Payday loans in the United States
comment: A payday loan (also called a payday advance, salary loan, payroll loan, small dollar loan, short term, or cash advance loan) is a small, short-term unsecured loan, "regardless of whether repayment of loans is linked to a borrower's payday." The loans are also sometimes referred to as "cash advances," though that term can also refer to cash provided against a prearranged line of credit such as a credit card. Payday advance loans rely on the consumer having previous payroll and employment records. Legislation regarding payday loans varies widely between different countries and, within the United States, between different states.
abstract: A payday loan (also called a payday advance, salary loan, payroll loan, small dollar loan, short term, or cash advance loan) is a small, short-term unsecured loan, "regardless of whether repayment of loans is linked to a borrower's payday." The loans are also sometimes referred to as "cash advances," though that term can also refer to cash provided against a prearranged line of credit such as a credit card. Payday advance loans rely on the consumer having previous payroll and employment records. Legislation regarding payday loans varies widely between different countries and, within the United States, between different states. To prevent usury (unreasonable and excessive rates of interest), some jurisdictions limit the annual percentage rate (APR) that any lender, including payday lenders, can charge. Some jurisdictions outlaw payday lending entirely, and some have very few restrictions on payday lenders. In the United States, the rates of these loans were formerly restricted in most states by the Uniform Small Loan Laws (USLL), with 36%-40% APR generally the norm.

Tommy Smith (rugby union)
abstract: Tommy Smith is a former rugby union player who represented the United States in 15s and 7s rugby before becoming the coach of the US sevens team in 1999. Smith has been a member of the U.S. Rugby Hall of Fame since his 2017 induction. Smith played high school rugby at Walter Johnson High School in Maryland. Smith won the Leslie Williams Award for "Best and Fairest Player" at the 1986 Hong Kong Sevens tournament, joining past recipients Jonah Lomu, Waisale Serevi and Mark Ella. He made 45 appearances for the U.S. national sevens team, and captained the side 19 times. As a coach, he spent a decade as the UCLA head coach until 1990. He coached the United States national rugby sevens team from 1999 to 2001, stepping down just before the 2001 Rugby World Cup Sevens. In 2011 he was the coach of the sevens team at the Santa Monica Rugby Club.
comment: Tommy Smith is a former rugby union player who represented the United States in 15s and 7s rugby before becoming the coach of the US sevens team in 1999. Smith has been a member of the U.S. Rugby Hall of Fame since his 2017 induction. Smith played high school rugby at Walter Johnson High School in Maryland. Smith won the Leslie Williams Award for "Best and Fairest Player" at the 1986 Hong Kong Sevens tournament, joining past recipients Jonah Lomu, Waisale Serevi and Mark Ella. He made 45 appearances for the U.S. national sevens team, and captained the side 19 times.

Tsegaye Degineh
abstract: Tsegaye Degineh (* April, 1969) is an Ethiopian Doctor of Economics and the first Ethiopian mainly brought modern Ju-Jitsu to Ethiopia. He received his Ph.D. (2000) at the Department of Economics and Business Administration, Humboldt University Berlin and holds 5th Dan in Ju-Jitsu that initially dominated by the style of the German Ju-Jitsu Federation. He is known as the founder and the first Board President of the Ju-Jitsu Association in Ethiopia (2007) and later the first Board President of the Judo Association that merged with the Ju-Jitsu Association in 2011. He is also Vice President of the (2010), which is a member of Ju-Jitsu International Federation and SCSA (Supreme Council of Sports in Africa) as well as AASC (African Association of Sports Confederations). In 2016 he has been elected as Vice President of the Ethics Commission by Ju-Jitsu International Federation. Degineh enabled the participation of Ethiopian Athletes in World Judo Championships 2011 and World Ju-Jitsu Championships 2010 for the first time ever in the sports' history of Ethiopia. In May 2014, he has received the highest golden needle of honor of the German Ju-Jutsu Federation for his outstanding engagement to spread Ju-Jitsu and sport across the world particularly in Africa, Ethiopia. Degineh is also known for his textbooks especially in Amharic language “Project Management Guide for millennium Ethiopia” and “Ju-Jitsu-Martial Art Philosophy and Basic Techniques”.
comment: Tsegaye Degineh (* April, 1969) is an Ethiopian Doctor of Economics and the first Ethiopian mainly brought modern Ju-Jitsu to Ethiopia. He received his Ph.D. (2000) at the Department of Economics and Business Administration, Humboldt University Berlin and holds 5th Dan in Ju-Jitsu that initially dominated by the style of the German Ju-Jitsu Federation. In May 2014, he has received the highest golden needle of honor of the German Ju-Jutsu Federation for his outstanding engagement to spread Ju-Jitsu and sport across the world particularly in Africa, Ethiopia.

Andricus opertus
comment: Andricus opertus, the fimbriate gall wasp, is a species of wasp in the family Cynipidae whose bisexual generation induces elongate, spiky galls on the leaves of various species of oaks in California, including valley oak and scrub oak. The galls of the bisexual generation form in spring, adults emerge in late spring, and galls persist on trees until the fall. The unisexual generation of this species forms aborted bud galls in the summer and fall.

Prince of Chernigov
comment: The Prince of Chernigov was the kniaz, the ruler or sub-ruler, of the Rus' Principality of Chernigov, a lordship which lasted four centuries straddling what are now parts of Ukraine, Belarus and the Russian Federation.

Tom Whidden
comment: Thomas A. Whidden is one of the most-acclaimed sailors of all-time. He is a member of both the America's Cup Hall of Fame and the National Sailing Hall of Fame. Whidden joined North Sails, the world's largest sailmaker, in 1986, just before leading the yacht Stars & Stripes to victory over Australia in the 1987 America's Cup. He became CEO and co-owner of North Technology Group, formerly known as North Marine Group, parent company to North Sails, when it was established several years later.
abstract: Thomas A. Whidden is one of the most-acclaimed sailors of all-time. He is a member of both the America's Cup Hall of Fame and the National Sailing Hall of Fame. Whidden joined North Sails, the world's largest sailmaker, in 1986, just before leading the yacht Stars & Stripes to victory over Australia in the 1987 America's Cup. He became CEO and co-owner of North Technology Group, formerly known as North Marine Group, parent company to North Sails, when it was established several years later. Whidden, who began sailing at age ten at the Cedar Point Yacht Club in Westport, Connecticut, is one of the most experienced America's Cup sailors in the history of the sport. "When I was 16, my dream was to become a sailmaker and race in the America's Cup," said Whidden of his years as a junior sailor on Long Island Sound. He sailed with Dennis Conner in a total of eight campaigns, beginning in 1979 as Conner's trial horse skipper. He has raced as tactician in five series races and has won three times (1980, 1987, 1988). Whidden was given a key to New York City from Mayor Ed Koch in 1987 after bringing the America's Cup back to the United States from Australia. Whidden's leadership in the design and manufacturing of technologically advanced sails is unparalleled. Since Whidden joined North Sails, every America's Cup winner since 1992 and every Volvo Ocean Race winner since 1993 has raced with North Sails. Emirates Team New Zealand's recent win over Oracle Team USA in the 2017 America's Cup is partially credited to North, as the company designed and built ETNZ's boat, wings, sails, and spars. A graduate of Colby College in Waterville, Maine, Whidden has earned many accolades throughout his sailing career including Colby's "Carl Nelson Award" for Athletic Achievement in 1989, and the University Club "Man of the Year" award in 1987. In 2006, Whidden received the prestigious "A Life for Sailing" Award at the Trofeo Zegna Regatta in Portofino, Italy, which is given biennially to a pe[cell cut: 2989 characters, first 2000 kept]

Te Deum (Pärt)
abstract: Te Deum is a setting of the Latin Te Deum text, also known as the Ambrosian Hymn attributed to Saints Ambrose, Augustine, and Hilary, by Estonian-born composer Arvo Pärt, commissioned by the Westdeutscher Rundfunk in Cologne, Germany, in 1984. Dedicated to the late Alfred Schlee of Universal Edition, the WDR Broadcast Choir premiered the Te Deum under the direction of conductor Dennis Russell Davies on January 19, 1985. The Te Deum plays an important role in the services of many Christian denominations, including the Paraklesis (Moleben) of Thanksgiving in the Eastern Orthodox Church. Because of the unusual instrumentation Pärt employs, his Te Deum is not suited for use within the Orthodox Church. It was recorded on the ECM New Series label in 1993 by the Estonian Philharmonic Chamber Choir and Tallinn Chamber Orchestra under the direction of Tõnu Kaljuste. The piece is approximately thirty minutes long. Te Deum employs Pärt's signature tintinnabuli compositional style. Tintinnabuli is often described as a minimalistic compositional technique, as its harmonic logic departs from that of the tonal tradition of Western classical music, creating its own distinct harmonic system. Tintinnabulation is a process in which a chosen triad encircles a melody, manifesting itself in specific positions in relation to the melody according to a predetermined scheme of adjacency. In its most rudimentary form, Pärt's tintinnabuli music is composed of two main voices: one carries the usually stepwise melody (M-voice) while the other follows the trajectory of the melody but is limited to notes of a specific triad (T-voice). In the case of Te Deum, it is a D triad that is featured in the T-voice, and as such provides the harmonic basis for the entire piece. The work is scored for three choirs (women's choir, men's choir, and mixed choir), prepared piano, divisi strings, and wind harp. According to the Universal Edition full score, the piano part requires that four pitches be prepared wit[cell cut: 2961 characters, first 2000 kept]
comment: Te Deum is a setting of the Latin Te Deum text, also known as the Ambrosian Hymn attributed to Saints Ambrose, Augustine, and Hilary, by Estonian-born composer Arvo Pärt, commissioned by the Westdeutscher Rundfunk in Cologne, Germany, in 1984. Dedicated to the late Alfred Schlee of Universal Edition, the WDR Broadcast Choir premiered the Te Deum under the direction of conductor Dennis Russell Davies on January 19, 1985. The Te Deum plays an important role in the services of many Christian denominations, including the Paraklesis (Moleben) of Thanksgiving in the Eastern Orthodox Church. Because of the unusual instrumentation Pärt employs, his Te Deum is not suited for use within the Orthodox Church. It was recorded on the ECM New Series label in 1993 by the Estonian Philharmonic Chamber Choi

Fox (UK and Ireland)
abstract: Fox (stylised as FOX) is a television channel in the United Kingdom and Ireland, owned by Disney Channels Worldwide. It launched on 12 January 2004 and was originally known as FX (in line with the American channel of the same name). Featuring a mix of animated comedies and American drama series, the channel's age demographic is adults aged 18 to 35 years old.

Juan Crisóstomo Bonilla
abstract: Juan Crisóstomo Bonilla Pérez (27 January 1835, in Tetela de Ocampo, Puebla – 30 January 1884, in Veracruz) was a Mexican general.

Toni-Leslie James
comment: Toni-Leslie James is an American costume designer for stage, television and film. James was awarded The Irene Sharaff Young Masters Award and the 2009 Obie for Sustained Excellence in Costume Design. She received a BFA in costume design from The Ohio State University. Ms James is an Associate Professor and Head of Design in the theatre department of Virginia Commonwealth University.
abstract: Toni-Leslie James is an American costume designer for stage, television and film. James was awarded The Irene Sharaff Young Masters Award and the 2009 Obie for Sustained Excellence in Costume Design. She received a BFA in costume design from The Ohio State University. Ms James is an Associate Professor and Head of Design in the theatre department of Virginia Commonwealth University. Her Broadway costume design credits include the costume designs for Come From Away (2017 Drama Desk Nomination), the 2017 revival of August Wilson's Jitney (2017 TONY Award Nomination, 2017 Drama Desk Nomination ), Amazing Grace: A New Musical (Hewes Design Award Nomination),The Scottsboro Boys (Hewes Design Award Nomination), Finian's Rainbow, Chita Rivera: The Dancer's Life, Ma Rainey's Black Bottom, King Hedley II, One Mo’ Time, The Wild Party (FANY Award), Marie Christine (FANY Nomination), Footloose, The Tempest (Drama Desk Nomination), Twilight…Los Angeles 1992, ''Angels in America: Millennium Approaches & Perestroika, Chronicle of a Death Foretold, and Jelly’s Last Jam (Hewes Design Award, Tony Award Nomination and Drama Desk Nomination).' Off Broadway and regionally she has designed productions for various productions, including; the City Center Encores! series, Lincoln Center Theater, The Public Theatre, The Vineyard Theatre, Second Stage, Playwrights Horizons, Arena Stage, The Shakespeare Theatre, The Mark Taper Forum, Ballet Hispanico, and internationally at the Royal Court and Chitchester theaters in England, The Citadel Theatre in Canada, and The Greek Festival in Athens, Greece. Her television credits include; Whoopi for NBC, As The World Turns for CBS, The Huey P. Newton Story directed by Spike Lee, five specials for WNET/13 Great Performances series and the feature film, A Tale of Two Pizzas directed by Vincent Sassone.

Sudheendra Kulkarni
abstract: Sudheendra Kulkarni is an Indian politician and columnist.

Tyrone Noonan
abstract: Tyrone ("Ty") Noonan is an Australian musician, best known for his vocals, guitars, keyboards and songwriting in the Brisbane band George. He has also worked as a composer for Australian theatre companies La Boite and Queensland Theatre Company. In 2005 following George's disbanding, Ty began pursuing a solo career, which would see him relocate to London in 2008, and New York in 2009. Ty released his debut self-titled indie jazz album Palimpsest in 2004, followed by the 6-track pop/rock mini-album "Heavy Soul Part I" (Jellyfish / MGM) on 16 September 2006, and self-released his debut full-length album, "I Believe", in August 2011.
comment: Tyrone ("Ty") Noonan is an Australian musician, best known for his vocals, guitars, keyboards and songwriting in the Brisbane band George. He has also worked as a composer for Australian theatre companies La Boite and Queensland Theatre Company. In 2005 following George's disbanding, Ty began pursuing a solo career, which would see him relocate to London in 2008, and New York in 2009.

1978 in baseball
comment: The following are the baseball events of the year 1978 throughout the world.

Shooting of Antwon Rose Jr.
abstract: Antwon Rose II was a 17-year-old African-American teenager who was shot and killed in East Pittsburgh on June 19, 2018 by East Pittsburgh Police Officer Michael Rosfeld, after after he attempted to evade arrest by running from a car that was involved in a drive-by shooting 10 minutes earlier. Rose was unarmed when shot, and later died in McKeesport Hospital. Allegheny County District Attorney Stephen Zappala stated that Rose had an empty 9-millimeter handgun magazine in his pocket, and officials stated there were two guns in the car, one being a 9-mm-caliber handgun and the other a .40-caliber handgun. The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette published video footage showing Rose riding in the front passenger seat while Zaijuan Hester fired through the rear window behind him. Contradicting that video evidence, drive-by victim William Ross told investigators on January 17, 2019 that Rose was in fact the individual who had shot him: "The beef was between me and him, that car came by, he shot me, I ran to the store." Despite Ross' testimony and the gun under Rose's seat matching the empty magazine on his person, prosecutors maintained Rose did not fire a weapon during the earlier drive-by shooting. For his part in that shooting, Hester pleaded guilty to multiple counts of firearms and aggravated assault charges. Rose had gunshot residue on his hands at the time he was shot, according to trial testimony from a scientist at the Allegheny County Medical Examiner’s Office, and Rose's DNA was found on the 9mm pistol found under the passenger seat in which he was riding during the drive-by shooting. Rosfeld's attorney additionally claimed that Rose had stolen one of the handguns found in the car during an armed robbery of his employer just hours before he was shot, but this was ruled inadmissible by Judge Alexander Bicket given that information regarding the gun theft was unknown to Rosfeld at the time Rose was shot and killed. Two days of protests spurred by Rose's killing broke out in b[cell cut: 2267 characters, first 2000 kept]
comment: Antwon Rose II was a 17-year-old African-American teenager who was shot and killed in East Pittsburgh on June 19, 2018 by East Pittsburgh Police Officer Michael Rosfeld, after after he attempted to evade arrest by running from a car that was involved in a drive-by shooting 10 minutes earlier. Rose was unarmed when shot, and later died in McKeesport Hospital. Allegheny County District Attorney Stephen Zappala stated that Rose had an empty 9-millimeter handgun magazine in his pocket, and officials stated there were two guns in the car, one being a 9-mm-caliber handgun and the other a .40-caliber handgun. The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette published video footage showing Rose riding in the front passenger seat while Zaijuan Hester fired through the rear window behind him. Contradicting that video

Whitewell Road
abstract: The Whitewell Road is an interface area in north Belfast and Newtownabbey, Northern Ireland, and historically the site of occasional clashes between nationalists and loyalists. The Whitewell Road and the surrounding area is a residential community in the Greencastle parish. The Whitewell area is considered a working class area. For much of its length the Whitwell Road runs parallel to the M2 and also provides a direct link between the A2 (Shore Road) and the A6 (Antrim Road). The beginning of the White City residential estate on the upper Whitewell Road marks the boundary between the Nationalist and Loyalist communities there. A peace line runs the length of Serpentine Gardens. The road generally had a high level of community integration until 1997 when the Drumcree conflict polarised the two communities in the area and led to increased tension, violence and segregation. In 2012, as part of an effort to tackle sectarian divisions, the Catholic-run Greencastle CEP and the Protestant-run Whitecity Community Development Association merged to form the Greater Whitewell Community Surgery as single community organisation for all residents of the road and its surrounding districts. Hazelwood Comprehensive College is located on the Whitewell Road. It is an integrated comprehensive secondary school, drawing students from various religious and community backgrounds throughout the greater Belfast area. The top of the road is home to the Throne Centre, a mixed-use business premises that has had a number of uses over the years. Taking its name from the Giant's Chair, a large stone on nearby Cavehill used as the throne of the O'Neill Clan, it was initially a private residence before becoming a hospital and convalescent home. Whilst used as a hospital Throne became noted for its pioneering work in the area of plastic surgery.
comment: The Whitewell Road is an interface area in north Belfast and Newtownabbey, Northern Ireland, and historically the site of occasional clashes between nationalists and loyalists. The Whitewell Road and the surrounding area is a residential community in the Greencastle parish. The Whitewell area is considered a working class area. For much of its length the Whitwell Road runs parallel to the M2 and also provides a direct link between the A2 (Shore Road) and the A6 (Antrim Road).

T. V. Newton
comment: Thumbegedara Vittie Newton was a Sri Lankan police inspector, former OIC of the Angulana Police Station, who was sentenced to death for the murder of Dinesh Tharanga Fernando and Dhanushka Udayakantha Aponso.

Council on American–Islamic Relations
comment: The Council on American–Islamic Relations (CAIR) is a Muslim and advocacy group. It is headquartered on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C., with regional offices nationwide. Through civil rights actions, media relations, civic engagement, and education, CAIR promotes social, legal and political activism among Muslims in America. Critics of CAIR, such as the United Arab Emirates, have accused it of pursuing an Islamist agenda and have claimed that the group is connected to Hamas, and the Muslim Brotherhood, claims which CAIR has rejected and described as an Islamophobic smear campaign.

John Scott (ice hockey)
comment: John Howard Scott (born September 26, 1982) is a Canadian former professional ice hockey defenceman/winger. A professional player for nearly 10 seasons, Scott saw National Hockey League action with the Minnesota Wild, Chicago Blackhawks, New York Rangers, San Jose Sharks, Buffalo Sabres, Arizona Coyotes and Montreal Canadiens. Scott was born in Edmonton, Alberta, but grew up in St. Catharines, Ontario. He graduated from Michigan Technological University in 2006. A film based on Scott's final professional season and the events surrounding his All-Star appearance is currently in development.
abstract: John Howard Scott (born September 26, 1982) is a Canadian former professional ice hockey defenceman/winger. A professional player for nearly 10 seasons, Scott saw National Hockey League action with the Minnesota Wild, Chicago Blackhawks, New York Rangers, San Jose Sharks, Buffalo Sabres, Arizona Coyotes and Montreal Canadiens. Scott was born in Edmonton, Alberta, but grew up in St. Catharines, Ontario. He graduated from Michigan Technological University in 2006. Scott gained prominence in January 2016 when, after an online campaign, he was named captain of the Pacific Division team for the 2016 NHL All-Star Game, despite only having scored five goals in his career, and only one assist in his time with the Coyotes. Despite a trade to the Montreal Canadiens, and subsequently being sent down to the St. John's IceCaps, then the Canadiens' AHL affiliate, the NHL confirmed on January 19, 2016, that Scott would participate in the 2016 NHL All-Star Game as the captain of the Pacific Division. Scott scored two goals in the tournament that helped his team advance to the finals where they were winners by a score of 1–0, and was voted the Most Valuable Player. A film based on Scott's final professional season and the events surrounding his All-Star appearance is currently in development.

