Jeremiah Pai is a New Zealand rugby league footballer who plays for the Point Chevalier Pirates.

Early years
He was first noticed when playing for the Eastern Tornadoes in the Bartercard Cup before making his National Rugby League debut for the New Zealand Warriors in 2002.

Australia
After leaving the club he had stints with the Wests Tigers and in Parramatta and Melbourne but could not break into the first grade side. During his time with Melbourne he played for the North Sydney Bears due to a feeder agreement between the two clubs.

Return to New Zealand
He has since returned to New Zealand where he has played for the East Coast Bays Barracudas, Northcote Tigers and Hibiscus Coast Raiders and represented Auckland in both the New South Wales Cup and the Bartercard Premiership.

In 2006 Pai represented the New Zealand Māori side in a three match series against the Cook Islands.

In 2011, while playing for the Northcote Tigers, Pai won the Auckland Rugby League's Player of the Year award and was named at standoff in the Team of the Year. In 2012 Pai moved clubs, joining the Point Chevalier Pirates.

He was named in the New Zealand Māori squad in 2015 to play Auckland.

References

1982 births
Living people
New Zealand rugby league players
Auckland rugby league team players
New Zealand Warriors players
East Coast Bays Barracudas players
North Sydney Bears NSW Cup players
Hibiscus Coast Raiders players
North Harbour rugby league team players
Northcote Tigers players
Eastern Tornadoes players
New Zealand Māori rugby league players
New Zealand Māori rugby league team players
Rugby league five-eighths
Point Chevalier Pirates players


Jim Lang (1 October 1909 – 22 December 1991) was a Welsh international rugby union number 8 who played club rugby for Llanelli and Swansea. Whilst with Llanelli he faced two touring Southern Hemisphere teams, the South Africans in 1931 and New Zealand in 1935.

Rugby career
Lang was first capped for Wales in the 1931 Five Nations Championship in a game against France. Under the captaincy of Jack Bassett, Wales won the game with ease, running in seven tries. Lang was reselected two weeks later to face the Irish at Ravenhill, and when Wales won the game they also won the tournament. Lang would remain unselected for his country for another four years, but in 1931 he played for Llanelli when they hosted the touring South Africans. Lang ran out against the Springboks with his brother, Will, but ended the game on the losing side.

In 1934 Lang was back in the Welsh team, adding some experience to a team which the game earlier with 13 new caps, had lost at home to England. Led by Claude Davey and with the flair supplied by Cliff Jones, Wales beat Scotland at Murrayfield. This game was the first of ten sequential games that Lang would play for Wales stretching to 1937. His most memorable game during this period was Wales's win against the touring New Zealand team in 1935. Having already faced, and lost, to the All Blacks with Llanelli, Lang found himself selected to face the tourists for his country. It was a memorable win for Wales in a match filled with drama, that saw Wales losing with ten minutes remaining and their hooker stretchered off with a broken neck, only for the Welsh team to rally for a narrow win. Lang played his part with strong line-out play that allowed Wales to gain from good possession.

International matches played
Wales
  1935, 1936, 1937
  1931
 Ireland  1931, 1934, 1935, 1936
  1935
  1934, 1935, 1936

Bibliography

References

1909 births
1991 deaths
Llanelli RFC players
Rugby union number eights
Rugby union players from Garnant
Swansea RFC players
Wales international rugby union players
Welsh rugby union players


The THK-2 was a single-seat, single-engine aerobatic trainer aircraft developed in Turkey in 1944 intended as an advanced trainer. It was a conventional, low-wing cantilever monoplane with an elliptical planform and of wooden construction. The cockpit was enclosed and the main units of the tailwheel undercarriage retracted backwards into the wing.

Designed by Polish engineers who had come to Turkey to help establish the Türk Hava Kurumu factory, the first prototype flew in 1944 and the second flew the following year. This led to production in series, but only four further examples were built before the project was abandoned. When THK was taken over by MKEK, this was one of the designs selected for further work. However, although the designation MKEK-2 was allocated, nothing further came of this. The THK-2s were used by the Turkish Air Force in their intended role until the mid-1950s.

Specifications

Notes

References

1940s Turkish military trainer aircraft
Single-engined tractor aircraft
Low-wing aircraft
Turkish Aeronautical Association aircraft


The Lake County Examiner is a weekly newspaper published in Lakeview, Oregon, United States. It was founded in 1880 by Stephen P. Moss and Charles A. Cogswell. Over the years, the paper has had a number of publishers. Today, the newspaper is owned by Adams Publishing Group. In addition to the weekly newspaper, the Examiner staff publishes a number of special editions each year along with a local real estate guide and a twice-weekly news flyer.

Newspaper
The Lake County Examiner is a weekly newspaper that serves Lake County, Oregon. The newspaper is published every Wednesday in Lakeview, the county seat of Lake County. The Examiner is a community newspaper that primarily covers local news, sports, business, and events. Most of the newspaper's advertising is local as well. , the Examiner had a circulation of approximately 2,400. The newspaper maintains an online presence through www.lakecountyexam.com, a web-site that features local news, commentary, sports, obituaries, and community announcements.

The Examiner normally has between five and nine employees. , there were six full-time staff members plus one part-time employee working at the Examiner. The newspaper's annual revenue is estimated to be between $1 million and $2.5 million. The Examiner is a member of the Oregon Newspaper Publishers Association, Oregon's newspaper trade association.

Other publications
In addition to the weekly newspaper, the Examiner staff publishes up to twelve special editions each year. The special editions focus on local industries such as farming, ranching, and forestry as well as events like the Lake County Fair and Lakeview's annual hang gliding festival. The staff also publishes a local real-estate guide called Home Sweet Home. Twice a week the Examiner publishes a legal-size street flyer called the Lakeview Low Down. This offers news bullets and local advertising and is distributed through Lakeview area restaurants. The company also does job-order printing and publishing, photocopying, bookbinding, and engraving. The Examiner is registered to do contract printing and publishing work for the federal government.

History
It was created by the Oregon State Legislature in 1874, and founded by Charles A. Cogswell and Stephen P. Moss in 1880. The town of Lakeview was established two years later and became the county seat for Lake County. It was started as a weekly newspaper published in Lakeview. The newspaper's first editor was Frank Coffin.

In its early editions, the Examiner used extremely small print type. The newspaper's front page often included anecdotes and fiction along with feature stories and news. When the newspaper began, a one-year subscription cost $3.00. However, the newspaper's main source of income was legal notices for land claims, which homesteaders were required to post publicly. After a few years in business, the Examiner installed an Eight-Medium Gordon-Franklin job press and changed to a new larger print style.

Around 1883, The Examiner merged with another Lakeview newspaper, the State Line Herald. While the State Line Herald was Lakeview's first newspaper, established in 1878, the combined publication kept the Lake County Examiner name. After the merger, the paper began advocating Republican politics on its editorial page.

During the 1880s, the Examiner was sold a number of times. In 1884, Fuller Snelling became Charles Cogswell's partner. Bruce Allen and Frank W. Beach then bought the newspaper in 1885. A year later, Seneca C. Beach bought out Allen's share, forming the company of Beach and Beach. It was published by Beach and Beach until 1891, when Frank Beach left to become editor and publisher of the Linkville Weekly Star.

On 22 May 1900, a fire burned most of Lakeview. There were no deaths, but 64 buildings were destroyed. Only two downtown business structures survived the fire. However, the Examiner staff rescued enough equipment and material to publish a special edition the day after the fire.

In 1905, C. Oscar Metzker became the newspaper's publisher. Metzker installed a linotype machine to streamline the typesetting process. At about the  same time, the Examiner began publishing eight pages per issue with eight columns per page. In the early 1900s, the newspaper added political cartoons and a regular "Candidate Column" to discuss political candidates. Upbeat business articles about Lake County were common along with announcements for community events and meetings. Editorials offered opinions on politics, economic issues, and legal decisions. During this period, the Examiner also printed short stories and poems along with advice on women's fashions. However, public notices for land and mining claims remained an important revenue source for the newspaper.

In 1911, the Examiner was purchased by Fred P. Cronemiller, who also owned the Evening Herald in Klamath Falls, Oregon. His son, G. D. Cronemiller, became editor and publisher of the Examiner when his father died in 1924. In 1935, Cronemiller sold the Examiner to C. J. Gillette and Hugh McGilvra.

In 1983, the Examiner was acquired by the Pioneer News Group. Pioneer sold its papers to Adams Publishing Group in 2017.

References

External links

1880 establishments in Oregon
Lake County, Oregon
Lakeview, Oregon
Newspapers published in Oregon
Oregon Newspaper Publishers Association
Newspapers established in 1880


ArrayFire is an American software company that develops programming tools for parallel computing and graphics on graphics processing unit (GPU) chipsets. Its products are particularly popular in the defense industry.

Products
The company's first major product was Jacket, a library that extends MATLAB with GPGPU capabilities on CUDA-enabled Nvidia GPUs, released in June 2008 (version 1.0 in January 2009).

Jacket was followed by ArrayFire, a similar GPGPU extension for C, C++ and Fortran. There are three versions available, one for CUDA GPUs, one for OpenCL devices and another for regular CPUs.

ArrayFire is partially funded by DARPA, who uses it in its "Memex" dark web search software.

Since version 3.4 the library is Open Source.

References

External links

Nvidia
American companies established in 2007
Software companies based in Georgia (U.S. state)
GPGPU
Companies based in Atlanta
Technology companies of the United States
Software companies of the United States
2007 establishments in Georgia (U.S. state)
Software companies established in 2007


Ek Mahal Ho Sapno Ka is a Hindi language Indian soap opera that aired on Sony TV. The show was a remake of Gujarati show on ETV Gujarati called Sapna Na Vavetar. It was the first Hindi-language fiction series to reach 1000 episodes.

Plot

The story revolves around a Gujarati business tycoon, Purushottam Nanavati, who is the head of his joint family of four married sons. It focuses on the trials & tribulations that a joint family faces, whether it is due to the family members' separation or their union. In addition, it shows how the family members find ways to cope with these differences.

Cast

 Ajit Vachhani as Purushottam Nanavati
 Dina Pathak as Dadi
 Kalpana Diwan as Anusuya Purushottam Nanavati
 Sanat Vyas as Sanat Purushottam Nanavati
 Zankhana Desai / Meghna Roy as Panna Sanat Nanvati
 Rasik Dave as Shekhar Purushottam Nanavati
 Ragini Shah / Pallavi Pradhan as Rashmi Shekhar Nanvati
 Rajeev Mehta as Sameer Purushottam Nanavati
 Apara Mehta as Parolata Sameer Nanavati
 Manoj Joshi as Abhay Purushottam Nanavati
 Vandana Pathak as Sonal Abhay Nanavati
 Suchita Trivedi as Meenu Purushottam Nanavati (wife of Ketan Dalmiya)
 Supriya Pathak / Sejal Shah as Neelu Purushottam Nanavati
 Sarita Joshi as Sumitra, Rashmi's Mother
 Deven Bhojani as Raju Rajkotwala
 Deepak Gheewala as Parag Dalmiya, Meenu's Father-In-Law
 Rajni Shantaram as Saroj Dalmiya, Meenu's Mother-In-Law
 Shailesh Dave
 Dipesh Shah
 Darshan Jariwala as Vijay Saxeria
 Minal Padiyar a.k.a. Mansi Patel as Beena, Rashmi's Sister, and Mansi Saxeria
 Rita Bhaduri as Faiba
 Paresh Ganatra as Dheeraj , Raju's PA
 Trupti Bhupen
 Muni Jha as Bobby Anand
 Dinyar Contractor
 Vaishali Thakkar as Bharti
 Minal Karpe as Vasanti Ben
 Amita Choksi as Ganga
 Dhruvi Parekh as Riddhi
 Ravisha Parikh as Siddhi
 Dimple Shah as Gautami
Arvind Vaidya as Gautami's father

References

External links
Ek Mahal Ho Sapno Ka Official Site

Indian television soap operas
Sony Entertainment Television original programming
1999 Indian television series debuts
2002 Indian television series endings


The 1949–50 New York Knicks season was the fourth season for the team in the National Basketball Association (NBA). In the regular season, the Knicks finished in second place in the Eastern Division, posting a 40–28 record and advancing to the NBA playoffs. New York won its first round series against the Washington Capitols, 2–0, to make it to the Eastern Division finals. There, the team was defeated two games to one by the Syracuse Nationals.

