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Harald Winkler

Austrian bobsledder

Harald Winkler (born 17 December 1962) is an Austrian bobsledder who competed in the late 1980s and early 1990s. He won a gold medal in the four-man event with teammates Ingo Appelt, Gerhard Haidacher and Thomas Schroll at the 1992 Winter Olympics in Albertville. Winkler also won two medals in the four-man event at the FIBT World Championships with a silver in 1993 and a bronze in 1990. References Bobsleigh four-man Olympic medalists for 1924, 1932-56, and since 1964 Bobsleigh four-man world championship medalists since 1930 DatabaseOlympics.com profile Category:1962 births Category:Austrian male bobsledders Category:Bobsledders at the 1988 Winter Olympics Category:Bobsledders

Mitch Hoopes

American football player (1953-2020)

Mitchell Kent Hoopes (born July 8, 1953) is a former American football punter in the National Football League for the Dallas Cowboys, San Diego Chargers, Houston Oilers, Detroit Lions and Philadelphia Eagles. He played college football at the University of Arizona. Early years Hoopes attended Benson High School, where he played as a halfback in Class B football. He received All-Conference, All-State and All-Star honors. He moved on to Eastern Arizona Junior College. He transferred after his sophomore season to the University of Arizona to play defensive back and punter. In 1973, he ended up concentrating on punting and was

Bottenwil

municipality in Switzerland

Bottenwil is a municipality in the district of Zofingen in the canton of Aargau in Switzerland. History Bottenwil is first mentioned in 1189 as Botanwile. Geography Bottenwil has an area, , of . Of this area, or 48.4% is used for agricultural purposes, while or 42.4% is forested. Of the rest of the land, or 8.8% is settled (buildings or roads), or 0.4% is either rivers or lakes. Of the built up area, housing and buildings made up 5.1% and transportation infrastructure made up 2.5%. Out of the forested land, 39.8% of the total land area is heavily forested and

Bottenwil

municipality in Switzerland

2.5% is covered with orchards or small clusters of trees. Of the agricultural land, 15.7% is used for growing crops and 30.8% is pastures, while 2.0% is used for orchards or vine crops. All the water in the municipality is flowing water. The municipality is located in the Zofingen district, in the upper Uerkental. It consists of the linear village of Bottenwil. Coat of arms The blazon of the municipal coat of arms is Gules a Pine Tree Vert issuant from a Wall Argent masoned embattled issuant from base. Demographics Bottenwil has a population () of , 7.3% of the

Indian indenture system

system of indentured servitude, functioning as a substitute for slave labour, following the abolition of the slave trade in 1833 and continued until the 1920s

The Indian indenture system was a system of indentured servitude, by which 2 million Indians were transported to labour in European colonies, as a substitute for slave labour, following the abolition of the trade in the early 19th century. The system expanded after the abolition of slavery in the British Empire in 1833, in the French colonies in 1848, and in the Dutch Empire in 1863. Indian indentureship lasted till the 1920s. This resulted in the development of a large Indian diaspora in the Caribbean, Natal(South Africa), Réunion, Mauritius, Sri Lanka, Malaysia, Myanmar, to Fiji, as well as the growth

2008 Capital One Bowl

NCAA football bowl game

defeat Michigan's hated rivals Ohio State, 41–14, in the BCS National Championship Game. Previously, Michigan and Florida met four years earlier in the 2003 Outback Bowl, with Michigan defeating Florida, 38–30. Florida's loss makes them the second defending BCS Champion to lose a non-BCS bowl game a year later, the first being Florida's SEC rivals the LSU Tigers in the 2005 edition of this bowl game against the Iowa Hawkeyes. Game summary Michigan started the game at their own 6-yard line and put together a 94-yard opening drive. Michigan quarterback Chad Henne connected on a 21-yard pass to Mario Manningham

Alexandros Yenovelis

Greek sprinter

Alexandros Yenovelis (born 26 February 1968) is a retired Greek sprinter who specialized in the 100 metres. He competed in relay at the 1996 Olympic Games and the World Championships in 1993, 1995 and 1997, and in the individual distance at the 1993 and 1995 World Indoor Championships, without reaching the final. His personal best time was 10.15 seconds, achieved in May 1996 in Rethimno. This ranks him fourth among Greek 100 metres sprinters, behind Angelos Pavlakakis, Aristotelis Gavelas and Christoforos Choidis. Honours References Category:1968 births Category:Living people Category:Greek male sprinters Category:Athletes (track and field) at the 1996 Summer Olympics

St Michael and All Angels' Church, Thornton

Grade I listed church in Aylesbury Vale, United Kingdom

St Michael and All Angels' Church is a redundant Anglican church in the village of Thornton, Buckinghamshire, England. It is recorded in the National Heritage List for England as a designated Grade I listed building, and is under the care of the Churches Conservation Trust. The church stands to the north of the village, in the grounds of Thornton Hall (now a girls' boarding school), to the east of the River Ouse, some northeast of Buckingham. History The first church on the site was built in 1219, but the present building dates from the first half of the 14th century.

Tiago Pinto

Portuguese association football player

Tiago Miguel Baía Pinto (born 1 February 1988) is a Portuguese professional footballer who plays for Turkish club MKE Ankaragücü as a left back. Previously of Sporting and Braga, he did not break into the first teams of either club, but did so at Rio Ave, helping them to two domestic cup finals in 2014. He also played several seasons in Turkey's Süper Lig, making over 100 appearances for Osmanlıspor and Ankaragücü. Pinto was a Portuguese youth international. Club career Early years Pinto was born in Porto. After receiving his first football lessons at S.L. Benfica, both he and his

Tiago Pinto

Portuguese association football player

father joined neighbouring Sporting CP, and the 12-year-old went on to complete his development at the José Alvalade Stadium. For 2007–08, Pinto was loaned to C.D. Olivais e Moscavide of the third division, and spent the following campaign with Primeira Liga newcomers C.D. Trofense; On 18 April 2009 he scored his first goal in the competition, as consolation in a 2–1 away defeat against Rio Ave FC; in September, after cutting ties with Sporting, he signed a four-year contract with S.C. Braga. During his first and only season, Pinto made no competitive appearances as the Minho side finished in second

Tiago Pinto

Portuguese association football player

position. Rio Ave Pinto was released in summer 2010, and joined fellow top-flight club Rio Ave. He arrived to replace Braga-bound Sílvio, and had previously failed a medical at Vitória de Setúbal. On 3 September 2012, Pinto was loaned to Spanish side Deportivo de La Coruña for one year, without the option to purchase. He was presented before 200 fans at the Estadio Riazor and joined several compatriots at his new team, making his official debut on 1 November by playing the entirety of a 1–1 home draw with RCD Mallorca in the last-32 stage of the Copa del Rey

Tiago Pinto

Portuguese association football player

and also featuring three minutes in place of Juan Domínguez in the goalless second leg four weeks later, with the subsequent elimination on the away goals rule; between those two cup matches he appeared in his only game for them in La Liga, starting and finishing the 3–5 loss at Real Zaragoza. On 11 January 2013, as he was only third-choice at his position behind Ayoze and Evaldo, Pinto's loan at Deportivo ended and he moved to Segunda División's Racing de Santander for the remainder of the campaign. His only goal for the Cantabrians arrived on 23 February, concluding a

Tiago Pinto

Portuguese association football player

the first time on 31 March 2015 for a friendly with Cape Verde, remaining on the bench in the 0–2 defeat in Estoril. Personal life Pinto was the son of João Pinto, whom successfully represented Benfica, Sporting and the Portugal national team. In June 2009, he married Bárbara Brilhante at the Jerónimos Monastery in Lisbon, and the couple have a son and a daughter together. Pinto's uncle, Sérgio, competed mostly in the Portuguese lower divisions, also spending a season at England's Bradford City. See also List of association football families References External links National team data Category:1988 births Category:Living people

