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# Slovakia Davis Cup team
The **Slovakia men\'s national tennis team** represents Slovakia in Davis Cup tennis competition and are governed by the Slovak Tennis Association.
Slovakia finished as runners-up in 2005, losing 3--2 to Croatia in the final. They currently compete in the Europe/Africa Zone of Group I. They last competed in the World Group in 2006.
## Current team (2024) {#current_team_2024}
- Alex Molčan (singles)
- Lukáš Klein (singles)
- Lukáš Pokorný (singles)
- Jozef Kovalík (singles)
- Igor Zelenay (doubles)
## History
Slovakia competed in its first Davis Cup in 1994. Slovak players had previously played for Czechoslovakia.
Following the 2005 Davis Cup World Group competition, the International Tennis Federation (ITF) announced that Karol Beck, one of the players for Slovakia, had tested positive for the beta agonist clenbuterol during the semifinal against Argentina, which Slovakia won 4--1
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# Apostolic Vicariate of El Petén
The **Vicariate Apostolic of El Petén** (*Vicariatus Apostolicus de El Petén*) is a Latin Church ecclesiastical jurisdiction or apostolic vicariate of the Catholic Church in Petén Department, Guatemala.
Its cathedral is the *Catedral Nuestra Señora de Los Remedios y San Pablo Itzá*, in see of Flores, Guatemala.
## History
It was erected 10 March 1951, as the apostolic administration of El Petén.
It was elevated to apostolic vicariate on 3 February 1984, hence entitled to a titular bishop, but remains directly exempt to the Holy See, not part of any ecclesiastical province.
## Ordinaries
Apostolic Administrators of El Petén
- Raymundo Julian Martín, Dominican Order (O.P.) Apostolic Administrator *ad nutum Sanctae Sedis* (1951.03.10 -- 1956), while Bishop of Vera Paz (Guatemala) (1945.11.14 -- 1966.05.28)
- Gabriel Viñamata Castelsagué, Saint Francis Xavier Spanish Institute for Foreign Missions (I.E.M.E.) (1956.07.11 -- death 1964)
- Gennaro Artazcor Lizarrage, I.E.M.E. (1964.01.04 -- death 1969)
- Aguado Arraux, I.E.M.E. (1969 -- death 1970)
- Luis María Estrada Paetau, O.P. (1970.11.30 -- 1977.10.27), later Apostolic Administrator of Izabal (Guatemala) (1977.10.27 -- 1988.03.12) & Titular Bishop of Regiæ (1977.10.27 -- 2011.03.25), Apostolic Vicar of above Izabal (1988.03.12 -- 2004.05.21)
- Jorge Mario Avila del Aguila, Lazarists (C.M.) (1987.01.29 -- 2001.12.05 *see below*)
Apostolic Vicars of El Petén
- Jorge Mario Avila del Aguila, C.M. (*see above* 1984.02.03 -- 1987.01.29), Titular Bishop of Nasai (1982.12.03 -- 1987.01.29); later Bishop of Jalapa (Guatemala) (1987.01.29 -- 2001.12.05), Secretary General of Episcopal Secretariat of Central America and Panama (1988--1992), President of Episcopal Conference of Guatemala (1994--1998)
- Rodolfo Francisco Bobadilla Mata, C.M. (1987.05.15 -- 1996.09.28), Titular Bishop of Lari Castellum (1987.05.15 -- 1996.09.28), later Bishop of Huehuetenango (Guatemala) (1996.09.28 -- 2012.05.14)
- Oscar Julio Vian Morales, Salesians of Don Bosco (S.D.B.) (1996.11.30 -- 2007.04.19), Titular Bishop of Pupiana (1996.11.30 -- 2007.04.19), later Metropolitan Archbishop of Los Altos, Quetzaltenango--Totonicapán (Guatemala) (2007.04.19 -- 2010.10.02), Metropolitan Archbishop of Guatemala (2010.10.02 -- 2013.04.25), restyled Metropolitan Archbishop of Santiago de Guatemala (Guatemala) (2013.04.25 -- \...)
- Pro-Vicar Apostolic Octavio Sassu, O.P. (2007 -- 2009.02.10)
- Mario Fiandri, S.D.B. (2009.02.10 -- \...), Titular Bishop of Madarsuma (2009.02.10 -- \..
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# Bob's Your Uncle (band)
**Bob\'s Your Uncle** was a Canadian alternative rock band formed in Vancouver. The band consisted of band founder guitarist Jamie Junger, vocalist and guitarist Sook-Yin Lee, bassist Bernie Radelfinger, harmonica player Peter Lizotte and drummer John Rule, later to be replaced by drummer Karl Cardosa Aka Charles Pinto. The band\'s music was characterized by Lee\'s strong voice and lyrics, and with rock, jazz and blues instrumental accompaniment.
## History
The band released its first single, \"Talk to the Birds\", in 1985, and subsequently released their debut self-titled album in 1986. The band\'s second album, *Tale of Two Legs*, came out in 1990, and the band toured in Ontario in support. The band released one more album, *Cages*, on an independent label.
After Bob\'s Your Uncle disbanded, Junger founded a follow-up band called The Wingnuts, toured with several artists, and pursued a solo career.
Sook-Yin Lee went on to become a VJ for MuchMusic, Canada\'s music video station, and later an on-air personality for CBC Radio, hosting *Definitely Not the Opera* and acting in films
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# Bobby Scott (American football)
**Robert Benson Scott** (born April 2, 1949) is an American former professional football quarterback who played ten seasons in the National Football League (NFL) for the New Orleans Saints from 1973 to 1981. He later played for the New Jersey Generals and Chicago Blitz of the United States Football League (USFL) in 1983. He graduated from Rossville High School in Rossville, Georgia. He was second on the Saints depth chart behind Archie Manning. In 1976, Manning had surgery on his throwing shoulder and Scott had the opportunity to start.
As quarterback for the University of Tennessee Volunteers, Scott was named Most Outstanding Player in the 1971 Sugar Bowl. Tennessee defeated the Air Force Academy Falcons 34--13 in the game
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# Rizal Memorial Stadium
The **Rizal Memorial Track and Football Stadium** (simply known as the **Rizal Memorial Stadium**) is a stadium in Manila, Philippines. Part of the Rizal Memorial Sports Complex which is designated by the National Historical Commission of the Philippines as a historical landmark, it served as the main stadium of the 1954 Asian Games and the Southeast Asian Games on three occasions. The stadium is the official home of the Philippines national football teams and domestic matches.
## Background
Since the 1930s, it has hosted all major local football tournaments and some international matches. When a new tartan track was laid out at the oval for the country\'s initial hosting of the 1981 Southeast Asian Games, the venue became a hub for athletics and the football pitch\'s condition slowly deteriorated. It eventually became unsuitable for international matches which meant the Philippine national team would have to play their home games at an alternate venue.
In 2010, the Philippine Sports Commission (PSC) partnered with the De La Salle University to refurbish the stadium\'s football pitch. The stadium had undergone a major renovation program with the Philippine Football Federation (PFF) spend `{{Philippine peso|3.4 million}}`{=mediawiki} for the renovation of the locker rooms, comfort rooms, and the fiberglass seats. The renovation was completed in 2011 and was first used for the game of Azkals against Sri Lanka in 2014 FIFA World Cup qualifiers round on July 3, 2011 which was the first international football game held at the stadium in the decades, where the Philippine national team won 4-0 overall. However, the pitch (which was a natural grass) deteriorated again due to the number of football and rugby events, that led the PSC to convert it into an artificial turf in 2014. In 2015, its football pitch received the 2-star accreditation from FIFA, making it the first football pitch in the Philippines to have it.
The stadium has undergone a major renovation after it was designated as the venue for the men\'s football event of the 2019 Southeast Asian Games New individual seats are to be installed in the spectator area of the stadium outside the main grandstand. The renovation also includes the upgrading of its rubberized track oval. The renovation will be funded from the `{{Philippine peso|842.5 million}}`{=mediawiki} given by the Philippine Amusement and Gaming Corporation to the Philippine Sports Commission.
In early 2025, the stadium\'s artificial pitch was replaced with a new one within a month and tested on April 11.
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# Rizal Memorial Stadium
## Sport
### Athletics
Rizal Memorial has hosted several regional athletic meets, among the firsts being the 1934 Far Eastern Championship Games, the precursor of the Asian Games. It then went on to host the 1954 Asian Games. Aside from the athletic events, it also served as the main stadium for both of the multi-sport events. It also hosted the athletic events of the 2005 Southeast Asian Games and ASEAN Para Games.
It hosted regional athletic championships, hosting Asian Athletics Championships twice in 1993 and 2003. On a national level, the stadium has served as the venue for the Philippine Athletics Championships several times.
### Football
#### Domestic
Rizal Memorial is the home to the Philippines Football League since the league\'s inaugural season, hosting matches during the 2017 Philippines Football League, 2018 Philippines Football League, 2019 Philippines Football League, 2022--23 Philippines Football League, and the 2024--25 Philippines Football League.
Rizal Memorial is the home to the Philippines Football League, hosting matches since the league\'s inaugural season in 2017. It also hosts the matches for the Copa Paulino Alcantara. The football tournaments for the National Collegiate Athletics Association and University Athletic Association of the Philippines are held in the stadium. The 2023 PFF Women\'s League was also held at the stadium.
#### International
One of the first events held in the stadium is the football tournament of the 1934 Far Eastern Championship Games. The opening match between the Philippines and China on 12 May 1934 drew an estimated crowd of 40,000 people. China won the match 2--1, and eventually won the title. Other football tournaments of regional multi-sport events includes the 1954 Asian Games, the 1981, 1991, and 2019 Southeast Asian Games.
In 1966 and 1970, the AFC Youth Championship was held at Rizal Memorial.
The 2012 and 2014 Philippine Peace Cup were held in the stadium.
AFC Champions League tournaments were also held in the stadium:
- 2017 AFC Cup
- 2018 AFC Cup
- 2020 AFC Cup
- 2020 AFC Champions League qualifying play-offs
Other events held at the stadium:
- 2012 and 2014 AFF Suzuki Cup Semifinals
- 2014 AFC Challenge Cup qualification Group E
- 2027 AFC Asian Cup qualification
- 2023--24 AFC Champions League
- 2023--24 AFC Cup
#### ASEAN Championships {#asean_championships}
Edition Date Time Team #1 Result Team #2 Round Spectators
------------------------- ------------------ ------------- -------------------------------------- -------- ------------------------------------ ------------------ ------------
2016 AFF Suzuki Cup 25 November 2016 20:00 UTC+8 1--2 **`{{Fb|Indonesia}}`{=mediawiki}** Group stage 467
2022 AFF Championship 23 December 2022 18:00 UTC+8 **`{{Fb|Philippines}}`{=mediawiki}** 5--1 Group stage 1,650
2 January 2023 20:30 UTC+8 1--2 **`{{Fb|Indonesia}}`{=mediawiki}** 2,370
2024 ASEAN Championship 12 December 2024 18:30 UTC+8 1--1 Group stage 1,589
18 December 2024 21:00 UTC+8 1--1 3,346
27 December 2024 21:00 UTC+8 **`{{Fb|Philippines}}`{=mediawiki}** 2--1 Semifinals Leg 1 10,087
#### 2022 AFF Women\'s Championship {#aff_womens_championship}
Date Time Team #1 Result Team #2 Round Spectators
-------------- ------------- ---------------------------------------- -------- ---------------------------------------- ------------------- ------------
4 July 2022 16:00 UTC+8 0--0 Group stage 235
19:00 UTC+8 **`{{Fbw|Philippines}}`{=mediawiki}** 1--0 1,408
6 July 2022 16:00 UTC+8 2--2 207
19:00 UTC+8 **`{{Fbw|Philippines}}`{=mediawiki}** 7--0 647
8 July 2022 16:00 UTC+8 **`{{Fbu|23|Australia}}`{=mediawiki}** 4--0
19:00 UTC+8 0--4 **`{{Fbw|Philippines}}`{=mediawiki}** 429
10 July 2022 16:00 UTC+8 1--4 **`{{Fbu|23|Australia}}`{=mediawiki}** 334
19:00 UTC+8 **`{{Fbw|Philippines}}`{=mediawiki}** 4--1 1,464
12 July 2022 16:00 UTC+8 **`{{Fbw|Thailand}}`{=mediawiki}** 1--0 2,923
13 July 2022 19:00 UTC+8 **`{{Fbw|Vietnam}}`{=mediawiki}** 4--0 157
15 July 2022 16:00 UTC+8 **`{{Fbw|Thailand}}`{=mediawiki}** 2--0 Semi-finals
20:00 UTC+8 0--4 **`{{Fbw|Philippines}}`{=mediawiki}** 3,233
17 July 2022 16:00 UTC+8 **`{{Fbw|Myanmar}}`{=mediawiki}** 4--3 Third place match
19:30 UTC+8 0--3 **`{{Fbw|Philippines}}`{=mediawiki}** Final 8,257
#### FIFA World Cup Qualification {#fifa_world_cup_qualification}
- 2014 FIFA World Cup qualification
- 2026 FIFA World Cup qualification -- AFC second round
Date Time Team #1 Result Team #2 Round Spectators
------------------ ------------- --------- -------- --------- -------------- ------------
16 November 2023 19:00 UTC+8 0--2 Second round 10,378
21 November 2023 19:00 UTC+8 1--1 9,880
26 March 2024 19:00 UTC+8 0--5 10,014
### Rugby
The first international rugby test in the stadium was held when the Philippines hosted the 2012 Asian Five Nations Division I tournament, which doubled as a qualifying tournament for the 2015 Rugby World Cup; the goal posts were erected just days prior to the tournament.
## Other purposes {#other_purposes}
### Concert
On July 4, 1966, the Rizal Memorial Stadium hosted two sold-out concerts of the Beatles. The combined attendance was 80,000 with the evening concert registering 50,000 paying audience and becoming the Beatles\' second-biggest concert ever.
Add to this, a celebrity had concert in this Stadium "The Vic Damone Show" held on 24 December 1960. A huge audience attended his concert in the evening.
Date Headlining artist Concert or tour Opening acts Attendance
------------------ --------------------------- -------------------- ----------------------------------------- ------------
4 July 1966 **The Beatles** Asian Tour 1966 Reycard Duet, Wing Duo, Pilita Corrales 50,000
16 December 1978 **Asin**
15 February 1992 **New Kids on the Block** No More Games Tour
11 December 1985 **Pops Fernandez** Always Pops
: List of concerts showing date, headlining artist or band, name of concert or tour and opening acts
### COVID-19 pandemic {#covid_19_pandemic}
During the government\'s *\"Hatid Tulong\"* program, the stadium was used as the designated temporary holding place for Locally Stranded Individuals (LSIs). With the stadium being full, many other individuals who availed of the said program ended up sleeping and gathering outside
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# Tihai
***Tihai*** (pronounced ti-\'ha-yi) is a polyrhythmic technique found in Indian classical music, and often used to conclude a piece. Tihais can be either sung or played on an instrument. Tihais are sometimes used to distort the listeners' perception of time, only to reveal the consistent underlying cycle at the sam.
## Definition
Tihai is the repetition of specific group of BOL or BEATS by three times.
### Usage
Typically, a *tihai* is used as a rhythmic cadence, i.e., a rhythmic variation that marks the end of a melody or rhythmic composition, creating a transition to another section of the music.
### Structure
The basic internal format of the *tihai* is three equal repetitions of a rhythmic pattern (or rhythmo-melodic pattern), interspersed with 2 (usually) equal rests.
The ending point of the *tihai* is calculated to fall on a significant point in the rhythmic cycle (called *tala*), most often the first beat (called *sum* and pronounced \"some\"). The other most common ending point of a *tihai* is the beginning of the *gat* or *bandish*, which is often found several beats before the *sum*.
If the three groupings are played with two groupings of rests, which are equally long, then the tihai is called *Dumdaar*.
Otherwise, if there are no rests between the three groupings, then the tihai is called *Bedumdaar* (or for short, *Bedum*).
Sometimes, a pattern is played on the tabla that is almost identical to a *tihai*, except for the fact that it ends on the beat just before the *sum*. Such patterns are known as *anagat*.
## Examples
• If the phrase is 16 beats long,\
like in the rhythmic cycle called *Teental*,\
the outline of a *Anagat Tihai* might look like **4 2 4 2 4**.\
Each \"**4**\" represents a rhythmic pattern that is 4 beats long,\
and each \"**2**\" represents a rest that is 2 beats long.\
(**4**+**2**+**4**+**2**+**4** = **6**+**6**+**4** = **12**+**4** = **16**).
The start of the next phrase fall exactly on the downbeat.
• Another example of *Anagat Tihai* in a 16 beat phrase might be **2 5 2 5 2** :\
Two beats of rhythm with 5 beats of rest between them.\
(**2**+**5**+**2**+**5**+**2** = **7**+**7**+**2** = **14**+**2** = **16**).
• In a \'10 beat *taal*, such as *jhaptaal*, a *Tihai* may be structured as **6 1 6 1 6 1** (this last beat falling on the *sum*).\
(**6**+**1**+**6**+**1**+**6**+**1** = **7**+**7**+**7** = **21** = **10**x2 + **1**).
More complicated patterns may be formulated.
For example, for the 16 beat Teentaal, a *Tihai of Tihais* may be formed. This is known as the *Chakradhar Tihai*.
One structure of Chakradhar Tihai may be implemented as the following, where the last **1** lands on the *Sum*.\
4 1 1 1 4 1 1 1 4 1 1 1 Rest
4 1 1 1 4 1 1 1 4 1 1 1 Rest
4 1 1 1 4 1 1 1 4 1 1 1
\[(**4**+**1**+**1**+**1**)x3x3\]+**1**+**1** = (**7**x3x3)+**2** = (**21**x3)+**2** = **63**+**2** = **65** = **64**+**1** = (**16**x4)+**1**
Following is a possible rhythmic composition based this structure (written in bols syllables).\
dhatirakita takatirakita dhatirakita tak'tirakita dha dha dha
dhatirakita takatirakita dhatirakita takatirakita dha dha dha
dhatirakita takatirakita dhatirakita takatirakita dha dha dha
'''S''' ''(Silent, Rest)''
dhatirakita takatirakita dhatirakita tak'tirakita dha dha dha
dhatirakita takatirakita dhatirakita takatirakita dha dha dha
dhatirakita takatirakita dhatirakita takatirakita dha dha dha
'''S''' ''(Silent, Rest)''
dhatirakita takatirakita dhatirakita takatirakita dha dha dha
dhatirakita takatirakita dhatirakita takatirakita dha dha dha
dhatirakita takatirakita dhatirakita takatirakita dha dha dha.
The last *dha* is the *Sum*
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# Morocco Davis Cup team
The **Morocco men\'s national tennis team** represents Morocco in Davis Cup tennis competition and are governed by the Royal Moroccan Tennis Federation.
Morocco currently compete in the Europe/Africa Zone Group II.`{{fact|date=December 2023}}`{=mediawiki}
## History
Morocco competed in its first Davis Cup in 1961. As of August 2007, the team has played 70 ties; winning 35 and losing 35.`{{fact|date=December 2023}}`{=mediawiki}
Morocco competes in the Europe/Africa Zone Group II. They last competed in the World Group in 2004 where they lost 5-0 against Argentina
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# Proposition Player
***Proposition Player*** is a six-issue American comic book limited series created by writer Bill Willingham and artist Paul Guinan, published by the American comic book label Vertigo imprint of DC Comics.
## Plot
*Proposition Player* tells the story of Joey Martin, a Las Vegas proposition player employed by casinos to join dull card games in order to liven up the gaming. Years of experience have made Joey an expert, if unsatisfied, card player.
One night, during a round of drinks, he is pushed into a proposition that sees him buy the souls of thirty-two people for the price of one free beer each. It is not long before those who sold their souls are suffering fatal accidents one by one, and the forces of Heaven and Hell show up trying to put a price on the purchased souls for themselves
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# Brazil Davis Cup team
The **Brazil national tennis team** represents Brazil in Davis Cup tennis competition and are governed by the Brazilian Tennis Confederation.
After nine years, Brazil returned to the World Group in 2013 with a defeat by the United States in the first round. Brazil also played in 2015, losing to Argentina.
## Current team {#current_team}
The current team for the 2025 Davis Cup is:
- Thiago Seyboth Wild (singles)
- João Fonseca (singles)
- Matheus Pucinelli de Almeida (singles)
- Rafael Matos (doubles)
- Marcelo Melo (doubles)
## History
Brazil competed in its first Davis Cup in 1932
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# Prime Time (Don McLean album)
***Prime Time*** is an album by the American singer-songwriter Don McLean, released in 1977. It was produced by John Peters. Drake sampled \"The Wrong Thing to Do\" in his song \"Doing It Wrong\" from 2011\'s *Take Care*.
## Critical reception {#critical_reception}
*Record World* called the title track \"a rock \'n roll song with a honky-tonk flavor and a good deal of strong and ironic social commentary.\"
## Track listing {#track_listing}
All tracks composed by Don McLean, except where indicated.
1. \"Prime Time\" 5:02
2. \"The Statue\" 3:19
3. \"Jump\" 3:38
4. \"Red Wing\" 1:12
5. \"The Wrong Thing to Do\" 3:33
6. \"The Pattern Is Broken\" 2:49
7. \"When Love Begins\" 3:31
8. \"Color TV Blues\" 3:58
9. \"Building My Body\" 3:15
10. \"Down the Road/Sally Ann\" 1:34
11. \"When a Good Thing Goes Bad\" 4:00
12. \"South of the Border\" (Michael Carr, Jimmy Kennedy) 2:21
13
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# Ecuador Davis Cup team
The **Ecuador men\'s national tennis team** represents Ecuador in Davis Cup tennis competition and are governed by the Ecuador Tennis Federation.
Ecuador currently compete in the Americas Zone of Group I. Their best performance was in 1985, when they advanced to the quarterfinals in the World Group.
## History
Ecuador competed in its first Davis Cup in 1961
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# Washington State Route 536
**State Route 536** (**SR 536**) is a 5.38 mi state highway serving Skagit County in the U.S. state of Washington. The highway travels southeast from SR 20 near Fredonia through Mount Vernon to an interchange with Interstate 5 (I-5) on the east side of downtown Mount Vernon. SR 536 was created during the 1964 highway renumbering as a replacement for the Anacortes branch of Primary State Highway 1 (PSH 1). SR 536 was shortened to its current route in 1973 after SR 20 was extended west and a spur route was established to serve Anacortes.
## Route description {#route_description}
SR 536 begins as the Memorial Highway at an intersection with SR 20 located south of Skagit Regional Airport and east of Fredonia. The highway travels east through farmland before following the Skagit River southeast into Mount Vernon. SR 536 crosses the Skagit River on a swing bridge into Downtown Mount Vernon, turning east onto Division Street and south onto 3rd Street. The highway turns east at Skagit Station onto Kincaid Street and crosses a BNSF rail line before ending at a diamond interchange with I-5.
Every year, the Washington State Department of Transportation (WSDOT) conducts a series of surveys on its highways in the state to measure traffic volume. This is expressed in terms of annual average daily traffic (AADT), which is a measure of traffic volume for any average day of the year. In 2011, WSDOT calculated that between 4,600 and 23,000 vehicles per day used the highway, mostly in Downtown Mount Vernon.
## History
SR 536 was established during the 1964 highway renumbering as a 20.63 mi highway connecting Anacortes to Mount Vernon. The highway, first codified as the Anacortes branch of PSH 1 in 1937, began at the Anacortes Ferry Terminal and traveled south to SR 525, turning east and traveling over the Swinomish Channel, leaving Fidalgo Island. SR 536 continued east to Fredonia, intersecting the termini of SR 20 and SR 537, before turning southeast over the Skagit River into Mount Vernon and ending at U.S. Route 99 (US 99).
