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Players who have taken the field for the collegiate national team and have gone on to have successful MLB careers include Jim Abbott, Alex Bregman, Kris Bryant, Troy Glaus, Todd Helton, Ryan Howard, Barry Larkin, Tino Martinez, Pedroia, David Price, Huston Street, Dansby Swanson, Mark Teixeira, Troy Tulowitzki, Jason Varitek, and Ryan Zimmerman.

Established 1951 in time for the first ever Panamerican Games, it constitutes the oldest continuous active component of the national program, and participated in every major international baseball event until 1998. For many years before the PNT was created in 1999 the CNT was the flagship of the national programs USA Baseball offered to younger players and was the sole team program of the federation from its foundation until the 1980s when the 18U team was created. During this period, the USAB-CNT was, from 1984 to 1996, the defacto national Olympics team for the USA that won silver in 1984, gold in 1988 and bronze in 1996.

Collegiate National Team Gold Medals
Year  Tournament
2014  XXVIII Haarlem Baseball Week
2009  World Baseball Challenge
2008  XXV Haarlem Baseball Week
2008  IV FISU World University Games
2006  FISU World University Championships
2004  FISU World University Championships
2002  XXII Haarlem Baseball Week
2000  XXI Haarlem Baseball Week
1995  National Baseball Congress World Series
1988  Seoul 1988 Olympic Games
1974  XXIII Baseball World Cup
1973  XXII Baseball World Cup
1967  V Pan American Games

18U national team

Main article: United States national under-18 baseball team

Composed of the nation's top players ages 16 to 18, the USA Baseball 18U national team is a perennial power on the international baseball scene. The team competes in two major events in biannual cycles – the COPABE Pan American “AAA” Championships and the WBSC U-18 Baseball World Cup. The program has won seven straight international tournament titles dating back to 2011, including winning the last four WBSC U-18 Baseball World Cups in 2012, 2013, 2015, and 2017.


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In 2017, the 18U national team continued USA Baseball's unprecedented sweep of international competition with a dominant showing in the WBSC U-18 Baseball World Cup. The team went undefeated for just the second time in the program's history, and the first since 1989, while the pitching staff tallied an incredible 0.47 collective ERA en route to the gold medal.

For the second consecutive year, the 18U national team finished a stellar USA Baseball season on a high note. The team traveled to Panama for the 2018 COPABE U-18 Pan-American Championships in November and dominated to claim its fifth Pan-American Championships gold medal in a row and its eighth-straight gold medal in international competition dating back to 2011. The team had a historic run to the title, outscoring its opponents 131–27 in nine games while going undefeated. The 131 runs scored are the most an 18U National Team has ever scored in international competition.

Current major leaguers Matt Holliday, Bryce Harper, Clayton Kershaw, Buster Posey, Eric Hosmer, Freddie Freeman, and Justin Upton have all worn USA jerseys as 18U players.

National Team Gold Medals
Year  Tournament
2018  COPABE U-18 Pan-American Championships
2017  WBSC U-18 Baseball World Cup
2016  COPABE Pan Am "AAA" Championships
2015  WBSC U-18 Baseball World Cup
2014  COPABE Pan Am "AAA" Championships
2013  IBAF "AAA" World Cup
2012  IBAF "AAA" World Cup
2011  COPABE Pan Am "AAA" Championships
2009  COPABE Pan Am "AAA" Championships
1999  IBA Junior World Cup
1995  Junior World Championships
1989  World Youth Baseball Championships
1988  World Youth Baseball Championships

15U National Team

In 2012, USA Baseball rolled out its first 15U national team. The program, composed of some of the most talented young players across the country, played four games in the Dominican Republic against the Dominicans and Puerto Rico. Team USA went 4–0 abroad, outscoring their opponents, 31–3.

In 2013, the 15U team traveled to Baranquilla, Colombia, for the COPABE Pan American "AA" Championships, where it brought home the gold medal for the first time. En route to defeating Cuba, 6–1, in the championship game, the 15U squad amassed a perfect record, finishing 8–0 in the event.


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Competing in its first WBSC U-15 Baseball World Cup in 2014, Team USA traveled to Mazatlan, Mexico, and went 9–1 overall and claimed the silver medal. The 2014 campaign also had the 15U national team's Brice Turang bring home the 15U's first USA Baseball Richard W. "Dick" Case Player of the Year award, given to the athlete who is not only an outstanding player on the field, but also exemplified sportsmanship and love of the game.

USA Baseball's national team championships (NTCs), 14U national team development program, and national team identification series (NTIS) help the organization identify players for the 15U national neam. The NTCs are held in Arizona and Florida and up to 72 teams compete in each region. USA Baseball representatives and scouts select the top players from each event to make up the national team.

Starting in 2017, a new trials system was introduced for the 15U program that includes two phases and 72 athletes vying for just 20 spots on Team USA's roster. The pool of talent is then narrowed to 34 players for phase two before the final 20 are named.

Following 2018 trials and training at the National Training Complex, the 15U national team traveled to David, Panama, where it claimed the program's first WBSC U-15 Baseball World Cup gold medal.

15U National Team Gold Medals
Year  Tournament
2018  WBSC U-15 Baseball World Cup
2017  COPABE Pan Am "AA" Championships
2015  COPABE Pan Am "AA" Championships
2013  COPABE Pan Am "AA" Championships
2012  COPABE Pan Am "AA" Championships

12U National Team

In 2013, USA Baseball launched its first 12U National Team. The team, which was composed of some of the most talented young players from across the county, traveled to Taipei City, Taiwan, and came home with its first International Baseball Federation 12U World Cup gold medal. After lengthy pool play, the 12U team defeated the host, Chinese Taipei, in the World Cup final, 8–1. The game was attended by over 10,000 home fans and was broadcast throughout parts of Asia and online.

The 12U national team is composed of players selected from the NTIS, the 12U National Open through the 12U open development camps and the 11U futures invitational.


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In 2015, the 12U national team claimed its second world championship in a row with a 7–2 win over Chinese Taipei in the WBSC U-12 Baseball World Cup. The program then followed that with a silver medal at the 2016 COPABE Pan American "A" Championships. A third consecutive gold medal in the WBSC U-12 Baseball World Cup in 2017 with another 7–2 defeat of Chinese Taipei marked the team's contribution to USA Baseball's 2017 sweep of international competition.

The 12U national team returned to the COPABE U-12 Pan American Championships in 2018, where it claimed its first gold medal in the event. Team USA went undefeated in the event, outscoring its opponents 127-7 and winning all nine of its games by a 13-run average margin.

12U National Team Gold Medals
Year  Tournament
2018  COPABE U-12 Pan American Championships
2017  WBSC U-12 Baseball World Cup
2015  WBSC U-12 Baseball World Cup
2013  IBAF "A" World Cup

Women's national team

Main article: United States women's national baseball team

The USA Baseball women's national team was established in 2004 when an 18-player team was chosen following open tryouts across the nation. The team went on to capture the gold medal in the first IBAF Women's Baseball World Cup in Edmonton, Canada. Team USA repeated as IBAF World Cup gold medalists in 2006 in Taiwan, before taking home the bronze medal at the 2008 World Cup in Japan and again in 2010 in Venezuela.

In 2012 and 2014, the women's national team won the silver medal at the WBSC Women's Baseball World Cup in Edmonton, Canada, and Miyazaki, Japan, respectively. The 2015 women's national team competed in the Toronto 2015 Pan American Games and claimed gold, defeating Canada 11–3 to earn the championship.

When not competing in international tournaments, the team hosts a women's national team development program, leads youth clinics, and works to grow the game of baseball among women in the U.S.


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The 2018 women's national team was named following the Women's National Open and Women's National Team Trials in June of that year. The 20-woman team competes in the 2018 WBSC Women's Baseball World Cup, which was held in the U.S. for the first time, from August 22–31 at the USSSA Space Coast Complex in Viera, Florida. Team USA finished the World Cup 6–3 with a 1.98 team ERA and a collective .288 average.

Women's National Team Gold Medals
Year  Tournament
2015  XVII Pan American Games
2015  Pan American Games Qualifier
2006  IBAF Women's World Cup
2004  IBAF Women's World Cup

National Team Development Programs

At age levels where international competitions are not held, the national team development program (NTDP) offers an unmatched developmental opportunity to better prepare athletes for potential future national teams and introduce them to the USA Baseball organization. It also serves to help young players grow and prepare for the next steps in their respective baseball careers.

Since the program's inception in 2012, 64 NTDP attendees have earned spots on national team rosters at the 15U, 18U, and collegiate national team levels. Additionally, in the five years that NTDP participants have been eligible, 21 players have been selected in the first five rounds of the MLB First-year Player Draft.

17U NTDP

In 2012, USA Baseball fielded its first 17U NTDP. Members of the 17U NTDP are identified through the USA Baseball National Team Championships in Arizona and Florida, as well as the USA Baseball NTIS.

Four members of the 2016 17U NTDP went on to play on the 2017 18U national team that claimed the program's fourth consecutive WBSC U-18 Baseball World Cup gold medal. In 2018, the week-long 17U NTDP was held in Chicago.

American Baseball Coaches Association Hall of Famer Jack Leggett served as the field coordinator for the event in 2018 after coaching in 2017. The head coach at Northwestern University, Spencer Allen, and current University of Texas head coach, David Pierce, joined Leggett on staff and served as the managers for the Stripes team and Stars team, respectively.


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Coaches and evaluators assess 40 athletes during the NTDP week; evaluators made up of former professional players, respected collegiate and high-school coaches, and professional scouts.

16U NTDP

In 2018, USA Baseball introduced a 16U age level to its NTDP.

The 16U NTDP will feature athletes selected from the 15U NTIS, the newly reinstated 16U national team championships, and through recommendations from professional scouts, USA Baseball task force members, and collegiate, high-school, and youth coaches.

For its inaugural season, the 16U NTDP was led by three-time USA Baseball national team coach and seven-time NTDP field coordinator, Eric Kibler. University of Dayton Head Coach Jayson King joined Kibler on staff as the manager of the Stripes team, while Bill Mosiello, who is currently the associate head coach at Texas Christian University, managed the Stars team.

Coaches and evaluators assess 36 athletes during the NTDP week.

14U NTDP

Along with the 17U NTDP, 2012 was the inaugural year for the 14U NTDP. Members of the 14U NTDP are identified through the USA Baseball national team championships in Arizona and Florida and the USA Baseball NTIS.

With the introduction of a new 15U National Team Trials system in 2017, 18 players from the 14U NTDP are selected each year to compete for a national team roster spot in that year's 15U National Team Trials. In 2017, two athletes from the 2017 14U NTDP made the 2017 15U national team through the new system and won gold with Team USA at the COPABE Pan American “AA” Championships.

The 2018 14U NTDP took place at the USA Baseball National Training Complex, July 23–27.

