title: Richard Davies (Quaker)

abstract: Richard Davies was a Welsh quaker.

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# Richard Davies (Quaker)

**Richard Davies** (1635 – April 1708) was a Welsh quaker.

## Biography

Davies was born in 1635 at Welshpool, where his family had a fair estate, and received his education in that town. Although brought up to the episcopal church, when only thirteen years old he began to go to dissenters' meetings, and used to follow one independent minister when he preached at considerable distances. When fourteen he was sent, preliminary to being apprenticed, on trial to a tradesman, but a single conversation proving that his destined master's religious views were not ‘right,’ he returned home, and waited until he met with a felt-maker of whose opinions he approved, to whom he apprenticed himself. In 1657 he met with a person who professed quaker principles, and, without joining that body, Davies broke off his connection with the independents, and adopted the quaker forms of speech and customs, for using which his mistress once broke his head and, as he alleged, tried to murder him. Shortly before the termination of his apprenticeship he visited Welshpool, and, going with his parents to church, interrupted the preacher, for which he was arrested, but discharged by the magistrates, as his offence was not sufficient to constitute legal brawling. Finding three other men of like mind, he commenced to worship with them on a hillside in quaker fashion, for which he was avoided, and underwent some petty persecution. On the termination of his apprenticeship in 1658–9 he went to live in London, joining the Friends, among whom he soon became a minister, and working at his trade of felt-maker or hatter. About the same time he married. Towards the end of 1660, while on a visit to Welshpool, he was arrested in the middle of the night, on a charge of being inimical to the government, by some soldiers. The magistrates, to whom he was known, interfered in his behalf, and as the soldiers refused to liberate him, a crowd collected, and abetted by the magistrates made preparations for a riot. On Davies promising to surrender himself at Montgomery prison the next morning, the soldiers let him go. This promise he kept, on his way avoiding, he relates, going near the house of an uncle, a magistrate, who he feared might prevent him. He was only imprisoned, though with great severity, for a fortnight, when he went to a meeting at which, with twenty-five others, he was arrested and sent to the gaol at Shrewsbury. On condition of promising that these prisoners should all appear at the next assizes, he, after a few days, obtained their release, for which, as it was harvest time, he was particularly anxious. At the assizes they were discharged on condition of returning home at once. As a minister Davies was so successful that in the course of a few years the greater part of the inhabitants for miles round Welshpool professed quakerism. His converts were severely persecuted, and Davies, whose influence was considerable, was instrumental in relieving the wants of those who were confined in overcrowded prisons, as well as in obtaining the release of a large number. Among other magistrates he visited the third Lord Herbert of Cherbury, who asked the clergyman introducing him who he was. The other replied, ‘A quaker and a haberdasher of hats.’ ‘Oh,’ said Lord Herbert, ‘I thought he was such an one, for he keeps his hat so fast on the block.’ Lord Herbert refused to use his influence to liberate the Friends altogether, but obtained for them so much liberty that they were allowed to leave the prison and go where they liked so long as they did not return to their homes, and Davies seems to have been instrumental in providing a house for their use.

In 1662 he was again arrested at Welshpool, but was offered his liberty if he would consent to go to church the following Sunday, which he accepted, and insisted on speaking both during the morning and evening service. He, however, always spoke with so much courtesy that he generally parted on friendly terms with the preachers he interrupted, and many of his closest friends were ministers whom he opposed. In his ‘Account of the Convincement,’ &c., he states that he was for the next ten years nominally a prisoner under a writ of præmunire, but he was put under no restraint of any kind, and, although during these years, which he occupied as a travelling minister, he was frequently arrested, he was never detained more than a few hours. On one of his journeys he made the acquaintance of Thomas Corbet, a barrister, of whose legal knowledge he made such use as to obtain the liberation of numbers of imprisoned Friends. From this time the relief and liberation of the suffering quakers seems to have been his real business, and he never hesitated to urge them to take any advantage a faulty writ or technical error might afford. In 1680, while he was in London, a writ of excommunication was issued against him. He immediately returned to Wales, and called on Dr. Lloyd, the bishop of St. Asaph, who offered to annul the writ, an offer Davies declined until the bishop agreed to include all the other Friends who were in like condition. In his ‘Account’ he gives a very amusing narrative of an interview he had on behalf of imprisoned Friends with Lord Hyde at Whitehall, and of another with Earl Powys, who, he records, never allowed the quakers to be fined for not serving on juries, or otherwise offending for conscience sake, in any places where he had influence. He seems to have been on most friendly terms with several of the bishops and the more important clergy, and to have been almost always successful in persuading them to exercise their influence on behalf of the Friends. In 1702 he was one of the twelve quakers sent by the yearly meeting to present an address to the queen and to have acted as spokesman, after which he returned to Wales, going round by Worcester in order to stop with his firm friend Dr. Lloyd, who had been translated to that see from St. Asaph. Davies visited London again in 1704 and 1706 to be present at the yearly meetings.

He died after a very brief illness in April 1708, and was interred in the Friends' burying-place near his house at Cloddiechion, near Welshpool. He was a recognised minister for forty-five years. He was a man of amiable disposition, of considerable gift in preaching, kind-hearted, charitable, and unpretending, with considerable tact and foresight. His only work is ‘An Account of the Convincement, Exercises, and Services of that Ancient Servant of the Lord, R. D.,’ &c., 1710, which has been frequently republished in England and America.

This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Henderson, Thomas Finlayson (1886). "Davies, Richard (1635-1708)". In Stephen, Leslie (ed.). *Dictionary of National Biography*. Vol. 05. London: Smith, Elder & Co.

## InfoBox

| Richard Davies | |
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| Born | 1635<br>Welshpool |
| Died | April 1708 |
| Nationality | Welsh |
| Occupation | Quaker |


title: Wallace Chapel AME Zion Church

abstract: Wallace Chapel AME Zion Church is located at 138-142 Broad Street at the intersection of Broad and Orchard streets in Summit, Union County, New Jersey, United States. It was organized in 1923 and the church building was completed in 1937, the second black church in that city. It was listed on the New Jersey and National Registers of Historic Places in 2007. In 2008, the General Conference of The AME Zion Church designated Wallace Chapel AME Zion Church a Historical Landmark of the AME Zion Church. The congregation was first established in 1923, and met at the local YMCA. Two years later, The Rev. Florence Spearing Randolph, a former suffragette and activist, was appointed temporary pastor. In 1928 the church acquired its first building, a small house on the church's current site with enough space on the first floor to seat a hundred people at services. This duplex house is now the parsonage and community house. Rev. Dr. Florence S. Randolph served as pastor of the church from 1925 until her retirement in 1946. Rev. Dr. Denison D. Harrield, Jr. was appointed as pastor of the church on October 1, 1989.

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# Wallace Chapel AME Zion Church

**Wallace Chapel AME Zion Church** is located at 138-142 Broad Street at the intersection of Broad and Orchard streets in Summit, Union County, New Jersey, United States. It was organized in 1923 and the church building was completed in 1937, the second black church in that city. It was listed on the New Jersey and National Registers of Historic Places in 2007. In 2008, the General Conference of The AME Zion Church designated Wallace Chapel AME Zion Church a Historical Landmark of the AME Zion Church.

The congregation was first established in 1923, and met at the local YMCA. Two years later, The Rev. Florence Spearing Randolph, a former suffragette and activist, was appointed temporary pastor. In 1928 the church acquired its first building, a small house on the church's current site with enough space on the first floor to seat a hundred people at services. This duplex house is now the parsonage and community house. Rev. Dr. Florence S. Randolph served as pastor of the church from 1925 until her retirement in 1946. Rev. Dr. Denison D. Harrield, Jr. was appointed as pastor of the church on October 1, 1989.

## InfoBox

| Wallace Chapel AME Zion Church | |
| --- | --- |
| Front elevation, 2008 | |
| Religion | |
| Affiliation | African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church |
| Location | |
| Location | Summit, NJ |
| Geographic coordinates | 40°42′49″N 74°20′36″W / 40.71361°N 74.34333°W / 40.71361; -74.34333 |
| Architecture | |
| Groundbreaking | 1935 |
| Completed | 1937 |
| Specifications | |
| Direction of façade | West |
| Materials | Brick |
| U.S. National Register of Historic Places | |
| Added to NRHP | 2007 |
| NRHP Reference no. | 07000877 |


title: Waldorf Music Hall Records

abstract: Waldorf Music Hall Records was a budget record label exclusively sold in Woolworth stores from 1954 to 1959. Waldorf was headed by Enoch Light and based in Harrison, New Jersey. Light's business partners in this venture were Casper Pinsker and Dick Davemos. The business model for Waldorf Music Hall appears to have been inspired by the popularity of the Your Hit Parade television program. In the 1950s it was common to refer to Waldorf Music Hall, and other labels like it, as 'Hit Parader Records.'

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# Waldorf Music Hall Records

**Waldorf Music Hall Records** was a budget record label exclusively sold in Woolworth stores from 1954 to 1959. Waldorf was headed by Enoch Light and based in Harrison, New Jersey. Light's business partners in this venture were Casper Pinsker and Dick Davemos. The business model for Waldorf Music Hall appears to have been inspired by the popularity of the Your Hit Parade television program. In the 1950s it was common to refer to Waldorf Music Hall, and other labels like it, as 'Hit Parader Records.'

## History

Although many sources give 1953 as the establishment date for Waldorf Music Hall, none of their releases appears to predate 1954. Light's promotional literature identifies Waldorf Music Hall as the first record label he began on his own, with Light's Project 3 label debuting in 1967. Therefore, the Waldorf label was "Project 1" whilst Grand Award Records and its later subsidiary Command Records became "Project 2". It was begun as a generic, "soundalike" label, with Light's stable of artists—Loren Becker, Artie Malvin, Lois Winter, Dottie Evans and others—reproducing the hits of the day. Some have regarded Waldorf Music Hall as the first such label, but it appears that Big 4 Hits, a label based out of Cincinnati and headed by Carl Burkhardt, was established in 1952 and is therefore earlier. Emblazoned with the diamond-shaped logo "FDR"—meaning "Full Dynamic Range," signifying high fidelity, but also invoking an acronym for a popular American president—Waldorf Music Hall was primarily a 10" LP label with 8 hits apiece; 48 releases in the 3300 series appeared between January 1954 and December 1957. Waldorf Music Hall also issued 45 rpm EPs of the same material; 78 rpm releases were issued on a plain label simply called "Waldorf" and on subsidiary labels 18 Top Hits and Rock N Roll. The 10" Lps sold for 99 cents, and the singles for 69 cents apiece.

As mainstream pop vocals in the hit market began to give way to rock n' roll hits, Hit Parader type versions of these began to sound considerably more quaint and old-fashioned compared to the originals. Fortunately, Waldorf Music Hall had begun to diversify its offerings already through a $1.49 12" album program that featured coherent offerings ranging from classical and opera to children's records, jazz, dance music and gospel. In 1955, Light had begun his higher profile Grand Award label and this drew some attention away from Waldorf Music Hall; the Hit Parader issues stopped at the end of 1957. However, at the same time Waldorf gained a budget subsidiary, Colortone Records. In 1959, Enoch Light sold all of his labels to AM-PAR and became part of their organization. Grand Award continued, but at this point Waldorf Music Hall became dormant, having served its short-lived purpose.

## Legacy

Many collectors view the Waldorf Music Hall records as "junk," and they are relatively common in second hand shops, though it took one collector more than thirty years to locate copies of all 48 albums in the 10" 3300 series. Nevertheless, some of the 12" albums—for example,those by the gospel group Deep River Boys and the traditional jazz band The Royal Playboys—remain desirable and are unique to Waldorf Music Hall. Moreover, the label also issued recordings by pianists Pauline Alpert and Dick Hyman (as "Knuckles O'Toole" and "Puddin' Head Smith"), bandleaders Will Bradley, Bobby Byrne and Peanuts Hucko and other significant artists under-utilized or not employed by the major labels. Waldorf Music Hall also released some novelty songs performed by TV comedian/actor Wally Cox. In keeping with Light's reputation as an audiophile, Waldorf Music Hall issues do on the whole sound better than average for Hit Parader records, and the performances are of professional caliber even if the idiom of rock 'n roll is not comfortably realized.

