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Rhode Island Route 246

Route 246 is a numbered state highway running 8 mi in the U.S. state of Rhode Island. The Old Louisquisset Pike portion of the road was laid out through Louisquisset in 1682.

Route description
Route 246 begins at an intersection with US 1 in Providence, heading north on four-lane undivided Mill Street.From the southern terminus, the road crosses the Moshassuck River, where the name changes to Charles Street, and passes office buildings, intersecting the southern terminus of Route 7. The route turns northwest and splits into the one-way pair of Charles Street northbound and Ashburton Street and Chalkstone Avenue southbound. southbound as the northbound direction comes to a partial interchange with I-95 that provides access to northbound I-95 and from southbound I-95. Route 246 becomes two-way on Charles Street again and continues through commercial areas, coming to a bridge over Amtrak's Northeast Corridor. The route turns north, with a ramp to the northbound direction of the Route 146 freeway to the west, and narrows into a two-lane road that passes through urban residential neighborhoods.

The road enters North Providence, where it crosses Route 15. Route 246 passes more homes and businesses, curving to the northwest. The route interchanges with the Route 146 freeway in a wooded area with only entrance ramps to Route 146. Past this interchange, the road turns north again and enters Lincoln, where it becomes Old Louisquisset Pike. Route 246 runs through wooded areas with some homes a short distance to the west of Route 146. The route comes to a ramp from southbound Route 146 before it passes to the east of Twin River Casino. The road heads northwest through more woodland and residences, curving north and passing to the east of the Community College of Rhode Island Flanagan Campus before crossing Route 123. Route 246 continues northwest parallel to the Route 146 freeway, with a ramp providing access to and from the southbound lanes of Route 146. Farther northwest, the route ends at ramps at the interchange between Route 146 and Route 116, where there is access to and from the southbound lanes of Route 146.

History
Route 246 is an old alignment of Route 146, which is now a freeway.

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Carl Morton

Carl Wendle Morton (January 18, 1944 – April 12, 1983) was an American professional baseball pitcher who played eight seasons in Major League Baseball (MLB) with the Montreal Expos and the Atlanta Braves. Morton was named the NL Rookie of the Year in 1970 and posted a career record of 87–92 with 650 strikeouts and a 3.73 ERA in 1648.2 innings.

Early years
Morton was born in Kansas City, Missouri, to Clyde and Merle Morton. He grew up in West Tulsa, where he played baseball on the same Webster High School team as future major-leaguer Rich Calmus. Morton went on to play outfield for the University of Oklahoma.

Baseball career
Morton started his pro career as an outfielder in the Atlanta Braves organization and later converted to a pitcher. He was selected by the Montreal Expos in the 1968 expansion draft.

Morton's first career start was on April 11, 1969, the fourth game of the Montreal Expos as a franchise. He pitched nine innings while allowing six hits and no runs, with three strikeouts and walks each, but the Expos lost in the 12th inning 1–0 to the Chicago Cubs. He went 0-3 that season, having a 4.60 ERA in eight games pitched in 29.1 innings, having 16 strikeouts and 18 walks.

In 1970, Morton compiled an 18–11 record for the last-place Expos and was the National League Rookie of the Year, chosen over Bernie Carbo, Larry Bowa and César Cedeño. He had a 3.60 ERA in 43 games pitched, having 10 complete games, four shutouts while throwing 284.2 innings, 125 walks and 154 strikeouts, the latter three being career highs. He received votes for the Cy Young Award and the Most Valuable Player voting, finishing 9th and 27th, respectively. That same year he also received the Sporting News Rookie of the Year Award, becoming the first Montreal player to receive the honors.

Morton regressed in the following two seasons with Montreal, plagued by low run support. For 1971, he went 10–18 with a 4.80 ERA in 36 games, having nine complete games and one save on 213.2 innings of work, with 84 strikeouts and 83 walks. His one save came on June 21, 1971, during the second game of an Expos-Braves doubleheader. Morton retired the final batter of the game in a 5-3 Expos win. In his final year with the Expos, he went 7–13 with a 3.92 ERA in 27 games, having three complete games in 172 innings, having 51 strikeouts and 53 walks.

He was traded from the Expos to the Braves for Pat Jarvis on February 28, 1973. 1973 was a fair return to form for Morton. He went 15–10 with a 3.41 ERA in 38 games while having 10 complete games in 256.1 innings. He had 112 strikeouts and 70 walks. He ranked in the top 10 in numerous categories such as innings pitched (ninth), games started (sixth), shutouts (fifth), hits allowed (seventh) and batters faced (eighth with 1,074).

