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The participants were South Australia, New South Wales Patriots, Victoria Aces, Western Australia, Queensland Rams and Northern Territory.
The series was won by Queensland, who took a 17–3 record into the final against Western Australia, before claiming their third title.
Peter Vogler was named the MVP of the Finals Series against WA
During the Shield, the Buffaloes won their first (and only) game against South Australia.
The Helms Award was given to a seventeen year old Dave Nilsson of Queensland, who signed with the Milwaukee Brewers early in 1987 and would go on to be an MLB All-Star.
Viktoriya Potapova
Viktoriya Potapova is a Russian Paralympic judoka.
She represented Russia at the 2004 Summer Paralympics, at the 2008 Summer Paralympics and at the 2012 Summer Paralympics.
She won a bronze medal on each occasion: in the women's 48 kg event in 2004, in the women's 48 kg event in 2008 and in the women's 48 kg event in 2012.
At the 2015 IBSA European Judo Championships she won the gold medal in the women's 48 kg event.
Xiao Longxu
Xiao Longxu (; born June 1962) is a Chinese engineer and professor and chief designer at the Research Institute of People's Liberation Army Rocket Force.
He is a member of the Communist Party of China.
Xiao was born in Shouguang, Shandong, in June 1962.
He took the National College Entrance Examination after grade ten, and earned the highest marks in his county.
In 2001, he was exempted from master's degree studies and directly admitted to Tsinghua University's doctoral program.
RocKabul
RocKabul is a documentary film that was produced between 2009 and 2016 in Afghanistan by Australian filmmaker Travis Beard.
The film had its world premiere at the 2018 Rotterdam International Film Festival.
It has been featured in over 40 film festivals, and had a limited cinema release within Australia in 2019.
Bill Gould from the American alternative metal band Faith No More is an Executive Producer on the film and describes it as “A coming of age documentary which deals with youth identity and freedom of expression”
The film was generally very well-received critically.
it has an overall rating of 7.7/10 on review aggregator website IMDB.com.
The Australian website The Curb described it as "A respectful, powerful, entertaining, informative, engaging documentary that kicks ass."
"RocKabul" has been featured in some of the biggest music magazines such as Rolling Stone, Metal Hammer,and Kerrang.
The film was funded by the US State Dept under the Public Diplomacy Grant Initiative at the US Embassy in Kabul and Screen Australia.
"RocKabul" had its world premiere at the 2018 Rotterdam International Film Festival and its Australian premiere at Sydney Film Festival.
Komodo Armament P1-95
Komodo Armament P1-95 is a 9x19 mm pistol manufactured by PT.
Komodo Armament Indonesia.
It is designed for military and law enforcement use.
The pistol frame is made from polymer material for light weight.
The manufacturer offered several size variant of the slide, barrel and slide length to cover the different grip needs and change the overall pistol dimension.
Earl Forest
Earl Forest (December 1, 1926 – February 26, 2003) was an American musician and a member of the Memphis-based R&B coalition called the Beale Streeters, which included Johnny Ace, Bobby Bland, Junior Parker, B.B.
King, and Roscoe Gordon.
Forest had a hit record in 1953 with "Whoopin' And Hollerin'" on Duke Records.
He also recorded for Meteor Records and Flair Records.
Forest was born in Memphis, Tennessee on December 1, 1926.
By the late 1940's Forest was part of the network of musicians performing around Beale Street known as the Beale Streeters.
These musicians included Johnny Ace, Bobby Bland, Junior Parker, B.B.
King, and Roscoe Gordon.
They weren't a formal band, but they played at the same venues and backed each other during recording sessions.
Scout and program director of WDIA, David James Mattis, would attend local shows and have musicians perform live at the radio station.
Forest, pianist John Alexander, and saxophonist Adolph "Billy" Duncan backed B.B King during broadcasts at WDIA.
"I guess you can say this was the first little bitty B.B.
King band," King recalled in his autobiography.
In 1951, Forest backed Bobby Bland on his sessions for Modern Records which produced the single "Crying All Night Long" / "Dry Up Baby."
That session also included musicians Ike Turner on piano, Billy Duncan on tenor saxophone, and Matt Murphy on guitar.