Current St. Thomas Aquinas (Ft. Lauderdale, Fla.) head coach and former 15U national team assistant coach, Troy Cameron, was selected as the 14U NTDP field coordinator. Scott Grove, the head coach at The First Academy (Orlando, Fla.), served as the event's pitching coordinator, while current St. Mary's College head coach, Eric Valenzuela, and current Indiana University head coach, Chris Lemonis, managed the Stars and Stripes teams, respectively.

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National High School Invitational

Every March, the USA Baseball National High School Invitational (NHSI) presented by the Greater Raleigh Sports Alliance and the Town of Cary brings together 16 of the top prep teams in the country to compete in what has become the premiere event on the high-school baseball calendar. As no event currently brings in a level of talent from top to bottom that the NHSI promises, the eventual tournament champion will kick off its respective season with recognition as the top high-school baseball team in the country.

The NHSI, which not only features the top teams in the country, but also some of the best amateur baseball players, is a 16-team, single-elimination championship tournament. Each participating team is guaranteed to play four games. The NHSI presents participating athletes with national exposure in addition to providing the opportunity for the best teams in the country to compete against each other.

In 2012, Mater Dei High School (Santa Ana, Calif.) claimed the inaugural NHSI title in dramatic fashion with a 3–2 walk-off win over Harvard-Westlake (Studio City, Calif.). The 2013 edition of the tournament was once again won by Mater Dei with another defeat of Harvard-Westlake before The First Academy (Orlando, Fla.) took home the trophy in 2014.

In the 2018 NHSI, Orange Lutheran High School (Orange, Calif.) became the second school in NHSI history to defend its title when it secured the 2018 championship with a dominant 9–3 victory over Green Hope High School (Cary, N.C.) in the final. Green Hope went on an historic run en route to its runner-up finish, not only becoming the first North Carolina school to reach the NHSI championship game, but also the first to advance past its opening round game in the event.

USA Baseball NHSI Champions
Year  School
2019  Orange Lutheran High School (Orange, Calif.)
2018  Orange Lutheran High School (Orange, Calif.)
2017  Orange Lutheran High School (Orange, Calif.)
2016  Huntington Beach High School (Huntington Beach, Calif.)
2015  San Clemente (San Clemente, Calif.)
2014  The First Academy (Orlando, Fla.)
2013  Mater Dei High School (Santa Ana, Calif.)
2012  Mater Dei High School (Santa Ana, Calif.)

National Team Championships


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National Team Championships

The USA Baseball National Team Championships in Florida and Arizona are the primary identification events for players to be considered for the 15U National Team and the 14U, 16U and 17U National Team Development Programs (NTDP).

The National Team Championships first started in 1997 as the USA Junior Olympic Baseball Championships and was a joint venture between USA Baseball and the United States Olympic Committee. At its inception, the event was a tournament for 16-and-under travel baseball teams that was used to identify talent for the USA Baseball 16U National Team.

When USA Baseball moved from New Jersey to Arizona in 1998, the then-56 team tournament moved out west, as well, where it was contested at the spring training homes of the Colorado Rockies and the Chicago White Sox/Arizona Diamondbacks. With the popularity and size of the event growing exponentially, it was expanded to a second location in 2001, once again including the East Coast with a location in Fort Myers, Florida.

In 2009, the tournament was renamed and expanded once more, this time to include a second age group. Now called the National Team Championships, a 14U division was added to identify talent for the USA Baseball 14U national team. However, when the WBSC changed its international competition age groups from 16U to 15U in 2012, a 15U division was added to the National Team Championships for the new 15U national team, the 16U division was changed to 17U and the 17U and 14U divisions now funneled into the newly created NTDP.

Through this event, which is still held annually in both Arizona and Florida, USA Baseball provides an opportunity for 400+ teams to showcase their ability against teams from all across the country.

In Florida, the USA Baseball National Team Championships are held in Palm Beach County, Florida, at Roger Dean Stadium, the spring-training home of the St. Louis Cardinals and Miami Marlins, and The Ballpark of the Palm Beaches, the spring-training home of the 2017 World Series Champions Houston Astros and the Washington Nationals.

In Arizona, the USA Baseball National Team Championships are held in Glendale, Goodyear, Peoria, and Surprise, Arizona, at the spring-training homes of the Los Angeles Dodgers, Cleveland Indians, San Diego Padres, Texas Rangers, Cincinnati Reds, Kansas City Royals, and Chicago White Sox.

Futures Invitational


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Futures Invitational

The USA Baseball 10U and 11U Futures Invitational are elite, invitation-only youth championship events, exclusively reserved for top 10U and 11U teams and athletes. The four-day, championship tournaments will both be hosted at the USA Baseball National Training Complex, the official training site of Team USA and adjoining Thomas Brooks Park and/or Middle Creek Park in Cary, North Carolina. Both the 10U and 11U event will host the best teams from across the country featuring the top youth talent in the nation.

National Team Identification Series (NTIS)

The USA Baseball National Team Identification Series (NTIS) is the most comprehensive player identification program offered by Team USA. Players from across the country will participate in selection events and tryouts on the regional level with the aim of ultimately being named to their regional team. Those regional teams will then compete in their respective age groups against the 15 other regions from across the country at the culminating National Team Identification Series Champions Cup event at the USA Baseball National Training Complex in Cary, North Carolina, in the fall of 2019.

The program includes six separate men's age groups – 11U, 13U, 14U, 15U, 16U and 17U. From the final 2018 NTIS event, USA Baseball will invite a minimum of 68 players to future National Team Trials, National Team Development Program (NTDP) and Tournament of Stars opportunities with the ultimate goal of being selected to represent our country as a part of Team USA in 2019.

All of the regional teams within each age group will be put together by our various NTIS Regional Directors. These various regional directors will be responsible for identifying and selecting 18-player teams which will participate in the culminating event in Cary, North Carolina.

12U NTIS

Held in various locations throughout the country, the 12U NTIS will offer athletes across the U.S. the opportunity to become involved with Team USA, while providing instruction, evaluation and fun. Players from the 12U NTIS will be recommended to USA Baseball officials and, from those recommendations, USA Baseball will invite 128 players to participate in the 12U National Open.

To find a tryout near you, please visit USABaseball.com.

Women's National Open


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Women's National Open

The USA Baseball Women's National Open brings together more than 100 of the top female baseball players in the country to compete against each other for the chance to earn a spot on the Women's National Team Trials roster. These players are split into six teams, competing in games and participating in positional workouts while being scouted and evaluated by the Women's National Team staff. Following the conclusion of the event, the 40-woman Women's National Team Trials roster is announced, followed by National Team Trials and Training, as well as the World Baseball Softball (WBSC) Women's Baseball World Cup.

USA Baseball Cups

The 2019 USA Baseball's 14U and 16U Cups are open-invitation tournaments composed of 32 teams. The 14U and 16U Cups will involve 16 teams each. Each team is guaranteed four games (weather permitting). The events are held in Cary, North Carolina, at the USA Baseball National Training Complex. USA Baseball will award 32 teams the right to participate based on an application approval process.

Sport Development

The USA Baseball Sport Development team aims to grow the game of baseball through youth programs, player development, safety and educational initiatives. The Sport Development website – SportDev.org – houses all USA Baseball's development initiatives, educational resources, certifications and blog material. The website provides free online education courses and resources, development initiatives such as Hit and Run, Fun At Bat and the Prospect Development Pipeline, coach and umpire certification and the Sport Development Blog.

MLB/USA Baseball events

As part of an ongoing partnership, USA Baseball and Major League Baseball have worked together to create a host of events that contribute to the growth and proliferation of the game of baseball, as well as the identification and growth of young athletes.

Breakthrough Series

The Breakthrough Series, established in 2008, is a joint effort on behalf of USA Baseball and Major League Baseball. This unique program focuses on developing the player on and off the field through seminars, mentorship, gameplay, scout evaluations, video coverage, and the highest level of instruction all while providing a platform for the players to perform for scouts and collegiate coaches. The events are completely cost free with USA Baseball covering expenses for the players.


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Players in the MLB and USA Baseball diversity pipeline, including the Breakthrough Series, Dream Series and Elite Development Invitational may be offered additional development and instructional opportunities throughout the year. Affording participants touch points at different times during the season will allow for consistent growth opportunities both in competitive and non-competitive settings and will aide in the continued advancement of their life and baseball skills.

Elite Development Invitational

Utilizing the successful Breakthrough Series instructional model incorporating multiple seminars, Major League Baseball, USA Baseball and the Major League Baseball Players Association teamed up to develop the revolutionary Elite Development Invitational.

In 2017, the event welcomed 200 players (ages 12–17) and more than two dozen coaches with a combined 200-plus years of baseball experience to historic Dodgertown in Vero Beach, Florida, for two weeks of intensive instruction.

The wide-ranging group of coaches covered every field position and instructed players in a variety of workouts and game situations throughout the week.

Players in the MLB and USA Baseball diversity pipeline, including the Breakthrough Series and Elite Development Invitational may be offered additional development and instructional opportunities throughout the year. Affording participants touch points at different times during the season will allow for consistent growth opportunities both in competitive and non-competitive settings and will aide in the continued advancement of their life and baseball skills.

Over 30 former professional players including veterans like Jerry Manuel, Maury Wills, Tom Gordon, Lee Smith, Marquis Grissom, and Endy Chavez served as instructors with Commissioner Manfred, Joe Torre, Harold Reynolds, Dusty Baker and Dee Gordon stopping by to share their knowledge and experiences. Facilitating a Spring Training atmosphere for the aspiring professional players, days consisted of individual work, games, situational play, "chalk talk" and nightly seminars about the baseball industry.

Trailblazer Series

In 2017, USA Baseball and Major League Baseball launched a new baseball tournament for girls, held in the greater Los Angeles area, and built around Jackie Robinson Day Weekend. In 2018, approximately 100 girls, once again, had an unprecedented opportunity to participate in the Trailblazer Series.

Dream Series

The Dream Series, established in 2017, is operated by Major League Baseball and USA Baseball. This event will host a diverse group of more than 60 high school pitchers and catchers from across the country, in a special development camp atmosphere as well as a showcase for professional scouts and collegiate recruiters.


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In addition to the on-field actions, participants will receive daily presentations from former Major Leaguers, scouts, college administrators, umpires and other industry professionals. The focus of these presentations will be to prepare the prospect for the collegiate and professional recruiting processes and offer information about alternative careers within the baseball industry. As in similar amateur development camps, a large contingent of college recruiters and professional scouts are expected to attend and evaluate players who demonstrate potential, but may not have had the opportunity for exposure through other events.

Coaches at this year's Dream Series include Bob Didier, Marvin Freeman, Marquis Grissom, LaTroy Hawkins, Kenny Hill, Charles Johnson, Jerry Manuel, Darren Oliver, Dave Stewart, and Lenny Webster.

