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Elevated alpha-fetoprotein | Serum | The standard is a quantitative test, reporting a measured concentration of AFP in the sample, but there is also a less expensive qualitative test, reporting only that the concentration is normal or high. The qualitative test is appropriate only in some circumstances. The resulting test report should specify the assay method and equipment used, and the report of a quantitative test should also provide a reference range for the test result. Many laboratories report reference ranges that are based on all other samples tested in that laboratory, necessarily including samples with abnormal AFP concentrations due to disease. Superior reference ranges are produced by research on healthy subjects. | wiki:501 |
Elevated alpha-fetoprotein | Serum | AFP test results often are reported as either ng/ml or MoM (multiple of the median, where the median is calculated for an appropriate reference population). | wiki:502 |
Elevated alpha-fetoprotein | Maternal testing for fetal screening | Abnormally elevated AFP in the serum of a pregnant woman can have one or more of these sources: Usual follow-up steps include (1) a prenatal ultrasound exam to look for fetal abnormalities and/or (2) measurement of AFP in amniotic fluid obtained via amniocentesis. Maternal serum AFP (MSAFP) varies by orders of magnitude during the course of a normal pregnancy. MSAFP increases rapidly until about 32 weeks gestation, then decreases gradually. After the pregnancy ends it decreases rapidly, with a half-life of about 5 days. | wiki:503 |
Elevated alpha-fetoprotein | Tumor marker | Principal tumors that secrete AFP are endodermal sinus tumor (yolk sac carcinoma), hepatoblastoma, and hepatocellular carcinoma. In patients with AFP-secreting tumors, serum levels of AFP often correlate with tumor size. Resection is usually associated with a fall in serum levels. Serum levels are useful in assessing response to treatment. Like any elevated tumor marker, elevated AFP by itself is not diagnostic, only suggestive. Tumor markers are used primarily to monitor the result of a treatment (e.g. chemotherapy). If levels of AFP go down after treatment, the tumor is not growing. In the case of babies, after treatment AFP should go down faster than it would normally. | wiki:504 |
Elevated alpha-fetoprotein | Tumor marker | A temporary increase in AFP immediately following chemotherapy may indicate not that the tumor is growing but rather that it is shrinking (and releasing AFP as the tumor cells die). | wiki:505 |
Elevated alpha-fetoprotein | Nonseminomatous germ cell tumor | In the context of evidence-based medicine, AFP is validated at the highest level as a tumor marker for use in patients with nonseminomatous germ cell tumors. There are case reports of elevated AFP associated with teratoma. However, some of these case reports involve infants but do not correct for the normal elevation of AFP in infants, while others ignore the likelihood that teratoma (and other germ cell tumors) may in fact be mixed tumors containing elements of endodermal sinus tumor. AFP is normally elevated in infants, and because teratoma is the single most common kind of tumor in infants, several studies have provided reference ranges for AFP in normal infants. | wiki:506 |
Elevated alpha-fetoprotein | Nonseminomatous germ cell tumor | Perhaps the most useful is this equation: log Y = 7.397 - 2.622.log (X + 10), where X = age in days and Y = AFP level in nanograms per milliliter. When neonatal AFP is above normal (after adjustment for age), a low fraction of AFP-L3 is reassuring. | wiki:507 |
Elevated alpha-fetoprotein | Hepatocellular carcinoma | For hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC), AFP cannot be considered to be specifically diagnostic of HCC, levels of AFP may be elevated in serum from patients with chronic disease; for example, research has indicated that AFP is not useful for screening in patients suffering from cirrhosis or Hepatitis C and therefore elevated AFP in these patients may not be indicative, or be only suggestive, of HCC. AFP is considered a useful marker for post-treatment monitoring of HCC patients (e.g. for treatment efficacy or tumor recurrence). The value of such tests may be improved by parallel monitoring of other markers. AFP-L3, an isoform of AFP which binds "Lens culinaris" agglutinin, can be particularly useful in early identification of aggressive tumors associated with HCC. | wiki:508 |
Elevated alpha-fetoprotein | Other tumor | Rare AFP-secreting tumor types include carcinoma in a mixed Müllerian tumor. The Sertoli-Leydig cell tumor, which itself is rare, rarely secretes AFP. In Wilms tumor AFP is rarely elevated, but when it is elevated it may serve as a marker of disease progression or recurrence. | wiki:509 |
Elevated alpha-fetoprotein | Other | Increased serum levels in adults are also seen in acute hepatitis, colitis and ataxia telangiectasia. Increased serum levels of alpha-fetoprotein are sometimes found in Citrullinemia and Argininosuccinate synthetase deficiency. | wiki:510 |
