeat to FC Köniz. His sole other appearance was his top-flight debut on 2 October late into a 4–1 home win over AC Lugano.

Esnáider subsequently returned to Spain's third tier from July 2017, with Mérida AD, CD Tudelano and CDA Navalcarnero. On 17 January 2021, he scored twice in a 3–1 home victory against La Liga club SD Eibar in the round of 32 of the Copa del Rey.

In August 2021, Esnáider headed back to a foreign top flight, joining Kotkan Työväen Palloilijat of the Finnish Veikkausliiga for the remainder of the season with the option of one more. He scored once to conclude a 2–0 home win over FC Honka on 16 October.

Personal life
Esnáider's father, also named Juan, was also a footballer and a forward. He too represented Zaragoza, and was a full international for Argentina. His younger brother Fernando died aged 17 in 2012, from a terminal illness. Another sibling, Facundo, was born in Porto and also became a footballer.

The family surname, originally spelled Schneider, came from Volga German ancestors.

References

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1992 births
Living people
People of Volga German descent
Spanish people of Argentine descent
Spanish people of German descent
Spanish men's footballers
Footballers from Madrid
Men's association football forwards
Segunda División players
Segunda División B players
Tercera División players
Villarreal CF C players
CF Rayo Majadahonda players
Las Rozas CF players
Deportivo Aragón players
Real Zaragoza players
SD Huesca footballers
CD Toledo players
Mérida AD players
CD Tudelano footballers
CDA Navalcarnero players
Swiss Super League players
FC Lausanne-Sport players
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Kotkan Työväen Palloilijat players
Spanish expatriate men's footballers
Expatriate men's footballers in Switzerland
Expatriate men's footballers in Finland
Spanish expatriate sportspeople in Switzerland
Spanish expatriate sportspeople in Finland


title: Carlos Hernán Silva Valdés

text:
Carlos Hernán Silva Valdés (born 28 January 1954) is a Mexican politician affiliated with the Party of the Democratic Revolution. As of 2014 he served as Deputy of the LIX Legislature of the Mexican Congress representing Michoacán.

References

1954 births
Living people
People from Uruapan
Politicians from Michoacán
Party of the Democratic Revolution politicians
21st-century Mexican politicians
Deputies of the LIX Legislature of Mexico
Members of the Chamber of Deputies (Mexico) for Michoacán


title: Oscar Harris

text:
Oscar Harris (born 30 November 1943) is a Surinamese singer. He was among the best known Surinamese musicians in the Netherlands during the 1970s and 1980s.

Harris moved to Amsterdam to study architecture in 1963, and founded Oscar Harris and The Twinkle Stars, a ten-man vocal and instrumental group in 1965, which became known by playing at student gatherings in Amsterdam. In 1968 the group was signed to the artist roster of Omega Records and Blue Elephant, with a tour of South America in 1971.

In 1974, Harris went solo with the single "Alta Gracia", commencing a series of hit-singles up to 1988. He had also recorded some hits in Indonesia, including "Sandy" and "Oh Tuhan".

In 2015 TopNotch released a compilation CD in the Sranan Gowtu-series (Surinamese Gold) devoted to Surinamese artists, mainly from the 1970s.

Discography
1969  Try a little love
1969  Soldiers prayer
1974  2
1974  A day will come
1974  Alta Gracia
1975  Sing your freedom song
1977  De beste
1978  One of a kind
1980  Song for the children
1981  Best
1982  It takes two
1983  Everybody loves somebody
1984  Take good care of her
1987  With lots of love
1988  Love for the world
2004  Salsa romantica
2005  Dutch rare groove
2009  Shalom Salam (i.s.m. Flower to the People)
2010  Song for Pakistan Faith Hope and Love (i.s.m. Flower to the People)

References

1943 births
Living people
People from Marowijne District
20th-century Surinamese male singers
Nationaal Songfestival contestants


title: Nuuk Pride

text:
Nuuk Pride is an LGBT festival which is held every June in Nuuk, Greenland. A colourful and festive occasion, it combines political issues with concerts, films and a parade and different arrangements. The focal point is Katuaq in the city centre. It usually opens on the day of the Pride arrangement, culminating with a parade. The first time the pride was held, some 1,000 gay, lesbian, transgender and bisexual people and supporters took part in the parade with floats and flags.

History
Nuuk Pride began in 2010. The city's pride festival has since been held every year.

See also

 Pride parade
 LGBT Qaamaneq
 LGBT rights in Greenland
 LGBT rights in Denmark

References

External links
Pride arrangement and book publishing 2014 on Katuaq (danish)

Festivals in Nuuk
Pride parades in Greenland
Recurring events established in 2010
LGBT in Greenland
Cultural festivals in Greenland
Arts festivals in Greenland
Music festivals in Greenland
Parades in Greenland


title: John Halliday (cricketer)

text:
John Gordon Halliday (4 July 1915 – 3 December 1945) was an English cricketer active in the 1930s. Born at Cockermouth, Cumberland, Halliday was a right-handed batsman and right-arm medium pace bowler who made over twenty appearances in first-class cricket.

Life and career
Halliday was educated at the City of Oxford High School for Boys, where he excelled at cricket. He debuted for Oxfordshire in the 1932 Minor Counties Championship, and, while studying at Merton College, Oxford, made his debut in first-class cricket for the university cricket team in 1934 against Gloucestershire. Making five first-class appearances for the university in 1934, Halliday was also selected to play for the Minor Counties cricket team against Oxford University in that same year. He played first-class cricket for university until 1937, making a total of 25 appearances. Though unable to recapture his form as a schoolboy cricketer, Halliday nonetheless scored a total of 766 runs at an average of 23.21, making eight half centuries and top-scoring with 87. As a bowler, he took 18 wickets at an average of 37.66, with best figures of 3/11. Halliday's minor counties career with Oxfordshire continued until 1939, making sixty appearances. He was elected county captain in 1938.

Halliday served in the Royal Air Force during World War II, holding the rank of pilot officer in 1940, in the following year he became a flying officer. In June 1942 he was promoted to flight lieutenant, At some point after this Halliday became a wing commander. Following the end of the war, he remained with the Royal Air Force, serving with No. 59 Squadron. He was a passenger on board a B-24 Liberator on 3 December 1945, when it was struck by lightning and crashed near Rochefort in France, killing all 28 on board. He was buried at Rochefort-sur-Mer Naval Cemetery.

Notes

External links
John Halliday at ESPNcricinfo
John Halliday at CricketArchive

1915 births
1945 deaths
People from Cockermouth
English cricketers
Oxfordshire cricketers
Oxford University cricketers
Minor Counties cricketers
Oxfordshire cricket captains
Royal Air Force wing commanders
Royal Air Force personnel killed in World War II
Victims of aviation accidents or incidents in France
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title: James McNair

text:
James McNair (October 1, 1951 – June 7, 2014), known by his stage names Jimmy Mack and Uncle Jimmy Mack, was an American comedian and writer.

