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The bilateral relations between the Republic of India and the Republic of Ivory Coast have considerably expanded in recent years as India seeks to develop an extensive commercial and strategic partnership in the West African region. The Indian diplomatic mission in Abidjan was opened in 1979. Ivory Coast opened its resident mission in New Delhi in September 2004. Both nations are currently fostering efforts to increase trade, investments and economic cooperation.

Commercial and economic relations
According to the Indian ambassador to Ivory Coast, India plans to invest $1 billion into developing oil and mining projects over the next five years.  In the last ten years, the total amount of announced Indian FDI abroad has been more than $10 billion. From India's energy security viewpoint, Ivory Coast has emerged as an important destination for investment opportunities in hydrocarbon exploration and diamonds. Recent BBC reports have drawn attention to the emerging importance of Africa in India's foreign economic policy and the special role that West Africa is now occupying. India hopes to tap into the region's vast oil wealth by accessing the Gulf of Guinea's shoreline.

Oil production in Ivory Coast stands at more than 60,000 barrels per day. India's ONGC has already invested $12m to explore an offshore block in the region, that it is now drilling.

India is also facilitating the development of an IT-cum-Technology Park in Abidjan, named after Mahatma Gandhi. India's Minister of State for Commerce, Jairam Ramesh, has said both countries are also cooperating in new areas such as pharmaceuticals, transport, water supply and telecommunications. Addressing the second Indo-Ivory Coast Joint Trade Commission, the Indian Commerce Minister stated that India wanted to establish a "strategic partnership" with Ivory Coast to develop diamond mining, cutting and polishing, which would offer employment to the local population.

India's Tata Steel and SODEMI (Ivorian state-owned company for mineral development) have entered into a joint venture agreement (JVA) for the development of Mount Nimba Iron ore deposits in Ivory Coast (West Africa). The Mt Nimba deposit, spread over 3 countries – Liberia, Guinea and Ivory Coast, is one of the biggest in the Africa. With Ivory Coast still maintaining its status as the economic powerhouse of French West Africa, India is looking to open new factories in the country. Ivory Coast's Minister of Mines, Energy and Petroleum, Monnet Leon, has also urged India to make use of Ivory Coast's vast mineral resources, including bauxite, limestone, iron ore, manganese, nickel, gold and diamonds which have not been significantly explored. Ivory Coast's business community has proclaimed that India, being the world's largest democracy, can help Ivorians cement democracy in their country and bring in stabilisation through economic process. India has also been one of the largest troop contributors to the UN peace-keeping mission in the Ivory Coast.

India’s new economic diplomacy in Africa

In a bid to expand its economic reach, India launched an initiative in 2004 called Techno-Economic Approach for Africa–India Movement (TEAM–9), together with eight energy- and resource-rich West African countries, including Ivory Coast, Senegal, Mali, Guinea-Bissau, Ghana, and Burkina Faso. According to the Indian Ministry of External Affairs, the initiative was part of a broader policy to engage the underdeveloped, yet resource-wealthy countries of West Africa, which required both low-cost technology and investment to develop their infrastructure. In particular, India increasingly wants to play an important role in helping Ivory Coast and other West African countries channel their energy resources more efficiently.

Ambassador Shamma Jain also states that there is also a growing demand for courses run by ITEC and SCAAP on information technology, rural credit, small- and medium-scale industries, women's entrepreneurship and quality control, which is creating a 'constituency of interest' in India. In August 2006, Ivorian Foreign Minister Youssouf Bakayoko led a 110-member delegation, comprising top Ivorian entrepreneurs and government ministers, to the Indo-Ivorian trade commission meeting in New Delhi, where they drafted dozens of agreements to be signed later in the year.

In January 2009, Ivory Coast conferred its highest award upon the Indian Minister of State for External Affairs Anand Sharma. India's Deputy Foreign Minister Sharma accompanied by Ambassador Shamma Jain and a high-level delegation discussed an entire gamut of issues during his visit to Ivory Coast with President Laurent Gbagbo that included the UN reforms, expansion of the UN Security Council and reshaping of the global financial infrastructure. Ivory Coast expressed its vociferous condemnation of the 2008 Mumbai attacks and the forces behind it and reiterated its solidarity with India in its combat against terror. President Gbagbo reaffirmed his government's appreciation of India's leadership role, its economic strength, and above all, its willingness to share its expertise, technology and development experience with African countries. Against this backdrop, in a gesture that underlined the special ties with India, President Laurent Gbagbo conferred the Commander of the National Order, the country's highest civilian award in recognition of the Indian Foreign Minister's distinct role in strengthening India's relationship with Ivory Coast and the African continent.

See also
Embassy of India, Abidjan

External links
 Website of the Embassy of Cote d'Ivoire in New Delhi, India
 Website of the Indian Ministry of External Affairs

References

India
Ivory Coast
Ivory Coast


is a former Japanese football player.

He generally plays from a central position as a defensively minded midfielder.

Club statistics

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1984 births
Living people
Ryutsu Keizai University alumni
Association football people from Osaka Prefecture
Japanese men's footballers
J1 League players
J2 League players
Japan Football League players
Kashiwa Reysol players
Avispa Fukuoka players
Zweigen Kanazawa players
FC Machida Zelvia players
Men's association football midfielders


Benjamin Wood Richards (November 12, 1797 – July 12, 1851) was an American lawyer and politician from Pennsylvania.

Biography
Richards was born in Batsto, New Jersey on November 12, 1797. He practiced law in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, for many years and was active in the city's political scene.  He was the mayor of Philadelphia in 1829, replacing George M. Dallas, who resigned, and again from 1830 to 1832.  After leaving office, Richards resumed the practice of law, in which he continued until his death in Philadelphia on July 12, 1851. He was interred at Laurel Hill Cemetery.

References

1774 births
1845 deaths
Burials at Laurel Hill Cemetery (Philadelphia)
Lawyers from Philadelphia
Mayors of Philadelphia


William MacDonald Rutherford (19 January 1945 – 24 October 2010) was an Australian soccer player.

Playing career

Club career
Rutherford played youth football for Methil before signing with East Fife where he made 27 league appearances, scoring 11 goals. In the late 1960s he moved to Forfar Athletic where he made only five appearances before emigrating to Australia.

Arriving in Australia in 1968, Rutherford joined Sydney Hakoah, where he played in several stints until the mid-1970s. He also played in Hong Kong during the Australian off-season.

While playing for Hakoah, he represented the state of New South Wales three times. During his time with the club he was noted as a mercurial, unpredictable but undeniably brilliant player, rated by some as Sydney’s most valuable forward....

Rutherford was a very fast runner who took up professional running with some success in the 1970s.

International career
Rutherford played six times for the Australia national team. All of his matches were played in 1969 during Australia's failed qualification for the 1970 FIFA World Cup.

Outside Football
A building industry supervisor, Rutherford married once and later divorced. He and his former wife had one son.

References

External links

 Vale Willie Rutherford - Football Federation Australia obituary - published 27 October 2010

1945 births
2010 deaths
Australian men's soccer players
Australia men's international soccer players
East Fife F.C. players
Forfar Athletic F.C. players
Scottish Football League players
Footballers from Lochgelly
Scottish emigrants to Australia
Sportspeople from Fife
Men's association football forwards


is a Japanese football player.

Playing career
Kurakawa was born in Sanyo-Onoda on August 10, 1977. After graduating from Aichi Gakuin University, he joined the J1 League club Yokohama F. Marinos in 2000. However he did not play at all. In 2001, he moved to the Prefectural Leagues club Gunma FC Horikoshi (later FC Horikoshi). The club was promoted to the Regional Leagues in 2002 and the Japan Football League in 2004. He played many matches as a regular player until 2005. In 2006, he moved to the J2 League club Kashiwa Reysol. He became a regular player as a right side back in late 2006 and the club was promoted to J1 in 2007. In 2008, the club won second place in the Emperor's Cup.

However his opportunity to play decreased from 2009 and the club was relegated to J2 in 2010. Although the club returned to J1 in a year and won the championship in 2011, he did not play much. In 2012, he moved to the J2 club Roasso Kumamoto. He became a regular player as a right side back in 2012. Although his opportunity to play decreased a little in 2013, he played many matches until 2016. In 2017, he moved to the Regional Leagues club Suzuka Unlimited FC. He retired at the end of the 2018 season.

Coaching career
In September 2017, when Kurakawa played for Regional Leagues club Suzuka Unlimited FC, he became a playing manager. He managed the club until end of 2017 season.

Club statistics
Updated to 1 January 2019.

References

External links

1977 births
Living people
Aichi Gakuin University alumni
Association football people from Yamaguchi Prefecture
Japanese men's footballers
J1 League players
J2 League players
Japan Football League players
Yokohama F. Marinos players
Arte Takasaki players
Kashiwa Reysol players
Roasso Kumamoto players
Suzuka Point Getters players
Men's association football defenders


Kim Coco Iwamoto (born May 26, 1968) is an American politician from Hawaii. She was one of the Democratic primary candidates for the position of Lieutenant Governor of Hawaii in the 2018 election. She previously served as a commissioner on the Hawaii Civil Rights Commission and was elected to serve two terms on the Hawaii Board of Education.

Iwamoto was recognized as a Champion of Change by President Barack Obama in 2013, and in 2018 Newsweek listed her as one of fifty need-to-know pioneers for LGBTQ rights.

Early life and career
Iwamoto was born on the island of Kauai, and is of Japanese descent. Her mother went into labor at a private party hosted by Grace Guslander to celebrate the expansion of her Coco Palms Resort, and Iwamoto was then born the next day.  Guslander visited Iwamoto's mother in hospital with a bouquet of flowers, a card, and a request to name Iwamoto “Coco” after her hotel.

Education
Iwamoto attended Kaimukī Community Christian Pre-School on Oʻahu, Hōkūlani Elementary School, Aliʻiōlani Elementary School, and Hanahauʻoli School. She later attended and graduated from Saint Louis School. She went on to qualify as an Associate of Arts in Merchandising at the Fashion Institute of Technology, and subsequently received a Bachelor of Arts in Creative Writing from San Francisco State University and a Juris Doctor from the University of New Mexico School of Law.

In 2011, Iwamoto completed Harvard University's John F. Kennedy School of Government program for Senior Executives in State and Local Government as a David Bohnett Foundation LGBTQ Victory Institute Leadership Fellow.

Family and personal life
Iwamoto's  paternal great-grandparents left Japan to work in the sugar cane plantations of Kauaʻi.  Her paternal grandmother met her paternal grandfather at Tip-Top Restaurant on Kauai, where she was working as a cashier.  The two used their family cars to start a taxi company, which eventually expanded into a tour company and a rental-car company.  Iwamoto's father began working for the family business in high school as a car washer, and their collective efforts became known as Roberts Hawaii.

Iwamoto's maternal grandparents left Japan to grow cantaloupe and other produce in Imperial Valley, California.  During World War II, Iwamoto's mother and her family were forced into internment camps in Poston, Arizona.  Iwamoto's uncles were released from the internment camp to enlist in the military to serve the United States of America.  Eventually the entire family was released and they returned to their farm.  When Iwamoto's mother was in high school, she contributed to the family business by taking care of all the bookkeeping.