Elevated alpha-fetoprotein | Amniotic fluid | AFP in amniotic fluid has one or two sources. The fetus normally excretes AFP into its urine, hence into the amniotic fluid. A fetus with one of three broad categories of defects also releases AFP by other means. These categories are open neural tube defect, open abdominal wall defect, and skin disease or other failure of the interior or exterior body surface. Abnormally elevated AFP in amniotic fluid can have one or more of many different causes: | wiki:511 |
Elevated alpha-fetoprotein | CSF | In normal infants, AFP in CSF is: Levels of AFP in CSF decline with gestational age in proportion to levels of AFP in serum | wiki:512 |
FC Treptow | Introduction | FC Treptow is a German association football club from the city of Berlin and is the successor to "Werkverein der BEWAG Berlin" which was established in 1928 as the worker's sports club of the city's electric utility Bewag Aktiengesellschaft. | wiki:513 |
FC Treptow | History | The club fielded strong lower division teams and won its way through to the Oberliga Berlin-Brandenburg/Staffel B (I) in 1932. The following year German football was reorganized under the Third Reich into 16 top-flight regional divisions and "BEWAG" was not included as part of the new Gauliga Berlin-Brandenburg which was made up of only 12 teams in a single division, rather than the 20 teams of the Oberliga's two divisions. The team was renamed "Sportverein BEWAG Berlin" in 1932 and was promoted to Gauliga play in 1936. In 1938, they were again renamed becoming "SV Elektra Berlin", and they made an appearance in the opening round of the Tschammerspokal, predecessor of today's DFB-Pokal (German Cup). | wiki:514 |
FC Treptow | History | "SV" earned mid-table results over the next three seasons before being relegated following an 11th-place finish in 1941. After the end World War II in 1945, most sports and football clubs in Germany were dissolved by occupying Allied authorities. The club was re-established in 1949 as "Betriebssportgemeinschaft BEWAG" and was renamed "BSG Turbine BEWAG" in 1950. They made their second appearance in cup play, this time in the opening round of the FDGB-Pokal (East German Cup), and again went out in the opening round. From the late 1950s on into the early 1970s, "BEWAG" was primarily a third-division side before settling into fourth-tier play as part of the separate football competition that emerged in Soviet-occupied East Germany. | wiki:515 |
FC Treptow | History | In 1974, they took on the name "BSG Turbine Berlin" and, in 1984, "BSG Turbine EKB Treptow". A single nationwide football competition was restored after the reunification of the country in 1990 and the club adopted the name "SV Turbine Berlin". After the fall of 1994, "Turbine" joined "Lok Schöneweide" – established in 1925 as the rail worker's club "Reichsbahnsportverein Berlin" – to form the present day side "FC Treptow" which was named for the former southeastern city district of Treptow which is home to the club. In 1996, the football section of former East German club "NARVA Berlin" joined "FC" and the newly combined side took up the place of "NARVA" in the Landesliga Berlin (VI) where they remained until being sent down in 2001. | wiki:516 |
FC Treptow | History | Today the team plays in the Kreisliga Berlin (IX). | wiki:517 |
Fishwick | Introduction | Fishwick is a parish with a small mediaeval village (now vanished) in the Scottish Borders, in the traditional county of Berwickshire, seven miles from Berwick-upon-Tweed. The parish church is now a ruin and the parish is united with Hutton and Paxton. Today the parish consists of farms and scattered housing. There is also an old WWII airstrip, still occasionally used. Fishwick borders the north of the River Tweed which here constitutes the border with England. Anciently Fishwick was a possession of Coldingham Priory a cell of the Bishopric of Durham. The superiorities of the Priory became part of the Barony of Coldingham which in 1621 was held by James, 2nd Earl of Home (d. | wiki:518 |
Fishwick | Introduction | 1633). A William Purves was a resident in Fishwick in Nov 1577 when he witnessed a Sasine. Just south of the Tweed from Fishwick is the northernmost village in England, Horncliffe. Between Fishwick and Horncliffe is the famous Union Bridge, a very early suspension bridge dating from 1820. When it was opened it was the longest wrought-iron suspension bridge in the world, and it is still carrying traffic, though now only one vehicle at a time. One of the toll cottages was demolished in 1955. The crossing is now toll-free. | wiki:519 |
Doug Tassell | Introduction | Doug Tassell (28 December 1945 – 20 June 1970) was an Australian rules footballer who played with Essendon in the Victorian Football League (VFL). A half back flanker, Tassell played nine games in 1969 after coming to the club from Ararat. During the season he built a house for his wife Elaine and son Rick in Ararat and was undecided on whether to stay in Melbourne. However, following play in the first 11 rounds of the 1970 VFL season, Tassell was killed in a car accident at the age of 24. | wiki:520 |
