title: Ernie Elliott

abstract: Ernest "Ernie" Elliott, nicknamed "Duke", was a Northern Irish loyalist activist and a leading member of the Ulster Defence Association (UDA) during its early days. Unusually for the generally right-wing UDA, Elliott expressed admiration for socialism and communism, and frequently quoted the words of Che Guevara and Karl Marx. Elliott was eventually killed by a fellow UDA member following a drunken brawl, although his death was variously blamed on republicans and a rival faction within the UDA.

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# Ernie Elliott

**Ernest "Ernie" Elliott** (1943/1944 – 6 December 1972), nicknamed "Duke", was a Northern Irish loyalist activist and a leading member of the Ulster Defence Association (UDA) during its early days. Unusually for the generally right-wing UDA, Elliott expressed admiration for socialism and communism, and frequently quoted the words of Che Guevara and Karl Marx. Elliott was eventually killed by a fellow UDA member following a drunken brawl, although his death was variously blamed on republicans and a rival faction within the UDA.

## Woodvale Defence Association

A native of Leopold Street close to the Crumlin Road in the Woodvale area, a district of Belfast adjacent to the Shankill Road, Elliott was involved in the formation of the vigilante group the Woodvale Defence Association (WDA) in early 1971. He was appointed as lieutenant to the WDA's deputy leader Davy Fogel, a close drinking buddy. Elliott, a short but stockily built man, was a notorious "hard man" on the Shankill who was used to meting out physical violence. He became commander of the WDA (which retained an independent existence for a time despite its incorporation into the UDA) in 1972 while Charles Harding Smith was detained in London on gun-running charges, holding the rank of Lieutenant-Colonel.

## Marxism

At the time the leader of the Ulster Volunteer Force (UVF) Gusty Spence had begun to develop ideas that loyalism should move to a more left-wing position after discussions with Official IRA members in Crumlin Road Gaol. Spence's ideas were rejected by many within the UVF but some who had been in prison with him took the ideas on board. Some of these Shankill UVF men were friends of Elliott and when they discussed their ideas with him he became impressed. Before long Elliott had become enamoured of Marxism and sought to apply its theories to the "loyalist struggle". In fact Elliott and Davy Fogel had held meetings with the Official Irish Republican Army in both Dublin and Belfast in an attempt to seek common ground and explore the possibility of reaching what Fogel described as "a working-class accommodation with our Catholic neighbours". They also met representatives of the British and Irish Communist Organisation which at the time was going through a strongly anti-republican and pro-unionist phase.

Elliott became somewhat notorious in the UDA for expressing the notion that Protestants and Catholics were both equal victims of oppression and that the working class elements of the communities had more in common with each other than their respective middle classes. However, despite his avowed conversion to Marxism, Elliott remained active in the UDA's campaign of sectarian murder and after his death was identified as having taken part in the torture of Patrick Devaney, a Catholic former British Army soldier who was brutally killed on 30 August 1972. His professed views were also not shared by many of his fellow WDA members, with 1 May 1972 issue of *WDA News* including an article that featured far right calls for racial purity.

## Fall from grace

Some of his underlings took to his new ideas but for most within the arch-conservative UDA, including the leadership, Elliott's flirtation with Marxism was dangerously subversive. The British Intelligence Corps, which considered the UDA no threat to their interests, were also deeply worried by Elliott's new interests. In particular they feared the possibility of a relationship developing between elements of the UDA and the Official IRA.

As a consequence, the military authorities decided that it was imperative to remove Elliott and so they enlisted loyalist veteran and British agent William McGrath to lead a whispering campaign designed at blackening Elliott's name. Charles Harding Smith returned to Belfast in December 1972 and was informed by his allies in the WDA that in his absence the UDA in West Belfast had become closely involved in racketeering. They added that not only had Elliott done nothing to stop this crime wave, but that he had also reaped financial benefits from activities such as hijacking trucks carrying alcohol and selling the goods in shebeens. Harding Smith called a meeting of Shankill commanders, inviting all but Elliott, ordering a cleaning up of UDA activities. Those present, many of whom had themselves been involved in the crimes, all placed the blame on Elliott.

## Death

On 7 December 1972 a car was found abandoned near the Village area of the Donegall Road with a cardboard box in the back. Police and the army were called to the scene where they initially treated it as a bomb, carrying out a controlled explosion. However, when the box was finally removed from the car it was found to contain not a bomb but rather a corpse, which was soon identified as that of Elliott. He had been blasted in the face with a shotgun.

Another UDA member, who was not identified, was discovered in Ainsworth Avenue on the Woodvale Road with serious injuries and under questioning revealed a story of Elliott's death. He claimed that he and Elliott had been drinking in the UDA clubs of the Shankill Road and had then driven in their official WDA car to Sandy Row to continue drinking. According to his testimony they had taken a short cut past the lower Falls Road where they had been stopped by a Provisional IRA roadblock. The republicans recognised Elliott and separated the two men, beating up Elliott's companion but shooting the WDA leader dead.

The Royal Ulster Constabulary (RUC) rejected the story and publicly declared it had no faith in the testimony. They claimed that no UDA member would ever drive along the Falls to get to Sandy Row and added that the Provisionals would never have killed one member and let another off with a beating. The police added that they believed Elliott had actually been killed on the Shankill and that his companion had been released after being assaulted with instructions to relay the story he had told them. Within days Joseph Kelly, 47, and James Joseph Reynolds, 16, both Catholic civilians, had been killed by the East Belfast UDA in revenge for the killing of Elliott, after the eastern leadership claimed to have accepted the IRA story as truth.

A further story was circulated that Elliott had been killed for being a member of the Ulster Citizens Army, a purported Marxism-supporting loyalist paramilitary group which had been up concocted by the British Intelligence Corps in an ultimately successful attempt to strangle at birth the UVF's move to the left. In fact, Elliott's death had been the result of a drunken brawl that ended in gunfire. Elliott, a notoriously heavy drinker, had gone to Sandy Row to get a gun that he had loaned to a local UDA member. According to witnesses, the heavily inebriated Elliott entered the UDA club in the area and began waving a gun around. A patron of the club grabbed the weapon and punched Elliott with the fight spilling outside. An unidentified Sandy Row UDA man pointed a shotgun at Elliott outside but the weapon went off and hit Elliott. The gunman fled to England soon afterwards only to return in 1983, reportedly remorseful, and confessed his part in the killing. Despite this, no convictions were made after the case against this man and two associates collapsed.

Elliott was 28 years old at the time of his death.

His funeral a few days after his killing was a big event on the Shankill. His coffin was removed from his Leopold Street home draped in a UDA flag, his badges of rank and his Orange Order sash, with shots fired by a guard of honour and thousands of uniformed UDA members marching with the coffin down the Shankill Road. The UDA members, dressed in khaki combat jackets, marched as far Royal Avenue in Belfast city centre. Elliott is commemorated by a mural on Ohio Street off the Woodvale/Upper Shankill roads.

## InfoBox

| Ernest Elliott | |
| --- | --- |
| Elliott commemorated on an older Woodvale mural, subsequently replaced by the current one following house demolition | |
| Born | 1943/1944 |
| Died | 6 December 1972 (aged 28)<br>Northern Ireland |
| Cause of death | Homicide |
| Nationality | British |
| Other names | "Ernie", "Duke" |
| Occupation | Northern Irish loyalist activist |
| Known for | Leading member of the Ulster Defence Association |


title: 2007 Recopa Sul-Brasileira

abstract: The 2007 Recopa Sul-Brasileira was the 1st staging of this Brazilian football knockout competition. All matches of the competition were played at Estádio Janguito Malucelli, Curitiba, Paraná. Four clubs participated of the competition: Caxias, of Rio Grande do Sul, J. Malucelli of Paraná, Juventus of São Paulo, and Marcílio Dias of Santa Catarina.

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# 2007 Recopa Sul-Brasileira

The **2007 Recopa Sul-Brasileira** was the 1st staging of this Brazilian football knockout competition. All matches of the competition were played at Estádio Janguito Malucelli, Curitiba, Paraná. Four clubs participated of the competition: Caxias, of Rio Grande do Sul (champion of Copa FGF), J. Malucelli of Paraná (champion of Copa Paraná), Juventus of São Paulo (champion of Copa FPF), and Marcílio Dias of Santa Catarina (champion of Copa Santa Catarina).

## Prize money

The winner of the competition was awarded a prize money amount of R$30,000, and the runner-up was awarded a prize money amount of R$10,000.

## Competition stages

### Semifinals

| Marcílio Dias | 41 | Juventus |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Luiz Ricardo  1' 46'
Fabrício  36'
Claudemir  83' | (Report) | Xuxa  45' |

Janguito Malucelli, CuritibaReferee: Antônio dos Santos (Paraná)

| J. Malucelli | 12 (AET) | Caxias |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Diogo  6' (pen) | (Report) | Sandro  32'
Fabrício  94' |

Janguito Malucelli, CuritibaReferee: Maurício dos Santos (Paraná)

() Due to rains, the match start was delayed 25 minutes.

### Final

| Marcílio Dias | 41 | Caxias |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Váldson  20'
Luiz Ricardo  34'  70'  90'+2' | (Report) | Castor  50' |

Janguito Malucelli, Curitiba

## Champion

| Recopa Sul-Brasileira
2007 Winners |
| --- |
|
**Marcílio Dias**
**First Title** |

## Top goalscorers

| Player | Club | Goals |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Luiz Ricardo | Marcílio Dias | 5 |
| Castor | Caxias | 1 |
| Claudemir | Marcílio Dias | 1 |
| Diogo | J. Malucelli | 1 |
| Fabrício | Caxias | 1 |
| Fabrício | Marcílio Dias | 1 |
| Sandro | Caxias | 1 |
| Váldson | Marcílio Dias | 1 |
| Xuxa | Juventus | 1 |


title: Begonia ulmifolia

abstract: Begonia ulmifolia, the elm-leaf begonia, is a species of flowering plant in the family Begoniaceae. It is native to South America; Trinidad and Tobago, Venezuela, the Guianas, and eastern Brazil, and introduced to Mauritius, Réunion, and the Seychelles in the Indian Ocean. Cultivated for its ornamental foliage more than its flowers, it is suitable for green roofs in hot and humid areas.

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# Begonia ulmifolia

***Begonia ulmifolia***, the **elm-leaf begonia**, is a species of flowering plant in the family Begoniaceae. It is native to South America; Trinidad and Tobago, Venezuela, the Guianas, and eastern Brazil, and introduced to Mauritius, Réunion, and the Seychelles in the Indian Ocean. Cultivated for its ornamental foliage more than its flowers, it is suitable for green roofs in hot and humid areas.

