AFL Premiership 2007 is a sports simulation game for the PlayStation 2 based on the Australian Football League. It is a follow-up game to AFL Premiership 2006. It was developed by game developer, IR Gurus and published by Sony Computer Entertainment Europe. It is the final game in the series to be developed by IR Gurus. The game was released, only in Australia, on 28 June 2007.

Gameplay
Single match is the quickest way to play a game. On the single match summary screen you can set your favourite team and then randomise the other settings. Such as, home and away teams, stadium, weather, and rules (pre-season or home and away season rules). Mission Mode allows you to take up the challenge and feel the pressure with these historical matches. Each mission has a handicap that a team must overcome; from seemingly impossible score deficits, to slim leads with seconds left on the clock. Career Mode takes you from season to season, including a calendar view of the fixtures, training to guide your players’ development, season stats for all the players in the league, leaderboards for all stats categories, Brownlow, Coleman, Club best and fairest awards, Best on Ground awards for each match.

Eye toy
The game includes support for the Cameo EyeToy and DigiMask that allows up to four players to put their heads into the game on top of one of the players. Four-player multiplayer is supported using the PS2 multitap.

Stadiums and features
The game includes all 16 teams, more than 600 AFL players with updated stats and all of the major stadiums. Game modes include Single Match, Season Mode, Career Mode, Mission Mode and Training Mode.

References

2007 video games
AFL (video game series)
Australia-exclusive video games
PlayStation 2 games
PlayStation 2-only games
Video games developed in Australia
Video games set in Australia
RenderWare games
Transmission Games games


"Feenin'" is a song by American R&B group Jodeci, recorded for their second album, Diary of a Mad Band (1993). It was released as the second single from the album in March 1994.

Music video
The music video for "Feenin'", filmed in a mental asylum, was directed by Hype Williams and featured cameo appearances by Williams himself, Snoop Doggy Dogg and Treach from Naughty by Nature.

Track listing
 US promo Vinyl and 12"
"Feenin'" (Radio Version) - 4:14
"Feenin'" (E Double Gets Bizzy Mix) - 4:59
"Feenin'" (E Double Gets Bizz-e-r Mix) - 6:29
"Feenin'" (Get Bizzy Instrumental) - 4:06
"Feenin'" (Acapella) - 3:51

Personnel
Information taken from Discogs.
Producer: DeVante Swing
Remixer: Erick Sermon
Cedric "K-Ci" Hailey - Lead and Background vocals
Joel "JoJo" Hailey - Lead and Background vocals
DeVante Swing - Background vocals
Mr. Dalvin - Background vocals

Charts

Weekly charts

Year-end charts

Notes

1994 singles
Jodeci songs
Song recordings produced by DeVante Swing
Songs written by DeVante Swing
Music videos directed by Hype Williams
Uptown Records singles
MCA Records singles
1993 songs
Music Week number-one dance singles


San Emeterio is one of three parishes (administrative divisions)  in Bimenes, a municipality within the province and autonomous community of Asturias, in northern Spain.

It is  in size with a population of 803.

Villages

References

Parishes in Bimenes


San Julián () is one of three parishes (administrative divisions)  in Bimenes, a municipality within the province and autonomous community of Asturias, in northern Spain.

It is  in size with a population of 829.

Villages

References

Parishes in Bimenes


Suares is one of three parishes (administrative divisions)  in Bimenes, a municipality within the province and autonomous community of Asturias, in northern Spain.

It is  in size with a population of 269.

Villages

References

Parishes in Bimenes


Quincy Obinna Amarikwa ( ; born October 29, 1987) is an American former professional soccer player.

Career

Early career
Amarikwa attended Liberty High School. He was a member of the Bakersfield Alliance club soccer team and played college soccer at UC Davis. In 2008, he led the team to the second round of the NCAA Tournament for the first time in school history.

During his college years, Amarikwa also played with Bakersfield Brigade in the USL Premier Development League.

Professional
Amarikwa was drafted in the third round of the 2009 MLS SuperDraft by San Jose Earthquakes. He made his professional debut in San Jose's first game of the 2009 MLS season against the New England Revolution and scored his first MLS goal on October 7 against FC Dallas.

After 25 games for San Jose and one goal, he was traded to Colorado Rapids in April 2010 in exchange for a second-round selection in the 2012 MLS SuperDraft. Amarikwa made 31 league appearances for Colorado scoring three goals and was a member of the side that captured the 2010 MLS Cup.

Amarikwa was waived by Colorado in June 2012. Shortly thereafter his rights were claimed through waivers by the New York Red Bulls. He spent two weeks training with New York but never signed, instead, New York traded Amarikwa to Toronto FC for a conditional draft pick on July 21. He made his league debut for Toronto in a 2–0 home defeat to Houston Dynamo on July 28. Amarikwa scored his first goal for Toronto in CONCACAF Champions League play against Santos Laguna in a 3–1 home defeat.

In February 2013, Amarikwa was acquired by Chicago Fire in exchange for a first-round selection in the 2014 MLS Supplemental Draft.

In June 2015, Chicago Fire traded Amarikwa to San Jose Earthquakes in exchange for defender Ty Harden. He scored two goals in four minutes in his second Earthquakes appearance during the California Clásico against the LA Galaxy. Amarikwa was sidelined for the rest of the 2016 season and for the first half of the 2017 season after suffering a knee injury on September 24, 2016, against Sporting Kansas City. He made his return to the team on July 14, 2017, in a friendly match against Eintracht Frankfurt, scoring a penalty kick twelve minutes after substituting in for Simon Dawkins and securing San Jose's 4–1 victory. On October 14, 2017, he was nominated for the MLS Comeback Player of the Year Award.

On August 8, 2018, Amarikwa was traded by the Earthquakes to Montreal Impact in exchange for Dominic Oduro. He made his debut for Montreal on August 11, 2018, in a game against Real Salt Lake.

On March 1, 2019, after speculation and Amarikwa appearing at D.C. United practices, Quincy Amarikwa signed with D.C. United. Amarikwa scored his first goal for D.C. United in a friendly against Real Betis on May 22, 2019. Amarikwa then scored his first D.C. United MLS goal against the New England Revolution on July 12, 2019. His goal equalized the game 2-2. His contract with D.C. United ran out after the 2019 season.

On September 1, 2020, Amarikwa signed with USL Championship side Las Vegas Lights.

On August 11, 2021, Amarikwa joined Oakland Roots SC.

Personal life

Amarikwa is a member of the UC Davis Hall of Fame. While studying there, Quincy Amarikwa met his wife Sirena Amarikwa; they were engaged in 2016 while Sirena was pursuing her professional track career, and wed in January 2017. They have two sons, Sir Amarikwa and Lord Amarikwa.

Amarikwa and Ross LaBauex co-own a brand called Perfect Soccer, a Black news source for soccer. He is also Founder and Director of Strategic Partnerships for Black Players for Change, serving as interim director when the organisation was launched.

Honors

Colorado Rapids
Major League Soccer MLS Cup (1): 2010

Statistics
Statistics accurate as of April 14, 2018.

References

External links

1987 births
Living people
Soccer players from California
American expatriate men's soccer players
American sportspeople of Nigerian descent
UC Davis Aggies men's soccer players
Bakersfield Brigade players
San Jose Earthquakes players
Colorado Rapids players
Toronto FC players
Chicago Fire FC players
CF Montréal players
D.C. United players
Las Vegas Lights FC players
Oakland Roots SC players
University of California, Davis alumni
Expatriate men's soccer players in Canada
USL League Two players
Major League Soccer players
San Jose Earthquakes draft picks
Sportspeople from Bakersfield, California
American men's soccer players
Men's association football forwards
Liberty High School (Bakersfield, California) alumni


List of speakers of the Assembly of the Republic (Northern Cyprus)-

Below is a list of office-holders:

References

See also
Assembly of the Republic (Northern Cyprus)

Northern Cyprus, Assembly of the Republic
Turkish Cypriot politicians
Northern Cyprus

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Berny–Ignatius is an Indian musical duo consisting of brothers Berny and Ignatius Puthenveettil. Primarily working in the Malayalam film industry, they are best known for their work in films such as Thenmavin Kombath, Chandralekha, Kottaram Veettile Apputtan, Kalyanaraman, Chess, and Kaaryasthan.
Thenmavin Kombath earned them the Kerala State Film Award for Best Music Director in 1994.

Biography
Born to John Puthenveettil and Treasa, Berny and Ignatius learned music from their father at an early age prior to professionally composing music in 1979. They have composed many hit songs such as Kallipoonguyile, Mayilay Parannu Vaa, Poonilamazha peythirangiya, Kathayile Rajakumaranum, Aavani Ponnoonjal, Thamarappoovil vazhum, Puthumazhayayi vannu, Ponnitta Pettakam, Thechippoove Thenagasi Poove, Oru Kathilola etc.

Awards
Kerala State Film Awards
 1994 – Best Music Director – Thenmavin Kombath

Kaumudi Awards
 1994 – Best Music Director – Thenmavin Kombath

Other Awards
 2011 – Aimfill Inspire award for Best Music Director – Marykkundoru Kunjaadu
 2010 – Jaycee foundation award for Best Music Director – Kaaryasthan

Filmography

As music directors

 Aakasha Ganga 2(2019)
 Welcome to Central Jail (2016)
 Rajadhi Raja (2014)
 Maryade (2014)
 Sringaravelan (2013)
 Climax (2013)
 Cowboy (2012)
 Perinoru Makan (2012)
 Mayamohini (2012)
 Lucky Jokers (2011)
 Marykkundoru Kunjaadu (2010)
 Kaaryasthan (2010)
 Twenty:20 (2008)
 Hareendran Oru Nishkalankan (2007)
 Chess (2006)
 Vettam (2004)
 C. I. Mahadevan 5 Adi 4 Inchu (2004)
 Anuvadhamillathe (2006)
 Thudakkam (2004)
 Pulival Kalyanam (2003)
 Uthara (2003)
 Kalyanaraman (2002)
 Kanalkkireedam (2002)
 Raajapattam (2001)
 The Gift of God (2001)
 Chithrathoonukal (2001)
 Mele Vaaryathe Maaalaakhakkuttikal (2000)
 Priyam(2000)
 Mark Antony (2000)
 India Gate (2000)
 Summer Palace (2000)
 Indriyam (2000)
 Holi (1999)
 Thennaali Raman (1999)
 Aakasha Ganga (1999)
 Pranaya Nilavu (1999)
 Pattabhishekam (1999)
 Swastham Grihabaranam (1999)
 James Bond (1999)
 Manthrimaalikayil Manassammatham (1998)
 Kudumba Vaarthakal (1998)
 Aalibabayum Aarara Kallanmarum (1998)
 Grama Panchayath (1998)
 Kottaram Veettile Apputtan (1998)
 Mayilpeelikkavu (1998)
 Oro Viliyum Kathorthu (1998)
 Kalaapam (1998)
 Sreekrishnapurathe Nakshathrathilakkam (1998)
 Chandralekha (1997)
 Gajaraja Manthram (1997)
 Junior Mandrake (1997)
 Bharatheeyam (1997)
 Raajathanthram (1997)
 Shaanthipuram Thampuraan (1997)
 Ullasapoongattu(1997)
 Kavaadam (1996)
 Vanarasena (1996)
 Vrudhanmare Sookshikkuka (1995)
 Radholsavam (1995)
 Mangalyasoothram (1995)
 Manathe Kottaram (1994)
 Thenmavin Kombath (1994)
 Kaazhchakkappuram (1992)

Background score
 Abhiyum Njanum
 Malayali
 Chathikkatha Chanthu

References

External links

 Berny Ignatious at Oneindia.in
 Berny Ignatious at Raaga.com

Indian Roman Catholics
Living people
Malayalam film score composers
Indian musical duos
20th-century Indian musicians
Indian male film score composers
20th-century male musicians
Year of birth missing (living people)


Golos Truda ( The Voice of Labour) was a Russian-language anarchist newspaper. Founded by working-class Russian expatriates in New York City in 1911, Golos Truda shifted to Petrograd during the Russian Revolution in 1917, when its editors took advantage of the general amnesty and right of return for political dissidents. There, the paper integrated itself into the anarchist labour movement, pronounced the necessity of a social revolution of and by the workers, and situated itself in opposition to the myriad of other left-wing movements.

