2004 Belarusian referendum

A referendum on allowing President Lukashenko to stand in further elections was held in Belarus on 17 October 2004, alongside parliamentary elections. Lukashenko was nearing the end of his constitutionally-limited two terms, and the change would allow him to run for a third term. The result was 88.9% in favour, with a turnout of 90.3%.

Results

Controversy
Paragraph 112 of Belarusian Electoral Code lists "questions connected with election and dismissal of the President of the Republic of Belarus" among questions prohibited from being brought out to the Republican referendum. There were several arrests of protesters against the result and reports of oppositional leaders being beaten by police.

References

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Raska Lukwiya

Raska Lukwiya (died August 12, 2006) was the third highest-ranking leader of the Lord's Resistance Army rebel group founded in northern Uganda. Believed to be a native of Uganda's northern Gulu District, Lukwiya served successively as Brigade General, Deputy Army Commander and Army Commander of the LRA, the last being the highest LRA rank after those held by Joseph Kony and Vincent Otti.

He was one of five LRA leaders for whom the International Criminal Court issued their first ever warrants in June 2005 and was charged with three counts: one of enslavement constituting a crime against humanity and one count each of cruel treatment and attacks on civilians constituting war crimes.

He was killed in fighting with the government Uganda People's Defence Force while peace negotiations brokered by the government of Southern Sudan were still underway.

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Annuello, Victoria

Annuello is a locality situated in the Mallee region of Australia.  By road, Annuello is about  north from Koimbo and  south from Robinvale.

It is located in a wheat growing area settled by WW1 soldier settlers in the 1920s, a Post Office opening on April 15, 1921 when the railway arrived  (closed 1976). A strain of wheat suitable for the area is named Annuello.

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Macellum of Pozzuoli

The Macellum of Pozzuoli () was the macellum or market building of the Roman colony of Puteoli, now the city of Pozzuoli in southern Italy. When first excavated in the 18th century, the discovery of a statue of Serapis led to the building being misidentified as the city's serapeum or Temple of Serapis.

A band of borings or Gastrochaenolites left by marine Lithophaga bivalve molluscs on three standing marble columns indicated that these columns had remained upright over centuries while the site sank below sea level, then re-emerged. This puzzling feature was the subject of debate in early geology, and eventually led to the identification of bradyseism in the area, showing that the Earth's crust could be subject to gradual movement without destructive earthquakes.

Roman origins
The city of Dicearchia, founded by Greek refugees escaping dictatorship on Samos, was integrated into the Roman Empire as the city of Puteoli in 194 BC.  The macellum or food market was built between the late first and early second century AD, and restored during the third century AD under the Severan dynasty.

The building was in the form of an arcaded square courtyard, surrounded by two-storey buildings. Shops lined the marble floored colonnade forming an arcade with 34 grey granite columns. The main entrance and vestibule were positioned on a  main axis, which lined up across a tholos in the centre of the square to the exedra for worship which had a portico formed by four large cipollino marble columns. The exedra had three niches for statues of divinities giving protection to the market, including the sculpture of Serapis. The tholos in the centre of the square was a circular building standing on a podium reached by four symmetrically placed access stairways, with sixteen African marble columns supporting a domed vault. Marine animals decorated friezes around the base of the tholos. The courtyard had four secondary entrances on its longer sides, with latrines in the corners of the colonnade and four (probable) tabernae with their own external entrances as well as access from the arcade.

Excavation and influence on geology

King Charles of Naples had excavations carried out between 1750 and 1756, exposing the three large cipollino marble columns which gave the site its name of the "three column vineyard".  It attracted visits from antiquarians, among them William Hamilton whose Campi Phlegraei of 1776 showed a distant view of the buildings dry above sea level, and John Soane who "Went to the Temple of Jupiter Serapis" on 1 January 1779 and made rough sketches, as well as a plan of the complex, possibly copied from another drawing.

In 1798 Scipione Breislak described his fieldwork at the site in his Topografia fisica della Campania, and theorised about changes in sea level around that coast.  He argued that the evidence did not support the suggestion of falling sea levels worldwide, but thought seismic explanations were inadequate as earthquakes notoriously shook buildings until they collapsed, and the columns were still standing. He concluded that there must have been undetectable movement of the crust of the Earth, but recognised that this was unsatisfactory as the cause could not be seen. In 1802 John Playfair, in his Illustrations of the Huttonian Theory of the Earth, used Breislak's descriptions to support James Hutton's ideas of slow changes, attributing the differing heights of water around the columns to "oscillations" in the level of the land.

Between 1806 and 1818 further excavations exposed the whole of the "Serapeum" or "Temple of Serapis". The excavations lost stratigraphic information in the deposits which had buried the building, but the band of borings or Gastrochaenolites left by marine Lithophaga bivalves on the three standing marble columns provided a good record of relative sea level variation.

The antiquarian Andrea di Jorio studied the ruins, and in 1817 published a guidebook to the Phlegraean Fields, with a map of the area which had many hot springs and volcanic craters as well as antiquarian sites including the supposed Temple. By this time the pavement was flooded by the sea, indicating a slight lowering of the land level. In 1820, he published a study of his Ricerche sul Tempio di Serapide, in Puzzuoli, including an illustration based on a drawing by John Izard Middleton showing the three columns with the bands affected by molluscs.

In 1819 Giovanni Battista Brocchi proposed that the columns below the bands had been protected from the molluscs by being buried in silt or volcanic ash. The first volume of Veränderungen der Erdoberfläche by Karl Ernst Adolf von Hoff, published in 1822, included an account of the ruins as demonstrating relative changes in land and sea level. Hoff's second volume of 1824 reviewed how earthquakes might have caused this, and mentioned Jorio's study. Hoff's account motivated Johann Wolfgang von Goethe to publish his own idea, coined when he visited the site in 1787. In Goethe's 1823 Architektonisch-naturhistorisches Problem, he suggested that silt or ash had partially buried the columns and at the same time held back water forming a lagoon above sea level. Robert Jameson had this paper translated for his Edinburgh journal, to oppose Playfair's views. Other naturalists thought this unlikely, as the fresh water lagoon would not have supported marine molluscs, and the sea was by then higher than at the time of Goethe's visit.

In his 1826 book A Description of Active and Extinct Volcanoes, Charles Daubeny dismissed the implied sinking of the land by  followed by almost as great a rise as unlikely, since "it is probable that not a single pillar of the temple would now retain its erect posture to attest the reality of these convulsions". Daubeny also doubted changing sea levels, so concluded that the bands of holes bored by molluscs must be due to local damming of water around the buildings.

Charles Lyell's Principles of Geology of 1830 featured as its frontispiece a replication of di Jorio's illustration of the columns (shown above), and a detailed section discussing their significance. He strongly contested Daubeny's argument, and instead proposed slow and steady geological forces.  Lyell wrote "That buildings should have been submerged, and afterwards upheaved, without being entirely reduced to a heap of ruins, will appear no anomaly, when we recollect that in the year 1819, when the delta of the Indus sank down, the houses within the fort of Sindree subsided beneath the waves without being overthrown." In 1832 the young Charles Darwin used Lyell's methods at the first landfall of the Beagle survey voyage, while considering evidence of land rising up at St. Jago. In his journal, Darwin dismissed Daubeny's argument, and wrote that he felt "sure at St Jago in some places a town might have been raised without injuring a house."

Charles Babbage carried out a detailed survey of the ruins in 1828 and his Observations on the Temple of Serapis at Pozzuoli, near Naples were published in 1847. In some of the rooms of the macellum Babbage found a dark brownish encrustation of salts, and a thicker encrustation up to a height of about  from floor level. These have been interpreted as showing that as the building lowered, a little lake formed and allowed water to enter the building without there being a direct connection to the sea, then at a later stage the land subsided to the point where sea water came in, and the Lithophaga started drilling holes in the masonry up to  from floor level.

The identification of the building as a macellum or marketplace rather than a temple was made by Charles Dubois, who published a detailed account of the ruins of Pozzuoli in his Pouzzoles antiques. Histoire et topographie of 1907.

Modern investigations
More recent investigations of the vertical movements have shown that the site is near the centre of the Campi Flegrei (Phlegraean Fields) caldera and has been subject to repeated "slow earthquakes" or bradyseism of this shallow caldera resulting in relatively slow subsidence over long periods, drowning the ruin, punctuated by periods of relatively rapid uplift that caused it to re-emerge. After a long subsidence through Roman times, there was a period of uplift in the Middle Ages around AD 700 to 800, then after more subsidence the land rose again from around 1500 up to the last eruption in 1538. The land again subsided gradually, then between 1969 and 1973 the land rose by about .  Over the following decade there was a little subsidence, then between 1982 and 1994 there was uplift of almost .  Concerns about risks of earthquake damage and possible eruption led to temporary evacuation of the city of Pozzuoli. Detailed measurements indicated that the caldera deformation formed a nearly circular lens centred near Pozzuoli. Various models have been produced to find mechanisms explaining this pattern.

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Alen Muratović

Alen Muratović (born October 23, 1979) is a handball player from Montenegro. He was born in Nikšić, SR Montenegro, Yugoslavia, and currently plays for Frigoríficos del Morrazo, after playing for Flensburg-Handewitt. He already played for Cangas during 2003–2005 period. He played too for national team of Montenegro.

Clubs
 RK Lovćen Cetinje (1996–2003)
 CB Cangas (2003–2005)
 BM Valladolid (2005–2008)
 SG Flensburg-Handewitt (2008–2010)
 CB Cangas (2013–)

References

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Big Nick

Big Nick may refer to:

People
Big Nick Nicholas (1922–1997), a jazz saxophonist
John Nicholls (footballer) (born 1939), a former Australian rules footballer for Carlton

Other uses
"Big Nick", a composition by John Coltrane featured on the album Duke Ellington & John Coltrane dedicated to the jazz saxophonist known as "Big Nick"


Seattle Cancer Care Alliance

Seattle Cancer Care Alliance (SCCA) is a cancer treatment and research center in Seattle, Washington. Established in 1998, this nonprofit provides clinical oncology care for patients treated at its three partner organizations: Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Seattle Children's and UW Medicine. Together, these four institutions form the Fred Hutch/University of Washington Cancer Consortium.

