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The Sankey Canal in North West England used to be an industrial canal. It was called the Sankey Brook Navigation and later the St Helens Canal. Sankey Canal opened in 1757. It was the first modern canal. Earlier canals were all to make river navigation possible. The Act of Parliament passed in 1757 was to make Sankey Brook navigable. But the brook was too shallow and twisting to be of practical use, so they constructed a completely separate canal alongside the brook. It connected St Helens to the River Mersey at Spike Island in Widnes.  It closed in 1963, but much of it has been restored. Fixed bridges which have replaced the original wooden swing bridges and other blocks separate the sections from one another.
Halton is a unitary authority district in Cheshire. It was created in 1974 as a district of the county of Cheshire, and became a unitary authority area on 1 April 1998. Since 2014 it has been a member of the Liverpool City Region Combined Authority. The borough has the towns of Runcorn and Widnes. The population of Halton was 128,478 in 2021.
Zheng Shang-Chi, also known as the Master of Kung Fu and Brother Hand, is a fictional character and superhero appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics, and the character originally came from Sax Rohmer's licensed property as the unnamed son of Fu Manchu. He was created by Steve Englehart and Jim Starlin, and first appeared in "Special Marvel Edition" #15 in December of 1973. Fictional character biography. He is the son of Zheng Zu (before Fu Manchu), a villains crime lord and sorcerer who trained his son to become an assassin. Even though Shang-Chi is the son of one of the most infamous criminals in China's history (Fu Manchu), he uses the skills and teachings his father taught him to fight crime instead of committing crimes. He is a member of the Five Weapons Society, House Champions, and the Protectors, and a former member of the Avengers, Marvel Knights, Heroes for Hire, Underground, and A.I.M.'s New Avengers. Likewise he was part of the Heroes for Hire, then also became one of Earth's Mightiest Heroes in "Jonathan Hickman's Avengers". In other media. The character made his live-action cinematic debut in the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU) movie "Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings" (2021) and will appear in the upcoming movie "" (2026), in which he is played by Simu Liu.
The straight-tusked elephant ("Palaeoloxodon antiquus") is an extinct species of elephant. It lived in Europe and Western Asia during the Middle and Late Pleistocene (781,000–30,000 years ago).  Individuals reached up to 4–4.2 metres (13.1–13.8 ft) in height, with a weight estimated at 11.3–15 tonnes (11.1–14.8 long tons; 12.5–16.5 short tons).  The straight-tusked elephant probably lived in small herds, flourishing in interglacial periods, when its range went as far north as Great Britain. Skeletons found in association with stone tools and wooden spears suggest they were scavenged and hunted by early humans, including Neanderthals. It is the ancestral species of most dwarf elephants that lived on islands in the Mediterranean.
The 1983-84 Austrian Cup was the national cup in Austrian football. SK Rapid Wien were the defending champions.  Second round. First round with teams from the first and second league. Final First leg. Friedl Koncilia – Erich Obermayer, Josef Degeorgi, Franz Zore, Robert Sara, István Magyar, Ernst Baumeister, Herbert Prohaska, Tibor Nyilasi, Alfred Drabits (81. Džemal Mustedanagić), Toni Polster&lt;br&gt; coach: Václav Halama Karl Ehn – Leo Lainer, Johann Pregesbauer, Heribert Weber, Reinhard Kienast, Antonín Panenka (74. Rudolf Weinhofer), Petar Bručić, Gerald Willfurth (77. Christian Keglevits), Hermann Stadler, Hans Krankl, Zlatko Kranjčar&lt;br&gt;coach:Otto Barić Final Second leg. Karl Ehn – Leo Lainer, Kurt Garger, Johann Pregesbauer, Heribert Weber, Reinhard Kienast, Antonín Panenka (79. Karl Daxbacher), Rudolf Weinhofer, Hermann Stadler, Hans Krankl, Zlatko Kranjčar&lt;br&gt; coach: Otto Barić Friedl Koncilia – Franz Zore, Robert Sara, Erich Obermayer, Josef Degeorgi, Herbert Prohaska, István Magyar (65. Karl Daxbacher), Ernst Baumeister, Toni Polster, Tibor Nyilasi, Alfred Drabits&lt;br&gt; coach:Václav Halama
The Foss Dyke is the oldest canal in England that is still in use. It is about 11 miles (18 km) long. It seems to have been built around AD 120 by the Romans. It connects the River Trent to the River Witham at Lincoln. It was improved in 1121, and in 1671 a lock was built at Torksey. There have not been any commercial barges since 1971, but there is a marina at Brayford Pool in the centre of Lincoln. It gives its name to the Foss Dyke Band.
