Casting (known as Casting Sport) is also a sport. The sport is supervised by the International Casting Sport Federation (ICSF). As of April 2014 are in 31 countries.
Casting competitions were active in England and the United States in the later 1800s. In 1881 the first tournament was held just outside of London. In 1955, 14 different national associations started the ICF (now ICSF). The ICSF sets all international standards for the sport. It sponsors tournaments. It also recognizes world records for accuracy and distance. This sport uses plastic weights or hookless flies. Competitions can be held on water or on athletic fields. There are competitive divisions for almost all types of fly, fixed spool and revolving spool tackle, and competitor classes. Competitive casting is part of the World Games.
World Championship in 2014 are to be held in Szamotuly (Poland), from 3 to 7 September.
Fishing line
A fishing line is a thin flexible string or line intended for angling. It can be made from any of a number of materials. Monofilament is the most common. It is made from a single fiber of plastic. Fishing line is rated for its breaking strength, castability, and knot strength. resistance is another good quality of a fishing line.
Gregg Popovich
Gregg Charles Popovich (born January 28, 1949 in East Chicago, Indiana) is an American basketball coach. He is the head coach of the National Basketball Association's San Antonio Spurs. Taking over as coach of the Spurs in 1996, Popovich is the longest serving active coach in both the NBA and all Big Four sports leagues. He is often called "Coach Pop" or simply "Pop". Popovich has coached the San Antonio Spurs to five NBA championships and an NBA record 18 consecutive seasons with 50 or more wins (despite a 66-game regular season in 2011-12). He is considered one of the greatest NBA coaches of all time and a strong future candidate for the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame.
Jerry Reinsdorf
Jerry M. Reinsdorf (born February 25, 1936) is an American lawyer and an owner of the NBA's Chicago Bulls and the MLB's Chicago White Sox. He started his professional life as a tax attorney with the Internal Revenue Service. He has been the head of the White Sox and Bulls for over 25 years.
Poway, California
Poway is a city in San Diego County, California. As of the 2010 census the city had a population of 47,811. The ZIP code is 92064.
Springfield, Vermont
Springfield is a town in Windsor County, Vermont, United States. The population was 9,373 at the 2010 census.
Joe Pittman
Joseph Wayne Pittman (January 1, 1953 – June 13, 2014), nicknamed "Shoe" or "Shoes", was an American baseball player. He was backup infielder and outfielder. He played in Major League Baseball for the Houston Astros, San Diego Padres and San Francisco Giants in between the seasons of 1981 and 1984.
Pittman was born in Houston, Texas. He was African American.
Pittman died after collapsing at a construction job on June 12, 2014 in Freeport, Texas. He was 61.
Thai solar calendar
The Thai solar calendar is a solar calendar that is used by Thailand. King Chulalongkorn adopted the calendar in AD 1888 to be the Siamese version of the Gregorian calendar. The years are now counted in the Buddhist Era rather than the Christian Era.
On 6 September 1940, Prime Minister Phibunsongkhram stated that 1 January 1941 would be the start of the year 2484 BE, so that year 2483 BE had only nine months. To convert dates from 1 January to 31 March before that year, the number to add or subtract is 542; otherwise, it would be 543.
Anna Lee
Joan Boniface Winnifrith (known as Anna Lee; 2 January 1913 – 14 May 2004) was an English actress. She acted in movies and television. She played Sister Margaretta in "The Sound of Music". She also played Lila in the soap "General Hospital".
Lee was born in the Ightham section of Kent, England. She died from pneumonia at age 91 in Beverly Hills, California.
Helen Levitt
Helen Levitt (August 31, 1913 – March 29, 2009) was an American photographer. She was well known for street photography around New York City.
She was born in Brooklyn, New York City. She died in New York City, age 95.
World Phenomenology Institute
The World Phenomenology Institute (WPI) is an academic organization that recommends scholarship in the area of phenomenology. The organization was founded by Polish-American philosopher Anna-Teresa Tymieniecka (1923–2014) in 1976. It was first called the World Institute for Advanced Phenomenological Research and Learning.
Eden Hazard
Eden Hazard (Born 7 January 1991) is a Belgian footballer who plays for Real Madrid and Belgium national team. He usually plays as a winger. He was born in La Louvière, Hainaut. He is widely regarded as one of the best players in his position. His skills are often compared with players like Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo.
Hazard won the player of the year for Chelsea in the 2013-2014 season and the 2014-15 season. He also was the Young Player of the Year in 2012-2013. In 2018, Roberto Martinez named him Captain of the Belgium National Team at the 2018 FIFA World Cup.
Alain Mabanckou
Alain Mabanckou (born 24 February 1966) is a writer. He is a French citizen born in the Republic of the Congo.
His first novel was published in 1998. Mabanckou's work has been published in fifteen languages. His non-fiction books talk about Africa and the African diaspora in France.
Mabanckou is a Professor of Literature at UCLA.
Alain Mabanckou was born in Congo-Brazzaville in 1966 . He spent his childhood in the coastal city of Pointe-Noire .He received a scholarship at The Marien Ngouabi University in Brazzaville to go to France at the age of 22 . After receiving a post-graduate Diploma in Law from the Université Paris-Dauphine, he worked for about ten years for the group Suez-Lyonnaise des Eaux.
Highlights
Highlights is a dansband from Sweden.
The band was established in 2004 by Andreas Wistrand, who'd participated at Fame Factory, together with Henrik Sethsson.
The band released its debut album in 2005, receiving five "plus" when reviewed by Swedish newspaper Aftonbladet. The band also won the Guldklaven award in 2006, in the category "Newcomer of the year".
In 2007 the band charted at Sverigetoppen for 24 weeks with the single "Varje liten droppe regn". The same year, bandmember Andreas Wistrand recorded the Christmas single "Du är det enda jag vill ha", written by , Henrik Sethsson and Ulf Georgsson, together with Swedish singer Sandra Oxenryd.
The band participated at Dansbandskampen in 2008 and 2009, and in 2010, the band participated at Melodifestivalen together with MiSt, performing the song "Come and Get Me Now", which was written by Mia Terngård and Stefan Lebert. However, the song was knocked out of contest.
Rangeley, Maine
Rangeley is a town in Franklin County, Maine in the United States. The population was 1,168 in the 2010 census. The town is on the east side of Rangeley Lake, in the Western Maine mountains. It is a popular summer resort. The winters are very cold with a snow cover. A sign in town says that Rangeley is halfway between the Equator and the North Pole.
Rangeley is named after an English settler, Squire James Rangeley. He had a 31,000 acre piece of land that was bought in 1796 by his father. He came in 1825 to build the town. He built a sawmill, a gristmill, a mansion, and a ten-mile road to get to other towns.
The Phillips and Rangeley railroad opened in 1891 and tourists from Boston; Hartford; New York; and Philadelphia started to come. In the early 1900s, Rangeley became a summer resort area with camps, cabins, summer homes, and hotels. The cool mountain climate and plenty of sport fishing make this a likeable town.
Some local people became fishing guides for visitors. Among the fishermen was President Herbert Hoover. The big hotels went away during World War II. The Rangeley Lake House was torn down in 1958. New hotels have taken their place, so Rangeley remains popular.