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2,900 | Meyer Jerison | Meyer Jerison (November 28, 1922 – March 13, 1995) was an American mathematician known for his work in functional analysis and rings, and especially for collaborating with Leonard Gillman on one of the standard texts in the field: Rings of Continuous Functions. Jerison immigrated in 1929 from Poland to New York City, and was naturalized in 1933. He earned a bachelor's degree in 1943 from City College of New York and a master's degree in applied math in 1947 from Brown University. In 1945, he married the former Miriam Schwartz. He earned a Ph.D. in mathematics in 1950 from the University of Michigan under Sumner Myers with a dissertation entitled "The Space of Bounded Maps Into a Banach Space." Jerison worked briefly at NACA in Cleveland and at Lockheed Corporation. He joined the mathematics faculty at Purdue University in 1951, where he spent the remainder of his career, retiring in 1991. References External links Category:1922 births Category:1995 deaths Category:20th-century American mathematicians Category:Polish emigrants to the United States Category:Brown University alumni Category:University of Michigan alumni Category:Purdue University faculty |
2,901 | Dryden, Missouri | Dryden is an extinct town in Ripley County, in the U.S. state of Missouri. A post office called Dryden was established in 1891, and remained in operation until 1905. The community has the name of Nathaniel Dryden, a state elected official. References Category:Ghost towns in Missouri Category:Former populated places in Ripley County, Missouri |
2,902 | Moley Robotics | Moley Robotics is a robotics company headquartered in London, United Kingdom. It was founded by Mark Oleynik in 2015 to create service robots for kitchen use. It is best known for creating the first robot kitchen called The Moley Robotic Kitchen (MK1). History Mark Oleynik, a computer scientist, founded the Moley Robotics in -512 as a way to have good food at home without the skills to make it. In 2015, Moley Robotics started working on a robotic kitchen, which made its debut at the Hannover Messe industrial robotics trade fair in Hannover, Germany in April 2015. The Robotic Kitchen has been distinguished in several international science and engineering events. In May 2015, the Robotic Kitchen won the "Best of the Best" CES Shanghai award in China. In January 2016, the prototype was finalist at the first edition of the UAE AI & Robotics Award in the international category, health sector. The consumer version of the Robotic Kitchen was slated to launch in 2018. Robotic Kitchen The current prototype of the Moley Robotic Kitchen includes two robotic arms with hands equipped with tactile sensors, an oven, an electric stove, a dishwasher and a touchscreen unit. These artificial hands can pick up and interact with most kitchen equipment, such as blenders, whisks, knives and the hob. It captures, with an integrated 3D camera and wired glove, the entire work of a human chef and upload it into a database. The chef's actions are translated into digital movements using gesture recognition algorithms created in collaboration with Stanford University and Carnegie Mellon University professors. Later, The Robotic Kitchen reproduces the whole sequence of actions to cook an identical meal from scratch. In the current prototype, the user operates the installation via a built-in touchscreen or smartphone application with cooking ingredients prepared in advance and put in preset locations. Moley Robotic's objective in the future is to enable the user to select from a library of over 2,000 recorded recipes. See also Domestic robot Gesture recognition Google Home Home automation hRecipe Instant Pot Laundroid Multicooker References External links Category:Robotics companies of the United Kingdom Category:Manufacturing companies based in London Category:2015 establishments in the United Kingdom Category:Manufacturing companies established in 2015 Category:Domestic robots Category:Service robots Category:Kitchen |
2,903 | Muhammad Rashad Khan | Muhammad Rashad Khan is a Pakistani politician from Shangla District who is currently a member of the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Assembly and belongs to the Pakistan Muslim League (N). He is also serving as the chairman or as a member of various committees. Political career Khan was elected as the member of the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Assembly on the ticket of the Pakistan Muslim League(N) from PK-87 (Shangla-I) in the Pakistani general election, 2013. References Category:Living people Category:Pashtun people Category:Pakistan Muslim League (N) politicians Category:Khyber Pakhtunkhwa MPAs 2013–2018 Category:People from Shangla District Category:1980 births |
2,904 | Lars Bergström (philosopher) | Lars Bergström is a Swedish philosopher and professor of practical philosophy at Stockholm University. In 2017, he was awarded the Rettigska priset by the Royal Swedish Academy of Letters, History and Antiquities for his "internationally influential philosophical authorship and his valuable contributions to the philosophical discussion in Sweden". Biography Bergström received his PhD in 1966. His dissertation The Alternatives and Consequences of Actions attracted considerable international attention and sparked a lively and extensive discussion in professional philosophical journals. He served as a professor of practical philosophy at the University of Uppsala from 1974 until 1987, when he assumed his current position as a professor of practical philosophy at Stockholms University. Bergström is a member of The Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters and The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences. For many years he has also been the editor of the academic philosophy journal Filosofisk tidskrift. References Category:Consequentialists Category:Stockholm University faculty Category:Swedish philosophers Category:Living people Category:Year of birth missing (living people) |
2,905 | Archie Shepp | Archie Vernon Shepp (born May 24, 1937) is an American jazz saxophonist, educator and playwright who since the 1960s has played a central part in the development of avant-garde jazz. Biography Early life Shepp was born in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, but raised in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. He studied piano, clarinet, and alto saxophone before focusing on tenor saxophone. He occasionally plays soprano saxophone and piano. He studied drama at Goddard College from 1955 to 1959. He played in a Latin jazz band for a short time before joining the band of avant-garde pianist Cecil Taylor. Shepp's first recording under his own name, Archie Shepp - Bill Dixon Quartet, was released on Savoy Records in 1962 and featured a composition by Ornette Coleman. Along with John Tchicai and Don Cherry, he was a member of the New York Contemporary Five. John Coltrane's admiration led to recordings for Impulse! Records, the first of which was Four for Trane in 1964, an album of mainly Coltrane compositions on which he was joined by trombonist Roswell Rudd, bassist Reggie Workman and alto player John Tchicai. Early career Shepp participated in the sessions for Coltrane's A Love Supreme in late 1964, but none of the takes he participated in was included on the final LP release (they were made available for the first time on a 2002 reissue). However, Shepp, along with Tchicai and others from the Four for Trane sessions, then recorded Ascension with Coltrane in 1965, and his place alongside Coltrane at the forefront of the avant-garde jazz scene was epitomized when the pair split a record (the first side a Coltrane set, the second a Shepp set) entitled New Thing at Newport released in late 1965. In 1965, Shepp released Fire Music, which included the first signs of his developing political consciousness and his increasingly Afrocentric orientation. The album took its title from a ceremonial African music tradition and included a reading of an elegy for Malcolm X. Shepp's 1967 The Magic of Ju-Ju also took its name from African musical traditions, and the music was strongly rooted in African music, featuring an African percussion ensemble. At this time, many African-American jazzmen were increasingly influenced by various continental African cultural and musical traditions; along with Pharoah Sanders, Shepp was at the forefront of this movement. The Magic of Ju-Ju defined Shepp's sound for the next few years: freeform avant-garde saxophone lines coupled with rhythms and cultural concepts from Africa. Shepp was invited to perform in Algiers for the 1969 Pan-African Cultural Festival of the Organization for African Unity, along with Dave Burrell, Sunny Murray, and Clifford Thornton. This ensemble then recorded several sessions in Paris at the BYG Actuel studios. Shepp continued to experiment into the new decade, at various times including harmonica players and spoken word poets in his ensembles. With 1972's Attica Blues and The Cry of My People, he spoke out for civil rights; the former album was a response to the Attica Prison riots. Shepp also writes for theater; his works include The Communist (1965) and Lady Day: A Musical Tragedy |
2,906 | Gorgopis | Gorgopis is a genus of moths of the family Hepialidae. There are 28 described species found in southern and eastern Africa. Species Gorgopis alticola - Tanzania Gorgopis angustiptera Gorgopis annulosa - South Africa Gorgopis armillata - South Africa Gorgopis auratilis - South Africa Gorgopis aurifuscata Gorgopis butlerii - South Africa Gorgopis caffra - South Africa Gorgopis centaurica - South Africa Gorgopis cochlias - South Africa Gorgopis crudeni - South Africa Gorgopis furcata - South Africa Gorgopis fuscalis - South Africa Gorgopis grisescens - South Africa Gorgopis hunti - South Africa Gorgopis inornata - South Africa Gorgopis intervallata - South Africa Gorgopis leucopetala - South Africa Gorgopis libania - South Africa/Angola Larva feeds on grasses Gorgopis limbopunctata Gorgopis lobata - South Africa Gorgopis olivaceonotata - South Africa Gorgopis pallidiflava - South Africa Gorgopis pholidota - South Africa Gorgopis ptiloscelis - South Africa Gorgopis salti - Tanzania Gorgopis serangota - South Africa Gorgopis subrimosa - South Africa Gorgopis tanganyikaensis - Tanzania Gorgopis zellerii - South Africa External links Hepialidae genera Category:Hepialidae Category:Exoporia genera Category:Taxa named by Jacob Hübner |
2,907 | Howe Tavern (College Corner, Ohio) | The Howe Tavern is a historic former hotel in the Butler County portion of College Corner, Ohio, United States. Constructed before the village was founded, it remained a hotel into the late 20th century, and it has been named a historic site. In 1832, Gideon Sears Howe bought the site of College Corner from Miami University in nearby Oxford; the site was significant for its spot on the road (now U.S. Route 27) connecting Hamilton, Ohio with Richmond, Indiana. Here he arranged for the erection of a tavern, which opened in the following year. Other settlers began coming before long, and in 1837 Howe platted a town around the tavern, naming it "College Corner". The area's earliest buildings were built in 1811, and a post office was established in the Preble County portion of the community in 1830, but the Howe Tavern was the community's earliest example of permanent construction. It remained in its original use into the 1970s. Built of brick, the tavern rests on a foundation of stone and is covered with a gabled roof. The facade is divided into three bays: on the second floor, the right and middle bays are pierced by two windows, while the left bay is only wide enough for one window. From right to left, the five windows sit above a door, a window, a window, a door, and a porch-like window. The original building is two-and-a-half stories tall, built as a rectangle, although a later two-story addition on the northwestern corner causes the whole building to resemble the shape of the letter "L". In 1976, the tavern was listed on the National Register of Historic Places, qualifying both because of its place in local history and because of its historically significant architecture, because of its place as the core of the original community and because it remained a fine example of inns from the early nineteenth century, respectively. No other locations in College Corner, nor any in West College Corner in Indiana just a few feet west, are listed on the National Register. References Category:Hotel buildings completed in 1832 Category:Buildings and structures in Butler County, Ohio Category:National Register of Historic Places in Butler County, Ohio Category:Hotel buildings on the National Register of Historic Places in Ohio Category:U.S. Route 27 Category:1833 establishments in Ohio |
2,908 | Enteng Kabisote: OK Ka Fairy Ko... The Legend | Enteng Kabisote: OK Ka Fairy Ko... The Legend is a 2004 Filipino fantasy comedy film directed by Tony Y. Reyes, the first installment of Enteng Kabisote film series and the third movie installment based on television sitcom, Okay Ka, Fairy Ko!, which made about PhP 83.6 million. It is also one of the films featured in the 2004 Metro Manila Film Festival. Plot Enteng Kabisote (Vic Sotto) is a man married to Faye (Kristine Hermosa), a lovely fairy and the only daughter of Ina Magenta (Giselle Toengi), queen of Engkantasya, an enchanted kingdom. The couple has two children, Aiza (Aiza Seguerra) and Benok (Oyo Boy Sotto). The family is living peacefully and happily until the day Satana (Bing Loyzaga), the evil queen of Kadiliman brings chaos to Earth by sending Romero (Jeffrey Quizon), Lucy (Nikki Arriola) and Fer (Levi Inacio) to poison the water of the dams. But Venuz (Leila Kuzma) and Aries (Patrick Alvarez), armored fairies sent by Ina Magenta stopped them. Satana turns her ire to Enteng’s family, and she sends Itim (Michael V.), to spy on Enteng and Faye. But because of the family’s goodness to him, Itim deceived and betrayed Satana. In turn, Satana transforms herself into a young girl named Tanny (Nadine Samonte), who seduces and possesses Benok, but Enteng manages to stop her evil deed in time. Burning with anger, Satana kidnaps Faye. She demands that Ina Magenta surrenders her good powers so she can rule the Earth. Instead, Ina sends Enteng and Benok together with Itim (transformed into a talking flying horse) to fight Satana. After a numerous adventures and comic fights, they manage to rescue Faye. Cast Vic Sotto as Enteng Kabisote Kristine Hermosa as Faye Kabisote Giselle Toengi as Ina Magenta Aiza Seguerra as Aiza Kabisote Oyo Boy Sotto as Benok Kabisote Bing Loyzaga as Satana/Tanny Bayani Casimiro II as Prinsipe K Joey de Leon as Mulawit/Pugo Jose Manalo as Jose Jeffrey Quizon as Romero Ruby Rodriguez as Amy Michael V. as Itim/Puti Accolades See also Okay Ka, Fairy Ko! (film series) References External links "Metro Manila Film Festival:2005" Category:2004 films Category:Philippine comedy films Category:2000s fantasy-comedy films Category:M-Zet Productions films Category:OctoArts Films films Category:Philippine films |
2,909 | Kaldis | Kaldis is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: Aristodimos Kaldis (1899-1979), American artist Georgios Kaldis, Greek boxer Georgios Emmanouil Kaldis (1875–1953), Greek lawyer, journalist and politician Jim Kaldis (1932-2007), Australian politician |
2,910 | Coherence bandwidth | Coherence bandwidth is a statistical measurement of the range of frequencies over which the channel can be considered "flat", or in other words the approximate maximum bandwidth or frequency interval over which two frequencies of a signal are likely to experience comparable or correlated amplitude fading. If the multipath time delay spread equals D seconds, then the coherence bandwidth in rad/s is given approximately by the equation: Also coherence bandwidth in Hz is given approximately by the equation: It can be reasonably assumed that the channel is flat if the coherence bandwidth is greater than the data signal bandwidth. The coherence bandwidth varies over cellular or PCS communications paths because the multipath spread D varies from path to path. Application Frequencies within a coherence bandwidth of one another tend to all fade in a similar or correlated fashion. One reason for designing the CDMA IS-95 waveform with a bandwidth of approximately 1.25 MHz is because in many urban signaling environments the coherence bandwidth Bc is significantly less than 1.25 MHz. Therefore, when fading occurs it occurs only over a relatively small fraction of the total CDMA signal bandwidth. The portion of the signal bandwidth over which fading does not occur typically contains enough signal power to sustain reliable communications. This is the bandwidth over which the channel transfer function remains virtually constant. Example If the delay spread D over a particular cellular communication path in an urban environment is 1.9 µs, then using equation above, the coherence bandwidth is approximately 0.53 MHz, which results in frequency selective fading over the IS-95 bandwidth. See also Coherence time Coherence length Category:Wave mechanics Category:Radio frequency propagation |
2,911 | January 2017 Central Italy earthquakes | A series of four major earthquakes struck Central Italy between Abruzzo, Lazio, the Marche and Umbria regions on 18 January 2017. Earthquakes A magnitude 5.3 earthquake struck 25 km northwest of L'Aquila on 18 January at 10:25 local time at a depth of 9 km. A stronger, 5.7 tremor hit the same epicentral area at 11:14 local time. A third earthquake of preliminary magnitude of 5.6 struck 11 minutes later. At 14:33 local time, the fourth tremor of magnitude 5.2 was registered. These earthquakes were followed by multiple aftershocks. The earthquakes were strongly felt in other parts of central Italy, including the city of Rome, where the metro system and many schools were evacuated. The strongest tremor was also felt in coastal parts of Croatia (with an intensity of III). Five deaths were reported in Teramo, Crognaleto and Campotosto. These earthquakes also appeared to have triggered, in combination with a winter storm, the Rigopiano avalanche a few hours later, that struck a hotel. Avalanche During the evening of 18 January, the Rigopiano Hotel in the Gran Sasso mountain near Farindola in the Abruzzo region was struck by an avalanche, thought to have been triggered by the earthquakes, leaving "many dead". There were forty people in the hotel when the avalanche struck, including twenty-eight guests and twelve employees. Twenty-nine people were confirmed dead from the avalanche. A total of nine people were rescued, and two other people survived because they had been standing outside of the hotel when the avalanche hit. It was reported that shortly after the earthquake hit the region, hotel guests were gathered on the ground floor of the hotel, awaiting evacuation when the avalanche struck. Upon impact, the avalanche caused part of the roof of the hotel to collapse, and moved it 10 meters (33 feet) down the mountain. Shocks Magnitude of January 2017 earthquakes Magnitude from August 2016 Central Italy earthquakes Geological aspects The quakes occurred in a seismic gap which is located between the areas hit by the August 2016 earthquake, the October 2016 earthquakes and the one in Umbria and Marche in 1997. In that gap, no strong earthquake happened for more than 100 years until 2016. The rapid succession of four bursts of seismic activity in three hours, all of which with a magnitude higher than 5 was described as "a novel phenomenon in recent history" by seismologists from the National Institute of Geophysics and Volcanology of Italy. The same scientists compared it with the 1980 Irpinia earthquake, where three different quakes happened in 80 seconds. As the process of faulting along the chain of the Apennine Mountains is a relatively recent one in geological terms, starting 500,000 years ago, the faults are more irregular, so more shaking occurs due to foreshocks according to seismologist Ross Stein from Stanford University. See also January 2017 European cold wave August 2016 Central Italy earthquake October 2016 Central Italy earthquakes List of earthquakes in Italy List of earthquakes in 2017 References External links Earthquake in Italy on the Earthquake Report website EMSR194: Earthquake in Central Italy (damage grading |
