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2,500 | Clogmia | Clogmia is a genus of drain flies in the subfamily Psychodinae. Species Species within this genus include: Clogmia albipunctata (Williston, 1893) Clogmia latipennis (Sarà, 1953) Clogmia tristis (Meigen, 1830 References Category:Psychodidae Category:Psychodomorpha genera Category:Taxa named by Günther Enderlein |
2,501 | Man of the Century | Man of the Century is a 1999 comedy film directed by Adam Abraham and written by Abraham and Gibson Frazier. The film stars Frazier, Cara Buono, Susan Egan, Dwight Ewell and Anthony Rapp. It is a farce about the attitudes, values, and slang displayed in the popular culture of the 1920s (and, to some extent, the early 1930s). Man of the Century was filmed in black and white. Its working title was "Johnny Twennies". Characters The main characters include: Johnny Twennies – (Gibson Frazier) A lovable, good-looking, fast-talking newspaper reporter whose manner is similar to that of a 1920s pulp character. Virginia Clemens - (Cara Buono) A sweet girl who has an innocent school-girl crush on Johnny. Samantha Winter - (Susan Egan) Johnny's modern girlfriend. References External links Category:1999 films Category:American comedy films Category:American films Category:1990s comedy films |
2,502 | Surla Road railway station | Surla Road railway station is a railway station on Khurda Road–Visakhapatnam section, part of the Howrah-Chennai main line under Khurda Road railway division of East Coast Railway zone. It is situated at Surla in Ganjam district in the Indian state of Odisha. History In between 1893 to 1896, the coastal railway track from Cuttack to Vijayawada was built and opened to traffic by East Coast State Railway. The route was electrified in several phases. Khurda-Visakhapatnam section was completely electrified by 2002 and Howrah-Chennai route was fully electrified in 2005. References Category:Railway stations in Ganjam district Category:Khurda Road railway division |
2,503 | Patrick Wymark | Patrick Wymark (11 July 192620 October 1970) was an English stage, film and television actor. Early life Wymark was born Patrick Carl Cheeseman in Cleethorpes, Lincolnshire. He was brought up in neighbouring Grimsby and frequently revisited the area at the height of his career. He was educated at St Mary's Catholic School and Wintringham Boys' Grammar School in Grimsby, before joining the Royal Navy and serving as a midshipman in the Mediterranean. On leaving the navy, he received a government grant to study at University College London, where he read English and performed in the university's dramatic society. Career Wymark trained at the Bristol Old Vic Theatre School and making his first stage appearance in a walk-on part in Othello in 1951. He toured South Africa the following year and then directed plays for the drama department at Stanford University, California. After moving to the Shakespeare Memorial Theatre in Stratford-upon-Avon, Wymark played a wide range of Shakespearean roles, including Dogberry in Much Ado About Nothing, Stephano in The Tempest, Marullus in Julius Caesar and Bottom in A Midsummer Night's Dream. Other stage credits included the title role in Danton's Death and, with the Royal Shakespeare Company (RSC), Ephihodov in The Cherry Orchard. His theatre roles also included Bosola in a RSC production of John Webster's The Duchess of Malfi in 1960. In television, Wymark was best known for his role as the machiavellian businessman John Wilder in the twin drama series The Plane Makers and The Power Game (which were broadcast from 1963 to 1969), which led to offers of real company directorships and the British Academy Television Award for Best Actor in 1965. However, Wymark was a gentle person in real life and was, by his own admission, ignorant of business matters. He considered the character of Wilder a "bastard" and was described by his wife Olwen as "the most inefficient, dreamy muddler in the world." In the mid-1960s, Wymark was considered as the replacement for William Hartnell in the title role of Doctor Who. Wymark's film appearances included: Children of the Damned (1964), Operation Crossbow (1965), Repulsion (1965), Where Eagles Dare (1968), Witchfinder General (1968), Battle of Britain (1969), Doppelgänger (1969), The Blood on Satan's Claw (1970) and Cromwell (1970) Personal life Wymark married American playwright Olwen Buck (known as Olwen Wymark) in 1953; the couple met while both were students at University College London. He took his acting name from his wife's paternal grandfather, the writer William Wymark Jacobs. The couple lived in Parliament Hill, Hampstead, and had four children, including the future actress Jane Wymark. He had a brother, John Cheeseman. Wymark died suddenly in Melbourne, Australia on 20 October 1970, aged 44, of a heart attack in the hotel room in which he was staying. He had been due to star in the play Sleuth at the Comedy Theatre three days later. On the night of his death, he was to appear on the TV variety programme In Melbourne Tonight. He, guest Richard Deacon and host Stuart Wagstaff had just appeared together in a TV production of |
2,504 | Kharestan-e Olya, Khuzestan | Kharestan-e Olya (, also Romanized as Khārestān-e ‘Olyā; also known as Khār sūn ‘Olyā) is a village in Howmeh Rural District, in the Central District of Behbahan County, Khuzestan Province, Iran. At the 2006 census, its population was 90, in 22 families. References Category:Populated places in Behbahan County |
2,505 | Philippa York | Philippa York (born Robert Millar on 13 September 1958) is a Scottish journalist and former professional road racing cyclist. York, who competed as Robert Millar, is one of Britain's most successful cyclists of all time. York won the "King of the Mountains" competition in the 1984 Tour de France and finished fourth overall. This success was the first time a British rider won a major Tour classification, and was unsurpassed as the highest Tour finish for a Briton for over 20 years until Bradley Wiggins was retrospectively placed third in the 2009 Tour de France. York rode the Tour de France eleven times, completing the race eight times. York finished second in the 1987 Giro d'Italia and also won the King of the Mountains classification. This was the highest finish by a Briton in the Giro d'Italia until Chris Froome won the 2018 race. As well as the Giro second-place finish, York finished second in two other Grand Tours: the 1985 and 1986 Vuelta a España. The second place at the 1985 Vuelta came after losing the leader's jersey on the penultimate stage, in what is widely thought to have been collusion by the Spanish-speaking teams. Further victories came at the 1985 Volta a Catalunya, the 1989 Tour of Britain and the 1990 Critérium du Dauphiné Libéré. After retiring in 1995, York moved into journalism, as well as spending a year as a coach for British Cycling. She reduced her public commitments in 2000 following hostile stories regarding rumours of her gender transition, and after an appearance as Millar at the 2002 Commonwealth Games left public life altogether. In the 2010s, having transitioned to living as York, she returned to journalism, publishing under the name of Robert Millar until a decision to appear on television commentary and reveal her transition publicly in 2017. Early life and amateur career York was born and raised in Glasgow, Scotland, as Robert Millar. At one time destined for a career as a factory engineer, York attended Shawlands Academy in the south of the city. In 2017, York revealed that she had first felt "different" aged five, but was unaware that this difference came from discomfort with her gender. She initially began riding for Glenmarnock Wheelers cycling club and quickly established herself as a leading amateur road racing rider. As Robert Millar, she was a relatively small man meaning she had comparatively less weight to carry uphill and she excelled as a specialist hill and mountain cyclist. She won the Scottish junior title in 1976 and was Scottish hill-climb champion the following year. In 1978, York established herself on the British scene. She was twenty-first in the Milk Race, and won the British amateur road race championship. She moved to France in 1979 to join the Athletic Club de Boulogne Billancourt (A.C.B.B.), one of Europe's top amateur teams. York was as ever focused and quickly began winning races such the Grand Prix de la Ville de Lillers. This success brought her the admiration of her A.C.B.B. manager Claude Escalon. In 1979, after retaining her British road title, |
2,506 | Brian Herbert | Brian Patrick Herbert (born June 29, 1947) is an American author who lives in Washington state. He is the elder son of science fiction author Frank Herbert. Brian Herbert's novels include Sidney's Comet, Prisoners of Arionn, Man of Two Worlds (written with his father), and Sudanna Sudanna. In 2003, Herbert wrote a biography of his father titled Dreamer of Dune: The Biography of Frank Herbert. The younger Herbert has edited The Songs of Muad'dib and the Notebooks of Frank Herbert's Dune. Brian has also created a concordance for the Dune universe based on his father's notes, though, according to the younger Herbert, there are no immediate plans to publish it. Career Herbert is known for his collaborations with author Kevin J. Anderson, with whom he has written multiple prequels to his father's landmark 1965 science fiction novel, Dune, all of which have made the New York Times Best Seller list. The duo began with the trilogies Prelude to Dune (1999–2001) and Legends of Dune (2002–2004). Brian and Anderson next published Hunters of Dune (2006) and Sandworms of Dune (2007), two sequels to Frank Herbert's original Dune series after his 1986 death, which was left incomplete at the end of Frank's sixth Dune novel, Chapterhouse: Dune. These novels are based on an outline and notes left behind by Frank Herbert for what he referred to as Dune 7, his own planned seventh novel in the Dune series. In 2008, Brian and Anderson began publishing Heroes of Dune, a series of four novels which take place between the first five novels of Frank Herbert's six original Dune series, but only two were successfully published and so the inter prequels ended in 2009. Finally, their involvement in expanding Dune ended with the Great Schools of Dune trilogy (2012-2016). Furthermore, Brian, along with Kevin, have also written the Dune short stories (2001-2017). Personal life Married since 1967, Herbert and his wife, Jan Herbert, have three daughters named Julie, Kim, and Margaux Beverly (named after Herbert's mother, Beverly Ann Stuart-Herbert). Herbert also has an elder half-sister, Penny; their younger brother, LGBT rights activist and photographer Bruce Calvin Herbert, died of AIDS in 1993. Works Individual Classic Comebacks (1981) Incredible Insurance Claims (1982) Sidney's Comet (1983) The Garbage Chronicles (1985) Man of Two Worlds (1986) (with Frank Herbert) Sudanna, Sudanna (1986) Prisoners of Arionn (1987) The Race for God (1990) Memorymakers (1991) (with Marie Landis) Blood on the Sun (1996) (with Marie Landis) The Little Green Book of Chairman Rahma (2014) Timeweb series Timeweb (2006) The Web and the Stars (2007) Webdancers (2008) Non-fiction Dreamer of Dune: The Biography of Frank Herbert (2003) The Forgotten Heroes: The Heroic Story of the United States Merchant Marine (2004) Dune books (all with Kevin J. Anderson) Prelude to Dune trilogy Dune: House Atreides (1999) Dune: House Harkonnen (2000) Dune: House Corrino (2001) Legends of Dune Dune: The Butlerian Jihad (2002) Dune: The Machine Crusade (2003) Dune: The Battle of Corrin (2004) Collection (also with Frank Herbert) The Road to Dune (2005) Dune 7 Hunters of Dune (2006) Sandworms of Dune (2007) |
2,507 | Jérémy Berthod | Jérémy Berthod (born 24 April 1984 in Tassin-la-Demi-Lune, Rhône) is a former French professional footballer. Football career A product of the Olympique Lyonnais youth academy, Berthod made his first team debut on 13 September 2003 in a 1–1 home draw against AJ Auxerre. He would go on to play a somewhat important part in the team's four consecutive Ligue 1 titles (with the player's presence), and was also a regular selection for the France U-21 squad during that timeframe. In July 2007, l'OL agreed to transfer Berthod to AS Monaco FC for a fee of €2m. He made his Monaco debut in the season's second round, a 1–2 defeat at FC Lorient – picking up a yellow card in the process – and finished the season with 12 league contests played. After an unimpressive year at Monaco, Berthod made a summer move to Auxerre. Over the course of four top flight seasons he was used solely as a backup, being released at the end of 2011–12 as his team ranked 20th and last. On 4 February 2013, aged nearly 29, Berthod moved abroad for the first time, signing a two-year contract with Norwegian club Sarpsborg 08. On 19 March 2015, he re-joined lyon as semi-amateur to help team with many injuries. Personal life Berthod's younger brother, Alexandre, was also a footballer (and a defender), and also briefly represented Lyon. Honours Club Olympique lyonnais Trophée des Champions: in 2004, 2005, 2006 Ligue 1: Ligue 1 in 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007 International France U-17 U-17 World Champion: 2001 Career statistics References External links Category:1984 births Category:Living people Category:People from Tassin-la-Demi-Lune Category:French footballers Category:France youth international footballers Category:France under-21 international footballers Category:Association football defenders Category:Olympique Lyonnais players Category:AS Monaco FC players Category:AJ Auxerre players Category:Sarpsborg 08 FF players Category:Ligue 1 players Category:Eliteserien players Category:French expatriate footballers Category:Expatriate footballers in Norway |
2,508 | List of Future Boy Conan episodes | This article is a list of all 26 episodes of Future Boy Conan, an anime television series by Nippon Animation. The series began airing in Japan on 4 April 1978 at 7:30pm on the NHK TV network in Japan. It ran for about seven months, with episode 26 airing on 31 October 1978. Episodes {|class="wikitable" style="width:100%; margin:auto; background:#FFF;" |- ! width="30" | # !! Title !! width="150" | Original air date {{Episode list | EpisodeNumber = 26 | Title = Denouement | TranslitTitle = Daidan'en | NativeTitle = 大団円 | NativeTitleLangCode = ja | OriginalAirDate = | ShortSummary = On its way to High Harbor, the passenger ship recovers Conan, Dyce and Jimsy from the sea; and after asking Conan to look after Lana, Dr. Lao dies contently. Sometime later, the old and new inhabitants of High Harbor conduct a double celebration surrounding Dyce and Monsley's wedding and the relaunch of the Barracuda. Many of the new settlers, including Conan, Lana, Jimsy, Tera, Luke, Monsley and the Barracuda'''s crew, leave to establish a new colony on Remnant Island, now expanded by the cataclysm into a new continent. }} |} References General Specific See alsoFuture Boy Conan'' Future Boy Conan |
2,509 | Operation Termite | Operation Termite took place during the Malayan Emergency. It involved extensive attacks on communist camps, dropping over 200 British troops into the jungle. Communist casualties were low but many camps were destroyed. The RAAF flew in support of the operation. References External links Documentary about the operation Category:Wars involving the United Kingdom Category:Malayan Emergency Category:July 1954 events Category:1954 in Malaya |
2,510 | Saulces-Monclin | Saulces-Monclin is a commune in the Ardennes department in northern France. Population See also Communes of the Ardennes department References INSEE Category:Communes of Ardennes (department) Category:Ardennes communes articles needing translation from French Wikipedia |
2,511 | Minisink (disambiguation) | Minisink may refer to: Minisink - a loosely defined region of the Upper Delaware Valley in northwestern New Jersey, northeastern Pennsylvania, and around Port Jervis, New York, first settled in the 1690s Minisink, New York Minisink Ford, New York Minisink Valley Central School District Minisink Valley High_School Minisink Archeological Site - A Native American site in Sussex County, New Jersey connected to Munsee (Lenape) settlement and first contact with European settlers Battle of Minisink - a 1779 battle in the American Revolutionary War Minisink Angle - a colonial land grant in early 18th Century New York Minisink Patent - a colonial land grant in early 18th Century New York |
2,512 | Big Night (album) | Big Night is the ninth studio album released by British-Australian singer-songwriter Peter Andre. The album was released on 26 May 2014, and was preceded by the lead single, "Kid". Background Andre wanted to take another musical direction with this swing music album. Peter co-wrote all 11 songs with singer-songwriter Stevie Appleton. In February 2014, he released the first song off this album, "Kid", which was chosen for the DreamWorks animated movie Mr. Peabody & Sherman. Kid was also used in the Autumn Iceland TV commercials. Critical reception Carys Jones wrote for Entertainment-Focus that Big Night was "a really great effort from Peter Andre and [was] probably the best album that he [had] ever released" and Janelle Tucknott of RenownedForSound.com claimed that "leaping into the Big Band/Swing/Soul/Blues direction of Big Night [was] a risk which [had] paid off nicely for Peter Andre". Track listing Charts References Category:Peter Andre albums Category:2014 albums |
2,513 | NGC 4214 | NGC 4214 is a dwarf barred irregular galaxy located around 10 million light-years away in the constellation Canes Venatici. NGC 4214 is a member of the M94 Group. Characteristics NGC 4214 is both larger and brighter than the Small Magellanic Cloud as well as a starburst galaxy, with the largest star-forming regions (NGC 4214-I and NGC 4214-II) in the galaxy's center. Of the two, NGC 4214-I contains a super star cluster rich in Wolf-Rayet stars and NGC 4214-II is younger (age less than 3 million years), including a number of star clusters and stellar associations. NGC 4214 also has two older super star clusters, both with an age of 200 million years and respective masses of 2.6*10.5 and 1.5*106 solar masses. See also NGC 4236 - a similar irregular galaxy References External links Hubble Heritage site: Detailed information on the HST picture of 4214 Galaxy NGC 4214: A star formation laboratory ESA/Hubble photo release Category:Dwarf galaxies Category:Irregular galaxies Category:Barred irregular galaxies Category:Canes Venatici 4214 07278 39225 |
2,514 | Skanderbeg | Gjergj Kastrioti (6 May 1405 – 17 January 1468), known as Skanderbeg ( or Skënderbeu from ), was an Albanian nobleman and military commander who led a rebellion against the Ottoman Empire in what is today Albania, North Macedonia, Kosovo, Montenegro and Serbia. A member of the noble Kastrioti family, he was sent as a hostage to the Ottoman court. He was educated there and entered the service of the Ottoman sultan for the next twenty years. His rise through the ranks culminated in his appointment as sanjakbey (governor) of the Sanjak of Dibra in 1440. In 1443, during the Battle of Niš, he deserted the Ottomans and became the ruler of Krujë, Svetigrad, and Modrič. In 1444, the council of feudal lords that historians would later call the League of Lezhë named Skanderbeg its chief military commander (first among equals). The league consolidated nobility throughout what is today Northern Albania, under King Alfonso V, with Skanderbeg as captain general. Thus, for the first time Albania was united under a single leader. Skanderbeg's rebellion was not a general uprising of Albanians, because he did not gain support in the Venetian-controlled north or in the Ottoman-controlled south. His followers included, apart from Albanians, also Slavs, Vlachs, and Greeks. Despite this military valor he was not able to do more than to hold his own possessions within the very small area in today's northern Albania where almost all of his victories against the Ottomans took place. His rebellion was a national rebellion. The resistance led by him brought Albanians of different regions and dialects together in a common cause, helping define the ethnic identity of the Albanians. Skanderbeg's military skills presented a major obstacle to Ottoman expansion, and many in western Europe considered him to be a model of Christian resistance against Muslims. For 25 years, from 1443 to 1468, Skanderbeg's 10,000-man army marched through Ottoman territory, winning against consistently larger and better-supplied Ottoman forces. He was greatly admired for this. Skanderbeg always signed himself in ("Lord of Albania"), and claimed no other titles but that in surviving documents. In 1451, through the Treaty of Gaeta, he recognized de jure the sovereignty of the Kingdom of Naples over Albania, ensuring a protective alliance, although he remained a de facto independent ruler. In 1460–61, he supported Ferdinand I of Naples in his wars against John of Anjou and the barons who supported John's claim to the throne of Naples. In 1463, he became the chief commander of the crusading forces of Pope Pius II, but the Pope died while the armies were still gathering. Together with Venetians, he fought against the Ottomans during the Ottoman–Venetian War (1463–1479) until his death in January 1468. He ranks high in the military history of that time as the most persistent—and ever-victorious—opponent of the Ottoman Empire in its heyday. Name The original, Latin form of the surname, Castrioti (also as Castriothi in 1408), is rendered in modern Albanian historiography as Kastrioti. In correspondence with Slavic regions, Đurađ and Đorđe are used for his first name. In 1450 his full |
