title: Magnolia Hotel (Dallas, Texas)

abstract: The Magnolia Hotel is a 29-story, Beaux-Arts style, upscale hotel in the Main Street District of downtown Dallas, Texas, that for many years was the tallest building in the state after surpassing the Adolphus Hotel. The structure is a Dallas Landmark and is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.

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# Magnolia Hotel (Dallas, Texas)

The **Magnolia Hotel** (sometimes called the **Magnolia Building**, originally the **Magnolia Petroleum Building**) is a 29-story, Beaux-Arts style, upscale hotel in the Main Street District of downtown Dallas, Texas, that for many years was the tallest building in the state after surpassing the Adolphus Hotel. The structure is a Dallas Landmark and is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.

## History

The building, which opened next door to the Adolphus Hotel in August 1922 at a cost of US $4 million, was originally the headquarters for the Magnolia Petroleum Company. In 1934, the company erected its trademark neon Pegasus on the building's roof (the Pegasus logo later became the logo of Mobil Oil who merged with Magnolia Petroleum in 1959) to celebrate the American Petroleum Institute's annual meeting, held in Dallas for the first time. The rotating winged horse came to represent the city of Dallas and became one of its most recognizable and endearing landmarks, even after the building became obscured by much larger skyscrapers (the neon Pegasus can now only be seen in the downtown skyline approaching from the south).

By 1974, however, Pegasus stopped rotating due to mechanical problems and in 1977 the property was sold to the city of Dallas. The building was listed in the National Register of Historic Places in 1978.

The building was purchased by Denver, Colorado developers in 1997 and was converted into the luxury 330-room Magnolia Hotel.

In 1999, in preparation for Dallas's Millennium Celebration, Pegasus was taken down to be completely restored. However, the sign was beyond repair and a new sign was recreated from scratch. At midnight on 1 January 2000, the new Pegasus, complete with rotation, was lit for the first time. A copy of the original sign, which sat atop a Mobil Oil station in the Casa Linda neighborhood of Dallas for many decades, is now on display at the Old Red Museum.

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|  | |
| --- | --- |
| Magnolia Building | |
| U.S. National Register of Historic Places | |
| U.S. Historic district
Contributing property | |
| Recorded Texas Historic Landmark | |
| Dallas Landmark | |
|  | |
| Magnolia Building in 2009 | |
| Magnolia BuildingMagnolia Building | |
| Location | 108 S. Akard St.,
Dallas, Texas |
| Coordinates | 32°46′48″N 96°47′56″W / 32.78000°N 96.79889°W / 32.78000; -96.79889 |
| Area | 0.4 acres (0.16 ha) |
| Built | 1921 (1921) |
| Architect | Alfred C. Bossom, Lang & Witchell |
| Architectural style | Beaux-Arts, Renaissance, Skyscraper |
| Website | Magnolia Dallas Downtown |
| Part of | Dallas Downtown Historic District (ID04000894) |
| NRHP reference No. | 78002915 |
| RTHL No. | 6778 |
| DLMK No. | H/7 |
| Significant dates | |
| Added to NRHP | January 30, 1978 |
| Designated CP | August 11, 2006 |
| Designated RTHL | 1978 |
| Designated DLMK | December 10, 1997 |


title: Vučinići

abstract: Vučinići is a village in Croatia. It is connected by the D3 highway.

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# Vučinići

**Vučinići**  is a village in Croatia. It is connected by the D3 highway.

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| Vučinići Вучинићи (Serbian) | |
| --- | --- |
| Village | |
| Vučinići | |
| Coordinates: 45°25′04″N 15°02′14″E / 45.41778°N 15.03722°E / 45.41778; 15.03722 | |
| Country | Croatia |
| Municipality | Vrbovsko |
| Area | |
| Total | 5.2 km2 (2.0 sq mi) |
| Population (2021) | |
| Total | 58 |
| Density | 11/km2 (29/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
| Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |


title: Vučipolje, Posušje

abstract: Vučipolje is a village in the municipality of Posušje in West Herzegovina Canton, the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bosnia and Herzegovina.

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# Vučipolje, Posušje

**Vučipolje** is a village in the municipality of Posušje in West Herzegovina Canton, the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bosnia and Herzegovina.

## Demographics

According to the 2013 census, its population was 10, all Croats.

## Footnotes

## Bibliography

* *Ethnicity/National Affiliation, Religion and Mother Tongue* (PDF). Sarajevo: Agency for Statistics of Bosnia and Herzegovina. 2019.

43°31′50″N 17°18′31″E / 43.5306°N 17.3086°E / 43.5306; 17.3086

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| Vučipolje | |
| --- | --- |
| Village | |
| Vučipolje | |
| Coordinates: 43°31′50″N 17°18′31″E / 43.53056°N 17.30861°E / 43.53056; 17.30861 | |
| Country | Bosnia and Herzegovina |
| Entity | Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina |
| Canton | West Herzegovina Canton |
| Municipality | Posušje |
| Area | |
| Total | 24.31 km2 (9.39 sq mi) |
| Population (2013) | |
| Total | 10 |
| Density | 0.41/km2 (1.1/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
| Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |


title: W. Gregory Stewart

abstract: W. Gregory Stewart is a poet most associated with speculative fiction. He has won the Rhysling Award four times. He was born in 1950 in Canada, has lived in Australia, and currently resides in Los Angeles. Aside from poetry he also writes short fiction and was a past nominee for the Nebula Award for Best Short Story. Stewart conducts a writer's workshop for youth, works for a public utility, and grows heirloom tomatoes from seed. He is married to illustrator Helen Shoenfeld and has a son, Jesse.

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# W. Gregory Stewart

**W. Gregory Stewart** (born in Toronto) is a poet most associated with speculative fiction. He has won the Rhysling Award four times.

He was born in 1950 in Canada, has lived in Australia, and currently resides in Los Angeles. Aside from poetry he also writes short fiction and was a past nominee for the Nebula Award for Best Short Story. Stewart conducts a writer's workshop for youth, works for a public utility, and grows heirloom tomatoes from seed. He is married to illustrator Helen Shoenfeld and has a son, Jesse.

## Web sources


title: Mecyclothorax peryphoides

abstract: Mecyclothorax peryphoides is a species of ground beetle in the subfamily Psydrinae. It was described by Blackburn in 1889.

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# Mecyclothorax peryphoides

***Mecyclothorax peryphoides*** is a species of ground beetle in the subfamily Psydrinae. It was described by Blackburn in 1889.

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| *Mecyclothorax peryphoides* | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Family: | Carabidae |
| Genus: | *Mecyclothorax* |
| Species: | ***M. peryphoides*** |
| Binomial name | |
| ***Mecyclothorax peryphoides***<br>(Blackburn, 1889) | |
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title: Meerschaum Vale, New South Wales

abstract: Meerschaum Vale is a town located in the Northern Rivers region of New South Wales, Australia.

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# Meerschaum Vale, New South Wales

**Meerschaum Vale** is a town located in the Northern Rivers region of New South Wales, Australia.

## InfoBox

| Meerschaum Vale<br>New South Wales | |
| --- | --- |
| Meerschaum Vale | |
| Coordinates | 28°44′21″S 153°30′10″E / 28.73917°S 153.50278°E / -28.73917; 153.50278 |
| Population | 397 (2016 census) |
| Postcode(s) | 2477 |
| LGA(s) | Ballina Shire |
| State electorate(s) | Ballina |
| Federal division(s) | Page |


title: Meers Oppenheim

abstract: Meers Oppenheim is an American physicist who is Professor of Astronomy at Boston University. His primary research interests include computational and theoretical space plasma physics, dynamics of the ionosphere and solar atmosphere, particle-wave interactions in plasmas, and the physics of meteor trails.

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# Meers Oppenheim

**Meers Oppenheim** (born 1962, Bethesda, Maryland) is an American physicist who is Professor of Astronomy at Boston University. His primary research interests include computational and theoretical space plasma physics, dynamics of the ionosphere and solar atmosphere, particle-wave interactions in plasmas, and the physics of meteor trails.

## Education

Oppenheim received his B.S. and M.Eng. in 1984 and 1990 from Cornell University's School of Applied and Engineering Physics. He then received his Ph.D. of Electrical Engineering in 1995 from Cornell's Space Plasma Physics Group.

## Career

Oppenheim began his career as a programmer and junior analyst at Jack Faucett Associates, Inc. in Chevy Chase, Maryland from 1980 to 1982. From 1984 to 1986, he worked as a staff physicist at the Physics International Corporation in San Leandro, California.

In 1988, Oppenheim was a research assistant at Cornell University. In 1995, he became a Max Planck Society Postdoctoral Scientist. In 1996, he became a research associate at the University of Colorado, Boulder.

In 1998, Oppenheim began working as an assistant professor of astronomy at Boston University. He became an associate professor in 2004, and in 2013, a full professor. In 2018, he became the director of graduate admissions at Boston University.

## Scientific contributions

Oppenheim studies space plasma physics using supercomputer simulations, theory, and data. He works on a range of research topics, including ionospheric and solar collisional plasmas, particle-wave interactions, and the physics of meteor trails. Since 2016, he has been working to incorporate the important effects of ionospheric turbulence into planetary scale simulations of the coupled magnetosphere, ionosphere and atmosphere. He has also been trying to model wave heating of the solar chromosphere. Most recently, he has also been working on understanding the effects of UV photoelectrons on the ionosphere and their observational consequences.

## Honors and awards

* 1988–1989: Reily scholar
* 1994: CEDAR conference honorable mention
* 1994: Spring AGU meeting outstanding student paper
* 1995–1996: Max Planck Society Fellowship
* 1996: National Research Council Fellowship
* 2001: Elected member, Union Radio Science International
* 2002–2005: Elected Vice-Chair, Union Radio Science International
* 2003–2005: Member, American Physical Science, Division of Plasma Physics, program committee
* 2006–present: Elected Chair, Union Radio Science International, U.S.A Commission H
* 2008–2011: Elected member, CEDAR Science Steering Committee
* 2011–2014: Elected Vice-Chair, Union Radio Science International, International Commission H
* 2016: CEDAR Prize Lecturer
* 2018: Visiting Scholar and Professor, Leibniz-Institut f ̈ur Atmosph ̈arenphysik, Kuhlungsborn, Germany
* Member of the American Geophysical Union
* Member of the American Physical Society
* Member of the American Association for the Advancement of Science

## Selected publications


title: Vũ Hồng Việt

abstract: Vũ Hồng Việt is a Vietnamese football manager and former footballer who is currently the head coach of Thép Xanh Nam Định.

