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Sioux Falls Stampede

The Sioux Falls Stampede are a Tier I junior ice hockey team based in Sioux Falls, South Dakota. The Stampede are members of the Western Conference of the United States Hockey League (USHL). The team plays home games at the Denny Sanford Premier Center, the largest facility in capacity and size in the USHL. The team was established in 1999.

The team holds three Clark Cup championships, winning most recently in the 2018–19 season, two conference and one division championships, and was awarded the Anderson Cup in the 2005–06 season for the league's highest win percentage. The organization holds the USHL single-season attendance record at 200,597 fans over the 2015–16 season and are a five-time USHL organization of the year recipient. Thirty-nine former players have skated in the National Hockey League (NHL).

Foundation
Discussions began as early as 1994 to bring a United States Hockey League (USHL) expansion to the city of Sioux Falls. Expansion talks failed on three separate occasions, including a bid by Wisconsin Capitols owner Geoffrey Kelley to relocate to Sioux Falls, due to the city's failure to provide a permanent home and publicly-backed funds. The Minnehaha Ice and Recreation Center and Expo Ice Arena at the W.H. Lyon Fairgrounds were in contention to host the team, however, both lacked sufficient locker rooms or accommodations for fans to meet league demands. The Sioux Falls Arena was also presented as an option, but was written off due to poor sight lines and potential scheduling conflicts with other tenants.

In 1998, the Minnesota-based investment firm Central Ventures, Inc., led by Brian Schoenborn, expressed interest in adding a USHL team to the Sioux Falls sports landscape. The firm and local investment group Sioux Falls Sports, LLC. made an official proposal on January 26, 1998, to the league at its annual board of governors meeting held in Lincoln, Nebraska. Unlike other proposals, the investment firm was willing to help privately fund improvements at an existing facility or the construction of a new arena with help from the city.

On May 26, 1998, league president Gino Gasparini awarded Sioux Falls a franchise to begin play in September 1999. The city finalized a deal that would upgrade the existing Sioux Falls Arena for an estimated $1 million funded between the city and team. In choosing the team name, the ownership group set up a telephone line fans called to make suggestions. On September 30, 1998, after more than 140 name submissions were filed, the official name Stampede and American bison logo were unveiled to represent the new Sioux Falls franchise.

First seasons and early struggles: 1999–2005
On October 7, 1998, former Miami University of Ohio associate coach Bob Motzko was named the inaugural head coach. Motzko had previously led the defunct North Iowa Huskies to the 1989 Junior A Championship and was an assistant to Herb Brooks at St. Cloud State University during the 1986–87 season. For Motzko, the plan was to "win as fast as possible" and recruit high-caliber players: "You do not win in this league without veterans and our first year we might not have many veterans. But I want to get at it right away." Motzko would recruit several key players that played an instrumental role in the success that was to come, including forwards J.B. Bittner, Dave Iannazzo, Chad LaRose, Thomas Vanek, James Massen, Marty Sertich and Joe Jensen; defenseman Jamie Mattie; and goaltenders Zack Sikich and David Bowen.

The Stampede were placed in the Western Division and played their inaugural game at home against the Cedar Rapids RoughRiders on September 24, 1999, to a sold-out crowd of 4,660 fans, including an estimated 2,000 season ticket holders. The team completed its inaugural season 37–17–4, the highest for a first-year expansion, and qualified for a Clark Cup playoff match-up against the Twin Cities Vulcans. The team was led by forward Rick Gorman, who finished the season scoring 68 points, 25 goals and 43 assists. Motzko was named general manager of the year and Gorman was named to the all-USHL first team. The following season the team found similar success as it qualified for back-to-back playoff appearances with a 40–14–2 record. The Stampede beat the RoughRiders in the first round before losing to eventual Clark Cup champions, the Omaha Lancers. Following the season, coach Motzko left the Stampede to pursue an assistant coach role at the University of Minnesota.

The team's ownership elected to hire Stampede assistant coach Tony Gasparini, the son of now former USHL president Gino Gasparini, to fill the head coach role. Gasparini's team finished the 2001–02 season 35–21–5, earning the team's third playoff appearance in as many years against the Sioux City Musketeers. However, the organization was once again knocked out in the early rounds. In the same season, star forward Thomas Vanek set a league-leading, team record of 91 points in a season, with 46 goals and 45 assists in his final year with the team. The city of Sioux Falls hosted the 20th USHL Prospects All-Star Game, attended by National Hockey League (NHL) scouts, while the organization was awarded its first USHL Organization of the Year award.

The Stampede accumulated a 112–52–11 overall record in its first three years of operation; however, the team's top four scoring players from the previous season, including Vanek, would not return for the 2002–03 season. After 52 games, Coach Gasparini's 21–25–6 team was in the midst of a six-game losing streak and ranked last in goals allowed per game. The poor performance prompted the ownership group to relieve Gasparini from his coaching duties and appoint assistant coach Ted Belisle as interim head coach in an attempt to salvage the team's playoff chances. The team finished its remaining eight games 3–5–0. The Stampede failed to make the playoffs for the first time in franchise history with a 24–30–6 record while also accruing a total of 1404 penalty minutes, the most of any team that season. Belisle was not retained as head coach.

On April 21, 2003, the Stampede announced the hiring of former San Jose Sharks assistant coach Mark Kaufman as head coach for the 2003–04 season with the intent of making a more disciplined defensive team. However, the team suffered its worst season record to date, going 15–42–3. The following 2004–05 season allowed a franchise-high 252 goals over 60 games and the team failed to make the playoffs for the third consecutive season. The Stampede fired Kaufman on April 6, 2005, after posting a 42–70–8 record over two seasons.

Finding success and first Clark Cup championship: 2005–2012
In an attempt to reinvigorate the franchise, Sioux Falls hired former University of Minnesota player and St. Paul Vulcans head coach Kevin Hartzell for the 2005–06 season. Hartzell previously led the Vulcans to three Clark Cup final appearances, including a championship during the 1983–84 season, and posted a 195–83–8 record overall between 1983 and 1989.

In his first year with the team, Hartzell led the club to a 43–13–4 record, its only Anderson Cup title, awarded to the team with the league's highest regular-season win percentage, and first division championship. The team was led by future NHL players Andreas Nödl, Nate Prosser and Ryan Thang; and the goaltender tandem of John Murray and Alex Kangas. The Stampede defense finished first overall in the USHL and set a franchise record for fewest goals allowed in a season with 135. Seven players were selected for the 2006 USHL All-Star/Prospects game in Sioux City, Iowa, and the team swept the Tri-City Storm and defeated the Lincoln Stars before advancing to their first Clark Cup championship appearance. The club was defeated by the Des Moines Buccaneers in a best-of-five series, 3–2. The team ended the 2005–06 season with a franchise best 21–7–2 home record and 22–6–2 away record, including a franchise-high win streak of 16 games.

Expectations were high for Hartzell's sophomore year, but the team found itself near the bottom of the standings much of the first half of the season after starting the previous season 27–3–0. The team built momentum by going 16–5–1 in the months of January and February and managed to enter the 2006–07 playoffs as the fourth and final seed in the West Division. The Stampede swept the Lincoln Stars in four games in the first round, but lost to the Des Moines Buccaneers in the first game of a two-game, second-round round robin. The Stampede defeated the Tri-City Storm in overtime in their second game and advanced to the final four, single-elimination tournament. The team defeated the top seeded Indiana Ice, who were undefeated up to that point in the playoffs, 3–2 in overtime in the semi-final round. In their second Clark Cup Final appearance in as many years, the Stampede shutout the Black Hawks 3–0 to win their first Clark Cup championship. Goaltender Matt Lundin was named the Clark Cup Final most valuable player. Future NHL player Corey Tropp led the team in scoring with 26 goals, 32 assists for 58 points, including a team-leading 13 points, four goals and nine assists in the playoffs.

Returning for Hartzell's third season were veteran forwards Nick Dineen, David Grun, Jake Hansen, Robbie Vrolyk and newcomer Jack Connolly, the seventh overall pick of the 2007 USHL Entry Draft. Finding similar success in previous seasons, Hartzell employed another goaltender tandem composed of his son, Eric Hartzell, and veteran Max Strang. The team finished the season 35–19–6, earning a third consecutive playoff berth, while Hartzell set a franchise-high five shutouts in the regular season. After sweeping the Lincoln Stars in the first round the previous season, the Stars returned the favor and shutout Sioux Falls 3–0. First-year forward Connolly led the league in scoring, finishing with 26 goals and 46 assists for 72 points. Connolly was named the 2007–08 season USHL Rookie of the Year and USA Hockey Player of the Year.