The following year had fairer returns. He went 16–12 with a 3.15 ERA in 38 games and seven complete games in 274.2 innings, with a career high 113 strikeouts and 89 walks, although he allowed a league high 293 hits. The team finished 88–74, best for third place behind the Los Angeles Dodgers by 14 games. It was the only time Morton played for a winning team in his career.

1975 consisted of ups and downs. He went 17-16 for a 3.50 ERA in 39 games, 277.2 innings, with 11 complete games and 302 hits allowed (the latter four being career highs). He had 78 strikeouts and 82 walks.

1976 was his final season in the majors. He went 4–9 with a 4.17 ERA in 26 games, having one complete game in 140.1 innings, having 42 strikeouts and 45 walks. His final game was on August 21 against the St. Louis Cardinals. He pitched 7 1/3 innings, allowing two runs on 10 hits with two strikeouts. He also went 3-for-4 for three RBIs (including a stolen base off Bob Forsch in the sixth inning) in the 6–2 win by the team.

Morton was part of a five-for-one trade that sent him, Ken Henderson, Dave May, Roger Moret, Adrian Devine and $200,000 from the Braves to the Rangers for Jeff Burroughs on December 9, 1976. He was released by the Rangers on April 1, 1977. He signed with the Philadelphia Phillies later in the 1977 season, but he did not play a game before being released on September 14. He signed with the Pittsburgh Pirates before the 1978 season, but he was released on March 18.

As a hitter, although posting only a .156 batting average (86-for-551), he did hit seven home runs with 42 RBI. He had a career high three home runs and 15 RBI for the Montreal Expos in 1973. Defensively, he was above average, recording a .975 fielding percentage which was 26 points higher than the league average at his position.

Morton finished his career in the minors, pitching for the Rangers, Phillies and Pirates Triple-A teams until 1978.

Death
Morton died on April 12, 1983, in Tulsa, Oklahoma, of a heart attack after jogging. He was survived by his wife Karen along with a son and stepdaughter.

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Talk:Remixes 81–04

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What is the official name of this album? Is it "Remixes 81 - 04" (from the Wikipedia article), "Remixes 81-04" (the official website), "Remixes 81..04" (the "secret" website) or "Remixes 81···04" (the album cover)? --Evil Eccentric 21:20, 10 October 2006 (UTC)

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Rare tracks bundle
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Burlington Athletic Stadium

Burlington Athletic Stadium is a baseball stadium in Burlington, North Carolina. It seats 3,500 and serves as the home field for the Burlington Sock Puppets of the Appalachian League. The Sock Puppets were previously known as the Burlington Royals (2007–2020) and Burlington Indians (1986–2006) when the Appalachian League was a rookie league affiliated with Minor League Baseball prior to Major League Baseball's 2020 reorganization of the minor leagues.

Originally built in Danville, Virginia and known as League Park, the stadium was purchased in 1958 for $5,000 after the Danville Leafs folded. After being dismantled in Danville, it was hauled to its present location and rebuilt. It reopened for play in 1960. At that point, the team left their previous home at Graham Athletic Park, which is now used by Graham Middle School.

The ballpark was known historically as Fairchild Stadium, after the adjacent Fairchild Park and nearby World War II Fairchild Aircraft manufacturing plant. It played host to many games in the original Carolina League, and appears in Ron Shelton's 1988 film, "Bull Durham."

Burlington Athletic Stadium is also known to have played host to many Major League Baseball stars beginning their careers. Notable former Burlington Indians include CC Sabathia, Bartolo Colón, and Manny Ramírez. 2018 Baseball Hall of Fame inductee Jim Thome also began his career in Burlington. Historic greats who once made Fairchild Stadium their home field include another Red Sox legend, Luis Tiant, and longtime New York Yankees pitcher and coach Mel Stottlemyre. Former Burlington Royals who played at Burlington Athletic Stadium include Nicky Lopez, Salvador Pérez, and Wil Myers.

The park was also the site of the longest continuous single-game broadcast in baseball history. The 27-inning marathon between the Burlington Indians and Bluefield Orioles lasted eight hours and fifteen minutes, and occurred over two days on June 24–25, 1988. Indians' announcer Richard Musterer called the entire game for WBBB-AM.

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John Parker (New Zealand cricketer)

John Morton Parker (born 21 February 1951) is a former New Zealand international cricketer who played first-class cricket between 1971 and 1984. He captained New Zealand in the third Test against Pakistan in 1976–77.

Parker played cricket in England when young, and helped Imran Khan at this time. He was the youngest of three brothers to play first-class cricket, the other two being Kenneth and Murray Parker.

He played 36 Test matches and 24 One Day International for New Zealand. Parker scored three Test hundreds and 21 first-class hundreds in a career that spanned 14 years.

