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Panchala was an ancient kingdom of northern India, located in the Ganges-Yamuna Doab of the Upper Gangetic plain which is identified as Kanyakubja or region around Kannauj. During Late Vedic times (c. 1100–500 BCE), it was one of the most powerful states of ancient India, closely allied with the Kuru Kingdom. By the c. 5th century BCE, it had become an oligarchic confederacy, considered one of the solasa (sixteen) mahajanapadas (major states) of the Indian subcontinent. After being absorbed into the Mauryan Empire (322–185 BCE), Panchala regained its independence until it was annexed by the Gupta Empire in the 4th century CE.

Location
The Pañcāla state was located to the west of the Gomti river, and the north of the Chambal River. Its western neighbours were the Sūrasenas and the Yakṛllomas, while in the north-west it was separated from the Gaṅgā and the Kurus by dense forests. The northern boundaries of Pañcāla were the forests around the region of the Gaṅgā's source. The territory of Pañcāla corresponded to the modern-day Bareilly, Budaun, Farrukhabad, Kannauj, Northern Awadh districts like Kanpur,, Unnao, Hardoi, Lakhimpur and Sitapur  as well as the nearby parts of Rohilkhand and the Central Gaṅgā-Yamunā Doab in Uttar Pradesh.

In Mahabharata
Drupada, the king of Panchala was the father of Draupadi, the heroine of the epic, who married the Pandavas. To avenge her humiliation during the game of dice played at Hastinapur which led to their lengthy exile, he fought on the side of the Pandavas in the Kurukshetra War. Bhishma ranked him a Mighty Maharathi, his son Dhrishtadyumna an Atirathi and his other son, Shikhandi, a Rathi. He contributed three (of the seven) Akshauhini armies to the Pandavas during the war.

Vedic period
The Panchala janapada is believed to have been formed by multiple janas (tribes). The Shatapatha Brahmana suggests that Panchala was the later name of the Krivi tribe (who, according to the Rigveda, lived on the bank of the Indus river). The later Vedic literature uses the term Panchala to describe the close associates of the Kurus. Panchala is identified with the city of Kanyakubja or the region around it. The Mahabharata mentions the 'Saranjayas' as a tribe or a family among the Panchalas, occasionally using the terms inter-changeably, but also separately at a few places. The Mahabharata further mentions that the Panchala country had its capital at Kanyakubja or modern day Kannauj   but was later divided into two territories: the northern Panchala with its capital at Ahichchhatra, and the southern Panchala with its capital at Kampilya.

According to the political scientist Sudama Misra, the name of the Panchala janapada suggests that it was a fusion of five (pancha) janas (tribes). H.C. Raychaudhuri theorized that these five clans were the Krivis, the Turvashas, the Keshins, the Srinjayas, and the Somakas. Each of these clans is known to be associated with one or more princes mentioned in the Vedic texts - the Krivis with Kravya Panchala, the Turvashas with Sona Satrasaha, the Keshins with Keshin Dalbhya, the Srinjayas with Sahadeva Sarnjaya, and the Somakas with Somaka Sahadevya. The names of the last two clans, the Somakas and the Srinjayas, are also mentioned in the Mahabharata and the Puranas.

King Drupada, whose daughter Draupadi was married into the Pandavas in the Mahabharata, belonged to the Somaka clan. However, the Mahabharata and the Puranas consider the ruling clan of the northern Panchala as an offshoot of the Bharata clan, identifying Divodasa, Sudas, Srinjaya, Somaka, and Drupada (also called Yajnasena) as its most notable rulers. It is also mentioned that Sutasoma, the son of Draupadi and the Pandava prince Bhima, was the king of the Somaka tribe during the Kurukshetra War.

The Panchala kingdom rose to its highest prominence in the aftermath of the decline of the Kuru Kingdom, culminating in its eventual defeat by the non-Vedic Salva tribe. The king of Panchala, Keśin Dālbhya (approximately between 900 and 750 BCE ), was the nephew of the Kuru king, who had died heirless; Keśin subsequently took over the leadership, establishing his kingdom as the new political and cultural center, and ensuring the continuation of the Vedic tradition. His dynasty remained in power for many generations; one of his later successors was the philosopher-king Pravahana Jaivali, who was the contemporary of King Janaka of Videha and the philosophers Uddalaka Aruni and Svetaketu (8th–7th centuries BCE).

Under Magadhan rule
Originally a monarchical clan, the Panchalas appear to have switched to a republican model of government around 500 BCE. The Buddhist text Anguttara Nikaya mentions Panchala as one of the sixteen mahajanapadas of the c. 6th century BCE. The 4th century BCE text Arthashastra also attests to the Panchalas as following the Rajashabdopajivin (king consul) constitution. Panchala was annexed into the Magadha empire during the reign of Mahapadma Nanda in the mid-4th century BCE.

Post-Mauryan period
Numismatic evidence reveals the existence of independent rulers of Panchala during the post-Mauryan period. Most of the coins issued by them are found at Ahichatra and adjoining areas. All the coins are round, made of a copper alloy and have a set pattern on the obverse-a deeply incised square punch consisting of a row of three symbols and the ruler's name placed in a single line below them. The reverse bears depictions of the deities or sometimes of their attributes, whose names form a component of the issuers' names (for example, coins of Agnimitra bear the depiction of Agni). The names of the rulers found on these coins are Vangapala, Yajnapala, Damagupta, Rudragupta, Jayagupta, Suryamitra, Phalgunimitra, Bhanumitra, Bhumimitra, Dhruvamitra, Agnimitra, Indramitra, Vishnumitra, Jayamitra, Prajapatimitra, Varunamitra, Anamitra, Bhadraghosha and Yugasena (the reverse of the coins of Varunamitra, Yugasena and Anamitra do not exhibit any deity). Shaunakayaniputra Vangapala, ruler of Ahichatra, whom Vaidehiputra Ashadhasena mentioned as his grandfather in his Pabhosa inscription, is identified with king Vangapala, known from his coins. The name of Damagupta is also found on a clay sealing.

The last independent ruler of Ahichatra was Achyuta, who was defeated by Samudragupta, after which Panchala was annexed into the Gupta Empire. The coins of Achyuta found from Ahichatra have a wheel of eight spokes on the reverse and the legend Achyu on the obverse.

Rulers
Ajamida II had a son named Rishin. Rishin had two sons namely Samvarana II whose son was Kuru and Brihadvasu whose descendants were Panchalas.

 * List of Panchala Kingdom rulers are-

 * Rishin, (his sons were Brihadvasu and Samvarana II)
 * Brihadbhanu, (son of Brihadvasu)
 * Brihatkaya
 * Puranjaya
 * Riksha
 * Bramhyaswa
 * Aramyaswa
 * Mudgala, Yavinara, Pratiswan, Kampilya (Founder of Kampilya - Capital of Panchala Kingdom) and Sranjaya were the sons of Aramyaswa and were the founders of Panchala Kingdom and were called as Panchalas.
 * Dritimana, (son of Mudgala)
 * Drdhanemi
 * Sarvasena, (founder of Ujjain Kingdom)
 * Mitra
 * Rukmaratha
 * Suparswa
 * Sumathi
 * Sannatimana
 * Krta
 * Pijavana
 * Somadutta
 * Jantuvahana
 * Badhrayaswa
 * Brihadhishu
 * Brihadhanu
 * Brihadkarma
 * Jayaratha
 * Visvajit
 * Seinyajit
 * Nepavirya, (after this King's name the country was named Nepaldesh)
 * Samara
 * Sadashva
 * Ruchiraswa
 * Pruthusena
 * Prapti
 * Prthaswa
 * Sukrthi
 * Vibhiraja
 * Anuha
 * Bramhadatta II
 * Vishwaksena
 * Dandasena
 * Durmukha
 * Durbuddhi
 * Dharbhya
 * Divodasa
 * Sivana I
 * Mitrayu
 * Maitrayana
 * Soma
 * Sivana II
 * Sadasana
 * Sahadeva
 * Somaka, (Somaka's eldest son was Sugandakrthu and youngest was Prishata. But in a war all sons died and Prishata Survived and became the king of Panchala)
 * Prishati, (son of Somaka)
 * Drupada, (son of Prishata)
 * Dhrishtadyumna, (was the son of Drupada, Draupadi and Shikhandi were the daughters of Drupada)
 * Keśin Dālbhya
 * Pravahana Jaivali
 * Achyuta, (last known ruler of Panchala Kingdom which was defeated in c. 350 CE by Gupta ruler Samudragupta.)

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Barbara Marx Hubbard

Barbara Marx Hubbard (born Barbara Marx; December 22, 1929 – April 10, 2019), American futurist, author, and public speaker. She is credited with The Wheel of Co-Creation 2.0 and concepts of "The Synergy Engine" and the "birthing" of humanity.

Early life and education
A Jewish agnostic, Barbara Marx was the first of four children of Irene (née Saltzman) and Louis Marx, a toy maker. In her youth she attended the Dalton School in New York City. She studied at L'Ecole des Sciences Politiques at La Sorbonne in Paris during her junior year of college, and received a B.A. cum laude in Political Science from Bryn Mawr College in 1951. In 1951, as well, she married artist Earl Hubbard, whom she'd met in Paris in 1949. They settled in Connecticut and started a family.

Career
As an author, speaker, and co-founder and president of the Foundation for Conscious Evolution, Hubbard posited that humanity was on the threshold of a quantum leap if newly emergent scientific, social, and spiritual capacities were integrated to address global crises.

She was the author of seven books on social and planetary evolution. In conjunction with the Shift Network, she co-produced the worldwide "Birth 2012" multimedia event.

She was the subject of a biography by author Neale Donald Walsch, The Mother of Invention: The Legacy of Barbara Marx Hubbard and the Future of "YOU". Deepak Chopra called her "the voice for conscious evolution".