During the 2008–09 season, the Stampede finished 28–28–4, qualified for the playoffs and was again defeated by the Lincoln Stars. The club was led by forwards Terry Broadhurst and David Eddy. The following season was matched with similar success as the team finished 33–25–12, but, for the third consecutive season, was knocked out of the playoffs in the first round. The club had one of the most potent offenses in team history, ranking fourth in goals for with 223. The offensive output was led by forwards Michael Voran and Matt Lindblad and defenseman Chad Ruhwedel. Goaltender Clay Witt recorded six regular season shutouts, breaking the record previously held by Hartzell two seasons prior.

The team's previous failure to move beyond the first round became a point of consternation among fans. After finishing the 2010–11 season 34–20–6, the Stampede defeated rival Sioux City Musketeers 2–1 and Omaha Lancers 3–0 and advanced to face the Dubuque Fighting Saints in the Western Conference Championship. The club found success in a balanced attack with no true standouts, as eight different players tallied 30 points or more. The Fighting Saints bested Sioux Falls 3–1 in a best-of-five series. The playoff run would be the last of Hartzell's career as the team finished the 2011–12 season 17–36–7, the second worst record in team history.

On May 1, 2012, the Sioux Falls Stampede ownership group of Sioux Falls Sports, LLC. sold a majority stake in the team to SD Sports and Entertainment. The new ownership group subsequently fired Hartzell six days later. He is the winningest coach in team history with a 224–152–44 record over seven seasons.

Second and third Clark Cup championships: 2012–2021
On May 11, 2012, five days after firing coach Hartzell, the new ownership group hired former University of North Dakota assistant coach Cary Eades. Eades previously spent 15 years over two stints with the program, earning four NCAA Frozen Four appearances and a national championship in 1987. He also spent two seasons as the head coach of the now defunct Dubuque Fighting Saints (1980–2001), going 86–46–7 and winning a National Tournament Championship in 1992. In his first season as head coach in 2012–13, Eades led the club to its best regular season performance finishing 45–17–2, six points shy of a second Anderson Cup title.

The 2014–15 season was highly anticipated by the city of Sioux Falls, as the Stampede debuted their new home, the recently constructed Denny Sanford Premier Center. On October 11, 2014, three weeks into the season, the club hosted the Waterloo Black Hawks to a sold-out crowd of 10,678 for their first game in the facility, recorded as the largest indoor sporting event in South Dakota history. The team started the season inconsistent, failing to string together wins and approached the halfway point of the season towards the bottom of the standings with an 11–12–3 record. Following the holiday break, the Stampede put together several winning streaks, finished a promising 32–23–5 and managed to clinch the fourth and final playoff spot. The Stampede faced and defeated the regular season Western Conference leading Sioux City Musketeers in a best-of-five series, 3–2. In the second round, after losing the first game, the Stampede put together three consecutive victories, including a shutout by goaltender Stefanos Lekkas, to earn their first conference championship against the second seeded Tri-City Storm. In their third Clark Cup final appearance, the Stampede completed a 3–0 sweep of the Muskegon Lumberjacks on home ice to earn their second Clark Cup championship. Forward Troy Loggins was named the Clark Cup playoffs most valuable player, tallying 16 points in 12 games played. Rookie forward Kieffer Bellows led the team in scoring with 33 goals and 19 assists for 52 points in 58 games, a Tier I junior rookie record for a 16-year-old, including three hat-tricks. The performance earned him USHL Rookie of the Year honors and a spot on the USHL All-third Team and All-rookie Team.

Less than a week after winning a Clark Cup championship, head coach Eades departed the club citing contract extension issues to take the vacant head coach position with the Fargo Force.

On May 21, 2015, the Stampede hired former Colorado College head coach Scott Owens. Owens previously spent 15 seasons with the program for a combined 324-228-62 regular-season record. Prior to his time with the Tigers, he spent four seasons with the Des Moines Buccaneers between 1995 and 1999 and the Madison Capitols between 1986 and 1990, earning a USHL playoff appearance in each season, two Anderson Cup championships, and a Clark Cup championship in 1999.

On May 17, 2019, the Stampede defeated the Chicago Steel in a three-game sweep for its third Clark Cup championship in team history. The team finished the 2019 Clark Cup playoffs with an 11–1 record.

Head coach Scott Owens announced his retirement from coaching on March 26, 2020, after spending five seasons with the club. The ownership group filled the roles left by Owens with former Minot Minotauros general manager and head coach Marty Murray on April 28, 2020. Murray led the North American Hockey League (NAHL) club to a combined 254–194–44 record over eight seasons, including a division championship in 2016–17 and a 2018 Robertson Cup runner-up finish. He was named NAHL General Manager of the Year after the 2018–19 campaign.

In his first season with the team, Murray finished with an 18–32–4 record and failed to qualify for the Clark Cup playoffs for the sixth time in club history. At the league trade deadline, on February 22, 2021, the Stampede were 15–15–3 and four points out of second place in the Western Conference. The Herd lost several key players to long-term injuries, including top-scoring defenseman Brent Johnson, and would finish 3–17–1 in the final 21 games. Rookie forward Cole Sillinger led the team in scoring with 24 goals and 22 assists for 46 points in 31 games played. Sillinger was acquired on one-year loan from the Medicine Hat Tigers due to coronavirus pandemic restrictions in Canada.

Logos and uniforms
The official primary colors of the Sioux Falls Stampede are navy and gold with the secondary colors black and white. The primary logo is a navy circle with a gold trim with a white and black buffalo silhouette at the forefront. Above the oval is the word mark "SIOUX FALLS" and below "STAMPEDE." The secondary logo is a blue buffalo charging through a cloud of smoke with the left hoof in the forefront. Above the buffalo is the word mark "SIOUX FALLS" and below "STAMPEDE." From team inception to sometime prior to the 2005–06 season, the current secondary logo served as the primary logo and vice versa. Both logos were created by Paulsen Marketing in Sioux Falls.

Mascot
On September 10, 1999, the Stampede placed an ad in the Argus Leader asking fans to assist in naming the new team's mascot. On September 21, the team unveiled the official mascot as a blue American bison called Stomp at a community gathering. Jolee Thurn is credited with naming the buffalo. Stomp wears a team jersey, black hockey helmet, navy hockey pants, ice skates while skating and black shoes. The mascot received an updated physical look prior to the 2014–15 season.

Fighting Wiener Dogs
Since the 2019–20 season, the team has rebranded to the Sioux Falls Fighting Wiener Dogs for its annual, one-game dachshund racing charity event. The event consists of three heats with 40 dachshunds racing on the ice during the game's intermissions. The rebranding has gained global recognition, including social media features on the NHL Network, ESPN, TSN Hockey and by the New York Yankees. The first event took place in 2007 and consisted of 10 dogs.

Radio and television
Radio coverage is provided by flagship station KELO (AM 1320). The Stampede radio broadcast team is led by Jim Olander and in-studio host Ray Crockett. The radio network broadcasts pregame coverage, games with commentary, guest appearances by coachers and players, and postgame wrap-ups.

Season-by-season record
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Team captains
• Jared Hanowski, 1999–00

• J.B. Bittner, 2000–01

• Joe Jensen, Thomas Vanek (co-captains), 2001–02

• Jason Moul, 2002–03

• Jim McKenzie, 2003–04

• Andrew Carroll, 2004–05

• Ben Holmstrom, Nate Prosser (co-captains), 2005–06

• Zach Redmond, Patrick Tiesling (co-captains), 2006–07

• Nick Dineen, Jacob Drewiske (co-captains), 2007–08

• Max Grover, 2008–09

• Chad Ruhwedel, 2009–10

• Sam Coatta, Marcus Perrier (co-captains), 2010–11

• Joseph Lordo, 2011–12

• Ryan Siiro, 2012–13

• Ed McGovern, 2013–14

• Logan O'Connor, Ryan Schwalbe (co-captains), 2014–15

• Parker Tuomie, 2015–16

• Josh Passolt, 2016–17

• Paul DeNaples, 2017–18

• Marko Reifenberger, 2018–19

• Blake Bride, 2018–19

• Ryan Sullivan, 2019–20

• Will Dineen, 2020–21

• Cole Miller, 2022–23

• Jack Phelan, 2023–24

National Hockey League alumni
• Conor Allen debuted with New York Rangers

• Kieffer Bellows debuted with New York Islanders

• Lean Bergmann debuted with San Jose Sharks

• C. J. Suess debuted with Winnipeg Jets

• Stu Bickel debuted with New York Rangers

• Max Crozier debuted with Tampa Bay Lightning

• Mikey Eyssimont debuted with Winnipeg Jets

• Joe Finley debuted with Buffalo Sabres

• Alex Foster debuted with Toronto Maple Leafs

• Alex Goligoski debuted with Pittsburgh Penguins

• Ben Holmstrom debuted with Philadelphia Flyers

• Joe Jensen debuted with Carolina Hurricanes

• Ryan Johnson debuted with Buffalo Sabres.

