"The Maiden Flight of McCauley's Bellerophon" is a science fiction/magical realism novella by the American writer Elizabeth Hand. It was first published in the Neil Gaiman/Al Sarrantonio-edited anthology Stories: All-New Tales, in 2010, and subsequently republished in Hand's 2012 anthology Errantry: Strange Stories from Small Beer Press.

Synopsis
An aviation historian is terminally ill. As a last gift, her friends decide to falsify evidence that will support her personal theory regarding the invention of flight.

Reception
"Maiden Flight" won the 2011 World Fantasy Award for Best Novella, and was nominated for the 2011 Hugo Award for Best Novella and the 2011 Theodore Sturgeon Memorial Award

Theodora Goss calls it "simple on one level and intensely complicated on another. And beautiful, and a joy to read," while the Portland Press Herald described it as "bittersweet" and "magical", and Roz Kaveney judged it "possibly the best" story in the anthology.

Genre
Hand has stated that the story "balance[s] on a knife-edge between fantasy and science fiction," with "elements of both", and declined to further explain what happens in it, saying "You tell me."

References

External links
Text of the story at ElizabethHand.com

World Fantasy Award for Best Novella winners
2010 short stories
Works by Elizabeth Hand


title: Woodville, Tennessee

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Woodville is an unincorporated community in Chester County, Tennessee.

Geography
The community is situated on Tennessee State Route 225.

History

Woodville is a community located along Tennessee State Route 225 and was originally part of McNairy County, but became part of Chester County when that county was formed. During the Civil War sentiment was divided in this area, as with other parts of Tennessee, between the Union and Confederacy. Fielding Hurst formed a Union Cavalry Regiment from people in this area. This area has been referred to by some historians as The Hurst Nation.

References

Chester County Tennessee History and Families 1882 - 1995, Copyright 1995 Chester County Historical Society

Unincorporated communities in Chester County, Tennessee
Unincorporated communities in Tennessee
Jackson metropolitan area, Tennessee


title: Witchboard III: The Possession

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Witchboard III: The Possession (released in some territories as Witchboard: The Possession) is a 1995 Canadian horror film directed by Peter Svatek and starring David Nerman, Elizabeth Lambert, Cedric Smith, Donna Sarrasin, and Danette MacKay. It is the second sequel to the film Witchboard (1986), following Witchboard 2: The Devil's Doorway (1993).

Plot
Brian (David Nerman), is an unemployed broker who befriends his landlord Francis (Cedric Smith) only to find out that the old man is, in reality, a demon named Kral. After trapping Brian's soul via a Ouija board, Kral assumes Brian's identity and attempts to impregnate his wife Julie (Elizabeth Lambert). With the sudden change in Brian's personality, Julie begins to suspect that something is wrong, and, when she finds the demon's Ouija board, she contacts her husband. Discovering the truth, Julie tracks down Francis's ex-wife: the only person who can help her defeat the evil creature that has taken possession of her husband.

Cast
 David Nerman as Brian
 Elizabeth Lambert as Julie
 Cedric Smith as Francis
 Donna Sarrasin as Lisa
 Danette MacKay as Dora
 Cas Anvar as Paramedic

Release
After first film, which was released theatrically, became popular on home video, the sequels were released direct-to-video.  Republic Pictures released it in the United States in December 1995.  Téléscéne released it in Canada on February 16, 1996.  International distribution was by Fries/Schultz Film Group.

Production
Unlike the first two films, which were shot in California, this film was shot in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. Shooting started on December 7, 1994, and was scheduled to end on December 30. Kevin S. Tenney, the writer-director of the first two films, co-wrote the script for Witchboard III. Svatek said the script was delivered to him without previously having met Tenney. Some of the special effects were designed by KNB EFX Group, which is located in Los Angeles.  To collaborate, Svatek and KNB traded faxes of designs.  Elizabeth "Locky" Lambert was drawn to her character's active role in saving her husband rather than being a passive victim. Lambert said she was encouraged to give input about her character and felt the film's more exploitative elements were still tastefully done.

Reception
Comparing it to the other films in the series, Fangoria called it "the weakest of the lot".  The reviewer said it "moves along at a nice pace" but "never gets anywhere", focusing on poorly-done exploitation instead of horror.  In rating it 2/5 stars, TV Guide wrote that although it "has moments of high energy", the film loses its focus and spends too much time on special effects and nudity.  Daniel Kurland of Bloody Disgusting wrote that Witchboard III "likes to pile on its gore" in an entertaining way, but the scenes are nonsensical.

References

External links

1995 films
1995 direct-to-video films
1995 horror films
Canadian supernatural horror films
English-language Canadian films
1990s English-language films
Films shot in Montreal
Direct-to-video horror films
Direct-to-video sequel films
Films about board games
Films directed by Peter Svatek
1990s Canadian films


title: Abia sericea

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Abia sericea, common name club horned sawfly or scabious sawfly, is a species of sawflies belonging to the family Cimbicidae.

Distribution and habitat
This species can be found in most of European countries. It mainly occurs in wet meadows and forests, but its narrow habitat is restricted to the range of its host plant.

Description
Abia sericea can reach a length of . The adults have a large body with a showy metallic green-golden or bronze abdomen. The thorax is black, with bluish sheen and it is slightly hairy. Wings are transparent, with brown markings in the middle. Antennae are yellow-reddish, while other species in this genus have totally or partially black antennae. Legs are yellow, with black thighs at their base.

Biology
Adults can be seen from May to October feeding on nectar of Devil's-bit Scabious (Succisa pratensis), of Ferulago galbanifera (syn. F. campestris) and of the giant fennel (Ferula communis).

Larva can reach a length of about . They have a sandy background colour with black and yellow spots. They are oligophagous, mainly feeding between June and September on Devil's-bit Scabious (Succisa pratensis), Field Scabious (Knautia arvensis), cream scabious (Scabiosa ochroleuca ) and on various Dipsacus species.

References

External links
 Image of larva on Flickriver
 Galerie-insecte.org

Tenthredinoidea
Hymenoptera of Europe
Insects described in 1767
Taxa named by Carl Linnaeus


title: 1931 LSU Tigers football team

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The 1931 LSU Tigers football team was an American football team that represented Louisiana State University (LSU) during the 1931 college football season as a member of the Southern Conference. In their fourth year under head coach Russ Cohen, the Tigers compiled an overall record of 5–4, with a mark of 3–2 in conference play. The 35–0 victory over Spring Hill was the first night-game in Tiger Stadium.

Schedule

References

LSU
LSU Tigers football seasons
LSU Tigers football


title: Kiss curl

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A kiss curl describes a lock of hair curling onto the face and usually plastered down. Although the curl could be flattened with saliva (hence its alternative name spit curl), soap or hair lotion is more typically used.

Pre-20th century
In the late seventeenth century, there was a fashion for fringes composed of curls described as fripons, guigne-galants, or 'kiss-curls', sometimes augmented with false hair.

20th-century onwards
The kiss-curl was worn by both men and women.

It became a trademark of the singer Bill Haley, who wore a large spit curl over his right eye to divert attention from the other blind eye. Other people who became known for kiss/spit curls included Josephine Baker, Diana Ross, and Superman.

In the early episodes of the TV drama serirs Agatha Christie's Poirot, the character of Poirot's assistant Miss Lemon, portrayed by Pauline Moran, is shown with five spit curls across her forehead.

See also
List of hairstyles
Lovelock (hair) braided hair to the side, sometimes on the forehead

References

External links

Human hair
Hairstyles


The Women's Malaysian Open Squash Championships 2014 is the women's edition of the 2014 Malaysian Open Squash Championships, which is a tournament of the WSA World Series event Gold (prize money: 70 000 $). The event took place in Kuala Lumpur in Malaysia from 18 to 23 August. Raneem El Weleily won her second Malaysian Open trophy, beating Nour El Tayeb in the final.

Prize money and ranking points
For 2014, the prize purse was $70,000. The prize money and points breakdown is as follows:

Seeds

Draw and results

See also
WSA World Series 2014
Malaysian Open Squash Championships
Men's Malaysian Open Squash Championships 2014

References

External links
WSA Malaysian Open Squash Championships website
CIMB Malaysian Open 2013 Squashsite website

Squash tournaments in Malaysia
Kuala Lumpur Open Squash Championships
Squash
2014 in women's squash
Women in Kuala Lumpur


title: Aurora Generator Test

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Idaho National Laboratory ran the Aurora Generator Test in 2007 to demonstrate how a cyberattack could destroy physical components of the electric grid. The experiment used a computer program to rapidly open and close a diesel generator's circuit breakers out of phase from the rest of the grid, thereby subjecting the engine to abnormal torques and ultimately causing it to explode. This vulnerability is referred to as the Aurora Vulnerability.

This vulnerability is especially a concern because most grid equipment supports using Modbus and other legacy communications protocols that were designed without security in mind. As such, they do not support authentication, confidentiality, or replay protection.  This means that any attacker that can communicate with the device can control it and use the Aurora Vulnerability to destroy it.

Experiment
To prepare for the experiment, the researchers procured and installed a 2.25 MW (3000 horsepower) generator and connected it to the substation. They also needed access to a programmable digital relay or another device capable of controlling the breaker. Although such access can be through a mechanical or digital interface, in this case the latter was used.

A generator unit consists of a diesel engine mechanically linked to an alternator.  In many commercial-industrial settings, multiple generators need to operate together in tandem, in order to provide power to the desired load.  A generator that is operating normally is synchronized with either the power grid or with one or more additional generators (for example in an "islanded" independent power network as might be used in a remote location or for emergency backup power).  When generators are operating in synchronicity, effectively their alternators are magnetically locked together.

In the Aurora experiment, the researchers used a cyberattack to open and close the breakers out of sync, in order to deliberately maximize the stress. Each time the breakers were closed, the torque induced in the alternator (as a result of the out-of-synchrony connection) caused the entire generator to bounce and shake.  The generator used in the experiment was equipped with a resilient rubber rotating coupling (located between the diesel engine and the alternator, thus indirectly connecting the engine's steel crankshaft to the alternator's steel shaft).

During the initial steps of the attack, black rubber pieces were ejected as the rotating coupling was incrementally destroyed (as a result of the extremely abnormal torques induced by the out-of-synchronization alternator on the diesel engine's crankshaft).  The rotating rubber coupling was soon destroyed outright, whereupon the diesel engine itself was then quickly ripped apart, with parts sent flying off. Some parts of the generator landed as far as 80 feet away from the generator. In addition to the massive and obvious mechanical damage to the diesel engine itself, evidence of overheating of the alternator was later observed (upon subsequent disassembly of the unit).

In this attack, the generator unit was destroyed in roughly three minutes. However, this process took three minutes only because the researchers assessed the damage from each iteration of the attack. A real attack could have destroyed the unit much more quickly.  For example, a generator built without a rotating rubber coupling between the diesel engine and the alternator would experience the crankshaft-destroying abnormal forces in its diesel engine immediately, given the absence of a shock-absorbing material between these two rotating components.  A generator unit assembled in this way could see its diesel engine ruined by a single out-of-synchrony connection of the alternator.

The Aurora experiment was designated as unclassified, for official use only. On September 27, 2007, CNN published an article based on the information and video DHS released to them, and on July 3, 2014, DHS released many of the documents related to the experiment as part of an unrelated FOIA request.

Vulnerability
The Aurora vulnerability is caused by the out-of-sync closing of the protective relays.

"A close, but imperfect, analogy would be to imagine the effect of shifting a car into Reverse while it is being driven on a highway, or the effect of revving the engine up while the car is in neutral and then shifting it into Drive."