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Talk:Budastis

Mistake
"Budastis" is an error for Bubastis; either the Nuttall Encyclopedia, or more likely, the people who scanned it, are responsible for the error. A good look at Google for each will be useful for some: "Budastis" appears on a very few pages most or all of which can be traced to one original website. Bill 22:25, 21 July 2005 (UTC)
 * Ooops. Well, since the Nuttall article talked about festivals to Bacchus, I wasn't sure if it was the same place.  --Diderot 07:19, 22 July 2005 (UTC)

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1842 in archaeology

Below are notable events in archaeology that occurred in 1842.

Explorations

 * Site of Masada discovered.
 * Karl Richard Lepsius begins an expedition to Egypt and the Sudan commissioned by King Frederick William IV of Prussia.

Publications

 * W. F. Ainsworth publishes the first report on Üçayak Byzantine Church.
 * Karl Lepsius produces the first modern list of pyramids.
 * David Roberts begins publication of The Holy Land, Syria, Idumea, Arabia, Egypt, and Nubia (chromolithographs).
 * First known use of the term "Industrial archaeology".

Births

 * 12 January: Teoberto Maler, Mayanist

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Mig Ayesa

Miguel Alfonso Ramon Legarda "MiG" Ayesa (born 12 January 1970) is a Filipino-Australian singer and actor who was a finalist in the reality television show RockStar: INXS as well as appearing in stage productions of We Will Rock You (London); Thriller Live and Bridges of Madison County (Manila).

Life and career
Ayesa was born in Manila, Philippines and raised in Sydney. Ayesa was studying communications at Macquarie University in Sydney when he was offered the role of Ritchie Valens in the theatre production of Buddy: The Buddy Holly Story. He decided to put his studies on hold and went on tour with the production all across Australia. He has since performed in theatres, commercials, television series and film. He has also been a part of several bands: Randy Badass and the Slickmaster Five, Lovetown, The Honkies and The Riva Band.

Theatre
Ayesa moved from Sydney to London in 2001 to look for a publishing company for his material. He appeared in Rent by Jonathan Larson in London's West End in 2002 playing the role of Angel at The Prince of Wales Theatre. Ayesa played the character of Galileo Figaro in the musical We Will Rock You, which is based entirely on Queen material. In the final months of 2007, Ayesa returned to the stage as Galileo Figaro in the International Tour of We Will Rock You, successfully completing runs in New Zealand, Korea, Singapore, Hong Kong and finishing in Bangkok with his debut CD being released in those respective countries.

Ayesa appeared in Handel's Messiah Rocks in 2008, which was released on CD/DVD fall of 2009, as well as airing as a PBS-TV special across the USA.

In January 2010, Ayesa made his Broadway debut in Jason Gilkison's ballroom dancing revue Burn the Floor. He toured with the show to Australia, Japan, Korea, Canada, and the U.S. In September 2010, Ayesa opened the first national tour of Rock of Ages, in the role of rocker Stacee Jaxx. In March 2011, he returned to Broadway and as Stacee Jaxx for the show's reopening at the Helen Hayes Theatre.

Ayesa returned to London to reprise his role in Thriller Live in January 2012. In May of that year, he reprised the role of Stacee Jaxx in a completely sold out new production of Rock of Ages in the Philippines.

In February 2013, Ayesa reprised the role of Galileo Figaro for the 2013 We Will Rock You 10th Anniversary World Arena Tour, successfully completing runs in Finland, Denmark, the UK, Ireland, Netherlands, Luxembourg, Czech Republic, Turkey, Bulgaria, and Croatia. In June, he returned to the Philippines for Rock of Ages, again as Stacee Jaxx, and also for a third season in October 2014.

Ayesa performed The Music of Queen - Rock and Symphonic Spectacular in Sydney and Perth with fellow former We Will Rock You cast members Michael Falzon, Amanda Harrison and Carly Thomas-Smith. The concert series began on 7 February 2014 followed by two performances on 8 February at Sydney Opera House, before three performances in Perth, Western Australia (Joondalup Resort, Riverside Theatre and Boardwalk Theatre) with the Perth Symphony Orchestra. All three of the Opera House performances sold out and the Perth shows were at capacity, including an 8000-person event for the City of Joondalup at the Joondalup Resort. In June, Ayesa returned to New Zealand to play Rooster in Annie. He returned to the West End in November for Thriller Live, which then toured Australia and New Zealand.

In November 2015, Ayesa returned to the Philippines to star as Robert Kincaid in the first international production of The Bridges of Madison County. The production also starred Joanna Ampil and ran from 20 November till 6 December. It was the first production of the musical outside the US.

In 2018, Ayesa starred in the Philippine-Australian jukebox musical All Out of Love: The Musical, which is based on the songs of Air Supply.

