Phong Điền is a rural district of Thừa Thiên Huế province in the North Central Coast region of Vietnam. As of 2003, the district had a population of 105,017. The district covers an area of 954 km2. The district capital lies at Phong Điền.

Geography
It borders Quảng Trị province and Hương Trà district. It has 15 communes, Điền Hương, Điền Môn, Phong Bình, Phong Chương, Điền Lộc, Phong Hoà, Điền Hoà, Phong Hải, Điền Hải, Phong Mỹ, Phong Thu, Phong Hiền, Phong An, Phong Xuân, Phong Sơn, and one township Phong Điền. It has a varied geography with mountains, plains and coastline on the South China Sea.

The district was the homeland of Nguyễn Tri Phương, the general who commanded the Nguyễn dynasty's army in the 1850s and 1860s when the French began their colonisation of Indochina, and Nguyễn Đình Chiểu, the anti-colonial poet.

The district was created by Emperor Minh Mạng in 1834 as part of the then province of Thuận Hóa.

History
On March 11, 1977, the district was merged with those of Hương Trà and Quảng Điền to become the district of Hương Điền in the province of Bình Trị Thiên (1976–89). On September 29, 1990, Hương Điền was redivided into the three original districts and put in Thừa Thiên–Huế Province.

References

Districts of Thừa Thiên Huế province


Phú Lộc is a rural district of Thừa Thiên Huế province in the North Central Coast region of Vietnam. As of 2003 the district had a population of 149,418. The district covers an area of 728 km². The district capital lies at Phú Lộc.

The area abuts the South China Sea to the east and the Hải Vân Pass to the south. The city of Phú Lộc is the main economic focal point of the district, mainly due to tourism.

The district comprises the townships of Lăng Cô and Phú Lộc, and the communes of Lộc Trì, Lộc Bổn, Vinh Hải, Lộc Hòa, Lộc An, Lộc Bình, Lộc Thủy, Vinh Giang, Lộc Vĩnh, Vinh Mỹ, Lộc Sơn, Lộc Tiến, Vinh Hiền, Vinh Hưng, Xuân Lộc and Lộc Điền.

The district is divided into three sectors, from Huế and moving southwards towards Phú Lộc is Sector 1, opposite is Sector 2, and the region between Lăng Cô and Phú Lộc is Sector 3.

References

Districts of Thừa Thiên Huế province


Quảng Điền is a rural district of Thừa Thiên Huế province in the North Central Coast region of Vietnam. It is located in the province's north. As of 2003 the district had a population of 91,514. The district covers an area of 163 km². The district capital lies at Sịa.

Aside from the township of Sịa, it has seven communes located on the shores of the Bo river, these are Quảng An, Quảng Thành, Quảng Phước, Quảng Thọ and Quảng Vinh. The other communes are Quảng Thái, Quảng Lợi, Quảng Ngạn, Quảng Công and Quảng Phú. The Bo River runs southwest through the district.

References

Districts of Thừa Thiên Huế province


Phú Vang is a rural district of Thừa Thiên Huế province in the North Central Coast region of Vietnam. As of 2020 the district had a population of 137,962. The district covers an area of 235.31 km². The district capital lies at Phú Đa.

Geography

Phú Vang is located in Thừa Thiên Huế province, North Central Coast of Vietnam. It covers a total area of . Phú Vang borders the district of Hương Thủy on the west, Phú Lộc district on the south, Huế to the north and the Western Philippine Sea on the east. Phú Vang has  long coastline and the area of the water surface is . Phú Vang is home to many lagoons such as Tam Giang–Cau Hai lagoon.

Phú Vang belongs to the low-lying land with a large size of lagoons. Phú Vang is divided by two area which are rivers and sand dunes. Phú Vang is used for agricultural and aquaculture. Phú Vang has 42.3% of the total natural land area. Phú Vang is known to be home to titanium minerals. Thuận An is located in Phú Vang, it is one of the most important stragetics location.

Administrative divisions
The district contains the township of Phú Đa and 13 communes:

Phú Xuân
Phú Mỹ
Phú An
Phú Hồ
Phú Hải
Phú Thuận
Phú Diên
Phú Lương
Vinh Xuân
Vinh Thanh
Vinh An
Phú Gia
Vinh Hà

References

Districts of Thừa Thiên Huế province


Ludovico De Luigi (born 11 November 1933) is a contemporary Italian sculptor and painter born and living in Venice, Italy.

Career
De Luigi's first exhibition was in 1965 with his one-man show at the Gallery "Il Canale" in Venice which included two large works, views of a decaying and monumental Venice invaded by waves of insects and fantastical beings. Upon meeting with the gallery owner Luciano Ravagnan in 1968, De Luigi's exhibition activity increased in Venice and abroad. There were exhibitions in Trieste, Milan, New York, Munich, Monte Carlo, Paris and, beginning in 1975, in many German cities.

Alongside works with themes of Vedutism and entomology, he depicted threats which menace Venice: flood water, pollution, technology, and consumerism. Venice is represented in surreal visions, catastrophic, sensual or decadent, using an oil technique; the "electronic brush" of the computer is used later.

In the 1980s De Luigi produced sculptures, including enormous bronze horses inspired by the famous Triumphal Quadriga of St Mark's Basilica. De Luigi's horses are now in the squares of Marseille, St. Louis, Chicago, Denver, Perth and Bolzano. As of 2004, two of the horses were installed in the lobby of the Adam's Mark hotel in Saint Louis. For the Venice Carnival of 1990 he created a huge chocolate horse of the same dimensions. In 1999 he sculpted one in Murano glass.

Exhibitions
1965
 Galleria II Canale, Venezia
1966
 Galleria II Traghetto 2,Venezia
1967
 Drake Gallery, Chicago
1968
 Galleria II Cannocchiale, Milano
1969
 Palazzo Costanzi VII° Festival Internazionale del Film di Fantascienza, Trieste
1970
 Galleria S. Stefano, Venezia
 Galleria d´Arte Moderna Ravagnan, Venezia
 Galleria del Sagittario, Milano
 GalleriaTraghetto, Venezia
1971
 Columbia University: Casa Italiana, New York
1973
 Galerie Margot Delfs, Munich
1974
 La Pagode, Paris
 Kubus, Hannover
 One man GalleriaTommaseo, Trieste
1975
 Galleria Quarta Dimensione, Arezzo
Galleria d'Arte Moderna Ravagnan, Venezia
Istituto Italiano di Cultura, Cologne
Foyer des Grossen Hauses der Städt. Bühnen, Dortmund
Schulzentrum, Ludwigshafen am Rhein
Galerie Hennemann, Bonn
Kreissparkasse, Porz (Cologne)
Heimvolkshochschule, Lambrecht
Galerie Hennemann, Bonn
Galerie Hennemann, Bonn
1976
 Palazzo Braschi, Roma
 Galerie Moderne Art, Baldham
 Galerie Anastasia, Bensberg-Refrath
 Istituto Italiano di Cultura, Munich
 Kunstverein, Ingolstadt
 Gartensaal des Kursaalgebaudes, Bad Mergentheim
 Foyer des Stadttheaters, Münster
 Adebakademia, Mannheim
 Galerie Augustinum, Heidelberg
 Galerie Augustinum, Stuttgart
 Atelier für Kunstwissen, Baden-Baden
1978
 Musee du Bastion, Antibes
 Galerie Schmidel, Cologne
 Palazzo delle Prigioni Vecchie, Venezia
1979
 Galerie Konok, Saint-Etienne
 Museo de Arte Contemporaneo, Sevilla
 Museo de Arte Contemporaneo, Granada
 La casa de los Toros, Valencia
1980
 Museo de l’Atarazanas, Barcelona
 Galerie "89", Barcelona
 Fundació Joan Miró, Barcelona
 Foro de Arte Contemporaneo, Mexico City
1982
 Galleria Ravagnan, Venezia
 Galerie L´Eglantine, Lausanne
1983
 Palazzo Bagatti Valsecchi, Milan
 Galleria d´Arte Braidense, Milan
 Archives Municipals, Marseille
 Hotel de Ville, La Seyne Briancon
1984
 CKO, Oostend
 Padiglione del Parco Massari, Ferrara
1985
 Ca' Vendramin Calergi (S.I.M.A.), Venezia
 "Scultura in tre tempi", Caffe Florian, Venezia
 Galerie du Vieux Villeneuve, Villeneuve
1986
 Museo de Arte Contemporaneo, Caracas
 Financial Place, Chicago
 Monument Main Lobby, 440 South La Salle, Chicago
1987
 Adam's Mark Gallery, Saint Louis
 Venice Design Art Gallery, Venezia
 GalleriaTreviso Artigiana
 Istituto Italiano di Cultura, Zagreb
1988
 Carrefour des Arts "Couvent du Refuge", Marseille
 Galleria d'Arte Moderna Ravagnan, Venezia
 "Ai Padovani", Carnevale dei Pittori, Venezia
 Palazzo delle Prigioni Vecchie, Venezia
 Galerie Francis, Gstaad
 "Ciasa de Ra Regoles", Cortina d’Ampezzo
1989
 Banca Popolare di Milano, Bergamo
 Galleria Giraldo, Treviso
 Galleria Opera, Belluno
 Galleria Il Traghetto, Venezia
 Premio Colonnette, Venezia
 Club Malvasia Vecchia, Venezia
 Studio Paolo Barozzi, Venezia
1990
 La Terrazza Cortina d'Ampezzo
 Galleria Traghetto II, Venezia

1994
 Art Fair, Gaunt
 Performance "Gondola Anfibia Carnevale di Venezia", Venezia
1995
 Caffe Quadri "Nuova Quadrigaper la Basilica di S. Marco", Venezia
 Torre Orologio Permanent Show, Venezia
1996
 Galerie Cadrama, Martigny
 Tonino Gallery, Campione d’Italia
1997
 Exposition Europa, Skulptur, Wiener Neustadt
1998
 Swisscom Center, Martigny
1999
 "Diamond-Marcus" Equestre monumentale in vetro di Murano, Venezia
2002
 Museo d´Arte Sant´Apollonia, Venezia
 Presentazione libro dell´artista "Palazzo Ducale", Venezia
2004
 Esposizione permanete Farnesina, Roma
2005
 Espace Pierre Cardin, Paris
 Contemporary Art at the Italian Pavilion Expo Aichi, Giappone
2006
 Spectrum Gallery "Impossible Venice", London
 Italian Cultural Institute, London
 Schloss Seefeld, Germany
 Galleria d'Arte Moderna Ravagnan, Venezia
2007
 Venezia Impossibile, Museu Da Agua, Lisbon
2013
 Fondazione Bevilacqua La Masa, Venezia

References

Italian sculptors
Italian contemporary artists
Italian male sculptors
Living people
1933 births
Italian vedutisti


Jesper Brian Nøddesbo (born 23 October 1980) is a Danish-Norwegian former handball player.

He is European Champion by winning the 2008 European Men's Handball Championship in Norway with the Danish national team. He received a bronze medal at the 2006 European Men's Handball Championship, and again at the 2007 World Men's Handball Championship.

Nøddesbo was top scorer in the Danish Handball league in 2006.

References

External links

1980 births
Living people
Danish male handball players
Liga ASOBAL players
Olympic handball players for Denmark
Handball players at the 2008 Summer Olympics
Handball players at the 2016 Summer Olympics
FC Barcelona Handbol players
KIF Kolding players
Danish expatriate sportspeople in Spain
Expatriate handball players
People from Herning Municipality
Medalists at the 2016 Summer Olympics
Olympic gold medalists for Denmark
Olympic medalists in handball
Handball players from the Central Denmark Region


The 1950 Major League Baseball season began on April 18 and ended on October 7, 1950, with the New York Yankees of the American League winning the World Series over the Philadelphia Phillies of the National League in four games.