Ferenc Koncz

Hungarian politician (1959-2020)

Ferenc Koncz (born October 2, 1959) is a Hungarian teacher and politician, member of the National Assembly (MP) for Szerencs (Borsod-Abaúj-Zemplén County Constituency XI) from 2010 to 2014. He was also a Member of Parliament from the Fidesz Borsod-Abaúj-Zemplén County between 1998 and 2002, and from the party's National List from 2004 to 2006. He is the current Mayor of Szerencs since 2010. Political career He was born in Tornaszentjakab, Borsod-Abaúj-Zemplén County, on October 2, 1959. He finished his secondary studies at the Secondary Technical School of Machine Industry in Miskolc in 1978, where he also acquired machine production technologist

Ferenc Koncz

Hungarian politician (1959-2020)

qualifications. He started working for the State Building Company of Borsod. In 1980 he went to work as an untrained teacher in the Ragály Primary School. After completing his compulsory military service he studied mathematics and physics between 1983 and 1987, initially at Bessenyei György Teacher Training College in Nyíregyháza for two years, then at the Teacher Training College Faculty of Eötvös Loránd University of Budapest for another two years. He taught in Budapest for a year, then moved to teach in Rákóczi Zsigmond Elementary School in Szerencs. He became involved in politics when he was in college. In 1990

Marianne von Eschenburg

Austrian painter (1856-1937)

Marianne von Eschenburg (1856-1937) was an Austrian painter. She was known for her portrait paintings. Biography von Eschenburg was born on 18 April 1856 in Vienna, Austria. She was a student of her uncle, Karl von Blaas. She studied in Paris with Carolus-Duran, Henri-Jean Guillaume Martin, and Elise Koch. She exhibited at the Salzburger Kunstverein and the Vienna Künstlerhaus. She was a founding member of (Group of the Eight Artists) in Vienna. von Eschenburg exhibited her work at The Woman's Building at the 1893 World's Columbian Exposition in Chicago, Illinois. She died on 28 October 1937 in Vienna, Austria. Gallery

Poet Lore

American literary magazine

Poet Lore is an English-language literary magazine based in Bethesda, Maryland. Established in 1889 by Charlotte Porter and Helen Archibald Clarke, two progressive young Shakespeare scholars who believed in the evolutionary nature of literature, Poet Lore is the oldest continuously published poetry journal in the United States. Porter and Clarke, who were life partners as well as co-editors, launched the magazine as a forum on "Shakespeare, Browning, and the Comparative Study of Literature" but soon sought out the original work of living writers—featuring more drama than poetry at first, and moving beyond North America and Europe to publish in translation

Shego

villain from the Kim Possible TV show

Shego is a fictional character from Disney's animated television series Kim Possible, voiced by Nicole Sullivan. The character, ever since her first appearance in the pilot episode, "Crush" appears as Dr. Drakken's sidekick, though in some episodes acts as a mercenary for other villains. She is one of the franchise's main antagonists, and one of its most recurring characters. She made her live-action debut appearance in the 2019 film Kim Possible, who is portrayed by Taylor Ortega. Personality Shego is one of the most mature characters in the franchise; unlike most other Kim Possible villains, she is not afflicted with

Shego

villain from the Kim Possible TV show

Shego is a conventionally attractive young woman, with long black hair, an athletic build, sharp jawline, and slanted bright green eyes. She stands about a half foot taller than Kim. Her exact age remains unknown, though it was stated that she was in her early-to-mid 20s and it was revealed that she is a college graduate (unspecified degree in child development). As a result of being struck by a glowing, rainbow colored comet as a child (see below) her skin has a pale green tinge. Her signature costume is a green and black full-body catsuit with matching gloves and boots,

Ina Korter

German politician

Ina Korter (born 8 January 1955 in Nordenham, Lower Saxony) is a German politician for the Alliance '90/The Greens. Political career She was first elected to the Lower Saxon Landtag in 2003, and remained a member till 2014. Korter became active in the Greens in 1982, taking part in anti-nuclear campaigns. She was a councillor in Wesermarsch 1991–1996, and in Nordenham 1996–1998. Biography Ina Korter grew up with four siblings on the family farm near Nordenham. She trained as a teacher in Giessen, and worked for many years in adult and special education. Prior to being elected to the Landtag,

Joshua Jensen-Nagle

American photographer

Joshua Jensen-Nagle (born May 19, 1981 in New Jersey, USA), is a contemporary photographer based in Toronto, Canada. Jensen-Nagle studied photography at Ryerson University from 1999-2003. Nagle has been represented by the NextStreet Gallery , the Anne Loucks Fine Art Gallery and the Bau-Xi Gallery. Style and influences Jensen-Nagle is known for using techniques and devices such as pinhole cameras, paint splatter and vintage film to produce distinctive images. Jensen-Nagle's later work employs a distinctive mounting technique which gives his photos a surreal quality. Many of his compositions feature aerial shots of beaches and cityscapes. Museum Exhibitions 2008 - "Through

2016–17 EuroLeague Women

professional sports league season

The 2016–17 EuroLeague Women season is the 21st edition of EuroLeague Women under its current name. The season started on 26 October 2016. Teams Teams were confirmed by FIBA Europe on 22 June 2016. Draw 17 teams registered for EuroLeague Women 2016–17, resulting in 15 direct qualifiers, and one preliminary round to be played between CB Conquero and CCC Polkowice. Following the withdrawal of Spanish club CB Conquero, CCC Polkowice promoted to the regular season. 16 EuroLeague Women teams will be drawn directly into two Regular Season groups of eight teams each. The clubs have been seeded based on the

Tigre Partido

partido in Buenos Aires Province, Argentina

Tigre Partido is a partido of Buenos Aires Province, Argentina, situated in the northern part of Greater Buenos Aires. The department covers a large section of the Paraná Delta and its low-lying islands. The main town of the division is Tigre; other towns include Don Torcuato, El Talar, General Pacheco, Benavídez. The partido is bound to the north by the Paraná de las Palmas River, to the northeast by the Río de la Plata, to the southeast by San Fernando Partido, to the south by San Martín Partido, to the southwest by Malvinas Argentinas Partido and to the west by

Anim8or

A 3D modeling program by R. Steven Glanville

contains many features that are important to a 3D computer graphics package while remaining free. Such features include: 3D Modeler with primitives such as spheres, cubes, and cylinders Mesh modification and subdivision Splines, extrusions, lathing, modifiers, bevelling and warping TrueType font support allowing for 2D and 3D text The ability to import .3DS, .LWO and .OBJ files for modification The ability to export .3DS, .OBJ, .VTX and .C files for use in external programs Plug-in support, using the Anim8or Scripting Language, also known as ASL for short 3D object browser to allow the user to view 3D files in a

Preacher Moss

American comedian

comedy when he was 17 and by his early 20s he began to make his way to comedy clubs. In 1988, at the age of 20, he converted to Islam. He graduated from Marquette University with a degree in journalism and a took a job teaching emotionally disturbed children in Milwaukee, while continuing to do standup comedy. Writing career In 1994, Moss was the opening act for a comic Darrell Hammond, Hammond hired him as a writer. In order to develop his comedy skills, Moss moved to Los Angeles. There, he continued to teach special education classes and worked as