## InfoBox

| *Begonia ulmifolia* | |
| --- | --- |
|  | |
| Leaves | |
|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| *Clade*: | Tracheophytes |
| *Clade*: | Angiosperms |
| *Clade*: | Eudicots |
| *Clade*: | Rosids |
| Order: | Cucurbitales |
| Family: | Begoniaceae |
| Genus: | *Begonia* |
| Species: | ***B. ulmifolia*** |
| Binomial name | |
| ***Begonia ulmifolia***<br>Willd. | |
|
| Synonyms | |
| * *Begonia dasycarpa* A.DC. * *Begonia jairii* Brade * *Donaldia ulmifolia* (Willd.) Klotzsch | |


title: Bart Philemon

abstract: Bartholomew "Bart" Philemon is a Papua New Guinean politician. He was educated in a Lutheran missionary primary school in Lae. He received a grant from the Lutheran Church to attend St. Peter's Lutheran College in Brisbane Queensland. After a Bachelor of Arts degree at the University of Papua New Guinea, he worked in the aviation industry, holding the position of assistant general manager of Air Niugini from 1973 to 1980. From 1982 to 1986, he served as chairman of the National Airlines Commission. He also worked as "a businessman in the poultry and fruit industries". He chaired the South Pacific Festival of Arts in 1980, and the South Pacific Games Foundation for the 1991 South Pacific Games, held in Port Moresby. He first entered politics in his native Morobe Province, being elected to the Morobe Provincial Assembly from 1984 to 1988. In the 1992 general election, he was elected as MP for Lae to the National Parliament, a seat he was to hold for twenty years. He served in the Shadow Cabinet, until in 1994 Julius Chan ousted Prime Minister Paias Wingti through a motion of no confidence in Parliament. Chan appointed Philemon as his Minister for Public Service. Philemon held his seat in the 1997 election, but was back on the Opposition front benches, the Chan government having been defeated. Two years later Mekere Morauta became prime minister, with Philemon as his Minister for Transport & Civil Aviation. In January 2001, Morauta made him Minister for Foreign Affairs, and Minister for Bougainville Affairs, in charge of relations with the Autonomous Bougainville Government following the civil war on Bougainville Island. In May, however, he lost his position in government during a Cabinet reshuffle. He later said Morauta had sacked him for giving unwanted advice. He returned to Cabinet following the 2002 general election, serving as Minister of Finance under Prime Minister Sir Michael Somare. During his term as Minister for Finance, economic growth was restored, earning him "wide respect" for his economic reforms. Nonetheless, he struggled to "control the profligate tendencies of other ministers", and his attempts to do so resulted in him being sacked in 2006. He founded his own New Generation Party and, alongside Mekere Morauta, became a leading figure of the Opposition. Somare won the 2007 general election, retaining power, and Philemon remained deputy Leader of the Opposition. In August 2011, Peter O'Neill formed a majority in Parliament to take power while Somare was in hospital outside the country. O'Neill appointed Philemon as his Minister for Public Service and Sport. In the 2012 general election, Bart Philemon lost his seat in Parliament to his niece Loujaya Toni.

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# Bart Philemon

**Bartholomew "Bart" Philemon** (born 16 April 1945, in a Butibam village near Lae) is a Papua New Guinean politician.

He was educated in a Lutheran missionary primary school in Lae. He received a grant from the Lutheran Church to attend St. Peter's Lutheran College in Brisbane Queensland. After a Bachelor of Arts degree at the University of Papua New Guinea, he worked in the aviation industry, holding the position of assistant general manager of Air Niugini (the country's national airline) from 1973 to 1980. From 1982 to 1986, he served as chairman of the National Airlines Commission. He also worked as "a businessman in the poultry and fruit industries". He chaired the South Pacific Festival of Arts in 1980, and the South Pacific Games Foundation for the 1991 South Pacific Games, held in Port Moresby.

He first entered politics in his native Morobe Province, being elected to the Morobe Provincial Assembly from 1984 to 1988. In the 1992 general election, he was elected as MP for Lae to the National Parliament, a seat he was to hold for twenty years. He served in the Shadow Cabinet, until in 1994 Julius Chan ousted Prime Minister Paias Wingti through a motion of no confidence in Parliament. Chan appointed Philemon as his Minister for Public Service. Philemon held his seat in the 1997 election, but was back on the Opposition front benches, the Chan government having been defeated. Two years later Mekere Morauta became prime minister, with Philemon as his Minister for Transport & Civil Aviation. In January 2001, Morauta made him Minister for Foreign Affairs, and Minister for Bougainville Affairs, in charge of relations with the Autonomous Bougainville Government following the civil war on Bougainville Island. In May, however, he lost his position in government during a Cabinet reshuffle. He later said Morauta had sacked him for giving unwanted advice. He returned to Cabinet following the 2002 general election, serving as Minister of Finance under Prime Minister Sir Michael Somare. During his term as Minister for Finance, economic growth was restored, earning him "wide respect" for his economic reforms. Nonetheless, he struggled to "control the profligate tendencies of other ministers", and his attempts to do so resulted in him being sacked in 2006.

He founded his own New Generation Party and, alongside Mekere Morauta, became a leading figure of the Opposition. Somare won the 2007 general election, retaining power, and Philemon remained deputy Leader of the Opposition. In August 2011, Peter O'Neill formed a majority in Parliament to take power while Somare was in hospital outside the country. O'Neill appointed Philemon as his Minister for Public Service and Sport.

In the 2012 general election, Bart Philemon lost his seat in Parliament to his niece Loujaya Toni.


abstract:
2011 UEFA European Under-19 Championship was the second round of qualifications for the final tournament of 2011 UEFA European Under-19 Championship.
The 28 teams that advanced from the qualifying round were distributed into seven groups of four teams each, with each group contested in a round-robin format, with one of the four teams hosting all six group games. The seven group-winning teams qualified automatically for the final tournament in Romania. The draw was held at 30 November 2010 at 12:15 (CET) at Nyon, Switzerland.

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# 2011 UEFA European Under-19 Championship elite qualification

**2011 UEFA European Under-19 Championship (Elite Round)** was the second round of qualifications for the final tournament of 2011 UEFA European Under-19 Championship. The 28 teams that advanced from the qualifying round were distributed into seven groups of four teams each, with each group contested in a round-robin format, with one of the four teams hosting all six group games. The seven group-winning teams qualified automatically for the final tournament in Romania. The draw was held at 30 November 2010 at 12:15 (CET) at Nyon, Switzerland.

## Seeding

| Pot A | Pot B | Pot C | Pot D |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Spain
Netherlands
Serbia
Belgium
Italy
France
Germany | Turkey
England
Norway
Republic of Ireland
Estonia
Slovakia
Russia | Ukraine
Hungary
Belarus
Israel
Switzerland
Portugal
Wales | Montenegro
Czech Republic
Poland
Greece
Croatia
Macedonia
Moldova |

The hosts of the seven one-venue mini-tournament groups are indicated below in *italics*.

The matches was played between 28 April–5 June 2011.

## Tiebreaker rules for qualification groups

Per uefa.com the criteria used to rank two or more teams even on points are:

1. Points earned in head-to-head matches
2. Goal difference in head-to-head matches
3. Goals scored in head-to-head matches
4. Goal difference in all group matches
5. Goals scored in all group matches
6. Drawing of lots

* If head-to-head criteria eliminate one team from a three- or four-way tie, then revert to the first step with the remaining teams.
* If two teams are tied and play against each other in their last group match, then penalty kicks will be used instead of the criteria listed above.

## Group 1

| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Belgium | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 | +2 | **7** |
| Portugal | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 1 | +3 | **6** |
| *Croatia* | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 4 | −1 | **3** |
| Estonia | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | −4 | **1** |

| Belgium | 1–0 | Portugal |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Lestienne  25' | Report |  |

Stadion Veli Jože, PorečReferee: Vladimir Kazmenko (Russia)

---

| Estonia | 0–1 | Croatia |
| --- | --- | --- |
|  | Report | Mić  40' |

Stadion Valbruna, RovinjReferee: Steven McLean (Scotland)

---

| Belgium | 3–2 | Croatia |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Lestienne  23'
Rykх  57'
Hazard  88' | Report | Blažević  28'
Mić  87' |

Gradski stadion Laco, NovigradReferee: Vladimir Kazmenko (Russia)

---

| Portugal | 3–0 | Estonia |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Carvalho  44'
56'
Cavaleiro  88' | Report |  |

Gradski stadion, UmagReferee: Eli Hacmon (Israel)

---

| Estonia | 0–0 | Belgium |
| --- | --- | --- |
|  | Report |  |

Stadion Veli Jože, PorečReferee: Eli Hacmon (Israel)

---

| Croatia | 0–1 | Portugal |
| --- | --- | --- |
|  | Report | Barros  18' |

Stadion Valbruna, RovinjReferee: Steven McLean (Scotland)

## Group 2

| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Spain | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 2 | +4 | **7** |
| England | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 3 | +2 | **7** |
| *Switzerland* | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 7 | −1 | **3** |
| Montenegro | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 7 | −5 | **0** |

| Spain | 2–1 | Switzerland |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Juanmi  3'
Isco  74' | Report | Amat  77' (o.g.) |

Juan-Antonio Samaranch Stadium, LausanneReferee: Paolo Silvio Mazzoleni (Italy)

---

| England | 1–0 | Montenegro |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Kane  51' | Report |  |

Stade Municipal, YverdonReferee: Yevhen Aranovskiy (Ukraine)

---

| Spain | 3–0 | Montenegro |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Juanmi  52', 61'
Morata  75' | Report |  |

Juan-Antonio Samaranch Stadium, LausanneReferee: Alexander Kostadinov (Bulgaria)

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| Switzerland | 2–3 | England |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Kamber  14'
Seferovic  90+1' | Report | Williams  20'
Ngoo  45'
Thorne  90+4' |

Centre sportif de Colovray Nyon, NyonReferee: Yevhen Aranovskiy (Ukraine)

---

| England | 1–1 | Spain |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Kane  45+2' | Report | Isco  26' |

Centre sportif de Colovray Nyon, NyonReferee: Alexander Kostadinov (Bulgaria)

---

| Montenegro | 2–3 | Switzerland |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Đorđević  41'
Mrdak  58' | Report | Drmić  20', 74'
Freuler  25' |

Stade Municipal, YverdonReferee: Paolo Silvio Mazzoleni (Italy)

## Group 3

| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Greece | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 2 | +3 | **9** |
| France | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 2 | +3 | **6** |
| *Slovakia* | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 4 | +2 | **3** |
| Belarus | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 8 | −8 | **0** |

| Slovakia | 1–2 | Greece |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Lásik  18' | Report | Katidis  5'
Bartek  36' (o.g.) |

The Slovak FA National Training Centre, SenecReferee: Deniz Aytekin (Germany)

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| France | 2–0 | Belarus |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Derouard  25'
Taïder  35' | Report |  |

NTC Stadion, Veľký BielReferee: Jakob Kehlet (Denmark)

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| Belarus | 0–5 | Slovakia |
| --- | --- | --- |
|  | Report | Špilár  19', 74'
Škvarka  45+2'
Hladík  68'
Aliseiko  78' (o.g.) |

The Slovak FA National Training Centre, SenecReferee: Jakob Kehlet (Denmark)

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| France | 1–2 | Greece |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Taïder  21' | Report | Vellios  25'
Rougkalas  47' |

NTC Stadion, Veľký BielReferee: Anar Salmanov (Azerbaijan)

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| Slovakia | 0–2 | France |
| --- | --- | --- |
|  | Report | Situ  64'
Derouard  79' (pen.) |

The Slovak FA National Training Centre, SenecReferee: Deniz Aytekin (Germany)

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| Greece | 1–0 | Belarus |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Mavrias  49' | Report |  |

Štadión pod Zoborom, NitraReferee: Anar Salmanov (Azerbaijan)

## Group 4

| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Republic of Ireland | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | +4 | **7** |
| Italy | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 0 | **6** |
| Ukraine | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | −1 | **2** |
| *Poland* | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | −3 | **1** |

| Italy | 1–0 | Ukraine |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Beretta  67' | Report |  |

Stadion Skałka im. Pawła Waloszka, SzczecinekReferee: Pavle Radovanović (Montenegro)

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| Republic of Ireland | 1–0 | Poland |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Hendrick  15' | Report |  |

Gwardia Koszalin, KoszalinReferee: Antonio Mateu Lahoz (Spain)

---

| Ukraine | 0–0 | Republic of Ireland |
| --- | --- | --- |
|  | Report |  |

Gwardia Koszalin, KoszalinReferee: Bardhyl Pashaj (Albania)

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| Italy | 3–1 | Poland |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Sampirisi  14'
Minotti  69'
Viviani  80' | Report | Żyro  39' |

MOSiR Stadium, KołobrzegReferee: Antonio Mateu Lahoz (Spain)

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| Republic of Ireland | 3–0 | Italy |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Murphy  32'
Murray  61'
O'Sullivan  81' | Report |  |

MOSiR Stadium, KołobrzegReferee: Pavle Radovanović (Montenegro)

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| Poland | 1–1 | Ukraine |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Żyro  45' | Report | Kalitvintsev  68' |

Stadion Skałka im. Pawła Waloszka, SzczecinekReferee: Bardhyl Pashaj (Albania)

## Group 5

| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| *Czech Republic* | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | +2 | **7** |
| Russia | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 2 | +2 | **5** |
| Netherlands | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | −1 | **2** |
| Israel | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | −3 | **1** |

| Netherlands | 1–1 | Israel |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Özyakup  77' | Report | Kahat  29' |

