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2010 Beef 'O' Brady's Bowl The 2010 Beef 'O' Brady's Bowl St. Petersburg was the third edition of the college football bowl game formerly known as the St. Petersburg Bowl. It was played at Tropicana Field in St. Petersburg, Florida, on Tuesday, December 21, 2010 at 8 p.m. (ET). The game was telecast on ESPN and featured the Southern Miss Golden Eagles from Conference USA versus the Louisville Cardinals from the Big East Conference. Louisville was a member of Conference USA from 1996 through 2004.
2014 St. Petersburg Bowl The 2014 St. Petersburg Bowl, the seventh edition of the annual game, was a college football bowl game that was played on December 26, 2014 at Tropicana Field in St. Petersburg, Florida. The game matched the NC State Wolfpack of the Atlantic Coast Conference against the American Athletic Conference co-champion UCF Knights. The Wolfpack defeated the Knights 34–27. The game began at 8:00 p.m. EST and aired on ESPN. It is one of the 2014–15 bowl games that will conclude the 2014 FBS football season. Sponsored by online payment processor BitPay, the game is officially known as the Bitcoin St. Petersburg Bowl.
Steve Griffin Steven Leroy Griffin (born December 24, 1964) is a former American football wide receiver who played one season with the Atlanta Falcons of the National Football League. He was drafted by the Atlanta Falcons in the twelfth round of the 1986 NFL Draft. Griffin played college football at Purdue University and attended Miami Norland High School in Miami Gardens, Florida. He was also a member of the Washington Commandos, Detroit Drive and Columbus Thunderbolts of the Arena Football League. He was the MVP of ArenaBowl II after accumualting six receptions, two passed deflected and two interceptions in the game.
2009 St. Petersburg Bowl The 2009 St. Petersburg Bowl presented by Beef 'O' Brady's, formerly known as the St. Petersburg Bowl, was the second edition of the college football bowl game and was played at Tropicana Field in St. Petersburg, Florida. The game began at 8:00 PM US EST on Saturday, December 19, 2009, was telecast on ESPN and featured the UCF of Conference USA and Rutgers of the Big East. Rutgers defeated UCF 45–24 in a game where Mohamed Sanu, the game's MVP, caught 4 passes for 97 yards and a touchdown in addition to rushing 14 times for 47 yards and two touchdowns.
2008 St. Petersburg Bowl The 2008 magicJack St. Petersburg Bowl was the inaugural edition of the new college football bowl game, and was played at Tropicana Field in St. Petersburg, Florida. The game was played beginning at 4:30 PM US EST on Saturday, December 20, 2008, and was telecast on ESPN2, saw the South Florida Bulls (based in nearby Tampa) defeat their former conference rivals Memphis Tigers, 41-14. Sean McDonough, Chris Spielman and Rob Stone called the game.
Mareno Philyaw Mareno Philyaw (born December 19, 1977) is a former American football wide receiver who played two seasons with the Atlanta Falcons of the National Football League. He was drafted by the Atlanta Falcons in the sixth round of the 2003 NFL Draft. Philyaw played college football at Troy University and attended North Clayton High School in College Park, Georgia. He was also a member of the Carolina Panthers, Dallas Desperados, Saskatchewan Roughriders, Montgomery Maulers, and Birmingham Steeldogs. Philyaw served as coach of the Atlanta Ravens of the Independent Women's Football League.
2016 St. Petersburg Bowl The 2016 St. Petersburg Bowl was a post-season American college football bowl game that was played on December 26, 2016 at Tropicana Field in St. Petersburg, Florida, United States. The ninth edition of the St. Petersburg Bowl featured the Miami Redhawks from the Mid-American Conference against the Mississippi State Bulldogs from the Southeastern Conference.
Darius Johnson (wide receiver) Darius Johnson (born February 22, 1991) is an American football wide receiver who is currently a free agent. He played college football for Southern Methodist University. Johnson was named his team's MVP in the 2010 edition of the Armed Forces Bowl. He was signed by the Atlanta Falcons as an undrafted free agent in 2013. He appeared in 10 games for the Falcons during the 2013 NFL season; he had 22 receptions for 210 yards and one touchdown. In May 2014, Johnson was arrested for DUI, and was subsequently released by the Falcons.
Gasparilla Bowl The Bad Boy Mowers Gasparilla Bowl is an NCAA-sanctioned post-season college football bowl game that has been played annually at Tropicana Field in St. Petersburg, Florida, since 2008. It was first known as the magicJack St. Petersburg Bowl, after corporate sponsor magicJack. When Beef O'Brady's became the sponsor in 2009, the official name was changed to the St. Petersburg Bowl Presented by Beef 'O' Brady's and in 2010, the game became known as the Beef 'O' Brady's Bowl. The restaurant stopped sponsoring the bowl in 2014. On June 18, 2014, it was announced that Bitcoin payment service provider BitPay would become the new sponsor of the game under a two-year deal, renamed the Bitcoin St. Petersburg Bowl. Bitcoin, the digital currency, will be accepted for ticket and concession sales at the game as part of the sponsorship, and the sponsorship itself was also paid for using bitcoin. On April 2, 2015, after one year of sponsorship, BitPay declined to renew sponsorship of the game. On August 23, 2017, Bad Boy Mowers signed a three-year deal to become the official title sponsor of the rebranded game
European Short Course Swimming Championships The European Short Course Swimming Championships (variously referred to informally as the "Short Course Europeans" or "European 25m Championships") are a swimming meet, organized by LEN. The meet features swimmers from Europe, competing in events in a short course (25-meter) pool. The meet has traditionally been held in the beginning of December. Annual until 2013, the event now occurs in odd years.
Swedish Short Course Swimming Championships The Swedish Short Course Swimming Championships (Swedish: "Svenska mästerskapen i kortbanesimning" ) are annually in late November in an indoor 25m pool. The championships sometimes also works as trials for the World Championships and European Short Course Swimming Championships. Swimmers representing Swedish swim teams may participate. Non-Swedish swimmers who have participated include Anthony Ervin and Attila Czene.
