Mandy Minella (born 22 November 1985) is a former professional tennis player from Luxembourg. Having made her debut on the WTA Tour in 2001, she peaked at No. 66 in the WTA singles rankings in September 2012, and No. 47 in doubles in April 2013.

Minella won two doubles tournaments on the WTA Tour, as well as one singles title and three doubles events of WTA 125 tournaments. She also won 16 singles and ten doubles titles on the ITF Circuit.

Minella was coached by Norbert Palmier from May 2008 until 2011. She is coached by Tim Sommer, her husband since October 2014.

Tennis career

Early years: 2000–2005
In 2000, Minella debuted for the Luxembourg Fed Cup team, partnering Celine Francois in the doubles matches against the teams of Ukraine and Great Britain, losing both times. After again participating in Fed Cup in 2001 (where she won her first rubber), she began competing on the ITF Women's Circuit in the same year. In 2002, she received a qualifying wildcard into the WTA Tour Tier III Luxembourg Open, losing the first round. She reached her first ITF singles final in 2003, losing to Liana-Gabriela Balaci in three sets.

She lost again in ITF finals in 2004 (in both singles and doubles at the same tournament in Napoli), before winning her first singles title in Zadar later that year. in 2005, she won her second title, in Gardone Val Trompia.

ITF tennis
In 2006, she won an ITF tournament in Caserta, as well as being a finalist a week later (both matches versus Alisa Kleybanova). In 2009, three years later, she won her fourth ITF title, in Tessenderlo, Belgium.

2010: US Open third round
In 2010, Minella had more success on the ITF Circuit, winning two $25k events, in Lutz, Florida and in Stuttgart-Vaihingen, and finishing runner-up in Laguna Niguel, California.

In the qualifying draw for the US Open, Minella won all three matches and lost just one set. In her first appearance in the main draw of a Grand Slam tournament, she beat world No. 47, Polona Hercog to advance to the second round. She continued her good performance by defeating world No. 34 and Wimbledon semifinalist, Tsvetana Pironkova. In the third round, however, she lost to world No. 4, Venus Williams.

2012: Another third round appearance at US Open

In 2012, Minella played her first Australian Open main draw. She was given direct entry, being ranked No. 110. She lost to American qualifier Jamie Hampton in the first round. She then went on to reach the final of a $100k tournament in Cali. Despite defeating top-seed Marina Erakovic along the way, she lost the final to second seed Alexandra Dulgheru. She fared better in doubles, winning the title with Karin Knapp. As a result of her performances, Minella broke into the top-100 singles rankings for the first time. She then played at the Copa Colsanitas, losing in the first round. She reached the final in doubles; her first WTA final of any kind. At the Monterrey Open, she faced Frenchwoman Mathilde Johansson and won in three sets. She followed this up with a win over wildcard Yaroslava Shvedova in a tight three-setter. Minella lost to second seed Sara Errani in her first WTA singles quarterfinal. At the Nürnberger Gastein tournament, Minella defeated Johanna Larsson to reach her first WTA Tour semifinal (against Yanina Wickmayer). She reached the third round of Wimbledon doubles alongside Olga Govortsova, losing to Llagostera Vives and Martínez Sánchez.

2013: A pair of WTA doubles titles

In 2013, Minella started her season at the Shenzhen Open, where she faced first seed Li Na but lost in straight sets. She then played the Hobart International where she qualified for the main draw but lost to Monica Niculescu in the first round. In the doubles event she partnered Tímea Babos and went on to reach the final, after the pair saved multiple match points in their first-round match. They eventually lost to Garbiñe Muguruza and María Teresa Torró Flor in the final. Minella then continued her disappointing run of first-round losses where she lost to Valeria Savinykh in the first round of the Australian Open. She partnered Megan Moulton-Levy in the doubles event and also saved multiple match points in their first-round match, eventually going on to win. The pair then lost, however, in the second round. Minella then played the Paris indoor but suffered a first-round loss in qualifying and another first-round loss in doubles. She then went to play in the Copa Colsanitas where she had more positive results, reaching the quarterfinals in singles, beating Tatjana Malek and Tímea Babos before losing to Teliana Pereira. In the doubles event, Minella again partnered Babos, going on to win her first WTA Tour title. The pair did not drop a set all week.

Minella went on to play the Mexican Open but lost to Sílvia Soler Espinosa in the first round. She then lost out to Olga Govortsova at Indian Wells in a tight three-setter. At Miami, Minella fell in qualifying to junior player Kateřina Siniaková. In the doubles event, she played with Babos once more, with the pair putting up a fight against the top seeds Sara Errani and Roberta Vinci, in the second round, but it wasn't enough to advance. Minella then suffered another first-round loss at Charleston, to Camila Giorgi. At the Katowice Open, she defeated Vesna Dolonc in the first round before falling to the first seed Petra Kvitová. Minella then went on to play the Marrakech Grand Prix and defeated Estrella Cabeza Candela in the first round, fourth seed Kaia Kanepi in the second, and Soler Espinosa in the quarterfinals. She lost her semifinal match to Lourdes Domínguez Lino but won the doubles event with Tímea Babos.

Continuing her season playing an ITF tournament in France, Minella lost to Cabeza Candela in the quarterfinals. She played the French Open, suffering first-round losses in singles, doubles and mixed doubles. Minella then had a string of first-round losses, including at the Wimbledon Championships to the world No. 1, Serena Williams. At the US Open, she lost to Sloane Stephens in the final set tiebreak, having been up a break in the third set.

Due to not being able to defend her third round points from the 2012 US Open, Minella's rank dropped to 132. Her next tournament would be the Tashkent Open, where she reached the semifinals in singles and was runner-up, partnering Govortsova, in doubles.

Minella then suffered early losses in multiple tournaments including losses to Estrella Cabeza Candela, Casey Dellacqua, Belinda Bencic and Caroline Wozniacki. She then went on to play at the ITF Poitiers where she defeated Donna Vekić in the first round, only to lose to eventual tournament champion, Aliaksandra Sasnovich, in the second.

Minella's last two tournaments were to be in North America. She played the Tevlin Women's Challenger defeating Élisabeth Fournier and Julia Boserup easily before falling to eventual champion, Victoria Duval, in the quarterfinals. She then went to her last tournament of the year at the South Seas Island Resort Women's Pro Classic, defeating Hsu Chieh-yu, Allie Will, Boserup and Allie Kiick to reach the final in which she played Gabriela Dabrowski, defeating her in straight sets.

In 2013, Minella won three matches 6–0, 6–0; against Kamilla Farhad, Julia Boserup and Allie Kiick.

2014: Injuries and inconsistency
In 2014, Minella started the year at the Brisbane International where she lost to Heather Watson in the first round of qualifying, but reached the semifinals in the doubles event partnering Chanelle Scheepers. Then, at the Sydney International, Minella suffered a second successive qualifying loss at the first qualifying stage, this time at the hands of Ukrainian Lesia Tsurenko.

Minella scored her first win of the season at the Australian Open where she defeated German qualifier Carina Witthöft in straight sets, scoring her first win at a Grand Slam championship outside of the US Open, but her run was not to go further as she fell in the second round to 29th seed Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova.

Minella then was forced to withdraw from the events in Paris, Rio and Acapulco, as well as the Fed Cup due to an edema in her right arm, in which she had experienced pain whilst playing in Australia. She made her comeback at the Indian Wells Open, losing to Allie Klick in the first round of qualifying. She lost again at the first qualifying stage a fortnight later in Miami.

Minella had to take a couple of weeks off again due to the edema and hoped to be back in Marrakech for the Morocco Open, but sat out a further week before playing at the $25k Wiesbaden Open in Germany, losing in the first round of singles, but making the final in doubles with Julia Glushko. The pair lost in straight sets to Viktorija Golubic and Diāna Marcinkēviča.

Minella encountered further first-round losses at Cagnes-sur-Mer, Prague, the French Open and Marseille. She then won the $25k in Essen (Bredeney) defeating Richèl Hogenkamp in the final. Although the success on clay did not translate to success on grass as she encountered another first-round loss in qualifying at Wimbledon to Shelby Rogers. Minella then went on to have success on the ITF Circuit reaching the semifinals of a $25k event in Stuttgart, reaching the quarterfinals at the Lorraine Open 88 and the semifinals at Biarritz.

But the success did not translate towards the WTA Tour, suffering first-round losses at the İstanbul Cup and the Jiangxi International Open. Minella then went to play the US Open suffering a first-round loss to Kateryna Kozlova in the first qualifying round. She had scheduled to play doubles at the US Open with Camila Giorgi, but later withdrew.

Minella started her Asian tour at the Tashkent Open where she was defending semifinal points but she failed to do so, losing in the first round to Donna Vekić. The next stop was at Seoul where she qualified for the main draw, defeating Choi Ji-hee, Hong Seung-yeon and Hsu Chieh-yu, all in straight sets. In the main draw, she drew Belgian Yanina Wickmayer, but lost. In the doubles event, partnering with German Mona Barthel, she reached the final losing to Lara Arruabarrena and Irina-Camelia Begu.

Minella then continued to lose in qualifying rounds in Beijing and Linz, but also continued her success with Barthel in the doubles competitions in Wuhan, Beijing and Linz winning a round in each. Her year ended in her home tournament in Luxembourg where she faced Barthel in the first round and lost in straight sets. Minella stated that her edema in the right arm obtained in January had still been hurting her, finishing the year in October.

2015: Continued inconsistency
In 2015, Minella went to Melbourne in mid-December to prepare early for the season. She started in Auckland where she won two matches in qualifying over Barbora Krejčíková and Sharon Fichman, before falling at the last hurdle to Anna Tatishvili. She also had no luck in the doubles event with Barthel, losing in the first round. Minella then headed to the Australian Open, but lost in the first qualifying round to Paula Ormaechea. She fared better in the doubles event with Barthel, they reached the second round. Minella then went on to reach the quarterfinals at the Burnie International, falling to eventual champion Daria Gavrilova. In her next tournaments, she suffered early losses in qualifying of WTA events and in main draws of ITF events.

At the Bolívar Open, Minella won the doubles title partnering Lourdes Domínguez Lino, defeating Mariana Duque and Julia Glushko in the final. She qualified for the Colombia Open where she defeated Patricia Mayr-Achleitner in the first round before losing to Teliana Pereira. She continued her poor form in singles where she had a string of early losses in WTA and ITF draws as well as the mistake of forgetting to enter the French Open singles qualifying tournament. She, however, contested the doubles competition of the French Open, partnering Barthel, but they lost in the first round. At Wimbledon, Minella won her first career matches on grass, reaching the final qualifying round, defeating Amanda Carreras and Lourdes Domínguez Lino before losing to Laura Siegemund. Partnering Magda Linette, Minella qualified for the doubles competition, however the pair lost to Tímea Babos and Kristina Mladenovic in the first round. The poor form in Minella's 2015 season did continue, losing in the second round of the Lorraine Open 88, the first round of the Swedish Open and the Brasil Tennis Cup and in qualifying stages of the Vancouver Open.

