Alon Mandel

Alon Mandel (; born 23 August 1988) is an Israeli swimmer who represented Israel at the 2008 Summer Olympics. Mandel is the national record holder (2014) in 50- and 100-meter butterfly. Mandel won the 100-meter butterfly at the 2009 Maccabiah Games and still holds the record in that event.
Biography.
Mandel was born in the United States and was raised in Netanya, Israel. He has a bachelor's degree in chemical engineering from the University of Michigan, a master's degree in environmental engineering from Tel Aviv University, and another master's degree in political science from Tel Aviv University as well.
Mandel started swimming at age 6 and began training at the club Hapoel Emek Hefer. Initially he raced in backstroke, and set records for youth in both the 50- and 100-meter backstroke. In 2006, at age 18, Alon was recognized as an athletic prodigy, and postponed his mandatory army service in order to study chemical engineering at the University of Michigan in parallel to training with the varsity men's swim team at the University of Michigan, along with Michael Phelps and his coach, Bob Bowman. During his training in Michigan, Alon switched his primary stroke from backstroke to butterfly, although he kept competing in backstroke for the University of Michigan. During his tenure at the University of Michigan, Mandel won four NCAA First-Team All-American accolades, three NCAA Honorable Mention All-American accolades, and five Big Ten Conference titles.
In Israel Mandel represented Maccabi Kiryat Bialik Club between 2008 and 2012 and Hapoel Dolphin Netanya between 2012 and 2013.
Career.
2008.
At the 2008 European Aquatics Championships in Eindhoven, Netherlands, Mandel set a new national record in the 200 meter butterfly with a time of 1:59.79 minutes, becoming the first Israeli swimmer to finish this event in under two minutes. To ensure his participation at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, Mandel needed to finish among the first 12 swimmers. He finished 13th, just two hundredths of a second slower than 12th place. However, a couple of months later, it was discovered that the Greek swimmer who had won the 200 meter butterfly, Ioannis Drymonakos, had used banned substances and was therefore suspended. As a result, Mandel moved up to 12th place and the Olympic Committee of Israel confirmed his participation in the 2008 Olympics.
In July 2008, Mandel broke the Israeli national record in the 100 meter butterfly with a time of 53.61 seconds.
While in Beijing, just one day before the opening ceremony, Mandel was informed of the death of his father, who was killed in an accident at his home. After consulting with his family, Mandel decided to stay in China and participate in the competitions. In the 200 meter butterfly, which was held only four days later, Mandel broke the Israeli record, improving it to 1:59:27 minutes, finishing 28th. Three days later, Mandel set another Israeli record in the 100 meter butterfly 52.99 seconds becoming the only Israeli to swim the event in under 53 seconds. Mandel finished in 36th place, less than half a second slower than the time needed to advance to the semi-finals.
2009.
At the 2009 Summer Universiade in Belgrade, Serbia, Mandel set a new Israeli record of 24.27 seconds in the 50 meter butterfly.
Mandel swam at the 2009 Maccabiah Games, held at the Wingate Institute in Netanya, Israel. He won the gold medal in the 100 meter butterfly, setting a new Maccabiah Games record of 52.99 seconds.
Mandel competed in the 2009 World Aquatics Championships in Rome, Italy. In that competition, he set a new Israeli record in both the 50 meter butterfly (23.90 seconds, 31st place) and the 100 meter butterfly (52.68 seconds, 44th place). In the 4×100 medley relay, he swam the butterfly time of 51.60 seconds, helping the team to finish in 17th place with a new Israeli record of 3:36:23 minutes, more than five seconds faster than Israel's previous record, set in 2007.
At the 2009 Israeli National Championships, Mandel remained outside the A-final in the 100 meter butterfly, after finishing the prelims in 9th place. However, at the B-final held that evening, he set a new Israeli and international record of 52.56 seconds.
2010.
At the 2010 European Aquatics Championships in Budapest, Hungary, Mandel finished in 15th place in the 100 meter butterfly with a time of 53.19 seconds. He finished 17th in the 50 meter butterfly (23.98 seconds), 19th in the 50 meter backstroke (25.66 seconds), 33rd in the 200 meter freestyle (1:52:54 minutes), and 10th place in the 4×100 meter medley relay, alongside Jonatan Kopelev (backstroke), Danny Melnik (breastroke) and Guy Barnea (freestyle), with a time of 3:40:26 minutes.
At the 2010 FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m) in Dubai, UAE, Mandel set several Israeli national records. In the 50 meter butterfly, he set a record of 23.39 seconds, finishing 19th and missing the time needed to advance to the semi-final by 4 hundredths of a second. In the 100 meter butterfly, he set a record of 52.34 seconds and finished in 30th place. In the 200 meter butterfly, he set another Israeli record (1:56.67 minutes), which was broken only one heat later by Gal Nevo, who improved Mandel's time by 0.01 seconds. Mandel finished in 24th place in that event. In the 100 meter freestyle, he finished 33rd, setting a personal best of 49.02 seconds.
2011.
At the 2011 European Short Course Swimming Championships in Szczecin, Poland, Mandel finished in 7th place in the 50 meter backstroke with a time of 23.96 seconds, only three hundredths of a second slower than Guy Barnea's Israeli record. In the 100 meter butterfly, Mandel set a new Israeli record of 52.12 seconds, finishing 12th. Mandel also was a member of two relays the 4x50 freestyle and 4x50 medley setting new Israeli records in both events.
At the 2011 Summer Universiade in Shenzhen, China, Mandel finished 8th in the 50 meter butterfly.
2012.
At the 2012 European Aquatics Championships in Debrecen, Hungary, Mandel finished 15th in the 50 meter butterfly with a time of 24.05 seconds. In the 100 meter butterfly, he finished 22nd with a time of 53.57 seconds. Mandel also swam in the 4×100 meter medley relay team with Yakov Toumarkin, Imri Ganiel and Nimrod Shapira Bar-Or, finishing in 7th place with a time of 3:37.77 minutes, missing the Olympic criterion by less than a second.
Towards the end of his career, Mandel participated in the 2012 FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m) in Istanbul, Turkey, helping the Israeli team to finish 10th in the 4×100 medley relay with teammates Jonatan Kopelev (backstroke), Gal Nevo (breastroke), and Guy Barnea (freestyle), setting a new Israeli record of 3:32:43 minutes. Mandel swam the butterfly leg in 52.80 seconds.
2013–present.
On 22 July 2013, Mandel announced his retirement from competitive swimming.
In June 2013, Mandel was elected a board member of the Olympic Committee of Israel. He participates in the finance and sport committees, the latter of which assists Olympic athletes in their career transition after retirement from sports.
In June 2014, Mandel began working for Noble Energy as an environmental engineer.


Victor Elmaleh

Victor Elmaleh (pronounced "el-MAHL-ay"; November 27, 1918 – November 17, 2014) was a Moroccan-born American businessman and real estate developer. He was born in Mogador, now Essaouira, Morocco, the eldest of six siblings. He was among the first to import Volkswagens to the United States.
Biography.
Elmaleh was born to a Jewish family in Mogador, now Essaouira, Morocco. He was the eldest of six brothers. His surname was an Arabic-Moroccan name that his Sephardic Jewish forebears had adopted after fleeing the Spanish Inquisition to Morocco.
He came to the United States in 1925, and grew up in Bensonhurst and Borough Park in Brooklyn. He attended P.S. 48, and later majored in music at Brooklyn College. He then attended the University of Virginia.
He won the one-wall handball national doubles championship in 1951. At 49, he and Victor Niederhoffer won the national doubles championship. He continued to play squash and win tournaments at an advanced age. He enjoyed watercolor painting, creating 4,000 in his lifetime, some of which were exhibited in galleries.
He died on November 17, 2014 at Lenox Hill Hospital in Manhattan, New York City.


The Adventures of Chuck and Friends

The Adventures of Chuck and Friends (also known as The Adventures of Chuck & Friends, Chuck and Friends, or simply Chuck & Friends) is an American-Canadian computer-animated television series that aired in the U.S. on The Hub's defunct HubBub block, with repeats which aired Saturday mornings on The CW as part of the Vortexx block.
The show was produced in collaboration by Toronto based studio Nelvana and Hasbro Studios. The Adventures of Chuck and Friends formerly aired on Tiny Pop and Cartoonito in the United Kingdom and on Treehouse TV in Canada.
In 2012, it was announced that Shout! Factory would release episodes of the show on DVD, starting February 14 with "Friends to the Finish".
Reception.
Watchdog group Common Sense Media says that "The Adventures of Chuck and Friends" is "an entertaining series" and "filled with positive messages."


