The Chief of the Naval Staff (French: Chef d’état-major de la Marine, acronym: CEMM) is a French general officer, adviser to the Chief of the Defence Staff for the French Navy and responsible to the Minister of the Armed Forces for preparing the Navy for its engagement. Since 1 September 2023, the Chief of the Naval Staff has been Admiral .

Main powers
The Chief of the Naval Staff is the top representative of the French Navy.

He advises and assists the Chief of the Defence Staff. He provides him with Navy-specific expertise.

He maintains bilateral relations with foreign navies. He participates in inter-administrative bodies in the field of State action at sea.

He has authority over the Navy General Staff (French: Etat-major de la Marine, acronym: EMM), over the Navy Military Personnel Directorate (French: Direction du personnel militaire de la Marine, acronym: DPMM), as well as over all the commands, directorates and services that make up the French Navy.

He ensures the preparation of the naval forces. As such, he is responsible for instruction and training, as well as maintenance of operational readiness. He develops the concepts and doctrines for the employment of naval forces. He reports to the Chief of the Defence Staff on the availability of assets and the operational readiness of the naval forces.

Regarding capabilities, the Chief of the Naval Staff develops the French Navy's military requirements. He defines support and infrastructure needs. He is responsible for the operational evaluation of new equipment. He decides their commissioning and their withdrawal from service at the end of their life.

In terms of human resources, regarding the military personnel of the French Navy, he is responsible for their recruitment, initial and continuous training, discipline, morale and wellbeing, professional and career paths, as well as management of the workforce, jobs and skills. Regarding civilian personnel under his authority, he expresses the needs in terms of employment, manpower and skills. He takes part in the implementation of the ministerial policy concerning civilian personnel and participates in social dialogue bodies.

He has responsibilities in terms of risk management and nuclear safety.

Authority and command
The authority of the Chief of the Naval Staff is exercised over several bodies:

 The Navy General Staff provides general management for the following entities, under the direction of the Major General of the Navy (French: Major général de la Marine, acronym: MGM) and through its seven bureaux (performance and synthesis, support and finance, plans and programs, naval air operations, international relations, nuclear affairs and risk management, human resources):
 Navy Military Personnel Directorate, headed by a Vice-Admiral (acronym: DPMM);
 Major force commands:
 Vice-Admiral "ALFAN", commanding the Naval Action Force (FAN);
 Vice-Admiral "ALFOST", commanding the Strategic Oceanic Force (FOST);
 Commodore "ALAVIA", commanding the naval aviation force (AVIA);
 Commodore "ALFUSCO", commanding the force of marines and commandos (FORFUSCO);
 Maritime zone commanders:
 Vice-Admiral, maritime prefect of the Mediterranean;
 Vice-Admiral, maritime prefect of the Atlantic;
 Vice-Admiral, maritime prefect of the English Channel and the North Sea;
 Commodore "ALPACI", commanding the French Pacific Fleet and the armed forces in French Polynesia;
 Commodore "ALINDIEN", commanding the Indian Ocean Maritime Zone (ZMOI) and the French Maritime Forces in the Indian Ocean;
 Commodore "COMSUP FAA", commanding the French Armed Forces in the West Indies.
 The following services and departments:
 Inspectorate of the Navy (not to be confused with the General Inspectorate of the Armed Forces, which reports to the Minister of the Armed Forces);
 Navy Outreach Delegate;
 Permanent Commission for Fleet Vessel Programs and Testing;
 Navy Centre for Strategic Studies;
 Navy Public Relations Office (SIRPA Marine);
 Navy Logistics Service;
 Permanent Council for Boating Safety of the Navy;
 Permanent Council for Air Safety of the Navy;
 Permanent Secretariat of the Council for the Military Services of the Navy;
 Inspector of the health service for the Navy;

He chairs the board of directors of the Hydrographic and Oceanographic Service of the Navy (French: Service hydrographique et océanographique de la Marine, acronym: SHOM) and supervises the French Naval Academy on behalf of the Minister of the Armed Forces.

History
Before the First World War, the Chief of the Naval Staff was above all the head of the military cabinet of the Minister of the Navy, and this mode of operation is the source of the name used; the officer who had effective authority over the Navy was then the admiral commanding the naval army, sometimes unofficially referred to as "amiralissime", in reference to the title of "généralissime" used at the time in the Army.

The First World War called all this into question, because an immense work of reorganisation had to be carried out at the headquarters in "rue Royale"a to conduct a long-lasting industrial maritime war and to be able to face the new threats posed by German submarines and underwater mines: a sort of "second staff" was even created, called the "directorate general for underwater warfare" (French: Direction générale de la guerre sous-marine, acronym: DGGSM) with sometimes overlapping areas of action; this observed redundancy logically led to the dissolution of the DGGSM at the end of the war and the attribution of its many prerogatives to the offices of the Navy General Staff.

In order to have a system allowing a flexible transition between peacetime — period of preparation — and wartime — period of action — the Vice-Admiral Chief of the Navy General Staff becomes, in the 1920s, the designated commander of the French maritime forces in the event of war, and the staff tasks fall in such circumstances to the Major General of the Navy, his first deputy in time of peace.

From 26 August 1939 to 6 June 1943, the organisation of the French Navy no longer included a general staff, but instead a "staff of the French maritime forces" which acted as such for the time of war. Admiral Darlan thus became commander-in-chief of the French maritime forces before being called to other functions in February 1941 in Vichy France.

After the Second World War, the gradual disappearance of the portfolio of Minister of the Navy led to entrusting part of the Minister's prerogatives to the Chief of the Naval Staff. However over time these prerogatives were taken over at the "joint" level by the staff of the armed forces and its chief: the Chief of the Defence Staff. The Chief of the Naval Staff thus lost his responsibilities for directing maritime operations to the Chief of the Defence Staff in 1971b.

In the 2000s, a large part of the organic prerogatives – force preparation – was again transferred to the Chief of the Defence Staff, but the Chief of the Naval Staff remained his main adviser regarding the preparation and employment of the Navy.

Admiral Bernard Louzeau decided at the end of the 1980s to replace the emblem of the French Navy, "a gold anchor intertwined with a cable", by a logo representing "a white ship’s bow with two blue and red waves". Admiral Pierre-François Forissier decided to provide the Navy with an anthem whose lyrics were written in 2011 by Lieutenant Christian Beauval and the music by the Chief of Music of the Armed Forces Didier Descamps, Chief of Music of the Brest fleet crews.

List of chiefs
The following is a list of chiefs that served under the Third Republic, the French State, the Fourth Republic and the Fifth Republic:

Third Republic

French State

Fourth Republic

Fifth Republic

See also
Chief of the Defence Staff
Chief of Staff of the French Army
Chief of Staff of the French Air Force
Special Operations Command
Directorate General of the National Gendarmerie

Notes

References

External links
Marine nationale The functions of the Chef d'état major de la marine on the French Navy site

Military of France
French military staff

France


Willie J. McCarter (July 26, 1946 – April 18, 2023) was an American basketball player. He was a 6'3" (1.90 m) 175 lb (79 kg) guard. He played at Drake University, averaging 19.9 ppg in three  seasons. He was drafted by the Los Angeles Lakers with the 12th pick in the 1969 NBA draft, and played three seasons with the Lakers and Portland Trail Blazers.

After his NBA career ended in 1972, he became the coach at Harper Creek High School in Battle Creek, Michigan. In January 1973, he signed to play with the Grand Rapids Tackers of the Continental Basketball Association, playing only when it did not conflict with his coaching. McCarter later served as head coach at the University of Detroit Mercy for three seasons from 1979 to 1982, replacing Smokey Gaines after Gaines was hired as the head basketball coach at San Diego State University.

On September 23, 2005, McCarter suffered the first of three strokes within nine months. With the help of his doctors, he recovered.

In February 2009, Drake University retired his No. 15 Bulldogs jersey.

McCarter's younger brother Andre also played in the NBA.

McCarter died in Jackson, Michigan, on April 18, 2023, at the age of 76. His former teammate Dolph Pulliam was with him at the time of his death.

Head coaching record

References

External links
http://www.thedraftreview.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=141

http://www.whotv.com/Global/story.asp?S=4548958

1946 births
2023 deaths
African-American basketball players
American men's basketball players
Basketball coaches from Indiana
Basketball players from Gary, Indiana
Detroit Mercy Titans men's basketball coaches
Drake Bulldogs men's basketball players
Los Angeles Lakers draft picks
Los Angeles Lakers players
Point guards
Portland Trail Blazers players
Shooting guards
Sportspeople from Gary, Indiana


Berkshire Mall can refer to the following:
Berkshire Mall (Massachusetts)
Berkshire Mall (Pennsylvania)


VistAWeb is a portal accessible through CPRS (Computerized Patient Recordkeeping System), the graphical user interface for
the Veterans Health Information Systems and Technology Architecture (VistA), the electronic health record used throughout the United States Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) medical system (known as the Veterans Health Administration (VHA)).

VistAWeb is a product of the VA Medical Center at Ann Arbor, MI.

This portal has been implemented throughout the VA system, allowing healthcare providers at any VA facility to view records from all the sites the patient has been seen at.

As originally created, the VA health systems has 21 regional data systems (VISN) each with a number of medical centers totaling around 125 centers. Every center has the same hierarchical database (VistA) though each, serving different patients, has different data. The usage of VistA throughout the VA has helped to standardize records, but there has until recently not been an easy way for accessing records from other medical centers.

Not all medical centers provide all the same services and patients are routinely referred from smaller centers to larger ones for special procedures. Further, patients often travel to other locations in the country and then visit VA facilities far from their home. VistAWeb affords any healthcare provider access to the records at all these centers, be they remote or local.

Introduction

VistAWeb is an intranet web application used to review remote patient information found in VistA, the Federal Health Information Exchange (FHIE) system, i.e., the Department of Defense, and Indian Health Services. To a large extent, VistAWeb mirrors the reports behavior of the Computerized Patient Record System (CPRS) and Remote Data View (RDV). However, by permitting a more robust and timely retrieval of remote-site patient data, VistAWeb is also an enhancement to CPRS/RDV.

There are three ways to access VistAWeb. It can be made available by adding it to the CPRS Tools Menu, and it can be selected as the default method of retrieving data from the Remote Data Available button in CPRS. These two methods are referred to as CPRS-spawned versions of VistAWeb. They are compliant with the Health Level 7 (HL7) Clinical Context Object Workgroup (CCOW) standards and therefore maintain context with the patient selected in CPRS. As a third option, VistAWeb can be accessed in a standalone mode from its website at https://vistaweb.med.va.gov/.

The standalone version of VistAWeb is connected to neither CPRS nor the clinical context management application. Standalone VistAWeb serves an important function for users who have been granted special access to multiple sites, such as for National Programs, Veterans Administration (VA) researchers, and others.

