The Ohio State Buckeyes men's ice hockey team is an NCAA Division I college ice hockey program that represents Ohio State University. The Buckeyes are a member of the Big Ten Conference. They play at Value City Arena in Columbus, Ohio.

History
The Ohio State Buckeyes men's ice hockey program began in 1963, the team played at the new Ohio State Ice Rink, constructed in 1961. The Buckeyes were a founding member of the CCHA in 1971. The Buckeyes won the inaugural 1972 CCHA Men's Ice Hockey tournament with a 3–0 win over Saint Louis University.

One of the team's most successful seasons came in 1997–1998, the year before the Buckeyes moved into new the 17,500-seat Value City Arena, which replaced the aging and undersized (1,400-seat) Ohio State Ice Rink. The team finished the 1997–1998 season with an overall record of 27–13–2. They secured an at-large bid to the 1998 NCAA Division I Men's Ice Hockey tournament. That same season the Buckeyes advanced to the 1998 Frozen Four and lost in the semifinal game to Boston College 5–2. The 1998 tournament was the program's first of two all-time Frozen Four appearances, the other coming in 2018. In 1999 the team advanced to the 1999 NCAA Division I Men's Ice Hockey tournament. Despite a first round elimination with a 4–2 loss to Maine, this marked the first time in school history the team made the NCAA tournament in consecutive seasons.

The time period during the early 2000s was the most successful period in the program's history. Ohio State made the NCAA Post season tournament in 2003, 2004, and 2005. The 2003–2004 season also saw the Buckeyes win the school's second CCHA post season tournament with a 4–2 win over Big Ten and CCHA rival Michigan. After three seasons, the Buckeyes returned to the NCAA tournament in 2009, when they received an at-large bid to the 2009 NCAA tournament after a 5th-place finish in the CCHA regular season and falling to Alaska in the CCHA Quarterfinals. In the 2009 NCAA tournament the team lost 8–3 to Boston University in the first round.  The program was also invited to play in the Frozen Tundra Hockey Classic against Wisconsin on February 11, 2006, which was the second-ever outdoor ice hockey game played between college teams.

On March 21, 2011 the Big Ten Conference announced plans to sponsor men's ice hockey starting in 2013–14 season. Ohio State along with CCHA rivals, Michigan and Michigan State would leave the CCHA to join Minnesota and Wisconsin from the WCHA and Penn State, who would elevate their men's and women's American Collegiate Hockey Association club programs to varsity status, to form a six-team Big Ten Hockey Conference.

During the first half of the 2011–2012 season, the Buckeyes jumped out to a sizeable lead in the CCHA standings when the team recorded a 10–3–1 conference record. The second half of the season proved much harder for Ohio State when the team recorded an eleven-game winless streak through January and the first half of February. The team broke the streak with a 4–3 win over Western Michigan, the team's lone win in the second half of the season. The Buckeyes fell from a season high, second-place ranking in January 2012 to 21st place by the end of the regular season. In the first round of the 2012 CCHA tournament, Ohio State was swept by Notre Dame 2–0 and 4–2 in the best-of-three series.

Despite an up and down 2013–14 season, Ohio State had a good showing in the inaugural Big Ten Hockey tournament. After defeating Michigan State in overtime in the first round, the Buckeyes upset #1 Minnesota 3–1. They ultimately fell 5–4 in overtime in the championship game to the Wisconsin Badgers. Despite missing out on the NCAA tournament, Ohio State would finish the 2013–14 season ranked #20.

After back to back losing seasons in 2014–15 and 2015–16, Ohio State had their first 20 win season and NCAA tournament berth in 8 years. Led by forwards Nick Schilkey and Mason Jobst, the Buckeyes had the second ranked offense in college hockey and a historically great power play. Ohio State finished third in the Big Ten, their highest finish in the league's four-year history. Despite the successful season, Ohio State did not clinch a tournament berth until Penn State defeated Wisconsin in the 2017 Big Ten tournament, giving the Buckeyes the final at large berth and the 4 seed in the West Regional in Fargo, North Dakota. The Buckeyes faced off against the #2 overall seed, the Minnesota-Duluth Bulldogs in the 1st round. A third period comeback sent the game to overtime with the score tied at two. The Bulldogs ended the Buckeyes season on a goal from Willie Raskob at 11:58 of the first overtime.

Season-by-season results

Source:

Records vs. Big Ten teams
As of the 2021-22 season

Coaches
The Buckeyes are currently coached by Steve Rohlik. He was announced the new head coach on April 24, 2013 shortly after the departure of Mark Osiecki.

All-time coaching records
As of completion of 2022–23 season

† John Markell coached the final 9 games of the 1994–95 season after Jerry Welsh resigned.

Statistical leaders

Career points leaders

Career goaltending leaders

GP = Games played; Min = Minutes played; W = Wins; L = Losses; T = Ties; GA = Goals against; SO = Shutouts; SV% = Save percentage; GAA = Goals against average

minimum 30 games played

Statistics current through the start of the 2021–22 season.

Players

Current roster
As of July 6, 2023.

Awards and honors

NCAA

Individual awards

Derek Hines Unsung Hero Award
Brendon Kearney: 2019

NCAA Scoring Champion
Paul Pooley: 1984

All-Americans
AHCA First Team All-Americans

1983-84: Paul Pooley, F
1997-98: Hugo Boisvert, F
2012-13: Brady Hjelle, G
2013-14: Ryan Dzingel, F

AHCA Second Team All-Americans

1983-84: Perry Pooley, F
1998-99: Jeff Maund, G; Hugo Boisvert, F
2002-03: R. J. Umberger, F
2009-10: Zac Dalpe, F
2016-17: Mason Jobst, F
2017-18: Tanner Laczysnki, F
2018-19: Mason Jobst, F

CCHA

Individual awards

Player of the Year
Paul Pooley: 1984

Perani Cup
Brady Hjelle: 2013

Best Defensive Defenseman
Doug Andress: 2004

Ilitch Humanitarian Award
Mike Betz: 2003

Coach of the Year
Jerry Welsh: 1983
John Markell: 1998

Rookie of the Year
Paul Pooley: 1981
Brian Loney: 1992
R. J. Umberger: 2001

Terry Flanagan Memorial Award
Scott Titus: 2002
Tom Fritsche: 2007

Best Goaltender
Mike Betz: 2003
Brady Hjelle: 2013

Tournament Most Valuable Player
Bill McKenzie: 1972
Paul Caponigri: 2004

All-Conference Teams
First Team All-CCHA

1972–73: Ray Meyers, F
1975–76: Bruce Allworth, F
1978–79: Paul Tilley, F
1980–81: Mike Blake, G; Dan Mandich, D; Brent Morrow, F
1982–83: Andy Browne, F
1983–84: John Dougan, G; Paul Pooley, F
1997–98: Hugo Boisvert, F
1998–99: Jeff Maund, G; Hugo Boisvert, F
2002–03: R. J. Umberger, F
2009–10: Zac Dalpe, F
2012–13: Brady Hjelle, G

Second team all-ccha

1972–73: Jim Witherspoon, D
1976–77: Paul Tilley, F
1978–79: Steve Jones, G
1979–80: Steve Jones, G; Brian Jenks, D; Greg Kostenko, D; Rod McNair, D; Larry Marson, F; Paul Tilley, F
1980–81: Paul Pooley, F
1981–82: Larry Marson, F
1982–83: John Dougan, G; Dave Kobryn, F
1983–84: Perry Pooley, F
1984–85: Mike Rousseau, D
1995–96: Tom Sakey, G
1998–99: Andrè Signoretti, D
2002–03: Mike Betz, G
2004–05: Nate Guenin, D; Rod Pelley, F
2006–07: Sean Collins, F
2012–13: Tanner Fritz, F

CCHA All-Rookie Team

1989–90: Glenn Painter, D
1991–92: Brian Loney, F
1996–97: Hugo Boisvert, F
1997–98: Jeff Maund, G
1998–99: Jason Crain, D
2000–01: Dave Steckel, F; R. J. Umberger, F
2004–05: Tom Fritsche, F
2008–09: Matt Bartkowski, D; Zac Dalpe, F
2011–12: Max McCormick, F

Big Ten

Individual awards

Defensive player of the year
Sasha Larocque: 2019

Goaltender of the Year
Tommy Nappier: 2019
Jakub Dobeš: 2022

Freshman of the Year
Jakub Dobeš: 2022

Coach of the Year
Steve Rohlik: 2018, 2019

All-Conference Teams
First Team All-Big Ten

2013–14: Ryan Dzingel, F
2015–16: Josh Healey, D
2016–17: Mason Jobst, F
2017–18: Tanner Laczynski, F
2018–19: Tommy Nappier, G
2021–22: Jakub Dobeš, G; Georgii Merkulov, F

Second team all-big ten

2015–16: Nick Schilkey, F
2016–17: Christian Frey, G; Josh Healey, D; Nick Schilkey, F
2017–18: Sean Romeo, G; Sasha Larocque, D; Mason Jobst, F
2018–19: Sasha Larocque, D
2022–23: Mason Lohrei, D; Jake Wise, F

Big Ten All-Rookie Team

2013–14: Christian Frey, G; Drew Brevig, D; Nick Schilkey, F
2014–15: Matthew Weis, F
2015–16: Mason Jobst, F
2017–18: Tommy Nappier, G
2018–19: Gustaf Westlund, F
2021–22: Jakub Dobeš, G; Mason Lohrei, D; Georgii Merkulov, F

Ohio State Buckeyes Hall of Fame
The following is a list of people associated with the Ohio State men's ice hockey program who were elected into the Ohio State Buckeyes Hall of Fame.

Hugo Boisvert
Jamie Macoun
Bill McKenzie
Paul Pooley
Paul Tilley
Jerry Welsh

Olympians
This is a list of Ohio State alumni who have played on an Olympic team.

Buckeyes in the NHL
As of July 1, 2023.

WHA
One Buckeye played in the WHA.

Source:

See also
 Ohio State Buckeyes women's ice hockey

References

External links

Ice hockey teams in Ohio
Big Ten Conference ice hockey
1963 establishments in Ohio
Ice hockey clubs established in 1963


Life Could Be a Dream is a jukebox musical written by Roger Bean, the creator of The Marvelous Wonderettes.

The original production at the Hudson Theatre in Hollywood, California was directed by Bean and was produced by David Elzer. It premiered on August 7, 2009 and starred Daniel Tatar, Jim Holdridge, Ryan Castellino, Doug Carpenter and Jessica Keenan Wynn.

