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Chen Liang-gee (Chinese: 陳良基; pinyin: Chén Liángjī) is the Political Deputy Minister of Education of the Republic of China since 20 May 2016. | Person |
Reuben Riffel (born 23 December 1974) is a South African celebrity chef, restaurateur, and media personality known for his food-focused television shows and advertisements, cookbooks and philanthropic work. | Person |
The Mostonga (Serbian Cyrillic: Мостонга) is a river in northern Serbia, in Bačka region of the province of Vojvodina, a 70-km long left tributary to the Danube. Once 92 km long, due to the extensive corrections and channeling of the river to make it part of the other canals, the Mostonga is shortened, turned into a series of channels and popularly referred to as a river there is no more. | Stream |
Ultimatum is an EP by indie rock band The Long Winters. It was released by Barsuk Records on October 11, 2005, featuring six tracks, four of which were new songs released as a preview for their later release Putting the Days to Bed. The band's line-up on Ultimatum varies from the line-ups featured on the band's previous two LPs, The Worst You Can Do Is Harm and When I Pretend to Fall. While John Roderick and Eric Corson remain on guitar/vocals and bass/vocals respectively, Mike Squires has been added as an additional guitarist and keyboardist, and Nabil Ayers is the band's latest percussionist. Matt Chamberlain played drums on \"The Commander Thinks Aloud\". \"The Commander Thinks Aloud\" appeared as a remix on MoveOn.org's Future Soundtrack for America compilation in 2004. In 2011, Chris Carrabba of Dashboard Confessional covered \"The Commander Thinks Aloud\" on his album Covered In The Flood. | Musical Work |
Winthrop Smillie Boggs (December 20, 1902 – May 30, 1974) was a philatelist renowned for his expertise and philatelic writing. | Person |
Cyantific is the stage name of Jon Stanley, an electronic producer/DJ from London, England. Cyantific was originally a duo, consisting of Stanley and Matt Whitehead, but the duo split in 2009. The pair met at high school, where Matt was in a heavy metal band, and Jon collecting Drum and Bass records. They began making music using simple sequencing software on an old PC. After a few years of tuning their sound they had their first release on the now defunct Replicant Audio label. They then went on to write 'Timescape' which was picked up by John B for his label. Jon was DJing at a night in London directly before High Contrast, who took an interest in 'Timescape'. Jon passed him a demo CD, and two weeks later Hospital Records called them in to a meeting to sign an album deal. In 2006, after numerous singles they released their debut album Ghetto Blaster. It features collaborations with Matrix and Logistics. 2007 saw Jon recognised for his DJing skills, as he won BBC 1Xtra's 2007 Xtra Bass award for 'best break through DJ'. In 2010 Cyantific started his own self-titled label (now known as CYN Music). The first release includes a collaboration with Logistics entitled 'Brighter Day' and a solo effort called '88 mph'. Since then Cyantific has been releasing more of his music including singles & EP's to the record label & even signing artists and releasing their work on the record label. These artists consist of Dimension, Karma & Dub Motion. In late 2014, on Friction's BBC Radio 1 show, it was announced that Cyantific had exclusively signed to Futurebound's record label, Viper Recordings. Cyantific's first song entitled 'Bring You Love' for the record label was released on Decade of Viper album as an exclusive. It also mentioned that he will be working on his second studio album on the label. The Cyantific sound has been described as experimental Drum and Bass. | Group |
Brianna \"Bree\" Timmins is a fictional character from the Australian soap opera Neighbours, played by Sianoa Smit-McPhee. She made her first screen appearance during the episode broadcast on 4 April 2005. The character was written out in 2006 and she made her final appearance on 13 July 2007. | Fictional Character |
Wayamba cricket team was a Sri Lankan first class cricket team based in Kurunegala, that represented North Western Province. It drew cricketers from Sri Lanka Premier Trophy. The team competed in two provincial tournaments: the first class cricket competition known as the Inter-Provincial Tournament, and the Twenty20 competition known as the Inter-Provincial Twenty20. Also Wayamba province cricket team became joint champions with Kandurata in the 2007/08 Inter-Provincial Limited overs tournament after the finals match drawn due to rain. Sri Lanka captain Mahela Jayawardene, Ajantha Mendis and Thilan Samaraweera are some of the experienced cricketers play for Wayamba province cricket team. Wayamba Province cricket team participated every tournament from the inaugural season to 1994/95 season. After the tournament revived after nearly ten years in 2003/04 season the team excluded from the tournament. Eventually in 2007/08 when the team included again in the Inter-Provincial Limited overs tournament they went on to win the title under the captaincy of Mahela Jayawardene. | Sports Team |
The Gazette is a daily newspaper based in Colorado Springs, Colorado, United States. It has the second largest circulation in Colorado, behind the Denver Post. | Periodical Literature |
Jevgenijs Karavackis (born 11 August 1990) is a Latvian motorcycle speedway rider and member of the Latvian national team. | Motorcycle Rider |
KCYC-LP (104.7 FM) is a radio station broadcasting a religious radio format. Licensed to Yuba City, California, USA. The station is currently owned by North Valley Calvary Chapel. | Broadcaster |
The Old Bridge of Santo Adrião (Portuguese: Ponte Antiga de Santo Adrião) is a two-arch bridge over the Rio Tedo in the civil parish of Vila Seca e Santo Adrião, municipality of Armamar, the Portuguese district of Viseu. | Route Of Transportation |
A new community recreation centre was first proposed in the 1970s; however, the project was swiftly rejected by local residents in a public referendum. The idea was revived in 2006 by a group of local residents looking for ways to develop recreational opportunities in the area. A year later, the city and neighboring Rural Municipality of Portage la Prairie officially created a planning committee for the new Portage multiplex and began making financial commitments to the project. Construction of the new complex began in September 2008. The projected final cost was $36 million, with $16 million coming from the city, $8 million from the municipality, $5 million from the federal government, and another $5 million from the provincial government. Another $1.2 million was generated from the sale of naming rights and the rest was raised through private and corporate donations. The PCU Centre was slated for completion in fall of 2009; however, delays pushed its opening to February 27, 2010. The final cost of the project was $44 million, with cost overruns absorbed by the city. The building has a LEED silver rating. | Sport Facility |