Usage for record access following natural disaster
VistAWeb was also made available broadly, though temporarily, to assist clinical staff with the retrieval of patient information from the sites affected by damage caused by hurricane Katrina.

Usage for record access from DoD
VistAWeb was also expanded for to access patient records from the DoD AHLTA patient record system in 2009.  This relied on mapping data from AHLTA  via a bidirectional data exchange system to VistA. Due to errors in the bidirectional exchange system, erroneous data was transmitted to the VA, causing this remote viewer function from DoD sites to be closed.

Availability

The VistAWeb package is distributed in the public domain as a module of the VistA software package under the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA). It is therefore available from the VA FTP site, from the VA software distribution office, and in bundled packages. Its capabilities, therefore, can be achieved by a healthcare institution that installs the VistA electronic health record.

See also
 Electronic health record
 Health informatics
 MUMPS
 Veterans Health Administration
 United States Department of Veterans Affairs

References

External links

  (Department of Veterans Affairs)
  (Department of Veterans Affairs)
  (VistA Software Vendor Trade Organization)

  - Home of the WorldVistA EHR

  - a VistA user community
  - Ash Institute News Release
 —provides a VistA-based EMR package, based in Raleigh, North Carolina

  Bidirectional Health Information Exchange protocols of the Department of Veterans Affairs

United States Department of Veterans Affairs
Health care software
Public-domain software


Process development execution systems (PDES) are software systems used to guide the development of high-tech manufacturing technologies like semiconductor manufacturing, MEMS manufacturing, photovoltaics manufacturing, biomedical devices or nanoparticle manufacturing. Software systems of this kind have similarities to product lifecycle management (PLM) systems. They guide the development of new or improved technologies from its conception, through development and into manufacturing. Furthermore, they borrow on concepts of manufacturing execution systems (MES) systems but tailor them for R&D rather than for production. PDES integrate people (with different backgrounds from potentially different legal entities), data (from diverse sources), information, knowledge and business processes.

Benefits

Documented benefits of process development execution systems include:
 Reduced time to market
 Reduced amounts of experimentation
 Improved quality / more robust manufacturing process
 Reduced prototyping costs
 Savings through the re-use of original data, information and knowledge
 A framework for product optimization
 Reduced waste
 Savings through the complete integration of engineering workflows
 Ability to provide collaboration partners with access to a centralized development record

Relationships with other level 3 / level 4 systems
A process development execution system (PDES) is a system used by companies to perform development activities for high-tech manufacturing processes.
Software systems of this kind leverage diverse concepts from other software categories like PLM, manufacturing execution system (MES), ECM but focus on tools to speed up the technology development rather than the production.

A PDES is similar to a manufacturing execution systems (MES) in several ways. The key distinguishing factor of a PDES is that it is tailored for steering the development of a manufacturing process, while MES is tailored for executing the volume production using the developed process. Therefore, the toolset and focus of a PDES is on lower volume but higher flexibility and experimentation freedom. The tools of an MES are more focused on less variance, higher volumes, tighter control and logistics. Both types of application software increase traceability, productivity, and quality of the delivered result. For PDESs quality refers to the capability of the process to perform without failure under a wide range of conditions, i.e. the robustness of the developed manufacturing process. For MESs quality refers to the quality of the manufactured good/commodity. Additionally both software types share functions including equipment tracking, product genealogy, labour and item tracking, costing, electronic signature capture, defect and resolution monitoring, executive dashboards, and other various reporting solutions.

In contrast to PLM systems, PDES typically address the collaboration and innovation challenges with a bottom-up approach. They start-out with the details of manufacturing technologies (like PPLM), a single manufacturing step with all its physical aware parameterization and integrating steps into sequences, into devices, into systems, etc.

Other rather similar software categories are laboratory information management systems (LIMS) and laboratory information system (LIS). PDESs offer a wider set of functionalities e.g. virtual manufacturing techniques, while they are typically not integrated with the equipment in the laboratory.

PDESs have many parts and can be deployed on various scales – from simple Work in Progress tracking, to a complex solution integrated throughout an enterprise development infrastructure. The latter connects with other enterprise systems like enterprise resource and planning systems (ERPs), manufacturing execution systems (MESs), product lifecycle management (PLM), supervisory, control and data acquisition (SCADA) solutions and scheduling and planning systems (both long-term and short-term tactical).

Example: PDES usage during semiconductor device development
New ideas for manufacturing processes (for new goods/commodities or improved manufacturing) are often based on, or can at least benefit from, previous developments and recipes already in use. The same is true when developing new devices, for example, a MEMS sensor or actuator. A PDES offers an easy way to access these previous developments in a structured manner. Information can be retrieved faster, and previous results can be taken into account more efficiently. A PDES typically offers means to display and search for result data from different viewpoints, and to categorise the data according to the different aspects. These functionalities are applied to all result data, such as materials, process steps, machines, experiments, documents and pictures. The PDES also provides a way to relate entities belonging to the same or similar context and to explore the resulting information.

In the assembly phase from process steps to process flows, a PDES helps to easily build, store, print, and transfer new process flows. By providing access to previously assembled process flows the designer is able to use those as building blocks or modules in the newly developed flow. The usage of standard building blocks can dramatically reduce the design time and the probability of errors.

A PDES demonstrates its real benefits in the verification phase. Knowledge (for example in the semiconductor device fabrication – clean before deposition; After polymer spin-on no temperature higher than 100 °C until resist is removed) is provided in a format that can be interpreted by a computer as rules. If a domain expert enters the rules for his/her process steps, all engineers can later use these rules to check newly developed process flows, even if the domain expert is not available. For a PDES, this means it has to be able to
 manage rules
 connect rules with Boolean terms (and, or, not) and
 check process flows using these rules. This rule check verifies the principle manufacturability of a newly designed manufacturing flow.

The processing rule check gives no indication about the functionality or even the structure of the produced good or device. In the area of semiconductor device fabrication, the techniques of semiconductor process simulation / TCAD can provide an idea about the produced structures. To support this 'virtual fabrication', a PDES is able to manage simulation models for process steps. Usually the simulation results are seen as standalone data. To rectify this situation PDESs are able to manage the resulting files in combination with the process flow. This enables the engineer to easily compare the expected results with the simulated outcome. The knowledge gained from the comparison can again be used to improve the simulation model.

After virtual verification the device is produced in an experimental fabrication environment. A PDES allows a transfer of the process flow to the fabrication environment (for example in semiconductor: FAB). This can be done by simply printing out a runcard for the operator or by interfacing to the Manufacturing Execution Systems (MES) of the facility. On the other hand, a PDES is able to manage and document last minute changes to the flow like parameter adjustments during the fabrication.
During and after processing a lot of measurements are taken. The results of these measurements are often produced in the form of files such as images or simple text files containing rows and columns of data. The PDES is able to manage these files, to link related results together, and to manage different versions of certain files, for example reports. Paired with flexible text, and graphical retrieval and search methods, a PDES provides the mechanism to view and assess the accumulated data, information and knowledge from different perspectives. It provides insight into both the information aspects as well as the time aspects of previous developments.

Development activities within high tech industries are an increasingly collaborative effort. This leads to the need to exchange information between the partners or to transfer process intellectual property from a vendor to a customer. PDESs' support this transfer while being selective to protect the IPR of the company.

See also
 Microfabrication
 Semiconductor device fabrication
 Microelectromechanical systems
 Product information management system (PIMS)

References
D. Ortloff, J. Popp, T. Schmidt, and R. Brück. Process Development Support Environment: A tool SUITE TO ENGINEER MANUFACTURING SEQUENCES in International Journal of Nanomanufacturing, "Recent Developments and Innovations in NEMS/MEMS devices", 2007
T. Schmidt, K. Hahn, T. Binder, J. Popp, A. Wagener, and R. Brück. OPTIMIZATION OF MEMS FABRICATION PROCESS DESIGN BY VIRTUAL EXPERIMENTS. In Proceedings of SPIE: Micro- and Nanotechnology: Materials, Processes, Packaging, and Systems III, Adelaide, volume 6415, 2006. Smart Materials, Nano and Micro-Smart Systems 2006.
NEXUS news. "Successful Outcome from the PROMENADE Project...", mst|news, April 2008.
ICT Results. "A virtual factory for micromachines", ICT Results, June 2007.
Electronics World – High-Tech R&D − Drowning in Data but Starving for Information .

External links
 Semiconductor Manufacturing
 Semiconductor Glossary

Knowledge management
Information science
Information systems
Technical communication


Little Bealings is a village in Suffolk, England.  It has a population of approximately 470 people living in around 185 households. The population had fallen to 420 at the 2011 Census.    Its nearest towns are Ipswich ( away) and Woodbridge ( away).  Nearby villages include Great Bealings, Playford, Culpho, Martlesham and Grundisburgh.

The village contains a school, a village hall and a meeting room called the Angela Cobbold Memorial Hall.  Its pub, the Admiral's Head, closed on 20 July 2012.

Until 1956 the village had an active railway station.  This was closed as part of the 1950s rail closure programme, prior to the Beeching Axe.  The station is now used as commercial office premises.  The railway line running through the station remains active, as part of the Ipswich to Lowestoft line, and crosses the main street at an automatic level crossing.

Little Bealings' church is All Saints, part of a shared benefice with Great Bealings, Playford and Culpho.

The Grove, an old house and estate in the village, was the childhood home of Sidney Colvin, the curator, critic, and great friend of Robert Louis Stevenson.

Gallery

References

External links

Little Bealings Parish Council
All Saints Church, Little Bealings
Bealings school

Villages in Suffolk
Civil parishes in Suffolk


Arthricocephalus is an extinct genus from a well-known class of fossil marine arthropods, the trilobites. It lived during the later part of the Botomian stage, which lasted from approximately 524 to 518.5 million years ago. This faunal stage was part of the Cambrian Period.

References

Cambrian trilobites
Prehistoric animals of China


Astenaspis is an extinct genus from a well-known class of fossil marine arthropods, the trilobites. It lived during the later part of the Botomian stage, which lasted from approximately 524 to 518.5 million years ago. This faunal stage was part of the Cambrian Period.

References

Cambrian trilobites
Redlichiida genera


Bathyuriscopsis is an extinct genus from a well-known class of fossil marine arthropods, the trilobites. It lived during the later part of the Botomian stage, which lasted from approximately 524 to 518.5 million years ago. This faunal stage was part of the Cambrian Period.

References

Cambrian trilobites


Bergerolimbus is an extinct genus from a well-known class of fossil marine arthropods, the trilobites. It lived during the later part of the Botomian stage, which lasted from approximately 524 to 518.5 million years ago. This faunal stage was part of the Cambrian Period.