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# Vũ Hồng Việt

**Vũ Hồng Việt** (born 16 March 1979) is a Vietnamese football manager and former footballer who is currently the head coach of Thép Xanh Nam Định.

## Playing career

Hồng Việt started his football career in 1997 at Hà Nội FC (who later become Hà Nội ACB). The peal of his playing career was between 2003 and 2004, while he played for Hoàng Anh Gia Lai and managed to win two V.League 1 titles with the club in 2003 and 2004. He retired in 2009, with his lats club being Hòa Phát Hà Nội.

## Coaching career

After his retirement, Hồng Việt started his coaching career at Hà Nội reserves and youth side in 2011, where he remained for 8 years. As a manager, his "philosophy is to play small possession, short and attacking". From 2017 to 2018, he took charge of Vietnam's under-15s and under-19s and won the 2017 AFF U-15 Championship.

He coached V.League 1 side Quảng Nam from 2018 and 2020 before resigning in June 2020 after the club dropped into a relegated spot. Thereafter, he served as coach Park Hang-seo assistant at the Vietnam national team until August 2022, after accepting the offer to coach Thép Xanh Nam Định. There, he helped the club win the 2023–24 V.League 1, thus achieving also the first league title in his coaching career.

## Honours

### As player

**Hoàng Anh Gia Lai**

### As manager

**Vietnam U15**

**Vietnam U19**

**Thép Xanh Nam Định**

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Vũ Hồng Việt
| Personal information | | | |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Birth name | Vũ Hồng Việt | | |
| Date of birth | (1979-03-16) 16 March 1979 | | |
| Place of birth | Thái Bình, Việt Nam | | |
| Position(s) | Midfielder | | |
| Team information | | | |
| Current team | Thép Xanh Nam Định (head coach) | | |
| Youth career | | | |
| –1997 | Tổng Cục Đường sắt | | |
| Senior career\* | | | |
| Years | **Team** | **Apps** | **(Gls)** |
| 1997–2002 | Hà Nội ACB |  |  |
| 2002–2007 | Hoàng Anh Gia Lai |  |  |
| 2007–2009 | Hòa Phát Hà Nội |  |  |
| International career | | | |
| 1997 | Vietnam U19 |  |  |
| Managerial career | | | |
| 2011–2019 | Hanoi FC youth | | |
| 2017 | Vietnam U15 | | |
| 2017–2018 | Vietnam U19 | | |
| 2019–2020 | Quảng Nam | | |
| 2020–2022 | Vietnam (assistant) | | |
| 2022– | Thép Xanh Nam Định | | |
| \*Club domestic league appearances and goals | | | |


title: Med Ad News

abstract: Med Ad News is a magazine, publishing pharmaceutical business and marketing news. It was started in 1982 and the first issue appeared in September 1982. Its headquarters is in Livingston, New Jersey, United States.

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# Med Ad News

***Med Ad News*** is a magazine, publishing pharmaceutical business and marketing news. It was started in 1982 and the first issue appeared in September 1982. Its headquarters is in Livingston, New Jersey, United States.

## Publishing

Med Ad News is currently published by Outcomes LLC, formerly by Canon Communications and Engel Publishing Partners.

The content of *Med Ad News* appears in print six times annually, distributed around the world and on PharmaLive.com.

## Acquisition

Engel Publishing Partners was sold to Canon Communications in 2007.

In January 2014, PharmaLive and Med Ad News brands were acquired by Outcomes LLC from UBM.

## InfoBox

*Med Ad News*
| Editor | Daniel Becker |
| --- | --- |
| Frequency | Bi-monthly |
| Format | Print, online |
| Publisher | Outcomes LLC (formerly Canon Communications) |
| Founded | September 1982 |
| Country | United States |
| Based in | Livingston, New Jersey |
| Language | English |
| Website | www.pharmalive.com |


title: MedStar Union Memorial Hospital

abstract: MedStar Union Memorial Hospital is a non-profit, acute care teaching hospital located in the North Central section of Baltimore, Maryland. The hospital is a member of MedStar Health, a community-based network of Baltimore/Washington, D.C. area hospitals and other health care services. In 2014, the magazine U.S. News & World Report ranked the hospital 10th in Maryland, and 9th in the Baltimore metropolitan area. For cardiology, cardiac surgery, and orthopedic surgery, it is ranked among the top 50 hospitals in the U.S.. Jazz leader Chick Webb worked in the hospital as a youngster, and Mickey Mantle received treatment at the hospital. In 1939, the gangster Al Capone spent time at the hospital to cure his paresis caused by syphilis, after his release from Alcatraz, after which he donated two cherry trees to the hospital. One tree was later cut down to allow the construction of a new wing of the hospital.

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# MedStar Union Memorial Hospital

**MedStar Union Memorial Hospital** is a non-profit, acute care teaching hospital located in the North Central section of Baltimore, Maryland. The hospital is a member of MedStar Health, a community-based network of Baltimore/Washington, D.C. area hospitals and other health care services.

In 2014, the magazine *U.S. News & World Report* ranked the hospital 10th in Maryland, and 9th in the Baltimore metropolitan area. For cardiology, cardiac surgery, and orthopedic surgery, it is ranked among the top 50 hospitals in the U.S..

Jazz leader Chick Webb worked in the hospital as a youngster, and Mickey Mantle received treatment at the hospital. In 1939, the gangster Al Capone spent time at the hospital to cure his paresis caused by syphilis, after his release from Alcatraz, after which he donated two cherry trees to the hospital. One tree was later cut down to allow the construction of a new wing of the hospital.

## InfoBox

| MedStar Union Memorial Hospital | |
| --- | --- |
| MedStar Health | |
|  | |
|  | |
| Geography | |
| Location | 201 East University Parkway, Baltimore, Maryland, United States |
| Coordinates | 39°19′45″N 76°36′51″W / 39.3291°N 76.6143°W / 39.3291; -76.6143 |
| Organization | |
| Care system | Private not-for-profit |
| Type | Teaching |
| Services | |
| Beds | 192 |
| History | |
| Opened | 1854 |
| Links | |
| Website | medstarunionmemorial.org |
| Lists | Hospitals in Maryland |


abstract: As minor planet discoveries are confirmed, they are given a permanent number by the IAU's Minor Planet Center (MPC), and the discoverers can then submit names for them, following the IAU's naming conventions. The list below concerns those minor planets in the specified number-range that have received names, and explains the meanings of those names. Official naming citations of newly named small Solar System bodies are approved and published in a bulletin by IAU's Working Group for Small Bodies Nomenclature (WGSBN). Before May 2021, citations were published in MPC's Minor Planet Circulars for many decades. Recent citations can also be found on the JPL Small-Body Database (SBDB). Until his death in 2016, German astronomer Lutz D. Schmadel compiled these citations into the Dictionary of Minor Planet Names (DMP) and regularly updated the collection. Based on Paul Herget's The Names of the Minor Planets, Schmadel also researched the unclear origin of numerous asteroids, most of which had been named prior to World War II. This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain: SBDB New namings may only be added to this list below after official publication as the preannouncement of names is condemned. The WGSBN publishes a comprehensive guideline for the naming rules of non-cometary small Solar System bodies.

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# Meanings of minor planet names: 329001–330000

As minor planet discoveries are confirmed, they are given a permanent number by the IAU's Minor Planet Center (MPC), and the discoverers can then submit names for them, following the IAU's naming conventions. The list below concerns those minor planets in the specified number-range that have received names, and explains the meanings of those names.

Official naming citations of newly named small Solar System bodies are approved and published in a bulletin by IAU's Working Group for Small Bodies Nomenclature (WGSBN). Before May 2021, citations were published in MPC's *Minor Planet Circulars* for many decades. Recent citations can also be found on the JPL Small-Body Database (SBDB). Until his death in 2016, German astronomer Lutz D. Schmadel compiled these citations into the *Dictionary of Minor Planet Names* (DMP) and regularly updated the collection.

Based on Paul Herget's *The Names of the Minor Planets*, Schmadel also researched the unclear origin of numerous asteroids, most of which had been named prior to World War II.  This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain: SBDB New namings may only be *added to this list below after official publication* as the preannouncement of names is condemned. The WGSBN publishes a comprehensive guideline for the naming rules of non-cometary small Solar System bodies.