The rise to power of the Bolsheviks marked the turning point for the newspaper however, as the new government enacted increasingly repressive measures against the publication of dissident literature and against anarchist agitation in general, and after a few years of low-profile publishing, the Golos Truda collective was finally expunged by the Stalinist regime in 1929.

Background

Following the suppression of the Russian Revolution of 1905 and the consequent exile of political dissidents from the Russian Empire, Russian-language journalism in New York City enjoyed a revival. Among the fledgling publications were a number of political newspapers and labor union periodicals, including Golos Truda, which the Union of Russian Workers in the United States and Canada began publishing in the city in 1911, initially on a monthly basis. The newspaper adopted its ideology an anarchist version of syndicalism, a fusion of trade unionism and anarchist philosophy which had emerged from the 1907 International Anarchist Congress of Amsterdam and along similar lines in America through the influential Industrial Workers of the World. The anarcho-syndicalists rejected state-oriented political struggle and intellectualism, instead proposing labor unions as the revolutionary agents that would bring about an anarchist society characterised primarily by worker collectives.

At the outbreak of the Russian Revolution in 1917, the Russian Provisional Government declared a general amnesty and offered to fund the return of those Russians who had been exiled as political opponents of the Empire; the entire staff of Golos Truda elected to leave New York City for Russia and to move the periodical to Petrograd. In Vancouver on May 26, 1917, the editors, along with Ferrer Center artist Manuel Komroff and thirteen others, boarded a ship bound for Japan. On board, the anarchists played music, gave lectures, staged plays and even published a revolutionary newspaper, The Float. From Japan, the band made their way to Siberia, and proceeded East to European Russia.

Publication in Russia

Though initially  the Bolsheviks had not enjoyed much popularity following the February Revolution—with liberal Prime Minister Alexander Kerensky retaining enough support to repress an attempted coup d'état by the faction in July—they capitalized on the disorder and economic collapse of Russian society, mass worker's strikes and the Kornilov affair to increase their popularity among—and ultimately control over—the Soviets. Volin lamented that the almost six-month gap between the February Revolution and the launch of Golos Truda in Russia as "a long and irreparable delay" for the anarchists; they now faced a difficult task, with the majority of the workers having been won over by the powerful, consolidated Bolshevik Party whose propaganda efforts dwarfed those of the anarchists.

In Petrograd, the work of beginning publication was assisted by the nascent Anarchist-Syndicalist Propaganda Union, and the new paper bolstered the city's indigenous anarchist workers' movement. Its editorial staff included Maksim Rayevsky, Vladimir Shatov (the linotype operator), Volin, Gregori Maksimov, Alexander Schapiro, and Vasya Swieda.

The first (weekly) issue was published on August 11, 1917, with an editorial stated its firm opposition to the tactics and programs of the Bolsheviks, Mensheviks, left Social Revolutionaries, right Social Revolutionaries and others, and that the conception of revolutionary action of the anarchist socialists bore no resemblance to those of the Marxist socialists. It declared as its principal goal a revolution that would replace the state with a free confederation of autonomous "peasant unions, industrial unions, factory committees, control commissions and the like in locations all over the country". This revolution would be "anti-statist in its methods of struggle, syndicalist in its economic content, and federal in its political tasks". It placed its greatest hopes in the factory committees, which had arisen spontaneously around the country after the February Revolution.

Each of the early issues contained what Volin later described as "clear and definite articles on the way in which the Anarcho-Syndicalists conceived the constructive tasks of the Revolution to come", citing as examples "a series of articles on the role of the factory committees; articles on the tasks of the Soviets, and others on how to resolve the agrarian problem, on the new organization of production, and on exchange". It published copious articles on the general strike as well as on the French bourses du travail and syndicats. The paper shifted to daily publication for three months after the October Revolution of that same year. In a series of articles, it proclaimed the necessity of immediately abandoning the vanguardist Bolshevik dictatorship of the proletariat, and of allowing the workers freedom of association and action.

Although Golos Truda sharply criticized the anarchist communists of Petrograd as romantics, ignorant of the complex social forces of the Revolution among Petrograd's Bolshevik-supporting factory workers, the ideas of the union and its paper were considered bizarre and met with little initial success. Despite this, the anarchist-syndicalist union persisted and gradually acquired a degree of influence, focusing its efforts through propaganda in Golos Truda, with the intent of capturing the attention of the public with its ideals and by differentiating itself from the other radical factions. The paper's circulation continuing to increase in the city and its provinces, with robust anarchist collectives and meetings emerging in Kronstadt, Oboukhovo, and Kolpino. In March 1918, the Bolsheviks moved the seat of government from Petrograd to Moscow, and the anarchists swiftly followed, moving the printing of Golos Truda to the new capital.

Suppression and legacy

The Central Executive Committee of the Congress of Soviets issued a press decree that let the Bolsheviks suppress dissident newspapers. After the suppression of the Golos Truda by the Bolshevik government in August 1918, G.P Maximoff, Nikolai Dolenko and Efim Yarchuk established Volny Golos Truda (The Free Voice of Labour).
At the Tenth Party Congress in March 1921, Bolshevik leader Vladimir Lenin declared war against the petite bourgeoisie, and in particular the anarchists, with immediate consequences; the Cheka closed the publishing and printing premises of Golos Truda in Petrograd, as well as the paper's bookstore in Moscow, where all but half a dozen anarchists had been arrested.

Despite the banning of their paper, the Golos Truda group continued on, however, and issued a final edition in the form of a journal, in Petrograd and Moscow in December 1919. During the New Economic Policy period (1921–1928), it released a number of works, including the publication of the collected works of pre-eminent anarchist theorist Mikhail Bakunin from its bookstore and publishing house in Petrograd between 1919 and 1922. What little anarchist activity the regime tolerated ended in 1929, after the accession of Joseph Stalin, and the bookshops of the Golos Truda group in Moscow and Petrograd were closed permanently amidst an abrupt and violent wave of repression. The newspaper was also suppressed by the Post Office Department in the United States, where it was succeeded by the widely circulated Khleb i Volya (Bread and Freedom), first published on February 26, 1919, which in turn was banned from the United States and Canada for its anarchist position.

Russian revolutionary anarchist-turned-Bolshevik Victor Serge described Golos Truda as the most authoritative anarchist group active in 1917, "in the sense that it was the only one to possess any semblance of doctrine, a valuable collection of militants" who foresaw that the October Revolution "could only end in the formation of a new power".

See also

Anarchism in Russia
Dielo Truda, an anarchist newspaper set up by Russian exiles in Paris in 1925
List of anarchist periodicals
Novy Mir, a magazine of Russian social democratic émigrés that was part of the Russian journalism revival in New York City around the time of Golos Truda founding

References

Bibliography

External links
Maurice Brinton's The Bolsheviks and Workers Control, hosted at the Spunk Library

Anarchist newspapers
Defunct newspapers published in Russia
Defunct weekly newspapers
Russian-language newspapers
Newspapers established in 1911
Publications disestablished in 1919
Newspapers published in the Soviet Union
Anarchism in Russia
Mass media in Saint Petersburg
Anarcho-syndicalism publications


The Neiman Marcus Award for Distinguished Service in the Field of Fashion was a yearly award created in 1938 by Carrie Marcus Neiman and Stanley Marcus. Unlike the Coty Award, it was not limited to American-based fashion designers. Recipients of the Neiman Marcus Awards include couturiers, non-American-based designers, journalists, manufacturers, and celebrities and style icons who had had a significant personal influence upon fashion such as Grace Kelly and Grace Mirabella. The award was typically presented to multiple recipients each year, rather than to a single individual, although Adrian was the sole winner in 1943, a feat repeated in 1957 by Coco Chanel. From 1969 the awards became increasingly intermittent, with ceremonies held in 1973, 1979, 1980, 1984 and 1995, the last year in which the awards were presented. For the final ceremony, the founder, Stanley Marcus, received one of his own awards.

Award winners
This is a complete list of recipients of the Neiman Marcus Fashion Award from 1938 onwards.