"The Aurora attack is designed to open a circuit breaker, wait for the system or generator to slip out of synchronism, and reclose the breaker, all before the protection system recognizes and responds to the attack... Traditional generator protection elements typically actuate and block reclosing in about 15 cycles. Many variables affect this time, and every system needs to be analyzed to determine its specific vulnerability to the Aurora attack... Although the main focus of the Aurora attack is the potential 15-cycle window of opportunity immediately after the target breaker is opened, the overriding issue is how fast the generator moves away from system synchronism."

Potential impact

The failure of even a single generator could cause widespread outages and possibly cascading failure of the entire power grid as occurred in the Northeast blackout of 2003. Additionally, even if there are no outages from the removal of a single component (N-1 resilience), there is a large window for a second attack or failure as it could take more than a year to replace a destroyed generator, because many generators and transformers are custom-built.

Mitigations

The Aurora vulnerability can be mitigated by preventing the out-of-phase opening and closing of the breakers. Some suggested methods include adding functionality in protective relays to ensure synchronism and adding a time delay for closing breakers.

One mitigation technique is to add a synchronism-check function to all protective relays that potentially connect two systems together. To implement this, the function must prevent the relay from closing unless the voltage and frequency are within a pre-set range.

Devices such as the IEEE 25 Sync-Check relay and IEEE 50 can be used to prevent out-of-phase opening and closing of the breakers.

Diesel engines can also be equipped with independent sensors that detect abnormal vibration signatures.  It is possible to design such a sensor to immediately trigger a complete shutdown of the generator upon detection of a single major excursion from the vibration signature of a normally operating engine.  However, the damage from that single excursion might already be substantial, particularly if a resilient rubber coupling between the engine and the alternator is not present.

Criticisms

There was some discussion as to whether Aurora hardware mitigation devices (HMD) can cause other failures. In May 2011, Quanta Technology published an article that used RTDS (Real Time Digital Simulator) testing to examine the "performance of multiple commercial relay devices available" of Aurora HMDs. To quote: "The relays were subject to different test categories to find out if their performance is dependable when they need to operate, and secure in response to typical power system transients such as faults, power swing and load switching... In general, there were technical shortcomings in the protection scheme’s design that were identified and documented using the real time testing results. RTDS testing showed that there is, as yet, no single solution that can be widely applied to any case, and that can present the required reliability level." A presentation from Quanta Technology and Dominion succinctly stated in their reliability assessment "HMDs are not dependable, nor secure."

Joe Weiss, a cybersecurity and control system professional, disputed the findings from this report and claimed that it has misled utilities. He wrote: "This report has done a great deal of damage by implying that the Aurora mitigation devices will cause grid issues. Several utilities have used the Quanta report as a basis for not installing any Aurora mitigation devices. Unfortunately, the report has several very questionable assumptions. They include applying initial conditions that the hardware mitigation was not designed to address such as slower developing faults, or off nominal grid frequencies. Existing protection will address “slower” developing faults and off nominal grid frequencies (<59 Hz or >61 Hz). The Aurora hardware mitigation devices are for the very fast out-of-phase condition faults that are currently gaps in protection (i.e., not protected by any other device) of the grid."

Timeline

On March 4, 2007, Idaho National Laboratory demonstrated the Aurora vulnerability.

On June 21, 2007, NERC notified industry about the Aurora vulnerability.

On September 27, 2007, CNN released a previously classified demonstration video of the Aurora attack on their homepage. That video can be downloaded from here.

On October 13, 2010, NERC released a recommendation to industry on the Aurora vulnerability.

On July 3, 2014, the US Department of Homeland Security released 840 pages of documents related to Aurora.

See also
 Brittle Power
 Electromagnetic pulse
 Energy security
 List of power outages
 New York City blackout of 1977
 Programmable logic controller
 Resilient control systems
 Vulnerability of nuclear plants to attack
 When Technology Fails
 Metcalf sniper attack

References

External links
 http://www.langner.com/en/2014/07/09/aurora-revisited-by-its-original-project-lead/
 http://www.powermag.com/what-you-need-to-know-and-dont-about-the-aurora-vulnerability/?printmode=1
 http://breakingenergy.com/2013/09/13/the-all-too-real-cyberthreat-nobody-is-prepared-for-aurora/
 http://www.computerworld.com/s/article/9039678/Simulated_attack_points_to_vulnerable_U.S._power_infrastructure
 http://www.computerworld.com/s/article/9249642/New_docs_show_DHS_was_more_worried_about_critical_infrastructure_flaw_in_07_than_it_let_on
 http://threatpost.com/dhs-releases-hundreds-of-documents-on-wrong-aurora-project
 http://news.infracritical.com/pipermail/scadasec/2014-July/thread.html
 https://web.archive.org/web/20140903052039/http://www.thepresidency.org.70-32-102-141.pr6m-p7xj.accessdomain.com/sites/default/files/Grid%20Report%20July%2015%20First%20Edition.pdf (Page 30)
 http://www.infosecisland.com/blogview/20925-Misconceptions-about-Aurora-Why-Isnt-More-Being-Done.html
 https://www.sce.com/wps/wcm/connect/c5fe765f-f66b-4d37-8e9f-7911fd6e7f3b/AURORACustomerOutreach.pdf?MOD=AJPERES

Cyberattacks
Cyberwarfare
Computer security
Energy infrastructure
Industrial computing
Electrical grid


Visa requirements for Seychellois citizens are administrative entry restrictions by the authorities of other states placed on citizens of Seychelles. As of 2 July 2019, Seychellois citizens had visa-free or visa on arrival access to 149 countries and territories, ranking the Seychellois passport 27th in terms of travel freedom, and best ranking African country, according to the Henley Passport Index.

As of April 2019, Brunei, Grenada, Mauritius and Seychelles are the only countries whose citizens may travel without a visa to China, Russia, Schengen Area and the United Kingdom.

Visa requirements map

Visa requirements

Dependent, Disputed, or Restricted territories
Unrecognized or partially recognized countries

Dependent and autonomous territories

See also

Visa policy of Seychelles
Seychellois passport
Foreign relations of Seychelles

References

Notes

External links
Travel & Visa: Countries Where Seychelles Nationals Do Not Require a Visa , Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Seychelles

Seychellois
Foreign relations of Seychelles


title: Jazmine Reeves

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Jazmine Dahn Reeves (born January 30, 1992) is an American retired soccer forward who played one season in the National Women's Soccer League for the Boston Breakers.

Early life
Born in San Bernardino, California to parents Harry and Katherine Reeves, Jazmine was raised in Dover, Delaware with her younger brother, Cody. She attended Caesar Rodney High School where she played varsity soccer for four years. Reeves was twice named Delaware Player of the Year from 2008–2009 and earned Gatorade Player of the Year honors in 2009 and 2010. During her freshman year at Caesar Rodney, her 50 goals set a state record.

Reeves was a member of the Olympic Development Program and played club soccer for the Vista Shockwave. She won the Virginia state championship with the team in 2009.

Virginia Tech
Reeves attended Virginia Tech where she played for the Hokies from 2010–2013.
During her senior year, she scored 11 goals and helped the team reach the semi-finals of the NCAA College Cup. She was named first-team All-American – the first for the school's women's soccer program and was a Hermann Trophy semi-finalist. She set a new program record for appearances with 91 and recorded the second-most points in the school's history.

Playing career

Club

Boston Breakers

Reeves was selected by the Boston Breakers as the 21st overall draft pick in the 2014 NWSL College Draft. With the selection, she became the first professional soccer draftee from Virginia Tech. In March 2014, she was signed to the team. During a match against the Portland Thorns, Reeves scored a hat trick and helped her team defeat Portland 4–1. She was subsequently named NWSL Player of the Week for week 8 of the 2014 season.

References

External links

 Virginia Tech player profile
 Boston Breakers player profile

Living people
1992 births
American women's soccer players
Virginia Tech Hokies women's soccer players
Boston Breakers players
National Women's Soccer League players
Women's association football forwards
Boston Breakers draft picks
Soccer players from Delaware
People from Dover, Delaware


title: Mark Skutar

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Mark Skutar (born March 15, 1994) is a Russian ice hockey defenceman. He is currently playing with Metallurg Novokuznetsk of the Kontinental Hockey League (KHL).

Skutar made his Kontinental Hockey League debut playing with Metallurg Novokuznetsk during the 2012–13 KHL season.

References

External links

1994 births
Living people
Admiral Vladivostok players
Kuznetskie Medvedi players
Metallurg Novokuznetsk players
HC Yugra players
Zauralie Kurgan players
Russian ice hockey defencemen
Sportspeople from Novokuznetsk


title: 2014 Cupa României final

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The 2014 Cupa României Final was the 76th final of Romania's most prestigious knock-out competition. The final was played at the Arena Națională stadium, in Bucharest, between Steaua București and Astra Giurgiu. Astra Giurgiu won the trophy, for the first time in their history, with a 4-2 win in a penalty shoot-out. After 120 minutes, of regular play, the score was tied at a 0-0 draw.

Route to the Final

Match details

See also

 Supercupa României 2014

References

External links
 Official site
 Old official site

2014
2013–14 in Romanian football
FC Astra Giurgiu matches
FC Steaua București matches
Cupa Romaniei Final 2014


title: Argenta, Nevada

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Argenta is a ghost town in Lander County, Nevada, in the United States.

History
Silver was found in Argenta in 1866, a small camp was built and a little town established.  Argenta's post office opened in December 1868.  Argenta became in a shipping point for Austin, Nevada, and its residents had the hope that Austin would help make Argenta the railroad center of the Lander County.
Unhappily, the center of attentions in Austin was Battle Mountain, Nevada, which was closer to the city and nearer Galena. People of Argenta understood that the future of the town was bedeviled. In December 1870, they moved everything and themselves to Battle Mountain, and Argenta became a ghost town.  The name of the post office was changed from Argenta to Battle Mountain on February 24, 1874.  There was no activity in Argenta until 1930 when barite was discovered in Argenta Mountain. From 1930 and 1969 over $3 million in barite was produced. The mine was active until 2015, when it was closed by its owner Baker Hughes.

References

External links
 Argenta (ghosttowns.com)

Further reading

Geography of Nevada
Ghost towns in Nevada
Ghost towns in Lander County, Nevada
Mining communities in Nevada
Silver mines in the United States
Populated places established in 1866
1866 establishments in Nevada
Barium minerals


title: 1865 International Exhibition

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The Exposição Internacional do Porto, known in English as the International Exhibition of 1865, was a world's fair held in the Portuguese city of Porto. The exhibition was housed inside the grand Palácio de Cristal, which was modelled on the synonymous Crystal Palace erected for The Great Exhibition held during 1851 in London. The building's designer was Anglo-Irish civil engineer Francis Webb Sheilds, who also engineered its construction – he had been the resident engineer for the earlier building between 1852 and 1858. The building was demolished in 1951 after hosting many other expositions.

Background
The exhibition was inaugurated on 18 September 1865 in the presence of the Portuguese king, Luís I and his consort Maria Pia of Savoy. Upon inauguration, it became the first world's fair to occur on the Iberian Peninsula. The exhibition was shown until January 1866, and the theme of the event was industrial and trade innovations with an emphasis in primary materials, machinery, manufacture and fine arts.

Organization
Chiefly organized by the Associação Industrial Portuense (today called the Associação Empresarial de Portugal), the exhibition hosted 3,139 exhibitors, of which 499 were French, 265 German, 107 British, 89 Belgian, 62 Brazilian, 24 Spanish, and 16 Danish. Russia, the Netherlands, Turkey, the United States and Japan were also represented.

References

1865 in Portugal
History of Porto
Festivals established in 1865
World's fairs in Portugal


title: Rwanda Cricket Stadium

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Rwanda Cricket Stadium, also known as Kicukiro Oval, is a cricket ground in Kigali, Rwanda. The stadium is officially titled the Gahanga International  Cricket Stadium. The ground is Rwanda's first dedicated international cricket ground and it quickly became a prominent ground in African cricket.