References

Cambrian trilobites
Trilobite genera


WLID (1370 AM) is a radio station licensed to Patchogue, New York.  Established in 1952 as WALK, the station broadcasts a Spanish language Christian radio format.

WLID broadcasts at 500 watts by day. Because radio waves travel farther at night, the station reduces power to 102 watts at sunset to protect other stations on 1370 AM. WLID's transmitter is located at the former WALK studios on Colonial Drive in East Patchogue, New York.

History
The station, initially owned by the Suffolk Broadcasting Corporation, went on the air April 20, 1952 as WALK from studios on Colonial Drive in East Patchogue, New York. The station's studios would remain there for more than 62 years.

In its early years, WALK played nothing but classical, big-band, and jazz. It was purchased in 1963 by the Island Broadcasting System along with its sister stations, WALK-FM Patchogue, New York and WRIV Riverhead, New York. Island Broadcasting was owned in part by NBC News anchorman Chet Huntley. WALK was one of the first stations on Long Island to run a full schedule of Christmas music during the holiday season. The holiday format began in 1995. In later years, it was run on both WALK and WALK-FM.

On May 15, 2014, Qantum Communications announced that it would acquire WALK and WALK-FM from the Aloha Station Trust in exchange for transferring its existing 29 stations to the WALK stations' former owner, Clear Channel Communications. Qantum then immediately resold the WALK stations to Connoisseur Media. On September 12, 2014, WALK flipped to a simulcast of WHLI's adult standards format.

On October 30, 2019, it was announced that Connoisseur Media would be donating WALK's license to Cantico Nuevo Ministry, the owner of WNYG Patchogue, New York, and WLIM Medford, New York. As part of the deal, Iglesias de Evangelizacion Misionera Jovenus Cristianos de EU Inc. purchased WALK's transmitter site and former studios for $500,000. The deal was consummated on December 31, 2019. As Connoisseur retained the rights to the "WALK" call sign for WALK-FM, 1370's call letters were changed to WLID.

References

External links

Mass media in Suffolk County, New York
Radio stations established in 1952
1952 establishments in New York (state)
LID
Patchogue, New York


José Recio Ariza (born January 24, 1957, in Fernán Núñez) is a Spanish former professional road racing cyclist. He won five stages at Vuelta a España and several Spanish stage races like Volta a Catalunya, Setmana Catalana de Ciclisme and Vuelta a Burgos.

Recio turned professional in 1980, and started in the Vuelta a Espana. This was not a success; he dropped out soon, stopped riding, and became a bricklayer for one year. In 1982, he returned as a professional rider, started the Vuelta again, and won a stage. 1983 also was good, as he won the Volta a Catalunya. In 1984, he was one of the leaders of his team in the Vuelta a Espana, and won a stage, finishing in the top ten overall.

References

External links

Living people
Spanish male cyclists
1957 births
Spanish Vuelta a España stage winners
Doping cases in cycling
Sportspeople from the Province of Córdoba (Spain)
Cyclists from Andalusia
People from Campiña Sur (Córdoba)


() is a small non-governmental organization based in Antananarivo, Madagascar, with the mission of developing economically and ecologically sustainable management of the natural resources in parts of Madagascar.

The organization works in five different areas outside of Antananarivo, with a common focus being ecotourism, medicinal plants, and experimental agriculture as alternatives to environmental degradation for local communities.  One of the main areas it serves is the Vohimana Reserve, adjacent to Andasibe-Mantadia National Park.

Man and the Environment accepts foreign volunteers and researchers on long-term and short-term assignments, for a charge. Some knowledge of French is preferable but not required.

External links
 Official English-language website for Man and the Environment
 Official French-language website for L'Homme et L'Environnement
 Organization reporting on Man and the Environment's work
 Conference report abstract on Man and the Environment's work
 Short conference description of Man and the Environment's work

Environmental organisations based in Madagascar


KACT-FM (105.5 FM) is a radio station broadcasting a country music format. Licensed to Andrews, Texas, United States, the station serves the Odessa-Midland area. The station is currently owned by Jessica May Reid and Gerald K. Reid, through licensee Zia Broadcasting Company, and features programming from Westwood One.

References

External links

ACT-FM


Zigzuella is an extinct genus from a well-known class of fossil marine arthropods, the trilobites. It lived during the later part of the Botomian stage, which lasted from approximately 524 to 518.5 million years ago. This faunal stage was part of the Cambrian Period.

References

Cambrian trilobites


Zhangshania is an extinct genus of redlichiid trilobite. It lived during the later part of the Botomian stage, which lasted from approximately 524 to 518.5 million years ago. This faunal stage was part of the Cambrian Period.

References

Redlichioidea
Redlichiida genera
Cambrian trilobites of Asia


Yunnanaspis is an extinct genus of redlichiid trilobite of what is now China. It lived during the later part of the Botomian stage, which lasted from approximately 524 to 518.5 million years ago. This faunal stage was part of the Cambrian Period.

References

Redlichioidea
Cambrian trilobites of Asia


Yunnanaspidella is an extinct genus from a well-known class of fossil marine arthropods, the trilobites. It lived during the later part of the Botomian stage, which lasted from approximately 524 to 518.5 million years ago. This faunal stage was part of the Cambrian Period.

References

Redlichioidea
Redlichiida genera
Cambrian trilobites
Cambrian trilobites of Asia


Pruvostinoides is an extinct genus from a well-known class of fossil marine arthropods, the trilobites. It lived during the later part of the Botomian stage, which lasted from approximately 524 to 518.5 million years ago. This faunal stage was part of the Cambrian Period.

References

Ellipsocephalidae
Ptychopariida genera
Cambrian trilobites
Trilobites of Africa


Kolbaspis is an extinct genus from a well-known class of fossil marine arthropods, the trilobites. It lived during the later part of the Botomian stage, which lasted from approximately 524 to 518.5 million years ago. This faunal stage was part of the Cambrian Period.

References

Cambrian trilobites
Redlichiida genera


Atex or ATEX may refer to:

 ATEX directive, either of two EU directives for safety requirements in explosive atmospheres
 Atex (software), a software company.


The Toledo Division was the southern half of the Pere Marquette Railway's main line, which ran from Ludington, Michigan (on the coast of Lake Michigan) to Toledo, Ohio (on the coast of Lake Erie). The Toledo Division encompassed the portion which ran from Toledo north to Saginaw, Michigan, where it met the Ludington Division. The line was built by a predecessor of the PM, the Flint & Pere Marquette, and is currently owned by CSX Transportation.

Structure
The main line of the Toledo Division ran south from Saginaw to Alexis, Ohio, just north of Toledo, for a total length of . Toledo marked the southern extent of the Pere Marquette; north of Saginaw the main line continued as the Ludington Division.

The tracks of the Toledo Division crossed numerous other railroads between Saginaw and Toledo, including:
The now-abandoned Saginaw Branch of the Michigan Central at Hoyt, Saginaw.
The Chicago Division of the Grand Trunk Western at Flint.
The Detroit Division of the Grand Trunk Western at Holly.
The Jackson Subdivision of the Grand Trunk Western at Wixom. The Grand Truk Western abandoned the westward portion in 1984 and sold the eastern segment to Coe Rail.
The Detroit Division of the Michigan Central at Wayne. This line is now operated by the Norfolk Southern.
The Main Line of the Wabash at Romulus. This line is now operated by the Norfolk Southern.
The Main Line of the DT&I at Carleton. This line is now operated by the Grand Trunk Western.
The now-abandoned Monroe Branch of the LS&MS at Monroe.

Current status
In 1947 the Pere Marquette merged into the Chesapeake & Ohio, which in turn eventually became CSX Transportation. CSX still owns the Toledo-Saginaw line, which forms the Saginaw Subdivision, but in 2005 leased the section from Mount Morris to Saginaw to the Saginaw Bay Southern Railway, a short-line railroad. CSX continues to operate the Flint-Toledo segment directly.

Pere Marquette Railway


Aleris Corporation (also Aleris Inc. or Aleris International Inc.) was an American aluminum rolled products producer, based in Beachwood, Ohio. The company had approximately 5,000 employees globally as of mid 2015.

On 15 April 2020, Aleris Corporation was acquired by Hindalco Industries subsidiary Novelis Inc. for $2.8 billion. With the deal closure, Hindalco is now one of the world's largest aluminium makers and Novelis' entered into the high-end aerospace segment.

Corporate affairs
Aleris was an aluminum rolled products producer, based in Beachwood, Ohio, a suburb of Cleveland. The privately held company had approximately 5,000 employees overall, as of mid 2015, around 200 of which are based in Northeast Ohio, including a manufacturing facility in Uhrichsville, Ohio. Aleris has private equity owners, including Apollo Global and Oaktree Capital Management.

Steve Demetriou served as the first chairman and chief executive officer (CEO). Sean Stack became CEO and joined the board of directors in mid 2015. Scott Graves became a non-executive chairman of Aleris' board at the same time.

History
Aleris was established in 2004, the result of a merger between an aluminum recycling company and an aluminum rolled products company. Aleris operated as a portfolio company of Texas Pacific Group, and expanded via acquisitions during its early history. The company acquired Corus Group's aluminum extrusion and rolling businesses for approximately $894 million (€700 million) in 2006, and Wabash Alloys for an undisclosed amount in 2007. Following the Corus acquisition, Aleris had approximately 8,800 employees and more than 40 manufacturing facilities globally.

In February 2009, the Department of Justice filed suit against the company, alleging that 15 of its plants had violated the Clean Air Act by emission of pollutants. Aleris settled the suit with the government in August 2009, and agreed to pay a $4.6 million fine and spend an additional $4.2 million on new pollution controls at its plants. The financial crisis of 2007–2008 and Great Recession caused significant downturns in production, and Aleris experienced a 40 percent volume decline during 2008–2009.

In 2009, the company filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy, and Apollo, Oaktree Capital, and Sankaty Advisors became owners in 2010. Aleris stabilized its financial position and significantly reduced debt. The company also invested in its facilities, building a new aerospace plate mill in China during the early 2010s, finishing a $70 million expansion of its facility in Duffel Belgium (2013), and improving its plant in Ashville, Ohio, in 2014. Aleris acquired Nichols Aluminum and its production facilities in Davenport, Iowa, Decatur, Alabama, and Lincolnshire, Illinois, for $110 million cash in 2014. The aluminum finishing plant in Decatur was closed before the end of the year to streamline operations. Aleris had more than 40 production facilities in North America, Europe, and Asia, as of October 2014.

In 2015, the company focused on selling its extrusion and recycling businesses, and planned to raise approximately $600 million in capital. The divestitures decreased the number of employees to around 5,000. Aleris abandoned plans to complete an initial public offering in 2015. The company had approximately 7,000 employees in the U.S., Europe, and China at the time, including approximately 340 in Uhrichsville and 250 in Greater Cleveland. Aleris was also among the largest aluminum sheet suppliers for semi-trailers, and the leading aluminum sheet supplier for the U.S. residential construction industry. The company increased production as the automotive industry began using more aluminum than steel. Aleris' new aluminum body sheet facility in Lewisport, Kentucky opened in 2017.