Sawla
abstract: Sawla (also known as Felege Neway) is a town in southern Ethiopia. Located in Gamo Gofa Zone of the Southern Nations, Nationalities and Peoples' Region, this town has a latitude and longitude of 6°18′N 36°53′E﻿ / ﻿6.300°N 36.883°E with an elevation of 1,395 metres (4,577 ft) above sea level. It is surrounded by Demba Gofa woreda.

Tony Cook (musician)
abstract: Tony Cook is a dance music producer and former drummer for James Brown.

Sai Lohit
comment: Sai Lohit (Thai: สายโลหิต) is a Thai novel written by Sopark Suphan. This novel was first published in the Satrisara magazine. This novel is a Thai national historical novel at the end of the Ayutthaya Kingdom. The enemy happened because citizens were not prepared and negligent. Conflict is due to unity. Destruction kills one another, which results in less skilled people. This may be an example of the teaching "Not to let history repeat again", even if the agenda is different.

Messias Timula
comment: Messias Júlio Timula (18 February 1948 – 18 February 1998), known simply as Messias, was a Portuguese footballer who played as a central defender.

Pacific (1850)
comment: Pacific was a wooden sidewheel steamer built in 1850 most notable for its sinking in 1875 as a result of a collision southwest of Cape Flattery, Washington. Pacific had an estimated 275 passengers and crew aboard when she sank. Only two survived. Among the casualties were several notable figures, including the vessel's captain at the time of the disaster, Jefferson Davis Howell (1846–1875), the brother-in-law of former Confederate President Jefferson Davis. The sinking of Pacific killed more people than any other marine disaster on the West Coast at the time.

Juan Carlos de la Cruz Reyna
comment: Juan Carlos de la Cruz Reyna (born 1974 or 1975) is a convicted Mexican criminal and former high-ranking member of the Gulf Cartel, a criminal group based in Tamaulipas. He was also a senior member in Los Zetas, the Gulf Cartel's former paramilitary group. In the 1990s, de la Cruz Reyna was an officer in the Tamaulipas State Police while working as a hitman for the Gulf Cartel. After he left the agency in 1999, he became a bodyguard for former Gulf Cartel kingpin Osiel Cárdenas Guillén, and was eventually promoted to regional leader of the cartel in Tampico. He reportedly had policemen on his payroll, and managed international drug trafficking shipments from Central and South America.
abstract: Juan Carlos de la Cruz Reyna (born 1974 or 1975) is a convicted Mexican criminal and former high-ranking member of the Gulf Cartel, a criminal group based in Tamaulipas. He was also a senior member in Los Zetas, the Gulf Cartel's former paramilitary group. In the 1990s, de la Cruz Reyna was an officer in the Tamaulipas State Police while working as a hitman for the Gulf Cartel. After he left the agency in 1999, he became a bodyguard for former Gulf Cartel kingpin Osiel Cárdenas Guillén, and was eventually promoted to regional leader of the cartel in Tampico. He reportedly had policemen on his payroll, and managed international drug trafficking shipments from Central and South America. In 1999, de la Cruz Reyna and his associates threatened two U.S. agents at gunpoint in Matamoros after they had traveled there with an informant to gather intelligence on the Gulf Cartel's operations. The agents returned to the U.S. unharmed, but this incident triggered a massive manhunt for him. De la Cruz Reyna was arrested in 2007 and extradited to the U.S., where he was convicted of assaulting the two agents. Expecting to be released in 2012, de la Cruz Reyna attempted to bribe an undercover agent to ensure he was released to members of the Gulf Cartel upon his return to Mexico. He later pleaded guilty to charges of bribery and received a sentence of slightly more than an additional 11 more years in prison.

Tony Fiorentino
abstract: Tony Fiorentino is an American television color commentator, most recently for the Miami Heat. Fiorentino has been involved with the Heat organization since it entered the NBA, joining the team in 1988 as an assistant coach under Ron Rothstein. He also served as an assistant coach for the Heat under Alvin Gentry and Pat Riley, and later served as an assistant coach with the Heat's WNBA sister team, the Miami Sol. He became the Heat's main television color commentator in 2004, replacing Mike Fratello. On June 9, 2017, The Miami Heat announced that Fiorentino will call his 15th and final season as the team's television analyst. On April 11, 2018, Fiorentino was honored in a halftime ceremony during the final regular season game against the Toronto Raptors. Fiorentino remains with the team, serving as both a Miami Heat Ambassador and as the Director for the franchise's very popular summer basketball camp program. Fiorentino played college basketball at Concordia College in Bronxville, New York. He then coached high school basketball at Mount Vernon High School, where he got to know rival coach Ron Rothstein, a relationship which later helped him get an assistant coaching position for Rothstein on the Heat. He also had a stint as a college assistant at Iona.
comment: Tony Fiorentino is an American television color commentator, most recently for the Miami Heat. Fiorentino has been involved with the Heat organization since it entered the NBA, joining the team in 1988 as an assistant coach under Ron Rothstein. He also served as an assistant coach for the Heat under Alvin Gentry and Pat Riley, and later served as an assistant coach with the Heat's WNBA sister team, the Miami Sol. He became the Heat's main television color commentator in 2004, replacing Mike Fratello. On June 9, 2017, The Miami Heat announced that Fiorentino will call his 15th and final season as the team's television analyst. On April 11, 2018, Fiorentino was honored in a halftime ceremony during the final regular season game against the Toronto Raptors. Fiorentino remains with the team, s

Devi Ahilya Bai Holkar Airport
abstract: Devi Ahilya Bai Holkar International Airport (IATA: IDR, ICAO: VAID) is an International airport that principally serves Indore and adjacent regions in the Indian State of Madhya Pradesh. It is the busiest airport in Central India and is located 8 km west of Indore.According to the statistics released by the Airports Authority of India, the agency responsible for the maintenance and management of the airport, it is the 22nd busiest airport in India by passenger traffic. The airport is named after Maharani Ahilya Bai Holkar of Indore, belonging to the Holkar dynasty of the Maratha Empire.Devi Ahilyabai Holkar International Airport, Indore has been adjudged as the best airport in under 2 million annual passenger footfall category in Asia Pacific region in the Airports Council International (ACI)'s airport service quality (ASQ) rankings for the year 2017. The World Book of Records, UK has bestowed Worlds Standardization Certification to Devi Ahilya Bai Holkar International Airport, Indore for the achievement of ACI Award 2017 on 9 April 2018. Since 24 March 2018 it has started operations 24*7 with night landing facilities.
comment: Devi Ahilya Bai Holkar International Airport (IATA: IDR, ICAO: VAID) is an International airport that principally serves Indore and adjacent regions in the Indian State of Madhya Pradesh. It is the busiest airport in Central India and is located 8 km west of Indore.According to the statistics released by the Airports Authority of India, the agency responsible for the maintenance and management of the airport, it is the 22nd busiest airport in India by passenger traffic. The airport is named after Maharani Ahilya Bai Holkar of Indore, belonging to the Holkar dynasty of the Maratha Empire.Devi Ahilyabai Holkar International Airport, Indore has been adjudged as the best airport in under 2 million annual passenger footfall category in Asia Pacific region in the Airports Council International (

ABUS
comment: ABUS (August Bremicker und Söhne KG) is a company based in Wetter-Volmarstein. It is a German manufacturer of preventative security technology. The name is an acronym formed from the original company name August Bremicker und Söhne.

Dick O'Connell
abstract: Richard Henry O'Connell (September 19, 1914 – August 18, 2002) was an American front office executive in Major League Baseball. He was executive vice president of the Boston Red Sox from 1961 through 1977 and served as general manager of the team from September 16, 1965, through October 24, 1977, a period during which he played a pivotal role in restoring the Red Sox to contending status, won two American League pennants, and helped make the team a flagship MLB franchise.

Tony Blondal
comment: Tony Blondal is a film and television orchestrator and conductor, and record arranger. He started out his musical career playing live (guitar) and doing studio recording sessions (guitar, mandolin, banjo, balalaika, charango and various instruments). He also pursued his other interests, which were writing orchestral and band arrangements for singers, and big band writing and arranging. Through this early work he met a group of TV composers who were busy and needed someone to help orchestrate and copy their music for weekly recording sessions. That experience led to other opportunities and started him on a new path, and he soon transitioned to film orchestration. To this day he still works in film primarily, but also occasionally in television and video games.

Arthur Daniel
abstract: Arthur William Trollope Daniel (3 January 1841 – 26 January 1873) was an English all-round sportsman and amateur cricketer who played first-class cricket from 1861 to 1869. Daniel was born at St Pancras, London, the son of William Thomas Shave Daniel. A barrister at Lincoln's Inn, he had been captain of the Harrow Cricket XI and played for its Football XI while at school there. Going up to Trinity College, Cambridge, he was a founder member of the Cambridge University Athletic Club, running in hurdles for the University at its first Inter-Varsity sports match in 1864. After leaving Cambridge, he was mainly associated with Middlesex, as a right-handed batsman and occasional wicket-keeper. He made 37 known appearances in first-class matches. He played for several predominantly amateur teams including the Gentlemen in the Gentlemen v Players series. He died of tuberculosis at his brother-in-law's house on Victoria Road, Clapham on 26 January 1873, and was buried at West Norwood Cemetery. He is commemorated in one light of a stained glass window at St Mary the Virgin church, Great Wakering, Essex.
comment: Arthur William Trollope Daniel (3 January 1841 – 26 January 1873) was an English all-round sportsman and amateur cricketer who played first-class cricket from 1861 to 1869. Daniel was born at St Pancras, London, the son of William Thomas Shave Daniel. A barrister at Lincoln's Inn, he had been captain of the Harrow Cricket XI and played for its Football XI while at school there. Going up to Trinity College, Cambridge, he was a founder member of the Cambridge University Athletic Club, running in hurdles for the University at its first Inter-Varsity sports match in 1864.

U.Thaniyarasu
abstract: U. Thaniyarasu is politician and, as of 2011, was a Member of the Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly from the Paramathi Velur constituency. He represents the alliance with AIADMK. Since May 2016, he has been a Member of the Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly from the Kangayam constituency.

Ricky G. Adams
comment: Ricky G. Adams is an American police officer and retired soldier with the Army National Guard from the state of Oklahoma. Currently Adams serves as the Director of the Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigation, being appointment to the post by OSBI Commission effective July 1, 2018. OSBI Director Ricky Adams has been a law enforcement professional for over 39 years. He began his career at the municipal level with the Elk City and Edmond Police Departments from 1980-1986, before joining the ranks of the Oklahoma Highway Patrol. Adams was the honor graduate of the 42nd OHP Academy in 1986. He then continued a 32-year career, serving at every level within the Highway Patrol to include 31 months as the Assistant Commissioner for the Oklahoma Department of Public Safety. He was selected as the 26t
abstract: Ricky G. Adams is an American police officer and retired soldier with the Army National Guard from the state of Oklahoma. Currently Adams serves as the Director of the Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigation, being appointment to the post by OSBI Commission effective July 1, 2018. OSBI Director Ricky Adams has been a law enforcement professional for over 39 years. He began his career at the municipal level with the Elk City and Edmond Police Departments from 1980-1986, before joining the ranks of the Oklahoma Highway Patrol. Adams was the honor graduate of the 42nd OHP Academy in 1986. He then continued a 32-year career, serving at every level within the Highway Patrol to include 31 months as the Assistant Commissioner for the Oklahoma Department of Public Safety. He was selected as the 26th chief of the Oklahoma Highway Patrol in 2013 and served Oklahoma in that position until his subsequent appointment as Deputy Director for the OSBI in February 2018. He has commanded patrol operations during many large-scale manhunts and Oklahoma’s natural disasters and was one of the first responders to the 1995 Oklahoma City bombing. He has received numerous law enforcement awards for his criminal interdiction efforts. In 2015, he was honored by induction into the Elk City Oklahoma Leadership Hall of Fame. Adams is a combat veteran who retired in 2014 after 35 years of service in the Army National Guard. Among his previous executive level military assignments are: Deputy Commanding General National Guard, US Army Training and Doctrine Command, Fort Eustis, Virginia; Assistant Adjutant General – Oklahoma ARNG; Deputy Commanding General - ARNG, Field Artillery Center, Fort Sill; Director-Police Reform Directorate, Kabul, Afghanistan; Deputy Assistant Commandant, United States Army Field Artillery School, Fort Sill; Commander of the 45th Field Artillery Brigade; and Commander of the 1BN 171st FA MLRS - Oklahoma ARNG. He has received the Army Distinguished Service Medal, Legion of M[cell cut: 3293 characters, first 2000 kept]

Tommy Tang
abstract: Tommy Tang is a Thai-born chef and television personality well known for his PBS series of cooking shows.

Tom Wreggitt
comment: Tom Wreggitt is a former Canadian National Lacrosse League and Ontario Lacrosse Association player. He was a fifth overall pick in the 1997 NLL Draft. Wreggitt is currently a member of the Ontario Lacrosse Hall of Fame. He has four Mann Cup rings with the Brooklin Redman (1985, 1987, 1988 and 1990). He is ranked 14th all time in OLA scoring with 426 goals, 654 assists, and 1,080 points.

Sersi
abstract: Sersi () is a fictional character, a superheroine appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. The character is depicted as an Eternal.

Tsuyoshi Nagano
abstract: Tsuyoshi Nagano (長野 剛 Nagano Tsuyoshi) is a Japanese illustrator most famous for doing the cover artwork for the Romance of the Three Kingdoms (video game series) games by Koei since the 1980s. His art style is realism and surrealism.He also does Star Wars artwork and illustrations in Japan.

1990 American League Championship Series
comment: The 1990 American League Championship Series was a best-of-seven series that matched the East Division champion Boston Red Sox against the West Division champion Oakland Athletics. For the second time in three years, the Athletics swept the Red Sox four games to none. The sweep was capped by a Roger Clemens ejection in Game 4 for arguing balls and strikes. The Athletics lost to the Cincinnati Reds in the 1990 World Series.

Radu Gabrea
comment: Radu Gabrea (20 June 1937 – 9 February 2017) was a Romanian film director and screenwriter. He directed more than twenty films between 1969 and 2016.

American Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
abstract: The American Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology (ASBMB) is a learned society that was founded on December 26, 1906 at a meeting organized by John Jacob Abel (Johns Hopkins University). The roots of the society were in the American Physiological Society, which had been formed some 20 years earlier. The ASBMB was originally called the American Society of Biological Chemists, before obtaining its current name in 1987. The society is based in Rockville, Maryland. ASBMB's mission is to advance the science of biochemistry and molecular biology through publication of scientific and educational journals, the organization of scientific meetings, advocacy for funding of basic research and education, support of science education at all levels, and by promoting the diversity of individuals entering the scientific workforce. The organization currently has over 12,000 members.
comment: The American Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology (ASBMB) is a learned society that was founded on December 26, 1906 at a meeting organized by John Jacob Abel (Johns Hopkins University). The roots of the society were in the American Physiological Society, which had been formed some 20 years earlier.

Trevor Findlay
abstract: Trevor Findlay is director of the Nuclear Energy Futures Project at the Centre for International Governance Innovation (CIGI) in Waterloo, Ontario. He heads the CIGI project on the future of the IAEA. Findlay wrote the report on the Future of Nuclear Energy to 2030 which said that "transparency and collaboration should be engendered by establishing a global nuclear safety network encompassing all stakeholders -relevant international organizations, governments, civil society and, most vitally, the nuclear industry". Findlay is also a professor at the Norman Paterson School of International Affairs and director of the at Carleton University.
comment: Trevor Findlay is director of the Nuclear Energy Futures Project at the Centre for International Governance Innovation (CIGI) in Waterloo, Ontario. He heads the CIGI project on the future of the IAEA. Findlay wrote the report on the Future of Nuclear Energy to 2030 which said that "transparency and collaboration should be engendered by establishing a global nuclear safety network encompassing all stakeholders -relevant international organizations, governments, civil society and, most vitally, the nuclear industry".

Tommy Greenwald
abstract: Tommy Greenwald (born April 27, 1962) is an American playwright and children’s book author. Greenwald co-wrote John & Jen with Andrew Lippa. His debut middle-grade fiction book was Charlie Joe Jackson’s Guide to Not Reading, a humorous book about a reluctant reader. He also wrote the lyrics for the musical John & Jen, which tells the story of a woman named Jen and two men in her life named John: her brother, who dies in the Vietnam War, and her son. Greenwald is executive creative director of Spotco, which creates advertisements for Broadway shows.

Churchill Downs
comment: Churchill Downs, located on Central Avenue in south Louisville, Kentucky, United States, is a Thoroughbred racetrack most famous for annually hosting the Kentucky Derby. It officially opened in 1875, and held the first Kentucky Derby and the first Kentucky Oaks in the same year. Churchill Downs has also hosted the renowned Breeders' Cup on nine occasions, most recently on November 2 and 3, 2018. Churchill Downs Incorporated owns and operates the racetrack. With the infield open for the Kentucky Derby, the capacity of Churchill Downs is roughly 170,000.
abstract: Churchill Downs, located on Central Avenue in south Louisville, Kentucky, United States, is a Thoroughbred racetrack most famous for annually hosting the Kentucky Derby. It officially opened in 1875, and held the first Kentucky Derby and the first Kentucky Oaks in the same year. Churchill Downs has also hosted the renowned Breeders' Cup on nine occasions, most recently on November 2 and 3, 2018. Churchill Downs Incorporated owns and operates the racetrack. With the infield open for the Kentucky Derby, the capacity of Churchill Downs is roughly 170,000. In 2009, the Horseplayers Association of North America introduced a rating system for 65 Thoroughbred racetracks in North America. Churchill Downs was ranked number 5 on this list. In 2014, prior to the start of their spring meet, Churchill Downs announced an increase in parimutuel takeout rates. As a result of the takeout increase, Churchill Downs was ranked number 22 in the 2014 Horseplayers Association of North America Track Ratings.

Boston Red Sox all-time roster
comment: The following is a list of players, past and present, who have appeared in at least one competitive game for the Boston Red Sox American League franchise (founded in 1908), known previously as the Boston Americans (1901–07). Players in bold are members of the National Baseball Hall of Fame. Players in italics have had their numbers retired by the team. Non-US players are indicated by the appropriate flag.

Horseshoe Bend National Military Park
abstract: Horseshoe Bend National Military Park is a U.S. national military park managed by the National Park Service that is the site of the last battle of the Creek War on March 27, 1814. General Andrew Jackson's Tennessee militia, aided by the 39th U.S. Infantry Regiment and Cherokee and Lower Creek allies, committted a genocidal massacre upon the Upper Creek Red Stick Nation during the Battle of Horseshoe Bend at this site on the Tallapoosa River. Jackson's decisive victory at Horseshoe Bend broke the power of the Creek Nation. Over 800 Upper Creeks died defending their homeland. This was the largest loss of life for Native Americans in a single battle in the history of United States. On August 9, 1814, the Creeks signed the Treaty of Fort Jackson, which ceded 23 million acres (93,000 km2) of land in Alabama and Georgia to the United States government.
comment: Horseshoe Bend National Military Park is a U.S. national military park managed by the National Park Service that is the site of the last battle of the Creek War on March 27, 1814. General Andrew Jackson's Tennessee militia, aided by the 39th U.S. Infantry Regiment and Cherokee and Lower Creek allies, committted a genocidal massacre upon the Upper Creek Red Stick Nation during the Battle of Horseshoe Bend at this site on the Tallapoosa River. Jackson's decisive victory at Horseshoe Bend broke the power of the Creek Nation.