NBA draft

Roster
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Regular season

Season standings

Record vs. opponents

Game log

Playoffs

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| 1
| March 21
| @ Washington
| W 90–87
| Carl Braun (26)
| Carl Braun (6)
| Uline Arena
| 1–0
|- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc"
| 2
| March 22
| Washington
| W 103–83
| Harry Gallatin (20)
| Dick McGuire (6)
| Madison Square Garden III
| 2–0
|-

|- align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc"
| 1
| March 26
| @ Syracuse
| L 83–91 (OT)
| Carl Braun (22)
| Carl Braun (4)
| State Fair Coliseum
| 0–1
|- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc"
| 2
| March 30
| Syracuse
| W 80–76
| Vince Boryla (21)
| Dick McGuire (7)
| Madison Square Garden III
| 1–1
|- align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc"
| 3
| April 2
| @ Syracuse
| L 80–91
| Gallatin, Vandeweghe (17)
| Dick McGuire (5)
| State Fair Coliseum
| 1–2
|-

References

New York Knicks seasons
New York
New York Knicks
New York Knicks
1940s in Manhattan
1950s in Manhattan
Madison Square Garden


Smaragda Karydi (Greek: ) is a Greek TV and stage actress. She came into prominence playing the role of Dahlia in the TV series Sto Para Pente and later the TV series Fila ton vatraho sou (Frog or not) co-starring with Τhodoris Atheridis.

Early days
Smaragda was born on 9 August 1969, and is the daughter of actors Dinos Karydis (whom she later starred with in Fila ton vatraho sou) (Frog or not) and Tzoulia Argyropoulos.

She graduated from the Drama School of the Greek National Theatre and has worked as an actress in the Greek television in primary and secondary roles in the series. From 2005 until 2007 she has had one of the main roles in the popular TV series Sto Para Pente.

She has also starred in the films Thiliki Etairia written by Nikos Perakis in 1999, O kalyteros mou filos written by Lakis Lazopoulos and the cinema adaptation of the theatrical play Mia melissa ton Avgousto written by Thodoris Atheridis in 2007.

In the theatre she has starred in the plays Apo erota, Mia melissa ton Avgousto, and Sinevi kai opoios thelei to pistevei written and directed by Thodoris Atheridis.

Selected filmography

Television
1992-1993 - Vamena kokkina mallia (Βαμμένα κόκκινα μαλλιά; Dyed red hair)
1994 - To Harama (Το χάραμα)
1996 - To Hroma tou fengariou] (Το χρώμα το φεγγαριού; The colour of the moon)
1996 - Logo timis ("Λόγω τιμής"; Because of Honour)
1996 - Dipli Alithia (Διπλή αλήθεια; Double truth)
1998 - Gia sena (Για σένα; For you)
1999 - Eroica
2002 - Ah ke na 'kseres (Αχ! και να 'ξερες; If you only knew!)
2003 - Lefkos Ikos (Λευκός Οίκος; White house)
2004 - Babballoo (Μπαμπαλού)
2005 - Sto Para Pente (Στο Παρά Πέντε, In the nick of time)
2007 - Fila to vatraho sou (Φίλα τον βατραχό σου; Kiss your frog)
2015 - Ethniki Ellados (Εθνική Ελλάδος; The Greece national football team)
2020 - Min Arxizeis Tin Mourmoura (Μην Αρχίζεις Την Μουρμούρα; Don't start your whingeing)

Cinema
1999 - Thiliki Eteria (Θηλυκή Εταιρεία)
2001 - O kalyteros mou filos (My best friend)
2007 - Mia Melissa ton Avgousto (Μια μέλισσα τον Αύγουστο)
2009 - H Klironomos (Η Κληρονόμος)

Theatre
Apo Erota (Από έρωτα)
Mia Melissa Ton Avgousto (Μια μέλισσα τον Αύγουστο)
Synevi ki opis theli to pistevi (Συνέβη κι όποιος θέλει το πιστεύει)
The Witches of Smyrna (Οι Μάγισσες της Σμύρνης)
The Wedding of Koutroulis (Του Κουτρούλη ο γάμος)
Noises Off (Το σώσε)

References

External links

Greek television actresses
Greek voice actresses
Living people
1969 births


The varsovienne, also known as the varsouvienne or varsoviana, is a slow, graceful dance in  time with an accented downbeat in alternate measures. It combines elements of the waltz, mazurka, and polka. The dance originated around 1850 in Warsaw, Poland. The words varsovienne and varsoviana are French and Spanish feminine adjectives, respectively, meaning 'from Warsaw'. The dance was popular in 19th-century America, where it was danced to the tune Put Your Little Foot.  It quickly became a favorite folk dance in the Scandinavian countries as well.  The unique armhold by the same name – also known as the promenade hold – is used in other dance styles such as the American square dance, contra dance, and some ballroom dances.

Uses
Henry Ford's Dance Orchestra recorded a piece titled Varsovienne.

The Albion Dance Band recorded a varsoviana tune on their 1977 album The Prospect Before Us.

A varsoviana tune plays an important role in Tennessee Williams' play A Streetcar Named Desire.

Conrad Hilton danced the varsovienne as a type of ceremonial good luck ritual when he opened new hotels.

References

External links
 Video of dance from the National Digital Library Program of the US Library of Congress, on YouTube

Polish dances
Culture in Warsaw


Christopher Paul Beardshaw (born 11 January 1969) is a British garden designer, plantsman, author, speaker, and broadcaster.

Background
Beardshaw was formally trained in Horticulture at Pershore College, and holds a BA Hons and PGDip in Landscape Architecture from the University of Gloucestershire. He has won 35 prestigious design awards, including 12 RHS Gold Medals; the latest was for his Morgan Stanley Garden for the NSPCC at RHS Chelsea Flower Show in 2018, which also was awarded the coveted Best Show Garden Award. He has also been voted for the People's Choice Award six times, most recently in 2023.

His first TV appearance was in 1999 as the expert on Surprise Gardeners for Carlton TV. After this, he moved to the BBC TV and Real Rakeovers as the expert contributor. His first show as solo presenter was Weekend Gardener for UKTV Style in 2000. Also in 2000, he co-presented Gardening Neighbours for BBC 2. This was followed by three series of Housecall. After this, he joined Gardeners' World Live as a specialist presenter, and then soon moved on to become a presenter on Gardeners' World, alongside Monty Don and Rachel De Thame. Beardshaw was perhaps best known for his The Flying Gardener series for BBC2, which ran for four series. He currently presents Beechgrove and is a regular panel member on BBC Radio 4's Gardeners' Question Time.

The Chris Beardshaw Rose was launched at the Hampton Court Flower Show in July 2007.  Beautifully scented with soft pink blooms, the new rose was produced by international rose specialist C&K Jones. Chris Beardshaw specifically asked for a donation (£2.50) to be made to the Royal National Lifeboat Institution (RNLI) for every rose sold.

He holds an Honorary Degree from Liverpool University and is an Honorary Fellow of Gloucestershire University, and in 2017 was awarded the Kew Guild Gold Award.

References

External links
 Official website
 Gardener's Question Time on Radio 4

English gardeners
English television presenters
English garden writers
Living people
Alumni of Pershore College of Horticulture
1969 births


The CUNY School of Professional Studies (CUNY SPS) is a public university and is part of the City University of New York (CUNY).

History

In June of 2003, Neil Kleiman, then-director of the Center for an Urban Future, addressed the Board of Trustees of the City University of New York detailing the need for creating the CUNY School of Professional Studies (CUNY SPS).

In 2013, CUNY SPS opened its principal campus in midtown Manhattan, at the former site of the Gimbels department store.

In the twenty years since its founding, CUNY SPS became CUNY’s first and leading campus to offer fully online degree programs at both the bachelor's and master's level. The School's programs have also been ranked among the top in the nation. As of 2023, the U.S. News & World Report  named CUNY SPS #11 on their nationwide list of Best Online Bachelor’s Programs. Ranked out of 360 schools assessed, with a score of 94 out of 100, CUNY SPS is the highest listed in New York State. Additionally, U.S. News & World Report ranked CUNY SPS #5 in the nation on the publisher’s 2023 list of Best Online Bachelor’s Programs for Veterans.

Programs
The following list contains the names of the CUNY School of Professional Studies programs that have been registered with the New York State Education Department (NYSED) under the CUNY Graduate School and University Center and assigned HEGIS code numbers in compliance with State requirements.

 An online bachelor's in psychology that has been ranked #4 in the nation on the 2023 list of Best Online Bachelor’s Programs in Psychology by U.S. News & World Report.
 Other online bachelor's degrees include business (44th nationwide ranking from U.S. News & World Report), communication and media, disability studies, health information management, sociology (the sociology bachelor's is ranked #1 nationwide by Great Value Colleges), and more.
 The nursing bachelor's and the master's degrees are additionally accredited by the Commission on Collegiate Nursing Education.
 Master's degrees in applied theater and youth studies with fully online master's degrees in data analytics, business management, disability studies, disability services in higher education, psychology and more.
 Credit courses in a variety of areas, including project management, immigration law, and healthcare administration.
 Customized training programs for government agencies, unions, and nonprofit organizations

Alumni
CUNY SPS has over 6,000 alumni who work principally in the healthcare and business sectors.  While the majority of its alumni reside in the United States, the school has alumni representation in the Czech Republic, Kenya, India, Serbia, and Slovakia.

References

External links
CUNY School of Professional Studies
John F. Kennedy, Jr. Institute for Worker Education

Professional Studies
Universities and colleges in Manhattan
Universities and colleges established in 2003
2003 establishments in New York City
Online schools in the United States


A jelly doughnut, or jam donut, is a doughnut with a fruit preserve filling.

Varieties include the Polish pączki, the German Berliner, the Israeli sufganiyot, the Southern European krafne and the Italian bombolone.

History
The first record of a jelly doughnut appeared in the Polish translation (Kuchmistrzostwo) of a German cookbook published in 1532. It is uncertain whether or not that was the precise date of the jelly doughnut's invention. Known then as Gefüllte Krapfen, it spread throughout Europe over the next century, sometimes with other fillings considering sugar and jelly was sparsely found at the time, but Caribbean sugar plantations made both more widely available.

By region

Australia

Hot jam doughnuts are popular all over Victoria.  They can be found at fairs and markets, and they are commonly sold out of food trucks.  They are similar to traditional German and American jelly doughnuts, but with more yeast in the dough and always served very hot. They are served so warm that it is common for consumers to burn their tongue on the jam.

United States

A 1942 headline in the Hartford Courant Of Connecticut reported that "Jelly Doughnut Diets Harmful to War Effort." A 1976 Los Angeles Times story explains how to make jelly doughnuts from scratch for a "tasty after-school" snack for youngsters.

In a 1997 taste test, Ruth Reichl graded jelly doughnuts from a local doughnut shop higher than ones from national chain doughnut shops.

Israel
Jelly- or custard-filled doughnuts are known as sufganiyot in Hebrew and are a popular Hanukkah treat. They are cooked in oil which is in keeping with the theme of the holiday, celebrating one day's worth of oil  "keeping a sacred lamp alight for eight."

See also

List of doughnut varieties
 List of stuffed dishes

References

External links

Doughnuts
Israeli cuisine
Jewish cuisine
American desserts
Stuffed desserts
Deep fried foods
Australian desserts
New Zealand desserts
Foods with jam
Cuisine of Victoria (state)


(born November 26, 1946) is a Japanese actor, voice actor and narrator. He is the son of actor Masami Shimojō and actress Yoshiko Tagami. He is also the famous Japanese dubbing voice actor of Eddie Murphy and Paul Michael Glaser.