2004 European Short Course Swimming Championships The 8th European Short Course Swimming Championships was an international swimming meet organized by LEN, and held in Vienna, Austria, December 9–12, 2004. The meet featured teams from Europe, swimming in 38 short course events. It was held in Vienna's arena (Wiener Stadthalle), in a temporary pool.
2017 European Short Course Swimming Championships The 2017 European Short Course Swimming Championships will take place in Copenhagen, Denmark. The meet will be held in the Royal Arena, which was finished in early 2017. It will be the first major sports event in this arena, which has a capacity of circa 12,500.
2007 European Short Course Swimming Championships The 2007 European Short Course Swimming Championships, which was the 11th edition of the continental swimming event, were held between 13–16 December 2007 in Debrecen, Hungary. The championships were swum in the Debrecen Swimming Pool Complex, in a short course (25-metre) pool.
Esther Baron Esther Baron (born 6 February 1987) is a retired French swimmer. She had her best achievements in the 200 m backstroke event: gold medals in the European Championships of 2006, long course and short course, silver medal at the 2007 European Short Course Swimming Championships and fourth place at the 2007 World Aquatics Championships. While winning the short course championship in 2006 she set a new European record.
Iryna Amshennikova Iryna Vitaliïvna Amshennikova (Ukrainian: Ірина Віталіївна Амшеннікова , born 19 May 1986) is a Ukrainian backstroke swimmer. She had her best achievements in short course competitions, where she won bronze at the 2002 FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m) in the 200 m backstroke and six medals, including one gold, at the European Short Course Swimming Championships. She also competed at the 2004 and 2008 Summer Olympics in several events, but was eliminated in the preliminaries. During her career she set 29 national records in the 50–200 m backstroke and various relay events.
Jenna Laukkanen Jenna Laukkanen (born 2 March 1995) is a Finnish swimmer with a specialty in the breaststroke. Laukkanen competed in the 2011 European Junior Swimming Championships, winning a bronze medal in the 50m breaststroke and a silver medal in the 100m breaststroke. She competed for Team Finland at the 2012 Summer Olympics. Her final ranking in the 100m breaststroke was 34th and 32nd in the 200m breaststroke. In the 2015 European Short Course Swimming Championships, Laukkanen won gold medals in the 50m and 100m breaststroke. In the 2016 European Aquatics Championships, she won bronze medals in the 50m breaststroke and the 4×100m medley. She also represented Team Finland in the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
Stephan Kunzelmann Stephan Kunzelmann (born 22 November 1978) is a retired German freestyle swimmer who won three medals in the 4×100 m freestyle relay at the 2000 FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m) and 2000 and 2002 European Aquatics Championships. He competed in the same event at the 2000 and 2004 Summer Olympics and finished fourth and eights, respectively. He also won two medals in the 4×50 m freestyle and medley relays at the European Short Course Swimming Championships 1998.
2010 European Short Course Swimming Championships The 2010 European Short Course Swimming Championships was held 25–28 November 2010 at Pieter van den Hoogenband Zwemstadion in Eindhoven, Netherlands. The meet featured competition amongst national teams from Europe, in 38 short course (25m) swimming events.
Battle of Siping The Battle of Siping (四平战斗), also called the Battle to Liberate Siping (四平解放战) by the communists was a battle fought between the Communist Forces and the Nationalist Forces in Jilin, China for the control of Siping (city) during the Chinese Civil War. It took place immediately after the Red Army withdrew from Siping in March 1946, and resulted in a communist victory.
Jilin Normal University Jilin Normal University () is a university in Siping, Jilin, northeast China. It was formerly known as the Siping Normal Institute (). The university was founded in 1958. It is a training center for Jilin provincial teachers, and has trained more than 22,000 teachers in recent years via various types of seminars and classes.
Tiexi District, Siping Tiexi District, Siping (), literally meaning "district west of the railroad" is a district of Siping City, Jilin, People's Republic of China.
Siping Campaign Siping Campaign (四平战役) was a nine-month struggle between the communist and the nationalist for Siping in Jilin, China during the Chinese Civil War in the post World War II era, and resulted in communist victory.
Wang Jinshan Wang Jinshan (; born February 1945) is a retired Chinese politician. He served as Governor of Anhui province from 2003 to 2007, and Communist Party Chief, the top political position in the province, from 2007 to 2010. He is a native of Gongzhuling, Jilin province. He graduated from Siping Normal School in Siping City.
Siping, Jilin Siping (), formerly Ssupingkai (), is a prefecture-level city in the west of Jilin province, People's Republic of China. Located in the southwestern part of the province, in the middle of the Songliao Plain and at the intersection of Jilin, Liaoning and Inner Mongolia, Siping covers an area of 14,323 km2 . At the 2010 census, Siping has a total population of 3,386,325 while the urban population is 613,837.
Liaoyuan Liaoyuan () is a prefecture-level city in Jilin province, People's Republic of China. It is bounded on the west and south by Tieling of Liaoning province, west and north by Siping, and east by Tonghua and Jilin City. Liaoyuan lies some 100 km south of Changchun, the provincial capital. Covering an area of 5,125 km2 , Liaoyuan is the smallest among the prefecture-level divisions of Jilin. Liaoyuan has a total population of 1,176,645 in the prefecture, while the urban area has a population of 462,233.
Changtu County Changtu County () is a county in the northeast of Liaoning province, China, bordering Jilin to the northeast and Inner Mongolia in the northwest. It is under the administration of Tieling City, the downtown of which lies 60 km to the south-southwest, and is 47 km southwest of Siping, Jilin. It is served by both China National Highway 102 and G1 Beijing–Harbin Expressway.
Siping Railway Station Siping station (四平站) is a railway station in the town of Siping, Jilin, China
Siping East Railway Station Siping East Railway Station (IATA: OSQ) is a railway station of the Harbin–Dalian section of the Beijing–Harbin High-Speed Railway. It is located in Siping, in the Jilin province of China.
Anne E. Russon Russon is widely published in the fields of primate behavior and ecology, is executive director of the Borneo Orangutan Society of Canada, and is the author of several popular press books dealing with Great Apes including "Orangutans: Wizards of the Rainforest", "Reaching into Thought: The Minds of the Great Apes", and "The Evolution of Thought: Evolution of Great Ape Intelligence".
