title: Comparative army officer ranks of Europe

text:
Rank comparison chart of all armies and land forces of European states.

Officers (OF 1–10)

Remark:
NATO STANAG 2116 lists Officer Designates (listed here as OF(D)) of some countries alongside OF-1 ranks.

See also
Comparative army enlisted ranks of Europe
Military rank
Comparative army officer ranks of the Americas
Comparative army officer ranks of Asia
Ranks and insignia of NATO armies officers

Notes

References
 STANAG 2116 NATO chart

Military comparisons


title: 2014 in Egypt

text:
The following lists events from 2014 in Egypt.

Incumbents
 President: Adly Mansour (until 8 June), Abdel Fattah el-Sisi (starting 8 June)
 Prime Minister: Hazem Al Beblawi (until 1 March), Ibrahim Mahlab (starting 17 June)

Events

January
 January 3 - Thirteen people are killed in clashes between Muslim Brotherhood supporters, police and opponents.
 January 14 - Voters in Egypt go to the polls for the first day of voting on a new constitution.
 January 15 - Egyptians vote on a constitution that will ban political parties based on religion, give women equal rights and protect the status of minority Coptic Christians.
 January 17 - Two people were shot dead as clashes between Muslim Brotherhood supporters and police flared up.
 January 18 - The Egyptian Constitution of 2014 was passed in the Egyptian constitutional referendum. New changes to the Egyptian constitution include:
The president may serve two four-year terms and can be impeached by parliament.
Islam remains the state religion - but freedom of belief is absolute, giving some protection to minorities.
The state guarantees "equality between men and women".
Parties may not be formed based on "religion, race, gender or geography".
Military to appoint defence minister for next eight years.
 January 24–25 - Three bombs exploded at the Egyptian National Police and Ain Shams district of Eastern Cairo, respectively.
 January 25 - 64 people are killed in anti-government marches.

February
 February 4 - Archaeologists working near the ancient settlement of Edfu in southern Egypt discover the remains of a 4,600-year-old step pyramid.
 February 13 - During a two-day visit by an Egyptian delegation in Moscow, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said that Moscow and Cairo have agreed to speed up work on drafting agreements on military-technological cooperation. Russian Defense Minister Sergey Shoigu added that this could include joint military exercises and training of Egyptian officers in Russian military academies. Russian President Vladimir Putin says he supports Egyptian Defense Minister Abdel Fattah el-Sisi's bid for the upcoming presidential election in Egypt.
 February 16 - A bus bombing occurs on a tourist coach in Taba, Egypt.
 February 20 - Egyptian security officials say army helicopter gunships have rocketed several houses where militants were thought to have gathered in the northern region of the Sinai Peninsula, killing at least 10.
 February 24 - The government of Egypt resign en masse, allowing Abdel Fattah al-Sisi to run for president.
 February 26 - An Egyptian court sentences 26 people to death in absentia for plotting attacks on ships passing through the Suez Canal.

March
 March 4 - An Egyptian court bans the Palestinian group Hamas and orders its offices in the country to be shut down and all dealings with the group suspended. The court also brands it as a terrorist organization.
 March 5 - An 1,800-year-old Egyptian papyrus discovered a century ago, whose inscription is nearly illegible to the naked eye, has been made more readable using infrared sensors, revealing the message to be a soldier's letter to his family.
 March 7 - A statue of Iset, daughter of King Amenhotep III who was the grandfather of Tutankhamun and ruler of Ancient Egypt around 3,350 years ago, has been unearthed by a team of Egyptian and European archaeologists. The statue, which depicts Iset alone without her father, is the first of its kind ever discovered.
 March 13 - Masked gunmen attack a bus carrying Egyptian Army soldiers in Cairo, killing one.
 March 19 - Two Egyptian army officers and five militants are killed during a warehouse raid in Qalyubiya province north of Cairo.
 March 24 - A court in Minya, Egypt, sentences 528 supporters of former President Mohammed Morsi to death for a range of offenses including murdering a policeman and attacks on people and property. It is the largest mass death sentence handed down in recent history anywhere in the world.
 March 25 - Mohammed Badie, the guide of Egypt's Muslim Brotherhood, will appear in court with 680 others to face charges of incitement to kill.
 March 26 - Egyptian Field Marshal Abdel Fattah el-Sisi resigns from his position as Minister of Defense and announces his bid for the upcoming presidential election.
 March 30 - Electoral authorities in Egypt set the first round of the presidential election for 26–27 May.

April
 April 2 - A bomb detonates near Cairo University killing a police chief and injuring 5 others.
 April 5–23 people are killed in a gunfight between feuding tribes near Aswan.
 April 6 - Two more people are killed in Aswan in a third day of clashes and the death toll rises to 25.
 April 15 - A bomb detonates at a traffic police post in Cairo injuring 3 people.
 April 16 - A Soyuz-U rocket carrying a new Egyptian communication satellite, EgyptSat-2, was launched from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan.
 April 18 - A police officer is killed and another is wounded after a bomb detonates in a busy square in Cairo's Mohandessin district.
 April 20 - Gunmen killed an Egyptian intelligence officer and a policeman on a desert road outside Cairo in a late-night firefight.
 April 23 - An Egyptian general is killed and a police officer is injured after a bomb attached to the general's car exploded.
 April 27 - An Egyptian court sentences 11 supporters of deposed President Mohammed Morsi to prison terms ranging from five to 88 years for rioting.
 April 28 - An Egyptian court hands down a death sentence on 638 Muslim Brotherhood supporters, among them the group's top leader Mohamed Badie.
 April 28 - An Egyptian court bans the April 6 Youth Movement over claims of espionage and of "damaging the image of the state".

May
 May 27 - Abdel Fattah el-Sisi, a member of the Independent party, won the 2014 Egyptian presidential election.

June
 June 8 - President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi assumed office.
 June 17 - The cabinet of Egyptian Prime Minister Ibrahim Mahlab assumed office.

July
 July 19 - An armed assault was perpetrated against a military checkpoint in the New Valley Governorate, killing at least 22 border guards.

August

August 14 - Rabia square is bombed and attacked by the Egyptian military. More than 2,500-3000 protesters have died.

September

October

November
 November 12 - Gunmen attack an Egyptian Navy ship on the Mediterranean Sea with eight sailors missing and four injured after the attack. Thirty-two of the gunmen have been captured with four reported as dead.
 November 25 - A block of flats collapses in Cairo killing at least 10 people.
 November 26 - An Egyptian court sentences 78 teenage boys to between 2 and 5 years in jail for participating in rallies calling for the return of ousted President Mohammed Mursi.
 November 28 - Three army officers and two protesters are killed and more than one hundred protesters are arrested during anti-government protests across Egypt.
 November 29 - A Cairo court clears former President of Egypt Hosni Mubarak on murder charges related to the death of hundreds of protesters in the 2011 Egyptian revolution.

December
 December 2 - An Egyptian court sentences 185 people to death over their alleged involvement in a lethal attack on a police station on the outskirts of Cairo.
 December 14 - Eleven Egyptian fishermen drown after their boat sinks in the Gulf of Suez.
 December 21 - Egypt temporarily reopens its border crossing with Gaza, which had been closed since October, until 4 pm Monday.

Deaths
November 23 – Metropolitan Mikhail of Asyut (b. 1921)

See also
Public holidays in Egypt
Egypt at the 2014 Summer Youth Olympics
Egyptian Constitution of 2014
Egyptian constitutional referendum, 2014
Islamist unrest in Egypt (2013–present)
2014 Egypt national football team games
2014 Miss Egypt beauty pageant
2014 FIFA World Cup qualification (CAF)
2014 Sinai insurgency

References

External links
Year 2014 Calendar - Egypt
Holidays and observances in Egypt in 2014

Years of the 21st century in Egypt
Egypt
Egypt
2010s in Egypt
Egypt


title: Ramadan Sobhi

text:
Ramadan Sobhi Ramadan Ahmed (; born 23 January 1997) is an Egyptian professional footballer who plays as a winger for Pyramids FC and the Egypt national team.

Sobhi began his career with the leading Egyptian club Ahly SC of Cairo, making his professional debut in February 2014. He established himself in the first team at the Cairo International Stadium and helped Al Ahly to win the Egyptian Premier League title in the 2013–14 and 2015–16 campaigns. His performances attracted the attention of European clubs, and in July 2016, he joined English side Stoke City for a fee of £5 million. He spent two seasons with Stoke before joining Huddersfield Town in June 2018. He failed to establish himself at Huddersfield and returned on loan to Al Ahly in January 2019. In September 2020, Sobhi moved to Pyramids FC.

Club career

Al Ahly
After progressing through the youth ranks at Cairo club Al Ahly, Sobhi made his professional debut at the age of 17 on 6 February 2014, in a 2013–14 Egyptian Premier League match against Ghazl El Mahalla under the management of Mohamed Youssef. In April 2014 he took part in the Sheikh Zayed friendly tournament in the UAE with Al Ahly-U17's, and attracted the attentions of Spanish club Atlético Madrid. On 16 June 2014, he scored his first goal for Al Ahly in a 3–0 win over Misr Lel-Makkasa. On 28 June 2014 he started the decisive championship play-off match against city rivals, Zamalek and helped his team to a 1–0 victory. On 2 July he scored twice against Petrojet to secure a 4–0 win and Al Ahly went on to claim the league title. In March 2015, Sobhi signed a long-term contract with Al Ahly.

Sobhi helped Al Ahly win the 2014 Egyptian Super Cup against Zamalek. He became a regular under Juan Garrido and his performances in 2014–15 attracted the attentions of European clubs, including Arsenal, RB Leipzig, Roma, Sampdoria and Udinese. He scored a late equalizer against Al-Masry on 10 January 2015, in what was the first meeting between the clubs since the 2012 Port Said Stadium riot. Sobhi attracted international attention after he stood on the ball in a 2–0 win against Zamalek on 21 July 2015, which caused Hazem Emam to kick out at Sobhi and was sent off. Al Ahly ended the 2014–15 campaign in second place behind their arch rivals Zamalek.

Sobhi caused controversy in the 2015 Egyptian Super Cup against Zamalek as he repeated his stand on the ball trick, which enraged the Zamalek players. Al Ahly went on to win the match 3–2, and he later apologized for his showboating. He was sent off for the first time in his career on 15 April 2016 in a match against ENPPI, for an argument with an ENNPI player at half time. Sobhi played in 28 league matches for Al Ahly in 2015–16 under Martin Jol as the side claimed another league title.

Stoke City
Sobhi signed for Premier League club Stoke City on 25 July 2016 for a fee of £5 million. He made his Premier League debut for Stoke on 20 August 2016 against Manchester City. He made his first assist for Stoke on 31 October 2016 in a 3–1 win against Swansea City as his cross was deflected in by Alfie Mawson for an own goal. He made his first Premier League start in the next match against West Ham United, becoming the first teenager to start a league game for Stoke in nine years. After returning from the 2017 Africa Cup of Nations, Sobhi impressed in home wins over Crystal Palace and Middlesbrough. Sobhi played 19 times in 2016–17, as Stoke finished in 13th position.