Overview
SCCA provides a variety of cancer treatments, such as bone marrow transplantation, surgical oncology, radiation oncology, proton therapy, immunotherapy, and palliative care, among others. SCCA survival rates for some forms of cancer such as lymphoma exceed national averages. Biospace reports that SCCA is one of fifty-one centers certified for chimeric antigen receptor T-cell (CAR-T) therapy, a type of treatment that engineers a patient's own immune cells to attack cancer cells.

In 2015, the Puget Sound Business Journal reported that SCCA employed 1,200 people and treated more than 7,000 patients from around the world. That same year SCCA researchers performed more than 200 clinical trials, investigating 48 different forms of cancer. In 2017, SCCA treated more than 38,000 patients, deriving most of its revenue from outpatient care. SCCA, along with its consortium partners, is the only NCI-designated comprehensive cancer center in Washington state. These centers receive support from the National Cancer Institute and must show expertise in research, patient care, and education.

Nancy Davidson, MD, is the president and executive director of SCCA. In January 2020, Aaron Crane was announced as executive vice president.

Recognition
Since 2008, U.S. News & World Report has named SCCA among its nationally ranked cancer hospitals in the United States. In 2019-2020, SCCA was ranked fifteenth and was also noted as "High Performing" in two areas: colon cancer surgery and lung cancer surgery.

In 2017, Becker's Hospital Review named SCCA one of the top 150 places to work in healthcare. The Seattle Chamber of Commerce named SCCA 2017 Nonprofit of the Year, an award that acknowledges organizations for meaningful contributions to the local community.

In 2019, the monthly magazine Seattle Met featured 78 doctors, physician assistants and nurse practitioners from SCCA on its "Top Doctors" list. These health care providers are nominated by their peers based on a variety of factors, such as years of experience, competency and patient satisfaction.

History
2001: SCCA opened its first outpatient clinic at 1354 Aloha Street in the South Lake Union neighborhood of Seattle.

2003: SCCA, as part of the Fred Hutchinson/University of Washington Cancer Consortium, became an NCI-designated Comprehensive Cancer Center.

2003: Olympic Medical Center in Sequim, Washington, became SCCA’s first affiliate member.

2006: SCCA opened the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Survivorship Center with a grant from the Lance Armstrong Foundation.

2008: SCCA introduced the MammoVan, a mobile digital mammography service that travels to communities throughout the Seattle area offering breast cancer screenings.

2009: SCCA opened an 80-suite residence, known as SCCA house, for patients traveling long distances to its facility for cancer treatment.

2013: In partnership with ProCure Treatment centers, SCCA launched a proton therapy center, the only one of its kind in a seven-state region.

2014: SCCA underwent a federal investigation after a staff member was discovered stealing oxycodone pills. Subsequently, SCCA agreed to pay a $250,000 fine and institute new prescription drug protocols to prevent future fraud.

2015: Rainier Storb, MD, received a $12.9 million grant to research new methods for improving the safety of stem-cell transplantation for people with congenital disorders.

2016: SCCA opened the Prostate Cancer Genetics Clinic. The first of its kind in the United States, this clinic offers genetic testing, counseling, and consultations to help patients determine if they carry inherited genes that increase their risk of contracting various forms of prostate cancer.

2016: The 9,000-square-foot Bezos Family Immunotherapy Clinic opened on the sixth floor of SCCA. The Seattle Times reported that the clinic was expected to increase the number of clinical trials available that test immunotherapy treatments.

2017: SCCA opened a multispecialty clinic for patients with kidney cancer. One of the first of its kind in the United States, it allows patients to see a medical oncologist, urologist, and radiation oncologist in one appointment.

2018: The National Institutes of Health awarded Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center a $10.24 million grant for Latina breast cancer research. SCCA’s MammoVan will assist in testing whether specific interventions increase mammography screening rates for Latina women.

2018: SCCA opened the Hematologic Malignancy Genetics Clinic, which provides genetic testing, counseling, and follow-up care for patients who may have an inherited risk of developing malignant blood disorders.

2019: SCCA opened two community clinics in Poulsbo and Issaquah.

2019: Washington State Governor Jay Inslee signed the Tobacco 21 Bill into law in a ceremony at Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center. The legislation makes it illegal to sell or give tobacco or vaping products to anyone under the age of 21. In attendance were SCCA doctors and leaders, including Nancy Davidson, MD, president and executive director of SCCA, and Keith Eaton, MD, PhD, clinical director of thoracic, head and neck cancer at SCCA.

2020: SCCA Peninsula, a radiation therapy clinic in Poulsbo, Washington, expanded its on-site services to include the following: hematology and oncology consultation and management, infusion therapy as well as pharmacy and supportive care.

Notable Faculty
Constance Lehman, MD, PhD, led a study showing that MRI scans of women who were diagnosed with cancer in one breast doubled the rate of cancer detection in the opposite breast.

Michael Mulligan, MD, is the first board-certified thoracic surgeon in the Pacific Northwest to develop expertise with video-assisted thoracic surgery (VAT).

Jim Olson, MD, PhD, along with colleagues from Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center and Seattle Children’s, developed a “tumor paint” that illuminates cancerous cells so surgeons can see more precisely where a tumor begins and ends.

Seth M. Pollack, MD, directs one of the only labs in the United States that is focused on using immunotherapy to fight various types of sarcoma.

Rainer Storb, MD, and colleagues from Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center developed the mini transplant, an approach to bone marrow transplantation that is less taxing to the patient.

Cassian Yee, MD, (a faculty member at Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center from 1998-2012) has been a pioneer in the field of adoptive T-Cell immunotherapy, a treatment that boosts the immune system’s ability to fight cancer. He has established standards for delivery of this treatment and has demonstrated that it produces a durable clinical response in patients with solid tumors, among other milestones.

Locations
Seattle Cancer Care Alliance has nine clinic locations:

South Lake Union: The main clinic provides outpatient oncology care for adult patients and pediatric services for children undergoing bone marrow transplantation.

Seattle Cancer Care Alliance Peninsula: Located in Poulsbo, Washington, this clinic provides radiation and medical oncology services.

Seattle Cancer Care Alliance Issaquah: Located in Issaquah, Washington, this clinic provides comprehensive cancer care, including medical oncology, infusion therapy, hematology, phlebotomy, nutrition and social work.

Seattle Children’s: SCCA provides inpatient care for children at this location. Services include medical oncology, hematology, and surgical oncology.

SCCA at UW Medical Center: The Seattle Cancer Care Alliance Hospital located at UW Medical Center provides inpatient oncology care for adults.

SCCA at EvergreenHealth: Located in Kirkland, Washington, this clinic provides outpatient medical oncology and hematology services for adults at Halvorson Cancer Center.

SCCA at UW Medicine's Northwest Hospital: This location provides outpatient oncology and hematology services.

SCCA Proton Therapy Center: Opened in 2013, the center is located on the UW Medicine Northwest Hospital & Medical Center campus. As of August 2018, it is one of 27 proton therapy centers in the United States.

SCCA at Overlake Medical Center: Located in Bellevue, Washington, this clinic will provide hematology, medical oncology, and infusion services, starting in July 2020.

Network Members
SCCA's Network Program provides cancer diagnostic and treatment information to community-based physicians at oncology programs throughout five states: Alaska, Montana, Idaho, Hawaii, and Washington. Members of the SCCA Network receive access to clinical trials, continuing education, consultations, and other resources.

References

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Strube

Strube is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:

Cordelia Strube, Canadian playwright and novelist
Gustav Strube (1867–1953), German conductor and composer
Henrik Strube (born 1949), Danish musician
Jürgen F. Strube (born 1939), German businessman


Amber Rayne

Meghan Elizabeth Wren (September 19, 1984 – April 2, 2016), known professionally as Amber Rayne, was an American pornographic actress.

Biography
Rayne was born in Detroit and raised in Northern California. She was of mixed Italian, Scottish and Native American descent. She attended California State University, Los Angeles. She worked as an extra in mainstream films and television shows prior to her adult film career.

Rayne entered the adult film industry in 2005. Early in her porn career she resided in Santa Monica, California. In April 2015 she announced her official retirement from adult films.

She came out of retirement to shoot her final adult film, Wanted, later that year. She had already promised the film's director, Stormy Daniels, that she would be part of the film six years prior to shooting it. Besides performing, she had also worked in the adult-film industry as a director, producer, and editor.

Rayne was a BDSM lifestyler both on-screen and in her personal life. She owned a horse farm and was a riding instructor. She had battled both non-Hodgkin lymphoma and uterine cancer.

Death
Rayne collapsed and died at her home in Los Angeles, California, on April 2, 2016. In late June 2016, the Los Angeles County Department of Medical Examiner-Coroner's office announced that her death was caused by an accidental drug overdose through the consumption of a combination of cocaine and alcohol.

Awards and nominations

References

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Thomas M. Tierney

Thomas M. Tierney (February 25, 1919 – May 18, 2001) was an American administrator who served as the Director of the Bureau of Health Insurance from 1967 to 1978.

He died of cancer on May 18, 2001, in Baltimore, Maryland at age 82.

References

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KCYC-LP

KCYC-LP (104.7 FM) is a radio station  broadcasting a religious radio format. Licensed to Yuba City, California, United States. The station is currently owned by Sutter County Sheriff’s Reserve Association.

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Kris Grikaite

Kristina Grikaite (; born July 25, 2000) is a Russian model of Lithuanian descent.

Early life and career
Grikaite was born on July 25, 2000 in Omsk, Russia, to a Lithuanian mother and Russian father. She began her modeling career in 2016, when she signed with Avant Models Agency.  Since S/S 2017, Kris has been an exclusive model for Prada's runway shows. She walked at Prada's S/S 2017 (exclusive), F/W 2017 Menswear, F/W 2017 (opened), S/S 2018 (opened) fashion shows and appeared in Prada's S/S 2017, F/W 2017 and S/S 2018 advertisement campaigns, shot by Willy Vanderperre.

Kris has appeared in editorials for Vogue US, British Vogue, Vogue Paris, Vogue Italia, Vogue Russia, Vogue China, Interview Magazine, Self Service and Love Magazine, photographed by David Mushegain, Benjamin Huseby, Patrick Demarchelier, David Sims, Mario Sorrenti, Amy Troost, Paolo Roversi, Christian MacDonald, Craig McDean, Daniel Jackson, Steven Klein and Alasdair McLellan. In May 2017, she appeared on the cover of Vogue Russia, photographed by Ben Weller. Since then, she has appeared on the covers of Vogue China and Document Journal.

