The franchise was put up for sale after the 1993–94 season and an ownership group from Mexico City purchased the franchise over two other bids. The team was known as the Mexico City Aztecas during the 1994–95 season. Jon Absey, who portrayed the Utah Jazz mascot Jazz Bear, got his start in basketball promotions as Fargo-Moorhead's mascot. His employment was terminated after management determined a stunt in which Absey rode a toboggan down the stadium's steps was too dangerous, however that stunt is now a staple of Jazz Bear's performance.
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Things of the Weather [a chapbook] (Columbus: Pudding House, 2009). Between Frames [a chapbook] (San Antonio: Pecan Grove Press, 2006). Poems from Paradise (Cincinnati: WordTech Editions, 2005). Poems’ Progress [a selection of poems with accompanying essays] (Houston: Absey & Co., 2002).
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Ayoob Tarish Absi (, born 1942; first name also spelled Ayoub; last name also spelled Absey) is a Yemeni singer and musician from the area of Al-Aboos in the Ta'izz Governorate. Tarish composed "United Republic", the national anthem of Yemen, which was adopted following the Yemenite reunification.
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30 According to one, it is simply a colloquial variant of the name Yevsey.Petrovsky, p. 36 Another possibility is that "Avsey", as well as Asey () and Osey (), are colloquial variants of the name Absey (), alternatively spelled Apsey (), which until the end of the 19th century was included into the official Synodal Menologium.Superanskaya, pp.
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3rd whaling voyage (1836–1840): Harriet, Apsey (or Absey), master, sailed from Great Britain on 16 September 1816, bound for the waters off New Zealand. She was reported at the Bay of Islands and the Hawaiian islands. She returned to Great Britain on 25 September 1840 with 300 casks (150 tons) of oil. Harriet was last listed in 1838 with Christie, master, G.H.Pace, owner, and trade London–South Seas.
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23 and 30 Finally, it is possible that "Avsey" derives from the Old East Slavic word "авсень"/"овсень" (avsen/ovsen), meaning New Year's Eve, which in ancient times corresponded to the first day of spring. The diminutive of "Avsey" is Avseyka (). The patronymics derived from "Avsey" are "" (Avseyevich; masculine) and its colloquial form "" (Avseich), and "" (Avseyevna; feminine). The patronymics derived from "Absey" are "" (Abseyevich; masculine) and "" (Abseyevna; feminine).
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In 2006, Jazz Bear was inducted into the Mascot Hall of Fame. Jazz Bear has been named Mascot of the Year 5 times, and has won 8 Mascot Leadership Awards. The Bear has suffered many injuries while performing, including tearing his bicep and rupturing a tendon in his calf. On October 19, 2018, it was reported that Jon Absey, who had performed as the Jazz Bear for twenty-four years, had been fired for unknown reasons.
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The modern Banu Abs tribe is quite large and scattered across the region. Significant populations of this tribe can be found in Saudi Arabia, Palestine, Yemen, Sudan, Kuwait, Egypt, and Jordan. In addition, branches of the tribe can be found in the United Arab Emirates and elsewhere in the Arab World, as well as in Malaysia, Europe, the United States, and Brazil. Members and descendants of the tribe may carry the tribal name or some variation thereof, such as: Alabsi, Al-Absy, al-Absy, Al'Absy, Al Absy, Al-Absi, al-Absi, Al'Absi, Al Absi, Absy, Absi, Absey, Abzi, etc.
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Bell's Life in London and Sporting Chronicle, 18 November 1871, issue 2, 681 By early 1872 the Engineers were the first football team renowned for "play[ing] beautifully together".Bell's Life in London and Sporting Chronicle, 17 February 1872, issue 2694 A double pass is first reported from Derby school against Nottingham Forest in March 1872, the first of which is irrefutably a short pass: "Mr Absey dribbling the ball half the length of the field delivered it to Wallis, who kicking it cleverly in front of the goal, sent it to the captain who drove it at once between the Nottingham posts".The Derby Mercury (Derby, England), Wednesday, 20 March 1872; Issue 8226 The first side to have perfected the modern formation was Cambridge University AFCAssociation Football, chapter by CW Alcock, The English Illustrated Magazine 1891, page 287 and introduced the 2–3–5 "pyramid" formation.
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