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2010–11 Manchester City F.C. season | <a href="Tuttosport">Tuttosport</a> "Golden Boy" award | "Since 2003 awarded annually by the Italian daily sports newspaper to the young player (on an initial short list of 40 'under 21' players) that receives the most votes from a panel consisting of 30 sports journalists selected from across the whole of Europe" | wiki:201 |
2010–11 Manchester City F.C. season | Best Groundsmen of the Year award | "Awarded annually at a meeting of the Institute of Groundsmanship organisation as a result of voting by professional football grounds management teams from the whole of the U.K." | wiki:202 |
2010–11 Manchester City F.C. season | Loans out | This 'loan watch' report provides the latest progress update on most of the players listed above that are currently still out on loan at other clubs. | wiki:203 |
Scott I Kahan | Introduction | Scott I. Kahan, M.D., M.P.H., is an American physician, writer, and internationally recognized expert on obesity prevention and treatment. He is the director of the Strategies To Overcome and Prevent (STOP) Obesity Alliance, a nonprofit coalition of more than 70 consumer, provider, government, labor, business, health insurers and quality-of-care organizations and the director of the National Center for Weight and Wellness. His clinical practice and research addresses obesity prevention and treatment, chronic disease risk reduction, health behavior change in populations, and clinical aspects of weight management. His public policy work focuses on expanding access to care for obesity treatment services, addressing weight stigma, and training physicians in obesity treatment modalities. | wiki:204 |
Scott I Kahan | Personal background | Kahan was born in 1975 in New York City. His completed a B.S. in bioengineering at Columbia University and received his medical degree from the Medical College of Pennsylvania, now Drexel University College of Medicine. He completed a residency at Johns Hopkins University, where he served as chief resident. He received his Masters of Public Health degree from Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health. | wiki:205 |
Scott I Kahan | Career | Kahan is the director of the George Washington University-based Strategies to Overcome and Prevent (STOP) Obesity Alliance, a nonprofit coalition of more than 70 consumer, provider, government, labor, business, health insurers and quality-of-care organizations whose purpose is to advance the public conversation about obesity and develop practical strategies to combat obesity and weight bias. He founded and directs the National Center for Weight and Wellness in Washington, D.C., which provides clinical treatment of obesity and weight-related health issues. Kahan is board-certified in preventive medicine and obesity medicine. He is also board certified as a Physician Nutrition Specialist. He is one of only seven physicians worldwide who is board-certified in both obesity medicine and nutrition. | wiki:206 |
Scott I Kahan | Career | He holds a faculty appointment at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, where he has served as associate director of the Johns Hopkins University Weight Management Center and as a member of the core faculty of the Preventive Medicine Residency Program. He also holds a faculty appointment at the George Washington University School of Public Health and Health Services, is a clinical professor at George Washington University School of Medicine, and previously served as co-director of the George Washington University Weight Management Center. Kahan is a Fellow of The Obesity Society and a diplomate of the American Board of Preventive Medicine. | wiki:207 |
Scott I Kahan | Career | He developed the first obesity training curriculum for physicians at George Washington University School of Medicine and the first undergraduate course on obesity at Johns Hopkins School of Arts & Sciences. He served as External Reviewer for the National Institutes of Health and is a member of the Editorial Board for the Obesity Education Network. He was nominated for the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Young Leader Award in 2012. | wiki:208 |
Scott I Kahan | Selected works | • Kahan S, Gielen AC, Fagan P, Green LW. Health Behavior Change in Populations. Johns Hopkins University Press, 2013 (in press). • Barnard N, Weissinger R, Jaster B, Kahan S, Smyth C. Nutrition Guide for Clinicians (2nd edition), 2009. • Kahan S, Ashar B. Internal Medicine...In a Page (2nd edition). Lippincott, Williams & Wilkins, 2008. | wiki:209 |
Scott I Kahan | Selected Peer-Reviewed Articles | 1. Kahan S, Ferguson C, David S, Divine L. Obesity Drug Outcome Measures: Results of Multi-Stakeholder Critical Dialogue. Current Obesity Reports 2013;2. 2. Cheskin LJ, Kahan S, Shantha GP. Intentional weight loss and dose reductions of antihypertensive medications: a retrospective cohort study. CardioRenal Medicine 2012 (submitted). 3. Ferguson C, Kahan S, Tan E, Doer A. Obesity perceptions and training among primary care physicians. Health Affairs (submitted). | wiki:210 |
Scott I Kahan | Selected Media | PBS: “The Cost of Obesity in America.” June 25, 2010. National Public Radio (NPR): "FDA Approves First New Weight-Loss Drug in More Than a Decade." June 27, 2012. HealthDay: "Docs Aren't Coaching Overweight Kids on How to Slim Down: Study." June 8, 2012. | wiki:211 |
Scott I Kahan | External links | • National Center for Weight & Wellness • Strategies To Overcome And Prevent (STOP) Obesity Alliance • Johns Hopkins University Weight Management Center | wiki:212 |
Altazor Award | Introduction | The Altazor Award of the National Arts or simply Altazor, is a Chilean award which is awarded annually. The winners are chosen by the own creators and performers of the arts. They were established in 1958, but were not awarded until 1999. The award consists of a cast-iron sculpture created by sculptor Sergio Castillo and a diploma. They were named in honor of Vicente Huidobro's work. | wiki:213 |
Altazor Award | Nomination and award | The organizing committee invites all writers and artists to submit nominations for the different categories. The works, performances or productions candidates must have been released between December 1 of the previous year and November 30 of the same year. The nominations, in accordance with the candidates are put to the vote by members of the respective awards college. The vote takes place in two rounds. Schools awards consist of authors and artists nominated convenor that societies have a minimum of 10 members by category. Members last 3 years in office may designate the societies that replace in whole or in part. | wiki:214 |