Tibor Nyilasi (born 18 January 1955) is a Hungarian football player and manager. He played for Ferencváros, FK Austria Wien and the Hungary national football team as striker. Career. He started his career with Ferencváros in 1972 . He played 243 matches and scored 132 goals. 1983 he went on to Austria Wien in Austria for a fee of 500 000 €. For Austria he played 179 matches and scored 120 goals. National team. He made 70 appearances for the Hungary national team from 1975 to 1985. He scored 32 goals. He played in the 1978 FIFA World Cup and the 1982 FIFA World Cup.  Manager. After he retired as a player he managed Ferencváros. He also worked for the Hungary national football team as assistance coach. Honours. Club. Ferencvárosi Austria Wien Manager. Ferencvárosi
Erich Obermayer (born 23 January 1953, in Wien) is a former Austrian football player. He played for FK Austria Wien and the Austrian national football team as defender. Club career. He started his career with FC Wien. At the age of 16 he came to Austria Wien where he stayed for the rest of his career. In his 18 years with Austria he played 544 matches and scored 15 goals. He was chosen in Austria's Team of the Century in 2001.  International career. He made his debut for Austria in an April 1975 European Championship qualification match against Hungary and was a participant at the 1978 FIFA World Cup. There he scored a goal in a match against the Netherlands. This was his only goal in the team. He played also in the 1982 FIFA World Cup where he was captain of the team. He played 50 caps and scored one goal. His last international was a March 1985 friendly match against the Soviet Union. Manager. After his career as a footballer he became a manager. He managed Floridsdorfer AC, 1. Simmeringer SC and FCM Traiskirchen.
Stegocephali is a group containing all four-limbed vertebrates. The word was first used in 1868 by the American paleontologist Edward Drinker Cope, who used it as a general category of prehistoric amphibians. This did not get used by other people.  In 1998 the Canadian paleontologist Michel Laurin used the word and gave a formal phylogenetic definition. This was intended to include taxa with digits rather than fins, except where secondarily lost.
The Seleucid era or Anno Graecorum (literally "year of the Greeks" or "Greek year") was a system of numbering years in use by the Seleucid Empire and other countries in the ancient Hellenistic civilizations.  There were two different variations. The Seleucids year started in spring. The Macedonian court started the year in autumn. Year 1 of the Seleucid era is roughly to April 311 BC to March 310 BC.
Palaeoloxodon is an extinct genus of proboscideans. The genus originated in Africa during the Pliocene era, and expanded into Eurasia during the Pleistocene era.  The genus contains some of the largest known proboscideans, over tall at the shoulders, including the European straight-tusked elephant ("Palaeoloxodon antiquus"), and the southern Asian "Palaeoloxodon namadicus". "P namadicus" was largest known land mammal.  The genus also contains species of dwarf elephants which evolved by insular dwarfism on islands in the Mediterranean, some only in height, the smallest elephants known.
Franz Czernicky (16 September 1902 – 16 June 1973), (also Franz Cernicky) was an Austrian football player and coach. He played for SK Slovan Wien and Slavia Prague in the 1920s and 1930s .He also played once for the national team in 1927 . Career. The versatile Czernicky had already played for several seasons as a squad supplement player for SK Slovan Wien. In 1925 he made his breakthrough as a regular player. After stepping in as a goalie, he played in defence,as winger and as forward for the next two years. 1927 Slovan was relegated. Czernicky left the club and moved to Czechoslovak Slavia Prague. There he was mainly used as a defender and won the cup title twice in a row. The first championship followed in 1929 and the team became the dominant force in Czechoslovak football. They celebrated three more championship titles in the following four years. During the 1932/33 championship season, he went to Franceto SC Fives. The following season, the team finished as runners-up, just one point behind FC Sète. In the next few years it was only enough for midfield places. In the cup the team reached the semifinals twice. In 1938 he ended his professional career. International career. In April 1927, Czernicky played for the B national team against Hungary. On 29 May 1927 he made his debut for the national team in a 4-1 win against Switzerland in Zurich. Because he went abroad, his team career was over.  During his time at Slavia he played in the Prague city team. In Lille (Fives is a quarter of Lille) he was called up to the northern French regional team. Manager career. Czernicky took over as coach at his first club Slovan in 1948. He reached promotion to the top league in 1949. In January 1951 the coach received the offer of the first division club SK Sturm Graz. He replaced Ludwig Durek, who was playing coach. Graz who were in danger of relegation, reached a safe midfield position. After another season he was replaced by Karl Decker.