Career
Early in his career, McNair worked a number of jobs, including caseworker at a homeless shelter. He also worked to help those in his neighborhood, holding frequent fundraisers and serving food at a local Salvation Army shelter. The Peekskill, N.Y., native was well known in his community where he was often seen volunteering at his local church or playing host to The Original Uncle Jimmy Mack's Amateur Hour, a recurring fundraising event that helped to showcase local comedic talent.

McNair left the construction industry to pursue comedy, an effort that was grueling and paid little; but did put him in touch with other aspiring entertainers at, among other places, the Uptown Comedy Club in Harlem where he would meet Tracy Morgan. When Morgan later joined the cast of Saturday Night Live, McNair would often write sketches and material for the show in a freelance capacity. He was traveling with the comedy troupe the night of his death to aid with the writing for Morgan's "Turn it Funny" comedy stand-up tour.

Mentorship
According to the New York Daily News, McNair was a close friend and mentor to Morgan. Morgan's former wife, Sabina Morgan, noted that the two "were very close," calling McNair "...one of the first comedians that took Tracy under his wing."

Royale Watkins, a fellow comedian and contemporary of both McNair and Morgan, said in an interview, "There may be guys like Tracy who get the fame and notoriety, but you have people like Jimmy Mack who have kind of energized and fueled cats like Tracy and kept them going on the road."

Death
On June 7, 2014, McNair was killed at the age of 62 in a six-vehicle accident in New Jersey. McNair was a passenger in a limousine traveling northbound, north of Trenton, New Jersey, on the New Jersey Turnpike, just after 1:00 AM EDT, when the limo bus was struck from behind by a Walmart-operated tractor-trailer, causing a chain reaction crash. The group was returning from a show at the Dover Downs Hotel & Casino in Dover, Delaware. Three others, Ardie Fuqua, Jeffrey Millea, and actor/comedian Tracy Morgan, were injured in the crash. On July 10, 2014, Morgan and the other two passengers filed a lawsuit against Walmart, alleging the driver of the firm's tractor-trailer had not slept for 24 hours before the crash.

He was buried at Hillside Cemetery in Cortlandt Manor, Westchester County, New York.

References

External links

James McNair At Find A Grave

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20th-century American philanthropists
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Activists from New York (state)
African-American male comedians
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African-American male writers


title: Trois Conseillers

text:
The Trois Conseillers is a summit in the French Pyrenees, culminating at .

Geography
It is located in the Hautes-Pyrénées department in the Néouvielle massif, near Saint-Lary-Soulan in the Pyrenees National Park and the Néouvielle National Nature Reserve.

See also
 List of Pyrenean three-thousanders

Mountains of the Pyrenees
Mountains of Hautes-Pyrénées
Pyrenean three-thousanders


title: Heterachthes taquatinga

text:
Heterachthes taquatinga is a species of beetle in the family Cerambycidae. It was described by Martins in 2009.

References

Heterachthes
Beetles described in 2009


title: Isaías Soriano López

text:
Isaías Soriano López (born 7 June 1959) is a Mexican politician affiliated with the Institutional Revolutionary Party. He served as Deputy of the LIX Legislature of the Mexican Congress representing the State of Mexico, and previously served in the Congress of the State of Mexico.

References

1959 births
Living people
Politicians from Oaxaca
Institutional Revolutionary Party politicians
Members of the Congress of the State of Mexico
21st-century Mexican politicians
Deputies of the LIX Legislature of Mexico
Members of the Chamber of Deputies (Mexico) for the State of Mexico


title: Heterachthes tenellus

text:
Heterachthes tenellus is a species of beetle in the family Cerambycidae. It was described by Hermann Burmeister in 1865.

References

Heterachthes
Beetles described in 1865


title: Vascoceras

text:
Vascoceras is an extinct genus of Cretaceous ammonites included in the family Vascoceratidae. These fast-moving nektonic carnivores lived in the Cretaceous period from the late Cenomanian to the early Turonian. The type species of the genus is Vascoceras gamai from Portugal.

Species
The following species of Vascoceras have been described:

 V. humboldti
 V. olssoni
 V. angermanni
 V. cauvini
 V. hartti
 V. birchbyi
 V. durandi
 V. gamai
 V. proprium
 V. silvanense
 V. venezolanum

Distribution
The type species was first described in Portugal. Fossils of species within this genus have been found in the Cretaceous sediments of Angola, Brazil, Colombia (La Frontera Formation), Egypt, France, Mexico, Nigeria, Oman, Peru, Tunisia, United States and Venezuela.

References

Bibliography

Ammonitida genera
Cretaceous ammonites
Ammonites of Africa
Cretaceous Africa
Ammonites of Europe
Cretaceous Europe
Ammonites of North America
Cretaceous Mexico
Cretaceous United States
Ammonites of South America
Cretaceous Brazil
Cretaceous Colombia
Cretaceous Venezuela
Cenomanian life
Turonian life
Cenomanian genus first appearances
Late Cretaceous extinctions
Fossil taxa described in 1898


title: Heterachthes texanus

text:
Heterachthes texanus is a species of beetle in the family Cerambycidae. It was described by Linsley in 1957.

References

Heterachthes
Beetles described in 1957


title: Heterachthes tysiphonis

text:
Heterachthes tysiphonis is a species of beetle in the family Cerambycidae. It was described by Thomson in 1867.

References

Heterachthes
Beetles described in 1867


title: Heterachthes unituberosus

text:
Heterachthes unituberosus is a species of beetle in the family Cerambycidae. It was described by Martins and Galileo in 1999.

References

Heterachthes
Beetles described in 1999


The 1896 South Dakota gubernatorial election was held on November 3, 1896. Incumbent Republican Governor Charles H. Sheldon declined to run for re-election to a third term. Former Secretary of State Amund O. Ringsrud was nominated as Sheldon's replacement at the Republican convention. Ringrud's main opponent was businessman Andrew E. Lee, who was nominated by a makeshift coalition of Populists, Free Silver Republicans, and Democrats. In the general election, Lee narrowly defeated Ringsrud, the first defeat for the Republican Party in a gubernatorial election since statehood.

Republican convention
In the lead-up to the Republican convention, which took place in Aberdeen on July 8, 1896, several candidates either announced their candidacies for Governor or were seen as likely candidates: former Secretary of State Amund O. Ringsrud, Lieutenant Governor Charles N. Herreid, former State Representative Millard F. Greeley from Deuel County, and F. G. Hale, a member of the South Dakota Board of Regents. As the convention approached, Ringsrud emerged as the frontrunner,  and ultimately won the nomination.