Mestsky sportovni klub Breclav, BřeclavReferee: Marios Panayi (Cyprus)

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| Russia | 0–0 | Czech Republic |
| --- | --- | --- |
|  | Report |  |

Městský stadion Kyjov, KyjovReferee: Ivan Kružliak (Slovakia)

---

| Netherlands | 0–1 | Czech Republic |
| --- | --- | --- |
|  | Report | Přikryl  16' |

Na Slajsi, LanžhotReferee: Paolo Valeri (Italy)

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| Israel | 1–3 | Russia |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Agayov  5' | Report | Ozdoev  14'
Makhmudov  29'
Khodyrev  65' |

Městský stadion Kyjov, KyjovReferee: Ivan Kružliak (Slovakia)

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| Russia | 1–1 | Netherlands |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Emelyanov  53' (pen.) | Report | Castaignos  18' |

Na Slajsi, LanžhotReferee: Marios Panayi (Cyprus)

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| Czech Republic | 2–1 | Israel |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Lácha  73'
Sladký  83' | Report | Dabour  72' |

Mestsky sportovni klub Breclav, BřeclavReferee: Paolo Valeri (Italy)

## Group 6

| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Serbia | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 3 | +7 | **6** |
| Wales | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 5 | +1 | **6** |
| *Norway* | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 4 | +3 | **6** |
| Moldova | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 11 | −11 | **0** |

| Serbia | 2–3 | Wales |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Milunović  39'
Lukić  90' | Report | Peniket  36', 43'
Alfei  90+2' (pen.) |

Sarpsborg Stadion, SarpsborgReferee: Harald Lechner (Austria)

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| Norway | 4–0 | Moldova |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Bakenga  30' (pen.), 45', 50'
De Lanlay  37' | Report |  |

Sarpsborg Stadion, SarpsborgReferee: Ruddy Buquet (France)

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| Serbia | 5–0 | Moldova |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Prodan  13' (o.g.)
Čaušić  61'
Lukić  74', 90'
Trujić  87' | Report |  |

Sarpsborg Stadion, SarpsborgReferee: Ruddy Buquet (France)

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| Wales | 1–3 | Norway |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Lucas  7' | Report | Henriksen  3'
De Lanlay  26'
Nielsen  74' |

Sarpsborg Stadion, SarpsborgReferee: Miroslav Zelinka (Czech Republic)

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| Norway | 0–3 | Serbia |
| --- | --- | --- |
|  | Report | Lukić  28', 40' (pen.), 82' |

Melløs Stadion, MelløsReferee: Harald Lechner (Austria)

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| Moldova | 0–2 | Wales |
| --- | --- | --- |
|  | Report | Walsh  36'
Jones  88' |

Sarpsborg Stadion, SarpsborgReferee: Miroslav Zelinka (Czech Republic)

## Group 7

| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| *Turkey* | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 2 | +8 | **9** |
| Germany | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 1 | +7 | **6** |
| Hungary | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 11 | −6 | **3** |
| Macedonia | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 12 | −9 | **0** |

| Germany | 3–0 | Hungary |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Leitner  16'
Durm  57', 67' | Report |  |

World of Wonders Football Centre, AntalyaReferee: Alain Bieri (Switzerland)

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| Turkey | 3–1 | Macedonia |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Demir  59', 64', 85' | Report | Gjurgjević  16' |

World of Wonders Football Centre, AntalyaReferee: Sergii Boiko (Ukraine)

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| Germany | 5–0 | Macedonia |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Leitner  18' (pen.), 45+1' (pen.), 85'
Parker  66', 82' | Report |  |

World of Wonders Football Centre, AntalyaReferee: Alain Bieri (Switzerland)

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| Hungary | 1–6 | Turkey |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Ugrai  46' | Report | Demir  2', 76'
Dere  6'
Şahiner  44', 90'
Bekdemir  90+3' |

World of Wonders Football Centre, AntalyaReferee: Marius Avram (Romania)

---

| Turkey | 1–0 | Germany |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Demir  22' | Report |  |

World of Wonders Football Centre, AntalyaReferee: Marius Avram (Romania)

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| Macedonia | 2–4 | Hungary |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Naumchevski  26'
Timov  72' | Report | Skriba  34' (pen.), 53' (pen.)
Szolnoki  71'
Nagy  90' |

World Wonder Football Centre 2, AntalyaReferee: Sergii Boiko (Ukraine)

## Qualified nations

| Country | Qualified as | Previous appearances in tournament |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Romania | Hosts | **0** (debut) |
| Belgium | Group 1 winner | **3** (2002, 2004, 2006) |
| Spain | Group 2 winner | **7** (**2002**, **2004**, **2006**, **2007**, 2008, 2009, 2010) |
| Greece | Group 3 winner | **3** (2005, 2007, 2008) |
| Republic of Ireland | Group 4 winner | **1** (2002) |
| Czech Republic | Group 5 winner | **4** (2002, 2003, 2006, *2008*) |
| Serbia | Group 6 winner | **3** (2005, 2007, 2009) |
| Turkey | Group 7 winner | **3** (2004, 2006, 2009) |

1 Only counted appearances for under-19 era (**bold** indicates champion for that year, while *italic* indicates hosts)


title: Frankenstein's Aunt Returns

abstract: Frankenstein's Aunt Returns is a novel by Allan Rune Pettersson that was first published in Sweden in 1989. The book is a sequel to the first book Frankenstein's Aunt. The story is about Franklin, a child created by Doctor Frankenstein with the help of Doctor Pretorius for the monster and his bride. The child is inventive like his namesake and has a talent for practical jokes. This leads again to conflicts with the villagers, who are far from happy to have another monster in their midst.

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# Frankenstein's Aunt Returns

***Frankenstein's Aunt Returns*** is a novel by Allan Rune Pettersson that was first published in Sweden in 1989. The book is a sequel to the first book *Frankenstein's Aunt*. The story is about Franklin (named after Benjamin Franklin), a child created by Doctor Frankenstein with the help of Doctor Pretorius for the monster and his bride. The child is inventive like his namesake and has a talent for practical jokes. This leads again to conflicts with the villagers, who are far from happy to have another monster in their midst.

## Literature

* Allan Rune Pettersson: *Frankenstein's Aunt Returns*, ISBN 0-340-53244-0

## InfoBox

Frankenstein's Aunt Returns
| Hodder & Stoughton edition 1990 | |
| --- | --- |
| Author | Allan Rune Pettersson |
| Original title | *Frankensteins faster - igen!* |
| Publication date | 1989 |
| Publication place | Sweden |
| Preceded by | *Frankenstein's Aunt* |


title: Filippo Azzaiolo

abstract: Filippo Azzaiolo was a 16th-century Italian composer. His surviving compositions were published in three collections issued between 1557 and 1569. The dedicatees each have links to Bologna, so it seems likely that Azzaiolo himself had connections to that city. Azzaiolo's Chi passa per 'sta strada was adapted by English composer William Byrd. The contemporary composer Panayiotis Demopoulos has also written a set of variations for woodwind quintet on the same vilotta, issued by Dunelm Records and published by anaeresis.

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# Filippo Azzaiolo

**Filippo Azzaiolo** (Sometimes spelled: Assaiuolo) was a 16th-century Italian composer. His surviving compositions were published in three collections issued between 1557 and 1569. The dedicatees each have links to Bologna, so it seems likely that Azzaiolo himself had connections to that city.

Azzaiolo's *Chi passa per 'sta strada* was adapted by English composer William Byrd. The contemporary composer Panayiotis Demopoulos has also written a set of variations for woodwind quintet on the same vilotta, issued by Dunelm Records and published by anaeresis.

Free scores by Filippo Azzaiolo in the Choral Public Domain Library (ChoralWiki)


title: Bale kulkul

abstract: The bale kulkul or bale kul-kul is a Balinese pavilion where a slit-log drum is placed. It is essentially a drum tower or a watch tower. A bale kulkul can has a civic function, such as those used in villages as a mean of communication; or for religious function, an integral part of Balinese temple architecture.

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# Bale kulkul

The **bale kulkul** or **bale kul-kul** (Balinese "drum pavilion") is a Balinese pavilion where a slit-log drum (Balinese *kulkul*) is placed. It is essentially a drum tower or a watch tower. A bale kulkul can has a civic function, such as those used in villages as a mean of communication; or for religious function, an integral part of Balinese temple architecture.

## Structure

Bale kulkul is a watchtower-like structure. It consists of a base topped with a wooden structure where the kulkul is hanged. A roof canopy provides shelter for the kulkul. The kulkul itself is basically a slit drum: a percussive device consisting of a hollow piece of timber with a slit in one side, a common device in Southeast Asia. Different rhythms indicate the particular reason for the summons, for example, a meeting of household heads at the *bale agung* ("great pavilion", a pavilion for the congregation), a wedding, death of a person, etc. In the past, the kulkul was also sounded as a call to arms. A bale kulkul varies in design according to the wealth of the builder.

There are many kinds of bale kulkul. A bale kulkul used for civic function is usually found in Balinese villages (*banjar*). The kulkul of this kind of bale kulkul is known as Kulkul Manusia ("kulkul of human"). Kulkul Manusia can be constructed of any type of wood, usually teak wood or wood of a jackfruit tree. In its simplest construction, this bale kulkul consists of a plinth-base of hardened earth, topped with a wooden structure which provides the height, topped with a pavilion where the kulkul is kept. In a village, this bale kulkul is built in a strategic area where the villagers can be summoned.

In Balinese temples, the bale kulkul usually found straddling onto a wall corner. It is usually constructed of masonry structure and heavily decorated with mythic figures. The base of a temple bale kulkul reaches significant height, and is divided into three levels from bottom to top: *tepas*, *batur*, and *sari*. The *tepas* level represents the underworld realm *bhur* (Sanskrit *bhurloka*) and is decorated with figures of giant creatures. The *batur* level represents the realm of the human *bhuwah* (Sanskrit *bhuvarloka*) and is decorated with animals. The *sari* level represents the realm of gods *swah* (Sanskrit *svarloka*) and is decorated with birds and other celestial figures. On top of the swah level is the wooden pavilion where the kulkul is kept. A large bale kulkul in Mengwi subdistrict is constructed of ochre-colored brickwork with *paras* stone ornamentation and decorated with mythic figures such as the head of Bhoma, celestial goddesses, and lion-like effigies. There are two kinds of kulkul the temple's bale kulkul, *Kulkul Dewa* ("kulkul of the gods") and Kulkul Bhuta ("kulkul of the bhutas"). *Kulkul Dewa* is always made of the wood of jackfruit tree and is struck in a very slow rhythm to call the gods. Kulkul bhuta is made of bamboo and is struck to summon the Bhuta kala (demons).

The pavilion where the kulkul is hanged is usually a four-posted wooden structure topped with a pyramidal-shaped roof. Larger temple bale kulkul has the roof of its pavilion supported with eight posts, which supports two layers of roof. The frame is usually of timber. The roof can be of a thatched material or of clay pantiles. The top of the roof may be decorated with a *kemuncak* finial.

## History and evolution

Bale kulkul is an ancient architectural feature of Indonesia, predating the arrival of Hinduism in Indonesia. A bale kulkul at the Pura Penataran Sasih at Pejeng village contains an approximately 2,000 years-old bronze drum, the Moon of Pejeng. The Moon of Pejeng is the world's largest and most complete type of drum known as the Pejeng type drums which have been found in Bali and Java. This suggests that these towers were kept alive throughout the Hindu-Buddhist period and persisting in the Islamic era of Indonesian civilization.

With the arrival of Islam in Indonesia in Java, a bale kulkul-like structure in 15th-century Java was still used as a sign to congregate villagers, but this time as a call for prayer. The Menara Kudus Mosque in the city of Kudus, Central Java contains a bale kulkul-like structure that is used as a mean to call for prayer. Unlike the Middle Eastern minaret, the "minaret" of the Menara Kudus Mosque is topped with a drum called bedug. The minaret of the Menara Kudus Mosque is currently the only structure of this type, but it may be more widespread in the past.