Online educational resources

Education is one of the fundamental building blocks of the game. As such, USA Baseball's educational resources emphasize a culture of development, safety and fun within the sport through free online training courses and programs for players, parents, coaches and umpires. Content is available in both English and Spanish.

Mobile Coach

The USA Baseball Mobile Coach App, free to all users, features practice plans, unique drills, and video tutorials to assist coaches of all levels to run competent, safe, age and skill appropriate practices for their players.

Long-Term Athlete Development Plan (LTAD)

USA Baseball, with support from Major League Baseball (MLB), has generated a Long-Term Athlete Development Plan (LTAD) to provide a multi-stage developmental pathway for an individual's lifelong experience within the sport of baseball in the United States. Through developmentally appropriate programs for all ages, the LTAD aims to increase participation, aid in performance, and enhance enjoyment across the sport of baseball. The LTAD plan is a culmination of evidence-based information from the principal contributor group and input from a leadership group consisting of experts from the medical safety industry, MLB league and club executives, and an advisory group inclusive of leaders from across the amateur baseball spectrum.

High school baseball manual

The high school baseball program manual has been developed to support the thousands of dedicated high school coaches around the country in their quest to provide a positive, development-based experience to their student-athletes.

Prospect Development Pipeline (PDP)


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Prospect Development Pipeline (PDP)

The Prospect Development Pipeline (PDP) is a collaborative effort between Major League Baseball (MLB) and USA Baseball. The program established an official identification and player assessment pathway for elite high school age amateur baseball players in the United States to all 30 MLB Clubs for the amateur draft.

Play Ball

Play Ball is a collaborative initiative between Major League Baseball and USA Baseball that highlights the many ways baseball can be played, including ways outside of traditionally organized baseball leagues and tournaments. Events hosted around the country provide an opportunity for youth to experience the game in a variety of different forms in a non-competitive environment.

Pitch Smart

Pitch Smart is a joint initiative by Major League Baseball and USA Baseball that provides a series of practical, age-appropriate guidelines to help parents, players and coaches avoid overuse injuries and foster long, healthy careers for youth pitchers.

Fun At Bat

Fun At Bat is an entry-level bat and ball program for kids with an emphasis on character development, functional movement, active play, and fun. The initiative stems from meticulous research on introductory youth sport programs and is supported by Major League Baseball, USA Baseball and industry professionals.

Hit and Run Baseball

Hit and Run Baseball is a joint initiative between Major League Baseball and USA Baseball that provides guidelines for fun, new ways to engage youth baseball players in formal competitive play. The program serves youth leagues, tournament providers and amateur coaches by providing game modification recommendations focused on pace of play and additional skill building opportunities for athletes that are designed to occur more frequently than traditional gameplay exposure.

Coach and umpire certification

Utilizing USA Baseball's educational content and achieving a certification keeps coaches current with what is happening in the modern game of baseball. It's great for overall professional growth. Whether you coach a recreational youth team or one of our National Teams, we have education for you and a certification to go along with it. All great leaders in the game are also lifelong learners, always looking for new things to implement within their programs. We can never learn or achieve too much. We are pleased to offer to Coach and Umpire Certification pathways to help you on your journey in our national pastime.

Baseball ACE


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Baseball ACE

Baseball ACE is an educational program for any and all individuals who are currently coaching baseball or aspire to coach at any level of the game. Offered in partnership by USA Baseball and the American Baseball Coaches Association (ABCA), this program aims to create a culture of continuing education, professional development and mentorship within the baseball coaching community.

USABat

USA Baseball, the national governing body for the sport of baseball in the U.S., in conjunction with participating national member organizations has adopted a new method for measuring bat performance in the testing of youth bats. Informed by the research of leading scientists on the USA Baseball Bat Study Committee, and supported by its National Member Organizations, — including the American Amateur Baseball Congress (AABC), Babe Ruth Baseball/Cal Ripken Baseball, Dixie Youth Baseball & Dixie Boys Baseball, Little League Baseball and PONY Baseball — USA Baseball has concluded that recent advancements in science, engineering, technology, and the materials available to fabricate non-wood bats, now allow the manufacturers to construct youth bats that can perform at a wood-like level through the entire range of lengths and weights of youth bats.

The new USA Baseball bat standard (USABat), which applies to bats that are classified below the NCAA and NFHS level of play, will be implemented on January 1, 2018, allowing the bat manufacturers sufficient time to bring these bats to the marketplace.

Similar to the NCAA and NFHS BBCOR standard, which helped to eliminate discrepancies with different length bats and thus provide a more direct measure of bat performance, the USA Baseball bat standard will allow youth baseball organizations in the United States to reach their goal of establishing a wood-like standard, a standard that will provide for the long-term integrity of the game.

Golden Spikes Award

Since 1978, USA Baseball has honored the top amateur baseball player in the nation with the Golden Spikes Award. The award is presented in partnership with the Rod Dedeaux Foundation and is given each year to the player who best exhibits exceptional on-field ability and exemplary sportsmanship.

In 2018, California’s Andrew Vaughn won the prestigious award in a presentation on ESPN's flagship program, SportsCenter. Following the nationally televised announcement of the winner, the finalists and their families were celebrated at the Jonathan Club Los Angeles as part of the 2018 Rod Dedeaux Foundation Awards Dinner.


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In 2020, USA Baseball announced that it would forego naming a Golden Spikes Award winner given the canceled 2020 college baseball season due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Past winners also include Terry Francona (1980), Will Clark (1985), Robin Ventura (1988), Jason Varitek (1994), J.D. Drew (1997), Mark Prior (2001), Jered Weaver (2004), Tim Lincecum (2006), David Price (2007), Buster Posey (2008), Stephen Strasburg (2009), Bryce Harper (2010), Trevor Bauer (2011), Mike Zunino (2012), Kris Bryant (2013), A.J. Reed (2014), Andrew Benintendi (2015), Kyle Lewis (2016) and Brendan McKay (2017).


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Golden Spikes Award Winners
Year  Player             Position                      School
2020  Not Awarded        N/A                           N/A
2019  Adley Rutschman    Catcher                       Oregon State
2018  Andrew Vaughn      Infielder                     California
2017  Brendan McKay      Pitcher/First Baseman         Louisville
2016  Kyle Lewis         Outfielder                    Mercer
2015  Andrew Benintendi  Outfielder                    Arkansas
2014  A.J. Reed          Infielder/Pitcher             Kentucky
2013  Kris Bryant        Infielder                     San Diego
2012  Mike Zunino        Catcher                       Florida
2011  Trevor Bauer       Pitcher                       UCLA
2010  Bryce Harper       Catcher/Outfielder/Infielder  Southern Nevada
2009  Stephen Strasburg  Pitcher                       San Diego State
2008  Buster Posey       Catcher                       Florida State
2007  David Price        Pitcher                       Vanderbilt
2006  Tim Lincecum       Pitcher                       Washington
2005  Alex Gordon        Third Baseman                 Nebraska
2004  Jered Weaver       Pitcher                       Long Beach State
2003  Rickie Weeks       Second Baseman                Southern
2002  Khalil Greene      Shortstop                     Clemson
2001  Mark Prior         Pitcher                       Southern California
2000  Kip Bouknight      Pitcher                       South Carolina
1999  Jason Jennings     Pitcher                       Baylor
1998  Pat Burrell        Third Baseman                 Miami
1997  J.D. Drew          Outfielder                    Florida State
1996  Travis Lee         First Baseman                 San Diego State
1995  Mark Kotsay        Outfielder                    Cal State Fullerton
1994  Jason Varitek      Catcher                       Georgia Tech
1993  Darren Dreifort    Pitcher                       Wichita State
1992  Phil Nevin         Third Baseman                 Cal State Fullerton
1991  Mike Kelly         Outfielder                    Arizona State
1990  Alex Fernandez     Pitcher                       Miami Dade Community College
1989  Ben McDonald       Pitcher                       LSU
1988  Robin Ventura      Third Baseman                 Oklahoma State
1987  Jim Abbott         Pitcher                       Michigan
1986  Mike Loynd         Pitcher                       Florida State
1985  Will Clark         First Baseman                 Mississippi State
1984  Oddibe McDowell    Outfielder                    Arizona State
1983  Dave Magadan       First Baseman                 Alabama
1982  Augie Schmidt      Shortstop                     New Orleans
1981  Mike Fuentes       Outfielder                    Florida State
1980  Terry Francona     Outfielder                    Arizona
1979  Tim Wallach        First Baseman                 Cal State Fullerton
1978  Bob Horner         Third Baseman                 Arizona State

Organizational awards

Every year, USA Baseball recognizes the top National Team coach, developmental coach, volunteer coach, player, performance and team from the past season with its organizational awards. In addition, in years when USA Baseball fields a Women's National Team, the organization also recognizes the top female athlete of that year. The awards and past winners are as follows:

USA Baseball Rod Dedeaux Coach of the Year Award

Presented annually in conjunction with the U.S. Olympic Committee and the Rod Dedeaux Foundation, the USA Baseball Rod Dedeaux Coach of the Year award is given to the National Team manager or coach who expects excellence out of his players. A coach who not only strives for his players to succeed but to become better human beings as well. The award was first presented in 1996.


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Rod Dedeaux Coach of the Year Award Winners
Year  Coach             Team
2018  Paul Mainieri     Collegiate National Team
2017  Jim Leyland       World Baseball Classic Team
2016  George Horton     Collegiate National Team
2015  Willie Randolph   Premier12 Team
2014  Andy Stankiewicz  18U National Team
2013  Rob Cooper        18U National Team
2012  Scott Brosius     18U National Team
2011  Scott Brosius     18U National Team
2010  Eric Kibler       16U National Team
2009  Eddie Rodriguez   World Cup Team
2008  Rob Walton        Collegiate National Team
2007  Davey Johnson     World Cup Team
2006  Davey Johnson     Olympic Qualifying Team
2005  Davey Johnson     Pre-Olympic Qualifying Team
2004  Marty Scott       Women's National Team
2003  Ray Tanner        Collegiate National Team
2002  Lelo Prado        Collegiate National Team
2001  Pat McMahon       Collegiate National Team
2000  Mike Gillespie    Collegiate National Team
2000  Tommy Lasorda     U.S. Olympic Baseball Team
1999  Mark Johnson      Collegiate National Team
1998  Ron Polk          Collegiate National Team
1997  Bob Milano        Collegiate National Team
1996  Skip Bertman      Collegiate National Team and U.S. Olympic Baseball Team

USA Baseball Developmental Coach of the Year Award

Presented annually in conjunction with the U.S. Olympic Committee, the USA Baseball Developmental Coach of the Year Award is given to the manager or coach who most prepares his players for the next level of baseball and as well as their future outside of the sport. The award was first presented in 1996.

