[United States] Jane Stratton        2                                    0
                 [Sweden] Mimmi Wikstedt
                 1                                    [United States] Martina Navratilova  6                               6  6
                                                      [Netherlands] Betty Stöve

                                                      4                                    [France] Françoise Dürr         8  2  2
                                                                                [United Kingdom] Virginia Wade
  4              [France] Françoise Dürr              7                                    7
                 [United Kingdom] Virginia Wade

  5              [Australia] Kerry Reid               5                                    5
                 [South Africa] Greer Stevens
                 1                                    [United States] Martina Navratilova  3                               3
                                                      [Netherlands] Betty Stöve

                                                                                [Australia] Helen Cawley        6  6
                                                                                [United States] JoAnne Russell
  7              [United Kingdom] Lesley Charles      6                                    8                               7
                 [United Kingdom] Sue Mappin

  3              [South Africa] Linky Boshoff         3                                    9                               5
                 [South Africa] Ilana Kloss
                 7                                    [United Kingdom] Lesley Charles      3                               4
                                                      [United Kingdom] Sue Mappin

                                                                                [Australia] Helen Cawley        6  6
                                                                                [United States] JoAnne Russell
                 [South Africa] Brigitte Cuypers      9                                    4                               2
                 [South Africa] Marise Kruger

                 [Australia] Helen Cawley             8                                    6                               6
                 [United States] JoAnne Russell

Top half

Section 1


1977 Wimbledon Championships – Women's doubles

Top half

Section 1

  First round                                                            Second round                                                                Third round                                                                                Quarterfinals

  1            [United States] M Navratilova                          6  7
               [Netherlands] B Stöve
               [Australia] C Doerner                                  2  5                                                                                1                              [United States] M Navratilova                          6              6
               [Australia] W Turnbull                                                                                [Netherlands] B Stöve
                                                                         LL            [United States] R Khan         0                              1
                                                                                [United States] N Weigel
                                                                                1            [United States] M Navratilova  6                                                      7              6
                                                                                [Netherlands] B Stöve
               [Uruguay] F Bonicelli                                  6  6                                                                                [United Kingdom] A Jones       3                           9  4
               [Argentina] R Giscafré                                                                                [United Kingdom] W Wooldridge
               [United Kingdom] L Beaven                              3  2                                                                                [Uruguay] F Bonicelli                                  4              3
               [South Africa] Y Vermaak                                                                                [Argentina] R Giscafré
                                                                                [United Kingdom] A Jones       6                              6
                                                                                [United Kingdom] W Wooldridge
                                                                                1                              [United States] M Navratilova  6            6
                                                                                [Netherlands] B Stöve
                                                                                [United States] J Stratton     2                                                      0
                                                                                [Sweden] M Wikstedt
                                                                         6             [United Kingdom] S Barker      6                              6
                                                                                [United States] A Kiyomura
               [Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia] M Jaušovec  9  6                                                                                [Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia] M Jaušovec  3              2
               [Romania] V Ruzici                                                                                [Romania] V Ruzici
               [United Kingdom] J Durie                               7  2                                                                                6                              [United Kingdom] S Barker   5  3
               [United Kingdom] A Hobbs                                                                                [United States] A Kiyomura
               [United States] L duPont                               1  6             4                                                                                [United States] J Stratton     7                           6
               [United States] J Newberry                                                                                [Sweden] M Wikstedt
               [United States] J Stratton                             6  3             6                                                                                [United States] J Stratton                             9              6
               [Sweden] M Wikstedt                                                                                [Sweden] M Wikstedt
                                                                                [Sweden] I Bentzer             7                              2
                                                                                [United States] S Tolleson

Section 2


Section 2

  First round                                    Second round                                 Third round                                                                    Quarterfinals

  4            [France] F Dürr                6  1             6
               [United Kingdom] V Wade
               [United States] T Holladay     2  6             3                                                       4                         [France] F Dürr             6                        6
               [United States] K May                                                                                [United Kingdom] V Wade
                                                               [Italy] S Simmonds          4  3
                                                               [United Kingdom] M Tyler
                                                                                4                        [France] F Dürr           6                           4                        8
                                                                                [United Kingdom] V Wade
                                                                                Q  [Australia] C Matison    4                         6                           6
                                                                                [Australia] P Whytcross
                                                 Q             [South Africa] G Sammel     3  7                        1
                                                               [South Africa] L Whitfield
               [United States] R Fox          7  1                                                                     Q                         [Australia] C Matison       6                        5                           6
               [United States] K Harter                                                                                [Australia] P Whytcross
  Q            [Australia] C Matison          9  6                                                                                4                           [France] F Dürr          7                           7
               [Australia] P Whytcross                                                                                [United Kingdom] V Wade
  5            [Australia] K Reid             6  4             6                                                                                5                           [Australia] K Reid        5  5
               [South Africa] G Stevens                                                                                [South Africa] G Stevens
               [United States] L Antonoplis   2  6             2                                                       5                         [Australia] K Reid          6                        7
               [United States] A Smith                                                                                [South Africa] G Stevens
                                                               [United States] J Anthony   3  5
                                                               [United States] E Nagelsen
                                                                                5                        [Australia] K Reid        6                           6
                                                                                [South Africa] G Stevens
               [United States] M Hamm         7  6                                                                                [United States] M Hamm      2                         0
               [United States] C Reynolds                                                                                [United States] C Reynolds
               [United Kingdom] C Molesworth  5  3                                                                                [United States] M Hamm      w/o
               [United Kingdom] B Thompson                                                                                [United States] C Reynolds
                                                               [France] B Simon
                                                               [France] F Thibault

Bottom half

Section 3


Bottom half

Section 3

  First round                                  Second round                                    Third round                                                                       Quarterfinals

                                                             [Australia] D Evers            4  0
                                                             [Hungary] M Pinterová
               [United States] A-M Bruning  3  6             1                                                                                [United States] T Austin    6                           6
               [United States] S Walsh                                                                                [Australia] L Hunt
               [United States] T Austin     6  1             6                                                                                [United States] T Austin     2  4
               [Australia] L Hunt                                                                                [Australia] L Hunt
                                                                                7  [United Kingdom] L Charles  6                         6
                                                                                [United Kingdom] S Mappin
                                                             [South Africa] A McDade        4  5
                                                             [Netherlands] E Vessies-Appel
               [New Zealand] J Connor       5  1                                                                           7                         [United Kingdom] L Charles  6                           7
               [South Africa] T Harford                                                                                [United Kingdom] S Mappin
  7            [United Kingdom] L Charles   7  6                                                                                7                           [United Kingdom] L Charles  6  8                            7
               [United Kingdom] S Mappin                                                                                [United Kingdom] S Mappin
                                                                                3                           [South Africa] D Boshoff  3                           9                           5
                                                                                [South Africa] I Kloss
                                                             [United States] C Meyer        6  6
                                                             [Czechoslovakia] R Tomanová
               [United Kingdom] G Coles     6  3                                                                           Q                         [Australia] S Saliba        4                           4
               [United Kingdom] L Mottram                                                                                [Australia] M Sawyer
  Q            [Australia] S Saliba         8  6                                                                                [United States] C Meyer      3  6  3
               [Australia] M Sawyer                                                                                [Czechoslovakia] R Tomanová
                                                                                3  [South Africa] D Boshoff    6                         3                           6
                                                                                [South Africa] I Kloss
                                                             [Australia] J Dalton           8  8
                                                             [Australia] K Ruddell
               [Romania] F Mihai            3  2                                                                           3                         [South Africa] D Boshoff    9                           9
               [Israel] P Peled                                                                                [South Africa] I Kloss
  3            [South Africa] D Boshoff     6  6
               [South Africa] I Kloss

Section 4


Section 4

  First round                                    Second round                                                       Third round                                                                            Quarterfinals

               [United States] K Shaw         6  6
               [United States] V Ziegenfuss
  LL           [United States] E Dignam       2  2                                                                                [United States] K Shaw        4              7                          4
               [United States] C Lane                                                                                [United States] V Ziegenfuss
                                                               [South Africa] B Cuypers   6                         5                          6
                                                               [South Africa] M Kruger
                                                                                [South Africa] B Cuypers      6                             6
                                                                                [South Africa] M Kruger
  LL           [United Kingdom] P Moor        1  3                                                                                [United States] P Bostrom  4                          4
               [United States] J Preyer                                                                                [United States] M Carillo
               [United States] P Bostrom      6  6                                                                                [United States] P Bostrom     7              6                          6
               [United States] M Carillo                                                                                [United States] M Carillo
                                                 8             [United States] BJ King    9                         4                          3
                                                               [United States] K Susman
                                                                                [South Africa] B Cuypers  9                          4                             2
                                                                                [South Africa] M Kruger
               [United Kingdom] C Drury       6  2             2                                                                                [Australia] H Cawley       8  6  6
               [United Kingdom] C Harrison                                                                                [United States] J Russell
               [United Kingdom] J Fayter      4  6             6                                                                                [United Kingdom] J Fayter     6              2                          6
               [Czechoslovakia] R Maršíková                                                                                [Czechoslovakia] R Maršíková
                                                               [Belgium] M Gurdal         3                         6                          3
                                                               [Japan] N Sato
                                                                                [United Kingdom] J Fayter     6                             2
                                                                                [Czechoslovakia] R Maršíková
                                                                                [Australia] H Cawley       8                             6
                                                                                [United States] J Russell
                                                               [Australia] H Cawley       6                         7
                                                               [United States] J Russell
               [West Germany] H Eisterlehner  1  1                                                                                2                             [United States] R Casals      3              5
               [West Germany] I Riedel                                                                                [United States] C Evert
  2            [United States] R Casals       6  6
               [United States] C Evert

  * Source for the draw at Wimbledon.com
  * 1977 Wimbledon Championships – Women's draws and results at the International Tennis Federation


Algerian coup

Algerian coup may refer to:

  * The 1965 Algerian coup d'état, replacing President Ahmed Ben Bella with Houari Boumédiène
  * The 1992 Algerian coup d'état, army staged a coup to prevent the political party Islamic Salvation Front from taking power


Blantyre and East Africa Ltd

Blantyre and East Africa Ltd is a company that was incorporated in Scotland in 1898 and is still in existence. Its main activity was the ownership of estates in the south of what is now Malawi. The main estate crops it grew were tobacco until the 1950s and tea, which it continued to grow until the company’s tea estates were sold. Blantyre and East Africa Ltd was one of four large estate-owning companies in colonial Nyasaland which together owned over 3.4 million acres of land, including the majority of the fertile land in the Shire Highlands.settlers, whose title to this land had been recognised by Certificates of Claim issued by the administration of the British Central Africa Protectorate.Zomba District where its tenants were encouraged to grow tobacco and others where it grew tea. It was also left with a scattering of small estates that it neither operated nor effectively managed but obtained cash rents from African tenants on crowded and unsupervised estates.