In modern time, the structural form of bale kulkul is used for different function, such as security post. Generator room, lift shaft, garage, water tower, and storage may imitate the traditional bale kulkul.

## Cited works


# Fencing at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Qualification

Qualification will be primarily based on the FIE Official Ranking as of April 2, 2012, with further individual places available at 4 zonal qualifying tournaments. Teams will be composed of 3 fencers. For teams to qualify they must be ranked in the top 16, if a continent is not ranked in the top 16 the next best placed country will take their spot.

## Summary

| Nation | Men | | | | | Women | | | | | Total |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| | Individual | | | Team | | Individual | | | Team | | |
| | Épée | Foil | Sabre | Foil | Sabre | Épée | Foil | Sabre | Épée | Foil | |
| Algeria |  |  |  |  |  |  | 1 | 1 |  |  | **2** |
| Argentina |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 1 |  |  | **1** |
| Austria |  | 1 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | **1** |
| Azerbaijan |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 1 |  |  | **1** |
| Belarus |  |  | 3 |  | X |  |  |  |  |  | **3** |
| Brazil | 1 | 1 | 1 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | **3** |
| Bulgaria |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 1 |  |  | **1** |
| Canada |  | 1 | 1 |  |  | 1 | 1 | 1 |  |  | **5** |
| Chile | 1 |  |  |  |  | 1 |  |  |  |  | **2** |
| China | 1 | 3 | 3 | X | X | 3 | 1 | 2 | X |  | **13** |
| Colombia |  |  |  |  |  |  | 1 |  |  |  | **1** |
| Croatia |  | 1 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | **1** |
| Egypt | 1 | 3 | 1 | X |  | 1 | 3 | 1 |  | X | **10** |
| Estonia | 1 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | **1** |
| France | 2 | 3 | 1 | X |  | 1 | 3 | 1 |  | X | **11** |
| Great Britain |  | 3 | 1 | X |  | 1 | 3 | 2 |  | X | **10** |
| Germany | 1 | 3 | 3 | X | X | 3 | 1 | 1 | X |  | **12** |
| Greece |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 1 |  |  | **1** |
| Hong Kong | 1 | 1 | 1 |  |  | 1 | 1 | 1 |  |  | **6** |
| Hungary | 1 |  | 1 |  |  | 1 | 1 |  |  |  | **4** |
| Indonesia |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 1 |  |  | **1** |
| Iran |  |  | 1 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | **1** |
| Italy | 1 | 3 | 3 | X | X | 3 | 3 | 2 | X | X | **15** |
| Japan |  | 3 |  | X |  | 1 | 3 | 1 |  | X | **8** |
| Kazakhstan | 2 |  |  |  |  |  |  | 1 |  |  | **3** |
| Lebanon |  | 1 |  |  |  |  | 1 |  |  |  | **2** |
| Malaysia |  |  | 1 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | **1** |
| Mexico |  | 1 |  |  |  |  |  | 1 |  |  | **2** |
| Morocco | 1 | 1 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | **2** |
| Netherlands | 1 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | **1** |
| Norway | 1 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | **1** |
| Poland | 1 |  | 1 |  |  | 1 | 3 | 1 |  | X | **7** |
| Romania |  | 1 | 3 |  | X | 3 |  | 1 | X |  | **8** |
| Russia | 1 | 3 | 3 | X | X | 3 | 3 | 2 | X | X | **15** |
| South Korea | 2 | 1 | 3 |  | X | 3 | 3 | 2 | X | X | **14** |
| Senegal | 1 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | **1** |
| Switzerland | 2 |  |  |  |  | 1 |  |  |  |  | **3** |
| Chinese Taipei |  |  |  |  |  | 1 |  |  |  |  | **1** |
| Tunisia |  | 1 | 1 |  |  | 1 | 1 | 2 |  |  | **6** |
| Ukraine | 1 |  | 1 |  |  | 3 | 1 | 1 | X |  | **7** |
| United States | 2 | 3 | 3 | X | X | 3 | 3 | 2 | X | X | **16** |
| Uzbekistan | 1 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | **1** |
| Venezuela | 2 |  | 1 |  |  | 1 | 1 | 1 |  |  | **6** |
| Vietnam | 1 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | **1** |
| Total: 44 NOCs | 30 | 38 | 37 | 9 | 8 | 37 | 38 | 32 | 8 | 9 | 212 |

## Qualification timeline

| Event | Date | Venue |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Cut-off FIE Official Ranking | April 2, 2012 |  |
| Zonal Qualifier – Europe | April 21–22, 2012 | Bratislava |
| Zonal Qualifier – Asia/Oceania | April 20–21, 2012 | Wakayama |
| Zonal Qualifier – America | April 20–22, 2012 | Santiago |
| Zonal Qualifier – Africa | April 19, 2012 | Casablanca |

## Qualification

### Men's Individual Épée

|  | Vacancies | Qualified |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Top 12 individual AOR | 12 | Paolo Pizzo (ITA)
Fabian Kauter (SUI)
Bas Verwijlen (NED)
Park Kyoung-doo (KOR)
Nikolai Novosjolov (EST)
Gauthier Grumier (FRA)
Max Heinzer (SUI)
Soren Thompson (USA)
Géza Imre (HUN)
Elmir Alimzhanov (KAZ)
Silvio Fernández (VEN)
Jung Jin-sun (KOR) |
| Top 2 individual AOR: Europe | 2 | Yannick Borel (FRA)
Jörg Fiedler (GER) |
| Top 2 individual AOR: Asia-Oceania | 2 | Li Guojie (CHN)
Dmitriy Alexanin (KAZ) |
| Top 2 individual AOR: America | 2 | Rubén Limardo (VEN)
Weston Kelsey (USA) |
| Top 2 individual AOR: Africa | 2 | Alexandre Bouzaid (SEN)
Ayman Mohamed Fayez (EGY) |
| Zonal tournament: Europe | 4 | Dmytro Karyuchenko (UKR)
Radosław Zawrotniak (POL)
Bartosz Piasecki (NOR)
Pavel Sukhov (RUS) |
| Zonal tournament: Asia-Oceania | 3 | Ruslan Kudayev (UZB)
Nguyen Tien Nhat (VIE)
Leung Ka Ming (HKG) |
| Zonal tournament: America | 2 | Paris Inostroza (CHI)
Athos Schwantes (BRA) |
| Zonal tournament: Africa | 1 | Abdelkarim El Haouari (MAR) |
| Host country option | \** |  |
|  | **30** |  |

### Men's Team Foil

|  | Vacancies | Qualified |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Top four in FIE Official Team Ranking | 4 | Italy

France |
| Top team from Europe in positions 5–16 | 1 | Russia |
| Top team from Asia/Oceania in positions 5–16 | 1 |  |
| Top team from America in positions 5–16 | 1 | United States |
| Top team from Africa in positions 5–16 | 1 | Egypt |
| Host country option | 1 | Great Britain |
|  | **9** |  |

### Men's Individual Foil

|  | Vacancies | Qualified |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Members of qualifying teams | 24 |  |
| Top 2 individual AOR: Europe | 2 | Roland Schlosser (AUT)
Richard Kruse (GBR) |
| Top 2 individual AOR: Asia-Oceania | 2 | Choi Byung-chul (KOR)
Nicholas Edward Choi (HKG) |
| Top 2 individual AOR: America | 2 | Daniel Gomez (MEX)
Étienne Lalonde Turbide (CAN) |
| Top individual AOR: Africa | 1 | Mohamed Samandi (TUN) |
| Zonal tournament: Europe | 2 | Bojan Jovanović (CRO)
Radu Dărăban (ROU) |
| Zonal tournament: Asia-Oceania | 1 | Zain Shaito (LIB) |
| Zonal tournament: America | 1 | Guilherme Toldo (BRA) |
| Zonal tournament: Africa | 1 | Lahoussine Ali (MAR) |
| Host country option | 2 | James-Andrew Davis (GBR)
Husayn Rosowsky (GBR) |
|  | **38** |  |

### Men's Team Sabre

|  | Vacancies | Qualified |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Top four in FIE Official Team Ranking | 4 | Russia

Italy
Belarus |
| Top team from Europe in positions 5–16 | 1 | Romania |
| Top team from Asia/Oceania in positions 5–16 | 1 |  |
| Top team from America in positions 5–16 | 1 | United States |
| Top team from Africa in positions 5–16 | 0 | DNQ |
| Additional Country | 1 | Korea |
| Host country option | \** |  |
|  | **8** |  |

* No African country was in the top 16 of the World Rankings.

### Men's Individual Sabre

|  | Vacancies | Qualified |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Members of qualifying teams | 24 |  |
| Top 2 individual AOR: Europe | 2 | Áron Szilágyi (HUN)
Boladé Apithy (FRA) |
| Top 2 individual AOR: Asia-Oceania | 2 | Lam Hin Chung (HKG)
Yu Peng Kean (MAS) |
| Top 2 individual AOR: America | 2 | Renzo Agresta (BRA)
Philippe Beaudry (CAN) |
| Top individual AOR: Africa | 1 | Hichem Smandi (TUN) |
| Zonal tournament: Europe | 2 | Adam Skrodzki (POL)
Dmytro Boyko (UKR) |
| Zonal tournament: Asia-Oceania | 1 | Mojtaba Abedini (IRI) |
| Zonal tournament: America | 1 | Hernán Jansen (VEN) |
| Zonal tournament: Africa | 1 | Mannad Zeid (EGY) |
| Host country option | 1 | James Honeybone (GBR) |
|  | **37** |  |

### Women's Team Épée

|  | Vacancies | Qualified |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Top four in FIE Official Team Ranking | 4 | Romania

Russia
Italy |
| Top team from Europe in positions 5–16 | 1 | Ukraine |
| Top team from Asia/Oceania in positions 5–16 | 1 | Korea |
| Top team from America in positions 5–16 | 1 | United States |
| Top team from Africa in positions 5–16 | 0 | DNQ |
| Additional Country | 1 |  |
| Host country option | \** |  |
|  | **8** |  |

* No African country was in the top 16 of the World Rankings.

### Women's Individual Épée

|  | Vacancies | Qualified |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Members of qualifying teams | 24 |  |
| Top 2 individual AOR: Asia-Oceania | 2 | Yeung Chui Ling (HKG)
Hsu Jo-ting (TPE) |
| Top 2 individual AOR: Europe | 2 | Tiffany Géroudet (SUI)
Magdalena Piekarska (POL) |
| Top 2 individual AOR: America | 2 | Sherraine Schalm (CAN)
Cáterin Bravo Aránguiz (CHI) |
| Top individual AOR: Africa | 1 | Sarra Besbes (TUN) |
| Zonal tournament: Europe | 2 | Emese Szász (HUN)
Laura Flessel-Colovic (FRA) |
| Zonal tournament: Asia-Oceania | 1 | Nozomi Nakano (JPN) |
| Zonal tournament: America | 1 | Maria Martinez (VEN) |
| Zonal tournament: Africa | 1 | Mona Hassanein (EGY) |
| Host country option | 1 | Corinna Lawrence (GBR) |
|  | **37** |  |

### Women's Team Foil

|  | Vacancies | Qualified |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Top four in FIE Official Team Ranking | 4 | Italy
Russia
Korea
Poland |
| Top team from Europe in positions 5–16 | 1 | France |
| Top team from Asia/Oceania in positions 5–16 | 1 |  |
| Top team from America in positions 5–16 | 1 | United States |
| Top team from Africa in positions 5–16 | 1 | Egypt |
| Host country option | 1 | Great Britain |
|  | **9** |  |

### Women's Individual Foil

|  | Vacancies | Qualified |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Members of qualifying teams | 24 |  |
| Top 2 individual AOR: Europe | 2 | Aida Mohamed (HUN)
Carolin Golubytskyi (GER) |
| Top 2 individual AOR: Asia-Oceania | 2 | Chen Jinyan (CHN)
Lin Po Heung (HKG) |
| Top 2 individual AOR: America | 2 | Monica Peterson (CAN)
Saskia Loretta van Erven Garcia (COL) |
| Top individual AOR: Africa | 1 | Inès Boubakri (TUN) |
| Zonal tournament: Europe | 2 | Natalia Sheppard (GBR)
Olha Leleiko (UKR) |
| Zonal tournament: Asia-Oceania | 1 | Mona Shaito (LIB) |
| Zonal tournament: America | 1 | Johana Fuenmayor (VEN) |
| Zonal tournament: Africa | 1 | Anissa Khelfaoui (ALG) |
| Host country option | 2 | Sophie Troiano (GBR)
Anna Bentley (GBR) |
|  | **38** |  |