Filmography

Film
Brother and Sister (1976) – Kobata
Mount Hakkoda (1977) – Private First-Class Hirayama
 (1977) – Officer Arai
House on Fire (1986) – Nakajima
 (2001)
 (2005) – Sadao Tokioka
Kamen Rider Hibiki & The Seven Senki (2005) – Ichirō Tachibana/Tōbei
Junpei, Think Again (2018)
Shadowfall (2019)
Made in Heaven (2021)

Television
 Tokugawa Ieyasu (1983)

Voice-over
Eddie Murphy
48 Hrs. (1985 Nippon TV Wednesday Road Show edition) (Reggie Hammond)
Trading Places (1992 Fuji TV and DVD edition) (Billy Ray Valentine)
The Golden Child (1989 Fuji TV edition) (Chandler Jarrell)
Beverly Hills Cop II (1990 Fuji TV edition) (Detective Axel Foley)
Coming to America (1991 Fuji TV edition) (Prince Akeem Joffer, Clarence, Randy Watson, Saul)
Harlem Nights (1993 Fuji TV edition) (Quick)
Another 48 Hrs. (1994 Fuji TV edition) (Reggie Hammond)
Boomerang (1996 Fuji TV edition) (Marcus Graham)
The Distinguished Gentleman (1995 Fuji TV edition) (Thomas Jefferson Johnson)
Beverly Hills Cop III (2000 Fuji TV edition) (Detective Axel Foley)
 Vampire in Brooklyn (2000 Fuji TV edition) (Maximillian, Preacher Pauly, Guido)
Dr. Dolittle 2 (2005 Fuji TV edition) (Doctor John Dolittle)
Showtime (VHS and DVD edition) (Officer Trey Sellars)
The Adventures of Pluto Nash (Pluto Nash)
Fiddler on the Roof - Perchik
Japan Ad Council commercials – Narrator
Peanuts – Charlie Brown
Sekai Ururun Taizaiki – Narrator
Starsky and Hutch – David Starsky

Notes

External links

Tomu Project

1946 births
Japanese male film actors
Japanese male voice actors
Living people
Male voice actors from Setagaya
Male actors from Tokyo


Kuwakot may refer to:

Kuwakot, Gandaki, Nepal
Kuwakot, Mahakali, Nepal


Ratnapur may refer to:

India
 Ratnapur, Buldhana, a panchayat village in Buldhana District, Maharashtra, India
 A historic name for Latur, a city in Maharashtra, India
 A village in Jamkhed taluka, Ahmednagar district, Maharashtra
 A village in Bijapur district, Karnataka

Nepal
 Ratnapur, Gandaki, Nepal, a market center in Chapakot Municipality
 Ratnapur, Kailali, Nepal, a village development committee
 Ratnapur, Lumbini, Nepal, a village development committee
 Ratnapur, Seti, Nepal, a village development committee

See also
 Ratnapura, Sri Lanka
 Ratanpur (disambiguation)


Taksar may refer to:

 Taksar, Syangja, Nepal
 Taksar, Bhojpur, Nepal


The Bangtan Helmet (Korean: 방탄 헬멧; Bangtan is Korean for "anti-ballistic" or "bulletproof") is a combat helmet developed by South Korea in 1971. Despite the name, the helmet was not designed to withstand against direct hitting bullets but to protect against heavy objects and bomb shrapnel–a standard for 1970s military world wide; though, it was one of the earliest military helmets that applied non-metal composite material to reduce the weight while increasing the protection. The name was given as a commemorate for being superior than the M1 helmet. The helmet configuration is based on the latest version of the M1. Since the introduction of the New Type Bangtan Helmet (신형 방탄 헬멧), later known as KH-B2000, in 2003, the name gradually changed to Old Type Bangtan Helmet (구형 방탄 헬멧), and the helmet is phasing out from active service since 2004. There is no official model number given to the helmet, but the Ministry of Defense sometimes calls it a "nylon helmet", named after a material of the helmet. The helmet is also known as the M76 by collectors.

Development
In March 1971, an officer from the Joint Chiefs of Staff delivered an envelope marked with "emergency" to Dr. Han Pil-sun (한필순), one of the engineers of the Agency for Defense Development. When Dr. Han opened the envelope, there was a three-page pamphlet about an Israeli bulletproof helmet delivered from a military attaché in Israel. The helmet was tested by American weapons experiment company HP White Laboratory, and it was proven as equally protective as an American M1 helmet.

"If Israel can, so can we", Dr. Han believed, and borrowed 200 thousand KRW, which was five times his monthly wage, from his wife for his personal project that was not requested nor funded by the government. His team analyzed the pamphlet and related documents, and found that nylon was used as bulletproof material. Then Kim Eun-yeong (김은영), the head of chemical research department of KIST taught them adhesive materials and nylon processing techniques.

In early June, during the 1000th protection test–dropping 10 kg iron object with bullet-sized pointy end on the helmet from 1.3 m height–the team found that 7 layers of thick nylon and synthetic resin, which are compressed to remove air and extra liquid state synthetic resin, then solidified by heat treatment, has equal protection compared to M1 helmet while 8 layers provides better protection. Since Dr. Han lacked funding, he made a prototype with only 3 layers. When Song Heung-bin (송흥빈), the Director of Defense Industry of the Ministry of Defense, who had a huge influence in decision making of the budget, visited the ADD, he directed tests such as hitting the helmet with a sledgehammer and running over the helmet with a military Jeep and a 2½ ton military truck; the helmet survived without damage.

Upon hearing the news, O Won-cheol (오원철), the Second Senior Secretary for Economic Affairs, summoned Dr. Han to bring a sledgehammer and the helmet to the Blue House, which the sledgehammer caused trouble for Dr. Han during the security check. At the Blue House, O called a bulky security service and gave him the sledgehammer to slam the helmet with full strength, which made a dent on the helmet that even truck failed to do. Dr. Han initially thought he failed, but the helmet recovered its original shape after 1 minute. Impressed by the test, O authorized the budget to produce 300 samples.

The helmet was named Bangtan Helmet after easily passing the U.S. standard test. The Secretary O again tested the 8 layer helmet with military Jeep and sledgehammer; this time the helmet survived impact, and received a scratch on the paint. The technology was transferred to Oriental Industries (plastic manufacturer) and Silstar (fish rod manufacturer), and soon began the mass production.

Bangtan Helmet had other advantages such as lesser weight (0.9 kg) compared to M1 (1.5 kg), heat resistance in summer and cold resistance in winter, and roomy inner space. Despite the helmet was originally prioritized for the Republic of Korea Reserve Forces, Korean senior officers began wearing the helmet, and the usage was expanded to American senior officers in Korea. Later, the commander of the USFK sent a box of Bangtan Helmet to the United States for research purpose. Bangtan Helmet became the standard combat helmet of the Republic of Korea Armed Forces in 1976.

Services

Iraq

South Korea supplied millions of Bangtan Helmet to Iraq since late 1970s. These exported Bangtan Helmets are commonly known as the M80 by collectors. According to source, Type 1 is the only Korean produced original while copies were made by Farhat Trading Company in Jordan (Type 2) and H.H. Didizian in the United Arab Emirates (Type 3~7). Before the 1980s the Iraqi Armed Forces had used various steel helmets which were mostly of Soviet origin. These included Soviet SSH40 and SSH68 helmets and Polish M50 patterns. During the early 1980s the M80 helmet began to replace these patterns. They were used in the Iran–Iraq War, the Persian Gulf War, and the Iraq War.

In 1990 an Iraqi-made version of this helmet, the M90, which is usually fitted with a distinctive rubber rim, appeared which was of inferior quality construction. These later helmets are prone to splitting at the edges and have a protective rubber rim. The post 1990 helmets were supplied in desert tan colour only. Both types of helmet can be found with a variety of Arabic and military unit markings, and are sometimes painted white with red markings for the Iraqi Military Police. Iraqi helmets were abandoned in large numbers on the battlefields of Iraq and Kuwait and proved to be popular souvenirs with western soldiers returning home from the Persian Gulf. Both types of helmet are still in limited service with the Iraqi Security Forces but are being replaced by the American PASGT helmet.

South Korea
Since it went service with the Republic of Korea Reserve Forces in 1971 and the Republic of Korea Armed Forces in 1976, Bangtan Helmet followed every war South Korea participated, including Persian Gulf War, and early phases of the War in Afghanistan and Iraq war.

Users

 : Produced copy for export.

 : Uses the original and copies.
 : Produced copy.

 : Supplied to the Reserve Forces since 1971. Became the standard helmet of the Armed Forces in 1976. Replacement began in 2004 with the KH-B2000, and it is still ongoing with newer models. Currently in use by non-combat units, and is sold for civilian use.
 : Produced copy.
 : Limited service in the USFK.

See also
 M1 helmet
 OR-201
 Iraqi M90 helmet

Notes

References

 Brayley, Martin, Tin Hats to Composite Helmets, A Collector's Guide. 2008.

External links

 M80 helmet at world-war-helmets.com

Military equipment of South Korea
Military equipment introduced in the 1970s
Combat helmets


The Tanais Tablets are two tablets from the city of Tanais near modern Rostov-on-Don, Russia. They are written in Greek and are dated to the late 2nd–3rd century AD. At the time, Tanais had a mixed Greek, Gothic and Sarmatian population. The tablets are public inscriptions which commemorate renovation works in the city. One of the tablets, Tanais Tablet A, is damaged and not fully reconstructed. The other, Tanais Tablet B, is fully preserved and is dated to 220 AD.

The tablets were discovered by Russian archaeologist  in 1853. Today, they are kept in the lapidary of the Hermitage Museum in Saint Petersburg. The tablets are considered important in early Croatian history.

Significance
Three male names are mentioned on the tablets: Horoúathos, Horoáthos, and Horóathos (Χορούαθ[ος], Χοροάθος, Χορόαθος). These names have been interpreted by scholars as anthroponyms of the Croatian ethnonym Hrvat. This ethonym is generally considered to be of Iranian origin, and can be traced to the Tanais Tablets. Tanais Tablet B mentions Horoathos as the son of (or from) Sandarz who was (or had been) the archon of the Tanaisians (one of theory Sandakšatru gens), which is a Scytho-Sarmatian name. Scholars use this to indicate that early Croatians may have, at the time, been Sarmatians or a mixed tribe of Alans and Crimean Goths who became Slavicized in the ensuing centuries.

Research history
The tablets were discovered by the Russian archeologist  in September 1853. Croatian scholars Stjepan Krizin Sakač, Dominik Mandić and Radoslav Katičić have written significantly about the tablets. When Croatia was part of Yugoslavia, Yugoslav scholars avoided discussing them, or in the case of scholars such as Ferdo Šišić, Trpimir Macan, Josip Horvat, Bogo Grafenauer, Jaroslav Šidak, Gordan Ravančić, Ivan Biondić, and Stjepan Pantelić, discussed the tablets in a superficial way and misinterpreted their content. Croatian writer Miroslav Krleža saw the connection as "historical lunacy", while Nada Klaić used them in her criticism of the Iranian-Caucasian theory of the Croatian ethnogenesis. Open debate only followed after Croatian independence in 1991.

In 1902, A. L. Pogodin was the first scholar to connect the tablets' personal names with Croatian ethonyms. In 1911, Konstantin Josef Jireček was the first to consider these ethonyms to be of Iranian origin. Some scholars use these tablets only to explain the etymology, and not necessarily the ethnogenesis.

Theories that early Croats were Slavs who had adopted a name of Iranian origin or were ruled by a Sarmatian elite caste, or theories that early Croats were Slavicized Sarmatians cannot dismiss the remote Irano-Sarmatian elements or influence on the Croatian ethnogenesis. Still, the secure connection of those three personal names with the Croatian ethnonym, or ethnic identity, is rather difficult without more evidence.

Tanais Tablet A

Tablet A is the larger and older inscription, dated to 175–211 AD, and which originates from the time when the king Tiberius Julius Sauromates II (175–211 AD) ruled the Bosporan Kingdom. The marble tablet, measuring , probably sustained heavy damage even before the excavation. Thirty-two lines from thirty fragments were saved from the inscription. The public inscription mentions the king, the synod, or devotional assembly, the leadership of the devotional assembly, and its regular members, which were slightly less than forty. The fourth line ends by mentioning the father of the devotional assembly, Horoúathos (Χορούαθος), who is referred to by name in the fifth line, and amongst others, an unknown male who is said to be the son of Horoáthos (Χοροάθου) is also cited. The inscription ends with the date, from which is saved only the appellation of the Greek-Macedonian month, which corresponds to either July or August.

