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Starting in Eaton Rapids , M @-@ 188 heads eastward from the intersection with M @-@ 99 / M @-@ 50 ( Michigan highway ) toward the Grand River . The highway follows Water Street southeasterly along the river through residential neighborhoods and exits town . M @-@ 188 turns back due east on VFW Road to run through far... |
M @-@ 188 is maintained by the Michigan Department of Transportation ( MDOT ) like other state highways in Michigan . As a part of these maintenance responsibilities , the department tracks the volume of traffic that uses the roadways under its jurisdiction . These volumes are expressed using a metric called annual av... |
= = History = =
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M @-@ 188 was designated in late 1932 , providing highway access to the VFW National Home from Eaton Rapids in southeast Eaton County . In early 1941 , the trunkline was completely paved ; and the highway has been unchanged since .
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= No. 5 Operational Training Unit RAAF =
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No. 5 Operational Training Unit was an operational training units ( OTU ) of the Royal Australian Air Force . It was formed at Wagga Wagga , New South Wales , in October 1942 to train bomber pilots and navigators for service in World War II . The unit was initially equipped with Bristol Beauforts and Beaufighters , an... |
= = History = =
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= = = World War II = = =
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During World War II , the Royal Australian Air Force ( RAAF ) established several operational training units ( OTUs ) to convert recently graduated pilots from advanced trainers to combat aircraft , and to add fighting ability to the flying skills they had already learned . No. 5 Operational Training Unit was formed a... |
By the time No. 5 OTU relocated to Tocumwal , New South Wales , on 20 October 1943 , it had begun running courses on Douglas Bostons . Its first de Havilland Mosquito arrived the following month . As of April 1944 , the unit had a complement of sixty @-@ three aircraft , including five Mosquitos . It ran conversion co... |
No. 5 OTU had thirty crews under training in January 1945 , compared to a dozen in November 1942 . By this time its complement of aircraft had increased to seventy @-@ five , including twenty @-@ eight Mosquitos . Staffing reached its highest level of 1 @,@ 700 personnel in May . Ace Charles Crombie was the unit 's ch... |
= = = Re @-@ establishment = = =
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No. 5 OTU was re @-@ formed at Williamtown on 1 April 1970 to provide pilots with operational training prior to their conversion to the Dassault Mirage III fighter . The unit 's reactivation was celebrated with a dinner attended by its original commanding officer , B.F. Rose , and a flypast of forty @-@ nine aircraft ... |
The last Sabre conversion course was completed in December 1970 . Early the following year , the Australian government announced that the Sabres were to be phased out and retired by July 1971 . At this time RAAF fighter pilots were trained progressively on the Winjeel , Macchi , Sabre and Mirage , but after considerin... |
Following No. 5 OTU 's disbandment , one of its Sabres , A94 @-@ 983 , was among several donated by the Australian government to the Royal Malaysian Air Force . The aircraft was returned to the RAAF in 1978 , and subsequently put on display at RAAF Bases Richmond , New South Wales , and Point Cook , Victoria . In 2005... |
= Darren Bent =
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Darren Ashley Bent ( born 6 February 1984 ) is an English professional footballer who plays as a striker for Championship club Derby County .
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Bent started his career with Ipswich Town . After progressing through their youth system he made his first team debut in 2001 . He made 122 appearances and scored 48 goals in the league for Ipswich , before joining Charlton Athletic for a fee of Β£ 2 @.@ 5 million in 2005 . He was Charlton Athletic 's top goalscorer fo... |
He has represented England at under @-@ 15 , under @-@ 16 , under @-@ 17 , under @-@ 19 , under @-@ 21 and senior levels . He made 14 appearances and scored nine goals for the under @-@ 21 side , after making his debut against Italy in 2003 . He made his debut for the senior England side in 2006 against Uruguay , and ... |
= = Personal life = =
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Bent was born in Tooting , London to a family of Jamaican descent . His father , Mervyn Bent , was a player in the youth systems of Wimbledon and Brentford . He moved to Huntingdon , Cambridgeshire at the age of 10 and attended Hinchingbrooke school and played for the Godmanchester Rovers youth system . As a youngster... |
= = Club career = =
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= = = Ipswich Town = = =
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Bent progressed through Ipswich Town 's youth system , having joined the club at the age of 14 in 1998 , after considering a possible career in athletics . He signed a professional contract with Ipswich on 2 July 2001 . He made his first team debut on 1 November 2001 in a 3 β 1 victory against Helsingborgs IF in the U... |
He scored his first FA Premier League goal on 24 April 2002 in a 1 β 0 win over Middlesbrough . He finished the 2001 β 02 season with seven appearances and two goals in all competitions , and also saw his team Ipswich face relegation into the First Division . He scored the winning goal against Slovan Liberec in the UE... |
= = = Charlton Athletic = = =
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He completed a transfer to Charlton Athletic on 1 June 2005 , which was worth an initial fee of Β£ 2 @.@ 5 million , but would have risen to Β£ 3 million if he made an agreed number of appearances for Charlton and for England . After the move , he said : " I am confident that Charlton will play an important role to play... |
= = = Tottenham Hotspur = = =