China Zhongwang subsidiary Zhongwang USA and Aleris entered into a merger agreement in August 2016, marking the highest offer made by a Chinese firm for an American metal producing company. However, the $2.3 billion ($1.1 billion in cash plus $1.2 billion in debt) agreement was abandoned in November 2017 because of uncertainties around regulations and approval by the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States. Hindalco Industries was working on a $2.5 billion bid to acquire Aleris, as of October 2017, and Vedanta Resources was considering a bid, as of January 2018.

In 2017 and 2018, Aleris entered into multi-year agreements to supply aluminum to Bombardier Inc. and Boeing, respectively. Aleris is ranked number 690 on the 2019 Fortune 1000.

In March 2019, Aleris was recognized with the accredited supplier award for outstanding quality performance by Airbus for the second consecutive year.

On 15 April 2020, Aleris Corporation was acquired by Hindalco Industries subsidiary Novelis Inc. for $2.8 billion. With the deal closure, Hindalco is now one of the world's largest aluminium makers and Novelis' entered into the high-end aerospace segment.

Metals
Aleris manufactures a number of different alloys, such as AA7022-T651, a member of the 7000 series of alloys, which contains in addition to aluminum, silicon, iron, copper, manganese, magnesium, chromium, zinc, titanium and zirconium. In its Koblenz facility, which used to be called Corus Aluminium Walzprodukte GmbH, it produces alloy AA5059-H131, and for the structural components of aircraft, aluminium-magnesium-lithium alloys in the range 1.3-6.3 mm thick.

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The Paradise Center for the Arts is located at 321 Central Avenue in Faribault, Minnesota in the United States. For more than 60 years, this building, the Paradise Theater, served the region with a 915-seat atmospheric theatre, capable of producing arts programming on a fully functioning stage and showing newly released films. The theater closed in the late 1980s, under pressure from more modern, multiplex theaters that had sprung up in the region.

The period of vacancy at the Paradise Theater was not void of artistic enterprises. The Faribault Art Center (FAC) which became a nonprofit in 1965, Faribault Area Community Theater (FACT), founded in 1988, and The Merlin Players all became very active players in the regional arts scene. For over 40 years, the Faribault Art Center (now the Paradise Center for the Arts) has been part of the Faribault community. Begun in the 1950s by a small group of artists, FAC promoted visual arts to local artists and art lovers through classes, exhibitions, and community involvement projects. FACT also had a strong history of making theatrical performances accessible to community participants as well as patrons. There are currently four community theater performances a year.

The Merlin Players (TMP) is a non-profit theater organization that provides professional, affordable theatre experiences to audiences throughout southeastern Minnesota. These productions are designed to offer actors, technical staff and director's challenges for artistic growth. Dedicated to the ideology that artists are deserving of monetary reimbursement for their talents and efforts just like any other work, TMP provides stipends to everyone involved in productions, not just the actors, including students who provide backstage and technical support. This relationship provides students with experience working with professionals, which has led to strong mentoring relationships. TMP has a production schedule of four full shows a year at the Paradise starting with Always, Patsy Cline in May 2008. Their first show in the Paradise was in December 2007, a production of A Christmas Carol.

Built in 1929 on the site of the former Faribault Opera House, the Paradise was recently renovated. It was designed by the firm of Liebenberg and Kaplan (who also designed the Uptown Theater and the Oak Street Cinema in Minneapolis).  The motif is one of a Moorish courtyard with Turkish caps over the doors, turrets and "stonework" on the walls. Originally built to seat 915, the Paradise has been altered to seat 300. The remainder of the building has become a multi-purpose art center with an exhibition gallery, classrooms, and retail space, with fully restored facades in the lobby. The Bahl Family Auditorium was restored (with the change in size) to its original 1929 splendor.

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The following is the final results of the 1998 World Wrestling Championships. Men's Freestyle competition were held in Tehran, Iran. Men's Greco-Roman competition were held in Gävle, Sweden and Women's competition were held in Poznań, Poland.

Medal table

Team ranking

Medal summary

Men's freestyle

Men's Greco-Roman

Women's freestyle

Participating nations

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220 competitors from 49 nations participated.

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Women's freestyle
86 competitors from 21 nations participated.

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The Edwin Grant Conklin Medal was inaugurated in 1995 by the Society for Developmental Biology in honor of the biologist Edwin Conklin. It is awarded annually to recognise a member of the society who has carried out distinguished and sustained research in developmental biology. The recipient delivers a feature lecture at the annual society meeting and is presented with a commemorative plaque.

List of recipients
The following have won the award:

 1995 – John Phillip Trinkaus (Yale University)
 1996 – John W. Saunders Jr. (State University of New York at Albany)
 1997 – Elizabeth D. Hay (Harvard Medical School)
 1998 – Thomas C. Kaufman (Indiana University)
 1999 – Clement Markert (Yale University)
 2000 – Charles B. Kimmel (University of Oregon)
 2001 – John B. Gurdon (University of Cambridge)
 2002 – Gail R. Martin (University of California, San Francisco)
 2003 – Allan C. Spradling (Carnegie Institution of Washington, Baltimore, Maryland)
 2004 – Matthew Scott (Stanford University)
 2005 – Nicole Marthe Le Douarin (Honoraire at the Collège de France and Secrétaire Perpétuelle of the Académie des Sciences de l'Institut de France)
 2006 – Trudi Schupbach (Princeton University)
 2007 – Janet Rossant (Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, Canada)
 2008 – Elizabeth J. Robertson (University of Oxford, United Kingdom)
 2009 – David Mark Kingsley (Stanford University)
 2010 – Noriyuki Satoh (Okinawa Institute of Science & Technology, Japan)
 2011 – Ruth Lehmann (Skirball Institute of Biomolecular Medicine, NYU School of Medicine, Howard Hughes Medical Institute)
 2012 – Clifford Tabin (Department of Genetics, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts)
 2013 – Marianne Bronner (California Institute of Technology)
 2014 – Richard Harland (University of California, Berkeley)
 2015 – Michael S. Levine (University of California, Berkeley / Lewis Sigler Institute, Princeton)
 2016 - Kathryn V. Anderson (Sloan Kettering Institute)
 2017 - Philippe M. Soriano (Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai)
 2018 - Robb Krumlauf (Stowers Institute for Medical Research)
 2019 - Eric N. Olson (University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center)
 2020 - Claude Desplan (New York University)

See also

 List of biology awards
 List of medicine awards
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References

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The Maestro is a fictional supervillain appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. Created by writer Peter David and artist George Pérez, the character first appeared in The Incredible Hulk: Future Imperfect #1 (Dec. 1992). Depicted as an evil version of the Hulk from an alternate future (designated by Marvel Comics as Earth-9200), the Maestro possesses Bruce Banner's intelligence and the Hulk's strength and more malevolent personality traits.

The Maestro has appeared in video games, and made his animation debut in Hulk and the Agents of S.M.A.S.H., voiced by Fred Tatasciore.

Publication history
The Maestro first appeared as the main antagonist in The Incredible Hulk: Future Imperfect #1-2 (Dec. 1992–Jan. 1993). The character was created by Peter David and George Pérez.

The term maestro is an Italian/Spanish word meaning teacher or master.

Fictional character biography
After a devastating nuclear war destroyed most of the human race, the Hulk and a group of other radiation-empowered heroes were captured by A.I.M. and MODOK with the goal of eventually analysing their physiologies to recreate their immunity to radiation. However, about one hundred years afterwards, the Hulk (now operating in a state where he had Bruce Banner's intelligence) broke out of the VR machine they were using to keep him contained and decided to work on rebuilding the world himself. Travelling to America, he became disheartened with the state of the country, including the destruction of the Hoover Dam and Mount Rushmore, until he found people still alive under Washington. The initial entrance was guarded by the Machine Man, who led the Hulk to the 'Maestro' who ruled this group of survivors, the Hulk swiftly recognizing him as Hercules. After Hercules punched the Hulk away just to affirm their old status as sparring partners, Hulk meets with Rick Jones, who explains that Hercules is now only interested in ruling humans and having sparring matches or sex. Although the Hulk expresses little interest in helping ordinary people for the sake of helping them after they caused the apocalypse, when Rick reminds him that most of the people close to Hulk were just normal humans, he infiltrates the remains of Alchemax to create the Dogs of War to oppose Hercules's forces. Hercules entered the fray and fought off the Dogs of War. He then goaded Hulk into a fight and easily bested him, and Hercules spared his life to make him a part of his entourage. Hulk however wanted to make amends, and vanished for a number of years before returning with U-Foes member Vapor, who Hulk had seduce Hercules to get close to him so she could then kill him by poisoning him. Hulk then turned on Vapor by freezing her, shattering her into pieces, and having those pieces buried over a vast area so she could never regenerate. As Hulk tried to publicly cremate Hercules' corpse, he sprung back to life, sent by Hades to enact his revenge. Hercules proved too powerful a physical threat and even the Dogs of War were no challenge for him. When a former member of Rick Jones' rebels unleashed a weapon designed by Forge years previously to kill Hulk, the evil Hulk managed to evade the weapon before his ally the Minister used it to execute Hercules once and for all. Hulk then went to confront Rick about his friends' failed attempt to kill him but found Rick and his artifacts gone. Rick then communicated with Hulk remotely, comparing him to his father, before trying to kill him with a bomb. However, Hulk survived the explosion.

Maestro developed a new movement he called Post-Apocalyptic Existence, or PAX, which would destroy the remaining division in humanity and replace it with a single overlord: himself. Maestro implemented this movement by expanding his domain beyond Dystopia to surrounding areas like Connecticut and the underground community living beneath Washington, D.C., though the community escaped and destroyed their home to spite Maestro. Maestro also joined forces with Doctor Doom to destroy both A.I.M. and Maestro's former team the Pantheon as they were the two organizations that remained that threatened their plans to rule the world. When A.I.M. and the Pantheon were vanquished, Maestro and Doom turned on each other, leading to a fight between the two that led to Doom's retreat.

Driven insane by the devastation of everything he has lost, along with the excess radiation he absorbed after the nuclear fallout, the Hulk eventually adopted the title of the new "Maestro", while gaining even greater strength than before from absorbing the excess radiation after the nuclear holocaust. An elderly Rick Jones encounters the reality-hopping mutant Proteus, who has possessed the body of an alternate reality Hulk from the year 2099. Proteus intends to discard his current body and possess the Maestro. Jones, unaware of his plan, provides a weapon created by the X-Man Forge, which might be able to kill Maestro. However, the plan fails when the Maestro is warned by the Exiles, who are pursuing Proteus. Proteus possesses a new host and flees to another world, breaking the Maestro's neck during his escape.