Norway in the Eurovision Song Contest 1965 | Introduction | Norway was represented by Kirsti Sparboe, with the song '"Karusell", at the 1965 Eurovision Song Contest, which took place on 20 March in Naples, Italy. "Karusell" was chosen as the Norwegian entry at the Melodi Grand Prix on 13 February. This was the first of Sparboe's three Eurovision appearances for Norway. | wiki:521 |
Norway in the Eurovision Song Contest 1965 | Final | The MGP was held at the studios of the Norwegian Broadcasting Corporation in Oslo, hosted by Odd Grythe. Five songs took part in the final with each song sung twice by different singers, once with a small combo and once with a full orchestra. However Wenche Myhre, who had been due to perform a version of "Karusell", had to withdraw at the last minute through illness so Sparboe sang both versions of the song. The winning song was chosen by postcard voting. | wiki:522 |
Norway in the Eurovision Song Contest 1965 | At Eurovision | On the night of the final Sparboe performed 7th in the running order, following Austria and preceding Belgium. Each national jury awarded 5-3-1 to their top three songs, and at the close "Karusell" had picked up only 1 point (from Austria), placing Norway joint 13th (with Portugal) of the 18 entries. The Norwegian jury awarded its 5 points to the Netherlands. | wiki:523 |
6 April 2010 Baghdad bombings | Introduction | The 4 April 2010 Baghdad bombings where a series of bomb explosions in Baghdad, Iraq.The attack killed 41 people and at least 200 were injured. | wiki:524 |
Chaiyong Khumpiam | Introduction | Chaiyong Khumpiam (), is a Thai retired football player . He played for the national team between 1991 and 1999. He is currently a sport commentator for PPTV. | wiki:525 |
Shlomo Erell | Introduction | Shlomo Erell (20 November 1920 – 20 November 2018) was a Major General in the IDF, and the seventh Commander of the Israeli Navy. | wiki:526 |
Shlomo Erell | Early life and family | Erell was born in Poland in 1920 and was taken to Mandate Palestine by his parents in 1926. His family moved to Petah Tikva, but eventually settled in Tel Aviv. In his youth, he was member of the Betar youth movement. | wiki:527 |
Shlomo Erell | Career | With the outbreak of World War II, Erell joined the British merchant marine. In January 1941, his ship was sunk by a torpedo from a German u-boat. Erell was rescued and after recuperating, he returned to the navy. After the war he was discharged from the Navy at the rank of captain. With the outbreak of the 1948 Arab–Israeli War Shlomo Erell joined the Israeli Navy and he became the captain of the Israeli Naval vessel "Palmach". The "Palmach" was credited with many operations in the Sinai and in Lebanon. After the war, Erell continued as an IDF officer. He held many posts including being the IDF military attaché in the Israeli embassy in Italy, and commander of the Israeli Navy's missile ships. | wiki:528 |
Shlomo Erell | Career | In January 1966, Erell was promoted to the rank of Aluf (Major General) and became the Commander of the Israeli Navy. In 1968, he resigned from his posts as Commander of the Israeli Navy and he retired from the IDF. After retiring, Erell received a master's degree in administration from Columbia University. In the 1970s, he became a member of the Likud party and from time to time he was brought in by Israeli leaders as an advisor of Naval issues. | wiki:529 |
Shlomo Erell | Death and legacy | Erell died on 20 November 2018, on his 98th birthday. | wiki:530 |
Walter Wolf (disambiguation) | Introduction | Walter Wolf is a Canadian oil-drilling equipment supplier. Walter Wolf is also the name of: | wiki:531 |
George Napier Johnston | Introduction | Major-General George Napier Johnston, (20 August 1867 – 3 April 1947) was a senior officer of the British Army who served with the New Zealand Military Forces during the First World War. Born in Canada in 1867, Johnston was commissioned in the British Army in 1888. An artillery instructor, he served in British India and in 1904 was placed on secondment with the New Zealand Military Forces for three years before returning to the United Kingdom. He was serving in New Zealand as Inspector of Artillery when the First World War broke out and joined the New Zealand Expeditionary Force (NZEF) that was being raised for service abroad. | wiki:532 |
George Napier Johnston | Introduction | He served at Gallipoli as commander of the artillery of the New Zealand and Australian Division and fulfilled the same role on the Western Front with the New Zealand Division. During the war he received several decorations in recognition of his war service. He briefly commanded the New Zealand Division while it was stationed in Germany on occupation duty after the war before being discharged from the NZEF. He commanded the artillery of the 52nd (Lowland) Division from 1919 to 1924 before he retired from the British Army. He died in Dar es Salaam in what is now Tanzania at the age of 79. | wiki:533 |
