title: Space Age Blues

abstract: Space Age Blues is the second album by Devon Allman's Honeytribe. It was released in Europe on October 12, 2010, and in the U.S. on October 25, 2010. In addition to the power-trio of Devon Allman, George Potsos and Gabriel Strange, the album also contains appearances by Huey Lewis on harmonica and Ron Holloway on tenor saxophone.

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# Space Age Blues

Professional ratings
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| Source | Rating |
| *Premier Guitar* | 4/5 |

***Space Age Blues*** is the second album by Devon Allman's Honeytribe. It was released in Europe on October 12, 2010, and in the U.S. on October 25, 2010. In addition to the power-trio of Devon Allman, George Potsos and Gabriel Strange, the album also contains appearances by Huey Lewis on harmonica and Ron Holloway on tenor saxophone.

## Recording

The album was recorded in early 2010, at Ardent Studios, Memphis, Tennessee. The band took over Studio C, which they called "The Mothership", and hung colored lights and science-fiction posters to create atmosphere. They even wore authentic NASA spacesuits to get into the spirit. While Huey Lewis and the News were recording in Studio A, Lewis overheard some sounds from Studio C and asked if he could contribute his harmonica to the record. The songs were mixed and engineered by Pete Matthews, and co-produced by Devon Allman and Matthews.

## Reception

Rick Moore, in *American Songwriter* magazine, reported this "is a great choice for someone who wants to hear a good example of how today's musicians long for the time when originality, creativity and just plugging in to play meant something".

Thom Jurek, on AllMusic, stated "it's the music itself that matters, and *Space Age Blues* mostly succeeds", and "as musically forceful as this set is, the tunes here will likely come off more explosively live. Fans of Honeytribe's *Torch* album and those hard rock-blues aficionados unacquainted with Allman's considerable gifts as a guitarist will find much to celebrate on *Space Age Blues*".

Gary Thorn of *Shockwave Magazine* went on to say "Years from now, I think people will look at this album as a fundamental part of a blues revival, bringing blues back to the mainstream for a new generation".

About.com selected *Space Age Blues* as No. 1 on its list of Best Blues-Rock Albums of 2010. The report describes the album as "not your typical blues-rock album", being "infused with high-octane performances", "positioning blues-rock for a new decade and new century that still places a premium on six-string talents" and stating "if you like blues and you like rock, it's well worth your time to check out *Space Age Blues*".

## Track listing

All music and lyrics written by Devon Allman, except where noted.

| No. | Title | Music | Length |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1. | "Could Get Dangerous" |  | 4:14 |
| 2. | "Space Age Blues" |  | 5:16 |
| 3. | "Salvation" |  | 4:42 |
| 4. | "Sir Duke" | Stevie Wonder | 3:47 |
| 5. | "Endless Diamond" |  | 4:45 |
| 6. | "Blue Est Le Vide" |  | 1:54 |
| 7. | "Warm in Wintertime" |  | 4:30 |
| 8. | "New Pet Monkey" |  | 4:08 |
| 9. | "I'm Ready" | Allman, Seth Davis | 4:45 |
| 10. | "Take Me to the Bridge" | Allman, Potsos | 3:29 |
| 11. | "Insh'allah" |  | 4:02 |

## Personnel

Devon Allman's Honeytribe Guests * Huey Lewis – harmonica on "Could Get Dangerous"
* Ron Holloway – saxophone on "Space Age Blues", "Salvation" and "New Pet Monkey"
* Rick Steff – keyboards
* Tony Antonelli – percussion
* Bobby Yang – violin on "Warm In Wintertime"

## Chart performance

*Space Age Blues* debuted at No. 7 on the *Billboard* chart for Blues Albums during the week of November 13, 2010.

## InfoBox

| Space Age Blues | |
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|  | |
| Studio album by Devon Allman's Honeytribe | |
| Released | October 25, 2010 |
| Recorded | 2010 |
| Genre | Blues rock |
| Length | 45:31 |
| Label | Provogue |
| Producer | Devon Allman |
| Devon Allman's Honeytribe chronology | |
| *Torch*
(2006) ***Space Age Blues***
(2010) | |


title: Castle Square, Beirut

abstract: Castle Square is a square in Beirut, Lebanon, named after Beirut Castle that stood nearby until demolition in the late 19th century. Remains of a western extension of the castle are preserved within the square.

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# Castle Square, Beirut

**Castle Square** is a square in Beirut, Lebanon, named after Beirut Castle that stood nearby until demolition in the late 19th century. Remains of a western extension of the castle are preserved within the square.

## Timeline

* 8th century: Reinforcement of the Tell with a fortress.
* Crusader period: A 6-meter-wide moat separated the southwestern tower from the lower city, protecting the castle from attacks.
* 1827 and 1840: Heavy naval bombardments rendered the castle obsolete.
* 1890s: The fort and the castle promontory were demolished to construct a road and railway.

* Antaki, Patricia (2001) “The Crusader Castle of Beirut”, in: Beirut: History and Archaeology, Proceedings of ARAM Twelfth International Conference (American University of Beirut Lebanon 13-16 April 1999), Aram 13-14: 323-353.
* Davie, Michael F. (1985) «Trois cartes inédites de Beyrouth», Annales de Géographie de l'Universite Saint-Joseph 5:37-82.
* Davie, Michael F. (1987) “Maps and the historical topography of Beirut”, Berytus 35: 141-163.


title: Billy Curran

abstract: Billy Curran is a New Zealand rugby league player who represented New Zealand.

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# Billy Curran

**Billy Curran** is a New Zealand rugby league player who represented New Zealand.

## Playing career

Curran was playing rugby union in Auckland before switching codes and joining the Newton Rangers. He played one match for Newton on 8 June against Manukau and was then selected for representative matches. He debuted for Auckland and played 6 matches for them in the same season. He was selected to tour Australia in 1912 for New Zealand.

In December 1912 he left for England, after being signed by Wigan on the recommendation of George A. Gillett. He played three seasons for Wigan, being part of Lancashire League winning sides each year.

## InfoBox

Billy Curran
| Personal information | |
| --- | --- |
| Full name | William Curran |
| Born | 1890<br>Oamaru, New Zealand |
| Died | 31 October 1944 |
| Playing information | |
| Height | 187 cm (6 ft 2 in) |
| Weight | 88 kg (194 lb; 13 st 12 lb) |
| Position | Wing, Centre |
| Club  Years Team Pld T G FG P  1912 Newton Rangers 1 0 0 0 0  1912–15 Wigan 66 60 0 0 180  Total 67 60 0 0 180  Representative  Years Team Pld T G FG P  1912 Auckland 6 3 1 0 11  1912 New Zealand 6 1 0 0 3 | |


title: Journal of Near Eastern Studies

abstract: The Journal of Near Eastern Studies is an academic journal published by the University of Chicago Press, covering research on the ancient and medieval civilizations of the Near East, including their archaeology, art, history, literature, linguistics, religion, law, and science. JNES is devoted to the study of the civilizations of the Near East from prehistory to the end of the Ottoman period in 1922. JNES embraces a uniquely broad scope of time, place, and topic, including contributions from scholars of international reputation on topics in Assyriology, Egyptology, Hittitology, Torah, and allied ancient studies, as well as a second area of emphasis in early, medieval, and early-modern Islamic studies. The disciplinary range of the journal runs from history and language to religion and literature to archaeology and art history. The Journal of Near Eastern Studies was founded in 1884, with an original emphasis on Old Testament studies. The journal was renamed twice over the course of the following century, with each name change reflecting the growth and expansion of the fields covered by the publication. Originally titled Hebraica, the journal in 1895 became the American Journal of Semitic Languages and Literatures; the present title came about in 1942. JNES is published twice yearly by the University of Chicago Press. The journal evaluates manuscripts through a double-blind peer review process. Every issue includes new scholarly work as well as a book review section, which provides a critical overview of new publications by emerging and established scholars.

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# Journal of Near Eastern Studies

The ***Journal of Near Eastern Studies*** is an academic journal published by the University of Chicago Press, covering research on the ancient and medieval civilizations of the Near East, including their archaeology, art, history, literature, linguistics, religion, law, and science. *JNES* is devoted to the study of the civilizations of the Near East from prehistory to the end of the Ottoman period in 1922. *JNES* embraces a uniquely broad scope of time, place, and topic, including contributions from scholars of international reputation on topics in Assyriology, Egyptology, Hittitology, Torah, and allied ancient studies, as well as a second area of emphasis in early, medieval, and early-modern Islamic studies. The disciplinary range of the journal runs from history and language to religion and literature to archaeology and art history.

The *Journal of Near Eastern Studies* was founded in 1884, with an original emphasis on Old Testament studies. The journal was renamed twice over the course of the following century, with each name change reflecting the growth and expansion of the fields covered by the publication. Originally titled *Hebraica*, the journal in 1895 became the *American Journal of Semitic Languages and Literatures*; the present title came about in 1942.

*JNES* is published twice yearly by the University of Chicago Press. The journal evaluates manuscripts through a double-blind peer review process. Every issue includes new scholarly work as well as a book review section, which provides a critical overview of new publications by emerging and established scholars.

## History

The journal was established in 1884 by William Rainey Harper as *Hebraica*. In 1895 it was renamed the *American Journal of Semitic Languages and Literatures*, obtaining its current name in 1942. Originally published quarterly, it has been biannual since 2010, but at significantly expanded length and new format.

## InfoBox

*The Journal of Near Eastern Studies*
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| Discipline | Middle Eastern studies |
| Language | English |
| Publication details | |
| Former name(s) | Hebraica, American Journal of Semitic Languages and Literatures |
| History | 1884–present |
| Publisher | University of Chicago Press for Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations, Division of the Humanities, University of Chicago (United States) |
| Frequency | Biannual |
| Standard abbreviations
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| ISO 4 | *J. Near East. Stud.* |
| Indexing
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| ISSN | 0022-2968
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| JSTOR | 00222968 |
| OCLC no. | 859655365 |
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abstract: The 2022–23 Dhaka First Division Cricket League is a 2022–23 season of Dhaka First Division Cricket League. This is a 50 over cricket competition that is being held in Bangladesh. It is being played by the 20 club teams. The tournament started on 6 January 2023 to 21 February 2023. Champion team will be promoted to 2023–24 Dhaka Premier Division Cricket League

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# 2022–23 Dhaka First Division Cricket League

The **2022–23 Dhaka First Division Cricket League** is a 2022–23 season of Dhaka First Division Cricket League. This is a 50 over cricket competition that is being held in Bangladesh. It is being played by the 20 club teams. The tournament started on 6 January 2023 to 21 February 2023. Champion team will be promoted to 2023–24 Dhaka Premier Division Cricket League

## Teams

## League Stage

## Relegation League

**Relegation League**

| Team | Pld | W | L | NR | Pts | NRR |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Udayachal Club | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | **6** | 1.093 |
| Purbachal Sporting Club | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | **4** | 0.520 |
| Axiom Cricketers **R** | 3 | 1 | 3 | 0 | **2** | -0.840 |
| Mohammadpur Cricket Club **R** | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | **0** | –3.051 |

Team relegated to the 2023–24 Dhaka Second Division Cricket League

## Super League

**Point Table**

| Team | Pld | W | L | NR | Pts | NRR |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Gazi Tyres Cricket Academy **C** | 7 | 6 | 1 | 0 | **12** | 0.905 |
| Khelaghar Samaj Kallyan Samity | 7 | 6 | 1 | 0 | **12** | 0.417 |
| Partex Sporting Club | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | **10** | 0.369 |
| Orient Sporting Club | 7 | 3 | 4 | 0 | **6** | 0.246 |
| Uttara Cricket Club | 7 | 3 | 4 | 0 | **6** | 0.130 |
| Kala Bagan Krira Chakra | 7 | 2 | 5 | 0 | **4** | -0.708 |
| Sheikh Jamal Cricketers | 7 | 12 | 5 | 0 | **4** | -0.845 |
| Old DOHS Sports Club | 7 | 1 | 6 | 0 | **2** | -0.469 |

Promoted to 2023–24 Dhaka Premier Division Cricket League.