The only no-hitter of the season was pitched by Vern Bickford on August 9, in the Boston Braves 7–0 victory over the Brooklyn Dodgers. This season saw the first use of a bullpen car, by the Cleveland Indians.

Awards and honors
MLB Most Valuable Player Award
 AL Phil Rizzuto, New York Yankees, SS
 NL Jim Konstanty, Philadelphia Phillies, P
MLB Rookie of the Year Award
Walt Dropo, Boston Red Sox, 1B
Sam Jethroe, Boston Braves, OF
The Sporting News Player of the Year Award
Phil Rizzuto, New York Yankees
The Sporting News Manager of the Year Award
Red Rolfe, Detroit Tigers

Standings

American League

National League

Postseason

Bracket

League leaders

American League

National League

Managers

American League

National League

Home field attendance

See also
 1950 All-American Girls Professional Baseball League season
 1950 Nippon Professional Baseball season

References

External links
1950 Major League Baseball season schedule at Baseball Reference

Major League Baseball seasons


Hilton (Scottish Gaelic: Baile A' Chnuic) is a former village now part of the city of Inverness, in the Highland council area of Scotland. It is about 2 km south of the city centre. A large amount of council housing was built there during the post-war era of the 20th century. As implied by both names, it is on a slight elevation between the River Ness and the valley of the Mill Burn.

Schools

There are two primary schools, Hilton and Cauldeen. After pupils finish their 7th year of education they mostly go to the Inverness Royal Academy, although they have the option of attending other schools, at the discretion of the local authority's Education Department.

Services in the area

In Hilton there are three local shops, a bar/restaurant, a hairdressers', a nail bar, a butchers', 2 churches, a chip shop, a pharmacy, a Domino’s and 2 cafes.

Transport

On weekdays there are buses into the centre of Inverness every 20 minutes from early morning until late evening, with a less frequent service at weekends.

References

Areas of Inverness


Châu Thành is a rural district of Tien Giang province in the Mekong Delta region of Vietnam. As of 2003 the district had a population of 252,068. The district covers an area of 256 km². The district capital lies at Tân Hiệp.

References

Districts of Tiền Giang province


Gò Công is a town district (thị xã) of Tiền Giang province in the Mekong Delta region of Vietnam. The town of Gò Công is not to be confused with East Gò Công and West Gò Công Districts ( and ) which also belong to the Tiền Giang Province.

The Royal Mausoleums

The Gò Công District has many canals, orchards and fields. It is home to an ancient architectural complex called the Lang Hoang Gia (Royal Mausoleums). The mausoleum complex is located in Long Hung Commune in the district's Gò Công Town near National Highway 50, and about 30 kilometers from the province's Mỹ Tho Town. It is the place where people of the Pham Dang lineage, a clan of mandarins and courtiers famous in the southern region in the 18th and 19th centuries, were buried after they died.

The complex
The mausoleums for the deceased aristocrats were built facing each other on both sides of a road. The complex covers an area of nearly 3,000 square meters. The complex is surrounded by a wall, 80 centimetres thick and 90 centimetres high. The ancient gate, decorated with immaculate detail, is now covered with sheets of green moss. Two rows of pines form a path to the mausoleums.

Construction
The mausoleums were built by locals and skillful carpenters from Huế in the central region. Therefore, the complex reflects a traditional Huế architectural style. Several kinds of precious wood were used in the construction of the mausoleum, mostly brought in from the then feudal capital of Huế. No nails were used to connect the wooden pillars, rafters or roof beams of the complex. Wooden tablets with sacred oriental animals and flowers are carved into the surface of much of the wood, creating a great solemnity inside the mausoleums, while imposing pillars add a majesty to the complex.

The Grand Duke
Among the 13 mausoleums built between 1811 and the early 20th century, the mausoleum of Grand Duke —father of Queen Consort  (Phạm Thị Hằng) of the  (1802–1945) and maternal grandfather of King Tự Đức (1829–1883)—is the most impressive of all. It is located on a mound covering more than 800 square meters and according to local residents, the grand duke was buried in a sitting position inside a two-layered coffin.

References

Populated places in Tiền Giang province
Districts of Tiền Giang province
County-level towns in Vietnam


Harry R. Harr (February 22, 1921 – June 5, 1945) was a United States Army soldier and a recipient of the United States military's highest decoration—the Medal of Honor—for his actions in World War II.

Biography
Harr joined the Army from East Freedom, Pennsylvania in November 1942, and by June 5, 1945, was a corporal in Company D, 124th Infantry Regiment, 31st Infantry Division. On that day, near Maglamin, Mindanao, the Philippines, he smothered the blast of a Japanese-thrown hand grenade with his body, sacrificing himself to protect those around him. For this action, he was posthumously awarded the Medal of Honor on March 28, 1946.

Harr, age 24 at his death, was buried in Alto Reste Burial Park, Altoona, Pennsylvania.

Medal of Honor citation
Corporal Harr's official Medal of Honor citation reads:
He displayed conspicuous gallantry and intrepidity. In a fierce counterattack, the Japanese closed in on his machinegun emplacement, hurling hand grenades, 1 of which exploded under the gun, putting it out of action and wounding 2 of the crew. While the remaining gunners were desperately attempting to repair their weapon another grenade landed squarely in the emplacement. Quickly realizing he could not safely throw the unexploded missile from the crowded position, Cpl. Harr unhesitatingly covered it with his body to smother the blast. His supremely courageous act, which cost him his life, saved 4 of his comrades and enabled them to continue their mission.

See also

 List of Medal of Honor recipients
 List of Medal of Honor recipients for World War II
 124th Infantry Regiment (United States)

References

1921 births
1945 deaths
United States Army personnel killed in World War II
United States Army Medal of Honor recipients
People from Blair County, Pennsylvania
United States Army soldiers
World War II recipients of the Medal of Honor


Gò Công Đông is a rural district (huyện) of Tiền Giang province, in the Mekong Delta region of Vietnam. As of 2003, the district had a population of 191,514. The district covers an area of 358 km². The district capital lies at Tân Hòa.

References

Districts of Tiền Giang province


The Cocoș is a small river in Constanța County, Romania. It discharges into the northern branch of the Danube–Black Sea Canal in Poarta Albă. Its length is  and its basin size is .

References

Rivers of Constanța County
Rivers of Romania


Gò Công Tây (or West Gò Công) is a rural district (huyện) of Tiền Giang province in the Mekong Delta region of Vietnam, was established in 13 April 1979. As of 2003 the district had a population of 166,487. The district covers an area of 272 km². The district capital lies at Vĩnh Bình.

References

Districts of Tiền Giang province


Chợ Gạo (chữ Nôm: 𢄂𥺊), meaning "Rice Market", is a rural district (huyện) of Tiền Giang province in the Mekong Delta region of Vietnam. As of 2003, the district had a population of 185,807. The district covers an area of 235 km². The district capital lies at Chợ Gạo.

History
Cho Gao originated in a market located in Binh Phan Village (the name says camp from Binh Phuong), founded by Mr. Tran Van Nguyet in the Canh Hung period (the reign of King Le Hien Tong). According to Le Quy Don's Phu Bien Tap Luc, at the end of the 18th century.

The market was originally formed because there was the first rice factory in the area built and owned by a Chinese family. The factory is located next to the river at the foot of the Quay Bridge, now known as the Old Binh Phan Bridge. Gradually, people in the surrounding areas also followed the river branch and brought rice to the factory to build a corpse for rice. Traders also concentrated on buying and buying by waterway to the Tien River and then brought to Saigon. From there, the name Cho Gao was formed.

Geography
Cho Gao district is located in the east of Tien Giang province, with the geographical location:

To the east, it borders the Go Cong Tay district

To the west, it borders My Tho City and Chau Thanh district

To the south, it borders Tan Phu Dong District and Chau Thanh District, Binh Dai District in Ben Tre province

It borders Tan An City and Chau Thanh district to the north in Long An province.

Acreage and population
The district has an area of 235 km² and a population of 186,803 (in 2019). The district capital is Cho Gao town, located on National Highway 50, 10 km east of My Tho. It also has the Cho Gao River, which is an arterial river route connecting Ho Chi Minh City with the provinces of the Mekong Delta.

Administrative
Cho Gao district has 19 commune-level administrative units, including Cho Gao town (district capital) and 18 communes.

References

Districts of Tiền Giang province


Cai Lậy is a Rural district of Tien Giang province in the Mekong Delta region of Vietnam. As of 2013 the district had a population of 186,583. The district covers an area of 296 km². The district capital lies at Bình Phú Commune. The town of Cai Lậy was separated from the district in 2013.

The town lies on Highway 1A, which links Ho Chi Minh City with the Mekong delta, and is near a continuous ribbon of commercial development.  The hinterland is largely agricultural, with many small holdings specialising in growing a variety of fruits, including custard apples, sweet mango and pomelos in the fertile delta soils.

References

Districts of Tiền Giang province


Tân Phước is a rural district (huyện) of Tien Giang province in the Mekong Delta region of Vietnam. As of 2018 the district had a population of 63,032. The district covers an area of 333.21 km². The district capital lies at Mỹ Phước.

References

Districts of Tiền Giang province


Khachik Dashtents (; Khachik Tonoyi Tonoyan, May 25, 1910 – March 9, 1974) was an ethnic Armenian Soviet writer, poet and translator.

Biography
Khachik Dashtents was born in a shepherd's family on May 25, 1910 in Dashtadem, Sasun, Western Armenia (Turkey today).

After the Armenian genocide, he moved to Yerevan and graduated from the Yerevan State University in 1932, and later studied at the Moscow State Linguistic University (graduating in 1940).

In 1934 he became a member of the Union of Soviet Writers.

Dashtents is an author of poetry collections ("Songbook", 1932; "Spring Songs", 1934; "Fire", 1936), "Tigran The Great," a historical drama (1947), translations from William Shakespeare, Henry Wadsworth Longfellow and William Saroyan. The "Khodedan" (1950) and "Call of Plowmen" (published posthumously, in 1979) novels tell the tragic story of Western Armenians during World War I.

He is the father of filmmaker Tavros Dashtents.

He died in Yerevan, Armenia on March 9, 1974.

References

External links
Khachik Dashtents Blog
ԽԱՉԻԿ ԴԱՇՏԵՆՑ
Dashtents at Armenianhouse

1910 births
1974 deaths
Soviet Armenians
Emigrants from the Ottoman Empire to the Russian Empire
Ethnic Armenian poets
Ethnic Armenian translators
Yerevan State University alumni
Armenians from the Ottoman Empire
20th-century translators
20th-century poets
20th-century Armenian writers
20th-century Armenian poets


The 1951 Major League Baseball season opened on April 16 and finished on October 12, 1951. Teams from both leagues played a 154-game regular season schedule.  At the end of the regular season, the National League pennant was still undecided resulting in a three game playoff between the New York Giants and the Brooklyn Dodgers.  After splitting the first two games, the stage was set for a decisive third game, won in dramatic fashion on a walk-off home run from the bat of Giant Bobby Thomson, one of the most famous moments in the history of baseball, commemorated as the "Shot Heard 'Round the World" and "The Miracle at Coogan's Bluff".  The Giants lost the World Series to defending champion New York Yankees, who were in the midst of a 5-year World Series winning streak.