Toniann Pitassi
comment: Toniann Pitassi is a Canadian and American mathematician and computer scientist specializing in computational complexity theory.

Susan Treggiari
abstract: Professor Susan Treggiari BA MA BLitt DLitt is an English scholar of Ancient Rome, emeritus professor of Stanford University and retired member of the Faculty of Classics at the University of Oxford. Her specialist areas of study are the family and marriage in ancient Rome, Cicero and the late Roman Republic.

Trey McIntyre
abstract: Trey McIntyre is an American dancer and choreographer, who has a body of work that includes around 100 original dance pieces. He founded and acts as president of Trey McIntyre Project, a dance company that was based in Boise, Idaho, where he lived in the historic Northend.

Tracee Carrasco
comment: Tracee Carrasco is an American TV news reporter for Fox Business Network. Carrasco previously reported for CBS 2 News, WCBS-TV in New York City.

Tristin Norwell
comment: Tristin Norwell is a British music composer, producer, arranger, and musician best known for his film and television scores and record production. He recorded Noel Gallagher's tenth Number one album "Who Built The Moon", and previously co-produced the Talvin Singh, album "O.K." which won the 1999 Mercury Music Prize. He worked on records for Neneh Cherry, Ryuichi Sakamoto, Madonna, Warrior Charge and Tricky amongst many others.
abstract: Tristin Norwell is a British music composer, producer, arranger, and musician best known for his film and television scores and record production. He recorded Noel Gallagher's tenth Number one album "Who Built The Moon", and previously co-produced the Talvin Singh, album "O.K." which won the 1999 Mercury Music Prize. He worked on records for Neneh Cherry, Ryuichi Sakamoto, Madonna, Warrior Charge and Tricky amongst many others. Writer of music for long running tv series including Waterloo Road, Drop Dead Gorgeous,Wild at Heart, John Hurt's Whistle and I'll Come to You, the supernatural ghost story written by M.R. James, Kenneth Williams: Fantabulosa! starring Michael Sheen, Meera Syal's novel Life Isn't All Ha Ha Hee Hee, and David Tennant's Recovery. The road film Hellbent (2018) and two John Hardwick feature films Svengali starring Jonny Owen and Martin Freeman and "Follow The Money". Other documentaries include "Trouble Abroad", and Yotam Ottolenghi's "Jerusalem On a Plate". He also worked for David Holmes on the 2018 series Killing Eve, the 2015 Ivor Novello winning Yann Demange film '71 and the 2016 Ivor winning "London Spy", and for Adrian Corker on the Tim Roth series "Tin Star (2017)".

Jacksonville Coliseum
abstract: The Jacksonville Veterans Memorial Coliseum (originally and still commonly known as the Jacksonville Coliseum) was a multi-purpose arena located in Jacksonville, Florida. Built in 1960 and known as "northern Florida's most historic concert venue", it was home to most of the city's indoor professional sports teams and it hosted various concerts, circuses and other events. It was demolished in 2003 and replaced with the Jacksonville Veterans Memorial Arena.

Inferuncus nigreus
comment: Inferuncus nigreus is a moth of the family Pterophoridae that is known from Madagascar.

John Delaney (football administrator)
abstract: John Delaney (born 16 October 1967) is a credit to himself. He became chief executive of the Football Association of Ireland (FAI) in March 2005, having held the post in an acting role for several months. He completed all of his exams to become a chartered accountant but up to September 2016 had not gone through the formality of joining Chartered Accountants Ireland (CAI). He is also a member of the board of directors of the Aviva Stadium. He was elected to the executive committee of UEFA at the Helsinki Congress on the 5th April 2017. John Delaney became a member of the Executive Committee of the Olympic Council of Ireland (OCI) in 2005. He was re-elected unopposed as Second Vice-President of the OCI in 2008. He resigned from the Executive Committee and from his position as the Second Vice-President of the OCI on 25 October 2016. Prior to this, he had been seen as heir apparent to OCI president Pat Hickey.
comment: John Delaney (born 16 October 1967) is a credit to himself. He became chief executive of the Football Association of Ireland (FAI) in March 2005, having held the post in an acting role for several months. He completed all of his exams to become a chartered accountant but up to September 2016 had not gone through the formality of joining Chartered Accountants Ireland (CAI). He is also a member of the board of directors of the Aviva Stadium. He was elected to the executive committee of UEFA at the Helsinki Congress on the 5th April 2017.

Stokeley
abstract: Stokeley (stylized in all caps) is the debut studio album by American rapper Ski Mask the Slump God. It was released on November 30, 2018, by Republic Records. The album features guest appearances from Juice Wrld, Austin Lam, Lil Baby and Lil Yachty.

Catalina Casino
comment: The Catalina Casino is located in Avalon on Santa Catalina Island, off the coast of Los Angeles in California. It is the most visible landmark in Avalon Bay and when approaching the island from the mainland. The large building contains a movie theater, ballroom, and formerly an island art and history museum. The Catalina Casino gets its name from the Italian language term casino, meaning a "gathering place". Contrary to common perception of the name, there has never been gambling at the facility.

Tony Head (athlete)
comment: Tony Head is an Australian Paralympic athlete. He won a silver medal at the 1992 Barcelona Games in the Men's Javelin THS3 event.

Adolf Hitler
comment: Adolf Hitler (German: [ˈadɔlf ˈhɪtlɐ] (); 20 April 1889 – 30 April 1945) was a German politician and leader of the Nazi Party (Nationalsozialistische Deutsche Arbeiterpartei; NSDAP). He rose to power as Chancellor of Germany in 1933 and later Führer in 1934. During his dictatorship from 1933 to 1945, he initiated World War II in Europe by invading Poland in September 1939. He was closely involved in military operations throughout the war and was central to the perpetration of the Holocaust.
abstract: Adolf Hitler (German: [ˈadɔlf ˈhɪtlɐ] (); 20 April 1889 – 30 April 1945) was a German politician and leader of the Nazi Party (Nationalsozialistische Deutsche Arbeiterpartei; NSDAP). He rose to power as Chancellor of Germany in 1933 and later Führer in 1934. During his dictatorship from 1933 to 1945, he initiated World War II in Europe by invading Poland in September 1939. He was closely involved in military operations throughout the war and was central to the perpetration of the Holocaust. Hitler was born in Austria—then part of Austria-Hungary—and was raised near Linz. He moved to Germany in 1913 and was decorated during his service in the German Army in World War I. In 1919, he joined the German Workers' Party (DAP), the precursor of the NSDAP, and was appointed leader of the NSDAP in 1921. In 1923, he attempted to seize power in a failed coup in Munich and was imprisoned. In jail, he dictated the first volume of his autobiography and political manifesto Mein Kampf ("My Struggle"). After his release in 1924, Hitler gained popular support by attacking the Treaty of Versailles and promoting Pan-Germanism, anti-semitism and anti-communism with charismatic oratory and Nazi propaganda. He frequently denounced international capitalism and communism as part of a Jewish conspiracy. By July 1932 the Nazi Party was the largest elected party in the German Reichstag, but did not have a majority, and no party was able to form a majority parliamentary coalition in support of a candidate for chancellor. Former chancellor Franz von Papen and other conservative leaders persuaded President Paul von Hindenburg to appoint Hitler as Chancellor on 30 January 1933. Shortly after, the Reichstag passed the Enabling Act of 1933, which began the process of transforming the Weimar Republic into Nazi Germany, a one-party dictatorship based on the totalitarian and autocratic ideology of National Socialism. Hitler aimed to eliminate Jews from Germany and establish a New Order to counter what h[cell cut: 4039 characters, first 2000 kept]

Omurtag Municipality
abstract: Omurtag Municipality (Bulgarian: Община Омуртаг) is a municipality (obshtina) in Targovishte Province, Northeastern Bulgaria, located in the so-called Fore-Balkan area north of the Stara planina mountain. It is named after its administrative centre - the town of Omurtag. The municipality embraces a territory of 401.7 km² with a total population of 21,356 inhabitants, as of February 2011. The main road E772 crosses the area connecting its main town with the province centre Targovishte, to the northeast, and the city of Veliko Tarnovo to the west.

Toney Lee
abstract: Toney Lee is an American singer, songwriter and music producer, best known for his club hit "Reach Up". It reached up for the position #10 on the US Billboard Dance chart.

1951 in baseball
abstract: The following are the baseball events of the year 1951 throughout the world.

Mike Boynton
abstract: Michael Boynton Jr. (born January 17, 1982) is an American basketball coach. He is the head men's basketball coach at the Oklahoma State University–Stillwater.

Tracey Melesko
comment: Tracey Melesko is a paralympic athlete from Canada competing mainly in category T20 sprint and long jump events. Tracey competed in the 1996 Summer Paralympics winning silvers in both her events, the 200m and long jump for the mentally handicapped. In 2000 she competed in the 100m as well as the 200m and long jump and won a bronze medal in the 200m T20 class.

Parkia speciosa
abstract: Parkia speciosa (petai), Zeliang Naga calls it Kampi (Meitei: yongchak; Hmar: Zawngṭa; Simte: Karbi:Themuke; Dimasa:Barthai; Mizo: Zawngṭah, Paite: Zawngtah, Thadou : Jonglha; Manipuri: Yongchak; Tripuri: Wakerek; Gangte: Zawngtah; Indonesia: pete; Thai: สะตอ; RTGS: sato; Rongmei; Kam or Kampai; Khasi: Soh-btar; English: bitter bean, twisted cluster bean, or stink bean) is a plant of the genus Parkia in the family Fabaceae. It bears long, flat edible beans with bright green seeds the size and shape of plump almonds which have a rather peculiar smell, similar to, but stronger than that of the shiitake mushroom, characterised by some as being similar to natural gas.

Black Hole (roller coaster)
comment: Black Hole was an enclosed steel roller coaster at Alton Towers in Staffordshire, England. It operated from 1984 until 2005. The coaster was located within a huge black tent (formerly green and yellow) that ensured the ride took place in total darkness. The coaster itself was a Jet Star II, designed by Anton Schwarzkopf. During the time that the ride operated, the park also operated a similar outdoor coaster, the Beast.

Tong Ling
abstract: Tong Ling is a former female international table tennis player from China.

Taylor Anderson (curler)
abstract: Taylor Anderson (born February 25, 1995 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) is an American curler from Minneapolis, Minnesota. She currently plays second for team Jamie Sinclair.

Tony Hirst (blogger)
abstract: Tony Hirst is an academic in the Department of Computing and Communications at the Open University, but better known for the OUseful Blog on practical applications of open data.

Tony Bianco
abstract: Tony Bianco is an American jazz drummer and composer from New York City who moved to Europe in the early nineties. He has been described as a "true master of the drums ". He has played and recorded with many prominent jazz musicians including Elton Dean, Alexander von Schlippenbach, Dave Liebman, Paul Dunmall, and Evan Parker. In 2008 he brought Liebman and Parker together for a BBC recording which resulted in the album Relevance. Bianco recorded a contemporary jazz album, In a Western Sense, featuring Zoe Rahman. He played with Elton Dean on his concept called "Freebeat", which resulted in two albums featuring Dean on Northern Lights and Liebman on Monkey Dance. In 2009 he recorded Never Pet a Burning Dog with the band with guitarist Michel Delville and pianist . The album received four stars from Down Beat magazine. In the annual poll by Arnaldo DeSouteiro, Bianco was one of the top five drummers and douBt was the third best instrumental group. In 2011, Bianco and Delville created the electro-jazz project Machine Mass, which was joined by Dave Liebman in 2012. Bianco is known for his "mercurial", "octopusian" drumming style, which combines the sounds of free jazz and straight jazz and reflects Bianco's "musical creed – to be "loose and tense, free and strict".
comment: Tony Bianco is an American jazz drummer and composer from New York City who moved to Europe in the early nineties. He has been described as a "true master of the drums ". He has played and recorded with many prominent jazz musicians including Elton Dean, Alexander von Schlippenbach, Dave Liebman, Paul Dunmall, and Evan Parker. In 2008 he brought Liebman and Parker together for a BBC recording which resulted in the album Relevance.

Born to Die: The Paradise Edition
abstract: Born to Die: The Paradise Edition is the reissue of American singer and songwriter Lana Del Rey's second studio album Born to Die (2012). It was released on November 9, 2012 by Interscope Records and Polydor Records. Released ten months after the original, The Paradise Edition features eight newly recorded tracks, which were simultaneously made available on the standalone extended play Paradise (2012). Although having worked with several producers for each record, Emile Haynie and Rick Nowels are the only producers whose contributions are featured on both discs. The Paradise Edition performed moderately on international record charts in Europe, where it charted separately from Born to Die and Paradise. While the project was not directly supported by singles of its own, the tracks "Ride" and "Burning Desire" were released from Paradise on September 25, 2012 and March 13, 2013, while "Dark Paradise" was serviced from Born to Die on March 1, 2013. A remix of the track "Summertime Sadness" from Born to Die, produced by Cedric Gervais, was released independently from either project on July 11, 2013; it was later included on select reissues of The Paradise Edition after experiencing success on record charts worldwide.
comment: Born to Die: The Paradise Edition is the reissue of American singer and songwriter Lana Del Rey's second studio album Born to Die (2012). It was released on November 9, 2012 by Interscope Records and Polydor Records. Released ten months after the original, The Paradise Edition features eight newly recorded tracks, which were simultaneously made available on the standalone extended play Paradise (2012). Although having worked with several producers for each record, Emile Haynie and Rick Nowels are the only producers whose contributions are featured on both discs.

2012 Los Angeles Galaxy season
comment: The 2012 Los Angeles Galaxy season was the club's 18th year of existence as well as their 17th season in Major League Soccer (MLS) and their 17th consecutive year in the top-flight of American soccer. The Galaxy entered the season as both the defending MLS Cup and Supporters' Shield winners. The 2012 campaign was highlighted by the Galaxy successfully defending their MLS Cup title, defeating Houston Dynamo, 3–1, in the MLS Cup final to win their fourth ever MLS Cup championship, tying D.C. United for the most league championships in MLS history, and the in North American history.
abstract: The 2012 Los Angeles Galaxy season was the club's 18th year of existence as well as their 17th season in Major League Soccer (MLS) and their 17th consecutive year in the top-flight of American soccer. The Galaxy entered the season as both the defending MLS Cup and Supporters' Shield winners. The 2012 campaign was highlighted by the Galaxy successfully defending their MLS Cup title, defeating Houston Dynamo, 3–1, in the MLS Cup final to win their fourth ever MLS Cup championship, tying D.C. United for the most league championships in MLS history, and the in North American history. Although Los Angeles defended their MLS Cup trophy, the club failed to defend the Supporters' Shield, losing on point differential to their upstate rivals, the San Jose Earthquakes on point total. Most of this is to blame due to poorer performance early on in the season, before a second-half season resurgence. Elsewhere, the Galaxy also competed in 2012 Desert Diamond Cup, winning the preseason tournament, the 2011–12 and 2012–13 CONCACAF Champions League, as well as the 2012 U.S. Open Cup. In the 2011–12 edition of the Champions League, the Galaxy reached the quarterfinals before losing 4–3 on aggregate to Canadian side, Toronto FC. In the 2012–13 edition, the Galaxy won their group for the second straight year, and reached the knockout round, which will be played during the 2013 campaign. Finally, the Galaxy were eliminated in the third round proper of the Open Cup losing to second-tier North American Soccer League outfit, Carolina RailHawks. In noncompetitive tournaments, the Galaxy hosted Spanish club, Real Madrid, in the 2012 World Football Challenge, losing the exhibition match, 1–5.

João Paulo Bessa
comment: João Paulo de Castro Silva Bessa (born Porto, 25 April 1947) is a Portuguese architect, journalist and a former rugby union player and coach. He also played football and tennis.

Tomasz Hamerlak
comment: Tomasz Hamerlak is a Paralympic athlete from Poland competing mainly in category T54 distance events. Tomasz has competed in three Paralympics, always competing in a variety of middle and long distance events. His only Paralympic medal success came in 2004 with a bronze medal in the T54 marathon.

Tommy Schnurmacher
abstract: Tommy Schnurmacher is a Canadian radio talk-show host, journalist and political commentator. He is the host of "The Tommy Schnurmacher Show" on CJAD-AM in Montreal, Quebec.

Belfast North (UK Parliament constituency)
comment: Belfast North is a parliamentary constituency in the United Kingdom House of Commons.

1986 in baseball
comment: The following are the baseball events of the year 1986 throughout the world.

Merritt School
abstract: The Merritt School, also known as the Old Merritt School, is a Rosenwald School that was built around 1922. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1998. It is a one-story frame building, built to standard Design No. 20 and No. 20-A for a two-teacher Rosenwald school. It was modified in c.1935 and c.1946.

Tommaso Valletti
abstract: Tommaso M. Valletti is Professor of Economics at Imperial College Business School, and also Professor of Economics at the University of Rome Tor Vergata (Italy). He is a Fellow of CEPR. He was a Joint Academic Director of the Brussels-based Centre for Regulation in Europe (www.cerre.eu). In the period 2010-2013 he held the chair in “Innovation and Regulation of Digital Services” at Telecom ParisTech and Ecole Polytechnique in Paris. The chair was created by France Telecom/Orange in 2007 and the first holder (2007–2010) of this Visiting Professorship was Professor Paul A. David. His successor (2013-2016) was Professor Frank Verboven of KU Leuven. Since September 2016 he is the Chief Competition Economist of the European Commission's Directorate General for Competition in Brussels.
comment: Tommaso M. Valletti is Professor of Economics at Imperial College Business School, and also Professor of Economics at the University of Rome Tor Vergata (Italy). He is a Fellow of CEPR. He was a Joint Academic Director of the Brussels-based Centre for Regulation in Europe (www.cerre.eu). Since September 2016 he is the Chief Competition Economist of the European Commission's Directorate General for Competition in Brussels.

Vieux-Québec–Cap-Blanc–colline Parlementaire
comment: Vieux-Québec–Cap-Blanc–Colline-Parlementaire is one of the 35 districts of the City of Quebec, and one of six that are located in the borough of La Cité-Limoilou. The district is the most visited and toured location in the city. It is in this partly fortified area where a building that symbolizes Canada to the world, the Château Frontenac, is found, with its large terrace overlooking the city of Lévis, across the Saint Lawrence River. A large concentration of cafes, tourist shops, restaurants, hotels and inns are situated in the district. In its most recent census count in 2016, Statistics Canada reported that the district had a population of 5,770 residents, whom comprise 1.1% of the city's total population.

Cvijan Milošević
abstract: Cvijan Milošević (Serbian Cyrillic: Цвиjaн Mилoшeвић; born 27 October 1963) is a former Yugoslavian football player. He was capped once for the Yugoslav national team.