History
In August 2011, the Rwanda Cricket Stadium Foundation was formed as a charity, run on a not for profit basis, with the aim of building and managing the first ever dedicated international cricket ground in Rwanda. The ground was completed in March 2017. It is located on a  site on the edge of Kigali, Rwanda's capital.

The charity is run by a team of cricket enthusiasts from the UK and Rwanda in partnership with the Marylebone Cricket Club Foundation.

In 2012, Brian Lara agreed to become one of the ground's Patrons. The Stadium is also supported by former British Prime Minister David Cameron, Andrew Mitchell, Jonathan Agnew, Heather Knight, Peter Gummer, Baron Chadlington

In 2016, Rwanda captain Eric Dusingizimana achieved a Guinness World Record for batting 51 continuous hours at Amaharo Stadium in Remera. This was done to raise funds for the construction of the ground.

Once opened, the ground quickly gained prominence in African cricket and hosted various ICC events. In 2018, the ground was selected to host the matches in the 2018–19 ICC World Twenty20 Africa Qualifier Eastern Sub-Region group. Once all associate members were given T20I status in 2019, the ground hosted its first T20I on 18 August 2021.

The stadium also hosted the 2019 Kwibuka Women's T20 Tournament, a women's cricket tournament, in remembrance of the victims of the 1994 Rwandan genocide. Their successful hosting of multi-national tournaments during peak COVID-19 pandemic following the safety protocols had led to being given more tournaments subsequently.

In November 2022, the ground surpassed the Harare Sports Club as the cricket oval to host the most T20I matches in Africa.

Notable Events
The following notable events were hosted here with ICC International Status:

 2021 ICC Men's T20 World Cup Africa Qualifier
 Qualifier A, Qualifier B, Regional Final
 2022–23 ICC Men's T20 World Cup Africa Qualifier
 Qualifier A, Qualifier B
 Kwibuka T20 Tournament
 2019, 2021, 2022
 2022 East Africa T20 Series

Bilateral Series

 Ghanaian cricket team in Rwanda in 2021

International record

Twenty20 International centuries
Three T20I centuries have been scored at the venue.

Twenty20 International five-wicket hauls
Four 20I five-wicket haul has been taken at this venue.

Women's Twenty20 International centuries
Four WT20I centuries have been scored at the venue.

Women's Twenty20 International five-wicket hauls
Three WT20I five-wicket haul has been taken at this venue.

References

External links
 Rwanda Cricket Stadium Foundation
 espncricinfo magazine
 UNIVERSITY CRICKET at OXFORD

Cricket grounds in Rwanda
Sports venues in Kigali
Stadiums under construction
Multi-purpose stadiums in Rwanda


title: Nikita Kamalov

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Nikita Kamalov (born August 8, 1995) is a Russian ice hockey defenceman. He is currently playing with SKA Saint Petersburg of the Kontinental Hockey League (KHL).

Kamalov made his Kontinental Hockey League debut playing with Metallurg Novokuznetsk during the 2013–14 KHL season.

References

External links

1995 births
Living people
Amur Khabarovsk players
Metallurg Novokuznetsk players
Russian ice hockey defencemen
SKA Saint Petersburg players
HC Sochi players
Competitors at the 2019 Winter Universiade
Universiade medalists in ice hockey
FISU World University Games gold medalists for Russia
Sportspeople from Novokuznetsk


title: Detroit: An American Autopsy

text:
Detroit: An American Autopsy is a 2013 book by Charlie LeDuff, published by Penguin Books. In the book LeDuff discusses the present state of Detroit and its economic, social, crime, and political issues.

LeDuff had grown up in the Detroit suburbs (Westland/Livonia), left and become a journalist, working for The New York Times for a decade and winning a Pulitzer Prize while there.  In March 2008 he was living in Los Angeles with his family when he decided to move back to Detroit.

The book material originates from news stories LeDuff, a journalist, had covered for The Detroit News. His discussion of the crime issue includes interviews with police officers, and there is also a segment about firefighters combating arsonists. His discussion of Detroit politics includes interactions with Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick and political figures including Adolph Mongo and Monica Conyers. Duff includes stories about his own family life. James Sullivan of the Boston Globe stated "Like listening to him hold court in a corner bar, the book scuttles from one grueling episode to the next, both personal and professional."

The audiobook version uses reader Eric Martin. In the audio version Martin uses various speech styles, including both educated and inner city styles.

Reception
Paul Clemens of The New York Times wrote that "LeDuff has done his best, and his book is better than good." Sue-Ellen Beauregard of Booklist concluded that the book is "[a]n eye-opening look".

In regards to the audio version, Beauregard wrote "Even if Martin mispronounces Mackinac (Michiganders know the final syllable sounds like "naw"), he makes us believe that his voice is that of the crusty reporter."

LeDuff was interviewed about the book on NPR's Fresh Air program on February 11, 2013.

See also

 Detroit City Is the Place to Be

References

Further reading
 Barone, Michael. "The unheavenly city."(Detroit: An American Autopsy)(Book review) Claremont Review of Books, Spring, 2013, Vol.13(2), p. 33(2)
 Lofton, Louann. "A native son writes movingly about Detroit's downfall" (review). Mississippi Business Journal, May 23, 2014, Vol.36(21), p. 17(1)
 Lord, Douglas C. "LeDuff, Charlie. Detroit: An American Autopsy." (Brief article)(Audiobook review). Library Journal, September 1, 2013, Vol.138(14), p. 74(2)
 Patriquin, Martin. "Detroit: An American Autopsy."(Book review) Maclean's, March 11, 2013, Vol.126(9), p. 62(1)
 Schama, Chloe. "Detroit: An American Autopsy" (review). Smithsonian, Feb, 2013, Vol.43(10), p. 104(2)
 Shea, Bill. "Motor City madman." (Detroit: An American Autopsy)(Book review) Columbia Journalism Review, January–February, 2013, Vol.51(5), p. 56(2) [Peer Reviewed Journal]
 Siegel, Fred. "Necropolis." (Detroit: An American Autopsy)(Book review) Commentary, April, 2013, Vol.135(4), p. 51(2)
 "LeDuff, Charlie: Detroit." (Brief article)(Book review) Kirkus Reviews, December 15, 2012.
 "Detroit: An American Autopsy."(Brief article)(Book review) Publishers Weekly, December 3, 2012, Vol.259(49), p. 65(2)
 "Detroit: An American Autopsy." (Brief article)(Audiobook review) California Bookwatch, August, 2013, p. 30(1)
 "A Winter's Tale." (OMNIVORE) (Book reviews including that of Detroit: An American Autopsy) Newsweek, January 4, 2013, Vol.161(01), p. 1
 Bernstein, Amy. "Cities as ideas." (Archive).  Harvard Business Review, April, 2013, Vol.91(4), p. 138(2) [Peer Reviewed Journal]
 Taylor, Ihsan. "Paperback Row." (Book Review Desk)(Book review) The New York Times Book Review, Feb 9, 2014, p. 28(L)

2013 non-fiction books
Books about Detroit
Penguin Press books


title: Halifax School for the Deaf

text:
The Halifax School for the Deaf  (The Deaf and Dumb Institution, Halifax) was an institution in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada, which opened on 4 August 1856.  It was the first school of the deaf in Atlantic Canada. (The Halifax School for the Blind was opened on Morris Street in 1871.)  There was later a dispute over who the true founder was, William Gray (1806-1881), a deaf Scottish immigrant who was the first teacher in the back room of a house in Argyle Street, or George Tait (1828-1904), another deaf Scot, who claimed to have been the driving force behind the establishment of the school.  Gray was sacked in 1870 for being intoxicated and for threatening pupils with violence.

The first principal of the school was James Scott Hutton, who remained with the school 34 years.  William Cunard (son of Sir Samuel Cunard) eventually built a school, which was completed in 1896 and was attended by 90 students.

Following the Halifax Explosion, the main building was temporarily closed for repairs. Half of the students attended classes on the campus of Acadia College in Wolfville, while others remained without education until the classes were relocated back to Halifax.

The school closed in June 1961.

A monument marks the location of the home, which was erected by the Eastern Canada Association of the Deaf.

See also
History of Nova Scotia
History of Halifax, Nova Scotia
Alexander Graham Bell
 James Cuppaidge Cochran
 Francis Green (military officer)

References

Texts
  Halifax School for the Deaf

Further reading
  History of Halifax School for the Deaf
Fearon, James. History of Halifax School for the Deaf. (1857-1893)
J. Scott Hutton. Outlines of History and Biography. 1875
 J. Scott Hutton. Geography of Nova Scotia. 1869.
J. Scott Hutton, "Deaf-Mute Education in the British Maritime Provinces," American Annals of the Deaf, Volume 14 (Raleigh, N. C.: Press of the Institution for the Deaf and Dumb and the Blind), pg 65-82.
George Hutton - Scott's father, part 1
George Hutton - Scott's father, part 2
  George Hutton, "Practicability and Advantages of Writing and Printing Natural Signs," American Annals of the Deaf, Volume 14 (Raleigh, N. C.: Press of the Institution for the Deaf and Dumb and the Blind), pg 157.
J. Scott Hutton, Language Lessons for the Deaf and Dumb (Halifax, N. S.: The Pupils at the Institution Press, 1878).
 Autobiography of George Tait, a deaf mute, who first gave instructions to the deaf and dumb in the city of Halifax ; also an extract from an American paper on teachers and modes of teaching the deaf and dumb. (1892)

History of Halifax, Nova Scotia
Schools for the deaf in Canada


title: Ferrisia virgata

text:
Ferrisia virgata, commonly known as the striped mealybug, is a species of mealybug belonging to the Pseudococcidae family. F. virgata parasitizes different crops including cottonplants. Female species are between the  long. The species was discovered and described by Theodore Dru Alison Cockerell in 1893.

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References

Pseudococcidae
Agricultural pest insects


title: Capture and release

text:
Capture and release may refer to:

Catch and release, a recreational fishing practice
Capture & Release, a 2005 drone metal album by Khanate
Capture/Release, a 2005 post-punk album by The Rakes
Trap–neuter–return, a strategy for controlling feral animal populations

See also
Catch and release (disambiguation)


title: Ken-ichi Takashima

text:
Ken-ichi Takashima (髙嶋謙一 Takashima Ken'ichi; born 1939) is, according to the editors of the Thesaurus Linguae Sinicae, "the world's leading authority on Shang dynasty oracle bone inscriptions".

Biography
Takashima was born in Tokyo, he studied under Fr. Paul L-M. Serruys, C.I.C.M. at University of Washington, graduating in 1973. After a short stint at the University of Arizona, he spent his whole career as a professor at University of British Columbia, where he remains an emeritus professor. He has also held visiting posts at Tokyo University, Anhui University, and Erlangen.