Synopsis

Act 1
Denny Varney and Eugene Johnson are rehearsing for the “Dream of a Lifetime” Talent Search (“Life Could Be a Dream (Sh-Boom)”), hosted by Big Whopper Radio. Denny, a former member of the Crooning Crab Cakes glee club at Springfield High School, grabs the spotlight as Eugene struggles to keep up with him. They rehearse in Denny's basement, and it becomes clear when their friend Wally arrives that Denny's mother is ready for him to grow up and move out (“Get a Job”). Wally Patton joins the singing group and suggests they ask if Big Stuff Auto will sponsor them in the contest. Denny's mother, Mrs. Varney, tells the boys to keep the noise down, but no one can stifle these boys and their musical ambitions (“Mama Don't Allow It”). The next night the boys are anxiously awaiting their audition for “Big” Earl, the owner of Big Stuff Auto, when mechanic Duke Henderson shows up instead. Trouble comes in the form of Lois Franklin, “Big” Earl's daughter, who shows up to help Duke evaluate the group, but who also broke Eugene's heart many years before. Eugene works through his pain as the boys audition (“Tears on my Pillow”). Lois likes the boys, but thinks they need to add a fourth member to become a proper doo-wop quartet. After hearing Duke sing (“Fools Fall in Love”), the boys welcome him into the group and Lois realizes her budding romantic feelings for him. As the newly formed quartet rehearses, Denny struggles with Duke singing lead (“Runaround Sue”). Lois tries to add polish to the rough edges of their act (“Lonely Teardrops”), triggering Wally, Eugene, and Denny to fantasize about their love for her (“Lovin' Lois Medley”). Little do the boys realize that Lois has fallen hard for Duke (“I Only Have Eyes for You”), and she surprises him with a kiss. Duke is startled and runs off, leaving the boys oblivious to the unfolding drama, begging Lois to stay and rehearse with them (“Stay”). The next night, Denny, Wally, and Eugene rehearse while imagining themselves with Lois (“(Just Like) Romeo and Juliet”), when Duke arrives to offer the guys some advice about girls and love in general (“A Sunday Kind of Love”). When Lois arrives, Duke quits the group and runs out. Lois tells the boys that she told her parents she was in love with Duke, and then her father fired Duke from the Auto Shop. Lois laments her unrequited love (“Unchained Melody”).

Act 2
The next day, the boys show Lois they can still perform without Duke (“Dreamin’”), but Lois is unsure. They implore Lois to go after Duke and bring him back (“Easier Said Than Done”). They thank her for helping them improve as a group (“The Magic Touch”), which helps Lois decide to go find Duke and bring him back for the sake of the group and her own happiness (“Lonely Teardrops Reprise”). The next morning (“Buzz Buzz Buzz”) Duke returns just in time to sing for the contest. The boys have since learned a little about love themselves, and help Duke realize some important lessons (“The Glory of Love”). Lois arrives, and Duke is prompted by the boys to finally reveal his love for her (“Duke of Earl”). The finale sequence features Denny & The Dreamers returning from their triumphant world tour (“Pretty Little Angel Eyes”), and the quartet becomes a quintet as Lois joins them onstage in a doo-wop finale extravaganza (“Do You Love Me/The Twist”/“Rama Lama Ding Dong”/Unchained Melody (Reprise)”).

Musical numbers
Source:

Act I
 "Life Could Be a Dream (Sh-Boom)" - Denny and Eugene
 "Get a Job" - Denny and Eugene
 "Mama Don't Allow It" - Denny and Eugene
 "Tears on My Pillow" - Eugene
 "Fools Fall in Love" - Duke
 "Runaround Sue" - Duke
 "Lonely Teardrops" - Lois
 Lovin' Louis Medley ("Devil or Angel"/"Earth Angel"/"Only You") - Dreamers
 "I Only Have Eyes for You" - Lois
 "Stay" - Dreamers
 "(Just Like) Romeo and Juliet" - Denny, Eugene, and Wally
 "A Sunday Kind of Love" - Duke
 "Unchained Melody" - Lois

Act II
 "Dreamin'" - Denny, Eugene, and Wally
 "Easier Said Than Done" - Denny, Eugene, and Wally
 "The Magic Touch" - Denny Eugene, and Wally
 "“Lonely Teardrops (Reprise)” - Lois
 "Buzz Buzz Buzz" - Dreamers
 "The Glory of Love" - Dreamers
 "Duke of Earl" - Duke
 "Pretty Little Angel Eyes" - Dreamers
 "Do You Love Me"/"The Twist"/"Rama Lama Ding Dong"/"Unchained Melody (Reprise)" - Company

Original cast

 Denny Varney - Daniel Tatar
 Eugene Johnson - Jim Holdridge
 Wally Patton - Ryan Castellino
 Duke Henderson - Doug Carpenter
 Lois Franklin / Mrs. Varney - Jessica Keenan Wynn

Awards and nominations

 L.A. Drama Critics Circle Award
 Best Production of the Year
 Best Ensemble
 Best Musical Direction
 LA Weekly Theatre Award
 Best Musical of the Year
 Garland Award
 Best Production of the Year
 Best Ensemble
 Best Musical Direction

References

2009 musicals
Jukebox musicals
American musicals


Holy Ghost Building is a 2008 album by the Sacramento-based rock band The 77s.

Track listing

 "I'm Working on a Building"
 "Keep Your Lamps Trimmed and Burning"
 "Stranger, Won't You Change Your Sinful Ways"
 "I'll Remember You, Love, in My Prayers"
 "You're Gonna Be Sorry"
 "What Would You Give in Exchange for Your Soul"
 "He's a Mighty Good Leader"
 "When My Blue Moon Turns to Gold Again"
 "Everybody Ought to Pray Sometime"
 "City of Refuge"
 "A Lifetime Without You"

Personnel

 Mike Roe – vocals, guitar
 David Leonhardt – guitar
 Mark Harmon – bass
 Bruce Spencer – drums

References

The 77s albums
2008 albums


Matias Kupiainen (born 11 May 1983 in Helsinki) is a Finnish guitarist, songwriter and record producer. He is the current guitarist in Stratovarius.

Kupiainen was chosen as the new guitarist for the Finnish power metal band Stratovarius after Timo Tolkki's departure from the band in 2008. He started playing with the band in 2009, on their album Polaris for which he composed three songs.

In addition to Stratovarius, Kupiainen founded the grindcore band Fist in Fetus, which released a self-produced EP in 2007. He guested on the 2007 album Guitar Heroes, on the song "12 Donkeys", that was also released as a single, and appeared on the record release concert at Tavastia Club. At the 2007 Tuska festival, he appeared as the one-man house band of the TV station YLE Extra.

Kupiainen has also played as a session musician, among others, on albums of Olavi Uusivirta and Milana Misic, and worked as a producer, recording engineer, and mixer, as well. He has studied at Sibelius Academy in Helsinki and the Pop & Jazz Conservatory in Oulunkylä. He played a PRS Artist Series I guitar and now he is an endorser of Ruokangas Guitars. He currently plays his custom Hellcat made of Spanish cedar and arctic birch, and uses mainly ENGL, Hughes & Kettner, Mesa Boogie and TC Electronic gear.

Kupiainen was a part-owner of a recording studio named Minor Music in Helsinki, Finland, until it was merged with 5 By 5 Audio.

Discography

Fist in Fetus
2007 Fist in Fetus EP

Stratovarius
2009 Polaris
2010 Polaris Live
2011 Elysium
2012 Under Flaming Winter Skies: Live in Tampere
2013 Nemesis
2014 Nemesis Days
2015 Eternal
2016 Best Of
2018 Enigma: Intermission 2
2022 Survive

Guest appearances

Offensive
2021 Awenasa

References

External links

 MatiasKupiainen.com

1983 births
Living people
Finnish heavy metal guitarists
Stratovarius members
Musicians from Helsinki
Lead guitarists
Sibelius Academy alumni


One to One was an Irish television series which airs on RTÉ One. Since the first edition was broadcast at 12:15pm on 1 October 2006, the programme has featured personal interviews with a well-known figure from Ireland and abroad, one per episode. The second series moved to a Monday slot, beginning on 1 October 2007. A third series was broadcast during the summer months of June and July 2008. The fourth series aired from 10 November 2008 to 16 March 2009.

Series presenters included Aine Lawlor, Bryan Dobson, George Lee, Richard Crowley, Paul Cunningham, John Murray and Cathal Mac Coille. Guests to have featured in the series include Hans Blix, Michael Smurfit, Michael Colgan, Ben Dunne, clergymen Diarmuid Martin and Peter Sutherland, Ulick McEvaddy, T. K. Whitaker, Seymour Hersh, Alan Johnston, Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Seán FitzPatrick, Roy Foster, Samantha Power,  Declan Ganley and Jeffrey Sachs. Each edition was typically approximately forty minutes length in total, with all the interviews available to watch online at RTÉ.ie.

Episodes

Series one
The first episode featured an interview by Lawlor with Diarmuid Martin, the Roman Catholic Archbishop of Dublin. Martin spoke on a range of topics such as his early life in Ballyfermot, County Dublin, his opinion on Ireland following thirty years he spent with the Pope in Rome, his relationships with both Pope John Paul II and Pope Benedict XVI, and other topics which have affected the Roman Catholic Church, such as clerical sexual abuse, celibacy, the ordination of women as priests and contraception versus AIDS. The second episode featured an interview by Crowley with Nickey Brennan, the President of the Gaelic Athletic Association (GAA). Brennan spoke of the GAA's plans for pay-per-view deals, the improvement of disciplinary rules within the sport, the possibility that some inter county competitions might be discontinued, the GAA's possible recognition of the Gaelic Players Association and his opposition to the idea of professionalism within what is primarily an amateur organisation. The third episode featured an interview by Dobson with Ombudsman and Information Commissioner Emily O'Reilly, who deals with complaints against state institutions. She spoke of her pity for those she viewed as the marginalised members of society, directing her frustration at Ireland's Health Service Executive (HSE) for not dealing with such complaints appropriately. O'Reilly also spoke of her hopes that her office would be expanded to take into account HSE-related complaints, as well as complaints directed at the Garda Síochána and her desire to serve a second term.

The fourth episode featured an interview by Crowley with the former Director General of the United Nations Monitoring, Verification and Inspection Commission in Iraq and Chairman of the Weapons of Mass Destruction Commission, Hans Blix. He spoke of his belief that, had weapons inspections in Iraq been permitted to continue for another two months, it would have been harder for the then US President, George W. Bush to justify his invasion of that country and that the United Kingdom may not have allied itself with the US in the Iraq War. Blix also spoke, amongst other things, of his relationships with Bush and the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, Tony Blair, his opinions on Iran and the Middle East, his fears of nuclear, biological and chemical weapons; global warming and the attitude of the US towards the United Nations. The fifth episode featured an interview by Lawlor with the Director of the Economic and Social Research Institute, Frances P. Ruane. The sixth episode featured an interview by Dobson with the consultant cardiac surgeon, Maurice Neligan. Neligan spoke about the Hanly plan to rationalise Ireland's public hospitals, the growth of private facilities, consultants working simultaneously in both private and public medicine, and the reported lack of transparency when investigating claims of negligence against members of the medical profession. He also criticised a proposal to close hospitals in Ennis, Monaghan, Nenagh and Roscommon.