Years later, the Maestro (fully recovered from his injury) encounters a time traveling Genis-Vell and Spider-Man from 2099. Manipulated by the supervillain Thanatos, the three battle. Genis-Vell and Spider-Man 2099 eventually return to their own time, with no consequence for the Maestro, when the elderly Rick uses his ability to wield Thor's hammer Mjolnir to defeat Thanatos.

Acquiring Doctor Doom's time machine, the rebels opposing the Maestro bring the Professor Hulk forward from the past, hoping that he can defeat the Maestro. Although Hulk's ability to improvise allows him to score some effective blows against the Maestro, the Maestro's superior strength and experience, combined with his knowledge of the Hulk's strategies, allow him to easily dominate the Hulk and break his neck. Knowing Hulk will soon heal, he shows Hulk around the city, attempting to convince his younger self to side with him, but realizes that the Hulk is pretending to be more injured than he is with the intention of launching an attack. The Maestro is defeated when the Hulk lures him back into the rebel's base—the Maestro throwing Rick Jones into Wolverine's skeleton in the process— subsequently using Doom's time machine to send the Maestro back to the time and place that the Hulk was created: ground zero during the testing of the atomic Gamma Bomb. Appearing next to the bomb itself, Maestro is killed in the same moment that creates the Hulk.

Hulk learns that the "homing sense" that has always allowed him to locate ground zero, his "birth" place, is actually attracted to the Maestro's spirit and remains. The Maestro has been absorbing gamma radiation from the Hulk each time he returns to the site, gradually restoring himself. He emerges, initially in a weakened and emaciated form, but is retrieved by a group of Asgardian rock trolls. The exhausted Maestro attempts to use the Destroyer against the Hulk, the trolls having provided him with the armour as a weapon to compensate for his current weakness. He is driven out when the Hulk manages to transmit his soul into the Destroyer as well, exploiting the fact that the Maestro is still technically him, and forces the Maestro back into his still-weakened body, which is last seen buried in a small rockslide along with the trolls.

After Banner is shot in the head, the subsequent attempt to treat the brain damage with Extremis causes the Hulk to be "upgraded" to the persona of Doc Green, a version of the Hulk with access to Banner's intelligence. Doc Green sets out to hunt down and 'cure' all other gamma-based mutations, but in the process he begins to experience dream-like visions of the Maestro, creating the possibility that Doc Green would eventually become his dark future self, starting with him contemplating growing a beard. However, Doc Green eventually recognized the potential dangers of the 'Maestro' aspects of his personality when he realized that part of him enjoyed eliminating his 'rivals', deciding to accept the eventual loss of his intellect as Extremis wore off rather than risk that persona emerging. He leaves the last injection of the cure with She-Hulk, who is the only gamma mutation whose life he felt had been legitimately enhanced by her condition. He instructs her to use it on him if he goes too far.

Variations

A+X version
At some point, the Maestro (or possibly an alternate universe version of him) is sent back in time alongside the "Days of Future Past" version of Wolverine as part of a secret assignment. The two end up battling their present-day Earth-616 counterparts before being forced to flee. They are sent back to an alternate future where Red Hulk is the President of the United States of America, where it is revealed that he sent the two to kill the Earth-616 version of Red Hulk to save the world.

2099 version
When Spider-Man 2099 attempts to return to his own time after the events of Spider-Verse, he ends up in a world accidentally devastated by Alchemax and ruled by the Maestro who mistakes Miguel for the original Spider-Man. The Maestro beats Miguel into submission and places him in a cell with Strange 2099. The Maestro then travels back to present day by having the demon possessing Strange manipulate Miguel into repairing Doctor Doom's Time Platform. The Maestro timeline is described by Miguel O'Hara as having overwritten the 2099 timeline he originated from. Miguel seemingly manages to slay the Maestro with a weapon from the villain's trophy room, but it is later shown that the Maestro feigned defeat to follow Miguel back to the present.

King
A Maestro from an unidentified alternate reality arrived in the Old Man Logan reality where he rounded up the surviving members of the Hulk Gang as he makes plans to help them build a paradise for all Hulks on Earth-616. With help from Cambria Banner, Logan and Hawkeye of Earth-616 were able to defeat Maestro and the surviving members of the Hulk Gang went their separate ways.

Later on, it is revealed Maestro recovered from his wounds and went on to conquer a small town in Northern Canada called Fort Wells, ruling as "the King" and executing anyone who defies him. Logan eventually tracks him down, and after injecting himself with the dangerous regenerative drug Regenix, cuts Maestro's head off, ending his reign of terror.

Battleworld Maestro
After Doctor Doom incorporates the "Future Imperfect" timeline into his new Battleworld as seen in the "Secret Wars", the Maestro resurfaces as the ruler of one of the planet's domains called Dystopia. He poses as a depowered Odin to gain the trust of the resistance movement, and confronts the resistance's leader Thunderbolt Ross (this reality's version of Thing). After a brutal fight, the Maestro offers to release Dystopia from his tyrannical rule if Ross can help him kill God Emperor Doom. To this end, the Maestro sets out to find the Destroyer in another zone of Battleworld. Although he tracks it to a region of Asgardia where it is guarded by Ulik, he is shocked to learn that its final line of defense is the 'Ancient One'... an elderly Rick Jones. After merging with the Destroyer, the Maestro kills God Emperor Doom and conquers Battleworld. However, it is revealed that the entire battle was an illusion that has ensnared Maestro. Believing himself to be victorious, Maestro reverts to his human form, with Rick stating that he'll now remain trapped in the illusion until he eventually withers and dies. Maestro was eventually released from the illusion he was trapped on by God Emperor Doom and is seen helping him against the riots in Doomstadt.

Eight months later as part of Marvel's "All-New, All-Different Marvel" branding, the Maestro is seen working for the Collector as his "Summoner" in the new Contest of Champions. The Collector apparently saved the Maestro from his fate and feels the villain owes him his life as a result, though the Maestro is less than grateful. He is seen scheming to find a way to kill the Collector and escape his servitude. After assuming control of the Power Primordial contained within the Iso-Sphere that the Grandmaster and Collector were competing for, Maestro recreates Battleworld since he had previously vowed that he would become the God-King of Battleworld. The Maestro is ultimately thwarted when Outlaw, one of the heroes who had previously been captured and forced to fight, destroys the Iso-Sphere. An outraged Maestro later awakens to find himself as a captive in the Collector's display room.

Powers and abilities
The Maestro largely shared the same powers as the Hulk, but a greater degree than most incarnations due to the century's worth of radiation he has absorbed resulting in these nuclear wars that decimated his Earth (the present day Hulk speculated that his insanity might also contribute to this higher strength). This includes certain mental powers, such as the Hulk's ability to see and interact with astral forms shown in The Defenders series. Although he possesses Banner's intellect, the Maestro has rarely demonstrated his technical expertise and implies to have built Dystopia himself. At one point, he manipulated Miguel O'Hara into repairing a time machine for him, rather than doing it himself (though this is likely due to having gigantic hands).

Collected editions

In other media

Television
The Maestro appears in the Hulk and the Agents of S.M.A.S.H. episode "Enter the Maestro", voiced by Fred Tatasciore. This version is the result of the Hulk being exposed to excess radiation from a gamma meteor, which increased his power, but drove him insane and eventually turned him into the Maestro. Going by the nickname "Old Man Hulk", he travels back in time ostensibly to help his past self and the Agents of S.M.A.S.H. stop a gamma meteor from hitting Earth while secretly working to preserve his existence and future. However, A-Bomb's future self also traveled back in time to warn the Agents of S.M.A.S.H. of the Maestro's plot. With the Agents' help, the future A-Bomb cures the Hulk of the excess radiation, changing the future and causing himself and the Maestro to fade from existence.

Video games
 The Maestro appears as an unlockable alternate skin for the Hulk in The Incredible Hulk, Avengers Initiative, Marvel Heroes, and Marvel's Midnight Suns.
 The Maestro appears in The Incredible Hulk: The Pantheon Saga.
 Two incarnations of the Maestro appear in Marvel Contest of Champions. One version is a boss character who utilizes his own "Iron Hulk" armor equipped with Magik's Soulsword and Ronan the Accuser's Universal Weapon while a younger version called the Overseer is a playable character who utilizes the Silver Surfer's board and the Cosmic Cube.
 The Maestro appears in Lego Marvel Super Heroes 2. This version is a member of the World Breakers.
 The Maestro appears in Marvel Realm of Champions. This version created and ruled over Battleworld until he was mysteriously slain, causing the Barons to rise up and take control of their lands.
 The Maestro appears in the Marvel's Avengers DLC story expansion "Operation: Hawkeye - Future Imperfect", voiced by Darin De Paul. This version is from a future in which the Kree invaded the Earth. Following a nuclear war in the following years, he absorbed excess radiation from the nuclear fallout, making him more powerful while his mental health deteriorated. Eventually driven mad with power, he set out to conquer much of the former United States as the "Supreme Leader". At some point during his reign, the Maestro killed most of the Avengers and came to control a large army of A.I.M. robots to wage war on surviving S.H.I.E.L.D. operatives. The Maestro tries to stop past versions of the Avengers who traveled to the future to learn what led to the end of humanity and try to prevent it. However, the Maestro is ultimately defeated by Avengers with the help of a future version of Hawkeye.
 The Maestro appears in Marvel Future Revolution, voiced again by Fred Tatasciore.

Merchandise
The Maestro received a figure in the Marvel Legends line.

Miscellaneous
An alternate timeline incarnation of the Maestro appears in Hulk: What Savage Beast, by Peter David.

See also
 Alternative versions of the Hulk

References

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Nogas is a  government naval reservation island in Antique Province, Philippines. It is  from the shoreline of Anini-y town proper and can be accessed by sailboat or motorboat within 20 minutes.

External links
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Islands of Antique (province)


Altevir Silva Filho de Araújo (born December 23, 1955) is a retired sprinter from Brazil, he was a Brazilian champion, but he was  best known for winning two gold medals (100 and 200 metres) at the 1979 South American Championships in Bucaramanga, Colombia.

He represented his native country at the 1980 Summer Olympics, where he was eliminated in the second round of the men's 200 metres. In the same tournament he finished in 8th place with the men's relay team in the 4x100 metres, alongside Milton de Castro, Nelson Rocha dos Santos, and Katsuhiko Nakaya.

