title: Listed buildings in Finghall

abstract: Finghall is a civil parish in the former Richmondshire district of North Yorkshire, England. It contains eleven listed buildings that are recorded in the National Heritage List for England. Of these, one is listed at Grade II*, the middle of the three grades, and the others are at Grade II, the lowest grade. The parish contains the village of Finghall and the surrounding area. Most of the listed buildings are houses and associated structures in the village, and the others consist of a public house, and a church with items in the churchyard.

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# Listed buildings in Finghall

Finghall is a civil parish in the former Richmondshire district of North Yorkshire, England. It contains eleven listed buildings that are recorded in the National Heritage List for England. Of these, one is listed at Grade II\*, the middle of the three grades, and the others are at Grade II, the lowest grade. The parish contains the village of Finghall and the surrounding area. Most of the listed buildings are houses and associated structures in the village, and the others consist of a public house, and a church with items in the churchyard.

## Key

| Grade | Criteria |
| --- | --- |
| II\* | Particularly important buildings of more than special interest |
| II | Buildings of national importance and special interest |

## Buildings

| Name and location | Photograph | Date | Notes | Grade |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| St Andrew's Church
54°18′24″N 1°42′31″W / 54.30674°N 1.70854°W / 54.30674; -1.70854 (St Andrew's Church) |  | Mid 12th century | The church, which has been altered through the centuries, is in sandstone with a stone slate roof. It consists of a west porch, a nave, a north aisle, and a chancel with a north vestry and heating chamber. On the east gable of the nave is a double bellcote. Inside the porch is a stone bench, and steps leading up to the former gallery doorway. | II\* |
| Medieval grave cover
54°18′24″N 1°42′30″W / 54.30661°N 1.70844°W / 54.30661; -1.70844 (Medieval grave cover) |  | 14th century | The grave cover in the churchyard of St Andrew's Church is in sandstone. On it is a foliate cross with branches, and a small book and small shears. | II |
| Manor House
54°18′09″N 1°43′27″W / 54.30243°N 1.72411°W / 54.30243; -1.72411 (Manor House) |  | Late 17th to early 18th century | A rectory, later a private house, it is roughcast, and has an artificial stone slate roof with stone coping. There are two storeys and a front of five bays. In the centre is a two-storey porch and a doorway with a divided fanlight, and the windows are sashes. At the rear are seven bays, canted bay windows, and an attic window with Gothic glazing. | II |
| Queen's Head
54°18′10″N 1°43′21″W / 54.30282°N 1.72245°W / 54.30282; -1.72245 (Queen's Head) |  | Late 17th to early 18th century | The public house is in stone with a stone slate roof. There are two storeys, three bays, the right bay lower, and a rear outshut. On the front is a gabled porch, a canted bay window in the right bay, and the other windows are sashes. | II |
| Chest tomb of Matthew Edwards
54°18′24″N 1°42′32″W / 54.30666°N 1.70876°W / 54.30666; -1.70876 (Chest tomb of Matthew Edwards) |  | c. 1735 | The chest tomb in the churchyard of St Andrew's Church is in sandstone. On the lid is an inscription, and on the ends and sides are sunflowers flanked by console pilasters. | II |
| The Firkers
54°18′10″N 1°43′22″W / 54.30285°N 1.72278°W / 54.30285; -1.72278 (The Firkers) |  | Early to mid 18th century | A house, with an attached byre later incorporated, in stone with two storeys. The house has a pantile roof, two bays, a gabled porch with a round-arched entrance, and horizontally-sliding sash windows. The former byre to the right is lower, and has a Welsh slate roof with stone coping on the right, quoins, one bay, and a casement window. | II |
| Newton Cottage
54°18′10″N 1°43′25″W / 54.30287°N 1.72357°W / 54.30287; -1.72357 (Newton Cottage) |  | Mid to late 18th century | A stone house with quoins, and a stone slate roof with shaped kneelers and stone coping. There are two storeys and two bays. The doorway is in the centre, the windows are sashes, and all the openings have deep lintels. | II |
| Naitby Memorial
54°18′24″N 1°42′32″W / 54.30669°N 1.70880°W / 54.30669; -1.70880 (Naitby Memorial) |  | c. 1779 | The memorial in the churchyard of St Andrew's Church is in sandstone. It consists of an upright slab with an inscription and a carving of crossed palm fronds in the tympanum. | II |
| Cricket Cottage
54°18′10″N 1°43′23″W / 54.30285°N 1.72310°W / 54.30285; -1.72310 (Cricket Cottage) |  | Late 18th to early 19th century | The house is in sandstone, with quoins, and a stone slate roof with shaped kneelers and stone coping. There are two storeys and two bays. In the centre is a doorway, the windows are sashes, and all the openings have deep lintels with herringbone tooling. | II |
| Park Cottage
54°18′09″N 1°43′21″W / 54.30247°N 1.72241°W / 54.30247; -1.72241 (Park Cottage) |  | Late 18th to early 19th century | A house and workshop in sandstone, with a stone slate roof, shaped kneelers and stone coping. There are two storeys, two bays, a single-storey workshop on the left, and a rear outshut. The central doorway and the windows on the house, which are sashes, all have deep lintels, and in the workshop are fixed-light windows. | II |
| Gate piers, Manor House
54°18′10″N 1°43′27″W / 54.30271°N 1.72412°W / 54.30271; -1.72412 (Gate piers, Manor House) |  | Early 19th century | The gate piers flanking the entrance to the grounds are in sandstone. They are rusticated, and have a square plan, and simple bases and caps. | II |
|

### Citations

### Sources

* Historic England, "Church of St Andrew, Finghall (1131477)", *National Heritage List for England*, retrieved 28 August 2024
* Historic England, "Medieval grave cover approximately 8 metres south of priest's door of Church of St Andrew, Finghall (1301969)", *National Heritage List for England*, retrieved 28 August 2024
* Historic England, "Manor House, Finghall (1318320)", *National Heritage List for England*, retrieved 28 August 2024
* Historic England, "Queen's Head, Finghall (1131436)", *National Heritage List for England*, retrieved 29 August 2024
* Historic England, "Chest tomb of Matthew Edwards approximately 6 metres south-west of south-west corner of Church of St Andrew, Finghall (1131478)", *National Heritage List for England*, retrieved 28 August 2024
* Historic England, "The Firkers, Finghall (1131479)", *National Heritage List for England*, retrieved 29 August 2024
* Historic England, "Newton Cottage, Finghall (1318298)", *National Heritage List for England*, retrieved 28 August 2024
* Historic England, "Naitby Memorial approximately 10 metres south-west of Church of St Andrew, Finghall (1179406)", *National Heritage List for England*, retrieved 28 August 2024
* Historic England, "Cricket Cottage, Finghall (1301943)", *National Heritage List for England*, retrieved 28 August 2024
* Historic England, "Park Cottage, Finghall (1131437)", *National Heritage List for England*, retrieved 29 August 2024
* Historic England, "Gate Piers, Finghall (1131438)", *National Heritage List for England*, retrieved 28 August 2024
* Historic England (10 July 2024), *Listed Buildings*, retrieved 28 August 2024
* Grenville, Jane; Pevsner, Nikolaus (2023) \[1966\]. *Yorkshire: The North Riding*. The Buildings of England. New Haven and London: Yale University Press. ISBN 978-0-300-25903-2.


title: List of storms named Allison

abstract:
The name Allison was used for three tropical cyclones in the Atlantic Ocean, and the alternative spelling Alison has been used for two tropical cyclones in the Australian region of the Indian Ocean, one in the South-West Indian Ocean, and one in the South Pacific Ocean. In the Atlantic:
  - Tropical Storm Allison (1989), partially developed from the remnants of Hurricane Cosme from the Pacific basin, it brought heavy rain to the southern United States, killing 11 and causing $500 million in damage
  - Hurricane Allison (1995), a Category 1 hurricane that made landfall on the Florida Panhandle as a tropical storm; killed 3 and caused minor damages
  - Tropical Storm Allison (2001), struck Houston, Texas, killing 41 and causing $9 billion in damages, mostly due to heavy rains and flooding The name Allison was retired after the 2001 hurricane season, and was replaced by Andrea. In the Australian region:
  - Cyclone Alison (1986), formed in the Timor Sea near Christmas Island before moving west; was renamed Krisostoma when it crossed 90°E
  - Cyclone Alison (1998), affected the Cocos (Keeling) Islands In the South-West Indian Ocean:
  - Cyclone Alison (1991), stayed well away from land In the South Pacific:
  - Cyclone Alison (1975), formed near New Caledonia and moved south towards South Island, New Zealand

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# List of storms named Allison

The name **Allison** was used for three tropical cyclones in the Atlantic Ocean, and the alternative spelling **Alison** has been used for two tropical cyclones in the Australian region of the Indian Ocean, one in the South-West Indian Ocean, and one in the South Pacific Ocean.

In the Atlantic:

* Tropical Storm Allison (1989), partially developed from the remnants of Hurricane Cosme from the Pacific basin, it brought heavy rain to the southern United States, killing 11 and causing $500 million (1989 USD) in damage
* Hurricane Allison (1995), a Category 1 hurricane that made landfall on the Florida Panhandle as a tropical storm; killed 3 and caused minor damages
* Tropical Storm Allison (2001), struck Houston, Texas, killing 41 and causing $9 billion in damages, mostly due to heavy rains and flooding

The name Allison was retired after the 2001 hurricane season, and was replaced by Andrea.

In the Australian region:

In the South-West Indian Ocean:

In the South Pacific:


title: Little Mountain (Tennessee)

abstract: Little Mountain is a summit in the U.S. state of Tennessee. Part of the Cumberland Plateau, Little Mountain is a section of the Cumberland Escarpment separating the Cumberland Plateau from the Sequatchie Valley. Little Mountain is in Bledsoe County, Tennessee, just west of Pikeville.

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# Little Mountain (Tennessee)

**Little Mountain** is a summit in the U.S. state of Tennessee. Part of the Cumberland Plateau, Little Mountain is a section of the Cumberland Escarpment separating the Cumberland Plateau from the Sequatchie Valley.

Little Mountain is in Bledsoe County, Tennessee, just west of Pikeville.

## InfoBox

| Little Mountain | |
| --- | --- |
| Little MountainLocation in Tennessee | |
| Highest point | |
| Elevation | 2,067 ft (630 m) |
| Coordinates | 35°34′12″N 85°16′51″W / 35.57000°N 85.28083°W / 35.57000; -85.28083 |
| Geography | |
| Location | Bledsoe County, Tennessee, U.S. |
| Parent range | Appalachian Mountains |
| Topo map | USGS Brockdell |


title: Little Lima

abstract: Little Lima is a Peruvian enclave in Downtown Paterson, New Jersey, United States, and the largest Peruvian enclave outside of South America, home to approximately 10,000 Peruvian immigrants, by U.S. Census Bureau estimates. New Jersey's Peruvian population continues to grow in its urban areas, especially in Paterson, which is considered by many to be the capital of the Peruvian Diaspora in the United States. Meanwhile, East Newark, a smaller borough, in Hudson County, New Jersey, has the largest Peruvian percentage in the U.S. per capita, and New Jersey is home to the largest per capita Peruvian American population of any U.S. state. Little Lima is bounded to the west by Spruce Street, to the north by McBride Avenue, to the east by Cianci Street, and to the south by Ward and Oliver Streets. The commercial heart of Little Lima is Market Street. Little Lima is close to Paterson's Little Italy and to the Mexican, Dominican, and Puerto Rican neighborhoods on Main Street, as well as the nearby Great Falls on the Passaic River. Peruvian bodegas, bakeries, groceries, and restaurants line this busy section of Market Street. Little Lima is home to the Great Peruvian Festival and the Peruvian Parade, held in the summer. Little Lima is in the heart of Paterson's first neighborhood, Dublin. The Dublin District, as it was originally known, went from a mostly Irish American neighborhood to an Italian American neighborhood in Little Italy's heyday; however, the Dublin District and specifically Little Lima have since evolved into a predominantly Hispanic neighborhood, with many Peruvian, Ecuadorian, and Bolivian citizens.