She was included in the "Top Newcomers F/W 2017" Industry Selects list by British Vogue editor-in-chief Edward Enninful on Models.com, and is currently ranked as one of their Top 50 Models.

References

External links
Kris Grikaite at Models.com.
Kris Grikaite on Instagram.
Kris Grikaite in VK (personal page)
Kris Grikaite Avant Models

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Mirabad, Qom

Mirabad (, also Romanized as Mīrābād; also known as Qal‘eh Mīrābād) is a village in Qomrud Rural District, in the Central District of Qom County, Qom Province, Iran. At the 2006 census, its population was 204, in 48 families.

References

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Junkie

Junkie usually refers to:

 A person suffering from addiction

Entertainment and media
 Junkie (novel), a novel by William S. Burroughs

 "Junkie" (song), 2013 song by Medina featuring Svenstrup & Vendelboe
 "The Junkies" (pilot), a video
 The Junkies, a radio program
 MMAjunkie, a mixed martial arts website
 "Junkie", a song by Ozzy Osbourne from Down To Earth
 "Junky", a song by Brockhampton from Saturation II

People
 Junkie XL (born 1967), Dutch musician


Veselin Minev

Veselin Minev (Bulgarian Cyrillic: Веселин Минев; born 14 October 1980) is a Bulgarian professional footballer who plays as a defender for Vitosha Bistritsa.

He has a twin brother, Yordan, who is also a footballer.

Club career
Minev, together with his twin brother, started his career at Hebar Pazardzhik. Later, Minev joined Botev Plovdiv.

Levski Sofia
Minev came to Levski in June 2006.

On 9 May 2009, Minev and his twin brother Yordan entered in the history of The Eternal Derby. The situation was even more interesting, because Veselin was a left full-back and his brother Yordan was a right midfielder, and Veselin guarded his brother Yordan. Despite the tackles, after a foul against Veselin, Yordan came to him and call the referee.

He became a Champion of Bulgaria in 2008/2009 season. In 2009/2010 season, Levski achieved qualifying for UEFA Europa League becoming 3rd in the final ranking. During the 2010/2011 Levski qualified for UEFA Europa League after eliminating Dundalk F.C., Kalmar FF and AIK Fotboll. Levski was drawn in Group C, facing Gent, Lille and Sporting CP.

Antalyaspor

On 30 May 2011, Minev signed a three-year deal with Turkish club Antalyaspor for an undisclosed fee. He left the club in early December 2012 for personal reasons.

Botev Plovdiv
On 12 December 2012, immediately following the appointment of Stanimir Stoilov as head coach, Minev signed a 1.5-year contract (with the option for an additional year) with his former club Botev Plovdiv. Minev was among the first choice defenders during his time with the "canaries", captaining the team on occasions. His last game for the club was the 4:0 home victory against Libertas in the first qualifying round for UEFA Europa League on 3 July 2014.

Levski Sofia
In July 2014 Minev's contract with Botev was terminated due to the financial problems that occurred in the club. On the 7 July 2014 he returned to Levski signing a new 1+1 year deal with the club. He was released in June 2017.

Etar
On 16 June 2017, Minev signed a 1-year contract with newly promoted Etar Veliko Tarnovo.

Vereya
On 13 January 2018 Minev joined Vereya Stara Zagora on a six-month contract.

Tsarsko Selo
On 11 June 2018, Minev signed a 1-year contract with Second League club Tsarsko Selo.

International career
On 28 August 2009, Minev received his first international call-up for the World Qualifier match against Montenegro. He remained an unused substitute for the game.
On 10 October 2009, he made his debut for the national side in the 1:4 away loss to Cyprus, playing the full 90 minutes of the game. Minev was a starter for Bulgaria during the first two 2014 World Cup qualifiers, but in October 2012 he received a two-match ban for his involvement in a number of incidents during the ill-tempered match against Armenia.

Career statistics

Club
As of 13 January 2018.

International

Honours
 Champion of Bulgaria:  2006–07, 2008–09
 Bulgarian Cup 2007
 Bulgarian Supercup 2006–07, 2008–09

References

External links

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North Central Austin

North Central Austin is a colloquial term referring to an area north of downtown Austin, Texas.

Definitions

The City of Austin has no official definition of "North Central Austin".  The Planning and Development Review Department divides Austin's core into neighborhood planning areas, which mostly correspond to the boundaries of just one or two well-established neighborhood associations. The Austin Police Department has defined six area commands, among them "Central West", "Central East", "Northwest" and "Northeast", none of which are recognizable as "North Central". Austin's Parks and Recreation Department in its October 6, 2010, draft of its Long Range Plan appears to have revised its planning area definition, with Planning Area 9 corresponding to an area defined by Mopac on the west, 183 to the north, I-35 to the east and 2222 to the south, plus part of the North Lamar/Georgian Acres Combined NPA north of 183, and part of the North Loop NPA south of 2222.

The Austin Board of Realtors in 2007 defined 25 "ACTRIS" regions to assist realtors and the public with identifying real estate.  The North Central region runs from 2222 north all the way to 620 in Round Rock.

The civic organization Sustainable Neighborhoods of North Central Austin, which uses the term in its name, defines its territorial scope based on the boundaries of six neighborhood associations: Allandale, Brentwood, Crestview, Highland, North Shoal Creek, and Wooten.  This definition mostly corresponds to a diamond of land bounded by the roads Mopac-183-I35-45th St.  This part of Austin is undivided by highways, and shares a common architecture due to the prevalence of post-World War II single-family housing.

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1988 OTB Open

The 1988 OTB Open was a combined men's and women's tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts in Schenectady, New York in the United States that was part of the 1988 Nabisco Grand Prix and of the Category 1 tier of the 1988 WTA Tour. It was the second edition of the tournament and ran from July 18 through July 24, 1988.

Finals

Men's Singles

 Tim Mayotte defeated  Johan Kriek 5–7, 6–3, 6–2
 It was Mayotte's 2nd title of the year and the 10th of his career.

Women's Singles

 Gretchen Magers defeated  Terry Phelps 7–6, 6–4
 It was Magers' only title of the year and the 2nd of her career.

Men's Doubles

 Alexander Mronz /  Greg Van Emburgh defeated  Paul Annacone /  Patrick McEnroe 6–3, 6–7, 7–5
 It was Mronz's only title of the year and the 1st of his career. It was Van Emburgh's only title of the year and the 1st of his career.

Women's Doubles

 Ann Henricksson /  Julie Richardson defeated  Lea Antonoplis /  Cammy MacGregor 6–3, 3–6, 7–5
 It was Henricksson's 3rd title of the year and the 3rd of her career. It was Richardson's only title of the year and the 5th of her career.

References

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Vrba, Pljevlja

Vrba is a village in Pljevlja Municipality, in northern Montenegro. According to the 2003 census, the village had a population of 25 people.

References

Category:Populated places in Pljevlja Municipality


Modibo Mohammed Al Kaburi

Modibo Mohammed Al Kaburi was an esteemed scholar of Fula descent from Timbuktu, Mali. A Cadi and Jurist, as well as a professor at the Sankore Madrasah, he was celebrated for his piety,  becoming a companion with many of the most devout scholars at Sankore. He is remembered for having established the curriculum used by the later scholars at the university.

References

Category:Malian academics
Category:People from Timbuktu
Category:Malian scholars


KK Crikvenica

Košarkaški klub Crikvenica () is a professional basketball club based in Crikvenica, Croatia.

Notable players
 Goran Vrbanc

External links
Official Website

Category:Basketball teams in Croatia
Category:Basketball teams established in 1975
Category:Basketball teams in Yugoslavia


Karskie

Karskie  is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Repki, within Sokołów County, Masovian Voivodeship, in east-central Poland. It lies approximately  east of Repki,  east of Sokołów Podlaski, and  east of Warsaw.

References

Karskie


Wojnowo, Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship

Wojnowo  () is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Ruciane-Nida, within Pisz County, Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship, in northern Poland. It lies approximately  north-west of Ruciane-Nida,  west of Pisz, and  east of the regional capital Olsztyn.

Before 1945 the area was part of Germany (East Prussia).

The village was founded by Philipons, refugees from Russia, who were pursued for their religion in the 1830s and emigrated to Prussia. The community arrived in the village in the years 1828-32.

References

Wojnowo


PGRC

PGRC can refer to:

 Philadelphia Girls' Rowing Club
 A seedbank, including:
 Plant Genetic Resources Canada, part of Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada
 Plant Genetic Resources Centre:
 in Ethiopia, founded by Melaku Worede
 operated by the Southern African Development Community
 in Sri Lanka
 in Uganda


List of television stations in Baja California Sur

The following is a list of all IFT-licensed over-the-air television stations broadcasting in the Mexican state of Baja California Sur. There are 22 television stations in Baja California Sur.

List of television stations

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Baja California Sur


Badminton at the 2010 South American Games – Women's singles

The Women's Singles event at the 2010 South American Games was held over March 21–24.

Medalists

Draw

Finals

Top Half

Bottom Half

References
Draw

Women's Singles


List of Battle of the Planets episodes

Battle of the Planets episodes are listed below in their intended viewing order. Since most BotP animation came from Science Ninja Team Gatchaman, the numbers in parentheses to the right are the comparable episode numbers. However, there are at least five known viewing orders for the adaptation, one being the original Gatchaman viewing order, with another as a "suggested" viewing order for the dub.

Episodes vary in similarity between the two shows; G-Force: Guardians of Space was a more faithful English translation, and ADV's DVD releases have the most accurate English of all.

Episodes

References

Further reading
 G-Force: Animated (TwoMorrows Publishing: )

External links

Category:Lists of American children's animated television series episodes
Category:Gatchaman episodes


Stuttgart Observatory

Stuttgart Observatory (; 025) is an astronomical observatory owned and operated by the association Schwäbische Sternwarte e.V.. It is located on the Uhlandshöhe in Stuttgart, Germany. Public tours have been held since 1920 and the observatory claims to be one of the oldest in Germany.