It was the latter part of the year when Minella began to turn around, qualifying for the Tournoi de Québec, reaching the doubles final of the Internacional Femenil Monterrey and the quarterfinals of the Red Rock Pro Open. It was not until the Kirkland Challenger where Minella gained her confidence. She won the singles and doubles title of the Challenger, defeating players such as Sofia Arvidsson, Jovana Jakšić, Antonia Lottner, Jessica Pegula and Nicole Gibbs. In her second-round match against Jakšić, Minella was down 4–6, 0–5, and won the match 4–6, 7–5, 6–3, saving three match points. This was her second $50k title, her biggest to date. Next tournament was the Luxembourg Open where she received a main-draw wildcard into the singles event, however, she had no luck in her draw once again, losing to former world No. 1, Jelena Janković, in the first round. She had more success in the doubles competition, where she partnered Julie Coin, reaching the quarterfinals. Her last tournament of the season was to be the Open de Limoges. Despite losing in qualifying to Anna Blinkova, Minella entered into the main draw as lucky loser following Lesia Tsurenko's withdrawal. In the first round, she managed to defeat Stefanie Vögele. However, she then fell to former Roland Garros champion, Francesca Schiavone, in straight sets. But Minella finished season on a high, after winning the doubles competition, partnering Barbora Krejčíková. This marked her first triumph at a WTA 125 tournament.

2016
In 2016, Minella started the year poorly, including a string of first-round losses in Auckland, Melbourne and Launceston. At the Taiwan Open in Kaohsiung, she managed to score another WTA main-draw win, defeating Naomi Osaka in the first round before falling to local favourite Hsieh Su-wei. However, Minella bowed out in the first or second round of her next four events which included both ITF and WTA tournaments. In Fed Cup, she began to turn the tide, boasting an unbeaten record in Europe/Africa Zone Group III, helping Luxembourg gain promotion to Group II in 2017 alongside teammates Claudine Schaul, Eléonora Molinaro and Merima Mujasevic.

Minella began her 2016 clay-court campaign at the Prague Open. However, she lost to Océane Dodin in the second qualifying round. A few more early losses in Cagnes-sur-Mer, Saint-Gaudens and Strasbourg had only given more worries as she had failed to win back-to-back singles matches, excluding Fed Cup, for the entire year. This was not to change at the French Open though, as she lost to Klára Koukalová in the second round of qualifying. The Bol Open, however, proved to be a lucky charm for Minella as she started to turn her year around. This event saw her win her first WTA singles title in which she boasted wins over current top and former top-100 players Evgeniya Rodina, Varvara Lepchenko, Marina Erakovic, Ana Konjuh and Polona Hercog.

Personal life
Minella was born in Esch-sur-Alzette to parents Mario and Anna Minella and started playing tennis at the age of five.

On 17 October 2014, Minella married her coach and boyfriend Tim Sommer in her home town of Esch-sur-Alzette. In October 2017, she gave birth to a daughter, Emma Lina.
On 12 December 2020, she gave birth to her second child, girl Maya.

Grand Slam performance timelines

Singles

Doubles

WTA career finals

Singles: 1 (runner-up)

Doubles: 7 (2 titles, 5 runner–ups)

WTA 125 tournament finals

Singles: 1 (title)

Doubles: 3 (3 titles)

ITF Circuit finals

Singles: 24 (16 titles, 8 runner–ups)

Doubles: 18 (10 titles, 8 runner–ups)

Head-to-head record

Record vs. top 20 players
Players who have been ranked world No. 1 are in boldface. Players who have been ranked in the top 10 are in italics
  Victoria Azarenka (0–1)
  Elena Bovina (0–1)
  Alizé Cornet (0–1)
  Eleni Daniilidou (0–2)
  Kimiko Date-Krumm (2–0)
  Sara Errani (0–3)
  Kirsten Flipkens (0–1)
  Julia Görges (0–3)
  Anna-Lena Grönefeld (0–1)
  Jelena Janković (0–1)
  Kaia Kanepi (1–1)
  Alisa Kleybanova (1–1)
  Petra Kvitová (0–2)
  Li Na (0–2)
  Sabine Lisicki (1–0)
  Anabel Medina Garrigues (0–1)
  Garbiñe Muguruza (1–0)
  Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova (0–1)
  Karolína Plíšková (2–2)
  Virginie Razzano (1–1)
  Aravane Rezaï (1–1)
  Lucie Šafářová (0–2)
  Francesca Schiavone (0–1)
  Sloane Stephens (0–1)
  Barbora Strýcová (0–1)
  Carla Suárez Navarro (1–1)
  Tamarine Tanasugarn (1–1)
  Roberta Vinci'' (0–1)
  Serena Williams (0–1)
  Venus Williams (0–1)
  Caroline Wozniacki (0–1)

Notes

References

External links

1985 births
Living people
Sportspeople from Esch-sur-Alzette
Luxembourgian female tennis players
Luxembourgian people of Italian descent


Alonso de Figueroa y Cordova (1589? in Spain – 1652) was a Spanish soldier who, in the days of the reign of Philip IV of Spain, temporarily carried out the position of Captain General and Royal Governor of Chile, besides president of its Real Audiencia of Chile.  His government lasted for 13 months, between April 1649 and May 1650. He was the grandfather of the Chilean historian Pedro de Cordoba y Figueroa.

Earlier life
Figueroa was born in Cordoba and became a soldier in Lisbon. He arrived in Chile at the age of 16 years, in 1605, enlisted in the company of captain Bartolome Paez Clavijo, in the thousand-man reinforcement for the Captaincy General of Chile brought from the Iberian Peninsula by general Antonio de Mosquera to support the Arauco War. In the following years he rose through the ranks of the army of the Mapuche frontier. He was an alferez and captain of infantry and cavalry; becoming general commissioner of cavalry, finally reaching the rank of maestre de campo in 1625. He was also Corregidor of Concepcion during the government of Laso de la Vega. The governor Martín de Mujica y Buitrón showed his confidence in him, naming him shortly before dying of apparent poisoning to the key position of Governor of Valdivia.

Governorship
His appointment as Governor of Chile was one of the last administrative acts of the viceroy of Peru Pedro Alvarez de Toledo y Leiva, Marquess of Mancera, who sent to Chile a list of three possible names. Figueroa was the only one alive among the names, and was formally invested in Concepcion in May 1649. He apparently arranged to start a new military campaign against the Mapuches and communicated with Peru asking for major resources. In Lima the new viceroy García Sarmiento de Sotomayor, Conde de Salvatierra,  decided not to confirm Figueroa in his position in July 1649. This rejection discouraged Figueroa from his more ambitious projects.  But the continuation of hostilities soon forced to him to put military columns in movement. On December 24, a fort near Valdivia was assaulted by the neighboring natives, guided by a deserter from the Spanish army. The attack was a Mapuche success, because almost all the garrison died and those that lived were taken prisoners and the palisade was set afire. More to the south, the Jesuit Agustín Villaza was kidnapped.

Figueroa moved troops into the neighborhood of Valdivia and Boroa. In addition he disembarked a respectable force in Carelmapu, under the command of just named Governor of Chiloé, Ignacio de la Carrera Iturgoyen, with instructions to land on the continent and to face the tribes near Osorno.

This was the situation of the captaincy general on 4 May 1650, when the ship brought the new governor, Francisco Antonio de Acuña Cabrera y Bayona to Concepcion, ending the government of Figueroa.  Figueroa y Córdoba was later named president of the Audiencia of Santa Fe de Bogota in 1652, but news of that appointment found him already dead.

References

Sources

José Toribio Medina,  Diccionario biográfico colonial de Chile, Impr. Elziviriana, Santiago, 1906, Pj. 210–211.
Guillermo Coz y Méndez,   Historia de Concepción, Biblioteca Virtual Miguel de Cervantes, Alicante, 2002

1580s births
1652 deaths
Royal Governors of Chile
Spanish generals
17th-century Spanish people
Year of birth uncertain


Lamour may refer to:

Surname
 Dorothy Lamour (1914–1996), American film actress
 Jean-François Lamour (born 1956), French politician and former fencer
 Marguerite Lamour (born 1956), French politician
 Pascal Lamour (born 1958), French Breton musician

Given name
 Lamour Desrances, Haitian revolutionary leader

See also
 L'Amour (disambiguation)
 Larmor (disambiguation)


Julio Elías Musimessi (9 July 1924 in Resistencia, Chaco – 4 September 1996 in Morón) was an Argentine football goalkeeper who played for Newell's Old Boys, Boca Juniors and the Argentina national team.

Musimessi started his playing career in 1944 with Newell's Old Boys of Rosario, he played 183 times for the club before his transfer to Boca Juniors in 1953. In 1954 Boca won the league championship. He played 155 times for the club.

At the end of his playing career he played for Green Cross of Chile.

At international level Musimessi played 14 times for Argentina. He was part of the squad that won the 1955 Copa América. He was also included in the 1956 Copa América and the 1958 FIFA World Cup squads.

Musimessi was known as "El Arquero cantor" (the singing goalkeeper) because of his performances on radio. After retiring from the game he established a bar in Morón.

Titles

References

External links

1924 births
1997 deaths
Sportspeople from Resistencia, Chaco
Argentine people of Italian descent
Argentine men's footballers
Argentine expatriate men's footballers
Argentina men's international footballers
1958 FIFA World Cup players
Men's association football goalkeepers
Newell's Old Boys footballers
Boca Juniors footballers
Club de Deportes Green Cross footballers
Chilean Primera División players
Argentine Primera División players
Expatriate men's footballers in Chile
Footballers from Chaco Province


Peter Sandor Ujvagi (Hungarian Újvági Péter Sándor; 31 March 1949) is a retired Hungarian-born Democratic politician in Toledo and Lucas County, Ohio. He has been a Toledo city council member, a representative in the Ohio House of Representatives, and the Lucas County administrator.

Life and career
His nickname is "Mayor of East Toledo", a part of the city with a strong Hungarian-American and other Eastern European-descended population.

Ujvagi was born in Budapest, Hungary on 31 March 1949 as son of Ede and Magda Újvági. When he was 7 years old, he emigrated with his parents to the United States, after the Hungarian Revolution of 1956. He has two brothers, Ed and Charles. After a short stay in an Austrian refugee camp, the family arrived in Toledo, Ohio.

He is a founding member and executive committee member of the Hungarian-American Coalition. He is active in the Hungarian Club of Greater Toledo, the Birmingham Cultural Center, and he is on the Board of Directors for the Art Commission of Greater Toledo. He was a member of the American delegation to the state funeral of Hungarian Prime Minister József Antall (1993).

Politics
In the 1970s, Ujvagi began working in neighborhood development, both in Toledo and at a national level with the National Center for Urban Ethnic Affairs and the National Campaign for Human Development. President Jimmy Carter appointed him to the National Commission on Neighborhoods.

He was first elected to Toledo city council in 1981 and served continuously until 2002, elected first from his East Toledo district and later to an at-large seat. He was council president from 1998 to 2002.

After Teresa Fedor ran for the Ohio Senate in 2002, Ujvagi ran for the vacant 47th District seat in the Ohio House of Representatives, and won with 67.76% of the vote. He would win reelection in 2004 with 71.22%, again in 2006 with 73.85%, and in 2008 as an unopposed candidate.