Volunteering and leadership
Shortly after finishing her undergraduate degree, Iwamoto moved back to New York City where she had attended the Fashion Institute of Technology. Using her own life experience as a transgender woman, she spent time volunteering at a local community center, helping youth develop leadership skills.  It was here that her passions for helping houseless youth and LGBTQ houseless youth were fostered.  Helping youth like the ones she worked with in New York was part of her motivation for attending law school. When she returned to Hawaii she became a licensed therapeutic foster parent.

Public service and business experience
Iwamoto recently served as a commissioner on the Hawaii Civil Rights Commission, appointed by Governor Neil Abercrombie to serve the four-year term from 2012 to 2016. She also previously served two terms with the Hawaii Board of Education, Oahu-at-Large from 2006 to 2011. Her election as a trans woman in November 2006 made her, at that time, the highest ranking openly transgender elected official in the United States and the first openly transgender official to win statewide office. She was reelected in 2010 with 25% more votes than in 2006.

Iwamoto's other work experiences include serving as Managing Attorney at Volunteer Legal Services Hawaii and facilitating affordable housing through AQuA Rentals, LLC (Affordable Quality Apartment Rentals, LLC).  Her volunteer work includes serving on the board of directors for both Kūlia Nā Mamo and Hawaiʻi People's Fund.

2018 Lieutenant Governor primary election

Iwamoto announced her bid for Lieutenant Governor in November 2017. She was endorsed by the Sierra Club of Hawaii, Victory Fund, Maui Time Weekly, Our Revolution Oʻahu Chapter, Unite Here! Local 5, politician Gary Hooser, activist Mari Matsuda, and advocate and teacher Maya Soetoro-Ng, among others. Although she received more than 34,000 votes in the Democratic primary, she lost the party nomination to Senator Josh Green.

Electoral history

2022

2020

Notable national advocacy and recognition
Iwamoto was recognized as a Champion of Change by President Barack Obama.

Iwamoto publicly opposed passage of California's Proposition 8, outlawing same-sex marriages in California. She has stated that Proposition 8 reminds her of her mother's internment during World War II and believes the proposition is a violation of essential civil rights, stating, "The country has acknowledged that [internment] as a mistake, to just go with populous fear to oppress a specific group. I think we're going to look back at this kind of oppression as a mistake."

In 2021, Iwamoto joined with local advocates known as the Wai Ola alliance as a plaintiff in a suit against the United States Navy to stop its plan to double line its underground fuel tanks at Red Hill.

References

External links
 Hawaii Civil Rights Commission - Meet the Commissioners
 BOE Member Profile - Kim Coco Iwamoto
 Kim Coco Iwamoto - BOE Candidate

1968 births
American women of Japanese descent in politics
Fashion Institute of Technology alumni
Hawaii politicians of Japanese descent
American LGBT people of Asian descent
LGBT appointed officials in the United States
LGBT people from Hawaii
Living people
Members of the Hawaii Board of Education
People from Kauai County, Hawaii
San Francisco State University alumni
Transgender women politicians
American transgender people
University of New Mexico School of Law alumni
Women in Hawaii politics


Mindy McCready is the fourth studio album from American country music artist of the same name. It was released on March 26, 2002 by Capitol Records Nashville. This album peaked at #29 on the US country charts. The album included three singles, "Scream", "Maybe, Maybe Not" (later recorded by Mila Mason on her 2003 album Stained Glass Window), and "Lips Like Yours". Steve Mandile, lead singer of the band Sixwire, co-wrote the track "Don't Speak".  "The Fire" was originally recorded by Chely Wright on her 1999 album Single White Female.

The album was produced by Billy Joe Walker, Jr., except for "Maybe, Maybe Not" and "Be with Me", which were produced by Mike Clute and Bobby Huff.

Track listing

Personnel

 Larry Beaird – acoustic guitar
 Larry Byrom – acoustic guitar, electric guitar, slide guitar
 Pat Coil – synthesizer
 Glen Duncan – fiddle
 Thom Flora – background vocals
 Paul Franklin – steel guitar
 David Grissom – electric guitar
 Aubrey Haynie – fiddle, mandolin, laughs
 Wes Hightower – background vocals
 Bobby Huff – drums, background vocals
 Joanna Janét – background vocals
 John Barlow Jarvis – keyboards, Hammond organ, piano, Wurlitzer
 Carolyn Dawn Johnson – background vocals
 Mary Ann Kennedy – background vocals
 Paul Leim – drums, percussion
 B. James Lowry – acoustic guitar
 Mindy McCready – lead vocals
 Brent Mason – electric guitar, gut string guitar
 Gene Miller – background vocals
 Duncan Mullins – bass guitar
 Steve Nathan – keyboards, Hammond organ, piano, synthesizer, Wurlitzer
 Jimmy Nichols – keyboards, piano
 Dale Oliver – electric guitar
 Russ Pahl – Dobro
 Pam Rose – background vocals
 Lisa Silver – background vocals
 Billy Joe Walker Jr. – acoustic guitar, electric guitar
 Biff Watson – acoustic guitar
 Glenn Worf – bass guitar
 Reese Wynans – Hammond organ

Chart performance

Notes

2002 albums
Capitol Records albums
Mindy McCready albums
Albums produced by Billy Joe Walker Jr.


Simeon Carl Eugen Joseph Leopold von Habsburg (born 29 June 1958 in Katana, South Kivu, Belgian Congo), also called Simeon Habsburg-Lothringen and Archduke Simeon of Austria, is an Austrian banker, partner and managing director of Principal Asset Management AG in Liechtenstein. He is a member of the House of Habsburg-Lorraine and as such an Archduke of Austria, Prince of Hungary and Bohemia with the style His Imperial and Royal Highness. He is the third-eldest child of Archduke Rudolf of Austria and his first wife, Countess Xenia Czernichev-Besobrasov. Simeon is a paternal grandson of Charles I of Austria, last ruler of Austria-Hungary.

Marriage and issue
Simeon married Princess María of Bourbon-Two Sicilies, daughter of Infante Carlos, Duke of Calabria and his wife Princess Anne of Orléans, on 13 July 1996 in La Toledana, Spain.<ref name=petit>de Badts de Cugnac, Chantal. Coutant de Saisseval, Guy. Le Petit Gotha’’. Nouvelle Imprimerie Laballery, Paris 2002, p. 172-174, 196-197, 404 (French) </ref> Simeon is a (half) second cousin of his wife's father, both being great-grandchildren of Robert I, Duke of Parma. María's father descends from Duke Robert's first marriage and Simeon from the Duke's second marriage.

The couple has five children:

Archduke Johannes Rudolf Antonio Maria of Austria (born 29 October 1997 in Hohenems, Vorarlberg, Austria)
Archduke Ludwig Christian Fransikus Maria of Austria (born 16 November 1998 in Grabs, St. Gallen, Switzerland)
Archduchess Isabelle Rocio Maravillas Lourdes of Austria (born 14 September 2000 in Grabs, St. Gallen, Switzerland)
Archduchess Carlotta Adelaïde Teresa Maria of Austria (born 16 January 2003 in Grabs, St. Gallen, Switzerland)
Archduke Philipp'' Jozef Christian Maria of Austria (born 15 January 2007 in Grabs, St. Gallen, Switzerland)

References

1958 births
House of Habsburg-Lorraine
Living people
Austrian princes
Exiled royalty


Isaac Roach (February 24, 1786 – December 29, 1848) was an American lawyer and politician who served one term as mayor of Philadelphia, from 1838 to 1839. He was a captain in the United States Army and fought in the War of 1812. He was brevetted to Major in April 1823, and resigned from the army on April 1, 1824. He became the mayor of Philadelphia in 1838 and was later appointed the Treasurer of the Mint.

On October 4, 1819, Roach married Mary Huddell.

Roach died in 1848 in Philadelphia, where he is buried in St. Peter's churchyard.

References

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United States Army personnel of the War of 1812
Mayors of Philadelphia
1786 births
1848 deaths
19th-century American politicians
Burials at St. Peter's churchyard, Philadelphia
United States Army officers


De Salis is the surname of an old noble family from Grisons, Switzerland.

People with the surname
They were one of the most influential families of the Three Leagues. At first the family appears in Soglio, Switzerland with ser Rodolfus de Salice de Solio between 1285 and 1293.

Titles given to the family include Count de Salis-Soglio and Count de Salis-Seewis.

De Salis (naturalized British in 1731)

(Counts of the Holy Roman Empire from 1748, with Royal Licence to use in the UK from 1809. Surname of Fane added in 1809 and 1835).
 Sir Cecil Fane De Salis (1857–1948), KCB, chairman Middlesex County Council (1919–1924).
 Charles de Salis (1736–1781), Count. Unsuccessful candidate for Reading 1761. Died and buried in Hyères.
 Charles Fane de Salis, Bishop of Taunton.
 Rev. Count Henry Jerome de Salis MA, DD, FRS, FSA, (1740–1810), Divine: Rector of St. Antholin and Vicar of Wing, Buckinghamshire.
 Rev. Count Henry Jerome Augustine Fane de Salis, (born Pisa 16.2.1828, died Virginia Water 18.2.1915).
 Jerome, 2nd Count de Salis (1709–1794), FRS, sometime British Resident in the Grisons and a Fellow of the Royal Society.
 Jerome, 4th Count de Salis-Soglio (1771–1836), DL, JP, FRS, Comes SRI, Illustris et Magnificus.
 John, Count de Salis-Soglio-Bondo (1776–1855). Grison statesman, and Minister to Archdukes of Modena.
 John Bernard Philip Humbert de Salis, 9th Count de Salis-Soglio, (1947–2014), TD, ICRC delegate, etc.
 Henry Rodolph de Salis (1866–1936), author Bradshaw's Canals & Navigable Rivers of England & Wales, 1904, 1918 and 1928.
 John Eugène de Salis, 8th Count de Salis-Soglio, Lt. Col. Irish Guards.
 Sir John Francis Charles, 7th Count de Salis-Soglio (1864–1939), KCMG, a British diplomat.
 John Francis William, 6th Count de Salis-Soglio (1825–1871), numismatist and a British diplomat.
 Leopold Fabius Dietegan Fane De Salis (1816–1898), New South Wales politician and Australian pastoralist.
 Peter, 3rd Count de Salis, soldier and landowner. Governor of the Valtelline. Count of the Holy Roman Empire.
 Peter John Fane de Salis, 5th Count de Salis-Soglio, soldier; landowner in counties Limerick and Armagh; Grand Prior of the Venerable Irish Langue of the Order of St. John.
 Count Pierre de Salis (1827–1919), painter and engraver. Curator of Neuchâtel's art museum.
 General Rodolph de Salis, (1811-1880), CB, Colonel of the 8th Hussars.
 Rodolph Fane De Salis (1854–1931). Civil engineer. Chairman of Singer Motor Company, Coventry, and Grand Junction Canal Co.; President of the Canal Association.
 William Andreas Salicus Fane De Salis (1812–1896), a businessman, colonialist, and barrister.
 Admiral Sir William Fane De Salis, KBE, MVO, RN, (1858-1939).
 See Counts de Salis-Soglio.
 See Comtes de Salis-Seewis.