Hubbard was an American modern-day female futurist. Throughout her life, she had questioned what would make life easier as well as make people happy. For Hubbard, she did not like the molds that were expected out of herself as well as others, and in the 1970s she started speaking at futurist conferences about her findings. Those aided in her interest to the movement and resulted in her attending, speaking at, and creating conferences. With that, she dedicated her life to sharing the potential today's modern world has in achieving a better society and came up with the idea of "birthing" humanity. In 1998, she had written and published a successful book titled “Conscious Evolution: Awakening the Power of Our Social Potential". which was about her futurist ideas in making a better society as well as focusing on what the conscious mind can do if it is aware of its power. Hubbard went as far as creating her own organization called the Committee for the Future and later created others such as Women of Vision in Action, The Alliance for the Advancement of Conscious Evolution as well as 7 others. Hubbard helped set modern futurism into momentum and took measures to make sure the ideas continued beyond her.

Her name was placed in nomination for the vice-presidency of the United States on the Democratic ticket in 1984, and at which convention she gave a speech upon being nominated. She was the first woman to be nominated for the Vice Presidency of the United States on the Democratic ticket. She also co-chaired a number of Soviet-American Citizen Summits, introducing a new concept called "SYNCON" to foster synergistic convergence with opposing groups. In addition, she co-founded the World Future Society, and the Association for Global New Thought.

Personal life and death
Hubbard's daughter Alexandra Morton is a marine biologist and her sister Patricia Ellsberg was married to the Pentagon Papers whistleblower Daniel Ellsberg.

Hubbard fell ill with knee swelling on April 3, 2019, and was taken to the Medical Center of the Rockies in Loveland, Colorado, to receive treatment. She was later sent to the hospital emergency room. On April 6, a doctor reported that she had not woken from treatment easily and her condition continued to worsen. On April 8, Hubbard expressed that she was preparing to leave and died on April 10.

Multimedia

 * Humanity Ascending; OUR STORY DVD (2007)
 * Visions of a Universal Humanity DVD (2010)
 * American Visionary: The Story Of Barbara Marx Hubbard DVD (2017)

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STS relay

STS relay is the speech-to-speech relay service available to any telephone callers or callees with speech disability and to those who wish to talk with them.

In the US
STS Relay is available via 711 in the US through the Telecommunications Relay Service; in a telephone call, first dial 711, then ask for STS. A trained communication assistant will ask you what number you want to call. The assistant will repeat what the caller with the speech disability is saying. The callee can then respond. The caller can then reply. The communication assistant will revoice the caller's message. The callee then responds in this three-way assisted phone conversation.

In other countries
The service is available in Australia, Sweden, and in other nations on a trial basis. STS Relay on the PSTN (public switch telephone network) is available for those who need telephone call assistance because of a speech disability.

History
STS Relay first became available in the US in California, in 1997; the service became available nationally March 1, 2001.

On May 12, 2006, the University of Wisconsin - Madison awarded Robert Z. Segalman, PhD (UW 1972), an honorary Doctor of Science for his work in creating Speech To Speech.

Email support
DrSTS@comcast.net—this email address is intended for the use of those who need information on how to use Speech to Speech on the telephone in their daily lives

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Henry Simmons

Henry Oswald Simmons (born July 1, 1970) is an American actor. He is best known for portraying Alphonso "Mack" Mackenzie in the ABC superhero drama series Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. (2014-2020) and Baldwin Jones in the ABC police drama series NYPD Blue (2000–2005).

Early life and education
Simmons was born in Stamford, Connecticut. He is the son of Aurelia, a school teacher, and Henry Simmons Sr., an IRS Revenue Officer. He is one of three children, including his twin sister, and another sister. Simmons earned a basketball scholarship to Franklin Pierce University, where he earned a business degree.

While attending Franklin Pierce University, he experimented in theater. After graduating from college, he briefly worked at a Fortune 500 company in Stamford. Unhappy with his job, Simmons moved to New York City and began to study acting and after a few bit roles, he landed a recurring role on the soap opera Another World.

Career
Simmons played Detective Baldwin Jones on the ABC drama NYPD Blue for six seasons. He had a leading role in the CBS legal drama Shark, a leading role in World's Greatest Dad, and the ABC-TV comedy series Man Up!

His film work includes the 2004 action/comedy film Taxi, From the Rough, and 2014's No Good Deed.

Simmons won the Grand Jury Award for Best Actor at the American Black Film Festival, for his portrayal of Dr. Walter Chambers in the 2007 film South of Pico.

From 2014 to 2020, Simmons starred in the ABC superhero drama series Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D., portraying S.H.I.E.L.D. Director Alphonso "Mack" Mackenzie. After being a recurring character in the second season, he was promoted to a series regular for season 3, and for all remaining seasons.

In 2021 he starred as the lead in the Ava DuVernay series, Cherish the Day.

Next he will star in the MGM+ drama series, Emperor Of Ocean Park, with Forrest Whitaker.

Personal life
Simmons married actress Sophina Brown in May 2010.

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Michel Saloff Coste

Michel Saloff Coste (born June 28, 1955) is an artist and contractor at the École des Hautes Études Commerciales, and co-founder of the Club of Budapest France, an international non-profit organisation dedicated to leading citizens into discussing complex global issues.

Early life and education
Saloff Coste was born in Paris. During his childhood, he discovered the paintings of his grandfather Roger Chastel (professor in the Beaux-Arts of Paris). He studied philosophy in the University Paris VIII and followed the lessons of Gilles Deleuze. He attended École Nationale Supérieure des Beaux-Arts in the atelier of Gustave Singier. In 1970, he met Andy Warhol in New York. His photography can be categorised as of the pop art movement and is noted for coloring on a series of portraits of Deleuze and self-portraits.

Work experience
Saloff Coste worked as a consultant in communication, strategy and management, and eventually became involved in more fundamental research on these topics. From 1985 to 1987 he directed a permanent multidisciplinary workshop at the Ministry of Research in France on the topic of societal change. In 1991, Saloff Coste joined Bossard Consultants, a leading European consulting firm, as head of R&D within the 'Bossard Institute', and in 1993 created his own research and consultancy firm MSC ET ASSOCIES (Management, Strategy, and Communication), which specialised in global governance, Information Society and sustainable development. He is a co-founder of "New Cap Invest", a venture capital company dedicated to promoting highly innovative companies.

Research focus and contributions
Michel Saloff-Coste's research focuses on the paradigm shift within the information society that he defines as a 'Creation-Communication society'. He elaborated a structural grid which classifies the evolution of civilization in four waves: 'hunting & gathering', 'agriculture & breeding,' 'industry & commerce,' and 'creation & communication'. He then analysed the interaction between different 'reality fields'. Developing his framework further with Carine Dartiguepeyrou, they articulated together ten long-term visions of the future called 'horizons'. This collaborative work was set out in their co-authored book Les horizons du futur.

Following Coste's suggestion, the French executive committee of the Club of Budapest developed quarterly one-day seminars which explore the main ideas, places and people that were linked historically to the integral movement. The first day of those “inaugurals days” was dedicated to explaining in general the integral approach, the second day looked at the issue of the integration of the integral approach and philosophy in real life. The third day concerned itself with integral education, exploring the theoretical and practical epistemological question connected with the specificity of the wish to build an integral university. In the fourth day, integral thinking was applied to the analysis of the contemporary, sociological, economical and ecological crises, for which potential solutions were explored. The fifth day looked at sustainable development and what the integral approach can bring in terms of integral ecology, society and economy. The sixth day, continuing the cycle, was more connected with future studies and futurology. It was entitled “Civilization of the future and future of the civilizations”, underlining the necessity to think not only in terms of cultural unity but also of diversity.

The Integral University (Université Intégrale in French) in Paris, which is still in its development stages, follows this cycle of conferences. The idea is to organize one-day seminars on various themes in cooperation with speakers, theoreticians and practitioners. The use of the word integral puts a consistent emphasis on the common desire of being integral, and with this aim in view, the systemic and transdisciplinary approaches are also considered as part of the same quest for integrality.

Exhibitions
Saloff Coste's first exhibition, in 1978, was in the Gallery Maître Alber. In 1981, he exhibited photographs of the Palace and the Bains-Douches in the Musée National d'Art Moderne (Centre Georges Pompidou).

 * 1978 Galerie Maître Alber, Paris, oil paintings
 * 1979 Salon des réalités nouvelles, Paris, oil paintings
 * 1979 Salon de la jeune peinture, Paris, oil paintings
 * 1980 Exposition Galerie Forain, Paris, electrography and copyart in the pop art idiom
 * 1981 Galerie Walter Thompson, Paris, electrography and copyart in the pop art idiom
 * 1981 Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris, photography
 * 1981 Galerie Viviane Esders, Paris, photography
 * 1982 Galerie FNAC Etoile, Paris, photography
 * 1983 Galerie FNAC, Metz, Paris, photography
 * 1984 Galerie du Centre Kodak, photography
 * from 2000 Galerie de L’Enclos, Lorgues, acrylic paintings
 * 2003 Centre Georges Pompidou exposition Roland Barthes, Paris, photography
 * 2007 Galerie de l'Hotel Kempinski, Dubai, acrylic paintings
 * 2008 Galerie Reich, Austria, acrylic paintings
 * 2009 Galerie de Wels, Austria, gouache
 * 2009 Galerie Visionairs, Paris, gouache and acrylic paintings
 * 2009 Galerie Lebenstil, Austria, gouache
 * 2010 Musée du Papier de Steyrermuehl, Steyrermuehl, Austria, gouache
 * 2011 Galerie Visionairs, Paris, gouache and acrylic paintings
 * 2012 Musée du Papier de Steyrermuehl, Steyrermuehl, Austria, gouache
 * 2012 BJ Art Gallery, Paris, France, gouache and acrylic paintings
 * 2012 Escondido Arts Partnership Municipal Gallery, California, USA
 * 2013 Blaa Galleri, Copenhagen, Denmark

Published works

 * Vêpres Laquées, Baudouin, 1979
 * Paris la nuit, Balland, 1982
 * Les Horizons du Futur, Guy Trédaniel, 2001
 * Le management systémique de la complexité, Aditech Ministère de la Recherche, 1990
 * Le management du troisième millénaire, Guy Trédaniel, 1991, 1999 and 2005
 * The Information Revolution and the Arab World: Its Impact on State and Society par Emirates Center for Strategic Studies en 1999
 * Manifeste pour la technologie au service de l'homme, Institut National Polytechnique de Grenoble, 2000
 * ''Strategies of the future", World Business Academy Volume 15 Issue 5 December 19, 2001
 * Trouver son génie, Guy Trédaniel, 2005
 * La société de l'information enjeu stratégique, Revue Agir, 2005
 * Le dirigeant du troisième millénaire, Edition d'organisation, 2006
 * Mimétisme et singularité, deux leviers de croissance, La Revue de Kea, 2006
 * La stratégie créative de singularisation, La Revue de Kea, 2007
 * Le DRH du troisième millénaire, Pearson Village Mondial en 2007,2009
 * Réenchanter le futur par la prospective RH , Pearson Village Mondial en 2009
 * Prospective d'un monde en mutation  aux éditions de l'Harmattan en 2010
 * Au-delà de la crise financière Edition de l'Harmattan 2011
 * Les voies de la résilience Edition de l'Harmattan 2012.