**C** = Champion

## InfoBox

2022–23 Dhaka First Division Cricket League
| Dates | 6 January 2023 – 21 February 2023 |
| --- | --- |
| Administrator(s) | Bangladesh Cricket Board |
| Cricket format | 50 over |
| Tournament format(s) | Round-robin |
| Champions | Gazi Tyres Cricket Academy |
| Participants | 20 |
| Matches | 124 |
| Most runs | Ashfak Ahmed Rohan (Orient Sporting) **(551)** |
| Most wickets | Md Aridul Islam Akash (Khelaghar Samaj Kallyan Samity) **(37)** |
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title: Dioro-Folgou

abstract: Dioro-Folgou is a village in the Thion Department of Gnagna Province in eastern Burkina Faso. The village has a population of 351.

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# Dioro-Folgou

**Dioro-Folgou** is a village in the Thion Department of Gnagna Province in eastern Burkina Faso. The village has a population of 351.

## InfoBox

| Dioro-Folgou | |
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| Country | Burkina Faso |
| Region | Est Region |
| Province | Gnagna Province |
| Department | Thion Department |
| Population (2005 est.) | |
| Total | 351 |


title: Chawston

abstract: Chawston is a hamlet in the civil parish of Wyboston, Chawston and Colesden, a part of the Borough of Bedford in the county of Bedfordshire, England. Although mainly situated on the western side of the A1 trunk road, the settlement does have a number of residential properties on the eastern side. Chawston is some 7.5 miles (12 km) northeast of Bedford and 3.5 miles (6 km) southwest of St Neots.

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# Chawston

**Chawston** is a hamlet in the civil parish of Wyboston, Chawston and Colesden, a part of the Borough of Bedford in the county of Bedfordshire, England.

Although mainly situated on the western side of the A1 trunk road, the settlement does have a number of residential properties on the eastern side.

Chawston is some 7.5 miles (12 km) northeast of Bedford and 3.5 miles (6 km) southwest of St Neots.

## History

Chawston was first recorded as a settlement in 1086 as part of the Domesday Book (it is actually recorded as Chauelestorne and Calnestorne).

The Chawston manor estate dates to 1186, though the current Chawston Manor House is a 17th-century Grade II listed building. A former M.P. for Bedfordshire, Robert Hunt, owned Chawston Manor in 1414. The manor passed to his son, Roger Hunt, who was Speaker of the House of Commons in 1421 and 1433. He also became baron of the Exchequer.

During the 1930s, much of Chawston was incorporated into the Land Settlement Association scheme (LSA). The scheme provided smallholdings of five acres in Chawston to unemployed miners from Kent and North East England. The new tenants of the land were required to sell any produce they grew through the LSA scheme. Approximately fifty years later, the LSA was abolished, and the properties in Chawston were sold on the open market, though some were secured by existing tenants. Many of the original LSA cottages have been extended and renovated since this time.

## Chawston today

Chawston is mainly residential. The nearest shops and local services are in the neighbouring village of Wyboston.

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| Chawston | |
| --- | --- |
| Glasshouses near Roxton Road | |
| ChawstonLocation within Bedfordshire | |
| OS grid reference | TL152562 |
| Civil parish |  |
| Unitary authority |  |
| Ceremonial county |  |
| Region |  |
| Country | England |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | BEDFORD |
| Postcode district | MK44 |
| Dialling code | 01480 |
|  | |
| Police | Bedfordshire |
| Fire | Bedfordshire and Luton |
| Ambulance | East of England |
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| UK Parliament |  |
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title: Uropsilus

abstract: The shrew moles or shrew-like moles (Uropsilus) are shrew-like members of the mole family of mammals endemic to the forested, high-alpine region bordering China, Myanmar, and Vietnam. They possess a long snout, a long slender tail, external ears, and small forefeet unspecialized for burrowing. Although they are similar to shrews in size, external appearance, and, presumably, ecological habits, they are nevertheless talpids and considered true moles, as they share a full zygomatic arch with all other moles, while this arch is completely absent in shrews. The genus is the only one of the subfamily Uropsilinae, which is one of the three main subfamilies of Talpidae, the other two being Talpinae, or Old World moles and relatives; and the Scalopinae, or New World moles. Although little is currently known regarding any aspect of their natural history, the Uropsilinae are thought to be the most ancestral group of moles, and as such, very similar to the primitive talpid from which all Talpidae have evolved. Uropsilus is thought to be a relict genus; despite the small distribution of the modern-day species, the subfamily once had a much wider range throughout Eurasia.

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# Uropsilus

The **shrew moles** or **shrew-like moles** (***Uropsilus***) are shrew-like members of the mole family of mammals endemic to the forested, high-alpine region bordering China, Myanmar, and Vietnam. They possess a long snout, a long slender tail, external ears, and small forefeet unspecialized for burrowing. Although they are similar to shrews in size, external appearance, and, presumably, ecological habits, they are nevertheless talpids and considered true moles, as they share a full zygomatic arch with all other moles, while this arch is completely absent in shrews.

The genus is the only one of the subfamily **Uropsilinae**, which is one of the three main subfamilies of Talpidae, the other two being Talpinae, or Old World moles and relatives; and the Scalopinae, or New World moles. Although little is currently known regarding any aspect of their natural history, the Uropsilinae are thought to be the most ancestral group of moles, and as such, very similar to the primitive talpid from which all Talpidae have evolved. *Uropsilus* is thought to be a relict genus; despite the small distribution of the modern-day species, the subfamily once had a much wider range throughout Eurasia.

## Species

The genus contains the following species:

1. *U. aequodonenia*: Equivalent-teeth shrew mole
2. *U. andersoni* Anderson's shrew mole
3. *U. atronates*: Black-backed shrew mole
4. *U. dabieshanensis*: Dabie Mountains shrew mole
5. *U. fansipanensis*: Fansipan shrew mole \- Lao Cai Province, Vietnam
6. *U. gracilis*: Gracile shrew mole
7. *U. huanggangensis*: Huangang shrew mole \- China
8. *U. investigator*: Inquisitive shrew mole
9. *U. nivatus*: Snow Mountain shrew mole
10. *U. soricipes*: Chinese shrew mole

Although each species' official English common name still calls them "shrew moles", *Uropsilus* today are referred to as "shrew-like moles" to distinguish them from other shrew moles, *Neurotrichus gibbsii* of North America and the Urotrichini, or Japanese shrew moles, both of which are morphologically quite different from *Uropsilus* and are grouped with the Old World Moles and relatives. As a result, the term "shrew-like moles" has been used to refer to *Uropsilus*, although specific species are still called "shrew moles".

## InfoBox

| *Uropsilus* | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Eulipotyphla |
| Family: | Talpidae |
| Subfamily: | Uropsilinae
Dobson, 1883 |
| Genus: | *Uropsilus*
Milne-Edwards, 1871 |
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| Type species | |
| *Uropsilus soricipes*
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| Species | |
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title: Shangshui County

abstract: Shangshui County is a county in the east of Henan province, China. It is under the administration of Zhoukou city.

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# Shangshui County

**Shangshui County** (Chinese: 商水县; pinyin: *Shāngshuǐ Xiàn*) is a county in the east of Henan province, China. It is under the administration of Zhoukou city.

## Administrative divisions

As 2012, this county is divided to 3 subdistricts, 9 towns and 11 townships.

Subdistricts

Subdistricts:

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## Climate

| Climate data for Shangshui (1991–2020 normals, extremes 1981–2010) | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Record high °C (°F) | 19.8
(67.6) | 26.4
(79.5) | 28.4
(83.1) | 33.9
(93.0) | 38.1
(100.6) | 40.8
(105.4) | 40.5
(104.9) | 39.4
(102.9) | 37.6
(99.7) | 35.0
(95.0) | 28.7
(83.7) | 21.6
(70.9) | 40.8
(105.4) |
| Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | 6.4
(43.5) | 10.1
(50.2) | 15.4
(59.7) | 21.8
(71.2) | 27.2
(81.0) | 32.0
(89.6) | 32.4
(90.3) | 31.0
(87.8) | 27.5
(81.5) | 22.5
(72.5) | 15.0
(59.0) | 8.5
(47.3) | 20.8
(69.5) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | 1.3
(34.3) | 4.4
(39.9) | 9.6
(49.3) | 15.7
(60.3) | 21.2
(70.2) | 25.9
(78.6) | 27.6
(81.7) | 26.3
(79.3) | 21.8
(71.2) | 16.3
(61.3) | 9.4
(48.9) | 3.2
(37.8) | 15.2
(59.4) |
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | −2.6
(27.3) | 0.1
(32.2) | 4.7
(40.5) | 10.3
(50.5) | 15.7
(60.3) | 20.7
(69.3) | 23.7
(74.7) | 22.7
(72.9) | 17.5
(63.5) | 11.6
(52.9) | 5.0
(41.0) | −0.7
(30.7) | 10.7
(51.3) |
| Record low °C (°F) | −15.7
(3.7) | −14.9
(5.2) | −7.7
(18.1) | −1.3
(29.7) | 3.6
(38.5) | 11.7
(53.1) | 17.0
(62.6) | 13.0
(55.4) | 7.4
(45.3) | −1.2
(29.8) | −7.0
(19.4) | −14.5
(5.9) | −15.7
(3.7) |
| Average precipitation mm (inches) | 18.0
(0.71) | 21.1
(0.83) | 34.1
(1.34) | 42.2
(1.66) | 75.0
(2.95) | 102.6
(4.04) | 170.1
(6.70) | 126.2
(4.97) | 74.3
(2.93) | 47.8
(1.88) | 37.7
(1.48) | 17.2
(0.68) | 766.3
(30.17) |
| Average precipitation days (≥ 0.1 mm) | 5.1 | 5.9 | 6.6 | 6.7 | 8.5 | 7.9 | 11.7 | 10.9 | 8.4 | 7.1 | 6.5 | 5.0 | 90.3 |
| Average snowy days | 4.3 | 3.1 | 1.3 | 0.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.9 | 2.3 | 12 |
| Average relative humidity (%) | 69 | 69 | 69 | 71 | 71 | 69 | 81 | 84 | 79 | 73 | 72 | 70 | 73 |
| Mean monthly sunshine hours | 112.7 | 122.4 | 158.0 | 186.5 | 195.0 | 175.4 | 175.3 | 166.6 | 149.3 | 142.3 | 130.0 | 121.0 | 1,834.5 |
| Percent possible sunshine | 36 | 39 | 42 | 48 | 45 | 41 | 40 | 41 | 41 | 41 | 42 | 39 | 41 |
| Source: China Meteorological Administration | | | | | | | | | | | | | |

## InfoBox

| Shangshui 商水县 | |
| --- | --- |
| County | |
| ShangshuiLocation of the seat in Henan | |
| Coordinates: 33°32′31″N 114°36′43″E / 33.542°N 114.612°E / 33.542; 114.612 | |
| Country | People's Republic of China |
| Province | Henan |
| Prefecture-level city | Zhoukou |
| County seat | Chengguan |
| Area | |
| Total | 1,325 km2 (512 sq mi) |
| Population (2019) | |
| Total | 880,000 |
| Density | 660/km2 (1,700/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+8 (China Standard) |
| Postal code | 466100 |
| Area code | 0394 |
| Website | www.shangshui.gov.cn |


title: Billy Currie

abstract: William Lee Currie is a British multi-instrumentalist and songwriter from Huddersfield, England. He is best known as the keyboard and strings player with new wave band Ultravox, who achieved their greatest commercial success in the 1980s.