Bibliography

Books
Takashima, Ken-ichi 高嶋謙一. 1985. Yinxu wenzi bingbian tongjian 殷虛文字丙編通檢 (A Concordance to Fascicle Three of Inscriptions from the Yin Ruins). Taipei: Institute of History and Philology, Academia Sinica, 1985.
1994. Kōkotsumoji jishaku sōran 甲骨文字字釋綜覧 (A Comprehensive Guide to Interpretations of Oracle-Bone Graphs). (Tokyo: University of Tokyo Press 東京大學出版會, December, 1994). Co-author: Michio Matsumaru 松丸道雄. 723 pp. + xi. Folio size.
Takashima, Ken-ichi 高嶋謙一 and Itō Michiharu 伊藤道治. 1996.  Studies in Early Chinese Civilization: Religion, Society, Language and Palaeography. 2 vols. Hirakata: Kansai Gaidai University Press. Part I: Religion and Society (pp. 1–178, Vol 1) is by Itō, and Part II: Language and Palaeography (pp. 179–505, Vol. 1) is by Takashima.
2004. Meaning and Form: Essays in Pre-Modern Chinese Grammar. (362 + 5pp.). Co-editor: Jiang Shaoyu (responsible for papers written in Chinese, 125pp.) München: Lincom Europa, 2004.
2005. Zhong Ying duizhao Jiaguwen jinyi leijian 中英對照 甲骨文今譯類檢. (700 + 15pp.) Co-translator: Zhang Deshao 張德邵. Ed. by Liu Zhiji 劉志基, Zhang Deshao 張德邵, Takashima Ken-ichi 高嶋謙一, Zang Kehe 臧克和. Other contributors: Liu Xueshun 劉學順, Chen Tingzhu 陳婷珠, Zhang Zaixing 張再興. Nanning: Guangxi jiaoyu chubanshe 廣西教育出版社.
2009. Takashima, Ken-ichi 高嶋謙一 with Jing Zhichun 荊志純 and Tang Jigen 唐際根. 2009d. Ed. Duowei shiyu — Shang wangchao yu Zhongguo zaoqi wenming yanjiu 多維視域 — 商王朝與中國早期文明研究. Beijing: Kexue chubanshe 科學出版社.
2010. Studies of Fascicle Three of Inscriptions from the Yin Ruins, Volume I: General Notes, Text and Translations. (817 + 26pp.) With translations up to plastron #259 by Paul L-M. Serruys. Taipei: Institute of History and Philology, Academia Sinica. Special Publications No. 107A.
2010. Studies of Fascicle Three of Inscriptions from the Yin Ruins, Volume II: New Palaeographical and Philological Commentaries. (734 + 4pp.) Taipei: Institute of History and Philology, Academia Sinica. Special Publications No. 107B.
2011. Selected Writings of Ken-ichi Takashima (in Chinese). 323 + 6pp. Collection of the Studies on Chinese Language and Writing at Anhui University, Series 2: Volume of Ken-ichi Takashima. 安徽大学汉语言文字研究丛刊（第二辑）——高岛谦一卷. Hefei: Anhui University Press.
2013. Selected Writings of Ken-ichi Takashima (in Chinese). 323 + 6pp. Collection of the Studies on Chinese Language and Writing, Anhui University, Series 2: Volume of Ken-ichi Takashima. 安徽大学汉语言文字研究丛书（第二辑） 高嶋謙一卷. Hefei: Anhui University Press.

Articles
Takashima Ken-Ichi. 1970-71. “Prolegomena to the study of the earliest Chinese transcriptions of Japanese.” Monumenta Serica Vol. 29, (1970-1971), pp. 228–263
Takashima, Ken-ichi. 1973. Negatives in the King Wu Ting Bone Inscriptions. Ph.D. dissertation. Seattle: University of Washington.
Takashima, Ken-ichi. 1977. “Subordinate Structure in Oracle-Bone Inscriptions: With Particular Reference to the Particle Ch’i,” Monumenta Serica, XXXIII, pp. 36–61.
Takashima, Ken-ichi. 1978. “Decipherment of the Word Yu 悃/躁/有 in the Shang Oracle-Bone Inscriptions and in Pre-Classical Chinese,” Early China, 4, pp. 19–29.
Takashima, Ken-ichi. 1979. “Some Philological Notes to Sources of Shang History,” Early China, 5, pp. 48–55.
Takashima Ken-ichi 高嶋謙一. 1980. “Fu Kō no shippei ni kansuru ichi bokuji no shishaku” 帚好の疾病に關する一卜辭の試釋, Kōkotsugaku 甲骨學, No. 12, pp. 55–65.
Takashima, Ken-ichi. 1980a. “The Early Archaic Chinese Word Yu in the Shang Oracle-Bone Inscriptions: Word Family, Etymology, Grammar, Semantics and Sacrifice,” Cahiers de Linguistique, Asie Orientale, No. 8, pp. 81–112.
Takashima, Ken-ichi. 1984-85. “Noun Phrases in the Oracle-Bone Inscriptions,” Monumenta Serica, Vol. XXXVI, pp. 229–302.
Takashima, Ken-ichi 高嶋謙一. 1984a. “Wen ding” 問鼎, Guwenzi yanjiu 古文字研究, 9, pp. 75–95.
Takashima, Ken-ichi 高嶋謙一. 1984b. “Nominalization and Nominal Derivation with Particular Reference to the Language of Oracle-Bone Inscriptions,” Papers in East Asian Languages (Honolulu: Department of East Asian Languages and Literatures, University of Hawaii), Vol. 2, pp. 25–74.
Takashima, Ken-ichi. 1985. “On the Quantitative Complement in Oracle-Bone Inscriptions,” Journal of Chinese Linguistics, Vol. 13, No. 1, pp. 44–68.
Takashima, Ken-ichi 高嶋謙一. 1987. “Settling the Cauldron in the Right Place,” Papers Presented to Wang Li on His Eightieth Birthday (Hong Kong: Joint Publishing Co.), pp. 405–421.
Takashima, Ken-ichi 高嶋謙一. 1988a. “An Emphatic Verb Phrase in the Oracle-Bone Inscriptions,” Bulletin of the Institute of History and Philology, Vol. 59, Pt. 3 (In Memory of Dr. Fang Kuei Li), pp. 653–694.
Takashima Ken-ichi 高嶋謙一. 1988b. “Morphology of the Negatives in Oracle-Bone Inscriptions,” Computational Analysis of Asian and African Languages (Tokyo: National Inter-University Research Institute of Asian and African Languages and Cultures), No. 30, pp. 113–133.
Takashima Ken-ichi 高嶋謙一. 1988c. “Kōkotsubun no jidai kubun to sono shoseki ni tsuite” 甲骨文の時代區分とその書蹟について, Shodō kenkyū 書道研究, 12, pp. 58–80.
Takashima Ken-ichi 高嶋謙一. 1989. “Indai teiboku gengo no honshitsu” 殷代貞卜言語の本質, Tokyo daigaku tōyō bunka kenkyūsho kiyō 東京大學東洋文化研究所紀要, No. 110, pp. 1–110.
Takashima Ken-ichi 高嶋謙一. 1989a. “Jiaguwen zhong de binglian mingci leyu” 甲骨文中的幷聯名詞仂語, Guwenzi yanjiu 古文字研究, 17, pp. 338–356.
Takashima Ken-ichi 高嶋謙一. 1989b. “Jiaguwen zhong foudingci de gouci xingtai” 甲骨文中否定辞的構詞形態, Yinxu bowuyuan yuankan (chuangkan) 殷墟博物苑苑刊(創刊) (Beijing: Zhongguo shehui kexue chubanshe), pp. 209–16.
Takashima, Ken-ichi 高嶋謙一. 1990. “A Study of the Copulas in Shang Chinese,” The Memoirs of the Institute of Oriental Culture (University of Tokyo), No. 112, pp. 1–92.
Takashima, Ken-ichi. 1994. “The Modal and Aspectual Particle Qi in Shang Chinese,” Papers of the First International Congress on Pre-Qin Chinese Grammar, pp. 479–565. Ed. by Robert H. Gassmann and He Leshi 何樂士. Changsha: Yuelu shushe 岳麓書社.
Takashima, Ken-ichi. 1996. “Toward a New Pronominal Hypothesis of Qi in Shang Chinese,” Chinese Language, Thought, and Culture: Nivison and His Critics, pp. 3–38. Ed. by Philip J. Ivanhoe. Chicago and La Salle: Open Court.
Takashima Ken-ichi 高嶋謙一. 1996a. “Some Problematic Aspects of the Li KUEI Inscription,” Ancient Chinese and Southeast Asian Bronze Age Cultures (Proceedings of a Conference held at the Edith and Joy London Foundation property, Kioloa, NSW. 8–12 February 1988), pp. 345–390. Ed. by F. David Bulbeck with several edited and translated by Noel Barnard. Taipei: SMC Publishing Inc.
Takashima, Ken-ichi. 1997a. “Focus and Explanation in Copulative-type Sentences in a Genuine Classical Chinese Text,” Cahiers de Linguistique Asie Orientale, Vol. 26, No. 2, pp. 177–199.
Takashima Ken-ichi 高嶋謙一. 1998. “Youguan jiaguwen de shidai qufen he biji” 有關甲骨文的時代區分和筆跡, Hu Houxuan xiansheng jinian wenji 胡厚宣先生紀念文集 (Beijing: Kexue chubanshe 科學出版社), pp. 64–86.
Takashima Ken-ichi 高嶋謙一. 1999. “Jiaguwen kaoshi de jige jiben buzhou” 甲骨文考釋的幾個基本步驟, Hanyu xianzhuang yu lishi de yanjiu 漢語現狀與歷史的研究, pp. 446–469. Ed. by Jiang Lansheng 江藍生 • Hou Jingyi 侯精一. Beijing: Zhongguo shehui kexue chubanshe.
Takashima, Ken-ichi. 1999a. “The So-Called ‘Third Person’ Possessive Pronoun jue 丑 (= 厥) in Classical Chinese,” Journal of the American Oriental Society, Vol. 119, No. 3, pp. 404-431.
Takashima, Ken-ichi. 2000. "Towards a More Rigorous Methodology of Deciphering Oracle-Bone Inscriptions," T'oung Pao 通報: Revue Internationale de Sinologie (Collège de France). Vol. 86, No. 4/5 (Dec 2000), pp. 363–399.
Takashima, Ken-ichi. 2000. "Evidence of Possible Dialect Mixture in Oracle-Bone Inscriptions." Co-author: Anne O. Yue. In Memory of Professor Li Fang-kuei: Essays of Linguistic Change and the Chinese Dialects, pp. 1–52. Ed. by Ting Pang-hsin and Anne O. Yue. Taipei and Seattle: Institute of Linguistics (Preparatory Office), Academia Sinica 中央研究院 and University of Washington, 2000.
Takashima, Ken-ichi. 2001. "A Cosmography of Shang Oracle-Bone Graphs." Actes du Colloque International Commémorant le Centenaire de la Découverte des Inscriptions sur os et carapaces, pp. 37–62. Paris: Centre Recherche Linguistiques sur l'Asie Orientale, Ecole des Hautes Etudes en Sciences Sociales, September, 2001.
Takashima, Ken-ich. 2001. "A Study of the Deictic Word jue (丑 = 厥) in the Bronze Inscriptions and Book of Documents," Collection des Cahiers de Linguistique Asie Orientale 6: Collected Essays in Ancient Chinese Grammar (Centre de Recherches Linguistiques sur l'Asie Orientale, Ecole des Hautes Etudes en Sciences Sociales. August, 2001), pp. 129–160. 2000
Takashima, Ken-ichi. 2002. "Some Ritual Verbs in Shang Texts." Journal of Chinese Linguistics 中國語言學報, Vol. 30, No. 1, pp. 97–141.
Takashima, Ken-ichi. 2002. "賓"字被動用法之考察 (An Examination of the Passive Use of the Word Bin 賓 'to entertain')." Journal of Chinese Palaeography (Guwenzi yanjiu 古文字研究), No. 24, pp. 76–86.
Takashima, Ken-ichi. 2003. “Hanyu beidongshi zhi qiyuan 漢語被動式之起源," Shang Chengzuo jiaoshou bainian danchen jinian wenji 商承祚教授百年誕辰紀念文集 (Beijing: Wenwu chubanshe), pp. 363–386.
Takashima, Ken-ichi. 2004. "How to Read Shang Oracle-Bone Inscriptions: A Critique of the Current Method," Bulletin of the Museum of Far Eastern Antiquities, 76, pp. 5–26.
Takashima Ken-ichi 高嶋謙一. 2004. "Shi bin 釋賓" (Palaeographical Interpretation of Bin) (in Chinese), Wenzixue luncong 文字學論叢 (Essays in the Study of Writing), Vol. 2 (Wuhan: Chongwen shuju), 2004, pp. 259–283.
Takashima, Ken-ichi. 2005. "[retro.seals.ch/cntmng?pid=ast-002:2005:59::1425 Placement of Inscriptions on Oracle-Bone Plastrons as a Guide to Decipherment," Asiatic Studien, LIX, 1, pp. 1–19.
Takashima, Ken-ichi. 2006. "Some Linguistic Aspects of the Shang and Early Western Zhou Bronze Inscriptions." In Studies in Chinese Language and Culture: Festschrift in Honour of the 60th Birthday Christoph Harbsmeier (Oslo: Hermes Academic Publishing and Bookshop), 13-30.
Takashima, Ken-ichi. 2006. "The Graph [日] for the Word ′Time′ in the Zhou Bronze Inscriptions." Linguistic Studies in Chinese Language and Neighboring Languages: Festschrift in Honor or Professor Pang-hsin Ting on His 70th Birthday (Taipei: Institute of Linguistics, Academia Sinica), pp. 305–317.
Takashima, Ken-ichi. 2007. "Shi   (On the Interpretation of  )," Bulletin of Chinese Linguistics (中國語言學集刊), 2.2, pp. 35–41.
Takashima, Ken-ichi. 2007. "The Graph 亀 for the Word 'Time' in Shang Oracle-Bone Inscriptions." Bulletin of Chinese Linguistics (Seattle: Li Fang-kuei Society for Chinese Linguistics and Hong Kong: Center for Chinese Linguistics, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology), 1.1, pp. 61–78.
Takashima, Ken-ichi. 2009. "Jisi 祭祀: A Reconstruction of the Ji Sacrifice and the Si Ritual in Ancient China." Time and Ritual in Early China, pp. 33–68. Ed. by Xiaobing Wang-Riese and Thomas O. Höllmann. Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz. Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz.
Takashima, Ken-ichi. 2010. "Gudai Hanyu zhong de ′ri zhong′ he ′zhong ri′" 古代漢語中的"日中"和"中日"("ri zhong" and "zhong ri" in Classical Chinese), Lü Shuxiang xiansheng bainian danchen jinian wenji 呂叔湘先生百年誕辰紀年文集 (A Collection of Essays in Honor of the Centennial Anniversary of Professor Lü Shuxiang), pp. 259–266. Beijing: Shangwu yinshuguan 商務印書館.
Takashima, Ken-ichi. 2010. "A Reconstruction of Shang Joint Rituals," Festschrift Dedicated to the 73rd Birthday of Professor Jerry Norman, pp. 453–472. Ed. by Anne O. Yue and Samuel H-N. Cheung. Hong Kong: Institute of Chinese Civilization, Chinese University of Hong Kong.
Takashima, Ken-ichi. 2009. "Shangdai yuyanzhong dai 'zuo'zi de shiyi jiegou" 商代語言中帶 "乍" (作) 字的使役結構, He Leshi jinian wenji 何樂士紀念文集 (Beijing: Yuyan chubanshe), pp. 67–90.
Takashima, Ken-ichi. 2011. "Shangdai Hanyu houzhui *-s zhi sanzhong gongneng" 商代漢語後綴 *-s 之三種功能, Yuyan wenzi yu wenxue quanshi duoyuan duihua 語言文字與文學詮釋多元對話, pp. 3–21. Ed. by Zhu Qixiang 朱歧祥 and Zhou Shizhen 周世箴. Tai-chung: Department of Chinese, Tung-hai University.
Takashima, Ken-ichi. 2011. "′Ka′ no gogen to Chūgoku komonjigaku" 河の語源と中國古文字學, Kaipian 開篇, Vol. 30, pp. 1–28.
Takashima, Ken-ichi. 2011. "Zhengzhou, Daxinzhuang bugu: Yin-Shang shiqi Anyang nanbu, dongbu de wenzi" 鄭州、大辛庄卜骨：殷商時期安陽南部、東部的文字, Yinxu yu Shang wenhua: Yinxu kexue fajue 80 zhounian jinian wenji 殷墟與商文化──殷墟科學發掘80周年紀念文集, pp. 337–362. Beijing: Kexue chubanshe 科學出版社.
Takashima, Ken-ichi. 2012. "Etymology and Palaeography of the Yellow River Hé," Journal of Chinese Linguistics, Vol. 40, No. 2 (2012), pp. 269–306.
Takashima, Ken-ichi. 2012. "Literacy to the South and East of Anyang in Shang China: Zhengzhou and Daxinzhuang," Writing and Literacy in Early China, pp. 138–172. Ed. by David Branner and Li Feng. Seattle: University of Washington Press, 2012.