Films and videos

 * I am just a cartoon, Production Centre Georges Pompidou, 1982
 * Bazooka, Production EAG, 1983
 * Séminaire de prospective en Californie, octobre 2003
 * Le Père Ceyrac, reportage sur le Père Ceyrac, octobre 2004
 * Le dirigeant du troisième millénaire, reportage séminaire à Sciences Po, juin 2005
 * Abécédaire de Michel Saloff-Coste, décembre 2005
 * Les enjeux du troisième millénaire, septembre 2007
 * Première journée de l'Université intégrale, février 2008
 * Deuxième journée de l'Université intégrale, octobre 2008

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Rusty Wallace Racing

Rusty Wallace Racing, LLC (RWR), formerly known as Rusty Wallace, Inc. (RWI) was a NASCAR racing team based in Mooresville, North Carolina, near Charlotte. Owned by former NASCAR Winston Cup champion and commentator Rusty Wallace, the team competed primarily in the Xfinity Series (formerly the Busch and Nationwide Series) with Wallace's younger brother Kenny Wallace and son Steve Wallace.

On January 6, 2012, Rusty Wallace that the team would go on a temporary hiatus after being unable to find sponsorship. The team returned to the Nationwide Series with Steven Wallace in 2012 at Richmond for a single race. The team made its final Nationwide Series start in 2013 with Steve Wallace behind the wheel.

Rusty Wallace Racing continues to operate, fielding super late models for Steve Wallace in the CARS series and NASCAR Whelen All-American Series.

Team history
RWI was founded in 1984 as Rusty Wallace's marketing firm. It began fielding racecars in 1985, with Wallace driving the No. 66 Oldsmobile. He won a pole in his first race at Daytona International Speedway, and ran three more races that season, which included two consecutive top-fives. He ran three races in 1986 and 1988, and had four top-tens with sponsorship from Alugard and Kodiak.

Beginning with the 1989 season, Wallace began fielding the No. 36 Cox Treated Lumber Pontiac for his youngest brother Kenny. He would win three poles and had sixteen top-ten finishes, and was named Rookie of the Year in addition to his sixth-place points finish. After a winless 1990, he earned his first career victory at Volusia County Speedway, followed by another win later in the year at New Hampshire International Speedway, allowing him to finish a career-best 2nd in points. In 1992, Dirt Devil became the team's new sponsor, and Wallace had just one win and fell to sixth in points. After Kenny's promotion to the Winston Cup series, the team shut down.

RWI returned to competition in 2004, operating as many as three teams out of its headquarters in Mooresville, North Carolina. Following the 2011 season, the team ceased operations due to lack of sponsorship to run competitively, laying off many employees and selling half of its equipment. The downsized team returned part-time for 2012 and 2013, with equipment purchased from Roush Fenway Racing.

Car No. 62 history
The No. 62 debuted in 2006 as the No. 61 Dodge. It was driven by Steve Wallace, Rusty's youngest son, at Dover International Speedway and finished 21st. It ran another race at Phoenix with Wallace finishing 16th. The renumbered 64 ran only one race in 2007, with Chase Austin finishing 41st at Memphis Motorsports Park.

The team would run full-time in 2008 with the ride originally to be shared between Austin, Penske Racing test driver David Stremme, and road racer Max Papis, but Stremme's consistent top-10 runs put him in the seat full-time, with the exception of road courses, with 5 top-fives and 16 top-10s leading to an 11th-place points finish for him. Atreus Homes and Communities began the season as the sponsor, but soon left. Penske sponsors AVIS and Penske Trucking, and Loan Star Title Loans shared the sponsorship duties for the rest of the season. Stremme's return to the Sprint Cup Series left the seat open, and former Truck Series driver Brendan Gaughan drove the renumbered 62 in 2009 with sponsorship from South Point Hotel, Casino & Spa, before U.S. Fidelis and 5-hour Energy came over to share sponsorship with the No. 66.

Michael Annett, along with sponsor Pilot Flying J, drove the car in 2011, with Gaughan returning to the Camping World Truck Series with Germain Racing. After an arrest for a DUI prior to Daytona, Annett rebounded and finished 9th in points. Following the shutdown of RWR, Annett was released and moved to Richard Petty Motorsports, while the No. 62 team's owners points were given to JD Motorsports.

Car No. 64 history
The No. 64 made a return in 2011 with David Reutimann running 5 races and Jason Bowles driving the car at Michigan, Road America and Watkins Glen.

Car No. 66 history
RWI returned to competition in 2004 with late model racer Billy Parker (son of Hank Parker and brother of Hank Parker Jr.) as the driver of the No. 66 Dodge Intrepid in NASCAR's Busch Series, with primary sponsor Duraflame. Parker was scheduled to drive in 17 races, but after finishing only 4 of 8 races he was released. He was replaced by Jamie McMurray, who won the team's first pole on New Hampshire and later won the team's first race at Darlington Raceway. Rusty Wallace drove in two races as well, finishing in the top-ten both times.

In 2005, RWI ran a full 35 race schedule in the NASCAR Busch Series. At the request of Duraflame, who switched to sponsor a Brewco Motorsports entry, RWI's 66 was renumbered No. 64. McMurray shared driving duties with Wallace's former Penske Racing South teammate Jeremy Mayfield, Bill Elliott, and Wallace. Miller High Life Light and Top-Flite Golf shared sponsorship. The next season, McMurray and Steve Wallace split driver duties in the No. 64 Dodge Charger. Top-Flite Golf remained the primary sponsor during McMurray's 20 races, while the Jackson Roscoe Foundation was primary sponsor for most of Wallace's 17 races.

In 2007, Steve Wallace was named the full-time driver of the newly renumbered 66, with Homelife Communities becoming a primary sponsor. Wallace won two poles but finished 19th in points. Reed Sorenson drove the 66 in one race as well. Atreus Homes and Jimmy John's sponsored Wallace in 2008, who had seven top-ten finishes. US Fidelis and 5-Hour Energy sponsored Wallace's full-time run in 2009, with one top five and nine top tens with a respectable 7th-place points finish. After US Fidelis ran into financial trouble, 5-Hour Energy sponsored the team in 2010 and 2011, finishing 10th in points in both seasons respectively. After 5-hour Energy left RWR to sponsor Clint Bowyer at Michael Waltrip Racing in the Cup Series, team owner Rusty Wallace was forced to suspend the Nationwide Series operations and handed the No. 66 owners points to MAKE Motorsports.

In 2012, the team ran a single race with Steve Wallace in No. 4 LoanMax Ford Mustang at the Virginia 529 College Savings 250 at Richmond, using the owners points of Jay Robinson Racing. Wallace started and finished in 11th place. For 2013, RWR and Wallace planned to run 10 to 15 races with sponsorship from Richard Tocado Companies, and equipment purchased from Roush Fenway Racing. The team ended up only running one race, the History 300 at Charlotte Motor Speedway, with the Steven Wallace driving the No. 66. Wallace started 40th and finished 25th.

Sprint Cup Series
In 2011, Rusty Wallace Racing acquired the owner's points of the No. 77 Penske Racing team, guaranteeing Steve Wallace a start in the 2011 Daytona 500. Wallace drove the No. 77 car, which was sponsored by 5-hour Energy, to a 20th-place finish.

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Chance 2 Motorsports

Chance 2 Motorsports is a former NASCAR racing team that was founded by Teresa Earnhardt and Dale Earnhardt Jr. in 2003. Although connected with Dale Earnhardt, Inc., the race team founded by Dale Earnhardt and run by Teresa Earnhardt after his death, the two were separate operations.

The team ran in the NASCAR Busch Series for the three years it was in operation. The team fielded the No. 8 Bass Pro Shops/Yum! Brands Chevrolet for Martin Truex Jr. full time in 2004 and 2005 and the No. 81 under various sponsorships and for various drivers including Earnhardt Jr., Truex, and Tony Stewart. Truex scored two Busch Series championships and twelve wins for the team in its 3-year existence. Between 2003 and 2005, Earnhardt Jr. also won four races for Chance 2.

History
Chance 2 was founded in 2003 by Teresa Earnhardt, widow of Dale Earnhardt, and Earnhardt's son Dale Earnhardt Jr. The team name originates from Chance Racing, the team Earnhardt Sr. founded for his children Kerry, Kelley, and Dale Jr. which was the precursor to Dale Earnhardt, Inc. (DEI) After the 2000 season, DEI did not field a Busch Series team and only made two one-off starts with Earnhardt Jr. at Daytona in 2002 and 2004, winning both races. DEI later re-entered the series with Paul Menard in the second-half of 2004. Chance 2 originally competed part-time in the 2003 NASCAR Busch Series season, with five drivers making a combined 14 starts in the No. 8/81 car. Earnhardt Jr. won three times for the team in his first three attempts, while the team scored five more top fives with other drivers. In 2004 and 2005, Martin Truex Jr. drove full-time in the No. 8, winning six races and the series championship in each season. Earnhardt, Tony Stewart, and Ryan Moore ran a combined eleven races in the No. 81 over those two seasons, with Earnhardt winning at Bristol in 2004. After the season, Chance 2 folded its operations, the remnants of the team becoming JR Motorsports, which later merged operations with Hendrick Motorsports after 2007.