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# Little Lima

**Little Lima** is a Peruvian enclave in Downtown Paterson, New Jersey, United States, and the largest Peruvian enclave outside of South America, home to approximately 10,000 Peruvian immigrants, by U.S. Census Bureau estimates. New Jersey's Peruvian population continues to grow in its urban areas, especially in Paterson, which is considered by many to be the capital of the Peruvian Diaspora in the United States. Meanwhile, East Newark, a smaller borough, in Hudson County, New Jersey, has the largest Peruvian percentage in the U.S. per capita, and New Jersey is home to the largest per capita Peruvian American population of any U.S. state.

Little Lima is bounded to the west by Spruce Street, to the north by McBride Avenue, to the east by Cianci Street, and to the south by Ward and Oliver Streets. The commercial heart of Little Lima is Market Street. Little Lima is close to Paterson's Little Italy and to the Mexican, Dominican, and Puerto Rican neighborhoods on Main Street, as well as the nearby Great Falls on the Passaic River. Peruvian bodegas, bakeries, groceries, and restaurants line this busy section of Market Street. Little Lima is home to the Great Peruvian Festival and the Peruvian Parade, held in the summer. Little Lima is in the heart of Paterson's first neighborhood, Dublin. The Dublin District, as it was originally known, went from a mostly Irish American neighborhood to an Italian American neighborhood in Little Italy's heyday; however, the Dublin District and specifically Little Lima have since evolved into a predominantly Hispanic neighborhood, with many Peruvian, Ecuadorian, and Bolivian citizens.

40°54′49″N 74°10′34″W / 40.913626°N 74.176233°W / 40.913626; -74.176233


title: Little Lit

abstract: Little Lit is a comic book anthology series published by New Yorker art editor, Françoise Mouly, and Pulitzer Prize-winning cartoonist, Art Spiegelman. The couple had collaborated previously on RAW in the 1980s. Little Lit featured work by some of RAW's most famous contributors as well as established children's book artists such as Maurice Sendak and Ian Falconer. Three volumes and one selected compilation have been published; the last volume was published in 2003, but now stand-alone books are being published in Toon Books, "from the Little Lit Library". The second volume, Strange Stories for Strange Kids, was given a 2002 Firecracker Alternative Book Award.

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# Little Lit

***Little Lit*** is a comic book anthology series published by *New Yorker* art editor, Françoise Mouly, and Pulitzer Prize-winning cartoonist, Art Spiegelman. The couple had collaborated previously on *RAW* in the 1980s. *Little Lit* featured work by some of *RAW*'s most famous contributors as well as established children's book artists such as Maurice Sendak and Ian Falconer. Three volumes and one selected compilation have been published; the last volume was published in 2003, but now stand-alone books are being published in Toon Books, "from the Little Lit Library".

The second volume, *Strange Stories for Strange Kids*, was given a 2002 Firecracker Alternative Book Award.

## Description

Each volume of *Little Lit* is a collection of original comics created expressly for children, authored by major cartoonists and literary figures. Contributors include writers such as Paul Auster, Neil Gaiman, and David Sedaris; cartoonists such as Daniel Clowes, Tony Millionaire, and Chris Ware; and children's writers such as William Joyce, Barbara McClintock and Lemony Snicket (Daniel Handler). Volume one includes a vintage cartoon by Walt Kelly.

The series began publication in 2000 with a 64-page hardcover book, *Little Lit: Folklore & Fairy Tale Funnies*. This was followed by two subsequent volumes, *Strange Stories for Strange Kids*, and *It Was a Dark and Silly Night...* The third volume deviated slightly from previous versions, reducing the page count to 48 pages.

A smaller-sized paperback book called *Big Fat Little Lit* was published in 2006 by Puffin Books. This volume is a 144-page collection of selected comics from the first three HarperCollins books.

## Toon Books

As of 2008, stand-alone comic books for children are being published by Toon Books, described as "from the Little Lit Library".

## InfoBox

| *Little Lit* | |
| --- | --- |
| Cover of the second volume of *Little Lit*, artwork by Charles Burns. | |
| Publication information | |
| Publisher | RAW Junior
HarperCollins/Joanna Cotler Books |
| Schedule | On hiatus |
| Genre | Alternative, Children's |
| Publication date | 20002003 |
| No. of issues | 3 |
| Editor(s) | Art Spiegelman
Françoise Mouly |


title: Little Lithodendron Wash

abstract: Little Lithodendron Wash is a stream located in Navajo County, Arizona, east of Sun Valley and west of the ghost town of Adamana. It flows into the Puerco River, a tributary of the Little Colorado River. The term Carrizo Wash has also applied to Lithodendron Wash, which is a roughly parallel wash just to the east, which also flows into the Puerco River. The two washes are, or once were, considered two branches of this Carrizo Wash.

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# Little Lithodendron Wash

**Little Lithodendron Wash** (also known as **Carrizo Wash** or **Little Carrizo Wash**) is a stream located in Navajo County, Arizona, east of Sun Valley and west of the ghost town of Adamana.

It flows into the Puerco River, a tributary of the Little Colorado River.

The term Carrizo Wash has also applied to Lithodendron Wash, which is a roughly parallel wash just to the east, which also flows into the Puerco River. The two washes are, or once were, considered two branches of this Carrizo Wash.

34°58′22″N 109°57′23″W / 34.97278°N 109.95639°W / 34.97278; -109.95639

## InfoBox

| Little Lithodendron Wash | |
| --- | --- |
| Location | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Arizona |
| County | Navajo |
| Physical characteristics | |
| Mouth |  |
| elevation | 5,210 ft (1,590 m) |


title: Liu Huanqi

abstract: Liu Huanqi was a military officer in the People's Liberation Army Air Force of China. He was awarded the rank of lieutenant general in 1988.

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# Liu Huanqi

**Liu Huanqi** (simplified Chinese: 刘焕岐; traditional Chinese: 劉煥岐; pinyin: *Liú Huànqí*; 1928 - 2014) was a military officer in the People's Liberation Army Air Force of China. He was awarded the rank of lieutenant general in 1988.

## Biography

Born in Qingyuan County, Hebei in 1928, Liu Huanqi joined the People's Liberation Army in 1946, and he joined the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) the following year. After graduating from PLA Air Force Aviation University in 1951 he took part in the Korean War, the CCP government commissioned him as battalion chief of PVA Air Force Flight Brigade. He shot down two American F-86s. After war he held various positions in the PLA Air Force, including vice chief of staff of Jinan Military Region and deputy commander of its Air Force. Liu died of an illness in Jinan, Shandong, on November 4, 2014.

## InfoBox

| Liu Huanqi | |
| --- | --- |
|  | |
| Native name | 刘焕岐 |
| Born | 1928
Qingyuan County, Hebei, China |
| Died | 2014 (aged 8586)
Jinan, Shandong, China |
| Allegiance | Chinese Communist Party
People's Republic of China |
| Service/branch | People's Liberation Army Air Force |
| Rank | Lieutenant general |
| Commands | Vice Chief of Staff of Jinan Military Region
Deputy Commander of Jinan Military Region Air Force |
| Battles/wars | Korean War |
| Awards | Order of Liberation (1955)
Order of Victory (1988) |


title: Liu Bingzhang

abstract: Liu Bingzhang was a Qing dynasty Chinese scholar-official and general. He served as Governor of Jiangxi and Zhejiang provinces and Viceroy of Sichuan. He was a commander in the civil war against the Taiping Rebellion and Nian Rebellion, and the Battle of Zhenhai during the Sino-French War.

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# Liu Bingzhang

**Liu Bingzhang** (Chinese: 刘秉璋; Wade–Giles: *Liu Ping-chang*; May 20, 1826 – August 23, 1905) was a Qing dynasty Chinese scholar-official and general. He served as Governor of Jiangxi and Zhejiang provinces and Viceroy of Sichuan. He was a commander in the civil war against the Taiping Rebellion and Nian Rebellion, and the Battle of Zhenhai during the Sino-French War.

## Early life

Liu passed the imperial civil service examination in 1860 and obtained *jinshi*, the highest degree.

## Career

After obtaining his degree, Liu Bingzhang began his career at the prestigious Hanlin Academy, but was soon sent to the battlefields to help stamp out the Taiping Rebellion. After that, he helped quash the Nian Rebellion. In 1875, he was appointed Governor (*xunfu*) of Jiangxi Province, but resigned in 1878 in order to return home and fulfill his filial duty for his elderly mother. In 1882, he was appointed Governor of Zhejiang Province, and was responsible for the defense of the Zhejiang coast. In this capacity, he fought in the Battle of Zhenhai against the French fleet. To commemorate the victory, the Chinese government built the Zhenhai Coastal Defense History Museum in Zhenhai, Ningbo in 1997.

He was awarded the position of Viceroy of Sichuan in 1886, and dealt with anti-missionary riots in Sichuan. The Christian missionaries complained that he was not effectively punishing the rioters, and under the pressure of Britain, the Qing court stripped Liu of his position in 1895. He died in 1905.

## Legacy

To commemorate the Battle of Zhenhai, the Chinese government built the Zhenhai Coastal Defense History Museum in Zhenhai, Ningbo in 1997. In 2011, a memorial park was opened in his hometown Wanshan (万山镇), Lujiang County, Anhui Province, to honor his 185th birthday.

## InfoBox

| Liu Bingzhang | |
| --- | --- |
| 刘秉璋 | |
|  | |
|  | |
| Monarch | Guangxu Emperor |
| Governor of Jiangxi | |
| **In office**
1875–1878 | |
| Governor of Zhejiang | |
| **In office**
1882–1886 | |
| Viceroy of Sichuan | |
| **In office**
1886–1895 | |
|  | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | May 20, 1826
Lujiang County, Anhui |
| Died | August 23, 1905
Wuwei County |
| Citizenship | Qing Empire |
| Children | * Liu Tiqian (刘体乾) * Liu Tiren (刘体仁) * Liu Tixin (刘体信) * Liu Tizhi (刘体智) |
| Education | *Jinshi* degree in the Imperial Examination |
|  | |


title: Liu Binbin

abstract: Liu Binbin is a Chinese professional footballer who currently plays as a right-footed left winger for Chinese Super League club Shandong Taishan and the China national team.

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# Liu Binbin

**Liu Binbin** (simplified Chinese: 刘彬彬; traditional Chinese: 劉彬彬; pinyin: *Liú Bīnbīn*; born 16 June 1993) is a Chinese professional footballer who currently plays as a right-footed left winger for Chinese Super League club Shandong Taishan and the China national team.