Developmental Coach of the Year Award Winners
Year  Coach             Team
2018  Jason Maxwell     15U National Team
2017  David Sharp       12U National Team
2016  Glenn Cecchini    18U National Team
2015  Tanner Vesely     12U National Team
2014  Jonathan Pollard  Women's National Team
2013  Dave Webb         12U National Team
2012  Eric Kibler       14U and 17U National Team Development Programs
2011  Jeff Hewitt       14U National Team
2010  Bill Kinneberg    Collegiate National Team
2009  George Sanchez    16U National Team
2008  Mark Elkins       18U National Team
2007  Gary Hatch        16U National Team
2006  Garye LaFevers    16U National Team
2005  Phil Bodine       16U National Team
2004  Frank Cruz        Collegiate National Team
2003  Don Freeman       16U National Team
2002  Edgar Soto        18U National Team
2001  Dave Grant        18U National Team
2000  Tim Saunders      16U National Team
1999  Bill Krejci       16U National Team
1998  Mark McKenzie     16U National Team
1997  Bill Olson        18U National Team
1996  Phil Clark        18U National Team

USA Baseball Volunteer Coach of the Year Award


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USA Baseball Volunteer Coach of the Year Award

Presented on a year-by-year basis in conjunction with the U.S. Olympic Committee, the USA Baseball Volunteer Coach of the Year Award is given to the coach who does not receive payment in any form for his or her involvement in assisting USA Baseball with coaching and growing the game of baseball at any level.

Volunteer Coach of the Year Award Winners
Year  Coach            Team
2018  Karsten Whitson  14U National Team Development Program
2017  Bill Burniston   Collegiate National Team
2016  Skip Schumaker   14U National Team Development Program
2015  Todd Greene      14U National Team Development Program
2014  Brad Wilkerson   Multiple programs
2013  Landon Powell    14U National Team Development Program
2012  Eric Kibler      14U and 17U National Team Development Programs
2011  Jeff Hewitt      14U National Team
2010  Bill Kinneberg   Collegiate National Team
2009  George Sanchez   16U National Team
2008  Mark Elkins      18U National Team
2007  Gary Hatch       16U National Team
2006  Garye LaFevers   16U National Team
2005  Phil Bodine      16U National Team
2004  Frank Cruz       Collegiate National Team
2003  Don Freeman      16U National Team

USA Baseball Player of the Year/Richard W. "Dick" Case Award

From 1984 to 2002, the USA Baseball Player of Year Award was given to the athlete who was not only an outstanding player on the field, but also exemplified sportsmanship and love of the game as well. Beginning in 2003, the award was renamed the Richard W. “Dick” Case Award in honor of the organization's founding Executive Director/CEO.


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Player of the Year/Richard W. "Dick" Case Award Winners
Year  Player               Team
2018  Adley Rutschman      Collegiate National Team
2017  Triston Casas        18U National Team
2016  Ricky Tyler Thomas   Collegiate National Team
2015  Justyn-Henry Malloy  15U National Team
2014  Brice Turang         15U National Team
2013  Carlos Rodón         Collegiate National Team
2012  Reese McGuire        18U National Team
2011  Albert Almora        18U National Team
2010  Alex Bregman         16U National Team
2009  Justin Smoak         World Cup Team
2008  Stephen Strasburg    Collegiate National Team and U.S. Olympic Team
2007  Jayson Nix           World Cup Team
2006  J.P. Arencibia       Collegiate National Team
2005  Ryan Zimmerman       Collegiate National Team
2004  Ryan Shealy          Pre-Olympic Qualifying Team
2003  Huston Street        Collegiate National Team
2002  Michael Aubrey       Collegiate National Team
2001  Orlando Hudson       World Cup Team
2000  Ben Sheets           U.S. Olympic Team
1999  Dan Wheeler          Pan American Games Team
1998  Pat Burrell          Golden Spikes Award Winner
1997  J.D. Drew            Golden Spikes Award Winner
1996  Travis Lee           Collegiate National Team and U.S. Olympic Team
1995  Mark Kotsay          Golden Spikes Award Winner
1994  Jason Varitek        Golden Spikes Award Winner
1993  Darren Dreifort      Golden Spikes Award Winner
1992  Phil Nevin           Collegiate National Team and U.S. Olympic Team
1991  Mike Kelly           Golden Spikes Award Winner
1990  Alex Fernandez       Golden Spikes Award Winner
1989  Ben McDonald         Golden Spikes Award Winner
1988  Robin Ventura        Collegiate National Team and U.S. Olympic Team
1987  Jim Abbott           Collegiate National Team and Pan American Games Team
1986  Mike Loynd           Golden Spikes Award Winner
1985  Will Clark           Golden Spikes Award Winner
1984  Oddibe McDowell      Collegiate National Team and U.S. Olympic Team

USA Baseball International Performance of the Year Award

The USA Baseball International Performance of the Year Award recognizes the athlete who authors the greatest single-game performance on an international stage while wearing the Team USA uniform in a given year. The annual award was first presented in 2009.


USA Baseball

International Performance of the Year Award Winners
Year  Player(s)                                              Team                         Performance
2018  Bobby Witt Jr.                                         18U National Team            Hit for a natural cycle in the COPABE U-18 Pan-American Championships gold medal game
2017  Josh Atomanczyk                                        12U National Team            W, 5.1 IP, 4 H, 1 ER, 7 K, 2-for-3, 2 R, 2 HR, 5 RBI
2017  Marcus Stroman                                         World Baseball Classic Team  W, 6.1 IP, 1 H, 3 K (World Baseball Classic Final)
2016  Hans Crouse                                            18U National Team            W, 7 IP, 1 H, 0 ER, 3 BB, 11 K
2015  Ryan Hendrix, Tanner Houck, Chris Okey, and A. J. Puk  Collegiate National Team     Combined to no-hit the Cuban National Team for the first time in its history
2014  James Kaprielian                                       Collegiate National Team     W, 6 IP, 2 H, 0 ER, 0 BB, 12 K
2013  Brady Aiken                                            18U National Team            W, 7 IP, 5 H, 1 ER, 2 BB, 10 K
2012  Jonathon Crawford                                      Collegiate National Team     W, 6.1 IP, 4 H, 2 ER, 2 BB, 6 K
2011  Keegan Thompson                                        16U National Team            W, 9.0 IP, 4 H, 0 ER, 1 BB, 12K, 4-for-5, 1 R, 1 2B, 2 RBI
2010  Chris Archer                                           Professional National Team   W, 6.0 IP, 2 H< 0 ER, 0 BB, 10 K
2009  Jameson Taillon                                        18U National Team            W, 7.2 IP, 4 H, 0 ER, 1 BB, 16 K (U.S. 18U Pan American single-game record)

USA Baseball Sportswoman of the Year Award

The USA Baseball Sportswoman of the Year Award is presented in years when the organization fields a Women's National Team to the top female athlete who was not only an outstanding player on the field, but also exemplified sportsmanship and love of the game.

Sportswoman of the Year Award Winners
Year  Player             Team
2018  Megan Baltzell     Women's National Team
2016  Tamara Holmes      Women's National Team
2015  Malaika Underwood  Women's National Team
2014  Sarah Hudek        Women's National Team
2012  Tamara Holmes      Women's National Team
2010  Jenna Marston      Women's National Team
2006  Donna Mills        Women's National Team
2004  Laura Brenneman    Women's National Team


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USA Baseball Team of the Year Awards

Finally, the USA Baseball Team of the Year is one whose success reaches far beyond the medal it wins. It is a team that teaches the game of baseball wherever it goes while embodying the ideals, standards and principles of USA Baseball and Team USA. The annual award was first presented in 1996.

Team of the Year Award Winners
Year  Team
2018  15U National Team
2017  World Baseball Classic Team
2016  Collegiate National Team
2015  Women's National Team
2014  18U National Team
2013  18U National Team
2012  18U National Team
2011  16U National Team
2010  16U National Team
2009  Professional National Team
2008  Collegiate National Team
2007  Professional National Team
2006  Professional National Team
2005  Professional National Team
2004  Collegiate National Team
2003  Collegiate National Team
2002  Collegiate National Team
2001  16U National Team
2000  U.S. Olympic Team
1999  Professional national Team
1998  16U National Team
1997  18U National Team
1996  U.S. Olympic Team

Member organizations

  * Amateur Athletic Union (AAU)
  * American Amateur Baseball Congress (AABC)
  * American Baseball Coaches Association (ABCA)
  * American Legion Baseball
  * Babe Ruth Baseball
  * Baseball Players Association (BPA)
  * Dixie Baseball
  * Little League Baseball
  * National Amateur Baseball Federation
  * National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA)
  * National Assoc. of Police Athletic Leagues
  * National Baseball Congress (NBC)
  * National Club Baseball Association (NCBA)
  * National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA)
  * National Federation of State High School Associations (NFHS)
  * National High School Baseball Coaches Assoc.
  * National Junior College Athletic Association (NJCAA)
  * PONY Baseball
  * T-BALL USA
  * United States Specialty Sports Association (USSSA)
  * World Baseball Classic (WBC)
  * YMCAs of the USA
  * American Women's Baseball Federation
  * Amateur baseball in the United States
  * Baseball awards#U.S. amateur baseball
  * Baseball awards#U.S. college baseball
  * Baseball awards#U.S. high-school baseball
  * Baseball awards#U.S. youth baseball
  * USOC Athlete of the Year (2000 Team of the Year: USA Baseball Olympic team)
  * USA Baseball official website
  * World Baseball Classic


Mar Narsai D'Baz

Mar Narsai D'Baz (Syriac: ܡܪܝ ܢܪܣܝ ܕܒܙ; May 17, 1940 – February 14, 2010Lebanon, Syria and all Europe in the Assyrian Church of the East. Born on May 17, 1940, to Rev. Elias De Baz in the village of Tel-Rumman Foqani in Syria. Ordained Bishop of Lebanon at Beirut on July 18, 1968. Elevated to the rank of Metropolitan at London on October 17, 1976. He died on February 14, 2010, in Scottsdale, Arizona, and his last rites were given at Mar Gewargis Cathedral and buried in Chicago, Illinois.

  * Assyrian Church of the East
  * Assyrian Church of the East's Holy Synod


Persicula interruptolineata

Persicula interruptolineata is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk, in the family Cystiscidae.


Richard Audoly

Richard Audoly (born 6 March 1943) is a French former swimmer. He competed in the men's 200 metre breaststroke at the 1960 Summer Olympics.

  * Richard Audoly at Olympics.com
  * Richard Audoly at Olympedia


John Miesel

John Miesel (February 10, 1883 – October 4, 1948) was an American gymnast.four events at 1904 Summer Olympics.

  * John Messel at Olympics.com
  * John Messel at Olympedia


John Worrall

John Worrall may refer to:

  * Jack Worrall (1861–1937), Australian rules footballer
  * John Worrall (cricketer) (1927–2012), New Zealand cricketer
  * John Worrall (philosopher) (born 1946), professor of philosophy of science at the London School of Economics
  * John Worrall (RAF officer) (1911–1988), World War II RAF fighter pilot
  * John Worrall (criminologist), American criminologist


Regenerator 3017

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Regenerator 3017 is the fifteenth studio album by Djam Karet, released on February 25, 2014 by HC Productions.