History

On the Initiative of the astronomer and author Robert Henseling, the astronomic association Schwäbische Sternwarte e.V. was founded in 1919. The purposes for the newfound association were, and still are, to spread and explain astronomical knowledge to a broad public and to provide support for the Planetarium Stuttgart.

To gather enough monetary funds for the construction of the Observatory at the site it still is today, even such famous guest speakers as Albert Einstein followed the invitation to give a speech about astronomy and donate the revenue to the Schwäbische Sternwarte e.V.. The construction of the observatory, designed by Wilhelm Jost, took place in 1921. Already in early January 1922 the association started operations at the new observatory. During World War II, all activities at the observatory were suspended, only to be resumed in September 1947.

Instruments

The observatory is equipped with six telescopes, four of which are permanently mounted. The two others may be assembled if necessary.

Inside the bigger of the observatory's two astrodomes, the oldest of the six telescopes is attached to a mount reaching down to the bottom of the tower. This device is a 7-inch Zeiss telescope with 2.59-metre focal-length from 1911, one of the last still existent.

Another 7-inch refractor of newer design, a special H-alpha telescope and a 16-inch Newtonian telescope are located in separate sheds on the terrace between the two astrodomes.
The latter telescope is frequently used by the members of the association for their scientific research –  predominantly the observation of star occultations by minor planets. The results are sent to a Japanese institute. For observations made by the Stuttgart Observatory concerning occultations, the observatory code given by the Minor Planet Center is 025.

References

External links
 Stuttgart Observatory

Category:Astronomical observatories in Germany
Category:Buildings and structures in Stuttgart
Category:Tourist attractions in Stuttgart


Waterloo Park, Norwich

Waterloo Park is a public park located in Norwich. It forms one of a set of public parks established in the 1930s by Captain Arnold Sandys-Winsch, and was built by unemployed men using government funding. The original Waterloo parks dates from 1904. When the current park was opened in 1933, it was considered to be the finest park in East Anglia, with a pavilion in the style of Moderne architecture, a bandstand, sports facilities, gardens and a children's playground as part of its design. The herbaceous border is one of the longest in the United Kingdom.

The park's layout has remained largely unchanged since the 1930s, except for the children's garden, the bowling greens and most of the grass tennis courts, which are no longer used for their original purpose. Following a period of relative neglect, the park's main buildings were restored  in 2000, and the long-closed pavilion reopened as a café in 2017. The park is maintained by Norwich City Council.

History
Waterloo Park owes its existence to the work of the Norwich Playing Fields and Open Spaces Society, which saw how the urban population in the Angel Road area of the city was increasing rapidly, and so worked with the authorities to preserve land for use as a recreational space. Land owned by the Great Hospital Trust, surrounded by housing, was leased to the city in 1899. A new park, known at that time as the Catton Recreation Ground, was opened in May 1904, and included gardens created by local schoolchildren. In 1911, a proposal was made by the manufacturer Edwards & Holmes to build a shoe factory on land at Waterloo Park, an idea which never materialised.

The park was completely redesigned in 1929 by Captain Arnold Sandys-Winsch, originally from Cheshire, who had been appointed as the Norwich City Parks and Gardens Superintendent in 1919. With government funding provided to give temporary relief for unemployed local men, work was able to start. At , it was the second largest of a series of parks laid out by Sandys-Winsch in Norwich. The new park was opened in 1933, the last of his parks to be built, at a cost of £37,000. It was "considered to be one of the finest in East Anglia" when it opened to the public in 1933. By the time he had retired in 1956, Sandys-Winsch had helped to create  of urban parks and open spaces, and 20,000 trees.

The central pavilion was used as a temporary mortuary during the Second World War. After one air raid, the bodies of factory workers from across the other side of the city arrived at the park under police escort, to the horror of people using the nearby tennis courts, who had been unaware of the raid that had happened.

Waterloo Park and its pavilion, pagodas, bandstand and front gates are all designated as Grade II* listed structures, due to the park being considered to be a good example of an early twentieth century municipal park. The overall layout has remained largely unchanged since the 1930s. Since the 1960s, some of the facilities have been modified, so that original features such as the school garden and the moat around the edge of the central garden no longer exist. The park has been recognised by Norwich City Council as an 'historic landscape'. In 1962, £1000 was spent by the council in renovating the pavilion, an expense which was criticized by the local press at the time.

Recent history
The work done by the Countryside Commission in the early 1970s failed to provide for the needs of urban parks in the UK, and after losing its permanent team of dedicated staff, the buildings and landscape within Waterloo Park started to deteriorate. Vandalism and neglect have led to the bowling greens and their pavilions being abandoned. The park was amongst the earliest to be placed on the Register of Historic Parks and Gardens of Special Historic Interest in England, when it was included on the list in 1993. In 2000, Norwich City Council was amongst the first recipients to succeed in obtaining funds from the Urban Parks Programme of the  Heritage Lottery Fund to restore its historic parks. It used part of the £5.6 million it received to restore Waterloo Park's pavilion and many of its facilities.

In 2015, Norwich City Council resolved to deal with problems with the water-damaged roof of the pavilion by spending £210,000 on repairs that year, and £40,000 during 2016/17. In 2017, after the main repairs had been completed, the restored pavilion was reopened as a café, as part of an enterprise to assist low-risk prisoners and ex-offenders to gain work experience. Working in partnership with the council, Britannia Enterprises planned to help maintain and restore the park as well as run the café. The café was forced to close in January 2020.

In 2018 the Friends of Waterloo Park was set up, with the initial aim of bringing more sporting opportunities, children's activities and live music to the park. The park was included in the city council's tree planting list for 2018–19, to include the planting of examples of trees that included  silver birch, Himalayan birch, Davidia involucrata and southern magnolia.

Facilities

As a park that, according to George Ismael of Norwich City Council, "represents the last phase of municipal park building in Britain", Waterloo Park has been described as having "stylistic unity" with Norwich's other historic parks, and a design that "displays a sensitive response to the [surrounding] landscape". Everywhere in the park can be accessed by disabled visitors. There are  of gardens, dominated by the bandstand and the Art Deco central pavilion. The park also has a children's playground, tennis courts, and open areas once used to play cricket and hockey, as well as toilet facilities. The pavilion, bandstand, pagodas, steps and walls are all built from reconstituted stone, but which looks realistically natural.

The park has one of the country's largest herbaceous borders. The flowerbeds, which once contained roses and annuals that were very expensive to maintain, now have plants that can be sustained ecologically, as they are perennials. According to Ismail, this type of planting is a return to the ideas of the gardener William Robinson and the horticulturist  Gertrude Jekyll, and is "completely at one with the period during which the [Norwich] parks were created".

Geography and transport
The park, which is approximately  from Norwich city centre, is bounded on the east by Angel Road. Further west from the western boundary of the park is Aylsham Road (the A1402). To the south, outside the park, is Angel Road Infant School, and Philadelphia lies to the north. It is normally locked during hours of darkness, but does not close before 5:30pm between October and February. There is free parking, accessed from Angel Road, and two bus routes from the city centre pass nearby.

References

Sources

External links

 Information about Waterloo Park (Norwich City Council)
 Pictures (with captions) of the park dating back to the 1950s, from the Eastern Daily Press
 Further information about Captain Arnold Edward Sandys-Winsch and Norwich's city parks from the Colonel Unthank's Norwich website
 Images of Norwich's parks and gardens from George Plunkett's Photographs, including 5 photographs of Waterloo Park that were taken on 30 April 1933, the day after the new park opened.

Category:Parks and open spaces in Norwich


Telephone numbers in the Soviet Union

The telephone numbering plan of the USSR was a set of telephone area codes, numbers and dialing rules, which operated in the Soviet Union until the 1990s. After the collapse of the USSR, many newly independent republics implemented their own numbering plans. However, many of the principles of the Soviet numbering plan still remain. The former Soviet international code +7 is still retained by Russia and Kazakhstan.

Basic principles
The Soviet Union used a four-level open numbering plan. The long distance prefix was 8.
 One could call a local number without the code. Local numbers usually consisted of 5-7 digits, with seven-digit numbers only occurring in Moscow (since 1968), Leningrad (since 1976) and Kiev (since 1981).
 Within the same numbering area (most often within the state or region) the pattern was: 8 2X YYYYYY, where 2 replaced the three-digit area code.
 For calls to other areas, one had to first dial long distance prefix 8, then, after the tone, the full code of the numbering area, which consisted of a three-digit code and zone additional digit(X), and then the local phone number.
 For example: 8 09624 XXXXX for a call to the city of Klin, Klinsky District, Moscow Oblast.
 For international calls, one should dial 8 10 <country code> <code> <phone number>.
 For example: 8 10 1 212 XXXXXXX for a call to New York City.

Emergency and service numbers

Emergency numbers in the USSR began with 0 and had two digits. When one called the emergency numbers, no tariff was charged. (However, in Moscow in the late 1980s calling emergency services from a payphone was not free, despite the declared free-of-charge numbers.)

01 - Fire brigade
02 - Police
03 - Ambulance
04 - Gas leaks
05 was used in some major cities as a city certificate of addresses of residents or organizations
06 was used in many cities (and in some cases is still) for reception of telegrams through the home telephone
07 was used to order long-distance calls through the operator
08 was used and continues to be used to contact the telephone repair bureau
09 was a telephone directory service (search for a phone by the name of the organization or the subscriber).

In addition, in Moscow there was and continues to operate a toll-free telephone number 100 to get the current time. The free telephone service of the exact time is preserved in also other cities of Russia; for example in Kaliningrad this number is 060.

Country code separations
1993 -  (+372),  (+371),  (+370),  (+373)
1994 -  (+994),  (+995)
1995 -  (+374),  (+375),  (+380)
1997 -  (+996),  (+992),  (+993),  (+998)
None -  and  (+7)

Area codes
Basically, area codes were distributed geographically, so that neighboring regions usually had close area code numbers.

Area 0
Area codes with 0 denotes the republics and Oblasts of the European part of the USSR. After the collapse of the Soviet Union, these codes in Russia, Belarus and Ukraine were preserved, with minor changes. Area codes in the Ukraine and Belarus later dropped initial 0. In Russia, in December 2005 the leading zero in the Oblastal area codes was replaced by a 4 with the next 2 numbers same (except Kaliningrad Oblast turning from 011 to 401 as 411 is in use).