Von Salis (Swiss branch)

 Carl Ulisses von Salis-Marschlins, (1762–1818), was a naturalist.
 Daniel von Salis-Soglio (1826-1919).
 Johann Gaudenz von Salis-Seewis, (1762–1834), poet and lieder writer, soldier-statesman, hereditary French Comte.
 Hortensia von Salis-Maienfeld (1659–1715), Grisons scholar and pre-feminist.
 Meta von Salis-Marschlins (1855–1929), Swiss feminist and historian. Sold Schloss Marschlins.
 Ulysses von Salis-Marschlins (1728-1800), Grisons statesman.
 Philipp von Boeselager and Georg von Boeselager. Sons of Maria-Theresia (Freiin) von Salis-Soglio (1890–1968) of Schloss Gemünden.

Salis
 Louis Rodolphe Salis (1851–1897), creator of the Chat Noir in Monmartre. His father came from the Val Bregaglia.

References

Counts of Salis
De Salis family
House of Salis


is a Japanese football player. He plays for MIO Biwako Shiga.

Club statistics

References

External links

1987 births
Living people
Association football people from Ibaraki Prefecture
Japanese men's footballers
J1 League players
J2 League players
Japan Football League players
Kashiwa Reysol players
Sagan Tosu players
Azul Claro Numazu players
Reilac Shiga FC players
Men's association football midfielders


Timo Martin Gebhart (born 12 April 1989) is a German professional footballer who most recently played as a midfielder for FC Memmingen.

Club career
In January 2009, Gebhart transferred from 2. Bundesliga side TSV 1860 Munich to join Bundesliga side VfB Stuttgart. He signed a contract until 30 June 2013.

In July 2012, Gebhart moved to 1. FC Nürnberg.

In January 2016, Gebhart moved to FC Steaua București.

At the end of the 2016–17 season, Hansa Rostock and Gebhart did not agree on a contract extension.

Gebhart returned to his former club TSV 1860 Munich for the 2017–18 season. He scored 5 goals and assisted 4 in 12 matches in all competitions but was kept out of action by injuries for large parts of the season. 1860 Munich decided not to renew his contract.

On 4 February 2019, it was confirmed, that Gehbart had signed with FC Viktoria 1889 Berlin.

In September 2020, he signed a one-year contract with hometown club FC Memmingen of the fourth-tier Regionalliga Bayern.

Career statistics

Club

Honours
Steaua București
League Cup: 2015–16

References

External links

Living people
1989 births
People from Memmingen
Footballers from Swabia (Bavaria)
Men's association football midfielders
German men's footballers
FC Viktoria 1889 Berlin players
TSV 1860 Munich players
TSV 1860 Munich II players
VfB Stuttgart players
1. FC Nürnberg players
1. FC Nürnberg II players
FC Steaua București players
FC Hansa Rostock players
FC Memmingen players
Regionalliga players
Bundesliga players
2. Bundesliga players
Liga I players
3. Liga players
Germany men's under-21 international footballers
German expatriate men's footballers
German expatriate sportspeople in Romania
Expatriate men's footballers in Romania
Germany men's youth international footballers


Ahmed Harrak Srifi () is a prominent Moroccan scholar from the tribe of Ahl Srif in the north of Morocco.

The family tree of Ahmed Harrak Srifi

His father is Abdelsalam Harrak Srifi son of Taher Al Alami Al Safsafi  son of Muhamad son of Ali al Harrak   son of  Hassan son of Husayn son of Ali son of Muhamad son of Abdullah son of Yussuf son of Ahmad son of Husayn son of Malik son of Abdelkarim son of Hamdoun son of Musa (Musa is the brother of Abdeslam Ben Mchich) son of Mchich son of Abi Bakr al Alami al Idrissi son of Alison of Abu Hurma son of Issa son of Salam al-Arouss' son of Ahmad Mizwar son of Ali Haydara son of Muhammad son of Idris II son of Idris I son of Abdullah al-Kamelson of Hassan al-Muthanna son of Hasan ibn Ali son of Ali Ibn Abi Talib and Fatima al-Zahraa, daughter of Prophet Muhammad

Area of specialization

As a Muslim theologian, he specialized in the sciences of the Quran and the science of  Hadith narration with regards to the different Quran reading interpretation. He was among the most prominent of Moroccan scholars in this science in the 20th century. Abdel Hay al Kattani in his book called the Appendix –Al Fehress- said that Ahmed Harrak Srifi has received the narration science from his father Abdelsallam Harrak Srifi who was a narrator and a scholar himself.

His teachers

In Hadith narration
His Father Abdelsallam Harrak Srifi
Muhammad Srifi Bujediani
Ahmad  Temsamani Sumati

In Tajwid
Al Maqi Ben Yarmoq al Sumati
Hashemi ben Hassan Srifi Dafeni.

His works
 Collection of biographies of the most prominent Sheiks and Sayyids
 The register of the translations and licences of Ahmad El Fassi

His Death
Ahmed Harrak Srifi was killed in the Rif war in Morocco in 1925. It is commonly known that in this war against the Spanish colonization, there were two kinds of resistant movements in Morocco. The armed one led by Abd el-Krim and the passive one led by El reissouni. Ahmed Harrak Srifi was with the royalist passive movement. A tradition that characterized the Harrak sayyids for centuries.

Notes and references

Moroccan scholars
Moroccan Maliki scholars
Moroccan writers
Moroccan biographers
Hadith scholars
Muslim family trees
1925 deaths
Year of birth missing
19th-century Moroccan people


is a former Japanese footballer who last played as a right-back for V-Varen Nagasaki.

Career
Murakami joined Kashiwa Reysol as an apprentice professional in 2007. He turned full-time professional with Reysol at the start of the 2008 season. He made his professional debut on 4 October 2008 in a 4-0 win over Omiya Ardija, scoring a first-half hat-trick.

Murakami transferred to Albirex Niigata on 23 December 2010, for an undisclosed fee. He made his club debut on 23 July 2011 against Kawasaki Frontale. He moved to Ehime FC on 1 February 2014 on a free transfer.

Club statistics
Updated to 2 February 2018.

References

External links
Profile at V-Varen Nagasaki
Profile at Albirex Niigata

1984 births
Living people
Juntendo University alumni
Association football people from Tokyo
Japanese men's footballers
J1 League players
J2 League players
Kashiwa Reysol players
Albirex Niigata players
Ehime FC players
V-Varen Nagasaki players
Men's association football defenders


Chinese cartography began in the 5th century BC during the Warring States period when cartographers started to make maps of the Earth's surface. Its scope extended beyond China's borders with the expansion of the Chinese Empire under the Han dynasty. By the 11th century during the Song dynasty highly-accurate maps drawn on grids were produced. During the 15th century, the Ming dynasty admiral Zheng He went on a series of voyages to the South China Sea, Indian Ocean, and beyond and maps for areas outside of China were produced, although world maps covering territories known to the Chinese outside of China existed as early as the Tang dynasty.

The study of geography in China begins in the Warring States period (5th century BC). It expands its scope beyond the Chinese homeland with the growth of the Chinese Empire under the Han dynasty and enters a golden age with the Han dynasty invention of the compass as one of the Four Great Inventions. The compass was then used from the 11th century during the Song dynasty, Yuan dynasty, Ming dynasty, and Qing dynasty in the study of geography. One of the most famous explorers in Chinese history was the 15th century admiral Zheng He, known for the Chinese exploration of the Pacific and his treasure voyages.

Legends of maps
There is an ancient Chinese legend called He Bo Xian Tu (), which roughly means "the River Deity presenting a map". During the mythical Xia dynasty, a river deity gave Yu the Great a stone with a flood map etched on its surface. Yu the Great used the map to help him in taming the flood that threatened to destroy rural agriculture.

In general, the development of early Chinese cartography experienced three phrases: primitive map, classical map, and survey map. The primitive maps were simple maps, still steeped in myth and legend. It was not until the Han dynasty that classical maps began to emerge.

Earliest reference to maps in historical texts
The earliest reference to a map in Chinese history can be found in Volume 86 of the historical text Records of the Grand Historian (Shi Ji). This volume recorded an incident in 227 BC during the late Warring States period in which a map is mentioned. Crown Prince Dan of the Yan state sent Jing Ke to assassinate the King of the Qin state, so as to prevent Qin from conquering Yan. Jing Ke pretended to be an emissary from Yan, and said he wanted to present the King of Qin with a map of Dukang, a fertile region in Yan which would be ceded to Qin in exchange for peace between the two states. The map, which was rolled up and held in a case, had a poison-coated dagger hidden in it. As Jing Ke was showing the King the map, he slowly unrolled the map until the dagger was revealed, and then seized it and tried to stab the King. The King managed to escape unharmed and Jing Ke was killed in his failed assassination attempt. From then on, maps are frequently mentioned in Chinese historical texts.

Early survivals

Maps showing areas beyond China survive from the Song dynasty (960-1279). A map carved in stone in AD 1137 shows 500 settlements and a dozen rivers in China, and includes large parts of Korea and Vietnam. On the reverse, the Yu Ji Tu (see picture), a copy of a more ancient map, uses the grid system developed in China a millennium earlier.

Qin dynasty maps

In 1986, seven maps were found in Tomb 1, dating to the Qin state of the Warring States period, at Fangmatan in Gansu Province. The maps were drawn in black ink on four rectangular pieces of pine wood, 26.7 cm in length and between 15 and 18.1 cm in width, and depict the tributary river systems of the Jialing River in Sichuan Province. The areas covered by the seven maps overlap, but in total they cover 107 × 68 km in area.

In addition to the seven maps on wooden blocks found at Tomb 1 of Fangmatan, a fragment of a paper map (5.6 × 2.6 cm) was found on the chest of the occupant of Tomb 5 of Fangmatan in 1986. This tomb is dated to the early Western Han dynasty, so the map dates to the early 2nd century BC. The map shows topographic features such as mountains, waterways and roads, and is believed to cover the Qin state of the Warring States period.

Han dynasty maps

Concrete evidence of the existence of maps in ancient China dates back to the Han dynasty (206 BC – 220 AD). The three silk maps found at the Mawangdui tumulus in Changsha, Hunan Province are traced back to the 2nd century BC. The three maps are a topographic map of the Changsha region, a military map of southern Changsha, and a prefecture map.

Research on the three maps shows that the Han dynasty had access to advanced cartography skills. Although the military map does not contain names, a legend, scales, or any form of explanatory text, it shows modern Hunan, Guangdong and Guangxi provinces, as well as the boundary between the Han Empire and Nanyue Kingdom, covering the area from 111°E to 112°30′E, and from 23°N to 26°N. The scale of the map is approximately 1:180000.

At the time of their discovery, these three silk maps were the oldest to be found in China. However, they were superseded in 1986 after Qin dynasty maps dating back to the 4th century BC were found in Fangmatan, Tianshui, Gansu Province.