• Dakota Joshua debuted with St. Louis Blues

• Matt Kessel debuted with St. Louis Blues

• Yan Kuznetsov debuted with Calgary Flames

• Chad LaRose debuted with Carolina Hurricanes

• Matt Lindblad debuted with Boston Bruins

• Charlie Lindgren debuted with Montreal Canadiens

• Brad Malone debuted with Colorado Avalanche

• Cooper Marody debuted with Edmonton Oilers

• Griffen Molino debuted with Vancouver Canucks

• Andreas Nödl debuted with Philadelphia Flyers

• Logan O'Connor debuted with Colorado Avalanche

• Jordan Oesterle debuted with Edmonton Oilers

• Jamie Oleksiak debuted with Dallas Stars

• T. J. Oshie debuted with St. Louis Blues

• Nate Prosser debuted with Minnesota Wild

• Kyle Rau debuted with Florida Panthers

• Zach Redmond debuted with Winnipeg Jets

• Chad Ruhwedel debuted with Buffalo Sabres

• Dan Sexton debuted with Anaheim Ducks

• Cole Sillinger debuted with Columbus Blue Jackets

• Jaxson Stauber debuted with Chicago Blackhawks

• Jeremy Swayman debuted with Boston Bruins

• Ryan Thang debuted with Nashville Predators

• Corey Tropp debuted with Buffalo Sabres

• Thomas Vanek debuted with Buffalo Sabres

• Joe Vitale debuted with Pittsburgh Penguins

Franchise career leaders
These are the top franchise leaders in regular season points, goals, assists, points per game, games played, and goaltending wins as of the end of the 2020–21 season.

Awards
Hobey Baker Award
 * Marty Sertich, Colorado College, 2005
 * Jack Connolly, Minnesota Duluth, 2012

Mike Richter Award
 * Jeremy Swayman, Maine, 2020

USHL Rookie of the Year
 * Matt Ford, 2003–04
 * Jack Connolly, 2007–08
 * Kieffer Bellows, 2014–15
 * Cole Sillinger, 2020–21

USHL Defenseman of the Year
 * Jamie Mattie, 2000–01

Curt Hammer Award (Best reflects USHL goals, team and organization)
 * Zach Redmond, 2006–07
 * Ryan Siiro, 2012–13
 * Will Dineen, 2020–21

Dave Tyler Junior Player of the Year Award (USA Hockey Top Junior Player)
 * Jack Connolly, 2007–08

All-USHL First Team
 * Rick Gorman, 1999–00
 * Thomas Vanek, Jamie Mattie, James Massen, 2000–01
 * Mike Vannelli, 2002–03
 * Matt Ford, 2003–04
 * Andreas Nödl, 2005–06
 * Jack Connolly, 2007–08

All-USHL Second Team
 * Jared Hanowski, 1999–00
 * Mike Doyle, 2000–01
 * Eric Przepiorka, 2001–02
 * John Murray, Nate Prosser, 2005–06
 * Jake Hansen, 2007–08
 * Jaxson Stauber, 2019–20
 * Cole Sillinger, Brent Johnson, 2020–21

All-USHL Third Team
 * Kieffer Bellows, 2014–15
 * Jack St. Ivany, 2017–18
 * Max Crozier, 2018–19
 * Sam Stange, 2019–20

USHL All-Rookie First Team
 * Alex Kangas, 2005–06
 * Jack Connolly, 2007–08
 * David Eddy, 2008–09
 * Tony Calderone, 2012–13
 * Kieffer Bellows, 2014–15
 * Ryan Johnson, 2018–19
 * Evan Nause, 2019–20
 * Cole Sillinger, Brent Johnson, 2020–21

USHL All-Rookie Second Team
 * Anthony Romano, 2018–19
 * John McNelis, 2023–24

USHL Coach of the Year
 * Kevin Hartzell, 2005–06
 * Cary Eades, 2012–13

USHL General Manager of the Year
 * Bob Motzko, 1999–00

USHL Organization of the Year
 * 2001–02, 2005–06, 2013–14, 2014–15, 2017–18, 2019–20

USHL 25th Anniversary Team
 * Thomas Vanek, (1979–2004)

Head coaches
Asterisk (*) denotes number of Clark Cups won
 * Bob Motzko, 1999–2001
 * Tony Gasparini, 2001–2003
 * Ted Belisle, 2003 (interim)
 * Mark Kaufman, 2003–2005
 * Kevin Hartzell, 2005–2012*
 * Cary Eades, 2012–2015*
 * Scott Owens, 2015–2020*
 * Marty Murray, 2020–2022
 * Eric Rud, (2022–2024)
 * Ryan Cruthers, (2024–present)

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Cassius (band)

Cassius was a French musical duo active from 1988 to 2019 and consisting of producers Philippe Cerboneschi and Hubert Blanc-Francard, better known as Zdar and Boombass (or sometimes Philippe Zdar and Hubert Boombass). Under its different incarnations the duo is likened to the "French touch" movement of electronic music in the second half of the 1990s.

Boombass
Hubert Blanc-Francard (aka Boombass), born 31 March 1967, is a French musician and producer. He is the son of sound engineer Dominique Blanc-Francard and the older brother of the French musician Mathieu Blanc-Francard, better known by his stage name Sinclair.

Zdar
Philippe Cerboneschi (, ; aka Zdar; born 28 January 1967 in Aix-les-Bains and died 19 June 2019 in Paris) was a French musician, producer and sound engineer, of Italian descent. Zdar was Dominique Blanc-Francard's assistant at studios +XXX (Plus30) when he met Boombass in 1988. Outside the Cassius group, Zdar was producer and sound engineer. He was the owner of the French recording studio Motorbass (inspired by the name of his group with Étienne de Crécy). He notably recorded several albums of -M-, Phoenix and Chromeo. He also recorded for Franz Ferdinand, Beastie Boys, Lou Doillon and Sébastien Tellier among others. He was in a relationship with the French actress Aure Atika with whom he had a daughter (Angelica) and then with Dyane de Serigny with whom he had two other children (Pénélope and James).

History
Zdar and Boombass started working together in 1988, producing albums for the French hip-hop artist MC Solaar. In 1991, they created their first project, called La Funk Mob, and the following year, they started to increasingly experiment with electronic sounds. Zdar's experience with electronic music was influential in his involvement with Étienne de Crécy in the project Motorbass, who released a solo full-length album, Pansoul.

In 1996, Zdar and Boombass then created "Foxxy", their first self-released house music track, under the name Cassius, and the moderate success that followed lead to them remixing tracks for acts such as Air. In January 1999, they released their first single to become a mainstream hit, "Cassius 1999". It was published by Virgin Records, and entered the UK Singles Chart at #7. This was soon followed by their debut album, 1999, which had two more singles released from it, "Feeling For You" and "La Mouche". The music videos for "Cassius 1999" and "Feeling for You" portrayed the character Deadman, from DC Comics, as a DJ superhero.

2002 saw their second album release, Au Rêve. This featured the "empowered female disco" track "I'm a Woman", with Jocelyn Brown on vocals, as well as the hit single "The Sound of Violence", featuring Steve Edwards on vocals. This album also had collaborations with Wu-Tang Clan member Ghostface Killah and Leroy Burgess.

Cassius returned to the studio in 2006, for the more experimental single "Toop Toop", but the next album, titled 15 Again, featured more vocal collaborations than the duo had done with Au Rêve.

While rehearsing their 15 Again album tour, Cassius provided the community with the a cappella track of their single "Toop Toop" and encouraged fans and friends to start remixing the song. It became an immediate success: the band started the Cassius Workshop project and released more acapellas for remixing purposes. They claim to have received more than 400 remixes.

Cassius's song "I <3 U So" was sampled on the track "Why I Love You" on Jay-Z and Kanye West's 2011 collaboration album Watch the Throne.

In 2016, Cassius released their fourth album, Ibifornia, with Pharrell Williams, Ryan Tedder, Cat Power, Mike D and Matthieu Chédid (as guitarist of the album) as guests.

On 19 June 2019, two days before the release of Cassius's fifth album Dreems, Zdar died after accidentally falling from a building in Paris. He was 52 years old. On the release day of Dreems, the band announced that the album was the final album from Cassius.

Following the death of Philippe Zdar, Ed Banger and Glitterbox Recordings have come together to release the final collaborative Cassius production, with the blessing of Boombass and Zdar's family. It's a remix of the song 'I'm Not Defeated' by Fiorous. The song was released on 21 February 2020 on limited vinyl edition.

After Zdar's death, Boombass continued his solo career. Being alone now, he says in May 2020, that Cassius has no more reason to be. On 20 September 2019, Boombass released a remix of "Grand petit con" performed by -M-. He unveils on 14 May 2020, "Pour que tu", which is present on EP Le virage, consisting of 5 songs and released on 5 June 2020. On 25 August 2021, Boombass published a book entitled ''Boombass. Une histoire de la French touch'' in which he recounts his career in the music industry. The book is published by Léo Scheer Editions.