2,515 | Daruma Rock | Daruma Rock () is a rock on the coast at the west side of Nishi-naga-iwa Glacier in Queen Maud Land. It was mapped from surveys and air photos by the Japanese Antarctic Research Expedition, 1957–62, and named "Daruma-iwa" (tumbler rock). References Category:Rock formations of Queen Maud Land Category:Prince Olav Coast |
2,516 | Cyclin-dependent kinase 1 | Cyclin-dependent kinase 1 also known as CDK1 or cell division cycle protein 2 homolog is a highly conserved protein that functions as a serine/threonine kinase, and is a key player in cell cycle regulation. It has been highly studied in the budding yeast S. cerevisiae, and the fission yeast S. pombe, where it is encoded by genes cdc28 and cdc2, respectively. In humans, Cdk1 is encoded by the CDC2 gene. With its cyclin partners, Cdk1 forms complexes that phosphorylate a variety of target substrates (over 75 have been identified in budding yeast); phosphorylation of these proteins leads to cell cycle progression. Structure Cdk1 is a small protein (approximately 34 kilodaltons), and is highly conserved. The human homolog of Cdk1, CDC2, shares approximately 63% amino-acid identity with its yeast homolog. Furthermore, human CDC2 is capable of rescuing fission yeast carrying a cdc2 mutation. Cdk1 is comprised mostly by the bare protein kinase motif, which other protein kinases share. Cdk1, like other kinases, contains a cleft in which ATP fits. Substrates of Cdk1 bind near the mouth of the cleft, and Cdk1 residues catalyze the covalent bonding of the γ-phosphate to the oxygen of the hydroxyl serine/threonine of the substrate. In addition to this catalytic core, Cdk1, like other cyclin-dependent kinases, contains a T-loop, which, in the absence of an interacting cyclin, prevents substrate binding to the Cdk1 active site. Cdk1 also contains a PSTAIRE helix, which, upon cyclin binding, moves and rearranges the active site, facilitating Cdk1 kinase activities. Function When bound to its cyclin partners, Cdk1 phosphorylation leads to cell cycle progression. Cdk1 activity is best understood in S. cerevisiae, so Cdk1 S. cerevisiae activity is described here. In the budding yeast, initial cell cycle entry is controlled by two regulatory complexes, SBF (SCB-binding factor) and MBF (MCB-binding factor). These two complexes control G1/S gene transcription; however, they are normally inactive. SBF is inhibited by the protein Whi5; however, when phosphorylated by Cln3-Cdk1, Whi5 is ejected from the nucleus, allowing for transcription of the G1/S regulon, which includes the G1/S cyclins Cln1,2. G1/S cyclin-Cdk1 activity leads to preparation for S phase entry (e.g., duplication of centromeres or the spindle pole body), and a rise in the S cyclins (Clb5,6 in S. cerevisiae). Clb5,6-Cdk1 complexes directly lead to replication origin initiation; however, they are inhibited by Sic1, preventing premature S phase initiation. Cln1,2 and/or Clb5,6-Cdk1 complex activity leads to a sudden drop in Sic1 levels, allowing for coherent S phase entry. Finally, phosphorylation by M cyclins (e.g., Clb1, 2, 3 and 4) in complex with Cdk1 leads to spindle assembly and sister chromatid alignment. Cdk1 phosphorylation also leads to the activation of the ubiquitin-protein ligase APCCdc20, an activation which allows for chromatid segregation and, furthermore, degradation of M-phase cyclins. This destruction of M cyclins leads to the final events of mitosis (e.g., spindle disassembly, mitotic exit). Regulation Given its essential role in cell cycle progression, Cdk1 is highly regulated. Most obviously, Cdk1 is regulated by its binding with its cyclin partners. Cyclin binding alters access to the active site of Cdk1, allowing for |
2,517 | Man with Red Hat | Man with a Red Hat is a painting attributed to Italian Renaissance painter Vittore Carpaccio, created around 1490–1493. It is housed in the Museo Correr in Venice. Description The attribution to Carpaccio is disputed: the names of Bartolomeo Montagna and Lorenzo Lotto have been also proposed, while others assign it to an unknown master from Ferrara or Bologna. The dating is less controversial, having been assigned to the early 1490s, when Carpaccio was painting the Legend of Saint Ursula and other cycles in Venice, and personal portraits of noblemen were becoming common. The painting depicts an unknown man's face and (partially) bust, above a landscape background. The latter includes a lake, a portion of countryside and mountains, partially hidden by a far haze. Sources Category:1490s paintings Category:Paintings by Carpaccio Category:Collections of the Museo Correr |
2,518 | The Nightlines Sessions | The Nightlines Sessions is a 1998 album by Rheostatics. The album was recorded as a live session for the final episode of CBC Stereo's late night music program Night Lines, hosted by David Wisdom. It is a largely tossed-off and improvised affair, showing the band indulging their silly sides. It is an enjoyable diversion for fans, but even the band acknowledges that casual listeners will likely find it weird and unlistenable. The session aired on August 31, 1997. One song from the session, "Stolen Car", had appeared on an earlier Rheostatics album (1997's Double Live). Another song, "The Junction Foil Ball", was rerecorded for the later Night of the Shooting Stars. Track listing As with many of the band's albums, songwriting is credited to varying combinations of the band members: Martin Tielli, Dave Bidini and Tim Vesely. (Don Kerr does not receive songwriting credits.) Credits for each song are listed next to the title. "The Pooby Song" (Dave Bidini) – 2:13 "The Junction Foil Ball" (Martin Tielli) – 4:20 "Frank" (Bidini) – 4:22 "Henry's Musical Beard" (Tim Vesely) – 0:27 "Majorca" (Vesely) – 3:58 "Ugly Manhattan" (Tielli) – 1:45 "Trans Jam" (Rheostatics, Farm Fresh and the Subliminal Kid) – 4:11 "Alien Boy" (Tielli, Vesely) – 1:12 "Baby, I Love You" (Tielli, Vesely) – 3:41 "This is Nightlines" (Bidini) – 2:45 "Stolen Car" (Bidini) – 5:25 "Don't Say Goodnight" (Bidini) – 1:41 Category:Rheostatics albums Category:1998 live albums |
2,519 | Broken Sky | Broken Sky is a novel series that draws on anime influence, and was written by Chris Wooding between the years 1999 and 2001. Originally planned to be released as a series of twenty-seven books (three nine-part acts) of 80 to 100 pages each, the plans were changed following the release of Act One, Part Nine when - mostly to stop the books "being lost behind larger books on the shelves", as was stated on the old Broken Sky website - Chris Wooding and the publishers made a tactical decision to instead release the books as a series of nine. Each single book in this "newer" form contained the equivalent of three parts and the release schedule continued as normal, starting with Book Four (Act Two, Parts 1-3) while the first act was re-released as Books One to Three. This decision, while making the books more visible, also resulted in the first nine original books becoming rare as they were effectively phased out by their re-released counterparts. The story takes place across three years and focuses on the twin worlds of the Dominions and Kirin Taq, which are widely seen as parallel universes, and deals with issues of race relations, resistance movements and the coming of age of its main characters, Ryushi and Kia. Plot The story revolves around the journeys and trials of twins Ryushi and Kia. Forced to flee from their home during a violent and seemingly unprovoked attack by the forces of the King they adored, they are pressed to reconsider their naive world-view caused by their sheltered upbringing as they are caught up in events beyond their control and larger than either of them imagined. What starts with an underground resistance soon develops into a full-fledged rebellion against the tyrannical King Macaan and his equally malicious daughter Aurin, with Kia, Ryushi and all those close to them at the center of it all. Setting Taking place over three years in Ryushi and Kia's life (from age sixteen to eighteen), Broken Sky is set in the varied environs of two worlds: the Dominions, the world in which the twins reside, and Kirin Taq, a world existing in a normally undetectable parallel to their own. As well as learning of Kirin Taq's existence over the course of the story, Ryushi and Kia also learn that gifted individuals known as Resonants - such as Elani - are able to jump between the two worlds at will, bringing objects and other people along with them. The name Broken Sky stems from a myth which postulates the theory that, many years ago, Kirin Taq and the Dominions existed on the same physical plane; effectively being a single world. The sky was then "split" - or broken - forcing the worlds to separate, though whether this is meant figuratively or literally is left unclear. The Dominions The Dominions - the collective name given to the regions ruled over by King Macaan - are a single, sun-bathed continent, with mountainous rocky plains to the north, arid deserts in the south, green steppes in the east, wind-swept |
2,520 | 2012 Woodlands Wellington FC season | The 2012 season is Woodlands Wellington's 17th competitive and consecutive season in the top flight of Singapore football and 25th year in existence as a football club. Key Dates 1 January 2012: Club Captain Sazali Salleh leaves for Tampines Rovers after his second stint with Woodlands Wellington. Sazali played 54 times for the Rams between 2010 and 2011, and he has appeared a total of 158 times in total for Woodlands. In contrast, goalkeeper Ahmadulhaq Che Omar and defender Daniel Hammond rejoin Woodlands Wellington for the second time. Ahmadulhaq spent two seasons with Balestier Khalsa while Hammond joins the Rams from Geylang United. 13 January 2012: Former Balestier Khalsa coach, Salim Moin, is appointed as the head coach of Woodlands Wellington following the departure of R. Balasubramaniam. 24 March 2012: A goalless draw played out between Gombak United and Woodlands Wellington ends a three-game losing streak for the Rams. 15 April 2012: A 2-1 loss to Harimau Muda in the Causeway Derby sees Woodlands Wellington embark on a five-game losing streak in the S-League. The match was particularly controversial as there was a total of four penalty kicks awarded in the game, with three awarded in favour of the Young Tigers. Woodlands custodian Ahmadulhaq Che Omar managed to keep Wan Zack Haikal's 37th minute spot kick out, but Gary Robbat and Affize Faisal made no mistake with their penalties to ensure that Harimau Muda emerged winners in a match laden with yellow cards and a sending off for Woodlands winger Goh Swee Swee. 19 May 2012: Woodlands Wellington is knocked out of the RHB Singapore Cup following a 2–1 loss to Kanbawza FC in the first round. The match was played at Jalan Besar Stadium as Kanbawza FC was denoted as the home team. 15 June 2012: Courts Young Lions and Woodlands Wellington agree on the transfer of Navin Neil Vanu. Neil is assigned jersey number 34 for the Rams. 21 June 2012: Woodlands Wellington draws 1-1 with Geylang United at Bedok Stadium to arrest a five match losing streak. The match also saw Neil Vanu start his first game for Woodlands in 2012 upon his return to the Rams after his stint with the Courts Young Lions. 11 July 2012: Referee Leow Thiam Hoe hands out 5 yellow cards to Woodlands in their 2-0 loss to Albirex Niigata (S), setting the current record for the most number of cards handed out to Woodlands Wellington in a single match during the 2012 season. The five yellow cards also meant that Woodlands would be slapped with an automatic fine of S$500 for receiving at least that many cautions in a single match, in accordance with league regulations. 12 July 2012: The Starhub League Cup draw was made at Jalan Besar Stadium, and Woodlands was drawn into group D together with Tampines Rovers and Gombak United. The 2012 edition of the Cup, which will run from July 26 to August 11, 2012, will be played in a new format that will see four groups of three teams each battle it out for a place |
2,521 | List of extinct animals of the Netherlands | This list of extinct animals of the Netherlands includes the animal species and subspecies once lived in the Netherlands but have disappeared since human habitation. This list features the mammals, birds, fish, molluscs, butterflies, dragonflies, bees, pond damselflies, mayflies, grasshoppers and crickets that have disappeared from the Netherlands. There have been no known extinctions of reptiles or amphibians in the Netherlands. Most animals on this list of extinct animals in the Netherlands survive in other places in the world. However, some of them are now globally extinct, like the great auk (Pinguinus impennis), the European wild horse (Equus ferus) and the aurochs (Bos primigenius primigenius). One skeleton of the great auk was excavated in a Roman settlement near Velsen. Bones were also found near Rotterdam. In the Netherlands there are no bone finds of the aurochs after the Roman period (400 AD). Phengaris alcon arenaria, an endemic Dutch subspecies of the Alcon blue butterfly became extinct at the end of the 1970s. Fossilized remains of the gray whale (Eschrichtuis robustus), have been found dated to 340 BC, demonstrating that this species once roamed the North Sea, although it is no longer found there. A lower jaw of a lynx (Lynx lynx lynx) was found at the remains of a Roman settlement near Valkenburg in the Netherlands. During excavations of sites dated to the Roman period (around 400 AD) on the Rhine delta there were findings of important breeding sites of the Dalmatian pelican (Pelecanus crispus). According to the hunting rights of the bishops of Utrecht we know that brown bears (Ursus arctos arctos) were still found in the Netherlands as late as the eleventh century. According to a hunting licence from Drenthe, elk (Alces alces alces) were also known to be in this country until 1025. The North Atlantic right whale (Eubalaena glacialis), which once appeared from the Bay of Biscay to Norway, have disappeared from the waters around the Netherlands. It is suspected that the last whales were killed at the end of the Middle Ages. However, there was an alleged sighting off Texel in 2005. Mammals Alces alces alces - European elk (1025) Barbastellus barbastellus - barbastelle bat Bos primigenius primigenius - aurochs (400 AD) Equus ferus - tarpan Lynx lynx lynx - Eurasian lynx (Roman period) Mustela lutreola - European mink (1887) Rhinolophus ferrumequinum - greater horseshoe bat (1974) Rhinolophus hipposideros - lesser horseshoe bat (1983) Ursus arctos arctos - brown bear (eleventh century) Birds Pinguinus impennis - great auk - globally extinct Tringa glareola - wood sandpiper (1939) - does not nest in the Netherlands any more, but they can be found during the migration season. Fish Alosa alosa - allis shad (1993) Alosa fallax - twaite shad (1970) Coregonus oxyrinchus - houting (1940) Hippocampus ramulosus - common seahorse Thymallus thymallus - grayling Salmo trutta fario - brown trout Syngnathus typhle - deepnosed pipefish Molluscs Pisidium tenuilineatum Rissoa membranacea Spermodea lamellata Unio crassus - thick shelled river mussel (1968) Insects Butterflies Aporia crataegi Argynnis paphia Boloria euphrosyne Brenthis ino Coenonympha hero Cupido minimus minimus Euphydryas aurinia aurinia Lycaena |
2,522 | Deacon Thomas Kendall House | The Deacon Thomas Kendall House is a historic house at One Prospect Street in Wakefield, Massachusetts. This timber frame, -story five-bay house has Federal styling, but its massive central chimney indicates that parts of the house likely predate the Federal period, and in a style that predates 1750 (Dea. Kendall lived 1618–1681). The house is believed to have suffered fire damage in 1786 and been reconstructed at that time, incorporating salvaged materials. Its exterior trim exhibits several different styles, that on the north and west sides more finely carved. The second-floor windows on the south side are smaller and set near the eaves, a typical colonial period feature. The house was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1989. Deacon Thomas Kendall was an influential member of the community, serving as a selectman, commissioner, and deacon of the church for 36 years. He and his wife, Rebecca, had 10 children, and when she died, at the age of 85, she had 175 grandchildren and great-grandchildren. The Kendalls were among the earliest settlers of the Reading area (of which Wakefield was a part until the 19th century). The house was owned for much of the 19th century by the Emerson family, who also owned it at the time of the 1786 fire. See also National Register of Historic Places listings in Wakefield, Massachusetts National Register of Historic Places listings in Middlesex County, Massachusetts References Category:Houses on the National Register of Historic Places in Wakefield, Massachusetts Category:Federal architecture in Massachusetts Category:Houses completed in 1786 Category:Houses in Wakefield, Massachusetts |
2,523 | Nacho Guerreros | Ignacio Guerreros García (born December 5, 1973 in Calahorra, La Rioja), better known as Nacho Guerreros, is a Spanish actor, known for the role of Coque in the television series La que se avecina. Biography Guerreros was born in Calahorra, La Rioja; later living in Vitoria, where he joined a theatre group, before moving to Madrid in 1991 to study theater. Before becoming an actor he had a number of jobs such as working with disabled people, waiting tables, and starting, with other partners, a decorating firm in Madrid. His most known role is of Coque in the television series La que se avecina. He also acted in Aquí no hay quien viva, as Jose María in the last stage of the television series. In theater, his most prominent role has been in Martin Scherman's Bent, directed by Gina Piccirilli, for which he was nominated best actor of theater in 2005 by the "Union of Actors". In 2012 he was named "Calagurratino de Honor" by the Calahorra town hall (his hometown). On October 25, 2014 he began his participation in the political debate program Un tiempo nuevo of Telecinco in the section Un país a raya. He also took part in a program of street micro-theater. Filmography (TV Series) 2014 – Un tiempo nuevo As an actor 2010 Con Pelos en la lengua 2007 La que se avecina 2006 Aquí no hay quien viva 2004 Mis estimadas víctimas 2003 Hospital Central 2001 El secreto 2001 Manos a la obra 2000 ¡Ala... Dina! 1998 A las once en casa Filmography (Theater) 2005 – 2006 Bent 2003 Jesús de Nazaret 2003 El dragón de fuego 1998–2001 Café Teatro Filmography (Shorts) 2009 Lala 2004 Eric 2003 Sin remite 2003 Memoria y muerte de una cortometrajista 2002 Tiro de piedra 2001 Hævn (venganza) 2000 Una mañana References Category:1973 births Category:Living people Category:People from Calahorra Category:Spanish male television actors Category:Spanish male film actors |
2,524 | Michael Graves (disambiguation) | Michael Graves (1934–2015) was an American architect. Michael Graves may also refer to: Michael Graves (audio engineer), American audio engineer Michael Graves (poker player) (born 1984), American poker player Michale Graves (born 1975), American singer-songwriter Michael Graves (fighter) (born 1991), American martial artist |
2,525 | Buczyna, West Pomeranian Voivodeship | Buczyna is a settlement in the administrative district of Gmina Świdwin, within Świdwin County, West Pomeranian Voivodeship, in north-western Poland. It lies approximately south of Świdwin and north-east of the regional capital Szczecin. References Buczyna |
2,526 | Aranji | Aranji is a village in Balkh Province in northern Afghanistan. See also Balkh Province References External links Satellite map at Maplandia.com Category:Populated places in Balkh Province |