1938-1949

 1938
 Louise B. Gallagher
 John-Frederics
 Richard Koret
 Dorothy Liebes
 George Miller
 Germaine Monteil
 Dan Palter
 Nettie Rosenstein

 1939
 Elizabeth Arden
 Hattie Carnegie
 John Cavanagh
 Janet May
 Clare Potter

 1940
 Edna Woolman Chase
 Lilly Daché
 Elsa Schiaparelli
 Sylvan Stroock

 1941
Anthony Blotta
Omar Kiam
Eleanor LeMaire
Max Meyer
Carmel Snow
Madame Tobe

 1942
Betsy Blackwell
Norman Norell
Voris

 1943
Adrian

 1944
Brooke Cadwallader
Jo Copeland
Countess Mara
Ben King

 1945
Tina Leser
Vera Marghab
Maurice Rentner
Dr. Francis Taylor
Thea Tewi
Louis A Weinberg
Emily Wilkens

 1946
John M. Gates, design director for Steuben Glass Works
William H. and Faie Joyce of Joyce Shoes
Slim Keith (as Mrs. Leland Hayward)
William and Elizabeth Phelps
Adele Simpson

 1947
Christian Dior
Salvatore Ferragamo
Norman Hartnell
Irene Gibbons

 1948
 Mme. Henri Bonnet (wife of Henri Bonnet, French Ambassador to the United States 1944-54)
 Antonio del Castillo
 Claire McCardell
 Julius Ochs Adler

 1949
 Alice Cadolle
 David Evins
 Jacques Fath
 Gladys Geissman (Merry Hull)

1950-1959
 1950
Bonnie Cashin
Fleur Meyer
Gloria Swanson
Pauline Trigère

 1951
Ernestine Cannon
Jane Derby
Jacques Lesur
Michelle Murphy
Ben Zuckerman

 1952
Roger Fare
Anne Fogarty
Vincent Monte-Sano
Dolores del Río

 1953
Olga di Grésy
Charles James
Gilbert & Helen Orcel
Ben Sommers

 1954
 James Galanos
 Herbert & Beth Levine
 Emilio Pucci

 1955
Pierre Balmain
Henry Dreyfuss
Florence Eiseman
Grace Kelly
Sally Kirkland
Vera Maxwell

 1956
 Cecil Beaton
 Marie-Louise Bousquet
 Giuliana Camerino

 1957
Coco Chanel

 1958
 Helen Lee
 Jens Harald Quistgaard
 Yves Saint Laurent

 1959
 Emme
 Piero Fornasetti
 Rosalind Russell
 Arnold Scaasi

1960-1969
 1960
 Sylvia Pedlar
Roger Jean-Pierre
 Dinah Shore
Edward Burke Smith
Claude Staron

 1961
 Greer Garson
 Harry Rolnick
 Ferdinando Sarmi
 Roger Vivier
 Sydney Wragge

 1962
Jules-François Crahay
James Laver
Estée Lauder
Sports Illustrated

 1963
Georges Braque
Bud Kilpatrick
Margaret Clarke Miller
Maurice Tumarkin

 1964-1965
The awards for 1964 and 1965 were combined into one award for the two years
 Geoffrey Beene
 Mr & Mrs. Arthur Edelman
 Tzaims Luksus

 1966
 Mary Brosnan
 Hélène Gordon-Lazareff
 Lucie Ann Onderwyzer
 Mila Schön
 Jacques Tiffeau

 1967
 Valentino
 Fiamma Ferragamo
 The Artisans of Florence
 Giancarlo Venturini
 Lydia de Roma

 1968
Oscar de la Renta
Kenneth Jay Lane
Armi Ratia
Roland Jourdan

 1969
 Bill Blass
Anne Klein
Bernard Kayman
Emanuel Ungaro
Gloria Vanderbilt

1970-1995
 1973
 Ralph Lauren
 Levi Strauss & Co
 Hanae Mori
 Missoni
 Jean Muir

 1979
Giorgio Armani
Richard Avedon
Baccarat
Perry Ellis
Mary McFadden

 1980
 Karl Lagerfeld
 Judith Leiber

 1984
 Jack Lenor Larsen
 Issey Miyake

 1995
 Jean-Paul Goude
 Stanley Marcus
 Grace Mirabella
 Miuccia Prada

See also

 List of fashion awards

References

Fashion awards
Awards established in 1938
1938 establishments in the United States


Darrius Barnes (born December 24, 1986) is a retired American soccer player.  He played the majority of his professional career for the New England Revolution of  Major League Soccer, the top flight of professional soccer in the United States.  He primarily played defender. He is currently the president of Crown Legacy FC, the MLS Next Pro team of Charlotte FC.

Career

Youth and College
Barnes played high school soccer at Southeast Raleigh High School, in Raleigh, North Carolina. He started for Varsity all four years. His senior year he helped his team to reach the conference finals and defeat a tough Broughton High School team to claim the school's first ever conference championship. His merits include TAAC All-Conference 2005.

Barnes played college soccer at Duke University. During his college years Barnes also played with Raleigh CASL Elite and Cary RailHawks U23's in the USL Premier Development League.

Professional
Barnes was drafted in the third round (40th overall) of the 2009 MLS SuperDraft by New England Revolution. He made his professional debut on 21 March 2009, in New England's first game of the 2009 MLS season against the San Jose Earthquakes.  He became the second rookie in the history of MLS to play every minute of every game, following in the footsteps of former Revs center back Michael Parkhurst, who was the first to accomplish the feat in 2005.

Following his release from New England at the end of the 2016 season, Barnes joined North American Soccer League side New York Cosmos on March 24, 2017.

On December 15, 2017, Barnes announced his retirement from playing professional soccer.

Post-playing career
After retiring from active play, Barnes joined the Major League Soccer offices and as of June, 2020 was working for the league in marketing.

In March 2022, Charlotte FC named Barnes the president of their MLS Next Pro team Crown Legacy FC.

References

External links

1986 births
Living people
African-American men's soccer players
American men's soccer players
Men's association football defenders
Duke Blue Devils men's soccer players
Major League Soccer players
New England Revolution draft picks
New England Revolution players
New York Cosmos (2010) players
North American Soccer League (2011–2017) players
North Carolina FC U23 players
Soccer players from North Carolina
Soccer players from Raleigh, North Carolina
USL League Two players
Charlotte FC non-playing staff


The Central Coast Bears were a proposed professional rugby league club based on the Central Coast of New South Wales, Australia.

They were trying to be included in an expanded National Rugby League competition.

The proposed team would have played 11 games in Gosford and one game against Manly at North Sydney Oval, in the annual Heritage Round. Prominent rugby league personalities who have publicly backed the club include Phil Gould, Andrew Johns and Peter Sterling while support has also come from as high up as former M.H.R. for North Sydney, Joe Hockey.

History
In 2006, the Central Coast were one of three bidders for the next team to be handed a NRL licence.  The Gold Coast were ultimately successful in their bid, beating both the Central Coast and the Wellington Orcas.

In 2012, the NRL announced it was opening up talks about expansion again but ultimately decided to close negotiations until the end of 2014.

In 2018, Rugby League Commission chairman Peter Beattie declared that expansion was back on the NRL's agenda with Central Coast one of the teams mentioned.

On 11 November 2018, new North Sydney CEO, David Perry, said he was aiming at seeing a North Sydney/Central Coast bid come to fruition when the current television deal ends at the end of 2022.  Perry suggested that the NRL should look at creating a promotion/relegation system similar to other sports around the world.  Perry went on to say: "You need 12 and 12, so 24 key markets, and stricter criteria about those clubs around their funding model which means all of the 24 may not fit the top tier criteria, it may only be 16-18 franchises that make the cut, their catchment areas, their population, and their commercial growth, because currently I believe a lot of clubs haven’t been accountable as much as they should have. They’ve been too reliant on funding from the NRL and haven’t been measurable enough".

On 9 August 2019, rugby league "Immortal", Andrew Johns, said that having a team on the Central Coast would be a "no-brainer".  Johns went on to say "I think it’s a must, We keep talking about Perth, but it’s so far away I imagine the costs would be astronomical getting everyone over there and back.  At the Central Coast they have a stadium up there and they have a huge junior base. There are so many players play up there, so you can get the best kids aspiring to play for the Central Coast".

On 25 September 2019, Australian entrepreneur John Singleton spoke to former NRL player Matthew Johns about a team being placed on the Central Coast.  Singleton said "We had the players and the lifestyle on the Central Coast once you get people up there they go: 'wow, how good’s this'. I can live on the beach".  Singleton then spoke about the Gold Coast Titans and how their bid beat Singleton's initial bid for a Central Coast team in 2006 saying "They had no money and no stadium, and we did have a stadium built for North Sydney. And was a year late, that’s all. And we had a $50 million bank guarantee, so we would have been strong.  It made sense to relocate one of the Sydney teams to the Central Coast".

However, by October 2021, the franchise had ended their campaign in gaining admission as a stand-alone club, as the North Sydney Bears revealed their intention to return to the NRL, coinciding with a new logo. The proposed franchise, to be known simply as The Bears, would split home matches between various regional centres including Wagga Wagga, Dubbo, Tamworth, Coffs Harbour and Central Coast, along with major cities Perth, Adelaide Hobart and Darwin that are otherwise currently without NRL representation. They would allocate between four and six games at a potentially upgraded North Sydney Oval. The Bears intend to retain their 113-year history and traditional black and red colours.

Catchment

The Central Coast Bears catchment would have spanned a vast and populated area from Mosman on Sydney's Lower North Shore to Lake Munmorah at the northern peak of the Central Coast of New South Wales. Within this catchment area are close to 1,000,000 residents (in 2012, 609,533 were residents of the northern Sydney Local Government Areas of Hornsby, Hunters Hill, Ku-ring-gai, Lane Cove, Mosman, North Sydney, Ryde and Willoughby and 325,295 in Central Coast Council ).

Junior participation
The Central Coast Bears have 23 junior clubs in their catchment area. Within these 23 clubs are over 7,000 players currently participating in rugby league at various levels. Many famous NRL players started out playing at the junior level within this catchment, including Matt Orford, Akuila Uate, Chris Heighington, Mitchell Pearce and Kieran Foran.

Membership
The Central Coast Bears started a membership structure in 2009, setting themselves a target of 5,000 members by March 2011. This goal was reached in December 2010, three months early, and , the Central Coast Bears had over 7,600 financial members.

Notable supporters
Joe Hockey

References

External links

Rugby league teams in New South Wales
North Sydney Bears
Sport on the Central Coast (New South Wales)
Rugby clubs established in 2009
Proposed sports clubs and teams
Proposals in Australia
Expansion of the National Rugby League


Jordyn Marie Wieber (born July 12, 1995) is an American former artistic gymnast turned gymnastics coach. Since April 2019, she has been the head coach of the Arkansas Razorbacks gymnastics team.

Wieber was a member of the gold medal-winning U.S. Women's Gymnastics team, self-dubbed the "Fierce Five", at the 2012 Summer Olympics. She was also a member of the gold-winning American team at the 2011 World Championships, where she also won the individual all-around title and was the bronze medalist on the balance beam.

Early life
Wieber was born on July 12, 1995, in DeWitt, Michigan, the daughter of Rita (née Reifsnyder) Wieber, who is an emergency room nurse and exercise physiologist, and David Wieber, who is a director at a health-care subsidiary. She is the third oldest of four children, and her family attends the St. Jude Catholic Church in DeWitt. Her maternal grandmother is of Lebanese descent.

Wieber started gymnastics at a young age. "I was probably two or three. My parents noticed that I had unusually bigger muscles than a typical little kid, so they put me in gymnastics. A little fun class where I could run around and play and stuff and just have fun. Then I actually stopped for a little bit to do dance class. When I was four I went back [to gymnastics] and that's kind of when I started getting really into it." She later enrolled with John Geddert, who handpicked her to his Silverstars program, and by age 10, she had qualified for Level 10 in the Junior Olympic program, and then qualified for international elite a year later in 2006.