The bridge over the Skagit River was rebuilt by the state government in 1954, at a cost of \$1.03 million. US 99 and PSH 1 were replaced by I-5 in segments between 1966 and 1970, as SR 536 was widened, paved, and extended east to a new interchange. SR 20 was extended west to Whidbey Island and the Olympic Peninsula over SR 536 and SR 525 in 1973, shortening SR 536 to its current route and creating SR 20 Spur in Anacortes. The highway\'s eastern terminus at I-5 was expanded into a full diamond interchange in 1975 as part of a project to rebuild the freeway through Mount Vernon
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# Zimbabwe Davis Cup team
The **Zimbabwe men\'s national tennis team** represents Zimbabwe in Davis Cup tennis competition and are governed by the Zimbabwe Tennis Association. Zimbabwe currently competes in the Europe/Africa Zone of Group II. They last competed in the World Group in 2000.
## History
### Beginnings
Zimbabwe competed in its first Davis Cup in 1963, as Rhodesia in the European Zone. They defeated the Netherlands before they lost to Sweden in the second round. In the next two years they got through to the second round of European qualifying. After skipping the 1966 and 1967 edition, they returned to the 1968 edition with protests in the original scheduled venue at Båstad as they had to move it to a neutral location in Southern France. Despite this, did not go on to win a match in two years before taking a break, which would be until 1976 where they were supposed to take on Ireland but after withdrawing from that edition, they lost to Switzerland 3-2.
### World Group appearance {#world_group_appearance}
In the 1983 edition, they took on Turkey in the opening round of Zone B in the European Draw. After knocking over Turkey, they would lose to the Hungarians at home in the second round of the zone. In 1988, the team moved to Group II where at home they would take out the Group II division as they defeated Egypt to qualify to the top group in Europe. After staying in the Europe division for six years, they had the opportunity to go into the World Group for the first time against the Czech Republic. They would lose to the Czech Republic, before getting into the playoff again in 1997, this time they would win over Austria to qualify through to the World Group for the first time.
Entering the 1998 edition, they were expected to lose to Australia at Mildura. Wayne Black and Byron Black would surprise the world as they won the reverse singles to take the tie 3-2 and causing the big upset of that round. The quarter finals though they would lose 5-0 to the Italian team to record the country best result in a Davis Cup
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# William Dennis Hunt
**William Dennis Hunt** (March 1, 1944 -- June 14, 2020) was an American actor. He was known for his role as Emperor Wang the Perverted in *Flesh Gordon* (1974) and *Flesh Gordon Meets the Cosmic Cheerleaders* (1990). He is also the only actor to appear in both Flesh Gordon films.
He portrayed the Klingon Huraga in the *Star Trek: Deep Space Nine* episode \"The Way of the Warrior\". Other television credits include: *L.A. Law* (1992, with Amy Benedict, Timothy Carhart, Corbin Bernsen, and Larry Drake), *Wings* (1994, with Steven Weber), *Babylon 5* (1995, with Bill Mumy and Andreas Katsulas), *Frasier* (1998, with Kelsey Grammer), *Seven Days* (2000, with Norman Lloyd and Alan Scarfe), *Alias* (2003, with Ahmed Best, Christian Slater, Lindsey Ginter, Tracy Middendorf, and Terry O\'Quinn) a recurring role as \"Judge Edgar Byrnes\" on *NYPD Blue* (2003, with Daniel Benzali and Don Stark).
His other film credits include *Critters 3* (1991), *Dr. Giggles* (1992), *Chaplin* (1992), *Lightning in a Bottle* (1993), *The Bacchae* (2000), *Dragonfly* (2002), *Evan Almighty* (2007) and *Life Inside Out* (2014).
He died at 76 on June 14, 2020
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# Shintetsu Arima Line
The `{{Nihongo|'''Arima Line'''|神戸電鉄有馬線|Kōbe Dentetsu Arima-sen}}`{=mediawiki} is a commuter railway line in Kobe, Japan operated by Kobe Electric Railway. It connects central Kobe with its northern suburbs in Kita-ku and Arima Onsen.
The line is 22.9 km long, extending from `{{STN|Minatogawa|x}}`{=mediawiki} in Hyogo-ku to `{{STN|Arima Onsen|x}}`{=mediawiki} in Kita-ku.
Service is divided at Arimaguchi, where most trains from Shinkaichi continue on the Sanda Line, with short-run trains operating between Arimaguchi and Arima Onsen, the line terminus.
## History
The entire line opened in 1928, `{{track gauge|1067mm}}`{=mediawiki} gauge and electrified at 1500 VDC.
The Mitogawa - Arimaguchi section was duplicated between 1965 and 1966.
### Former connecting lines {#former_connecting_lines}
Arima Onsen station - The 12 km line to Sanda on the Fukuchiyama Line was operated by the Arima Railway Company from 1915 to 1943.
## Stations
- S = stop
- ↑ = one direction only
- {{!}} = pass
+--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+-----------------+----------+-------------------------------+---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+---------------+----------+------------------------+----------------------------------------------------------------------+
| No. | Station | | Distance from Minatogawa (km) | Local\ | Semi-Express\ | Express\ | Special Rapid Express\ | Connections |
| | | | | (普通) | (準急) | (急行) | (特快速) | |
+========================================================================================================+=================+==========+===============================+===========================================================================================================================+===============+==========+========================+======================================================================+
| ↑ Through service via the 20px Shintetsu Kobe Kosoku Line to/from `{{STN|Shinkaichi|x}}`{=mediawiki} ↑ | | | | | | | | |
+--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+-----------------+----------+-------------------------------+---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+---------------+----------+------------------------+----------------------------------------------------------------------+
| | Minatogawa | 湊川 | 0.0 | S | S | S | S | 20px Kobe Subway Seishin-Yamate Line (S06: Minatogawa-Koen Station)\ |
| | | | | | | | | 20px Shintetsu Kobe Kosoku Line |
+--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+-----------------+----------+-------------------------------+---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+---------------+----------+------------------------+----------------------------------------------------------------------+
| | Nagata | 長田 | 1.9 | S | S | \| | ↑ | |
+--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+-----------------+----------+-------------------------------+---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+---------------+----------+------------------------+----------------------------------------------------------------------+
| | Maruyama | 丸山 | 2.6 | S | \| | \| | ↑ | |
+--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+-----------------+----------+-------------------------------+---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+---------------+----------+------------------------+----------------------------------------------------------------------+
| | Hiyodorigoe | 鵯越 | 3.6 | S | \| | \| | ↑ | |
+--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+-----------------+----------+-------------------------------+---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+---------------+----------+------------------------+----------------------------------------------------------------------+
| | Suzurandai | 鈴蘭台 | 7.5 | S | S | S | S | 20px Ao Line (Through Service) |
+--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+-----------------+----------+-------------------------------+---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+---------------+----------+------------------------+----------------------------------------------------------------------+
| | Kita-Suzurandai | 北鈴蘭台 | 9.4 | S | S | S | S | |
+--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+-----------------+----------+-------------------------------+---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+---------------+----------+------------------------+----------------------------------------------------------------------+
| | Yamanomachi | 山の街 | 10.3 | S | S | S | S | |
+--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+-----------------+----------+-------------------------------+---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+---------------+----------+------------------------+----------------------------------------------------------------------+
| | Minotani | 箕谷 | 12.0 | S | S | \| | ↑ | |
+--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+-----------------+----------+-------------------------------+---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+---------------+----------+------------------------+----------------------------------------------------------------------+
| | Tanigami | 谷上 | 13.7 | S | S | S | S | 20px Kobe Subway Hokushin Line (S01) |
+--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+-----------------+----------+-------------------------------+---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+---------------+----------+------------------------+----------------------------------------------------------------------+
| | Hanayama | 花山 | 15.4 | S | S | \| | ↑ | |
+--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+-----------------+----------+-------------------------------+---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+---------------+----------+------------------------+----------------------------------------------------------------------+
| | Ōike | 大池 | 17.1 | S | S | S | ↑ | |
+--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+-----------------+----------+-------------------------------+---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+---------------+----------+------------------------+----------------------------------------------------------------------+
| | Shintetsu Rokko | 神鉄六甲 | 18.1 | S | S | \| | ↑ | |
+--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+-----------------+----------+-------------------------------+---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+---------------+----------+------------------------+----------------------------------------------------------------------+
| | Karatodai | 唐櫃台 | 18.9 | S | S | S | ↑ | |
+--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+-----------------+----------+-------------------------------+---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+---------------+----------+------------------------+----------------------------------------------------------------------+
| | Arimaguchi | 有馬口 | 20.0 | S | S | S | ↑ | 20px Sanda Line (Through Service) |
+--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+-----------------+----------+-------------------------------+---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+---------------+----------+------------------------+----------------------------------------------------------------------+
| | Arima Onsen | 有馬温泉 | 22.5 | S | S | | | |
+--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+-----------------+----------+-------------------------------+---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+---------------+----------+------------------------+----------------------------------------------------------------------+
| Through Services: | | | | **from Suzurandai**\ | | | | |
| | | | | Local, Semi-express, Express (all) - to `{{STN|Ao|x}}`{=mediawiki} on the 20px Ao Line\ | | | | |
| | | | | **from Arimaguchi**\ | | | | |
| | | | | Local, Semi-express, Express (all), Special rapid express (all) - to `{{STN|Sanda|x}}`{=mediawiki} on the 20px Sanda Line | | | | |
+--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+-----------------+----------+-------------------------------+---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+---------------+----------+------------------------+----------------------------------------------------------------------+
Abolished stations
: Shin-yu Yaba (神有耶馬) - located between Hiyodorigoe and Suzurandai, abolished on February 15, 1939.
: Shin-Arima (新有馬) - located between Arimaguchi and Arima Onsen, suspended on June 15, 1965, and abolished on February 28, 2013
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# Denmark Davis Cup team
The **Denmark men\'s national tennis team** represents Denmark in Davis Cup tennis competition and are governed by the Danish Tennis Association.
Denmark currently compete in the Europe/Africa Zone of Group II. They competed in the World Group from 1988 to 1989 and again from 1993 to 1996. Since that time the team has failed to return to the World Group.
## Current team (2025) {#current_team_2025}
- Holger Rune
- August Holmgren
- Johannes Ingildsen
- Christian Sigsgaard
- Elmer Møller
## History
Denmark competed in its first Davis Cup in 1921
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# The Young Magicians
***The Young Magicians*** is an American anthology of fantasy short stories, edited by American writer Lin Carter. It was first published in paperback by Ballantine Books in October 1969 as the seventh volume of its *Ballantine Adult Fantasy series*. It was the second such anthology assembled by Carter for the series, issued simultaneously with the first, *Dragons, Elves, and Heroes*. The book has been translated into German.
## Summary
The book collects eighteen modern fantasy tales and poems by various authors, with an overall introduction and notes by Carter. The pieces range in date from the 19th to 20th centuries. The collection is a companion volume to Carter\'s later *New Worlds for Old* (1971), which also collects modern fantasies.
## Contents
- \"Introduction: Diana\'s Foresters\" (Lin Carter)
- \"Rapunzel\" (William Morris)
- \"The Sword of Welleran\" (Lord Dunsany)
- \"In Valhalla\" (E. R. Eddison)
- \"The Way of Ecben\" (James Branch Cabell)
- \"The Quest of Iranon\" (H. P. Lovecraft)
- \"The Cats of Ulthar\" (H. P. Lovecraft)
- \"The Maze of Maal Dweb\" (Clark Ashton Smith)
- \"The Whelming of Oom\" (Lin Carter) (A Lord Dunsany pastiche).
- \"Through the Dragon Glass\" (A. Merritt)
- \"The Valley of the Worm\" (Robert E. Howard)
- \"Heldendämmerung\" (poem) (L. Sprague de Camp)
- \"Cursed be the City\" (Henry Kuttner)
- \"Ka the Appalling\" (L. Sprague de Camp)
- \"Turjan of Miir\" (Jack Vance)
- \"Narnian Suite\" (poem) (C.S. Lewis)
- \"Once Upon a Time\" (poem) (J.R.R. Tolkien)
- \"The Dragon\'s Visit\" (poem) (J.R.R. Tolkien)
- \"Azlon\" (from *Khymyrium*) (Lin Carter)
## Reception
The book was reviewed by Tony Lewis in *Locus* no. 44, December 17, 1969, Paul Walker in *Science Fiction Review*, April 1970, Robert A. W. Lowndes in *Bizarre Fantasy Tales* no. 2, March 1971, Klaus Leicht (in *Magira* no. 31, 1978, and Helmut Pesch, also in *Magira* no. 31, 1978
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# Hungary Davis Cup team
The **Hungary men\'s national tennis team** represents Hungary in Davis Cup tennis competition and are governed by the Hungarian Tennis Association.
## History
### First decades in Davis Cup (1924--1967) {#first_decades_in_davis_cup_19241967}
Hungary competed in its first Davis Cup in 1924 and was stuck in the first round for five years (not counting an automatic bye). They broke the curse with the first and convincing 5--0 win against Norway realized by Béla Von Kehrling in the major part. In 1929 they cruised to their first semifinal losing to Great Britain in a close 3--2 (two singles absolved by Von Kehrling) falling only in the fifth rubber. It took another 20 years to relive the success in 1949 (including the five-year vacancy period during the Second World War) this time losing to France in the semis. The core of the team was 1947 French Open champion József Asbóth. In 1956 Hungary was absent from the Cup because of the Hungarian Revolution of 1956. In 1966 a record attendance visited the Hungary-Great Britain quarterfinal in Budapest, where a crowd of 20,000 spectators supported the András Szikszay-István Gulyás Davis Cup team during the four-day tie. A tough weekend started on Saturday 14 May for the multiple champions Brits, who had three-time Major semifinalist Mike Sangster losing their first match in five sets to István Gulyás. They turned to 2--1 on the same day but on Sunday András Szikszay also defeated Sangster leaving the decision to the fifth final tie, which was postponed to Monday. In a four set match Gulyás started well taking the first one 18--16, but Roger Taylor finished in three easier sets. English team captain Headley Baxter remarked that although they won they hadn\'t been forced into such a tough fight for years. Just two weeks later Gulyás had his first and lone Grand Slam final in the French Open losing only to Tony Roche of Australia.
Members `{{div col}}`{=mediawiki}
- Béla Von Kehrling `{{small|(46 matches 25/21 W/L)}}`{=mediawiki}
- József Asbóth `{{small|(41 matches 24/17 W/L)}}`{=mediawiki}
- Elek Straub `{{small|(4 matches, 2/2 W/L)}}`{=mediawiki}
- Emil Ferenczy `{{small|(3 matches 0/3 W/L)}}`{=mediawiki}
- Imre Zichy `{{small|(3 matches 0/3 W/L)}}`{=mediawiki}
- Emil Gábori `{{small|(30 matches 9/21 W/L)}}`{=mediawiki}
- Pál Aschner `{{small|(2 matches 0/2 W/L)}}`{=mediawiki}
- Imre Takáts `{{small|(25 matches 7/718 W/L)}}`{=mediawiki}
- Kálmán Kirchmayer `{{small|(8 matches 3/5 W/L)}}`{=mediawiki}
- Jenő Péteri `{{small|(6 matches 2/4 W/L)}}`{=mediawiki}
- Aurél Kelemen `{{small|(1 match 0/1 W/L)}}`{=mediawiki}
- György Dallos `{{small|(8 match 2/6 W/L)}}`{=mediawiki}
- Zoltán Katona `{{small|(10 match 4/6 W/L)}}`{=mediawiki}
- Kálmán Fehér `{{small|(2 match 1/1 W/L)}}`{=mediawiki}
- András Ádám-Stolpa `{{small|(39 match 20/19 W/L)}}`{=mediawiki}
- Mihály Csikós `{{small|(1 match 0/1 W/L)}}`{=mediawiki}
- Dezső Vad `{{small|(1 match 0/1 W/L)}}`{=mediawiki}
- Antal Jancsó `{{small|(6 match 1/5 W/L)}}`{=mediawiki}
- István Gulyás `{{small|(48 match 28/20 W/L)}}`{=mediawiki}
- István Sikorszki `{{small|(2 match 0/2 W/L)}}`{=mediawiki}
- Ferenc Komáromy `{{small|(3 match 1/2 W/L)}}`{=mediawiki}
- András Szikszay `{{small|(25 match 12/13 W/L)}}`{=mediawiki}
- Attila Korpás `{{small|(2 match 0/2 W/L)}}`{=mediawiki}
- Péter Szőke `{{small|(1 match 0/1 W/L)}}`{=mediawiki}
### From open-era tennis to formation of World Group (1968--1980) {#from_open_era_tennis_to_formation_of_world_group_19681980}
22 years after the last attempt in 1971 the third semifinal challenge was left unexploited for the team as the Federal Republic of Germany took the first three matches in two 5-sets and a 4-sets contests. The tie was saved by Szabolcs Baranyi (the present day captain) in the fifth match evading total defeat. It was also the last Davis Cup for veteran player István Gulyás who fought in 61 matches for 14 years. Four years later Hungary repeatedly advanced to the semis by winning three consecutive rounds (Hungary had to get out from the preliminary round) but were stopped by Czechoslovakia.
The breakthrough came in the next year when Hungary had a chance to advance into the Inter-Zonal Zone in the Europe Zone B Final. The Péter Szőke, János Benyik (1995 captain) and Balázs Taróczy (the only Hungarian winner in the tie) trio had to battle comrade socialist country Soviet Union. Though the soviets won the qualifier 4--1 they stepped back from the Inter-Zonal Zone first round versus Chile. Hungary had to wait two more years to get a second try in the final of the 1978 Europe Zone A against 1975 one-time champions Sweden. Three times Wimbledon and French Open champion and former World number one Björn Borg backed up the Swedes. The Taróczy-Szőke duo won the doubles but the rest of the matches were lost.
Members `{{div col}}`{=mediawiki}
- Balázs Taróczy `{{small|(49 matches 37/12 W/L)}}`{=mediawiki}
- Péter Szőke `{{small|(37 matches 19/18 W/L)}}`{=mediawiki}
- Szabolcs Baranyi `{{small|(26 matches 15/11 W/L)}}`{=mediawiki}
- Róbert Machán `{{small|(14 matches 9/5 W/L)}}`{=mediawiki}
- István Gulyás `{{small|(13 matches 6/7 W/L)}}`{=mediawiki}
- János Benyik `{{small|(9 matches 2/7 W/L)}}`{=mediawiki}
- Zoltán Kuharszky `{{small|(2 matches 1/1 W/L)}}`{=mediawiki}
- András Szikszay `{{small|(1 matches 0/1 W/L)}}`{=mediawiki}
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# Hungary Davis Cup team
## History
### Introduction of World Group and Hungary entering (1981--1996) {#introduction_of_world_group_and_hungary_entering_19811996}
#### 1981--93 seasons
The era was dominated by the play of two-time GS doubles champion Balázs Taróczy (1973--\'86) and Lányi-Markovits (\'87--\'93) and the introduction of the all-time youngest player Sándor Noszály. The team had four fruitless attempts to advance to the World Group (lost to New Zealand, Denmark and two times to Spain) and had to defend one Europe Group I -- Relegation Play-off (def. Belgium). Due to the lack of tie breaks the Taróczy-Machán doubles hold the record for the *Most Games In Rubber* in the third one of the 1985 quarterfinal with Egypt. Though the Egyptians had won it the Hungarians made a comeback from 2--1 and turned to 3--2. After the induction of tie-break László Markovits set this record in singles as well in the quarterfinals of the 1992 Euro/African Group I. It was also a defeat in the 5-set opening match against Poland with the final set lasting 14--12 (the final set tie-break still hadn\'t been accepted). The outcome was 3--2 to Hungary.
#### 1993 season
\|R2={{ TennisMatch \|T1P1=József Krocskó \|7 \|6 \|6 \| \| \|T2P1=Alberto Mancini \|6.039 \|3 \|2 \| \| }} \|R3={{ TennisMatch \|T1P1=Nagy \|T1P2=Noszály \|6.019 \|1 \|1 \| \|\|T2P1=Albano \|T2P2=Frana \|7 \|6 \|6 \| \| }} \|R4={{ TennisMatch \|T1P1=József Krocskó \|6 \|6 \|4 \|6 \| \|T2P1=Javier Frana \|2 \|4 \|6 \|3 \| }} \|R5={{ TennisMatch \|T1P1=Sándor Noszály \|4 \|7 \|6 \| \| \|T2P1=Alberto Mancini \|6 \|6.039 \|3 \| \| }} \|team1-var= \|team2-var= }} From the beginning of the season the captain András Pintér was followed by Csepai Ferenc.
The Euro/African Group I first Round was organized by Hungary at the Vasas Sports Club in March. They had to overcome the tennis minority Finland. The three opposite players had 1 ATP point altogether in singles. Olli Rahnasto was a well-established doubles player, while his Finnish partner was unranked so were the Hungarian Lányi-Markovits duo. Matching the expectations Hungary won the draw with only one setback on the event that is Rahnasto defeating József Krocskó.
The next step was taking over Great Britain in the second round in Hungary. It was Lányi\'s last appearance in the Davis Cup. The Brits were composed of Jeremy Bates, Mark Petchey and Chris Wilkinson. The quartet of Krocskó/Noszály/Lányi-Markovits represented Hungary. All the Englishmen were higher ranked than the Hungarian best József Krocskó. Their doubles were better as well. It was a close win for Hungary finishing the tie in the decider 3 straight sets win of Noszály on Wilkinson.
The team reached had the opportunity to qualify for the World Group for the sixth time of their run. The only change in the team was the substitution of Markovits/Lányi doubles for Viktor Nagy partnering singles player Sándor Noszály. Markovits remained in reserve. The match was played in outside red court in the UTE Stadium in Budapest. The Argentines were well-known of Guillermo Pérez Roldán (defended Casablanca title in March vs. El Aynaoui on clay) and Javier Frana (champion of Movistar Open in February on clay and \'92 Olimpic bronze medalist for doubles) both inside the top 50--100 (#63, #82, #72 dbl. respectively). They were complemented by former top 10 player Alberto Mancini (#112) and Pablo Albano (#99 dbl.), the latter being paired up for the doubles round with Frana (winners of ATP Bordeaux on clay 5 days earlier), who arrived in good shape .
The first match was easily won by Noszály in three sets. He was in good form as he\'d almost won the Budapest. In the second duel Krocskó pushed the Hungarians to a 2--0 lead by a 3 set win over Mancini, who held himself well in the first until the tie break, while gradually collapsing for the third set allowing a double break for Krocskó. The hope remained for the South-Americans after the fast doubles win over Noszály/Nagy, who played together for the first time and was on significantly low doubles rank for of 468 for Noszály and 715 for Nagy. Challenger on 19 September. The two had 134 positions difference in the ATP list at the time. The Argentine captain Francisco Mastelli decided to pick Frana instead of Perez-Roldan because of an injury for the crucial fourth rubber. At 2--1 tie the Krocskó-Frana face off who had 95 ATP places between them resulted in a World Group qualifying point for Krocskó, which he converted thus pushing the team into the Group for the first time in the Hungarian tennis history. At the dead rubber last match Noszály crowned the triumph with a 2--1 set victory over Mancini, who was 85 world rank ahead. After the match Krocskó said on the decider:\"I prepared profoundly on Frana, because we suspected the opponent change upon injury. I knew if I could return his serves there will be no problem. I wasn\'t afraid when the third set had gone, because I had the whole match under control\". The Hungarian captain considered the qualification a huge virtuosity, which he\'d never dreamed of.