2,527 | MV Iran Deyanat | MV Iran Deyanat is an Iranian ship (owned and operated by the Islamic Republic of Iran Shipping Lines) that was hijacked in the Gulf of Aden by 40 pirates with Kalashnikovs and RPGs on August 21, 2008. The crew of the ship numbered 29: a Pakistani captain, 14 Iranians including an engineer, 3 Indians, 2 Filipinos, and 10 Croatians. The ship was freed on October 10, and the crew was unharmed. The ship went underway bound to Oman and then to its final destination at Rotterdam. Hijacking The ship had declared as cargo minerals and industrial products such as iron ore, but Somali negotiators are alleged to have said that the true cargo included arms and chemical weapons. The Deyanat had departed from China with the purported intent of selling its cargo in Germany, but Somali officials say that the ship was truly headed to Eritrea; in addition, the ship's arrival in the Gulf of Aden was supposedly "suspiciously early." "Many of us ran out on the deck. We saw a group of men in two tiny speedboats close to the ship. The ship’s radar had failed to pick them up. The men were firing in the air," crew member Jeevan Kiran D’Souza said. "There were 16 of them. They threw a ladder fitted with grappling hooks over the side of the ship and clambered aboard. They stormed all cabins and herded the entire crew into a small room, and told the captain to cut the engine." After the hijackers took control of the ship, they used the Deyanat to tow their boats along. They shuttled between Reassban, Reassaaf, and other locations (purportedly to evade rival pirate groups) before meeting their boss, "Abdul Hakeem," and finally mooring off the coast of Eyl in Somalia—which is allegedly the base of a crime syndicate. In fact, multiple other pirated ships were moored near the Deyanat. The number of pirates guarding the ship included 50 on shore and 50 on board. Conditions aboard the ship The sailors aboard the ship were limited to two slices of moldy bread and a ration of two cups of water. Though the pirates took $10,000 from the ship's captain and the crew's cell phones, clothes, and possessions, they were allowed to call home for the first two days after the hijacking. The pirates carried guns at all time and negotiations were conducted "at the officer's level," so most of the crew knew nothing of the pirates' demands. Ransom A ransom was set at $2 million, and the Iranian news channel Press TV said that the United States, believing that the ship may contain uranium, offered $7 million to board and search the ship. (US officials reportedly would not comment.) At one point the Sunday Times reported that the IRISL paid $200,000 in the first of a series of ransom payments, but the Iranian company denied the claim. The ship "was supposed to be released, but now they are saying the $200,000 was for facilitation only. They want more money for the ransom," said Andrew Mwangura, of the Kenyan-based East |
2,528 | The Pimp | The Pimp is an EP released in 2002 by Fatboy Slim. It is the third and final EP in a series by Fatboy Slim. All three EPs were released on 19 November 2002. Track listing "The Pimp" (Collins, Cook) - 4:32 (Feat. Bootsy Collins) "Drop the Hate" (Remixed By Reverend H. Lidbo & The Progressive Baptist Choir Of Stockholm) (Cook, Daniels) - 7:20 "Star 69" (X-Press 2 Wine-Em Dine-Em 69 Supamix) (Clark, Cook, McCormack) - 8:19 "Retox" (Getting Freqy with Fatboy) (Cook) - 8:58 "Song for Shelter" (Pete Heller Beats and Pieces) (Clark/Slim) - 9:58 "Talkin' Bout My Baby" (Midfield General's Disco Reshuffle Mix) (Anthony/Cook/Hall/Ross) - 6:55 External links Rolling Stone review Category:2002 EPs Category:Fatboy Slim EPs |
2,529 | Emma Gresham | Emma Rene (Rhodes) Gresham (April 13, 1925 – March 2, 2018) was an American teacher and politician who was mayor of Keysville, Georgia. Gresham was born in Reidsville, Georgia to the Rev. Herman and Mrs. Ida Clark Rhodes. Emma graduated from Boggs Academy at the age of 15 years as the Salutatorian of her class, she is also a 1953 honor graduate of Paine College. In 1942, she married Quinten Gresham Sr. Mayor Gresham taught mainly elementary age special education students in Talladega, Alabama and Augusta, GA for over 32 years. In 1985, once finding out about the inactive charter and government of her hometown of Keysville, GA which not been functioning since 1933, she ran for Mayor. Mrs. Gresham ran, only to have the position stripped from her after five hours by a Superior Court judge in Augusta who revoked the city's charter, upholding a challenge by a group of white residents who disputed the town's boundaries. After national news coverage due in 1989 and due to a tape-recorded oral history from the town's oldest resident, 93-year-old Henry Key the city was able to determine boundary lines. In 1989, a federal court upheld the elections, and on June 4, 1990, the Supreme Court affirmed the lower court's ruling. Mrs. Gresham remained mayor of Keysville, GA until 2005. During her tenure of 20 years, Mayor Gresham has helped Keysville, GA to have a fully functioning Water and sewer service; street lights; fire department; library; post office; wastewater treatment plant; after-school program and municipal building. Mayor Gresham is the second African American female to be a chief elected official in Georgia She is active at her church Mt. Tabor African Methodist Episcopal Church, where she is a lifelong member and 3rd Generation A.M.E. Church Leader Among her hundreds of awards, she has received an Essence Award, One Hundred Eckerd Women, SCLC Drum Major for Justice. She and her late husband have 5 children: Rev. Dr. Quinten Gresham Jr., Rev. Ida LaVerne (Gresham) Comer, Rev. Lola Scott (Gresham) Russell, Harold Gresham and Kay Gresham. References External links https://web.archive.org/web/20151028043912/http://www.georgiamagazine.org/archives_view.asp?mon=11&yr=2004&ID=1025 http://soundprint.org/radio/display_show/ID/359/name/Keysville,+GA%3A+Old+Dreams,+New+South http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,958306,00.html https://web.archive.org/web/20100710212410/http://dewitt.sanford.duke.edu/index.php/rutherfurd-living-history/southern_rural_poverty_collection/ http://www.legis.state.ga.us/legis/2009_10/fulltext/hr1867.htm http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/augustachronicle/obituary.aspx?n=emma-rhodes-gresham&pid=188379211&fhid=10384 Category:1925 births Category:2018 deaths Category:People from Reidsville, Georgia Category:Mayors of places in Georgia (U.S. state) |
2,530 | Qiran | Qiran may refer to: Iranian qiran Qiran, Saudi Arabia |
2,531 | Tommy Mollet | Tommy Mollet (born 29 March 1979 in Tilburg) is a Dutch taekwondo practitioner. He competed in the 80 kg event at the 2012 Summer Olympics; after defeating Abdelrahman Ahmed in the preliminary round, he was eliminated by Arman Yeremyan in the quarterfinal. References Category:1979 births Category:Living people Category:Dutch male taekwondo practitioners Category:Olympic taekwondo practitioners of the Netherlands Category:Taekwondo practitioners at the 2012 Summer Olympics Category:Sportspeople from Tilburg |
2,532 | 2016 ACBS Asian Snooker Championship | The 2016 ACBS Asian Snooker Championship was an amateur snooker tournament that is taking place from 16 April to 23 April 2016 in Doha, Qatar. It is the 32nd edition of the ACBS Asian Snooker Championship and also doubles as a qualification event for the World Snooker Tour. The tournament was won by the number 13 seed Kritsanut Lertsattayathorn of Thailand who defeated Mohamed Shehab 6–2 in the final to win the championship, as a result Lertsattayathorn was given a two-year card on the professional World Snooker Tour for the 2016/2017 and 2017/2018 seasons. Results Round 1 Best of 7 frames References Category:2016 in snooker Category:Snooker amateur tournaments Category:Sports competitions in Doha Category:2016 in Qatari sport Category:International sports competitions hosted by Qatar ACBS Asian Snooker Championship |
2,533 | Children's Hospice Association Scotland | Children’s Hospice Association Scotland (CHAS), often referred to as Children's Hospices Across Scotland, is a registered charity that provides the country's only hospice services for children and young people with life-shortening conditions. CHAS offers children’s hospice services, free of charge, to every child, young person and their families who needs and wants them. CHAS was formed in February 1992 by a group of professionals and parents of children with life-shortening conditions who had travelled to England for hospice care. In 2018/19, CHAS supported 465 children with a life-shortening condition, and their siblings, parents and wider families. The care provided is multi-disciplinary, including from doctors, nurses, social workers, pharmacists, play specialists and others. CHAS also employs medical and nursing staff who work in hospitals alongside NHS doctors and nurses. Rachel House, Kinross Rachel House supports children and young people at end of life, and with short breaks. Work to build Rachel House, Scotland’s first children's hospice, started in December 1994. The land to build Rachel House in Kinross was donated by the Montgomery family who owned Kinross House which stands next to the hospice. Rachel House was named after Lady Rachel Workman MacRobert in recognition of a £2 million donation by The MacRobert Trust. A 17-month fundraising appeal by the Daily Record newspaper raised £4 million towards the £10 million building cost and the full target was raised 13 months later. On 16 December 1994 celebrity supporter Philip Schofield cut the first turf for Rachel House, assisted by children from Kinross Primary School. The hospice was opened in March 1996 by The Princess Royal. Robin House, Balloch A fundraising appeal to build Scotland’s second hospice Robin House in Balloch near Loch Lomond began in 2001 with readers of the Sunday Post helping raise the £10million needed to complete the project. Robin House was named after the European robin bird. In May 2003, the work began on the building with celebrity supporters Ewan McGregor and Sharleen Spiteri cutting the first turf with six-year-old Robyn Watterson who at the time used Rachel House. Robin House opened in August 2005 and supports children at end of life and with short breaks. CHAS at Home In 2003 Rachel House at Home launched, offering a home care service to families in their own homes. The service originally operated out of The Highland Hospice in Inverness and moved to Ardross Terrace, Inverness in June 2009. In December 2008 Rachel House at Home became known as CHAS at Home. In December 2011 CHAS at Home launched an Aberdeen base at Rosemount Place, Aberdeen. Now CHAS at Home supports families across every local authority in Scotland, operating out of four hubs across Scotland. In 2018/19, CHAS at Home supported approximately 1200 visits across every local authority area in Scotland, providing both planned care and emergency end-of-life care. In 2018/19, a volunteer-led home support service was established to support families of children with life-shortening conditions and operates in east central Scotland. CHAS in hospitals Most children who die from a life-shortening condition die in hospital. CHAS employs 4 Diana Children's Nurses. These |
2,534 | OSK Holdings Berhad | OSK Holdings Berhad (OSK) () was incorporated in 1963 as a small stockbroking company and it was listed on the Kuala Lumpur Stock Exchange (“KLSE” - now known as Bursa Malaysia Securities Berhad or “Bursa Malaysia”) in 1991. OSK grew to become a regional investment bank under OSK Investment Bank Berhad (“OSKIB”). In 1997, OSK diversified into properties through its subsidiary company, OSK Property Holdings Berhad (“OSKP”), which was listed on the KLSE in 2002. When OSKIB became a regulated entity by Bank Negara Malaysia in 2007, the shares of OSKP were distributed to the shareholders of OSK to comply with regulatory requirements. In 2012, OSKIB merged with RHB Investment Bank Berhad in a share swap exercise resulting in OSK becoming a major shareholder in RHB Banking Group, a position which OSK continues to hold at the present time. In 2015, OSKP was merged back into the OSK Group and subsequently delisted from the Main Market of Bursa Malaysia. OSKP is today one of the leading property developers in Malaysia with residential, township and commercial projects located in strategic growth areas across the country. OSKP is also growing its overseas presence beginning with its development project in Melbourne, Australia. In the same merger exercise in 2015, PJ Development Holdings Berhad (“PJD”) became part of the OSK Group. PJD was established in 1965 as a plantation and property development company and it was listed on the KLSE in 1974. PJD eventually divested its plantation business and ventured into four (4) key areas of property development, construction, manufacturing of Industrialised Building System wall panels and cables under the Acotec and Olympic Cable brands respectively, and hospitality under the Swiss-Garden International and SGI Vacation Club brands. In 2016, upon completion of the unconditional voluntary takeover offer exercise by OSK, PJD was delisted from the Main Market of Bursa Malaysia. Today, the enlarged OSK Group is a conglomerate with diversified business interests in property development & investment, financial services, construction, industries and hospitality, with a presence in Malaysia, Vietnam and Australia. External links Official Website References OSK Corporate Profile Career Website OSK Businesses Category:Banks of Malaysia Category:Investment banks Category:Companies listed on the Malaysia Exchange |
2,535 | Grimsby, Ontario | Grimsby is a town on Lake Ontario in the Niagara Region, Ontario, Canada. Grimsby is a part of the Hamilton Census Metropolitan Area. It is named after the English fishing town of Grimsby in north-east Lincolnshire. The majority of residents reside in the area bounded by Lake Ontario and the Niagara Escarpment. The escarpment (colloquially known as 'the mountain') is home to a section of the Bruce Trail. Grimsby has experienced significant growth over the past decade as the midpoint between Hamilton and St. Catharines. Growth is limited by the natural boundaries of Lake Ontario and the Niagara Escarpment. Some residents feel development is detrimental to the town as orchards close to the town centre are used for residential development; however, most of the orchards in Grimsby were replaced by houses between the 1950s and 1980s and very few orchards remain. Some notable attractions in Grimsby are the local skatepark, the Grimsby Museum, the Grimsby Public Library, the Grimsby Public Art Gallery, the West Niagara YMCA, the Danish Church and the hockey arena (Peach King Centre), home of the Grimsby Peach Kings. History The town of Grimsby was founded in 1790 (originally named Township Number 6 and then 'The Forty'), after a group of United Empire Loyalists settled at the mouth of 40 Mile Creek in 1787. Robert Nelles, a politician and later lieutenant-colonel in the War of 1812, was one of the town's founders. His home on Main Street West was used for many planning sessions during the war. In 1816 the village became known as Grimsby, the name of the surrounding township. Canada's first Chautauqua-like organization (a Methodist camp) was established in 1859 in Grimsby Park, but by 1900 interest had declined and by 1909 the camp ceased. The Village of Grimsby was officially incorporated in 1876 and became a town in 1922. The town has gone through many changes, from being a small rural village; to a centre for the manufacture of farm machinery, hospital furniture, furnaces and other metal products; and later the hub of the Niagara Peninsula's fruit-growing industry. Grimsby also had a successful fishing industry which lasted until the 1960s. The Town of Grimsby and the Township of North Grimsby were amalgamated in 1970 with the formation of the Regional Municipality of Niagara. With a number of wineries and distilleries, Grimsby now serves as the starting point for touring the Niagara wine region. Grimsby is also the birthplace of a now forgotten Hollywood director, Del Lord. He rose to acclaim as the director of most of the Three Stooges short vaudeville comedies. Later, under Columbia Pictures, he also directed nearly 200 feature films. Grimsby Beach was once a major holiday resort. Grimsby Park started in 1846 as a park for the Hamilton district of the Methodist Church. In 1910, the park's new owner, Harry Wylie, modernized the park with carousels, a motion picture theater, and a "Figure 8" roller coaster. Canada Steamship Lines bought out the park in 1916, but the park declined through the 1920s, mainly due to multiple fires that consumed many of the |
2,536 | Anisomeles malabarica | Anisomeles malabarica, the Malabar catmint, is a species of herbaceous plant native to pakisthan, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, Andaman & Nicobar Islands, Thailand, Malaysia, Indonesia, New Guinea, Bismarck Archipelago, Mauritius, Réunion, northern Australia. References Category:Lamiaceae Category:Flora of tropical Asia Category:Flora of Mauritius Category:Flora of Réunion Category:Flora of Australia Category:Plants described in 1771 |
2,537 | Klonowski | Klonowski is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: Ewa Klonowski (born 1946), Polish-born forensic anthropologist Henry Klonowski (1898-1977), American Catholic bishop Wlodzimierz Klonowski, Polish biomedical physicist See also Klonowskie Range |
2,538 | Max Messner | Max Messner was a professional American football player who played linebacker for six seasons for the Pittsburgh Steelers, Detroit Lions, and New York Giants References Category:1938 births Category:1996 deaths Category:American football linebackers Category:New York Giants players Category:Pittsburgh Steelers players Category:Detroit Lions players Category:Cincinnati Bearcats football players Category:People from Ashland, Ohio |
2,539 | Smithton High-Level Bridge | The Smithton High-Level Bridge is a structure that crosses the Youghiogheny River between South Huntingdon Township and Rostraver Township. The bridge was opened in 1956 as one of the last links in the replacement of the old alignment of Pennsylvania Route 71 with a new four-lane freeway between Washington and the Pennsylvania Turnpike. During the same year of the bridge's completion, it was announced that the highway would become part of Interstate 70; it took on this designation in 1964 after the completion of freeway stretches in neighboring West Virginia linked PA 71 to a similar freeway in Ohio. Part of a busy truck route, the bridge is part of a highway that has been plagued by surface problems. In 1989, a crack in the superstructure, the result of a 35-year-old construction error, forced the closure of the bridge for five days, stranding truckers. The bridge was rehabilitated in 2000. See also List of crossings of the Youghiogheny River References PA Highways: I-70 National Bridges Category:Bridges in Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania Category:Bridges completed in 1956 Category:Road bridges in Pennsylvania Category:Interstate 70 Category:Bridges on the Interstate Highway System Category:1956 establishments in Pennsylvania Category:Bridges over the Youghiogheny River |
2,540 | Shane Higashi | Shane Yukio Higashi (born October 14, 1940) is a Canadian born karate instructor and practitioner. He is the current head of The Canadian Chitō-ryū Karate-dō Association, and the Technical Advisor for Karate Canada. Shane Higashi was inducted into the Canadian Black Belt Hall of Fame in 2007. Life and career Higashi was born in Chemainus, British Columbia. His family moved to Japan in 1946 and then later returned to Canada in 1956. In 1961, he began studying Karate at 21 years of age under the instruction of Masami Tsuruoka. He became his star pupil, earning his shodan in only one year. In 1964, he became the Grand Champion of the 1st Canadian Open Karate Tournament. On April 1st, 1963, he opened the Higashi School of Karate on Danforth Avenue in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. In 1965, Higashi received his 2nd Dan from Tsuyoshi Chitose, and then moved back to Japan in January 1966 to continue his training under Chitose. He studied and trained intensively in Japan for seven months, attaining his 4th Dan and a special instructor certificate, issued to only a select few. In 1968 he received his 5th Dan from Chitose, and then, in 1972, he received his 6th Dan. In 1975 he was designated as the leading authority in Canada for Kobujutsu of the Ryukyu Kobujutsu Hozon Shin Ko Kai by its founder Motokatsu Inoue. Higashi was involved in the formulation of the Canadian Ryukyu Kobujutsu Association in 1995, and currently sits as the National Chief Instructor In 1979, he received his 7th Dan, and was awarded Kyoshi-go. He was also designated as the leading authority in Canada for Chito Ryu Karate by its founder, Tsuyoshi Chitose. In 1997, Higashi received his 8th Dan from Chitose Soke (the son of the founder and now the head of Chito Ryu). In November 2008, Higashi was awarded his 9th Dan and the title of Hanshi, by Masami Tsuruoka. References Category:1940 births Category:Sportspeople from British Columbia Category:Canadian male karateka Category:Canadian sportspeople of Japanese descent Category:Living people Category:Chitō-ryū practitioners Category:People from the Cowichan Valley Regional District |