Before the start of the 2017–18 season, Sobhi signed a new five-year contract with the Potters. He scored his first goal for Stoke on 23 August 2017 in a 4–0 EFL Cup win over Rochdale. He scored his first Premier League goal on 23 December 2017, in a 3–1 win against West Bromwich Albion. He followed this up with a goal against Huddersfield Town in a 1–1 on boxing day. Sobhi made 27 appearances in 2017–18 as Stoke suffered relegation to the EFL Championship.

Huddersfield Town
Sobhi joined Huddersfield Town on 12 June 2018, signing a three-year deal for a fee of £5.7 million. He struggled to impress David Wagner and only made four appearances for the Terriers before returning in Egyptian football in January 2019.

Return to Egypt
On 28 December 2018, Sobhi came back to his old club Al Ahly as a loan from Huddersfield for six months for a fee of £800,000. He extended his loan with Al Ahly for the 2019–20 season.

Sobhi made a move to the newly founded Pyramids FC on 7 September 2020.

International career
Sobhi made his national team debut against Tanzania on 14 June 2015 in the first round of 2017 Africa Cup of Nations qualifier at the age of 17 years, 11 months and 18 days, to become the second youngest player to ever play for the Egyptian national team after Mido. On 29 March, he scored his first international goal at the top level in a 2017 Africa Cup of Nations qualification game against Nigeria. In January Sobhi was selected by Héctor Cúper in the Egyptian squad that competed in the 2017 Africa Cup of Nations. Sobhi was mainly used as a substitute in the competition, featuring in four games out of the six as Egypt lost in the final to Cameroon. In May 2018 he was named in Egypt's preliminary squad for the 2018 FIFA World Cup in Russia.

In November 2019, he was the captain of the Egypt national under-23 football team in 2019 Africa U-23 Cup of Nations hosted by Egypt. Egypt won their first title by defeating Ivory Coast 2–1 in the final, with Ramadan scoring the second goal in the 114th minute. Ramadan was also selected as the best player of the tournament.

Style of play
Sobhi is mostly used upfront on either wing. However, he also can be used as an attacking midfielder or a secondary striker. His style of play combines dribbling, clinical passing, vision.

Personal life
Speaking in February 2016, Sobhi stated that he supports Spanish side Real Madrid. He is married to Habiba Ekramy, sister of Pyramids teammate and national teammate Sherif Ekramy, and daughter of Ahly Legend Ekramy El-Shahat.

Career statistics

Club

International

International goals
Egypt score listed first, score column indicates score after each Sobhi goal.''

Honours
Al Ahly
Egyptian Premier League: 2013–14, 2015–16, 2018–19, 2019–20
Egyptian Super Cup: 2014, 2015, 2018
CAF Champions League: 2019–20
CAF Confederation Cup: 2014
Egypt U23
Africa U-23 Cup of Nations: 2019
Individual
Africa U-23 Cup of Nations final Man of the Match: 2019
Africa U-23 Cup of Nations Best Player: 2019
Africa U-23 Cup of Nations Team of the tournament: 2019

References

External links

1997 births
Living people
Egyptian men's footballers
Egyptian expatriate men's footballers
Egypt men's international footballers
Al Ahly SC players
Stoke City F.C. players
Huddersfield Town A.F.C. players
Egyptian Premier League players
Premier League players
Expatriate men's footballers in England
Egyptian expatriate sportspeople in England
2017 Africa Cup of Nations players
Footballers from Cairo
Men's association football midfielders
Men's association football wingers
2018 FIFA World Cup players
Pyramids FC players
Footballers at the 2020 Summer Olympics
Olympic footballers for Egypt
2021 Africa Cup of Nations players


title: 2014 Camping World RV Sales 301

text:
The 2014 Camping World RV Sales 301 was a NASCAR Sprint Cup Series stock car race that was held on July 13, 2014, at New Hampshire Motor Speedway in Loudon, New Hampshire. Contested over 301 laps, it was the 19th race of the 2014 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series season. This race was the final NASCAR broadcast for TNT, ending a 32-year broadcast partnership with Turner Sports. Brad Keselowski won the race after leading 138 laps. Kyle Busch was second, while Kyle Larson (finishing as the best rookie), Matt Kenseth, and Ryan Newman rounded out the top five. Behind Larson, the top rookies of the race were Austin Dillon in 14th, and Cole Whitt in 28th.

Previous week's race
Aric Almirola scored his first career victory in the rain-shortened Coke Zero 400 at Daytona International Speedway. He said he could not "dream" of a better place to get his first win.

Report

Background

The track, New Hampshire Motor Speedway, opened June 5, 1990, as a four-turn oval track,  long. The track's turns are banked at two to seven degrees, while the front stretch, the finish line, and the back stretch are banked at one degree and are 1,500 feet in length. The track has a grandstand seating capacity of 93,521 spectators. Brian Vickers was the defending race winner from the 2013 race.

Entry list
The entry list for the Camping World RV Sales 301 was released on Tuesday, July 8, 2014 at 11:18 a.m. Eastern time. Forty-three drivers were entered for the race.

Practice

First practice
Jimmie Johnson was the fastest in the first practice session with a time of 28.148 and a speed of . Joey Logano crashed his car in turn one after blowing a left-rear tire; he likened the blowout to a similar occurrence in the race in 2013, adding that he was not "even close to saving that. I needed about 500 more yards of straightaway to save that one".

Qualifying

Kyle Busch won the pole with a new track record lap time of 27.574 and a speed of . After qualifying second, Johnson stated that "it's so tough to get a good lap around here...but Kyle found a little bit more out there than us".

Qualifying results

Practice (post-qualifying)

Second practice
Brad Keselowski was the fastest in the second practice session with a time of 28.478 and a speed of . Aric Almirola was forced to unload his backup car after suffering a left-rear tire blowout like Logano and crashing in turn three. Almirola was perplexed as to the reason why the blowout occurred, describing the situation as "weird".

Final practice
Brad Keselowski was the fastest in the final practice session with a time of 28.583 and a speed of .

Race

First half
The race was scheduled to start at 1:16 p.m. Eastern time, but the start was delayed by a few minutes due to technical difficulties before the pre-race command. Kyle Busch eventually led the field to the start. Jimmie Johnson had to make an unscheduled stop for a flat left-rear tire on lap seven, losing a lap in the process. A second blowout for Johnson – a left-front tire – five laps later, saw him hit the wall and brought out the first caution of the race on lap 14. The damage to the car ended Johnson's race, scored in 42nd position. The race restarted on lap 21 with Busch leading the field; he held the lead until the 63rd lap, when his Joe Gibbs Racing teammate Denny Hamlin assumed the lead. Hamlin gave up the lead on lap 74 to make his first stop, and Brad Keselowski assumed the lead. Keselowski ceded the lead to Kyle Larson when he made his pit stop, before the lead cycled back to Hamlin at the completion of green flag pit stops.

Second half

Keselowski retook the lead on lap 90, and held the lead until the second caution of the race on lap 112, caused by debris. Keselowski lost the lead during the pit cycle; he was beaten out of the pits by Kyle Busch, but Larson had stayed out and assumed the lead. Larson led the field to the restart on lap 119, holding the lead until lap 127, when Matt Kenseth took the lead. On lap 139, Keselowski returned to the lead of the race, and maintained his position until the third caution period of the race, due to debris on the backstretch on lap 153. Joey Logano took the lead during the pit stops, but lost the lead to Clint Bowyer at the restart on lap 158. Keselowski retook the lead on lap 177, just as another debris caution was called for. Keselowski maintained his lead for the next stint of the race, before the caution flag was flown again, on lap 212.

On this occasion, the caution period was down to a collision in turn three, between Logano and Morgan Shepherd, who at 72, was further extending his record of being the oldest driver to compete in a Sprint Cup race. Logano complained that he had “just got taken out by the slowest guy out there", while also stating that NASCAR should implement a driver's test. NASCAR defended Shepherd, saying he passed all the requirements, had his speed monitored, and ran well enough in relation to the leaders not to be black-flagged. NASCAR required that a driver run within 115% of the fastest final practice lap, which was 32.87 seconds at Loudon. Shepherd was well within the limits, running 31-second laps. Shepherd would ultimately finish the race as the last car running, 27 laps down in 39th position. During the pit stops, Bowyer exited first, and led the field to the restart on lap 219.

Final laps
Keselowski retook the lead on lap 230, holding the lead to the sixth caution of the race, on lap 249 for debris. Jeff Gordon stayed out while the leaders pitted and assumed the lead. Gordon held the lead until 32 laps to go, when Keselowski returned to the lead of the race. Keselowski maintained his lead until the end, despite a seventh caution – which caused a green–white–checker finish – with four laps to go, when Justin Allgaier hit the wall in turn three. Keselowski held off the advances of Kyle Busch to win for the second time in three races, and for the third time in 2014. Keselowski described the performance as "definitely good for when we come back here in September", but also stated that his team "have to keep working and plugging away". Gordon maintained his championship lead, despite running out of fuel in the closing stages, and ultimately finished 26th.

Race results

Race statistics
 Lead changes: 18 among different drivers
 Cautions/Laps: 7 for 35
 Red flags: 0
 Time of race: 2 hours, 58 minutes and 3 seconds
 Average speed:

Media

Television

Radio

Standings after the race

Drivers' Championship standings

Manufacturers' Championship standings

Note: Only the first sixteen positions are included for the driver standings.

Notes

References

Camping World RV Sales 301
Camping World RV Sales 301
Camping World RV Sales 301
NASCAR races at New Hampshire Motor Speedway


title: KCIZ-LP

text:
KCIZ-LP (103.5 FM) is a radio station licensed to serve Brunswick, Minnesota. Its call sign was assigned by the Federal Communications Commission on January 23, 2014, and the station was issued its broadcast license on January 17, 2017. KCIZ-LP is owned by the Lakes Media Foundation, a non-profit organization based in Mora, Minnesota.

The station is branded as Lakes 103. It airs a locally originated, automated Oldies format, consisting primarily of Top 40 music from the 1960s, 1970s, and early 1980s. Local weather forecasts and community calendar announcements are also broadcast periodically.

External links
Lakes 103 official website
Lakes Media Foundation website
Kanabec County Times article on KCIZ-LP
Press release: "Secrets revealed: Lakes 103 and other new details"

Radio stations in Minnesota
Low-power FM radio stations in Minnesota
Kanabec County, Minnesota
Radio stations established in 2017
2017 establishments in Minnesota


title: Glenden, Queensland

text:
Glenden is a mining town and rural locality in the Isaac Region, Queensland, Australia.

In the  the locality of Glenden had a population of 620 people, but the population subsequently declined rapidly, when the local mine changed its roster to a seven-days-on, seven-days-off roster, and is expected to continue to do so. Many residents are relocating to towns like Proserpine that offer a more stable environment.

History
Glenden was constructed by the Mount Isa Mines company (now Glencore) to provide accommodation for workers at their Newlands coal mine. The site, 30 kilometres from the mine, was chosen in 1981 and was constructed by the company and then given to the Shire of Nebo (which was amalgamated in 2008 to become Isaac Region) to administer.

Glenden State School opened on 25 January 1982.

Glenden Post Office opened circa 1983.

Glenden Christian School opened on 5 January 1995 but closed on 3 February 1997.

In 2023, there was outrage when it was announced that the town of Glenden would be demolished as it was a requirement of the original mine approval that a complete rehabilitiation of the area was undertaken when the mine closed. This announcement came at a time of high levels of homelessness in Queensland due to a shortage of homes. On 18 August 2023, the Queensland Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk announced that legislation would be enacted to prevent the demolition of the town.