Camilla Kruger

Camilla Kruger (born 19 September 1986) is a Zimbabwean Olympic eventing rider. She competed at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro where she placed 35th in the individual competition.
Kruger became the first Zimbabwean equestrian rider to compete at the Olympics.


Prague Ice Cup

Prague Ice Cup (Prague Riedell Ice Cup in 2017-2018), is an international figure skating competition held yearly since 2017 in the mid-November in Prague. The competition was initially aimed at the junior and younger categories, with seniors being incorporated in 2019 edition.


Moscow Manege

The Moscow Manege () is an oblong building along the west side of Manege Square, which was cleared in the 1930s and lies adjacent to Red Square. It is the site of Moscow Design Museum since 2012.
Designed by Spanish engineer Agustín de Betancourt with a roof without internal support for (the building's width), it was erected from 1817 to 1825 by the Russian architect Joseph Bové, who clothed it in its Neoclassical exterior, an order of Roman Doric columns enclosing bays of arch-headed windows in a blind arcade, painted white and cream yellow. The roof, with its internal rafters and beams exposed, rests on external columns of the Manege.
The structure was used first as a traditional "manège", an indoor riding academy, to house parades of horsemen and a training school for officers. The 180 m long Manege was large enough to hold an entire infantry regiment—over two thousand soldiers— as well as an invited audience. Since 1831 it has been an exhibition place. In 1867, Hector Berlioz and Nikolai Rubinstein performed at the Manege before a crowd of 12,000. During the Soviet years, the building was used as an art gallery. It was there that Nikita Khrushchev chided avant-garde artists for promoting degenerate art, an episode known as the Manege Affair.
On 14 March 2004, the night of a Russian presidential election in which Vladimir Putin was overwhelmingly re-elected for a second four-year term, the building caught fire and burnt down, killing two firefighters. The wooden beams and rafters collapsed, leaving the walls remaining on site. The official investigation concluded that a short circuit caused the fire, though there was media speculation that a fire at such a historic building, only a stone's throw from the Kremlin, on the night of a presidential election, may not have been coincidental. On 18 February 2005 the restored Manege resumed its operation as an exhibition hall by mounting the same exposition that had been scheduled for the day of the fire.


Ari-Pekka Liukkonen

Ari-Pekka Liukkonen (born 9 February 1989) is a Finnish swimmer. He competed in the 50 m freestyle event at the 2012 Summer Olympics. He is the Finnish record holder over that distance with a time of 21.58 sec, as well as the short course record in the 50 m. He also holds the 100 m freestyle record, at 49.44 seconds. At the 2016 Olympics he swam in the 50 and 100 m freestyle events.
Personal life.
On 2 February 2014 Liukkonen came out as gay in a "Yle" interview, thus becoming one of the first openly gay top-level athletes in Finland.


Champions of Champions Elite

Champions of Champions Elite, or COC-Elite, is a martial arts television show focused on Muay Thai that is currently airing once a month on G4TV. The show features matches in the Champions of Champions tournaments, officially sanctioned by the World Muay Thai Council (WMC), interspersed with documentary-style footage of the featured fighters such as Clifton Brown, Kaoklai Kaennorsing, Julie Kitchen, Nathan Corbett, Yodsanklai Fairtex, and others. Also featured on the show are segments about the history of Muay Thai and "Clifton Brown’s Muay Thai Tips,” a segment that tutors viewers in the performance of various Muay Thai moves.
On October 22, 2010, "Champions of Champions Elite" aired an episode that featured the Kings Cup Super Eight tournament from Bangkok, Thailand, marking the first time that the Kings Cup was shown on American television.


Street circuit

A street circuit is a motorsport racing circuit composed of temporarily closed-off public roads of a city, town or village, used in motor races. Facilities such as the paddock, pit boxes, fences and grandstands are usually placed temporarily and removed soon after the race is over but in modern times the pits, race control and main grandstands are sometimes permanently constructed in the area. Since the track surface is originally planned for normal speeds, race drivers often find street circuits bumpy and lacking grip. Run-off areas may be non-existent, which makes driving mistakes more expensive than in purpose-built circuits with wider run-off areas.
Racing on a street circuit is also called "legal street racing".
Local governments sometimes support races held in street circuits to promote tourism.


Ronnie Stern

Ron Stern (born January 11, 1967) is a Canadian retired professional ice hockey player who played in the National Hockey League for 12 seasons with the Vancouver Canucks, Calgary Flames, and San Jose Sharks.
Playing career.
Stern was born in Sainte-Agathe-des-Monts, Quebec, Canada, and is Jewish. He played for 3 years in the QMJHL with the Longueuil Chevaliers, establishing himself as an enforcer with a scoring touch. His strong play led him to be drafted by the Vancouver Canucks in the 4th round, 70th overall, in the 1986 NHL Entry Draft.
After being drafted by the Canucks, Stern returned to the Chevaliers for one final year before turning pro for the 1987–88 season. That year he played the majority of the season with the Flint Spirits of the IHL, appearing in 55 games and registering 294 Penalty Minutes. He also made his debut with the Canucks, playing in 15 games. The next three years saw Stern bounce between the Canucks and their minor league affiliate Milwaukee Admirals.
At the trade deadline near the end of the 1990–1991 season Stern was traded from the Canucks to the Calgary Flames in a deal for Dana Murzyn. In Calgary, Stern established himself as a full-time NHLer, and earned a reputation as a feared fighter amongst fellow NHL heavyweights at six feet and more than 200 pounds. Stern played the majority of his NHL career with the Flames, spending 6 years with the team and enjoying his best success in the NHL. He set career highs with 13 goals in the 1991–92 campaign, and with 29 points in 1993–94.
Stern missed the entire 1997–1998 season recovering from knee surgery but was signed by the San Jose Sharks upon recovery. He played two seasons with the Sharks before retiring in 2000. He scored the first goal in Game 7 of the Sharks upset over the top seed St. Louis Blues in 2000.
As of April 5, 2007, Stern ranked 44th all-time in NHL penalty minutes with 2077 PIM. Over the course of his career, he registered 75 goals and 86 assists for 161 points in 638 NHL games.
Stern is also cousins with American hockey player, Will Hershon.


Eran Sela

Eran Sela () (born March 10, 1985) is an Israeli Olympic sailor, sailing in the 470 discipline. His current partner is Gideon Kliger.
Early life.
Sela was born in Hadera and resides in the kibbutz Sdot Yam. His father works at sea-craft maintenance and gives oceanic services, while his mother works at Caeserstone. He has two siblings, Roi, who works on a project relating to ships and Ofri, who worked as a skipper assistant.
In the army, he served at the Flotilla base in Atlit as an "exceptional sportsman".
Career.
Sela is a member of the Sdot Yam Yacht Club, where he began sailing when he was 14 on a 420 dinghy and then switched to a 470 dinghy. In the European Junior Championship in Hungary in 2004, he won a bronze medal. He was twice the Israeli national champion, and three times the runner-up.
His first partner was Aviv Ben-Hurin, and afterwards Yogev Yosef, both of them from Sdot Yam. In 2009, he competed with Yosef for a ticket to the 2012 Summer Olympics against Udi Gal and Gideon Kliger but placed low.
He quit sailing following financing problems, and coached for 1.5 years. Gal and Kliger broke up their partnership after Gal retired from sailing, and Kliger joined Sela. After a month of training, the duo finished third place in the Rolex Cup in Miami.
In March 2010, they placed first in the Israeli Championships, and won a silver medal in the same year 470 European Championships in Istanbul.
In 2011, they won a bronze medal in the 470 European Championships in Helsinki. Afterwards, they won a bronze medal in the Olympic Test Event at Weymouth, which gave them the Israeli Olympic criteria. In the 2011 ISAF Sailing World Championships, held in Perth, they finished 4th place and qualified for the 2012 Summer Olympics.
In 2012 they won a silver medal at the ISAF Sailing World Cup in Palma. From then they have been in a decline, only reaching 8th place at the 2012 470 World Championships and 15th place at the 2012 Summer Olympics.