## Notable Releases

* *Chimes at Christmas Time* \- Godrey Malcolm on the Organ with Fredrico on the Chimes - MHK 33-1230


title: HMS Ramillies (1785)

abstract: HMS Ramillies was a 74-gun third rate ship of the line of the Royal Navy, launched on 12 July 1785 at Rotherhithe.

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# HMS Ramillies (1785)

**HMS *Ramillies*** was a 74-gun third rate ship of the line of the Royal Navy, launched on 12 July 1785 at Rotherhithe.

## French Revolutionary Wars

On 4 April 1796, *Ramilies* ran down and sank the hired armed lugger *Spider* while maneuvering.

In 1801, *Ramilies* was part of Admiral Sir Hyde Parker's reserve squadron at the Battle of Copenhagen, and so did not take an active part in the battle.

## Expedition to occupy the Danish West Indies (1807)

In 1807 *Ramillies* was in the West Indies as part of a squadron under the command of Rear-Admiral Alexander Cochrane, who sailed in HMS *Belleisle*. The squadron, which included HMS *Prince George*, HMS *Northumberland*, HMS *Canada* and HMS *Cerberus*, captured the *Telemaco*, *Carvalho* and *Master* on 17 April 1807.

Following concern in Britain that neutral Denmark was entering an alliance with Napoleon, in December *Ramillies* participated in Cochrane's expedition that captured the Danish islands of St Thomas on 22 December and Santa Cruz on 25 December. The Danes did not resist and the invasion was bloodless.

## War of 1812

In August 1812, Sir Thomas Masterman Hardy took command of *Ramillies* and was sent to North America at the outbreak of the War of 1812. Hardy led the fleet in *Ramillies* that escorted and transported the army commanded by John Coape Sherbrooke which captured significant portions of eastern coastal Maine (then part of Massachusetts), including Fort Sullivan, Eastport, Machias, Bangor, and Castine.

On 4 December 1813 *Ramilies* and *Loire* recaptured the whaler *Policy*, J.Bowman, master, which the United States Navy had captured in the South Pacific. Her captors sent *Policy* into Halifax, Nova Scotia.

However, on 10 August 1814, a landing party from *Ramillies* was defeated at Stonington, Connecticut. The party was to have burned Stonington Borough and the shipping, but was repulsed.

During the Battle of North Point, a composite battalion of Royal Marines were landed from HMS *Tonnant*, HMS *Ramillies*, HMS *Albion*, and HMS *Royal Oak*, under the command of Brevet Major John Robyns. The two fatalities were from HMS Ramillies. From Baltimore *Ramillies* sailed to New Orleans where her boats participated in the battle of Lake Borgne in December 1814. At the end of January 1815, the prisoners of war from the Battle of Lake Borgne were transported to the Caribbean in HMS Ramillies. In 1847 the Admiralty issued a clasp (or bar) marked "**14 Dec. Boat Service 1814**" to survivors of the boat service who claimed the clasp to the Naval General Service Medal.

## Post-war

In June 1815 *Ramillies* was under the command of Captain Charles Ogle. In November, Captain Thomas Boys replaced Ogle, while Rear-Admiral Sir William Hope raised his flag in her at Leith.

In June 1818 *Ramillies* was at Sheerness, being fitted as a guardship. Captain Aiskew Hollis took command in September as *Ramillies* took up a post as guardship at Portsmouth. While at Portsmouth she employed a HMS *Viper* as a tender. On 30 November 1820 and 6 February 1821, *Viper* made some captures, presumably of smugglers, that resulted in a payment of prize money not only to the officers and crew of *Viper*, but also of *Ramillies*.

In August 1821, *Ramillies* came under the command of Captain Edward Brace and served in the Downs on the Coastal Blockade. She then underwent repairs between May 1822 and June 1823, and was fitted for a guardship at Portsmouth again. In May 1823 Captain William M'Cullock took command. In November 1825 Captain Hugh Pigot replaced M'Cullock. The Admiralty ordered *Ramillies* to the Reserve for Harbour Service in 1830, and *Ramillies* was on harbour service from 1831.

In June 1831 *Ramillies* was at Chatham Dockyard, being fitted as a lazaretto, a hospital for quarantine. She then moved to Sheerness to serve in that capacity. *Ramillies* was eventually broken up at Sheerness in February 1850.

## Citations

1. Lavery, Ships of the Line, vol. 1, p. 180.
2. "No. 16236". *The London Gazette*. 11 March 1809. p. 330.
3. Maine League of Historical Societies and Museums (1970). Doris A. Isaacson (ed.). *Maine: A Guide 'Down East'*. Rockland, Me: Courier-Gazette, Inc. p. 336.
4. Crawford, p273 with reference to Rear Admiral Codrington's memo dated 11 September 1814
5. "War of 1812 Casualty Database \[of Crown Forces\]". Retrieved 18 February 2013.
6. "No. 16947". *The London Gazette*. 17 October 1814. pp. 2075–2075.
7. Smith 2000, p. 30.
8. "No. 20939". *The London Gazette*. 26 January 1849. p. 247.
9. Winfield (2008), pp.60-1.
10. "No. 17705". *The London Gazette*. 12 May 1821. p. 1025.
* Crawford, Michael J., ed. (2002). *The Naval War of 1812: A Documentary History, Vol. 3*. Washington: Naval Historical Center (GPO). ISBN 978-0-16-051224-7.
* Lavery, Brian (2003) *The Ship of the Line – Volume 1: The development of the battlefleet 1650-1850.* Conway Maritime Press. ISBN 0-85177-252-8.
* Winfield, Rif (2008). *British Warships in the Age of Sail 17931817: Design, Construction, Careers and Fates*. Seaforth. ISBN 978-1-86176-246-7.
* Smith, Gene A. (2000). *Thomas ap Catesby Jones*. Annapolis, Maryland: Naval Institute Press. ISBN 978-1-55750-848-5.

## InfoBox

| Hull plan of HMS *Thunderer* | |
| --- | --- |
| History | |
| Great Britain | |
| Name | HMS *Ramillies* |
| Ordered | 19 June 1782 |
| Builder | Randall, Rotherhithe |
| Laid down | December 1782 |
| Launched | 12 July 1785 |
| Fate | Broken up, February 1850 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type | *Culloden*-class ship of the line |
| Tons burthen | 1677+1794 (bm) |
| Length | 170 ft 4 in (51.92 m) (gundeck); 139 ft 9 in (42.60 m) (keel) |
| Beam | 47 ft 6 in (14.48 m) |
| Depth of hold | 19 ft 11+12 in (6.083 m) |
| Propulsion | Sails |
| Sail plan | Full-rigged ship |
| Armament | * Gundeck: 28 × 32-pounder guns * Upper gundeck: 28 × 18-pounder guns * QD: 14 × 9-pounder guns * Fc: 4 × 9-pounder guns |


title: Walt Walsh

abstract: Walter William Walsh was a Major League Baseball player. Walsh only played two games, never getting an at-bat for the Philadelphia Phillies in 1920. He was used as a pinch runner in the two games he played. Walsh was born in Newark, New Jersey and died in Avon-by-the-Sea, New Jersey.

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# Walt Walsh

**Walter William Walsh** (April 30, 1897 — January 15, 1966) was a Major League Baseball player. Walsh only played two games, never getting an at-bat for the Philadelphia Phillies in 1920. He was used as a pinch runner in the two games he played.

Walsh was born in Newark, New Jersey and died in Avon-by-the-Sea, New Jersey.

## InfoBox

| Walt Walsh | |
| --- | --- |
| **Pinch runner** | |
| **Born:** (1897-04-30)April 30, 1897
Newark, New Jersey | |
| **Died:** January 15, 1966(1966-01-15) (aged 68)
Avon-by-the-Sea, New Jersey | |
| **Batted:** Right**Threw:** Right | |
| MLB debut | |
| May 4, 1920, for the Philadelphia Phillies | |
| Last MLB appearance | |
| May 5, 1920, for the Philadelphia Phillies | |
| MLB statistics | |
| Games played | 2 |
| At bats | 0 |
| Hits | 0 |
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| Teams | |
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title: HMS Porcupine (1777)

abstract: HMS Porcupine was a 24-gun Porcupine-class sixth-rate post ship of the Royal Navy built in 1777 and broken up in 1805. During her career she saw service in the American War of Independence and the French Revolutionary Wars.

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# HMS Porcupine (1777)

**HMS *Porcupine*** was a 24-gun *Porcupine*-class sixth-rate post ship of the Royal Navy built in 1777 and broken up in 1805. During her career she saw service in the American War of Independence and the French Revolutionary Wars.

## Construction and commissioning

*Porcupine* cost £5,443.0.11d to build, plus £4,604.13.8d for fitting and coppering. She was commissioned under her first captain, William Finch, in December 1777.

## Service

### War with France

On 29 September 1778, *Porcupine*, Captain William Clement Finch, captured the French East Indiaman *Modeste* in the Bay of Biscay. *Modeste*, of 1000 tons, 26 guns and 95 men, was returning from China and richly laden. Her cargo was valued at £300,000, half of which was insured with English underwriters. *Modeste* became the East Indiaman *Locko*, which later made three voyages for the British East India Company.

On 15 March 1779, the British warships *Apollo*, *Porcupine*, and *Milford* captured the French privateer cutter *Tapageur*. The Royal Navy took her into service under her existing name.

She came under the command of Captain Sir Charles Knowles around February 1780 and fought an action against two 36-gun xebecs off Valencia on 22 July 1781. On 30 July 1780 she and the xebec HMS *Minorca* engaged the French frigate *Montréal*, the former British frigate HMS *Montreal*, off the Barbary coast. The two-hour engagement was indecisive and the British broke off the engagement.

*Porcupine* was stationed at Gibraltar during the Great Siege. In June 1782 the garrison there launched 12 gunboats. Each was armed with an 18-pounder gun and received a crew of 21 men drawn from Royal Navy vessels stationed at Gibraltar. *Porcupine* provided crews for five: *Europa*, *Fury*, *Scourge*, *Terrible*, and *Terror*.

On 13 and 14 September and 11 October, the garrison destroyed a number of floating batteries. In December 1784 there was a distribution of £30,000 in bounty money for the batteries and the proceeds of the sale of ships stores, including those of *San Miguel*. A second payment of £16,000 followed in November 1785. A third payment, this of £8,000, followed in August 1786. June 1788 saw the payment of a fourth tranche, this of £4,000. *Porcupine*'s officers and crew shared in all four.

### Between the wars

*Porcupine* was paid off in 1783. Between August 1784 and June 1786 she underwent repairs and fitting. She was recommissioned for service off Scotland. She then underwent fitting for Channel service, but then was off Scotland again.

In 1788, *Porcupine* took part in commemorations marking the hundredth anniversary of the siege of Derry.

*Porcupine* was at Plymouth between November 1791 and January 1792. Captain Edward Buller recommissioned her in August. Captain Manley Dixon replaced Buller in 1793.

### French Revolutionary Wars

*Porcupine* was one of 46 ships at Plymouth that benefited from the seizure of several Dutch merchantmen and East Indiamenn on 30 January 1795. The next day a squadron under Captain Sir John Borlase Warren detained the Dutch East India Ship *Ostenhuyson*, and *Porcupine* benefited from that too.

In August Captain John Draper replaced Dixon. On 26 September *Porcupine* and *Minotaur* recaptured the *Walsingham* *Packet*. The French corvette brig *Insolent*, of 18 guns and 90 men, had captured *Walsingham Packet* on 13 September as *Walsingham Packet* was sailing from Falmouth to Lisbon. *Insolent* narrowly escaped being herself captured at the recapture of *Walsingham Packet*, getting into Lorient as the British ships came into range.