Alba Torrens

Spanish basketball player

Alba Torrens Salom (born 30 August 1989) is a Spanish female basketball player at the small forward position who plays for UMMC Ekaterinburg. Winner of four EuroLeague titles with three clubs and seven medals with the Spanish senior team, she is considered one of the best European players of the 2010s. Club career Torrens started playing basketball in clubs in her native Balearic Islands before moving in 2003 to Segle XXI, where young talents are developed. She made her debut in the Spanish top tier league with Celta Vigourban in the 2007–08 season. Perfumerías Avenida was her clubs for the

Alba Torrens

Spanish basketball player

next two seasons, winning the Spanish league and the Euroleague in 2011 under coach Lucas Mondelo. Despite being picked by the Connecticut Sun in the 2009 WNBA draft, she has repeatedly refused to join the WNBA because of the commitment to the national team. She moved abroad in 2011 to play for Galatasaray S.K., winning one League, three Cups and her second Euroleague in 2014. At UMMC Ekaterinburg since 2014, she won three EuroLeague Women titles in 2016, 2018 and 2019, as well as one Russian Cup and four Russian Leagues. EuroLeague statistics National team Torrens started playing with Spain's

Alba Torrens

Spanish basketball player

Under-20 Championship (youth) (MVP) 5th 2008 Summer Olympics 2009 Eurobasket 2010 World Championship 9th 2011 Eurobasket 2013 Eurobasket 2014 World Championship 2015 Eurobasket 2016 Summer Olympics 2017 Eurobasket (MVP) 2018 World Championship Individual Awards and accomplishments FIBA Europe Young Women's Player of the Year Award: 2009 FIBA Europe Women's Player of the Year: 2011, 2014 EuroLeague Final Four MVP: 2011, 2014 EuroBasket Women MVP: 2017 3x EuroBasket All-Tournament Team: 2013, 2015, 2017 References External links Profile at Eurobasket.com Category:1989 births Category:Living people Category:Basketball players at the 2008 Summer Olympics Category:Basketball players at the 2016 Summer Olympics Category:Connecticut Sun draft picks

Au Hong Nhung

Vietnamese volleyball player

Âu Hồng Nhung (born May 27, 1993) is a member of the Vietnam women's national volleyball team. Clubs Thông tin Liên Việt Post Bank Awards Individual 2016 VTV Binh Dien International Cup - "Best Opposite" Clubs 2010 Vietnam League - Champion, with Thông tin Liên Việt Post Bank 2011 Vietnam League - Runner-Up, with Thông tin Liên Việt Post Bank 2012 Vietnam League - Champion, with Thông tin Liên Việt Post Bank 2013 Vietnam League - Champion, with Thông tin Liên Việt Post Bank 2014 Vietnam League - Champion, with Thông tin Liên Việt Post Bank 2015 Vietnam League -

Al Murray's Road to Berlin

television series

Al Murray's Road to Berlin is a British documentary television series about World War II, presented by Al Murray. The ten episode series was produced for the Discovery Channel, and first broadcast in 2004. During the series, Murray travels across the Western Front in a restored Willys MB Jeep, covering the timeline from the Invasion of Normandy to the fall of Berlin, interviewing survivors and showcasing some of the equipment used. Overview Seven episodes in the ten episode series deal directly with the land, amphibious, airborne and tactical air force operations involved in the general British and American advance from

Stanley Faulder

Canadian murderer

Joseph Stanley Faulder (19 October 1937 – 17 June 1999) was the first Canadian citizen to be executed in the United States since 1952. Stanley Faulder, a Jasper, Alberta native, was convicted of murdering Inez Scarborough Phillips, a 75-year-old woman, in Texas in 1975 during a robbery in her house. He was caught, convicted, and sentenced to death in 1977. Despite diplomatic complaints by the Canadian government, Faulder was executed by lethal injection on 17 June 1999. His last appeal was rejected about an hour before his death. See also Lists of people executed in Texas Capital punishment in Texas

Alapocas Run State Park

State park in Delaware, United States

Alapocas Run State Park is a state park, located in Wilmington, Delaware, United States, along the Brandywine Creek and its Alapocas Run tributary. Open year-round, it is in area. Much of the state park was created from land originally preserved by William Poole Bancroft in the early 1900s to be used as open space parkland by the city of Wilmington as it expanded. The park also includes the Blue Ball Barn, a dairy barn built by Alfred I. du Pont as part of his Nemours estate in 1914. In addition to walking trails, athletic fields, and playgrounds for children, one

Alapocas Run State Park

State park in Delaware, United States

Park (New Castle County) Fort DuPont State Park (New Castle County) Fort Mott State Park (New Jersey) Fort Washington State Park (Pennsylvania) Fox Point State Park (New Castle County) Lums Pond State Park (New Castle County) Marsh Creek State Park (Pennsylvania) Norristown Farm Park (Pennsylvania) Parvin State Park (New Jersey) Ridley Creek State Park (Pennsylvania) Wilmington State Parks (New Castle County) White Clay Creek Preserve (Pennsylvania) White Clay Creek State Park (New Castle County) References External links Alapocas Run State Park Category:State parks of Delaware Category:Parks in New Castle County, Delaware Category:Protected areas established in 1910 Category:1910 establishments in Delaware

CAMI Automotive

a defunct, independently incorporated joint venture vehicle manufacturing facility

CAMI Automotive is wholly owned by General Motors Canada. The plant occupies and has of floor space of which was added in 2016 as part of a $560 million investment. CAMI uses the CAMI Production System (CPS), a set of operating philosophies that guide team members in manufacturing vehicles. The basis of the system is working in teams performing standardized work. This is based on the Japanese production system, which is built on a team concept. Recent developments Prior to December 2009, ownership of CAMI was split 50-50% between Suzuki and General Motors of Canada Ltd. The former withdrew from

CAMI Automotive

a defunct, independently incorporated joint venture vehicle manufacturing facility

the venture after it stopped production of its XL7 models at CAMI in June 2009 due to poor sales. CAMI was an independently incorporated joint venture of automobile manufacturing in Ingersoll, Ontario, Canada and formed the third step of GM's three-pronged initiative of the mid-1980s to capture and practice the Japanese mystique of automotive management. The other two were United Australian Automobile Industries between Toyota and Holden in Australia, and NUMMI in California with Toyota and GM, the latter a wholly owned alternative to apply its learnings into practice. CAMI was the least successful of the trio for decades, but

CAMI Automotive

a defunct, independently incorporated joint venture vehicle manufacturing facility

before the layoff. CAMI also supplied unfinished bodies of Chevrolet Equinox to GM's Oshawa Car Assembly for painting and final assembly. The arrangement ended after the production of the second generation Chevrolet Equinox ceased in 2017. In response to the Terrain's shifting and due to the production of the Equinox in two plants in Mexico, workers went on a strike demanding CAMI become the main assembly point of the Equinox. The strike ended in October 16, 2017. Awards and highlights In the 2005 Harbour Report, CAMI was ranked No. 3 in truck assembly in the Small SUV category of the

CAMI Automotive

a defunct, independently incorporated joint venture vehicle manufacturing facility

Historical timeline 1986 - CAMI Automotive established 1989 - Production of J1 (Suzuki Sidekick and Geo Tracker), M2 (Geo Metro) begins 1993 - Total CAMI production reaches 500,000. 1994 - Production of M3 (Geo Metro and Pontiac Firefly) begins. 1996 - Total CAMI production reaches 1.5 million vehicles. 1998 - Production of J2 (Suzuki Vitara and Geo Tracker) begins and CAMI receives ISO 9002 registration for its Quality Management System. 2000 - CAMI receives ISO 14001 registration for its Environmental Management System. 2003 - Total CAMI production reaches 11.5 million vehicles. 2004 - Production of Chevrolet Equinox begins. 2005 -