### Women's Individual Sabre

|  | Vacancies | Qualified |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Top 12 individual AOR | 12 | Sofiya Velikaya (RUS)
Mariel Zagunis (USA)
Olha Kharlan (UKR)
Yuliya Gavrilova (RUS)
Min Zhu (CHN)
Kim Ji-yeon (KOR)
Chen Xiaodong (CHN)
Azza Besbes (TUN)
Vassiliki Vougiouka (GRE)
Irene Vecchi (ITA)
Gioia Marzocca (ITA)
Dagmara Wozniak (USA) |
| Top 2 individual AOR: Europe | 2 | Aleksandra Socha (POL)
Léonore Perrus (FRA) |
| Top 2 individual AOR: Asia-Oceania | 2 | Lee Ra-jin (KOR)
Seira Nakayama (JPN) |
| Top 2 individual AOR: America | 2 | Sandra Sassine (CAN)
María Belén Pérez Maurice (ARG) |
| Top 2 individual AOR: Africa | 2 | Amira Ben Chaabane (TUN)
Salma Mahran (EGY) |
| Zonal tournament: Europe | 4 | Sabina Mikina (AZE)
Margarita Tschomakova (BUL)
Alexandra Bujdoso (GER)
Bianca Pascu (ROU) |
| Zonal tournament: Asia-Oceania | 3 | Yuliya Zhivitsa (KAZ)
Au Sin Ying (HKG)
Diah Permatasari (INA) |
| Zonal tournament: America | 2 | Alejandra Benítez (VEN)
Úrsula González (MEX) |
| Zonal tournament: Africa | 1 | Lea Moutoussamy (ALG) |
| Host country option | 2 | Louise Bond-Williams (GBR)
Sophie Williams (GBR) |
|  | **32** |  |

**\**** Up to 8 fencers spread across any team or individual events, additional to any qualifiers


abstract: The men's 50 kilometres walk competition of the athletics events at the 1979 Pan American Games took place at the Estadio Sixto Escobar.

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# Athletics at the 1979 Pan American Games – Men's 50 kilometres walk

The **men's 50 kilometres walk** competition of the athletics events at the **1979 Pan American Games** took place at the Estadio Sixto Escobar.

## Records

Prior to this competition, the existing world and Pan American Games records were as follows:

| **World record** | Raúl González (MEX) | **3:41:20** | Poděbrady, Czechoslovakia | June 11, 1978 |
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| **Pan American Games record** | Larry Young (USA) | **4:26:20.8** | Winnipeg, Canada | 1967 |

## Results

| **KEY:** | **WR** | World Record | **GR** | Pan American Record |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |

| Rank | Name | Nation | Time | Notes |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|  | Raúl González | Mexico | 4:05:17 | **GR** |
|  | Martín Bermúdez | Mexico | 4:11:13 |  |
|  | Marco Evoniuk | United States | 4:24:23 |  |
| 4 | Ernesto Alfaro | Colombia | 4:39:36 |  |
| 5 | Vince O'Sullivan | United States | 4:44:20 |  |
| 6 | Nicolás Soto | Puerto Rico | 4:51:40 |  |
| 7 | Henry Klein | Virgin Islands | 5:17:01 |  |
|  | Marcel Jobin | Canada | DNS |  |

## InfoBox

| Men's 50 kilometres walk at the 1979 Pan American Games | |
| --- | --- |
| Venue | Estadio Sixto Escobar |
| Dates | 8 July |
| Winning time | 4:05:17 |
| Medalists | |
| Mexico  Mexico  United States | |
| «1971 1983» | |


title: 2007 Red Bull Air Race World Series

abstract: The 2007 Red Bull Air Race World Series was the fifth Red Bull Air Race World Series season.

text:
# 2007 Red Bull Air Race World Series

The **2007 Red Bull Air Race World Series** was the fifth Red Bull Air Race World Series season.

## New pilots

Sergey Rakhmanin of Russia and Austrian Hannes Arch were chosen to join the 2007 series after completing a qualification course in October 2006, held in Arizona, United States. This takes the number of pilots to 13.

## Race calendar

Three locations more were added to the race calendar in 2007, extending the number of rounds from 9 to 12. However, only 10 races were run due to cancellation of the legs in Barcelona, Spain and Acapulco, Mexico. The first race was held on April 6 in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates and the last one was on November 3 in Perth, Australia.

| 2007 Red Bull Air Race World Series
Race Calendar | | | |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Leg | Date | Place | Country |
| 1 | April 6 | Port of Mina' Zayid, Abu Dhabi | United Arab Emirates |
| 2 | April 21 | Enseada de Botafogo, Rio de Janeiro | Brazil |
| 3 | May 12 | Monument Valley, Arizona | United States of America |
| 4 | June 2 | Golden Horn, Istanbul | Turkey |
| 5 | July 15 | Interlaken, Bern | Switzerland |
| 6 | July 29 | River Thames, London | United Kingdom |
| 7 | August 20 | River Danube, Budapest | Hungary |
| 8 | September 1 | River Douro, Porto | Portugal |
| 9 | September 22 | San Diego, California | United States of America |
| 10 | November 3 | Swan River, Perth | Australia |
|

## Standings and results

| 2007 Red Bull Air Race World Series
Standings and Results | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Rank | Pilot | UAE | BRA | United States | TUR | SUI | GBR | HUN | POR | United States | AUS | Total
Points |
| 1 | Mike Mangold | 2 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 47 |
| 2 | Paul Bonhomme | 3 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 47 |
| 3 | Péter Besenyei | 1 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 7 | 31 |
| 4 | Kirby Chambliss | 4 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 6 | 28 |
| 5 | Steve Jones | 5 | 8 | 7 | 12 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 10 | 17 |
| 6 | Alejandro Maclean | 7 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 7 | 4 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 4 | 16 |
| 7 | Nicolas Ivanoff | 9 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 8 | 9 | 12 | 6 | 7 | 1 | 7 |
| 8 | Michael Goulian | 7 | DNS | 11 | 7 | 6 | DNS | 9 | 9 | 9 | 2 | 6 |
| 9 | Nigel Lamb | 11 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 10 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 3 | 8 | 5 |
| 10 | Hannes Arch | 13 | 4 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 11 | 10 | 12 | 10 | 9 | 3 |
| 11 | Frank Versteegh | 6 | 10 | 6 | 6 | 9 | 8 | 8 | 11 | 12 | 12 | 3 |
| 12 | Sergey Rakhmanin | 12 | 9 | 9 | 10 | 13 | 10 | 11 | 10 | 11 | 11 | 0 |
| 13 | Klaus Schrodt | 9 | 12 | 13 | 9 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 0 |
|

Legend:

* DNS: Did not show

Mike Mangold won on countback over Paul Bonhomme. Both pilots had the same number of points, first, second, third and fifth places, resulting in the results of qualification being taken into account.

## Aircraft

| 2007 Red Bull Air Race World Series
Aircraft | |
| --- | --- |
| Aircraft | Pilot |
| Zivko Edge 540 | Hannes Arch
Péter Besenyei
Paul Bonhomme
Kirby Chambliss
Michael Goulian
Steve Jones
Alejandro Maclean
Mike Mangold
Sergey Rakhmanin
Frank Versteegh |
| MX2 | Nigel Lamb |
| CAP-232 | Nicolas Ivanoff |
| Extra 300SR | Nicolas Ivanoff |
| Extra 300S | Klaus Schrodt |


title: 399 Persephone

abstract: 399 Persephone is a main belt asteroid. It was discovered by German astronomer Max Wolf on 23 February 1895 in Heidelberg.

text:
# 399 Persephone

**399 Persephone** is a main belt asteroid. It was discovered by German astronomer Max Wolf on 23 February 1895 in Heidelberg.

## InfoBox

399 Persephone
| A three-dimensional model of 399 Persephone based on its light curve | |
| --- | --- |
| Discovery | |
| Discovered by | Max Wolf |
| Discovery date | 23 February 1895 |
| Designations | |
| MPC designation | (399) Persephone |
| Pronunciation | /pərˈsɛfən/ |
| Named after | Persephone |
| Alternative designations | 1895 BP |
| Minor planet category | Main belt |
| Orbital characteristics | |
| Epoch 31 July 2016 (JD 2457600.5) | |
| Uncertainty parameter 0 | |
| Observation arc | 120.99 yr (44191 d) |
| Aphelion | 3.2761 AU (490.10 Gm) |
| Perihelion | 2.82735 AU (422.966 Gm) |
| Semi-major axis | 3.0517 AU (456.53 Gm) |
| Eccentricity | 0.073517 |
| Orbital period (sidereal) | 5.33 yr (1947.2 ) |
| Mean anomaly | 255.116 |
| Mean motion | 0° 11m 5.568s / day |
| Inclination | 13.113° |
| Longitude of ascending node | 346.391° |
| Argument of perihelion | 194.023° |
| Physical characteristics | |
| Dimensions | 49.13±4.0 km |
| Synodic rotation period | 9.136  (0.3807 ) |
| Geometric albedo | 0.1838±0.034 |
| Absolute magnitude *(H)* | 9.0, 8.91 |
|  | |


abstract:
The Basilica of St. Andrew, also known as St. Andrew's Catholic Church, is a historic Catholic church and rectory in Roanoke, Virginia, United States. It was built in 1900-1902, and is a buff brick church on a stone foundation in the High Victorian Gothic style. It has a cruciform plan and features two tall Gothic towers which flank the main entrance and are
square in plan. On each tower are two small lancet windows, two large pointed-arch stained-glass tracery windows, and sets of double pointed-arch openings at the belfry. Also on the property is a rectory built in 1887. The church replaced an earlier small brick church built in 1883. The building cost $60,000 to construct, with another $40,000 budgeted for interior appointments and trim. "The buff brick edifice with stone trimming, designed by William P. Ginther of Akron, Ohio, would become a Roanoke landmark." It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1973. The church has had two major renovations since its completion. The first renovations took place after the Second Vatican Council authorized certain liturgical alterations. A freestanding altar was installed so that Mass could be celebrated versus populum, the priest facing the people. The ornate high altar was left in place and intact. Later, the original freestanding altar was replaced with a more ornate, marble one that remains in use to this day. At the same time the interior was radically modified to remove two side altars, a long altar rail, and a select portion of iconography. The lighting of the church was also renovated to allow a brighter hue. From 2010 to 2014, St. Andrew's saw its most expensive long-term renovation. The large pipe organ, being an object of much effort to maintain, was replaced with an electric organ. The pipes, however, were retained for decoration. In 2014, the steeples, originals from the construction of the church, were removed and renovated. On September 6, 2023, the Dicastery for Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments granted the title of minor basilica to the parish church.

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# Basilica of St. Andrew (Roanoke, Virginia)

The **Basilica of St. Andrew**, also known as **St. Andrew's Catholic Church**, is a historic Catholic church and rectory in Roanoke, Virginia, United States. It was built in 1900-1902, and is a buff brick church on a stone foundation in the High Victorian Gothic style. It has a cruciform plan and features two tall Gothic towers which flank the main entrance and are square in plan. On each tower are two small lancet windows, two large pointed-arch stained-glass tracery windows, and sets of double pointed-arch openings at the belfry. Also on the property is a rectory built in 1887. The church replaced an earlier small brick church built in 1883.

The building cost $60,000 to construct, with another $40,000 budgeted for interior appointments and trim. "The buff brick edifice with stone trimming, designed by William P. Ginther of Akron, Ohio, would become a Roanoke landmark."

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1973.

The church has had two major renovations since its completion. The first renovations took place after the Second Vatican Council authorized certain liturgical alterations. A freestanding altar was installed so that Mass could be celebrated versus populum, the priest facing the people. The ornate high altar was left in place and intact.