On 20 March 1796 *Porcupine* captured the French privateer *Coureur*. *Porcupine* was about three or four leagues (14 or 19 km) south southwest of the Lizard when the revenue cutter *Fox* informed *Porcupine* that a French privateer had just captured an English brig. *Porcupine* set out in chase and quickly recaptured *Diamon*, of Aberdeen, George Killer, master. Draper sent a prize crew aboard with orders to take *Diamon* into the nearest port, and then set out after the privateer. The privateer put on such a press of sail that she lost her maintopmast, which enabled *Porcupine* to come up. *Coureur*, of 144 tons (bm), was pierced for 14 guns but only carried eight. She and her crew of 80 men had left Saint-Malo the day before. In addition to the brig *Coureur* had captured, *Coureur* was in chase of another merchant ship as *Porcupine* came on the scene, and there were other merchant vessels in sight as well that the privateer might have taken.

Between November and December 1796 *Porcupine* captured the Spanish vessels *La Merced*, *St Ignacio*, *Nostra Senora de la Rigla*, *Monserrat*, *Trinidad*, and *Santa Eulatia*.

In July 1797 Captain Charles Pater replaced Draper. Pater sailed her to Halifax, Nova Scotia, the next month.

Captain Andrew Evans assumed command in October 1798. *Porcupine* and *St Albans* shared in the capture on 8 November of the brig *Molly*.

*Porcupine* returned from Halifax on 15 December 1800 having escorted the merchant ships *America* and *Diamond*. *Porcupine* was carrying Commissioner Duncan, whom she landed at Plymouth.

On 6 April 1801 *Porcupine* left Portsmouth as one of the escorts for a convoy to the West Indies. She returned on 22 September 1802; she was paid off on 13 October at Plymouth and laid up in ordinary.

## Fate

*Porcupine* was broken up at Woolwich in April 1805.

## Citations

1. "No. 12016". *The London Gazette*. 21 September 1779. p. 4.
2. Winfield (2007), p. 190.
3. Henry G. Bohn, "Battles of the British Navy", **Joseph Allen, ESQ. R.N.**, Volume 1, *1853*, pp.307
4. Drinkwater (1905), p. 246.
5. "No. 12596". *The London Gazette*. 16 November 1784. p. 3.
6. "No. 12699". *The London Gazette*. 12 November 1785. p. 523.
7. "No. 12774". *The London Gazette*. 1 August 1786. p. 347.
8. "No. 12997". *The London Gazette*. 7 June 1788. p. 278.
9. Winfield (2008), p. 228.
10. Gebler (2005), p. 324.
11. "No. 15407". *The London Gazette*. 15 September 1801. p. 1145.
12. "No. 15248". *The London Gazette*. 15 April 1800. p. 367.
13. "No. 13818". *The London Gazette*. 29 September 1795. p. 1022.
14. Demerliac (1999), p. 81, n°468.
15. "No. 13878". *The London Gazette*. 26 March 1796. p. 291.
16. Demerliac (1999), p. 243, n°2055.
17. "No. 14006". *The London Gazette*. 2 May 1797. p. 402.
18. "No. 15523". *The London Gazette*. 12 October 1802. p. 1097.
19. *Naval Chronicle*, Vol. 4, p.524.
20. *Naval Chronicle*, Vol. 5, p.373.
21. *Naval Chronicle*, Vol. 8, p.347.

## InfoBox

| *Porcupine* | |
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| History | |
| Great Britain | |
| Name | HMS *Porcupine* |
| Ordered | 21 June 1776 |
| Awarded | 25 June 1776 |
| Builder | Edward Greaves, Limehouse |
| Laid down | July 1776 |
| Launched | 17 December 1777 |
| Completed | 14 February 1778 |
| Commissioned | December 1777 |
| Fate | Broken up at Woolwich in April 1805 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type | 24-gun *Porcupine*-class sixth-rate post ship |
| Tons burthen | 519 5994 (bm) |
| Length | * 114 ft 3 in (34.82 m) (overall) * 94 ft 2 in (28.70 m) (keel) |
| Beam | 32 ft 2+12 in (9.817 m) |
| Draught | * 7 ft 7 in (2.31 m) * 11 ft (3.4 m) |
| Depth of hold | 10 ft 3 in (3.12 m) |
| Sail plan | Full-rigged ship |
| Complement | 160 |
| Armament | * Upper deck: 22 × 9-pounder guns * QD: 2 × 6-pounder guns |


title: Nampty

abstract: Nampty is a commune in the Somme department in Hauts-de-France in northern France.

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# Nampty

**Nampty** is a commune in the Somme department in Hauts-de-France in northern France.

## Geography

Nampty is situated on the D8 road, on the banks of the river Selle, some 10 miles (16 km) south of Amiens.

## Population

Historical population
| Year | Pop. | ±% p.a. |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 1968 | 131 |  |
| 1975 | 135 | +0.43% |
| 1982 | 198 | +5.62% |
| 1990 | 196 | −0.13% |
| 1999 | 205 | +0.50% |
| 2007 | 239 | +1.94% |
| 2012 | 258 | +1.54% |
| 2017 | 289 | +2.30% |
| Source: INSEE | | |

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| Nampty | |
| --- | --- |
| Commune | |
| The chapel in Nampty | |
| Location of Nampty | |
| NamptyNampty | |
| Coordinates: 49°47′42″N 2°12′14″E / 49.795°N 2.2039°E / 49.795; 2.2039 | |
| Country | France |
| Region | Hauts-de-France |
| Department | Somme |
| Arrondissement | Amiens |
| Canton | Ailly-sur-Noye |
| Intercommunality | CC Somme Sud-Ouest |
| Government | |
| Mayor (20202026) | Jérémie Bossu |
| Area**1** | 5.21 km2 (2.01 sq mi) |
| Population (2021) | 285 |
| Density | 55/km2 (140/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| INSEE/Postal code | 80583 /80160 |
| Elevation | 40–145 m (131–476 ft)
(avg. 114 m or 374 ft) |
| **1** French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers \> 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. | |


title: Nampu

abstract: Nampu is a village in Shwegu Township in Bhamo District in the Kachin State of north-eastern Burma.

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# Nampu

**Nampu** is a village in Shwegu Township in Bhamo District in the Kachin State of north-eastern Burma.

1. Maplandia world gazetteer

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| Nampu | |
| --- | --- |
| NampuLocation in Burma | |
| Coordinates: 24°22′N 97°0′E / 24.367°N 97.000°E / 24.367; 97.000 | |
| Country | Burma |
| State | Kachin State |
| District | Bhamo District |
| Township | Shwegu Township |
| Population | |
| Religions | Buddhism |
| Time zone | UTC+6.30 (UTC \+ 6:30) |


title: Walter Plock

abstract: Walter S. Plock was an American professional baseball player, who appeared in two games for the 1891 Philadelphia Phillies. In six at bats, he collected two hits, and scored two runs. In addition to his short stint as a Major League Baseball player, he played in six minor league seasons. Plock was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and died at the age of 30 in Richmond, Virginia of a bridge accident.

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# Walter Plock

**Walter S. Plock** (July 2, 1869 – April 28, 1900) was an American professional baseball player, who appeared in two games for the 1891 Philadelphia Phillies. In six at bats, he collected two hits, and scored two runs. In addition to his short stint as a Major League Baseball player, he played in six minor league seasons. Plock was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and died at the age of 30 in Richmond, Virginia of a bridge accident.

## InfoBox

| Walter Plock | |
| --- | --- |
|  | |
| **Center fielder** | |
| **Born:** (1869-07-02)July 2, 1869
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, US | |
| **Died:** April 28, 1900(1900-04-28) (aged 30)
Richmond, Virginia, US | |
| **Batted:** Unknown**Threw:** Unknown | |
| MLB debut | |
| August 21, 1891, for the Philadelphia Phillies | |
| Last MLB appearance | |
| August 22, 1891, for the Philadelphia Phillies | |
| MLB statistics | |
| Batting average | .400 |
| Home runs | 0 |
| RBIs | 0 |
|  | |
| Teams | |
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title: Wang Xiao (politician)

abstract: Wang Xiao is a Chinese politician, serving since 2015 as the Communist Party Secretary of Xining, the capital of Qinghai province. Wang was born in 1968 in Zaozhuang, Shandong. He graduated from the University of Science and Technology of China. In his early career he worked in the Qingdao Hi-tech Industrial Zone. In 1995 he joined the Communist Youth League system, where he took on increasingly senior posts, including CYL chief of Qingdao, CYL deputy chief of Shandong province, and leader of the Youth Work Department of the Central Committee of the Communist Youth League. He was later named a Secretary of the Secretariat of the Communist Youth League, then Executive Secretary. In 2013, he left the Youth League system to take on the post of Vice-Governor in Qinghai. He was also named a member of the Provincial Party Standing Committee.

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# Wang Xiao (politician)

**Wang Xiao** (Chinese: 王晓; born May 1968) is a Chinese politician, serving since 2015 as the Communist Party Secretary of Xining, the capital of Qinghai province.

Wang was born in 1968 in Zaozhuang, Shandong. He graduated from the University of Science and Technology of China. In his early career he worked in the Qingdao Hi-tech Industrial Zone. In 1995 he joined the Communist Youth League system, where he took on increasingly senior posts, including CYL chief of Qingdao, CYL deputy chief of Shandong province, and leader of the Youth Work Department of the Central Committee of the Communist Youth League. He was later named a Secretary of the Secretariat of the Communist Youth League, then Executive Secretary.

In 2013, he left the Youth League system to take on the post of Vice-Governor in Qinghai. He was also named a member of the Provincial Party Standing Committee.


title: Wang Xiaochuan

abstract: Wang Xiaochuan is a Chinese Internet entrepreneur and investor. He is the founder and former chief executive officer of Sogou. He has also founded Baichuan, an artificial intelligence company.

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# Wang Xiaochuan

**Wang Xiaochuan** (Chinese: 王小川; pinyin: *Wáng Xiǎochuān*; born 3 October 1978) is a Chinese Internet entrepreneur and investor. He is the founder and former chief executive officer of Sogou. He has also founded Baichuan, an artificial intelligence company.

## Early life and education

Wang was born in 1978 in Chengdu, Sichuan Province. Wang began using computers and writing software when he was seven. Since elementary school, Wang received prizes in programming contests aimed at middle school students.

In 1990, Wang ranked NO.1 in the city-wide admission exam to Chengdu No.7 High School (middle school).

In 1993, Wang was admitted to Chengdu No.7 High School (high school) after winning the first prize in the National Mathematics Competition.

In 1994, Wang completed all proof of elementary geometry proposition for the first time, using a microcomputer with Wu's elimination method. For this work, he won the Yilida Youth Invention Award (an award initiated by Nobel Laureate Chen Ning Yang). In 1994, when Vice Premier Li Lanqing visited Chengdu Seventh Middle School, he saw Wang's computer operation performance.

In 1996, he won a gold medal at the 8th International Olympiad in Informatics (IOI) and was admitted to Tsinghua University.

Wang studied at Tsinghua University and earned Bachelor of Science and master's degrees in computer science and an EMBA degree there. Wang also earned his Doctorate in Computer Science and Technology from Tsinghua University.

## Career

Wang entered China's Internet startup sector while still an undergraduate student. In 1999, he participated in the creation of the online alumni directory of ChinaRen.com as a part-time technical manager. His work continued after ChinaRen, In 2003, after completing his postgraduate studies at Tsinghua University, Wang joined Sohu after ChinaRen was acquired by Sohu, Wang's talent attracted the attention of Charles Zhang, the founder and CEO of Sohu, Wang rose from senior technical manager to senior technical director, deputy president, senior vice-president, and CTO. At 27, Wang became the youngest Vice President of this company. Wang was appointed as the CTO of Sohu at the age of 31.