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# Billy Currie

**William Lee Currie** (born 1 April 1950) is a British multi-instrumentalist and songwriter from Huddersfield, England. He is best known as the keyboard and strings player with new wave band Ultravox, who achieved their greatest commercial success in the 1980s.

## Biography

Currie was born in Huddersfield, West Yorkshire and had an interest in music from an early age. As a child he sang a lot and at the age of ten he got a guitar. In 1961 he picked up the violin at school and also sang in a choir. A year later he was in the school orchestra, but had to change instrument to viola to get a place at the Huddersfield School of Music, which he joined in 1965. The education was a preparation to become an orchestral player, learning viola with piano as his second instrument and also studying composition and harmony. During this time he joined a string quartet, played viola in an orchestra and performed with a viola, clarinet and piano trio. At this time Currie was excited to discover composers like Béla Bartók, Arnold Schoenberg, Arthur Honegger and Edgar Varese. By 1967 he became increasingly interested in rock music, excited by the fact that bands created something unique and original together. In 1969 he had qualified for a place at the Royal Academy of Music in London for further education, but decided not to go. Currie was interested in breaking into other areas of music and joined a rock band instead, playing viola. In the early 1970s he was a member of the experimental art group The Ritual Theatre, which included four classically trained musicians and four dancers. With this group Currie performed in Holland, Edinburgh Festival and various other places.

In 1974, Currie left Ritual Theatre to join the glam rock band Tiger Lily on viola and keyboard. In 1976, after several name changes, the band ultimately became Ultravox and recorded three albums, *Ultravox!*, *Ha!-Ha!-Ha!* and *Systems of Romance*, before singer John Foxx left to pursue a solo career in March 1979.

During Ultravox's subsequent hiatus, Currie dedicated himself to different projects. He collaborated with Gary Numan who had admired the *Systems of Romance* album and asked Currie to record some songs that were included on his first solo album, *The Pleasure Principle*. Currie toured with Numan's band during 1979. During soundchecks for the tour Currie, with Gary Numan band musicians Chris Payne and Cedric Sharpley began to develop a song of their own called "Toot City". Currie had also joined the studio-based band Visage, fronted by Steve Strange, that also included Midge Ure. Currie and Ure developed a solid working relationship. Visage drummer Rusty Egan encouraged Currie to ask Ure to join the defunct Ultravox as lead singer/guitarist. Whilst composing material for a new Ultravox album and for the debut Visage album, Ure collaborated with Currie on the "Toot City" track which eventually became "Fade to Grey". The single became a huge hit for Visage in early 1981. However, this was surpassed by Ultravox's hit "Vienna", released around the same time. Both Ultravox and Visage became highly successful recording acts in the early 1980s. Ure decided to leave Visage to focus on Ultravox full-time in 1982. Currie remained with Visage for a while longer, but he too had left by 1984.

From 1980 to 1986, Ultravox released seven top 10 albums, including a live album and a "greatest hits" compilation and featured in Live Aid in Wembley Stadium on 13 July 1985. During the last days of the band, there were tensions between Currie and Ure. With an underwhelming response to their 1986 album *U-Vox*, the band effectively disintegrated.

In 1988, Currie put out an instrumental solo album *Transportation*, released on the IRS NoSpeak record label. Steve Howe played guitar on some of the tracks, with Currie later playing keyboards in Howe's 1991 album Turbulence. In 1989 he formed the band Humania. An album by them called *Sinews of Soul* was released in 2005.

In 1992, Currie reformed Ultravox with a new line-up (himself being the only original member involved). With Tony Fennell on vocals, they recorded the album "Revelation". At the outset of the subsequent tour, Fennell left to be replaced by Sam Blue. The tour took in the former USSR and Malta amongst other locations. Many of the synthesisers for which Currie was famous, apart from the often-volatile OSCar and Minimoog, were abandoned for this tour, replaced with Korg Wavestations and T-series keyboards. A further Ultravox album featuring this line-up, "Ingenuity", was released in 1994. Both albums were commercially unsuccessful.

Since 2001 Billy Currie has released several solo albums on his own label. These include *Unearthed*, completed in 1998, and *Keys and the Fiddle*, which includes Curries soundtrack to the short film *The Fragile Skin* (1999), new material and a previously unreleased 1983 collaboration with Steve Howe and Hazel O'Connor.

In 2009 and 2010, the "classic" Ultravox line-up from the 1980s (Currie, Ure, Chris Cross, and Warren Cann) reformed for two successful tours – their first together in over twenty years. In 2016 Currie announced his retirement from Ultravox. In May 2016 he released his 10th solo album *Doppel*.

## Instruments

Currie is noted for his use of analogue synthesisers, such as the Elka Rhapsody, and in particular his trademark soloing sound, which typically consisted of soaring fluid lines on an ARP Odyssey, making use of oscillator sync, later re-created with the Oxford Synthesiser Company OSCar synth. Currie's original instrument whilst at music college was the viola, and he frequently added solo violin or viola to the arrangements of songs he played on, a relatively unusual choice in pop music. At the height of Ultravox's career, Billy Currie's keyboard rig included a Yamaha CP70 electric piano and SS30 string machine, CS80 synthesiser, a PPG Wave 2.2 digital synth, a Sequential Circuits Prophet T8 synth as well as his trademark ARP Odyssey. Other synths used by Ultravox included the Moog MiniMoog, Yamaha GS1 (the pad sound on "Lament") and Emulator II sampler.

## Personal life

Currie is married to Heidi (his 2nd wife) and has a son named Tom and a daughter named Lucy. He lives in North London.

## Associated bands

## Discography

### With Ultravox

### With Gary Numan

### With Visage

### With Dead or Alive

### With Humania

* *Sinews of the Soul* (2005, recorded 1989)

### Solo

* *Transportation* (1988) With Steve Howe
* *Stand Up and Walk* (1991)
* *Unearthed* (2001)
* *Keys and the Fiddle* (2001)
* *Push* (2002)
* *Pieces of the Puzzle* (2003) – Compilation
* *Still Movement* (2004)
* *Accidental Poetry of the Structure* (2006)
* *Sixty Minutes With* (2007) – Compilation
* *Refine* (2009)
* *Balletic Transcend* (2013)
* *Doppel* (2016)
* *The Brushwork Oblast* (2020)

## InfoBox

| Billy Currie | |
| --- | --- |
| Currie performing in 2009 | |
| Background information | |
| Birth name | William Lee Currie |
| Also known as | Billy Curry |
| Born | (1950-04-01) 1 April 1950 |
| Origin | Huddersfield, England |
| Genres |  |
| Occupation | Musician |
| Instruments |  |
| Years active | 1974–present |
| Formerly of |  |


title: Revolution's Orphans

abstract: Revolution's Orphans is a 1979 Canadian short film, produced by the National Film Board of Canada and directed by John N. Smith. It is about a man who flees Hungary, with his daughter Clara, for Canada as the 1956 Hungarian Revolution happens. They feel regret for abandoning their homeland—until Clara's uncle Janos arrives. The film won the Bronze Hugo, Short Subject-Drama at the 1979 Chicago International Film Festival. It earned six Genie Award nominations; Rudi Lipp won the Genie Award for Outstanding Performance by an Actor (Non-Feature).

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# Revolution's Orphans

***Revolution's Orphans*** is a 1979 Canadian short film, produced by the National Film Board of Canada and directed by John N. Smith. It is about a man who flees Hungary, with his daughter Clara, for Canada as the 1956 Hungarian Revolution happens. They feel regret for abandoning their homeland—until Clara's uncle Janos arrives.

The film won the Bronze Hugo, Short Subject-Drama at the 1979 Chicago International Film Festival. It earned six Genie Award nominations; Rudi Lipp won the Genie Award for Outstanding Performance by an Actor (Non-Feature).

## InfoBox

| Revolution's Orphans | |
| --- | --- |
| Directed by | John N. Smith |
| Written by | Laszlo Gefin
John N. Smith
János Szanyi |
| Produced by | Rob Iveson, Roman Kroitor |
| Starring | Rudi Lipp
Bronwen Mantel |
| Cinematography | David De Volpi |
| Production
company | National Film Board |
| Distributed by | National Film Board |
| Release date | * 1979 (1979) |
| Running time | 27 minutes |
| Country | Canada |
| Language | English |


title: 2022–23 Basketball Bundesliga

abstract: The 2022–23 Basketball Bundesliga, known as the easyCredit BBL for sponsorship reasons, was the 57th season of the Basketball Bundesliga (BBL), the top-tier level of professional club basketball in Germany. It ran from 28 September 2022 to 16 June 2023. In October 2022, the BBL decided to change the standings formula, changing from two points for a win to a percentage criteria. Ratiopharm Ulm won their first title by defeating Telekom Baskets Bonn 3–1 in the final.

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# 2022–23 Basketball Bundesliga

The **2022–23 Basketball Bundesliga**, known as the **easyCredit BBL** for sponsorship reasons, was the 57th season of the Basketball Bundesliga (BBL), the top-tier level of professional club basketball in Germany. It ran from 28 September 2022 to 16 June 2023.

In October 2022, the BBL decided to change the standings formula, changing from two points for a win to a percentage criteria.

Ratiopharm Ulm won their first title by defeating Telekom Baskets Bonn 3–1 in the final.

## Teams

BambergBayreuthBerlinBonnBraunschweigChemnitzCrailsheimFrankfurtGöttingenHamburgHeidelbergLudwigsburgMunichOldenburgRostockUlmWeißenfelsWürzburgclass=notpageimage|Location of teams in 2022–23 Basketball Bundesliga

### Team changes

| Promoted from
2021–22 ProA | Relegated from
2021–22 Basketball Bundesliga |
| --- | --- |
| Rostock Seawolves | ~~Skyliners Frankfurt~~
Giessen 46ers |

As only one team was promoted, Frankfurt was awarded a wild card on 2 June 2022.