Greek original:
ΘΕΩι ΥΨΙΣΤΩι.  ΆΓΑΘΗι   ΤΥΧΗι.

ΒΑΣΙΛΕΥΟΝΤΟΣ ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΤΙΒ(ΕΡΙΟΥ) ΙΟΥΛ(ΙΟΥ) ΣΑΥΡΟΜΑΤΟΥ
ΦΙΛΟΚΑΙΣΑΡ[ΟΣ  ΚΑ]Ι ΦΙΛΟ[Ρ]ΩΜΑΙΟΥ, ΕΥΣΕΒΟΥΣ, Η ΣΥΝΟΔΟΣ
Η ΠΕΡΙ  Ι[ΕΡΕΑ ΙΟΥ)ΛΙΟΝ ΡΑΛΧΑΔΟΥ ΚΑΙ ΠΑΤΕΡΑ Σ[Υ]ΝΟΔΟΥ
ΧΟΡΟΥΑΘ[ΟΝ]-----Ο — ΚΑΙ  ΣΥΝΑΓΩΓΩΝ ΆΡΔΑ[ΡΑ] ΚΟΝ
[Σ]ΥΝΕΓΔΗΜ[ΟΥ ΚΑΙ  ΦΙΛ]ΑΓ[ΑΘ]ΟΝ ΔΙΑΙ[Ο]Ν   ΚΕΡΔΩΝΑΚΟΥ (?) ΚΑΙ
[Π]ΑΡΑΦΙΛΑΓΑΘΟ[Ν]------ΙΟΝ   ΦΟΡΓΑΒΑΚ[ΟΥ]   ΚΑΙ [ΝΕΑ]ΝΙΣ-
[Κ]ΑΡΧΗΝ ΔΗΜΗΤ[ΡΙΟΝ ΑΠΟ]ΛΛΩΝΙΟΥ ΚΑΙ ΓΥΜ(Ν]ΑΣΙΑ[ΡΧΗΝ] ΒΑ -
[ΣΙ]ΛΕΙΔΗΝ  ΘΕΟΝ[ΕΙΚ]Ο[Υ ΚΑΙ Α]ΤΤΑΝ ΗΡΑΚΛΕΙΔΟΥ   ΦΙΛΟ[Ν]? ΤΗΣ
[ΣΥ]ΝΟΔΟΥ [ΚΑΙ] ΟΙ  ΛΟ[ΙΠΟ]Ι [ΘΙΑ]ΣΪΤΑΙ·  ΆΡΔΑΡΑΚΟΣ ΖΙΑ---ΟΥ, ΔΗ[ΜΗΤ]ΡΙΟΣ------ΟΥ, ΛΕΙΜΑΝΟΣ ΦΙΔΑ,
[ΜΙ]ΔΑΧΟΣ?-------ΑΝΟΥ, Ά[ΣΚ]ΛΗΠΙΑΔΗΣ ΟΥΑΛΕ[Ρ]ΙΟΥ
. .Γ?ΟΔΑΝ[Ο]Σ  [ΔΗΜΗΤ?]ΡΙΟΥ,  [Μ]ΕΝΕΣΤΡΑΤΟΣ ΛΥΚΙΣ [ΚΟ]Υ --------ΙΚΑΧΟ[Υ], ΔΙΟΦΑΝΤ[ΟΣ]   ΔΕΙΟΥ,  ΠΟΠΛ[ΙΟ]Σ 15-----------ΔΑ,  ΗΡΑΚΛΕΙΔ[ΗΣ] ΕΠΙΓΟΝΟΥ, ΊΑΡΔΟ---------------[Δ] ΗΜΗΤΡΙΟΥ,  Α[Φ]ΡΟΔΕΙΣΙΟΣ ΧΡΥΣΕ-
[ΡΩΤΟΣ, ΦΑΛ]ΔΑ[ΡΑ]ΝΟΣ ΑΠΟΛΛΩΝΙΟΥ, ΦΙΛΙΠ-
[ΠΟΣ]------------ΝΟ[Υ],  ΚΑΛΟΫΣ ΑΘΗΝΙΟΥ, ΚΟΦΑΡΝΟΣ --------------------------------[Τ]ΡΥΦΩΝ   ΑΝΔΡΟΜ[ΕΝ]ΟΥΣ,20 Ο-------------------------ΧΟΡΟΑΘΟΥ,  ΘΕΟΤΕΙΜΟΣ  ΨΥΧΑ-
ΡΙΩΝ[ΟΣ]----------ΔΙΒΑΛΟΣ   ΦΑΡ[ΝΑΚΟΥ],  ΕΫΙΟΣ 'ΡΟ-
ΔΩΝ[ΟΣ,  ΗΡΑ]ΚΛΕΙΔΗΣ "ΑΤΤ[Α----------------'ΑΡΙΣ]-
ΤΟΔ[ΗΜΟΥ,  Σ]ΥΜΜΑΧΟΣ  ΣΑ---------------
ΚΟΣ----------------------------
25 ΦΙΛΟ------------------------------
ΟΡΑΝΣ - - - [ΖΩΡΘΪ? ]ΝΟΣ   ΒΕ [ ΛΛΙΚΟΥ?]------
'ΡΑΔΑΜ[ΕΙΣΤΟΣ?)------ΦΑΔΙΝΑ[ΜΟΥ]------
ΜΥΡ[ΩΝ? ]----------ΜΑΣΤΟΫ------------
ΠΟ------------ΟΣ  ΆΡΔΑ[ΡΑΚΟΥ?]------
50 ΦΙΔ[Α]----------ΝΟΣ ΧΑΡΙ[ΤΩΝ--------:Α]-
ΡΑΘΙ--------------------------
ΈΝ Τ[Ωι-----ΕΤΕΙ ΚΑΙ  ΜΗ]ΝΙ  ΛΩ[Ωι]-----

English translation:

God the Supreme. May it be with fortune!

In the time of the reign of king Tiberius Julius Sauromates, Friend of Caesar and of the people of Rome, Pious. The devotional assembly with the priest Julius, the son of Rhalchades, at the head, and the father of the devotional assembly  Horuat[a, the son of ---]o[---], and the gathered devotional assembly,  with Ardarak, the son of [S]ynegdemus, and the noble Diaion, the son of Kerdonak (?) and the very noble [---]ion, the son of Forgabak, and the leader of the youth Demetrius, the son of Apollonius, and the gymnasium instructor Basilides, the son of Theonicus, and Atta, the son of Heraclius, a friend of the devotional assembly.  And the remaining members: Ardarakos, the son of Zia-[---]on, Demetrius, the son of [---]on, Leimanus, the son of Phidas [Mi]dach?, the son of [---]an,  Asklepiades the son of Valerius. [--g?]odan, the son of Demetrius, Menestratus, the son of Lyciscus, [the son of -----]ikachus, Diophantus, the son of Deius, Poplius [the son of -----]din, Heraclius, the son of Epigon,  Iardo[---------], the son of Demetrius, Aphrodisius, the son of Chryserotus, [Phal]da[ra]nos, the son of Apollonius, Philip [the son of –------]n, Kaloys, the son of Athenius, Kopharnos [the son of -------------] [T]ryphon, the son of Andromenes, o [--------------], the son of Horoath, Theotimus, the son of Psycharion, [-----]dibal, the son of Far[nak], Euios, the
son of Rodon, [Hera]clius, the son of At[i, --------- the son of Aris]-tod [emus, S]ymmachus, the son of Sa[---------], kos[----------------] philo[---------------] orano[--- Zorthi?]n, the son of Be[lik?], Radam[istus?], the son of [---], the son of Phadina[mos] Myr[on?], the son of [-----], the son of Mastoy[s------] po[-------]os, the son of Ardarak, [----] Fid[a, the son of -------]n, Chari[ton, the son of -----], [A]- rathi[----, the son of -----------] in [the year and month] Lo[u] [---]

Tanais Tablet B
Tablet B is the smaller inscription, measuring  and dated to 220 AD (517 according to the Bosporan calculation of time). This inscription is younger, which is apparent as it mentions Tiberius Julius Rhescuporis III, the son of Sauromates II. This inscription sustained less damage, having broken into four parts and being relatively readable. On it are engraved twenty lines in Greek monumental capitals. Cited in the sixth, seventh, eighth, and ninth lines, along with the names of their fathers, are the four leaders of the city of Tanais at the time when this monument was erected (Hofarno, Babos, Niblobor, and Horoathos). The monument was erected because of the renovation of the central square in the city of Tanais.

Greek original:
ΑΓΑΘΗΙ ΤΥΧΗΙ.

ΕΠΙ ΒΑΣΙΛΕΙ ΡΗΣΚΟΥΠΟΡΙΔΙ, ΥΙΩ
ΜΕΓΑΛΟΥ ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΣΑΥΡΟΜΑΤΟΥ, ΚΑ[Ι]
ΖΗΝΩΝ  ΦΑΝΝΕΩΣ  ΠΡΕΣΒΕΥΤΗ ΒΑ-
ΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΡΗΣΚΟΥΠΟΡΙΔΟΣ, ΚΑΙ ΧΟ-
ΦΑΡΝΟΥ ΣΑΝΔΑΡΖΙΟΥ,  ΒΑΒΟΣ ΒΑΙΟ-
ΡΑΣΠΟΥ,  ΝΙΒΛΟΒΩΡΟΣ ΔΟΣΥΜΟΞΑΡ–
ΘΟΥ, ΧΟΡΟΑΘΟΣ  ΣΑΝΔΑΡΖΙΟΥ ΑΡΧΟΝ–
ΤΕΣ ΤΑΝΑΕΙΤΩΝ, ΧΟΦΡΑΖΜΟΣ ΦΟΡΓΑ-
ΒΑΚΟΥ, ΒΑΣΙΛΕΙΔΗΣ ΘΕΟΝΕΙΚΟΥ ΕΛ-
ΛΗΝΑΡΧΗΣ ΕΞΑΡΤΙΣΑΣ ΤΗΝ ΑΓΟΡΑΝ
ΕΚ ΤΩΝ  ΙΔΙΩΝ ΑΝΑΛΩΜΑΤΩΝ ΑΠΕΚΑ–
ΤΕΣΤΗΣΑ ΤΗ ΠΟΛΕΙ ΚΑΙ ΤΟΙΣ ΕΜΠΟ-
ΡΟΙΣ ΔΙΑ ΕΠΙΜΕΛΗΤΩΝ  ΖΗΝΩΝΟΣ ΦΑ[Ν-
Ν]ΕΩΣ, ΦΑΡΝΟΞΑΡΘΟΥ ΤΑΥΡΕΟΥ,
ΦΑΛΔΑΡΑΝΟΥ  ΑΠΟΛΛΩΝΙΟΥ  ΚΑΙ
[ΑΡ]ΧΙΤΕΚΤΟΝΩΝ ΔΙΟΦΑΝΤΟΥ ΝΕ-
ΟΠΟΛΟΥ ΚΑ[Ι] ΑΥΡΗΛΙΟΥ ΑΝΤΩΝΕ[Ι]-
ΝΟΥ, ΝΑΥΑΚΟΣ ΜΕΥΑΚΟΥ.

EΝ  ΤΩ ΖΙΦ'.

English translation:

May it be with fortune!

In the time of king Rhescuporis, the son of the great king Sauromates, and Zenon, the son of Phannes, emissary of king Rhescuporis, and [in the time of] Hopharnas, the son of Sandarzios, Babos, the son of Baioraspes, Nibloboros, the son of Dosymoxarthos, Horoathos, the son of Sandarz, the archons of the Tanaisians, Hophrazmos, the son of Phorgabakos, Basilides, the son of Theoneicus, the hellenarch. Prepared by the council at their own expense once again renovate [the square] for the city and the merchants, through the supervision of Zenon, the son of Phannes, Pharnoxarthos, the son of Taureus, Phaldaranos, the son of Apollonius, and the architect Diophantus, the son of Neopolus and Aurelius, the son of Antoninus, Nauakos, the son of Meuakos.

The year 517.