People's Party convention
After three straight elections in which the left-leaning vote in South Dakota was split, a fusion finally took place. The coalition was precipitated by the exodus of Free Silver Republicans from the Republican Party of South Dakota, led by U.S. Senator Richard F. Pettigrew. Pettigrew and the Silver Republicans joined forces with the Populist Party at its convention, which started on July 15, 1896, in Huron. In the months preceding the convention, there was much speculation about whether prominent businessman Andrew E. Lee would be the Populist nominee for Governor, or whether another candidate—like F. M. Goodykoontz or former territorial legislator H. B. Wynn—would replace him. But when Pettigrew's forces joined with the Populists, Pettigrew began negotiating with Henry A. Loucks, a prominent leader in the Farmers' Alliance. The tentative agreement between Pettigrew and Loucks was to name Wynn as their nominee for Governor, and if this failed, to name Lee for Governor and Wynn for Treasurer. But Wynn's refusal to accept a position other than Governor, and Lee's refusal to accept any deal with Wynn, ultimately led the convention to nominate Lee for Governor. Shortly after the convention, the Democratic Party endorsed the Populist slate of candidates, declining to hold its own convention. As a result, the People's Party was formed to contest the 1896 election.

General election

Results

References

South Dakota
1896
Gubernatorial
November 1896 events


title: Heterachthes v-flavum

text:
Heterachthes v-flavum is a species of beetle in the family Cerambycidae. It was described by Martins in 2009. Under Article 31.2.1 of the International Code of Zoological Nomenclature, the species name must be spelled v-flavum, despite being originally spelled v-flavus by the original author, as letters of the alphabet are neuter in gender.

References

Heterachthes
Beetles described in 2009


title: The Curse of the Wise Woman

text:
The Curse of the Wise Woman (1933) is a novel by Lord Dunsany, differing from his earlier books by its Irish setting and restrained use of fantasy elements. It won the Harmsworth Award for the best work of imaginative prose by an Irish author.

Synopsis

The plot concerns a motherless teenaged Anglo-Irish gentleman of the 1890s whose father has been forced to flee the country.  Left in charge of the family estates, he uses his freedom to indulge his love of field sports, focusing especially on wildfowl-shooting on a nearby peat bog. There is an extended chapter narrating a magnificent fox hunt, whose trophy, the brush, forms the focus of a poignant moment in the coda, in the narrator's old age.  When he discovers that the existence of the bog is threatened by an industrial peat-cutting syndicate he finds no effective ally except an old woman who believes herself to be a "wise woman", or witch.  The syndicate is defeated either by her occult powers or by the unaided forces of nature, just as the reader chooses to believe.

Composition

Elements of the book had been in Dunsany's mind for some years before he finally came to write it, but it was only repeated encouragement from his wife that finally led him to write the novel.  She also induced him to add some love interest to the story.  The process of composition, when it finally came, only took 15 weeks, from February to May 1933.  The Curse of the Wise Woman was published later that year by William Collins.

Reception
The book received excellent reviews on its first publication, and was chosen by John Masefield to receive the Harmsworth Award for the best work of imaginative prose by an Irish author.  It stayed in print for some twenty years, and was reprinted in 1972.  In his introduction to a 1976 reissue Dennis Wheatley said that it would "appeal to those who love shooting, hunting and magnificent descriptions of the beauties of nature".  Mark Amory, writing in 1972, called it "now the best-known and loved of all his work"; he noted that the author's prose was here "eloquent but under control", and that it had "a feeling for the country and country people".  The Dunsany scholar Darrell Schweitzer considered it his finest novel.  He felt that the Irish countryside "comes across so vividly that the reader is all but transported there", but he nevertheless emphasised the importance of its otherworldly elements: "between the finest magical cursing and conjuring scenes Dunsany ever wrote and the vision of Tir-nan-Og, the book has the feel of the purest fantasy".  Both critics were agreed in calling it an unusually autobiographical Dunsany novel.  S. T. Joshi called The Curse of the Wise Woman Dunsany's most unified novel, while an anonymous Kirkus reviewer offered the contrary opinion that it fell between the two schools of mysticism and rustic realism.

Reprint
In 2014 Valancourt Books brought The Curse of the Wise Woman back into print with a new introduction by Mark Valentine.

Notes

References

External links
The Curse of the Wise Woman at Valancourt Books

British fantasy novels
Irish fantasy novels
1933 British novels
Novels by Edward Plunkett, 18th Baron of Dunsany
1933 fantasy novels
Novels set in Ireland
Heinemann (publisher) books


title: Susan McGalla

text:
Susan McGalla is an American businesswoman and executive consultant from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. She is best known as the former president of American Eagle Outfitters Inc. and former chief executive officer of Wet Seal Inc. McGalla sits on the boards of HFF Inc., a publicly traded company that provides commercial real estate services, and the Magee-Womens Hospital Research Institute and Foundation. She is a former trustee of the University of Pittsburgh and director of the Allegheny Conference on Community Development.

Career
Susan McGalla began her career at Joseph Horne Company, where she worked in various marketing and managerial positions from 1986 until 1994. She joined American Eagle Outfitters later that year. McGalla started her career at American Eagle as a divisional merchandise buyer for women's clothing and worked at the company in various managerial roles until she became the company's president and chief merchandising officer (CMO). She had worked as president and CMO for the company's flagship American Eagle brand prior to her becoming president and CMO of the entire company. As company president of American Eagle, McGalla oversaw the launch of the company's aerie and 77kids brands.

McGalla left American Eagle Inc. in January 2009 and became a private consultant for the retail and financial investment industries. She was appointed to the Board of Directors of HFF Inc. in October 2009. McGalla succeeded Ed Thomas as chief executive officer of Wet Seal Inc. in January 2011. In the beginning of her tenure as CEO of Wet Seal, Inc, McGalla was pregnant and worked both remotely before starting full-time in August 2011. She was terminated "effective immediately" by the board in July 2012 after the company reported 11 months of declining sales.   Following her departure from Wet Seal Inc., McGalla founded P3 Executive Consulting. She is Vice President of Business Strategy and Creative Development for the Pittsburgh Steelers.

Personal life
McGalla was born and raised with her two brothers in East Liverpool, Ohio. Her father was a local football coach. She received a bachelor's degree in business and marketing from Mount Union College, where she serves on the college's Board of Advisors. She is married to Stephen McGalla, a wealth manager.

References

American women business executives
American business executives
Living people
University of Mount Union alumni
1964 births
21st-century American women


title: Víctor Suárez Carrera

text:
Víctor Suárez Carrera (born 16 September 1952) is a Mexican politician affiliated with the Party of the Democratic Revolution. As of 2003 he served as Deputy of the LIX Legislature of the Mexican Congress representing the Federal District.