Compilation albums

 * The Mighty Bop Meets DJ Cam et La Funk Mob (as La Funk Mob, with Bob Sinclar and DJ Cam) (1995)
 * The Bad Seeds 1993–1997 (2004) (as La Funk Mob)
 * CASSIUSPLAY: Nike+ Original Run (2008)

EPs

 * The Rawkers E.P. (2010)
 * Ibifornia (Remixes) (2017)

DJ mixes

 * I Love Techno (2011)

Singles
Cassius

La Funk Mob
 * "Tribulations Extra Sensorielles" (1994)
 * "Casse Les Frontières, Fou Les Têtes En L'Air" (1994, re-release in 1996)
 * "357 Magnum Force" (2004)

Albums produced, mixed and recorded by Zdar

 * MC Solaar – Qui sème le vent récolte le tempo (1991)
 * Phoenix – United (2000)
 * Cut Copy – Bright Like Neon Love (2004)
 * Chromeo – Fancy Footwork (2007)
 * Phoenix – Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix (2009)
 * Chromeo – Business Casual (2010)
 * Two Door Cinema Club – Tourist History (2010)
 * Housse de Racket – Alésia (2011)
 * The Rapture – In the Grace of Your Love (2011)
 * Lou Doillon – Places (2012)
 * Kindness – World, You Need a Change of Mind (2012)
 * Phoenix – Bankrupt! (2013)
 * Jackson And His Computer Band - Glow (2013)
 * Sébastien Tellier – Confection (2013)
 * Sébastien Tellier – L'Aventura (2014)
 * -M-, Toumani Diabaté and Sidiki Diabaté – Lamomali (2017)
 * Franz Ferdinand – Always Ascending (2018)
 * -M- – Lettre infinie (2019) (Recorded and mixed by Zdar except "Superchérie" et "L'autre paradis")
 * Hot Chip – A Bath Full of Ecstasy (2019)
 * Sons of Raphael – Full-Throated Messianic Homage (2021)

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Superhydrophilicity

Superhydrophilicity refers to the phenomenon of excess hydrophilicity, or attraction to water; in superhydrophilic materials, the contact angle of water is equal to zero degrees. This effect was discovered in 1995 by the Research Institute of Toto Ltd. for titanium dioxide irradiated by sunlight. Under light irradiation, water dropped onto titanium dioxide forms no contact angle (almost 0 degrees).

Superhydrophilic material has various advantages. For example, it can defog glass, and it can also enable oil spots to be swept away easily with water. Such materials are already commercialized as door mirrors for cars, coatings for buildings, self-cleaning glass, etc.

Several mechanisms of this superhydrophilicity have been proposed by researchers. One is the change of the surface structure to a metastable structure, and another is cleaning the surface by the photodecomposition of dirt such as organic compounds adsorbed on the surface, after either of which water molecules can adsorb to the surface. The mechanism is still controversial, and it is too soon to decide which suggestion is correct. To decide, atomic scale measurements and other studies will be necessary.

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Tri-City Storm

The Tri-City Storm is a Tier I junior ice hockey team based in Kearney, Nebraska, that plays in the Western Conference of the United States Hockey League (USHL). Its name refers to the three central Nebraskan cities of Kearney, Hastings, and Grand Island.

Founding under Ted Baer
On May 15, 1999, the USHL unanimously voted to allow then Omaha Lancers' owner, Ted Baer, to place a new team in Kearney, Nebraska, for the 2000–01 season. In June 1999, Jim Hillman was named the team's first head coach. The Tri-City Storm won its first game on September 30, 2000. The Storm finally played its first home game on November 18, 2000, after eight months of construction on the Tri-City Arena. The Storm was named USHL Organization of the Year in its first year of operation.

The Storm narrowly missed the playoffs in its second season. In the following 2002–03 season, during the midst of a 10-game losing streak in mid-December, Jim Hillman resigned as coach and general manager. He was replaced by former Topeka Scarecrows head coach, Bliss Littler, in January. The Storm rallied to make the playoffs with a seven-game win streak down the stretch.

The team had its best season in 2003–04 and won the Anderson Cup for the best regular season record, finishing with a record of 43–12–5 and 91 points. The team featured future National Hockey League players Bill Thomas, Mark Van Guilder, and Peter Mannino. The Storm made its first Clark Cup final, but was eliminated in four games by the Waterloo Black Hawks. Tri-City was named "Organization of the Year" by the USHL for the second time.

Tri-City made the division finals again in the following season despite a fourth place finish in the division. It qualified for the playoffs for the fourth consecutive season, narrowly beating out Sioux City for the final spot in the division. The Storm lost in the opening round playoff series three-games-to-two against the Sioux Falls Stampede.

Organization under Joel Wiens
On May 3, 2006, owner Ted Baer sold the Storm to Joel Wiens after seven years. The Storm finished the 2006–07 regular season with 78 points, giving the team a second place finish in the West Division. The team then won a seven-game series against Sioux City, but was knocked out of the playoffs by the eventual Clark Cup champions, the Sioux Falls Stampede.

The Storm failed to qualify for the playoffs for the first time in six seasons in 2007–08. After the season, head coach and general manager Bliss Littler resigned to accept the head coaching position with the Omaha Lancers. Assistant coach Tom Rudrud was promoted to head coach. The Storm then had their worst season to date, winning just 11 out of 60 games that included a franchise-worst 19-game losing streak.

Brooks' ownership
In April 2009, Wiens sold the arena and team to Las Vegas businessman Kirk Brooks. Brooks announced that Drew Schoneck had replaced Tom Rudrud as head coach. In the 2009–10 season, forward Jaden Schwartz led the league with 50 assists and 83 points. The Storm finished fourth place in the West Division with a 29–25–6 record. The Storm was swept in the first round of the playoffs by former coach Bliss Littler and the Omaha Lancers in three games. The St. Louis Blues selected Schwartz in the first round, 14th overall, the highest Storm selection at that time.

In 2010–11, the Storm finished last in the Western Conference. After another slow start in 2011–12, head coach Drew Schoneck was relieved of his duties and assistant coach Josh Hauge was promoted. Under Hauge, the Storm rallied late in the season and was able to clinch a playoff spot, finishing in sixth in the Western Conference. The Waterloo Black Hawks defeated Tri-City in the first round of the postseason. In Hauge's first full season behind the bench, injuries plagued the Storm and the team again finished last in their conference. Captain Brian Ward had a strong season offensively, scoring 54 points in just 42 games. Mike Vecchione led the team with 26 goals.

After 15 games into the 2013–14 season, Hauge was fired and replaced by Jim Hulton. The team missed the playoffs for the second straight season. The following season, and first full season under Hulton, would lead the Storm to a second place finish within its conference. Tri-City's Chris Wilkie scored 35 goals, tying Rastislav Spirko (2003–04) for the Storm's single-season record. The Storm swept the Omaha Lancers, 3-games-to-0, in the first round. The team then faced Sioux Falls in the conference finals. Led by USHL Rookie of the Year Kieffer Bellows, the Stampede beat the Storm, 3-games-to-1. The Storm won the first game, but before game two, an ice maintenance worker accidentally drilled a hole in a pipe causing water to burst onto the ice. Game Two was postponed from Saturday, April 25 to Wednesday, April 29. After the five-day break, Sioux Falls won three straight games.

Clark Cup championship 2015–16
Head coach and general manager Jim Hulton was relieved of his duties in the 2015 off-season and replaced by Bill Muckalt. The former five-year NHL veteran came to the Storm following a four-year stint as assistant coach at Michigan Tech. In 2015–16, the team had its best start since 2003–04, winning its first four games. The Storm went on a team-record 13-game point streak from February 6 to March 19 and the best record in the Western Conference for the first time since 2003–04. The Storm finished with 73 points and a 28–15–10–7 record. Twenty of the Storm's 60 games went to overtime, and the Storm lost 17 of them (10 in overtime), the Tier I USHL record for most losses past regulation. The Storm took a club-low 726 penalty minutes, fewest in the USHL that season. Goaltender Jake Kielly set the Storm's single-season record for best save percentage (.919) and went on a 19-game point streak during the middle of the season. Mattias Goransson finished the regular season with 34 assists, the Storm defensemen record.

During the 2016 Clark Cup playoffs, the Storm swept the Sioux Falls Stampede, 3–0, in the Western Conference semifinals, outscoring the Stampede, 12–3. In the Western Conference finals, the Storm beat Waterloo in a full five-game series, earning its second Clark Cup finals appearance. In the finals, the Storm faced the Dubuque Fighting Saints in a best-of-five series, sweeping the Fighting Saints in three games and won the Clark Cup for the first time. The Storm outscored the Fighting Saints 13–4 with the line of Dan Labosky, Alex Limoges, and Wade Allison on ice for 11 of 13 Storm goals. Wade Allison was named Clark Cup most valuable player and the Philadelphia Flyers selected him in the second round of the 2016 NHL Entry Draft. Goaltender Jake Kielly set the Tier I USHL postseason record with a .950 save percentage and also had a 1.64 goals against average. Bill Muckalt became the fifth head coach in the Tier I history of the USHL to deliver a championship in his first season.

