Austin Chick (born 1971) is an American film director, screenwriter and producer, who made the films XX/XY, released in 2002, and August, which premiered at the 2008 Sundance Film Festival.

Early life
Although born in Hartford, Connecticut, Chick moved to New Hampshire as a youngster. In the late 1980s he attended high school at High Mowing School, a boarding school in Wilton, NH. He went on to Sarah Lawrence College in Yonkers, where he specialized in literature and psychology with the aid of grants from the King Foundation. Chick spent a number of years unsure of what he wanted to do with his life and took on a life of a wanderer for some time. He said watching Kings of the Road helped him find direction:.

In 1998, Chick graduated in cinematography from SUNY Purchase Film School in Purchase, New York.

Career
His first major film, which he wrote and directed, was released in 2002. It was titled XX/XY, and it starred Mark Ruffalo and Kathleen Robertson. It examined the complex relationship between three Sarah Lawrence College students, both during their time at the school and then many years later. It was an independent production, which was shown at the 2002 Sundance Film Festival (where it was nominated for the Grand Jury Prize) and subsequently taken up by IFC Films.

He co-produced Sidney Lumet's 2007 film Before the Devil Knows You're Dead, which featured Ethan Hawke and Philip Seymour Hoffman as two brothers who stage the robbery of their parents' jewelry shop in an effort to get rich quick, with tragic consequences.

He then produced a movie called August, was released by ContentFilm International in 2008. The cast list is headed by Josh Hartnett, and features Adam Scott, Naomie Harris, Rip Torn, and David Bowie. The plot centered on two brothers, with one of them, Tom (Hartnett), involved in a struggle to save his internet company on the stock market just before the 9/11 terrorist attacks. Chick directed the film and was also executive producer.

In 2012, he wrote and directed Girls Against Boys (starring Danielle Panabaker and Nicole LaLiberte); it was released by Anchor Bay Entertainment in 2012.

Personal life
Chick married actress Morena Baccarin over Thanksgiving in 2011. Their son Julius was born October 22, 2013, in Glendale, California. Chick filed for divorce in July 2015, citing irreconcilable differences. In September 2015, his wife responded in a legal declaration involving their divorce that she planned to marry her Gotham co-star, Ben McKenzie, adding that she was three-and-a-half months pregnant with McKenzie's child. On 2 March 2016, Baccarin and McKenzie's daughter was born. On 18 March 2016, Baccarin and Chick's divorce became official.

References

External links

Austin Chick's first student film

Sarah Lawrence College alumni
American male screenwriters
American film producers
Living people
People from Hartford, Connecticut
1971 births
Waldorf school alumni
Film directors from New York City
Screenwriters from New York (state)


Playbill Records is an American record label, and subsidiary of Sony Music Entertainment.

History
Playbill, a monthly publication for theatre, music and the performing arts, expanded into music through Playbill Records in June 2006. Launched in partnership with Sony BMG's Legacy Recordings and Sony BMG Masterworks, the label's primary goal is to develop a broad fanbase for artists, while at the same time introducing new audiences to the recordings contained in Sony BMG's archives. Playbill's first artists signed were Broadway performers Brian Stokes Mitchell and Betty Buckley.

Playbill president Philip S. Birsh described three different categories of recordings on their label.
First is original music. The second will be the creation of compilations, which will go under the heading of Playbill Editors' Choice. The third part of the joint venture between Playbill and Sony BMG is the re-releasing of remixed and remastered Broadway recordings.

Playbill Artists

Artists on the current Playbill Records roster include (listed alphabetically):
Betty Buckley
Brian Stokes Mitchell

See also
 List of record labels

References

External links
 Playbill Records – Official website
 Sony BMG Masterworks, Parent Company of Playbill

American record labels
Record labels established in 2006


Seventy-Second Brave is the fifth album by the Keef Hartley Band.

Track listing

Deram SDL 9 (UK), XDES 18065 (US)

 "Heartbreakin' Woman" (Junior Kerr) – 4:18
 "Marin County" (Chris Mercer) – 3:55
 "Hard Pill to Swallow" (Pete Wingfield) – 5:40
 "Don't You Be Long" (Kerr) – 5:16
 "Nicturns" (C. Crowe) – 2:07
 "Don't Sign It" (Mercer) – 4:24
 "Always Thinking of You" (C. Crowe) – 4:37
 "You Say You're Together Now" (Gary Thain) – 3:42
 "What It Is" (C. Crowe) – 1:19

Personnel

Keef Hartley Band
 Keef Hartley – drums, cover illustration
 Junior Kerr – guitar, vocals
 Pete Wingfield – piano, vocals
 Gary Thain – bass guitar, vocals
 Chris Mercer – tenor saxophone, baritone saxophone
 Nick Newell – alto saxophone, flute
 Mick Weaver – organ

Technical
 Keef Hartley Band – producer
 John Burns – engineer, Island Studios
 Roy Baker – engineer, Trident Studios
 Harry Isles – photography

References

1972 albums
Deram Records albums
Keef Hartley Band albums
Albums recorded at Trident Studios


This article contains a list of named passenger trains in the United States with names beginning with C.

List

See also
 Lists of named passenger trains

References

North America (C)
 C
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Etna Furnace may refer to:

 Etna, Lawrence County, Ohio, an unincorporated community sometimes called Etna Furnace
 Etna Furnace (Williamsburg, Pennsylvania), listed on the National Register of Historic Places in Williamsburg, Pennsylvania


William Gerard Power (April 19, 1882July 8, 1940) was a Canadian politician.

Born in the parish of Sillery, Quebec, the son of William Power and Susan Winifred Rockett, Power was educated at the Commercial Academy of Quebec and the College Mont-Saint-Louis in Montreal . A lumber merchant, he joined W & J Sharples in 1897, becoming its president in 1921, until 1929. A partner in the River Ouelle Pulp & Lumber Company. Named to the Legislative Council of Quebec in 1923 for the division of Stadacona as a Liberal. He resigned on July 25, 1934, to become a member of the Quebec Liquor Commission.

His brother, Charles Gavan Power, was an MP and senator; another brother, Joe Power, was a professional ice hockey player and member of the Legislative Assembly of Quebec; yet another brother, James Power, was a professional ice hockey player. His great-nephew Lawrence Cannon was a Conservative MP and cabinet minister.  His son Col. Douglas Haig Power was a member of the Canadian Forces and led the evacuation of Canadian UNEF forces from Gaza in 1967.

References

External links

1882 births
1940 deaths
Anglophone Quebec people
Quebec Liberal Party MLCs
Politicians from Quebec City
People from Sainte-Foy–Sillery–Cap-Rouge


This article contains a list of named passenger trains in the United States, with names beginning D through H.

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 D-H
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Jack Browns Seaplane Base  is a public-use seaplane base located 3 nautical miles (5.56 km) northwest of the central business district of Winter Haven in Polk County, Florida, United States.  It is located on the northeast shore of Lake Jessie, which is part of the Winter Haven Chain of Lakes. The privately owned seaplane base is located adjacent to Winter Haven's Gilbert Airport and connected to it by an asphalt taxiway.

Facilities and aircraft
Jack Browns Seaplane Base covers an area of  at an elevation of 140 feet (42.7 m) above mean sea level. It has one water runway: 1/19 is 3,600 by 2,200 feet (1,097 x 670.6 m).

For the 12-month period ending November 17, 2009, the airport had 10,000 general aviation aircraft operations, an average of 27 per day. At that time there were 5 aircraft based at this airport: 80% single-engine and 20% multi-engine.

Accidents
On March 7, 2023, at 1900Z, two aircraft collided during training. All 4 people aboard the two planes died.

References

External links

Airports in Polk County, Florida
Seaplane bases in the United States
Buildings and structures in Winter Haven, Florida
Privately owned airports


Coptis occidentalis, the Idaho goldthread, is plant native to western North America.  It is a member of the buttercup family.  This plant has also been known under the binomial Chrysocoptis occidentalis and the common name western goldthread.

The Idaho goldthread is a spring flowering plant, usually found in moist coniferous forests.

References

External links
  Pictures & information

occidentalis
Flora of Idaho
Flora without expected TNC conservation status


DH.2 or DH-2 or DH 2 may refer to:
Airco DH.2, a British 1910s biplane fighter
Häfeli DH-2, a Swiss 1910s reconnaissance biplane
Die Hard 2, 1990 film starring Bruce Willis
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 2, a 2011 film


The 1983 Australian Drivers' Championship was a CAMS sanctioned motor racing title open to drivers of Australian Formula 1 racing cars. The winner of the title, which was the 27th Australian Drivers' Championship, was awarded the 1983 CAMS Gold Star.

Italian born, Melbourne based driver Alfredo Costanzo won his fourth straight CAMS Gold Star driving his Tiga FA81 Ford. John Smith finished second in his Ralt RT4, including being the first Australian driver home in the final round of the championship, the Australian Grand Prix held at Melbourne's Calder Park. Port Macquarie privateer Andrew Miedecke drove his RT4 to 3rd in the championship despite only deciding to race after watching Costanzo win the first round of the series in Adelaide on television.

Calendar
The championship was contested over a six-round series with each round held as a single race.

 Brazilian Roberto Moreno (Ralt RT4 Ford) won the Australian Grand Prix though he was ineligible for championship points. John Smith was the highest place domestic competitor (2nd) thus earning the maximum championship points for the round.

Points system
Championship points were awarded on a 9-6-4-3-2-1 basis to the top six eligible finishers at each round. Non-resident drivers and drivers of Australian Formula 2 cars (who competed in some rounds by invitation) were not eligible to score points.

Results

References

Further reading
 The Official 50 - Race History of the Australian Grand Prix, 1986

External links
 CAMS Online Manual of Motor Sport > About CAMS > Titles – CAMS Gold Star
 Images of 1983 Australian open-wheel racing at www.autopics.com.au

Australian Drivers' Championship
Drivers' Championship


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A hydrogen ship is a hydrogen fueled ship, using an electric motor that gets its electricity from a fuel cell, or hydrogen fuel in an internal combustion engine.

History
In 2000, the 22-person Hydra ship was demonstrated, and in 2003 the Duffy-Herreshoff watertaxi went into service. 2003 saw the debut of Yacht No. 1, as well Hydroxy3000. The AUV DeepC and Yacht XV 1 were shown in 2004. In 2005 the  first example of the Type 212 submarine, which is powered underwater by fuel cells, went into service with the German navy. In 2006 the 12-person Xperiance was debuted, as well as the Zebotec. In 2007 both the 8-person Tuckerboot and the Canal boat Ross Barlow debuted, and in 2008 the 100-passenger Zemships project Alsterwasser went into service in Hamburg. Also, in 2009 the Nemo H2 and the Frauscher 600 Riviera HP went into service. In 2013 the Hydrogenesis Passenger Ferry project went into service.

In February 2020 it was announced that the software tycoon Bill Gates had commissioned the world's first hydrogen-powered superyacht, in a £500m signal of his belief that investment in new clean technology is the best way to cut carbon emissions. Later, the yacht manufacturers refuted this news and claimed that they have no business relationship with Gates.

The custom build was said to be based on blueprints for a 112-metre design "Aqua" publicised in 2019 at the Monaco Yacht Show by the Dutch marine architects Sinot.

The 80-car ferry MF Hydra sails in Norway, using 4 tonnes of liquid hydrogen, two 200 kW fuel cells, a 1.36—1.5 MWh battery, and two 440 kW diesel generators. The 80 cubic metre hydrogen tanks and the fuel cell are located on top of the ferry. The hydrogen is trucked from Leipzig in Germany. It sailed as a diesel-hybrid from 2022, and as a hydrogen-hybrid from early 2023.