#### 1994 season {#season_1}
In its first year of being promoted to World Group the Hungarians had to play with France in Besançon. The French had Henri Leconte competing for singles, Olivier Delaître for doubles and Arnaud Boetsch for both. Markovits returned to partner with Viktor Nagy. The only match won by Krocskó against former top 5 Leconte (#49 that week) in three straight sets. All five matches were in straight sets.
The same result came to happen in the play off against Italy in September at the Római parti Tennis Academy, Budapest. It was József Krocskó for the second time who provided the only win in a two per three sets final match over Renzo Furlan, who was 38th on the ATP list. The team was relegated to Europe Group as a consequence.
**World Group** `{{3TeamBracket-info
| RD1-date=25 Mar – 27 Mar 1994
| RD2-date=23 Sep – 25 Sep 1994
| RD1T1-loc=[[Besançon]], France
| RD1-seed1= | RD1-team1={{davis|FRA}} | RD1-score1=4
| RD1-seed2= | RD1-team2={{davis|HUN}} {{decrease}}| RD1-score2=1
| RD2T1-loc=[[Budapest]], Hungary
| RD2-seed1= | RD2-team1={{davis|HUN}} {{decrease}}| RD2-score1=1
| RD2-seed2= | RD2-team2={{davis|ITA}} | RD2-score2=4
}}`{=mediawiki}
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# Hungary Davis Cup team
## History
### Introduction of World Group and Hungary entering (1981--1996) {#introduction_of_world_group_and_hungary_entering_19811996}
#### 1995--1996 Season {#season_2}
\|R2={{ TennisMatch \|T1P1=József Krocskó \|5 \|6 \|6 \|6 \| \|T2P1=Todd Woodbridge \|7 \|2 \|3 \|1 \| }} \|R3={{ TennisMatch \|T1P1=Köves \|T1P2=Markovits \|6 \|7 \|0 \|3 \|2 \|T2P1=Woodbridge \|T2P2=Woodforde \|1 \|6.069 \|6 \|6 \|6 }} \|R4={{ TennisMatch \|T1P1=Sándor Noszály \|6.039 \|6 \|1 \|6 \|7 \|T2P1=Todd Woodbridge \|7 \|3 \|6 \|2 \|5 }} \|R5={{ TennisMatch \|T1P1=József Krocskó \|6 \|6 \|3 \|6 \| \|T2P1=Mark Philippoussis \|4 \|4 \|6 \|3 \| }} \|team1-var= \|team2-var= }}
The team was at its rise under the leadership of team captain and coach János Benyik. With his help the team reached the highest level group of Davis Cup and achieved remarkable victories over notable teams.
In 1995 the team had only one match because of their previous relegation from World Group. In the Euro/African Group I 1st Round they passed through Portugal and get a way back to the elite. The match took place in the Vasas stadium in Budapest. The Portugal tennis didn\'t soared at the moment with none of the native players inside the top 100. Their highest ranked player didn\'t step on court this time (N. Marques) thus all the engageable players were around the top 200 (actually 2 and 4 places inside the top 200, while the reserve player was 9 spots behind the top 250). However, in doubles they were much better (Köves/Markovits-Couto/Cunha-Silva) and because of the Davis Cup match up rules the lowest ranked Hungarian player had to beat his highest and better Portugal counterpart (Krocskó-Cunha-Silva). Contrary to the expectations these two matches was won by Hungary and was completed by the third win at the fourth rubber by Sándor Noszály over João Cunha-Silva (the two frontmen). The group advanced again to the play-offs (called World Group -- Qualifying 1st round).
The biggest accomplishment of this team was the qualification to the World Group in a Play-off tie against the Australian team, whose rank and seed weren\'t determined by the actual Davis Cup rules, can be described the best by their flawless performance in the play-offs (thus this marked the first time for them to ever falling out of the World Group) and by the total Davis Cup champion titles they\'d got (26 final victories, more than any other nation). World number one doubles partners Mark Woodforde-Todd Woodbridge (whose singles rank were #39-#36 respectively) were accompanied by Patrick Rafter (#46), Mark Philippoussis (#84) and coach John Newcombe and Tony Roche to Hungary. They left out of the stack 1993 finalist member Richard Fromberg (who became active again after two years break) and Jason Stoltenberg due to his shoulder injury.
The most anticipated Hungarian player was Sándor Noszály who reached the semifinals of Bucharest Open -- part of ATP International series -- after defeating Albert Costa and Sergi Bruguera. He was also at his peak on the world rankings at the 95th position. He remembered ten years after as arriving tired to his first match because he had 5 days of rest after the aforementioned Romanian tournament. He was joined by József Krocskó (#192), who called himself a \"Davis Cup specialist\", a name referring to his better results when it came to represent his country. Finally the Köves/Márkovits duo was added to the roster.
Before the start of the tie it was revealed that the announced line-up for the Aussies changed when Newcombe left Rafter out of the active players list because the Hungarian clay court doesn\'t favored him as officially been explained. According to affiliates of the Australian delegation the reason behind the decision was the confrontation of Rafter and the coaches caused by the filthy speech and disrespectful behaviour he showed during a training where he also smashed his racquet. The Hungarian captain expressed his thoughts that the heavy ball would hopefully kill the serve-and-volley style of the opponents and now that Woodbridge jumped in as flagship of their team the third match would prove to be too much for him. He also added the opponents are vulnerable on the baseline game.
The Friday first match happened upon predictions by Philippoussis taking the rubber easily in 3 sets 106 minutes. The next match was a decisive one since the Hungarian didn\'t want to rely on the doubles match. Krocskó started well against Woodbridge taking the lead in the first set serving for a 5--2 40/15, he lost it together with the set to 7--5. He eventually won the match by winning the consecutive three sets allowing his opponent only 6 games 6--2, 6--3, 6--1. After the match Woodbridge blamed the unusual cold weather, while Krocskó highlighted his aggressive style. At the Saturday doubles action the Hungarian pair advanced to 2--0 within 82 minutes over the multiple Grand Slam champions but the latter team took big effort to turn the tide and grabbed the victory. The Hungarians admitted that they became tired in the middle of the match while the Woodies commented on their initial weak as a result of Woodforde\'s birthday party just before the beginning of the day. The Sunday schedule say the comeback of the Hungarian team from 2--1 to 2--3 as the three and half hour long rise and fall match of the two highest ranked players was won by Noszály despite Woodbridge having 3 break points at 3--3, which could have given him the chance to serve out the match. The confident play of Krocskó in the decider meant the end of Australia\'s permanent successes in the World Group and Hungary being promoted into it for the second time.
In the first round of the 1996 Davis Cup World Group they faced the Czech Republic the actual semifinalists of the year. Their opponents enlisted Daniel Vacek (#26), Petr Korda (#27) and Davis Cup debutant newcomer Jiří Novák (#40) giving the Hungarians no chance with a walloping 5--0 victory in Plzeň, Czech Republic.
They had to defend the World Group membership against up-and-coming Russia headed by Yevgeny Kafelnikov (#5). The Hungarian team had been saved by a second zero defeat thanks to Sávolt Attila the newest player of the team, who won the fifth match (vs. former top ten Andrei Chesnokov) shortened to two won sets due to irreversible 4--0 Russian lead. It also marked the retirement of Sándor Noszály who lost in his final match partnering Gábor Köves to Kafelnikov/Olhovski. Thus Hungary was eliminated from the Group for the second time.
Members `{{div col}}`{=mediawiki}
- Balázs Taróczy `{{small|(46 matches 39/7 W/L)}}`{=mediawiki}
- Sándor Noszály `{{small|(35 matches 15/20 W/L)}}`{=mediawiki}
- András Lányi `{{small|(25 matches, 12/13 W/L)}}`{=mediawiki}
- László Markovits `{{small|(24 matches 10/14 W/L)}}`{=mediawiki}
- József Krocskó `{{small|(18 matches 9/9 W/L)}}`{=mediawiki}
- Róbert Machán `{{small|(16 matches 5/11 W/L)}}`{=mediawiki}
- Sándor Kiss `{{small|(12 matches 8/4 W/L)}}`{=mediawiki}
- Péter Szőke `{{small|(9 matches 7/2 W/L)}}`{=mediawiki}
- Gábor Köves `{{small|(8 matches 3/5 W/L)}}`{=mediawiki}
- Viktor Nagy `{{small|(5 matches 1/4 W/L)}}`{=mediawiki}
- János Benyik `{{small|(7 matches 1/6 W/L)}}`{=mediawiki}
- Attila Sávolt `{{small|(2 matches 1/1 W/L)}}`{=mediawiki}
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# Hungary Davis Cup team
## History
### Recent years (1997--2017) {#recent_years_19972017}
Since then the Hungarians set several inhouse records such as *Longest Tie Break* (22 Points, 12/10 in favor of Hungary) in the fifth rubber of the 5--0 first round meeting with Monaco in 2001, the *Longest Tie Duration* (versus Luxembourg hallmarked by Gilles Müller) in a 2002 match-up, the *Longest Winning Run in Ties* between 2003--\'04 (Estonia, Madagascar, Namibia, Lithuania), *Longest Rubber Duration* (4 Hours 31 Minutes during the 3--2 win over Bulgaria) in 2006 and the *Most Decisive Victory in tie* against Greece in 2008. Hungary was degraded to Group II in 1997 after being defeated by Ukraine 3--2. In 1999 they leveled up again but only for one year, in which they had two defeats to Andrei Pavel\'s Romania and Jarkko Nieminen\'s Finland. On 11 July 2010 Hungary avoided relegation against Macedonia from Europe/Africa Group II. In 2011 the team advanced to the play-off of Europe/Africa Group II after two successful ties against Cyprus and Belarus before failing to be promoted against Great Britain led by Andy Murray in singles and Fleming--Hutchins in doubles. In 2012 they were eliminated in the second round by Latvia who reversed the match after being 2--0 down with back to back victories by Ernest Gulbis and Andis Juška in doubles and in both singles in the second and third day. On 7 April 2013 Hungary relegated to Europe Zone Group III, after they defeated by Luxembourg. In 2017, Hungary returned to the world group by upsetting a strong Russian team 3--1, thus ending their 20 years absence in the top tier.
Members `{{div col}}`{=mediawiki}
- Kornél Bardóczky `{{small|(45 matches 28/17 W/L)}}`{=mediawiki}
- Gergely Kisgyörgy `{{small|(37 matches 23/14 W/L)}}`{=mediawiki}
- Attila Sávolt `{{small|(33 matches 19/14 W/L)}}`{=mediawiki}
- Sebő Kiss `{{small|(23 matches 15/8 W/L)}}`{=mediawiki}
- Gábor Köves `{{small|(8 matches 7/1 W/L)}}`{=mediawiki}
- Ádám Kellner `{{small|(14 matches 7/7 W/L)}}`{=mediawiki}
- Attila Balázs `{{small|(7 matches 5/2 W/L)}}`{=mediawiki}
- László Fonó `{{small|(5 matches 4/1 W/L)}}`{=mediawiki}
- György Balázs `{{small|(5 matches 4/1 W/L)}}`{=mediawiki}
- Dénes Lukács `{{small|(5 matches 2/3 W/L)}}`{=mediawiki}
- Róbert Varga `{{small|(4 matches 4/0 W/L)}}`{=mediawiki}
- Balázs Veress `{{small|(3 matches 1/2 W/L)}}`{=mediawiki}
- Zoltán Böröczky `{{small|(2 matches 1/1 W/L)}}`{=mediawiki}
- Norbert Mazány `{{small|(2 matches 1/1 W/L)}}`{=mediawiki}
- József Krocskó `{{small|(2 matches 0/2 W/L)}}`{=mediawiki}
- Márton Fucsovics `{{small|(36 matches 24/12 W/L)}}`{=mediawiki}
- Gábor Jaross `{{small|(1 matches 0/1 W/L)}}`{=mediawiki}
- Zsolt Tatár `{{small|(1 matches, 0/1 W/L)}}`{=mediawiki}
- László Markovits `{{small|(1 matches 0/1 W/L)}}`{=mediawiki}
- Norbert Pákai `{{small|(0 matches 0/0 W/L)}}`{=mediawiki}
## Current team (2025) {#current_team_2025}
- Fábián Marozsán (singles)
- Márton Fucsovics (singles)
- Máté Valkusz
- Peter Fajta (doubles)
- Adam Jilly (doubles)
### Recent callups {#recent_callups}
- Zsombor Piros
- Matyas Fuele
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# Hungary Davis Cup team
## Statistics
\'\'Last updated: Hungary -- Belgium; 7 March 2020
Record
- Total: 85--86 (49.7%)
Head-to-head record (1924--)
DC team `{{Tooltip|Pld|Games played}}`{=mediawiki} `{{Tooltip|W|Won}}`{=mediawiki} `{{Tooltip|L|Lost}}`{=mediawiki}
------------ -------------------------------------------- --------------------------------- ----------------------------------
2 0 2
1 1 0
2 1 1
1 1 0
2 2 0
1 1 0
14 6 8
1 1 0
\*^4^ 2 0 2
5 4 1
1 0 1
1 1 0
2 0 2
2 1 1
8 3 5
6 5 1
2 1 1
4 3 1
5 1 4
2 1 1
4 1 3
2 1 1
4 1 3
4 4 0
\*^6^ 0 0 0
\*^5^ 5 4 1
\*^3^ 4 3 1
8 1 7
2 0 2
1 0 1
1 1 0
1 1 0
4 2 2
1 1 0
1 1 0
3 2 1
5 4 1
2 2 0
1 1 0
4 2 2
\*^1^ 2 1 1
2 1 1
\*^2^ 5 5 0
4 2 2
3 1 2
2 1 1
2 1 1
1 0 1
2 1 1
1 1 0
1 0 1
5 0 5
3 0 3
5 1 4
3 1 2
3 1 2
4 1 3
2 2 0
Total (58) 171 85 86
Record against continents
+------------------------------+-----------------------------+------------------------------+------------------+-----------------------------+------------------------------+
| Africa | Asia | Europe | North America | Oceania | South America |
+==============================+=============================+==============================+==================+=============================+==============================+
| \ | \ | \ | | \ | \ |
| `{{davis|EGY}}`{=mediawiki}\ | `{{davis|JPN}}`{=mediawiki} | `{{davis|AUT}}`{=mediawiki}\ | | `{{davis|NZL}}`{=mediawiki} | `{{davis|BRA}}`{=mediawiki}\ |
| `{{davis|MAD}}`{=mediawiki}\ | | `{{davis|BLR}}`{=mediawiki}\ | | | `{{davis|CHI}}`{=mediawiki} |
| `{{davis|MAR}}`{=mediawiki}\ | | `{{davis|BEL}}`{=mediawiki}\ | | | |
| `{{davis|NAM}}`{=mediawiki}\ | | `{{davis|BIH}}`{=mediawiki}\ | | | |
| `{{davis|NGR}}`{=mediawiki}\ | | `{{davis|BUL}}`{=mediawiki}\ | | | |
| `{{davis|RSA}}`{=mediawiki}\ | | `{{davis|CYP}}`{=mediawiki}\ | | | |
| `{{davis|ZIM}}`{=mediawiki} | | `{{davis|CZE}}`{=mediawiki}\ | | | |
| | | `{{davis|TCH}}`{=mediawiki}\ | | | |
| | | `{{davis|DEN}}`{=mediawiki}\ | | | |
| | | `{{davis|EST}}`{=mediawiki}\ | | | |
| | | `{{davis|FIN}}`{=mediawiki}\ | | | |
| | | `{{davis|FRA}}`{=mediawiki}\ | | | |
| | | `{{davis|GEO}}`{=mediawiki}\ | | | |
| | | `{{davis|GER}}`{=mediawiki}\ | | | |
| | | `{{davis|FRG}}`{=mediawiki}\ | | | |
| | | `{{davis|GBR}}`{=mediawiki}\ | | | |
| | | `{{davis|GRE}}`{=mediawiki}\ | | | |
| | | `{{davis|IRL}}`{=mediawiki}\ | | | |
| | | `{{davis|ISR}}`{=mediawiki}\ | | | |
| | | `{{davis|ITA}}`{=mediawiki}\ | | | |
| | | `{{davis|LAT}}`{=mediawiki}\ | | | |
| | | `{{davis|LIE}}`{=mediawiki}\ | | | |
| | | `{{davis|LTU}}`{=mediawiki}\ | | | |
| | | `{{davis|LUX}}`{=mediawiki}\ | | | |
| | | `{{davis|MKD}}`{=mediawiki}\ | | | |
| | | `{{davis|MDA}}`{=mediawiki}\ | | | |
| | | `{{davis|MON}}`{=mediawiki}\ | | | |
| | | `{{davis|NED}}`{=mediawiki}\ | | | |
| | | `{{davis|NOR}}`{=mediawiki}\ | | | |
| | | `{{davis|POL}}`{=mediawiki}\ | | | |
| | | `{{davis|POR}}`{=mediawiki}\ | | | |
| | | `{{davis|ROU}}`{=mediawiki}\ | | | |
| | | `{{davis|RUS}}`{=mediawiki}\ | | | |
| | | `{{davis|SCG}}`{=mediawiki}\ | | | |
| | | `{{davis|SVK}}`{=mediawiki}\ | | | |
| | | `{{davis|SLO}}`{=mediawiki}\ | | | |
| | | `{{davis|URS}}`{=mediawiki}\ | | | |
| | | `{{davis|ESP}}`{=mediawiki}\ | | | |
| | | `{{davis|SWE}}`{=mediawiki}\ | | | |
| | | `{{davis|SUI}}`{=mediawiki}\ | | | |
| | | `{{davis|UKR}}`{=mediawiki}\ | | | |
| | | `{{davis|YUG}}`{=mediawiki} | | | |
+------------------------------+-----------------------------+------------------------------+------------------+-----------------------------+------------------------------+
| **Record:** 11--5 (68.8%) | **Record:** 0--2 (0.0%) | **Record:** 71--74 (48.9%) | **Record:** 0--0 | **Record:** 2--1 (66.7%) | **Record:** 1--4 (20.0%) |
+------------------------------+-----------------------------+------------------------------+------------------+-----------------------------+------------------------------+
Record by decade:
- 1924--1929: 4--6 (40.0%)
- 1930--1939: 3--10 (23.1%)
- 1940--1949: 4--2 (66.7%)
- 1950--1959: 2--7 (22.2%)
- 1960--1969: 6--10 (37.5%)
- 1970--1979: 12--10 (54.5%)
- 1980--1989: 14--10 (58.3%)
- 1990--1999: 12--10 (54.5%)
- 2000--2009: 13--12 (52.0%)
- 2010--2019: 14--9 (60.9%)
- 2020--2029: 1--0 (100.0%)
**Note:**
- ^1^ On May of 1938 Hungary advanced to the quarterfinals against New Zealand by walkover.
- ^2^ On April of 1950 Norway advanced to the second round against Hungary by walkover.
- ^3^ On May of 1952 Hungary advanced to the second round against Israel by walkover.
- ^4^ On April of 1953 Hungary advanced to the second round against Brazil by walkover.
- ^5^ On April of 1957 Hungary advanced to the second round against Ireland by walkover.
- ^6^ On May of 1986 Hungary advanced to the quarterfinals against Iran by walkover
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# Günter Bialas
**Günter Bialas** (19 July 1907 -- 8 July 1995) was a German composer.
## Life
Bialas was born in Bielschowitz (today Bielszowice, a subdivision of Ruda Śląska) in Prussian Silesia. His father was the business manager of a German theatre, and his musical aesthetic was influenced by the personal experiences and connections he made while spending time at that theatre in his youth. The adolescent Bialas received lessons in piano and music theory from Fritz Lubrich, a former student of Max Reger, in Kattowitz (Katowice) between 1922 and 1925. After graduating from the German Minority-Gymnasium in Kattowitz in 1926, he studied musicology, Germanistics, and history at the Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität zu Breslau from 1927 to 1931. He then proceeded to study music at the Prussian Academy of Arts in Berlin and subsequently taught at the Ursulines Girls\' School in Breslau-Karlowitz from 1934 to 1937. He pursued further studies in composition with Max Trapp in Berlin. Through some of his Romanian friends, he made the acquaintance of Sergiu Celibidache and prepared for the entrance examination to the Berlin University of the Arts.
In 1939, he became a lecturer in music theory and composition at the Institute for Music Education at Breslau University. After his German military service and Allied captivity from 1941 to 1945, he and his wife, the singer Gerda Specht, had to flee Silesia. They settled in Bavaria in 1946 and Bialas found work conducting the Munich Bach-Verein. From 1947 to 1959, he taught composition at the Nordwestdeutschen Musikakademie, now the Hochschule für Musik Detmold. He transferred to become a professor at the State Academy of Music in Munich in 1959, where he remained until his retirement in 1972.
For his compositions, Bialas was recognized with many prizes and honors, including the *Großer Preis für Musik des Landes NRW* (1954), the *Münchner Musikpreis* (1962), the *Johann-Wenzel-Stamitz-Preis* (1964), the *Musikpreis der Bayerische Akademie der Schönen Künste* (1967, elected to the Akademie in 1971), the *Plöner Musikpreis* (1988), and the *Bayerischer Maximiliansorden für Wissenschaft und Kunst* (1991).
After his death in 1995, a street in his adopted hometown of Glonn was named *Bialas-Straße* in his honor and marked with a sign bearing his biographical details.
Bialas is considered to have been one of the most influential composition instructors in postwar Germany. The legacy of his open, liberal, and undoctrinaire attitudes to teaching may be appreciated in the stylistic variety of those who were his students or mentorees, including Nicolaus A. Huber, Peter Michael Hamel, Wilfried Hiller, Heinz Winbeck, Ulrich Stranz, Michael Denhoff, Manfred Kluge, and Gerd Zacher.
## Selected works {#selected_works}
Opera
- *Hero und Leander* (premiered 1966, Mannheim)
- *Die Geschichte von Aucassin und Nicolette* (premiered 1969, Munich)
- *Der Gestiefelte Kater* (premiered 1976, Schlosstheater Schwetzingen)
- *Aus der Matratzengruft* (premiered 1992, Kiel)
Ballet
- *Meyerbeer-Paraphrasen* (premiered 1974, Hamburg)
Oratorio
- *Im Anfang* (1961), interpretation of Genesis based on text by Martin Buber, for three echoic voices, choir, and orchestra
- *Lamento di Orlando* (1983--85) for baritone, mixed choir, and orchestra
Cantata
- *Indianische Kantate* (1949), based on the composer\'s original poems, for baritone, chamber choir, 8 instruments, and drums
- *Preisungen* (1964), based on text by Martin Buber, for baritone and orchestra
Orchestra
- *Romanzero* (1955)
- *Seranata* (1955)
- *Sinfonia Piccola* (1960)
- *Waldmusik* (1977)
- *Der Weg nach Eisenstadt* (1980), fantasies on Haydn
- *Marsch-Fantasie* (1987)
- *Ländler-Fantasie* (1989)
Concertante
- *Concerto Lirico* (1967) for piano and orchestra
- *Introitus - Exodus* (1976) for organ and orchestra
- Music for Piano and Orchestra (1990)
- Cello Concerto No
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# Sd.Kfz. 254
The **Sd.Kfz. 254** was a German fully tracked armoured scout car employed by Wehrmacht during World War II.
From 1936, the vehicle was developed under the designation RR-7 by the Saurer company as an artillery tractor for the Austrian army. Testing was completed and in 1937, an order was placed for the tractors and they were manufactured in 1938. About 12 vehicles were made prior to *Anschluss* (the annexation of Austria by Nazi Germany in 1938).