After the Han dynasty, Pei Xiu of the Jin dynasty helped improve Chinese cartography by making use of the grid previously introduced by Zhang Heng. Pei Xiu became known as the 'father of scientific cartography in China'.

Tang and Song dynasty maps

During the Tang dynasty, Jia Dan improved the knowledge of China on foreign countries. He wrote a number of works on geography that described foreign states and trade routes, as well as producing a map Hainei Huayi Tu (, "Map of Chinese and non-Chinese Territories in the World"). The map includes China and other known countries and was presented to the emperor in 801. The map was 9.1 m (30 ft) in length and 10 m (33 ft) in height, mapped out on a grid scale of one inch equaling one hundred li (Chinese unit of measuring distance).

The Hainei Huayi Tu  map is lost, but a later map of China from the Southern Song period, the Huayi tu map engraved in 1136 on a stele, contains names of foreign places inscribed on the edges that it took from Jia Dan's map. On the reverse side of Huayi tu is the gridded Yu Ji Tu (Map of the Tracks of Yu the Great). This map is the earliest surviving example of lattice cartographic grid found in Chinese map, a system first introduced in earlier dynasties. The stele with the maps is now in the Stele Forest or Beilin Museum () in Xi'an, China.

Yuan and Ming dynasty maps

The expansion of Chinese geographical enterprise to a world scale originates from a historical setting of the Mongol Empire, which connected the western Islamic world with the Chinese sphere, enabling both trade and the exchange of information.

After the founding of the Yuan dynasty in 1271, Kublai Khan ordered the compilation of a geography monograph named Dayuan Dayitong Zhi (大元大一統志) (extant manuscripts lack maps) in 1285. In 1286, Persian astronomer Jamāl al-Dīn made Kublai Khan (who had brought him east to undertake co-operative research with Chinese scholars in the 1260s) a proposal for merging several maps of the empire into a single world map, and it resulted in the Tianxia Dili Zongtu (天下地理總圖). It was supposedly a world map but is lost today. He also ordered to obtain a book called Rāh-nāmah (road book) from Muslim sailors. An extant map attached to the Jingshi Dadian (經世大典; 1329–1333) proves Mongols' accurate knowledge on Inner Asia that was obtained from Muslims. Influences by these official projects, Taoist monk Zhu Siben (朱思本) compiled a geography monograph of China named Jiuyu Zhi (九域志) in 1297. Based on this earlier work, he created a now lost map of China named Yuditu (與地圖) in 1311-1320.

However, these materials were too large for circulation. What directly impacted Chinese intellectuals were other compilations. In the first half of the 14th century, encyclopedias such as the Hanmo Quanshu (翰墨全書) and the Zhishun edition of the Shilin Guangji (事林廣記), written by Chen Yuanjing (陈元靓), updated their geographic knowledge from the preceding Jurchen Jin and Southern Song Dynasties to the contemporary Mongol-ruled Yuan dynasty.

Throughout the Yuan (1271–1368) and Ming (1368–1644) dynasties, Chinese cartography did not experience any radical developments. However, traditional cartography skills became more refined, and different types of maps starting appearing. The new types of maps include national maps showing mountains and cities, land defence maps, coastal defence maps, river maps for flood control, and nautical charts for maritime navigation. These maps exhibited characteristics such as greater focus on the accuracy of rivers and mountains, greater use of mathematics in cartography, and the use of administrative divisions to demarcate boundaries.

Newly discovered materials reveal personal networks among intellectuals of southern China, centered in Qingyuan (Ningbo). Qingjun, who was from neighboring Taizhou, created the Hunyi Jiangli Tu when he stayed in Qingyuan. Wu Sidao, who left an important bibliographic clue, was also from Qingyuan. In addition, Ningbo was one of the most important seaports and the sea routes were extended to Fuzhou and Guangzhou, and Southeast Asia, Japan and Goryeo. They must have acquired marine information from Muslim sailors.

Maps in the Chinese tradition tended to be known by specific titles, easily expressed as short sequences of ideograms, such as the Yu Gong Jiuzhou Lidai Diwang Guodu Dili Tu (禹貢九州歷代帝王國都地理圖; Map of Capitals of Historical Emperors and Kings in the Nine Provinces described in theYu Gong).

Shengjiao Guangbei Tu
The Shengjiao Guangbei Tu ("map of the resounding teaching (of the khan) prevailing all over the world") by Li Zemin is lost. Its original state can be deduced by examining its derivative works: the Guangyutu (廣與圖) (1555) by Luo Hongxian (羅洪先) contains a pair of maps named Dongnan Haiyi Tu (東南海夷圖) and Xinan Haiyi Tu (西南海夷圖) that are considered to be the southern half of the Shengjiao Guangbei Tu although Luo's copy dropped most place names except for coastal areas and islands. The Da Ming Hun Yi Tu (大明混一圖/Dai Ming gurun-i uherilehe nirugan), a Ming period map with much later Manchu translations of its labels, is also considered to have been based ultimately on Li Zemin's map.

The Shengjiao Guangbei Tu was a world map. It contained not only China but also Africa and Europe. Luo's copy and the Daming Hunyi Tu suggest that the original depicted India more accurately than the Korean adaptation although it is also possible that the Daming Hunyi Tu reflects 17th century knowledge.

Little is known about the author Li Zemin. Based on place names on the map, it has been presumed that it was created around 1319 and revised sometime between 1329 and 1338. However, Wu Sidao's statement (described later) suggests that his map was newer than Qingjun's (1360?).

Guanglun Jiangli Tu
The Hunyi Jiangli Tu by Zen monk Qingjun (1328–1392) is lost. However, the Shuidong Riji (水東日記) by the Ming period book collector Ye Sheng (葉盛) (1420–1474) includes a modified edition of the map by the name of Guanglun Jiangli Tu (廣輪疆理圖). Ye Sheng also recorded Yan Jie (嚴節)'s colophon to the map (1452). According to Yan Jie, the Guanglun Jiangli Tu was created in 1360. The extant map was modified, probably by Yan Jie, to catch up with contemporary Ming place names. The original map covered place names of the Mongol-ruled Yuan dynasty.

The Guanglun Jiangli Tu was one of historical maps that were popular among Chinese intellectuals. It showed historical capitals of Chinese dynasties in addition to contemporary place names. It followed Chinese tradition in that it was a map of China, not the world. But contrary to Song period maps which reflected limited Chinese knowledge on geography, it incorporated information on Mongolia and Southeast Asia. It also provided information of sea routes (there remain traces on the Honmyōji map).

Wu Sidao's work
Contemporary to Qingjun, Wu Sidao (烏斯道), author of Chuncaozhai Ji (春草齋集), merged the Guanglun Tu (廣輪圖) and Li Rulin (李汝霖)'s Shengjiao Beihua Tu (聲教被化圖) although his map is not known today. The Guanglun Tu must refer to Qingjun's Guanglun Jiangli Tu. It may be that Rulin was Li Zemin's courtesy name and the Shengjiao Beihua Tu was an alias for the Shengjiao Guangbei Tu.

Luo Hongxian
In 1579, Luo Hongxian published the Guang Yu Tu () atlas, which includes more than 40 maps, a grid system, and a systematic way of representing major geographical features such as mountains, rivers, roads and borders. The Guang Yu Tu incorporates the discoveries of admiral Zheng He's 15th century voyages along the coasts of China, Southeast Asia, India, and East Africa.

Zheng He
Among Ming dynasty maps, Zheng He's map, also known as Mao Kun map, was the most influential nautical chart. Between 1405 and 1433, the Ming government sponsored Zheng He to go on a series of seven naval expeditions to places in the South China Sea, Indian Ocean, and beyond. Thus, Zheng He's map was the important in the history of Chinese cartography and a specific one for maritime navigation. It also exhibited some special characteristics in terms of how its contents are presented:
 For map readers' convenience, the map is continuously splicing from the starting point of Zheng He's voyages to the ending point.
 Geographical features were drawn based on the map reader's orientation, such that map readers can find their position in the shortest time possible.
 Landmarks used in maps for maritime navigation, such as reefs, ports and islands, are included.

Late Ming
Chinese traditional cartography skills became more developed and advanced in the late Ming dynasty under the influence of new ideas of technology and studies of natural science, which were introduced from the West to China. From the 16th and 17th centuries, several examples survive of maps focused on cultural information. Gridlines are not used on either Yu Shi's Gujin xingsheng zhi tu (1555) or Zhang Huang's Tushu bian (1613); instead, illustrations and annotations show mythical places, exotic foreign peoples, administrative changes and the deeds of historic and legendary heroes.

The Great Ming Amalgamated Map or Da Ming Hun Yi Tu (; Manchu: dai ming gurun-i uherilehe nirugan) is a world map created in China. It was painted in colour on stiff silk and 386 x 456 cm in size. The original text was written in Classical Chinese, but Manchu labels were later superimposed on them. It is one of the oldest surviving world maps from East Asia although the exact date of creation remains unknown. It depicts the general form of the Old World, placing China in the center and stretching northward to Mongolia, southward to Java, eastward to central Japan, and westward to Africa and Europe. The Earth's curvature affects even the scale of the Chinese section of the map. The horizontal scale is 1:820000 while the vertical scale is 1:1,060,000. The use of colour is particularly effective within China itself, including elegant touches like the ochre tint of the Yellow River.

The Selden Map of China, which dates from the early 17th century and shows a series of precisely plotted maritime routes, has provoked a reassessment of the global significance of Ming cartography.

Qing dynasty survey maps
The Kangxi Emperor of the Qing dynasty (1644–1912) realised that Chinese maps were not accurate enough and required scientific methods for mapping, so he sponsored a national wide geodesy and mapping programme based on astronomical observation and triangulation measurements. The map, which is called Huang Yu Quan Lan Tu (also known as the Jesuit Atlas), took over 10 years to complete from 1708. It was also the first on-the-spot survey map. It had 41 framings based on provincial boundaries and has the following characteristics:
 Use of pseudo-cylindrical projection and latitude and longitude cartography methods
 Simultaneous use of Chinese and Manchu languages. Frontier area were labeled in Manchu, while Chinese proper were labeled in Chinese.
 Inclusion of a survey map of Taiwan for the first time

Apart from cartography, the unification of scale measurement and the field measurement of meridian of earth contributed to the development of cartography in the Qing dynasty and helped to significantly improve the quality of maps.

Modern

After the 1949 revolution, the Institute of Geography under the aegis of the Chinese Academy of Sciences became responsible for official cartography and emulated the Soviet model of geography throughout the 1950s. With its emphasis on fieldwork, sound knowledge of the physical environment and the interrelation between physical and economic geography, the Russian influence counterbalanced the many pre-liberation Western-trained Chinese geography specialists who were more interested in the historical and culture aspects of cartography. As a consequence, China's main geographical journal, the Dili Xuebao (地理学报) featured many articles by Soviet geographers. As Soviet influence waned in the 1960s, geographic activity continued as part of the process of modernisation until it came to a stop with the 1967 Cultural Revolution.