References

1952 births
Living people
Politicians from Mexico City
Members of the Chamber of Deputies (Mexico)
21st-century Mexican politicians
Deputies of the LIX Legislature of Mexico


title: Sunbathing Animal

text:
Sunbathing Animal is the third studio album by American punk rock band Parquet Courts, released on June 3, 2014 on What's Your Rupture? and Rough Trade Records.

Recording
Sunbathing Animal was recorded in 2013, over the course of three sessions. The first of these sessions yielded the EP, Tally All the Things That You Broke (2013), with vocalist and guitarist Austin Brown stating, “We had to kind of squeeze [recording] in between long runs of touring; whenever we had a couple of weeks off, we’d try to arrange a few days in the studio. The first session more or less produced the EP that we put out last year, Tally All the Things That You Broke; that was all brand new stuff, that we just laid down and got out right off the bat. We had a few more songs back then that we saved for the record, and we put all of it down later last year. It wasn't a stretch at all; we were never rushing to get anything finished."

Writing and composition
The band began writing material for Sunbathing Animal shortly after recording its predecessor, Light Up Gold (2012), with vocalist and guitarist Austin Brown noting: "The truth is, we've been writing new material ever since we wrapped the last one up. If anything, we took our time".

Many of the album's lyrics were written whilst on tour in support of Light Up Gold, with Brown stating: "There’s a few prevailing themes going on, but the major one kind of involves a duality between freedom and captivity; that balance between the freedom that you find in being in a band - or just being a creative person in the world, that’s trying to leave their mark - and then the captivity that goes along with the constraints that you come up against when you’re trying to make shit work, and a lot of the time having it fail. I think [vocalist and guitarist] Andrew [Savage] saw that dichotomy in the story behind the title, and it works well in that respect, because it runs all the way through the record." Brown later elaborated, stating that the album's lyrical content is its most important aspect: "When we started out to make this record, the focus was – more than ever – on the lyrics. They came first in the process and are meant to be right at the front, so that you’re forced to listen to them. I mean, I don’t know if there’s a hook or chorus on the whole record; but that forces the audience to create their own, depending on which lyric pops out to them – so in its own way it becomes the chorus.”

Musical style
The songs on Animal take on "twitchy" garage rock and "literate" punk rock and shifts between "post-punk propulsion and slower, moodier experiments."

Critical reception

Sunbathing Animal received generally positive reviews from music critics. At Metacritic, which assigns a normalized rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, the album received an average score of 78, based on 35 reviews. Rolling Stone magazine's Rob Sheffield said the band has evolved musically since Light Up Gold, while Robert Christgau wrote in Cuepoint that "Andrew Savage has succeeded at composing songs with distinct hooks at differing lengths and tempos and constructing an album that reveals more goodies the more you play it." In a less enthusiastic review, Lanre Bakare of The Guardian felt their "twitchy garage-rock tales" about alienated characters make the album sound monotonous.

Pitchfork placed the album at 140 on their list of "The 200 Best Albums of the 2010s".

Track listing

Personnel
Parquet Courts
 Andrew Savage – vocals, guitar
 Austin Brown – vocals, guitar, keyboards
 Sean Yeaton – bass guitar
 Max Savage – drums, percussion

Additional musicians
 Lea Cho – harmonica

Recording personnel
 Jonathan Schenke – recording, mixing
 Joe Laporta – mastering

Artwork
 Andrew Savage – artwork

References

2014 albums
Parquet Courts albums
Rough Trade Records albums
What's Your Rupture? albums


title: Candidatus Bartonella antechini

text:
"Candidatus Bartonella antechini" is a candidatus bacteria from the genus of Bartonella which was isolated from the mouse Antechinus flavipes.

References

Bartonellaceae
Bacteria described in 2011
Candidatus taxa


title: KCKZ

text:
KCKZ may refer to:

 Pennridge Airport (ICAO code KCKZ)
 KCKZ (FM), a radio station (103.5 FM) licensed to serve Huntsville, Missouri, United States


title: Marcelo Tecolapa

text:
Marcelo Tecolapa Tixteco (born 25 October 1960) is a Mexican politician affiliated with the Institutional Revolutionary Party. As of 2014 he served as Deputy of the LIX Legislature of the Mexican Congress representing Guerrero.

References

1960 births
Living people
Politicians from Guerrero
Institutional Revolutionary Party politicians
Autonomous University of Guerrero alumni
21st-century Mexican politicians
Deputies of the LIX Legislature of Mexico
Members of the Chamber of Deputies (Mexico) for Guerrero


title: Jakob Caironi

text:
Jakob Caironi (5 May 1902 – November 1968) was a Swiss cyclist. He competed in the individual and team road race events at the 1928 Summer Olympics.

References

External links

1902 births
1968 deaths
Swiss male cyclists
Olympic cyclists for Switzerland
Cyclists at the 1928 Summer Olympics
People from Bülach
Sportspeople from the canton of Zürich


title: Turon de Néouvielle

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The Turon du Néouvielle is a summit in the French Pyrenees, culminating at 3,035 m, located in the Néouvielle Range, on the edge of the Pyrenees National Park. It is famous for having the first recorded ascent of a Pyrenees peak over 3,000 metres.

History
In 1787, on the second of August, Jean-Joseph Vidal, an astronomer from Mirepoix, and the chemist Henri Reboul from Toulouse, who was studying the snowmass in the Pyrenees, made the first recorded ascent. They gave their names to the rocky ridge which extends from the crest of Turon towards Cap-de-Long Lake.

Access
The peak is easily accessible from Barèges, going past the alpine "hut" of Refuge de la Glère, by Lake Glère.

See also
 List of Pyrenean three-thousanders

References

External links

Mountains of the Pyrenees
Mountains of Hautes-Pyrénées
Landforms of Hautes-Pyrénées
Pyrenean three-thousanders


title: Opopanax (genus)

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Opopanax is a genus of plants in the family Apiaceae.

Species
Opopanax include four species:
Opopanax chironium (L.) W.D.J.Koch
Opopanax hispidus (Friv.) Griseb.
Opopanax persicus Boiss.
Opopanax siifolius (Boiss. & Heldr.) Menemen

Etymology
The genus name Opopanax derives from Anglo-Norman opopanac, from Latin opopanax, from Hellenistic Greek ὀποπάναξ, from Ancient Greek ὀπός (opos, "juice") + πάναξ (panax, "all-healing"). Therefore, opopanax literally means the juice (gum resin) of all-heal. There were many different plants called all-heal (πάνακες or panaces) in Ancient Greece and Rome. However, according to Dioscorides, opopanax was obtained specifically from a kind of all-heal named πάνακες Ἡράκλειον (panaces Heraclion, "Hercules' all-heal"), which has been identified as Opopanax chironium, O. persicus and O. hispidus

The term opopanax traditionally refers to the medicinal gum resin of Opopanax sp., but in perfumery, opopanax refers to the gum resin of an unrelated species Commiphora guidottii.