A wind turbine service vessel bunkered hydrogen in Netherlands in 2022.

In November 2022, Approval in Principle (AiP) was granted by Nippon Kaiji Kyokai (ClassNK) for Kawasaki Heavy Industries's dual fuel generator engine using hydrogen gas as fuel, which will be installed on a 160,000 m3 liquefied hydrogen carrier developed by Kawasaki. Kawasaki intends to conduct a demonstration test of this engine after installing it on a large-scale liquefied hydrogen carrier which is planned to be commercialized in the mid-2020s.

In 2023, a 500 kW hydrogen ship sailed in China.

Economy

In 2010, Hjalti Pall Ingolfsson from Icelandic New Energy has commented that ships are fast becoming the biggest source of air pollution in the European Union. He estimated that by 2020 emissions of sulfur dioxide and nitrogen oxides from ships will exceed land-based emissions in Europe. A big issue to be dealt with would be the storage of hydrogen on ships, assuming that there would be no opportunity to refill them when out at sea, although one can use wind power and solar panels  to generate electricity from the ocean while they are far from the shores and produce hydrogen, either onboard or on ocean-borne stations.

Environmental effects
Hydrogen gas is already widely used in industrial processes and demand for it has increased dramatically over the last fifty years. Nearly all hydrogen is produced using fossil fuels. Six percent of global natural gas and two percent of coal currently goes to producing hydrogen. Hydrogen could be used to power ships with zero emissions from the ship itself, but producing the gas itself is not a low-carbon process if fossil fuels are used to produce it.

Infrastructure

The need for a hydrogen infrastructure varies, where the Yacht No. 1 was fueled by a mobile hydrogen station, the prototype Haveblue Yacht XV 1 was intended to have onboard hydrogen generation, the Xperiance and Tuckerboot have exchangeable high-pressure hydrogen tanks which can be refilled at a local hydrogen station, the canal boat Ross Barlow uses fixed onboard low-pressure solid-state metal hydride storage tanks and depends on a refilling station on the waterside, the Zemships Alsterwasser refills at a fixed waterside storage tank with 17,000 liters of hydrogen which is refuelled by a compressed hydrogen tube trailer. Offshore charging and hydrogen production were under construction in 2022.

Codes and standards
Hydrogen codes and standards have repeatedly been identified as a major institutional barrier to the deployment of hydrogen technologies and the development of a hydrogen economy. To enable the commercialization of hydrogen in consumer products, new model building codes and equipment, as well as other technical standards are developed and recognized by federal, state, and local governments. The Germanischer Lloyd guidelines for fuel cells on ships and boats is used for the Hydra, Tuckerboot, Yacht No. 1, Zebotec and Zemships.

Research

The NEW H SHIP project was a 15-month project that started February 2004.
FC-SHIP was funded by the European Commission under FP5 - GROWTH from 2002 to 2004. The Viking Fellowship is a Nordic project. The SMART H2 project started in 2007 by placing a fuel cell in the existing whale-watching ship Elding. Other studies have also considered various ways of combining fuel cell operations on board with air conditioning systems for operations while in harbour. In order to gain a commercial advantage, the Norwegian government scheduled money for a regular hydrogen car ferry in 2016, to be operational in 2021. New rules are viewed as more challenging than developing the technology.

In early 2020, the e5 Project began to design a hydrogen cell and battery powered tugboat.

See also
 Electric boat
 Hydrogen tanker
 Initial IMO Strategy on the reduction of GHG emissions from ships
 Wind-assisted propulsion

References

External links
 Fuel cell ship - Specialty projects
 New Clermont Project
 Green Tug HHHT


Bridge Creek Wilderness is a wilderness area located in the Ochoco Mountains of central Oregon, within the Ochoco National Forest.  It was established in 1984 and comprises , making it one of the smallest Wilderness areas in the state.

Topography
Bridge Creek Wilderness is characterized by steep terrain, open meadows, forested mountain slopes, and barren plateaus.  Elevation ranges from .  Bridge Creek drains northeasterly from the summit of the Ochoco Mountains, essentially dividing the Wilderness into two plateaus.  The peaks of East Point and North Point at  and , respectively, look across the small Wilderness.  Five perennial springs flow in the Wilderness - Thompson, Pisgah, Masterson, Nelson, and Maxwell.  The Bridge Spring and Bridge Creek watershed creates the domestic water supply for the town of Mitchell.

Lava vents located north of the John Day River produced lava that now caps most of the Ochoco crest, creating the pillar-shaped basalt columns at the cliffs on North Point.

Vegetation

The forest in Bridge Creek Wilderness consists primarily of Douglas fir, grand fir, and larch, with some stands of lodgepole and ponderosa pine.  Other plants include sagebrush, bunchgrass, sparse, and mountain mahogany.

Wildlife
A variety of wildlife lives in Bridge Creek Wilderness, including elk, deer, mule deer, black bear, and mountain lion.  Birds include pileated woodpecker, goshawk and prairie falcon.

Recreation
Popular recreational activities in Bridge Creek Wilderness include hiking several miles of trails to North Point and East Point.

See also
 List of Oregon Wildernesses
 List of U.S. Wilderness Areas
 Wilderness Act

References

External links
 Deschutes & Ochoco National Forests - Bridge Creek Wilderness

IUCN Category Ib
Protected areas of Wheeler County, Oregon
Wilderness areas of Oregon
Ochoco National Forest
1984 establishments in Oregon
Protected areas established in 1984


Mohammed Abdullah al-Shahwani is an Iraqi general and the former director of the Iraqi National Intelligence Service.

Early life and military service
Al-Shahwani is a Sunni Turkmen born in either Mosul or Kirkuk and began his career as an international athlete; in 1963 he competed in a decathlon in Jakarta, Indonesia where he won a gold medal.  In 1967 he was sent by Iraq to the U.S. Army Ranger School, and in the 1980s he was promoted to head of the Iraqi Special Forces School.  During the first half of the Iran–Iraq War (1980–1988) al-Shahwani was a Brigadier General in charge of a Republican Guard helicopter unit. He made a name for himself by retaking Kardamand mountain in Iraqi Kurdistan from an entrenched Iranian force that numbered in the thousands in an air assault; because of this, President Saddam Hussein viewed him as a potential threat and subsequently placed him under the surveillance of the Iraqi Intelligence Service in 1984. He was finally arrested and interrogated in 1989, so in May 1990 al-Shahwani decided to defect to London.

Hussein opposition
Al-Shahwani soon returned to Jordan to collect intelligence on Iraq during the Gulf War.

In fall 1994 al-Shahwani began planning a coup against Saddam Hussein with the support of his three sons then serving in the Republican Guard. Al-Shahwani also brought in Iraqi National Accord leader Iyad Allawi, who in turn informed MI6, and consequently the CIA. The CIA-directed coup was foiled by Iraqi security in June 1996, and while al-Shahwani was able to escape, hundreds of Iraqi officers, including his sons, were arrested. His sons and 82 other operatives were later executed.

Between 1996 and 2003 Al-Shahwani continued building an opposition network in Iraq with the help of the CIA, and although a planned military uprising was vetoed by the Pentagon, al-Shahwani used his influence to try to convince Iraqi security forces not to resist the American-led invasion. He himself participated in covert American missions in western Iraq in the lead-up to the 2003 invasion of Iraq.

INIS Director
After the initial invasion the head of the Coalition Provisional Authority, Paul Bremer, released Order 69, which established the charter for a new Iraqi National Intelligence Service (INIS). Al-Shahwani was appointed as its first director. He resigned in August 2009, which according to the Washington Post was due to disagreements with Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki over Iranian influence in Iraq, and was replaced by General Zuheir Fadel. According to the Iraqi paper Al-Zaman, Shahwani had presented evidence linking Iran to a series of attacks in Iraq including the 19 August 2009 Baghdad bombings, and left when Iraqi leadership refused to publicly implicate Iran in the bombings. Several days later the Iranian mission to the United Nations sent a letter of protest to the Washington Post over the previous article, claiming that Shahwani's statements about Iranian involvement were baseless.

Personal life
Shawani is married to a Shiite. He had three sons, Major Anmar al-Shahwani, Captain Ayead al-Shahwani, and Lt. Atheer al-Shahwani, who were killed by Saddam Hussein for plotting a coup.

References

Iraqi military personnel of the Iran–Iraq War
Living people
Iraqi Sunni Muslims
Iraqi Turkmen people
1938 births
Directors of intelligence agencies


The Village of Dunnottar is a village in the Canadian province of Manitoba. As part of the Interlake and Metro regions, the municipality is located on the shores of Lake Winnipeg, just off Highway 9, south of Winnipeg Beach.

It encompasses the towns of Ponemah, Whytewold, and Matlock. These centres grew around Canadian Pacific Railway stations. It borders the Rural Municipality of St. Andrews, in addition to Lake Winnipeg. It is known for its beaches which are frequented by many summer residents and visitors.

History
The Village takes its name from Dunnottar Castle in Scotland.

In June 1947, it was announced that the area of current-day Village of Dunnottar would have a meeting to create the municipal government. The meeting was held at 177 McDermot Avenue in the city of Winnipeg. Municipal elections were held later that year in November, officially becoming a village as of 1 January 1948.

Thereafter, Albert J. Smale became Dunnottar's first Mayor. The municipal clerk's office would be located in the Canada Permanent building (298 Garry Street) in Winnipeg.

Demographics
In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Dunnottar had a population of 989 living in 496 of its 1,206 total private dwellings, a change of  from its 2016 population of 763. With a land area of , it had a population density of  in 2021.

References

External links
Village of Dunnottar
Manitoba Communities - Dunnottar
Map of Dunnottar at Statcan

Villages in Manitoba
Winnipeg Metro Region
Populated places in Interlake Region, Manitoba


This article contains a list of named passenger trains in the United States, with names beginning N through R.

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The Canton of Tonnay-Boutonne is a former canton of the Charente-Maritime department in France. It was disbanded following the French canton reorganisation which came into effect in March 2015. It consisted of 11 communes, which joined the canton of Saint-Jean-d'Angély in 2015. It had 3,417 inhabitants (2012). The lowest point is the river Boutonne near Puy-du-Lac (1 m), the highest point is at Nachamps at 66 m. The seat of the canton was Tonnay-Boutonne.

Communes

The canton comprised the following communes:

Annezay
Chantemerle-sur-la-Soie
Chervettes
Nachamps
Puy-du-Lac
Puyrolland
Saint-Crépin
Saint-Laurent-de-la-Barrière
Saint-Loup
Tonnay-Boutonne
Torxé

Population history

See also

 Cantons of the Charente-Maritime department

References

Former cantons of Charente-Maritime
2015 disestablishments in France
States and territories disestablished in 2015


The Latin Grammy Award for Best Rock Solo Vocal Album was an honor presented annually at the Latin Grammy Awards, a ceremony conducted by the Latin Academy of Recording Arts & Sciences to "recognize excellence and create a wider awareness of the cultural diversity" and contributions of Latin recording artists in the United States and internationally. According to the category description guide for the 2009 Latin Grammy Awards, the award was given to vocal rock, hard rock or metal albums containing at least 51 percent of newly recorded material. It was given to a male or female artist.

The award was first presented at the Latin Grammy Awards of 2001. Before its introduction, the rock categories were separated by gender and ensembles, with an additional award for Best Rock Album. At the Latin Grammy Awards of 2010 two rock categories were presented, Rock Album and Best Rock Song. No information was released regarding the absence or possible withdrawal of the Best Rock Solo Vocal Album category.