## Club career

Liu Binbin started his football career when he joined Shandong Luneng's (now known as Shandong Taishan) youth academy in 2005 and was described as a potentially hot prospect for the future. He was loaned out to Ligue 2 club FC Metz along with Xie Pengfei for youth training in 2010. During the 2011 season, Liu returned to Shandong and was then sent out to China League Two side Shandong Youth. He scored his first goal for Shandong Youth on 3 July 2011 in a 4-0 win against Qinghai Youth. Liu was then promoted to the club's first team by Henk ten Cate during the 2012 season. He made his debut for the club on 10 March 2012 in a 2-1 loss against Guizhou Renhe.

The following season he would score his first goal for the club on 17 August 2013, in a league game against Liaoning Whowin in a 2-1 victory. He would go on to establish himself a vital member in the teams and would aid the club by winning the 2014 Chinese FA Cup with them. A consistent regular within the team, he would gain his second Chinese FA Cup by winning the 2020 Chinese FA Cup against Jiangsu Suning F.C. in a 2-0 victory. This would be followed by his first league title with the club when he was part of the team that won the 2021 Chinese Super League title. Another Chinese FA Cup would be followed up by him winning the 2022 Chinese FA Cup with them.

## International career

Liu was first called up to the Chinese under-20 national team by Su Maozhen in June 2010 and played for the under-20 national team at the 2010 AFC U-19 Championship. He continued to be called up to the under-20 side by Jan Olde Riekerink who took charge the team in 2011 and played in the 2011 Toulon Tournament. Liu scored one goal in three appearances during 2012 AFC U-19 Championship qualification as his team qualified for the 2012 AFC U-19 Championship. Liu made his debut for the Chinese national team on 13 December 2014 in a 4–0 win against Kyrgyzstan; however, the match was not recognised as an international "A" match by FIFA. He made his official debut on 21 December 2014 in a 0-0 draw against Palestine.

Liu was a member of China's squad for the 2015 AFC Asian Cup, making one appearance as an 81st minute substitute for Zhang Cheng in a 2–1 win over Uzbekistan at the group stage.

On 12 December 2023, Liu was named in China's squad for the 2023 AFC Asian Cup in Qatar.

## Career statistics

### Club statistics

*As of 31 January 2023*.

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
| Club | Season | League | | | National Cup | | Continental | | Other | | Total | |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| | | Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| Shandong Youth | 2011 | China League Two | 5 | 1 | - | | - | | - | | 5 | 1 |
| Shandong Luneng/
Shandong Taishan | 2012 | Chinese Super League | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | | - | | 11 | 0 |
| | 2013 | | 13 | 1 | 1 | 0 | - | | - | | 14 | 1 |
| | 2014 | | 29 | 5 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 1 | - | | 40 | 8 |
| | 2015 | | 22 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 32 | 4 |
| | 2016 | | 20 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 0 | - | | 31 | 4 |
| | 2017 | | 25 | 1 | 1 | 0 | - | | - | | 26 | 1 |
| | 2018 | | 9 | 0 | 1 | 0 | - | | - | | 10 | 0 |
| | 2019 | | 17 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 1 | - | | 27 | 6 |
| | 2020 | | 13 | 1 | 3 | 0 | - | | - | | 16 | 1 |
| | 2021 | | 19 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | | - | | 19 | 0 |
| | 2022 | | 22 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | - | | 24 | 3 |
| | Total | | 200 | 22 | 24 | 4 | 25 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 250 | 28 |
| Total | | | 205 | 23 | 24 | 4 | 25 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 255 | 29 |

### International statistics

| National team | | |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Year | Apps | Goals |
| 2014 | 1 | 0 |
| 2015 | 3 | 0 |
| 2016 | 0 | 0 |
| 2017 | 0 | 0 |
| 2018 | 0 | 0 |
| 2019 | 0 | 0 |
| 2020 | 0 | 0 |
| 2021 | 4 | 1 |
| 2022 | 3 | 0 |
| 2023 | 6 | 0 |
| 2024 | 4 | 0 |
| Total | 21 | 1 |

*Scores and results list China's goal tally first.*

| No | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1. | 11 June 2021 | Sharjah Stadium, Sharjah | Maldives | **1**–0 | 5–0 | 2022 FIFA World Cup qualification |

## Honours

**Shandong Luneng/Shandong Taishan**

**Individual**

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## InfoBox

Liu Binbin
刘彬彬
| Personal information | | | |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Full name | Liu Binbin | | |
| Date of birth | (1993-06-16) 16 June 1993 | | |
| Place of birth | Meixian, Guangdong, China | | |
| Height | 1.77 m (5 ft 9+12 in) | | |
| Position(s) | Left winger | | |
| Team information | | | |
| Current team | Shandong Taishan | | |
| Number | 21 | | |
| Youth career | | | |
| 2005–2011 | Shandong Luneng | | |
| 2010–2011 | FC Metz (loan) | | |
| Senior career\* | | | |
| Years | **Team** | **Apps** | **(Gls)** |
| 2011 | Shandong Youth | 5 | (1) |
| 2012– | Shandong Taishan | 248 | (25) |
| International career | | | |
| 2011–2013 | China U-19 | 11 | (3) |
| 2013–2016 | China U-23 | 9 | (1) |
| 2014– | China | 21 | (1) |
| \*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 20 June 2023
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 6 January 2024 | | | |


title: Little Heroes (novel)

abstract: Little Heroes is a 1987 science fiction novel by American author Norman Spinrad.

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# Little Heroes (novel)

***Little Heroes*** is a 1987 science fiction novel by American author Norman Spinrad.

## Plot

In the near-future, a music conglomerate called Muzik Inc. hires Glorianna O'Toole, the "Crazy Old Lady of Rock and Roll", who never made it as a rock star but who was present at rock and roll's creation, and two young computer geniuses, to create a fleshless, Artificial Personality rock-and-roll star.

## InfoBox

Little Heroes
| First edition cover | |
| --- | --- |
| Author | Norman Spinrad |
| Cover artist | Todd Schorr |
| Language | English |
| Genre | Science fiction, dystopian |
| Publisher | Bantam Books |
| Publication date | 1987 |
| Publication place | United States |
| Media type | Print (hardcover) |
| Pages | 486 pp |
| ISBN | 0-553-05207-1 |
| OCLC | 15198644 |


title: Little Tournament Over Yonder

abstract: Little Tournament Over Yonder is a video game developed by Singaporean studio Gevo Entertainment for WiiWare. The gameplay is a blend of turn-based strategy and real-time fighting action. The game was released in Europe on 16 October 2009, and in the United States on 23 November 2009. The game is priced at 800 Wii Points.

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# Little Tournament Over Yonder

***Little Tournament Over Yonder*** is a video game developed by Singaporean studio Gevo Entertainment for WiiWare. The gameplay is a blend of turn-based strategy and real-time fighting action. The game was released in Europe on 16 October 2009, and in the United States on 23 November 2009. The game is priced at 800 Wii Points.

## Gameplay

*Little Tournament Over Yonder* consists of two game modes: *Tournament* and *Versus*.

In *Tournament* mode, the main objective is to win a tournament nobody has ever won before. After selecting one of the four factions, you must win nine rounds, each of which consists of three matches (one against each other faction). Each of the factions starts with different units; for example, one has a huge number of Knights, while another has an army of Archers.

During gameplay, players will switch between a "Strategy Mode" and a "Battle Mode".

In "Strategy Mode", players will move their units around a large grid. During this mode, you have a 60-minute time limit, and once that is up, the team with the most remaining units wins. If both teams have the same number left, it is a tie, except in the single-player mode, where you will be the loser.

When your units are next to the enemy's, they can engage in battle, and you will enter "Battle Mode," which is a real-time battle between the two units in question. You are given one minute to defeat the opponent; should you fail to do this within the time limit, the damage dealt will remain, so you can finish the enemy off later. All units have two attacks during these battles: a primary attack, which is relatively weak but can be reused quickly, and a secondary attack, which deals quite a bit more damage but has a long recharge time.

*Versus Mode* is similar to Tournament Mode. Two players pick one of the teams created in Tournament Mode and battle against each other.

## InfoBox

| Little Tournament Over Yonder | |
| --- | --- |
|  | |
| Developer(s) | Gevo Entertainment |
| Publisher(s) | Gevo Entertainment |
| Platform(s) | Wii (WiiWare) |
| Release |  |
| Genre(s) | Turn-based strategy, Fighting |
| Mode(s) | Single-player, Multiplayer |


title: Little Charity Island

abstract: Little Charity Island is a small island in Saginaw Bay, Lake Huron. The 5.4-acre (0.02 km⁲) island is located in Sims Township, Arenac County in the U.S. state of Michigan. Acquired by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service in 1999, it is administered by staff from the Seney National Wildlife Refuge as a unit of the Michigan Islands National Wildlife Refuge. Little Charity Island is located in the middle of the bay, inland from its larger neighbor, Big Charity Island. It rises approximately halfway between "Point Lookout" to the northwest and "Sand Point" to the southeast. The island is home to some riparian tree life, and is home to colony-nesting waterbirds, including double-crested cormorants. Many bay fishermen use the island as a navigation point. Little Charity Island was once called Ile de Traverse, according to an 1839 map of Michigan. In the 19th century and early 20th century Little Charity was owned by Bay Port Fish Company, a commercial fishing company in Saginaw Bay, for its riparian water rights. After the 1940s, when Michigan law changed, the island was sold as were other islands in the bay.

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# Little Charity Island

**Little Charity Island** is a small island in Saginaw Bay, Lake Huron. The 5.4-acre (0.02 km2) island is located in Sims Township, Arenac County in the U.S. state of Michigan. Acquired by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service in 1999, it is administered by staff from the Seney National Wildlife Refuge as a unit of the Michigan Islands National Wildlife Refuge.

Little Charity Island is located in the middle of the bay, inland from its larger neighbor, Big Charity Island. It rises approximately halfway between "Point Lookout" to the northwest and "Sand Point" to the southeast. The island is home to some riparian tree life, and is home to colony-nesting waterbirds, including double-crested cormorants. Many bay fishermen use the island as a navigation point.

Little Charity Island was once called Ile de Traverse, according to an 1839 map of Michigan. In the 19th century and early 20th century Little Charity was owned by Bay Port Fish Company, a commercial fishing company in Saginaw Bay, for its riparian water rights. After the 1940s, when Michigan law changed, the island was sold as were other islands in the bay.

## InfoBox

Little Charity Island
| Little Charity Island | |
| --- | --- |
| Geography | |
| Location | Saginaw Bay |
| Coordinates | 44°00′09″N 83°27′58″W / 44.00250°N 83.46611°W / 44.00250; -83.46611 |
| Area | 5.4 acres (2.2 ha) |
| Administration | |
| **United States** | |
| State | Michigan |
| County | Arenac County |
| Township | Sims Township |
| Demographics | |
| Population | Uninhabited |


title: Ferraby Lionheart

abstract: Ferraby Lionheart is an American songwriter and recording artist.

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# Ferraby Lionheart

**Ferraby Lionheart** (born May 1, 1977 in Los Angeles, California, United States) is an American songwriter and recording artist.

## History

Lionheart's family moved from Los Angeles to Nashville when he was three years old. He remained there until after high school, when he left to attend The School of the Art Institute of Chicago. After three semesters, he dropped out to pursue music making. He explored songwriting in these early days with an eight track recording device. In 2000, Ferraby returned to Los Angeles and began hanging around Hollywood open mics and rock clubs. His first band, Telecast, became popular in Los Angeles with the new wave rock resurgent fans of the time. By 2006, Lionheart had gone solo and self-released a six-song EP "Ferraby Lionheart EP", which would later be distributed by Nettwerk Records.