Television and film
Ayesa is also known for working in the role of the money-grubbing landlord Joe, in the kids television show The Ferals on the ABC. He also had a small part in the film Queen of the Damned as a vampire who was out to kill Lestat for spreading vampire secrets.

Ayesa was also a competitor of the CBS television series Rock Star: INXS to be the new lead singer of INXS and was one of the final three contestants along with runner-up Marty Casey and winner J. D. Fortune. While Ayesa got off to a shaky start with his version of Nirvana's "Smells Like Teen Spirit", he quickly recovered and became a front runner with versions of "Live and Let Die" and "Baby, I Love Your Way", receiving third place in the worldwide competition.

In November 2014, Ayesa announced the launch of his new TV travel reality show Fil It Up. Co-hosted with Sophie Sumner, it aired in January 2015. In conjunction with this, Ayesa released the new video for United As One.

Discography
Ayesa's major label debut, the self-titled album MiG, was released on Decca on 10 April 2007. The CD is a collection of classic and contemporary rock and roll staples, showcasing Ayesa's interpretations of his favourite songs. Brian May from the band Queen took an interest in his work and they worked on a collaboration with his band MiGnition.

During his time with Rock Star: INXS, "Baby, I Love Your Way", with Peter Frampton on acoustic guitar, was released on 22 August 2006 to Yahoo Music, and 29 August to other internet music sites. Exclusive to the US and Canadian release are three original songs, written by Ayesa and Matthew Wilder: "She Loved", "Could It Be" and "You and I". He was signed by Decca/Universal Music Group and his self-titled debut CD was released in the US, Canada, Australia, Philippines and New Zealand in 2007.

August 2011, he released his second album, More Than Ever.

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American Legion Field (Danville)

American Legion Field is a stadium in Danville, Virginia. Located in this Southside Virginia city's Dan Daniel Memorial Park, just north of the Dan River, it is primarily used for baseball and is the home field of Danville Otterbots in the Appalachian League, a summer collegiate baseball league. It previously hosted the Danville Braves Minor League Baseball team from 1993 to 2020. It was built in 1993 and was named for American Legion Memorial Post 325, which serves the city's northern half. It holds 2,588 people, in a V-shaped configuration of several disconnected units running from the first to third base side.

The venue hosted the 2002 American Legion Baseball World Series won by West Point, MS Post 212. It also hosted the 2001 and 2008 Big South Conference baseball tournaments, both won by Coastal Carolina.

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Tablas de Daimiel National Park

Tablas de Daimiel National Park (Parque Nacional de las Tablas de Daimiel) is a wetland on the La Mancha plain, a mainly arid area in the province of Ciudad Real. With an area of about 3,000 hectares, the park is the smallest of Spain's fifteen national parks. The protected area is in the process of being expanded outside the original nature reserve to include neighbouring dryland farming areas. The expansion is part of efforts to improve the condition of the wetland, which has been damaged by over-exploitation of water resources.

As well as having national park status, the site enjoys international recognition, being:
 * a wetland on the list of the Ramsar Convention (1,938 ha)
 * the core of the Biosphere reserve Mancha Húmeda
 * a Special Protection Area for birds

History
Like other Spanish wetlands, the Tablas de Daimiel had a long tradition of waterfowl hunting. As early as 1325 the infante Don Juan Manuel, in his hunting book (Libro de la caza), publicised the attributes of the banks of the river Gigüela for falconry. The water resources of the area also provided fishing and power for mills. In 1575, Philip II ordered the compilation of the Topographic Relations which commanded that the Tablas be well looked after. The value of the ecosystem for hunting continued to give the Tablas a certain amount of protection into the 20th century. Although in the 1950s the government promoted land reclamation projects in La Mancha with the aim of reducing the amount of wetland, Franco shot duck in the area and in 1966 the Tablas became a National Hunting Reserve.

In 1963 the International Union for the Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources (IUCN) launched a project to conserve and manage wetlands, the MAR Project, which drew up a list of wetlands of international importance as a foundation for an international convention on wetlands. The draft called for the protection of wetlands habitats rather than species. The Tablas de Damiel were declared a National Park in 1973. In 1980 the national park was extended and UNESCO included Las Tablas in a biosphere reserve. In 1982 Las Tablas were included on the list of the Ramsar Convention (an international treaty for the conservation and sustainable utilization of wetlands). In 1987 Las Tablas were declared a Special Protection Area for birds (Zona de Especial Protección para las Aves in Spanish) under the European Union's Birds Directive.

Characteristics
The park is the last surviving example of floodplain wetlands located in the arid central part of the Iberian peninsula. Being located downstream from the Upper Guadiana Basin, TDNP play an important role in nutrient biogeochemistry.