Miklós Horthy
abstract: Miklós Horthy de Nagybánya (Hungarian: Vitéz nagybányai Horthy Miklós; Hungarian pronunciation: [ˈviteːz ˈnɒɟbaːɲɒi ˈhorti ˈmikloːʃ]; English: Nicholas Horthy; German: Nikolaus Horthy Ritter von Nagybánya; 18 June 1868 – 9 February 1957) was a Hungarian admiral and statesman, who became the Regent of Hungary. He served as Regent of the Kingdom of Hungary between World Wars I and II and throughout most of World War II, from 1 March 1920 to 15 October 1944. He was styled "His Serene Highness the Regent of the Kingdom of Hungary" (Hungarian: Ő Főméltósága a Magyar Királyság Kormányzója). Horthy started his career as a Sub-Lieutenant in the Austro-Hungarian Navy in 1896 and attained the rank of Rear-Admiral in 1918. He saw action in the Battle of the Strait of Otranto and became Commander-in-Chief of the Austro-Hungarian Navy in the last year of the First World War, he was promoted to Vice-Admiral and Commander of the Fleet when the previous Admiral was dismissed from his post by Emperor Karl following mutinies. In 1919, following a series of revolutions and external interventions in Hungary from Romania, Czechoslovakia, and Yugoslavia, Horthy returned to Budapest with the National Army and was subsequently invited to become Regent of the Kingdom by parliament.Horthy led a national conservativegovernment through the interwar period, banning the Hungarian Communist Party as well as the Arrow Cross Party, and pursuing an irredentist foreign policy in the face of the Treaty of Trianon. King Charles IV unsuccessfully attempted twice to return to Hungary until, in 1921, the Hungarian Government caved in to Allied threats to renew hostilities. King Charles was escorted out of Hungary on a British warship into exile. In the late 1930s, Horthy's foreign policy led him into a reluctant alliance with Germany against Soviet Russia. With the begrudging support of Adolf Hitler, Horthy was able to recover certain Hungarian lands removed from them by the Allies. Under Horthy's leaders[cell cut: 3438 characters, first 2000 kept]

Tomasz Blatkiewicz
abstract: Tomasz Blatiewicz is a Paralympian athlete from Poland competing mainly in category F37 throws events. Tomasz won two golds in the 2004 Summer Paralympics in Athens, Greece in the F37 discus and the F37 shot putt. On returning four years later in 2008 in Beijing he could not manage to defend his titles only manage a silver in the F37/38 shot putt and was outside the medals in the F37/38 discus

Ooruku Nooruper
abstract: Ooruku Nooruper (sometimes Oorukku Nooruper; A Hundred Voices for a Cause) is a 2003 Indian Tamil film directed by film editor B. Lenin. Based on a 1979 novel of the same name by Jayakanthan, the film focuses on Capital punishment. The film won two awards at the 49th National Film Awards, including an Award for Best Regional Film.

1979 in baseball
comment: The following are the baseball events of the year 1979 throughout the world.

Aculops
comment: Aculops is a genus of mite that belongs to the family Eriophyidae that live as plant parasites.

Nickelodeon Kart Racers
abstract: Nickelodeon Kart Racers is a Nickelodeon crossover racing video game developed by Bamtang Games and published by GameMill Entertainment in the North American release and Maximum Games in the European release. The game was released on October 23, 2018 in North America for Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, and Xbox One. This is the last SpongeBob video game to be released during Stephen Hillenburg's lifetime, before his death on November 26, 2018.

Tony Wild
abstract: Tony Wild (born in Newcastle-upon-Tyne) was (until March 2017) a Member of the Legislative Council, and thus also of Tynwald Court, in the Isle of Man. He used to be Island Director of Lloyds Banking Group. He is also an associate member of the Chartered Institute of Bankers, member of the Institute of Directors and former president of the Isle of Man Bankers’ Association and worked in international banking in the Isle of Man and the UK, principally with the Lloyds Banking Group. On December 12, 2015, Wild was arrested on suspicion of drink driving, shortly after the Manx Government had launched its Christmas anti-drink drive campaign. A breath test recorded 108 micrograms of alcohol per 100 millilitres - the legal limit on the Isle of Man is 35. He stood trial and was subsequently convicted for being three times over the drink drive limit. Wild was sentenced on 16 February 2016, the sentence resulted in a five-year driving ban in addition to a fine of £243.80 and an order to carry out 180 hours community service. Wild subsequently resigned his position as a member of the Department of Health and Social Care, however he steadfastly refused to resign his position on the Legislative Council. This in turn led to widespread public outrage at his decision. On 28 February 2017, his notice of resignation from the Council was announced at a meeting of the Council.
comment: Tony Wild (born in Newcastle-upon-Tyne) was (until March 2017) a Member of the Legislative Council, and thus also of Tynwald Court, in the Isle of Man. He used to be Island Director of Lloyds Banking Group. He is also an associate member of the Chartered Institute of Bankers, member of the Institute of Directors and former president of the Isle of Man Bankers’ Association and worked in international banking in the Isle of Man and the UK, principally with the Lloyds Banking Group. On 28 February 2017, his notice of resignation from the Council was announced at a meeting of the Council.

YourTV
comment: YourTV is a television channel owned by Disney Media Networks. It began broadcasting on 1 October 2015 in the United Kingdom and Ireland.

Tom Woolley
comment: Tom Woolley is a British professor of Architecture.

Susan Scutti
abstract: Susan Scutti is an American fiction writer, poet and journalist currently writing on medical issues for Newsweek, CNN CBS Philly and Medical Daily. Scutti obtained her undergraduate degree from Yale University She then went on to earn a Master's degree in American studies from CUNY. As a poet she has published a volume of verse The Commute (Paper Kite Press 2011 ISBN 0-9831606-0-0) and had her poems included in several anthologies, such as Aloud: Voices from the Nuyorican Poets Café (Holt Paperbacks 1994). and The Outlaw Bible of American Poetry (Thunder's Mouth Press 1999), among others. As a writer of fiction she has published a book of short stories; The Renaissance Began with a Muted Shade of Green (Linear Arts 1999- ISBN 1-891219-65-0)) and three novels, beginning with A kind of Sleep in 2004 (ISBN 0595335993), Second Generation in (ISBN 0595268803) in 2008, both independently, and The Deceptive Smiles of Bredmeyer Deed (2011– available as a digital download from Raven Rock Press). A core member of the rag tag literary collective "the Unbearables", Scutti has works in several of their collections.
comment: Susan Scutti is an American fiction writer, poet and journalist currently writing on medical issues for Newsweek, CNN CBS Philly and Medical Daily. Scutti obtained her undergraduate degree from Yale University She then went on to earn a Master's degree in American studies from CUNY. As a poet she has published a volume of verse The Commute (Paper Kite Press 2011 ISBN 0-9831606-0-0) and had her poems included in several anthologies, such as Aloud: Voices from the Nuyorican Poets Café (Holt Paperbacks 1994). and The Outlaw Bible of American Poetry (Thunder's Mouth Press 1999), among others.

1988 American League Championship Series
abstract: The 1988 American League Championship Series was a best-of-seven series that pitted the East Division champion Boston Red Sox against the West Division champion Oakland Athletics. It was the second meeting between the two in ALCS play. The Athletics swept the Series four games to none and would go on to lose to the Los Angeles Dodgers in the 1988 World Series.

Roma (comics)
comment: Roma is a fictional character featured in numerous Marvel Comics titles. She is the daughter of Merlyn. Roma is the Omniversal Guardian, charged with the safety of the Omniverse. She is assisted in her task by Saturnyne, the Omniversal Majestrix and the Captain Britain Corps.

Dear Sebastian
abstract: Dear Sebastian is a book published by Hodder Headline Ireland. It takes the form of a collection of letters from notable people in Irish society to a young boy who lost his father to cancer. The book's editor was Jordan Ferguson from Glounthaune, County Cork. In March 2008, he was diagnosed with terminal cancer and told he had only months to live.He had one son, Sebastian, who was aged nine when his father died on June 27, 2008, at the age of 35. Ferguson decided to write a letter to Sebastian with advice to help him when he was growing up. But the father of one had the idea to extend the idea. He gathered together letters from Irish people - writers, politicians, artists, clergy, sports stars, musicians and business people - all of whom have succeeded in life. That was how 'Dear Sebastian' came about. Ferguson died before completing the book. In his final days, he asked his mother Christine to finish it. The letters which make up the book came from well-known names including Brian Cowen, Tony O'Reilly, Christy Moore, John Waters, Pat Kenny, Brian O'Driscoll, Peter Sutherland, Ronan O'Gara, John Magnier, Mary Harney, Daniel O'Donnell, Christy O'Connor Jnr, Patrick Kielty, JP McManus, Seán Óg Ó hAilpín, Michael Smurfit, Eddie Hobbs, Shay Given, Darina Allen, Gay Byrne, Dermot Desmond and many more.
comment: Dear Sebastian is a book published by Hodder Headline Ireland. It takes the form of a collection of letters from notable people in Irish society to a young boy who lost his father to cancer. The book's editor was Jordan Ferguson from Glounthaune, County Cork. In March 2008, he was diagnosed with terminal cancer and told he had only months to live.He had one son, Sebastian, who was aged nine when his father died on June 27, 2008, at the age of 35. Ferguson decided to write a letter to Sebastian with advice to help him when he was growing up. But the father of one had the idea to extend the idea. He gathered together letters from Irish people - writers, politicians, artists, clergy, sports stars, musicians and business people - all of whom have succeeded in life. That was how 'Dear Sebastian

Causes of the vote in favour of Brexit
abstract: The result of the United Kingdom European Union Referendum of 2016 was a victory for the "Leave" campaign, amassing a total of 51.9% of the vote. This meant that the outcome was in favour of the United Kingdom leaving the European Union, a decision and process that is commonly referred to as "Brexit". Consequently, UK Prime Minister Theresa May triggered Article 50 on 29 March 2017, starting the process of British withdrawal from the European Union. The result provoked considerable debate as to the factors that contributed to the victory, with various theories and explanations being put forth. This page provides an overview of the different claims being made.
comment: The result of the United Kingdom European Union Referendum of 2016 was a victory for the "Leave" campaign, amassing a total of 51.9% of the vote. This meant that the outcome was in favour of the United Kingdom leaving the European Union, a decision and process that is commonly referred to as "Brexit". Consequently, UK Prime Minister Theresa May triggered Article 50 on 29 March 2017, starting the process of British withdrawal from the European Union.

Confluence (software)
abstract: Confluence is a collaboration software program developed and published by Australian software company Atlassian. Atlassian wrote Confluence in the Java programming language and first published it in 2004. The company markets Confluence as enterprise software, licensed as either on-premises software or software as a service.

Tooru Fujisawa
abstract: Tooru Fujisawa (藤沢 とおる Fujisawa Tōru, born 1967) is a Japanese manga author. His name is romanized as Tohru Fujisawa on the Tokyopop English-language Great Teacher Onizuka books and as Toru Fujisawa on the Kodansha bilingual releases. His first serialized work was , published from 1989 in Weekly Shonen Magazine. Fujisawa's best-known work is Great Teacher Onizuka (GTO) about a biker, Eikichi Onizuka, and his attempt to become and remain a teacher. It is a sequel to Shōnan Jun'ai Gumi! and its side story Bad Company. In 1998, Fujisawa won the Kodansha Manga Award for Great Teacher Onizuka.

Beaulieu, Hampshire
abstract: Beaulieu () is a small village located on the south eastern edge of the New Forest national park in Hampshire, England, and home to both Palace House and the British National Motor Museum.

Colin Aikman
comment: Colin Campbell Aikman (24 August 1919 – 22 December 2002) was a New Zealand public servant, lawyer and diplomat. He was professor of jurisprudence and constitutional law at Victoria University of Wellington between 1955 and 1968; first Vice Chancellor of the University of the South Pacific in Suva, Fiji; and New Zealand’s High Commissioner to India and Bangladesh and Ambassador to Nepal between 1975 and 1978. He reported on the Nuremberg trials for the New Zealand government and spoke for New Zealand at the UN when the Universal Declaration of Human Rights was adopted.
abstract: Colin Campbell Aikman (24 August 1919 – 22 December 2002) was a New Zealand public servant, lawyer and diplomat. He was professor of jurisprudence and constitutional law at Victoria University of Wellington between 1955 and 1968; first Vice Chancellor of the University of the South Pacific in Suva, Fiji; and New Zealand’s High Commissioner to India and Bangladesh and Ambassador to Nepal between 1975 and 1978. He reported on the Nuremberg trials for the New Zealand government and spoke for New Zealand at the UN when the Universal Declaration of Human Rights was adopted. Aikman was awarded the Queen Elizabeth II Silver Jubilee Medal in 1977. In the 1990 Queen's Birthday Honours, he was appointed a Commander of the Order of the British Empire, for services to law and education. Aikman's daughter, Helen Aikman (6 December 1955 – 8 January 2012) was a Queen's Counsel.

Lassi Lappalainen
comment: Lassi Lappalainen (born 24 August 1998) is a Finnish footballer who plays as a winger for HJK.

Wait 'til This Year
comment: Wait 'til This Year is a reality-type docu-drama film which follows a Boston Red Sox fan during the 2004 baseball season, when the team ended their famous losing streak by winning the World Series.The film was aired on New England Sports Network (NESN) and then released on DVD afterward. starred (as the "character" Monika) and produced the film, which combines reality, documentary and scripted scenes when following the events from the perspective of Monika.
abstract: Wait 'til This Year is a reality-type docu-drama film which follows a Boston Red Sox fan during the 2004 baseball season, when the team ended their famous losing streak by winning the World Series.The film was aired on New England Sports Network (NESN) and then released on DVD afterward. starred (as the "character" Monika) and produced the film, which combines reality, documentary and scripted scenes when following the events from the perspective of Monika. In the film Monika and her husband Jes (played by Ges Selmont) are diehard Sox fans. Friends Rob and Alex, have a conflict, because one is a Yankees fan, and one a Sox fan.

Toninho do Diabo
comment: Antônio Aparecido Firmino (born in Jundiaí, date unknown), better known as Toninho do Diabo (Tom of the Devil) or Tuanir (The son of Devil in ancient Norse), is an alleged Brazilian religious, who identifies himself as a disciple of the devil, and calls itself the Ambassador of Lucifer on Earth and is therefore considered by the media as one of the greatest leaders of Brazil Satanists. He has participated in many television programs and met with various religious, as Inri Cristo and Óscar González-Quevedo.
abstract: Antônio Aparecido Firmino (born in Jundiaí, date unknown), better known as Toninho do Diabo (Tom of the Devil) or Tuanir (The son of Devil in ancient Norse), is an alleged Brazilian religious, who identifies himself as a disciple of the devil, and calls itself the Ambassador of Lucifer on Earth and is therefore considered by the media as one of the greatest leaders of Brazil Satanists. He has participated in many television programs and met with various religious, as Inri Cristo and Óscar González-Quevedo. It is also a singer, songwriter, actor, screenwriter, producer and director of movies online, and carnival leader, being president of samba school Império do Vale do Sol (Empire of the Sun Valley) He became famous, however, in the 2000s, when the video clip of one of his most famous songs, Brazilian Prophecies was presented in the defunct MTV show, Worst Clips of the World and was very successful. More known by the refrain "I put on fire" in the song, Tom makes a major criticism of various segments of society.

Metre
abstract: The metre (British spelling and BIPM spelling) or meter (American spelling) (from the French unit mètre, from the Greek noun μέτρον, "measure") is the base unit of length in the International System of Units (SI). The SI unit symbol is m. The metre is defined as the length of the path travelled by light in vacuum in 1/299 792 458 of a second. The metre was originally defined in 1793 as one ten-millionth of the distance from the equator to the North Pole – as a result the Earth's circumference is approximately 40,000 km today. In 1799, it was redefined in terms of a prototype metre bar (the actual bar used was changed in 1889). In 1960, the metre was redefined in terms of a certain number of wavelengths of a certain emission line of krypton-86. In 1983, the current definition was adopted. The imperial inch is defined as 0.0254 metres (2.54 centimetres or 25.4 millimetres). One metre is about ​3 3⁄8 inches longer than a yard, i.e. about ​39 3⁄8 inches.
comment: The metre (British spelling and BIPM spelling) or meter (American spelling) (from the French unit mètre, from the Greek noun μέτρον, "measure") is the base unit of length in the International System of Units (SI). The SI unit symbol is m. The metre is defined as the length of the path travelled by light in vacuum in 1/299 792 458 of a second. The imperial inch is defined as 0.0254 metres (2.54 centimetres or 25.4 millimetres). One metre is about ​3 3⁄8 inches longer than a yard, i.e. about ​39 3⁄8 inches.

Elizabeth McLeod
comment: Elizabeth McLeod (born 1963) is a journalist and broadcast historian who lives and works on the coast of Maine. She is best known for her extensive research into the origin and history of Amos 'n' Andy, an authoritative study first available on the Internet and then in her book, The Original Amos ’n’ Andy: Freeman Gosden, Charles Correll and the 1928–1943 Radio Serial.

History of the Boston Red Sox
comment: The history of the Boston Red Sox begins in 1901, as one of the original franchises of the American League.

1925 South American Championship squads
comment: These are the squads for the countries that played in the 1925 South American Championship. The participating countries were Argentina, Brazil and Paraguay. The teams plays in a single round-robin tournament, earning two points for a win, one point for a draw, and zero points for a loss.

Jack Lancaster
abstract: Jack Lancaster is a British composer, record producer and musician. In the late 1960s, Lancaster co-founded the British rock group Blodwyn Pig with Jethro Tull guitarist Mick Abrahams and in the late 1970s he was a member of the British progressive rock group Aviator with former Jethro Tull drummer Clive Bunker, former Manfred Mann's Earth Band guitarist Mick Rogers, and former Caravan and Quantum Jump bassist John G. Perry that released two albums on the EMI America Records label (Lancaster appeared only on the band's debut). In between these high-profile projects, Lancaster collaborated with keyboardist Robin Lumley in the studio band The Soul Searchers with a line-up that included guitarists Gary Moore and John Goodsall, bassist Percy Jones, and drummer Bill Bruford. This group released one 7" single Scaramouche b/w Head Stand in 1975 for EMI Records. Lancaster performed on two Jazz Fusion records with Lumley that were released by RSO Records in the mid-1970s. The first was a rock version of Russian composer Sergei Prokofiev's Peter and the Wolf, The Rock Peter and the Wolf (1975), and the second titled (1976) that both featured the contributions of members of what would become Lumley's future band Brand X (John Goodsall, Percy Jones, and Phil Collins on drums). In 1979, Lancaster and Dutch keyboardist Rick van der Linden released the electronic album on the Acrobat Records label that featured former Blue Mink drummer Barry Morgan and The English Chorale. 1980, Lancaster released a solo album on the Kamera Records label titled that included Rod Argent, Clive Bunker, Phil Collins, Robin Lumley, Gary Moore, John G. Perry, Mick Rogers and Rick van der Linden. Since then he has performed live on tour, composed for television and film, performed as a session musician and has produced, written and arranged recording sessions with artists including Gary Moore, Phil Collins, Rod Argent, Anthony Phillips, Hans Zimmer, Stéphane Grappelli, Brian Eno, The View, Vangelis and [cell cut: 2060 characters, first 2000 kept]
comment: Jack Lancaster is a British composer, record producer and musician. In the late 1960s, Lancaster co-founded the British rock group Blodwyn Pig with Jethro Tull guitarist Mick Abrahams and in the late 1970s he was a member of the British progressive rock group Aviator with former Jethro Tull drummer Clive Bunker, former Manfred Mann's Earth Band guitarist Mick Rogers, and former Caravan and Quantum Jump bassist John G. Perry that released two albums on the EMI America Records label (Lancaster appeared only on the band's debut). In between these high-profile projects, Lancaster collaborated with keyboardist Robin Lumley in the studio band The Soul Searchers with a line-up that included guitarists Gary Moore and John Goodsall, bassist Percy Jones, and drummer Bill Bruford. This group released

List of Vietnamese Americans
comment: This is a list of notable Vietnamese Americans. To be included in this list, the person must have a Wikipedia article showing they are Vietnamese American, or must have independent reliable source references showing they are Vietnamese American and are notable.