Randy Porter

American stock car racing driver

Randy Porter (born July 6, 1964) is a retired American stock car racing driver. Porter competed 73 NASCAR Busch Series races between 1986 and 1998, achieving 3 top ten finishes and 1 pole position. Porter also competed in two NASCAR Cup Series events in 1992 and one NASCAR Gander RV & Outdoors Truck Series event in 1996. Motorsports career results NASCAR (key) (Bold – Pole position awarded by qualifying time. Italics – Pole position earned by points standings or practice time. * – Most laps led.) Winston Cup Series Craftsman Truck Series References External links Category:21st-century American racing drivers Category:NASCAR

Mark Dewey

American baseball player

Mark Alan Dewey (born January 3, 1964 in Grand Rapids, Michigan) is a former Major League Baseball player. He is currently a pitching coach for the Brevard County Manatees, located in Viera, Florida. The Manatees are the Class A-Advanced (High-A) Minor League Baseball affiliate of the Milwaukee Brewers. His prior coaching experience was with the Washington Wild Things, an independent professional baseball team in the Frontier League, and at Emory & Henry College in southwestern Virginia. Born in Grand Rapids, Dewey played for the Grand Valley State University Lakers. In 1987, he struck out 87 batters in 97.2 innings. He

Mark Dewey

American baseball player

was a 6'0" right-handed relief pitcher who played six season in the major leagues with the San Francisco Giants (1990, 1995–96), New York Mets (1992), and Pittsburgh Pirates (1993–94). On June 2, 1987, Dewey was drafted by the Giants in the 23rd round of the 1987 amateur draft. He appeared in 205 major league games and had a lifetime record of 12–7 (.632 winning percentage) with 168 strikeouts, 70 games finished and 8 saves. His lifetime earned run average was 3.65 for an Adjusted ERA+ of 110. His best season was 1993 when he had 7 saves for the Pirates

Mark Dewey

American baseball player

the Giants wore AIDS awareness ribbons on their uniforms and stood in a group shaped like that symbol during speeches by Giants owner Peter Magowan and San Francisco Mayor Willie Brown. Dewey refused to take the field for the ceremony, and he wore his ribbon sideways (which would have resembled the Jesus fish symbol). He cited religious reasons for his refusal, complaining that the ceremony was "against [his] Christian principles" and voicing the belief that homosexuality is a sin. References External links Category:Major League Baseball pitchers Category:Baseball players from Michigan Category:Sportspeople from Grand Rapids, Michigan Category:New York Mets players Category:Pittsburgh

Kyaliwajjala

place in Central Uganda, Uganda

Kyaliwajjala is a neighborhood in Kira Municipality, Kyaddondo County, Wakiso District, in Central Uganda. Location Kyaliwajja is bordered by Namugongo to the northeast, Bweyogerere to the southeast, Naalya to the south, Najjera to the west and Downtown Kira to the northwest. This location lies approximately , by road, northeast of Kampala, the capital of Uganda and the largest city in the country. The coordinates of Kyaliwajjala are:0°22'48.0"N 32°38'47.0"E (Latitude:0.380000; Longitude:32.646389). Overview In the 1960s and 1980s, Kyaliwajjala was a trading center at a road intersection. During the 21st Century it has developed into a bustling urban center with banks, retail

Steve Petro

American football player (1914-1994)

Stephen Lawrence Petro (October 21, 1914 – August 15, 1994) was an American football guard who played two seasons with the Brooklyn Dodgers of the National Football League (NFL). He was drafted by the Pittsburgh Pirates in the ninth round of the 1939 NFL Draft. He played college football at the University of Pittsburgh and attended Greater Johnstown High School in Johnstown, Pennsylvania. Steve played football for the Pittsburgh Panthers under head coach Jock Sutherland and later was an assistant football coach for the Panthers from 1950 to 1972. He was also the Assistant to the Athletic Director from 1973

Susan Egelstaff

badminton player

Susan Egelstaff (born 12 October 1982; née Hughes) is a Scottish badminton player. Egelstaff won team bronze at the 2002 Commonwealth Games in Manchester, took women's singles bronze four years later in Melbourne, and finished fourth in the singles in Delhi. In 2012, she competed for Great Britain at the 2012 Summer Olympics. She failed to progress past the group stage, beating Maja Tvrdy but losing to the 12th seed Sayaka Sato in three games. Achievements Commonwealth Games Women's singles BWF International Challenge/Series Women's singles Women's doubles BWF International Challenge tournament BWF International Series tournament References External links Category:Scottish female

This World, Then the Fireworks

1997 film by Michael Oblowitz

This World, Then the Fireworks is a 1997 American crime drama film directed by Michael Oblowitz and starring Billy Zane, Gina Gershon and Sheryl Lee. The screenplay is based on a short story of the same name by Jim Thompson. Plot As children, Marty and Carol Lakewood, fraternal twins, witness a brutal murder involving their father. They grow up to become depraved and incestuous adults, living in Los Angeles in the mid-1950s. Marty is a skillful journalist, but grows bored with every new job and is easily distracted. When he seduces a young police officer, Lois Archer, and discovers she

Lil Freak

2010 single by Usher and Nicki Minaj

"Lil Freak" is a song by American recording artist Usher, taken from his sixth studio album, Raymond v. Raymond. Featuring guest vocals by Trinidadian recording artist Nicki Minaj, the song was written by her, Usher, Ester Dean, Blac Elvis and Polow da Don, the latter two producing the track. Its hook is based on a manipulated sample of American soul musician Stevie Wonder's 1973 hit, "Living for the City". "Lil Freak" was released as the second single from the album in the United States and Canada on March 2, 2010. Carrying a dark tone, composed of heavy bass beats derived

Stachyphrynium placentarium

species of plant

Stachyphrynium placentarium is a species of plant in the family Marantaceae. Its basionym was Phyllodes placentaria Lour. and was subsequently long placed as various species in the genus Phrynium. The species is widespread throughout Asia, with records from Bhutan, southern China, India, Indo-China and Indonesia; no subspecies are listed in the Catalogue of Life. The leaves of this species, lá dong, are notably used throughout Việt Nam as a wrapping for food items: especially bánh chưng (the glutinous rice cake consumed at Tết) and bánh tẻ. Species in the similar genus Phrynium, including P. pubinerve may also be used for

Pasquale Bona

composer from Italy

Pasquale Bona (Cerignola, November 3, 1808 – Milan, December 2, 1878) was an Italian composer. He studied music in Palermo. He composed a number of operas, including one based on the Schiller play that would later inspire Giuseppe Verdi's Don Carlos. Bona later taught at the Conservatory in Milan, where he counted among his pupils Amilcare Ponchielli, Arrigo Boito, Franco Faccio and Alfredo Catalani; he was also friends with Alessandro Manzoni. Operas Il Tutore e il Diavolo, libretto by Giovanni Schmidt (1832) I Luna e i Perollo, libretto by Giacomo Sacchero (1844) Don Carlo, libretto by Giorgio Giachetti (1847) Il

Tancarville

commune in Seine-Maritime, France

Tancarville is a commune in the Seine-Maritime department in the Normandy region of northern France. Geography Tancarville is a farming village surrounded by woodland, by the banks of the river Seine in the Pays de Caux, some east of Le Havre and near the junction of the D39, D982 and D910 roads at the eastern end of the A131 autoroute. The canal de Tancarville to le Havre starts here and it is also the site of the 125 m high Tancarville Bridge. History Tancarvilla 1103; Tancardi villae 1114; Tankrad'''s farm. Germanic male given name Tankrad > Tancred, common in the