The red-throated ant tanager (Habia fuscicauda) is a medium-sized passerine bird. This species is a resident breeder on the Caribbean slopes from southeastern Mexico to eastern Panama. It was usually considered an aberrant kind of tanager and placed in the Thraupidae, but is actually closer to the cardinals (Cardinalidae). Consequently, it can be argued that referring to the members of this genus as ant tanagers is misleading, but no other common name has gained usage. Red-throated ant tanagers are 19 cm (7.5 in) long and weigh 40 g (1.4 oz). Adult males are dull dusky red, somewhat paler below, and with a bright red throat and central crown. The female is brownish olive, paler and greyer below, and with a yellow throat and small dull yellow crown stripe. Young birds are brown and lack the throat and crown patches. Both sexes of this species are duller and darker than the related red-crowned ant tanager which occurs on the Pacific slope in its Central American range. It occurs in thick undergrowth at the edge of forest, second growth or abandoned plantations at altitudes from sea level to 600 m (2,000 ft). The large but untidy cup nest is usually built 1–3 m (3.3–9.8 ft) high in the fork of a shrub or tree, and is often decorated with living ferns. The normal clutch is two or three white eggs laid from April to June. These birds are found in pairs or small groups. They eat insects, arthropods and fruit like those of Cymbopetalum mayanum (Annonaceae), and less often Trophis racemosa (Moraceae), and will follow army ant columns especially in lowlands where antbirds are uncommon. The flock will give a defensive spread-wing-and-tail display to deter potential predators. There are six known subspecies: \n* H. f. salvini – (von Berlepsch, 1883): found from eastern Mexico to El Salvador \n* H. f. insularis – (Salvin, 1888): found in the Yucatan Peninsula (southeastern Mexico) and northern Guatemala \n* H. f. discolor – (Ridgway, 1901): found in northeastern, central and eastern Nicaragua \n* H. f. fuscicauda – (Cabanis, 1861): nominate, found from southern Nicaragua to western Panama \n* H. f. willisi – Parkes, 1969: found in central Panama \n* H. f. erythrolaema – (Sclater, PL, 1862): found in northern Colombia | Animal |
David Bonser (1 February 1934–20 March 2005) was the Anglican Bishop of Bolton from 1991 until 1999. Educated at King's College London Bonser studied for ordination at St Boniface Missionary College, Warminster. He became an Associate of King's College (AKC) in 1961 and later obtained an MA from the University of Manchester (1975). He embarked upon curacies in Heckmondwike and Sheffield. From 1968 until 1972 he was Rector of St Clement's, Chorlton-cum-Hardy, and latterly an Honorary Canon of Manchester Cathedral. For nine years after that he was Archdeacon of Rochdale before elevation to the suffragan bishopric of Bolton in 1991. He retired eight years later and died on 20 March 2005. | Cleric |
Mark Hall is an American mixed martial artist and amateur kickboxer who competed in the Light heavyweight division. He was known for his bouts against Don Frye at UFC: Ultimate Ultimate 1996 and UFC 10. | Athlete |
Crash Nitro Kart, released in Japan as Crash Bandicoot: Bakusou! Nitro Kart (クラッシュバンディクー：爆走！ニトロカート Kurasshu Bandikū: Bakusō! Nitoro Kāto lit. \"Crash Bandicoot: Let's Go! Nitro Kart!\"), is a 2003 racing video game developed by Vicarious Visions and Universal Interactive. It is published by Vivendi Universal Games (along with Konami in the Japanese release) for the PlayStation 2, Nintendo GameCube, Xbox, Game Boy Advance and N-Gage. The home console and Game Boy Advance versions were released in North America on November 11, 2003, in Europe on November 28, 2003, in Australia on December 4, 2003; and in Japan on July 8, 2004 for the PlayStation 2 and Nintendo Gamecube and August 26, 2004 for the Game Boy Advance version. The PlayStation 2 version was rereleased for the Sony Greatest Hits line-up on December 2004 and for the Platinum Range on August 27, 2004. The Xbox version was rereleased for the Platinum Family Hits line-up in 2005. The N-Gage version of the game was released in Europe on June 30, 2004 and in North America on July 28, 2004. The mobile phone version was released on September 20, 2004. The PlayStation 2 version was re-released in the three-disc \"Crash Bandicoot Action Pack\" compilation (alongside Crash Twinsanity and Crash Tag Team Racing) in the United States on June 12, 2007 and in Europe on July 20, 2007. The game is the ninth installment in the Crash Bandicoot series. It is an indirect sequel to Crash Team Racing and the first game in the series to have full motion video. The game's story centers on the abduction of Crash Bandicoot, along with other characters in the series, by the ruthless dictator Emperor Velo XXVII. Threatening to destroy the Earth if they refuse, he forces them all to race in his gigantic coliseum for the entertainment of his subjects. Crash Nitro Kart received mixed reviews, with reviews varying from version to version. The home console version was met with generally fair reviews. Reviewers dismissed the game as a generic kart racer, but commented positively on its \"power slide\" system. The Game Boy Advance version earned slightly better reviews than the console version, while reviews for the N-Gage version were middling, with much of the criticism going to the game's \"tunnel vision\". | Software |
Olivella tehuelcha is a species of small sea snail, marine gastropod mollusk in the family Olivellidae, the dwarf olives. | Animal |
Robert \"Bob\" Doherty (born 1891) was an Irish hurler who played as a left wing-back for the Clare and Dublin senior teams. Doherty made his first appearance for the Clare team during the 1913 championship and was a regular on the inter-county scene until his retirement from the Dublin team after the 1925 championship. During that time he won three All-Ireland medals, three Leinster medals and one Munster medal. Doherty was an All-Ireland runner-up on one occasion. At club level Doherty began his career winning two county club championship medals with Newmarket-on-Fergus. He later won four county club championship medals with Faughs. | Athlete |
Jeffrey James Frazee (born May 13, 1987) is an American professional ice hockey goaltender. He is currently playing for HDD Olimpija Ljubljana of the Austrian Hockey League. | Winter Sport Player |
The Battle of Buffalo (also known as the Battle of Black Rock) took place during the War of 1812 on December 30, 1813 in the State of New York, near the Niagara River. The British forces drove off the hastily organized defenders and engaged in considerable plundering and destruction. The operation was conceived as an act of retaliation for the burning by American troops of the Canadian village of Newark (present day Niagara-on-the-Lake). | Societal Event |
Langdon Academy (formerly Langdon School) is a mixed all-through school with academy status, located on Sussex Road, in the London Borough of Newham, England. It is situated in East Ham, close to the junction of the A1214 (Barking Road) with the North Circular Road (A406): the school playing fields border on to the A406. This is near the eastern end terminus of the A406 with the A13 in Wallend, close to the boundary of Newham and Barking and Dagenham and Barking Creek. The River Roding runs behind the school in Barking. | Educational Institution |
The 2013 D.C. United season was the club's eighteenth, and their eighteenth season in Major League Soccer, the top division of American soccer. The regular season began on March 2 and concluded on October 27. Outside of MLS play, the club competed in the U.S. Open Cup. Also, for the first time in their history, they played in the Walt Disney World Pro Soccer Classic, a preseason tournament to be held in February, after participating in the Carolina Challenge Cup for the past five seasons. After a promising 2012 campaign, United's form took a sharp turn downward as injuries, underachievement from offseason acquisitions, and a loss of form caused the team to record the worst season in MLS history. The extremely poor season came as universal shock to fans and media, who thought United would be one of the top contenders in the Eastern Conference, and a potential candidate for the MLS Cup title. Despite their poor league play, United qualified for the 2014–15 CONCACAF Champions League by winning the 2013 Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup Final on 1 October. That marked their 13th major honor, the most in North American soccer history. | Sports Team Season |