Demographics
In the 2011 census, Glenden had a population of 1,308 people.

In the  the locality of Glenden had a population of 620 people.

Economy
The mine is the major employer in the town. The surrounding rural areas are mostly cattle grazing stations.

Education
Glenden State School is a government primary and secondary (Prep-12) school for boys and girls at Gillham Terrace (). In 2013, the school had 317 students and 25 teachers (24 full-time equivalent). In 2018, the school had an enrolment of 91 students with 15 teachers (14 full-time equivalent) and 12 non-teaching staff (8 full-time equivalent).

Facilities
Glenden Police Station is at 8 Bell Place ().

Glenden Fire Station is at 2 Bell Place ().

Glenden Primary Health Care Centre is at 4 Bell Place (). Glenden Ambulance Station is also located there ().

Glenden Water Treatment Plant is on Usher the south-west of the town  (). Glenden SES Facility is within the water treatment site on the south-east corner on Usher Street ().

Amenities
The Isaac Regional Council operates a public library in Glenden Shopping Centre in the Town Centre on Ewan Drive (). The council also operates the Glenden Recreation Centre in the Town Centre (). It also provides tennis and basketball courts off Bell Place (), the Maddern Oval on Gilbert Avenue, and the Glenden Swimming Pool at 21 Bell Place ().

St Paul's Anglican and Catholic Church is on the western corner of Perry Drive and Bell Place ().

Glenden Golf Club is an 18-hole golf course at the end of Golf Club Road ().

References

External links

Isaac Region
Localities in Queensland


title: The Suspect (1998 film)

text:
The Suspect is a 1998 Hong Kong action film written and directed by Ringo Lam and starring Louis Koo, Julian Cheung, Simon Yam, Ray Lui, Ada Choi and Eric Moo

Plot
Twelve years ago in 1986, Don (Louis Koo) was imprisoned due to murder and the fact he did not testify against the mastermind Dante (Simon Yam) and his friend Max (Julian Cheung), who was also involved of committing the crime. Twelve years later, Don is released from prison and decides not to repeat the same mistakes and make a fresh start. However, Don receives a sudden call from Dante and Max, who force him to assassinate the candidate running for the president of the Philippines. Don rejects their request, but later discovers that the target has been assassinated. Don realizes he has been framed by Dante and begins to exile. Later, with the help of King Tso (Ray Lui), a legion soldier who was hired to take down the murderer, and Annie (Ada Choi), a female reporter, Don reveals the evidence of Dante's crime and clears himself.

Cast
Louis Koo as Don Lee
Julian Cheung as Max Mak
Simon Yam as Dante Aquino
Ray Lui as King Tso
Ada Choi as Annie Chung
Eric Moo as Policeman
Philip Ko as Aquino's henchman
Johnny Cheung as Gary
Raven Choi
Iris Chai
Fok Wing-fu as Aquino's henchman
Mike Cassey as TV news reporter
Tang Cheung
Leung Ka-hei as Ray / Ah Hei

Reception

Critical
Love HK Film gave the film a mixed review describing it as being "more competent than spectacular, which registers the film as an eventual disappointment."

Box office
The film grossed HK$4,497,310 at the Hong Kong box office during its theatrical run from 16 July to 5 August 1998 in Hong Kong.

References

External links

The Suspect at Hong Kong Cinemagic

1998 films
1998 action thriller films
1998 crime thriller films
Hong Kong action thriller films
Hong Kong crime thriller films
Gun fu films
1990s Cantonese-language films
Films directed by Ringo Lam
Films set in Hong Kong
Films shot in Hong Kong
Films set in the Philippines
Films shot in the Philippines
1990s Hong Kong films


title: Equality Texas

text:
Equality Texas is a statewide political advocacy organization in Texas that advocates for lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) rights, including same-sex marriage.

History
Equality Texas was founded in 1989 as a 501(c)(4) nonprofit corporation. Equality Texas Foundation was founded in 1990 as a 501(c)(3) nonprofit corporation.

Structure
Equality Texas comprises Equality Texas Foundation, a 501(c)(3) nonprofit corporation engaged in research and public education on LGBT issues, and Equality Texas, a 501(c)(4) nonprofit corporation engaged in statewide political LGBT advocacy.

Programs
Equality Texas programs currently active include:

The Equality Poll
Public polling on state of LGBT issues in Texas.

Safe Schools Initiative
A public policy campaign advocating for changes in the Texas Education Code dealing with bullying and harassment.

Equality Project
A public education program on LGBT policy issues and their effect on Texas citizens.

Why Marriage Matters Texas
A program with Freedom to Marry working to legalize same-sex marriage in Texas. The program was launched in early 2014.

Pride in Faith
A public forum for open discussion about the intersection of faith and sexual identity.

Equality Is Good For Business
Public education campaign on major employers in Texas that have adopted LGBT-inclusive non-discrimination policies.

See also

 LGBT rights in Texas
 Recognition of same-sex unions in Texas
 List of LGBT rights organizations

References

External links

LGBT law in the United States
LGBT political advocacy groups in Texas
Organizations established in 1989
Organizations established in 1990
1989 establishments in Texas
1990 establishments in Texas
Charities based in Texas
Equality Federation
Organizations based in Austin, Texas
501(c)(4) nonprofit organizations


title: H. Percy Blanchard

text:
H. Percy Blanchard was a Canadian lawyer and science fiction author. Blanchard was born in Windsor, Nova Scotia in 1862. He later resided in Baddeck, Nova Scotia. He died in 1939. He is known for his novel After the Cataclysm: A Romance of the Age to Come. He also authored Draft of an Imperial Constitution, With Comments, a legal document proposing a constitution for the British Empire.

References

19th-century Canadian lawyers
Canadian science fiction writers
Writers from Nova Scotia
1862 births
1939 deaths
People from Windsor, Nova Scotia


title: List of Mi corazón es tuyo episodes

text:
Mi corazón es tuyo is a Mexican telenovela produced by Juan Osorio for Televisa, which is transmitted by El Canal de las Estrellas. The telenovela is an adaptation of the Spanish series Ana y los 7. It is adapted in Mexico by Alejandro Pohlenz, Marcia del Río and Pablo Ferrer.

Series overview

Episodes

Episodes 1—19

Episodes 20—39

Episodes 40—59

Episodes 60—79

Episodes 80—99

Episodes 100—139

Episodes 140—159

Episodes 160—176

Special episodes

Extras

References

Lists of Mexican drama television series episodes


title: Tobago cricket team

text:
The Tobago cricket team has represented Tobago in various matches since 1958. In the 1978–79 season it played first-class cricket in the Texaco Cup.

Tobago played their first match in 1957–58, a one-day match against the touring Pakistanis. Over the next 15 years several international teams played Tobago. All the matches took place at the Shaw Park ground in Scarborough. In 1964–65, in another one-day match, Tobago dismissed the touring Australians for 142 and in response made 145 after being 84 for 8.

For the 1978–79 season the first-class Texaco Cup was expanded to include Tobago as well as the four regional Trinidad sides that had competed in 1977–78. None of the Tobago players had played first-class cricket before. Tobago drew their first match, then lost their next three, two of them by an innings. They finished at the bottom of the table. All four matches were played on the Trinidad mainland. The leading wicket-taker was Alston Daniel, with 11 wickets at an average of 29.00; he later played for Trinidad and Tobago. The captain was Isaac Benjamin.

The Texaco Cup lost its first-class status after 1978–79. Tobago were scheduled to compete in 1979–80 but did not play any of their matches.

References

External links
First-class matches played by Tobago
Other matches played by Tobago

West Indian first-class cricket teams
Former senior cricket clubs of the West Indies
Cricket in Trinidad and Tobago


title: 2014 in the Central African Republic

text:
The following lists events that happened during 2014 in the Central African Republic.

Incumbents
 President: Michel Djotodia (until 23 January), Catherine Samba-Panza (acting) (starting 23 January)
 Prime Minister:
 until 10 January: Nicolas Tiangaye
 25 January-10 August: André Nzapayeké (acting)
 starting 10 August: Mahamat Kamoun (acting)

Events

January
 January 10 - Amidst pressure for failing to resolve ongoing conflict, President of the Central African Republic Michel Djotodia resigns nine months after Séléka toppled François Bozizé. Alexandre-Ferdinand Nguendet becomes acting president.
 January 11 - African migrants are to be evacuated as violence continues in the Central African Republic.
 January 20 - The transitional National Assembly of the Central African Republic chooses Catherine Samba-Panza as the interim President, making her the country's first female head of state.
 January 23 - Catherine Samba-Panza assumed office as the Head of State of the Transition of the Central African Republic.
 January 25 - André Nzapayeké assumed office as Acting Prime Minister.

February
 February 14 - Several massacres were committed by Anti-balaka against Muslim civilians. This forced thousands of Muslims to flee the country.

April
Militia attacked a convoy of Chadian troops and Muslims. Around 700 people were displaced.

See also
Central African Republic 2013-14 Events
History of the Central African Republic

Notes
Central African Republic was under conflict with the Djotodia administration from April 2013 to January 10, 2014.

References

External links
Central African Republic Public Holidays 2014 (Africa)
2014 Central African Republic Public Holidays Calendar -- Timebie

Years of the 21st century in the Central African Republic
Central African Republic
2010s in the Central African Republic
Central African Republic


title: Isidro López

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Isidro López may refer to:

 Isidro López (musician) (born 1929), Tejano bandleader Latin American music in the United States
 Isidro Lopez (Tohono O'odham leader), Native American tribal leader and Arizona politician
 Isidro Michel López (1870–1942), Mexican military officer
 Isidro Baldenegro López (c. 1966–2017), Mexican environmental activist, and tribal leader of the Tarahumara


title: Hater (Korn song)

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"Hater" is a song written and recorded by American nu metal band Korn. It was released as the third and final single from their eleventh studio album The Paradigm Shift on June 19, 2014.

Background
The song was written in 2014 to serve as a new single to promote a special release of The Paradigm Shift, titled The Paradigm Shift: World Tour Edition. It was officially released to radio stations on June 19, 2014 and was made available for digital download on July 1, 2014.

Composition
Regarding the song, lead vocalist Jonathan Davis says; "Everyone has someone who hates on you 'cause you have something they want. It's really, like, the first empowering song I've ever written. The lyrics are: 'You can’t bring me down/I've already had my life turned upside down/I ride a downward spiral round and round/But I keep flying, I keep fighting/You won’t ever bring me down.' That's like the most positive shit I've ever written. And everyone who's heard it loves it, and I think it's going to give people who get down on people picking on them and hating them, like, 'Fuck this! I don't give a fuck what you think. I don't give a fuck what you say. You just fuckin' are a hater.' I think people will relate with that."

Music video

The video, directed by David "Yarvo" Yarovesky, premiered on August 21 and features videos, submitted by fans, about their bullying experiences, alongside Davis trying to push through a grey veil, and pale men and women harming themselves and/or getting drenched in blood, most of the vignettes have a red and grey color scheme.

The video ends with the message "Self harm or suicide is never the answer. Don't let the haters win. - KoRn".