Track listing

All music is composed by Djam Karet.

No.  Title                          Length
1.   "Prince of the Inland Empire"  5:35
2.   "Living in the Future Past"    4:50
3.   "Desert Varnish"               7:19
4.   "Wind Pillow"                  4:39
5.   "Lost Dreams"                  3:51
6.   "Empty House"                  6:08
7.   "On the Edge of the Moon"      8:36

Personnel

Adapted from Regenerator 3017 liner notes.

Djam Karet                                                                                Additional musicians
  * Gayle Ellett – electric guitar, Greek bouzouki, Rhodes piano, Moog synthesizer, Solina String Ensemble, mellotron, tape, production, mixing, mastering    * Mark Cook – Warr Guitar (2)
  * Mike Henderson – electric guitar, percussion                                                                                * Mike Murray – electric guitar
  * Chuck Oken, Jr. – drums, percussion, keyboards, electronics
  * Henry J. Osborne – bass guitar, piano, percussion

Release history

Region         Date  Label  Format  Catalog
United States  2014  HC     CD      HC017

  * Regenerator 3017 at Discogs (list of releases)
  * Regenerator 3017 at Bandcamp


The Complete Control Sessions

The Complete Control Sessions is a series of live recordings by SideOneDummy Records. The series, which the label compares to Peel Sessions,The Bouncing Souls in April 2011, the label previously released a live EP by Flogging Molly with the title Complete Control Sessions in March 2007.

The series is a spin-off of Complete Control Radio, a weekly radio show hosted by Joe Sib, co-founder of SideOneDummy.

Releases

#    Band                Title                                Release date
N/A  Flogging Molly      Complete Control Sessions            March 13, 2007
1    The Bouncing Souls  Complete Control Recording Sessions  April 12, 2011
2    Scream              Complete Control Recording Sessions  August 16, 2011
3    Anti-Flag           Complete Control Recording Sessions  September 27, 2011
4    Smoking Popes       Complete Control Recording Sessions  May 1, 2012
5    Samiam              Complete Control Recording Sessions  October 23, 2012

  * Official site


Mansbridge One on One

Mansbridge One on One was a weekly TV program on CBC Television featuring CBC's News' chief correspondent Peter Mansbridge who is a 12-time Gemini Award recipient and officer of the Order of Canada.Hillary Clinton.

The show ended once Peter Mansbridge retired from the CBC in 2017.

  * http://www.cbc.ca/thenational/mansbridge/
  * http://archives.cbc.ca/programs/1059/


Lee Nam-su

In this Korean name, the family name is Lee.

Lee Nam-su (Korean:이남수; born 21 May 1976), also spelled as Lee Nam-soo, is a South Korean handball player. She competed in the women's tournament at the 2000 Summer Olympics with the South Korean team.

  * Li Nam-So at Olympedia


USAV Vulcan

USAV Vulcan (FMS-789) was a floating machine shop operated by the United States Army.Bethlehem Steel Company shipyard on Staten Island, New York and delivered in September 1954.

Vulcan seen at the Seattle Maritime Academy in 2019 (between the second and third bridge supports from the right).

Vulcan was retired from Army service sometime prior to April 2010 and acquired by the Seattle Maritime Academy for use as a floating classroom. She was towed to their facility east of the Ballard Bridge on 10 April 2010.


Mar Gregorios College of Arts and Science, Chennai

Mar Gregorios College (MGC) is a private college located in Mogappair West, near Chennai. MGC was founded by the Malankara Syrian Catholic Management (MSC Management, Since 1930). The Trust was founded on 1 August 1930 at Trivandrum, Kerala. The college, established in the city of Chennai by the MSCM, a Catholic church in India, is said to be among the top colleges. It is affiliated with Madras University.

MGC was founded in 1994, while Rt. Rev. Dr. Joshua Mar Ignathios, Bishop, Diocese of Mavelikarawas the first director of the college. The college is affiliated with the University of Madras and approved by the government of Tamil Nadu since 1997. The college is ISO 9001:2015 certified Institution.

Courses

The college offers 14 degree programs and 3 postgraduate programs, functioning in two shifts, Shift-I & Shift-II. Shift-I offers under graduation courses in Computer Application, Computer Science, Electronics and Communication Science, Mathematics, Visual Communication, Business Administration, Commerce (Accounting & Finance), Commerce (Corporate Secretaryship), Commerce (General), English and Tamil Literature, Tourism, and Post Graduate Courses in Computer Science, Social Work and Commerce (General). Shift-II offers Under Graduation Courses in Computer Application, Computer Science, Business Administration, Commerce (Computer Application), Commerce (Corporate Secretaryship), Commerce (General).

History

MGC's founding objective was to plan and implement a programme of education in Arts and Sciences, to promote research, disseminate knowledge and to foster the cooperation and exchange of ideas between the academic community and business organizations and to develop entrepreneurship skills among students.

The college is a Christian Minority institution under Syro-Malankara Catholic Church, which runs Medical, Dental, Engineering Colleges and Schools all over India since 1930. Ever since its inception in 1997, Mar Gregorios College has gone from strength to strength and is now one of the premier colleges of the University of Madras. It is named after the late Archbishop of Trivandrum, Benedict Mar Gregorios. It has an 18-acre (7.3 ha) campus.


MGC is a model Christian minority educational institution established in the city of Chennai with an eight-acre campus named after Most Rev. Benedict Mar Gregorios, Late Arch Bishop of Thiruvanandapuram Arch Diocese managed by the Malankara Syrian Catholic Management (MSCM). This management has rendered a remarkable service in the field of Medicine, Engineering, School and Collegiate Education all over India since 1930.

The college aims at offering job-oriented university education with strong basic practical training in a Catholic atmosphere, especially those belonging to less privileged sections of the society. The college fosters personal and professional success through the development of critical thinking, effective communication, creativity, cultural awareness in a safe, accessible and affordable learning environment and embraces equality and accountability through an effective value-based education in a holistic approach.


Persicula multilineata

Persicula multilineata is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk, in the family Cystiscidae.


Richard Atkins (disambiguation)

Richard Atkins (1559–1581) was an English Protestant martyr.

Richard Atkins may also refer to:

  * Sir Richard Atkins, 1st Baronet, of the Atkins baronets
  * Sir Richard Atkins, 2nd Baronet (1654–1696), English politician
  * Sir Richard Atkins, 6th Baronet, High Sheriff of Buckinghamshire
  * Richard Atkins (diplomat) (1931–1998), New Zealand public servant and diplomat
  * Richie Atkins, fictional character in TV series Bad Girls
  * Richard Atkyns (1615–1677), English writer


Pernankila

Pernankila (also Peranankila) is a village near Hiryadka of Udupi taluk in Udupi district. It is a mid-sized village located in Udupi district in the state of Karnataka in India. It had a population of about 2147 persons living in around 427 households according to 2001 census.

Climate

The climate in Pernankila is hot in summers and mild in winter. During summers(from March to May) the temperature reaches up to 35 °C and in winters (from December to February) it is usually between 32 °C and 20 °C. The Monsoon period is from June to September with one of the rainfall averaging more than 4000mm every year and heavy winds.

Climate data for Peranankila
Month                              Jan     Feb     Mar     Apr     May     Jun      Jul      Aug      Sep      Oct     Nov     Dec     Year
Average high °C (°F)               32.8    33      33.5    34      33.3    29.7     28.2     28.4     29.5     30.9    32.3    32.8    31.5
                                   (91.0)  (91)    (92.3)  (93)    (91.9)  (85.5)   (82.8)   (83.1)   (85.1)   (87.6)  (90.1)  (91.0)  (88.7)
Average low °C (°F)                20.8    21.8    23.6    25      25.1    23.4     22.9     23       23.1     23.1    22.4    21.2    23.0
                                   (69.4)  (71.2)  (74.5)  (77)    (77.2)  (74.1)   (73.2)   (73)     (73.6)   (73.6)  (72.3)  (70.2)  (73.3)
Average precipitation mm (inches)  1.1     0.2     2.9     24.4    183.2   1,177.2  1,350.4  787.3    292.1    190.8   70.9    16.4    4,096.9
                                   (0.04)  (0.01)  (0.11)  (0.96)  (7.21)  (46.35)  (53.17)  (31.00)  (11.50)  (7.51)  (2.79)  (0.65)  (161.30)


Pernankila

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  * Temples
  * Population of the village


Perry Nelson House

The Perry Nelson House is a historic farmhouse in Dodge County, Minnesota; located in Concord Township, it is approximately 6 miles (9.7 km) from West Concord, Minnesota. The private home was placed on the National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) on April 16, 1982. The house is considered significant for its distinctive scale among rural housing stock in the area, as well as its representation of both the agricultural development of the county and the Yankee heritage of the surrounding area.

Structure

Designed in the Italianate style, the house consists of a long rectangle with a short wing on the south side (front) with a low hip roof. The roof and cornice extend east from the wing to form a porch area. The structure is constructed of random-range ashlar stone with margin draft on the west, south and east facades, and rock-faced ashlar on the north facade.limestone carved from local quarries near Mantorville.

The three finished facades have bracketed eaves extending around them, and plain eaves on the north facade. The building's fenestration consists of six-over-six double-hung sash windows in rectangular openings with heavy lintels. A long wood and stone wing extends to the north. In the 1950s, the building's interior was totally remodeled and minor alterations were made to the exterior, including changes to the front porch and the addition of wood shutters.

History

Perry Nelson came to Minnesota in 1861.New York, he reflected the Yankee heritage of the surrounding area: Virtually every farmer in the township originated from New York, New England, or Pennsylvania. The township, as well as the town of West Concord, were named after Concord, New Hampshire.

The Perry Nelson House marked on the 1874 map of Dodge County.

Nelson had the house built in the early 1870s, and it was noted in the Atlas of Minnesota published in 1874.

Nelson moved to nearby Kasson and willed the house and a section of land to a niece who lived in Wisconsin.


KKCI

KKCI 102.5 FM is a radio station licensed to Goodland, Kansas. The station broadcasts a Classic rock format and is owned by Melia Communications, Inc.

Former logo

  * KKCI's website
  * KKCI in the FCC FM station database
  * KKCI on Radio-Locator
  * KKCI in Nielsen Audio's FM station database

39°23′24″N 101°33′35″W / 39.39000°N 101.55972°W


The Complete Imperial Sessions

The Complete Imperial Sessions is a CD compilation of the two albums led by American jazz trombonist/composer Lou Blackburn, Jazz Frontier and Two Note Samba, which were recorded in 1963 and originally released on the Imperial label.Horace Tapscott.