Car No. 8 history
The No. 8 car began as a part-time effort in 2003, with Earnhardt Jr. running all the superspeedway races (Daytona and Talladega), winning all three. He led the most laps in the Koolerz 300 and the Aaron's 312 and led all the laps in the Winn-Dixie 250 in July. Steve Park ran at Las Vegas in March, finishing fourth. Martin Truex Jr. ran three races with the car being renumbered to No. 81: Richmond, Dover, and Bristol. He also failed to qualify for the fall Dover race. Truex later ran the No. 8 late in the season at Charlotte, Rockingham, and Homestead, finishing second twice. Hank Parker Jr. made three starts in the car Charlotte in May and Kansas and Atlanta in the fall, finishing seventh and fifth twice. Tony Stewart ran the No. 8 in the Cabela's 250 at Michigan in August, finishing 11th after leading the most laps.

The 2004 season saw the first full-time season for Chance 2 as Martin Truex Jr. ran the full schedule and was considered an early season favorite. Truex ran several races for Chance 2 the year before in the No. 8/81 and had made a total of fourteen previous starts in the Busch Series dating to 2001, driving one race for Phoenix Racing in the No. 1 Yellow Transportation Chevrolet, several for his father, Martin Truex, and one race for Stanton Barrett's race team. Truex was expected to battle with Kyle Busch (racing his first full NASCAR season since the Tobacco Master Settlement Agreement had taken away his Truck Series ride at Roush Racing when he was 16) for the points championship. Busch drove the No. 5 Lowe's Chevrolet for Hendrick Motorsports, the team that had won the series points championship in 2003 with Brian Vickers.

Truex's car carried sponsorship from Bass Pro Shops for a majority of the races, with Yum! Brands sponsoring for 14 races. Truex ran the first race of the season at Daytona in the No. 81, as car owner Earnhardt piloted the No. 8 as an entry for DEI. Truex's team and points then switched to the No. 8 for the second race of the season. His first victory in the No. 8 came in the Sharpie Professional 250 at Bristol in March. He followed it up with three additional victories in the next seven races: the Aaron's 312 at Talladega, the Charter 250 at Gateway, and the Goulds Pumps/ITT Industries 200 at Nazareth, the final race held at the speedway.

Truex claimed the points lead after Nazareth but quickly lost it to Busch. However, Truex put together a string of top ten finishes, regaining the points lead and putting distance between him and Busch. Truex won his fifth and sixth races of the season in the second half of the year, the Stacker 2 Hundred at Dover and the Sam's Town 250 at Memphis, and clinched the series points championship with one race to spare. In addition to six wins and the championship, he ended the 2004 season with eight poles, 17 top fives, and 26 top tens in 34 races.

Truex's 2005 season saw him claim a victory at Autodromo Hermanos Rodriguez, the first NASCAR race held in Mexico. He won at Talladega for the second consecutive year and also won at Dover in the spring. Truex's summer got off to a strong start as he won three times in six races, notching victories at Daytona, New Hampshire, and IRP. This duplicated his 2004 season total of six victories, and Truex won his second consecutive points championship by 68 points over Clint Bowyer.

After Chance 2 folded, Truex joined DEI full-time as the driver of the No. 1 car in the NEXTEL Cup Series for 2006, replacing Michael Waltrip in the second fulltime seat at Dale Earnhardt Inc.

Car No. 81 history
The No. 81 car was a part-time operation for Chance 2 and was driven most often by Earnhardt Jr., primarily with sponsorship from longtime DEI partner Nabisco but also Menards and Yum! Brands on occasion. The car first appeared in 2003 renumbered from No. 8 to No. 81 for three races at Richmond, Dover, and Bristol, all three driven by Martin Truex Jr. Although Truex finished sixth at Bristol, he failed to qualify for his next attempt at the fall Dover race. Truex competed in three more races late in the season, however they were all in the No. 8 car.

At Daytona in 2004, Truex drove the No. 81 as the No. 8 car was driven by Earnhardt Jr. under the DEI banner. Following that race, Truex switched to the No. 8 under the Chance 2 banner and the No. 81 was operated on a part-time basis. Earnhardt led the most laps at Talladega but finished second. He also competed in the July Daytona race, finishing 17th. Tony Stewart attempted the Cabela's 250 at Michigan but failed to qualify for the event. A week later, Earnhardt won the Food City 250 at Bristol piloting the No. 81 machine. Stewart later made one start for the team in the Mr. Goodcents 300 at Kansas Speedway with Bass Pro Shops/Tracker Boats sponsorship. He led 115 of 200 laps in the No. 81 before being spun out by eventual race winner Joe Nemechek and finishing 25th.

For 2005, Earnhardt finished third at Daytona in February, but failed to finish the July Daytona race. Ryan Moore took over two races later at New Hampshire, but also failed to finish. Earnhardt made his third start in the car at Bristol, finishing seventh. Moore's next finish was 32nd at Richmond, while Earnhardt finished 39th at Charlotte in October. In the final race for the car at Homestead, Moore brought home a 13th-place finish.

Race Results
Note: In 2004, Dale Earnhardt Jr. drove the No. 8 car at Daytona for Dale Earnhardt, Inc. Martin Truex Jr. drove the No. 81 in that race before switching to the No. 8 for the remainder of the season.

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The Milne Baronetcy, of Barnton, Dumfries, was a title in the Baronetage of Nova Scotia. It was created on 19 March 1686 for Robert Milne with remainder to his heirs male whatsoever. Sir Robert Milne purchased Barnton in 1680, but due to financial problems sold it before 1698. On the death of Sir John the baronetcy became either extinct or dormant.

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Milne baronets, of Barnton (1686)

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Why is there a page with this title? Fg2 23:49, August 20, 2005 (UTC)

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Talk:Sathya Sai Baba/Culver's complaint

[Gèrald Morèno: Taken From: http://www.saisathyasai.com/baba/Ex-Baba.com/sathya-sai-baba-wikipedia-bias.html] --Culver 21:02, 19 August 2005 (UTC)

Problems With The Wikipedia Article
On the Wikipedia article for Sathya Sai Baba, the following paragraph was added: "Additionally, the Australian ex-follower and scholar Brian Steel has documented strong indications that the original Telugu discourses by Baba have been heavily edited to improve them. Followers were given the impression, if not explicitly told, that the discourses published in the Sathya Sai Speaks series were the literal translation of what Baba said. Steel also wrote that many authors who wrote or still write positive books about Baba did not fulfill their responsibility of adherence to basic intellectual, journalistic and scholarly standards and hence may unintentionally misguide both followers and the general public. He contends that the claims of Baba about himself fluctuate and are inconsistent. He has recently discovered a trend to tone down the extraordinary claims that Baba makes about himself which Steel thinks is done to avoid embarrassment and loss of credibility." Click Here to view my article about Brian Steel and his contradictory views regarding Sathya Sai Baba's discourses and how Brian Steel refuses to clarify his wishy-washy position about the accuracy/inaccuracy of these translated discourses.

The article states: "They also claim that he has inappropriate sexual relations with young men and boys. Testimonies of these sexual molestations were published in books, and magazines since 1976 and are especially since the year 2000 also available on the Internet." There are no recorded instances of SSB sexually abusing "boys" (12 years old or younger). The youngest alleged victim, who gives a name, was 16 years old (Jed Geyerhahn). Most of the other alleged victims were over 18. Jed Geyerhahn originally claimed that all SSB did to him was rub vibuthi/oil on the side of his scrotum. That's it.

The article states: "Several uncoroborated testimonies indicate that Baba can change into a woman instanteneously. These puzzling testimonies has led some to the conclusion that Baba is a hermaphrodite." These claims were made by Alaya Rahm, Neptune and Keith Ord (who Anti-Sai Activists praise for their honesty). Tal Brooke claimed that SSB was a hermaphrodite based on alleged stories, related to him, about a man named "Patrick", among others. Of course, the only problem with Tal's stories is that if the alleged sexual abuse victims are telling the truth (they claimed seeing SSB's genitals up close), then Tal's alleged witnesses (who have never come forward in 30 years to corroborate his story) were all lying.

Interesting enough, Conny Larsson and Dr. Bhatia (despite alleged, long-term sexual involvement with SSB) never mentioned seeing anything unusual about SSB's genitals and never claimed that SSB could change his gender at will. Similarly Hans De Kraker, Afshin (Said) Khorramshahgol and Jens Sethi never said anything about SSB being a hermaphrodite or changing his gender at will. This implies that Alaya Rahm, "Neptune", Keith Ord and Tal Brooke all lied about it. If SSB is a hermaphrodite, this would imply that Conny Larsson, Dr. Bhatia, Hans De Kraker, Afshin (Said) Khorramshahgol and Jens Sethi all lied (as they claimed to see and feel, up close, SSB's body). Clearly, someone is not telling the truth. The big question is: Who is lying? Someone, somewhere, has fabricated stories against Sathya Sai Baba.

The article states: "Another critic, ex-devotee and retired researcher/lecturer in philosophy, University of Oslo, the former national coordinator of the organization in Norway, Robert Priddy, has pointed out that Sathya Sai Baba's assertions on many subjects exhibit basic ignorance of physics, geology, religious history and much more. For example, Sai Baba's 'teaching' on magnetism differs greatly from generally accepted science, being wholly incommensurate with many simple and basic known facts." This is basically repeating Brian Steel's position exactly. The same argument I use against Brain Steel is entirely applicable to Robert Priddy.

The article states: "There is a testimony by Jens Senthi who claimed to have been sexually abused by the Baba but who was treated as a criminal by the Puttaparthi police." This is a misleading statement. Click Here to view my article about Jens Sethi.

The article makes several mentions to Basava Premanand, but is absolutely mute about his lies, exaggerations and "fanatic" atheism (Premanand also believes Jesus was a fraud who deceived people with magic tricks). Click Here to view my articles about Basava Premanand.

The article makes references to David Bailey and The Findings. Click Here for a full response to The Findings.

The article also makes reference to SSB being born in 1929. However, the crucial facts regarding this date are left out. Click Here to view my article about the Bukkapatnam School Record and how it fails, on all counts, as being a reliable source for SSB's birthday.