### Arenas and locations

| Team | City | Arena | Capacity |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Brose Bamberg | Bamberg | Brose Arena | 6,150 |
| Medi Bayreuth | Bayreuth | Oberfrankenhalle | 4,000 |
| Alba Berlin | Berlin | Mercedes-Benz Arena | 14,500 |
| Telekom Baskets Bonn | Bonn | Telekom Dome | 6,000 |
| Löwen Braunschweig | Braunschweig | Volkswagen Halle | 6,600 |
| Niners Chemnitz | Chemnitz | Chemnitz Arena | 5,200 |
| Crailsheim Merlins | Crailsheim | Arena Hohenlohe | 3,000 |
| Skyliners Frankfurt | Frankfurt | Fraport Arena | 5,002 |
| BG Göttingen | Göttingen | Sparkassen Arena | 3,447 |
| Hamburg Towers | Hamburg | Edel-optics.de Arena | 3,400 |
| MLP Academics Heidelberg | Heidelberg | SNP Dome | 5,000 |
| MHP Riesen Ludwigsburg | Ludwigsburg | MHP-Arena | 5,300 |
| Syntainics MBC | Weißenfels | Stadthalle Weißenfels | 3,000 |
| Bayern Munich | Munich | Audi Dome | 6,700 |
| Baskets Oldenburg | Oldenburg | Große EWE Arena | 6,069 |
| Rostock Seawolves | Rostock | Stadthalle Rostock | 4,550 |
| ratiopharm Ulm | Ulm | ratiopharm arena | 6,000 |
| s.Oliver Würzburg | Würzburg | s.Oliver Arena | 3,140 |

## Regular season

### Standings

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | PCT | Qualification or relegation |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | Telekom Baskets Bonn | 34 | 32 | 2 | 3042 | 2477 | +565 | .941 | Playoffs |
| 2 | Alba Berlin | 34 | 31 | 3 | 3002 | 2615 | +387 | | .912 |
| 3 | Bayern Munich | 34 | 25 | 9 | 2782 | 2563 | +219 | | .735 |
| 4 | Baskets Oldenburg | 34 | 22 | 12 | 2939 | 2825 | +114 | | .647 |
| 5 | Riesen Ludwigsburg | 34 | 19 | 15 | 2957 | 2915 | +42 | | .559 |
| 6 | BG Göttingen | 34 | 19 | 15 | 2902 | 2932 | 30 | | .559 |
| 7 | Ratiopharm Ulm | 34 | 18 | 16 | 3029 | 2929 | +100 | | .529 |
| 8 | Niners Chemnitz | 34 | 16 | 18 | 2843 | 2813 | +30 | | .471 |
| 9 | Rostock Seawolves | 34 | 16 | 18 | 2857 | 3021 | 164 | .471 |  |
| 10 | Brose Bamberg | 34 | 15 | 19 | 2996 | 3021 | 25 | | .441 |
| 11 | s.Oliver Würzburg | 34 | 15 | 19 | 2752 | 2839 | 87 | | .441 |
| 12 | MLP Academics Heidelberg | 34 | 15 | 19 | 2976 | 3046 | 70 | | .441 |
| 13 | Crailsheim Merlins | 34 | 12 | 22 | 2879 | 3005 | 126 | | .353 |
| 14 | Basketball Löwen Braunschweig | 34 | 12 | 22 | 2725 | 2829 | 104 | | .353 |
| 15 | Hamburg Towers | 34 | 12 | 22 | 2751 | 2924 | 173 | | .353 |
| 16 | Mitteldeutscher BC | 34 | 11 | 23 | 2881 | 3041 | 160 | | .324 |
| 17 | Skyliners Frankfurt | 34 | 10 | 24 | 2726 | 2940 | 214 | .294 | Relegation to ProA |
| 18 | Medi Bayreuth | 34 | 6 | 28 | 2805 | 3109 | 304 | | .176 |

Source: BBL
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head points difference; 4) head-to-head number of points scored.
Notes:

### Results

| Home \ Away | BAM | BAY | BER | BON | BRA | CHE | CRA | FRA | GOT | HAM | HEI | LUD | MBC | MUN | OLD | ROS | ULM | WUR |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Brose Bamberg |  | 120–106 | 80–90 | 75–102 | 83–92 | 96–83 | 82–84 | 100–83 | 95–92 | 66–76 | 101–74 | 81–73 | 90–98 | 87–94 | 89–78 | 88–94 | 97–77 | 99–106 |
| Medi Bayreuth | 92–86 |  | 72–83 | 71–94 | 76–77 | 86–102 | 99–77 | 83–82 | 73–95 | 79–95 | 96–102 | 94–108 | 95–84 | 79–80 | 85–75 | 83–92 | 64–80 | 83–99 |
| Alba Berlin | 84–67 | 91–83 |  | 81–76 | 85–78 | 101–91 | 100–77 | 99–74 | 91–78 | 81–78 | 78–70 | 99–91 | 86–60 | 71–76 | 89–81 | 104–79 | 91–79 | 76–47 |
| Telekom Baskets Bonn | 84–76 | 86–42 | 84–77 |  | 89–78 | 80–73 | 101–83 | 89–66 | 94–85 | 76–66 | 98–65 | 91–75 | 91–57 | 78–68 | 108–79 | 99–71 | 85–83 | 94–73 |
| Basketball Löwen Braunschweig | 83–85 | 101–89 | 90–95 | 72–79 |  | 78–71 | 91–101 | 86–71 | 64–78 | 88–78 | 89–82 | 66–80 | 73–89 | 63–74 | 76–84 | 71–87 | 84–67 | 82–89 |
| Niners Chemnitz | 75–88 | 84–77 | 70–76 | 79–81 | 73–83 |  | 106–94 | 89–76 | 86–87 | 87–80 | 87–78 | 89–90 | 98–89 | 58–79 | 89–91 | 69–71 | 92–86 | 81–86 |
| Crailsheim Merlins | 101–92 | 78–73 | 85–91 | 83–99 | 93–88 | 79–82 |  | 84–83 | 77–81 | 92–84 | 102–93 | 106–87 | 119–102 | 69–78 | 82–95 | 91–103 | 76–68 | 85–86 |
| Skyliners Frankfurt | 83–100 | 107–113 | 61–79 | 61–88 | 59–61 | 89–84 | 72–88 |  | 78–75 | 97–93 | 82–94 | 92–80 | 71–65 | 74–83 | 70–77 | 101–83 | 82–97 | 86–77 |
| BG Göttingen | 95–79 | 100–89 | 96–95 | 60–95 | 80–79 | 68–81 | 92–79 | 82–88 |  | 71–98 | 87–81 | 87–80 | 96–93 | 83–75 | 106–97 | 92–95 | 101–108 | 82–74 |
| Hamburg Towers | 83–88 | 86–74 | 63–83 | 72–101 | 83–92 | 81–104 | 77–66 | 84–70 | 82–91 |  | 90–86 | 77–83 | 91–74 | 81–78 | 95–96 | 81–91 | 65–80 | 96–73 |
| MLP Academics Heidelberg | 109–100 | 107–101 | 68–94 | 74–91 | 95–79 | 74–81 | 93–82 | 93–90 | 84–74 | 83–87 |  | 86–100 | 109–91 | 83–87 | 102–94 | 78–75 | 96–106 | 93–82 |
| Riesen Ludwigsburg | 92–78 | 102–93 | 77–83 | 84–80 | 93–92 | 86–79 | 82–77 | 96–81 | 90–76 | 103–92 | 111–87 |  | 104–100 | 96–68 | 71–75 | 95–102 | 87–84 | 81–78 |
| Mitteldeutscher BC | 95–99 | 96–83 | 77–87 | 74–91 | 63–59 | 72–76 | 79–69 | 77–79 | 82–93 | 123–80 | 92–85 | 69–66 |  | 69–82 | 74–102 | 102–78 | 87–91 | 98–83 |
| Bayern Munich | 73–72 | 81–68 | 79–80 | 73–77 | 97–78 | 88–74 | 88–77 | 95–89 | 105–74 | 70–89 | 78–89 | 89–72 | 87–66 |  | 81–77 | 108–76 | 87–80 | 83–73 |
| Baskets Oldenburg | 104–95 | 76–72 | 81–89 | 76–87 | 83–73 | 83–81 | 94–86 | 87–79 | 93–75 | 94–58 | 75–99 | 93–80 | 108–68 | 88–76 |  | 99–90 | 81–73 | 77–79 |
| Rostock Seawolves | 86–97 | 99–70 | 70–104 | 62–77 | 110–95 | 81–96 | 86–79 | 77–99 | 94–85 | 82–76 | 84–91 | 92–87 | 79–77 | 65–78 | 73–80 |  | 85–80 | 72–76 |
| Ratiopharm Ulm | 107–87 | 88–73 | 83–110 | 92–101 | 95–87 | 92–99 | 91–80 | 94–79 | 84–93 | 112–78 | 92–84 | 93–76 | 128–122 | 59–77 | 97–84 | 116–86 |  | 84–91 |
| s.Oliver Würzburg | 73–79 | 96–89 | 76–79 | 71–96 | 73–77 | 77–74 | 87–78 | 88–72 | 74–92 | 90–56 | 90–71 | 86–89 | 113–117 | 49–67 | 78–82 | 97–87 | 62–28 |  |

Source: BBL
Legend: Blue = home team win; Red = away team win.
Matches with lighter background shading were decided after overtime.

## Playoffs

All three rounds of the playoffs were played in a best-of-five format, with the higher seeded team playing the first, third and fifth game at home

|  | Quarterfinals | | |  |  | Semifinals | | |  |  | Finals | | |  |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
|  | 1 | **Telekom Baskets Bonn** | **3** |  |  | | | | |  | | | | |
|  | | | | | ||
|  | 8 | Niners Chemnitz | *0* |  | ||
|  | | | | |  | 1 | **Telekom Baskets Bonn** | **3** |  | |
|  | | | | | |  | | |  | |
|  | |  |  | 5 | Riesen Ludwigsburg | 0 |  ||
|  | 4 | | | | | | Baskets Oldenburg | 0 |  | |
|  | | | | |  | | | | | |
|  | | 5 | **Riesen Ludwigsburg** | **3** |  ||
|  | | | | |  | 1 | Telekom Baskets Bonn | *1* |  |
|  | | | | | |  | | | | | | | |  |
|  | |  |  | 7 | **Ratiopharm Ulm** | **3** |  |
|  | 3 | | | | | | **Bayern Munich** | **3** |  |  | | | | |
|  | | | | | |  | | | | |
|  | | 6 | BG Göttingen | 0 | |  |
|  | | | | |  | 3 | Bayern Munich | 0 |  |
|  | | | | | |  | | |  |
|  | |  |  | 7 | **Ratiopharm Ulm** | **3** |  |
|  | | | | | | | 2 | Alba Berlin | 1 |  |
|  | | | | |  | | | | |
|  | | 7 | **Ratiopharm Ulm** | **3** |  |

## Awards and statistics

### Major award winners

The awards were announced on 3, 4 and 12 May 2023.

| Award | Player | Club |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Most Valuable Player | T. J. Shorts | Telekom Baskets Bonn |
| Finals MVP | Yago dos Santos | Ratiopharm Ulm |
| Top Scorer | DeWayne Russell | Baskets Oldenburg |
| Best Offensive Player | DeWayne Russell | Baskets Oldenburg |
| Best Defender | Selom Mawugbe | Rostock Seawolves |
| Most Effective Player International | T. J. Shorts | Telekom Baskets Bonn |
| Most Effective Player National | Kevin Yebo | Niners Chemnitz |
| Best German Young Player | Malte Delow | Alba Berlin |
| Coach of the Year | Tuomas Iisalo | Telekom Baskets Bonn |

### Statistical leaders

| Category | Player | Club | Average |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Points per game | DeWayne Russell | Baskets Oldenburg | 20.3 |
| Rebounds per game | Derek Cooke | Skyliners Frankfurt | 8.9 |
| Assists per game | DeWayne Russell | Baskets Oldenburg | 7.7 |
| Steals per game | Kris Clyburn | Mitteldeutscher BC | 2.0 |
| Blocks per game | Selom Mawugbe | Rostock Seawolves | 2.1 |
| Efficiency per game | T. J. Shorts | Telekom Baskets Bonn | 21.1 |

## German clubs in European competitions

| Team | Competition | Result |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Alba Berlin | **EuroLeague** | Regular season |
| Bayern Munich | | Regular season |
| Hamburg Towers | **EuroCup** | Eighthfinals |
| ratiopharm Ulm | | Quarterfinals |
| Telekom Baskets Bonn | **Champions League** | Champion |
| Riesen Ludwigsburg | | Play-ins |
| Niners Chemnitz | | Qualifying |
| Brose Bamberg | | Qualifying |
| Crailsheim Merlins | **FIBA Europe Cup** | Second round |
| BG Göttingen | | Qualifying |
| Niners Chemnitz | | Second round |
| Brose Bamberg | | Quarterfinals |

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## InfoBox

| Basketball Bundesliga | |
| --- | --- |
| Season | 2022–23 |
| Dates | 28 September 2022 – 16 June 2023 |
| Games played | 306 |
| Teams | 18 |
| Regular season | |
| Top seed | Telekom Baskets Bonn |
| EuroLeague | Bayern Munich
Alba Berlin |
| EuroCup | Ratiopharm Ulm |
| Champions League | Telekom Baskets Bonn
Riesen Ludwigsburg
Baskets Oldenburg
BG Göttingen |
| Season MVP | T. J. Shorts (Bonn) |
| Relegated | Skyliners Frankfurt
Medi Bayreuth |
| Finals | |
| Champions | Ratiopharm Ulm |
| Runners-up | Telekom Baskets Bonn |
| Semifinalists | Bayern Munich
Riesen Ludwigsburg |
| Statistical leaders | |
| Points  DeWayne Russell  20.3  Rebounds  Derek Cooke  8.9  Assists  DeWayne Russell  7.7 | |
| Records | |
| Total attendance | 1,263,770 |
| Average attendance | 4,246 |


title: The Intruder (1999 film)

abstract: The Intruder is a 1999 psychological thriller directed by David Bailey from a screenplay by Jamie Brown, based on the novel of the same name by Brooke Leimas. It stars Charlotte Gainsbourg as a woman who suspects she is being stalked, possibly by her husband's first wife, who was murdered three years ago.