2,541 | William Parker (master) | William Arthur Parker (1870 – 13 July 1953) was an Australian barrister who served as Master in Equity and Master in Lunacy in the Supreme Court of New South Wales from 1918 until 1940. Early life Parker was born in Orange, New South Wales, the son of Josiah and Henrietta Matilda Parker and attended Newington College (1883-1887). In 1886 and again in 1887, he won the Wigram Allen Scholarship, endowed by Sir George Wigram Allen, for mathematics, with Herbert Curlewis receiving it in 1886 for classics. At the end of 1887 Parker was named Dux of the College and received the Schofield Scholarship. He went up to the University of Sydney and in 1892 graduated as a Bachelor of Arts and in 1898 LL.B. Marriage In 1903, Parker married Gertrude Lillian Bavin. She was born in New Zealand, a daughter of the Rev. Rainsford Bavin, a Methodist minister from Lincolnshire, England, and his New Zealand-born wife Emma, née Buddle. Her siblings were: Edna (Mrs Charles Lack); Jessie (Mrs Ambrose Fletcher); Sir Thomas Bavin; Major Cyril Bavin OBE; Horace Bavin; Florence Bavin (Mrs Ernest Warren); Lancelot Bavin; and Dora Bavin (Mrs Leslie Allen). Parker and his wife lived at Manar in Potts Point, New South Wales. Legal career Parker practised at the Sydney Bar in the equity and probate jurisdictions from 1900. In 1918, he was appointed Master in Equity and Master in Lunacy in New South Wales. Parker retired from public service in 1940. References Category:1870 births Category:1953 deaths Category:Australian lawyers Category:People educated at Newington College Category:University of Sydney alumni |
2,542 | Battle of Palm Sunday | The Battle of Palm Sunday also known as the Massacre of Palm Sunday was a Scottish clan battle that took place in 1429 in the Scottish Highlands between the Clan Cameron and the confederation of Clan Chattan. Historical accounts The battle is mentioned by Walter Bower (c. 1385–1449) in his work Scotichronicon, John Major (1467–1550) in his History of Greater Britain and George Buchanan (1506-1582) in his History of Scotland, Rerum Scoticarum Historia. Background The (Mackintosh of) Kinrara MS (manuscript, c.1680) states that just before the battle the Camerons had taken a spreagh of cattle from Strathdearn. Battle According to Major, the Clan Cameron and Clan Chattan both having deserted Alexander of Islay, Earl of Ross attached themselves like honest men to the king, but on the Palm Sunday following the Clan Chattan put to death every mother's son of the Clan Cameron. Buchanan stated that many of the Mackintoshes and almost all of the Camerons were slain. The Clan Cameron account states that the Clan Mackintosh who were leaders of the Chattan Confederation attacked the Camerons when they were worshiping in a church and that during the engagement most of the Mackintoshes and almost the whole tribe of Camerons were cut to pieces. References Notes Bun Garbhain Palm Sunday Palm Sunday Palm Sunday |
2,543 | Cliff Politte | Cliff Anthony Politte /pɒˈliːt/ (born February 27, 1974) is an American former professional baseball (right-handed) relief pitcher, who played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for four big league teams. He was selected in the 54th round of the 1995 Major League Baseball Draft by the St. Louis Cardinals as the 1438th player selected. Politte came up to the parent club in . He threw the first pitch at the new Roger Dean Stadium in spring training, that year. From there, Politte went to the Philadelphia Phillies and then the Toronto Blue Jays, before signing with the Chicago White Sox in . He won a World Series ring with the White Sox in . Politte was designated for assignment by the White Sox on July 15, , after giving up a home run to Bubba Crosby and was released on July 20. On February 14, 2007, the Cleveland Indians signed Politte to a minor league deal. He pitched only eight innings for their Double-A team in 2007. On December 21, 2007, the St. Louis Cardinals signed Politte to a minor league deal, with an invitation to spring training. He became a free agent at the end of the season. Politte resides in St. Louis, Missouri. References External links Category:1974 births Category:Living people Category:Akron Aeros players Category:American expatriate baseball players in Canada Category:Arkansas Travelers players Category:Baseball players from Missouri Category:Charlotte Knights players Category:Chicago White Sox players Category:Clearwater Phillies players Category:Jefferson Vikings baseball players Category:Major League Baseball pitchers Category:Memphis Redbirds players Category:Peoria Chiefs players Category:Philadelphia Phillies players Category:Reading Phillies players Category:Scranton/Wilkes-Barre Red Barons players Category:St. Louis Cardinals players Category:Syracuse SkyChiefs players Category:Toronto Blue Jays players |
2,544 | Pajaru | Pajaru is a former village development committee in Jajarkot District in the Karnali province of Nepal. At the time of the 1991 Nepal census it had a population of 5483. References External links UN map of the municipalities of Jajarkot District Category:Populated places in Jajarkot District |
2,545 | Hajo Wandschneider | Hajo Wandschneider (December 21, 1925 in Hamburg - March 25, 2017 in Hamburg) was a German defense lawyer. Biography Wandschneider was son of the defense attorney Erich Wandschneider, defended u. a. Conrad Ahlers in the Spiegel affair and the RAF (Red Army Faction) terrorist, Susanne Albrecht. He also defended the choirmaster and composer Erich Bender the orthopedist Rupprecht Bernbeck in court. Career Wandschneider was a member of the German section of Amnesty International and a founding member of the Hamburg section. References Category:Amnesty International people Category:1925 births Category:2017 deaths |
2,546 | Gary Muir | Gary Muir (born 15 December 1985) is a Scottish professional footballer, who is currently a free agent. United States After playing in Scotland during his teenage years, Muir moved to the United States to develop his playing career and was uniquely awarded a 100% scholarship fund. A successful four years in the USA began as Captain of the Louisburg College Hurricanes for two seasons in North Carolina, leading to Captaincy at the University of Hartford in Connecticut. In 2005, he was awarded All-American status in the NJCAA, named in the Division I All-Region team, and also selected for the Mid-Atlantic district team. Muir took the Hurricanes to the semi-finals in the NJCAA Championships and received the Regional Player of the Year Award, as well as being named the Most Valuable Player of the season. In 2006, Muir signed for the University of Hartford by Ex-Portugal, Benfica and Porto coach Dan Gaspar at the US National College Championships. 2006 saw Muir playing in all 17 games, scoring three goals and assisting on six occasions. He was also named Most Valuable Player at the Hartwick College Invitational. Professional career Muir originally was invited back to Scotland to sign for Livingston in the Scottish championship in 2007, however, the sale of the club prevented the deal moving forward and Muir featured for Stirling Albion in the Scottish First Division (championship) for the remainder of the 2007–08 season. Signing for Irish Premiership side Lisburn Distillery in 2008 proved to be an important move in Muir's career after being offered deals from a variety of clubs in the Scottish first and second divisions. starting every game, scoring 13 goals, assisting on 15 occasions and was awarded 11 Man of the Match awards. He also scored his first senior football hat-trick at the club. Distillery finished fourth in the IPL, qualifying for the preliminary qualification rounds of the UEFA Europa League. A foot fracture sidelined him for four months. After recovering Muir returned to Scotland with Clyde in September 2009, however, this was only to be short term before heading back across the water to play at Ballymena United for the remainder or the 2009–10 season where they reached the Irish cup final. In 2010 Muir signed for Airdrie United in the Scottish First Division and at the end of the season was approached and offered a deal to play in Central America at Antigua GFC. During another season of multiple goals and assists Muir scored a memorable second career hat-trick. Muir signed for Vittoriosa Stars in Malta. Making a huge impact bringing the club from 11th position in the league table up to 5th – 11 undefeated games, scoring five goals and providing seven assists. In the 2012–13 season, Muir played an influential role at Again winning promotion to the Premier Division, scoring nine goals and assisting on 15 occasions. 2013–14 saw Muir move to the most successful club in Maltese history, Floriana, after agreeing a deal. During the 2013–14 campaign he only missed one game during the entire season, he achieved 10 goals and 10 assists |
2,547 | Remington SR-8 | The Remington SR-8 was a prototype sniper rifle developed by Remington Arms. It was originally developed for the Italian Army, and was designed to shoot the .338 Lapua cartridge. The design of the rifle is based on the Remington Model 700, with the trigger assembly and design taken largely from the M24. The ejector design had to be modified from that of the standard Model 700 to allow for the larger rim of the .338 Lapua cartridge. The status of the project is unknown, though it has likely been shelved. It is used in a popular free online game called Urban Terror, and in the Wolfenstein: Enemy Territory mod TrueCombat:Elite. References http://www.snipercentral.com/sr8.htm Category:Sniper rifles of the United States Category:Remington Arms firearms Category:Bolt-action rifles of the United States |
2,548 | Dorithia peroneana | Dorithia peroneana is a species of moth of the family Tortricidae first described by William Barnes and August Busck in 1920. It is found in the US state of Arizona. The wingspan is 17 mm. References Category:Moths described in 1920 Category:Euliini |
2,549 | Fourteenth Army (United Kingdom) | The British Fourteenth Army was a multi-national force comprising units from Commonwealth countries during World War II. Many of its units were from the Indian Army as well as British units and there were also significant contributions from West and East African divisions within the British Army. It was often referred to as the "Forgotten Army" because its operations in the Burma Campaign were overlooked by the contemporary press, and remained more obscure than those of the corresponding formations in Europe for long after the war. For most of the Army's existence, it was commanded by Lieutenant-General William Slim. History Creation The army was formed in 1943 in eastern India. With the creation of South East Asia Command in late 1943, the Eastern Army which formerly controlled operations against the Japanese Army in Burma and also had large rear-area responsibilities, was split into two. Eastern Command (reporting to GHQ India) took over the rear areas of Bihar, Odisha and most of Bengal. Fourteenth Army, part of the British 11th Army Group, became responsible for operations against the Japanese. The Army's commander was Lieutenant General William Slim. Its principal subordinate formations were IV Corps in Assam and XV Corps in Arakan. During the early part of 1944, the Army also had loose operational control over the American and Chinese Northern Combat Area Command, and the Chindits operating behind enemy lines under Major General Orde Wingate. Defending India In early 1944, the Allies began tentative advances into Burma. The Japanese responded with all-out offensives, intending to destroy the Allies in their base areas. The first Japanese move was a subsidiary attack in Arakan where XV Corps was advancing slowly south. After initial Allied setbacks, in which an Indian divisional HQ was overrun, the surrounded units defeated the Japanese at the Battle of the Admin Box. A vital factor was the resupply of cut-off units by aircraft. The main Japanese offensive was launched on the central front in Assam. While a division advanced to Kohima to isolate IV Corps, the main body attempted to surround and destroy IV Corps at Imphal. Since the Japanese attack in Arakan had already failed, battle hardened units were flown from Arakan to aid the besieged forces in Assam. Also, XXXIII Corps was moved from southern India, where they had been training for amphibious operations, to relieve the garrison at Kohima and then push on to relieve Imphal. The result of the battles was a crushing Japanese defeat. The Japanese suffered 85,000 casualties, mainly from sickness and disease after their supplies ran out. The Allies had been continually supplied from the air, in the largest operation of its type to that date. Retaking Burma In 1945, amphibious operations to recapture Burma had to be cancelled once again because of shortage of resources. Instead, Fourteenth Army was to mount the main offensive. The Army was now subordinated to the headquarters of Allied Land Forces, South East Asia (ALFSEA), and consisted of IV Corps and XXXIII Corps. Since the Army's supply lines by land were long and precarious, air supply was once |
2,550 | Van Noy Railway News and Hotel Company | The Van Noy Railway News and Hotel Company, known today as HMSHost, was a business founded by the Van Noy Brothers of Kansas City, Missouri, which developed at the beginning of the twentieth century to provide services to travelers aboard passenger trains. At a time when most passenger trains carried neither dining cars nor lounge cars, private businessmen such as the Van Noys recognized a profit opportunity by operating eating houses at railroad junction points and selling snacks and novelties aboard the trains. History In 1893, Ira Clinton Van Noy formed a retail cigar and news business at No. 1076 Union Avenue, in Kansas City, Missouri. Four years later, on July 26, 1897, he joined with two of his brothers, Charles S. Van Noy and J.L. Van Noy, along with G.W. Krebs of St. Louis, to incorporate the Van Noy Railroad News Company. Railroad 'news services' generally sold magazines, newspapers, books, tobacco products, fruits, nuts, and novelties from newsstands located in train stations and by the use of a 'news butch', a young man who walked through the train making sales. As the business flourished, the Van Noy brothers became prominent members of local Kansas City society. I.C. Van Noy, the eldest brother, served as president of the company, and the youngest brother, Henry Clay Van Noy, also joined the company when he came of age. The Van Noy Railroad News Company grew rapidly after securing large contracts with Missouri Pacific Railway and its subsidiary, the St. Louis, Iron Mountain and Southern Railway. In the era before dining cars were carried on trains, Van Noy eating houses were established at points along the Missouri Pacific system to feed passengers. Later, at important terminals and train crew division points, Van Noy hotels were constructed to house both travelers and railroad train crews laying over between trips. Reflecting the success of the company, in 1909 both I.C. Van Noy and C.S. Van Noy constructed large homes on land at 6700-6800 Elmwood in Kansas City. The two homes were added the National Register of Historic Places in 1987. By 1910, the Van Noy Railroad News Company controlled sales distribution along of railroad. The Company also had 52 hotels and restaurants, 20 concession stores, and 21 distribution offices. The employee count at this time was about 1,600. In 1912, the company name was changed to the Van Noy Railway Hotel and News Company, reflecting the company's increased emphasis on the hotel side of the business. In 1916, when he was 15 years old, Walt Disney spent a summer working for the Van Noy Interstate Company as a news butch, selling merchandise on various rail lines radiating out of Kansas City. His first run was from Kansas City to Jefferson City on the Missouri Pacific Railroad, but he also made runs on the Missouri, Kansas and Texas Railway, and Kansas City Southern Railway, according to an article that Disney wrote years later for Railroad Magazine. Van Noy Railway Hotel and News began a series of mergers and acquisitions in 1914, starting with the Brown News Company (also |
2,551 | Timothy Belden | Timothy Norris Belden (born 1967) is the former head of trading in Enron Energy Services. He is considered the mastermind of Enron's scheme to drive up California's energy prices, by developing many of the trading strategies that resulted in the California electricity crisis. Belden pleaded guilty to one count of conspiracy to commit wire fraud as part of a plea bargain, along with his cooperation with authorities to help convict many top Enron executives. Belden was sentenced on February 14, 2007, to two years of court-supervised release and must forfeit $2.1 million. Federal prosecutors recommended probation because Belden cooperated in the case, assisting with the prosecution of senior Enron executives. Both Jeff Richter and John Forney were sentenced to probation and fined (Richter $10,000, Forney $4,000). The maximum statutory penalty for conspiracy, in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 371, is five years in prison and a $250,000 fine. None of which are being met by Belden or the other convicted accomplices John Forney or Jeffery Richter. All three pleaded guilty to and were convicted of the same one count of conspiracy to commit wire fraud. Belden was known to have received a $5 million bonus from Enron as a reward for the profits he extracted from California for Enron. He holds a master's degree in public policy from the Goldman School of Public Policy at UC-Berkeley and spent five years working as a researcher at the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory. In 2009, Belden founded Energy GPS LLC with Jeff Richter to "provide analysis and advice to clients in the energy industry" Energy GPS LLC is based in Portland, Oregon. See also Enron: The Smartest Guys in the Room References Category:1967 births Category:Living people Category:Enron people |
2,552 | Vučipolje (Bugojno) | Vučipolje (Bugojno) is a village in the municipality of Bugojno, Bosnia and Herzegovina. References Category:Populated places in Bugojno |
2,553 | Sheepwash, North Yorkshire | Sheepwash is a popular tourist spot in the North York Moors, North Yorkshire, England. It is located on Cod Beck which flows into Cod Beck Reservoir near Osmotherley. The name possibly derives from the fact that shepherds bring their sheep down from the surrounding moorland and wash them in the beck at the ford. The ford across the Cod Beck at Sheepwash was on an old drovers road between Scotland and the south of England. Known as The Hambleton Drove Road, most of the lower lying parts of the road have been converted into modern day roads, but the section across the North York Moors, is still a rough upland track. The area is bounded to the west by Scarth Wood Moor, which also lends its name to the National Trust car park at Sheepwash. It was revealed in 2004, that 75% of parking tickets issued in the Hambleton district were handed out at Sheepwash car park to drivers not parking correctly or parking on the grassed verges of the road. References Category:Tourist attractions in North Yorkshire Category:North York Moors |
2,554 | List of hillforts and ancient settlements in Somerset | Somerset is a ceremonial county in South West England. It is a rural county of rolling hills, such as the Mendip Hills, Quantock Hills and Exmoor National Park, and large flat expanses of land including the Somerset Levels. Modern man came to what is now known as Somerset during the Early Upper Palaeolithic era. In the Neolithic era, from about 3500 BC, there is evidence of farming when people started to manage animals and grow crops on farms cleared from the woodland, rather than act purely as hunter gatherers. It is also likely that extraction and smelting of mineral ores to make tools, weapons, containers and ornaments in bronze and then iron started in the late Neolithic and into the Bronze and Iron Ages. The construction of Hill forts began in Britain in the Late Bronze and Early Iron Age, roughly the start of the first millennium BC. The reason for their emergence, and their purpose, has been a subject of debate. It has been argued that they could have been military sites constructed in response to invasion from continental Europe, sites built by invaders, or a military reaction to social tensions caused by an increasing population and consequent pressure on agriculture. The dominant view since the 1960s has been that the increasing use of iron led to social changes in Britain. Deposits of iron ore were separated from the sources of tin and copper necessary to make bronze, and as a result trading patterns shifted and the old elites lost their economic and social status. Archaeologist Barry Cunliffe believes that population increase played a role and has stated "the forts provided defensive possibilities for the community at those times when the stress of an increasing population burst out into open warfare. But I would not see them as having been built because there was a state of war. They would be functional as defensive strongholds when there were tensions and undoubtedly some of them were attacked and destroyed, but this was not the only, or even the most significant, factor in their construction". There are numerous Iron Age hill forts and ancient settlement sites in the county, some of which were later reused in the Dark Ages, such as Cadbury Castle, Worlebury Camp and Ham Hill. Other hill forts, such as Small Down Knoll, Solsbury Hill, Dolebury Warren and Burledge Hill, may have had a domestic purpose as well as a defensive role. The Iron Age tribes of the Somerset area were the Dobunni in north Somerset, Durotriges in south Somerset and Dumnonii in west Somerset. Iron Age sites on the Quantock Hills, include major hill forts at Dowsborough and Ruborough, as well as smaller earthwork enclosures, such as Trendle Ring, Elworthy Barrows and Plainsfield Camp. In addition to the hill forts, several sites have been identified as settlements during the pre Roman period including Cambria Farm and the "Lake Villages" at Meare and Glastonbury which were built on a morass, on an artificial foundation of timber filled with brushwood, bracken, rubble and clay. Most of the sites fell out of |