While in the legislature, Ujvagi was very influential on budgetary issues, and for a time served as Chairman of the House Finance Committee's Transportation Subcommittee.

On 17 March 2010, Ujvagi resigned his seat in the Ohio House of Representatives to become the new Lucas County Administrator. He was succeeded by Joe Walter.

He later returned to Toledo city council, where he again represented East Toledo from 2016 to 2020, when he retired from politics.

Sources
 Peter Ujvagi's biography
 "Toledo area offered haven for refugees of crushed revolt"

References

Democratic Party members of the Ohio House of Representatives
Hungarian emigrants to the United States
University of Toledo alumni
Living people
1949 births
Hungarian-American culture in Ohio
21st-century American politicians
Politicians from Budapest


Dan Starkey (born 27 September 1977) is an English actor known for making numerous appearances in the BBC One science-fiction TV series Doctor Who. He has portrayed a number of different Sontaran characters, most notably Strax, who has come across the Eleventh and Twelfth incarnations of the Doctor, played by Matt Smith and Peter Capaldi respectively. In 2016 joined the CBBC sketch show, Class Dismissed and has appeared in 36 episodes (every episode of Series 1,2 & 3) He left the show after Series 3.

Early life
Dan Starkey was born on 27 September 1977.
Starkey studied at Trinity Hall, Cambridge and graduated in Anglo-Saxon, Norse and Celtic before training at the Bristol Old Vic (graduating in 2006).

Career
He played the enraged loner Simon in Muswell Hill by Torben Betts at Richmond's Orange Tree Theatre (Feb/March 2012) and was nominated as Best Male Performance at the 2012 Off West End Theatre Awards (Offies). In November 2013 Starkey appeared in the one-off 50th anniversary comedy homage The Five(ish) Doctors Reboot.

University Challenge
On 2 January 2015, Starkey was a member of the winning team on Christmas University Challenge, representing Trinity Hall, Cambridge who defeated Balliol College, Oxford, the University of Edinburgh and the University of Hull. His team-mates were international rower Tom James, world champion cyclist Emma Pooley and novelist Adam Mars-Jones.

Filmography

Film

Television

Video games

Theatre credits

The 39 Steps UK national tour
 The Fitzrovia Radio Hour
 Muswell Hill by Torben Betts, Orange Tree Theatre, Richmond
 Making News by Robert Khan and Tom Salinsky, Pleasance One Theatre, Edinburgh Fringe Festival

CD audio dramas

References

External links

1977 births
Living people
21st-century British male actors
Audiobook narrators
British male film actors
British male stage actors
British male television actors
British male voice actors
Alumni of Bristol Old Vic Theatre School
Alumni of Trinity Hall, Cambridge


The women's K-2 500 metres event was a pairs kayaking event conducted as part of the Canoeing at the 1996 Summer Olympics program.

Medalists

Results

Heats
20 crews entered in three heats. The top three finishers in each heat advanced to the semifinals while the rest advanced to the repechages.

Repechages
The top four finishers in each repechage and the fastest fifth-place finisher advanced to the semifinals.

Semifinals
The top four finishers in each semifinal and the fastest fifth-place finisher advanced to the final.

Final
The final was held on August 4.

Andersson's Olympic medal total was brought to seven with three gold, two silver, and two bronze. Fischer's silver matched the total of Sweden's Gert Fredriksson with eight. Australia's bronze medal crew was foreign-born with Wood (formerly Annemarie Cox) from the Netherlands and Borchert from Germany.

References
1996 Summer Olympics official report Volume 3. p. 168.
Sports-reference.com 1996 women's K-2 500 m results.
Wallechinsky, David and Jaime Loucky (2008). "Canoeing: Women's Kayak Pairs 500 Meters". In The Complete Book of the Olympics: 2008 Edition. London: Aurum Press Limited. p. 493.

Women's K-2 500
Olympic
Women's events at the 1996 Summer Olympics


Agate Beach State Recreation Site is a state park between Newport and Agate Beach in Lincoln County in the U.S. state of Oregon. It is administered by the Oregon Parks and Recreation Department.

Lying between new and old U.S. Highway 101, the  park offers beach access via a path from the parking lot through a tunnel under the old highway. Amenities include restrooms and a place to fish, surf, and dig for razor clams. The site also has picnic tables, and activities on its beach may include kite flying, agate hunting, birdwatching, and photography.

Created in 1969 from land bought from the Lincoln County Development Company, the park is open year-round. About 190,000 people visit the park each year.

See also
 List of Oregon state parks

References

External links
 Agate Beach's website

Parks in Lincoln County, Oregon
State parks of Oregon
Protected areas established in 1969
1969 establishments in Oregon


Czech Open is a name given to many sports events in the Czech Republic, including:

Czech International, a badminton tournament formerly known as the Czech Open
Czech Open (darts), a BDO sanctioned darts tournament
Czech Open (floorball), a floorball tournament
Czech Open (golf), a European Tour golf tournament
Czech Open (tennis), an ATP Challenger Tour tennis tournament
Prague Open (1987–1999), an ATP Challenger Tour tennis tournament
I.ČLTK Prague Open, an ATP Challenger Tour and WTA International Tournaments tennis tournament


Jan Evangelista Purkyně University in Ústí nad Labem (, abbreviated as UJEP) is a public university in Ústí nad Labem in the Czech Republic. The institution was established on 28 September 1991. It bears the name of famous Czech scientist Jan Evangelista Purkyně who was born in nearby Libochovice. About 8,500 students are studying at the university. UJEP has around 900 employees.

History
Originally, in 1954, the pedagogical high school was established; in 1964 it changed to the Faculty of Education. With Act No. 314/1991 of the Czech National Council, the university was established. The formal inauguration ceremony was held on 28 September 1991.

This university consists of eight faculties of which the Faculty of Education, the Faculty of Social and Economic Studies, the Faculty of the Environment and the Institute of Slavonic and German Studies were the first parts of the university.

Location
The university is near the German border in Ústí nad Labem. It is in the centre of the city with its many faculties and halls of residence. The city cooperates with UJEP with aims to create a new university campus that will take the place of the former Masaryk Hospital.

Structure
The self-governing academic bodies of the University include:
 Academic Senate
 Rector
 Scientific Council
 Disciplinary Board
 Board of Trustees
 Bursar (University Bookshop, Economic Department, Administration of Residential Halls and Canteens)
 Faculties and Institutes

References

External links

Universities in the Czech Republic
Faculty of Social and Economic Studies
Faculty of Art and Design
Faculty of the Environment
Faculty of Education
Faculty of Science
Faculty of Philosophy
Faculty of Production Technology and Management
Faculty of Health Studies
Institute of Slavonic and Germanic Studies

Universities in the Czech Republic
Universities and colleges established in 1991
1991 establishments in Czechoslovakia


Henry Barron (25 May 1928 – 25 February 2010) was an Irish judge who served as a judge of the Supreme Court from 1997 to 2000 and a judge of the High Court from 1982 to 1997.

He was known for granting Ireland's first divorce in 1997, and for his investigation into the 1974 Dublin and Monaghan bombings. His report on the bombings became known as the Barron Report, and it made a contribution towards the 2005 Commission of Investigation: Dublin and Monaghan Bombings 1974.

He was president of the Irish Jewish Museum.

Career
Barron attended Castle Park School in Dalkey, Dublin, before progressing to Saint Columba's College, Rathfarnham. He studied at third level in Trinity College Dublin. Upon his departure in 1950 Barron scored first class honours and was awarded a moderatorship in legal science. In 1951 he began the Bar and silk followed nineteen years later.

In 1982, he was nominated by Taoiseach Garret FitzGerald to become a judge of the High Court. He served in the High Court for fifteen years. In 1997, Taoiseach John Bruton and the 24th Government of Ireland nominated Judge Barron as a judge of the Supreme Court. Upon his appointment to the court, he granted the state's first divorce. He was the first Jew ever appointed to the Irish Supreme Court.

Retirement and Barron Report
Judge Barron retired in 2000. He was then commissioned to investigate the 1974 Dublin and Monaghan bombings and Judge Liam Hamilton replaced him in the Supreme Court. He retired from the bench due to ill health. He investigated bombing incidents in Castleblayney, Dundalk, Dublin Airport, the Miami Showband murders and the deaths of eighteen other individuals. His report, termed The Barron Report and presented to the Oireachtas Joint Committee on Justice in December 2003, was highly critical of the investigation into the bombings by both the Fine Gael-Labour government and the Gardaí, and stated they might have made a better attempt to catch those responsible. He did not lay any definitive blame on the British Government.

Death
Barron died at the age of 81 in St. Vincent's University Hospital, Dublin, on 25 February 2010, having been unwell for a short time. His wife Rosalind had predeceased him by 13 years. 2 sons (Harrie & Robert), 2 daughters (Jane & Anne) and 10 grandchildren outlived him. Barron's funeral took place at Dolphin's Barn's Jewish cemetery on 26 February 2010.

After his death tributes were made by politicians and campaigners for justice:

References

External links
 https://www.independent.co.uk/news/obituaries/henry-barron-irish-judge-who-led-the-inquiry-into-the-dublin-and-monaghan-bombings-1947255.html
 http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/comment/obituaries/article7089275.ece

1928 births
2010 deaths
Alumni of Trinity College Dublin
Irish Jews
Burials at Dolphins Barn Jewish Cemetery
Judges of the Supreme Court of Ireland
Lawyers from County Dublin
Place of birth missing
High Court judges (Ireland)
People from Dalkey
People educated at St Columba's College, Dublin
20th-century Irish lawyers
20th-century Irish judges
20th-century Irish Jews


Drama (formerly Afternoon Theatre, Afternoon Drama, Afternoon Play) is a BBC Radio 4 radio drama, broadcast every weekday at 2.15pm. Generally each play is 45 minutes in duration and approximately 190 new plays are broadcast each year. More or less three-quarters are self-contained dramas. The remainder are short series of 2 to 6 episodes. As well as original drama series, the Afternoon Play has included a number of adaptations of popular works such as The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency.

History
In one form or another, the Afternoon Play has been a feature of afternoons on Radio 4 since its launch in 1967, although the strict 45 minute format was not enforced until the reorganisation of Radio 4 by James Boyle in 1998, whereby the play directly follows the 2.00pm repeat of The Archers.

Several Afternoon Plays were amongst programmes held in 20 underground radio stations of the BBC's Wartime Broadcasting Service, to provide public information and morale-boosting broadcasts for 100 days after a nuclear attack.

The strand was retitled in February 2012, to bring it in line with BBC television's "Original British Drama" branding.

Listening figures
In May 2009 it was announced that the listening figures for the Afternoon Play fluctuated between 800,000 and 1.1 million, making it one of the most popular outlets for new dramatic writing in the world. Monday's Afternoon Play is usually the most popular play of the week, and Thursday's is usually the least popular.

References

External links

BBC Radio 4 programmes


Gana is an attendant of the Hindu god Shiva.