The wetland landscape is characterized by recurrent seasonal inundation which until recently was maintained by both river flooding and groundwater discharges. The park's surface is 19.28 km², and the highest inundation comprises around 17 km2. TDNP is one of the most important aquatic ecosystems of Spain and was probably the main inland wetland. It is important too because of the great amount of migratory birds that pass by the zone, like ducks and geese.

Biological patrimony
Las Tablas de Daimiel are provided with two types of water making an unusual ecosystem: the Guadiana contributes fresh water, while its tributary the Gigüela is brackish.

Flora
The fresh water of the Guadiana favors the growth of the common reed (Phragmites australis, Phragmites communis), and the briny water of the Gigüela favors the growth of the marshy vegetation, principally the great fen-sedge (Cladium mariscus).

The great fen-sedge abounded extraordinarily, and it was one of the most extensive zones in Occidental Europe. There were groups of bulrushes (g. Typha, Scirpus lacustris, Scirpus maritimus) and rushes (g. Juncus) in the least deep areas.

Charophytes' grasslands are one of the most characteristic formations of the National Park, formed by different members of genus Chara (Chara hispida, Chara major, Chara canescens), also known locally as "ovas", and are able to form an almost continuous tapestry. The only trees present are the tamarisk (Tamarix gallica, Tamarix canariensis).

Migratory fauna
Purple heron (Ardea purpurea), grey heron (Ardea cinerea), little egret (Egretta garzetta), black-crowned might heron (Nycticorax nycticorax), great bittern (Botaurus stellaris), red-crested pochard (Netta rufina), northern shoveler (Anas clypeata), wigeon (Anas penelope), northern pintail (Anas acuta), common teal (Anas crecca), Eurasian hobby (Falco subbuteo), Slavonian grebe (Podiceps auritus), black-necked grebe (Podiceps nigricollis), black-winged stilt (Himantopus himantopus), zitting cisticola (Cisticola juncidis), bearded reedling (Panurus biarmicus).

Resident fauna
We may find the European freshwater crayfish (Austropotamobius pallipes), that it was in the past abundant and an important source of income for Daimiel's families, today almost extinguished in these waters. After the introduction of the great predator that the northern pike (Esox lucius) is, other autochthonous species like the Barbus (Barbus barbus), the common carp (Cyprinus carpio), or the chub (Leuciscus cephalus) are now endangered species.

In the spring and the summer we may find amphibians and reptiles like the European tree frog (Hyla arborea), the Perez's frog (Pelophylax perezi), the common toad (Bufo bufo), the grass snake (Natrix natrix) or the water snake Natrix maura.

Also we may find mammals like the European polecat (Mustela putorius), the red fox (Vulpes vulpes), the European otter (Lutra lutra), the water vole (Arvicola amphibius), as well as the ones that live in proximities of the wetlands: the European rabbit (Oryctolagus cuniculus), the Cape Hare (Lepus capensis), the least weasel (Mustela nivalis) or the boar (Sus scrofa).

Conservation issues
In recent years demand for water for agriculture in the area surrounding the park has reduced the amount of wetland. Overexploitation of water resources has caused the water-table to drop. The key aquifer ("aquifer 23") has not been able to refill because of the overuse of water created by the “Badajoz (irrigation) Plan” started in 1952, and of the administrative apathy and lack of suppleness faced with cereal farmers lobbies. The quotas assigned to water-users (about 590 million m3 water / year attributed) correspond to nearly twice the amount of renewable water (about 320 million m3 / year available).

Faced with a possible fine from the EU, the Spanish Environment ministry presented in 1995 a transfer project (an aqueduct and miles of pipes between the Tagus and the Mancha Húmeda) to bring water to the upper Guadiana basin. This extra water was to be used strictly for urban water provision and for the protected ecological zones, not for agriculture. But this project was badly received for two main reasons. Firstly because it assumed that the two depleted aquifers had no chance of recovering, and it chose the easy and cheaper immediate solution with no account taken of future water resources. Secondly because it aimed at replacing the natural hydric system, a principle that is too anti-natural to be easily accepted. Various conservation groups expressed the view that the solution should be found within the Guadiana basin.

Various ecological groups have suggested that the national park's designation as a biosphere reserve (within Mancha Húmeda) should be withdrawn as its ecosystem has been broken. In June 2008, a UNESCO report recommended that the national park lose its biosphere status or, alternatively, that Spain be given an ultimatum to reverse the degradation. In the event, Spain was given time to reverse the degradation.