Altazor Award | Nomination and award | Once installed, the schools may nominate award autonomously to a maximum of 20 new members. Altazor Award winners are permanent members of the respective school awards. | wiki:215 |
Belthandros and Chrysantza | Introduction | Belthandros and Chrysantza () is a Byzantine romance written by an anonymous author in vernacular Greek. The work describes the love story between a young couple: Belthandros and Chrysantza. The original version of the work was probably composed in 13th or 14th century, while it bears traces of later remodeling that may belong to the 15th century. The world in which the action takes place coincides loosely with the real political geography of 13th-century Anatolia. | wiki:216 |
Belthandros and Chrysantza | Date and text | Belthandros and Chrysantza was probably composed in 13th or early 14th century (1310–1350) by an anonymous author. The text bears some traces of remodeling and linguistic simplifications, and its final form belongs to the 15th century. The romance consist of 1,348 lines in unrhymed political verse, and is written in vernacular language, which is also described as an early form of Modern Greek. The original version of the work is lost, and the text survives in a single manuscript, "codex Parisiensis 2909", folios 1–40, dating at the earliest to the 16th century. | wiki:217 |
Belthandros and Chrysantza | Sources | A group of scholars believe that the romance was based on a medieval French work, still unknown or lost, due to similarities with the Provençal poetry or some elements like the names of the protagonists, which are hellenized forms of western European names: Belthandros (Bertrant/Bertram), Rhodophilos (Rudolf). On the other hand, Krumbacher and Diehl disagreed with this view and support that the romance was written by a Greek, but in a land which had been familiar for a long time with the Frankish feudal culture and its conventions, like the 13th-century Byzantine world. Another historian, J. B. Bury, supports that the work is entirely Greek in its construction, descriptions and ideas without any western influences: Medieval French and Greek romance followed parallel evolution, independent of each other, and both were affected by Hellenistic motives. | wiki:218 |
Belthandros and Chrysantza | Sources | The romance also includes elements typical of the earlier, 12th-century Byzantine romances, such as the use of elaborate "ekphraseis" of gardens and buildings, or the occurrence of bride shows, which harkens back to earlier Byzantine practice. In this mixture of motifs, the work represents the partial absorption of French cultural elements, following the extensive contact and intermingling of Byzantines and Franks during the period of the Crusades, and especially after the Fourth Crusade. | wiki:219 |
Belthandros and Chrysantza | Plot summary | Belthandros, a Roman (Byzantine) prince and youngest son of king Rhodophilos, quarrels with his father and leaves his home to seek his fortune. After wandering in the hostile lands of Anatolia and dealing with Turkish bandits, he reaches Tarsus in Armenian Cilicia. There he sees a fiery star in the depths of a river (a metaphor for love) and follows it to the north. In this way he finds a castle built of precious gems, which belongs to King Eros (, "Erotokastron"), and is full of various miracles and magnificent statues and automatons. Belthandros leaves his escorts outside and enters the castle alone. | wiki:220 |
Belthandros and Chrysantza | Plot summary | There he sees an inscription that tells of his predestined love between him and Chrysantza, the daughter of the king of Great Antioch. He is then summoned by the lord of the castle, Eros, who announces to him a beauty contest at which Belthandros must give a wand to the most beautiful among forty princesses. The contest takes place and Belthandros gives the wand to the most beautiful princess, whereupon all that surrounds him suddenly disappears "like a dream", leaving him alone in the castle. At this point he resolves to go out and seek the princess. After a short journey he arrives in Antioch where he meets the king of the city, is accepted as his liegeman, and soon becomes an intimate of the royal household. | wiki:221 |
Belthandros and Chrysantza | Plot summary | There he meets his daughter Chrysantza, whom he recognizes as the princess he chose at the Castle of Eros. Although Chrysantza has never seen him before, she too recognizes him, and the two fall in love. Two years and two months however pass before their first love meeting, which takes place secretly at night in the royal garden. The meeting ends suddenly when a jealous courtier discovers them and Belthandros is put in jail. In order to save her lover's life, Chrysantza convinces her faithful chambermaid, Phaidrokaza, to take the blame by declaring that the prince had visited her instead. | wiki:222 |
Belthandros and Chrysantza | Plot summary | The king believes the story and a forced marriage between Belthandros and Phaidrokaza takes place. The following days the couple continues to meet secretly, but soon the situation becomes unsatisfactory, and they decide to flee, together with the chambermaid and two retainers. On the way, they cross a flooded river, where Phaidrokaza and the two retainers are drowned, while the two lovers are separated and thrown up on the far bank. Chrysantza comes upon the corpse of one of the retainers, made unrecognizable from the river. Thinking it is Belthandros, she is about to fall on the dead man's sword, when Belthandros himself appears to forestall her. | wiki:223 |
Belthandros and Chrysantza | Plot summary | The lovers reach the seacoast where they find a ship sent by king Rhodophilos in search for his son. The romance ends with their return to Constantinople, where a wedding ceremony is performed and Belthandros is proclaimed heir to his father's kingdom. | wiki:224 |
Belthandros and Chrysantza | Contents and style | The romance offers various scenes of striking realism, with allegory and imaginative lyricism, while some critics consider it superior in imaginative power to the "Niebelungenlied". Moreover, it follows a completely symmetrical plot, which is mainly divided between the realm of the fantastic, i.e. the Castle of Eros, and the real world, i.e. Antioch and the love with Chrysantza. Additionally, some concepts like the beauty contest resembles the Judgement of Paris from the Epic Cycle, and also reflects the 7th-8th century Byzantine custom to choose the worthiest bride for the Emperor. The castle of king Eros (or castle of love) is probably inspired by the "Chateau d' Amour" of the Provençal poetry. | wiki:225 |