Reception

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Source         Rating
AllMusic
All Abou Jazz

AllMusic reviewer Ken Dryden stated: "The musicianship throughout these dates is exemplary and it is a shame that the short-lived quintet didn't achieve greater recognition. Even bop fans who are not at all familiar with Lou Blackburn will enjoy this collection of his early work as a leader".All About Jazz correspondent, Mike Keely said "The Complete Imperial Sessions presents a tight West Coast band with a bluesy East Coast sound. There is the best of both worlds in this fine quintet with its well-balanced soloists and outstanding rhythm section. Blackburn is a sharp band leader whose sophistication is evident throughout these sessions; he brings to the table eleven original compositions and a band that can turn on a dime".

Track listing

All compositions by Lou Blackburn except as indicated


The Complete Imperial Sessions

Track listing

All compositions by Lou Blackburn except as indicated

 1. "New Frontier" - 4:37
 2. "Perception" - 5:29
 3. "I Cover the Waterfront" (Edward Heyman, Johnny Green) - 3:05
 4. "17 Richmond Park" - 5:07
 5. "Harlem Bossa Nova" - 3:28
 6. "Luze Blues" - 3:11
 7. "The Clan" (Curtis Fuller) - 2:56
 8. "Scorpio" - 4:26
 9. "Jazz-a-Nova" - 3:46
10. "Stella by Starlight" (Ned Washington, Victor Young) - 3:52
11. "Manhã de Carnaval" (Luiz Bonfá, Antônio Maria) - 5:53
12. "Jean-Bleu" - 4:43
13. "Blues for Eurydice" - 4:45
14. "Secret Love" (Paul Francis Webster, Sammy Fain) - 3:18
15. "Two-Note Samba" - 4:09
16. "Grand Prix" - 3:49
17. "Song of Delilah" (Ray Evans, Jay Livingston, Victor Young) - 4:52
18. "Dear Old Stockholm" (Traditional) - 4:43
19. "Ode to Taras" - 4:52 Bonus track not on original albums
  * Recorded on January 25 (tracks 1-5), January 31 (tracks 6-11), March 12 (tracks 12-15 & 19) and March 18 (tracks 16-18), 1963 at United Recorders, Los Angeles, CA. Tracks 1-10 originally issued as Jazz Frontier (Imperial 12228) and tracks 11-18 originally issued as Two Note Samba (Imperial 12242)

Personnel

  * Lou Blackburn - trombone
  * Freddie Hill - trumpet
  * Horace Tapscott - piano
  * John Duke - bass
  * Leroy Henderson - drums


Spruce Meadows

Spruce Meadows is a multi-purpose sports facility near Calgary, Alberta built by the Southern family which opened in 1975.

The facility contains an equestrian show jumping complex that comprises 505 acres (2.04 km2). The current president and CEO of Spruce Meadows is Linda Southern-Heathcott, a former Olympian who competed in the 1996 Atlanta Summer Games for the Canadian Olympic Team.

The facility is also the home venue of Cavalry FC of the Canadian Premier League, a soccer team owned by Spruce Meadows Sports and Entertainment. The 6,000-seat stadium, known as ATCO Field for sponsorship reasons during soccer use, is within the facility. The field was constructed in early 2019 at the site of a modified jumping field, which gained new stands to fit the rectangular soccer pitch.

Tournaments

"National" Award Ceremony at Spruce Meadows

There are six major outdoor tournaments and eight indoor tournaments at Spruce Meadows annually. The indoor tournaments are known as the 'Nakoda Series' and are tailored for developing junior/amateur competitors. The outdoor tournaments start with the 'Summer Series' a five-week-long tour that comprises the following tournaments: beginning in June with the CSI 'National', the CSI 'Continental', the CSI 'Pan American', and then the CSI 'North American' in July. The outdoor season culminates in the CSIO Spruce Meadows 'Masters' Tournament in September. Each tournament is well-recognized and attracts a wide array of athletes and their horses from around the world. Spruce Meadows was named number one show jumping facility in the world in 2001–02 and 2003–04.

Spruce Meadows breeds, trains, and sells Hanoverian horses, and holds an annual "Name the Foal" contest, in which three foals are selected to be named by the public. The contest is very popular, and when the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation televises the tournaments, each foal from "Name the Foal" is individually profiled.

Soccer stadium

Main article: ATCO Field

A 6,000 seat soccer stadium has been built on the "Meadows on the Green" ring at Spruce Meadows to be the home of Cavalry FC.York 9 FC in snowy conditions.

History


Spruce Meadows

History

Construction of Spruce Meadows began in 1973, with the opening in 1975 and first equestrian tournament in 1976. It hosts 500,000 visitors annually and has the stable capacity for 1,000 horses. Spruce Meadows is open for visitors 365 days of the year. It is an all-season facility that hosts conventions and trade shows as well as show-jumping and dressage events. Spruce Meadows has a television production facility that produces Spruce Meadows Chronicles, a show-jumping related TV series that is broadcast to over 100 countries, in addition to other specials and programs.

In May 2018, it was announced that Spruce Meadows were behind a new Canadian Premier League soccer club, Cavalry FC, who will play at their facility in a modular, 5,000-seat stadium starting in 2019.

In late December 2018 Construction began on a new 4,000 seat covered grandstand on the eastern edge of the Meadows on the Green horse ring. The stadium will feature 2,000 additional temporary seats during soccer matches.

In late January 2019 the capacity of the grandstand was updated to be 4,500 seats, with a further 1,500 split between the north and south ends of the pitch.

Recent concerns

Recently, the Southern family, who have owned the facility since its inception, have become vocal regarding the encroaching city development—once several kilometres outside of town, Spruce Meadows is now located adjacent to the residential neighbourhoods of Bridlewood and Somerset, with a third, Silverado, now partly constructed. Effective January 1, 2011 Spruce Meadows ceased to be within the City of Calgary in a deal with the MD of Foothills. The City of Calgary annexed approximately 176.25 acres of land located northeast of the Sirocco Golf Course from the MD of Foothills. The MD of Foothills annexed approximately 138.45 acres of land situated between Highway 22X and the then municipal boundary.

In the late 1990s, the Southerns successfully lobbied the City of Calgary to rename the stretch of Highway 22X that runs north of the facility from Marquis of Lorne Trail to Spruce Meadows Trail.

  * CSIO Spruce Meadows 'Masters' Tournament
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  * Official Website of Spruce Meadows
  * Stadium Profile


Lee Naylor

Lee Naylor may refer to:

  * Lee Naylor (footballer) (born 1980), English footballer
  * Lee Naylor (sprinter) (born 1971), Australian track and field athlete
  * Lee Naylor (Emmerdale), a fictional character in Emmerdale


USAV General Frank S. Besson Jr.

USAV General Frank S. Besson Jr. (LSV-1) is the lead ship of the General Frank S. Besson Jr.-class roll-on/roll-off of US Army.

Design

Main article: General Frank S. Besson-class support vessel

Named in honor of Gen. Frank S. Besson Jr., former Chief of Transportation, U.S. Army, these ships have bow and stern ramps and the ability to beach themselves, giving them the ability to discharge 900 short tons of vehicles and cargo over the shore in as little as four feet of water, or 2,000 short tons as an intra-theater line haul roll-on/roll-off cargo ship.M1 Abrams main battle tanks or 82 ISO standard containers.

Construction and career

She was acquired by the US Army on 19 September 1987 and commissioned in 1988 into the 335th Transportation Detachment, 7th Expeditionary Transportation Brigade. She is homeported in Fort Eustis.

Gallery

  * [USAV General Frank S. Besson Jr. and USCGC Dallas in Guantanamo Bay on 8 March 2010]
    USAV General Frank S. Besson Jr. and USCGC Dallas in Guantanamo Bay on 8 March 2010
  * [USAV General Frank S. Besson Jr. on 29 May 2010]
    USAV General Frank S. Besson Jr. on 29 May 2010
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  * Navsource – Photo Gallery
  * Frank S Besson Class LSV Logistic Support Vessel
  * LSVs at globalsecurity.org
  * Photo gallery: Family tour aboard the LSV-7 Kuroda | The Honolulu Advertiser
  * LSV-8 USAV MG Roberts Smalls – a set on Flickr
  * Army Commissions Vessel Named after African-American Civil War Hero, S.C. Statesman
  * Robert Smalls Official Website


United Issarak Front

The United Issarak Front (in Khmer: សមាគមខ្មែរឥស្សរៈ, Samakhum Khmer Issarak, lit. 'Khmer Issarak Front') was a Cambodian anti-colonial movement 1950–1954,Khmer Issarak movement. The UIF coordinated the efforts of the movement as of 1950, and waged war against the French Union forces. At the time of the Geneva Peace Conference in 1954, it is estimated that UIF controlled about half of the Cambodian territory.

Founding

The founding conference of UIF was held in Kompong Som Loeu, Kampot province April 17–April 19, 1950. Around 200 delegates assisted the conference, out of whom 105 were Buddhist monks.Viet Minh general assisted the conference. At the conference venue Khmer, Vietnamese and Laotian flags were displayed.

The conference elected a National Central Executive committee headed by Son Ngoc Minh. Other committee members were Chan Samay (deputy), Sieu Heng (secretary), Chan Dara (military commander), Meas Vong (military commander), Meas Vannak (military commander), Chau Yin (military commander), Nhem Sun (military commander), Sok Saphai (military commander), Ngin Hor (military commander), Keo Moni, Ney Sarann, a Phnom Penh representative (possibly Keo Meas) and two representative of expatriate Khmers. The latter are believed to have been the Khmer Krom representatives Meas Vong and Meas Vannak. It is estimated at five of the committee members were affiliated with the Indochinese Communist Party.

Resistance government

The founding conference of the UIF decided to launch a revolutionary proto-government, the People's Liberation Central Committee. The PLCC was led by Son Ngoc Minh. Assisting him the PLCC had three vice-presidents; Chan Samay, Sieu Heng (the PLCC defence minister) and Tou Samouth (all three ICP cadres). Son Phouc Rattana, became the administrative secretary of PLCC. Non Suon was the sixth member of the PLCC leadership.

On June 19, 1950, Son Ngoc Minh declared Cambodia independent. At the same time, he claimed that the UIF armed forces controlled a third of the country.


United Issarak Front

In 1952, the UIF effectively incorporated the rival Issarak grouping of the Khmer National Liberation Committee, led by Leav Keo Moni and based in the country's north-west, though some anticommunist elements of the KNLC continued to operate independently. The UIF then formed a 'Khmer Resistance Government', with the following composition:

  * President: Son Ngoc Minh
  * Vice-President: Chan Samay
  * Minister of Interior: Tou Samouth
  * Minister of Foreign Affairs: Keo Moni
  * Minister of Education: Chau Yin
  * Minister of Defence: Sieu Heng
  * Minister of Ethnic Affairs: Leav Keo Moni
  * Minister of Religion: Sos Man

Armed conflict

In August 1950 a UIF military school was founded, with about a hundred armed UIF cadres as its first batch.