Taxonomic history
The genus was created by Wilhelm Koch based on the species Opopanax chironium, previously known as Pastinaca opopanax L. and Ferula opopanax Spreng.

References

Apioideae
Apioideae genera


title: 2014 Rhythmic Gymnastics European Championships

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The 30th Rhythmic Gymnastics European Championships took place from June 10 to June 15, 2014 at the then newly opened National Gymnastics Arena in Baku, Azerbaijan. 33 participating federations with their juniors and seniors gymnasts participated at the event.

Participating countries
List of delegations participating in Championship.

Schedule
 Wednesday, June 11
08h00 - 22h00     Official Training
18h00      Briefing session with the Heads of delegation
 Thursday, June 12
08h00 - 22h00     Official Training
 Friday, June 13
09h30 - 11h15    C I - Juniors, Group A - Hoop + Ball
11h50 - 13h50     C I - Juniors, Group B - Hoop + Ball
14h45 - 16h30     C I - Juniors, Group C - Hoop + Ball
17h00 - 17h55     Opening Ceremony
17h55 - 20h45     C I - Seniors groups alternating 10 Clubs / 3 Balls - 2 Ribbons
20h45     Award Ceremony - Seniors group all-around competition I
 Saturday, June 14
09h30 - 11h30     C I - Juniors, Group B - clubs + ribbon
11h50 - 13h50     C I - Juniors, Group C - clubs + ribbon
14h30 - 16 h 30   C I - Juniors, Group A - clubs + ribbon
16h30 - 17h00     Award Ceremony - Junior Team competition I
17h00 - 19h00     C II - Seniors, Group B - 4 apparatus (place 11 to 20 from ECh 2013)
19h15 - 21h15     C II - Seniors, Group A - 4 apparatus (place 01 to 10 from ECh 2013)
21h15     Award Ceremony - Senior individual all-around competition II
 Sunday, June 15
12h00 - 13h00     Competition III - Juniors - Hoop and Ball
13h00 - 14h00     Competition III - Juniors - Clubs and Ribbon
14h30 - 16h20     Competition III - Senior groups - 10 Clubs, 3 Balls and 2 Ribbons
16h30     Gala and Closing Ceremony

Overview
The 20 best senior individuals from 2013 will compete at the multiple competition (CII).

102 juniors (from 32 NF) will participate in the qualifying competition I (CI) and team competition and the final competition (4 apparatus) (CIII), 21 senior groups (consisted of 6 gymnasts) will present two different voluntary exercises, one executed with one apparatus (clubs), the other with different apparatus (3 balls/2 ribbons) on the occasion of the competition I (general competition) and the competition III (final competition for each exercise). At the European Championships in even years, the 20 best gymnasts from competition I of the previous year present their routines.

Controversies
According to Armenian sources, organizers of the European Championships in Rhythmic Gymnastics in Baku asked the Belarusian Group to give up using the music of Armenian composer Aram Khachaturian, at a press conference in Minsk reported by the head coach Irina Leparskaya. The Group had performed under Khachaturian's "Sabre Dance" in their 2 Ribbons + 3 Balls routine, but had to change the exercise under a different music 2 weeks before the start of the Championships event. As spokeswoman, Samaya Mamedova, Minister of Youth and Sports of Azerbaijan, said not interfere in any federations decisions:
Regarding Belarus, we didn't ask them to abandon their music. This decision was taken by Belarus itself. This is another provocative information spread by Armenians to tarnish Azerbaijan as organizer of the European Championships of Rhythmic Gymnastics.

The usually medal contenders Belarusian Group finished 17th in all-around and placed last in 2 Ribbons + 3 Balls qualification score amongst 21 countries during the European Championships. Armenia did not compete and send any delegations at the championships.

Medal winners

Results

Seniors

Individual all-around

Group all-around

Group 10 clubs

Group 3 balls + 2 ribbons

Juniors

Team

Hoop

Ball

Clubs

Ribbon

Medal count

Seniors

Juniors

References

External links

European Union of Gymnastics
Rhythmic Gymnastics Results

Rhythmic Gymnastics European Championships
European Rhythmic Gymnastics Championships
Rhythmic Gymnastics European Championships
Sports competitions in Baku
International gymnastics competitions hosted by Azerbaijan


title: Gyanu Rana

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Gyanu Rana (Nepali: ज्ञानु राणा; born October 3, 1949) is a singer and a reality show judge, born in Thamel, Kathmandu, Nepal. She wrote and sang popular Nepali songs like "Siri Ma Siri Ni Kanchha" and "Manchhe Ko Maya Yaha" with Narayan Gopal.

Early life and education

Rana is the daughter of Dharmaraj Thapa, a noted poet and renowned folk singer. Her father worked in Radio Nepal and was later appointed a member of Nepal Academy, a Nepalese government institution formed for the promotion and development of Nepalese culture. Her mother, Savitri Thapa, is the founder of Dharmaraj Savitri Thapa Lok Sahitya Guthi, a forum to promote Nepalese folk songs and culture.

Rana grew up in the Batulechaur subdivision of Pokhara, Nepal, and studied there until the primary level. She later moved to Kathmandu for higher studies. She completed her education in 1965, while enrolled in Padma Kanya, Dillibazar. She studied home science in Bharateswori Homes of Mymensingh in Bangladesh during 1967–68 and passed her intermediate level examination from Tribhuvan University of Nepal in 1970. In 1977, she trained at the Music College, Baroda under M. S. University, Baroda, India. In 1982 she received a degree of Senior-level Diploma in first division from Prayag Sngeet Samiti of Allahabad, India.

Career
Rana has been actively involved in music since her early childhood. Her father, noted folk singer Dharma Raj Thapa, participated in different programs on Radio Nepal, the only government radio station at the time. Like her father she also has a speciality in folk songs although she is expert in singing modern songs and pop songs as well. By now she has recorded more than 2000 songs in Nepali, Hindi and Urdu languages as well as in local Bhojapuri, Maithali and Newari languages of Nepal. Such songs include modern, classical, folk songs, bhajans and gazals of different nature.

Mrs Rana's songs where regularly transmitted through the national media such as Radio Nepal, local FM channels, Nepal Television and many other TV channels of Nepal for the last forty years. She has participated in more than ten Nepalese films as a background singer. By now she participated as a judge in many national musical competitions organized by academic and cultural organizations. She has actively participated in many cultural and international musical concerts that include first SAARC summit in Bangladesh and cultural festivals organized in India, China, South Korea, Japan, Singapore, Thailand and USSR etc.

Rana worked in the government owned Royal Nepal Academy from 1970 to 2006 starting from the post of Artist (Music) to the Asstt. Director (Music) gazetted third class level at the time of retirement. She visited many countries of the world that include India, Bhutan, Bangladesh, China, Thailand, Singapore, USSR, South Korea and Japan and more.