Great ape personhood Great ape personhood is a movement to extend personhood and some legal protections to the non-human members of the Hominidae or great ape family: chimpanzees, bonobos, gorillas, and orangutans.
Great ape research ban A great ape research ban, or severe restrictions on the use of great apes in research, is currently in place in the Netherlands, New Zealand, the United Kingdom, Sweden, Germany
Bonobo The bonobo ( or ; "Pan paniscus"), formerly called the pygmy chimpanzee and less often, the dwarf or gracile chimpanzee, is an endangered great ape and one of the two species making up the genus "Pan"; the other is "Pan troglodytes", or the common chimpanzee. Although the name "chimpanzee" is sometimes used to refer to both species together, it is usually understood as referring to the common chimpanzee, whereas "Pan paniscus" is usually referred to as the bonobo.
Oliver the chimpanzee Oliver (c. 1958 – 2 June 2012) was a former "performing" ape once promoted as a missing link or "Humanzee" due to his (somewhat) unusually human-like appendages and a tendency to walk upright. Despite his somewhat unusual appearance and behavior, scientists determined that Oliver was not a human-chimpanzee hybrid.
Great Ape Project The Great Ape Project (GAP), founded in 1993, is an international organization of primatologists, anthropologists, ethicists, and others who advocate a United Nations Declaration of the Rights of Great Apes that would confer basic legal rights on non-human great apes: chimpanzees, bonobos, gorillas, and orangutans.
Bonobo (disambiguation) The bonobo is an endangered great ape.
Humanzee The humanzee ("Homo sapiens sapiens" × "Pan") (also known as the Chuman or Manpanzee) is a hypothetical chimpanzee/human hybrid. An unsuccessful attempt to breed such a hybrid was made by Ilya Ivanovich Ivanov in the 1920s. There have been occasional reports of human-chimpanzee hybridization, notably regarding a performing chimp named Oliver during the 1970s, but none of them have been confirmed.
Kanzi Kanzi (born October 28, 1980), also known by the lexigram (from the character 太), is a male bonobo who has been featured in several studies on great ape language. According to Sue Savage-Rumbaugh, a primatologist who has studied the bonobo throughout her life, Kanzi has exhibited advanced linguistic aptitude.
Orangutan (disambiguation) The orangutan is a great ape.
Bring It! (TV series) Bring It! is an American dance reality television series that debuted March 5, 2014, on Lifetime. On April 28, 2014, Lifetime announced an additional 10-episode renewal of "Bring It!". Additional episodes returned on July 23, 2014. The second season premiered on January 23, 2015. New episodes aired on July 31, 2015. The third season premiered on January 1, 2016. On December 1, 2016, Lifetime renewed the show for a fourth season, which premiered on January 13, 2017.
Bringing Up Bates Bringing Up Bates is an American reality television show on Up TV. It is centered around Gil and Kelly Jo Bates and their 19 children. Gil and Kelly Jo got married on December 19, 1987, when he was 22 and she was 21. Since then, they have had 9 boys and 10 girls, all of whom were born between the years 1988 and 2012, and Kelly Jo delivered every one of them. There are no sets of multiples in their family either. They have four children that are married: Zach (married Whitney Perkins), Michaella (married Brandon Keilen), Erin (married Chad Paine), and Alyssa (married John Webster). Gil and Kelly Jo also have six grandchildren, two being Zach & Whitney's children, two being Chad & Erin's children, and the other two being John & Alyssa's children. The Bates family had a TV show in 2012 called "United Bates of America", and it was announced in October 2014 that the Bates family would return in a new series which would be called "Bringing Up Bates". The series debuted on January 1, 2015. UP TV revealed that the show would be returning for another season in June 2015. The second season started on June 4, 2015. The third season started on January 7, 2016 The fourth season started on June 2, 2016. The fifth season started on January 5, 2017. The sixth season began on June 1, 2017.
Charles Schonhaut Dr. Charles Schonhaut (January 19, 1926 – March 24, 2008) was an American educator who served as the Acting Chancellor of the New York City Public Schools from January 1, 1988, when Nathan Quinones resigned, to March 1, 1988, when Dr. Richard Green (chancellor) was sworn in to replace Quinones. Dr. Schonhaut was Deputy Chancellor under Quinones. After service as schools chancellor, Dr. Schonhaut then served as Dean of the Long Island University School of Education where he also headed an elite program in educational leadership to train 22 selected fellowship winners in educational administration at the graduate level at the Brooklyn campus of Long Island University from 1992-1994, not all of whom completed his rigorous program leading to permanent School District Superintendent certification by the New York State Education Department. Fellowship mentors included Dr. Frank Mickens.
Vitín Avilés Vitín Avilés (Mayagüez, Puerto Rico September 30, 1930 – New York, New York, January 1, 2004) was a Puerto Rican singer, who in the 1940s and 1950s often went unnoticed, even though he was among Latin music's five most popular band singers during the period. He sang in Tito Puente's orchestra and was lead vocals on the hit single "Ran Kan Kan." He also sang with Tito Rodríguez, Carlos Varela (bandleader), with his own orchestra, and for Charlie Palmieri.
Johann Strauss Orchestra The Johann Strauss Orchestra was founded by André Rieu in 1987. At the time of its first concert on January 1, 1988, the orchestra consisted of 12 musicians. By 2008 the orchestra had expanded to 43 members and has performed regularly with guest musicians and singers such as Carla Maffioletti, Mirusia Louwerse, Carmen Monarcha and the Platin Tenors. The orchestra is well known for performing classical works with a distinctly unorthodox frivolity, joking with the audience and performing all sorts of antics.
6th AVN Awards The 6th AVN Awards ceremony, organized by Adult Video News (AVN), took place on January 9, 1989, at the Tropicana Hotel and Casino in Paradise, Nevada. During the ceremony, AVN Awards were presented in 41 categories, plus several extra awards, honoring pornographic films released between January 1, 1988 and December 31, 1988.
Storage Wars (franchise) Storage Wars is an American reality TV franchise on the A&E Network. The original series, "Storage Wars", debuted on December 1, 2010, and has so far run for nine seasons, with a tenth currently airing. The success of Storage Wars led to A&E commissioning a spin-off series, "", which ran for three seasons, ending in January 2014. A&E announced that a second spin-off was in production, "" was scheduled to air on December 11, 2012 but was pushed back to January 1, 2013. Storage Wars: New York ran for two seasons, ending in November 2013. A third spin-off, "", was released on the Canadian OLN network in 2013 and ran for two seasons, ending in June 2015.