The article states: "One of those spiritual seekers was the Hollywood screenwriter Arnold Schulman, who wrote in his 1971 book called Baba that 'For any episode of Baba's childhood, there are countless contrasting versions and, at this point, the author discovered that it was no longer possible to separate the facts from the legend. The only thing that Baba has forbidden to his relatives and devotees is to talk about his childhood and 'all them live in terror of Baba'" This quote is selective and misleading. The part left off is as follows: "...'they all live in terror of Baba,' as one of his most devoted followers told the writer. 'When they do something wrong,' the devotee said, 'he won't look at them or speak to them for days and it's agony for them." That's right, the reason why they "live in terror" is because they didn't want SSB to ignore them! Quite a different scenario than just stopping the quote at "all them live in terror of Baba". Furthermore, Arnold Schulman related first-hand, miraculous experiences with Sathya Sai Baba. His book is not critical. As a matter of fact, Schulman's book presents a serious investigation into the powers and mysterious nature of the Guru. Schulman is described, in his book, as a "rational, skeptical product of Hollywood". That is the way that Schulman investigated SSB, in a "rational" and "skeptical" way. Consequently, it is only natural that Schulman voiced doubts and concerns about SSB.

The article states: <tt>"In 1993 four people who were armed with knives were killed after they had intruded in Sai Baba's bedroom. The main body of Indian journalists investigating the ashram murders in 1993 were unable to obtain more than very sparse information on the Central Trust's accounts and dealings."</tt> This statement is misleading. The police shootings were investigated by the CB-CID in India. They found that the police had tampered with and destroyed the evidence. Three police officers were thrown in jail. This quote also fails to mention that the 4 intruders viciously stabbed to death two of SSB's attendents and seriously stabbed two others. Anti-Sai Sites have put up a list of newspaper articles (regarding the events that transpired on June 6th 1993) and these newspaper articles divulged vast amounts of information (albeit, anonymous). Consequently, these journalists obtained lots of information (even though most of it was unsubstantiated) and published hundreds of articles in newspapers across India.

The article states: <tt>"The drinking water projects were claimed to be the result of Sai Baba's 'Divine Will'. However, they have largely failed to function in most of the villages due to a sinking water table, contractor corruption, and failure to arrange for maintenance. Due to this, the Rayalaseema project had to be taken over by the Andhra Pradesh State government."</tt> The project encountered initial hurdles and difficulties, however, the end result is that the drinking water project was successful in providing water to 750 villages. Based on the current success of SSB's drinking water project, SSB has undertaken a new scheme called the <tt>"Sathya Sai Sujala Sravanthi drinking water scheme"</tt> that will provide water to approximately 400,000 people (a majority of them tribals), in 204 villages in the West Godavari district. Instead of acknowledging these good deeds, Anti-Sai Activists choose instead to be critical and negative.

In this article, you will not find a concise and direct response about the "evidence" against Sathya Sai Baba. The "evidence against Sathya Sai Baba" can be summed up as follows: Anti-Sai allegations are made despite <tt>NO</tt> court cases ever being filed, first-hand, in a court of law in India. Not even one alleged victim has utilized <tt>FREE</tt>, "world class legal resources" to bring Sathya Sai Baba to justice. Not even <tt>ONE</tt> single affidavit has ever been made public (despite numerous claims to "20", "scores" and "over a hundred" affidavits being in existence and published on the internet). The petition signatures have <tt>NEVER</tt> been independently verified. "Evidence" is cited from mostly anonymous sources or people using a first name or a pseudonym. Anti-Sai's have slandered Sathya Sai Baba in the most vile way, yet whenever anyone questions them and their character, all of a sudden they are beyond reproach. No affidits. No court cases. No first-hand complaints filed in India. No independent agencies verifying their alleged data. No nothing! Despite these facts, Anti-Sai Activists have the audacity to attack those who question their viewpoints and unsubstantiated claims.

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FROM ANDRIES KRUGERS DAGNEAUX:

Some quick comments on the additions made by SS108/Gerald Joe Moreno at Talk:Sathya_Sai_Baba/Culver%27s_complaint. I will later to address Moreno's comments in more detail. --
 * 1) I was not aware of the additional context of Schulman's reporting of terror of SSB. I had not read Schulman's book and copied the quote from Sanjay Dadlani's ararticle. I will add the context. Andries 08:43, 2 September 2005 (UTC)
 * 2) I think a boy/man <18 years is still a boy. I thought that Sam Young/Alaya was 15 years old, though I am not sureAndries 08:43, 2 September 2005 (UTC)
 * 3) The article already states that there is no complaints in India. So what do you want add? No need for repititions. Andries 08:43, 2 September 2005 (UTC)
 * 4) The article states nowhere that t he school record is a reliable source for the birth date and year of SSB. It only states that the school record is enough reason to doubt the official information about the date 23 Nov. 1926 that may not be correct, especially taking into consideration that the date of 23 Nov. suits SSB very well with regards to the Aurobindo date. Andries 08:43, 2 September 2005 (UTC)

MY RESPONSE:

Finally, an admission from Andries that he did <tt>not</tt> read Schulman's book, but cut and pasted selective quotes without having verified or read them, first-hand, himself. Good "researching" there, Andries.

It is abundantly clear that Anti-Sai Activists do not know how to differentiate between a "boy", a "teenager" and a "man". The same applies to Anti-Sai's improper usage of "pedophilia", which pertains exclusively to sex with children 12 years old or younger. I guess Anti-Sais are unaware of the term "ephebophilia", which would apply to teenagers. Now we have a full admission, from Andries, that he considers a "boy" the same as a "man". Also, Alaya Rahm, in his first interview experience claimed that he had an oiling but said <tt>"he didn't feel there was anything sexual about it; it was like Sai Baba was doing his job"</tt>. Later, Alaya changed his story: [http://www.saisathyasai.com/baba/Ex-Baba.com/A-AlayaRahm/alaya-rahm-testimonies.html Ref. 1]

The article may already state that there are no complaints filed in India, but nowhere does the article exclusively state the case against these alleged victims. I'd suggest you delete ALL passages that refer to "no complaints filed in India" and substitute it with my comment: <tt>Anti-Sai allegations are made despite no court cases ever being filed, first-hand, in a court of law in India. Not even one alleged victim has utilized free, "world class legal resources" to bring Sathya Sai Baba to justice. Not even one single affidavit has ever been made public (despite numerous claims to "20", "scores" and "over a hundred" affidavits being in existence and published on the internet). The petition signatures have never been independently verified. "Evidence" is cited from mostly anonymous sources or people using a first name or a pseudonym. Consequently, many devotees have valid doubts about the claims made against the Indian Guru.</tt>

Making reference to the 1929 date, but not providing any contrary viewpoints about that date is biased. The article states: <tt>Other critics say that school records revealed several different birth dates for the boy (under his original name Sathyanarayana Raju) and suggest that he invented the 23 November 1926 day of birth because on 24 November 1926 the famed Hindu philosopher-mystic Sri Aurobindo said that the Divine had descended on Earth.</tt> There is an entirely valid viewpoint that refutes this claim: [http://www.saisathyasai.com/baba/Ex-Baba.com/ssb-school.html Ref. 2]

Also, under the "Sathya Sai Baba" section, the following paragraph is listed: <tt>Critics, including former followers Basava Premanand and the Welsh pianist David Bailey, claim that these materializations are done by sleight of hand, which they say can be verified with videos available on the Internet. They also claim that he has inappropriate sexual relations with young men and boys. Testimonies of these sexual molestations were published in books, and magazines since 1976 and are especially since the year 2000 also available on the Internet. Another point of criticism is the unresolved killings of four men in Sai Baba's private quarters in 1993.</tt> That paragraph should not be listed be under the "Sathya Sai Baba" but under "Views of Sathya Sai Baba" or "Skeptics and Opponents".

"Intellectual Dishonesty"
FROM ANDRIES KRUGERS DAGNEAUX

Because of Gerald Joe Moreno's insistence of adding his version of the controversy in this article, I am afraid that I have to follow Wikipedia's guidelines very strictly. I will remove all information from personal website, (like the ones by Priddy and Steel) and only from notable books, media articles and academic sources. The only recent detailed academic source are the articles by Alexandra Nagel, who had published a 1994 article in Dutch in an academic magazine and later an unofficial Dutch article for the university of Amsterdam. An English updated version of her article is A guru accused. I do not think that the strict adherence to Wikipedia's policy will improve the article but I feel that there is no other fair way to keep Gerald Joe Moreno's endless rationalizations and intellectual dishonesty out of this article, though I have to admit that he occasionally makes a good point. If Moreno succeeds in getting his website cited as a reliable source in a notable media article or academic article then, of course, Moreno's view can be added to this article, as per the Wikipedia policy. I will also attribute all opinions and if I can't will remove them as per Wikipedia policy. Andries 03:43, 5 September 2005 (UTC)

MY RESPONSE:

Andries refers to my <tt>"endless rationalizations and intellectual dishonesty"</tt> without providing any examples of such or refuting any of my viewpoints. This points directly to Andries ad hominem tactics and his utter inability to refute my viewpoints. This also points to Andries bias and his determination to control the content to the Sathya Sai Baba article. Andries would like other viewpoints (that counter his unsubstantiated accusations against Sathya Sai Baba) from being publicly exposed.

Nowhere does Wikipedia state that one must have their site or articles published in academic magazines in order for a point of view to be expressed. Alexandra Nagel is an Anti-Sai Activist and just because she wrote articles for school term papers does not give her articles any more merit than anyone elses. Nagel has openly stated that she is active in the "expose" and is an Anti-Sai Activist. Consequently, her viewpoints are not neutral, nor can they be regarded as such.

Despite the alleged "scholary" nature of Nagel's article, <tt>"A Guru Accused, Sai Baba, from Avatar to Homo-paedophile"</tt>, it is abundantly clear that despite Nagel's education she doesn't even know the proper definition of "paedophile" (having sex with children 12 years old or younger, which never applied to SSB). This significant bias is evident in the title itself. Even more so in her article. Like Andries, Nagel has no clue that Alaya was 16 at the time of his first interview. Nagel, in true "scholarly" form, cites a questionable and anonymous letter from Basava Premanand (as <tt>"evidence"</tt> against Sathya Sai Baba)[http://www.saisathyasai.com/baba/Ex-Baba.com/News/july-2001-basava-anon.html Ref. 1] The list goes on and on.