Elbe Air Lufttransport GmbH, usually just known as Elbe Air, was a corporate charter airline from Germany, which offered worldwide on-demand flight services. The company was headquartered in Büren, Westphalia and had its operational base at nearby Paderborn Lippstadt Airport. In 2002, Elbe Air operated a fleet of three Dassault Falcon 20 jets. In the same year, reports surfaced about poor safety and security standards with the airline. A former pilot had filed a report to the German Federal Aviation Office, concerning poorly trained pilots and ageing aircraft, which had not been properly maintained. | Company |
Ambassador Darci Vetter is Chief Agricultural Negotiator for the U.S. Trade Representative. Prior to this she served as Deputy Under Secretary of Agriculture for Farm and Foreign Agricultural Services, a position she held from 2010 to 2014. According to her official biography, From 2007 to 2010, she was an International Trade Advisor on the U.S. Senate Committee on Finance. Prior to working in the Senate, Ms. Vetter held numerous roles at the Office of the United States Trade Representative, including Director for Agricultural Affairs from 2005 to 2007 and Director for Sustainable Development from 2001 to 2005. Prior to that, she was Special Assistant to the Under Secretary for Management at the U.S. Department of State from 2000 to 2001. Ms. Vetter received a B.A. from Drake University and an M.P.A. and Certificate in Science, Technology, and Environmental Policy from the Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs at Princeton University. According to her USDA official biographic sketch, Ms. Vetter \"...grew up in Nebraska on a family farm.\" On December 17, 2013, President Barack Obama nominated her to be Chief Agricultural Negotiator, Office of the U.S. Trade Representative, and the Senate confirmed her for that position by a voice vote on July 9, 2014. | Person |
WEC 9: Cold Blooded was a mixed martial arts event promoted by World Extreme Cagefighting on January 16, 2004 at the Palace Indian Gaming Center in Lemoore, California. The main event saw Mike Kyle take on Jude Hargett. | Sports Event |
Pančevo Bridge or colloquially Pančevac (Serbian: Панчевачки мост, Pančevački most) is a bridge over the Danube in Belgrade, the capital of Serbia. It was named after the northern Serbian city of Pančevo (in Vojvodina) which is connected to Belgrade by the road continuing from the bridge. Until December 2014 it was the only bridge over the Danube in Belgrade, when another bridge called Pupin Bridge opened further upstream in the municipality of Zemun connecting it to the Banat side of Belgrade. | Route Of Transportation |
The 2003 Open Championship was the 132nd Open Championship, held 17–20 July at Royal St George's Golf Club in Sandwich, England. Ben Curtis won his only major title to date, one stroke ahead of runners-up Thomas Bjørn and Vijay Singh. Bjørn had led in the final round by two shots with three holes to play, but needed three attempts to play out of a greenside bunker on the 16th hole. Playing in his first major championship and number 396 in the world rankings, Curtis became the first debut winner at The Open since Tom Watson in 1975. | Tournament |
The Swan Glaciers are in the U.S. state of Montana. Situated around Swan Peak, a total of six to ten small glaciers can be found at an elevation of 8,000 feet (2,400 m) above sea level. The glaciers are in the remote Bob Marshall Wilderness. | Natural Place |
The Nickel Centre Native Sons were a Junior \"A\" ice hockey team from Garson, Ontario, Canada. This defunct hockey team was a part of the Northern Ontario Junior Hockey League. Nickel Centre Native Sons 1976 - 1986Nickel Centre Power Trains 1986 - 1987 | Sports Team |
Frank Galle (born 13 December 1936) is a former Australian rules footballer who played with North Melbourne in the Victorian Football League (VFL). | Athlete |
Florida Express was an airline headquartered in Orlando, Florida, United States. Orlando International Airport (MCO) served as the airline's hub with a point-to-point linear route system in the eastern U.S. and Florida. During the mid-1980s, the air carrier operated a small fleet consisting exclusively of British Aircraft Corp. BAC One-Eleven 200 series jet aircraft and employed approximately 385 employees in 1985. On March 1, 1988, Florida Express was merged into the second incarnation of Braniff (also sometimes known as \"Braniff II\"), initially operating as Braniff Express before being eventually integrated into the carrier. This was second time that Braniff had operated BAC One-Eleven aircraft as the original Braniff International was the first operator and launch customer of the British-manufactured twinjet in the U.S. Several of the BAC One-Eleven jets flown by Florida Express had been formerly operated by Braniff International. After acquiring Florida Express, Braniff then moved their corporate headquarters from Dallas, Texas to Orlando. Braniff also continued to operate a secondary hub at the Orlando International Airport in addition to a primary hub located at the Kansas City International Airport (MCI) until this airline ceased operations due to financial challenges. | Company |
Ropecon (Finnish pronunciation: [ropekon]) is a role-playing convention held annually in Finland. The convention is one of the largest non-commercial annual events of its kind, having reached a record of 3946 attendees in 2007. The current venue is the Messukeskus Helsinki convention centre in Helsinki, the capital city of Finland. Ropecon hosts a wide variety of different types of games, including role-playing games, live action role-playing games, collectible card games, miniature wargames and strategy games. The event also has a range of lectures, panel discussions and other presentations covering different aspects of gaming. Past guests of honor have included several prominent game designers, such as Steve Jackson. Ropecon is organised by the Ropecon Society, a joint venture of several Finnish role-playing associations. The practical arrangements are made by the unpaid members of an organising committee and hundreds of voluntary workers at the convention. Any profits are used to support various other role-playing activities. The name \"Ropecon\" comes from the Finnish language word \"roolipeli\", meaning role-playing game, but is also a nod to the English language word \"rope\", a vital piece of equipment in classic dungeon crawl role-playing games. The Finnish culture ministry supported Ropecon in 2013 with funding. | Societal Event |
The Brazilian Court Hotel is a historic luxury hotel in Palm Beach, Florida, United States which opened on New Year's Day in 1926. The National Trust for Historic Preservation accepted The Brazilian Court Hotel to be part of the Historic Hotels of America. In 1924 and 1925 two New York investors, Joseph D'Esterre and Stanley Paschal assembled the site of The Brazilian Court, at that time occupied by a few bungalows. They retained a rising young designer with whom Paschal had worked on apartment house projects in New York – Rosario Candela. Candela, born in Sicily, arrived in the United States in the 1910s speaking only a few words of English. But by 1925 he was one of the top apartment house designers in New York, with a score of luxury buildings on Park and Fifth Avenues to his credit. Candela used a Mediterranean design for The Brazilian Court, with tinted, rough stucco, classical details and tiled roofs. Candela developed a simple courtyard model which emphasized the inner face of the building, rather than the street façade. It was organized as an apartment hotel, with small kitchens for the meals that guests chose not to take outside. In 2003, Obadon Hotels purchased The Brazilian Court, and renovated it from the formal setting of the 1920s to a more cosmopolitan style. In doing so, the kitchenettes were removed, and in their place opened a restaurant, Cafe Boulud, under the James Beard Award nominee, Chef Daniel Boulud. The hotel is located at 301 Australian Avenue. It is a National Trust for Historic Preservation and a Leading Hotel of the World. Awards include Fodor's 100 Hotel Awards 2013 - Enduring Classics , Travel + Leisure's 500 World's Best Hotels 2014, 2013, 2012, 2010, 2009, Conde Nast Traveler: Readers’ Choice Awards 2013: # 1 Hotel in the state of Florida, 2012, Conde Nast Traveler: Gold List 2014: #1 Hotel in the state of Florida, 2013, 2011, 2010, 2008, Travel + Leisure's America's Best Beach Hotels 2011 - #1 in South Florida, Travel + Leisure’s 500 World’s Best Hotels 2010 - Ranked #1 in South Florida and #3 in Florida state and Travel + Leisure's 2010 World's Best Awards Top 50 Resorts in US & Canada category – only hotel on Florida's East Coast ranked in the Top 25 David Kennedy died of a drug overdose in the hotel on April 25, 1984. | Building |