Track listing
Digital download
 "Hater" - 3:56

Charts

References

Korn songs
2014 singles
2013 songs
Songs about bullying
Songs about suicide
Songs written by Reginald Arvizu
Songs written by Jonathan Davis
Songs written by James Shaffer
Songs written by Brian Welch


title: Yuegong-1

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Lunar Palace 1, Moon Palace 1 or Yuegong-1 (Chinese: 月宫1号 or 月宫1 or 月宫一号 or 月宫一 ; pinyin: Yuègōng 1 hào or Yuègōng 1 or Yuègōng Yī hào or Yuègōng Yī) is a Chinese research facility for developing a moon base. It is an environmentally closed facility where occupants can simulate a long-duration self-contained mission with no outside inputs other than power/energy.

Facilities
Lunar Palace 1 occupies a 160m2 500m3 self-contained laboratory in Beijing composed of a 58m2 vegetation area of two cabins, a 42m2 living area with three bedrooms, dining room, bathroom and waste disposal chamber. The lab was designed by Liu Hong of the Beijing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics (BUAA). The lab is a type of bioregenerative life support system (BLSS), the third built in the world and the first in China.

With a crew of three, 55% of the food consumed is to be produced internally, balanced by reserves. The oxygen would be regenerated through the vegetation compartment, and the water is to be recycled internally. The crew's waste was composted.

Construction on the facility began in March 2013. The facility was unveiled on the Chinese New Year (31 January 2014). It was commissioned prior to the first mission starting in February 2014.

Missions

2014 - first research mission
The first research mission was the Permanent Astrobase Life-support Artificial Closed Ecosystem (PALACE) Research (aka "Lunar Palace-1"), a 105-day mission of three researchers. The one man, Dong Chen, and two women, Xie Beizhen and Wang Minjuan, volunteers from the BUAA, conducted the first long-duration research project of this kind in China, 3 February to 20 May 2014.

The crew grew five cereals, including wheat, corn, soybeans, peanuts and lentils; 15 vegetables, including carrots, cucumbers and  water spinach; and one fruit, strawberries. The wheat provided the main source of calories and the primary source of oxygen. Meat was the primary foodstock; however, meat was grown, in the form of yellow mealworms, the crew's primary protein source.

The diet studied was to determine if a space crew could subsist on a high protein diet with vegetables and mealworms. The mealworms, composed of 3/4 protein, were chosen due to a United Nations study recommending them as a food source for the poor and undernourished; however, it was met with resistance from Western astronauts. They have a tendency to escape confinement. Mealworms reached the size of fingers in weeks. The mealworms were fed the leftover and inedible parts of the produce.

The mission's ecological system was to be a testbed for the controlled ecological life support system (CELSS) for China's Tiangong space station. The BLSS system used on the mission was at the time the most advanced ever fielded.

2017-2018 - second research mission
For the second mission, two teams of four volunteers spent 370 days in isolation.

See also
 BioHome
 BIOS-3
 Biosphere 2, an environmentally cut-off research facility
 Biotron
 Chinese Lunar Exploration Program (CLEP)

References

External links
 '"Moon Palace 1" experiment succeeds'  - People's Daily, 2014 May 22 10:19

Controlled ecological life support systems
Artificial ecosystems
Ecological experiments
Human analog missions
Beihang University
Space farming


title: Isidro López (musician)

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Isidro López (May 17, 1929 – August 15, 2004) was a Corpus Christi, Texas-based Tejano bandleader, influential in Latin American music in the United States in the 1950s. Óscar Martínez joined the Isidro Lopez Orchestra in 1954 and penned "El Tejano Enamorado," Lopez' first hit.  Signed to Ideal Records in 1954, he released more than sixty singles and eight LP records in the 1950s and 1960s for that label.

References

1929 births
2004 deaths
American bandleaders
Tejano musicians


title: Islam Roshdi

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Islam Roshdi () (born 26 July 1989) is an Egyptian footballer playing for Egyptian club El Gouna. He primarily plays as an attacking midfielder.

External links

1992 births
Living people
Egyptian men's footballers
Men's association football midfielders
El Gouna FC players
El Minya SC players
Al Ahly SC players
Haras El Hodoud SC players
El Entag El Harby SC players


The American Board of Physical Therapy Specialties, often abbreviated ABPTS, is the organization responsible for certifying clinical specialists in physical therapy in the United States. It is a part of the American Physical Therapy Association (APTA).

See also
Physical therapy
American Physical Therapy Association

Physiotherapy organizations


title: List of Cultural Properties of Japan - paintings (Iwate)

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This list is of the Cultural Properties of Japan designated in the category of  for the Prefecture of Iwate.

National Cultural Properties
As of 1 July 2019, one National Treasure has been designated.

Prefectural Cultural Properties
As of 2019, nine properties have been designated at a prefectural level.

See also
 Cultural Properties of Japan
 List of National Treasures of Japan (paintings)
 Japanese painting
 List of Historic Sites of Japan (Iwate)
 Iwate Museum of Art

References

External links
  Cultural Properties in Iwate Prefecture

Cultural Properties,Iwate
Cultural Properties,Paintings
Paintings,Iwate
Lists of paintings


title: Isidro Michel López

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Isidro Michel López (15 May 1870, in Autlán de Navarro – 6 April 1942, in Autlán de Navarro) was a Mexican military officer who participated in the Mexican Revolution.

References

1870 births
1942 deaths


title: Margaret of Denmark

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Margaret of Denmark may refer to:

 Margaret Fredkulla (1080s–1130), wife of king Niels of Denmark
 Margarethe of Bohemia (1186–1212), aka Queen Dagmar, first wife of Valdemar II of Denmark
 Margaret Sambiria (1230–1282) of Pomerelia, wife of king Christopher I of Denmark
 Margaret I of Scandinavia (1353–1412), wife of Haakon VI of Norway, daughter of Valdemar IV of Denmark, mother of Olaf II of Denmark, also ruled Scandinavia as de facto queen regnant
 Margaret of Denmark, Queen of Scotland (1456–1486), queen-consort of James III of Scotland
 Princess Margaret of Denmark (1895–1992), wife of Prince René of Bourbon-Parma, daughter of Prince Valdemar of Denmark and mother of Queen Anne of Romania
 Princess Margaretha of Sweden (1899–1977), Princess of Denmark through her marriage to Prince Axel
 Margrethe II of Denmark (born 1940), the present head of state of Denmark


title: The Invisible Wall (1947 film)

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The Invisible Wall is a 1947 American film noir directed by Eugene Forde starring Don Castle, Virginia Christine and Richard Gaines.

The movie features an early performance by Jeff Chandler as a gangster.

Plot
Told in flashback, the film recounts how gambler Harry Lane (Castle) ended up accused of murder: Returned from the war he took up his old job working for bookmaker Marty Floyd (Keane). Dispatched by his boss to deliver $20,000 to a contact in Las Vegas, he foolishly loses some of the money at the gambling tables, then loses the rest of it to a conman (Gaines). His attempts to recover the money result in him accidentally killing the conman. In the end Lane is cleared when it is revealed that the victim was no victim after all.

Cast
 Don Castle as Harry Lane
 Virginia Christine as Mildred Elsworth
 Richard Gaines as Richard Elsworth
 Arthur Space as Roy Hanford
 Edward Keane as Marty Floyd
 Jeff Chandler as Al Conway
 Mary Gordon as Mrs. Bledsoe
 Harry Cheshire as Eugene Hamilton
 Rita Duncan as Alice Jamison
 Harry Shannon as Det. Capt. R.W. Davis
 Earle S. Dewey as Doctor Winters

References

External links

1947 films
1947 crime drama films
American crime drama films
American black-and-white films
1940s English-language films
Film noir
20th Century Fox films
Films directed by Eugene Forde
Films produced by Sol M. Wurtzel
1940s American films


title: Queen Margaret of Denmark

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Queen Margaret of Denmark may refer to:

 Margaret Fredkulla (1080s–1130), wife of king Niels of Denmark
 Margarethe of Bohemia (1186–1212), aka Queen Dagmar, first wife of Valdemar II of Denmark
 Margaret Sambiria (1230–1282) of Pomerelia, wife of king Christopher I of Denmark
 Margaret I of Denmark (1353–1412), wife of Haakon VI of Norway, daughter of Valdemar IV of Denmark, mother of Olaf II of Denmark, also ruled Scandinavia as de facto queen regnant
 Margrethe II of Denmark (b. 1940), the present head of state of Denmark


title: The Miami Story

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The Miami Story is a 1954 American film noir crime film directed by Fred F. Sears and starring Barry Sullivan, Luther Adler and Adele Jergens. It was produced by Sam Katzman for distribution by Columbia Pictures. The film features an introduction by Florida senator George Smathers.

Plot
Miami mob boss Tony Brill and hit man Ted Delacorte continue to elude the law. A scheme is hatched by attorney Frank Alton to bring former murder suspect Mick Flagg out of hiding, hoping he can infiltrate Brill's outfit.

Flagg reluctantly agrees. He leaves young son Gil with a Florida family, then gains Brill's trust, as well as that of Holly Abbott, whose sister Gwen is now the girlfriend of Brill.

Although he succeeds in disrupting Brill's business interests, Flagg is helpless to prevent Holly from being physically assaulted and Gil kidnapped. Holly betrays her sister, resulting in Gwen's arrest. A trap is set for Brill and Delacorte, who attempt to flee on a speedboat but are nabbed by the law.

Cast
 Barry Sullivan as Mick Flagg, aka Mike Pierce
 Luther Adler as Tony Brill
 John Baer as Ted Delacorte
 Adele Jergens as Gwen Abbott
 Beverly Garland as Holly Abbott
 Dan Riss as Frank Alton
 Damian O'Flynn as Police Chief Martin Belman
 Chris Alcaide as Robert Bishop
 Gene Darcy as Johnny Loker
 George E. Stone as Louie Mott
 David Kasday as 	Gil Flagg
 Wheaton Chambers as Harry Dobey, Editor
 John Hamilton as Clifton Staley
 Al Hill as 	Simmons, Detective
 Lili St. Cyr as 	Stripper

References

External links

Review of film at Variety

1954 films
1954 crime films
American crime films
American black-and-white films
Films set in Miami
Columbia Pictures films
Films directed by Fred F. Sears
1950s English-language films
1950s American films


title: Tatev (disambiguation)

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Tatev refers to the Tatev monastery (Տաթևի վանք)

Tatev may also refer to:
Tatev (village) (Տաթև) is a village and rural community in the Syunik Province of Armenia, home to the Tatev monastery
Wings of Tatev (Տաթևի թևեր. Tatevi tever) cableway between Halidzor and the Tatev monastery
Tatev Hydroelectric Power Station near the village of Tatev

People
Tatev Abrahamyan (1988) Armenian born U.S. women's chess player
Tatev Chakhian, Armenian poet, artist, editor and translator
Gregory of Tatev, Armenian philosopher, theologian and a saint in the Armenian Apostolic Church


title: Popover (GUI)

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A popover is a container-type graphical control element that hovers over its parent window and blocks any other interaction until it is selected. It can contain various other graphical control elements such as checkboxes, radio buttons, or list boxes. Like any container-type graphical control element, it is meant to group elements that belong together.

Popover graphical control element were introduced in GTK+ 3.12.

Apple included popovers in their human interface guidelines. Popovers are in use on the web. Bootstrap has a component to create popovers, similar to those found in iOS.