References

Living people
Japanese sinologists
1939 births


title: William Gravatt

text:
William Gravatt FRS (14 July 1806 – 30 May 1866), was a noted English civil engineer and scientific instrument maker.

Apprenticed as a mechanical engineer in London from aged 15, after interview he worked with Sir Marc Isambard Brunel on the Thames Tunnel, and then designed bridges for the Calder and Hebble Navigation. Whilst surveying the route for the South Eastern Railway to Dover, he devised the more transportable dumpy level, which is now universally employed. He then supervised the northern engineering team under Isambard Kingdom Brunel on the Bristol and Exeter Railway, where the deployment of his "curve of sines" theorem speeded construction. Dismissed from the project in 1841, after losing money during the railway mania period, Gravatt helped to construct both the Craig telescope and a copy of the Difference machine, distinguishing himself in a number of papers submitted to the Institution of Civil Engineers. He died after being accidentally poisoned by an over dose of morphine by his nurse.

Early life
Born in Gravesend, Kent on 14 July 1806, he was the son of Colonel William Gravatt, the Assistant Inspector of the Royal Military Academy, Woolwich. At age 15, his father negotiated an apprenticeship to mechanical engineer Bryan Donkin. During this period he met and became friends with John Smeaton, Edward Troughton and Dr. George Wollaston.

Career
Gravatt joined the Institution of Civil Engineers as an Associate in 1826, and in 1828 was elected a member, following his proposal based on the "curve of sines" for use on defining track transition curves on railways. In 1832 he became a FelIow of the Royal Society, and a Fellow of the Royal Astronomical Society.

Thames Tunnel

Before he finished his apprenticeship, Gravatt successfully interviewed with Sir Marc Isambard Brunel, and was given a job as a supervisor on the Thames Tunnel.

On 27 June 1827, after the tunnel flooded, Isambard Kingdom Brunel forbade anyone from entering the workings. However, company directors Robert Marten and Richard Harris insisted Gravatt take them in to inspect the damage, accompanied by two miners as crew for a dinghy. Whilst in the workings, Marten attempted to move forward in the dinghy, and after striking his head on the tunnel, tipped the boat over in  of water. Only Gravatt and miner Dowling could swim, and after rescuing Marten and Harris, Gravatt was joined by Brunel in the search underwater for the second miner Richardson. Joined by officials from the Humane Society, they eventually recovered the body with a drag-line. On 5 March 1828, silver medals were voted by the Royal Humane Society to Brunel and Gravatt "for having hazarded their own lives to preserve those of their fellow-creatures."

Calder and Hebble Navigation

In 1832 during a break in work on the Thames Tunnel due to water ingress, Donkin recommended Gravatt as Engineer to the Calder and Hebble Navigation. Gravatt resultantly designed the arches for several bridges, using a solid iron-plate inverted arched chain above the platform, creating the forerunner of the suspension bridge. However, early in the start of construction Gravatt was dismissed on grounds of experience. He was replaced by William Bull.

Works with Isambard Kingdom Brunel
Commissioned by Mr. H.R. Palmer in examining the original scheme for the South Eastern Railway's route from London to Dover, during the works Gravatt devised the more transportable dumpy level, which is now universally employed.

In 1834, he was employed by Brunel on a number of works. His major project was to survey the Taff Vale Railway, from Cardiff to Merthyr Tydfil and onwards to Dowlais. He was also asked to design several bridges for both the mainline and extensions to the Great Western Railway.

In 1835, Brunel appointed Gravatt superintendent of the  of surveys for the Act of Parliament for the Bristol and Exeter Railway. With Brunel subsequently appointed Chief construction engineer, he appointed Gravatt supervisor for the section between Bristol and White Ball, Somerset, with William Froude supervising the section from White Ball to Exeter, Devon. Brunel himself was in charge of the design of White Ball Tunnel. Through having from the outset deployed his own "curve of sines" mathematical theorem in his original surveys, the final laid operational lines did not deviate from the original drawings by more than .

In 1835, Brunel was appointed to improve navigation on the River Parrett from Westport to Langport, Somerset. After gaining passage of their Act of Parliament in 1836, on Brunel's recommendation, the newly incorporated Parrett Navigation Company engaged Gravatt as their engineer on the Westport Canal in June 1836. His Great Bow Bridge of 1840 at Langport still survives.

Fallout with Brunel, Railway Mania losses
Although by 1839 Gravatt's northern engineering team had been delayed in reaching Bridgwater after legal difficulties in the company purchasing land, their remaining section between Bridgwater and Taunton had resulted in Brunel and Gravatt arguing over the most suitable route over the soft clay plains of the Somerset Levels and the River Tone. With mixed instructions given to the private contractors, bridges were sinking into the soft soil, and costs were escalating above budget. In mid 1841, Brunel revealed to the shareholders that he was about to dismiss his entire northern engineering team, although Froude was the son of major B&ER shareholder R.H. Froude, the Archdeacon of Totnes. Brunel wrote to Gravatt on 18 June 1841 stating that he had lost confidence in him, forcing his resignation; he was replaced by John Joseph Macdonnell. The Bristol to Bridgwater section of the B&ER was opened to traffic on 14 June 1841, and on 30 June through running on the GWR between London and Bristol began.

Gravatt subsequently resurrected his reputation by designing and being appointed superintended for the St. Philip's drawbridge, Bristol, which itself was replaced again in 1868. But post this period, although appointed Chief engineer on a number of proposed railway projects during the early Railway Mania period of 1845–6, as an investor he lost a great deal of money when many were never constructed.

Craig telescope

Returning to London, in 1850 Gravatt was selected by the Reverend John Craig to design and construct the Craig telescope. Living in an apartment at 34 Parliament Street, his neighbours included the portrait photographer Richard Beard, who in 1852 came to take pictures of the instrument for the Illustrated London News. Designed as a great refractor, it was a refracting telescope with an achromatic doublet, giving an aperture of . The doublet was made with flint glass by Chance Brothers, and plate glass by Thames Plate Glass Company. Gravatt designed the mounting himself, built on Wandsworth Common, featuring a  tall brick tower with a  long telescope tube, built by Messrs Rennie.

The eventual Craig telescope was the largest refracting telescope (a telescope with a lens) in the world from 1852. However, it had a problem with its lens figuring starting from its first light in the summer of 1852. It quickly fell into disuse, and was dismantled in 1857.

Difference engine

When Per Georg Scheutz brought his Difference engine to London in 1854, Gravatt engaged its inventor in conversation. His knowledge allowed Gravatt to commission a copy from Donkin, which was sent to Somerset House. From 1855 he gave lectures on the machine to professional audiences, including the Royal Society attended by Prince Albert, and followed this with lectures at the International Exposition in Paris. Gravatt then worked with the Registrar-General to establish public faith in the machine, by quickly calculating specimens of logarithmic and other tables. For his services rendered to science, he was elected Foreign Member of the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences.

Institution of Civil Engineers
Gravatt became involved in a number of key and controversial discussions at the Institution of Civil Engineers. These included the theory of the jet-propeller, and the laying of submerged telegraphic cables based on his "curve of sines" theorem. Gravatt published on the subject on numerous occasions, including a paper written after a discussion on Messrs. Longridge and Brooks' Paper at the Institution in February 1858.