Gymnastics career

Junior

2006–2008
Wieber rose to the Junior International Elite level in 2006, at age 11, where she placed ninth in the all-around at the 2006 National Championships.  She was named to the US national team for the first time.

In 2007 Wieber competed at the U.S. Classic where she placed fifth in the all-around but won silver on balance beam and vault.  At the 2007 National Championships Wieber won bronze in the all-around behind Rebecca Bross and Samantha Shapiro. Wieber was later named to the team to compete at the 2007 Junior Pan American Championships alongside Olivia Courtney, Mattie Larson, and Chelsea Davis.  While there, Wieber helped the team win gold and individually she won silver in the all-around, behind Larson, gold on uneven bars and balance beam, and bronze on floor exercise.

In March 2008 Wieber was named to the team to compete at a USA-Canada-Italy-Netherlands Friendly Competition (now named the City of Jesolo Trophy).  While there she helped the team win gold and individually won gold in the all-around.  Wieber was named to the team to compete at the 2008 Pacific Rim Championships but had to withdraw due to injury. In June, Wieber won her first national championships.  She also placed first on vault and floor exercise, second on balance beam, and third on uneven bars.

2009–2010
In February 2009, Wieber competed at the American Cup in Chicago, Illinois. She won the all-around competition with a score of 60.200, beating 2008 Olympian Bridget Sloan.  She was only 13 years old when she won the event, making her the second youngest American Cup champion after Tracee Talavera, who won in 1980.

Later that year in March Wieber competed at International Gymnix where she helped the team win gold and individually she placed first in the all-around and on all four apparatuses. In August, an injury prevented her from attending the Visa Championships.

In April 2010, was named to the team to compete at the 2010 Pacific Rim Gymnastics Championships in Melbourne, Australia alongside seniors Aly Raisman, Rebecca Bross, and Bridget Sloan and fellow juniors Kyla Ross and Sabrina Vega.  While there she helped the American team place first. Individually, she won the all-around competition with a score of 59.550, finishing ahead of Ross, Vega, and Russian Anna Rodionova.  She also won gold on the uneven bars and floor exercise and won silver on vault behind future Olympic teammate Kyla Ross.  She placed fourth on the balance beam.

In July of that year, Wieber competed at the Covergirl Classic in Chicago, Illinois. She won the all-around competition with a score of 59.950.  She also won gold on vault and uneven bars, silver on floor exercise behind Katelyn Ohashi, and placed sixth on balance beam. In August, Wieber attended the National Championships but sprained her ankle on the balance beam and withdrew from competition.  Even though she was unable to finish the competition, she was still named to the junior national team.

Senior

2011
In March, Wieber participated in her first senior elite competition at the American Cup in Jacksonville, Florida, where she filled in for an injured athlete. She won the all-around competition with a score of 59.899. "It felt great to win my second American Cup title," Wieber said. "It's such an honor."

Later in March, Wieber competed at the City of Jesolo Trophy in Jesolo, Italy. She placed second behind teammate McKayla Maroney in the all-around competition with a score of 57.700. The Americans also won the team title.

In July, Wieber competed at the Covergirl Classic in Chicago, Illinois. She placed first on uneven bars with a score of 15.200 and tied for first on balance beam with Olympic medalist Alicia Sacramone. Both girls scored 15.200.

In August, Wieber competed at the Visa Championships in Saint Paul, Minnesota. After the first day, she said, "I wasn't too nervous, but I just had to get a few jitters out. I definitely think floor and vault were really strong. I'm definitely going to focus on bars and beam on Saturday." She won the all-around competition with a two-day combined score of 121.300. In the event finals, she placed first on uneven bars scoring 29.750, third on balance beam scoring 29.900 and first on floor scoring 29.900. Wieber said, "It feels really good. Just how aggressive and confident I was, I want to put into my training."

In October, Wieber competed at the 2011 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships in Tokyo, Japan. She contributed an all-around score of 60.398 towards the American team's first-place finish. She also won the all-around final with a score of 59.382. "I feel amazing," Wieber said. "I was so surprised. I wasn't expecting to come out on top but I am really happy and glad that I did enough on that floor routine to make it. To come in here and achieve one of my goals that I have had since I was a little kid is so exciting. I am very happy to have this gold medal around my neck." In event finals, she placed fourth on uneven bars scoring 14.500, third on balance beam scoring 15.133, and sixth on floor scoring 14.700.

Wieber was a finalist for the James E. Sullivan Award, which is given annually by the Amateur Athletic Union.

2012
In January, Wieber appeared on The Ellen DeGeneres Show.

At the beginning of March, Wieber competed at the American Cup in New York City, New York. She won the all-around competition with a score of 61.320. "It feels amazing to win my third American Cup," said Wieber. "I'm really excited to get started with the Olympic year."

Later in March, Wieber competed at the 2012 Pacific Rim Gymnastics Championships in Everett, Washington. She helped the American team place first. Individually, she won the all-around competition with a score of 61.050. Wieber said, "I was pretty happy that I hit four solid events, because it's been a few meets since I've (done that)." In the event finals, she placed sixth on balance beam scoring 13.700 and first on floor scoring 15.125.

In May, Wieber competed at the Secret U.S. Classic in Chicago, Illinois. She placed 8th on uneven bars with a score of 14.250 and first on balance beam with a score of 15.000.

In June, Wieber competed at the Visa Championships in St. Louis, Missouri. She won the all-around competition with a two-day combined score of 121.900. In the event finals, she placed fifth on uneven bars scoring 30.100, fifth on balance beam scoring 29.750, and second on floor scoring 30.500. "I'm just happy to be here, especially in the Olympic year," Wieber said. "I feel like all my hard work is paying off."

In early July, Wieber competed at the Olympic Trials in San Jose, California. After the first day, Wieber said, "Today went pretty well. My main goal was to go out there and do confident routines. The crowd was awesome – I love seeing the stands full and hearing them cheer before I go up for a routine." She placed second in the all-around competition with a two-day combined score of 123.350. In the event finals, she placed fourth on uneven bars scoring 30.700, third on balance beam scoring 29.950, and second on floor scoring 31.000. Wieber was chosen as a member of the American team for the 2012 Summer Olympics. "It feels amazing to be an Olympian," Wieber said. "This is definitely the best day of my life and knowing that all of my hard work has paid off is amazing. I'm just so proud of each and every girl who competed here today."

Wieber was featured on the cover of Sports Illustrated with the rest of the USA Women's Olympic Gymnastics team on the July 18, 2012, issue of Olympic Preview. This marked the first time an entire Olympic gymnastics team had been featured on the cover of "Sports Illustrated".

London Olympics

At the end of July, Wieber competed at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, United Kingdom.  In qualifications, she placed fourth overall with a score of 60.032 behind teammates Aly Raisman and Gabby Douglas, meaning that she would not advance to the all-around final due to the rule limiting participating countries to having a maximum of two competitors in the all-around final. Wieber would still compete in the team final where the American team qualified first and the floor final where she qualified sixth with a score of 14.666. She said, "It was hard because of course I wanted that spot, but I also wanted Aly to do her best also for the team and for herself. It's always been a dream of mine to compete in the all around at the Olympics and shoot for that gold medal. I'm really proud of Aly and Gabby both and I'm happy that they both made it to the all around and I'm glad that I'll be able to help the team out in team finals."  Her coach, John Geddert said, "I'm basically devastated for her. She has trained her entire life for this day and to have it turn out anything less than she deserves is going to be devastating. She has waited her entire career for this. She is happy for her teammates and disappointed that she doesn't get to move on."

In the team final, Wieber contributed scores of 15.933 on vault, 14.666 on uneven bars, and 15.000 on floor toward the American team's first-place finish.  Wieber is considered to be a confident and steady "lead off" gymnast.  She "set the table" for the rest of the American team during finals, posting consistent scores. Wieber said, "I was pretty disappointed, but I had to put it together mentally, especially for this team. A team gold medal was also officially a goal of mine, and I had to pull myself together and move on and be stronger mentally for the team. The feeling was incredible. To have this gold medal around your neck, it's really an indescribable feeling." The team was nicknamed the "Fierce Five".

In the floor final, Wieber placed seventh with a score of 14.500 after going out of bounds on her second tumbling pass (her score from the team final would've been enough to win the bronze medal).
She said, "I knew that it was going to have to take a lot of details in the routine with all the landings. I did step out of bounds, and I knew at that point that it wouldn't be enough. I tried to still fight through and finish the routine strong."

After the Olympics, Wieber announced that she had been competing with a stress fracture in her right leg caused by a heel injury.  She said, "Once I got out on the floor, adrenaline took over and I didn't really feel it that much."  She was forced to limit her training to protect the injury.  "That affected me a little bit," Wieber said.  "I know that eventually affected my performance. In the end, I have no regrets. I know injuries come with the sport and you have to deal with it and I'm glad I fought through and finished out to the end."

Post-Olympics

In 2013, Wieber signed a sponsorship agreement with Adidas Gymnastics. In the fall, she enrolled as a freshman at UCLA, where she studied psychology. She was also a Team Manager for their gymnastics team during her first three years and served as volunteer assistant coach her senior year.

On March 6, 2015, Wieber announced her retirement from elite gymnastics. Wieber was the first member of the Fierce Five to retire from elite gymnastics.

Selected competitive skills

Coaching career

UCLA: 2016–2019
During her senior year of college, Wieber became a volunteer assistant coach at UCLA for the 2016–17 season. She continued this role after graduation, throughout the 2017–18 and 2018–19 seasons. She served as the floor exercise coach for the Bruins, helping them finish the 2018 and 2019 regular seasons ranked number 1 on the event. She, along with fellow UCLA assistant coaches Chris Waller and Randy Lane, won the West Region Assistant Coaches of the Year award for 2018.

Arkansas: 2019–present
On April 24, 2019, Wieber became the head coach for the Arkansas Razorbacks gymnastics program, the first Olympic champion gymnast to take the helm of a collegiate women's gymnastics program. She succeeded long-time head coach Mark Cook.

Personal life
Wieber began dating 2016 Olympian Chris Brooks in 2017.  She announced their engagement on October 5, 2021. They married on May 28, 2023, with a guest list including Wieber's Fierce Five teammates Aly Raisman and Kyla Ross.

On January 19, 2018, Wieber testified in court that she was sexually abused by the long-term team doctor of USA Gymnastics, Larry Nassar. On May 16, it was announced that Wieber and the other survivors would be awarded the Arthur Ashe Courage Award.

Competitive history

References

External links

1995 births
Living people
American female artistic gymnasts
American people of Lebanese descent
College women's gymnastics coaches in the United States
Gymnasts at the 2012 Summer Olympics
Medalists at the 2012 Summer Olympics
Medalists at the World Artistic Gymnastics Championships
Olympic gold medalists for the United States in gymnastics
People from DeWitt, Michigan
Sportspeople from Michigan
World champion gymnasts
Catholics from Michigan
U.S. women's national team gymnasts
Sportspeople of Lebanese descent
21st-century American women


Maksim Sergeyevich Grigoryev (; born 6 July 1990) is a Russian professional footballer. He plays for FC Metallurg Lipetsk.

