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2004 national championship Connecticut Huskies women's basketball

2004 championship trophy, ring, , signed ball although entire team returned , expectations sky high three-peat in taurasi s senior year, uconn had uneven season. team gave large leads against duke , suffered losses notre dame , villanova, losing boston college in semifinals of big east tournament. the huskies found rhythm during ncaa tournament, in #2 seed; in elite 8 beat top-seeded penn state advance final 4 @ new orleans arena. after beating minnesota in semifinals, uconn again defeated tennessee national championship. win more special uconn men s basketball team won men s national championship previous night, marking first time 1 university won both men s , women s basketball championships in 1 season, feat uconn repeated in 2014. in career @ uconn, taurasi led team 4 consecutive final fours , 3 straight national titles. prior final championship, coach, geno auriemma, predicted team s likelihood of winning statement, have diana, , don t. taurasi received many personal accolades ...

Discography Carl Cox discography

1 discography 1.1 albums 1.2 singles 1.3 compilations 1.4 remixes discography albums 1996: @ end of cliche, edel uk records/worldwide ultimatum records 1999: phuture 2000, edel uk records/worldwide ultimatum records 2005: second sign, play again sam 2011: roads lead dancefloor, intec digital singles 1989: let s it, n/a 1991: want (forever), perfecto records – uk no.23 1992: feel you, perfecto records 1993: planet of love, perfecto records – uk no.44 1995: 2 paintings , drum, edel uk records – uk no.24 1996: sensual sophis-ti-cat / player, worldwide ultimatum records – uk no.25 1996: tribal jedi, edel uk records/worldwide ultimatum records 1999: latin theme, edel uk records – uk no.52 1998: phuture 2000, worldwide ultimatum records – uk no.40 1999: dr. funk, edel uk records/worldwide ultimatum records 2000: golden warrior, dens 2003: dirty bass ft. christian smith, 23rd century records 2003: want life, trust dj 2004: give me love ft. hannah robinson, 23rd century records 2004: put hands...

Arguments for reform English-language spelling reform

1 arguments reform 1.1 ambiguity 1.2 undoing damage 1.3 redundant letters arguments reform it argued spelling reform make easier learn read (decode), spell, , pronounce, making more useful international communication, reducing educational budgets (reducing literacy teachers, remediation costs, , literacy programs) and/or enabling teachers , learners spend more time on more important subjects or expanding subjects. advocates note spelling reforms have taken place already, , not in organized way. there many words once spelled un-phonetically have since been reformed. example, music spelled musick until 1880s, , fantasy spelled phantasy until 1920s. time, words -or ending (such error) once spelled -our (errour), , words -er ending (such member) once spelled -re (membre). in american spelling, of them use -or , -er, in british spelling, have been reformed. in last 250 years, since samuel johnson prescribed how words ought spelled, pronunciations of hundreds of thousands of words (as extrap...

Collections Royal Geographical Society

1 collections 1.1 artefacts 1.2 books , journals 1.3 expedition report 1.4 maps , atlases 1.5 manuscript archive 1.6 events recordings 1.7 photographs , artworks collections a representation of historical emblem of royal geographical society the society s collections consist of on 2 million documents, maps, photographs, paintings, periodicals, artefacts , books, , span 500 years of geography, travel , exploration. society preserves collections benefit of future generations, while providing public access , promoting collections-related educational programmes schools , lifelong learners. foyle reading room acts consultation space using society s collections, , hosts showcases , workshops inspired series of talks. artefacts the artefacts collection includes on thousand items brought society, consisting of cultural objects around world, ranging inuit boots (from canadian arctic) ceremonial leopard’s claws (from belgian congo), paraphernalia of exploration, example oxygen sets used in vario...

Racecourses Horseracing in Great Britain

there 60 licensed racecourses in great britain, further 2 in northern ireland (down royal , downpatrick). apart chelmsford city , ffos las (which opened in 2009), courses date 1927 or earlier. oldest chester racecourse, dates 16th century. unlike other countries, notably united states, racing in britain takes place on turf. however, there 6 courses have all-weather tracks - kempton park, lingfield, southwell, wolverhampton, chelmsford city , newcastle. southwell s surface fibresand. wolverhampton installed tapeta surface in august 2014, replacing existing polytrack; newcastle converted historic gosforth park flat racing turf track tapeta course addition of floodlit all-weather straight mile in may 2016. flat racing @ newcastle takes place on tapeta surface turf course retained solely winter programme of jumps racing. other 3 british all-weather tracks polytrack. ireland has single all-weather polytrack course @ dundalk. courses vary wildly in layout. there few regular ovals, typical la...

Works Craig A. Blaising

1 works 1.1 books 1.2 journal articles 1.3 other contributions works books blaising, craig a.; darrell l. bock (1992). dispensationalism, israel , church: search definition. grand rapids: zondervan. isbn 0-8010-2243-6.  ———; darrell l. bock (1993). progressive dispensationalism. wheaton, il: bridgepoint. isbn 0-8010-2243-6.  ———; kenneth l. gentry; robert b. strimple (1999). 3 views on millennium , beyond. grand rapids: zondervan. isbn 0-310-20143-8.  ———; carmen s. hardin, eds. (2008). psalms 1-50. ancient christian commentary on scripture. old testament, vol. 7. downers grove, il: intervarsity. isbn 0-8308-1477-9.  ———; alan hultberg; douglas j. moo (2010). 3 views on rapture: pretribulation, prewrath, or postribulation. grand rapids: zondervan. isbn 0-310-27720-5.  journal articles ——— (1979). gethsemane: prayer of faith . journal of evangelical theological society. 22: 333–43.  ——— (1981). chalcedon , christology: 1530th anniv...

Boy Scout camp Little Sur River

camp pico blanco @ 793 feet (242 m) elevation on north fork. upstream tributaries include jackson creek, pine creek, puerto suelo creek, , comings creek. small creek enters little sur river via waterfall @ location of seasonal reservoir in camp proper. immediate camp environment consists of 7 distinct biotic habitats: coast redwood/mixed evergreen forest, white alder riparian woodland, herbaceous vegetation, aquatic habitat, bare alluvium, bare ground, , sur complex bedrock. camp accessed via narrow , winding palo colorado road, 7.6 miles (12.2 km) coast. of redwoods in vicinity of camp planted between 1910 , 1921. boy scout dam on river there seasonal 11 feet (3.4 m) high concrete flash board dam on north fork of river in camp pico blanco. built in 1953, creates small recreational reservoir 2 acres (0.81 ha) in size. in 2002, california department of fish & game attempted stop monterey bay area council using dam. after intervention rep. sam farr , senator bruce ...