Highlights
Warring States
Seven Qin State maps dated to the 4th century BC are found in Gansu province in 1986
Crown Prince Dan and Jing Ke's assassination plot against Qin Shi Huang in 227 BC, first reference to a map drawn on silk.
Han
Mawangdui Han tombs site reveals three maps drawn on silk, dated to the 2nd century BC, found in 1973
Shiji by Sima Qian, which included a wealth of geographical material thanks to the travels of Zhang Qian in Central Asia
Book of Han
Rites of Zhou
 Liu An (2nd century BC), Huainanzi
Yuejue Shu, the first gazetteer in China, written in 52 CE.
Three Kingdoms
Pei Xiu (3rd century), the "father of Chinese cartography" produced a map of China with plotted grid lines and a graduated scale.
Yu Huan, wrote the Weilüe (preserved in the Records of the Three Kingdoms), including information on countries as far away as West Asia and the eastern provinces of the Roman Empire
Liu Song dynasty
 Fan Ye (historian) wrote the Book of Later Han; contains information on countries as far as West Asia, including Daqin, the Roman Empire
Tang
Bianji (7th century), Great Tang Records on the Western Regions
Jia Dan (8th century)
Duan Chengshi (9th century)
Song
Su Song (11th century)
Shen Kuo (11th century)
Fan Chengda (12th century)
Yuan
Chen Yuanjing (13th century), Shilin Guangji
Zhou Daguan (13th century)
Wang Dayuan (14th century)
Yu Qin (14th century)
Ming
Zheng He (15th century)
Xu Xiake (17th century)
Matteo Ricci and Xu Guangqi (17th century)
Giulio Aleni (1623)
Martino Martini (1655)
Qing
 Dushi Fangyu Jiyao

See also
1421 hypothesis
Chinese exploration
Chinese geography
Geography of China
History of cartography
History of cartography#China
Cartography
Kangnido
Mawangdui
List of cartographers

References

Bibliography
Needham, Joseph. (1986). Science and Civilization in China: Volume 4, Physics and Physical Technology, Part 3, Civil Engineering and Nautics. Taipei: Caves Books Ltd.

External links
 The history of cartography at the School of Mathematics and Statistics, University of St. Andrews, Scotland
 Mapping History - a learning resource from the British Library
 Chinese cartography website  by Qiming Zhou, Hong Kong Baptist University- updated 2017-03-18
The Journey of a Manchu Map by Mario Cams, KU Leuven

China
Geography of China
History of science and technology in China


Joel Jones (October 26, 1795 – February 3, 1860) was an American lawyer, jurist, and mayor of Philadelphia.

Biography

He was born in Coventry, Connecticut, the oldest of nine children. At age fifteen he went to Hebron, Connecticut, and engaged in business with his uncle. After graduating at Yale University with high honor in 1817, he commenced the study of law with Judge William Bristol of New Haven, Connecticut, and afterward finished at Tapping Reeve's Litchfield Law School in Litchfield, Connecticut. After completion of his studies, he resided for a short time in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania, whence he removed, in 1822, to Easton, Pennsylvania, where he practiced law for many years. From 1826 to 1835 he served as a secretary to the Lafayette College board of trustees, and continued to work as a trustee until 1852. In 1830 he was appointed by Governor George Wolf one of three commissioners to revise the civil code of Pennsylvania.

In 1834 he removed to Philadelphia, where he became associate judge in 1835, and afterward presiding judge of the Philadelphia district court. He was the first president of Girard College in 1847–1849. In 1849 he was elected mayor of Philadelphia. He took an active interest in theological speculations and inquiries, and was an earnest advocate of a literal interpretation of those scriptures which predict the second coming of Christ. He also edited several English works on prophecy.

On June 14, 1831, he married Eliza P. Sparhawk in Philadelphia, with whom he had six children. One of the sons was Rev. John Sparhawk Jones, whose daughter Elizabeth Sparhawk-Jones was an artist.

In 1848, Jones was elected to the American Philosophical Society.

Joel Jones died in Philadelphia on February 3, 1860.

Works

A Manual of Pennsylvania Land Law

Outlines of a History of the Court of Rome, and of the Temporal Power of the Popes, translated from the French, with original notes

References

Notes

Sources
Selden J. Coffin, The Men of Lafayette, 1826-1893: Lafayette College, Its History, Its Men, Their Record, 1891, Easton, Pennsylvania.
C.W.S., "Memoir", introductory to Jones's Notes on Scripture, 1860.

External links
Obituary in The New York Times, February 9, 1860.

1795 births
1860 deaths
Mayors of Philadelphia
Yale University alumni
19th-century American politicians
People from Coventry, Connecticut
People from Hebron, Connecticut
Lafayette College trustees


The 1992 SEC Championship Game was played on December 5, 1992, at Legion Field in Birmingham, Alabama.  The Southeastern Conference (SEC) was the first conference in NCAA Division I college football to host a post-season conference championship game, and the 1992 game was the first time the SEC Championship Game was held. The inaugural match-up determined the 1992 SEC football champion.  The Alabama Crimson Tide of the University of Alabama, winners of the SEC Western Division, defeated the Florida Gators of the University of Florida, who won the SEC Eastern Division, by a score of 28-21.

Following the game, undefeated Alabama advanced to the Sugar Bowl, where the Crimson Tide defeated the Miami Hurricanes to win the Crimson Tide's 12th national championship.  Florida received an invitation to play in the , where the Gators defeated the North Carolina State Wolfpack.

Game summary
The Florida Gators scored first, on a five-yard touchdown reception by Errict Rhett to take a 7–0 lead in the first quarter.  The Crimson Tide responded by scoring the next 21 points.  The Tide's first points came later in the first quarter on a Derrick Lassic 3-yard touchdown run to tie the game at 7–7.  In the second quarter, Curtis Brown would score on a 30-yard touchdown reception from Jay Barker to take a 14–7 lead at the half.

Alabama would further extend their lead to 21–7 in the third on a 15-yard Derrick Lassic touchdown run. Down by 14, the Gators would respond with a pair of touchdowns, tying the game at 21 midway through the fourth quarter. Willie Jackson would score first on a 4-yard touchdown reception on a pass from Shane Matthews late in the third, and Errict Rhett would knot the game at 21 with just over eight minutes remaining in the contest. With momentum in the favor of the Gators, with 3:16 remaining in the game, Antonio Langham would return a Matthews interception 27-yards for a touchdown in providing the final 28–21 margin.

See also
 Alabama–Florida football rivalry

References

External links
Recap of the 1992 SEC Championship game at SECSports.com

Championship
1992
1992
1992
December 1992 sports events in the United States
1992 in sports in Alabama


is a Japanese football player currently featuring for Tochigi City FC.

Career
Oshima previously played for Kashiwa Reysol in the J. League Division 1. After a decade in Nagano, Oshima joined Tochigi City FC in December 2019.

Club statistics
Updated to 23 February 2020.

References

External links
Profile at Nagano Parceiro

1988 births
Living people
People from Noda, Chiba
Association football people from Chiba Prefecture
Japanese men's footballers
J1 League players
J3 League players
Japan Football League players
Kashiwa Reysol players
AC Nagano Parceiro players
Tochigi City FC players
Men's association football defenders


Kareem Ignacio López Contreras (born January 1, 1990), better known by his stage name, Karim Lopez, is a Mexican musician and singer, who became widely known as former member of the critically acclaimed musical group AK-7.

Early life

Kareem was born in Lindsay, California the second of four children, where he lived with his parents. When he was about 7 years old, his family relocated to Bakersfield, California. Growing up into a family a musicians, Kareem watched at an early age his father and uncles perform. He started playing the drums at age 8, and would eventually start playing percussion's at the age of 10 in his father's group. As he got older, he started becoming very interested in singing. His dad eventually started letting him come out of his shyness by letting him sing at times during their performances. It wasn't until age 14 when Kareem became the group's official singer. He went on to record 4 albums under an independent label while with the group.

Solo Career (2011–present)

Kareem returned to Nayarit, Mexico to start work on his first solo album. On October 1, 2011 his debut single and album were released. Both under the same name "Agridulce".

Discography
 Agridulce (2011)

Awards

AK-7
Lo Nuestro Awards
2009: Breakout Artist or Group of the Year [Won]

References

External links
www.facebook.com/kareem1190
www.twitter.com/kareemlopez1
www.youtube.com/kareemlopezoficial

1990 births
Living people
People from Lindsay, California
21st-century Mexican singers
21st-century Mexican male singers
People from Bakersfield, California


is a Japanese professional footballer who plays as an attacking midfielder or a winger for J.League club Júbilo Iwata.

Club career

Borussia Mönchengladbach
On 21 July 2011, Ōtsu was signed by Bundesliga side Borussia Mönchengladbach on a three-year contract. He made his league debut on 22 October 2011, coming on as a late substitute for Mike Hanke, in a 1–0 away defeat against 1899 Hoffenheim.

VVV-Venlo
After having lost prospect with Borussia Mönchengladbach, Ōtsu signed with Dutch Eredivisie side VVV-Venlo until the summer of 2014 on 31 August 2012. He was supposed to succeed his countryman Keisuke Honda who had impressed and made a transfer to AC Milan half a year earlier. However, on 15 December 2013, Ōtsu badly injured his achilles tendon. After a long rehabilitation, Ōtsu became fit again and VVV-Venlo extended his expiring contract until the summer of 2015.

Return to Kashiwa Reysol
On 13 December 2014, it was announced that Otsu would leave VVV-Venlo in the winter transfer window. He had signed a deal with his former team Kashiwa Reysol.

International career
On 2 July 2012, Japan U23 manager Takashi Sekizuka included Ōtsu in the Japan under-23s for the 2012 Summer Olympics. He made his debut in their opening match on 26 July 2012 against Spain at Hampden Park, Glasgow, where he scored the opening and winning goal. He then went on to score in both Japan's quarter-final and semi-final against Egypt and Mexico respectively.
On 31 January 2013, head coach Alberto Zaccheroni included Ōtsu in the Japan national team for a friendly against Latvia. On 6 February 2013, Ōtsu made his debut for the national team, replacing Shinji Okazaki in the 82nd minute.

Career statistics

Club

International

Scores and results list Japan U23's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Ōtsu goal.

Honours
Kashiwa Reysol
J. League Division 2: 2010

References

External links

 Japan National Football Team Database

 Voetbal International profile

 Yuki Otsu profile  at Yahoo! Japan

Living people
1990 births
Association football people from Ibaraki Prefecture
Men's association football midfielders
Japanese men's footballers
Japan men's international footballers
J1 League players
J2 League players
Bundesliga players
Eredivisie players
Eerste Divisie players
Kashiwa Reysol players
Borussia Mönchengladbach players
VVV-Venlo players
Yokohama F. Marinos players
Júbilo Iwata players
Olympic footballers for Japan
Footballers at the 2012 Summer Olympics
Japanese expatriate men's footballers
Expatriate men's footballers in Germany
Japanese expatriate sportspeople in Germany
Expatriate men's footballers in the Netherlands
Japanese expatriate sportspeople in the Netherlands


The Syro-Malabar Church is a Catholic Church sui iuris of the East Syriac Rite that adheres to the following calendar for the church's liturgical year. Like other liturgical calendars, the Syro-Malabar calendar loosely follows the sequence of pivotal events in the life of Jesus.