2,912 | JIPA | JIPA may refer to: Japan Intellectual Property Association Journal of the International Phonetic Association |
2,913 | Kemal Derviş | Kemal Derviş (; born 10 January 1949) is a Turkish economist and politician, and former head of the United Nations Development Programme. He was honored by the government of Japan for having "contributed to mainstreaming Japan's development assistance policy through the United Nations". In 2005, he was ranked 67th in the Top 100 Public Intellectuals Poll conducted by Prospect and Foreign Policy magazines. He is Vice President and Director of the Global Economy and Development program at the Brookings Institution and part-time professor of international economics at the Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies in Geneva. In March 2015, Derviş agreed to become the Deputy Prime Minister of Turkey responsible for the economy in a cabinet led by Republican People's Party (CHP) leader Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu should his party form the government after the general election to be held in June. He declined to become a Member of Parliament however, stating that he would prefer to participate in the cabinet from outside the Parliament. He is therefore the first and remains the only shadow minister in Turkey. Early life Kemal Derviş was born on 10 January 1949 in Istanbul, Turkey, to a Turkish father and a Dutch-German mother. From his father's side, he is a descendant of Ottoman Grand Vizier Halil Hamid Pasha (1736–1785); and of Ottoman military physician Asaf Derviş Pasha (1868–1928) who is regarded as the founder of modern gynaecology in Turkey. Career As Minister of State for Economic Affairs in Turkey when Bülent Ecevit was Prime Minister, Derviş was the architect of Turkey's successful three-year economic recovery program launched in 2001. Before being named to head the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), he was a member of the Turkish parliament, and a member of the joint commission of the Turkish and European Parliaments. He used to be a member of the Convention on the Future of Europe. A member of the Advisory Group at the Center for Global Development, member the Task Force on Global Public Goods and the Special Commission on the Balkans and associated with the Economics and Foreign Policy Forum in Istanbul, Derviş was instrumental in strengthening Turkey’s prospects of starting membership negotiations with the European Union. Strobe Talbott announced that Derviş joined the Brookings Institution on 30 March 2009 as vice president and director of the Global Economy and Development program. Derviş is married to his second wife, Catherine Derviş, an American citizen. He is the author of Recovery from the Crisis and Contemporary Social Democracy, which was published in 2006. Derviş is also a regular contributor to Project Syndicate since 2003. Studies and World Bank career Kemal Derviş completed his early education in Institut Le Rosey. He later earned his bachelor (1968) and master's degrees (1970) in economics from the London School of Economics and his PhD from Princeton University, U.S. (1973). From 1973 to 1976, he was member of the economics faculty of the Middle East Technical University in Ankara, Turkey, and served also as an advisor to Bülent Ecevit during and after his Prime Ministerial duties. From 1976 to 1978, he was |
2,914 | Listed buildings in Church, Lancashire | Church is a village in Hyndburn, Lancashire, England. It contains six buildings that are recorded in the National Heritage List for England as designated listed buildings. Of these, one is listed at Grade II*, the middle grade, and the others are at Grade II. The Leeds and Liverpool Canal passes through the village, and three of the listed buildings are associated with it; two bridges and a warehouse. The other listed buildings in the village are a church, a large house, and a war memorial. Key Buildings References Citations Sources Category:Lists of listed buildings in Lancashire Category:Buildings and structures in Hyndburn |
2,915 | Cristian Esnal | Cristian Eduardo Esnal Fernández (born May 2, 1986 in San Salvador, El Salvador) is a Salvadoran footballer of Uruguayan descent, who last played professionally for Club Atlético River Plate (Uruguay). Esnal is the son of assassinated Uruguayan footballer Raúl Esnal and Cousin of Alexis Rolín. Career He began his career playing for C.D. Chalatenango. After that season he caught the attention of C.D. Águila. He participated in the 2007 pre-Olympic qualifiers but failed to see any playing time. In October 2009, Esnal left Águila to join second division side Dragón. On July 27, 2010, Esnal signed to Uruguayan first division club Montevideo Wanderers. He was called up by Ruben Israel for the El Salvador friendly against Venezuela. On August 7, 2011, Esnal started the match but was subbed-out at the 67th minute for a more offensive technique. Cristian abruptly canceled his contract with UES and left El Salvador in 2013 and moved to his father's birth country of Uruguay because his family was threatened by extortionists. He signed a contract with River Plate in 2014. As of April 2017, he resides in Los Angeles, California, and is a free agent. He played during the 2017 Spring Season with Ozzy's Laguna FC (United Premier Soccer League) and Santa Clarita Storm (UPSL), and was selected once as UPSL National Player Of The Week (March 3, 2017) and also received All-UPSL Team honors for the 2017 Spring Season. International caps and goals El Salvador's goal tally first. References External links Category:1986 births Category:Living people Category:Sportspeople from San Salvador Category:Association football defenders Category:Salvadoran footballers Category:Salvadoran people of Uruguayan descent Category:C.A. Rentistas players Category:C.D. Chalatenango footballers Category:C.D. Águila footballers Category:Atlético Balboa footballers Category:River Plate Montevideo players Category:Montevideo Wanderers F.C. players Category:Juventud Independiente footballers Category:Expatriate footballers in Uruguay Category:El Salvador international footballers |
2,916 | Dvalishvili | Dvalishvili () is a Georgian surname. Notable people with the surname include: Nadezhda Khnykina-Dvalishvili (born 1933), Soviet track and field athlete Vladimir Dvalishvili (born 1986), Georgian football player Category:Georgian-language surnames |
2,917 | Guru Nanak College, GTB Nagar, Mumbai | Guru Nanak College is situated in GTB Nagar of Mumbai city. It is located very near to the Guru Tegh Bahadur Nagar Railway Station on the Harbour line About Guru Nanak College of Arts, Science and Commerce is one of the many educational institutions established by Guru Nanak Vidyak Society. Guided by the principles of purity, truth, charity and peace, the Sikh management established the college in 1989. It also opened a new chapter in the history of higher education in the state of Maharashtra. The aim of the Society in establishing this institution is to reach out to the educational needs of the people in the vicinity of the college and also to fulfill the needs of the ever growing population of the city. The Institution also aims at providing the students an opportunity to develop an integrated personality, to foster a spirit of free thinking and above all to inculcate love for humanity and love for truthful living. These indeed were the true teachings of Guru Nanak. The college provides all its students with a friendly and supportive study environment, high teaching standards, excellent facilities and support services to enrich learning and make them more confident to face the tough challenges of the ever changing global environment. References Category:Colleges in India Category:Universities and colleges in Mumbai Category:Memorials to Guru Nanak Category:Educational institutions established in 1989 Category:1989 establishments in India |
2,918 | Virginia's 43rd House of Delegates district | Virginia's 43rd House of Delegates district elects one of 100 seats in the Virginia House of Delegates, the lower house of the state's bicameral legislature. District 43 represents part of Fairfax County. The seat is currently held by Democrat Mark D. Sickles. Geography District 43, representing part of Fairfax County, is located in Virginia's 8th Congressional District. References Category:Government in Fairfax County, Virginia Category:Virginia House of Delegates districts |
2,919 | Effa Manley | Effa Louise Manley (March 27, 1897 – April 16, 1981) was an American sports executive. She co-owned the Newark Eagles baseball franchise in the Negro leagues with her husband Abe Manley from 1935 to 1948.Effa Manley Throughout that time, she served as the team's business manager and fulfilled many of her husband's duties as treasurer of the Negro National League. In 2006, she posthumously became the first (and, to date, only) woman inducted into the National Baseball Hall of Fame, chosen by the Special Committee on Negro Leagues for her work as an executive.Effa ManleyEffa Manley Early life Manley was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, where she attended school. In 1916, she graduated from Penn Central High School, completing vocational training there in cooking, oral expression and sewing. She entered the hatmaking business. Manley's racial background is not completely known. Her biological parents may have been white but she was raised by her black stepfather and her mother . The racial background of Manley's mother Bertha (maiden name: Ford) Cole Brooks is contested. Most books say Bertha was German, Effa claimed her maternal grandfather was Native American, but her maternal grandfather was German. Bertha is listed as black on many censuses and documents, however, this could have been due to census takers and biases, no African ancestry has been proven conclusively . Most assumed Manley's stepfather was her biological father and therefore classify her as black. However, according to the book The Most Famous Woman in Baseball by Bob Luke, Effa was born through an extramarital union between her seamstress mother, Bertha Ford Brooks, and Bertha's white employer, Philadelphia stockbroker John Marcus Bishop. Daryl Russell Grigsby wrote, "...some insist she was a white woman exposed to black culture, who identified as black. Regardless of her ethnic origins, Effa Manley thought of herself as a black woman and was perceived by all who knew her as just that." Author Ted Schwarz wrote, "She was a white woman who passed as a black...She could stay in any hotel she desired." In an interview she gave, she seemed to enjoy the confusion her skin color created. She related a story of when her husband, Abe Manley took her to Tiffany's in New York for an engagement ring. She picked out a huge five-carat stone. She remarked at how every salesgirl in the store was on hand to get a glimpse of this "old Negro man buying this young white girl a five-carat ring" and how she got a kick out of it. In 1977, Manley was interviewed for an oral history project which is archived at the Louie B. Nunn Center for Oral History at the University of Kentucky Libraries. Newark Eagles She married Abe Manley in 1935 after meeting him at a New York Yankees game, and he involved her extensively in the operation of his own club, the Newark Eagles in Newark, New Jersey. She displayed particular skill in the area of marketing and often scheduled promotions that advanced the Civil Rights Movement. Her most noteworthy success was the Eagles' victory in the Negro |
2,920 | Simon Woolley, Baron Woolley of Woodford | Simon Andrew Woolley, Baron Woolley of Woodford is a political and equalities activist. He is the founder and director of Operation Black Vote and the Advisory Chair of the Government of the United Kingdom Race Disparity Unit. He has been a crossbench member of the House of Lords since October 2019. Early life and education Woolley was born in Leicester. He grew up on the St Matthew's estate, left school without A-Levels, and started his working life in an apprenticeship. Woolley moved to London, and spent four years in advertising for The Rank Organisation in Wardour Street, before deciding to study Spanish and Politics at Middlesex University. He earned a Master of Arts in Hispanic literature at Queen Mary University of London. Career Woolley become engaged with British politics, joining the campaign group Charter 88. He started to research the potential impact of a black vote, which Woolley argued could influence electoral outcomes in marginal seats. These findings encouraged Woolley to launch Operation Black Vote in 1996. Operation Black Vote has launched voter registration campaigns, an app to inspire and inform black and minority ethnic (BME) individuals and worked with Saatchi & Saatchi on a pro bono advertising campaign. Woolley also worked to empower communities and to integrate better politics education into the school curriculum. The Esmée Fairbairn Foundation estimated that Woolley's efforts encouraged millions of people to vote. Much of his work has been around nurturing BME civic and politic talent: the then Home Secretary Theresa May said in a speech in Westminster in 2016, "Today we celebrate a record number of BME MPs in parliament - 41. British politics and British society greatly benefits when we can utilise diversity’s teaming talent pool. That’s why today we are announcing that in the months ahead we will begin a new MP and business shadowing scheme". Woolley served as a Commissioner for the Equality and Human Rights Commission. In 2008, the Government Equalities Office released Woolley's report How to achieve better BME political representation. He was appointed to the Equalities Commission in 2009. He has launched two governmental investigations, including REACH, which looked to tackle the alienation of black youth, as well as working with Harriet Harman on the political representation of black and minority ethnic women. He worked with Bernie Grant, Al Sharpton, Naomi Campbell and Jesse Jackson on grassroots campaigns highlighting racial discrimination. In 2017 Operation Black Vote, the Guardian newspaper and Green Park Ltd launched the Colour of Power, to date the most in-depth look at the racial make-up of Britain's top jobs across 28 sectors that dominate British society. The results were reported in The Guardian: "Barely 3% of Britain’s most powerful and influential people are from black and minority ethnic groups, according to a broad new analysis that highlights startling inequality despite decades of legislation to address discrimination". He has called for local councillors to become more diverse, after it emerged that of the 200 councillors in South Gloucestershire, Bath and North East Somerset and North Somerset, no one was from a black or minority ethnic background. In |
2,921 | 1870 in sports | 1870 in sports describes the year's events in world sport. American football College championship College football national championship – Princeton Tigers Events Columbia Lions joins the college football circuit and loses to Rutgers Scarlet Knights in its only game. Princeton Tigers beats Rutgers. Columbia doesn't play Princeton. Association football Scotland Formation of Stranraer FC International 5 March — the first international match between England and Scotland is a 0–0 draw at Kennington Oval but it is not officially recognised by FIFA as there is no Scottish FA in existence at the time Baseball National championship National Association of Base Ball Players champion – Chicago White Stockings Events Openly there are fifteen professional teams in the field. Harvard college's strongest team tours during the summer and wins 6 of 16 against the pros. 14 June — Atlantic of Brooklyn defeats the Cincinnati Red Stockings 8 to 7 in 11 innings, the first Red Stockings defeat since 3 October 1868. Boxing Events 10 May — Jem Mace returns to competitive boxing and fights Tom Allen, nominally for the now-defunct English Championship at Kennerville, Louisiana. Mace wins with a tenth round knockout which confirms that he is still the best English fighter. Claims are made on behalf of Mace that he is also the holder of the American Championship and this fight was the first world heavyweight championship bout. Having not fought either Jimmy Elliott or Mike McCoole and strong anti-British sentiment within the mostly Irish-American boxing community at that time, these claims are still debated. 12 December — American Championship claimant Jimmy Elliott is arrested and convicted of highway robbery and assault with intent to kill. He is sentenced to 16 years and 10 months at the Eastern Penitentiary in Philadelphia, eventually serving more than eight years. Elliott's rival Mike McCoole is inactive this year but, with Elliott out of contention, McCoole has the strongest claim to the American Championship with Mace now his main rival. Cricket Events 2, 3 & 4 June — Gloucestershire County Cricket Club plays its initial first-class match v. Surrey at Durdham Downs, near Bristol. Formation of Derbyshire County Cricket Club England Most runs – W. G. Grace 1,808 @ 54.78 (HS 215) Most wickets – James Southerton 210 @ 14.62 (BB 8–67) Golf Major tournaments British Open – Tom Morris junior Horse racing Events Inaugural running of the Irish Grand National at Fairyhouse Racecourse is won by Sir Robert Peel. England Grand National – The Colonel (second consecutive win) 1,000 Guineas Stakes – Hester 2,000 Guineas Stakes – Macgregor The Derby – Kingcraft The Oaks – Gamos St. Leger Stakes – Hawthornden Australia Melbourne Cup – Nimblefoot Canada Queen's Plate – John Bell Ireland Irish Grand National – Sir Robert Peel Irish Derby Stakes – Billy Pitt USA Belmont Stakes – Kingfisher Rowing The Boat Race 6 April — Cambridge wins the 27th Oxford and Cambridge Boat Race Other events In Australia, the inaugural Australian Universities Boat Race is won by Melbourne in 31 mins 4 seconds Rugby football Events Foundation of Leeds RLFC Alcock's Football Annual lists |
2,922 | Thomas H. Stockton | Thomas H. Stockton (1808–1868) served as the Chaplain of the United States House of Representatives in 1833, 1835, 1859 and 1861. He was also the pastor of the First Methodist Church in Philadelphia and the editor of Christian World. Stockton was born at Mount Holly, New Jersey. His father, William S. Stockton, was the founder and editor of the Wesleyan Repository. He joined the Methodist Protestant Church and was closely associated with their founder Thomas Dunn. He began his career as a minister as an itinerant preacher in the Eastern Shore region of Maryland. In 1830 he was appointed minister of two Methodist Churches in Baltimore. He was involved in the formal organization of the Methodist Protestant Church in 1830. In 1837 Stockton compiled a hymnbook. He was minister at the Methodist Church in Georgetown, D.C. while he served as chaplain of the US House. He then served from 1838-1847 as a minister in Philadelphia. He next took up a position as minister in Cincinnati, Ohio. In 1850 Stockton attempted to set up an independent, non-denomination church. He was elected president of Miami University but declined the appointment. Later in 1850 Stockton returned to Baltimore and the Methodist Protestants. Stockton gave the opening prayer at the consecration of the National Cemetery at Gettyburg, the ceremony during which Abraham Lincoln later gave the Gettysburg Address. Reverend Stockton is buried in Section 7, Lot 58 of Mount Moriah Cemetery (Philadelphia). Notes Sources Library of Congress prints and photos section Mount Moriah Cemetery bio of Stockton Ancel Henry Bassett. A Concise History of the Methodist Protestant Church From its Origin. Pittsburgh: Press of Charles A Scot, 1877. Category:1808 births Category:Chaplains of the United States House of Representatives Category:Methodist ministers Category:1868 deaths Category:People from Mount Holly, New Jersey Category:Burials at Mount Moriah Cemetery, Philadelphia |