Avery Raymond Kier (February 11, 1905 - August 7, 1987) was a United States Marine Corps aviator and general officer. During World War II he served as the commanding officer of VMSB-234 and towards the end of the war was a pioneer in the development of close air support for ground combat operations serving at both Iwo Jima and Okinawa. Following WW II, Kier served as the commanding officer of numerous Marine aircraft groups, air stations and air wings, with his last assignment being that of Deputy Commander for Fleet Marine Force, Pacific. He retired from the Marine Corps on 1 March 1967. | Person |
The Missouri Mavericks are an ice hockey team in the ECHL. Affiliated with the New York Islanders of the National Hockey League and the Bridgeport Sound Tigers of the American Hockey League, the Mavericks play in Independence, Missouri, a suburb of Kansas City, Missouri, at the Silverstein Eye Centers Arena. | Sports Team |
Alexis \"Lexi\" Thompson (born February 10, 1995) is an American professional golfer who plays on the LPGA Tour. At age 12, she was the youngest golfer ever to qualify to play in the U.S. Women's Open. She turned professional in June 2010 at age 15. On September 18, 2011, Thompson set a new record as the youngest-ever winner of an LPGA tournament, at age 16 years, seven months, and eight days, when she won the Navistar LPGA Classic. Three months later she became the second-youngest winner of a Ladies European Tour event, capturing the Dubai Ladies Masters by four strokes on December 17, 2011. She won her first major championship at the 2014 Kraft Nabisco Championship. | Athlete |
Alan Sedgwick Rice (born 29 August 1929) is a former English cricketer. Rice was a right-handed batsman who bowled right-arm fast-medium. He was born in Leicester, Leicestershire. Rice made his first-class debut for Leicestershire in 1954 against Middlesex at Lord's. Rice played two further first-class matches for Leicestershire, both coming 1954 against Somerset and Middlesex. In his three first-class matches, he scored 15 runs at a batting average of 7.50, with a high score of 13. With the ball he claimed 8 wickets at a bowling average of 33.62, with best figures of 3/34. His son, Gary, played Minor counties and List A cricket for Cambridgeshire. | Athlete |
Yoo Sang-chul (born October 18, 1971) is a South Korean football manager and former football player. He is current manager of Ulsan University. | Sports Manager |
Henry John Hey Lamb (3 May 1912 – 5 February 1993) was an English cricketer. Lamb was a right-handed batsman who fielded occasionally as a wicket-keeper. He was born at Warkton, Northamptonshire. Lamb made his first-class debut for Northamptonshire against Warwickshire in the 1934 County Championship. He made 37 further first-class appearances, the last of which came against Somerset in the 1938 County Championship. In his 38 first-class appearances, he scored 1,085 runs at an average of 16.95, with a high score of 91 not out. This score, which was one of four first-class fifties he made, came against Essex in 1936. He also captained Northamptonshire on occasion but was not the club captain. He died at Kettering, Northamptonshire on 5 February 1993. | Athlete |
Robin Drysdale (born 18 September 1952) is a former professional tennis player from Great Britain. A native of Dedham, Essex, Drysdale is perhaps best known for being a quarterfinalist at the December edition of the 1977 Australian Open. | Athlete |
Brazell Stadium is a college baseball stadium on the campus of Grand Canyon University in Phoenix, Arizona. It hosts the Grand Canyon Antelopes of the Western Athletic Conference. The stadium is named for Dr. Dave Brazell, considered to be \"the founder and developer of Canyon baseball.\" As the coach of the Lopes for 28 seasons, Brazell put together an impressive record of 728-385-8. The stadium is completely composed of natural grass with a dirt infield and dirt base paths. An inning-by-inning digital scoreboard is visible in left-center field. Gold-colored bleachers wrap around the home plate area, extending to each team's dugouts on either side. The stadium features lights, making night games possible. In the off-season prior to the 2014 baseball season, large shades were added over the stands. The official capacity for the venue is 1,500. Improvements over the years at Brazell Stadium have included replacement of wood bleachers, backstop improvements and the awning. On February 21, 2014, the Grand Canyon Antelopes baseball team hosted the inaugural game in which the Lopes were a full member of the WAC Conference. The Lopes defeated the Hofstra Pride in convincing 8-1 fashion behind a complete game from starting pitcher Jorge Perez. After spending four seasons in Division I for baseball only from 1995-1998, the entire athletic department made the jump to NCAA Division I for the fall of 2013. Since the return to Division I for the baseball program, the Lopes boast a 35-13 record at Brazell Stadium through the 2015 season. | Sport Facility |
Stefan Kaiser (born 15 February 1983) is an Austrian ski jumper. In the World Cup he finished twice among the top 10, with a seventh place from Oberstdorf in December 2000 as his best result. He finished third overall in the 2003/04 season of the Continental Cup. He was a record holder of the longest jump at Pine Mountain ski jump. At the 2005 Winter Universiade he finished 13th in the normal hill and 12th in the large hill. At the 2007 Winter Universiade he finished 10th in the normal hill and 8th in the large hill. | Winter Sport Player |
This is a list of Swedish football transfers in the winter transfer window 2015–16 by club. Only transfers in and out between 8 January – 31 March 2016 of the Allsvenskan and Superettan are included. | Organisation Member |
The 2016 Naturtex Women's Open was a professional tennis tournament played on outdoor clay courts. It was the first edition of the tournament and part of the 2016 ITF Women's Circuit, offering a total of $50,000 in prize money. It took place in Szeged, Hungary, on 13–19 June 2016. | Tournament |
Thomas Allen & Son Limited is a Canadian book distributor, in continuous operation for over 90 years. They have published award winning books like Burning Down the House by Russell Wangersky. Its publishing arm, Thomas Allen Publishers, was sold to Dundurn Press in 2013. | Company |
Māori Television, a New Zealand television station, broadcasts programmes that make a significant contribution to the revitalisation of the Māori language and culture. Funded by the New Zealand Government, the station started broadcasting on 28 March 2004 from a base in Newmarket. In July 2015 the Māori Television board decided that Hamilton or Rotorua could be a new home for the broadcaster. | Broadcaster |
Helmut Thieltges (born 1955) is a German chef. Since 1978 he has been chef at the Waldhotel Sonnora, his own family business. | Person |