Manufacture of the vehicle continued after the *Anschluss*. Records indicate that a total of 140 units were built with the new designation RK-7 (*Räder-Kettenfahrgestell*), although they were named as Sd.Kfz. 254 by the *Wehrmacht*. The vehicle featured a wheel-track layout and a diesel motor. The wheels were lowered when it was used on roads and retracted for tracked movement cross-country. A number saw service with the Afrika Korps, serving as artillery observation vehicles after being fitted with a radio and rail antenna.
## The freedom tank {#the_freedom_tank}
In 1950 the former mechanic Václav Uhlík from Líně in the Czech Republic found the wreck of an RR-7 artillery tractor. He repaired and rebuilt the machine as an armoured carrier. On 25 July 1953, with seven passengers in the vehicle, he got through three border zones including wire obstacles, and penetrated thirty kilometres into West German territory. There he applied for asylum and emigrated to the United States, where the machine was exhibited as the \"freedom tank\" (Czech: *tank svobody*). Today it is owned by a private collector
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# The Art of Woo
***The Art of Woo*** is a 2001 Canadian romantic comedy film written and directed by Helen Lee and starring Sook-Yin Lee and Adam Beach.
## Plot
Alessa Woo (Sook-Yin Lee), an art gallery employee in Toronto, has built an image as a rich heiress, but is in dire financial straits. She attempts to court rich men to feed her lifestyle, but is prone to changing partners. One day, talented aboriginal artist Ben Crowchild (Adam Beach) moves into the apartment next door, leading to the two sharing a bathroom. In order to spurn a persistent suitor, Nathan (Don McKellar), Woo takes hold of Crowchild and kisses him. The two later become friends with benefits.
Soon, Woo is approached by the idly rich art collector Patrick Aucoin (Joel Keller), who proposes to her; Woo becomes tempted. However, she has developed feelings for the seemingly unwealthy Crowchild. Crowchild, who has similar emotions, reveals to her that he was adopted by Aucoin\'s father and that he himself is rich, but posing as a poor artist to be better received by the community. Woo and Crowchild become a couple.
## Production
*The Art of Woo* was the feature film directorial debut of Helen Lee. After the failure of Lee\'s previous short film, *Priceless*, she was approached by co-producer Anita Lee and offered the chance to direct a feature-length romantic comedy; finding herself depressed by the \"heaviness\" of *Priceless*, Helen Lee accepted. She wrote the first draft in two weeks after watching several \"classic\" romantic comedies; the speed in writing was caused by her desire to receive a grant for up to C\$ 500,000 from the Canadian Film Centre\'s Featured Film Project (FFP), granted for low-budget films. After approval, they received assistance from FFP member Peter O\'Brian to ensure they would finish the film within a year.
Helen Lee intended to insert themes of gender and race through showing social anxieties, class distinctions, and cultural displacements. Two reviewers noted a resemblance between *The Art of Woo* and the 1961 film *Breakfast at Tiffany\'s*.
As there was a scheduling conflict with Sandra Oh, the first choice to play Alessa Woo, Helen Lee cast MuchMusic video jockey Sook-Yin Lee. Sook-Yin Lee underwent acting courses in Montreal with Jacqueline McClintock.
Helen Lee was lent paintings from local artists Michael Snow and Suzy Lake to use for filming, while Ron Sexsmith and Kurt Swinghammer did the soundtrack. *The Art of Woo* was filmed digitally in Toronto over 20 days between March and April 2001. Locations included the University of Toronto, The Power Plant, and Archive Gallery Inc.
## Release and reception {#release_and_reception}
*The Art of Woo* was released at the Toronto International Film Festival.
Upon its release, *The Art of Woo* was \"slashed\" by Canadian critics. Erin Oke of *Exclaim!* found the film to have \"many appealing aspects\", but felt that the situations were often contrived and it lacked a uniting vision; she surmised that it could have been a better film had it not tried \"quite so hard to be likeable all the time\". Lisa Braun of *Jam!* enjoyed the soundtrack but found the dialogue poor; she summarized that the film was \"uneven, but audiences \[would\] be interested to see what Lee does next\". Jonathan Crow, writing for the Rovi Corporation, found the film \"less fun and less accomplished than a third grade theater production\". At the 2002 Genie Awards, Ron Sexmith won *Best Achievement in Music -- Original Song* for his work in the film
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# Jennifer Baxter
**Jennifer Baxter** (born 1976) is a Canadian actress and comedian formerly based out of Toronto and currently living in Los Angeles.
Her best-known roles include Number 9 in George A. Romero\'s *Land of the Dead*, Wanda on *The Eleventh Hour*, and lawyer Robin Howland on *Billable Hours*. She is also a well recognized face in a multitude of television commercials in Canada.
She portrayed Kelly Pitts in the backdoor pilot episode of *The Game*, though the role was later recast with Brittany Daniel. The CW did not provide a reason for the casting change.
## Filmography
### Film
Year Title Role Notes
------ --------------------------------------------------------------------------- -------------------- -------
2001 *Knockaround Guys* Terri the waitress
2004 *Ham & Cheese* Katie Reed
2005 *Land of the Dead* Number 9 Zombie
2008 *Coopers\' Camera* Aunt Bev
2013 data-sort-value=\"Right Kind of Wrong, The\" \| *The Right Kind of Wrong* Jill
### Television
Year Title Role Notes
------------ --------------------------------------------------- ------------------- ------------------------------
1993 *It\'s Alive!* Various roles
1995 *Who Rules?* Various roles
1998--1999 *SketchCom* Various roles
1999 *Relic Hunter*
2000--2004 data-sort-value=\"Bobroom, The\" \| *The Bobroom*
2006 *Girlfriends* Kelly Pitts Backdoor pilot of *The Game*
2006--2008 *Billable Hours* Robin Howland
2010 *Cashing In* Rebecca Craig
2013 *Wendell & Vinnie*
2014 *Hart of Dixie* Melanie LaRue
2015 *Scandal* Gavin\'s Step-mom
2018 *Chicago Med* Mrs
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# Buccleuch County
**Buccleuch County** is one of the 141 cadastral divisions of New South Wales. It contains the locality of Adjungbilly. The Murrumbidgee River is at the northern boundary, with the Goodradigbee River on the eastern boundary, and the Tumut River on the western boundary. It includes the northern part of the Kosciuszko National Park.
Buccleuch County was named in honour of the Duke of Buccleuch (1806--1884)
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# Chain Lightning (album)
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# Knysna turaco
The **Knysna turaco** (***Tauraco corythaix***), or, in South Africa, **Knysna loerie**, is a large turaco, one of a group of African musophagidae birds. It is a resident breeder in the mature evergreen forests of southern and eastern South Africa, and Eswatini. It was formerly sometimes considered to be a subspecies of the green turaco of West Africa. The Livingstone\'s and Schalow\'s turacos were once considered subspecies.
This species lays two eggs in a shallow platform nest made from sticks and placed in a tree or clump of creepers.
Within its range, this is an unmistakable bird, although often inconspicuous in the treetops. It is 40--42 cm long, including a long tail. The small but thick orange-red bill and a white line just under the eye contrast with the mainly green plumage. It has a tall green crest, which is tipped with white. The eye is brown and the eye-ring deep red. In flight, Knysna turaco shows conspicuous crimson primary flight feathers. Sexes are similar, but juvenile birds have a shorter crest without the white tips.
The Knysna turaco is usually seen flying between forest trees, or hopping along branches. It feeds on fruit, insects and earthworms. It has a loud *kow-kow-kow-kow* call.
This bird family is known as Loeries in South Africa, but the international name is Turaco. Turacos (the 10 species of the Tauraco and the 2 of the Musophaga) are the only birds to possess true red and green colour. The color human eyes see in most birds' plumage is a reflection produced by the feather structure. The turaco\'s red pigment (turacin) and green pigment (turacoverdin) both contain copper. In fact, a glass of water, if stirred with a red turaco feather, will turn pink. In museum species, the pigments deepen with age because the copper begins to oxidize. These birds maintain their colours throughout the year. The Knysna Loerie is thought to use its red wing feathers to escape predators. Indeed, when it flies, the predators tend to focus on the most visible colour and follow the red patch. As the Loerie lands and folds its wings, the red feathers of the wings become invisible and the Loerie has a chance of escaping unseen.
## Images
Tauraco corythaix 2.jpg\|At Birds of Eden, in the Eastern Cape Tauraco corythaix -Knysna, Western Cape Province, South Africa-8.jpg\|At Knysna, in the Western Cape Tauraco corythaix.jpg\|The vivid plumage is still an effective camouflage in its native habitat Tauraco corythaix MHNT 226 Jardin des Plantes de Paris
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# Jump turn
A **jump turn** is a skiing technique used in steep, narrow areas - such as a couloir - that do not permit a full parallel or carving turn. Jump turns involve pole planting followed by a quick hop that reverses the skiers\' direction
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# Shintetsu Ao Line
The `{{Nihongo|'''Ao Line'''|粟生線|Ao-sen}}`{=mediawiki} is a commuter railway line in Hyōgo Prefecture, Japan, operated by the Kobe Electric Railway (Shintetsu). It connects Kobe with its northwestern suburb, Ono. The line is 29.2 km long, extending from Suzurandai in Kita-ku to Ao, where the line connects with the West Japan Railway Company (JR West) Kakogawa Line, although all trains continue past Suzurandai to Shinkaichi via the Shintetsu Arima Line and Kobe Rapid Railway Namboku Line.
Between Suzurandai Station and Kizu Station, track gradient can reach 50‰ at most.
## History
The Miki Electric Railway Co. opened the Suzurandai -- Hirono Golf-jo-mae on 28 December 1936. DMUs operated until the section was electrified the following year and extended to Miki Uenomaru, with the extension to Miki opening in 1938.
In 1947 the company merged with the Kobe Electric Railway Co., which extended the line to Ono on 28 December 1951, and from Ono to Ao on 10 April 1952.
The Nishi-Suzurandai -- Aina section was duplicated in 1982, and the Kizu -- Oshibedani section was duplicated between 1979 and 1989.
### Former connecting lines {#former_connecting_lines}
- Miki station -- The Miki Railway Miki Line operated between 1917 and 2008.
## Stations
- S indicates that the service stops at the station
- {{!}} indicates that the service skips the station
+-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+-----------------------+----------------+---------------+--------+---------------+----------+-------------------------------+
| No. | Station | | Distance (km) | Local\ | Semi-Express\ | Express\ | Transfers |
| | | | | (普通) | (準急) | (急行) | |
+===================================================================================================================+=======================+================+===============+========+===============+==========+===============================+
| ↑ Through Service via the Shintetsu Arima Line and Kobe Kosoku Line to/from `{{STN|Shinkaichi|x}}`{=mediawiki} ↑ | | | | | | | |
+-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+-----------------------+----------------+---------------+--------+---------------+----------+-------------------------------+
| | Suzurandai | 鈴蘭台 | 0.0 | S | S | S | Arima Line (Through Service) |
+-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+-----------------------+----------------+---------------+--------+---------------+----------+-------------------------------+
| | Suzurandai-nishiguchi | 鈴蘭台西口 | 0.8 | S | S | S | |
+-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+-----------------------+----------------+---------------+--------+---------------+----------+-------------------------------+
| | Nishi-Suzurandai | 西鈴蘭台 | 1.3 | S | S | S | |
+-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+-----------------------+----------------+---------------+--------+---------------+----------+-------------------------------+
| | Aina | 藍那 | 3.0 | S | S | ↑ | |
+-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+-----------------------+----------------+---------------+--------+---------------+----------+-------------------------------+
| | Kizu | 木津 | 6.4 | S | S | ↑ | |
+-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+-----------------------+----------------+---------------+--------+---------------+----------+-------------------------------+
| | Kobata | 木幡 | 8.1 | S | S | S | |
+-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+-----------------------+----------------+---------------+--------+---------------+----------+-------------------------------+
| | Sakae | 栄 | 9.6 | S | S | S | |
+-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+-----------------------+----------------+---------------+--------+---------------+----------+-------------------------------+
| | Oshibedani | 押部谷 | 11.2 | S | S | S | |
+-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+-----------------------+----------------+---------------+--------+---------------+----------+-------------------------------+
| | Midorigaoka | 緑が丘 | 12.8 | S | S | S | |
+-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+-----------------------+----------------+---------------+--------+---------------+----------+-------------------------------+
| | Hirono Golf-jo-mae | 広野ゴルフ場前 | 13.5 | S | S | S | |
+-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+-----------------------+----------------+---------------+--------+---------------+----------+-------------------------------+
| | Shijimi | 志染 | 15.6 | S | S | S | |
+-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+-----------------------+----------------+---------------+--------+---------------+----------+-------------------------------+
| | Ebisu | 恵比須 | 17.6 | S | S | S | |
+-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+-----------------------+----------------+---------------+--------+---------------+----------+-------------------------------+
| | Miki Uenomaru | 三木上の丸 | 18.6 | S | S | S | |
+-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+-----------------------+----------------+---------------+--------+---------------+----------+-------------------------------+
| | Miki | 三木 | 19.3 | S | S | S | |
+-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+-----------------------+----------------+---------------+--------+---------------+----------+-------------------------------+
| | Omura | 大村 | 20.8 | S | S | S | |
+-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+-----------------------+----------------+---------------+--------+---------------+----------+-------------------------------+
| | Kashiyama | 樫山 | 23.2 | S | S | S | |
+-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+-----------------------+----------------+---------------+--------+---------------+----------+-------------------------------+
| | Ichiba | 市場 | 23.9 | S | S | S | |
+-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+-----------------------+----------------+---------------+--------+---------------+----------+-------------------------------+
| | Ono | 小野 | 26.2 | S | S | S | |
+-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+-----------------------+----------------+---------------+--------+---------------+----------+-------------------------------+
| | Hata | 葉多 | 27.7 | S | S | S | |
+-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+-----------------------+----------------+---------------+--------+---------------+----------+-------------------------------+
| | Ao | 粟生 | 29
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| 0 |
9,989,504 |
# Hume County
**Hume County** is one of the 141 cadastral divisions of New South Wales. It contains the town of Culcairn.
Hume County was named in honour of the explorer Hamilton Hume (1797--1873)
| 34 |
Hume County
| 0 |
9,989,531 |
# Wisse Alfred Pierre Smit
**Wisse Alfred Pierre Smit** (6 December 1903, in Heumen, Gelderland -- 20 June 1986) was a poet and an influential Dutch literary historian. He was a specialist in Dutch literature of the Golden Age (17th century).
## Biography
W.A.P. Smit worked as a teacher for 17 years, before he accepted a professorship in Dutch literature at the University of Utrecht in 1945. He published various works of poetry and editions of a number of 16th and 17th century Dutch poets. He gained academic renown with a number of studies on various aspects of 17th century Dutch literature. Through his publications and his guidance to doctoral students, he had a considerable influence on the development of Dutch literary history in the 20th century.
In 1958 he became member of the Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences
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| 0 |
9,989,533 |
# Earl Edwards (American football)
**Earl Edwards** (March 17, 1946 -- May 2, 2024) was an American professional football player in the National Football League (NFL) and Canadian Football League (CFL). He played at various positions including defensive tackle, offensive tackle and defensive end. Edwards died on May 2, 2024, at the age of 78
| 55 |
Earl Edwards (American football)
| 0 |
9,989,543 |
# Bourke County, New South Wales
**Bourke County** is one of the 141 cadastral divisions of New South Wales. It contains the entirety of the Coolamon Shire, including the towns of Coolamon, Ganmain and Ardlethan; as well as parts of Bland, Narrandera and Temora Shires and part of the City of Wagga Wagga. The Murrumbidgee River is the southern boundary.
Bourke County is within the Eastern Land Division, and includes parts of the Wyalong, Temora Central and Wagga Wagga Land Districts.
Bourke County was named in honour of Sir Richard Bourke, Governor (1777--1855).
## Parishes within this county {#parishes_within_this_county}
Bourke County contains 55 parishes
| 104 |
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| 0 |
9,989,552 |
# Victor Yates (rugby)
**Victor Moses Yates** (15 June 1939 -- 31 August 2008) was a New Zealand rugby footballer who represented his country in rugby union. His brother, John, represented New Zealand in rugby league while his father, Moses, represented North Auckland in rugby union.
## Rugby union career {#rugby_union_career}
Yates attended Kaitaia College and played rugby union for North Auckland, being part of the side that won the Ranfurly Shield in 1960.
He played nine matches including three Tests for the All Blacks in 1961 and 1962.
In an interview in L\'Équipe on the 6 September 2017, French international Pierre Albaladejo named him as the greatest player against whom he ever played.
## Rugby league career {#rugby_league_career}
He later switched to rugby league, playing for the Ponsonby Ponies and representing Auckland in 1966, 1967 and 1968
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Victor Yates (rugby)
| 0 |
9,989,557 |
# Open API
OpenAPI}}
An **open API** (often referred to as a public API) is a publicly available application programming interface that provides developers with programmatic access to a (possibly proprietary) software application or web service. Open APIs are APIs that are published on the internet and are free to access by consumers.
## Alternative Definitions {#alternative_definitions}
There is no universally accepted definition of the term \"Open API\" and it may be used to mean a variety of things in different contexts, including:
1. An API for use by developers and other users with relatively few restrictions. It may require registration or enforce quotas and rate-limits, but registration is free and open to all; or
2. An API backed by open data. Open data is freely available for everyone to use and republish as they wish, without restrictions from copyright, patents or other mechanisms of control; or
3. An API based on an open standard, which specifies the mechanism by which a consumer queries the API and interprets its responses.
## Open API versus private API {#open_api_versus_private_api}
### Private API {#private_api}
A private API is an interface that opens parts of an organization\'s backend data and application functionality for use by developers working within (or contractors working for) that organization. Private APIs are only exposed to internal developers therefore the API publishers have total control over what and how applications are developed. Private APIs offer substantial benefits with regards to internal collaboration. Using a private API across an organization allows for greater shared awareness of the internal data models. As the developers are working for (or contracted by) one organization, communication will be more direct and therefore they should be able to work more cohesively as a group. Private APIs can significantly diminish the development time needed to manipulate and build internal systems that maximise productivity and create customer-facing applications that improve market reach and add value to existing offerings.
Private APIs can be made \"private\" in a number of ways. Most commonly the organization simply chooses not to document such an interface, such as in the case of undocumented functions of Microsoft Windows, which can be found by inspection of the symbol tables. Some Web-based APIs may be authenticated by keys, both discoverable by analysis of application traffic. macOS furthermore uses an \"entitlement\", granted only by digital signature, to control access to private APIs in the system.
Private APIs are by definition without any guarantee to the third-party developer choosing to uncover and use them. Nevertheless, the use of undocumented functions on Microsoft Windows have become so widespread that the system needs to preserve old behaviors for specific programs using the \"AppCompat\" database.
### Open API {#open_api}
In contrast to a private API, an open API is publicly available for all developers to access. They allow developers, outside of an organization\'s workforce, to access backend data that can then be used to enhance their own applications. Open APIs can significantly increase revenue without the business having to invest in hiring new developers making them a very profitable software application. However, opening back end information to the public can create a range of security and management challenges. For example, publishing open APIs can make it harder for organisations to control the experience end users have with their information assets. Open API publishers cannot assume client apps built on their APIs will offer a good user experience. Furthermore, they cannot fully ensure that client apps maintain the look and feel of their corporate branding.
## Open APIs in business {#open_apis_in_business}
Open APIs can be used by businesses seeking to leverage the ever-growing community of freelancing developers who have the ability to create innovative applications that add value to their core business. Open APIs are favoured in the business sphere as they simultaneously increase the production of new ideas without investing directly in development efforts. Businesses often tailor their APIs to target specific developer audiences that they feel will be most effective in creating valuable new applications. However, an API can significantly diminish an application\'s functionality if it is overloaded with features.
For example, Yahoo\'s open search API allows developers to integrate Yahoo search into their own software applications. The addition of this API provides search functionality to the developer\'s application whilst also increasing search traffic for Yahoo\'s search engine hence benefitting both parties. With respect to Facebook and Twitter, we can see how third parties have enriched these services with their own code. For example, the ability to create an account on an external site/app using your Facebook credentials is made possible using Facebook\'s open API.
Many large technology firms, such as Twitter, LinkedIn and Facebook, allow the use of their service by third parties and competitors.
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# Open API
## Open APIs on the Web {#open_apis_on_the_web}
With the rise in prominence of HTML5 and Web 2.0, the modern browsing experience has become interactive and dynamic and this has, in part, been accelerated through the use of open APIs. Some open APIs fetch data from the database behind a website and these are called Web APIs. For example, Google\'s YouTube API allows developers to integrate YouTube into their applications by providing the capability to search for videos, retrieve standard feeds, and see related content.
Web APIs are used for exchanging information with a website either by receiving or by sending data. When a web API fetches data from a website, the application makes a HTTP request to the server the site is stored on. The server then sends data back in a format your application expects (if you requested data) or incorporates your changes to the website (if you sent data)
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# Shintetsu Sanda Line
The `{{Nihongo|'''Sanda Line'''|神戸電鉄三田線|Kōbe Dentetsu Sanda-sen}}`{=mediawiki} is a commuter railway line in Hyōgo Prefecture, Japan operated by Kobe Electric Railway. It connects Kobe with its northern suburb, Sanda.
The line is 12.0 km long, extending from Arimaguchi in Kita-ku to Sanda, where the line connects with the JR West JR Takarazuka Line/Fukuchiyama Line, although most trains continue past Arimaguchi to Shinkaichi via the Arima Line and Kobe Rapid Railway Namboku Line.
## History
The entire line opened in 1928, `{{track gauge|1067mm}}`{=mediawiki} gauge and electrified at 1500 VDC.
In 1991 the Sanda - Yokoyama section was duplicated, as was the Taoji - Okaba section in 1998.
In November 1995, Special Rapid Express services were introduced to the timetable.
In March 2011, the smoking areas in all Sanda Line stations were removed, and smoking was banned.
### Former connecting lines {#former_connecting_lines}
Sanda station - The 12 km line to Arima operated from 1915 to 1943.
## Stations
There are four types of services, each stops at the stations marked \"S\" and not at those marked \"↑\" in the table below.