Awards and honors
Baseball Hall of Fame
Mel Ott
Jimmie Foxx
MLB Most Valuable Player Award
 Yogi Berra, New York Yankees, C
 Roy Campanella, Brooklyn Dodgers, C
MLB Rookie of the Year Award
Gil McDougald, New York Yankees, 3B
Willie Mays, New York Giants, OF
The Sporting News Player of the Year Award
Stan Musial St. Louis Cardinals
The Sporting News Manager of the Year Award
Leo Durocher New York Giants

Statistical leaders

Standings

American League

National League

  The New York Giants defeated the Brooklyn Dodgers in best-of-three playoff series to earn the National League pennant.

Postseason

Bracket

Managers

American League

National League

Home field attendance

Events
May 1 – Umpire Frank Dascoli banishes all 11 players on the Chicago Cubs bench during the fourth inning of the game against the New York Giants, after the Cubs players allegedly call Dascoli "Rabbit Ears". Bill Serena and Smoky Burgess are later allowed to return to the game to pinch hit for the Cubs.
May 15 – At Fenway Park, the Boston Red Sox  celebrated the franchise's 50th anniversary and honored members of the 1901 Boston Americans. Overall, 29 old-timers who played, managed, or umpired in the American League in that first year attended, including Bill Bradley, Tom Connolly, Wid Conroy, Hugh Duffy, Clark Griffith, Dummy Hoy, Connie Mack, Ollie Pickering, Billy Sullivan and Cy Young. Eight of them participated in the first-ever game of the American League, played in Chicago on April 24, 1901. The regular game that followed the ceremony featured the 300th career home run of Ted Williams in the 4th inning off Chicago White Sox pitcher Howie Judson. With the game tied at 7–7 in the top of the 11th inning, Nellie Fox hit the first homer of his six-year career against reliever Ray Scarborough, to give the White Sox and reliever Harry Dorish a 9–7 victory.
July 7 – The Cincinnati Reds defeat the Chicago Cubs 8–6 - every scoring half-inning featured two runs.
September 13 –  The St. Louis Cardinals become the first team in Major League history to play two different teams on the same day. Due to a rained out game, the Cardinals are forced to play the New York Giants in an afternoon game prior to  their scheduled night game against the Boston Braves.
September 14 – Bob Nieman of the St. Louis Browns becomes the first player to hit two home runs in his first two at-bats.
October 1–3 – The Giants and Dodgers meet in a special three-game playoff to decide the National League pennant.  Bobby Thomson's walk-off homerun at the bottom of the ninth in the third game becomes known as the "Shot Heard 'Round the World"

See also
1951 All-American Girls Professional Baseball League season
1951 Nippon Professional Baseball season

References

External links
1951 Major League Baseball season schedule at Baseball Reference

Major League Baseball seasons


The pont Saint-Louis is a pedestrian bridge across the River Seine in the 4th arrondissement of Paris.  It links the Île de la Cité with the Île Saint-Louis.  It is served by the Cité stop of the Paris Metro

History

The present bridge is the seventh to link the two islands since 1630.  The pont Saint-Landry (1630–1634) was the first of  these.

In 1717 a wooden bridge was rebuilt, with seven arches, and named the "Pont Rouge", due to the colour in which it was painted. It was destroyed in 1795. In 1804, under the direction of the engineer Dumoustier, a new two-arch bridge was built, 70 m long and 10 m wide, and mainly in oak. It was demolished in 1811, and a suspension bridge replaced it in 1842. Twenty years later, this was replaced by a metallic bridge, with a single arch with a 64 m opening. In 1939, this one was demolished.  In 1941, it was replaced by a passerelle resembling an iron cage. In 1968, the present bridge was begun, and inaugurated in 1970.

External links

  Mairie de Paris
  Structurae

Saint-Louis
Saint-Louis
Saint-Louis
Buildings and structures in the 4th arrondissement of Paris


Man on Wire is a 2008 documentary film directed by James Marsh. The film chronicles Philippe Petit's 1974 high-wire walk between the Twin Towers of New York's World Trade Center. It is based on Petit's 2002 book, To Reach the Clouds, released in paperback with the title Man on Wire. The title of the film is taken from the police report that led to the arrest (and later release) of Petit, whose performance lasted for almost an hour. The film is crafted like a heist film, presenting rare footage of the preparations for the event and still photographs of the walk, alongside re-enactments (with Paul McGill as the young Petit) and present-day interviews with the participants, including Barry Greenhouse, an insurance executive who served as the inside man.

Man on Wire competed in the World Cinema Documentary Competition at the 2008 Sundance Film Festival, where it won the Grand Jury Prize: World Cinema Documentary and the World Cinema Audience Award: Documentary. In February 2009, the film won the BAFTA for Outstanding British Film and the Independent Spirit Award for Best Documentary. To date, it became one of the six documentary films to ever sweep "The Big Four" critics awards (LA, NBR, NY, NSFC) and the only to win Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature.

Production
The film's producer, Simon Chinn, first encountered Philippe Petit in April 2005 on BBC Radio 4's Desert Island Discs, after which he decided to try to acquire the film rights to Petit's book, To Reach the Clouds. After months of discussion, Petit agreed, with the condition that he could actively collaborate in the making of the film.

In an interview conducted during the run of Man on Wire at the 2008 Tribeca Film Festival, director James Marsh explained that he was drawn to the story, in part, because it immediately struck him as "a heist movie", though, as Jean François, one of Petit's collaborators, said, "It may have been illegal...but it wasn’t wicked or mean." Marsh also said that, as a New Yorker, he saw the film as a gift to the city after the 9/11 attacks and hoped to hear people say after seeing the film that they would always think of Petit and his performance when recalling the World Trade Center's twin towers. Responding to a question about why the towers' destruction in the 2001 attacks is not mentioned in the film, Marsh explained that Petit's act was "incredibly beautiful" and it "would be unfair and wrong to infect his story with any mention, discussion or imagery of the Towers being destroyed."

Release

Box office
The film opened theatrically in the United States on August 29, 2008, earning $51,392 its first weekend and ranking 37th at the domestic box office. By the end of its run on March 5, 2009, the film grossed $2,962,242 in the United States and Canada and $2,296,327 internationally, for a worldwide total of $5,258,569.

Critical response

On review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes, Man on Wire has a 100% approval rating based on reviews from 159 critics, with a weighted average score of 8.40/10; the website's critical consensus states: "James Marsh's doc about artist Phililppe Petit's artful caper brings you every ounce of suspense that can be wrung from a man on a (suspended) wire". On Metacritic, the film has a weighted average score of 89 out of 100 based on reviews from 31 critics, indicating "universal acclaim".

Accolades
Man on Wire won the Grand Jury Prize and the Audience Award in the World Cinema: Documentary competition at the 2008 Sundance Film Festival; it is the sixth film to pick up both top awards at Sundance, and the first from outside the US. It also won the Special Jury Award and the Audience Award at the Full Frame Documentary Film Festival, the International Audience Award at the Los Angeles Film Festival, and the Standard Life Audience Award at the Edinburgh International Film Festival. In February 2009, the film won the BAFTA for Outstanding British Film, the Independent Spirit Award for Best Documentary, and the award for Best Documentary Film from the Australian Film Critics Association. At the 81st Academy Awards, the film won the award for Best Documentary Feature.

Top ten lists
The film appeared on many American critics' top ten lists of the best films of 2008.
Movie City News found that it appeared on 76 of the 286 different American critics' top ten lists surveyed, which was a tie for the seventh "most mentions" on a top ten list out of all of the films released in 2008.

 1st – Sheri Linden, The Hollywood Reporter
 2nd – Kyle Smith, New York Post
 3rd – Tasha Robinson, The A.V. Club
 3rd – Ty Burr, The Boston Globe
 4th – A. O. Scott, The New York Times
 4th – Liam Lacey, The Globe and Mail
 4th – Michael Rechtshaffen, The Hollywood Reporter
 5th – Ann Hornaday, The Washington Post
 5th – David Ansen, Newsweek
 5th – Marc Mohan, The Oregonian
 5th – Ben Mankiewicz, At the Movies
 6th – Frank Scheck, The Hollywood Reporter
 6th – Marc Savlov, The Austin Chronicle
 6th – Scott Tobias, The A.V. Club
 7th – Josh Rosenblatt, The Austin Chronicle
 7th – Kenneth Turan, Los Angeles Times (tied with Roman Polanski: Wanted and Desired)
 7th – Kirk Honeycutt, The Hollywood Reporter
 7th – Michael Phillips, Chicago Tribune
 8th – Andrew O'Hehir, Salon
 8th – Peter Hartlaub, San Francisco Chronicle
 9th – Lisa Schwarzbaum, Entertainment Weekly
 10th – Lawrence Toppman, The Charlotte Observer
 10th – Peter Travers, Rolling Stone
 Top 10 (unordered) – Carrie Rickey, The Philadelphia Inquirer
 Top 10 (unordered) – Dana Stevens, Slate
 Top 10 (unordered) – Joe Morgenstern, The Wall Street Journal
 Top 10 (unordered) – Peter Rainer, The Christian Science Monitor
 Top 10 (unordered) – Robert Mondello, NPR

Soundtrack
Much of the film's soundtrack is derived from the 2006 album The Composer's Cut Series Vol. II: Nyman/Greenaway Revisited, a collection of works by Michael Nyman for films by British director Peter Greenaway.

 "Fish Beach" – Michael Nyman (from Drowning by Numbers)
 "History of the Insipid" – Michael Nyman (from The Libertine)
 "Albatross" – Fleetwood Mac
 "Dreams of a Journey" – Michael Nyman (from The Piano)
 "Time Lapse" – Michael Nyman (from A Zed & Two Noughts)
 "The Disposition of Linen" – Michael Nyman (from The Draughtsman's Contract)
 "A Fifth of Beethoven" – Walter Murphy
 "Chasing Sheep Is Best Left To Shepherds" – Michael Nyman (from The Draughtsman's Contract)
 "An Eye For Optical Theory" – Michael Nyman (from The Draughtsman's Contract)
 The Lark Ascending – English Northern Philharmonia (composed by Ralph Vaughan Williams)
 "A Ramble in St. James's Park" – Michael Nyman (from The Libertine)
 "Passage de L'Egalité" – Michael Nyman (from La Traversée de Paris)
 "In the Hall of the Mountain King" – Philadelphia Orchestra (composed by Edvard Grieg)
 "Drowning By Number 2" – Michael Nyman (from Drowning by Numbers)
 "Trysting Fields/Sheep 'n' Tides" – Michael Nyman (from Drowning by Numbers)
 "Memorial" – Michael Nyman
 "Leaving Home" (Opening Titles) – J. Ralph
 "Leaving Home Sunday Exploration" (End Credits) – J. Ralph
 "Gnossienne No. 1" – Gheorghe Constantinescu, pianist (composed by Erik Satie)
 "Gymnopédie No. 1" – Anne Queffélec, pianist (composed by Erik Satie)

Film adaptation
Joseph Gordon-Levitt starred as Petit in the film The Walk, which was written, directed, and produced by Robert Zemeckis and released on October 9, 2015.

See also
 The Man Who Walked Between the Towers (2003) – a Caldecott-winning picture book depicting the crossing
 Let the Great World Spin (2009) – a novel by Colum McCann that incorporates the crossing into its plot
 The Walk (2015) – a biographical drama film about the crossing
 List of films with a 100% rating on Rotten Tomatoes, a film review aggregator website

References

External links

 Man on Wire Q&A at IGN
 Man on Wire Reviews and comments

2008 films
2000s French-language films
2000s biographical films
2008 documentary films
2000s historical films
American biographical films
American documentary films
American historical films
American independent films
British biographical films
British documentary films
British historical films
British independent films
Best British Film BAFTA Award winners
Best Documentary Feature Academy Award winners
Biographical documentary films
Documentary films about New York City
Films directed by James Marsh
Sundance Film Festival award-winning films
Tightrope walking
World Trade Center
BBC Film films
Discovery Films films
Icon Productions films
Media containing Gymnopedies
Films scored by Michael Nyman
Magnolia Pictures films
2000s English-language films
2008 multilingual films
American multilingual films
British multilingual films
2000s American films
2000s British films


Rinat Farkhoutdinov (born December 13, 1975) is a Russian-born ice dancer who competed internationally for Japan. With partner Nakako Tsuzuki, he is a three-time Japanese national champion and competed three times at the Four Continents and World Championships. They were unable to compete during the latter half of the 2001/2002 Olympic season due to an injury to Tsuzuki. Their partnership ended following that season. Farkhoutdinov moved to Euless, Texas, where he began working as a coach and choreographer. He has coached Julia Golovina / Oleg Voiko, among others.