Naremburn Cammeray Anglican Church is a parish of the Sydney diocese of the Anglican Church in Australia. The parish is located on the lower North Shore of Sydney and has four centres of worship, located in Cammeray, Marsfield, Naremburn, and Willoughby. The parish serves an area with a high concentration of people from Asian backgrounds, and facilitates services tailored to meet the needs of these communities through the Naremburn Asian Australian Church and the Sydney Japanese Evangelical Church. | Building |
Adela Pavoukova (born 6 November 1988) is a Czech female artistic gymnast, representing her nation at international competitions. She participated at world championships, including the 2006 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships in Aarhus, Denmark. | Athlete |
Linor Abargil (Hebrew: לינור אברג'יל, sometimes spelled Linor Aberjil; born February 17, 1980) is an Israeli lawyer, actress, model and beauty queen who won the Miss World beauty pageant in 1998, shortly after being raped. Since then, she has become a global advocate in the fight against sexual violence. She was crowned by her predecessor Miss World 1997, Diana Hayden. | Person |
The American International Toy Fair (stylized as TOY FAIR) is an annual toy industry trade show held in mid-February in New York City's Jacob K. Javits Convention Center and at toy showrooms around the city. The event is open to the toy trade only - toy industry professionals, retailers, and press representatives. It is owned and managed by the Toy Industry Association. Toy Fair's promoters describe it as the largest toy trade show in the Western hemisphere. | Societal Event |
The Bombay Samachar, now Mumbai Samachar, (Gujarati:મુંબઈ સમાચાર) is the oldest continuously published newspaper in India. Established in 1822 by Fardunjee Marzban, it is published in Gujarati and English. | Periodical Literature |
Lepetella barrajoni is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Lepetellidae. | Animal |
Bueng Boraphet (Thai: บึงบอระเพ็ด, pronounced [bɯŋ bɔːra.pʰét]) is the largest freshwater swamp and lake in central Thailand. It covers an area of 224 km2 east of Nakhon Sawan, south of the Nan River close to its confluence with the Ping River. Originally the area was covered by a large swamp, which was flooded in 1930 with the building of a dam to improve fishing. This is the only known site for the white-eyed river martin which used to winter there, but has not been seen since 1980, and may be extinct. 106 km2 of lake have been declared as a non-hunting area in 1975. In 2000 it was also declared as a wetland of international importance by the Thai government. | Body Of Water |
The 1909 Sanitary Board Election was held on 20 January 1909 was the second election for the 2 unofficial seats in the Sanitary Board of Hong Kong. It was the first election with more than two contestants since 1891. An Amendment of the Public Health and Buildings Ordinance passed in 1908 by the Legislative Council slightly extended the electorate, reorganised the powers of the Board and officially defined the jurisdictions of the Board were Hong Kong Island, Kowloon and New Kowloon. It was the first election with more than two contestants since the 1891 one. Four candidates ran in the election and among them Augustus Shelton Hooper and G. H. L. Fitzwilliams were elected. | Societal Event |
Tai Po Hospital (Chinese: 大埔醫院), located in Tai Po, Hong Kong, provides assessment, extended-care and integrated rehabilitation services to elderly, chronically-ill and acute psychiatric patients. It is also one of three designated spinal cord injury rehabilitation centres in Hong Kong. The hospital began providing medical services in 1998. | Building |
Radio Televizioni Shqiptar (English: Albanian Radio and Television – RTSH) is the public broadcaster of Albania, founded in 1938 in Tirana. RTSH runs three television stations called Televizioni Shqiptar (TVSH), four digital television stations as RTSH, and three radio stations using the name Radio Tirana. In addition, four regional radio and TV stations serve in Gjirokastër, Korçë, Kukës, and Shkodër. The international radio service broadcasts radio programmes in Albanian and seven other languages via medium wave (AM) and short wave (SW). and uses the theme from the song \"Këputa një gjethe dafine\" as its signature tune. The international television service via satellite was launched in 1993 and is aimed at Albanian-speaking communities in Kosovo, Serbia, Macedonia, Montenegro, and northern Greece, plus the Albanian diaspora in the rest of Europe. Since 1999, RTSH has been a member of the European Broadcasting Union. RTSH is the official organizer of the Albanian Song Festival Festivali i Kenges, the winner of which represents Albania in the Eurovision Song Contest. RTSH is funded by a combination of commercial advertising, a licence fee of US$12.00 and grant-in-aid from the Albanian government. | Broadcaster |
Pseudopartona is a spider genus of the Salticidae family (jumping spiders). The single described species Pseudopartona ornata is only found in French Guiana. | Animal |
John Ker, 3rd Duke of Roxburghe KG, KT, PC (23 April 1740 – 1804) was a Scottish nobleman and bibliophile. Born in Hanover Square, London, on 23 April 1740, Ker succeeded his father to become the 3rd Duke of Roxburghe in 1755. During his Grand Tour in 1761 he fell in love with Christina Sophia Albertina, oldest daughter of the Duke of Mecklenburg-Strelitz. This would have been a perfect match of social equals. Shortly afterwards a younger sister, Charlotte of Mecklenburg-Strelitz, became engaged to King George III. It was considered bad etiquette for an elder sister to marry someone of lower rank than a younger sister. For whatever reason, both John Ker and Christina separated and remained single for the rest of their lives. If George III recognised the sacrifice that Ker had made, it was rewarded with a high position at court. He was Lord of the Bedchamber from 1767, was appointed a Knight of the Thistle in 1768. In 1796 he was appointed Groom of the Stole and made a Privy Counsellor. He was appointed a Knight of the Garter in 1801. While in Italy, Ker saw a first edition of Boccaccio's Decameron, often called the Valdarfers edition. This was a fabled book, which many said did not exist. He paid 100 guineas for it and showed it to his friends in London to huge acclaim. For the next 40 years he collected ancient and curious books, particularly editions of Shakespeare's works and other works which merely mentioned Shakespeare. At his death in 1804 there were 10,000 items. Most were books, but there were also pamphlets and broadside ballad sheets. His library was auctioned in 1812, leading to the formation of the Roxburghe Club. His collection of ballads were later published as the Roxburghe Ballads. He died unmarried and childless, and the titles Earl Ker and Baron Ker, which had been created for his father in 1722 in the Peerage of Great Britain, became extinct. His cousin William Bellenden, 7th Lord Bellenden succeeded to the dukedom and all of its other subsidiary titles. | Person |
St Philip's Church is in New Inn Lane, Hassall Green, Cheshire, England. It is an active Anglican church in the parish of Wheelock, the benefice of Sandbach Heath with Wheelock, the deanery of Congleton, the archdeaconry of Macclesfield, and the diocese of Chester. The other churches in the benefice are St John the Evangelist, Sandbach Heath, and Christ Church, Wheelock. Being a prefabricated building constructed in corrugated galvanised iron, it is popularly referred to as a tin tabernacle. | Building |
The Osterburg is a castle from the High Middle Ages in the village of Groothusen in the municipality of Krummhörn, in the district of Aurich in Lower Saxony, Germany. | Building |