Corporate History

Blantyre and East Africa Ltd is a company registered in Scotland number SC004070 which was incorporated in 1898 as a private company. The company still exists and has throughout its existence had its registered office in Scotland, although it has not traded since 1995.

The company was founded in 1898 a group of largely Scottish landowners headed by John William Moir and Robert Spence Hynde (both from Edinburgh), and it acquired the estates formerly owned by the three Buchanan brothers in 1901.Malawi, both arriving in the 1870s. Hynde and the other Buchanan brothers arrived in the 1880s, but all were present before the British Central Africa Protectorate was proclaimed in 1891. All these men had a Scottish background and had cooperated in forming the Nyasaland Planters Association.

The main trading operations if Blantyre and East Africa Ltd were carried out in what is now Malawi where it owned large estates, whose main products were tobacco and tea, through the first half of the 20th century. During the 1950s it sold many of its tobacco estates to the colonial administration of Nyasaland but retained its tea estates until after independence. The company has been referred to as Blantyre and East Africa Company Ltd,

Predecessors


Blantyre and East Africa Ltd

Predecessors

John Buchanan (1855–96) was first apprenticed to a gardener at Drummond Castle. He was one of the original employees of the Blantyre Church of Scotland Mission when it was founded in 1876, working as a gardener, and in 1878 moved to open an outstation of the mission on the Mulunguzi River, which became the site of Zomba, the capital of Nyasaland. He was dismissed by the mission in 1881 for brutality, but by this time he had exchanged low-value trade goods for around 170,000 acres of land. This land was acquired in the name of Buchanan Brothers, a partnership of him and his two younger brothers David and Robert, who joined him in Central Africa in 1881. These land deals were probably made in the expectation that, with more settlers, land prices would rise. Buchanan also acted as broker for non-residents wishing to buy land, including Alexander Low Bruce, whose land formed the A L Bruce Estates. Buchanan Brothers experimented with a number of crops starting with coffee, which was being exported by 1891. In early 1890s, they had introduced Virginia-type tobacco, planted an experimental tea garden and built a sugar mill to produce sugar for the local market.Consul to Central Africa from 1887 to 1891, and in that capacity declared a protectorate over the Shire Highlands in 1889 to pre-empt a Portuguese expedition that intended to claim sovereignty in that region. In 1891, this became part of the British Central Africa Protectorate. In 1892, he helped to form the Nyasaland Planters Association, which mainly represented the interests of Buchanan Brothers and the African Lakes Company. In 1895, this fused with a rival association to form the British Central Africa Chamber of Agriculture and Commerce, a powerful lobby group for settler interests. John Buchanan was the first Chairman, but he died suddenly early in 1896 and was succeeded by his brother Robert, who died a few months later. David Buchanan had already died in 1892. There were other family members, but none were resident in British Central Africa or involved in the business.


Blantyre and East Africa Ltd

John William Moir (1851-1940) and his brother Frederick Moir (1852–1939) were recruited in 1878 as the first managers of the company known from 1881 as the African Lakes Company and as the African Lakes Corporation from 1894. On their arrival in Central Africa, they became involved in elephant hunting and ivory trading as ivory was the only commodity that it was economical to ship to Europe. John left Africa in March 1890 and was not re-appointed as manager. Frederick Moir left in June 1891, and was made secretary of African Lakes in Glasgow. John Moir returned to Nyasaland (then British Central Africa) in 1893 and became a pioneer tea planter, founding the Lauderdale estate in the Mlanje district; he retired to Edinburgh in 1900.

The Buchanan Brothers partnership had been awarded title to 167,823 acres in three large and four smaller estates, all in the Shire Highlands, in 1893. John Moir had acquired 13,803 acres from the African Lakes Company on his return to British Central Africa in 1893 and both Moir and Hynde had made subsequent land purchases.

Business Operations in Nyasaland

Buchanan Brothers had experimented with coffee, sugar-cane and tea at Zomba in the 1890s.Mlanje from 1891,Limbe.Cholo and Mlanje districts, whereas in the drier areas of the Shire Highlands tobacco was the favoured estate crop. Both tobacco and tea growing developed significantly after the opening of the Shire Highlands Railway in 1908.

In the years shortly after the protectorate was founded in 1891, little of the land on European estates was planted, as few African workers were resident on estate lands at that time. Many of the Certificates of Claim issued to settlers contained “non-disturbance” clauses allowing these existing residents to continue to cultivate their existing fields rent-free thangata although later many owners required a longer period of work.Hut tax. If any of the villagers worked for another employer they were to pay their rent and taxes in cash, and those who could not work for it or pay rent were to be liable to be evicted. In 1903, the administration asked the High Court to cancel this agreement, as it contravened the non-disturbance clause. The court accepted that the villagers’ rights protected by the non-disturbance clause could not be exchanged for an insecure tenancy under an illegal thangata agreement.


Blantyre and East Africa Ltd

Following this check to its attempt to create a workforce that would enable it to exploit its estates directly, Blantyre and East Africa Ltd explored alternative methods of utilising its land. The company did continue to grow tea and some tobacco using the direct labour of tenants under the thangata system or by wage labour. The tobacco produced by direct labour was Flue-cured tobacco, which was cured in brick barns by hot air conducted through metal flues, without smoke coming into contact with the leaf. Its final colour was yellowish brown and it was normally used for cigarettes or as pipe tobacco. This became a significant export for the company from 1907.fire-cured tobacco, also known also as dark-fired tobacco, which is cured over open fires, so the leaf absorbs various flavours from the smoke, and substantial acreages were set aside for tobacco growing by African tenants.

In 1918, R S Hynde retired, and was replaced as General Manager by another Scot, W Tait Bowie, who was General Manager of Blantyre and East Africa Ltd from 1918 to 1946 when he retired aged 70 and was appointed to its Board of Directors.Virginia tobacco, post-war competition from the United States Virginia made the low-grade tobacco produced by many European growers in Nyasaland unsalable and by 1925 the high cost of flue-curing and overproduction led to reduced sale prices making flue-cured tobacco unprofitable.

This major slump in flue-cured tobacco production did not affect fire-cured tobacco, and Blantyre and East Africa Ltd stepped up production on their estates. However, there was increasing competition from African growers outside the estates on Crown land.smallholders were registered and that they should grow no more than half as acre of tobacco to reduce their output. Bowie wanted to ensure that the development of smallholder agriculture did not reduce the availability of labour on estates, and that estate owners would benefit fully from re-selling the tobacco that their tenants grew on parts of their estates.


Blantyre and East Africa Ltd

As the demand for direct labour on tobacco estates declined with collapse in the market for flue-cured tobacco, the estate owners claimed that they had insufficient work for their labour tenants to meet their obligations under the thangata system and that they had become rent-free squatters who should be liable to be evicted. The owners also complained of the significant numbers resident on their estate who paid no rent under non-disturbance clauses.Natives on Private Estates Ordinance 1928, which abolishing all rights under non-disturbance clauses, but gave tenants tenancies with a five-year term and with maximum rents fixed by District Rent Boards. Rents could be satisfied in cash, by labour or by selling economic crops to the owner.Chiradzulu districts, and in 1929 there were no Europeans resident on its estates in those districts, only an agent living in Zomba who visited them periodically.

Although tea had been exported since 1904, the real growth of the tea industry in Cholo and Mlanje districts occurred after 1922 and was promoted by the collapse the Flue-cured tobacco market. The estate companies including Blantyre and East Africa Ltd owned land that they needed to put into productive use, and chose tea planting.shillings, or 30 pence in 1941 and a bonus for large amounts picked. These very low wages caused incidents on the Limbuli Estate in 1942, where the manager was censured for his behaviour towards tenants. Very few women worked at picking tea until the early 1970s but in 1973 at Glenorchy women picked approximately 2/5 of the crop.

In 1947, Blantyre and East Africa Ltd still owned 111,529 acres of land, but none of the 47,258 acres it owned in the Blantyre, Chikwawa and Chiradzulu districts were directly worked by the company. These were the former tobacco estates.


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Champions League 2017

Champions League 2017 may refer to:

  * 2017 AFC Champions League
  * 2017 CAF Champions League
  * 2016–17 UEFA Champions League
  * 2017–18 UEFA Champions League
  * 2016–17 CONCACAF Champions League


Bur cucumber

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  * Cucumis anguria, native to Africa and naturalized in many other parts of the world
  * Echinocystis lobata, native to North America
  * Sicyos
      + Sicyos angulatus, native to eastern North America


Akashiya Sanma-san ni Kiite Minai to ne

"Akashiya Sanma-san ni Kiite Minai to ne" ( 明石家（あかしや）さんまさんに 聞（き）いてみないとネ, lit. "Gotta Ask Sanma Akashiya") is a song recorded by Japanese comedians Sanma Akashiya and George Tokoro, and Japanese singer Shizuka Kudo. It was released as a single by Pony Canyon on March 17, 1999. The song was used as the theme song to Akashiya's KTV/CX variety show Sanma no Manma.