In 1952, WDIA program director David James Mattis founded Duke Records and signed many of the Beale Streeters to the label.
Forest played drums during a session for Bobby Bland at WDIA studios in 1952.
Soon after, Forest recorded his first record, "Whoopin' And Hollerin'," with Johnny Ace on piano.
It reached #7 on the Billboard's R&B chart (Most Played In Juke Boxes) in April 1953.
To capitalize off the success of the record, the Bihari brothers released a single by Forest on their sublabel Meteor Records, credited as Earl (Whoopin' & Hollerin') Forrest.
Later that year, Forest's "Trouble And Me" was issued as a split single with Johnny Ace's "Mid Night Hours Journey" on Flair Records.
Forest continued to record, releasing more singles on Duke Records until the 1960s.
As a songwriter, Forest co-wrote the blues standard "Next Time You See Me" which was recorded by Junior Parker, Frankie Lymon, James Cotton and many others.
He co-wrote "Morning After" by the Mar-Keys, released on Stax Records in 1961.
In the 1980s, Forest recorded with one-time Beale Streeter Bobby Bland, backing him on his 1987 album "Blues You Can Use".
He also co-wrote two songs on that album, "Spending My Life With You" and "For The Last Time."
Forest co-wrote two songs on Little Milton's 1987 album "Movin' To The Country", "Just Because You See Me Smilin'" and "Room 244."
Forest died from cancer at the Memphis Veterans Administration Medical Center on February 26, 2003.
Dario Cirisano
Dario Cirisano (, born 12 June 2001) is a Russian ice dancer.
With his skating partner, Irina Khavronina, he is the 2020 Youth Olympic champion.
Cirisano was born on 12 June 2001 in Crotone, Italy.
He resides in Odintsovo, Russia.
Cirisano began learning to skate as a five-year-old, in 2006.
He began competing in ice dance during the 2016–17 season, skating with Marina Tikhonova.
Their partnership lasted two seasons.
In 2018, Cirisano teamed up with Irina Khavronina.
The two finished 11th at the 2019 Russian Junior Figure Skating Championships.
Khavronina/Cirisano made their international debut in January, at the 2020 Winter Youth Olympics in Lausanne, Switzerland.
They ranked first in both segments and outscored fellow Russians Sofya Tyutyunina / Alexander Shustitskiy by 5.48 points to take the gold medal.
"JGP: Junior Grand Prix"
I Was a Prisoner on Devil's Island
I Was a Prisoner on Devil's Island is a 1941 American crime film directed by Lew Landers and written by Karl Brown.
The film stars Sally Eilers, Donald Woods, Eduardo Ciannelli, Victor Kilian, Charles Halton and Dick Curtis.
The film was released on August 4, 1941, by Columbia Pictures.
Gallo (river)
The Gallo is a river in the centre of the Iberian Peninsula, a right-bank tributary of the Tagus.
It joins the Tagus in the latter's upper course.
It has its source in the Sierra del Tremedal, close to the municipality of Orihuela del Tremedal (province of Teruel).
It has a length of 85 km.
The river bends to the north in the settlement of Orihuela del Tremedal and it enters the province of Guadalajara.
It discharges into the Tagus near the San Pedro Bridge.
Ekaterina Buzmakova
Ekaterina Buzmakova is a Russian Paralympic judoka.
She represented Russia at the 2004 Summer Paralympics and at the 2008 Summer Paralympics and she won the bronze medal in the women's 57 kg event in 2004.
Chris Kasabach
Chris Kasabach is the Executive Director of the Watson Foundation.
He was previously a co-founder of BodyMedia, a wearable technology startup that was acquired by Jawbone for $100 million.
Chris Kasabach's work has won several design awards, including two International Design Excellence Awards.
His work has been exhibited by the Cooper Hewitt Smithsonian Design Museum.
He also won a Watson Fellowship from the foundation he would later direct.
The Pacific EP
The Pacific EP is the debut extended play (EP) by indie rock band, Holy Holy, released in March 2014.
Liz Elleson from The Brag said "The songwriting is simple but nostalgic and anthemic, and the EP as a whole is densely musical and texturally fascinating."
called the release "Pure quality".
Ally Cole from AAA Backstage said ""The Pacific EP" is a release full of crescendos.