In February 1953 UIF and Viet Minh forces ambushed and killed the governor of Prey Veng. The action constituted a major propaganda victory for the UIF, whose recruitment appeal had been curtailed by the promises of Prince Sihanouk of achieving independence from France.

Geneva Conference

The UIF sent two delegates, Keo Moni and Mey Pho, to the 1954 conference on a peaceful solution to the conflicts in Indochina. The two accompanied the Viet Minh delegation, which arrived in Geneva on May 8. The UIF was, however, officially invited to the conference. In the first speech by the Viet Minh delegate urged that the UIF-led Khmer Resistance Government should be included in the talks, on equal footing with the Royal Government of Cambodia. This plea was supported by the delegates of the Soviet Union and China, V. M. Molotov and Zhou Enlai. Zhou Enlai was, however, convinced by Western powers to withdraw his support for UIF participation in the conference.

The outcome of the conference included a cease-fire that included the UIF, independence of Cambodia under Sihanouk and the withdrawal of Viet Minh forces from Cambodia. The UIF ceased to function.


United Issarak Front

The outcome of the Geneva talks provided that former UIF guerrillas would have been protected by the International Commission of Supervision and Control during the election campaign, but in reality such guarantees were not given. With this backdrop around a thousand of UIF cadres left for Vietnam along with the departing Viet Minh forces, on Polish ships provided by the ICSC on the Mekong river.

Membership

Vietnamese sources claimed that UIF membership had reached 150,000 before the end of 1950. However, a more conservative estimate would be that UIF membership never crossed 20,000.

UIF and Buddhism

Considering that two of the main leaders of UIF, Son Ngoc Minh and Tou Samouth, were former monks, the UIF was able to wield a significant influence amongst Buddhist religious circles. In February 1951, the UIF had organized a Khmer Buddhist conference led by Son Ngoc Minh.

In 1952 Son Ngoc Minh, Prom Samith (a monk who had joined UIF and become the editor of the publication Issarak), Chan Dara and five monks conducted a tour in the Khmer Krom areas. During the tour, they emphasized the role of Buddhism in the national liberation struggle. In the same year Son Ngoc Minh convinced the abbotts of three monasteries in Kampot, that they hold counsel deserters from the UIF to return to the UIF ranks.

  * Nguon Hong


Philip Fruytiers

Family on a Terrace, possibly including a self-portrait

Philip Fruytiers Flemish Baroque painter and engraver. Until the 1960s, he was especially known for his miniature portraits in watercolor and gouache. Since then, several large canvases signed with the monogram PHF have been ascribed to him.

Life

Details about his life are scarce. He was born in Antwerp on 10 January 1610 as the son of Jan Fruytiers and Catherina Vervloet. He is listed as a pupil at the Jesuit college in Antwerp in 1627. He contributed texts in Latin, French and Dutch to an emblem book published in 1627 by that college at the Joannes Cnobbaert imprint in Antwerp under the title Typus mundi in quo ejus calamitates et pericula nec non divini, humanique amoris antipathia, emblematice proponuntur. The illustrations of this publication were made by Philips van Mallery.

No information about his artistic training is available. He became a master of the Antwerp Guild of Saint Luke in the guild year 1631–32.

Between September 1630 and 18 October 1665 he was very active in the 'Sodaliteit van de Bejaerde Jongmans', a fraternity for bachelors established by the Jesuit order.

The four children of Rubens and Helena Fourment with maids

He was the teacher of Ambrosius Gast (II), Gualterus Gysaerts, Franciscus Fruytiers, Adrian Cockx (1649–50), Wauter Gyssels (1662–63) and Gregoris de Vos (1663–64).

He died in Antwerp on 19 June 1666 and was buried on 21 June.

Work


Philip Fruytiers

Work

Philip Fruytiers was until the middle of the 20th century mainly known as a miniature painter and portraitist who worked in watercolor and gouache. A portrait of a Family on a Terrace signed and dated 1638 (Cambi auction in Genoa of 30 June 2020 lot 114) shows a family in an outdoor setting with an artist drawing in a sketchbook. This may be a self-portrait of Fruytiers.Rubens' four children, his second wife Helena Fourment and two servants date 1638 (Royal Collection, Windsor Castle). This miniature is probably the portrait listed in the inventory of the estate of Rubens in 1641 and on which at that time the price of the frame and glass was still outstanding.David Teniers the Younger and group or family portraits such as that of the three children of Rubens.

Portrait of Govaert Wendelen, etching

The accepted view of Philip Fruytiers as principally a miniaturist and watercolorist was based partially on the descriptions in the early biographical works by Cornelis de Bie and Arnold Houbraken.

Although Cornelis de Bie mentioned that Fruytiers also painted altarpieces, the only known works by his hand until the 1960s were works on paper or vellum. As a result, the established view about the nature of his work was not challenged. In the 1960s this view had to be revised, however, when three large paintings of saints dated 1652 with the monogram "PHF" (in the Royal Museum of Fine Arts Antwerp), which were previously attributed to a hypothetical painter PH Franck, were identified as being by the hand of Fruytiers.Zundert, North Brabant, which had been purchased from the inventory of the dissolved Antwerp St Michael's Abbey in 1802.Royal Museums of Fine Arts of Belgium in Brussels, the Royal Museum of Fine Arts Antwerp and the Museo del Prado in Madrid, and in the parish church of Gistel, West Flanders. Drawings for some of his altarpieces are kept in the Plantin-Moretus Museum in Antwerp, the Yale University Art Gallery and the Kupferstichkabinett Berlin.

St. Francis of Assisi

Fruytiers' style is generally much closer to the refinement and delicacy of Anthony van Dyck than to the more monumental art of Rubens.


Philip Fruytiers

An expressive portrait drawing of the Jesuit Jan de Tollenaere (Johannes Tollenarius) (Morgan Library & Museum) was a study for an engraving made by Jacob Neefs.

Fruytiers was an accomplished engraver and produced several portrait etchings such as those of the Capuchin Innocentius de Caltagirone and the Flemish mathematician and astronomer Govaert Wendelen. He made designs for the frontispiece and illustrations for devotional books and other religious prints by Antwerp engravers such as Cornelis Galle the Younger and Conraad Lauwers.Imago primi saeculi Societatis Iesu a Provincia Flandro-Belgica eiusdem Societatis repraesentata, a book written by Jean Bolland and Godfrey Henschen was printed by Balthasar I Moretus at the Plantin Moretus press in Antwerp in 1640. The design which was engraved by Cornelis Galle the Elder.

  * Media related to Philip Fruytiers at Wikimedia Commons


Richard Aubrey Veck

Richard Aubrey Veck (1756 at New Alresford, Hampshire – 13 November 1823 at Bishops Waltham, Hampshire) was a famous English cricketer who played for the Hambledon Club.

He is one of the first cricketers whose full name is known and in fact it is not absolutely clear if he was addressed as Richard or Aubrey, so the full name is used in the title of this article.

Veck was a very successful batsman but was strangely overlooked by John Nyren in The Cricketers of my Time. Indeed, his omission is one of the main reasons why many historians regard Nyren as unreliable. The statistical record and contemporary reports both show that Veck was one of the outstanding batsmen of his time.

Veck was a regular Hampshire player for nine seasons until 1784, but then left the game at age 28, apparently because he set up a business interest at Bishops Waltham, where he died in 1823.

He made 35 known first-class appearances between 1776 and 1784.

  * Fresh Light on 18th Century Cricket by G B Buckley (FL18)
  * The Dawn of Cricket by H T Waghorn (WDC)
  * Scores & Biographies, Volume 1 by Arthur Haygarth (SBnnn)
  * The Glory Days of Cricket by Ashley Mote (GDC)
  * John Nyren's "The Cricketers of my Time" by Ashley Mote


Pernel Strachey

Pernel Strachey or Joan Pernel Strachey (4 March 1876 – 19 December 1951) was an English scholar of French and Principal of Newnham College.

Life

Strachey was born in Clapham Common in London in 1876. She came from a large family led by Lieutenant General Sir Richard Strachey and the suffragist Jane Maria Strachey. Her mother was a friend of Millicent Garrett Fawcett who had co-founded Newnham College in Cambridge.Lytton Strachey and Oliver Strachey, husband of Ray Costelloe.

The Strachey family background emphasised the life of the mind: "As a member of the large and distinguished Strachey family..., she shared its characteristically lively intellectual interests, wit and argumentative engagement with ideas. In manner she appeared shy and withdrawn ... but this veiled both kindness and a humorous regard for life’s problems."

The sons and daughters of Sir Richard Strachey and Lady Strachey. Pernel is fourth from the left

Strachey went to Allenswood School.Newnham College, one of the two new women's colleges at the University of Cambridge. After first studying history, she transferred to Modern and Medieval Languages, as a scholar of early French. She studied at Paris, and by 1900 she was lecturing at Royal Holloway College in London. Strachey returned to Newnham College in 1905 as lecturer in French and Romance languages, becoming Director of Studies in modern and medieval languages in 1917. From 1909 she was heavily involved in administrative work for the college. The existence of women's educational establishments at Cambridge was still controversial, and women could not yet receive Cambridge degrees. Strachey played a leading role in the campaign for degrees for women, but it would not succeed during her time at Cambridge.

She became Principal of Newnham College in 1927, a post she retained until her retirement in 1941.

She used her friendship with the Bloomsbury Group and Virginia Woolf to get Woolf to deliver a talk in 1928. Woolf stayed at NewnhamA Room of One's Own.


Pernel Strachey

After retirement in 1941, Strachey hoped to find time for research in her field of Anglo-Norman literature, but increasing ill health, and the pressure of wartime, did not allow this.Gordon Square in London, on 19 December 1951, aged 75.


Peter Akerovich

Peter Akerovych (Ukrainian: Петро Акерович); (b ? d ?) — was an Eastern Orthodox metropolitan from Kyiv (official title — Metropolitan of Kyiv and All-Rus').

Metropolitan of Kyiv from 1241 to 1245, descendant of a boyar family. He was hegumen of the Saint Saviour Monastery in Berestove and since 1240 - an Orthodox bishop.

Akerovych participated in the First Council of Lyon in 1245, where he informed the Catholic West of the Tatar threat. And was employed by Grand Prince of Kyiv Mykhailo Vsevolodovych in diplomatic service.

Nothing is known of Akerovych past the year 1246.

  * Akerovych, Petro at the Encyclopedia of Ukraine


Pıjmara

Pıjmara (Tatar: Пыжмара, romanized: Pıjmara) is a rural locality (a selo) in Baltaç District, Tatarstan. The population was 402 as of 2010. km from Baltaç, district's administrative centre, and 135 km from Ԛazаn, republic's capital, by road.