Chandler Air Force Station

closed radar station in Minnesota

Chandler Air Force Station is a closed United States Air Force General Surveillance Radar station. It is south of Chandler, Minnesota, on the Buffalo Ridge in section 13 of Moulton Township, Murray County. It was closed in 1969. History In late 1951 Air Defense Command selected the site as one of twenty-eight radar stations built as part of the second segment of the permanent radar surveillance network. Prompted by the start of the Korean War, on July 11, 1950, the Secretary of the Air Force asked the Secretary of Defense for approval to expedite construction of the second segment of

Kemp Malone

American academic

Kemp Malone (March 14, 1889 in Minter City, Mississippi – October 13, 1971) was a prolific medievalist, etymologist, philologist, and specialist in Chaucer who was lecturer and then professor of English Literature at Johns Hopkins University from 1924 to 1956. Born in an academic family, Kemp Malone graduated from Emory College as it then was in 1907, with the ambition of mastering all the languages that impinged upon the development of Middle English. He spent several years in Germany, Denmark and Iceland. When World War I broke out he served two years in the United States Army and was discharged

Kemp Malone

American academic

poems must be made". His interests ranged from 10th-century manuscripts to the etymology of contemporary comic strip names. American speech, the English language, the historical Arthur (his suggestion was the Roman dux Lucius Artorius Castus), Cædmon and Beowulf (he edited a facsimile of the Thorkelin transcripts, 1951), Deor - all were subjects among his hundreds of publications. He edited and translated a large corpus of medieval poetry: Widsith from the Exeter Book (1936). A sample of his production is a 1941 published book about old English poems, that were transferred into modern English alliterative verse. Rare books from his library,

Kemp Malone

American academic

donated 1971 to Emory University, are part of the Ancient and Medieval History (MARBL) collection, held at Robert W. Woodruff Library at Emory University Libraries. The Kemp Malone library content were fully registered under Call number Z997.M35. His literary heritage (30 document boxes) were deposited in 1983 at Johns Hopkins University. The historian and biographer Dumas Malone is his younger brother. References Further reading Norman E. Eliason: Kemp Malone: 14 March 1889–13 October 1971. American Speech, volume 44, no. 3 (fall, 1969), pp. 163–165 (JSTOR) Richard Macksey: Obituary: Kemp Malone: 1889–1971. MLN, volume 6, no. 6, Comparative Literature (Dec., 1971),

Shirokanedai Station

metro station in Minato, Tokyo, Japan

is a subway station in Minato, Tokyo, operated jointly by the Tokyo subway operators Tokyo Metro and Tokyo Metropolitan Bureau of Transportation (Toei). Lines Shirokanedai Station is served by the Tokyo Metro Namboku Line (station number N-02) and the Toei Mita Line (station number I-02), and lies from the starting point of both lines at Meguro Station. It is the least used station on the Toei network, with 5,070 boardings per day in 2018. Station layout The station has two underground side platforms on the fourth basement ("B4F") level, serving two tracks shared by both Tokyo Metro Namboku Line and

Flakpanzer 38(t)

1943 German self-propelled anti-aircraft gun

The Flakpanzer 38(t), officially named Flakpanzer 38(t) auf Selbstfahrlafette 38(t) Ausf M (Sd.Kfz. 140), was a German self-propelled anti-aircraft gun used in World War II. It is sometimes, incorrectly, referred to as the Gepard, which may lead to confusion with the unrelated Flakpanzer Gepard. Design and development The Flakpanzer 38(t) was designed around the chassis of the LT-38, a pre-war Czech design, which following the German occupation was produced for the Wehrmacht as the Panzer 38(t) until it was no longer effective. As the vehicle used the Ausf M chassis, the engine was located near the middle of the vehicle,

Flakpanzer 38(t)

1943 German self-propelled anti-aircraft gun

and the armament was placed at the rear in a specially designed armoured section. The superstructure could fold down to allow 360-degree traverse at low elevation. Including the single prototype, 141 Flakpanzer 38(t)s were built from November 1943 to February 1944, entering service in 1944. Combat use The Flakpanzer 38(t) was intended to be issued to the anti-aircraft platoon of each tank battalion (Panzer Abteilung) in a Panzer division. Most of the Flakpanzer 38(t)s were issued to Panzer Divisions on the Western Front, the remainder served on the Eastern Front. An example user being the 12th SS Panzer Division. At

Philip Olivier

British actor

Philip Olivier (born Philip Lee Borg-Olivier on 4 June 1980 in Liverpool) is a British actor, model and stage performer best known for playing the role of Tim O'Leary in the soap opera Brookside. He is also known for appearing in many of Big Finish's Doctor Who audio dramas, playing the Seventh Doctor's companion Hex. Philip is the grandson of former Maltese prime minister Giorgio Borg-Olivier </ref></ref> Career 1995–2003 Olivier's first role was in 1995 in the Channel 4 production Hearts and Minds with Christopher Eccleston. In 1996 he started playing his first television role, as Timothy "Tinhead" O'Leary in

Mount Xiqiao

mountain

Mount Xiqiao is a 40- to 50-million-year-old extinct volcano situated in the south west of the Nanhai District, Foshan, Guangdong, People's Republic of China from Guangzhou. The mountain is an important scenic area and designated as a national forest park and national geological park. Covering an area of , the area features a total of 72 peaks with the highest, Dacheng Peak (大秤峰), rising to . Geology From 40–50 million years ago the entire Pearl River Delta was an ancient bay where a volcanic eruption ejected a large quantity of lava into the sea. On cooling, the molten rock formed

Nicaragua

sovereign state in Central America

Nicaragua (; ), officially the Republic of Nicaragua (), is the largest country in the Central American isthmus, bordered by Honduras to the northwest, the Caribbean to the east, Costa Rica to the south, and the Pacific Ocean to the southwest. Managua is the country's capital and largest city and is also the third-largest city in Central America, behind Tegucigalpa and Guatemala City. The multi-ethnic population of six million includes people of indigenous, European, African, and Asian heritage. The main language is Spanish. Indigenous tribes on the Mosquito Coast speak their own languages and English. Originally inhabited by various indigenous

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sovereign state in Central America

cultures since ancient times, the region was conquered by the Spanish Empire in the 16th century. Nicaragua gained independence from Spain in 1821. The Mosquito Coast followed a different historical path, being colonized by the English in the 17th century and later coming under British rule. It became an autonomous territory of Nicaragua in 1860 and its northernmost part was transferred to Honduras in 1960. Since its independence, Nicaragua has undergone periods of political unrest, dictatorship, occupation and fiscal crisis, including the Nicaraguan Revolution of the 1960s and 1970s and the Contra War of the 1980s. The mixture of cultural

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sovereign state in Central America

Central America and migrated also to present-day northern Colombia and nearby areas. They lived a life based primarily on hunting and gathering, as well as fishing, and performing slash-and-burn agriculture. At the end of the 15th century, western Nicaragua was inhabited by several different indigenous peoples related by culture to the Mesoamerican civilizations of the Aztec and Maya, and by language to the Mesoamerican Linguistic Area. The Chorotegas were Mangue language ethnic groups who had arrived in Nicaragua from what is now the Mexican state of Chiapas sometime around 800 CE. The Pipil-Nicarao people were a branch of Nahuas who

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spoke the Nahuat dialect, and like the Chorotegas, they too had come from Chiapas to Nicaragua in approximately 1200 CE. Prior to that, the Pipil-Nicaraos had been associated with the Toltec civilization. Both the Chorotegas and the Pipil-Nicaraos were originally from Mexico's Cholula valley, and had gradually migrated southward. Additionally, there were trade-related colonies in Nicaragua that had been set up by the Aztecs starting in the 14th century. Spanish era (1522–1821) In 1502, on his fourth voyage, Christopher Columbus became the first European known to have reached what is now Nicaragua as he sailed southeast toward the Isthmus of

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sovereign state in Central America

Panama. Columbus explored the Mosquito Coast on the Atlantic side of Nicaragua but did not encounter any indigenous people. 20 years later, the Spaniards returned to Nicaragua, this time to its southwestern part. The first attempt to conquer Nicaragua was by the conquistador Gil González Dávila, who had arrived in Panama in January 1520. In 1522, González Dávila ventured into the area that later became known as the Rivas Department of Nicaragua. It was there that he encountered an indigenous Nahua tribe led by a chieftain named Macuilmiquiztli, whose name has sometimes been erroneously referred to as "Nicarao" or "Nicaragua".