The seventh episode featured an interview by Lee with the billionaire businessman, Michael Smurfit. Smurfit, who brought the Ryder Cup competition to the K Club, County Kildare in 2006, spoke of his father being refused membership at several Dublin golf courses in the 1950s because they mistakenly believed him to be Jewish. This discrimination, he said, served as motivation for Smurfit to expand his family business into a worldwide organisation with annual profits of €7 billion which employs 40,000 people. Smurfit also spoke of Ireland's economic growth and the controversy over a land deal which led to an intervention by the then Taoiseach, Charles Haughey who asked him to resign as Chairman of Telecom Éireann after thirteen years in that position. The eighth episode featured an interview by Lawlor with the Artistic Director of the Gate Theatre in Dublin, Michael Colgan. He spoke of first meeting his hero, the playwright Samuel Beckett ("like meeting John Lennon") in Paris in 1986. Colgan and Alan Moloney, his business partner, eventually committed all nineteen of Beckett's plays onto film in 2001 in a joint project for RTÉ, Channel 4 and the Irish Film Board. Colgan also spoke of his 23-year tenure as Artistic Director of the Gate Theatre, his relationship with the Abbey Theatre and his feuds – with the Arts Council of Ireland over funding and with the playwright, Tom Murphy, which he later regretted. The ninth episode featured an interview by Crowley with Ben Dunne, businessman. Dunne spoke of his friendship with Charles Haughey, his decision to gift Haughey over £1 million but not to attend his funeral, his cocaine addiction which led to him being arrested in Florida on drugs-related charges and his infamous 1980s kidnapping by republican gunmen in Northern Ireland.

The tenth episode featured an interview by Dobson with the Director of the charity Trócaire, Justin Kilcullen. He spoke of the 2004 Asian tsunami, Ethiopia and the continent of Africa, airing his belief that it has "gone backwards" within the space of two decades. Kilculln also spoke of the agency's Catholic ethos and how this presents difficulty when it comes to working against HIV/Aids, since the Church's despises contraception. The eleventh episode features an interview by Crowley with Theo Dorgan, a poet, broadcaster and member of the Arts Council of Ireland. He spoke of his early life in Cork, his attendance at University College Cork, his involvement in the Cork Film Festival, the alleged snobbery associated with the Arts and his belief that the Irish Government-funded Arts Council needed to do more to promote the Arts than simply "hand out money". The twelfth episode featured an interview by Lee with former Attorney General and European Commissioner and current Financial Adviser to the Vatican (part of the Administration of the Patrimony of the Apostolic See), Peter Sutherland. He spoke of his early life, his tenure as a member of the European Commission, his ultimately successful attempt at winning the post of Director General of the predecessor of the World Trade Organization, GATT. Sutherland also told of how he and his family were on the receiving end of calls and letters which he described as "very threatening" during a referendum debate on the pro-life amendment to the Constitution of Ireland in 1983, describing the whole affair as "a very traumatic" one for them.

Series two

The first episode of the second series featured an interview by Crowley with P. J. Mara, an independent business consultant and former Director of Elections for Fianna Fáil. The second episode featured an interview by Dobson with former Minister of State and Deputy Leader of the Progressive Democrats, Liz O'Donnell. The third episode featured an interview by Lawlor with Jack O'Connor, the General President of the SIPTU trade union. The fourth episode featured an interview by Crowley with Ulick McEvaddy, the pioneering aircraft businessman. The fifth episode featured an interview by Dobson with the economic architect of Ireland, T. K. Whitaker. The sixth episode featured an interview by Cunningham with the Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Seymour Hersh. The seventh episode featured an interview by Crowley with Alan Johnston, a BBC journalist best known for having been held hostage for a time in Gaza. The eighth episode featured an interview by Lawlor with Ruth Bader Ginsburg, US Supreme Court judge. The ninth episode featured an interview by Crowley with Colm Tóibín, a novelist. The tenth episode featured an interview by Lawlor with Enda McDonagh, the former Professor of Moral Theology at National University of Ireland, Maynooth. The eleventh episode featured an interview by Murray with the Chief Executive of the Football Association of Ireland John Delaney in which he spoke of Ireland's performances in the UEFA Euro 2008 qualifiers under their departed coach Steve Staunton. The twelfth episode of the series featured an interview by Lawlor with Seán FitzPatrick, then chairman of the Anglo Irish Bank then Ireland's third largest bank – the interview took place before his resignation in a controversy over hidden loans one year later and the bank's subsequent nationalisation in 2009.

Series three
The first episode of the third series featured an interview by Lawlor with the politician Tony Gregory, broadcast months before his death. The second episode featured an interview by Dobson with Roy Foster, an author and Professor of Irish History. The third episode featured an interview by Lawlor with Samantha Power, a Harvard professor and former advisor to later US President Barack Obama. In this interview, Lawlor "allowed Power to drone on in that earnest and humourless way peculiar to people who think that what they have to say is of grave global import".

The fourth episode featured an interview by Cunningham with Padraig O hUiginn, former Secretary General at the Department of the Taoiseach. Afterwards Sunday Independent columnist Brendan O'Connor compared Cunningham to the hero in US television series Columbo: "seemingly awkward, nerdy and self-effacing and merely innocently asking odd questions, while all the time letting his subject reveal himself". The fifth episode featured an interview by Lawlor with the grandson of the founder of Barry's Tea, Peter Barry, known for negotiating the 1985 Anglo-Irish Agreement while Minister for Foreign Affairs. The sixth episode featured an interview by Lawlor with Hugh R. Brady, who was appointed President of University College Dublin in 2004 – aged forty-four he was the youngest ever to fill the position.

Series four
The first episode of the fourth series featured an interview by Murray with the Eddie O'Sullivan, his first television interview since resigning as coach of the Ireland national rugby union team. The second episode featured an interview by Lawlor with the founder of the anti-Lisbon Treaty group Libertas, Declan Ganley. Lawlor spent the interview "looking over the top of her glasses at him, utterly determined to put a halt to his gallop, and still he kept on coming". Ganley criticised those who questioned the funding of Libertas, including European Greens–European Free Alliance President Daniel Cohn-Bendit, Minister of State for European Affairs Dick Roche and European Parliament President Hans-Gert Pöttering who have raised the question of investigating Libertas' funding. On asking donors to rescind their right to privacy for the sake of transparency, Ganley said: "No, of course I wouldn't do that. Why? So Daniel Cohn-Bendit can pour tar and feather over them? Absolutely not." On claims by Roche that his company Rivada Networks had links to the US military, he replied: "Bless Dick Roche's heart. The man knows very little about business, it would appear."

The third episode featured an interview by Dobson with the writer, Anthony Cronin. The fourth episode featured an interview by Murray with John A. Murphy, Emeritus Professor of Irish History at University College Cork and Independent Senator of the late 1970s and 1980s, who once remarked "we shouldn't believe something just because we learned it in our schools". The fifth episode featured an interview by Dobson with Robert Ballagh, an artist. The sixth episode featured an interview by Murray with Ted Crosbie of the media company, Thomas Crosbie Holdings. The seventh episode featured an interview by Lawlor with the Chief Executive of the Electricity Supply Board (ESB), Padraig McManus in which he discussed rising energy prices and the future of the ESB. The eighth episode featured an interview by MacCoille with Brian Cody, manager of the Kilkenny hurling team. The ninth episode featured an interview by Dobson with the former Chief Executive of IDA Ireland, Padraic White. The tenth episode featured an interview by Cunningham with the Harvard-trained economist Jeffrey Sachs, known for his shock therapy treatment. The eleventh episode featured an interview by MacCoille with Máirín Quill, a former Progressive Democrat TD about the collapse of the political party. The twelfth episode featured an interview by Cunningham with the Director of Front Line, the International Foundation for the Protection of Human Rights Defenders, Mary Lawlor.

References

External links

2006 Irish television series debuts
2009 Irish television series endings
Irish television news shows
RTÉ News and Current Affairs
RTÉ original programming


Wide load or wideload refers to:

 Oversize load
 Wideload Games, a video games development studio


Paston Coke (born 23 August 1971) is a Jamaican sprinter. He was born in St. James, one of the western parishes of Jamaica. Paston competes in 100M, 200m and 400M dash. He won the silver medal in the 400 metres at 1999 World Student Games in personal record of 45.15 seconds. He was a member of Jamaica 4 x 400 metres relay team that won bronze medal in at the 1999 IAAF World outdoor Championships and gold medal at the 1999 Pan American Games. Paston competed at the NCAA II for New York Institute of Technology where he won two individual 400m titles and three relay titles. Paston has taken his running abilities and turned it into becoming a Professional Electrical Engineer (PE).

References

1971 births
Jamaican male sprinters
Living people
People from Saint James Parish, Jamaica
Athletes (track and field) at the 1999 Pan American Games
Pan American Games medalists in athletics (track and field)
Pan American Games gold medalists for Jamaica
Universiade medalists in athletics (track and field)
New York Institute of Technology alumni
Universiade silver medalists for Jamaica
Medalists at the 1999 Summer Universiade
Medalists at the 1999 Pan American Games
20th-century Jamaican people
21st-century Jamaican people


Roel Dijkstra is a Dutch comic book series about a fictional football player. The series was created in 1975  by Jan Steeman (1933-2018; winner of the 2005 Dutch Stripschapprijs) and Andrew Brandt. The first 21 volumes, drawn by Steeman and his successors, were published between 1977 and 1995 by Dutch publisher Oberon. Steeman and Brandt produced the first ten.

Background
The eponymous Roel Dijkstra is a Dutch football player inspired by Johan Cruijff. He started out as a player with the local football club "FC Leidrecht", then moved on to "FC Hadfort" in the United Kingdom, "FC Union" in Corsica, and then "FC Rapiditas" in Spain  before returning to "FC LeIdrecht". The story revolves around Dijkstra and his difficulties adjusting to life in a foreign country, shifty club bosses, friendship with fellow players, and football championships.

In 2017 and 2018 two more volumes were released, Thuisfront (Homefront) and Pamplona,. Both were serialised in the revived Eppo-magazine.

Titles

References

Dutch comic strips
Dijkstra, Roel
1975 comics debuts
Dijkstra, Roel
Dijkstra, Roel
Dijkstra, Roel
Comics set in the Netherlands
Association football comics
Drama comics
Dijkstra, Roel


Anne Bochatay (born 1968) is a Swiss ski mountaineer and police officer in Andermatt. In the committee of the CAS Martigny section, she is responsible for the youth group.