After the championship: 2016–present
In the following 2016–17 season, the Storm finished last in the conference with a 21–31–6–2 record. The Storm started the season with points in three straight games (2–0–0–1) and was 7–5–1–2 a quarter of the way through the season. From December 1 through the end of the season, Tri-City went 14–26–5–0. The Storm made a number of mid-season trades aimed at building for the future. On February 6, the Storm moved assistant captain Joey Matthews, second-leading scorer Charlie Kelleher, and Odeen Tufto to Sioux City for draft picks and a player to be named later. The same day, Tri-City executed two separate trades with Waterloo, moving captain Alex Limoges (for forward Caleb Rule, a draft pick and a player to be named later) and starting goaltender Dayton Rasmussen (for D Tyler Borsch). After the trades, the Storm went 6–12–1–0. Tri-City sent a league-high five players to the 2017 USHL/NHL Top Prospects Game and forward Paul Washe was named Team West MVP (two goals) in Sioux Falls. Washe became the second straight Storm player to win Team West MVP after Wade Allison in 2016. Three Storm players (Alex Limoges, Paul Washe, Dayton Rasmussen) won the Gold Medal with the US Junior Select Team at the 2016 World Junior A Challenge in Bonnyville, Alberta.

Prior to the 2017–18 season, Muckalt left the Storm to become the associate head coach at his alma mater, the University of Michigan. Former Youngstown Phantoms and Orlando Solar Bears head coach, Anthony Noreen, was named as his replacement. Noreen led the team to an Anderson Cup regular season championship in 2018–19 and won USHL Coach of the Year. The 2019–20 season was cut short due to the COVID-19 pandemic, but the Storm still extended Noreen's contract through 2023–24.

Roster
As of September 21, 2022.

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Alumni
Notable former players who have continued to play professionally include Mason Appleton, Blake Coleman, Christian Hanson, Jack Hillen, Nick Lappin, Jarod Palmer, Scott Parse, Jaden Schwartz, Bill Thomas, and Mike Vecchione.

Thomas and Konrad Reeder are tied for the most goals in team history, each scoring 60 during their careers in Kearney. Mario Lamoureux, who played four seasons for the Storm, has the all-time assists record with 85.

Schwartz, who played for the Storm during the 2009–10 season, owns most of the team's single season records including assists (50), points (83), power play goals (16), power play assists (22), power play points (38), shorthanded points (8), multi-point games (24), consecutive multi-point games (6) and total shots on goal (242).

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Tommy Allsup

Thomas Douglas Allsup (November 24, 1931 – January 11, 2017) was an American rockabilly and swing musician.

Personal life
Allsup was born near Owasso, Oklahoma, in 1931, and was an enrolled member of the Cherokee Nation. Allsup had a son, Austin, who is also a musician and competed as a contestant on the 11th season of The Voice.

Career
Allsup worked with entertainers such as Buddy Holly, including playing lead guitar on "It's So Easy!" and "Lonesome Tears", as well as playing with Bob Wills & His Texas Playboys. Allsup was touring with Holly, Ritchie Valens, and J.P. "The Big Bopper" Richardson when he serendipitously lost a fateful coin toss with Valens for a seat on the plane that crashed, killing Valens, Holly, Richardson, and pilot Roger Peterson on February 3, 1959. Investigators initially thought that Allsup had died in the crash because he had given Holly his wallet so that Holly could use Allsup's ID to claim a mailed letter on his behalf. Allsup moved to Los Angeles, played with local bands, and did session work, including songwriting credits for The Ventures "Bluer Than Blue", "Guitar Twist", and "Opus Twist". Allsup is known to be playing the lead guitar for these tunes on The Ventures albums The Colorful Ventures and Twist With The Ventures. Allsup played guitar on Bobby Vee recording sessions, including playing lead guitar on the album Bobby Vee Meets The Crickets.

He returned to Odessa, Texas, where he worked with Ronnie Smith, Roy Orbison, and producer Willie Nelson. He was also producer on the futuristic, prophetic trans-Atlantic and Australasian hit "In the Year 2525" by one-hit-wonders Zager & Evans. Later in 1968, he moved to Nashville, where he did session work and produced Bob Wills' 24 Great Hits by Bob Wills and His Texas Playboys. In the mid-1970s Allsup served as the producer for a pair of Asleep at the Wheel albums.

In 1979, he started a club named Tommy's Heads Up Saloon in Fort Worth. The club was named for Allsup's coin toss with Valens 20 years beforehand.

The last surviving member of Buddy Holly's "touring" Crickets for the 1959 Winter Dance Party, Tommy Allsup died on January 11, 2017, at 85 years old in a hospital in Springfield, Missouri, after complications from hernia surgery.

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St. Louis Heartland Eagles

The St. Louis Heartland Eagles was a Tier I junior ice hockey team playing in the East Division of the United States Hockey League (USHL). The USHL is the top junior hockey league in the United States, the league is geared for the development of 17 to 20-year-old players as a step between high school and lower jr. hockey levels and college and professional ice hockey.

The Eagles's home ice was The Summit Center in Chesterfield, Missouri (about 30 minutes west of downtown St. Louis on I-64). The Summit Center, now Hardee's Iceplex, is also the former home of the NAHL's St. Louis Bandits.

History
The franchise was part of the United States Hockey League as the Topeka ScareCrows from 2001 to 2003. In 2003 the USHL ScareCrows were moved to St. Louis, Missouri for the 2003–04 season and renamed the Heartland Eagles. The team struggled on and off the ice in St. Louis. The team finished in last place in the East Division and also suffered from low attendance. The Heartland Eagles were granted a one-year voluntary suspension of operations and did not play during the 2004–05 USHL season. The franchise folded in the summer of 2005 after failing to find a more suitable home for the team in the St. Louis metro area.

The Eagle's head coach and general manager for the team's only season in St. Louis was Rick Zombo, an ex-Detroit Red Wings, ex-St. Louis Blues defenseman. Assistant coach was Joe Coombs.

Coombs went on to coach the Topeka Tarantulas of the CHL for the 2004–05 season, but the team folded after only one year.

Phil Giubileo was the team's broadcaster and he departed for the Danbury Trashers after the Eagles' collapse.

Alumni
Despite only lasting one season the Heartland Eagles advanced a number of players to college, major junior, and professional hockey, including:
 * Corey Elkins - Los Angeles Kings (NHL), Ohio State University (CCHA)
 * Justin Mercier - Colorado Avalanche (NHL), Miami University (CCHA)

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Eugenios of Trebizond

Saint Eugenios (Άγιος Ευγένιος) or Eugene was martyred under Diocletian and a cult devoted to him developed in Trebizond. His feast day is 21 January. Eugenios along with the martyrs Candidus, Valerian and Aquila was persecuted during the reign of Diocletian (284-305) and Maximian (305-311). The four hid in the mountains above Trebizond, but were eventually found and brought before the regimental commander Lycius. They were flogged, tortured with fire and eventually beheaded. Eugenios is credited with the destruction of the image on the "gray hill" overlooking the city, later known as the Mithratis.

Legacy
The Komnenian rulers of the Empire of Trebizond adopted the saint as the patron of their country. His alleged miracles include assisting Trebizond to repel a siege of the city by the Seljuk Turks in 1224. His image appears frequently on Trapezuntine coins. The cult and pilgrimage around this saint never really developed beyond Trebizond's borders, although John Lazaropoulos, Metropolitan of Trebizond in the name Joseph, collected the miracles of St. Eugenios into one book in the 14th century.

A monastery dedicated to him existed in Trebizond: Rosenqvist identifies it consisted of a structure on Mount Minthrion with an associated church, and a metochion inside the city walls. There is evidence that the monastery was in existence at least as early as the ninth century; a typikon composed in 1346 provides details of the monastic community's life.

According to the Orthodox Church in America, his prayer is thus: Your holy martyr Eugene, O Lord, Through his sufferings has received an incorruptible crown from You, our God. For having Your strength, he laid low his adversaries, And shattered the powerless boldness of demons. Through his intercessions, save our souls!

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Viaero Center

The Viaero Center, previously known as the Kearney Event Center and Firstier Event Center, is a 5,000-seat multi-purpose arena in Kearney, Nebraska. It opened in November 2000 as the Tri-City Arena. It is home to the 2016 USHL Clark Cup Champions Tri-City Storm ice hockey, and former teams, the Nebraska Cranes basketball and Tri-City Diesel arena football. Seating capacity for hockey, basketball and arena football is 4,047.

The arena features 20 luxury suites and also plays host to concerts, trade shows, conventions and other events.