Belthandros and Chrysantza | Contents and style | In comparison to other contemporary Byzantine romances, such as the tale of "Kallimachos and Chrysorrhoe" or "Libistros and Rhodamne", "Belthandros and Chrysantza" contains fewer "fairy-tale" elements, but stronger loans from Greek mythology, while Belthandros' travails in Anatolia are largely drawn from the acritic songs. All three however share a heritage from the 12th-century Byzantine romances, whose conventions they follow, as well as a strong and pervading presence of Frankish elements. | wiki:226 |
Mennecy-Villeroy porcelain | Introduction | Mennecy-Villeroy porcelain (or Mennecy porcelain) is a French soft-paste porcelain from the manufactory established under the patronage of Louis-François-Anne de Neufville, duc de Villeroy (1695-1766) and — from 1748 — housed in outbuildings ("les petites maisons") in the park of his château de Villeroy, and in the nearby village of Mennecy (Île-de-France). The history of the factory remains somewhat unclear, but it is typically regarded as producing between about 1738 and 1765. | wiki:227 |
Mennecy-Villeroy porcelain | History | The arcanist in charge was François Barbin (1691-1765), who was already established as a maker of faience under Villeroy's protection when the parish registers commence in 1737. Barbin was identified in an action at law of August 1748 as having already spent fourteen years as a maker of porcelain in a house in the rue de Charonne, faubourg Saint-Antoine, Paris, where he and his wares had recently been seized and the porcelain sold, as impinging upon the prerogatives of the monopoly for exclusive manufacture of porcelains "in the manner of Saxony" (that is, Meissen porcelain) granted to the manufacture of porcelain at Vincennes in 1745; he sought protection away from Paris, with his protector the well-connected duc de Villeroy, combining his porcelain manufacture with the already established faience industry at the château de Villeroy and Mennecy. | wiki:228 |
Mennecy-Villeroy porcelain | History | None of these early "rue de Charennes" porcelains made in 1734-48 have been identified, but a piece of faience at the Musée de Sèvres bears the date 1748 and the mark . Alternatively, the rue de Charonne house had only ever housed the decorating section, using fired blanks brought up from Mennecy. Management of the factory was assumed by Barbin's son, Jean-Baptiste, who bought out his father and his brother-in-law; after the younger Barbin's death shortly after his father, 14 September 1765, the lease was bought from his widow by partners of the porcelain manufactory at Sceaux, the sculptor Charles-Symphorien Jacques and the painter Joseph Jullien, who shifted the factory to Bourg-la-Reine, close to the main market, Paris— where Barbin had not received a permit to construct a kiln in 1748. | wiki:229 |
Mennecy-Villeroy porcelain | History | There they had the protection of Louis-Charles de Bourbon, comte d'Eu. | wiki:230 |
Mennecy-Villeroy porcelain | Products | The duke's and incised or in underglaze blue were used as the factory mark. The elite wares of Mennecy were intended to compete with Chantilly porcelain and other small manufactures, which were joined in 1745 by Vincennes porcelain. Besides table wares, Mennecy-Villeroy specialized in small figures, representing the Seasons, "commedia dell'arte" characters, and other "galanteries". The early wares were similar to those of Saint-Cloud, with the body having a "creamy tone with a greenish surface". Pieces were mostly small, figures or various types of pots and jars rather than dinner services. As with other French factories, this may have been partly an inhibition created by the monopoly granted to Vincennes in 1745. | wiki:231 |
Mennecy-Villeroy porcelain | Products | There is no use of gilding, with rims painted in pink or blue. From 1753 the head modeller was Nicolas Gauron, who later worked at Tournai and Derby. | wiki:232 |
Pechersk (selo), Smolensky District, Smolensk Oblast | Introduction | Pechersk (), also spelled Pechyorsk (), is a rural locality (a "selo") in Smolensky District of Smolensk Oblast, Russia, located north of Smolensk. Population: 4,067 (1998 est.). | wiki:233 |
Pechersk (selo), Smolensky District, Smolensk Oblast | Etymology | The name "Pechersk" is derived from the Old Russian word "", meaning "cave". | wiki:234 |
Pechersk (selo), Smolensky District, Smolensk Oblast | History | In 1859, it had an Orthodox church and a population of nineteen (ten male and nine female), living in five homesteads. Administratively, it was a part of Smolensky Uyezd of Smolensk Governorate. Until December 28, 2004, it had a status of a settlement. On April 10, 2010, a Tupolev Tu-154M aircraft of the Polish 36th Special Aviation Regiment crashed near Smolensk-North air base near Pechersk, killing the President of Poland Lech Kaczyński and other Polish officials. | wiki:235 |
M1875 mountain gun | Introduction | The M1875 mountain gun was a mountain gun that was used by the United States Army during the last quarter of the nineteenth century. A Hotchkiss design from the French arms firm, Hotchkiss & Company founded by Benjamin B. Hotchkiss, (1826–1885), "it was the first original breech-loading gun in the U.S. Army". It replaced the earlier M1841 mountain howitzer used since about 1837, a decade before the Mexican–American War of 1846–1848 in U.S. Army service. It served with cavalry units during the late American Indian Wars, including the 1890 Wounded Knee Massacre, and was also used during the 1898 Spanish–American War in Cuba and Philippine–American War (Philippines Insurrection) of 1899–1902 in the Philippine Islands. | wiki:236 |
M1875 mountain gun | Introduction | Many were sold as surplus to South and Central American armies, such as Guatemala. It broke down into two loads for easier mule transport. Another pack mule was required for its ammunition. | wiki:237 |
Cathy Edwards | Introduction | Catherine Mary Edwards (born 4 September 1948) is a former Australian politician. She was an Independent member of the Tasmanian Legislative Council from 1999 to 2001, representing Pembroke. Born in Montreal, Quebec, Canada, Edwards received a Diploma of Physiotherapy in 1970 and a Bachelor of Arts in 1983. She was mayor of Clarence from 1989 to 2005. In 1999, she won election to the Tasmanian Legislative Council for Pembroke. She served until 2001, when she was defeated by Labor candidate Allison Ritchie. | wiki:238 |