 011 - Kaliningrad Oblast, Russian SFSR
 012 - Lithuania
 013 - Latvia
 014 - Estonia
 015 - Grodno Region, Byelorussia
 016 - Brest Oblast, Byelorussia
 017 - Minsk Oblast, Byelorussia
 021 - Vitebsk Oblast, Byelorussia
 022 - Mogilev Oblast, Byelorussia
 023 - Gomel Oblast, Byelorussia
 031 - Transcarpathian Oblast, Ukraine
 032 - Lviv Oblast, Ukraine
 033 - Volyn Oblast, Ukraine
 034 - Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast, Ukraine
 035 - Ternopil Oblast, Ukraine
 036 - Rivne Oblast, Ukraine
 037 - Chernivtsi Oblast, Ukraine
 038 - Khmelnytsky Oblast, Ukraine
 041 - Zhytomyr Oblast, Ukraine
 042 - Moldavia
 043 - Vinnytsia Oblast, Ukraine
 044 - Kiev and Kiev Oblast, Ukraine
 046 - Chernigov Oblast, Ukraine
 047 - Cherkasy Oblast, Ukraine
 048 - Odessa Oblast, Ukraine
 051 - Nikolaev Oblast, Ukraine
 052 - Kirovograd Oblast, Ukraine
 053 - Poltava Oblast, Ukraine
 054 - Sumy Oblast, Ukraine
 055 - Kherson Oblast, Ukraine
 056 - Dnepropetrovsk Oblast, Ukraine
 057 - Kharkov Oblast, Ukraine
 061 - Zaporozhye Oblast, Ukraine
 062 - Donetsk Oblast, Ukraine
 064 - Voroshilovgrad Oblast, Ukraine
 065 - Crimea Oblast, Ukraine
 069 - Sevastopol, Ukraine

 071 - Kursk Oblast, Russian SFSR
 072 - Belgorod Oblast, Russian SFSR
 073 - Voronezh Oblast, Russian SFSR
 074 - Lipetsk Oblast, Russian SFSR
 075 - Tambov Oblast, Russian SFSR
 081 - Smolensk Oblast, Russian SFSR
 082 - Kalinin Oblast, Russian SFSR
 083 - Bryansk Oblast, Russian SFSR
 084 - Kaluga Oblast, Russian SFSR
 085 - Yaroslavl Oblast, Russian SFSR
 086 - Orel Oblast, Russian SFSR
 087 - Tula Oblast, Russian SFSR
 091 - Ryazan Oblast, Russian SFSR
 092 - Vladimir Oblast, Russian SFSR
 093 - Ivanovo Oblast, Russian SFSR
 094 - Kostroma Oblast, Russian SFSR
 095 - Moscow (city), Russian SFSR
 096 - Moscow Oblast (without the suburbs of Moscow),  Russian SFSR
 097 - Governmental phone network in Moscow region (Iskra / Iskra-2)

Area 3

 301 - Buryat ASSR, Russian SFSR
 302 - Chita Oblast, Russian SFSR
 310 - Zhezkazgan Oblast, Kazakhstan (now merged into Karagandy Region)
 311 - Ural Oblast (now West Kazakhstan), Kazakhstan
 312 - Gurievskaya Oblast, Kazakhstan
 313 - Aktobe Oblast, Kazakhstan
 314 - Kustanaiska Oblast, Kazakhstan
 315 - North Kazakhstan, Kazakhstan
 316 - Kokchetav Oblast, Kazakhstan (now split between North Kazakhstan and Akmola)
 317 - Tselinogradskaya Oblast, Kazakhstan
 318 - Pavlodar Oblast, Kazakhstan
 319 - Issyk-Kul Oblast, Kirghizia
 321 - Karaganda Oblast, Kazakhstan
 322 - Semipalatinsk Oblast, Kazakhstan (now merged into East Kazakhstan)
 323 - East Kazakhstan Oblast, Kazakhstan
 324 - Kyzyl-Orda Oblast, Kazakhstan
 325 - Shymkent Oblast, Kazakhstan
 326 - Dzhambulskaya Oblast, Kazakhstan
 327 - Alma-Ata Oblast, Kazakhstan
 328 - Taldykorgan Oblast, Kazakhstan (now merged into Almaty Region)
 329 - Mangistau Oblast, Kazakhstan
 330 - Turgay Oblast, Kazakhstan (now split between Kostanay and Akmola)
 331 - Chuy Oblast, Kirghizia
 332 - Osh Oblast, Kirghizia
 334 - Talas Region, Kirghizia
 335 - Naryn Region, Kirghizia
 336 22 - Baikonur, Kyzyl-Orda Oblast, Kazakhstan
 341 - Udmurt ASSR, Russian SFSR
 342 - Perm Oblast, Russian SFSR
 343 - Sverdlovsk Oblast, Russian SFSR
 345 - Tyumen Oblast, Russian SFSR

 347 - Bashkir ASSR, Russian SFSR
 351 - Chelyabinsk Oblast, Russian SFSR
 352 - Kurgan Oblast, Russian SFSR
 353 - Orenburg Oblast, Russian SFSR
 360 - Tashauz Oblast, Turkmenia
 361 - Karakalpakstan ASSR, Uzbekistan
 362 - Khorezm Oblast, Uzbekistan
 363 - Ashgabat Oblast, Turkmenia
 365 - Bukhara Oblast, Uzbekistan
 366 - Samarkand Oblast, Uzbekistan
 367 - Syrdarya Oblast, Uzbekistan
 369 - Namangan Oblast, Uzbekistan
 370 - Mary Oblast, Turkmenistan
 371 - Tashkent Oblast, Uzbekistan
 372 - Djizzak, Uzbekistan
 373 - Ferghana Oblast, Uzbekistan
 374 - Andijan, Uzbekistan
 375 - Kashkadarya, Uzbekistan
 376 - Surkhandarya, Uzbekistan
 377 - Districts of Republican Subordination, Kulob Oblast, Kurgan Oblast and Gorno-Badakhshan, Tajikistan
 378 - Charjev Oblast, Turkmenia
 379 - Sughd, Tajikistan
 381 - Omsk Oblast, Russian SFSR
 382 - Tomsk Oblast, Russian SFSR
 383 - Novosibirsk Oblast, Russian SFSR
 384 - Kemerovo Oblast, Russian SFSR
 385 - Altai Krai, Russian SFSR
 391 - Krasnoyarsk Territory, Russian SFSR
 394 - Tuvan ASSR, Russian SFSR
 395 - Irkutsk Oblast, Russian SFSR

Area 4

 411 - Yakut ASSR, Russian SFSR
 413 - Magadan, Russian SFSR
 415 - Kamchatka, Russian SFSR
 416 - Amur Oblast, Russian SFSR
 421 - Khabarovsk Krai, Russian SFSR
 423 - Primorsky Krai, Russian SFSR
 424 - Sakhalin Oblast, Russian SFSR
 432 - Krasnovodskaya Oblast, Turkmenia
 436 - Navoiy Region, Uzbekistan

Area 8

 811 - Pskov Oblast, Russian SFSR
 812 - Leningrad, Russian SFSR
 813 - Leningrad Oblast, Russian SFSR
 814 - Karelian ASSR, Russian SFSR
 815 - Murmansk, Russian SFSR
 816 - Novgorod Oblast, Russian SFSR
 817 - Vologda Oblast, Russian SFSR
 818 - Arkhangelsk Oblast, Russian SFSR
 821 - Komi ASSR, Russian SFSR
 831 - Gorky Oblast, Russian SFSR
 833 - Kirov Oblast, Russian SFSR
 834 - Mordovia ASSR, Russian SFSR
 835 - Chuvash ASSR, Russian SFSR
 836 - Mari ASSR, Russian SFSR
 841 - Penza Oblast, Russian SFSR
 842 - Ulyanovsk Oblast, Russian SFSR
 843 - Tatar ASSR, Russian SFSR
 844 - Volgograd Oblast, Russian SFSR
 845 - Saratov Oblast, Russian SFSR
 846 - Kuibyshev Oblast, Russian SFSR
 847 - Kalmyk ASSR, Russian SFSR

 851 - Astrakhan Oblast, Russian SFSR
 861 - Krasnodar, Russian SFSR
 862 2 - Sochi, Russian SFSR
 863 - Rostov_Oblast, Russian SFSR
 865 - Stavropol Oblast, Russian SFSR
 866 - Kabardino-Balkar ASSR, Russian SFSR
 867 - North Ossetian ASSR, Russian SFSR
 871 - Chechen-Ingush Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic, Russian SFSR
 872 - Dagestan ASSR, Russian SFSR
 882 - Adjara ASSR, Georgia
 883 - Other parts of Georgia and South Ossetian Autonomous Oblast
 885 - Armenia
 892 - Azerbaijan (East)
 895 - Azerbaijan (West)

See also
Telecommunications in Russia
Telephone numbers in Russia
Telephone numbers in the German Democratic Republic
Telephone numbers in Poland
Telephone numbers in Czechoslovakia (Czech Republic and Slovakia)
Telephone numbers in Hungary
Telephone numbers in Romania
Telephone numbers in Bulgaria
Telephone numbers in Cuba
Telephone numbers in Mongolia
Telephone numbers in Vietnam

References

Sources
 https://web.archive.org/web/20120818213319/http://code.agava.ru/sngsity/sng01.htm
 https://web.archive.org/web/20100428003821/http://phonecodes.by.ru/01.html
 https://web.archive.org/web/20080625005301/http://www.scross.ru/guide/phone-local/

Telephone numbers
Category:Communications in the Soviet Union
Soviet Union


Neal Bryce

Neal Bryce is a retired Zambian international lawn bowler.

Bowls career
He won a silver medal in the singles at the 1970 British Commonwealth Games in Edinburgh.

References

Category:Living people
Category:Commonwealth Games silver medallists for Zambia
Category:Commonwealth Games medallists in lawn bowls
Category:Bowls players at the 1970 British Commonwealth Games
Category:Year of birth missing (living people)


Derby bus station

Derby Bus Station serves the city of Derby, England.

The old bus station

The original bus station was the first purpose-built bus station in the United Kingdom. Designed by Charles Herbert Aslin, the Borough Architect, it opened in 1933. It was the first of its kind in the world, with railway-style platforms. It had an art deco cafe and diner, in which The Beatles allegedly once dined.