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The Private of the Buffs

The Private of the Buffs (or The British Soldier In China) is a ballad by Sir Francis Hastings Doyle describing the execution of a British infantryman by Chinese soldiers in 1860.

Background
During the Second Opium War, an Anglo-French expedition landed in China and marched towards Peking in order to force the compliance of the Treaty of Tientsin. On 13 August 1860, during the attack on the Taku Forts—大沽炮台, in Chinese, or dàgū pàotái—Chinese troops captured two British soldiers and a group of coolies. (Some contemporary accounts record the latter as Sikh soldiers from India, and indeed the poem refers to "dusky Indians")

The details of the subsequent events are not well-recorded, but according to reports in The Times, one Private John Moyse, of the 3rd (East Kent) Regiment (commonly known as "the Buffs") refused to kowtow to his captors. Apparently he had "declared he would not prostrate himself before any Chinaman alive," and as a result, he was summarily executed. The poem refers to Moyse as a young Kentish farmboy; however it is unknown for certain. However, the poem was written on the strength of newspaper reports, and it is likely that Doyle was unaware of the discrepancies.

The historical sources
Despite the report in The Times, there is speculation concerning whether the incident took place as was popularly supposed. Garnet Wolseley, who was present at the taking of the Taku forts, insisted that "The man belonging to the Buffs was either killed, or 'died of drink,' as the Chinese say." The source of the information—a soldier in the 44th (East Essex) Regiment of Foot was, according to Wolseley, not reliable. "His mind, indeed, seemed to be unbalanced, as in addition to the untruths he told, he talked utter nonsense about what he pretended he had overheard his captors say."

D.F. Rennie, a doctor with the British troops, also denied that the incident took place. The Manchester Times reprinted Rennie's account on December 2, 1865, with the conclusion "Thus, it would seem that this unfortunate man, who, through the romancing propensities of his comrade of the 44th, and the ready ear for 'sensationalism of the Times correspondent, was believed by the deluded British public to have been decapitated because he would not kow-tow to Sang-ko-lin-sin, died without ever seeing that personage at all.'"

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1912–13 in Swedish football

The 1912-13 season in Swedish football, starting August 1912 and ending July 1913:

Uppsvenska Serien 1913

Uppsvenska

Mellansvenska

Västsvenska

Svenska Mästerskapet 1912

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Corinthian Bowl 1912

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Kamratmästerskapen 1912

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Wicanderska Välgörenhetsskölden 1912

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National team results
🇸🇪 Sweden: Oskar Bengtsson - Jacob Levin, Konrad Törnqvist - Sigurd Petersén, Götrik Frykman, Karl Gustafsson - Harry Hellberg, Carl Ohlsson, Iwar Swensson, Helge Ekroth, Herman Myhrberg.

🇸🇪 Sweden: Knut Gustavsson - Theodor Malm, Konrad Törnqvist - Fridolf Pettersson, Knut Nilsson, Sigurd Petersén - Harry Hellberg, Iwar Swensson, Seth Howander, Karl Gustafsson, Karl Ansén.

🇸🇪 Sweden: Knut Gustavsson - Oskar Berg, Konrad Törnqvist - Ragnar Wicksell, Karl Gustafsson, Sigurd Petersén - Georg Bengtsson, Otto Malm, Seth Howander, Iwar Swensson, Victor Jansson.

🇸🇪 Sweden: Knut Gustavsson - Erik Bergström, Konrad Törnqvist - Sigurd Petersén, Gustav Sandberg, Karl Gustafsson - Herman Myhrberg, Iwar Swensson, Erik Börjesson, Josef Appelgren, Karl Ansén.

🇸🇪 Sweden: Knut Gustavsson - Theodor Malm, Erik Runeborg - Ragnar Wicksell, Gustaf Ekberg, Sigurd Petersén - Rune Bergström, Iwar Swensson, Karl Gustafsson, Helge Ekroth, Karl Ansén.

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The Night of the Generals

The Night of the Generals is a 1967 World War II mystery film directed by Anatole Litvak and produced by Sam Spiegel. It stars Peter O'Toole, Omar Sharif, Tom Courtenay, Donald Pleasence, Joanna Pettet, and Philippe Noiret. The screenplay by Joseph Kessel and Paul Dehn was loosely based on the beginning of the 1962 novel of the same name by German author Hans Hellmut Kirst. The writing credits also state the film is "based on an incident written by James Hadley Chase", referring to a subplot from Chase's 1952 novel The Wary Transgressor. Gore Vidal is said to have contributed to the screenplay, but was not credited onscreen. The film's musical score was composed by Maurice Jarre.

Plot
The murder of a prostitute, who was also a German agent, in German-occupied Warsaw in 1942 causes Major Grau of the Abwehr to start an investigation. His evidence soon points to the killer being one of three German generals: General von Seidlitz-Gabler; Major General Kahlenberge, von Seidlitz-Gabler's chief of staff; or General Tanz, a highly decorated officer and a favorite of Adolf Hitler. Grau's investigation is cut short by his sudden promotion and transfer to Paris at the instigation of these officers.

There are no further developments in the case until July 1944, when Grau and all three of the generals are in Paris at the same time. The city is a hotbed of intrigue, with senior Wehrmacht officers plotting to assassinate Hitler and overthrow the Nazi government. Kahlenberge is deeply involved in the plot, while Gabler is aware of its existence, but sitting on the fence, awaiting the outcome whilst having various extramarital affairs, and Tanz is unaware of the plot and remains totally loyal to Hitler. Tanz has transferred to the SS, and is a Waffen-SS General (SS-Obergruppenführer), in command of the SS-Panzer Division Nibelungen (a fictitious stand-in for the 12th SS Panzer Division).

On the night of 19 July 1944, Tanz orders his driver, Kurt Hartmann, to procure a French prostitute for him. Tanz butchers her and implicates Hartmann, but offers Hartmann the chance to desert, which he accepts. When Grau, who is now a Lieutenant Colonel, learns of the murder, committed in the same manner as the first, he resumes his investigation and concludes that Tanz is the killer. However, his timing is unfortunate, because the very next day the Wehrmacht officers attempt to assassinate Hitler, and, while Grau is accusing Tanz of murder face to face, word arrives that Hitler has survived, so Tanz kills Grau and labels him as one of the conspirators to cover his tracks.

In 1965, the murder of a prostitute in Hamburg draws the attention of Inspector Morand of Interpol, who worked with Grau in 1944 and owes Grau a debt of gratitude for not revealing his connection to the French Resistance during the war. Almost certain the killer of the prostitutes in Warsaw and Paris is at it again, Morand reopens the cold case and zeroes in on Tanz, who was recently released from prison after serving 20 years as a war criminal, as the killer of all three women and the man Grau suspected had framed Hartmann for the murder in Paris. Morand tries to find Hartmann, who is still in hiding, by talking to General Gabler's daughter Ulrike, who was known to be in a relationship with Hartmann during the war, and learns she is estranged from her parents and lives on a farm near Munich.

At a reunion dinner for Tanz's former panzer division, Morand confronts Tanz. When he produces Hartmann, who (apparently) is secretly married to Ulrike, as his witness, Tanz goes into a vacant room and shoots himself.

Cast

 * Peter O'Toole as General Wilhelm Tanz
 * Omar Sharif as Major (later Lt. Colonel) Grau
 * Tom Courtenay as Lance Corporal Kurt Hartmann
 * Donald Pleasence as General Klaus Kahlenberge
 * Joanna Pettet as Ulrike von Seidlitz-Gabler, General Gabler's daughter
 * Philippe Noiret as Inspector Morand
 * Charles Gray as General Herbert von Seidlitz-Gabler
 * Coral Browne as Eleonore von Seidlitz-Gabler, General Gabler's wife
 * John Gregson as Colonel Sandauer, Tanz's adjutant
 * Nigel Stock as Sergeant Otto Köpke, Kahlenberge's adjutant, and Hartmann's cousin
 * Christopher Plummer as Field Marshal Erwin Rommel
 * Juliette Gréco as Juliette, the singer in the underground Parisian restaurant
 * Yves Brainville as Liesowski, a Warsaw police detective
 * Sacha Pitoëff as Doctor in Warsaw
 * Charles Millot as Wionczek, the witness to the murder in Warsaw
 * Raymond Gérôme as Colonel (War Room), who is part of the assassination plot
 * Véronique Vendell as Monique, a Parisian prostitute
 * Pierre Mondy as Kopatski, one of Tanz's orderlies
 * Eléonore Hirt as Melanie Neumaier, General Gabler's secretary in Warsaw
 * Nicole Courcel as Raymonde, the manager of the underground Parisian restaurant
 * Jenny Orléans as Otto's wife
 * Gérard Buhr as Colonel Claus von Stauffenberg
 * Michael Goodliffe as Inspector Hauser of the Hamburg police
 * Gordon Jackson as Captain Gottfried Engel, Grau's partner in Warsaw
 * Patrick Allen as Colonel Mannheim, Grau's superior in Warsaw
 * Harry Andrews as General Karl-Heinrich von Stülpnagel, the military governor of German-occupied France (uncredited)
 * Jean Ozenne as the German general who talks with Rommel in the car (uncredited)
 * Howard Vernon as Willi Schussnigg, the chief suspect in the murder of the prostitute in Hamburg (uncredited)
 * Mac Ronay as Tanz's driver and security guard in Hamburg (uncredited)

Production
Both O'Toole and Sharif were hesitant to take their roles in the film, but, feeling they owed it to producer Sam Spiegel for making them international stars with Lawrence of Arabia, they did so anyway. Because they were held to the terms of an old contract agreement, O'Toole's and Sharif's combined salaries were, reportedly, less than that paid to Donald Pleasence.