In 2003, Wang established Sohu's R&D Center, Wang recruited students in the computer department of Tsinghua University, international gold medals in the computer Olympic Games, top winners in the college entrance examination to form a dream team, Wang launched Sogou Search in 2004. In 2006, he invented the Sogou intelligent Input Method, which later became China's most popular input method, anchoring Sogou as China's No.2 Internet property by user numbers. In 2008, Wang proposed the "Input-Browser-Search" internet business model, namely the "three-stage rocket model".

On 16 March 2007, Wang led Sogou and the Department of computer science and technology of Tsinghua University to establish Sogou Tsinghua joint laboratory. In 2016, Wang initiated the donation of 180 million RMB from Sogou to Tsinghua to establish the Tiangong Institute for Intelligent Computing of Tsinghua University. Wang was named co-chair of the institute. Wang also led Sogou to establish SogouT-16, a free-of-charge public Chinese Web collection, which has provided invaluable resources for further novel academic research in computer science.

In 2010, after facilitating the spin-off of Sogou from Sohu, Wang started serving as the CEO of Sogou, opening a new chapter for the company.

Two months after Wang took office in 2010, Alibaba invested $15 million in exchange for 10% of Sogou's shares. In 2013, Wang persuaded Tencent to invest $448 million in Sogou and merged Tencent's search Department into Sogou, thereby changing the Internet pattern, which was also Wang's important work in that year. "

On 9 November 2017, under the leadership of Wang, Sogou was listed on NYSE as ticker "SOGO", at a valuation of $5 billion.

On 15 October 2021, Wang resigned as CEO of Sogou and announced that he would open a new chapter in the medical field. In recent years, Dr. Wang has invested in the field of medical technology, including Dr. Chunyu, a listed company of telemedicine platform, a Chinese medicine consulting service Xiaolu traditional Chinese medicine, Airdoc Technology, the first "AI medical stock" listed in Hong Kong, and DeepCare, an AI oral imaging company, Dr. Wang wrote, "my curiosity about life science has been lingering in my mind for the past 20 years. In the next 20 years, if I can make my own contributions to the development of health care and life science, and to the improvement of public health, I will live a fuller life".

In April 2023, Wang founded Baichuan, an artificial intelligence company.

Wang was included in Time's 2024 list of the "100 Most Influential People in AI".

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| Wang Xiaochuan | |
| --- | --- |
| 王小川 | |
| Born | (1978-10-03) 3 October 1978<br>Chengdu, Sichuan, China |
| Education | Tsinghua University |
| Known for | Founder of Sougou and Baichuan |


title: HMS Guysborough

abstract: HMS Guysborough was a VTE-engined Bangor-class minesweeper of the Royal Navy. Before commissioning she was transferred to the Royal Canadian Navy on loan. She saw action in the Battle of the Atlantic and the Invasion of Normandy. She was torpedoed by the German submarine U-868 in 1945 while returning to the United Kingdom.

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# HMS Guysborough

**HMS *Guysborough*** was a VTE-engined *Bangor*-class minesweeper of the Royal Navy. Before commissioning she was transferred to the Royal Canadian Navy on loan. She saw action in the Battle of the Atlantic and the Invasion of Normandy. She was torpedoed by the German submarine *U-868* in 1945 while returning to the United Kingdom.

## Design and description

A British design, the *Bangor*-class minesweepers were smaller than the preceding *Halcyon*-class minesweepers in British service, but larger than the *Fundy* class in Canadian service. They came in two versions powered by different engines; those with a diesel engines and those with vertical triple-expansion steam engines. *Guysborough* was of the latter design and was larger than her diesel-engined cousins. *Guysborough* was 180 feet (54.9 m) long overall, had a beam of 28 feet 6 inches (8.7 m) and a draught of 9 feet 9 inches (3.0 m). The minesweeper had a displacement of 672 long tons (683 t). She had a complement of 6 officers and 77 enlisted.

*Guysborough* had two vertical triple-expansion steam engines, each driving one shaft, using steam provided by two Admiralty three-drum boilers. The engines produced a total of 2,400 indicated horsepower (1,800 kW) and gave a maximum speed of 16.5 knots (30.6 km/h; 19.0 mph). The minesweeper could carry a maximum of 150 long tons (152 t) of fuel oil.

British *Bangor*-class minesweepers were armed with a single 12-pounder (3 in (76 mm)) 12 cwt HA gun mounted forward. For anti-aircraft purposes, the minesweepers were equipped with one QF 2-pounder Mark VIII and two single-mounted QF 20 mm Oerlikon guns. The 2-pounder gun was later replaced with a twin 20 mm Oerlikon mount. As a convoy escort, *Guysborough* was deployed with 40 depth charges launched from two depth charge throwers and four chutes.

## Service history

*Guysborough* was ordered on 28 November 1940. The minesweeper's keel was laid down on 28 May 1941 by North Van Ship Repairs Ltd. at North Vancouver and the ship was launched on 21 July later that year. *Guysborough* was loaned to the Royal Canadian Navy and commissioned on 22 April 1942.

After commissioning, *Guysborough* was assigned to Esquimalt Force. She remained with the unit until March 1943 when she transferred to the east coast, arriving at the end of April. She saw brief service with the Western Local Escort Force before joining the Halifax Local Defence Force.

In mid-September 1943, *Guysborough* sailed to Baltimore where she underwent a refit that took six weeks to complete. In February 1944, she was sent to the United Kingdom as part of Canada's contribution to the invasion of Normandy. Upon arrival she was assigned to the British 14th Minesweeping Flotilla and swept Channel 2 in the American sector of the invasion route of mines during the night of 5–6 June. The 14th Minesweeping Flotilla resumed minesweeping activities an hour after the assault began on 6 June. They swept Baie de la Seine until 13 June. The 14th flotilla continued minesweeping activities in the invasion area until 21 June. She remained in UK waters until December when she returned to Canada to undergo another refit, this time at Lunenburg.

In March, following completion of the refit, *Guysborough* was ordered back to the United Kingdom. While en route, she was torpedoed.

### Sinking

At 18:50 on 17 March 1945 *Guysborough* was hit by a G7es torpedo fired by *U-868* off Ushant. The minesweeper had been sailing alone from Horta to Plymouth when she was hit. The torpedo struck the stern, which caused significant damage and a slight list to port, but the ship refused to sink. However, no casualties were suffered. *U-868* fired a coup de grâce which struck amidships on the starboard side of the ship at 19:35. Two members of the crew died in the explosion and several injured. The vessel settled slowly and sank after 35 minutes. Of the remaining crew, 49 died while awaiting rescue. 40 survivors were rescued by HMS *Inglis* 19 hours after the ship had been attacked with another picked up by HMS *Loring* while searching for the submarine.

### Notes

### Citations

1. "Battle Honours". *Britain's Navy*. Retrieved 1 June 2014.
2. Chesneau, p. 64
3. Macpherson and Barrie, p. 177
4. Macpherson, p. 38
5. Helgason, Guðmundur. "HMCS Guysborough (J52)". *German U-boats of WWII - uboat.net*. Retrieved 1 June 2014.
6. Macpherson and Barrie, p. 178
7. Schull, p. 267
8. Schull, pp. 284–85
9. Schull, p. 322
10. Darlington and McKee, pp. 214–216
11. Colledge, p. 279
12. Schull, p. 393

### Sources

* Chesneau, Roger, ed. (1980). *Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1922–1946*. Greenwich, UK: Conway Maritime Press. ISBN 0-85177-146-7.
* Colledge, J. J.; Warlow, Ben (2006) \[1969\]. *Ships of the Royal Navy: The Complete Record of all Fighting Ships of the Royal Navy* (Rev. ed.). London: Chatham Publishing. ISBN 978-1-86176-281-8.
* Darlington, Robert A.; McKee, Fraser (1996). *The Canadian Naval Chronicle 1939–1945: The Successes and Losses of the Canadian Navy in World War II*. St. Catharines, Ontario: Vanwell Publishing. ISBN 1-55125-032-2.
* Macpherson, Ken (1997). *Minesweepers of the Royal Canadian Navy 1938–1945*. St. Catharines, Ontario: Vanwell Publishing Limited. ISBN 0-920277-55-1.
* Macpherson, Ken; Barrie, Ron (2002). *The Ships of Canada's Naval Forces 1910–2002* (Third ed.). St. Catharines, Ontario: Vanwell Publishing. ISBN 1-55125-072-1.
* Schull, Joseph (1961). *The Far Distant Ships: An Official Account of Canadian Naval Operations in the Second World War*. Ottawa: Queen's Printer. OCLC 19974782.

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| *Guysborough* underway in coastal waters | |
| --- | --- |
| History | |
| United Kingdom | |
| Name | *Guysborough* |
| Ordered | 28 November 1940 |
| Builder | North Van Ship Repair, North Vancouver |
| Laid down | 28 May 1941 |
| Launched | 21 July 1941 |
| Fate | Loaned to Royal Canadian Navy 1942 |
| Canada | |
| Name | *Guysborough* |
| Namesake | Guysborough, Nova Scotia |
| Commissioned | 22 April 1942 |
| Out of service | 17 March 1945 |
| Honours and<br>awards | Atlantic 1943–44, Normandy 1944 |
| Fate | Sunk 17 March 1945 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type | *Bangor*-class minesweeper |
| Displacement | 672 long tons (683 t) |
| Length | 180 ft (54.9 m) oa |
| Beam | 28 ft 6 in (8.7 m) |
| Draught | 9 ft 9 in (3.0 m) |
| Propulsion | 2 Admiralty 3-drum water tube boilers, 2 shafts, vertical triple-expansion reciprocating engines, 2,400 ihp (1,790 kW) |
| Speed | 16.5 knots (31 km/h) |
| Complement | 83 |
| Armament |  |


title: Nala (cat)

abstract: Nala is a ginger tabby cat from Stevenage, England, known for sitting at the ticket barriers in Stevenage railway station, where commuters can pet and take pictures of him. He rose to popularity in October 2023 in the local area and on the internet after his owner set up a Facebook group to share pictures of him. In November 2023 there was an announcement on Nala's social media that the cat, which was previously thought of as female, was in fact male.

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# Nala (cat)

**Nala** is a ginger tabby cat from Stevenage, England, known for sitting at the ticket barriers in Stevenage railway station, where commuters can pet and take pictures of him. He rose to popularity in October 2023 in the local area and on the internet after his owner set up a Facebook group to share pictures of him.

In November 2023 there was an announcement on Nala's social media that the cat, which was previously thought of as female, was in fact male.

## Life

Nala is a ginger tabby cat who lives a 10-minute walk away from Stevenage railway station, with owners Natasha Ambler and Lewis Ames. He is an RSPCA rescue cat, and has a brother called Simba. Nala and his brother are both named after characters from *The Lion King*, which in turn mean 'gift' and 'lion' in Swahili.

He has always explored the local area from a young age, and visits the railway station morning and evening. He can often be found perching on the ticket barriers, where commuters can take pictures of and pet him. A few weeks after being let out for the first time, he was hit by a car, to which his owners attribute his becoming "street-smart" and learning to avoid roads and cars

He is an adventurous, outdoor cat, and has been fitted with a GPS tracking device so his owners can see where he travels. He often visits the railway station and nearby leisure park, and once spent most of the night in a cinema. In one week, Nala was recorded travelling 35 miles around Stevenage.

Nala wears a collar with his owners' details on it, but after receiving about 20 calls a day from people concerned that the cat was lost, his owners gave him a second tag to reassure people that he is not lost, he just likes to travel.