After pointing out the selective quotes attributed to Schulman, and even providing the full quote, Andries continues to misrepresent the quote. Andries modified the quote as follows: <tt>For any episode of Baba's childhood, there are countless contrasting versions and, at this point, the author discovered that it was no longer possible to separate the facts from the legend. The only thing that Baba has forbidden to his relatives and devotees is to talk about his childhood and ‘all them live in terror of Baba’ [..] [Schulman] was brought to believe that it was not Baba's intention to suppress some information because he didn't wanted them to be revealed. On the contrary, that was the better way to prevent that Baba's followers, even the good-determined ones, could distort the truth.''" Schulman wrote that the reason of the fear of Baba was because devotees were afraid that Baba would ignore them.</tt>

The actual quote is: <tt>For any episode of Baba's childhood, there are countless contrasting versions and, at this point, the author discovered that it was no longer possible to separate the facts from the legend. The only thing that Baba has forbidden to his relatives and devotees is to talk about his childhood and 'they all live in terror of Baba,' as one of his most devoted followers told the writer. 'When they do something wrong,' the devotee said, 'he won't look at them or speak to them for days and it's agony for them.</tt> One will notice Andries changed the quote and context by adding a description at the end of the paragraph instead of providing the quote in full (which would significantly alter the interpretation of the quote). I think this clearly shows who is guilty of "intellectual dishonesty".

Furthermore, the quote: <tt>"[Schulman] was brought to believe that it was not Baba's intention to suppress some information because he didn't wanted them to be revealed. On the contrary, that was the better way to prevent that Baba's followers, even the good-determined ones, could distort the truth."</tt> is not from Schulman's book. Someone distorted it and changed it significantly. The actual quote reads: <tt>"At first the writer was suspicious about the reason why Baba had imposed such severe restrictions against his followers relating stories about his childhood, but he later came to believe that it wasn't Baba's intention to suppress information he was afraid might be revealed. Instead, the writer decided, it was the simplest way to keep Baba's well-meaning devotees from distorting the truth. A slight exaggeration here, an embellishment there could ultimately contaminate his entire reservoir of credibility."</tt> (taken from the original first edition in 1971).

Finally, Andries removed these quotes and used a different quote from Schulman. SSS108 02:30, 7 December 2005 (UTC)

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Wrangell Airport

Wrangell Airport is a state-owned public-use airport located one nautical mile (2 km) northeast of the central business district of Wrangell, a city and borough in the U.S. state of Alaska which has no road access to the outside world. Scheduled airline service is subsidized by the Essential Air Service program.

As per Federal Aviation Administration records, the airport had 10,601 passenger enplanements (boardings) in calendar year 2008, 10,790 in 2009, and 10,882 in 2010. It is included in the National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems for 2015–2019, which categorized it as a primary commercial service (nonhub) airport (more than 10,000 enplanements per year) based on 11,434 enplanements in 2012.

Facilities and aircraft
Wrangell Airport has one runway designated 10/28 with an asphalt surface measuring 5,999 by 150 feet (1,828 x 46 m).

For the 12-month period ending January 13, 2012, the airport had 10,425 aircraft operations, an average of 28 per day: 59% air taxi, 34% general aviation, and 7% scheduled commercial. At that time there were 11 aircraft based at this airport: 91% single-engine and 9% helicopter.

Airline and destinations
The following airline offers scheduled passenger service:

Alaska Airlines operates daily Boeing 737-700 passenger and Boeing 737-700 passenger/cargo jet service from the airport.

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 * Essential Air Service documents (Docket OST-1998-4899) from the U.S. Department of Transportation:
 * Order 2004-5-5 (May 4, 2004): tentatively reselects Alaska Airlines, Inc., to provide subsidized essential air service at Cordova, Gustavus, Petersburg, Wrangell, and Yakutat (southeast) Alaska, for the period from October 1, 2003, through April 30, 2006, at an annual rate of $5,723,008.
 * Order 2006-3-20 (March 22, 2006): re-selecting Alaska Airlines, Inc., to provide subsidized essential air service at Cordova, Gustavus, Petersburg, Wrangell, and Yakutat (southeast) Alaska, for the period from May 1, 2006, through April 30, 2009.
 * Order 2009-2-3 (February 9, 2009): re-selecting Alaska Airlines, Inc., to provide essential air service (EAS) at Cordova, Gustavus, and Yakutat, for an annual subsidy rate of $5,793,201 and at Petersburg and Wrangell at an annual subsidy rate of $1,347,195, through April 30, 2011.
 * Order 2011-2-1 (February 1, 2011): re-selecting Alaska Airlines, Inc., to provide essential air service (EAS) at Cordova, Gustavus, and Yakutat, for an annual subsidy rate of $4,486,951 and at Petersburg and Wrangell at an annual subsidy rate of $3,415,987, from May 1, 2011, through April 30, 2013.
 * Order 2013-2-10 (February 11, 2013): re-selecting Alaska Airlines, Inc., to provide Essential Air Service (EAS) at Cordova, Gustavus, and Yakutat, Alaska, for $4,827,052 annual subsidy and at Petersburg and Wrangell at an annual subsidy rate of $3,476,579, from May 1, 2013, through April 30, 2015.

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Lucky Lager

Lucky Lager is an American lager with U.S. brewing and distribution rights held by the Pabst Brewing Company. Originally launched in 1934 by San Francisco-based General Brewing Company, Lucky Lager grew to be one of the prominent beers of the Western United States during the 1950s and 1960s. In 2019, Pabst announced that the beer brand would be revived and would be brewed by 21st Amendment Brewery, based in San Leandro.

Origins
The General Brewing Company was founded in San Francisco, California by Eugene Selvage (who remained the owner and chief executive officer until 1961). Eugene teamed up with Paul C. von Gontard, a grandson of Aldophus Busch, and German brewmaster Julius Kerber, to launch a state-of-the-art brewery that could brew beer that rivalled those made in Europe. Lucky Lager, the first beer of General Brewing Company, was commercially introduced in 1934. That same year, General Brewing Company also formed a strategic partnership with Coast Breweries in Vancouver Island, British Columbia, as part of a consortium of several Canadian breweries. The General Brewing company expanded and opened Lucky Lager Brewing Company, a second brewery in Azusa, California, in 1949. Later in the 1950s and 1960s, the expansion also reached Vancouver, Washington, and Salt Lake City, Utah.

"One of the World’s Finest Beers"
Lucky Lager was launched in San Francisco by a series of newspaper, billboard, and street car advertisements. The ads announced Lucky would be a beer of high quality and would follow the tradition of German beers – being made with high-quality ingredients, in a high-quality brewery, and with thorough aging. It was launched to significant fanfare and grew steadily, becoming the number two-selling beer in California by 1937. Starting in 1935, Lucky encouraged people to take the taste test and that they would choose Lucky.

The General Brewing Company invested $1,000,000 to open its first brewery in San Francisco. It was planned and designed by Frederick H. Meyer, San Francisco architect, in partnership with George L. Lehle, a brewery engineer from Chicago. This construction was the most modern brewery of its time, with a capacity of 100,000 barrels per year and capabilities of doubling production. By brewing just Lucky Lager, the General Brewing Company achieved a record of selling its entire daily production since the beginning of operations. The main reason for its success with consumers was the high beer quality, which came from aging the beer adequately, unlike many of its post-Prohibition competitors of the time. Moreover, the production was set up in a way that no hands touched the beer or its container until the final step (bottling). In that sense, General Brewing Company posted a bond of $1,000 as a guarantee that the age-date of the beer was authentic.

After WWII, General Brewing began rapid expansion to meet increasing demand. This included expanding into Azusa, California, in 1949, Vancouver, Washington, in 1950, and Salt Lake City, Utah, in 1960. At the same time, the Maier Brewery was producing Brew 102, a favorite beer in postwar Southern California.

1950s – 1960s heydays
From 1950 to 1960, Lucky Lager grew to be the sales leader in the entire Western region. This was coupled with continued distribution expansion in an effort to saturate the western market. By 1962, Lucky Lager was producing and selling over two million barrels of beer per year.

In 1958, Coast Breweries was purchased by Canadian Labatt Brewery, which continued to brew Lucky Lager.

Lucky Lager Brewing Company changed its name back to General Brewing between 1963 and 1969 and then changed its name to Lucky Breweries, Inc. in 1969. As the national brands moved into California in the early 1960s, Lucky Lager's sales began to falter. An effort to increase sales with younger drinkers led to the ill-fated introduction of King Snedley's Beer, an alternate brand in addition to Lucky. According to some accounts, King Snedley's was just Lucky Lager repackaged with a different brand and marketed toward counterculture consumers. The new brand flopped and was withdrawn from the market, though it reappeared briefly in 1975. As sales continued to decline, the Salt Lake City brewery was closed in 1967.

1970s and beyond
In 1971, millionaire beer baron Paul Kalmanovitz bought Lucky Lager Brewing and merged it with Maier Brewing Company to form the General Brewing Company with S&P Corporation as its parent.

The Azusa brewery was closed immediately. The San Francisco brewery was closed in 1978. This left Vancouver, Washington, and Cranston, Rhode Island, as the only locations where Lucky Lager was brewed. In the late 1970s, General Brewing took advantage of the "generic brand" marketing craze in the US by producing beer with plain white labels emblazoned with the word BEER. Rumors surfaced that BEER was simply repackaged Lucky Lager. When the generic craze died, and the microbrewery movement took off, General had difficulty maintaining profitability as a brewer of inexpensive beers. The fact that Lucky Lager tasted no worse than expensively advertised "premium" brands such as Budweiser or Miller did not impress a market of drinkers where image was frequently more important than taste. The brewery's fortunes began to decline.