Selected results
 1994:
 1st, Patrouille de la Maya B-course, together with Madeleine Troillet and Nathalie Rieben
 1998:
 1st, Patrouille de la Maya A-course, together with Ingrid Farquet and Annelise Locher
 1999:
 1st, Swiss Championship
 2002:
 1st, Swiss Championship
 1st, Patrouille de la Maya A-course, together with Catherine Mabillard and Véronique Ançay
 3rd, Trophée des Gastlosen (together with Catherine Mabillard)
 8th, World Championship single race
 2003:
 1st, Swiss Championship
 1st, Trophée des Gastlosen, together with Catherine Mabillard
 2nd, Pierra Menta (together with Catherine Mabillard)
 2004:
 2nd, Trophée des Gastlosen, together with Catherine Mabillard
 2008:
 1st, Patrouille de la Maya A-course, together with Mary-Jérôme Vaudan and Véronique Ançay
 2009:
 2nd, Sky ski trophée (together with Catherine Mabillard)

Patrouille des Glaciers

 2000: 5th, together with Martine Bellon and Annelyse Locher
 2008: 5th (and 1st in the "civilian women" ranking), together with Véronique Ançay and Mary-Jérôme Vaudan
 2010: 2nd ("military men 2" ranking), in a mixed team together with Carlo Kuonen and Guillaume Clavien

References

1968 births
Living people
Swiss female ski mountaineers
Swiss police officers
Women police officers


Bochatay is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:

 Anne Bochatay (born 1968), Swiss ski mountaineer
 Fernande Bochatay (born 1946), Swiss alpine skier
 Jean Bochatay (born 1969), French ice hockey player
 Madeleine Bochatay, French alpine skier
 Nicolas Bochatay, Swiss speed skier


"Getcha Some" is a song co-written and recorded by American country music artist Toby Keith. It was released in September 1998 as the lead single from his compilation album Greatest Hits Volume One. It peaked at number 18 on the U.S. Billboard Hot Country Songs chart in the U.S. and number 22 on the Canadian RPM Country Tracks chart. It also peaked at number 2 on the U.S. Billboard Bubbling Under Hot 100 chart. This song is also included on his 2008 compilation album, 35 Biggest Hits. It was written by Keith with Chuck Cannon.

Content
The song is a moderate up-tempo with spoken-word verses.  It is about a man who is trying to achieve higher things in life. First he needs love and to get the love he needs money. Once he gets the money, he gets the girl but after a while he still doesn't feel fulfilled and realizes he needs to have children.

"Getcha Some" is cited as an example of country-rap, due to the use of a strong beat and rhythmically spoken, essentially amelodic lyrics. This is also shown in his 2001 single "I Wanna Talk About Me", as well as his 2011 single "Red Solo Cup".

Music video
The music video, directed by Michael Salomon, takes place at a natural history museum in the "Hall of Human Behavior". It involves Keith watching interactive exhibits of real people going through various life events as described in the song. It premiered in August 1998.

Chart positions
"Getcha Some" debuted at number 63 on the U.S. Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks for the week of September 12, 1998.

References

1998 singles
1998 songs
Toby Keith songs
Country rap songs
Songs written by Chuck Cannon
Songs written by Toby Keith
Song recordings produced by James Stroud
Music videos directed by Michael Salomon
Mercury Records singles


The Northern Michigan Wildcats men's ice hockey team is a National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Division I college ice hockey program that represents Northern Michigan University (NMU). The Wildcats are a member of the Central Collegiate Hockey Association (CCHA). NMU has won one national title and has made three Frozen Four appearances. They play at the Berry Events Center in Marquette, Michigan.

History

Early history
Under the Direction of NMU's president, John X. Jamrich, the initial ice hockey program was originally initiated by Seniors Gregory Hyde and Christopher Nolan in 1974. The NMU men's ice hockey program began in 1976, competing as an independent NCAA Division I team and probationary member of Central Collegiate Hockey Association (CCHA) for the 1976–77 season. During that season NMU competed against CCHA teams but did not count for league standings. Northern Michigan became a full member of the CCHA the following season.

In the first two season as a full member of the CCHA Northern Michigan finished with back-to-back 19 win seasons before a historic season in program history in 1979–80. During the 1979–80 season the team won its first CCHA regular season championship and CCHA Playoff tournament championship. The Wildcats advanced to their first ever NCAA tournament appearance and won their first game 4–3 against Minnesota. NMU advanced to the National Championship game with a semifinal win over Cornell 5–4. Northern Michigan finished as the runner-up to North Dakota. In addition to the tournament being the first tournament and National Championship appearance for Northern Michigan, it was also the highest NCAA tournament finish for a CCHA team. NMU head coach Rick Comley became the first CCHA coach to receive the Spencer Penrose Award given to the NCAA Division I Men's Hockey Coach of the Year.

The success of the 1979–80 season continued for the 1980–81 season. The Wildcats again won the CCHA regular season and playoff championships and advanced to the NCAA tournament. The Wildcats won the quarterfinal game against Cornell 10–7 but fell to Wisconsin 5–1.

WCHA years
On January 5, 1984, Northern Michigan announced the program was leaving the CCHA after seven seasons two league and playoff championships and two NCAA tournament berths for the Western Collegiate Hockey Association (WCHA). The following day it was announced that rival Michigan Tech was also leaving the CCHA for WCHA. The 1988–89 season marked the first time NMU qualified for the NCAA tournament as a member of the WCHA.  Unlike previous NCAA appearances Northern Michigan fell in the first round to Providence 5–4.

Northern Michigan qualified for the 1991 NCAA tournament after winning the WCHA regular season championship. Northern Michigan won two games to none in the quarterfinal round against Alaska-Anchorage, 8–5 and 5–3. NMU advanced and beat Maine 5–3 in the semifinal round. The Wildcats matched up in the National Championship game in St. Paul, Minnesota on April 1, 1991, against Boston University and won 8–7 in three overtime periods. The 1990–91 season also set a program best record of 38–5–4 and a winning percentage of .851. It also marked the program's first and only NCAA Championship. The Wildcats returned to the National Tournament in 1992 NCAA Division I Men's Ice Hockey tournament as the 4th seed of the West Regional held in Detroit, Michigan. NMU picked up a first round win over Clarkson 8–4 before losing in the quarterfinal round 7–6 to Michigan. The 1992–93 season marked the third straight NCAA tournament appearance. NMU won a close game in the opening round of the 1993 tournament in the East Regional in Worcester, Massachusetts, against Harvard. The Wildcats won a close game 3–2 in two overtime periods but fell 4–1 in the second round to Boston University in a rematch of the 1991 National Championship.

During the following seasons NMU remained competitive in the WCHA but by the mid-1990s the program fell into the bottom half of the standings. After six 20-plus win seasons from 1988 to 1989 season through the 1993–94 season, the Wildcats failed to reach 15 wins in their last three seasons in the WCHA. The 1995–96 season marked a program low record of 7–30–2. On August 19, 1996, the CCHA approved Northern Michigan's application to rejoin the league for the 1997–98 season after 13 years in the WCHA. During the years in the WCHA the Wildcats accumulated a record of 263–243–30.

Recent history

The return to the CCHA reinvigorated the program after several underachieving seasons and rebuilding years. In the 1996–97 season, the first back in the CCHA, the Wildcats finished with a record of 19–15–4. The season was the first winning record since the 1993–94 season. And in the following season NMU reached the NCAA National tournament for the seventh time in program history. Northern Michigan entered the tournament as the 5th seed in the West Regional. Northern Michigan's playoff run was ended early by Boston College in a low scoring game 1–2.

On June 13, 2002, it was announced that Walt Kyle would take over as head coach for the Wildcats to become the second coach in program history. Rick Comley left to take over the head coaching position at Michigan State after 26 seasons behind the bench of the Wildcats. Kyle won his first game as head coach of Northern Michigan on October 5, 2002, against Upper Michigan rival Michigan Tech, 4–1. Kyle's first CCHA victory came on October 18, 2002, 10–4 against Rick Comley and his Michigan State team. Kyle led the Wildcats to four straight 20+ win seasons from 2002 to 2006 and six of his first eight seasons behind the NMU bench.

One of the most successful seasons in recent history came in the 2009–10 season. Northern Michigan finished the regular season ranked fourth in the CCHA and ranked 16th in the nation. The Wildcats received a first round bye in the CCHA tournament and matched up against Alaska Fairbanks, coming off first round sweep of Western Michigan. Northern Michigan swept the Nanooks two games to none with 4–3 and 5–1 victories, advancing NMU to the semifinal round. Northern Michigan took on Ferris State looking to overcome the semifinal losses the previous two seasons. The Wildcats came out on top of their seventh appearance in the CCHA Semifinals in the last eight seasons with an overtime goal by Greger Hanson to give Northern Michigan the 5–4 OT win. The win was the first time Northern Michigan advanced to the CCHA Championship game since 1999, under Rick Comley. The Wildcats run in the CCHA playoffs ended in the Championship game, when Northern Michigan fell short in a close game to Michigan. The Wildcats' 2–1 loss to the Wolverines did not end their season as NMU received an at-large bid to the 2010 NCAA Men's Division I Ice Hockey tournament, their first tournament appearance since 1999 and first under Walt Kyle. Northern Michigan's first NCAA tournament berth in 11 seasons took them to the West Regional at the Xcel Energy Center in St. Paul, Minnesota, and first round match-up against St. Cloud State. The Wildcats battled hard in front of a pro-SCSU crowd. Northern Michigan found themselves down early 2–0 in the first period but picked up a late goal by sophomore forward Justin Florek. St. Cloud answered in the second period on the power play but Northern Michigan kept within one goal when senior forward Ray Kaunisto scored late in the period. St. Cloud was held scoreless in the third while Northern Michigan tied the game with an even strength goal under four minutes left in the third period by junior defenseman Erik Spady. The Two team battled hard through the first overtime before St. Cloud State's Tony Mosey scored 23 seconds into the second overtime. Senior goaltender Brian Stewart stopped 50 SCSU shots in the tough loss.

In the summer of 2011, the Big Ten Conference announced intentions to begin sponsoring men's ice hockey in 2013, followed by Miami (OH) announcing the formation of the National Collegiate Hockey Conference for 2013 with and five other schools breaking from the WCHA. The realignment continued on July 20, 2011, when Northern Michigan was approved for membership in the WCHA beginning with the 2013–14 season.

In June 2019, it was announced that Northern Michigan was one of seven WCHA men's members that would leave to form a new conference after the 2020–21 season. Those schools later announced that they would reestablish the CCHA effective in 2021–22.

Season-by-season results

Source:

Historic record

Records vs. current CCHA teams
As of the completion of the 2020–21 season

Coaches
The Wildcats are currently coached by Grant Potulny, who assumed coaching duties after Walt Kyle's contract was not renewed in March 2017.

All-time coaching records
As of the completion of 2022–23 season

Statistical leaders
The team statistical leaders are given below.

Career points leaders

Career goaltending leaders

GP = Games played; Min = Minutes played; W = Wins; L = Losses; T = Ties; GA = Goals against; SO = Shutouts; SV% = Save percentage; GAA = Goals against average

minimum 1000 minutes played

Statistics current through the start of the 2023–24 season.

Players

Current roster
As of September 18, 2023.