Later, the original freestanding altar was replaced with a more ornate, marble one that remains in use to this day. At the same time the interior was radically modified to remove two side altars, a long altar rail, and a select portion of iconography. The lighting of the church was also renovated to allow a brighter hue.

From 2010 to 2014, St. Andrew's saw its most expensive long-term renovation. The large pipe organ, being an object of much effort to maintain, was replaced with an electric organ. The pipes, however, were retained for decoration. In 2014, the steeples, originals from the construction of the church, were removed and renovated.

On September 6, 2023, the Dicastery for Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments granted the title of minor basilica to the parish church.

Media related to Saint Andrew Church (Roanoke, Virginia) at Wikimedia Commons

## InfoBox

|  | |
| --- | --- |
| St. Andrew's Roman Catholic Church | |
| U.S. National Register of Historic Places | |
| Virginia Landmarks Register | |
|  | |
| Basilica of St. Andrew, June 2010 | |
|  | |
| Location | 631 N. Jefferson St.<br>Roanoke, Virginia |
| Coordinates | 37°16′41″N 79°56′29″W / 37.27806°N 79.94139°W / 37.27806; -79.94139 |
| Area | 1 acre (0.40 ha) |
| Built | 1883 (1883), 1887, 1900-1902 |
| Architect | William Ginther |
| Architectural style | Gothic Revival |
| NRHP reference No. | 73002225 |
| VLR No. | 128-0030 |
| Significant dates | |
| Added to NRHP | May 7, 1973 |
| Designated VLR | October 17, 1972 |


abstract: The 2012 Italian centre-left primary election determined the leader of the coalition Italy. Common Good, who will stand as common candidate for the office of Prime Minister in the subsequent general election, which took place on 24–25 February 2013. It was won with 61% of the votes by Pier Luigi Bersani, who defeated Matteo Renzi in the run-off. The coalition, launched on 13 October 2012, comprises the Democratic Party (PD), Left Ecology Freedom (SEL) and the Italian Socialist Party (PSI). Alliance for Italy (ApI), though officially still member of the centrist coalition New Pole for Italy, decided to take part in the contest, fielding a candidate from its own ranks.

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# 2012 Italian centre-left primary election

The **2012 Italian centre-left primary election** determined the leader of the coalition Italy. Common Good, who will stand as common candidate for the office of Prime Minister in the subsequent general election, which took place on 24–25 February 2013. It was won with 61% of the votes by Pier Luigi Bersani, who defeated Matteo Renzi in the run-off.

The coalition, launched on 13 October 2012, comprises the Democratic Party (PD), Left Ecology Freedom (SEL) and the Italian Socialist Party (PSI).

Alliance for Italy (ApI), though officially still member of the centrist coalition New Pole for Italy, decided to take part in the contest, fielding a candidate from its own ranks.

## Background and rules

After a heated debate inside the PD, the primary election was announced by its leader Pier Luigi Bersani, on 8 June 2012, during a national direction of the party, even before the official coalition formation. Several bosses of the party openly opposed the decision, stating that Bersani was to be declared the coalition leader outright and deeming the primary process counterproductive for the party.

Defying the internal opposition, on 14 July, Bersani confirmed the decision, which was approved by the party's national assembly, and announced his intention to run. On 31 July Bersani presented a "Charter of Values" that every candidate must accept in order to take part to the election. The charter was soon endorsed by Nichi Vendola, leader of SEL, who, as widely expected, later said he would run too.

On 13 September Matteo Renzi (PD), mayor of Florence, officially announced his bid to become the coalition leader. The announcement came after a lengthy struggle, with his candidacy hotly contested by the PD governing body, since the party charter clearly states that the party leader (in this case Bersani) is automatically the party candidate for Prime Minister, so barring any other PD member from running in the primaries. Anyway, in the wake of a grassroots campaign in support of a broader contest, and with Bersani's own consent, the party statute was expressly modified to allow multiple candidatures.

On 13 October the centre-left coalition, named Italy. Common Good was officially formed, with the signature by the leaders of the coalition partners (Bersani for the PD, Vendola for SEL, and Riccardo Nencini for the PSI) of the common political platform (named *Pact of Democrats and Progressives*), largely based on the charter presented by Bersani two months before. The charter was somewhat controversial, since it lacked any reference to Mario Monti, despite the PD being a key supporter of his government; this was viewed as a concession to Nichi Vendola's SEL, which on the contrary staunchly opposes Monti.

The convention set the election rules too, fixing the first run on 25 November and, in case no candidate had secured more than 50% of the vote, a run-off on 2 December between the two front-runners. Many of the rules were soon contested by Renzi, who lambasted them for having been conceived to reduce turnout and thus favoring Bersani. On the other hand, Bersani defended the rules, explaining that they had the purpose to prevent raiding from right-wing supporters.

## Candidates

| Portrait | Name | | Logo | Details and notes |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|
|  |  | **Pier Luigi Bersani** |  |  |
|  |  | **Matteo Renzi** |  |  |
|  |  | **Nichi Vendola** |  |  |
|  |  | **Laura Puppato** |  |  |
|  |  | **Bruno Tabacci** |  |  |

Other possible candidates included Giuseppe Civati, PD, and Valdo Spini, ex-PSI. The PSI chose not to field a candidate and supported Bersani instead.

The left-wing party Italy of Values (IdV), former coalition partner with the PD in the past general election, was excluded from the coalition mainly because of the attacks made by the party leader Antonio Di Pietro against the President of the Italian Republic Giorgio Napolitano about his strong support of the Monti Cabinet and his alleged implication in the State-Mafia negotiation of 1992-93. Nevertheless, the party unofficially backed Bersani in the contest.

## Campaign

### First round

Unlike the previous centre-left primaries, which resulted in Romano Prodi's overwhelming victory over the radical left candidate (later President of the Chamber of Deputies) Fausto Bertinotti, this time the race was considered much more competitive, primarily because of Renzi's presence on the ballot.

In fact, PD Secretary Pierluigi Bersani entered the campaign as a clear favorite, being able to cluster around himself the solid support of almost the whole party (he was endorsed by about the 90% of the over 300 PD MPs) and the highly influential CGIL. His leadership, however, was soon challenged by mayor Renzi, who already in 2011 had become the leader of a grassroots movement (defined *Rottamazione*, Scrappage) that called for a radical renewal of the party governing boards, considered responsible for the collapse of both Prodi governments and, more in general, the inability to counter Silvio Berlusconi's appeal and policies over the previous 20 years. Renzi's relatively young age and continuous attacks on several prominent party leaders (especially on former PM Massimo D'Alema, that ignited a heated squabble) helped him gain the label of "anti-establishment" candidate, and, in a climate of general deep discontent towards the whole political class, this resulted in a dramatic increase in popularity across the whole political spectrum. On the other hand, his political stances, based on a centrist platform and open to a moderate liberalism (with frequent remarks to Tony Blair's New Labour), alienated many leftists and led to the charge of trying to win the primaries by relying mostly on the support of right-wing electors.

Governor Nichi Vendola carried out a radical, left-wing campaign centered on the consequences of the 2008–2012 global recession, openly endorsing the stances of the Occupy movement, with frequent attacks to the global financial system and the Monti Cabinet, seen as an emanation of the same lobbies that caused the crisis and keep strangling the poorer classes; while remaining committed to the idea of a federal Europe and to public debt reduction, he advocated a strong reduction in military expenses and a higher taxation on the richest (often citing François Hollande's fiscal reform). Civil rights, and in particular LGBT rights promotion was another key issue for Vendola, who is the most prominent openly gay Italian politician; during the campaign, he hit the headlines stating his will to marry his current partner and build a family. However, Vendola's campaign started in earnest only at the beginning of November, when he was acquitted in a corruption trial; if found guilty, he promised he would have left politics immediately.

Puppato and Tabacci, unanimously considered underdogs, were left with little media coverage and generally neglected. Puppato, who as mayor of Montebelluna gained popularity for her environmentalist battles, belonged to the "green" faction of the PD and campaigned on sustainable development and green economy promotion; moreover, being the only woman to contest the race, she raised the issue of discrimination against women, particularly stressing the gender pay gap and the rise of domestic violence. Tabacci, whose candidacy was aimed at representing the moderate values in the primaries, emphasized honesty and responsibility in politics, gaining widespread respect for his coherence and moral integrity, even from the far left.

Secretary Pier Luigi Bersani countered Renzi's calls for *Rottamazione* with pledges to a deep but milder renewal in the party. He mounted up a campaign based on a mainstream social democratic platform, building his own image of reformist - during his tenure as minister in the Prodi II Cabinet, he became famous for his liberalization efforts, popularly called *Lenzuolate* \- but firmly anchored to the values of the left; he was depicted as the "used safe", an experienced yet efficient politician, the only candidate capable of keeping together the coalition and with the standing needed to deal with the other European leaders.

Right from the start, being the PD by far the largest party in the coalition, the media reduced (somewhat forcedly) the contest to a race between Bersani and Renzi, with the former constantly leading in the polls by a comfortable margin but still below the 50% threshold needed to avoid the run-off. Trying to close the gap, Renzi toured all 108 Provinces of Italy with a camper, and repeatedly asked for a relaxation of the rules, since an increase in the turnout seemed to go to Renzi's advantage.

The electoral committee soon received many offers by all main TV channels to organize a debate among all candidates. In the end, the debate was held on 12 November and aired live in prime-time by Sky TG24 and Cielo, both belonging to the private television platform Sky Italia; this caused controversy, mainly because Italian public network RAI repeatedly demanded to host the event but was turned down. The debate, that was widely considered a success, being watched by over 1.5 million viewers, was narrowly won by Renzi, but the polls did not show any significant improvement in his numbers. Calls from both Vendola and Renzi to hold another public debate were denied by Bersani.

On election day, little more than 3 million people cast their vote, a sharp decline in turnout if compared to the previous primaries but well beyond the rosiest prospects nonetheless. As widely expected, Bersani gained a plurality but not an absolute majority, with Renzi coming distant second. Renzi came first in his native Tuscany, Umbria and Marche, widely known as the "reddest" regions of Italy, and was highly competitive in the rich North-West; on the other hand, Bersani won all major cities (with the exception of Renzi's Florence) and prevailed overwhelmingly in the South, where Renzi often yielded the second place to Vendola. The leader of SEL had disappointing results, coming third overall with only 15% of the votes and narrowly losing his own region to Bersani.

### Second round

#### Vendola's endorsement

Vendola, leader of the leftist component of the coalition, soon declared his personal support for Bersani, initially only informally, later joining the PD Secretary in a common electoral rally in Naples; Vendola's widely expected endorsement ostensibly tilted the balance in Bersani's favor.

#### Renzi's last attack over the rules

Renzi countered by reviving the long-drawn-out strife over the rules, publicly inviting those who had not voted in the first round to register and take part to the run-off, though this was forbidden by the electoral committee.

As a matter of fact, the rules were somewhat ambiguous on that point, stating that those willing to vote in the second round had to justify their absence on the first, but an initially rather lenient interpretation was later reversed for a much stricter one, much to Renzi's chagrin, who openly denounced the attempt to rig the elections by the establishment-controlled electoral committee.

Bersani replied by officially charging his opponent with trying to raid the vote. All candidates who had been eliminated in the first round soon joined Bersani in his protests. Seeing that the attack over the rules had substantially backfired on him, on the last day of campaign Renzi gave up, promising to respect in any case the outcome of the vote.

In the end, over 120,000 more people applied to register, but only little more than 7,000 were actually allowed to vote.

#### The second debate

A second TV debate between the two candidates was held on 28 November, this time aired by Rai 1, the oldest and most popular Italian TV channel, again live and in prime-time. The debate lasted little less than two hours, hosted by TG1 leading anchorwoman Monica Maggioni, who posed questions drafted by the newsroom and posted by the audience in the TG1 website over the previous days. The debate featured hook-ups with electoral committees of both candidates, who too had the opportunity to ask questions.