Gana may also refer to:

Places
 Gana, Burkina Faso
 Gana, Iran
 Gana, Poland
 Gana, Tibet
 Ghana Empire, an empire in what is now western Mali that flourished between the fourth and thirteenth centuries

Politics
 Grand Alliance for National Unity, a political party in El Salvador
 Grand National Alliance (Guatemala), a political party in Guatemala
 Gana Perú or Peru Wins, a political party in Peru

Other uses
Gana people of Botswana
 Ganas, an intentional community in New York City
 Gana (nickname)
 Gaṇa (prosody), a technical term in Sanskrit prosody
 Idrissa Gana Gueye, Senegalese footballer
 Gana or Ledet, see Christmas in Ethiopia and Eritrea

See also
 Ghana (disambiguation)
 Ganna (disambiguation)
 Gaana, Indian music
 Gaana (music streaming service), Indian website


Guillermo Vilas was the defending champion, but did not participate this year.

Manuel Orantes won the title, defeating Karl Meiler 6–1, 6–4, 6–1 in the final.

Draw

Finals

Section 1

Section 2

External links
 1976 Bavarian Tennis Championships Singles draw

Singles


Strange Is This World is the first English-language album by Polish rock artist Niemen. The album was released in 1972 in West Germany on the CBS Records International (the European section of Columbia Records).

Track listing
 "Strange Is This World" – 6:05 - (lyrics Czesław Niemen)
 "Why Did You Stop Loving Me" – 12:05 (lyrics Marek Rymaszewski & Paweł Brodowski) [1]
 "I've Been Loving You Too Long" – 4:13 (music Otis Redding, lyrics Jerry Butler)
 "A Song For The Deceased" – 13:18 (lyrics Jarosław Iwaszkiewicz, translation Paweł Brodowski)

[1] Lyric writers on 'Why Did You Stop Loving Me' as printed on the label of the vinyl version of the CBS album, # S 64896

Personnel
 Czesław Niemen – organ, vocal
 Józef Skrzek – piano, bass, organ, harmonica
 Helmut Nadolski – double bass
 Antymos Apostolis – guitar
 Jerzy Piotrowski – drums

Czesław Niemen albums
1972 albums


Alderwood State Wayside is a state park on Oregon Route 36 in the U.S. state of Oregon. Administered by the Oregon Parks and Recreation Department, the day-use wayside covers about . It is open year-round and attracts about 45,000 visitors annually.

The state acquired the land for the park from Lane County in 1931 and the Civilian Conservation Corps developed the picnic site in about 1935. Amenities include picnic tables, toilets, and a hiking trail along the Long Tom River, which flows through the park.

Flora at Alderwood includes big Douglas firs, Pacific dogwoods and bigleaf maples. Smaller plants, especially lush in spring, include trillium, yellow violets, bleeding hearts, ferns and mosses. Among the fauna observed here are kingfishers and cutthroat trout.

See also
 List of Oregon state parks

References

State parks of Oregon
Parks in Lane County, Oregon


Alfred A. Loeb State Park is a state park in the U.S. state of Oregon, administered by the Oregon Parks and Recreation Department. Located on the banks of the Chetco River, the park offers camping, hiking, fishing, swimming, and rafting opportunities. In the parks boundaries are 3 rental cabins, 53 camping sites, a launch area for drift boats, a day-use area, and the head of a  trail that the official Web site says leads to northernmost coastal redwood grove in the United States.

See also
 List of Oregon state parks

References

External links

State parks of Oregon
Parks in Curry County, Oregon
Curry County, Oregon


Alsea Bay Historic Interpretive Center is a public facility in Waldport, Oregon, administered and owned by the city of Waldport. It is adjacent to the Alsea Bay Bridge and was constructed by the Oregon Department of Transportation as part of the bridge replacement project. It was transferred to the city on Oct 8th, 2020 from the Oregon Department of Transportation.

The Center features displays about the building of bridges in Oregon, area transportation and Native Americans.

See also
 List of Oregon state parks

References

External links

State parks of Oregon
Museums in Lincoln County, Oregon
Parks in Lincoln County, Oregon
Alsea River
Oregon Coast
Transportation museums in Oregon


Bandon State Natural Area is a state park in the U.S. state of Oregon. It is administered by the Oregon Parks and Recreation Department. The  park lies west of U.S. Route 101, off Beach Loop Drive, about  south of Bandon. The Oregon Coast Trail passes through the park.

The park is open year-round; annual day-use visitation is about 27,000. Amenities include beach access, hiking trails, birdwatching spots, fishing access, restrooms, parking, and picnic tables. The average elevation is about  above sea level.

Three separate entrances lead to separate parking areas within the park. The two to the south offer beach access but no other amenities. The third, Devil's Kitchen, has picnic tables, seating benches, paths to the beach, and restrooms.

See also
 List of Oregon state parks

References

State parks of Oregon
Parks in Coos County, Oregon


Battle Mountain Forest State Scenic Corridor is a state park in the U.S. state of Oregon, administered by the Oregon Parks and Recreation Department.

See also
 List of Oregon state parks

References

External links

State parks of Oregon
Parks in Umatilla County, Oregon


Beachside State Recreation Site is a state park in the U.S. state of Oregon, administered by the Oregon Parks and Recreation Department.

See also
 List of Oregon state parks
 Wakonda Beach State Airport

References

External links

State parks of Oregon
Parks in Lincoln County, Oregon


Benson State Recreation Area is a state park in the U.S. state of Oregon, administered by the Oregon Parks and Recreation Department.

See also
 List of Oregon state parks

References

External links

State parks of Oregon
Parks in Multnomah County, Oregon


Blue Mountain Forest State Scenic Corridor is a state park in the U.S. state of Oregon, administered by the Oregon Parks and Recreation Department.

See also
 List of Oregon state parks

References

External links

State parks of Oregon
Parks in Umatilla County, Oregon


Boiler Bay State Scenic Viewpoint is a state park in the U.S. state of Oregon, administered by the Oregon Parks and Recreation Department. The park is one mile () north of Depoe Bay, Oregon.

Boiler Bay Viewpoint overlooks the small Boiler Bay. Boiler Bay was named after the vessel J. Marhoffer was run aground in the small bay—then known as Brigg's Landing—on May 18, 1910, after a fire spread throughout the engine room. Soon after, the burning  schooner's fuel tanks exploded. Witnesses claim debris was launched nearly a half mile to a mile inland. The remains of the vessel were left in the bay, including her engine boiler.
Today, the boiler can still be seen at extreme low tides.

See also
 List of Oregon state parks
 List of Oregon shipwrecks
 J. Marhoffer

References

External links

 A few photos of the boiler

State parks of Oregon
Parks in Lincoln County, Oregon


Bolon Island Tideways State Scenic Corridor is a state park in the U.S. state of Oregon, administered by the Oregon Parks and Recreation Department. The  park is on Bolon Island 10 river miles (16 km) from the mouth of the Umpqua River and north of Reedsport. It is along Highway 101 and near the site, where in 1828, most of Jedediah Smith's party were massacred. The land was given to the state in 1934 by William C. and Jennie D. Chamberlain.

The park is undeveloped except for a parking area and a  hiking trail.

See also
 List of Oregon state parks

References

External links

State parks of Oregon
Parks in Douglas County, Oregon


Bonnie Lure State Recreation Area is a state park in the U.S. state of Oregon, administered by the Oregon Parks and Recreation Department.

See also
 List of Oregon state parks

References

External links

State parks of Oregon
Parks in Clackamas County, Oregon


Booth State Scenic Corridor (also known as Booth State Wayside or Booth State Park) is a state park in the U.S. state of Oregon, administered by the Oregon Parks and Recreation Department.

History

Booth State Scenic Corridor was created from properties acquired by the State of Oregon between 1928 and 1944.  The original  property gift came from Robert A. Booth, who was president of the Oregon Land and Live Stock Company and former chairman of the Oregon Highway Commission.  Booth deeded the land to the state on 3 October 1928.  Over the years, additional land was incorporated into the scenic corridor. Today, the wayside corridor includes .  The land is located in eight parcels along Oregon Route 140, approximately  west of Lakeview, Oregon.

The scenic corridor was developed in the 1930s with the help of the Civilian Conservation Corps.  During that period, a wayside picnic area and six camp sites was built along with an access road and a small parking area.  Today vault toilets have been added and overnight camping has been discontinued. As of 2013, the annual day-use count was approximately 14,080 visitors per year.

Environment

The scenic corridor land in covered with medium density conifer forests, predominantly ponderosa pine and western juniper.  Wildlife in the area includes mule deer, coyotes, and cougars.

See also
 List of Oregon state parks

References

External links

State parks of Oregon
Parks in Lake County, Oregon


Bradley State Scenic Viewpoint is a state park in the U.S. state of Oregon, administered by the Oregon Parks and Recreation Department.  It is located directly north of U.S. Route 30 between Astoria and Portland.

See also
 List of Oregon state parks

References

External links

State parks of Oregon
Parks in Clatsop County, Oregon


Bullards Beach State Park is a state park in the U.S. state of Oregon, administered by the Oregon Parks and Recreation Department.

The park was acquired between 1962 and 1985 by purchase from various owners, including the U. S. Bureau of Land Management. The Coquille River Lighthouse, built by the U. S. Coast Guard in 1896 and operated until 1939, sits at the confluence of the river and ocean. The Bullard family were early settlers in the Bandon area. Robert Bullard established a store and post office at the mouth of the Coquille River and operated a ferry, which crossed the river near the present bridge on U.S. 101.

See also
 List of Oregon state parks
 Bullards Bridge

References

External links

State parks of Oregon
Parks in Coos County, Oregon


Cape Sebastian State Scenic Corridor is a state park in the U.S. state of Oregon, administered by the Oregon Parks and Recreation Department.

See also
 List of Oregon state parks

References

External links

State parks of Oregon
Parks in Curry County, Oregon


Carl G. Washburne Memorial State Park is a state park in the U.S. state of Oregon, administered by the Oregon Parks and Recreation Department. This park is in Lane County near Florence and Yachats. Very scenic wide beach, great for dogs, kids, kites. Some areas nearby are SNOWY PLOVER protected breeding areas, where dogs are banned, so be careful to keep dogs leashed if uncertain, and always in the State Park itself.

Hobbit Trail
South of the park is the Hobbit Trail trail head located at mile 177.3 or .

See also
 List of Oregon state parks

References

External links

State parks of Oregon
Parks in Lane County, Oregon


Cascadia State Park is a state park in the U.S. state of Oregon near Sweet Home along the South Santiam River at Cascadia. The park includes a day use area, campsites, hiking trails and 150 foot Lower Soda Creek Falls.

History
Prior to settlers arriving, groups from the Molalla and Kalapuya tribes visited the park site to harvest huckleberries, fish and hunt. Cascadia Cave is nearby. The cave is an 8,000-year-old American Indian petroglyph site considered to have the largest concentration of rock engravings in western Oregon.

Willamette Valley settlers developed a bypass at the park site for horse-drawn wagons. Old wagon ruts are still visible near where Soda Creek meets the South Santiam River.

In 1896, George Geisendorfer opened a resort to capitalize on what he called the "curative powers" of Soda Creek's mineral spring water. The resort included a hotel, tennis courts, croquet course, garden and bowling alley. The hotel later burned and the property was acquired by the state of Oregon in 1940.

