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Nicholas Downs

Nicholas William Downs is an American actor. Downs has played supporting roles in several films, including Constantine (2005), The Girl Next Door (2004), and Pearl Harbor (2001). He played the main character in "Is It Just Me?" (2010). He also appeared in 16 to Life (2009) and Anderson's Cross (2007). On television, Downs has appeared in episodes of Cold Case (2007) and Boston Public (2002).

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Downs is gay.

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I noticed u are adding nonsense to several pages in Wikipedia Please Stop that Ok use the Preview button if u want to see your work. Ty --JAranda'' | yeah 03:58, 8 October 2005 (UTC)

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Josh Barnett

Joshua Lawrence Barnett (born November 10, 1977) is an American mixed martial artist, submission wrestler, professional wrestler, and color commentator currently signed to Bellator MMA. Barnett previously competed for the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC), where he was the youngest-ever UFC Heavyweight Champion. Barnett was the final Openweight King Of Pancrase, a finalist in both the 2006 PRIDE Openweight Grand Prix and the 2012 Strikeforce Heavyweight Championship Grand Prix. He has also competed in Affliction, World Victory Road, DREAM and Impact FC.

In submission grappling, Barnett was an IBJJF no-gi jiu-jitsu world champion in 2009, the Metamoris Heavyweight Champion in 2014,  and a catch wrestling world champion in 2018.

As a professional wrestler, Barnett made his in-ring debut in 2003 in the main event of New Japan Pro-Wrestling's annual January 4 Tokyo Dome Show, in a bout against IWGP Heavyweight Champion Yuji Nagata. Since then he has also wrestled for Inoki Genome Federation and Total Nonstop Action Wrestling. In January 2015, Barnett began working as a color commentator for NJPW's weekly program on America's AXS TV.

Early life
Born and raised in Seattle, Washington, Barnett had a troubled childhood and often got into fights. He was put into anger management programs at a young age and learned to cope with his anger by participating in athletics. Barnett attended Ballard High School, where he excelled at wrestling, football, and also trained in judo, karate and Muay Thai. After seeing UFC 2 as a sophomore, he decided that he wanted to be a mixed martial artist. Barnett had originally attended the University of Montana to play football for the school as a walk-on, but decided to pursue fighting instead. At the recommendation of an instructor at Montana, Barnett went to train at the Bushidokan dojo of Jim Harrison. Although he did not have the money for classes, he received training in exchange for helping with maintenance and labor at the dojo.

Early career
Before his professional debut, Barnett engaged in mutual combat fights he organized with men via the internet. They would share information, arrange a location, agree upon rules, and use improvised gloves, often fighting several times as well as training together.

Barnett's professional debut was on January 11, 1997, in Washington, against Chris Charnos for United Full Contact Federation. He accepted the fight with less than two weeks notice while home for winter break after being contacted by organizer Matt Hume, his former high school wrestling coach, and won by submission via rear-naked choke in under three minutes. Barnett started training in catch wrestling and no-holds-barred with Hume's AMC Pankration team to prepare for his next fight. After winning, he decided to drop out of university and pursue fighting full-time. Barnett was required to pass an evaluation involving conditioning, training, and an interview to join AMC. He would compile a 9–0 record with seven first-round stoppages and wins over future UFC Hall of Famer Dan Severn, Bobby Hoffman, John Marsh, and Bob Gilstrap twice. With these dominant showings, Barnett was invited to compete in the UFC.

Ultimate Fighting Championship
Barnett made his UFC debut at UFC 28 on November 17, 2000, against 6' 10" Gan "The Giant" McGee and Barnett won via TKO in the second round. Despite suffering a KO loss in his next fight against Pedro Rizzo at UFC 30 he would bounce back and win his next two fights over 7' 0" Dutch kickboxer Semmy Schilt via armbar submission at UFC 32, and then received a submission win in a rematch with Bobby Hoffman at UFC 34. Subsequent to his win over Hoffman, Barnett tested positive for banned substances and was given a warning by the Nevada State Athletic Commission. Barnett was then given a title shot for the UFC Heavyweight Championship against then-champion and future UFC Hall of Famer Randy Couture at UFC 36. He won via TKO after using the ground and pound technique to become the youngest-ever UFC Heavyweight Champion. However, after the bout it was revealed that he had again tested positive for banned substances and his title was stripped.

Pancrase and PRIDE
Barnett competed in MMA in both PRIDE and Pancrase in Japan. While in Pancrase, he became the Openweight King of Pancrase by defeating Yuki Kondo. Winning this title put him alongside the likes of Ken Shamrock, Frank Shamrock and Bas Rutten as one of the few fighters to be a titleholder in both Pancrase and the UFC.

In his first fight in PRIDE, at PRIDE 28 against Croatian Mirko Cro Cop, he suffered a simultaneous fracture and dislocated shoulder injury that required surgery and over six months of rehab. His first fight back post-injury was a rematch against Cro Cop at PRIDE 30, which he lost by a unanimous decision. He came back with a win against Kazuhiro Nakamura at PRIDE 31. Josh Barnett was scheduled to fight Pride World Heavyweight Champion Fedor Emelianenko for the title but withdrew from the fight due to an appendicitis. Barnett underwent surgery to remove his appendix later that night.

Barnett later beat Alexander Emelianenko by an americana submission in the second round of the PRIDE Openweight Grand Prix at PRIDE Total Elimination Absolute. He submitted Mark Hunt via kimura in the first round of the Openweight Grand Prix at Pride Critical Countdown Absolute. Barnett defeated Antônio Rodrigo Nogueira by split decision in the semi-finals of the Openweight Grand Prix, however he lost the final match of the PRIDE Final Conflict Absolute to Cro Cop on September 10, 2006, submitting after an unintentional finger poke to the eye. In a post-fight interview, Barnett explained the incident: "I opened up my guard and I grabbed his leg to go for a leg lock, and in the scramble Mirko put his hand out to post and he caught a finger deep in my right eye. And as soon as it happened I let go of the leg and grabbed my face, and I couldn't see anything at the time and I had no idea where he was and I just didn't want him to punt me in the face with a kick when I can't see and I'm blinded. He said, you know, 'Sorry' and I said to him that he was winning that night and it was an accident. He didn't mean [to do it]". This also marked the third time he was beaten by the MMA legend.

Next, Barnett fought the Polish Judo gold medalist Pawel Nastula at PRIDE 32, the organization's first show in the United States. To fight again in Nevada, the Nevada State Athletic Commission required that Barnett pass a mandatory drug test. In a surprisingly competitive match, Nastula controlled the first round and most of the second. Barnett reversed Nastula from the bottom and was able to secure a toe-hold submission, which earned him the victory. At a post-fight press conference, Barnett complimented Nastula on his performance. Nastula, however, subsequently tested positive for steroids. Barnett then lost a rematch by unanimous decision to Antônio Rodrigo Nogueira at Pride Shockwave 2006.

World Victory Road: Sengoku
After the bout against Nogueira and the acquisition of PRIDE by the UFC, Barnett did not participate in any MMA events in 2007. Barnett did not follow many other PRIDE veterans to the UFC because he desired to join an organization that included the top Heavyweight fighter in the world, Fedor Emelianenko. In 2008, Barnett joined the newly organized MMA promotion, Sengoku, and fought in consecutive main events at Sengoku 1 and Sengoku 2, submitting Hidehiko Yoshida with a heel hook in the third round, and defeating Jeff Monson by unanimous decision.

Affliction Entertainment
Since his contract with World Victory Road was not exclusive, Barnett was able to join other MMA events. Barnett participated in the inaugural MMA event held by Affliction Entertainment, in July 2008. Seven years after his only knockout loss to Pedro Rizzo, he avenged that loss at Affliction: Banned with a knockout of his own in the second round.

In January 2009, Barnett fought PRIDE veteran Gilbert Yvel at Affliction: Day of Reckoning. Barnett defeated Yvel by a submission resulting from strikes in the third round. His next match-up, scheduled on August 1, 2009, against Fedor Emelianenko at Affliction's 3rd event Affliction: Trilogy, was one of the most anticipated match-up between the then ranked number one Heavyweight Emelianenko and number two Heavyweight Barnett. Dana White announced if Barnett were to defeat Emelianenko, he would sign him back into the UFC and would grant him a title shot against UFC Heavyweight Champion Brock Lesnar. However, the fight was officially pulled 10 days before the fight by the California State Athletic Commission after Barnett tested positive for anabolic steroids (a metabolite of drostanolone) for a third time. The event and Affliction Entertainment itself was cancelled July 24, 2009, as a result. Barnett requested that they test his "B" sample hoping there was an error in the test. His "B" sample was also positive.