Like the previous debate, the contest was dominated by fair-play, with no cheap shots and leaving alone the quarrel about the rules. Again, Renzi seemed more at ease with the quick TV pace and emerged as the clear winner, but Bersani held out, keeping his lead in the polls.

#### Election results

On 2 December Bersani won the run-off with around 61% of the vote, a higher margin than expected. Bersani again swept the South, that voted *en masse* for him, and swung to his column Umbria and Marche, thus leaving to Renzi only Tuscany. With Bersani's victory becoming apparent soon after the closing of the polls, Renzi quickly conceded, thanking his supporters and calling for party unity.

## Results

| Candidates | | Parties | | 1st round | | 2nd round | |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| | Votes | | % | Votes | % |
|  | **Pierluigi Bersani** | Democratic Party (*Partito Democratico*) | PD | **1,395,096** | **44.9** | **1,706,457** | **60.9** |
|  | Matteo Renzi | Democratic Party (*Partito Democratico*) | PD | **1,104,958** | **35.5** | 1,095,925 | 39.1 |
|  | Nichi Vendola | Left Ecology Freedom (*Sinistra Ecologia e Libertà*) | SEL | 485,689 | 15.6 |  |  |
|  | Laura Puppato | Democratic Party (*Partito Democratico*) | PD | 80,628 | 2.6 |  |  |
|  | Bruno Tabacci | Alliance for Italy (*Alleanza per l'Italia*) | ApI | 43,840 | 1.4 |  |  |
| **Total** | | | | 3,110,210 | 100 | 2,802,382 | 100 |

| First round   Bersani  44.9%  Renzi  35.5%  Vendola  15.6%  Puppato  2.6%  Tabacci  1.4% |
| --- |

| Second round   Bersani  60.9%  Renzi  39.1% |
| --- |

## Further reading

* Bianca Gelli; Terri Mannarini; Cosimo Talò, eds. (2013). *Perdere vincendo: Dal successo delle primarie 2012 all'impasse post-elettorale*. FrancoAngeli.

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## InfoBox

2012 Italian centre-left primary election
| --- | |
| --- | --- |
|  | |
| Nominee **Pier Luigi Bersani** Matteo Renzi   Party Democratic Party Democratic Party  Popular vote **1,706,457** 1,095,925  Percentage **60.9%** 39.1% | |
| ---  Primary election results map. Red denotes provinces with a Bersani plurality and Azure denotes those with a Renzi plurality. | |


title: Franziska Matile-Dörig

abstract: Franziska Matile-Dörig is a Swiss para-cyclist.

text:
# Franziska Matile-Dörig

**Franziska Matile-Dörig** (born 26 March 1992) is a Swiss para-cyclist.

## Sporting career

Matile-Dörig was a competitive orienteering athlete. After a long injury break, she retired as a squad athlete, but continued running, mountain sports, ski touring and trail running. She worked as a physiotherapist and trained as an outdoor guide. In a traffic accident in April 2021, she suffered broken bones in both feet. Her left foot was subsequently stiff and deformed. As part of her rehabilitation, she was suggested to take up cycling.

In 2022, Matile-Dörig took part in her first paracycling race in Brugg and came into contact with national coach Dany Hirs, who has been training her ever since. She achieved her first podium finish in the Paracycling World Cup in Maniago, Italy, finishing third in the individual time trial. In 2023 she won four medals: At the European Road Championships she became two-time European champion in time trial and road race. At the World Track Championships she won silver in the scratch and bronze in the omnium.

## Awards and honors

In 2023, Matile-Dörig was honored with the Newcomer Award at the Swiss Paralympic Night.

*

## InfoBox

Franziska Matile-Dörig
| Matile-Dörig winning gold at the 2024 UCI Para-cycling Road World Championships | |
| --- | --- |
| Personal information | |
| Born | (1992-03-26) 26 March 1992 |
| Home town | Winterthur, Switzerland |
| Sport | |
| Country | Switzerland |
| Sport | Para-cycling |
| Disability class | C4 |
| Event(s) | Road cycling, track cycling |
| Medal record      Para-cycling  Paralympic Games  2024 Paris Road time trial C4  Road World Championships  2024 Zurich Time trial C4  2024 Zurich Road race C4  Track World Championships  2023 Glasgow Scratch race C4  2023 Glasgow Omnium C4  2024 Rio de Janeiro Scratch race C4  European Para Championships  2023 Rotterdam Road time trial C4  2023 Rotterdam Road race C4 | |


title: 1999 Soul Train Music Awards

abstract: The 1999 Soul Train Music Awards was held at the Shrine Auditorium in Los Angeles, California and aired live in select cities on March 26, 1999, honoring the best in R&B, soul, rap, jazz, and gospel music from the previous year. The show was hosted by Tyra Banks, Brian McKnight and Monica.

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# 1999 Soul Train Music Awards

The **1999 Soul Train Music Awards** was held at the Shrine Auditorium in Los Angeles, California and aired live in select cities on March 26, 1999 (and was later syndicated in other areas), honoring the best in R&B, soul, rap, jazz, and gospel music from the previous year. The show was hosted by Tyra Banks, Brian McKnight and Monica.

## Special awards

### Quincy Jones Award for Outstanding Career Achievements

### Sammy Davis Jr. Award for Entertainer of the Year – Male

### Sammy Davis Jr. Award for Entertainer of the Year – Female

## Winners and nominees

Winners are in **bold** text.

### R&B/Soul or Rap Album of the Year

### Best R&B/Soul Album – Male

### Best R&B/Soul Album – Female

### Best R&B/Soul Album – Group, Band or Duo

### Best R&B/Soul Single – Male

### Best R&B/Soul Single – Female

### Best R&B/Soul Single – Group, Band or Duo

### The Michael Jackson Award for Best R&B/Soul or Rap Music Video

### Best R&B/Soul or Rap New Artist

### Best Jazz Album

### Best Gospel Album

## Performers

## InfoBox

| Soul Train Music Awards | |
| --- | --- |
| Date | March 26, 1999 (1999-03-26) |
| Location | Shrine Auditorium, Los Angeles, California |
| Country | United States |
| Hosted by | Tyra Banks, Monica, <br>and Brian McKnight |
| First awarded | 1987 |
| Most awards | Lauryn Hill (4) |
| Website | soultrain.com |
| Television/radio coverage | |
| Network | WGN America |
|


title: 1992 Asian Basketball Club Championship

abstract: The Asian Basketball Club Championship 1992 was the 5th staging of the Asian Basketball Club Championship, the basketball club tournament of Asian Basketball Confederation. The tournament was held in Bangkok, Thailand from April 26 to May 1, 1992.

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# 1992 Asian Basketball Club Championship

The **Asian Basketball Club Championship 1992** was the 5th staging of the Asian Basketball Club Championship, the basketball club tournament of Asian Basketball Confederation. The tournament was held in Bangkok, Thailand from April 26 to May 1, 1992.

## Final standing

| Rank | Team |
| --- | --- |
|  | Kia Motors |
|  | Liaoning Hunters |
|  | Kazma |
| 4 | Thai Ruamsin |
| 5 | Seasonal |
| 6 | Asia Electric |
| 7 | Johor Tigers |

## InfoBox

1992 FIBA Asia Champions Cup
| 5th Asia Champions Cup | |
| --- | --- |
| Tournament details | |
| Host country | Thailand |
| Dates | 26 April–1 May |
| Teams | 7 |
| Venue(s) | 1 (in 1 host city) |
| Final positions | |
| Champions | South Korea (1st title) |
|


abstract: The women's discus throw at the 2014 IPC Athletics European Championships was held at the Swansea University Stadium from 18 to 23 August.

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# 2014 IPC Athletics European Championships – Women's discus throw

The **women's discus throw at the 2014 IPC Athletics European Championships** was held at the Swansea University Stadium from 18 to 23 August.

## Medalists

| Event | Gold | | Silver | | Bronze | |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| F11/12 | Assunta Legnante (F11)
Italy | 29.91
1068 pts | Sofia Oksem (F12)
Russia | 45.97 **WR**
1048 pts | Marija Iveković (F12)
Croatia | 39.66
923 pts |
| F38 | Viktorya Yasevych (T37)
Ukraine | 28.69 | Irina Vertinskaya (T37)
Russia | 28.35 | Ingrīda Priede (T38)
Latvia | 27.63 |
| F55 | Marianne Buggenhagen
Germany | 24.62 | Daniela Todorova
Bulgaria | 16.43 | Solmaz Safarova
Azerbaijan | 16.32 |
| F57 | Stela Eneva
Bulgaria | 31.88 | Orla Barry
Ireland | 28.13 | Ilke Wyludda
Germany | 27.87 |


title: Atomic Industrial Forum

abstract: The Atomic Industrial Forum (AIF) was an industrial policy organization for the commercial development of nuclear power and energy.

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# Atomic Industrial Forum

The **Atomic Industrial Forum** (**AIF**) was an industrial policy organization for the commercial development of nuclear power and energy.

## History

### 1950s

The Atomic Industrial Forum history dates to Autumn 1952, when it was being first organized:

> I would propose that those industrial concerns, institutions and individuals that are today actively engaged in atomic energy research, development and operations form—voluntarily and without governmental urging or subsidy—a national association of atomic industries.
>
> T. Keith Glennan, President of the Case Institute of Technology and founding member, AIF Board of Directors, November 1952

In response, some 30 industrialists, engineers, and educators met in January 1953 to establish the forum. The AIF was formally incorporated on April 10, 1953, in New York City, and marked the beginning of the commercial nuclear power industry in the United StatesThe first Executive Director of AIF was Charles Robbins.

As a profit trade association the AIF advocated the peaceful uses of atomic energy and increasing the role of the private sector in its development. Its first order of business was to advocate revising the Atomic Energy Act of 1946 to allow and foster the commercial ownership of non weapons nuclear facilities, such as production of radioactive isotopes and nuclear power plants. AIF established strong working relationships with the U.S. Atomic Energy Commission and the Congressional Joint Committee on Atomic Energy. AIF's efforts helped to achieve the passage of the Atomic Energy Act of 1954 which resulted in the growth of a commercial nuclear industry. AIF was organized on the basis of an executive committee, the annual election of officers and a permanent operations staff, headed by an Executive Director, Mr. Charles Robbins.

### 1960s

In 1963 AIF established an international public information program. Working with other forums around the world, the program sought, through publications, workshops, exhibitions, speeches and outreach, to foster and achieve better understanding of the peaceful uses of atomic energy. Its first program director was Charles B.Yulish.

Both the government and private sectors involvement in atomic energy grew steadily; eventually, more that 125 commercial nuclear power plants provided 20 percent of America's electricity. At the same time there were increasing debates on safeguards and regulation. The Atomic Energy Commission, which both promoted, developed and regulated nuclear development, was split into two agencies—the Energy Research and Development Agency, now the Department of Energy, and the independent U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Administration.

As new challenges and opportunities evolved, new industry efforts and resources were required to address these matters.

### 1980s

In 1987 the AIF was reconfigured into the Nuclear Utility Management and Resources Council (NUMARC), which addressed generic regulatory and technical issues, and the U.S. Council for Energy Awareness (USCEA), founded in 1979. In 1994 these two organizations were again reorganized and re-purposed. The Nuclear Energy Institute and the American Nuclear Energy Council (ANEC conducted public affairs, and the nuclear division of the Edison Electric Institute (EEI), was responsible for issues involving nuclear fuel supply and management, and the economics of nuclear energy.

### 2000s

In 2011, the Nuclear Energy Institute became the leading organization representing the nuclear industry. NEI headquarters is in Washington, DC.


abstract: The 2007 Regions Morgan Keegan Championships and the Cellular South Cup were tennis tournaments played on indoor hard courts. It was the 32nd edition of the Regions Morgan Keegan Championships, the 22nd edition of the Cellular South Cup, and was part of the International Series Gold of the 2007 ATP Tour, and of the Tier III Series of the 2007 WTA Tour. Both the men's and the women's events took place at the Racquet Club of Memphis in Memphis, Tennessee, United States, from February 17 through February 25, 2007. The men's draw was led by ATP No. 4, US Open runner-up and Australian Open semifinalist Andy Roddick, other Australian Open semifinalist and Memphis defending champion Tommy Haas, and Doha finalist and San Jose winner Andy Murray. Other seeds were Australian Open quarterfinalist and Auckland semifinalist Mardy Fish, Chennai and Delray Beach champion Xavier Malisse, Jürgen Melzer, Julien Benneteau and Robby Ginepri. On the women's side were announced Australian Open quarterfinalist and Gold Coast semifinalist Shahar Pe'er, Antwerp semifinalist and Paris quarterfinalist Tatiana Golovin, and Tokyo and Quebec City champion Marion Bartoli. Also present in the field were Tokyo doubles titlist Samantha Stosur, Pattaya City doubles winner Nicole Pratt, Shenay Perry, Venus Williams and Jill Craybas.