John Sexton John Edward Sexton (born September 29, 1942) is an American lawyer and academic. Sexton served as the fifteenth President of New York University, from 2002 to 2015. From 1988 to 2002, he served as Dean of the NYU School of Law, during which time NYU became one of the top five law schools in the country according to "U.S. News and World Report". From January 1, 2003 to January 1, 2007, he was the Chairman of the Board of the Federal Reserve Bank of New York; in 2006, he served as chair of the Federal Reserve System's Council of Chairs.
Masatoshi Yoshino Masatoshi Yoshino (January 1, 1928 – July 4, 2017) was a Japanese physical geographer and climatologist. He served as the founder and chairman of the International Geographical Union's (IGU) Commission on Climatology from 1988 to 1992, as well as the Vice President of the IGU from 1992 until 1996. He was a full professor at Hosei University (1969–1974), University of Tsukuba (1974–1991) and Aichi University (1991–1998).
Tjølling Tjølling is a former municipality in Vestfold county, Norway. Tjølling was established as a municipality January 1, 1838 (see formannskapsdistrikt). Together with Brunlanes, Stavern and Hedrum, it was merged into Larvik on January 1, 1988.
List of Lost cast members "Lost" is an American television drama that debuted on the American Broadcasting Company (ABC) on September 22, 2004. The series aired for six seasons, and follows the survivors of the crash of the fictional Oceanic Flight 815 on a mysterious tropical island somewhere in the South Pacific. Although a large cast made "Lost" more expensive to produce, the writers benefited from added flexibility in story decisions. According to series executive producer Bryan Burk, "You can have more interactions between characters and create more diverse characters, more back stories, more love triangles." The initial season had 14 regular speaking roles that received star billing. Matthew Fox played the protagonist, a troubled surgeon named Jack Shephard. Evangeline Lilly portrayed a fugitive Kate Austen. Jorge Garcia played Hugo "Hurley" Reyes, an unlucky lottery winner. Josh Holloway played a con man, James "Sawyer" Ford. Ian Somerhalder played Boone Carlyle, chief operating officer of his mother's wedding business. Maggie Grace played his stepsister Shannon Rutherford, a former dance teacher. Harold Perrineau portrayed construction worker and aspiring artist Michael Dawson, while Malcolm David Kelley played his young son, Walt Lloyd. Terry O'Quinn played the mysterious John Locke. Naveen Andrews portrayed former Iraqi Republican Guard Sayid Jarrah. Emilie de Ravin played a young Australian mother-to-be, Claire Littleton. Yunjin Kim played Sun-Hwa Kwon, the daughter of a powerful Korean businessman and mobster, with Daniel Dae Kim as her husband and father's enforcer Jin-Soo Kwon. Dominic Monaghan played English ex-rock star drug addict Charlie Pace.
Jack Charlton John Charlton, OBE, DL (born 8 May 1935) is an English former footballer and manager who played as a defender. He was part of the England team that won the 1966 World Cup. He is the elder brother of former Manchester United forward Bobby Charlton, who was also a teammate in England's World Cup final victory. He spent his entire club career with Leeds United from 1950 to 1973, helping the club to the Second Division title (1963–64), First Division title (1968–69), FA Cup (1972), League Cup (1968), Charity Shield (1969), Inter-Cities Fairs Cup (1968 and 1971), as well as one other promotion from the Second Division (1955–56) and five second-place finishes in the First Division, two FA Cup final defeats and one Inter-Cities Fairs Cup final defeat. His 629 league and 762 total competitive appearances are club records. In 2006, Leeds United supporters voted Charlton into the club's greatest ever XI.
2007 Canadian Soccer League season The 2007 Canadian Soccer League season was the tenth since its establishment. The first match of the season was played on May 11, 2007, and ended on October 28, 2007. The season concluded with Toronto Croatia claiming their third championship by defeating rivals Serbian White Eagles 4-1 on aggregate making Croatia one of the most successful clubs in the history of the CSL & Canadian soccer. Toronto Croatia also celebrated its 50 year anniversary in Canadian soccer by winning the CSL title after losing just one game in the 5-month long campaign, including an unbeaten streak in their international triumph of the Croatian World Club Championship. During the regular season the Serbian White Eagles secured their second consecutive International Division title, while St. Catharines Wolves won their first National Division title.
2008 Canadian Soccer League season The 2008 Canadian Soccer League season was the 11th since its establishment where a total of 16 teams from Ontario and Quebec took part in the league. The season began on May 16, 2008, and ended on October 26 with the Serbian White Eagles claiming their first championship by defeating Trois-Rivières Attak 2-1 in a penalty shootout. This was the third consecutive year the White Eagles had reached the CSL finals losing respectively to Italia Shooters in 2006, and to rivals Toronto Croatia in 2007. While during the regular season Italia won their second division title with Trois-Rivières becoming the first Quebec team to claim the National Division title.
Kim Su-hyeon Kim Su-hyeon (born February 20, 1970) is a South Korean actor. Best known as a supporting actor (notably in films directed by Ryoo Seung-wan), Kim played his first feature film leading role in the indie "Sleepless Night" (2013).
Buffalo Bulls men's basketball The Buffalo Bulls men's basketball team represents the University at Buffalo in Buffalo, New York, United States. The team currently competes in the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) at the Division I level as a member of the Mid-American Conference (MAC) East Division. Buffalo began play in 1915 and joined the MAC in 1998. They won their first MAC East Division title in 2009, and won a third MAC East Division title in 2015 along with their first outright MAC Regular-Season championship and first MAC Tournament title to earn the program's first bid to the NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Tournament. The Bulls also have six appearances in the NCAA Men's Division II Basketball Championship between 1957 and 1965 and one appearance in the National Invitation Tournament (NIT). They are coached by Nate Oats, who was hired as head coach in April 2015. Home games are played at the 6,100-seat Alumni Arena, which opened in 1982.