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# The Intruder (1999 film)

***The Intruder*** is a 1999 psychological thriller directed by David Bailey from a screenplay by Jamie Brown, based on the novel of the same name by Brooke Leimas. It stars Charlotte Gainsbourg as a woman who suspects she is being stalked, possibly by her husband's first wife, who was murdered three years ago.

## Plot

In a police station, a blood-splattered woman named Catherine confesses to killing her husband's first wife earlier that day. Although she produces the murder weapon, Detective Fordham does not believe her, as the crime occurred three years earlier. Catherine explains the events that lead up to the crime.

Three years prior to the murder, Catherine and Nick meet at a gallery. As Catherine leaves, a mugger attacks her. Nick comes to her aid and, when he notices that she is injured, invites her to stay overnight at his apartment while she recuperates from a twisted ankle. The two quickly fall in love and get married. A widower, Nick does not like to talk about his dead wife, Stella. Curious, Catherine questions their friends: Badge, an art broker and former girlfriend of Nick who lives in the loft below them; Charlie, a mathematician and video game programmer who lives below them; and Daisy, Charlie's on-and-off girlfriend. Catherine learns that an intruder murdered Stella three years ago after an apparent struggle. Due to Stella's mental instability, she and Nick had a rocky marriage.

Eventually, Catherine comes to believe that someone has been sneaking into their apartment and vandalizing her possessions. However, the evidence always disappears before she can show it to Nick, who becomes concerned that she is suffering from the same delusions that affected Stella. When Catherine finds Stella's diary, she learns that Stella suspected Nick of infidelity. Jealous and enraged, Stella describes in her diary how she gets revenge on the suspected mistress by destroying her possessions, though the evidence always disappears before she can present it to Nick. When Catherine confides to Charlie that she thinks Stella may still be alive, Charlie says that he believes a wormhole may be allowing Stella, who lives in the past, to interact with Catherine in the present.

Catherine investigates further, contacting Stella's twin sister and ex-husband. Both confirm that she was jealous of an unknown woman, whom Catherine comes to believe is herself. After Daisy and Charlie both die under suspicious circumstances, Catherine borrows Badge's pistol, a new model imported directly from Germany. Nick finally believes her once Stella's diary, which had gone missing, reappears and includes a new entry in which Stella threatens to murder Catherine by name. Nick and Catherine make preparations to stay at a hotel, and Nick leaves to meet her there. As Catherine packs, Stella attacks her with a pair of scissors. After a brief struggle, Catherine shoots and kills Stella in self-defense.

Back in the police station, Catherine is booked and about to be given a psychiatric evaluation when she remembers that the murder weapon, Badge's pistol, can be easily traced. At her urging, the police discover that the pistol was manufactured after the crime took place. With no evidence and disbelieving her story of a wormhole, the police let her go with a warning not to further waste their time. From a distance, Stella jealously watches Nick and Catherine embrace.

## Cast

## Production

Shooting took place in Montreal, Canada, in 1999. Bailey later expressed frustration with the shoot and said that shooting in Montreal was the primary reason for the film's failure to be theatrically released.

## Reception

Lisa Nesselson of *Variety* called it "a *Gaslight* for the '90s" that is more suited for television broadcast than theatrical distribution. Robert Pardi of *TV Guide* rated it 1/4 stars and wrote that the film's focus on suspense over characterization causes viewers to have nobody with whom they can identify when the plot becomes confusing.

In an interview, Bailey said, "It's not a great film. It's just O.K. I've seen worse."

## InfoBox

| The Intruder | |
| --- | --- |
| Theatrical release poster | |
| Directed by | David Bailey |
| Screenplay by | Jamie Brown |
| Based on | *The Intruder*
by Brooke Leimas |
| Produced by | * Jamie Brown * Pieter Kroonenburg |
| Starring |  |
| Cinematography | Jean Lepine |
| Edited by | Angelo Corrao |
| Music by | Frank Ilfman |
| Production
companies | * GFT Kingsborough Films * Steve Walsh Productions * Studio Eight Productions |
| Release date | * 19 November 1999 (1999-11-19) (Italy) |
| Running time | 94 minutes |
| Countries | * Canada * United Kingdom |
| Language | English |


title: Charm Tong

abstract: Charm Tong is a Shan teacher and human rights activist. She is head of the School for Shan State Nationalities Youth in Northern Thailand. Charm Tong is also one of the founders of Shan Women's Action Network, which published the 2002 report License to Rape. For many years Charm helped refugees find school in Thailand.

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# Charm Tong

**Charm Tong** (born in 1981, Shan State, Burma) is a Shan teacher and human rights activist. She is head of the School for Shan State Nationalities Youth in Northern Thailand. Charm Tong is also one of the founders of Shan Women's Action Network, which published the 2002 report *License to Rape*. For many years Charm helped refugees find school in Thailand.

## Background and work with Shan Women's Action Network

When Charm Tong was six years old, her family left Shan State to escape the ongoing fighting between Shan forces and the Tatmadaw (Burmese state military), part of Burma's ongoing internal conflicts. The family then took up residence in a refugee camp on the Thai-Burma border, enrolling her in a Catholic orphanage. She began her work as a human rights activist at the age of 16. The following year, she spoke before the United Nations Commission on Human Rights in Geneva about issues facing Shan women, particularly the use of systematic rape as a weapon of war. Tong also received Marie Claire Women of the Year Award and the Reebok Human Rights Award. She speaks different languages including English, Thai, Mandarin as well as her native Shan.

In 2002, the Shan Women's Action Network published its report *License to Rape: The Burmese military regime's use of sexual violence in the ongoing war in Shan State*, which attempted to document "173 incidents of rape and other forms of sexual violence, involving 625 girls and women, committed by Burmese army troops in Shan State." The report describes "systematic and widespread incidence of rape" and includes 28 detailed interviews with rape survivors. Its publication attracted global attention to the issue of sexual violence in Burma's internal conflicts. The Burmese military government, the State Peace and Development Council, denied the report's findings, stating that insurgents are responsible for violence in the region.

## International recognition

On 31 October 2005, Charm Tong visited the White House to discuss the Burmese political situation with US president George W. Bush, National Security Advisor Stephen J. Hadley and other senior US officials. "I am very happy ... to break the silence of what is happening to the people of Burma", she told reporters afterward. Congressman Tom Lantos, co-founder of the Congressional Human Rights Caucus, predicted that Charm Tong's 50 minutes with Bush "would reverberate around the world". *The Irrawaddy* wrote in December of that year that lobbyists were attributing Bush's subsequent "outspokenness on Burma" to "the Charm Tong Effect".

For her work in investigating and publicizing abuses against Shan women by the Burmese military, Charm Tong received the *Marie Claire Women of the World Award* in 2004 and *The Reebok Human Rights Award* in 2005. She also received the 2007 Student Peace Prize, which was awarded to her at the International Student Festival in Trondheim. In 2008, she was given a Vital Voices Global Leadership Award in the area of human rights, which she shared with Khin Ohmar of the Women's League of Burma. The award was presented by US First Lady Laura Bush. Charm Tong received some international awards including Marie Claire Women of the Year and the Reebok Human Rights Award.

## InfoBox

| Charm Tong | |
| --- | --- |
|  | |
| Born | 1981 (age 4243)
Shan State, Burma |
| Nationality | Burmese |
| Occupation | Teacher |
| Organization | Shan Women's Action Network |
| Known for | Human rights activism |
| Awards | Student Peace Prize (2007)
Global Leadership Award (2008) |


title: Duncan Arnolda

abstract: Duncan Arnolda is a Sri Lankan former cricketer. He played in 110 first-class and 56 List A matches between 1994/95 and 2009/10. He made his Twenty20 debut on 17 August 2004, for Burgher Recreation Club in the 2004 SLC Twenty20 Tournament.

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# Duncan Arnolda

**Duncan Arnolda** (born 17 January 1975) is a Sri Lankan former cricketer. He played in 110 first-class and 56 List A matches between 1994/95 and 2009/10. He made his Twenty20 debut on 17 August 2004, for Burgher Recreation Club in the 2004 SLC Twenty20 Tournament.

## InfoBox

Duncan Arnolda
| Personal information | |
| --- | --- |
| Full name | Duncan Fredrick Arnolda |
| Born | (1976-08-20) 20 August 1976<br>Kandy, Sri Lanka |
| Source: Cricinfo, 21 April 2021 | |


title: John Wilson (Yorkshire cricketer)

abstract: John Wilson was an English amateur first-class cricketer, who played in four matches for Yorkshire County Cricket Club between 1887 and 1888. Born in Hoyland, Yorkshire, England, Wilson was a right arm slow underarm bowler, who took twelve first-class wickets at 13.75. Wilson scored seventeen runs, as a right hand bat, with a best score of 13 not out. He took three catches in the field. Wilson died in November 1931, in Millhouses, Sheffield, Yorkshire, aged 74.

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# John Wilson (Yorkshire cricketer)

**John Wilson** (30 June 1857  11 November 1931) was an English amateur first-class cricketer, who played in four matches for Yorkshire County Cricket Club between 1887 and 1888.

Born in Hoyland, Yorkshire, England, Wilson was a right arm slow underarm bowler, who took twelve first-class wickets at 13.75. Wilson scored seventeen runs, as a right hand bat, with a best score of 13 not out. He took three catches in the field.