Hiking trails
Cascadia State Park includes two primary hiking trails. The one mile Soda Creek Falls Trail follows Soda Creek to Lower Soda Creek Falls. The 3/4 mile loop River Trail descends to the South Santiam River.

Flora

A forest canopy of Douglas-Fir, cedar and hemlock shades the ground, encouraging the growth of ferns, mosses and mushroom species. Wildflowers include Oregon trout lily, fairy slipper, western trillium, camas, fawn lily, Hooker's fairy bells, snow queen, false Solomon's-seal, stream violet, Oregon Iris and Pacific bleeding heart.

Access
The park is located along U.S. Highway 20 14 miles east of Sweet Home and 59 miles west of Sisters.

Gallery

See also
 List of Oregon state parks
 Cascadia, Oregon

References

External links

Cascadia State Park Brochure

State parks of Oregon
Parks in Linn County, Oregon
1940 establishments in Oregon


Catherine Creek State Park is a state park along Catherine Creek in the U.S. state of Oregon, administered by the Oregon Parks and Recreation Department.

See also
 List of Oregon state parks

References

External links

State parks of Oregon
Parks in Union County, Oregon


Cape Arago State Park is a state park in the U.S. state of Oregon, administered by the Oregon Parks and Recreation Department.  Cape Arago is north of Bandon and 15 miles southwest of Coos Bay on Cape Arago Highway in Coos County.

History
In 1579, Sir Francis Drake is purported to have sought shelter for his ship, the Golden Hind, around Cape Arago. The headland was originally named Cape Gregory by James Cook on March 12, 1778 after Saint Gregory, the saint of that day; it was renamed Cape Arago after François Arago.

See also
 Cape Arago Light
 Cape Arago Highway No. 240
 List of Oregon state parks

References

External links

State parks of Oregon
Parks in Coos County, Oregon


Clay Myers State Natural Area at Whalen Island is a state park in the U.S. state of Oregon, administered by the Oregon Parks and Recreation Department.  The park was created in 2000 and named after a former secretary of state for the State of Oregon, Clay Myers.  Although not a true island, Whalen Island is surrounded by Sand Lake Estuary and wetlands. Whalen Island can be visited on a  loop trail around its perimeter.

See also
 List of Oregon state parks

References

External links

State parks of Oregon
Parks in Tillamook County, Oregon


Cline Falls State Scenic Viewpoint (also known as Cline Falls State Park) is a state park near Redmond, Oregon, United States.  It is located on the Deschutes River.  The park covers .  It is administered by the Oregon Parks and Recreation Department.

Cline Falls

Cline Falls is located on the Deschutes River approximately four miles west of Redmond, Oregon.  The falls were named for Doctor Cass A. Cline (1850–1926) a Redmond dentist, who owned the land adjacent to the falls.  The falls occur just north of the point where Highway 126 crosses the Deschutes River.  In the 1950s, the Oregon Parks and Recreation Department acquired property above Cline Falls to create a day use park.

Park grounds

Cline Falls State Scenic Viewpoint is a day use park that covers  on the east side of the Deschutes River.  It is located on the south side of Highway 126.  Because Clines Falls is a short distance north of the highway, the falls are not within the park boundary.

The park has a large open lawn surrounded by ponderosa pine, western juniper, poplar, and locust trees that extend to the river's edge.  The park also includes riparian habitat, sagebrush covered uplands, and canyon rimrocks.  These areas are home to blackbirds, canyon wrens, American dippers, song sparrows, and finches. Other song birds pass through the area during the spring and fall migrations. Prairie falcons and golden eagles are also found in the Cline Falls area.

As it flows by the park, the Deschutes River alternates between small rapids and calm pools.  The rapids pass around several very large boulders.  The calm sections create wetlands along the shore that attract a variety of wildlife.  Canada geese and other water fowl are common in the wetlands along the river.  Some small mammals including the Great Basin pocket mouse and sagebrush voles are found in the park as well.

Recreation

Since it is the closest riverfront park to the city of Redmond, Cline Falls State Scenic Viewpoint is a popular recreation site for residents.  A large open lawn is available for group games and relaxing in the sun; however, most visitors come to the park to picnic and swim.  The park offers a variety of swimming areas ranging from deep, calm pools to shallow coves.  There are also short stretches of swift water for inner tubing.

The park provides fishing access to the Deschutes River.  The pools and eddies near large river rocks provide good habitat for trout; fishermen can find native rainbow trout, brown trout, and bull trout in the Cline Falls area.

The Deschutes River provides excellent rafting, kayaking, and canoeing opportunities.  One of the longer paddle trips on the Deschutes is a  section of the river beginning at Tumalo State Park and ending at Cline Falls State Park.  Another popular run begins at Cline Falls State Park and runs  downriver to the Lower Bridge Recreation Site.  This run requires a portage around Cline Falls, which is located about a half mile downstream from the park.

Cline Falls State Scenic Viewpoint is closed during the winter months.  When it is open, there is no charge for using the park.  Alcohol is not permitted in the park at any time.  The ban on alcohol is enforced by the Deschutes County Sheriff's Department.  Park facilities include:

 Public restrooms with flush toilets
 Picnic tables
 Barbecue grills
 Horseshoe pits
 Fish-cleaning station

Unsolved crime

On 22 June 1977, two undergraduate students from Yale University, Shayna Weiss and Terri Jentz, were attacked and badly injured in Cline Falls State Park.  The two women were biking cross-country from Astoria, Oregon to the East Coast. On the seventh day of their trip, they camped at Cline Falls State Park.  In the middle of the night, a truck drove over their tent with the two campers inside.  Then the driver got out of the truck and attacked the students with an axe.  After striking them a number of times, the attacker stopped and drove away.  Both students survived.  However, their attacker was never caught.  One of the survivors later wrote a book about the ordeal, entitled Strange Piece of Paradise.

See also
 List of Oregon state parks

References

External links

State parks of Oregon
Parks in Deschutes County, Oregon
1950s establishments in Oregon


Coquille Myrtle Grove State Natural Site is a state park administered by the Oregon Parks and Recreation Department in the U.S. state of Oregon. The park, bordering the Powers Highway (Oregon Route 542) between Myrtle Point and Powers, in Coos County, features a swimming hole and sandy beach along the South Fork Coquille River. Other amenities include parking, picnic tables, restrooms, and access to fishing but no drinking water.

The Save the Myrtlewoods organization donated the land for the park in 1950. Subject to occasional flooding, the  park contains a stand of Oregon myrtle trees. The Oregon myrtle, also known as California laurel or Pacific myrtle, is a slow-growing hardwood often turned into lumber to make furniture, cabinets, and specialty items such as plates and bowls. Many of the larger stands, found at low elevation along the Pacific coast between lower California and Coos Bay, have been cut.

See also
 List of Oregon state parks
 Coquille River Falls

References

State parks of Oregon
Parks in Coos County, Oregon


D River State Recreation Site (also D River State Wayside and D River State Park) is a state park in the U.S. state of Oregon, administered by the Oregon Parks and Recreation Department.  It is a sandy beach of the Pacific Ocean within central Lincoln City along the length of the  long D River, one of the world's shortest rivers.

The site provides public access to Wecoma Beach, part of Lincoln City's  of beach.  There is parking and day use facilities, and no fees.  The site has access to river and ocean fishing.

Two of the world's largest kite flying festivals are held here, one in the spring and one in the fall, as well as a summer kite festival which features several professional kite fliers.  It was named by Kitelines Magazine as one of the best places in the world to fly a kite.  The area also has two year-round  Volkssport walking courses.

D River State Recreation Site is considered among the ten best places along the Oregon coast for whale watching.  Whale watching guide volunteers are present one week in January and one in March to help visitors see and understand the whale migration.

The area of ocean where the D River enters the sea creates consistent year-round surfing conditions suitable for intermediate skills.

Like many Oregon coast locations, flocks of seagulls are frequently present in winter.  The most common species are western gull, glaucous-winged gull, and California gull.  Occasionally Thayer's gull and American herring gull are observed here.

See also
 Devils Lake State Recreation Area, a campground and a separate natural area surrounding Devils Lake, both within walking distance
 List of Oregon state parks

References

External links

State parks of Oregon
Parks in Lincoln County, Oregon


Crissey Field State Recreation Site is a state park in the U.S. state of Oregon, administered by the Oregon Parks and Recreation Department. It is the south-westernmost point in the state of Oregon.

The northern boundary of the park is the Winchuck River.  The southern border is indeterminate, varying by source.  However it clearly ends a few hundred feet into California, north of Pelican Beach State Park.

The park is named after the abandoned airfield contained within it, Crissey Airport.  The runway is now a beach access footpath.

See also
 Winchuck State Recreation Site, another state park  northeast of Crissey
 List of Oregon state parks

References

External links

State parks of Oregon
Parks in Curry County, Oregon


Del Rey Beach State Recreation Site is a state park in the U.S. state of Oregon, administered by the Oregon Parks and Recreation Department.

See also
 List of Oregon state parks

References

External links

State parks of Oregon
Parks in Clatsop County, Oregon


Devils Lake State Recreation Area (also Devils Lake State Park) is a state park in the U.S. state of Oregon, administered by the Oregon Parks and Recreation Department.

It is the only coastal Oregon State park with a campground located in a city.  The campground area is located at the southwest shore of Devils Lake in Lincoln City, and the day use area is on the south shore.  The park provides kayaks for those participating in summer guided kayak wildlife tours.

Activities include camping (RV, tent, yurt, and biker), boat, water skiing, swimming, and personal watercraft.

See also
 D River State Recreation Site, a state park beach within walking distance
 List of Oregon state parks

References

External links

State parks of Oregon
Parks in Lincoln County, Oregon


Dexter State Recreation Site is a state park in the U.S. state of Oregon, administered by the Oregon Parks and Recreation Department.

See also
 Dexter Lake
 Dexter, Oregon
 List of Oregon state parks

References

External links

State parks of Oregon
Parks in Lane County, Oregon


Driftwood Beach State Recreation Site is a state park administered by the Oregon Parks and Recreation Department in the U.S. state of Oregon. Located  north of Waldport along the Pacific Ocean, the park offers beach access, picnicking, and fishing in a setting of shore pines and sand. It is fee-free and open year-round.

The  park between U.S. Highway 101 and the ocean has parking spaces from which visitors can watch winter-storm surf without leaving their cars. A path leads from the bluff to a wide beach with driftwood along the high-tide line. Kite flyers and beachcombers frequent the beach in sunny weather. The Oregon Coast Trail for long-distance hikers passes through the park.

It was used as a filming location for the upcoming 2023 film adaptation of the stage musical version of The Color Purple.

See also
 List of Oregon state parks

References

State parks of Oregon
Parks in Lincoln County, Oregon


Elijah Bristow State Park is a state park in the U.S. state of Oregon, administered by the Oregon Parks and Recreation Department. It has more than  of well-maintained trails along ponds, wetlands, meadows, and the Middle Fork Willamette River, and through forests of broadleaf and evergreen trees. The trails are open to horses, hikers, and mountain bikers, and there is a separate equestrian staging area popular with riding clubs.