Post-Affliction
Due to the positive drug tests, Barnett made a re-licensure appeal to the California State Athletic Commission (CSAC). The CSAC postponed Barnett's appeal three times. The first two postponements occurred because Barnett's law firm required additional information from the laboratory that conducted Barnett's tests. Michael J. DiMaggio, Barnett's attorney, was unable to attend the hearing because of travel problems, causing the third extension, which would have taken place February 22, 2010.

Barnett was a no-show at his hearing on February 22, 2010, making this the fourth delay in his appeal. Shannon Hooper, Barnett's manager, told MMAjunkie.com that on Monday February 22, 2010, Barnett was in Japan on Sunday February 21, 2010, for a professional wrestling match and would return to the U.S. later that day. He claimed he was unaware that his presence was required, but the CSAC stated they had notified him of this months before. Barnett later signed on with MMA organization Strikeforce.

DREAM
Barnett signed to fight for DREAM in 2010, and made his debut on March 22, 2010, at DREAM 13 against Mighty Mo. He won the fight via submission in the first round. During the fight, he accidentally kicked Mighty Mo in the groin so immediately after winning the fight, Barnett approached Mighty Mo apologizing for the illegal strike and in return allowed Mighty Mo to knee him in the groin.

Strikeforce
On September 13, 2010, it was announced that Josh Barnett had signed a multi-fight deal with Strikeforce.

Barnett faced Brett Rogers on June 18, 2011, at Strikeforce: Overeem vs. Werdum in the opening round of a Strikeforce Heavyweight Tournament. Barnett submitted Rogers with an arm triangle choke in the second round of the bout.

Barnett defeated Sergei Kharitonov in the semi-final of the tournament headlining Strikeforce: Barnett vs. Kharitonov on September 10, 2011, at U.S. Bank Arena in Cincinnati, Ohio.

He faced fellow finalist Daniel Cormier on May 19, 2012, at Strikeforce: Barnett vs. Cormier to determine the Strikeforce Heavyweight Grand Prix Champion. Dana White announced if Barnett were to defeat Cormier, he would be allowed back into the UFC, "If he wins the fight, I can't see why he wouldn't come [to the UFC]." Barnett lost the bout via unanimous decision (49–46, 50–45, and 50–45), losing for the first time in over 5 years.

In January 2013, Barnett faced a promotional newcomer, Nandor Guelmino, at Strikeforce: Marquardt vs. Saffiedine, the final Strikeforce event. Barnett defeated Guelmino via arm triangle choke submission in the first round.

Return to the UFC
Barnett initially declined to sign with the UFC. However, on May 21, 2013, it was announced that Barnett had returned to the UFC and signed a multi-fight contract with the promotion.

Barnett faced former UFC Heavyweight Champion Frank Mir on August 31, 2013, at UFC 164. He won the fight in the first round by technical knockout.

Barnett faced Travis Browne on December 28, 2013, at UFC 168. He lost the fight via knockout due to elbow strikes in the first round.

After working as a coach on Road to UFC Japan, Barnett faced Roy Nelson in the main event at UFC Fight Night 75. He won the fight via unanimous decision (48–47, 48–47, and 50–45). The win also earned Barnett his first Performance of the Night bonus award.

Barnett faced Ben Rothwell on January 30, 2016, at UFC on Fox 18. He lost the fight in the second round due to a guillotine choke, resulting in the first loss due to a submission hold during Barnett's lengthy MMA career.

Barnett next faced Andrei Arlovski on September 3, 2016, at UFC Fight Night 93. He won the fight via rear naked choke submission in the third round, earning a Performance of the Night bonus. Both participants were awarded Fight of the Night for their performance.

In December 2016, UFC was notified of a potential USADA doping violation by Barnett from an out-of-competition test. In March 2018, Barnett was clear to fight and received a "public reprimand" instead of a suspension from USADA after it was determined that his failed test was the result of a contaminated supplement.

Departure from the UFC
On June 20, 2018, Barnett was granted his request to be released from UFC, claiming he does not trust the United States Anti-Doping Agency.

Bellator MMA
On April 1, 2019, it was revealed that Barnett signed a multi-fight contract with Bellator MMA. Barnett was expected to make his promotional debut against Ronny Markes on December 20, 2019, at Bellator's Salute the Troops event in Honolulu, Hawaii, but was deemed unable to compete due to severe illness on the night of the event. The bout was rescheduled for Bellator 241 on March 13, 2020, but Barnett failed medical tests and was replaced by Matt Mitrione.

New Japan Pro-Wrestling (2003–2004, 2015–present)
Barnett began his career as a professional wrestler in the New Japan Pro-Wrestling (NJPW) organization, where he wrestled numerous matches in 2003 and 2004. In his first match, he wrestled champion Yuji Nagata for the IWGP Heavyweight Championship. Although unsuccessful in that match, Barnett formed a tag team with Perry Saturn and was undefeated in the following NJPW tour, Fighting Spirit 2003. Barnett wrestled over 50 matches in total for the NJPW promotion.

In January 2015, Barnett began working as a color commentator for NJPW's weekly program on AXS TV.

Throughout 2022, Barnett appeared on NJPW Strong, wrestling occasionally.

Inoki Genome Federation (2007–2014)
Barnett debuted in Antonio Inoki's Inoki Genome Federation (IGF) wrestling promotion in June 2007 with a victory over Tadao Yasuda. He racked up victories against Don Frye and Montanha Silva before suffering his first loss against Naoya Ogawa. The same man he beat earlier in the night. Since the loss, he has been on a winning streak beating The Predator, Hitokui Yoshiki, Tank Abbott, Jon Andersen, Fonseca, Atsushi Sawada, Bob Sapp, Ultimate Mask, Tim Sylvia, Montanha Silva, Bobby Lashley and Hideki Suzuki.

Starting in February at IGF Genome 14, IGF began a title tournament to crown a new Heavyweight Champion and Barnett not only continued his winning streak but he advanced to the semi-finals of the tournament with his victory over Montanha Silva. In July at IGF Genome 16, he defeated Bobby Lashley with a cross armbreaker to advance to the finals of the title tournament. He was scheduled to face Jérôme Le Banner for the IGF Heavyweight Championship in a tournament final scheduled for August 27 at the IGF Super Stars Festival 2011. However, it was announced on August 19 that Barnett had to pull out of the match up and Le Banner was declared the first ever IGF champion on August 22. However, Josh Barnett would get his shot at the IGF Heavyweight Championship on December 2 against the champion, Jerome Le Banner. Barnett would lose the contest by knockout.

On New Year's Eve, Barnett made his return to Japan for the Fight for Japan event, where he would face Hideki Suzuki in an IGF Rules match. After a wrestling clinic was put on by both athletes, it was Barnett who won with a brainbuster to seal the victory.

Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (2017)
During the January 2017 Impact Wrestling tapings, Barnett unsuccessfully faced Bobby Lashley in an open challenge for the TNA World Heavyweight Championship.

Return to the IGF (2017)
Barnett returned to IGF on April 5, 2017, defeating Shinichi Suzukawa on the promotion's inaugural Next Exciting Wrestling (NEW) event.

Game Changer Wrestling (2019–present)
Josh Barnett hosted the GCW Bloodsport event of 2019. He fought Minoru Suzuki in the main event. On June 22, 2019, it was announced that Bloodsport 2 would happen on September 14, 2019, in Atlantic City, New Jersey. Jon Moxley was announced as his opponent. After Moxley had to bow out of the bout due to injury, Chris Dickinson would be announced as his replacement. Josh Barnett would go on to defeat Chris Dickinson in the main event.

On January 13, 2020, Josh announced that on April 2, 2020, at Josh Barnett's: Bloodsport 3, he would finally face off against Jon Moxley. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the event was rescheduled for October 11 in Marion County, Indiana, and the main event announced for Bloodsport 3 was Jon Moxley vs. Chris Dickinson.

All Elite Wrestling (2023)
Barnett made his All Elite Wrestling (AEW) debut on October 1, 2023, on the pre-show of WrestleDream. At the event, Barnett was defeated by Claudio Castagnoli. After the match, Barnett praised Castagnolli and requested a future rematch.