2010–11 in English football | Introduction | The 2010–11 season was the 131st season of competitive football in England. The season began on 6 August 2010 for the Football Leagues, with the Premier League and Football Conference both starting eight days later on 14 August 2010. The Championship, League One, and League Two ended on 7 May 2011. The Premier League finished on 22 May 2011. | wiki:239 |
2010–11 in English football | Promotion and relegation | Teams promoted to Premier League Teams relegated from Premier League Teams promoted to Championship | wiki:240 |
2010–11 in English football | July 2010 | 1 July 2010: Roy Hodgson signs a three-year contract to manage Liverpool, a month after Rafael Benítez left. 2 July 2010: Israeli winger Yossi Benayoun joins Chelsea from Liverpool for an undisclosed fee. Ivorian midfielder Yaya Touré joins Manchester City for a fee of "about £24 million" from Barcelona. 7 July 2010: Leicester City appoint Swansea City's Paulo Sousa as manager to replace Nigel Pearson, who moved to Hull City at the end of June. | wiki:241 |
2010–11 in English football | August 2010 | 2 August 2010: Ipswich Town coach Gary Ablett, who managed Stockport County the previous season and won honours as a player with Liverpool and Everton, announces that he is suffering from non-Hodgkin's lymphoma. 9 August 2010: Aston Villa manager Martin O'Neill resigns after four years in charge, during which he guided them to UEFA Cup qualification in three successive seasons. He is replaced on a caretaker basis by Villa reserve team manager Kevin MacDonald until a permanent successor is appointed. 10 August 2010: Exeter City striker Adam Stansfield dies of cancer aged 31. | wiki:242 |
2010–11 in English football | September 2010 | 4 September 2010: Jermain Defoe scores a hat-trick as England open their Euro 2012 qualifying campaign with a 4–0 win over Bulgaria at Wembley. 8 September 2010: Aston Villa name Gérard Houllier, former Liverpool and France manager, as their successor to Martin O'Neill. 12 September 2010: Nigel Adkins leaves Scunthorpe United after four years as manager (during which they won promotion to the Championship twice) to become the new manager of Southampton. | wiki:243 |
2010–11 in English football | October 2010 | 1 October 2010: Paulo Sousa is sacked after just nine league matches in charge of Leicester City, who were bottom of the Championship having qualified for the play-offs last season under Sousa's predecessor Nigel Pearson. Manchester City announce that they made a loss of £121million in the year leading up to 31 May. 3 October 2010: Former England national football team manager Sven-Göran Eriksson is appointed manager of Leicester City on a two-year contract. 4 October 2010: Bolton Wanderers striker Kevin Davies, aged 33 and uncapped at senior level, is called up to the England squad for the following week's Euro 2012 qualifier against Montenegro. | wiki:244 |
2010–11 in English football | November 2010 | 6 November 2010: A late winning goal from Park Ji-sung gives Manchester United a 2–1 home win over Wolverhampton Wanderers in the Premier League, cutting Chelsea's lead to two points – although the West London side, who play Liverpool at Anfield tomorrow, have a game in hand. In the first round of the FA Cup, Conference South side Dover Athletic eliminate fellow Kent club Gillingham, managed by former Dover manager Andy Hessenthaler, with a 2–0 win on the League Two club's own soil. 11 November 2010: Blackpool manager Ian Holloway threatens to resign if the Football Association penalise him for fielding a weakened side in his side's 3–2 league defeat at Aston Villa yesterday evening. | wiki:245 |
2010–11 in English football | November 2010 | 13 November 2010: Fabio Capello announces his England squad for the friendly against France on 17 November. It includes first call-ups for Jay Bothroyd of Cardiff City, Andy Carroll of Newcastle United, Jordan Henderson of Sunderland and Chris Smalling of Manchester United. | wiki:246 |
2010–11 in English football | December 2010 | 2 December 2010: England's bid to host the 2018 World Cup fails; FIFA awards the tournament to Russia instead. 6 December 2010: Newcastle United sack manager Chris Hughton after just over a year in charge. 9 December 2010: Alan Pardew is appointed manager of Newcastle United on a contract until the end of the 2015–16 season. | wiki:247 |
2010–11 in English football | January 2011 | 6 January 2011 – The Aston Villa board announce that Gérard Houllier's position as manager is safe in spite of recent results. 7 January 2011 – Roy Keane is sacked by Ipswich Town after less than two years as manager, with the Suffolk club League Cup semi-finalists but struggling the Championship. 8 January 2011: Roy Hodgson leaves Liverpool after six months as manager and is succeeded by Kenny Dalglish as caretaker manager until the end of the season. It is Dalglish's first managerial job since he left Celtic more than 10 years ago, and his return as Liverpool manager comes a month before the 20th anniversary of his sudden resignation. | wiki:248 |
2010–11 in English football | January 2011 | The FA Cup third round sees a number of upsets as League Two Burton Albion eliminate Middlesbrough 2–1 at the Pirelli Stadium. Football League newcomers Stevenage defeat mid-table Premier League side Newcastle United 3–1 and Sunderland lose 2–1 at home to League One strugglers Notts County. | wiki:249 |
2010–11 in English football | February 2011 | 2 February 2011: Gary Neville, who has played 602 times for Manchester United since his debut in September 1992, announces his retirement from playing just before his 36th birthday. He has won a total of 14 major trophies at United, and also been capped 85 times for England, but has played just over 30 games in all competitions over the last four years following injury and competition from other players at United for the right-back position. 5 February 2011: A record-breaking day for the Premier League sees Arsenal take a 4–0 lead at Newcastle United after 26 minutes, only to concede four times after half-time to see the game end 4–4 – the first time in Premier League history that a team has been four goals ahead and still not won. | wiki:250 |
2010–11 in English football | February 2011 | Louis Saha scores four goals as Everton beat Blackpool 5–3 at Goodison Park. Carlos Tevez scores a first half hat-trick as Manchester City beat West Bromwich Albion 3–0 to boost their own title hopes and push their opponents deeper into the relegation battle. Manchester United suffer their first league defeat of the season when they are beaten 2–1 at Wolverhampton Wanderers. 6 February 2011: West Bromwich Albion sack manager Roberto Di Matteo after a season and a half in charge. | wiki:251 |