2,923 | International Industrial Bank | International Industrial Bank (in Russian: Международный Промышленный Банк, often abbreviated as Mezhprombank, Межпромбанк, or MPB, МПБ) is one of the largest Russian banks founded in 1992 by Sergey Pugachyov and Sergey Veremeyenko. On July 6, 2010, IIB failed to pay €200 million in maturing eurobonds. The bank is in discussions with bondholders, the Central Bank of Russia, and depositors to stabilize its deteriorating liquidity position. On 30 November 2010, a Moscow court declared the bankruptcy and the insolvency of this bank. In 2006, the bank uncovered that OPK Trust Company based in New Zealand owns 100 percent share of it. OPK Trust Company is controlled by Sergey Pugachyov. Sergey Pugachyov, in the past a member of the Federation Council of Russia representing Tuva, had been the Chairman of the Board of Directors of Mezhprombank until January 2002. On November 26, 2001, Novaya Gazeta published an article by Oleg Lurie claiming that the management of the bank had been involved in money laundering in the Bank of New York. The International Industrial Bank in response brought a libel suit against the newspaper citing financial losses, as a number of its customers had allegedly changed the terms of their accounts in a loss-making way because of the publication. On February 28, 2002, the bank won the case in Moscow's Basmanny municipal court and was awarded 15 million rubles (about $500,000) in lost revenue, an unprecedented sum for Russian newspapers. In April the decision was reconfirmed by a court. However, in an article of May 27, 2002., Yulia Latynina, a journalist of Novaya Gazeta, revealed that the bank's three customers named in the lawsuit were its subsidiaries or otherwise controlled by its board of directors, and claimed that Novaya Gazeta had requested to open a criminal fraud investigation into the activities of the bank. As a result, in June 2002 the bank renounced its claim to the compensation. References External links Official site (in Russian) Category:Defunct banks of Russia Category:Companies based in Moscow Category:Banks established in 1992 Category:Banks disestablished in 2010 |
2,924 | Académie royale d'architecture | The Académie Royale d'Architecture (, Royal Academy of Architecture), founded in 1671, was a French learned society, which had a leading role in influencing architectural theory and education, not only in France, but throughout Europe and the Americas from the late 17th century to the mid-20th. History The Académie Royale d'Architecture was founded on December 30, 1671, by Louis XIV, king of France under the impulsion of Jean-Baptiste Colbert. Its first director was the mathematician and engineer François Blondel (1618–1686), and the secretary was André Félibien (1619 –1695). The academy was housed in the Louvre for most of its existence, and included a school of architecture. Its members met weekly. Jacques-François Blondel describes the academy quarters in his Architecture françoise of 1756. The main rooms were on the ground floor and included two lecture halls, one for meetings of the academy members on Mondays and mathematics lectures on Wednesdays (B3), and another for public lectures on architecture on Mondays (B4). There was also a large room for the display of architectural models (B5). The rooms for the secretary of the academy were in the mezzanine level, reached via the staircase. The academy quarters were temporarily roofed at the level of the main floor (premier étage), since much of the Louvre still lacked a roof at the level of the attic. The attic roof was finally added under Napoleon. The Académie d'Architecture was suppressed in 1793, but later revived and merged in 1816 into the Académie des Beaux-Arts, together with the Académie de Peinture et de Sculpture (Academy of Painting and Sculpture, founded 1648) and the Académie de Musique (Academy of Music, founded in 1669). In addition, the traditions of the Académie d'Architecture were maintained and spread by the architecture section of the École des Beaux-Arts up to 1968, when the French government completely reorganized architectural education. The Académie des Beaux-Arts is now one of the five academies of the Institut de France. Design competitions From 1720 to 1968, the Académie Royale d'Architecture and its successors held annual competitions for the Grand Prix de Rome in architecture. The winner was typically required to study for several years at the Académie de France in Rome. In 1763 Jacques-François Blondel established less ambitious monthly competitions, which encouraged students to devote more time to their school work during their time in their supervisor's studios. Members The eight initial members were a professor and director, François Blondel; a secretary, André Félibien; and six architects: Libéral Bruant, Daniel Gittard, Antoine Lepautre, François Le Vau, Pierre II Mignard, and François d'Orbay. Subsequent edicts of the crown increased the membership. By 1793 there were 33 members, divided into two classes, plus a third consisting of correspondents living in the French provinces and in foreign countries. Later members included: Claude Perrault (1613–1688), elected member 1673 Jules Hardouin-Mansart (1646–1708), elected member 1675 André Le Nôtre (1613–1700)), elected member 1681 Pierre Bullet (1639–1716), elected member 1685 Philippe de La Hire (1640–1718), elected member and professor 1687 Robert de Cotte (1656–1735), elected member 1687, director 1687 or 1699 Antoine Desgodetz (1653–1728), elected member 1698, |
2,925 | 2009–10 Preston North End F.C. season | The 2009–10 Season is Preston North End's 6th season in the Championship. It is their 10th successive season in the second division of the English football league system. They have featured in 4 play offs out of a possible 9 since being promoted from the 3rd Division of the English football league system. League table Match results Pre-season friendlies FA Cup League Cup Transfers In Out Loaned out Player statistics Last Update: 30 August 2009 Data includes all competitions Substitution appearances included as full FLC – Football League Championship FA – FA Cup CC – Carling Cup Ast – Assists Top scorer Championship results by round References Preston North End Category:Preston North End F.C. seasons |
2,926 | Hexi Cashmere | The Hexi Cashmere goat breed from desert and semidesert regions of the North Gansu province of China is used primarily for the production of cashmere fiber. About 60% of the goats are white. The Hexi cashmere can be found in the Gansu, Qinghai and Ningxia provinces. A typical adult doe produces 184 grams of down at 15.7 micrometres (µm) diameter. See also Cashmere goat Sources Hexi Cashmere Goat Category:Goat breeds Category:Fiber-producing goat breeds Category:Goat breeds originating in China Category:Cashmere |
2,927 | Pader (river) | The Pader is a river in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, left tributary of the Lippe. It runs through the city of Paderborn, which it gave its name. Although fairly wide, it is only 4 km in length which makes it the shortest river this size of Germany. The Pader receives its water from six source rivers, each resulting from a karstic spring in the centre of Paderborn: the Maspernpader, the Dielenpader, the Rothobornpader, the Börnepader, the Dammpader and the Warme Pader. References Category:Paderborn Category:Rivers of North Rhine-Westphalia Category:Rivers of Germany |
2,928 | Raikko Mateo | Raikko Rain Mateo Gongora (born July 31, 2008), known as Raikko Mateo, is a Filipino child actor who gained popularity as the lead star of the fantasy-drama Honesto. Filmography Television Film Awards and nominations References Category:Filipino male child actors Category:ABS-CBN personalities Category:Filipino television personalities Category:Star Magic Category:2008 births Category:Living people |
2,929 | Great Blue Norther of November 11, 1911 | The Great Blue Norther of November 11, 1911 was a cold snap that affected the central United States on Saturday, November 11, 1911. Many cities broke record highs, going into the 70s and 80s early that afternoon. By nightfall, cities were dealing with temperatures in the teens and single-digits on the Fahrenheit scale. This is the only day in many midwest cities' weather bureau jurisdictions where the record highs and lows were broken for the same day. Some cities experienced tornadoes on Saturday and a blizzard on Sunday. A blizzard even occurred within one hour after an F4 tornado hit Rock County, Wisconsin. The main cause of such a dramatic cold snap was an extremely strong storm system separating warm, humid air from frigid, arctic air. Dramatic cold snaps tend to occur mostly in the month of November, though they can also come in February or March. These arrivals of Continental Polar or Arctic air masses are generally called northers, and the one in question was marked by a mass of steel blue clouds in the vicinity of the surface front, hence the name. Although temperature drops of this extent have happened on other occasions, as recently as February 2009, the fact that the 1911 cold front passage was during the autumn and came after such warm weather contributed to the properties mentioned in this article. Kansas City Temperatures in Kansas City had reached a record high of 76° F (24 °C) by late morning before the front moved through. As the cold front approached, the winds increased turning from southeast to northwest. By midnight, the temperature had dropped to 11° F (−11.7 °C), a 65 Fahrenheit degree (35 Celsius degree) difference in 14 hours. Springfield, Missouri In Springfield, the temperature difference was even more extreme. Springfield was at at about 3:45 PM, before the cold front moved through. Fifteen minutes later, the temperature was at 40 °F (4 °C) with winds blasting out of the northwest at . By 7:00 P.M. Central Standard Time (01:00 UTC 12 November) the temperature had dropped a further 20 °F (11.1 °C), and by midnight, a record low of 13 °F (−11 °C) was established. It was the first time since records had been kept for Springfield when the record high and record low were broken in the same day. The freak temperature difference was also a record breaker: 67 °F (37 °C) in 10 hours. Oklahoma City Record highs and lows were established on the same day in Oklahoma City as well with a high of and low of ; temperature difference: 66 °F (36 °C). Both records still hold. Anomalous weather The front produced severe weather and tornadoes across the upper Mississippi Valley, a blizzard in Ohio, and the windy conditions upon front passage caused a dust storm in Oklahoma. Tornado outbreak Alongside the dramatic temperature swings, the cold front brought a destructive tornado outbreak to parts of the Midwest. At least nine tornadoes touched down across five states as the system moved through, resulting in 13 fatalities. Hundreds of structures were destroyed |
2,930 | Bradley Sowell | Bradley Keith Sowell (born June 6, 1989) is an American football tight end who is currently a free agent. A former offensive tackle, he played college football at the University of Mississippi. He signed with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers as undrafted free agent in 2012, and later spent time with the Indianapolis Colts, Arizona Cardinals, Seattle Seahawks and Chicago Bears. He was born in Memphis, Tennessee and raised in nearby Hernando, Mississippi. College career Sowell played offensive tackle for the University of Mississippi from 2007–2011. During his tenure, he was teammates with Bobby Massie who he would continue to play with during stops in Chicago and Arizona. Professional career Tampa Bay Buccaneers On April 30, 2012, Sowell was signed as an undrafted rookie for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. The Buccaneers signed him to a three-year, $1.45 million contract. After originally making the 53-man roster, Sowell was waived on September 1, 2012, after the Bucs claimed three players off waivers. He was then signed to the team's practice squad. Indianapolis Colts On September 11, 2012, he was signed off of the Tampa Bay Buccaneer's practice squad to the Indianapolis Colts active roster. He began the season as the backup left tackle to Anthony Castonzo and made his professional debut on September 16, 2012, against the Minnesota Vikings. On August 31, 2013, he was waived by the Indianapolis Colts. During his time with the Indianapolis Colts, he appeared in ten games for them. Arizona Cardinals On September 1, 2013, the Arizona Cardinals claimed Sowell off of waivers reuniting him with his former interim head coach and offensive coordinator in Indianapolis, Bruce Arians. Sowell began the season as the third right tackle on the depth chart. He then was named backup left tackle to Levi Brown and replaced him when he was ineffective. He ultimately performed well enough to win the starting position and the Cardinals then traded Brown to the Pittsburgh Steelers. On October 5, 2013, Sowell made his first career start at left tackle in a 22–6 victory over the Carolina Panthers. He appeared in all 16 of the regular season games on special teams and started the last 12 games of the regular season at left tackle. He struggled throughout his first season in Arizona and was rated 76th out of 76 tackles that qualified by Pro Football Focus. The following season, he lost his starting position to newly acquired free-agent Jared Veldheer but was able to appear in all 16 regular season games. On February 26, 2015, the Cardinals signed him to a one-year, $760,000 contract. In his last season with the Cardinals, he again played in all 16 regular season contests. Sowell also served as the team's emergency long snapper. He finished his career in Arizona with a total of 48 games appearances and 12 starts. Seattle Seahawks On March 14, 2016, the Seattle Seahawks signed Sowell to a one-year, $1.00 million free agent contract with a signing bonus of $200,000. He won the Seahawks' starting left tackle position in training camp and started the season. On October 23, 2016, |
2,931 | Munduruthy | Munduruthy (or, Munduruthi) is a small village belonging to Chittatukara panchayat. North Paravur Block, Ernakulam District, Kerala. The village is under Mannam Postoffice and the pin code as 683520. There are about 100 families included in it and the nearby places are Palathuruth, Thekkumpuram, Thannipadam. There is a bridge that connecting Munduruthy and Thannipadam, that makes an easy path to go to North Paravur. Education Ankanvaddy, Munduruthy Transportation Paravur - Kottayilkovilakom road via Munduruthy Private bus is passing through Munduruthy Road (Gothuruth to Munnambam) See also North Paravur Ernakulam district References Category:Villages in Ernakulam district |
2,932 | Mandia | Mandia is a developed village in the Barpeta district of Assam, India. It is located along the Bhelengi River. Nearby villages include Satra Kanara, Bhatkuchi, Bamun Dongra, Sonapur Rubhi, Sitoli,Govindupur and Gajia. It is located 8 km south of district headquarters Barpeta and headquarters of the Mandia Development Block. Demographics The village belongs to the Char Chapori area of Baghbor LAC, with a majority of inhabitants belonging to East Bengal-rooted muslim. As of the 2011 census, the 3000 population is fairly evenly split between males and females. Mandia has a slightly lower literacy rate of 69% compared to Assam's 72%, and within the village the male population has a higher rate of literacy than the female population. Several houses of Assamese Hindu families live in Mandia and one Namghar. Several Bengali Hindu families live there along with a Durga Mandir and Kali Mandir. Education 10+ lower primary schools are situated in Mandia. Mandia High School and Mandia Anchalik College are two institutions of higher education. Two private school operate there, one Assamese Medium Mandia Jatiya Bidyala and one English medium. One Model school was established by State government. A private Islamic school is there. References Category:Villages in Barpeta district |
2,933 | West Street subway station | West Street subway station on the Glasgow Subway network serves the Tradeston and Kingston areas of Glasgow, Scotland. Left in an isolated industrial area by post-war reconstruction, it is the least busy station on the network with just 150,000 boardings in the 12 months to 31 March 2005 and under 100,000 by 2012. West Street was initially one of the Glasgow Park and Ride stations. However, on 16 February 2008, the car park was closed as part of the M74 construction enabling works. The east part of the large car park for Shields Road station is closer to West Street than Shields Road, but most passengers are travelling to the city centre so choose Shields Road, the earlier stop of the two in that direction, as they would be more likely to get a seat for their journey than at West Street. The station will become a major interchange if the Glasgow Crossrail is given the green light. West Street is one of the stations mentioned in Cliff Hanley's song The Glasgow Underground. Past passenger numbers 2004/05: 0.150 million annually 2011/12: 0.098 million annually References Category:Glasgow Subway stations Category:Railway stations opened in 1896 Category:Gorbals |
2,934 | Pettit Mountain | Pettit Mountain also known as Elbow Mountain is a mountain range located in Adirondack Mountains of New York located in the Town of Wells north of the hamlet of Wells. References Category:Mountains of Hamilton County, New York Category:Mountains of New York (state) |
2,935 | Adriana of Nassau-Dillenburg | Adriana of Nassau-Dillenburg (7 February 1449 – 15 January 1477) was a daughter of Count John IV of Nassau-Dillenburg and his wife Maria of Loon-Heinsberg. She died on 15 January 1477 and was buried in the church of St. Mary in Hanau. On her epitaph, she is depicted in a praying position towards the (no longer extant) high altar. This epitaph and her grave stone have been preserved very well. Marriage and issue On 12 September 1468, she married Count Philip I the Younger of Hanau-Münzenberg. Together, they had the following children: A daughter (b. 4 April 1469), died shortly after birth Adriana of Hanau|Adriana (1 May 1, 1470 – 12 April 1524), married in 1490 with Count Philip of Solms-Lich (15 August 1468 – 3 October 1544 in Frankfurt) Margaret (6 April 1471 – 5 September 1503) a nun at Liebenau monastery) Reinhard IV (14 March 1473 – 30 January 1512) Anna (15 March 1474 – 21 March 1475) Marie (4 March 1475 – 18 May 1476) References Fried Lübecke: Hanau. Stadt und Grafschaft, Cologne, 1951, p. 91 and 112 ff Reinhard Suchier: Genealogie des Hanauer Grafenhauses, in: Festschrift des Hanauer Geschichtsvereins zu seiner fünfzigjährigen Jubelfeier am 27. August 1894, Hanau, 1894 Ernst J. Zimmermann: Hanau - Stadt und Land, 3rd ed., Hanau, 1919, reprinted 1978 Footnotes Category:House of Hanau Category:House of Nassau Category:1449 births Category:1477 deaths Category:German countesses Category:15th-century German people Category:Women of medieval Germany |