See also
White Croats
White Croatia
Origin hypotheses of the Croats
Etymology of the Croatian ethnonym

References

Sources

N. Black Sea — Tanais — 173-211 AD — IosPE II 445
N. Black Sea — Tanais — 220 AD — IosPE II 430

Greek inscriptions
Bosporan Kingdom
Archaeology of Russia
History of the Croats


Basantapur may refer to several places in Nepal:

Basantapur, Kathmandu
Basantapur, Gandaki
Basantapur, Janakpur
Basantapur, Kapilvastu
Basantapur, Kosi
Basantapur, Sunsari
Basantapur, Rupandehi
Basantapur, Mahakali


The Herald and News is a daily newspaper serving the city of Klamath Falls and Klamath County in the U.S. state of Oregon. It also distributes east into Lake County. The General Manager is Joe Hudon and the editor is Gene Warnick.  The morning paper is published four days a week, skipping Mondays, Thursdays, and Saturdays.

History
The Evening Herald was founded in 1906 by Fred Cronemiller and his family, who later moved to Lakeview, Oregon. Wesley O. Smith and E. J. Murray purchased the paper in 1908, and expanded its size. By one account, Murray sold the paper to F. R. Soule in 1922; by another, after having bought Smith's share, he sold it to Bruce Dennis, who had an extensive history as a newspaper owner in the state, in 1926. The Klamath News launched in 1923. In 1927, Dennis purchased the News. He then sold both papers to Frank Jenkins, Ernest Gilstrap, and Eugene Kelty (all formerly of the Eugene Register; they formed an association known as the Southern Oregon Publishing Company) in 1932. Kelty soon withdrew.

The two papers were merged to form the Herald and News as a result of wartime newsprint rationing; the first issue of the combined publication was published June 1, 1942. The paper is now only five days a week, skipping Mondays and Saturdays.

Prior owner Pioneer News Group sold its papers to Adams Publishing Group in 2017.

References

1942 establishments in Oregon
Daily newspapers published in the United States
Klamath County, Oregon
Klamath Falls, Oregon
Newspapers published in Oregon
Oregon Newspaper Publishers Association
Newspapers established in 1942


Bhirkot may refer to:

Bhirkot, Gorkha, Nepal
Bhirkot, Tanahu, Nepal
Bhirkot, Janakpur, Nepal
Bhirkot Municipality, Syangja, Nepal


The language of the kingdom of Baekje (4th to 7th centuries), one of the Three Kingdoms of Korea, is poorly attested, and scholars differ on whether one or two languages were used. However, at least some of the material appears to be variety of Old Korean.

Description in early texts

Baekje was preceded in southwestern Korea by the Mahan confederacy.
The Chinese Records of the Three Kingdoms (3rd century) states that the language of Mahan differed from that of Goguryeo to the north and the other Samhan ('Three Han') to the east, Byeonhan and Jinhan, whose languages were said to resemble each other.
However, the Book of the Later Han (5th century) speaks of differences between the languages of Byeonhan and Jinhan.

Historians believe that Baekje was established by immigrants from Goguryeo who took over Mahan, while Byeonhan and Jinhan were succeeded by Gaya and Silla respectively.
According to Book of Liang (635), the language of Baekje was similar to that of Goguryeo.
Chapter 49 of the Book of Zhou (636) says of Baekje:

Based in this passage and some Baekje words cited in the Japanese history  (720), many scholars, beginning with Kōno Rokurō and later Kim Bang-han, have argued that the kingdom of Baekje was bilingual, with the gentry speaking a Puyŏ language and the common people a Han language.
The Linguist List defined two codes for these languages, and these have been taken over into the ISO 639-3 registry.

Linguistic data

There are no extant texts in the Baekje language. The primary contemporary lexical evidence comes from a few glosses in Chinese and Japanese histories, as well as proposed etymologies for old place names.

Nihon Shoki
The Japanese history , compiled in the early 8th century from earlier documents, including some from Baekje, records 42 Baekje words. These are transcribed as Old Japanese syllables, which are restricted to the form (C)V, limiting the precision of the transcription.

Early Japan imported many artifacts from Baekje and the Gaya confederacy, and several of the above matching Old Japanese forms are believed to have been borrowed from Baekje at that time.
Such borrowing would also explain the fact that words such as  'father',  'fortress',  'district' and  'hawk' are limited to Western Old Japanese, with no cognates in Eastern Old Japanese or Ryukyuan languages.
Moreover, for some words, like 'father' and 'mother', there are alternative words in Old Japanese that are attested across the Japonic family ( and  respectively).
Bentley lists these words, as well as  'bear' and  'village', as loans into Old Japanese from Baekje. Alexander Vovin argues that the only Baekje words from the Nihon Shoki found throughout Japonic, such as  island and  'bear', are those also common to Koreanic.

Other histories
The Middle Korean text  transcribes the name of the old Baekje capital 'Bear Ford' as , closely matching two of the words from the .

Chapter 49 of the Chinese Book of Zhou (636) cites three Baekje words:
  () 'king' (used by the gentry)
  () 'king' (used by commoners)
  () 'queen'
These may be the same words as  'king',  'ruler' and  'queen' respectively, found in the .

Chapter 54 of the Book of Liang (635) gives four Baekje words:
  () 'ruling fortress'
  () 'settlement'
  () 'short jacket'
  () 'pants'
None of these have Koreanic etymologies, but Vovin suggests that the first might be cognate with Old Japanese  'enclose', and the second with Old Japanese  'house' +  'circle'.
He views this as limited evidence for Kōno's two-language hypothesis, and suggests that the language of the commoners may have been the same Peninsular Japonic language reflected by placename glosses in the Samguk sagi from the northern part of Baekje captured by Goguryeo in the 5th century.

The Baekje placenames in chapter 37 of the  are not glossed, but several of them include the form  , which has been compared with later Korean  'plain'.

Wooden tablets
Wooden tablets dated to the late Baekje era have been discovered by archaeologists, and some of them involve the rearrangement of Classical Chinese words according to native syntax. From this data, the word order of Baekje appears to have been similar to that of Old Korean. Unlike in Silla texts, however, no uncontroversial evidence of non-Chinese grammatical morphemes has been found. Compared to Silla tablets, Baekje tablets are far more likely to employ conventional Classical Chinese syntax and vocabulary without any native influence.

The tablets also give the names of 12 locations and 77 individuals. A total of 147 phonographic characters have been identified from these proper nouns, but this is insufficient to allow a reconstruction of the phonology.

A tablet found in the Baekje-built temple of Mireuksa, originally thought to be a list of personal names, appears to record native numerals, possibly a series of dates. Although the tablet is dated to the early Later Silla period, postdating the 660 fall of Baekje, its orthography differs from conventional Old Korean orthography. In the extant Silla texts, a native numeral is written by a logogram-phonogram sequence, but in this tablet, they are written entirely with phonograms (both phonetically and semantically adapted). Lee Seungjae thus suggests that the tablet is written in Baekje numerals. The numerals appear Koreanic, with a suffix   that may be cognate to the Early Middle Korean ordinal suffix .

See also
History of the Korean language
Old Korean
Goguryeo language

Notes

References

Works cited

Baekje
Extinct languages of Asia
History of the Korean language
Languages of Korea
Han languages


Country Shindig is a record album containing instrumental-only songs, the majority of which were taken from The Swinging 12 String originally released by The In Group featuring Glen Campbell on twelve string guitar and Leon Russell on harpsichord.

Track listing

Side 1:

 "Greenback Dollar" (Axton, Ramsey) - 2:00
 "If I Had a Hammer" (Lee Hays, Pete Seeger) - 2:50
 "Cherry Beat" (Bond) - 2:35
 "Greenfields" (Terry Gilkyson, Richard Dehr, Frank Miller) - 2:20
 "Shindig Hoot" (Public Domain) - 2:17

Side 2:

 "Cottonfields" (Folkways BMI) - 2:30
 "The Man With The Golden Gun" (Bond) - 2:25
 "Walk Right In" (Cannon, Woods) - 2:17
 "Gospel Harp" (Bond) - 2:07
 "Country Shindig" (Public Domain) - 2:30

1965 compilation albums
Glen Campbell compilation albums


The Malaspina Peninsula is a peninsula in the northern Gulf of Georgia-Sunshine Coast region of British Columbia, Canada. It extends northwest from the town of Powell River, which lies near its isthmus, past the settlement of Lund, to Desolation Sound. This sound spans the opening of Toba Inlet, a fjord lying between Lund and the Discovery Islands to the west and northwest.

The Malaspina Peninsula is mountainous and is the traditional territory of the Sliammon group of the Mainland Comox indigenous people.

Like Malaspina Strait and the Malaspina Glacier further north in Alaska, the peninsula was named for Alessandro Malaspina, an Italian of noble birth in the Spanish navy who was among the many captains in the service of Spain who helped explore and chart the Alaska and British Columbia Coasts.

Malaspina Peninsula and Malaspina Strait were named in 1859 by Captain George Henry Richards of the Plumper. Richards' choice of name was probably influenced by the nearby Malaspina Inlet, named in 1792 by Galiano and Valdés, who had been officers serving under Malaspina.

References

Peninsulas of British Columbia
Sunshine Coast (British Columbia)
Spanish history in the Pacific Northwest


Pedro Duro Benito (1810–1886) was an important Spanish businessman of the 19th century; founder of the  industrial group Duro Felguera and a pioneer of ironworking in Spain.

Biography
Duro was born in Brieva de Cameros, La Rioja, and he died in the Principality of Asturias in 1886. He began construction on the Felguera Factory in 1857; a metallurgical factory that became the most important in Spain in the 19th century, and through the 20th century until the 1960s. It was the first major ironworks that were constructed in Spain. His descendants were created Marquesses of La Felguera by King Alfonso XIII. In addition, Duro was awarded the Order of Isabella the Catholic and the Légion d'honneur from the French government. He was buried in La Felguera, where the workers of his factory raised a big monument. He was also a pioneer in social measures for workers. His work motivated, in addition, industrial expansion in the north of Spain. Today the company that he created is called "Duro Felguera" and it has been traded on the Spanish stock exchange since 1902.

Further reading
 Francisco Palacios, Pedro Duro, un capitán de la industria española,  Grupo Duro Felguera, 2008
 Germán Ojeda, Duro Felguera, Historia de una gran empresa industrial, Grupo Duro Felguera, 2000

References

1811 births
1886 deaths
19th-century Spanish businesspeople
People from Langreo
People from La Rioja


The 1953–54 New York Knicks season was the eighth season for the team in the National Basketball Association (NBA). New York won its second straight regular season Eastern Division title with a 44–28 record, which placed them two games ahead of the Boston Celtics and Syracuse Nationals. The first round of the 1954 NBA Playoffs consisted of round-robin tournaments, where the top three teams in each division played each other in home and away matchups. The Knicks went 0–4 against the Celtics and Nationals, and did not qualify for the Eastern Division Finals.

NBA draft

Note: This is not an extensive list; it only covers the first and second rounds, and any other players picked by the franchise that played at least one game in the league.

Regular season

Season standings

x – clinched playoff spot

Record vs. opponents

Game log

Playoffs

|- align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc"
| 1
| March 16
| Boston
| L 71–93
| Carl Braun (18)
| —
| Simmons, Baechtold (3)
| Madison Square Garden III
| 0–1
|- align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc"
| 2
| March 18
| @ Syracuse
| L 68–75
| Harry Gallatin (15)
| Harry Gallatin (20)
| Jim Baechtold (5)
| Onondaga War Memorial
| 0–2
|- align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc"
| 3
| March 20
| @ Boston
| L 78–79
| Harry Gallatin (15)
| —
| Braun, Simmons (3)
| Boston Garden
| 0–3
|- align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc"
| 4
| March 21
| Syracuse
| L 99–103
| Carl Braun (32)
| Nat Clifton (16)
| Carl Braun (6)
| Madison Square Garden III
| 0–4
|-

Awards and records
Harry Gallatin, All-NBA First Team
Carl Braun, All-NBA Second Team

References

External links
1953–54 New York Knickerbockers Statistics

New York Knicks seasons
New York Knicks season
New York Knicks
New York Knicks
1950s in Manhattan
Madison Square Garden


Gihan Premachandra (born May 30, 1980) was a Sri Lankan cricketer who played for Antonians. He was born in Colombo.