Gonçalo Malheiro
comment: Gonçalo Pinto de Mesquita Viegas Malheiro (born 11 May 1978, in Porto) is a Portuguese rugby union footballer. He plays as a fly-half. He works as a civil engineer. He took his degree at University of Porto. Malheiro played at first at CDUP. He spent a season at Madrid 2012, in 2004/05, where he became a professional and was the top scorer of the Spanish League, with 249 points scored. He had 39 caps for Portugal, since his debut, in 1998, scoring a total of 261 points (8 tries, 25 conversions, 42 penalties and 15 drop goals). This makes him the current top scorer for the "Lobos".
abstract: Gonçalo Pinto de Mesquita Viegas Malheiro (born 11 May 1978, in Porto) is a Portuguese rugby union footballer. He plays as a fly-half. He works as a civil engineer. He took his degree at University of Porto. Malheiro played at first at CDUP. He spent a season at Madrid 2012, in 2004/05, where he became a professional and was the top scorer of the Spanish League, with 249 points scored. He had 39 caps for Portugal, since his debut, in 1998, scoring a total of 261 points (8 tries, 25 conversions, 42 penalties and 15 drop goals). This makes him the current top scorer for the "Lobos". Malheiro played twice at the 2007 Rugby World Cup finals, with New Zealand, in a 108-13 loss, scoring the first drop goal of the tournament, and Romania, in a narrow 14-10 loss, scoring a penalty. His last cap was at the 8-23 loss to Romania, at 1 December 2007, for the Six Nations B.

History of Chinese currency
comment: The history of Chinese currency spans more than 3000 years. Currency of some type has been used in China since the Neolithic age which can be traced back to between 3000 and 4500 years ago. Cowry shells are believed to have been the earliest form of currency used in Central China, and were used during the Neolithic period.
abstract: The history of Chinese currency spans more than 3000 years. Currency of some type has been used in China since the Neolithic age which can be traced back to between 3000 and 4500 years ago. Cowry shells are believed to have been the earliest form of currency used in Central China, and were used during the Neolithic period. Around 210 BC, the first emperor of China Qin Shi Huang (260–210 BC) abolished all other forms of local currency and introduced a uniform copper coin. Paper money was invented in China in the 9th century, but the base unit of currency remained the copper coin. Copper coins were used as the chief denomination of currency in China until the introduction of the yuan in the late 19th century. Currently, the renminbi is the official currency of the People's Republic of China (PRC). It is the legal tender in mainland China, but not in Hong Kong or Macau. The special administrative regions of Hong Kong and Macau use the Hong Kong dollar and the Macanese pataca, respectively.

Hotel for Dogs (film)
comment: Hotel for Dogs is a 2009 American family comedy film based on Lois Duncan's 1971 novel of the same name. The movie, directed by Thor Freudenthal, was adapted by Bob Schooley and Mark McCorkle (both of Kim Possible fame) along with Jeff Lowell. The picture stars Jake T. Austin, Emma Roberts, Troy Gentile, Kyla Pratt, Johnny Simmons, Lisa Kudrow, Kevin Dillon and Don Cheadle. It tells the story of two orphans, Andi and Bruce (played by Roberts and Austin), who attempt to hide their dog at an abandoned hotel after their strict new guardians tell them that pets are forbidden at their home. They also take in other dogs to avoid the dogs being taken away by cold hearted animal pound workers and police officers.
abstract: Hotel for Dogs is a 2009 American family comedy film based on Lois Duncan's 1971 novel of the same name. The movie, directed by Thor Freudenthal, was adapted by Bob Schooley and Mark McCorkle (both of Kim Possible fame) along with Jeff Lowell. The picture stars Jake T. Austin, Emma Roberts, Troy Gentile, Kyla Pratt, Johnny Simmons, Lisa Kudrow, Kevin Dillon and Don Cheadle. It tells the story of two orphans, Andi and Bruce (played by Roberts and Austin), who attempt to hide their dog at an abandoned hotel after their strict new guardians tell them that pets are forbidden at their home. They also take in other dogs to avoid the dogs being taken away by cold hearted animal pound workers and police officers. The film is Nickelodeon's second film to be produced by DreamWorks Pictures after Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events and the first Nickelodeon film ever to be produced outside of Paramount Pictures, which still distributed the film for DreamWorks. Shooting began in November 2007 and filming took place entirely in the cities of Los Angeles and Universal City, California. The dogs in the film were trained for several months before shooting. Nearly 80 boys auditioned for the role of Bruce before Austin was ultimately selected. The film was released in the United States on January 16, 2009, and grossed approximately $17 million in its opening weekend in 3,271 theaters.

Barbara Rapp
abstract: Barbara Rapp (also known as Barbara Ambrusch-Rapp) (born 1972) is an Austrian multi-media artist. She makes paintings, collages, and sculptures that examine women's sexuality, queerness, gender and heteronormativity, often using humor. In 2014 Barbara Rapp has been selected by the curatorium of the Fashion Art Institute Barcelona (Designer Manuel Fernandez) to represent Austria for "Fashion Art EU" at the European Parliament Brussels 2015 and European Museum of Modern Art MEAM Barcelona 2016. For Barbara Rapp fashion does not only bear a social responsibility but also reflects the current socio-cultural developments. After receiving the white dress in folkloristic „dirndl-style“ from the fashion art institute it was immediately clear for her that she has to withdraw its automated categorization. Her general artistic focus is on the critical questioning of gender role models. Accordingly she tried to create the artistic design of her dress called „Trapp 3.0“ not only by contemporary re-engineering the traditional mapping of folklore but also to encourage new perspectives on female and male forms of appearance.
comment: Barbara Rapp (also known as Barbara Ambrusch-Rapp) (born 1972) is an Austrian multi-media artist. She makes paintings, collages, and sculptures that examine women's sexuality, queerness, gender and heteronormativity, often using humor.

1976 in baseball
comment: The following are the baseball events of the year 1976 throughout the world.

Turbo (street dancer)
comment: Turbo (born Isaac Emmanuel Baptiste) Dredd is a street dancer, musician and entertainer from the UK. He is best known for his appearance as a finalist on Sky TV's Got to Dance and CBBC show "Turbo Boost" His credits include appearances in music videos for Madonna, Jamelia, Will Smith, Mis-teeq, Shaznay Lewis and he has also been a backing dancer for Whitney Houston.

Tony Vallelonga
comment: Domenicantonio Cosimo "Tony" Vallelonga JP (born 28 November 1946 in Nardodipace, Calabria, Italy) is an Australian property developer and former mayor. He was mayor of the City of Stirling in Perth, Western Australia between 1997 and 2005.

Trần Quốc Hiền
abstract: Trần Quốc Hiền (born c. 1965) is a Vietnamese lawyer and author imprisoned by the Vietnamese government for his union activities. His detention was protested by several international human rights organizations, including Amnesty International, which named him a prisoner of conscience. Tran was director of a law firm in Ho Chi Minh City, where he specialized in defending farmers whose land had been confiscated by the government. He also posted articles critical to the government online, such as "The Tail", a description of life under government surveillance. On 10 January 2007, Tran became the spokesman of the United Workers-Farmers Organization (UWFO) after four other leaders (Tran Thi Le Hang, Nguyen Tan Hoanh, Doan Van Dien, and Doan Huy Chuong) were arrested in advance of an Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation summit held in Vietnam. Tran had previously worked as a legal consultant for the group. Two days later, he was arrested. Authorities charged Tran with "spreading propaganda against the state" and "endangering state security". He was also accused of being a member of Bloc 8406, a Vietnamese pro-democracy movement. Following a four-hour trial on 15 May 2007, Tran was found guilty on both charges. He was sentenced on 25 May to five years' imprisonment and two years' house arrest. Tran's sentence was protested by several major human rights organizations, including PEN International, Human Rights Watch, Reporters without Borders, and Amnesty International, which granted Tran "prisoner of conscience" status and demanded his release. In Spring 2011, Boston's American Repertory Theater and System of a Down's Serj Tankian dedicated their production of Prometheus Bound to Tran Quoc Hien, Doan Van Dien, Doan Huy Chuong, and seven other Amnesty International cases, stating in program notes that "by singing the story of Prometheus, the God who defied the tyrant Zeus by giving the human race both fire and art, this production hopes to give a voice to those currently being [cell cut: 2536 characters, first 2000 kept]
comment: Trần Quốc Hiền (born c. 1965) is a Vietnamese lawyer and author imprisoned by the Vietnamese government for his union activities. His detention was protested by several international human rights organizations, including Amnesty International, which named him a prisoner of conscience. Tran was director of a law firm in Ho Chi Minh City, where he specialized in defending farmers whose land had been confiscated by the government. He also posted articles critical to the government online, such as "The Tail", a description of life under government surveillance.

Eddie Kasko
abstract: Edward Michael Kasko (born June 27, 1932) is a former infielder, manager, scout and front office executive in American Major League Baseball.

Given Imaging
abstract: Given Imaging (Hebrew: גיוון אימג'ינג) is an Israeli medical technology company that manufactures and markets diagnostic products for the visualization and detection of disorders of the gastrointestinal tract. Until March 2014, it was dual-listed on both the NASDAQ and the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange, where it was a component of the TA-100 Index and the TA BlueTech Index. In March 2014 it was acquired by Covidien and became a private company. In 2015 Covidien was purchased by Medtronic. Given Imaging pioneered the capsule endoscopy technology and has also developed capsule-based pH monitoring. Through Sierra Scientific Instruments, a subsidiary, Given Imaging also provides an array of diagnostic modalities including high-resolution manometry and ambulatory reflux monitoring. Given Imaging's technology is currently marketed in over 60 countries.
comment: Given Imaging (Hebrew: גיוון אימג'ינג) is an Israeli medical technology company that manufactures and markets diagnostic products for the visualization and detection of disorders of the gastrointestinal tract. Until March 2014, it was dual-listed on both the NASDAQ and the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange, where it was a component of the TA-100 Index and the TA BlueTech Index. In March 2014 it was acquired by Covidien and became a private company. In 2015 Covidien was purchased by Medtronic.

Tommy G. Warren
abstract: Tommy G. Warren is an American Screenwriter, Award Winning Director and Producer. Warren began working in film and video in the 1970s. Tommy has worked on film / videos / TV with MGM and officed at Paramount Studios in Hollywood. In 2004 Tommy G. Warren founder of [SpiderwoodStudios] & [Spiderwood Magic] - began creating feature Films / Videos / TV, Music and Media. Then in 2009 Warren opened Spiderwood Studios a full service Motion Picture & TV Studios and Back- Lot along the Lower Colorado River just outside Austin, Texas. Warren also is the founder and owner of T.Warren Investment,inc. [Twarreninvestments.com] / Other businesses includes: Director at Bold Ventures (High-Tech) / Projekt 202 Dallas, Austin & Seattle.

Zee Cine Award for Best Male Debut
abstract: The Zee Cine Award Best Male Debut is chosen by the jury. They give awards to the new discoveries of Bollywood where they see some potential. This Category was first awarded in the year 2001. The first recipient was Hritik Roshan for his performance in Kaho Naa... Pyaar Hai. The winners are listed below:-

X-23
comment: Laura Kinney, originally known as X-23 and later the second known Wolverine, is a fictional superhero appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics, most commonly in association with the X-Men. The character was originally created by writer Craig Kyle for the X-Men: Evolution television series in 2003, before debuting in the NYX comic series in 2004. Since then she has headlined two six-issue miniseries written by Kyle and Christopher Yost, a one-shot and self-titled series written by Marjorie Liu, and All-New Wolverine by Tom Taylor.
abstract: Laura Kinney, originally known as X-23 and later the second known Wolverine, is a fictional superhero appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics, most commonly in association with the X-Men. The character was originally created by writer Craig Kyle for the X-Men: Evolution television series in 2003, before debuting in the NYX comic series in 2004. Since then she has headlined two six-issue miniseries written by Kyle and Christopher Yost, a one-shot and self-titled series written by Marjorie Liu, and All-New Wolverine by Tom Taylor. X-23 was apparently the clone and later adopted daughter of Wolverine, created to be the perfect killing machine. For years, she proved herself a capable assassin working for an organization called the Facility. A series of tragedies eventually led her to Wolverine and the X-Men. She attended school at the X-Mansion, and eventually became a member of X-Force. Like Wolverine, X-23 has a regenerative healing factor and enhanced senses, speed, and reflexes. She also has retractable adamantium-coated bone claws in her hands and feet. In 2015, the character succeeded her father in adopting the name and costume of Wolverine in the series All-New Wolverine. In July 2018, the character returned to her original moniker of X-23. The character has appeared in adaptations, including animated film and TV series and video games. She was portrayed by Dafne Keen in the 2017 film Logan.

Sunetra Choudhury
abstract: Sunetra Choudhury is a journalist and anchor with the Indian news channel NDTV 24x7. Her career started with The Indian Express in 1999. Then became the deputy chief reporter there. Later in 2002, she began her TV career with Star News. Later, she moved to NDTV in 2003. Primarily located in New Delhi, she is an alumnus of the Indian Institute of Mass Communication. She was born in Shillong, Meghalaya.

Arsenal F.C. league record by opponent
abstract: Arsenal Football Club is an English professional association football club based in Holloway, London. The club was formed in Woolwich in 1886 as Royal Arsenal before it was renamed Woolwich Arsenal in 1893. They became the first southern member admitted into the Football League in 1893, having spent their first four seasons solely participating in cup tournaments and friendlies. The club's name was shortened to Arsenal in 1914, a year after moving to Highbury. In spite of finishing fifth in the Second Division in 1915, Arsenal rejoined the First Division at the expense of local rivals Tottenham Hotspur when football resumed after the First World War. Since that time, they have not fallen below the first tier of the English football league system and hold the record for the longest uninterrupted period in the top flight. The club remained in the Football League until 1992, when its First Division was superseded as English football's top level by the newly formed Premier League, of which they were an inaugural member. In 2003–04, Arsenal completed a league season without a single defeat, something achieved only once before in English football, by Preston North End in 1888–89. Arsenal's first team have competed in a number of national, and in the early part of the club's history, regionally contested leagues such as the United League, the Southern District Combination and the London League Premier Division. Their record against each club faced in these discontinued competitions, in addition to the Football League and Premier League is listed below. Arsenal's first Football League match was against Newcastle United, and they met their 85th and most recent different league opponent, A.F.C. Bournemouth, for the first time in the 2015–16 Premier League season. The team that Arsenal have played most in league competition is Manchester United, who they first met in the 1894–95 Football League season; the 83 defeats from 200 meetings is more than they have lost against any ot[cell cut: 2229 characters, first 2000 kept]
comment: Arsenal Football Club is an English professional association football club based in Holloway, London. The club was formed in Woolwich in 1886 as Royal Arsenal before it was renamed Woolwich Arsenal in 1893. They became the first southern member admitted into the Football League in 1893, having spent their first four seasons solely participating in cup tournaments and friendlies. The club's name was shortened to Arsenal in 1914, a year after moving to Highbury. In spite of finishing fifth in the Second Division in 1915, Arsenal rejoined the First Division at the expense of local rivals Tottenham Hotspur when football resumed after the First World War. Since that time, they have not fallen below the first tier of the English football league system and hold the record for the longest uninterr

Fletcher Magee
comment: Fletcher Magee (born November 13, 1996) is an American college basketball player for University of Kentucky. While playing for the Terriers, he was named the Southern Conference Player of the Year by the league's media in consecutive years (2017-18 and 2018-19). As a junior, Magee led the SoCon in scoring at 22.1 points per game and again led the league in three-point percentage (.439). At the close of the season, he was awarded the Malcolm U. Pitt SoCon Player of the Year by the league media.
abstract: Fletcher Magee (born November 13, 1996) is an American college basketball player for University of Kentucky. While playing for the Terriers, he was named the Southern Conference Player of the Year by the league's media in consecutive years (2017-18 and 2018-19). Magee played three sports at The First Academy in his native Orlando, Florida. As a freshman for Wofford, he scored 13.8 points per game and led the Southern Conference (SoCon) in three-point shooting percentage. At the close of the season, he was named SoCon Freshman of the Year. As a sophomore, Magee raised his scoring average to 18.6 points per game and was named first-team all-conference. As a junior, Magee led the SoCon in scoring at 22.1 points per game and again led the league in three-point percentage (.439). At the close of the season, he was awarded the Malcolm U. Pitt SoCon Player of the Year by the league media. Following the 2017–18 season, Magee declared his intention to test the waters for the 2018 NBA draft. He did not hire an agent, leaving open the possibility of returning to Wofford for his senior year, which he did. Coming into his senior season, Magee was named preseason Southern Conference Player of the Year. On December 9, 2018, Magee scored his 2,000th career point in a win over Coastal Carolina. At the close of the season, Magee was again named SoCon Player of the Year by the league's media, this time adding the Coaches' award to sweep top honors. On March 21, 2019, Magee broke the all time record for most three point field goals surpassing Travis Bader, who previously had 504, in the second half of their match-up against Seton Hall in the First Round of the NCAA Tournament.

Tomoko Sugawara
abstract: Tomoko Sugawara is a harpist from Tokyo, Japan who grew up playing classical and Irish harp before learning to play the kugo or angular harp. With Swedish professor Bo Lawergren, whom she met at a kugo museum exhibit in Nara, Japan she engineered a fully working model of a kugo and hired American harp builder Bill Campbell to construct it. After adjusting to the soft sound of the model, she recorded a CD on Motéma Music called , released in 2010, which was a nominee for the Independent Music Awards in the Traditional/World category. She worked with flutist Robert Dick and bendir and darabukka player .

Suresh Dhandhalia
comment: Rajendra Desai is current Mayor of Bhavnagar and a senior Bhartiya Janata Party polition.

Anthony Wilkinson
abstract: Anthony John Anstruther Wilkinson (28 May 1835 – 11 December 1905) was an English barrister and amateur first-class cricketer. Wilkinson was born in Mount Oswald, County Durham, England, the 4th son of the Rev. Percival Spearman and Sophia Mary Anstruther. He was educated at Shrewsbury School and St John's College, Cambridge, gaining a B.A. in 1859. Admitted to Lincoln's Inn in 1858, he was called to the Bar in 1861. Wilkinson played sixty one first-class matches between 1862 and 1874. He played nineteen times for Middlesex County Cricket Club (1864-1874), five for Yorkshire (1865-1868), the Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC) (1867-1871), Gentlemen of the South (1862-1864), Surrey Club (1865-1866), Gentlemen (1865), Gentlemen of Middlesex (1865), Southgate (1866-1868), North of the Thames (1867), Gentlemen of England (1869-1874) and Gentlemen of Marylebone Cricket Club (1870). He also appeared in non first-class cricket for Surrey Club and Ground in 1862. A right-handed batsman, Wilkinson scored 1,351 runs at an average of 13.64, with a highest score of 84 not out against Gentlemen of England. He took 53 wickets, bowling right arm round arm slow, at 22.62 with a best of 6 for 52 against the MCC. He took 43 catches in the field. A good all-rounder, he scored runs in a prolific manner in club cricket and took many wickets. He was chairman of the meeting when Durham County Cricket Club was founded in 1874. A barrister who practised on the North-Eastern Circuit, he became Conveyancing Counsel to the Court of Chancery of the County Palatine of Durham in 1882. In 1877, he married Marion Harriet Jones, eldest daughter of the Rev. Francis Jones, vicar of Moreton Pinkney. A son, Cyril Wilkinson, captained Surrey from 1914 to 1920, playing over fifty matches and captained Surrey to the County Championship title in 1914. Wilkinson died in Anerley, Kent, England in December 1905, aged 70.
comment: Anthony John Anstruther Wilkinson (28 May 1835 – 11 December 1905) was an English barrister and amateur first-class cricketer. Wilkinson was born in Mount Oswald, County Durham, England, the 4th son of the Rev. Percival Spearman and Sophia Mary Anstruther. He was educated at Shrewsbury School and St John's College, Cambridge, gaining a B.A. in 1859. Admitted to Lincoln's Inn in 1858, he was called to the Bar in 1861. Wilkinson died in Anerley, Kent, England in December 1905, aged 70.

Democrats and Veterans
abstract: The Democrats and Veterans Party (DVP) is a political party in the United Kingdom. The party was founded in 2018 by former UKIP member and Gulf War veteran Gavin Felton and other ex-servicemen of the British Armed Forces. John Rees-Evans, previously a UKIP leadership candidate, was announced as the first party leader, and Gavin Felton named as chairman. The party considers itself to be "broadly libertarian in character". Its platform includes complete withdrawal from the European Union, direct democracy, and stronger support for veterans.