2,936 | Leland Stottlemeyer | Captain Leland Francis Stottlemeyer is a fictional police officer played by Ted Levine on the American crime drama Monk. He is captain of the San Francisco Police Department (SFPD)'s homicide detail, and a longtime and long-suffering friend of Adrian Monk from their days on the force together where Stottlemeyer served as Monk's fourth partner and later as watch commander. Stottlemeyer's second-in-command, Lieutenant Randy Disher, is a source of much comedic strife. Stottlemeyer, like many of the characters in the show, can be viewed as a parallel to Detective Monk's Sherlock Holmes character (in this case, Inspector Lestrade). History Not much is known of Stottlemeyer's life before he joined the SFPD, though in an interview, Ted Levine stated it was his own belief that Stottlemeyer had served in the military and was later discharged, lived on the East Coast, then moved to California as a young man, joining the police force. In "Mr. Monk and the Class Reunion", it is implied that he has lived in the Bay Area since at least the 1970s, as when he is trying to get information from reunion guests about a homicide investigation, he is booed off the stage when the projectionist displays some embarrassing pictures of him wearing riot gear and violently attacking protesters at an anti-nuclear warfare demonstration at UC Berkeley (Monk and Natalie are mortified, while Stottlemeyer insists that the protestors' permit had expired). In "Mr. Monk Makes the Playoffs", it is mentioned that he hasn't lived in Los Angeles for almost 30 years. The novel Mr. Monk and the New Lieutenant reveals that Stottlemeyer's father was a bartender named Hamish. In "Mr. Monk Stays in Bed" Leland uses the phrase "The 101" to refer to Highway 101. In Northern California, people will call Highway 101, "Highway 101," not "The 101"; that's a Southern California term. Stottlemeyer mentions in "Mr. Monk Gets Cabin Fever" that he was the youngest officer in the history of the SFPD to make detective, giving him at least a few years of seniority on Monk. As Stottlemeyer mentions in "Mr. Monk Goes to the Carnival," when Monk was promoted to detective, he was partnered with Stottlemeyer, and right away, showed off his amazing abilities when he proved that a prostitute's apparent suicide was murder. Somehow, the two men worked well together, even though Stottlemeyer was later promoted past Monk. At the time Trudy was murdered, Stottlemeyer reluctantly suspended Adrian from duty, though he still remained his friend. Stottlemeyer also looked up Sharona Fleming and hired her as Monk's practical nurse, which helped Monk to recover from a state of near-catatonia caused by the loss of Trudy. Monk later calls Stottlemeyer "the best cop I know." Relationships Adrian Monk In the early episodes of the show especially, there is a certain degree of tension between Stottlemeyer and Monk. Stottlemeyer is somewhat antagonistic toward Monk, as he resents being forced (frequently by the higher-ups, such as the Mayor, the chiefs, or the commissioner) into calling on Monk's assistance, and is frequently exasperated by Monk's many quirks. Also inherent in this hostility |
2,937 | Ferdinand P. Beer | Ferdinand Pierre Beer (August 8, 1915 – April 30, 2003) was a French mechanical engineer and university professor. He spent most of his career as a member of the faculty at Lehigh University, where he served as the chairman of the mechanics and mechanical engineering departments. His most significant contribution was the co-authorship of several textbooks in the field of mechanics, which have been widely cited and utilized in engineering education. Biography Early life Beer was born in Binic, France in 1915. He received a Masters of Science degree from the Sorbonne and conducted post-graduate work at Brown University. From the University of Geneva in Switzerland, he earned a mathematics license in 1935 and a Doctor of Science degree in 1937. Beer served in the French Army during the Second World War before moving to the United States and took a job at Williams College. He remained there for four years, where taught as part of the school's collaborative arts/engineering program with the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Career at Lehigh University In 1947, he arrived at Lehigh University, where he taught for 37 years. When a department of mechanics was formed in 1957, Beer was named its first chairman. In 1968, Beer became the chairman of the Mechanical Engineering and Mechanics Department after the two separate fields were merged into one department. He served in that capacity until 1977. In 1970, Beer was named the chairman of the newly formed University Forum, which was composed of 125 students and faculty members with the goal of promoting discussion between the two bodies. Lehigh professor Fazil Erdogan said that, while "at other universities around the country, students were rioting and conducting sit-ins ... [Beer] gained the confidence of the students. He had a calming effect on students and, in this critical time, he offered a not inconsiderable service to Lehigh." Alongside University of Connecticut professor E. Russell Johnston, Jr., Beer co-wrote three bestselling engineering textbooks: Vector Mechanics for Engineers, Mechanics of Materials, and Mechanics for Engineers: Statics and Dynamics, which won the 1976 Printing Industries of America Graphic Arts Award. He also authored numerous articles published in technical journals. Awards and research In 1974, the American Society for Engineering Education (ASEE) Middle Atlantic chapter awarded him the Western Electric Fund Award for engineering education. The Mechanics Division of the Science Society, in 1980, awarded him its Distinguished Educator Award. Beer's research studied the application of random loads to mechanical systems. His work in this field included support by Boeing, NASA, the Chemical Corps of the U.S. Army, the Army Corps of Engineers, and the Federal Civil Defense Administration. Beer was a member of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME) and the American Association of University Professors (AAUP). He was also a member of the ASEE and served as its mechanics division chairman and Middle Atlantic chapter chairman. Beer was married to Vivienne C.M. Beer who died before him. Together they had two daughters, Marguerite V. Schaeffer and Dr. Michelle C.M. Beer. He died in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania on April 30, 2003 at the age |
2,938 | Dickenson House | The Dickenson House is a historic residence in Greenville, Alabama. The house is an example of South Alabama vernacular architecture, with a truncated pyramidal roof topped with a flat platform. The house has a wrap-around front porch supported by Ionic columns. A cross-gable dormer with a vent adorns the left side of the façade. The main entry has Eastlake detailing, a transom, and sidelights. The interior features Queen Anne details including horizontally-paneled doors and paneled wainscoting. The house was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1986. References Category:National Register of Historic Places in Butler County, Alabama Category:Houses on the National Register of Historic Places in Alabama Category:Houses completed in 1890 Category:Houses in Butler County, Alabama |
2,939 | Stephanie Williams | Stephanie Williams may refer to: Stephanie Williams (Miss District of Columbia) (born 1987), Miss District of Columbia, 2010 Stephanie Williams (dancer), Australian ballet dancer Stephanie Williams (footballer) (born 1992), Welsh footballer Stephanie E. Williams (born 1957), actress Stephanie Williams (diplomat), United States diplomat specialising in the Arab world |
2,940 | Diuris setacea | Diuris setacea, commonly called the bristly donkey orchid, is a species of orchid that is endemic to the south-west of Western Australia. It has a tuft of up to ten twisted leaves at its base and up to seven yellow flowers with a few brown markings. It grows in moist soil on granite outcrops and flowers much more prolifically after fire the previous summer. Description Diuris setacea is a tuberous, perennial herb with between six and ten spirally twisted leaves in a tuft at its base. The leaves are long and wide. Between two and seven yellow flowers with brown markings, long and wide are borne on a flowering stem tall. The dorsal sepal is erect, long and wide. The lateral sepals are long, wide and turned downwards. The petals are more or less erect or bent backwards, long and wide on a greenish brown stalk long. The labellum is long and has three lobes. The centre lobe is diamond-shaped, wide and folded lengthwise. The side lobes are long and wide and spread apart from each other. There are two, ridge-like calli long and outlined in brown along the mid-line of the labellum. Flowering occurs from October to December but much more prolifically after fire the previous summer. Taxonomy and naming Diuris setacea was first described in 1810 by Robert Brown and the description was published in his Prodromus Florae Novae Hollandiae et Insulae Van Diemen. The specific epithet (setacea) is derived from the Latin word seta meaning "bristle". Distribution and habitat The bristly donkey orchid grows in low heath in moist soil on granite outcrops between Esperance and Kalbarri. Conservation Diuris setacea is classified as "not threatened" by the Government of Western Australia Department of Parks and Wildlife. References External links setacea Category:Endemic orchids of Australia Category:Orchids of Western Australia Category:Endemic flora of Western Australia Category:Plants described in 1810 |
2,941 | Microsoft Merchant Server | Microsoft Merchant Server, released in October 1996, was Microsoft's solution for the growing Business-to-Consumer sales business taking place on the Internet. Only one version was shipped, then its technology was folded into Microsoft Site Server 2.0, Commerce Edition. Technology The technology at the heart of Merchant Server originated at a company named eShop Inc., which Microsoft acquired in June 1996. It was primarily built using Python, with additional C++ code to plug into IIS and to run the primary server code as an NT Service. Microsoft's Active Server Pages was shipped in December 1996, two months after Merchant Server's release, so Merchant Server was unable to use that for page generation. Instead, it incorporated its own custom templating system, similar to the EZT templating system. The custom templating system was thrown out, and the core technology of Merchant Server was converted into COM Objects to be used by Active Server Pages. This revamp of the system appeared in Site Server 2.0 in early 1997. Naming Microsoft chose the name "Merchant Server" because, at that time, Netscape was shipping a product named Commerce Server. To avoid trademark issues, Microsoft needed a different name. When Merchant Server was folded into Site Server, they were able to use the term "Commerce" as a subtitle to the trademarkable "Site Server" name. In later years, after Netscape's product was no longer in the market, Microsoft was able to return to their original desire and call it Microsoft Commerce Server. Related Technologies Merchant Server required the Windows NT 4.0 operating systems. It was also dependent on SQL database, such as Microsoft SQL Server or Oracle. See also Microsoft Site Server Microsoft Commerce Server References External links Microsoft, Developer of Merchant Server Category:Microsoft server software Category:1996 software |
2,942 | Kesramal Boys' High School | Kesramal Boys' High School (), established in 1966, is one of the oldest school in the Sundergarh district of Odisha, India. The school is a boys', Catholic, government-aided school which is administered by the Catholic Education Board of Rourkela and is affiliated to the Board of Secondary Education, Odisha. The school is located at Kesramal village, near the Kesramal Catholic Cathedral Church which is about from the Ramabahal stoppage on the SH-10 road in between the Rourkela–Rajgangpur Highway. Courses The school offers secondary education from Classes VIII to X and it prepares the students for the Higher Secondary Certificate examinations for the Board of Secondary Education, Odisha. See also List of schools in Odisha External links List of high schools Catholic Bishops Conference of India References Category:Boys' schools in India Category:Catholic secondary schools in India Category:Christian schools in Odisha Category:High schools and secondary schools in Odisha Category:Education in Sundergarh district Category:Educational institutions established in 1966 Category:1966 establishments in India |
2,943 | CAMEL Application Part | The CAMEL Application Part (CAP) is a signalling protocol used in the Intelligent Network (IN) architecture. CAP is a Remote Operations Service Element (ROSE) user protocol, and as such is layered on top of the Transaction Capabilities Application Part (TCAP) of the SS#7 protocol suite. CAP is based on a subset of the ETSI Core and allows for the implementation of carrier-grade, value added services such as unified messaging, prepaid, fraud control and Freephone in both the GSM voice and GPRS data networks. CAMEL is a means of adding intelligent applications to mobile (rather than fixed) networks. It builds upon established practices in the fixed line telephony business that are generally classed under the heading of (Intelligent Network Application Part) or INAP CS-2 protocol. Protocol specification The CAMEL Application Part (CAP) portable, software provides mechanisms to support operator services beyond the standard GSM services for subscribers roaming within or outside the Home PLMN (HPLMN). The CAP product extends the IN framework to GSM/3G networks for implementing IN-based services within GSM/3G networks. CAMEL is used when the subscriber is roaming between networks, allowing the home network to monitor and control calls made by the subscriber. CAMEL provides services such as prepaid roaming services, fraud control, special numbers (e.g., 123 for voicemail that works everywhere) and closed user groups (e.g., office extension numbers that work everywhere). As with CAMEL, CAP has been defined in four phases, each of which has an accompanying specification that builds upon the previous phase. Each CAP phase provides the message set and procedures needed to support the corresponding CAMEL phase requirements, as defined in 3GPP TS 22.078 (service aspects) and 3GPP TS 23.078 (technical realization). The definition of the protocol may be considered to be split into three sections: the definition of the Single Association Control Function (SACF)/Multiple Association Control Function (MACF) rules for the protocol, defined within the prose of the specification; the definition of the operations transferred between entities, defined using Abstract Syntax Notation One (ASN.1); the definition of the actions taken at each entity, defined by the state transition diagrams. References Category:Signaling System 7 Category:Application layer protocols Category:Year of introduction missing |
2,944 | 1998 World Lacrosse Championship | The 1998 World Lacrosse Championship was the eighth edition of the international men's lacrosse championship. The event took place in Baltimore, Maryland under the auspices of the International Lacrosse Federation. This was the second time that the tournament was held in Baltimore, following the 1982 tournament. Eleven teams competed in the event in two divisions. The United States successfully defended their title for the fifth consecutive time, defeating Canada 15–14 in double overtime in the final. The championship game – in which Canada overcame a ten-goal deficit in the third quarter to force overtime – is considered by some to be the most exciting lacrosse game in history. Australia beat the Iroquois team 17–5 for third place. Pool play For the pool play phase of the tournament, the teams were divided into two divisions – five in the top Blue Division and six in the Red Division. Only Blue Division participants were able to compete for the championship. Blue Division Red Division Championship Round Consolation Round 5th-8th Place 9th Place Final standings See also 1998 World Lacrosse Championship Final Field lacrosse World Lacrosse, the governing body for world lacrosse World Lacrosse Championship References External links World Lacrosse 1998 World Lacrosse Championships 1998 1998 World Lacrosse Championship World Lacrosse Category:Lacrosse in Maryland |
2,945 | Republican Fusion | The Republican Fusion (, FR), originally named as Republican Union (, UR) until 1897, was a Spanish electoral coalition initially created for the 1893 Spanish general election and which was rearranged for the elections of 1898, 1899 and, within the wider Republican Coalition, also for the 1901 election. Member parties Republican Union (1893–97) Progressive Republican Party Federal Democratic Republican Party Centralist Republican Party Republican Fusion (1897–1903) National Republican Party Centralist Republican Party References See also Liberalism and radicalism in Spain Category:Defunct political parties in Spain Category:Political parties established in 1893 Category:Political parties disestablished in 1903 Category:1893 establishments in Spain Category:1903 disestablishments in Spain Category:Republican parties in Spain |
2,946 | Tommy Ross (footballer) | Thomas Ross (27 February 1946 – 18 May 2017) was a Scottish professional footballer who played as an inside forward in the Football League for Peterborough United and York City, in the Highland League for Ross County and in non-League football for Wigan Athletic and Rossendale United. He holds the Guinness World Record for the fastest time to score a hat-trick. Ross joined Ross County in 1961, at the age of 15, and scored his first goal for the club in his debut season. During the 1964–65 season, he scored 44 goals, including a record-breaking hat-trick against Nairn County on 28 November 1964, where he scored three goals within a 90-second period. His record was not recognised until April 2004, with the official record being held by Jimmy O'Connor of Dublin side Shelbourne, for his 2m 14s treble against Bohemians on 19 November 1967. After his playing career ended, Ross managed Tain St Duthus in the 1990s. His sons Stuart and Andrew now form the management team of the club, which was revived in 2016. Ross also worked as a scout for Tottenham Hotspur. His death was reported on the website of St Duthus FC on 19 May 2017. References External links Category:1946 births Category:2017 deaths Category:People from Ross and Cromarty Category:Scottish footballers Category:Association football forwards Category:Lochee United F.C. players Category:Ross County F.C. players Category:Peterborough United F.C. players Category:York City F.C. players Category:Wigan Athletic F.C. players Category:Scarborough F.C. players Category:English Football League players Category:Place of death missing Category:Tottenham Hotspur F.C. non-playing staff Category:Deaths from dementia |
2,947 | Royal Bachelors' Club | The Royal Bachelors' Club is a gentlemen's club founded in 1769 in Gothenburg, Sweden. In 1787, the club got royal appropriation and exists still today. It was founded by Scottish expats who had settled in the city, including Thomas Erskine, a Jacobite who became the British Consul in Gothenburg and later became the 8th Earl Kellie. Many expats were interested in billiards, which was banned in Sweden at the time on public premises. Many were fairly young men who had no private homes to play in; they founded the Bachelors’ Club, for "billiards, and pleasant, undisturbed fellowship". Erskine was Member Number 1. References External links Category:1769 establishments in Sweden Category:Gentlemen's clubs in Sweden Category:Gothenburg |
2,948 | Siana (disambiguation) | Siana is a city in Uttar Pradesh, India. Siana may also refer to: Syana Tehsil, in Uttar Pradesh, India Syana (Assembly constituency) Siana, Rajasthan, a village in Rajasthan, India Siana, Greece, a settlement in Rhodes, Greece Siana (given name) People with the surname Jolene Siana, American writer See also Siana Cup, a type of Ancient Greek cup Syana (disambiguation) |
2,949 | NGC 5970 | NGC 5970 is a large barred-spiral galaxy located about 90 million light years away in the constellation Serpens Caput. It appears to have two satellite or companion galaxies. Observations NGC 5970 can be seen 1° southwest of the star Chi Serpentis. A faint halo of dust can be seen around the galaxy's outer spiral arms. References Sky and Telescope magazine/June Issue/2012/pg.56-57 Category:Barred spiral galaxies 5970 Category:Serpens (constellation) |