## 329001–329100

| Named minor planet | Provisional | *This minor planet was named for...* | Ref **·** Catalog |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 329018 Neufeld | 2011 AV6 | Michael J. Neufeld (b. 1951) is a Senior Curator at the Smithsonian's National Air and Space Museum. He has written the authoritative biography of Wernher von Braun and has published articles on the history of NASA planetary exploration. | IAU **·** 329018 |
| 329025 Annekathrin | 2011 AX18 | Named after Annekathrin Ullmann (1971–2002) of the DLR Institute of Planetary Research in Berlin, on the twentieth anniversary of her premature death. | IAU **·** 329025 |
| 329069 Russellporter | 2011 BV7 | Russell W. Porter (1871–1949), the founder of the Springfield Telescope Makers in 1923 and designed its Stellafane Clubhouse built in 1924. | IAU **·** 329069 |

## 329101–329200

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| Named minor planet | Provisional | *This minor planet was named for...* | Ref **·** Catalog |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| *There are no named minor planets in this number range* | | | |

## 329201–329300

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| Named minor planet | Provisional | *This minor planet was named for...* | Ref **·** Catalog |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| *There are no named minor planets in this number range* | | | |

## 329301–329400

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| Named minor planet | Provisional | *This minor planet was named for...* | Ref **·** Catalog |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| *There are no named minor planets in this number range* | | | |

## 329401–329500

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| Named minor planet | Provisional | *This minor planet was named for...* | Ref **·** Catalog |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| *There are no named minor planets in this number range* | | | |

## 329501–329600

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| Named minor planet | Provisional | *This minor planet was named for...* | Ref **·** Catalog |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| *There are no named minor planets in this number range* | | | |

## 329601–329700

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| Named minor planet | Provisional | *This minor planet was named for...* | Ref **·** Catalog |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| *There are no named minor planets in this number range* | | | |

## 329701–329800

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| Named minor planet | Provisional | *This minor planet was named for...* | Ref **·** Catalog |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| *There are no named minor planets in this number range* | | | |

## 329801–329900

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| Named minor planet | Provisional | *This minor planet was named for...* | Ref **·** Catalog |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| *There are no named minor planets in this number range* | | | |

## 329901–330000

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| Named minor planet | Provisional | *This minor planet was named for...* | Ref **·** Catalog |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 329935 Prévôt | 2005 OH19 | Jean Prévôt (1585–1631), Swiss physician and professor in Italy at the University of Padua. Prévôt was born in Delémont, Switzerland, like the discoverer Michel Ory. | JPL **·** 329935 |

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title: W. Nesbitt

abstract: W. Nesbitt, occasionally referred to as Nisbitt in some reports, was a footballer who played for Sheffield United as a defender during the 1891–92 season. Little else is known about him, with no surviving contemporary records or documents as to his full identity. Nesbitt was registered by United in the summer of 1891 and played in 29 games during the course of the season, although the majority of them were friendly fixtures. He did make five competitive starts in the Northern League and a further two in the FA Cup before being released the following summer.

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# W. Nesbitt

**W. Nesbitt**, occasionally referred to as **Nisbitt** in some reports, was a footballer who played for Sheffield United as a defender during the 1891–92 season. Little else is known about him, with no surviving contemporary records or documents as to his full identity. Nesbitt was registered by United in the summer of 1891 and played in 29 games during the course of the season, although the majority of them were friendly fixtures. He did make five competitive starts in the Northern League and a further two in the FA Cup before being released the following summer.

## InfoBox

W. Nesbitt
| Personal information | | | |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Place of birth | England | | |
| Position(s) | Defender | | |
| Senior career\* | | | |
| Years | **Team** | **Apps** | **(Gls)** |
| 1891–1891 | Sheffield United | 5 | (0) |
| \*Club domestic league appearances and goals | | | |


title: W.P. Mills House

abstract: The W.P. Mills House, also known as Cushing House, Longenbaugh House, Poulson House and Island House, is a historic house at 1 Maksoutoff Street in Sitka, Alaska. It occupies a prominent site in Sitka, located on a small island in the harbor at the end of a 400-foot (120 m) causeway. The house is located on the site where, during the Russian period in the early nineteenth century, a fish-packing operation was located. In 1915, W. P. Mills, son of one of the former American owners of the saltery after the Alaska Purchase, hired Seattle-based architect Louis L. Mendal to design a house to stand on the old saltery's foundation. The design, which used the foundation as well as the massive wooden door of the saltery, adapted the foundation to provide a sheltered and private courtyard space, and to take advantage of the expansive views available. The house was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1977.

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# W.P. Mills House

The **W.P. Mills House**, also known as **Cushing House**, **Longenbaugh House**, **Poulson House** and **Island House**, is a historic house at 1 Maksoutoff Street in Sitka, Alaska. It occupies a prominent site in Sitka, located on a small island in the harbor at the end of a 400-foot (120 m) causeway. The house is located on the site where, during the Russian period in the early nineteenth century, a fish-packing operation was located. In 1915, W. P. Mills, son of one of the former American owners of the saltery after the Alaska Purchase, hired Seattle-based architect Louis L. Mendal to design a house to stand on the old saltery's foundation. The design, which used the foundation as well as the massive wooden door of the saltery, adapted the foundation to provide a sheltered and private courtyard space, and to take advantage of the expansive views available.

The house was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1977.

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|  | |
| --- | --- |
| W. P. Mills House | |
| U.S. National Register of Historic Places | |
| Alaska Heritage Resources Survey | |
|  | |
|  | |
|  | |
| Location | 1 Maksoutoff Street, Sitka, Alaska |
| Coordinates | 57°02′54″N 135°20′00″W / 57.0483°N 135.33321°W / 57.0483; -135.33321 |
| Area | less than one acre |
| Built | 1916 (1916) |
| Built by | Tim Demedoff |
| Architect | Louis L. Mendal |
| NRHP reference No. | 77000226 |
| AHRS No. | SIT-025 |
| Significant dates | |
| Added to NRHP | December 16, 1977 |
| Designated AHRS | October 27, 1972 |


title: Megan Nash

abstract: Megan Nash is a Canadian singer-songwriter from Mortlach, Saskatchewan. Her latest album Soft Focus Futures was released on November 3, 2021. Nash released Song Harvest Volume One on March 17, 2015. The album was recorded live off the floor of an 100-year-old church where she wrote the songs. The tracks were recorded with minimal production, with just guitar and vocals. In 2016, Nash was nominated for Songwriter of the Year at the Western Canadian Music Awards. Nash performed at the Regina Folk Festival. In 2017, Nash performed at Merlefest in North Carolina. In September, she toured Europe as part of "About Songs Canadian Youngbloods Tour" alongside Devarrow and Owen Meany's Batting Stance.Seeker was released on September 22, 2017. In 2018, Nash returned to Europe, performing solo headlining dates and opening for Shred Kelly. She performed on the main stage at the Ness Creek Music Festival in July with her back up band Bears in Hazenmore. Nash was nominated for Breakout Artist of the Year at the Western Canadian Music Awards. Nash's album Seeker was voted Best Album of 2018 by Prairie Dog Readers.

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# Megan Nash

**Megan Nash** (born November 6, 1989) is a Canadian singer-songwriter from Mortlach, Saskatchewan. Her latest album *Soft Focus Futures* was released on November 3, 2021.

Nash released *Song Harvest Volume One* on March 17, 2015. The album was recorded live off the floor of an 100-year-old church where she wrote the songs. The tracks were recorded with minimal production, with just guitar and vocals.

In 2016, Nash was nominated for Songwriter of the Year at the Western Canadian Music Awards. Nash performed at the Regina Folk Festival.

In 2017, Nash performed at Merlefest in North Carolina. In September, she toured Europe as part of "About Songs Canadian Youngbloods Tour" alongside Devarrow and Owen Meany's Batting Stance.*Seeker* was released on September 22, 2017.

In 2018, Nash returned to Europe, performing solo headlining dates and opening for Shred Kelly. She performed on the main stage at the Ness Creek Music Festival in July with her back up band Bears in Hazenmore. Nash was nominated for Breakout Artist of the Year at the Western Canadian Music Awards. Nash's album *Seeker* was voted Best Album of 2018 by Prairie Dog Readers.

## Personal life

Nash is gender-fluid, and uses she/they pronouns.


title: Megan Neyer

abstract: Megan Neyer is an American former competition springboard and platform diver. Neyer was a member of the ill-fated 1980 U.S. Olympic team, the 1982 world champion springboard diver, a fifteen-time U.S. national diving champion, and an eight-time NCAA champion.

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# Megan Neyer

**Megan Neyer** (born June 11, 1962) is an American former competition springboard and platform diver. Neyer was a member of the ill-fated 1980 U.S. Olympic team, the 1982 world champion springboard diver, a fifteen-time U.S. national diving champion, and an eight-time NCAA champion.

## Early years

Neyer was born in Ashland, Kentucky in 1962, but moved to Mission Viejo, California to further her athletic training with the Mission Viejo Nadadores.

## Diving career

Neyer won the United States Olympic trials in both springboard and platform diving in 1980, but did not participate in the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow because of the American-led boycott arising from the Soviet Union's 1979 invasion of Afghanistan. She was one of 461 athletes to receive a Congressional Gold Medal instead. Neyer accepted an athletic scholarship to attend the University of Florida in Gainesville, Florida, where she competed in National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) competition as a member of coach Randy Reese's Florida Gators swimming and diving team in 1982, 1983, 1984 and 1986. As a freshman in 1982, she was a member of the Gator women's NCAA championship team that included swimmers Theresa Andrews, Amy Caulkins, Tracy Caulkins and Kathy Treible, and won her first two individual NCAA championships in the women's one-meter and three-meter springboard events. In August 1982, four months after her first NCAA championships, Neyer won the gold medal in the women's springboard competition at the World Aquatics Championships in Guayaquil, Ecuador.

Individually, Neyer won a record eight NCAA diving championships, sweeping the one-meter and three-meter springboard events in all four years of college diving, and was recognized as an All-American eight times. In July 1984, she placed third in the U.S. Olympic Trials and failed to make the U.S. Olympic team, which came as a crushing emotional blow to her. After the Olympic trials, she took eighteen months off from competitive diving. She returned to the University of Florida for her senior season in 1986, winning the NCAA championships in the one-meter and three-meter springboard events again. She was also recognized as an Academic All-American in 1983 and 1986, and graduated from Florida with a 3.5 cumulative gradepoint average and a bachelor's degree in psychology in 1986. She remains the all-time winningest collegiate diver, male or female, in NCAA history.

Between 1981 and 1988, Neyer won fifteen national springboard diving championships—eight outdoor events and seven in the indoor events. In 1987, she won the U.S. national championship in the indoor three-meter springboard event and the outdoor one-meter springboard, and the three-meter springboard silver medal in the 1987 Pan American Games. She won her fifteenth and final U.S. national championship in 1988, and retired from competition diving following the 1988 Olympic Trials after failing to qualify for the U.S. Olympic Team.

Neyer was inducted into the University of Florida Athletic Hall of Fame as a "Gator Great" in 1996, and the International Swimming Hall of Fame in 1997. In 2006, she was named the NCAA's Most Outstanding Diver of the Last Quarter Century.