Wilson died in November 1931, in Millhouses, Sheffield, Yorkshire, aged 74.


title: Shangshi, Guangxi

abstract:
Shangshi is a town under the administration of Pingxiang, Guangxi, China. As of 2023, it administers Shangshi Residential Community and the following eight villages:
  - Pudong Village (浦东村)
  - Bailong Village (白龙村)
  - Yan'an Village (燕安村)
  - Xia'ao Village (下嶅村)
  - Madong Village (马垌村)
  - Lianjiang Village (练江村)
  - You'ai Village (油隘村)
  - Banwang Village (板旺村)

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# Shangshi, Guangxi

**Shangshi** (Chinese: 上石; pinyin: *Shàngshí*) is a town under the administration of Pingxiang, Guangxi, China. As of 2023, it administers Shangshi Residential Community and the following eight villages:

* Pudong Village (浦东村)
* Bailong Village (白龙村)
* Yan'an Village (燕安村)
* Xia'ao Village (下嶅村)
* Madong Village (马垌村)
* Lianjiang Village (练江村)
* You'ai Village (油隘村)
* Banwang Village (板旺村)

## InfoBox

| Shangshi 上石镇 | |
| --- | --- |
| Town | |
| ShangshiLocation in Guangxi | |
| Coordinates: 22°4′29″N 106°50′12″E / 22.07472°N 106.83667°E / 22.07472; 106.83667 | |
| Country | People's Republic of China |
| Autonomous region | Guangxi |
| Prefecture-level city | Chongzuo |
| County-level city | Pingxiang |
| Time zone | UTC+8 (China Standard) |


abstract: The Big Ten Conference Player of the Year is a baseball award given to the Big Ten Conference's most outstanding player. The award was first given following the 1982 season, with both pitchers and position players eligible. After the 1994 season, the Big Ten Conference Baseball Pitcher of the Year award was created to honor the most outstanding pitcher.

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# Big Ten Conference Baseball Player of the Year

The **Big Ten Conference Player of the Year** is a baseball award given to the Big Ten Conference's most outstanding player. The award was first given following the 1982 season, with both pitchers and position players eligible. After the 1994 season, the Big Ten Conference Baseball Pitcher of the Year award was created to honor the most outstanding pitcher.

## Key

| * | Awarded a College National Player of the Year award:
the Dick Howser Trophy or the Golden Spikes Award |
| --- | --- |
|  | Major League Baseball All-Star |
|  | Member of the National Baseball Hall of Fame |

## Winners

| Season | Player | School | Position | Reference |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1982 | Jim Paciorek | Michigan | OF |  |
| 1983 | Terry Steinbach
Rich Stoll | Minnesota
Michigan | 3B
 |  |
| 1984 | Barry Larkin | Michigan | SS |  |
| 1985 | Barry Larkin (2) | Michigan | SS |  |
| 1986 | Casey Close | Michigan | OF |  |
| 1987 | Darrin Fletcher | Illinois |  |  |
| 1988 | Jim Abbott | Michigan |  |  |
| 1989 | Bubba Smith | Illinois | 1B/ |  |
| 1990 | Mark Dalesandro | Illinois | IF/ |  |
| 1991 | Brent Gates | Minnesota | SS |  |
| 1992 | Brett Backlund
Mike Smith | Iowa
Indiana |
SS |  |
| 1993 | Mark Loretta | Northwestern | SS |  |
| 1994 | Mark Merila
Jonathan Sweet | Minnesota
Ohio State | 2B
 |  |
| 1995 | Shane Gunderson
Scott Weaver | Minnesota
Michigan |
OF |  |
| 1996 | Josh Klimek | Illinois | SS |  |
| 1997 | Dan Seimetz | Ohio State | 1B |  |
| 1998 | D.J. Svihlik | Illinois | 2B |  |
| 1999 | Robb Quinlan | Minnesota | 1B |  |
| 2000 | Mike Campo | Penn State | OF |  |
| 2001 | Jack Hannahan | Minnesota | 3B |  |
| 2002 | Luke Appert
Kennard Jones
Bob Malek | Minnesota
Indiana
Michigan State | 2B
OF
OF |  |
| 2003 | Luke Appert (2) | Minnesota | 2B |  |
| 2004 | Steve Caravati | Ohio State | OF |  |
| 2005 | Drew Davidson | Illinois | OF |  |
| 2006 | Ronnie Bourquin | Ohio State | 3B |  |
| 2007 | Lars Davis | Illinois |  |  |
| 2008 | Nate Recknagel | Michigan | 1B |  |
| 2009 | Dan Burkhart | Ohio State |  |  |
| 2010 | Alex Dickerson | Indiana | OF |  |
| 2011 | Jeff Holm | Michigan State | 1B |  |
| 2012 | Kevin Plawecki | Purdue |  |  |
| 2013 | Justin Parr | Illinois | OF |  |
| 2014 | Sam Travis | Indiana | 1B |  |
| 2015 | David Kerian | Illinois | 1B |  |
| 2016 | Matt Fiedler | Minnesota | OF |  |
| 2017 | Jake Adams | Iowa | OF |  |
| 2018 | Bren Spillane | Illinois | 1B/OF |  |
| 2019 | Jordan Brewer | Michigan | OF |  |
| 2021 | Spencer Schwellenbach | Nebraska | SS/ |  |
| 2022 | Chris Alleyne | Maryland | OF |  |
| 2023 | Matt Shaw | Maryland | SS |  |
| 2024 | Josh Kuroda-Grauer | Rutgers | SS |  |

## Winners by school

| School (year joined) | Winners | Years |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Illinois (1896) | 10 | 1987, 1989, 1990, 1996, 1998, 2005, 2007, 2013, 2015, 2018 |
| Michigan (1896) | 9 | 1982, 1983, 1984, 1985, 1986, 1988, 1995, 2008, 2019 |
| Minnesota (1896) | 9 | 1983, 1991, 1994, 1995, 1999, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2016 |
| Ohio State (1912) | 5 | 1994, 1997, 2004, 2006, 2009 |
| Indiana (1900) | 4 | 1992, 2002, 2010, 2014 |
| Michigan State (1953) | 2 | 2002, 2011 |
| Iowa (1900) | 2 | 1992, 2017 |
| Maryland (2014) | 2 | 2022, 2023 |
| Northwestern (1896) | 1 | 1993 |
| Penn State (1993) | 1 | 2000 |
| Purdue (1896) | 1 | 2012 |
| Rutgers (2014) | 1 | 2024 |
| Wisconsin (1896)**a** | 0 |  |

## Footnotes

* **a**  Wisconsin discontinued its baseball program after the 1991 season.

## InfoBox

| Big Ten Conference Player of the Year | |
| --- | --- |
|  | |
| Awarded for | the most outstanding baseball player in the Big Ten Conference |
| Country | United States |
| First awarded | 1982 |
| Currently held by | Josh Kuroda-Grauer, Rutgers |


title: Revolution: New Art for a New World

abstract: Revolution: New Art for a New World is a feature documentary written and directed by Margy Kinmonth and produced by Foxtrot Films Ltd and Arts Alliance, starring Matthew Macfadyen, Tom Hollander, Eleanor Tomlinson, James Fleet and Daisy Bevan. The film documents the famous Russian Avant-garde artists that flourished after the October Revolution, only to be later suppressed by Joseph Stalin's regime. The documentary was filmed on location in London, Saint Petersburg and Moscow, with access to The Tretyakov Gallery, The Russian Museum, The Hermitage Museum and in co-operation with The Royal Academy of Arts, London. Revolution: New Art for a New World was aired on BBC Four in October 2017 as part of the BBC's Russian Season to mark the centenary of the Russian Revolution.

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# Revolution: New Art for a New World

***Revolution: New Art for a New World*** is a feature documentary written and directed by Margy Kinmonth and produced by Foxtrot Films Ltd and Arts Alliance, starring Matthew Macfadyen (Vladimir Lenin), Tom Hollander (Kazimir Malevich), Eleanor Tomlinson (Lyubov Popova), James Fleet (Wassily Kandinsky) and Daisy Bevan (Varvara Stepanova). The film documents the famous Russian Avant-garde artists that flourished after the October Revolution, only to be later suppressed by Joseph Stalin's regime. The documentary was filmed on location in London, Saint Petersburg and Moscow, with access to The Tretyakov Gallery, The Russian Museum, The Hermitage Museum and in co-operation with The Royal Academy of Arts, London.

*Revolution: New Art for a New World* was aired on BBC Four in October 2017 as part of the BBC's Russian Season to mark the centenary of the Russian Revolution.

## Credits

Contributors

## InfoBox

| Revolution: New Art for a New World | |
| --- | --- |
| Directed by | Margy Kinmonth |
| Produced by | Margy Kinmonth
Maureen Murray |
| Cinematography | Maxim Tarasjugin
Gennady Nemikh
Patrick Duval |
| Edited by | Gordon Mason |
| Music by | Edmund Jolliffe |
| Production
companies | Foxtrot Films
Art Alliance Productions |
| Distributed by | Foxtrot Films |
| Release date | * 2016 (2016) |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Language | English |


abstract: The 25 metre muzzle-loading pistol was one of the five sport shooting events on the 1896 Summer Olympics shooting programme. The armament of the American Paine brothers was disqualified because of not being "of the usual calibre" for the event. With the Paine brothers declining the offer of the Greek shooters to use their pistols, only four shooters entered the fourth shooting event. Three nations were represented. Each shooter fired five strings of six shots at a target 25 m (27 yd) distant. The competition was held on 11 April and resulted in the top two places going to the Greek marksmen. Nielsen took third place and Merlin did not finish.

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# Shooting at the 1896 Summer Olympics – Men's 25 metre rapid fire pistol

The 25 metre muzzle-loading pistol was one of the five sport shooting events on the 1896 Summer Olympics shooting programme. The armament of the American Paine brothers was disqualified because of not being "of the usual calibre" for the event (only pistols of .45 caliber were allowed). With the Paine brothers declining the offer of the Greek shooters to use their pistols, only four shooters entered the fourth shooting event. Three nations were represented. Each shooter fired five strings of six shots at a target 25 m (27 yd) distant. The competition was held on 11 April and resulted in the top two places going to the Greek marksmen. Nielsen took third place and Merlin did not finish.

## Background

This was the first appearance of what would become standardised as the men's ISSF 25 meter rapid fire pistol event, the only event on the 2020 programme that traces back to 1896. The event has been held at every Summer Olympics except 1904 and 1928 (when no shooting events were held) and 1908; it was open to women from 1968 to 1980.

## Competition format

The competition had each shooter fire 30 shots, in 5 strings of 6, at a range of 25 metres. Scoring involved multiplying target hits by points scored in each string. Each target had a score of up to 6. The maximum score possible in each string of shots was 216 (6 hits times 6 scores of 6); for the 5-string total, the maximum was 1080 points. The required weapon was a .45 calibre muzzle-loading pistol.

## Schedule

The muzzle-loading pistol event was the second shooting event on the sixth day of competition, following the free pistol.

| Date | | Time | Round |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Gregorian | Julian | | |
| Saturday, 11 April 1896 | Saturday, 30 March 1896 | **9:00** | **Final** |

## Results

| Rank | Shooter | Nation | Score | Hits |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|  | Ioannis Frangoudis | Greece | 344 | 23 |
|  | Georgios Orphanidis | Greece | 249 | 20 |
|  | Holger Nielsen | Denmark | Unknown | |
|  | Sidney Merlin | Great Britain | Did not finish | |

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| Men's 25 metre muzzle-loading pistol
at the Games of the I Olympiad | |
| --- | --- |
| Ioannis Frangoudis | |
| Venue | Kallithea shooting range |
| Date | April 11 |
| Competitors | 4 from 3 nations |
| Winning score | 344 |
| Medalists | |
| Ioannis Frangoudis
Greece  Georgios Orphanidis
Greece  Holger Nielsen
Denmark | |
|


title: Dion Beebe

abstract: Dion Beebe A.C.S. A.S.C. is an Australian–South African cinematographer. Originally from Brisbane, Queensland, Australia, his family moved to Cape Town, South Africa, in 1972. Dion studied cinematography at the Australian Film, Television and Radio School from 1987 to 1989. Beebe was nominated for an Academy Award and a BAFTA for his work on Rob Marshall's Chicago, and won the 2006 Academy Award for his work on the director's later Memoirs of a Geisha. He is known for his use of stylized, highly saturated colour palettes and for his experimental use of high-speed digital video on Michael Mann's Collateral and Miami Vice. He is also a member of the Australian Cinematographers Society (ACS) and the American Society of Cinematographers (ASC). Dion was inducted into the ACS' Hall of Fame at the National Awards on 16 May 2020.