References

External links
 Tracings.net profile

Russian male ice dancers
Japanese male ice dancers
Living people
1975 births
Sportspeople from Perm, Russia
People from Euless, Texas


Càng Long is a rural district (huyện) of Trà Vinh province in the Mekong Delta region of Vietnam.  the district had a population of 287.955 . The district covers an area of 284 km². The district capital lies at Càng Long. In Sino-Vietnamese script, used until 1945, the city's name is given as 冈隆.

Geography
Càng Long district is located in the northern province of Trà Vinh. On the east side it borders the provincial capital city of Trà Vinh, Bến Tre province and boundary in the northeast and Châu Thành district in the southeast. To the north is Vũng Liêm district, Vĩnh Long.

Located in Bình Phú and Đại Phước Communes, two of Càng Long's 13 Communes is the National Highway Route 60 ( Quốc Lộ 60 - QL.60 ), the road that connects Trà Vinh and other provinces and cities such as Bến Tre and Hồ Chí Minh City, after the completion of Cổ Chiên Bridge on 16 May 2015, this National Highway Route 60 became the fastest and the most convenient way to Ho Chi Minh City, thanks to the highway and the new bridge, the travel distance between Tra Vinh and Ho Chi Minh City ( Saigon ) has been reduced by 70km.

The centre of the district, Càng Long Town, is located along the National Highway Route 53 ( Quốc Lộ 53 - QL.53 ), Trà Vinh City and Vĩnh Long City are 21 km and 43 km away respectively.

Càng Long district with QL.53 and QL.60 is the main economic, cultural and social gateway of Tra Vinh Province to other provinces, especially provinces in the Mekong River Delta region.

Climate

References

Districts of Trà Vinh province


Châu Thành is a rural district (huyện) of Trà Vinh province in the Mekong Delta region of Vietnam. , the district had a population of 140,438. The district covers an area of 339 km². The district capital lies at Châu Thành.

References

Districts of Trà Vinh province


Cầu Kè is a rural district (huyện) of Trà Vinh province in the Mekong Delta region of Vietnam. As of 2003 the district had a population of 128,555. The district covers an area of 234 km². The district capital lies at Cầu Kè.

References

Districts of Trà Vinh province


2008 was the Canberra Raiders' 27th season in the National Rugby League competition. The Raiders began the year favourites to win the wooden spoon. However, they finished 6th (out of 16) and were eliminated in the first week of the finals.

Season summary
The 2008 season started with some promise for the Raiders – a good showing despite a loss in round 1 vs. Newcastle was followed up with two solid wins against Penrith and St. George-Illawarra. The club has since suffered a series of losses, whilst snaring only the occasional victory, with a big come from behind victory against Wests being noteworthy. In the representative field, Todd Carney and Joel Monaghan picked for Country Origin, and Monaghan being a shadow player for the New South Wales Side.
However, as in recent seasons, injuries have been the curse of the Canberra club, with no less than three players suffering dreaded ACL ruptures, arguably the worst kind of injury a footballer can receive, essentially ending their season. Worse, the three players afflicted, Will Zillman, Lincoln Withers and Phil Graham are amongst the Raiders best players. Compounding this, talented back-rowers Neville Costigan and Tom Learoyd-Lahrs have spent minimal time on the field due to recurring minor injuries. The club has also suffered badly in the recruiting race, with Zillman and strong front rower Michael Weyman opting to go elsewhere next season, with indications that Costigan and Scott Logan will do the same. Additionally, half Michael Dobson left the club mid-season for the English club Hull KR, due to lack of opportunities in Canberra. Finally, Coach Neil Henry has exercised a get-out clause in his contract, and will coach the North-Queensland Cowboys in 2009, with former player and club legend, but inexperienced coach, David Furner taking over in 2009. To date, beyond a few talented youngsters, the club is yet to procure a single player of note for season 2009, and will once again be forced to rely on youthful talent. At Round 13, Canberra sat well outside the eight, and the season looked as though it could end with a whimper.

However, far from fading away, the Raiders bounced back with a comprehensive victory over the Brisbane Broncos and then proceeded to thrash the Canterbury Bulldogs, inflicting the worst loss on the Sydney-based club in over half a century. Despite successive losses to the Cronulla Sharks and defending premiers Melbourne Storm, Canberra fought hard in both games, then broke a 13-year losing streak in Wollongong (and ended a 7 match winning streak by the home team) with an impressive win over St. George-Illawarra. The season highlight, however, was a comprehensive 34–12 win over league leaders, the Sydney Roosters. With 7 rounds left in the 2008 premiership, Canberra sits just one point outside the top eight. With a comparatively friendly draw, playing several teams below them on the table, the Raiders are poised to sneak into the semi-finals for the first time in two years. After a comprehensive 74–12 win over the Panthers the Raiders moved into an unexpected 6th spot on the ladder from 11th to almost cement a spot in the 2008 finals series with 4 games remaining.

The Raiders went closer to the top eight with two important wins against Newcastle and Souths. They are now on a three-match winning streak with 2 games remaining.

The season has not been without controversy, however, with star halfback Todd Carney and fullback Bronx Goodwin being stood down by the club after an altercation at a Canberra nightclub following the round 19 win against the Roosters. Carney was eventually dismissed by the club after failing to agree to the punishment plan the club had laid out for him, Goodwin's future is still to be determined.

As of 6 September 2008, despite a heavy injury toll, the Raiders are guaranteed a place in the NRL 2008 Finals Series, a feat which was at the start of the season impossible according to Rugby League punditry in Australia.

The Raiders semi-final appearance was brief, however. After being defeated by the Cronulla Sharks, the Raiders 6th-place finish was considered to be enough to get them a second chance. However, a huge upset with 8th-place New Zealand defeating minor premiers Melbourne saw the Raiders eliminated.

Season results

Toyota Cup (Under 20s)
The Raiders' Toyota Cup team won 28–24 over the Broncos' team in golden point extra time to with the Toyota Cup (Under 20s) premiership in the lead-up game to the NRL Grand Final on 5 October 2008

Club Awards

Squad

Colin Best
Terry Campese
Marshall Chalk
 Neville Costigan
Phil Graham
Marc Herbert
Ryan Hinchcliffe
Ben Jones

 Brett Kelly
 Tom Learoyd-Lahrs
 Scott Logan
 Josh Miller
 David Milne
 Joel Monaghan
 Joe Picker
 Adrian Purtell

 Nigel Plum
 Troy Thompson
 Trevor Thurling
 Dane Tilse
 Alan Tongue (c)
 Glen Turner
 Michael Weyman
 Lincoln Withers

Players used outside top 25
Glen Buttriss
Justin Carney
Joel Thompson
Released mid-season
Todd Carney
Michael Dobson

Run-on Team

Ladders

References

Canberra Raiders seasons
Canberra Raiders season


Tiểu Cần is a rural district of Trà Vinh province in the Mekong Delta region of Vietnam. As of 2003 the district had a population of 108,718. The district covers an area of 220 km². The district capital lies at Tiểu Cần.

References

Districts of Trà Vinh province


Cau Ngang () is a district (huyện) of Trà Vinh province in the Mekong Delta region of Vietnam.

As of 2003 the district had a population of 133,501. The district covers an area of 322 km². The district capital lies at Cầu Ngang.

References

Districts of Trà Vinh province


Duyên Hải is a rural district (huyện) of Trà Vinh province in the Mekong Delta region of Vietnam. As of 2015 the district had a population of 82,393. The district covers an area of 300.47 km². The district capital lies at Long Thành town. The town of Duyên Hải was separated from the district in 2015.

References

Districts of Trà Vinh province


Trà Cú is a rural district (huyện) of Trà Vinh province in the Mekong Delta region of Vietnam. As of 2003, the district had a population of 167,637. The district covers an area of 368 km². The district capital is Trà Cú.

References

Districts of Trà Vinh province


The 1956 Major League Baseball season was contested from April 17 to October 10, 1956, featuring eight teams in the National League and eight teams in the American League.  The 1956 World Series was a rematch of the previous year's series between the New York Yankees and the Brooklyn Dodgers.  The series is notable for Yankees pitcher Don Larsen's perfect game in Game 5.

Standings

American League

National League

Postseason

Bracket

Awards and honors

Statistical leaders

Feats

Triple Crown
Mickey Mantle, New York Yankees – Mantle won the Major League Triple Crown by leading both leagues in batting average (.353), home runs (52), and runs batted in (130).  Mantle became the first player to win a Triple Crown since Ted Williams in 1947.

Milestones
On April 18, 1956, umpire Ed Rommel was the first umpire to wear glasses in a Major League game. The game was played between the New York Yankees and the Washington Senators.

Managers

American League

National League

Home field attendance

Notable events

June
June 21 — Jack Harshman of the Chicago White Sox defeats Connie Johnson of the Baltimore Orioles 1-0, at Comiskey Park in which both pitchers throw matching one-hitters. This game was only the third double one-hitter thrown in the modern era (since 1901).

July–September
September 21 – The New York Yankees set a Major League record by leaving 20 players on base against the Boston Red Sox at Fenway Park.

October–December
December 6–8 – Major League owners meet in Chicago. Cleveland general manager and minority-owner Hank Greenberg proposed implementing limited Interleague play beginning in 1958. Under Greenberg's proposal, each team would continue to play 154-games in a season, 126 of which would be within their league, and 28 against the eight clubs in the other league. The interleague games would all be played during a period immediately following the All-Star Game. The proposal was not adopted.

Television coverage
CBS aired the Saturday Game of the Week for the second consecutive year. The All-Star Game and World Series aired on NBC.

See also
1956 Nippon Professional Baseball season

References

External links
1956 Major League Baseball season schedule

Major League Baseball seasons


Illusions on a Double Dimple is the second album by the German progrock group Triumvirat. It was a breakthrough for the band, which started to open shows in a U.S. tour for Fleetwood Mac. Triumvirat played the album in its entirety, and the tour resulted in increased popularity for the band in a number of countries. Triumvirat's popularity increased with their next release, Spartacus.