2010–11 in English football | March 2011 | 6 March 2011: Dirk Kuyt scores a hat-trick in Liverpool's 3–1 Premier League home win over Manchester United, making him the first Liverpool player to score a competitive hat-trick against United since Peter Beardsley in September 1990. West Ham United boost their survival hopes with a 3–0 home win over Stoke City. 12 March 2011: Manchester United beat Arsenal 2–0 in the FA Cup quarter-final at Old Trafford. Bolton Wanderers win 3–2 at Birmingham City to reach their first FA Cup semi-final for 11 years. 13 March 2011: Reading, the last non-Premier League side in the FA Cup, lose 1–0 to Manchester City in the quarter final, with the winners reaching the semi-finals for the first time in 30 years. | wiki:252 |
2010–11 in English football | March 2011 | Stoke City beat West Ham United 2–1 to reach the semi-finals for the first time since 1972. | wiki:253 |
2010–11 in English football | April 2011 | 2 April 2011: Manchester United move closer to the Premier League title after coming from 2–0 down at half–time to win 4–2 at West Ham United, in which Wayne Rooney scores a hat-trick. In the Championship, Yakubu scores a hat-trick for Leicester City in their 3–3 draw at Middlesbrough. 6 April 2011: Torquay United are deducted one point and Hereford United deducted three points for fielding ineligible players in the League Two game at Plainmoor on 1 February, which Hereford won 3–1. 8 April 2011: Liverpool captain Steven Gerrard is ruled out for the rest of the season with a groin injury. | wiki:254 |
2010–11 in English football | May 2011 | 2 May 2011: Norwich City seal a second successive promotion to reach the Premier League by beating Portsmouth 1–0 at Fratton Park. They are the first team since Manchester City in 2000 to reach the Premier League with two successive promotions. Plymouth Argyle are relegated from League One, their second successive relegation, with a 3–1 home defeat to a Southampton side whose promotion is virtually ensured by virtue of having a vastly superior goal difference to third-placed Huddersfield, three points adrift with one game left. 7 May 2011: QPR escape points deduction., while Nottingham Forest confirm their play-off place. Southampton's promotion to the Championship is confirmed. | wiki:255 |
2010–11 in English football | May 2011 | Dagenham & Redbridge and Bristol Rovers are relegated from League One. Lincoln City's 3–0 home defeat to Aldershot costs them their Football League status and they are relegated to the Conference National. Wycombe Wanderers seal an immediate return to League One by beating Southend United 3–1 at Adams Park. 8 May 2011: Manchester United beat Chelsea 2–1 at Old Trafford in the Premier League, meaning that they need just a point from their final two games to win a record 19th top division title. Arsenal's faint title hopes are ended with a 3–1 defeat at FA Cup finalists Stoke City. | wiki:256 |
2010–11 in English football | May 2011 | Wolverhampton Wanderers climb out of the relegation zone with a 3–1 home win over Black Country rivals West Bromwich Albion, whose survival (and highest league finish since 1985) has already been confirmed. | wiki:257 |
2010–11 in English football | June 2011 | 1 June 2011: Gérard Houllier steps down as Aston Villa manager by mutual consent following his illness. Also on 1 June, Convers Sports Initiatives owned by Russian Vladimir Antonov completed its takeover of Portsmouth. 2 June 2011: Mark Hughes resigned as a Fulham manager after having spent 11 months as manager. 3 June 2011: Tottenham Hotspur signed Aston Villa's goalkeeper veteran Brad Friedel on a free transfer as his contract set to expire next season. Also, Frank Arnesen's Hamburger SV signed Jacopo Sala from Chelsea, becoming a second player to join Hamburg from Chelsea this following Michael Mancienne's £1.75 million move to Germany. | wiki:258 |
2010–11 in English football | Premier League | Manchester United won their 12th Premier League title and their 19th championship overall, beating Liverpool's record of 18 championships set in 1990. A late surge consigned Chelsea to a second-place finish; their season fell apart following the departure of first-team coach Ray Wilkins in early November and this coincided with a horrendous run of form in the winter as they picked up just 10 points from 11 games, with manager Carlo Ancelotti losing his job on the final day. Arsenal qualified for the Champions League in 4th, having been realistic outsiders for the league title until losing the League Cup final, at which point they won just two of their last 11 league games, falling behind 3rd placed Manchester City, who entered Europe's elite competition for the first time after overturning a 5-point deficit with 3 games left. | wiki:259 |
2010–11 in English football | Premier League | Tottenham settled for the Europa League spot, though they had an impressive first Champions League run that took them to the quarterfinals. Liverpool – who managed to put a terrible League start under Roy Hodgson behind them – seemed as if they were going to finish 5th under Kenny Dalglish, but lost their last two games and had to settle for 6th. This meant that they failed to qualify for any European competition for the first time in 12 years. Merseyside rivals Everton finished immediately behind them in seventh place, after a much improved second half of the campaign. Fulham rose up the table to finish eighth, and qualify for the Europa League via the Fair Play League. | wiki:260 |
2010–11 in English football | Premier League | Stoke also qualified for the Europa League by reaching their first ever FA Cup Final, despite losing by a single goal to eventual winners Manchester City. Martin O'Neill, just days before the campaign began, resigned from his position as Aston Villa manager. This hit Villa immensely and they found themselves in a relegation battle for much of the season, despite the efforts of former Liverpool manager Gérard Houllier. They confirmed survival with a 9th-place finish, but only after Houllier took a leave of absence following a heart scare with a few weeks to go. Newly promoted West Bromwich Albion and Newcastle United also enjoyed decent finishes, in eleventh and twelfth places respectively. | wiki:261 |