Awards and honors

NCAA

Spencer Penrose Award
Rick Comley: 1980, 1991

NCAA Scoring Champion
Bill Joyce: 1980
Scott Beattie: 1991

Tournament Most Outstanding Player
Scott Beattie: 1991

AHCA First Team All-Americans

1980-81: Steve Bozek, F
1990-91: Brad Werenka, D; Scott Beattie, F
1991-92: Dallas Drake, F
2009-10: Mark Olver, D

AHCA Second Team All-Americans

1983-84: Bill Schafhauser, D
1986-87: Gary Emmons, F
1987-88: Phil Berger, F
1988-89: Darryl Olsen, D
1990-91: Bill Pye, G
1991-92: Jim Hiller, D
2004-05: Tuomas Tarkki, G
2005-06: Nathan Oystrick, D
2006-07: Mike Santorelli, F
2008-09: Erik Gustafsson, D
2009-10: Erik Gustafsson, D
2017-18: Philip Beaulieu, D
2018-19: Troy Loggins, F

WCHA

Individual awards

Player of the Year
Scott Beattie: 1991
Troy Loggins: 2019

Outstanding Student-Athlete of the Year
Brad Werenka: 1991

Defensive player of the year
Dallas Drake: 1992
Philip Beaulieu: 2019

Rookie of the Year
Scott Beattie: 1990
Tony Szabo: 1991

Coach of the Year
Rick Comley: 1989, 1991
Grant Potulny: 2018

Most Valuable Player in tournament
Bill Pye: 1989, 1991
Corwin Saurdiff: 1992

All-conference teams
First Team All-WCHA

1985–86: Gary Emmons, F
1986–87: Gary Emmons, F
1987–88: Phil Berger, F
1988–89: Darryl Olsen, D
1990–91: Bill Pye, G; Brad Werenka, D; Scott Beattie, F
1991–92: Dallas Drake, F
1994–95: Greg Hadden, F
2017–18: Atte Tolvanen, G; Troy Loggins, F
2018–19: Atte Tolvanen, G; Philip Beaulieu, D; Troy Loggins, F

Second team all-wcha

1988–89: Phil Berger, F
1991–92: Jim Hiller, F
1992–93: Joe Frederick, F
1993–94: Mike Harding, F
2015–16: Darren Nowick, F; Dominik Shine, F
2016–17: Atte Tolvanen, G
2017–18: Philip Beaulieu, D; Adam Rockwood, F
2018–19: Adam Rockwood, F
2019–20: Philip Beaulieu, D; Griffin Loughran, F
2020–21: Joseph Nardi, F

Third Team All-WCHA

2014–15: Brock Maschmeyer, D
2016–17: Dominik Shine, F
2017–18: Darien Craighead, F; Robbie Payne, F
2019–20: Darien Craighead, F
2020–21: André Ghantous, F

WCHA All-Rookie Team

1990–91: Tony Szabo, F
1991–92: Corwin Saurdiff, G; Jason Helr, D
1993–94: Dean Seymour, F
1996–97: Buddy Smith, F
2015–16: Atte Tolvanen, G
2016–17: Darien Craighead, F
2019–20: John Hawthorne, G
2020–21: Rico DiMatteo, G

CCHA

Individual awards

Player of the Year
Don Waddell: 1978
Steve Weeks: 1980
Jeff Pyle: 1981
Tuomas Tarkki: 2005

Rookie of the Year
Jeff Poeschl: 1981
Gary Emmons: 1984
Chris Gobert: 2000

Coach of the Year
Rick Comley: 1980, 1981

Perani Cup
Craig Kowalski: 2004

Best Offensive Defenseman
Erik Gustafsson: 2009, 2010

Best Defensive Defenseman
Nathan Oystrick: 2005

Best Goaltender
Tuomas Tarkki: 2005

All-conference teams
First Team All-CCHA

1977–78: Don Waddell, D; Bill Joyce, F
1978–79: Tom Laidlaw, D
1979–80: Steve Weeks, G; Don Waddell, D; Tom Laidlaw, D; Steve Bozek, F; Bill Joyce, F
1980–81: Steve Bozek, F; Jeff Pyle, F
1999–00: Roger Trudeau, F
2004–05: Tuomas Tarkki, G; Nathan Oystrick, D
2005–06: Nathan Oystrick, D
2006–07: Mike Santorelli, F
2008-09: Erik Gustafsson, D
2009-10: Erik Gustafsson, D; Mark Olver, F
2011-12: Tyler Gron, F

Second team all-ccha

1978–79: Steve Weeks, G
1980–81: Jeff Poeschl, G
1998–99: J. P. Vigier, F
1999–00: Kevin Schmidt, D
2003–04: Nathan Oystrick, D
2011–12: Justin Florek, F
2021–22: AJ Vanderbeck, F
2022–23: André Ghantous, F

CCHA All-Rookie Team

1998–99: Chad Theuer, F
1999–00: Jimmy Jackson, D; Chris Gobert, F
2004–05: Mike Santorelli, F
2007–08: Erik Gustafsson, D; Mark Olver, F
2010–11: Kevin Kapalka, G
2021–22: Charlie Glockner, G
2022–23: Béni Halász, G; Josh Zinger, D; Joey Larson, F

Northern Michigan Wildcats Hall of Fame
The following is a list of people associated with the Northern Michigan men's ice hockey program who were elected into the Northern Michigan Wildcats Hall of Fame (induction date in parentheses).

Scott Beattie (2003)
Joe Blake (2002)
Steve Bozek (1991)
Rick Comley (1998)
Dallas Drake (2002)
Gary Emmons (1999)
Jim Hiller (2007)
Bill Joyce (1998)
Tom Laidlaw (1990)
Jay McQuillan (2017)
Mike Mielke (2009)
Darryl Plandowski (2014)
Bill Pye (2007)
Bill Schafhauser (2008)
Tuomas Tarkki (2013)
Don Waddell (1993)
Steve Weeks (1990)
Brad Werenka (2002)
1979–80 Hockey Team (2017)
1990–91 Hockey Team (1998)

Olympians
This is a list of Northern Michigan alumni who have played on an Olympic team.

Wildcats in the NHL
As of July 1, 2023.

Source:

Notable players
Dual US/French citizen Eric LeMarque went on to play for Team France at the
1994 Winter Olympics, later losing his feet to frostbite in a mishap chronicled in autobiography and in the 2017 film 6 Below: Miracle on the Mountain.

Arena
The Wildcats play at the 3,902-seat Berry Events Center on the NMU campus in Marquette, Michigan. The arena has been the home of the Wildcats since 1999, replacing Lakeview Arena which had been the home to NMU hockey since the program began in 1976.

Pageantry

Puckheads
The Puckheads are a group of fans of the Wildcats hockey team, made up of students as well as community residents. In the words of a Michigan Daily feature article, "The Puckheads have created an atmosphere that makes the Berry Events Center one of the most entertaining and frustrating road trips for other teams in the CCHA."

The Puckheads were founded in November 1996 at Lakeview Arena. They travel and follow the team on many occasions, and have established rivalries with other teams' fan groups, notably the "Red Army" supporters of the Nebraska–Omaha Mavericks.

References

External links
Northern Michigan Wildcats men's ice hockey

Ice hockey teams in Michigan


Raini-Alena Rodriguez (born July 1, 1993) is an American actress and singer. She is known for her roles as Trish in the Disney Channel original series Austin & Ally, Maya Blart in Paul Blart: Mall Cop (2009) and Paul Blart: Mall Cop 2 (2015), and Tess in Prom (2011). She won Best Young Television Actress at the 2013 Imagen Awards.

Early and personal life
Rodriguez was born in Bryan, Texas. She is the older sister of actor Rico Rodriguez. She has two other brothers, Ray and Roy Jr. Her parents, Diane and Roy Rodriguez, own a business called Rodriguez Tire Service. She is of Mexican descent.

Raini was discovered at an IMTA showcase, by Susan Osser, a California talent agent. After viewing Raini's performance, Osser suggested to Raini's mother that Osser should become Raini's manager and come to California to give Raini a year for career opportunities. At the time, Raini was 11 years old. Her mother agreed. Raini and her brother Rico moved to Los Angeles with their mother, while their father stayed in Texas to run the tire shop. Their mother home-schooled them to support their careers.

On March 12, 2017, Rodriguez's father, Roy, died at age 52.

Filmography

Film

Television

Discography

Singles

As lead artist

As featured artist

Promotional singles

Videography

Awards and nominations

References

External links

1993 births
Living people
21st-century American actresses
Actresses from Texas
American actresses of Mexican descent
American child actresses
American film actresses
American television actresses
American voice actresses
People from Bryan, Texas
21st-century American women singers
21st-century American singers


Sir Thomas Benger Master of the Revels (ca. 1520? – 1572) succeeded Sir Thomas Cawarden as Elizabeth I's Master of the Revels on 18 January 1560. He served until 1572 when it appears Sir Thomas Blagrave stepped in. Benger was considered to be an ineffectual master of the revels, purely on account that a charter for his successor hadn't been drawn up at his death. Benger had been a loyal member of the Princess Elizabeth's household at Hatfield during the several imprisonments she had suffered under her sister, Mary I.

On 5 June 1555, he had been examined by Secretary Bourne, the Master of the Rolls, Sir Francis Englefield, Sir Richard Read and Doctor Hughes, "upon such points as they shall gather out of their former confessions, touching their lewd & vain practises of calculating or conjuring, presently sent unto them with the said letters." In 1559, he was elected to Parliament for Lancaster.

Benger produced forty-six plays and masques that dealt with the factional intrigues surrounding the Queen's marriage negotiations between 1560 and 1572. Only eleven of his plays were performed by adult acting troupes, notably the Grey's Inn Men, and it is thought to be his group of child actors to which William Shakespeare refers in Hamlet act ii, scene ii, "an aery of children, little eyases that cry out on the top of question and are most tyrannically clapped for it: these are now the fashion; and so berattle the common stages that many wearing rapiers are afraid to goose quills and dare scarce come hither."

Benger's use of boy actors from Children of Paul's, realistic three-dimensional scenery, and stage effects, were to define the courtly entertainments of Elizabeth's reign and set the standard required from the noble lords the Queen visited on her regular summer progressions.

Benger found the financial burden of the office too much for his family to bear and he made a special plea to the Queen as 'one of the last of the poor flock of Hatfield' to pay off his debts when he died as 'the charges for making of masks cam never to so little a sum as they do this year.'

Benger died in 1572, though his will was not finally proved until 1577.

Notes

References

1520s births
1572 deaths
16th-century English people
English knights


Orsino Orsini Migliorati (1473–1500) was the husband of Giulia "La Bella" Farnese (1474–1524), the mistress of Pope Alexander VI.

Family

The only son of Ludovico Orsini Migliorati (1425-1489) and Adriana de Mila (b. 1434), Orsino was related to Alexander VI through his mother, who was the Pope's cousin. Adriana had been widowed at an early age and had sought the "protection" of her cousin, then-Cardinal Rodrigo Borgia, in order to effectively administer her late husband's vast estates and to safeguard her son's considerable inheritance. In return for this "protection", Adriana served as Rodrigo's friend and close confidante and was even put in charge of the wardship of his illegitimate daughter Lucrezia Borgia.