Background

The idea for the song came about when Tokoro, who wrote the song, appeared as a guest on Akashiya's regular variety show Sanma no Manma. The two thought it would be comical to write a semi-serious song in order to vie for a spot on the prestigious Kōhaku Uta Gassen. They set the ridiculous goal of selling 50 million copies of the single and publicly proclaimed Glay to be their rival act. Kudo's involvement in the project was accidental: she happened to be near the studio Akashiya and Tokoro were recording at and when she crossed paths with the two, they asked her to join in on the track. Kudo provided backing vocals as well as singing a verse by herself.

Chart performance

The single debuted at number 30 on the Oricon Singles Chart, selling 13,000 copies in its first week. It charted for five weeks in the top 100 and sold a total of 30,000 copies during its run.

Track listing

All tracks are written by George Tokoro.

No.            Title                                                                                Arranger(s)     Length
1.             "Akashiya Sanma-san ni Kiite Minai to ne" (明石家さんまさんに聞いてみないとネ, "Gotta Ask Sanma Akashiya")    * Neko Saito  5:12
2.             "Sōgō Nyūjō Kōshinkyoku" (総合入場行進曲, "Comprehensive Entrance March")                           * Saito       4:39
3.             "Akashiya Sanma-san ni Kiite Minai to ne" (Karaoke)                                          * Saito       5:12
4.             "Sōgō Nyūjō Kōshinkyoku" (Karaoke)                                                           * Saito       4:33
Total length:  19:36

Charts


Akashiya Sanma-san ni Kiite Minai to ne

Charts

Chart (1999)                   Peak      Sales
                               position
Japan Weekly Singles (Oricon)  30        30,000


Facobly

Facobly (also spelled Facobli) is a town in western Ivory Coast. It is a sub-prefecture of and seat of Facobly Department in Guémon Region, Montagnes District. Facobly is also a commune.

In 2014, the population of the sub-prefecture of Facobly was 22,407.

Villages

The seventeen villages of the sub-prefecture of Facobly and their population in 2014 are:

 1. Douimbly (856)
 2. Facobly (4 536)
 3. Gbodrou (616)
 4. Kaokossably (935)
 5. Kébly (703)
 6. Kiriao (2 600)
 7. Koléa (819)
 8. Kontrou (1 381)
 9. Mangboébly (811)
10. Mayébly (1 009)
11. Souébly (1 572)
12. Takouaébly (871)
13. Téïsson (939)
14. Tiédrou (1 243)
15. Tiessan (1 159)
16. Zouatta 1 (949)
17. Zouatta 2 (1 408)

Notable people

  * Serey Dié (born 7 November 1984), Ivorian international footballer


2010 Proton Malaysian Open

The 2010 Malaysian Open (also known as the 2010 Proton Malaysian Open for sponsorship reasons) was a tennis tournament played on indoor hard courts. It was the second edition of the Proton Malaysian Open, and was classified as an ATP World Tour 250 Series of the 2010 ATP World Tour. It took place at the Bukit Jalil Sports Complex in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.

Entrants

Seeds

Country  Player             Rank1  Seed
SWE      Robin Söderling    5      1
RUS      Nikolay Davydenko  6      2
CZE      Tomáš Berdych      7      3
RUS      Mikhail Youzhny    9      4
ESP      David Ferrer       10     5
CYP      Marcos Baghdatis   18     6
UKR      Sergiy Stakhovsky  32     7
KAZ      Andrey Golubev     39     8

  * Seeds are based on the rankings of 20 September 2010.

Other entrants

The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw

  * [India] Yuki Bhambri
  * [Malaysia] Si Yew Ming
  * [Australia] Bernard Tomic

The following players received entry from the qualifying draw:

  * [Russia] Igor Andreev
  * [Czech Republic] František Čermák
  * [Canada] Milos Raonic
  * [France] Laurent Recouderc

Finals

Singles

Main article: 2010 Proton Malaysian Open – Singles

[Russia] Mikhail Youzhny defeated [Kazakhstan] Andrey Golubev, 6–7(7–9), 6–2, 7–6(7–3)

  * It was Youzhny's second title of the year, and the seventh of his career.

Doubles

Main article: 2010 Proton Malaysian Open – Doubles

[Czech Republic] František Čermák / [Slovakia] Michal Mertiňák defeated [Poland] Mariusz Fyrstenberg / [Poland] Marcin Matkowski, 7–6(7–3), 7–6(7–5)

  * ATP tournament overview


Agrotera (moth)

Agrotera is a genus of snout moths in the subfamily Spilomelinae of the family Crambidae. It is the type genus of the tribe Agroterini and currently comprises 28 species distributed in the Afrotropical, Palearctic, Indomalayan and Australasian realm.

The caterpillars of Agrotera species feed on a variety of plants in the families Anacardiaceae, Betulaceae, Dipterocarpaceae, Fagaceae, Lythraceae, Melastomataceae, Myrtaceae and Rubiaceae.

The genera Leucinodella, Nistra, Sagariphora and Tetracona have been treated as synonyms of Agrotera in the past, but a recent taxonomic revision found them to be valid genera.

Species


Agrotera (moth)

Species

  * Agrotera aculeata Liu, Qi & Wang, 2020 - Hainan
  * Agrotera albalis Maes, 2003 - Príncipe
  * Agrotera atalis Viette, 1958 - Madagascar
  * Agrotera barcealis (Walker, 1859) - Sri Lanka, Borneo and West Papua
  * Agrotera basinotata Hampson, 1891 - Tamil Nadu
  * Agrotera citrina Hampson, 1899 - Ghana
  * Agrotera dentata Liu, Qi & Wang, 2020 - Hainan
  * Agrotera discinotata Swinhoe, 1894 - Meghalaya
  * Agrotera effertalis (Walker, 1859) - Sri Lanka
  * Agrotera endoxantha Hampson, 1899 - New Guinea
  * Agrotera flavobasalis Inoue, 1996 - Bonin Islands
  * Agrotera fumosa Hampson, 1899 - Ghana
  * Agrotera genuflexa Chen, Horak, Du & Zhang, 2017 - Queensland
  * Agrotera glycyphanes Turner, 1913 - Northern Australia
  * Agrotera ignepicta Hampson, 1899 - Queensland
  * Agrotera ignepictoides Rothschild, 1916 - Papua
  * Agrotera lienpingialis Caradja, 1925 - China
  * Agrotera longitabulata Chen, Horak, Du & Zhang, 2017 - Queensland
  * Agrotera mysolalis (Walker, 1866) - West Papua
  * Agrotera namorokalis Marion & Viette, 1956 - Madagascar
  * Agrotera nemoralis (Scopoli, 1763) - Eurasia
  * Agrotera ornata Wileman & South, 1917 - Taiwan
  * Agrotera protensa Liu, Qi & Wang, 2020 - Hainan
  * Agrotera robustispina Lu, Qi & Wang, 2020 - Hainan
  * Agrotera rufitinctalis Hampson, 1917 - Malawi
  * Agrotera scissalis (Walker, 1866 - Java
  * Agrotera semipictalis Kenrick, 1907 - Papua New Guinea
  * Agrotera setipes Hampson, 1899 - Natuna Islands

Former species


Agrotera (moth)

Former species

  * Agrotera amathealis (Walker, 1859) - transferred to Tetracona amathealis (Walker, 1859)
  * Agrotera coelatalis (Walker, 1859) - transferred to Nistra coelatalis Walker, 1859
  * Agrotera leucostola Hampson, 1896 - transferred to Leucinodella leucostola (Hampson, 1896)
  * Agrotera magnificalis Hampson, 1893 - transferred to Sagariphora magnificalis (Hampson, 1893)
  * Agrotera pictalis (Warren, 1896) - transferred to Tetracona pictalis Warren, 1896
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1965 Liga Femenina de Baloncesto

The 1965 Liga Femenina de Baloncesto was the 2nd edition of the Spanish premier women's basketball championship. It took place from 24 January to 11 April 1965. Ten teams took part in the championship and CREFF Madrid won its second title. No teams were relegated, but Indo Barcelona renounced at the end of the season. Estudiantes Vigo and Mataró Molfort's were promoted from Segunda División.

First round

Group A

Pos  Team                  Pld  W  L  PF   PA   PD    Pts  Qualification or relegation
1    CREFF Madrid          8    7  1  355  259  +96   15   Qualification to playoffs
2    Alhamar Granada       8    6  2  349  261  +88   14
3    Medina La Coruña      8    5  3  326  273  +53   13
4    Medina Madrid         8    2  6  275  311  −36   10
5    Medina San Sebastián  8    0  8  211  412  −201  8

Source:
Team                  MED    CRE    GRA    COR    SAN
Medina Madrid                36–41  29–30  26–38  57–29
CREFF Madrid          36–29         44–38  35–34  55–27
Alhamar Granada       51–32  48–41         42–28  67–23
Medina La Coruña      60–34  27–47  34–33         54–30
Medina San Sebastián  26–32  20–56  30–40  26–51

Source:
Legend: Blue = left column team win; Yellow = draw; Red = top row team win.

Group B

Pos  Team                  Pld  W  L  PF   PA   PD    Pts  Qualification or relegation
1    Indo Barcelona        8    8  0  364  209  +155  16   Qualification to playoffs
2    Zaragoza              8    5  3  288  329  −41   13
3    Picadero Damm         8    4  4  269  273  −4    12
4    Royce-Dimar Valencia  8    2  6  242  268  −26   10
5    Juventud Fantasit     8    1  7  229  313  −84   9

Source:
Team                  IND    ZAR    PIC    VAL    JUV
Indo Barcelona               51–21  34–16  34–23  44–30
Zaragoza              47–74         54–38  36–26  53–43
Picadero Damm         23–43  41–17         43–38  34–21
Royce-Dimar Valencia  10–33  30–31  46–41         45–19
Juventud Fantasit     39–51  26–29  20–33  31–24


1965 Liga Femenina de Baloncesto

Source:
Legend: Blue = left column team win; Yellow = draw; Red = top row team win.