Argentinian artists have won the award more times than any other nationality. Colombian singer-songwriter Juanes has won the most awards in the category, with three wins out of the same number of nominations. Mexican performers Alejandra Guzmán and Julieta Venegas are the only female singers to be awarded. Fito Páez and Luis Alberto Spinetta are the most nominated performers, with four nominations each. Draco Rosa became the last recipient of the award in 2009, for the album Teatro.

Recipients

Notes
 Each year is linked to the article about the Latin Grammy Awards held that year.
 The nationality of the performing artist(s).
 The name of the performer and the nominated album

See also
 Grammy Award for Best Solo Rock Vocal Performance

References

External links
Official site of the Latin Grammy Awards

Awards disestablished in 2009
Awards established in 2001
Rock Solo Vocal Album


Ivan Bebek (born 30 May 1977) is a Croatian football referee. He lives in Rijeka.

Bebek is the only Croatian referee to have supervised three UEFA Champions League group stage matches (Lazio v. Werder Bremen during the 2007–08 season, Bordeaux v. CFR Cluj in the 2008–09 season and Copenhagen v. Juventus during the 2013–14 season). He also refereed at the 2013–14 UEFA Champions League knockout stage (Paris Saint-Germain v. Bayer Leverkusen).

He has refereed at the 2007 FIFA U-17 World Cup. He was also a fourth official at UEFA Euro 2008. He refereed at the 2009 FIFA U-20 World Cup and invited to Indian League.

He was preselected as a referee for the 2010 FIFA World Cup.

Criticism
On March 17, 2016; Bebek, who refereed the 2015-16 UEFA Europa League match between SC Braga and Fenerbahçe at the Braga Municipal Stadium, received intense criticism by showing Fenerbahçe team three red cards and eight yellow cards. At the end of the match, SC Braga won 4-1 and advanced to the quarter-finals. After the match, Fenerbahçe claimed "bet manipulation" and requested UEFA to investigate Ivan Bebek's phone traffic and assets. After evaluating the complaint, the UEFA Referees Committee dropped Bebek to the first category, who was in the elite referee group until 12 June 2016.

On October 7, 2021; the Disciplinary Commission of the Croatian association decided to suspend the referee for a period of four months. This decision was due to his conversations that leaked in the media, in which he insults Hajduk Split fans, with Croatian journalist Blaž Duplančic.

His father Veselko Bebek, a former referee and federation manager, is also known by the bribe of 25.000 Euros he took before getting suspended.

On November 1, 2022; Bebek was assigned as the fourth official for the UEFA Europa League match between Dinamo Kyiv and Fenerbahçe. Hours after the announcement, he was changed with Marin Vidulin.

See also
 List of football referees

References

External links
 Profile at weltfussball.de
FIFA Profile

1977 births
Living people
Croatian football referees
Sportspeople from Rijeka


Parking Wars is an American reality television series that aired on the A&E television network from 2008 to 2012. The program followed parking enforcement officers as they engaged in ticketing, "booting", towing and releasing vehicles back to their owners, as part of their parking violation enforcement duties.

The show began airing on January 8, 2008. The 7th and final season premiered on October 6, 2012. The final episode was aired on December 22, 2012.

Series overview

Background
The series' original focus was on the employees of the Philadelphia Parking Authority (PPA) and their daily work – ticketing, "booting" (via wheel clamp) and towing vehicles, as well as dealing with issues that arise with vehicle owners when they try to retrieve their vehicles from the impound lots. The show also includes footage of vehicle owners interacting with parking enforcement officers on the street when their vehicles are ticketed, booted or towed.

Each episode consists of three segments, shown either in chronological order of a car entering the PPA violation system (ticket, boot/tow, impound) or reverse chronological order. Booting a car usually requires the PPA employee to snap on a device, locking the mechanism of the front wheel so that it will not be able to move. Sometimes, attaching a boot to a car is difficult because of the size of the wheels. The procedure can often be unnerving because it is a race against time before the owner of the vehicle returns.

Many of the booting segments feature the favorite team of Steve (better known by his last name, Garfield), a longtime PPA employee and self-professed "gadget geek", and his partner Sherry (who has "the fastest fingers on the Eastern Seaboard", according to her partner) as they travel on their assigned beats to track down vehicles with three tickets or more, all at least six months old, and "boot" them so that their owners cannot drive away until they pay the outstanding fines.

One of the PPA tow truck drivers featured in the series, Martin, died shortly before the show's debut due to heart complications.  The show's official page at aetv.com has a section dedicated to his memory.

Production
The first five seasons of Parking Wars were filmed on location in Philadelphia.  Beginning in the third season, Detroit's MPD (Municipal Parking Department) was added as a location as well, in addition to the PPA. Beginning in season 6, the parking enforcement unit of Providence, Rhode Island, is featured. In season 6, the show added Staten Island and North Hempstead, New York, and Trenton, New Jersey, to its list of filming locations.

The series was based on a 2001 documentary of the same name about the PPA, produced for A&E and Britain's Channel 5, about a day in the life of the PPA, from morning to late night, taped in April 2001.  The documentary featured off-screen narration by Daniel Jenkins, as well as all elements of the PPA's operation – ticketing, booting, impounding, towing, adjudication and auctioning.

When the series debuted seven years later in 2008, the narrator was dropped in favor of the employees telling the stories themselves, each episode had three separate segments, and the adjudication and auctioning aspects were no longer featured (with towing only featured very occasionally). Some of the staffers that appeared in the documentary, such as boot crew member Steve Garfield, would later be seen in the series. When this documentary was rebroadcast after the start of the series, it was listed in television listings as "The Lost Pilot".

References

Supplemental articles
New York Times: City Finds a Reality Show Hard to Watch, June 22, 2009.
New York Times: New York City Cracks Down on Tickets Left Unpaid, December 3, 2010.

External links
Official website
Philadelphia Parking Authority
Detroit Municipal Parking Department

A&E Parking Wars YouTube Playlist

A&E (TV network) original programming
2000s American reality television series
2008 American television series debuts
2010s American reality television series
2012 American television series endings
Television shows set in Philadelphia
Television shows set in Detroit
Television shows set in Rhode Island
Parking law
English-language television shows


This article contains a list of named passenger trains in the United States, with names beginning S through Z.

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North America (S-Z)
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Diocles of Cnidus () was an Academic Skeptic philosopher, who is mentioned as the author of Διατριβαί (Discussions) from which a fragment is quoted by Eusebius:
Diocles of Cnidos asserts in his Diatribae, that through fear of the followers of Theodorus the Atheist, and of the Sophist Bion, who used to assail the philosophers, and shrank from no means of refuting them, Arcesilaus took precautions, in order to avoid trouble, by never appearing to suggest any dogma, but used to put forward the epoche (suspense of judgement) as a protection, like the black juice which the cuttlefishes throw out.

Notes

References

3rd-century BC Greek philosophers
Academic skeptics


Dennis Bright (born in Freetown, Sierra Leone) is a former Sierra Leonean cabinet minister. He served as Sierra Leone's Minister of Youth and Sports from 2002 to 2007. Dennis Bright taught French at university and was director of the Franco-Sierra Leonean Pedagogical Centre in Freetown. He is a member of the Creole ethnic group. He was member of the Sierra Leone People's Party (SLPP) before resigning in 2017.

References

External links
http://standardtimespress.net/cgi-bin/artman/publish/article_1676.shtml

Living people
Government ministers of Sierra Leone
Sierra Leone Creole people
Politicians from Freetown
Year of birth missing (living people)
Sierra Leonean academics
Sierra Leonean educators


Diocles of Magnesia () was an ancient Greek writer from Magnesia ad Sipylum, who probably lived in the 2nd or 1st century BC. The claim that he is the Diocles to whom Meleager of Gadara dedicated his anthology is questionable. He authored works entitled Ἐπιδρομὴ τῶν φιλοσόφων (Philosophers overview) and Περὶ βίων φιλοσόφων (On the lives of philosophers), both important sources for Diogenes Laërtius's work about the lives and opinions of eminent Greek philosophers, especially the Cynics and Stoics (see Diogenes Laërtius 2.82; 6.12, 13, 20, 36, 87, 91, 99, 103; 7.48, 162, 166, 179, 181; 9.61, 65; 10.12). For example, Diocles is cited by Diogenes Laertius as a source in his biography of Xenophon that would otherwise be unknown. Nothing more is known about the life and works of Diocles.

References

Sources

Ancient Greek biographers


Frieda Hempel (26 June 1885 – 7 October 1955) was a German lyric coloratura soprano singer in operatic and concert work who had an international career in Europe and the United States.

Life
Hempel was born in Leipzig and studied first at the Leipzig Conservatory and afterwards at the Stern Conservatory, Berlin, where she was a pupil of Selma Nicklass-Kempner. She later studied singing with Sarah Robinson-Duff and Estelle Liebling in New York City; both of whom had been trained by Mathilde Marchesi. Her earliest appearances were in Breslau, singing Violetta, the Queen of the Night and Rosina. She made a debut in Schwerin in 1905, and was engaged there for the next two years, singing also Gilda, Leonora (Il trovatore) and Woglinde.

She made such a success that the Kaiser Wilhelm II requested the Schwerin theater to release her so she could sing also in Berlin. She made a debut there in 1905 as Frau Fluth (in Nicolai's The Merry Wives of Windsor) and also sang at the Bayreuth Festival that year. She sang at the Royal Court Opera, Berlin, from 1907 to 1912, where she was also admired as Lucia, Marguerite de Valois and Marie. The Kaiser's enthusiasm for Hempel led others to call her "the Kaiser's Lark."

International career

She appeared at the Covent Garden, London in 1907 as Bastienne, in Humperdinck's Hansel and Gretel, as Eva and Elsa and again as Frau Fluth: Nellie Melba and Selma Kurz were taking centre stage in the more popular roles.

In 1912 she made her debut at the Metropolitan Opera, in  New York City as Marguerite de Valois in Les Huguenots. She sang regularly in New York thereafter into the 1950s. She was the first to sing the Marschallin in Der Rosenkavalier in New York (for Giulio Gatti-Casazza, December 9, 1913) and in Berlin, and she also sang the role in London in 1913. She was in the Met 1913 Un ballo in maschera as Oscar, with Caruso, Emmy Destinn, Margaret Matzenauer and Pasquale Amato; also the 1916 staging of The Marriage of Figaro with Matzenauer, Geraldine Farrar and Antonio Scotti. Her La fille du régiment was presented there in 1917. Hempel had a very wide dramatic range, from Rosina or Queen of the Night to Wagner's Eva and Weber's Euryanthe (Metropolitan, 1914 revival).

Recitals
After 1919 she devoted herself to concert recitals, and left the Metropolitan Opera House somewhat abruptly, making way for the career of Amelita Galli-Curci. However she then made a second career on the concert platform, excelling in "middlebrow" performances which mixed lieder of Mozart, Schubert, Schumann, Brahms, and Wolf, Mozart concert arias, and even popular songs of the day. She became well-known for recitals in which she appeared in costume amidst American and Swedish flags as the famous nineteenth-century soprano Jenny Lind; her Swedish role made it possible for Hempel to continue in the limelight despite anti-German sentiment after the wars in Europe (she had sung often for German soldiers during the First World War). Her last recital was at New York's Town Hall in 1951.

Personal life
In 1918, Hempel married the silk merchant and political writer William B. Kahn, taking their honeymoon at the Lake Placid Club. Hempel became an American citizen as a result. They divorced in 1926, but Kahn remained Hempel's business manager. She published her memoirs in German and English, the latter is titled My Life in Singing. Although she was criticized on both sides of the Atlantic for diverse political gaffes in the course of her career, she did not take political sides in a consistent manner.

Death
She died in Berlin in 1955 at the age of 70.