When hovering a link in Wikipedia, by default, there is a popup of page preview that is in a way popover: it includes a button and it has more content than in tooltip.

References

Graphical control elements


title: Alejandra Da Passano

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María Alejandra Ana Da Passano (26 July 1947 – 30 June 2014), better known as Alejandra Da Passano, was an Argentine actress of film, stage and television. Her best known films were El Señor Presidente (1970), Malevo (1972), and La Madre María (1974).

Da Passano was born in Buenos Aires to actors María Rosa Gallo and Camilo da Passano. Da Passano made her film debut in Pajarito Gómez (1964). Da Passano acted in film, television, and theater.

Da Passano was married to actor Rodolfo Ranni.

Da Passano died at the age of 66 in Buenos Aires. Da Passano is buried in Chacarita Cemetery.

References

Other websites

1947 births
2014 deaths
Actresses from Buenos Aires
Argentine film actresses
Argentine stage actresses
Argentine television actresses


title: Southern Texas PGA Championship

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The Southern Texas PGA Championship is a golf tournament that is the championship of the Southern Texas section of the PGA of America. The Southern Texas section was formed in 1968, and the tournament has been played annually since that time. Tommy Aycock, who played in 51 PGA tournaments between 1970 and 1991, holds the record with six victories in this championship. Babe Hiskey (three-time PGA tour winner), Don Massengale (two-time PGA tour winner), and Butch Baird (two-time PGA tour winner) also have victories in this tournament.

Winners

 2022 Steve Jurgensen
 2021 Ben Kern
 2020 Gilbert Mendez
 2019 Jared Jones
 2018 Omar Uresti
 2017 Jesse Droemer
 2016 Casey Russell
 2015 Omar Uresti
 2014 Ryan Polzin
 2013 David Von Hoffmann
 2012 Clayton Wonnell
 2011 Lonny Alexander
 2010 Brad Lardon
 2009 Tim Thelen
 2008 Tim Thelen
 2007 Lonny Alexander
 2006 Brad Lardon
 2005 David Lundstrom
 2004 David Lundstrom
 2003 David Lundstrom
 2002 Robert Thompson
 2001 Tim Thelen
 2000 Robert Thompson
 1999 Robert Thompson
 1998 Ken Kelley
 1997 Robert Thompson
 1996 Matt Swanson
 1995 Kirk Johnson
 1994 Steve Veriato
 1993 J. L. Lewis
 1992 J. L. Lewis
 1991 Tommy Aycock
 1990 Brent Buckman
 1989 Charlie Epps
 1988 Steve Veriato
 1987 Steve Veriato
 1986 Robert Thompson
 1985 Randy Petri
 1984 Charlie Epps
 1983 Babe Hiskey
 1982 Frank Conner
 1981 Tommy Aycock
 1980 David Lundstrom
 1979 Charlie Epps
 1978 Frank Conner
 1977 Bob Payne
 1976 Tommy Aycock
 1975 Don Massengale
 1974 Tommy Aycock
 1973 Tommy Aycock
 1972 Earl Jacobsen
 1971 Buddy Weaver
 1970 Babe Hiskey
 1969 Tommy Aycock
 1968 Butch Baird

References

External links
PGA of America – Southern Texas section

Golf in Texas
PGA of America sectional tournaments
Recurring sporting events established in 1968


title: Twenty-sixth Dynasty of Egypt

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The Twenty-sixth Dynasty of Egypt (notated Dynasty XXVI, alternatively 26th Dynasty or Dynasty 26) dynasty was the last native dynasty to rule Egypt before the Persian conquest in 525 BC (although others followed). The dynasty's reign (664–525 BC) is also called the Saite Period after the city of Sais, where its pharaohs had their capital, and marks the beginning of the Late Period of ancient Egypt.

History
This dynasty traced its origins to the Twenty-fourth Dynasty. Psamtik I was probably a descendant of Bakenranef.

Following the Assyrian conquest of Egypt by the Neo-Assyrian Empire during the reigns of Taharqa and Tantamani, and the subsequent collapse of the Twenty-fifth Dynasty of Egypt, Psamtik I was recognized as sole king over all of Egypt. Psamtik formed alliances with King Gyges of Lydia, who sent him mercenaries from Caria and ancient Greece which Psamtik used to unify all of Egypt under his rule.

With the sack of Nineveh in 612 BC and the fall of the Neo-Assyrian Empire, both Psamtik and his successors attempted to reassert Egyptian power in the Near East, but were driven back by the Neo-Babylonian Empire under Nebuchadnezzar II. With the help of Greek mercenaries, Pharaoh Apries was able to hold back Babylonian attempts to conquer Egypt.

The Persians would eventually invade Egypt in 525 BCE, when their king, Cambyses II, captured and later executed Psamtik III, in the Achaemenid conquest of Egypt, eventually founding the Achaemenid Twenty-seventh Dynasty of Egypt.

Archaeology
In May 2020, an Egyptian-Spanish archaeological mission headed by Esther Ponce revealed a unique cemetery, which consists of one room built with glazed limestone dating back to the 26th Dynasty (also known as the El-Sawi era) at the site of ancient Oxyrhynchus. Archaeologists also uncovered bronze coins, clay seals, Roman tombstones and small crosses. On October 3, 2020, Egypt unveiled 59 coffins of priests and clerks from the 26th dynasty, dating to nearly 2,500 years ago.

Art

Pharaohs of the 26th Dynasty

The 26th Dynasty may be related to the 24th Dynasty. Manetho begins the dynasty with:
 Ammeris the Nubian, 12 (or 18) years
 Stephinates, 7 years
 Nechepsos, 6 years
 Necho, 8 years.

When the Nubian King Shabaka defeated Bakenranef, son of Tefnakht, he likely installed a Nubian commander as governor at Sais. This may be the man named Ammeris. Stephinates may be a descendant of Bakenrenef. He is sometimes referred to as Tefnakht II in the literature. Nechepsos has been identified with a local king named Nekauba (678–672 BC). Manetho's Necho is King Necho I (672–664 BC); Manetho gives his reign as 8 years. Necho was killed during a conflict with the Nubian king Tantamani. Psamtik I fled to Nineveh – capital of the Neo-Assyrian Empire – and returned to Egypt when Ashurbanipal defeated Tantamani and drove him back south. Scholars now start the 26th Dynasty with the reign of Psamtik I.

Sextus Julius Africanus states in his often accurate version of Manetho's Epitome that the dynasty numbered 9 pharaohs, beginning with a "Stephinates" (Tefnakht II) and ending with Psamtik III. Africanus also notes that Psamtik I and Necho I ruled for 54 and 8 years respectively.

Timeline of the 26th Dynasty

See also

History of ancient Egypt
Twenty-sixth Dynasty of Egypt family tree
Late Period of ancient Egypt
Saite Oracle Papyrus

References

Bibliography
 Aidan Dodson, Dyan Hilton. The Complete Royal Families of Ancient Egypt. The American University in Cairo Press, London, 2004.
 Kenneth Kitchen, The Third Intermediate Period in Egypt, 1100–650 B.C. (Book & Supplement) Aris & Phillips. 1986 .
 Karl Jansen-Winkeln, Bild und Charakter der ägyptischen 26. Dynastie, Altorientalische Forschungen, 28 (2001), 165–182.

States and territories established in the 7th century BC
States and territories disestablished in the 6th century BC
26
Nile Delta
7th century BC in Egypt
6th century BC in Egypt
664 BC
7th-century BC establishments in Egypt
6th-century BC disestablishments
525 BC
1st-millennium BC disestablishments in Egypt


title: Oklahoma earthquake swarms (2009–present)

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The Oklahoma earthquake swarms are an ongoing series of human activity-induced earthquakes affecting central Oklahoma, southern Kansas, northern Texas since 2009. Beginning in 2009, the frequency of earthquakes in the U.S. state of Oklahoma rapidly increased from an average of fewer than two 3.0+ magnitude earthquakes per year since 1978 to hundreds each year in the 2014–17 period. Thousands of earthquakes have occurred in Oklahoma and surrounding areas in southern Kansas and North Texas since 2009. Scientific studies attribute the rise in earthquakes to the disposal of wastewater produced during oil extraction that has been injected more deeply into the ground.

Two of the most significant earthquakes in these swarms were the November 5, 2011 Prague earthquake east of the Oklahoma City area and the September 3, 2016 earthquake near Pawnee, north of Prague. The 2011 Prague earthquake, at reported magnitude 5.6, was at the time the strongest recorded earthquake in the history of Oklahoma. The 2016 earthquake was initially reported to be an identical 5.6 magnitude, but this was later upgraded to 5.8, making it the strongest earthquake on record. Simultaneously, the USGS upgraded the magnitude of the Prague earthquake to 5.7. Numerous seismologists had advised local residents of an even greater risk of earthquakes in 2014, by which time the number of earthquakes had increased to a dangerously high level. In response to the major increase in earthquakes in the Central United States, the United States Geological Survey (USGS) began developing a new seismic hazard model to account for risk associated with induced seismicity. By June 26, 2014, no fewer than six individual earthquake sequences in Oklahoma had been identified and named by the Oklahoma Geological Survey (OGS). Other swarms have been observed in south-central Kansas and North Texas.

In March 2013, a peer-reviewed paper published by a research team led by seismologist Katie Keranen at the University of Oklahoma in the scientific journal Geology reported that "the volume of fluid injected into the subsurface related to the production of unconventional resources continues to rise" and that there was a link between the "zone of injection and the seismicity" potentially triggering the Prague earthquake. On March 28, 2016 the USGS released the USGS National Seismic Hazard Map which concluded that the primary cause of the earthquake in Oklahoma in 2011 was pressure on fault lines from cumulative effects of injecting oil drilling wastewater under high pressure into the underground. Although the 2011 earthquake was the largest on record until that time, the USGS reported that the central and eastern U.S. (CEUS) had undergone the most dramatic increase in seismic activity in the United States since 2009 with an average of 318 earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 a year up from 24 a year from 1973 to 2008. In 2015 there were 1,010 earthquakes in the CEUS region. By mid-March 2016, there were already 226 earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 and larger in the CEUS.

Background
The first earthquake known to have occurred within the boundaries of Oklahoma since the state was established occurred in September 1918 when a series of shocks was felt in El Reno, Oklahoma, the strongest of which was an estimated intensity V on September 10. On September 27, 1929, another tremor of intensity VI was centered in the same area and was felt in central and western Oklahoma; minor damage occurred in nearby areas and one chimney fell. The total affected area was approximately .

A magnitude 5.5 earthquake had occurred near El Reno on April 9, 1952 at 10:29 a.m. CST (16:29 UTC). At the time, it was the strongest earthquake ever recorded in Oklahoma. Most of Oklahoma was affected, as were parts of Arkansas, Iowa, Kansas, Missouri, Nebraska, and Texas. Damage was not extensive, but local residents were alarmed, and several thousands of dollars in damage occurred. Chimneys were toppled, walls were cracked, windows were broken, and bricks were loosened from buildings. In Oklahoma City, a crack measuring  was found in the State Capitol following the earthquake. The earthquake, which occurred along the Nemaha Fault, had a maximum intensity of VII near the epicenter.