Submission grappling career
Despite not having a black belt, Barnett competed at the IBJJF World No-Gi Jiu-Jitsu Championship on November 8, 2009, winning gold in the black belt ultra heavyweight / pessadisimo (over 215 pounds) division by defeating Bruno Paulista in the final. According to Barnett, after his victory, a "Josh Barnett rule" was instituted that required official registration of a black belt and academy.

Barnett competed in the California Classic Brazilian jiu-jitsu tournament on November 15, 2009, in the black belt gi absolute division. He first beat future world champion Otavio Sousa by submission but lost a decision to IBJJF world champion and ADCC veteran Romulo Barral. According to Barnett, it was originally advertised as a no-gi tournament but changed to gi after a vote before the event. Because he didn't own a gi or belt, Barnett was sponsored for a gi by Break Point and given an honorary black belt by Chris Haueter to compete. On December 19, 2009, Erik Paulson awarded Barnett his Brazilian jiu-jitsu black belt. Even though Barnett had never trained in BJJ, he was given his belt based on competition merit and overall knowledge.

In the co-main event of Metamoris 4 on August 9, 2014, Barnett faced Dean Lister, a multiple-time world champion in submission grappling to determine the inaugural Metamoris Heavyweight Champion. Barnett became the first person in sixteen years to defeat Lister via submission, submitting Lister with a scarf hold in the final thirty seconds of the match.

On May 9, 2015, in the main event of Metamoris 6, Barnett defended the Metamoris Heavyweight Championship against Ryron Gracie. In a bout promoted as "catch wrestling vs. Gracie jiu-jitsu", Barnett secured a takedown in the opening minutes and maintained top position for the duration. After moving to north-south position, Gracie attempted to scissor Barnett's head, which Barnett countered into a toehold to make Gracie submit at 12:58. According to Barnett, he never received his payment for the match, which happened to other Metamoris competitors as well.

On November 2, 2018, at the Catch Wrestling World Championships hosted by The Snake Pit in Bolton, England, Barnett competed and won the super heavyweight (100+ kg) division.

On October 28, 2023, Barnett competed in a catch wrestling match against Owen Livesey at the Snake Pit Catch Wrestling World Championships. He lost the match by decision.

Barnett faced Phil De Fries in a grappling match at XTB KSW Epic on February 24, 2024. Neither man submitted the other, and the match was ruled a draw.

Bare-knuckle boxing career
Barnett competed against former KSW Heavyweight Champion Marcin Różalski in a bare-knuckle boxing match with elbows allowed on October 23, 2020, due to an agreement with Bellator. The fight took place at the KSW event titled Genesis. Barnett defeated Różalski by TKO via doctor stoppage after the second round.

Other endeavors
In 2017, Barnett formed his own fight team based on the style popularized in Japan. Named UWF USA, it is a shootfighting and catch wrestling based fighting team. Barnett is the head coach/trainer for the team.

Barnett appeared as himself in an episode of the 2013 web series Black Dynamite Teaches a Hard Way!, where a Black Dynamite mannequin teaches him the consequences of littering.

Fighting style
Barnett defines himself as a catch wrestler. He was introduced to the discipline while training for his second professional fight with Matt Hume's team at AMC Pankration. His grappling technique is based on catch, utilizing the controls, rides, and pinning holds to exert pressure over his opponent and grind him down when the fight gets to the ground. In order to finish the match, he is skilled in the aspect of lockflow or chain wrestling, in which he gets from a position to another to get a submission hold. As well as his grappling expertise, Barnett also has a powerful Muay Thai game, which features the ability to switch stances during the fight, confusing his opponent and strengthening Barnett's assault. Barnett has also shown the ability to enhance his striking with catch wrestling, using collar ties and wrist grips to set up elbows and knees against the fence.

Personal life
In an interview on The Steve Austin Show, Barnett confirmed that he is not religious. In his spare time, he enjoys driving and repairing automobiles, preferring vintage models. He is a self-proclaimed cinephile and cites the final cut of Blade Runner as his favorite motion picture.

He plays and is a fan of the card game Magic: The Gathering.

Barnett was dubbed the 'Baby-Faced Assassin' early in his career due to his youthful appearance and dominance, with the moniker staying with him into his 30s. His later nickname 'The Warmaster' was in response to no longer looking or fighting like his younger self. It was inspired by a song by the British death metal band Bolt Thrower, itself named after a character from the sci-fi miniature wargame Warhammer 40,000. Barnett is a noted heavy metal fan, and has used Bolt Thrower as entrance music during his MMA career.

Mixed martial arts

 * Pancrase
 * Openweight King of Pancrase (One time, last champion)
 * Two successful title defenses
 * PRIDE Fighting Championship
 * 2006 PRIDE Heavyweight Grand Prix Runner-up
 * Strikeforce
 * 2013 Strikeforce Heavyweight Grand Prix Runner-up
 * Icon Sport
 * SuperBrawl 13 Heavyweight Tournament Winner
 * Ultimate Fighting Championship
 * UFC Heavyweight Championship (One time)
 * Youngest UFC Heavyweight Champion in history (24-years-old)
 * Fight of the Night (One time)
 * Performance of the Night (Two times)
 * Sherdog
 * Mixed Martial Arts Hall of Fame

Submission grappling

 * International Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu Federation
 * 2009 World No-Gi Jiu-Jitsu Championship - 1st place (black belt, ultra heavy)

 * International Gracie Jiu-Jitsu Federation
 * 2010 Gracie US Nationals - 1st place (206+ lb, advanced no-gi)

 * Metamoris
 * Metamoris Heavyweight Champion (One time, only champion)
 * One successful title defense vs. Ryron Gracie
 * The Snake Pit
 * 2018 Catch Wrestling World Championships - 1st place (100+ kg, super heavyweight)

Submission grappling record (incomplete)

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 * Draw ||🏴 Phil De Fries || Draw || KSW Epic: Khalidov vs. Adamek || February 24, 2024 || 1 || 10:00 ||
 * Draw ||🏴 Phil De Fries || Draw || KSW Epic: Khalidov vs. Adamek || February 24, 2024 || 1 || 10:00 ||

 * Loss ||🇺🇸 Gordon Ryan || Submission (triangle choke) || Quintet || October 5, 2018 || 1 || N/A ||
 * Win ||🇺🇸 Ryron Gracie || Submission (toe hold) || Metamoris VI || May 9, 2015 || 1 || 12:58 || For the Metamoris Heavyweight Championship.
 * Win ||🇺🇸 Dean Lister || Submission (scarf-hold choke) || Metamoris IV || August 9, 2014 || 1 || 19:48 || For the inaugural Metamoris Heavyweight Championship.
 * Loss ||🇺🇸 Ricardo Almeida || Submission (guillotine choke) || ADCC || 2000 || N/A || N/A || Absolute
 * Loss ||🇺🇸 Mark Kerr || Submission (kimura) || ADCC || 2000 || N/A|| N/A || +99 kg
 * Loss ||🇺🇸 Garth Taylor || Points || ADCC || 1999 || 1 || 10:00 || Absolute
 * Win ||🇧🇷 Pedro Duarte || Submission || ADCC || 1999 || 1 || 1:19 || Absolute
 * Loss ||🇺🇸 Mark Kerr || Points || ADCC || 1999 || 1 || 10:00 || +99 kg
 * Win ||🇺🇸 Travis Fulton || Points || ADCC || 1999 || 1 || 15:00 || +99 kg
 * Loss ||🇺🇸 Mark Kerr || Submission (kimura) || ADCC || 2000 || N/A|| N/A || +99 kg
 * Loss ||🇺🇸 Garth Taylor || Points || ADCC || 1999 || 1 || 10:00 || Absolute
 * Win ||🇧🇷 Pedro Duarte || Submission || ADCC || 1999 || 1 || 1:19 || Absolute
 * Loss ||🇺🇸 Mark Kerr || Points || ADCC || 1999 || 1 || 10:00 || +99 kg
 * Win ||🇺🇸 Travis Fulton || Points || ADCC || 1999 || 1 || 15:00 || +99 kg
 * Loss ||🇺🇸 Mark Kerr || Points || ADCC || 1999 || 1 || 10:00 || +99 kg
 * Win ||🇺🇸 Travis Fulton || Points || ADCC || 1999 || 1 || 15:00 || +99 kg
 * Win ||🇺🇸 Travis Fulton || Points || ADCC || 1999 || 1 || 15:00 || +99 kg
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Delta National Forest

Delta National Forest is a U.S. National Forest in western Mississippi, located in Sharkey County, and has an area of 60898 acre. Delta is operated as the Sunflower Wildlife Management Area. The forest is headquartered in Jackson, as are all six National Forests in Mississippi, but Delta Ranger District office is located in Rolling Fork. It is one of only six National Forests that are contained entirely within a single county and the only bottomland hardwood forest in the National Forest system.