She fluently speaks in Nepali, Hindi, English, and Bengali languages.

She classified as a Famous Class Singer by the government owned Radio Nepal in the year 2055 BS

Awards and nominations
Rana had been nominated honorary member of Sheela Pratisthan in 2065 B.S. She was also nominated honorary member of Guras Sanskritik Pariwar and Narayan Sageet Pratisthan in the year 2046 and 2053 BS respectively. She has received success in many musical competitions organized in the national and international level. Some of them are:

 First position in the Folk Song competition organized by Radio Nepal during its Silver Jubilee festival.
 First place in classical music competition organized by Kalanidhi Sangeet Vidyalaya in 2042 BS.
 Excellent voice second place in B. P. memorial awareness day program organized in 2042 BS.
 The third position in Ratna Sangeet competition organized by Ratna Recording Corporation in 2045 BS.
 Best singer in a cultural program organized by Sankalpa Lioness club in the year 1990.
 The second position in the Summer Music Festival in 1987 AD followed by second place in the International day of Music in 1988 organized by French
 Cultural Center, Kathmandu, Nepal.
 Second place in the Awareness Song Competition organized by Public Awareness Forum in 2048 BS.
 Best Singer Award in Video Film Festival in 2047 BS.

She also received many national high-level honours and awards. Some of them are:

 Prabal Gorkha Daxin Bahu IV of Nepal government
 Indra Rajya Laxmi Puraskar
 Rastriya Pratibha Puraskar
 Chinna Lata Puraskar
 Nati Kazi Puraskar
 Dharma Raj Svitri Thapa Lok Sahitya Puraskar
 Deergha Sewa Padak (Royal Nepal Academy)
 Rajyabhisek Padak

Personal life
Rana was married to Er. Shree Prakash Jang Rana in the year 1970 and now she has two sons named Binaya Jang Rana and Bikash Jang Rana both being engineers in the field of computer science. Both of her sons are married and she also has two grandsons named Binayak and Bisharad. Presently she is passing her retired life at home with a casual contribution in music and devotion towards religious performances.

References

1949 births
Living people
Musicians from Kathmandu
20th-century Nepalese women singers
Nepalese folk singers


title: Eastern Wabash Valley Conference

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The Eastern Wabash Valley Conference was a short-lived IHSAA-sanctioned conference located in Northeast Indiana. The league started in 1959, as five schools broke away from the Eastern Indiana Conference and joined with Wells County Conference member Ossian. This lineup lasted only three years, as Berne would return to the EIC in 1962. The remaining five schools stuck together until 1966, as Geneva high school closed. Lancaster Central, Monmouth, and Ossian were all slated to close that next year, so the remaining four schools went their separate ways. Adams Central (already an Allen County Athletic Conference member) would be joined by Ossian (holding the place for the new Norwell consolidation) in the ACAC, while Lancaster and Monmouth would play out their last season by returning to the EIC.

Membership

 Adams Central played in both the EWVC and ACAC for the 1965-66 school year.
 Lancaster Central played concurrently in the EWVC and WCC for their entire EWVC duration. Both conferences folded in 1966.

References

Indiana high school athletic conferences
High school sports conferences and leagues in the United States
Indiana High School Athletic Association disestablished conferences


title: André Aumerle

text:
André Aumerle (16 February 1907 – 24 October 1990) was a French cyclist. He competed in the three events at the 1928 Summer Olympics.

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1907 births
1990 deaths
French male cyclists
Olympic cyclists for France
Cyclists at the 1928 Summer Olympics
Sportspeople from Aveyron
Cyclists from Occitania (administrative region)


title: Laurel magnolia

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Laurel magnolia is a common name for several plants and may refer to:

Magnolia grandiflora, native to the southeastern United States
Magnolia splendens, native to Puerto Rico
Magnolia virginiana, native to the southeastern United States


title: Israel Tentory

text:
Israel Tentory García (born 25 October 1957) is a Mexican politician affiliated with the Party of the Democratic Revolution. As of 2014 he served as Deputy of the LIX Legislature of the Mexican Congress representing Michoacán.

References

1957 births
Living people
Politicians from Michoacán
Party of the Democratic Revolution politicians
Deputies of the LIX Legislature of Mexico
Members of the Chamber of Deputies (Mexico) for Michoacán


title: Oxford Chambers

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Oxford Chambers is a Grade II listed building located on Abbey Road in Barrow-in-Furness, Cumbria, England. Oxford Chambers was constructed in 1875 with the intention of it functioning as a commercial property, however the new town's first higher grades school opened within the building in 1880. The school relocated to a larger premises on Duke Street in 1889. A notable feature of the building is a sign reading 'Central Cigar Depot', it also housed a shop selling office supplies in the late 20th century. Despite this, it is most known for containing the extension of the adjacent Travellers Rest social club (which was in turn demolished in 2011). Oxford Chambers lies at the very northern perimeter of the Central Barrow conservation area close to The Duke of Edinburgh Hotel and the neighbouring Cooke's Building.

See also
 Listed buildings in Barrow-in-Furness

References

Commercial buildings completed in 1875
Buildings and structures in Barrow-in-Furness
Grade II listed buildings in Cumbria


title: 2014–15 Nemzeti Bajnokság I

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The 2014–15 Nemzeti Bajnokság I, also known as NB I, was the 113th season of top-tier football in Hungary. The league is officially named OTP Bank Liga for sponsorship reasons. The season began 26 July 2014 and concluded on 1 June 2015. Debrecen are the defending champions having won their seventh Hungarian championship last season.

For the first time at a Nemzeti Bajnokság I seasons, match officials used vanishing foam for free kicks. In the Groupama Aréna (FTC) the goal-line technology was used.

Videoton won the league for the second time.

Teams
Mezőkövesd and Kaposvár finished the 2013–14 season in the last two places and thus were relegated to their respective NB II divisions.

The two relegated teams were replaced with the champions and the runners-up 2013–14 NB II Nyíregyháza and Dunaújváros. Each of the first two teams in the first division.

Stadium and locations

Following is the list of clubs competing in 2014–15 Nemzeti Bajnokság I, with their location, stadium and stadium capacity.

Personnel and kits
Following is the list of clubs competing in 2014–15 Nemzeti Bajnokság I, with their manager, captain, kit manufacturer and shirt sponsor.

Note: Flags indicate national team as has been defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players and Managers may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

Managerial changes

League table

Positions by round

Results

Top goalscorers

Updated to games played on 31 May 2015

Hat-tricks

 Four goals

Best players

Hivatásos Labdarúgók Szervezete (Professional Footballers Association) chose the best players of this season.