2010–11 in English football | Premier League | Albion began the season well under Roberto di Matteo until a loss in form saw them fall down the table. With Albion just above the drop zone, the Italian was replaced by Roy Hodgson, who recovered from his disappointing Liverpool tenure to steer the Baggies away from relegation trouble. Newcastle's twelfth place was achieved despite the surprise sacking of Chris Hughton, who was replaced by Alan Pardew, and the departure of striker Andy Carroll to Liverpool for £35 million in January. | wiki:262 |
2010–11 in English football | Football League Championship | Queens Park Rangers won the Championship and returned to the Premier League after a fifteen-year absence. Neil Warnock became the first manager in six years to complete a full season in charge with the club, and equalled the record for the most promotions ever won by a single manager. The runners-up spot was taken by Norwich City, who earned their second successive promotion under Paul Lambert and became only the third English club to achieve back to back promotions to the top flight, and the first since Manchester City 11 years previous. Swansea City were promoted via the play-offs after beating Reading in the play-off final, becoming the first Welsh club ever to play in the Premier League. | wiki:263 |
2010–11 in English football | Football League Championship | Ironically, Swansea manager Brendan Rodgers was a former manager of Reading, having been sacked by the Royals midway through the previous season. None of the three teams relegated from the Premier League in the previous season were able to mount a challenge for promotion. Burnley, whom many tipped for an immediate return to the top flight, ultimately fell just short of the top six, but the efforts of Hull City and Portsmouth were hindered by respective financial constraints. Cardiff City were the league's biggest chokers as they threw away their chances of automatic promotion in shocking fashion, amid reports of several players seen out drinking in the early hours before a crucial game against Middlesbrough, meaning they had to settle for the play-offs. | wiki:264 |
2010–11 in English football | Football League Championship | Dave Jones was sacked at the end of May after they were crushed by losing play-off finalists Reading. Scunthorpe United were unable to escape relegation for the second year in a row and were relegated in bottom place, despite the arrival of Alan Knill, ultimately unable to compete with teams operating on much higher financial resources. Sheffield United were relegated only a year after their cross-city counterparts, meaning that the Steel City derby would now be taking place in the third tier for the first time since 1980, the sacking of Kevin Blackwell after just two games and subsequent managerial instability proving their downfall. | wiki:265 |
2010–11 in English football | Football League Championship | The third relegated club was Preston North End, who had been the longest-serving members of the Championship, having been in the division since 2000. Much like Sheffield United, their decision to replace manager Darren Ferguson backfired on them. | wiki:266 |
2010–11 in English football | Football League One | Brighton and Hove Albion gave their old Withdean Stadium a memorable send-off as they dominated the division for nearly the whole season and won the League One title, ensuring that the new Falmer Stadium would open to Championship football. Fellow south coast club Southampton, whose promotion challenge had been derailed by a ten-point administration penalty in the previous season, were promoted at the second time of asking, finishing as runners-up. At first, they didn't look like promotion chasers when Alan Pardew was sacked in early September and replaced by Nigel Adkins. But Adkins gave Saints fans what they wanted for years; attacking football and a 2nd-place finish. | wiki:267 |
2010–11 in English football | Football League One | Peterborough United, who were the top scorers in any of the top four divisions, won the play-offs and clinched an immediate return to the Championship after the previous year's relegation. It meant that manager Darren Ferguson – who had left the Posh 2 years ago – had achieved his third successive promotion with the club. Swindon Town suffered a shock relegation: having been runners-up in the play-off final the previous season, they struggled for the entire campaign and were eventually relegated in bottom place after the departures of strike-duo Billy Paynter and Charlie Austin. Plymouth Argyle suffered their second successive relegation, the loss of ten points for entering administration proving fatal. | wiki:268 |
2010–11 in English football | Football League One | Bristol Rovers, who had been promoted alongside Swindon in 2007, were relegated with them this year. Dagenham & Redbridge battled until the final day of the season, but ultimately suffered relegation in their first-ever season at this level. Coincidentally, had it not been for Plymouth's points deduction then Walsall would have been relegated, meaning that three of the four clubs promoted from League Two at the end of the 2006–07 season would have gone down together. Leading goalscorer: Craig Mackail-Smith (Peterborough United) – 27 | wiki:269 |
2010–11 in English football | Football League Two | Chesterfield enjoyed a dream start to life at their new stadium, winning the title. Runners-up were Bury, who had been in impressive form for most of the season and secured second place with a blistering late run of form under new manager Richard Barker, even threatening to overtake Chesterfield in the final weeks of the season. Wycombe Wanderers were the final automatically promoted team, making an immediate return to League One after being relegated the previous season. Stevenage won the play-offs and earned promotion in their first ever Football League season. Stockport suffered their second successive relegation, with continued financial problems and the worst defensive record in the whole Football League costing them dearly. | wiki:270 |
2010–11 in English football | Football League Two | Barnet escaped relegation on the last day of the season with a 1–0 win over Port Vale at Underhill, and along with Lincoln City losing 3–0 to Aldershot, condemned Lincoln to their second relegation from the Football League. They had looked safe with two months to go, but an appalling run, with only two points gained from their last eleven matches saw them dumped into the relegation zone on the last day (their first relegation from the League in 1987 occurred under nearly identical circumstances). Promoted from the Football Conference as champions were Crawley Town, who entered the Football League for the first time in their history. | wiki:271 |