After the Vancouver brewery shut down in July 1985, the Olympia Brewing Company in Tumwater, Washington, began to produce Lucky Lager in the US. In July 2003, this brewery was also closed. Lucky Lager continued to be sold in its original Northern California range at Lucky Stores supermarkets, which although not affiliated, sold Lucky Lager as an unofficial value store brand, until Lucky Stores supermarkets were bought out by Albertson's and the name of the supermarkets was changed around 2000.

Past Canadian Presence
Lucky was actually brewed on Vancouver Island in Victoria until 1982, when Labatt moved off the island and demolished the brewery to prevent any competition on the island. Labatt brewed Lucky out of Edmonton, Alberta, in the same brewery where they produced Budweiser for all of Western Canada, and is still brewed to this day.

Stubby bottles
Lucky Lager was once famous for its 11 oz stubby bottles featuring a rebus under the cap. Since the closure of the Tumwater brewery, this famous bottle has been discontinued.

Rebus caps
Rebus puzzles use pictures to represent words or parts of words within a phrase. In the 1970s and 1980s, Lucky Lager, along with other brands controlled by beer magnate Paul Kalmanovitz featured rebus puzzles on the underside of their bottle caps to engage consumers.

Label
Lucky Lager's marketing strategy also relied strongly on its packaging and label. In 1939, the Pacific Advertising Club Association granted Lucky Lager the highest award for the most distinctive beer package. The history of the label started with the design of the very distinctive red cross, with a circle in the center with the printed date of the beer, and the words "Lucky Lager" printed on both arms of the cross. The label was distinctive from traditional beer brands because of its simplicity and how easy it was to remember. It covered the whole surface of the can, and when piled, the combination of the crosses culminated in a sophisticated design. This design by Charles Stafford Duncan, the art director of the McCann Erickson advertising agency in San Francisco, also won the Altman Prize of the National Academy of Design.

The original label for Lucky Lager has seen many changes. The large red cross was made less prominent in the 1950s, but it remained on the labels and on advertising. The label was redesigned and the cross was again made smaller in 1962, although it was still the design's focus. A subsequent design in the late '60s got rid of the cross entirely and replaced it with a large cursive "L". With the rise of premium beer, led by Coors and Miller, Lucky Lager changed the logo in an attempt to maintain itself relevant in the beer market. With the subsequent decline and end of Lucky Lager in the US, the beer continues to operate with an ever-changing identity under the control of Labatt, owners of the brand rights in Canada.

Original branding
The original advertising for the Lucky Lager brand centered on the large X emblem present on packaging and other marketing material, including the "Bonded Beer" slogan and age-dated beer canning. Lucky Lager was the first beer to include the date the beer was brewed on the can. This remained a central tenet of its advertising through the middle 1960s

One of the more unusual promotions was the "Talking Package". It was a robot made of Lucky Beer containers; its body was a beer barrel, the neck, arms and legs were made of beer cans, and the head and feet were large bottles. One hand held a beer bottle, as well. Inside was a microphone and a speaker. An operator hid nearby where he could see the people in front of the robot. Spectators could go up to the "talking package" and ask him questions about Lucky Lager and the Lucky robot would respond.

"It’s Lucky when you live in..."
During the early 1950s, one of the key brand slogans was "It's Lucky when you live in California." It was seen on many billboards throughout California. As its distribution area grew, it became: "It's Lucky when you live in America".

Labatt Brewing Company declared Cumberland, British Columbia, to be the "Luckiest Town in Canada" in early 2002 due to its incredible rate of consumption.

Partnerships, sponsorships, and endorsers
Lucky Lager provided endorsements and advertising for the San Francisco Seals throughout the 1930s, '40s, and '50s. It garnered endorsements from Boston Pops conductor Arthur Fiedler and tennis star Jack Kramer during the 1950s.

Lucky also sponsored a well-loved popular music radio show called Lucky Lager Dance Time. It ran with local DJs, but the same playlist across California, so people could listen to the same music while they were driving. It also sponsored various sports recaps and other programs.

In the 1960s, Lucky Lager Brewing Company sponsored the Lucky International Open. Lucky's 1963 McCann Erickson ad campaign included the song "Go Lively: Get Lucky", by Richard Adler.

Jingles, commercials, and print ads
Lucky, like most other beer brands at the time, was present on the radio, in print, and on TV. Early commercials for Lucky featured a vaudeville song-and-dance number and labeled Lucky as "Aged Just Right". Other ads featured cartoons detailing the improvements of Lucky Draft over other light beers and emphasizing the aging and superior quality of Lucky. Most of their ads before 1965 featured imagery that is iconic with the West (beaches, ranches, and mountains). Much of this imagery was echoed in their print advertising.

In popular culture
In the 1956 film Please Murder Me, a Lucky Lager billboard is in the background in one scene. In the 1961 film The Exiles, the characters are drinking Lucky Lager and local liquor stores are advertising the sale of Lucky Lager. The brand also appears in the barroom brawl scene in the 1968 movie The Devil's Brigade. In the 1965 film, A Patch of Blue, a Lucky beer truck appears in one scene. In the 1968 film "Vixen!", Lucky Lager is being consumed in the backwoods of British Columbia. Jack Nicholson's character drinks Lucky Lager during the 1970 movie Five Easy Pieces. In the film The Bad News Bears (1976), Walter Matthau's character gives the team Lucky Lagers to celebrate. Lucky Lager is featured in the 1982 Black Flag video TV Party. In the television show Greg the Bunny, a Lucky Lager sign appears in the "Rabbit Redux" episode. Cans of Lucky Lager appear in the film The Van, being sold out of a cooler at a van show. In the 1993 film Kalifornia, Lucky Lager is the favorite drink of Brad Pitt's character Early Grace.

The brand is also alluded to in Luis Valdez's play Los Vendidos in reference to the kinds of foods, drinks, and drugs on which the Mexican Johnny Pachuco model runs: "You can keep Johnny running on hamburgers, Taco Bell tacos, Lucky Lager beer, Thunderbird wine, yesca. . ." (Valdez)

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Andøya Airport

Andøya Airport (Andøya lufthavn; ) is a domestic airport in the village of Andenes in Andøy Municipality in Nordland county, Norway. It is situated on the northern tip of the island of Andøya. The airport is the civilian sector of Andøya Air Station and is operated by the state-owned Avinor. The airport consists of two runways, 2468 and 1672 m long, and served 48,254 passengers in 2012. Widerøe operates public service obligation (PSO) flights to Bodø, Tromsø, Stokmarknes and Harstad/Narvik, while Norwegian Air Shuttle operates seasonal flights to Oslo.

Construction of the air station started in 1952 to host the 333 Squadron. Civilian operations started in 1964, when Scandinavian Airlines System (SAS) started flights to Oslo. Widerøe started serving the airport as part of the regional network in 1972, with SAS withdrawing four years later. Widerøe originally used the Twin Otter, replacing it with the Dash 7 from 1981 and the Dash 8 between 1993 and 1995. Routes have been subject to PSO flights since 1997; these have been operated by Norwegian Air Shuttle for part of 2003 and by Coast Air for part of 2006 og 2007, and otherwise by Widerøe.

History
Andøya Air Station was built with North Atlantic Treaty Organization funds as a combined Supreme Allied Commander Europe and Supreme Allied Commander Atlantic project as a base for maritime surveillance. Construction started in 1952 and all installations not required to be physically located at the air station were placed at Skarsteindalen, 12 km away. Andøya became the base for the 333 Squadron, which initially operated the Grumman HU-16 Albatross. These were replaced by the Lockheed P-3 Orion in 1969. Construction and further expansion of the air station resulted in the villages of Haugnes being expropriated. Construction was prohibited from 1953, but the expropriation was not carried out until 1971.

With the establishment of the air station, plans arose to take advantage of the infrastructure for civilian flights. The airport's location made it suitable to serve Vesterålen, although it was located at the northern tip of the archipelago. SAS started serving Andenes from 1964 with their 56-seat Convair Metropolitans, which consisted of three night flights with intermediate stops at Bodø Airport and Bardufoss Airport before continuing to Oslo Airport, Fornebu. The night flights caused difficulties corresponding with the flights as there was a limited ferry and bus service during night. The Sud Aviation Caravelle was introduced on Northern Norway flights from 1965 and later these were replaced with the Douglas DC-9.

It soon proved difficult to provide sufficient patronage to keep operations profitable. With the opening of a network of short take-off and landing airports elsewhere in Central Hålogaland in 1972, Widerøe started serving the airport using the de Havilland Canada Twin Otter. SAS retained a small number of Oslo flights until 1976, when they withdrew from the service. At the time the military chartered aircraft for their own needs, so Andøy Mayor Johan Kleppe took initiative to coordinate the civilian and military routes, without the military supporting the proposal.

Parliament decided in 1982 that Andenes would be the base for operating helicopters offshore to oil installations off Troms. However, when operations commenced operations flew out of Tromsø Airport because of the difficult weather conditions at Andenes. Operations were moved to Hammerfest Airport following the discovery of Snøhvit. Widerøe introduced the larger, 50-seat de Havilland Canada Dash 7 in 1981, followed by the Dash 8 between 1993 and 1995. The routes were made subject to public service obligations with the Ministry of Transport and Communications from 1 April 1997. Widerøe won the initial tender. A proposal to make Andenes an international airport was launched in 2000, which also proposed that the airport change its name to Lofoten Airport. Unlike the two airports in Lofoten, Leknes Airport and Svolvær Airport, Helle, Andenes is able to handle jetliners. The name change was rejected by interests in Lofoten, which accused Vesterålen of stealing the more well-known Lofoten name.

From 1 April 2003 Norwegian Air Shuttle took over the route from Andenes to Bodø and Tromsø. However, they decided to terminate their operations with the Fokker 50, and thus also serving Andenes, to concentrate their efforts on becoming a low-cost carrier. From 1 January 2004 the route was served by Widerøe, who won the extraordinary tender. The state paid NOK 68 million for 27 months, up 25 percent from the Norwegian bid, including a service from Tromsø to Lakselv Airport, Banak. The tender for the three years starting on 1 April 2006 was won by Coast Air, which used an ATR-42 on the route. Coast Air was not able to make money on the route and abandoned the PSO contract from 1 April 2007. Widerøe won the subsequent tender and started flights from that date. Norwegian started irregular scheduled flights to Oslo Airport, Gardermoen, using the Boeing 737-800 from June 2012.

Facilities

The airport is located at an elevation of 13 meters (43 ft). It has two asphalt runways: the main runway is 3002 by and aligned 14–32, but only has a declared length of 2467 m; the other is 1671 by and aligned 03–21. Runways 14 and 32 are equipped with instrument landing system category I. The airport is located two minutes' drive from Andenes. Taxis, car rental and free parking spaces are available at the airport. The airport had an operating deficit of 34 million Norwegian krone in 2012.

Airlines and destinations
Widerøe serves Andenes with Dash 8 aircraft on public service obligations with the Ministry of Transport and Communications. These routes are mixed with commercial services and operate to Bodø, Harstad-Narvik, Svolvær and Tromsø. Norwegian Air Shuttle flies irregularly to Oslo, typically during holidays and summer. The airport handled 48,625 passengers, 3,208 aircraft movements and 1 tonne of cargo in 2014.

Accidents and incidents
All four people on board were killed when a private Cessna 172 crashed west of the airport just after take-off on 31 July 1988. The accident took place 4.5 km west of the airport in a cliff, 250 m altitude.

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Jindřichovice pod Smrkem

Jindřichovice pod Smrkem (Heinersdorf an der Tafelfichte) is a municipality and village in Liberec District in the Liberec Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 600 inhabitants.

Administrative parts
The village of Dětřichovec is an administrative part of Jindřichovice pod Smrkem.

Geography
Jindřichovice pod Smrkem is located about 24 km northeast of Liberec, in a salient region of Frýdlant Hook on the border with Poland. It lies in the Frýdlant Hills. The highest point is the Hřebenáč hill at 566 m above sea level. The stream Jindřichovický potok flows through the municipality.

History
The first written mention of Jindřichovice pod Smrkem is from 1381.

Transport
There is the road border crossing Jindřichovice pod Smrkem / Świecie with Poland.

Jindřichovice pod Smrkem is the terminus of a railway line from Liberec.

Sights
Notable is the ruin of the Church of Saint James the Great. It was a late Romanesque church from the second half of the 13th century.

Twin towns – sister cities
Jindřichovice pod Smrkem is twinned with:
 * 🇵🇱 Świeradów-Zdrój, Poland

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Wavel Ramkalawan

Wavel Ramkalawan (born 15 March 1959) is a Seychellois politician and Anglican priest who has been serving as the President of Seychelles since 26 October 2020. Ramkalawan was an opposition MP from 1993 to 2011 and 2016 to 2020. He also served as the Leader of the Opposition from 1998 to 2011 and 2016 to 2020. On 25 October 2020, Ramkalawan won the presidential election, the country's first such victory for an opposition candidate since independence, marking its first successful peaceful transition of power.

Early life
Wavel Ramkalawan was born in Mahé, the principal island of Seychelles. He was born into a modest family, the youngest of three children. His great-grandfather was from Bihar, India. His father was a tinsmith while his mother was a teacher. Ramkalawan's primary and secondary education were at Seychelles College, the elite boys' school of the country. Ramkalawan was ordained as a priest in 1985 following theological studies at St Paul's Theological College, Mauritius, and thereafter followed further studies in theology at Birmingham University. Returning to Seychelles, he worked in several parishes in Seychelles, rising to become priest-in-charge of the parish of The Holy Saviour.

Entry into politics
In 1990, Ramkalawan came to prominence when he preached a sermon, broadcast on the national radio station, in which he questioned the practices of the one-party government and advocated for greater freedom, respect for human rights, and observance of the rule of law in the country. Although his broadcast was cut, Ramkalawan distributed copies of sermons criticizing the government. At the time, the Catholic and Anglican churches were the only institutions that could speak on social issues, mainly in sermons during weekly services. In 1991, while still a priest, he joined fellow dissidents Roger Mancienne and Jean-François Ferrari to form the underground Parti Seselwa. Ramkalawan became its first leader.

Opposition leader
When the government, facing both domestic and international pressure, returned the country to multi-party democracy in 1992, Parti Seselwa was the first political party to register and join the ranks of others in opposition to the government. The party contested the 1992 constitutional commission elections; they polled only 4% of the national vote, failing to qualify for representation on the commission. After the promulgation of the new constitution in 1993, two other opposition parties joined Parti Seselwa to form The United Opposition (UO) and contest the 1993 general elections. The combined party won 9% of the vote, enabling it to appoint one member (Ramkalawan) to the National Assembly.

In 1998, Ramkalawan led his party into the second multi-party general elections. The party polled 27% of the national vote and increased its National Assembly representation to three, beating the Democratic Party of former President James Mancham into third place. Ramkalawan became the first directly elected member of the party in the Assembly, winning his home constituency of St Louis, which he has represented continuously since. In addition, he succeeded Mancham as Leader of the Opposition, a post he continued to hold until 2020.

In the 2001 presidential elections, Ramkalawan polled 45% of the vote, losing to the 54% vote won by President René. The next year, Ramkalawan led his party, now renamed the Seychelles National Party (SNP), into the National Assembly elections. The party increased its parliamentary representation from one directly elected member to seven and from two proportionally elected members to four.

In 2005, Ramkalawan took a sabbatical from his clerical duties in order to devote himself fully to his political life; he considered this time to be a crucial and important point in the country's affairs. However, Ramkalawan lost to James Michel in the 2006 and 2011 presidential elections. Along with other major opposition parties, Ramakalawan and his party boycotted the 2011 parliamentary elections.

In the 2015 election, Ramkalawan and Michel advanced to a runoff election, which was the first runoff presidential election in Seychelles. Ramkalawan lost with 49.85% of the vote and a 193 votes difference to his opponent Michel.

President
In the 2020 presidential election, Ramkalawan defeated incumbent president Danny Faure. According to the election commission, he secured 54.9% of the votes cast. The election marked the first peaceful transfer of power to an opposition since independence in 1976.

On 4 November 2020, the additional portfolios of Defence, Legal Affairs, Public Administration, National Planning and National Security were assigned to Ramkalawan.

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Petersburg James A. Johnson Airport

Petersburg James A. Johnson Airport is a state owned, public use airport located one nautical mile (2 km) southeast of the central business district of Petersburg, a city in the Petersburg Borough of the U.S. state of Alaska that has no road access to the outside world. Airline service is subsidized by the Essential Air Service program.

As per Federal Aviation Administration records, the airport had 19,901 passenger boardings (enplanements) in calendar year 2008, 17,988 enplanements in 2009, and 18,468 in 2010. It is included in the National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems for 2015–2019, which categorized it as a primary commercial service (nonhub) airport (more than 10,000 enplanements per year) based on 18,800 enplanements in 2012.

Facilities and aircraft
Petersburg James A. Johnson Airport has one runway designated 5/23 with an asphalt surface measuring 6,400 by 150 feet (1,951 x 46 m).

For the 12-month period ending December 1, 2017, the airport had 13,492 aircraft operations, an average of 37 per day: 15% general aviation, 74% air taxi, 10% scheduled commercial, and <1% military. At that time there were 12 aircraft based at this airport: 10 single-engine, 1 multi-engine, and 1 helicopter.

Passenger
Alaska Airlines operates daily Boeing 737-700 passenger and formerly operated Boeing 737-400 passenger/cargo Combi aircraft jet service from the airport.

Other sources

 * Essential Air Service documents (Docket OST-1998-4899) from the U.S. Department of Transportation:
 * Order 2004-5-5 (May 4, 2004): tentatively reselects Alaska Airlines, Inc., to provide subsidized essential air service at Cordova, Gustavus, Petersburg, Wrangell, and Yakutat (southeast) Alaska, for the period from October 1, 2003, through April 30, 2006, at an annual rate of $5,723,008.
 * Order 2006-3-20 (March 22, 2006): re-selecting Alaska Airlines, Inc., to provide subsidized essential air service at Cordova, Gustavus, Petersburg, Wrangell, and Yakutat (southeast) Alaska, for the period from May 1, 2006, through April 30, 2009.
 * Order 2009-2-3 (February 9, 2009): re-selecting Alaska Airlines, Inc., to provide essential air service (EAS) at Cordova, Gustavus, and Yakutat, for an annual subsidy rate of $5,793,201 and at Petersburg and Wrangell at an annual subsidy rate of $1,347,195, through April 30, 2011.
 * Order 2011-2-1 (February 1, 2011): re-selecting Alaska Airlines, Inc., to provide essential air service (EAS) at Cordova, Gustavus, and Yakutat, for an annual subsidy rate of $4,486,951 and at Petersburg and Wrangell at an annual subsidy rate of $3,415,987, from May 1, 2011, through April 30, 2013.
 * Order 2013-2-10 (February 11, 2013): re-selecting Alaska Airlines, Inc., to provide Essential Air Service (EAS) at Cordova, Gustavus, and Yakutat, Alaska, for $4,827,052 annual subsidy and at Petersburg and Wrangell at an annual subsidy rate of $3,476,579, from May 1, 2013, through April 30, 2015.

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Scott Sullivan (baseball)

William Scott Sullivan (born March 13, 1971) is an American former professional baseball player. He played as a right-handed pitcher in Major League Baseball between 1995 and 2004.

Born in Alabama, he played high school baseball in Pickens County, Alabama with Terry Pearson. He played college baseball at Auburn University for the Auburn Tigers.

From 1996–2003, Sullivan was one of the Cincinnati Reds's most durable relief pitchers, and was looked upon as a clubhouse leader. He set a club record by pitching at least 100 innings of relief every season from 1998-2001. His best season came in 1999, a year in which the Reds won 96 games but did not make the postseason after losing a one-game playoff to the New York Mets. That season, Sullivan set or tied career highs in saves (3), appearances (79), innings pitched (113.2) and ERA (3.01).

Sullivan used a unique sidearm delivery when pitching. Like many "submarine pitchers" (as they're sometimes called), he developed back problems, which resulted in multiple trips to the disabled list toward the end of his career. He made one last comeback attempt in 2005, pitching in two games for the Omaha Royals before retiring. He currently has 3 children.

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