## Popularity

In October 2023, Nala rose to popularity in the local area and on the internet after his owner created a Facebook page called "The Adventures of Nala", where hundreds of people shared their pictures of Nala. He drew national media attention, appearing on BBC News, Sky News, and ITV's *Lorraine*, where he was dubbed the "unofficial ticket officer" of Stevenage station. Shaun Smith, Great Northern's station manager at Stevenage, praised the effects Nala is having on the community, saying "She's breaking down barriers by making people smile and starting cheerful conversations between staff and customers".

In addition to the Facebook page, which has over 4,500 followers, Nala has accounts on TikTok and Instagram where pictures and videos of him are shared.

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Nala
| Nala the cat sitting on a ticket barrier at Stevenage railway station | |
| --- | --- |
| Species | Cat |
| Breed | Moggy |
| Sex | Male |
| Born | c.2019 |
| Known for | Sitting on the barriers at Stevenage railway station |
| Owner | Natasha Ambler and Lewis Ames |
| Residence | Stevenage, England |
| Appearance | Ginger tabby |


title: HMS Redoubtable (1815)

abstract: HMS Redoubtable was a 74-gun third rate ship of the line of the Royal Navy, launched on 26 January 1815 at Woolwich. Redoubtable was broken up in 1841.

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# HMS Redoubtable (1815)

**HMS *Redoubtable*** was a 74-gun third rate ship of the line of the Royal Navy, launched on 26 January 1815 at Woolwich.

*Redoubtable* was broken up in 1841.

* Lavery, Brian (2003) *The Ship of the Line - Volume 1: The development of the battlefleet 1650-1850.* Conway Maritime Press. ISBN 0-85177-252-8.

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| *Redoubtable* | |
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| History | |
| United Kingdom | |
| Name | HMS *Redoubtable* |
| Ordered | 29 December 1806 |
| Builder | Woolwich Dockyard |
| Laid down | April 1809 |
| Launched | 26 January 1815 |
| Fate | Broken up, 1841 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type | *Vengeur*-class ship of the line |
| Tons burthen | 1759 bm |
| Length | 176 ft (54 m) (gundeck) |
| Beam | 47 ft 6 in (14.48 m) |
| Depth of hold | 21 ft (6.4 m) |
| Propulsion | Sails |
| Sail plan | Full-rigged ship |
| Armament | * 74 guns: * Gundeck: 28 × 32 pdrs * Upper gundeck: 28 × 18 pdrs * Quarterdeck: 4 × 12 pdrs, 10 × 32 pdr carronades * Forecastle: 2 × 12 pdrs, 2 × 32 pdr carronades * Poop deck: 6 × 18 pdr carronades |


title: Walter Spring

abstract: Walter Spring the Unfortunate was an Anglo-Irish Roman Catholic landowner involved in the Irish Confederate Wars.

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# Walter Spring

**Walter Spring the Unfortunate** (1620 – c.1678) was an Anglo-Irish Roman Catholic landowner involved in the Irish Confederate Wars.

## Biography

Spring was the son of Thomas Spring, a lawyer. He was the grandson of Walter Spring, who had served as High Sheriff of Kerry, and the great-grandson of Captain Thomas Spring, Constable of Castlemaine. He inherited the family estates in County Kerry from his father, including Killagha Abbey, where he was born and brought up.

Unlike the previous generations of his family, Walter Spring was raised as a Catholic. His control of the strategic fortress at Castlemaine and the lands surrounding Milltown made him an important figure in Kerry. He attended the 1642 Kilkenny meeting of Catholic gentry which established the Association of the Confederate Catholics of Ireland and was active in helping to organise the war effort on behalf of the Catholic rebels. During the Cromwellian conquest of Ireland, Spring’s fortified manor house at Killagha Abbey was attacked by soldiers of the New Model Army armed with canon, leading to its destruction. Cromwell seized Spring’s extensive estates and granted Killagha to one of his supporters, Major John Godfrey.

Following the defeat of the Confederacy, Spring retained only a small portion of his estate. In order to protect it, he occasionally attended Protestant services. However, he was thought to still pose a significant threat by The Protectorate government and was transplanted to County Clare, where he had little influence, under the Act for the Settlement of Ireland 1652. This led to him being dubbed ‘The Unfortunate’ by both opponents and supporters. His remaining estates in Kerry were transferred to his son, Thomas.

## Ancestry

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| Walter Spring | |
| --- | --- |
| Born | 1620
Killagha Abbey |
| Died | c.1678 |
| Spouse | Juliana Fitzgerald |
| Children | Thomas Spring
Mary Spring |
| Parent(s) | Edward Spring, Anne Browne |


title: Walter Spitzer (artist)

abstract: Walter Spitzer was a Polish-born French artist and painter. He was a survivor of the Holocaust.

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# Walter Spitzer (artist)

**Walter Spitzer** (14 June 1927 – 13 April 2021) was a Polish-born French artist and painter. He was a survivor of the Holocaust.

## Biography

Spitzer was born in Cieszyn on 14 June 1927. He lost his father, Samuel, who died in February 1940 due to illness, and his mother, Gretta, to the Nazis. In June 1940, his family fled to Strzemieszyce Wielkie, where he worked as a photographer and welder. That year, his brother, Harry, was arrested by the Germans. Walter himself was arrested in 1943 at the age of 16 and was sent to Gross-Rosen. He was then sent to Blechhammer and later Auschwitz, where he was separated from his mother. He was tattooed with the number 78489. He then participated in the death marches in January 1945 before his liberation by the United States Army.

After he was freed, Spitzer moved to France and studied at the Beaux-Arts de Paris. He then spent his career as a painter, while continuing to preserve the memory of the Holocaust.

Walter Spitzer died in Paris on 13 April 2021, at the age of 93, from COVID-19.

## Works

### Book

* *Les Auschwitz : témoignages* (2012)

### Lithography

* *L'Odyssée* (1969)

### Monuments

## InfoBox

| Walter Spitzer | |
| --- | --- |
| Born | 14 June 1927
Cieszyn, Second Polish Republic |
| Died | 13 April 2021(2021-04-13) (aged 93)
Paris, France |
| Nationality | French |
| Occupation | Painter |


title: Walter St. Lawrence

abstract: Walter St. Lawrence (c.1445–1504) was an Anglo-Irish nobleman, lawyer and judge. He held the offices of Attorney General for Ireland and Chief Baron of the Irish Exchequer. He was one of the younger sons of Christopher St Lawrence, 2nd Baron Howth and Anne Plunket. His eldest brother Robert St Lawrence, 3rd Baron Howth was born before 1435; if, as Elrington Ball suggests, Walter was the youngest of his parents' six sons, this would suggest a birthdate around 1445. His father had been a committed supporter of the House of York and had been rewarded for his loyal services to the dynasty by Edward IV, but Walter's eldest brother Robert married as his second wife Joan Beaufort, a cousin on his mother's side of the future Henry VII, and after the accession of the Tudors the St Lawrence family were reliable supporters of the new dynasty. Walter's nephew Nicholas St Lawrence, 4th Baron Howth was one of the few among the Anglo-Irish nobility who did not support the claims of the pretender Lambert Simnel to be the rightful King of England, and after the defeat of Simnel's cause at the Battle of Stoke Field in 1487, the family's rewards evidently included Walter's appointment as Attorney General in 1491. At the second landing of Perkin Warbeck, another pretender to the Crown, in Ireland in 1495, Walter played an active part in the defence of Dublin. Again he received his reward: Ball suggests that his appointment as Chief Baron of the Exchequer the following year was the personal choice of the King. He held that office until his death in 1504.

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# Walter St. Lawrence

**Walter St. Lawrence** (c.1445–1504) was an Anglo-Irish nobleman, lawyer and judge. He held the offices of Attorney General for Ireland and Chief Baron of the Irish Exchequer.

He was one of the younger sons of Christopher St Lawrence, 2nd Baron Howth and Anne Plunket. His eldest brother Robert St Lawrence, 3rd Baron Howth was born before 1435; if, as Elrington Ball suggests, Walter was the youngest of his parents' six sons, this would suggest a birthdate around 1445.

His father had been a committed supporter of the House of York and had been rewarded for his loyal services to the dynasty by Edward IV, but Walter's eldest brother Robert married as his second wife Joan Beaufort, a cousin on his mother's side of the future Henry VII, and after the accession of the Tudors the St Lawrence family were reliable supporters of the new dynasty. Walter's nephew Nicholas St Lawrence, 4th Baron Howth was one of the few among the Anglo-Irish nobility who did not support the claims of the pretender Lambert Simnel to be the rightful King of England, and after the defeat of Simnel's cause at the Battle of Stoke Field in 1487, the family's rewards evidently included Walter's appointment as Attorney General in 1491.

At the second landing of Perkin Warbeck, another pretender to the Crown, in Ireland in 1495, Walter played an active part in the defence of Dublin. Again he received his reward: Ball suggests that his appointment as Chief Baron of the Exchequer the following year was the personal choice of the King. He held that office until his death in 1504.


title: Wang Ying (footballer)

abstract: Wang Ying is a Chinese association football player.

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# Wang Ying (footballer)

**Wang Ying** (Chinese: 王莹; born 18 November 1997) is a Chinese association football player.

## Career statistics

### International

*As of matches played 7 June 2019.*

| National team | Year | Apps | Goals |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| China | 2019 | 1 | 0 |
| Total | | 1 | 0 |

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Wang Ying
| Personal information | | | |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Date of birth | (1997-11-18) 18 November 1997 | | |
| Height | 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in) | | |
| Position(s) | Defender | | |
| Team information | | | |
| Current team | Wuhan Jianghan University | | |
| Number | 4 | | |
| Senior career\* | | | |
| Years | **Team** | **Apps** | **(Gls)** |
|  | Wuhan Jianghan University | 0 | (0) |
| International career | | | |
| 2014 | China U17 | 3 | (0) |
| 2019– | China | 4 | (0) |
| \*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 7 June 2019<br>‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 7 June 2019 | | | |


title: Waltons Stores (Interstate) Ltd v Maher

abstract: Waltons Stores (Interstate) Ltd v Maher, is a leading case in Australian contract law. The Australian High Court decided that estoppel, in certain circumstances, could be a cause of action.

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# Waltons Stores (Interstate) Ltd v Maher

***Waltons Stores (Interstate) Ltd v Maher***, is a leading case in Australian contract law. The Australian High Court decided that estoppel, in certain circumstances, could be a cause of action.

## Facts

Maher owned some property with buildings on it in Nowra. He was negotiating with a department store company called Waltons Stores (at the time controlled by the Bond Corporation) for a lease of the land. They wanted an existing building to be demolished and a new one erected.

In reliance on representations made before a contract was completed, Maher demolished the building and started to erect a new one. But the contract never came to completion because Waltons Stores did not sign the lease as Maher had yelled at them and become hostile towards them. Waltons told their solicitors to slow the deal while they did further investigations as to whether the transaction would be good business, but allowed Maher to remain under the impression that the deal would be completed.

## Judgment

The High Court held that to avoid detriment through Waltons' unconscionable behaviour, Waltons was estopped from denying the contract. Whilst the mere exercise of legal right not to exchange contracts was not unconscionable, there were two additional elements which made Waltons' conduct unconscionable: a) element of urgency, b) Maher executed and forwarded on 11/11 and assumed execution by Walton was a formality. The award (though very similar to an expectation interest, as if it were a contract that was enforced) was only meant to cover reliance. Because Maher had acted to his detriment, in reliance on the encouragement of Walton Stores, which had acted unconscionably, equity would intervene.