Esponsorama Racing

Esponsorama Racing is a motorcycle racing team competing in the MotoGP and Moto3 World Championships, and in the MotoE World Cup under the name Avintia Esponsorama Racing with an Andorran license.
The team was set up in 1994 by Raúl Romero and Josep Oliva as By Queroseno Racing, also known as Team BQR. In 2012 the team changed its name to Avintia Racing, following an alliance between BQR and the Grupo Avintia.
In 2020 the team rebranded itself as Esponsorama Racing, in line with their registered company name, though Grupo Avintia remained as a main sponsor.
History.
Domestic racing.
Team BQR started competing in the Spanish road racing championship (Campeonato de España de Velocidad). Between 2005 and 2008 the team won three "Fórmula Extreme" titles with José David de Gea and two "125GP" class titles with Stefan Bradl and Efrén Vázquez.
Grand Prix racing.
125 and 250 cc classes.
After many World Championship wildcard appearances, BQR became a full entry in the 2001 season using Honda bikes in the 250 cc class. In 2007 the team switched to Aprilia machinery. BQR won its first World Championship race with Scott Redding riding an Aprilia 125 at the 2008 British Grand Prix.
Moto2.
The team unveiled the first Moto2 bike in February 2009 and fielded a prototype in the 2009 Spanish Road Racing Championship. In 2010, they participated in the new Moto2 World Championship, with Yonny Hernández and Mashel Al Naimi as riders. The team continued in Moto2 until the conclusion of the 2013 season. In 2018, the team made a significant number of wildcard entries with rider Xavi Cardelús.
MotoGP.
In the team debuted in the MotoGP class as a Claiming Rule Team using both FTR Moto and Inmotec frames badged as BQR, powered by Kawasaki engines. The riders were Iván Silva and Yonny Hernández. In Avintia entered the MotoGP class with Kawasaki-engined FTR frames, fielding two bikes for Hiroshi Aoyama and Héctor Barberá.
For the season Aoyama was replaced by Mike Di Meglio and the team fielded a new bike badged as the "Avintia GP14", reportedly based on the 2007-2009 Kawasaki Ninja ZX-RR with some input from Kawasaki. Following a mid-season agreement between Avintia and Ducati, Barberá received an Open-specification Ducati Desmosedici for the last five rounds.
In the team entered two Open class Desmosedici GP14 motorcycles, for Barberá and Di Meglio. For Di Meglio was replaced by Loris Baz. In the team changed its name to Reale Esponsorama Racing.
In 2018, two bikes were fielded for Tito Rabat and Xavier Siméon. Former rider Rubén Xaus joined the team as Siméon's coach. At the British Grand Prix, Rabat's major crash with Franco Morbidelli at Stowe corner was a contributing factor in the decision to cancel the race due to unsafe conditions. As a result of the triple fracture he sustained to his right leg, Rabat missed the remaining 7 races of the 2018 season, and was replaced by Christophe Ponsson and Jordi Torres. For 2019, Rabat returned and was partnered by Czech rider Karel Abraham.
In 2020 the team now known as Esponsorama Racing retained Tito Rabat, this time paired with KTM factory exile Johann Zarco. They also received a factory-support from Ducati - with the one-year old Desmosedici-spec bikes - because of the direct contract from Ducati for Zarco. For 2021, 2020 Moto2 World Champion Enea Bastianini and Luca Marini joined the team. They will both ride a 2019 Ducati Desmosedici - the same specification that Zarco used in 2020. However, they will have the different liveries from their bike as Marini will be using the Sky Racing Team VR46 liveries into his bike.
Moto3.
In 2017 Avintia debuted in the Moto3 class entering a KTM for Vicente Pérez in two races as a wildcard. For 2018 the team entered a single full-season entry, beginning the season with Livio Loi for the first seven rounds and replacing him with Pérez for the remainder of the season. In 2019 the team began with Pérez for the first seven rounds, but replacing him with Stefano Nepa for the remaining races, and addition to a number of wildcard entries for Nepa, Meikon Kawakami, and Carlos Tatay. In 2020, Avintia entered reigning Red Bull Rookies champion Tatay as their sole full-season entry in the class.
MotoE.
As a satellite team in MotoGP, Avintia was given an entry in the inaugural MotoE World Cup in 2019. The team achieved two wins with Eric Granado and two podiums with their former MotoGP rider Xavier Siméon, good for third and sixth place in the championship, respectively. For the 2020 season, the team retained Granado and partnered him with their former Moto2 rider, Andorran Xavier Cardelús.


English Premier Ice Hockey League

The English Premier Ice Hockey League (EPIHL) was an ice hockey league of 10 teams, all of which were based in England. Headquartered in Blackpool, the EPIHL was one of two professional ice hockey leagues in the United Kingdom (the other being the Elite Ice Hockey League). A total of 27 teams played in the league at one time or another. Swindon Wildcats were the only team to have consistently featured in the EPIHL from its inaugural season in 1997-98. In 2017, the league was disbanded, with its teams either joining the top-tier Elite Ice Hockey League or the second-tier National Ice Hockey League.
History.
The league was founded in 1997, under the banner of "national division", as part of the English National Ice Hockey League in order to serve former members of the British National League who couldn't afford to remain in the latter as a result of increased operating costs; but who were capable of a level of play above the import-free English leagues that made up the rest of the ENIHL. During the 1997-98 season the teams that constituted this division played dual schedules; a series of games solely amongst their own division, and another amongst all the teams that were playing under the ENIHL at that time.
Each year, the league crowned a regular season champion, a post-season playoffs champion, and a knockout Cup champion. Solihull Blaze won the league and play-off trophies of both formats during this inaugural season. At the start of the 1998-99 season the divisions, whilst still both under the ENIHL umbrella, performed in their own separate competitions; and the national division adopted the name "premier division", and later on became known as the "premier league". By the end of the season the league had established itself outside of the ENIHL as the "English Premier Ice Hockey League". In 2005 the BNL disbanded; leaving the EPIHL to take its place as the second tier of the national game.
In 2017, the league was dissolved. The Milton Keynes Lightning and Guildford Flames joined the Elite League, Manchester Phoenix folded, and the remaining seven teams became part of the National Ice Hockey League.
Organizational structure.
The league was ruled and governed by the English Ice Hockey Association. The last chairman of the EPIHL was Ken Taggart.


Abrahm DeVine

Abrahm David DeVine (born September 3, 1996) is an American swimmer from Seattle, Washington. He currently represents the DC Trident which is part of the International Swimming League. His first international competition was in the men's 200 metre Individual Medley (IM) event at the 2017 World Aquatics Championships held in Budapest, Hungary. In 2017, as a member of the U.S. FINA World Championships team he finished tenth in the 200 IM. In his junior season at Stanford he became a National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) champion in the 400 IM, he was named the Pac-12 Conference Swimmer of the Year. In 2018, DeVine placed second in the 200 IM at U.S. Summer Nationals, which qualified him for the Pan Pacific Swimming Championships In Tokyo, Japan where he finished fifth.
In 2018, he came out as gay, one of "very few openly gay swimmers competing on the elite level." In his senior year at Stanford he again was NCAA champion in the 400 IM, he was also named a member of Team U.S.A. for the 2018-19 season. In 2019, he placed eighth in the IM at the FINA World Championships held in Gwangju, South Korea. As of April 2019, he is a fifteen-time All-American. In May 2019 "Swimming World" listed him as twelfth in its ranking of NCAA men's swimmers in Division I. In September 2019, DeVine says he was dropped from the Stanford team due to homophobia which team coaches denied in a statement which did not include why they took the action.
As of June 2019, DeVine has been with International Swimming League's DC Trident.
Early life and education.
Abrahm DeVine was born in Seattle, Washington to Rene Folk and Jim DeVine. He grew up in Seattle, Washington and was introduced to swimming by his mother when he was an infant. Folk, in the 1970s, while still living in Anamosa, Iowa, worked at the Anamosa swimming pool teaching kids to swim, and coaching the swim team. Abrahm joined a summer league when he was five, and a year-round team, Cascade Swim Club, when he was six years old. There he met his “core group” which he had through Lakeside High School, he remained on the team for twelve years.
In high school, by his sophomore and junior years, he made junior nationals and nationals. He was an All-American in 2013, 2014, and 2015. In 2014 he made the Junior National Team. His main event was the 400 Individual Medley (IM), “it’s all strokes and it incorporates speed and endurance.” He was a state champion in 2013, and a double state champion in 2014 and 2015.
At Stanford University in Palo Alto, California, where he had earned a scholarship, he was earning a Computer science degree, while swimming on the Stanford Cardinal team. In June 2016 he was in the U.S. Olympic Trials for swimming in Omaha, Nebraska, he placed fifth in the 200 IM. He was a finalist in the 400 IM at the 2016 FINA World Swimming Championships in Windsor, Ontario, Canada.
Career.
DeVine's first international competition was in the men's 200 metre Individual Medley (IM) event at the 2017 World Aquatics Championships held in Budapest, Hungary. In 2017, as a member of the U.S. FINA World Championships team he finished tenth in the 200 IM. In his junior season at Stanford he became a National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) champion in the 400 IM, he was named the Pac-12 Conference Swimmer of the Year. In 2018, DeVine placed second in the 200 IM at U.S. Summer Nationals, which qualified him for the Pan Pacific Swimming Championships in Tokyo, Japan where he finished fifth. In 2018, he came out as gay, with “very few openly gay swimmers competing on the elite level.” In his senior year at Stanford he again was NCAA champion in the 400 IM, he was also named a member of Team U.S.A. for the 2018-19 season. In 2019, he placed eighth in the IM at the FINA World Championships held in Gwangju, South Korea. As of April 2019, he is a fifteen-time All-American. He holds several Stanford swimming records: the 400 IM (3:35.29) by four seconds; top three times in the 200 freestyle (1:32.77); top three times in 200 backstroke (1:39.22); and top three times in 200 IM (1:40.35). In May 2019 Swimming World listed him as twelfth in its ranking of NCAA Division I men's swimmers.
In June 2019, DeVine was added as a member to the International Swimming League's DC Trident. In July 2019, DeVine signed with Arena, a sportswear company specializing in swimwear. As of August 2019 he swims with Team Elite in San Diego. In September 2019, DeVine says he was dropped from the Stanford team due to homophobia which team coaches denied in a statement which did not include why they took the action.
In 2018 when asked about his post-swimming career interests, DeVine cited being intrigued by startup culture, and the environmental movement.
Personal life.
In 2016 or 2017, DeVine's parents started collecting ukuleles, a small guitar-like instrument, which was introduced to Hawaii by Portuguese immigrants, mainly from Madeira and the Azores. They became popular in the U.S. mainland in the mid-20th century. Abrahm has since been practicing and learning music.