## Life after diving

In a June 1988 *New York Times* article, she openly discussed her private battle with bulimia from 1981 to 1984. After she retired from competitive diving in 1988, Neyer returned to graduate school at the University of Florida on an NCAA post-graduate scholarship to complete her master's degree in sports psychology in 1990 and her doctorate in counseling in 1994. Neyer was honored as a University of Florida Alumna of Outstanding Achievement in 1997, and was formerly the director of performance and wellness counseling at the Homer Rice Center for Sports Performance at Georgia Tech in Atlanta, Georgia. She currently is the principal of Total Performance Systems, Inc., and works as a performance counselor for elite athletes and business executives in Atlanta.

## Bibliography

* Caraccioli, Jerry, & Tom Caraccioli, *Boycott: Stolen Dreams of the 1980 Moscow Olympic Games*, New Chapter Press, Washington, D.C. (2009). ISBN 978-0-942257-54-0.

## InfoBox

Megan Neyer
| Personal information | |
| --- | --- |
| Full name | Megan Neyer |
| National team | United States |
| Born | (1962-06-11) June 11, 1962
Ashland, Kentucky |
| Sport | |
| Sport | Diving |
| Event(s) | Springboard, 1m & 3m
Platform, 10m |
| College team | University of Florida |
| Medal record      Women's diving  Representing the United States  World Aquatics Championships  1982 Guayaquil  3 m springboard  Summer Universiade  1981 Bucharest 3 m springboard  1983 Edmonton  3 m springboard  Pan American Games  1987 Indianapolis  3 m springboard | |


title: Megan Rosenbloom

abstract: Megan Curran Rosenbloom is an American medical librarian and expert on anthropodermic bibliopegy, the practice of binding books in human skin. She is a team member of the Anthropodermic Book Project, a group which scientifically tests skin-bound books to determine whether their origins are human. Rosenbloom is the author of Dark Archives, a 2020 non-fiction book on the history, provenance, and myths about books bound in human skin.

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# Megan Rosenbloom

**Megan Curran Rosenbloom** (born 1981) is an American medical librarian and expert on anthropodermic bibliopegy, the practice of binding books in human skin. She is a team member of the Anthropodermic Book Project, a group which scientifically tests skin-bound books to determine whether their origins are human. Rosenbloom is the author of *Dark Archives*, a 2020 non-fiction book on the history, provenance, and myths about books bound in human skin.

## Education

In 2004, Rosenbloom earned a bachelor of arts degree in journalism from Drexel University. Rosenbloom received her Master of Library and Information Science from the University of Pittsburgh in 2008.

## Career

Rosenbloom works as a medical librarian at University of Southern California Norris Medical Library, and as an obituary editor for the *Journal of the Medical Library Association*.

Through her library work, Rosenbloom had access to a large number of old and rare medical books that were also about death. She began doing public lectures on the way the history of medical advancements is intertwined with the use of nameless corpses and met Caitlin Doughty; together they curate Death Salon events. Rosenbloom believes the more people deny the inevitability of death, "the more people are psychically destroyed when it happens in their lives." She co-founded and directs Death Salon, the events arm of The Order of the Good Death where people can have conversations and discussions with others about death. Death Salons are a mix of private Order of the Good Death business and public events, happening nearly annually since 2013.

As a member of the Anthropodermic Book Project, Rosenbloom and her colleagues Daniel Kirby, Richard Hark and Anna Dhody use peptide mass fingerprinting to determine if the binding on books is of human origin. Rosenbloom is part of the outreach team, trying to convince rare book libraries to have their books tested.

## Writings

* Rosenbloom, Megan (Summer 2016). "A Book by its Cover: Identifying & Scientifically Testing the World's Books Bound in Human Skin" (PDF). *The Watermark: Newsletter of the Archivists and Librarians in the History of the Health Sciences*. **39** (3): 20–22. ISSN 1553-7641.
* Rosenbloom, Megan (October 19, 2016). "A Book by Its Cover". *Lapham’s Quarterly*. Retrieved December 24, 2018.
* Rosenbloom, Megan (2020). *Dark Archives: A Librarian's Investigation into the Science and History of Books Bound in Human Skin*. Farrar, Straus and Giroux. ISBN 9780374134709. Retrieved February 5, 2020.

## InfoBox

| Megan Rosenbloom | |
| --- | --- |
| Rosenbloom in 2016 | |
| Born | Megan Curran Rosenbloom<br>1981 (age 4243) |
| Education |  |
| Occupation | Medical librarian |
| Known for | Anthropodermic Book Project |
| Website | Official website |


title: Daniel Pearson (actor)

abstract: Daniel Pearson is an English actor and presenter, best known for his role as Rick Barber in the BAFTA-winning British children's television series, Tracy Beaker Returns and in the BAFTA winning spinoff series, The Dumping Ground.

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# Daniel Pearson (actor)

**Daniel Pearson** (born 16 July 1996) is an English actor and presenter, best known for his role as Rick Barber in the BAFTA-winning British children's television series, *Tracy Beaker Returns* and in the BAFTA winning spinoff series, *The Dumping Ground*.

## Career

Daniel's first role was in 2010 as young Chris Winter in detective television show *Vera*. In 2012, he starred as main character Rick Barber in the hugely popular, BAFTA winning, children's television series, *Tracy Beaker Returns*, a comedy drama based around the lives of children in care. In 2012 and 2013, Daniel co-presented BAFTA award-winning British children's entertainment television programme, *Friday Download*. In 2013, he reprised his role as Rick Barber, in *The Dumping Ground*, a spin-off of Tracy Beaker Returns. The show won a BAFTA for Best Children's Drama 2013. Also in 2013, Daniel had a recurring role as Luke Salter in the ITV soap opera *Emmerdale*. Daniel also starred as Rick in the second series of The Dumping Ground, which aired from January to March 2014. His character did not return for the third season, due to wanting a break from acting. Although announcing on his Facebook in late 2014 that he would return to acting in 2015, he hasn't starred in any other TV shows or movies since.

## Personal life

At the age of 3, Daniel moved with his family, from Darlington to Tadcaster in North Yorkshire, where he has lived ever since with his brother Adam. He took an interest in acting at the age of 12. He joined Kreative talent agency where he gained his first TV role in *Vera*.

## Filmography

| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 2011 | *Vera* | Young Chris Winter | One episode - Guest Role |
| 2012 | *Tracy Beaker Returns* | Rick Barber | Regular Role (series 3) |
| 2012–2013 | *Friday Download* | Himself | Main Presenter |
| 2013–2014 | *The Dumping Ground* | Rick Barber | Regular Role (series 1 and 2) |
| 2013 | *Emmerdale* | Luke Salter | Seven episodes - Recurring Role |
| 2014 | *The Dumping Ground Survival Files* | Rick Barber | Regular Role |

## InfoBox

| Daniel Pearson | |
| --- | --- |
| Born | Daniel Pearson
(1996-07-16) 16 July 1996
Darlington, England |
| Nationality | British |
| Occupation(s) | Actor and presenter |
| Years active | 2010–2015 |


title: Václav Morávek

abstract: Václav Morávek was a Czechoslovak Brigadier General and national hero, one of the best known personalities of the Czech antinazi rezistance and a member of the famous resistance group called the Three Kings. He is also the protagonist in the Czech TV series Three Kings, inspired by his group. He was a pistol shooting champion of the Czechoslovak Army, and commanded an Artillery battery in Olomouc with the rank of Staff Captain during the first Czechoslovak Republic. Demobilised after the German occupation of Czechoslovakia, he worked as a clerk at the Labour Office in Kolín. In summer 1939, he participated in the founding of the Obrana národa, a resistance group made up of former Czechoslovak soldiers. Morávek was a member of a group whose main tasks were keeping in contact with Paul Thümmel, maintaining radio connections with the London-based Czechoslovak Government-in-exile and sabotage. The trio was later nicknamed Three Kings. Morávek was known for his foolhardy nature and daring actions. Among the most famous are his repeated personal colportage of illegal press to the Prague Gestapo office and his deliberate face-to-face meeting with Oskar Fleischer, which Morávek subsequently described in a detailed letter sent to Fleischer's superior. Once, when returning from Yugoslavia with explosives in his luggage, he was checked by a German policeman at Prague railway station - when asked, Morávek cold-bloodedly responded that "what may look like some explosives to you, are in fact ordinary sonds for centrifuges" and was let to go. The most visible sabotage operations carried out by the Three Kings were two bomb attacks in Berlin: one in January 1941 against the Ministry of Air Travel and police headquarters; and second, in the Berlin-Anhalt rail station next month, intended to kill Heinrich Himmler. In April and May 1941 respectively, Balabán and Mašín were arrested, but Morávek eluded capture for another ten months. He died in a gunfight with agents of the Gestapo while he tried to help his colleague Václav Řehák, whom the Gestapo had arrested shortly beforehand. On 8 May 2005, he was posthumously promoted to brigadier general.

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# Václav Morávek

**Václav Morávek** (8 August 1904 – 21 March 1942) was a Czechoslovak Brigadier General and national hero, one of the best known personalities of the Czech antinazi rezistance and a member of the famous resistance group called the *Three Kings*. He is also the protagonist in the Czech TV series *Three Kings*, inspired by his group.

He was a pistol shooting champion of the Czechoslovak Army (his personal motto during World War II is widely known: "*I believe in God and in my pistols*"), and commanded an Artillery battery in Olomouc with the rank of Staff Captain during the first Czechoslovak Republic. Demobilised after the German occupation of Czechoslovakia, he worked as a clerk at the Labour Office in Kolín.

In summer 1939, he participated in the founding of the Obrana národa (Defense of the Nation), a resistance group made up of former Czechoslovak soldiers. Morávek was (together with Josef Mašín and Josef Balabán) a member of a group whose main tasks were keeping in contact with Paul Thümmel (considered to be the most important Czechoslovak agent within the Nazi apparatus, his codename was A-54), maintaining radio connections with the London-based Czechoslovak Government-in-exile and sabotage. The trio was later nicknamed *Three Kings* (in Czech *Tři králové*).