Sarah Turner Butler is an American heiress and one of the richest women in the United States. With siblings William Bradley Turner and Elizabeth Turner Corn, Butler inherited a big stake in Coca-Cola from grandfather W.C. Bradley. In 2002, Forbes reported that the fortune is now run by great-grandsons Stephen Butler and William Turner, Jr., and that the family was believed to own 30 million shares of Coca-Cola. | Person |
(For the craft activist, see Sarah Corbett.) Sarah Corbett (born 1970) is a British poet. She graduated with a degree in English and Sociology from the University of Leeds in 1992, a MA in Creative Writing from the University of East Anglia in 1999, and a PhD in Creative and Critical Writing from the University of Manchester in 2013. She has published three collections of poetry. The Red Wardrobe won an Eric Gregory Award in 1998, and was shortlisted for the T. S. Eliot Prize and Forward Prize. She is a Lecturer at Lancaster University, having previously taught for the Open University. | Writer |
Don Ramón Músquiz (1797–1867) was the Governor of Coahuila and Texas from 1830 to 1831 and in 1835. He promoted the expansion into Texas and peaceful relations of its population, regardless of their nationalities. | Politician |
Maken-ki! (マケン姫っ! Makenki!) is a Japanese manga series by Hiromitsu Takeda. It was published by Fujimi Shobo's magazine Dragon Age Pure, and later Monthly Dragon Age, after the former magazine ceased publishing. It has been adapted into an anime series by AIC that aired on AT-X in the fall of 2011. It is licensed in North America by Funimation as the title Maken-Ki! Battling Venus. Two OVA episodes animated by AIC and Xebec were released from 2012 to 2013. It bundled with the 8th and 11th volumes of the manga respectively. A second season, titled Maken-Ki! Two (マケン姫っ！通 Makenki! Tsū), was animated by Xebec and aired in 2014. | Comic |
EK Zell am See is an ice hockey team in Zell am See, Austria. They play in the Inter-National League, the second level of ice hockey in Austria and Slovenia. The club was created in 1928. | Sports Team |
Iptameni Pagodromi Athinai (Greek: Ιπτάμενοι Παγοδρόμοι Αθήναι, \"flying ice-skaters Athens\") is an ice hockey team in Athens, Greece. They play in the Greek Ice Hockey Championship. | Sports Team |
The Queen's Royal Surrey Regiment was a line infantry regiment of the British Army which existed from 1959 to 1966. In 1966, it was amalgamated with the Queen's Own Buffs, The Royal Kent Regiment, the Royal Sussex Regiment and the Middlesex Regiment (Duke of Cambridge's Own) to form the Queen's Regiment, which later merged with the Royal Hampshire Regiment in September 1992 to form the Princess of Wales's Royal Regiment (Queen's and Royal Hampshires). | Organisation |
Dick Biddle (born November 26, 1947) was the head football coach for the Colgate University Raiders located in the Village of Hamilton in Madison County, New York, and held that position from 1996 through 2013. His overall coaching record at Colgate was 137 wins and 73 losses. This ranks him first at Colgate in terms of total wins and he has achieved the best winning percentage of any Colgate coach with seven or more years at the helm of the Raiders. Biddle is also the first Colgate coach to ever record nine straight seasons with seven or more victories. In 2012, he led the Raiders to the Patriot League title and the NCAA FCS Playoffs (first round loss to Wagner). Overall, he led Colgate to seven Patriot League Championships (1997, 1999, 2002, 2003, 2005, 2008, and 2012). Prior to coaching, Biddle was an all-Atlantic Coast Conference linebacker for two seasons at Duke. The former Blue Devil co-captain received third team Associated Press All-America honors in his senior year and was a participant in the Blue-Gray and Hula Bowl games. Biddle is a three-time winner of Duke's Hatchet Award, given to the most valuable player on defense. In his senior year he also received the Blue Devil Club Award as the senior who contributed the most to the team. He is a member of the All-Century Team at Duke. Biddle retired after the 2013 season and was succeeded by Dan Hunt. | Coach |
Philip Hope Brodie, Lord Brodie, is a Scottish lawyer and one of the Senators of the College of Justice, a Judge of Scotland's Supreme Courts. | Person |
Reliant Air is a regional and charter airline based in Danbury, Connecticut, USA. With its main base at Danbury Municipal Airport, it provides scheduled service to Nantucket and operates charters to other destinations. | Company |
Bioggio is a railway station in the municipality of Bioggio in the Swiss canton of Ticino. The station is on the metre gauge Lugano–Ponte Tresa railway (FLP), between Lugano and Ponte Tresa. The station is served by FLP trains on line S60 of the Ticino rapid transit network, which operate every 15 minutes between Lugano and Ponte Tresa, with trains every 30 minutes at weekends and evenings. The station is on a section of double track line, which stretches from just north of the station to Serocca station. It has two side platforms. | Station |
Podocarpus archboldii is a species of conifer in the Podocarpaceae family.It is found in Indonesia and Papua New Guinea. | Plant |
Raúl Francisco Primatesta (April 14, 1919 – May 1, 2006) was a cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church of Argentina, and Archbishop Emeritus of Córdoba. | Cleric |
The Sauberge is a hill range up to 317 m above sea level (NN) in the Innerste Uplands in the district of Hildesheim in eastern Lower Saxony in Germany. | Natural Place |
Yun Yea-ji (also Yoon Yea-ji; born November 30, 1994) is a South Korean figure skater. She is the 2008 South Korean Junior champion and competed at two Four Continents Championships. Her best result was 12th at the 2011 Four Continents. | Winter Sport Player |
Radio Rock is an Italian local radio that airs from Rome, can be listened in most of Lazio, and streams over the internet from its website.It is called in such a way because it mainly transmits rock music 24h per day.It started broadcasting in 1985, and since then it has steadily been growing throughout the years. Its listeners overwhelm well-known radio stations' listeners of the Lazio Region and of the capital, Rome. According to the Audi report on the first quarter of 2010 it reaches 156,000 people daily (in average).In 1998, when three of the founders leaves the radio (Artico, Castaldo and Andreani),the audience was 101,000 average for day. It is well known in the Italian rock scene for bringing to the Roman musical scene famous international musicians, previously unknown in Italy. This has been possible since Radio Rock sponsors a number of concerts and events in Rome.Thanks to this organization, Radio Rock has brought to the public attention a number of artists, such as Porcupine Tree, Elettrojoyce, the Bevis Frond, Ozric Tentacles and others. Different disc jockeys have worked for Radio Rock during the time since the foundation in 1985. Each dj bring a peculiar choice in the musical selection but all of them deeply fond of music. Since 2004 Radio Rock Italia, a twin project of Italian rock music, is presented only by women dj: Francesca, Anto [ now @ www.rockam.it ], Marta, Tosca [ now @ www.rockam.it ], Vane [ now @ www.rockam.it ]. 'Dj list': \n* Emilio Pappagallo \n* Fabio Giannotti \n* Dj Armandino [now @ www.rockam.it] \n* Dj Oreste [now @ www.rockam.it] \n* Prince Faster [now @ www.rockam.it] \n* Paolo Mazzullo [dead in 2010] \n* Marco Terragni \n* Margus \n* Michele Luches (now @ Radio Città Futura) \n* Massimo Di Roma \n* Peter Sarram \n* Faber Cucchetti (DJ in \"Il Bombardone\", 2000) \n* Jelena Milic \n* Gianni Ciaccio \n* Marco Scozzafava (aka Marco Silvestri) \n* Marco Cavalieri (now at www.rockam.it & www.radiorock.to) \n* Gianpaolo Castaldo (founder,now at www.radiorock.to & Radio Città Futura) \n* Giampiero Crisanti (now at www.radiorock.to) \n* Franz Andreani (founder, now at www.radiorock.to) \n* Marco Artico (founder, now at www.radiorock.to) \n* Flavia Cardinali (now at www.radiorock.to) \n* Baffo Jorg (owner of Metal Massacre Format, died in 2012) Starting from Radio Rock, some disk jockeys founded Radio Rock The Original (www.radiorock.to) in 1999 and in 2008 won the \"European Podcast Award\" in Professional Category for Italy. In 2010 Paolo Mazzullo, one of the founders, had a stroke and died. After his death, in 2011 a part of disk jockeys working in the radio decided to leave Radio Rock creating the project Rock AM on Radio Popolare Roma. | Broadcaster |