Marriage and adult life

At age 16, Orsino married 15-year-old Giulia Farnese, the daughter of Luigi Farnese by his wife, Giovanna Caetani. Giulia was also the sister of the future Pope Paul III (born Alessandro Farnese). While Orsino has been rather disparagingly described as being "squint eyed," "awkward" and "self-conscious," Giulia was a beautiful young woman who went by the nickname of La Bella, "the beautiful one." Shortly after this marriage, around 1491, Giulia met Rodrigo Borgia, during one of his visits to Monte Giordano to see his daughter, Lucrezia. When the Cardinal expressed a desire to take her daughter-in-law for a mistress, Adriana immediately gave her permission and blessings to the affair. In exchange for his enforced compliance to his wife's adultery with Rodrigo, Orsino was granted mayorship of the city of Carbognano. Rodrigo Borgia took the papal throne in August 1492 as Alexander VI, the same year in which Giulia gave birth to a daughter, Laura, whose paternity is still disputed today, although Giulia claimed she was Borgia's own daughter. Briefly concerned that a scandal would break out, Alexander VI did not acknowledge paternity, which was instead attributed to, and accepted by, Orsino.

Orsino died in 1500, at age 27, of unknown causes. At around the time of his death, Giulia and the Pope had become mildly estranged but his mother, Adriana, eventually brokered a peaceful separation of the two. Adriana herself continued to remain in high standing with the Pope as his friend and confidante, even chaperoning Lucrezia on her journey to wed Alfonso d'Este. Adriana died in about 1509, and the control of Carbognano passed to her erstwhile daughter-in-law, Giulia. The vast Orsini family fortune was eventually inherited by Laura Orsini and then by her children, Giulio and Lavinia della Rovere.

Ancestry

References
 Bellonci, Maria. The Life and Times of Lucrezia Borgia.
 Williams, George. L. Papal Genealogy: The Families and Descendants of the Popes.

15th-century Italian nobility
Orsini family
1473 births
1500 deaths


Onir (born Anirban Dhar, 1 May 1969) is an Indian film and TV director, editor, screenwriter and producer. He is best known for his film My Brother…Nikhil, based on the life of Dominic d'Souza, starring Sanjay Suri and Purab Kohli it was one of the first mainstream Hindi films to deal with AIDS and same-sex relationships.

Onir won the National Award for his film I Am. He has won 16 film awards in total.

Life and career

Early life
Onir was born as Anirban Dhar in Samchi, Bhutan. His father Aparesh Dhar and mother Manjushree are of Bengali origin. Onir spent much of his childhood going to the cinema. The family moved to Kolkata around 1990.

In Kolkata, Onir studied comparative literature and took a few film classes at Chitrabani film school. He graduated from Jadavpur University in 1989, but left before getting his post-graduate degree when he received a scholarship to study film editing at SFB/TTC in Berlin. He later returned to India and worked as an editor, scriptwriter, art director, music album producer and song/music video director before becoming an independent Producer and Director.

Early career
In 1992 Onir directed and produced his first documentary film, Fallen Hero based on painter Bijan Choudhury's life. He also served as an assistant to Kalpana Lajmi on Daman: A Victim of Marital Violence (2001) where he had his first experience directing a full-length feature film.

While working on a documentary about Dominic D'Souza, a champion swimmer and AIDS patient in Goa, Onir conceived the idea for his first film. His directorial debut My Brother... Nikhil (2005) starring co-producer Sanjay Suri and actress Juhi Chawla deals with the Goan government's harsh treatment of AIDS patients in the 1980s and the stigma attached to them. My Brother... Nikhil was screened at several international film festivals, and Juhi Chawla received an IIFA nomination for her role as the main character's supportive sister. The film was screened at over 40 international film festivals, and won the Audience Choice Awards in Milan, LGBT film festival, Best Film & Jury Audience Choice Award at Montreal, image+nation Film Festival amongst others.

In 2006 he released his second film Bas Ek Pal with Urmila Matondkar, Sanjay Suri and Jimmy Shergill. He received a nomination for the Best Director Critic's Award at the Global Indian Film Awards for the film. This film was not a financial success, only collecting 15–20 percent at the box office. His next film Sorry Bhai! also failed to do well as it released the week of the terrorist attacks in Mumbai.

Critical acclaim
Onir's eighth film was I Am, which consists of four short films exploring such themes as single motherhood, displacement, child abuse and same-sex relationships. I Am won the National Award in two categories; Best Film and Best Lyrics. It was also the winnerof I-VIEW 2010s Engendered Award (New York) for Outstanding Contribution.

Onir was awarded the 2008/9 Triangle Media Group Honorary Award on 7 February 2010, and won Best Film awards at both the London Asian Film Festival and the River to River. Florence Indian Film Festival. He won the IRDS film awards for Best Director for Social Concern.

In 2018 he received Likho Award (Trailblazer Award).

Onir has received the Diversity Award from Film Victoria Australia and La Trobe University at Indian Film Festival Of Melbourne 2019.

Onir received the Jury Special mention for Outstanding work On LGBT Issues at the Indus Valley International Film Festival Oct 2020.

Recent work
Together with Sanjay Suri, Onir started Anticlock Films, a production company that will concentrate on promoting young directors. So far Anticlock has promoted people such as Bikas Ranjan Mishra who directed Chauranga, which was released on Netflix India.

He also worked on Raising the Bar - an Indo-Australian documentary about six youth with Down syndrome, which won the Hollywood International Independent Documentary Award.

Onir fifth directional film titled Shab (The Night) starring Raveena Tandon, Ashish Bisht, Arpia Chatterjee and French actor Simon Frenay. The film was released on 14 July 2017. The film premiered at the New York Indian Film Festival and also screened at River to River Indian Film Festival Florence, Melbourne Indian Film Festival.

In 2017, a short film "Aaba" (Grandfather) that he co-produced premiered at the Berlin International Film Festival.

In 2017 Onir started shooting for his 6th directorial venture Kuchh Bheege Alfaaz with National Award-winning actor Geetanjali Thapa and introducing a young Kashmiri actor Zain Khan Durrani. The film released on 16 February 2018 . The film won the audience Choice Award at the Jagaran Film Festival and has been screened at The London Asian Film Festival, Stuttgart Indian Film Festival, Melbourne Indian Film Festival and Karachi International Film Festival.

In 2018 Onir directed a documentary named Widows Of Vrindavan which won the Best Documentary at the Jagran Film festival 2019. It has also been screened at the Stuttgart Indian Film Festival and Melbourne Indian Film Festival in 2019.

Onir directed a documentary "SAMA: Symbols and Gestures in Contemporary Art of Italy and India" in 2021 which explores the world of contemporary art in the Indian sub-continent as well as in Italy and lends context by investigating the signs and symbols surrounding them in history and culture. It offers a glimpse into the aesthetics of the two regions, while also excavating rare forms of craftsmanship.

Personal life
Onir has one younger brother, Aryan Dhar. Abhishek Dhar is a theoretical physicist at International Centre for Theoretical Sciences, TIFR Bangalore, adjunct faculty at Raman Research Institute and winner of the Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize for Science and Technology. Onir's sister Irene Dhar Malik is a film and television editor.

Onir is an atheist. He can speak Bengali, Russian, German and Tamil. His favourite film directors are Ritwik Ghatak, Satyajit Ray, Luis Buñuel and Andrei Tarkovsky while he cites Shyam Benegal's Junoon as the reason he became a filmmaker. He is also one of the few openly gay directors in Bollywood.

Filmography

Awards and nominations

References

External links

1969 births
Living people
Indian atheists
Hindi-language film directors
Jadavpur University alumni
Indian LGBT film directors
LGBT television directors
Bengali film directors
Indian film directors
Indian LGBT rights activists
People from Thimphu
Indian gay writers
Indian male screenwriters
Indian LGBT screenwriters
Gay screenwriters


Izaskun Bilbao Barandica (born 27 March 1961 in Bermeo) is a politician from the Basque Country, a region in Spain. She was the President of the Basque Parliament from 2005 to 2009, being the first woman to hold the position. She has been a Member of the European Parliament since 2009. She is affiliated with the Basque National Party, which belongs to the European Democratic Party, and sits in the Renew Europe group in the European Parliament.

Life and career
Izaskun Bilbao was born in the coastal town of Bermeo in the Basque region of north west Spain. She is a member of the Basque Nationalist Party.

President of the Basque Parliament, 2005–2009
Izaskun Bilbao was the President of the Basque Parliament in the 2005–2009 term, being elected to the office as a "consensus candidate" among the nationalist majority in the legislature when the incumbent president and initial candidate of her party, Juan María Atutxa, failed to obtain the majority and the election deadlocked. She has a degree in law.

In 2008, she was in the center of a controversy regarding the placement of the Spanish flag in the seat of the Basque Parliament: the Spanish Law on Flags requires that all public institutions place the Spanish flag on a prominent place wherever the regional or local flags fly. After years of not submitting to such law and flying only the Ikurriña (Basque flag), the Spanish Supreme Court ruled that the Basque Parliament would have to fly the Spanish flag too. In the Bureau meeting that studied the ruling, Izaskun Bilbao sided with the non-nationalist minority in the Parliament ruling body to actually place the flag against the official policy of her party. She defended this decision as simply obeying the final ruling of the Supreme Court, and thus having nothing to do with politics.

Bilbao contested the 2009 election as the leading candidate for Biscay in the Basque National Party's ticket, and was subsequently re-elected to parliament. She also sought re-election as speaker, but the election results allowed PSE and PP to form a majority, and Arantza Quiroga (PP) succeeded her in the post. Bilbao resigned as member of parliament during the summer of 2009, upon being elected by her party to contest the 2009 European Parliament election.

Member of the European Parliament, 2009–present
Izaskun Bilbao has been a Member of the European Parliament since the 2009 European elections. She served as vice-chairwoman of the Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe Group under the leadership of chairman Guy Verhofstadt until 2019, when Luis Garicano was elected as vice-chairman. She is also a member of the Committee on Transport and Tourism. In this capacity, she has been the parliament's rapporteur on the interoperability of the rail system within the EU. She is also a member of the Democracy Support and Election Coordination Group (DEG), which oversees the Parliament's election observation missions.

In addition to her committee assignments, Izaskun Bilbao is a member of the European Parliament Intergroup on LGBT Rights and the MEPs Against Cancer group.

Izaskun Bilbao has given speeches in the European Parliament in support of freedom of expression in Vietnam and for female entrepreneurship.