Morávek was known for his foolhardy nature and daring actions. Among the most famous are his repeated personal colportage of illegal press to the Prague Gestapo office and his deliberate face-to-face meeting with Oskar Fleischer (who at that time headed a special Gestapo team that was hunting the *Three Kings*), which Morávek subsequently described in a detailed letter sent to Fleischer's superior. Once, when returning from Yugoslavia with explosives in his luggage, he was checked by a German policeman at Prague railway station - when asked, Morávek cold-bloodedly responded that "*what may look like some explosives to you, are in fact ordinary sonds for centrifuges*" and was let to go.

The most visible sabotage operations carried out by the *Three Kings* were two bomb attacks in Berlin: one in January 1941 against the Ministry of Air Travel and police headquarters; and second, in the Berlin-Anhalt rail station next month, intended to kill Heinrich Himmler (whose train was unexpectedly delayed). In April and May 1941 respectively, Balabán and Mašín were arrested, but Morávek eluded capture for another ten months. He died in a gunfight with agents of the Gestapo while he tried to help his colleague Václav Řehák, whom the Gestapo had arrested shortly beforehand.

On 8 May 2005, he was posthumously promoted to brigadier general.

1. KAŠPAR Lukáš: *Václav Morávek* article in Reflex magazine 46/2005


title: Melanie Amaro

abstract: Melanie Ann Amaro is an American singer who won the first season of The X Factor USA in 2011, securing a $5 million recording contract with Syco Music and Epic Records. Amaro was also the youngest contestant to win the competition during the show's run (2011–2013).

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# Melanie Amaro

**Melanie Ann Amaro** (born June 26, 1992) is an American singer who won the first season of *The X Factor USA* in 2011, securing a $5 million recording contract with Syco Music and Epic Records. Amaro was also the youngest contestant to win the competition during the show's run (2011–2013).

## Early life

Amaro was born in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, and raised on Tortola, British Virgin Islands since the age of three. Amaro was sent to the British Virgin Islands to live with her grandmother Catherine, after her parents Hipolito Amaro and Debra Sylvester Amaro felt they did not have the means to provide for her. Amaro would only see her parents during summer vacations and Christmas breaks. She also has two brothers, Mark and Michael, and a younger sister named Maya. Her mother Debra recalls that when her daughter was about six months old, she would get up at around two o'clock in the morning and would start singing in her crib. Furthermore, from an early age, Amaro would sing around her house using a hairbrush as a microphone. Melanie realized she fell in love with singing and acting at around age eleven, and credits her mother for pushing her to follow her singing dreams.

Amaro never entered any singing competitions as a child, but performed at weddings, churches, and other events. Melanie attended the Althea Scatliffe Primary School and later went on to Elmore Stoutt high school, formerly known as BVI high school. Melanie moved to Florida when she was 15, and graduated from Plantation High School in 2010. In March 2012, her high school chorus teacher, Gary Rivenbark, whom Amaro credits with the help of shaping her voice, died of lymphoma at age 48.

## Music career

### 2011: *The X Factor*

In June 2011, Amaro was persuaded by her mother to audition for the first season of *The X Factor USA*. She auditioned in front of judges Simon Cowell, Paula Abdul, Nicole Scherzinger and L.A. Reid, singing "Listen" by Beyoncé Knowles. She previously tried auditioning at her local Fox affiliate for a "fast pass", but was not well received by producers there and subsequently auditioned with the general public at the BankUnited Center in Coral Gables, Florida. After becoming one of the Top 32 finalists, she performed Michael Jackson's "Will You Be There" in the judges' house, in front of her mentor Cowell. Amaro was initially not chosen to be part of the Top 16 and was eliminated from the girls' category. However, after 2 weeks Cowell surprised her at her Florida home, inviting her back to the competition after deciding he had made "a huge mistake" in not including her.

Amaro progressed to the live shows in Cowell's girls' category, along with Rachel Crow, Drew, Tiah Tolliver and Simone Battle. The addition of Amaro took the total number of qualifiers for the first live show to 17. On December 15, Amaro won a place in the final along with Chris Rene and Josh Krajcik. The following week, she was declared the winner. Amaro was also declared to be the show's youngest contestant to win at age 19. Her prize was a $5 million recording contract with Syco Music and a Sony Music label, which is the largest guaranteed prize in television history. Shortly after winning, Sony Music label Epic Records announced that they had officially signed Amaro, who would be working alongside L.A. Reid at the label. In addition to the contract, Amaro also appeared in a Pepsi commercial alongside Sir Elton John, which aired during Super Bowl XLVI on NBC.

#### Performances on *The X Factor*

Melanie Amaro performed the following songs on *The X Factor*:

| Show | Theme | Song | Original artist | Order | Result |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Audition | Free choice | "Listen" | Beyoncé | N/A | Through to bootcamp |
| Bootcamp 1 | Group performance 1 | "Run to You" | Whitney Houston | N/A | Through to bootcamp 2 |
| Bootcamp 2 | Group performance 2 | "I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For"
(with Jazzlyn Little, Stacy Francis, Heather Gayle, Aaron Surgeon, Arin Ray and Special Guest) | U2 | N/A | Through to bootcamp 3 |
| Bootcamp 3 | Solo performance | Not aired | | N/A | Through to judges' houses |
| Judges' houses | Free choice | "Will You Be There" | Michael Jackson | N/A | Advanced via Wild Card |
| Live show 1 | Free choice | "I Have Nothing" | Whitney Houston | 17 | Saved by Simon Cowell |
| Live show 2 | Free choice | "Desperado" | Eagles | 7 | Safe (4th) |
| Live show 3 | Songs from movies | "Man in the Mirror" | Michael Jackson | 7 | Safe (2nd) |
| Live show 4 | Rock | "Everybody Hurts" | R.E.M. | 5 | Safe (2nd) |
| Live show 5 | Giving thanks | "The World's Greatest" | R. Kelly | 3 | Safe (2nd) |
| Live show 6 | Songs by Michael Jackson | "Earth Song" | Michael Jackson | 7 | Safe (1st) |
| Live show 7 | Dance music hits | "Someone Like You" | Adele | 1 | Safe (1st) |
| | Save me songs | "When You Believe" | Mariah Carey & Whitney Houston | | 6 |
| Semi-final | Pepsi challenge songs | "Hero" | Mariah Carey | 3 | Safe (1st) |
| | "Get me to the final" songs | "Feeling Good" | Cy Grant | | 7 |
| Final | Celebrity duets | Duet "I Believe I Can Fly" with R. Kelly | R. Kelly | 3 | Winner (1st) |
| | Winner's song | "Listen" | Beyoncé | | 6 |
| | Christmas songs | "All I Want for Christmas Is You" | Mariah Carey | | 1 |

**^1** Amaro did not originally make it through to the live shows, but was later brought back as a wildcard.

### 2012present: *Truly*, label conflict and broadway ventures

Amaro's album was set for release on December 4, 2012. Amaro's Pepsi commercial aired during Super Bowl XLVI on NBC as part of her X Factor prize. The commercial featured Amaro singing a dance cover of "Respect", alongside Elton John, Flavor Flav, and Annie Ilonzeh. The song was released as a music download on February 2, 2012, and reached the #3 spot on the Billboard Dance/Club Chart. On August 1, Amaro released her debut single "Don't Fail Me Now", written by Livvi Franc and produced by Rodney Jerkins. On 19 October 2012 Amaro premiered the music video for "Don't Fail Me Now" on her official VEVO account. The song failed to chart and the album was pushed back to 2013. She performed a new single, "Long Distance", live on *The X Factor* on December 6, 2012. The song was released on December 3, 2012. *Truly* was rescheduled for March 2013, but was never released. While season 2 winner Tate Stevens debut album was released in April 2013 under RCA Nashville, Amaro's label has stated that her album has no confirmed release date.

In August 2013, Amaro performed in Indonesia for RCTI's 24th anniversary television special, *X Factor Around the World* along with Samantha Jade, Jahméne Douglas, The Collective, Novita Dewi and Fatin Shidqia. Amaro performed her new single "Long Distance" and then "The World's Greatest" as a duet with Fatin Shidqia.

On October 4, 2013, Amaro made her musical theater debut in the national tour of "You're Never Alone".

In 2014 Amaro relocated to Atlanta GA, with new management. Under new management, Amaro began touring and performing in such places as the Cayman Islands for fashion week as well as a few cities in the USA. On June 19, 2014, she premiered the lead single "Fuel My Fire" on SoundCloud from her upcoming EP of the same name. Amaro described the song as being about "her frustration with the lack of music released by her label." The song was released independently as a digital download on June 26, 2014, without Epic or Sony being credited.

As of September 2014, Amaro's album is believed to have been scrapped and will not be released. Months later "Fuel My Fire" was taken off of iTunes for unknown reasons.

On May 6, 2015, Amaro released a new song "Dust" featuring American hip-hop recording artist, Fabolous. "Dust" entered the independent charts at #1 and remained #1 for 6 weeks. It stayed on the Indie charts for 6 consecutive months. It is the second independent release of the artist ever since her departure from Syco  Epic Records. "Dust" was finally released to digital retail stores in September 2015. A solo version without Fabolous was also released.

On February 17, 2016, Amaro released a new song "The One".

In January 2018, Melanie Amaro was living in Atlanta, GA, with her newborn son and was signed under up-and-coming Indie label Moorehouse Music Group, LLC, headed by producer and multi-instrumentalist Justin A. Moore. Melanie is the first woman and artist signed to the label. Under Moorehouse Music Group, Melanie has released the singles 'Whole Mood', 'Enough', and 'Play No Games'.