Jim Drake (engineer)

Jim Drake (January 8, 1929 in Los Angeles – June 19, 2012 in Pfafftown) was an American aeronautics engineer who is credited as the inventor of windsurfing. Patent disputes uncovered earlier designs by Peter Chilvers and Newman Darby such that Drake accepted that he was the third inventor of the concept. He was the engineer who perfected the concepts of board and rig layout and the universal joint which is core to the sport.
Aeronautics career.
Drake trained as an aeronautical engineer, although as most of his work was for the US Government, most of the details remain to this day top secret. What is known is that he worked for Rockwell and their division RAND Corporation, worked for North American Aviation, and was on secondment to The Pentagon for various periods of his career both directly and indirectly, part of which was associated with the development of improved Intercontinental Ballistic Missiles during the Cold War of the 1960s and 70's.
Invention of windsurfing.
Drake, a Californian by birth, loved the water and sailing. In 1964, over a discussion on water sports over a brandy at his home in Southern California, Drake and his former Rockwell boss and now good friend Fred Payne, who worked at The Pentagon, discussed options for creating a wind-powered water-ski which would allow Payne to travel on the Potomac River. That night they developed the idea of a kite powered surfboard. On later reflection, Drake didn't like the integrity of the idea and dismissed it. There were already a number of sailboard designs available, and Drake also was concerned about the integrity of a design needing taut wire close to a human body to keep the sail upright.
Still developing the idea, Drake's wife met the pregnant Diana Schweitzer, and the two families became good friends through their children. Drake mentioned the idea to surfer Hoyle Schweitzer who wanted to develop it, but Drake was still unsure of how to control and steer what he envisaged in a design concept as a surfboard with upright sail design, whereby the sailor stood upright on the board holding the sail.
The technical problem was that most boats steer by differentiating the angle of attack in the water between the centre board and the rudder, and Drake's question came down to simple operation of how a standing person could control both the power of the sail as well as the direction of the craft.
In 1967, while driving between his home and a contract at the Norton Air Force Base in San Bernardino, Drake had time to reflect on early 17th century based sail ship control. Rudders then were weak and ineffective, mostly used for trimming course. Hence with multi-masted boats, the sailors would trim the upper sails on the forward and rewards masts to steer the ship.
Dismissing the idea of a design with two upright sails, Drake decided to move the sail by rotation, as moving it linearly would require a mechanical system. Experimenting with a rotational design which became the concept for the universal joint, whereby the angle of attack of the sail to the board could be varied to allow control of both power and craft direction. Drake finished the design by using an earlier but for them failed invention of East Coast racing sail, and added a wishbone boom.
Drake's first prototype, the Windsurfer name.
Drake built a concept in his garage. Hoyle supplied two sails that were adapted to the two options of rigs Drake built, by sail maker Bob Broussard into a triangular Bermuda rig. In May 1967, Drake and both families went to Marina del Rey to try the two universal joint designs. Met by Broussard who happened to be on his bicycle, the first design failed, but the second worked. Drake admits he had thought through many of the ideas of control, but hadn't thought about how he would raise the sail from the water, so on this first run got Broussard to wade into the water to give it to him.
Although the design worked, Drake was frustrated by the control mechanism, the need for pulling the sail out of the water, and continually ending up in the water when he lost control: effectively, he was teaching himself to windsurf while creating the prototype.
Having remembered to insert a skeg this time, Drake added a lanyard (now called an uphaul) by which he could stand up and haul his own sail out of the water. Returning to Marina del Rey two weeks later, Drake was impressed enough by the improved prototype to allow Hoyle to arrange a launch party for what they had called the "Skate."
However, they found another company had already used the name "Skate" and were preparing to copyright it, so decided on the name "Baja Board." While developing the design and patent paperwork, in late 1967/early 1968, Hoyle was showing a prototype "Baja Board" in Seattle, when Public Relations man Bert Salisbury stopped his car to have a look, and commented: "Gee I have the perfect name for it! The WINDSURFER!"
The details of the original designs are available in Drake's white paper on windsurfing, and these interviews with Jim Drake. Despite forty years of subsequent development, the design is still remarkably similar to today's windsurfing equipment, and the word "windsurfer" has become synonymous with the sport itself. There is also a video of Drake's early attempts to teach himself windsurfing.
Windsurfing International.
In 1968, Drake and Hoyle together as individuals filed the very first windsurfing patent, which was granted by the USPTO in 1970. There is no evidence that they had knowledge of any prior inventions similar to theirs, but Drake accepts in retrospect that although he can be credited with invention, he was "probably no better than third," behind Englishman Peter Chilvers and mid-west based Newman Darby. The patent was wholly licensed by Drake and Hoyle to Windsurfing International.
Subsequently in 1968, Hoyle and Diana Schweitzer founded the company Windsurfing International in Southern California to manufacture, promote and license a windsurfer design. The company registered the term "windsurfer" as a trademark at the United States Patent and Trademark Office in 1973, launching the craft as a one-design class. Going one-design was influenced by the success of the Laser and Hobie Cat classes. Each Windsurfer had an identical computer-cut sail, a technology new at that time and pioneered by Ian Bruce and the Laser class.
In 1968, Hoyle's other business collapsed, and he and Diane moved to Newport Beach; at the same time Drake accepted a two year secondment to The Pentagon, and moved to Washington DC. Immediately, Hoyle offered Drake to buy out his half of the patent, and it was only when Hoyle pointed out ownership of the company that the relationship between the pair began to fall apart. Having returned to California, in 1973 Drake sold his half of the patent to Windsurfing International for the sum of $36,000.
Patent disputes.
Through the seventies, Schweitzer aggressively promoted and licensed the Windsurfing International design and licensed the patent to manufacturers worldwide. The sport underwent very rapid growth, particularly in Europe after the sale of a sub-license sold to Ten Cate in the Netherlands.
At the same time, Schweitzer also sought to defend his patent rights vigorously against unauthorized manufacturers. This led to a host of pre-dating windsurfer-like devices being presented to courts around the world by companies disputing Windsurfing International's rights to the invention.
In 1979, Schweitzer licensed Brittany, France-based company Dufour Wing, which was later merged with Tabur Marine - the precursor of Bic Sport. Europe was now the largest growing market for windsurfers, and the sub-licensed companies - Tabur, F2, Mistral - wanted to find a way to remove or reduce their royalty payments to Windsurfing International.
Tabur lawyers found prior art, in a local English newspaper which had published a single story with a picture about Peter Chilvers, who as a young boy on Hayling Island on the south coast of England, assembled his first board combined with a sail, in 1958. They also found stories published about the 1964 invention of the "Darby Sailboard" by Newman Darby in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania. .
In Windsurfing International Inc. v Tabur Marine (GB) Ltd. 1985 RPC 59, with Tabur backed financially by French sailing fanatic Baron Marcel Bich, British courts recognized the prior art of Peter Chilvers. It did not incorporate the curved wishbone booms of the modern windsurfer, but rather a "straight split boom" that became curved in use. The courts found that the Schweitzer windsurfer boom was "merely an obvious extension". It is worthy of note that this court case set a significant precedent for patent law in the United Kingdom, in terms of inventive step and non-obviousness; the court upheld the defendant's claim that the Schweitzer patent was invalid, based on film footage of Chilvers. Schweitzer then sued the company in Canada, where the opposition team again financially backed by Bic included Chilvers and Jim Drake, and lost again. After the cases, no longer obliged to pay Windsurfing International and royalty payments, the now renamed Bic Sport became the world’s largest producer of windsurfing equipment, with an annual production of 15,000 boards.
In 1983, Schweitzer sued Swiss board manufacturer Mistral, which is today still a major sailboard manufacturer, and lost. Mistral's defense hinged on the work of US inventor Newman Darby, who in the mid-sixties conceived the "sailboard": a hand-held square rigged "kite" sail on a floating platform for recreational use. Darby's published version did not show any connection between the rig and the board (the mast simply rested in a depression on the board) but it did refer to a "more complex swivel step for advanced riders not shown". He published his "sailboard" design in August 1965 Popular Science magazine. Darby organized Darby Industries Inc in 1964 to build these sailboards. However, the sailboard never gained popularity, and Darby's company ceased operations by the end of the 1960s.
Eventually US courts recognized the Schweitzer windsurfer as an obvious step from Chilvers prior art. Schweitzer had to reapply for a patent under severely limited terms, and finally it expired in 1987. Shortly thereafter, having lost its license royalty income, Windsurfing International ceased operations.
In 1983, Australian courts reported a patent case in "Intellectual Property Reports" 3 IPR 449, attributed the first legally accepted use to an Australian boy, Richard Eastaugh. Between the ages of ten and thirteen, from 1946 to 1949, aided by his younger brothers, he built around 20 galvanized iron canoes and hill trolleys which he equipped with sails with split bamboo booms. He sailed these near his home on the Swan River in Perth. There is no evidence that any of the later "inventors" ever sighted the Eastaugh craft of a decade earlier on the other side of the world.
It is acknowledged that the separate Chilvers, Darby inventions all pre-dated the Drake and Schweitzer patent.
Death.
Drake died on June 19, 2012, from complications of lung disease, at his home in Pfafftown, North Carolina.