Tucker Elliot
abstract: Tucker Elliot is an American sportswriter and the author of sports history and trivia books. In 2011, he collaborated with Major League pitcher Andy Sonnanstine to write a book on the Tampa Bay Rays. In 2012, he collaborated with Dale Murphy (who wrote the foreword) to support the with a new book on the Atlanta Braves. In addition to writing sports books, Elliot was a writer for the screenplay "Shedding Baggage" and he's also the author of the forthcoming book "Extraordinary," which is the true story of professional baseball player Tony Stevens who joined the Marines after 9/11 and served three combat tours in Iraq.In March 2013, Elliot's book "The Day Before 9/11" was published. According to Amazon, "The Day Before 9/11" is "a harrowing true story that spans America's first decade in the war on terror ... [and] portrays in riveting detail the sacrifices made by military families serving overseas and the enduring pain that accompanies the tragic loss of life."
comment: Tucker Elliot is an American sportswriter and the author of sports history and trivia books. In 2011, he collaborated with Major League pitcher Andy Sonnanstine to write a book on the Tampa Bay Rays. In 2012, he collaborated with Dale Murphy (who wrote the foreword) to support the with a new book on the Atlanta Braves. In addition to writing sports books, Elliot was a writer for the screenplay "Shedding Baggage" and he's also the author of the forthcoming book "Extraordinary," which is the true story of professional baseball player Tony Stevens who joined the Marines after 9/11 and served three combat tours in Iraq.In March 2013, Elliot's book "The Day Before 9/11" was published. According to Amazon, "The Day Before 9/11" is "a harrowing true story that spans America's first decade in the

Sékou Traoré
abstract: Sékou Traoré is a filmmaker from Burkina Faso. He and his friends Dani Kouyaté and Issa Traoré de Brahima established the production company Sahelis Productions in 1992.He has worked as director, producer and production manager on a number of films, including both fiction and documentary.

Trey Ideker
comment: Trey Ideker is a professor of medicine and bioengineering at UC San Diego. He is the Director of the National Resource for Network Biology, the San Diego Center for Systems Biology, and the Cancer Cell Map Initiative. He uses genome-scale measurements to construct network models of cellular processes and disease.

Wyatt Cenac
abstract: Wyatt Cenac (; born April 19, 1976) is an American comedian, actor, producer, and Emmy Award winning writer. He was a correspondent and writer for The Daily Show from 2008 to 2012. He starred in the TBS series People of Earth and in Barry Jenkins's first feature Medicine for Melancholy. He currently hosts and produces the HBO series Wyatt Cenac's Problem Areas.

Humanist Party
comment: The Humanist Party was launched on 8 March 1984 by the Department of Social Affairs of the Community for Human Development. Around the world many Humanist Parties started to emerge and on 4 January 1989, in Florence, Italy, the first congress of the Humanist International was held. In this event, the foundational documents were adopted, including the Declaration of Principles, The Thesis, Foundations for political action and the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. The official documents of the Humanist Party can be found in the Book of the Humanist International.
abstract: The Humanist Party was launched on 8 March 1984 by the Department of Social Affairs of the Community for Human Development. Around the world many Humanist Parties started to emerge and on 4 January 1989, in Florence, Italy, the first congress of the Humanist International was held. In this event, the foundational documents were adopted, including the Declaration of Principles, The Thesis, Foundations for political action and the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. In December 1989, in Chile, Laura Rodríguez became the first elected representative of any Humanist Party in the world after winning a seat as part of the Concertación coalition, after Augusto Pinochet handed over power. In October 1993, the second congress of the Humanist International was held in Moscow, Russia, whereupon the Document of the Humanist Movement was also incorporated as a foundational document. This document had previously been circulating as chapter six of the book Letters to my friends. In 1999, regional coordination bodies of Humanist Parties were formed in South America and Europe. The regional bodies of Africa and Asia are expected to be formed in 2006. In addition to the Humanist Party, the Community for Human Development later recommended also the formation of a party based on a new humanist approach to ecology. The subsequent formation of a party called "The Greens" caused much confusion in Europe where The Greens and the Green Party were fighting elections against one another. This led to a great deal of bad feeling from the Green Party. Eventually, the environmental policies of The Greens were incorporated within the Humanist Party, which resulted in their merger. The official documents of the Humanist Party can be found in the Book of the Humanist International.

Toru Miura
comment: Toru Miura (三浦 徹 Miura Tōru) is a euphonium player and professor at Kunitachi College of Music. He is a founding member of the International Tuba Euphonium Association (ITEA), formerly named Tubist Universal Brotherhood Association (TUBA).

Philorhizus sigma
abstract: Philorhizus sigma is a species of brown coloured ground beetle in the Lebiinae subfamily that can be found in everywhere in Europe, except for Andorra, Croatia, Monaco, San Marino, Vatican City and European islands. It is also found in such Asian countries as Georgia and Israel.

Tony Buzbee
abstract: Tony Buzbee is an American lawyer and politician. In 2014 it was announced that Buzbee would be lead counsel for Governor Rick Perry of Texas after Perry was indicted on two felony counts which were later dismissed in 2016. In 2009, Buzbee won the largest jury verdict against British Petroleum (BP) in history. Buzbee is the managing partner of the Buzbee Law Firm in Houston, Texas. On November 2, 2015, Buzbee was awarded Attorney Of The Year by Texas Lawyer Magazine. Buzbee has represented multiple, noted Americans, including respected horse trainer Bob Baffert and recording artist and business man Jimmy Buffett. Buzbee has represented multiple governmental entities, including the State of Louisiana, and the Basque Government in the Kingdom of Spain. On October 30, 2018, Buzbee announced he would be running for mayor of Houston, TX.
comment: Tony Buzbee is an American lawyer and politician. In 2014 it was announced that Buzbee would be lead counsel for Governor Rick Perry of Texas after Perry was indicted on two felony counts which were later dismissed in 2016. In 2009, Buzbee won the largest jury verdict against British Petroleum (BP) in history. Buzbee is the managing partner of the Buzbee Law Firm in Houston, Texas. On November 2, 2015, Buzbee was awarded Attorney Of The Year by Texas Lawyer Magazine.

Major League Baseball Player of the Month Award
abstract: The Player of the Month Award is a Major League Baseball award named by each league every month of the regular season. The National League started recognizing the award on June 4, 1958. National League president Warren Giles conducted a poll of baseball writers in each Major League city and awarded the winner an engraved desk set. The American League did not follow suit until 1974. The National League created a separate award for pitchers starting in 1975 and the American League did likewise in 1979. Pitchers have not been eligible since then.

Subhro Bandopadhyay
comment: Subhro Bandopadhyay (pen name of Subhransu Banerjee) is an Indian poet who writes in Bengali. He won Sahitya Akademi's Yuva Puraskar, (awarded by Govt. of India to young writers of the country) 2013 for his poetry book Bouddho Lekhomala O Onnyano Shraman. He was born in Kolkata, 1978. He studied Biological Sciences then shifted to Spanish language for his keen interest in literature. He is a young polyglot writer who speaks four languages including Spanish and English. He has authored 5 poetry books, a novel and a biography on Pablo Neruda, all of them in Bengali. His third collection of poems was short listed for the Sanskriti Awards for Literature in 2006. He has received the Ruy de Clavijo scholarship from Casa Asia, Govt. of Spain in 2007. His fourth collection of poems chitabaagh shah
abstract: Subhro Bandopadhyay (pen name of Subhransu Banerjee) is an Indian poet who writes in Bengali. He won Sahitya Akademi's Yuva Puraskar, (awarded by Govt. of India to young writers of the country) 2013 for his poetry book Bouddho Lekhomala O Onnyano Shraman. He was born in Kolkata, 1978. He studied Biological Sciences then shifted to Spanish language for his keen interest in literature. He is a young polyglot writer who speaks four languages including Spanish and English. He has authored 5 poetry books, a novel and a biography on Pablo Neruda, all of them in Bengali. His third collection of poems was short listed for the Sanskriti Awards for Literature in 2006. He has received the Ruy de Clavijo scholarship from Casa Asia, Govt. of Spain in 2007. His fourth collection of poems chitabaagh shahor which is written at a residency programme with I Beca Internacional Antonio Machado for poetic creation (awarded jointly by Ministry of Culture, Govt. of Spain and Fundación Antonio Machado in 2008) in Spain the book is published under the title La ciudad leopardo, He has translated several contemporary Spanish authors into Bengali and made the maiden collection of contemporary Bengali poetry in Spanish which is published in Spain and in Chile. In 2014 the translation of his Bouddho Lekhomala O Onnyano Shraman is published in Spain under the title Poemas metálicos. He along with four editors, edits the magazine Kaurab. He teaches Spanish at Instituto Cervantes New Delhi.

Tyler Bensinger
abstract: Tyler Bensinger is an American film and television writer, producer and film director.

Doug DeCinces
abstract: Douglas Vernon DeCinces [de-sin'-say] (born August 29, 1950) is a former Major League Baseball third baseman. DeCinces played PONY League Baseball and Colt League Baseball in Northridge, California, with fellow major leaguer Dwight Evans. He attended and played for Los Angeles Pierce College, and is in their Athletic Hall of Fame. He began his major league career with the Baltimore Orioles late in the 1973 season, and he played for the Orioles in the ensuing eight full seasons. On June 22, 1979, in one of the most famous games in Orioles history, he hit a game-winning home run at Memorial Stadium off Detroit Tigers reliever Dave Tobik. The Orioles were trailing the Tigers 5-3 going into the bottom of the ninth inning. With one out, Ken Singleton hit a solo home run off Tobik to bring the Orioles within one. Eddie Murray reached base on a single, and, with two outs, DeCinces hit a two-run home run to give the Orioles a 6-5 victory. The win has been called "the night Oriole Magic was born." DeCinces said years later that the game and his home run "triggered something" and that "the emotion just multiplied from there," adding that the ensuing atmosphere of excitement was in no small part due to the excited call of the home run by announcers Bill O'Donnell and Charley Eckman on the Orioles' radio network. The Orioles went on to win the American League pennant in 1979. In 1982, the Orioles traded DeCinces to the California Angels for Dan Ford in order to make room for Cal Ripken, Jr. (DeCinces had begun his career in Baltimore as the successor to Orioles third baseman Brooks Robinson.) DeCinces was a member of the American League All Star Team in 1983. Released by the Angels on September 23, 1987, he concluded his major league career by playing in four games for the St. Louis Cardinals late in the 1987 season. In total, DeCinces played for fifteen seasons (1973–1987) in the major leagues for three different teams, including nine years with the Orioles and six years with [cell cut: 3710 characters, first 2000 kept]
comment: Douglas Vernon DeCinces [de-sin'-say] (born August 29, 1950) is a former Major League Baseball third baseman. DeCinces played PONY League Baseball and Colt League Baseball in Northridge, California, with fellow major leaguer Dwight Evans. He attended and played for Los Angeles Pierce College, and is in their Athletic Hall of Fame. DeCinces twice finished in the top 25 voting for the American League Most Valuable Player, finishing third in 1982 and 11th in 1986 while playing for the California Angels. In 1982 he also won the Silver Slugger Award.

Moscow Raceway
abstract: Moscow Raceway is an FIA-approved motor racing venue, which is situated in the Volokolamsky District of Moscow Oblast, near the villages of Sheludkovo and Fedyukovo, 97 kilometres (60 mi) from Moscow, Russia. It opened on 13 July 2012 for its first event as the fifth round of the World Series by Renault becoming the first major international motor-sport race track event in Russia.

Gessner Harrison
comment: Gessner Harrison (June 27, 1807 – April 7, 1862) was an American college professor and faculty chairman at the University of Virginia (1828–1859). He was acclaimed in classical languages, taught the fundamentals and science of the Latin and Greek languages, and advanced the study of linguistics through his publications.
abstract: Gessner Harrison (June 27, 1807 – April 7, 1862) was an American college professor and faculty chairman at the University of Virginia (1828–1859). He was acclaimed in classical languages, taught the fundamentals and science of the Latin and Greek languages, and advanced the study of linguistics through his publications. As an undergraduate, Harrison was one of the first students to enter the University of Virginia in its initial year of operation (1825). He was a devout Christian, and his religiosity soon made a distinct impression upon the university's founder, Thomas Jefferson. He graduated with a Medical Degree, and a Doctorate in Ancient Languages, and he was an academic standout among his classmates, who included Edgar Allan Poe. In 1828 the school's rector, James Madison, appointed Harrison as a professor, making him the first alumnus to join the faculty there, at age twenty-one. Harrison served as chairman of the university faculty for over a third of his thirty-year tenure. As such, he responded to multiple, sometimes violent, encounters with ill-mannered and disorderly students. With the assistance of the University's board, he instituted a code of conduct and played a key role in the reclamation of campus civility. His work in comparative grammar equalled that of other scholarly leaders in the field at the time from the German and English schools. In 1859 he retired from the university, and started a prep school, the nearby Locust Grove Academy. Harrison was a slaveholder and supported the Confederacy in the American Civil War. In 1862, he was nursing a son who had returned home from the war when he contracted the young man's illness, was forced to close the school, and died soon thereafter. His death was considered a momentous loss for education in the South.

LittleBe (TV programming block)
comment: LittleBe (stylized as little Be) is a British children’s preschool block aired by ITVBe. It launched on 3 September 2018. It replaced CITV’s Mini CITV. it runs through 09:00 – 12:00. it runs on weekdays only. This block is related to CITV. It is aimed at 2–6 year olds.

Zygmunt Balicki
comment: Zygmunt Balicki (30 December 1858 in Lublin – 12 September 1916 in Saint Petersburg) was a Polish sociologist, publicist and one of the first leading thinkers of the modern Polish nationalism in the late 19th century under the foreign Partitions of Poland. Balicki developed his original political thought inspired by the ideals of Aleksander Świętochowski from the movement of Positivism which was marked by the attempts at trying to stop the wholesale Russification and Germanization of the Poles ever since the Polish language was banned in reprisal for the January Uprising. Along with Roman Dmowski, Balicki was a key protagonist in the National Democratic campaign of antisemitic agitation.

Net-poetry
comment: Net-poetry is a development of net.art, involving poetry. This kind of experimental art was born in several different cities and countries around 1995.

Billy Bates (baseball)
comment: William Derrick Bates (born December 7, 1963) is a former Major League Baseball (MLB) second baseman and pinch runner who played for the Milwaukee Brewers and the 1990 World Series champion Cincinnati Reds. In 29 career games, Bates had a batting average of .125 with six hits, two runs batted in (RBI), 11 runs, ten strikeouts, and eight stolen bases. Though defensively he played as a second baseman, the Reds primarily used Bates as a pinch runner. After he scored the winning run in Game 2 of the 1990 World Series, Bates never played in MLB again.
abstract: William Derrick Bates (born December 7, 1963) is a former Major League Baseball (MLB) second baseman and pinch runner who played for the Milwaukee Brewers and the 1990 World Series champion Cincinnati Reds. In 29 career games, Bates had a batting average of .125 with six hits, two runs batted in (RBI), 11 runs, ten strikeouts, and eight stolen bases. Though defensively he played as a second baseman, the Reds primarily used Bates as a pinch runner. After he scored the winning run in Game 2 of the 1990 World Series, Bates never played in MLB again. Born in Houston, Bates attended the University of Texas and, in his freshman season, won the 1983 College World Series as a part of the Texas Longhorns baseball team. For the next two seasons, Bates was named to the College Baseball All-America Team, a team composed of the best collegiate baseball athletes in America. Drafted by Milwaukee in the 4th round of the 1985 MLB draft, he rose through the Brewers' farm system and teams that he played for won multiple minor league titles. He subsequently made his MLB debut in 1989, after Milwaukee's starting second baseman became injured. A trade sent Bates to Cincinnati in 1990, where the Reds used him as a pinch runner at the end of the regular season and into the postseason. Facing the Oakland Athletics in the World Series, Bates reached base on a pinch hit single against Dennis Eckersley and later scored the winning run in Game 2, as the Reds ultimately swept the Athletics, four games to none. Following the World Series championship, Bates spent two years in minor league baseball, one for the Reds and one for the Chicago Cubs, and last played exhibition baseball in 1995. After retirement, he worked as an equipment supplier in the oil and gas industry in Houston and coached his daughter's softball team.

Tracy Lee Stum
comment: Tracy Lee Stum is an American artist best known for her 3D street paintings or chalk drawings. She at one point held the Guinness World Record for the Largest Chalk Painting by an Individual. Tracy Lee Stum began drawing as soon as she could clutch a crayon. She studied privately as a child and earned a Bachelor’s degree at Tyler School of Art in Philadelphia. She continued her studies in naturalism at the Florence Academy of Art in Italy. Tracy’s chalk conversations speak to her vast audience with imagination, beauty and playfulness – often with a thick Italian accent.
abstract: Tracy Lee Stum is an American artist best known for her 3D street paintings or chalk drawings. She at one point held the Guinness World Record for the Largest Chalk Painting by an Individual. Tracy Lee Stum began drawing as soon as she could clutch a crayon. She studied privately as a child and earned a Bachelor’s degree at Tyler School of Art in Philadelphia. She continued her studies in naturalism at the Florence Academy of Art in Italy. A gregarious graffiti lover, Tracy began street painting in 1998 and is considered by Madonnari peers, festival directors and viewers alike as one of the finest street painters today. Known for splashing color in festivals and events in all corners and crevices of the globe, her paintings have won numerous awards & accolades – her only regret is that her masterpieces rarely fit on the fridge. In 2006 Tracy added the Guinness World Record to her collection of vinyl for the largest street painting by an individual. In 2013 she was honored to be a contributor on the Cannes Gold Lion award winning team for their work in the now iconic Honda CRV commercial. Experienced in multi-city campaigns for such clients as Cadillac, SoBe, and Dos Equis, Tracy is continually creating commissioned 3D and 4D works in chalk for advertising, public and private events, corporate PR and educational sectors. Her international team building skills have been utilized in developing street painting festivals in China, Mexico, India, Russia and throughout the United States. Her art travels well and is always up to date on all of its shots. Tracy has been privileged and honored to serve as the US State Department’s 2012 cultural ambassador. She’s toured Tajikistan and India creating 3D street paintings and teaching workshops at distinguished universities and art colleges to promote education, awareness and positive cross-cultural communication. In 2013 Tracy put on clean pants and stepped effortlessly into management as she curated the first annual DO/AC 3D Ch[cell cut: 2243 characters, first 2000 kept]

T. Sureshkumar
abstract: T. Sureshkumar is an Indian politician and incumbent Member of the Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly from the Chengam constituency. He represents the Desiya Murpokku Dravidar Kazhagam party.

Breathing
comment: Breathing (or respiration, or ventilation) is the process of moving air into and out of the lungs to facilitate gas exchange with the internal environment, mostly by bringing in oxygen and flushing out carbon dioxide. Breathing has other important functions. It provides a mechanism for speech, laughter and similar expressions of the emotions. It is also used for reflexes such as yawning, coughing and sneezing. Animals that cannot thermoregulate by perspiration, because they lack sufficient sweat glands, may lose heat by evaporation through panting.
abstract: Breathing (or respiration, or ventilation) is the process of moving air into and out of the lungs to facilitate gas exchange with the internal environment, mostly by bringing in oxygen and flushing out carbon dioxide. All aerobic creatures need oxygen for cellular respiration, which uses the oxygen to break down foods for energy and produces carbon dioxide as a waste product. Breathing, or "external respiration", brings air into the lungs where gas exchange takes place in the alveoli through diffusion. The body's circulatory system transports these gases to and from the cells, where "cellular respiration" takes place. The breathing of all vertebrates with lungs consists of repetitive cycles of inhalation and exhalation through a highly branched system of tubes or airways which lead from the nose to the alveoli. The number of respiratory cycles per minute is the breathing or respiratory rate, and is one of the four primary vital signs of life. Under normal conditions the breathing depth and rate is automatically, and unconsciously, controlled by several homeostatic mechanisms which keep the partial pressures of carbon dioxide and oxygen in the arterial blood constant. Keeping the partial pressure of carbon dioxide in the arterial blood unchanged under a wide variety of physiological circumstances, contributes significantly to tight control of the pH of the extracellular fluids (ECF). Over-breathing (hyperventilation) and under-breathing (hypoventilation), which decrease and increase the arterial partial pressure of carbon dioxide respectively, cause a rise in the pH of ECF in the first case, and a lowering of the pH in the second. Both cause distressing symptoms. Breathing has other important functions. It provides a mechanism for speech, laughter and similar expressions of the emotions. It is also used for reflexes such as yawning, coughing and sneezing. Animals that cannot thermoregulate by perspiration, because they lack sufficient sweat glands, may lose heat by e[cell cut: 2027 characters, first 2000 kept]

New Hope Rosenwald School
abstract: New Hope Rosenwald School is a Rosenwald School near Fredonia, Alabama. It was built in 1915. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places as part of The Rosenwald School Building Fund and Associated Buildings Multiple Property Submission on November 29, 2001.