Recordings
Hempel began making records in Germany for Odeon Records in 1906 and later recorded for the Gramophone Company (HMV) in England as well as the Victor Talking Machine Company and Edison Records in the US. Most are by the acoustic process.

Teaching
Her vocal students include the American voice teacher and Bel canto scholar Cornelius L. Reid.

References

Sources

A. Eaglefield-Hull, A Dictionary of Modern Music and Musicians (Dent, London 1924).
G. Kobbé, The Complete Opera Book (Putnam, London 1935 printing).
H. Rosenthal and J. Warrack, The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Opera (OUP, London 1974 printing).
M. Scott, The Record of Singing Volume I (Duckworth, London 1977).

1885 births
1955 deaths
German operatic sopranos
Musicians from Leipzig
University of Music and Theatre Leipzig alumni
20th-century German  women opera singers


"D.W. Washburn" is a song written by Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller, recorded by both the Coasters and the Monkees. It was also included in the musical Smokey Joe's Cafe (revue).

The Monkees' version was a non-album single and a double-sided hit, backed with "It's Nice to Be with You," also a non-album single. The music was arranged and conducted by Shorty Rogers.

Lyrics
The lyrics tell a story of a derelict (Washburn) who is chosen by a well-meaning charity to be cleaned up and fed a meal. Washburn declines the offer, preferring his jobless, drunken but easygoing lifestyle to a life of responsibility. He mentions, "I do believe I got it made."

Recordings
Recorded during the sessions for The Birds, the Bees & the Monkees, the Monkees' version of "D.W. Washburn" was the first single that they released after the second and final season of their NBC television series had concluded. All of their previous singles had reached the top three positions on the Billboard Top 100 because of heavy promotion during episodes of the television show; without this exposure, "D.W. Washburn" became the band's first to miss the top ten in the U.S., reaching #19. It was also their last American Top 40 single until "That Was Then, This Is Now" in 1986.

Colgems Records president Lester Sill later regretted his decision to release the song as the followup to "Valleri," saying: "I loved the sound of the song – the demo that I heard. Then I realized after we did it and it came out that it was really a downer. It was a story about a guy in the gutter, about a bum. I thought that there was kind of a comical, dixieland feel to it that I felt was rather different. In hindsight, I realized it was an awful mistake."

Peter Tork said: "Originally, there was a black bass singer on the take. Bert Schneider said, 'Wait a minute! It’s one thing to have Tommy (Boyce) and Bobby (Hart) singing 'ohhs' and 'ahhs' in the background; it's another to have a prominent black bass singer responding that way.' The only thing about that song that was noticeable was that it's Leiber-Stoller. I imagine it was an old Leiber-Stoller tune from way, way back that nobody had done yet. It sounds like middle Coasters, you know. The thing about the Monkees project at the end was, I think basically Bert and Bob (Rafelson) were running out of steam. That's what I think. I think for some reason, somehow, they had had it. They started off with a lot of enthusiasm, and I think the pressures brought them down. I think Bert's still reeling, to tell you the truth." The original version with the black bass singer was released on The Birds, The Bees & The Monkees box set in 2010.

The Coasters released their version of the song in July 1968, which they had recorded on October 31, 1967 for Date Records. The B-side of the song was "Everybody's Woman."

A medley of "D.W. Washburn" and "L. David Sloane (A Good Man Is Hard to Find)" by the Hutch Davie Calliope Band entered the Cash Box Looking Ahead survey on August 25, 1968.

The Monkees continued to perform the song during their 1980s and later reunions, including a performance on Nashville Now, a country music showcase.

"It's Nice to Be With You"
Also recorded during the sessions for The Birds, the Bees & the Monkees was the B-side "It's Nice to Be With You." Written by Jerry Goldstein, it also charted in the U.S., reaching #51 on the Billboard Hot 100 and #26 on the Cash Box chart. Its greatest success occurred in Canada, where it reached #15.

References

Songs written by Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller
1968 singles
The Monkees songs
The Coasters songs
1967 songs
RCA Records singles


Eret is an unincorporated community in Wayne County, Mississippi, United States.

The town was named for the late wife of Fred Clark, who owned most of the land in the area.

Eret was located on the Mobile and Ohio Railroad, built through Mississippi in the 1850s.  The town never had a post office, and never incorporated.

References

Unincorporated communities in Wayne County, Mississippi
Unincorporated communities in Mississippi


Absolute electrode potential, in electrochemistry, according to an IUPAC definition, is the electrode potential of a metal measured with respect to a universal reference system (without any additional metal–solution interface).

Definition
According to a more specific definition presented by Trasatti, the absolute electrode potential is the difference in electronic energy between a point inside the metal (Fermi level) of an electrode and a point outside the electrolyte in which the electrode is submerged (an electron at rest in vacuum).

This potential is difficult to determine accurately. For this reason, a standard hydrogen electrode is typically used for reference potential. The absolute potential of the SHE is 4.44 ± 0.02 V at 25 °C. Therefore, for any electrode at 25 °C:

where:
 is electrode potential
V is the unit volt
M denotes the electrode made of metal M
(abs) denotes the absolute potential
(SHE) denotes the electrode potential relative to the standard hydrogen electrode.

A different definition for the absolute electrode potential (also known as absolute half-cell potential and single electrode potential) has also been discussed in the literature. In this approach, one first defines an isothermal absolute single-electrode process (or absolute half-cell process.) For example, in the case of a generic metal being oxidized to form a solution-phase ion, the process would be

M(metal) → M+(solution) + (gas)

For the hydrogen electrode, the absolute half-cell process would be

H2 (gas) → H+(solution) + (gas)

Other types of absolute electrode reactions would be defined analogously.

In this approach, all three species taking part in the reaction, including the electron, must be placed in thermodynamically well-defined states. All species, including the electron, are at the same temperature, and appropriate standard states for all species, including the electron, must be fully defined. The absolute electrode potential is then defined as the Gibbs free energy for the absolute electrode process. To express this in volts one divides the Gibbs free energy by the negative of Faraday's constant.

Rockwood's approach to absolute-electrode thermodynamics is easily expendable to other thermodynamic functions. For example, the absolute half-cell entropy has been defined as the entropy of the absolute half-cell process defined above. An alternative definition of the absolute half-cell entropy has recently been published by Fang et al. who define it as the entropy of the following reaction (using the hydrogen electrode as an example):

H2 (gas) → H+(solution) + (metal)

This approach differs from the approach described by Rockwood in the treatment of the electron, i.e. whether it is placed in the gas phase or the metal. The electron can also be in another state, that of a solvated electron in solution, as studied by Alexander Frumkin and B. Damaskin and others.

Determination
The basis for determination of the absolute electrode potential under the Trasatti definition is given by the equation:

where:
 is the absolute potential of the electrode made of metal M
 is the electron work function of metal M
 is the contact (Volta) potential difference at the metal(M)–solution(S) interface.

For practical purposes, the value of the absolute electrode potential of the standard hydrogen electrode is best determined with the utility of data for an ideally-polarizable mercury (Hg) electrode:

where:
 is the absolute standard potential of the hydrogen electrode
 denotes the condition of the point of zero charge at the interface.

The types of physical measurements required under the Rockwood definition are similar to those required under the Trasatti definition, but they are used in a different way, e.g. in Rockwood's approach they are used to calculate the equilibrium vapour pressure of the electron gas. The numerical value for the absolute potential of the standard hydrogen electrode one would calculate under the Rockwood definition is sometimes fortuitously close to the value one would obtain under the Trasatti definition. This near-agreement in the numerical value depends on the choice of ambient temperature and standard states, and is the result of the near-cancellation of certain terms in the expressions. For example, if a standard state of one atmosphere ideal gas is chosen for the electron gas then the cancellation of terms occurs at a temperature of 296 K, and the two definitions give an equal numerical result. At 298.15 K a near-cancellation of terms would apply and the two approaches would produce nearly the same numerical values. However, there is no fundamental significance to this near agreement because it depends on arbitrary choices, such as temperature and definitions of standard states.

See also
 Electrochemical potential
 Galvani potential
 Standard electrode potential

References

Electrochemistry
Electrochemical potentials


Acanthopelma beccarii is a species of spider belonging to the family Theraphosidae (tarantulas). It is endemic to Guyana in northern South America.

While there are specimens held in captivity, it is not a very popular species in this regard.

References
  (2008): The world spider catalog, version 8.5. American Museum of Natural History.

Further reading
 (1947): "Diagnosi preliminari de specie nuove di aracnidi della Guiana Britannica raccolte dai professori Beccari e Romiti". Monitore Zoologico Italiano 56: 20-34.

Theraphosidae
Spiders of South America
Spiders described in 1947


Utricularia huntii is a medium-sized perennial terrestrial carnivorous plant that belongs to the genus Utricularia. U. huntii is endemic to Brazil and is only known from five collections. It was originally described by Peter Taylor in 1986 in honor of David Richard Hunt.

See also
 List of Utricularia species

References

Carnivorous plants of South America
Flora of Brazil
huntii


Francisco Gamboa Gómez (born 20 July 1985) is a Mexican former professional footballer. He last played as a defender for Atlante, wearing jersey #4. He made his debut September 25, 2005 against UAG, a game which resulted in a 2–1 victory for Toluca.

Honours
Toluca
Primera División de México: Apertura 2005, Apertura 2008, Bicentenario 2010

References

External links

 Francisco Gamboa at ESMAS Statistics

1985 births
Living people
Footballers from Guadalajara, Jalisco
Men's association football defenders
Mexican men's footballers
Deportivo Toluca F.C. players
Atlante F.C. footballers
Liga MX players


Bridgit Fitzgerald (died 19 September 1898) was a Canadian of Irish descent who was a prominent patron of the English-speaking culture within the Irish community of Quebec City, in the 19th century. Fitzgerald married William Power (Sr.) on September 27, 1843, in Sainte-Foy, Quebec, Canada.

Mother of the Canadian politician William Power, and grandmother of the Hon. Charles Gavan Power and William Gerard Power, both Canadian politicians. She travelled to Boston, Massachusetts for the christening of her nephew John F. Fitzgerald, who, in turn, was maternal grandfather of US President John F. Kennedy.

Death
Bridgit died at age 78, on 19 September 1898. She was buried at the Parish of St-Colomb-de-Sillery, Québec.

References

Year of birth missing
1898 deaths
Canadian people of Irish descent
Canadian philanthropists
Canadian women philanthropists
Date of birth unknown


The Welch Foundation, based in Houston, Texas, is one of the United States' oldest and largest private funding sources for chemistry researchers. It is a non-profit organization named for Robert Alonzo Welch, an industrialist who provided the funds to set up the foundation, along with scholarships, endowments, and funding for chemical research. Since its founding in 1954, the organization has contributed to the advancement of chemistry through research grants, departmental grant programs, endowed chairs, scholarships, and other special projects at educational institutions in Texas. The foundation hosts an annual chemical research conference in Houston that attracts chemists from around the globe and also sponsors The Welch Award in Chemistry as well as the Norman Hackerman Award in Chemical Research.

Grants, scholarships, endowments, and awards
The Welch Award in Chemistry, currently a $500,000 award, which recognizes the value of chemical research contributions for the benefit of humankind.
The Norman Hackerman award in chemical research, currently a $100,000 award, which recognizes the work of young researchers in Texas.
The Robert A. Welch TILF (Texas Interscholastic League Foundation) Scholarship for students who participated in the University Interscholastic League and who wish to pursue a degree in chemistry, chemical engineering, or biochemistry. Currently $14,000 per student.
Research Grants support fundamental chemical research at universities, colleges, or other educational institutions within the state of Texas.
Departmental Grants support chemical research by members of the chemistry department faculty at educational institutions in Texas.
Endowed Chairs provide a faculty position for an eminent scientist. To be considered for an endowed chair, a Texas education institution must have a Ph.D. program in chemistry.
 The Welch Foundation committed $100 million to establish the Welch Institute for Advanced Materials at Rice University.