Scattered earthquakes occurred in Oklahoma between 1952 and 1969 with intensities as high as VII. Between 1978 and 2008, the average long-term rate of earthquakes was approximately two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater per year. However, in 2009, this number jumped to 20 with the beginning of several swarms of earthquakes in Oklahoma. Research suggests that most of the significant earthquakes in Oklahoma since the 1930s may have been induced by oil production activities, primarily waste-water disposal.

Earthquakes

2009–2010
The average number of earthquakes between 1978 and 1999 was 1.6 earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or higher per year. This average dropped even lower between 2000 and 2008, with no year ever having more than three earthquakes of greater than or equal to magnitude 3.0 during the period. However, totals well above the 1978–2008 averages were recorded in 2009, with 20 earthquakes with magnitudes of at least 3.0 recorded. By the end of the year, Oklahoma County had seen its most active earthquake year since 1889, as recorded by the Oklahoma Geological Survey.

Earthquakes continued in 2010, with numerous earthquakes occurring in Central Oklahoma; among these is an earthquake which took place on October 13 in the vicinity of Norman. With a USGS-assigned magnitude of 4.4 Mw, it resulted in two fall-related injuries, and the USGS received felt reports from seven states. The year ended with an annual statewide total of 43 earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater.

2011–2012

A rise in seismicity in Oklahoma was observed in 2011. Early on the morning of November 5, 2011, an earthquake with a magnitude of 4.8 struck an area east of Oklahoma City roughly centered between Sparks and Prague. At the time, it was the strongest earthquake associated with the rise in Oklahoma's seismicity. Less than a day later at 10:53 p.m., a 5.6 Mw earthquake occurred near the location of the preceding 4.8 magnitude earthquake, becoming the strongest earthquake observed with any of the swarms as well as the strongest earthquake in the history of Oklahoma. This also resulted in the reclassification of the magnitude 4.8 earthquake as a foreshock and the 5.6 magnitude earthquake as the mainshock. The earthquake received over 66,000 "Did You Feel It?" responses nationwide sent to the United States Geological Survey. It was believed that the earthquake had occurred along the Wilzetta Fault, also known as the Seminole Uplift. Following this earthquake, several portable seismograph stations were established by the USGS, OGS, and University of Oklahoma School of Geology and Geophysics to aid with detection of future earthquakes in the area. The 5.6 Mw mainshock was followed by a magnitude 4.8 aftershock slightly under two days later, and numerous other aftershocks occurred in the following months. Through the end of 2011, 64 earthquakes were recorded, nearly double the number recorded for 2010.

2012 saw a decrease in seismic activity in Oklahoma when compared to 2011, with a recorded annual total of 35 earthquakes magnitude 3.0 or greater, 29 fewer than recorded in the previous year.

2013–2014
On December 7, 2013, an earthquake occurred within the city limits of Oklahoma City in an area south of Lake Arcadia with a magnitude of 4.5 Mw. This was the strongest earthquake to occur in Oklahoma since the November 5, 2011 earthquake near the Prague–Sparks area east of Oklahoma City. For 2013, an estimated 109 earthquakes occurred according to the Oklahoma Geological Survey, a number substantially higher than in any previous year going back to 1978.

The 2014 total of 3.0+ magnitude earthquakes by May 2 was higher than the entire yearly total for 2013, at over 140 earthquakes. The number of earthquakes in Oklahoma increased by about 50% from October 2013 to May 2, 2014, prompting the United States Geological Survey to issue an uncommon "Earthquake Advisory" for Central Oklahoma warning of the elevated possibility of damaging, 5.5+ magnitude earthquakes. This was the first advisory in the United States ever issued east of the Rocky Mountains and remains effective.

On July 17, 2014, the United States Geological Survey released an updated map identifying seismic hazard for the continental United States. However, the earthquakes occurring in much of Oklahoma were not included in the creation of the map, for it is believed by the USGS that some degree of the earthquakes may have been induced by wastewater injection, and the map is meant to represent natural seismicity alone due to the unpredictable nature of earthquakes created by human industrial activities. Austin Holland of the OGS voiced concerns about the removal of the earthquakes in the map's creation, and he said "By removing them, we are underestimating the potential of serious seismic hazard in Oklahoma." William Ellsworth of the USGS responded by mentioning that the USGS was working on a new hazard model; "Everyone here thinks quakes, regardless of origin, need to be accounted for in our hazard model," he said.

The swarms, while initially located primarily further south, traveled northward from Central Oklahoma into Logan County in early 2014. Additional earthquake swarms initiated in north-central Oklahoma, including areas near Medford, Oklahoma. The latter swarms crossed into southern Kansas in 2013. Many earthquakes have also occurred in the southernmost part of Kansas since they began, with the most significant being a magnitude 4.9 earthquake on November 12, 2014, the strongest earthquake produced by the swarms since a magnitude 4.5 earthquake struck in Northeast Oklahoma City on December 7, 2013 almost a year earlier.

2015–2016

By the end of 2014, 567 earthquakes of at least magnitude 3.0 were recorded in Oklahoma, more than the number of 3.0+ magnitude earthquakes from the previous 30 years combined. In 2014, there were over twice as many earthquakes recorded in Oklahoma as in California, making Oklahoma the most seismically active state in the contiguous United States by a substantial margin. A review by EnergyWire examined earthquakes of greater than or equal to magnitude 3.0, and found that seismic activity in Oklahoma had been spreading northward into Kansas, which experienced a major jump in earthquakes from 2013 to 2014. As in southern Kansas, earthquakes increased in frequency in North Texas, with over 130 earthquakes occurring there from 2009 to early 2015.

For the first time, the United States Geological Survey decided it would include earthquakes believed to have connections to industrial activities in its National Seismic Hazard Map which sets standards for construction and insurance rates. According to USGS National Seismic Hazard Project head Mark Petersen, an updated version of the map would become available before the end of 2015. This marks a deviation from the past, with the USGS updating the National Seismic Hazard Map annually instead of every six years.

The United States Geological Survey updated its National Seismic Hazard Map in 2014; however, potentially induced earthquakes were intentionally not considered in this analysis as geologists were uncertain how to incorporate non-tectonic earthquakes. Several months later in April 2015, a comprehensive assessment was released analyzing the link between the increase in seismic activity in the Central United States and oil and gas operations. Seventeen induced seismicity zones for earthquakes over the past 50 years were delineated in this assessment, including one region encompassing northern Oklahoma and parts of southern Kansas, a second region covering central Oklahoma down to the Oklahoma–Texas border, and a third region encompassing the Dallas–Fort Worth area of Texas.

On April 21, 2015, the Oklahoma Geological Survey abandoned its skepticism of the possible link between earthquakes and industrial activities and said in an official statement that it "considers it very likely that the majority of recent earthquakes, particularly those in central and north-central Oklahoma, are triggered by the injection of produced water in disposal wells." In 2013, the seismicity rate was "70 times greater than the background seismicity rate observed in Oklahoma prior to 2008", potentially although unlikely explainable by natural variations in seismicity, but the seismicity rate by the time of the statement was "about 600 times greater than the background seismicity rate" and was "very unlikely the result of a natural process."

Late on August 16, the number of earthquakes in Oklahoma with moment magnitudes of ≥3.0 for the year of 2015 surpassed the yearly total for 2014 of 585 such earthquakes with over six times as many MW 3.0+ earthquakes as California. Through August 19, Oklahoma average 2.5 MW 3.0+ earthquakes a day in 2015; if earthquakes were to continue to occur at this rate through the remainder of 2015, Oklahoma would total over 912 such earthquakes, an increase of over 55% as compared to 2014.

On December 29, a magnitude 4.3 earthquake struck in northeastern Oklahoma County near the town of Edmond. The quake caused structural damage to at least one home and caused power outages to over four thousand residents. This was followed by a 4.2 magnitude earthquake on the morning of January 1, 2016, again in northeastern Oklahoma County in a nearby area. Then on January 6, two earthquakes - one of magnitude 4.4 and one of magnitude 4.8 - struck near Fairview in northwest Oklahoma within just 30 seconds of each other. On February 13, slightly over five weeks later, an earthquake with an estimated magnitude of 5.1 struck 28 kilometers (17 miles) northwest of Fairview. It was the third-strongest earthquake ever recorded in Oklahoma at the time it occurred.

Early on the morning of September 3, a 5.8-magnitude quake struck 9.3 miles (15 km) north of Pawnee, Oklahoma, breaking the record set by the 2011 earthquake near Prague, Oklahoma for the strongest quake in the state. Though the USGS originally stated that, like the Prague quake, its magnitude was 5.6, the USGS later upgraded the magnitude of the Pawnee quake to 5.8 while simultaneously retrospectively upgrading the Prague quake to 5.7. Just as with its predecessor in 2011, this quake also was reported to have been felt by people in other states; the USGS recorded reports of perceptible shaking as far north as Fargo, North Dakota and as far south as San Antonio, Texas. Multiple residential and commercial structures were damaged, and one person was injured in Pawnee when he was struck by falling bricks.

A large earthquake of magnitude 5.0 occurred on the evening of November 6, with an epicenter located one mile (2 km) west of Cushing in Payne County. It was the fifth-largest earthquake recorded in state history. Following the quake, images of damage to buildings in Cushing began to surface on Twitter and local news reported that the Cushing Fire Department had been inundated with calls of damage, but no injuries had been reported. The Cimarron Tower assisted-living apartment building incurred damage, with part of the building collapsing, and all of its elderly residents were evacuated. Additional damage was inflicted on the First Presbyterian Church. Cushing Public Schools canceled Monday classes to allow for damage to be evaluated. The largest oil storage hub in the United States, located in Cushing, did not report any damage. According to the city manager of Cushing, 40 to 50 structures in the city received damage.

2017–2018
In March 2017, an updated seismic hazard forecast, which like the 2016 version included the risk from induced earthquakes, was released by the United States Geological Survey. The new forecast incorporated earthquakes that occurred in 2016. In 2017 earthquake activity decreased dramatically compared to the previous years, with 294 magnitude 3.0 or greater earthquakes recorded in the state by mid-December. This was less than half the number of similar magnitude quakes recorded in 2016. A correlation between numerous waste water injection sites being closed or forced to reduce the volume of injection was reported by USGS geologists to have a direct link to the reduction in earthquakes.

On March 4, two magnitude 4.2 earthquakes struck near Enid, Oklahoma. One house in Breckenridge was badly damaged and others suffered structural damages, as well as cracks in walls or broken windows.

Cause

Researchers have correlated the increase in earthquakes in central and north-central Oklahoma to injection disposal of produced water from two actively drilled stratigraphic intervals: the Mississippi Lime play, in north-central Oklahoma and extending into Kansas, which uses hydraulic fracturing; and the Hunton dewatering play, in central Oklahoma, which does not use hydraulic fracturing. Both Mississippi Lime and Hunton plays produce large volumes of produced water; frac flowback makes up less than 5 percent of the injected wastewater. More than 70 percent of the produced water from both plays is disposed through permitted Class II injection wells into the Arbuckle Group where it rests on Precambrian basement. The increase in pore pressure can release pre-existing stresses along faults in the basement rock.

Between 2011 and 2014, the percentage of earthquakes spatiotemporally associated with injection wells has increased sharply by 87%. A study of historic earthquakes has concluded that "much of the earthquake activity in the 1950s and 1980–1990s was induced" by injection of wastewater in deep disposal wells and the cluster of activity since 2009 is not consistent with the natural rate of fluctuations seen in the past.