A €5m, 29-year restoration project, the "Special Upper Guadiana Plan" concerning the western Mancha aquifers started in 2008. The European Union Water Directive requires wetlands to be in proper state by 2015. It grants some flexibility in particularly difficult cases like that of the Tablas of Damiel and the Mancha Húmeda in general - hence the 2027 limit date. This Plan consists of a water bank system that aims at establishing quotas on the basis of social and environmental grounds while taking into account the efficiency of water use.

In May 2009 a plan was announced to reverse the decline in the wetland area using recycled water. However, some skepticism was shown by environmentalists who noted that the aquifer was not going to be replenished.

In the hot summer of 2009, smouldering dry peat fires broke out in the area. Such fires were not a new phenomenon in the region; they had affected the peatlands alongside the Guadiana in previous years, but by reappearing in the National Park, the fires represented another symptom of the wetland's degradation.

Early in 2010 the situation was apparently improved by heavier rainfall than had been experienced for several years. However, analysis later showed that there will be no notable improvement in the situation without considerably reducing the surface area of irrigated cereals while maintaining the same surface area of traditional crops suited to arid conditions (agricultura de secano in Spanish) and horticulture (the latter being the most efficient crop in terms of extended water footprint). The Plan also includes buying water rights. This gives scope to use water for the benefit of the national park and also to reassign water quotas in favour of more efficient use than cereal production, including hitherto illegal users, essentially small producers of vines and horticulture which have been found more efficient in water use and generate more income per cubic meter of water used.

Still, in the context of Spain's continued economic difficulties, funds have been lacking for this operation.

European subsidies are attributed in priority to reforesting land after forests were felled for the production of cereals during the preceding generations. Moreover, within the frame of Europe's present Common Agricultural Policy (in 2010) cereals get more subsidies than other crops. A revision of that policy is due in 2013, which will determine the future of the Mancha Húmeda. Developments in the local economy will also influence the outcome, with factors such as solar electricity, ecotourism, better quality agricultural products, and environmental services (carbon sinks for example).

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In the second paragraph, it's not clear how "the conflict over widely-adopted term von Neumann architecture" influenced Eckert's decision to leave the University of Pennsylvania. Perhaps someone could explain this (I'm not aware of the story). Nethgirb 22:27, 21 July 2005 (UTC)

 * This statement was inaccurate. I have removed it and clarified the controversy at the conclusion of the article, but intend to add more at a later date.  Certainly no one was using the term "von Neumann architecture" in 1946. Robert K S 16:14, 2 August 2006 (UTC)

September 13 edit
I'm surprised that one slipped through the cracks! No wonder it wasn't categorized. . . GreenReaper 05:47, 15 October 2005 (UTC)

question
Hello everybody. I want to know who is Mr.Eckert in the picture. Is it the guy on the left or on the right? thank you, 79.176.109.243 (talk) 15:55, 20 June 2008 (UTC).

deleting old, bogus edit
it was added, back in 2012. it is not clear who is the "I" mentioned in this edit, and what is the relevance of this paragraph to the "later career" section. קיפודנחש (aka kipod) (talk) 01:20, 19 February 2014 (UTC)

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Punch card methodology
According to this video from Grady Booch, Eckert was a pioneer in the use of punch cards and wrote a book about it. See 22:50

https://www.youtube.com/QUz10Z1AfLc?t=1370 — Preceding unsigned comment added by 81.134.221.51 (talk) 08:22, 10 May 2022 (UTC)

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1917 in archaeology

Below are notable events in archaeology that occurred in 1917.

Explorations

 * Thomas Gann makes the first detailed description of Maya ruins at Lamanai in British Honduras.

Excavations

 * Max Uhle discovers 12 Chinchorro mummies at Morro I, Arica, Chile.
 * Religious artefacts discovered beneath the Seven-story Stone Pagoda in Tappyeong-ri, Chungju, Korea.

Publications

 * Wang Guowei reconstructs a complete Shang dynasty royal genealogy based on the translation of oracle bones from the site of Yinxu.

Births

 * 14 October: Geoffrey Bibby, English-born archaeologist (d. 2001)
 * 15 October: Ralph Solecki, American archeologist (d. 2019)
 * 28 October: Honor Frost, Cyprus-born underwater archaeologist (d. 2010)
 * 31 January: Sinclair Hood, British classical archaeologist (d. 2021)

Deaths

 * 15 October: Maxime Collignon, French Classical archaeologist (b. 1849)
 * 27 October: Worthington George Smith, English illustrator, palaeolithic archaeologist and mycologist (b. 1835)
 * 22 November: Teoberto Maler, German explorer, archaeologist and writer of accounts of the ruins of the Maya civilization (b. 1842)

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Allister Brimble

Allister Brimble is a British video game composer. He began composing music and sound effects for the video game industry in the mid-1980s. He also produced various audio tracks, as "Brimble's Beats", that were distributed on cover disks of magazines including CU Amiga and Amiga Format.