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# Dion Beebe

**Dion Beebe** A.C.S. A.S.C. (/ˈdɒn ˈbbi/ *DEE-on BEE-bee*; born 18 May 1968) is an Australian–South African cinematographer. Originally from Brisbane, Queensland, Australia, his family moved to Cape Town, South Africa, in 1972. Dion studied cinematography at the Australian Film, Television and Radio School from 1987 to 1989. Beebe was nominated for an Academy Award and a BAFTA for his work on Rob Marshall's *Chicago*, and won the 2006 Academy Award for his work on the director's later *Memoirs of a Geisha*. He is known for his use of stylized, highly saturated colour palettes and for his experimental use of high-speed digital video on Michael Mann's *Collateral* (for which he won a BAFTA for Best Cinematography) and *Miami Vice*. He is also a member of the Australian Cinematographers Society (ACS) and the American Society of Cinematographers (ASC). Dion was inducted into the ACS' Hall of Fame at the National Awards on 16 May 2020.

## Filmography

| Year | Title | Director | Notes |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1992 | *Crush* | Alison Maclean |  |
| 1995 | *Vacant Possession* | Margot Nash |  |
| 1996 | *What I Have Written* | John Hughes |  |
| | *Floating Life* | Clara Law |  |
| 1998 | *Memory & Desire* | Niki Caro |  |
| | *My Own Country* | Mira Nair |  |
| | *Praise* | John Curran |  |
| 1999 | *Holy Smoke!* | Jane Campion |  |
| 2000 | *Forever Lulu* | John Kaye |  |
| | *The Goddess of 1967* | Clara Law |  |
| 2001 | *Charlotte Gray* | Gillian Armstrong |  |
| 2002 | *Chicago* | Rob Marshall | 1st collaboration with Marshall |
| | *Equilibrium* | Kurt Wimmer |  |
| 2003 | *In the Cut* | Jane Campion |  |
| 2004 | *Collateral* | Michael Mann | Co-cinematographer with Paul Cameron |
| 2005 | *Memoirs of a Geisha* | Rob Marshall |  |
| 2006 | *Miami Vice* | Michael Mann |  |
| 2007 | *Rendition* | Gavin Hood |  |
| 2009 | *Land of the Lost* | Brad Silberling |  |
| | *Nine* | Rob Marshall |  |
| 2011 | *Green Lantern* | Martin Campbell |  |
| 2013 | *Gangster Squad* | Ruben Fleischer |  |
| 2014 | *Edge of Tomorrow* | Doug Liman |  |
| | *Into the Woods* | Rob Marshall |  |
| 2016 | *13 Hours: The Secret Soldiers of Benghazi* | Michael Bay |  |
| 2017 | *The Snowman* | Tomas Alfredson |  |
| 2018 | *Mary Poppins Returns* | Rob Marshall |  |
| 2019 | *I Am Woman* | Unjoo Moon |  |
| | *Gemini Man* | Ang Lee |  |
| 2023 | *The Little Mermaid* | Rob Marshall |  |
| 2025 | *Michael* | Antoine Fuqua |  |
|

## Awards and nominations

| Year | Award | Category | Nominated work | Result |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 2002 | Academy Awards | Best Cinematography | *Chicago* | Nominated |
| | BAFTA Awards | Best Cinematography | | Nominated |
| | | 2004 | *Collateral* | Won |
| | | Los Angeles Film Critics Association Awards | Best Cinematography | Won |
| | | American Society of Cinematographers Awards | Outstanding Cinematography | Nominated |
| | | National Society of Film Critics Awards | Best Cinematography | Nominated |
| | | Online Film Critics Society Awards | Best Cinematography | Nominated |
| 2005 | Academy Awards | Best Cinematography | *Memoirs of a Geisha* | Won |
| | BAFTA Awards | Best Cinematography | | Won |
| | American Society of Cinematographers Awards | Outstanding Cinematography | | Won |
| | Satellite Awards | Best Cinematography | | Nominated |
| | St. Louis Gateway Film Critics Association Awards | Best Cinematography | | Nominated |
| 2009 | Satellite Awards | Best Cinematography | *Nine* | Won |
| | St. Louis Gateway Film Critics Association Awards | Best Cinematography | | Won |
| | American Society of Cinematographers Awards | Outstanding Cinematography | | Nominated |
| | Critics' Choice Movie Awards | Best Cinematography | | Nominated |
| | Houston Film Critics Society Awards | Best Cinematography | | Nominated |
|

## InfoBox

| Dion Beebe | |
| --- | --- |
| Born | 18 May 1968 (1968-05-18) (age 56)<br>Brisbane, Queensland, Australia |
| Nationality | Australian |
| Occupation | Cinematographer |
| Years active | 1992–present |


title: Charles Telford Carr

abstract: Charles Telford Carr was a British academic, specialising in German, noted for his foundational work on nominal compounds in Germanic languages.

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# Charles Telford Carr

**Charles Telford Carr** (5 February 1905, Manchester – 10 March 1976, St Andrews) was a British academic, specialising in German, noted for his foundational work on nominal compounds in Germanic languages.

## Life

Carr's parents were James, a solicitor's clerk, and Selena (née Mclean).

After studying at Manchester Grammar School, Carr took a first class honours BA degree in modern languages at the Victoria University of Manchester in 1921–24, also studying at Zurich University in 1924–25 and Vienna in 1925, and gaining a Manchester MA in 1926 with the thesis 'Die altsächsischen Nominal-komposita'. He served as assistant lecturer in German at Birkbeck, University of London in 1925–26 and then in 1926–29 as lecturer in German at the University of Manchester. He became Lecturer and/or Reader in German Language and Literature and Teutonic Philology in the University of St Andrews's United College in 1929.

Alongside his university teaching, Carr taught Literature and German in Dundee via the Workers' Educational Association in the 1930s (though with an apparently acrimonious dispute over the fees, class-sizes, and entry requirements in 1939).

In 1939, Carr took a D.Litt. degree at the University of St Andrews for his thesis 'Nominal Compounds in Germanic', his best known work, characterised by John L. Flood as 'a major book'. From 1939 to 1945 he worked for the Royal Navy in the wartime codebreaking operation at Bletchley Park.

In 1948, Carr was promoted to become St Andrews's first Professor of German, a position he held until his retirement in 1973. He was also 'appointed General Editor of a three-volume *Oxford History of the German Language*, of which, however, only W. B. Lockwood's study of historical syntax (1968) and Charles Russ's volume on phonology and morphology (1978) appeared'. In 1955–60 he served as Dean of the Faculty of Arts and in 1968–72 as Master of United College.

In 1929 Carr married Marian Frances Hilton Roscoe, who died in 1948, and in 1952 Jean Margaret Berneaud, who died in 1998. He was a member of the Royal and Ancient Golf Club.

## Publications

An extensive list of publications is provided by Peter Branscombe.


title: Smaragdina affinis

abstract: Smaragdina affinis is a species of short-horned leaf beetles belonging to the family Chrysomelidae, subfamily Cryptocephalinae.

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# Smaragdina affinis

***Smaragdina affinis*** is a species of short-horned leaf beetles belonging to the family Chrysomelidae, subfamily Cryptocephalinae.

## Subspecies

* *Smaragdina affinis affinis*  (Illiger, 1794)
* *Smaragdina affinis manicata*  (Lacordaire, 1848)  \- in Spain

## Description

The adults are 3.5–4 millimetres (0.14–0.16 in) long. Head is shiny black. Elytrae are black, with bluish reflections. Pronotum is edged with orange-red or red-brown, while the disc is black. Pronotum shows a fine and sparse punctuation, with strong and dense punctuation on the elytrae. Tibia and tarsi are orange. Femurs are hardly darkened at the base.

## Biology

Adults mainly feed on leaves of *Corylus avellana*, *Quercus* and *Crataegus* species, while larvae possibly feed in leaf litter.

## Distribution

These leaf beetles are present in most of Europe.

## Habitat

These leaf beetles are heat-loving. They can be found predominantly in thickets and forest edges, in the plane or on dry warm slopes, from about April to July.

## InfoBox

| *Smaragdina affinis* | |
| --- | --- |
|  | |
| Adult of *Smaragdina affinis* | |
|
| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Family: | Chrysomelidae |
| Subfamily: | Cryptocephalinae |
| Tribe: | Clytrini |
| Genus: | *Smaragdina* |
| Species: | ***S. affinis*** |
| Binomial name | |
| ***Smaragdina affinis***<br>(Illiger, 1794) | |
|


title: Duncan Archibald Graham

abstract: Duncan Archibald Graham, was a Canadian physician and academic who held the first position in the British Empire of chair of clinical medicine, established by John Craig Eaton at the University of Toronto in 1919. He held this position and was chair of the department of medicine and physician-in-chief at the Toronto General Hospital, until 1947. Born on a farm near Ivan, Ontario, he received a Bachelor of Medicine from the University of Toronto in 1905. He was an assistant bacteriologist with the Ontario Board of Health before starting his residency in pathology at the Toronto General Hospital. He was also a pathologist with the Tuberculosis League of Pittsburg. From 1909 to 1911, he did post-graduate studies in Europe. He was appointed a lecturer in bacteriology at the University of Toronto before serving in World War I with the No. 4 Canadian General Hospital. In 1919, he was appointed to the Sir John and Lady Eaton chair in medicine at the University of Toronto on the recommendation of William Goldie. He was also the physician-in-chief of the Toronto General Hospital. From 1933 to 1935, he was the president of the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada. From 1940 to 1941, he was the president of the Canadian Medical Association. From 1942 to 1946, he was a member of the National Research Council. In 1968, he was made a Companion of the Order of Canada. He was a Commander of the Order of the British Empire. He received honorary degrees from the University of Western Ontario, University of Toronto, and Queen's University. He died in Toronto in 1974.

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# Duncan Archibald Graham

**Duncan Archibald Graham**, CC CBE FRSC (January 8, 1882  February 18, 1974) was a Canadian physician and academic who held the first position in the British Empire of chair of clinical medicine, established by John Craig Eaton at the University of Toronto in 1919. He held this position and was chair of the department of medicine and physician-in-chief at the Toronto General Hospital, until 1947.

Born on a farm near Ivan, Ontario, he received a Bachelor of Medicine from the University of Toronto in 1905. He was an assistant bacteriologist with the Ontario Board of Health before starting his residency in pathology at the Toronto General Hospital. He was also a pathologist with the Tuberculosis League of Pittsburg. From 1909 to 1911, he did post-graduate studies in Europe. He was appointed a lecturer in bacteriology at the University of Toronto before serving in World War I with the No. 4 Canadian General Hospital.

In 1919, he was appointed to the Sir John and Lady Eaton chair in medicine at the University of Toronto on the recommendation of William Goldie. He was also the physician-in-chief of the Toronto General Hospital. From 1933 to 1935, he was the president of the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada. From 1940 to 1941, he was the president of the Canadian Medical Association. From 1942 to 1946, he was a member of the National Research Council.