Track listing

"Illusions on a Double Dimple" – 23:25
"Flashback" (Fritz, Bathelt) – 0:57
"Schooldays" (Fritz, Bathelt) – 3:22
"Triangle" (Fritz) – 6:53
"Illusions" (Fritz, Bathelt) – 1:42
"Dimplicity" (Fritz, Bathelt) – 5:37
"Last Dance" (Fritz) – 4:53
"Mister Ten Percent" – 21:33
"Maze" (Fritz) – 3:03
"Dawning" (Fritz) – 1:02
"Bad Deal" (Fritz, Bathelt) – 1:40
"Roundabout" (Fritz) – 5:49
"Lucky Girl" (Köllen, Bathelt) – 5:14
"Million Dollars" (Fritz, Bathelt) – 4:42

Bonus Tracks (released together as a single):

"Dancer's Delight" – 3:32
"Timothy" – 4:08
"Dimplicity (edit)" – 3:15
"Million Dollars (edit)" – 2:35

Personnel

 Jürgen Fritz – Hammond organ, electric piano, Steinway grand piano, Moog synthesizer, Mellotron, producer, arranger
 Hans-Georg Pape - bass on illusions on a Double Dimple
 Helmut Köllen – bass, acoustic & electric guitars on Mister Ten Percent, vocals on both sides
 Hans Bathelt – drums, percussions, lyrics

Session musicians
 The Cologne Opera House Orchestra – orchestra
 Kurt Edelhagen Brass Section – brass
 Brigitte Thomas, Hanna Dölitzsch, Ulla Wiesner – backing vocals

References

1974 albums
Concept albums
Triumvirat albums
Harvest Records albums


Chiêm Hoá is a rural district of Tuyên Quang Province in the Northeast region of Vietnam. As of 2003 the district had a population of 132,722. The district covers an area of 1456 km². The district capital lies at Vĩnh Lộc.

Administrative divisions
Vĩnh Lộc, Linh Phú, Tri Phú, Bình Nhân, Kiên Đài, Bình Phú, Yên Lập, Phú Bình,  Ngọc Hội, Kim Bình, Vinh Quang, Nhân Lý, Hòa An, Trung Hòa, Phúc Thịnh, Tân Thịnh, Yên Nguyên, Hòa Phú, Xuân Quang, Hùng Mỹ, Tân An, Hà Lang, Tân Mỹ, Trung Hà, Minh Quang.

Climate

References

Districts of Tuyên Quang province
Tuyên Quang province


Hàm Yên is a rural district of Tuyên Quang province in the Northeast region of Vietnam. As of 2003 the district had a population of 104,648. The district covers an area of 898 km². The district capital lies at Tân Yên.

Administrative divisions
Thị trấn Tân Yên, xã Hùng Đức, xã Bằng Cốc, xã Thành Long, xã Thái Hòa, xã Đức Ninh, xã Thái Sơn, xã Bình Xa, xã Nhân Mục, xã Yên Phú, xã Tân Thành, xã Minh Hương, xã Phù Lưu, xã Minh Dân, xã Yên Lâm, xã Minh Khương, xã Bạch Xa, xã Yên Thuận.

Climate

References

Districts of Tuyên Quang province
Tuyên Quang province


Waikare is a locality in Northland, New Zealand. The Waikare River flows from the Russell Forest past Waikare and into the Waikare Inlet, which leads into the Bay of Islands.

The population is largely of the Te Kapotai hapū and Ngāti Pare iwi.

The New Zealand Ministry for Culture and Heritage gives a translation of "rippling waters" for .

Demographics
Waikari is in an SA1 statistical area which covers . The SA1 area is part of the larger Russell Forest-Rawhiti statistical area.

The SA1 statistical area had a population of 171 at the 2018 New Zealand census, an increase of 18 people (11.8%) since the 2013 census, and an increase of 33 people (23.9%) since the 2006 census. There were 48 households, comprising 84 males and 87 females, giving a sex ratio of 0.97 males per female. The median age was 31.3 years (compared with 37.4 years nationally), with 39 people (22.8%) aged under 15 years, 45 (26.3%) aged 15 to 29, 66 (38.6%) aged 30 to 64, and 21 (12.3%) aged 65 or older.

Ethnicities were 17.5% European/Pākehā, 91.2% Māori and 1.8% Pacific peoples. People may identify with more than one ethnicity.

Although some people chose not to answer the census's question about religious affiliation, 42.1% had no religion, 43.9% were Christian and 5.3% had Māori religious beliefs.

Of those at least 15 years old, 9 (6.8%) people had a bachelor's or higher degree, and 33 (25.0%) people had no formal qualifications. The median income was $17,300, compared with $31,800 nationally. The employment status of those at least 15 was that 42 (31.8%) people were employed full-time, 27 (20.5%) were part-time, and 12 (9.1%) were unemployed.

Marae
Waikare or Te Tūruki Marae and Te Huihuinga|Te Huihuinga or Te Aranga o te Pā meeting house is a meeting place for the Ngāpuhi hapū of Ngāti Pare and Te Kapotai.

Education
Te Kura o Waikare, also called Waikare School, is a coeducational full primary (years 1-8) school with a roll of  students as of  It is a Designated Special Character school with the Māori language as the principal language of instruction. The school replaced the previous Waikare School in 2004.

Notes

External links
Waikare School website

Far North District
Populated places in the Northland Region
Bay of Islands


Na Hang is a rural district of Tuyên Quang in the Northeast region of Vietnam. As of 2003 the district had a population of 66,561. The district covers an area of 1,472 km². The district capital lies at Na Hang.

References

Districts of Tuyên Quang province
Tuyên Quang province


Sơn Dương is a rural district of Tuyên Quang province in the Northeast region of Vietnam.  the district had a population of 183,600. The district covers an area of 789 km². The district capital lies at Sơn Dương.

References

Districts of Tuyên Quang province
Tuyên Quang province


Yên Sơn is a rural district of Tuyên Quang province, in the Northeast region of Vietnam. As of 2003 the district had a population of 175,917. The district covers an area of 1210 km². The district capital lies at Tân Bình.

Administrative divisions
Tân Bình, Đội Bình, Nhữ Khê, Nhữ Hán, Mỹ Bằng, Phú Lâm, Kim Phú, Hoàng Khai, Chân Sơn, Trung Môn, Lang Quán, Thắng Quân, Tứ Quận, Phúc Ninh, Chiêu Yên, Lực Hành, Quý Quân, Xuân Vân, Tân Long, Tân Tiến, Trung Trực, Kiến Thiết, Đạo Viện, Phú Thịnh, Thái Bình, Tiến Bộ, Công Đa, Kim Quan, Trung Sơn, Hùng Lợi, Trung Minh.

References

Districts of Tuyên Quang province
Tuyên Quang province


Nabeel Abbas Lafta (; born 1 January 1986 in Najaf, Iraq) is an Iraqi former footballer who last played as a defender for Naft Al-Wasat in the Iraqi Premier League.

Honours

Club
Naft Al-Wasat
Iraqi Premier League: 2014–15

International
AFC Asian Cup: 2007

External links

1986 births
Living people
Iraqi men's footballers
Iraq men's international footballers
Iraqi expatriate men's footballers
People from Najaf
Expatriate men's footballers in Jordan
2007 AFC Asian Cup players
AFC Asian Cup-winning players
Al-Najaf SC players
Naft Al-Wasat SC players
Men's association football defenders


Agapeta zoegana is a species of moth known as the sulphur knapweed moth and the yellow-winged knapweed root moth. It is used as an agent of biological pest control against noxious knapweeds, particularly spotted knapweed (Centaurea maculosa) and diffuse knapweed (Centaurea diffusa).

The adult moth is bright yellow with areas of brown on its wings. It is about 11 millimeters long. Meyrick describes it -The forewing with costa moderately arched; bright yellow or yellowish-ferruginous ; costal edge, a small subdorsal spot before middle, and a large terminal blotch with angulated edge including a spot of ground-colour ferruginous-fuscous. Hindwings are dark grey. Julius von Kennel provides a full description.

The adult lives for only a few days, during which time the female lays eggs on stems and leaves. The larva, a root miner, moves to the root of the plant and tunnels through the cortex as it feeds. This causes moderate damage to the plant.

This moth is native to Eurasia. It was introduced to the western and west-central United States starting in the 1980s and it is now established in knapweed populations. It reduces the spread of the plants in areas where mechanical and chemical control is not practical. It lives on spotted and diffuse knapweed and has not been found to damage other plants.

Flight is from May to August from dusk, and is attracted to light.

References

Coombs, E. M., et al., Eds. (2004). Biological Control of Invasive Plants in the United States. Corvallis: Oregon State University Press, 207.

External links

UKmoths
Cornell Biocontrol Profile
Lepiforum.de

Cochylini
Insects used for control of invasive plants
Lepidoptera used as pest control agents
Moths of Europe
Moths of Asia
Moths described in 1767
Taxa named by Carl Linnaeus


Hilton is a village in Shropshire, England.

See also
Listed buildings in Worfield

References

External links

Villages in Shropshire


Holy Unmercenaries () is an epithet applied to a number of Christian saints who did not accept payment for good deeds. These include healers or Christian physicians who, in conspicuous opposition to medical practice of the day, tended to the sick free of charge.

List of Holy Unmercenaries
Saints bearing this title include:

 Zenaida and Philonella ()
 Saint Tryphon ()
 Martyr Thalelaeus the Unmercenary, at Anazarbus in Cilicia (284)
 Saints Cosmas and Damian ()
 Saint Pantaleon (), also called Saint Panteleimon
 Saints Cyrus and John ()
 Saint Diomedes of Tarsus ()
 Saint Sampson the Hospitable ()
 St Agapetus of the Kiev Caves (1095)
 Saint Blaise
 Blessed Matrona Nikonova
 St bishop and surgeon Luka Voyno-Yasenetsky (1961)

See also
 List of Eastern Orthodox saint titles
 List of Eastern Orthodox saints

References

Types of saints


Hilton is a village in Staffordshire, England.  It lies within the parish of Wall, about three miles from Lichfield.  It is formed around two roads, Cranebrook Lane and Pouk Lane. The M6 Toll motorway, opened in 2003, passes through Hilton.

Two folk groups had their territories divided by highland, to the west of Hilton, the Pencersæte and Tomsæte, and Hilton is likely to have fallen within the territory occupied by the Tomsæte.  According to Domesday Book, the minster that had been founded or re-founded at Wolverhampton by the lady Wulfrun, a Mercian noblewoman, in the 10th century held the vills of Ogley Hay and Hilton in this region, these estates almost interlocking with other vills held by Lichfield in 1086: Wyrley and Norton Canes.

The farmhouse at Barn Farm was an earlier barn, which was converted to a residential dwelling in 1901 and still contains parts of the former barn, such as the barn door hooks, which held the doors, upon its front.

Geography

Geology

Hilton is underlain by Wildmoor Sandstone. Glaciofluvial deposits overlie the area.

Hydrology

Crane brook runs through Hilton and on to Chesterfield and is the source for Hilton's main road name of 'Cranebrook Lane'.

References

Villages in Staffordshire


Bo Spellerberg (born 24 July 1979) is a Danish handball player, currently playing and coaching for Swiss Handball League side TSV St. Otmar St. Gallen. He is a two-time European Champion with the Danish national team, after winning both the 2008 and 2012 championships in Norway and Serbia.

In 2011, he also won silver medal at the World Championships in Sweden. He emulated this achievement at the 2013 World Championships in Spain.

Clubs
Bo Spellerberg came to CB Cantabria, along with Gábor Császár who played in Viborg HK at the time, on a loan contract in 2008. The two players were brought in to help the team survive in Liga ASOBAL, during remaining three matches in the 2007–2008 season. CB Cantabria ended the season in 14th place and was dissolved after the season.

References

External links

1979 births
Living people
Danish male handball players
Olympic handball players for Denmark
Handball players at the 2008 Summer Olympics
Handball players at the 2012 Summer Olympics
KIF Kolding players
People from Gladsaxe Municipality
Handball players from the Capital Region of Denmark


The Oconee Nuclear Station is a nuclear power station located on Lake Keowee near Seneca, South Carolina, and has a power output capacity of over 2,500 megawatts. It is the second nuclear power station in the United States to have its operating license extended for an additional twenty years by the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) (the application for the Calvert Cliffs Nuclear Power Plant in Maryland preceded it).

This plant has three Babcock & Wilcox pressurized water reactors, and is operated by Duke Energy.