George Napier Johnston | Early life | George Napier Johnston was born on 20 August 1867 in Quebec, Canada. He entered the Royal Military College of Canada in Kingston, Ontario in 1884 and graduated four years later. After graduating from Kingston, Johnston accepted a commission with the Royal Garrison Artillery of the British Army and for the next ten years served in a variety of postings. In 1898 he was promoted to captain. Johnston had completed a four-year term in India as an artillery instructor when he was seconded to the New Zealand Military Forces in 1904. He served as a staff officer with artillery units for three years before resigning his position to go back to the United Kingdom. | wiki:534 |
George Napier Johnston | Early life | He returned to New Zealand in 1911 to serve as Director of Artillery. | wiki:535 |
George Napier Johnston | First World War | At the commencement of the First World War, Johnston was a major and Inspector of the Artillery. In response to the outbreak of the war in Europe, the New Zealand government authorised the raising of the New Zealand Expeditionary Force (NZEF) for war service overseas. Johnston was appointed commander of the Field Artillery Brigade and embarked from Wellington with the main body of the NZEF in October 1914. The NZEF was intended for service on the Western Front, but following the entry of Turkey into the war it was diverted to Egypt while in transit. | wiki:536 |
George Napier Johnston | Gallipoli | When the New Zealand and Australian Division was formed in 1915, Johnston was appointed commander of its artillery. This only consisted of a single brigade of 16 guns, including four howitzers, much less than the normal divisional complement of artillery. Despite the lack of guns and ammunition, his work with the artillery was highly regarded during the Gallipoli Campaign. In October 1915, prior to the Allied evacuation from Gallipoli, he was made a temporary brigadier-general. | wiki:537 |
George Napier Johnston | Western Front | On establishment of the New Zealand Division in 1916 Johnston was appointed commander of its artillery and promoted to lieutenant-colonel while retaining his temporary rank of brigadier-general. The division deployed to France in April 1916 and his artillery spent a period in the Armentieres sector supporting the division's infantry during trench raids. Two months after arriving in France he was appointed to the Distinguished Service Order (DSO) for services in the field. In September 1916 the divisional artillery saw extensive action during the Battle of the Somme. It supporting the troops for 56 consecutive days during the Somme battle by providing well coordinated barrages and counter fire which helped the infantry to take the majority of their objectives. | wiki:538 |
George Napier Johnston | Western Front | This feat owed much to the proficiency of Johnston, who was awarded the "Croix de Officier" of the "Légion d'honneur" in May 1917. This French award is uncommon to New Zealanders: fewer than 100 awards have been made, and Johnston was one of only 14 members of the New Zealand Military Forces to be decorated with the Legion of Honour during the war. Johnston's artillery performed well during the Battle of Messines and in the early stages of the Third Battle of Ypres, overcoming difficult conditions during the New Zealand Division's attack at Broodseinde on 4 October 1917. As ground conditions continued to deteriorate in the days leading up to the First Battle of Passchendaele, Johnston warned the commander of the division, Major-General Andrew Russell, that his artillery were not adequately prepared. | wiki:539 |
George Napier Johnston | Western Front | Mud had affected the positioning of his artillery and prevented sufficient supplies of ammunition getting through to his guns. When the division attacked on 12 October, it failed to fulfil its key objectives. During the Hundred Days' Offensive, which began in August 1918, the nature of the fighting changed from relatively static trench combat to more mobile and open warfare as the Germans retreated in the face of Allied advances. Consequently, Johnston had to alter his tactics and use of artillery. He devised a command structure whereby his artillery batteries were attached to advancing infantry and, under the command of a senior officer at brigade headquarters, would move forward in a staggered fashion to provide continued fire support as the division advanced. | wiki:540 |
George Napier Johnston | Western Front | The artillery of adjacent British divisions were relatively static in comparison and not as able to support rapid forward movement. | wiki:541 |
George Napier Johnston | Later life | On his return to the British Army, Johnston reverted to his substantive rank of lieutenant-colonel and was appointed Commander Royal Artillery, 52nd (Lowland) Division. Promoted to the rank of colonel in April 1920, he remained with the division until his retirement from the military in 1924 with the honorary rank of brigadier-general. While serving with the 52nd Division he contributed an introduction to the history of the New Zealand Artillery during the First World War, and was also made a Companion of the Order of the Bath. He died on 3 April 1947 in Dar es Salaam in Tanganyika (now Tanzania). | wiki:542 |