References

External links
Basque Parliament: Izaskun Bilbao - Bio

1961 births
Basque Nationalist Party MEPs
Basque Nationalist Party politicians
Living people
Members of the 6th Basque Parliament
Members of the 7th Basque Parliament
Members of the 8th Basque Parliament
Members of the 9th Basque Parliament
MEPs for Spain 2014–2019
MEPs for Spain 2019–2024
People from Bermeo
Presidents of the Basque Parliament
Women members of the Basque Parliament
Municipal councillors in the Basque Country (autonomous community)
University of the Basque Country alumni
University of Deusto alumni
20th-century Spanish women


Grant Thomas Donaldson (born 8 June 1976 in Upper Hutt) is a New Zealand cricketer who played for the Wellington Firebirds.

References

External links

1976 births
Living people
Sportspeople from Upper Hutt
Cricketers from Wellington Region
New Zealand cricketers
Wellington cricketers
20th-century New Zealand people


Ernie Moser (born April 30, 1949) is a Canadian former professional ice hockey right winger who was drafted 9th overall in the 1969 NHL Amateur Draft by the Toronto Maple Leafs.

Career statistics

External links

1949 births
Canadian ice hockey right wingers
Flint Generals (IHL) players
Ice hockey people from Saskatchewan
Living people
Muskegon Mohawks players
National Hockey League first-round draft picks
Springfield Indians players
Toronto Maple Leafs draft picks
Tulsa Oilers (1964–1984) players
People from Rural Municipality Happyland No. 231, Saskatchewan
Canadian expatriate ice hockey players in the United States


A National school was a school founded in 19th-century England and Wales by the National Society for Promoting Religious Education.
These schools provided elementary education, in accordance with the teaching of the Church of England, to the children of the poor.
Together with the less numerous British schools of the British and Foreign School Society, they provided the first near-universal system of elementary education in England and Wales.

The schools were eventually absorbed into the state system, either as fully state-run schools or as faith schools funded by the state.

History

Prior to 1800, education for poorer children was limited to isolated charity schools.

In 1808 the Royal Lancastrian Society (later the British and Foreign School Society) was created to promote schools using the Monitorial System of Joseph Lancaster.

The National Society was set up in 1811 to establish similar schools using the system of Dr Andrew Bell, but based on the teachings of the Church of England in contrast to the non-denominational Christian instruction of the Lancastrian schools. The aim of the National Society was to establish a National school in every parish of England and Wales. The schools were usually next to the parish church, and named after it.

From 1833, the state began to pay annual grants to the societies, with the much larger National Society receiving a proportionally larger share.
The grants increased over time, but they were accompanied by inspections and increasing demands from the state.
The rigid monitorial system, though economical, came to be viewed by inspectors as limited.

The Elementary Education Act 1870 provided for the establishment of board schools to supplement those of the societies, and allowed for state funding of 50% of the running costs of voluntary schools, but phased out capital funding.

The National Society responded by raising £10 million and almost doubling the number of its schools to 12,000 in 15 years. However the schools found it difficult to meet their maintenance costs, and also suffered from competition with board schools. Many schools were closed or handed over to the school boards. The Education Act 1902 provided some relief.

Under the Education Act 1944 ("the Butler Act") these schools became voluntary aided or voluntary controlled primary schools, funded by the state but still able to promote the teachings of the Church of England.

References

Further reading

School types
Education in England
Education in Wales


The Bayano Dam is a dam on the Bayano River in Darién Province, Panama. The dam was built in 1976; its construction flooded approximately 350 square kilometers of rainforest, displacing thousands of indigenous residents. The flooded area is now Bayano Lake. The dam is the second-largest power source in Panama.

See also
Fortuna Dam, the dam in Panama that generates the most power.

References

External links
Photo of Bayano Dam

Dams in Panama
Buildings and structures in Darién Province
Dams completed in 1976


Gertrude Elzora Durden Rush (August 5, 1880 – September 5, 1962) was the first African-American female lawyer in Iowa, admitted to the Iowa bar in 1918. She helped found the National Bar Association in 1925.

Life and career
Gertrude Elzora Durden was born on August 5, 1880, in Navasota, Texas, to Sarah E. and Frank Durden. She attended high schools in Parsons, Kansas, and Quincy, Illinois. She taught in Oswego, Kansas; the Indian Territory; and Des Moines, Iowa. She married in 1907 and earned a Bachelor of Arts degree from Des Moines College in 1914, then earned a law degree through distance learning facility La Salle Extension University. She remained the only African American female lawyer in Iowa until 1950.

She took over her husband's law practice after his death. In 1921 she was elected president of the Colored Bar Association. In 1925 Rush and four other black lawyers founded the Negro Bar Association after being denied admission to the American Bar Association.

Rush was also an activist in the civil rights and suffrage movements, as well as an author and playwright.

Tributes
 The Gertrude E. Rush Distinguished Service Award is given by the National Bar Association.
 As of 2017, the Iowa National Bar Association is erecting a public art project, A Monumental Journey, in honor of Rush and the others who opened the profession of law to African Americans.

See also
List of first women lawyers and judges in Iowa

References

External links
 Gertrude Elzora Durden Rush biography via University of Iowa

1880 births
1962 deaths
20th-century American women lawyers
People from Oswego, Kansas
Iowa lawyers
La Salle Extension University alumni
People from Navasota, Texas
National Bar Association
20th-century American lawyers


The New Zealand School Certificate or School Certificate was an examination-based New Zealand secondary-school qualification for  high-school students in Year 11 (Form 5) from the 1940s until 2002.

Qualification details
Originally to gain School Certificate proper, students had to achieve an average score of at least 50 percent and a "C" grade (50–64%) or better in all subjects (including English and mathematics). Latterly this changed to three subjects and by the final years of school certificate, students could progress to the sixth form (year 12) if they narrowly missed these criteria but had an overall score of 180 in their top four subjects. This was at the discretion of the school.

Some subjects were a mixture of internal and external assessments. Internal assessment increased in later years. Subjects such as art, music and design technology were internally assessed by the school and nationally moderated. Originally internal exams were adjusted and scaled to ensure only 50% of students gained a “C” grade or higher. Latterly they were adjusted and scaled to make them consistent with results from other schools nationwide.

An "A" School Certificate was awarded to candidates achieving scores between 80–100 percent and "B" School Certificates were awarded for scores between 65–79 percent. Students attaining five or more A grades received a special certificate acknowledging their achievement.

History
School Certificate was awarded by the Ministry of Education until 1991, and then by the New Zealand Qualifications Authority until 2002 when it was replaced by the National Certificate of Educational Achievement (NCEA) at Level 1.

See also
 History of education in New Zealand
 Sixth Form Certificate
 School Certificate (United Kingdom)
 School Certificate (New South Wales)

References

History of education in New Zealand
Secondary school qualifications


"God in Me" is a song by American contemporary gospel duo Mary Mary featuring American gospel singer Kierra "Kiki" Sheard. It was released as the second single from their fourth studio album The Sound (2008), and was also featured on their greatest hits album Go Get It (2012). and was written by both Mary Mary and producer Warryn Campbell, husband of member Erica Campbell. The single is the group's first to chart on the Billboard Hot 100 since their debut single, "Shackles", charted in 2000. The song won Song of the Year at the 25th Annual Stellar Awards.

Music video
The music video for "God in Me" is about expressing individuality during a fashion show. It features appearances by Flex Alexander, Kanye West, Amber Rose, Common, Heavy D, and Fonzworth Bentley. America's Next Top Model, Cycle 11 runner-up Samantha Potter also made an appearance in the video. It ranked at #60 on BET's Notarized: Top 100 Videos of 2009 countdown.

Remixes
 Official Remix featuring Ne-Yo &  Kierra Sheard (3:19)
 Remix featuring Sean Ray
 Remix featuring Yung Joc
 Unofficial remix with ThaGIM (3.00)
 Dave Audé Club Mix (7:46)
 DJ Escape & Tony Coluccio Club Mix (8:26)
 Jamie J Sanchez Club Mix (7:49)
 Mathias Heilbron Club Mix (8:49)
 Richard Vission Club Mix (6:00)

Chart performance
The song has been a major success, and became the first song since their debut single "Shackles (Praise You)" to chart on the Billboard Hot 100, peaking at number 68. The song also spent 76 weeks on the Billboard Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs, and peaked at #5. It reached the Top 10 of the chart in its 42nd week, the longest climb to the top tier in the survey's 67-year history. It also was #1 on both the Hot Gospel Songs and Hot Dance Club Play charts.

Charts

Weekly charts

Year-end charts

References

External links
Music video for "God in Me" on YouTube

2008 singles
Mary Mary songs
Songs written by Warryn Campbell
2008 songs
Columbia Records singles


Tony Rohr (born 1940) is an Irish actor.

Career
Rohr played Grandad in The Lakes and Solomon Featherstone in Middlemarch. He has also appeared in The Bill, The Long Good Friday, McVicar, Softly, Softly, Crown Court, The Sweeney, Casualty, Lovejoy, I Hired a Contract Killer, Cracker, The Vet, Father Ted, Waking the Dead, Hustle and Inspector George Gently. He played the railway station master in the 2010 film Leap Year. He played the IRA Brigade Commander in Yorkshire TV's Harry's Game. He recently played Anthony, the estranged father of the title character, Derek, in the series of the same name written and directed by Ricky Gervais.

Personal life
He has a daughter Louise with actress Pauline Collins. Collins gave baby Louise up for adoption in 1964. They were reunited 22 years later. Collins' book, Letter To Louise, documents these events.

Filmography

References

External links

Living people
British male film actors
British male television actors
1940 births
Place of birth missing (living people)


"Rock You Baby" is a song co-written recorded by American country music artist Toby Keith.  It was released in January 2003 as the third single released from his 2003 album Unleashed.  The song peaked at number 13 on the US Billboard Hot Country Songs chart in March 2003.  Keith wrote this song with Scotty Emerick.

Content
The song's narrator is promising a lonely woman that he will love and comfort her.

Chart performance
"Rock You Baby" debuted at number 55 on the U.S. Billboard Hot Country Songs chart for the week of January 18, 2003. The song peaked on the Billboard Hot 100 on March 22, 2003. It later peaked at number 13 on Hot Country Songs for the chart week dated March 29, 2003, becoming his first single to miss the Top 10 since 1999's "When Love Fades". Its lower peaking position can be attributed to the early release of Keith's next single, "Beer For My Horses", which had been receiving significant airplay as an album cut while "Rock You Baby" was on the charts.

Charts

References

2003 singles
Toby Keith songs
Songs written by Scotty Emerick
Songs written by Toby Keith
Song recordings produced by James Stroud
DreamWorks Records singles
2002 songs


The Fortuna Dam, officially known as Edwin Fabrega Dam, is an embankment dam in western Panama. The original  tall dam was completed in 1984 but it was raised to  by 1994 to increase power generation.

It is the single largest energy source in Panama, providing 30% of the country's electricity.  The Canadian public utility Hydro-Québec was an initial investor in the project, which was completed in 1984.