2,950 | Ghatophryne rubigina | Ghatophryne rubigina is a species of toad in the family Bufonidae. It is endemic to the southern Western Ghats, India, and is known from Silent Valley and Wynaad, both in Kerala. Its common names include Kerala stream toad, Silent Valley torrent toad, and red torrent toad. Description These small-sized toads measure in snout–vent length. No cranial ridges nor parotoid glands are present. The tympanum is distinct and smooth. The limbs are slender. The fingers have no webbing but have swollen tips. The toes are almost fully webbed, and the toe tips are swollen. Dorsal skin, flanks, and upper side of limbs are distinctly tuberculated; ventral skin is rough and bears spine-tipped tubercles on throat and chest and flattened tubercles on belly and underside of limbs. The dorsum is brick-red. The venter is brownish-black with vermiculations. The throat is bright orange, and there are spots of the same colour on chest, belly and underside of thighs. The flanks are brownish. Habitat and conservation Ghatophryne rubigina occurs in tropical evergreen forest at elevations of above sea level. It is associated with torrential streams and the forest floor. Breeding probably takes place in streams. The population within the Silent Valley National Park is adequately protected. Nevertheless, because the species is known from so few localities, its population status requires careful monitoring. References rubigina Category:Frogs of India Category:Endemic fauna of the Western Ghats Category:Amphibians described in 1981 Category:Taxonomy articles created by Polbot |
2,951 | Tambelan Archipelago | Tambelan archipelago is a group of 68 islands off the west coast of West Kalimantan, (Borneo), Indonesia, just north of the equator. The archipelago is located on the north opening of Karimata Strait which separates Borneo and Belitung island. Geographically it is part of the Tudjuh Archipelago, and administratively forms a district (kecamatan) of Bintan Regency within the Riau Islands Province. It covers a land area of 90.4 km2 and had a population of 4,975 at the 2010 Census. Major islands include Big Tambelan (Tambelan Besar), Mendarik, Uwi, Benua, and Pejantan. The islands are divided into eight administrative villages (kelurahan) - Batu Lepuk, Kampung Hilir, Kampung Melayu, Kukup, Pengikik, Pulau Mentebung, Pulau Pinang and Teluk Sekuni. See also Anambas Islands Badas Islands Natuna Islands Further reading National Geospatial-intelligence Agency (2005) "Borneo: Northwest Coast and Kepulauan Tudjuh" Sailing directions (enroute): Borneo, Jawa, Sulawesi, and Nusa Tenggara United States National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency External links Archipiélago de Tambelan (Spanish) References Category:Archipelagoes of Indonesia Category:Landforms of the Riau Islands Category:Tudjuh Archipelago Category:Islands of Sumatra |
2,952 | Arnhem | Arnhem (, also , or ; ; South Guelderish: Èrnem) is a city and municipality situated in the eastern part of the Netherlands. It is the capital of the province of Gelderland and located on both banks of the rivers Nederrijn and Sint-Jansbeek, which was the source of the city's development. Arnhem had a population of in and is one of the larger cities of the Netherlands. The municipality is part of the Arnhem–Nijmegen metropolitan area which has a combined 736,500 inhabitants. Arnhem is home to the Hogeschool van Arnhem en Nijmegen, ArtEZ Institute of the Arts, Netherlands Open Air Museum, Airborne Museum 'Hartenstein', Royal Burgers' Zoo, NOC*NSF and National Sports Centre Papendal. The north corner of the municipality is part of the Hoge Veluwe National Park. It is approximately 55 square kilometers in area, consisting of heathlands, sand dunes, and woodlands. History Early history The oldest archeological findings of human activity around Arnhem are two firestones of about 70,000 years ago. These come from the stone age, when the Neanderthals lived in this part of Europe. In Schuytgraaf, remnants of a hunters camp from around 5000 BC have been discovered. In Schaarsbergen, twelve grave mounds were found from 2400 BC, which brought the so-called Neolithic Revolution to the area of Arnhem, which meant the rise of the farmers. The earliest settlement in Arnhem dates from 1500 BC, of which traces have been found on the Hoogkamp, where the Van Goyenstraat is currently located. In the inner city, around the Sint-Jansbeek, traces of settlement have been found from around 700 BC, while the first traces south of the Rhine have been found dating to around 500 BC, in the Schuytgraaf. Though the early tracks of settlements did show that the early residents of Arnhem descended from the forests on the hills, Arnhem was not built on the banks of the river Rhine, but a little higher along the Sint-Jansbeek. Arnhem arose on the location where the road between Nijmegen and Utrecht and Zutphen split. Seven streams provided the city with water, and only when the flow of the Rhine was changed in 1530, was the city located on the river. Middle Ages Arnhem was first mentioned as such in 893 as Arneym or Arentheym. In 1233, Count Otto II of Guelders from Zutphen, conferred city rights on the town, which had belonged to the abbey of Prüm, settled in, and fortified it. Arnhem entered the Hanseatic League in 1443. In 1473, it was captured by Charles the Bold of Burgundy. 16th and 17th century In 1514, Charles of Egmond, duke of Guelders, took it from the dukes of Burgundy; in 1543, it fell to the emperor Charles V. As capital of the so-called "Kwartier van Veluwe" it joined the Union of Utrecht during the Eighty Years' War in 1579. After its capture from the Spanish forces by Dutch and English troops in 1585 the city became part of the Republic of the Seven United Provinces of the Netherlands. The French occupied the town from 1672 to 1674. 18th and 19th century From |
2,953 | Wild Light (album) | Wild Light is the sixth studio album by 65daysofstatic, released on 16 September 2013 in the UK and Europe and on 29 October 2013 in the United States. It is the band's first album released on the Superball Music label. Reception Upon release, Wild Light received generally positive reviews from music critics. At Metacritic, which assigns a normalized rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, the album received an average score of 82/100 based on 12 reviews. "The pomp that they derive from taking dour post-rock to a rave - notable here in Prisms - is satisfying," according to Q. "Similarly enjoyable are pyroclastic flows of guitars and electronics as heard in Unmake the Wild Light," concludes reviewer Luke Turner, giving the album a 3/5 rating. Track listing References Category:2013 albums Category:65daysofstatic albums |
2,954 | Vultocinus | Vultocinus anfractus is a species of crab, the only species in the family Vultocinidae. It has been found around the Philippines, Vanuatu and New Caledonia, and lives on driftwood. Its discovery forced a reappraisal of the relationships within the superfamily Goneplacoidea, and to the recognition of Mathildellidae, Conleyidae and Progeryonidae as separate families. References Category:Goneplacoidea Category:Monotypic arthropod genera |
2,955 | Marconi Stadium | Marconi Stadium is a soccer stadium in Sydney, Australia. It is the home ground for Marconi Stallions, as well as regularly hosting matches for the Western Sydney Wanderers FC National Youth League and W-League teams. Marconi Stallions Although a soccer pitch had existed on the site since the start of the soccer club in the 1960s, Marconi Stadium itself was built in 1972 with a capacity of 11,500 and used for Marconi Stallions matches within the NSW State League soccer pyramid. In 1977 the team joined the newly formed NSL and played in that competition until it ended in 2004 and the team re-joined the NSW State system. The stadium currently hosts Marconi games in the NSW Premier League. Marconi Stadium hosted the 2006 NSW Premier League final between Sydney United and Blacktown City. During the peak of the club success in the late 1980s to early 1990s the stadium earned the nickname "The Palace", being set alongside Club Marconi, the large licensed venue which generated significant financial support for the soccer club which helped them acquire a large number of talented players & staff. In November 2006, Berti Mariani ran for election to the board, on a platform of Marconi Stallions making a bid to join the A-League, and rebuilding Marconi Stadium into suitable venue. After the end of the NSL and the failure of Marconi to enter the new national competition the A-League, the full capacity of the stadium was no longer needed. The Eastern stand in particular fell into disuse and was eventually declared unsafe due to a shifting foundation. By 2018 the seating had been removed, the foundation repaired, a raised structure built containing a box for commentary or camera operators, with the rest of the former grandstand area being converted into a basic grassy hill. Other soccer usage The venue was used as a training camp for Australia as part of their preparation for their 2010 FIFA World Cup qualification campaign. In 2007, the stadium hosted a match in which Chelsea legend Gianfranco Zola made a guest appearance in a game between APIA Leichhardt Tigers and the Marconi Stallions. The ground record crowd for Marconi Stadium was set in 1993 when 14,220 fans attended to see the Australian under-20s take on the Brazil under-20s side in a warm up game for the 1993 FIFA World Youth Championship held in Australia later that year. The stadium also hosts play-offs & grand finals for various youth & amateur competitions including the Churches Football Association of Sydney, as well as one-off charity & special events. Western Sydney Wanderers With the introduction of the Western Sydney Wanderers FC into the A-League, Club Marconi and the Wanderers began an association that has seen matches for the Western Sydney Wanderers FC Women's, Youth and NPL sides played at Marconi Stadium. The Marconi social club has also hosted Wanderers supporters viewing important away games & hosted club supporter forums. On Saturday 27 September 2014, a W-League Sydney Derby match between the Western Sydney Wanderers and Sydney FC resulted in a record stand alone W-League |
2,956 | Pavlo Virsky | Pavlo Pavlovych Virsky () (1905–1975), PAU, was a dancer, balletmaster, choreographer, and founder of the P. Virsky Ukrainian National Folk Dance Ensemble, whose work in Ukrainian dance was groundbreaking and influenced generations of dancers. Early days Pavlo Virsky was born on February 25, 1905 in Odessa, Russian Empire. After graduating from the Odessa Music and Drama School in 1927, he continued his studies in Moscow, at the Theater Technicum, from 1927-28. Beginning in 1925, state theaters began to be organized throughout the Ukrainian SSR, allowing for gainful employment for artists, and upon his return to Odessa in 1928, Virsky joined the Odesa Opera and Ballet Theatre as a dancer and choreographer. It was at this theater that he collaborated with Mykola Bolotov in their first joint production: Gliere's The Red Poppy. Virsky left Odessa in 1931, and worked as a balletmaster at various theatres, including those in Kharkiv, Dnipropetrovsk, and Kiev, working on productions of ballets such as Raymonda, La Esmeralda, Le Corsaire, Swan Lake, and Don Quixote. Folk dance The Kiev Opera and Ballet brought two productions to Moscow in 1936 as part of the first festival of Ukrainian Literature and Art: Mykola Lysenko's opera Natalka Poltavka, and Semen Hulak-Artemovsky's opera Zaporozhets za Dunayem (A Zaporizhian [Kozak] Beyond the Danube), the latter which included choreographed Ukrainian folk dances by Pavlo Virsky and Mykola Bolotov. The following year, Virsky and Bolotov founded the State Folk Dance Ensemble of the Ukrainian SSR, with which they developed an entire program of staged Ukrainian folk dances. With the outbreak World War II, and in the build-up to the Great Patriotic War, many ensembles suspended activity, as performers were enlisted to entertain the troops. Virsky continued his work with folk-themed choreography as the director of the Red Flag Song and Dance Ensemble of the Kiev Military District beginning in 1939. In 1942, he left as that ensemble, and became the artistic director of the Red Army Song and Dance Ensemble dancers, and remained in that post for many years. In 1955, Virsky returned to Kiev to helm the State Folk Dance Ensemble of the Ukrainian SSR he founded, which had been reconstituted by others after the conclusion of the war. For the next 20 years (until his death in 1975) Pavlo Virsky developed the concepts of Ukrainian folk-stage dance further than had previously been imagined. He founded a school to train dancers in the technique he developed. He toured the world with his dancers, influencing Ukrainian dancers the world over. Virsky died on July 5, 1975 in Kiev. The State Folk Dance Ensemble of the Ukrainian SSR was named after him in 1977. References Ukrainian Weekly Article Official Website of Ukrainian National Folk Dance Ensemble Named After P.Virsky Category:Dance teachers Category:Ukrainian choreographers Category:Ukrainian male ballet dancers Category:Ballet choreographers Category:1905 births Category:1975 deaths Category:People from Odessa Category:People from Kherson Governorate Category:Ukrainian people in the Russian Empire Category:Burials at Baikove Cemetery |
2,957 | Serology | Serology is the scientific study of serum and other body fluids. In practice, the term usually refers to the diagnostic identification of antibodies in the serum. Such antibodies are typically formed in response to an infection (against a given microorganism),<ref name=Baron>{{cite book | author = Washington JA | title = Principles of Diagnosis: Serodiagnosis. in: Baron's Medical Microbiology |veditors=Baron S, et al.| edition = 4th | publisher = Univ of Texas Medical Branch | year = 1996 | chapter-url = https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/bv.fcgi?rid=mmed.section.5462 | isbn = 978-0-9631172-1-2 | chapter = Principles of Diagnosis}}</ref> against other foreign proteins (in response, for example, to a mismatched blood transfusion), or to one's own proteins (in instances of autoimmune disease). Serological tests Serological tests are diagnostic methods that are used to identify antibodies and antigens in a patient's sample. Serological tests may be performed to diagnose infections and autoimmune illnesses, to check if a person has immunity to certain diseases, and in many other situations, such as determining an individual's blood type. Serological tests may also be used in forensic serology to investigate crime scene evidence. Several methods can be used to detect antibodies and antigens, including ELISA, agglutination, precipitation, complement-fixation, and fluorescent antibodies and more recently chemiluminescence. Applications Microbiology In microbiology, serologic tests are used to determine if a person has antibodies against a specific pathogen, or to detect antigens associated with a pathogen in a person's sample. Serologic tests are especially useful for organisms that are difficult to culture by routine laboratory methods, like Treponema pallidum'' (the causative agent of syphilis), or viruses. The presence of antibodies against a pathogen in a person's blood indicates that they have been exposed to that pathogen. Most serologic tests measure one of two types of antibodies: Immunoglobulin M (IgM) and Immunoglobulin G (IgG). IgM is produced in high quantities shortly after a person is exposed to the pathogen, and production declines quickly thereafter. IgG is also produced on the first exposure, but not as quickly as IgM. On subsequent exposures, the antibodies produced are primarily IgG, and they remain in circulation for a prolonged period of time. This affects the interpretation of serology results: a positive result for IgM suggests that a person is currently or recently infected, while a positive result for IgG and negative result for IgM suggests that the person may have been infected or immunized in the past. Antibody testing for infectious diseases is often done in two phases: during the initial illness (acute phase) and after recovery (convalescent phase). The amount of antibody in each specimen (antibody titer) is compared, and a significantly higher amount of IgG in the convalescent specimen suggests infection as opposed to previous exposure. False negative results for antibody testing can occur in people who are immunosuppressed, as they produce lower amounts of antibodies, and in people who receive antimicrobial drugs early in the course of the infection. Transfusion medicine Blood typing is typically performed using serologic methods. The antigens on a person's red blood cells, which determine their blood type, are identified using reagents that contain antibodies, called antisera. |
2,958 | 2019 Torneo Internacional Challenger León | The 2019 Torneo Internacional Challenger León was a professional tennis tournament played on hard courts. It was the seventeenth edition of the tournament which was part of the 2019 ATP Challenger Tour. It took place in León, Mexico between 22 and 28 April 2019. Singles main draw entrants Seeds 1 Rankings are as of April 15, 2019. Other entrants The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw: Milledge Cossu Lucas Gómez Gerardo López Villaseñor Luis Patiño The following player received entry into the singles main draw using a protected ranking: Carlos Gómez-Herrera The following players received entry into the singles main draw using their ITF World Tennis Ranking: Andrés Artuñedo Baptiste Crepatte Manuel Guinard Skander Mansouri João Menezes The following players received entry from the qualifying draw: Felipe Mantilla Martin Redlicki The following player received entry as a lucky loser: Camilo Ugo Carabelli Champions Singles Blaž Rola def. Liam Broady 6–4, 4–6, 6–3. Doubles Lucas Miedler / Sebastian Ofner def. Matt Reid / John-Patrick Smith 4–6, 6–4, [10–6]. References External links Official Website Torneo Internacional Challenger León 2019 Category:2019 in Mexican sports Category:April 2019 sports events in Mexico |
2,959 | Tomari Station (Mie) | is a railway station on the Kintetsu Utsube Line in Yokkaichi, Mie Prefecture, Japan, operated by the private railway operator Kintetsu. It is 3.6 rail kilometers from the terminus of the line at Kintetsu-Yokkaichi Station. Lines Kintetsu Utsube Line Layout Tomari Station has a single island platform. The station is unattended. Platforms Adjacent stations Surrounding area Mie Medical Center ÆON Power City shopping center History Tomari Station was opened on June 21, 1922 as a station on the Mie Railway. On February 11, 1944, due to mergers, the station came under the ownership of Sanco. On February 1, 1964 the Railway division of Sanco split off and formed a separate company, the Mie Electric Railway, which merged with Kintetsu on April 1, 1965. References External links Kintetsu: Tomari Station Category:Railway stations opened in 1922 Category:1922 establishments in Japan Category:Railway stations in Mie Prefecture |