Thayet District | Introduction | Thayet District (; also Thayetmyo District) is a district of the Magway Division in central Burma (Myanmar). The administrative centre is the town of Thayet. | wiki:543 |
Thayet District | History | Upon the annexation of Pegu by the British in 1852–53, Thayet was a subdivision of Prome district; but in 1870 it was created as a separate jurisdiction and placed under a deputy-commissioner. Prior to 1896 Thayet District was in the Irrawaddy Division of Lower Burma, but it was transferred to Upper Burma for administrative purposes that year. | wiki:544 |
Thayet District | Ecology | The principal wild animals have historically been elephants, rhinoceros, tigers, leopards, black bears and wild hogs. Silver pheasants and partridges are found in large numbers, especially in the mountains. | wiki:545 |
Thayet District | Geography | The district has an area of 4750 square kilometers; the total rainfall in a sample year was about 40 inches. On the west is the Arakan Yoma range, and on the east the Pegu Yomas; and the face of the country, where it does not rise into mountains, is everywhere broken by low ranges of hills, many of which are barren and lack vegetation. The greater part of the district is wooded, and the mountains to the east and west are covered with forests. The chief river is the Ayeyarwady River, which traverses Thayet from north to south. The drainage finds its way to the Ayeyarwady River by three main streams, the Pwon, Ma-htun and Ma-de on the west, and by two, the Kye-ni and Hput on the east. | wiki:546 |
Thayet District | Geography | Thayet has several salt and hot springs; petroleum has been found (three oil-wells were sunk in 1883 at Pedaukpin, but they were found unprofitable and abandoned), and extensive lime quarries exist a few miles south of the town of Thayetmyo. The limestone mining started sometime in the 1960s to supply a cement factory in Thayetmyo. The limestone quarries were rehabilitated in the early 1980s with German help (GTZ) when the aerial ropeway was replaced by trucks as the principal means of limestone transport from the quarry to the factory. Rehabilitation was required because for many years, only limestone was mined and no overburden removed. | wiki:547 |
Thayet District | Economy | The chief products are rice, cotton, oil-seeds and tobacco; cutch is also very abundant, as is the manufacture of dye-stuff. In addition to limestone, coal has been found in the district, and a few shallow oil wells are in use. There are 403 square kilometers of reserved forest. | wiki:548 |
Thayet District | Townships | The district contains the following six townships: | wiki:549 |
2010 Copa Libertadores knockout stages | Introduction | The last four stages of the 2010 Copa Santander Libertadores are the knockout stages: the Round of 16, the Quarterfinals, the Semifinals, and the Finals. | wiki:550 |
2010 Copa Libertadores knockout stages | Format | The remaining stages of the tournament constitute a single-elimination tournament. In each stage, the teams will play an opponent in a two-legged tie on a home-away basis. Each team will earn three (3) points for a win, one (1) point for a draw, and zero (0) points for a loss. The team with the most points at the end of each tie will advance. Fourteen teams will advance from the second stage; the eight group winners, the six group runners-up teams with the best records. The remaining two entries will go to Mexican clubs Guadalajara and San Luis. | wiki:551 |
2010 Copa Libertadores knockout stages | Tie-breaking | The following criteria will be used for breaking ties on points: | wiki:552 |
2010 Copa Libertadores knockout stages | Seeding | The 16 qualified teams were seeded according to their results in the Second Stage. The top teams from each group were seeded 1–8, with the team with the most points as seed 1 and the team with the least as seed 8. The second-best teams from each group were seeded 9–16, with the team with the most points as seed 9 and the team with the least as seed 16. Guadalajara and San Luis were given the 13 and 14 seed, respectively, which they had earned in the 2009 Copa Libertadores. | wiki:553 |
2010 Copa Libertadores knockout stages | Match A | "Corinthians 3–3 Flamengo on points. Flamengo advanced on away goals." | wiki:554 |
2010 Copa Libertadores knockout stages | Match B | "São Paulo 2–2 Universitario on points. São Paulo advanced on penalties." | wiki:555 |
2010 Copa Libertadores knockout stages | Match D | "Vélez Sársfield 3–3 Guadalajara on points. Guadalajara advanced on goal difference." | wiki:556 |
2010 Copa Libertadores knockout stages | Match F | "Internacional 3–3 Banfield on points. Internacional advanced on away goals." | wiki:557 |
2010 Copa Libertadores knockout stages | Match S1 | "Universidad de Chile 3–3 Flamengo on points. Universidad de Chile advanced on away goals." | wiki:558 |
2010 Copa Libertadores knockout stages | Match S3 | "Estudiantes 3–3 Internacional on points. Internacional advanced on away goals." | wiki:559 |