See also

 List of power stations in Panama

References

Dams completed in 1984
Energy infrastructure completed in 1984
Energy infrastructure completed in 1985
Hydroelectric power stations in Panama
Reservoirs in Panama
Buildings and structures in Chiriquí Province


The 2009 Mount Albert by-election was held in the New Zealand electorate of  on 13 June 2009. There were fifteen candidates in the election. David Shearer of the Labour Party won the election with 63% of the vote. The seat was vacated by former Labour Prime Minister Helen Clark, who resigned from the New Zealand Parliament on 17 April 2009 following her appointment to head the United Nations Development Programme.
Main issues surrounding the campaign included the building of the Waterview Connection and the Auckland Region becoming a supercity.

Background
The Mount Albert electorate is based around the neighbourhoods of western and central Auckland City. It includes the suburbs of Point Chevalier, Kingsland, Avondale, Waterview, as well as the eponymous Mount Albert. It has been held by the New Zealand Labour Party since its creation in 1946; Helen Clark was its representative from 1981 until 2009 and enjoyed a large majority in Mt Albert, winning 59% of the electorate vote in the 2008 election while Labour only won 42% of the party vote.
Prior to the election, National had 58 seats in the House of Representatives, Labour had 42, Green had 9, ACT had 5, Māori had 5, Progressive had 1, and United Future had 1. Labour had lost one seat since the general election, as a result of the resignation of Clark, which caused the by-election.

Key dates
The key dates for the by-election are as follows:

 Writ Day – Monday 11 May
 Nominations Open – Tuesday 12 May
 Nominations Day – Tuesday 19 May
 Advance Voting start – Wednesday 27 May
 Election – Saturday 13 June
 Official Results – Thursday 25 June
 Returns of Writs – Tuesday 30 June

Results

Candidates
There were fifteen candidates in total.

David Shearer (Labour)

Former UN Deputy Special Representative and 2002 candidate for Whangarei David Shearer won the Labour nomination from a field of eight candidates including lawyer Helen White and Auckland City councillor Glenda Fryer.

Shortly after his selection, media attention focused on articles he wrote for Foreign Affairs and World Today (in 1998 and 2001 respectively) arguing for the use and regulation of private military companies by Western governments for peacekeeping missions where they are unwilling to contribute troops. This was at odds with the position of Labour Party Leader and former Minister of Foreign Affairs Phil Goff.

National Party Leader and Prime Minister John Key said this was "a hypocritical position" because Labour claimed during 2008's election campaign that National had a secret privatisation agenda.

Media speculation prior to the selection suggested that the Labour Party nomination would go to then-current list MP Phil Twyford. Twyford announced that he would not seek the seat on 21 April. This followed media reports that the Labour Party was unwilling to allow Twyford's list place to be taken by defeated Auckland Central MP Judith Tizard.

Melissa Lee (National)

First-term list MP Melissa Lee beat 2008 candidate Ravi Masuku for the National Party nomination on 5 May.

Lee faced allegations that her production company Asia Vision had spent New Zealand on Air money making a promotional video for the National Party ahead of the 2008 election. Lee called the allegations "ridiculous", saying that all work on the video was done on a voluntary basis. New Zealand on Air investigated and cleared Lee of any misconduct. The Green Party complained to the Electoral Commission, saying that the video should have been declared as an election expense.

If Lee had won the by-election, the next (58th) person on the National Party list – Conway Powell – would have become a list MP, as Lee was already a list MP.
note: originally Cam Calder would have been the next list MP, but the day before the election (12 June) list MP Dr Richard Worth resigned from parliament over sexual allegations, so Calder became an MP regardless.

Russel Norman (Green)
Green Party co-leader Russel Norman was the only nomination from his party and was the first candidate from a party then in Parliament to declare his candidacy. In 2008, he stood in Rongotai, finishing third with 15.84% of the vote.

If Norman had won the by-election, the next (10th) person on the Green Party list – David Clendon – would have become a list MP, as Norman was already a list MP.

John Boscawen (ACT)
ACT selected list MP John Boscawen on 2 May. In the 2008 election, Boscawen ran in the seat of North Shore, coming fourth with 4% of the vote.

If Boscawen had won the by-election, the next (6th) person on the ACT list – Hilary Calvert – would have become a list MP, as Boscawen was already a list MP.

Judy Turner (United Future)
United Future party president and former MP (2002–2008) Judy Turner was announced as her party's candidate on 14 May. In 2008, Turner stood in the East Coast seat, coming fifth with 3.3 percent of the vote.

Other candidates
Ben Boyce
Ben Boyce is the second half of the comedy duo Bill and Ben. They stood on a "no policies, no promises, no disappointment" platform in 2008 and out-polled all other minor parties.

Simonne Dyer
Businesswoman Simonne Dyer was selected by The Kiwi Party on 4 May. In 2008 she was her party's candidate for Rodney, where she finished second to last with 1.55% of the vote.

Dakta Green
Former National Party chair of the Pakuranga electorate Dakta Green was selected as the Aotearoa Legalise Cannabis Party candidate on 2 May. Green had been arrested a number of times in the campaign for drugs offences. In response, Green has alleged police harassment and political interference in his campaign.

Julian Pistorius
Julian Pistorius was a 32-year-old computer programmer and former deputy leader of Libertarianz.

Jackson Wood
Jackson Wood was the then-editor of Victoria University student magazine Salient. He announced his independent candidacy on 21 April, being the first person to do so. He campaigned from Wellington, instead of Auckland, save for an open-invite slingshot battle on top of Mount Albert on 6 June, which he invited all other candidates to attend.

Malcolm France
Climaction coordinator. France's policies include:
 Civil disobedience against motorway
 No supercity
 $15 minimum wage.

France smeared a chocolate lamington cake on ACT candidate Boscawen in protest of the supercity.

Rusty Kane
Advocates binding citizens initiated referendums.

Anthony van den Heuvel
Van den Heuvel is of the Human Rights Party.

Jim Bagnall
Bagnall contested the election for the Union of Fathers.

Ari Baker
Independent candidate

Campaign

Waterview Connection

A main issue in the campaign was the "Waterview Connection" – the connection of the Southwestern motorway at Mount Roskill with the Northwestern motorway at the suburb of Waterview, on the northern edge of the seat.

Transit New Zealand announced in 2008 (during the last year of the Fifth Labour Government) that its preferred option was for a two-lane tunnel costed at NZ$1.97 billion. The final cost of NZ$3.1 billion cited by the National Government included an expansion to a three-lane tunnel, upgrades to connecting roads and financing costs.

In May 2009, National's Transport Minister Steven Joyce announced that he was "not comfortable" with this cost, preferring a surface option costing NZ$1.1 billion. Although this option is over a billion dollars cheaper, the plan will require the demolition of 365 houses along the route in addition to the ones required for the tunnel option.

Labour called the option "second class" and that the decision was dismissive of the wishes of the people of Mount Albert. Green Party candidate Russel Norman described the plan as "better than the worst of all options", but added that the best anti-congestion investment would be public transport. National's candidate Melissa Lee backed the surface option, saying that the decision would bring certainty to the area. She also suggests that the tunnel option was "unaffordable". Meanwhile, Independent candidate Jackson Wood proposed a series of zeppelins to carry cars without the need for any construction.

Melissa Lee was widely criticised for claiming that the SH20 Waterview Connection would stop criminals from South Auckland committing crime in Mt Albert. Her party leader John Key called her comments "stupid" and Lee later apologised.

Auckland governance

The governance of the Auckland Region was another issue that was raised in the by-election campaign. The Royal Commission on Auckland Governance released its report at the end of March and the ruling National Party outlined its plans before campaigning began.

Labour did not support the current legislation relating to the supercity, and filibustered on the weekend of 15–18 May 2009, by proposing about 1000 amendments to the legislation, as the government was not sending it to the select committee process, and that a referendum was not being held for Aucklanders to decide whether a supercity was wanted.

Debates
Unitec
Auckland University
Plunket
Public Service Association
Combined Churches (Ecumenical Group) of Mt Albert
Bfm
NiuFM/531PI
Radio Live

Q+A
David Shearer and Melissa Lee were interviewed by Paul Holmes on TVNZ's show on Sunday, 10 May.
On Sunday, 7 June, Russel Norman and John Boscawen were interviewed on the show.

Back Benches
On Wednesday, 10 June, John Boscawen, Melissa Lee, Russel Norman, David Shearer and Judy Turner (the candidates from five main parties) appeared on the TVNZ show Back Benches. This episode was filmed and aired on 10 June, and was reshown on 12 June, on the channel TVNZ7.

Polls

Shearer's huge majority meant that a low turnout was predicted, because voters may have felt that the result was inevitable. Actual turnout was 20,943, a 41% decrease on that of the 2008 general election.

See also
 List of New Zealand by-elections

References

External links
Elections New Zealand – Mount Albert by-election page

2009 elections in New Zealand
Mount Albert 2009
Politics of the Auckland Region
2000s in Auckland
June 2009 events in New Zealand


Edmund Leser (1 May 1853, in Münster – 11 December 1916, in Frankfurt am Main) was a German surgeon remembered for describing the Leser-Trélat sign (named with Ulysse Trélat, 1828–1890).

He studied law in Berlin and served in the Franco-Prussian War as an artillery officer before studying medicine in Leipzig. He received his doctorate in 1880 and worked as Richard von Volkmann's assistant in Halle. He qualified as a surgeon in 1884, and became a professor in 1894, practicing in Halle and Frankfurt.

He was the author of Lehrbuch der speciellen Chirurgie in 50 Vorlesungen (Textbook of special surgery in 50 lectures), published in several editions.

References

External links

German surgeons
1853 births
1916 deaths
People from Münster


"Last Chance" is a song by American singer Ginuwine. It was written by Wayne Wells, Adonis Shropshire, and Bryan-Michael Cox for his sixth studio album A Man's Thoughts (2009), with production helmed by the latter. Ginuwine commented that the song "reflects the maturity of my personal growth over the past few years." "Last Chance" was digitally released as the album's lead single on March 31, 2009. It debuted at number 84 on the US Billboard Hot 100, becoming his first entry on this chart since "Love You More" in 2003, and eventually peaked at number 63, while also reaching number three on the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs.

Background
"Last Chance" was written by Wayne Wells, Adonis Shropshire, and Bryan-Michael Cox, while production was helmed by the latter. In an interview with Blogcritics, Ginuwine explained: "When I come up with names of songs on a CD, it might actually mean more than what it's actually talking about. In this one, it really signified how I feel about the game and how I feel about myself in the game: If I don't do it right this time, this is my last chance. Another reason was because it was to me a hit [...] When I did it the first day, I knew that there was something special about that song. I still feel that regardless of how much success it has. In my heart I just felt that it was a special song."

Music video
A music video for "Last Chance" was directed by Juwan Lee. Singers Ray J and Tyrese Gibson, comedian Alex Thomas and fashion designer and actress LisaRaye all make appearances in the clip.

Track listings

Charts

Weekly charts

Year-end charts

References

2008 songs
2009 singles
Ginuwine songs
Songs written by Adonis Shropshire
Warner Records singles
Songs written by Bryan-Michael Cox