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# 2007 Regions Morgan Keegan Championships and the Cellular South Cup

The **2007 Regions Morgan Keegan Championships and the Cellular South Cup** were tennis tournaments played on indoor hard courts. It was the 32nd edition of the Regions Morgan Keegan Championships, the 22nd edition of the Cellular South Cup, and was part of the International Series Gold of the 2007 ATP Tour, and of the Tier III Series of the 2007 WTA Tour. Both the men's and the women's events took place at the Racquet Club of Memphis in Memphis, Tennessee, United States, from February 17 through February 25, 2007.

The men's draw was led by ATP No. 4, US Open runner-up and Australian Open semifinalist Andy Roddick, other Australian Open semifinalist and Memphis defending champion Tommy Haas, and Doha finalist and San Jose winner Andy Murray. Other seeds were Australian Open quarterfinalist and Auckland semifinalist Mardy Fish, Chennai and Delray Beach champion Xavier Malisse, Jürgen Melzer, Julien Benneteau and Robby Ginepri.

On the women's side were announced Australian Open quarterfinalist and Gold Coast semifinalist Shahar Pe'er, Antwerp semifinalist and Paris quarterfinalist Tatiana Golovin, and Tokyo and Quebec City champion Marion Bartoli. Also present in the field were Tokyo doubles titlist Samantha Stosur, Pattaya City doubles winner Nicole Pratt, Shenay Perry, Venus Williams and Jill Craybas.

## Finals

### Men's singles

Tommy Haas defeated  Andy Roddick, 6–3, 6–2

* It was Tommy Haas' 1st title of the year, and his 11th overall. It was his 3rd win at the event, and his 2nd consecutive one.

### Women's singles

Venus Williams defeated  Shahar Pe'er, 6–1, 6–1

* It was Venus Williams' 1st title of the year, and her 34th overall. It was her 3rd win at the event.

### Men's doubles

Eric Butorac /  Jamie Murray defeated  Julian Knowle /  Jürgen Melzer, 7–5, 6–3

### Women's doubles

Nicole Pratt /  Bryanne Stewart defeated  Jarmila Gajdošová /  Akiko Morigami, 7–5, 4–6, \[10–5\]

## InfoBox

| 2007 Regions Morgan Keegan Championships<br>and Cellular South Cup | |
| --- | --- |
| Date | February 19–25 |
| Edition | 32nd (men) / 22nd (women) |
| Surface | Hard / indoor |
| Location | Memphis, TN, United States |
| Venue | Racquet Club of Memphis |
| Champions | |
| Men's singles | |
| Tommy Haas | |
| Women's singles | |
| Venus Williams | |
| Men's doubles | |
| Eric Butorac /  Jamie Murray | |
| Women's doubles | |
| Nicole Pratt /  Bryanne Stewart | |
|  | |


title: 38th New Brunswick Legislature

abstract: The 38th New Brunswick Legislative Assembly represented New Brunswick between March 5, 1936, and October 24, 1939. Murray MacLaren served as Lieutenant-Governor of New Brunswick. Hedley F. G. Bridges was chosen as speaker. The Liberal Party led by Allison Dysart formed the government.

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# 38th New Brunswick Legislature

The **38th New Brunswick Legislative Assembly** represented New Brunswick between March 5, 1936, and October 24, 1939.

Murray MacLaren served as Lieutenant-Governor of New Brunswick.

Hedley F. G. Bridges was chosen as speaker.

The Liberal Party led by Allison Dysart formed the government.

## History

## Members

| Electoral District | Name | Party |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Saint John County | Robert McAllister | Conservative |
| | H. Colby Smith | Conservative |
| York | John B. McNair | Liberal |
| | Ernest W. Stairs | Liberal |
| | H. Ralph Gunter | Liberal |
| | Stewart E. Durling | Liberal |
| Westmorland | Austin C. Taylor | Liberal |
| | Frank H. Copp | Liberal |
| | E. R. McDonald | Liberal |
| | Simeon Melanson | Liberal |
| Kings | Walter W. V. Foster | Liberal |
| | Colin C. McDonald | Liberal |
| | W. A. Jeffries | Liberal |
| Queens | F. A. McGrand | Liberal |
| | W. M. Jenkins | Liberal |
| Charlotte | A. D. Dyas | Conservative |
| | J.J. Hayes Doone | Liberal |
| | R. Fraser Keay | Liberal |
| | Foster C. Calder | Liberal |
| Northumberland | William S. Anderson | Liberal |
| | Richard J. Gill | Liberal |
| | Frederick M. Tweedie | Liberal |
| | Hidulphe A. Savoie | Liberal |
| Sunbury | Gabriel F. Smith | Liberal |
| | W. C. Lawson | Liberal |
| Kent | A. Allison Dysart | Liberal |
| | Auguste J. Bordage | Liberal |
| | François G. Richard | Liberal |
| Gloucester | Clovis T. Richard | Liberal |
| | J. André Doucet | Liberal |
| | F.T.B. Young | Liberal |
| | William A. Losier | Liberal |
| Carleton | Edwin W. Melville | Conservative |
| | Gladstone W. Perry | Conservative |
| | Fred C. Squires | Conservative |
| Restigouche | H.F.G. Bridges | Liberal |
| | Philibert LeBlanc | Liberal |
| Albert | H. O. Downey | Liberal |
| | Fred Colpitts | Liberal |
| Victoria | Frederick W. Pirie | Liberal |
| | John W. Niles | Liberal |
| Madawaska | Pio Laporte | Liberal |
| | J. Gaspard Boucher | Liberal |
| Saint John City | A. P. Paterson | Liberal |
| | W. F. Roberts | Liberal |
| | Horace A. Porter | Liberal |
| | E. J. Henneberry | Liberal |
| Moncton | Charles H. Blakeney | Liberal |

1. Family History
* *Canadian Parliamentary Guide, 1939*, AL Normandin


title: Basselinia

abstract: Basselinia is a genus of flowering plant in the family Arecaceae. The entire genus is endemic to the Island of New Caledonia in the Pacific. In some molecular phylogenetic analyses, Hedyscepe from Lord Howe Island is nested in Basselinia.

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# Basselinia

***Basselinia*** is a genus of flowering plant in the family Arecaceae. The entire genus is endemic to the Island of New Caledonia in the Pacific. In some (but not all) molecular phylogenetic analyses, *Hedyscepe* from Lord Howe Island is nested in *Basselinia*.

## List of species

## InfoBox

| *Basselinia* | |
| --- | --- |
|  | |
| *Basselinia pancheri* | |
|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| *Clade*: | Tracheophytes |
| *Clade*: | Angiosperms |
| *Clade*: | Monocots |
| *Clade*: | Commelinids |
| Order: | Arecales |
| Family: | Arecaceae |
| Subfamily: | Arecoideae |
| Tribe: | Areceae |
| Subtribe: | Basseliniinae |
| Genus: | *Basselinia*<br>Vieill. |
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| Synonyms | |
| * *Microkentia* H.Wendl. ex Hook.f. * *Nephrocarpus* Dammer * *Alloschmidia* H.E.Moore | |


title: 2012 Ivan Hlinka Memorial Tournament

abstract: The 2012 Ivan Hlinka Memorial Tournament was an under-18 ice hockey tournament held in Břeclav, Czech Republic, and Piešťany, Slovakia, on August 13–18, 2012. As in the previous two years, the venues were Alcaplast Arena in Břeclav and Patrícia Ice Arena 37 in Piešťany.

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# 2012 Ivan Hlinka Memorial Tournament

The **2012 Ivan Hlinka Memorial Tournament** was an under-18 ice hockey tournament held in Břeclav, Czech Republic, and Piešťany, Slovakia, on August 13–18, 2012. As in the previous two years, the venues were Alcaplast Arena in Břeclav and Patrícia Ice Arena 37 in Piešťany.

## Preliminary round

### Group A

| Team | Pld | W | OTW | OTL | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Finland | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 13 | 2 | 6 |
| Czech Republic | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 6 | +3 | 6 |
| Russia | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 5 | +5 | 5 |
| United States | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 15 | 6 | 1 |

Source:

### Group B

| Team | Pld | W | OTW | OTL | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Canada | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 8 | +6 | 9 |
| Sweden | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 20 | 14 | +6 | 6 |
| Switzerland | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 12 | 3 | 3 |
| Slovakia | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 14 | 9 | 0 |

Source:

## Final round

### Seventh place game

| August 17, 2012 | Slovakia | **3–5** | United States | Patrícia Ice Arena 37 |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |

### Fifth place game

| August 17, 2012 | Russia | **7–5** | Switzerland | Alcaplast Arena |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |

### Semifinal 1

| August 17, 2012 | Finland | **5–4 (OT)**
(2–1, 0–3, 2–0, 1–0) | Sweden | Patrícia Ice Arena 37 |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |

### Semifinal 2

| August 17, 2012 | Canada | **5–2**
(1–1, 2–0, 2–1) | Czech Republic | Alcaplast Arena |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |

### Bronze medal game

| August 18, 2012 | Sweden | **2–1**
(0–0, 1–1, 1–0) | Czech Republic | Alcaplast Arena |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |

|  | | | | |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|  |  |  |  |  |
| | Lucas Wallmark (Gunnarsson, Krupic) 1–0   1–1 Petr Ceslik (Pokorny)  Andre Burakowsky (Crus Rydberg) 2–1 | | | |
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### Gold medal game

| August 18, 2012 | Canada | **4–0**
(0–0, 3–0, 1–0) | Finland | Patrícia Ice Arena 37 |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |

| Game reference | | | | |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|  | Zachary Fucale | *Goalies* | Ville Husso |  |
| | Nathan MacKinnon (Drouin) 1–0   Nathan MacKinnon (Ritchie) 2–0   Curtis Lazar (Horvat, Domi) 3–0   Nathan MacKinnon (Morrissey, Drouin) 4–0 | | | |
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### Final standings

| Rk. | Team |
| --- | --- |
|  | Canada |
|  | Finland |
|  | Sweden |
| 4. | Czech Republic |
| 5. | Russia |
| 6. | Switzerland |
| 7. | United States |
| 8. | Slovakia |

## InfoBox

2012 Ivan Hlinka Memorial Tournament
| Tournament details | |
| --- | --- |
| Host countries | Slovakia
Czech Republic |
| Venue(s) | 2 (in 2 host cities) |
| Dates | August 13–18, 2012 |
| Teams | 8 |
| Final positions | |
| Champions | Canada |
| Runner-up | Finland |
| Third place | Sweden |
| Fourth place | Czech Republic |
| Tournament statistics | |
| Games played | 18 |
| Goals scored | 129 (7.17 per game) |
| Scoring leader(s) | Nathan MacKinnon (5 goals, 6 assists) |
|  | |


title: Franz Heck

abstract: Franz Heck was a Luxembourgish racing cyclist. He won the Luxembourgish National Road Race Championships in 1922.

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# Franz Heck

**Franz Heck** (6 February 1899 in Gilsdorf – 8 January 1977 in Cannes) was a Luxembourgish racing cyclist. He won the Luxembourgish National Road Race Championships in 1922.

## InfoBox

Franz Heck
| Personal information | |
| --- | --- |
| Born | (1899-02-06)6 February 1899
Gilsdorf, Luxembourg |
| Died | 8 January 1977(1977-01-08) (aged 77)
Cannes, France |
| Team information | |
| Discipline | Road |
| Role | Rider |