On September 4, 2007, Lionheart's debut album *Catch the Brass Ring* (Nettwerk) was released, followed by several US tours in support of the album and a performance on the *Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson*. In 2008, he scored and wrote songs for the John Stockwell film *Middle of Nowhere*, as well as *The Rocker*, starring Rainn Wilson. Ferraby toured Sweden and the UK before returning to Nashville for the recording of his second LP, *The Jack of Hearts*, released in August 2010.

Lionheart has started multiple side projects as a writer, including Oxford, The Left Hands and Corvet, whose songs have been heavily licensed in the realm of film and television.

There has been talk of a third LP and unreleased tracks floating around but no confirmed news.

## Personal life

Ferraby was born second of three children to Maxcia and Luis Lizarraga. His father came from a Mexican restaurant family in Los Angeles. His mother's mother Marcia Day was a music manager, responsible for 1970's duo Seals & Crofts. Ferraby grew close to his grandmother as a teen growing up in Nashville, TN. He spent a summer living in her basement recording his first songs. "My grandmother lived an extraordinary life; raising five daughters alone in Hollywood, gambling in Las Vegas to pay the rent, discovering and breaking Seals & Crofts and finding the spirituality of the Baháʼí Faith. Lionheart grew up Baháʼí, both his parents having converted from Catholicism as teens in the 1960s. He embraces the Baháʼí teachings of a New World Order. "It's painfully obvious how humanity's only salvation is through a spiritual discovery, a transformation of hearts, a new consciousness, a re-structuring of government. Someday a world community will prevail."

Lionheart has homes in Nashville and Los Angeles.

He has a daughter (Willa Jean Batson) born February 19, 2013, from ex, Dawn Batson.

## Discography

## InfoBox

| Ferraby Lionheart | |
| --- | --- |
| Birth name | Ferraby Chase Lizarraga |
| Born | (1977-05-01) May 1, 1977<br>Los Angeles, California, U.S. |
| Genres | Folk, pop, rock, Americana, film score |
| Occupation(s) | Musician, composer, record producer |
| Years active | 2006–present |
| Labels | Nettwerk Records, Lights & Buttons, Thirty Tigers |
|  | |
| Website | http://www.ferrabylionheart.com |


title: Margaret Mitchelson

abstract: Margaret Mitchelson was a Scottish prophet. Her father may have been the East Lothian minister of Yester, James Mitchelson. She came to notice in September 1638 when she claimed that she knew that the National Covenant would triumph over the King's Covenant. She had the support of Henry Rollock minister of Trinity College parish in Edinburgh and the leading covenenter Archibald Johnston of Wariston. She would attract huge crowds who would come to hear and to watch as she underwent fits. It was said that her words were taken down in shorthand and distributed to the crowd. None of her prophesies appear to have been published. She is not recorded after 1638 but she is credited with improving the morale of the covenanters.

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# Margaret Mitchelson

**Margaret Mitchelson** (fl. 1638 ) was a Scottish prophet. Her father may have been the East Lothian minister of Yester, James Mitchelson.

She came to notice in September 1638 when she claimed that she knew that the National Covenant would triumph over the King's Covenant. She had the support of Henry Rollock minister of Trinity College parish in Edinburgh and the leading covenenter Archibald Johnston of Wariston. She would attract huge crowds who would come to hear and to watch as she underwent fits. It was said that her words were taken down in shorthand and distributed to the crowd.

None of her prophesies appear to have been published. She is not recorded after 1638 but she is credited with improving the morale of the covenanters.

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| Margaret Mitchelson | |
| --- | --- |
| Nationality | Kingdom of Scotland |
| Occupation | prophet |
| Known for | supporting the Covenanters |


title: North Dakota Highway 43

abstract: North Dakota Highway 43 (ND 43) is a state highway located in extreme north-central North Dakota. It is about 23 miles (37 km) long and passes through Bottineau and Rolette counties.

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# North Dakota Highway 43

**North Dakota Highway 43** (**ND 43**) is a state highway located in extreme north-central North Dakota. It is about 23 miles (37 km) long and passes through Bottineau and Rolette counties.

## Route description

ND 43 runs in a virtually east–west direction its entire length. Its western terminus is at ND 14 about 3.3 miles (5.3 km) south of the Canadian border and about 3.7 miles (6.0 km) north of Carbury. Shortly after the route begins, ND 43 enters Turtle Mountain State Forest, where the highway curves slightly but eventually straightens out again. In Roland Township, ND 43 passes south of Lake Metigoshe and crosses Oak Creek. About 12 miles (19 km) east of ND 14, ND 43 again passes through a small section of Turtle Mountain State Forest. Three miles (4.8 km) east of the state forest, the highway enters Rolette County. ND 43 travels on a straight east–west course for six miles (9.7 km) in Rolette County before it comes to its eastern terminus at U.S. Highway 281 (US 281) and ND 3, which run concurrently. The terminus is about three miles (4.8 km) south of the Canadian border and the International Peace Garden, and about nine miles (14 km) north of Dunseith, North Dakota.

## Major intersections

| County | Location | mi | km | Destinations | Notes |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Bottineau | Dalen Township | 0.000 | 0.000 | ND 14 – Port of Entry | Western terminus |
| Rolette |  | 23.304 | 37.504 | US 281 / ND 3 Peace Garden / Port of Entry, Dunseith | Eastern terminus |
| 1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi<br> | | | | | |

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| North Dakota Highway 43 | |
| --- | --- |
|  | |
| Route information | |
| Maintained by NDDOT | |
| Length | 23.304 mi (37.504 km) |
| Major junctions | |
| West end | ND 14 |
| East end | US 281 / ND 3 |
|  | |
| Location | |
| Country | United States |
| State | North Dakota |
| Counties | Bottineau, Rolette |
|  | |
| Highway system | |
| * **North Dakota State Highway System** | |
| ND 42   ND 44 | |


abstract: Hillsboro is an unincorporated community in King and Queen County, Virginia, United States.

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# Hillsboro, King and Queen County, Virginia

**Hillsboro** is an unincorporated community in King and Queen County, Virginia, United States.

## InfoBox

| Hillsboro, Virginia | |
| --- | --- |
| Unincorporated community | |
| HillsboroLocation within the Commonwealth of VirginiaHillsboroHillsboro (the United States) | |
| Coordinates: 37°42′37″N 76°58′58″W / 37.71028°N 76.98278°W / 37.71028; -76.98278 | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Virginia |
| County | King and Queen |
| Time zone | UTC−5 (Eastern (EST)) |
| Summer (DST) | UTC−4 (EDT) |


title: Food rheology

abstract: Food rheology is the study of the rheological properties of food, that is, the consistency and flow of food under tightly specified conditions. The consistency, degree of fluidity, and other mechanical properties are important in understanding how long food can be stored, how stable it will remain, and in determining food texture. The acceptability of food products to the consumer is often determined by food texture, such as how spreadable and creamy a food product is. Food rheology is important in quality control during food manufacture and processing. Food rheology terms have been noted since ancient times. In ancient Egypt, bakers judged the consistency of dough by rolling it in their hands.

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# Food rheology

**Food rheology** is the study of the rheological properties of food, that is, the consistency and flow of food under tightly specified conditions. The consistency, degree of fluidity, and other mechanical properties are important in understanding how long food can be stored, how stable it will remain, and in determining food texture. The acceptability of food products to the consumer is often determined by food texture, such as how spreadable and creamy a food product is. Food rheology is important in quality control during food manufacture and processing. Food rheology terms have been noted since ancient times. In ancient Egypt, bakers judged the consistency of dough by rolling it in their hands.

## Overview

There is a large body of literature on food rheology because the study of food rheology entails unique factors beyond an understanding of the basic rheological dynamics of the flow and deformation of matter. Food can be classified according to its rheological state  such as a solid, gel, liquid, or emulsion  each with associated rheological behaviors, and its rheological properties can be measured. These properties will affect the design of food processing plants, as well as shelf life and other important factors, including sensory properties that appeal to consumers. Because foods are structurally complex, often a mixture of fluid and solids with varying properties within a single mass, the study of food rheology is more complicated than study in fields such as the rheology of polymers. However, food rheology is something we experience every day with our perception of food texture (see below) and basic concepts of food rheology well apply to polymers physics, oil flow etc. For this reason, examples of food rheology are didactically useful to explain the dynamics of other materials we are less familiar with. Ketchup is commonly used an example of Bingham fluid and its flow behavior can be compared to that of a polymer melt.

## Psychorheology

Psychorheology is the sensory judgement of rheological properties. It is a term used in the food industry, to describe how a food "feels" to the mouth. It is not necessarily straightforward to predict how a food will "feel" based purely on the true rheological properties.

The most important factor in food rheology is consumer perception of the product. This perception is affected by how the food looks on the plate as well as how it feels in the mouth, or "mouthfeel". Mouthfeel is influenced by how food moves or flows once it is in a person's mouth. This determines how desirable the food is judged to be.


title: Meslay-le-Vidame

abstract: Meslay-le-Vidame is a commune in the Eure-et-Loir department in northern France. The lords of Meslay held the title of Vidame of Chartres for part of the Middle Ages.

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# Meslay-le-Vidame

**Meslay-le-Vidame** (French pronunciation: \[mɛlɛ  vidam\]) is a commune in the Eure-et-Loir department in northern France. The lords of Meslay held the title of Vidame of Chartres for part of the Middle Ages.

## Population

Historical population
| Year | Pop. | ±% p.a. |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 1968 | 379 |  |
| 1975 | 315 | −2.61% |
| 1982 | 304 | −0.51% |
| 1990 | 364 | +2.28% |
| 1999 | 402 | +1.11% |
| 2009 | 475 | +1.68% |
| 2014 | 537 | +2.48% |
| 2020 | 533 | −0.12% |
| Source: INSEE | | |

## InfoBox

| Meslay-le-Vidame | |
| --- | --- |
| Commune | |
| The chateau in Meslay-le-Vidame | |
|  | |
| Location of Meslay-le-Vidame | |
| Meslay-le-VidameMeslay-le-Vidame | |
| Coordinates: 48°16′51″N 1°27′40″E / 48.2808°N 1.4611°E / 48.2808; 1.4611 | |
| Country | France |
| Region | Centre-Val de Loire |
| Department | Eure-et-Loir |
| Arrondissement | Châteaudun |
| Canton | Les Villages Vovéens |
| Intercommunality | CA Chartres Métropole |
| Government | |
| Mayor (20202026) | Serge Le Balc'h |
| Area**1** | 14.67 km2 (5.66 sq mi) |
| Population (2021) | 525 |
| Density | 36/km2 (93/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| INSEE/Postal code | 28246 /28360 |
| Elevation | 138–158 m (453–518 ft)
(avg. 148 m or 486 ft) |
| **1** French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers \> 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. | |


title: RTV Kozarska Dubica

abstract: RTV Kozarska Dubica or РТВ КД is a local Bosnian public cable television channel based in Kozarska Dubica municipality. Program is mainly produced in Serbian. Dub Radio is also part of public municipality services.

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# RTV Kozarska Dubica

**RTV Kozarska Dubica** or **РТВ КД** is a local Bosnian public cable television channel based in Kozarska Dubica municipality. Program is mainly produced in Serbian.