2,555 | No. 81 Wing RAAF | No. 81 Wing is responsible for operating the McDonnell Douglas F/A-18 Hornet multi-role fighters of the Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF). Headquartered at RAAF Base Williamtown, New South Wales, the wing comprises three combat units, Nos. 3 and 77 Squadrons based at Williamtown and No. 75 Squadron at RAAF Base Tindal, Northern Territory, as well as an operational conversion unit at Williamtown. No. 81 Wing headquarters oversees squadron training in air-to-air and air-to-ground tactics, and support for the Australian Army and Royal Australian Navy. Tasked with offensive and defensive counter-air operations, the Hornets have been deployed to Diego Garcia in 2001–02, when they provided local air defence, to Iraq in 2003, when they saw action flying fighter escort and close air support missions in concert with Coalition forces, and to the Middle East in 2015–16, when they undertook strike operations during the military intervention against ISIL. They have also been employed to patrol high-profile events in Australia, including the Commonwealth Games and visits by foreign dignitaries. Formed in April 1944, No. 81 Wing comprised three flying units, Nos. 76, 77 and 82 Squadrons, operating P-40 Kittyhawk fighters in the South West Pacific theatre of World War II. Following the end of hostilities, the wing converted to P-51 Mustangs and was based in Japan as part of the Allied occupational forces; it disbanded there in November 1948. Re-formed at Williamtown in January 1961, its complement included Nos. 75 and 76 Squadrons, and No. 2 Operational Conversion Unit, operating CAC Sabre jets. The Sabres were deployed to RAAF Base Darwin, Northern Territory, in 1964 to guard against possible attack by Indonesian forces during the Konfrontasi with Malaysia. No. 81 Wing converted to Dassault Mirage III supersonic fighters before disbanding in December 1966. It was re-formed again at Williamtown in February 1987, to operate the Hornet. The wing also controlled Nos. 25 (later 79) and 76 Squadrons, flying Macchi lead-in fighters, until they were transferred to No. 78 Wing in 2000. History World War II Established at Ballarat, Victoria, on 12 April 1944, No. 81 Wing operated P-40 Kittyhawk fighters in the South West Pacific theatre of World War II. Group Captain Gordon Steege set up headquarters on Los Negros in the Admiralty Islands on 30 August. Comprising Nos. 76, 77 and 82 Squadrons, the formation joined Nos. 77 and 78 Wings on Noemfoor as part of No. 10 Operational Group in September 1944. No. 10 Group was renamed the First Tactical Air Force (No. 1 TAF) in October. The same month, No. 81 Wing undertook offensive sweeps and ground attacks against targets in West Papua. In November, Nos. 77 and 82 Squadrons dive bombed Japanese airfields on Halmahera. The wing's aircraft flew 1,125 sorties in October and November, dropping over of bombs, for the loss of 15 Kittyhawks and 11 pilots. The relegation of No. 1 TAF to areas of operation bypassed by the main Allied thrust towards the Philippines and Japan led to poor morale. In December 1944, No. 81 Wing's new commander, Group Captain Wilfred Arthur, produced a "balance sheet" to demonstrate |
2,556 | Metallographeus | Metallographeus is a genus of longhorn beetles of the subfamily Lamiinae, containing the following species: Metallographeus albolineatus Breuning, 1970 Metallographeus angolensis Breuning, 1978 Metallographeus ghanaensis Breuning, 1978 References Category:Desmiphorini |
2,557 | Antoine Laganière | Antoine Charles Laganière (born July 5, 1990) is a Canadian professional ice hockey forward who is currently playing for the Straubing Tigers of the Deutsche Eishockey Liga (DEL). Playing career Undrafted, Laganière played collegiate hockey with the Yale Bulldogs in the ECAC. In his senior season with the Bulldogs in 2012–13, Laganière was a focal part of the offense, placing third amongst Yale in contributing with 15 goals and 29 points in 37 games, to help the Bulldogs advance to the Frozen Four and capture the college's first NCAA Division 1 Championship title. On April 17, 2013, as a coveted free agent, Laganière agreed to a one-year, entry-level contract with the Anaheim Ducks of the National Hockey League. In his first professional season after attending the Ducks 2013 training camp he was assigned to American Hockey League primary affiliate, the Norfolk Admirals for the duration of the 2013–14 campaign. He established himself as a regular for Norfolk appearing in 72 games for 10 goals and 18 points. On July 18, 2014, he agreed to a one-year, two-way extension to remain with the Ducks. In his second season assigned to the Norfolk Admirals in 2014–15, Laganière increased his offensive output with 14 goals and 21 points in 73 games. As an restricted free agent from the Ducks, Laganière was not signed to another NHL contract by the Ducks, however remained in the organization by agreeing to an AHL contract with inaugural affiliate, the San Diego Gulls on July 8, 2015. After concluding his first season with San Diego in 2015–16 and having again increased his contribution within the team, Laganière agreed to return for his fourth season within the Ducks organization in signing a one-year extension with the Gulls on September 8, 2016. During the 2016–17 season, Laganière made his 200th appearance in the AHL, and established a career high of 21 goals and 16 assists for 37 points in 64 games. As a free agent in the off-season, Laganière ended his association with the Ducks in opting to pursue a career abroad by signing a one-year contract with Finnish club, Ässät Pori of the Liiga on August 28, 2017. In the 2017–18 season, Laganière made a quick transition to the Finnish game, leading the club with 17 goals and placing second with 35 points in 57 games. Having progressed through the Wild Card round, he was unable to help Ässät progress past the qualifying round in a 4-1 series defeat to Oulun Kärpät, contributing with 4 points in 7 games. Laganière left Finland after one season, opting to continue his European career in Germany, securing a one-year deal with the Straubing Tigers of the DEL on June 6, 2018. Career statistics Awards and honours References External links Category:1990 births Category:Ässät players Category:Canadian ice hockey forwards Category:Ice hockey people from Quebec Category:Living people Category:Norfolk Admirals players Category:San Diego Gulls (AHL) players Category:Straubing Tigers players Category:Yale Bulldogs men's ice hockey players Category:Canadian expatriate ice hockey players in Finland |
2,558 | Annette Bening | Annette Carol Bening (born May 29, 1958) is an American actress. She began her career on stage with the Colorado Shakespeare Festival company in 1980, and played Lady Macbeth in 1984 at the American Conservatory Theater. She was nominated for the 1987 Tony Award for Best Featured Actress in a Play for her Broadway debut in Coastal Disturbances and for the 2019 Tony Award for Best Actress in a Play for All My Sons. She is a four-time Academy Award nominee for the films: The Grifters (1990), American Beauty (1999), Being Julia (2004), and The Kids Are All Right (2010). In 2006, she received a film star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. Bening won the BAFTA Award for Best Actress and the Screen Actors Guild Award for Performance by a Female Actor in a Leading Role for American Beauty, two Golden Globe Awards for Being Julia and The Kids Are All Right, and was nominated for a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Miniseries or a Movie for Mrs. Harris. In 2019, she played the roles of Supreme Intelligence and Mar-Vell / Wendy Lawson in the Marvel Cinematic Universe's Captain Marvel, which became her highest grossing release. Early life Bening was born in Topeka, Kansas, the daughter of Shirley Katherine (née Ashley; b. 1929) and Arnett Grant Bening (b. 1926). Her mother was a church singer and soloist, and her father was a sales training consultant and insurance salesman. Her parents, natives of Iowa, were practicing Episcopalians and conservative Republicans. She is of mostly German and English descent. The youngest of four children, she has an older sister Jane (b. 1953), and two older brothers Bradley (b. 1955) and Byron (b. 1957). The family moved to Wichita, Kansas, in 1959, where she spent her early childhood. In 1965, her father took a job with a company in San Diego, California, and they moved there. She began acting in junior high school, playing the lead in The Sound of Music. She graduated in 1975 from Patrick Henry High School, where she studied drama. She then spent a year working as a cook on a charter boat taking fishing parties out on the Pacific Ocean, and scuba diving for recreation. Bening attended San Diego Mesa College, then graduated with a BA in Theatre Arts at San Francisco State University. Career Bening began her career on stage with the Colorado Shakespeare Festival company in 1980, and appeared in plays at the San Diego Repertory Theatre. She was a member of the acting company at the American Conservatory Theater in San Francisco while studying acting as part of the Advanced Theatre Training Program. There, she starred in such productions as Shakespeare's Macbeth as Lady Macbeth. Bening also starred in productions of Pygmalion and The Cherry Orchard at the Denver Center Theatre Company during the 1985–86 season. She made her Broadway debut in 1987, garnering a Tony Award nomination for Best Featured Actress in a Play for her performance in Coastal Disturbances. Bening made her film debut in The Great Outdoors (1988) and |
2,559 | Cécile Papier | Cécile Papier (5 May 1845 – 8 March 1915) was a Luxembourgian socialite of the Belle Époque. Biography Cécile Papier was born in Luxembourg, the daughter of Charles-Ernest Papier and his wife Margueritte Valerius on her father's side she was descended from a long line of ironmasters managing a great number of forges in the Duchy of Luxembourg and Grand Duchy of Luxembourg, and this from the early 17th century on. During her first marriage to Henri Edouard, baron de Marches, the couple resided in Colpach Castle and their Paris hôtel particulier. They travelled extensively abroad and sponsored promising young artists, among them Mihály Munkácsy a talented Hungarian painter. After her first husband's premature death she married Mihály Munkácsy who was to become one of the greatest Hungarian painters renowned for his genre pictures and large-scale biblical paintings. The guest lists of people attending their social events both in Luxembourg and Paris read like the who is who of the Belle Époque. Among their distinguished guests we find her relatives, the Bian-Brasseur, Luxembourg steel magnates, and members of the Luxembourg government like the Prime Minister Paul Eyschen. Among the international personalities we should highlight the musicians and composers Franz Liszt who gave his last piano recital in Luxembourg, Anton Rubinstein, Charles Gounod, Jules Massenet, Charles-Marie Widor, Ignacy Jan Paderewski (later President of Poland), Jules Massenet, Camille Saint-Saëns and most probably Richard Wagner and not to forget Sir Alexander Campbell Mackenzie, Knight Commander of the Royal Victorian Order. Among the politicians we should point out Raymond Poincaré, President and Prime Minister of France, members of the diplomatic corps like the count Frédéric de Pourtalès and the rocambolesque Camille Armand Jules Marie, Prince de Polignac. Among the writers, Anatole France, Alphonse Daudet, Alexandre Dumas fils, Emile Zola and many more. Among the big industrialists, Ferdinand de Lesseps, constructor of the Suez canal, and the magnate of journalism Joseph Pulitzer and the journalist Édouard Hervé. References Category:1915 deaths Category:1845 births Category:Socialites Category:Luxembourgian women Category:History of Luxembourg |
2,560 | Heinrich Theodor Rötscher | Heinrich Theodor Rötscher (20 September 1803 – 9 April 1871) was a German theatre critic and theorist. Biography Rötscher was born in Mittenwalde, and studied philology and philosophy at the University of Berlin. From 1828 he was a gymnasium teacher in Bromberg (modern-day Bydgoszcz, Poland). In 1842 he moved back to Berlin and dedicated himself to writing and theorizing about theatre. In Berlin, he was the dramatic critic for the Spenersche Zeitung. Selected works Aristophanes und sein Zeitalter, an attempt to understand the ancient Greek comedian Aristophanes in light of Hegel's philosophy (1827) Abhandlungen zur Philosophie der Kunst, also strongly tinged with Hegelianism (1837–47) Die Kunst der dramatischen Darstellung, his principal work: an attempt to treat theatre criticism in a scientific manner (1841–46; 2nd ed. 1864) Das Schauspielwesen (1843) Über Byrons Manfred (1844) Seydelmanns Leben und Wirken (1845) Shakespeare in seinen höchsten Charaktergebilden (1864) Dramaturgische und ästhetische Abhandlungen (1864, 1867) Dramaturgische Blätter (1865) Entwickelung dramatischer Charaktere aus Lessings, Schillers und Goethes Werken (1869) Notes External links Aristophanes und sein Zeitalter at Google Books References (page image at Wikimedia Commons) A Pallas nagy lexikona Category:1803 births Category:1871 deaths Category:People from Mittenwalde Category:German academics Category:German journalists Category:German male journalists Category:German critics Category:19th-century German journalists Category:19th-century German male writers |
2,561 | Richard Johnson | Richard Johnson or Dick Johnson may refer to: Academics Dick Johnson (academic) (1929–2019), Australian academic Richard C. Johnson (1937/8–2010), professor of electrical engineering Richard A. Johnson, artist and professor at the University of New Orleans Richard Johnson, former director of the Birmingham Centre for Contemporary Cultural Studies Arts and entertainment Richard Johnson (war artist) (born 1966), Canadian journalist and war artist Richard S. Johnson (artist) (born 1939), American painter Richard Johnson (actor) (1927–2015), English actor Richard Johnson (columnist), American gossip columnist Richard Johnson (director) (born 1974), American film director who founded Joystick Films in 2005 Dick Johnson (clarinetist) (1925–2010), musician, played in the Artie Shaw band Richard Johnson (16th century) (1573–c. 1659), romance writer Richard B. Johnson (born 1943), Abominable Firebug author Richard Johnson (pianist) (born 1975), American composer, jazz pianist, and music professor Richard "Dick" Johnson, subject of the 2020 documentary Dick Johnson Is Dead Dick Johnson, alias of the bandit Ramirez in Giacomo Puccini's La fanciulla del West Aviation Dick Johnson (test pilot) (1917–2002), founding member of the Society of Experimental Test Pilots in 1955 Dick Johnson (glider pilot) (1923–2008), glider pilot, aeronautical engineer and writer Richard Johnson, test-pilot of the X-4 Bantam Law and politics Richard Mentor Johnson (1780–1850), American politician and Vice President Richard Johnson (mayor), American politician and city manager Richard Johnson (judge) (born 1937), president of the High Court of Ireland Sports Richard Johnson (cricketer, born 1829) (1829–1851), English cricketer Richard Johnson (cricketer, born 1974), English cricketer Richard Johnson (cricketer, born 1979), former English cricketer Richard Johnson (cricketer, born 1988), cricketer for Warwickshire County Cricket Club Richard Johnson (golfer) (born 1972), Welsh professional golfer Richard S. Johnson (born 1976), Swedish professional golfer Richard Johnson (rugby) (born 1985), Welsh rugby footballer Richard Johnson (rugby league born 1985), rugby league player for Bradford Bulls Dick Johnson (footballer) (1895–1933), English footballer Richard Johnson (soccer) (born 1974), Australian footballer Richard Johnson (defensive back) (born 1963), former NFL cornerback Richard Johnson (wide receiver) (born 1961), former NFL wide receiver Dick Johnson (racing driver) (born 1945), Australian racing driver Dick Johnson Racing, an Australian motor racing team Richard Johnson (jockey) (born 1977), British jockey Richard Fulke Johnson Houghton (born 1940), British racehorse trainer Butch Johnson (Richard Andrew Johnson, born 1955), American Olympic medalist in archery Rich Johnson (basketball) (1946–1994), American basketball player Dick Johnson (rugby league) (born 1916), Australian rugby league player Dick Johnson (sailor) (1923–2005), sailor from United States Virgin Islands Other Richard Johnson (chaplain) (c. 1753–1827), chaplain to first settlement in New South Wales Richard W. Johnson (1827–1897), Civil War brigadier general Richard Johnson (engineer) (1827–1924), British engineer, chief engineer to the Great Northern Railway Richard W. Johnson (oceanographer) (1929–2016), American oceanographer Richard T. Johnson (?–2015), Johns Hopkins neurologist Richard Johnson (architect) (born 1946), Australian architect Dick Johnson (reporter), American television news anchor and reporter Richard Johnson (entrepreneur), founder of hotjobs.com Dick Johnson Township, Clay County, Indiana See also Rich Johnson (disambiguation) Rick Johnson (disambiguation) Richard Johnston (disambiguation) Dick Johnston (1863–1934), American baseball player |
2,562 | Laurence de Boysset | Laurence de Boysset (c. 1633 - 3 February 1728) was a French-born Danish military officer and landowner. Early life and military career Boysset came to Denmark during the reign of Frederick V and began his career in Danish service in August 1683 as captain reforme in the Royal Life Guards. He was promoted to major in 1685, lieutenant colonel in 1690, and colonel in 1697. During the brief action on Zealand in 1700, on 22 July, he fended off an attempt to lamnd enermy troops at Gyldenlund. Later that same year he was part of an assistant corps that was sent to Sachsen and later served on the Imperial side in the Italy. In 1702, he participated in the Action at Mantua. He returned to Denmark in 1703. He was in n 1706–13 in British-Dutch service at Brabant, first with rank of brigadier and from 1709 as major-general. He then brought part of his military corps back to Denmark. I(n the n the Great Northern War, especially in the Siege of Stralsund and Invasion of Rugen. In 1715, he was promoted to lieutenant general. He was created a White Knight in 1717. On 26 August 1720, he was dismissed with honour but with a very modest pension. Other activities Boysset purchased Basnæs in 1714 and kept it until his death. He was a member of the board of directors of Danish West India Company. A prolonged legal dispute between Boysset and the widow of general Christian Frederik Bielke ended in 1720 when Boysset was sentenced to pay more than 20,000 gylden to the king for equipment from the Italian corps. Personal life He married Margrethe Elisabeth Stuart (1653 - 31 July 1723) on 6 January 1691. He died on 3 February 1728 at Basnæs and is buried at Tjæreby Church. Basnæs passed to his son, Christian Frederik de Boysset (1582-1744). Christian Frederik de Boysset was from 1730 also the owner of Espe. He sold both estates in 1736. References External links Laurence de Boysset Category:1630s births Category:1728 deaths Category:Danish military personnel |
2,563 | Bad Bascomb (film) | Bad Bascomb is a 1946 western film starring Wallace Beery and Margaret O'Brien. The movie was directed by S. Sylvan Simon. The supporting cast features Marjorie Main, J. Carrol Naish, Frances Rafferty, Marshall Thompson and Henry O'Neill. Plot "Bad" Bascomb is a notorious outlaw wanted by federal marshals after outwitting every group sent to capture him. He and fellow bandit Bart Yancey, a cold-blooded killer, have again eluded the marshals by joining a Mormon wagon train heading to Utah. They pretend to be helpful, and Bascomb becomes fond of an admiring little girl who attaches herself to him played by O'Brien. Beery eventually distances himself from Yancey by thwarting an attempted robbery and then saves the wagon train from an attack by Indians by riding to get help, before being taken captive by the marshal at the end of the movie. Cast Wallace Beery as Zed Bascomb Margaret O'Brien as Emmy Marjorie Main as Abbey Hanks J. Carrol Naish as Bart Yancey Frances Rafferty as Dora McCabe Russell Simpson as Elijah Walker Marshall Thompson as Jimmy Holden Henry O'Neill as Governor Winton Sara Haden as Tillie Lovejoy Frank Darien as Elder Moab McCabe Stanley Andrews as Col. Cartright (uncredited) Joseph Crehan as Gov. Ames (uncredited) Reception According to MGM records the film earned $2,384,000 in the US and Canada and $1,261,000 elsewhere, leading to an overall profit of $648,000. See also The other six Wallace Beery and Marjorie Main films: Wyoming (1940) Barnacle Bill (1941) Jackass Mail (1942) The Bugle Sounds (1942) Rationing (1944) Big Jack (1949) References External links Review of film at Variety Category:1946 films Category:1946 Western (genre) films Category:American films Category:English-language films Category:Films directed by S. Sylvan Simon Category:Latter Day Saints in popular culture Category:Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer films Category:American Western (genre) films Category:American black-and-white films |