Robert \"Bob\" Stirrat was the Lead on the Findo Gask CC curling team (from Perth, Scotland) during the World Curling Championships known as the 1961 Scotch Cup. The team won The Rink Championship in 1961. | Winter Sport Player |
John McCreary Fabian (born January 28, 1939) is a former NASA astronaut, Air Force officer, and director who flew two space shuttle missions and on the development of the shuttle's robotic arm. He later led the Air Force's space operations. | Person |
It has three different editions – North Kerry, South Kerry and Tralee. The two county editions (North and South Kerry) are broadsheet format newspapers, while the Tralee edition is a tabloid format newspaper. The move of the Tralee edition to a tabloid format in 2006 meant that The Kerryman became Ireland's first dual format newspaper. The main office is located on Denny Street in Tralee having moved from its previous base of over thirty years in the Clash Industrial Estate in 2007. There are other offices located in Killarney and Listowel. According to the Audit Bureau of Circulations, it had an average weekly circulation of 19,886 during the first six months of 2011, a fall of 3.5% year on year and 21% since 2008. These are the last circulation figures available as Independent News and Media, owner of the paper, refused to allow publication of audited figures for the second half of 2011 results as they \"did not resonate with local advertisers.\" INM deregistered its twelve regional titles from auditing in February 2012 and in future will provide \"bespoke local surveys\" of sales. Its current editor is Declan Malone. Paul Brennan is the newspaper's sports editor. | Periodical Literature |
Valuair (Chinese: 惠旅航空) was a Singapore-based low-cost carrier. It was launched in 2004, offering initial services to Bangkok and Hong Kong. It differentiates itself from other low-cost carriers in that it offers frills such as a baggage allowance of over 20 kg, in-flight food, allocated seats, and 32 inch seat pitch. Acquired in 2005 by Jetstar Asia Airways, the Valuair brand was retained for Jetstar Asia's scheduled services to major cities in Indonesia until October 2014. The Southwest Finger of Level 3 of Terminal 1 at Singapore Changi Airport housed the head office of the airline. | Company |
The 1972 Arkansas Razorbacks football team represented the University of Arkansas in the Southwest Conference (SWC) during the 1972 college football season. In their 15th year under head coach Frank Broyles, the Razorbacks compiled a 6–5 record (3–5 against SWC opponents), finished in a tie for fourth place in the SWC, and outscored all opponents by a combined total of 228 to 227. | Sports Team Season |
Mimas christophi is a species of moth of the Sphingidae family. It is known from the Russian Far East, north-eastern China, South Korea and northern and central Japan. The wingspan is 59–77 mm. It is similar to Mimas tiliae but smaller and darker and showing a less extensive variation in forewing colour and pattern. Adults are on wing from late May to late August in Korea. The larvae have been recorded feeding on Alnus hirsute, Tilia, Acer, Ulmus, Salix and Betula in Primorskiy Kray in Russia and Alnus japonica, Quercus dentata, Ulmus davidiana var. japonica and Tilia amurensis in Korea. | Animal |
Good Morning Althea (グッドモーニング アルテア) is a one-shot comic created in 1986 by Takehiko Itō. It was published in C-Live magazine. In 1987 original video animation was created based on the comic. It consists of one episode. | Comic |
Truant Officer Donald is an animated short film produced in Technicolor by Walt Disney Productions and released to theaters on August 1, 1941 by RKO Radio Pictures. The film was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Animated Short Film in 1942 but lost to another Disney cartoon Lend a Paw. The story features Donald Duck working as a truant officer and making sure that Huey, Dewey and Louie go to school. The film was directed by Jack King while Clarence Nash provided the voices of Donald and the nephews. | Cartoon |
SummerTyne is an annual music festival held in July since 2006. It takes place in and around The Sage Gateshead in North East England, next to the River Tyne, near the Baltic Centre for Contemporary Art and NewcastleGateshead's Quayside. As well as ticketed concerts within the building, the festival encompasses free outdoor music as well as family-focused and participatory elements. In past years SummerTyne has hosted an eclectic roster of acts, with many styles represented. 2010’s festival (22–25 July) was billed as \"SummerTyne Americana\": the \"Americana\" element has previously been just one element of the Festival, but in 2010 was the full theme of the Festival, encompassing principally country music, but with many types of American music represented. | Societal Event |
Karl Sigurd Andersson (18 July 1926 – 5 February 2009) was a Swedish cross-country skier who won a bronze medal in the 4×10 km relay at the 1952 Winter Olympics in Oslo. Andersson was lumberjack by profession. He won his first skiing medal in 1946, at the junior district championships. In 1950 he finished third in the 15 km race at the national senior championships and was included into the national team. He won his only national title in 1952, in the relay. | Winter Sport Player |
Soyuz MS-01 is a 2016 Soyuz spaceflight to the International Space Station. Originally scheduled for launch in June 2016, the mission successfully lifted off from Kazakhstan on July 7, 2016. It is transporting three members of the Expedition 48 crew to the International Space Station. MS-01 is the 130th flight of a Soyuz spacecraft, and the first with the new version Soyuz MS. The crew consists of a Russian commander, a Japanese flight engineer, and an American flight engineer. On 6 June 2016, the launch was rescheduled to July 2016 due to flaws in the control system that could affect the docking to the ISS. The spacecraft was successfully docked on 9 July 2016. | Satellite |
The rufous-naped wren (Campylorhynchus rufinucha) is a songbird of the Troglodytidae family, the wrens. It is a resident breeding species from central-southwest Mexico to northwestern Costa Rica. This large wren breeds in lowlands and foothills from sea level up to 800 m (2,600 ft) altitude in forest or open woodland, scrub, second growth and savanna. It is found mainly on the Pacific side of the central mountain ranges. Its spherical nest has a side entrance and is lined with seed down. It is constructed 1.5 to 8 m (4.9–26.2 ft) high in thorny trees or shrubs, especially bull’s-horn acacia. This species sometimes nests close to the nests of wasps and there is experimental evidence that those that do so are afforded substantial protection from predation by doing so. The female alone incubates the three to five brown- or black-spotted white eggs for about two weeks until hatching, and the young fledge after about the same length of time again. After breeding, families sleep together in dormitory nests like those used for breeding. The adult rufous-naped wren is 17 cm (6.7 in) long and weighs 36 g (1.3 oz). It has a black crown and eyestripe separated by a strong white supercilium, a rufous nape, and cinnamon-brown upperparts streaked with black and white, especially on the rump. The wings and tail are barred with black and greyish-white. The underparts are white. Young birds have duller upperparts and buff underparts. This species has a short rasping call. The song is a mix of rich whistles, chatters and gurgles often given as a duet. The rufous-naped wren forages actively in low vegetation in pairs or family groups. It eats mainly insects, spiders and other invertebrates. This species is often tame and inquisitive. Three main populations vary markedly in size and coloration, and may represent separate species: Veracruz wren (restricted to central coastal Veracruz), rufous-naped wren (north and west from western Chiapas), and rufous-backed wren (south and east from western Chiapas). | Animal |