History
Oconee was the first of three nuclear stations built by Duke Energy.
According to Duke Energy's web site, the station has generated more than 500 million megawatt-hours of electricity, and is "the first nuclear station in the United States to achieve this milestone."

Constructing the dam on the Keowee River and creating Lake Keowee resulted in the submerging of historic sites: one was Keowee, an important Cherokee town that was destroyed by British forces in the late 18th century. Before this took place, the sites were excavated in archeological work conducted by the University of South Carolina. Thousands of artifacts, and evidence of human and animal remains were found at Keowee. In addition, the site of former Fort Prince George (South Carolina) was also excavated and artifacts recovered.

In the summer of 2011 Oconee became the first nuclear power station in the United States to have its sensors controlled digitally. In 2021, Duke applied for a permit to keep Oconee operating until 2050.

Oconee is unique as it is the only nuclear power plant in the United States that does not rely on emergency diesel generator sets for emergency power. Instead it relies on two hydroelectric units at the nearby Keowee hydroelectric station. In the event the Keowee units are both out of service, emergency power can alternatively be provided by combustion turbines at the nearby Lee fossil generating station. Both sources use alternative cables to supply Oconee's emergency systems; these are independent of the Oconee switchyard and transmission lines, which are the normal source of power.

Electricity Production

Surrounding population

The NRC defines two emergency planning zones around nuclear power plants: a plume exposure pathway zone with a radius of , concerned primarily with exposure to, and inhalation of, airborne radioactive contamination, and an ingestion pathway zone of about , concerned primarily with ingestion of food and liquid contaminated by radioactivity.

The 2010 U.S. population within  of Oconee was 66,307, an increase of 11.5 percent in a decade, according to an analysis of U.S. Census data for msnbc.com. This includes the main campus of Clemson University. The 2010 U.S. population within  was 1,404,690, an increase of 14.8 percent since 2000. Cities within 50 miles include Greenville (30 miles to city center).

Seismic risk
The NRC's estimate of the risk of an earthquake intense enough to cause core damage to the reactor at Oconee was once every 23,256 years, according to an NRC study published in August 2010.

Flood risk
Duke Energy estimated the probability of a random failure of Jocassee Dam at once every 130,000 years, when floodwaters might cause the loss of power and safety equipment at Oconee. Though the company believed "in worst possible conditions" flooding could lead to a significant release of radioactivity, it concluded "the contribution to core damage frequency from precipitation-induced external flooding is considered negligible." Duke informed the NRC about this flooding hazard as early as January 1996. NRC has estimated the probability of a random failure of Jocassee Dam at once every 28,000 years.

Subsequent to Fukushima, improvements were made to the Oconee site to prevent reactor core damage from flooding from a failure of Jocassee Dam.  The NRC has expressed satisfaction as of June 2016 with the flood protection modifications, which included new or enhanced flood walls and moving some power lines and equipment to less flood-prone locations.

See also

 List of largest power stations in the United States
 Largest nuclear power plants in the United States

References

External links

Energy infrastructure completed in 1973
Energy infrastructure completed in 1974
Buildings and structures in Oconee County, South Carolina
Nuclear power plants in South Carolina
Nuclear power stations using pressurized water reactors
Duke Energy


Bình Minh is a town of Vĩnh Long Province, in the Mekong Delta region of Vietnam. Under the decree No 89/NQ-CP dated Dec 28, 2012, the cabinet of Vietnam SR decided to upgrade Bình Minh of Vĩnh Long to town from rural district.

The area of Bình Minh is 93.62 km2 with 95,282 inhabitants, 2013 census.

As of 2003 the district had a population of 177,275. The district covers an area of 244 km2. The district capital lies at Cái Vồn.

Geography
Bình Minh town lies to the south-west of Vĩnh Long province. It shares the border with:
	Bình Tân district to the North.
	Trà Ôn district and Cần Thơ City to the South.
	Bình Tân district and Cần Thơ City to the West.
	Tam Bình district to the East

The land of pomelos - a plan in the future

Binh Minh is famous for pomelos. It is located in the south of Hậu Giang river and is bordered upon Cần Thơ city by this river. In this convenient position, the land of pomelos has developed its economy rapidly, especially in recent years. The completion the Cần Thơ Bridge triggered the development of the town. Bình Minh hospital is one of the five constructions built to answer to Millennial Anniversary of Hanoi, it was completed and was used since then. The Central Administration Building has built that is designed and is constructed by Hà Đô Group with architectural way of modern somewhat ancient. Ngô Quyền street, which has a length without one kilometer but it contains park, the State Treasury, the Tax Department, post office, primary school, under economics house, district unit head, three banks and a part of market.
In 2012s, it is exact become type four city. Bình Minh, the land of pomelos will become the land of investment.

Commune-level subdivisions

The town of Binh Minh consists of three wards and five communes.

The three new wards comprise former Cai Von town and some lands from Thuận An and Dong Binh communes.

Wards:

 Cái Vồn
 Thành Phước
 Đông Thuận

Communes:

 Thuận An
 Mỹ Hòa
 Đông Bình
 Đông Thạnh
 Đông Thành

History of the town
Bình Minh was formerly a district of Vĩnh Long under the control of Republic of Vietnam. Its headquarters was located in Mỹ Thuận commune. During the 1975 Spring Offensive, the ARVN 21st division soldiers defended strictly at the ferry crossing between Can Tho-Binh Minh, VL Province. After Saigon government collapsed, Bình Minh became one of 10 districts of the newly established province Cửu Long in February 1976.

According to the decree 59/CP on 3 March 1977, the government decided to merge Bình Minh and Tam Bình into a new district named Tam Bình. In fact, Bình Minh and Tam Bình was two independent ones without any changes.

On 29 September 1981, Ministerial Council re-established Bình Minh district from the former part. Bình Minh comprised Cái Vồn town and 6 communes such as: Tân Quới, Tân Lược, Thành Lợi, Mỹ Thuận, Mỹ Hòa, Đông Thành.

Under the  decree no 86-HĐBT dated 27 March 1985, Mỹ Thuận commune was split into 3 new communes: Mỹ Thuận commune, Nguyễn Văn Thảnh commune and Thuận An commune under control of Bình Minh district, Cửu Long province.

Since 1991, Bình Minh district has been one of 6 districts of the newly reestablished province, Vĩnh Long.

On 9 August 1994, government issued the decree no 85/CP to split Đông Thành commune into Đông Thành, Đông Bình and Đông Thạnh commune; Thành Lợi commune into Thành Lợi, Thành Đông and Thành Trung commune; Tân Quới commune into Tân Quới, Tân Bình, Tân Thành commune; Tân Lược into Tân Quới, Tân An Thạnh, Tân Hưng commune.

On 31 July 2007, government split the district into 2 districts named respectively Bình Minh and Bình Tân (New Bình Minh).

Bình Minh comprised Cái Vồn town and 5 communes: Thuận An, Mỹ Hòa, Đông Bình, Đông Thành, Đông Thạnh. Bình Tân comprised 11 communes: Mỹ Thuận, Nguyễn Văn Thảnh, Thành Lợi, Thành Đông, Thành Trung, Tân Quới, Tân Thành, Tân Bình, Tân Lược, Tân An Thạnh and Tân Hưng.

On 17 September 2010, Ministry of Construction upgraded Cái Vồn town into the fourth-level town.

On 28 December 2012, Government upgraded Bình Minh district into Bình Minh town with 3 wards and 5 communes.

Historical monuments

 Mỹ Thuận temple
 Long An pagoda
 Đông Phước old pagoda
 Bà pagoda (Chinese community)
 Bửu Hưng pagoda

Gallery

References

Populated places in Vĩnh Long province
Districts of Vĩnh Long province
County-level towns in Vietnam


Bình Tân is a rural district (huyện) of Vĩnh Long province in the Mekong Delta region of Vietnam.

Districts of Vĩnh Long province

vi:Bình Tân


Long Hồ was also the name of the Vĩnh Long province of Vietnam before 1975.

Long Hồ is a rural district (huyện) of Vĩnh Long province, in the Mekong Delta region of Vietnam. As of 2003 the district had a population of 151,996. The district covers an area of 193 km². The district capital lies at Long Hồ.

References

Districts of Vĩnh Long province


Mang Thít is a rural district of Vĩnh Long province, in the Mekong Delta region of Vietnam. As of 2003, the district had a population of 101,942. The district covers an area of 158 km². The district capital lies at Cái Nhum.

References

Districts of Vĩnh Long province


Tam Bình is a rural district of Vĩnh Long province, in the Mekong Delta region of Vietnam. As of 2003, the district had a population of . The district covers an area of 280 km². The district capital lies at Tam Bình.

References

Districts of Vĩnh Long province


Trà Ôn is a rural district of Vĩnh Long province in the Mekong Delta region of Vietnam. It is known particularly for its pomelos, which are called bưởi Năm Roi. As of 2003 the district had a population of 149,983. The district covers an area of 258 km². The district capital lies at Trà Ôn.

References

Districts of Vĩnh Long province


is a Japanese former competitive ice dancer. A six-time Japanese national champion, she competed at five World Championships and six Four Continents Championships. Her father, Shoichiro Tsuzuki, is a figure skating coach.

Career

Early years
Tsuzuki began learning to skate in 1982. She skated at least three seasons with Akiyuki Kido, competing on the junior level. They ended their partnership  1990.

Partnership with Nakamura
By 1991, Tsuzuki had teamed up with Kazu Nakamura to compete in the senior ranks. The duo won the Japanese national title in 1993–1994 and placed 24th at the 1994 World Championships in Chiba, Japan. They parted ways at the end of the season.

Partnership with Razgulajevs
Later in 1994, Tsuzuki formed a partnership with Juris Razgulajevs. Winners of two Japanese national titles, they placed 5th at the 1995 NHK Trophy and 16th at the 1996 World Championships in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada.

Partnership with Farkhoutdinov
Tsuzuki teamed up with Rinat Farkhoutdinov around 1998. Early in their partnership, they were coached by Natalia Dubova and Viktor Ryzhkin.

After winning the Japanese national title, Tsuzuki/Farkhoutdinov placed 6th at the 1999 Four Continents Championships in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada, and 20th at the 1999 World Championships in Helsinki, Finland.

They repeated as national champions the following season. The two placed 7th at the 2000 Four Continents Championships in Osaka, Japan, and then 18th at the 2000 World Championships in Nice, France.

By the 2000–2001 season, Tsuzuki/Farkhoutdinov had changed coaches to Tatiana Tarasova and Nikolai Morozov in Newington, Connecticut. After competing at their first Grand Prix assignments, they finished 7th at the 2001 Four Continents Championships in Salt Lake City, Utah, United States, and 24th at the 2001 World Championships in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.

The duo appeared at two more Grand Prix events. The Skate Canada International in November 2001 was their final competition together.

Partnership with Miyamoto
In mid-2003, Tsuzuki teamed up with Kenji Miyamoto. During their three-season partnership, they competed together at six Grand Prix events and placed in the top ten at three Four Continents Championships. They were coached by Muriel Zazoui in Lyon, France.

Tsuzuki retired from competitive skating following the 2005–2006 season.

Programs

With Miyamoto

With Farkhoutdinov

Results
GP: Champions Series / Grand Prix

With Miyamoto

With Farkhoutdinov

With Razgulajevs

With Nakamura

With Kido

References

External links

 Nakako Tsuzuki / Kenji Miyamoto at Tracings.net

Japanese female ice dancers
1975 births
Living people
Sportspeople from Tokyo


Vũng Liêm is a rural district (huyện) of Vĩnh Long province, in the Mekong Delta region of Vietnam. As of 2003 the district had a population of 176,233. The district covers an area of 294 km². The district capital lies at Vũng Liêm.