Jung-Yul Kim Jung-Yul Kim (born February 9, 1973) is a former Canadian football offensive tackle who played six seasons in the Canadian Football League with the Calgary Stampeders and Toronto Argonauts. He was drafted by the Calgary Stampeders in the fifth round of the 1996 CFL Draft. Kim played CIS football at the University of Toronto. He won the 29th Vanier Cup with the Toronto Varsity Blues. He was also a member of the Calgary Stampeders team that won the 86th Grey Cup. Kim is also an actor. He has served as a constable in the Toronto Police Service as well.
1951–52 in Belgian football The 1951–1952 season was the 49th season of competitive football in Belgium. RFC Liégeois won their 4th Premier Division title. This was the last season before the 1952 reform of the national competitions. From the next season on, a new level of football was introduced to the league system. The divisions were also renamed, with the top level being named Division I (one league of 16 teams), the second level Division II (one league of 16 teams), the 3rd level Division III (2 leagues of 16 teams each) and the lowest level remaining the Promotion (4 leagues of 16 teams each). The Belgium national football team played 6 friendly games (3 wins, 3 losses).
1987–88 Detroit Red Wings season The Red Wings won the Norris Division title in 1987-88, their first division title since the 1964-65 season. They went up against the Toronto Maple Leafs in the Norris Division semifinals, and won the series in six games. They next faced the St. Louis Blues in the Norris Division Final and won in five games. The Red Wings then faced the Edmonton Oilers in the Campbell Conference Final for the second year in a row. Just like the year before, the Oilers beat the Red Wings in five games on their way to their 4th Stanley Cup championship in five years.
Roy Pritchard Roy Thomas Pritchard (9 May 1925 – January 1993) was an English footballer who played 247 league games at full back in the Football League for Wolverhampton Wanderers, Aston Villa, Notts County, and Port Vale. He also played war-time football for Wolves, Mansfield Town, Notts County, Swindon Town and Walsall, and later played Southern League football for Wellington Town. He won the Fourth Division title with Port Vale in 1958–59, and won both the FA Cup with Wolves in 1949, as well as the First Division title in 1953–54.
List of Liverpool F.C. managers Liverpool Football Club is an English association football club based in Liverpool, Merseyside. The club was formed in 1892 following a disagreement between the board of Everton and club president John Houlding, who owned the club's ground, Anfield. The disagreement between the two parties over rent resulted in Everton with is the best moving to Goodison Park from Anfield, which left Houlding with no tenant. Thus, he founded Liverpool F.C. to play in the empty stadium. Liverpool won the First Division title for the first time in 1901; since then, the club has won a further 17 league titles, along with seven FA Cups and eight Football League Cups. They have also been crowned champions of European football on five occasions by winning the European Cup/UEFA Champions League in 1977, 1978, 1981, 1984 and 2005. The club was one of 22 members of the Premier League when it was formed in 1992.
BBCU F.C. BBCU Football Club, full name Big Bang Chula United Football Club, (Thai: สโมสรฟุตบอล บีบีซียู ) is a defunct Thai professional football club based in Bangkok, Thailand, owned by Montri Suwannoi. Founded as "Bangtoey Football Team" in 1976, the club changed its name many times, until finally, it became "BBCU" in 2011.
Naft Tehran F.C. Sanate Naft Tehran Football Club (Persian: باشگاه فوتبال نفت تهران‎ ‎ ) is an Iranian football club based in Tehran, Iran. They currently compete in the Persian Gulf Pro League. Their football team is known as Sanate Naft Talaieh Football Club (Persian: باشگاه فوتبال نفت طلائیه‎ ‎ ) for sponsorship purposes. They were owned by the National Iranian Oil Company previously. Naft Talaieh was founded in 1950 and plays in the Takhti Stadium.
List of Liverpool F.C. seasons Liverpool Football Club is an English association football club based in Liverpool, Merseyside. The club was formed in 1892 following a disagreement between the board of Everton and club president John Houlding, who owned the club's ground, Anfield. The disagreement between the two parties over rent resulted in Everton moving to Goodison Park from Anfield, which left Houlding with an empty stadium. Thus, he founded Liverpool F.C. to play in the empty stadium. Liverpool won the First Division title for the first time in 1901; since then, the club has won a further seventeen league titles, along with seven FA Cups and eight Football League Cups. They have also been crowned champions of European football on five occasions by winning the European Cup/UEFA Champions League in 1977, 1978, 1981, 1984 and 2005. The club was one of 22 members of the Premier League when it was formed in 1992.
Brikama United FC Brikama United Football Club is a Gambian football club located in Brikama, Gambia. It is a community football club which is owned and run by BYSA (Brikama Youth and Sports Association). It currently plays in GFA League First Division. It is the first club outside Banjul, the capital city, to win the GFA First Division title since the league's inception in 1969.
List of Liverpool F.C. players (1–24 appearances) Liverpool Football Club is an English association football club based in Liverpool, Merseyside. The club was formed in 1892 following a disagreement between the board of Everton and club president John Houlding, who owned the club's ground, Anfield. The disagreement between the two parties over rent resulted in Everton moving to Goodison Park from Anfield, which left Houlding with an empty stadium. Thus, he founded Liverpool F.C. to play in the empty stadium. Liverpool won the First Division title for the first time in 1901; since then, the club has won a further 17 league titles, along with seven FA Cups and eight Football League Cups. They have also been crowned champions of European football on five occasions by winning the European Cup/UEFA Champions League in 1977, 1978, 1981, 1984 and 2005. The club was one of 22 members of the Premier League when it was formed in 1992. They experienced the most successful period in their history under the management of Bob Paisley, who guided the team to 21 trophies in nine seasons.
Tatung F.C. Tatung Football Club () is a Taiwanese semi-professional football club based in Taipei, Taiwan. The club, affiliated with the Tatung electronics company, was founded in 1969 by a group of Tatung employees favoring football activities. It is the oldest and the only (semi-professional) football club owned by private enterprise in Taiwan. Many of the players work for the company in the daytime and train in the evening.
Hinckley A.F.C. Hinckley Association Football Club is a football club, from Hinckley, Leicestershire, who play home games at Heather St Johns' St John's Park, from the 2014–15 season. The club was formed in January 2014 when fans of the dissolved Hinckley United formed their own Community Trust football club, owned and democratically run by its supporters. The club competes in the Midland League Division One .