2010–11 in English football | Football League Two | Also promoted (via the play-offs) were AFC Wimbledon, who were technically also newcomers to the League, but widely seen as the continuation of the original Wimbledon, who became the Milton Keynes Dons at the start of the 2004–05 season. | wiki:272 |
2010–11 in English football | Euro 2012 qualification | During the season, the England national football team played the first five of their eight scheduled Group G qualifying matches for Euro 2012. | wiki:273 |
2010–11 in English football | Friendlies | England also participated in a number of friendly matches. | wiki:274 |
2010–11 in English football | English clubs' performance in Europe | These are the results of the English teams in European competitions during the 2010–11 season. (English team score displayed first) * For group games in Champions League or Europa League, score in home game is displayed ** For group games in Champions League or Europa League, score in away game is displayed | wiki:275 |
Debaser (rap group) | Introduction | Debaser is a two-man hip-hop group from Oregon, United States, and are part of the crew Sandpeople. The duo consists of Ethic (MC) & Sapient (MC/Producer) and was founded in late 2005. Their name is a direct reference to the definition of the word "debaser", not to be confused with the popular song Debaser by the Pixies. | wiki:276 |
Debaser (rap group) | History | Ethic & Sapient both grew up in the city of Eugene, Oregon where they were family friends at a young age. It wasn't until 2005 that the two began making music together and the group Debaser was quickly formed the same year. In early 2006, Debaser juggled driving from Eugene to Portland on weekends to record Sandpeople projects with doing shows in the Pacific Northwest & recording their debut album "Crown Control", which featured Opio (of Hieroglyphics), Luckyiam (of Living Legends), Grayskul and Sleep (of Oldominion). They began touring as a group regularly throughout the Western United States in 2007. | wiki:277 |
Debaser (rap group) | History | Debaser spent much of 2008 & 2009 working on music with their crew Sandpeople and touring. During that time, Sapient also focused on establishing himself as a producer. He has since made beats for tracks that featured Inspectah Deck of Wu-Tang Clan, Slug of Atmosphere, and Aesop Rock to name a few. | wiki:278 |
Lake Rämen | Introduction | Rämen () is a lake in southern Dalarna circa southwest of Borlänge. The lake is situated above sea level and has an area of . In the 1930s auto racing was held on and around the lake, one of the races was the Swedish Winter Grand Prix. | wiki:279 |
John Loone | Introduction | John Arthur Loone (25 January 1931 – 3 August 2018) was an Australian politician. He was an Independent member of the Tasmanian Legislative Council from 1989 to 2001, representing Tamar, Roland and finally Rowallan. Loone was born in Deloraine. He was elected to the seat of Tamar in 1989, and held it until 1997, when it was renamed Roland. In 1999, Roland was abolished, and Loone was elected to the new seat of Rowallan, which he held until his retirement in 2001. | wiki:280 |
National Register of Historic Places listings in Wilkes County, Georgia | Introduction | This is a list of properties and districts in Wilkes County, Georgia that are listed on the National Register of Historic Places (NRHP). | wiki:281 |
Gunnar Nielsen (athlete) | Introduction | Niels Gunnar Nielsen (25 March 1928 – 29 May 1985) was a Danish middle distance runner who equalled the world record over both 880 yards and 1500 metres. He represented the Østerbro-based club Københavns Idræts Forening throughout his career. Nielsen participated in three major championships - two Olympic Games and one European Championships. He made his international breakthrough at the 1952 Summer Olympics in Helsinki, where he finished fourth in the 800 metres - finishing with exactly the same time, 1:49.7, as the bronze medal winner, Heinz Ulzheimer. At the 1954 European Championships in Bern, Nielsen set a new Danish record of 3:44.4 in the final of the 1500 metres, in which he finished second behind Roger Bannister. | wiki:282 |
Gunnar Nielsen (athlete) | Introduction | Nielsen was Denmark's greatest male athlete during the 1950s and his ability to draw large crowds meant that he was much in demand by his country's promoters. His hectic schedule eventually took its toll on his health, and, with his times strongly affected by illness and exhaustion, Nielsen announced in September 1956 that he would retire after the 1956 Olympics in Melbourne. Though he won his 800 metres heat in a time of 1:51.2, Nielsen chose not to run the semi-final and instead chose to focus on the 1500 metres. In what proved to be the final race of his career, Nielsen finished the 1500 metres final in tenth place, over four seconds behind the winner, Ronnie Delany. | wiki:283 |
Eclipsys | Introduction | Eclipsys Corporation was a publicly traded American company that provided hospitals and other healthcare organizations with electronic medical record, computerized physician order entry, and other technology, as well as revenue cycle management software. Eclipsys was founded in 1995, and had its headquarters in Atlanta, Georgia. | wiki:284 |
Eclipsys | History | Eclipsys was founded in 1995 by Harvey J. Wilson who remained with the company until 2002. In 1998, the company acquired Motorola's Emtek Healthcare Division, a provider of point-of-care clinical information software. In 2008, the company acquired physician practice management software company MediNotes. The company restructured in 2006, and Philip Pead became chief executive officer in 2009. In 2010, Eclipsys announced a strategic partnership with Microsoft, in which the companies will share technology and promote healthcare information technology interoperability. Eclipsys merged with Allscripts in August 2010. | wiki:285 |
2010 California Proposition 14 | Introduction | Proposition 14 is a California ballot proposition that appeared on the ballot during the June 2010 state elections. It was a constitutional amendment that effectively transformed California's non-Presidential elections from first-past-the-post to a nonpartisan blanket primary (similar to a two-round system). This had the unforeseen consequence of effectively eliminating third party candidates from the final ballots. The proposition was legislatively referred to voters by the State Legislature and approved by 54% of the voters. It consolidated all primary elections for a particular office into an election with one ballot that would be identical to all voters, regardless of their party preferences. | wiki:286 |