2,564 | Tom Banks | Thomas, Tom, or Tommy Banks may refer to: Arts Thomas Banks (1735–1805), English sculptor Thomas Joseph Banks (1828–1896), also known as Thomas John Banks, British painter Tom Banks (EastEnders), a character in the British soap opera EastEnders Tommy Banks (1936–2018), Canadian composer/conductor Sports Tom Banks (American football) (born 1948), former NFL center Tommy Banks (American football) (born 1979), former American football fullback Tom Banks (Australian rules footballer) (1867–1919), player and administrator with Fitzroy Football Club Tommy Banks (footballer) (born 1929), English footballer Tom Banks (rugby league), rugby league footballer of the 1930s and 1940s for Castleford Thomas Banks (rugby league), rugby league footballer of the 1930s for England, and Huddersfield Tom Banks (rugby) (1858–?), rugby union footballer of the 1880s for British Isles, and Swinton Tom Banks (rugby player born 1994), Australian international rugby union footballer Other Thomas Christopher Banks (1765–1854), British genealogist Tom Banks (physicist) (born 1949), American physicist Thomas Banks (priest) (died 1634), Dean of St Asaph Tommy Banks (chef) (born 1989), British chef See also Thomas Banks Cabaniss (1835–1915), American politician from Georgia |
2,565 | Sobhan Khaghani | Sobhan Khaghani (born 27 January 2000) is an Iranian footballer who currently plays for Iranian club Tractor as a midfielder. References Category:2000 births Category:Living people Category:Iranian footballers Category:Persian Gulf Pro League players Category:Association football midfielders Category:Iran youth international footballers |
2,566 | Lovejoy, Missouri | Lovejoy is an extinct town in Cape Girardeau County, in the U.S. state of Missouri. The GNIS classifies it as a populated place. A post office called Lovejoy was established in 1887, and remained in operation until 1894. The community took its name from nearby Lovejoy Creek. References Category:Ghost towns in Missouri Category:Former populated places in Cape Girardeau County, Missouri |
2,567 | Star Wars: Lost Stars | Star Wars: Lost Stars is a 2015 young adult science fiction novel by Claudia Gray that is set in the Star Wars galaxy. The novel depicts a narrative set before, during and after the events of Star Wars, The Empire Strikes Back and Return of the Jedi, in which the Galactic Empire has tightened its stranglehold on systems in the Outer Rim and the Rebel Alliance grows in strength, as well. Plot Aristocratic Thane Kyrell and villager Ciena Ree reside on the Outer Rim planet of Jelucan, where the two bond over their shared love of flying and interest in enrolling at the Imperial Academy to become TIE fighter pilots. While enrolled at the Imperial Academy, they always topped the classes and were good friends until Thane's laser cannon project was sabotaged by the Academy itself, who framed Ciena for doing so. In repercussion, both failed the assignment and lost the top spots of the class. When the theory that the Academy itself has framed Ciena for sabotaging Thane's project came up, Thane and Ciena disagreed as to whether the Academy could do that to them. Thane and Ciena's relationship was sabotaged and remained so until their graduation from the Imperial Academy, where they reconciled during the graduation ceremony. After their graduation, Ciena was assigned to Darth Vader's Star Destroyer, while Thane was assigned to the Death Star as a TIE pilot. Both Thane and Ciena watched when Alderaan was destroyed by the Death Star. Both survived the destruction of the Death Star, because Thane was on assignment to investigate the rebel base at Dantooine and Ciena was on board a Star Destroyer. After the destruction of the Death Star, Ciena was reunited with Thane on her Star Destroyer. However, later on, Thane left the Empire after seeing the Bodach'i enslavement on Kerev Doi. After deserting the Empire, Thane went to Jelucan and Ciena found him here, attempting to convince him to return to the Empire, but he refused. Wedge Antillies recruited Thane to the Rebel Alliance and later, after the Battle of Hoth, Ciena realized from his flying style that Thane had joined the Rebellion. This causes a dilemma within Ciena, as she still has feelings of loyalty to the Galactic Empire. Later on, Ciena's mother on Jelucan was charged with embezzlement and Ciena took leave to support her mother alongside her father. No one else had come to support them, as their tradition expected, except, to her surprise, Thane. After the trial, they parted ways and did not meet again until when Thane's team had been dispatched to the site of Second Death Star to gather intelligence. After the destruction of the Second Death Star, Ciena was badly injured and had to take long medical leave. When she was back on duty, she was promoted to Captain and assigned a Star Destroyer to command. During the Battle of Jakku, Thane's team was tasked to infiltrate and capture the Star Destroyer. When Ciena realized that the ship had been infiltrated, she ordered to abandon ship while intending to collide the ship |
2,568 | Kühruhgraben | Kühruhgraben is a small river of Bavaria, Germany. It flows into the Röderbach in Aschaffenburg. See also List of rivers of Bavaria Category:Rivers of Bavaria Category:Rivers of the Spessart Category:Rivers of Germany |
2,569 | Hugh Casey | Hugh Casey may refer to: Hugh Casey (baseball) (1913–1951), Major League Baseball pitcher Hugh Casey (politician) (1927–2013), politician in Northern Ireland Hugh Boyd Casey (1925–1952), United States Army officer Hugh John Casey (1898–1981), his father, United States Army officer |
2,570 | Åland University of Applied Sciences | Åland University of Applied Sciences (, HÅ) is a university of applied sciences (a polytechnic) in Mariehamn, Åland Islands. It was established in 2003 as a result of the merger of Ålands yrkeshögskola and Ålands högskola (both names can be translated into English as Åland University of Applied Sciences). It is the only higher education institution in the Åland Islands. The education in the Åland University of Applied Sciences is conducted in Swedish. External links Åland University of Applied Sciences Category:Universities and colleges in Finland Category:Educational institutions established in 2003 |
2,571 | Ruwiel | Ruwiel is a former municipality in the Dutch province of Utrecht. It existed from 1818 to 1964, when it was merged with Breukelen. References External links Map of the former municipality in 1868. Category:Former municipalities of Utrecht (province) Category:Stichtse Vecht |
2,572 | Out of the Gene Pool | Out of the Gene Pool was an American syndicated comic strip by Matt Janz that appeared daily in newspapers from December 31, 2001 to June 22, 2008. Publication history Out of the Gene Pool grew out of an earlier strip Janz had created called critters (spelled in all lowercase), where a bunch of odd-looking creatures overran a small town to the disgust of its residents. The Washington Post Writers Group, which syndicated Out of the Gene Pool, helped Janz develop the strip into what eventually became the final product. For the final eleven months of its run, the strip was known as Single and Looking. As part of the change, Janz completely changed the focus of the strip in the hopes that this would get more newspapers to buy it. The move proved unsuccessful and Janz decided to bring his creation to its conclusion. In doing so, he said that while he enjoyed his time on the comics page he wanted to give his space in newspapers to comics with "actual growth potential". Characters and story When Out of the Gene Pool debuted, the focus was originally around a man named Rufus, a rather large man with hair all over his body, and his family and life in a generic town called Middletown (the state where it was located never revealed). Rufus was married to a woman named Andy (short for Andrea) and had a son named Miller, who resembled his father. Rufus and Andy were friends with a divorced African-American mother named Jackie Jerzy (who was the only character to have a known last name), who lived next door and had a son named Travis who was best friends with Miller and who tried to reunite his parents at all costs. Andy and Jackie worked together in an office building as well as holding jobs as seasonal cashiers at "Z-Mart", a local discount chain. In 2004, Janz introduced a new character, Andy's brother Sam, who had moved to Middletown in search of a job. Rufus found him a job at the factory where he worked, but the company that owned the factory shut it down and left everyone out of work. Sam's roommate Zoogie, a small furry being of indeterminate species, moved with him to Middletown and tried to relive his college days, but was unable to. Another main character was Madame Red, an older, cranky woman with a clown-like appearance and a hostile demeanor. She worked several part-time jobs in the town (including flipping burgers at a local chain and writing an advice column called "Dear Kitty" for the local paper) and was married to a man named Herbert, who was never seen and who she always seemed to yell at on a regular basis. Other characters included Puff Maghee, the star of the local baseball team who took massive amounts of steroids; his girlfriend Bridgett, a spoiled-brat teen pop singing sensation that called Middletown home; Blizzy, a snowman Travis built that came to life every winter but melted every spring; and Alison McDermitt, Zoogie's folk singer ex-girlfriend who reappeared |
2,573 | Nicholas Bonsor | Sir Nicholas Cosmo Bonsor, 4th Baronet, DL (born 9 December 1942) is a British Conservative politician. Early life Bonsor was educated at Eton College and Keble College, Oxford. Political career Having unsuccessfully fought Newcastle-under-Lyme in both February and October 1974 elections, Bonsor was Member of Parliament for Nantwich from 1979 to 1983, then for Upminster from 1983 until he lost the seat to Labour's Keith Darvill in 1997. He was Minister of State for Foreign Affairs from 1995 to 1997 and practised as a barrister in London. In 1994, just before he became a minister, Bonsor had challenged the incumbent Sir Marcus Fox for the chairmanship of the influential 1922 Committee, and narrowly lost by 129 votes to 116. Bonsor, a Eurosceptic, had previously rebelled against the government by voting several times against the ratification of the Maastricht Treaty in the 1992-93 parliamentary session. Post-Parliamentary career He lives at Liscombe Park near Soulbury in Buckinghamshire and is a Deputy Lieutenant of Buckinghamshire. He pledged support, by appearing together in a public meeting, to Nigel Farage MEP in his 2010 general election campaign for the Buckingham constituency, standing against the speaker of the House (standing for re-election), John Bercow. He is a Vice-President of the Standing Council of the Baronetage. Family Sir Nicholas was the elder son of Sir Bryan Bonsor (1916–1977) and his wife Elizabeth Hambro (1920–1995). In 1969, he married Hon. Nadine Marisa Lampson, now the Hon. Lady Bonsor, a daughter of Graham Curtis Lampson, 2nd Baron Killearn. They have had five children, including elder son and heir Alexander Cosmo Walrond Bonsor (b. 1976) and twin daughters. Notes References Times Guide to the House of Commons, Times Newspapers Limited, 1997 Kidd, Charles, Williamson, David (editors). Debrett's Peerage and Baronetage (1990 edition). New York: St Martin's Press, 1990, External links Category:1942 births Category:Living people Category:People educated at Eton College Category:Alumni of Keble College, Oxford Category:Conservative Party (UK) MPs for English constituencies Category:UK MPs 1979–1983 Category:UK MPs 1983–1987 Category:UK MPs 1987–1992 Category:UK MPs 1992–1997 Category:Deputy Lieutenants of Buckinghamshire Category:People from Leighton Buzzard Category:Baronets in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom |
2,574 | Elsie K. Powell House | Powell House, named after Elsie K. Powell Sr., is the Quaker conference and retreat center of the New York Yearly Meeting of the Religious Society of Friends, located in Old Chatham, New York. Use Powell House is used primarily for religious conferences and similar gatherings of members and attenders of meetings belonging to New York Yearly Meeting. It is also used for meetings of Yearly Meeting committees or conferences sponsored by them. The programs include a wide variety of educational, inspirational, and organizational activities for youth and adults related to the religious, benevolent, and social concerns of the Religious Society of Friends. The facilities are available for use by affiliated Friends’ organizations and other religious or educational groups having interests compatible with those of Friends. Short-term sojourners are sometimes accommodated. History In 1960 Elsie Powell donated residential property to New York Yearly Meeting. The yearly meeting decided to establish a retreat center on the property. Powell House held a 40th anniversary celebration in 2000. During 2008 and 2009 the Anna Curtis Center underwent renovation. The renovation included several energy-saving improvements such as the installation of solar panels and a radiant floor heating system. It made more space for conference activities and increased the sleeping capacity of the facility. It also made the facility handicapped accessible. Campus Powell House's campus now consists of Pitt Hall, the Anna Curtis Center, a director’s residence, a youth directors’ residence, and fifty-seven acres of land with a campground and two wildlife ponds. Pitt Hall is where the majority of the adult conferences are held. The Anna Curtis Center, also known as the Youth Center, is where youth conferences are usually held. Youth program The youth program has conferences designed for several age groups. There are conferences for 4th and 5th graders, 6th through 8th, and 9th through 12th graders. Most youth conferences run from Friday dinner to Sunday lunch and have around 40 attenders. WinterSong and EarthSong are special youth conferences for which both buildings are required because there are nearly double the usual number of attendees. Earthsong celebrates the spring and the seniors who are graduating from the program. Wintersong celebrates warmth, community, and light in winter. Youth from 7th to 12th grades are invited to these conferences. Activities Typical conferences consist of the following elements: Session: A time when the whole group gathers for discussion, games, or other activities. Small group discussions Free time Meals and snacks: The youth help with dishes, cooking, cleaning, and other tasks and learn a good work ethic. Work projects: The attenders are asked to help with some project that needs doing on the campus. Workshops: Attenders choose to attend a workshop. Adults from the Quaker community are often asked to lead workshops for the youth. Self space: A period in the middle of the conference set aside for relaxation and alone time. Quiet time: Just before bed time the group gathers to here a story and say good night. Leadership in the youth program At most youth conferences there are only two adult leaders (the directors) and one adult |
2,575 | Fingerprint File | "Fingerprint File" is the closing track from the Rolling Stones' 1974 album It's Only Rock 'n Roll. It is one of their first attempts to branch out into dance or electronic music, and the song resembles music by Sly and the Family Stone. Key ingredients of the song are the rhythm guitar played by Mick Jagger, which features heavy phasing due to the use of the MXR Phase 100 effects pedal, and the highly jazz/funk-oriented bass guitar played by Mick Taylor. Keith Richards uses the wah-wah pedal for his guitar part. Bill Wyman is on synthesiser, Charlie Watts on drums, Billy Preston on clavinet, and Nicky Hopkins on piano. Charlie Jolly Kunjappu is featured on the tabla. The lyrics, similar to David Bowie's "1984", released the same year, express frustration over government monitoring and surveillance activity, perhaps inspired by reports of the wiretapping of domestic "radical" groups in the US during the Nixon Administration. A live version is featured on the 1977 live album Love You Live and the 2012 live album L.A. Friday (Live 1975), recorded during the Rolling Stones Tour of the Americas '75. On most releases of It's Only Rock 'n Roll, "Fingerprint File" is mastered at a faster speed than the original recording. A 2011 Japanese SHM-SACD reissue of the album features a speed-corrected version of the song, running about a half-minute longer than on other releases. References External links Category:The Rolling Stones songs Category:Songs written by Jagger/Richards Category:1974 songs Category:Song recordings produced by the Glimmer Twins |
2,576 | Treppenspeicher | A Treppenspeicher (literally "staircase store") is the German term for a granary or secondary farm building used for storage and typical of the Lüneburg Heath area in northern Germany. The upper storey of the store was usually accessed via a flight of steps on the outside of the building, usually at one of the gable ends, thus giving the building its name. Description Treppenspeicher are only relatively small buildings. They are witness to the craftsmanship of carpenters in the farming community. Their solid, wooden construction ensured that the interior stayed dry and they were so tightly planked that the stored produce was protected from mice. These stores used to be built within sight, but at a distance from the main farmhouse. This ensured that, if the farmhouse caught fire, the fire would not spread to the stores. Treppenspeicher were typical of the Lüneburg Heath. Here they remained in use until well into the 19th century. They increasingly disappeared however because they are no longer practical today. Nowadays the store rooms are normally part of the farmhouse itself. In former times there was at least one, but usually several, stores on each heath farm, serving all sorts of purposes. They were used to store grain, buckwheat, flax, cotton, linen, wool, honey, meat, bacon and clothes. They were often used as sleeping accommodation for the farmhands. Gallery References Bibliography Stuhrwohldt, Alfred (1936). Die Treppenspeicher in der Lüneburger Heide, Brunswick: TH Carola-Wilhelmina. Category:Granaries Category:Lüneburg Heath |
2,577 | Salvador José Mañer | Salvador José Mañer (1676–1751) was a Spanish journalist, historian and writer. Selected works A Critical History of the Passion of Jesus Christ The political system of Europe The Swiss referee, History of Prince Eugene of Savoy, Count Teckeli historical novel, The famous marine man The critical Amphitheater Triumph of the Christian religion, and true Roman Church. New Explanation of many places of sacred Scripture, which claims to be well illustrated by the lack of natural light and natural sciences. History of the Rulers of the world. Collection of the Golden Bull, with notes, Madrid, 1745. Category:Spanish male writers Category:Spanish historians Category:People from Cádiz Category:1676 births Category:1751 deaths |
2,578 | Meesiger | Meesiger is a municipality in the Mecklenburgische Seenplatte district, in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany. References Category:Bezirk Neubrandenburg |
2,579 | Michael Bramwell | Michael Bramwell is an American visual artist based in North Carolina. He graduated from Oakwood University in Huntsville, Alabama and received a Master of Arts from Columbia University, and an M.F.A. from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill; and is an alumnus of the MoMA/P.S.1 National Studio Program and the Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture in Maine. He has exhibited work at: Neuberger Museum of Art, New Museum of Contemporary Art, The Portland Museum of Art, MoMA/P.S.1, International Print Center, Sotheby's, Jack Tilton Gallery, Gagosian Gallery, Delaware Center for Contemporary Art and Florida Center for Contemporary Art. His work is included in Public Collections of: Jersey City Museum, New School University, New York City, Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture. Awards 2010 Artists' Fellowship 2001 Joan Mitchell Foundation Fellowship 2000 New York Foundation for the Arts 1999 Pollock-Krasner Foundation Fellowship 1997 Rema Hort Mann Foundation Fellowship 1996 Asian Cultural Council Fellowship References External links http://aavad.com/artstibliog.cfm?id=8688 http://www.gunk.org/grants.html#bramwell http://64.124.30.150/html/artistresults.asp?artist=327&testing=true https://web.archive.org/web/20111006201742/http://creativetime.org/archive/index.php?5=michael+bramwell http://www.nytimes.com/2001/08/19/.../the-downtowning-of-uptown.html?...4 https://web.archive.org/web/20100702223502/http://www.nyfa.org/nyfa_artists_detail.asp?pid=487 http://www.saatchi-gallery.co.uk/yourgallery/artistprofile//119090 http://franklinfurnace.org/artist/FOTP/tfotp99/text3.html http://www.albany.edu/museum/wwwmuseum/criminal/artists/index.html Category:Living people Category:American artists Category:People from the Bronx Category:Oakwood University alumni Category:Columbia University alumni Category:Year of birth missing (living people) |