Brimble works as a freelance musician and sound designer for the games and console industry, and used to work alongside colleague Anthony Putson at the now defunct Orchestral Media Developments. He wrote the theme tune for an indoor theme park in Abu Dhabi. Brimble's extensive experience in alternative formats allowed him to compose for many gaming platforms.

Notable works

 * Thunderbirds (1987)
 * Fast Food Dizzy (1987)
 * Rock Star Ate My Hamster (1988)
 * Treasure Island Dizzy (1989)
 * Fantasy World Dizzy (1989)
 * MiG-29: Soviet Fighter (1989)
 * Grand Prix Simulator (1990)
 * Italia 1990 (1990)
 * Liverpool (1990)
 * Dizzy Panic! (1990)
 * The Hunt for Red October (1990)
 * Alien Breed (1991)
 * Jimmy White's 'Whirlwind' Snooker (1991)
 * Terminator 2 (1991)
 * CJ's Elephant Antics (1991)
 * Big Nose the Caveman (1991)
 * Super Seymour (1991)
 * Pro Soccer Simulator (1991)
 * Full Contact (1991)
 * Spellbound Dizzy (1991)
 * Dizzy Down the Rapids (1991)
 * Dizzy Prince of the Yolkfolk (1991)
 * Slightly Magic (1991)
 * The Lost Vikings (1992)
 * Tom & Jerry (1992)
 * Wild West Seymour (1992)
 * Super Seymour (1992)
 * Robin Hood Legend Quest (1992)
 * Captain Dynamo (1992)
 * Big Nose Freaks Out (1992)
 * Linus Spacehead's Cosmic Crusade (1992)
 * Rampart (1992)
 * Assassin (1992)
 * Project-X (1992)
 * Body Blows (1992)
 * Mortal Kombat (1992) for Amiga, GameBoy, GameGear and Sega Master System
 * Aladdin (1993)
 * Superfrog (1993)
 * Sergeant Seymour Robocop (1993)
 * Seymour Goes To Hollywood (1993)
 * The Lawnmower Man (1993)
 * Body Blows Galactic (1993)
 * Alien Breed II: The Horror Continues (1993)
 * Dino Dini's Goal (1993)
 * Dungeon Master II: The Legend of Skullkeep (1993)
 * Mortal Kombat II (1993), for the Amiga
 * Bubble and Squeak (1994)
 * Impossible Mission 2025 (1994)
 * World Cup Striker (1994)
 * Zeewolf (1994)
 * Ultimate Body Blows (1994)
 * Arcade Pool (1994)
 * Alien Breed: Tower Assault (1994)
 * Street Racer (1994)
 * Cannon Fodder (1994)
 * Dragon: The Bruce Lee Story (1994)
 * The Incredible Crash Dummies (1994)
 * Sensible Golf (1994)
 * Star Trek: 25th Anniversary (1994)
 * X-COM: Enemy Unknown (1995)
 * Sid Meier's Colonization (1995)
 * ATR: All Terrain Racing (1995)
 * Screamer (1995)
 * Asterix & Obelix (1995)
 * Descent (1995)
 * The Lion King (1995)
 * Subwar 2050 (1995), for the Amiga
 * Worms (1996)
 * Pinocchio (1996)
 * X-COM: Terror from the Deep (1996)
 * Grand Prix Manager 2 (1996)
 * Descent II (1996)
 * Toy Story (1996)
 * Monster Trucks (1997)
 * Bubble Bubble 2 (1998)
 * Glover (1998), original unreleased soundtrack
 * Three Lions (1998)
 * Ghosts 'n Goblins (1998)
 * Gangsters: Organized Crime (1998)
 * Cutthroats: Terror on the High Seas (1999)
 * Abomination: The Nemesis Project (1999)
 * RollerCoaster Tycoon (1999)
 * Driver (1999)
 * Casper (1999)
 * Rat Attack! (1999)
 * Carmageddon (2000)
 * Magical Drop III (2000)
 * Jimmy White's 2: Cueball (2000)
 * Olympics 2000 (2000)
 * Road Rash (2000)
 * Driver 2 (2000)
 * Toobin' (2000)
 * Cool Bricks (2000)
 * The Dukes of Hazzard (2000)
 * Chicken Run (2000)
 * 007 Racing (2000)
 * 102 Dalmatians: Puppies to the Rescue (2000)
 * Extreme Ghostbusters (2001)
 * Mat Hoffman's Pro BMX (2001)
 * Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 3 (2001)
 * Hot Potato (2001)
 * Colin McRae Rally (2001)
 * The Italian Job (2001)
 * DOOM (2001)
 * Star Wars Episode I: Jedi Power Battles (2001)
 * Robocop (2001)
 * Mr. Nutz (2001)
 * Colin McRae Rally 2.0 (2002)
 * XXX (2002)
 * RollerCoaster Tycoon 2 (2002)
 * V-Rally 3 (2002)
 * Egg Mania: Eggstreme Madness (2002)
 * Star Wars: Episode II – Attack of the Clones (2002)
 * He-Man: Power of Grayskull (2002)
 * Need for Speed: Underground (2003)
 * Dr. Muto (2003)
 * Pirates of the Caribbean (2003)
 * Star Wars: Flight of the Falcon (2003)
 * Medal of Honor: Infiltrator (2003)
 * Stuntman (2003)
 * Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines (2003)
 * Sega Arcade Gallery (2003)
 * Duel Masters: Sempai Legends (2004)
 * Chris Sawyer's Locomotion (2004)
 * Need for Speed: Underground 2 (2004)
 * Hot Wheels: Stunt Track Challenge (2004)
 * Lego Knights' Kingdom (2004)
 * Alien Hominid (2004)
 * Backyard Basketball 2 (2004)
 * Driver 3 (2005)
 * Totally Spies! (2005)
 * Retro Atari Classics (2005)
 * Bionicle: Maze of Shadows (2005)
 * Asterix & Obelix XXL 2: Mission: Las Vegum (2005)
 * Go! Sudoku (2005)
 * Totally Spies! 2: Undercover (2006)
 * Dance Factory (2006)
 * Micro Machines V4 (2006)
 * Garfield and His Nine Lives (2006)
 * Alex Rider: Stormbreaker (2006)
 * Deal or No Deal (2006)
 * Arthur and the Invisibles (2007)
 * Dead 'n' Furious (2007)
 * Asterix at the Olympic Games (2007)
 * My Horse & Me (2007)
 * Clive Barker's Jericho (2007)
 * Backyard Baseball (2007)
 * Backyard Basketball 2007 (2007)
 * Backyard Hockey (2007)
 * Arctic Tale (2007)
 * New International Track & Field (2008)
 * Fort Boyard. Le Jeu (2008)
 * Race Driver: Grid (2008)
 * TrackMania Turbo (DS) (2008)
 * My Horse & Me 2 (2008)
 * 1 vs. 100 (2008)
 * Need for Speed: Undercover (2008)
 * Overlord: Minions (2009)
 * Sonic & Sega All-Stars Racing (2010)
 * SteamWorld Tower Defense (2010)
 * Fluidity (2010)
 * Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 2 (2011)
 * Bejeweled 3 (2012)
 * Fluidity: Spin Cycle (2012)
 * Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (2013)
 * Train Fever (2014)
 * Goat Simulator (2015)
 * The Smurfs (2011)
 * The Smurfs (2015)
 * Prison Architect (2015)
 * Cartoon Network: Battle Crashers (2016)
 * Transport Fever (2016)
 * Overload (2018)
 * OpenRCT2 (2023)