In 1968, he was made a Companion of the Order of Canada. He was a Commander of the Order of the British Empire. He received honorary degrees from the University of Western Ontario, University of Toronto, and Queen's University.

He died in Toronto in 1974.

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| Duncan Archibald Graham | |
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| Born | (1882-01-08)January 8, 1882
Near Ivan, Ontario, Canada |
| Died | February 18, 1974(1974-02-18) (aged 92)
Toronto, Ontario, Canada |
| Alma mater | University of Toronto |
| Known for | Physician and professor of medicine |
| Awards | Order of Canada, Order of the British Empire |
| **Scientific career** | |
| Institutions | University of Toronto
Toronto General Hospital |
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title: Cielito Querido Café

abstract: Cielito Querido Café is a Mexican coffee shop chain inspired by Latin American history that sells typical Mexican beverages and foods. Brenda Montero is the current CEO of the company. The brand vends typical Mexican products including chamoyadas, hot horchata, café de olla, ponche, and sweet bread.

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# Cielito Querido Café

**Cielito Querido Café** is a Mexican coffee shop chain inspired by Latin American history that sells typical Mexican beverages and foods. Brenda Montero is the current CEO of the company. The brand vends typical Mexican products including chamoyadas, hot horchata, café de olla, ponche, and sweet bread.

## History

The company was started in 2010 by Grupo ADO, a company of passenger transportation in southeastern Mexico, completing a project that was conceived for eight months in the minds of entrepreneurs and designers Nacho Cadena and Héctor Esrrawe.

## Concept

Cielito Querido is a neo-retro chain concept whose products are Mexican, and it does not adhere to the one-size-fits-all standard of global coffee shops. The coffee shop chain is inspired by Latin American culture and uses some colonial influences. The theme of the company is inspired by illustrated graphics from the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. Cielito Querido Café has 100% Mexican suppliers and producers from the main coffee and chocolate manufacturers located in Oaxaca, Chiapas and Veracruz. Its name comes from Mexican popular music, inspired by the song "Cielito Lindo" written in 1882 by the Mexican composer Quirino Mendoza y Cortéz forming a play on words with another famous Mexican song which is "Mexico Lindo y Querido" by the Mexican composer Chucho Monge. Their mission is "to regain the market in a nostalgic, cheerful, dynamic and highly diverse way".

## Business model

The company hopes to expand in the Mexican market with a café in each major neighborhood rather than on every street corner. The competitors of Cielito Querido Café include: Starbucks, Café Punta del Cielo, The Italian Coffee Company, and Juan Valdéz. Cielito Querido Café currently holds 2.8% of the Mexican café market.

The brand currently operates 55 coffee shops, including in Mexico City, Querétaro, Toluca, Cuernavaca and Puebla. Cielito Querido Café has been imitated in Belgium and Peru.

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## InfoBox

Cielito Querido Café
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| Company type | Public |
| Industry | Coffee shop |
| Founded | 2010 (2010) |
| Founder | ADO Group |
| Headquarters | Mexico City |
| Website | cielitoquerido.com.mx/ |


abstract: The Big Ten Conference Men's Basketball Player of the Year is an award given to the Big Ten Conference's most outstanding player. The award was first given following the 1984–85 season. Only four players have won the award multiple times: Jim Jackson of Ohio State, Mateen Cleaves of Michigan State, Luka Garza of Iowa, and Zach Edey of Purdue. Ten players who won the Big Ten Player of the Year award were also named the national player of the year by one or more major voting bodies: Jim Jackson (1992), Calbert Cheaney of Indiana (1993), Glenn Robinson of Purdue (1994), Evan Turner of Ohio State (2010), Draymond Green of Michigan State (2012), Trey Burke of Michigan (2013), Frank Kaminsky of Wisconsin (2015), Denzel Valentine of Michigan State (2016), Luka Garza of Iowa (2021), and Zach Edey of Purdue. Michigan State has the record for the most winners with nine. Of current Big Ten Conference members, nine schools have never had a winner. Of these, only Northwestern was in the conference since the inception of this award—Penn State joined the Big Ten in 1991, Nebraska joined in 2011, followed by Maryland and Rutgers in 2014, and by Oregon, UCLA, USC, and Washington in 2024.

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# Big Ten Conference Men's Basketball Player of the Year

The **Big Ten Conference Men's Basketball Player of the Year** is an award given to the Big Ten Conference's most outstanding player. The award was first given following the 1984–85 season. Only four players have won the award multiple times: Jim Jackson of Ohio State (1991, 1992), Mateen Cleaves of Michigan State (1998, 1999), Luka Garza of Iowa (2020, 2021), and Zach Edey of Purdue (2023, 2024). Ten players who won the Big Ten Player of the Year award were also named the national player of the year by one or more major voting bodies: Jim Jackson (1992), Calbert Cheaney of Indiana (1993), Glenn Robinson of Purdue (1994), Evan Turner of Ohio State (2010), Draymond Green of Michigan State (2012), Trey Burke of Michigan (2013), Frank Kaminsky of Wisconsin (2015), Denzel Valentine of Michigan State (2016), Luka Garza of Iowa (2021), and Zach Edey of Purdue (2023 and 2024).

Michigan State has the record for the most winners with nine. Of current Big Ten Conference members, nine schools have never had a winner. Of these, only Northwestern was in the conference since the inception of this award—Penn State joined the Big Ten in 1991, Nebraska joined in 2011, followed by Maryland and Rutgers in 2014, and by Oregon, UCLA, USC, and Washington in 2024.

## Key

|  | Co-Players of the Year |
| --- | --- |
| * | Awarded a national player of the year award:
UPI College Basketball Player of the Year (1954–55 to 1995–96)
Naismith College Player of the Year (1968–69 to present)
John R. Wooden Award (1976–77 to present) |
| Player (X) | Denotes the number of times the player has been awarded the Big Ten Player of the Year award at that point |

## Winners

Roy Tarpley, Michigan, 1985Scott Skiles, Michigan State, 1986Dennis Hopson, Ohio State, 1987Glen Rice, Michigan, 1989 Jim Jackson, Ohio State, 1991 and 1992Calbert Cheaney, Indiana, 1993Glen Rice, Michigan, 1989Jared Jeffries, Indiana, 2002 Kalin Lucas, Michigan State, 2009JaJuan Johnson, Purdue, 2011Trey Burke, Michigan, 2013Cassius Winston, Michigan State, 2019 Johnny Davis, Wisconsin, 2022Zach Edey, Purdue, 2023 and 2024

| Season | Player | School | Position | Class | Reference |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1984–85 | Roy Tarpley | Michigan | PF / | Junior |  |
| 1985–86 | Scott Skiles | Michigan State | PG | Senior |  |
| 1986–87 | Dennis Hopson | Ohio State | SF | Senior |  |
| 1987–88 | Gary Grant | Michigan | PG | Senior |  |
| 1988–89 | Jay Edwards | Indiana | SG | Sophomore |  |
| | Glen Rice | Michigan | SG / SF | Senior |  |
| 1989–90 | Steve Scheffler | Purdue |  | Senior |  |
| 1990–91 | Jim Jackson | Ohio State | SG | Sophomore |  |
| 1991–92 | Jim Jackson* (2) | Ohio State | SG | Junior |  |
| 1992–93 | Calbert Cheaney* | Indiana | SF | Senior |  |
| 1993–94 | Glenn Robinson* | Purdue | SF | Junior |  |
| 1994–95 | Shawn Respert | Michigan State | SG | Senior |  |
| 1995–96 | Brian Evans | Indiana | PF | Senior |  |
| 1996–97 | *Bobby Jackson*\[a\] | *Minnesota*\[a\] | PG | Senior |  |
| 1997–98 | Mateen Cleaves | Michigan State | PG | Sophomore |  |
| 1998–99 | Mateen Cleaves (2) | Michigan State | PG | Junior |  |
| | Scoonie Penn | Ohio State | PG | Junior |  |
| 1999–00 | A. J. Guyton | Indiana | SG | Senior |  |
| | Morris Peterson | Michigan State | SF | Senior |  |
| 2000–01 | Frank Williams | Illinois | PG | Sophomore |  |
| 2001–02 | Jared Jeffries | Indiana |  | Sophomore |  |
| 2002–03 | Brian Cook | Illinois | PF | Senior |  |
| 2003–04 | Devin Harris | Wisconsin | PG | Junior |  |
| 2004–05 | Dee Brown | Illinois | SG | Junior |  |
| 2005–06 | Terence Dials | Ohio State | PF | Senior |  |
| 2006–07 | Alando Tucker | Wisconsin | SF | Senior |  |
| 2007–08 | D. J. White | Indiana | PF | Senior |  |
| 2008–09 | Kalin Lucas | Michigan State | PG | Sophomore |  |
| 2009–10 | Evan Turner* | Ohio State | SG | Junior |  |
| 2010–11 | JaJuan Johnson | Purdue |  | Senior |  |
| 2011–12 | Draymond Green* | Michigan State | SF | Senior |  |
| 2012–13 | Trey Burke* | Michigan | PG | Sophomore |  |
| 2013–14 | Nik Stauskas | Michigan | SG | Sophomore |  |
| 2014–15 | Frank Kaminsky* | Wisconsin | PF | Senior |  |
| 2015–16 | Denzel Valentine* | Michigan State | SG | Senior |  |
| 2016–17 | Caleb Swanigan | Purdue | PF | Sophomore |  |
| 2017–18 | Keita Bates-Diop | Ohio State | SF | Junior |  |
| 2018–19 | Cassius Winston | Michigan State | PG | Junior |  |
| 2019–20 | Luka Garza | Iowa |  | Junior |  |
| 2020–21 | Luka Garza* (2) | Iowa |  | Senior |  |
| 2021–22 | Johnny Davis | Wisconsin | SG | Sophomore |  |
| 2022–23 | Zach Edey* | Purdue |  | Junior |  |
| 2023–24 | Zach Edey* (2) | Purdue |  | Senior |  |

**a** Bobby Jackson's selection was later vacated (along with that season's win total and all other accolades) due to an academic fraud scandal that ruled the entire team ineligible.

## Winners by school

| School (year joined) | Winners | Years |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Michigan State (1953) | 9 | 1986, 1995, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2009, 2012, 2016, 2019 |
| Ohio State (1912) | 7 | 1987, 1991, 1992, 1999, 2006, 2010, 2018 |
| Indiana (1900) | 6 | 1989, 1993, 1996, 2000, 2002, 2008 |
| Purdue (1896) | 6 | 1990, 1994, 2011, 2017, 2023, 2024 |
| Michigan (1896) | 5 | 1985, 1988, 1989, 2013, 2014 |
| Wisconsin (1896) | 4 | 2004, 2007, 2015, 2022 |
| Illinois (1896) | 3 | 2001, 2003, 2005 |
| Iowa (1900) | 2 | 2020, 2021 |
| Minnesota (1896) | 0 | 1997 vacated\[a\] |
| Maryland (2014) | 0 |  |
| Nebraska (2011) | 0 |  |
| Northwestern (1896) | 0 |  |
| Oregon (2024) | 0 |  |
| Penn State (1993) | 0 |  |
| Rutgers (2014) | 0 |  |
| UCLA (2024) | 0 |  |
| USC (2024) | 0 |  |
| Washington (2024) | 0 |  |

## InfoBox

Big Ten Conference Men's Basketball Player of the Year
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| --- | --- |
| Awarded for | the most outstanding basketball player in the Big Ten Conference |
| Country | United States |
| History | |
| First award | 1985 |
| Most recent | Zach Edey, Purdue |