International competitions

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Bochenski may refer to:

In people:
 Brandon Bochenski (1982–), ice hockey player
 Józef Maria Bocheński (1902–1995), Polish philosopher and logician

In places:
 Bochnia County, (Polish: powiat bocheński), Poland


The Tennessee Intercollegiate State Legislature (TISL) is an annual legislative session conducted by college students from across Tennessee, providing students over with an education about Tennessee state government and a channel to express their opinions on state issues.

This model legislature convenes in the State Capitol for four days, typically in November. It consists of a Senate and a House of Representatives, which debate bills that are produced wholly by the students.  The Supreme Court consists of judges and lawyers participating in the Appellate Moot Court Collegiate Challenge (AMC3). Students also have the option to work as lobbyists or members of the media.

During each General Assembly, officers are elected to serve on the Executive Council that governs the organization for the following year. The Executive Council chooses from ten bills that have passed in both the House and the Senate and designates them as Priority Legislation to be presented to the Tennessee General Assembly. Many of TISL's bills have become state law.

History
The history of the Tennessee Intercollegiate State Legislature is a story of students taking the initiative and providing leadership to organize themselves for learning about state government and expressing their views on state issues.

In 1966, Dr. Douglas Carlisle, a political science professor at the University of Tennessee at Knoxville, approached the Student Government Association with the concept of TISL. Dr. Carlisle was familiar with similar programs in North Carolina and South Carolina.

Events of the 1960s were important to TISL's founding. President John F. Kennedy's emphasis on student activism motivated young people across the nation before he was assassinated in 1963. His death heightened the resolve of many students to participate and make a difference.  Important federal laws under President Lyndon Johnson such as the Civil Rights Act of 1964, the Voting Rights Act of 1965 and other far-reaching programs were focusing attention on the role of government. Student activism over the Vietnam War was growing.

It was also an exciting time in Tennessee politics.  In Nashville, the Tennessee General Assembly was demonstrating the first stirrings of independence after decades under the control of the governor's office. The 1962 Baker v. Carr decision, a Tennessee case of national significance, led to the first redistricting of the legislature since 1900. This, in turn, produced a flood of new state senators and state representatives to change the political dynamic.

The legislature also began annual sessions after voters approved a constitutional amendment changing the legislative calendar. Consequently, Tennesseans were paying more attention to their state government than they'd paid in a long time. Republican Howard Baker's election to the U.S. Senate in 1966 introduced two-party competition for statewide offices and raised interest in politics.

The UTK student most intrigued with the TISL concept was Phillip Moffitt. Together, Moffitt and Dr. Carlisle contacted other student government associations across the state. At Vanderbilt University, they caught the interest of student Charles Bone. Bone and Moffitt were to become the first and second governors of TISL.

Records suggest that an organizational meeting occurred on the Vanderbilt campus in the spring or summer of 1966. The 1st General Assembly occurred in the fall at the State Capitol. Since that time, TISL has convened in nearly every academic year. The General Assembly has been displaced from the Capitol occasionally, usually because of construction. It has sometimes met in the auditorium of the War Memorial Building and in committee rooms of the Legislative Plaza.

The Tennessee Intercollegiate State Legislature Foundation was incorporated in 1976 under TISL Governor David Lillard Jr. and received a 501(c)(3) classification from the Internal Revenue Service a year later as a further result of Lillard's work.

In 2014, the record for most colleges in attendance was broken.  With 43 colleges and universities in attendance, the 45th General Assembly of the Tennessee Intercollegiate State Legislature was the largest group of students to attend the conference.

Officers

Executive Council
The ten-member Executive Council manages TISL through the year and prepares for the next General Assembly.  Officers are ambassadors for TISL, which means they frequently call on other campuses, university administrators and state officials.  Officers’ duties and responsibilities are enumerated in Article V of the TISL Constitution.

The Executive Council consists of the Governor, Lieutenant Governor, Secretary of State, State Treasurer, Speaker of the House of Representatives, Speaker Pro Tempore of the House of Representatives, Speaker Pro Tempore of the Senate, Attorney General, Lobbying Director, and Chief Justice of the Tennessee Intercollegiate Supreme Court.

The current officers were elected at the 53rd General Assembly to serve a one-year term. The current officers are:

Support Staff
In addition to the Executive Council, various other officers and support staff are appointed to help the Executive Council with the management of the different components of TISL.  The Speakers of each chamber appoint a Chief Clerk to oversee the flow of legislation and keep records while in session.  There is also a Deputy Clerk (and in some cases an Assistant Clerk) who help the Chief Clerk in his/her duties.  Both the Secretary of State and State Treasurer appoint Deputies and Assistants to assist them in their responsibilities.  The Supreme Court justices appoint a Chief Clerk and Marshall to oversee paperwork and records of the AMC3 competition.  There are also a number of law clerks and courtroom clerks that help the AMC3 program function.  A Director of Lobbying is appointed to coordinate that program, as well as a Media Director to oversee the media component.  The Governor is assisted by a Chief of Staff and Cabinet, who advise him on bills and convey the Governor's wishes to Senators and Representatives.

TISL Governors: Past & Present
The Governors of TISL and the schools they represented are listed below. The incumbent governor is Paige Foster, and is indicated below in bold.

Notable TISL Alumni
Several alumni of the TISL program have gone into government and public serve in Tennessee and other states.

References

External links
 The Official TISL Website
Tennessee Intercollegiate Supreme Court
Appellate Moot Court Collegiate Challenge

Education in Tennessee
Educational organizations based in the United States
Organizations established in 1966


Damnation/Salvation is the 2005 studio solo album of the American deathrock veteran musician Eva O, released on the Dark Dimensions and Alice In... labels.

Overview
Damnation/Salvation is the second part of the Damnation installment that deals with Eva O's personal past in the occult world. The first part of the album contains a few re-recorded and re-written versions of the previous Damnation (Ride the Madness) album songs, and the rest are new songs. Among the performers on it are Josh Pyle (keyboards/programming), River Tunnell (bass), and Kristian Rosentrater (drums), all members of the industrial band Audio Paradox. Damnation/Salvation is a detailed chronicle of her involvement with the occult and Satanism, and has been repeatedly turned down for distribution in the United States due to its subject matter. The Salvation (Are You Ready to Die?) part offers a more positive take on Eva's personal views compared to the Damnation (Ride the Madness) part.

Musically, the album takes its direction more towards Eva's previous band Shadow Project's metallic deathrock punk style, similar in songs such as "Eye to Eye". The riffs are heavy and doomy in a Black Sabbath fashion, and the songstructures are unconventional, long and progressive, lacking typical verse-chorus-verse structure or rhyming. Eva's vocal performance has been compared to that of a "swamp-blues opera diva". The album gets progressively heavier by the end. The album received good reviews from the press.

Track listing
All songs written by Eva O, except where stated otherwise

"Damnation" - 7:22 (Eva O / Josh Pyle)
"One By One" - 1:33 (EvaO / Josh Pyle)
"Blood Lust" - 6:25 (Eva O /Josh Pyle)
"Ride the Madness" - 6:11
"Beauty of Hell" - 2:56
"Devil" - 3:15
"Are You Ready To Die" - 9:45
"Eye To Eye" - 9:20
"Who Is Your Father - Do You Hear Me" - 6:36
"Harlots Tears" - 4:27
"Not Seen" - 3:20
"Rumors of War" - 6:20
"Revelation" - 3:36 (Eva O / Josh Pyle)

Line up
Eva O: Vocals, guitars
Edward J. Rodriguez: Rhythm guitar
Steven Nikolaus: Bass
Stevyn Grey: Drums
Josh Pyle: Keyboards, samples, programming

References

2005 albums
Eva O albums


The huge moth family Noctuidae contains the following genera:

A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z

Saalmuellerana
Saaluncifera
Sablia
Sacadodes
Saccharophagos
Sadarsa
Safia
Safidia
Saigonita
Sajania
Salia
Saltia
Sanacea
Sanctflorentia
Sandava
Santiaxis
Sanys
Sapporia
Saraca
Saragossa
Sarbanissa
Sarbissa
Sarcopolia
Sarcopteron
Sarmatia
Saroba
Sarobela
Sarobides
Saroptila
Sarothroceras
Sartha
Sarthida
Sarunga
Saserna
Sasunaga
Satrapodes
Savara
Savoca
Scambina
Scedopla
Scelescepon
Scelilasia
Schachowskoya
Schalidomitra
Schalifrontia
Schausia
Schausilla
Schawagrotis
Schazama
Schinia
Schiraces
Schistorhynx
Schoyenia
Schrankia
Sciatta
Sciomesa
Scioptila
Sclereuxoa
Sclerogenia
Scodionyx
Scoedisa
Scolecocampa
Scoliopteryx
Scopariopsis
Scopelopus
Scopifera
Scotia
Scotocampa
Scotochrosta
Scotogramma
Scotostena
Scriptania
Scriptoplusia
Scrobigera
Sculptifrontia
Scutirodes
Scythobrya
Scythocentropus
Sedina
Segetia
Seirocastnia
Selambina
Selenisa
Selenistis
Selenoperas
Selicanis
Semiophora
Semiothisops
Seneratia
Senta
Septis
Sergiusia
Seria
Sericaglaea
Sericia
Serpmyxis
Serrodes
Serryvania
Sesamia
Setagrotis
Setida
Seudyra
Sexserrata
Shapis
Shensiplusia
Shiraia
Siavana
Siccyna
Sidemia
Sideridis
Sigela
Sigmuncus
Silacida
Silda
Sillignea
Simplicala
Simplicia
Simplitype
Simyra
Sinarella
Sinariola
Sineugraphe
Singara
Sinipolia
Sinocharis
Sinognorisma
Sinosia
Sinotibetana
Sinupistis
Sipatosia
Sirioba
Sisputa
Sisyrhypena
Sitophora
Smicroloba
Smyra
Solgaitiana
Soloe
Soloella
Somalibrya
Sophaga
Sophta
Sorygaza
Sosxetra
Sotigena
Spaelotis
Spargaloma
Sparkia
Spartiniphaga
Spectronissa
Spectrophysa
Speia
Speiredonia
Speocropia
Spersara
Sphetta
Sphida
Sphingomorpha
Sphragifera
Spilobotys
Spiloloma
Spinagrotis
Spinipalpa
Spirama
Spiramater
Spodoptera
Spragueia
Spudaea
Squamipalpis
Stadna
Staga
Standfussiana
Standfussrhyacia
Staurophora
Stauropides
Steganiodes
Steiria
Stellagyris
Stellidia
Stemmaphora
Stemonoceras
Stenagrotis
Stenbergmania
Stenhypena
Stenocarsia
Stenocodia
Stenocryptis
Stenodrina
Stenoecia
Stenograpta
Stenoloba
Stenopaltis
Stenopis
Stenoprora
Stenopterygia
Stenorache
Stenosomides
Stenosticta
Stenostigma
Stenostygia
Stenoxia
Stenozethes
Stibadium
Stibaena
Stibaera
Stictigramma
Stictoptera
Stigmoplusia
Stilbia
Stilbina
Stilbotis
Stimmia
Stiria
Stiriodes
Stomafrontia
Stonychota
Storthoptera
Strabea
Strathocles
Strepselydna
Strepsimanes
Stretchia
Striagrotis
Striaptera
Stridova
Strigania
Strigina
Strigiphlebia
Strongylosia
Stygiathetis
Stygiodrina
Stygionyx
Stygiostola
Stylopoda
Stylorache
Subacronicta
Subanua
Subleuconycta
Subnoctua
Subsimplicia
Subthalpa
Sudariophora
Sugia
Sugitania
Suma
Sundwarda
Sunira
Supersypnoides
Supralathosea
Sutyna
Swinhoea
Syagrana
Sydiva
Syfania
Syfanoidea
Syllectra
Symmolpis
Sympis
Sympistis
Sympistoides
Symplusia
Synalamis
Synalissa
Synanomogyna
Syncalama
Synclerostola
Synedoida
Syngatha
Syngrapha
Synolulis
Synomera
Synorthodes
Synthaca
Syntheta
Synthymia
Synvaleria
Synyrias
Sypna
Sypnoides
Syrnia
Syrrusis
Syrrusoides
Systaticospora
Systremma