2,960 | Regular singular point | In mathematics, in the theory of ordinary differential equations in the complex plane , the points of are classified into ordinary points, at which the equation's coefficients are analytic functions, and singular points, at which some coefficient has a singularity. Then amongst singular points, an important distinction is made between a regular singular point, where the growth of solutions is bounded (in any small sector) by an algebraic function, and an irregular singular point, where the full solution set requires functions with higher growth rates. This distinction occurs, for example, between the hypergeometric equation, with three regular singular points, and the Bessel equation which is in a sense a limiting case, but where the analytic properties are substantially different. Formal definitions More precisely, consider an ordinary linear differential equation of n-th order with pi (z) meromorphic functions. One can assume that If this is not the case the equation above has to be divided by pn(x). This may introduce singular points to consider. The equation should be studied on the Riemann sphere to include the point at infinity as a possible singular point. A Möbius transformation may be applied to move ∞ into the finite part of the complex plane if required, see example on Bessel differential equation below. Then the Frobenius method based on the indicial equation may be applied to find possible solutions that are power series times complex powers (z − a)r near any given a in the complex plane where r need not be an integer; this function may exist, therefore, only thanks to a branch cut extending out from a, or on a Riemann surface of some punctured disc around a. This presents no difficulty for a an ordinary point (Lazarus Fuchs 1866). When a is a regular singular point, which by definition means that has a pole of order at most i at a, the Frobenius method also can be made to work and provide n independent solutions near a. Otherwise the point a is an irregular singularity. In that case the monodromy group relating solutions by analytic continuation has less to say in general, and the solutions are harder to study, except in terms of their asymptotic expansions. The irregularity of an irregular singularity is measured by the Poincaré rank (). The regularity condition is a kind of Newton polygon condition, in the sense that the allowed poles are in a region, when plotted against i, bounded by a line at 45° to the axes. An ordinary differential equation whose only singular points, including the point at infinity, are regular singular points is called a Fuchsian ordinary differential equation. Examples for second order differential equations In this case the equation above is reduced to: One distinguishes the following cases: Point a is an ordinary point when functions p1(x) and p0(x) are analytic at x = a. Point a is a regular singular point if p1(x) has a pole up to order 1 at x = a and p0 has a pole of order up to 2 at x = a. Otherwise point a is an |
2,961 | 63rd Illinois Infantry Regiment | The 63rd Regiment Illinois Volunteer Infantry was an infantry regiment that served in the Union Army during the American Civil War. Service 63rd Regiment Illinois was organized at Anna, Illinois and mustered into Federal service on April 10, 1862. The regiment was discharged from service on July 13, 1865. Total strength and casualties The regiment suffered 2 officers and 66 enlisted men who were killed in action or mortally wounded and 1 officer and 137 enlisted men who died of disease, for a total of 206 fatalities. Commanders Colonel Francis Moro - resigned commission September 29, 1862. Colonel Joseph B. McCowan - Mustered out with the regiment. See also List of Illinois Civil War Units Illinois in the American Civil War Notes References The Civil War Archive Category:Illinois Civil War regiments Category:1862 establishments in Illinois Category:Military units and formations established in 1862 Category:Military units and formations disestablished in 1865 |
2,962 | Kortney | Kortney is a given name, usually a variant of Courtney. Notable people with the name include: Kortney Clemons (born 1980), American Paralympic athlete and Iraq War Veteran Kortney Hause (born 1995), English footballer and rapper Kortney Olson (born 1981), American-born bodybuilder and athlete Kortney Wilson (born c. 1979), Canadian country music singer Kortney Ryan Ziegler (born 1980), American filmmaker, visual artist, blogger, writer, and scholar |
2,963 | Richard Satterlie | Richard Satterlie is a specialist in invertebrate neurobiology, and Frank Hawkins Kenan Distinguished Professor at the University of North Carolina at Wilmington. He has also written four novels and a poetry collection. Books Phoenix (Novel: Historical, American West) Whiskey Creek Press, 2006. First place winner, Arizona Authors Association annual book awards in the published fiction category. Something Bad (Novel: Horror) Medallion Press, 2007. Silver Medal winner, Independent Publishers IPPY book awards (2008). Rollicking Anthropomorphisms and Other Observations on the Human Condition (Poetry Collection) Whiskey Creek Press, 2008. Finalist, 2009 EPPIE awards in poetry category (EPICon 2009 annual writing contest) Agnes Hahn (Novel: Psychological Suspense) Medallion Press, 2008. Imola (Novel: Psychological Suspense) Medallion Press, September 2009) References External links http://richardsatterlie.com/bio/satterlie_cv.pdf richardsatterlie.com http://sols.asu.edu/people/faculty/rsatterlie.php Category:Living people Category:Year of birth missing (living people) |
2,964 | Estádio da Baixada (Ibirama) | Estádio Hermann Aichinger, better known as Estádio da Baixada, is a multi-use stadium located in Ibirama, Santa Catarina state, in southern Brazil. It is used mostly for football matches and hosts the home games of Clube Atlético Hermann Aichinger. The stadium has a maximum capacity of 6,000 people. References External links Estádio da Baixada at Templos do Futebol Baixada Ibirama Category:Sports venues in Santa Catarina (state) |
2,965 | Kesuj | Kesuj (, also Romanized as Kesūj; also known as Kesūch, Kosūch, and Kosvach) is a village in Garmsir Rural District, in the Central District of Ardestan County, Isfahan Province, Iran. At the 2006 census, its population was 71, in 22 families. References Category:Populated places in Ardestan County |
2,966 | CKLE-FM | CKLE-FM is a French language Canadian radio station broadcasting in Bathurst, New Brunswick at 92.9 MHz. The station broadcasts a mix of adult contemporary, oldies and country music with some news/talk programming. History On July 20, 1987, Radio de la Baie Ltée received CRTC approval to operate a new french-language FM radio station at 97.1 MHz, with a rebroadcaster in Dalhousie at 102.7 MHz. On February 29, 1988, Radio de la Baie Ltée received CRTC approval to operate a new french-language FM radio station at 104.9 MHz in Bathurst. On August 5, 1988, Dalhousie's rebroadcaster received approval to change frequencies to 100.7 MHz. On September 1, 1989, the CRTC approved the application by Radio de la Baie Ltée to change CKLE-FM's frequency to 92.9 MHz. On March 29, 1990, both CKLE-FM and CKLE-FM-1 began broadcasting. It is uncertain if the CKLE-FM-1 rebroadcaster was ever implemented. In 1995, CKLE-FM began simulcasting programs on CJVA in Caraquet. CKLE-FM had a rebroadcaster located in Caraquet at 810 kHz AM with the call letters CJVA. It began broadcasting on September 15, 1977. In 2016, CJVA moved to 94.1 MHz. References External links FM 92,9 (in French) Category:Mass media in Bathurst, New Brunswick Kle Kle Kle Category:Radio stations established in 1990 Category:1990 establishments in New Brunswick |
2,967 | Waterloo (ABBA song) | "Waterloo" is the first single from the Swedish pop group ABBA's second album, Waterloo and their first under the Epic and Atlantic labels. This was also the first single to be credited to the group performing under the name ABBA. On 6 April 1974 the song was the winning entry for Sweden in the 1974 Eurovision Song Contest. The victory began ABBA's path to worldwide fame. The Swedish version of the single was a double A-side with "Honey, Honey" (Swedish version), while the English version usually featured "Watch Out" on the B-side. The single became a No. 1 hit in several countries. It reached the U.S. Top 10 and went on to sell nearly six million copies, making it one of the best-selling singles in history. At the 50th anniversary celebration of the Eurovision Song Contest in 2005, it was chosen as the best song in the competition's history. Writing, recording and meaning "Waterloo" was written specifically to be entered into the 1974 Eurovision Song Contest, after the group finished third with "Ring Ring" the previous year in the Swedish pre-selection contest, Melodifestivalen 1973. The original title of the song was "Honey Pie". "Waterloo" was originally written with simultaneous rock music and jazz beats (unusual for an ABBA song). Recording of the song commenced on 17 December 1973, with instrumental backing from Janne Schaffer (who came up with the main guitar and bass parts), Rutger Gunnarsson and Ola Brunkert. The song's production style was influenced by Phil Spector's "Wall of Sound": prior to recording "Ring Ring", engineer Michael B. Tretow had read Richard Williams' book Out of His Head: The Sound of Phil Spector, which inspired him to layer multiple instrumental overdubs on the band's recordings, becoming an integral part of ABBA's sound. Subsequently, German and French versions were recorded in March and April 1974 respectively: the French version was adapted by Claude-Michel Schönberg, who would later go on to co-write Les Misérables. Contrary to popular belief, the title "Waterloo" does not refer to Waterloo, London nor its landmark station. The song is about a woman who "surrenders" to a man and promises to love him, referencing Napoleon's defeat at the Battle of Waterloo in 1815. At Eurovision The band considered submitting another song to Eurovision, "Hasta Mañana", but decided on "Waterloo" since it gave equal weight to both lead vocalists Agnetha Fältskog and Anni-Frid Lyngstad, while "Hasta Mañana" was sung only by Fältskog. ABBA performed the song at Melodifestivalen 1974 in February, singing it in Swedish. The song won, and therefore advanced to Eurovision. The song differed from the standard "dramatic ballad" tradition of the Eurovision Song Contest by its flavour and rhythm, as well as by its performance. ABBA gave the audience something that had rarely been seen before in Eurovision: flashy costumes (including silver platform boots), plus a catchy uptempo song and even simple choreography. The group also broke from convention by being the first winning entry in a language other than that of their home country; prior to 1973 all Eurovision singers had been required to sing in |
2,968 | Herti | Herti, or HERTI, may refer to: BAE Systems HERTI, an unmanned aerial vehicle developed by the British company BAE Systems Herti, Schwyz, a village in the municipality of Unteriberg, Schwyz, Switzerland |
2,969 | Farouk Belkaïd | Farouk Belkaïd (; born November 14, 1977) is an Algerian former professional footballer who played as a defensive midfielder or as a defender. Club career Belkaïd was born in Bordj Menaïel. In 1998, he joined JS Kabylie from JS Bordj Ménaïel. During his time with the club, he won the CAF Cup three times in a row from 2000 to 2002 and also won the league title in 2004. In 2003, Belkaïd went on trial with French club AJ Auxerre but was not signed by manager Guy Roux. International career Belkaïd received his first call-up to the Algerian National Team on December 8, 2000 for a friendly against Romania in Annaba, Algeria. He played the entire game, with the score ending 3-2 in favour of the visitors. Career statistics International International goals Honours Club JS Kabylie CAF Cup: 2000, 2001, 2002 Algerian Championnat National: 2004 MC Alger Algerian Cup: 2007 Algerian Super Cup: 2006, 2007 ES Sétif Algerian Championnat National: 2008–09, 2011–12 North African Cup of Champions: 2009 North African Super Cup: 2010 Algerian Cup: 2010, 2012 North African Cup Winners Cup: 2010 Individual DZFoot d'Or: 2002 References External links Category:1977 births Category:Living people Category:People from Bordj Menaïel Category:Kabyle people Category:Association football midfielders Category:Association football defenders Category:Algerian footballers Category:Algeria international footballers Category:JS Kabylie players Category:USM Alger players Category:MC Alger players Category:ES Sétif players Category:Algerian Ligue Professionnelle 1 players Category:JS Bordj Ménaïel players Category:RC Arbaâ players |
2,970 | Chah Varz Rural District | Chah Varz Rural District () is a rural district (dehestan) in Chah Varz District, Lamerd County, Fars Province, Iran. The rural district has 4 villages. statistics in 2011 : 4301 citizens and 6788 citizens of Chah Varz district population. Chah Varz is about 350 km distance from Shiraz and 486 meters above sea level and in the Zagros Mountains is located south of aria and its weather is tropic and malarian Chah Varz rural district was created in 1993. justification designs of create sections of the chahvarz in the year 2004. in 2011 by Ruhollah Ahmadzadeh the Governor of Fars approved to the Ministry of the Interior in May 2011, the political Commission will send a defense to the Cabinet and the plan passed in 20 September 2012. The name of chahvarz in Dehkhoda Dictionary is a village of the beyram Rural District and the job of Chah Varz citizens was agriculture and significant herd. but nowadays people's job is more commercial and services work. The commercial position of this sector and the existence of lamerd County communication paths to the center in Fars Province and larestan is the importance of this point. In the mid-4th century Affifuddin Shah Zendo attack to Chah Varz and after the defeat of the old residents of the Sassanian this area was completely deserted this region until "Ali Mohub" "chahvarz Twin" Palm in the book of folklore and customs of lamerd customs decodes the target tourism works in the city of lamerd. Etymology Chah Varz name is different in historical book: like "Chah Vard", "Chah Bord". Ali-Akbar Dehkhoda wrrited chah varz name in Dehkhoda Dictionary "chah varzd" this name Include Chah and Vard; Chah mining in English "Water well" and "Vard" mining Flower So Chah Varz mining Well of Flower. old Arabic author wrote Chah Varz name to Chah Bord and Chah Bord mining to English Well of Rock. old Chah Varzian People say the name of Chah Varz was Chah Varzā this name mining to English "Well of Ox" old people say to reason of this etymology: was in Chah Varz Ox and people by this ox taking water out of well. History Before Islam Gabrs lived in Chah Varz village and their religion was Zoroastrianism . References Category:Rural Districts of Fars Province Category:Lamerd County |
2,971 | Oh Boy! (1938 film) | Oh Boy! is a 1938 British comedy film directed by Albert de Courville and starring Albert Burdon, Mary Lawson and Bernard Nedell. It was made at Elstree Studios by ABPC. The film's sets were designed by the art director John Mead. Synopsis Percy Flower, a young chemist, takes his girlfriend to watch his Beefeater father on parade at the Tower of London, but she is stolen away by an assertive, taller man. Percy is then given a secret formula by an eccentric inventor which makes him extremely confident, strong and energetic. However once Percy starts suffering the side effect, which reduces him back to childhood, his father urgently tries to find the Professor again to get the antidote. Eventually Percy is restored to his true self, managing both to win back his girlfriend and to foil a plot by some American gangsters to steal the Crown Jewels. Cast Albert Burdon as Percy Flower Mary Lawson as June Messenger Bernard Nedell as Angelo Tonelli Jay Laurier as Horatio Flower Robert Cochran as Albert Bolsover Edmon Ryan as Butch Maire O'Neill as Mrs. Baggs Syd Walker as Sergeant Charles Carson as Governor Jerry Verno as Shopwalker John Wood as Man Billy Milton as Conductor Edmund D'Alby Boris Ranevsky References Bibliography Low, Rachael. Filmmaking in 1930s Britain. George Allen & Unwin, 1985. Wood, Linda. British Films, 1927-1939. British Film Institute, 1986. External links Category:1938 films Category:British films Category:British comedy films Category:1938 comedy films Category:English-language films Category:Films directed by Albert de Courville Category:Films shot at Elstree Studios Category:British black-and-white films |
2,972 | Marianne Gary-Schaffhauser | Marianne Gary-Schaffhauser (19 July 1903 – 3 November 1992) was an Austrian composer. She was born in Vienna and studied voice and piano at the Vienna Academy, and composition with Alfred Uhl. Later she studied at Vienna University and graduated with a PhD. After completing her studies, she taught as a professor of German and history, but retired in 1948 to work as a composer. Works Selected works include: Oratorium von Leid und Heldentum der Ungenannten, for soloists, choir and orchestra Cello Concerto (1957) Piano Concerto (1966) Dance Suite for Orchestra (1967) References Category:1903 births Category:1992 deaths Category:20th-century classical composers Category:Female classical composers Category:Austrian classical composers Category:Musicians from Vienna Category:20th-century women musicians |
2,973 | List of Anglican Communion dioceses | This is an alphabetical list of bishops and archbishops of the Anglican Communion, with links to articles about their dioceses or provinces where possible. As of 2019 the Anglican Communion (as recognised by the Anglican Consultative Council) consists of 860 dioceses and 18 additional Ordinary jurisdictions (see list below) giving a total of 878 bishops; this total includes 74 archbishops (or equivalents, such as 'Presiding Bishop'), of whom 40 have the status of 'primate', and membership of the Primates' Meeting. There are, additionally, many suffragan or assistant bishops, as well as bishops of non-Anglican churches that are also in full communion with the Archbishop of Canterbury through arrangements such as the Porvoo Communion. There is also a number of bishops in different denominations of the Continuing Anglican movement. Continuing Anglicanism is outside the Anglican Communion. Archbishops Primatial archbishops shown at first level, and additional metropolitan archbishops (of the same national or regional church) at second level (indented). The most common title for Primates and Metropolitans is 'Archbishop', but some of those listed, whilst carrying out a similar function, bear an alternative title (such as Presiding Bishop, or Bishop Primus) for historical reasons. Archbishop of Armagh (Primate of all Ireland) Archbishop of Dublin Archbishop Primate of Australia (Primate, elected from amongst the following five metropolitans) Archbishop of Adelaide Archbishop of Brisbane Archbishop of Melbourne Archbishop of Sydney Archbishop of Perth, Australia Primate Bishop of Bangladesh Primate Bishop of Brazil Archbishop of Burundi Metropolitan Bishop of Calcutta (this Bishopric ceased to have Metropolitical status after 1970) Archbishop Primate of Canada (Primate, in addition to the following four metropolitans) Metropolitan Archbishop of the Province of British Columbia & the Yukon Metropolitan Archbishop of the Province of Canada Metropolitan Archbishop of the Province of Ontario Metropolitan Archbishop of the Province of Rupert's Land Archbishop of Canterbury (Primate of all England) Archbishop of York Archbishop of Cape Town Archbishop of Central Africa Archbishop of Central America Archbishop of Chile Archbishop of Congo (Episcopal see fixed at Kinshasa) Archbishop of Hong Kong Archbishop of the Indian Ocean Bishop Primate of Japan Archbishop of Jerusalem (archbishopric suppressed 1974 - see next entry) President Bishop of Jerusalem and the Middle East Archbishop of All Kenya (Episcopal see fixed at Nairobi, and called 'All Saints Cathedral Diocese') Archbishop of Korea (Episcopal see fixed at Seoul) Archbishop of Melanesia (Episcopal see fixed at Honiara, and called 'Central Melanesia') Presiding Bishop of Mexico Archbishop of Myanmar (Episcopal see fixed at Yangon) Archbishop Primate of New Zealand (Primate, elected from amongst the following three metropolitans) Co-Archbishop of New Zealand for the Māori Tikanga (Archbishop chosen from amongst the five Māori personal prelatures - see below) Co-Archbishop of New Zealand for the Pakeha Tikanga (Archbishop chosen from amongst the New Zealand mainland dioceses) Co-Archbishop of New Zealand for the Polynesian Tikanga (Episcopal see fixed at Polynesia) Archbishop Primate of All Nigeria (Primate, elected from amongst the following fourteen metropolitans) Archbishop of the ecclesiastical province of Aba Archbishop of the ecclesiastical province of Abuja Archbishop of the ecclesiastical province of Bendel Archbishop of the ecclesiastical province |