The Welch Institute for Advanced Materials

In September 2020, The Welch Foundation committed $100 million to establish the Welch Institute for Advanced Materials at Rice University. The institute will be established as a joint venture between The Welch Foundation and Rice to perform research in advanced materials science.

References

Non-profit organizations based in Texas


Gearhart Mountain Wilderness is a wilderness area located within the Fremont–Winema National Forest in Lake County and Klamath County in south-central Oregon.  This area was established in 1943 as a Wild Area and designated as wilderness with the Wilderness Act of 1964.  In 1984, an additional  were added for a total of .  The wilderness is entirely within the Bly Ranger District.

Gearhart Mountain was named for James P. Gearhart and William H. Gearhart, two brothers who raised and traded cattle in the area from about 1873 to 1882.

Topography
The Gearhart Mountain Wilderness is in the desert/coastal transition zone of south-central Oregon, on the borders of Lake and Klamath counties.  At , Gearhart Mountain is the highest point in this wilderness of high, mountain meadows, cirques, and glacial valleys.  Views from the top of Gearhart Mountain range from Steens Mountain to the east, the Cascade peaks to the west, Lassen Peak in California to the south, and the Three Sisters in the north.  The headwaters of numerous small streams lie at the base of many of the cliffs and ridges.

Vegetation
The Gearhart Mountain Wilderness is part of a continuous, dry, pine forest covering the transition zone.  Differences in species are primarily dependent on water availability.  The lower slopes tend to be dominated by white fir with a mix of ponderosa pine and lodgepole pines, while the higher elevations are covered with pure stands of lodgepole and whitebark pine.  Minor inclusions of sugar pine and incense-cedar can also be found in scattered locations. The meadows scattered throughout the wilderness are characterized by lush, green ground cover, stands of aspen, and a multitude of wildflowers.  Riparian zones support tag alder, willow, and a large diversity of understory flora.  The Gearhart Mountain Wilderness does have some stands of old growth forest. However, in recent years, a large area of the forest on Gearhart Mountain and surrounding areas have succumbed to the mountain pine beetle, and large dead stands of lodgepole pine can be seen.

Wildlife
A variety of wildlife can be found in the Gearhart Mountain Wilderness.  These include deer, coyote, elk, black bear, golden-mantled ground squirrel, and mountain lion, and a wide variety of birds, such as several kinds of woodpecker, mountain chickadees, finches, canada and steller's jays, dark-eyed juncos, common ravens, brown creepers, golden-crowned kinglets, red-breasted nuthatches, cassin's vireos, yellow-rumped and hermit warblers, pacific-slope and dusky flycatchers, sooty grouse, clark's nutcrackers, and red-tailed hawks. Bull trout inhabit headwater stream reaches with rainbow and brook trout inhabiting the lower reaches of some of the area streams; Blue Lake is stocked yearly with rainbow trout.

Recreation
Popular recreational activities in the Gearhart Mountain Wilderness include hiking, hunting, camping, swimming, fishing, wildlife watching, and horseback riding.  Approximately  of established trails cross the wilderness.  There are three main trails, which begin at the wilderness edge and converge just north of the summit of Gearhart Mountain: Deming Creek Trail in the southwest, Lookout Rock Trail in the southeast, and North Fork Sprague Trail from the north.

See also
 List of Oregon Wildernesses
 List of U.S. Wilderness Areas
 List of old growth forests

References

External links

Protected areas of Klamath County, Oregon
Protected areas of Lake County, Oregon
Wilderness areas of Oregon
Old-growth forests
Fremont–Winema National Forest
Protected areas established in 1943
1943 establishments in Oregon


Elvis Yero (January 26, 1965 in Havana, Cuba – October 13, 2001 in Miami, Florida) was a boxer in the Welterweight division. He grew up in the North Beach section of Miami Beach, Florida, where he graduated from Miami Beach Senior High School in 1984.

Career

Amateur career
At the age of 15, Yero decided on an amateur boxing career. At the 1981 Florida Golden Gloves, Yero stopped Greg Collins of Miami at 1:02 of the second round in the High School Division-139 lbs. At the 1982 South Florida Golden Gloves Regional Tournament, Yero TKO'd Lavaniel Hicks from Moore Park at 1:30 of the first round. He won the 132 lbs. Division in the South Florida Golden Gloves, and the 139 lbs. Division in the South Florida Golden Gloves. According to an August 21, 1979 report in the Miami Herald, he defeated Tommy Williams in the main event of the amateur boxing card at the Verrick Gym in  Coconut Grove, Florida. On October 20, 1979, Yero was knocked out by Hugo Rodriguez at 1:58 of the 3rd round on an amateur card at the Verrick.

In 1984, Yero won the National AAU Amateur Lightwelterweight Title at 139 lbs. On February 14, 1984, Yero decision Tommy Williams in the main event at the Verrick. Two days later, Yero stopped Ron Beasley in 2 rounds in an amateur fight. On March 16, 1984, Yero decisioned Joseph Walkers in North Miami Beach in an amateur fight. The Miami Herald listed Yero's record as 29-1 (17 knockouts).

On March 22, 1984, Yero lost a decision to Clifford Gray at the Southern Regional Florida  State Sunshine State Golden Gloves Boxing Tournament at the Victory Park Gym in North Miami Beach. On October 4, 1984, The Miami Herald reported that Ivan Gonzalez TKO'd Yero at 1:30 of the 1st round in the main event at the Verrick Gym. On August 2, 1985, Yero decisioned Derrick Rolan at the National Sport's Festival in Baton Rouge. The Next night, Yero won again. At the National Sport's Festival on August 5, 1985. Yero lost a 3-2 decision to Nick Kakouris in the 139 lbs. Division Championship match.

Professional career
In 1986 Yero turned professional in Florida. Undefeated in his first 10 fights, Yero quickly caught the eye of boxing fans and experts, but then he lost a decision to Lee Smith in 1991. After a five fight win streak, he again lost, to journeyman Kenny Ellis. This was Yero's last fight.

Legal troubles
Yero's troubles with the law began at an early age. He and a friend, Mario Villar, Jr., were arrested by Miami Beach Police for assaulting lawyer Mark Diestag on December 4, 1982 in a Miami Beach park after midnight. Diestag, the husband of Judge Gisela Cardonne-Dienstag, was out walking his dog when he got into a confrontation with Yero, who was 17–0 in amateur boxing at the time, and his friend Villar. Diegtag was brutally beaten and also had numerous bite marks on his body. Yero and Villar were held in jail for 4-months, but on August 16, 1983, both were found not guilty and were released from jail. The court ruled that Yero and  Villar acted in self-defense. Villar was later killed in a motorcycle crash in North Miami Beach, Florida.

According to the Miami-Dade County Clerk Criminal Justice and Civil Infraction Case records He was arrested 52 times, between December 8, 1982 and September 19, 2001. He was charged with grand theft auto, armed robbery, burglary, possession of marijuana and cocaine, domestic violence, drinking in public, dealing in stolen property, lewd and  lascivious behavior, panhandling, disorderly conduct, cocaine sale, trespassing, battery, grand theft, panhandling, and loitering.

On April 23, 1989, the Miami Herald reported that Yero was arrested for robbing the NCNB Bank at 2391 Collins Avenue on Miami Beach for $2.22. On July 5, 1990, the Miami Herald reported that Yero was shot in the hand, and arrested, during a drug-sting, when he punched and kicked undercover Miami Beach Police Officer Sunday Sanchez.

Death
Yero died of a drug overdose at age 36. He was found dead in a Miami motel room on Saturday, October 13, 2001, survived by his mother and brother. He is buried at Dade Memorial Park.

References

External links
Boxrec Profile

1965 births
2001 deaths
American male boxers
Cuban male boxers
Cuban emigrants to the United States
Drug-related deaths in Florida
Middleweight boxers
Boxers from Havana
Winners of the United States Championship for amateur boxers
People from North Miami Beach, Florida
Sportspeople from Miami-Dade County, Florida


The General Nathanael Greene Homestead, also known as Spell Hall, is a historic house at 50 Taft Street in Coventry, Rhode Island. It was the home of American Revolutionary War general Nathanael Greene from 1770 to 1776, and was owned afterwards by his brother Jacob Greene and his wife Margaret. The house is owned and operated by the General Nathanael Greene Homestead Association, a non-profit organization, and was opened as a museum in 1924.

Description
The house is a -story wood-frame structure with a gable roof, two interior chimneys, and clapboarded exterior.  It is five bays wide and two deep, with a center entry framed by pilasters and topped by a transom window, triangular pediment, and carved fanlight motif.  The house follows a typical late-Georgian center-hall plan, with four rooms on each level, two on either side of the central hall.  On the lower level, the front right room housed Nathanael Greene's 300+ volume library, while the rear room served as the kitchen.  The rooms on the left served as parlor and dining room.  There are four bedrooms on the second floor, and the attic space was later also converted into bedrooms.

History

The house was built by Nathanael Greene in 1770, part of a property encompassing , and served as his family's home through the Revolutionary War.  In 1783 Greene moved the family to Newport, before eventually relocating to Georgia, where he died in 1786.  This house he sold to his brother Jacob.  It remained in Greene family hands until 1899, although it became run-down and was used as a tenement house in the later years.  In 1919 the Nathanael Greene Homestead Association was formed to restore and care for the property.  It is now a house museum, open to the public.

It was declared a National Historic Landmark in 1972, and was included in the Anthony Village Historic District in 2010.

See also

List of National Historic Landmarks in Rhode Island
National Register of Historic Places listings in Kent County, Rhode Island

References

External links

Gen. Nathanael Greene Homestead Association

Images

National Historic Landmarks in Rhode Island
Museums in Kent County, Rhode Island
Houses on the National Register of Historic Places in Rhode Island
Houses completed in 1774
Historic house museums in Rhode Island
Biographical museums in Rhode Island
Buildings and structures in Coventry, Rhode Island
Historic American Buildings Survey in Rhode Island
Houses in Kent County, Rhode Island
National Register of Historic Places in Kent County, Rhode Island
Individually listed contributing properties to historic districts on the National Register in Rhode Island


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This partial list of city nicknames in Michigan compiles the aliases, sobriquets and slogans that cities in Michigan are known by (or have been known by historically), officially and unofficially, to municipal governments, local people, outsiders or their tourism boards or chambers of commerce. City nicknames can help in establishing a civic identity, helping outsiders recognize a community or attracting people to a community because of its nickname; promote civic pride; and build community unity. Nicknames and slogans that successfully create a new community "ideology or myth" are also believed to have economic value. Their economic value is difficult to measure, but there are anecdotal reports of cities that have achieved substantial economic benefits by "branding" themselves by adopting new slogans.