2,580 | If I Could Bottle This Up | "If I Could Bottle This Up" is a song written by Paul Overstreet and Dean Dillon. It was recorded as a duet by country singers George Jones and Shelby Lynne and released as a single in September 1988, peaking at #43. It was Lynne's first single release and she would follow it with her debut LP Sunrise, which Billy Sherrill would also produce. The song would later surface on the Jones duet compilation Friends in High Places in 1991. George Jones version Chart performance Paul Overstreet version Overstreet released his own version of the song in November 1991 as the fourth single from his album Heroes. The song reached #30 on the Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks chart. Chart performance References Category:1988 singles Category:1991 singles Category:George Jones songs Category:Shelby Lynne songs Category:Paul Overstreet songs Category:Songs written by Dean Dillon Category:Songs written by Paul Overstreet Category:Song recordings produced by Brown Bannister Category:Song recordings produced by Billy Sherrill Category:Epic Records singles Category:RCA Records singles |
2,581 | Ólchobar mac Duib-Indrecht | Ólchobar mac Duib-Indrecht (died 805) was a supposed King of Munster from the Eóganacht Áine branch of the Eóganachta. His last paternal ancestor to hold the throne was Cúán mac Amalgado (died 641), five generations previous. His great grandfather Uisnech had been the brother of another King Eterscél mac Máele Umai (died 721). According to a genealogical tract Uisneach was heir apparent to the Munster throne until slain by his brother through envy and hatred and then Eterscél assumed the kingship of Munster. For the seventh and most of the eighth century the Kingship of Munster had rotated among the inner circle of Eóganachta. This was broken by the reign of Máel Dúin mac Áedo (died 786) of the Eóganacht Locha Léin branch which ruled in Iarmuman (West Munster). The definitive restoration of the rule of the inner circle is considered to be the ordination of Artrí mac Cathail (died 821) of the Eóganacht Glendamnach branch as king in 793.<ref>Annals of Ulster, AU 793.3</ref> Ólchobar may have been recognized as heir and is called royal heir of Mumu at his death by the Annals of Innisfallen. An alternative is that he succeeded Máel Dúin in 786 and was deposed in 793. Ólchobar mac Flainn (died 796), a supposed King of Munster from the Uí Fidgenti of County Limerick may have been confused with Ólchobar mac Duib-Indrecht. Notes References Annals of Ulster at CELT: Corpus of Electronic Texts at University College Cork Annals of Innisfallen at CELT: Corpus of Electronic Texts at University College Cork Byrne, Francis John (2001), Irish Kings and High-Kings, Dublin: Four Courts Press, Charles-Edwards, T. M. (2000), Early Christian Ireland'', Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, External links CELT: Corpus of Electronic Texts at University College Cork Category:Kings of Munster Category:805 deaths Category:9th-century Irish monarchs Category:Year of birth unknown |
2,582 | Elaine Parker | C. Elaine Parker, born Cora Elaine Smith, (June 11, 1926 – December 30, 2009) was a Harlem community activist who promoted and directed social, political, economic, or environmental change in Harlem. Early life Elaine or “Lady Day” as she was often called, was born in Washington, D.C. to Mr. Lawrence Smith and Mrs. Mary Agnes Smith. She was the mother of five children and wife of the late Leonard R. Parker, Jr. She completed her primary education in Stafford, Virginia at the Stafford Training School. She moved to New York at an early age where she began her modeling career and became the first black woman spokes model at The World’s Fair. This was after the many struggles and protests that C.O.R.E. waged for black employment and representation at the World's Fair. Elaine began her career as a community activist where she was elected president of the Parent Teacher Association at P.S. 100, Matthew Henson School in Harlem. This motivated her to become "a part of the solution”. Her strong sense of community activism was recognized by the late Honorable Congressman Adam Clayton Powell, Jr. who selected her to be a part of his team, where she served as an aide and community liaison. Community Her enthusiasm for helping the black community led her to join the Congress of Racial Equality (C.O.R.E). As a result of her leadership skills, she subsequently became Director of the Harlem Office of C.O.R.E. Elaine went on to become a supervisor for the community-based organization, Citizens Action for a Safer Harlem (C.A.S.H.). Elaine was appointed director of the Northern Manhattan Office of the Borough President, Honorable Andrew Stein. She remained there until Mr. Stein became the President of the New York City Council at which time she was then appointed Ombudsmen for the New York City Council President’s office. While there, she helped several prominent causes which saw her as a direct link to City Hall and she became well known as a person who was effective and could actually get things done for her community and her people in the City of New York. While serving as an aide to the Honorable Andrew Stein, she continued her education at the New School for Social Research where she studied Psychology. She broadened her ability to solve community issues by furthering her studies at the New York Institute for Mediation and Conflict Resolution, where she received her certification as a mediator. She also considered her work in the community with the New York City Board of Education Title 1 program as an important factor in her development. Elaine was a member of the Abyssinian Baptist Church and served as a member of the board of directors for a variety of organizations including: Harlem Urban Development Corporation; the New York Urban League; Harlem Hospital Community Board; Community Planning Boards 10 and 11; Renaissance Health Care Network of Harlem Hospital and the Central Harlem Senior Citizen Center, to name a few. She was also vice-president of the 25th Precinct/Community Council; a member of the New York Coalition of 100 Black |
2,583 | Mirko Beljanski | Mirko Beljanski (1923 – 27 October 1998) was a French-Serbian molecular biologist, notable in the latter part of his career for devising and promoting a number of ineffective cancer treatments, and for treating French president François Mitterrand with them. Beljanski was found guilty of medical malpractice in 1994. Both he and Mitterrand subsequently died of cancer. Career Beljanski was born in 1923 in Yugoslavia. He came to France to study, and lived there for the rest of his life. He was married to Monique Lucas, daughter of René Lucas and granddaughter of Pauline Ramart. He received a PhD in 1948 from the University of Paris. In 1948, he entered the CNRS and worked at the Pasteur Institute in Paris as a researcher in molecular biology. Beljanski was made to leave the Pasteur Institute in 1978, after pursuing research against the advice of the institute, but still continued to publish scientific papers. He was at the Faculty of Pharmacy of Châtenay-Malabry until his retirement in 1988. Beljanski believed he had found antivirals effective against cancer and AIDS. A product made from extracts of the Brazilian Pao pereira tree and called PB100 was claimed to be superior to AZT, which Beljanski called "real poison". Customers included François Mitterrand (via a homeopath called Philippe de Kuyper). There was never any evidence that any of the products Beljanski promoted were effective medicine; the French Department of Health accused him of illegally practicing medicine in 1991, and he was found guilty of malpractice in 1994. In 2002, the European court of human rights ruled that the length of a second criminal investigation had been excessive and made a financial award to his widow. Death Beljanski died from cancer in Paris on 27 October 1998. See also List of unproven and disproven cancer treatments Alternative cancer treatments References Category:1923 births Category:1998 deaths Category:Alternative cancer treatment advocates Category:People in alternative medicine Category:French molecular biologists Category:Yugoslav expatriates in France |
2,584 | Tessanne Chin | Tessanne Amanda Chin (; born September 20, 1985) is a Jamaican recording artist, best known for winning Season 5 of NBC's reality TV singing competition The Voice as part of Adam Levine's team. She has opened for famous acts such as Patti Labelle, Peabo Bryson and Gladys Knight, and toured for three years with Jimmy Cliff. She is the younger sister of singer Tami Chynn. Her major label debut album, Count On My Love, was released on July 1, 2014, under Republic Records. Early life Chin was born in Kingston, Jamaica, and attended Mavisville Preparatory school. Her father, Richard Chin, is of Jamaican Chinese descent and her mother, Christine Chin, also a Jamaican national, is of English and African descent. Her parents were in a band called The Carnations and her older sister Tami Chynn is also a singer. Her cousin Jay Hall is a vocalist and guitarist with UK rockers Grassroutes (and previously The Royal Players), and Jay's brother Leon is a vocalist with ska-fusion act Electrik Custard. Tessanne was introduced to music at a very early age by her parents. Her mother was the trumpeter and singer in The Carnations and her father was the band's drummer. The family has a recording studio in their home in Jamaica. Tessanne started performing when she was six years old with Cathy Levy's Little People and Teen Players Club, one of Jamaica's top performing arts schools. Most of her vocal coaching came from her mother, as well as noted vocal coach Lecie Wright. Tessanne learned firsthand about cultural diversity when she moved to England at age 12. She coped with the move by devoting a lot of time to writing songs. Tessanne married longtime boyfriend and broadcaster Michael Anthony Cuffe Jr in 2011. After four years of marriage, the couple confirmed that they were having marital problems. Chin and Cuffe divorced in 2015. Career 2006–2012: Early career Upon her return to Jamaica, Chin joined the Jamaican rock band Mile High and performed for crowds at many local venues including Jazzfest, Rockfest, and RETV Unplugged. Their style, "rock reggae," was unique and distinct. After going on tour for three years with Jimmy Cliff as a back-up singer, she decided to launch her solo career. After Tessanne left Mile High, she began writing songs for her first album. Guitarist Rudy Valentino and drummer Paul "GrooveGalore" KasticK were her producers for her 2010 independent debut album In Between Words. Her 2006 debut single, "Hideaway" received heavy rotation on Caribbean radio and select stations in New York. Both the single and its music video were very popular. The song was also featured on VP Records' Reggae Gold 2007. After "Hideaway," she has released two more singles, "Messenger" and "Black Books," both available online on "In Between Words". She has performed at several live shows, including The Air Jamaica Jazz and Blues Festival 2006, Reggae Sumfest 2007 & 2012, the Deck Cafe, The Port Royal Music Festival, ABC Slim Traxx, and her very own show "Arabian Night." Tessanne has collaborated with fellow Jamaican artists Shaggy ("Never Let Go") |
2,585 | Perrysburg | Perrysburg may refer to some places in the United States: Perrysburg, Indiana Perrysburg, Ohio Perrysburg Township, Wood County, Ohio Perrysburg (town), New York Perrysburg (CDP), New York See also Perry (disambiguation) |
2,586 | Jiayuanli station | Jiayuanli Station (), formerly Guojiuchang Station (), is a station of Line 1 of the Tianjin Metro. It started operations on 12 June 2006. References Category:Railway stations in Tianjin Category:Railway stations opened in 2006 Category:Tianjin Metro stations |
2,587 | Divali Nagar | Divali Nagar (City of Lights) is an annual exposition of Hindu culture (broadly) and Indo-Trinidadian culture (specifically), it is associated with the celebration of Diwali in Trinidad and Tobago. The exposition is staged at the Divali Nagar Site, located in the borough of Chaguanas. This event was started in the Mid Centre Mall car park in late 1986. It was given a permanent site on the John Peters Road Extension off the Uriah Butler Highway a couple of years after. Although organised as a religious and cultural presentation, Divali Nagar has been criticised by some for the level of commercialization associated with the endeavour. Commercial activity, however, partly funds the Nagar, which really consumes a lot of resources. Emphasis must be placed on the several cultural and religious parts of the programme every year and the enormous positive impact it has had in Trinidad and the Caribbean as well as the diaspora living abroad. Diwali Nagar is the most significant Indian cultural event of the T&T and possibly in the wider Caribbean and North America. It has set a trend in that now South Florida and other places have Diwali Nagars of their own. The festivities usually start one week prior to the annual Divali day holiday and finishes the night before Divali. The Nagar culminates with extensive fireworks show on the final night. Diwali Nagar was born out of a concept enunciated by Hans Hanoomansingh, then President of the National Council of Indian Culture and was organized by a team of dedicated individuals, led by Rampersad Parasram, first chairman of Diwali Nagar. Deokinanan Sharma, current president of NCIC, was chairman for many years At the commencement of Divali Nagar 2011, which marked its 25th anniversary, pioneers of Diwali Nagar were honoured. The Divali Nagar site is utilised during the year for educational seminars, Indian Arrival Day festivities, charitable events, religious festivities and wedding receptions. The site is also used for trade exhibitors from India selling religious and cultural merchandise. Category:Chaguanas Category:Hinduism in Trinidad and Tobago Category:Indian diaspora in Trinidad and Tobago Category:Trinidad and Tobago culture |
2,588 | Charles Lewis (journalist) | Charles Lewis is an investigative journalist based in Washington D.C. Lewis founded The Center for Public Integrity and several other nonprofit organizations and is currently the executive editor of the Investigative Reporting Workshop at the American University School of Communication in D.C. He was an investigative producer for ABC News and the CBS news program 60 Minutes. He left 60 Minutes in 1989 and began the Center for Public Integrity, a non-partisan group which reports on political and government workings, from his home, growing it to a full-time staff of 40 people. When commenting on his move away from prime-time journalism, Lewis expressed his frustration that the most important issues of the day were not being reported. Lewis has given interviews for various publications and appeared in the 2003 documentary Orwell Rolls in His Grave and the 2005 documentary Why We Fight and others. He has discussed the difficulties facing media in trying keeping the public informed when television, newspaper and radio outlets are owned almost entirely by a few major corporations such as Comcast, Disney, and Rupert Murdoch's News Corporation. He was a Ferris Professor at Princeton University in 2005, a Shorenstein Fellow at Harvard University in the spring of 2006, and is currently a tenured professor of journalism at American University in Washington, D.C. Lewis' 2014 book is 935 Lies: The Future of Truth and the Decline of America’s Moral Integrity He was awarded the I.F. Stone Medal for Journalistic Independence by Harvard's Nieman Foundation in 2018. Center for Public Integrity CPI published roughly 300 investigative reports, including 14 books, (including The Buying of the President 2004, Lewis's fifth and last co-authored book with the Center and a New York Times bestseller) from 1989 through 2004, and was honored more than 30 times by national journalism associations. In 1996, the New Yorker called CPI "the center for campaign scoops." That year Lewis and the Center published Fat Cat Hotel, a report which first revealed that the Clinton administration had been rewarding major donors with White House stays in the "Lincoln Bedroom." Weeks before the 2003 invasion of Iraq, the Center posted secret draft Patriot Act II legislation, and in October posted all of the known U.S. contracts in Iraq and Afghanistan. The report, Windfalls of War first identified that Halliburton had received the most money from those contracts, and won the first George Polk Award. In 2008, Lewis created, directed and co-authored "The Iraq War Card," a 380,000-word chronology and analysis of the pre-war public rhetoric by leading members of the Bush administration, which identified 935 "false statements" about the national security threat posed by Saddam Hussein's Iraq. International Consortium of Investigative Journalists Since 1992, Lewis has traveled and spoken publicly in 25 countries. In late 1997 he began the Center for Public Integrity's International Consortium of Investigative Journalists, the world's first working network of 100 reporters in 50 countries (by 2013, 175 reporters in over 60 countries), producing content across borders, which made the Center's website the "first global website devoted to international exposés," according to The Encyclopedia of |
2,589 | Girls' Generation | Girls' Generation (), also known as SNSD, is a South Korean girl group formed by SM Entertainment. The group is composed of eight members: Taeyeon, Sunny, Tiffany, Hyoyeon, Yuri, Sooyoung, Yoona, and Seohyun. Originally a nine-piece group, Jessica departed from the group in September 2014. One of the prominent figures of the Korean Wave, the group has earned numerous accolades and the honorific nickname "The Nation's Girl Group" in their home country. Girls' Generation debuted in August 2007 with their eponymous Korean album and the single "Into the New World". The group rose to fame in 2009 with the single "Gee", which claimed the top spot on KBS's Music Bank for a record-breaking nine consecutive weeks and was Melon's most popular song of the 2000s decade. Girls' Generation consolidated their popularity in South Korea with follow-up singles "Genie", "Oh!", and "Run Devil Run", which were released between mid-2009 and early 2010. Their second Korean studio album, Oh! (2010), won the Golden Disc award for Album of the Year, making the group the only female act to win the grand prize so far. The group ventured into the Japanese music scene in 2011 with their eponymous Japanese album, which became the first album by a non-Japanese girl group to be certified million by the RIAJ. The group's third Korean studio album, The Boys, was the best-selling album of 2011 in South Korea. An English version of the single "The Boys" was released in an attempt to expand the group's endeavor to the global music scene. The group's fourth Korean studio album, I Got a Boy (2013), was supported by the title track, which won Video of the Year at the inaugural YouTube Music Awards. Girls' Generation released their fifth Korean studio album, Lion Heart in 2015, followed by Holiday Night in 2017. The group's signature musical styles are characterized as electropop and bubblegum pop, though their sounds have varied widely, incorporating various genres including hip hop, R&B, and EDM. In 2017, Billboard honoured Girls' Generation as the "Top K-pop Girl Group of the Past Decade". They are the first Asian girl group to achieve five music videos with over 100 million views on YouTube with "Gee", "I Got a Boy", "The Boys", "Mr. Taxi", and "Oh!". In Japan, they became the first non-Japanese girl group to have three number-one albums on the Oricon Albums Chart with their eponymous album, Love & Peace, and The Best, and their three Japanese concert tours attracted a record-breaking 550,000 spectators. Name The group's Korean name is So-nyuh Shi-dae (, RR: Sonyeo Sidae), from the Sino-Korean root meaning "Generation of Girls"; they are also known as SoShi (Korean: ) or SNSD, both of which are abbreviated forms of the group's Korean-language name. Because their name consists of Chinese roots, the group's name is similar in Chinese and Japanese: in Japan the group's name is pronounced as Shōjo Jidai (Japanese: 少女時代), and in Mandarin Chinese as Shàonǚ Shídài (Chinese: 少女時代/少女时代). History 2000–2008: Formation and debut Prior to the group's debut, some of the members were already involved in the |