Toronto Lawn Tennis Club

The Toronto Lawn Tennis Club hosted the first ever National Tennis Championship of Canada and has hosted 2 Davis Cup ties.
Established in 1874 by I.F. Hellmuth and located in Rosedale, the club that year played host to a tournament (for gentlemen's singles) that over time became the Canadian Open tennis championship, now known as the Rogers Cup.
The Toronto LTC also played host to the first Davis Cup tie played in Canada, in July 1921. Australia swept aside Canada 5-0, with Canadian Henri Laframboise taking the only two sets dropped by the James Anderson-led Aussies. Six years later to the month, Jack Wright and Willard Crocker-led Canada defeated Cuba 3-2 in an American Zone semi-final contest. Both Davis Cup ties were competed on red clay.
The Toronto Lawn Tennis Club expanded its facilities in 1960 to include squash.


Prisia Nasution

Prisia Wulansari Nasution or better known as Prisia Nasution (born in Jakarta, Indonesia 1 June 1984) is an Indonesian actress, model and martial artist of mixed Javanese and Batak descent.
Biography.
Early life.
Nasution was born in Jakarta, Indonesia on 1 June 1984.
Beginning in junior high school, Nasution joined the national training camp for the Indonesian martial art "pencak silat". She later attended Swiss German University, majoring in information technology.
In 2003, during her university studies, Nasution was offered a chance to become a runway model. She accepted as she thought it would be an easy way to earn money, but soon discovered that she lacked the confidence to do it professionally; in a 2011 interview with "The Jakarta Post" she said her thighs were too big, making her body "defective" for modelling.
Acting career.
After retiring from modelling, Nasution was cast in several TV movies. She was later cast in Ifa Isfansyah's 2011 movie "Sang Penari" ("The Dancer") as the lead female character, Srintil, after two casting sessions; when her first audition failed, she read the original novel by Ahmad Tohari and decided that she could not take no for an answer. To prepare for the role, she spent time as a "ronggeng" in Banyumas, Central Java, practising dancing and learning the language spoken there; she also spent a period eating less to better portray a malnourished rural girl.
, Nasution is playing in the TV series "Laskar Pelangi – The Series" ("Rainbow Warriors – The Series"), based on the novel by Andrea Hirata. She is also writing an original screenplay about parallel lives in the 1940s and 2010s.
Personal life.
Nasution was married to Ananda Siregar. The couple divorced on 4 January 2012 after going to court 11 times for discussions.


Sollie Cohen

Sollie Herman "Jew" Cohen (September 6, 1907 – April 1, 1966) was a college football player and later a businessman of Lake Providence, Louisiana.
Early years.
Cohen's parents were Jews from Russia. He was from Delta City, Mississippi and attended Rolling Fork High School.
Ole Miss.
Cohen was a prominent fullback on the Ole Miss Rebels football team. Cohen was named to the Mississippi All-Time Team by football historian Dr. L.H. Baker. He remained a prominent booster for the Ole Miss program long after his time at the school. He was "known as one of the greatest interference runners the South ever produced." He also excelled on defense.
1927.
In 1927 he led Ole Miss to a 5–3–1 season and was selected All-Southern. Ole Miss won the first Egg Bowl with a trophy in 1927. Cohen scored the first touchdown for Ole Miss, capping a 51-yard scoring drive with a 1-yard plunge. He was chosen for the All-Southern team which played a game against Pacific Coast stars and won.
Lake Providence.
In the 1940s he lived in Lake Providence, Louisiana where he owned a furniture and appliance store.


Bruce Mouat

Bruce Mouat (; born 27 August 1994 in Edinburgh) is a Scottish curler. He currently skips a team on the World Curling Tour.
Career.
Mouat had a very successful junior career, winning two Scottish junior championships in 2015 and 2016. He skipped the Scottish team at the 2015 World Junior Curling Championships, where he led his team of Duncan Menzies, Derrick Sloan and Angus Dowell to a bronze medal. The team had a 6-3 round robin record, which was good enough for third place. They lost to Sweden in the 3 vs. 4 playoff game, but won in a re-match against the Swedes in the bronze medal game. Mouat would again skip Scotland at the 2016 World Junior Curling Championships, this time with teammates Bobby Lammie, Gregor Cannon along with Dowell again. The team posted a 7-2 record after the round robin, in second place. In the playoffs, they would beat the United States in the 1 vs. 2 game, and beat them again in the final to claim the gold medal.
Mouat would skip the British team at the 2017 Winter Universiade. He led the team of Lammie, Cannon and Sloan to an undefeated record en route to claiming the gold medal.
Mouat has represented Scotland at four World Mixed Doubles Curling Championships with partner Gina Aitken. At the 2013 World Mixed Doubles Curling Championship they finished 7th, in 2014 they finished 9th, in 2016 they finished fourth (their best finish to date), and in 2017 they finished in 11th place.
On the World Curling Tour, Mouat won his first tournament at the 2015 Dumfries Challenger Series along with teammates Menzies, Lammie and Cannon. He played in his first Grand Slam event at the 2016 Humpty's Champions Cup due to his winning the 2016 World Junior title. There, his rink managed a 2-2 record, before losing to Steve Laycock's team in a tiebreaker.
Mouat won his second WCT event at the 2017 Stu Sells Oakville Tankard with teammates Grant Hardie, Bobby Lammie and Hammy McMillan Jr.. It was the beginning of a very successful 2017–18 curling season. The team stayed in Oakville and won the Biosteel Oakville Fall Classic the following week, defeating the same team, Kim Chang-min of Korea in the final. Later on in the season, the Mouat rink would once again meat Kim in another final, this time at the 2017 Boost National. Team Mouat won the event, capturing his first career Grand Slam title, and became the youngest skip and only the second ever non-Canadian skip to ever win a men's Grand Slam event. Later in the season, he won the Dumfries Challenger Series and Aberdeen International Curling Championship back home in Scotland. He also won his first Scottish Men's Curling Championship in 2018. This qualified his team to represent Scotland at the 2018 World Men's Curling Championship. His team finished the round robin with an 11–1 in a tie for first, but lost in the semifinal to Canada but went on to beat Kim Chang-min's South Korean team in the bronze medal game. Mouat played in three other slams that season, failing to qualify at the Canadian Open, making it to the quarterfinals of the Players' Championship and the semifinals at the Champions Cup.
Mouat's first major bonspiel of the 2018–19 curling season came in September at the first leg of the Curling World Cup, where he led his team to a third place finish. Two weeks later, he played in the Elite 10 Grand Slam event, where his team won just one game. A month later, he was more successful at the Masters Grand Slam, making it to the semifinals. A month later, Mouat made his debut at the 2018 European Curling Championships. After finishing the round robin there with a 7–2 record, Mouat then beat Italy and Sweden in the playoffs to claim the gold medal. Mouat wrapped up the calendar year with another third place finish at the second leg of the Curling World Cup, and losing in the finals of the 2018 National in the first all-Scotland Grand Slam final against Ross Paterson. The team began 2019 by winning the Mercure Perth Masters, followed by a quarterfinal finish at the 2019 Canadian Open. The team then went back to Scotland to defend their Scottish championship, which they won, sending them on a trip to the 2019 World Men's Curling Championship. There, Mouat led the team to an 8–4 round robin record, and then lost to Canada in the playoffs. To wrap the season up, Mouat lost in a tiebreaker at the 2019 Players' Championship, and made it to the semifinals at the 2019 Champions Cup (curling).
Team Mouat played in four slams during the 2019–20 curling season, making it to the semifinals at the 2019 Masters and 2019 National, losing in a tiebreaker at the 2019 Tour Challenge, and making it to the quarterfinals of the 2020 Canadian Open. The team won just one event on Tour, defending their championship at the Mercure Perth Masters. In February, Team Mouat won the Scottish Men's Championship again, and Mouat himself won the Scottish Mixed Doubles Curling Championship with Jennifer Dodds a few weeks later. By March, the season came to abrupt end due to the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic.
For much of the 2020–21 curling season, there was not much of a Tour due to the pandemic, but Mouat and his team won a series of domestic Challenges put on by the British Curling Association, including a series of mixed doubles wins with Dodds. A "curling bubble" was set up in Calgary, Canada in the Spring, which hosted a number of events, including the 2021 World Men's Curling Championship and two slams. Mouat represented Scotland at the 2021 Worlds, where he led his team to a 9–4 round robin record. In the playoffs, they beat Canada, RCF (Russia), making it to the final, where lost to Sweden, skipped by Niklas Edin. A week later, Team Mouat played in the 2021 Champions Cup in the same bubble, winning the event, defeating Team Brendan Bottcher (who had been Team Canada at the Worlds) to claim their second career Slam title. The team continued their impressive run in the bubble during the next event, the 2021 Players' Championship. They would go through pool play as the only undefeated team on both the men's and women's sides with a 5-0 record, earning the team a bye to the semifinals. In the playoffs, they continued their undefeated streak, winning the semis and the finals, against Brad Gushue to win their second straight Slam title in just six days.
Personal.
Until 2017, Mouat was a student at Edinburgh Napier University and is a member of the Gogar Park Curling Club. He lives in Stirling, Scotland.