References

External links
Map of Vũng Liêm
Pictures of Vũng Liêm
Vũng Liêm Mekong Delta Boat Trip

Districts of Vĩnh Long province


Toqua () was a prehistoric and historic Native American site in Monroe County, Tennessee, located in the Southeastern Woodlands.  Toqua was the site of a substantial ancestral town that thrived during the Mississippian period (1000-1600 CE). Toqua had a large earthwork  platform mound built by the town's Mississippian-era inhabitants, in addition to a second, smaller mound. The site's Mississippian occupation may have been recorded by the Spanish as the village of Tali, which was documented in 1540 by the Hernando de Soto expedition. It was later known as the Overhill Cherokee town Toqua, and this name was applied to the archeological site.

In 1967 an archeological survey was conducted at this site prior to completion of the Tellico Dam, as that project would result in Toqua's inundation by Tellico Lake. The Toqua site was important as one of the last remaining Dallas-phase platform mound sites in the valley. In 1978 the archeological site was added to the National Register of Historic Places. In 1979 the Toqua site was submerged after the Little Tennessee River was dammed. The lake is managed by the Tennessee Valley Authority. The shoreline above the Toqua site is now a recreational area managed by the Tennessee Wildlife Resources Agency.

Geography

The Little Tennessee River, which flows westward from its source in the Appalachian Mountains, traverses northern Monroe County for roughly  before emptying into the Tennessee River near Lenoir City.  Tellico Lake, created in 1979 by the construction of Tellico Dam at the mouth of the Little Tennessee, covers the lower  of the river and the lower  of the Tellico River. The Toqua site was situated along the south bank of the Little Tennessee at its confluence with Toqua Creek, approximately  above the mouth of the river.

The shoreline above the now-submerged Toqua site comprises the Toqua Day Use Area Beach and Boat Ramp. It is situated along Tennessee State Route 360 approximately  south of the road's junction with U.S. Route 411 at Vonore. The site can be easily be observed from both the road and the boat ramp.

History

Protohistory

The Hernando de Soto expedition (1539–1543) most likely passed through the upper Tennessee Valley en route to the Coosa chiefdom in northern Georgia.  The expedition, seeking a passage to the Pacific Ocean, had landed at Florida in May 1539 and marched northward through territory in what are now jurisdictions of Georgia, South Carolina, and North Carolina before crossing the Blue Ridge Mountains via the Nolichucky River into the Tennessee Valley.

After spending several weeks at Chiaha (near modern Douglas Dam), the expedition followed the French Broad River and Tennessee River to the village of Coste, which was on Bussell Island at the mouth of the Little Tennessee River.  On July 9, 1540, the expedition left Coste and followed the east bank of the Little Tennessee to the village of Tali, situated on the west bank of the river at what is now known as the Toqua site. The expedition's chroniclers noted that the river at this point was too deep to ford. The sight of the Spaniards created a general panic in Tali, and the villagers attempted to flee downstream in canoes. De Soto apparently deployed his soldiers and forced the villagers to return. The chief of Tali gave the expedition four women and two porters, and de Soto departed with his forces southward the following day. The chief of Tali continued to send rations of sofkee (a gruel similar to hominy grits) and other food until the expedition reached Coosa chiefdom on July 16.

Cherokee period
The name "Toqua" comes from the Cherokee word Dakwa'yi, meaning "fish place."  The name was rooted in a Cherokee legend regarding the Dakwa, or "Great Fish," that lived at the mouth of Toqua Creek.

The term Toqua first appears in the historical record in 1751, when it was listed as the base of an English colonial trader named Anthony Dean. In 1756, Toqua sent 30 warriors to aide the British during the French and Indian War, as the front in North America was known. Willanawaw, who was chief of Toqua at the time, had previously been listed as a chief of nearby Tanasi. Henry Timberlake, whose peace mission visited the Overhill towns in 1761, noted that Willanawaw was still the headman at Toqua. He reported that the town was composed of 32 houses and a councilhouse, the latter built as typical on top of the town's platform mound.

The town of Toqua began to decline as Euro-American settlers pushed westward, encroaching on this area.  The Overhill towns were repeatedly attacked during the American Revolution and the Cherokee–American wars (1776–1794). Toqua was destroyed by John Sevier in 1788.

In the late 1790s, the Duke of Orleans (and future king of France) Louis-Philippe visited the Tellico Blockhouse as part of extensive travels undertaken while he was in exile. Louis-Philippe reported a councilhouse surrounded by 8 to 10 houses at a site some  south of the blockhouse, at what would have been the approximate location of Toqua. He gave a detailed description of the councilhouse's shape and composition.

Toqua still had a small population when the Cherokee sold their lands along the Little Tennessee to the U.S. government in 1819, under the terms of the Calhoun Treaty. Shortly after the treaty, an early settler named John McGhee purchased several thousand acres along the Little Tennessee, including the Toqua site. McGhee's descendants still owned the property in the mid-20th century, when the Tennessee Valley Authority began buying the land in the 1960s in order to construct a dam and Tellico Reservoir.

Archaeology

John W. Emmert, working for the Smithsonian's Bureau of Ethnology, conducted the first archaeological survey of the Toqua area in 1884. In the 1930s, a treasure hunter named George Barnes uncovered hundreds of human bones— most of which he discarded— while digging for artifacts at the Toqua site.

In 1967, in anticipation of the flooding of the site by the construction of Tellico Dam, the University of Tennessee Department of Anthropology began an initial archeological survey of the area to locate sites for further research. Toqua was chosen for excavation as the valley's last remaining Dallas-phase platform mound site. One of the main goals of the University of Tennessee's Toqua investigation was to identify the connection, if any, between the Little Tennessee Valley's Mississippian-period inhabitants and its later historic Cherokee inhabitants. Other goals included establishing a more defined period of Cherokee occupation and to search for evidence of pre-Mississippian occupation.

Mississippian period

Excavations at Toqua in the 1970s uncovered evidence typical of a Mississippian-period village.  The village consisted of a central, level, pebble-covered plaza, flanked by a large "platform" mound (known as "Mound A") and 57 dwellings.  A smaller mound, known as "Mound B," was located in the southeastern corner of the village.  At its height around 1400, the village covered , although its size was later drastically reduced.  The village was surrounded by a clay-covered palisade with bastions located at  intervals. Along with revealing the village's layout, the excavation uncovered 477 confirmed human burials, 212 whole or partial ceramic vessels, and several thousand stone artifacts.

The Mississippian structures identified and investigated at the Toqua site included the two mounds and several dwellings.  The construction of Mound A occurred in 16 phases and probably began in the 10th century of the Common Era (CE). The mound was approximately  high and  in diameter, and topped by two structures, the largest of which measured  x  and contained a central hearth and benches.  Excavations at the mound discovered a chert sword, a pot filled with marsh elder seeds, and two high-status female burials.  Mound B was  high and  in diameter and contained numerous cremated human remains.  A typical Mississippian-period dwelling at the Toqua site consisted of  of living space, a central hearth, storage areas, and interior partitions.

Analysis of the human remains uncovered at Toqua determined that the height of the average male was 5'6" and the height of the average female was 5'1".  Life expectancy was 17.1 years for males and 15.1 years for females. Many of the remains showed signs of widespread iron deficiency, possibly because of a diet relying too much upon corn and consisting of little meat. At its height, the village probably had a population of between 250 and 300.

Toqua was likely the dominant village in the Little Tennessee Valley between 1250 and 1500CE.  An increase in mass burials and the reduction of the village to nearly one-half its size in the 16th century indicate a possible decline at Toqua.  The village was superseded by rising Dallas phase occupations at Tomotley (almost adjacent to Toqua) and Citico (several miles upstream).

Conclusions
While excavators were able to establish a rough period of Cherokee occupation at Toqua by matching archaeological finds with historical data, the project's main goal— identifying the relationship between Toqua's pre-Cherokee and Cherokee inhabitants— remained inconclusive. Investigators found no evidence of a "continued" occupation from the Mississippian period to the Overhill period. The link between the pre-Cherokee and Cherokee inhabitants of the Little Tennessee Valley remains an unresolved issue.

See also
 List of sites and peoples visited by the Hernando de Soto Expedition
 Mississippian culture
 Southeastern Ceremonial Complex

References

External links
 Frank H. McClung Museum
 The Toqua townhouse's hearth — photograph of the central hearth in Toqua's Cherokee townhouse (councilhouse)
 Tellico Lake Wildlife Management Area — TWRA site

Populated places established in the 10th century
Populated places disestablished in 1788
1788 disestablishments in the United States
Razed cities
South Appalachian Mississippian culture
Native American history of Tennessee
Archaeological sites on the National Register of Historic Places in Tennessee
Cherokee towns in Tennessee
Geography of Monroe County, Tennessee
National Register of Historic Places in Monroe County, Tennessee


The King of Ping Pong () is a 2008 Swedish film directed by Jens Jonsson, who also co-wrote the film with Hans Gunnarsson. The film revolves around a dysfunctional family, including a teenager Rille. It was featured and won two awards at the 2008 Sundance Film Festival. It received mostly positive reception.

Plot summary
Taking place in northern Sweden, the film is about obese teenager Rille who loves to play ping pong, in which he wins against younger kids. While not playing table tennis, he has to deal with bullies and his younger sibling. Their mother tries to start a hairdressing operation from her home during her children's spring break. The father gets his children into all sorts of bizarre situations, which prompts Rille to wonder if the man really is their father.

Production
The film was written by the director Jonsson and Hans Gunnarsson. Askild Vik Edvardsen was the cinematographer and Josefin Åsberg was the production designer. Justin Lowe wrote for the Associated Press that Jonsson and Gunnarson "keep the film's slightly off-kilter comedy reinforced by occasional visual puns" and that "Cinematographer Askild Vik Edvardsen bathes the proceedings with wintry-filtered light that's well suited to the sedate camerawork". The camerawork was compared to that of Roy Andersson by the International Film Festival Rotterdam.

Release
It competed in the World Cinema Dramatic Competition at the 2008 Sundance Film Festival where it received the Grand Jury Prize: World Cinema and the World Cinema Cinematography Award.

Reception
Rob Hunter, writing for Film School Rejects, gave the film a B−, saying, "An interesting and peculiarly Swedish take on the coming-of-age theme, the movie is worth watching for folks with patience". The film received 3 and half stars out of five from VPRO.

References

External links

2008 films
Swedish independent films
Sundance Film Festival award-winning films
Table tennis films
Films about dysfunctional families
Films directed by Jens Jonsson


Hilton is a village in Cumbria, England, in the civil parish of Murton, about  east of Appleby-in-Westmorland and at an elevation of . In 1870-72 the township had a population of 253. It has a rural economy, with much grazing of sheep, though the past was also home to lead mining.

History
Hilton was the birthplace of Christopher Bainbridge (c.1464–1514), Cardinal and Archbishop of York (where he was the direct predecessor of Thomas Wolsey). Bainbridge was closely related to the local families of Langton, Machell and Blenkinsop.

By the end 19th century, Hilton had a population of around 300 in an area of 4,984 acres there were many lead mines nearby and a smelt mill was situated in the village. In 1856 the St. John the Baptist Church was constructed in the area between Hilton and Murton which features a three-tier pulpit. Since the 1980s much of the previously common land of the village has been owned by the Ministry of Defence as part of the Warcop Training Area which has been expanded extensively over the years.

Hilton Mine
Some  to the northeast of Hilton, between Hilton Fell and Murton Fell in Scordale, is the Hilton Mine . Initially it worked for galena (lead ore) in the nineteenth century by the London Lead Company, it was later worked under different owners for barium minerals, barytes and witherite in the early twentieth century. It also was a rare source of yellow coloured fluorite in the UK.