&lt;templatestyles src="Module:Coordinates/styles.css"&gt;&lt;/templatestyles&gt; Arcosanti is an experimental town in Yavapai County, central Arizona, United States. It is 70 mi (110 km) north of Phoenix, at an elevation of . The main activity of the town is making bells. Italian-American architect Paolo Soleri (1919–2013) proposed a concept he called arcology. He started constion in 1970. He wanted to show how urban conditions could be improved, while looking at minimizing the negative impact. He influenced many architects and designers, who worked with him on the project.  Overview. The goal of Arcosanti is to explore the concept of arcology, which combines architecture and ecology. The project also wants to minimize resource use and keep access to the natural environment. The experimental town has been built on of a land preserve, of which are owned by the Cosanti Foundation, with the remainder leased from the state. The building has happened at varying speeds, but still continues. The most recently completed building was finished in 1989. The population has varied between 50 and 150 people. Many of them are students and volunteers. The goal was for Arcosanti to house a population of 5,000 people. So far, thirteen major structures have been built on the site.
Aage is a name given to boys in Denmark, and it is sometimes spelled as Åge in Norway. The Swedish version of the name is Åke.
The Mayor of Greater Manchester is the directly elected mayor of Greater Manchester, responsible for strategy including health, transport, housing, strategic planning, waste management, policing, the Greater Manchester Fire and Rescue Service and skills. It was set up by the Cities and Local Government Devolution Act 2016. The mayors were given new powers and financial freedom in 2023, but were also to called in front of MPs, via brand new quarterly select committees. The Mayor of Greater Manchester sits on the Greater Manchester Combined Authority with the ten council leaders as the eleventh member. The mayor has powers over transport in Greater Manchester The first election for the job was on 4 May 2017. Andy Burnham won and he was elected for a second term in May 2021.
Bathinda is a city and municipal corporation in Punjab, India. The city is the administrative headquarters of Bathinda District. It is located in northwestern India in the Malwa Region, west of the capital city of Chandigarh and is the fifth largest city of Punjab. Bathinda is home to the Maharaja Ranjit Singh Punjab Technical University, Central University of Punjab and AIIMS Bathinda. The city is also home to two modern thermal power plants, Guru Nanak Dev Thermal Plant and Guru Hargobind Thermal Plant at Lehra Mohabbat. Also located in the city is a fertilizer plant, two cement plants (Ambuja Cements and UltraTech Cement Limited), a large army cantonment, an air force station, a zoo, and a historic Qila Mubarak fort. History. Bhatinda was changed to Bathinda to conform to the phonetical expression as locally pronounced. According to Henry George Raverty, Bathinda was known as "Tabar-i-Hind" (Labb-ut-Twarikh) or "Tabarhindh", which roughly translates as ‘Gateway to India’. The earliest mention of Tabar-i-Hind occurs in the "Jami-Ul-Hakayat" written about 607 Hijri or 1211 AD. In 1004, Mahmud of Ghazni besieged and captured the local fort, which was located on the route from the northwest into the rich Ganges valley. It was ruled by  In 1190, Muhammad of Ghor attacked and occupied the fort of Bathinda. Prithviraj Chauhan, the ruler of this region, managed to recover possession of the fort thirteen months later in 1191 after the First Battle of Tarain. However, Prithviraj Chauhan was killed in the Second Battle of Tarain and the fort of Bathinda once again came under the control of Muhammad Ghori. In 14th century present region of bathinda was ruled by Bhati and Bhanot rulers of that time. 1488, Bathinda was conquered by Rao Bika, son of Jodha of Mandore (founder of Jodhpur) and became
Hyde is a town in Tameside, Greater Manchester. 34,003 people lived there in 2011. It used to be in Cheshire.  It grew because of the cotton mills during the Industrial Revolution. There were 40 working mills, but only one is left in 2023. There was a coal mine, known as Hyde Colliery, in the town and in January 1889 an explosion there killed 23 miners. The Peak Forest Canal goes through Hyde from Ashton-under-Lyne to Woodley, Romiley and Marple. There are six railway stations in the town. The Moors murderers Ian Brady and Myra Hindley lived on the Hattersley estate in Hyde. Harold Shipman was a doctor in the town and most of the people he killed lived there.