2010 California Proposition 14 | Introduction | The two candidates with the most votes in the primary election would then be the only candidates who would run in the general election, regardless of their party affiliation. | wiki:287 |
2010 California Proposition 14 | Background | Proposition 14 was a proposal to amend Sections 5 and 6 of Article II of the California State Constitution relating to elections. It is officially known as the Top Two Primaries Act. It was authored by State Senator Abel Maldonado, who represented the 15th district, as Senate Constitutional Amendment 4 of the 2009–2010 Regular Session (Resolution Chapter 2, Statutes of 2009). It was based on a proposal drafted by the Independent Voter Project in 2008. It was passed in the State Senate by a vote of 27 to 12 and in the State Assembly by a vote of 54 to 20. | wiki:288 |
2010 California Proposition 14 | Background | The proposition was publicly backed by Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger, as part of a deal in which Maldonado agreed to support his proposed 2009–2010 state budget, and was opposed by political parties. | wiki:289 |
2010 California Proposition 14 | Provisions | The passage of Proposition 14 changed the way that elections are conducted for all statewide offices in California (including the Governor and other executive positions, members of the State Legislature, and members of the State Board of Equalization), as well as for United States Senators and members of the United States House of Representatives. Proposition 14 does not affect the election of President and Vice-President of the United States, local offices, or non-partisan offices such as judges and the Superintendent of Public Instruction. Instead of allowing each political party to hold a primary election open to just its members (and independent voters, if the party chooses to do so) to determine its candidate for the general election, Proposition 14 proposed to create a single primary ballot that would be identical for all voters. | wiki:290 |
2010 California Proposition 14 | Provisions | All candidates running in the primary election, regardless of their political party preference (if any), would appear on that ballot. The two candidates with the most votes would then qualify for the general election, regardless of which party they identify with (if any). Proposition 14 specifically prohibits write-in candidates in the second round. | wiki:291 |
2010 California Proposition 14 | Court challenge and controversial ruling | The constitutionality of the measure was challenged in "Field et al. v. Bowen et al." The plaintiffs represented a broad spectrum of the body politic in California: On September 19, 2011, an appellate court ruled that the "Top Two" system was constitutional. The case then returned to the Superior Court of San Francisco County. | wiki:292 |
2010–11 West Bromwich Albion F.C. season | Introduction | The 2010–11 season was West Bromwich Albion's fifth season in the Premier League. Albion return to the Premier League after being promoted from the Championship. West Brom confirmed their promotion back to the Premier League on 10 April 2010 after a 3–2 win over Doncaster Rovers, and retained their new top-flight status, finishing 11th. | wiki:293 |
2010–11 West Bromwich Albion F.C. season | Background | During the off-season, West Bromwich Albion made a number of improvements to their home ground, The Hawthorns. The club reseeded the playing surface and repainted the exterior of the stadium. The memorial garden, situated behind the East Stand car park, was extended, while additional lighting, new flooring and more turnstiles were added to the Smethwick End. | wiki:294 |
Black Bean Games | Introduction | Black Bean Games was an Italian video game publisher based in Gazzada Schianno in northern Italy, founded in 2004. Established as a European publishing arm of video game distributor Leader S.p.A., it was best known for publishing a number of racing games developed by Milestone srl, but their portfolio also included real strategy and family-oriented games. In 2006 the company signed a five-year licensing agreement for "Superbike World Championship" (SBK) and "World Rally Championship" (WRC) video games. The company published titles between 2005 and 2012, before merging with Milestone srl. | wiki:295 |
Love on Wheels | Introduction | Love on Wheels is a 1932 British musical comedy film directed by Victor Saville and starring Jack Hulbert, Gordon Harker, Edmund Gwenn and Leonora Corbett. | wiki:296 |
Love on Wheels | Synopsis | A daily commuter on a Green Line bus from the suburbs to Central London Fred Hopkins romantically pursues a fellow passenger Jane with the help of Briggs the bus conductor. His hopes are thwarted when he is fired from his job at a major department store. However he is eventually able to return, securing both his dream job as advertising manager in charge of window dressing and the girl he loves. | wiki:297 |
Love on Wheels | Production | The film was made at the Islington Studios of Gainsborough Pictures. Gainsborough was part of the larger Gaumont British empire, and specialised in making comedies during the 1930s. Hulbert became one of the studio's top stars during the early 1930s, often appearing with his wife Cicely Courtneidge. | wiki:298 |
Love on Wheels | Critical reception | BFI Screenonline called the film a "sublime musical comedy." and "British Pictures" called it "one of those charmingly amateurish British musicals the 30s produced so well. It proclaims: we may not have dancers like Fred and Ginger, or songwriters like Gershwin or Berlin, or directors like Busby Berkeley, but when it comes to endearing silliness we're world class...Love on Wheels is never going to make the critics Top 100 list, it certainly leaves a smile on your face." | wiki:299 |
M1841 mountain howitzer | Introduction | The M1841 mountain howitzer was a mountain gun used by the United States Army during the mid-nineteenth century, from 1837 to about 1870. It saw service during the Mexican–American War of 1847–1848, the American Indian Wars, and during the American Civil War, 1861–1865 (primarily in the more rugged western theaters). The howitzer was a bronze smoothbore 12-pounder weapon, optimized for firing explosive shells as well as spherical case and canister. Its range was at +5° elevation with a charge of of black powder when firing shell. The original carriage design allowed the piece to be broken down into three loads for pack animal transport: the tube carried on one animal, carriage and wheels by another, and ammunition on the third. | wiki:300 |