Dub Radio is also part of public municipality services.

## InfoBox

RTV Kozarska Dubica
|  | |
| --- | --- |
| Country | Bosnia and Herzegovina |
| Broadcast area | Kozarska Dubica |
| Headquarters | Kozarska Dubica |
| Programming | |
| Language(s) | Serbian |
| Picture format | 4:3 576i SDTV |
| Ownership | |
| Owner | JP “Centar za informisanje i kulturu” K. Dubica |
| Sister channels | Dub Radio |
| History | |
| Launched | 1969
 as **Radio stanica Bosanska Dubica**  |
| Former names | РТВ Козарска Дубица |
| Links | |
| Website | www.rtv-kd.com |


title: Nina Auerbach

abstract: Nina Auerbach was the John Welsh Centennial Professor of English Emerita at the University of Pennsylvania. Her special area of concentration was nineteenth-century England. She published, lectured, and reviewed widely in the fields of Victorian literature, theater, cultural history, and horror fiction and film. Auerbach received a B.A. from the University of Wisconsin-Madison in 1964. She undertook graduate study at Columbia University, receiving an M.A. in 1967 and a Ph.D. in 1970. She taught at Hunter College and California State University, Los Angeles before joining the University of Pennsylvania faculty in 1972. She remained on the faculty there until her retirement in 2009. Her books include Our Vampires, Ourselves; Private Theatricals: The Lives of the Victorians; Ellen Terry, Player in Her Time; Romantic Imprisonment: Women and Other Glorified Outcasts; Woman and the Demon: The Life of a Victorian Myth; and Communities of Women: An Idea in Fiction. Her most recent book, Daphne du Maurier, Haunted Heiress, inaugurated the University of Pennsylvania Press series, Personal Takes. Before her death, she was working on a project tentatively titled Lost Lives, a study of ghosts and their purposes. She was the co-editor of the Norton Critical Edition of Bram Stoker's Dracula, and many of her articles have appeared in Norton Critical Editions, most notably in the works of Jane Austen. Nina Auerbach was awarded a Guggenheim Fellowship and a Ford Foundation Fellowship as well as the Lindback Award for Distinguished Teaching. In 2000, she received the annual Distinguished Scholarship Award from the International Association of the Fantastic in the Arts.

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# Nina Auerbach

**Nina Auerbach** (May 24, 1943 in New York City – February 4, 2017) was the John Welsh Centennial Professor of English Emerita at the University of Pennsylvania. Her special area of concentration was nineteenth-century England. She published, lectured, and reviewed widely in the fields of Victorian literature, theater, cultural history, and horror fiction and film.

Auerbach received a B.A. from the University of Wisconsin-Madison in 1964. She undertook graduate study at Columbia University, receiving an M.A. in 1967 and a Ph.D. in 1970. She taught at Hunter College and California State University, Los Angeles before joining the University of Pennsylvania faculty in 1972. She remained on the faculty there until her retirement in 2009.

Her books include *Our Vampires, Ourselves*; *Private Theatricals: The Lives of the Victorians*; *Ellen Terry, Player in Her Time*; *Romantic Imprisonment: Women and Other Glorified Outcasts*; *Woman and the Demon: The Life of a Victorian Myth*; and *Communities of Women: An Idea in Fiction* (Harvard University Press). Her most recent book, *Daphne du Maurier, Haunted Heiress* (2000, ISBN 0812235304), inaugurated the University of Pennsylvania Press series, Personal Takes. Before her death, she was working on a project tentatively titled *Lost Lives*, a study of ghosts and their purposes. She was the co-editor of the Norton Critical Edition of Bram Stoker's *Dracula*, and many of her articles have appeared in Norton Critical Editions, most notably in the works of Jane Austen.

Nina Auerbach was awarded a Guggenheim Fellowship and a Ford Foundation Fellowship as well as the Lindback Award for Distinguished Teaching. In 2000, she received the annual Distinguished Scholarship Award from the International Association of the Fantastic in the Arts.


title: No Worries (Simon Webbe song)

abstract: "No Worries" is the second single released from Blue band member Simon Webbe's debut solo album, Sanctuary (2005). The song features backing vocals from Liam Kennedy and Yvonne John Lewis. "No Worries" peaked at number four on the UK Singles Chart, the same position as its predecessor, "Lay Your Hands", but spent longer in the top 40. The song became a top-20 hit in Italy and reached number two in the Netherlands.

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# No Worries (Simon Webbe song)

"**No Worries**" is the second single released from Blue band member Simon Webbe's debut solo album, *Sanctuary* (2005). The song features backing vocals from Liam Kennedy and Yvonne John Lewis. "No Worries" peaked at number four on the UK Singles Chart, the same position as its predecessor, "Lay Your Hands", but spent longer in the top 40. The song became a top-20 hit in Italy and reached number two in the Netherlands.

## Track listings

**UK CD1**

1. "No Worries"
2. "Lay Your Hands" (Stargate Remix)

**UK CD2**

1. "No Worries"
2. "Give A Man Hope"
3. "I Ain't You"

**UK DVD single**

1. "No Worries" (video—the director's cut)
2. Photo gallery featuring "Give A Man Hope"
3. Behind the scenes at photophoot / "No Worries" (instrumental)

## Charts

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| "No Worries" | |
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|  | |
| Single by Simon Webbe | |
| from the album  *Sanctuary* | |
| B-side | * "Give a Man Hope" * "I Ain't You" |
| Released | 7 November 2005 (2005-11-07) |
| Length | 3:29 |
| Label | Innocent |
| Songwriter(s) | Simon Webbe, Matt Prime, Tim Woodcock |
| Producer(s) | Matt Prime |
| Simon Webbe singles chronology | |
| "Lay Your Hands"
(2005) "**No Worries**"
(2005) "After All This Time"
(2006) | |


title: Nirasaki, Yamanashi

abstract: Nirasaki is a city in Yamanashi Prefecture, Japan. As of 1 October 2020, the city had an estimated population of 28,150 in 12831 households, and a population density of 210 persons per km². The total area is 132.69 square kilometres (51.23 sq mi).

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# Nirasaki, Yamanashi

**Nirasaki** (韮崎市, *Nirasaki-shi*) is a city in Yamanashi Prefecture, Japan. As of 1 October 2020, the city had an estimated population of 28,150 in 12831 households, and a population density of 210 persons per km². The total area is 132.69 square kilometres (51.23 sq mi).

## Geography

Nirasaki is located in the northwestern end of the Kofu Basin in Yamanashi Prefecture, bordered to the east by the Minami Alps National Park and the west by the Minami Alps Koma Prefectural Natural Park.

### Surrounding municipalities

Yamanashi Prefecture

### Climate

The city has a climate characterized by hot and humid summers, and relatively mild winters (Köppen climate classification *Cfa*). The average annual temperature in Nirasaki is 13/0 °C. The average annual rainfall is 1278 mm with September as the wettest month.

| Climate data for Nirasaki (1991−2020 normals, extremes 1977−present) | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
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| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Record high °C (°F) | 17.8
(64.0) | 23.2
(73.8) | 25.6
(78.1) | 31.7
(89.1) | 33.3
(91.9) | 36.2
(97.2) | 38.1
(100.6) | 38.4
(101.1) | 36.3
(97.3) | 32.2
(90.0) | 24.8
(76.6) | 22.7
(72.9) | 38.4
(101.1) |
| Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | 8.0
(46.4) | 9.6
(49.3) | 13.7
(56.7) | 19.6
(67.3) | 24.1
(75.4) | 26.5
(79.7) | 30.1
(86.2) | 31.6
(88.9) | 27.4
(81.3) | 21.4
(70.5) | 15.7
(60.3) | 10.4
(50.7) | 19.8
(67.7) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | 2.0
(35.6) | 3.4
(38.1) | 7.2
(45.0) | 12.7
(54.9) | 17.5
(63.5) | 21.1
(70.0) | 24.6
(76.3) | 25.5
(77.9) | 21.8
(71.2) | 15.8
(60.4) | 9.6
(49.3) | 4.3
(39.7) | 13.8
(56.8) |
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | −3.2
(26.2) | −1.9
(28.6) | 1.6
(34.9) | 6.8
(44.2) | 12.1
(53.8) | 16.8
(62.2) | 20.7
(69.3) | 21.5
(70.7) | 17.7
(63.9) | 11.4
(52.5) | 4.6
(40.3) | −0.8
(30.6) | 8.9
(48.1) |
| Record low °C (°F) | −11.7
(10.9) | −11.9
(10.6) | −8.2
(17.2) | −4.1
(24.6) | 2.7
(36.9) | 8.0
(46.4) | 14.6
(58.3) | 13.5
(56.3) | 7.0
(44.6) | 1.2
(34.2) | −3.8
(25.2) | −9.2
(15.4) | −11.9
(10.6) |
| Average precipitation mm (inches) | 47.8
(1.88) | 49.0
(1.93) | 94.8
(3.73) | 88.7
(3.49) | 96.6
(3.80) | 124.0
(4.88) | 154.3
(6.07) | 114.3
(4.50) | 190.0
(7.48) | 158.6
(6.24) | 55.7
(2.19) | 39.1
(1.54) | 1,212.9
(47.75) |
| Average precipitation days (≥ 1.0 mm) | 4.8 | 5.0 | 8.7 | 8.1 | 8.5 | 10.9 | 11.9 | 9.0 | 10.2 | 8.8 | 6.0 | 4.7 | 96.6 |
| Mean monthly sunshine hours | 199.5 | 183.9 | 194.3 | 208.0 | 204.7 | 152.2 | 166.7 | 201.2 | 147.3 | 153.4 | 173.2 | 186.1 | 2,170.5 |
| Source: Japan Meteorological Agency | | | | | | | | | | | | | |

## Demographics

Per Japanese census data, the population of Nirasaki has remained relatively steady in recent decades.

Historical population
| Year | Pop. | ±% |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 1940 | 25,804 |  |
| 1950 | 33,469 | +29.7% |
| 1960 | 30,244 | −9.6% |
| 1970 | 27,267 | −9.8% |
| 1980 | 27,343 | +0.3% |
| 1990 | 29,766 | +8.9% |
| 2000 | 32,707 | +9.9% |
| 2010 | 32,477 | −0.7% |
| 2020 | 29,067 | −10.5% |

## History

The area around present-day Nirasaki was the ancestral homeland of the Takeda clan, which dominated Kai Province in the Sengoku period. During the Edo period, the area was *tenryō* territory under the direct administration of the Tokugawa shogunate, and the village of Niirasaki was a post town on the Kōshū Kaidō highway. During the early Meiji period, the area was organized into 14 villages under Kitakoma District, Yamanashi. Nirasaki was elevated to town status on September 20, 1892. Modern Nirasaki City was founded by merger of Nirasaki with ten surrounding villages on October 10, 1954.

## Government

Nirasaki has a mayor-council form of government with a directly elected mayor and a unicameral city legislature of 18 members.

## Economy

The economy of Nirasaki is primarily agricultural.

## Education

Nirasaki has five public elementary schools and two public middle schools operated by the city government and two public high schools operated by the Yamanashi Prefectural Board of Education.