2,974 | Herzog–Schönheim conjecture | In mathematics, the Herzog–Schönheim conjecture is a combinatorial problem in the area of group theory, posed by Marcel Herzog and Jochanan Schönheim in 1974. Let be a group, and let be a finite system of left cosets of subgroups of . Herzog and Schönheim conjectured that if forms a partition of with , then the (finite) indices cannot be distinct. In contrast, if repeated indices are allowed, then partitioning a group into cosets is easy: if is any subgroup of with index then can be partitioned into left cosets of . Subnormal subgroups In 2004 Zhi-Wei Sun proved an extended version of the Herzog–Schönheim conjecture in the case where are subnormal in . A basic lemma in Sun's proof states that if are subnormal and of finite index in , then and hence where denotes the set of prime divisors of . Mirsky–Newman theorem When is the additive group of integers, the cosets of are the arithmetic progressions. In this case, the Herzog–Schönheim conjecture states that every covering system, a family of arithmetic progressions that together cover all the integers, must either cover some integers more than once or include at least one pair of progressions that have the same difference as each other. This result was conjectured in 1950 by Paul Erdős and proved soon thereafter by Leon Mirsky and Donald J. Newman. However, Mirsky and Newman never published their proof. The same proof was also found independently by Harold Davenport and Richard Rado. In 1970, a geometric coloring problem equivalent to the Mirsky–Newman theorem was given in the Soviet mathematical olympiad: suppose that the vertices of a regular polygon are colored in such a way that every color class itself forms the vertices of a regular polygon. Then, there exist two color classes that form congruent polygons. References Category:Combinatorial group theory Category:Conjectures Category:Unsolved problems in mathematics |
2,975 | Estadio Centenario (Resistencia) | Estadio Centenario is a multi-use stadium in Resistencia, Argentina. It is used mostly for football matches, but also for rugby union, and hosts the homes matches of Sarmiento de Resistencia. The stadium was designed with a capacity of 25,000 spectators. In 2013, it was announced that Argentina would play the opening game of their 2014 Season at the Estadio Centenario. The game would be the first of their two Admiral Brown Cup games against Ireland. References Category:Football venues in Argentina Category:Resistencia, Chaco Category:Sarmiento de Resistencia |
2,976 | Angela Olinto | Angela Villela Olinto (born July 19, 1961) is an astroparticle physicist and professor at the University of Chicago as well as the dean of the Physical Sciences. Her work is focused on understanding the origin of high-energy cosmic rays, gamma rays, and neutrinos. Childhood and education Olinto was born in Boston, MA during her father's graduate studies at Massachusetts Institute of Technology. The family moved back to Rio de Janeiro, Brazil when she was a toddler. She lived in Rio and Brasilia and received her bachelor's degree in physics from Pontificia Universidade Catolica in 1981. As she was finishing her undergraduate studies, she became ill with what was later diagnosed as polymyositis. She returned to MIT and received her Ph.D. in physics in 1987. Career After her Ph.D., Olinto joined the Fermilab Theoretical Astrophysics Group as a postdoc. From Fermilab, Olinto moved to the University of Chicago where she became the first woman to serve as a professor in the Department of Astronomy and Astrophysics. Starting in 1996, she also began a joint appointment with the Enrico Fermi Institute. She served as chair of the Department of Astronomy and Astrophysics from 2003-2006 and again from 2012-2017. In 2006, she received the Chair d’ Excellence Award from the Agence Nationale de la Recherche and served as visiting professor in the Laboratoire d’AstroParticule et Cosmologie (APC). In 2017, Olinto was named the Albert A. Michelson Distinguished Service Professor in the Department of Astronomy and Astrophysics. In 2018, she became the first female dean of the Physical Sciences Division at the University of Chicago. Olinto has given over 450 lectures worldwide and published over 200 papers. Research Throughout Olinto's career, she has made theoretical and experimental contributions to astroparticle physics, including contributions to the study of the structure of neutron stars, inflationary theory, cosmic magnetic fields, the nature of dark matter, and the origin of the highest energy cosmic particles: cosmic rays, gamma-rays, and neutrinos. Olinto emerged as a leader of the science behind the 3,000 km2 Pierre Auger Observatory in Malargue, Argentina, built and operated by a 19-country collaboration. Her group pioneered in depth studies of the physics and astrophysics of ultra-high energy cosmic ray (UHECR) including the propagation and neutrino production of UHE nuclei and acceleration models based on newborn pulsars. Starting in 2012, Olinto served as the United States principal investigator of JEM-EUSO (Extreme Universe Space Observatory on-board of the Japanese Experiment Module of the International Space Station) mission—an international collaboration involving 16 countries to discover the origin of the highest energy cosmic rays. Olinto is the principal investigator of EUSO-SPB (Extreme Universe Space Observatory on a Super Pressure Balloon), a series of NASA balloon missions. EUSO-SPB1 flew in April 2017 and EUSO-SPB2 is now under construction. EUSO-SPB2 will combine the fluorescence technique developed for JEM-EUSO and EUSO-SPB1 with a novel Cherenkov detector designed to search for up-going tau showers produced by astrophysical tau neutrinos. EUSO-SPB2 is expected to fly by 2022. Starting in 2017, Olinto served as principal investigator for POEMMA (Probe of Extreme Multi-Messenger Astrophysics), providing the conceptual design for |
2,977 | Washington Times (1894–1939) | The Washington Times (1894–1939) was an American, English-language daily newspaper published in Washington, D.C.. It was founded in 1894 and merged with the Washington Herald to create the Washington Times-Herald in 1939. History The paper was created by Indiana instrument manufacturer Charles G. Conn (1844–1931) while he served as a United States Congressman. The first publisher was Stilson Hutchins. Subsequent owners included newspaper syndicate owner Frank A. Munsey, (known as the "Dealer in Dailies" and the "Undertaker of Journalism"), Arthur Brisbane, and William Randolph Hearst. After Hearst's acquisition of the Washington Herald, the newspaper's operations moved to the Philip M. Jullien designed Washington Times and Herald Building in 1923. Reporters and columnists Washington Times writers and columnists included Arthur Brisbane, Ruth Jones pen name "Jean Eliot", Rilla Engle, Evelyn Hunt, A. Cloyd Gill, Homer Dodge, Avery Marks, humorist Kirk Crothers Miller, William Lenhart McPherson, Robert Halsey Patchin, "dean of the Washington press" Colonel Matthew Fitzimmons Tighe, and William Lee Trenholm. Editors Harry Atwood Colman, Louis Ashley Dougher, Earl Godwin, Ralph A. Graves, Ruth Eleanor Jones, Alonzo T. MacDonald, Arthur D. Marks, Caryll Neil Odell, M.G. Seckendorff, and Edward Dwight Shaw. Subsequent mergers Cissy Patterson, editor of both the Washington Times and the Washington Herald since 1930, leased them from Hearst in 1937. Patterson bought the two papers in 1939, merging them into the Washington Times-Herald Patterson ran the merged paper from its creation in 1939 until her death in 1948. It was subsequently purchased by Joseph Medill Patterson and Robert McCormick. In 1954, the Times-Herald was purchased by Phillip L. Graham, owner of The Washington Post. For a time, the combined paper was officially known as the Washington Post and Times-Herald. The Times-Herald portion of the nameplate became less and less prominent on a second line in ensuing years, however, and was dropped entirely in 1973. See also Washington Herald (1906–1939) Washington Times-Herald Newspapers founded in Washington, D.C. during the 18th- and 19th-centuries List of newspapers in Washington, D.C. Archives, curated collections, and reproductions Worldcat (OCLC) <li> (1894–1895) digital <li> (1894–1895) digital <li> (1894–1895) digital <li> (1902–1939) digital <li> (1897–1901) digital <li> (1901–1902) digital <li> (1902–1939) digital Library of Congress Control Number <li> (digital versions, searchable online via Chronicling America database) References Category:Defunct newspapers of Washington, D.C. Category:Hearst Communications publications Category:Publications established in 1894 Category:Publications disestablished in 1939 Category:Southern United States newspaper stubs Category:Washington, D.C. stubs Category:The Washington Post Category:William Randolph Hearst Category:1894 establishments in Washington, D.C. Category:1939 disestablishments in Washington, D.C. |
2,978 | Gargaphia iridescens | Gargaphia iridescens is a species of lace bug in the family Tingidae. It is found in Central America, North America, and South America. References Further reading Category:Tingidae Category:Articles created by Qbugbot Category:Insects described in 1897 |
2,979 | ASFA Yennenga | Association Sportive du Faso-Yennenga is a Burkinabé football club based in Ouagadougou. The club's home games are played at Stade du 4-Août. The club was founded in 1947 and won its first title in 1973 as Jeanne d'Arc. History The club was founded in 1947 under the name of AS Jeanne d'Arc. Achievements Burkinabé Premier League: 13 1973, 1989, 1995, 1999, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2006, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013. Coupe du Faso: 3 1991, 2009, 2013 Burkinabé SuperCup: 2 2001–02, 2008–09. West African Club Championship (UFOA Cup): 1 1999. Performance in CAF competitions CAF Champions League: 10 appearances 2000 – First round 2003 – First round 2004 – First round 2005 – First round 2007 – Preliminary Round 2010 – First round 2011 – First round 2012 – Preliminary Round 2013 – First round 2014 – First round African Cup of Champions Clubs: 3 appearances 1973 – First Round 1990 – Preliminary Round 1996 – First Round CAF Cup: 3 appearances 1993 – First Round 1998 – First Round 2002 – First Round CAF Cup Winners' Cup: 2 appearances 1991 – Quarter-finals 1992 – First Round Managers Guglielmo Arena Dan Anghelescu (2006–07) Cheick Oumar Koné (2009–14) Michel Kigoma References Category:Football clubs in Burkina Faso Category:Association football clubs established in 1947 Category:Sport in Ouagadougou Category:1947 establishments in French Upper Volta |
2,980 | Equilateral triangle | In geometry, an equilateral triangle is a triangle in which all three sides are equal. In the familiar Euclidean geometry, an equilateral triangle is also equiangular; that is, all three internal angles are also congruent to each other and are each 60°. It is also a regular polygon, so it is also referred to as a regular triangle. Principal properties Denoting the common length of the sides of the equilateral triangle as , we can determine using the Pythagorean theorem that: The area is , The perimeter is The radius of the circumscribed circle is The radius of the inscribed circle is or The geometric center of the triangle is the center of the circumscribed and inscribed circles The altitude (height) from any side is Denoting the radius of the circumscribed circle as R, we can determine using trigonometry that: The area of the triangle is Many of these quantities have simple relationships to the altitude ("h") of each vertex from the opposite side: The area is The height of the center from each side, or apothem, is The radius of the circle circumscribing the three vertices is The radius of the inscribed circle is In an equilateral triangle, the altitudes, the angle bisectors, the perpendicular bisectors, and the medians to each side coincide. Characterizations A triangle ABC that has the sides a, b, c, semiperimeter s, area T, exradii ra, rb, rc (tangent to a, b, c respectively), and where R and r are the radii of the circumcircle and incircle respectively, is equilateral if and only if any one of the statements in the following nine categories is true. Thus these are properties that are unique to equilateral triangles, and knowing that any one of them is true directly implies that we have an equilateral triangle. Sides Semiperimeter <ref name=Alsina>{{cite book|last1=Alsina|first1=Claudi|last2=Nelsen|first2=Roger B.|title=When less is more. Visualizing basic inequalities|date=2009|publisher=Mathematical Association of America|pages=71, 155}}</ref> Angles Area (Weitzenböck) Circumradius, inradius, and exradii Equal cevians Three kinds of cevians coincide, and are equal, for (and only for) equilateral triangles: The three altitudes have equal lengths. The three medians have equal lengths. The three angle bisectors have equal lengths. Coincident triangle centers Every triangle center of an equilateral triangle coincides with its centroid, which implies that the equilateral triangle is the only triangle with no Euler line connecting some of the centers. For some pairs of triangle centers, the fact that they coincide is enough to ensure that the triangle is equilateral. In particular: A triangle is equilateral if any two of the circumcenter, incenter, centroid, or orthocenter coincide. It is also equilateral if its circumcenter coincides with the Nagel point, or if its incenter coincides with its nine-point center. Six triangles formed by partitioning by the medians For any triangle, the three medians partition the triangle into six smaller triangles. A triangle is equilateral if and only if any three of the smaller triangles have either the same perimeter or the same inradius. A triangle is equilateral if and only if the circumcenters of any three of the smaller triangles have the same distance |
2,981 | Georgi Gugava | Georgi Gugava (born 10 November 1978) is a Georgian judoka. Achievements References Category:1978 births Category:Living people Category:Male judoka from Georgia (country) Category:Judoka at the 2000 Summer Olympics Category:Olympic judoka of Georgia (country) |
2,982 | Field hockey at the 1928 Summer Olympics | The 1928 Summer Olympics saw the third field Hockey tournament at Olympics. All games took place either in the new Olympisch Stadion or in the nearby Old Stadion. The field hockey tournament was held (together with football) in the first part of this Olympic games. All matches were played between Thursday, May 17 and Saturday, May 26, 1928. The entry rules allowed one team from each country. And one team was allowed to include 22 players, which means two complete teams. The "Fédération Internationale de Hockey" defined the amateur status as follows: An amateur is one who has never obtained any profit by practicing the sport, neither directly or indirectly. If a player or an official accepts from club, association, or federation an amount exceeding what is strictly necessary for traveling and hotel expenses, such an amount will be regarded as profit. Only a men's competition occurred that year. Nine nations competed, after the retirement of Czechoslovakia. Squads Results Divisions Division A Division B Medal round Bronze medal match Gold medal match Statistics Final standings Goalscorers Medal summary Note: The players above the line played at least one game in this tournament, the players below the line were probably only squad members. Nevertheless, the International Olympic Committee medal database exclusively credits them all as medalists. If or why they could have received medals is uncertain. However the National Olympic Committee of the Netherlands does not even show the Dutch players as competitors. References External links International Olympic Committee medal database Wudarski Category:Field hockey at the 1928 Summer Olympics Category:1928 Summer Olympics events Category:1928 in field hockey 1928 Summer Olympics |
2,983 | Samuel Korecki | Samuel Korecki (c. 1586 – June 27, 1622), Polish duke, nobleman (szlachcic) of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth, adventurer and military commander carrying a titular rank of colonel. His coat of arms was Pogonia. His spent his life as a military men, fighting both private and state sponsored wars. Life His Korecki clan had their residence at Korets Castle and most likely Samuel was born there to Joachim Korecki and Anna née Chodkiewicz in 1586. He was educated in the Commonwealth and abroad, He fought under hetman Stanisław Żółkiewski at Guzow and Kłuszyn during the Dimitriads Polish-Muscovy Wars, where in 1611 during terrible winter he brought supplies to the Polish forces in the Moscow Kremlin. Many times duke Samuel lead his own cavalry companies against the Crimean Tatars and his successes brought him some respect among Zaporozhian Cossacks, but since he fought with Ottoman Empire vassals, the Tatars and Moldavians, he was soon listed as one of the enemies of the Porte. During the Moldavian Magnate Wars in 1616 duke Samuel, commanding his own private army and against the wishes of his king Sigismund III Vasa, invaded the Ottoman vassal Moldavia and after two victorious battles, Khotyn and Bender, was finally beaten by the Turks at the battle of Sasowy Róg (1616) near Ştefăneşti, and he was taken prisoner. Turks took him to the Yedikule Fortress and from that fortress he escaped, hid in a home of a Greek Orthodox priest who most likely got him onto a merchant ship going to Naples and having fought of a corsairs attack he came to Italy. There he went to Rome where he met the pope Paul V during a papal audience, and thus through his famous escape and adventurous trek he became famous throughout the Christian Europe. In the spring of 1618 Samuel and soon again took to the field as the Moldavian Magnate wars caused an increase in Tatar raid into the Commonwealth. At the battle of Cecora duke Samuel commanded the left wing of the Commonwealth army, and during the retreat, together with many other Commonwealth commanders, such as Stanisław Koniecpolski, was taken prisoner by Tatars. Transferred to the Ottoman Turks he was imprisoned in the Castle of Seven Towers, and his capture and subsequent Turkish refusal to release him became well known throughout Europe – even King James VI and I asked the sultan for his release. Korecki was eventually strangled in Istanbul in June 1622. The Ottomans buried him in an unmarked grave, but his servant dug up his body and secretly smuggled it from Istanbul to Poland, where he was re-interred at his home of Korets. Family Samuel was a scion of old Ruthenian and Lithuanian princely families – Korecki, being the grandson of voivoda of Volhynia duke Bohusz Korecki. He had one brother, Greater Castellan of Wołyń (Volhynia) Jan Karol Korecki, and five sisters. Duke Samuel married famously beautiful Katarzyna Catherina Movilă, daughter of Ieremia Movilă. They had one daughter, Anna Korecka, who married Andrzej Leszczyński, and in turn these parents had one son Samuel Leszczyński, who was duke |
2,984 | Tulls Corner, Maryland | Tulls Corner is an unincorporated community in Somerset County, Maryland, United States. Tulls Corner is located at the intersection of Tulls Corner Road and L. Q. Powell Road, south-southeast of Marion Station. History Tulls Corner is located in Quindocqua, just west of Quindocqua United Methodist Church, at the intersection of Tulls Corner Road and L. Q. Powell Road, near Marion Station. At one time it was a busy, flourishing, self-sustaining center of activity with numerous homes and places of business. Tulls Corner started originally from a crossroads store prior to the Revolutionary War and expanded gradually until it reached its height shortly after the end of the American Civil War. It is named after the Tull family, who evidently came to Somerset County circa 1666 from Northampton County, Virginia. Thomas Tull IV (1750-1818) created the settlement, which became known as Tulls Corner. He owned a grist mill and became an extensive farmer and ship owner. At that time, the settlement consisted of several homes, three or four stores, a post office, shoe shop, blacksmith shop, tannery, grist mill, and a nearby school and church. Later a saloon, millinery shop, barrel factory, tomato cannery and other businesses were added. After its heyday, it declined into obscurity. The Tulls are completely gone from the area and the name of the community is almost extinct. St. Paul's Protestant Episcopal Church was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1990. References Category:Unincorporated communities in Somerset County, Maryland Category:Unincorporated communities in Maryland |