2,590 | 2009–10 Hoofdklasse | The 2009–10 season of the Hoofdklasse was competed in six leagues, three Saturday leagues and three Sunday leagues. The Champions, second, third and fourth of each group promoted direct to the new Topklasse. Saturday A |-bgcolor="90EE90" |1||align="left"|Barendrecht|| 26 || 18 ||7 ||1 ||66 ||21 ||+45 ||61 |- style="background:#90EE90;" |2||align="left"|Capelle|| 26 ||17 ||3 ||6 ||57 ||34 ||+23 ||54 |- style="background:#90EE90;" |3||align="left"|Rijnsburgse Boys||26 ||14 ||7 ||5 ||48 ||25 ||+23 ||49 |-bgcolor="90EE90" |4||align="left"|Lisse|| 26 ||11 ||8 ||7 ||49 ||36 ||+13 ||41 |-bgcolor="FFFF99" |5||align="left"|Katwijk||26 ||11 ||6 ||9 ||45 ||43 ||+2 ||39 |-bgcolor="FFFF99" |6||align="left"|ARC|| 26 ||11 ||6 ||9 ||41 ||43 ||-2 ||39 |-bgcolor="FFFFFF" |7||align="left"|Noordwijk|| 26 ||10 ||8 ||8 ||45 ||37 ||+8 ||38 |-bgcolor="FFFFFF" |8||align="left"|ASWH|| 26 ||10 ||8 ||8 ||47 ||43 ||+4 ||36 |-bgcolor="FFFFFF" |9||align="left"|Ter Leede|| 26 ||9 ||7 ||10 ||50 ||46 ||+4 ||34 |-bgcolor="FFFFFF" |10||align="left"|Scheveningen||26 ||8 ||7 ||11 ||44 ||52 ||-8 ||31 |-bgcolor="FFFFFF" |11||align="left"|RVVH||26 ||9 ||3 ||14 ||31 ||45 ||-14 ||30 |-bgcolor="FFFFFF" |12||align="left"|Quick Boys|| 26 ||9 ||3 ||14 ||39 ||48 ||-9 ||29 |- style="background:#FFCCCC" |13||align="left"|DOTO|| 26 ||4 ||3 ||19 ||21 ||66 ||-45 ||15 |- style="background:#FF8888" |14||align="left"|TOGR|| 26 ||2 ||2 ||22 ||24 ||68 ||-44 ||8 |} Saturday B |-bgcolor="90EE90" |1||align="left"|IJsselmeervogels|| 26 || 19 ||3 ||4 ||64 ||18 ||+46 ||60 |- style="background:#90EE90;" |2||align="left"|Sparta Nijkerk|| 26 || 18 ||4 ||4 ||69 ||35 ||+34 ||58 |- style="background:#90EE90;" |3||align="left"|Spakenburg|| 26 ||14 ||8 ||4 ||62 ||36 ||+26 ||50 |-bgcolor="90EE90" |4||align="left"|Hoek|| 26 ||12 ||9 ||5 ||38 ||29|| +9 ||45 |-bgcolor="FFFF99" |5||align="left"|Zwaluwen '30|| 26 ||12 ||2 ||12 ||50 ||49 ||+1 ||38 |-bgcolor="FFFF99" |6||align="left"|GVVV|| 26 ||10 ||7 ||9 ||46 ||43 ||+3 ||37 |-bgcolor="FFFFFF" |7||align="left"|SDC Putten|| 26 ||9 ||8 ||9 ||43 ||45 ||-2 ||35 |-bgcolor="FFFFFF" |8||align="left"|Kozakken Boys|| 26 ||8 ||9 ||9 ||46 ||47 ||-1 ||33 |-bgcolor="FFFFFF" |9||align="left"|ODIN '59|| 26 ||8 ||7 ||11 ||46 ||51 ||-5 ||31 |-bgcolor="FFFFFF" |10||align="left"|Jodan Boys|| 26 ||8 ||7 ||11 ||40 ||54 ||-14 ||31 |-bgcolor="FFFFFF" |11||align="left"|LRC Leerdam|| 26 ||8 ||6 ||12 ||43 ||51 ||-8 ||30 |-bgcolor="FFFFFF" |12||align="left"|RKAV Volendam|| 26 ||7 ||5 ||14 ||45 ||60 ||-15 ||26 |- style="background:#FFCCCC" |13||align="left"|DOVO|| 26 ||6 ||2 ||18 ||33 ||66 ||-33 ||20 |- style="background:#FF8888" |14||align="left"|Bennekom|| 26 ||4 ||1 ||21 ||32 ||73 ||-41 ||13 |} Saturday C |-bgcolor="90EE90" |1||align="left"|Excelsior '31 || 26 ||17 ||3 ||6 ||46 ||25 ||+21 ||54 |- style="background:#90EE90;" |2||align="left"|Harkemase Boys ||26 ||15 ||6 ||5 ||66 ||31 ||+35 ||51 |- style="background:#90EE90;" |3||align="left"|CSV Apeldoorn|| 26 ||13 ||7 ||6 ||46 ||35 ||+11 ||46 |-bgcolor="90EE90" |4||align="left"|Flevo Boys|| 26 ||13 ||3 ||10 ||42 ||36 ||+6 ||42 |-bgcolor="FFFF99" |5||align="left"|Genemuiden|| 26 ||10 ||8 ||8 ||45 ||37 ||+8 ||38 |-bgcolor="FFFF99" |6||align="left"|HHC Hardenberg||26 ||9 ||8 ||9 ||31 ||29 ||+2 ||35 |-bgcolor="FFFFFF" |7||align="left"|WHC||26 ||9 ||8 ||9 ||45 ||48 ||-3 ||35 |-bgcolor="FFFFFF" |8||align="left"|ACV ||26 ||9 ||8 ||9 ||34 ||39 ||-5 ||35 |-bgcolor="FFFFFF" |9||align="left"|PKC '83|| 26 ||11 ||0 ||15 ||50 ||52 ||-2 ||33 |-bgcolor="FFFFFF" |10||align="left"|Berkum|| 26 ||9 ||4 ||13 ||44 ||46 ||-2 ||31 |-bgcolor="FFFFFF" |11||align="left"|Staphorst ||26 || 7 ||10 ||9 ||30 ||34 ||-4 ||31 |-bgcolor="FFFFFF" |12||align="left"|Nunspeet|| 26 ||8 ||6 ||12 ||36 ||53 ||-17 ||30 |- style="background:#FFCCCC" |13||align="left"|Be Quick '28 || 26 ||7 ||8 ||11 ||39 ||47 ||-8 ||29 |- style="background:#FF8888" |14||align="left"|Go Ahead Kampen || 26 ||4 ||3 ||19 ||30 ||72 ||-42 ||15 |} Sunday A |-bgcolor="90EE90" |1||align="left"|AFC|| 26 ||18 ||3 ||5 ||64 ||29 ||+35 ||57 |- style="background:#90EE90;" |2||align="left"|Argon|| 26 |
2,591 | Doğan Gölpek | Doğan Can Gölpek (born 27 November 1994) is a Dutch football player of Turkish descent who currently plays for 1922 Konyaspor. Club career He made his Eerste Divisie debut for MVV Maastricht on 18 August 2017 in a game against Go Ahead Eagles. References External links Category:1994 births Category:People from Bergen op Zoom Category:Dutch people of Turkish descent Category:Living people Category:Dutch footballers Category:SV Meerssen players Category:MVV Maastricht players Category:Eerste Divisie players Category:Association football forwards |
2,592 | Sister Sparrow & the Dirty Birds (album) | Sister Sparrow & the Dirty Birds was Sister Sparrow & the Dirty Birds's debut album, released on November 22, 2010 on Modern Vintage Recordings. It was recorded almost completely live in just one night at Avatar Studios in New York City, capturing the uniquely tight-yet-loose live sound they had honed over so many hot city nights. The album was listed as one of the top Non-Jazz Favorites for 2010 by All About Jazz. Independent Media Magazine awarded it the "Best album you probably didn't hear in 2010" in its 2010 IMM Music Awards. Track list References Category:2010 debut albums Category:Sister Sparrow & the Dirty Birds albums |
2,593 | NaNaNa Summer Girl | NaNaNa Summer Girl (NaNaNa サマーガール) is the eighteenth single by the Japanese Pop-rock band Porno Graffitti. It was released on August 3, 2005. Sew the interval of the 7th live circuit, which was held from May 7, 2005 to December 18, "SWITCH" was released. Track listing References Category:2005 singles Category:Porno Graffitti songs Category:2005 songs Category:Sony Music singles |
2,594 | Megabyzus | Megabyzus (, a folk-etymological alteration of Old Persian Bagabuxša, meaning "God saved") was an Achaemenid Persian general, son of Zopyrus, satrap of Babylonia, and grandson of Megabyzus I, one of the seven conspirators who had put Darius I on the throne. His father was killed when the satrapy rebelled in 482 BCE, and Megabyzus led the forces that recaptured the city, after which the statue of the god Marduk was destroyed to prevent future revolts. Megabyzus subsequently took part in the Second Persian invasion of Greece (480-479 BCE). Herodotus claims that he refused to act on orders to pillage Delphi, but it is doubtful such orders were ever given. Revolt According to Ctesias, who is not especially reliable but is often our only source, Amytis, wife of Megabyzus and daughter of Xerxes, was accused of adultery shortly afterwards. As such, Megabyzus took part in the conspiracy of Artabanus to assassinate the emperor, but betrayed him before he could kill the new emperor Artaxerxes as well. In a battle, Artabanus' sons were killed and Megabyzus was wounded, but Amytis interceded on his behalf and he was cured. Egyptian campaign After this Megabyzus became satrap of Syria. Together with Artabazus, satrap of Phrygia, he had command of the Persian armies sent to put down the revolt of Inarus in Egypt. They arrived in 456 BC, and within two years had put down the revolt, capturing Inarus and various Athenians supporting him. Origin of the Egyptian campaign When Xerxes I was assassinated in 465 BCE, he was succeeded by his son Artaxerxes I, but several parts of the Achaemenid empire soon revolted, foremost of which were Bactria and Egypt. The Egyptian Inarus defeated the Persian satrap of Egypt Achaemenes, a brother of Artaxerxes, and took control of Lower Egypt. He contacted the Greeks, who were also officially still at war with Persia, and in 460 BCE, Athens sent an expeditionary force of 200 ships and 6000 heavy infantry to support Inarus. The Egyptian and Athenian troops defeated the local Persian troops of Egypt, and captured the city of Memphis, except for the Persian citadel which they besieged for several years. Siege of Memphis (459-455 BCE) The Athenians and Egyptians had settled down to besiege the local Persian troops in Egypt, at the White Castle. The siege evidently did not progress well, and probably lasted for at least four years, since Thucydides says that their whole expedition lasted 6 years, and of this time the final 18 months was occupied with the Siege of Prosoptis. According to Thucydides, at first Artaxerxes sent Megabazus to try and bribe the Spartans into invading Attica, to draw off the Athenian forces from Egypt. When this failed, he instead assembled a large army under Megabyzus, and dispatched it to Egypt. Diodorus has more or less the same story, with more detail; after the attempt at bribery failed, Artaxerxes put Megabyzus and Artabazus in charge of 300,000 men, with instructions to quell the revolt. They went first from Persia to Cilicia and gathered a fleet of 300 triremes from the Cilicians, |
2,595 | Adetus postilenatus | Adetus postilenatus is a species of beetle in the family Cerambycidae. It was described by Henry Walter Bates in 1885. References Category:Adetus Category:Beetles described in 1885 |
2,596 | Aké Arts and Book Festival | The Aké Arts and Book Festival is an annual literary, cultural and arts event that was founded in 2013 by the Nigerian writer Lola Shoneyin, taking place in Abeokuta, Nigeria. Although it has featured new and established writers from across the world, its focus has been to promote, develop and celebrate creativity on the African continent in diverse genres. In 2018 the festival was held for the first time in Lagos, from 24 October to 27 October, with the theme being "Fantastical Futures". The Aké Arts and Book Festival has been described as the African continent's biggest annual gathering of literary writers, editors, critics and readers. Founding Shoneyin started the festival because, according to her, she "wanted a place where intellectuals and thinkers can come together and talk about African issues on African soil." The festival is named after Aké, a town in Abeokuta, Ogun State, where Africa's first Nobel Laureate in Literature, Wole Soyinka, was born in 1934. First edition (2013) The first edition was held at the Cultural Centre, Kuto, Abeokuta, from 19 to 24 November 2013. The theme of the festival was "The Shadow of Memory". One of its major highlights was an event titled "The Shadow of Memory", where four young Nigerians, under the age of 21, had the opportunity to quiz the Nobel Laureate Wole Soyinka on his life and times. Guests were A. Igoni Barrett, Abraham Oshoko, Abubakar Adam Ibrahim, Adepero Oduye, Aita Ighodaro, Akweake Zara Emezi, Ayesha Pande, Alan Bisset, Ayisha Osori, Ayodele Morocco-Clarke, Ayodele Olofintuade, Ayo Obe, Binyavanga Wainaina, Bola Edwards, Charles Novia, Chibundu Onuzo, Christie Watson, Chuma Nwokolo, Doreen Baingana, Efe Paul Azino, Eghosa Imasuen, Erin Haney, Femi Elufowoju Jr, Ifeanyi Ajaegbo, Funmi Iyanda, Godwin Alabi Isama, Ikhide Ikheloa, Iquo Bassey, Kaine Agary, Kayode Fayemi, Ken Wiwa, Kunle Ajibade, Line Hoven, Lisa Teasley, Lolade Siyonbola, Mamle Kabu, Marlon James, Michela Wrong, Molara Wood, Monica Arac de Nyeko, Muthoni Garland, Natalia Molebatsi, Nomboniso Gasa, Olaokun Soyinka, Olakunle Kasunmu, Patrick Okigbo, Paula Sofowora, Peter Akinlabi, Pius Adesanmi, Remi Raji, Richard Ali, Rotimi Babatunde, Segun Adeniyi, Sitawa Namwalie, Syl Cheney-Coker, Teju Cole, Temitayo Ogunbiyi, Toni Kan, Tope Folarin, Tolu Ogunlesi, Victor Dlamini, Victor Ehikhamenor, Wale Adebanwi, Wana Udobang, Wole Soyinka, Yaba Badoe and Yewande Omotoso. Second edition (2014) The second edition was held from 18 to 22 November 2014. The theme was "Bridges and Pathways". Invited guests were Abubakar Adam Ibrahim, Ayisha Osori, Ayodele Morocco-Clarke, Ayodele Olofintuade, Ayo Sogunro, Barnaby Phillips, Bassey Ikpi, Ben Aaronovitch, Beverley Nambozo, Binyavanga Wainaina, Bisi Adeleye Fayemi, Bryony Rheam, Bwesigye Mwesigire, Chinelo Onwualu, Chijioke Amu-Nnadi, Clifton Gachagua, Chude Jideonwo, Dami Ajayi, E. E. Sule, Efe Paul Azino, Edwige Dro, Eghosa Imasuen, Emmanulle Mougne, Femi Elufowoju Jr, G. O. Ogbowei, Jeku Ozoemene, Jumoke Verissimo, Jerome Okolo, Hawa Jande Golakai, Iheoma Obibi, Kei Miller, Kaine Agary, Kelechi Njokwu, Kola Tubosun, Kunle Afolayan, Lizzy Attree, Marcus Boni Teiga, Michael Peel, Molara Wood, Mukoma Wa Ngugi, Nike Campbell-Fatoki, Nanama Acheampong, Nze Sylva Ifedigbo, Nnedi Okorafor, Okey Ndibe, Olufemi Terry, Olusegun Obasanjo, Patrick Okigbo, Qudus Onikeku, Remi Raji, Rotimi Amaechi, Rotimi Babatunde, Tayo Aluko, Stella Duffy, |
2,597 | Richard W. Johnson (oceanographer) | Richard W. Johnson (1929 in El Cajon, California – January 11, 2016 ) was an American oceanographer. He worked at Scripps Institution of Oceanography in San Diego, California for over 50 years, beginning in 1956. He was a Principal Development Engineer at Scripps Institution of Oceanography Visibility Lab and Marine Physical Lab. In this position, he was the head of MPL's Atmospheric Optics Group, as well as the PI for the group for many years. He was born in 1929 in El Cajon, California. He served in the Army during the Korean War, from 1950 to 1954, working on an island in the Aleutian Chain to open up an airstrip. Soon after his release, he joined SIO's Visibility Lab in 1956 as a young engineer. He worked in the Atmospheric Optics Group (AOG), helping acquire airborne radiometric measurements in areas as far reached as Australia (in support of NASA’s Gemini program) and Thailand. He became head of the AOG in 1972, serving as PI on many projects, and was also named Asst. Director of the Visibility Lab. His favorite project involved an instrumented C-130 aircraft, on which our group mounted radiometric and meteorological instrumentation mostly developed at the Vis Lab. He managed and flew deployments all over the US and in several European countries. When the Visibility Lab closed in the mid-1980s, the AOG joined SIO’s Marine Physical Laboratory (MPL), where he continued leading the AOG. This was about the time that he developed the concept of the first digital Whole Sky Imager, which eventually was able to measure and detect cloud distributions day and night. He retired in 1991, but continued working part-time for several years and then volunteered with the group until 2012. During this time he developed a concept for a zooming fisheye capability, which was patented by University of California San Diego. Selected publications Johnson, Richard W. "Daytime visibility and nephelometer measurements related to its determination." Atmospheric Environment (1967) 15.10 (1981): 1835–1845. Johnson, Richard W., Wayne S. Hering, and Janet E. Shields. Automated Visibility & Cloud Cover Measurements with a Solid State Imaging System. No. MPL-U-26/89. SCRIPPS INSTITUTION OF OCEANOGRAPHY SAN DIEGO CA MARINE PHYSICAL LAB, 1989. Duntley, Seibert Q., Richard W. Johnson, and Jacqueline I. Gordon. "Airborne measurements of optical atmospheric properties, summary and review, 2." Final Report, 1 Sep. 1972-31 Jul. 1975 Scripps Institution of Oceanography, San Diego, CA. Visibility Lab. 1 (1975). Duntley, Seibert Q., Richard W. Johnson, and Jacqueline I. Gordon. "Airborne measurements of atmospheric volume scattering coefficients in northern Europe, fall 1976." Interim Report Scripps Institution of Oceanography, San Diego, CA. Visibility Lab. 1 (1978). References Category:1929 births Category:American oceanographers Category:Scripps Institution of Oceanography faculty Category:2016 deaths |
2,598 | Softball | Softball is a game similar to baseball played with a larger ball (11 to 12 in. circumference) on a field that has base lengths of 60 feet, a pitcher's mound that ranges from 43–50 feet away from home plate, and a home run fence that is 220–300 feet away from home plate, depending on the type of softball being played. It was invented in 1887 in Chicago, Illinois, United States as an indoor game. The game moves at a faster pace than traditional baseball. There is less time for the base runner to get to first while the opponent fields the ball; yet, the fielder has less time to field the ball while the opponent is running down to first base. The name "softball" was given to the game in 1926, because the ball used to be soft; however, in modern-day usage, the balls are hard. A tournament held in 1933 at the Chicago World's Fair spurred interest in the game. The Amateur Softball Association (ASA) of America (founded 1933) is one of the largest governing bodies for the game in the United States and sponsors annual sectional and World Series championships. Other national and regional governing bodies also exist, including the USSSA. The World Baseball Softball Confederation (WBSC) regulates rules of play in more than 110 countries, including the United States and Canada; before the WBSC was formed in 2013, the International Softball Federation filled this role. Women's fast pitch softball became a Summer Olympic sport in 1996, but it and baseball were dropped from the 2012 program; they are to be reinstated in 2020. There are two rules codes for softball generally. In the most common type, slow-pitch softball, the ball, which can measure either 11 inches, for a women's league, or 12 inches, for a men's league, in circumference, must arch on its path to the batter, and there are 10 players on the field at once. Bunting and stealing bases are not permitted. In fast pitch softball, the pitch is fast, there are nine players on the field at one time, and while bunting and stealing bases are permitted, leading off is not. Fast pitch being the most common in some states, such as Virginia, where fast pitch is the most common type of softball in high schools across the state. The Olympics features women's fast pitch softball. Softball rules vary somewhat from those of baseball. Two major differences are that the ball must be pitched underhand—from 50 ft (15.2 m) in slow pitch, or 46/43 ft (14/13.1 m) for men/women in fast pitch as compared with 60.5 ft (18.4 m) in baseball—and that seven innings, or 1-2 hours depending on the league, constitute a regulation game compared with nine innings in baseball. Despite the name, the ball used in softball is not soft, unless using a foam practice softball. It is about 12 in (about 30 cm) in circumference (11 or 12 in for slow-pitch), which is 3 in (8 cm) larger than a baseball. Softball recreational leagues for children use 11-inch balls until around age 13. |
2,599 | Schneider ES-54 Gnome | The Schneider ES-54 Gnome was an experimental low cost glider with a laminar flow but low aspect ratio wing, built in Australia in the mid-1950s. Its performance was predictably poor and only one was completed. Design and development The ES-54 Gnome was designed by Harry Schneider, Edmund Schneider's eldest son, as a response to urging by Fred Hoinville for small, cheap sailplanes that could nonetheless soar. Hoinville had flown in Australia's 1952 World Gliding Championships team. The Gnome was built to test the performance and handling of a glider with a wing of short span, very low aspect ratio (6.18), and laminar flow aerofoil. The Gnome had a wood framed wing and a steel framed pod and boom fuselage, the whole covered in a mixture of plywood and fabric. Its cantilever, constant chord, high mounted wing was built around a single spar, placed at about 40% of the chord. Forward of the spar the wing was ply covered around the leading edge, forming a torsion resisting D-box. Behind the spar both wing and ailerons were fabric covered. The steel fuselage frame defined a nonohedral cross section, not including the keel, which with its fabric covering approximated a blunt oval. The cockpit was at the wing leading edge, with flat and single curvature panelled glazing which extended rearwards behind the leading edge, with side panels below the wing and an upper panel reaching into it for upwards vision. Near the trailing edge the outer fuselage framing simplified into four tubes forming a diamond cross section but also containing the boom, which emerged briefly (about ) from the fuselage as it tapered away aft. A straight edged, constant chord horizontal tail, the tailplane ply-skinned and the inset elevators fabric covered was mounted on the boom. Its vertical tail extended both above and below the boom, overall forming an irregular pentagon, with the fin ply skinned and the rudder fabric covered. Both vertical fin and rudder were low aspect ratio and broad chord. A short, steel sprung landing skid reached from near the nose almost to the trailing edge. The Gnome made its first flight, under aero-tow, on 1 May 1955. It handled safely and well but its performance was as poor as Schneider had predicted; its low aspect ratio wing producing high drag at the low speeds used in thermals. No soaring flights were made. During 1955, some alterations were made to the fuselage to clear the tail from the ground. When the Gnome was offered for manufacture in kit form no definite orders were received and development ended in 1956. The sole prototype then flew with the Port Pirie gliding club. Specifications References Category:1950s Australian sailplanes |
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