Some unofficial nicknames are positive, while others are derisive. The unofficial nicknames listed here have been in use for a long time or have gained wide currency.
Adrian – The Maple City
Alma – Scotland, USA
Ann Arbor
A2 or A-squaredMichigan Lingo in 2006 Graduate Handbook for the Political Science Department of the University of Michigan
Tree Townhttp://www.a2gov.org/news/Documents/TTL_Nov_2007.pdf
 Atlanta – Elk Capital of Michigan
 Battle Creek
Breakfast Capital of the World
Cereal Bowl of the World
Cereal City
 Beaver Island – America's Emerald Isle
 Belding
Apple Capital
Silk City
 Berrien Springs – Christmas Pickle Capital of the World
Cadillac – Chestnut Town USA
Calumet – Coppertown USA
 Champion – Horse Pulling Capital of the U.P.
 Colon – Magic Capital of the World
 Davison – City of Flags
 Detroit
America's Comeback City
Arsenal of Democracy
City of Trees
Hitsville, USA
HockeytownSaul Anuzis, All Eyes Look to Michigan: A Report From the Presidential Hustings , Human Events, November 6, 2007
The Motor CityClaims to Fame - Business , Epodunk, accessed April 16, 2007
 Motown
 The D
 The Paris of the Midwest
 The Renaissance CityDetroit: Sights & Activities, Fodor's, accessed May 8, 2007 "Though the city nicknamed itself "Renaissance City" in the 1970s, it did little to deserve the title until recently."
 Drummond Island – Gem of the Huron
Dundee – Hub of the Highways
Eaton Rapids – The Island City
 Eau Claire – Cherry Pit Spitting Capital of the World
 Elsie – Michigan's Dairy Capital
Escanaba – Esky
 Fairview – Wild Turkey Capital of Michigan
 Flint
 The Auto City
 The Birthplace of General Motors
 Buick City
 The Vehicle City
 Frankenmuth – Michigan's Little Bavaria
 Fremont – Baby Food Capital of the World
 Gaylord – Michigan's Alpine Village
 Glenn – The Pancake Town
 Grand Haven – Coast Guard City, USA
 Grand Rapids
 Furniture City
 Beer City USA
 Greenville – The Danish Festival City
Hamtramck
 City Within the City
 The World Within Two Square Miles
 Holland – Tulip City
 Huntington Woods – City of Homes
 Jackson – Birthplace of the Republican Party
 Kalamazoo
 Bedding Plant Capital of the World
 Celery City
 Kazoo (or K'Zoo)
 Mall City (first outdoor pedestrian mall in the US)
 The Paper City
Kalkaska – Trout Capital of Michigan
Kingsley – A Little Bit of Paradise
Lake City – Christmas Tree Capital
Linwood – Michigan's Walleye Capital
Manistee – Salt City Marlette - Heart Of the Thumb
 Marquette – Queen City of the North
Mayfield – Birthplace of the Adams Fly
 Mesick – Mushroom Capital of the World
 Mount Clemens – Bath City
 Mount Pleasant – The Oil Capital of Michigan
 Muskegon
 The Beer Tent Capital of the World
 Port City
 The Riviera of the Midwest
 Lumber Queen of the World
 The Skee
 Skeetown
 Naubinway – Top of the Lake
 Negaunee – Irontown, USA
 Newberry – Moose Capital of Michigan
 Niles
The City of Four Flags
Garden City
 Northville – Switzerland of Wayne County
Oceana County – Asparagus Capital of the World
 Omer – Michigan's Smallest City
 Onaway – Sturgeon Capital of Michigan
Oscoda – Paddletown USA
 Paradise – Wild Blueberry Capital of Michigan
 Pellston – Icebox of the Nation
 Pinconning – Cheese Capital of Michigan
Plainwell – The Island City
Port Huron – Maritime Capital of the Great Lakes
 Portland – City of Two Rivers
Rogers City
 The Nautical City
 Rocket City
 Romulus – Gateway to the World, Romtown
 Rudyard – Snowy Owl Capital of Michigan
 Saint Johns – The Mint City
 Saint Louis – Middle of the Mitten
 Sault Ste. Marie
 The Soo
 Michigan's Oldest City (founded 1668)
 South Haven – Blueberry Capital of the World
Sturgis – Electric City
Taylor – Taylortucky
Traverse City
Cherry Capital of the World
Hockeytown North
T City
The Bay Area
 Utica
Hothouse Rhubarb Capital of the World
Mushroom Capital of Michigan
 Vassar – Cork Pine City
 Vicksburg – The Village with a Vision
 Whitefish Point – Cranberry Capital of Michigan
Ypsilanti
 Ypsi
 Ypsiltucky

See also
 List of city nicknames in the United States
 List of cities, villages, and townships in Michigan

References

External links
 a list of American and a few Canadian nicknames
 U.S. cities list

Michigan cities and towns
Populated places in Michigan
City nicknames


Acanthopelma rufescens is a species of spider belonging to the family Theraphosidae (tarantulas). It is native to Central America.

References

Theraphosidae
Spiders of Central America
Spiders described in 1897


Rodrigo Iñigo del Hoyo (born August 29, 1985) is a Mexican former professional footballer who last played for CD El Álamo.

Career
He made his debut February 10, 2007 against Veracruz. A game which resulted in a 4–2 victory for América. After 3 years at América, Iñigo moved to Querétaro F.C. before moving the back to América the following year. Following his release for América, he joined Championship side Cardiff City on a two-week trial. Shortly after, he went on to return to play in Mexico, and currently is playing in Mineros de Zacatecas.

References

External links
 Rodrigo Íñigo's Statistics
  Rodrigo Iñigo's Statistics

 Rodrigo Íñigo at La Preferente

1985 births
Mexican men's footballers
Mexican expatriate men's footballers
Living people
Footballers from Mexico City
Liga MX players
Ascenso MX players
USL Championship players
Tercera División players
Club América footballers
Querétaro F.C. footballers
Lobos BUAP footballers
Club Puebla players
Tecos F.C. footballers
CD San Roque de Lepe footballers
Las Vegas Lights FC players
Men's association football defenders
Mexican expatriate sportspeople in Spain
Mexican expatriate sportspeople in the United States
Expatriate men's footballers in Spain
Expatriate men's soccer players in the United States


The Pennsylvania auditor general is the chief fiscal officer of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. It became an elected office in 1850. The current auditor general of Pennsylvania is Republican Timothy DeFoor.

History
The office of the auditor general of Pennsylvania was created in 1809 by the General Assembly. The auditor general was appointed by the governor until 1850, when it became a statewide elective office. The terms were for three years, until a constitutional amendment in 1909 increased the terms to four years.

Responsibilities
The auditor general performs financial audits of state agencies, municipal governments, school districts, public sector pensions, entities that receive state funding support (such as certain universities and hospitals), and corporate tax returns. These audits are designed as an accountability mechanism and serve to ensure that public money is spent in an appropriate manner. Additionally, the auditor general undertakes performance audits, which are designed to determine program efficiency and effectiveness, of certain organizations, such as veteran's homes, prisons, and mental health centers.

List of auditors general

See also
 Governor of Pennsylvania
 Pennsylvania Attorney General
 Pennsylvania General Assembly
 Pennsylvania State Capitol
 Pennsylvania Treasurer

References

External links
 Office of the Auditor General of Pennsylvania

Auditor
Auditor
Pennsylvania


Marsu Productions,  or simply Marsu, is a publishing house and licensing and merchandising company located in Monaco, managing Franco-Belgian comics characters and copyright concerns, chiefly from the comics universe of André Franquin. The name Marsu refers to one of Franquin's best known characters, the Marsupilami, but  the company also handles the character universes of Gaston Lagaffe, Le Petit Noël, Les Monstres, as well as François Walthéry's Natacha and Le P'tit bout d'chique, and Léonid et Spoutnika by Yann and Philippe Bercovici among others.

Franquin, who had previously worked for the publishing house Dupuis, decided to leave his company and start his own in 1987. He brought along his own creations Marsupilami and Gaston Lagaffe, and the company soon started
launching a series of Marsupilami albums continuing publication of the character Franquin had created in 1952, while working on the series Spirou et Fantasio for the Franco-Belgian comics magazine Spirou. Since Spirou and Fantasio weren't Franquin's own creations, the publisher Dupuis retained the rights to the characters. Several of the characters under Marsu management are however closely associated with this series, and Marsupilami, Gaston Lagaffe, and Le Petit Noël are to varying degrees spin-off series.

The first publication, La Queue du Marsupilami in 1987 with art by Batem and stories by Greg, launched its new series, which by 2007 had passed 20 issues. Natacha made the switch from Dupuis to Marsu in 1989 with the album Cauchemirage, and ended serial production in Spirou. In 1992, Franquin also added worldwide rights of Gaston Lagaffe to Marsu, a series he also created for Spirou. The Marsupilami album numbered 0, Capturez un Marsupilami, the only album featuring Franquin's seminal stories, was published in 2002, some time after Franquin's death in 1997.

In 2013, the publisher was bought up by its competitor Dupuis.

References

External links
Marsu Productions official page
Franquin official page

Comic book publishing companies of Monaco


Jack Thomas Lazorko (born March 30, 1956) is an American former professional baseball pitcher. He played five seasons at the major league level for the Milwaukee Brewers, Seattle Mariners, Detroit Tigers and California Angels of Major League Baseball (MLB).

Career
Born in Hoboken, Lazorko grew up in River Edge, New Jersey. He attended Mississippi State University, and in 1976 he played collegiate summer baseball with the Cotuit Kettleers of the Cape Cod Baseball League. He was selected by the Houston Astros in the 11th round of the 1978 MLB Draft. Lazorko played his first professional season with their Rookie league Gulf Coast Astros and Class A-Advanced Daytona Beach Astros in 1978, and his last with the New York Mets' Triple-A Norfolk Tides in 1993. He played 20 seasons in national and international baseball, including the 1991 Scudetto in Parma, Italy, two years in Milan, Italy, and in the Florida Senior League until 1995.

Lazorko, a former amateur hockey goalie, is probably best known for a highlight reel of his fielding which was featured on This Week in Baseball for many years.  On the telecast of the New York Mets-Washington Nationals game of July 21, 2015, Ron Darling, himself a Gold Glove winner in the National League, called Lazorko "the best fielding pitcher" he had ever seen.  (Darling played against Lazorko in the Texas League in 1981.)

References

Sources
"Jack Lazorko Statistics". The Baseball Cube. 24 January 2008.
"Jack Lazorko Statistics". Baseball-Reference. 24 January 2008.

1956 births
Living people
American expatriate baseball players in Canada
American expatriate baseball players in Mexico
Asheville Tourists players
Calgary Cannons players
California Angels players
Cañeros de Los Mochis players
Cotuit Kettleers players
Denver Bears players
Daytona Beach Astros players
Detroit Tigers players
Edmonton Trappers players
El Paso Diablos players
Gulf Coast Astros players
Major League Baseball pitchers
Mexican League baseball pitchers
Milwaukee Brewers players
Mississippi State Bulldogs baseball players
Nashville Sounds players
Navegantes del Magallanes players
American expatriate baseball players in Venezuela
Norfolk Tides players
Phoenix Giants players
Seattle Mariners players
Sun City Rays players
Sportspeople from Hoboken, New Jersey
Baseball players from Hudson County, New Jersey
People from River Edge, New Jersey
Tulsa Drillers players
Tuneros de San Luis Potosí players
Vancouver Canadians players
Wichita Aeros players
Peninsula Oilers players


Romanov is a breed of domestic sheep originating from the Upper Volga region in Russia. These domestic sheep got the name Romanov from the town of the same name. In the 18th century, these sheep were first noticed outside of Russia. Soon after, they were imported to Germany and then to France. In 1980, 14 ewes and 4 rams were bought by the Canadian government and were quarantined for 5 years. After the testing, some of the Romanov breed was brought into the United States. The distribution of this unique breed is worldwide.  This breed is raised primarily for meat.

Appearance and condition
These sheep are adapted to the cold inland climate and local feeding. Romanovs are one of the Northern European short-tailed sheep breeds.  They are pure black when they are born, but as they grow older the color quickly changes to gray. The average weight of a male Romanov is 55-80 kilograms and the average weight of a female is 40-50 kilograms.