Finals

Pos  Team             Pld  W  L  PF   PA   PD   Pts
1    CREFF Madrid     3    3  0  150  119  +31  6
2    Indo Barcelona   3    2  1  127  139  −12  5
3    Alhamar Granada  3    1  2  124  125  −1   4
4    Zaragoza         3    0  3  121  139  −18  3

Source:

Round 1

9 April 1965

Boxscore

CREFF Madrid                   60–40  Indo Barcelona
Scoring by half: 26–20, 34–20
Pts: M. Couchoud 15                   Pts: Puente 18

Polideportivo, Madrid
Referees: Sánchez, Álvarez

9 April 1965

Boxscore

Alhamar Granada               47–40  Zaragoza
Scoring by half: 20–9, 27–31
Pts: L. Tamayo 12                    Pts: Planas 19

Polideportivo, Madrid
Referees: Sánchez, Álvarez

Round 2

10 April 1965

Boxscore

Indo Barcelona                 47–43  Alhamar Granada
Scoring by half: 23–19, 24–24
Pts: Puentes 16                       Pts: Martín 17

Polideportivo, Madrid
Referees: Sánchez, Álvarez

10 April 1965

Boxscore

CREFF Madrid      52–45  Zaragoza
Pts: T. Pérez 23         Pts: Planas 18

Polideportivo, Madrid
Referees: Sánchez, Álvarez

Round 3

11 April 1965

Boxscore

CREFF Madrid                   38–34  Alhamar Granada
Scoring by half: 19–13, 19–21
Pts: T. Pérez 13                      Pts: L. Tamayo 9

Polideportivo, Madrid
Referees: Sánchez, Álvarez

11 April 1965

Boxscore

Indo Barcelona                 40–36  Zaragoza
Scoring by half: 22–19, 18–17
Pts: Bové 17                          Pts: Planas 15

Polideportivo, Madrid
Referees: Sánchez, Álvarez

1965 champions

CREFF Madrid
Second title

  * Official website


Ševlje

Ševlje (pronounced [ˈʃeːu̯ljɛ]) is a village in the Municipality of Škofja Loka in the Upper Carniola region of Slovenia.

  * Media related to Ševlje at Wikimedia Commons
  * Ševlje on Geopedia


Alloleptis

Alloleptis is a genus of snipe fly of the family Rhagionidae. It is a small fly of about 4 mm and only known from Sulawesi. It currently contains only one species, Alloleptis tersus.


Blapsilon purpureum

Blapsilon purpureum is a species of beetle in the family Cerambycidae. It was described by Fauvel in 1906. It is known from New Caledonia.


Camalès

Camalès (French pronunciation: [kamalɛs]; Occitan: Camalèrs) is a commune in the Hautes-Pyrénées department in south-western France.

  * Communes of the Hautes-Pyrénées department
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Camalès.


Bura Sara

Bura Sara (Persian: بوراسرا, also Romanized as Būrā Sarā; also known as Booneh Sara, Būrah Sarā, Bura Sarāi, Būr Sarā, and Maḩalleh-ye Būrsarā)Khotbeh Sara Rural District, Kargan Rud District, Talesh County, Gilan Province, Iran. At the 2006 census, its population was 772, in 180 families.


2018 RBC Pro Challenge

The 2018 RBC Pro Challenge was a professional tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts. It was the second edition of the tournament and was part of the 2018 ITF Women's Circuit. It took place in Tyler, United States, on 29 October–4 November 2018.

Singles main draw entrants

Seeds

Country  Player            Rank1  Seed
SUI      Belinda Bencic    37     1
USA      Madison Brengle   89     2
HUN      Fanny Stollár     127    3
USA      Jessica Pegula    129    4
USA      Claire Liu        139    5
USA      Nicole Gibbs      143    6
USA      Kristie Ahn       145    7
USA      Christina McHale  153    8

  * 1 Rankings as of 22 October 2018.

Other entrants

The following players received a wildcard into the singles main draw:

  * [United States] Sophie Chang
  * [United States] Louisa Chirico
  * [United States] Christina McHale
  * [United States] Caty McNally

The following player received entry using a protected ranking:

  * [United States] Elizabeth Halbauer
  * [Argentina] Nadia Podoroska

The following player received entry using a junior exempt:

  * [United States] Whitney Osuigwe

The following players received entry from the qualifying draw:

  * [United States] Ellie Douglas
  * [United States] Quinn Gleason
  * [United States] Ann Li
  * [Italy] Bianca Turati

Champions

Singles

Main article: 2018 RBC Pro Challenge – Singles
  * [United States] Whitney Osuigwe def. [Brazil] Beatriz Haddad Maia, 6–3, 6–4

Doubles

Main article: 2018 RBC Pro Challenge – Doubles
  * [United States] Nicole Gibbs / [United States] Asia Muhammad def. [United States] Desirae Krawczyk / [Mexico] Giuliana Olmos, 3–6, 6–3, [14–12]
  * 2018 RBC Pro Challenge at ITFtennis.com
  * Official website Archived 2017-10-21 at the Wayback Machine


Empress Hotel

Empress Hotel may refer to:

  * Empress Hotel, Fitzroy North, Melbourne
  * Empress Hotel (Toronto), destroyed by fire
  * The Empress (hotel), Victoria, British Columbia
  * The Empress Hotel (New Jersey), in Asbury Park


Francis Erwood

Francis Elliston Erwood (1824–78) was designated in the Guinness Book of RecordsRackets world champion. The title, together with a £400 prize, was gained following two matches in 1860, the first at the Royal Artillery Court, Woolwich and the second at the Eglintoun Arms, Maudlin Street, Bristol when Erwood twice defeated open court champion professional John Charles Mitchell (1823–61). The title passed to amateur/gentleman player William Hart-Dyke in 1862 after another two-match duel, when the prize money was only £100.

Life

Frank Erwood was born on 17 March 1824 at Doctors' Commons in London, the son of George Erwood, a baker and biscuit maker, and his wife Frances (born Elliston). He was a racquet and ball maker as well as professional player and instructor to army officers in Woolwich. His older brother, George Erwood, was of a similar mould and in 1860 was the new racket master at Hampstead. About 1863 Frank's left eye was damaged whilst playing and was he obliged to end his career.

Marrying in 1855, Frank had four children, the daughters of whom emigrated to Canada and the USA; his son followed him into the business of racquet and ball making. His wife dying in 1870, Frank followed her on 7 October 1878 at Woolwich.

Frank's winning racquet was for many years kept by one of his descendants, but it is now believed to reside at one of the squash clubs in Bromley, Kent.

References & Notes

Notes References
  * Bell's Life in London & Sporting Chronicle. March 11 – April 1, 1860. {{cite journal}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  * Guinness Book of Records (old editions)
  * Lord Aberdare. The Willis Faber Book of Tennis & Rackets.
  * UK Census returns
  * Records of the Registrar of Births, Deaths, & Marriages.


2017 Speedway Grand Prix of Scandinavia

The 2017 Stockholm FIM Speedway Grand Prix was the tenth race of the 2017 Speedway Grand Prix season. It took place on September 22 at the Friends Arena in Stockholm, Sweden.

Riders

First reserve Peter Kildemand replaced Greg Hancock, second reserve Martin Smolinski replaced Nicki Pedersen and third reserve Max Fricke replaced Niels-Kristian Iversen. The Speedway Grand Prix Commission also nominated Kim Nilsson as the wild card, and Jacob Thorssell and Filip Hjelmland both as Track Reserves.

Results

The Grand Prix was won by Slovenia's Matej Žagar, who beat Bartosz Zmarzlik, Jason Doyle and Peter Kildemand in the final.Germany the round before. Doyle, who equalled the record number of final appearances in one season with nine, initially top scored in the qualifying heats, however third place saw him move 22 points clear of Patryk Dudek, who failed to make the semi-finals.

Heat details


2017 Speedway Grand Prix of Scandinavia

Heat details

Placing   Draw  Rider                                 Total  1  2  3  4  5  6  7  8  9  10  11  12  13  14  15  16  17  18  19  20  Pts  Pos  21  22  23
[Gold]    16    [Slovenia] (55) Matej Žagar           13              1           2  1                      3           0           7    8        3   3
[Silver]  15    [Poland] (95) Bartosz Zmarzlik        12              2        2        1                       3   0               8    4    2       2
[Bronze]  11    [Australia] (69) Jason Doyle          18           3           3     2                  3                       3   14   1    3       1
4         14    [Denmark] (25) Peter Kildemand        10              0     2               3       1                           2   8    5        2   0
5         2     [Russia] (89) Emil Sayfutdinov        12     3              3           3               2               1           12   2        0
6         12    [Australia] (23) Chris Holder         9            1              0     2           3                       3       9    3        0
7         4     [Sweden] (66) Fredrik Lindgren        9      2                    3             1               2               0   8    7    1
8         13    [Sweden] (85) Antonio Lindbäck        8               3  2                      0       1                   2       8    6    0
9         5     [Poland] (71) Maciej Janowski         7         3        1              0                   2                   1   7    9
10        1     [Poland] (692) Patryk Dudek           6      1           3           0              0               2               6    10
11        9     [Poland] (777) Piotr Pawlicki Jr.     6            0     0                  2                   1       3           6    11
12        6     [Australia] (46) Max Fricke           6         2           1        3                          0           0       6    12
13        7     [United Kingdom] (108) Tai Woffinden  6         0              0                2   2                   2           6    13
14        8     [Slovakia] (54) Martin Vaculík        5         0                 1         1           0           3               5    14
15        17    [Sweden] (17) Jacob Thorssell         4                                                                             4    15
16        10    [Germany] (84) Martin Smolinski       4            2        0                   0           1       1               4    16
17        3     [Sweden] (16) Kim Nilsson             2      0                 1            0               0               1       2    17
18        18    [Sweden] (18) Filip Hjelmland         0                                                                             0    18
Placing   Draw  Rider                                 Total  1  2  3  4  5  6  7  8  9  10  11  12  13  14  15  16  17  18  19  20  Pts  Pos  21  22  23