Nicaragua

sovereign state in Central America

At the time, the tribe's capital city was called Quauhcapolca. González Dávila had brought along two indigenous interpreters who had been taught the Spanish language, and thus he was able to have a discourse with Macuilmiquiztli. After exploring and gathering gold in the fertile western valleys, González Dávila and his men were attacked and driven off by the Chorotega, led by the chieftain Diriangén. The Spanish attempted to convert the tribes to Christianity; the people in Macuilmiquiztli's tribe were baptized, but Diriangén, however, was openly hostile to the Spaniards. The first Spanish permanent settlements were founded in 1524. That year,

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sovereign state in Central America

1779 and on the San Juan River in 1780, the latter of which had temporary success before being abandoned due to disease. Independence (1821) The Captaincy General of Guatemala was dissolved in September 1821 with the Act of Independence of Central America, and Nicaragua soon became part of the First Mexican Empire. After the monarchy of the First Mexican Empire was overthrown in 1823, Nicaragua joined the newly formed United Provinces of Central America, which was later renamed as the Federal Republic of Central America. Nicaragua finally became an independent republic in 1838. Rivalry between the Liberal elite of León

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sovereign state in Central America

set himself up as President of Nicaragua, after conducting a farcical election in 1856. Costa Rica, Honduras, and other Central American countries united to drive Walker out of Nicaragua in 1857, after which a period of three decades of Conservative rule ensued. Great Britain, which had claimed the Mosquito Coast as a protectorate since 1655, delegated the area to Honduras in 1859 before transferring it to Nicaragua in 1860. The Mosquito Coast remained an autonomous area until 1894. José Santos Zelaya, President of Nicaragua from 1893 to 1909, negotiated the annexation of the Mosquito Coast to the rest of Nicaragua.

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sovereign state in Central America

were executed by order of Zelaya. The U.S. justified the intervention by claiming to protect U.S. lives and property. Zelaya resigned later that year. In August 1912, the President of Nicaragua, Adolfo Díaz, requested the secretary of war, General Luis Mena, to resign for fear he was leading an insurrection. Mena fled Managua with his brother, the chief of police of Managua, to start an insurrection. When the U.S. delegation asked President Díaz to ensure the safety of American citizens and property during the insurrection, he replied he could not, and asked the United States to intervene in the conflict.

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sovereign state in Central America

over Ortega was achieved with a 55% majority. Chamorro was the first woman president of Nicaragua. Ortega vowed he would govern desde abajo (from below). Chamorro came to office with an economy in ruins, primarily because of the financial and social costs of the contra war with the Sandinista-led government. In the next election, the Nicaraguan general election, 1996, Daniel Ortega and the Sandinistas of the FSLN were defeated again, this time by Arnoldo Alemán of the Constitutional Liberal Party (PLC). In the 2001 elections, the PLC again defeated the FSLN, with Alemán's Vice President Enrique Bolaños succeeding him as

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the Americas and this privileged location has enabled the country to serve as host to a great biodiversity. This factor, along with the weather and light altitudinal variations, allows the country to harbor 248 species of amphibians and reptiles, 183 species of mammals, 705 bird species, 640 fish species, and about 5,796 species of plants. The region of great forests is located on the eastern side of the country. Rainforests are found in the Río San Juan Department and in the autonomous regions of RAAN and RAAS. This biome groups together the greatest biodiversity in the country and is largely

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sovereign state in Central America

"much more action is required" by individual countries on restricting global temperature rise. However, in October 2017, Nicaragua made the decision to join the agreement. It ratified this agreement on November 22, 2017. Government Politics of Nicaragua takes place in a framework of a presidential representative democratic republic, whereby the President of Nicaragua is both head of state and head of government, and of a multi-party system. Executive power is exercised by the government. Legislative power is vested in both the government and the national assembly. The judiciary is independent of the executive and the legislature. Between 2007 and 2009,

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sovereign state in Central America

with Colombia over the Archipelago de San Andrés y Providencia and Quita Sueño Bank and with Costa Rica over a boundary dispute involving the San Juan River. The International Court of Justice, in regard to the case of Nicaragua v. United States in 1984, found that the United States was "in breach of its obligations under customary international law not to use force against another State", "not to intervene in its affairs", "not to violate its sovereignty", "not to interrupt peaceful maritime commerce". Military The armed forces of Nicaragua consists of various military contingents. Nicaragua has an army, navy and

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sovereign state in Central America

norms than the nation's military. Nicaragua is the safest country in Central America and one of the safest in Latin America, according to the United Nations Development Program, with a homicide rate of 8.7 per 100,000 inhabitants. Administrative divisions Nicaragua is a unitary republic. For administrative purposes it is divided into 15 departments (departamentos) and two self-governing regions (autonomous communities) based on the Spanish model. The departments are then subdivided into 153 municipios (municipalities). The two autonomous regions are the North Caribbean Coast Autonomous Region and South Caribbean Coast Autonomous Region, often referred to as RACCN and RACCS, respectively. Economy

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sovereign state in Central America

integrated. Nicaragua is currently a member of the Bolivarian Alliance for the Americas, which is also known as ALBA. ALBA has proposed creating a new currency, the Sucre, for use among its members. In essence, this means that the Nicaraguan córdoba will be replaced with the Sucre. Other nations that will follow a similar pattern include: Venezuela, Ecuador, Bolivia, Honduras, Cuba, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Dominica and Antigua and Barbuda. Nicaragua is considering construction of a canal linking the Atlantic to the Pacific Ocean, which President Daniel Ortega has said will give Nicaragua its "economic independence." Scientists have raised

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of 10 years. The growth in tourism has also positively affected the agricultural, commercial, and finance industries, as well as the construction industry. President Daniel Ortega has stated his intention to use tourism to combat poverty throughout the country. The results for Nicaragua's tourism-driven economy have been significant, with the nation welcoming one million tourists in a calendar year for the first time in its history in 2010. Every year about 60,000 U.S. citizens visit Nicaragua, primarily business people, tourists, and those visiting relatives. Some 5,300 people from the U.S. reside in Nicaragua. The majority of tourists who visit Nicaragua

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sovereign state in Central America

Native American, and 9% black and other races. This fluctuates with changes in migration patterns. The population is 58% urban . The capital Managua is the biggest city, with an estimated population of 1,042,641 in 2016. In 2005, over 5 million people lived in the Pacific, Central and North regions, and 700,000 in the Caribbean region. There is a growing expatriate community, the majority of whom move for business, investment or retirement from across the world, such as from the US, Canada, Taiwan, and European countries; the majority have settled in Managua, Granada and San Juan del Sur. Many Nicaraguans