The Green Ash-Overcup Oak-Sweetgum Research Natural Areas within the Delta National Forest are a rare example of pristine bottomland hardwood forests. They were declared National Natural Landmarks in May 1976.

Sunflower Wildlife Management Area
Under a Memorandum of Understanding between the US forest Service and the Mississippi Department of Wildlife, Fisheries and Parks Delta National Forest is operated as the Sunflower Wildlife Management Area.

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Homochitto National Forest

Homochitto National Forest is a U.S. National Forest in southwestern Mississippi comprising 191839 acre. In the mid-1930s, the Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) began reforestation of the area and developing a system of roadways and recreational areas.

Geography
In descending order of land area the forest is located in parts of:
 * Franklin County,
 * Amite County,
 * Wilkinson County,
 * Adams County,
 * Jefferson County,
 * Lincoln County,
 * Copiah County

Flora and fauna
The flora of the Homochitto National Forest consists of about 850 species of vascular plants. The rivers and streams of the forest are rather poor in bivalve diversity, but at least eight species of freshwater mussels are known, with perhaps as many as 11 species possible. Three species of winter stoneflies have been collected from the Homochitto National Forest, including one that was later described as a new species, Allocapnia starki.

Headquarters
The forest is headquartered in Jackson, Mississippi, as are all six National Forests in Mississippi. There are local ranger district offices located in Meadville.

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Tombigbee National Forest

Tombigbee National Forest is a U.S. National Forest in eastern and northeastern Mississippi. It is named for the nearby Tombigbee River. It is divided geographically into two non-contiguous sections. The larger southern section, about 60% of the total acreage, is located north of Louisville, in parts of Winston, Choctaw, and Oktibbeha counties in eastern Mississippi. The smaller northern section, about 40% of the total acreage, is located northeast of Houston, in parts of Chickasaw and Pontotoc counties in northeastern Mississippi. As a whole the forest lies, in descending order of land area, in Winston, Chickasaw, Choctaw, Pontotoc, and Oktibbeha counties. The forest has a total area of 67,005 acres (105 sq mi, or 271 km2). Headquarters of forest administration is in Jackson, as are those for all six National Forests in Mississippi, but local ranger district offices are located in Ackerman. The forest contains the Owl Creek Mounds, which include five platform mounds built between 1100 and 1200 CE.

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Mary, Did You Know?

"Mary, Did You Know?" is a Christmas song addressing Mary, mother of Jesus, with lyrics written by Mark Lowry in 1984, and music written by Buddy Greene in 1991. It was originally recorded by Christian recording artist Michael English on his self-titled debut solo album in 1991. At the time, English and Lowry were members of the Gaither Vocal Band, and Greene was touring with them. The song reached number six on CCM Magazine's Adult Contemporary Chart. In 1993, the second singer (and first secular artist) to record the song was Country singer Kathy Mattea on her album Good News, which won the Grammy Award for Best Southern, Country or Bluegrass Gospel Album. Lowry would record the song several times himself, most notably with the Gaither Vocal Band on their 1998 Christmas album, Still the Greatest Story Ever Told.

The song has since gone on to become a modern Christmas classic, recorded by hundreds of artists over the years, across multiple genres. Several recordings have reached the top ten in various Billboard charts. The song encourages contemplation of the relationship between Mary and her son, although some religious commentators have criticized the lyrics.

Music and lyrics
"Mary, Did You Know?" was originally released in the key of E♭ minor, with a tempo of 53 beats per minute in meter, based around a chord progression of E♭m–D♭–A♭m7–B♭7sus4–B♭7. The lyrics evolved from a series of questions that Lowry scripted for a Christmas program at his church: "I just tried to put into words the unfathomable. I started thinking of the questions I would have for her if I were to sit down & have coffee with Mary. You know, 'What was it like raising God?' 'What did you know?' 'What didn't you know?'"

None of the questions are answered in the song. Instead, the lyrics poetically invite the listener to contemplate the relationship between Mary and her newborn divine son, even if her faith and awareness did not yet include the details of what would unfold.

The text has received both praise for reflecting the love of God, as well as criticism for perceived ambiguity or lack of theological depth. Baptist theologian Michael Frost suggested that it was the "most sexist Christmas song ever written... It treats her like a clueless child... Could you imagine a song asking Abraham 17 times if he knew he'd be the father of a great nation?" Robert McTeigue and Michelle Arnold, both Roman Catholic commentators, have questioned a particular line of text ("This Child that you delivered will soon deliver you") that might confuse or challenge the belief that Mary herself was conceived without sin. On the other hand the Roman Catholic author Karl Erickson implored people to praise Mary, Did You Know? as a "beautiful expression of God’s love for all of us" and responded to criticism of the piece, stating that "Mary, Did You Know is a song and not a theological essay. Even as simple Christmas music, however, it does a fine job conveying the beauty and profound mystery of the Incarnation. Yes, there is some poetic license taken within the lyrics, but much less than is taken within innumerable other songs we are asked to sing regularly—Sing a New Church, for example." Lutheran clergyman Timothy Koch states that criticism of the song is unwarranted because Mary, Did You Know? is simply poetry using rhetorical questions and that it is "actually communicating to the singer and hearer the truths about Jesus", including doctrines of salvation, homoousious, and the theotokos.

In 2017, Toronto-based theologian Jennifer Henry wrote new lyrics that address the criticisms and echo Mary's words from the biblical Magnificat. These new lyrics have begun to spread in religious settings.

Stage musical
The song was used as the basis for a stage musical, written by David Guthrie and Bruce Greer and also titled Mary, Did You Know?, which won the 1999 Gospel Music Association Dove Award for Musical of the Year.

Kenny Rogers and Wynonna Judd (1996)
A duet, recorded by Wynonna Judd and Kenny Rogers on Rogers' holiday album The Gift, peaked at No. 55 on the Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks chart in 1997.

Chart positions

Clay Aiken (2004)
"Mary, Did You Know?" is the fifth single from Clay Aiken's 2004 Christmas album Merry Christmas with Love. Aiken performed the song on The Tyra Banks Show.

Chart positions

CeeLo Green (2012)
"Mary, Did You Know?" is the eleventh track on CeeLo Green's Christmas album Cee Lo's Magic Moment. On December 15, 2012, the song appeared on the US R&B Songs chart at No. 22 and peaked three weeks later at No. 9. This version is the slowest of all. A remixed version also served as the closing credits song to the 2014 20th Century Fox movie Son of God.

Chart positions

Pentatonix (2014)
"Mary, Did You Know?" is the sixth track on Pentatonix's second Christmas album, That's Christmas to Me. The song both debuted and peaked at No. 26 on the weekly Billboard Hot 100 chart for the week ending December 6, 2014.

Chart positions

Jordan Smith (2015)
In 2015, Jordan Smith performed the song on the season nine finals of The Voice (U.S.). This version debuted and peaked at No. 24 on Billboard's Hot 100 chart and at No. 2 on its Holiday 100 chart in the week ending January 2, 2016.

Zara Larsson (2017)
In 2017, Zara Larsson's cover of the song was included in the soundtrack to the film The Star, released on October 27, 2017. The cover went on to peak at number 55 on the Swedish charts during the 2018 holiday period, making another appearance for one week in 2019 at number 87.

Carrie Underwood (2020)
In 2020, Carrie Underwood included the song as the eighth track on her debut Christmas album, My Gift. Underwood's version charted on Billboard's Hot Christian Songs, peaking at No. 31. Underwood performed the song on The Kelly Clarkson Show.

Dolly Parton (2020)
In 2020, Dolly Parton covered the song on her album A Holly Dolly Christmas. It was released as the first single from the album on August 21, 2020. Parton performed the song for the first time during a livestream event on Amazon Music on November 13, 2020. She also performed the song during NBC's annual Christmas in Rockefeller Center tree-lighting ceremony on December 2 and again during her CBS special A Holly Dolly Christmas on December 6. Parton's version of the song peaked at number 49 on the Billboard Hot Christian Songs chart and number 18 on the Billboard Christian Digital Song Sales chart.