Reproduction
By 3–4 months old, Romanovs are sexually mature and will start breeding any month of the year. The ewe can produce quadruplets, quintuplets, and even sometimes sextuplets. Romanov ewes tend to lamb in litters, unlike other sheep who give single or twin births. British and North American breeds of domesticated sheep are genetically different because the Romanov breed is a "pure gene", not a "cross". But, they are often crossed with more popular breeds to increase their prolificacy.

Romanov wool
Romanov wool is very strong and resourceful. The wool is double coated with mean diameter of wool fibers of 20.9 micrometres and 71.9 micrometres of outer-coat hair (lamb wool). Mean greasy fleece weight is around 4.5 kilograms. The wool, which is a mixture of gray wool and black guard hair, is usually used for rugs, mats, and wall hangings.

References

External links

 North American Romanov Sheep Association

Sheep breeds
Sheep breeds originating in Russia


Bothremydidae is an extinct family of side-necked turtles (Pleurodira) known from the Cretaceous and Cenozoic. They are closely related to Podocnemididae, and are amongst the most widely distributed pleurodire groups, with their fossils having been found in Africa, India, the Middle East, Europe, North America and South America. Bothremydids were aquatic turtles with a high morphological diversity, indicative of generalist, molluscivorous, piscivorous and possibly herbivorous grazing diets, with some probably capable of suction feeding. Unlike modern pleurodires, which are exclusively freshwater, bothremydids inhabited freshwater, marine and coastal environments. Their marine habits allowed bothremydids to disperse across oceanic barriers into Europe and North America during the early Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian). The youngest records of the group are indeterminate remains from Saudi Arabia and Oman, dating to the Miocene.

Taxonomy
The family is split into two subfamilies and a number of tribes.

Bothremydidae
Pleurochayah appalachius Adrian et al., 2021 Woodbine Formation, Texas, Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian)
"Chrysemys" montolivensis Roman 1897 Montoulieu, France, Oligocene (Rupelian)
Sindhochelys ragei Lapparent de broin et al., 2021 Khadro Formation, Pakistan, Paleocene (Danian)
Apertotemporalis Stromer, 1934 Bahariya Formation, Egypt, Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian)
 Subfamily Bothremydinae Gaffney et al., 2006
 Abalakemys Pérez-García, 2023 Farin-Doutchi Formation, Niger, Late Cretaceous (Maastrichtian)
 Tribe Bothremydini Gaffney et al., 2006
Palauchelys López-Conde et al. 2021 Olmos Formation, Mexico, Late Cretaceous (Campanian)
Khargachelys AbdelGawad et al. 2021 Quseir Formation, Egypt, Late Cretaceous (Campanian)
 Subtribe Bothremydina Gaffney et al., 2006
 Akoranemys Pérez-García, 2021. Madagascar, Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian)
Algorachelus Pérez-García 2017
Algorachelus parvus (Haas 1978) Bet-Meir Formation, Amminadav Formation, Palestine, Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian)
Algorachelus peregrinus Pérez-García 2017 Utrillas Formation, Spain, Nazaré, Portugal, Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian)
Algorachelus tibert (Joyce et al. 2016) Naturita Formation, Utah, Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian) (alternatively considered the only member of the genus Paiutemys)
Araiochelys Gaffney et al., 2006  Ouled Abdoun Basin, Morocco, Paleocene
 Araiochelys hirayamai Gaffney et al., 2006
 Bothremys Leidy, 1865 (jr synonym: Karkaemys)
 Bothremys arabicus (Zalmout et al., 2005) Wadi Umm Ghudran Formation, Jordan, Late Cretaceous (Santonian)
 Bothremys cooki Leidy, 1865 Merchantville Formation, Navesink Formation, New Jersey,  Tar Heel Formation, North Carolina, Late Cretaceous (Campanian-Maastrichtian)
 Bothremys kellyi Gaffney et al., 2006 Ouled Abdoun Basin, Morocco, Paleocene
 Bothremys maghrebiana Gaffney et al., 2006 Ouled Abdoun Basin, Morocco, Paleocene
 Chedighaii Gaffney et al., 2006
 Chedighaii barberi (Schmidt, 1940) Brownstone Marl, Arkansas, Blufftown Formation, Georgia, Marshalltown Formation, New Jersey,  Tar Heel Formation, North Carolina, Late Cretaceous (Campanian)
 Chedighaii hutchisoni Gaffney et al., 2006 Cerro del Pueblo Formation, Mexico, Late Cretaceous (Campanian) Kirtland Formation, New Mexico, Tar Heel Formation, North Carolina, Late Cretaceous (Campanian)
 Rosasia Costa, 1940 Argilas de Aveiro Formation, Portugal, Late Cretaceous (Campanian-Maastrichtian)
 Rosasia soutoi Carrington da Costa, 1940
 Inaechelys Carvalho, 2016 Maria Farinha Formation, Brasil, Paleocene
 Inaechelys pernambucensis Caralho, 2016
 Zolhafah Lapparent de Broin and Werner, 1998  Dakhla Formation, Egypt, Late Cretaceous (Maastrichtian)
 Zolhafah bella Lapparent de Broin and Werner, 1998
 Subtribe Foxemydina Gaffney et al., 2006
 Elochelys Nopsca, 1931 France, Spain, Late Cretaceous (Campanian-Maastrichtian)
 Elochelys perfecta Nopsca, 1931
 Foxemys Tong et al., 1998 Csehbánya Formation, Hungary, Late Cretaceous (Santonian)  Argiles et Grès à Reptiles Formation, Marnes d'Auzas Formation, Marnes Rouges Inferieures Formation, Lestaillats Marls Formation, France,  Late Cretaceous (Campanian-Maastrichtian), Villalba de la Sierra Formation, Spain, Late Cretaceous (Campanian)
 Foxemys mechinorum Tong et al., 1998
Palemys Gray, 1870
Palemys bowerbankii (Owen, 1842) London Clay Formation, England, Eocene (Ypresian)
 Polysternon Portis, 1882 Argiles et Grès à Reptiles Formation, Rognacian Formation, France, Vitoria Formation, Laño, Tremp Formation, Sierra Perenchiza Formation, Spain, Late Cretaceous (Campanian-Maastrichtian)
 Polysternon provinciale (Matheron, 1869)
 Puentemys Cadena et al., 2012 Cerrejón Formation, Colombia, Paleocene
 Puentemys mushaisaensis Cadena et al., 2012
Tartaruscola Pérez-García, 2016 Saint-Papoul, France, Eocene (Ypresian)
Iberoccitanemys Pérez-García et al. 2012 Vegas de Matute Formation, Villalba de la Sierra Formation, Spain, Campanian Marnes d'Auzas Formation, France, Maastrichtian
Iberoccitanemys atlanticum (Lapparent de Broin and Murelaga, 1996 originally Polysternon atlanticum)   syn Iberoccitanemys convenarum (Laurent et al., 2002)
 Tribe Taphrosphyini Gaffney et al., 2006
 Ilatardia Pérez-García, 2019 Farin Doutchi Formation, Niger, Late Cretaceous (Maastrichtian)
 Subtribe Nigermydina Gaffney et al., 2006
 Arenila Lapparent de Broin and Werner, 1998 Dakhla Formation, Egypt, Late Cretaceous (Maastrichtian)
 Arenila krebsi Lapparent de Broin and Werner, 1998
 Subtribe Taphrosphyina Gaffney et al., 2006
 Azabbaremys Gaffney et al., 2001 Teberemt Formation, Mali, Paleocene
 Azabbaremys moragjonesi Gaffney et al., 2001
 Eotaphrosphys Perez-Garcia, 2018 Mont-Aimé, France, Late Cretaceous (Maastrichtian)
 Eotaphrosphys ambiguum (Gaudry, 1890)
 Labrostochelys Gaffney et al., 2006 Ouled Abdoun Basin, Morocco, Paleocene
 Labrostochelys galkini Gaffney et al., 2006
 Motelomama Perez-Garcia, 2018 Salina Group, Peru, Eocene (Ypresian)
 Motelomama olssoni (Schmidt, 1931)
 Phosphatochelys Gaffney and Tong, 2003 Ouled Abdoun Basin, Morocco, Paleocene
 Phosphatochelys tedfordi Gaffney and Tong, 2003
 Rhothonemys Gaffney et al., 2006 Ouled Abdoun Basin, Morocco, Paleocene
 Rhothonemys brinkmani Gaffney et al., 2006
 Taphrosphys Cope, 1869 (jr synonyms: Amblypeza, Bantuchelys, Prochonias)
 Taphrosphys congolensis (Dollo, 1912) Landana Formation, Angola, Paleocene
 Taphrosphys dares Hay, 1908 (nomen dubium)
 Taphrosphys ippolitoi Gaffney et al., 2006 Ouled Abdoun Basin, Morocco, Paleocene
 Taphrosphys sulcatus (Leidy, 1856) Hornerstown Formation, New Egypt Formation, New Jersey, Late Cretaceous (Maastrichtian)
 Ummulisani Gaffney et al., 2006 Morocco, Eocene (Ypresian)
 Ummulisani rutgersensis Gaffney et al., 2006
 Crassachelys Bergounioux, 1952 (nomen dubium)
 Crassachelys neurirregularis Bergounioux, 1952
 Eusarkia Bergounioux, 1952 (nomen dubium)
 Eusarkia rotundiformis Bergounioux, 1952
 Gafsachelys Stefano, 1903 (nomen dubium)
 Gafsachelys phosphatica Stefano, 1903
 Gafsachelys moularensis Bergounioux, 1955
 Tribe Cearachelyini Gaffney et al., 2006
 Cearachelys Gaffney et al., Santana Formation, Brazil, Early Cretaceous (Albian)
 Cearachelys placidoi Gaffney et al., 2001
 Elkanemys Maniel, de la Fuente and Canale, 2021 Candeleros Formation, Argentina, Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian)
 Elkanemys pritchardi Maniel, de la Fuente and Canale, 2021
 Itapecuruemys Batista et al., 2020 Itapecuru Formation, Brasil, Early Cretaceous (Aptian)
 Itapecuruemys amazoniensis Batista et al., 2020
 Galianemys Gaffney et al., 2002 Kem Kem Group, Morocco, Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian)
 Galianemys emringeri Gaffney et al., 2002
 Galianemys whitei Gaffney et al., 2002
 Subfamily Kurmademydinae Gaffney et al., 2006
 Tribe Kurmademydini Gaffney et al., 2006
 Jainemys Joyce & Bandyopadhyay, 2020 Lameta Formation, India, Late Cretaceous (Maastrichtian)
 Jainemys pisdurensis Joyce & Bandyopadhyay, 2020
 Kinkonychelys Gaffney et al., 2009  Maevarano Formation, Madagascar, Late Cretaceous (Maastrichtian)
 Kinkonychelys rogersi Gaffney et al., 2009
 Kurmademys Gaffney et al., 2001 Kallamedu Formation, India, Late Cretaceous (Maastrichtian)
 Kurmademys kallamedensis Gaffney et al., 2001
 Sankuchemys Gaffney et al., 2003 Intertrappean Beds, India,  Late Cretaceous (Maastrichtian)
 Sankuchemys sethnai Gaffney et al., 2003

Phylogeny
Below is a cladogram by Gaffney et al. in 2006:

References

Extinct turtles
Prehistoric reptile families


The Intermediate Region is an established geopolitical model set forth in the 1970s by the Greek historian Dimitri Kitsikis, professor at the University of Ottawa in Canada. According to this model, the Eurasian continent is composed of three regions; in addition to Western Europe and the Far East, a third region called the "Intermediate Region" found between the two constitutes a distinct civilization. It roughly covers Eastern Europe and the Middle East and North Africa (MENA).