2010 Copa Libertadores knockout stages | Match S4 | "Libertad 3–3 Guadalajara on points. Guadalajara advanced on goal difference." | wiki:560 |
2010 Copa Libertadores knockout stages | Match F2 | "São Paulo 3–3 Internacional on points. Internacional advanced on away goals." | wiki:561 |
2010 Copa Libertadores knockout stages | Finals | "Internacional won the Copa Libertadores on points 6-0." | wiki:562 |
Paul Renkert | Introduction | Paul Renkert is a retired American soccer forward who played professionally in the North American Soccer League, Major Indoor Soccer League, American Soccer League. Renkert graduated from Newport High School. In 1976, Renkert signed with the Seattle Sounders of the North American Soccer League. He spent the 1976 season on the reserve squad then played one game during the 1977 season. On March 30, 1979, Renkert joined the California Sunshine of the North American Soccer League. In the fall of 1980, he moved to the Denver Avalanche of the Major Indoor Soccer League. | wiki:563 |
B-Ball's Best Kept Secret | Introduction | B-Ball's Best Kept Secret is a compilation album released by Epic Records that featured NBA players performing songs with hip hop artists including Shaquille O'Neal. | wiki:564 |
Ben McFadgean | Introduction | Ben McFadgean is a former professional rugby league footballer who played on the for the Penrith Panthers in the NRL. | wiki:565 |
Ben McFadgean | Background | McFadgean was born Penrith, New South Wales, Australia. | wiki:566 |
Ben McFadgean | Playing career | McFadgean played his first and only game on round 18 in 2009. He played for the New South Wales Residents team in 2009. Other than the one first grade game, he plays for the Windsor Wolves in the NSWRL Jim Beam Cup. | wiki:567 |
Humay Chehrzad | Introduction | Humay Chehrzad was a legendary queen of Iran from Kayanian dynasty. She was daughter and perhaps also wife (sources vary) of Kai Bahman. | wiki:568 |
Humay Chehrzad | Rule | Bahman becomes ill when Humay is 6 months pregnant, and upon realizing that his death is imminent, appoints Humay as vice-regent until the birth of her child. She ascended to the throne and ruled Iran after the death of Bahman. After her ascension, she gives birth to a son, Kai Darab, whom she keeps hidden for 8 months. Eventually she places Darab in a box and sets it to float down the Euphrates, where he is found by a dyer, who saves Darab and raises him. During Humay's reign, a Roman army assaults the western edges of the Iranian Empire, and Humay sends an army under Rashnwad to fight them. | wiki:569 |
Humay Chehrzad | Rule | During this conflict, Rashnwad finds Darab, and recognizes him as Humay's child. When they return to the capital after defeating the Romans, Humay retires and hands the throne down to her son after 32 years of rule. | wiki:570 |
Miss Earth Albania | Introduction | Miss Earth Albania, formerly "Miss Shqiptarja", is the national beauty pageant preliminary of Miss Earth in Albania. The winner represents Albania to the Miss Earth pageant from 2006 to 2009. In 2013, Agnesa Vuthaj, a former Miss Albania herself, started the National Directorship of Miss Earth Albania. | wiki:571 |
Miss Earth Albania | History | Miss Earth Albania emerged from the pageant, Miss Shqiptarja held in United Kingdom, an international pageant dedicated to Albanian women. In 2006, the winner of Miss Shqiptarja 2006 (Blerta Halili) participated in Miss Earth 2006 in the Philippines. The pageant was moved to Shkodër, Albania and changed its name to Miss Earth Albania to promote environmental protection in Albania. The pageant is under the direction of Enkeleida Omi, Artan Zeneli, and Tauland Omi of Alba Media Entertainment until 2009. Agnesa Vuthaj is now the Albanian National Director for Miss Earth. | wiki:572 |
Karratha Senior High School | Introduction | Karratha Senior High School is a comprehensive public co-educational high day school, located in Karratha, a regional centre in the Pilbara region, north east of Perth, Western Australia. | wiki:573 |
Karratha Senior High School | Overview | The school was established in 1972 and by 2012 had an enrolment of 544 students between Year 8 and Year 12, about 24% of whom were Indigenous Australians. Established as a high school in 1972, the school became a senior high school in 1974. Enrolments at the school have been reasonably stable over the past few years with 665 students enrolled in 2007, 682 in 2008, 683 in 2009, 561 in 2010, 544 in 2011 and 544 in 2012. | wiki:574 |
Wojciech Seweryn | Introduction | Wojciech Seweryn (August 31, 1939 – April 10, 2010) was a Polish-born sculptor and longtime resident of the United States. Seweryn was born in Tarnów, graduated from the School of Fine Arts in Tarnów, and studied at the Jan Matejko Academy of Fine Arts. He immigrated to Chicago in the mid-1970s. The son of a 16th Infantry Regiment officer killed in the Katyn massacre, he later designed and constructed a memorial commemorating the Katyn massacre in Niles, Illinois; this was inaugurated in 2009. He was among those killed along with President of Poland, Lech Kaczyński, First Lady Maria Kaczyńska, and many other prominent Polish leaders in the 2010 Polish Air Force Tu-154 crash near Smolensk. | wiki:575 |