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He completed a move to Tottenham Hotspur for a club record fee of Β£ 16 @.@ 5 million on 29 June 2007 , which was to be payable over three years and is inclusive of add @-@ on payments . Ipswich were entitled to 20 % of Charlton 's profit on Bent under a sell @-@ on clause , which gave the club an initial Β£ 2 @.@ 58 mi... |
He scored 12 goals for Tottenham during the 2008 β 09 pre @-@ season . His first league goal of the season came against Chelsea , which gave his side a 1 β 1 draw . He scored a header in the second half of Tottenham 's UEFA Cup first round game against WisΕa KrakΓ³w , giving the team a 2 β 1 victory . On 6 November , i... |
A miss in front of an open goal in the final minutes during a home game against Portsmouth in January 2009 , which cost Tottenham two points , prompted manager Harry Redknapp to claim " You will never get a better chance to win a match than that . My missus could have scored that one " . On 31 January he scored two go... |
= = = Sunderland = = =
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Sunderland opened negotiations to sign Bent in July 2009 . The deal seemed delayed and through social networking website Twitter he accused chairman Daniel Levy of disrupting his move to Sunderland , although Bent later apologised , saying he acted out of frustration . He travelled to Sunderland to sign for the club a... |
Bent scored Sunderland 's only goal against Burnley at Turf Moor , making the score 1 β 1 , before losing 3 β 1 . He scored again in a 5 β 2 win against Wolverhampton Wanderers , although after the game Sunderland manager Steve Bruce was left angry at Bent 's decision to give Sunderland 's second penalty kick to teamm... |
Bent made his first appearance of the 2010 β 11 season in the opening game , a 2 β 2 draw with Birmingham City on 14 August and opened the scoring with a penalty in the 24th minute . He scored the winning goal with stoppage time penalty as Sunderland beat Manchester City 1 β 0 on 29 August . Bent scored the equaliser ... |
= = = Aston Villa = = =
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On 17 January 2011 , Bent submitted a transfer request , amid reports that Aston Villa had made a club record Β£ 18 million bid for him , which was rejected . Villa then submitted an improved offer of Β£ 18 million , potentially rising to Β£ 24 million , which was then accepted . The following day , Bent completed his mo... |
= = = = 2011 β 12 season = = = =
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In his first full season with Villa , Bent scored his first goal of the season against Blackburn Rovers in a 3 β 1 victory on 20 August 2011 . In his first match against former club Sunderland , a 2 β 2 draw at the Stadium of Light on 29 October 2011 , every time he received a touch on the ball he was booed by the hom... |
On 25 February 2012 , in a match against Wigan Athletic , Bent landed awkwardly on his ankle after tangling with AntolΓn Alcaraz . He was stretchered off the pitch with what was thought to be a serious injury . This was later confirmed two days later , after Bent had a scan on his ankle that revealed he had ruptured l... |
= = = = 2012 β 13 season = = = =
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In July 2012 , Bent was named interim captain of Aston Villa while Stiliyan Petrov continued to recover from leukaemia . On 28 August , he scored his first goal of the 2012 β 13 season in a 3 β 0 victory over League One Tranmere Rovers in the second round of the League Cup , his first goal for Villa since February 201... |
= = = = Season @-@ long loan at Fulham = = = =
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Bent joined Villa 's Premier League rivals Fulham on a season @-@ long loan on 16 August 2013 . Bent scored his first goal for Fulham on 24 August 2013 on his debut , 18 minutes after replacing Damien Duff in a 3 β 1 defeat at home to London rivals Arsenal . On 24 September , only three minutes after coming on for Ade... |
Despite scoring in the first game and replay against Norwich City in the third round of the FA Cup , Bent went 13 league games without scoring before an added @-@ time equaliser at Old Trafford to gain a 2 β 2 draw against Manchester United on 9 February after replacing Muamer TankoviΔ at half time . He finished his l... |
= = = = 2014 β 15 season = = = =
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After returning from Fulham , Bent was reintegrated into the Villa first team for the 2014 β 15 season . In the first match since his return Bent scored two goals in a 3 β 1 pre @-@ season victory over Mansfield Town .
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On 26 November 2014 , Bent joined Brighton & Hove Albion on a one @-@ month loan . Three days later he scored on his debut for the Championship club , opening a 1 β 2 defeat to his former employers Fulham at Falmer Stadium .
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= = = Derby County = = =
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After two goals in five games for Brighton , Bent was loaned to another Championship side , Derby County , on 2 January 2015 . He was signed by his former international manager Steve McClaren on a deal lasting until the end of the season . With his fourth goal in five games , he equalised in a 2 β 2 draw away to then ... |
= = International career = =
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Bent has represented England at under @-@ 15 , under @-@ 16 , under @-@ 17 , under @-@ 19 , under @-@ 21 and senior levels . He made his under @-@ 16 debut against Finland on 31 July 2000 , making 10 appearances and scoring three goals for the team , with his last appearance coming against Finland on 27 February 2001 ... |
Despite having played for the senior side , Bent was recalled to the under @-@ 21 squad for their October 2006 qualification play @-@ offs against Germany . Later that month , he was recalled to the senior squad due to an injury to Andrew Johnson shortly after the squad 's announcement . He was called to the England s... |
Bent scored his first international goal in England 's 3 β 1 away win over Switzerland after appearing as a substitute for Jermain Defoe in a Euro 2012 qualifier on 7 September 2010 . Capello stated he had been impressed with the improvement in Bent 's all @-@ round game since his World Cup omission and selected him i... |
= = Career statistics = =
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