2,985 | National Independence Party (Ghana) | The National Independence Party (NIP) is a defunct political party in Ghana. It was formed in 1992 in the run up to the inauguration of the Fourth Republic of Ghana. The party came to an end in 1993 following a merger with another Nkrumahist party. Formation The NIP was founded in 1992 after the ban on political parties was lifted in May, 1992 by the Provisional National Defence Council government of Jerry Rawlings. The party was one of many that professed to follow the Nkrumah ideology. Other parties who also claimed Nkrumah heritage include the People's National Convention, the People's Heritage Party and the National Convention Party. 1992 elections The NIP contested the presidential election on 3 November 1992. Its presidential nominee was Kwabena Darko, a multimillionaire entrepreneur. Kwabena Darko came fourth, winning 2.8% of the total votes cast. Although the international observers of this election declared it free and fair, the NIP together with three other parties, the New Patriotic Party, the People's National Convention and the People's Heritage Party claimed the elections were fraudulent and went on to boycott the parliamentary election on December 29, 1992. Merger In 1993, during the first year of the Fourth Republic of Ghana, the NIP merged with the People's Heritage Party, another pro-Nkrumah party to form the People's Convention Party. References See also List of political parties in Ghana Category:Defunct political parties in Ghana Category:Political parties established in 1992 Category:1992 in Ghana |
2,986 | 2009 International Rules Series | The 2009 International Rules Series (officially the 2009 Coca-Cola International Rules Series) was to have been the 15th International Rules Series football competition. On 28 July 2009 the Australian Football League (AFL) informed the Gaelic Athletic Association (GAA) that due to economic conditions in Australia they would not be travelling to Ireland for the series in October. GAA President Christy Cooney and Ireland's international rules team manager Sean Boylan both expressed their disappointment at the AFL's decision. The AFL committed in writing that it would travel to Ireland for the series in 2010, and the Gaelic Grounds and Croke Park would host those two games. Postponed fixtures Australia: vs. London GAA & vs. Clare GAA (Warm up fixtures) Ireland: vs. Wicklow GAA & vs. Tipperary GAA (Warm up fixtures) First Test: 24 October 2009 at Gaelic Grounds, Limerick, County Limerick, Ireland Second Test: 1 November 2009 at Croke Park, Dublin, County Dublin, Ireland See also International rules football Gaelic football Australian rules football Comparison of Australian rules football and Gaelic football References International Rules series International Rules Series Category:International Rules series Category:International sports competitions hosted by Ireland |
2,987 | Býkev | Býkev is located in the Mělník District, Central Bohemian Region. The town lies about five kilometers west of Mělník. As of 2011, there were 401 inhabitants. Villages Býkev Jenišovice History The first written mention of Býkev dates back to 1392. Territorial administration The history of territorial integration includes the period of time from 1850 to the present. The chronological overview shows the territorial administrative jurisdiction of the municipality in the year when the change occurred. 1850 Czech Area, Prague region, Mělník District 1855 Czech Area, Prague Region, Mělník District 1868 Czech Area, Prague Region, political and judicial district of Mělník 1939 Czech Area, Oberlandrat Mělník, political and judicial district of Mělník 1942 Czech Area, Oberlandrat Prague, the political and judicial district of Mělník 1945 Czech Area, administrative and judicial district of Mělník 1949 Prague Region, Mělník District 1960 Central Bohemian Region, Mělník District 2003 Středočeský kraj, Mělník District, municipality with extended competence Mělník 1932 In 1932, the trades and shops in Býkev (with 256 inhabitants at the time) were recorded.2 inns, basketry, 2 blacksmiths, 5 farmers, 2 grocery stores, a butcher shop, the Lobkowitz landmark, and a gardenerIn the village of Jenišovice (140 inhabitants, a separate village that became part of Býkev), the following trades and shops were also recorded in 1932:A pub, blacksmith, the municipal basalt quarry, milk shop, 2 shoemakers, fruit store, a knacker, roofer, butcher, 2 grocery stores, a tobacco shop, and a carpenter. Transport Road Network The interstate I/16 Řevničov - Slaný - Býkev - Mělník - Mladá Boleslav passes through the built up part of the village. Railway Though there is no railway in the main part of Býkev, on the outskirts of the village, there is the railway line 090 in the Kralupy nad Vltavou - Roudnice nad Labem section. The closest to the village is the railway station Vraňany at a distance of 3.5 km, located on the corridor line 090 from Prague to Ústí nad Labem. Bus Service The Mělník-Spomyšl-Kralupy nad Vltavou bus service was running through the municipalities of the Mělník District, including Býkev. References Category:Villages in Mělník District |
2,988 | Megan Good | Megan Good (born October 13, 1995) is an American, former collegiate 4-time All-American, right-handed hitting softball pitcher, originally from Mount Sidney, Virginia. She attended Fort Defiance High School in Fort Defiance, Virginia. She later attended James Madison University, where she pitched for the James Madison Dukes softball team. She would go on to be named a 4-time First Team All-Colonial Athletic Association conference, Rookie of The Year, 4-time Pitcher of The Year and also Player of The Year in 2017. She is the career Triple Crown pitching leader for the Dukes as well as the ERA record holder for the CAA conference. She played for the USSSA Pride after being drafted to the NPF 10th overall. She would go on to win the Cowles Cup Championship with the team in her rookie year. James Madison Dukes Good started her freshman campaign being named a CAA First-Team selectee, Rookie of The Year and National Fastpitch Coaches Association Second Team All-American. She would set a career high in doubles and threw two no-hitters. Good debuted on February 14, she fanned 14 Maine Black Bears to set a career best in strikeouts for a regulation game. She would also start one of two career streaks on both sides of the plate beginning with this win, she proceeded to win 26 more straight games before losing to the Hofstra Pride on May 7. For that streak, Good allowed 90 hits, 23 earned runs, 27 walks and struck out 149 in 152.2 innings pitched for a 1.05 ERA and 0.77 WHIP. Then on February 27 she began a 12-game hit streak, hitting .488 (20/41) and tallying 11 RBIs, two home runs, striking out just once. In a game on March 13 vs. the UIC Flames, Good also had a career best 4 hits at the plate. On April 26, Good no-hit the Elon Phoenix. As a sophomore, Good captured another First Team All-CAA, CAA Pitcher of The Year and her first First-Team NFCA All-American honors. Good earned a conference pitching Triple Crown for leading in wins, ERA and strikeouts that year. She would throw a perfect game on April 17 against the Drexel Dragons. Later on May 13, she would walk three times in winning the CAA championship over the Towson Tigers for a career high. Good repeated exact honors from her previous year but added a Player of The Year award, a first for the CAA conference to have a dual winner to accompany a second pitching Triple Crown. She was the recipient of the 2017 NFCA Player of The Year and also was named a finalist for USA Collegiate Player of The Year. The Duke set career bests in wins, strikeouts, shutouts, ERA, WHIP, strikeout ratio (7.7), batting average, hits and RBIs, also firing a no-hitter. She would also set the school season pitching Triple Crown records. Beginning on February 17, she would end a win over the Oklahoma State Cowgirls with 3.2 shutout innings and continue to not allow a run until the third inning of a win against the East Carolina Pirates on |
2,989 | Don White (baseball) | Donald William White (January 8, 1919 – June 15, 1987) was a Major League Baseball outfielder who played for two seasons. He played for the Philadelphia Athletics from 1948 to 1949, playing in 143 career games. External links Category:1919 births Category:1987 deaths Category:Philadelphia Athletics players Category:Tacoma Tigers players Category:Lewiston Indians players Category:San Francisco Seals (baseball) players Category:San Diego Padres (minor league) players Category:Portland Beavers players Category:Major League Baseball outfielders Category:Baseball players from Washington (state) |
2,990 | Sanger, Oregon | Sanger is a ghost town in Baker County, Oregon, United States. Originally founded as Augusta in 1871, the town changed its name to Sanger in 1877. References Category:Former populated places in Baker County, Oregon Category:Ghost towns in Oregon Category:Populated places established in 1886 Category:1871 establishments in Oregon |
2,991 | Italy national under-18 football team | The Italian national under-18 football team represents Italy in international football at an under-18 age level and is controlled by the Italian Football Federation (Federazione Italiana Giuoco Calcio), the governing body for football in Italy. The team was known as Italy national under-17 football team prior 2001. The current coach is Daniele Franceschini. The under-18 team were compose of players from Italy national under-17 football team of the previous season, as well as new call-up. The team acted as the feeder team of Italy national under-19 football team, which compete in UEFA European Under-19 Championship. Before 2001, the name of the under-18 team was Italian national under-17 football team (as well as the current under-19 team, was named under-18). However, the age limit of the team was always under-17 (calendar age) at the start of season, or under-18 (calendar age) at the end of season. In the past, the cut-off date was on 1 August instead of 1 January. References Under-18 Category:European national under-18 association football teams Category:Youth football in Italy |
2,992 | Vandabad | Vandabad (, also Romanized as Vandābād) is a village in Hombarat Rural District, in the Central District of Ardestan County, Isfahan Province, Iran. At the 2006 census, its population was 14, in 6 families. References Category:Populated places in Ardestan County |
2,993 | 1917–18 Yale Bulldogs men's ice hockey season | The 1917–18 Yale Bulldogs men's ice hockey season was the 23rd season of play for the program. Season With many of the University's students having left to join the military for the Great War, Yale only fielded an informal team. The team was attached to the school's ROTC and possessed none of the regulars from the previous year. Lester Armour was elected team captain at the end of the previous season, but as he did not play during this season that title was only honorific. Predictably, Yale had difficulty scheduling games and would play only a single game all season. They visited Springfield Training in early February, winning 7–2 with four players from last season's championship freshman team on the roster. Yale would eventually recognize the 1917–18 team as an official representative of the university, which allows the program to claim an uninterrupted existence since 1895–96. Roster Standings Schedule and Results |- !colspan=12 style=";" | Regular Season References Category:Yale Bulldogs men's ice hockey seasons Yale Bulldogs Yale Bulldogs Yale Bulldogs Yale Bulldogs |
2,994 | Clay Drayton | Clarence R. "Clay" Drayton (born August 4, 1947) is an American songwriter, arranger, producer, and sideman best known for his work at Motown. He was the arranger on Diana Ross’s certified gold record, “Love Hangover.” Career In a career that spans over four decades, Drayton’s songs have been recorded by Al Wilson, Lenny Williams, High Inergy, Táta Vega, and The Jackson 5., He Speaks for Songwriting organizations and groups around the world. Drayton Teaches Songwriting at the Songwriting school of Los Angeles in CA. In 2006 he Invented the Phatfoot Drum Harness for drummers & Percussionists. www.phatfootusa.com Selected Songwriting Credits External links http://www.phatfootusa.com References Category:1947 births Category:African-American record producers Category:American music arrangers Category:American record producers Category:American rhythm and blues bass guitarists Category:American male bass guitarists Category:Living people Category:Motown artists Category:20th-century American bass guitarists Category:20th-century American male musicians |
2,995 | Coleophora mausoleae | Coleophora mausoleae is a moth of the family Coleophoridae. It is found in Uzbekistan. The larvae feed on Mausolea eriocarpa. They feed on the leaves of their host plant. References mausoleae Category:Fauna of Uzbekistan Category:Moths described in 1978 Category:Moths of Asia |
2,996 | Astaranga Port | Astaranga port is a deep-water, all-weather port proposed to be constructed at Astaranga in Puri district in the Indian state of Odisha. Background For over 40 years there was only one major port in Odisha, at Paradip with less major Gopalpur Port and Dhamra Port. That picture has changed dramatically in the past few years. Based on a study by IIT Madras, the Government of Odisha had identified 13 locations along the state's 480 kilometres (300 mi) coast line as suitable for setting up of ports. Thereafter, in order to facilitate the setting up of new ports with participation of private parties the state government had formulated in 2004 a separate port policy. Apart from the Dhamra port, which is set to be operational by mid-2010, progress has been achieved in setting up two other ports – Subarnarekha Port at Balasore Astaranga port in Puri. After implementation of these projects, Odisha is expected to become the vital exit point for not only the state, but other land-locked states like Chhattisgarh, Jharkhand and Madhya Pradesh. Port Development Hyderabad-based Navayuga Engineering Co. will construct the Rs. 6 billion port at Astaranga. The company will implement the port project near the Devi River in three phases on a build- own-operate-share-transfer basis, with an investment of Rs. 1.50 billion in the first phase. The second and third phase of the project will comprise Rs. 2 billion and Rs. 2.50 billion, respectively. Astaranga is one of the four new ports being set up on the Odisha coast. Nineteen sites for ports have been identified on the Odisha coast. Navayug Engineering Company Limited submitted techno-feasibility report with the State government for setting up port at Astaranga in Puri district. It approached East Coast Railway to extend the project a rail link. The Odisha government has relaxed a vital clause in its MoU with the Navayuga Engineering Company Limited (NECL) enabling the latter to sign a concession agreement with it for developing an all weather port at Astaranga. References Category:Proposed ports in India Category:Ports and harbours of Odisha Category:Puri district |
2,997 | XFL (2001) | The original XFL was a professional American football league that played its only season in 2001. The XFL was operated as a joint venture between the World Wrestling Federation (WWF, now WWE) and NBC. The XFL was conceived as an outdoor football league that would begin play immediately after the National Football League season ended to take advantage of lingering public desire to watch football after the NFL and college football seasons had concluded. It was promoted as having fewer rules to encourage rougher play than other major leagues. The league had eight teams in two divisions, including major markets and some not directly served by the NFL, such as Birmingham, Las Vegas, Memphis, and Orlando. The XFL operated as a single entity with all teams owned by the league, in contrast to most major professional leagues, which use a franchise model with individual owners. Co-owner NBC served as the main carrier of XFL games, along with UPN and TNN. The presentation of XFL games featured sports entertainment elements inspired by professional wrestling (and in particular, the WWF's then-present "Attitude Era"), including heat and kayfabe, suggestively-dressed cheerleaders, and occasional usage of WWF personalities (such as Jesse Ventura, Jim Ross, and Jerry Lawler) as part of on-air commentary crews alongside sportscasters and veteran football players. Despite the professional wrestling influence, the games and their outcomes were legitimate and not based on scripted storylines. The first night of play brought higher television viewership than NBC had projected, but ratings exponentially plummeted for subsequent games, with criticism directed toward its overall quality of play, on-air presentation, and connection to the WWF. NBC and the WWF both lost $35 million on their $100 million investment in the inaugural season, prompting NBC to pull out of the venture after one season. While plans were made to continue without NBC (with plans for expansion teams as well), UPN allegedly made untenable demands of the league, which hastened its demise. The league ceased operations entirely in May 2001. Its closure was announced just a few weeks after the league's season championship game, in which the Los Angeles Xtreme defeated the San Francisco Demons, on April 21, 2001, at the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum. Despite its shortcomings, the XFL did pioneer several on-air technologies that would later become commonplace in football telecasts, such as aerial skycams, and on-player microphones WWF owner Vince McMahon maintained control of the XFL brand after the league ceased operations, despite many, including McMahon himself, considering the original league to be a "colossal failure." However, McMahon did not give up on the idea of a professional spring football league, and launched a new iteration of the league in 2020. The new XFL was run by a new McMahon-controlled company independent from the present-day WWE, and did not utilize the sports entertainment elements featured in the previous incarnation. Its inaugural season was aborted due to the coronavirus pandemic, and the league suspended operations and filed for bankruptcy in April. Founding Created as a 50–50 joint venture between NBC and WWF-owned subsidiary WWE Properties International, Inc. under the |
2,998 | Swing Your Own Thing | "Swing Your Own Thing" is the second single released from PMD's debut album, Shade Business. It was not as successful as his previous single, only making it to 40 on the Billboard's Hot Rap Singles. Single track listing "Swing Your Own Thing" (Izum Remix)- 3:20 "Swing Your Own Thing" (Album Version)- 3:38 "Shadé Business" (The Beatnuts Remix) 3:55 "Shadé Business" (Ghetto Style Remix)- 3:45 Category:1994 singles Category:PMD (rapper) songs Category:1994 songs Category:RCA Records singles Category:Songs written by PMD (rapper) |
2,999 | BUT 9641T | The BUT 9641T was a three-axle double deck trolleybus chassis manufactured by British United Traction between 1947 and 1956. A total of 498 were manufactured for eight operators in England at Leyland's Ham, AEC's Southall and Crossley Motors' Stockport factories. References Category:British United Traction Category:Trolleybuses Category:Vehicles introduced in 1947 |
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