References

 Natural History Museum Lepidoptera genus database

Noctuid genera S


Chrzanowski (; feminine: Chrzanowska; plural: Chrzanowscy) is a Polish-language surname. Notable people with the surname include:

 Adam Chrzanowski (born 1999), Polish footballer
 Anna Dorota Chrzanowska (fl. 1675), Polish heroine of the Polish–Ottoman War
 Bernard Chrzanowski (1861–1944), Polish politician
 Hanna Helena Chrzanowska (1902–1973), Polish nurse
 Ignacy Chrzanowski (1866–1940), Polish literary historian
 Jan Samuel Chrzanowski (died 1688), Polish military officer
 Katarzyna Chrzanowska (born 1963), Polish actress
 Kazimierz Chrzanowski (born 1951), Polish politician
 Sławomir Chrzanowski (born 1969), Polish cyclist
 Tomasz Chrzanowski (born 1980), Polish speedway rider
 Wiesław Chrzanowski (1923–2012), Polish politician
 Wojciech Chrzanowski (1793–1861), Polish general

See also

Polish-language surnames


Gornja Sabanta () is a village in the Pivara municipality in Kragujevac city district in the Šumadija District of central Serbia.

It has a population of 839 people.

External links
Satellite map at Maplandia.com

Populated places in Šumadija District
Kragujevac


Gornje Komarice () is a village in Pivara municipality in Kragujevac city district in the Šumadija District of central Serbia.

It has a population of 322.

References

External links
Satellite map at Maplandia.com

Populated places in Šumadija District
Kragujevac


Abbas Hilmi may refer to:

Abbas I of Egypt (1813 – 1854), founder of the reigning dynasty of Egypt and Sudan at the time
Abbas II of Egypt (1874 – 1944), last Khedive of Egypt and Sudan
Prince Abbas Hilmi (born 1941), Egyptian prince and financial manager


The Knicks–Pacers rivalry is a basketball rivalry between the New York Knicks and the Indiana Pacers of the National Basketball Association (NBA). The rivalry started in 1977 and quickly became one of the most bitter in NBA history. They met in the playoffs 6 times from 1993 to 2000, fueling a rivalry epitomized by the enmity between Pacer Reggie Miller and prominent Knick fan Spike Lee. Miller likened it to the Hatfield–McCoy feud, and The New York Times said in 1998 that it was "as combustible as any in the league". There is a mutual level of respect for both teams consistently demonstrating effort, grit, and physicality during each encounter.

The rivalry gave Miller the nickname "The Knick-Killer". His clutch performances were frequently followed by jabs at Lee like the choke sign, adding fuel to the rivalry. The rivalry was renewed during the 2013 NBA playoffs in the Eastern Conference Semifinals, with Indiana winning in 6 games.

1993 Eastern Conference first round
The two teams first met in the first round of the 1993 NBA Playoffs. The Knicks, led by Patrick Ewing, Charles Oakley, John Starks, Doc Rivers, and Coach of the Year Pat Riley had amassed a 60–22 record-the best in the East-and earned the top seed in the East. The Pacers, with Miller, Rik Smits, Detlef Schrempf, and Dale Davis barely squeaked into the playoffs with a 41–41 record, thanks to the tiebreaker over the Magic. The Knicks won the first two games at Madison Square Garden before the Pacers won the first of two at Market Square Arena. Game 3 is remembered as being a precursor for the next decade, as trash-talking between Miller and Starks culminated with Starks headbutting Miller in the 3rd quarter, leading to his ejection. The Knicks, however, took Game 4 and advanced to defeat the Hornets before bowing out to the Bulls. (The playoff format had a best-of-5 first round until 2003.) The Pacers fired Bob Hill and hired the nomadic but legendary Larry Brown.

1994 Eastern Conference finals
The Pacers got their first chance at revenge the following year in the 1994 Eastern Conference Finals. Brown traded Schrempf for Derrick McKey and added rookie forward Antonio Davis, veteran Byron Scott, and journeyman point guard Haywoode Workman. They finished with a 47–35 record and the 5th seed in the East, winning their final 8 games. They swept Orlando and upset the top-seeded Hawks in 6.

Meanwhile, the Knicks, following Jordan's first retirement, were heavily favored to win the East. Rivers was lost for the season with a knee injury in December, but New York acquired Derek Harper from Dallas to replace him. Despite winning the Atlantic Division, they lost the top seed in the East to Atlanta; both teams finished 57–25 and split the season series 2–2, but the Hawks won the tiebreaker. The Knicks beat the Nets in 4, then finally beat Chicago in 7 to reach the Eastern Conference Finals, where Indiana was waiting.

Both teams won their first two home games. However, in Game 5 at New York, Miller scored 39 points (25 in the fourth) in the Pacers' 93-86 victory. Miller hit several long 3's during the quarter while engaging in an animated discussion with Spike Lee, who was seated courtside. After Indiana took a 3–2 series lead with the victory, the New York Daily News ran a cover story with Lee's picture and the sarcastic headline, "Thanks A Lot, Spike". However, Indiana lost the next two games and the series. Ewing scored the decisive points off a put-back dunk in Game 7 with 26.9 seconds left. It capped one of the center's finest postseason performances of his career, as he finished with 24 points, 22 rebounds, 7 assists, and 5 blocks. Miller airballed a last-second 3, and the Knicks closed the series out at the foul line for a 94–90 victory.

1995 Eastern Conference semifinals
By virtue of the previous year's 7-game series between the two teams, the Knicks and Pacers were now rivals, but the Pacers had yet to answer their foe's last two playoff series wins. The Pacers addressed their need for a point guard by acquiring former Knick Mark Jackson from the Los Angeles Clippers. Indiana also stepped up their game. Smits enjoyed his best NBA season, averaged career highs of 17.9 points and 7.7 rebounds, Miller continued to lead the team with 19.6 points per game with a .415 3-point percentage (15th in the league) and a .897 free throw percentage (4th in the league) and was a starter in the 1995 NBA All-Star Game and member of the All-NBA Third Team. Derrick McKey played both the third scorer, and provider of intangibles, placing third on the team in both scoring and rebounding, second in assists, and first in steals, earning a spot on the NBA All-Defensive Second Team. Winning the first division title and achieving its first 50-win season since joining the NBA from the ABA with a record of 52–30, the second-seed Pacers swept the Hawks in the first round.

The Knicks, fresh from the previous year's Finals appearance, worked hard to return to the Finals. Anthony Mason, who was eventually named the 1995 NBA Sixth Man of the Year, averaged 9.9 points and 8.4 rebounds, while Ewing (top 10 in scoring, rebounding, and blocks), Starks (15.3 ppg), and others would put up their usually efficient production. Placing 2nd in the Atlantic Division to the Magic with a 55–27 record and the third seed, the Knicks dispatched the Cavs in 4. With the better record, the Knicks had home-court advantage over the Pacers again, setting the stage for another memorable series.

In Game 1 in New York, it was Miller Time again as he amazingly scored 8 points in the final 18.7 seconds: a 3, followed by stealing the inbounds pass and another 3 to tie the game and 2 free throws, erasing the Knicks' 105–99 lead and stealing the game 107–105. The stunned Knicks settled for a 2-game split with a 96–77 victory, but the Pacers won the next 2 in Indiana 97–95 and 98–84 to take a 3–1 series lead. The Knicks won Game 5 in the Garden 96–95 on Ewing's game-winner with 1.8 seconds left to stay alive, and won Game 6 on the road 92–82 to force Game 7. But the Pacers won in New York 97–95, after Ewing missed a potential game-tying layup as time expired. Pat Riley resigned the day after the 1995 NBA Finals ended, and Don Nelson, who had recently stepped down as the Golden State Warriors head coach, became Riley's successor.

1998 Eastern Conference semifinals
After a 3-year hiatus, the two teams renewed the rivalry in the 1998 Eastern Conference Semifinals. Unlike the previous 2 meetings, the Pacers were heavy favorites. The Knicks were without Patrick Ewing, who suffered a severely broken wrist early in the regular season. Ewing returned to the lineup in Game 2, but wasn't 100%. The Knicks managed to make the playoffs as the 7th seed in the East. The Knicks upset the 2nd seeded Heat in 5 in their first round match-up, while the Pacers disposed of the 6th seeded Cavs 3–1.

Indiana won Games 1 and 2 at Market Square Arena. At home in Game 3, the Knicks won 83–76 behind a strong performance by Ewing, who finished with 19 points and 7 rebounds, and a strong defensive effort. Game 4 was a sharp contrast from the first 3 games, as it was a high scoring affair in the Garden that Indiana won 118–107 in OT behind another great performance by Miller, who hit a 3 with 5.1 seconds left to tie it at 102 and force OT. He finished with 38 points. The Pacers also got good performances from Rik Smits (23 points, 8 rebounds), Mark Jackson (16 points, 15 assists), and Chris Mullin (18 points, 5 steals). Indiana clinched the series with a 99–88 win in Game 5 despite a great performance from Knicks guard Allan Houston.

1999 Eastern Conference finals
In the lockout shortened 1998–99 NBA season, the Knicks had a disappointing regular season, despite having a healthy Ewing and the controversial additions of talented guard Latrell Sprewell and Marcus Camby, who were acquired in trades for crowd favorites Starks and Oakley, respectively. However, New York snuck into the playoffs as the eighth seed with a 27–23 record. The Pacers finished as the second seed in the Eastern Conference with a 33–17 record, and were considered by many to be the favorites to win the Eastern Conference with the breakup of the Bulls. The 8th-seeded Knicks were able to knock off 1st seeded Miami for the 2nd year in a row after Allan Houston made the game-winning shot in Game 5 that bounced off the front rim, off the backboard, and in with 0.8 seconds left. This was only the second time in NBA history that a #8 seed beat a #1 seed in the first round. In the Eastern Conference Semifinals, the Knicks stunned the Hawks, sweeping them 4–0. Meanwhile, the Pacers were on a roll in the playoffs, sweeping the Bucks and 76ers.