The station closed in October 2005 and was demolished in July 2006 following some degree of protest, most prominently from one individual who camped on the roof for several months in a final attempt to save the building. There were plans for a replica of some parts of the station to be built at Crich Tramway Museum, though this has not happened as of yet.

Current bus station
The present bus station was opened on 27 March 2010, with the first buses running from the station the following morning. It forms the major part of the Riverlights development, construction of which began in 2007, taking three years to complete.

References

External links

Information from Derby City Council website

Category:Transport in Derby
Category:Bus stations in England
Category:Buildings and structures in Derby
Category:Transport infrastructure completed in 1933
Category:Demolished buildings and structures in England
Category:Transport infrastructure completed in 2010
Category:1933 establishments in England
Category:2010 establishments in England


Qingsheng railway station

Qingsheng railway station () is a station in located in Qingsheng Village (), Dongchong Town, Nansha District, Guangzhou.  It is one of the stations on the Guangzhou–Shenzhen–Hong Kong Express Rail Link between Guangzhou South railway station in the Panyu District and Futian railway station in Shenzhen City. Also, an elevated station on Line 4 of the Guangzhou Metro, The metro station started operation on 28 December 2017.

Rail services
 Guangzhou–Shenzhen–Hong Kong Express Rail Link

Metro services
 Line 4, Guangzhou Metro

Station layout

Exits

References

Category:Railway stations in Guangzhou
Category:Guangzhou Metro stations in Nansha District


Hampden County Training School

The Hampden County Training School was a reformatory school for boys at 702 South Westfield Street in Agawam, Massachusetts.  Established in 1916, it operated until 1972, providing training agriculture and vocational skills to its charges.  In 2010, the state sold the property to a veterans support organization for conversion to residences.  The facility opened in 2017.  The property was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2018.

Description and history
The former Hampden County Training School property is located in a rural-residential area of southern Agawam, on  on the west side of South Westfield Road.  A broad lawn and semicircular drive front the main building, a brick Classical Revival building.  It has a central section functionally four stories in height, its ground floor functioning visually as a basement.  Flanking this section are similar wings that are three stories in height.  Banks of windows are separated by brick piers punctuated occasionally by concrete tablets.  The main entrance is framed by a massive two-story Ionic portico.

The state first established schools for juvenile delinquents and truants in the mid-19th century, although such offenders were often sent to local poor houses.  In 1880 a county school for delinquents was established for Hampden County in Springfield.  Increasing urbanization surrounding that school meant that there was call to relocate the facility by the mid 1910s.  The present facility was built in 1916 on what had been farmland, to a design by regionally noted architect George Perkins Bissell Alderman.  The school's design, with dormitories on the top floor, was judged obsolete at the time of its construction, and conditions at the school were never particularly good.  At the state level there were regular calls for reorganization of facilities for delinquents, including the closure of county schools such as this one.  It was finally closed in 1972.

In 1984 the campus was converted for use as a police training academy, a role it fulfilled into 2005.

See also
National Register of Historic Places listings in Hampden County, Massachusetts

References

Category:National Register of Historic Places in Hampden County, Massachusetts
Category:Agawam, Massachusetts
Category:Juvenile detention centers in the United States


Solidary obligations

A solidary obligation, or an obligation in solidum, is a type of obligation in the civil law jurisprudence that allows either obligors to be bound together, each liable for the whole performance, or obligees to be bound together, all owed just a single performance and each entitled to the entirety of it.  In general, solidarity of an obligation is never presumed, and it must be expressly stated as the true intent of the parties' will.  Contractual solidary obligations are frequently created by insurance policies or co-signing a loan. A common example of a solidary obligation created thorough operation of law is vicarious liability such as respondeat superior.

Solidarity can be either active or passive.  A solidary obligation that is active exists among the obligees (creditors) in the transaction.  It is passive when it exists among the obligors (debtors) in a transaction.  A solidary obligation is almost always an advantage for a creditor because it will either allow any creditor to demand the entirety of the debt from the sole debtor when the solidarity is active, or it will allow the creditor to demand the entirety of the debt from any of the multiple debtors when it is passive.

The origin of solidarity can be traced to a Roman idea known as correality where a single thing was owed by more than one person.  Under these circumstances, there was just a single obligation.  There was a transformation and growth of this idea during the ius commune before being codified in the Napoleonic Code of 1804.

In Louisiana law, solidary obligations are governed by articles 1789–1806 of the Louisiana Civil Code.

Solidary obligations for obligees
This is known as active solidarity.  An obligation is solidary for the obligees when it gives each obligee the right to demand the whole performance from the common obligor.

For example, if A and B together lend two hundred dollars to C, and it is agreed that each can have the right to seek the whole amount from C upon repayment, C's obligation to repay the money is solidary for the obligees A and B.  Generally, full payment to any of the solidary obligees extinguishes the obligation.

A common example of solidary obligations for the obligees is a joint bank account; when two or more names are on an account, they are obligees of the bank's obligation to make funds available on demand.  Each obligee would have the right to withdraw the whole amount in the bank account.

Solidary obligations for obligors
This is known as passive solidarity.  An obligation is solidary for the obligors when each obligor is liable for the whole performance in such a way that a whole performance rendered by one of the obligors relieves the others of liability toward the obligee.  In practice, this is much more frequent than active solidarity.  When one co-signs a loan for another, they both become solidary obligors in relation to the debt owed.  In regard to liability of the obligors between themselves, the proportions owed by each obligor in a solidary obligation stemming from a contract are deemed to be equal unless a provision in the agreement states otherwise.

Passive solidarity can also be created as an operation of law.  In the case of an offense or a tort, if a person has sustained damage because of the shared fault of others, the offenders may be liable in solido in proportion to their fault.

Renunciation of solidarity
Since passive solidarity is mainly a guarantee and benefit for the creditor or obligee, he may renounce it at his pleasure.  He may renounce it in favor of one or all of the obligors.  If he renounces solidarity for only one of the obligors, this has the important effect of preserving his right to demand the whole performance from the remaining obligors bound in solido, minus the portion owed by the one whose solidarity was renounced.  The other obligors could no longer seek any type of contribution from the renounced obligor if one were then required to render the whole performance.  The renunciation of solidarity must be express, although it need not be done in any formal manner.

Generally, renunciation of solidarity takes place when he received a partial payment from one of the obligors, although the payment itself does not imply a renunciation.  Under the Louisiana Civil Code, an obligee who received a partial performance from an obligor separately will still preserve the solidary obligation against all of the obligors after deduction of that partial performance.

Debt relief
When the debt is cancelled, the creditor forgives the debt, thereby releasing that debtor from the whole obligation.  In the context of a solidary obligation, if the obligee cancels the debt of some—but not all—of the obligors, the obligation is reduced by an amount proportionate to those whose debts have been cancelled; the obligee preserves his right to demand the whole from any of the remaining obligors, although his right is limited only to the uncancelled debt.

Unlike the renunciation of a solidary debt, a cancellation affects the object of the entire obligation.  It is akin to entirely eliminating that obligor from the obligation. In order to cancel a debt, the traditional method is for the obligee to surrender the debt instrument that evidences the obligation to the obligor.  Such a surrender creates a presumption that the debt cancellation was intended to benefit all solidary obligors; this may be rebutted by evidence showing the intent was only to cancel in favor of the obligor to whom the debt instrument was surrendered rather than all of the obligors.

Insolvency of a solidary obligor
If one of the solidary obligors becomes insolvent, such as through bankruptcy, his portion of the debt must be covered by each of the remaining solidary obligors in proportion to their own portions.  The insolvency of one or more obligors does not affect the overall relationship between the obligors and the obligee, however, because he still can demand full performance from just one of them.

Even if an obligor has had his solidarity renounced, he still must contribute in some way to make up for the loss resulting in another obligor becoming insolvent; all of the solidary obligors bear the loss arising from insolvency of a solidary obligor in proportion to their portions.  However, an obligor who has had his solidarity renounced would never be liable for more than his fair portion if an obligor never becomes insolvent.  In this way renunciation of solidarity can be viewed as a middle ground between complete obligation in solidum and from the complete freedom from obligation that debt cancellation results in.

For example, assume A, B, C, and D are liable in solido to X for $10,000.  This means of course that X can look to any of these four solidary obligors for the full amount.  Assume that X renounces solidarity in favor of A, who pays X $2,500, and that B thereafter goes bankrupt.  Unfortunately, there is still $7,500 owed to X, who can collect that amount from either C or D.  A's share is now 1/3 (approximately $3,333) because his share has been affected by B's bankruptcy.  Assuming the C pays X $7,500, he can seek contribution from D for $3,333 and from A for $833, which is his share of $3,333 minus the amount he already contributed of $2,500.

Indemnity
If the circumstances giving rise to the solidary obligation only concern one of the obligors, then that obligor is liable for the whole obligation.  The other obligors are only considered sureties.  This means that although the unconcerned parties may be forced to pay the obligee some or all of the money, they can seek the entirety of their contribution from the concerned obligor in full.

Interruption of prescription
The interruption of liberative prescription against one solidary obligor is effective against all of the solidary obligors.  Thus, any action that would normally interrupt prescription as to one of the obligors will also prevent the debt from prescribing as to all of the other obligors.

See also
Law of obligations
Joint and several liability, common law rough equivalent

References
 L.T.C. Harms. “Obligations”, in The Law of South Africa, 2nd edn. Vol. 19: Negotiable instruments, nuisance, obligations, partnerships. Eds. W. A. Joubert & J. A. Faris. Durban: Butterworths, 2006.
 R. W. Lee, Tony Honoré, E. Newman, & David Jan McQuoid-Mason. The South African law of Obligations, 2nd edn. Durban: Butterworths, 1978.
 Saúl Litvinoff. The Law of Obligations, 2nd edn. 2 vols. Revised by Ronald J. Scalise, Jr. (Vols. 5 and 6, Louisiana Civil Law Treatise Series). Eagan, Minn.: Thompson Reuters, 2018, pp. 1:138-140, 142-143, 153-155, 158-162, 171-173.
 Saúl Litvinoff & Ronald J. Scalise, Jr. The Law of Obligations in the Louisiana Jurisprudence: A Coursebook, 6th rev'd edn. Baton Rouge: LSU Paul M. Hebert Law Center, 2008.