Chart positions

Maverick City Music (2022)
Maverick City Music's version of "Mary Did You Know?" impacted Christian radio in the United States on November 25, 2022, becoming the first single from the album. Maverick City Music released the radio version of "Mary Did You Know?" On December 2, 2022.

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Estonia men's national basketball team

The Estonia men's national basketball team (Eesti korvpallikoondis) represents Estonia in international basketball matches. They are controlled by the Estonian Basketball Association. The team competed in their first international tournament at the 1936 Olympic Games. Estonia has also qualified for the EuroBasket six times overall, with their best results coming in 1937 and 1939. However, after 1939, Estonia halted national team activities due to the occupation of the Baltic states during World War II. Estonia would later rejoin FIBA in 1991, after regaining independence from the Soviet Union.

Early years (1920s–1930s)
Estonia played their first ever international match against their Baltic neighbors Latvia, on 29 April 1924, a 20–16 defeat in Riga. Ten years later, on 30 November 1934, Estonia would become a member of FIBA. Two years after that, the national team played in their first international tournament at the 1936 Olympic Games, held in Berlin. It was the first Olympic tournament to hold basketball as an official medal event. Led by head coach Herbert Niiler, Estonia played their opening match of the tournament against France, where the team came away with a 34–29 win. The national team lost their subsequent second round game to the United States 28–52, but passed the consolation round and faced the Philippines in the third round, losing 22–39. Estonia participated at the European Basketball Championship for the first time in 1937. The team won its first game against Egypt 44–15, but failed to advance past the group stage after suffering a 15–20 defeat against Lithuania, and a 20–30 defeat against Italy. Estonia would finish out the rest of the tournament to place fifth in the final rankings, after defeating Czechoslovakia 30–20 and Latvia 41–19.

Two years later at the EuroBasket 1939, the tournament used a different format from the previous championship, with eight teams facing off in a round-robin competition. Estonia would finish the tournament with a (4–3) record and once again finished in fifth place at the event. Heino Veskila was the tournament's scoring leader averaging 16.7 points per game.

In 1940, Estonia was occupied by the Soviet Union and the team was disbanded.

National team restored (1990s)
After the restoration of independence, the Estonian Basketball Association rejoined FIBA in 1991. Estonia qualified for EuroBasket 1993, held in Germany. Despite missing star players Martin Müürsepp and Tiit Sokk, the team, coached by Jaak Salumets won their group in the preliminary round, finishing ahead of Slovenia, Belgium, and hosts and eventual champions Germany. In the second round, Estonia finished third in their group and advanced to the quarter-finals, where the team lost to Russia 61–82 to be eliminated. In the classification rounds, Estonia defeated Bosnia and Herzegovina 99–91 and lost to Spain 80–119, finishing the championship in sixth place with a (6–5) record. Aivar Kuusmaa was the team's scoring leader with 19.9 points per game.

2000s–2010s
Estonia once again qualified for the EuroBasket, after failing to qualify for the tournament on three occasions after 1993. The team went (7–3) during the qualification period to reach EuroBasket 2001, held in Turkey. Coached by Üllar Kerde, Estonia lost all three of their preliminary round matches against Germany, FR Yugoslavia and Croatia, failing to advance past the group stage and finishing the championship with a disappointing (0–3) record and a 14th place finish. Martin Müürsepp led the team in scoring with 18.3 points per game, while Margus Metstak collected 6.0 rebounds per game, and Rauno Pehka and Tanel Tein averaged 2.7 assists per game. After 2001, Estonia failed to qualify for another major international basketball tournament for 14 years. Although the team competed at the second tier Division B competition in 2011, winning their group. Coached by Tiit Sokk, Estonia qualified for EuroBasket 2015, with preliminary round matches held in Riga, Latvia. Estonia's first two performances were poor as the team suffered heavy defeats in matches against Czech Republic 57–80 and Belgium 55–84. However, the team bounced back with a 78–71 victory over Ukraine, their first EuroBasket victory since 1993. The next game saw Estonia defeated in a close game by Lithuania 62–64. In their final group phase match, Estonia were up against Latvia, which resulted in a 64–75 loss and failing to advance to the knockout stage. Estonia finished the championship in 20th place with a (1–4) record. Gregor Arbet was the team's scoring leader at 11.6 points per game, while Siim-Sander Vene averaged 6.4 rebounds and Sten Sokk contributed 4.2 assists per game.

In qualification for EuroBasket 2017, Estonia won their first two games against, Belarus, and Portugal to put the team at a record of (2–0). However, Estonia would drop three of their final four matches to eliminate the team from qualifying.

After missing their opportunity to reach EuroBasket 2017, Estonia turned their focus toward qualifying for the 2019 FIBA World Cup. The team first went through European Pre-Qualifiers, where they accumulated a (3–1) record during the process, to advance. Entering the first round of European Qualifiers, Estonia would split their first four matches for a record of (2–2), before losing their final two games to Great Britain and Greece respectively. Although by defeating Great Britain in their first match of the qualifiers between the two, it proved enough for Estonia to move on to the second and final phase of European qualifiers. There, the team lost their first four games of the round, before managing to salvage their final two matches before being eliminated. In October 2019, the Estonian Basketball Association named Jukka Toijala as the new head coach of the national team.

2020s
Estonia competed in the EuroBasket 2022 with group phase games played in Milan, Italy. The team started the tournament with a 62–83 loss to the hosts, followed by two narrow defeats against Ukraine (73–74) and Croatia (70–73). Estonia then won 94–62 against Great Britain before losing to Greece 69–90. The team failed to advance to the round of 16 and finished the tournament in 19th place. Maik-Kalev Kotsar averaged the team-best 12.2 points and 5.6 rebounds per game, while Kerr Kriisa led the team with 5.8 assists per game.

Current roster
Roster for the EuroBasket 2025 Qualifiers matches on 23 and 26 February 2024 against North Macedonia and Lithuania.

Recent call-ups
Current notable players who have played for the national team:

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Past rosters
1936 Olympic Games: finished 9th among 23 teams

3 Erich Altosaar, 4 Artur Amon, 5 Aleksander Illi, 6 Vladimir Kärk, 8 Robert Keres, 9 Evald Mahl, 10 Aleksander Margiste, 11 Bernhard Nooni, 12 Leonid Saar, 13 Heino Veskila, 14 Georg Vinogradov (Coach: Herbert Niiler)

1937 EuroBasket: finished 5th among 8 teams

3 Oskar Erikson, 4 Aleksander Illi, 5 Vladimir Kärk, 6 Robert Keres, 7 Evald Mahl, 8 Albert Suurna, 9 Heino Veskila, 10 Ralf Viksten, 11 Alfred Zimmermann (Coach: Herbert Niiler)

1939 EuroBasket: finished 5th among 8 teams

3 Valdeko Valdmäe, 4 Oskar Erikson, 5 Herbert Tillemann, 6 Ralf Viksten, 7 Georg Vinogradov, 8 Artur Amon, 9 Hans Juurup, 10 Erich Altosaar, 11 Heino Veskila, 13 Evald Mahl (Coach: Herbert Niiler)

1993 EuroBasket: finished 6th among 16 teams

4 Toomas Kandimaa, 5 Aivar Kuusmaa, 6 Erki Kivinukk, 7 Ivo Saksakulm, 8 Margus Metstak, 9 Andrus Nagel, 10 Indrek Rumma, 11 Sergei Babenko, 12 Marek Noormets, 13 Aleksandr Karavajev, 14 Gert Kullamäe, 15 Rauno Pehka (Coach: Jaak Salumets)

2001 EuroBasket: finished 14th among 16 teams

4 Tanel Tein, 5 Indrek Varblane, 6 Toomas Kandimaa, 7 Valmo Kriisa, 8 Margus Metstak, 9 Andre Pärn, 10 Indrek Rumma, 11 Tarmo Kikerpill, 12 Marek Noormets, 13 Martin Müürsepp, 14 Toomas Liivak, 15 Rauno Pehka (Coach: Üllar Kerde)

2015 EuroBasket: finished 20th among 24 teams

4 Rain Veideman, 5 Tanel Sokk, 6 Gert Dorbek, 7 Sten Sokk, 8 Janar Talts, 9 Gregor Arbet, 10 Erik Keedus, 11 Siim-Sander Vene, 13 Joosep Toome, 14 Kristjan Kangur, 15 Reinar Hallik, 20 Tanel Kurbas (Coach: Tiit Sokk)

2022 EuroBasket: finished 19th among 24 teams

0 Henri Drell, 2 Sander Raieste, 7 Sten Sokk, 9 Matthias Tass, 11 Siim-Sander Vene, 15 Maik-Kalev Kotsar, 20 Rauno Nurger, 21 Janari Jõesaar, 22 Martin Dorbek, 33 Kristjan Kitsing, 44 Kerr Kriisa, 77 Kristian Kullamäe (Coach: Jukka Toijala)

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Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Triangle vegetarian society

 * The following discussion is an archived debate of the proposed deletion of the article below. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as the article's talk page or on a Votes for Undeletion nomination).  No further edits should be made to this page.