Cheryl Bernard

Cheryl Bernard (born June 30, 1966) is a Canadian curler from Calgary, Alberta. She represented Team Canada at the 2010 Winter Olympics as the team's skip, winning the silver medal in women's curling after falling to Sweden in the final. Her first major tournament win came at the 2009 Canadian Olympic Curling Trials in Edmonton, Alberta.
Career.
Early career.
Bernard was born in Grande Prairie, Alberta. She began curling at the age of eight. In 1988, she lost in the Alberta provincial finals; however, four years later she would win the provincial title, earning a berth at the 1992 Scott Tournament of Hearts, Canada's national curling championship with her team of Allison Earl, Barb Davies and Bev Kellerman. The following year, Bernard won the provincial mixed title with spouse Terry Meek.
In 1995, Bernard lost the Alberta provincial final, but rebounded the following year to win it, sending her to the '96 Hearts, this time with an altered lineup. Her team of Karen Ruus, Barb Sherrington and Judy Pendergast had a 7–4 round robin record. In the playoffs, Bernard's rink won their first game in the 1 vs. 2 page playoff match-up against Ontario (skipped by Marilyn Bodogh). This sent her Alberta team to the final, where they faced Bodogh in a rematch, which they lost, 7–4.
1997 to 2006.
Bernard started up her own insurance brokerage at the age of 23 and in the process, she failed to make it to another national championship for 11 years. In the meantime, she was a finalist at the JVC/TSN Skins Game in 1999, and made it to the provincial finals once again in 2000. She was also the Canadian Women's Curling Tour champion in 2004. In 2006, she lost in the first ever women's Players' Championships final against Jennifer Jones.
2007 to 2011.
Bernard won her third provincial championship in 2007. At the 2007 Scotties Tournament of Hearts, her team of Susan O'Connor, Carolyn Darbyshire and Cori Bartel finished with a 6–5 record, tying them with Prince Edward Island and Ontario. Bernard's team beat Ontario in the first tie breaker, but were unable to beat P.E.I.'s Suzanne Gaudet (Birt) whom they lost to 5–4. In 2008, Bernard's team played in their first Grand Slam of Curling final, losing the 2008 Trail Appliances Curling Classic to Shannon Kleibrink's rink. In 2009, Bernard won her fourth Alberta title and represented the province at the 2009 Scotties Tournament of Hearts where her team finished with another 6–5 record. However, this would keep them out of the playoffs.
The Bernard team's success during this period qualified them for the 2009 Canadian Olympic Curling Trials. They were one of four teams to directly earn a spot at the event nicknamed "The Roar of the Rings". At "the Roar", Bernard's rink almost went undefeated, having lost only their final round robin game to Stefanie Lawton. Their 6–1 record earned them a direct spot in the final, which they won. They defeated Shannon Kleibrink in the final by a score of 7–6. The game came down to the final shot, where Bernard had to draw to the full eight-foot to win.
Bernard's team won the silver medal at the 2010 Olympic Winter Games in Vancouver, British Columbia. After completing the round robin in first place with just one loss to China, Bernard won the silver medal, losing to Sweden (skipped by Anette Norberg) in an extra end, 7–6.
Bernard wrapped up the 2009–10 curling season by winning the 2010 Players' Championships, her first Grand Slam victory in her career and was named 2010 MVP by her peers during that event.
Despite going to the 2010 Winter Olympics, The Bernard rink began the 2010–11 curling season without a corporate sponsor. The response of the team was to put up billboards around Calgary advertising their need for one. Within a month "Dairy Queen" announced they would be their main corporate sponsor. In December 2010, the team lost to Stefanie Lawton's rink 7–3 in the 2010 Canada Cup of Curling.
Following losing the semi-final of the 2011 Alberta Scotties Tournament of Hearts, on February 8, 2011, Team Bernard announced that they would disband the team. This had been a team agreement at the beginning of 2011.
2011–2014.
Cheryl Bernard announced her new curling team for the 2011–12 season will consist of longtime third Susan O'Connor, Lori Olson-Johns who previously played with Crystal Webster, and Cathy King, and three time junior champion Jennifer Sadleir. Due to the Sports Canada Funding the Bernard team received from their olympic appearance, all four members had to play the 2011–2012, which left Cori Morris and Carolyn McRorie having to join, or form a new team. McRorie was the alternate for the Bernard team when appropriate.
Although Bernard did not participate at the 2012 Scotties Tournament of Hearts, she was awarded the Joan Mead Builder's Award. The award is given to someone in the curling community that significantly contributes to the growth and development of women's curling in Canada. Her rink failed to qualify for the playoffs at the 2012 Alberta Scotties Tournament of Hearts.
In 2012, Sadlier was replaced by Shannon Aleksic at lead. Bernard's rink would not even return to the provincials in 2013, as her rink lost to Lisa Eyamie in the C Final of the Alberta Southern qualifier.
In her last season before retirement, Bernard won the 2013 Good Times Bonspiel and qualified for the 2014 Alberta Scotties Tournament of Hearts. There, the team had a successful run, making it to the final before losing to Valerie Sweeting.
Retirement.
Bernard announced her retirement from competitive curling in June 2014.
After retiring from competitive curling Bernard has dedicated her time to give back to the communities that supported her through her Olympic journey. In October 2014, Goodwill Industries of Alberta announced Bernard would become an ambassador and "Goodwillian". Bernard decided to join Goodwill after touring their operations in Calgary. She learned about Goodwill's Power of Work program, which provides individuals with disabilities the opportunity to enhance their lives through meaningful employment.[9].
In November 2014, Bernard was invited by TSN to be a guest analyst at the 2014 Canada Cup of Curling. Bernard remained with the TSN team for the rest of the 2014/2015 Season of Champions and has remained a TSN curling commentator ever since.
Bernard does motivational keynotes for corporations, sharing the parallels between business and sport, as well as stories and lessons from the Olympics.
Post-retirement.
Bernard briefly came back from retirement in 2016 to play in two events, making it to the finals of the Prestige Hotels & Resorts Curling Classic (with O'Connor, Darbyshire and lead Lawnie MacDonald) and sparing for Jennifer Jones at the Colonial Square Ladies Classic. In 2018, she was named as the alternate player for the Canadian women's team (skipped by Rachel Homan) at the 2018 Winter Olympics. At 51, she was the oldest athlete at the 2018 Winter Olympics. She spared in two events for Team Casey Scheidegger with Scheidegger on maternity leave during the 2019–20 season. At the Canada Cup they finished with a 2–4 record.
Bernard, with teammates Carolyn Darbyshire-McRorie, Laine Peters and Karen Ruus won the 2020 Alberta women's senior championship.
Personal life.
Aside from curling, Bernard also co-wrote "Between the Sheets: Creating Curling Champions" in 2005, a book about the mental aspects of curling, with journalist Guy Scholz. After taking home a silver medal in her home country at the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver, British Columbia, Cheryl teamed up with Scholz once again to co-publish an updated version of the book titled "Between the Sheets: The Silver Lining" through Canadian book publisher Polished Publishing Group (PPG), copyright 2011.
Bernard lives with her common-law husband, curler Terry Meek, and stepson Connor Meek in Calgary, Alberta. She currently works as the president and chief executive officer of Canada's Sports Hall of Fame.