Cambodian Tiger FC Cambodian Tiger Football Club previously known as TriAsia Phnom Penh Football Club, is a football club in Siem Reap, Cambodia. It plays in the Cambodian League, the top division of Cambodian football. The club is currently owned by Japanese, Akihiro Kato.
Liverpool F.C. league record by opponent Liverpool Football Club is an English association football club based in Liverpool, Merseyside, which competes in the top tier of English football, for the 2015–16 season. The club was formed in 1892 following a disagreement between the board of Everton and club president John Houlding, who owned the club's ground, Anfield. The dispute over rent resulted in Everton leaving Anfield for Goodison Park, which left Houlding with an empty stadium. Not content for his ground to lay idle, he created his own club: Liverpool. Liverpool joined the Lancashire League on their foundation before the 1892–93 season. They ended their inaugural season as league champions, and were elected to The Football League soon afterwards. The club remained in The Football League until 1992, when its First Division was superseded as English football's top level by the newly formed Premier League.
The Tent (Atwood book) The Tent is a book by Canadian author Margaret Atwood, published in 2006. Although classified with Atwood’s short fiction, "The Tent" has been characterized as an “experimental” collection of “fictional essays" or “mini-fictions.” The work also incorporates line drawings by Atwood.
In the Wake of the Flood In the Wake of the Flood is a 2010 documentary film produced in Canada by director Ron Mann and featuring author Margaret Atwood. The film follows Atwood on her unusual book tour for her novel "The Year of the Flood".
The Edible Woman The Edible Woman is a 1969 novel that helped to establish Margaret Atwood as a prose writer of major significance. It is the story of a young woman whose sane, structured, consumer-oriented world starts to slip out of focus. Following her engagement, Marian feels her body and her self are becoming separated. As Marian begins endowing food with human qualities that cause her to identify with it, she finds herself unable to eat, repelled by metaphorical cannibalism. In a foreword written in 1979 for the Virago edition of the novel, Atwood described it as a protofeminist rather than feminist work.
Good Bones and Simple Murders Good Bones and Simple Murders is a book by Canadian author Margaret Atwood, originally published in 1994. Although classified with Atwood’s short fiction, it is an eclectic collection, featuring parables, monologues, prose poems, condensed science fiction, reconfigured fairy tales, as well as Atwood’s own illustrations. Much of the book is a reprint of two earlier Atwood works, "Good Bones" and "Murder in the Dark".
The Atwood Stories The Atwood Stories was a Canadian television drama series, which aired on W in 2003. A short-run dramatic anthology series produced by Shaftesbury Films, the series dramatized six short stories by Margaret Atwood.
Procedures for Underground Procedures for Underground is a book of poetry written by Canadian author Margaret Atwood. It was published in hardcover by Little, Brown and Company in 1970, and in paperback by both Little, Brown and Company and Oxford University Press, Canada in 1971. The poems of "Procedures for Underground" explore the territory of the psyche, evoking mythological archetypes, subconscious experience, and personal obsessions. This space of epiphanies and metamorphosis is, for Atwood, the "underground."
Double Persephone Double Persephone is a self-published poetry collection written by Canadian author Margaret Atwood in 1961. Atwood handset the book herself with a flat bed press, designed the cover with linoblocks, and only made 220 copies. It was the first publication released by Atwood, and comprises seven poems: "Formal Garden", "Pastoral", "Iconic Landscape", "Persephone Departing", "Chthonic Love", "Her Song", "and "Double Persephone".
THE IBCT The IBCT is an independent record label owned by Kris J. Kraus, based in Southern California and started in 2009 by Walter Adam "Dirty Walt" Kibby, II, of Fishbone, and Roderick Byron "Rodcore" Palmer of the band Year Of The Dragon along with their then manager, Kraus, an attorney, who previously was the road manager for The Incredible Lance Diamond and manager of Rick James's Original Stone City Band, among others. The label released the first full-length by YOTD, Blunt Force Karma (Produced by Darryl Swann with Kraus and Kibby as Executive Producers), and the sophomore release by Dirty Walt And The Columbus Sanatation (produced by Kibby with Kraus as Executive Producer). Subsequently, the label reissued the debut of Seattle's experimental jazz quartet Uncle Pooch, Conduct Unbecoming. The label showcased at South By Southwest in 2009, 2010, and 2011. Kibby and Palmer left the label in 2010 after YOTD's tour in support of Blunt Force Karma (to date BFK is YOTD's only full-length release and most likely will remain so as Palmer left the band in 2015), leaving Kraus as the sole owner and operator. Kraus then commissioned Uncle Pooch's bassist Shane Smith as the label's Musical Director. With Smith providing all musical content and Kraus providing lyrics, artwork, and production the two of the have teamed up to guide the label through its second phase focusing exclusively on underground and uncompromising artists who defy categorization. Two more releases by Uncle Pooch, Oneiroprenia (with production by Scott Colburn, Darryl Swann, and Kraus and graphic design by Mike Sparrow) and Sonarchy (produced by Smith and Kraus graphic design by Sparrow) in 2012. After a hiatus while Kraus pursued a career as a law professor and Smith worked on demos with various artists the label returned with Smith and Los Angeles underground icon Blackbird contributing a song to the Black Rock Coalition's 25 Year Anniversary Compilation in 2016 at Kraus' urging. Smith's band Shane Smith's Karmic Unrest released their debut – "The Ambivalence Of The Scared" (produced by R. L. Heyer and Kraus and mastered by Peter A. Barker) – in 2017. Uncle Pooch's final album, "The Comfort Of Violence", and two releases by Headlock are scheduled for release in late 2017. The label plans on re-issuing the debut EP by unsung pioneering black rockers Sky Church originally released in 1993 by Kraus and guitarist Mytch Meadows and remastered by Barker in 2018 for the releases 25th anniversary.
Surfacing (novel) Surfacing is the second published novel by Canadian author Margaret Atwood. It was first published by McClelland and Stewart in 1972. It has been called a companion novel to Atwood's collection of poems, "Power Politics", which was written the previous year and deals with complementary issues.