During his career, Gravatt collected a number of gifts, including: a pair of calipers made by Troughton; Donkin's chronometer by Hardy; a specimen of Babbage's original difference engine. He left them all in his will to the Institution.

Death
While ill in bed at his home in Westminster, on 30 May 1866, Gravatt was accidentally poisoned by an overdose of morphine, given inadvertently by his longtime nurse. A later coroner's inquest cleared her of any cause in Gravatt's death, recording a cause of accidental death.

References

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Bridge engineers
People of the Industrial Revolution
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Accidental deaths in England
1806 births
1866 deaths


title: Dunston Hill Hospital

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Dunston Hill Hospital was a hospital in Gateshead, Tyne and Wear. It was managed by Gateshead Health NHS Foundation Trust.

History
The hospital had its origins in Dunston Hill House, a property which was built for John Carr in the early 18th century and which became the home of the Carr-Ellison family. It was acquired by the Ministry of Pensions which relocated a facility for war pensioners, originally located at Castle Leazes, to the site in 1928. The hospital remained under the control of the Ministry of Pensions until 1953 when it passed to the control of the Ministry of Health, but it was not absorbed into the National Health Service until 1 April 1956. Although much of the site, including the main house, was sold for redevelopment in the early 21st century,  a modern-day hospital was built on the site and continued to operate until June 2012.

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1928 establishments in England
Defunct hospitals in England


title: Al-Andalusi

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The Arabic nisbah (attributive title) al-Andalusi denotes an origin from al-Andalus. Al-Andalusi may refer to:
 Abu Hayyan al-Gharnati
 Ibn Hazm
 Ibn Juzayy
 Ibn 'Atiyya
 Said Al-Andalusi
 Yaʿīsh ibn Ibrāhīm al-Umawī

See also
 Andalusi (disambiguation)
 Andalusia (disambiguation)
 Andalusian (disambiguation)

Arabic-language surnames
Andalusi
People from al-Andalus
Ethnonymic surnames


title: 1932 LSU Tigers football team

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The 1932 LSU Tigers football team represented Louisiana State University (LSU) in the 1932 Southern Conference football season.  This was LSU's final season as a member of the Southern Conference, and it won a share of the conference title. After the first two games, all the rest were shutouts either by LSU or the opponent.

Before the season
After attempting to hire Robert Neyland, another Army alum, Biff Jones, succeeded coach Russ Cohen.

Schedule

Game summaries

TCU
The season opened with a 3–3 tie against Johnny Vaught and Southwest Conference champion TCU.

Rice
Beginning a series that ran until 1952, LSU faced Rice. Huey Long led a 150-cadet formation through the streets of Houston. A field goal decided the game, and LSU was defeated 10–8.

Spring Hill

LSU swamped Spring Hill 80–0. The starting lineup was Fleming (left end), J. Skidmore (left tackle), Wilson (left guard), Stovall (center), Mitchell (right guard), Torrance (right tackle), Moore (right end), Lobdell (quarterback), Keller (left halfback), Sullivan (right halfback), and Yates (fullback).

Mississippi A&M
LSU then proceeded to win five straight shut-out victories. In Monroe, LSU defeated Mississippi A&M 24–0.

Arkansas
In Shreveport, against Arkansas, LSU won 14–0.

Sewanee
At homecoming, rival Sewanee was beat 38–0.

South Carolina
In Columbia, LSU defeated South Carolina 6–0.

Centenary

Despite being undefeated, Centenary upset LSU when it won 6–0. Paul Geisler played for Centenary. It has been said it was Centenary's greatest football win in the school's history.

Tulane
LSU beat rival and defending SoCon champion Tulane 14–0. Don Zimmerman and others were sidelined by a flu epidemic.

Oregon
Against Oregon, LSU was upset 12–0.

Postseason
LSU subsequently joined the Southeastern Conference.

References

LSU
LSU Tigers football seasons
LSU Tigers football


title: Jānis Vītols

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Jānis Alfrēds Vītols (18 February 1911 – 1993) was a Latvian cyclist. He competed in the individual and team road race events at the 1936 Summer Olympics.

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1911 births
1993 deaths
Latvian male cyclists
Olympic cyclists for Latvia
Cyclists at the 1936 Summer Olympics
Sportspeople from Jelgava


title: Haplogona

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Haplogona is a genus of chordeumatidan millipedes and the only genus in the family Verhoeffiidae. Adult millipedes in this family have 30 segments (counting the collum as the first segment and the telson as the last). These species occur in the southern Alps of Europe, from Genoa, Italy to the Istrian peninsula.

References

Chordeumatida
Millipedes of Europe


title: Augusto Loureiro

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Augusto Pereira Loureiro (born 30 August 1987), known simply as Augusto, is a Portuguese professional footballer who plays as a left back.

Club career
Born in Matosinhos, Augusto played youth football for three clubs, including FC Porto from ages 8–15. He spent his first five years as a senior in the lower leagues, with F.C. Infesta and G.D. Ribeirão.

Augusto signed for Segunda Liga side Moreirense F.C. in the summer of 2011, making his debut in the competition on 8 January 2012 by coming on as a late substitute in a 2–0 home win against C.D. Santa Clara. He played 13 games during the campaign, helping his team return to the Primeira Liga as runners-up.

Augusto joined US Créteil-Lusitanos from France in 2013, going on to spend several years in Ligue 2.

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1987 births
Living people
Footballers from Matosinhos
Portuguese men's footballers
Men's association football defenders
Primeira Liga players
Liga Portugal 2 players
Segunda Divisão players
G.D. Ribeirão players
Moreirense F.C. players
Ligue 2 players
US Créteil-Lusitanos players
Ekstraklasa players
Śląsk Wrocław players
Portuguese expatriate men's footballers
Expatriate men's footballers in France
Expatriate men's footballers in Poland
Portuguese expatriate sportspeople in France
Portuguese expatriate sportspeople in Poland


title: Aleksejs Jurjevs

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Aleksejs Jurjevs (12 October 1909 – September 1985) was a Latvian cyclist. He competed in the individual and team road race events at the 1936 Summer Olympics.

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1909 births
1985 deaths
Latvian male cyclists
Olympic cyclists for Latvia
Cyclists at the 1936 Summer Olympics
Sportspeople from Riga


title: Alcatel One Touch Fire

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The Alcatel One Touch Fire is one of the first generation of smartphones preinstalled with Firefox OS, an open-source mobile operating system developed by Mozilla.

The phone was developed and marketed by Alcatel Mobile Phones as a lower-cost, entry-level smartphone for specific Latin American and European countries: Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Mexico, Peru, Uruguay, and Venezuela in Latin America; and Germany, Greece, Hungary, Italy, Montenegro, Poland, and Serbia in Europe. Mobile network operators who have carried the phone include Congstar (Germany), Cosmote (Greece), Movistar (Chile, Mexico, Peru, Uruguay, Venezuela), T-Mobile (Hungary, Montenegro, Macedonia), Telcel (Mexico), Telenor (Serbia and Montenegro), Telecom Italia Mobile (Italy), and Vivo (Brazil).

The One Touch Fire is a variation of an earlier, Android-based smartphone, the Alcatel One Touch T'Pop. Unlike the One Touch Fire, the One Touch T'Pop uses an ARM Cortex-A9 CPU and a PowerVR SGX531 GPU; it also incorporates "home" and "back" push-buttons, distinct cosmetics, and other differences. The One Touch Fire is sold in three color schemes: Mozilla Orange, Apple Green, and Pure White.

There are two model numbers for the One Touch Fire: 4012A and 4012X, which support different cellular network standards and frequency bands for different countries. The 4012A has a quadband GSM radio that can communicate at 850, 900, 1800, or 1900 MHz; and a UMTS radio capable of 850, 1900, and 2100 MHz communication. The 4012X has only a UMTS radio that communicates at 900 or 2100 MHz. Consequently, the 4012X has a lower specific absorption rate.

The 4012A and 4012X are succeeded by the One Touch Fire C, One Touch Fire E, and One Touch Fire S.

As of 2022, the Alcatel One Touch Fire still has very little resale value worldwide, due to discontinuation of Firefox OS of which was not fared very well and hardly can be considered a collector item.

See also
Comparison of Firefox OS devices

References

Firefox OS devices
Linux-based devices
Mobile Linux
Open-source mobile phones
Smartphones
Alcatel mobile phones
Mobile phones introduced in 2013


title: Arvīds Immermanis

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Arvīds Immermanis (9 September 1912 – July 1947) was a Latvian cyclist. He competed in the individual and team road race events at the 1936 Summer Olympics.

He competed and finished in first place in four Latvian Cycling championships; 1934 sprint race, 1935 and 1937 team road race and track cycling. Immermanis won three first places in the Latvian National Cycling competition, Vienības brauciens (Unity Ride in Latvia), from 1936 until 1938. Immermanis worked at the G. Ērenpreis Bicycle Factory.

He died in a Soviet prison camp in 1947.

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1912 births
1947 deaths
Latvian male cyclists
Olympic cyclists for Latvia
Cyclists at the 1936 Summer Olympics
Sportspeople from Riga
Latvian people who died in Soviet detention
Gulag detainees


title: Mārtiņš Mazūrs

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Mārtiņš Mazūrs (28 February 1908 – 30 April 1995) was a Latvian cyclist. He competed in the individual and team road race events at the 1936 Summer Olympics.

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1908 births
1995 deaths
Latvian male cyclists
Olympic cyclists for Latvia
Cyclists at the 1936 Summer Olympics
People from Jelgava Municipality


title: Almazbek Mirzaliev

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Almazbek Mirzaliyev  (Kyrgyz: Алмазбек Мирзалиев; Russian: Алмазбек Мирзалиев) is a professional Kyrgyzstani footballer whose last known club was Dordoi Biškek in the top division of the Kyrgyzstan League.

He is also a Kyrgyzstan national football team player.

Career

Alay osh
Almazbek Mirzaliyev began his career at the club with Alay Osh, in which he played two seasons, scoring 87 match 36 was the best scorer of the club.

Udon Thani F.C.
Season 2012 held in Thai Udon Thani F.C., with him in the Udon Thani F.C. played his teammate Ildar Amirov.

Abdish-Ata Kant
In the season of 2013 he returned to Abdish-Ata, and again became the top scorer in the Top  league 19 matches, scoring 20 goals. By the end of the 2013 season, Mirzaliev reached the milestone of scoring at least 100 goals in Kyrgyzstan League and Cup matches.

In 2014, on loan transferred to his first club in 2014 Alay. Sezon began to draw the group stage of the AFC Cup, its first participation in the tournament Mrzalieva. Mirzaliyev contributed greatly to vyigrash his team in the playoffs match of the AFC Cup 2014, but in the group stage of his club could not get out of the group after losing in five games, bringing one match in a draw.

Dordoi Bishkek

Career statistic
Club statistic

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

Honours
Abdish Ata
 Kyrgyzstan Cup (3) – 2007,2009,2011.
 Ala-Too Cup  (1) – 2015.

Individual
 Best scorer in Top League (2).
 2007 21 goals.
 2013 20 goals.

References

External links
Almazbek Mirzaliev at playmakerstats.com (English version of zerozero.pt and leballonrond.fr)
Thailand Susu
Thailand Susu

1987 births
Living people
Kyrgyzstan men's international footballers
Kyrgyzstani men's footballers
Kyrgyzstani expatriate men's footballers
Almazbek Mirzaliev
Footballers at the 2006 Asian Games
Men's association football forwards
Asian Games competitors for Kyrgyzstan
Kyrgyz Premier League players


title: German submarine U-654

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German submarine U-654 was a Type VIIC U-boat built for Nazi Germany's Kriegsmarine for service during World War II.
She was laid down on 1 June 1940 by Howaldtswerke, Hamburg as yard number 803, launched on 3 May 1941 and commissioned on 5 July 1941 under Korvettenkapitän Hans-Joachim Hesse.