Liturgical seasons
The Syro-Malabar liturgical year opens with the season of Annunciation, which begins on the Sunday between November 27 and December 3. This day corresponds to the First Sunday of Advent in the Western Roman Rite tradition.

The liturgical year is divided into the following nine seasons.

Although the eighth season (Elijah–Cross–Moses) is considered one of the nine, it is also regarded as a combination of the three distinct seasons that are named (Elijah, Cross, and Moses).

Holy days of obligation

In the Syro-Malabar Church, there are 6 holy days of obligation:

 Epiphany (January 6)
 Sts. Peter and Paul (June 29)
 The Ascension of Our Lord (sixth Thursday after Easter)
 St. Thomas (July 3)
 The Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary (August 15)
 Christmas (December 25)

Periods of fasting

The Syro-Malabar Church proposes the following days of fasting to the faithful:

See also
 Saint Thomas Christians
 Knanaya
 Syro-Malankara Catholic Church

References

Notes

External links
 Syro-Malabar Commission for Liturgy
www.christianhomily.com Sunday and Feast Homily Resources in English and Homily Videos in Malayalam by Fr. Abraham Mutholath according to the Syro-Malabar Calendar Set one and two.
Homily Videos in Malayalam by Fr. Abraham Mutholath
www.bibleinterpretation.org Bible Interpretation by Rev. Abraham Mutholath in English.
www.biblereflection.org Bible Interpretation with reflection by Rev. Abraham Mutholath in English.

 Official calendars: 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013

Syro-Malabar Catholic Church
Liturgical calendars of the Catholic Church
Time in India


Johann Bernhard Wilhelm Lindenberg (18 September 1781 – 6 June 1851) was a German bryologist who worked as a lawyer in Bergedorf (today a burrough of Hamburg).

He was a native of Lübeck, and studied law at the Universities of Jena and Göttingen. Lindenberg specialized in research of liverworts, and with Christian Gottfried Daniel Nees von Esenbeck (1776–1858) and Carl Moritz Gottsche (1808–1892) was author of an important treatise on hepaticology titled Synopsis Hepaticarum (1844–47).

The plant genus Lindenbergia from the family Orobanchaceae is named in his honor.

References
  translated biography @ Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie
 The Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture by Liberty Hyde Bailey

Bryologists
19th-century German botanists
Scientists from Lübeck
1781 births
1851 deaths


Tokiyasu Fujita (Japanese 藤⽥宙靖; born April 6, 1940, in Tokyo) is a Japanese jurist, former judge of the Supreme Court of Japan (September 30, 2002-April 5, 2010), Professor Emeritus of Tohoku University, member of the Japan Academy, and member of the Imperial Household Council. His specialty is administrative law (PhD from the University of Tokyo in 1981). He was actively involved in the public debate surrounding the legal transformation of Japanese National Universities into corporations in 2004.

Professional background

Education

 1959: Graduation from High School of Tokyo University of Education (present: Junior and Senior High School at Otsuka, University of Tsukuba)
 1963: Graduation from the Faculty of Law, University of Tokyo

Career

 1963: Research Associate, Faculty of Law, University of Tokyo
 1966: Assistant Professor, Faculty of Law, Tohoku University
 1977: Professorship, Faculty of Law, Tohoku University
 1994: Dean, Faculty of Law, Tohoku University (until 1996)
 2001: Professorship, Graduate School of Law, Tohoku University
 2002: Professor Emeritus, Tohoku University
 2002: Appointment as Judge of the Supreme Court of Japan
 April 5th, 2010: Retirement as Judge of the Supreme Court of Japan

Appointments

 1996: Member of the Administrative Reform Council [on Japan's ministerial bureaucracy] (until 1998)
 2000: Member of the Committee for Settling National-Local Disputes
 2001: Member of the National Land Development Council
 2001: Member of the Investigation Committee for the Disclosure of Information
 2001: Expert member of the Central Council for Education

Rulings and legal opinions

 Legal opinion on the Constitutionality of the Lower House Election of September 11, 2005 (44th Election): Does the division system of single-member districts violate Article 14, Paragraph 1 et seq. of the Japanese Constitution? (Opinion: constitutional)
 Legal opinion: Is there a constitutional violation (Article 14, paragraph 1 et seq.) if regulative distinctions are made between party candidates and independent candidates in primary constituencies in the Lower House Election? (Opinion: constitutional)
 Legal opinion: does legitimation (of a child born out of wedlock) as necessary condition (Article 3, Paragraph 1 of the Japanese Nationality Act) violate Article 14, Paragraph 1 of the Japanese Constitution? (Opinion: unconstitutional because of a gap in the law; minority opinion).
 Legal opinion: does obligating a music teacher at Hino Municipal Elementary School by the principal to accompany the collective singing of the national anthem (Kimigayo) on the piano at the school entrance ceremony violate Article 19 of the Japanese Constitution? (View: unconstitutional)
 Dismissal of the appeal (2008) of the trial of the Nishiyama Incident (news reporters had disclosed confidential information obtained in the course of their reporting surrounding the return of Okinawa to Japan in 1971 to members of Parliament and were therefore found guilty by the Supreme Court of violating the Public Service Law).
 In the "Kôka Student Dormitory" case, in which the ownership of the dormitory acquired by the Republic of China (Taiwan) before the country's diplomatic separation from Japan was in dispute, the presiding judge of the Third Small Senate suddenly resumed the proceedings 20 years after the appeal. The court ruled that the proceedings had been suspended due to the severance of diplomatic relations 35 years earlier, and that the decisions of the four lower courts were therefore moot. The court ordered that the case be reopened from the first trial and remanded the case to the Kyoto District Court. This ruling was criticized by Taiwan's legal team, led by Shigeru Oda, a former Judge of 27 years at the International Court of Justice, due to a "lack of knowledge of international law and understanding of historical facts".
 Ruling in two appeals on the payment of a life insurance policy upon the simultaneous passing of a childless married couple, in which the wife was the beneficiary. The Court of Appeals ruled that only the wife's relatives could receive the premium and rejected appeals by the insurance company and agricultural cooperative, who claimed that "the husband's relatives [were] also entitled to the premium."
 The court ruled that original film works published in 1953 under the name of a collective were not covered by the extended term of copyright protection under the revised Copyright Act, and that this copyright therefore had expired on December 31, 2003. This overturned the view of the Agency for Cultural Affairs that film copyright would last until December 31st, 2023, and legally settled the so-called "1953 issue."
 As the chief judge of the Third Main Court in the case of the series of kidnappings and murders of teenagers in Tokyo and Saitama from 1988 to 1989, on, he rejected the defense appeal against defendant Tsutomu Miyazaki on January 17, 2006, upholding the latter's death sentence.

Personal life

Family
His father Ichirō Fujita (Japanese 藤⽥⼀郎), was vice chairman of Fujita Gumi (construction company) as well as a member of the Japanese Lower House for the Japan Socialist Party.

Philosophy of life
Know thyself and trust thyself!

Formative literature

 Toshio Takashima: Kanji to Nihonjin [Kanji and the Japanese]
 Takehiro Kanaya: Nihongo no shugo ha iranai [Japanese Language needs no Subject]
 Helen Farnsworth Mears: Amerika no Kagami: Nihon [America's mirror: Japan]
 Robert McNamara: In Retrospect: The Tragedy and Lessons of Vietnam
 John W. Dower: Embracing Defeat: Japan in the Wake of World War II

Interests

 Piano (elementary school through high school)
 Japanese Archery in Honda Style (university)
 Noh song and dance in "Kanze" Style (time as assistant professor to professor)
 Skiing (since high school)
 Swimming

Awards

 Authorship Award by the Japan Real Estate Association  ("Land Law in West Germany and Japan")
 Grand Cordon of the Order of the Rising Sun (Autumn 2011)

Publications

As author

 Kôkenryoku no kôshi to shiteki Kenri shucchô: Otto Beeru "Hôchikoku" no Tachiba to Doitsu Gyôsei Hôgaku [Exercising Governmental Power and Asserting Private Rights: Otto Baer's Concept of the "Rule of Law" and German Administrative Law Scholarship] (Yûhikaku, 1978)
 Nishi Doitsu no Tochihô to Nihon no Tochihô [Land Law in West Germany and Japan] (Sôbunsha, 1988)
 Gyôsei Hôgaku no Shikô Keishiki (Zôhoban) [Thought patterns in administrative law (extended edition)] (Dotakusha 2002)
 Gyôseihô no Kiso Riron (Jô, Gekan) [Basic Theories of Administrative Law (Volume 1&2)] (Yûhikaku, 2005)
 Gyôsei Soshikihô [Administrative Organization Law] [Yûhikaku, 2005]
 Gendai Hôritsugaku Kôza Gyôseihô 1 Sôron (Dai 4 Han Kaitei) [Course Contemporary Law : General Introduction to Administrative Law 1 (4th Revised Edition).] (Seirin Shoin, 2005)
 Saikôsai Kaisôroku Gakusha Hanji no Nana Nen Han [Memories of the Supreme Court: Seven and a Half Years of a Scientific Judge] (Yûhikaku, 2012)
 Gyôseihô Nyûmon (Dai 6 Han) [Introduction to Administrative Law (6th Edition)] (Yûhikaku, 2013)
 Shinban Gyôseihô Sôron [New Edition: General Introduction to Administrative Law] (Seirin Shoin, 2020)

As editor

 Kenpô to Gyôseihô: Kojima Kazushi Hakushi Tôhoku Daigaku Taishoku Kinen [Constitution and Administrative Law: Festschrift for Dr. Kazushi Kojima on his retirement from Tohoku University] (Ryosho Fukyûkai, 1987)
 Kenpô Ronshû Higuchi Yôichi Sensei Koki Kinenkan [Essay Collection on the Constitution: Celebratory Writing Collection for Yôichi Higuchi on his 70th Birthday.] (Sôbunsha, 2004)

References

Supreme Court of Japan justices
1940 births
Living people


Remember is the second Korean studio album by South Korean boy band Big Bang, released by YG Entertainment on November 5, 2008. Before release, demand for the album made it surpass 200,000 pre-orders. "Sunset Glow", originally by artist Lee Moon-sae, served as the title track for the album. During the 2008 KBS Music Festival, BigBang performed the hit together with Lee Moon-sae.

"Strong Baby", Seungri's solo track, was released as the second single. The music video was released January 1, 2009. At the 18th Seoul Music Awards a month later, the album received the Best Album Award.

Promotion
Two music videos from the album were released for "Sunset Glow" and "Strong Baby." "Sunset Glow" was promoted with the entire group, while member Seungri performed "Strong Baby" solo. Seungri would later go on to receive the triple crown on Korean music show Inkigayo.

Commercial performance
On the year-end Hanteo albums charts for 2008, Remember was ranked as the 4th best-selling album in South Korea with sales of cover 135,000 copies on the chart. In April 2010, the album along with several of BigBang's other releases re-charted on the Gaon Album Chart, with Remember peaking at number 5 on the weekly chart and number 19 on the monthly issue.