Gore Vidal, one of the many writers of the script, claimed he urged Spiegel to hire a "new, hot director", but Spiegel, instead, chose the experienced Anatole Litvak, who owned the rights to the novel.

Although the film was a French-British-American international co-production, permission was granted for its first section to be shot behind the Iron Curtain on location in Warsaw, a rarity for a Western-made film at the time. The last scenes of the film were shot in Munich.

Reception
Bosley Crowther, in an unenthusiastic review for The New York Times, described the film as "a lurid and mordant screen account of the unmasking of a general officer who likes to disembowel prostitutes." He went on to say:"It is an engrossing exhibition that mainly gives Mr. O'Toole a chance to build up the tensions and the twitches of a sex maniac, with something of the glazed-eyed characteristic of those old vampires who used to suck blood. But once this phase is completed—once we know who the killer is and have made the obvious connection of his war crimes and his private deeds—the excitement of the picture is over. At least, it was for me."

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Araf (Islam)

In Islam, al-A'raf (الأعراف) is a separator realm or borderland between Jannah (heaven) and Jahannam (hell), inhabited by those who are evenly balanced in their sins and virtues, they are not entirely evil nor are they entirely good. This place may be described as a kind of benevolent purgatory with privation but without suffering. Some hadith depict that rather than this place being a middle ground purgatory in between Heaven and Hell, it is actually just the top layer of Hell, the least severe layer.

The word is literally translated as "the heights" in English. The realm is described as a high curtain between hell and paradise. Ibn Kathir described A'raf as a wall that contains a gate. In this high wall lived people who witness the terror of hell and the beauty of paradise. They yearn to enter paradise, but their sins and virtues are evenly balanced. Yet with the mercy of God, they will be among the last people to enter the paradise.

A'raf is described in the Quran in sura Al-A'raf, 46–47.

Al-A'raf has some similarities to the Christian concept of Purgatory. Al-Haafith Al-Hakami  said about the people of Al-A‘raaf, "They will be kept between Paradise and Hell for a period of time that Allaah wills, then they will be allowed to enter Paradise."

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Young Arena

Young Arena is a 3,000-seat multi-purpose arena in Waterloo, Iowa, United States, and was built in 1994. It is home to the Waterloo Black Hawks of the United States Hockey League, the Waterloo Warriors of the Midwest High School Hockey League, the Waterloo Youth Hockey Association, the University of Northern Iowa Hockey Club, the Waterloo Adult Hockey Association and the Cedar Valley Figure Skating Club. Young Arena has also hosted the NCAA Division III wrestling championships, AAU youth wrestling tournaments and a college basketball game in December 1997 between UNI and UMKC.

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Talk:Kabeiroi

References I've seen consider the Kabeiroi as mythical beings on a par with Cyclopes and Telchines---non-human beings. The Kabeiroi were described by Hesychius as being Karkinoi: Crab-like beings. I'm going to fix the article accordingly, & provide references. Walter Burkert for example does not mention the theory (that was in earlier versions of this Wiki article) that the Kabeiroi represent a pre-IE human population. On the other hand, Burkert describes the Kabeiroi as "mysterious blacksmith gods" and groups them with Telchines, Cyclopes, Daktyloi, et cetera. Alexander 007 15:11, 29 May 2005 (UTC)

 * Any changes Decius makes will be for the better and there's plenty of room for improvement here. I may have seemed to conflate Kabeiroi with their adepts: I've tweaked that. How integral was the Samothrace mystery, anyway? The metal-working connection: does it point to the introduction of iron and Indo-European, then, rather than to the introduction of copper/bronze and pre-Indo-European, as I'd understood? My reading is not deep, as one can see. --Wetman 15:46, 29 May 2005 (UTC)

My take on the worship of the Kabeiroi: the cult probably goes back to the pre-Indo-Europeans, so it would predate the introduction of iron. The Pelasgians/Tysenoi probably passed the cult onto the Greeks and Thracians, but there is nothing that indicates that the Kabeiroi themselves were Pelasgians or Tyrsenoi (and I haven't yet seen this theory discussed in a reference). The Kabeiroi were probably worshipped by Pelasgians/Tyrsenoi, being themselves mythical beings (compare to the Cyclopes, who were also said to be metallurgists, and who are often also described as autochthonic, pre-dating Greek settlement). Alexander 007 16:02, 29 May 2005 (UTC)

Update
I still haven't found a reference that considers it likely that the Kabeiroi were based on an actual pre-IE human population, though that may be an element (worshippers confused with their gods in some sources, perhaps). The Kabeiroi are described as elder inhabitants of various regions, but so are the Cyclops and Telchines. All the supernatural powers attributed to the Kabeiroi ("their wrath if offended no man can placate"---Pausanias; "Macedonians being struck by lightning for disrespecting and entering their sanctuary"---Pausanias) points towards Kabeiroi being similar in essence to Telchines and Cyclops, as Burkert indicates ("Societies of gods"). Alexander 007 22:42, 15 July 2005 (UTC)

Article merge -> Cabeiri
I agree that this article should be merged with the Cabeiri one, as the tag at the tope of the page suggests. Since Wikipedia uses primarily Latin spellings for god-names, the "Cabeiri" spelling should take precedence. I personally prefer the Greek, but its probably best to keep it consistent with the other Wikipedia articles. Theranos 12:17, 17 September 2006 (UTC)

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Waterlogging

Waterlogging or water logging may refer to:

 * Waterlogging (agriculture), saturation of the soil by groundwater sufficient to prevent or hinder agriculture
 * Waterlogging (archeology), the exclusion of air from an archeological site by groundwater, preserving artifacts
 * Underwater logging, the process of harvesting trees that are submerged under water
 * Watered stock, an asset with artificially high value

Waterlog may refer to:

 * Waterlog: A Swimmer's Journey Through Britain, a 1999 book by Roger Deakin

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Edinburgh (UK Parliament constituency)

Edinburgh was a burgh constituency of the House of Commons of the Parliament of Great Britain from 1708 to 1801 and of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1801 until 1885.

Creation
The British parliamentary constituency was created in 1708 following the Acts of Union, 1707 and replaced the former Parliament of Scotland burgh constituency of Edinburgh.

History
The constituency elected one Member of Parliament (MP) by the first past the post system until representation was increased to two members in 1832. It was abolished in 1885, being split into Edinburgh Central, Edinburgh South, Edinburgh East and Edinburgh West.

Boundaries
The boundaries of the constituency, as set out in the Representation of the People (Scotland) Act 1832, were-

 * "From a Point on the Road from Leith to Queensferry which is distant Four hundred Yards (measured along such Road) to the West of the Point at which the same meets the Inverleith Road at the House called Golden Acre, in a straight Line to the North-western Corner of the Enclosure of John Watsons Institution; thence in a straight Line to the Second Stone Bridge, marked No. 2, on the Union Canal; thence in a straight Line to the Point at which the Western Wall of the Enclosure of the Lunatic Asylum at Morningside meets the Jordan or Pow Burn; thence down the Jordan or Pow Burn to a Point which is distant One hundred and fifty Yards (measured along such Burn) below the Arch over the same on the Carlisle Road; thence in a straight Line to the Summit of Arthur's Seat, thence in a straight Line to the Point at which the Feeder enters the Western Side of Lochend Loch; thence in a straight Line to the Point at which Pilrig Street joins Leith Walk; thence along Pilrig Street and the Bonnington Road to the Point at which the latter meets the Road from Leith to Queensferry; thence along the Road from Leith to Queensferry to the Point first described."

MPs 1832–1885
Under the Representation of the People Act 1832, Edinburgh's representation was increased to two members.

Elections in the 1880s

 * Caused by Cowan's resignation.

 * Caused by McLaren's appointment as Senator of the College of Justice and elevation to the peerage, becoming Lord McLaren.

 * Caused by McLaren's resignation.