Projects
In 2013, Brimble released a compilation, The Amiga Works (classic Amiga tunes), along with a remaster of his previous album Sounds Digital, and many other including The Spectrum Works, which includes some remasters of tunes from other artists.

Interviews

 * "An Interview with Allister Brimble" Remix64: Carr, Neil (Jun. 13, 2001)
 * "Interview with Allister Brimble" Baker, Ben

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H. P. Hunnicutt Field

H.P. Hunnicutt Field is a stadium in Princeton, West Virginia. It is primarily used for baseball, and was the home field of the Princeton WhistlePigs in the summer collegiate Appalachian League until 2023, when the team ceased operations. It is also home to the teams of Princeton Middle School and Princeton High School, located adjacent to the high school football field. Built in 1988, it was developed by the H.P. and Anne S. Hunnicutt Foundation, and it holds 1,700. The stadium was updated in 1999 from wooden bleachers and press boxes to a modernized stadium featuring wrap around bleacher seating down each foul line and box seats behind home plate. Also added were home and visitor locker areas, coach's offices, and training rooms. More recently, a new batting tunnel was constructed near the main gate of the stadium which can accommodate practices in inclement weather.

Tenants
Hunnicutt Field has been home to numerous tenants throughout the years. The first team to play in Princeton was a Pittsburgh Pirates affiliate. They stayed from 1988 to 1989 then quickly left. The Philadelphia Phillies quickly set up a co-op with the Chicago Cubs and Atlanta Braves called the Princeton Patriots. The co-op only lasted through 1990 when the Cincinnati Reds decided to add a team in 1991. The Reds had several successful years but left in 1996. The Tampa Bay Rays' Princeton Rays settled down at Hunnicutt Field in 1997 and remained until after the 2020 season.

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