Club career

Spartak
Grigoryev made his debut in the Russian Premier League on 21 March 2009 in a game against FC Kuban Krasnodar. He played two games in the 2008–09 UEFA Cup for FC Spartak Moscow against NK Dinamo Zagreb and Tottenham Hotspur F.C.

Rostov
In early 2011, his contract with FC Spartak Moscow expired, and he decided to switch to FC Rostov. According to Russian football regulations, when a player under 23 years of age who was raised in the club system transfers to a different club after his contract expires, his old club is due compensation from his new club. If the new club plays on the third level (Russian Second Division), the compensation is the player's previous 5 years' salary multiplied by 1, if his new club is in the Russian First Division, it's multiplied by 2 and if it's a Russian Premier League club, it's multiplied by 3. Grigoryev and two other Spartak alumni, Dmitri Malyaka and Yevgeni Filippov, signed with a Russian Second Division team FC MITOS Novocherkassk who immediately loaned them to the Russian Premier League team FC Rostov. Spartak lodged a complaint with the Russian Football Union, claiming this was not a fair transfer as the only reason for it was to lower the compensation that FC Rostov was due to pay Spartak. After the protest was declined on 29 March 2011, Grigoryev was registered for FC Rostov and scored a goal on his debut against FC Lokomotiv Moscow on 2 April 2011. FC Lokomotiv's president, Olga Smorodskaya, filed a complaint with the Russian Football Union and Premier League, claiming Grigoryev was not eligible to be registered and play for FC Rostov. Lokomotiv's protest was eventually denied.

Lokomotiv
In January 2012, Grigoryev signed three-and-a-half-year deal with FC Lokomotiv Moscow.

Rostov (third spell)
Grigoryev left Rostov by mutual consent on 17 July 2017.

Career statistics

Notes

International career
Grigoryev made his debut for Russia under-21 football team against Poland under-21 team on 6 September 2011.

He was called up by Fabio Capello to the national team for the 2014 FIFA World Cup qualifiers against Portugal and against Azerbaijan in October 2012.

He made his debut for the main squad in a friendly against the United States on 14 November 2012.

References

External links

  Profile on the FC Spartak Moscow site

1990 births
Footballers from Lipetsk
Living people
Russian men's footballers
Men's association football wingers
Russia men's international footballers
Russia men's under-21 international footballers
FC Spartak Moscow players
FC Rostov players
FC Lokomotiv Moscow players
FC Orenburg players
FC Ural Yekaterinburg players
FC Baltika Kaliningrad players
FC Avangard Kursk players
FC Fakel Voronezh players
FC SKA Rostov-on-Don players
FC Metallurg Lipetsk players
Russian Premier League players
Russian First League players
Russian Second League players


Lucilia cuprina, formerly named Phaenicia cuprina, the Australian sheep blowfly is a blow fly in the family Calliphoridae. It causes the condition known as "sheep strike"'. The female fly locates a sheep with ideal conditions, such as an open wound or a build-up of faeces or urine in the wool, in which she lays her eggs. The emerging larvae cause large lesions on the sheep, which may prove to be fatal.

Anatomy
L. cuprina is a species of blow fly characterized by a metallic outer appearance and reddish eyes. They usually have a shiny green or greenish/blue abdomen with bronze/coppery reflections. Because of this, Lucilia species are known as the bronze bottle flies. Their body shape is round to oval and their length varies from 4.5–10 mm. They have two pairs of wings, the first pair being membranous wings and the second pair being reduced wings known as halteres, which are used for flight stabilization. Adults are easy to distinguish due to bristles on the meron, in addition to the arista, the prominent hair on the terminal antennal segment being plumose, or feathery. L. cuprina is most easily identified by its strong dorsal setae and  black thoracic spiracle. It is almost indistinguishable from its conspecific L. sericata, and the difference between the two can be determined only by microscopic analysis of the occipital setae.

Habitats and diet
Although known as the Australian sheep blowfly, L. cuprina can be found in other parts of the world, including Africa and North America. These blow flies like warmer weather with soil temperatures above 15 °C, air temperatures above 17 and below 40 °C. They like low wind conditions with wind speeds below 30 km/h. Adapted perfectly to the Southern United States, this fly is well known because of its importance in forensic entomology. L. cuprina can fly up to 10 miles looking for food, and can be found on foods ranging from carrion to decaying fruit. Larvae are often found in shaded regions of carrion, while the adults prefer bright, open areas.

Lifecycle
Adults of L. cuprina arrive early on carrion, appearing hours or even minutes after death. There, on the fresh body, they lay their eggs. The eggs then hatch into larvae that begin to feed and grow. After about five days, larvae enter the pupal stage. This is said to be an inactive stage, although many changes occur during this part of the flies’ lifecycle. The pupa does not feed, but rather uses the time inside the casing to change from a rice-like larva into an adult fly with wings and six legs. The whole process can take anywhere 11–21 days depending on environmental conditions, including temperature and food availability. In most cases, higher temperatures and a better plane of nutrition lead to a faster lifecycle. L. cuprina can have between four and eight generations per year depending mostly on temperature.

Effects on sheep
Blowfly strike, or flystrike, is a serious welfare problem in the animal industry. This cutaneous myiasis or infestation not only causes severe discomfort or stress to the animal, but  also causes death when left untreated. Ewe lambs and female sheep are primarily affected and are struck predominately in the rear quadrant of the animal due to fecal staining. Due to the difficulty in controlling these flies,  considerable losses in the sheep industry occur every year. Also,  concern is increasing for insecticide use and the surgical procedures done to control L. cuprina, making this not only an animal welfare issue, but also an economical one. The maggots of L. cuprina rapidly grow while eating the living flesh of the sheep, and secrete ammonia, thus poisoning the sheep. Sheep show signs of skin irritation by rubbing and biting the affected areas during the first few days after the eggs have been laid. This causes an inflammatory response in the sheep, resulting in severe irritation and pyrexia. Once a flystrike has started, other flies are attracted to the site. Although treatment is available, the delayed response time due to symptoms allows wool breakage in the affected area and fleece to be tender overall. Many predispositions to the flystrike make a host more favorable, including an infection with dermatophilosis and footrot, both of which can be treated and prevented. In some animals, a weak resistance can develop, but this immune response is often associated with a decrease in productivity, which is an undesirable trait.

Prevention
Many options are available to prevent infestation. Many of the precursors drawing the flies initially are sanitary problems, which is where control measures are directed. Drenching, shearing, or crutching are  basic procedures that can reduce flystrike. Crutching is the trimming of excess wool from the breech area, and the timing of both shearing and crutching is critical in reducing the amount of flystrike.

Surgical procedures are also performed in the sheep industry to help prevention, one of which is controversial due to its invasive nature. Tail docking to the correct length reduces the amount of staining in the breech area due to urine and fecal matter. Pizzle dropping  severs the connective tissue between the penis and the body. Not only does it reduce the incidence of relentless pizzle rot in sheep, but it also decreases the amount of urine staining on the belly of the sheep. This procedure can greatly reduce the occurrence of flystrike on the belly area. Mulesing is an animal husbandry procedure that has recently faced opposition. Large scissors are used to cut off the backs of the sheep's thigh region. This procedure is usually carried out by untrained farmers without the use of any analgesia. It flattens out the wrinkles around the breech of the sheep, reducing the places where moisture collects, affecting the skin of the sheep and resulting in liquid protein exudate, which is attractive to L. cuprina. Mulesing also increases the amount of bare skin around the vulva during the healing process, reducing urine staining and amount of flystrike. This procedure does cause pain, but since it is considered the most effective method to prevent breech strike, it is seemingly justifiable. Mulesing is as effective as breeding sheep for less wrinkle (score 2), which are resistant to flystrike. Mulesing is a good prevention until breeding can remove the need for the operation in flystrike prevention

Insecticides have also been used often in prevention, but with improper application and heavy reliance throughout the years, insecticide resistance and residues within the wool have caused much concern. The primary reason for failures in using insecticides is attributed to poor application. Jetting, dipping, and backlining are the three most commonly used methods for insecticide application, and most of the chemicals used belong to these types of chemicals: synthetic pyrethroids, organophosphates, insect growth regulators, and spinosins. Insect growth regulators can provide the long-term protection against flies, and when applied correctly, provide protection during the susceptible times of the year. Resistance to this group of insecticide has been identified. Spinosins are good for short-term control of flies and leave no residues in wool. Many government agencies mandate that the wool be free of insecticidal residues, forcing withholding periods by farmers before shearing. During this time, the flock can become extremely sensitive to flystrike.

Baited traps are a good monitoring tool, and provide for some suppression of fly populations. Traps are a good addition to an integrated fly management program. A simple-to-use, nonchemical fly trap called Lucitrap targets L. cuprina.
This trapping system is now sold under the name Lucilure. Many attempts have been made to find an alternative. Vaccinations are currently being developed to help, but none has yet proved effective in the prevention of flystrike.

Demographics
Today, L. cuprina can be found throughout the world in various warm locations. Australia is one of the many places L. cuprina is found, and where it has been known to cause the most havoc. Its wide distribution is due to movement patterns and the traveling of humans and livestock within the last century. Although it can now be found worldwide, the species' origins are linked to afrotropical and oriental regions of the world.

L. c. cuprina is distributed in Neotropical, Oriental and southern Neartic regions, while L. c. dorsalis is found in Australasian, East, and sub-Saharan Afrotropical regions.

Similar species
L. cuprina is one of many species of the family Calliphoridae. Though many of its species have similar characteristics, L. cuprina’s closest relative is its conspecific, L. sericata. These flies are very similar in appearance and morphological characteristics, which can sometimes cause errors when trying to differentiate between them. They each exhibit specific genetic variations, which can be distinguished by using random amplified polymorphic DNA and/or mitochondrial DNA sequences, and are known to cause myiasis (flystrike) in sheep. They are some of the first blow flies to arrive at a corpse and each has smooth larvae. Unlike L. cuprina, L. sericata does not usually infest live sheep. L. cuprina is a worldwide sheep pest, though it is usually found in dry climates. L. sericata has a coastal distribution.

Forensic importance
L. cuprina is often used as a helpful tool to aid medical and forensic professionals. Since it is one of the first flies to occupy a corpse upon its death, its lifecycle stage can helpdetermine time of death. Once it lands on a corpse, it lays its eggs, which hatch into larvae, followed by its pupal and finally the adult stages. Forensic professionals may then form a post mortem interval by the life stage found on the corpse. L. cuprina, although it is a worldwide pest, is very climate specific - dryer climates. A forensic investigator may conclude that a corpse has been relocated from its original location if it is found in a moist climate with L. cuprina on it.