The  park was named for Elijah Bristow, one of the first pioneer settlers in Lane County. Located directly downstream of Dexter Reservoir, the site was originally called Dexter State Park. It was renamed in 1979 to honor Bristow, who founded the nearby community of Pleasant Hill in the mid-19th century.

The park's trail system includes part of a trail linking Alton Baker Park in Eugene to the Pacific Crest Trail near Oakridge. Named trails in the park include Equestrian, River,  Lost Creek, Pond Loop, and Fishermen's, which interconnect "like a tangle of intersecting puzzle pieces".

Wildlife in the park includes salmon and steelhead, osprey, great blue herons,  bald eagles and beaver. Among the thousands of species in the park are the threatened Western pond turtle and the Oregon chub.

Activities, in addition to hiking, horse riding, biking, and fishing, include wildlife watching, picnicking, and boating. A wildlife viewing platform overlooks the pond complex in the park.

See also
 List of Oregon state parks

References

Parks in Lane County, Oregon
State parks of Oregon


Ellmaker State Wayside is a state park in the U.S. state of Oregon, administered by the Oregon Parks and Recreation Department. It is located on U.S. Route 20 approximately 1 mile (1.6 km) north of the community of Burnt Woods.

History
The land for this park was donated to the State of Oregon in 1961 by the property's owner, Harlan D. Ellmaker (1881-1978), a retired employee of the United States Forest Service. Born in Oregon in 1881, Ellmaker was a grand nephew of a member of the prominent Ellmaker family, a number of whom had relocated from Lancaster County, Pennsylvania to Lane County, Oregon during the mid-1800s. Ellmaker resided on the property before donating it to the federal government.

Ellmaker donated eighty acres of timber and grassland, telling newspaper reporters, "I am pleased to make this contribution of land to the people for state park use and in memory of the Ellmakers who pioneered in Pennsylvania, Illinois, Iowa, Missouri, California and Oregon." Ellmaker added, "I decided the state can do more with it than I can to save our fading wilderness, and maybe rescue men from the maudlin mercenary way of modern life."

As he accepted the donation from Ellmaker, park superintendent Mark H. Astrup noted that the eighty-acre parcel included "two beaver-dammed streams, a level area for camping or playground and easy access from the highway."

Ellmaker's property became "the first state park on Route 20 between Corvallis and Newport," according to the Gazette-Times of Corvallis. "Two streams flow together on it to form Tum Tum Creek, a tributary of the St. Marys River."

Park features and amenities
Ellmaker State Wayside is open for day use throughout the year, and frequently serves as a rest stop for travelers. A tree preserve, fruit trees are located on the park's south side. A small picnic area is located near a meadow, and a small stream runs from the northeast. Public restrooms are also available.

See also
 List of Oregon state parks

References

External links

State parks of Oregon
Parks in Lincoln County, Oregon


The Sri Lanka Premier League (SLPL) was a Twenty20 cricket competition in Sri Lanka. It was intended to be the premier Twenty20 league in the country, held by Sri Lanka Cricket, when it replaced the Inter-Provincial Twenty20 competition.

After the 2011 season was postponed, its first season was held in 2012. The 2013 and 2014 seasons were cancelled due to organizational problems and lack of sponsorship. The 2014 Super 4's T20 replaced the tournament.

A new competition called Lanka Premier League was later created and ran its first season in 2020.

History

Postponed 2011 tournament

In May 2011, Sri Lanka Cricket announced a new franchise-based Twenty20 tournament in the country, modelled on the Indian Premier League. The SLC signed a deal with Somerset Entertainment Ventures to organise the tournament. Seven teams were allocated, each representing a province. Somerset Entertainment Ventures have been given the rights to run the event for 15 years.

The first tournament was to be held at R. Premadasa Stadium in Colombo between 19 July and 4 August. However, the Board of Control for Cricket in India refused to let the 12 Indian players selected in the tournament participate. Furthermore, allegations of corruption and incompetence by SLC and its handing over of the organisation to a previously unheard of Singapore-based Somerset Entertainment Ventures put the tournament in serious jeopardy. The tournament was postponed to 2012, with the former Inter-Provincial Twenty20 taking its place. Sandiip Bhammer of SEV blamed the Indian players' withdrawal for causing sponsors to withdraw from the competition.

2012 tournament

In February 2012, SLC signed a renewed deal with Somerset Entertainment Ventures to hold the tournament in August 2012 at Colombo and Kandy, with the seven teams as originally planned. The BCCI has said that Indian players in the SLPL was a possibility. The SLPL's partnership with the MCC Spirit of Cricket initiative was similar to the MCC–DLF partnership in the 2008 IPL.

In June 2012, the seven provincial teams were changed to seven franchises, owned by private backers like the IPL and BPL.

The SLPL was officially launched on 16 July 2012 at Cinnamon Grand Colombo in Colombo. SLC Chairman Upali Dharmadasa announced plans to add two more franchises in the following years in other regions. Like the IPL, the SLPL would have cheerleaders and other entertainment, with the official website, mascot, theme song and logo of the SLPL also launched on 16 July.

The 2012 SLPL season was played in Colombo and Kandy from 11 to 31 August 2012. Out of the 24 matches scheduled, 23 took place and one was rained off. Every team played each other in a round-robin system. The top four ranking sides progressed to the knockout stage of semi-finals followed by a final at R. Premadasa Stadium, Colombo. Uva Next beat Nagenahira Nagas to become champions.

2013–2014
The second season was set to begin in 2013 but was cancelled after the franchises breached payment deadlines.

The 2014 season was also cancelled, with the announcement in February 2014, citing lack of meaningful sponsorship for the league.

League organisation

Franchises
Aside from Nagenahira and Uthura, each of the seven proposed provincial teams  had a team playing in the previous Inter-Provincial Twenty20. North Central and Sabaragamuwa Provinces did not have teams for the first season, planning to be added in future seasons.

In 2012 SLC adopted a franchise system, with the teams coming under private ownership instead of the SLC board. At auction, the seven SLPL teams fetched an average of US$4.3 million, building on a reserve of $3 million each. The franchises were derived from the province-based teams.

SLC chairman Upali Dharmadasa announced in July 2012 the SLPL planned to expand with the addition of two more teams in 2013, with all nine Sri Lankan provinces represented in the league. The 2013 season was cancelled.

Draft and squads

Under the original 2011 system, SLC would have assigned 16-18 players to each team, with five foreign players per team, and a Sri Lankan captain. But after the 2012 franchise system was adopted, a draft was organized and a lottery held to determine the order in which players were picked. SLC determined the value of the contract for each player in advance. The players were seen as likely to be drafted in two groups – Sri Lankan players and foreign players.

Each franchise had an "icon player" and a maximum of 18 players including three under 21 players. Up to two teams in the league could nominate foreign "icon" players, and each team could field up to four foreign players per game. Out of the remaining players in the XI, one must be a Sri Lanka Under-21 international. Each squad had a minimum of seven Sri Lankan players. The 2011 captains were Sanath Jayasuriya (Ruhuna), Mahela Jayawardene (Wayamba), Kumar Sangakkara (Kandurata) and Tillakaratne Dilshan (Basnahira); for Nagenahira and Uthura, Pakistan former captain Shahid Afridi and New Zealand former skipper Daniel Vettori.

Almost all Pakistani national cricketers were invited to play in the SLPL. Salaries were lower than the IPL, with the highest at $30,000, with Shahid Afridi getting $35,000 in 2011. But in 2012 the highest salaries were $100,000 for Chris Gayle and $50,000 for Shahid Afridi.

Results and team performances

Team performances:

Marketing
Marketing of the Sri Lanka Premier League was conducted by the Somerset Entertainment Ventures who marketed the tournament with ambassadors, papare bands, theme songs, mascots and cheerleaders. The tournament will also have an opening ceremony. The Premier League was predicted to generate almost 580 million Sri Lankan rupees of annual income for the Sri Lankan economy. Sandeep Bhammer of Somerset Entertainment Ventures said a 130 million rupees would come from hotel accommodation.

The SLPL sponsors and partners included Wisden India, Marylebone Cricket Club on the Spirit of Cricket initiative, and YouTube. Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd. was the title sponsor for SLPL.

Sri Lanka Premier League unveiled a new changed logo at the relaunch of the 2012 tournament.

The SLPL mascot was Silva the lion, who was unveiled by the brand ambassadors, the Sri Lankan musicians duo Bathiya and Santhush. Bathiya and Santhush also composed the official tournament song.

Broadcasters
Carlton Sports Network broadcast all matches live in Sri Lanka. SLPL's international broadcast partners were Asian Television Network in Canada, ESPN3 in the United States, United Kingdom and the Caribbean, and ESPN and STAR Sports in Sri Lanka, India, Bangladesh and Geosuper in Pakistan, as well as other countries in South and South East Asia. SLC president Upali Dharmadasa confirmed on 2 August 2012 that all SLPL matches will also be broadcast to a global audience via the SLPL's official YouTube channel, in the hope of benefiting the tournament through reaching more cricket fans around the world.

See also
 Lanka Premier League
Twenty20 Tournament
 Inter-Provincial Twenty20
 Indian Premier League
 Pakistan Super League
 Bangladesh Premier League

References

External links
 SLPL

 Sri Lanka Premier League on YouTube

Sri Lankan domestic cricket competitions
Recurring sporting events established in 2011
Twenty20 cricket leagues
Recurring sporting events disestablished in 2012
Defunct cricket leagues
Defunct sports leagues in Sri Lanka

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ATS (Applied Type System) is a programming language designed to unify programming with formal specification.  ATS has support for combining theorem proving with practical programming through the use of advanced type systems. A past version of The Computer Language Benchmarks Game has demonstrated that the performance of ATS is comparable to that of the C and C++ programming languages.  By using theorem proving and strict type checking, the compiler can detect and prove that its implemented functions are not susceptible to bugs such as  division by zero, memory leaks, buffer overflow, and other forms of memory corruption by verifying pointer arithmetic and reference counting before the program compiles. Additionally, by using the integrated theorem-proving system of ATS (ATS/LF), the programmer may make use of static constructs that are intertwined with the operative code to prove that a function attains its specification.

History
ATS is derived mostly from the ML and OCaml programming languages. An earlier language, Dependent ML, by the same author has been incorporated by the language.

The latest version of ATS1 (Anairiats) was released as v0.2.12 on 2015-01-20. The first version of ATS2 (Postiats) was released in September 2013.

Theorem proving
The primary focus of ATS is to support theorem proving in combination with practical programming.  With theorem proving one can prove, for instance, that an implemented function does not produce memory leaks.  It also prevents other bugs that might otherwise only be found during testing.  It incorporates a system similar to those of proof assistants which usually only aim to verify mathematical proofs—except ATS uses this ability to prove that the implementations of its functions operate correctly, and produce the expected output.