Brennan J said the following

> 27. But there are differences between a contract and an equity created by estoppel. A contractual obligation is created by the agreement of the parties; an equity created by estoppel may be imposed irrespective of any agreement by the party bound. A contractual obligation must be supported by consideration; an equity created by estoppel need not be supported by what is, strictly speaking, consideration. The measure of a contractual obligation depends on the terms of the contract and the circumstances to which it applies; the measure of an equity created by estoppel varies according to what is necessary to prevent detriment resulting from unconscionable conduct.
>
> 28. In *Combe v Combe* Denning L.J. limited the application of promissory estoppel, as he expounded the doctrine, to ensure that it did not displace the doctrine of consideration. His Lordship's solution of the problem was to hold that the promise should not itself be a cause of action, but merely the foundation of a defensive equity. He said (at p 220):
>
> > "Seeing that the principle never stands alone as giving a cause of action in itself, it can never do away with the necessity of consideration when that is an essential part of the cause of action. The doctrine of consideration is too firmly fixed to be overthrown by a side-wind."
>
> 29. The remedy offered by promissory estoppel has been limited to preventing the enforcement of existing legal rights. In *Crabb v Arun District Council* Lord Denning M.R. said, at p 188, that if a person -
>
> > " by his words or conduct, so behaves as to lead another to believe that he will not insist on his strict legal rights - knowing or intending that the other will act on that belief - and he does so act, that again will raise an equity in favour of the other; and it is for a court of equity to say in what way the equity may be satisfied."
>
> If the object of the principle were to make a promise binding in equity, the need to preserve the doctrine of consideration would require a limitation to be placed on the remedy. But there is a logical difficulty in limiting the principle so that it applies only to promises to suspend or extinguish existing rights. If a promise by A not to enforce an existing right against B is to confer an equitable right on B to compel fulfilment of the promise, why should B be denied the same protection in similar circumstances if the promise is intended to create in B a new legal right against A? There is no logical distinction to be drawn between a change in legal relationships effected by a promise which extinguishes a right and a change in legal relationships effected by a promise which creates one. Why should an equity of the kind to which Combe v. Combe refers be regarded as a shield but not a sword? The want of logic in the limitation on the remedy is well exposed in Mr David Jackson's essay "Estoppel as a Sword" in (1965) 81 Law Quarterly Review 84,223 at pp 241-243.
>
> \[...\]
>
> 34. The foregoing review of the doctrine of promissory estoppel indicates that the doctrine extends to the enforcement of voluntary promises on the footing that a departure from the basic assumptions underlying the transaction between the parties must be unconscionable. As failure to fulfil a promise does not of itself amount to unconscionable conduct, mere reliance on an executory promise to do something, resulting in the promisee changing his position or suffering detriment, does not bring promissory estoppel into play. Something more would be required. Humphreys Estate suggests that this may be found, if at all, in the creation or encouragement by the party estopped in the other party of an assumption that a contract will come into existence or a promise will be performed and that the other party relied on that assumption to his detriment to the knowledge of the first party.

Brennan J, Deane J and Gaudron J gave concurring judgments.

## InfoBox

| Waltons Stores (Interstate) Ltd v Maher | |
| --- | --- |
|  | |
| Court | High Court of Australia |
| Decided | 19 February 1988 |
| Citations | \[1988\] HCA 7, (1988) 164 CLR 387 |
| Case history | |
| Prior action | *Waltons Stores (Interstate) Ltd v Maher* (1986) 5 NSWLR 407 |
| Appealed from | Court of Appeal (NSW) |
| Court membership | |
| Judges sitting | Mason CJ, Wilson, Brennan, Deane and Gaudron JJ |
| Keywords | |
| Estoppel, consideration, pre-contractual negotiations | |


title: Waltonia (fungus)

abstract: Waltonia is a genus of fungi in the family Dermateaceae. This is a monotypic genus, containing the single species Waltonia pinicola.

text:
# Waltonia (fungus)

***Waltonia*** is a genus of fungi in the family Dermateaceae. This is a monotypic genus, containing the single species ***Waltonia pinicola***.

## InfoBox

| *Waltonia* | |
| --- | --- |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Fungi |
| Division: | Ascomycota |
| Class: | Leotiomycetes |
| Order: | Helotiales |
| Family: | Dermateaceae |
| Genus: | *Waltonia*
Saho |
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| Type species | |
| ***Waltonia pinicola***
Saho | |


title: Walter Pym (actor)

abstract:
Walter Pym was an Australian actor and producer best known for his extensive experience in radio, during the 1940s and 1950s, in 1938, he became the studio and production manager at 3UZ, he featured in film and television appearances, making his screen debut in 1943.
He was born in the Sydney suburb of Petersham in 1905 and died in Prahran, Melbourne, aged 74 in 1980, he was married to Ivy Ray from 1928 until 1963, and had one son.

text:
# Walter Pym (actor)

**Walter Pym** (7 April 1905– 22 January 1980) was an Australian actor and producer best known for his extensive experience in radio, during the 1940s and 1950s, in 1938, he became the studio and production manager at 3UZ, he featured in film and television appearances, making his screen debut in 1943. He was born in the Sydney suburb of Petersham in 1905 and died in Prahran, Melbourne, aged 74 in 1980, he was married to Ivy Ray from 1928 until 1963, and had one son.

## Selected filmography

## InfoBox

| Walter Pym | |
| --- | --- |
| Born | 7 April 1905
Petersham, New South Wales, Australia |
| Died | 22 January 1980 (aged 74)
Prahran, Victoria, Australia |
| Occupation(s) | Actor, radio producer, studio manager |


title: Vibeke Windeløv

abstract: Vibeke Windeløv is a Danish film producer. She founded Refugees United in 2008 and served on numerous corporate boards, film festival juries and association committees. She produced the films of Lars von Trier for ten years. She served on the board of the European Film Academy 1998–2004, on the Jury of the Venice Film Festival 2001, the Montreal Film Festival 2006, Sundance Film Festival 2009 and chaired of the juries of numerous festivals including the international film festival Vladivostok 2008, Ghent 2008 & Sevilla 2008. She is on the board of European Film Bond, Filmstationen and the Danish Design Center. She is appointed a member of the School Council at the Danish Academy of Fine Arts by the Minister of Culture. Awarded Chevalier de l’Ordre des Arts et des Lettres, France She won the Prix Eurimages award in the European Film Awards, 2008. She has recently founded the production companies Windelov/Lassen Aps as well as Windelov/Lassen Interactive Aps together with producer Stinna Lassen. In 2014 she founded Good Company Films with Stinna Lassen, Ole Sandberg and Anni Fernandez.

text:
# Vibeke Windeløv

**Vibeke Windeløv** (born 22 December 1950) is a Danish film producer. She founded Refugees United in 2008 and served on numerous corporate boards, film festival juries and association committees. She produced the films of Lars von Trier for ten years.

She served on the board of the European Film Academy 1998–2004, on the Jury of the Venice Film Festival 2001, the Montreal Film Festival 2006, Sundance Film Festival 2009 and chaired of the juries of numerous festivals including the international film festival Vladivostok 2008, Ghent 2008 & Sevilla 2008.

She is on the board of European Film Bond, Filmstationen and the Danish Design Center. She is appointed a member of the School Council at the Danish Academy of Fine Arts by the Minister of Culture.

Awarded Chevalier de l’Ordre des Arts et des Lettres, France She won the Prix Eurimages award in the European Film Awards, 2008.

She has recently founded the production companies Windelov/Lassen Aps as well as Windelov/Lassen Interactive Aps together with producer Stinna Lassen.

In 2014 she founded Good Company Films with Stinna Lassen, Ole Sandberg and Anni Fernandez.

## Selected filmography

(films produced by Vibeke Windeløv)

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|  |
| Year | English Title | Original Title | Director | Notes |
| 2012 | All You Need Is Love |  | Susanne Bier |  |
| 2009/10 | Wallander |  |  | Executive producer |
| 2009 | Mammoth |  | Lukas Moodysson | Executive producer |
| 2006 | The Boss of It All | Direktøren for det hele | Lars von Trier |  |
| 2005 | Manderlay |  | Lars von Trier | Main competition in Cannes |
| 2003 | The Five Obstructions | De fem benspænd | Lars von Trier and Jørgen Leth | Executive producer |
| 2003 | Dogville |  | Lars von Trier | Main competition in Cannes |
| 2002 | Open Hearts | Elsker Dig For Evigt | Susanne Bier |  |
| 2000 | Dancer in the Dark |  | Lars von Trier | Main competition in Cannes |
| 1998 | The Idiots | Idioterne | Lars von Trier | Main competition in Cannes |
| 1997 | The Kingdom II | Riget II | Lars von Trier |  |
| 1996 | Breaking the Waves |  | Lars von Trier | Main competition in Cannes |
| 1994 | Family Matters | Det Blir I Familien | Susanne Bier |  |
| 1989 | Christian |  | Gabriel Axel |  |
| 1978 | In My Life | Honning Måne | Bille August |  |
|


title: Ukrainian Footballer of the Year

abstract: The Ukrainian Footballer of the Year is an annual journalist award given by the Ukrainskiy Football newspaper to the best professional Ukrainian footballer since 1991. The Ukrainian Footballer of the Year award is given to native Ukrainians. There is also another award of the best footballer in the Ukrainian Premier League that was established in 1995 by the other newspaper Komanda. That award is not restricted to the Ukrainian nationals as in case of Ukrainian Football, but rather to the Premier League players. From 1969 till 1990, the Ukrainian newspaper Molod Ukrainy conducted polls to determine the footballer of the year, and subsequently Ukrainskiy Football took over from 1991.

text:
# Ukrainian Footballer of the Year

The **Ukrainian Footballer of the Year** is an annual journalist award given by the *Ukrainskiy Football* ("Ukrainian Football") newspaper to the best professional Ukrainian footballer since 1991. The Ukrainian Footballer of the Year award is given to native Ukrainians.

There is also another award of the best footballer in the Ukrainian Premier League that was established in 1995 by the other newspaper Komanda. That award is not restricted to the Ukrainian nationals as in case of *Ukrainian Football*, but rather to the Premier League players.

From 1969 till 1990, the Ukrainian newspaper *Molod Ukrainy* ("Youth of Ukraine") conducted polls to determine the footballer of the year, and subsequently *Ukrainskiy Football* took over (which is published by the same publisher as *Molod Ukrainy*) from 1991.

## Recipients

### *Molod Ukrainy*

| Year | Footballer | Club |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 1969 | **Viktor Serebryanikov** | Dinamo Kiev |
| 1970 | **Volodymyr Muntyan** | Dinamo Kiev |
| 1971 | **Yevgeniy Rudakov** | Dinamo Kiev |
| 1972 | **Oleh Blokhin** | Dinamo Kiev |
| 1973 | **Oleh Blokhin** | Dinamo Kiev |
| 1974 | **Oleh Blokhin** | Dinamo Kiev |
| 1975 | **Oleh Blokhin** | Dinamo Kiev |
| 1976 | **Oleh Blokhin** | Dinamo Kiev |
| 1977 | **Oleh Blokhin** | Dinamo Kiev |
| 1978 | **Oleh Blokhin** | Dinamo Kiev |
| 1979 | **Vitali Starukhin** | Shakhter Donetsk |
| 1980 | **Oleh Blokhin** | Dinamo Kiev |
| 1981 | **Oleh Blokhin** | Dinamo Kiev |
| 1982 | **Anatoly Demyanenko** | Dinamo Kiev |
| 1983 | **Oleh Taran** | Dnepr Dnepropetrovsk |
| 1984 | **Hennadiy Lytovchenko** | Dnepr Dnepropetrovsk |
| 1985 | **Anatoly Demyanenko** | Dinamo Kiev |
| 1986 | **Oleksandr Zavarov** | Dinamo Kiev |
| 1987 | **Oleksiy Mykhailychenko** | Dinamo Kiev |
| 1988 | **Oleksiy Mykhailychenko** | Dinamo Kiev |
| 1989 | **Volodymyr Bessonov** | Dinamo Kiev |
| 1990 | **Sergei Yuran** | Dinamo Kiev |