The result of the debate was DELETE. — J I P | Talk 09:12, 16 October 2005 (UTC)

Triangle vegetarian society
Article about local vegetarian group in North Carolina; not notable enough for an encyclopedia entry. tregoweth 04:00, 8 October 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete NN --Rogerd 04:06, 8 October 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete limited scope/nn. Qaz  ( talk ) 07:05, 8 October 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete per all of the above. Andrew Lenahan - St ar bli nd 11:16, 8 October 2005 (UTC)
 * Keep and Expand or Rewrite Gets nearly 1000 Google hits, so it isn't exactly not notable. (Pardon the double negative). However, it's poorly written and doesn't provide much background, so I wish to see a little more information added. Ac  e  tic  ' Acid  22:20, 8 October 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete as per Tregoweth. -- Kjkolb 03:11, 9 October 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete unencyclopedic. -- red stucco 07:59, 14 October 2005 (UTC)
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 * Thanks. That's a lot to read. I will try to learn the rules here.

 * The four tildes things is pretty cool.

 * Victrix 04:29, 8 October 2005 (UTC)

Lightbringer
If you come accross a sockpuppet of his, make sure to put a tag on the user page of that sockpuppet. -- Spinboy 17:11, 17 October 2005 (UTC)

Welcome aboard mate.
You might want to throw up a user info page, you're looking mighty naked in red in the history lists. Welcome aboard regardless, I'm not sure of your Wikipedian past or experience, but if you ever need assistance with anything, I am more than happy to help. :) 211.30.72.208 04:03, 18 October 2005 (UTC) (aka: Jachin)

Jack the Ripper

 * I'll take you on your word that Ripper Notes content was used to source much of the article, so I've moved it to References, as you suggest. It would be a lot better if specific articles were cited, rather than the journal as a whole. That could, of course, include articles that aren't offered as online samples as well.

 * As far as external links to commercial sites go - use common sense. If the site is largely an advertising venue rather than a content repository, then the link shouldn't be there. In my judgment, the RipperNotes site — no matter how prestigious the journal itself — failed that test. —Bunchofgrapes (talk) 15:54, 3 March 2006 (UTC)

Bathory, Jakubisko
I realy don't understand what is your problem with movies in production. Your reverting is close to becoming arogant. I have read WP:NOT and I supplyed also the source of info, but there was no meaningful reply from you. If IMDB is not enough authoritative for you then check any famous actor on wikipedia. Nicolas Cage (the first I tryed) has four 2007 movies in his filmography. Try to remove them to see the reaction of wikimates if you are so convinced of being right. Jurohi 16:16, 5 March 2006 (UTC)

Spring Heeled Jack
Hi... I see you have made good edits getting rid of nonnotable fiction junk and POV-pushing on Jack the Ripper and some other articles I've run across. Was wondering if you could look into the article mentioned above, where an abusive editor is making blind reverts with the sole reason given that I am allegedly making deceptive edit comments and being abusive, but with no justification at all (and there can be none) for the version he is reverting to. Thanks. DreamGuy 12:13, 30 May 2006 (UTC)

 * Looks like your strange little stalker is after me now too. Thanks a lot. ;-) Victrix 00:18, 1 June 2006 (UTC)

3RR on Spring Heeled Jack
Hi! I have blocked you for 24 hours for 3 reverts to the Spring Heeled Jack article. When the block expires, please use the talk page of this article to reach consensus rather than engaging in an edit war. JeremyA 13:25, 20 June 2006 (UTC)

 * It's pretty unfortunate that someone with the ability to block people doesn't even know the actual policies that he is allegedly trying to enforce. Go read the actual policy and you would see that the policy is against having MORE THAN three reverts, not three reverts. It is clear that there is a handful of people here out to harass people for merely following policies and improving the encyclopedia if doing so steps on their toes. It's people like you and the strange group of people constantly vandalizing my talk and user pages who drive good editors away so that only the least capable people are left. Victrix 21:39, 20 June 2006 (UTC)
 * This is exactly the kind of rant DreamGuy would have said, oh wait you are DreamGuy...Englishrose 21:59, 20 June 2006 (UTC)

 * Go read the rules. He even gives the link to the policy. It's right there. He broke the rules he's supposed to be enforcing. What the fuck is wrong with people here? Uh, yeah, this person shows up and agrees with some edits that another editor makes, so they must be the same person, and let's just harass them both... Let me guess, you got beat up a lot as a kid. Victrix 06:44, 21 June 2006 (UTC)

 * I read the policy like you suggested, Victrix, and it says in the very first paragraph, "This does not imply that reverting three times or fewer is acceptable. In excessive cases, people can be blocked for edit warring or disruption even if they do not revert more than three times per day." So he didn't actually break any rule. Let's also not forget WP:Bold and WP:Civil. - Zepheus (ツィフィアス) 19:10, 3 August 2006 (UTC)

 * Of course! How silly of me! It's the rest of the world that's out of step, not Victrix / DreamGuy ! An update to the article on Bedlam may be in order. --Centauri 22:29, 20 June 2006 (UTC)

 * In the real world people have to follow the rules instead of harassing the people who do. It's clear you have no idea of what the real world is like. You can make up all the lies you want, try to bully people, but in the end you will still be the same pathetic loser that you obviously are.  Victrix 06:44, 21 June 2006 (UTC)

 * Just for the record DreamGuy, you have actually been found out. You edit the same articles, have the same edit summaries, have been away for the same periods of time and returned at almost the same day (apart from this time, when u were found out) and were found "likely" on the sock-puppet check. Englishrose 09:15, 21 June 2006 (UTC)

 * Victrix, when you make personal attacks while insisting on rules, it actually indicates that you might possibly be guilty of the rules you're citing! Good for you DREAMGUY. Signed by my IP#. --71.134.53.218 14:00, 1 September 2006 (UTC)

WP:SOCK Template
You have this on both of your pages. Should I contact a Admin for assisstance ? Martial Law 18:52, 15 September 2006 (UTC)

New Project
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Would you be interested in joining the Wikipedia Crime Project?
I have seen that you like to contribute to serial killer articles I am trying to organize a task force on this subject under WikiProject Criminal Biography. If you would be interested in joining contact me. Thanks, Jmm6f488 19:33, 19 July 2007 (UTC)

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Metabotropic glutamate receptor

The metabotropic glutamate receptors, or mGluRs, are a type of glutamate receptor that are active through an indirect metabotropic process. They are members of the group C family of G-protein-coupled receptors, or GPCRs. Like all glutamate receptors, mGluRs bind with glutamate, an amino acid that functions as an excitatory neurotransmitter.

Function and structure
The mGluRs perform a variety of functions in the central and peripheral nervous systems: For example, they are involved in learning, memory, anxiety, and the perception of pain. They are found in pre- and postsynaptic neurons in synapses of the hippocampus, cerebellum, and the cerebral cortex, as well as other parts of the brain and in peripheral tissues.

Like other metabotropic receptors, mGluRs have seven transmembrane domains that span the cell membrane. Unlike ionotropic receptors, metabotropic glutamate receptors are not ion channels. Instead, they activate biochemical cascades, leading to the modification of other proteins, such as ion channels. This can lead to changes in the synapse's excitability, for example by presynaptic inhibition of neurotransmission, or modulation and even induction of postsynaptic responses.

A dimeric organization of mGluRs is required for signaling induced by agonists.

Classification
Eight different types of mGluRs, labeled mGluR1 to mGluR8 ( to ), are divided into groups I, II, and III. Receptor types are grouped based on receptor structure and physiological activity. The mGluRs are further divided into subtypes, such as mGluR7a and mGluR7b.