The maggots of L. cuprina have been used by medical doctors for debridement therapy for patients who suffer from wounds that are healing slowly. The maggots cleanse the wound by eating the dead and infectious skin and preventing gangrene and further infection.

Ongoing research
Current research involving L. cuprina and other Lucilia species range from identifying genetic variation between the different species to the ultrastructure of flies' eggs. Egg ultrastructure has recently become important in the field of forensic science. It is used to distinguish L. cuprina eggs from other Lucilia species, such as Lucilia illustris and Lucilia sericata. This defining feature becomes relevant when determining the post mortem interval because it varies with each species. Other ongoing research includes bacteria and fungi associated with the insect. Numerous studies have been conducted to determine if the fly is a mechanical vector of bacteria. So far, many have been found only to be carriers and cannot transmit disease. There have also been studies on the taxonomic grouping of Lucilia based on geography. The use of RAPD (Random amplified polymorphic DNA analysis) and mitochondrial DNA sequencing has been used to investigate genetic variation within the species.

References

Calliphoridae
Insects described in 1830
Diptera of Australasia


Ukrainian Kazakhstanis are an ethnic minority in Kazakhstan that according to the 1989 census numbered 896,000 people, or 5.4% of the population. Due to subsequent emigration to Russia and Ukraine, this number had declined to 796,000 by 1998 and 456,997 in the 2009 census.

Ukrainians occasionally called the lands in Northern Kazakhstan and Western Siberia as Grey Ukraine ().

History
Beginning in the end of the 18th century, several waves of both voluntary and involuntary Ukrainian settlers came to Kazakhstan.  The first Ukrainians to arrive were exiled Haidamaks, members of paramilitary Ukrainian peasant and Cossack bands, who were sent by the Russian government to Kazakhstan after their failed uprising in 1768.

More significant in terms of their contribution to the Ukrainian ethnic group in Kazakhstan were a large wave of settlers who beginning in the late nineteenth century arrived from almost all of the regions of Ukraine that had been part of the Russian Empire at that time.  Seeking more opportunities and free land, these voluntary emigrants numbered approximately 100,000 people in Kazakhstan and adjacent regions of Russia by the turn of the century.  This movement escalated significantly following the agricultural reforms of Russian Prime Minister Pyotr Stolypin in the early 20th century.  Between 1897 and 1917, the proportion of the population of Kazakhstan that was of Ukrainian ethnicity increased from 1.9% to 10.5%.  They tended to settle in the regions of Kazakhstan that most resembled Ukraine, in the northern part of Kazakhstan.  By 1917, Ukrainians came to make up approximately 29.5% of the population of Akmola Province and 21.5% of the population of Turgai province. By 1926, according to the census, Kazakhstan was home to 860,000 Ukrainians.

In the 1930s during the Soviet process of collectivization, approximately 64,000 Ukrainian kulak (relatively wealthy peasant) families were forcibly resettled in Kazakhstan. Ukrainians in Kazakhstan had the second highest proportional death rate in the Kazakh famine of 1930–1933 after the Kazakhs themselves. The Ukrainian population in Kazakhstan decreased from 859,396 to 549,859 (a reduction of almost 36% of their population) while other ethnic minorities in Kazakhstan lost 12% and 30% of their populations.

The first western Ukrainians were forcibly deported to Kazakhstan from the regions of Galicia and Volhynia when the Soviet Union annexed western Ukraine in 1939-1940.  They were followed by more deportees from western Ukraine, people who were accused of or having been members of the Organization of Ukrainian Nationalists.  Approximately 8,000 of the latter were sent to a Gulag named Karlag and many of them stayed there after having served their sentences. The descendants of the post-World War II Ukrainian immigrants tend to dominate the staffing of Kazakhstan's numerous Ukrainian cultural centers.

Society and culture
In an effort to differentiate the Ukrainian and Russian communities in Kazakhstan, the Kazakh government has actively supported Ukrainian cultural aspirations. It has funded a Ukrainian newspaper.  Ukrainian organizations operate freely in Kazakhstan, and currently there are 20 Ukrainian cultural centers that sponsor Sunday schools, choirs, and folk dancing groups. Kazakhstan's capital, Astana, has a Ukrainian high school and Sunday school. The shared sufferings of the Kazakh and Ukrainian peoples at the hands of the Soviets are emphasized by Kazakh-Ukrainian activists.

Although the Ukrainian language continues to be significant in rural areas with compact Ukrainian settlement, and is actively supported by the Kazakh government, the use of the Russian language has come to dominate within Kazakhstan's Ukrainian community. Due to assimilation with Russian culture, the proportion of the Ukrainian population in Kazakhstan who declare the Ukrainian language to be their mother tongue has declined from 78.7% in 1926 to only 36.6% today.  Most Ukrainians in Kazakhstan, when faced with pressure from the majority Kazakhs, have tended to unite with fellow Russian Slavs. There is thus somewhat of a cultural divide within Kazakhstan's Ukrainian community between those who maintain a Ukrainian political and cultural identity (largely descendants of mid 20th century immigrants) and those who have become culturally and linguistically Russified (the descendants of those who migrated to Kazakhstan earlier).

The Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church began its existence in Kazakhstan when the first western Ukrainians were exiled there during and after World War II.  Centered in Karaganda, the Church services were conducted in people's homes until 1978, when the first Roman Catholic church was built.  The first Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church was built in 1996.  Currently, Kazakhstan has nine parishes of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church. The Ukrainian Greek Catholic community was visited in 2002 by the head of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church, Major archbishop Lubomyr Husar.

See also
 Kazakhstan–Ukraine relations
 Russians in Kazakhstan

References

Ethnic groups in Kazakhstan
European diaspora in Kazakhstan
Kazakhstan

Ukrainian diaspora in Asia
Ethnic groups in Asia
Ethnic groups in Central Asia


Scott C. Donnelly (born 1961) is the CEO of Textron.  Before joining Textron, Donnelly was the CEO for General Electric Aviation, a producer of jet engines for commercial and military aircraft.  Donnelly also served as the Senior Vice President of General Electric Global Research, one of the world's largest industrial research organizations and held various management positions since joining General Electric in 1989.

Donnelly joined GE in 1989 as manager of Electronics Design Engineering for GE's Ocean Systems Division in Syracuse, New York. He went on to serve in a variety of leadership roles for the company, including engineering management positions with then-GE division of Martin Marietta in both Australia and the United States. In 1995, he moved to GE's Industrial Control Systems business, where he held various management positions. Donnelly was named a vice president of GE in 1997, responsible for Global Technology Operations at GE Healthcare.

Donnelly joined Textron in July 2008 as executive vice president and chief operating officer (COO) as part of a multi-year succession plan. On December 1, 2009, Lewis B. Campbell retired as CEO of Textron. He was succeeded as CEO by Donnelly. Donnelly was named chairman of the board on September 1, 2010.

Donnelly serves on several Engineering advisory committees including that of Cornell and Stanford Universities.

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Mohammad Din Mohammad (24 May 1955–2007) was a Singaporean Malay artist known for his works inspired by Sufism, with his artistic practice spanning painting, assemblage, and Islamic calligraphy. Mhd Din's works are also heavily influenced by his devotion to the practice of the Malay martial arts called silat. He was also a practising bomoh or traditional healer.

Education and personal life
Born in Kampung Gangsa in Malacca, Malaysia, Mhd Din's family migrated to Singapore when he was two years old. As a boy he was interested in art, experimenting in ceramics, making clay cups at the age of five. Formal education for Malay youths, meant the study of traditional art forms at the time. At the age of 12, Mhd Din began to learn silat, traditional massage and herbal healing techniques. In 1973, Mhd Din went on to study art at the Nanyang Academy of Fine Arts (NAFA), majoring in western painting, where he took to the Realist portrait painting style. Mhd Din was married to fellow artist Hamidah Jalil.

Career
After graduating from NAFA in 1976 he began his life as an artist plying old Bugis Street drawing portraits for tourists and travellers. This went on for the next 5 years. In 1980, Mhd Din began acting in Malay theatre, with his first role as the character Laertees in a Malay adaptation of Hamlet by the Malay arts group Perkumpulan Seni. He also acted in a Singapore drama serial, Jejak Kembara (The Wanderer) in April 1980.

In 1983, a motorcycle accident in Pontian nearly resulted in the amputation of Mhd Din's ankle. Although doctors managed to join the ankle in place through an operation, gangrene set in soon after. Ignoring his doctor's pleas to amputate, Mhd Din sought treatment from his silat master Pak Hamin Bujang. After two years of intense treatment, he was able to walk and perform silat again. He became a strong believer in traditional Malay medicine, and went on to study and practice traditional healing techniques.

In the 1990s, Mhd Din began to develop “The Mystical Approach,” a wide-ranging theory that sought to understand the sources of the different shapes and forms in the world. He studied rigorously and traveled extensively across Malaysia and Indonesia, relying on Sufism as a vehicle to explore the multiple meanings associated with Southeast Asian objects. His aim was to develop artworks that could enhance the emotional and physical well-being of those who encountered them. He saw his artworks as a form of preventive medicine, and the people who engaged with them as his patients.

Mhd Din and his wife and fellow artist, Hamidah Jalil collected hundreds of Southeast Asian cultural artefacts. These ranged from Kris and Wayang kulit to rare coins, Malay medicinal manuscripts, and textiles. Mhd Din often drew from these materials in his works, which he also intended to operate as vehicles for navigating the social and economic pressures of modern life.

In 1999, Mhd Din and his friend Ahmad Zakii Anwar began learning calligraphy from an Iranian master. This formal training led Mhd Din to incorporate the science of Arabic letters in his work, marking a shift in his art. He explored the 28 Arabic letters as expressions of the Sufi mystic’s longing for love and beauty in the world. This search, combined with Mhd Din’s practice of silat, made his calligraphy unique. Describing this approach as “Calligraphic Energy,” Mhd Din mixed acrylic, texture paste and gel directly on the canvas using his hands to render bold Arabic alphabets from chapters (surah) of the Quran. By eschewing the paintbrush in favour of painting with his bare hands, he adapted the silat technique of channeling inner energy through bodily movements.

From 1978 till 2006, Mhd Din's artworks were featured in 20 solo exhibitions locally and overseas, such as People and Landscape, shown across Singapore, Malaysia, and Indonesia in 1978; Wishy and Washy in 1980; Memories of South East Asia, shown across Singapore, Malaysia, and Indonesia in 1983; Mystical and Talismanic Energy in 1994; Flora and Foliate in 1997; Inspiration Mystique at Paris, France in 2000; Paris Experiences in 2000; Zikr – Hands on Calligraphy at Malaysia in 2000; Towards Self-Unification at Paris, France in 2001; Experience and Memories at Turkey in 2003; Flowers and BMW Cars at Hong Kong in 2004. His work was also posthumously exhibited for Mystical Manoeuvre in Malaysia in 2007. Mhd Din was also a member of the Modern Art Society of Singapore.