Accolades

Track listing

Sample credits
"Oh. Ah. Oh." contains samples from Scatman (Ski-Ba-Bop-Ba-Dop-Bop) by Scatman John
"Sunset Glow" contains samples from "Sunset Glow" by Lee Moon-se

Charts

Weekly charts

Monthly charts

References

External links
 Big Bang Official website

BigBang (South Korean band) albums
2008 albums
YG Entertainment albums
Korean-language albums
Albums produced by G-Dragon
Albums produced by Teddy Park


is a Japanese football manager and former player. He is currently assistant coach for J1 League club Kashiwa Reysol.

Club statistics
Updated to 23 February 2019.

1Includes Japanese Super Cup and FIFA Club World Cup.

References

External links

Profile at Kashiwa Reysol

1982 births
Living people
Ryutsu Keizai University alumni
Association football people from Chiba Prefecture
Japanese men's footballers
J1 League players
J2 League players
FC Tokyo players
Kashiwa Reysol players
Men's association football midfielders


became an attorney at law after serving as a member of the Supreme Court of Japan, Superintending Prosecutor of Tokyo High Public Prosecutors Office and so on.

References

External links
Panel reports on Olympus' loss coverup / Getty Images
 Tatsuo Kainaka / gettyimages

1940 births
Living people
Chuo University alumni
Japanese prosecutors
Supreme Court of Japan justices


is a railway station in Tosu, Saga, Japan, operated by Kyushu Railway Company (JR Kyushu). The station opened on March 12, 2011. The name of the station was officially announced by JR Kyushu on December 17, 2010.

Lines

Shin-Tosu Station is served by the Kyushu Shinkansen, and is proposed to form the junction with the Nishi Kyushu Shinkansen to Nagasaki in the future. The Nagasaki Main Line platforms are accessible through a separate set of ticket gates across from the Shinkansen gates. Tracks 11 and 14 on the Shinkansen are not normally used.

Station layout

The Shinkansen station consists of two elevated island platforms serving four tracks. The conventional line has two side platforms.

See also
 List of railway stations in Japan

References

Railway stations in Saga Prefecture
Railway stations in Japan opened in 2011


Thesiger is a surname, and may refer to:

 Alfred Henry Thesiger (1838–1880), British jurist
 Ernest Thesiger (1879–1961), English stage and film actor
 Eric Thesiger (1874–1961), British soldier and Page of Honour to Queen Victoria
 Frederic Thesiger, 1st Baron Chelmsford (1794–1878), English jurist and politician
 Frederic Thesiger, 2nd Baron Chelmsford (1827–1905), 2nd Baron Chelmsford; British general
 Frederic Thesiger, 1st Viscount Chelmsford (1868–1933), British statesman; Viceroy of India
 George Thesiger (1868–1915), senior officer in the British Army
 Gerald Thesiger (1902–1981), judge of the Queen's Bench Division of the High Court of England and Wales
 Wilfred Gilbert Thesiger (1871–1920), British officer and diplomat
 Wilfred Thesiger (1910–2003), British explorer and travel writer

See also
 Thesiger Bay, Northwest Territories, Canada


Kenneth Paul Block (November 21, 1967 – January 2, 2023) was an American professional rally driver with the Hoonigan Racing Division, formerly known as the Monster World Rally Team. Block was also one of the co-founders of DC Shoes. He also competed in many action sports events, including skateboarding, snowboarding, and motocross.

After selling his ownership of DC Shoes, Block shifted his business focus to Hoonigan Industries, an apparel brand for auto enthusiasts. He was the co-owner and "Head Hoonigan In Charge" (HHIC) at the company before his death in a snowmobile accident in January 2023.

Rallying

2005
In 2005, Block began his National rallying career with the Vermont Sports Car team. Vermont SportsCar prepared a 2005 Subaru WRX STi for Block to compete. His first event of the rallying season was Sno*Drift, where he ended up finishing seventh overall and fifth in the Group N class. During the 2005 season, Block had five top five finishes and placed third overall in the Group A class and fourth overall in the Rally America National Championship. At the end of his first rallying year, Ken Block had won the Rally America Rookie of the Year award.

2006
In 2006, Block, along with his DC rally teammate Travis Pastrana, signed a new sponsorship deal with Subaru. Through this deal with Subaru, the teammates became known as "Subaru Rally Team USA". With the new rally season, Block also got a brand-new Vermont SportsCar prepped 2006 Subaru WRX STi. He competed in the first-ever X Games rally event at X Games XII. In the competition, Block ended up finishing third to take the bronze. He went on to compete in the 2006 Rally America National Championship, where he finished second overall.

2007

In 2007, Block competed in the X Games XIII rally event, where he placed second overall and won a silver medal. In the 2007 Rally America National Championship, Block finished third overall. During this season, Block also entered in a few rounds of the World Rally Championship; Rally Mexico and Rally New Zealand. In Rally New Zealand, Block recorded two top-five stage times in the Group N class. At the end of 2007, Block had achieved 19 podiums and 8 overall victories in rally events.

2008
In 2008, Block was provided with a brand-new rally-prepped 2008 Subaru WRX STi to compete. Block decided to compete in the Rallye Baie-des Chaleurs of the Canadian Rally Championship to gain some experience with his new 2008 rally car and prepare for the World Rally Championships later in the year. Block gained his first Canadian rally win at the event. This was only the second event for the new car. Block and his co-driver were unable to get any championship points at the event due to not having a Canadian competition license.
Block competed in the Rally New York USA competition and finished in first place.
In the X Games XIV rally competition, Block finished tied for third place with Dave Mirra. This occurrence was due to both competitors having issues with their car. Block, who made it to the semi-finals of the event, had a radiator problem after landing the car awkwardly on a jump. With both bronze place competitors in damaged cars unable to compete, the medals were awarded to both of them.

Block competed in the 2008 Rally America National championship, which concluded on October 17, 2008. In the event, he finished second overall with a strong victory in the last event. In the Lake Superior Performance Rally (LSPR) stage, Block finished over one minute ahead of his next closest competitor and secured the second overall position. Next up for Block this rally season is three World Rally Championship events.

2009

Block appeared in a segment of motoring show Top Gear.
Block filmed the hit YouTube video "Gymkhana 2".

2010
For 2010, Block ended his partnership with Subaru, and joined Ford to compete part-time at the World Rally Championship for Monster World Rally Team, where he drove a Ford Focus RS WRC 08 together with long time co-driver Alex Gelsomino. Block therefore became the first ever American driver to campaign for the World Rally Championship. He scored two points after finishing 9th at the Spain. Also, he ran his sixth season of the Rally America Championship in an open class Ford Fiesta, as well as his fifth X Games. On February 27, Block won the Rally in the 100 Acre Wood (Rally America) for the 5th consecutive time.  This broke the record held by John Buffum.

2011
On March 23, Block and his co-driver Alex Gelsomino were taken to hospital, having rolled their Ford Fiesta RS WRC during the shakedown stage of the 2011 Rally de Portugal in Faro, Portugal A representative of the Monster World Rally team later stated that both men were fine. He finished 8th at the France and 9th at Wales, scoring 6 points.

2013

On his first race of 2013 season, Block scored well, entering top-ten in the Mexican rally, thus receiving his first six points for the championship and scored a best-ever 7th overall finish.

2014

Castrol returned as Block's sponsor. He participated in the WRC located in Catalunya, Spain. He was in 10th place until the last stage where he suffered a tire puncture and lost a significant amount of time. He finished in 12th, which was his second to last season at the WRC.

Rallycross

X Games
Block's X Games results are as follows:

 2006: 3rd,
 2007: 2nd,
 2008: 3rd,
 2009: 7th
 2010:
 Rally Racing: 10th
 RallyCross: 7th
 2011:
 Rally Racing: 11th
 RallyCross: 13th
 2012: 2nd,
 2013:
 Foz do Iguaçu: 8th
 Munich: 2nd,
 Los Angeles: 6th
 2014: 12th
 2015: 11th

American rallycross
Block competed at the Global RallyCross Championship from 2011 to 2015. He finished runner-up in 2014 and third in 2013 and fifth in 2012, collecting six wins and 15 podiums.

Block returned full-time for the 2018 Americas Rallycross Championship, where he claimed two podiums and ranked fourth in points.

European rallycross
In 2014, Block was third in the Norway round of the FIA World Rallycross Championship and won the Norway round of the European Rallycross Championship.

For the 2016 season, Block decided to compete full-time in the World Rallycross Championship.

At Hockenheimring, Germany, Block finished third in the Supercar Final and achieved his second podium in the series.

In 2017, he finished 9th in points, with a best finish of 7th at Britain and France.

Gymkhana
Block produced a series of gymkhana videos which have drawn millions of views on YouTube.

In 2009, for the BBC show Top Gear, Block took James May out for Gymkhana-style driving at Block's stunt course at Inyokern Airport, an operational California airport, also starring Ricky Carmichael. In 2010 Block took the feature car from the previous episode (a Reliant Robin) for a lap of the Top Gear test track. He rolled the car and was unable to complete a lap but was unhurt.

On August 24, 2010, Block released the first of a three part Gymkhana 3 video release featuring his new Ford Fiesta.

On September 14, 2010, Block's third Gymkhana video, featuring a Ford Fiesta, was released on YouTube. The video got more than seven million views in its first week.

On August 16, 2011, the fourth Gymkhana video, The Hollywood Megamercial was released on YouTube, featuring Block driving around the Universal Studios backlot.

On July 9, 2012, Block released his fifth Gymkhana video on YouTube, featuring Block driving his Ford Fiesta in San Francisco and Travis Pastrana on a dirtbike. After 24 hours, the video was viewed 5.1 million times, making it the top-viewed video of the previous week.

Main video series
 Ken Block Gymkhana Practice (2008; Subaru Impreza)
 Ken Block Gymkhana Two the Infomercial (2009; Subaru Impreza)
 Ken Block's Gymkhana Three, Part 2; Ultimate Playground; l'Autodrome, France (2010; Ford Fiesta)
 Ken Block's Gymkhana Four; The Hollywood Megamercial (2011; Ford Fiesta)
 Ken Block's Gymkhana Five: Ultimate Urban Playground; San Francisco (2012; Ford Fiesta)
 Ken Block's Gymkhana Six – Ultimate Gymkhana Grid Course (2013; Ford Fiesta)
 Ken Block's Gymkhana Seven: Wild in the Streets of Los Angeles (2014; Ford Mustang)
 Ken Block's Gymkhana Eight: Ultimate Exotic Playground in Dubai (2016; Ford Fiesta)
 Ken Block's Gymkhana Nine: Raw Industrial Playground (2016; Ford Focus)
 Ken Block's Gymkhana Ten: The Ultimate Tire Slaying Tour (2018; Ford Fiesta, Escort RS Cosworth, Focus, Mustang and F-150)

Other videos
 Ken Block Drifts London (2016; Ford Mustang)
 Ken Block's Climbkhana: Pikes Peak Featuring the Hoonicorn V2 (2017; Ford Mustang)
 Ken Block's Climbkhana Two: 914hp Hoonitruck on China's Most Dangerous Road; Tianmen Mountain (2019; Ford F-150)
 Ken Block's Terrakhana: The Ultimate Dirt Playground; Swing Arm City Utah (2020; Ford Fiesta)
 Ken Block's Electrikhana: High Stakes Playground; Las Vegas, in the Audi S1 Hoonitron (2022; Audi S1 Hoonitron)

Locations

Other motorsport activities
In 2005, Block, along with his DC Shoes associates, participated in the Gumball 3000 Rally. For the event, they sent out three modified 2004 Subaru WRX STis sponsored by DC Shoes.