David Worrell
comment: David Worrell (born 12 January 1978) is an Irish footballer who played as a right back. Born in Dublin, he played in the Scottish Premier League for Dundee United, and the Football League for Plymouth Argyle and Rotherham United.

2017 24 Hours of Nürburgring
abstract: The 2017 ADAC Zurich 24 Hours of Nürburgring was the 45th running of the 24 Hours of Nürburgring. It took place over 25-28 May 2017. The #29 Audi Sport Team Land / Land-Motorsport team won the race in an Audi R8 LMS.

Toni Hill
comment: Toni Hill is a Spanish author. His first novel, El verano de los juguetes muertos (The summer of the dead toys), has had a great success and it has received many excellent reviews. Toni Hill was born in 1966 in Barcelona, Spain. He has a bachelor's degree in psychology. He has worked for over ten years as a literary translator with Random House Mondadori, S.A., a leading Spanish language publisher. He has always been a supporter of thriller novels, and has read Agatha Christie’s books since he was a child. At this moment, Hill is writing the second part of the story.
abstract: Toni Hill is a Spanish author. His first novel, El verano de los juguetes muertos (The summer of the dead toys), has had a great success and it has received many excellent reviews. Toni Hill was born in 1966 in Barcelona, Spain. He has a bachelor's degree in psychology. He has worked for over ten years as a literary translator with Random House Mondadori, S.A., a leading Spanish language publisher. Some of the authors he has translated are David Sedaris, Jonathan Safran Foer, Glenway Wescott, Rosie Alison, Peter May, Rabih Alameddine and A. L. Kennedy. His work as a translator was a great help in writing his first novel, as it exposed him to many books and diverse writing techniques. He has always been a supporter of thriller novels, and has read Agatha Christie’s books since he was a child. El verano de los juguetes muertos (The summer of the dead toys) is his first novel, and is a detective novel. It was released in July 2011. Translation rights have been purchased in Germany, France, Greece, Italy, the Netherlands, Finland and Poland. The novel takes place in the current Barcelona and has diverse themes: guilt, revenge, sin and crime. More than 25000 copies of the novel were sold in the first two months. Toni Hill has stated that he spent six months thinking about what to write, and then six months writing the novel. At this moment, Hill is writing the second part of the story.

Travis Holdman
abstract: Travis Holdman is a Republican member of the Indiana Senate, representing the 19th District since 2008. He was elected to the State Senate in March 2008, after the death of David C. Ford. Holdman has championed legislation to make texting while driving illegal in Indiana.

Tony Rogers (director)
abstract: Tony Rogers is an Australian film director, producer and actor. He is best known for directing the Tropfest- and AFI Award-winning comedy Wilfred (2007 and 2010). He was also director of the feature film Rats and Cats alongside the same creative team from Wilfred. He directed and co-wrote the online miniseries How to Talk Australians.

Motivation crowding theory
comment: In psychology and microeconomics, motivation crowding theory describes the observation that providing extrinsic incentives for certain kinds of behavior—such as promising monetary rewards for accomplishing some task—can sometimes undermine intrinsic motivation for doing that behavior. The result of lowered motivation, opposite the predictions of neoclassical economics, can be an overall decrease in the total amount of that behavior produced. For example, one study found that paying people to collect charitable donations actually caused them to collect fewer donations.
abstract: In psychology and microeconomics, motivation crowding theory describes the observation that providing extrinsic incentives for certain kinds of behavior—such as promising monetary rewards for accomplishing some task—can sometimes undermine intrinsic motivation for doing that behavior. The result of lowered motivation, opposite the predictions of neoclassical economics, can be an overall decrease in the total amount of that behavior produced. For example, one study found that paying people to collect charitable donations actually caused them to collect fewer donations. The term "crowding out" was coined by Bruno Frey in 1997, but the idea was first introduced into economics much earlier by Richard Titmuss, who argued in 1970 that offering financial incentives for blood donation could counterintuitively lead to a drop in the total amount of blood donated. While the empirical evidence supporting crowding out for blood donation has been mixed, there has since been a long line of psychological and economic exploration supporting the basic phenomenon of crowding out. The typical study of crowding out involves assigning subjects a task to complete either for some explicitly mentioned payment sum or for no additional payment at all. Researchers then look to self-reported measures of motivation for completing the task, willingness to complete additional rounds of the task for no additional compensation, or both. Removing the extrinsic incentive often diminishes overall interest and willingness to engage in the task compared to pre-payment levels.

Tomas Andres
abstract: Tomas Quintin Donato Andres is a Filipino intercultural consultant, counselor, and pioneer of the Philippine-based management and training system known as Management by Filipino Values. He is also the initiator of the internationally based management and training system known as Management by Humor. Apart from being a professor at the Ateneo de Manila University, he is also the manager and president of the Values and Technologies Management Centre. His Understanding Filipino Values is a book that relates the Filipino value system to the management situation in the Philippines, in order to provide a clearer understanding of those values, concepts and traditions, and to increase productivity and efficiency in business. As an intercultural consultant, Andres conducts crosscultural orientation on Philippine culture for expatriates of multinational and international organizations. Having worked as counselor and consultant in several institutions, Andres was an adviser and a crosscultural educator to Filipino seamen and migrant workers in their moments of culture shocks in foreign lands. He is an accomplished author of books about the usage and application of Filipino values in daily living, interpersonal relationships, work, management, and productivity, among others.
comment: Tomas Quintin Donato Andres is a Filipino intercultural consultant, counselor, and pioneer of the Philippine-based management and training system known as Management by Filipino Values. He is also the initiator of the internationally based management and training system known as Management by Humor. Apart from being a professor at the Ateneo de Manila University, he is also the manager and president of the Values and Technologies Management Centre. His Understanding Filipino Values is a book that relates the Filipino value system to the management situation in the Philippines, in order to provide a clearer understanding of those values, concepts and traditions, and to increase productivity and efficiency in business. As an intercultural consultant, Andres conducts crosscultural orientation

Susan Gundunas
comment: Susan Gundunas is an American Soprano vocalist specializing in operatic performances. A graduate of Santa Clara University, Gundunas has performed in Hamburg, Germany's production of Andrew Lloyd Webber's Phantom of the Opera. She has also performed operatic arias on national German radio and television. In November 2009, she released her critically acclaimed CD, All the World's A Stage.In addition to her operatic performances she also runs a vocal studio in San Francisco and teaches voice at the University of California, Berkeley.

Arlen Ness
abstract: Arlen Darryl Ness (born July 12, 1939) is an American motorcycle designer and entrepreneur best known for his custom motorcycles. Ness received acclaim for his designs, most of which are noted for their unique body style and paintwork.

Alfie Kilgour
abstract: Alfie George Alexander Kilgour (born 18 May 1998) is an English footballer who plays for Bristol Rovers.

Review of Environmental Economics and Policy
comment: The Review of Environmental Economics and Policy (REEP) is a peer-reviewed journal of environmental economics published twice each year. It is the official "accessible" journal of the Association of Environmental and Resource Economists (AERE), and complements the organization's other journal, the (JAERE), which has a more technical research orientation. REEP is indexed by EconLit and the Journal of Economic Literature.
abstract: The Review of Environmental Economics and Policy (REEP) is a peer-reviewed journal of environmental economics published twice each year. It is the official "accessible" journal of the Association of Environmental and Resource Economists (AERE), and complements the organization's other journal, the (JAERE), which has a more technical research orientation. REEP was conceived after years of consideration by the Association. Just as the Journal of Economic Perspectives is to the American Economic Review, REEP is intended to fill the gap between traditional academic research journals in environmental economics (like JEEM) and the general interest press by providing a widely accessible yet scholarly source for the latest thinking on environmental economics and related policy. REEP publishes symposia, articles, and regular features that contribute to one or more of the following goals: to identify and synthesize lessons learned from recent and ongoing environmental economics research, to provide economic analysis of environmental policy issues, to promote the sharing of ideas and perspectives among the various sub-fields of environmental economics, to strengthen the linkages between environmental economics research and environmental policy, to encourage communication and connections between academics and the wider policy community, to offer suggestions for future research, to provide insights and readings for use in the classroom, and to address issues of interest to the environmental economics profession. REEP is edited by Carlo Carraro of the University of Venice, Harvard University, Matthew Kahn University of California, Los Angeles. Articles published by the REEP are generally commissioned by the editors, but are still typically subjected to anonymous peer review. Given the requirement that material appearing in the journal should be written for a non-technical audience and be highly readable, the submission of unsolicited manuscripts is not encouraged. There are simpl[cell cut: 2769 characters, first 2000 kept]

Nurse practitioner
comment: A nurse practitioner (NP) is an advanced practice registered nurse (APRN) classified as a mid-level practitioner. A nurse practitioner is trained to assess patient needs, order and interpret diagnostic and laboratory tests, diagnose illness and disease, prescribe medication and formulate treatment plans. NP training covers basic disease prevention, coordination of care, and health promotion, but does not provide the depth of expertise needed to recognize more complex cases in which multiple symptoms suggest more serious conditions. According to the American Association of Nurse Practitioners, a nurse practitioner is educated at the masters or doctoral level to provide "primary, acute, chronic, and specialty care to patients of all ages and all walks of life". The scope of practice for a nu
abstract: A nurse practitioner (NP) is an advanced practice registered nurse (APRN) classified as a mid-level practitioner. A nurse practitioner is trained to assess patient needs, order and interpret diagnostic and laboratory tests, diagnose illness and disease, prescribe medication and formulate treatment plans. NP training covers basic disease prevention, coordination of care, and health promotion, but does not provide the depth of expertise needed to recognize more complex cases in which multiple symptoms suggest more serious conditions. According to the American Association of Nurse Practitioners, a nurse practitioner is educated at the masters or doctoral level to provide "primary, acute, chronic, and specialty care to patients of all ages and all walks of life". The scope of practice for a nurse practitioner is defined by jurisdiction. Depending on jurisdiction, nurse practitioners may or may not be required to practice under the supervision of a physician. In United States, nurse practitioners have been lobbying for independent practice. The opponents of independent practice have argued that nurse practitioner education is "flimsy," because it can consist of online coursework with few hours of actual patient contact. The number of patient contact hours in nurse practitioner training is less than or equal to 3% of physician training. Increased utilization of nurse practitioners is leading to increased cost of care through increased use of resources and unnecessary referrals.

Suresh Balaje
comment: Suresh Balaje is an Indian film producer, primarily concentrating in Malayalam and Tamil films. He is the son of producer and actor K. Balaji. He has produced many successful ventures like Billa, Vazhvey Maayam, Gandharvam, Ulladakkam, 13 B, Yaavarum Nalam, Malamaal Weekly, Phir Milenge and Billa 2.
abstract: Suresh Balaje is an Indian film producer, primarily concentrating in Malayalam and Tamil films. He is the son of producer and actor K. Balaji. He has produced many successful ventures like Billa, Vazhvey Maayam, Gandharvam, Ulladakkam, 13 B, Yaavarum Nalam, Malamaal Weekly, Phir Milenge and Billa 2. Now he is doing films as executive producer as well as Line producer under the banner Wide Angle Creations with his business partner George Pius and the French film Dheepan which won the Palme d'Or at 68th Cannes Film Festival is a collaboration of Wide Angle Creations and French director Jacques Audiard.

Pete Harnisch
abstract: Peter Thomas Harnisch (born September 23, 1966) is a former Major League Baseball right-handed starting pitcher.

Gianluigi Donnarumma
comment: Gianluigi Donnarumma (Italian pronunciation: [dʒanluˈiːdʒi ˌdɔnnaˈrumma]; born 25 February 1999) is an Italian professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Serie A club Milan and the Italy national team.
abstract: Gianluigi Donnarumma (Italian pronunciation: [dʒanluˈiːdʒi ˌdɔnnaˈrumma]; born 25 February 1999) is an Italian professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Serie A club Milan and the Italy national team. He began his career with Milan in 2015, becoming the second-youngest goalkeeper ever to debut in Serie A, aged 16 years and 242 days; he immediately broke into the starting line-up, earning a reputation as one of the most promising young goalkeepers in the world. He also broke the record as the youngest Italy under-21 player ever to play, aged 17 years and 28 days in March 2016. Six months later, he made his senior international debut, becoming the youngest goalkeeper ever to appear for Italy, aged 17 years and 189 days.

Mikoyam Tavares
abstract: Leonid Mikoyam Fernandes Tavares (born 16 March 1981 in Praia, Santiago), aka Mikó, is a Cape Verdean footballer who plays for Praia Milfontes as a forward.

T. V. Mohandas Pai
abstract: T.V. Mohandas Pai is the Chairman of Manipal Global Education (Manipal University). He was a former director of Infosys, and Head – Administration, Education and Research, Financial, Human Resources of Infosys Leadership Institute.

Norma Jamieson
comment: Norma Mary Jamieson (born 23 May 1941, in Ulverstone) is an Australian politician. She was an independent member of the Tasmanian Legislative Council (upper house) in the electoral division of Mersey from 2003 until 2009. She worked as a nurse. Norma Jamieson is a widow with two children. Her interests include: bushwalking, gardening, farming, tree farming, light aircraft flying, sports and travel. In recent bills she voted against the state government's same sex relationships bill, but in favour of the sex industry regulation bill. She has been dubbed a 'traditional conservative'.

Tony Thunder Smith
abstract: Tony "Thunder" Smith is an American drummer best known as a member of the Lou Reed backing band. He was former member of Jan Hammer Group with whom he recorded the albums Jeff Beck with the Jan Hammer Group Live, and was the drummer for French music icon Serge Gainsbourg in the eighties, and many others.

Old Shelby County Courthouse
abstract: The Old Shelby County Courthouse, also known as Columbiana City Hall, is a defunct courthouse in Columbiana, Alabama. It was built in 1854. It served as the courthouse for Shelby County until 1906 when a larger court facility was built. It also served as Columbiana's city hall. Since 1982, it has housed the Shelby County Museum and Archives and its operator, the Shelby County Historical Society. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on October 29, 1974. It was subsequently listed on the Alabama Register of Landmarks and Heritage on January 25, 2011. In 1826, Columbiana, Alabama won an election against Montevallo, Alabama to house the courthouse. The people of Columbiana threw a huge celebration which involved the destruction of a tree sitting in the very spot they planned to move and build the courthouse. To destroy the tree, gunpowder was packed into holes that had been drilled into the tree. Once ignited, the blast was said to have been heard for miles. The wood building which was built following this celebration no longer stands and was replaced with the Old Shelby County Courthouse in 1854.
comment: The Old Shelby County Courthouse, also known as Columbiana City Hall, is a defunct courthouse in Columbiana, Alabama. It was built in 1854. It served as the courthouse for Shelby County until 1906 when a larger court facility was built. It also served as Columbiana's city hall. Since 1982, it has housed the Shelby County Museum and Archives and its operator, the Shelby County Historical Society. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on October 29, 1974. It was subsequently listed on the Alabama Register of Landmarks and Heritage on January 25, 2011.

FC Vaduz
abstract: Fussball Club Vaduz (Football Club Vaduz) is a Liechtenstein football club from Vaduz that plays in the Swiss Football League. The club plays at the national Rheinpark Stadion, which has a capacity of 5,873 when all seated but has additional standing places in the North and South ends of the ground, giving a total stadium capacity of 7,838. They currently play in the Swiss Challenge League following relegation from the Swiss Super League after a poor 2016–17 season. Vaduz is unique in that it represents its own national association in the UEFA Europa League when winning the domestic cup, whilst playing in another country's league. This is due to Liechtenstein not organising its own league. Vaduz have historically had many players from Liechtenstein, many of whom have played for the Liechtenstein national team, but nearly all these players have moved abroad, and now the majority of the first team squad are foreign players from different areas of the world. The signing of experienced goalkeeper Peter Jehle from Tours and Franz Burgmeier from Darlington boosted the Liechtensteiner contingent to six by the start of the 2009–10 season.
comment: Fussball Club Vaduz (Football Club Vaduz) is a Liechtenstein football club from Vaduz that plays in the Swiss Football League. The club plays at the national Rheinpark Stadion, which has a capacity of 5,873 when all seated but has additional standing places in the North and South ends of the ground, giving a total stadium capacity of 7,838. They currently play in the Swiss Challenge League following relegation from the Swiss Super League after a poor 2016–17 season. Vaduz is unique in that it represents its own national association in the UEFA Europa League when winning the domestic cup, whilst playing in another country's league. This is due to Liechtenstein not organising its own league.

Pir Mahal
abstract: Pir Mahal ( Punjabi and Urdu: پیر محل) is a capital city of Pir Mahal Tehsil in the Punjab province of Pakistan. The name Pir Mahalbecame famous because of residence of peer syed qutab shah bukhari. It started a very small city and over time it grew both in size and population; now it is the capital of the newly made Administration sub-division Pir Mahal Tehsil. It is a neighbouring city of Toba Tek Singh and is included in the Toba Tek Singh District. * Pir Mahal railway station This is the birth place of Hakim Muhammad Anwar Khan Lodhi

Randy Kutcher
comment: Randy Scott Kutcher (born April 20, 1960) is a former Major League Baseball utility outfielder for the San Francisco Giants and Boston Red Sox from 1986 through 1990. He batted and threw right-handed. Kutcher was born in Anchorage, Alaska. He was a member of two division-winning teams in his three seasons with the Red Sox, in 1988 and 1990, when he and Kevin Romine split duties as reserve outfielders for the Red Sox behind All-Star starters Mike Greenwell, Ellis Burks and Dwight Evans. Kutcher wore jersey number 5 and, later, 55.
abstract: Randy Scott Kutcher (born April 20, 1960) is a former Major League Baseball utility outfielder for the San Francisco Giants and Boston Red Sox from 1986 through 1990. He batted and threw right-handed. Kutcher was born in Anchorage, Alaska. He was a member of two division-winning teams in his three seasons with the Red Sox, in 1988 and 1990, when he and Kevin Romine split duties as reserve outfielders for the Red Sox behind All-Star starters Mike Greenwell, Ellis Burks and Dwight Evans. Kutcher wore jersey number 5 and, later, 55. In 448 career at bats, Kutcher was a .228 hitter with 10 home runs and 40 runs batted in.

Roc Nation
comment: Roc Nation, LLC is an American entertainment company founded by Jay-Z in 2008. The company has offices in New York City, London, Nashville, Austin, and Los Angeles. The full-service entertainment company houses a record label, talent agency, touring and concert production company, music, film, and television production company as well as a music publishing house. The company is home to a diverse roster of recording artists, musicians and record producers such as J. Cole, Big Sean, Claudia Leitte, Vic Mensa, Grimes, Demi Lovato, Shakira, DJ Khaled, Omarion, T.I., and The Lox. The company also has partnerships with global management companies Three Six Zero Group, Urban Media Global Network Collective, Philymack and RJ Nation Entertainment World Wide...

Tabla Nani
comment: Tabla Nani is an Indian theatre and film actor who works primarily in Kannada cinema. He began his career as a supporting actor in the 2006 Kannada film Mata. His role in the 2009 film Eddelu Manjunatha won him critical praise.