A cotton mill is a building with spinning or weaving machinery to make yarn or cloth from cotton. Cotton mills were among the early factories in the Industrial Revolution. Some of the earliest mills were driven by animals. Most early mills were built by rivers and streams using water wheels for power. Boulton and Watt started making powerful steam engines in1781. This led to the growth of larger, steam-powered mills in mill towns, like Manchester and Salford which had more than 50 mills by 1802. The new jobs in the mills pulled people in from country areas and made the towns and cities grow. At first they often employed children. That was stopped by the Factory Acts. Many of the first mills were in Lancashire but they spread to the rest of the world. In 1860, there were 2650 cotton mills in Lancashire, employing 440,000 people. In the twentieth century the mills changed to electric power. Many of them closed and those which are still working are mostly automated, with many fewer workers. Many of the large buildings are still standing.
Greater Manchester Combined Authority has 11 members: the ten local council leaders and the Mayor of Greater Manchester as the eleventh member.  It is the local government for Greater Manchester. The first since the Greater Manchester County Council was closed in 1986. It was set up in 2011.  It has powers over public transport, skills, housing, regeneration, waste management, carbon neutrality and planning permissions.  It runs Transport for Greater Manchester.
The Factory Acts were laws passed by the Parliament of the United Kingdom beginning in 1802 to improve the conditions of workers in factories. The first ones were to protect young children employed in cotton mills. The Act of 1844. was concerned to protect women. After 1819 children under 9 were not supposed to be employed. The later ones limited the millworkers to a ten-hour day. After the 1860s more industries were brought within the Factory Acts. There wasnt much enforcement until in 1833 a professional Factory Inspectorate was started. Before that it was down to local magistrates. The inspectors had the right to enter any cotton mill at work, and powers to introduce regulations. The inspectors are now part of the Health and Safety Executive.
Trent Alexander Boult (born 22 July 1989 in Rotorua) was a New Zealand cricketer who played 78 tests, 99 one-day internationals and 55 twenty20 internationals from 2011 to 2022. He is the younger brother of Jono Boult. He grew up in Ōhope and Tauranga and is of Maori descent. He has taken two One-day Internationals hat-tricks in 2018 and 2019.
"Give Me a Reason" is a 2001 song by Irish band The Corrs and is the third single from their studio album "In Blue". It went to number 9 in Belgium and the Netherlands, number 13 in New Zealand, number 24 in Scotland, number 27 in the United Kingdom and number 68 in Australia. Track listings. UK and European CD single European maxi-CD single Australian CD single
Mathilde (born "Jonkvrouw" Countess Mathilde Marie Christine Ghislaine d'Udekem d'Acoz ; 20 January 1973) is Queen of the Belgians as the wife of King Philippe. She is the first native-born Belgian queen. She has founded and helped charities to decrease poverty in the country. Early life and family. Mathilde Marie Christine Ghislaine d'Udekem d'Acoz was born on 20 January 1973 at Edith Cavell Hospital in Uccle, Belgium. Her parents are Count and Countess Patrick d'Udekem d'Acoz. Mathilde has three sisters: Marie-Alix, Elisabeth and Hélène, and one brother Charles-Henri. Her godfather is her uncle Count Raoul d'Udekem d'Acoz. Titles and Styles. 20 January 1973-4 December 1999: Jonkvrouw Countess Mathilde d’Udekem d’Acoz 4 December 1999-21 July 2013 Her Royal Highness Princess Mathilde of Belgium, The Duchess of Brabant  21 July 2013 Her Majesty The Queen of the Belgians
Princess Elisabeth of Belgium, Duchess of Brabant (; ; born 25 October 2001) is the heir apparent to the Belgian throne. The eldest child of King Philippe and Queen Mathilde, she became heir apparent after her grandfather King Albert II abdicated in favour of her father on 21 July 2013. Birth. The first child of the then Duke and Duchess of Brabant, Elisabeth was delivered by Caesarean section at 21:58 CET on 25 October 2001 at the Erasmus Hospital, the teaching hospital of Université libre de Bruxelles in Anderlecht, Brussels. She was baptized on 9 December 2001 in the chapel of Ciergnon Castle in the Belgian Ardennes, by Cardinal Godfried Danneels, the Archbishop of Mechelen-Brussels. Her godparents are Archduke Amedeo of Austria-Este (paternal cousin), and Countess Hélène d'Udekem d'Acoz (maternal aunt). Titles and Styles and Honor 25 October 2001-21 July 2013: Her Royal Highness Princess Elisabeth of Belgium 21 July 2013-present Her Royal Highness Princess Elisabeth of Belgium, The Duchess of Brabant Military Ranks  -25 September 2020-26 September 2023: Officer Cadet, Belgian Royal Military Academy  -26 September 2023-present Second Lieutenant, Belgian Land Component  Honor -Belgium: Grand Cordon of the Order of Leopold (25 October 2019)
The wives of Belgian monarchs have all been titled Queen and styled Majesty, with the exception of Leopold III of Belgium's second wife Mary Lilian Baels, who was titled Princess of Belgium and Princess of Réthy. All Belgian monarchs so far have been male, so there have only been female consorts.