In Loan Partners, LLC v. PTC Family Investments, LLC, ___ So.3d ___, 2014 WL 6725727 (La.App. 4 Cir. 2014), the court cited Marsh Engineering, Inc. v. Parker, 883 So.2d 1119 (La.App. 3 Cir. 2004), which considered whether a solidary obligor could benefit from the application of La. R.S. 9:5605, the application of which released an attorney solidary obligor, when the non-attorney solidary obligor did not have the requisite attorney-client relationship to assert a defense under this statute.
The court explained:
"A solidary obligor may raise against the obligee defenses that arise from the nature of the obligation, or that are personal to him, or that are common to all the solidary obligors. He may not raise a defense that is personal to another solidary obligor." La.Civ.Code art. 1801. "[W]hen an immunity from suit is classified as personal, an insurer may not plead the immunity as a defense to a suit under the Direct Action Statute." Liberty Mut. Ins. Co. v. State Farm Mut. Auto. Ins. Co., 579 So.2d 1090, 1093 (La.App. 4 Cir.), writ denied, 586 So.2d 563 (La.1991). Thus, the question is whether the protection provided an attorney under La. R.S. 9:5605 is personal to the attorney. We conclude it is not."
Id., 04–0509, p. 11, 883 So.2d at 1127.

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KTWB

KTWB is a radio station in Sioux Falls, South Dakota airing a country music format. The station is owned by Duey E. Wright, through licensee Midwest Communications, Inc.

Its studios are located on South Phillips Avenue in Sioux Falls, while its transmitter is located near Rowena.

On October 28, 2013, KTWB and its country format moved to 92.5 FM, swapping frequencies with adult contemporary-formatted KELO-FM, which moved to 101.9 FM.

References

External links
KTWB Big Country 92.5 website

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Utile (1784 ship)

Utile was a gabarre of the French Royal Navy, launched in 1784. The British captured her in the Mediterranean in 1796 and she served briefly there before being laid up in 1797 and sold in 1798.

French service and capture
Utile was launched in early 1784 at Bayonne. In August 1793 an Anglo-Spanish force captured Toulon and Royalist forces turned over to them the French naval vessels in the port. When the Anglo-Spanish force had to leave in December, they took with them the best vessels and tried to burn the remainder.

In November and December 1794 she was at Toulon undergoing repairs and refitting. She was to be renamed Zibeline in 1795, but apparently she retained her original name.

Around midday of 9 June 1796, Admiral John Jervis, Commander-in-Chief of the British Fleet in the Mediterranean, called Captain James Macnamara of the frigate  on board his ship Victory, and pointed out a French corvette that was working her way up among the Hyères islands. Jervis then directed Macnamara "to make a Dash at her". Macnamara immediately set out, sailing the Grande Passe, or passage between the islands of Porquerolles and Port-cros.

That evening Southampton captured Utile by boarding, with Lieutenant Charles Lydiard at the head of the boarding party. Utile was armed with twenty-four 6-pounder guns and was under the protection of a battery. She had a crew of 136 men under the command of Citizen François Veza. The French put up a resistance during which they suffered eight killed, including Veza, and 17 wounded; Southampton had one man killed. It was not until early the next morning that Southampton and Utile were finally able to get out of range of the guns of Fort de Brégançon.

, , and the hired armed cutter Fox were in company at the time, and with the British fleet outside Toulon. They shared with Southampton in the proceeds of the capture, as did , , , and .

British service and fate
The Royal Navy took her into service as HMS Utile and commissioned her in July 1796 under Commander Lydiard, whose promotion was dated 22 July. Lydiard sailed her in the Adriatic as a convoy escort before returning to Britain in 1797.

Utile arrived in Portsmouth on 21 August 1797 and was laid up. She was immediately offered for sale, with the terms of sale including her copper sheathing and the proviso that the buyer post a bond of £2000 that he would break her up within a year. She was sold on 7 June 1798 at Portsmouth for £610.

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Notes

Citations

References
Demerliac, Alain (1996) La Marine De Louis XVI: Nomenclature Des Navires Français De 1774 À 1792. (Nice: Éditions OMEGA).

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G. Erle Ingram

G. Erle Ingram (April 1, 1883–after January 1946) was a member of the Wisconsin State Assembly and the Wisconsin State Senate.

Biography
Ingram was born Gilbert Erle Ingram on April 1, 1883 in Eau Galle, Dunn County, Wisconsin. He attended the University of Wisconsin-Whitewater, the University of Wisconsin-La Crosse and Valparaiso University.

Career
From 1928 to 1929, Ingram was a member of the Republican State Central Committee. He was then a member of the Assembly from 1931 to 1932 and of the Senate from 1933 to 1940.

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CCCF

CCCF may refer to:

 Confederación Centroamericana y del Caribe de Fútbol, the governing body of association football in Central America and the Caribbean until 1961
 CCCF Championship, an association football tournament for teams in the area of Central America and the Caribbean, 1941–1961
 CCCF Youth Championship, a soccer tournament 1954–1960
 Canadian Child Care Federation, largest Canadian national service based early learning and child care organization
 Chaos Computer Club France, a fake hacker organization created in 1989 in Lyon, France
 Coffee Creek Correctional Facility, a women's prison and prisoner intake center in Wilsonville, Oregon
 Cold Creek Correctional Facility, a Tennessee Department of Correction prison
 Communauté de communes du Canton de Fauquembergues

See also
 CCF (disambiguation)
 CCCCF
 CFFF
 FCCC
 FFFC


Darrin Lamoureux

Darrin Lamoureux is a  politician in Saskatchewan, Canada. He was acclaimed  leader of the Saskatchewan Liberal Party on August 8, 2014 after serving as interim party leader since December 16, 2013.

His older brother Kevin Lamoureux is a Manitoba politician and MP for the constituency of Winnipeg North and his niece Cindy Lamoureux is an MLA in the Manitoba Legislature.

The Liberals have not held a seat in the Legislature since 2003. Lamoureux first attempted to win a seat when he contested a by-election in Lloydminster but only collected 77 votes (2.7% of the total), barely enough for third place ahead of the Progressive Conservative candidate. In the 2016 general election, he ran in the new constituency of Regina Pasqua, again finishing third albeit with a larger share of the vote (958 votes, 10.9%).

In January 2017, Lamoureux announced his candidacy for a by-election in the constituency of Saskatoon Meewasin. It was left vacant after the death of the sitting MLA, Roger Parent, in November 2016.

Lamoureux resigned the Liberal leadership on September 9, 2017.

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Courtney Winsloe

Courtney Brooke Winsloe (born  13 November 1987 in Gore) is a New Zealand cricketer who plays for the Otago Sparks in the State League.  Winsloe is a wicket-keeper.

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Rio: Rainbow Gate!

is a Japanese anime television series animated by Xebec. Based on Tecmo's  of pachinko games (from Rakushou! Pachi-Slot Sengen), the series revolves around titular character Rio Rollins, a popular casino dealer working at the Howard Resort who is known as the "Goddess of Victory", and the thirteen cards called Gates which are used to determine the world's most skilled dealer. The anime aired on Tokyo MX and related channels between January 4, 2011 and March 29, 2011.

Plot
In an island casino called the , Rio Rollins is a popular casino dealer with the ability to bring good luck to gamblers just by walking past them, earning her the nickname "The Goddess of Victory". Mint Clark, a young child, comes to the Howard Resort with her grandfather and encounters Rio, and the two become the best of friends.

Rio's life soon changes when it is revealed that she is a "Gate Holder", a dealer who holds one of the 13 legendary cards called "Gates", and  whoever collects them all will be named "Most Valuable Casino Dealer" (MVCD). To collect all 13 Gates, Rio must take part in special matches called "Gate Battles" with other Gate Holders and gain their Gates to become the most valuable casino dealer in the world.

Characters

Main characters

The most popular dealer in the Howard Resort casino who abides by the motto, . Beautiful and well-endowed, she has a mysterious energy that gives good luck to her customers, earning her reputation as . Rio is the daughter of the legendary dealer Risa Rollins, and has inherited her dealing skills. She has a pet ferret named Chip, and is revealed to be afraid of lightning, as shown during her stay at Misery's castle. It is revealed during one of her Gate Battles that she is a "Roll Ruler", an individual who can change the outcome of a Gate Battle through the aid of illusions. Rio was given the #7 Gate by a mysterious man, and currently holds six Gates after her Gate Battle with King, though it was later revealed that most of the Gates she won were Rina's. She later gains the #8 Gate from Dana, the #2 Gate from Joker, and the #10 Gate from Yang-Yang following her loss to Rina at the Sky Resort. She finally beats Rina in the final battle, claiming all 13 Gates and gaining access to the Ultimate Roll Ruler and the title of MVCD, which is the title bestowed upon the greatest dealer.

Outside of the anime and pachinko games, she also stars in the Rakushou! Pachi-Slot Sengen series of games, and is a playable character in Dead or Alive Paradise and Warriors All-Stars.

A young girl who comes to the Howard Resort with her grandfather. She always carries around with her a stuffed bear named Choco.

Rio's childhood friend who had been recruited by Tom Howard as a dealer. Her mother was hospitalized and her father was frequently away on business trips when she was a child, and therefore was raised by Risa and Rio, the latter whom she had a sibling-like relationship. She has a mysterious energy that makes her customers weary, as opposed to Rio's aura which gives her customers energy. It is later revealed that she is Rio's half-sister and a Gate Holder working under Cartia, who is revealed to be her aunt. She seeks revenge on Rio and her mother, Risa Rollins, who allegedly eloped with her father, causing Rina's mother, Ilina, to fall into a coma. She is also a Roll Ruler as well, her abilities far surpassing Rio's, but lost to Rio at the end of the series. Before the final battle, she held nine Gates, four of which were given to Linda, Jack, Queen, and King, and one of the Gates being the Ace Gate.

Howard Resort employees

The owner of Howard Resort, donning a yellow suit with a large red bowtie and is often seen smoking a cigar. He tends to show a rather perverted nature, usually concerning the exposure of Rio's body by having her dress in embarrassing outfits. He later loses the Howard Resort following Rio's loss at a Gate Battle with Rina, but wins it back following Rio's victory and her gaining the MVCD title.