### *Ukrainskiy Football* (newspaper)

| Year | Footballer | Club |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 1991 | **Akhrik Tsveiba**
2nd Serhiy Yuran
3rd Oleg Salenko | /  Dynamo Kyiv
/  Dynamo Kyiv
/  Dynamo Kyiv |
| 1992 | **Viktor Leonenko**
2nd Andriy Polunin
3rd Oleksandr Pomazun | Dynamo Kyiv
Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk
Metalist Kharkiv |
| 1993 | **Viktor Leonenko**
2nd Timerlan Huseinov
3rd Dmytro Mykhailenko | Dynamo Kyiv
Chornomorets Odesa
Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk |
| 1994 | **Viktor Leonenko**
2nd Oleksandr Shovkovskyi
3rd Ihor Petrov | Dynamo Kyiv
Dynamo Kyiv
Shakhtar Donetsk |
| 1995 | **Yuriy Kalitvintsev**
2nd Andriy Shevchenko
3rd Oleh Suslov | Dynamo Kyiv
Dynamo Kyiv
Chornomorets Odesa |
| 1996 | **Serhii Rebrov**
2nd Oleh Suslov
3rd Yuri Maximov | Dynamo Kyiv
Chornomorets Odesa
Dynamo Kyiv |
| 1997 | **Andriy Shevchenko**
2nd Serhii Rebrov
3rd Yuriy Kalitvintsev | Dynamo Kyiv
Dynamo Kyiv
Dynamo Kyiv |
| 1998 | **Serhii Rebrov**
2nd Andriy Shevchenko
3rd Oleh Luzhnyi | Dynamo Kyiv
Dynamo Kyiv
Dynamo Kyiv |
| 1999 | **Andriy Shevchenko**
2nd Serhii Rebrov
3rd Oleksandr Shovkovskyi | Dynamo Kyiv /  Milan
Dynamo Kyiv
Dynamo Kyiv |
| 2000 | **Andriy Shevchenko**
2nd Andriy Vorobei
3rd Serhii Rebrov | Milan
Shakhtar Donetsk
Dynamo Kyiv /  Tottenham Hotspur |
| 2001 | **Andriy Shevchenko**
2nd Hennadiy Zubov
3rd Olexandr Melaschenko | Milan
Shakhtar Donetsk
Dynamo Kyiv |
| 2002 | **Anatoliy Tymoshchuk**
2nd Andriy Shevchenko
3rd Andriy Husyn | Shakhtar Donetsk
Milan
Dynamo Kyiv |
| 2003 | **Oleh Venglinsky**
2nd Andriy Shevchenko
3rd Anatoliy Tymoshchuk | Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk
Milan
Shakhtar Donetsk |
| 2004 | **Andriy Shevchenko**
2nd Anatoliy Tymoshchuk
3rd Andriy Voronin | Milan
Shakhtar Donetsk
1. FC Köln /  Bayer Leverkusen |
| 2005 | **Andriy Shevchenko**
2nd Anatoliy Tymoshchuk
3rd Ruslan Rotan | Milan
Shakhtar Donetsk
Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk /  Dynamo Kyiv |
| 2006 | **Anatoliy Tymoshchuk**
2nd Andriy Shevchenko
3rd Serhii Rebrov | Shakhtar Donetsk
Milan /  Chelsea
Dynamo Kyiv |
| 2007 | **Anatoliy Tymoshchuk**
2nd Andriy Voronin
3rd Oleksandr Hladkiy | Shakhtar Donetsk /  Zenit Saint Petersburg
Bayer Leverkusen /  Liverpool
FC Kharkiv /  Shakhtar Donetsk |
| 2008 | **Artem Milevskyi**
2nd Anatoliy Tymoshchuk
3rd Serhiy Kravchenko | Dynamo Kyiv
Zenit Saint Petersburg
Vorskla Poltava |
| 2009 | **Artem Milevskyi**
2nd Andriy Shevchenko
3rd Andriy Pyatov | Dynamo Kyiv
Milan /  Chelsea /  Dynamo Kyiv
Shakhtar Donetsk |
| 2010 | **Yevhen Konoplyanka**
2nd Yaroslav Rakitskiy
3rd Marko Dević | Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk
Shakhtar Donetsk
Metalist Kharkiv |
| 2011 | **Andriy Voronin**
2nd Andriy Yarmolenko
3rd Anatoliy Tymoshchuk | Dynamo Moscow
Dynamo Kyiv
Bayern Munich |
| 2012 | **Yevhen Konoplyanka**
2nd Ruslan Rotan
3rd Oleh Husyev | Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk
Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk
Dynamo Kyiv |
| 2013 | **Andriy Yarmolenko**
**Yevhen Konoplyanka**
3rd Marko Dević | Dynamo Kyiv
Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk
Metalist Kharkiv |
| 2014 | **Andriy Yarmolenko**
2nd Yevhen Konoplyanka
3rd Ruslan Rotan | Dynamo Kyiv
Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk
Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk |
| 2015 | **Andriy Yarmolenko**
2nd Yevhen Konoplyanka
3rd Yevhen Seleznyov | Dynamo Kyiv
Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk /  Sevilla
Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk |
| 2016 | **Ruslan Rotan**
2nd Andriy Pyatov
3rd Andriy Yarmolenko | Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk
Shakhtar Donetsk
Dynamo Kyiv |
| 2017 | **Andriy Yarmolenko**
2nd Taras Stepanenko
3rd Denys Harmash | Dynamo Kyiv /  Borussia Dortmund
Shakhtar Donetsk
Dynamo Kyiv |

### *Ukrainskiy Football* (website)

| Year | Footballer | Club |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 2018 | **Viktor Tsyhankov**
2nd Marlos
3rd Ruslan Malinovskyi | Dynamo Kyiv
Shakhtar Donetsk
Genk |
| 2019 | **Oleksandr Zinchenko**
2nd Viktor Tsyhankov
3rd Ruslan Malinovskyi | Manchester City
Dynamo Kyiv
Genk /  Atalanta |
| 2020 | **Denys Favorov**
2nd Vitalii Mykolenko
3rd Viktor Tsyhankov | Desna Chernihiv /  Zorya Luhansk
Dynamo Kyiv
Dynamo Kyiv |
| 2022 | **Mykhailo Mudryk**
2nd Artem Dovbyk
3rd Vitaliy Buyalskyi | Shakhtar Donetsk
Dnipro-1
Dynamo Kyiv |

## Alternative awards

### *Komanda* award (1995–2016)

The ***Komanda* award** for the best footballer in the Ukrainian Premier League was established in 1995 by the Komanda newspaper. It is actually called the **Ukrainian Premier League Footballer of the Year** (*Vyscha Liha Footballer of the Year* before 2008). It is being evaluated by the participants of the League, players and coaches.

| Year | Footballer | Club |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 1995 | **Yuriy Kalitvintsev**
2nd Oleh Suslov
3rd Andriy Shevchenko | FC Dynamo Kyiv
FC Chornomorets Odesa
FC Dynamo Kyiv |
| 1996 | **Serhii Rebrov**
2nd Yuriy Maksymov
3rd Oleh Suslov | FC Dynamo Kyiv
FC Dynamo Kyiv
FC Chornomorets Odesa |
| 1997 | **Andriy Shevchenko**
2nd Serhii Rebrov
3rd Yuriy Kalitvintsev | FC Dynamo Kyiv
FC Dynamo Kyiv
FC Dynamo Kyiv |
| 1998 | **Serhii Rebrov**
2nd Andriy Shevchenko
3rd Oleh Luzhnyi | FC Dynamo Kyiv
FC Dynamo Kyiv
FC Dynamo Kyiv |
| 1999 | **Serhii Rebrov**
2nd Andriy Shevchenko
3rd Vladyslav Vashchuk | FC Dynamo Kyiv
FC Dynamo Kyiv / AC Milan
FC Dynamo Kyiv |
| 2000 | **Andriy Vorobey**
2nd Valyantsin Byalkevich
3rd Yuriy Virt | FC Shakhtar Donetsk
FC Dynamo Kyiv
FC Shakhtar Donetsk |
| 2001 | **Valyantsin Byalkevich**
2nd Hennadiy Zubov
3rd Serhiy Shyshchenko | FC Dynamo Kyiv
FC Shakhtar Donetsk
FC Metalurh Donetsk |
| 2002 | **Anatoliy Tymoshchuk**
2nd Valyantsin Byalkevich
3rd Oleh Venhlynskyi | FC Shakhtar Donetsk
FC Dynamo Kyiv
FC Dynamo Kyiv / FC Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk |
| 2003 | **Valyantsin Byalkevich**
2nd Oleh Venhlynskyi
3rd Serhiy Fedorov | FC Dynamo Kyiv
FC Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk
FC Dynamo Kyiv |
| 2004 | **Oleksandr Rykun**
2nd Oleksandr Shovkovskyi
3rd Matuzalém | FC Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk
FC Dynamo Kyiv
FC Shakhtar Donetsk |
| 2005 | **Oleh Husyev**
2nd Anatoliy Tymoshchuk
3rd Matuzalém | FC Dynamo Kyiv
FC Shakhtar Donetsk
FC Shakhtar Donetsk |
| 2006 | **Serhiy Nazarenko**
2nd Matuzalém
3rd Anatoliy Tymoshchuk | FC Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk
FC Shakhtar Donetsk
FC Shakhtar Donetsk |
| 2007 | **Serhiy Nazarenko**
2nd Oleksandr Gladkiy
3rd Fernandinho | FC Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk
FC Shakhtar Donetsk
FC Shakhtar Donetsk |
| 2008 | **Jajá**
2nd Artem Milevskyi
3rd Serhiy Kravchenko | FC Metalist Kharkiv
FC Dynamo Kyiv
FC Vorskla Poltava |
| 2009 | **Artem Milevskyi**
2nd Andriy Shevchenko
3rd Andriy Pyatov | FC Dynamo Kyiv
FC Dynamo Kyiv
FC Shakhtar Donetsk |
| 2010 | **Andriy Pyatov**
2nd Yevhen Konoplyanka
3rd Darijo Srna | FC Shakhtar Donetsk
FC Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk
FC Shakhtar Donetsk |
| 2011 | **Andriy Yarmolenko**
2nd Taison
3rd Oleksandr Rybka | FC Dynamo Kyiv
FC Metalist Kharkiv
FC Obolon Kyiv / FC Shakhtar Donetsk |
| 2012 | **Henrikh Mkhitaryan**
2nd Willian
3rd Yevhen Konoplyanka | FC Shakhtar Donetsk
FC Shakhtar Donetsk
FC Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk |
| 2013 | **Yevhen Konoplyanka**
2nd Andriy Yarmolenko
3rd Marko Dević | FC Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk
FC Dynamo Kyiv
FC Metalist Kharkiv |
| 2014 | **Andriy Yarmolenko**
2nd Yevhen Konoplyanka
3rd Cleiton Xavier | FC Dynamo Kyiv
FC Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk
FC Metalist Kharkiv |
| 2015 | **Alex Teixeira**
2nd Andriy Yarmolenko
3rd Yevhen Khacheridi | FC Shakhtar Donetsk
FC Dynamo Kyiv
FC Dynamo Kyiv |
| 2016 | **Marlos**
2nd Andriy Yarmolenko
3rd Darijo Srna | FC Shakhtar Donetsk
FC Dynamo Kyiv
FC Shakhtar Donetsk |

*Komanda* also runs a list **The best 33 football players of Ukraine** (33 найкращі футболісти України) as an annual composed list of the three best football (soccer) players in each position (amplua) for the annual calendar. This is based on the *Spisok 33* (ru:Список 33 лучших футболистов сезона в СССР) which ran in the Soviet era until 1992, when it became the Russian league *List of 33* (ru:Список 33 лучших футболистов чемпионата России).