+-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+------------------+----------+---------------+-------+--------------+---------+----------------+--------------------------------------------+
| No. | Station | | Distance (km) | Local | Semi-Express | Express | Special Rapid\ | Connections |
| | | | | | | | Express | |
+===================================================================================================================+==================+==========+===============+=======+==============+=========+================+============================================+
| ↑ Through Service via the Shintetsu Arima Line and Kobe Kosoku Line to/from `{{STN|Shinkaichi|x}}`{=mediawiki} ↑ | | | | | | | | |
+-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+------------------+----------+---------------+-------+--------------+---------+----------------+--------------------------------------------+
| | Arimaguchi | 有馬口 | 0.0 | S | S | S | ↑ | Arima Line (Through Service) |
+-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+------------------+----------+---------------+-------+--------------+---------+----------------+--------------------------------------------+
| | Gosha | 五社 | 1.4 | S | S | S | ↑ | |
+-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+------------------+----------+---------------+-------+--------------+---------+----------------+--------------------------------------------+
| | Okaba | 岡場 | 3.3 | S | S | S | S | |
+-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+------------------+----------+---------------+-------+--------------+---------+----------------+--------------------------------------------+
| | Taoji | 田尾寺 | 4.9 | S | S | S | S | |
+-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+------------------+----------+---------------+-------+--------------+---------+----------------+--------------------------------------------+
| | Nirō | 二郎 | 6.4 | S | S | S | S | |
+-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+------------------+----------+---------------+-------+--------------+---------+----------------+--------------------------------------------+
| | Dōjō-minamiguchi | 道場南口 | 7.3 | S | S | S | S | |
+-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+------------------+----------+---------------+-------+--------------+---------+----------------+--------------------------------------------+
| | Shintetsu Dōjō | 神鉄道場 | 8.5 | S | S | S | S | |
+-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+------------------+----------+---------------+-------+--------------+---------+----------------+--------------------------------------------+
| ↑ Through Service via the Shintetsu Koen-Toshi Line to/from `{{STN|Woody Town Chūō|x}}`{=mediawiki} ↑ | | | | | | | | |
+-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+------------------+----------+---------------+-------+--------------+---------+----------------+--------------------------------------------+
| | Yokoyama | 横山 | 10.0 | S | S | S | S | Koen-Toshi Line (Through Service) |
+-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+------------------+----------+---------------+-------+--------------+---------+----------------+--------------------------------------------+
| | Sanda Honmachi | 三田本町 | 11.0 | S | S | S | S | |
+-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+------------------+----------+---------------+-------+--------------+---------+----------------+--------------------------------------------+
| | Sanda | 三田 | 12
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Shintetsu Sanda Line
| 0 |
9,989,596 |
# Wakool County
**Wakool County** is one of the 141 cadastral divisions of New South Wales. The main geographic feature of the county is the Wakool River. The county contains the towns of Barham, Moulamein, Wakool and Kyalite.
The name Wakool is believed to be derived from a local Aboriginal word
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Wakool County
| 0 |
9,989,618 |
# Believers (Don McLean album)
***Believers*** is a studio album by American singer-songwriter Don McLean, released on October 29, 1981.
The album leads off with a re-recording of \"Castles in the Air\", a song which originally appeared on McLean\'s 1970 debut album *Tapestry*. Released as a single, it reached #7 on the *Billboard* Adult Contemporary chart and #36 on the Hot 100 chart.
## Track listing {#track_listing}
All tracks composed by Don McLean, except where indicated.
1. \"Castles in the Air\" 3:43
2. \"Isn\'t It Strange\" 4:19
3. \"Left for Dead on the Road of Love\" 2:57
4. \"Believers\" 6:16
5. \"Sea Man\" 4:12
6. \"I Tune the World Out\" 3:32
7. \"Love Hurts\" (Boudleaux Bryant) 3:08
8. \"Jerusalem\" 4:43
9. \"Love Letters\" (Edward Heyman, Victor Young) 3:59
10. \"Crazy Eyes\" 2:56
11. \"Sea Cruise\" (Huey \"Piano\" Smith) 3:06
12
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Believers (Don McLean album)
| 0 |
9,989,637 |
# New Worlds for Old
***New Worlds for Old*** is an anthology of fantasy short stories, edited by American writer Lin Carter. It was first published in paperback by Ballantine Books in September 1971 as the thirty-fifth volume of its *Ballantine Adult Fantasy series*. It was the fourth such anthology assembled by Carter for the series.
## Summary
The book collects fifteen fantasy tales and poems by various authors, with an overall introduction and individual introductions to each piece by Carter. The pieces range in date from the eighteenth to twentieth centuries. The collection is a companion volume to Carter\'s earlier *The Young Magicians* (1969), which also collects modern fantasies.
## Contents
- \"Makers of Worlds: An Introduction\" (Lin Carter)
- \"Zulkaïs and Kalilah\" (William Beckford; translated by Clark Ashton Smith)
- \"Silence: a Fable\" (Edgar Allan Poe)
- \"The Romance of Photgen and Nycteris\" (George MacDonald)
- \"The Sphinx\" (poem) (Oscar Wilde)
- \"The Fall of Babbulkund\" (Lord Dunsany)
- \"The Green Meadow\" (H. P. Lovecraft; with Elizabeth Berkeley)
- \"The Feast in the House of the Worm\" (Gary Myers)
- \"Zingazar\" (Lin Carter)
- \"A Wine of Wizardry\" (poem) (George Sterling)
- \"The Garden of Fear\" (Robert E. Howard)
- \"Jirel Meets Magic\" (C. L
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New Worlds for Old
| 0 |
9,989,659 |
# Caira County
**Caira County** is one of the 141 cadastral divisions of New South Wales. It contains the city of Balranald. It is located between where the Murrumbidgee River joins the Murray River to where the Lachlan River joins the Murrumbidgee, containing much of the western Lowbidgee Floodplain. The name \"Caira\" is believed to derive from a local Aboriginal word
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| 0 |
9,989,683 |
# Cooper County, New South Wales
**Cooper County** is one of the 141 cadastral divisions of New South Wales. It contains the town of Barellan. The Murrumbidgee River is the southern boundary.
Cooper County was named in honour of the merchant and philanthropist Sir Daniel Cooper (1821--1902)
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| 0 |
9,989,711 |
# The Light of Kailasa
**The Light of Kailasa** is a Hindu movement originally from Belarus. It is a part of the Saivite movement. It was banned by government authorities in Belarus.
In 2002, the main activists of the movement --- Tatiana Akadanova (now in USA as refugee), Sergei Akadanov (now in USA as refugee) and Sergei Olisevich --- were sentenced to prison terms. Hindu activists Sergei Romanchik, Tatiana Zhilevich, Sergei Silybins, Irina Silybins, Igor Yusupov and Irina Golovina were also imprisoned. In 2003 group leader Natalya Solovyova and other followers were attacked by police. Many of the followers were imprisoned, while the rest fled to USA and other countries. Now there is no organized activity of this movement in Belarus
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| 0 |
9,989,733 |
# Cadell County
**Cadell County** is one of the 141 cadastral divisions of New South Wales. It contains the city of Moama.
Cadell County was named in honour of Francis Cadell (1822--1879), river navigator and entrepreneur who in 1852, in preparation for the launch of his steamer service, explored the Murray River in a canvas boat, travelling 1300 miles downstream from Swan Hill
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Cadell County
| 0 |
9,989,771 |
# Denison County
**Denison County** is one of the 141 cadastral divisions of New South Wales. It contains the towns of Barooga and Berrigan.
Denison County was named in honour of the Governor-General of New South Wales, Sir William Thomas Denison (1804--1871)
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Denison County
| 0 |
9,989,772 |
# Kenin (Japanese history)
was the third of the five lower castes of the Japanese *ritsuryō* system. A privately owned servant, a *kenin* had a better social status than a slave (`{{nihongo|''shinuhi''|私奴婢}}`{=mediawiki}), could be inherited but not sold, could participate in the life of the family and have one of his own.
The term can also be synonymous with *gokenin*. The *gokenin* were vassals of the *shōgun* during the Kamakura, Ashikaga, and Tokugawa shogunates. The meaning of the term evolved in time, so its exact meaning changes with the historical period
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Kenin (Japanese history)
| 0 |
9,989,797 |
# Shintetsu Kōen-Toshi Line
The `{{Nihongo|'''Kōen-Toshi Line'''|公園都市線|Kōen-Toshi-sen}}`{=mediawiki} is a commuter railway line in Sanda, Hyōgo Prefecture operated by Kobe Electric Railway.
The line is 5.5 km long, connecting Yokoyama to Woody Town Chūō. Although Yokoyama is the line terminus, all trains continue on the Sanda Line to Sanda.
## History
The Yokoyama - Flower Town section opened in 1991, `{{track gauge|1067mm}}`{=mediawiki} gauge and electrified at 1500 VDC. The line was extended to Woody Town Chūō in 1996.
The line is single track, but the corridor allows for duplication if required in the future.
## Stations
No. Station Connections
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- --------- -------------------- -------------------------------
↑ Through Service via the Shintetsu Sanda Line to/from `{{STN|Sanda|x}}`{=mediawiki} ↑
横山 Sanda Line (Through Service)
フラワータウン
南ウッディタウン
ウッディタウン中央
## Ridership
Year Total (% increase) Yokoyama Flower Town Minami Woody Town Woody Town Chuo Source
------ -------------------- ---------- ------------- ------------------- ----------------- --------
1997 7,350 1,979 3,779 800 792
1998 7,536 (+2.5%) 1,976 3,762 866 932
1999 7,558 (+0.3%) 1,943 3,713 888 1,014
2000 7,950 (+5.2%) 1,948 3,744 891 1,367
2001 7,905 (-0.6%) 1,793 3,752 848 1,512
2002 7,753 (-1.9%) 1,908 3,646 778 1,421
2003 7,647 (-1.4%) 1,900 3,546 768 1,433
2004 7,492 (-2.0%) 1,862 3,417 744 1,469
2005 7,348 (-1.9%) 1,793 3,312 778 1,465
2006 7,229 (-1.6%) 1,790 3,252 799 1,388
2007 7,164 (-0.9%) 1,806 3,260 800 1,298
2008 7,138 (-0.4%) 1,813 3,221 793 1,311
2009 7,011 (-1.8%) 1,787 3,107 767 1,350
2010 7,096 (+1.2%) 1,837 3,091 782 1,386
2011 7,299 (+2.9%) 1,923 3,099 818 1,459
2012 7,393 (+1.4%) 2,005 3,049 840 1,499
2013 7,654 (+3.5%) 2,123 3,089 869 1,573
2014 7,544 (-1
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| 0 |
9,989,798 |
# Roman Catholic Diocese of Baie-Comeau
The Roman Catholic **Diocese of Baie-Comeau** (*Dioecesis Sinus Comoënsis*) (erected 29 May 1882, as the **Prefecture Apostolic of Golfe St-Laurent**) is a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Rimouski. The organization is based in Baie-Comeau, Quebec.
## History
It was elevated as the **Vicariate Apostolic of Golfe St-Laurent** on 12 September 1905 and as the Diocese of Golfe St-Laurent on 24 November 1945. It became the **Diocese of Hauterive** in 1960 then the **Diocese of Baie-Comeau** in 1986, following the fusion of Hauterive and Baie-Comeau in 1982.
## Ordinaries
- François-Xavier Bossé (1882--1892)
- Michel-Thomas Labrecque (1892--1903)
- Gustave Maria Blanche, C.I.M. (1905--1916)
- Patrice Alexandre Chiasson, C.I.M. (1917--1920), appointed Bishop of Chatham, New Brunswick
- Julien-Marie Leventoux, C.I.M. (1922--1938)
- Napoléon-Alexandre Labrie, C.I.M. (1938--1956)
- Gérard Couturier (1956--1974)
- Jean-Guy Couture (1975--1979), appointed Bishop of Chicoutimi, Québec
- Roger Ébacher (1979--1988), appointed Bishop of Gatineau-Hull, Québec
- Maurice Couture, R.S.V. (1988--1990), appointed Archbishop of Québec
- Joseph Paul Pierre Morissette (1990--2008), appointed Bishop of Saint-Jérôme, Québec
- Jean-Pierre Blais (2008--2025)
- Pierre Charland, O.F.M
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| 0 |
9,989,817 |
# Leonard Cuff
**Leonard Albert Cuff** (28 March 1866 -- 9 October 1954) was a sportsman and sports administrator from New Zealand. Born in Christchurch, Cuff was an all-round sportsman who excelled at both athletics and cricket, his most significant sporting association is as the 12th (of 13) Founding Members of the International Olympic Committee, He was appointed to represent New Zealand and Australia from 1894 to 1905. Cuff is credited with instigating the first athletics competitions between Australia and New Zealand, and inter-provincial competitions within New Zealand. He managed New Zealand\'s first tour of an international athletics team. He was inducted into the New Zealand Sports Hall of Fame in 1995.
## Biography
Cuff captained the first New Zealand national cricket team. At the first-class level, he played for both Auckland and Canterbury and later for Tasmania. He also played rugby for Canterbury.
In athletics, Cuff won the New Zealand long jump title three times (1889, 1896 and 1897). In 1887, he was a founder and first Honorary Secretary of the New Zealand Amateur Athletic Association. Cuff managed the five-man team (including himself) that went to England and France in 1892. In Paris, France he won a silver medal for hurdles at an International Athletics Meet. He was also an amateur golfer, winning the Tasmanian Amateur championship in 1904. Cuff died in Tasmania in 1954.
The Leonard Cuff Medal was established in 2000 to award people for their contribution to olympism in New Zealand. John Davies was awarded the medal in 2003, but it has since been discontinued
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| 0 |
9,989,848 |
# Narendran Commission
**Narendran Commission** was an inquiry commission appointed by The Government of Kerala, India, in February 2000 to study and report on the adequacy or otherwise of representation for Backward Classes in the State public services. The report is available in the government web site. It submitted the report in November 2001 with statistical data on the representation of the various communities in the four categories of public services - State government departments, the judiciary, public sector enterprises, and universities and other autonomous institutions under the government.
## Main findings {#main_findings}
The following are the main findings as mentioned in the report:
- Backward Class communities, like Ezhava hold posts substantially higher in number than their individual reservation quota.
- Report provides statistics of the backlog in the representation of the major Backward Class communities in the public services. Deficiency in the number of posts actually held (in reservation and open merit competition together) compared to the \"entitlement in reservation quota\" for the various communities are as follows
- Muslims (reservation quota: 12 per cent) 7,383 posts
- Latin Catholics (4 per cent) 4,370 posts
- Nadars (2 per cent) 2,614 posts
- Scheduled Castes converted to Christianity (1 per cent) 2,290 posts
- Dheevara (1 per cent) 256 posts
- Other Backward Communities (3 per cent) 460 posts; and Vishwakarmas (3 per cent) 147 posts
- The Committee suggest to implement special recruitment campaign to remove the backlog and to get equal right for all sectors of the society.
The Commission has observed that \"As long as the present condition prevails, some of these sixty eight communities are likely to continue with poor representation while others will have adequate (some of them, more than adequate) representation,\" *the Commission had noted*
The Kerala government as well as the people discuss about this commission report very seriously. United Democratic Front (UDF) government has partially implemented the findings of the commission and the Left Democratic Front (LDF), who is ruling Kerala has promised to the people that it will look into the further steps to have a complete package to take care of the backlogs and reservation.
## Response to findings {#response_to_findings}
Sree Narayana Dharma Paripalana (SNDP), Indian Union Muslim League (IUML), Communist Party of India (Marxist) (CPI(M)), Indian National Congress, Indian National League (INL) of Kerala has also welcomed this initiative and had asked the government to implement the report. But the Nair Service Society (NSS) and others representing forward caste interests challenged this demand.
There are different movements like Samvarana Samrakshana Action Council formed by Dalits, Christians and Muslims to push the government to implement the reservation for minorities.
## Creamy layer suggestions {#creamy_layer_suggestions}
The Supreme Court of India has pointed out its disagreement on the Narendran Commission\'s suggestion to increase the creamy layer quota to Rs 300,000 instead of the Rs 100,000 as suggested by Joseph Commission and has pointed out the margin is too high. The Kerala Government has taken further steps now to appoint a permanent commission to fix this layering in order to calculate the maximum income for the eligibility of reservation
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| 0 |
9,989,851 |
# Dominion (Don McLean album)
***Dominion*** is a live album by American singer-songwriter Don McLean, released in 1982. It was recorded at a performance at the Dominion Theatre, London, in 1980. It was reissued in 1990 on CD. It has also been released as *Greatest Hits Live*.
## Track listing {#track_listing}
1. \"It\'s Just the Sun\"
2. \"Building My Body\"
3. \"Wonderful Baby\"
4. \"The Very Thought of You\"
5. \"Fool\'s Paradise\"
6. \"Baby I Don\'t Care\"
7. \"You Have Lived\"
8. \"The Statue\"
9. \"Prime Time\"
10. \"American Pie\"
11. \"Left for Dead\"
12. \"Believers\"
13. \"Sea Man\"
14. \"It\'s a Beautiful Life\"
15. \"Chain Lightning\"
16. \"Crazy Eyes\"
17. \"La I Love You\"
18. \"Dream Lover\"
19. \"Crying\"
20
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| 0 |
9,989,869 |
# Skip Bafalis
**Louis Arthur \"Skip\" Bafalis** (September 28, 1929 -- March 10, 2023) was an American businessman and politician who served as the U.S. representative for Florida\'s 10th congressional district from 1973 to 1983. A member of the Republican Party, he was the party\'s nominee in the 1982 Florida gubernatorial election, and previously represented district 33 in the Florida Senate from 1966 to 1970.
## Early life {#early_life}
Bafalis was born in Boston, Massachusetts, his father was an immigrant from Greece, and his maternal grandparents came from Sweden. He graduated in 1948 from Manchester Central High School in Manchester, New Hampshire, then attended until 1952 Saint Anselm College in neighboring Goffstown, New Hampshire. He was in the United States Army from 1953 to 1956, having reached the rank of captain. After military service, he moved to Florida in 1955 to work as an investment banker.
## Political career {#political_career}
### Florida legislature {#florida_legislature}
Bafalis was elected to the Florida House of Representatives in 1964 and then to the Florida Senate in 1966 and 1968. In 1970, he was an unsuccessful candidate for governor, having lost his party\'s nomination to Claude R. Kirk, Jr., the controversial incumbent. Kirk was subsequently unseated by the Democrat Reubin Askew of Pensacola. In that same election, U.S. Representative William C. Cramer of St. Petersburg lost the U.S. Senate race to Democrat Lawton Chiles of Lakeland. The intraparty divisions stemming from the defeats of both Kirk and Cramer set back the projected growth of the Florida Republican Party.
While in the state legislature, he was one of the leaders in the legislative work necessary to bring Walt Disney World to Florida.
### Congress
In 1972, Bafalis was elected to the ninety-third United States Congress (1973--1975) from a newly created district stretching from the Palm Beaches to Fort Myers. He was also elected to the four succeeding congresses and served from January 3, 1975, to January 3, 1983. During his time in Congress, Bafalis resided in Fort Myers Beach and Palm Beach.
As a member of the U.S. House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, he played a key role in several road and highway projects in Florida, including Interstate 95 and new bridges to the Florida Keys and connections from Ft. Myers.
## Later career {#later_career}
Bafalis was not a candidate for re-election to the Ninety-eighth Congress in 1982, but was an unsuccessful gubernatorial nominee, having been defeated by the then incumbent Bob Graham, a Democrat from Miami. According to GovTrack, Bafalis missed 8 percent of the roll call votes during his years of service in Congress, but the percent of missed votes reached 80 percent in the second quarter of 1982 when he was campaigning for governor. After his congressional tenure, he worked as a lobbyist and governmental affairs consultant. He tried to make a comeback in 1988 when he ran in the Republican primary for Florida\'s 13th congressional district when incumbent Connie Mack III gave it up to run for Senate. Bafalis had represented much of this district, including Fort Myers, during his initial stint in Congress. He lost in the primary runoff, however, to Lee County Commissioner Porter Goss.
## Personal life and death {#personal_life_and_death}
As of 2011, Bafalis resided outside Washington, D.C., in Fairfax, Virginia. He was a partner at the Arlington-based government affairs firm Alcalde & Fay. Bafalis had three children, Renee Louise Bafalis, Gregory Louis Bafalis, and Joshua Evan Bafalis. His wife was Charlotte Maria Bafalis.
Bafalis died in Fairfax Station, Virginia, March 10, 2023, at the age of 93
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# Slattery's Hurricane
***Slattery\'s Hurricane*** is a 1949 American drama film directed by Andre de Toth and starring Richard Widmark, Linda Darnell and Veronica Lake. It is based on a story submitted by Herman Wouk, who also coauthored the screenplay and published a novel of the film in 1956.
## Plot
Disgruntled with the US Navy, in part because he was disciplined instead of decorated for a hazardous mission, Lt. Willard Francis \"Will\" Slattery (Richard Widmark) left the service to become a private pilot for candy manufacturer R. J. Milne (Walter Kingsford), on the recommendation of his girlfriend, Dolores Grieves (Veronica Lake), Milne\'s secretary.
Slattery lives an easy life, until the day he literally bumps into Lt. \"Hobby\" Hobson (John Russell), an old Navy buddy. Amused that Hobson stayed in the Navy, he nonetheless accepts an invitation to fly along on a weather flight into the heart of a hurricane. Slattery is disturbed to find that Hobby is married to his former lover, Aggie (Linda Darnell), who ended their unhappy relationship years before. When the two couples go for dinner, he pretends to have just met her, but Dolores immediately suspects their past attachment. Slattery invites Hobby to fly with him the next day, maneuvering Aggie into coming along, to show off his lifestyle, and introduces them to Milne and his shady partner, Mr. Gregory (Joe De Santis).
Slattery tricks Aggie into meeting him alone while Hobby is away, and although she initially rejects his \"fast one\", he seduces her. Dolores confronts Slattery and they argue over his betrayal of Hobby and the effect his job is having on him. He soon discovers Dolores has not only moved out, but quit her job as well, alarming Milne and Gregory, who fear she knows too much about their dealings. In the meantime, Slattery\'s affair with Aggie continues.
Milne has Slattery fly him to a remote Caribbean island, where Milne has a heart attack. Slattery tries to save his life on the flight back, and discovers that Milne is smuggling drugs, taped to his chest. Milne dies and Slattery keeps the \"parcel\". Dolores telephones him and warns him again to get out, but he gets drunk instead. Gregory beats him up to get back the \"parcel\", but Slattery counters with a warning that he has hidden information about the smuggling ring in a safe deposit box, should anything happen to him.
The Navy unexpectedly awards Slattery the Navy Cross for his wartime heroics. Dolores attends the ceremony but collapses when she sees Slattery embrace Aggie. Delores is hospitalized in a psychiatric ward for \"pharmacopsychosis,\" or drug addiction. Slattery is called in by her doctor and castigated for his role in her illness. He leaves his Navy Cross with Dolores and goes to Aggie\'s to end the relationship. A drunken Hobby is there, having discovered the affair. He beats an unresisting Will, but is ordered to report for a hurricane mission. Slattery sees that Hobby is in no condition to fly the mission and knocks him out to prevent it. He then steals his employer\'s plane and flies into the storm.
Slattery flies into the eye of the hurricane and reports its position. His warning is instrumental in saving Miami from serious loss of life and property, but in returning to Miami, he loses an engine. Believing he will crash, he also radios the tower about the location of the drug-smuggling information. When the aircraft does crash, he unexpectedly survives. Slattery is accepted back on active duty, and he and Delores reconcile.
## Cast
- Richard Widmark as Willard Francis \"Will\" Slattery
- Linda Darnell as Mrs. Aggie Hobson
- Veronica Lake as Dolores Grieves
- John Russell as Lieutenant F. J. \"Hobby\" Hobson
- Gary Merrill as Commander E. T. Kramer
- Walter Kingsford as R. J. Milne
- Raymond Greenleaf as Adm. William F. Ollenby
- Stanley Waxman as Frank
- Joe De Santis as Gregory
- Morris Ankrum as Dr. Holmes
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# Slattery's Hurricane
## Production
Herman Wouk came upon the idea for *Slattery\'s Hurricane* while researching weather data for his future Pulitzer Prize-winning novel, *The Caine Mutiny*.
After publishing it as a short story in *The American Magazine*, he submitted the idea to Twentieth Century Fox, and was commissioned by Fox in January 1948 to write a concise plot and flesh out characters for a proposed screenplay.
Wouk, a budding novelist, instead rewrote the story as a book, for which Fox procured the film rights for \$50,000. He was paid an additional \$25,000 to co-write the screenplay with Richard Murphy. Fox writers A. I. Bezzerides, John Monks, Jr. and William Perlberg also had uncredited roles in drafting the screenplay, which was finished in September 1948. The novel itself was not published until 1956. Both Tyrone Power and Dana Andrews were originally considered for the role of Slattery before Widmark, in just his sixth role, was cast as the lead.