A Hollywood actress who works as a dealer at Howard Resort. Despite her movie status, she admits her popularity pales in comparison to Rio's. She was possessed by Misery's ghost in episode 3, and was later freed from her control after the latter's loss. However, it is later revealed that Misery's spirit still resides in her body, as shown in episode 9 when she takes control of Rosa's body to warn Rio of her castle being on the verge of being demolished by Cartia and in episode 12 during a ping-pong match with the other girls in a hot spring.

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Twin sisters who work at the resort, both donning bunny suits. Elle usually provides explanation to Rio's abilities while Ille usually stays quiet, often just repeating the last word that was said.

A bunny girl working at the Howard Resort.

A new recruit from Russia who is training to become a dealer. Although her dealer skills are quite good, she is rather clumsy and sometimes causes havoc in the casino.

The magician of the Howard Resort and a fortune teller, using tarot cards to predict her customers' futures. It is later revealed in episode 10 that she is a Gate Holder, holding the #8 Gate.
Dana is based on the male protagonist of the same name from Tecmo's arcade title, Solomon's Key.

A cheerful robot who is the head dealer of the newly built Sky Resort, sporting noticeable tan lines. She serves as the resort's main computer terminal, controlling everything that happens with just a snap of her finger, and can link herself up with the resort's computer as well while wearing a special outfit. She was briefly reprogrammed by Jack to challenge Rio to a Gate Battle, carrying the #4 Gate hidden in her left wrist (which was given to her by Cartia, later revealed to be one of Rina's Gates), but lost after her head came loose just before crossing the finish line. A running gag in the series is that her head often falls off her body when least expected, often causing glitches in the computer system.

Antagonists

An ambitious casino dealer from Germany who seeks to take the Howard Resort in a Gate Battle, and uses her subordinates to carry out her plan. The main antagonist of the series, she is described as a cunning and manipulative woman who will use any means to ensure victory, and is often notoriously described by others as "an old lady". Cartia is revealed to be Rina's aunt, and has aided the latter in her plot for revenge against Rio. It has been hinted from Jack that Cartia wants to collect all of the Gates, stating that she will "see a rainbow" once she fulfills her goal, and it is later revealed from Dana that she is working with the Casino Guild to strengthen her goals. She later takes over the Howard Resort following Rio's loss to Rina during a Gate Battle, renaming it the , but loses it at the end of the series following Rio's victory.

An American cowboy who is the self-proclaimed . He held Anya hostage and challenged Rio to a game, only to lose when he later challenges to a drinking contest with a hot drink. He is later revealed to be one of Cartia's henchmen when he was given back his pistol by the latter, and later returns at the Sky Resort to carry out Cartia's plan.

A Gate Holder known as the  and an expert sniper, holding the Queen Gate. She challenged Rio to a Gate Battle involving shooting targets inside a wind tunnel following the latter's previous battle with Jack. She initially had the upper hand due to her sniper abilities, and attempted to cheat by knocking Rio out, but lost following an incident involving Linda's head being knocked off by Anya which caused the wind tunnel to shut down momentarily, allowing Rio to claim victory once it was turned back on.

A Gate Holder known as the , holding the King Gate. He is a professional con artist who often wins guessing games by crushing objects in his hand so they won't be picked. Despite his strength, he is not very bright.

 and

Twin sisters of Chinese descent wearing jiangshi outfits. Yang-Yang is a Gate Holder known as "Number Ten" for the #10 Gate she holds, while Ang-Ang, the younger sister, is silent and taciturn, only communicating with the talisman worn on her hat. They challenged Rio and Mint to a Gate Battle involving an explosive game of concentration inside the Concentration Bomber, nearly ending in a tie until Rio uses her aura to aid Mint in winning the game. Howard reveals to Cartia that the Concentration Bomber was an unstable project, which is why he had it shut down. Ang-Ang manages to save Mint when the card underneath her exploded, where it is revealed that she is actually Choco brought to life by Yang-Yang's magic, as she wanted a companion (she claims her magic only works on items made in China). Choco turns into Ang-Ang once again during a bonus episode, where she repays Mint's kindness by buying her a camera.

The leader of the Casino Guild's radical faction.

Other characters

Mint's grandfather and a wealthy millionaire.

A gambler known as the  who came after Mint's bear. He challenges Rio to a closed poker match for it and makes a gamble to get all four Queens, but lost to Rio who wins with a pair of twos. It was later revealed that he collects stuffed animals to fulfill his sorrow from being dumped at the altar, and claims that Mint's bear is a rare Belgian collectible, only to find out from Elle and Ille that it isn't a Belgian original. He, along with Elvis, reappear later on to challenge Rio to a rematch game, only to lose to her again with Jack's aid.

A narcissistic Gate Holder holding the #3 Gate with a playboy persona, being portrayed with a multitude of swooning girls around him. Elvis is a highly skilled mathematician, being able to predict his own moves before executing them, and believes that the numbers revolve around him and are always on his side. He challenges Rio to a Gate Battle in the form of a giant roulette table and initially had the upper hand with his mathematics skills, but loses when the bandage on his finger comes off while throwing the ball. He later appears in the newly remodeled Goltschmidt Kingdom resort along with Orlin to challenge Rio to a rematch, only to lose again with aid from Jack.

A woman who once owned a castle with a casino inside of it. However, she lost everything after losing to a high-stakes game of craps. Her ghost was resurrected when lightning struck her castle, and sought to win the Howard Resort in a game. Her powers are the complete opposite to Rio's, as she brings bad luck to gamblers. She also has a bottomless appetite for chicken wings, as they were once her favorite, shown when she downs multiple boxes of them. She attacked Elle and Ille, both of whom she later possessed, and took over Rosa's body after she possessed her. She then challenged Rio to a game over the resort, and initially had the upper hand tricking Rio with her illusions, but they were dispelled after she ate a super-spicy chicken wing from Rina who disguised herself as a delivery girl, allowing Rio to win the game and her friends. It is later revealed throughout the series that Misery is still residing in Rosa's body, as she possessed the latter to tell Rio that Jack had aided her in her games against Orlin and Elvis and warned her about Cartia's intent to tear down her castle before she releases control.

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Rio's mother, a legendary casino dealer known as the . Risa taught Rio and Rina her dealing techniques during their childhoods, and was the previous MVCD, having collected all 13 Gates. She disappeared from public eyes and disguised herself as Joker, a masked Gate Holder holding the #2 Gate, to hide herself from the Casino Guild and to protect Rio, and later challenges Rio to a Gate Battle to see if she is worthy of challenging Rina again. It is revealed by Rina that she allegedly had an affair with her father, which resulted in Rina's mother falling into a coma. Like Rio and Rina, she, too, has Roll Ruler abilities, and has the most powerful Roll Ruler in the series, being able to create an illusion of the Howard Resort (both inside and out) when Dana and Rio were trapped in it.

A young boy with telekinetic powers (referred to as ) and a Gate Holder, holding the Jack Gate. He and his parents were part of a bomb disposal squad, and was taken in by Cartia who just wanted to use him for his powers. He was first ordered by Cartia to reprogram Linda to challenge Rio to a Gate Battle, but relinquishes control of her after Rio won. He later appears in person to challenge Rio to a Gate Battle involving a game of Space Pinball, being offered a chance at freedom if he wins, and initially had the upper hand with his abilities, but is overwhelmed when holographic sharks appeared. He soon lost to Rio after the third stage of the match, but later teams up with her to save Mint from the fourth stage after Linda's head was accidentally knocked off by Carlos. It is hinted that Mint may have feelings for Jack when she persuades him to not use his powers against Rio prior to the match. Jack may also have feelings for Mint as well since it was hinted he was expecting a kiss from her, only to find out after it was from her stuffed bear.
Jack's name and his family's backstory of being part of a bomb disposal squad are references to the Tecmo game Mighty Bomb Jack, evidenced by the medallion he wears bearing a design resembling the game's titular protagonist's head.

An Afro samurai who has the worst streak of bad luck at the resort.

Rina's mother and Cartia's sister. She is a weak and frail person who fell into a life-threatening coma after learning that her husband is having an affair with Risa.

Rio and Rina's father, who is an executive officer of the Casino Guild.

Terminology

One of the thirteen cards issued by the  to determine the strongest dealer in the world. The cards are arranged after a suit of cards (from ace to king), and people who own these cards are called . When the 13 Gates are combined and won by the winning Gate Holder, known as the MVCD (Most Valued Casino Dealer), it forms a Rainbow Gate which can grant the MVCD one wish.

A duel in which two Gate Holders wager their Gates. Gate Battles can be any game the dealer chooses, and the Gate Holder can add any rule or condition as he/she pleases. According to Tom Howard, Gate Holders cannot refuse a Gate Battle once it has been announced. He has also stated that continuous Gate Battles can easily wear out an individual, as with the case with Rio.

A Gate Holder who can change the battlefield of a Gate Battle to his or her liking. The Roll Ruler's power depends on how many Gates a Gate Holder wields, and a Roll Ruler can also change the outcome of a Gate Battle. In rare cases, a Roll Ruler's battlefield can also reflect its user's true feelings, as with the case with Rina. There are three Roll Rulers in the series: Rio, Rina, and Risa/Joker.

Episodes
The series, produced by Xebec, is directed by Takao Kato, written by Mayori Sekijima, produced by Shinji Horikiri, character design by Hisashi Shimura, and music by Atsushi Umebori. The anime aired on Tokyo MX between January 4, 2011 and March 29, 2011, with subsequent broadcasts on TV Aichi, Mainichi Broadcasting System, Inc., Nico Nico Channel, BS NTV, and AT-X. Crunchyroll provides simulcasts of the series on their website to their paid subscribers, with others seeing it a week later. The series was released on seven DVD and Blu-ray volumes between April 29, 2011 and October 19, 2011, the last of which contains a bonus episode. The opening theme for the series is  by the Love Roulettes, consisting of Marina Inoue (Rio), Ayana Taketatsu (Mint), Chiaki Takahashi (Rina), and Yōko Hikasa (Linda), while the ending theme is  by ULTRA-PRISM. CD singles of the songs were released on January 26, 2011 by Universal Music.

The anime was licensed in North America by Media Blasters in 2013 and released on DVD, in the Japanese language with English subtitles, on March 25, 2014. The Media Blasters version began streaming on Ani.me in 2017. The series premiered on Toku in the United States in January 2016.

References

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