## Transportation

### Railway

### Highway

## Sister cities

## Local attractions

## Notable people

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| Nirasaki 韮崎市 | |
| --- | --- |
| City | |
| Ganjo-ji temple in Nirasaki | |
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| Location of Nirasaki in Yamanashi Prefecture | |
| Nirasaki | |
| Coordinates: 35°42′31.9″N 138°26′46.1″E / 35.708861°N 138.446139°E / 35.708861; 138.446139 | |
| Country | Japan |
| Region | Chūbu (Tōkai) |
| Prefecture | Yamanashi |
| Government | |
| Mayor | Komei Yokouchi (since November 2006) |
| Area | |
| Total | 143.69 km2 (55.48 sq mi) |
| Population (October 1, 2020) | |
| Total | 28,150 |
| Density | 200/km2 (510/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+9 (Japan Standard Time) |
| Phone number | 0551-22-1111 |
| Address | 1-3-1 Suijin, Nirasaki-shi, Yamanashi-ken 407-8501 |
| Climate | Cfa |
| Website | Official website |
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| Symbols | |
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| Bird | Falco tinnunculus |
| Flower | Zelkova serrata |
| Tree | Cherry blossom |
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title: Nirvanix

abstract: Nirvanix is an American-based provider of business phone systems, VoIP services, hosted PBX, SIP Trunks, and cloud storage services headquartered in San Diego, California, United States. The company offers a variety of business phone solutions for small, medium as well as enterprise businesses. It also has a strong presence in public, hybrid and private cloud storage services with usage-based pricing. Based on previous service companies founded in 1998, Nirvanix shut down in October 2013. In July 2021 Nirvanix re-entered the business with $12 million funding.

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# Nirvanix

**Nirvanix** is an American-based provider of business phone systems, VoIP services, hosted PBX, SIP Trunks, and cloud storage services headquartered in San Diego, California, United States. The company offers a variety of business phone solutions for small, medium as well as enterprise businesses. It also has a strong presence in public, hybrid and private cloud storage services with usage-based pricing. Based on previous service companies founded in 1998, Nirvanix shut down in October 2013. In July 2021 Nirvanix re-entered the business with $12 million funding.

## History

**Streamload**, founded in 1998 in San Diego, California by Steve Iverson, a student at Pomona College, was one of the first Internet storage services, receiving various accolades for products between 2002 and 2006. The company attracted angel investor and computer software entrepreneur Charlie Jackson and $1.2 million in investment by August 2004.

Streamload's flagship product was renamed to MediaMax and spun off on July 1, 2007, with the existing company being renamed to Nirvanix. The failure of MediaMax (renamed to The Linkup) on August 8, 2008, resulted in permanent loss of data for around 20,000 paying customers; Nirvanix denied responsibility for the data loss, saying that Savvis was contracted by its The Linkup spin-off to host the application and the database.

Patrick Harr and Geoff Tudor wanted to pursue the storage service market for enterprise customers. A new Nirvanix system, called the **Storage Delivery Network**, was built with new software and hardware systems. Nirvanix incorporated both the lessons-learned operating a large-scale online storage service under Streamload as well as techniques in clustering, virtualization, database-driven file system architectures and distributed networking. Nirvanix filed nine patents on this new platform in August 2007. It announced its Nirvanix Storage Delivery Network in September 2007, comparing it to the Amazon Simple Storage Service.

The company raised $12 million in September 2007 from Mission Ventures Valhalla Partners and Windward Ventures. Intel Capital added $5 million in funding in December 2007 (along with original investors and European Founders Fund), and then more funding in April 2009. An additional round was announced in November 2010. On May 3, 2012, Nirvanix announced it raised over $25 million in a Series C funding round led by Khosla Ventures, bringing Nirvanix's total capital raised to $70 million.

On July 12, 2021, Nirvanix announced that it had closed a $12 million equity financing round led by Mission Ventures and Valhalla Partners with participation from Windward Ventures.

Nirvanix provided public, hybrid, and private cloud storage service options. The underlying technology included:

* Cloud File System, a virtual file system specifically designed to handle millions of users and billions of files in a single global namespace with data consistency.
* Cloud Storage Network which consists of nine globally dispersed data centers. Customers can locate data close to users and to choose redundancy levels by replicating data to two, three, or more data centers.
* Cloud NAS Gateway software which installs on Windows or Linux servers and provides access to the Nirvanix cloud storage services.

Storage was accessible via HTTP, using the Nirvanix Web Services application programming interface based on Representational State Transfer (REST) and Simple Object Access Protocol (SOAP) or the Nirvanix CloudNAS gateway software.

Scott Genereux was appointed president and CEO of Nirvanix in November 2010, replacing Jim Zierick. Since then the company overhauled its management team and signed a number of partners, including a 5-year OEM agreement with IBM. Nirvanix has also deployed petabyte-scale clouds at Cerner, USC, and others. In December 2012 Genereux left to join Oracle Corporation, and was replaced by Dru Borden, who was then replaced by Debra Chrapaty in March 2013.

Despite the earlier agreement, IBM acquired SoftLayer in June 2013 and started a competitor IBM Cloud Services Division.

## Closure

On September 16, 2013 Nirvanix notified customers that they had until September 30, 2013 to move their data off of the service at which point Nirvanix would shut down. By September 28, 2013, the company deactivated its website and replaced it with a statement that included customer support details. Nirvanix said an IBM team could assist customers with transferring their data from the Nirvanix infrastructure. The company filed for US Chapter 11 bankruptcy on October 1, 2013, which was approved on October 8.

On December 4, 2013, Oracle issued an announcement that they had acquired select intellectual property of Nirvanix, as well as key engineering resources.

## Current Company Focus

The company has pivoted and offers solutions in the space of business phone systems helping small and medium size entreprises. Nirvanix is currently focusing on innovation around VoIP Phone Systems, hosted PBX, cloud storage and other similar functions.

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Nirvanix, Inc.
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| Company type | Private |
| Industry | Information management |
| Founded | 2007 |
| Headquarters | San Diego, California, USA |
| Services | Business Phone Systems |
| Website | techcrunch.com/2013/09/27/its-official-the-nirvanix-cloud-storage-service-is-shutting-down/ |


title: No Sunshine (Kid Frost song)

abstract: "No Sunshine" is a song by American rapper Kid Frost and the lead single from his second studio album East Side Story (1992). Produced by Mr. Mixx, it contains a sample of "Ain't No Sunshine" by Bill Withers and features uncredited vocals from Prince Teddy.

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# No Sunshine (Kid Frost song)

"**No Sunshine**" is a song by American rapper Kid Frost and the lead single from his second studio album *East Side Story* (1992). Produced by Mr. Mixx, it contains a sample of "Ain't No Sunshine" by Bill Withers and features uncredited vocals from Prince Teddy.

## Charts

| Chart (1992) | Peak
position |
| --- | --- |
| US *Billboard* Hot 100 (*Billboard*) | 95 |
| US Hot Rap Songs (*Billboard*) | 20 |

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| "No Sunshine" | |
| --- | --- |
| Single by Kid Frost | |
| from the album  *East Side Story* | |
| Released | 1992 |
| Length | 4:51 |
| Label | Virgin |
| Songwriter(s) |  |
| Producer(s) | Mr. Mixx |
| Kid Frost singles chronology | |
| "La Raza"
(1990) "**No Sunshine**"
(1992) "Another Firme Rola (Bad 'Cause I'm Brown)"
(1992) | |
|  | |
| Music video | |
| "No Sunshine" on YouTube | |
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title: Noddy housing

abstract: Noddy housing is commercially built housing of low build quality or design merit. Noddy houses are typically small homes on narrow plots of land built since the early 1990s by large property development companies. They are normally considered to be far less spacious than homes built in preceding decades of the 20th century, and are perceived as being poorly executed architecturally and aesthetically. A counterpoint to this argument is that they are not so much poorly executed houses, but simply cheaper houses with the merit of being more affordable. If they were more spacious and built of better materials on larger plots of land, self-evidently they would cost more.

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# Noddy housing

**Noddy housing** (sometimes called "**Noddy Box Housing**" or "**Shoddy Noddy Boxes**") is commercially built housing of low build quality or design merit.

Noddy houses are typically small homes on narrow plots of land built since the early 1990s by large property development companies. They are normally considered to be far less spacious than homes built in preceding decades of the 20th century, and are perceived as being poorly executed architecturally and aesthetically.

A counterpoint to this argument is that they are not so much poorly executed houses, but simply cheaper houses with the merit of being more affordable. If they were more spacious and built of better materials on larger plots of land, self-evidently they would cost more.

## Design and appearance

Noddy houses usually appear to tip towards traditional ideals of British housebuilding through use of brick and masonry detail, gabled and hipped roof forms, and window and door styles derived from older methods of construction. Because of the commerciality of volume housebuilding and the desire for companies to cut costs in construction, these elements suffer – with bricks being less attractive and mass-produced kinds, and windows and doors being standardised models of non-traditional uPVC and fibreglass with only suggestions of traditional detail by way of fake 'integral' glazing bars or sometimes imitation lead came.


title: Niyoki

abstract: Kedrah Niyoki White, who goes by Niyoki Chapman and the stage name Niyoki, is an American gospel musician. Her first album, My Everything, was released by Executive Music Group alongside Dedicated 2 God Records in 2006. This album was a Billboard magazine breakthrough release upon the Gospel Albums chart. The subsequent album, Rest, was released in 2008 by those same two labels, and it charted on the aforementioned chart. She was a part of the girl group, Milenia, that got the chance to tour with Prince on the Hit n Run Tour in 2000 and 2001 before releasing their only album in 2006.

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# Niyoki

**Kedrah Niyoki White** (born November 15, 1973, as **Kedrah Niyoki White**), who goes by Niyoki Chapman and the stage name **Niyoki** , is an American gospel musician. Her first album, *My Everything*, was released by Executive Music Group alongside Dedicated 2 God Records in 2006. This album was a *Billboard* magazine breakthrough release upon the Gospel Albums chart. The subsequent album, *Rest*, was released in 2008 by those same two labels, and it charted on the aforementioned chart. She was a part of the girl group, Milenia, that got the chance to tour with Prince on the Hit n Run Tour in 2000 and 2001 before releasing their only album in 2006.

## Early life

Niyoki was born on November 15, 1973, as Kedrah Niyoki White, in Fort Wayne, Indiana. She is the third child of Pastor Clifford and Carolyn White, coming after an older brother and sister Kenny and Mikki respectively. Her two younger sisters are Malikah and Tia.

## Music career

Her music recording career commenced in 2006, with the album, *My Everything*, and it was released by Executive Music Group alongside Direct 2 God Records on August 29, 2006. This album was her breakthrough release upon the *Billboard* magazine Gospel Albums at No. 32. The subsequent album, *Rest*, was released on August 19, 2008, by the aforementioned record labels. Her album charted on the Gospel Albums chart at No. 50.

## Personal life

Niyoki was married to Clarence Nero, who is the CEO of Dedicated 2 God Records, and they had a son together, Kedron Nero, who was born on November 3, 2007. She would remarry on June 15, 2013, to Jay Chapman who she became a step-mother to his five-year-old daughter, at the time. She resides in Fort Wayne, Indiana, where she works at the Unity Performing Arts Foundation as Operations Manager.