Dolores\' characterization as a drug addict in the original story became a major issue between the studio and the Production Code Administration (PCA). The studio apparently ignored a memo from PCA head Joseph Breen sent in November 1948, which advised that it would be necessary to remove this characterization as it was in direct violation of the Production Code. Several weeks later, the PCA again complained that the revised final script still characterized Dolores as a drug addict, and noted \"that there has now been introduced into this script a highly offensive sexuality and adulterous relationship between Slattery and Aggie.\" As a result, the adultery was diluted down to dialogue innuendo and actions suggestive of a sexual affair.
Breen warned Colonel Jason S. Joy, Director of Public Relations for Fox, that if the drug addiction were to be left in the finished picture, it would not be approved by the PCA. In April 1949, her hospitalization sequence was reshot, and the script rewritten so that the drug problem was replaced with an implied psychiatric condition. However, her fictional admission slip to a psychiatric ward is shown close-up to the audience and displays a diagnosis of \"pharmacopsychosis\", or psychosis resulting from drug use.
Filming of *Slattery\'s Hurricane* began \"at the close of the hurricane season in 1948\" at Master Field, Florida, part of the Naval Air Station Miami complex. The U.S. Navy weather reconnaissance squadron depicted in the film, VP-23, was deployed to Miami to support the production, with extensive footage shot of its PB4Y-2M Privateer aircraft. Squadron personnel were employed as extras, including nearly all members assembled in the decoration ceremony. At the close of filming, a projected move to NAS Patuxent River was cancelled and PatRon Twenty Three remained at Master Field until 1952.{{#tag:ref\|A private Grumman Mallard amphibian was also used in *Slattery\'s Hurricane*.\|group=N}}
In the preliminary print of *Slattery\'s Hurricane* pre-screened in mid-May 1949, Slattery was killed in the crash of the aircraft and died a hero. Veronica Lake, then married to the film\'s director, Andre de Toth, unsuccessfully used the film as a vehicle for her possible career comeback. In her autobiography *Veronica*, Lake wrote:
> \"The Navy, proud of *Slattery\'s Hurricane* and the salute it gave to Navy pilots, previewed the film in its 90-ton giant aircraft, the Constitution. Eighty-six people made that flight and circled around Manhattan for three hours, ate lunch and watched \'Slattery\'s Hurricane\'.
>
> A temporary projection system had been installed as well as a silver screen in the front of the plane \... and some writers covering the flight speculated on what use in-flight films might have in commercial aviation. If they only knew.\"
## Reception
When first released, Thomas M. Pryor (known as T.M.P), film critic for *The New York Times*, gave *Slattery\'s Hurricane* a mostly positive review, writing, \"His redemption up in the wild and not-so-blue yonder is a palpable hoax. However, Richard Widmark plays this conventional rogue with more intensity and professional acumen than the role deserves. But it is a good thing that Mr. Widmark was so willing and earnest because had his acting been less worthy *Slattery\'s Hurricane* would have tumbled like a stack of cards in the wind. Andre de Toth\'s direction is good in that it keeps the story moving and, curiously enough, the constant switching via flashbacks from the plane to detailed visualizations of Slattery\'s recollections is not as disturbing as might be expected.\"
According to *Diabolique* magazine in 2020 Lake \"gives a poor performance -- the sexy bombshell of Alan Ladd pictures looks like a bland wallflower doormat -- she's got no spunk or life, she's a colorless nothing.\"
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# Slattery's Hurricane
## Adaptation
A radio adaptation of *Slattery\'s Hurricane* starring Richard Conte, Maureen O\'Hara and Lake was broadcast on *Lux Radio Theatre* in March 1950
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# Golden Cities, Far
***Golden Cities, Far*** is an anthology of fantasy short stories, edited by American writer Lin Carter. It was first published in paperback by Ballantine Books in October 1970 as the twenty-second volume of its *Ballantine Adult Fantasy series*. It was the third such anthology assembled by Carter for the series.
## Summary
The book collects twelve fantasy tales and poems by various authors, with an overall introduction and notes by Carter. Most of the pieces are ancient or medieval in date, and none later than the nineteenth century. The anthology is a companion volume to Carter\'s earlier *Dragons, Elves, and Heroes* (1969), which also collects early fantasies
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# François X. Matthieu
**François \"Francis\" Xavier Matthieu** (April 2, 1818 -- February 4, 1914) was a French Canadian pioneer settler of the Oregon Country. He was educated in American values by a radical schoolteacher. Matthieu became involved in the 1837--1838 armed rebellion against British rule in Canada, for which he was forced to flee his native Quebec for safety in the United States, where he worked as a carpenter and a fur trader.
Matthieu was among those who attended the Champoeg Meetings of May 1843, which voted to establish a Provisional Government of Oregon with a view to eventually joining the United States. He gained lasting fame for being one of two individuals who broke a 51--51 tie, tipping the result in favor of the United States against British rule.
Matthieu was the founder of the small community of Butteville, Oregon, formed the first Masonic lodge in Oregon in 1855, and was elected the first President of the reorganized Oregon Pioneer Association in 1873. He additionally twice served in the Oregon legislature, gaining election for two-year terms in November 1874 and 1878.
In his 90s, Matthieu returned to the public eye as an icon of Oregon\'s pioneer history, not only for his pivotal vote in 1843 but as the last surviving participant of the 102 men who attended the 1843 Champoeg Meetings.
## Biography
### Early life {#early_life}
François Xavier Matthieu was born on April 2, 1818, in Terrebonne, Quebec, Canada, to François and Louise Matthieu (*née* Daufin). Both of his parents were French, with his mother\'s family originating in Brittany and his father\'s in Normandy. Both parents ancestors were early immigrants to Canada, where they established themselves as independent farmers.
Matthieu was educated by a schoolmaster named Velade, who was a great admirer of the American Revolution, instilling in Matthieu and his other pupils an appreciation for the values of this popular revolt against monarchy. Velade\'s school provocatively held class elections every term, with some boys going so far as to display American flags.
As Terrebonne was located only about 12 mi outside of Montreal and Matthieu made his way to that city at a young age, working as a clerk for a mercantile firm.
In 1835 Matthieu became involved with the Société des Fils de la Liberté (Society of the Sons of Liberty), a paramilitary organization which waged an uprising remembered to history as Papineau\'s Rebellion against British rule. The youth was engaged making musket shot and cartridges and transporting arms to the scene of the fighting. The group\'s armed struggle was regarded as treasonous by the British government, who executed captured participants by hanging. Matthieu\'s participation was discovered and the youth was forced to flee Canada for refuge in the United States, crossing the border there by means of a forged passport.
Upon arrival in the United States, Matthieu worked for a time as a carpenter in Albany, New York. He moved to Chicago in 1839 and then to St. Louis. It was in the latter city that Matthieu met Jean Pierre Chouteau, a representative of the American Fur Company. Chouteau hired Matthieu as a frontier clerk in charge of trappers and traders working among Native American tribes in the Midwest.
Matthieu subsequently spent three years in the fur trade on the Platte River and its tributaries. He would ultimately leave for Oregon as a result of disaffection with the company\'s policy of supplying alcohol to the Native American population --- sales which would sometimes lead to catastrophic drunken situations from which multiple murders would result.
### Champoeg participant {#champoeg_participant}
Matthieu came to the Oregon Country with the Elijah White party September 25, 1842, spending his first winter with fellow pioneer Étienne Lucier and discussing politics and government. In Oregon he once again returned to practice the carpenter\'s trade.
On May 2, 1843, a meeting of the settlers in the region was held on French Prairie at Champoeg, and a decision was to be made as to whether the pioneers would form a government to rule over themselves. Some 102 people were present --- a majority of the European population of the Oregon Territory at that time. These were initially evenly divided, 51-51, over the question.
As tension over the standoff mounted, Matthieu was one of two individuals to break ranks with backers of British rule, voting instead for formation of an independent Provisional Government of Oregon. Matthieu\'s vote therefore proved decisive, and he would be celebrated in his twilight years as the man \"whose vote saved Oregon\" for the United States.
This melodramatic crossing over of two voters, recalled for decades in popular lore, was more akin to creation myth than political reality. In actuality, the boundaries of American and British control in the Pacific Northwest were determined through international diplomacy, culminating with the Oregon Treaty of 1846, the results of which had nothing to do with popular voting of residents or the existence or non-existence of a provisional territorial government.
### Oregon pioneer {#oregon_pioneer}
Matthieu settled on French Prairie and owned a general merchandising business in Butteville, a small town which he founded located in rural Marion County. On April 12, 1844, he married Rosalie Aussant, and the couple would have 15 children. In 1846 Matthieu filed a provisional land claim on 640 acres nearby, later refiling as a Donation Land Claim in 1850. Butteville post office was established in 1850 with the name of Champoeg, and with Matthieu as the first postmaster.
During the California Gold Rush Matthieu attempted to make his fortune transporting provisions and mercantile goods to the mines. Matthieu unfortunately fell ill on the way and wound up losing all 14 mules and the goods they were packing during his sickness, thereby dealing him a heavy financial blow. He also schemed on making use of Native Americans as mineworkers, but scurvy and diarrhea led to massive deaths among the first party accompanying him to California and the plan fell to nothing.
In 1873 Matthieu was elected the first president of the newly reorganized Oregon Pioneer Association. He would remain a stalwart member of that organization, attending virtually every one of the group\'s annual meetings up to the time of his death. He was also a Mason from 1855, helping to organize the first Masonic lodge in Oregon.
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# François X. Matthieu
## Biography
### Political career {#political_career}
In 1874, he was elected as a Democrat to the Oregon House of Representatives to represent Marion County. Matthieu returned to the legislature in 1878, again representing Marion County.
### Death and legacy {#death_and_legacy}
In his later years, Matthieu made his home in Portland in a house located at 351 NE Eugene Street on the city\'s East side.
Matthieu died on February 4, 1914, at a daughter\'s home in Butteville. He was the longest-surviving member of the 102 participants at the 1843 Champoeg Meetings
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# Esk Highway
The **Esk Highway** (route number **A4**) is a highway in Tasmania, Australia. It connects the Midland Highway, located down the centre of the state, with the Tasman Highway, which is located on the east coast of the state.
Its western end joins the Midland Highway at Conara Junction, just north of Campbell Town. Its eastern end passes through St Marys and then deviates to a north-east direction, where it connections to the Tasman Highway. Another road, which follows a path south-east of St Marys, joins another part of the Tasman Highway at Chain of Lagoons -- although this is also marked as route A4, it is named Elephant Pass Road and is not part of the Esk Highway
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# Exposure (infant)
In ancient times, **exposition** (from the Latin *expositus*, \"exposed\") was a method of infanticide or child abandonment in which infants were left in a wild place either to die due to hypothermia, starvation, animal attack or to be collected by slavers or by those unable to produce children.
Following exposure, the infants usually died, were taken by slave traders, or were adopted by others.
## Mythological
This form of child abandonment is a recurring theme in mythology, especially among hero births.
Some examples include:
- Sargon, King of Akkad -- exposed to the river.
- Karna -- exposed to the river.
- Tang Sanzang -- exposed to the river on a wooden plank. The historical person he is based on never suffered such a fate.
- Oedipus -- exposed in the mountains.
- Paris -- exposed at the top of Mount Ida.
- Zāl -- exposed in the Alborz mountains.
- Telephus -- exposed on Mount Parthenion.
- Atalanta -- exposed on Mount Parthenion.
- Perseus -- boxed and cast into the sea with his mother, Danaë.
- Gilgamesh -- thrown from the acropolis.
- Romulus and Remus -- exposed in a tub to the Tiber River.
- Siegfried -- exposed in a glass vessel to the river.
- Ken Arok, Javanese king -- exposed to the river.
- Mess Búachalla - exposed to wild beasts.
Otto Rank explores this topic in his book, *The Myth of the Birth of the Hero*. The exposure, especially in water, \"signifies no more and no less than the symbolic expression of birth. The children come out of the water. The basket, box, or receptacle simply means the container, the womb; so that the exposure directly signifies the process of birth\". Further, according to Rank, these myths epitomize the natural psychological tension between parent and child. In all these stories there exists \"a tendency to represent the parents as the first and most powerful opponents of the hero \.... The vital peril, thus concealed in the representation of birth through exposure, actually exists in the process of birth itself. The overcoming of all these obstacles also expresses the idea that the future hero has actually overcome the greatest difficulties by virtue of his birth, for he has victoriously thwarted all attempts to prevent it.\"
## Greece
Exposure was widely practiced in ancient Greece. It was advocated by Aristotle in the case of deformity: \"As to the exposure of children, let there be a law that no deformed child shall live.\" Plato also defended infanticide as state policy.
In Sparta, according to Plutarch, in his *The Life of Lycurgus*:
> Offspring was not reared at the will of the father, but was taken and carried by him to a place called Lesche, where the elders of the tribes officially examined the infant, and if it was well-built and sturdy, they ordered the father to rear it, and assigned it one of the nine thousand lots of land; but if it was ill-born and deformed, they sent it to the so‑called Apothetae, a chasm-like place at the foot of Mount Taÿgetus, in the conviction that the life of that which nature had not well equipped at the very beginning for health and strength, was of no advantage either to itself or the state.
However, this story has little other literary support. Modern excavations at the spot have found only adult human bones -- it may have been used as a place for execution of criminals.
## Rome
Exposure was extremely widespread and deemed morally acceptable in ancient Rome, especially regarding female children, and according to Jack Lindsay, \"more than one daughter was practically never reared\" even in large families. The Twelve Tables allowed for the exposure of any female or any weak or deformed male infants. As Christianity gained a foothold in the Roman empire, Christians became known for rescuing exposed infants and raising them. Later, starting with Constantine the Great, Christian emperors began to implement reforms which eventually led to the end of the practice of infant exposure.
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# Exposure (infant)
## Early Middle Ages {#early_middle_ages}
During the Early Middle Ages in Europe, the *History of European Morals* (1869) by Irish historian William Lecky mentions that infant exposure was not punishable by law and was practiced on a large scale and was considered a pardonable offense. In the 8th century, foundling hospitals were opened in Milan, Florence and Rome, among others, to help reduce the deaths of newborns who were subjected to exposure. Church authorities were in charge of these hospitals until the 16th century
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# Love Tracks (Don McLean album)
***Love Tracks*** is the ninth studio album by American singer-songwriter Don McLean, released by Capitol in 1988.
Two singles were released from the album. You Can\'t Blame the Train reached No. 49 on the US *Billboard* Hot Country Songs in December 1987, while \"Love in My Heart\" reached No. 65 in August 1988.
## Critical reception {#critical_reception}
Upon release, *Cash Box* commented: \"The man who was the great hope of folk music a decade and a half ago is back but not nearly as eye-opening. Now he\'s a bit countrified and more than a little corny; but at least he\'s got Duane Eddy guesting on guitar.\" *Billboard* stated: \"Missing here are the profound and vivid lyrics that have long been McLean trademarks. Still, the songs are melodic and listenable.\" In a retrospective review, Jim Esch of AllMusic described the album as \"overly slick and dated \'80s Nashville production\" that \"mars this comeback effort by Don McLean\". He added: \"The obvious intent was to pitch McLean at the mainstream country market, and while he does a credible enough job, McLean\'s real strength was always his sensitive songwriting
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# Diethylaminoethyl cellulose
**Diethylaminoethyl cellulose** (**DEAE-C**) is a positively charged resin used in ion-exchange chromatography, a type of column chromatography, for the separation and purification of proteins and nucleic acids. Gel matrix beads are derivatized with diethylaminoethanol (DEAE) and lock negatively charged proteins or nucleic acids into the matrix. The proteins are released from the resin by increasing the salt concentration of the solvent or changing the pH of the solution as to change the charge on the protein.
## Preparation
DEAE-C is synthesized by an alkali-catalyzed reaction of cellulose (obtained from cotton fabric) with 2-chlorotriethylamine, illustrated as following :
## Types
### Common resins {#common_resins}
DEAE-C is commonly commercially available as DE52 and DE53. These resins are prepared preswollen although cellulose exchangers swell in a strong basic environment to increase access to binding sites.
DE52 has a pKa of 11.5. The buffering range for diethanolamine is 8.4-8.8, though the range for DEAE-C varies between manufacturers.
### DEAE-D {#deae_d}
DEAE-Dextran (DEAE-D) is a positively charged dextran derivative that can be used for vaccine production, gene therapy, protein stabilization, dyslipidemia prevention, flocculating agents, and many other applications. DEAE-D is also used for transfecting animal cells with foreign DNA. It is added to solution containing DNA meant for transfection. It binds and interacts with negatively charged DNA molecules and via an unknown mechanism brings about the uptake of nucleic acids by the cell. This procedure is highly suited for transient transfection used for various molecular biology studies.
### Other derivatives {#other_derivatives}
DEAE-Sepharose, DEAE-650 and DEAE-Sephadex are commonly used in chromatography.
## Ion-exchange chromatography {#ion_exchange_chromatography}
DEAE-C is a weak anion exchanger. This exchange is utilized to separate proteins that have faintly differing charges. Like all anion exchangers, the resin carries a positive charge that interacts favorably with negative charges. The positive charge of DEAE cellulose is due to a protonated amine group. To ensure that the resin is protonated and positively charged, the chromatography should be performed at least 2 pH units below the pKa of the amine group, 10. The strength of the bond between the resin and protein is highly dependent on the pH range in the column and the pI of the protein of interest. The resin is a weak exchanger because it is only partially ionized over most pH values, and an efficient separation with DEAE-C chromatography requires a specific, narrow pH range.
Cellulose, dextran, agarose, and other insoluble complexes are unaffected because they compose inert matrices, hence why they are so often derivatized with strong and weak cation and anion exchangers in chromatography. DEAE-C beads have diethylaminoethyl chains covalently bound to oxygen atoms on the D-glucose subunits of cellulose
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# Daniel Gibson (presenter)
**Daniel Gibson** (born in Victoria) is an Australian television presenter and is seen weeknightly across Seven as newsreader and weatherman in the role of network presenter.
Gibson started his career in radio in the early 1990s at 2PK in Parkes NSW, before moving on to radio stations in Victoria including 3WM Horsham and ending up in the nation\'s capital, Canberra doing talkback on 2CC and then hosted the breakfast show on 2CA.
Gibson has been part of Seven since May 2000.
In 2007, Gibson joined the V8 Supercar telecast as pit lane reporter for the Seven Network. He is teamed up with Matthew White, Neil Crompton as well as Mark Beretta and Grant Denyer. Gibson was also part of MMM\'s broadcast of the Melbourne Formula 1 GP. He supports the Western Bulldogs in the Australian Football League.
After gaining a reputation as \"the wacky weatherman\", he made the transition to newsreader in 2011
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# Harvey G. Eastman
**Harvey Gridley Eastman** (October 16, 1832 -- July 13, 1878) was an American educator and politician from New York.
## Life
Born in Marshall, New York, Eastman was the son of Horace Haveland Eastman and Mary A. Gridley. Eastman began his professional career teaching at Eastman Commercial College in Rochester, New York, which had been founded by his uncle, George Washington Eastman. In December 1855, he founded a school of his own in Oswego. He married Mary Minerva Clark on June 5, 1857.
He moved his school to St. Louis, Missouri in spring of 1858, but due to unfortunate hiring of abolitionist teachers in pro-slavery Missouri, was forced to move again, ultimately establishing the Eastman Business College in Poughkeepsie, New York, on November 3, 1859. Through Eastman\'s tireless promotion, the school eventually became one of the largest commercial schools in the United States.
The school made him rich, and he became one of the leading citizens of Poughkeepsie. He was Mayor of Poughkeepsie, New York from 1871 to 1874, and again from 1877 until his death. His tenure as mayor is most notable in his ensuring the construction of a water filtration plant that eliminated Poughkeepsie\'s reputation as \"The Sickly City.\"
Eastman was a member of the New York State Assembly (Dutchess Co., 2nd D.) in 1872 and 1874, his primary mission there being to secure funding for a bridge across the Hudson River.
Suffering from ill health, Eastman traveled to Denver, Colorado and died there. Eastman was a first cousin of George Washington Eastman\'s son George Eastman, of Eastman-Kodak fame
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# Mazinghien
**Mazinghien** (`{{IPA|fr|mazɛ̃ɡjɛ̃}}`{=mediawiki}) is a commune in the Nord department in northern France
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# Kakogawa Line
The `{{Nihongo|'''Kakogawa Line'''|加古川線|Kakogawa-sen}}`{=mediawiki} is a railway line in Hyōgo Prefecture, Japan, operated by West Japan Railway Company (JR West), which connects the cities of Kakogawa and Tamba.
The 48.5 km line begins at Kakogawa Station on the JR Kobe Line (Sanyō Main Line) and ends at Tanikawa Station on the Fukuchiyama Line.
## History
The Banshu Railway opened the Kakogawa - Nishiwakishi section in 1913, and extended the line to Tanikawa in 1924. The company was nationalised in 1943.
Freight services ceased in 1986, and CTC signalling was commissioned on the entire line in 2004.
Former branches of the Kakogawa Line included the Takasago Line (connected at Kakogawa Station), the Miki Line (connected at Yakujin Station) and the Kajiya Line (connected at Nomura Station, i.e. present-day Nishiwakishi Station).
## Stations
+---------+--------------+-----------+----------------------------------------+-----------+
| Station | Japanese | Distance\ | Transfers | Location |
| | | (km) | | |
+=========+==============+===========+========================================+===========+
| | 加古川 | 0.0 | 20px JR Kobe Line (Sanyō Main Line)\ | Kakogawa |
| | | | (Takasago Line - closed 1984) | |
+---------+--------------+-----------+----------------------------------------+-----------+
| | 日岡 | 2.5 | | |
+---------+--------------+-----------+----------------------------------------+-----------+
| | 神野 | 4.8 | | |
+---------+--------------+-----------+----------------------------------------+-----------+
| | 厄神 | 7.4 | (Miki Railway Miki Line - closed 2008) | |
+---------+--------------+-----------+----------------------------------------+-----------+
| | 市場 | 11.5 | | Ono |
+---------+--------------+-----------+----------------------------------------+-----------+
| | 小野町 | 13.7 | | |
+---------+--------------+-----------+----------------------------------------+-----------+
| | 粟生 | 16.6 | Hōjō Railway Line\ | |
| | | | Shintetsu Ao Line | |
+---------+--------------+-----------+----------------------------------------+-----------+
| | 河合西 | 19.2 | | |
+---------+--------------+-----------+----------------------------------------+-----------+
| | 青野ヶ原 | 21.3 | | |
+---------+--------------+-----------+----------------------------------------+-----------+
| | 社町 | 24.2 | | Katō |
+---------+--------------+-----------+----------------------------------------+-----------+
| | 滝野 | 27.3 | | |
+---------+--------------+-----------+----------------------------------------+-----------+
| | 滝 | 28.4 | | |
+---------+--------------+-----------+----------------------------------------+-----------+
| | 西脇市 | 31.2 | (Kajiya Line - closed 1990) | Nishiwaki |
+---------+--------------+-----------+----------------------------------------+-----------+
| | 新西脇 | 32.3 | | |
+---------+--------------+-----------+----------------------------------------+-----------+
| | 比延 | 34.6 | | |
+---------+--------------+-----------+----------------------------------------+-----------+
| | 日本へそ公園 | 36.1 | | |
+---------+--------------+-----------+----------------------------------------+-----------+
| | 黒田庄 | 38.5 | | |
+---------+--------------+-----------+----------------------------------------+-----------+
| | 本黒田 | 42.0 | | |
+---------+--------------+-----------+----------------------------------------+-----------+
| | 船町口 | 43.8 | | |
+---------+--------------+-----------+----------------------------------------+-----------+
| | 久下村 | 46.3 | | Tamba |
+---------+--------------+-----------+----------------------------------------+-----------+
| | 谷川 | 48
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# Permanent Secretary to the Treasury
The UK **Permanent Secretary to the Treasury** is the most senior civil servant at HM Treasury. The post originated as that of **Assistant Secretary to the Treasury** in 1805; that office was given new duties and renamed in 1867 as a Permanent Secretaryship.