Margaret Atwood: Once in August Margaret Atwood: Once in August is a 1984 documentary film about Canadian writer Margaret Atwood, directed by Michael Rubbo and produced by the National Film Board of Canada (NFB). The film was made in Rubbo's trademark style of self-conscious documentary filmmaking or metafilm, with Rubbo foregrounding the creative process in making the film, including his frustrated attempts to uncover autobiographical influences in Atwood's work. It was his last film with the NFB.
French Saddle Pony The French Saddle Pony, also called the Poney Français de Selle, is pony breed developed as a sport pony for children and smaller adult riders. It was initially developed in 1969 as the Poney de Croisement (Cross-bred Pony), and in 1972 a stud book was created. In 1991 the stud book was closed and the breed renamed to Poney Français de Selle. The breed combines a mix of French and British pony breeds, as well as Thoroughbred and Arabian blood, to create the horse seen today. Due to the large number of breeds used to create the French Saddle Pony, there is not yet a defined set of physical characteristics for the breed, although all tend to be suited for competition in English riding disciplines, including dressage, show jumping and three-day eventing. They fill a similar role as the British Riding Pony and the German riding pony.
Rotrou III, Count of Perche Rotrou III (bef. 1080 – [20 January/6 May] 1144), called the Great ("le Grand"), was the Count of Perche and Mortagne from 1099. He was the son of Geoffrey II, Count of Perch, and Beatrix de Ramerupt, daughter of Hilduin IV, Count of Montdidier. He was a notable Crusader and a participant in the "Reconquista" in eastern Spain, even ruling the city of Tudela in Navarre from 1123 to 1131. He is commonly credited with introducing Arabian horses to the Perche, giving rise to the Percheron breed. By his creation of a monastery at La Trappe in memory of his wife, Matilda, daughter of Henry I of England, in 1122 he also laid the foundations of the later Trappists.
Percheron The Percheron is a breed of draft horse that originated in the Huisne river valley in western France, part of the former Perche province from which the breed takes its name. Usually gray or black in color, Percherons are well muscled, and known for their intelligence and willingness to work. Although their exact origins are unknown, the ancestors of the breed were present in the valley by the 17th century. They were originally bred for use as war horses. Over time, they began to be used for pulling stagecoaches and later for agriculture and hauling heavy goods. In the late 18th and early 19th centuries, Arabian blood was added to the breed. Exports of Percherons from France to the United States and other countries rose exponentially in the late 19th century, and the first purely Percheron stud book was created in France in 1883.
Crabbet Arabian Stud The Crabbet Arabian Stud, also known as the Crabbet Park Stud, was a horse breeding farm established on 2 July 1878 when the first Arabian horses brought to England by Wilfrid Scawen Blunt and Lady Anne Blunt arrived at Crabbet Park, their estate in Sussex. Six months earlier, while staying in Aleppo, Wilfrid and Lady Anne had made a plan to import some of the best Arabian horses to England and breed them there. In Lady Anne's words, "it would be an interesting and useful thing to do and I should like much to try it."
Purosangue Orientale The Purosangue Orientale or Puro Sangue Orientale (PSO) (en: “Oriental Purebred”), is a horse breed developed in the Kingdom of Italy by Royal Decree n° 2690 of 19 September 1875, which created a stud book dedicated to the breed. Beginning in 1864, the Italian Government had sent emissaries into Syria and Mesopotamia to purchase desert bred Arabian horses directly from Bedouin tribes. Numerous stallions and mares were purchased and brought back to Sicily, many being destined for the Royal Remount Station in Catania.
Sella Italiano Sella Italiano is an equine breed created in Italy. The Italian Government has passed a law that created a stud book for the new breed. The breed is blending the remnant indigenous Italian breeds of Maremmano, Salernitano and Persano horse with Anglo Arabo Sardo, Purosangue Orientale, Arabian and Thoroughbred. The progeny of said horses can be registered as Sella Italiano if they can pass a “performance test”. Furthermore, the stud book is open to other European warmbloods if they can pass the performance test and be approved by the breed registry. The breed is intended to produce a sport horse which can compete successfully at the international level.
Bardigiano The Bardigiano is a breed of small horse from the Emilia Romagna region of Italy. It takes its name from the town of Bardi, in the Apennines of Parma, and is principally associated with the surrounding area and the Valle del Ceno. The mountain environment and steep, rough terrain of the area have contributed to produce a robust, hardy breed, agile and sure-footed over difficult ground. Although some males and all females are under  hands , the Bardigiano is always considered a horse in its home country. The stud book was established in 1977, and is held by the Associazione Provinciale Allevatori, the regional animal breeders' association, of Parma. The breed is widely distributed in Italy, with breeders in 26 Italian provinces; a recent study examined 3556 stud book entries for living horses. Due to these relatively large numbers, the breed is not considered to be at risk of extinction, but is classed as "vulnerable".
Rotrou IV, Count of Perche Rotrou IV (1135-1191), Count of Perche, son of Rotrou III, Count of Perche, and Hawise, daughter of Walter of Salisbury, and Sibilla de Chaworth. Rotrou was from the House of Châteaudun and descended from the Viscounts of Châteaudun. His mother was a sister of Patrick of Salisbury, 1st Earl of Salisbury. Patrick’s sister Sibyll married John FitzGilbert, the Marshal of the Horses, whose son Henry was Bishop of Exeter and a knight in the service of Rotrou.
Yeguada Militar de Jerez de la Frontera Yeguada Militar de Jerez de la Frontera, (en: "Military Stud of de Jerez de la Frontera") known outside Spain as the Yeguada Militar is the military Spanish stud farm headquartered in Andalusia, Spain, dedicated to horse breeding of purebred Andalusian horses and Arabian horses. Founded in 1847, it became the state military stud farm in 1893. In the 20th century, as need for cavalry horses declined, the stud's emphasis shifted to become a genetic reservoir to preserve the bloodlines of the Pure Spanish Horse and to continue to breed high quality Arabian horses, with stallions of both breeds being made available to private horse breeders to improve the horses of Spain. Today, there are two facilities located in the Jerez de la Frontera area, one primarily for stallions, the other for mares and foals, as well as multiple stallion depots across the country.