Group I
The mGluRs in group I, including mGluR1 and mGluR5, are stimulated most strongly by the excitatory amino acid analog L-quisqualic acid. Stimulating the receptors causes the associated enzyme phospholipase C to hydrolyze phosphoinositide phospholipids in the cell's plasma membrane. This leads to the formation of inositol 1,4,5-trisphosphate (IP3) and diacyl glycerol. Due to its hydrophilic character, IP3 can travel to the endoplasmic reticulum, where it induces, via fixation on its receptor, the opening of calcium channels increasing in this way the cytosolic calcium concentrations. The lipophilic diacylglycerol remains in the membrane, acting as a cofactor for the activation of protein kinase C.

These receptors are also associated with Na+ and K+ channels. Their action can be excitatory, increasing conductance, causing more glutamate to be released from the presynaptic cell, but they also increase inhibitory postsynaptic potentials, or IPSPs. They can also inhibit glutamate release and can modulate voltage-dependent calcium channels.

Group I mGluRs, but not other groups, are activated by 3,5-dihydroxyphenylglycine (DHPG), a fact that is useful to experimenters because it allows them to isolate and identify them.

Group II and Group III
The receptors in group II, including mGluRs 2 and 3, and group III, including mGluRs 4, 6, 7, and 8, (with some exceptions) prevent the formation of cyclic adenosine monophosphate, or cAMP, by activating a G protein that inhibits the enzyme adenylyl cyclase, which forms cAMP from ATP. These receptors are involved in presynaptic inhibition, and do not appear to affect postsynaptic membrane potential by themselves. Receptors in groups II and III reduce the activity of postsynaptic potentials, both excitatory and inhibitory, in the cortex.

The chemicals 2-(2,3-dicarboxycyclopropyl)glycine (DCG-IV) and eglumegad activate only group II mGluRs, while 2-amino-4-phosphonobutyrate (L-AP4) activates only group III mGluRs. Several subtype-selective positive allosteric modulators that activate only the mGlu2 subtype, such as Biphenylindanone A, have also now been developed.

LY-341,495 and MGS-0039 are drugs that act as a selective antagonist blocking both of the group II metabotropic glutamate receptors, mGluR2 and mGluR3. RO4491533 acts as a negative allosteric modulator of mGluR2 and mGluR3.

Localization
Different types of mGluRs are distributed differently in cells. For example, one study found that Group I mGluRs are located mostly on postsynaptic parts of cells, while groups II and III are mostly located on presynaptic elements, though they have been found on both pre- and postsynaptic membranes.

Also, different mGluR subtypes are found predominantly in different parts of the body. For example, mGluR4 is located only in the brain, in locations such as the thalamus, hypothalamus and caudate nucleus. All mGluRs except mGluR6 are thought to exist in the hippocampus and entorhinal cortex.

Roles
It is thought that mGluRs play a role in a variety of different functions.

Modulation of other receptors
Metabotropic glutamate receptors are known to act as modulators of (affect the activity of) other receptors. For example, group I mGluRs are known to increase the activity of N-methyl-D-aspartate receptors (NMDARs), a type of ion channel-linked receptor that is central in a neurotoxic process called excitotoxicity. Proteins called PDZ proteins frequently anchor mGluRs near enough to NMDARs to modulate their activity.

It has been suggested that mGluRs may act as regulators of neurons' vulnerability to excitotoxicity (a deadly neurochemical process involving glutamate receptor overactivation) through their modulation of NMDARs, the receptor most involved in that process. Excessive amounts of N-methyl-D-aspartate (NMDA), the selective specific agonist of NMDARs, has been found to cause more damage to neurons in the presence of group I mGluR agonists. On the other hand, agonists of group II and III mGluRs reduce NMDAR activity.

Group II and III mGluRs tend to protect neurons from excitotoxicity, possibly by reducing the activity of NMDARs.

Metabotropic glutamate receptors are also thought to affect dopaminergic and adrenergic neurotransmission.

Role in plasticity
Like other glutamate receptors, mGluRs have been shown to be involved in synaptic plasticity and in neurotoxicity and neuroprotection.

They participate in long term potentiation and long term depression, and they are removed from the synaptic membrane in response to agonist binding.

Roles in disease
Since metabotropic glutamate receptors are involved in a variety of functions, abnormalities in their expression can contribute to disease. For example, studies with mutant mice have suggested that mutations in expression of mGluR1 may be involved in the development of certain types of cancer. In addition, manipulating mGluRs can be useful in treating some conditions. For example, clinical trial suggested that an mGlu2/3 agonist, LY354740, was effective in the treatment of generalized anxiety disorder. Also, some researchers have suggested that activation of mGluR4 could be used as a treatment for Parkinson's disease. Most recently, Group I mGluRs, have been implicated in the pathogenesis of Fragile X, a type of autism, and a number of studies are currently testing the therapeutic potential of drugs that modify these receptors. There is also growing evidence that group II metabotropic glutamate receptor agonists may play a role in the treatment of schizophrenia. Schizophrenia is associated with deficits in cortical inhibitory interneurons that release GABA and synaptic abnormalities associated with deficits in NMDA receptor function. These inhibitory deficits may impair cortical function via cortical disinhibition and asynchrony. The drug LY354740 (also known as Eglumegad, an mGlu2/3 agonist) was shown to attenuate physiologic and cognitive abnormalities in animal and human studies of NMDA receptor antagonist and serotonergic hallucinogen effects,   supporting the subsequent clinical evidence of efficacy for an mGluR2/3 agonist in the treatment of schizophrenia. The same drug has been shown to interfere in the hypothalamic–pituitary–adrenal axis, with chronic oral administration of this drug leading to markedly reduced baseline cortisol levels in bonnet macaques (Macaca radiata); acute infusion of LY354740 resulted in a marked diminution of yohimbine-induced stress response in those animals. LY354740 has also been demonstrated to act on the metabotropic glutamate receptor 3 (GRM3) of human adrenocortical cells, downregulating aldosterone synthase, CYP11B1, and the production of adrenal steroids (i.e. aldosterone and cortisol).

History
The first demonstration that glutamate could induce the formation of molecules belonging to a major second messenger system was in 1985, when it was shown that it could stimulate the formation of inositol phosphates. This finding allowed in 1987 to yield an explanation for oscillatory ionic glutamate responses and to provide further evidence for the existence of metabotropic glutamate receptors. In 1991 the first metabotropic glutamate receptor of the seven transmembrane domain family was cloned. More recent reports on ionotropic glutamate receptors able to couple to metabotropic transduction systems suggest that metabotropic responses of glutamate might not be limited to seven transmembrane domain metabotropic glutamate receptors.

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David Bruce Cowan AM (15 January 1926 – 7 April 2011) was an Australian politician and Minister of the Crown in the cabinets of Tom Lewis and Sir Eric Willis. He was a member of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly for 14 years from 6 November 1965 until his resignation on 29 August 1980 and then for 13 years in the Australian House of Representatives for Lyne for the Country Party of Australia and its successors, the National Country and then National Parties.

Early life
Bruce Cowan was born in January 1926 in Taree, New South Wales, the son of a farmer, David Cowan, and Bessie Kent. He was educated at Oxley Island Public School and Taree High School and thereafter worked as a farmer, a real estate agent, and stock and station agent.

He became a prominent member of the community, becoming the country real estate agents representative on the New South Wales Council of Auctioneers, the President of Oxley Island Primary Producers Union Branch, Secretary of Oxley Island Drainage Union and as a Member of the Taree Rotary Club for 37 years. He married Laura Bidner on 5 June 1954 and had two daughters, one of whom, Rosemary, married the future Leader of the New South Wales Liberal Party and Premier of New South Wales, Barry O'Farrell. After Laura died in a car accident in 1987 he remarried, to Jan Churchill.

Political career
Cowan's interest in politics began when he joined the Country Party of Australia, becoming a member of the central executive in 1952, 1953 and 1958. He ran for the local government elections and became an Alderman on Taree Municipal Council from 1957 to 1965, later rising to become Deputy Mayor from 1959 to 1965.

In 1965, he contested the New South Wales Legislative Assembly seat of Oxley at a November by-election caused by the death of the sitting member, Les Jordan. He went on to win the seat on preferences with 59.75% of the vote. He went on to retain his seat a further 5 times, each time with a significant majority, until his resignation. For most of his time in Parliament he remained on the backbenches until Premier Askin retired and Tom Lewis became Premier, who appointed him as Minister for Agriculture and Minister for Water Resources on 17 December 1975. He held these portfolios until, Lewis' successor, Sir Eric Willis, lost the election on 14 May 1976.

In opposition he was made the Shadow Minister for Conservation and Shadow Minister for Water Resources from 28 May 1976 to 2 November 1978, when under the new leader, John Mason, he was appointed the Shadow Minister for Local Government and Shadow Minister for Roads. Held this portfolio until he resigned and later also resigned his seat on 29 August 1980.