As a simple example, in a function using division, the programmer may prove that the divisor will never equal zero, preventing a division by zero error. Let's say, the divisor 'X' was computed as 5 times the length of list 'A'.  One can prove, that in the case of a non-empty list, 'X' is non-zero, since 'X' is the product of two non-zero numbers (5 and the length of 'A'). A more practical example would be proving through reference counting that the retain count on an allocated block of memory is being counted correctly for each pointer.  Then one can know, and quite literally prove, that the object will not be deallocated prematurely, and that memory leaks will not occur.

The benefit of the ATS system is that since all theorem proving occurs strictly within the compiler, it has no effect on the speed of the executable program. ATS code is often harder to compile than standard C code, but once it compiles the programmer can be certain that it is running correctly to the degree specified by their proofs (assuming the compiler and runtime system are correct).

In ATS proofs are separate from implementation, so it is possible to implement a function without proving it if the programmer so desires.

Data representation
According to the author (Hongwei Xi), ATS's efficiency is largely due to the way that data is represented in the language and tail-call optimizations (which are generally important for the efficiency of functional programming languages). Data can be stored in a flat or unboxed representation rather than a boxed representation.

Theorem Proving: An introductory case

Propositions
dataprop expresses predicates as algebraic types.

Predicates in pseudo‑code somewhat similar to ATS source (see below for valid ATS source):

  FACT(n, r)         iff    fact(n) = r
  MUL(n, m, prod)    iff    n * m = prod

  FACT(n, r) =
        FACT(0, 1)
      | FACT(n, r) iff FACT(n-1, r1) and MUL(n, r1, r)   // for n > 0

  // expresses fact(n) = r  iff  r = n * r1  and  r1 = fact(n-1)

In ATS code:
 dataprop FACT (int, int) =
   | FACTbas (0, 1)             // basic case: FACT(0, 1)
   | {n:int | n > 0} {r,r1:int} // inductive case
     FACTind (n, r) of (FACT (n-1, r1), MUL (n, r1, r))

where FACT (int, int) is a proof type

Example
Non tail-recursive factorial with proposition or "Theorem" proving through the construction dataprop.

The evaluation of  returns a pair (proof_n_minus_1 | result_of_n_minus_1) which is used in the calculation of . The proofs express the predicates of the proposition.

Part 1 (algorithm and propositions)

  [FACT (n, r)] implies [fact (n) = r]
  [MUL (n, m, prod)] implies [n * m = prod]

  FACT (0, 1)
  FACT (n, r) iff FACT (n-1, r1) and MUL (n, r1, r) forall n > 0

To remember:

 {...} universal quantification
 [...] existential quantification
 (... | ...)   (proof | value)
 @(...) flat tuple or variadic function parameters tuple
 .<...>. termination metric

#include "share/atspre_staload.hats"

dataprop FACT (int, int) =
  | FACTbas (0, 1) of () // basic case
  | {n:nat}{r:int}       // inductive case
    FACTind (n+1, (n+1)*r) of (FACT (n, r))

(* note that int(x) , also int x, is the monovalued type of the int x value.

 The function signature below says:
 forall n:nat, exists r:int where fact( num: int(n)) returns (FACT (n, r) | int(r)) *)

fun fact{n:nat} .<n>. (n: int (n)) : [r:int] (FACT (n, r) | int(r)) =
(
  ifcase
  | n > 0 => ((FACTind(pf1) | n * r1)) where
  {
    val (pf1 | r1) = fact (n-1)
  }
  | _(*else*) => (FACTbas() | 1)
)

Part 2 (routines and test)

implement main0 (argc, argv) =
{
  val () = if (argc != 2) then prerrln! ("Usage: ", argv[0], " <integer>")

  val () = assert (argc >= 2)
  val n0 = g0string2int (argv[1])
  val n0 = g1ofg0 (n0)
  val () = assert (n0 >= 0)
  val (_(*pf*) | res) = fact (n0)

  val ((*void*)) = println! ("fact(", n0, ") = ", res)
}

This can all be added to a single file and compiled as follows. Compilation should work with various back end C compilers, e.g. gcc. Garbage collection is not used unless explicitly stated with  )
$ patscc fact1.dats -o fact1
$ ./fact1 4
compiles and gives the expected result

Features

Basic types
 bool (true, false)
 int (literals: 255, 0377, 0xFF), unary minus as ~ (as in ML)
 double
 char 'a'
 string "abc"

Tuples and records
 prefix @ or none means direct, flat or unboxed allocation
  val x : @(int, char) = @(15, 'c')  // x.0 = 15 ; x.1 = 'c'
  val @(a, b) = x                    // pattern matching binding, a= 15, b='c'
  val x = @{first=15, second='c'}    // x.first = 15
  val @{first=a, second=b} = x       // a= 15, b='c'
  val @{second=b, ...} = x           // with omission, b='c'
 prefix ' means indirect or boxed allocation
  val x : '(int, char) = '(15, 'c')  // x.0 = 15 ; x.1 = 'c'
  val '(a, b) = x                    // a= 15, b='c'
  val x = '{first=15, second='c'}    // x.first = 15
  val '{first=a, second=b} = x       // a= 15, b='c'
  val '{second=b, ...} = x           // b='c'

 special
With '|' as separator, some functions return wrapped the result value with an evaluation of predicates

 val ( predicate_proofs | values) = myfunct params

Common
 {...} universal quantification
 [...] existential quantification
 (...) parenthetical expression or tuple

 (... | ...)     (proofs | values)

 .<...>. termination metric

 @(...)          flat tuple or variadic function parameters tuple (see example's printf)

 @[byte][BUFLEN]     type of an array of BUFLEN values of type byte
 @[byte][BUFLEN]()   array instance
 @[byte][BUFLEN](0)  array initialized to 0

Dictionary

 sortdef nat = {a: int | a >= 0 }     // from prelude: ∀ a ∈ int ...

 typedef String = [a:nat] string(a)   // [..]: ∃ a ∈ nat ...
generic sort for elements with the length of a pointer word, to be used in type parameterized polymorphic functions. Also "boxed types"
 // {..}: ∀ a,b ∈ type ...
 fun {a,b:type} swap_type_type (xy: @(a, b)): @(b, a) = (xy.1, xy.0)

relation of a Type and a memory location. The infix  is its most common constructor
 asserts that there is a view of type T at location L
 fun {a:t@ype} ptr_get0 {l:addr} (pf: a @ l | p: ptr l): @(a @ l | a)

 fun {a:t@ype} ptr_set0 {l:addr} (pf: a? @ l | p: ptr l, x: a): @(a @ l | void)
the type of ptr_get0 (T) is ∀ l : addr . ( T @ l | ptr( l ) ) -> ( T @ l | T)    // see manual, section 7.1. Safe Memory Access through Pointers
 viewdef array_v (a:viewt@ype, n:int, l: addr) = @[a][n] @ l

pattern matching exhaustivity
as in case+, val+, type+, viewtype+, ...

 with suffix '+' the compiler issues an error in case of non exhaustive alternatives
 without suffix the compiler issues a warning
 with '-'  as suffix, avoids exhaustivity control

modules
 staload "foo.sats" // foo.sats is loaded and then opened into the current namespace

 staload F = "foo.sats" // to use identifiers qualified as $F.bar

 dynload "foo.dats" // loaded dynamically at run-time

dataview
Dataviews are often declared to encode recursively defined relations on linear resources.

 dataview array_v (a: viewt@ype+, int, addr) =
   | {l: addr} array_v_none (a, 0, l)
   | {n: nat} {l: addr}
     array_v_some (a, n+1, l)
     of (a @ l, array_v (a, n, l+sizeof a))

datatype / dataviewtype
Datatypes
 datatype workday = Mon | Tue | Wed | Thu | Fri

lists

 datatype list0 (a:t@ype) = list0_cons (a) of (a, list0 a) | list0_nil (a)

dataviewtype
A dataviewtype is similar to a datatype, but it is linear. With a dataviewtype, the programmer is allowed to explicitly free (or deallocate) in a safe manner the memory used for storing constructors associated with the dataviewtype.

variables
local variables
 var res: int with pf_res = 1   // introduces pf_res as an alias of view @ (res)

on stack array allocation:
 #define BUFLEN 10
 var !p_buf with pf_buf = @[byte][BUFLEN](0)    // pf_buf = @[byte][BUFLEN](0) @ p_buf

See val and var  declarations

References

External links

 ATS home page
 The ATS Programming Language  Documentation for ATS2
 The ATS Programming Language Old documentation for ATS1
 Manual Draft (outdated). Some examples refer to features or routines not present in the release (Anairiats-0.1.6) (e.g.: print overload for strbuf, and using its array examples gives errmsgs like "use of array subscription is not supported".)
 ATS for ML programmers
 Learning examples and short use‑cases of ATS

Multi-paradigm programming languages
Declarative programming languages
Functional languages
Dependently typed languages
Systems programming languages
Programming languages created in 2004


SLC Twenty20 Tournament was a Twenty20 domestic cricket competition in Sri Lanka held by Sri Lanka Cricket. It was conducted from 2004 to 2007 and was held between the clubs in Sri Lanka. From 2008, SLC Super Provincial Twenty20 became the premier domestic Twenty20 competition in Sri Lanka.

Tournament history

2004 season

The 2004 Twenty20 Tournament was held between 17 August and 3 September 2004 in Colombo.

Winner: Chilaw Marians Runner-up: Colts

2005–06 season
The 2005–06 Twenty20 Tournament was held between 8 October and 5 November 2005.

Winner : SSC Runner-up : Chilaw Marians

2006–07 season
The 2006–07 Twenty20 Tournament was held between 28 February and 4 March 2007.

Winner : Ragama Runner-up : Saracens Sports Club

2007-08 season

The 2007-08 Inter-Provincial Twenty20 was held between 17 April and 1 May 2008.

Winner : Wayamba Runner-up : Ruhuna

2014-15 SLC Twenty20 Tournament

Winner : Badureliya Cricket Club Runner-up : Sinhalese Sports Club

2015-16 season

Winner : Sri Lanka Army Runner-up : Tamil Union

2017-18 season

The 2007-08 Inter-Provincial Twenty20 was held between 17 April and 1 May 2008.

Winner : Nondescripts Cricket Club Runner-up : Colombo Cricket Club

2018-19 season

Winner : Moors Sports Club Runner-up : Nondescripts Cricket Club

2019-20 season

Winner : Colombo Cricket Club Runner-up : Chilaw Marians Cricket Club

2019-20 season

Winner : Sinhalese Sports Club

Runner-up : Sri Lanka Army Sports Club

2021 season

Winner : SLC Greys

Runner-up : SLC Reds

2022 season

Winner : SLC Reds

Runner-up : SLC Blues

References

External links
2004 Tournament Page – Cricinfo
2005–06 Tournament Page – Cricinfo
2006–07 Tournament Page – Cricinfo

Sri Lankan domestic cricket competitions
2004 establishments in Sri Lanka
Twenty20 cricket leagues


The UNESCO Institute for Lifelong Learning (UIL), formerly UNESCO Institute for Education, is one of six educational institutes of UNESCO. It is a non-profit international research, training, information, documentation and publishing centre on literacy, non-formal education, adult and lifelong learning. It provides services to UNESCO's Member States, NGOs, and grassroots and community organizations, as well as to partners in civil society and the private sector. The Institute works in close collaboration with its Paris headquarters, with UNESCO field offices in different countries, with sister institutes and with national and international partners.