German Warmblood German Warmblood may refer generally to any of the various warmblood horses of Germany, or more specifically to a warmblood registered with the nationwide German Horse Breeding Society (ZfDP). Beneath the umbrella term "German warmblood" are several regional variations on a singular standard; individual German warmblood types are not necessarily considered "breeds", because they have an open stud book and freely exchange genetic material between each other, with other warmblood types, with Anglo-Arabians, and with breeds like the Thoroughbred, Arabian, and Trakehner. (The Trakehner, while a warmblood horse from Germany, has a closed stud book and thus, like the Thoroughbred and Arabian, is considered a "true" breed.)
Gianluigi Buffon Gianluigi "Gigi" Buffon (] , ; born 28 January 1978) is an Italian professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper. He captains both Serie A club Juventus and the Italy national team. He is widely regarded by players, pundits and managers to be one of the greatest goalkeepers of all time, and, by some, to be the greatest ever. Buffon is one of only eighteen players to have made at least 1,000 professional career appearances; with 171 international caps, Buffon is also the most capped player in the history of the Italian national team, the fifth-most capped male international footballer of all time, and the most capped European international player ever. Buffon is known for his "outstanding shot-stopping" and for being "a vocal organizer of the defence and a key dressing room personality". He is currently the most expensive goalkeeper in history, following his €52 million transfer from Parma to Juventus in 2001. Buffon holds the record for the most clean sheets in Serie A, and with the Italy national team; he also holds the record for the longest streak without conceding a goal in Serie A history: over 12 league matches, he went unbeaten for 974 consecutive minutes during the 2015–16 season, as well as having achieved the most consecutive clean sheets (10) in Serie A in that same season.
Yevhen Rudakov club Yevhen Rudakov club (Ukrainian: Клуб Євгена Рудакова ) is an unofficial list of Soviet and Ukrainian football goalkeepers that have achieved 100 or more clean sheets during their professional career in top Soviet and Ukrainian league, cup, European cups, national team and foreign league and cup. This club is named after the first Soviet (Ukrainian) goalkeeper to achieve 100 clean sheets - Yevhen Rudakov.
Lev Yashin Club Lev Yashin Club (Russian: Клуб имени Льва Яшина ) is an unofficial list of Soviet and Russian football goalkeepers that have achieved 100 or more clean sheets during their professional career. This club is named after the first Soviet goalkeeper to achieve 100 clean sheets: Lev Yashin. The list was created and maintained by journalist and statistician Konstantin Yesenin.
Arkadiusz Malarz Arkadiusz Malarz (; born 19 June 1980 in Pułtusk) is a Polish goalkeeper who currently plays for Legia Warsaw. Playing for his former club, Skoda Xanthi, he kept clean sheets in seven consecutive games, finally conceding a goal after 683 minutes, which is his former team's record for the longest "clean sheet" period in the Greek league. Despite his strength, reflexes and diving some crucial errors "spoiled" his overall good presence under the sticks of the Greek team.
Ali Ahamada Ali Ahamada (born 19 August 1991 in Martigues) is a Comorian footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Turkish club Kayserispor in Süper Lig. He made his professional debut on 20 February 2011 appearing against Rennes appearing as a substitute for the injured Marc Vidal. In his eight starts in the 2010–11 season, Ahamada recorded six clean sheets, notably against Lens, Lyon, Bordeaux, and Lorient. In the 2011–12 season, Ahamada opened the campaign as the team's first-choice goalkeeper. He recorded ten clean sheets in the team's first 19 matches of the season.
Geoff Smith (footballer) Geoffrey "Geoff" Smith (14 March 1928 – 19 October 2013) was an English professional footballer who played 253 league games for Bradford City as a goalkeeper, including 200 consecutive appearances. When he retired, he held club records for the number of clean sheets in a season and total clean sheets.
Joe Hart Charles Joseph John "Joe" Hart (born 19 April 1987) is an English professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for West Ham United, on loan from fellow Premier League club Manchester City, and the England national team. With over 100 Premier League clean sheets, Hart holds the joint record for the most Premier League Golden Glove awards (four) and has amassed 73 international caps since his debut in 2008.
Chelsea F.C. league record by opponent Chelsea Football Club is a professional association football club based Fulham, London. Founded in 1905, they were elected to play in The Football League as members of the Second Division. They were promoted into the First Division in the club's second season. Chelsea remained in the Football League, in the First or Second division, until 1992 when clubs in the First Division broke away from The Football League to form the Premier League. The club has remained in the top division of the English football league system since 1989. In their latest spell in the Second Division Chelsea achieved their highest points total achieving 99 in the 1988–89 season. As of the 2015–16 season, the club holds the records for the most points, most goals scored and most clean sheets in a single Premier League season with 95 points in 2004–05, 103 goals in 2009–10 and 25 clean sheets in 2004–05. Chelsea have been English football champions six times.
Edward Phennah Edward Phennah (born 1859) was a Welsh international footballer. A goalkeeper, he represented Wales on one occasion, becoming one of the first English born players to represent the country, on 23 March 1878 during a 9–0 defeat against Scotland. Phennah played for Wrexham at club level, playing in the club's first competitive fixture in the inaugural Welsh Cup in the 1877–78 season. His three consecutive clean sheets in the tournament remains a club record for a goalkeeper playing in his first three matches, keeping his third clean sheet in a 1–0 victory over Druids in the final of the competition.
2003–04 VfB Stuttgart season VfB Stuttgart debuted in the modern-era 32-team Champions League with a progression from the group stage and a somewhat surprising victory with 2–1 against English champions Manchester United. Ultimately, the tournament ended with a narrow defeat to Chelsea. Kevin Kurányi, Philipp Lahm and Alexander Hleb were key players in a side that only just failed to finish in the top three for the second season in succession. Following an initial eight clean sheets, the attack suffered from only Kurányi being able to score, despite goalkeeper Timo Hildebrand keeping 18 clean sheets.
Steve Crompton Steven S. Crompton is a Canadian-born artist, author and designer who has worked in the role-playing and comic genres since 1981. In the gaming industry he is best known as the artist for the Grimtooth Traps books as well as other "Catalyst" role-playing game supplements, "Tunnels & Trolls" and the "Nuclear War" card game.