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sovereign state in Central America

live abroad, particularly in Costa Rica, the United States, Spain, Canada, and other Central American countries. Nicaragua has a population growth rate of 1.5% . This is the result of one of the highest birth rates in the Western Hemisphere: 17.7 per 1,000 as of 2017. The death rate was 4.7 per 1,000 during the same period according to the United Nations. Ethnic groups The majority of the Nicaraguan population is composed of mestizos, roughly 69%. 17% of Nicaragua's population is of unmixed European stock, with the majority of them being of Spanish descent, while others are of German, Italian,

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sovereign state in Central America

and several distinguishing characteristics. For example, some Nicaraguans have a tendency to replace /s/ with /h/ when speaking. Although Spanish is spoken throughout, the country has great variety: vocabulary, accents and colloquial language can vary between towns and departments. On the Caribbean coast, indigenous languages, English-based creoles, and Spanish are spoken. The Miskito language, spoken by the Miskito people as a first language and some other indigenous and Afro-descendants people as a second, third, or fourth language, is the most commonly spoken indigenous language. The indigenous Misumalpan languages of Mayangna and Ulwa are spoken by the respective peoples of the

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same names. Many Miskito, Mayangna, and Ulwa people also speak Miskito Coast Creole, and a large majority also speak Spanish. Fewer than three dozen of nearly 2,000 Rama people speak their Chibchan language fluently, with nearly all Ramas speaking Rama Cay Creole and the vast majority speaking Spanish. Linguists have attempted to document and revitalize the language over the past three decades. The Garifuna people, descendants of indigenous and Afro-descendant people who came to Nicaragua from Honduras in the early twentieth century, have recently attempted to revitalize their Arawakan language. The majority speak Miskito Coast Creole as their first language

Nicaragua

sovereign state in Central America

and Spanish as their second. The Creole or Kriol people, descendants of enslaved Africans brought to the Mosquito Coast during the British colonial period and European, Chinese, Arab, and British West Indian immigrants, also speak Miskito Coast Creole as their first language and Spanish as their second. Largest cities Religion Religion plays a significant part of the culture of Nicaragua and is afforded special protections in the constitution. Religious freedom, which has been guaranteed since 1939, and religious tolerance are promoted by the government and the constitution. Nicaragua has no official religion. Catholic bishops are expected to lend their authority

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sovereign state in Central America

Diaspora The Civil War forced many Nicaraguans to start lives outside of their country. Many people emigrated during the 1990s and the first decade of the 21st century due to the lack of employment opportunities and poverty. The majority of the Nicaraguan Diaspora migrated to the United States and Costa Rica. Today one in six Nicaraguans live in these two countries. The diaspora has seen Nicaraguans settling around in smaller communities in other parts of the world, particularly Western Europe. Small communities of Nicaraguans are found in France, Germany, Italy, Spain, Norway, Sweden and the United Kingdom. Communities also exist

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sovereign state in Central America

in Australia and New Zealand. Canada, Brazil and Argentina host small groups of these communities. In Asia, Japan hosts a small Nicaraguan community. Due to extreme poverty at home, many Nicaraguans are now living and working in neighboring El Salvador, a country that has the US dollar as currency. Healthcare Although Nicaragua's health outcomes have improved over the past few decades with the efficient utilization of resources relative to other Central American nations, healthcare in Nicaragua still confronts challenges responding to its populations' diverse healthcare needs. The Nicaraguan government guarantees universal free health care for its citizens. However, limitations of

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sovereign state in Central America

of the poorest in Latin America. One of the first acts of the newly elected Sandinista government in 1980 was an extensive and successful literacy campaign, using secondary school students, university students and teachers as volunteer teachers: it reduced the overall illiteracy rate from 50.3% to 12.9% within only five months. This was one of a number of large-scale programs which received international recognition for their gains in literacy, health care, education, childcare, unions, and land reform. The Sandinistas also added a leftist ideological content to the curriculum, which was removed after 1990. In September 1980, UNESCO awarded Nicaragua the

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sovereign state in Central America

Cuban Salsa (Salsa Casino) elements have gained popularity across the country. Dance Dance in Nicaragua varies depending upon the region. Rural areas tend to have a stronger focus on movement of the hips and turns. The dance style in cities focuses primarily on more sophisticated footwork in addition to movement and turns. Combinations of styles from the Dominican Republic and the United States can be found throughout Nicaragua. Bachata dancing is popular in Nicaragua. A considerable amount of Bachata dancing influence comes from Nicaraguans living abroad, in cities that include Miami, Los Angeles and, to a much lesser extent, New

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sovereign state in Central America

Argüello and Ricardo Mayorga as well as Román González. Recently, football has gained popularity. The Dennis Martínez National Stadium has served as a venue for both baseball and football. The first ever national football-only stadium in Managua, the Nicaragua National Football Stadium, was completed in 2011. See also Bibliography of Nicaragua Index of Nicaragua-related articles Outline of Nicaragua References Additional sources External links Visit Nicaragua Teaching Central America Government Chief of State and Cabinet Members General information Nicaragua Corruption Profile from the Business Anti-Corruption Portal Nicaragua at UCB Libraries GovPubs Nicaragua profile from the BBC News Maps from WorldAtlas.com Nicaraguaportal:

Vasily Mishin

Soviet engineer

Vasily Pavlovich Mishin () (January 18, 1917 – October 10, 2001) was a Soviet engineer and a prominent rocketry pioneer, best remembered for the failures in the Soviet Space program that took place under his leadership. Mishin was born in Buvalyne, Pavlovo-Posadsky District of the Moscow region, Russia, and studied mathematics at the Moscow Aviation Institute. Mishin was a Soviet rocket scientist and one of the first Soviet specialists to see Nazi Germany's V-2 facilities at the end of World War II, along with others such as Sergey Korolev, who preceded him as the OKB-1 design bureau head, and Valentin

Vasily Mishin

Soviet engineer

flight" - Ivanchenko Y. C.,M., 2010 publishing house "Restart", "We grew hearts in Baikonur" - Author: Eliseev V. I. M: publisher OAO MPK in 2018, "Space science city Korolev" - Author: Posamentir R. D. M: publisher SP Struchenevsky O. V., External links Interview with Vasily Mishin one documentary made by BBC in which his role was shown Category:Russian engineers Category:Russian inventors Category:Russian scientists Category:Soviet scientists Category:Soviet engineers Category:20th-century engineers Category:Soviet space program personnel Category:Heroes of Socialist Labour Category:Full Members of the USSR Academy of Sciences Category:Full Members of the Russian Academy of Sciences Category:Moscow Aviation Institute faculty Category:Employees of RSC

Sokolniki Arena

architectural structure

to the east of the main arena. Tragedy On March 10, 1975, at a friendly match between Soviet and Canadian youth hockey teams at the Sokolniki Arena, at least twenty people were killed in a stampede after the lights went out. Notes References 1980 Summer Olympics official report. Volume 2. Part 1. pp. 114–7. External links Official website of the Sokolniki Sports Palace Category:Kontinental Hockey League venues Category:Indoor arenas built in the Soviet Union Category:Indoor ice hockey venues in Russia Category:Indoor arenas in Russia Category:Handball venues in Russia Category:HC Spartak Moscow Category:Venues of the 1980 Summer Olympics Category:Olympic handball venues

Ion Țurcanu

Moldovan politician

Ion Țurcanu (born January 15, 1946 in Găureni, Nisporeni) is an author, educator, historian, memoirist, professor, former member of the Parliament (1990–1994), politician and Romanian writer from Moldova. He is one of the 277 MPs of the first parliament of the former RSS Republic (later the Republic of Moldova), who voted for the Declaration of Independence of the Republic of Moldova on 27 August 1991. Biography Țurcanu was born on January 15, 1946 in Găurenii de Sus, former Lăpușna County. He graduated from the State University of Moldova in 1969 and obtained his doctorate in history in 1975. He started