Design
German Type VIIC submarines were preceded by the shorter Type VIIB submarines. U-654 had a displacement of  when at the surface and  while submerged. She had a total length of , a pressure hull length of , a beam of , a height of , and a draught of . The submarine was powered by two Germaniawerft F46 four-stroke, six-cylinder supercharged diesel engines producing a total of  for use while surfaced, two Siemens-Schuckert GU 343/38-8 double-acting electric motors producing a total of  for use while submerged. She had two shafts and two  propellers. The boat was capable of operating at depths of up to .

The submarine had a maximum surface speed of  and a maximum submerged speed of . When submerged, the boat could operate for  at ; when surfaced, she could travel  at . U-654 was fitted with five  torpedo tubes (four fitted at the bow and one at the stern), fourteen torpedoes, one  SK C/35 naval gun, 220 rounds, and a  C/30 anti-aircraft gun. The boat had a complement of between forty-four and sixty.

Service history
The boat's career began with training at 5th U-boat Flotilla on 5 July 1941, followed by active service on 1 November 1941 as part of the 1st Flotilla for the remainder of her service. In four patrols she sank three merchant ships, for a total of  and one warship.

Wolfpacks
U-654 took part in one wolfpack, namely:
 Zieten (6 – 22 January 1942)

Fate
U-654 was sunk on 22 August 1942 in the Caribbean in position , by the depth charges from a United States Army Air Forces Douglas B-18 Bolo aircraft of the 45th Bombardment Squadron. All hands were lost.

Summary of raiding history

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U-boats sunk by depth charges
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World War II shipwrecks in the Caribbean Sea
World War II submarines of Germany
Ships built in Hamburg
Maritime incidents in August 1942


title: 2014 Acrobatic Gymnastics World Championships

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The 24th World Acrobatic Gymnastics Championships were held in Levallois-Perret, France at the Palais des Sports Marcel-Cerdan from July 10 to July 12, 2014. 21 countries took part in the competition.

Medallists

Results

Women's Pairs

The women's pair event took place on July 11.

Men's Pairs

The men's pair event took place on July 11.

Mixed Pairs

The mixed pairs event was held on July 12.

Women's Group

The women's group event was held on July 12.

Men's Group

The men's group event was held on July 12.

Participating nations
21 nations entered the competition.

References

External links

 Event website
 Official results

Acrobatic Gymnastics World Championships
Acrobatic Gymnastics World Championships
2014 in French sport
Sport in Hauts-de-Seine
International gymnastics competitions hosted by France


title: Genesis Drum and Bugle Corps

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The Genesis Drum and Bugle Corps is a World Class competitive junior drum and bugle corps, based in Austin, Texas. Genesis performs in Drum Corps International (DCI) competitions.

History
Sources:

Genesis was founded in September 2009 as a means for youth of the Rio Grande Valley to compete in drum corps, which they saw as "the next level of musical competition" beyond marching band. Success was far from certain, at a time when national and worldwide economics were causing the demise of dozens of long-established corps. After an examination by DCI to determine the group's organizational stability, in May 2010, DCI announced that Genesis was approved to compete in that summer's competitive season.

In its inaugural season, Genesis surprised many when it premiered at home in Texas. The corps then toured in Illinois, Michigan, Pennsylvania, and Ohio en route to the DCI Open Class World Championships in Michigan City, Indiana where the corps placed 9th in Open Class.

After its first year, Genesis' staff made the decision to have each season be a "rebirth of the corps," combining new genres of music and visual ideas with the traditional drum corps idiom. In 2011 and 2012, the corps moved up in Open Class, placing 6th both seasons before moving on to World Class prelims, where they finished 30th and 29th. In 2011, Genesis won DCI's "Most Improved Corps" award for Open Class.

In 2013, the corps rose to a 3rd place Open Class finish. Genesis then competed in the DCI World Class Championships in Indianapolis, Indiana, placing 23rd in semifinals, earning full DCI membership, and winning the World Class "Most Improved Corps" award. Additionally, Chris Magonigal was named DCI's Open Class Director of the Year.

In January 2014, Genesis announced that the corps would move its operations from Edinburg, Texas to Austin, Texas. Corps director Chris Magonigal stated: “With its centralized location, dedication to the arts, and its financial possibilities, Austin is the perfect city from which to operate our program.“

At the annual DCI meeting on January 27, 2017, Genesis was approved to compete as a World Class corps.

Sponsorship
Genesis Drum and Bugle Corps is a registered non-profit 501(c)(3) musical organization. Chris Magonigal is executive director, program coordinator, and corps director. Genesis also sponsors the Teatro Indoor Percussion ensemble, competing in the Winter Guard International Independent Open division.

Show summary (2010–2023)
Source:

References

External links
Official website

Drum Corps International World Class corps
Musical groups established in 2009
Organizations based in Texas
2009 establishments in Texas


title: Franc Gartner

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Franc Gartner (born 19 September 1904, date of death unknown) was a Yugoslav cyclist, who rode for Hermes Ljubljana. He competed in the individual and team road race events at the 1936 Summer Olympics.

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1904 births
Year of death missing
Yugoslav male cyclists
Olympic cyclists for Yugoslavia
Cyclists at the 1936 Summer Olympics
Sportspeople from Ljubljana
Slovenian male cyclists


title: Slobodište

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Slobodište (), also known as Mount Bagdala near Kruševac, is the place where the shootings of nearly 1,650 people, mainly Partisans, Chetniks, and Roma occurred during the German occupation of Serbia.

Mass execution in June 1943
The largest execution in Kruševac happened on 29 June 1943, when 324 people were executed. This was initially to be carried out on 28 June but as that was Vidovdan, Milan Nedić's government was able to move the execution a day later. Prior to the execution, SS general August Meissner arrived in Kruševac and signed the poster, noting that he himself ordered this mass execution. After that, 162 members of the Yugoslav Army in the Fatherland (Chetniks) and 162 members of the People's Liberation Movement of Yugoslavia (Partisans) were executed. Executions were also carried out within the Criminal Bureau, and bodies were buried in Bagdala.

During the occupation, Bulgarian soldiers carried out executions repeatedly in Kruševac, along with armed Arnauts in German uniforms and members of the Dimitrije Ljotić's Serbian Volunteer Corps.

Numbers
According to available documents and salvaged German documents about the shooting, 1,650 people were executed in Kruševac during the entire occupation. The executions were carried out in the following order:

Slobodište Memorial Complex
"Slobodište" Memorial Complex was built in the vicinity of the shootings, and was named like that because in one of the mounds were found the remains of soldiers of Rasina partisan detachment, who were called "bringers of freedom" of the city of Kruševac ("Slobodište" is a name derived from the Serbian word for "freedom").

Architect Bogdan Bogdanović realized the monument at the suggestion of Dobrica Ćosić, soldier of the Rasina partisan detachment. Building of the complex lasted from 1960 until 1965.

There is a following inscription on the monument:"Under this sky, human, straighten up. Bread and freedom are the same thing to us."

The basic elements of the monument are burial mounds, "Gate of Death", "Valley of giving respect" with 12 stone birds and "Valley of the living ones", and amphitheater with a stage and an auditorium.

Today, "Slobodište" is a historical complex which is a place widely visited by citizens of Kruševac, as well as foreign tourists.

References

External links
Spomen-park Slobodište

Authority Official Museum Slobodište

Axis war crimes in Yugoslavia
War crimes in Serbia
World War II monuments and memorials in Serbia
Historic Landmarks of Great Importance
Kruševac


title: Josef Lošek

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Josef Lošek (14 March 1912 – 29 May 1991) was a Czech cyclist. He competed in the individual and team road race events at the 1936 Summer Olympics.

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1912 births
1991 deaths
Czech male cyclists
Olympic cyclists for Czechoslovakia
Cyclists at the 1936 Summer Olympics
Place of birth missing


title: RapidRatings

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Rapid Ratings International Inc. is a SaaS technology firm that provides information on the financial health of public and private companies around the world. The company’s analytics system allegedly provides insights into third-party partners, suppliers, vendors, and customers. The company's platform provides Financial Health Ratings and detailed reporting to help businesses mitigate financial risk. Additionally, Rapid Ratings offers a service to obtain financial statements from private company third parties to increase transparency and improve visibility.

Rapid Ratings is headquartered in New York City at 86 Chambers Street near City Hall. It also has a North American office in Boston for customer service. International offices include Dublin, Ireland - the company's technology hub - and the New Zealand office, which focuses on R&D.

The company is led by James H. Gellert (Chairman & CEO), Douglas Cameron (President & Head of Product), and Pete Tantillo (COO & CFO).

In 2020, the firm predicted that more than half of the companies currently operating on the globe would become high risk due to a decrease in revenues brought on by the Covid-19 pandemic.

History
The framework for RapidRatings' technology was founded in 1991, by economist Dr. Patrick Caragata. He was repeatedly struck by the problems of the rating industry status quo throughout his work as a senior-level economist in Canada and New Zealand.  Dr. Caragata analyzed millions of company years’ worth of data to assess the financial health and performance of companies to develop the initial framework for the Financial Health Rating model.

In 2007, James H. Gellert and Douglas M. Cameron, bankers and entrepreneurs in the financial and business information services markets, brought RapidRatings to the United States.

The company gained recognition in the wake of the 2008 global financial crisis, as traditional rating agencies were criticized for conflicts of interest inherent in their issuer-paid models and qualitative ratings. It gained attention for detecting inefficiencies at MF Global, Enron, WorldCom, Parmalat, General Motors, Bear Stearns, Ford Motor Company, US Steel, and Peregrine. All of these companies had ratings well below investment grade for years before traditional agencies downgraded them.

In April 2016, RapidRatings secured its Series A round of funding from private equity firm LLR Partners to invest in growth and focus on innovation.  LLR invests in middle-market growth companies in a broad range of industries, with an emphasis on software, technology-enabled services, and healthcare. RapidRatings invested in many areas including leadership, sales, marketing, customer service, and product.

In September 2018, RapidRatings secured $30 million in its Series B round of funding from private equity firm FTV Capital to continue investing in growth.  FTV Capital is a growth equity firm specializing in innovative enterprise technology and services companies. Kyle Griswold, FTV Capital partner, also joined the RapidRatings board of directors.

Methodology
RapidRatings generates a Financial Health Rating (FHR), a single number on a 0 - 100 scale that indicates the overall financial health of a given company. The FHR is calculated using fundamental data from a company’s financial statements and does not take into account market inputs, analysts' opinions, trade payments, or contact with issuers, bankers, or advisors. The system uses over 70 efficiency ratios and places companies into 24 industry groupings, allowing it to measure industry-specific risk. By using financial data, the rating provides a 12-month, forward-looking assessment of a company's financial stability. The company can rate publicly-traded and privately-owned firms on the same basis, which is accomplished through individual and confidential outreach to the private companies on behalf of a client.

Over the past 20 years, approximately 90% of defaults have been rated into the company's High Risk and Very High-Risk categories. One academic study published in 2011 by two finance professors at Indiana University and American University found RapidRatings to lead other competitors by 2+ years in downgrading companies that ultimately fail.

RapidRatings’ clients fall into several departments across all industries including financial investment and risk management, supply chain risk management, financial services vendor management, third-party risk management, and corporate credit risk management.

Congressional involvement
The firm’s CEO and chairman, James H. Gellert, has spoken extensively about increasing competition in the rating industry. Gellert has testified to Congress and the SEC six times to discuss RapidRatings’ FHRs and promote rating industry reform.