## Discography

### Singles

#### As lead artist

| Title | Year | Peak chart positions | Album |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| | | US
Dance | |
| "Don't Fail Me Now" | 2012 | 8 | Non-album singles |
| | "Long Distance" | |  |
| "Fuel My Fire"
(featuring Fabolous) | 2014 |  | *Fuel My Fire* |
| "Dust" | 2015 |  | Non-album singles |
| "The One" | 2016 | |  |
|

| Title | Year | Album |
| --- | --- | --- |
|
| "Girl Code"
(Rocki Boulis featuring Melanie Amaro) | 2012 | *Girl Code* |
| "Can't Wait"
(Konshens featuring Melanie Amaro) | 2015 |  |
|

#### Other charted songs

| Year | Title | Peak chart positions | | Album |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| | | US
Dance | US Adult R&B | |
| 2012 | "Respect" | 3 |  | *Non-album song* |
| | "Love Me Now" |  | 27 | *Truly* |

## Awards and nominations

| Year | Association | Category | Work | Result |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 2012 | Teen Choice Awards 2012 | Female Reality Star | *The X Factor* | Nominated |

## InfoBox

| Melanie Amaro | |
| --- | --- |
| Amaro in Hollywood, California, in June 2013 | |
| Background information | |
| Birth name | Melanie Ann Amaro |
| Born | (1992-06-26) June 26, 1992
Fort Lauderdale, Florida, U.S. |
| Origin | Tortola, British Virgin Islands |
| Genres |  |
| Occupation | Singer |
| Instruments | * Vocals * piano |
| Years active | 2011–present |
| Labels |  |
|  | |
| Website | https://www.melanie-amaro.com |


title: WBC The Palace

abstract: WBC The Palace is a complex of two residential skyscrapers in Busan, South Korea consisting of three office towers and one residential tower. Tower 1 and 2 were both completed in 2011.

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# WBC The Palace

**WBC The Palace** is a complex of two residential skyscrapers in Busan, South Korea consisting of three office towers and one residential tower. Tower 1 and 2 were both completed in 2011.

* on CTBUH Skyscraper Center
* on CTBUH Skyscraper Center

## InfoBox

| WBC The Palace | |
| --- | --- |
|  | |
|  | |
| General information | |
| Type | 2 residential towers |
| Location | Busan, South Korea |
| Coordinates | 35°09′56″N 129°07′53″E / 35.16565°N 129.131292°E / 35.16565; 129.131292 |
| Construction started | 2007 |
| Completed | 2011 |
| Height | |
| Architectural | * Tower 1: 265 m (869 ft) * Tower 2: 265 m (869 ft) |
| Design and construction | |
| Architect(s) | WonWoo Architects & Engineers Co. Ltd. |
| References | |
|  | |


title: WBBF

abstract: WBBF is a commercial AM radio station in Buffalo, New York. It airs a top 40 (CHR) radio format and is owned by Cumulus Media. The studios and offices are on James E. Casey Drive in Buffalo. WBBF broadcasts with a power of 1,000 watts as a daytimer. Its transmitter is on Dorrance Avenue at Onondaga Avenue in West Seneca, New York. Because AM 1120 is reserved for Class A, clear channel station KMOX in St. Louis, WBBF must leave the air at night to avoid interference. WBBF programming is heard around the clock on FM translator W255DH on 98.9 MHz.

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# WBBF

**WBBF** (1120 kHz, "Hot 98.9") is a commercial AM radio station in Buffalo, New York. It airs a top 40 (CHR) radio format and is owned by Cumulus Media. The studios and offices are on James E. Casey Drive in Buffalo.

WBBF broadcasts with a power of 1,000 watts as a daytimer. Its transmitter is on Dorrance Avenue at Onondaga Avenue in West Seneca, New York. Because AM 1120 is reserved for Class A, clear channel station KMOX in St. Louis, WBBF must leave the air at night to avoid interference. WBBF programming is heard around the clock on FM translator **W255DH** on 98.9 MHz.

## History

### WWOL, WHTT, WMNY

The station signed on in 1947 as **WWOL**. In 1954, its FM counterpart WWOL-FM (now WHTT-FM) signed on, simulcasting WWOL. In the 1970s, WWOL-AM-FM aired a country music format, later switching to oldies as **WHTT** and WHTT-FM.

In the 1990s, WHTT (AM) broke away from its simulcast with WHTT-FM, as the AM station was sold to Mercury Communications and changed its format to a brokered programming business format. It began using the call sign **WMNY**, which represented the word **M**o**N**e**Y**.

### Switch to WBBF

The WBBF call letters were used on several radio stations in nearby Rochester for over fifty years, including stations now known as WROC, WBZA and most recently, WFKL, which dropped the call sign in early 2005. Then-WMNY picked up the WBBF calls shortly thereafter.

The station had been a part of the Totally Gospel Radio Network from September 1996 until December 2006. The network moved to a stronger 24-hour signal in Western New York on sister station 1270 WHLD as well as other stations across the U.S., including FM station WFWO in 2010.

### Spanish-language Christian

In 2007, a Spanish-language Christian music and talk station was launched by Totally Gospel Radio Network. All of the Spanish-language programming on WBBF which was initially produced by the Totally Gospel Radio Network was sold to Assemblia Iglesia, a local Hispanic ministry headed by Pastor Sam Rivera.

When Cumulus Media switched WHLD from adult standards to CBS Sports Radio early in 2013, the company planned to move the former WHLD format to WBBF, but people in the Spanish speaking community wrote to Cumulus about the station's value to Western New York Latinos. The ministry's programming remained.

The original Totally Gospel Radio Network format returned to the airwaves on WBBF in January 2016 during drive times, along with a blend of Urban Gospel and Hispanic Christian programming throughout the week. Totally Gospel Network returned as the primary format on WBBF as of September 2017.

WBBF went silent on July 16, 2019, and resumed broadcasting December 20. For the following 14 months, the station resumed simulcasting WHTT-FM as temporary programming, identifying itself as WBBF only in station identification.

### Classic hip hop

On February 27, 2021, WBBF dropped its simulcast with WHTT and flipped to classic hip hop, branded as "98.9 The Vibe", with programming sourced from the co-owned Westwood One Radio Network. The 98.9 FM translator indirectly reunites the WBBF call letters with one of the frequencies it used during its time on Rochester radio.

WBBF was one of three Buffalo AM stations, along with WUFO and WWWS, offering programming for the Buffalo market's African-American community. WBBF, WUFO and WWWS have FM translators and use the FM dial position to identify themselves. They compete with full-power FM station WBLK, which has an urban contemporary format.

### Top 40/CHR

On July 14, 2023, at 6 p.m., after playing "Feels Good" by Tony! Toni! Toné!, WBBF switched to Top 40/CHR, branded as "Hot 98.9", with the first song being "Flowers" by Miley Cyrus. The format flip was the closing domino in a series of format changes that had taken place in Buffalo over the previous month, most directly nearby WKSE on 98.5 (the market's previous heritage top-40/CHR station) shifting to an adult lean following the sale of its own hot-AC sister station WTSS to a religious broadcaster in June.

42°49′50″N 78°48′01″W / 42.83056°N 78.80028°W / 42.83056; -78.80028

## InfoBox

WBBF
|  | |
| --- | --- |
| Broadcast area | Buffalo–Niagara Falls metropolitan area |
| Frequency | 1120 kHz |
| Branding | *Hot 98.9* |
| Programming | |
| Format | Top 40 (CHR) |
| Ownership | |
| Owner |  |
| Sister stations | WEDG, WGRF, WHLD, WHTT-FM |
| History | |
| First air date | 1947 (1947) (as WWOL) |
| Former call signs | WWOL (1947–1986)
WHTT (1986–1987)
WTKS (1987–1988)
WHTT (1988–1999)
WMNY (1999–2005) |
| Call sign meaning | **B**uffalo **B**u**F**falo |
| Technical information | |
| Licensing authority | FCC |
| Facility ID | 53967 |
| Class | D |
| Power | 1,000 watts days only |
| Translator(s) | 98.9 W255DH (Buffalo) |
| Links | |
| Public license information |  |
| Webcast | Listen live |
| Website | hot989buffalo.com |


title: Meg Harris

abstract: Meg Harris, is an Australian swimmer. She is a world record holder in the 4×100 metre freestyle relay. She competed in the 2020 Summer Olympics, where she won a gold medal in the 4×100 metre freestyle relay and a bronze medal in the 4×200 metre freestyle relay and also in the 2024 Summer Olympics, having won a gold medal in the 4×100 metre freestyle relay. Harris also won an individual silver medal at the 2024 Summer Olympics in the 50 m freestyle. She is also the co-founder of the clothing brand Dally&Co Label.

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# Meg Harris

**Meg Harris**, OAM (born 7 March 2002) is an Australian swimmer. She is a world record holder in the 4×100 metre freestyle relay. She competed in the 2020 Summer Olympics, where she won a gold medal in the 4×100 metre freestyle relay and a bronze medal in the 4×200 metre freestyle relay and also in the 2024 Summer Olympics, having won a gold medal in the 4×100 metre freestyle relay. Harris also won an individual silver medal at the 2024 Summer Olympics in the 50 m freestyle. She is also the co-founder of the clothing brand Dally&Co Label.

## Background

Harris attended Mt St Michael's College in Ashgrove, Brisbane.

## Career

### 2020 Olympics

During the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Harris swam the second leg for the gold medal-winning Australian Women's 4 × 100 metre freestyle relay team in the final. The Australian women broke the world record with a time of 3:29.69. Harris's split was 53.09. She also swam the heats of the 4 × 200 metre freestyle relay with a split of 1:57.01. Harris did not swim in the final where the Australians finished third, but received a bronze medal for swimming in the heats of the relay.

After the Olympics Harris moved from Brisbane, where she had been coached by Dean Boxall, to Adelaide, where she came under the tutelage of noted sprint coach Peter Bishop.

### 2022

In January 2022, Harris broke her arm and announced the injury on Instagram. Harris later announced the injury was not training related and she attained the broken arm when she accidentally ran a scooter into a rock.

In the 2022 Australia Day Honours, Harris was awarded a Medal of the Order of Australia.

### 2023

At the 2023 World Aquatics Championships, Harris swam the third leg in the Australia women’s 4x100m freestyle relay along with Shayna Jack, Mollie O’Callaghan and Emma McKeon to break the world record in a time of 3:27.96. The previous record also by an Australian team was 3:29.69. Harris also won another gold medal as an heat swimmer in the mixed 4x100m freestyle relay and silver medal as a heat swimmer in the women’s 4x100m medley relay.

In August Harris announced she would move from the South Australia Sports Institute(SASI) to join the Rackley Swim Team in Brisbane under Damien Jones.