Premachandra made a single first-class appearance for the side, during the 1999-2000 Premier Championship. Batting in the tailend, he scored 2 not out in the first innings, and 4 in the second innings, as teammates Buddhika Ekanayake and Chandana Samarasinghe were recorded as being absent ill in the second innings.

External links
Gihan Premachandra at Cricket Archive

1980 births
Living people
Sri Lankan cricketers
Antonians Sports Club cricketers
Cricketers from Colombo


Dharampani may refer to:

Dharampani, Gandaki
Dharampani, Rapti


A sports rivalry exists between the national soccer teams of Mexico and the United States, widely considered the two major powers of CONCACAF. The first match was played in 1934, and the teams have met 76 times, with Mexico leading the overall series 36–17–23 (W–D–L). The U.S. holds the edge since 2000 though, with a 18–8–9 (W–D–L) advantage in the 21st century.

It is considered as one of the greatest rivalries in international soccer for its incidents involving fans, team brawls, and competitiveness, which is exemplified by political issues surrounding Mexico–U.S. relations. Matches between the two nations often attract much media attention, public interest, and comment in both countries. The U.S.-Mexico matches are widely attended; several matches at the Estadio Azteca in Mexico have drawn over 100,000 fans, and several matches at the Rose Bowl in the United States have drawn over 90,000 fans.

The most important matchups take place in quadrennial FIFA World Cup qualification matches and major North American tournaments such as the CONCACAF Gold Cup and CONCACAF Nations League. The rivalry also plays out with occasional friendly exhibition games, which media outlets often consider them "anything but friendly".

History

Origin
The first match between the two sides was a qualifying match in Italy for the final ticket to the 1934 FIFA World Cup. The U.S. had established a professional league in 1921, but it had folded in 1933. The final score was United States 4–2 Mexico. In September 1937, Mexico began a winning streak over the U.S. in friendlies 7–2, 7–3, and 5–1 in Mexico City.

1940s–1980s: Mexico dominance
Following that initial victory by the US in 1934, Mexico went unbeaten in the next 24 games between the two nations, with 21 wins and three draws. The US would not record its second victory over its southern neighbor until 46 years later in 1980, when they won a 1982 World Cup qualifier 2–1 in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. Overall, the first 50 years of the rivalry concluded with Mexico holding a commanding lead in the series, 22 wins to the United States' two, with three draws.

1990s: Mexico foothold and early U.S. emergence
In 1990, the US qualified for the World Cup for the first time since 1950 and fourth time overall, thanks in part to the Cachirules scandal which caused Mexico to be banned from the qualification tournament. This decade saw the US begin to field more competitive sides, challenging the dominance of Mexico for the first time since 1934. However, despite a few notable US victories, such as a 2–0 triumph in the inaugural edition of the CONCACAF Gold Cup in 1991, and a 4–1 win on penalties following a 0–0 draw in the quarterfinals of the 1995 Copa America, Mexico still got the better of the US in the '90s, with five wins to three, alongside six draws.

2000s–2014: U.S. advantage
The first decade of the new millennium saw the United States turn the tides of the rivalry. In 2001, the US and Mexico faced off in a 2002 World Cup qualifier at Columbus Crew Stadium, which saw the US defeat their archrivals 2–0 in a match dubbed La Guerra Fria ("The Cold War") by Mexican media due to the sub-freezing temperatures it was contested in. The following year, the two nations would face off in the World Cup itself for the first, and so far only, time in their history in the Round of 16. Goals from Brian McBride and Landon Donovan gave the US another 2–0 victory.

The US would continue their dominance throughout the rest of the decade and into the first half of the next, with three more 2–0 victories in home World Cup qualifiers at Crew Stadium. The penchant for the US to defeat Mexico by that particular score line led to US fans taunting their rivals by chanting dos a cero ("two to zero"). Also within this time frame, the US would defeat Mexico 2–1 in the 2007 Gold Cup final. Mexico would return the favor in the following final in 2009 with a 5–0 victory, albeit against a US side which was not fielding its best players, and repeat the feat 2 years later with a 4–2 comeback victory against a full-strength US team. The following year, the US would defeat Mexico at the Estadio Azteca for the first time, winning a friendly match 1–0, and then during 2014 World Cup qualifying, the US earned their second ever point in the Azteca by way of a 0–0 draw.

A low point in the rivalry for Mexico came in 2013, when, in the final match day of World Cup qualifying, Mexico found themselves on the brink of elimination. With El Tri trailing in their match against Costa Rica and Panama holding a 2–1 lead over the US, Mexico had found themselves in 5th place and were minutes away from failing to qualify for the World Cup. However, in stoppage time, an equalizing goal from American Graham Zusi saved Mexico, vaulting them past Panama and into 4th place in the table, ensuring their qualification to the intercontinental playoff, where they would defeat New Zealand to qualify for the World Cup. The goal caused the Mexican commentator for TV Azteca to exclaim "God Bless America!" in English, and led to Zusi being dubbed San Zusi ("Saint Zusi") by Mexico fans.

Ultimately, from 2000 to 2014, the US was dominant, with 12 wins to Mexico's five, together with five draws.

2015–2019: Mexico back on top
Following the 2014 World Cup, Mexico regained its footing in the rivalry, starting with a 3–2 extra time victory in the 2015 CONCACAF Cup. In 2018 World Cup qualifying, Mexico finally broke the Dos A Cero streak with a 2–1 win, their first triumph over the US in Crew Stadium. Ultimately, the second half of the 2010s would mark the lowest point of the rivalry for the US since the 1990s, as they would fail to qualify for the 2018 World Cup. Then, the following year, Mexico would defeat the United States 1–0 in the 2019 Gold Cup Final, then humiliate the Americans 3–0 in a September friendly, which was Mexico's most lopsided victory over their rivals since 2009.

Overall, the second half of the 2010s saw Mexico win four times and the US win two times, along with one draw.

2021–present: U.S. golden generation's dominance
Following the United States' failure to qualify for the 2018 World Cup and the two 2019 defeats, the US revamped their lineup, fielding a roster composed of younger players competing in top European leagues. This saw the tide turn once again in the their favor, starting in 2021 with the inaugural CONCACAF Nations League final, one of the most thrilling matches in the rivalry's history, which the US won 3–2 after extra time. Then, 2 months later in the Gold Cup final, the US, despite fielding a weaker roster compared to Mexico, who brought most of their first choice players, once again defeated their archrivals in extra time, this time by a 1–0 score line. Finally, in November, the US defeated Mexico yet again in a 2022 World Cup qualifier at TQL Stadium in Cincinnati by the infamous Dos A Cero score, marking the first 3-game winning streak by the US over Mexico in their history.

At the 2023 CONCACAF Nations League Finals, the United States eliminated Mexico in a resounding 3–0 victory at Allegiant Stadium in Las Vegas where the game had 4 red cards and 10 yellow cards for violent behavior on both sides, including Weston McKennie having his shirt ripped off by Mexican players. The match was called eight minutes into what were supposed to be 12 minutes of stoppage time amid homophobic chanting by Mexican fans; CONCACAF officially said the match was ended at the referee's discretion.

As of June 15, 2023, the U.S. remains unbeaten against Mexico in the 2020s, with 4 wins and 2 draws.

Results

Summary
Mexico leads the series 36–17–23, with almost double the goals of the U.S. (145–90).

*no longer played

FIFA World Cup

Gold Cup finals
The United States and Mexico have met in seven Gold Cup finals to date, with Mexico holding a five games to two lead over the United States.

Nations League finals

CONCACAF Cup

List of matches
Matches marked in bold are final matches played for a title.

Player eligibility
The United States and Mexico also compete to convince players who are eligible to play for both the United States and Mexico (e.g., a player who was born in the United States to Mexican parents) to play for their particular national team. As of January 25, 2023, five players; Martín Vásquez, Edgar Castillo, Julián Araujo, Jonathan Gómez and Alejandro Zendejas have played senior level matches for both nations.

Other cases include William Yarbrough, Isaác Brizuela, Miguel Ponce, Jonathan González, Efraín Álvarez and more recently in the cases of David Ochoa and Julián Araujo.

 Ruben Mendoza – born March 2, 1931, in St. Louis, Missouri to Mexican parents, was a dominant player in the St. Louis leagues during the 1950s and 1960s. He earned four caps with the U.S. national team and was a member of the 1952, 1956 and 1960 U.S. Olympic teams.
 Gerardo Mascareño – born July 4, 1970, in Silver Spring, Maryland began his professional career with the Los Angeles Lazers of the MISL in 1988. Later builds a career Mexico in the early 1990s where he plays for both of Guadalajara's top clubs and bitter rivals (Atlas and Guadalajara), this move stirred controversy as it was revealed that Mascareño himself was not born on Mexican soil. On October 23, 1996, Mascareño makes his sole appearance with the Mexico national team in a friendly match against Ecuador, losing the match 1–0.
 William Yarbrough – born March 20, 1989, in Aguascalientes, Mexico to American parents, has an extensive career with Liga MX club León. Yarbrough did participate with a Mexico U20 squad in 2007 but did not obtain any playing minutes. In March 2015 he appears for the U.S. team in a friendly against Switzerland.
 Isaác Brizuela – born August 28, 1990, in San Jose, California to Mexican parents. Brizuela has made an entire career with Liga MX clubs Toluca, Atlas and Guadalajara. He was part of the Mexican delegation that obtained the gold medal in the 2011 Pan American Games. He makes his full appearance with Mexico in 2013.
 Miguel Ponce – born April 12, 1989, in Sacramento holds an extensive career with Liga MX clubs Guadalajara, Toluca and Necaxa. Ponce was part of the Mexico squads that took part in the 2011 Copa América, obtained gold medals at the 2011 Pan American Games and the 2012 Olympic Games. Makes his full appearance scoring one goal at the 2013 CONCACAF Gold Cup.
 Jonathan González – born April 13, 1999, in Santa Rosa to Mexican parents. A product of the U.S. national team youth program, González was part of the U.S. U20 squad that won the 2017 CONCACAF U-20 Championship. In 2014 he enters Liga MX club Monterrey's juvenile program and is eventually promoted to the senior squad in July 2017. In December 2017 González publicly states his wish to represent Mexico on the official scale. In January 2018 FIFA granted his request and he made his full appearance with Mexico on January 31 in a friendly match against Bosnia and Herzegovina. González has also been involved in Mexico's youth squad projects such as the 2018 Toulon Tournament in which Mexico's U20 ended as runners-up of the tournament.
 Efraín Álvarez – born June 19, 2002, in Los Angeles, California to Mexican parents, Álvarez, a product of the LA Galaxy youth reserve made his first team debut appearance with the Galaxy in March 2019. In 2015 Álvarez made appearances with the United States U15 squad leaving a good impression on the youth level scene. However, a snubbing in part of US Soccer in 2016 made Álvarez reconsider on whether to continue in the US youth development program or move to Mexico. During the 2019 FIFA U-17 World Cup he scored 4 goals for the Mexico U17 squad which earned him good press reviews. In November 2020, he was called up for a senior U.S. national team training camp session prior to a friendly match against El Salvador which was to take place on December 9. However, he did not receive any playing minutes as his FIFA clearance eligibility had not been met. In March 2021, he was listed on both the U.S. and Mexican Olympic team preliminary rosters but his clearance situation was still undetermined. Finally in March 2021, Álvarez accepts call-ups to the Mexico national squad making his debut appearance on March 30 in a friendly match against Costa Rica. On July 10, 2021, Efraín Álvarez became officially cap-tied to the Mexico national team due to having relieved an injured Hirving Lozano early on against Trinidad and Tobago in the opening match of the 2021 CONCACAF Gold Cup.
 David Ochoa – born January 16, 2001, in Oxnard, California to Mexican parents, plays with MLS side D.C. United since 2022. Ochoa had recently represented the USMNT's U17, U18 and U23 youth levels and was even part of the senior USMNT as the third choice goalkeeper during the 2021 CONCACAF Nations League Finals. Shortly after the Nations League final it was reported that Ochoa spent time training with the Mexico national team ahead of the 2021 CONCACAF Gold Cup as he did not receive any playing minutes with the USMNT during the Nations League. In August 2021, Ochoa files a one-time switch to FIFA to join the Mexico national team.
Julian Araujo – born August 13, 2001, in Lompoc, California, Araujo had already represented various USMNT youth level squads and even appeared in one friendly match with the senior USMNT in December 2020 against El Salvador. In August 2021, Araujo had requested a one-time switch to FIFA to join the Mexico national team. FIFA authorized the transfer in early October 2021.