MF Global collapse
On February 1, 2012, RapidRatings testified alongside S&P and Moody’s about the collapse of MF Global. While S&P and Moody issued MF Global investment-grade ratings until days before it filed for bankruptcy, RapidRatings had rated MF Global as high risk for more than two years leading up to the filing. At the time of the filing, it had an FHR of 23.

NRSRO status
RapidRatings has chosen not to apply to become a Nationally Recognized Statistical Rating Agency (NRSRO) for reasons that include increased liability exposure, increased operating costs, and complex internal process requirements. Doing so would also threaten its intellectual property by requiring it to disclose the software behind its proprietary system, which allows it to function without bias.

External links

References

Financial services companies based in New York City
New Zealand companies established in 1991
American companies established in 1991
1991 establishments in New York (state)
Financial services companies established in 1991


title: Ahmet Haxhiu

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Ahmet Haxhiu (6 May 1932 – 6 July 1994) was a Kosovo Albanian political activist and one of the main gunrunners for Kosovo Liberation Army in the early 1990s. He was one of the leading figures of the Revolutionary Movement for Albanian Unification, which aimed at uniting various illegal groups who fought against the government of FR Yugoslavia. Haxhiu later joined People's Movement of Kosovo and was considered the right hand of Adem Demaçi.

On 28 November 2012 (Albanian Flag Day), Ahmet Haxhiu was awarded "The Order Hero of Kosovo" by the fourth President of the Republic of Kosovo, Atifete Jahjaga.

He was the grandfather of Kosovar politician Albulena Haxhiu.

References

1932 births
Kosovan prisoners and detainees
Yugoslav dissidents
1994 deaths
Kosovo Albanians
Politicians from Pristina
Albanian nationalists in Kosovo
Albanian rights activists
Yugoslav Albanians
Albanian separatism


title: 1950 State of the Union Address

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The 1950 State of the Union Address was given by Harry S. Truman, the 33rd president of the United States, on Wednesday, January 4, 1950.  He spoke to the 81st United States Congress, to the United States House of Representatives and the United States Senate.  It was a joint session, and the 160th address given.  He said, "Our aim for a peaceful, democratic world of free peoples will be achieved in the long run, not by force of arms, but by an appeal to the minds and hearts of men."  He also said, Our Social Security System should be developed into the main reliance of our people for basic protection against the economic hazards of old-age, unemployment, and illness.

See also
United States House of Representatives elections, 1950

References

External links
 1950 State of the Union Address (full video at www.buyoutfootage.com)

Presidency of Harry S. Truman
State of the Union addresses
81st United States Congress
State of the Union Address
State of the Union Address
State of the Union Address
State of the Union Address
January 1950 events in the United States


title: Gottlieb Weber

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Gottlieb Weber (26 July 1910 – 4 November 1996) was a Swiss cyclist. He competed in the individual and team road race events at the 1936 Summer Olympics.

References

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1910 births
1996 deaths
Swiss male cyclists
Olympic cyclists for Switzerland
Cyclists at the 1936 Summer Olympics
Cyclists from Zürich


title: Pelsi tsässon

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Pelsi tsässon is a small Seto chapel situated in Pelsi village, Setomaa Parish, Võru County in southeastern Estonia.

General information
Pelsi tsässon is located on the land unit of Grossmann. Tsässon is dedicated to the Saint, Righteous Anna. The feast-day for this tsässon is Anna day, the 7 August (25 July according to Julian calendar). Tsässon is still used and in good condition. The building is not state-protected.

Building data
Pelsi tsässon is a small, square one-storied stone building with a gable roof, the dimensions of which are 676 x 511 cm. The building has one interior room (14.5 m2) and an open entrance-room (5.9 m2). The walls of tsässon are made from granite stones and bricks, bound together by lime-mortar and decorated. The thickness of the walls is 70–80 cm. There are different ornaments and initials (that could belong to the builder) on the small stones stowed inside the outer wall mortar. The renovation done in the last few years has somewhat changed the exterior look of the building. If it used to be a building with an extended shelter above the entrance, now an entrance-room with a roof that supports on strong posts has been added to it. The entrance-room has a beam fence and vertical boarding barrier and a gate. There used to be a shelter without sides in front of the tsässon that was supported by two angled posts. The height of the building from the foundation up to where the rafter and the wall unite is 240 cm and the height up to the ridge is 465 cm. At the moment, the building has a spindle-tin roof. From a 1970s photograph, it can be seen that at that time, the roof of the tsässon was made from shingles. The walls of the building on the inside are of granite stones bound together with lime-mortar and of brick finishing. There have been cracks in the walls, mended by cement-based mixture. To stop the building from falling apart, the inner walls have had metal joint fasteners in them that have been removed by now. The size for the door opening is 116 x 180 cm. The vertical supporting posts have been installed inside the walls. The boards fixed on the crosspiece by fishtail tenon have 57 cm forged hinges. The door dimensions are 96 x 170 cm. The door is made from four wide boards. The size of the window is 66 x 80 cm. The wooden jamb is old and has a simple wooden window with four panes.

Furnishing
There is an icon table in the rear wall of the building, which in turn has a thicker table attached to it for candles. There are a few newer small printed icons on the table. They are covered by a Soviet-time icon scarf made from tulle curtain and a modern fringed icon scarf made from white cloth. There are a few benches, one of which is older than the other.

References

Chapels in Estonia
Setomaa Parish
Buildings and structures in Võru County
Churches completed in 1896
19th-century establishments in Estonia


title: Alexander Southayke

text:
Alexander Southayke BD (died 1606) was a Canon of Windsor from 1586 to 1606

Career
He was educated at Trinity College, Cambridge and graduated BA in 1571, MA in 1574 and BD in 1581.

He was appointed:
Rector of Waddington, Lincolnshire 1588

He was appointed to the fourth stall in St George's Chapel, Windsor Castle in 1586 and held the canonry until 1606.

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1606 deaths
Canons of Windsor
Alumni of Trinity College, Cambridge
Year of birth missing


title: Dominik Kunca

text:
Dominik Kunca (born 4 March 1992) is a Slovak professional footballer who plays as a forward for Polish III liga club Legionovia Legionowo.

Club career

Zemplín Michalovce
After beginning his career with ŠK Strážske, he moved to MFK Zemplín Michalovce. He made his debut for Zemplín at the age of sixteen, two months and 13 days against Inter Bratislava in Piešťany on 17 May 2008.

ŽP Šport Podbrezová
In summer 2014, he came to Podbrezová on a half-year loan from MFK Zemplín Michalovce.
He made his professional debut for ŽP Šport Podbrezová against Slovan Bratislava in a 2:1 loss on 11 July 2014.

Motor Lublin
On 6 August 2019, he signed a contract with Motor Lublin. After returning from a loan spell at Avia Świdnik at the end of June 2022, his contract with Motor was not extended and he left the club.

Legionovia
On 6 July 2023, after spending another year at Avia, Kunca joined III liga side Legionovia Legionowo on a one-year deal.

References

External links

 ŽP Šport Podbrezová profile
 Eurofotbal profile

1992 births
Living people
Sportspeople from Humenné
Footballers from the Prešov Region
Slovak men's footballers
Slovak expatriate men's footballers
Men's association football forwards
MFK Zemplín Michalovce players
FK Železiarne Podbrezová players
MFK Ružomberok players
1. SC Znojmo FK players
Motor Lublin players
Avia Świdnik players
Legionovia Legionowo (football) players
Slovak First Football League players
2. Liga (Slovakia) players
III liga players
II liga players
Czech National Football League players
Slovak expatriate sportspeople in the Czech Republic
Slovak expatriate sportspeople in Poland
Expatriate men's footballers in the Czech Republic
Expatriate men's footballers in Poland


title: 2012 AFL Under 18 Championships

text:
The 2012 NAB AFL Under 18 Championships was the 17th edition of the AFL Under 18 Championships. Eight teams competed in the championships: Vic Metro, Vic Country, South Australia and Western Australia in Division 1, and New South Wales/Australian Capital Territory (NSW/ACT), Northern Territory, Queensland and Tasmania in Division 2. The competition was played over five rounds, in seven states and territories, across two divisions. In the first two rounds of the competition, the second-division teams crossed over and played the division one sides, while the final three rounds of matches were played between the teams in each the division. Vic Metro and the Northern Territory were the Division 1 and Division 2 champions, respectively. The Larke Medal (for the best player in Division 1) was awarded to Vic Country's Lachie Whitfield, and the Hunter Harrison Medal (for the best player in Division 2) was won by the Northern Territory's Jake Neade.

Results

Round 1

Round 2

Round 3

Round 4

Round 5

Under 18 All-Australian team
The 2012 Under 18 All-Australian team was named on 6 July 2012:

References

Under 18


title: Pablo Podio

text:
Pablo Joaquin Podio (born 7 August 1989) is an Argentine professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Kyzylzhar in Kazakhstan.

Club career

ŽP Šport Podbrezová
After beginning his career with F.C. PSC La Playosa, Podio moved to Europe in 2008 to play for ŽP Šport Podbrezová as part of the Inter Campus project. He played there until 2017.
He made his Fortuna Liga debut for Podbrezová against Slovan Bratislava on 11 July 2014. He had debuted in the starting-XI and was booked with a late yellow card. Podbrezová had lost at Pasienky 2:1 after two goals by Marko Milinković.

Keşla (loan)
On 17 January 2018, Keşla announced the signing of Podio on a six-month contract.

Irtysh Pavlodar
On 11 January 2020, Irtysh Pavlodar announced the signing of Podio.

Personal life
He also possess Slovak citizenship.

References

External links

 FO ŽP Šport Podbrezová profile
 Eurofotbal profile

1989 births
Living people
Slovak men's footballers
Naturalized citizens of Slovakia
Men's association football midfielders
FK Železiarne Podbrezová players
FC Zlín players
Shamakhi FK players
FC Irtysh Pavlodar players
FC Kyzylzhar players
Slovak First Football League players
Czech First League players
Azerbaijan Premier League players
Kazakhstan Premier League players
Argentine expatriate sportspeople in Slovakia
Expatriate men's footballers in Slovakia
Argentine expatriate sportspeople in the Czech Republic
Expatriate men's footballers in the Czech Republic
Argentine expatriate sportspeople in Azerbaijan
Expatriate men's footballers in Azerbaijan
Argentine expatriate sportspeople in Kazakhstan
Expatriate men's footballers in Kazakhstan
Argentine expatriate men's footballers
Argentine men's footballers
Footballers from Córdoba, Argentina
Naturalised association football players


title: Hennie Binneman

text:
Hennie Binneman (30 April 1914 – 19 March 1968) was a South African cyclist. He competed in the individual road race event at the 1936 Summer Olympics.

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1914 births
1968 deaths
Afrikaner people
South African male cyclists
Olympic cyclists for South Africa
Cyclists at the 1936 Summer Olympics
People from Bellville, South Africa
Commonwealth Games medallists in cycling
Commonwealth Games gold medallists for South Africa
Cyclists at the 1938 British Empire Games
Sportspeople from the Western Cape
20th-century South African people
Medallists at the 1938 British Empire Games


title: William Wilson (priest)

text:
William Wilson DD (1545 – 15 May 1615) was a Canon of Windsor from 1584 to 1615 and Chancellor of St Paul's Cathedral from 1596 to 1615.

Career

He was educated at Merton College, Oxford and graduated BA in 1564, MA in 1570, BD in 1576 and DD in 1607.

He was appointed:
Rector of Islip, Oxford 1578
Chaplain to the Archbishop of Canterbury
Prebendary of Rochester 1591
Rector of Cliffe, Kent
Chancellor of St Paul's Cathedral 1596 - 1615
Prebendary of Ealdstreet in St Paul's 1615.

He was appointed to the third stall in St George's Chapel, Windsor Castle in 1584 and held the canonry until 1615.

Notes

1545 births
1615 deaths
Canons of Windsor
Alumni of Merton College, Oxford