2017 Speedway Grand Prix of Scandinavia

e: retired or mechanical failure • m: exclusion for exceeding two minute time allowance • t: exclusion for touching the tapes • x: other exclusion • f: fell
ns: non-starter • nc: non-classify
Semi-finals: Heat 21: Riders placed 1st, 4th, 6th & 7th in the intermediate classification (after 20 heats)
Heat 22: Riders placed 2nd, 3rd, 5th & 8th in the intermediate classification (after 20 heats)
Big Final (heat 23): The first and second placed riders in each of the Semi-Finals

gate A – inside  gate B  gate C  gate D – outside

Intermediate classification

Qualifies for next season's Grand Prix series
Full-time Grand Prix rider
Wild card, track reserve or qualified reserve


2017 Speedway Grand Prix of Scandinavia

Pos.      Rider                                    Points  SVN         POL       LAT       CZE               DEN        GBR               SWE       PL2       GER        SCA       PL3       AUS
                                                           [Slovenia]  [Poland]  [Latvia]  [Czech Republic]  [Denmark]  [United Kingdom]  [Sweden]  [Poland]  [Germany]  [Sweden]  [Poland]  [Australia]
[Gold]    [Australia] (69) Jason Doyle             132     12          15        10        13                15         13                5         14        17         18        –         –
[Silver]  [Poland] (692) Patryk Dudek              110     13          9         16        13                14         10                5         13        11         6         –         –
[Bronze]  [Poland] (71) Maciej Janowski            108     6           16        13        6                 17         17                13        6         7          7         –         –
4         [Sweden] (66) Fredrik Lindgren           107     16          16        5         6                 8          7                 18        11        11         9         –         –
5         [Russia] (89) Emil Sayfutdinov           102     12          6         13        2                 14         11                10        11        11         12        –         –
6         [United Kingdom] (108) Tai Woffinden     100     8           13        9         7                 11         9                 14        18        5          6         –         –
7         [Poland] (95) Bartosz Zmarzlik           94      6           12        6         8                 7          16                15        10        2          12        –         –
8         [Slovenia] (55) Matej Žagar              86      10          1         10        4                 11         12                3         7         15         13        –         –
9         [Slovakia] (54) Martin Vaculík           85      16          10        8         10                1          4                 10        7         14         5         –         –
10        [Australia] (23) Chris Holder            75      6           6         4         11                7          10                6         2         14         9         –         –
11        [Sweden] (85) Antonio Lindbäck           72      2           6         4         9                 8          7                 19        5         4          8         –         –
12        [Poland] (777) Piotr Pawlicki Jr.        69      7           7         18        7                 4          1                 6         9         4          6         –         –
13        [Denmark] (25) Peter Kildemand           47      –           –         1         8                 3          10                4         –         10         11        –         –
14        [United States] (45) Greg Hancock        45      11          4         5         18                7          0                 –         –         –          –         –         –


2017 Speedway Grand Prix of Scandinavia

15        [Denmark] (88) Niels Kristian Iversen    44      9           9         7         3                 3          7                 6         –         –          –         –         –
16        [Czech Republic] (225) Václav Milík Jr.  20      –           –         –         13                –          –                 –         7         –          –         –         –
17        [Germany] (84) Martin Smolinski          17      –           –         –         –                 –          –                 1         4         8          4         –         –
18        [Latvia] (16) Maksims Bogdanovs          8       –           –         8         –                 –          –                 –         –         –          –         –         –
19        [Denmark] (52) Michael Jepsen Jensen     8       –           –         –         –                 –          –                 –         8         –          –         –         –
20        [Denmark] (12) Nicki Pedersen            8       3           5         –         –                 –          –                 –         –         –          –         –         –
21        [Denmark] (16) Kenneth Bjerre            7       –           –         –         –                 7          –                 –         –         –          –         –         –
22        [Australia] (46) Max Fricke              7       –           –         –         –                 –          –                 –         –         1          6         –         –
23        [Poland] (16) Krzysztof Kasprzak         6       –           –         –         –                 –          –                 –         6         –          –         –         –
24        [Germany] (16) Kai Huckenbeck            4       –           –         –         –                 –          –                 –         –         4          –         –         –
25        [Sweden] (17) Jacob Thorssell            4       –           –         –         –                 –          –                 –         –         –          4         –         –
26        [Poland] (16) Przemysław Pawlicki        3       –           3         –         –                 –          –                 –         –         –          –         –         –
27        [United Kingdom] (16) Craig Cook         2       –           –         –         –                 –          2                 –         –         –          –         –         –
28        [United Kingdom] (18) Josh Bates         2       –           –         –         –                 –          2                 –         –         –          –         –         –
29        [Sweden] (16) Linus Sundström            2       –           –         –         –                 –          –                 2         –         –          –         –         –
30        [Sweden] (16) Kim Nilsson                2       –           –         –         –                 –          –                 –         –         –          2         –         –
31        [Slovenia] (16) Nick Škorja              1       1           –         –         –                 –          –                 –         –         –          –         –         –


2017 Speedway Grand Prix of Scandinavia

32        [Czech Republic] (17) Josef Franc        0       –           –         –         0                 –          –                 –         –         –          –         –         –
33        [Czech Republic] (18) Matěj Kůs          0       –           –         –         0                 –          –                 –         –         –          –         –         –
34        [United Kingdom] (17) Adam Ellis         0       –           –         –         –                 –          0                 –         –         –          –         –         –
35        [Germany] (17) Tobias Kroner             0       –           –         –         –                 –          –                 –         –         0          –         –         –
36        [Sweden] (18) Filip Hjelmland            0       –           –         –         –                 –          –                 –         –         –          0         –         –
Pos.      Rider                                    Points  SVN         POL       LAT       CZE               DEN        GBR               SWE       PL2       GER        SCA       PL3       AUS
                                                           [Slovenia]  [Poland]  [Latvia]  [Czech Republic]  [Denmark]  [United Kingdom]  [Sweden]  [Poland]  [Germany]  [Sweden]  [Poland]  [Australia]


2017 Speedway Grand Prix of Scandinavia

* Motorcycle speedway


1965 Japan Series

The 1965 Japan Series was the Nippon Professional Baseball (NPB) championship series for the 1965 season. It was the 16th Japan Series and featured the Pacific League champions, the Nankai Hawks, against the Central League champions, the Yomiuri Giants.

Summary

CL Yomiuri Giants (4) vs. PL Nankai Hawks (1)

Game  Date        Score                                 Location          Time  Attendance
 1    October 30  Yomiuri Giants – 4, Nankai Hawks – 2  Osaka Stadium     2:30  30,094
 2    October 31  Yomiuri Giants – 6, Nankai Hawks – 4  Osaka Stadium     3:06  30,139
 3    November 3  Nankai Hawks – 3, Yomiuri Giants – 9  Korakuen Stadium  2:32  32,151
 4    November 4  Nankai Hawks – 4, Yomiuri Giants – 2  Korakuen Stadium  2:27  31,089
 5    November 5  Nankai Hawks – 2, Yomiuri Giants – 3  Korakuen Stadium  2:22  26,803

Matchups

Game 1

Saturday, October 30, 1965 – 1:00 pm at Osaka Stadium in Osaka, Osaka Prefecture

Team                                                 1  2  3  4  5  6  7  8  9  R  H  E
Yomiuri                                              1  0  0  0  2  1  0  0  0  4  8  1
Nankai                                               0  0  0  0  0  0  2  0  0  2  7  0
WP: Masaichi Kaneda (1–0) LP: Tadashi Sugiura (0–1)
Home runs:
YOM: Sadaharu Oh 2 (2), Isao Shibata (1)
NAN: None

  * 1965 World Series


Zalomaikha

Zalomaikha (Russian: Заломаиха) is a rural locality (a village) in Kubenskoye Rural Settlement, Vologodsky District, Vologda Oblast, Russia. The population was 12 as of 2002.

Geography

Zalomaikha is located 56 km northwest of Vologda (the district's administrative centre) by road. Kosyakovo is the nearest rural locality.


Allomarkgrafia

Allomarkgrafia is a genus of flowering plants in the family Apocynaceae, first described as a genus in 1932. It is native to Central America and northwestern South America.

Species
  * Allomarkgrafia brenesiana Woodson - Costa Rica, Panama
  * Allomarkgrafia campanulata (Markgr. ex A.H.Gentry) J.F.Morales - Panama
  * Allomarkgrafia ecuatoriana J.F. Morales - Colombia, Ecuador
  * Allomarkgrafia foreroi A.H.Gentry - Colombia, Ecuador
  * Allomarkgrafia insignis J.F.Morales - Costa Rica
  * Allomarkgrafia laxiflora A.H.Gentry - Colombia, Ecuador
  * Allomarkgrafia ovalis (Ruiz & Pav. ex Markgr.) Woodson - Peru
  * Allomarkgrafia plumeriiflora Woodson - Costa Rica, Panama, Nicaragua, Honduras, Colombia
  * Allomarkgrafia tubiflora Woodson ex Dwyer - Peru


Blanuša snarks

In the mathematical field of graph theory, the Blanuša snarks are two 3-regular graphs with 18 vertices and 27 edges.Yugoslavian mathematician Danilo Blanuša in 1946 and are named after him.Petersen graph.