## World records

### Long course metres

| No. | Event | Time | Meet | Location | Date | Status | Ref |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | 4x100 m freestyle relay \[a\] | **3:29.69** | 2020 Summer Olympics | Tokyo, Japan | 25 July 2021 | Former |  |
| 2 | 4x100 m freestyle relay \[b\] | **3:27.96** | 2023 World Aquatics Championships | Fukuoka, Japan | 23 July 2023 | **Current** |  |

**a**  split 53.09 (2nd leg); with Bronte Campbell (1st leg), Emma McKeon (3rd leg), Cate Campbell (4th leg)
**b**  split 52.29 (3rd leg); with Mollie O'Callaghan (1st leg), Shayna Jack (2nd leg), Emma McKeon (4th leg)

### Short course metres

| No. | Event | Time | Meet | Location | Date | Status | Ref |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | 4x100 m freestyle relay\[a\] | **3:25.43** | 2022 World Championships (25 m) | Melbourne, Australia | 13 December 2022 | **Current** |  |

**a**  split 52.00 (3rd leg); with Mollie O'Callaghan (1st leg), Madison Wilson (2nd leg), Emma McKeon (4th leg)

## Olympic records

### Long course metres

| No. | Event | Time | Meet | Location | Date | Age | Status | Notes | Ref |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | 4x100 m freestyle relay \[a\] | **3:29.69** | 2020 Summer Olympics | Tokyo, Japan | 25 July 2021 | 19 | Former | Former **WR**, **OC**, **NR** |  |
| 2 | 4x100 m freestyle relay (2)\[b\] | **3:28.92** | 2024 Summer Olympics | Paris, France | 27 July 2024 | 22 | **Current** |  |  |

Legend: **WR**World record; **OC**Oceanian record; **NR**Australian record;
Records not set in finals: **h** – heat; **sf** – semifinal; **r** – relay 1st leg; **rh** – relay heat 1st leg; **b** – B final;  – en route to final mark; **tt** – time trial

**a**  split 53.09 (2nd leg); with Bronte Campbell (1st leg), Emma McKeon (3rd leg), Cate Campbell (4th leg)
**b**  split 51.94 (4th leg) with Mollie O'Callaghan (1st leg), Shayna Jack (2nd leg), Emma McKeon (3rd leg)

## InfoBox

Meg HarrisOAM
| Personal information | |
| --- | --- |
| Nationality | Australian |
| Born | (2002-03-07) 7 March 2002
Albury, New South Wales, Australia |
| Height | 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) |
| Sport | |
| Sport | Swimming |
|  | |
| Strokes | Freestyle |
| Club | Rackley |
| Coach | Damien Jones |
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| Medal record      Women's swimming  Representing  Australia   Event 1st 2nd 3rd  Olympic Games 2 2 1  World Championships (LC) 4 2 1  World Championships (SC) 2 3 0  Commonwealth Games 1 1 0  World Junior Championships 0 1 2  Commonwealth Youth Games 1 0 0  Total 10 9 4   Olympic Games  2020 Tokyo 4×100 m freestyle  2024 Paris 4×100 m freestyle  2024 Paris 50 m freestyle  2024 Paris 4x100 m medley  2020 Tokyo 4×200 m freestyle  World Championships (LC)  2022 Budapest 4×100 m freestyle  2022 Budapest 4×100 m mixed freestyle  2023 Fukuoka 4×100 m freestyle  2023 Fukuoka 4×100 m mixed freestyle  2022 Budapest 4×100 m mixed medley  2023 Fukuoka 4×100 m medley  2022 Budapest 50 m freestyle  World Championships (SC)  2022 Melbourne  4×100 m freestyle  2022 Melbourne 4×200 m freestyle  2022 Melbourne 4×50 m freestyle  2022 Melbourne 4×100 m medley  2022 Melbourne 4×50 m mixed freestyle  Commonwealth Games  2022 Birmingham 4×100 m mixed freestyle  2022 Birmingham 50 m freestyle  World Junior Championships  2019 Budapest 4×100 m freestyle  2019 Budapest 50 m freestyle  2019 Budapest 100 m freestyle  Commonwealth Youth Games  Nassau 2017 50 m freestyle | |


abstract: Melanin-concentrating hormone receptor 2 (MCH2) also known as G-protein coupled receptor 145 (GPR145) is a protein that in humans is encoded by the MCHR2 gene. MCH2 is also found in dogs, ferrets, and some other primates and carnivores, but is not found in mice or rats. This has delayed research into the receptor as a therapeutic target, due to most early pharmaceutical research usually being conducted in small mammals such as mice, rats or rabbits which lack the MCH2 gene and its receptor product.

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# Melanin-concentrating hormone receptor 2

**Melanin-concentrating hormone receptor 2** (**MCH2**) also known as **G-protein coupled receptor 145** (**GPR145**) is a protein that in humans is encoded by the *MCHR2* gene.

MCH2 is also found in dogs, ferrets, and some other primates and carnivores, but is not found in mice or rats. This has delayed research into the receptor as a therapeutic target, due to most early pharmaceutical research usually being conducted in small mammals such as mice, rats or rabbits which lack the MCH2 gene and its receptor product.

## Clinical significance

Treatment of human cells expressing MCHR2 with MCH resulted in upregulation of IDH3A, PCK1 and PFKFB4 and the downregulation of INSIG2 and ACOT8.

## Further reading

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| MCHR2 | | | |
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| Identifiers | | | |
| Aliases | MCHR2, GPR145, GPRv17, MCH-2R, MCH-R2, MCH2, MCH2R, MCHR-2, SLT, melanin concentrating hormone receptor 2 | | |
| External IDs | OMIM: 606111; HomoloGene: 50004; GeneCards: MCHR2; OMA:MCHR2 - orthologs | | |
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| Orthologs  Species **Human** **Mouse**  Entrez   Ensembl   UniProt   RefSeq (mRNA)     NM\_032503
NM\_001040179   n/a   RefSeq (protein)     NP\_001035269
NP\_115892   n/a   Location (UCSC) Chr 6: 99.92 – 99.99 Mb n/a  PubMed search  n/a | | | |
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title: WCAN (AM)

abstract: WCAN was an AM radio station in Jacksonville, Florida, licensed to the Southeastern Radio Telephone Company beginning May 8, 1922, and deleted on October 26, 1922. It was the first broadcasting station licensed in the state of Florida.

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# WCAN (AM)

**WCAN** was an AM radio station in Jacksonville, Florida, licensed to the Southeastern Radio Telephone Company beginning May 8, 1922, and deleted on October 26, 1922. It was the first broadcasting station licensed in the state of Florida.

## History

On December 1, 1921, the U.S. Department of Commerce, which regulated radio at this time, adopted the first regulations formally establishing a broadcasting station category, which set aside the wavelength of 360 meters (833 kHz) for entertainment broadcasts, and 485 meters (619 kHz) for market and weather reports. WCAN was the first Florida broadcasting station to receive a license under the new regulations, issued for operation on the 360 meter "entertainment" wavelength on May 8, 1922, to the Southeastern Radio Telephone Company in Jacksonville. The call letters were randomly assigned from a sequential roster of available call signs.

After a series of test transmissions, WCAN made its formal debut broadcast at 7:45 p.m. on the evening of May 17, publicized by a local newspaper, the *Florida Times-Union*.

In July 1922, a listener reported receiving WCAN in Gulfport, Florida, and the next month the station was heard in Tuinucu, Cuba, at a distance of 550 miles (890 km).

WCAN was deleted on October 26, 1922.


title: WCAN

abstract:
WCAN may refer to:
  - WCAN (FM) in Canajoharie, New York, a broadcast relay station of WAMC in Albany, New York
  - WCAN-TV (channel 25), a former Milwaukee, Wisconsin television station which operated from 1953 to 1955
  - WSSP (1250 AM) in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, which held the WCAN call sign from 1952 to 1955
  - WCAN (AM) a former Jacksonville, Florida radio station which held the WCAN call sign in 1922

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# WCAN

**WCAN** may refer to:

* WCAN (FM) (93.3 FM) in Canajoharie, New York, a broadcast relay station of WAMC in Albany, New York
* WCAN-TV (channel 25), a former Milwaukee, Wisconsin television station which operated from 1953 to 1955
* WSSP (1250 AM) in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, which held the WCAN call sign from 1952 to 1955
* WCAN (AM) (833 AM) a former Jacksonville, Florida radio station which held the WCAN call sign in 1922


title: WCHT

abstract: WCHT is a conservative talk radio radio station licensed to Escanaba, Michigan, with a power output of 570 watts during the day and 134 watts night, covering much of the central Upper Peninsula of Michigan. The station is owned by AMC Partners, LLC, doing business as the Radio Results Network and broadcasts from studios on Ludington Avenue in Downtown Escanaba. Its programming is also simulcasted on FM translator W228DQ, licensed to Escanaba at 93.5 MHz, with an effective radiated power of 250 watts.

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# WCHT

**WCHT** (600 AM) is a conservative talk radio radio station licensed to Escanaba, Michigan, with a power output of 570 watts during the day and 134 watts night, covering much of the central Upper Peninsula of Michigan. The station is owned by AMC Partners, LLC, doing business as the *Radio Results Network* and broadcasts from studios on Ludington Avenue in Downtown Escanaba. Its programming is also simulcasted on FM translator **W228DQ**, licensed to Escanaba at 93.5 MHz, with an effective radiated power of 250 watts.

## History

WCHT first began broadcasting under the WLST call sign in 1958, and then became WBDN around 1971. WBDN programmed adult contemporary music throughout the 1970s and then went country around 1979, keeping that format until late 1986, when the station switched formats to oldies under the WCHT calls (with the call letters standing for classic hits). For a short period of time, WCHT's current news talk format was simulcast on the FM band on WMXG.