Wojciech Seweryn | Introduction | He was awarded the Officer's Cross of the Order of Merit of the Republic of Poland, by order of President Lech Kaczynski on 8 May 2009, "for outstanding achievements in commemorating the fate of the Polish nation, for social and charitable activities. | wiki:576 |
1980 Summer Paralympics medal table | Introduction | The 1980 Summer Paralympics medal table is a list of National Paralympic Committees (NPCs) ranked by the number of gold medals won by their athletes during the 1980 Summer Paralympics, held in Arnhem, Netherlands, from June 21 to 30, 1980. | wiki:577 |
1980 Summer Paralympics medal table | Medal table | The ranking in this table is based on information provided by the International Paralympic Committee (IPC) and is consistent with IPC convention in its published medal tables. By default, the table is ordered by the number of gold medals the athletes from a nation have won (in this context, a "nation" is an entity represented by a National Paralympic Committee). The number of silver medals is taken into consideration next and then the number of bronze medals. If nations are still tied, equal ranking is given and they are listed alphabetically by IPC country code. "To sort this table by nation, total medal count, or any other column, click on the icon next to the column title. | wiki:578 |
Kay Darab | Introduction | Kay Darab, or Darab Kiani, is a legendary king of Iran, who ruled Zoroastrian Persia after his father Kai Bahman and his mother Homai in the 4th century BC. He is the subject of the 12th-century "Darab Nama". According to shahnameh his son "Dara" is king when Alexander the Great conquered Persia, a role historically fulfilled by Darius III. | wiki:579 |
Igodomigodo | Introduction | Igodomigodo is the historical first name of the now Benin Empire, as called by its own inhabitants (nowadays known as the Edo people of Nigeria). According to oral history of the Edo, Igodomigodo was the name of the kingdom as given by Igodo, the first "ogiso" (King). The "ogiso" era, started by Igodo, would be the first dynasty of what would later be known as the Benin Empire (which itself existed from around 1180 until 1897 in the area of the present-day Federal Republic of Nigeria (and remarkably not in the area of the unrelated, current Republic of Benin). The "ogiso" era would be replaced by the "oba" era, and the name of the kingdom would be changed from Igodomigodo to Edo by Oba Eweka I (see Oba of Benin). | wiki:580 |
Ezequiel Cirigliano | Introduction | Adrián Ezequiel Cirigliano (; born 24 January 1992) is an Argentine football midfielder who plays for Zacatepec. | wiki:581 |
Ezequiel Cirigliano | Club career | Cirigliano made his first team debut for River Plate on April 11, 2010 in a 0–0 away draw with Atlético Tucumán. At 18, he started the game against Atlético alongside 36-year-old Matías Almeyda in midfield. A tough tackling midfielder who is useful on the ball, Cirigliano has been likened to a cross between Xavi and Javier Mascherano. On July 18, 2013, Cirigliano joined the newly promoted Serie A club Hellas Verona on a loan deal. On the first days of July, 2014, Cirigliano returns to River Plate coming back from his loan and attends practice. He refuses to travel to the pre-season in an attempt to negotiate a definitive transfer to Hellas Verona, which subsequently fails. | wiki:582 |
Ezequiel Cirigliano | Club career | Therefore, coach Marcelo Gallardo separates him from the rest of the squad. | wiki:583 |
Ezequiel Cirigliano | International career | Cirigliano played for the Argentina national under-17 football team the 2009 South American Under-17 Football Championship and the 2009 FIFA U-17 World Cup, and with the Argentina national under-20 football team the 2011 South American Youth Championship. He has also been selected for the 2011 FIFA U-20 World Cup. | wiki:584 |
Gabriel Garrido | Introduction | Gabriel Garrido is an Argentinian conductor specialising in Italian baroque and the recovery of the baroque musical heritage of Latin America. Garrido was born 1950 in Buenos Aires, and at the age of 17 with the Argentine recorder quartet, Pro Arte, undertaking two tours in Europe. He studied music at University of La Plata, in Zurich, and at the Schola Cantorum Basiliensis, specialising in the lute, baroque guitar and reed instruments of the Renaissance. He became a member of the Ensemble Ricercare and Jordi Savall's Hesperion XX, with whom he made several recordings. From 1977 he was a teacher at the "Centre de Musique Ancienne" at the Conservatoire de Musique de Genève, where in 1981 he founded Ensemble Elyma a performance and research ensemble. | wiki:585 |
Gabriel Garrido | Introduction | He has a long working relationship with the "Studio di Musica Antica Antonio Il Verso" of Palermo. | wiki:586 |
Gabriel Garrido | Selected discography | With Ensemble Elyma: With Studio di Musica Antica Antonio Il Verso di Palermo: | wiki:587 |