Governmental response
In September 2014, in response to the swarms of earthquakes, Oklahoma Governor Mary Fallin announced the creation of a "Coordinating Council on Seismic Activity" to help promote further understanding of the increase in seismicity. Fallin added, "We believe that by linking scientists and energy experts, we can develop sound regulatory practices and policies in our state while also alleviating any questions our citizens might have." The council, led by Michael Teague, is expected to include input from multiple areas, including "the Oklahoma Geologic Survey, the Oklahoma Corporation Commission, the Oklahoma Energy Resources Board, the University of Oklahoma, Oklahoma State University, the Oklahoma Independent Petroleum Association, the Oklahoma Oil and Gas Association, and various state legislators". However, some criticized the council, saying it included too many representatives from the oil and gas industry; additional critics pointed out the fact that Michael Teague was the Oklahoma Secretary of Energy. Teague replied by saying that he was also concerned with environment, and he followed by adding, "We are talking to environmental groups and industry folks and academic folks and state agencies and how do you bring them all together?"

After EnergyWire obtained Oklahoma Geological Survey email correspondence through an Oklahoma Open Records Act request in 2015, it was found that after the OGS acknowledged a link between oil and gas operations and the ongoing earthquakes in the latter part of 2013, state seismologist Austin Holland was called into a meeting with University of Oklahoma President David L. Boren and oil executives, one of whom was Harold Hamm, CEO of Oklahoma City-based Continental Resources. Holland had previously spoken with a senior official of the United States Geological Survey discussing the connection between a swarm of earthquakes near and east of Oklahoma City. Holland wrote to USGS science advisor Bill Leith in 2013 "Since early 2010 we have recognized the potential for the Jones earthquake swarm to be due to the Hunton dewatering," but he followed by saying "But until we can demonstrate that scientifically or not we were not going to discuss that publicly." In October 2013, a joint statement between the OGS and the USGS announced that "activities such as wastewater disposal" may be a "contributing factor to the increase in earthquakes." Holland was requested a week later to come to Oklahoma Corporation Commission headquarters by then-Commissioner Patrice Douglas for a meeting. Also sent for was then-president of exploration at Continental Resources, Jack Stark. As Holland recounted in a later email, Stark and Douglas were "concerned" by the joint statement.

In April 2015, the OGS changed its position and acknowledged that the earthquakes were "very unlikely the result of a natural process," and that the tremendous increase in the frequency of earthquake occurrence is likely due to the injection of produced water in disposal wells. The State of Oklahoma shortly after launched a website providing information about earthquakes in the state, including an interactive map where both earthquakes and disposal wells can be plotted. Before that time, the oil industry had successfully pressured the OGS to release a statement saying "The interpretation that best fits current data is that the Prague earthquake sequence was the result of natural causes" which the OGS later recanted.

In the immediate aftermath of the September 3, 2016 earthquake near Pawnee, the Oklahoma Corporation Commission issued an emergency order shutting down thirty-seven waste water disposal wells in the immediate vicinity of the epicenter. Governor Mary Fallin also declared a state of emergency for Pawnee County, where the worst of the damage from the quake was located. On September 16, less than two weeks after the earthquake, the Oklahoma Geological Survey announced that it had hired a new state seismologist, Jacob Walter.

"Traffic light" system
The Oklahoma Geological Survey has developed a "traffic light" system, which assigns "yellow light" status to some disposal wells, imposing limits on injection rates and pressures, and "red light" status to some injection wells, requiring them to shut down. Injection wells are regulated by the Oklahoma Corporation Commission, which regulates oil and gas in the state. The Corporation Commission has also required more than 50 disposal wells drilled down to the basement to be plugged back.

Following earthquake activity in Alfalfa County, Oklahoma near the Kansas–Oklahoma border in late-January 2015, the Oklahoma Corporation Commission ordered SandRidge Energy to shut down an injection well it was operating. This was the second wastewater injection well directed to "shut in" or halt operations by the agency since a new monitoring system was established in 2013. According to Matt Skinner, a spokesman from the commission, the directive was issued on February 3 in response to a magnitude 4.1 earthquake recorded in the area four days earlier. According to Skinner, "They were operating under a 'yellow light' permit with language that said shut in if there's any seismic activity."

Damage
As a result of the magnitude 5.6 earthquake on November 5, 2011, an estimated one million dollars in damage occurred in and around the Prague area. In April 2014, the United States Geological Survey released an analysis indicating that "the likelihood of future, damaging earthquakes [in central and north-central Oklahoma] has increased as a result of the increased number of small and moderate shocks."

In light of the greatly increased earthquake activity, about 15% of Oklahomans had purchased earthquake insurance by early 2015 according to Oklahoma Insurance Commissioner John D. Doak.

On June 30, 2015, the Oklahoma Supreme Court ruled that homeowners who had suffered injuries or property damage as a result of frequent earthquakes believed to be caused by industrial activities could legally sue for damages in trial courts. This ruling was issued in spite of efforts by the industry to prevent such lawsuits from being accepted. The case was originally brought before a state court by Gary and Sandra Ladra, whose home in Prague was damaged; she had also sustained physical injuries during the quake. It named the Spess Oil Company and New Dominion, LLC, two oil and gas companies, as named defendants in the case. The case was initially dismissed by a state court under the premise that such cases must go before the Oklahoma Corporation Commission as required by state law. After the Ladra's lawyer appealed to the state supreme court, the 7-to-0 ruling on June 30, 2015, was made. In July 2017, Spess came to a confidential settlement with the Ladras in the case.

Those who bought earthquake insurance were unlikely to benefit. Of the 250,000 plus earthquake policies sold between 2010 and 2016, only 1,136 claims were filed by homeowners, and only 202 received any compensation, under 18% of claimants. Insurers took in $135 million in premiums, but paid out only $4.5 million, $1.2 million of which was on a single home in an upscale Oklahoma City neighborhood.

Annual earthquake totals
Source: United States Geological Survey; valid through Feb 18, 2023

See also

Guy-Greenbrier earthquake swarm
Intraplate earthquake
List of earthquakes in Oklahoma
Environmental impact of hydraulic fracturing

Notes

References

External links

Official State of Oklahoma Website for Earthquakes
Oklahoma Geological Survey
Incorporated Research Institutions for Seismology Earthquake Browser – Vicinity of Oklahoma
Kansas Geological Survey: Kansas Earthquakes
StateImpact Oklahoma: Exploring the Link Between Earthquakes and Oil and Gas Disposal Wells
StateImpact Texas: How Oil and Gas Disposal Wells Can Cause Earthquakes
Oklahoma Earthquake Summary Report 2014
Reawakened Oklahoma Faults Could Produce Larger Future Events
Oklahoma Geological Survey Statement on Oklahoma Seismicity – April 21, 2015
USGS: Induced Earthquakes
USGS Forecast for Damage from Natural and Induced Earthquakes in 2016
USGS Information by Region - Oklahoma

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title: List of monarchs of Eswatini

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This article lists the monarchs (Ngwenyamas) of Eswatini (known as Swaziland for most of its history).

The King of Eswatini (also known as Ingwenyama) rules alongside the Queen Mother (also known as Ndlovukati). The role of the king has historically been as the head or father of the nation while the Queen Mother is the spiritual leader of the nation.

Ancient Kings / Chiefs of the Swazi people (pre–1745)
 Mkhulunkosi
 Qomizitha
 Sukuta
 Madlasomo
 Ndlovu
 Ngwekati
 Mawawa
 Sidvwabasilutfuli
 Sukumbili
 Mbokane
 Gebase
 Kunene
 Nkabingwe
 Madlabane
 Hhili
 Dulunga
 Dondobola
 Sihuba
 Mlangeni
 Msimudze
 Mbhondlo
 Tembe
 Sikhulumaloyo
 Langa Samuketi
 Nkomo: 1200–1300
 Khabako: 1300–1355
 Nkosi I: 1355–1400
 Ngwane I: 1400–1435
 Dlamini I (Matalatala): 1435–1465
 Mswati I: 1480–1520
 Ngwane II: 1520–1550
 Dlamini II: 1555–1600
 Nkosi II: 1600–1640
 Mavuso I: 1645–1680
 Magudulela: 1685–1685
 Ludvonga I: 1685–1715
 Dlamini III: 1720–1744

Kings of Swaziland (1745–1906)
 Ngwane III: 1745–1780 (The first King of modern Swaziland)
 LaYaka Ndwandwe (Queen Regent): 1780
 Ndvungunye (Zikodze, Mavuso II): 1780–1815
 Lomvula Mndzebele (Queen Regent): 1815
 Sobhuza I (Somhlolo, also known as Ngwane IV): 1815–1839
 Lojiba Simelane (Queen Regent): 1836–1840
 Mswati II (Mavuso III): 1840–1865
 Tsandzile Ndwandwe (Queen Regent): August 1865 – June 1875
 Crown Prince Ludvonga II (Macaleni) – Never became King
 Dlamini IV (Mbandzeni): 1875–1889
 Tibati Nkambule (Queen Regent): 7 April 1889 – 1894
 Ngwane V (Mahlokohla): January 1895 – 10 December 1899
 Labotsibeni Mdluli (Queen Regent): 10 December 1899 – 31 March 1906
 Sobhuza II: 10 December 1899 – 31 March 1906

Paramount Chiefs of the Swaziland Protectorate (1906–1968)

 Labotsibeni Mdluli (Queen Regent): 31 March 1906 – 22 December 1921
 Sobhuza II: 31 March 1906 – 2 September 1968 (assumed power on 22 December 1921)

Kings of Swaziland / Eswatini (1968–present)

"Authorized Person" during the minority of King Mswati III
Prince Sozisa Dlamini: 21 August 1982 – 1 November 1985

Regents during the minority of King Mswati III
Queen Dzeliwe: 21 August 1982 – 9 August 1983
Prince Sozisa Dlamini: 9 August 1983 – 18 August 1983
Queen Ntfombi: 18 August 1983 – 25 April 1986

Timeline since 1900

Royal Standard

See also
 Succession to the Swazi throne
 List of prime ministers of Eswatini
 Lists of office-holders

References

External links
 Rulers: Eswatini
 Swaziland Royal Family Tree
 Swaziland Nation Trust Commission: Swazi History
 Official Website of Swaziland Monarchy
 Swaziland government site: Kings of the Kingdom

Eswatini

Eswatini


title: Summer Games

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Summer Games can refer to:

 The Summer Olympic Games
 Summer Games (video game), a 1984 video game
 Summer Games II, a 1985 sequel to the above game
 Summer Games (1984 film), a 1984 Italian film
 Summer Games (2011 film), a 2011 Swiss film
 Overwatch seasonal events#Summer Games, a seasonal event appearing in Overwatch

See also
 Winter games (disambiguation)
 Games (disambiguation)


title: Jory Collins

text:
Jory Michael Collins (born October 14, 1978) is an American women's college basketball coach currently serving as the head coach for the North Dakota State program. From 2010 until 2018, Collins was the head coach at Emporia State University. Collins led the Emporia State Lady Hornets to eight consecutive winning seasons. Collins is the second winningest coach in Emporia State history with a record of .