## InfoBox

WCHT
|  | |
| --- | --- |
|  | |
| Broadcast area | Upper Peninsula |
| Frequency | 600 kHz |
| Branding | *NewsTalk Radio 93.5 FM 600 AM* |
| Programming | |
| Format | Conservative Talk |
| Affiliations |  |
| Ownership | |
| Owner | AMC Partners, LLC |
| History | |
| First air date | 1958 (1958) (as WLST) |
| Former call signs | * WLST (1958–1971) * WBDN (1971–1986) |
| Call sign meaning | "Classic hits" (former format) |
| Technical information | |
| Licensing authority | FCC |
| Facility ID | 47119 |
| Class | D |
| Power | * 570 watts day * 134 watts night |
| Transmitter coordinates | 45°48′19″N 87°10′13″W / 45.80528°N 87.17028°W / 45.80528; -87.17028 |
| Translator(s) | 93.5 W228DQ (Escanaba) |
| Links | |
| Public license information |  |
| Website | WCHT Online |


title: Melanella convexa

abstract: Melanella convexa is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Eulimidae. The species is one of many species known to exist within the genus, Melanella. This species is mainly distributed throughout the seas and oceans south of the Antarctic Circle.

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# Melanella convexa

***Melanella convexa*** is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Eulimidae. The species is one of many species known to exist within the genus, *Melanella*. This species is mainly distributed throughout the seas and oceans south of the Antarctic Circle.

## Description

The maximum recorded shell length is 5.75 mm.

## Habitat

Minimum recorded depth is 250 m. Maximum recorded depth is 765 m.

## InfoBox

| *Melanella convexa* | |
| --- | --- |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Littorinimorpha |
| Family: | Eulimidae |
| Genus: | *Melanella* |
| Species: | ***M. convexa*** |
| Binomial name | |
| ***Melanella convexa***<br>E. A. Smith, 1907 | |
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| Synonyms | |
| * *Eulima convexa*  E. A. Smith, 1907 | |


abstract: The Memorandum of Understanding concerning Conservation Measures for the Eastern Atlantic Populations of the Mediterranean Monk Seal is a multilateral environmental memorandum of understanding (MoU) and entered into effect on 18 October 2007, under the auspices of the Convention on Migratory Species of Wild Animals (CMS), also known as the Bonn Convention. It focuses on the protection of the eastern Atlantic populations of the Mediterranean monk seal. The MoU covers four range states, all of which have signed.

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# Mediterranean Monk Seal Memorandum of Understanding

**The Memorandum of Understanding concerning Conservation Measures for the Eastern Atlantic Populations of the Mediterranean Monk Seal** is a multilateral environmental memorandum of understanding (MoU) and entered into effect on 18 October 2007, under the auspices of the Convention on Migratory Species of Wild Animals (CMS), also known as the Bonn Convention. It focuses on the protection of the eastern Atlantic populations of the Mediterranean monk seal. The MoU covers four range states (Mauritania, Morocco, Portugal and Spain), all of which have signed.

## Development of MoU

Recalling that the Mediterranean monk seal (*Monachus monachus*) is included in both Appendix I and II of CMS, thus highlighting the need for concerted action and international cooperation among the range states and noting the important ecological role the monk seal plays, an Article IV agreement was signed in Adeje, Tenerife, Spain on 18 October 2007, in the margins of the CMS meeting on Western African Talks on Cetaceans and their Habitats (WATCH) and came into effect immediately. The agreement is open for signature to all the Atlantic range states.

Signatories to the Mediterranean Monk Seal MoU:

In addition, the CMS Secretariat also signed the MoU (18 October 2007).

## Aim of MoU

The MoU is a significant step towards improving the conservation status and the habitat of the eastern Atlantic monk seal throughout its range in cooperation with the four signatories. It aims at providing a legal and institutional framework for the implementation of the Action Plan for the Recovery of the Mediterranean Monk Seal in the Eastern Atlantic.

## Species covered by MoU

The MoU covers the eastern Atlantic populations of the Mediterranean monk seal as one of the most threatened marine mammals in the world and listed as critically endangered on the IUCN Red List. It is estimated that only 500 specimens remain in the wild. The main threats to the seals are entanglement and mortality in fishing gear, overfishing and direct persecution form humans as well as natural factors like toxic phytoplankton Toxigenic Phytoplankton and the deterioration of breeding sites, such as collapsing caves roofs. The isolation of the small remaining populations – experts believe that the two colonies (one on Madeira and the other on the Cabo Blanco peninsula) do not interbreed – means that the species’ survival is precariously balanced.

## Fundamental components

Recognizing that the Mediterranean monk seal is one of the most threatened animals in the world and understanding that the species performs long movements, which makes the survival of the individuals dependent upon the conservation of habitats in the coastal and marine area of all the range states, the signatories decide to work closely together to improve the conservation status of the species and its crucial habitat throughout its range. To this end they will, individually or collectively:

1. Take steps to conserve and, when and where appropriate, to strictly protect the monk seal and to conserve and promote the sustainable use of the habitats essential for its survival
2. Take steps to ratify the most relevant international conventions addressing monk seal’s conservation, in order to reinforce the species’ protection
3. Implement in their respective countries the provisions of the Action Plan annexed to the MoU as a basis for conserving all populations of the species in the eastern Atlantic
4. Facilitate through the Atlantic Monk Seal Working Group, the rapid exchange of scientific, technical and legal information necessary to coordinate conservation measures and to cooperate with recognized experts and scientist, other international organizations and other range states so as to facilitate their work conducted in relation to the MoU and Action Plan
5. Assess the implementation of the MoU and Action Plan at regular meetings
6. Provide the CMS Secretariat at least every two years with a report on implementation of the MoU in each of their respective countries.

The MoU came into effect immediately (18 October 2007) and will remain in effect indefinitely subject to the right of any signatory to terminate its participation by providing one year’s written notice to all of the other signatories.

## Action Plan and Working Group

The text of the MoU states that the Action Plan will include measure to:

* Evaluate the status and threats of monk seals
* Maintain and increase monk seal populations
* Create a network of protected areas for the monk seal
* Promote the regional coordination of actions between the range states

The Action Plan was prepared by the Monk Seal Working Group and approved at the Eighth Meeting of the Conference of the Parties, held in Nairobi, Kenya, November 2005. The plan provides a new focus for monk seal conservation by specifying the commitment of the countries in the species’ distribution range. It lays down the procedures to implement coordinated actions among the signatories, providing a means to combine programmes initiated by different national, local and private organizations. The immediate priority is to arrest the decline of the population and then move to promote the species’ recovery. One of the major features of the plan is the proposal to create a network of Special Areas of Conservation for the Monk Seal (SACMS) to help restore populations.Foca monje del Mediterráneo

A Monk Seal Working Group composed of representatives of the four signatory states has been operational since the inception of the MoU and oversees and guides activities undertaken under the MoU and Action Plan. The operation of the Working Group has been financially supported by the Government of Spain, with technical support provided by the Spanish NGO Fundación CBD-Habitat. A meeting of the Working Group in Mauritania in November 2009 agreed some necessary actions, including the identification of relevant competent authorities for the implementation of the MoU, sources of technical advice and options for funding.

## Secretariat

The CMS Secretariat – located in Bonn, Germany – provides the secretary functions.

## Successes and news

In the framework of the Action Plan, a Nature Reserve was created in the Desertas Islands in the Madeira archipelago. This reserve was crucial in increasing the number of monk seals from 6–8 individuals in the 1980s to 25–30 in 2009. Furthermore, the establishment of a no-fishing zone and the elimination of disturbances in the vicinity of breeding grounds have helped raise the number of monk seals in the Cabo Blanco Peninsula from 100 to 200 in the 1997-2009 period.

In 2009 an event of great symbolic and conservation importance took place in the Cabo Blanco Mediterranean Mons seal colony. A pup was born on an open beach. The newborn pup was discovered by the reserve’s monk seal patrol of the CBD-Habitat Foundation. It is the first record of such an event since the 15th century.

In December 2010, scientist found a colony of rare Mediterranean monk seals at an undisclosed location in Greece.

In March 2011, conservationists rescued a two-month-old Mediterranean monk seal. The seal was later on released in the region of the Alonnisos Marine Park of the Northern Sporades island complex, from where he will begin his journey through the Greek seas.

1. CMS Press release: http://www.cms.int/news/PRESS/nwPR2007/10\_Oct/CMS\_Press\_Release\_Monk\_Seal.pdf
2. Text of the Mediterranean Monk Seal Memorandum of Understanding: http://www.cms.int/species/monk\_seal/Monk\_Seal\_MoU\_with\_signatures\_En.pdf
3. "News | CMS" (PDF). *www.cms.int*. Retrieved 15 October 2023.
4. "Refuge of endangered seals found". 31 December 2010.
5. "Rare baby seal rescued in Greece". 7 March 2011.
6. "Nireas ready for 'big splash' | Athens News". Archived from the original on 27 May 2011. Retrieved 12 September 2012.

## InfoBox

Memorandum of Understanding concerning Conservation Measures for the Eastern Atlantic Populations of the Mediterranean Monk Seal
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| Effective | 18 October 2007 |
| Signatories |  |
| Languages | Arabic, English, French, Spanish and Portuguese |


title: WEAF

abstract:
WEAF may refer to:
  - WEAF (AM), a radio station in Camden, South Carolina
  - WPTI, a radio station in Eden, North Carolina, which held the WEAF call sign from 1968 to 1980
  - WQHT, a radio station in New York City which was WEAF-FM from 1944 to 1946.
  - WFAN (AM), a radio station in New York City which held the WEAF call sign from 1922 to 1946
  - West of England Aerospace Forum
  - Writers Emergency Assistance Fund
  - Wisconsin Equity Association in Funding

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# WEAF

**WEAF** may refer to:

* WEAF (AM), a radio station (1130 AM) in Camden, South Carolina
* WPTI, a radio station (94.5 FM) in Eden, North Carolina, which held the WEAF call sign from 1968 to 1980
* WQHT, a radio station (97.1 FM) in New York City which was WEAF-FM from 1944 to 1946.
* WFAN (AM), a radio station (660 AM) in New York City which held the WEAF call sign from 1922 to 1946
* West of England Aerospace Forum
* Writers Emergency Assistance Fund
* Wisconsin Equity Association in Funding