## Discography

List of studio albums, with selected chart positions
| Title | Album details | Peak chart positions |
| --- | --- | --- |
| | | US
Gos |
| *My Everything* |  | 32 |
| *Rest* | * Released: August 19, 2008 * Label: Executive Music Group/Direct 2 God * CD, digital download | 50 |

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| Niyoki | |
| --- | --- |
| Birth name | Kedrah Niyoki White |
| Also known as | Niyoki |
| Born | (1973-11-15) November 15, 1973
Fort Wayne, Indiana |
| Origin | Nashville, Tennessee |
| Genres | Christian R&B, gospel, contemporary R&B, urban contemporary gospel |
| Occupation(s) | Singer, songwriter |
| Instrument(s) | Vocals, singer-songwriter |
| Years active | 2006present |
| Labels | Executive Music Group |


title: Nokomis, Alabama

abstract: Nokomis is an unincorporated community in Escambia County, Alabama, United States. Nokomis is located along U.S. Route 31 and a CSX Transportation line 4.3 miles (6.9 km) west-southwest of Atmore. Nokomis has the distinction of having boundaries in three U.S. counties: Escambia, Alabama; Escambia, Florida; and Baldwin, Alabama.

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# Nokomis, Alabama

**Nokomis** is an unincorporated community in Escambia County, Alabama, United States. Nokomis is located along U.S. Route 31 and a CSX Transportation line 4.3 miles (6.9 km) west-southwest of Atmore. Nokomis has the distinction of having boundaries in three U.S. counties: Escambia, Alabama; Escambia, Florida; and Baldwin, Alabama.

## Community Information

Nokomis is a suburb of Atmore, with one fire station, one church and three businesses.

## Notable person

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| Nokomis, Alabama | |
| --- | --- |
| Unincorporated community | |
| A homeowner looks through what is left of his home after Hurricane Dennis caused severe damage, 2005 | |
| NokomisNokomis | |
| Coordinates: 31°00′37″N 87°33′53″W / 31.01028°N 87.56472°W / 31.01028; -87.56472 | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Alabama |
| County | Escambia |
| Elevation | 272 ft (83 m) |
| Time zone | UTC-6 (Central (CST)) |
| Summer (DST) | UTC-5 (CDT) |
| Area code | 251 |
| GNIS feature ID | 155179 |


title: Nogueirapis

abstract:
Nogueirapis is a genus of bees belonging to the family Apidae. The species of this genus are found in Southern America. Species:
  - Nogueirapis batistai Nogueira, Ribeiro & Oliveira, 2020
  - Nogueirapis butteli
  - Nogueirapis costaricana Ayala & Engel, 2014
  - Nogueirapis minor
  - Nogueirapis mirandula
  - Nogueirapis rosariae Nogueira, Ribeiro & Oliveira, 2020

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# Nogueirapis

***Nogueirapis*** is a genus of bees belonging to the family Apidae.

The species of this genus are found in Southern America.

Species:

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| *Nogueirapis* | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Family: | Apidae |
| Tribe: | Meliponini |
| Genus: | *Nogueirapis*<br>Moure, 1953 |
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title: Nomasikizi Konza

abstract: Nomasikizi Hendrietta Konza is a South African politician who has represented the African National Congress (ANC) in the Eastern Cape Provincial Legislature since 2019. She was the Mayor of Amathole District Municipality from 2011 until 2016, when she was charged with defrauding the municipality; she was acquitted of all charges in March 2019, shortly before she was elected to the provincial legislature.

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# Nomasikizi Konza

**Nomasikizi Hendrietta Konza** is a South African politician who has represented the African National Congress (ANC) in the Eastern Cape Provincial Legislature since 2019. She was the Mayor of Amathole District Municipality from 2011 until 2016, when she was charged with defrauding the municipality; she was acquitted of all charges in March 2019, shortly before she was elected to the provincial legislature.

## Early life and career

Konza was born in 1962 on a farm in Cathcart near the Kei River in the former Cape Province. A teacher by training, she was a founding member of the South African Democratic Teachers Union and was active in the anti-apartheid Mass Democratic Movement.

## Political career

From 1995 to 2019, she represented the ANC as a local councillor in the Eastern Cape. She was the Deputy Mayor of the Cathcart Transitional Local Council from 1995 to 2000 and then served as a Member of the Mayoral Committee in Amahlathi Local Municipality from 2000 to 2006. In August 2010, she was elected Speaker of the Amahlathi council after several other ANC councillors defected to the opposition Congress of the People.

The following year, after the 2011 local elections, she succeeded Samkhumzi Somyo as Executive Mayor of the Amatole District Municipality. She remained in office until 2016 but was not re-elected in the next elections in 2016.

### Fraud trial: 2016–2018

Months before the 2016 elections, in late May 2016, Konza and several others were arrested on fraud charges; she was released on 15,000 bail. The Hawks alleged that she and other municipal officials had stolen over 2.5 million in municipal funds that had been paid out in 2014 and 2015 on the pretence of sponsoring Miss Amathole Heritage, a local beauty pageant. During the trial, the National Prosecuting Authority argued that she had "bullied" officials into authorising the payments. However, she and others were acquitted on all three counts of fraud in May 2019.

### Provincial legislature: 2019–present

In the 2019 general election, Konza was elected to an ANC seat in the Eastern Cape Provincial Legislature, ranked 20th on the ANC's provincial party list.

## Personal life

Konza has been widowed since 1994; she has two children and a grandson.

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| Nomasikizi KonzaMPL | |
| --- | --- |
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| Member of the Eastern Cape Provincial Legislature | |
| **Incumbent** | |
| **Assumed office**
22 May 2019 | |
| Mayor of Amathole | |
| **In office**
2011–2016 | |
| Preceded by | Sakhumzi Somyo |
| Succeeded by | Khanyile Maneli |
|  | |
| Personal details | |
| Citizenship | South Africa |
| Political party | African National Congress |
|  | |


title: Nola, Central African Republic

abstract: Nola is the capital of Sangha-Mbaéré, an economic prefecture of the Central African Republic. It is located at the confluence of the Kadéï and the Mambere river. The Sangha River is formed here due to the aforementioned rivers.

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# Nola, Central African Republic

**Nola** is the capital of Sangha-Mbaéré, an economic prefecture of the Central African Republic. It is located at the confluence of the Kadéï and the Mambere river. The Sangha River is formed here due to the aforementioned rivers.

## History

In 1911, the area around Bouar was ceded by France to Germany under the terms of the Morocco-Congo Treaty, becoming part of the German colony of Neukamerun until it was reconquered by the French during World War I. During the war, local Gbaya chief Daddio provided many canoes to French Lieutenant Colonel Nicolas Hutin to help the French retake Nola from the Germans. Another local chief, Ngoukou I, also helped fight against the Germans.

Sleeping sickness had long been an issue in the areas around Nola. During the colonial period, French authorities embarked on a risky and now-disproven prophylactic campaign called 'lomidinisation'. Nola and Yokadouma in the French Congo were the centre of this misguided immunisation campaign.

On 28 March 2013 Nola was captured by Séléka forces. On 12 February 2014 the town was captured by Anti-balaka militias. 17 Muslims were killed in Nola in February 2014 by Anti-balakas while survivors fled to Cameroon. In September 2016 Nola was declared to be free from rebel groups.

3°32′N 16°04′E / 3.533°N 16.067°E / 3.533; 16.067

## InfoBox

| Nola | |
| --- | --- |
| Nola roundabout in 2023 | |
| NolaLocation in Central African Republic | |
| Coordinates: 3°32′N 16°04′E / 3.533°N 16.067°E / 3.533; 16.067 | |
| Country | Central African Republic |
| Prefecture | Sangha-Mbaéré |
| Government | |
| Sub-Prefect | Janvier Seledonon |
| Elevation | 442 m (1,450 ft) |
| Population (2012) | |
| Total | 41,462 |


title: Norman Andrews

abstract: Norman Palmer Andrews was an English first-class cricketer who played for Northamptonshire County Cricket Club in six matches in 1922 and 1923. His highest score of 45* came when playing for Northamptonshire in the match against Essex County Cricket Club.

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# Norman Andrews

**Norman Palmer Andrews** (1 May 1899 – 5 November 1971) was an English first-class cricketer who played for Northamptonshire County Cricket Club in six matches in 1922 and 1923. His highest score of 45\* came when playing for Northamptonshire in the match against Essex County Cricket Club.

## InfoBox

Norman Andrews
| Personal information | |
| --- | --- |
| Full name | Norman Palmer Andrews |
| Born | (1899-05-01)1 May 1899
Sydenham, London |
| Died | 5 November 1971(1971-11-05) (aged 72)
Westminster School, London |
| Batting | Right-handed |
| Domestic team information | |
| Years | Team |
| 1922–1923 | Northants |
|  | |
| Career statistics | |
| Competition First-class  Matches 6  Runs scored 122  Batting average 11.09  100s/50s 0/0  Top score 45  Catches/stumpings 1/– | |
|  | |
| Source: CricketArchive, 12 August 2008 | |


title: Nor-Cargo

abstract: Nor-Cargo AS is a Norwegian cargo transport and logistics company and subsidiary of Posten Norge, the Norwegian Postal Service. It operates road, water and air transport. The company operates through 32 Terminals with 1,000 long-distance and 600 distribution trucks. In addition, the division Nor-Cargo Thermo operates 500 temperature-controlled trucks.

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# Nor-Cargo

**Nor-Cargo AS** is a Norwegian cargo transport and logistics company and subsidiary of Posten Norge, the Norwegian Postal Service. It operates road, water and air transport. The company operates through 32 Terminals with 1,000 long-distance and 600 distribution trucks. In addition, the division **Nor-Cargo Thermo** operates 500 temperature-controlled trucks.

## History

The predecessor of Nor-Cargo was established in 1967 when **Be-No-Ve samseilingen** was established by Bergenske Dampskibsselskab, Nordenfjeldske Dampskibsselskab and Vesteraalske Dampskibsselskab. Four years later Ofotens Dampskibsselskab, Narvik Dampskibsselskab and Nordlandske Dampskibsselskab also joined. This was a cooperation between the shipping companies. In 1979 this was taken one step further when **Nordsjørederiet Nor-Cargo A/S** was founded.

By 1985 this company was operating 16 short sea vessels through the company **K/S Nord-Poolen**. In 1988 the company **RoNoTro A/S** was established, and it purchased Bergenske, including the shipping companies K/S Nor-Cargo, Nordenfjeldske, the road transport companies Norske Godslinjer and the thermal transport company Sties Termo-Transport and the air cargo company NECAS, from Kosmos. By 1993 these companies had merged to one. The company continues to purchase a number of transport companies throughout the country, including many Nor-Cargo branded transport companies. In 1999 the company was renamed **Nor-Cargo ASA** before getting its present name in 2004 when it is purchased entirely by Posten from the previous owners Det Stavangerske Dampskibsselskap and Ofotens og Vesteraalens Dampskibsselskab. In 2005 Nor-Cargo also bought the road company HSD Transport.

In 2006 Nor-Cargo strengthened their position on the European continent by buying Scanex in Zwijndrecht, the Netherlands. Scanex had been functioning as agent for Nor-Cargo since 1989.

Nor-Cargo opened office in Houston, Texas in 2007 under President Sten Svendsen.

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Nor-Cargo AS
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| Company type | Subsidiary |
| Industry | Transport |
| Founded | 1979 |
| Founder | Bergenske Dampskibsselskab
Nordenfjeldske Dampskibsselskab
Vesteraalske Dampskibsselskap |
| Headquarters | Oslo, Norway |
| Area served | Northern Europe |
| Key people | Erik Johannessen (CEO)
Arne Inge Bjørndahl (Chairman) |
| Revenue | NOK 3.9 billion (2006) |
| Operating income | NOK 125 million (2006) |
| Net income | NOK 87 million (2006) |
| Number of employees | 1,300 (2007) |
| Parent | Posten Norge |
| Website | norcargo.no |


title: Noisegate

abstract: Noisegate was a group of artists dedicated to the exploration of sound as an artistic medium, based in Oakland, California, United States. Constantly recording, touring, and collaborating with other experimental artists and filmmakers, they became a staple of the Bay Area experimental music and sound-art scenes between 1995 and 2002.