Managers
Only one manager has managed both national teams; Bora Milutinović, who managed Mexico first from 1983 to 1986, playing host to that years World Cup and a second time from 1995 to 1997. With the United States, Milutinović managed the Stars and Stripes from 1991 to 1995, again playing host in the 1994 FIFA World Cup.

Incidents
Prior to an Olympic qualifying game in Guadalajara, Mexico, on February 10, 2004, Mexican media reported that U.S. player Landon Donovan urinated on the field during practice, which angered Mexican fans and media outlets. Subsequent video showed Donovan actually urinated near some bushes outside the practice areas. Two days later, on February 12, 2004, Mexico defeated the U.S. 4–0, and the crowd was heard chanting "Osama, Osama, Osama", in reference to Osama bin Laden and the September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks.

In a friendly held in Glendale, Arizona on February 7, 2007, Landon Donovan scored in injury time to give the U.S. a 2–0 lead and win over Mexico. After the goal, Mexico goalkeeper Oswaldo Sánchez tried to trip U.S. player Eddie Johnson as Johnson was running to celebrate the goal. No contact was made, and no reprimand resulted.

On February 11, 2009, the first qualifier for the 2010 World Cup was held in Columbus Crew Stadium, and resulted in a 2–0 victory for the U.S. against Mexico. After the game, as both teams headed through the tunnels to the locker room, Mexican assistant coach Francisco "Paco" Javier Ramírez slapped Frankie Hejduk in the face. Hejduk did not retaliate, and Ramirez was not reprimanded.

On June 6, 2021, in the first CONCACAF Nations League final at Empower Field at Mile High in Denver, the game between the two rivals was marred by several incidents of overly physical play and team brawls. In extra-time after Christian Pulisic scored a game-winning penalty to make it 3–2, Pulisic shushed the Mexican crowd in his celebration, which caused them to throw projectiles on the field injuring U.S. player Gio Reyna.

In the 2022 FIFA World Cup qualifier on November 12, 2021, Mexican player Luis Rodríguez violently fouled U.S. player Brenden Aaronson and clawed his eyes, receiving only a yellow to the dismay of the U.S. side. The U.S. would win the game 2-0.

On June 15, 2023 at the semi-final game between the U.S. and Mexico during the 2023 CONCACAF Nations League finals, the game was seen as a rematch of the previous 2021 Nations League matchup and resulted in a U.S. 3-0 victory. The game ultimately had 4 red cards and 10 yellow cards for violent behavior on both sides, including Weston McKennie having his shirt ripped off by Mexican players. Several off-field incidents occurred involving Mexican fans, including thrown projectiles on the field and homophobic chanting which the match was called eight minutes into what were supposed to be 12; CONCACAF officially said the match was ended at the referee's discretion.

Women's soccer
The two countries also have a rivalry between their women's teams, though the United States has won most matchups.

On January 28, 2018, the Mexican U-20 squad defeated the United States' team in the finals of the 2018 CONCACAF Women's U-20 Championship. After a 1–1 draw in the first 90 minutes, Mexico won the match on penalty kicks, scoring 4 against the U.S. total of 2. It was the third time the CONCACAF U-20 Championship featured U.S. and Mexico in the final game, and the first time that Mexico won.

Summary
The United States leads the series 40–1–1, outscoring Mexico 172–15.

List of matches

In popular culture
A 2012 documentary, Gringos at the Gate /  Ahi Vienen Los Gringos, written and directed by Pablo Miralles, Roberto Donati, and Michael Whalen,
focuses on the cultural differences between the United States and Mexico when it comes to football. This includes the conflict of Mexican-American players in the U.S. while their family might support Mexico.

The three-part documentary series Good Rivals, originally titled Good Neighbors, focused on the rivalry and featured interviews from past players and coaches. It was released in 2022 on Amazon Prime Video.

See also
 Hexagonal (CONCACAF)

Notes

References

External links
Archive of U.S. national team results 1885–1979
Archive of U.S. national team results 1980–
Gringos at the Gate Documentary film about the U.S. and Mexico football rivalry

International association football rivalries
United States
United States men's national football team
Sports rivalries in the United States
1934 establishments in North America

fr:États-Unis-Mexique en football


Ernest Nnaemeka Anyanwu (born 21 August 1988 in Awe) is a Nigerian footballer who plays as a defender for Yobe Desert Stars.

Career
Anyanwu came on 6 February 2007 from University of Lagos to Enugu Rangers. He joined League rival Enyimba F.C. on 26 October 2009 along with teammate  Emeka Emedosi from Rangers.
He was called up in July 2010 for the Nigeria friendly against South Korea.

References

External links

1988 births
Living people
Nigerian men's footballers
Men's association football defenders
Rangers International F.C. players


Gaguda is a village development committee in Doti District in the Seti Zone of western Nepal. At the time of the 1991 Nepal census it had a population of 2470 living in 478 individual households.

References

External links
UN map of the municipalities of Doti District

Populated places in Doti District


Majhakot may refer to:

Majhakot, Gandaki, Nepal
Majhakot, Rapti, Nepal


Conviction politics is the practice of campaigning based on a politician's own fundamental values or ideas rather than attempting to represent an existing consensus or simply take positions that are popular in polls.

On the right, the term has been adopted by politicians like Margaret Thatcher, who declared, "I am not a consensus politician. I am a conviction politician" in 1979, a few months before her election as prime minister.

Theory
There are a number of arguments for conviction politics. One is that it is more honest; conviction politicians simply say what they believe rather than shading their opinions to be more palatable to their audience. Another is that by voicing strong opinions, they push public debate forward and promote a genuine discussion of political issues. Even if the candidates lose, they will have promoted their particular political ideas and persuaded some voters of their value.

There are also more instrumental reasons. By arguing forcefully for their positions during the campaign, politicians are more able to pursue the goals once in office. Also, proponents argue that conviction politicians are more likely to win. When he was a candidate, Tom Perriello stated that, "More often, the deepest connection with another person comes from when I disagree with them and admit it, because at least they know I will tell the truth. While some strategists focus on positioning candidates on issue after issue, I believe most voters focus more on whether the candidate integrity and character on the whole, demonstrated by the conviction to take a stand."

US politician Senator Paul Wellstone, for example, frequently heard voters tell him, "I don't always agree with you, but I like it that I know where you stand." He found that when he announced his opposition to the 2003 invasion of Iraq, an unpopular position at the time, he jumped to a five-point lead in the polls.

In the United States, 87% of voters in one poll said they think politicians are "pretty much willing to say whatever it takes in order to get themselves elected." By saying what they believe and ignoring the polls, conviction politicians distinguish themselves from other politicians.

History

Thatcher, like her contemporary Ronald Reagan in the United States, argued that her leadership should be a time for big, bold changes, grounded in the central principles of her ideology. "It was not a set of policies cobbled together from minute to minute, begged, borrowed or stolen from other people," she said while describing her government. "It was successful because it was based on clear, firmly-held principles." A devout Methodist, she further defended the principles as being grounded in the Christian Bible: "I believe that by taking together these key elements from the Old and New Testaments, we gain a view of the universe, a proper attitude to work and principles to shape economic and social life. We are told we must work and use our talents to create wealth."

Her thinking on the subject was influenced by Keith Joseph, sometimes considered the "intellectual leader" of modern British conservatism and the man Thatcher called "my closest political friend." Joseph had developed an intellectual critique of the reigning postwar and Keynesian consensus and criticized the "consensus politics" that continued to promote it.

In 2007, the British Prime Minister, Gordon Brown announced he too was "a conviction politician" after private talks with Thatcher in a 10 Downing Street visit. He was criticised for the gaffe as being inappropriate for a Labour Party politician to identify with the 81-year-old former Conservative prime minister.

In the US, Democratic Senator Paul Wellstone was a major proponent of conviction politics from the left, promoting peace, environmental and labor protections, and health care. After Wellstone's death in 2002, his longtime aide and campaign manager, Jeff Blodgett, founded Wellstone Action, which promotes conviction politics through education and training.

Virginia Representative Tom Perriello explicitly ran his successful campaign based on "conviction politics." He argued that a politician who acts on principle is more trustworthy than one that acts on electability, and decried pandering to voters.

There is interaction between religious commitment, engagement, and strong moral convictions in determining electoral outcomes. There is a connection between voters' political behavior and their moral convictions.

Criticisms
The conviction politics practiced by George W. Bush has been called a "hard ideology" with "religious and chauvinistic underpinnings" and "contributed to the call by Muslim fundamentalists to a broader jihad" that has "redefined the war on terror and alienated Arab and Muslim public opinion."

Critics of Thatcher's conviction politics say it "burst apart the old consensus" and has "fostered dissensus."

Some critics have even said that conviction politics, especially in the US, are "theological politics."

See also
Identity politics
Racial politics
Testimonial party

References

Political terminology
Political neologisms
Margaret Thatcher


The World Figure Skating Championships is an annual figure skating competition sanctioned by the International Skating Union in which figure skaters compete for the title of World Champion.
The 1957 competitions for men, ladies, pair skating, and ice dancing took place from February 26 to March 2 in Colorado Springs, Colorado, USA.

Medal table

Results

Men

Judges:
  Pamela Davis
  P. Devine
  H. Janes
  Eugen Kirchhofer
  Walter Malek
  Rudolf A. Marx
  Gérard Rodrigues-Henriques

Ladies

Judges:
  Bruno Bonfiglio
  Pamela Davis
  Eugen Kirchhofer
  Rudolf A. Marx
  J. A. McKechnie
  Hans Meixner
  Harold G. Storke

Pairs

Judges:
  Bruno Bonfiglio
  Pamela Davis
  H. Janes
  Rudolf A. Marx
  J. A. McKechnie
  Hans Meixner
  Gérard Rodrigues-Henriques

Ice dance

Judges:
  P. Devine
  Eugen Kirchhofer
  Walter Malek
  John R. Shoemaker
  D. Ward

Sources
 Result List provided by the ISU

World Figure Skating Championships
World Figure Skating Championships
International figure skating competitions hosted by the United States
World Figure Skating Championships
World Figure Skating
World Figure Skating Championships
1950s in Colorado Springs, Colorado
Sports competitions in Colorado Springs, Colorado


Beleg ( or Beleg; Montenegrin and Serbian: Белег, Beleg) is a mountain reaching a height of  located on the tripoint of Serbia, Kosovo and Montenegro. It is the second highest peak of the Mokra Gora mountain in the Prokletije range after Pogled at . Beleg is located a few kilometres north-west of the town of Istok in Kosovo.

References

Mountains of Kosovo
Accursed Mountains
Two-thousanders of Kosovo


Margyricarpus pinnatus, commonly known as pearl-fruit, is an ornamental plant in the family Rosaceae, which is native to South America.

References

Sanguisorbinae
Flora of Southern America


Joseph William (Willie) Comeau  (March 12, 1876 – January 11, 1966) was a Canadian educator and political figure in Nova Scotia, Canada. He represented Digby County in the Nova Scotia House of Assembly from 1907 to 1925 and from 1928 to 1948 as a Liberal member. Comeau sat for Clare division in the Senate of Canada from 1948 to 1966.

Early life and education
He was born in Comeauville, Nova Scotia, the son of Louis Comeau and Catherine Bourneuf, and was educated at the Collège Sainte-Anne.

Political career
Comeau served as a minister without portfolio in the province's Executive Council from 1911 to 1917, from 1921 to 1925 and from 1933 to 1948. He was a member of the Nova Scotia Legislative Council from 1925 to 1928. Comeau resigned his seat in the provincial assembly in 1917 to run unsuccessfully for a seat in the House of Commons.

Death
He died in office at the age of 89 in Yarmouth.

Personal life
Comeau was married twice: first to Grace Sheehan and then, after her death, to Zoé Doucet. His son, Benoit Comeau served as the MLA for Clare from 1967 to 1981 and his grandson Robert Thibault served in the House of Commons from 2000 to 2008.