United States Disc Golf Championship

The United States Disc Golf Championship is a disc golf tournament held at the Winthrop Gold Course, on the campus of Winthrop University in Rock Hill, South Carolina. The professional event has been held annually as a PDGA sanctioned Major since 1999. Along with the PDGA World Championships, it is one of the most prestigious major tournaments in disc golf. The primary sponsor for the event since its beginnings in 1999 has been Innova Champion Discs, a prominent disc manufacturer. Ken Climo currently holds a record five US Disc Golf Championships. The 2016 USDGC champion, Jeremy "Big Jerm" Koling, was leading the tournament after the third round. He was declared the winner when the fourth round was canceled due to inclement weather produced by Hurricane Matthew.


AMA Superbike (video game)

AMA Superbike is a racing game developed and published by Motorsims for Microsoft Windows in 1999. It is a video game based on the AMA Superbike Championship.
Reception.
The game received mixed reviews according to the review aggregation website GameRankings.


South Division One (shinty)

The South Division One (currently known as the 'Marine Harvest South Division 1' for sponsorship reasons) is the third tier of the Shinty league system. League champions are awarded the Dunn Cup and play-off against the North Division One champions for promotion to the National Division.
Current Teams.
The 2018 Marine Harvest South Division 1 will consist of the following teams:
"*Denotes Reserve team"<br>
"*Lochside Rovers are the 2nd team for Premiership side Oban Camanachd*"
History.
1980's: South Division One the top tier of Shinty. National final between winner of North Division One and South Division One.
1996 to 1999: Winners of North Division One and South Division One playing in National final with eventual winner gaining promotion to Premier Division.
1999 to 2006: National Division One becomes third tier of shinty with advent of National Division One. Winners of North Division One and South Division One playing in National final with eventual winner gaining promotion to National Division One (2nd tier).
2007: South Division One once again becomes the second tier of Shinty with the folding of National Division One. Champions guaranteed promotion to the Premier Division.
2014: South Division One once again becomes the third tier of Shinty with the reinstatement of National Division One with South Division One champions being promoted through a play-off win.


Equestrian at the 2005 Islamic Solidarity Games

Equestrian at the 2005 Islamic Solidarity Games was held in King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah from April 9 to April 14, 2005. The competition included only jumping events.


Beer knot

A beer knot is a bend used to join tubular webbing. Its most common application is in constructing slings used in rock climbing. Compared with the water knot, it has the advantages of a higher strength, smaller profile, and a cleaner appearance due to the lack of free-hanging tails. However, the beer knot can be more difficult to tie than the water knot, and one of the tails is hidden from view, making safety checks for adequate tail length more difficult.
Testing by PMI in 1995 showed that the beer knot preserves about 80% of the strength of the webbing.
The beer knot was introduced to the National Speleological Society in the 1980s by Peter Ludwig, from Austria.


Doha motorcycle Grand Prix

The Doha motorcycle Grand Prix was a one-off motorcycling event that was introduced during the 2021 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season as a response to the COVID-19 pandemic.


Moravian-Silesian Football League

The Moravian-Silesian Football League (MSFL) () is one of the third level football leagues in the Czech Republic (the other is the Bohemian Football League) headquartered in Olomouc. The league comprises teams from the historic regions of Moravia and Silesia and partially also Bohemia.
The league was formed in 1991 during the Czechoslovakia era, replacing the former "II.ČNL" (II. Česká národni liga; Second Czech National League) at the third tier of Czechoslovak football alongside sister league ČFL.
The winner of MSFL is promoted to the Czech National Football League. Three clubs are promoted to the MSFL - the winners of Divize D, E and F of the Czech Fourth Division.


2005 World Jiu-Jitsu Championship

The 2005 World Jiu-Jitsu Championship was held at Tijuca Tênis Clube, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.


Pula Arena

The Pula Arena (; ) is a Roman amphitheatre located in Pula, Croatia. It is the only remaining Roman amphitheatre to have four side towers entirely preserved. It was constructed between 27 BC and AD 68, and is among the world's six largest surviving Roman arenas. The arena is also the country's best-preserved ancient monument.
The amphitheatre is depicted on the reverse of the Croatian 10 kuna banknote, issued in 1993, 1995, 2001 and 2004.
Construction.
The exterior wall is constructed in limestone. The part facing the sea consists of three stories, while the other part has only two stories since the amphitheatre was built on a slope. The maximum height of the exterior wall is . The first two floors have each 72 arches, while the top floor consists of 64 rectangular openings.
The axes of the elliptical amphitheatre are long, and the walls stand high. It could accommodate 23,000 spectators in the cavea, which had forty steps divided into two "meniani". The seats rest directly on the sloping ground; The field for the games, the proper "arena", measured . The field was separated from the public by iron gates.
The arena had a total of 15 gates. A series of underground passageways were built underneath the arena along the main axis from which animals, ludi scenes and fighters could be released; stores and shops were located under the raked seating. The amphitheatre was part of the circuit of the gladiators.
Each of the four towers had two cisterns filled with perfumed water that fed a fountain or could be sprinkled on the spectators. The amphitheatre could be covered with "velaria" (large sails), protecting the spectators from sun or rain (as attested by rare construction elements). Below the arena was a system of canals which collected rainwater and effluent and drained into the sea.
This amphitheatre, through its remarkable conservation, has served as an excellent example for the study of ancient building techniques.
History.
The Arena was built between 27 BC and 68 AD, as the city of Pula became a regional centre of Roman rule, called "Pietas Julia". The name was derived from the sand that, since antiquity, covered the inner space. It was built outside the town walls along the "Via Flavia", the road from Pula to Aquileia and Rome.
The amphitheatre was first built in timber during the reign of Augustus (2–14 AD). It was replaced by a small stone amphitheatre during the reign of emperor Claudius. In 79 AD it was enlarged to accommodate gladiator fights by Vespasian and to be completed in 81 AD under emperor Titus. This was confirmed by the discovery of a Vespasian coin in the malting.
St. Germanus, of whom little is known, was allegedly tortured in the Amphitheatre in or around 290, and subsequently martyred outside the city, on the road to Nesactium. The legend is apocryphal. The amphitheatre remained in use until the 5th century, when emperor Honorius prohibited gladiatorial combats. It was not until 681 that combat between convicts, particularly those sentenced to death, and wild animals was forbidden. In the 5th century the amphitheatre began to see its stone plundered by the local populace. By the 13th century, the patriarch of Aquileia forbade further removal from the Arena.
Later use.
In the Middle Ages the interior of the Arena was used for grazing, occasional tournaments by the Knights of Malta and medieval fairs. In 1583 the Venetian Senate proposed dismantling the arena and rebuilding it within Venice. The proposals were rejected. Today, a headstone celebrating the Venetian senator Gabriele Emo's opposition to the plan is currently visible on the second tower.
In 1709, stone was taken from Pula arena for the belfry foundations at Pula Cathedral. This was the last time the arena was used as a source of stone.
Restoration.
General Auguste de Marmont, as governor of the Illyrian Provinces during the First French Empire, started the restoration of the arena. This was continued in 1816 by the Ticinese architect Pietro Nobile, commissioned by the emperor Francis I of Austria.
In 1932, the arena was adapted for theatre productions, military ceremonies and public meetings. In its present state, seating capacity is around 7,000 and 12,500 for all standing events.
Present day.
The arena is used as a venue for many concerts. Performances have included ones by; Foo Fighters, Luciano Pavarotti, Đorđe Balašević, Plácido Domingo, Andrea Bocelli, Patrizio Buanne, Jose Carreras, Dino Merlin, Jamiroquai, Anastacia, Eros Ramazzotti, Maksim Mrvica, Norah Jones, Zucchero, Zdravko Čolić, Alanis Morissette, Sinéad O'Connor, Elton John, 2Cellos, Sting, Michael Bolton, Seal, Il Divo, Tom Jones, Gibonni, Manu Chao, Oliver Dragojević, Leonard Cohen, Grace Jones, Moderat, David Gilmour, and Frank Zivkovic. It has a capacity of about 5000 spectators, and also hosts operas, ballets, sports competitions as well as the Pula Film Festival. The arena is open to the public daily, and the underground passages house exhibitions of viticulture and olive growing in Istria.
The arena has also been used for cinematic works such as "Titus", a 1999 film adaptation of Shakespeare's revenge tragedy "Titus Andronicus" by Julie Taymor. Two professional ice hockey games were played there on September 14 and 16, 2012; KHL Medveščak, a Zagreb-based Erste Bank Eishockey Liga club, hosted HDD Olimpija Ljubljana and the Vienna Capitals.