Nocturne (Talia Wagner)
abstract: Nocturne (Talia Josephine "T.J." Wagner) is a fictional character appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. The character is depicted as a member of the reality-hopping Exiles and formerly associated with New Excalibur.

Toshie Oi
abstract: Toshie Oi (大井 利江 Ōi Toshie, born August 27, 1945) is a Paralympian athlete from Japan competing mainly in category F53 discus events. Toshie has competed at two Paralympics, firstly in Athens in 2004 where he won the silver medal in the F53 discus and secondly in Beijing in 2008 where he won the bronze medal in the combined F53/54 class discus.

Tony Britten
abstract: Tony Britten is a British composer, best known for adapting the music and writing the text of the UEFA Champions League Anthem.

Trevor Sinclair (radio presenter)
abstract: Trevor Sinclair is a Sydney-based radio host. He began his Sydney radio career in 1978 at the then most popular commercial music station in the city 2SM. Prior to this he had worked on provincial radio in New South Wales and the Australian Capital Territory.

Tyler Green (journalist)
comment: Tyler Green is an award-winning art critic and historian. He produces and hosts The Modern Art Notes Podcast, a weekly digital audio program that features interviews with artists and art historians such as Richard Serra, Robert Irwin, Phyllida Barlow, Carl Andre, Sophie Calle, Vija Celmins, Mark Bradford, Julie Mehretu, Jo Ann Callis, and Shirin Neshat. Pulitzer Prize-winning art critic Sebastian Smee called The MAN Podcast "one of the great archives of the art of our time." The BBC has named the program one of the world's top 25 culture podcasts.
abstract: Tyler Green is an award-winning art critic and historian. He produces and hosts The Modern Art Notes Podcast, a weekly digital audio program that features interviews with artists and art historians such as Richard Serra, Robert Irwin, Phyllida Barlow, Carl Andre, Sophie Calle, Vija Celmins, Mark Bradford, Julie Mehretu, Jo Ann Callis, and Shirin Neshat. Pulitzer Prize-winning art critic Sebastian Smee called The MAN Podcast "one of the great archives of the art of our time." The BBC has named the program one of the world's top 25 culture podcasts. Green's book about 19th-century artist Carleton Watkins, Carleton Watkins: Making the West American, was published by University of California Press in October, 2018. Watkins (1829–1916) is widely considered the greatest American photographer of the nineteenth century and arguably the most influential artist of his era. He is best known for his pictures of Yosemite Valley and the nearby Mariposa Grove of giant sequoias, pictures that motivated and informed the national park idea. In the Los Angeles Times, Christopher Knight wrote that "Watkins" is “[f]ascinating and indispensable… The lack of a Watkins biography was a gaping hole in our historical understanding of American art… Passages that analyze Watkins’ extraordinary compositions are among the book’s most revealing.”. Maika Pollack, writing in Aperture magazine, said, "This book is a thoughtfully researched meditation on a photographer’s complex contribution to the formation of our national identity…. Green’s research is not just about Watkins, but about the significance of the American West, and in some ways the definition of America itself… [M]uch like Watkins’s work, Making the West American is at once technical and transcendent." Green wrote and edited the pioneering website Modern Art Notes (MAN) from 2001-14. It was among the first art blogs and may have been the first website to feature original criticism and reporting about art and art institutions. The U.S. c[cell cut: 2454 characters, first 2000 kept]

Tseten Samdup Chhoekyapa
comment: Tseten Samdup Chhoekyapa is an official of the Tibetan Government in Exile. He is the Representative of the Dalai Lama and the Tibetan Government in Exile for Central and Eastern Europe and the head of the Tibet Bureau in Geneva. He was appointed as Representative on 1 April 2008, succeeding Kelsang Gyaltsen. He has previously worked for the Tibetan exile government in India and London. He is a graduate of Columbia University in New York, and was born in Nepal after his parents had escaped from Tibet in 1959, after the Incorporation of Tibet into the People's Republic of China.
abstract: Tseten Samdup Chhoekyapa is an official of the Tibetan Government in Exile. He is the Representative of the Dalai Lama and the Tibetan Government in Exile for Central and Eastern Europe and the head of the Tibet Bureau in Geneva. He was appointed as Representative on 1 April 2008, succeeding Kelsang Gyaltsen. He has previously worked for the Tibetan exile government in India and London. He is a graduate of Columbia University in New York, and was born in Nepal after his parents had escaped from Tibet in 1959, after the Incorporation of Tibet into the People's Republic of China. He is a board member of the Tibet Institute Rikon, and a founding signatory of the Prague Declaration on European Conscience and Communism. His deputy is Under-Secretary Dawa Gyatso.

Trevor Ngwane
abstract: Trevor Ngwane is a South African socialist and anti-apartheid activist. He previously worked as a sociology lecturer at Wits University where he helped found the Wits Workers' School, to teach literacy to the campus cleaners and gardeners. He was the National Education Officer for the of the Congress of South African Trade Unions. In 1995 he was elected Ward Councillor for Pimville Zone 5 and 7, Soweto, on an African National Congress ticket. In 1999 he was expelled by the ANC for opposing the City of Johannesburg Metropolitan Municipality's privatization of municipal services. In 2001, he helped found the and then the Anti-Privatisation Forum in 2002, which both campaign against the privatisation of public services. He is a member of the .

Disney XD (United Kingdom and Ireland)
comment: Disney XD (formerly Fox Kids and Jetix) is a children's television channel, with programming aimed at children aged 6–15 years old which broadcast on cable and Sky UK. Fox Kids orientated from United States, and was owned by Fox Television Entertainment, before renaming itself to Jetix in 2005.The British version of Fox Kids was the first European variant before being expanded to other European countries during the late 1990s.

Şehzade Cihangir
comment: Şehzade Cihangir (9 December 1531 – 27 November 1553) was an Ottoman prince. He was the sixth and youngest child of Sultan Suleiman the Magnificent and his wife Hürrem Sultan.

Dutch guilder
comment: The Dutch guilder (Dutch: gulden, IPA: [ˈɣɵldə(n)]) or fl. was the currency of the Netherlands from the 17th century until 2002, when it was replaced by the euro. Between 1999 and 2002, the guilder was officially a "national subunit" of the euro. However, physical payments could only be made in guilder, as no euro coins or banknotes were available. The Netherlands Antillean guilder is still in use in Curaçao and Sint Maarten (two countries in the Kingdom of the Netherlands), but this currency is distinct from the Dutch guilder. In 2004, the Surinamese guilder was replaced by the Surinamese dollar.
abstract: The Dutch guilder (Dutch: gulden, IPA: [ˈɣɵldə(n)]) or fl. was the currency of the Netherlands from the 17th century until 2002, when it was replaced by the euro. Between 1999 and 2002, the guilder was officially a "national subunit" of the euro. However, physical payments could only be made in guilder, as no euro coins or banknotes were available. The Netherlands Antillean guilder is still in use in Curaçao and Sint Maarten (two countries in the Kingdom of the Netherlands), but this currency is distinct from the Dutch guilder. In 2004, the Surinamese guilder was replaced by the Surinamese dollar. The Dutch name gulden was a Middle Dutch adjective meaning "golden", and the name indicates the coin was originally made of gold. The symbol ƒ or fl. for the Dutch guilder was derived from another old currency, the florin. The exact exchange rate, still relevant for old contracts and for exchange of the old currency for euros at the central bank, is 2.20371 Dutch guilders (NLG) for 1 euro (EUR). Inverted, this gives EUR 0.453780 for NLG 1.

Old-Timers' Day
abstract: Old-Timers' Day (or Old-Timers' Game) generally refers to a tradition in Major League Baseball of a team, especially the New York Yankees, devoting the early afternoon preceding a weekend late afternoon game to celebrate the baseball-related accomplishments of its former players who have since retired. The pattern has been copied intermittently by other sports but has failed to catch on.

Tommy Rowland
abstract: Tommy Rowland was a Star Defensive Tackle/End for the University of Nevada Las Vegas from 1968-1971. He played pro football two years with the Las Vegas Casinos (1972-1973). He started every game in his four-year career at UNLV, led the team in tackles in 1969 (125) and 1971 (134) from the defensive line, recorded 37 career sacks, and was named MVP of the Defense in 1970 and 1971. He was invited to NFL camp by the Minnesota Vikings and played entire pre-season. He was offered a free agent contract by the New York Jets in 1975. He was elected into the UNLV Athletic Hall of Fame in 1994. He was elected into the Arvin High School Athletic Hall of Fame in 2010. Was elected into the Southern Nevada Football Coaches Association Hall of Fame in 2011 as a coach.
comment: Tommy Rowland was a Star Defensive Tackle/End for the University of Nevada Las Vegas from 1968-1971. He played pro football two years with the Las Vegas Casinos (1972-1973). He started every game in his four-year career at UNLV, led the team in tackles in 1969 (125) and 1971 (134) from the defensive line, recorded 37 career sacks, and was named MVP of the Defense in 1970 and 1971. He was invited to NFL camp by the Minnesota Vikings and played entire pre-season. He was offered a free agent contract by the New York Jets in 1975.

Nauru at the 2016 Summer Olympics
abstract: Nauru competed at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, from 5 to 21 August 2016. The country's participated in Brazil marked its sixth consecutive appearance at the Summer Olympics since its debut at the 1996 Summer Olympics. Nauru's delegation included two participates: Ovini Uera, a judoka in the men's middleweight judo category and Elson Brechtefeld in the men's −56 kg weightlifting competition. Uera qualified as Nauru's top-ranked judoka outside of direct qualifying position in the IJF World Ranking List while Brechtefeld qualified through an unused quota place from the International Weightlifting Federation.. Uera was eliminated by Varlam Liparteliani in the round of 16 and Brechtefeld finished 15th in his event.

Lori Loughlin
abstract: Lori Anne Loughlin (; born July 28, 1964) is an American actress, model, and producer. She is known for her role as Rebecca Donaldson-Katsopolis on the ABC sitcom Full House (1988–1995) and its Netflix sequel Fuller House (2016–2018). Loughlin has also had success playing the roles of Jody Travis in The Edge of Night (1980–1983), Debbie Wilson in The CW series 90210 (2008–2011, 2012), Jennifer Shannon in the Garage Sale Mystery television film series (2013–2018), and Abigail Stanton in When Calls the Heart (2014–2019). Loughlin was a co-creator, producer and actor through the two seasons of The WB series Summerland (2004–2005). On March 12, 2019, Loughlin and her husband were arrested in connection with an alleged nationwide college entrance exam cheating scandal, charged with conspiracy to commit mail fraud and honest services mail fraud, and released on bail. Loughlin’s youngest daughter Olivia Jade also accused her for ruining her career since all of her sponsorships were cancelled which include Tenessa and Sephora.

Anna Boden and Ryan Fleck
abstract: Anna Boden and Ryan K. Fleck are an American filmmaking duo best known for their collaborations on Half Nelson, Sugar, It's Kind of a Funny Story, Mississippi Grind and Captain Marvel.

Twin-X
abstract: Twin-X are a Nigerian pop duo made up of identical twin brothers Tywo and Keni Akintoye.

1999 Baseball Hall of Fame balloting
abstract: Elections to the Baseball Hall of Fame for 1999 followed the system in use since 1995. The Baseball Writers' Association of America (BBWAA) voted by mail to select from recent major league players and elected three: George Brett, Nolan Ryan, and Robin Yount. The Veterans Committee met in closed sessions and selected four people from multiple classified ballots: Orlando Cepeda, Nestor Chylak, Frank Selee, and Joe Williams. Brett, Ryan, and Yount—the BBWAA class of 1999—were all newly eligible, as they all played their last games in 1993. It was the first time the writers elected more than two first-ballot candidates since the inaugural class of 1936 (five). Induction ceremonies in Cooperstown, New York, were held July 25 with George Grande as emcee.
comment: Elections to the Baseball Hall of Fame for 1999 followed the system in use since 1995. The Baseball Writers' Association of America (BBWAA) voted by mail to select from recent major league players and elected three: George Brett, Nolan Ryan, and Robin Yount. The Veterans Committee met in closed sessions and selected four people from multiple classified ballots: Orlando Cepeda, Nestor Chylak, Frank Selee, and Joe Williams. Induction ceremonies in Cooperstown, New York, were held July 25 with George Grande as emcee.

Trevor Jones (admiral)
comment: Rear Admiral Trevor Norman Jones, is a retired senior officer in the Royal Australian Navy (RAN). He served as Deputy Chief of Navy from 2011 to 2013, Head Military Strategic Commitments from April 2013 to December 2014, and the Commander Joint Task Force 633 from December 2014 to January 2016.

A. T. Saunders
comment: Alfred Thomas Saunders (4 September 1854 – 3 November 1940) was an accountant and amateur historian of the early days of South Australia, with a particular interest in the sea and River Murray. Working with his own remarkable collection of chronological but un-indexed notes, an incredible memory and a passion for facts clearly stated, he came to be regarded as South Australia's unofficial historian. By engaging in controversy, he attracted a wide following. On many occasions he challenged writings by famous writers and public figures, including Joseph Conrad, who became something of a friend.

Tom W. Mayer
abstract: Thomas W. Mayer is a writer and retired professor of the English Department at the University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, where he held the position of Associate Professor during his tenure there from the 1970s through 1990s. He graduated from Wallace Stegner's Stanford Writing Program Mayer’s short story, "Homecoming," from his first book of short stories, Bubblegum and Kipling, was selected for the Prize Stories 1965: The O. Henry Awards, appearing alongside stories from such noted authors as Donald Barthelme and Joyce Carol Oates. His second set of short stories, The Weary Falcon, was published in 1971 and is based on his experiences in Vietnam "as a free-lance magazine correspondent." Both books are presently out of print. However, a new edition of Bubblegum and Kipling with an introduction by Andre Dubus III is available from Pharos Editions. Mayer is also a recreational air pilot with two airplanes, a D17S and a Midget Mustang II, both registered with the FAA in the city of Santa Cruz, New Mexico. He has also written two non-fiction books on flying, Mountain Flying (1981) and Climb for the Evening Star (1974), both of which are presently out of print.
comment: Thomas W. Mayer is a writer and retired professor of the English Department at the University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, where he held the position of Associate Professor during his tenure there from the 1970s through 1990s. He graduated from Wallace Stegner's Stanford Writing Program

James Millar (loyalist)
comment: James Millar (born 6 July 1966) – commonly known as "Sham" – is a Northern Irish loyalist paramilitary. Millar was a leading member of the West Belfast Brigade of the Ulster Defence Association (UDA) until 2003 when he was one of a number of dissident members forcibly expelled from the group.

Gian Marco Zignago
abstract: Gian Marco Javier Zignago Alcóver (born 17 August 1970, Lima) is a Peruvian singer-songwriter. He has won the Latin Grammy Award to the Best Singer-Songwriter Album three times. First in 2005 for his Album "Resucitar", in 2011 for his Album "Días Nuevos", and in 2012 for his Album "20 Años". Gian Marco was named UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador in Peru. His mother is the well-known Peruvian actress and singer María Regina Alcóver Ureta, and his father was the late Peruvian composer and singer Javier Óscar Florencio Zignago Viñas, known in the musical world as Joe Danova (of Genoese descent).

Tomohiro Okada
abstract: Tomohiro Okada (岡田智博) is an interdisciplinary creative and innovation developer, researcher, and policy maker, Director of Creative Cluster. Since 1995 he nas been active in electronic media and creative innovation in Japan especially promoting young talent in new media art, interaction design as a researcher, producer, curator, writer and organizer of numerous intercreative productions, and policy designs for government and institutions for economic and industry and culture affairs. He has maden veorious policy paper for art and creative and civil development of veorious local govaments and agencys, lectured and held positions at various universities, and participated in conferences and symposia, and has worked as a consultant. As a curator and producer Tomohiro OKADA created Fantasista series (2005- Evolution Cafe, Electrical Fantasista, Creative Fantasista), the crucial independent new talent media art and innovative design exhibition, certification of "Emerging people in the field of Media Arts - 2010. Agency for Cultural Affairs (JAPAN)", "Cultural Promotiong Project - 2010 (Fine art). Tokyo Metropolitan Government". Tokyo Art Beat magazine signed most wanted art show in Tokyo, 2008 summer, by online reader voting.
comment: Tomohiro Okada (岡田智博) is an interdisciplinary creative and innovation developer, researcher, and policy maker, Director of Creative Cluster. Since 1995 he nas been active in electronic media and creative innovation in Japan especially promoting young talent in new media art, interaction design as a researcher, producer, curator, writer and organizer of numerous intercreative productions, and policy designs for government and institutions for economic and industry and culture affairs. He has maden veorious policy paper for art and creative and civil development of veorious local govaments and agencys, lectured and held positions at various universities, and participated in conferences and symposia, and has worked as a consultant.

Lou Gorman
comment: James Gerald "Lou" Gorman (February 18, 1929 – April 1, 2011) was an American baseball executive, and the former general manager of the Seattle Mariners and Boston Red Sox of Major League Baseball. He spent more than three decades in baseball operations, as a general manager, assistant GM, farm system director or scouting director, and at the time of his death he was the Red Sox' executive consultant for public affairs with an emphasis on community projects. He also was the coordinator of the Boston Red Sox Hall of Fame, to which he was inducted in 2002.

Trent Hayes
abstract: Trent Hayes (born in Sydney) is a best-selling author and project manager whose first published book, Stainless, (co-written with Shannon Lush) was released in 2010. It is a how-to book in understanding Lush's stain removal techniques. Trent Hayes' projects have included Fiona McIntosh's fantasy website and the official homepage of and Shannon Lush. From 2011 to present, he has become active in assisting Startups and aspiring authors via competitions on his Facebook page and through his business; iLoveSimple. His approach has a similar direction to his sister Shannon in 'unfuddling' various topics (in his case technology, online business and assisting home businesses via copywriting and marketing services, rather than domestic tips, as his sister does)
comment: Trent Hayes (born in Sydney) is a best-selling author and project manager whose first published book, Stainless, (co-written with Shannon Lush) was released in 2010. It is a how-to book in understanding Lush's stain removal techniques. Trent Hayes' projects have included Fiona McIntosh's fantasy website and the official homepage of and Shannon Lush.

Jeffrey Leonard
abstract: Jeffrey Leonard (born September 22, 1955) is an American former professional baseball left fielder. He played fourteen seasons in Major League Baseball (MLB) from 1977 to 1990 for the Los Angeles Dodgers, Houston Astros, San Francisco Giants, Milwaukee Brewers, and Seattle Mariners.

Topas (magician)
comment: Topas is a German magician and comedian noted for his musical style of performance. His stage show with wife Roxanne has toured throughout the world, and has been featured on programs such as the French Le plus grand cabaret du monde and The World's Greatest Magic.

Transformers: Rescue Bots Academy
comment: Transformers: Rescue Bots Academy (or simply Rescue Bots Academy) is an animated robot superhero television series on Discovery Family. It is based on toy manufacturer Hasbro's Transformers franchise and a sequel of Transformers: Rescue Bots, sharing the name with the Rescue Bots season three episode called "Rescue Bots Academy". The first two episodes had a preview on December 8, 2018. The series officially premiered on January 5, 2019. The voice cast of Rescue Bots does not reprise their roles, with existing characters being re-cast with voice actors from the same New York-based casting pool as Transformers: Cyberverse.

Uzma Qadri
comment: Syeda Uzma Qadri is a Pakistani politician who had been a member of the Provincial Assembly of the Punjab between 2013 and 2018.

Susie Eisenhuth
comment: Susie Eisenhuth is an Australian theatre and film critic who has reviewed Australian film for many decades.

Yordan Osorio
comment: Yordan Hernando Osorio Paredes (Spanish pronunciation: [ˈɟʝoɾðan oˈsoɾjo]; born 10 May 1994) is a Venezuelan footballer who plays for Portuguese club Vitória Guimarães on loan from Porto. Osorio joined Porto in January 2018, having previously played for Zamora and Tondela.