### *Komanda1* award

| Year | Footballer | Club |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 2017 | **Marlos**
2nd Andriy Yarmolenko
3rd Fred | FC Shakhtar Donetsk
FC Dynamo Kyiv
FC Shakhtar Donetsk |
| 2018 | **Marlos**
2nd Viktor Tsyhankov
3rd Taison | FC Shakhtar Donetsk
FC Dynamo Kyiv
FC Shakhtar Donetsk |
| 2019 | **Taison**
2nd Viktor Tsyhankov
3rd Vitalii Mykolenko | FC Shakhtar Donetsk
FC Dynamo Kyiv
FC Dynamo Kyiv |
| 2020 | **Viktor Tsyhankov**
2nd Taison
3rd Shahab Zahedi | FC Dynamo Kyiv
FC Shakhtar Donetsk
FC Olimpik Donetsk |


title: I Like to Score

abstract: I Like to Score is a compilation album by American electronica musician Moby. It was released on October 10, 1997 by Mute Records in the United Kingdom and Elektra Records in the United States. The album primarily consists of music recorded by Moby for use in film soundtracks.

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# I Like to Score

Professional ratings
| Review scores | |
| --- | --- |
| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |  |
| *Chicago Sun-Times* |  |
| *Entertainment Weekly* | B |
| *The Guardian* |  |
| *Pitchfork* | 8.6/10 |
| *Uncut* |  |

***I Like to Score*** is a compilation album by American electronica musician Moby. It was released on October 10, 1997 by Mute Records in the United Kingdom and Elektra Records in the United States. The album primarily consists of music recorded by Moby for use in film soundtracks.

## Track listing

All tracks are written by Moby, except where noted

| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Notes | Length |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1. | "Novio" |  | From *Double Tap* | 2:38 |
| 2. | "James Bond Theme (Moby's Re-Version)" | Monty Norman | From *Tomorrow Never Dies* | 3:23 |
| 3. | "Go" |  | Features samples of "Laura Palmer's Theme" from *Twin Peaks*; re-recording | 3:59 |
| 4. | "Ah-Ah" |  | From *Cool World* | 2:24 |
| 5. | "I Like to Score" |  | From *Double Tap* | 2:21 |
| 6. | "Oil 1" |  | From *The Saint* | 4:51 |
| 7. | "New Dawn Fades" | Ian Curtis | From  *Feeling So Real Remixes* single | 5:34 |
| 8. | "God Moving Over the Face of the Waters (Heat Mix)" |  | From *That's When I Reach for My Revolver Remix* single | 5:44 |
| 9. | "First Cool Hive" |  | From *Scream*; alternate edit from the recording featured on *Everything Is Wrong* | 5:41 |
| 10. | "Nash" |  | From *Double Tap* | 1:22 |
| 11. | "Love Theme" |  | From *Joe's Apartment* | 4:36 |
| 12. | "Grace" |  | From *Space Water Onion* | 5:24 |
| Total length: | | | | 47:47 |

## Personnel

Credits for *I Like to Score* adapted from album liner notes.

* Moby – production, recording, instruments
* Osho Endo – trombone on "James Bond Theme (Moby's Re-Version)"
* Rob Hardt – saxophone on "James Bond Theme (Moby's Re-Version)"
* MC Shah-King – vocals on "Ah-Ah"
* Alexander McCabe – saxophone on "James Bond Theme (Moby's Re-Version)"
* Daniel Millermixing on "James Bond Theme (Moby's Re-Version)"
* Alan Moulder – mixing on "James Bond Theme (Moby's Re-Version)"
* Greg Robinson – trombone on "James Bond Theme (Moby's Re-Version)"

Artwork and design * Alli – art direction, design
* Jennifer Elster – styling
* Scott Frassetto – photography
* Adam Friedberg – photography

## Charts

| Chart (1997) | Peak
position |
| --- | --- |
| French Albums (SNEP) | 83 |
| UK Albums (OCC) | 54 |
| US Heatseekers Albums (*Billboard*) | 22 |
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## InfoBox

| I Like to Score | |
| --- | --- |
|  | |
| Compilation album by Moby | |
| Released | October 10, 1997 (1997-10-10) |
| Genre | Electronica, techno |
| Length | 47:47 |
| Label |  |
| Producer | Moby |
| Moby chronology | |
| *Animal Rights*
(1996) ***I Like to Score***
(1997) *Play*
(1999) | |


title: WNSN

abstract: WNSN is a commercial FM radio station in South Bend, Indiana. It is owned by Mid-West Family Broadcasting and airs an adult contemporary radio format known as Sunny 101.5. WNSN is usually the market's top rated radio station according to the Nielsen ratings. Sunny 101.5 carries Delilah's syndicated love songs show in the evening from Premiere Networks. Most weekends it features 1980s hits. From mid-November to Dec. 26, WNSN switches to all Christmas music. The studios and offices are on Monroe Street in Downtown South Bend. The transmitter is off Ironwood Road, south of downtown South Bend. It is co-located with sister station 960 WSBT's tower.

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# WNSN

**WNSN** (101.5 MHz) is a commercial FM radio station in South Bend, Indiana. It is owned by Mid-West Family Broadcasting and airs an adult contemporary radio format known as **Sunny 101.5**. WNSN is usually the market's top rated radio station according to the Nielsen ratings. Sunny 101.5 carries Delilah's syndicated love songs show in the evening from Premiere Networks. Most weekends it features 1980s hits. From mid-November to Dec. 26, WNSN switches to all Christmas music.

The studios and offices are on Monroe Street in Downtown South Bend. The transmitter is off Ironwood Road, south of downtown South Bend. It is co-located with sister station 960 WSBT's tower.

## History

### WSBT-FM, WWJY and WTHQ

The station signed on the air on August 1, 1962, as WSBT-FM. At first it simulcast the middle of the road (MOR) format of music, news and sports, on its AM counterpart, 960 WSBT. In the late 1960s, WSBT-FM began separate programming, airing beautiful music. From the mid-1970s until 1981, the station was WWJY, using the Schulke beautiful music package.

In 1981, the station shifted to adult contemporary music as WTHQ, using the Satellite Music Network's *StarStation* format. In 1984, the station switched to locally programmed AC music, with the call letters WNSN. The SN stands for "Sunny 101.5".

### Ownership changes

Longtime owner Schurz Communications announced on September 14, 2015, that it would exit broadcasting and sell its television and radio stations, including WNSN, to Gray Television for $442.5 million. The sale separated WNSN from both the station's longtime co-owned newspaper, the *South Bend Tribune* (which Schurz kept until 2019), and WSBT-TV 22 (which was sold separately due to Gray's existing ownership of WNDU-TV 16).

Gray initially said it would keep Schurz' radio stations. But on November 2, it announced that Mid-West Family Broadcasting would acquire WNSN and Schurz's other South Bend radio stations for $5.5 million. The purchase by Mid-West was consummated on February 16, 2016.

41°37′01″N 86°13′01″W / 41.617°N 86.217°W / 41.617; -86.217

## InfoBox

WNSN
|  | |
| --- | --- |
|  | |
| Broadcast area | Michiana |
| Frequency | 101.5 MHz |
| Branding | *Sunny 101.5* |
| Programming | |
| Format | Adult contemporary |
| Affiliations | Premiere Networks |
| Ownership | |
| Owner |  |
| Sister stations | WSBT, WQLQ, WZOC |
| History | |
| First air date | August 1, 1962 (as WSBT-FM) |
| Former call signs | * WSBT-FM (1962–1975) * WWJY (1975–1981) * WTHQ (1981–1984) |
| Call sign meaning | "Sunny" |
| Technical information | |
| Licensing authority | FCC |
| Facility ID | 73984 |
| Class | B |
| ERP | 13,000 watts |
| HAAT | 296 meters (971 ft) |
| Links | |
| Public license information |  |
| Webcast | Listen live |
| Website | www.sunny1015.com |


title: HELRAS

abstract: HELRAS or the Helicopter Long Range Active Sonar is a naval helicopter undersea sensor, a dipping sonar, deployed by helicopters of many naval air forces around the world to detect submarines; it is a form of geophysical MASINT.

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# HELRAS

**HELRAS** or the **Helicopter Long Range Active Sonar** is a naval helicopter undersea sensor, a dipping sonar (a form of towed array sonar), deployed by helicopters of many naval air forces around the world to detect submarines; it is a form of geophysical MASINT.

## History

HELRAS was first developed in the 1970s by Bendix, FIAR and British Aerospace. Another rival system was called FLASH (Folding Light Acoustic System for Helicopters). In the 1980s, the system was supplied by Bendix.

A competitor of HELRAS is the Low Frequency Active Sonar (LFAS).

## Capability

It can detect submarines up to 60NM.

## Manufacture

Parts for the system are made by Rolls-Royce North America.

## Deployment

The system has been fitted to EH101, S70B, NH90, CH-148, AS532SC, AB412, and AS565 with helicopter of navies such as Italy, Turkey, Greece, Netherlands, Canada, Singapore, Thailand, Chile, Brazil, Indonesia, and Morocco. The system has also been fitted to unmanned surface vessels Seagull and RHIBs for Israel and USN.


title: Fountain Green, Utah

abstract: Fountain Green is a city in Sanpete County, Utah, United States. The population was 1,071 at the 2010 census.

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# Fountain Green, Utah

**Fountain Green** is a city in Sanpete County, Utah, United States. The population was 1,071 at the 2010 census.

## History

Fountain Green was originally called "Uintah Springs", and under the latter name settlement was made in 1859. A post office called Fountain Green has been in operation since 1860. The present name is for springs and green pastures near the original town site.

## Geography

According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 1.4 square miles (3.6 km2), all land.

Historical population
| Census | Pop. | Note |  |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1870 | 562 |  |  |
| 1880 | 881 |  | 56.8% |
| 1890 | 677 |  | −23.2% |
| 1900 | 755 |  | 11.5% |
| 1910 | 875 |  | 15.9% |
| 1920 | 1,169 |  | 33.6% |
| 1930 | 982 |  | −16.0% |
| 1940 | 988 |  | 0.6% |
| 1950 | 767 |  | −22.4% |
| 1960 | 544 |  | −29.1% |
| 1970 | 467 |  | −14.2% |
| 1980 | 578 |  | 23.8% |
| 1990 | 578 |  | 0.0% |
| 2000 | 945 |  | 63.5% |
| 2010 | 1,071 |  | 13.3% |
| 2019 (est.) | 1,166 |  | 8.9% |
| U.S. Decennial Census | | | |

## Demographics

As of the census of 2010, there were 1071 people and 370 households, 88.4% of which were occupied housing units. The population density was 705 people per square mile. The racial makeup of the city was 89.07% White, 0.10% African American, 0.60% Native American, and 1.73% from other races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 8.50% of the population.

## Education

Fountain Green is located in the North Sanpete School District and contains an elementary school. Students attend North Sanpete Middle School in Moroni and North Sanpete High School in Mount Pleasant.

## Events

The annual city celebration is Lamb Day each July, in recognition of the local sheep ranching industry. The event includes a play, mutton busting, carnival, softball games, a fun run, large number of lambs cooked in an open pit, and a parade down State Street.

## Further reading

## InfoBox

| Fountain Green, Utah | |
| --- | --- |
| City | |
| Location in Sanpete County and the state of Utah. | |
| Coordinates: 39°37′40″N 111°38′22″W / 39.62778°N 111.63944°W / 39.62778; -111.63944 | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Utah |
| County | Sanpete |
| Settled | March 1859 |
| Named for | Springs and meadows |
| Area | |
| Total | 1.25 sq mi (3.24 km2) |
| Land | 1.25 sq mi (3.24 km2) |
| Water | 0.00 sq mi (0.00 km2) |
| Elevation | 5,899 ft (1,798 m) |
| Population (2010) | |
| Total | 1,071 |
| Estimate (2019) | 1,166 |
| Density | 932.05/sq mi (359.87/km2) |
| Time zone | UTC-7 (Mountain (MST)) |
| Summer (DST) | UTC-6 (MDT) |
| ZIP code | 84632 |
| Area code | 435 |
| FIPS code | 49-26720 |
| GNIS feature ID | 1441187 |
| Website | fountaingreencity.com |