  * "Пыжмара". tatarica.org (in Tatar)


Maglite

Maglite 2 D cell flashlight

Maglite (also spelled Mag-Lite, stylized as MAG-LITE) is a brand of flashlight manufactured in the United States by Mag Instrument, Inc. located in Ontario, California, and founded by Anthony Maglica. It was introduced in 1979.anodized 6061 aluminum, they have a variable-focus beam. Maglites are produced in several colors such as black, silver, blue, red, green, purple, gold, and different finishes. Originally Maglite flashlights used krypton or xenon incandescent bulbs. Current models have LEDs, although the older models are still widely available.

Accessories include belt holsters, mounting brackets, colored and glass lenses, attachable fiber optics extensions to bend light output into a cramped space, higher-powered incandescent bulbs, and LED conversion modules. The Maglite was an improvement over the Kel-Lite, after which the Maglite was patterned.

Timeline

A list of the sizes of Mag Instrument flashlights, and the years they were released:


Maglite

* 1979: D and C battery models are put on the market; targeted to the public safety and industrial sectors (the 5C, 6C, 7C and 7D models are out of production)
  * 1982: MagCharger: a larger more expensive model popular with public safety and emergency-services personnel. This light is much brighter than typical Maglites, and uses an incandescent Halogen bulb and a rechargeable NiCad or NiMH battery pack.
  * 1984: Two AA cell batteries (Mini Maglite) Maglite's first personal size flashlight
  * 1987: Two AAA cell batteries (Mini Maglite) A smaller version of the original Mini Maglite
  * 1988: One AAA cell battery (Maglite Solitaire) Mag Instrument's key chain flashlight.
  * 2006: Maglite LED Flashlight and Upgrade Module: 3-watt Luxeon III LED from Lumileds.
  * 2006: Mini Maglite LED 2AA.
  * 2008: MagCharger: Upgraded Nickel/Metal Hydride (NiMH) battery pack increases charge time and second generation Halogen bulb increases light output.
  * 2009: Next Generation Mag-LED Technology: Featuring a new Luxeon Rebel LED and extended battery life.
  * 2010: Maglite XL100: offers a motion-controlled user interface using a built-in accelerometer
  * 2010: Maglite XL50: This is a simpler version of the XL100, featuring three modes that can be activated with consecutive presses of the tailcap switch. The XL50 will have a lower retail price than the XL100.
  * 2011: A variety of LED and rechargeable flashlights introduced. These include the ML100 and the rechargeable/C Cell LED ML125
  * 2011: Maglite XL200: This is similar to the XL100 but offers higher lumen output.
  * 2012: Mini Maglite AA Pro 215 Lumens and Mini Maglite AA Pro+ 245 Lumens.
  * 2012: Maglite 2D pro 274 Lumens with a Cree XP-G rather than a Cree XP-E, increasing brightness while decreasing beam distance efficiency.


Maglite

* 2012: Maglite Mag-Tac flashlight plain bezel, 310 Lumens, low mode at around 100 Lumens. First Maglite flashlight to use CR123A batteries. Tactical style designed with military input.
  * 2012: Maglite Mag-Tac crowned bezel, 320 lumens. This model has no low mode for light output.
  * 2012: The V4 was released with a newly developed electronic switch enabling a Multi Mode operation and a slightly more powerful bulb producing an output of 245 Lumens.
  * 2012: In August, Maglite announced several new models including an LED version of the Solitaire, a Mini Maglite LED 2 AAA and a new version of the 2D LED termed the 2D LED Pro promising a beam in excess of 200 Lumens.
  * 2013: Maglite released an LED version of the MagCharger. Features a 680 lumen output and spot-to-flood beam with a quarter turn of the head. Claimed 4 hrs of battery life on a full charge at full power. Other specs are as the Incandescent Version.


Maglite

Models

Maglite models
Model            Incandescent                  LED
Solitaire        Maglite Solitaire             Maglite LED Solitaire
Mini Maglite     Mini Maglite 2-CELL AAA       Mini Maglite LED 2-CELL AAA
                 Mini Maglite 2-CELL AA Xenon  Mini Maglite LED 2-CELL AA
                                               Mini Maglite LED 3-CELL AA
                                               Mini Maglite PRO LED 2-CELL AA
                                               Mini Maglite PRO+ LED 2-CELL AA
Maglite XL                                     Maglite LED XL50
                                               Maglite LED XL100
                                               Maglite LED XL200
                                               Maglite LED XL300
Maglite D        Maglite 2-CELL D              Maglite LED 2-CELL D
                                               Maglite PRO LED 2-CELL D
                 Maglite 3-CELL D              Maglite LED 3-CELL D
                 Maglite 4-CELL D
                 Maglite 5-CELL D
                 Maglite 6-CELL D              Maglite LED 6-CELL D
                 Maglite 7-CELL D
Maglite C        Maglite 2-CELL C              Maglite ML100 LED 2-CELL C
                 Maglite 3-CELL C              Maglite ML100 LED 3-CELL C
                 Maglite 4-CELL C
Rechargeable     MagCharger - NiMH/Halogen     MagCharger LED and ML125
Maglite MAG-TAC                                Maglite MAG-TAC LED 2-CELL CR123

Law enforcement use

Maglite flashlights have been known to be used as a ready substitute for a baton. In 2004, the Los Angeles Police Commission moved to use smaller flashlights, with Alan Skobin, the commission vice-president, stating that "This policy makes clear flashlights are for illumination and discourages their use as an impact tool. And it ensures officer safety as well as protects the public."

On March 30, 2007, the Los Angeles Police Department announced that they would be switching to a smaller, lighter LED flashlight that cannot be used as a baton, in response to a highly publicized incident where an officer was accused of using excessive force against a suspect by using a Maglite.

Gallery


Maglite

Gallery

  * [Most Maglites have a spare bulb in the tailcap. LED lamps have a long life, and do not usually need to be replaced. Some LED Maglite models have a spare incandescent bulb.]
    Most Maglites have a spare bulb in the tailcap. LED lamps have a long life, and do not usually need to be replaced. Some LED Maglite models have a spare incandescent bulb.
  * [Closeup view of a 4D Maglite with the factory-installed Luxeon LED module. The inset shows the LED module with the reflector assembly removed.]
    Closeup view of a 4D Maglite with the factory-installed Luxeon LED module. The inset shows the LED module with the reflector assembly removed.
  * [The 2xAA Mini Maglite in four colors]
    The 2xAA Mini Maglite in four colors
  * [Mini Maglite and belt holster]
    Mini Maglite and belt holster
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Maglite.
  * Official website
  * Complete disassembly of a 2D Maglite flashlight with a xenon bulb
  * Maglite's Tony Maglica: Torchbearer of the American Dream


Spruce Grove-St. Albert

Spruce Grove-St. Albert was a provincial electoral district in Alberta, Canada, mandated to return a single member to the Legislative Assembly of Alberta under the first past the post voting system from 2012 to 2019.

History

The electoral district was created in the 2010 electoral boundary re-distribution from the electoral old district of Spruce Grove-Sturgeon-St. Albert. A large portion of land was moved into Barrhead-Morinville-Westlock that was north of Township Road 552 and Alexander First Nation as well as land lying east of the Reserve.

Boundary history

79 Spruce Grove-St. Albert 2010 boundaries
Bordering districts
North                                                                  East                                                 West                  South
Barrhead-Morinville-Westlock                                           Edmonton-Calder, Edmonton-Meadowlark and St. Albert  Whitecourt-Ste. Anne  Stony Plain

Note: Boundary descriptions were not used in the 2010 redistribution.

Representation history

Members of the Legislative Assembly for
Spruce Grove-St. Albert
Assembly                                                                   Years         Member  Party
             See Spruce Grove-Sturgeon-St. Albert 1993-2012
28th                                                                       2012–2015             Doug Horner   Progressive Conservative
29th                                                                       2015–present          Trevor Horne  New Democratic
See Spruce Grove-Stony Plain, Lac Ste. Anne-Parkland and St. Albert 2019-

Legislature results

2012 general election

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2012 Alberta general election
Party                                                                 Candidate                                      Votes                %       ±%
                                                                      Progressive Conservative                       Doug Horner          10,812  54.88%  –
                                                                      Wildrose                                       Travis Hughes        5,354   27.17%  –
                                                                      New Democratic                                 Juliette J. Trudeau  1,779   9.03%   –
                                                                      Liberal                                        Chris Austin         1,757   8.92%   –
Total                                                                 19,702                                         –                    –
Rejected, spoiled and declined                                        81                                             –                    –
Eligible electors / turnout                                           35,073                                         56.41%               –
                                                                      Progressive Conservative pickup new district.
Source(s)
Source: "Elections Alberta 2012 General Election". Elections Alberta

2015 general election


Spruce Grove-St. Albert

2015 general election

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2015 Alberta general election
Party                                                                               Candidate                                          Votes           %       ±%
                                                                                New Democratic                                     Trevor Horne    11,546  46.55%  37.52%
                                                                                Progressive Conservative                           Rus Matichuk    6,362   25.65%  -29.23%
                                                                                Wildrose                                           Jaye Walter     4,631   18.67%  -8.51%
                                                                                Alberta Party                                      Gary Hanna      1,081   4.36%   –
                                                                                Liberal                                            Reg Lukasik     916     3.69%   -5.23%
                                                                                Green                                              Brendon Greene  269     1.08%   –
Total                                                                               24,805                                             –               –
Rejected, spoiled and declined                                                      44                                                 –               –
Eligible electors / turnout                                                         46,603                                             53.32%          -3.08%
                                                                                New Democratic gain from Progressive Conservative  Swing           -3.40%
Source(s)
Source: "Spruce Grove-St. Albert 2015 General Election Results". Elections Alberta

Senate nominee results

2012 Senate nominee election district results

Student vote results

2012 election

2012 Alberta student vote results
                                   Affiliation               Candidate         Votes  %
                                   Progressive Conservative  Doug Horner              %
                                   Wildrose                  Travis Hughes
                                   Liberal                   Chris Austin             %
                                   NDP                       Juliette Trudeau         %
                            Total                            100%

  * List of Alberta provincial electoral districts
  * Elections Alberta
  * The Legislative Assembly of Alberta


Lee O'Connor

Lee O'Connor may refer to:

  * Lee O'Connor (comics) (born 1982), British illustrator and comics artist
  * Lee O'Connor (footballer) (born 2000), Irish professional footballer


Vanderhorstia mertensi

Vanderhorstia mertensi, Mertens' shrimp goby or the slender shrimp goby, is a ray-finned fish species native to the Red Sea, Japan, Papua-New Guinea and the Great Barrier Reef. Male individuals can reach a length of 11 cm in total.Mediterranean Sea, in the Gulf of Fethiye, southern Turkey, where it was found on sandy bottoms in the vicinity of beds of sea grass.Mediterranean Science Commission this species most likely entered the Mediterranean via the Suez Canal from the Red Sea.

The specific name honours the German herpetologist Robert Mertens (1894-1975), the former director of the Naturmuseum Senckenberg in Frankfurt, from whom the author, Klausewitz, learnt about the biological and ecological view of modern systematics and taxonomy.