Coaching career
In April 2010, Jory Collins was selected as the head basketball coach of the Emporia State women's basketball program following the resignation of then-head coach, Brandon Schneider, who had announced that he had accepted the position at Stephen F. Austin. Previously, Collins served as the assistant for Emporia State. Before becoming a full-time assistant for the team, he held several positions with the team including a Student Assistant and Volunteer Coach. In the 2004–05 season, he was a Graduate Assistant and in 2006, he was promoted to a full-time assistant.

Emporia State University (2010–2018)
During his eight seasons at helm of the Lady Hornets program, Collins won five consecutive MIAA tournaments from 2013 to 2017 and finished with combined a record of 199–58 overall and a 123–44 record in the MIAA. He is the first coach in Emporia State history to advance to six conference tournament championships and four regional championships in five years.

2010–11 season
In his first season, Collins led the Lady Hornets to a 20–9 overall, and 15–7 conference winning season. He led them to the MIAA Tournament title game, which they lost to the Northwest Missouri Bearcats.

2011–12 season
The following season, Collins led the Lady Hornets to a 23–9 overall, and 14–6 conference winning season. With that, the Lady Hornets advanced to their second consecutive MIAA Tournament title game, in which they lost. They also advanced on to the NCAA Sweet 16 where they lost to the Pittsburg State Gorillas.

2012–13 season
In 2012–13, the Lady Hornets were preseason ranked 19 in the WBCA poll. During the 2012–13 season, Collins lead the Lady Hornets went on to an overall record of 23–9, and 13–5 conference winning season. The Lady Hornets went on to their third consecutive MIAA tournament title game, in which they won against the University of Central Missouri Jennies 67–51. This was their fifth tournament win, and first since the tournament moved to Kansas City, Missouri in 2003. They again made it to the NCAA Sweet 16, where they lost to the Augustana Vikings 75–74.

2013–14 season

In 2013–14, the Lady Hornets were preseason ranked 9 in the Women's Division II Bulletin Preseason Top 10 Rankings poll. During the 2013–14 season, Collins lead the Lady Hornets went on to an overall record of 30–4, and 16–3 conference winning season. For the fourth consecutive season, Collins coached the Lady Hornets to their fourth MIAA tournament title game, in which they won against the Central Missouri Jennies. The Lady Hornets went to the NCAA Regionals, in which they lost to the Concordia–St. Paul Golden Bears 70–67. At the end of the season in March 2014, Collins was selected as the NCAA Division II Region 7 Russell Athletic/WBCA Coach of the Year.

2014–15 season
In 2014–15, the Lady Hornets were preseason ranked 7th in the Women's Division II Bulletin Preseason Top 10 Rankings poll. During the 2014–15 season, Collins lead the Lady Hornets to an overall record of 29–5, and 15–4 conference winning season. For the fifth consecutive season, Collins coached the Lady Hornets to their fifth MIAA tournament title game, in which they won their third-straight against the Fort Hays State Tigers 49–46. The Lady Hornets went to the NCAA Regionals, in which they again beat Fort Hays State in the Finals to advance to the Elite Eight. Collins then led the team to the Final Four, where they lost to the California Vulcans. In post-season honors, Collins won the Kansas Basketball Coaches Association "Coach of the Year".

2015–16 season
Entering into the 2015–16 season, the Lady Hornets were chosen as the national favorite in both the D-II Bulletin Preseason National Poll and the Women's Basketball Coaches Association, as well as the MIAA polls. The first loss of the season came in December against Fort Hays State, where the Tigers defeated Emporia State 71–70. The Lady Hornets would then go on to lose four more times by 15 or less points. The Lady Hornets ended the regular season 23–5 (17–5 in conference play)finishing in fourth place in the MIAA standings. The Lady Hornets competed in the MIAA Conference Tournament in Kansas City, Kansas, where they won their fourth straight Conference Tournament Championship. The Lady Hornets ended the postseason in their fifth straight Sweet 16, losing to conference rival Pittsburg State, and finished with an overall record of 28–6.

2016–17 season
After winning their fourth straight Conference Tournament Championship, the Lady Hornets entered the 2016–17 season ranked fourth in the nation. and the favorite to win in the MIAA. As was the case in the previous season, the Lady Hornets' first loss of the season came in December to Fort Hays State where the Tigers defeated the Lady Hornets by three points. The Lady Hornets would go on to finish out the regular season losing only three more times and winning most games by 10 or more points, finishing the regular season 24–4 overall, 15–4 in conference play tying for second place in the MIAA. The Lady Hornets won their fifth straight MIAA Conference Tournament Championship, and finished the postseason losing the Sweet 16 to Harding.

2017–18 season
The 2017–18 season brought some challenges to the Lady Hornets basketball team. Two of the team's seniors were out with knee and ankle injuries that occurred prior to the season. Collins led the Lady Hornets to an overall record of 17–11, and 11–8 conference record, ending a five-consecutive MIAA Tournament championship streak and marking the first time the Lady Hornets did not make the NCAA postseason since 2011.

North Dakota State (2019–present)
On April 29, 2019, Collins was named the next head coach for the North Dakota State Bison women's basketball program after serving one year as a women's assistant basketball coach at the University of Kansas. He will take over a struggling NDSU program in which their last winning record season was the 2009–10 season.

Head coaching record

Personal
Collins and his wife, Casey, have two sons Jett and Jude. Collins competed in high school sports. He received his bachelor's of science from ESU in 2002 and his master's degree in 2006.

References

External links
 North Dakota State bio

1978 births
Living people
American women's basketball coaches
Basketball coaches from Kansas
Emporia State Lady Hornets basketball coaches
Kansas Jayhawks women's basketball coaches
North Dakota State Bison women's basketball coaches
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title: Inka Pirqa

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Inka Pirqa or Inkapirqa (Quechua Inka Inca, pirqa (Kichwa pirka) wall, "Inca wall", Hispanicized spelling Incaperca) is a  mountain in the Andes of Peru. It is located in the Cusco Region, Canchis Province, on the border of the districts of Combapata and San Pablo.

References

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title: Janet Emerson Bashen

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Janet Rita Emerson Bashen (née Emerson; born February 12, 1957) is an American entrepreneur, business consultant, and software inventor. Bashen is best known for patenting a web-based EEO software application, LinkLine, now known as Nalikah, to assist with equal employment opportunity investigations and claims tracking. Bashen is regarded as the first African American woman to obtain a web-based software patent.

Personal life
Janet Rita Emerson was born on February 12, 1957, in Mansfield, Ohio to James Lucker Emerson Sr., a garbage collector, and Ola Mae Emerson, a nurse. Emerson's family moved to Huntsville, Alabama, where Emerson went to a segregated elementary school until the fifth grade when she entered Fifth Avenue School, a previously segregated school in Huntsville, Alabama.

Emerson married George Steven Bashen in 1988. They have two children.

Career
Bashen attended Alabama A&M a Historical Black College and University but did not graduate. Emerson enrolled in the University of Houston and graduated with a degree in Legal Studies and Government. Dr. Bashen attended Harvard University. Bashen is also a graduate of Tulane Law School. Bashen received a doctorate from USC's Suzanne Dworak-Peck School of Social Work.

After graduating from the University of Houston, Bashen worked for an insurance company handling claims related to Equal Employment Opportunities. Bashen would later receive a $5,000 loan from her mother and in 1994, began her own company, Bashen Corporation, to investigate discrimination claims filed by employees.

As her company grew, Bashen became aware of the need for better ways of storing and accessing the data related to claims. With her cousin, Donnie Moore, a Tufts University computer science graduate, Bashen began developing a software. This was the genesis for the software Nalikah, previously known as LinkLine. In January 2006, Bashen was awarded a Patent No. 6,985,922, B1, making her the first African-American woman to earn a web-based software patent.

Congressional testimony
In May 2000, Bashen testified before the U.S. House of Representatives that civil rights and employee misconduct investigations should be exempt from the Fair Credit Reporting Act.

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African-American business executives
American women business executives
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21st-century African-American women
20th-century African-American people
20th-century African-American women


title: Anzick site

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The Anzick site (24PA506) in Park County, Montana, United States, is the only known Clovis burial site in the New World. The term "Clovis" is used by archaeologists to define one of the New World's earliest hunter-gatherer cultures and is named after the site near Clovis, New Mexico, where human artifacts were found associated with the procurement and processing of mammoth and other large and small fauna.

Discovery

In 1961, while hunting marmots at a sandstone outcrop on the Anzick family property, about one mile south of Wilsall, Montana, Bill Roy Bray found a stone projectile point and bones that were covered with red ocher. In the same area, in May 1968, Ben Hargis and Calvin Sarver of Wilsall, Montana were removing talus from the same outcrop and inadvertently found the red ocher-covered partial remains of a one- to two-year-old child (Anzick-1) associated with stone (8 fluted projectile points, scrapers, heat treated bi-faces), bone and antler artifacts, totaling 90, that were radiocarbon dated at about 12,000 years Before Present. Nineteen additional artifacts were found in the area. Two antler rods associated with the burial also radiocarbon dated to the same time. The stone use came from 6 different quarries.  In another location in the same area, not associated with the Clovis child, the men found a partial skull fragment of a 6- to 8-year-old male child (Anzick-2) that radiocarbon dated to around 8600 years Before Present. Dr. Larry Lahren, a North American archaeologist from Livingston, Montana was the first researcher to examine and record the site (24PA506), artifacts and human remains at the request of Ben Hargis not long after the discovery in 1968. The artifacts, not including the human remains, are at the Montana Historical Society and the Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History.

The first systematic excavation of the site was performed under the direction of Dr. Dee C. Taylor of the University of Montana in 1968. Dr. Taylor published his findings in 1969.  He reported that none of the artifacts and skeletal remains had been left in-situ by Hargis and Sarver, and that soil and objects from multiple stratigraphic layers had been mixed and back-filled by the ranch owner before archaeological examination was undertaken.  According to Dr. Taylor, the 90 artifacts recovered by Hargis and Sarver included items from multiple eras, leaving carbon dating as the only means of establishing the site as a Clovis-era burial.

Human remains

For thirty years, the skeletal remains were in the private possession of a former investigator. Since 1998, they have been in the possession of one of the landowners. Because of the manner in which the site was discovered, its importance was initially dismissed but subsequently confirmed.  The remains are known as Anzick-1.

References

Further reading
 Canby, T. Y., "Far-flung Search for the First Americans", National Geographic Magazine 156(3), pp. 330-363, 1979
 Jennifer Raff and Deborah a. Bolnick, "Genetic Roots of the First Americans", Nature 506, pp. 162–163. 2014
 White, Samuel Stockton V., "The Anzick Site: Cultural Balance and the Treatment of Ancient Human Remains (Toward a Collaborative Standard)", Theses, Dissertations, Professional Papers, Missoula, MT: University of Montana ScholarWorks, Graduate School, M.A. Thesis, 2015
 White, Samuel Stockton V., "THE ANZICK ARTIFACTS: A HIGH-TECHNOLOGY FORAGER TOOL ASSEMBLAGE", Ph.D. Dissertation, Graduate Student Theses, Dissertations, & Professional Papers, 2019
 "Investigating The First Peoples,The Clovis Child Burial" - Montana Curriculum Guide - 2014

Clovis sites
Park County, Montana
Oldest human remains in the Americas