See also

Listed buildings in Murton, Cumbria

References

Villages in Cumbria
Murton, Cumbria


The 1955 Major League Baseball season was contested from April 11 to October 4, 1955.  It featured 16 teams, eight in the National League and eight in the American League, with each team playing a 154-game schedule.  In the World Series the Brooklyn Dodgers defeated the New York Yankees 4 games to 3.

For the third consecutive season, a franchise changed homes as the Philadelphia Athletics moved to Kansas City and played their home games at Municipal Stadium.

Standings

American League

National League

Postseason

Bracket

Awards and honors

Baseball Hall of Fame
Frank Baker
Joe DiMaggio
Ted Lyons
Dazzy Vance
Gabby Hartnett
Ray Schalk
Most Valuable Player
American League: Yogi Berra, New York Yankees
National League: Roy Campanella, Brooklyn Dodgers
Rookie of the Year
American League: Herb Score, Cleveland Indians
National League: Bill Virdon, St. Louis Cardinals

Statistical leaders

Managers

American League

National League

Home field attendance

Television coverage
The Game of the Week moved from ABC to CBS (the rights were actually set up through the Falstaff Brewing Corporation).

The All-Star Game and World Series aired on NBC.

See also
1955 Nippon Professional Baseball season

References

External links
1955 Major League Baseball season schedule

Major League Baseball seasons


Phúc Yên is a city in Vĩnh Phúc Province in the Red River Delta region of Vietnam. As of 2003 the district had a population of 83,352. The district covers an area of 120 km². The district capital lies at Phúc Yên. The city is on National Route 2 heading North-West out of Hanoi to the town of Vĩnh Yên.

References

Populated places in Vĩnh Phúc province
Districts of Vĩnh Phúc province
Cities in Vietnam


The McGuire Nuclear Station is a nuclear power plant located about  northwest of Charlotte, North Carolina, on the state's largest lake, Lake Norman.  It is a  lake created in 1963 by Duke Power for the Cowans Ford Hydroelectric Station. The McGuire units use the lake's water for cooling.

This plant has two Westinghouse pressurized water reactors and has a capability to produce 2,250 megawatts of net power, with a net generation of 17,514 GW·h in 2005.  This represents 44% of the total nuclear power generation for the state of North Carolina.

Ownership
McGuire Nuclear Station is operated by Duke Power Company and owned by the Duke Energy Corporation.  It is named for William McGuire, who served as president of Duke Power from 1959 to 1971.

License
The original operating licenses' dates of expiration were 2021-06-12 for Unit 1 and  2023-03-03 for Unit 2.
In 2003, the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) renewed the licenses for both reactors for an additional twenty years.

Electricity production

Surrounding population
The NRC defines two emergency planning zones around nuclear power plants: a plume exposure pathway zone with a radius of , concerned primarily with exposure to, and inhalation of, airborne radioactive contamination, and an ingestion pathway zone of about , concerned primarily with ingestion of food and liquid contaminated by radioactivity.

The 2010 U.S. population within  of McGuire was 199,869, an increase of 66.8 percent in a decade, according to an analysis of U.S. Census data for msnbc.com. The 2010 U.S. population within  was 2,850,782, an increase of 23.3 percent since 2000. Cities within 50 miles include Charlotte (17 miles to city center).

Ice condensers
The McGuire Nuclear Station uses ice condensers as part of its emergency containment systems. A nuclear plant ice condenser is a passive, static heat sink that relies on large quantities of ice to mitigate severe accidents. Ice condensers are designed to limit pressure in the event of an accidental steam release. This design allows smaller containment structures and reduced material requirements.

Seismic risk
The NRC's estimate of the risk each year of an earthquake intense enough to cause core damage to the reactor at McGuire was 1 in 32,258, according to an NRC study published in August 2010.

Stator replacement project
During 2014 McGuire Nuclear Station powered down one of its units to undergo a routine refueling outage, critical to the operation of the plant. This outage was particularly significant because McGuire performed a major evolution – the replacement of a generator stator. The stator is part of the electric generator and is among the largest and heaviest components in the plant, weighing approximately 1.2 million pounds. The work was carried out by Siemens Energy Inc. The lifting contractor was Sarens who used a structural temporary lifting system to remove the existing Stator and install the new Stator. A specialist engineering company named Lowther-Rolton performed a "Technical Audit" of the lifting and installation engineering to ensure safety of operations. Lowther-Rolton were the original developers of the Technical Audit system for load movement operations.

See also

List of largest power stations in the United States

References

External links
Official Site From Duke Energy

Energy infrastructure completed in 1981
Energy infrastructure completed in 1984
Buildings and structures in Mecklenburg County, North Carolina
Nuclear power plants in North Carolina
Nuclear power stations using pressurized water reactors
Duke Energy
1981 establishments in North Carolina


Minarni (later Minarni Soedaryanto; 10 May 1944 in Pasuruan, East Java – 14 May 2003 in Pertamina Central Hospital, South Jakarta) was an Indonesian badminton player who won major titles around the world and who represented her country internationally between 1959 and 1975. In 1968, Minarni became the first Indonesian to reach the final of women's singles at the All England Open, and with Retno Kustijah formed the first of only two Indonesian women's doubles teams yet to capture the All England Open title. She also won titles at the Indonesian National Championships, the quadrennial Asian Games, the Asian Championships, and at the Malaysia, U.S., Canada, Singapore, and New Zealand Opens. Minarni first played in the then triennial Uber Cup competition for Indonesia in her mid teens (1959). In her last Uber Cup campaign (1974-1975) her excellent doubles play helped Indonesia to win its first women's world team title.

10 May 2019, on what would have been her 75th birthday, she was honored with a Google Doodle.

Achievements

Asian Games
Women's singles

Women's doubles

Mixed doubles

Asian Championships
Women's singles

Women's doubles

International Open Tournaments (18 titles, 3 runners-up)
Women's singles

Women's doubles

Mixed doubles

Invitational Tournament
Women's doubles

Other Tournaments

Women's singles

Women's doubles

References

1944 births
2003 deaths
People from Pasuruan
Badminton players from East Java
Indonesian female badminton players
Badminton players at the 1962 Asian Games
Badminton players at the 1966 Asian Games
Badminton players at the 1970 Asian Games
Badminton players at the 1974 Asian Games
Asian Games gold medalists for Indonesia
Asian Games silver medalists for Indonesia
Asian Games bronze medalists for Indonesia
Asian Games medalists in badminton
Medalists at the 1962 Asian Games
Medalists at the 1966 Asian Games
Medalists at the 1970 Asian Games
Medalists at the 1974 Asian Games


The EFDA Nations Cup, was a Country vs Country competition for Formula Opel cars between 1990 and 1998. It had always been Dan Partel's dream to stage a race that pitted drivers in equal cars racing for their country. The Formula Opel/Vauxhall one make racing series offered the best opportunity for such an event.

The 1990 EFDA Nations Cup (Nation Cup I) was held at Spa-Francorchamps, Belgium (19–20 July 1990).

Final positions

References

External links
 Fastlines International
 Driver Database

EFDA Nations Cup
EFDA Nations Cup seasons
EFDA Nations Cup


was a Japanese samurai of the Sengoku period through early Edo period, who served the Oda clan. He is Nobunaga's stable master (umamawari, 馬廻).

He served in a number of Nobunaga's battles, including Moribe (1561) and Anegawa (1570). After Nobunaga's death, he served Toyotomi Hideyoshi. He was the brother of Kitsuno, Oda Nobunaga's concubine.

References
http://kazusanosukede.gozaru.jp/busyou/toujyoujinbutu-i.htm

http://www.kirrah.net/his_no17.html

Samurai
1607 deaths
Year of birth unknown


The 1954 Major League Baseball season was contested from April 13 to October 2, 1954. For the second consecutive season, an MLB franchise relocated, as the St. Louis Browns moved to Baltimore and became the Baltimore Orioles, who played their home games at Memorial Stadium.

Standings

American League

National League

Postseason

Bracket

Awards and honors
MLB Most Valuable Player Award
 Yogi Berra, New York Yankees, C
 Willie Mays, New York Giants, OF
MLB Rookie of the Year Award
 Bob Grim, New York Yankees, P
 Wally Moon, St. Louis Cardinals, OF
The Sporting News Player of the Year Award
Willie Mays New York Giants
The Sporting News Pitcher of the Year Award
Bob Lemon Cleveland Indians
Johnny Antonelli New York Giants
The Sporting News Manager of the Year Award
Leo Durocher New York Giants

Statistical leaders

All-Star game

Records
Umpire Bill McGowan set a Major League record by officiating in his 2,541st consecutive game.

Managers

American League

National League

Home field attendance

Television coverage
ABC aired the Saturday Game of the Week for the second consecutive year. The All-Star Game and World Series aired exclusively on NBC.

See also
1954 All-American Girls Professional Baseball League season
1954 Nippon Professional Baseball season

Notes

External links
1954 Major League Baseball season schedule at Baseball Reference

Major League Baseball seasons


KONO may refer to:

 KONO (AM), a radio station (860 AM) in San Antonio, Texas, United States
 KONO-FM, a radio station (101.1 FM) in Helotes, Texas, United States
 KSAT-TV, a television station (channel 12) in San Antonio, Texas, United States that had the call signs KONO from 1957 to 1969
 The ICAO identifier for Ontario Municipal Airport in Ontario, Oregon, United States
 Masayuki Kono, also known as KONO, Japanese professional wrestler and mixed martial artist

See also
 Kono (disambiguation)
 Konno, a surname
 Kouno (disambiguation)


The following is the final results of the Iran Super League 2004/05 basketball season. After passing a season of hard work for all participating teams, the 2004-05 Iranian Super League came to its end, crowning Sanam as the Champions of Iran. Sanam thrashed its arch-rival, Saba Battery, 94-79 in the final match. This difference seemed to give a real shock to Saba, which came to this game, almost as an unbeatable team during the whole season. Even Andre Pitts and Lorenzo Hall could not help Saba to survive from the quagmire made by Sanam. In the first game, Saba beat Sanam 79-75.

Regular season

Group A

Group B

Playoffs

Championship

1st round

Quarterfinals

Semifinals

3rd place match

Final

Classifications

Relegation matches

Final ranking

 Sanam and Saba Battery qualified to 2005 WASL League.
 Dokhaniat, Galin Macaron, Shahid Ghandi and Mahram relegated to Division 1.

References
 Asia-Basket

Iranian Basketball Super League seasons
League
Iran


Josef Holeček (; 25 January 1921 – 20 February 2005) was a Czechoslovakian sprint canoeist who competed in the late 1940s and early 1950s. Competing in two Summer Olympics, he won gold medals in the C-1 1000 m event in both 1948 and 1952.

Holeček was born in Říčany. In addition to his Olympic record, he won two medals at the 1950 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships in Copenhagen with a gold in the C-1 1000 m and a silver in the C-1 10000 m events.

References

1921 births
2005 deaths
People from Říčany
Canoeists at the 1948 Summer Olympics
Canoeists at the 1952 Summer Olympics
Czechoslovak male canoeists
Czech male canoeists
Olympic canoeists for Czechoslovakia
Olympic gold medalists for Czechoslovakia
Olympic medalists in canoeing
ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships medalists in Canadian
Medalists at the 1952 Summer Olympics
Medalists at the 1948 Summer Olympics
Sportspeople from the Central Bohemian Region


Bình Xuyên is a rural district of Vĩnh Phúc province, in the Red River Delta region of northern Vietnam. As of 2003 the district had a population of 104,526. The district covers an area of 145 km². The district capital lies at Hương Canh.

References

Districts of Vĩnh Phúc province