The Knicks won Game 1 on the road 93–90 behind strong performances from Ewing, Sprewell, Houston, and Larry Johnson. The Pacers settled for a split at Market Square Arena, beating New York 88–86 in Game 2. However, the bigger loss for the Knicks appeared to be the loss of Ewing to an Achilles' tendon injury. He was out for the rest of the playoffs. However, with the series heading back to New York, the Knicks played inspired basketball. New York won Game 3 92–91 behind strong performances from Johnson (26 points, 8 rebounds) and Camby (21 points, 11 rebounds, and 4 steals). It was Johnson's 4-point play, on a controversial foul call on Antonio Davis, that ended up as the game-winner. The Pacers shook off the loss to win Game 4 at Madison Square Garden 90–78 to even the series back up at 2. With the series going back to Indiana for Game 5 without Ewing, New York's Cinderella run appeared to be over. But the Knicks played inspired in Game 5, and won 101–94 at Market Square Arena despite a 30-point performance from Miller, to take a 3–2 lead with a chance to clinch in New York. New York was anchored by strong performances from Sprewell (29 points) and Camby (21 points, 13 rebounds, and 6 blocks). The Knicks suffered yet another blow in Game 6, with Larry Johnson going down with an injury early in the first half. But Allan Houston's 32 points, coupled with one of the worst postseason performances of Miller's career (He scored only 8 points on 3-of-18 shooting), helped New York beat Indiana 90–82 to clinch the series 4–2. With their victory, the Knicks became the first eighth seed to reach the NBA Finals before falling short against the San Antonio Spurs in 5 games. As of today, they remain the only #8 seed to do so.

2000 Eastern Conference finals
The Pacers finished the regular season 56–26 and clinched the top seed in the Eastern Conference. The Pacers were pushed to the limit in the first round by the Bucks, led by Ray Allen. In the decisive Game 5, Reggie Miller tied his career playoff high by scoring 41 points to win the series. After beating Allen Iverson's 76ers in the second round by 6 games, the Pacers once again reached the Eastern Conference Finals.

The Knicks, the third seed in the Eastern Conference playoffs, swept the Raptors in 3. The Knicks were once again matched up against Miami, and won the series in 7.

The Pacers, having home court advantage throughout the Eastern Conference Playoffs, won the first two games against the Knicks in their first year at the newly constructed Conseco Fieldhouse, now named Gainbridge Fieldhouse. Returning to New York, the Knicks evened up the series at 2 by winning the following 2 at the Garden. The Pacers won the next game at home, and then Game 6 (in what would be Ewing's last game as a Knick) in New York 93–80 behind Reggie Miller's game-high 34 points, (5–7 from downtown). Reggie scored 17 in the fourth (3–3 from downtown) as the Pacers advanced to the NBA Finals for the first (and so far, only) time in franchise history. The Pacers would eventually lose to the Los Angeles Lakers in 6 games led by superstars Kobe Bryant and Shaquille O'Neal.

2013 Eastern Conference semifinals
The Knicks had major struggles after the Ewing era. They did not win a single playoff series from 2001 to 2012. Meanwhile, the Pacers remained competitive even as Reggie Miller neared retirement, but struggled after he retired, making the playoffs only once between 2005–10.

The Knicks and Pacers rebuilt their teams and returned to the playoffs in 2011. The Knicks were now led by high-scoring Carmelo Anthony, J.R. Smith, Raymond Felton, and Tyson Chandler, while the Pacers, led by Paul George, David West and Roy Hibbert, relied on their trademark defense-first philosophy in returning to the playoffs. It took some time before both teams regained the elite status they enjoyed in the 1990s.

On May 3, 2013, the Knicks beat the Celtics on the road and won the first round series 4-2 while Pacers beat the Hawks on the road to win their series 4-2. The Pacers took Game 1 in New York 102–95, but the Knicks regrouped themselves in Game 2 and blew out Indiana 105–79. In Game 3, Amar'e Stoudemire returned from knee surgery but couldn't help the Knicks as they lost 82–71. The Pacers won Game 4 in Indianapolis 93–82 to take a 3–1 series lead, but New York took Game 5 85–75 to stay alive. In Game 6, the Pacers went on an 11–3 run late to take the lead for good and win 106–99 to eliminate New York and advance to the Eastern Conference Finals, losing to the eventual NBA champions Miami Heat in 7.

Aftermath

1994–2000: NBA Finals appearances & iconic moments
The Knicks reached the NBA Finals in 1994 and 1999 (after Michael Jordan's first and second retirements, respectively), but lost in 1994 to the Rockets in 7 games, though they were up 3–2 in the series, and in 1999 in an uneventful 5 to the Spurs. The defeat in 1994 denied New York the distinction of having both NBA and NHL championships in the same year, as Madison Square Garden hosted the New York Rangers first Stanley Cup celebration in 54 years following their win over the Canucks in Game 7 of the 1994 Stanley Cup Finals while the series was in New York. (The Rockets had home court advantage during the 1994 Finals.)

The Pacers finally reached the 2000 NBA Finals by defeating the Knicks in the 2000 Eastern Conference Finals, eventually losing to the Los Angeles Lakers in 6 games.

The playoff battles between these two franchises led to some of the greatest moments in NBA playoff history, such as Larry Johnson's 4-point play in the waning seconds of Game 3 of the 1999 Eastern Conference Finals, Miller's 25 4th quarter points in Game 5 of the 1994 Eastern Conference Finals, and Miller's 8 points in the last 18.7 seconds to win Game 1 of the 1995 Eastern Conference Semifinals.

Despite the animosity between the 2 teams, Miller was featured in a cameo in the 1998 film He Got Game, directed by Spike Lee. During Miller's final game at Madison Square Garden, the crowd began to chant Miller's name, and Miller and Lee embraced at the game's end.

In 1994, the Pacers addressed their need for a point guard by acquiring former Knick legend Mark Jackson from the Los Angeles Clippers in exchange for Pooh Richardson, Malik Sealy, and the draft rights to Eric Piatkowski. With the Pacers, he teamed with Reggie Miller, Rik Smits, Antonio Davis and Dale Davis for five out of the next six seasons to make the Indiana Pacers a contender. Jackson was traded to the Denver Nuggets before the 1996–97 NBA season started in exchange for rising star Jalen Rose. After falling out of playoff contention, and looking to re-energize the team's on-court performance, Pacers' president Donnie Walsh traded again for Jackson and LaSalle Thompson at the trade deadline, giving up Vincent Askew, Eddie Johnson and second round picks in 1997 and 1998. The return of Jackson sparked the Pacers, but they still missed the playoffs for the only time in the last decade and a half. Jackson would eventually appear in his only NBA Finals as the Pacers' starting point guard in 2000, when they lost to the Los Angeles Lakers in six games. Shortly after, Jackson returned to the Knicks in 2001 and helped them reach the playoffs as a starter before retiring in 2004.

2000–2010: Restructuring eras
Just before the start of the training camp of the 2005–06 season, the Chicago Bulls traded former key Indiana Pacer player Antonio Davis along with Eddy Curry to the Knicks for Michael Sweetney, Tim Thomas and Jermaine Jackson. Through 36 games with the Knicks, Davis averaged 5.0 points with 4.8 rebounds a game. Later, in 2008, the Knicks also acquired former Pacer Al Harrington in exchange for Jamal Crawford. In his two seasons with the Knicks, Harrington played the best basketball of his career, but did not reach the playoffs in either season. In 140 games (66 starts), he averaged 19.2 points, 5.9 rebounds, 1.4 assists and 1.0 steals in 32.7 minutes per game.

2010–present: Regaining relevancy
Following their 2013 series, on July 10, 2013, after a promising rookie season with the Knicks, Chris Copeland received a two-year, $6.1 million offer sheet from the Indiana Pacers. The Knicks declined to match the offer, and Copeland signed with the Pacers on July 14. Copeland's production dropped off dramatically with the Pacers in 2013–14 as he averaged just 3.7 points and 6.5 minutes in 41 games, playing behind Paul George, Danny Granger and Evan Turner as Indiana lost in the Eastern Conference Finals to the LeBron James, Dwyane Wade and Chris Bosh Miami Heat. Copeland would go on to have a larger role with the Pacers in 2014–15 due to several injuries to star players.

On September 25, 2017, with the Knicks looking to rebuild, the team traded away star Carmelo Anthony in exchange for Doug McDermott, Enes Kanter and a 2018 second-round pick. In his debut for the Knicks in their season opener on October 19, 2017, McDermott scored four points on 2-for-5 shooting in a 105–84 loss to his former team, the Oklahoma City Thunder. McDermott played 55 games for the Knicks, averaging 7.2 points, before being moved to the Dallas Mavericks. Months later, McDermott signed with the Pacers on July 6, 2018, and received an increased role, helping the Pacers reach the 2019 and 2020 playoffs. He experienced his best season in the NBA in 2020–21, averaging 13.6 points and 3.3 rebounds on 53.2% shooting with the Pacers. Furthermore, the Knicks traded away star Kristaps Porziņģis alongside Trey Burke, Courtney Lee and Tim Hardaway Jr. to the Dallas Mavericks in exchange for Wesley Matthews, Dennis Smith Jr., DeAndre Jordan, an unprotected 2021 first-round draft pick, and an additional top-ten protected 2023 first round draft pick. After playing only 2 games with the Knicks, Wesley Matthews was waived and immediately signed with the Pacers for the remainder of the year. Matthews served as a starter for Indiana in all 23 games, averaging 10.9 points on 36.9% three-point shooting, helping the team reach the 2019 playoffs in the absence of Victor Oladipo due to injury.

In 2023, the Pacers acquired Obi Toppin, the 8th overall pick in the 2020 NBA Draft, from the Knicks in exchange for 2 future second–round picks. On the Pacers, Toppin joined Jalen Smith, Tyrese Haliburton, Aaron Nesmith, and Jordan Nwora, all selected in the 2020 NBA Draft.

References
 Winning Time: Reggie Miller v. the New York Knicks

National Basketball Association rivalries
Indiana Pacers
New York Knicks


Donja Sabanta () is a village in Pivara municipality in Kragujevac city district in the Šumadija District of central Serbia.

It has a population of 651.

References

External links
Satellite map at Maplandia.com

Populated places in Šumadija District
Kragujevac