Elections in the 1850s

 * Caused by Moncreiff's appointment as Lord Advocate

 * Caused by Macaulay's resignation by accepting the office of Steward of the Manor of Hempholme

Elections in the 1840s

 * Caused by Cowan's election in 1847 being declared void, due to him being disqualified for holding a government contract at the time of the election

 * Caused by Macaulay's appointment as Paymaster General

 * Caused by Gibson-Craig's appointment as a Lord Commissioner of the Treasury

 * Caused by Macaulay's appointment as Secretary at War

Elections in the 1830s

 * Caused by Abercromby's elevation to the peerage, becoming 1st Baron Dunfermline

 * Caused by Campbell's appointment as Attorney General for England and Wales

 * Caused by Abercromby's appointment as Master of the Mint

 * Caused by Jeffrey's appointment as a Senator of the College of Justice, and his elevation to Lord Jeffrey

 * The Radical candidate, James Aytoun, withdrew in favour of Jeffrey and Abercromby

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Green Hill

Green Hill may refer to:

 * Green Hill (Lancashire), a 626 m mountain in Lancashire, England

Cities, towns, and villages

 * Green Hill, Alabama, Alabama, United States
 * Green Hill, Indiana, Indiana, United States
 * Green Hill, Rhode Island, United States, a village in South Kingstown
 * Green Hill, Tennessee, Tennessee, United States
 * Green Hill, Wiltshire, England
 * a rural area near Malmsbury, Australia
 * Zielona Góra (Green Hill in Polish), a town in Lubusz Voivodeship, Poland

Other

 * Green Hill House, listed on the National Register of Historic Places
 * Green Hill (Hillsborough, North Carolina), plantation in Hillsborough, North Carolina
 * Green Hill (Virginia Beach, Virginia), listed on the National Register of Historic Places
 * Green Hill Zone, a level in the Sonic the Hedgehog video game
 * Green Hill Country, a fictional location in J. R. R. Tolkien's Middle-earth
 * Green Hill Site, listed on the NRHP in Massachusetts
 * Green Hill Cemetery (disambiguation)

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Lost season 2

The second season of the American serial drama television series Lost commenced airing in the United States and Canada on September 21, 2005, and concluded on May 24, 2006. The second season continues the stories of a group of over forty people who have been stranded on a remote island in the South Pacific, after their plane crashed forty-four days prior to the beginning of the season. The producers have stated that as the first season is about introducing the survivors, the second season is about a 1970s scientific Dharma Initiative research station which the survivors discovered on the island and refer to as "The Hatch".

The second season aired Wednesdays at 9:00 pm in the United States. In addition to the regular twenty-four episodes (with a run time around 42 minutes each), three clip-shows recapped previous events on the show. "Destination Lost" aired before the premiere, "Lost: Revelation" aired before the tenth episode and "Lost: Reckoning" aired before the twentieth episode. The season was released on DVD as a seven disc boxed set under the title of Lost: The Complete Second Season – The Extended Experience on September 5, 2006, by Buena Vista Home Entertainment.

Crew
The season was produced by Touchstone Television (now ABC Studios), Bad Robot and Grass Skirt Productions and was aired on the ABC Network in the U.S. The executive producers were co-creator J. J. Abrams, co-creator Damon Lindelof, Bryan Burk, Jack Bender and Carlton Cuse. The staff writers were Lindelof, Cuse, co-executive producer Steven Maeda, supervising producer Javier Grillo-Marxuach, supervising producers Edward Kitsis & Adam Horowitz, supervising producer Leonard Dick, supervising producer Jeph Loeb, supervising producer Craig Wright, producer Elizabeth Sarnoff and Christina M. Kim. The regular directors were Bender, producer Stephen Williams, camera operator Paul Edwards and Eric Laneuville. Lindelof and Cuse served as the show runners.

Cast
The second season had sixteen roles getting star billing, with thirteen of them returning from the first season. The cast are listed in alphabetical order.
 * Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje played former drug lord-turned priest, Mr. Eko.
 * Naveen Andrews portrayed former Iraqi Republican Guard Sayid Jarrah.
 * Emilie de Ravin played new mother Claire Littleton.
 * Matthew Fox acted as Dr. Jack Shephard, the leader of the survivors.
 * Jorge Garcia portrayed unlucky and mentally unstable millionaire Hugo "Hurley" Reyes, who often serves as comic relief.
 * Maggie Grace played Shannon Rutherford, still recovering from the recent death of her brother Boone.
 * Josh Holloway acted as con man James "Sawyer" Ford.
 * Malcolm David Kelley, who portrayed Walt Lloyd, Michael's son, only received star billing in the episodes in which he appeared.
 * Daniel Dae Kim acted as non-English speaking Jin Kwon.
 * Yunjin Kim played Sun Kwon, Jin's English-speaking wife.
 * Evangeline Lilly portrayed fugitive Kate Austen.
 * Dominic Monaghan acted as rock star and recovering drug addict Charlie Pace.
 * Terry O'Quinn played "man of faith" John Locke.
 * Harold Perrineau portrayed Michael Dawson, whose son was kidnapped by the Others.
 * Michelle Rodriguez portrayed the leader of the tail section survivors, police officer Ana-Lucia Cortez.
 * Cynthia Watros played tail-section survivor Libby.

Former main cast member Ian Somerhalder returned with special guest star billing as Boone Carlyle.

The second season featured numerous guest stars.
 * Michael Emerson portrayed a man calling himself Henry Gale, who is suspected to be one of the Others, a group of mysterious island inhabitants who terrorize the survivors.
 * L. Scott Caldwell returned to play Rose Henderson.
 * Sam Anderson joined the cast playing Bernard Nadler, Rose's husband.
 * Kimberley Joseph returns as flight attendant Cindy, having appeared in the pilot episode.
 * Henry Ian Cusick portrayed Desmond Hume, a man who had been living in the hatch for three years.
 * M. C. Gainey played the Other named Tom.
 * Tania Raymonde played the Other named Alex.
 * John Terry appeared in numerous flashbacks as Jack's father, Christian Shephard.
 * François Chau appeared in orientation films for the Dharma Initiative.
 * Clancy Brown acted as Desmond's companion in the hatch, Kelvin Inman.
 * Katey Sagal appeared throughout the season as Helen, Locke's love interest who gets caught between his pugnacious relationship with his father.

Reception
On Rotten Tomatoes, the season has an approval rating of 100% with an average score of 9.2/10 based on 12 reviews. The website's critical consensus reads, "This sophomore season goes smoothly down the hatch, deepening both the mysteries of the island and the depth of its castaways."

The season was nominated for nine Emmy Awards, but did not win any. Nominations included Carlton Cuse and Damon Lindelof for Outstanding Writing for a Drama Series for "The 23rd Psalm"; Jack Bender for Outstanding Directing for a Drama Series for "Live Together, Die Alone"; Henry Ian Cusick for Outstanding Guest Actor in a Drama Series; Michael Bonvillain for Outstanding Cinematography for a Single-Camera Series for "Man of Science, Man of Faith"; two nominations for Outstanding Single-Camera Picture Editing for a Drama Series; Outstanding Casting for a Drama Series; Outstanding Single-Camera Sound Mixing for a Series; and Outstanding Special Visual Effects for a Series.

The season was nominated for three Golden Globe Awards: Matthew Fox for lead actor, Naveen Andrews for supporting actor, while it won the award for best drama.

The DVD set entered the sales chart at the number one position in its first week of release, selling 500,000 copies in the first day. The season premiere hit a ratings high for the series, with 23.47 million American viewers. Overall, the season averaged 18.91 million American viewers.

Episodes
The "No. in series" column refers to the episode's number within the overall series, whereas the "No. in season" column refers to the episode's number within this particular season. "Featured character(s)" refers to the character(s), whose back story is featured in the episode's flashbacks. "U.S. viewers (million)" refers to the number of viewers in the United States in millions who watched the episode as it was aired.

Home media release
The second season was released as a widescreen seven-disc Region 1 DVD box set in the on September 5, 2006, and in United Kingdom on October 2, 2006, titled as Lost: The Complete Second Season – The Extended Experience. Each of these releases also contain extras, including behind the scenes footage, deleted scenes, audio commentaries, and a "Lost Connections" chart, which shows how all of the characters on the island are inter-connected with each other. The season was subsequently released on Blu-ray Disc on June 16, 2009.

The series was initially released in two sets in United Kingdom: the first twelve episodes were released as a widescreen four-disc DVD box set on July 17, 2006. The remaining episodes of the second season were released as a four-disc DVD box set on October 2, 2006. The set was released in Region 4 on October 4, 2006.

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Green Hills

Green Hills may refer to several places:

 * Green Hills, Pennsylvania, United States
 * Green Hills, New Hampshire, United States
 * Green Hills, Berks County, Pennsylvania, United States
 * Green Hills, Nashville, Tennessee, United States
 * Green Hills Software, an embedded systems software company
 * Bonny Hills, New South Wales, Australia, originally known as Green Hills
 * Stockland Green Hills, shopping centre in East Maitland, Australia
 * Green Hills, Montana, a fictional town in the 2020 film Sonic the Hedgehog

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