Arthur Oldham | Introduction | Arthur William Oldham OBE (6 September 1926 – 4 May 2003) was an English composer and choirmaster. He founded the Edinburgh Festival Chorus in 1965, the Chorus of the Orchestre de Paris in 1975, and the Concertgebouw Orchestra Chorus in Amsterdam in 1979. He also worked with the Scottish Opera Chorus 1966–74 and directed the London Symphony Chorus 1969–76. For his work with the LSO Chorus, he won three Grammy Awards. He was also a composer, mainly of religious works, but also a ballet and an opera. | wiki:588 |
Arthur Oldham | Biography | Arthur Oldham was born in London in 1926. When he was age 14, his mother committed suicide by gassing herself in an oven, and he was brought up in Wallington, at that time in Surrey. He won a scholarship to the Royal College of Music, where he studied composition under Herbert Howells. He then became Benjamin Britten's only private pupil at Aldeburgh between 1945 and 1951. (He claims that the bar lines on the manuscript of "Peter Grimes" were his work.) He and Britten came into conflict over their ideas about choral music, but they later worked together in Edinburgh on Britten's "Voices for Today", Op. | wiki:589 |
Arthur Oldham | Biography | 75, and the "War Requiem". Until 1968 the only published vocal score of Britten's "The Little Sweep" was the piano duet and percussion version prepared by Arthur Oldham. He was appointed musical director of the Ballet Rambert in 1945, aged only 19. His music first came to public notice in 1946, when his ballet "Mr Punch" was performed by the Ballet Rambert at Sadler's Wells, and was included in the Rambert's 1947–48 tour of Australia and New Zealand. Several of his own pieces were heard at early Aldeburgh Festivals. He also composed for the Royal Ballet for a time. He arranged Britten's "Variations on a Theme of Frank Bridge" (a work for string orchestra) for full orchestra, for the ballet "Le Rêve de Léonor", choreographed by Frederick Ashton. | wiki:590 |
Arthur Oldham | Biography | This had its first performance on 26 April 1949 at the Prince's Theatre, London, by the Ballet de Paris de Roland Petit. | wiki:591 |
Arthur Oldham | Grammy Awards | Arthur Oldham shared the credit for three Grammy Awards for his work with the London Symphony Chorus: | wiki:592 |
Arthur Oldham | Works | This is an incomplete list of Arthur Oldham's compositions: | wiki:593 |
Ensemble Elyma | Introduction | Ensemble Elyma is an early music ensemble specialising in the baroque musical heritage of Latin America, led by Gabriel Garrido. | wiki:594 |
Ensemble Elyma | Selected discography | See Discography | wiki:595 |
1976 Summer Paralympics medal table | Introduction | The 1976 Summer Paralympics medal table is a list of National Paralympic Committees (NPCs) ranked by the number of gold medals won by their athletes during the 1976 Summer Paralympics, held in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, from August 3 to 11, 1976. | wiki:596 |
1976 Summer Paralympics medal table | Medal table | The ranking in this table is based on information provided by the International Paralympic Committee (IPC) and is consistent with IPC convention in its published medal tables. By default, the table is ordered by the number of gold medals the athletes from a nation have won (in this context, a "nation" is an entity represented by a National Paralympic Committee). The number of silver medals is taken into consideration next and then the number of bronze medals. If nations are still tied, equal ranking is given and they are listed alphabetically by IPC country code. "To sort this table by nation, total medal count, or any other column, click on the icon next to the column title. | wiki:597 |
Here I Go (Infamous Syndicate song) | Introduction | "Here I Go" was the only single released from the Infamous Syndicate's debut album "Changing the Game". It was written by Rashawnna Guy, Lateefa Harland, Ernest Wilson and Shabazz Curtis, recorded at CRC Studios in 1998, and released via Relativity Records on January 26, 1999. Produced by No I.D., "Here I Go" became a minor hit, making it to #63 on the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart and #8 on the Hot Rap Songs. | wiki:598 |
Red State (2011 film) | Introduction | Red State is a 2011 American independent horror thriller film written and directed by Kevin Smith and starring Michael Parks, John Goodman, Michael Angarano, Melissa Leo, and Stephen Root. After months of saying that the distribution rights to the film would be auctioned off immediately after the premiere at the Sundance Film Festival, Smith controversially announced that he was instead going to self-distribute the picture under the SModcast Pictures banner with a traveling show in select cities. On June 28, 2011, Smith announced a one-week run in Quentin Tarantino's New Beverly Cinema (making the film eligible for Academy Award consideration). | wiki:599 |
Red State (2011 film) | Introduction | The film was released via video on demand on September 1, 2011 through Lionsgate, in select theaters for a special one-night-only engagement on September 23, 2011 (via SModcast Pictures), and on home video October 18, 2011. | wiki:600 |