The position is generally regarded as the second most influential in His Majesty\'s Civil Service; Andrew Turnbull (Permanent Secretary from 1998 to 2002) and Gus O\'Donnell (2002--2005) were Permanent Secretaries to the Treasury who then became Cabinet Secretary, the most influential post.
Previous incumbents have not always maintained the political neutrality expected of civil servants; in 1909 Sir George Murray was involved in lobbying various Crossbench peers in the House of Lords to reject the Chancellor of the Exchequer\'s proposed budget. In 2014, during the Scottish Independence referendum campaign, Sir Nicholas Macpherson broke with convention by publishing private advice to Chancellor of the Exchequer George Osborne. The decision to publish was later criticised for compromising the impartiality of the Civil Service.
## Assistant Secretaries to the Treasury {#assistant_secretaries_to_the_treasury}
- George Harrison (1805--1826)
- William Hill (1826--1828)
- James Henry Keith Stewart (1828--1836)
- Alexander Spearman (1836--1840)
- Sir Charles Trevelyan (1840--1859)
- George Alexander Hamilton (1859--1867)
## Permanent Secretaries to the Treasury {#permanent_secretaries_to_the_treasury}
- George Alexander Hamilton (1867--1870)
- Sir Ralph Lingen (1870--1885)
- Sir Reginald Welby (1885--1894)
- Sir Francis Mowatt (1894--1903) (*jointly from 1902*)
- Sir Edward Hamilton (1902--1908) (*joint*)
- Sir George Murray (1903--1911) (*jointly until 1908*)
- Sir Robert Chalmers (1911--1913) (*joint*)
- Sir Thomas Heath (1911--1916) (*joint*)
- Sir John Bradbury (1913--1919) (*joint*)
- Sir Robert Chalmers (1916--1919) (*joint*)
- Sir Warren Fisher (1919--1939)
- Sir Horace Wilson (1939--1942)
- Sir Richard Hopkins (1942--1945)
- Sir Edward Bridges (1945--1956)
- Sir Norman Brook (1956--1962) (*jointly until 1959 and from 1960*)
- Sir Roger Makins (1956--1959) (*joint*)
- Sir Frank Lee (1960--1962) (*joint*)
- Sir William Armstrong (1962--1968) (*jointly until 1963 and from 1968*)
- Sir Laurence Helsby (1962--1968) (*joint*)
- Sir Douglas Allen (1968--1974) (*jointly until 1968*)
- Sir Douglas Wass (1974--1983)
- Sir Peter Middleton (1983--1991)
- Sir Terence Burns (1991--1998)
- Sir Andrew Turnbull (1998--2002)
- Sir Gus O\'Donnell (2002--2005)
- Sir Nicholas Macpherson (2005--2016)
- Sir Tom Scholar (2016--2022)
- James Bowler (2022--present)
Since March 2009, Sir Tom Scholar had served as the Treasury\'s Second Permanent Secretary. The post of Head of the Government Economic Service had been held by Sir Nicholas Stern (now Lord Stern of Brentford) until June 2007, since when it has been jointly held by Vicky Pryce, Chief Economic Adviser and Director General of Economics at BIS (until 2010), and Dave Ramsden, Managing Director, Macroeconomic and Fiscal Policy Directorate
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# William LeSassier
**William LeSassier** (November 6, 1948 -- May 13, 2003) was an American herbalist and acupuncturist. He developed William's Triune System of Formulation, which continues to be taught by herbalists, including David Winston, who has significantly expanded LeSassier\'s materia medica. LeSassier taught and inspired many of the major herbalists currently practicing in the United States, including Matthew Wood, David Winston, Margi Flint, and Dina Falconi, and his influence is significant. His classes were taped and continue to influence herbal medicine in the United States.
## Biography
William LeSassier was born in 1948 in Texas, and grew up in Midland. He then moved to Southern California, where he learned many fields, including theosophy, palmistry, color therapy, and herbalism. LeSassier also audited medical school at UCLA.
By the age of 20 he was an active healer. In the late 1960s, LeSassier opened the Christos School of Herbal Medicine in Taos, New Mexico, where he ran a herb store.
In the 1960s he wandered around the U.S., Mexico, and the Amazon, doing healing work, teaching, and collecting herbs as he went. He wrote some of the first herb articles in *Well-Being Magazine*, one of the first publications on alternative medicine.
Around 1970 LeSassier found a teacher of Chinese medicine and persuaded the man to allow him to apprentice with him. He learned about the energetics of medicinal herbs and developed an individualized diagnosis system. By the 1970s, he was one of the most well-known herbalists in the country. In 1983, he settled in New York City and opened Chiron's Magic Minerals, where he practiced and taught herbs, bodywork, and energy work. William closed Chiron\'s in 1989 and moved his practice into the office of [Dr. Steven Schram](http://www.drstevenschram.com) at 132 East 28th street. The back yard of the office was home to many herbs that William grew there including nettles, hops, raspberries, spilanthes, comfrey, holy basel and catnip.
In 1993 he entered acupuncture school, but never graduated, being one course shy of the requirements. He continued to live in New York, and also spent time in a vacation home in the Blue Ridge Mountains which was also a school and nature preserve. He also visited Italy several times. He died in 2003 from complications of cirrhosis of the liver.
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# William LeSassier
## Triune formulas {#triune_formulas}
One hallmark of most serious herbalism is the use of herbs in a formula. LeSassier had been exposed to Chinese medicine where the standards were \"one disease, many formulas\" and individualizing formulas to the strengths and weaknesses of the patient. Herbs in the Chinese system are recognized by their effects on specific organs and meridians or organ systems. A Chinese formulation generally has a \"king\" herb that addresses the major problem, supported by \"ministers\" that either support it or address weak organ systems, and \"servant\" herbs that harmonize and carry the herbal effects to specific parts of the body. However, a system that bridged the various Western and Eastern herbal traditions was lacking.
The Triune System of Formulation was inspired by a vision LeSassier had during a period of personal difficulty --- a vision that changed the direction of his herbal practice. He saw a triangle, and saw Pythagoras giving him a book.
The system consisted of one triangle inverted within a larger triangle, with the client's constitution or core condition in the center and supporting organ systems in the flanking sides. According to the system, nine herbs would be used: three in larger amounts to support the core problem, with lower amounts for the supporting systems.
Herbs in the system are classified by their ability to either build or tonify (+), react amphoterically (which means to stabilize or harmonize) (0), or to eliminate (-). Herbs on the apex of each triangle represented the \"king\", the ruler/significant herb/neutral signified by a circle. A \"minister\", the herb that communicates to other plants and takes the message to the king, is signified by a plus sign. A \"servant\", the reciprocal part of the formula that acts upon/eliminates through the \"doorways of the body\". Measurement of herb was formulated by energetic strength, not weight, with the most potent herbs being used less than the milder ones.
## Personal life {#personal_life}
In the 1960s, LeSassier married in Taos, and had a daughter, Ona Marie LeSassier. He later remarried in New York and had a son, Alex LeSassier in 1986. In 1989 he met his partner Daniela Noe, with whom he lived for the rest of his life
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# Harden County
Hardin County}} `{{Use Australian English|date=August 2019}}`{=mediawiki} `{{Use dmy dates|date=July 2019}}`{=mediawiki} `{{GeoGroupTemplate}}`{=mediawiki} `{{Infobox Australian place
| type = cadastral
| name = Harden
| state = nsw
| image = Harden NSW.PNG
| caption = Location in [[New South Wales]]
| near-nw = [[Bland County, New South Wales|Bland]]
| near-n = [[Monteagle County|Monteagle]]
| near-ne = [[King County, New South Wales|King]]
| near-e = [[King County, New South Wales|King]]
| near-se = [[Murray County, New South Wales|Murray]]
| near-s = [[Buccleuch County|Buccleuch]]
| near-sw = [[Wynyard County|Wynyard]]
| near-w = [[Clarendon County, New South Wales|Clarendon]]
}}`{=mediawiki} **Harden County** is one of the 141 cadastral divisions of New South Wales. It contains the town of Harden.
The origin of the name of Harden is unknown
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# 200 Pounds Beauty
***200 Pounds Beauty*** (`{{korean|미녀는 괴로워|lit=Beauty is painful}}`{=mediawiki}) is a 2006 South Korean musical romantic comedy film written and directed by Kim Yong-hwa. It is based on the Japanese manga `{{Nihongo|''Kanna's Big Success!''|カンナさん大成功です!|Kanna-san Daiseikou Desu!}}`{=mediawiki} by Yumiko Suzuki about an overweight ghost singer who undergoes intensive plastic surgery to become a pop sensation.
The film was a critical and commercial success. It was the third best-selling domestic film of 2006 with 6,619,498 admissions nationwide, grossing `{{USD|42,013,016}}`{=mediawiki}. *200 Pounds Beauty* also received several awards and nominations, including Best Actress for Kim Ah-joong at the 2007 Grand Bell Awards.
## Plot
Hanna Kang is an obese phone sex part-timer and a ghost singer for Ammy, a famous pop singer who actually lip syncs her songs instead of singing live. Hanna has a crush on Sang-jun Han, a director whose arrogant father Choi Han owns the record label Ammy is signed to. One day, Ammy sends Hanna an outfit supposedly from Sang-jun to wear to his birthday party, and wears the same outfit there just to humiliate her. While crying in the restroom, Hanna overhears Sang-jun tell Ammy to be nice to her in order to keep using her voice. Heartbroken, Hanna attempts suicide but is interrupted by a phone call from one of her phone sex clients, plastic surgeon Kong-hak Lee, and persuades him to perform extensive plastic surgery on her.
After a year of seclusion while recovering from the surgery, Hanna is so incredibly beautiful and slender that even her best friend Jung-min Park cannot recognize her at first. With Jung-min\'s help, Hanna reinvents herself as a Korean-American from California named Jenny. After re-auditioning to be Ammy\'s secret vocalist, she earns her own recording contract instead. Meanwhile, Ammy fears her own inability to sing will be exposed if the release of her second album is delayed. She desperately tries to find Hanna by spending time with Hanna\'s father who is suffering with Alzheimer\'s, but Sang-jun orders her to give up her search, threatening to terminate her contract if she does not stop. After many encounters with Jenny, they both realize that Jenny is actually Hanna.
Jenny\'s debut single \"Maria\" becomes a hit and at the release party, Ammy brings Hanna\'s father in an attempt to blow her cover. Desperate to keep her true identity a secret, Hanna ignores her father, infuriating Jung-min with her indifference. After the party, Sang-jun tells Hanna that he knows who she is, and cannot forgive her for lying to him. Hanna confesses her love for him and reveals she got plastic surgery in order to make him love her back. After realizing how worthless she was to him even as Jenny, Hanna decides that she is better off without him.
The next day, Ammy threatens to reveal Hanna\'s deception unless Sang-jun cancels Hanna\'s concert. Though Choi agrees, Sang-jun stands up to them and refuses, and encourages a distraught Hanna to do this concert, not for her fans or the record label but for herself. Before performing, Hanna apologizes to Jung-min for her earlier behavior, but Jung-min rebukes Hanna for the way she treated her own father. At the concert, Hanna tearfully confesses to the audience that she was a ghost singer to an ungrateful Ammy while she was overweight, and had extensive plastic surgery and abandoned everything that is dear to her, including her best friend and father, for her career. Sang-jun plays a tape of the old, obese Hanna, singing, which Hanna remarks is the real her. The crowd are moved by her sincere confession and praise her for showing her true self. Hanna reconciles with her father and Jung-min, drops the stage-name Jenny and becomes a highly successful music artist in her own name. Sang-jun realizes that he has always been in love with Hanna, and continues to promote her in hopes of pursuing a relationship with her.
## Cast
- Kim Ah-joong as Hanna Kang/Jenny
- Joo Jin-mo as Sang-jun Han
- Sung Dong-il as Choi Han
- Kim Hyun-sook as Jung-min Park
- Im Hyun-sik as Hanna\'s father
- Lee Han-wi as Kong-hak Lee
- Ji Seo-yun as Ammy
- Park No-sik as Jenny\'s fan
- Lee Beom-soo as Taxi driver (cameo)
- Kim Yong-gun as Record company CEO (cameo)
- Lee Won-jong as Fortune teller (cameo)
- Ryu Seung-soo as Traffic officer (cameo)
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# 200 Pounds Beauty
## Awards and nominations {#awards_and_nominations}
2007 Chunsa Film Art Awards
- Best Actress -- Kim Ah-joong
- Best Cinematography -- Park Hyun-cheol
- Best Editing -- Park Gok-ji
- Technical Award -- Lee Seung-chul (Sound)
2007 Grand Bell Awards
- Best Actress -- Kim Ah-joong
- Best Cinematography -- Park Hyun-cheol
- Best Music -- Lee Jae-hak
- Nomination -- Best Film
- Nomination -- Best Director -- Kim Yong-hwa
- Nomination -- Best Editing -- Park Gok-ji
- Nomination -- Best Art Direction -- Jang Geun-young
- Nomination -- Best Costume Design -- Jo Sang-gyeong
- Nomination -- Best Visual Effects -- Jeong Seong-jin
- Nomination -- Best Sound -- Jeon Sang-jun, Lee Seung-chul
2007 Korea Movie Star Awards
- Best New Actress -- Kim Ah-joong
- Best Couple Award -- Kim Ah-joong and Joo Jin-mo
- Best Special Appearance -- Lee Beom-soo
2007 Blue Dragon Film Awards
- Nomination -- Best Film
- Nomination -- Best Director -- Kim Yong-hwa
- Nomination -- Best Actress -- Kim Ah-joong
- Nomination -- Best Screenplay -- Kim Yong-hwa
- Nomination -- Best Music -- Lee Jae-hak
2007 Korean Film Awards
- Nomination -- Best Actress -- Kim Ah-joong
- Nomination -- Best Supporting Actress -- Kim Hyun-sook
- Nomination -- Best Editing -- Park Gok-ji
- Nomination -- Best Music -- Lee Jae-hak
- Nomination -- Best Visual Effects -- Jeong Seong-jin
## Soundtrack
The soundtrack album was released by KM Culture and SBS Contents Hub on December 13, 2006.
The title track is a cover of the Blondie song \"Maria,\" sung in Korean by the film\'s star, Kim Ah-joong.
Director Kim Yong-hwa has been friends with music director Lee Jae-hak since their college days. Lee is a member of the modern rock band Loveholic, which is also featured in the soundtrack
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# Košava (wind)
**Košava** (`{{lang-sr-cyr|Кошава}}`{=mediawiki}, `{{IPA|sr|kɔ̌ʃaʋa|pron}}`{=mediawiki}) is a cold, very squally southeastern wind found in parts of Eastern Europe and the Balkans. It starts in the Carpathian Mountains and follows the Danube northwest through the Iron Gate region where it gains a jet effect, then continues to Belgrade. It can spread as far north as Hungary and as far south as Niš and Sofia.
In the winter, it can cause temperatures to drop to around -30 C. In the summer, it is cool and dusty. It varies diurnally, and is strongest between 5:00 and 10:00 in the morning. Košava is usually caused by a low pressure zone over the Adriatic Sea and a corresponding high pressure zone in southern Russia.
The name is also used traditionally in northwestern Bulgaria to mean a northeastern or eastern wind. There is a saying that goes: \"When košava blows, the Nišava freezes\".
The speed and occurrence of the Košava wind declined from 1949 to 2010. The same study showed that Košava usually lasts for two or three days, one-day events being very rare.
Košava wind blows when there is a high air pressure (an anticyclone) over Eastern Europe and/or west Asia and a low pressure (a cyclone) over the middle and/or western Mediterranean region. The strong anticyclone, however, is the main trigger for the Košava wind. Košava is also a gap flow windstorm. Košava\'s occurrence can be successfully forecast using the across-mountain mean sea level pressure and potential temperature differences
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# Ken Stone (American football)
**Kenneth Bernard Stone Jr.** (born September 14, 1950) is a former professional American football safety who played eight seasons in the National Football League (NFL) for the Buffalo Bills, Washington Redskins, Tampa Bay Buccaneers, and the St. Louis Cardinals. He played college football at Vanderbilt University and was selected in the tenth round of the 1973 NFL draft
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# Quảng Bình University
**Quảng Bình University** is a university established in 2006 after merging colleges with the Normal College in Đồng Hới city, the capital of Quảng Bình Province.
The university accepts entry exam candidate registers as of 2007. It provides education at university level of teacher\'s training (normal) (including maths, physics, chemistry, biology, literature, history, geology), law, business administration and English language
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# Clarendon County, New South Wales
**Clarendon County** is one of the 141 cadastral divisions of New South Wales. It contains the towns of Gundagai, Junee and Bethungra. The Murrumbidgee River is the boundary to the south.
Clarendon County was named in honour of George William Frederick Villiers, 4th Earl Clarendon (1800--1870)
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# Urana County
**Urana County** is one of the 141 cadastral divisions of New South Wales. It contains the towns of Urana and Bidgeemia.
The name Urana is believed to be derived from a local Aboriginal word, and is referenced in relation to the town of Urana, New South Wales as coming from the Aboriginal word \'airana\', meaning a temporary shelter (usually consisting of a simple frame of branches covered with bark, leaves, or grass)
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# Motel Inn
`{{distinguish|motor inn|motel}}`{=mediawiki}
The **Motel Inn** (originally known as the **Milestone Mo-Tel**), located in San Luis Obispo, California, United States, was the first \"motel\" in the world, and the origin of that word, from \"Mo-Tel\", which is a play on the word \"hotel\" by combining the words \"motor hotel\". It opened on December 12, 1925, and closed in 1991. The Apple Farm Inn, located next door, is expanding and incorporating parts of the original hotel that are still standing into additional rooms.
## Concept
The emergence and popularization of the automobile in the United States of the early 20th century inspired many car owners beyond commuting into town. The poor roads of the era, combined with lower vehicle speeds and reliability, required two or more days of nearly all day driving for 400 mi trips such as Los Angeles to San Francisco. Nearby destinations of 40 mi or less could be visited in a day to include a return trip. Longer trips required an overnight stay and often left travelers looking for places to pitch tents -- or sleep in their automobile -- if prior arrangements hadn\'t been made in destinations or stopovers that happened to have hotels or inns.
The lack of niche accommodations to fill the need for automobile travelers who only needed an overnight stay to continue their trip inspired many entrepreneurs. The combination of the convenience of a campground with the comforts and respectability of a hotel or inn spurred the creation of the motel. The hotel\'s architect, Arthur S. Heineman (1878--1974), picked San Luis Obispo as a midpoint location between Los Angeles and San Francisco, which took two days of driving on the roads at the time.
## Architecture
The original plan of the Milestone Mo-Tel was to include both bungalows and attached apartments with parking outside each unit, though some would have a private garage. Each location of the chain was to include laundry facilities, a grocery store, and a restaurant. Each unit included an indoor bathroom with a shower, obviously a level of privacy not found at campgrounds. The exterior of the buildings was modeled after the Spanish missions in California; the three-stage bell tower was a reflection of the Mission San Luis Rey de Francia in Oceanside.
## Business
The motel cost \$80,000 to build in 1925 (\$`{{Formatprice|{{Inflation|US|80000|1925}}}}`{=mediawiki} in `{{inflation-year|US}}`{=mediawiki} dollars). It originally charged \$1.25 per night per room (\$`{{Inflation|US|1.25|1925}}`{=mediawiki} in `{{inflation-year|US}}`{=mediawiki} dollars).
The Milestone Interstate Corporation, created by Arthur Heineman and his brother Alfred, was incorporated in an attempt to seek capital from outside investors in order to build a chain of eighteen motor courts at 150 mi--200 mi intervals in response to the growth in automobile travel in California, Oregon, and Washington. At the time, this spacing would have represented a day\'s drive between sites. The Motel Inn (as the Milestone Mo-Tel was renamed) was intended to be the prototype for the proposed chain.
The Heinemans were unable to register the name as a trademark, which allowed competitors to use the name. Severe competition in the market as well as competitors with lesser designs but lower pricing also hampered the chain in getting off the ground.
The plans for expansion as a chain ultimately disintegrated as the Great Depression caused investment dollars to become scarce and ultimately caused the Heineman brothers to lose the one existing Motel Inn property to foreclosure.
## Today
The Motel Inn closed in 1991. Many of the buildings were torn down in 2006; only two fragments of the original buildings exist, including the mission-style bell tower.
Located at 2223 Monterey Street, at the end of the street next to an on-ramp to U.S. Route 101, the Motel Inn is now the administrative building of the hotel next door, the Apple Farm Inn, at 2015 Monterey Street. The complex is expanding and incorporating parts of the original hotel that are still standing into additional guest rooms
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# Ken Reaves
**Kenneth Milton Reaves** (born October 29, 1944) is an American former professional football player who was a cornerback and safety for 12 seasons in the National Football League (NFL) for the Atlanta Falcons, New Orleans Saints, and the St. Louis Cardinals. He played college football for the Norfolk State Spartans
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# Mitchell County, New South Wales
**Mitchell County** is one of the 141 cadastral divisions of New South Wales. It contains the town of Collingullie. The Murrumbidgee River is the northern boundary.
Mitchell County is named in honour of the Surveyor-General Sir Thomas Livingstone Mitchell (1792--1855)
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# Thrity Umrigar
**Thrity Umrigar** is an Indian-American journalist, critic, and novelist.
## Early life {#early_life}
Umrigar was born in Mumbai, India to a Parsi family, and relocated to the United States at the age of 21.
## Career
Umrigar received a Bachelor of Science from Bombay University, an M.A. From Ohio State University, and a Ph.D. in English from Kent State University.
She has written for *The Washington Post* and the *Cleveland Plain Dealer* and *The Huffington Post* and regularly writes for *The Boston Globe*{{\'}}s book pages. She is the Armitage Professor of English at Case Western Reserve University in Cleveland. She is active on the national lecture circuit
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# Don Nash
**Donald Anthony Nash** (born 29 March 1978 in Dubbo, New South Wales) is an Australian first-class cricketer who played for the New South Wales Blues.
A right arm fast medium bowler and hard hitting lower order batsman, Nash made his first class debut in 1999-2000. In his 37-game career he took 99 wickets at 31.06 including two hauls of seven wickets in an innings. With the bat he once scored the second fastest half-century in the history of domestic one-day cricket in Australia.
## Personal life {#personal_life}
He is the father of current Australian soccer player, Jessika Nash, who plays with Central Coast Mariners in the A-League Women
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# List of Olympique de Marseille managers and presidents
The following is a list of all Marseille presidents and managers.
## Presidents
+------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
| Name Years | +:------------------------------------------------------:+:----------------------------:+ |
| ---------------------------- --------------------------------------------------- | | **Name** | **Years** | |
| René Dufaure de Montmirail 1899--1902 | +--------------------------------------------------------+------------------------------+ |
| Arnaud Bideleux 1902--1905 \|-https://en.wikipedia
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# Black and Blue (Chain song)
**\"Black and Blue\"** is a 1971 song by Chain which exemplifies, \"genuine Australian blues\". It is about a chain gang from the country\'s convict past, and it struck a chord with young suburban audiences, such that it reached No. 10 on the *Go-Set* National Top 60 singles chart. The song was co-written by all four members of Chain: Barry Harvey, Phil Manning, Barry Sullivan and Matt Taylor. It was awarded a *Go-Set* Silver Disc for 25,000 Australian sales and appeared at No. 31 on *Go-Set*{{\'}}s Top Singles for 1971.
