1924 Wimbledon Championships
The 1924 Wimbledon Championships took place on the outdoor grass courts at the All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club in Wimbledon, London, United Kingdom.
The tournament ran from 23 June until 5 July.
It was the 44th staging of the Wimbledon Championships, and the second Grand Slam tennis event of 1924.
This edition saw the introduction of a draw that made use of a seeding list.
The seeding was based on nationality and aimed at preventing nominated players from the same nationality meeting before the later rounds.
A maximum of four players could be nominated by a country and these would be seeded into four different quarters of the draw.
In 1927 the system of seeding by nationality was extended with a merit – based seeding based on the ranking of players.
Sputnik-1 EMC/EMI lab model
Sputnik 1 EMC/ EMI is a class of full- scale laboratory models of the Soviet Sputnik 1 satellite, made to test ground Electromagnetic Compatibility( EMC) and Electromagnetic Interference( AMI).
The models, manufactured by OKB- 1 and NII- 885( headed by Mikhail Ryazansky), were introduced on February 15, 1957.
David Ji
David Longfen Ji is an American businessman who co-founded Apex Digital, an electronics manufacturer.
In 2004, he was arrested in China following a dispute with Sichuan Changhong Electric, a supplier owned by the city of Mianyang and the province of Sichuan.
Changhong accused him of defrauding them through bad checks.
Ji was taken, according to an account by his lawyer, to the senior management and told, "I decide whether you live or die."
He has been held in China without charges.
Ji's case highlighted an "implicit racism" in dealings with American businessmen.
As a U.S. citizen he was not granted the same treatment by authorities as non-ethnically Chinese businessmen sharing the same nationality.
Nii Kwaku Sowah
Nii Kwaku Sowah is a Ghanaian Government Official and Chairman of the National Pensions Regulatory Authority
World Electronic Sports Games
World Electronic Sports Games( shortened as WESG) is an international esports championship tournament based in Shanghai and organized by AliSports.
The first edition has a total prize pool of over and the finals will be in December 2016.
The World Electronic Sports Games heavily bases itself on the Olympic Games and as a result of this, it is unique in that all teams must be composed of players of the same nationality to emphasize national pride.
The event also has separate tournaments for men and women.
Tournaments generally follow single- elimination rules.
Olympic influence is also visible in the promotional art.
David Ji
David Longfen Ji is an American businessman who co-founded Apex Digital, an electronics manufacturer.
In 2004, he was arrested in China following a dispute with Sichuan Changhong Electric, a supplier owned by the city of Mianyang and the province of Sichuan.
Changhong accused him of defrauding them through bad checks.
Ji was taken, according to an account by his lawyer, to the senior management and told, "I decide whether you live or die."
He has been held in China without charges.
Ji's case highlighted an "implicit racism" in dealings with American businessmen.
As a U.S. citizen he was not granted the same treatment by authorities as non-ethnically Chinese businessmen sharing the same nationality.
Sonja Irene Sjøli
Sonja Irene Sjøli( born 6 June 1949 in Hamar) is a Norwegian politician representing the Conservative Party.
She is currently a representative of Akershus in the" Storting" and was first elected in 1997.
Café International
Café International is a 1989 board game created by It is a simple game for 2 to 4 players in which the players take on the role of waiters in the famous "Cafe International".
Their goal is to seat customers of various nationalities with other customers from the same nationality, and also to keep the numbers of men and ladies at the tables even.
Café International won the Spiel des Jahres award in 1989.
Žatika Sport Centre
Žatika Sport Centre is a multi-functional hall in Poreč.
It was built for the needs of 2009 World Men's Handball Championship, and formally opened on 21 November 2008.
Total area of the hall is about 14,000 square m, and it has a total seating capacity of around 3,700.
Apart from the big hall, a small hall is being planned too.
It will have 213.40 square m.
There will be a fitness hall of 86.26 square m as well, on the same level with the main courts.
Along with all following contents, there will be additional room for restaurants and sport clubs' needs, as well as for a number of temporary objects for events and fairs.
The authors of the project are Sonja Jurković, Sanja Gašparović, Nataša Martinčić and Tatjana Peraković.
Etheric Networks
Etheric Networks is an Internet Service Provider based in Redwood City, California serving the San Francisco Bay Area.
It specializes in high- speed Internet access using wireless technologies.
Fixed wireless towers using ISM and U- NII band transmissions connect end users to its fiber optic backbone.

Question: Are Sonja Irene Sjøli and Nii Kwaku Sowah of the same nationality?
Answer: no