The 2001 Algarve Cup was a soccer tournament for women's national teams held in Portugal. The tournament took place from March 9 to March 13, 2001. Eight teams participated in the tournament, which was won by the United States. The teams were divided into two groups of four teams each. Each team played against the other teams in their group. The two teams with the most points in each group advanced to the semifinals. In the semifinals, the winner of Group A played against the runner-up of Group B, and the winner of Group B played against the runner-up of Group A. The winners of these matches advanced to the final. The United States won the tournament by defeating Norway in the final. Norway finished second, while China PR finished third. The 2001 Algarve Cup was the eighth edition of the tournament. It is considered one of the most important women's soccer tournaments in the world. The tournament is named after the region of Algarve in Portugal where it takes place every year.
Georgism is a way of thinking about economics and land use. It is based on the ideas of Henry George, an American economist and social philosopher. Georgists believe that people should have equal access to the benefits of land, which is a natural resource. They argue that the value of land comes from the community, and that this value should be shared equally among all members of society. Georgism proposes a system of taxation that is based on the value of land. This is called a "" or "single tax". The idea is that people should pay a tax on the value of the land they own, but not on any improvements they make to the land. This would discourage land speculation and encourage the efficient use of land. Georgists believe that this would also promote social justice, by reducing inequality and poverty. Georgism has been influential in many areas of economics and social policy. It has been used to support environmental conservation, urban planning, and social welfare programs. Georgists have also been involved in political movements, such as the Progressive movement in the United States and the Social Credit movement in Canada. Critics of Georgism argue that it would be difficult to implement in practice, and that it could lead to unintended consequences, such as a reduction in the supply of land for productive use. They also question the idea that the value of land is created solely by the community, and suggest that individuals also play a role in creating value. Despite its critics, Georgism remains an important idea in economics and social policy. It continues to be studied and debated by scholars and policymakers around the world, as they search for ways to create a more just and equitable society.
Henry George was an American economist who lived during the 19th century. He was born in Philadelphia in 1839 and died in New York City in 1897. George is best known for his book "Progress and Poverty", which had a big impact on economic thought and politics in America and around the world. In "Progress and Poverty", George argued that land should be owned by the community as a whole, rather than by individuals. He believed that if land were treated as a common resource, rather than a commodity to be bought and sold, it would benefit everyone, not just the wealthy. George's ideas became known as Georgism, and they continue to be influential in modern discussions about economics and social justice. Georgism proposes a tax on the unimproved value of land, which would replace other forms of taxation and create a more equitable society. Aside from his economic work, George was also involved in politics. He ran for mayor of New York City in 1886 on the United Labor Party ticket, and received over 30% of the vote. His campaign focused on issues of economic inequality and corruption in government. George's ideas and legacy continue to be debated and studied to this day. His work has influenced figures as diverse as Winston Churchill, Sun Yat-sen, and Martin Luther King Jr.
Dancing at Lughnasa is a 1998 American British Irish historical drama movie directed by Pat O'Connor and was based on the 1990 play of the same name by Brian Friel. It stars Meryl Streep, Michael Gambon, Kathy Burke, Catherine McCormack, Sophie Thompson, Bríd Brennan, Rhys Ifans, Lorcan Cranitch, Carolyn Pickles and was distributed by FilmFour Distributors.