UIL is based in Hamburg, Germany. The Senate (government) of the Free and Hanseatic City of Hamburg provides the Institute with premises close to the University of Hamburg in a historic villa built for the shipping magnate Albert Ballin.

Mission

UIL's mission is to see to it that all forms of education and learning – formal, non-formal and informal – are recognized, valued and available for meeting the demands of individuals and communities throughout the world. UIL responds to these demands and helps meet the challenges facing humanity (peace and democracy, sustainable development and poverty eradication, nurturing diversity, defeating HIV/AIDS, protecting the environment) with policy-driven research, capacity-building, networking, publications and technical services for Member States and non-governmental and civil society organisations, as well as private providers at their request.

Projects

 Publication of the International Review of Education, the longest-running international journal on comparative education
 Coordination of the 6th International Conference on Adult Education (CONFINTEA VI)
 ALADIN network
 Coordination of the Adult Learners Week
 Cooperation with the Association for the Development of Education in Africa (ADEA)

Research

UIL’s research covers appropriate concepts, good practice, favourable conditions and innovative approaches in the areas of literacy, non-formal education, adult and lifelong learning in different cultural contexts, including all modes of learning (formal, non-formal and informal), with a view to the creation of lifelong learning environments, the making of literate societies and the building of learning societies. All research activities aim at promoting adult and lifelong learning and at highlighting the contribution of learning to poverty alleviation, sustainable human development, democracy and critical citizenship.

Research work is mainly policy-driven and action-oriented. The research carried out by the Institute may take the form of individual case and country studies, comparative analyses, regional and cross-regional syntheses, international surveys, conceptual and position papers, co-operative and joint investigations with academics, partner institutions, governmental organizations, NGOs and CSOs, etc.

Specific research questions and themes relate to the following:
Theories and practices of literacy
Foundations of lifelong learning
The making of literate societies
The creation of supportive policy and legislative environments/conditions for lifelong learning;
The creation of literate environments, especially in multicultural and multilingual settings;
Integration of formal, non-formal and informal education: recognition, accreditation and validation of non-formal, informal and experiential learning; qualification frameworks, equivalencies and bridges;
Adult learning for sustainable development with a focus on HIV/AIDS, environmental protection, democratic participation, conflict prevention, critical citizenship and good governance;
Gender mainstreaming in literacy, non-formal education, adult and lifelong learning with a focus on budgeting, monitoring and evaluation;
Development of gender-just and culturally sensitive indicators;
Impact of literacy, non-formal education and adult learning;

Sources
Elfert, Maren (Ed.): Towards an Open Learning World: 50 Years UNESCO Institute for Education. Hamburg: UNESCO Institute for Education, 2002

External links

International educational organizations
Organisations based in Hamburg
Education in Hamburg
UNESCO
Adult education organizations
Organizations promoting literacy
Organizations established in 1952


The Resterberg is a compilation album of recordings by Paul Westerberg, released in 2005. It contains alternate mixes, single versions, and a previously unreleased track.

Track listing
All songs by Paul Westerberg.
"Dyslexic Heart
"Seein' Her"
"Man Without Ties"
"A Star Is Bored"
"Stain Yer Blood"
"Once Around the Weekend"
"All That I Had"
"C'mon, C'mon, C'mon"

External links
[ Allmusic entry.]

Paul Westerberg albums
2005 compilation albums
Rhino Records compilation albums


Conjunct consonants are a form of orthographic ligature characteristic of the Brahmic scripts. They are constructed of more than two consonant letters. Biconsonantal conjuncts are common, but longer conjuncts are increasingly constrained by the languages' phonologies and the actual number of conjuncts observed drops sharply. Ulrich Stiehl includes a five-letter Devanagari conjunct र्त्स्न्य (rtsny) among the top 360 most frequent conjuncts found in Classical Sanskrit; the complete list appears below. Conjuncts often span a syllable boundary, and many of the conjuncts below occur only in the middle of words, where the coda consonants of one syllable are conjoined with the onset consonants of the following syllable.

Biconsonantal conjuncts
The table below shows all 1296 combinations of two Sanskrit letters. The table is formed by collating the 36 consonants of Sanskrit plus  (which is not used in Sanskrit), as listed in . Not all of these form conjuncts (these instead show a halanta under the first letter), and the number that do will vary with the Devanagari font installed. There is variation in the conjuncts that are in use for any given language. Some of the combinations below that do not form conjuncts may not be viable combinations in any language.

The romanization (in ISO 15919) and IPA of each conjunct will appear with mouseover.

Tri- and tetra-consonantal conjuncts

Most frequent conjuncts
These are the 360 most-frequent conjuncts in Sanskrit:

References

Works cited

Conjunct consonant
Devanagari


Dene Maxwell Olding  (born 11 October 1956) is an Australian violinist.  He has had a distinguished career as a soloist in Australia, New Zealand and the United States, performing over forty concertos in recent years, including many world premieres.  He is the Concertmaster Emeritus of the Sydney Symphony Orchestra, first violinist in the Goldner String Quartet, and a member of the Australia Ensemble.

Biography
Dene Olding is the son of the husband and wife piano duo Max Olding and Pamela Page. He was initially educated at the Anglican Church Grammar School in Brisbane, but left at age 15—two years before he was due to graduate—to attend the Juilliard School in New York as a scholarship student of Ivan Galamian and Margaret Pardee. He graduated from Juilliard in 1978. He attended master classes with Nathan Milstein and had further lessons with Herman Krebbers and György Pauk.

He joined the Australia Ensemble in 1982, and was also at that time leader of the Australian Chamber Orchestra. In 1985, he was awarded a Churchill Fellowship to further his musical studies.  During that year, he won a Bronze medal at the Queen Elisabeth Music Competition in Belgium.

He was concertmaster of the Sydney Symphony Orchestra from 1987 to 1994, and again from 2002 to 2016.  On his retirement he was appointed Concertmaster Emeritus of the orchestra. He is also a frequent guest concertmaster of the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra.

Dene Olding is regularly heard as soloist with all the major Australian orchestras and has worked with conductors such as Edo de Waart, Stanisław Skrowaczewski, Stuart Challender, Sir Charles Mackerras, Jorge Mester, Günther Herbig, Werner Andreas Albert and David Porcelijn.

He gave the Australian premieres of Witold Lutosławski's Chain 2 with the composer conducting, and the violin concertos by Elliott Carter and Philip Glass. In addition, he has performed world premieres of violin concertos by Ross Edwards (Maninyas, a work dedicated to Dene Olding) and , and the Double Concerto for violin and viola by Richard Mills, written for himself and his wife, Irina Morozova.

He has made many recordings, including one of sonatas by Brahms, Beethoven and Mozart, with his father Max Olding. His recording of Ross Edwards' Maninyas won the 1994 ARIA Award for Best Classical Recording, and the Cannes award.  He made the first CD recording of concertos by Frank Martin, Darius Milhaud and Samuel Barber.  He has recorded the violin concerti of Paul Hindemith with the Queensland Symphony Orchestra under Werner Andreas Albert.

He was the Artistic Advisor and Chair of the Jury of the 2018 ABC Young Performers Award, held at the Sydney Opera House with the Sydney Symphony Orchestra.

He plays a Joseph Guarnerius violin made in 1720.  In the Edwards, Martin, Milhaud and Barber recordings, he used the A. E. Smith violin he inherited from a previous Sydney Symphony concertmaster, Ernest Llewellyn.

He has conducted the Sydney Symphony and Auckland Philharmonia Orchestra.

Personal life
Olding is married to Irina Morozova, a violist with the Goldner String Quartet and the Australia Ensemble. Together they have a son, Nicolai.

Olding is a practitioner of Aikido.

Awards and nominations

ARIA Music Awards
The ARIA Music Awards is an annual awards ceremony that recognises excellence, innovation, and achievement across all genres of Australian music. They commenced in 1987.

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|-
|rowspan="2" | 1994
| Ross Edwards Orchestral Works (with Sydney Symphony Orchestra, Stuart Challender & David Porcelijn)
|rowspan="2" | Best Classical Album
|
|rowspan="2" |
|-
| Violin Concertos (with Melbourne Symphony Orchestra & Hiroyuki Iwaki)
|
|-

References

Sources
 Australia Ensemble
 Sydney Symphony concertmasters

ARIA Award winners
Australian classical violinists
Male classical violinists
Living people
1956 births
Concertmasters
People educated at Anglican Church Grammar School
Members of the Order of Australia
21st-century classical violinists
21st-century Australian male musicians
21st-century Australian musicians


Russische Lieder is Niemen's Russian-language album, recorded in 1973 and released in West Germany by CBS (European section of Columbia Records).  The album contains traditional Russian songs.

Track listing
 "Stiep da stiep krugom" – 4:19
 "Ty pojdi moja korowuszka damoj" – 1:30
 "Odnozwuczno gremit kolokolczik" – 3:44
 "Wychozu odin ja na dorogu" – 5:24
 "Joloczki sosionoczki" – 2:10
 "Cziornyje browi, karyje oczi" – 4:10
 "Kolybielnaja" – 3:57
 "Raskinulos morie sziroko" – 2:00
 "Po dikim stepiam Zabajkalia" – 3:15
 "Slawnoje morie, swiaszczennyj Bajkal" – 3:39

Personnel
 Czesław Niemen – vocal, guitar, bass, piano

Czesław Niemen albums
1973 albums
Folk rock albums by Polish artists


Krystin Pellerin (born July 12, 1983) is a Canadian actress of theatre, television, and film.

Early life
Pellerin was born and raised in St. John's, Newfoundland. After attending high school at Prince of Wales Collegiate and attending Memorial University of Newfoundland, she was selected to attend the National Theatre School of Canada in Montreal, Quebec.

Career
Following her graduation she was cast in her first season at Soulpepper Theatre in Toronto, Ontario. Her first professional play was Soulpepper's production of Tom Stoppard's The Real Thing, playing the role of Debbie opposite Megan Follows, Albert Schultz, and C. David Johnson. In it she played the rebellious daughter to Albert Schultz's Henry. She has returned to Soulpepper every season since, playing a variety of leading and supporting characters in numerous productions.

Her first film was Killing Zelda Sparks, in which she starred opposite Mad Men'''s Vincent Kartheiser, and in her second film she appeared opposite Edward Furlong in Warriors of Terra. She made her television debut on the second season of The Tudors as Lady Elizabeth Darrell alongside Jonathan Rhys Meyers, where she spent five months filming in Dublin, Ireland. Her first featured role in television brought her home to St. John's, playing the role of Sergeant Leslie Bennett in CBC Television's Republic of Doyle.

In 2023 she played Diana, Princess of Wales in a production of Nick Green's play Casey and Diana'' at the Stratford Festival.

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1983 births
Living people
21st-century Canadian actresses
Actresses from Newfoundland and Labrador
Canadian film actresses
Canadian stage actresses
Canadian television actresses
Memorial University of Newfoundland alumni
National Theatre School of Canada alumni
People from St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador