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Hungary men's national basketball team

The Hungary men's national basketball team (Magyar nemzeti kosárlabda-válogatott) represents Hungary in international basketball tournaments. It is governed by the Hungarian Basketball Federation (MKOSZ).

Hungary's best period in international basketball competitions came in the 1940s to the 1960s. It was when the national team won several medals at the EuroBasket (1946, 1953, 1955), and reached the Olympic Games on four out of the first six editions of the event overall. However, since 1969, the team has only qualified for the continental showpiece three times (1999, 2017, 2022). Hungary also continues to vie for their debut appearance at the FIBA World Cup.

EuroBasket 1935
The Hungarian side came in ninth place at the first European Basketball Championship, the EuroBasket 1935 held by the International Basketball Federation's FIBA Europe continental federation. They faced the eventual champions Latvia in the preliminary round, falling 46–12. In the classification matches, the Hungarians lost to Bulgaria, then defeated Romania to finish ninth with a 1–2 record.

EuroBasket 1939
After not competing in the 1937 edition, the Hungarians returned to the EuroBasket 1939. Once again, Hungary was one of eight teams that qualified for the event. Hungary lost its first six games. The biggest defeat was a massive blowout to the host Lithuania 79-15. Although in their last match, Hungary displayed a strong performance as they defeated Finland 45-16 which provided some reconciliation for their loss against Lithuania. Hungary eventually finished the tournament seventh in the eight team field.

EuroBasket 1946
The next European competition was the EuroBasket 1946. Hungary placed second in their preliminary round group of four, losing to Italy but defeating Luxembourg and Poland. This qualified the Hungarians for the semi-finals, which they lost to Czechoslovakia. In the bronze medal match, Hungary defeated France 38–32.

EuroBasket 1947
Hungary competed at the EuroBasket 1947 the next year. Their 1–1 record in the preliminary phase was sufficient for them to advance to the semifinal groups; However, they lost all three games there. In the 7th/8th place classification match, they defeated Bulgaria 59–29 to finish seventh of the fourteen teams.

EuroBasket 1953
Hungary's next appearance at the EuroBasket 1953 in Moscow, resulted in the team's second EuroBasket medal. Their preliminary group adversaries included hosts and defending champions Soviet Union, who gave Hungary their only loss in the pool. Their 2–1 record put Hungary in second place in the pool and advanced them to the final round. There, they lost again to the Soviets as well as fellow perennial powers Czechoslovakia and France. Hungary defeated the other four teams in the round, however, their 4–3 record put them in a tie with Czechoslovakia, France, and Israel. The Hungarians came out on top of the tie-breaker, as they finished in second place overall behind the Soviet Union to take the silver medal.

EuroBasket 1955
The Hungarian capital Budapest gained the hosting rights for the EuroBasket 1955. The results of the preliminary round were hardly surprising for the Hungarians, as they won all three of their games to proceed to the final round. Their first match in that round was against Czechoslovakia, and the Hungarians quickly found themselves in the bottom half of the final round group with a 75–65 loss. Their next four games, however, were much different and Hungary defeated Poland, Italy, Bulgaria and Yugoslavia to rise to a 4–1 record. This put them in a tie for the lead of the group with the Soviet Union, which had lost to Czechoslovakia.

In a game that was never particularly close, the Hungarians handed the Soviets only their second loss, 82–68, in 34 games and four EuroBasket tournaments. Hungary advanced to 5–1, in sole lead of the pool, which they never relinquished. Hungary then finished it all off in victorious fashion over Romania to win the gold medal at the Euros for the first time.

EuroBasket 1957
At the EuroBasket 1957 Hungary cruised to a 3-0 record in their preliminary phase group, with their only true test coming in a narrow 66-65 victory over Romania. It was enough for national team to advance to the final round of the competition. There, they lost in turn to each of the other three preliminary pool winners, finishing at 4–3 in the round to take fourth place overall.

EuroBasket 2017
EuroBasket 2017 marked the first EuroBasket appearance for the national team since 1999. With no real expectations heading into it, Hungary surprised many with their performance in the preliminary stage getting their first EuroBasket victory since 1969. They finished with a 2-3 record, with wins over the Czech Republic, and Romania. It was enough for the national team to advance to the knockout stage. There they matched up against Serbia, where they put up an valiant effort in defeat against the eventual runners-up 86-78.

EuroBasket 2022 qualification
At the EuroBasket 2022 qualification, Hungary surprisingly defeated defending Champion Slovenia 77-75. Benedek Váradi labelled the victory as "among the most important" in his career.

Olympic Games
Notes
 * undefined Hungary withdrew from the tournament. FIBA considers two games as forfeited (walkover)

Current roster
Roster for the EuroBasket 2025 Qualifiers matches on 22 and 25 February 2024 against Iceland and Italy.

Head coach history
• 🇭🇺 István Király – (1935–1948)

• 🇭🇺 János Páder – (1951–1955)

• 🇭🇺 Zoltán Csányi – (1957)

• 🇭🇺 János Páder – (1959–1963)

• 🇭🇺 Tibor Zsíros – (1963–1965)

• 🇭🇺 Eszéki Rezső – (1966–1967)

• 🇭🇺 János Szabó – (1967)

• 🇭🇺 Eszéki Rezső – (1967–1973)

• 🇭🇺 Balogh József – (1974–1977)

• 🇭🇺 Tibor Zsíros – (1978–1979)

• 🇭🇺 Ránky Mátyás – (1980–1985)

• 🇭🇺 Árpád Glatz – (1985–1986)

• 🇭🇺 Lajos Mészáros – (1986–1990)

• 🇭🇺 Ránky Mátyás – (1990–1991)

• 🇭🇺 Patonay Imre – (1992–1996)

• 🇭🇺 Lajos Mészáros – (1996–2001)

• 🇭🇺 Varga Mátyás – (2001–2003)

• 🇭🇺 Zsoldos András – (2003–2005)

• 🇭🇺 Meszlényi Róbert – (2005–2006)

• 🇲🇪 Stojan Ivković – (2007–2008)

• 🇭🇺 Lajos Mészáros – (2008–2011)

• 🇷🇸 Branislav Džunić – (2010–2011)

• 🇭🇺 László Rátgéber – (2012)

• 🇲🇪 Stojan Ivković – (2013–2023)

• 🇸🇮 Gašper Okorn – (2024–present)

Past rosters
1935 EuroBasket: finished 9th among 10 teams

3 Zoltán Csányi, 4 Ferenc Kolozs, 5 Emil Kozma, 6 Tibor Lehel, 7 Sándor Lelkes, 8 Sándor Nagy, 9 László Rózsa, 10 István Szamosi, 11 Zoltán Szúnyogh, 12 Ferenc Velkei (Coach: István Király)

1939 EuroBasket: finished 7th among 8 teams

3 Aba Szathmary, 4 János Gyimesi, 5 Géza Bajári, 6 Ferenc Velkei, 7 Géza Kardos, 8 Gyula Stolpa, 10 Sándor Csányi, 11 Zoltán Csányi, 12 János Szabó, 13 István Szamosi (Coach: István Király)

1946 EuroBasket: finished 3rd among 10 teams

3 Tibor Mezőfi, 4 Antal Bánkuti, 5 Géza Bajári, 6 Ferenc Velkei, 7 Géza Kardos, 8 Ede Vadászi, 9 György Nagy, 11 Laszlo Kiralyhidi, 12 Géza Rácz, 14 Ferenc Németh (MVP) (Coach: István Király)

1947 EuroBasket: finished 7th among 14 teams

3 Laszlo Kiralyhidi, 4 László Novakovszky, 5 Ervin Kassai, 6 Gyula Toth, 8 Ede Vadászi, 9 Tibor Mezőfi, 10 Ferenc Németh, 11 Antal Bánkuti, 12 István Timár-Geng, 13 Béla Bánkuti, 14 Géza Kardos, 15 László Nádasdy (Coach: István Király)

1948 Olympic Games: finished 16th among 23 teams

3 György Nagy, 4 László Novakovszky, 5 Tibor Mezőfi, 6 István Lovrics, 7 Géza Kardos, 8 Ede Vadászi, 9 Tibor Zsíros, 10 János Halász, 11 Antal Bánkuti, 12 Attila Timár-Geng, 13 István Timár-Geng, 14 József Kozma (Coach: István Király)

1952 Olympic Games: finished 16th among 23 teams

3 György Telegdy, 4 György Bokor, 5 Tibor Mezőfi, 6 László Bánhegyi, 7 Péter Papp, 8 János Greminger, 9 Tibor Zsíros, 10 Pál Bogár, 11 János Simon, 13 Tibor Cselkó, 14 László Hódi, 15 Tibor Czinkán, 16 Ede Komáromi (Coach: János Páder)

1953 EuroBasket: finished 2nd among 17 teams

3 László Bánhegyi, 4 György Bokor, 5 Tibor Mezőfi, 6 Tibor Czinkán, 7 Péter Papp, 8 János Greminger, 9 Tibor Zsíros, 10 Pál Bogár, 11 János Simon, 12 Ede Komáromi, 13 Tibor Cselkó, 14 Tibor Remai, 15 László Hódi (Coach: János Páder)

1955 EuroBasket: finished 1st among 18 teams

3 László Bánhegyi, 4 Tibor Czinkán, 5 Tibor Mezőfi, 6 László Hódi, 7 Péter Papp, 8 János Greminger (MVP), 9 Tibor Zsíros, 10 Pál Bogár, 11 János Simon, 12 János Bencze, 13 Tibor Cselkó, 14 Laszlo Toth, 15 Tibor Rémai, 16 János Dallos (Coach: János Páder)

1957 EuroBasket: finished 4th among 16 teams

3 László Bánhegyi, 4 Tibor Czinkán, 5 László Gabányi, 6 Zoltán Judik, 7 István Liptay, 8 János Greminger, 9 Tibor Zsíros, 10 Laszlo Toth, 11 János Simon, 12 János Bencze, 13 Pál Borbély, 14 Ervin Keszey (Coach: Zoltán Csányi)

1959 EuroBasket: finished 4th among 17 teams

3 László Bánhegyi, 4 Tibor Czinkán, 5 László Gabányi, 6 Zoltán Judik, 7 Ottó Temesvári, 8 János Greminger, 9 Tibor Zsíros, 10 Miklós Boháty, 11 János Simon, 12 János Bencze, 13 Kotszan Merenyi, 14 Árpád Glatz (Coach: János Páder)

1960 Olympic Games: finished 9th among 16 teams

3 László Bánhegyi, 4 Ottó Temesvári, 5 László Gabányi, 6 Zoltán Judik, 7 István Liptay, 8 János Greminger, 9 Tibor Zsíros, 10 Miklós Boháty, 11 János Simon, 12 János Bencze, 14 György Pólik, 15 Árpád Glatz (Coach: János Páder)

1961 EuroBasket: finished 6th among 19 teams

4 Miklós Boháty, 5 László Gabányi, 6 István Sahin Tóth, 7 Istvan Liptai, 8 János Tuboly, 9 György Pólik, 10 Geza Gyulai, 11 Gabor Kulcsar, 12 János Bencze, 13 Ottó Temesvári, 14 Valer Banna, 15 József Kovács (Coach: János Páder)

1963 EuroBasket: finished 4th among 16 teams

4 Miklós Boháty, 5 László Gabányi, 6 György Pólik, 7 György Vajdovics, 8 János Greminger, 9 József Prieszol, 10 Árpád Glatz, 11 János Simon, 12 János Bencze, 13 Tibor Kangyal, 14 Ottó Temesvári, 15 Pál Koczka (Coach: Tibor Zsíros)

1964 Olympic Games: finished 13th among 16 teams

4 Miklós Boháty, 5 László Gabányi, 6 György Pólik, 7 Pál Koczka, 8 János Greminger, 9 József Prieszol, 10 Tibor Kangyal, 11 Ödön Lendvay, 12 János Bencze, 13 János Rácz, 14 András Haán, 15 Árpád Glatz (Coach: Tibor Zsíros)

1965 EuroBasket: finished 15th among 16 teams

4 Matyas Ranky, 5 Laszlo Orbay, 6 György Pólik, 7 Pál Koczka, 8 Gábor Kulcsár, 9 István Fekete, 10 Valer Banna, 11 Ödön Lendvay, 12 Ferenc Haris, 13 János Rácz, 14 József Tóth, 15 Laszlo Koranyi (Coach: Tibor Zsíros)

1967 EuroBasket: finished 13th among 16 teams

4 Laszlo Orbay, 5 László Gabányi, 6 György Pólik, 7 József Kovács, 8 Gábor Kulcsár, 9 József Prieszol, 10 Valer Banna, 11 Imre Nyitrai, 12 Laszlo Koranyi, 13 István Halmos, 14 Ödön Lendvay, 15 Tibor Kangyal (Coach: János Szabó)

1969 EuroBasket: finished 8th among 12 teams

4 Laszlo Orbay, 5 László Gabányi, 6 József Kovács, 7 Tamás Pálffy, 8 István Bánhegyi, 9 József Prieszol, 10 Valer Banna, 11 Ödön Lendvay, 12 István Gyurasits, 13 Sándor Gellér, 14 Szabolcs Hody, 15 István Hegedűs (Coach: Rezso Eszeki)

1999 EuroBasket: finished 14th among 16 teams

4 Ernő Sitku, 5 Tamás Bencze, 6 László Kálmán, 7 Rolland Halm, 8 István Németh, 9 Kornél Dávid, 10 Tibor Pankár, 11 Zoltán Boros, 12 László Orosz, 13 Róbert Gulyás, 14 Zalán Mészáros, 15 László Czigler (Coach: Lajos Mészáros)

2017 EuroBasket: finished 16th among 24 teams

4 András Ruják, 5 Rosco Allen, 6 Ákos Keller, 7 Krisztián Wittmann, 8 Ádám Hanga, 9 Dávid Vojvoda, 10 Péter Kovács, 11 Norbert Tóth, 12 Csaba Ferencz, 20 Zoltán Perl, 21 Kemal Karahodžić, 22 János Eilingsfeld (Coach: Stojan Ivković)

2022 EuroBasket: finished 23rd among 24 teams

1 Mikael Hopkins, 5 Rosco Allen, 6 Ákos Keller (C), 8 Ádám Hanga, 9 Dávid Vojvoda, 11 Szilárd Benke, 12 Ádám Somogyi, 14 György Golomán, 15 Csaba Ferencz, 20 Zoltán Perl, 22 János Eilingsfeld, 25 Benedek Váradi (Coach: Stojan Ivković)

Manufacturer

 * 2016–2019: Spalding

Sponsor

 * 2019: K&H Bank

Videos

 * Hungary v Great Britain - Highlights - FIBA EuroBasket 2017 Qualifiers Youtube.com video

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 * I have removed the picture of Bombina variegata, because that species is not in this family. Eugene van der Pijll 00:37, 8 October 2005 (UTC)

Discoglossidae -> Alytidae
Discoglossidae → Alytidae – per. Should it be moved or should we wait yet? --Eleassar my talk 15:40, 22 February 2007 (UTC)

This article has been renamed as the result of a move request.--Stemonitis 20:59, 8 March 2007 (UTC)

I have reverted this change in consesus with Stemonitis as to not give undue weight to the Amphibian Species of the World. See User talk:Stemonitis. --Eleassar my talk 13:21, 9 March 2007 (UTC)

This move is supported by all major taxonomic references: the Amphibian Species of the World (which this project is supposed to follow), AmphibiaWeb, ITIS, and Blackburn & Wake (2011) "Class Amphibia Gray, 1825", Zootaxa 3148. Also IUCN uses Alytidae. Seven years after the discussion above, the move was overdue. Micromesistius (talk) 14:34, 12 April 2014 (UTC)

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Boutique

A boutique is a retail shop that deals in high end fashionable clothing or accessories. The word is French for "shop", which derives ultimately from the Ancient Greek ἀποθήκη (apothēkē) "storehouse".

The term boutique and also designer refer (with some differences) to both goods and services, which are containing some element that is claimed to justify an extremely high price.

Etymology and usage
The term boutique entered common English parlance in the late 1960s.

Some multi-outlet businesses (Chain stores) can be referred to as boutiques if they target small, upscale niche markets. Although some boutiques specialize in hand-made items and other unique products, others simply produce T-shirts, stickers, and other fashion accessories in artificially small runs and sell them at high prices.

Lifestyle
In the late 1990s, some European retail traders developed the idea of tailoring a shop towards a lifestyle theme, in what they called "concept stores," which specialized in cross-selling without using separate departments. One of the first concept stores was 10 Corso Como in Milan, Italy, founded in 1990, followed by Colette in Paris and Quartier 206 in Berlin. Several well-known American chains such as Tiffany & Co., Urban Outfitters, Dash, and The Gap, Australian chain Billabong and, though less common, Lord & Taylor, adapted to the concept store trend after 2000.

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i removed the Grapes of Wrath link because the movie was made in 1940. this Paul Guilfoyle, having been born in 1955, could not have appeared in the 1940 film.--Alhutch 00:38, 8 October 2005 (UTC)

But are the two related in any way? I've seen the name "Paul Guilfoyle" in any number of films from the 30's & 40's and wondered if it was his father or uncle.

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Filmography
He was also in Wiseguy(1990) in Season 2 as "Calvin" the PoP Operations leader for the entire season. I don't see it listed 2605:B100:B2B:20DB:0:4:34ED:6501 (talk) 21:51, 3 December 2023 (UTC)

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Rave On

"Rave On", also written "Rave On!", is a song written by Sonny West, Bill Tilghman and Norman Petty in 1958. It was first recorded by West for Atlantic Records, which released his version in February 1958 (as Atlantic 45-1174). Buddy Holly recorded the song later the same year, and his version became a hit, one of six of his recordings that charted in 1958. Holly is instantly recognizable as the artist: the record begins with a drawn-out "Well…" as stylized by Holly's distinctive hiccup ("A-weh-uh-heh-uh-ell…").

Background
Most of West's recordings were produced and engineered by Norman Petty, who also managed Holly, and recorded in Petty's studio in Clovis, New Mexico. "Rave On", however, was produced by Milton DeLugg and recorded with Holly's group the Crickets at Bell Sound Studios in New York City. The title was inspired by the 1956 Sun Records recording "Dixie Fried" by Carl Perkins, which uses the refrain "rave on." The B-side was Holly's composition "Take Your Time".

Holly's rendition of "Rave On" is ranked number 154 on Rolling Stone magazine's 2004 list of "The 500 Greatest Songs of All Time."

Chart performance
Holly's version reached number 12 in Canada, May 26, 1958., as well number 5 in the UK.

Initial pressing

 * 1) "Rave On"
 * 2) "Take Your Time"

German pressing
As Buddy Holly and the Crickets
 * 1) "Rave On"
 * 2) "Ready Teddy"

EP (UK)

 * 1) "Rave On"
 * 2) "Take Your Time"
 * 3) "Early in the Morning"
 * 4) "Now We're One"

1968 Re-release (UK)

 * 1) "Rave On"
 * 2) "Peggy Sue"

1968 Re-release (US)

 * 1) "Rave On"
 * 2) "Early in the Morning"

Other versions
Cover versions of "Rave On" have been recorded by Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band, Commander Cody, Status Quo, M. Ward, and the folk-rock band Steeleye Span. It was a hit for the Delta Cross Band in Denmark in 1980.

Joe Meek produced a version with the singer Michael Cox, released in 1964 (backed with "Just Say Hello", HMV POP1293 A).

John Mellencamp recorded a version for the soundtrack of the film Cocktail in 1988.

The Real Kids recorded a cover version on their 1977 self-titled album.

Half Japanese recorded a cover version on their 1980 debut album 1/2 Gentlemen/Not Beasts.

Nitty Gritty Dirt Band recorded a cover version for their 1970 album Uncle Charlie & His Dog Teddy.

Steeleye Span recorded a version, in a mock-Buddy Holly vein, on their 1971 album Please to See the King.

In an interview, the Danish rock band the Raveonettes stated that their name is "a complete direct reference to the Ronettes and Buddy Holly Rave On."

M. Ward recorded a cover of the song for his 2009 album Hold Time.

Denny Laine, the guitarist for the bands Wings and Moody Blues, recorded a cover of the song for his 1977 Holly tribute album, Holly Days, produced by Paul McCartney.

Julian Casablancas recorded a cover of the song for the 2011 Holly tribute album Rave On Buddy Holly.

Cliff Richard recorded a cover of the song for his 2013 album, The Fabulous Rock 'n' Roll Songbook.

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The Local Boy is a Musician Based in London

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The Local Boy's website

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SNL Characters
Hello, I'm the one that's been extensively updating SNL character articles. I notice that you're doing the same, and I was wondering if you had any thoughts on the problem that's come up with all the stubs that have come from the process. Gay Hitler and Zagat's have been nominated for deletion, and I think we should create categories which can encompass all the characters. Two categories I have in mind are "Characters Appearing on Weekend Update" and "Short-Lived Recurring Characters" (appearing four or fewer times).

My main question is, do you know how to logistically make this happen? I don't know the technical aspects of it, particularly how to link characters to those pages when they're created. Only names with their own pages can be linked like this right? If it was part of a larger article, that kind of link would go nowhere, right? Leadpipevigilante 00:19, 2 November 2005 (UTC)

 * I'm going to stick this on both our talk pages, just in case. As far as I know, there are two ways to do this. One way is to create redirects from the character name to the page where their info resides. So for instance, Gay Hitler would redirect, presumably, to Characters appearing on Weekend Update (note the lowercase a due to the naming conventions).
 * The other thing we can do is use piped links with anchors on the list page to the correct part of the page you are speaking of creating (that I would help with, of course).
 * If you want, I can be in charge of the technical aspects of linking, etc, if you want to be the one to merge/compile the characters on their own page. Jacqui  ★ 00:40, 2 November 2005 (UTC)

Hey, first off, thank you for your work here on Wikipedia, but please don't redirect articles to other articles that don't exist. If you want to write an article on Weekend Update characters and then the redirect the individual pages there, go ahead, but create the page first. Thanks, and cheers. -Greg Asche (talk) 03:38, 3 November 2005 (UTC)

 * Regarding the Brian Fellow's Safari Planet article: please make an argument for redirecting the article to the SNL skits page and wait for some sort of consensus before reverting again. --DDerby- (talk) 17:01, 17 November 2005 (UTC)

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There seem to be three at least three versions of this album. It was released in the UK on August 30 2005 as Ian Anderson Plays the Orchestral Jethro Tull and in the US on October 4 2005 as Plays the Orchestral Jethro Tull. There's also a "deluxe" version that includes a DVD. ProveIt 00:51, 8 October 2005 (UTC)

Length?
I finally got around to making an infobox for this, but not sure what to put for length; it's not in the allmusic database, and I just have the DVD.

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 * Found it 102:32 ProveIt 08:23, 27 November 2005 (UTC)

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GWR 6959 Class 7903 Foremarke Hall

Great Western Railway Modified Hall Class, 7903 Foremarke Hall is a preserved British steam locomotive, built in 1949 at Swindon Works. The loco's first shed allocation Old Oak Common, and it was named after the Derbyshire stately home. In both August 1950 and March 1959, the loco's shed allocations was still Old Oak Common, but by the time of the loco's withdrawal in 1964, her allocation was at Cardiff East Dock.

It was withdrawn from service with British Railways in 1964 and sold for scrap to Woodhams' Scrapyard in Barry. Seventeen years later, in 1981, the loco was saved for preservation, and moved to the Swindon and Cricklade Railway where restoration work began.

The loco's restoration was completed 22 years later in September 2003. The locomotive was briefly used on the Swindon and Cricklade Railway during the tail end of 2003 and early months of 2004 before moving to the nearby Gloucestershire Warwickshire Railway by May 2004, where it is now based, although the engine did also visit the Llangollen Railway in June 2005, the Severn Valley Railway in September 2005, and Old Oak Common Depot in September 2017, as well as undergoing a full 10-year overhaul at Tyseley Locomotive Works between the end of 2013 and early May 2016. The loco also featured in two episodes of the BBC Crime Drama Father Brown that were filmed on the GWSR during the summers of 2012 and 2016, with the episodes being aired during the early months of 2013 and 2017.

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Paracatu, Minas Gerais

Paracatu is a municipality in the state of Minas Gerais in Brazil. The name is of Tupi origin, translated "good river", from "Para" (river) and "katu" (good).

History
The region of Paracatu has been explored by Europeans since the end of the 16th century. In the middle of the 18th century deposits of gold and silver were discovered, and the area was settled. The settlement became the town Vila de Paracatu do Príncipe by royal charter in 1798.

Economy
The economy is centered on gold mining and agriculture.

Mining
In Paracatu, gold has been mined since 1722. The Morro do Ouro (Paracatu) open-pit mine is operated by Rio Paracatu Mineração (RPM), a 100% owned subsidiary of the Canadian company Kinross Gold Corporation. The gold content of the ore is comparatively low, about 0.41 gram of gold for every ton of ore extracted. Annual production is about 15 tonnes of gold and 5 tonnes of silver.

Kinross Gold owns the open-pit Paracatu gold mine operated as Kinross Brasil Mineração S.A. that includes two process plants, two tailings facilities, as well as accompanying infrastructure. This mine is the region's largest employer. In 2015, Paracatu produced 477,662 gold equivalent ounces.

Agriculture
Cattle raising is the main agricultural activity with 231,000 head (1996). The main breeds are: Zebu (Gir, Indu-Brasil, Guzerá and Nelore), Girolanda, Frisian and Brown-Swiss. There is also large production of soybeans, corn, rice, beans, and also some coffee. Paracatu is the commercial center for an area one third the size of Portugal. In 2006 there were 6 banking branches: Banco do Brasil, Itaú, Bradesco, Banco Mercantil, Banco Bamerindus, and Caixa Econômica Federal. The GDP was R$754,090,000 (2005).

In 1978 the municipality began to receive investments from the Brazilian and the Japanese government to develop the cerrado soils, through the PRODECER-Programa de Cooperação Nipo-Brasileiro para o Desenvolviemnto do Cerrado.

Because of new technologies used to develop the cerrado, agriculture in Paracatu became efficient and profitable in many properties. Nowadays, the cultivated area in the municipality surpasses 1000 square kilometres, with 300 square kilometres irrigated by central pivot sprinklers. This number has raised Paracatu to the position of greatest continuous area irrigated by center pivot irrigation in South America, using 318 center pivot sprinklers.

Agricultural data
In 2006 there were 995 rural producers with total agricultural land of 389,095 ha. Of the total 85,000 ha. were planted, 180,000 ha. were in natural pasture, and 113,000 were in forest or woodland. Around 4,500 persons were employed in agriculture. There were 768 tractors. The planted area of some of the main crops in hectares was:
 * Corn: 12,000
 * Soybeans: 30,000
 * Sorghum: 2,000
 * Rice: 2,670
 * Coffee: 1,050
 * Cotton: 3,000
 * Sugarcane: 1,600
 * Beans: 9,100
 * Watermelon: 1,050

Quilombola population
Many quilombola (descendants of escaped slaves) communities live in and near Paracatu, often in poverty.

Health and education
In 2005 there were 29 health establishments, 19 of which were public and 10 of which were private. There was 1 hospital with 139 beds. The score on the Municipal Human Development Index was 0.760. This ranked Paracatu 207 out of 853 municipalities in the state, with Poços de Caldas in first place with 0.841 and Setubinha in last place with 0.568.

Paracatu has 4 faculties with undergraduation and graduation courses: Faculdade Tecsoma, FINOM – Faculdade do Noroeste de Minas, Faculdade Unimontes, and Faculdade Atenas.

Transportation
The city is served by Pedro Rabelo de Souza Airport.

Climate
Paracatu has a tropical savanna climate (Köppen: Aw) with a hot rainy season and warm dry season.

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List of rivers of the United States: A

A - B - C - D - E - F - G - H - I - J - K - L - M - N - O - P - Q - R - S - T - U - V - W - XYZ

This is a list of rivers in the United States that have names starting with the letter A. For the main page, which includes links to listings by state, see List of rivers in the United States.

Ab - Al

 * Aberjona River - Massachusetts
 * Abiqua Creek - Oregon
 * Abita River - Louisiana
 * Acushnet River - Massachusetts
 * Agawam River - Massachusetts
 * Agua Fria River - Arizona
 * Ahnapee River - Wisconsin
 * Alabama River - Alabama
 * Alafia River - Florida
 * Alagnak River - Alaska
 * Alameda Creek - California
 * Alamo River - California
 * Alamosa River - Colorado
 * Alapaha River - Georgia, Florida
 * Alatna River - Alaska
 * Albion River - California
 * Alcovy River - Georgia
 * Alexander Creek - Alaska
 * Aliso Creek (Los Angeles County) - California
 * Aliso Creek (Orange County) - California
 * Allagash River - Maine
 * Allegheny River - Pennsylvania, New York
 * Alligator River - North Carolina
 * Alsea River - Oregon
 * Alsek River - Alaska
 * Altamaha River - Georgia
 * Alum Creek - Ohio

Am - An

 * Amargosa River - California, Nevada
 * American Fork - Utah
 * American River - California
 * American River - Washington
 * Americano Creek - California
 * Amite River - Mississippi, Louisiana
 * Ammonoosuc River - New Hampshire
 * Amnicon River - Wisconsin
 * Anacostia River - Maryland, District of Columbia
 * Anahulu River - Hawaii
 * Anaktuvuk River - Alaska
 * Anclote River - Florida
 * Anderson River - Indiana
 * Andreafsky River - Alaska
 * Androscoggin River - New Hampshire, Maine
 * Angelina River - Texas
 * Aniak River - Alaska
 * Aniakchak River - Alaska
 * Animas River - Colorado, New Mexico
 * Anna River - Michigan
 * Annaquatucket River - Rhode Island
 * Annisquam River - Massachusetts
 * Antietam Creek - Pennsylvania, Maryland
 * Antoine Creek - Louisiana
 * Antoine River - Arkansas
 * Anvik River - Alaska

Ap - Ar
California
 * Apalachicola River - Florida
 * Apple River - Wisconsin, Illinois
 * Apple River - Wisconsin
 * Applegate River - Oregon
 * Appomattox River - Virginia
 * Appoquinimink River - Delaware
 * Aransas River - Texas
 * Ararat River - Virginia, North Carolina
 * Arikaree River - Colorado, Kansas, Nebraska
 * Arkansas River - Colorado, Kansas, Oklahoma, Arkansas
 * Armstrong Creek - Pennsylvania
 * Armstrong Creek - West Virginia
 * Arnold Creek - West Virginia
 * Aroostook River - Maine
 * Arrow Creek - Montana
 * Arroyo de en Medio - California
 * Arroyo Grande Creek -
 * Arroyo Seco - California
 * Arroyo Trabuco - California
 * Artichoke River - Minnesota

As - Aw

 * Ashaway River - Rhode Island
 * Ashepoo River - South Carolina
 * Ashippun River - Wisconsin
 * Ashley River - South Carolina
 * Ashtabula River - Ohio
 * Ashuelot River - New Hampshire
 * Assabet River - Massachusetts
 * Assonet River - Massachusetts
 * Atchafalaya River - Louisiana
 * Au Sable River - Michigan
 * Aucilla River - Florida
 * Auglaize River - Ohio
 * Ausable River - New York
 * Awuna River - Alaska

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J. G. Ballard
"several obits claim JGB disdained the SF label" - 1) got a cite for that? 2) so what? Doesn't change what he wrote. -- Orange Mike  |   Talk  14:45, 22 April 2009 (UTC)
 * 1) There's no need to provide citations for edit comments, but in fact I do have one. 2) You clearly added the section out of indignation at Weil's statement. If Ballard in fact shared his view, maybe it's not so outlandish after all? In fact, I think your paraphrase distorts the meaning of the original quote. You inserted "absurd", which renders it patently ridiculous, since Nineteen Eighty-Four and Brave New World obviously are science fiction novels. What he appears to be trying to express, rather, is that Ballard didn't just write standard genre fare, and that pretending he did was a way to (in JGB's words) "defuse the threat." Remember, this is an industry guy, and he's all about how a book should be positioned and marketed, and thinking about the image each genre has as a brand.
 * Given the tendentious paraphrase, the covertly POV way you're stringing together separate facts, and my strong suspicion that there is nothing there that is worth noting in an article on Ballard, I'll remove the paragraph again in another couple of days unless you can offer some rationale for why it should remain. -Snarkibartfast (talk) 21:06, 22 April 2009 (UTC)
 * Thank you for the excellent cite. I don't think my POV is at all covert; I feel that we are doing our readers a disservice by acceding to the desire of marketing types to deny that science fiction works are in fact SF, and I am on record all over WP saying so. I do feel that the issue of dismissing Ballard by calling his SF "mere SF", or conversely of dismissing what SF has to say by dismissing it as "that sci-fi crap", is in fact worth noting in an article on a man whose roots were in that field. (Have you ever looked at the covers of New Worlds in the era he started selling to them?) -- Orange Mike  |   Talk  21:32, 22 April 2009 (UTC)
 * And thank you for editing in good faith. Yeah, I thought The Guardian's obit was one of the best that I read (maybe not so strange since JGB wrote for them occasionally). I personally agree with you that the line of reasoning "since this book is actually good it can't be science fiction" is both faulty and offensive (and someone like e.g. Margaret Atwood has gone done considerably in my estimation for arguing it), and that of course Ballard was a science fiction writer (or more precisely a writer who wrote a lot of science fiction, among other things). The article should make that fact clear, as well as the high stature of his work--including his SF work, and I think it currently does.
 * I don't think an ambiguous statement (it's not clear that he's even saying the books aren't SF, and he may very well be speaking primarily about Ballard's more recent novels, which are markedly less science fiction-y) by some guy who's not a well-known literary critic or scholar is particularly notable, nor do I think we do anything for the "cause" by including it in the article. The best way we can fight these distortions here on Wikipedia is surely to state plainly the true facts (properly referenced) in the relevant articles, and ignore such snobbish revisionism unless it becomes genuinely notable.
 * In this case, I can see a case for a section on JGB's relationship with the sci-fi genre, which appears to have been tempestuous and gone through several phases. In that context there might be a place for this quote. In its own right it simply isn't particularly significant. -Snarkibartfast (talk) 19:38, 23 April 2009 (UTC)
 * It should be pointed out (and in fact is, in her article) that Atwood has backed down enormously from the original outrageous "talking squids in space" assertion, and I respect her for that. I feel that the remarks by Ballard's own editor were so appallingly revelatory that they do need mentioning in Ballard's article; but then, this is my tribe we're talking about and my POV may not be entirely N. -- Orange Mike  |   Talk  20:30, 23 April 2009 (UTC) (and please don't call it "sci-fi"!)

Sticky prods
Hi '! You participated earlier in the sticky prod workshop. The sticky prods are now in use, but there are still a few points of contention. There are now a few proposals on the table to conclude the process. I encourage your input, whatever it might be. Thanks. --Maurreen (talk) 07:07, 5 April 2010 (UTC)

JGB
Sorry if you felt slapped by Pringle's errata, thanks for your work on J. G. Ballard :-) If you're not on it, you should definitely join the Yahoo mailing list - David Pringle and Rick McGrath are regulars, with Simon Sellars and other Ballard scholars stopping in occasionally. It's shockingly high quality for a mailing list. Pity the archive isn't public - David Gerard (talk) 11:41, 29 January 2013 (UTC)

 * Not at all. As I said, I welcome any corrections (as well as additions and other improvements). My point was just that the dates used in the article didn't come from distrust or careless reading of JGB's autobiography, but predated its publication, and so I have no objection whatsoever to correcting them. Had the book been available at the time, I would certainly have relied on it. Thanks for the mailing list tip. - Snarkibartfast (talk) 13:33, 29 January 2013 (UTC)

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Romania men's national basketball team

The Romania men's national basketball team (Echipa națională de baschet a României) represents Romania in international basketball competition. The team is administered by the Romanian Basketball Federation (FRB).

Romania has qualified for the EuroBasket 18 times throughout their history. Their best tournament results occurred in 1957 and 1967 respectively, where they finished fifth. The national team has also appeared at the Olympic Games once, in 1952. However, Romania has yet to clinch qualification for their first trip to the FIBA World Cup.

EuroBasket 1935
At the first European Championship in Geneva, the Romania national team finished in last place in the then ten team tournament. Losing all three of their matches; 42-9 to Switzerland, 66-23 to France, and 24-17 to Hungary.

EuroBasket 1947
Romania returned to the European championship twelve years later in Prague, for the EuroBasket 1947. Romania finished with a record of 1-2 after the preliminary round, which eliminated them from championship contention but they earned their first ever EuroBasket victory against the Netherlands. The Romanians added two more in the classification semifinal, as they defeated Austria and Albania. This put them in a classification match against Italy for 9th and 10th place, which Romania lost 55-39. The national team thus placed tenth again, but this time they had outranked four teams to do so, due to the expansion of the tournament to 14.

EuroBasket 1951
The Romanian national team entered the EuroBasket 1951 in Paris, but withdrew before any games were played, so official records gave them three preliminary round losses, each with a score of 2-0.

1952 Summer Olympics
Romania managed to qualify for the 1952 Summer Olympics in Helsinki, where the national team finished 23rd. It was the first and only time they qualified for the Olympic Basketball Tournament.

EuroBasket 1953
The EuroBasket 1953 in Moscow was the next European tournament in which the Romanians actually played. They finished in 3rd place in their preliminary round group with a 1-2 record and advanced to the classification rounds. They won 3 of their 4 games there, finishing in a three-way tie for the top spot of the group. They lost out on the tiebreaker though and were relegated to the 13th-16th place semifinals. Winning that game and their next, the Romanians finished in 13th place of the 17 teams in the tournament.

EuroBasket 1955
Romania was much more successful two years later, at the EuroBasket 1955 in Budapest. A preliminary round loss to the global power house Soviet Union mattered little, as the national team won their other three preliminary matches against Sweden, Switzerland and Luxembourg to take second place in the group behind the Soviets to advance to the final round. There, they won games against Poland and Yugoslavia to finish 2-5 in the final round to take 7th place in the 18-team tournament.

EuroBasket 1957
Romania came within a single point of winning their preliminary pool at EuroBasket 1957 in Sofia, losing to Hungary in the narrow match. They beat their other two opponents Belgium and Finland to finish in second place in the pool to advance into the final round. There, they matched up again with Hungary, but the game wasn't as close as the Hungarians cruised to a 76-61 victory. The national team also lost to the other three pool winners, to finish with a 3-4 record to end the tournament in 5th place.

Later years
The team repeated its most successful campaign at the EuroBasket 1967 when it finished 5th again. The following years, the team had some successful performances but after 1987, it ceded completely from Europe's elite events. After 30 years of absence, Romania returned to the EuroBasket in 2017 when the country gained hosting rights alongside Finland, Israel and Turkey. However, the national team ended its participation with five losses in its five games played.

EuroBasket 2022 qualification
After defeating both Slovakia and Cyprus twice, the Tricolorii advanced to the final qualification round where they came short of their second EuroBasket qualification since 1987. The team was coached by Tudor Costescu.

Current roster
Roster for the 2027 FIBA World Cup Pre-Qualifiers match on 22 February 2024 against Luxembourg.

Head coach position
• 🇷🇴 C. O. Lecca – (1935)

• 🇷🇴 C. Virgolici – (1947)

• 🇷🇴 Alexandru Popescu – (1952–1953)

• 🇷🇴 Vasile Popescu – (1955–1957)

• 🇷🇴 Constantin Herold – (1959–1961)

• 🇷🇴 Vasile Popescu – (1963–1965)

• 🇷🇴 Alexandru Popescu – (1967–1973)

• 🇷🇴 Mihai Nedef – (1975)

• 🇷🇴 Gheorghe Novac – (1985–1987)

• 🇷🇴 Costel Cernat – (2008–2009)

• 🇷🇴 Daniel Calancea – (2009)

• 🇺🇸 John Neumann – (2010–2012)

• 🇧🇦 Mladen Ostojic – (2012)

• 🇷🇴 Marcel Tenter – (2013–2017)

• 🇲🇰 Zare Markovski – (2017–2018)

• 🇷🇴 Tudor Costescu – (2018–2021)

• 🇧🇦 Dragan Petričević – (2021–2023)

• 🇮🇱 Mickey Gorka – (2023)

• 🇷🇴 Mihai Silvășan – (2024–present)

Notable players

 * Andrei Folbert – First Romanian Basketball "Maestru Emerit Al Sportului"
 * Gheorghe Mureșan – First Romanian to play in the NBA
 * Constantin Popa
 * Horia Demian
 * Ernie Grunfeld

Past rosters
1935 EuroBasket: finished 10th among 10 teams

3 Nae Alexandrescu, 4 Balteanu, 5 O.Belitoreanu, 6 M.Bercus, 7 E.Dumitrescu, 8 Nicu Grozavescu, 9 Samy Grunstein, 10 C.Riegler (Coach: C. O. Lecca)

1947 EuroBasket: finished 10th among 14 teams

3 Constantin Herold, 4 N.Badulescu, 5 H.Dlugos, 6 S.Ferencz, 7 H.Kevorkian, 8 P.Marossi, 9 Alexandru Popescu, 10 S.Sadeanu, 11 Gh.Teodorescu, 12 I.Vulescu, 13 Vasile Popescu, 14 A.Neagu, 21 C.Babaliescu (Coach: C.Virgolici)

1952 Olympic Games: finished 23rd among 23 teams

3 Cornel Călugăreanu, 5 Grigore Costescu, 6 Emanoil Răducanu, 7 Andrei Folbert, 8 Ladislau Mokos, 9 Liviu Naghy, 10 Mihai Nedef, 11 Cezar Niculescu, 12 Dan Niculescu, 13 Adrian Petroșanu, 15 Vasile Popescu, 16 Gheorghe Constantinide (Coach: Alexandru Popescu)

1953 EuroBasket: finished 13th among 17 teams

3 Mihai Nedef, 4 Cezar Niculescu, 5 Trajan Lita, 6 Andrei Folbert, 7 Emanoil Răducanu, 8 Dan Niculescu, 9 Adrian Petroșanu, 10 Alexandru Fodor, 11 Corneliu Calugareanu, 12 Mihai Erdogh, 13 Liviu Naghy, 14 Vasile Kadar (Coach: Alexandru Popescu)

1955 EuroBasket: finished 7th among 18 teams

3 E.Ganea, 4 R.Popovici, 5 Mihai Nedef, 6 Andrei Folbert, 7 Emanoil Răducanu, 8 Dan Niculescu, 9 Emil Niculescu, 10 Alexandru Fodor, 11 Mihai Erdogh, 12 Marian Spiridon, 13 Liviu Naghy, 14 Vasile Kadar, 15 Corneliu Calugareanu (Coach: Vasile Popescu)

1957 EuroBasket: finished 5th among 16 teams

3 Grigore Costescu, 4 A.Borbely, 5 Mihai Nedef, 6 Andrei Folbert, 7 Emanoil Răducanu, 8 Alexandru Berecky, 9 Emil Niculescu, 10 Alexandru Fodor, 11 Mihai Erdogh, 12 Armand Nováček, 13 Liviu Naghy, 14 A Koukouch (Coach: Alexandru Popescu)

1959 EuroBasket: finished 8th among 17 teams

3 Feodor Nedelea, 4 Armand Nováček, 5 Grigore Costescu, 6 Andrei Folbert, 7 Mihai Nedef, 8 Emeric Vizi, 9 Emil Niculescu, 10 Alexandru Fodor, 11 Dragos Nosievici, 12 Cristian Popescu, 13 Ludovic Toth, 14 Jzidor Milelman (Coach: Constantin Herold)

1961 EuroBasket: finished 7th among 19 teams

4 Aurel Popovici, 5 Emil Niculescu, 6 Horatiu Giurgiu, 7 Mihai Nedef, 8 Nicolae Viciu, 9 Mihai Albu, 10 Pavel Visner, 11 Dragos Nosievici, 12 Cristian Popescu, 13 Armand Nováček, 14 Horia Demian, 15 Gheorghe Valeriu (Coach: Constantin Herold)

1963 EuroBasket: finished 11th among 16 teams

4 Horia Demian, 5 Emil Niculescu, 6 Marian Spiridon, 7 Mihai Nedef, 8 Mihai Kiss, 9 Mihai Albu, 10 Horatiu Giurgiu, 11 Dragos Nosievici, 12 Cristian Popescu, 13 Pavel Visner, 14 Mircea Cimpeanu, 15 Gheorghe Valeriu (Coach: Vasile Popescu)

1965 EuroBasket: finished 13th among 16 teams

4 Horia Demian, 5 Gheorghe Novac, 6 Marian Spiridon, 7 Mihai Nedef, 8 Nicolae Ionescu, 9 Mihai Albu, 10 Alin Savu, 11 Dragos Nosievici, 12 Cristian Popescu, 13 Armand Nováček, 14 Ekehardt Jekely, 15 Aurel Popovici (Coach: Vasile Popescu)

1967 EuroBasket: finished 5th among 16 teams

4 Adolf Cernea, 5 Gheorghe Novac, 6 Dragos Nosievici, 7 Alin Savu, 8 Ekehardt Jekely, 9 Mihai Albu, 10 Gheorghe Barau, 11 Nicolae Birsan, 12 Cristian Popescu, 13 Titus Tarau, 14 Radu Diaconescu, 15 Horia Demian (Coach: Alexandru Popescu)

1969 EuroBasket: finished 9th among 12 teams

4 Francisc Dikay, 5 Matei Ruhring, 6 Dragos Nosievici, 7 Constantin Dragomirescu, 8 Ekehardt Jekely, 9 Mihai Albu, 10 Petru Czmor, 11 Radu Diaconescu, 12 Gheorghe Novac, 13 Titus Tarau, 14 Mihai Dimancea, 15 Adolf Cernea (Coach: Alexandru Popescu)

1971 EuroBasket: finished 8th among 12 teams

4 Dan Georgescu, 5 Mircea Chivulescu, 6 Nicolae Pirsu, 7 Alin Savu, 8 Dan Niculescu, 9 Mihai Albu, 10 Constantin Dragomirescu, 11 Radu Diaconescu, 12 Gheorghe Cimpeanu, 13 Titus Tarau, 14 Gheorghe Oczelak, 15 Vasile Popa (Coach: Alexandru Popescu)

1973 EuroBasket: finished 9th among 12 teams

4 Gheorghe Cimpeanu, 5 Mircea Chivulescu, 6 Nicolae Pirsu, 7 Nicolae Manaila, 8 Dan Niculescu, 9 Dan Georgescu, 10 Costel Cernat, 11 Radu Diaconescu, 12 Gheorghe Novac, 13 Titus Tarau, 14 Gheorghe Oczelak, 15 Vasile Popa (Coach: Alexandru Popescu)

1975 EuroBasket: finished 11th among 12 teams

4 Dan Georgescu, 5 Georghe Mihuta, 6 Vasile Zdrenghea, 7 Dan Moisescu, 8 Nicolae Pirsu, 9 Dan Niculescu, 10 Costel Cernat, 11 Radu Diaconescu, 12 Gheorghe Novac, 13 Titus Tarau, 14 Gheorghe Oczelak, 15 Vasile Popa (Coach: Mihai Nedef)

1985 EuroBasket: finished 10th among 12 teams

4 Florentin Ermurache, 5 Attila Szabó, 6 Viorel Constantin, 7 Ioan Ionescu, 8 Doru Rădulescu, 9 Dan Niculescu, 10 Costel Cernat, 11 Roman Opsitaru, 12 Anton Netolitzchi, 13 Victor Jacob, 14 Marian Marinache, 15 Alexandru Vinereanu (Coach: Gheorghe Novac)

1987 EuroBasket: finished 12th among 12 teams

4 Florentin Ermurache, 5 Sorin Ardeleanu, 6 Robert Reisenbuchler, 7 Ioan Ionescu, 8 Petre Brănișteanu, 9 Dan Niculescu, 10 Costel Cernat, 11 Andrei Constantin, 12 Anton Netolitzchi, 13 Constantin Popa, 14 Gabriel David, 15 Alexandru Vinereanu (Coach: Gheorghe Novac)

2017 EuroBasket: finished 23rd among 24 teams

4 Andrei Mandache, 6 Catalin Petrisor, 8 Radu Paliciuc, 9 Vlad Moldoveanu, 10 Bogdan Nicolescu, 11 Octavian Calota, 13 Alexandru Olah, 14 Titus Nicoara, 15 Emanuel Cățe, 25 Rolland Torok, 26 Catalin Baciu, 32 Nandor Kuti (Coach: Marcel Tenter)

Manufacturer

 * 2014: Ancada
 * 2015–2017: Peak
 * 2019–present: Spalding

Sponsor

 * 2020–present: Banca Transilvania

Videos

 * Romania v Spain - Highlights - FIBA EuroBasket 2022 - Qualifiers

title: Romania men's national basketball team


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Tau Aquarii

The Bayer designation Tau Aquarii (τ Aqr / τ Aquarii) is shared by two star systems, in the constellation Aquarius: They are separated by 0.65° on the sky.
 * τ1 Aquarii
 * τ2 Aquarii

All of them were member of asterism 羽林軍 (Yǔ Lín Jūn), Palace Guard, Encampment mansion.

title: Tau Aquarii


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User:Selmo

Well, its been two-and-a-half years since I was last active on Wikipedia, leaving over the 9/11 controversy that (still) is a heated debate. I'd figure I would go back to editing what I'm interested in, as well as help out with the administrative stuff here (IE, participating in XfD discussions.

Last summer, I was diagnosed with psychosis, and since being on anti-psychotic medications, as well as some dietary changes, I can safely say I'm a different person.

I am currently enrolled at Roberts Education Centre and I'm aspiring to take Computer Science at Simon Fraser University.

title: User:Selmo