As snarks, the Blanuša snarks are connected, bridgeless cubic graphs with chromatic index equal to 4. Both of them have chromatic number 3, diameter 4 and girth 5. They are non-hamiltonian but are hypohamiltonian.book thickness 3 and queue number 2.

Algebraic properties

The automorphism group of the first Blanuša snark is of order 8 and is isomorphic to the Dihedral group D4, the group of symmetries of a square.

The automorphism group of the second Blanuša snark is an abelian group of order 4 isomorphic to the Klein four-group, the direct product of the Cyclic group Z/2Z with itself.

The characteristic polynomial of the first and the second Blanuša snark are respectively :

[(x-3)(x-1)^3(x+1)(x+2)(x^4+x^3-7x^2-5x+6)(x^4+x^3-5x^2-3x+4)^2\ ] [(x-3)(x-1)^3(x^3+2x^2-3x-5)(x^3+2x^2-x-1)(x^4+x^3-7x^2-6x+7)(x^4+x^3-5x^2-4x+3).\ ]

Generalized Blanuša snarks

There exists a generalisation of the first and second Blanuša snark in two infinite families of snarks of order 8n+10 denoted [B_n^1] and [B_n^2]. The Blanuša snarks are the smallest members those two infinite families.


Blanuša snarks

In 2007, J. Mazák proved that the circular chromatic index of the type 1 generalized Blanuša snarks [B_n^1] equals [3+{\frac {2} {n}}].

In 2008, M. Ghebleh proved that the circular chromatic index of the type 2 generalized Blanuša snarks [B_n^2] equals [3+{\frac {1} {\lfloor 1+3n/2\rfloor}}].

Gallery

  * [The chromatic number of the first Blanuša snark is 3.]
    The chromatic number of the first Blanuša snark is 3.
  * [The chromatic index of the first Blanuša snark is 4.]
    The chromatic index of the first Blanuša snark is 4.
  * [The chromatic number of the second Blanuša snark is 3.]
    The chromatic number of the second Blanuša snark is 3.
  * [The chromatic index of the second Blanuša snark is 4.]
    The chromatic index of the second Blanuša snark is 4.


Chowdavaram OW

Chowdavaram OW is a small village in Vemsoor mandal, Khammam district, Telangana, India.


Black Water Transit

Black Water Transit is an unreleased 2009 American crime drama film based on the novel of the same name by Carsten Stroud. It is directed by Tony Kaye and stars an ensemble cast including Laurence Fishburne and Karl Urban.

Premise

In post-Katrina New Orleans, shipping executive Jack Vermillion (Fishburne) finds himself getting more than he bargained for after agreeing to help feds expose smuggler and all-around bad seed Earl Pike (Urban).

Cast

  * Laurence Fishburne as Jack Vermillion
  * Karl Urban as Earl Pike
  * Brittany Snow as Sardoonah
  * Aisha Tyler as Casey Spandau
  * Stephen Dorff as Nicky
  * Alex Sol as Jimmy Rock
  * Beverly D'Angelo as Valeriana Schick
  * Bill Cobbs as Frank Vermillion
  * Evan Ross as Gary Vermillion
  * Leslie Easterbrook as Bet Tannen

At various points in the film's development, Bruce Willis, Vin Diesel, and Samuel L. Jackson were attached to star.

Production

Bruce Willis and Arnold Rifkin had initially produced the film under their Cheyenne Enterprises banner at Revolution Studios. Samuel Bayer was attached to direct in 2005. Doug Richardson had written the initial draft. In a blog post about his experience, he claimed that the screenplay was one of the best he had ever written, and he was on development for two years until he was let go. After Tony Kaye had signed on, one of the producers wanted to bring Richardson back on board. After meeting with Kaye in person, Richardson turned the offer to return down, referring to him as a "lunatic".

Post-production

In August 2008, Kaye revealed to the Los Angeles Times that he had recently screened a rough-cut of the film to actor Laurence Fishburne. According to Kaye, his lead "loved" the film, which had originally been conceived as a Die Hard-like thriller. However, Kaye suggested his script changes were used as an excuse by producer David Bergstein to hold back payments on the film, and that Bergstein was attempting to alleviate his financial trouble by casting doubt on the film's bankability.


Black Water Transit

On April 8, 2009, the production company came to an agreement with Cayman Islands-based financier Aramid Entertainment for the completion and release schedule for the film, which, at that point, remained unfinished. According to legal documents, Bergstein requested a sum of $1,775,000 for post-production.

In May 2009, Kaye reportedly screened a cut of the film at the Cannes Film Market.Black Water Transit, noting that the production company had failed to provide some of the necessary signatures for the agreement.

In November 2009, Bergstein and his co-producer Ron Tutor were sued by a New York-based hedge fund for $120 million. Bergstein and Tutor both confirmed that Kaye had delivered a cut of the film. However, both reiterated that the film was "unreleasable".

In January 2010, it was reported that Bergstein had reached a settlement in another lawsuit related to the film.

In June 2010, the rights for Black Water Transit, valued at $26 million, were sold by Library Asset Acquisition Company (LAAC) to Black Water Transit Acquisition Company at a foreclosure auction for $2 million. However, as both companies were suspected to be owned by Bergstein and Tutor, the sale was opposed by a key creditor and a federal bankruptcy trustee.

In March 2012, Kaye confirmed the film was still unfinished and that some additional material needed to be shot.

In September 2014, it was reported that Bergstein and Aramid Entertainment had reached a settlement in their lawsuit and that the rights for the film would revert to Bergstein, pending a New York bankruptcy court approval.

In May 2016, Bergstein issued a press release regarding a recent complaint by Aramid Entertainment against its former executive, David Molner.

In June 2018, Bergstein was sentenced to eight years in prison for fraud.Gary DeVore.

  * Black Water Transit at IMDb
  * Black Water Transit at Rotten Tomatoes


2018 Rally Estonia

The 2018 Rally Estonia (formally known as the Shell Helix Rally Estonia 2018) was a motor racing event for rally cars that was held over three days between 13 and 15 July 2018.Rally Estonia. The event consisted of sixteen special stages totalling 146.40 km (90.97 mi) in competitive kilometres. The stages were run on smooth gravel roads of Southern Estonia. Two street stages were also held during the rally, in Tartu and in Elva. Rally headquarters and service park were based in Otepää, at the Tehvandi Sports Center, while city of Tartu hosted the ceremonial start and finish.

Ott Tänak & Martin Järveoja won the rally, while Hayden Paddon & Sebastian Marshall finished second and Craig Breen & Scott Martin finished third.WRC works teams entered Rally Estonia. It was also the first time the new Toyota Yaris WRC entered a competition outside the WRC series.Tänak & Järveoja were dominant on their home ground winning eleven stages out of sixteen.

Report

Classification


2018 Rally Estonia

Report

Classification

Pos.                    No.  Driver                             Co-driver                            Team                                  Car                         Time       Difference
Overall classification
1                        1   [Estonia] Ott Tänak                [Estonia] Martin Järveoja            [Japan] Toyota Gazoo Racing WRT       Toyota Yaris WRC            1:12:31.9     0.0
2                        3   [New Zealand] Hayden Paddon        [United Kingdom] Sebastian Marshall  [South Korea] Hyundai Motorsport      Hyundai i20 Coupe WRC       1:13:31.0    +59.1
3                        2   [Republic of Ireland] Craig Breen  [United Kingdom] Scott Martin        [France] Citroën Total Abu Dhabi WRT  Citroën C3 WRC              1:15:44.3   +3:12.4
4                        7   [Finland] Eerik Pietarinen         [Finland] Juhana Raitanen            [Finland] TGS Worldwide               Škoda Fabia R5              1:16:33.6   +4:01.7
5                        6   [Finland] Jari Huttunen            [Finland] Antti Linnaketo            [South Korea] Hyundai Motorsport      Hyundai i20 R5              1:16:51.6   +4:19.7
6                        4   [Estonia] Georg Gross              [Estonia] Raigo Mõlder               [Estonia] OT Racing                   Ford Focus RS WRC 08        1:17:07.2   +4:35.3
7                        5   [Ukraine] Valeriy Gorban           [Estonia] Sergei Larens              [Ukraine] Eurolamp World Rally Team   Mini John Cooper Works WRC  1:17:47.9   +5:16.0
8                       16   [Estonia] Raul Jeets               [Estonia] Andrus Toom                [Estonia] Tehase Auto                 Škoda Fabia R5              1:18:03.9   +5:32.0
9                       12   [Estonia] Ranno Bundsen            [Estonia] Robert Loštšenikov         [Estonia] A1M Motorsport              Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VIII  1:19:21.1   +6:49.2
10                      11   [Estonia] Rainer Aus               [Estonia] Simo Koskinen              [Estonia] ALM Motorsport              Volkswagen Polo Proto       1:19:55.6   +7:23.7
Source:

Special stages


2018 Rally Estonia

Special stages

Date     No.          Stage name          Distance           Winners                Car               Time    Rally leaders
13 July       —       Otepää [Shakedown]       1.00 km       Tänak / Järveoja       Toyota Yaris WRC  —       —
14 July  SS1          Raiga 1                  6.24 km       Tänak / Järveoja       Toyota Yaris WRC  3:06.6  Tänak / Järveoja
SS2      Arula 1           8.74 km        Tänak / Järveoja   Toyota Yaris WRC            3:59.0
SS3      Rüa 1             8.68 km        Tänak / Järveoja   Toyota Yaris WRC            4:18.8
SS4      Raiga 2           6.24 km        Tänak / Järveoja   Toyota Yaris WRC            3:03.8
SS5      Arula 2           8.74 km        Breen / Martin     Citroën C3 WRC              3:54.4
SS6      Rüa 2             8.68 km        Tänak / Järveoja   Toyota Yaris WRC            4:14.5
SS7      Karste 1          6.42 km        Paddon / Marshall  Hyundai i20 Coupe WRC       3:01.1
SS8      Krüüdneri 1       13.67 km       Breen / Martin     Citroën C3 WRC              7:21.3
SS9      Karste 2          6.42 km        Tänak / Järveoja   Toyota Yaris WRC            2:57.3
SS10     Krüüdneri 2       13.67 km       Tänak / Järveoja   Toyota Yaris WRC            7:11.6
SS11     Tartu City        1.74 km        Tänak / Järveoja   Toyota Yaris WRC            1:44.8
15 July  SS12         Puugi 1                 10.16 km       Tänak / Järveoja       Toyota Yaris WRC  4:38.0
SS13     Prangli 1         17.05 km       Breen / Martin     Citroën C3 WRC              8:15.9
SS14     Puugi 2           10.16 km       Tänak / Järveoja   Toyota Yaris WRC            4:30.4
SS15     Prangli 2         17.05 km       Tänak / Järveoja   Toyota Yaris WRC            8:08.1
SS16     Elva City         1.74 km        Gross / Mõlder     Ford Focus RS WRC 08        1:29.6

  * The official website of Rally Estonia


Empress Jinghuai

In this Chinese name, the family name is Wang.