Following his death, his family opened a gallery in 2008, Galeri Mohammad Din Mohammad, in Malacca, Malaysia to commemorate his art and life. His practice was posthumously featured in the exhibition Archives and Desires: Selections from the Mohammad Din Mohammad Collection (2008) at the NUS Museum and curated by Shabbir Hussain Mustafa. In 2021, Mhd Din's practice was featured in the National Gallery Singapore exhibition Something New Must Turn Up: Six Singaporean Artists After 1965, with his solo section titled The Mistaken Ancestor, after his 1994 assemblage of the same name.

Art and mysticism
Mhd Din is best remembered for his provocative paintings and assemblages, which combines a wide variety of influences. Above all, his artworks signify the complex flows that make up Malay mysticism. His art, especially his calligraphy paintings and assemblages are deeply rooted in Sufi mysticism, which he practiced throughout his life. Through his art, Mhd Din sought to "stitch" together his beliefs, and life philosophies into a common entity—an artwork that is "an assembly of separated body and soul".

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Islamia Park or (Punjabi, , Islamia Bagh) is a residential neighbourhood located within union council 82 in Samanabad Town of the city of Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan. This neighbourhood is located near Chauburji in the city of Lahore, Pakistan.

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Populated places in Lahore District
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Lai Neir may refer to:

Lai Neir (Alp Flix), Sur, a lake in the Grisons, Switzerland ("black lake")

See also
Lai Nair, Tarasp
Lej Nair (Bernina), Pontresina
Lej Nair (Silvaplana)
Black Lake (disambiguation)


There is a small Italian community in Lebanon (, also called Italian Lebanese) consisting mainly of Lebanese citizens of Italian heritage as well with expatriates and migrants from Italy who reside in Lebanon. It is a community with a history that goes back to Roman times.

History
In 64 B.C., the Roman general Pompey added Lebanon to the Roman Republic. During and before this time, Phoenicians and Romans exchanged knowledge, habits, and customs. Indeed, the veterans of two Roman legions were established in the city of "Berytus" (modern Beirut): the fifth Macedonian and the third Gallic. The city quickly became Romanized, with the descendants of those legionaries from the Italian peninsula.

Between the 12th and 15th centuries the Italian Republic of Genoa had some Genoese colonies in Beirut, Tripoli, and Byblos.

In more recent times the Italians came to Lebanon in small groups during the World War I and World War II, trying to escape the wars at that time in Europe.
Some of the first Italians who choose Lebanon as a place to settle and find a refuge were Italian soldiers from the Italo-Turkish War in 1911 to 1912. Also most of the Italians chose to settle in Beirut, because of its European style of life. Only a few Italians left Lebanon for France after independence.

Lebanese-Italian relations
Lebanon opened a legation in 1946, which was transformed into an embassy in 1955. Both countries signed a Treaty of Friendship, Cooperation and Navigation in 1949. Both countries are members of the Union for the Mediterranean.

Italy and Lebanon are linked by an ancient friendship, which finds its roots in their common Mediterranean heritage, their antique civilizations and thousands of years of common history, intense trade relations and deep cultural and human exchanges. In the 16th century, the special relationship between Emir Fakhreddine and the Medicis family of Tuscany was instrumental in forging modern Lebanon as we know it today, which is a unique mixture of Western and Arabic cultures. Lebanon also left important traces in Italy’s history: in 1584 the Maronite College was founded in Rome, fostering contacts between clergymen, researchers and young students, which today is being continued under the framework of Inter-University cooperation. This excellent level of bilateral relations between Italy and Lebanon is reinforced today by the common views of the two countries on a number of Middle East issues, and by the growing awareness that in a globalized world the two shores of the Mediterranean sea share the same destiny.

Italian community in Lebanon
The Italian community in Lebanon is very small (about 4,300 people) and it is mostly assimilated into the Lebanese Catholic community.

The intermarriage in the Italian community is very high and most of the younger members are half Italian on the paternal side. In mixed Latin-Maronite or other mixed-rite marriages, the children are raised in the father's rite, and along with bearing the father's surname, identify with the father's ethnic group. Therefore, the children of Italian fathers and Lebanese mothers are counted as Italian, and those of Lebanese fathers and Italian mothers as Lebanese, some last name were modified. There are some Italian families who returned to Italy after World War II together with their Lebanese born children.

There is a growing interest in economic relationships between Italy and Lebanon (like with the "Vinifest 2011"), thanks even to the remaining Italian Lebanese.

Language and religion
Only a small percentage of all remaining Italian Lebanese speak some Italian, while the majority of them speak Arabic as a first language and French and/or English as second language, and are mainly Roman Catholics. Their main organizations are the former Associazione Nazionale Pro Italiani del Libano (ANPIL) and the Istituto Italiano di Cultura di Beirut (IICB).

The Italian Lebanese of the current generations are assimilated to Lebanese society, and most of them speak only Arabic and French and English (only a few young Italian Lebanese know some basic words in Italian). In religion, most of the young generation are Roman Catholics, while only a few young people practise Islam, mainly because of marriage although some are descendants of Italian converts.

Famous Italian Lebanese
 Andrea Paoli, representing Lebanon in Taekwondo at the 2012 Olympic Games held in London
 Philippe Paoli, a Lebanese footballer
 Antonella Lualdi, international actress
 Bruno Carmeni, judoka
 Luca Turin, biophysicist and expert in the art of perfume and fragrance
 Natasha Hovey, actress (born in Beirut, her mother is Italian Lebanese)
 Emile Chahine, Lebanese film critic
 Paul Mazzolini, musician known as Gazebo

See also List of Lebanese people in Italy

See also
 Latin Church in Lebanon
 Lebanon
 Italy
 Italian Empire
 Imperial Italy
 Italy–Lebanon relations
 Italian diaspora
 Roman Lebanon
 Latin Church in the Middle East

References

Bibliography
 Consorti, A. Vicende dell’italianità in Levante, 1815-1915 in: Rivista Coloniale, anno XV.
 Corm, Georges. Il Libano contemporaneo, storia e società. Jaca Book. Milano, 2006
 Favero, Luigi e Tassello, Graziano. Cent'anni di emigrazione italiana (1876-1976). Cser. Roma, 1978.
 Miller, William. The Latin Orient. Bibliobazaar LLC. London, 2009 .
 Ossian De negri, Teofilo. Storia di Genova: Mediterraneo, Europa, Atlantico. Giunti Editore. Firenze, 2003.
 Touma, Toufic. Paysans et institutions féodales chez les Druses et les Maronites du Liban du XVIIe siècle à 1914. Publications de l'Université Libanaise. Beyrouth, 1971.; 1972

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María del Carmen González-Valerio y Sáenz de Heredia (March 14, 1930 – July 17, 1939) was a Spanish girl. Due to her heroic virtue, when she sacrificed her life to God for the salvation of her father's killers and the persecutors of the church, she was declared a venerable by Pope John Paul II on January 16, 1996.

Life
María del Carmen González-Valerio y Sáenz de Heredia was born into a noble, militantly Catholic and Spanish Nationalist family and lived during the turbulent Spanish Civil War. She was a cousin by marriage of politician José Antonio Primo de Rivera. As a child she was known for her deep piety. Her father, Julio González-Valerio, the second son of the Marqués de Casa Ferrandel, was taken away in 1936 by a group of militia men to be executed. He told his wife, Carmen, to tell their children that: "Our children are too young, they don't understand. Tell them later that their father gave up his life for God and for Spain, so that our children may be raised in a Catholic Spain, where the crucifix reigns over in schools." Their mother sought refuge at the Belgian Embassy in 1937, while Mari Carmen and her siblings were cared for by aunts. The children were also granted asylum when the ambassador learned that the Communists planned to abduct the González-Valerio children and send them to Russia to be raised as Marxists.

The family later sought safety in San Sebastian and Mari Carmen was sent to a boarding school, School of the Reverend Irish Mothers of the Blessed Virgin Mary, in Zalla. She prayed for the conversion of the men who had killed her father. She offered up her own suffering and death for the conversion of politician Manuel Azaña. Supporters for her canonization say that Azaña was converted on his deathbed in 1940.  After weeks of illness, Maria del Carmen died of scarlet fever at the age of nine years, four months. She had initially predicted she would die on July 16, the feast of her patron saint, Our Lady of Mount Carmel, but when she learned her aunt would be married on that day, she said she would die on July 17, the following day. Her last words were reportedly "I die as a martyr. Please, doctor, let me go now. Don't you see that the Blessed Virgin has come with the angels to get me?" and "Jesus, Mary, Joseph, may I breathe forth my soul with you." Witnesses at her death bed said her body emitted a sweet perfume and she did not look dead.

Canonization efforts
Her prominent family made a case for her canonization following her death, presenting the witnesses who had witnessed her death and heard her dying words and producing a diary Mari Carmen had kept. She had written "Long Live Spain! Long Live Christ the King" which was a battle cry given by those killed fighting in the Spanish Civil War. She told a nurse in the hospital: "My father died as a martyr. Poor mommy! And I am dying as a victim." For the child, Azaña was an representation of the government who had killed her father. She told an aunt that she wanted to make sacrifices and pray for the men who had killed her father. Her death represented Catholic teachings of self-sacrifice and martyrdom to save others from their sins.

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This is a list of records for the New South Wales cricket team.

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is a former infielder who played for the Hiroshima Toyo Carp and the Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles. He was last a batting coach for the Chunichi Dragons.

The Carp's main cleanup hitter during the early 2000s, Kurihara blossomed into one of the most feared power threats in the Central League. He played in the 2009 World Baseball Classic as an emergency replacement for Shuichi Murata, who suffered an injury in the second round of the tournament.

Early life and high school career
Kurihara was born in Tendō, a small city in northern Yamagata Prefecture. He began playing baseball as a third grader, quickly working his way into his Little League team's cleanup spot and becoming their ace pitcher as well. He remained a pitcher throughout junior high but was also noted for winning the high jump, 100-meter dash and shot put in the citywide track and field event.

Kurihara went on to Nihon University Yamagata Senior High School, a private affiliate school of Nihon University. Though the school's then-baseball coach Yoshiya Shibuya had scouted him since Kurihara's junior high days and planned to continue using him as a pitcher, Shibuya was astonished by the bat speed as well as bat control with which Kurihara effortlessly drove ball after ball over the fence in batting practice. Kurihara was converted to the infield and made the team's No. 5 hitter in the summer of his first year (the equivalent of tenth grade in the United States) and had become the cleanup hitter by the fall.