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# Noisegate

**Noisegate** was a group of artists dedicated to the exploration of sound as an artistic medium, based in Oakland, California, United States. Constantly recording, touring, and collaborating with other experimental artists and filmmakers, they became a staple of the Bay Area experimental music and sound-art scenes between 1995 and 2002.

## Biography

Noisegate began in 1995, when Trevor Paglen, Nicolas Lampert and Tae K Kim began to experiment with using timbre as a basis for a musical language. In November 1995, Excavation Day was released. This tape-only release, limited to 500 copies, is an early document of their development. Barren Earth was released in the summer of 1996, and at this point, Noisegate's musical language had expanded to include a much wider range of textures, all of which were composed into one another. An early version of "Solar Eclipse" was on this release.

In the fall of 1996, now consisting of Trevor Paglen, Nicolas Lampert, and Sean Thomas, Noisegate embarked on their first major tour of the United States, with filmmaker Laura Klein. Upon their return, Chris Fitzpatrick was enlisted to run sampler. This new lineup began reworking the music which became the Towers Are Burning LP, produced by Lars Savage and released in 1998 by the One Hundred Years of Solitude label. After several tours supporting the LP across the US and in Canada, it was decided to record two more tracks, and release all four on Tumult Records and Legion Records as the Towers Are Burning CD. One of these tracks, "Alamogordo", featured Dave Edwardson of Neurosis on bass guitar and vocals. Noisegate also recorded As We Were Walking, a split-release with KK Null on Wagenhault Records.

After more touring, Nicolas Lampert left Noisegate and Chris Fitzpatrick and Trevor Paglen began work on Suspended Animation (Vol. 1), where the new emphasis of the compositions were fluidity and subtlety. Suspended Animation was released in May 2000, and supported that summer with a lengthy multimedia tour of the US, accompanied by filmmaker Jon Frechette. This tour included a string of West Coast tour dates with Bastard Noise.

We Stood There Watching was a recorded version of the interpretations of Suspended Animation that Noisegate performed on their U.S. tour, and was released exclusively in Europe in December 2001 on Manufracture, and supported by a European tour in January 2001. Where in the past, Noisegate tours have created rich and immersive multimedia environments, for this tour, the opposite was achieved. The performances occurred in absolute darkness with the performers unseen, disarming rather than facilitating spectacle.

Noisegate amicably disbanded in 2002 to pursue other projects.

## Discography

**Albums:**

* Noisegate, We Stood There Watching (2001) (limited European-only release) Manufracture Records
* Noisegate, Suspended Animation (vol. 1) (2000) Tumult Records
* Noisegate, The Towers Are Burning (1999) (full-length compact disc) Tumult Records
* Noisegate, As We Were Walking (1999) (split 7” with KK Null) Wagonhault Records
* Noisegate, Towers Are Burning (1998) (original LP version, edition of 1000, out of print)
* Noisegate, Barren Earth (1996) (tape edition of 500, out of print)
* Noisegate, Excavation Day (1995) (tape edition of 500, out of print)

**Compilation albums featuring Noisegate:**

* In Formation: A Tribute To Throbbing Gristle (Released on ADR and Invisible Records)
* Audio Terrorism: 99 Bands (Released on C.N.P Records)

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title: Nordic combined

abstract: Nordic combined is a winter sport in which athletes compete in cross-country skiing and ski jumping. The Nordic combined at the Winter Olympics has been held since the first Winter Olympics in 1924, while the FIS Nordic Combined World Cup has been held since 1983. Many Nordic combined competitions use the Gundersen method, where placement in the ski jumping segment results in time (dis)advantages added to the contestant's total in the cross-country skiing segment.

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# Nordic combined

**Nordic combined** is a winter sport in which athletes compete in cross-country skiing and ski jumping. The Nordic combined at the Winter Olympics has been held since the first Winter Olympics in 1924, while the FIS Nordic Combined World Cup has been held since 1983. Many Nordic combined competitions use the Gundersen method, where placement in the ski jumping segment results in time (dis)advantages added to the contestant's total in the cross-country skiing segment (e.g. the ski jumping winner starts the cross-country skiing race at 00:00:00 while the one with the lowest jumping score starts with the longest time penalty).

## History

The first major competition was held in 1892 in Oslo at the first Holmenkollen ski jump. King Olav V of Norway was an able jumper and competed in the Holmenkollen Ski Festival in the 1920s. Nordic combined was in the 1924 Winter Olympics and has been on the program ever since. Until the 1950s, the cross-country race was held first, followed by the ski jumping. This was reversed as the difference in the cross-country race tended to be too big to overcome in ski jumping. The sport has been dominated by the Norwegians, supported by the Finns. It was not until 1960 that the Nordic grip on this discipline was broken when West German Georg Thoma won the gold medal at the 1960 Winter Olympics.

It was decided in early-November 2016 that women's competitions were to be established on FIS-level starting during the second half of the 2010s with inclusion at world championships starting in 2021 and at the Olympic Winter Games in 2022. But Olympic debut for women in 2022 was cancelled in July 2018 by IOC who was asking for more development time for this discipline; they likely will be added in 2026. In May 2018 the FIS Congress made several decisions regarding the inclusion of women in the sport of Nordic Combined. At the 2022 Winter Olympics, Nordic combined is the only sport with exclusively men's events. As of 2019, women will be officially included in FIS Junior World Championships. It was confirmed that 2021 will mark the start of the FIS World Championship program for women (senior level). 2018 marks the second year of the Continental Cup program for women, which will include a total of 12 events.

## Competition

Competitions held in Seefeld during the 2017–18 World Cup.

Formats and variations currently used in the World Cup are:

* Individual Gundersen: competition starts with one competition jump from a normal or large hill. Later on the same day, the 10 km (6.21 mi) cross-country race takes place. The winner starts at 00:00:00 and all other athletes start with time disadvantages according to their jumping score. The first to cross the finish line is the winner. A variation of this is the Final Individual Gundersen, consisting of two jumps and 15 km (9.32 mi) of cross-country skiing in free technique.
* Nordic Combined Triple: introduced in the 2013–14 FIS Nordic Combined World Cup, it features three different events on three days and one overall winner who is awarded extra World Cup points and prize money:
    + Day 1: 1 jump & 10 km (6.21 mi) Prologue
    + Day 2: 1 jump & 15 km (9.32 mi) Individual Gundersen (Top 50 from Day 1's competition)
    + Day 3: 2 jumps & 20 km (12.43 mi) Final Individual Gundersen (Top 30 from Day 2's competition)
* Team Event: introduced in the 1980s, one team consists of four athletes who have one competition jump each. The total score of all four athletes determines the time disadvantages for the start of the ensuing 5 km (3.11 mi) cross-country race. The first team to cross the finish line wins.
* Team Sprint: teams consist of two athletes each. In the ski jumping part, every athlete makes one competition jump like in the Individual Gundersen or Team Event formats and the time behind for the start of the successive cross-country race. The team to arrive first at the finish line wins the competition.
* Mass Start: the only format in which the cross-country part takes place before the ski jumping. All competitors start into a 10 km (6.21 mi) cross-country race in free technique at the same time. The final cross-country times are then converted into points for the ski jumping part. The winner is determined in a points-based system. The Nordic Combined World Cup saw the return of the mass start format in 2018, following a ten-year hiatus.

Included in the rules but currently not used in World Cup:

* Penalty Race: instead adding a time disadvantage, distance is added to the cross-country part.

Events in the Olympics are: the sprint K120 individual, ski jumping K90 (70m), and Team/4x5km.

## Equipment

* Ski bindings: secure only the toe of the boot to the ski. In cross-country, it must be placed so that not more than 57% of the entire ski length is used as the front part. In jumping, a cord or aluminum post attaches the heel of the boot to the ski to prevent tips from dropping and/or wobbling of skis during flight.
* Ski boot
    + For jumping, a high-backed, flexible yet firm boots with a low cut at the front, designed to allow the skier to lean forward during flight.
    + For cross-country a skating boot is used.
* Ski suit and helmet
* Skis: jumping skis may have a length of a maximum 145% of the total body height of the competitor. Cross-country skis may be up to 2 meters long.
* Ski poles
* Ski wax: glide wax for speed is used in both types, and kick wax is used in cross-country.

## InfoBox

Nordic combined
|  | |
| --- | --- |
| Highest governing body | International Ski Federation |
| First played | 1892, Holmenkollen Ski Festival, Oslo |
| Characteristics | |
| Team members | Individuals or groups |
| Mixed-sex | no |
| Presence | |
| Olympic | Since the first Winter Olympics in 1924 |


title: Nordic and Scandinavian Canadians

abstract: Nordic and Scandinavian Canadians are Canadian citizens with ancestral roots in the Nordic countries and/or Scandinavia The highest concentration of Scandinavian Canadians is in Western Canada, especially British Columbia, Alberta and Saskatchewan. As of the 2016 Canadian census, there are approximately 1.2 million Canadians of Nordic and Scandinavian descent, or about 3.49% of the total population of the country.

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# Nordic and Scandinavian Canadians

**Nordic and Scandinavian Canadians** are Canadian citizens with ancestral roots in the Nordic countries and/or Scandinavia

The highest concentration of Scandinavian Canadians is in Western Canada, especially British Columbia, Alberta and Saskatchewan.

As of the 2016 Canadian census, there are approximately 1.2 million Canadians of Nordic and Scandinavian descent, or about 3.49% of the total population of the country.

## Terminology

They generally include:

## History

Nordic & Scandinavian Canadian
Population History
| Year | Pop. | ±% |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 1871 | 1,623 |  |
| 1881 | 5,223 | +221.8% |
| 1901 | 31,042 | +494.3% |
| 1911 | 112,682 | +263.0% |
| 1921 | 167,359 | +48.5% |
| 1931 | 228,049 | +36.3% |
| 1941 | 244,603 | +7.3% |
| 1951 | 283,024 | +15.7% |
| 1961 | 386,534 | +36.6% |
| 1971 | 384,795 | −0.4% |
| 1981 | 335,110 | −12.9% |
| 1986 | 690,925 | +106.2% |
| 1991 | 805,555 | +16.6% |
| 1996 | 917,185 | +13.9% |
| 2001 | 955,850 | +4.2% |
| 2006 | 1,120,805 | +17.3% |
| 2011 | 1,164,425 | +3.9% |
| 2016 | 1,201,315 | +3.2% |
| *Source: Statistics Canada*

*Note: 1981 Canadian census did not include multiple ethnic origin responses, thus population is an undercount.* | | |

## InfoBox

Nordic Canadians
Scandinavian Canadians
| Total population | |
| --- | --- |
| **1,201,315**
**3.5%** of the total Canadian population (2016) | |
| Languages | |
| Canadian English, North Germanic languages, Finnish language | |
| Religion | |
| Predominantly Lutheran;
other Protestant denominations, Catholic | |
| Related ethnic groups | |
| North Germanic peoples, Nordic and Scandinavian Americans | |