Empress Jinghuai, known during her life as Lady Wang, was a concubine of Sun Quan, the founding emperor of the state of Eastern Wu and mother to future Emperor Sun Xiu, during the Three Kingdoms period of China. She had active participation in the various succession disputes to the throne, being on the warfoot with Sun Luban, daughter of Sun Quan.

Life

Lady Wang was from Nanyang (南陽, modern-day Nanyang, Henan), and was referred to as Lady Wang of Nanyang to distinguish her from Lady Wang of Langye (posthumously known as Empress Dayi, another concubine of Sun Quan who shared the same surname).Jiahe period (232-238), presumably before 235 when she gave birth to Sun Xiu. When Sun He became heir apparent, Lady Wang of Langye became esteemed, and all other consorts who had been favoured by Sun Quan were expelled from the palace, including Lady Wang of Nanyang, who was exiled to Gong'an (公安, modern-day Gong'an, Hubei), where she died and was initially buried.

Family and relatives

When Sun Xiu became emperor in 258, he posthumously honoured Lady Wang as Empress Jinghuai (敬懷皇后 Attentive Remembering Empress) and had her remains reinterred at the Jing Tombs (敬陵), the modern location of which is unknown.

  * Chen, Shou (3rd century). Records of the Three Kingdoms (Sanguozhi). Scroll 50.
      + Robert Joe Cutter and William Gordon Crowell. Empresses and Consorts: Selections from Chen Shou's Records of the Three States with Pei Songzhi's Commentary. Honolulu: University of Hawai'i Press, 1999.
  * Pei, Songzhi (5th century). Annotations to Records of the Three Kingdoms (Sanguozhi zhu).


Francis Ellis (colonial administrator)

Sir Francis Ellis was an administrator of the English East India Company, and President of Bengal in 1693.


2017 Speedway World Cup Event 2

Event Two of the 2017 Monster Energy FIM Speedway World Cup was the second race of the 2017 edition of the Speedway World Cup. It was staged on July 4 at the Stena Arena in Västervik, Sweden and was won by Sweden from Russia, Latvia, and Denmark. As a result, Sweden progressed directly to the 2017 Speedway World Cup Final, while Russia and Latvia progressed to the 2017 Speedway World Cup Race-off. Denmark were eliminated.

Latvia and Denmark initially tied on 28 points after the 20 qualifying heats, however Andžejs Ļebedevs beat Niels-Kristian Iversen in a run-off to secure the Latvians place in the race-off. It was the first time since the Speedway World Cup was introduced in 2001 that Denmark had been eliminated at this stage.

Antonio Lindbäck and Fredrik Lindgren top scored for Sweden with 11 and 10 points respectively, while Grigory Laguta led Russia with a 12-point haul.

Results

Pos.    National team  Pts.
1       Sweden         37
2       Russia         30
3       Latvia         28+3
4       Denmark        28+2

Scores

[Sweden]  SWEDEN            37
No        Rider Name        Pts.  Heats
1         Fredrik Lindgren  10    3,0,1,3,3
2         Antonio Lindbäck  11    3,2,2,3,1
3         Andreas Jonsson   8     1,2,1,3,1
4         Linus Sundström   8     0,2,3,2,1
5         Joel Kling        0

[Russia]  RUSSIA             30
No        Rider Name         Pts.  Heats
1         Emil Sayfutdinov   10    2,3,1,1,3
2         Grigory Laguta     12    3,2,2,2,3
3         Vadim Tarasenko    7     1,3,2,1,0
4         Andrey Kudryashov  0     0,0,0
5         Gleb Chugunov      1     1,0

[Latvia]  LATVIA               28+3
No        Rider Name           Pts.  Heats
1         Andžejs Ļebedevs     15    1,1,3,6,2,2 + 3
2         Maksims Bogdanovs    4     3,1,0,0,0
3         Jevgeņijs Kostigovs  4     1,1,0,2
4         Kjasts Puodžuks      5     2,1,0,0,2
5


2017 Speedway World Cup Event 2

[Denmark]  DENMARK                 28+2
No         Rider Name              Pts.  Heats
1          Kenneth Bjerre          6     0,3,3,0,0
2          Leon Madsen             6     2,0,2,1,1
3          Michael Jepsen Jensen   7     0,3,1,0,3
4          Niels-Kristian Iversen  9     2,0,3,2,2 + 2
5          Frederik Jakobsen       0

  * 2017 Speedway Grand Prix


1965 LPGA Tour

The 1965 LPGA Tour was the 16th season since the LPGA Tour officially began in 1950. The season ran from March 18 to November 28. The season consisted of 30 official money events. Kathy Whitworth won the most tournaments, eight. She also led the money list with earnings of $28,658.

There were two first-time winners in 1965: Susie Maxwell and Jo Ann Prentice.

The tournament results and award winners are listed below.

Tournament results

The following table shows all the official money events for the 1965 season.Majors are shown in bold.


1965 LPGA Tour

Date    Tournament                       Location        Winner                                  Score  Purse ($)  1st prize ($)
Mar 21  St. Petersburg Open              Florida         [United States] Kathy Whitworth (12)    281        9,600          1,500
Mar 28  All State Ladies' Invitational   Mississippi     [United States] Jo Ann Prentice (1)     146^       8,000          1,275
Apr 4   Baton Rouge Invitational         Louisiana       [United States] Mickey Wright (64)      214        8,000          1,275
Apr 25  Pensacola Invitational           Florida         [United States] Betsy Rawls (49)        218        8,000          1,275
May 2   Shreveport Kiwanis Invitational  Louisiana       [United States] Kathy Whitworth (13)    210        8,000          1,275
May 2   Peach Blossom Open               South Carolina  [United States] Marilynn Smith (14)     213        8,000          1,275
May 16  Muskogee Civitan Open            Oklahoma        [United States] Susie Maxwell (1)       213        8,000          1,275
May 23  Dallas Civitan Open              Texas           [United States] Mickey Wright (65)      283       14,000          2,100
May 30  Babe Zaharias Open               Texas           [United States] Marlene Hagge (20)      215        8,000          1,275
Jun 6   Blue Grass Invitational          Kentucky        [United States] Kathy Whitworth (14)    213        8,500          1,350
Jun 13  Women's Western Open             Illinois        [United States] Susie Maxwell (2)       290        9,600          1,500
Jun 20  Cosmopolitan Open                Illinois        [United States] Sandra Haynie (6)       210        8,000          1,275
Jun 27  Lady Carling Open                Maryland        [United States] Carol Mann (2)          211       10,000          1,500
Jul 3   U.S. Women's Open                New Jersey      [United States] Carol Mann (3)          290       17,780          4,000
Jul 11  Lady Carling Midwest Open        Ohio            [United States] Kathy Whitworth (15)    219       10,000          1,500
Jul 18  Yankee Open                      Michigan        [United States] Kathy Whitworth (16)    213       15,000          2,250
Jul 25  Buckeye Savings Invitational     Ohio            [United States] Kathy Whitworth (17)    207       10,000          1,500


1965 LPGA Tour

Aug 1   Waterloo Open                    Iowa            [United States] Betsy Rawls (50)        214        8,000          1,275
Aug 8   Milwaukee Open                   Wisconsin       [United States] Marlene Hagge (21)      287       12,000          1,875
Aug 15  St. Louis Open                   Missouri        [United States] Mary Mills (4)          216       12,500          1,875
Aug 22  Omaha Jaycee Open                Nebraska        [United States] Clifford Ann Creed (4)  208       11,500          1,500
Sep 12  Eugene Open                      Oregon          [United States] Mary Mills (5)          294       10,000          1,350
Sep 19  Visalia Open                     California      [United States] Clifford Ann Creed (5)  289        8,500          1,350
Sep 26  LPGA Championship                Nevada          [United States] Sandra Haynie (7)       279       15,830          2,475
Oct 3   Mickey Wright Invitational       California      [United States] Kathy Whitworth (18)    283        8,600          1,350
Oct 24  Phoenix Thunderbirds Open        Arizona         [United States] Marlene Hagge (22)      290        8,600          1,350
Oct 30  Las Cruces Open                  New Mexico      [United States] Clifford Ann Creed (6)  215        9,000          1,350
Nov 7   LPGA Tall City Open              Texas           [United States] Marlene Hagge (23)      206       10,000          1,350
Nov 14  Alamo Open                       Texas           [United States] Marlene Hagge (24)      216        8,800          1,500
Nov 28  Titleholders Championship        Georgia         [United States] Kathy Whitworth (19)    287       10,000          1,500


1965 LPGA Tour

^ - weather-shortened tournament

Awards

Award                         Winner           Country
Money winner                  Kathy Whitworth  United States
Scoring leader (Vare Trophy)  Kathy Whitworth  United States
Rookie of the Year            Margie Masters   United States

  * LPGA Tour official site
  * 1965 season coverage at golfobserver.com


Şahvəlili

39°16′50″N 46°58′01″E / 39.28056°N 46.96694°E

Şahvəlili (Shahvalili) is a village in the Jabrayil District of Azerbaijan. It was occupied by the Armenian forces in 1993. The Army of Azerbaijan recaptured the village on 19 October 2020.