Description

The lands between the Adriatic Sea and the Indus River form the Intermediate Region and are considered a bridge between Western and Eastern civilisations. The vast area extends from the eastern half of Europe to the western half of Asia. Its significance is that there is neither a uniform Europe nor a uniform Asia. Europe and Asia denote geographical regions, not civilisations.

Demographically, the region's dominant religions are Orthodox Christianity and Islam, with Judaism to a lesser extent. In contrast, Catholicism and Protestantism dominate in the West, and Hinduism and Buddhism dominate in the East.

The Intermediate Region had, for 2,500 years, been dominated by an ecumenical empire whose centre lay by the Turkish Straits and the Aegean Sea. It was fundamentally the same empire throughout history, and its successive leaders sought to unify its respective peoples. From the Persian Empire of Darius the Great, it fell into the hands of Alexander the Great, then to the Hellenistic Roman Empire, the Byzantine Empire, and finally the Sunni Ottoman Empire until 1923–1924. This Central Empire had been subject to attempts by other empires situated along its periphery to seize succession. These included the Caliphate, the Persian Empire and the Russian Empire (until 1917).

The dynamic between the Central Empire and the Peripheral Empires constitutes an internal conflict in the Intermediate Region. Each of the main peoples in this area struggled to seize control of its centre of influence, that is, Byzantium-Constantinople-Istanbul, which remained the undisputed focal point for nearly 2,000 years. The Arabs, in the 8th century, and the Russians, in the 20th century, almost succeeded in doing so but were not able to take control of the ecumenical empire. Western intervention, since the 18th century, is considered to be an external conflict, which sought not succession but the destruction of the ecumenical empire and its dismemberment (Balkanisation) and its subjection to the stranglehold of Westernisation.

Kitsikis concludes that “due to historical events spanning thousands of years, the Eurasian continent, of which Europe is but one of its peninsulas, comprises three civilisational areas: a) the West, which today includes the United States, Canada, Australia and New Zealand, as well as Western Europe; b) the East or 'Far East', which includes the peninsulas of India, Southeast Asia (with Indonesia) and China (with Korea and Japan); c) the Intermediate Region, which is found both in the East and the West."

See also
Afro-Eurasia
Arno Peters
Eurasianism
Eurasian Steppe
Geographical midpoint of Europe
Intermarium
Ralph Peters
The Clash of Civilizations
The Geographical Pivot of History
The Great Game
Rimland

References

Further reading
 P. Davarinos, Geschichtsschreibung und Politik, Düsseldorf, 1995. (Doctoral thesis).
 P. Davarinos, "Die Historische Theorie der Zwischenregion in Osten und Westen", Journal of Oriental and African Studies, vol. 10 (1999), pp. 131–143.
 Dimitri Kitsikis, L'Empire ottoman (The Ottoman Empire), Paris, PUF, 3e éd., 1994.
 Société Royale du Canada, Académie des lettres et des sciences humaines, Géopolitique de la Région intermédiaire (The Geopolitics of the Intermediate Region), Ottawa, vol.52, 1999.
 Dimitri Kitsikis, «Une vision géopolitique: la Région intermédiaire» (A Geopolitical Vision: the Intermediate Region), Relations internationales, Paris, no.109, 2002.
 Dimitri Kitsikis, «Géopolitique d'un Proche-Orient à venir» (The Geopolitics of a future Middle East), Diplomatie, no. 24, 2007.
 E. Konstantinides, "He Geopolitike kai he historia tes mesa apo chartes (Geopolitics and its history through maps)", Trito Mati, Athens, vol.153, 2007
 Geopolitike kai Hellada (Geopolitics and Greece), Athens, Esoptron, 2001.
 Endiamese Perioche (Intermediate Region), quarterly journal on geopolitics, published in Athens since 1996.
 Dimitri Kitsikis, Türk-Yunan İmparatorluğu. Arabölge gerçeği ışığında Osmanlı tarihine bakış (The Turco-Greek Empire. A study of Ottoman history from the point of view of the Intermediate Region), Istanbul, Iletişim, 1996.
 José Pedro Teixeira Fernandes, «A Grécia Moderna e o Ocidente - Entre a Regiao Intermédia e o Ocidente», Historia, no.87, Junho 2006.
 Georgios K. Filis, Russia and Turkey in the Geopolitics of Eurasia & the Theory of Median Space: Thesis-Synthesis-Antithesis, Durham University, United Kingdom, 2008. (Doctoral thesis).
 Georges Prevelakis, Les Balkans: cultures et géopolitique, Paris, Nathan, 1994.
 Georges Prevelakis, Géopolitique de la Grèce, Paris, Editions Complexe, 1997.

External links
 Geopolitics of the Intermediate Region - Dimitri Kitsikis lecturing in English - Moscow 2011
 Geopolitics of the Intermediate Region - Alexandr Dugin lecturing in Russian - Moscow 2011
Dimitri Kitsikis - Intermediate Region - Article - Moscow 14 December 2011
Dimitri Kitsikis - Intermediate Region - Article - Moscow - 19 December 2011
Kitsikis & Dugin parallel approaches

Geopolitics
Geographical neologisms
Eurasianism


Beautiful Mountain () is part of the Chuska Mountains and its summit is the highest point in San Juan County, New Mexico. The mountain is about  southwest of the community of Shiprock in the Four Corners region. It is on the Navajo Nation and plays a significant role in Navajo mythology.

History
Navajo legend includes "Beautiful Mountain" as the feet of a large mythic male figure, with the Chuska Mountains comprising the body, Chuska Peak as the head and the Carrizo Mountains as the legs. Shiprock is said to be either a medicine pouch or a bow carried by the figure.

References

External links

Landforms of San Juan County, New Mexico
Landmarks in New Mexico
Mountains of New Mexico
Religious places of the indigenous peoples of North America
Mountains of San Juan County, New Mexico
Navajo Nation


The 1994 Gerry Weber Open was a men's tennis tournament played on outdoor grass courts. It was the 2nd edition of the Gerry Weber Open, and was part of the World Series of the 1994 ATP Tour. It took place at the Gerry Weber Stadion in Halle, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, from 13 June until 20 June 1994. First-seeded Michael Stich won the singles title.

Finals

Singles

 Michael Stich defeated  Magnus Larsson 6–4, 4–6, 6–3
It was Stich's 3rd singles title of the year and the 16th of his career.

Doubles

 Olivier Delaître /  Guy Forget defeated  Henri Leconte /  Gary Muller 6–4, 6–7, 6–4

It was Delaitre's 2nd title of the year and the 4th of his career. It was Forget's first title of the year and the 35th of his career.

References

External links
 Official website
 ITF tournament edition details

Gerry Weber Open


A brainstem glioma is a cancerous glioma tumor in the brainstem. Around 75% are diagnosed in children and young adults under the age of twenty, but have been known to affect older adults as well. Brainstem gliomas start in the brain or spinal cord tissue and typically spread throughout the nervous system.

Signs and symptoms
Common symptoms include, but are not necessarily limited to:
 Lack of facial control (droopy eyelids)
 Double vision
 Headache or headache that gets better after vomiting
 Nausea and vomiting
 Weakness and fatigue
 Seizures
 Balance problems
 Numbness in face
Symptoms can develop slowly and subtly and may go unnoticed for months. In other cases, the symptoms may arise abruptly. A sudden onset of symptoms tends to occur with more rapidly growing, high-grade tumors.

Cause
The cause is still unknown. Researchers have not found any direct genetic link.

Diagnosis
Neuroimaging, such as MRI, is the main diagnostic tool for brain stem gliomas. In very rare cases, surgery and biopsy are performed.

Treatment
Unlike most brain tumors, brainstem glioma is not often treated with neurosurgery due to complications in vital parts of the brain. More often, it is treated with chemotherapy and/or radiation therapy (though past use of radiation therapy has yielded mixed results).

However, these treatments do produce side effects; most often including nausea, the breakdown of the immune system, and fatigue. Hair loss can occur from both chemotherapy and radiation, but usually grows back after chemotherapy has ceased. Steroids such as Decadron may be required to treat swelling in the brain. Decadron can lead to weight gain and infection. Patients may also experience seizures, which need to be treated to avoid complications. For some patients there is a chance of a neurological breakdown; this can include, but is not limited to, confusion and memory loss.

The use of topotecan has been investigated.

There are several new clinical trials in process. One such trial is dendritic cell immunotherapy which uses the patient's tumor cells and white blood cells to produce a chemotherapy that directly attacks the tumor.

Prognosis
Brainstem glioma is an aggressive and dangerous cancer.  Without treatment, the life expectancy is typically a few months from the time of diagnosis.  With appropriate treatment, 37% survive more than one year, 20% survive 2 years. and 13% survive 3 years. This is not for all brainstem glioma, this statistic reflects DIPG.  There are other brainstem gliomas.

Research

Tumour tissue analysis
 Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center: Our hypothesis is that unravelling the genomic alterations of diffuse infiltrating pontine gliomas or DIPGs will lead to improved understanding of the biology of such tumours and improved therapeutic options.
 National Institutes of Health: DNA Analysis of Tumor Tissue Samples using Paraffin-Embedded Blocks from Patients with Diffuse Pontine Glioma
St. Jude Children's Research Hospital:Our goal is to perform an extensive genetic analysis of tumor samples obtained from patients with DIPG.
 St. Jude Children's Research Hospital:Gene sequencing project discovers mutations tied to deadly brain tumors in young children
 UCLA's Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center:New system uses nanodiamonds to deliver chemotherapy drugs directly to brain tumors
 UT Southwestern Medical Center:Researchers identify a switch that controls growth of most aggressive brain tumor cells
 The Institute of Cancer Research, London:Genetic flaw may hold key to deadly childhood brain tumour
 Patrick Couvreur, Professor and Director of the Physical Chemistry, Pharmacotechnology and Biopharmacy Unit at Paris-Sud University in France:Fighting cancer with nanotechnology
 VU University Medical Center - Amsterdam (the Netherlands): implementation of a multi-institutional diffuse pontine glioma autopsy protocol

Imaging research

See also
 Diffuse intrinsic pontine glioma

Footnotes

References
 Foer, Dana R, and Paul G. Fisher. "Brain Stem Gliomas in Childhood." Brain Tumor Types and Imaging. The Childhood Brain Tumor Foundation. 23 Oct. 2008.
 "Brain Stem Gliomas." Brain Tumor Society. 25 Oct. 2008.
 "Brain Stem Glioma." Tumor Types. National Brain Tumor Foundation. 25 Oct. 2008.
 Landolfi, Joseph, and Anita Venkataramana. "Brainstem Gliomas : Article by Joseph Landolfi." eMedicine (Aug. 29 2006): 24 Oct. 2008.
 Phuphanich, Surasak. "Immunotherapy for Patients With Brain Stem Glioma and Glioblastoma." 1 Dec. 2007. ClinicalTrials.gov. 23 Oct. 2008.

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Nervous system neoplasia


The 1922–23 Montreal Canadiens season was the team's sixth season in the NHL and 14th overall. The Canadiens finished second in the league and reached the NHL finals, losing to the eventual Stanley Cup champions, the Ottawa Senators. It also marked the debut of Aurèle Joliat, who would spend the next sixteen years with the club.

Preseason

Regular season

Final standings

Record vs. opponents

Schedule and results

Player statistics

Skaters
Note: GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; PIM = Penalty minutes

Goaltenders
Note: GP = Games played; Min = Minutes; W = Wins; L = Losses; T = Ties; GA = Goals against; SO = Shutouts; GAA = Goals against average

Playoffs
They went against Ottawa for the championship and lost 3 goals to 2, or 2–3.

Transactions

References

Montreal Canadiens seasons
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