In 2006, Block competed in the One Lap of America competition along with Brian Scotto. They were teamed up in a 2006 Subaru WRX STi and finished forty-fifth overall.

In 2006, for the Discovery Channel show Stunt Junkies, Block jumped his Subaru WRX STi rally car  and a max height of .

In 2007, Block joined the DC Shoes Snowboarding team at New Zealand's Snow Park. Block did massive jumps and assisted in snowboarding tricks while driving his rally car on the mountain alongside the snowboarders. A crash after landing a large jump cracked one of the vertebrae in his spine; he was flown to the hospital. The session made the cover of the December 2007 issue of Snowboarder Magazine and closed out the MTN.LAB 1.5 DVD.

In 2010, Block co-founded Gymkhana Grid, a gymkhana race held annually around the world. He won all-wheel-drive event in 2014, beating Jake Archer in the final duel.

In 2021, Block raced in the Baja 1000 in the trophy truck class finishing in 4th.

Block also holds the world record for the world's fastest snowcat, a modified Ford Raptor called the RaptorTrax.

Video games
Block appeared in three installments of Codemasters' Dirt racing video games. Block is featured as a driver in 2009's Colin McRae: Dirt 2, along with his Subaru Rally Team USA Impreza. In 2011's Dirt 3 he is seen as a driver and gymkhana teacher, his Monster World Rally Team vehicles are available in the game, including the Ford Fiesta GYM 3, and the Ken Block Ford Focus WRC. His Hoonigan/Monster Ford Fiesta appears extensively in 2012's Dirt: Showdown, and his trademark gymkhana style of driving is featured at the Head-to-Head and Trick Rush race modes as well as the Freestyle section.

Block appears in the 2015 Need for Speed video game as the style icon.

His Hoonigan-branded cars have also featured in Microsoft's Forza racing video game series. Their first appearance was in expansion packs for Forza Horizon 3 and Forza Motorsport 7 in 2017. Later they were offered as launch cars for 2018's Forza Horizon 4 and 2021's Forza Horizon 5.

In 2021, Block started a collaboration with drag racing game CSR Racing 2.

In 2023, a racing styled car with the name "Hoon" and number 43 was added to version 2 of CD Projekt Red's Cyberpunk 2077.

Signature wheels
In 2021, Ken Block collaborated with Rotiform and Fuel Off-Road through Wheel Pros to make 4 sets of signature wheels.

Rotiform KB-1

 His 1965 Ford Mustang (aka Hoonicorn) uses the Rotiform KB-1 in a 5x120 PCD, with a 26 offset in a 18x10.5 tire width. It is a forged 3pc type wheel in gloss white.
 His 1986 Ford RS2000 uses the same wheels in a 54 offset, with a 18x9.5 tire width in a 4x108 PCD. It is a forged mono2 style wheel in gloss white.
 His 2016 Ford Focus RS uses the same wheels in a 42 offset, with a 19x18.5 tire width in a 5x108 PCD. It is a forged mono2 style wheel in gloss white.

Fuel Off-Road, the Block

 His 1977 Ford F-150 (aka Hoonitruck) uses the Fuel Block in a 5x120 PCD, with a -48 offset in a 20x10.5 tire width. It is forged beadlock type wheel in gloss white.
 His 2017 SVC Offroad Ford F-150 Raptor uses the Fuel Block in a 6x135 PCD, with a 0 offset in a 17x9 tire width. It is forged beadlock type wheel in a matte black with a gloss black ring.
 His 2017 Ford F-150 Raptor uses the Fuel Block in a 6x135 PCD, with a 0 offset in a 17x9 tire width. It is forged beadlock type wheel in a matte black with a gloss black ring.

Rotiform VCM-E

 His 1994 Ford Escort RS Cosworth WRC AKA Cossie V2 uses the Rotiform VCE-M in a 4x108 PCD, with a 31 offset in a 18x8.5 tire width. It is a forged 3pc in gloss white.
 His 2015 Ford Fiesta ST RX43 uses the Rotiform VCE-M in a 5x135 PCD, with a 54 offset in a 18x8.5 tire width. It is a forged Monoblock style wheel in gloss white.

Rotiform GTB
His 1978 Ford Escort Mk2 RS uses the Rotiform GTB in a 4x108 PCD, with a 13 offset in a 17x9 tire width. It is a forged Monoblock style wheel in gloss white.

Other appearances on TV/YouTube
Ken Block has made a minor appearance on the MotorTrend show Ignition with Jonny Lieberman. The purpose of his appearance was to promote the 2017 Ford Raptor. Block also appeared four times on the BBC motoring show Top Gear, being interviewed by presenter James May in 2009, before making a brief appearance in 2010 crashing a Reliant Robin, returning in 2016 where he drifted his Hoonicorn around the empty streets of London with Matt LeBlanc, and portraying a police officer chasing LeBlanc, Chris Harris and Rory Reid in 2018. He has also appeared in Daily Driven Exotics vlog as Damon Fryer was invited to race against Lia Block in "Hoonicorn vs the World", a YouTube series on the Hoonigan YouTube Channel.

Death
On January 2, 2023, Ken Block died at age 55 in a snowmobile accident near his ranch in Woodland, Utah. The Wasatch County sheriff's department reported that Block had been riding in the Milly Hollow area when his snowmobile upended on a steep slope and landed on top of him. Block was declared dead at the scene of the accident. As a mark of respect, the number 43 would be retired from the World Rally Championship for the 2023 season in his honor. Hoonigan confirmed in a statement on Instagram, "It's with our deepest regrets that we can confirm that Ken Block passed away in a snowmobile accident today. Ken was a visionary, a pioneer and an icon. And most importantly, a father and husband. He will be incredibly missed."

Personal life
Block was married to wife Lucy Block from July 2004 until his death. Block had two daughters and one son. Lia (b. October 2006), began competing in rallying in late 2021 and began competing in the Extreme E series in 2023 for Carl Cox Motorsports, though her appearance was delayed due to his death.

Racing record

Complete Rally America results
(key)

Complete WRC results
(key)

PWRC results

Complete Global Rallycross Championship results
(key)

Supercar

Complete Americas Rallycross Championship results
(key)

Supercar

Complete FIA European Rallycross Championship results
(key)

Supercar

Complete FIA World Rallycross Championship results
(key)

Supercar

† Five championship points deducted for receiving three reprimands in a season.

Projekt E

Explanatory notes

References

Sources

External links

 Hoonigan – Official Site
 Hoonigan Racing Division – Official site
 Ken Block Official Merchandise

 Ken Block Interview
 Gymkhana racing improved by Ken Block, Video, c. 4 min.

1967 births
2023 deaths
Accidental deaths in Utah
American Internet celebrities
American rally drivers
American sports businesspeople
American stunt performers
Businesspeople from California
European Rallycross Championship drivers
Global RallyCross Championship drivers
People from Summit County, Utah
Sportspeople from the Salt Lake City metropolitan area
Sportspeople from Long Beach, California
World Rally Championship drivers
World Rallycross Championship drivers
M-Sport drivers
Racing drivers from California


Daniel Aguillón Ramírez (August 11, 1984 – October 18, 2008) was a Mexican featherweight boxer. He died in a Mexico City hospital after a five-day coma induced by a knockout punch by fellow Mexican boxer Alejandro Sanabria during an official fight held on October 15, 2008, in Polanco, Mexico. He was 24.

Death
Aguillón (16–4–2, 9 KOs) was punched in the jaw in the last minute of the 12th round of the super featherweight bout for the Central American title, sanctioned by the World Boxing Council (WBC) by his opponent Sanabria, he fell unconscious on the floor and was taken to a hospital, but never recovered. The WBC announced it will provide financial support for the family.

References

External links

Boxers from Mexico City
1984 births
2008 deaths
Deaths due to injuries sustained in boxing
Sport deaths in Mexico
Mexican male boxers
Super-featherweight boxers


is a former Japanese football player.

Playing career
Kato was born in Kashima on September 19, 1980. He joined the J1 League club Kashima Antlers youth team in 1999. However, he did not play as often as Daijiro Takakuwa or Hitoshi Sogahata. He moved to JEF United Ichihara in July 2002 and then Yokohama F. Marinos in October on loan. However, he did not play much in either club. Although he returned to the Kashima Antlers in 2003, he did play at all and was released from the club at the end of the 2003 season. After a year, he joined Kashiwa Reysol. On November 23, he debuted against Sanfrecce Hiroshima. However he was not put into play as often as Yuta Minami. In June 2009, he moved to Ehime FC. He played often under manager Kazuhito Mochizuki. However Mochizuki was dismissed and Kato was not put into play under the new manager, Ivica Barbarić. In 2010, he moved to Ventforet Kofu, but was not put into play. In 2011, he moved to the Japan Football League club AC Nagano Parceiro. Although he played often, he retired at the end of the 2011 season.

Club statistics

References

External links

1980 births
Living people
Association football people from Ibaraki Prefecture
Japanese men's footballers
J1 League players
J2 League players
Japan Football League players
Kashima Antlers players
JEF United Chiba players
Yokohama F. Marinos players
Kashiwa Reysol players
Ehime FC players
Ventforet Kofu players
AC Nagano Parceiro players
Men's association football goalkeepers


Provincial Road 587 (PR 587) is a former provincial road in the Canadian province of Manitoba, that was paved with gravel.

Route description

The route began on the east side of Bowsman at PR 266 and ended at PR 268, eleven miles east of the village. Six miles east of Bowsman it intersected PR 366. The route's main purpose was to provide a connection from Bowsman to rural areas east of the village, and eventually to the Lenswood Highway. The route's most important feature was a ford crossing over the Swan River. However in 2006 it was removed due to environmental issues and the fact that it would wash out nearly every spring. Because of this, the road is no longer a direct route to PR 268, and large detours must be made via Lenswood or PR 366 to access areas on the east side of the Swan River.

History

The route is no longer signed as PR 587 ultimately because of the ford crossing decommissioning described above. The portion from Bowsman to Craigsford is now a part of PR 366, which turns south at Craigsford and connects with PTH 10 near Minitonas. This part of the route continues to be heavily used. The portion of the route from Craigsford to the Lenswood Highway has seen a sharp decline in traffic since the ford crossing's removal, especially the easternmost end of the road. It is now used primarily for access to local farmland. Some provincial roadsigns still remain along this part of the route.

References

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