  * Şahvəlili at GEOnet Names Server


Functional item

In the framework of Noam Chomsky's Minimalist Program, items of the lexicon are of two types: with or without substantive content. Items of the former category are called lexical items, whereas items of the latter category are functional items. Functional items carry the grammatical content of a sentence, which means that by taking them out of the sentence one would still understand the meaning, although it would not be grammatical. In other words, they are the 'glue' that holds the sentence together.closed class, that is, belonging to parts of speech that do not easily allow new members.telegraphic speech; functional items are the grammatical units that hold the sentence together and make it more fluid.modals, auxiliaries, determiners, complementizers and bound morphemes such as nominal and verbal affixes.θ-marking.

The following table provides examples of commonly used functional items:

Functional (Closed) Categories of English  Examples
Preposition                                to, from, under, over, with, by, at, above, before, after, through, near, on, off, for, in, into, of, during, across, without, since, until
Determiner                                 the, a, an, this, that, these, those, yon, every, some, many, most, few, all, each, any, less, fewer, no, one, two, three, four, etc., my, your, his, her, its, our, their
Conjunction                                and, or, nor, neither, either
Complementizers                            that, for, if, whether
TAM                                        -ed, have, has, had, am, is, are, was, were, do, does, did, will, would, shall, should, can, could, may, might, must
Agreement                                  -s
Negation                                   not

Infants' Acquisition of Functional Items

Infants start identifying functional items in the second semester after birth. They are able to recognize functional items by hearing them frequently and also through phonological and distributional cues.


Functional item

Children with specific language impairments have difficulties with a range of elements within functional categories. Compared to younger, normally developing children with equal mean utterance lengths, impaired children do not use grammatical elements associated with the categories as much. However, there is no evidence that they lack whole functional categories altogether; even children with very limited speech are shown to use two or more different elements within each functional category system.


Bobby Houston (footballer, born 1952)

Bobby Houston (born 1952) is a Scottish former footballer, who played for Partick Thistle, Kilmarnock and Greenock Morton.

  * Bobby Houston at Post War English & Scottish Football League A–Z Player's Database


Chowaniec

Look up chowaniec or Chowaniec in Wiktionary, the free dictionary.

Chowaniec is a Polish surname. Notable people with the surname include:

  * Adam Chowaniec (1950–2015), Canadian engineer, entrepreneur, and educator
  * Andrzej Chowaniec (born 1958), Polish ice hockey player
  * Stefan Chowaniec (born 1953), Polish ice hockey player
  *
  * Chovanec, Czech and Slovak surname


Burir Char

Burir Char is a Union of Barguna Sadar Upazila, Barguna District in the Barisal Division of southern-central Bangladesh.


2018 RFL Championship season results

Main article: 2018 RFL Championship

This is a list of the 2018 RFL Championship season results. The Championship is the second-tier rugby league competition in the United Kingdom. The season is scheduled to begin on February 2.

The regular season will be played over 23 round-robin fixtures, where each of the twelve teams involved in the competition play with each other, once at home and once away. Teams will also play one extra match on the Summer Bash Weekend.

The play-offs will commence after the round-robin fixtures. The top four teams in the Championship will qualify for "The Qualifiers", along with the bottom four teams in the Super League. Each team's points totals will be reset to zero and each team will play against each other once. The top three teams will qualify automatically for the Super League in 2019, the fourth and fifth-placed teams will contest the "Million Pound Game" at the venue of the fourth-placed team, with the winner also earning a place in the Super League for 2019, while the losing team and the bottom three teams will enter the Championship in 2019.

The fifth-twelfth placed teams in the Championship in 2018 will contest the "Championship Shield", where each team will play seven extra games, retaining their original points. The top four teams will contest play-offs, with the first-placed team facing the fourth-placed team and the second-placed team facing the third-placed team; The two winning teams will then contest the Championship Shield Grand Final. The bottom two teams will be relegated to League 1 in 2019.

Regular season

All times are UK local time (UTC or UTC+1) on the relevant dates.

Round 1


2018 RFL Championship season results

Round 1

Home                 Score  Away              Match Information
Date and Time        Venue  Referee           Attendance
Dewsbury Rams        20–18  Sheffield Eagles  2 February, 19:45  Tetley's Stadium            Greg Dolan     808
Toulouse Olympique   46–14  Swinton Lions     3 February, 14:00  Stade Ernest-Argelès        Tom Grant      1,740
Featherstone Rovers  20–4   Halifax           4 February, 15:00  LD Nutrition Stadium        Gareth Hewer   2,743
Leigh Centurions     12–34  Toronto Wolfpack  4 February, 15:00  Leigh Sports Village        Liam Moore     5,452
London Broncos       56–12  Barrow Raiders    4 February, 15:00  Trailfinders Sports Ground  John McMullen  801
Rochdale Hornets     10–48  Batley Bulldogs   12 May, 15:00      Crown Oil Arena             Liam Stavely   500
Source:

Round 2

Home                 Score  Away                Match Information
Date and Time        Venue  Referee             Attendance
Barrow Raiders       8–8    Toronto Wolfpack    11 February, 15:00  The JF Hornby Stadium  Gareth Hewer       1,266
Dewsbury Rams        0–12   London Broncos      11 February, 15:00  Tetley's Stadium       Tom Crashley       795
Featherstone Rovers  36–18  Toulouse Olympique  11 February, 15:00  LD Nutrition Stadium   Scott Mikalauskas  2,033
Halifax              30–10  Sheffield Eagles    11 February, 15:00  The MBi Shay           John McMullen      1,513
Leigh Centurions     34–6   Batley Bulldogs     11 February, 15:00  Leigh Sports Village   Greg Dolan         3,216
Swinton Lions        18–25  Rochdale Hornets    3 June, 15:00       Heywood Road           Tom Grant          631
Source:

Round 3

Home                Score  Away                 Match Information
Date and Time       Venue  Referee              Attendance
Toulouse Olympique  50–6   Sheffield Eagles     17 February, 16:00  Stade Ernest-Argelès        Liam Moore     1,533
Barrow Raiders      24–20  Leigh Centurions     18 February, 15:00  The JF Hornby Stadium       John McMullen  1,991
Halifax             6–20   Toronto Wolfpack     18 February, 15:00  The MBi Shay                Jack Smith     2,036
London Broncos      44–24  Featherstone Rovers  18 February, 15:00  Trailfinders Sports Ground  Tom Grant      1,085
Swinton Lions       28–48  Batley Bulldogs      18 February, 15:00  AJ Bell Stadium             Gareth Hewer   588
Rochdale Hornets    6–38   Dewsbury Rams        19 February, 19:45  Crown Oil Arena             Nick Bennett   427
Source:


2018 RFL Championship season results

Round 4

Home                 Score  Away                Match Information
Date and Time        Venue  Referee             Attendance
Batley Bulldogs      32–12  Barrow Raiders      25 February, 15:00  Fox's Biscuits Stadium      Greg Dolan         657
Dewsbury Rams        20–0   Swinton Lions       25 February, 15:00  Tetley's Stadium            Johnny Roberts     961
Featherstone Rovers  58–14  Sheffield Eagles    25 February, 15:00  LD Nutrition Stadium        John McMullen      2,048
London Broncos       47–16  Toronto Wolfpack    25 February, 15:00  Trailfinders Sports Ground  Matthew Rossleigh  1,205
Rochdale Hornets     20–26  Halifax             25 February, 15:00  Crown Oil Arena             Tom Grant          703
Leigh Centurions     26–32  Toulouse Olympique  25 February, 17:30  Leigh Sports Village        Jack Smith         3,143
Source:

Round 5

Home                Score  Away                 Match Information
Date and Time       Venue  Referee              Attendance
Toulouse Olympique  54–6   Rochdale Hornets     3 March, 16:00     Stade Ernest-Argelès              Matthew Rossleigh  1,747
Barrow Raiders      58–32  Dewsbury Rams        13 May, 15:00      The JF Hornby Stadium             John McMullen      1,061
Batley Bulldogs     18-32  Halifax              2 June, 15:00      Fox's Biscuits Stadium            John McMullen      1,002
Leigh Centurions    30–38  Featherstone Rovers  4 March, 15:00     Leigh Sports Village              Chris Kendall      3,594
Sheffield Eagles    14–66  London Broncos       13 May, 15:00      Sheffield Olympic Legacy Stadium  Tom Grant          517
Swinton Lions       12–52  Toronto Wolfpack     4 March, 15:00     Heywood Road                      Jack Smith         701
Source:

Round 6

Home                 Score  Away                Match Information
Date and Time        Venue  Referee             Attendance
Dewsbury Rams        20–40  Toulouse Olympique  11 March, 15:00    Tetley's Stadium                  Jack Smith         720
Featherstone Rovers  32–18  Swinton Lions       11 March, 15:00    LD Nutrition Stadium              Tom Grant          2,082
Halifax              38–18  Leigh Centurions    11 March, 15:00    The MBi Shay                      Gareth Hewer       2,119
London Broncos       68–12  Batley Bulldogs     11 March, 15:00    Trailfinders Sports Ground        John McMullen      Est. 1,200
Rochdale Hornets     24–12  Barrow Raiders      11 March, 15:00    Crown Oil Arena                   Matthew Rossleigh  414
Sheffield Eagles     10–44  Toronto Wolfpack    11 March, 15:00    Sheffield Olympic Legacy Stadium  Greg Dolan         863
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Round 7