Kurihara hit over .700 with two home runs in the Tohoku Regional Tournament held in the spring of 1998, his junior year, and led his team to a berth in the 80th National High School Baseball Championship that summer, but they lost to Seiryo High School, the Ishikawa champions, 10-1 in the first round (Kurihara went 1-for-4 with the team's lone RBI).

Though that appearance ended up being his first and only on the national stage, Kurihara was a highly coveted position player with plus-power and speed by his senior year (1999) and was being scouted by 11 different NPB teams. He hit 39 home runs for his high school career and lifted a maximum of  on the bench press, squatted a maximum of  and ran the 50- and 100-meter sprints in 6.0 and 11.7 seconds, respectively. Despite rumors that the Yakult Swallows were looking to take him in the upper rounds, Kurihara was picked in the third round of the 1999 NPB amateur draft by the Hiroshima Toyo Carp, becoming the only active player from Yamagata Prefecture in all of Japanese professional baseball (he remained so until the end of the 2002 season).

Professional career

Early years: 2000–2003
Kurihara spent the entirety of his first two seasons in the pros with the Carp's nigun team (Japanese for "minor league" or "farm team"), often battling with various injuries. He managed to hit .306 in his second season (2001) in the Western League.

2002
Kurihara became the nigun team's cleanup hitter for his third season in the pros and was chosen to play in the 2002 Fresh All-Star Game (the Japanese equivalent of the All-Star Futures Game) that summer, starting in the cleanup spot for the Western League (minors) team in the game held on July 11 (though he went 0-for-4 with two strikeouts). He was called up to the ichigun ("major league") team in late August, making his professional debut as a pinch hitter in a game against the Chunichi Dragons on August 31 (he grounded out to short against right-hander Daisuke Yamai). He made his first start on September 4 against the Hanshin Tigers as the team's No. 7 hitter and third baseman and hitting a home run off Tigers right-hander (and current closer) Kyuji Fujikawa for the first hit of his career the following day (September 5).

Kurihara hit .305 with six home runs and 50 RBIs in the Western League that season, leading the league in RBIs and finishing third in batting average among all qualifying players. He was chosen to play in the 14th Asian Games held in Busan as a member of the Japanese national team along with other industrial league and minor league players (one from each of the twelve NPB teams) after the regular season.

2003
Despite high expectations by the Carp organization for the 2003 season, Kurihara struggled to secure a permanent spot on the ichigun team's roster, going back and forth between the majors and minors. He hit .315 with 13 home runs and 53 RBIs in the Western League, leading the league in homers and RBIs and finishing second in batting average (marking the third straight year he had hit over .300). He also improved his slugging percentage from .446 to .586 and struck out just 24 times. However, he played in just 26 games at the ichigun level, hitting .276 (but with a meager .286 on-base percentage) with three homers and six RBI. He recorded his first career stolen base on April 16 against the Yomiuri Giants.

2004
Kurihara played well in the 2004 pre-season, hitting .250 with three home runs but knocking in a team-high 16 RBI. He made his first start in the season opener of his career as the Carp's No. 6 hitter and first baseman, starting the season off slowly but going on to make 61 starts at the ichigun level (often over teammate and fellow corner infielder Takahiro Arai, who was both older and more experienced at the time) and hitting .267 with 11 homers and 32 RBIs in 90 total games.

On October 2, with the Carp finding themselves tied in the ninth inning with two outs and runners on second and third in a close game against the Tigers, Kurihara swung and missed with two strikes but failed to realize that catcher Akihiro Yano had failed to catch the pitch. Though outfielder Shigenobu Shima came racing home to score the game-winning run, Kurihara failed to run to first, resulting in his being tagged out and costing his team a win (the game ended a 4-4 tie in extra innings as per NPB regulations). Though the Carp were already far out of title contention at the time, the baserunning blunder drew the ire of then-manager Koji Yamamoto, who removed Kurihara from the active roster and sent him down to the minors, declining to use him at all for the remaining eight games of the season despite opting to rest many of his starters and use other young players in place of them.

Kurihara married a batgirl who worked at Hiroshima Municipal Stadium, the Carp's home ballpark, at the end of the year.

2005
Despite hopes that he would cement his place in the Carp's starting lineup, Kurihara missed the opener of the 2005 season due to injuries. While he did not play at the ichigun level until June 21 in a game against the Swallows and did not see his first start until June 28 against the Tigers, he hit .275 with five home runs and 18 RBIs and slugged .551 in a 20-game rehab stint in the minors, leading then-nigun team manager Tomio Kinoshita to say that it would be last time Kurihara would ever play at Yū Baseball Ground, the home of the Carp's farm team. Kurihara replaced teammate Kenjiro Nomura at first base after the veteran got his 2000th career hit and went on to play in 77 games, making 66 starts and hitting .323 with 15 homers and 43 RBI. He hit .352 with 10 homers and 21 RBIs in the month of August alone and his .366 on-base and .563 slugging percentage were all career highs, as were his numbers in all three Triple Crown categories.

Kurihara had his uniform number changed from 50 to 5 during the off-season. His wife gave birth to their first child (a daughter) that July and held their wedding reception in December.

2006
Kurihara spent much of January 2006 in Arizona to prepare for the coming 2006 season, reducing his body fat percentage from 10 to 9 percent and bulking up until he weighed . He saw his first start in the cleanup spot on May 24 in an interleague game against the Orix Buffaloes (though he went 0-for-3 with a pair of strikeouts and a walk) and hit .379 with five home runs and 23 RBIs that month. He got hot in July as well, hitting .305 with seven homers and 19 RBIs and winning the first Central League monthly Most Valuable Player award of his career.

Kurihara experienced pain in his lower back in August and was found to have a spinal disc hernia upon further diagnosis, forcing him to undergo surgery on August 23 and miss the remainder of the season. (Ironically, right-hander and then-staff ace Hiroki Kuroda, who was the co-winner of the monthly MVP award along with Kurihara, also suffered an injury that same month and ended up missing much of the season.) Regardless, Kurihara played in 109 games until his season-ending injury, hitting .295 with 20 homers and 69 RBI.

2007
Kurihara began his off-season workout in Arizona for the second straight year alongside teammates Shima and Kei Yoshida, bringing his body fat percentage back down to 9 percent (from its peak of 13 percent while he was out due to injury) and his weight to . He played in all 144 games for the first time in his career despite bone spurs in his elbow and finished the 2007 season with a .310 batting average (fifth in the league), 25 home runs and 92 RBI. He was the only right-handed hitter in the league that finished with a slugging average of over .500 and less than 100 strikeouts that year. He was also equally effective against left-handed and right-handed pitchers, hitting .307 with 10 homers and a .564 slugging percentage against lefties and .311 with 15 homers and a .490 slugging percentage against righties. In particular, his two-run home run off Tigers closer Kyuji Fujikawa (who was then on pace to set an NPB record for most saves in a single season) on September 13 was the first home run that Fujikawa had allowed all season.

2008
With the Takahiro Arai's departure via free agency to the Tigers, Kurihara was officially appointed the team's cleanup hitter for the 2008 season. While he struggled in the opening weeks of the season, hitting .290 but with just two home runs and six RBIs for the month of April, he hit .347 with three homers and 17 RBIs (slugging .505) in 24 games in interleague play and .408 with six homers and 18 RBIs in the month of July. He started all 144 games in the cleanup spot, hitting .332 with 23 homers and 103 RBI and keeping the Carp in playoff contention for much of the season. He marked career highs in batting average (third in the league), hits (185; second), RBIs (fourth) and had the third-most plate appearances (616) of any player in the league. His 68 strikeouts were the fewest in any season in which he had played more than 100 games thus far and the second-fewest of any player in the league who had hit more than 20 homers (Giants catcher Shinnosuke Abe hit 24 homers and struck out a mere 66 times).

Following the regular season, Kurihara and Arai (now with the Tigers) were both presented the Central League Golden Glove award at first base, marking the first time two players were chosen at the same position since then-Giants right-hander Masumi Kuwata and then-Dragons left-hander Shinji Imanaka won the award as pitchers in 1993. He underwent endoscopic surgery to remove articular cartilage fragments (the largest some  in diameter) in his elbow during the off-season.

Coaching career
After retirement, Kurihara was installed as coach for the Eagles before joining former colleague, Tsuyoshi Yoda at the Chunichi Dragons as 2-gun hitting coach from the 2020 season.

International career

2002 Asian Games
Kurihara saw his first stint on the international stage in 2002, playing in the 14th Asian Games as a member of the Japanese national team (consisting entirely of industrial league and minor league players). He hit a home run against China in the preliminary round on October 5 as the starting first baseman and No. 6 hitter and contributed to Japan's bronze medal finish.

2009 World Baseball Classic
Though Kurihara was named to the national team's provisional roster for the 2009 World Baseball Classic and took part in the training camp held in Miyazaki in mid-February, he was ultimately cut from the final 28-man team, perhaps partly due to the condition of his elbow (which he had had surgery on during the off-season). However, he was named one of the team's primary backup players and got his chance when Yokohama BayStars slugger Shuichi Murata, the team's cleanup hitter, tore his hamstring while rounding first base in the second-round seeding match against South Korea held in San Diego on March 19, prompting national team Tatsunori Hara to immediately call upon Kurihara to join the team. (Hara later said that he contacted Kurihara, whose dedication and commitment had impressed him during the Miyazaki camp, within five minutes of learning of the seriousness of Murata's injury.)

Kurihara arrived in San Diego on March 21, the day before the semi-finals against the United States, and struggled to overcome the jet lag and fatigue due to travel, going 0-for-3 (striking out twice and grounding into a double play). However, Japan won anyway, defeating the United States 9-4 in the semi-finals on March 22 and South Korea 5-3 in the finals on March 23 to earn their second consecutive title.

Playing style

Hitting
Currently listed at  and , Kurihara is a burly right-handed pull hitter. While he does not have exceptional plate discipline (.352 career on-base percentage as of May 16, 2009), he strikes out less often than other power hitters. He is particularly adept at hitting breaking balls but has gradually improved on his ability to hit fastballs from year to year. He also has no trouble going the opposite way and remains one of the few players in Japanese professional baseball that has power to all fields. He has commented that he modeled his swing after Hiromitsu Ochiai, who played for the Lotte Orions, Dragons, Giants and Nippon-Ham Fighters and won Triple Crown honors in 1982, 1985 and 1986.

Fielding
Though Kurihara entered the pros as a third baseman, he switched to first base during his days in the minors and has played that position almost exclusively since 2006. Kurihara has never been regarded as being particularly skilled defensively, winning the Gold Glove award at first base in 2008 but becoming the subject of criticism by many who believed he was chosen largely on merit of his offensive production. He was also plagued by a chronically loose shoulder joint earlier in his career, so much so that he was once prohibited from diving for balls by the nigun coaching staff upon dislocating his shoulder in a minor league game.

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