See also
 Nova Scotia Heritage Day

References

1876 births
1966 deaths
Nova Scotia Liberal Party MLAs
Nova Scotia Liberal Party MLCs
Canadian senators from Nova Scotia
Acadian people
Liberal Party of Canada candidates for the Canadian House of Commons
Nova Scotia candidates for Member of Parliament
Liberal Party of Canada senators
Place of death missing


Rupakot, Gandaki may refer to:

Rupakot, Kaski, in the Gandaki Pradesh of Nepal
Rupakot, Tanahu, in the Gandaki Pradesh of Nepal


The Mughal Empire had a number of imperial flags and standards. The principal imperial standard of the Mughals was known as the alam  ( ). It was primarily moss green. It displayed a lion and sun ( ) facing the hoist of the flag. The Mughals traced their use of the alam back to Timur.

The imperial standard was displayed to the right of the throne and also at the entrance of the Emperor's encampment and in front of the emperor during military marches.

According to the Ain-i-Akbari, during Akbar's reign, whenever the emperor rode out, not less than five alams were carried along with the qur (a collection of flags and other insignia) wrapped up in scarlet cloth bags. They were unfurled on the days of festivity, and in battle. Edward Terry, chaplain to Sir Thomas Roe, who came during the reign of Jahangir, described in his Voyage to East-India (1655) that the royal standard, made of silk, with a crouching lion shadowing part of the body of the sun inscribed on it, was carried on an elephant whenever the emperor travelled.

A painting by Payag in a manuscript of the Padshahnama, a chronicle on Shah Jahan's reign, preserved in the Royal Library, Windsor Castle depicted the Mughal standards as the scarlet pennons with green borders with a passant lion and rising sun behind it. Another painting in the same manuscript depicted the Mughal standards having green fields with a couchant lion and rising sun behind it.

Types of flags

The Mogul had two known flags, both of the Mughal green color.
 The first known flag was rectangular and contained 3 Crescent and possibly a sun. It represented the absolute monarchy of the Mogul. This flag was known as "Flag number 214".
 The second flag featured an unarmed lion on the flag, which represented Imam Ali in a prayer known as the Nad-e-Ali along with the tree of Karbala which may have been mistaken for the sun, known as Khurshid, which represented the motherland. This flag was known as "Flag number 215".

Possible flag variants

Seals

Flags of the subjects and vassals of the Mughal Empire

Historical depictions

See also
 Mughal Empire
 Peacock Throne
 List of Indian flags

References

Further reading
 Koch, Ebba (2001). Mughal Art and Imperial Ideology: Collected Essays, New Delhi: Oxford University Press.

External links

 An engraving of the Mughal imperial standard from Foster, William (ed.) The embassy of Sir Thomas Roe to the court of the Great Mogul, 1615–1619, as narrated in his journal and correspondence London: Haklyut Society, 1899 in Internet Archive website

Mughal Empire
Obsolete national flags
Flags of India
Flags displaying animals


The Bowie Railroad Buildings comprise three small frame structures at the former Bowie train station, located at the junction of what is now the Northeast Corridor and the Pope's Creek Subdivision in the town center of Bowie, Maryland. The complex includes a single-story freight depot, a two-story interlocking tower, and an open passenger shed. The station was served by passenger trains from 1872 until 1989, when it was replaced by Bowie State station nearby. The buildings were restored in 1992 as the Bowie Railroad Museum and added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1998.

History

Even before its opening, the construction of the Baltimore and Potomac Railroad (B&P) prompted land speculation including the 1870 founding of Huntington City. In August 1870, Benjamin Plumb, who laid out the town, sold two lots to the railroad under the condition they be used as a station and an engine house by 1875.

The line opened from Baltimore to Washington via Huntington on July 2, 1872; the section from Washington to Bowie was originally a branch line but soon became the more important route. The Pope's Creek Branch – the original mainline – opened from Huntington in January 1873. By this time, Bowie station was open at the junction. It was named after Oden Bowie, the railroad's proprietor, who served as the governor of Maryland from 1869 to 1872. The city was renamed Bowie as well in 1880.

In the 1880s, the development of the interlocking system allowed a single worker in an interlocking tower to control multiple railroad switches by means of electric control levels. Bowie Tower, which controlled the junction of the mainline was opened in the 1890s and burned in 1910. The Pennsylvania Railroad (PRR), which had controlled the B&P since the 1870s and acquired it outright in 1902, immediately constructed a replacement.

In the early 1930s, the PRR began straightening and upgrading the main line. A new station building was built at the same site, with a small passenger shelter across the tracks. In 1934, the PRR moved a 1913-built interlocking tower from Severn to Bowie Junction. Passenger service from Bowie to Pope's Creek ended on October 29, 1949, though the line continued to be used for freight service.

Amtrak and MARC

The PRR folded into Penn Central in 1968. When Amtrak took over intercity passenger service on the line from Penn Central in May 1971, Bowie and most other local stations between Washington, D.C., and Wilmington were left with only limited commuter service still operated by Penn Central. Conrail took over the unsubsidized Baltimore-Washington service at its creation on April 1, 1976; the Maryland Department of Transportation (MDOT) began subsidizing the service soon after.

In 1978, Amtrak began operating the commuter-oriented Chesapeake between Washington and Philadelphia, making local stops including at Bowie. Amtrak took over the operation of the Baltimore-Washington service (retitled AMDOT) under contract to MDOT on January 1, 1983. Now largely redundant to Amtrak intercity and the AMDOT regional service, the Chesapeake was cut on October 30, 1983.

The MARC brand replaced AMDOT in 1984. On February 27, 1989, MARC service moved to Bowie State station at Bowie State University, which had room for a large park-and-ride lot and more direct access to Route 197. Bowie Tower was used until 1986, when the signal and interlocking system on the line was computerized. The three buildings – station, shelter, and tower – were boarded up and unused.

A 2009 Maryland Transit Administration analyzed the possibility of restoring passenger rail service to La Plata and Lexington Park via the Pope's Creek Branch. Under that proposal, a Bowie Center station would have been built to the south near Route 50 to serve the new MARC branch.

Bowie Railroad Museum

In 1992, the City of Bowie bought the buildings and moved them about  away from the mainline off Amtrak property. The Maryland Historical Trust assisted with restoration, under which the buildings were restored to their Pennsylvania Railroad livery of gray with burgundy trim. The complex of buildings are significant for their contribution to the development of rail transportation in the region, and as examples of the types of buildings commonly associated with small-scale rail junctions in the early 20th century. The railroad depot structures in Old Bowie are rare survivors of the numerous early 20th century railway stations in the Washington, D.C., metropolitan area.

The buildings were reopened as the Huntington Railroad Museum, later the Bowie Railroad Museum, a small railway museum maintained by the city government. A wooden 1922 Norfolk and Western Railroad caboose was also located on the museum grounds. Its deteriorating condition led to it being replaced in August 2016 by a former B&O Railroad caboose obtained from the B&O Railroad Museum in Baltimore.

The station building houses exhibits and artifacts, while the tower contains the National Railroad Historical Society's Martin O'Rourke Railroad Research Library. The buildings were added to the National Register of Historic Places as the Bowie Railroad Buildings in 1998.

References

External links

 Bowie Railroad Museum – City of Bowie
, including photo in 1997, at Maryland Historical Trust website

Buildings and structures in Bowie, Maryland
Former Pennsylvania Railroad stations
Railway stations on the National Register of Historic Places in Maryland
Queen Anne architecture in Maryland
Former Amtrak stations in Maryland
Transport infrastructure completed in 1913
Railway freight houses on the National Register of Historic Places
Railway stations in the United States opened in 1913
Railway stations closed in 1989
1913 establishments in Maryland
National Register of Historic Places in Prince George's County, Maryland
Railway buildings and structures on the National Register of Historic Places in Maryland
Railroad museums in Maryland
Transportation buildings and structures in Prince George's County, Maryland
Stations on the Northeast Corridor
Former railway stations in Maryland
Repurposed railway stations in the United States
Railway stations in the United States closed in the 1980s


Thaprek may refer to:

Thaprek, Bagmati
Thaprek, Gandaki


Khushi or Kushi may refer to:

Arts and entertainment
Kushi (2000 film), Indian Tamil language film starring Vijay and Jyothika
Kushi (2001 film), the Indian Telugu remake starring Pawan Kalyan and Bhoomika Chawla
Khushi (2003 Hindi film), the Indian Hindi remake starring Fardeen Khan and Kareena Kapoor
Khushi (2003 Kannada film), Indian Kannada language film starring Vijay Raghavendra and Sindhu Menon
"Kushi" (song), 2006 song by Bombay Rockers
Kushi (2023 film), Indian Telugu language film starring Vijay Devarakonda and Samantha Ruth Prabhu

Places
Kushi (Mountains), a mountain in Pakistan
Kushi Armavir, a village and municipality in the Goygol Rayon of Azerbaijan
Kushi, Iran, a city in West Azerbaijan Province, Iran
Khushi District, a district in the East part of Logar Province, Afghanistan
Kushi Station, a train station in Ehime Prefecture, Japan

People
Michio Kushi (1926-2014), macrobiotics educator and founder of Kushi Institute
Andrea Kushi (1884–1959), Albanian painter
Feroze Khushi, English cricketer
Khushi Murali (1963–2013), Indian playback singer
Khushi Ram (1936–2013), Indian basketball player
Vojo Kushi, Albanian partisan

Other uses
Cushi, the traditional Hebrew word for a Cushite or a person of African origin
Kushi (skewer), skewers used in Japanese cuisine to hold and pierce food for grilling and frying, such as yakitori
Kushi language, a West Chadic language of Nigeria
Kushi (Utamaro), an ukiyo-e print by Kitagawa Utamaro,

See also
Kush (disambiguation)


Malaspina Strait is a strait in the northern Gulf of Georgia-Sunshine Coast region of British Columbia, Canada. It separates Texada Island from the upper Sunshine Coast-Malaspina Peninsula area on the adjacent mainland.

The strait and the peninsula were named in 1859 by Captain George Henry Richards of the Plumper in honour of Alessandro Malaspina, an Italian noble who commanded one of the exploration ships during the Spanish exploration of the British Columbia Coast. Richards' choice of name was probably influenced by the nearby Malaspina Inlet, named in 1792 by Galiano and Valdés, who had been officers serving under Malaspina.

References

Straits of British Columbia
Sunshine Coast (British Columbia)
Spanish history in the Pacific Northwest


Mantis is the sixth studio album by progressive rock band Umphrey's McGee. The album was released on January 20, 2009. The album became available for pre-order on October 27, 2008.

Along with the pre-order announcement came information that unique bonus content would be available and more content would unlock depending on how many pre-orders were placed. This unusual method of distribution has been hailed as the "perfect way to implement a pre-order campaign".

The band has also continued to offer more bonus content to all purchasers of the album by releasing tracks online through PUSH Entertainment.  To access the content the physical CD is used as a key for logging onto the PUSH website. Live songs, some previously unreleased, have been added as well as the album's extended liner notes.  The bonus PUSH content has been updated every month since the album's release.

Unlike previous studio releases, Mantis is almost completely composed of material that the band had not played live prior to the album release. Over their 2008 New Year's Eve run "Made To Measure" made its live debut and was played again at the album release show with the addition of "Cemetery Walk." Several tracks feature sections similar to previous live improvisations (known to the band and fans as "Jimmy Stewarts"). Some of the music had been in the works as early as 1994.

Track listing

Bonus Content

Level 1

Level 2

Level 3

Level 4

Level 5

Level 6

Level 7

Level 8

Level 9

The entire set from the 1/19 CD release show at the Vic Theatre is also included in level 9.

Chart performance

Personnel
 Brendan Bayliss: guitar, vocals
 Jake Cinninger: guitar, keyboards, vocals
 Joel Cummins: keyboards, vocals
 Ryan Stasik: bass
 Kris Myers: drums, vocals
 Andy Farag: percussion

with

 Jeff Coffin: clarinets, saxophones
 Christoper Hoffman and Nathan Swanson: violins, violas, cellos
 Kevin Browning: engineer & producer
 Manny Sanchez: co-producer
 Mark Blanchette: photography & artwork
 David Plain: graphic design

References

External links
 Album website (archived)

Umphrey's McGee albums
2009 albums