The best outfielder player (Albert Flórián's challenge cup): Zoltán Gera (FTC)
The best goalkeeper (Zsiborás Gábor's challenge cup): Dénes Dibusz (FTC)
The best player under-21: Dávid Márkvárt (Pécs)
The best manager: Joan Carrillo (Videoton FC)
The best referee: Viktor Kassai

After the season Magyar Labdarúgó Szövetség chose the best players of this season.

The best player: Nemanja Nikolić (Videoton FC)
The best discovered player of this season: Miklós Kitl (Kecskemét)
The best manager: Joan Carrillo (Videoton FC)
The best referee: Péter Solymosi
Fair Play: MTK Budapest FC
The best Hungarian player (Audience Award): Ádám Bódi (DVSC)
The most aesthetically significant, or "most beautiful", goal of NB1 (Audience Award): József Varga (DVSC)

References

External links

Nemzeti Bajnokság I seasons
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Hungary


title: Pennsylvania First Defenders

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The Pennsylvania First Defenders were five volunteer troops from Pennsylvania that responded to U.S. President Abraham Lincoln’s call to defend the national capital of Washington, D.C., at the start of the American Civil War.  The First Defenders consisted of the National Light Infantry of Pottsville, Pennsylvania, the Washington Artillerists of Pottsville, Pennsylvania, the Ringgold Light Artillery of Reading, Pennsylvania, the Logan Guards of Lewistown, Pennsylvania, and the Allen Infantry of Allentown, Pennsylvania.

History
After the Confederate States opened fire on Fort Sumter on April 12, 1861, President Abraham Lincoln issued a proclamation on April 15, calling 75,000 militia to suppress the rebellion. The first volunteer troops reached Washington, D.C., on April 18, 1861, at 6:00pm. These first troops were the Pennsylvania First Defenders and consisted of 476 officers and men. The troops were quartered in hallways and committee rooms of the United States Senate and House of Representatives. At 9:00pm that evening, the troops were brought into the basement of the Capitol where they were distributed government arms and ammunition. President Abraham Lincoln, Secretary of State, William H. Seward, and the Secretary of War, Simon Cameron, were present as the arms were being distributed. Lincoln proceeded down the line and shook hands with every member of the companies.

Casualties
En route to Washington, D.C., the troops boarded a train at Camden Station in Baltimore, Maryland – the largest city of that Slave state. In a prelude to the Baltimore Riot of 1861 that occurred a day later, they were met with an angry mob of pro-South sympathizers who threw bricks and stones at them. Many of the men received serious wounds as a result of the confrontation. Among them was sixty-five-year-old Nicholas Biddle of the Washington Artillerists who is believed to be one of the first men to shed blood in the American Civil War. As an African American in uniform, Biddle likely stood out as an easy target to the Southerners and suffered a head wound which was serious enough to expose his bone.

Recognition

In December 1864, members of the Washington Artillerists Frances P. Dewees and Samuel R. Russel wrote a letter to Congressman A. G. Curtin of Pennsylvania to outline the importance of the First Defenders' actions at the early stages of the war. They requested that the men of the First Defenders receive recognition in the form of an awarded medal.  On May 26, 1891, the General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania made appropriation of $1,500 for such medals of honor. On the front of each bronze medal is the image of the Capitol and the words "First in Defence of the Capitol: April 18, 1861."  On the back, each of the five First Defender companies are listed, followed by the inscription "Medal of Honor Presented by the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania", and the name of the respective soldier.

Notes

References
 A Forgotten Hero in the Civil War. Retrieved 10 June 2014.
 Hoptak, John (2007). First in Defense of the Union: The Civil War History of the First Defenders. AuthorHouse.
 Laws of the General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania (1891). Princeton University.
 Lossing, Benson John (1866). Pictorial History of the Civil War in the United States of America, Volume 1.
 The 48th Pennsylvania Infantry, John Hoptak Blog
 Thompson, Heber Samuel (1910). The First Defenders.
 Ward, Leo L. (1998). First Defenders Answered Lincoln’s Call 137 Years Ago. Pottsville Republican. April 18–19, 1998

Pennsylvania in the American Civil War
History of Allentown, Pennsylvania


title: Suzanne Vega discography

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The discography of American singer Suzanne Vega consists of nine studio albums, four acoustic albums, two greatest hits albums, one box set, seven live albums, one extended play, and 23 singles.

Albums

Studio albums

Acoustic albums

Compilation albums

Live albums

Extended plays

Singles

As main artist

Promotional singles

As featured artist

Other contributions
The Smithereens: Especially for You (1986) – "In a Lonely Place"
Philip Glass: Songs from Liquid Days (1986) – "Lightning" and "Freezing"
Stay Awake: Various Interpretations of Music from Vintage Disney Films (1988) – "Stay Awake"
One World One Voice (1990) – "One World, One Voice"
Deadicated: A Tribute to the Grateful Dead (1991) – "Cassidy" and "China Doll"
DNA: Taste This (1992) – "Tom's Diner" (DNA Remix) and "Salt Water"
Hector Zazou: Songs from the Cold Seas (1994) – "The Long Voyage" (with John Cale)
Grammy's Greatest Moments Volume III (1994) – "Luka" (live version)
Tower of Song (1995) – "Story of Isaac"
Dead Man Walking soundtrack (1995) – "Woman on the Tier (I'll See You Through)"
Time and Love: The Music of Laura Nyro (1997) – "Buy and Sell"
"Perfect Day" (multi-artist cover version recorded for the BBC, 1997)
Joe Jackson: Heaven & Hell (1997) – "Angel (Lust)"
Mitchell Froom: Dopamine (1998) – "Dopamine"
Celebrate the Season (1998) – "Coventry Carol"
Bleecker Street: Greenwich Village in the 60's (1999) – "So Long, Marianne" (with John Cale)
Dan Zanes: Rocket Ship Beach (2000) – "Erie Canal"
Hear Music Volume 7: Waking (2002) – "Widow's Walk"
107.1 KGSR Radio Austin – Broadcasts Vol.10 (2002) – "Widow's Walk"
WYEP Live and Direct: Volume 4 – On Air Performances (2002) – "(I'll Never Be) Your Maggie May"
Vigil (2004) – "It Hit Home"
WFUV: City Folk Live VII (2004) – "Penitent"
The Acoustic Album (2006, Virgin) – "Marlene On the Wall"
Dar Williams: Promised Land (2008) – "Go to the Woods"
Danger Mouse and Sparklehorse Present: Dark Night of the Soul (2009) – "The Man Who Played God"
Pioneers for a Cure: Songs to Fight Cancer (2011) – "Streets of Laredo"
Jonathan Coulton: Artificial Heart (2011) – "Now I Am an Arsonist"
Čechomor: Místečko (2011) - "Rain Is Falling"