In 1980, Cowan won the National Country Party preselection for the Australian House of Representatives seat of Lyne when Philip Lucock retired from politics. Cowan faced the Labor candidate and Local Councillor Leslie Brown and the Liberal Party's Milton Morris who was the Member for Maitland in the NSW Legislative Assembly. Although Brown won more primary votes, preferences from Morris were more than enough to ensure that Cowan was elected. Cowan held the seat comfortably until retiring at the 1993 election.

On 26 January 1998, Cowan was appointed a Member of the Order of Australia for service to Parliament and the community. On 1 January 2001, he was also awarded the Centenary Medal for service to society through parliament.

Cowan died on 7 April 2011, a week after O'Farrell (his son-in-law) was elected Premier of New South Wales.

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Poděbrady

Poděbrady (Podiebrad) is a spa town in Nymburk District in the Central Bohemian Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 15,000 inhabitants. It lies on the Elbe River. The historic town centre is well preserved and is protected by law as an urban monument zone.

Administrative parts
Poděbrady is made up of the town parts of Poděbrady I–V and the villages of Kluk, Polabec, Přední Lhota and Velké Zboží.

Etymology
An ancient community and a small fortress originated near the ford. It is most likely that the position of this community is reflected in the present name of the town: pode brody = "below the ford".

Geography
Poděbrady is located about 7 km southeast of Nymburk and 39 km east of Prague. It lies in the Central Elbe Table lowland within the Polabí region. The Elbe River flows through the town.

South of the town is located Poděbrady Lake. It is a 260 ha large lake, created by the flooding of an excavated sandstone quarry. It is mainly used for recreational purposes.

History
The first written mention of Poděbrady is from 1223, the first unverified mention is from 1199. A long-distance trade route running from Prague to eastern Bohemia and then on to Silesia and Poland passed through the then-forested landscape interwoven with a dense network of river branches. This important communication intersected the Elbe River to the west of the present town, at a place called Na Vinici. The Poděbrady estate was private, but between 1262 and 1268, it became the property of King Ottokar II as escheat, and he built a stone water castle in Poděbrady. The place has become a popular destination for rulers due to its proximityto Prague and the possibility of hunting in local forests.

Emperor Charles IV handed over the estate to Lords of Kunštát, who later became known as Lords of Poděbrady. During their presence, Poděbrady achieved its greatest prosperity. In 1472, Poděbrady obtained the town privileges from King George of Poděbrady.

During the reign of Ferdinand I, Poděbrady flourished further, however in the 17th century, the town suffered from Thirty Years' War and fires. The biggest fire hit Poděbrady in 1681, when the town hall and most of the wooden houses completely burned down. After this event, only the construction of brick houses was allowed on the square. The town walls were demolished and the town changed its character in a short time.

A historic milestone of the history of the town was the year 1905, when it was visited by the German estate owner Prince von Bülow. This well-known water diviner marked the place of a strong spring in the castle's inner courtyard, which was later bored to a depth of 97.6 m. The discovery of carbonic mineral water resulted in the opening of the first spa in 1908. After World War I Poděbrady rapidly changed into a spa town which from 1926 specialized in the treatment of cardiovascular diseases, rapidly gaining renown not only in the Czech Republic, but also abroad.

Spa
The mineral water that was found in the early 1900s is better known as Poděbradka. The water contains iron deposits. There are twelve free public taps where people are able to obtain Poděbradka. The refined version of Poděbradka that is not as heavy is bottled and headed to shops in the whole country.

Lázně Poděbrady, a. s. (Spa Poděbrady, Inc.) is a Czech spa provider in Poděbrady. The spa is focused mainly on the treatment of heart problems and the musculoskeletal system.

Transport
The D11 motorway runs south of the town.

Poděbrady lies on several railway lines: Prague–Kolín, Prague–Trutnov, Kolín–Rumburk and Kolín–Ústí nad Labem.

Sights
The historic centre is made up of Jiřího Square and its surroundings. The main landmark is Poděbrady Castle. It was rebuilt to its current form in 1752–1757 at the behest of Maria Theresa. Today it serves as a museum and monument of George of Poděbrady.

The square is made up of terraced houses of Renaissance and Baroque origin and former Renaissance town hall from the 16th century, nowadays a library. The Neo-Renaissance building of the Civic Bank from 1898 is also valuable. The Baroque Marian column dates from 1765. A significant element of the square is the Monument of King George with his equestrian statue, created in the Neo-Renaissance style in 1890–1896 according to the design by Bohuslav Schnirch. Since 2024, it has been protected as a national cultural monument.

The large spa park with a modern colonnade is also a part of the urban monument zone. The oldest part of the park was created on the site of a former manor park according to the project of architect František Janda. Gradually, more parts were added and the park expanded. The glass colonnade of Professor Libenský was built in 1938. The colonnade was built above a spring of mineral water.

The most valuable technical monument is the Poděbrady hydroelectric power plant. It is a Neoclassical building designed by Antonín Engel in 1913, built in 1914–1919. It is valued for still functional technology and its architectural solution. It is one of the oldest locks in the Middle Elbe and at the same time a valuable example of technological and operational solutions for this type of waterworks. The power plant is protected as a national cultural monument.

Notable people

 * George of Poděbrady (1420–1471), King of Bohemia
 * Kunigunde of Sternberg (1425–1449), wife of George of Poděbrady; buried here
 * Ludvík Kuba (1853–1956), painter, musician and writer
 * Jan Trampota (1889–1942), painter; died here
 * Josef and Ctirad Mašín, resistance fighters; attended a high school here
 * Miloš Forman (1932–2018), filmmaker
 * Václav Havel (1936–2011), first president of the Czech Republic
 * Hans Janowitz (1890–1954), German author
 * Marta Kubišová (born 1942), singer and signatory to Charter 77

Twin towns – sister cities
Poděbrady is twinned with:
 * 🇭🇺 Celldömölk, Hungary
 * 🇮🇱 Netanya, Israel
 * 🇸🇰 Piešťany, Slovakia
 * 🇩🇪 Tharandt, Germany
 * 🇫🇷 Vertou, France

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Nodaway Valley High School

Nodaway Valley High School is a rural public high school in Greenfield, Iowa, United States. It is part of the Nodaway Valley Community School District.

It serves the towns of Greenfield, Bridgewater, and Fontanelle, and surrounding rural areas.

The school was formed in 1993 from the merger of Bridgewater–Fontanelle High School and Greenfield High School. On July 1, 2000, the school's district, Greenfield Community School District, merged with Bridgewater–Fontanelle to form the Nodaway Valley district.

In 2005, it had 295 students and 26 teachers. 13% were eligible for free lunch, less than the state average of 23%.

Nodaway Valley's mascot of is the wolverine. School colors are silver, purple, and black.

Athletics
The Wolverines compete in the Pride of Iowa Conference in the following sports:

 * Football
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 * Boys' 4-time Class 1A State Champions (2002, 2015, 2016, 2017)
 * Girls' 2009 Class 1A State Champions
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Bertone Pirana

The Bertone Pirana (or Jaguar Pirana) is a concept car created by Bertone for the 1967 London Motor Show at Earl's Court. The sleek GT car was based on the chassis and powertrain of the 4.2 litre Jaguar E-type, with a unique steel semi-monocoque body and luxurious interior. It was officially named "Pirana," not "Piranha" as some sources describe, although the badge on the rear of the car reads Piranha. This spelling was reportedly an aesthetic choice. The Pirana was designed by Marcello Gandini, perhaps best known for styling the Lamborghini Countach. Unusually for a show car, the Pirana was commissioned by The Daily Telegraph, a leading British daily newspaper, as an example of an "ideal car." Sir William Lyons was contacted beforehand about the project and agreed to sell Bertone the Jaguar engine and chassis. The car was originally registered "TGF 1F". After a successful showing at the London Motor show, the Pirana was subsequently exhibited at the New York car show and then at the British Motor Show in Montreal. The car was later converted to a 2+2 seater arrangement and the transmission changed from manual to automatic. The space for the plus 2 seats being made by moving the air conditioning unit to the rear luggage space.

The Pirana, along with the Lamborghini Marzal, influenced Gandini's design of the Lamborghini Espada. The Espada was introduced in 1968, one year after the Pirana. The wooden body buck built for the Pirana was used in the construction of an early Espada prototype.

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