1036 Ganymed

asteroid

1036 Ganymed, provisional designation , is a stony asteroid on a highly eccentric orbit, classified as a near-Earth object of the Amor group. It was discovered by German astronomer Walter Baade at the Bergedorf Observatory in Hamburg on 23 October 1924, and named after Ganymede from Greek mythology. With a diameter of approximately , Ganymed is the largest of all near-Earth objects. The S-type asteroid has a rotation period of 10.3 hours. In October 2024, it will approach Earth at . Orbit and classification Ganymed is an Amor asteroid, a subgroup of the near-Earth asteroids that approach the orbit of

1036 Ganymed

asteroid

Earth from beyond, but do not cross it. It orbits the Sun at a distance of 1.2–4.1 AU once every 4 years and 4 months (1,587 days; semi-major axis of 2.66 AU). Its orbit has a high eccentricity of 0.53 and an inclination of 27° with respect to the ecliptic. The body's observation arc begins at the discovering observatory on 24 October 1924, the night after its official discovery observation. Close approaches Ganymed has a minimum orbit intersection distance with Earth of , or 133 lunar distance. Its next pass of the Earth will be at a distance of on

Motorola DynaTAC

first certificated mobile phone model

system called AMPS, while others designed cell phones for that and other cellular systems. Martin Cooper, a former general manager for the systems division at Motorola, led a team that produced the DynaTAC 8000x, the first commercially available cellular phone small enough to be easily carried, and made the first phone call from it. Martin Cooper was the first person to make an analog cellular mobile phone call on a prototype in 1973. The Motorola DynaTAC 8000x was very large compared to phones today. This first cell phone was very expensive when it was released in the USA in 1984.

Guy Alitto

Professor in the History and East Asian Languages and Civilization Departments at the University of Chicago

Guy Salvatore Alitto () is an American academic in the History and East Asian Languages and Civilization Departments at the University of Chicago. He is known in China for revitalizing the scholarship on Chinese Confucian scholar Liang Shuming. He is also often quoted in popular Chinese media sources. He is best known in America for his scholarship and for his role as translator for the first official Chinese delegations to the United States after Richard Nixon's first visits to China. Career Alitto received his Ph.D. at Harvard in 1975 in Chinese history. His advisors were Benjamin I. Schwartz and John

Einar Stavang

Norwegian politician

Einar Magnus Henriksson Stavang (20 November 1898 – 3 May 1992) was a Norwegian lawyer and politician for the Labour Party. He was born in Bru as a son of teacher Henrik Matias Stavang (1866–1965) and Jensine Margrete Salomonsdatter (1866–1938). In 1927 he married Marie Vinje Baugstø (1901–). Their sons Per and Mattis Stavang were both jurists. Stavang was deputy mayor of Florø municipality in the periods 1928–1930 and 1934–1934, and mayor in 1940 and 1945–1946. He moved to Førde in 1946. He was elected to the Parliament of Norway from Sogn og Fjordane in 1945, and was re-elected on

Stigmella freyella

species of insect

Stigmella freyella is a moth of the family Nepticulidae. It is found from the Netherlands to the Baltic region and Russia, southwards to the Mediterranean region. It is also found in North Africa. The wingspan is . In Central Europe there are two generations per year. The larvae feed on Calystegia sepium, Calystegia soldanella, Convolvulus althaeoides, Convolvulus arvensis and Convolvulus elegans. They mine the leaves of their host plant. The mine consists of a full depth, very narrow and often strongly wound corridor. The frass is concentrated in a narrow central line. References Category:Nepticulidae Category:Moths described in 1858 Category:Moths of

Introducing Joe Gordon

album by Joe Gordon

Introducing Joe Gordon is the debut album by American jazz trumpeter Joe Gordon featuring tracks recorded in late 1954 and released on the EmArcy label. Reception Allmusic awarded the album 4 stars stating "Most of the tunes are originals based on the chord changes of standards, and Gordon sounds in fine form in this swinging setting". Track listing All compositions by Joe Gordon except as indicated "Toll Bridge" - 6:30 "Lady Bob" (Quincy Jones) - 6:59 "Grasshopper" (Jones) - 6:59 "Flash Gordon" - 7:39 "Bous Bier" - 6:49 "Xochimilco" - 6:15 Evening Lights - 4:21 Body And Soul - 4:25

The Siren's Reign

1915 film by Robert G. Vignola

The Siren's Reign is a 1915 American silent drama film directed by Robert G. Vignola and starring Alice Hollister, Harry F. Millarde, Anna Q. Nilsson, Robert Walker and Henry Hallam. An upright young man marries a siren, a drunken, unfaithful woman, who mothers his child, and then ruins him financially and morally. Plot Story of a man who disregards the quiet affection of a fine girl to marry a frivolous actress with whom he is infatuated. Several years later, after the woman has wrecked his life, the husband gives up in despair and shoots himself. Not until then does he

Alexander Clutterbuck

British diplomat

Sir Peter Alexander Clutterbuck (27 March 1897 – 29 December 1975) was a British diplomat who was high commissioner to Canada and India and ambassador to Ireland. Life and career Alexander's father, Sir Peter Clutterbuck was an Inspector General of Forests in India and Burma. Peter Alexander Clutterbuck was educated at Malvern College and Pembroke College, Cambridge. During World War I he served in the Coldstream Guards and was awarded the Military Cross and a mention in dispatches. After the war he entered the Civil Service, at first in the Post Office, transferring to the Colonial Office in 1922. He

Brian Auger

British jazz and rock keyboardist

Brian Albert Gordon Auger (born 18 July 1939) is an English jazz rock and rock music keyboardist who specializes in the Hammond organ. Auger has worked with Rod Stewart, Tony Williams, Jimi Hendrix, John McLaughlin, Sonny Boy Williamson, Eric Burdon. He incorporated jazz, early British pop, R&B, soul music, and rock into his sound. He has been nominated for a Grammy Award. Biography In 1965 Auger formed the group The Steampacket with Long John Baldry, Julie Driscoll, Vic Briggs, and Rod Stewart. Due to contractual problems there were no official recordings made by the band; nevertheless, nine tracks were laid

Brian Auger

British jazz and rock keyboardist

United States on the NBC special 33⅓ Revolutions Per Monkee. In 1970, he formed the jazz fusion ensemble Brian Auger's Oblivion Express shortly after abandoning the abortive "Wassenaar Arrangement" jazz rock commune in a small suburb of The Hague. Oblivion Express cultivated the talents of several notable musicians, including Average White Band drummers Robbie McIntosh and Steve Ferrone, as well as guitarist Jim Mullen. In 1971 he produced and appeared on Mogul Thrash's only album, Mogul Thrash. Two members of that band, Roger Ball and Malcolm Duncan, would go on to form the Average White Band. Auger toured with Kim

Brian Auger

British jazz and rock keyboardist

Simmonds, Gregg Errico, and Tim Bogert in the mid 1980s in a band they called Maestro. No album resulted from this collaboration and tour. In 1986, he played keyboards for the Italian singer Mango on the album Odissea. In 1989, Auger was musical director for the thirteen-part film retrospective series Villa Fantastica made for German TV. A live recording of the series, Super Jam (1990), features Auger on piano, Pete York on drums, Dick Morrissey on tenor saxophone, Roy Williams on trombone, Harvey Weston on bass guitar, and singers Zoot Money and Maria Muldaur. Auger toured with Eric Burdon in