Music videos
 "Marlene on the Wall" / Film Director – Leslie Liebman / 1985
 "Left of Center" / Film Directors – Ken Ross, Richard Levine / 1986
 "Gypsy" / Film Director – Dominic Brigstocke / 1986
 "Luka" / Film Directors – Candace Reckinger, Michael Patterson / 1987
 "Tom's Diner" / Film Director – Gareth Roberts / 1987
 "Solitude Standing" / Film Director – Jonathan Demme / 1987
 "Book of Dreams" / Film Directors – Andrew Doucette, Geof Kern / 1990
 "Tired of Sleeping" / Film Director – Tarsem Singh / 1990
 "Men in a War" / Film Director – Paula Greif / 1990
 "Tom's Diner" /  DNA featuring Suzanne Vega / 1990
 "In Liverpool" / Film Director – Howard Greenhalgh / 1992
  / Film Director – Nico Beyer / 1992
 "Blood Makes Noise" / Film Director – Nico Beyer / 1992
 "When Heroes Go Down" / Film Director – Peter Care / 1993
 "Caramel" / Film Director – Charles Whittenmeier / 1996
 "Caramel" (Alternate Version) Edited By [Re-edit] – Brett Truett, Mike Ragogna / 1996
 "No Cheap Thrill" / Film Director – David Cameron / 1996
 "Book & a Cover" / Film Director – Geoff Moore / 1998
 "Last Year's Troubles" / Film Director – Tim Vega / 2001
 "Frank & Ava" / Film Director – / 2007
 "Fool's Complaint" / lyrics video / 2014
 "We of Me" /  Film Director – Chuck Moore / 2016

References

Discographies of American artists


title: List of Arabic given names

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Arabic given


title: Gottlieb Amstein

text:
Gottlieb Amstein (6 August 1906 – 18 July 1975) was a Swiss cyclist. He competed in the individual and team road race events at the 1928 Summer Olympics.

References

External links

1906 births
1975 deaths
Swiss male cyclists
Olympic cyclists for Switzerland
Cyclists at the 1928 Summer Olympics
Cyclists from Zürich


title: R. lutea

text:
R. lutea may refer to:

 Reseda lutea, a herbaceous plant
 Retama lutea, a flowering bush
 Rhagonycha lutea, a soldier beetle
 Rhexia lutea, a dicotyledonous plant
 Rhingia lutea, a hoverfly with a long snout
 Rhipidarctia lutea, a Congolese moth
 Rosa lutea, a rose native to Georgia
 Roscoea lutea, a perennial plant
 Russula lutea, an edible mushroom


title: George A. Smith (California politician)

text:
George A. Smith (November 26, 1844 – August 1, 1916) was a pioneer resident of Los Angeles, California, a member of its City Council and an unsuccessful candidate for mayor, as well as a Nevada mining speculator.

Personal
Smith was born in Sidney, Ontario, Canada on November 26, 1844, and was married to Harriett Merriman in Colburn, Ontario, on June 11, 1871. They resettled from  Trenton, Ontario, to Los Angeles in 1873. Smith died of a heart ailment on August 1, 1916, in his home at 1521 Fifth Avenue in the Arlington Heights neighborhood. He was survived by his widow and three children, Arthur M. Smith, Mrs. W.S. Wilson of Los Angeles and Mrs. A.B. Young of Victorville. Interment was at Rosedale Cemetery.

Vocation
Smith began working as a clerk in a general store near his home in Canada, rising to the position of manager, then going into partnership with his brother. After arriving in Los Angeles, Smith began clerking in a small dry-goods store on North Main Street, A year later he bought a  ranch in Vernon, California, where he planted orange trees. He entered into the real-estate business in 1887. Smith was engaged in the real estate business in Los Angeles as a member of the Nolan & Smith Company.  He retired in 1896. He also had mining interests in Nevada, principally around the Goldfield area, in partnership with Emerson Gee. He had claims also in the Ladd Mountain in Bullfrog, Nevada. Smith was the "chief owner of the biggest antimony deposits" in the United States.

Municipal government
A Republican, Smith was elected to the City Council in 1908 and served one term. While on the council he was instrumental in securing the passage of an ordinance requiring applicants for a saloon license to get the consent of nearby property owners. He was opposed to the idea of civil service in municipal government, telling a reporter that

Men won't work as hard when they know their jobs are secure as when they are likely to be discharged ... Oh, I know that the applicants have to pass some sort of examination, but that ... only proves they are best in that examination ... Men don't do a good day's work under civil service. They know their positions are secure, and they loaf.

At the City Hall, where he was chair of the council's finance committee, he was informally known as "Uncle George." Smith was a witness in a suit brought by employees of a failed newspaper, the Los Angeles Press, testifying that he had given $275 to Winfield Scott, the manager of the newspaper, to "tide the paper over" and that he "had no assurance of [political] support from him." In December 1909 Smith, a Republican, ran against George Alexander, another Republican, for mayor. Alexander won by a vote of 20,291 to 16,964.

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Businesspeople from Los Angeles
Los Angeles City Council members
1844 births
1916 deaths
Burials at Angelus-Rosedale Cemetery
People from Quinte West
19th-century American politicians
19th-century American businesspeople


title: Rise of Nations (disambiguation)

text:
Rise of Nations is a series of real-time strategy video game. It includes:

Rise of Nations, the first video game in the series
Rise of Nations: Thrones and Patriots, the expansion pack to the original game
Rise of Nations: Extended Edition, the re-release of the original game and the expansion
Rise of Nations: Rise of Legends, a real-time strategy fantasy spin-off of the series


title: Fred Capossela

text:
Fred "Cappy" Capossela (1902–April 3, 1991) was an American thoroughbred race track announcer.

Early life and career
Capossela was born in Brooklyn in 1902. He got his start in thoroughbred racing in 1926 as a writer for the New York Evening Post. He also covered the sport for the Brooklyn Eagle. In 1934, Capossela called his first race at Tropical Park, where he filled in for the regular announcer for two weeks.

Announcing
In 1940, Capossela became assistant track announcer for New York's four thoroughbred race tracks, Aqueduct Racetrack, Belmont Park, Saratoga Race Course, and Jamaica Race Course. Three years later he was promoted to lead announcer. He also called races at Florida's Hialeah Park Race Track. From 1950 to 1960, Capossela was the "Voice of the Triple Crown" on CBS Radio and Television. He also called televised races on WNEW-TV's Schaefer Circle of Sports.

Capossela was known for his high-pitched nasal voice, his distinctive style in saying "It is now post time", and his accurate calls.

Late life and death
Capossela retired in 1971. After his retirement, he regularly attended weekend races at Hialeah and later at tracks in Southern California. Capossela died on April 3, 1991, at his home in Upland, California, following a stroke.

In 1993, the Swift Stakes at Aqueduct Racetrack was renamed the Fred "Cappy" Capossela Stakes in his honor.

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1902 births
1991 deaths
American horse racing announcers
New York Post people
People from Brooklyn
People from Upland, California