\"Black and Blue\" appears on the double gold certified album, *Toward the Blues*, which was released in September 1971 and went to No. 6 nationally in Australia. The album reached ARIA gold status for the second time in 1998. The 30th anniversary \"remixed\" version of the album was released as a CD in September 2001. The 30th anniversary CD included three bonus songs; Chain\'s number 2 hit single \"Judgement\", \"Blow in D\", and the single version of \"Black and Blue\". Chain appeared at a special night to mark the 30th anniversary of the release of *Toward the Blues* held in Melbourne at the Mercury Lounge during September 2001.
## Cover versions {#cover_versions}
Manfred Mann\'s Earth Band released a cover version of \"Black and Blue\" on the album *Messin\'*.
Ash Grunwald (with Scott Owen and Andy Strachan of The Living End) covered the song on the 2013 album *Gargantua*
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# Mycobacterium hodleri
***Mycobacterium hodleri*** is a species of the phylum Actinomycetota (Gram-positive bacteria with high guanine and cytosine content, one of the dominant phyla of all bacteria), belonging to the genus *Mycobacterium*.
## Description
Gram-positive, nonmotile and acid-fast rods (1 μm x 1.8-2.3 μm).
**Colony characteristics**
- Scotochromogenic colonies, production of a saffron yellow pigment on Middlebrook 7H10 agar and a chrome yellow pigment on trypticase soy agar.
**Physiology**
- Fast growth on Middlebrook 7H10 and on trypticase soy agar at temperatures between 18 °C and 28 °C.
- Capable of cooxidizing fluoranthene with polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons, including pyrene and anthracene.
## Pathogenesis
- Pathogenicity is not known.
- Biosafety level 1
## Type strain {#type_strain}
- First isolated from a fluoranthene-contaminated site near Jülich, Germany
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# Eastman Business College
The **Eastman Business College** was a business school located in Poughkeepsie, New York, United States. It operated from 1859 until it closed in 1931. At the height of its success, the school was one of the largest commercial colleges in the United States.
## History
Eastman Business College was founded in 1859 by Harvey G. Eastman in Poughkeepsie, New York. Rather than merely being a theoretical school, students gained practical experience in the business arts by actually performing the tasks that would be expected of them in their working careers, a novel approach at the time.
In 1897, Eastman Business College had a business department that offered hands-on practice in a mock bank and mock railway and express office and also taught bookkeeping. The college also included a school of shorthand which trained students in shorthand, typing, duplicating, and filing. In addition, there was a school of penmanship, which prepared students to teach writing and pen art. The school of telegraphy trained students as telegraph operators.
Information in the 1898 catalogs of the Eastman Business College and its affiliated school, the New York Business Institute included this statement: \"These schools do not receive students of the Negro Race\". In 1905 S. V. Daniels, a 17-year-old from St. Thomas, Virgin Islands withdrew from the main college and transferred to the Harlem branch following the petition of 160 southern students alleging that he was partially of African descent.
During its most successful period in the late 1800s and early 1900s, Eastman was one of the largest commercial schools in the United States. The college closed on June 10, 1931.
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# Eastman Business College
## Notable alumni {#notable_alumni}
- Martin F. Allen, Vermont politician
- Dwight L. Burgess, Wisconsin politician
- Harry C. Bentley, founder of Bentley University
- Ernest Cady, Lieutenant Governor of Connecticut
- Edmund Elisha Case, painter
- LeRoy Collins, Governor of Florida
- Porter Dale, United States Senator from Vermont
- Henry T. DeBardeleben, coal magnate
- Henry S. De Forest, United States Representative from New York
- Nelson W. Fisk, Vermont businessman and Lieutenant Governor
- Obadiah Gardner, United States Senator from Maine
- Thomas Goldie, Canadian politician
- Henry Mayer Halff, rancher
- William P. G. Harding, banker
- Robert Henry Hendershot, American Civil War drummer boy
- Mark C. Honeywell, US electronics industrialist; founder, President and CEO of Honeywell International
- John L. Jolley, United States Congressman from South Dakota
- Mahlon Kline, pharmaceutical executive
- Joseph B. Keeler, Brigham Young University faculty member
- S. S. Kresge, retail businessman
- Monroe Henry Kulp, United States Representative from Pennsylvania
- Lorenzo D. Lewelling, 12th Governor of Kansas
- John Hamilton Morgan, LDS official
- John M. Parker, Governor of Louisiana from 1920 to 1924
- Edmund Platt, United States Representative from New York
- John Reber, United States Representative from Pennsylvania
- Daniel Elmer Salmon, veterinary surgeon
- Samuel Roger Smith, founder of Messiah College
- Reuben L. Snowe, Maine politician
- Calvert Spensley, Wisconsin politician
- Thomas Bahnson Stanley, Governor of Virginia
- Nelson Story, Montana pioneer
- James E. Towner, New York politician
- Murray Vandiver, Maryland politician
- Frank B. Weeks, Governor of Connecticut
- Homer W. Wheeler, U.S
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# Emphyrio
***Emphyrio*** is a science fiction adventure novel by American writer Jack Vance. It tells the story of a young man who overturns the foundations of his world.
## Plot summary {#plot_summary}
Ghyl Tarvoke grows up on the planet Halma with his father Amiante. Their people are ruled by two hundred lords whose forefathers arrived 1500 years earlier and rebuilt a world devastated by many wars. In return, they were granted a 1% tax. Later, all mass manufacturing was outlawed and the people became artisans, selling their handmade work to a single company controlled by the lords. Amiante is a master woodcarver, and his son follows in his trade.
When he is eight, Ghyl attends a puppet show; part of the entertainment is the traditional drama of Emphyrio, a legendary hero. The proprietor points out a young girl in the audience and informs the boy that she is the daughter of a lord. Some time later, he and a friend sneak aboard a space yacht out of curiosity and are caught by the same girl. She has them beaten and thrown out.
As time passes, Ghyl comes to realize that his father is dissatisfied with the constraints of their society. Twice, Amiante is caught by the authorities illegally duplicating ancient documents; the second time, he is taken away for four days. His personality is greatly changed, and soon after his release, he dies.
A few years later, Ghyl goes to a ball and encounters the girl, now an appealingly attractive woman, for the third time and finally learns her name, Shanne. That night, they become lovers. But she tells him that she is leaving soon to travel to the stars.
An acquaintance, the dynamic but unscrupulous Nion, persuades Ghyl and three others to hijack a space yacht and hold the passengers for ransom. The scheme is only made possible because Ghyl knows the departure date and the particular ship (the same one he sneaked aboard years before) that Shanne is leaving on. However, no ransom is forthcoming. When Ghyl wants to release their captives, there is violent opposition from Nion and Ghyl\'s childhood friend Floriel, resulting in several deaths. In the end, they reach an uneasy compromise: Ghyl is left on a planet with the lords, while Nion and Floriel take the ship.
Ghyl guides his charges to civilization, but notices their odd behavior along the way. Two of them are killed by local denizens when they ignore his warnings. After they reach a town, he slips away before they have him arrested. By chance, he sees one of his father\'s works in a shop. He discovers that it is a reproduction and that the priceless original is in a museum. He talks the shop owner into financing a venture to buy artwork on Halma for more than the pittance the lords pay.
However, for some reason, no one is willing to sell to him. Then, though disguised, he is recognized and sentenced to death for his earlier crimes. Escaping a horrible execution undetected, he steals the best works from a warehouse, takes his cargo to Earth, and sells it for a fortune.
While there, he visits the Historical Institute and learns the true history of his homeworld. The alien Damarans were forced to abandon Halma by spacefaring invaders. They found refuge on its moon and eventually struck back with warriors they had bred, but by then, their enemy had departed and humans had arrived, only to be attacked. Emphyrio attempted to negotiate peace, but was killed by the Damarans. However, the warriors listened to his message and stopped fighting, forcing the Damarans to resort to other means.
Ghyl visits the Damaran moon and finds Emphyrio\'s place of execution. Seeing the Damarans firsthand, he deduces something of monumental importance. He goes to see the head of the lords on Halma and threatens to broadcast the truth about their relationship with the Damarans. With this leverage, he forces them to leave Halma. Soon afterwards, a human fleet lands on the Damaran moon and extracts payment for centuries of unwitting slavery.
## Reception
Joanna Russ found *Emphyrio* to be \"a fine book,\" saying Vance\'s \"tone is perfectly controlled\" and that \"one would swear he had read Bert Brecht and decided to produce a novel that would be one extended *Verfremdungseffekt*\".
Richard Horton wrote in his SF Site review:
> This is one of Vance\'s better novels, and in many ways a good introduction to this author. On display are many of the hallmarks of his mature style: his elegant writing, his wonderful depiction of local colour, his unusual social systems. Emphyrio lacks only the humour that is so often present in Vance: this is one of his more melancholy books
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# Waljeers County
**Waljeers County** is one of the 141 cadastral divisions of New South Wales. It contains the town of Booligal.
The name Waljeers is derived from a local Aboriginal word of the Muthi Muthi tribe.
Lake Waljeers is one of largest lakes located north of the Lachlan River and the river crossing at Thellangering
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# The Cult of the Amateur
***The Cult of the Amateur: How Today\'s Internet Is Killing Our Culture*** is a 2007 book written by entrepreneur and Internet critic Andrew Keen. Published by Currency, Keen\'s first book is a critique of the enthusiasm surrounding user-generated content, peer production, and other Web 2.0--related phenomena.
The book was based in part on a controversial essay Keen wrote for *The Weekly Standard*, criticizing Web 2.0 for being similar to Marxism, for destroying professionalism and for making it impossible to find high quality material amidst all of the user-generated web content.
## Contents
Keen argues against the idea of a read-write culture in media, stating that \"most of the content being shared -- no matter how many times it has been linked, cross-linked, annotated, and copied -- was composed or written by someone from the sweat of their creative brow and the disciplined use of their talent.\" As such, he contrasts companies such as Time Warner and Disney that \"create and produce movies, music, magazines, and television\" with companies such as Google. He calls the latter \"a parasite\" since \"it creates no content of its own\" and \"in terms of value creation, there is nothing there apart from its links.\"
He elaborates on the point by saying, \"Of course, every free listing on Craigslist means one less paid listing in a local newspaper. Every visit to Wikipedia\'s free information hive means one less customer for a professionally researched and edited encyclopedia such as *Britannica*.\" Thus, he concludes that \"what is free is actually costing us a fortune.\" He also refers to changes such as downsizing of newspaper business and the closing of record labels as forms of economic loss caused by internet-based social changes.
In her *New York Times* book review, Michiko Kakutani wrote:
> Mr. Keen argues that the democratized Web\'s penchant for mash-ups, remixes and cut-and-paste jobs threaten not just copyright laws but also the very ideas of authorship and intellectual property. He observes that as advertising dollars migrate from newspapers, magazines and television news to the Web, organizations with the expertise and resources to finance investigative and foreign reporting face more and more business challenges. And he suggests that as CD sales fall (in the face of digital piracy and single-song downloads) and the music business becomes increasingly embattled, new artists will discover that Internet fame does not translate into the sort of sales or worldwide recognition enjoyed by earlier generations of musicians.
>
> \"What you may not realize is that what is free is actually costing us a fortune,\" Mr. Keen writes. \"The new winners -- Google, YouTube, MySpace, Craigslist, and the hundreds of start-ups hungry for a piece of the Web 2.0 pie -- are unlikely to fill the shoes of the industries they are helping to undermine, in terms of products produced, jobs created, revenue generated or benefits conferred. By stealing away our eyeballs, the blogs and wikis are decimating the publishing, music and news-gathering industries that created the original content those Web sites \'aggregate\'. Our culture is essentially cannibalizing its young, destroying the very sources of the content they crave.\"
Keen quotes social philosopher Jürgen Habermas about the internet and related technologies: \"The price we pay for the growth in egalitarianism offered by the Internet is the decentralized access to unedited stories. In this medium, contributions by intellectuals lose their power to create a focus.\" Keen states that most of modern social culture has existed with specific gatekeepers analyzing and regulating information as it reaches the masses. He views this expert-based filtering process as beneficial, improving the quality of popular discourse, and argues that it is being circumvented.
He also criticizes the ability of the Internet to promote social harms such as gambling and pornography. He writes, \"It\'s hardly surprising that the increasingly tasteless nature of such self-advertisements have resulted in social networking sites becoming infested with anonymous sexual predators and pedophiles.\" He sees \"cultural standards and moral values\" as \"at stake\" due to new media innovations.
More broadly, Keen remarks that \"history has proven that the crowd is not often very wise\" and argues against the notion that mass participation in ideas improve their quality. He highlights that popular opinion has supported \"slavery, infanticide, George W. Bush\'s war in Iraq, \[and\] Britney Spears\" among other things. He warns against a future of \"when ignorance meets egoism meets bad taste meets mob rule.\"
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# The Cult of the Amateur
## Reviews and reception {#reviews_and_reception}
The book received mixed reviews. Some traditional sources gave the book positive or neutral reviews, while the book received generally negative reactions from bloggers. Michiko Kakutani\'s *New York Times* book review called it \"a shrewdly argued jeremiad\", saying that the book \"is eloquent on the fallout that free, user-generated materials is having on traditional media.\" She wrote that the author \"wanders off his subject in the later chapters of the book\" but broadly \"writes with acuity and passion\".
Lawrence Lessig, who was criticized in both the original essay and in the book, wrote an extremely negative review of the book in which he listed what he stated were a multitude of errors in the book including mischaracterizations of Lessig\'s views and work. Lessig also set up a wiki where users could collaborate in listing problems with the book.
Larry Sanger, co-founder of Wikipedia and founder of the expert-centered wiki Citizendium, gave the book a mixed review. Sanger said that \"The book is provocative, but its argument is unfortunately weakened by the fact that Keen is so over-the-top and presents more of a caricature of a position than carefully reasoned discourse.\" He said that it was hypocritical for Keen to express support for Citizendium, for incorporating expert opinion, when the inherent point of the project is to supply free content, which Keen so opposes in principle. Sanger stated that the book \"combines several different criticisms of Web 2.0, incoherently, under the rubric of \'the cult of the amateur\'\" but the book \"is a much-needed Web 2.0 reality check\". Tim O\'Reilly commented in response to the book, \"I find, Andrew Keen\'s, his whole pitch, I think he was just pure and simple looking for an angle, to create some controversy and sell a book, I don\'t think there\'s any substance whatever to his rants.\" Furthermore, he has said in response to the book, \"I think the Internet is often held to another standard. You don\'t say, \'Why aren\'t the newspapers writing about Bismarck, he is more important than Pamela Anderson.\' But people will say that about Wikipedia. It\'s just bias.\"
Anthony Trewavas, professor at the Institute of Molecular Plant Science at the University of Edinburgh, discussed the book in an article in *Trends in Biotechnology*. Trewavas wrote that Keen\'s \"concern is the blurring of the distinction between the qualified and informed professional and the uninformed and unqualified amateur\", expressing concerns that this social change can hold back agricultural development. Trewavas stated as well, \"in agriculture, pesticides, food and farming, expert scientific knowledge and experience is seemingly regarded as having no more weight than that of the opinionated, unqualified (and inexperienced) environmentalist.\" The book has also been discussed in academic publications negatively, expressing how Keen has considered the worst aspects of a complex social movement while ignoring the demonstrable benefits that have been brought through initiatives such as OpenStreetMap, an expression of Volunteered Geographic Information.
Dariusz Jemielniak and Aleksandra Przegalinska noted that Keen failed to distinguish between for-profit and non-profit aspects of the amateur participation (platform capitalism represented by companies such as Uber or Airbnb vs commons-based peer production represented by communities such as Wikipedia or Linux). They further note that Keen assumes that there is always a stark difference between quality of work produced by professionals and amateurs, which is not always the case. Keen\'s criticism is valid if the result is low quality product that drives the higher quality product out of existence, but a number of products of the amateur community have been shown to be of comparable quality to professional products, and have been offered for a cheaper price, or completely free.
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# The Cult of the Amateur
## Jarvis--Keen debate {#jarviskeen_debate}
Jeff Jarvis, who had previously called the original essay in *The Weekly Standard* \"snobs.com,\" was challenged to a debate over Web 2.0 issues. Jarvis held a discussion on his blog about whether he should debate Keen and then decided to accept the offer
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# Mycobacterium holsaticum
***Mycobacterium holsaticum*** is a species of the phylum Actinomycetota (Gram-positive bacteria with high guanine and cytosine content, one of the dominant phyla of all bacteria), belonging to the genus *Mycobacterium*
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# Goulburn County
**Goulburn County** is one of the 141 cadastral divisions of New South Wales. It contains the city of Albury, and the towns of Jindera, Bowna and Woomargama.
Goulburn County was named in honour of the statesman, Henry Goulburn (1784--1856)
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# DJ Champion
**Maxime Morin** (born c. 1969), is a Montreal-based Canadian multi-instrumentalist, better known for his work in electronic music under the name **DJ Champion**, or simply **Champion**.
## Early music career {#early_music_career}
Maxime Morin began playing guitar at age 13, mostly specializing in heavy metal music. He went on to play in a few punk and metal bands, but by the age of 25, he found himself moving away from metal and gravitating towards techno. The transition was a gradual one: \"Totally, I was like \'Dance music is crap!\' So it was actually a big liberation, to lose my fear of dance music,\" said Morin in a 2004 interview. His girlfriend at the time took him to a warehouse show, and soon he began to attend techno Sundays at Les Foufounes Électriques, a Montreal nightclub better known in the 1980s and 90s for booking punk and alternative rock acts. By 1994, Morin began producing his own dance music and was performing around the Montreal club scene under the names Le Max and Mad Max. By about age 27, he stopped playing guitar altogether.
In the late 1990s, Québécois composer Benoît Charest attended a Mad Max performance. After the show, he approached Morin with a business proposal; the two men went on to become co-owners of Ben & Max Studios---a company specializing in jingles and soundtracks. While Ben & Max Studios became quite successful, in 2001, Morin sold his share to Charest in order to continue his own personal musical career. Even after leaving their business partnership, Morin remained in close contact with Charest, who was working on the score for the 2003 animated film *The Triplets of Belleville*. Morin would go on to record the bass and percussion on the song \"Belleville Rendez-vous\", and he also performed the song live, along with Charest and vocalist Béatrice Bonifassi, at the 76th Academy Awards ceremony in 2004---Morin played percussion on a bicycle during the live performance. One of the main protagonists in *The Triplets of Belleville* is an aspiring cyclist who happens to be named Champion; Morin has stated that he was already performing under that name before the film was created.
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# DJ Champion
## DJ Champion {#dj_champion}
By 2001, Morin had become frustrated with commercial music work. As part owner of Ben & Max Studios, he was able to make a living producing music for advertising and film, but he also felt \"empty\". He thus decided to focus on making more personal music instead, in a direction where he could combine \"the two things that made \[him\] feel good: Live electronics and guitars \...\" He also chose to change his performance name from Mad Max to DJ Champion as a way to poke fun at the growing dance music scene and the resulting outbreak of DJs: \"Everybody wanted to be a DJ and wanted to know \'Who\'s the best DJ?\' I was like, \'I don\'t give a damn about all that crap now. I\'m DJ Champion.\"
The DJ Champion sound was formed by experimenting with the software music sequencer Ableton Live, which is specially designed for live DJing and arranging sounds. Morin would then layer the digitally produced beats and sounds with guitar loops. During live performances, he and his live band would tour as \"Champion et ses G Strings\" (\"Champion and his G Strings\"). His live act often consisted of four guitarists, one bassist, a vocalist, and Morin working at his laptop and conducting the band. On occasion, he has also played live drums.
### *Chill\'em All* {#chillem_all}
2005 saw the release of Champion\'s debut album, *Chill\'em All*. It included the hit single \"No Heaven\"---a soulful and bluesy song set against heavy dance beats and noisy guitar riffs. Inspired by *Negro Songs of Protest*, recorded by music collector Lawrence Gellert, Béatrice Bonifassi (with whom Morin had previously collaborated on the *Les Triplettes de Belleville* soundtrack) sings a plaintive tune reminiscent of the work songs sung by the chain gangs of the American South in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. \"I heard Betty singing those blues songs, and she was the girl for that job,\" said Morin. The single \"No Heaven\" was used in both a trailer and the ending credits of Gearbox Software\'s 2009 video game, *Borderlands* as well as in the opening credits of the television series *The Line* and the ending credits of the game *Army of Two*.
*Chill\'em All* won the Album of the Year Félix Award in 2005 in the electronic/techno category and was nominated for Best Dance Recording at the 2006 Juno Awards. \"No Heaven\" was nominated at the 2006 CASBY Awards in the category Favourite New Song and won the SOCAN prize for Dance Music in 2007. The album went on to sell over 100,000 copies across Canada.
### *The Remix Album* {#the_remix_album}
In 2006, Champion released *The Remix Album*, which featured remixes of tracks from *Chill\'em All* by guest musicians including Akufen and Patrick Watson. The record garnered Morin another Félix Award for Show of the Year, and it was also nominated for Dance Recording of the Year at the 2007 Juno Awards. Morin and Bonifassi worked together again on a version of the 1957 Screamin\' Jay Hawkins hit \"I Put a Spell on You\"; it was used as the theme song of the Kim Nguyen film *Truffles*, which premiered at the Fantasia Festival in January 2008.
### *Resistance*
In 2007, Champion composed the soundtrack to the video game *Snakes Subsonic*.
In 2008, after a long spate of touring and performing, Morin felt that his newer material was starting to sound too similar to the songs of *Chill\'em All*, and he decided to delete an entire studio recording in order to start fresh. He withdrew from the musical scene and began experimenting. He also recruited Pilou Côté, a young musician from Montreal, to provide vocals, replacing Bonifassi, who had since formed the electronic music project Beast with Jean-Philippe Goncalves.
*Resistance* was released on 15 September 2009, with \"Alive Again\" as its first single.
### *°1*, *Best Seller* {#best_seller}
Champion published his third studio album, *°1*, in 2013, and followed it in 2016 with *Best Seller*.
### G Strings band members {#g_strings_band_members}
**Current**
- Maxime Morin -- main producer, keyboards
- Barry Russell -- guitar
- Sébastien Blais-Montpetit -- guitar
- Pierre-Philippe \"Pilou\" Côté -- vocals
- Stéphane Leclerc -- guitar
- Jean-Luc Huet -- guitar
- Louis Lalancette -- bass
**Past**
- Betty Bonifassi -- vocals
- Manon Chaput -- bass
- Blanche Baillargeon --- Bass
- Marie-Christine Depestre -- vocals
## Illness and recovery {#illness_and_recovery}
On 18 May 2010, it was announced on Champion\'s official website that all concert dates up to 3 July were cancelled due to a \"health matter\" that required him to \"stop all activities in order to regain his strength\". On 7 June, an updated statement was added to his official website, confirming that he would be postponing all performances indefinitely. On 4 July, Champion\'s management company, Bonsound, officially announced to the press that Morin was suffering from lymphoma. On 27 January 2011, Champion posted an announcement, stating, \"I ain\'t sick anymore\", and on 13 April, another post stated that he would \"gradually resume performing in the coming weeks\".
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