Russian Bandy Supreme League

Russian Bandy Supreme League () is the second tier of Russian bandy, below Russian Bandy Super League. In the 2016–17 season, 23 teams competed in three groups. Stroitel and Zorky have been promoted to the Super League for the 2017-18 season, while no team has been relegated from the Super League.
Teams.
Teams for the 2017–18 season.


Hak Fu Mun

"Note: There are other styles and forms of kung fu bearing the name "Hak Fu(black tiger)", but not to be confused with this style."
Hak Fu Mun 黑虎門 is a southern style of Chinese Kung Fu originating from the Shaolin Temple. The styles founder was So Hak-fu, who was one of the famed Ten Tigers of Canton 廣東十虎. The style was opened to the public by Wong Cheung 黃祥 who expanded the system.
Forms.
三星步 Saam Sing Bo

金剛拳 Gam Gong Keun

夜虎拳 Yeh Fu Keun

Ng Ying Keun

Sup Ying Keun

etc.


2009 Formula BMW Europe season

The 2009 Formula BMW Europe season was the second season of Formula BMW Europe championship. The championship was contested over sixteen races at eight meetings: seven of which supported Formula One Grands Prix and a meeting at the Masters of Formula 3 event at Zandvoort. Felipe Nasr won the title at Monza, having finished fourteen of the sixteen races in the top two and won the title by 104 points. Two months after the season's finish, all results were confirmed after Mücke Motorsport's appeal over a breach of technical regulations was rejected by the FIA.
Standings.
Drivers.
† — Drivers did not finish the race, but were classified as they completed over 90% of the race distance.


Piruetten

Piruetten was a senior international figure skating competition held in Hamar, Norway. Medals were awarded in men's singles, ladies' singles, and ice dancing. It later became a junior event held in some years as part of the ISU Junior Grand Prix series.
1992 Piruetten.
The 1992 Piruetten was held on November 26–29, 1992. Medals were awarded in the disciplines of men's singles, ladies' singles, pair skating, and ice dancing.
1993 Piruetten.
The 1993 Piruetten was held on October 27–31, 1993. Medals were awarded in the disciplines of men's singles, ladies' singles, pair skating, and ice dancing. It also served as the test event for the then upcoming 1994 Winter Olympic Games.
Results.
Ladies.
Other Competitors: Marina Kielmann ()
1995 Piruetten.
The 1995 Piruetten was a senior-level international figure skating competition. Medals were awarded in the disciplines of men's and ladies' singles.
1996 Piruetten.
The 1996 Piruetten was a senior-level international figure skating competition. Medals were awarded in the disciplines of men's and ladies' singles.
1997 Piruetten.
The 1997 Piruetten was a senior and junior-level international figure skating competition. Medals were awarded in the disciplines of men's and ladies' singles.
1998 Piruetten.
The 1998 Piruetten was a senior-level international figure skating competition. Medals were awarded in the disciplines of men's and ladies' singles.


Masters W65 marathon world record progression

Masters W65 marathon world record progression is the progression of world record improvements of the marathon W65 division of Masters athletics. Records must be set in properly conducted, official competitions under the standing IAAF rules unless modified by World Masters Athletics.

The W65 division consists of female athletes who have reached the age of 65 but have not yet reached the age of 70, so exactly from their 65th birthday to the day before their 70th birthday. Marathon running is not normally seeded into age divisions so all of these records were set in marathon race open to most other age groups.


European Figure Skating Championships

The European Figure Skating Championships (also called "Europeans") is an annual figure skating competition in which figure skaters compete for the title of European champion. Medals are awarded in the disciplines of men's singles, women's singles, pair skating, and ice dance. The event is sanctioned by the International Skating Union (ISU) and is the sport's oldest competition. The first European Championships was held in 1891 in Hamburg, Germany and featured one segment, compulsory figures, with seven competitors, all men from Germany and Austria. It has been, other than four periods, held continuously since 1891, and has been sanctioned by the ISU since 1893. Women were allowed to compete for the first time in 1930, which is also the first time pairs skating was added to the competition. Ice dance was added in 1954. Only eligible skaters from ISU member countries in Europe can compete, and skaters must have reached at least the age of 15 before July 1 preceding the competition. ISU member countries can submit 1-3 skaters to compete in the European Championships.
History.
Although they have not been held continuously, the European Championships is figure skating's oldest championship. The first European Championships were held in 1891 in Hamburg, Germany. It featured one segment, compulsory figures, with seven competitors, five from Germany and two from Austria. The event was sponsored by the Austrian and German skating federations, after they combined to become one federation. All the medalists were from Germany; Oskar Uhlig won the first gold medal, Anon Schmitson came in second place, and Franz Zilly was third. The second European Championships were held in Vienna in 1892. The event had ten competitors: one from Hungary, two from Germany, and seven from Austria. It included two segments, compulsory figures and free skating. It was also sponsored by the German/Austrian federation. Austrian Eduard Englemann won the gold medal, Hungarian Tibor von Földváry came in second place, and Georg Zachariades from Austria was third.
The next European Championships was held in 1893 in Berlin; it was the first time the event was under the jurisdiction of the International Skating Union (ISU), which was formed in the summer of 1892. The championships were sponsored by the Berlin Skating Club, and like the previous two years, was organized by the German/Austrian federation. There were eight competitors: three from Austria, two from Germany, and one each from Hungary, Sweden, and Norway. Englemann is listed as the gold medalist; Henning Grenander from Sweden came in second, and Zachariades came in third. Figure skating historian James Hines called the 1893 European Championships "clearly a success from a skating standpoint", but it also marked figure skating's "first major controversy", due to "different interpretations of the scoring rules, which could result in a tie depending upon one's interpretation of them". The Berlin Skating Club declared Grenander the winner, but the ISU declared Englemann the winner. The problem was never resolved, but in 1895, the ISU declared the 1893 results invalid. ISU historian Benjamin T. Wright said that the controversy "nearly led to the demise" of the newly-formed ISU.
The next two European Championships, 1894 and 1895, "experienced a marked decrease in participation, perhaps a result of the scoring debacle". In 1894, five skaters competed in Vienna. Engelmann won his third Europeans gold medal, Austrian Gustav Hügel came in second, and Földváry came in third. In 1895, which was held in Budapest, three skaters competed, with one withdrawal. Földváry won the gold medal, Hügel again came in second, and Gilbert Fuchs from Germany came in third. There were no European Championships for two years, which Hines speculated was because of the small number of contestants in 1894 and 1895, although the competition returned in 1898. Hines also reported that the European Championships were again interrupted in 1902 and 1903, "for lack of ice". By the beginning of World War I, 20 European Championships were held. There were three more interruptions of the European Championships: between 1915 and 1922 due to World War I, between 1940 and 1946 due to World War II, and in 2021, due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Figure skating historian James Hines reported that "perhaps the most bizarre incident in the history of competitive figure skating occurred at the 1930 European Figure Skating Championships in Slovakia". The competition's referee was not certified by the ISU and the Yugoslavian judge "was a replacement who served falsely" under the name of a judge who was certified. The irregularities were discovered after the competition was over, so the ISU nullified the results and ordered the competition reskated. The winner of the original competition, Joseph Silva from Czechoslovakia, was not able to compete in the second competition. Karl Schäfer from Austria won the reskate and is listed as the gold medalist.
Only men competed at the European Championships until 1930, which is when women single skaters and pair skating were added. All members of the ISU, not just skaters from Europe, were allowed to compete at Europeans until 1948.