Air Marshal David Walker, CB, CBE, AFC is a retired senior Royal Air Force officer. He was the Deputy Commander, Allied Joint Force Command at Brunssum in the Netherlands from 2011 to 2013, having previously served for over three years as Deputy Commander, Allied Air Component Command at Ramstein in Germany. Prior to that appointment he was Air Officer Commanding No. 1 Group in the United Kingdom. | Person |
Eva Herzigová (born 10 March 1973) is a Czech model and actress. | Person |
Cuthbert Winfred Pound (June 20, 1864 – February 3, 1935, Ithaca, Tompkins County, New York) was an American lawyer and politician from New York. He was Chief Judge of the New York Court of Appeals from 1932 to 1934. | Person |
Wilhelm (later William) Steinitz (May 17, 1836 – August 12, 1900) was an Austrian and later American chess Master player, and the first undisputed world chess champion from 1886 to 1894. He was also a highly influential writer and chess theoretician. When discussing chess history from the 1850s onwards, commentators have debated whether Steinitz could be effectively considered the champion from an earlier time, perhaps as early as 1866. Steinitz lost his title to Emanuel Lasker in 1894, and also lost a rematch in 1896–97. Statistical rating systems give Steinitz a rather low ranking among world champions, mainly because he took several long breaks from competitive play. However, an analysis based on one of these rating systems shows that he was one of the most dominant players in the history of the game. Steinitz was unbeaten in match play for 32 years, from 1862 to 1894. Although Steinitz became \"world number one\" by winning in the all-out attacking style that was common in the 1860s, he unveiled in 1873 a new positional style of play, and demonstrated that it was superior to the previous style. His new style was controversial and some even branded it as \"cowardly\", but many of Steinitz's games showed that it could also set up attacks as ferocious as those of the old school. Steinitz was also a prolific writer on chess, and defended his new ideas vigorously. The debate was so bitter and sometimes abusive that it became known as the \"Ink War\". Steinitz was the target of anti-Semitic abuse, and moved to the United States to escape this. By the early 1890s, Steinitz's approach was widely accepted, and the next generation of top players acknowledged their debt to him, most notably his successor as world champion, Emanuel Lasker. As a result of the \"Ink War\", traditional accounts of Steinitz's character depict him as ill-tempered and aggressive; but more recent research shows that he had long and friendly relationships with some players and chess organizations. Most notably from 1888 to 1889 he co-operated with the American Chess Congress in a project to define rules governing the conduct of future world championships. Steinitz was unskilled at managing money, and lived in poverty all his life. | Athlete |
Hiram Eugene Leigh (1860 - December 10, 1937) was an American Thoroughbred racehorse trainer/owner and breeder who had a highly successful career in the United States as well as in Europe. Born in Taylorville, Illinois, he was known by his middle name, Eugene, or as \"Gene.\" In the 1870s, thirteen-year-old Leigh became involved in Quarter Horse racing on bush tracks in his native Illinois. After learning to condition Thoroughbreds for flat racing he set himself up as a trainer in a partnership with jockey Tom Kiley. Leigh was successful enough that in 1884 he was hired as the trainer of a major racing stable in St. Louis, Missouri owned by Col. Robert C. Pate. By the early 1890s, Eugene Leigh had established himself as an important owner and trainer and in 1894 won the Kentucky Derby with Chant. He acquired property at Yarnallton, Kentucky where he established La Belle Stud farm but sold it in 1897 to Col. Milton Young for $101 an acre then bought it back in 1899 for $24 an acre. The December 4, 1898 issue of the New York Times reported that going into the 1899 racing season, Eugene Leigh had the largest stable in the United States. In 1900, Leigh earned his second win in an American Classic Race, capturing the Belmont Stakes with his colt, Ildrim. | Athlete |
The Legislative Assembly of Ceará (Portuguese: Assembleia Legislativa do Ceará) is the unicameral legislature of Ceará state in Brazil. It has 46 state deputies elected by proportional representation. The first legislature was in 1835 and had 28 deputies, the headquarters was in Palácio Senador Alencar during 106 years, now it's in Palácio Deputado Adauto Bezerra since 1977. | Organisation |
Paedocypris is a genus of cyprinid fish found in Southeast Asia, where it occurs in Malaysia, and Indonesia. Paedocypris progenetica has been claimed to be the smallest known species of fish in the world. The smallest mature female measured 9.7 mm and the largest known individual 10.3 mm. | Animal |
James Falconer \"Jefferson Jim\" Wilson (October 19, 1828 – April 22, 1895) was a lawyer, Republican U.S. Congressman from Iowa's 1st congressional district during the American Civil War, and a two-term U.S. Senator from Iowa. He was a pioneer in the advancement of federal protection for civil rights. In the last half of the nineteenth century, two unrelated Iowans named James Wilson achieved high office, necessitating an early form of disambiguation. Representative and Senator James F. Wilson (of Jefferson County, Iowa) became known as \"Jefferson Jim\" Wilson, while Representative and Secretary of Agriculture James Wilson (of Tama County, Iowa) became known as \"Tama Jim\" Wilson. | Politician |
Charles Samuel Gubser (February 1, 1916 – August 20, 2011) was an American politician of the Republican Party who was a member of the United States House of Representatives from California from 1953 to 1974. Born in Gilroy, California, Gubser attended the public schools and graduated from Gilroy Union High School in 1932, San Jose State Junior College in 1934, and the University of California, Berkeley in 1937, followed by two years of graduate work. He taught at Gilroy Union High School from 1939 to 1943. Gubser had been a farmer since 1940. He served as member of the California State Assembly in 1951 and 1952. Gubser was first elected to represent California's 10th congressional district, which included San Jose and other parts of Santa Clara County, in 1952 and was sworn in on January 3, 1953. After winning re-election ten times, Gubser did not run for re-election in 1974 and resigned his seat on December 31, 1974. Gubser died in Fresno, California, where he had lived since 2005, on August 20, 2011 at age 95. | Politician |
Spinus is a genus of passerine birds in the finch family. It contains the North and South American siskins and goldfinches. The genus name is from the Ancient Greek spinos, a name for a now-unidentifiable bird. All of the species in the genus other than the Tibetan serin were formerly included in the genus Carduelis. They were moved to the resurrected genus Spinus based on phylogenetic studies of mitochondrial and nuclear DNA sequences. The Tibetan serin was formerly placed in the genus Serinus. The Eurasian siskin and the Tibetan serin are the only species from the Old World included in the group. The name Spinus was introduced in 1816 by the German naturalist Carl Ludwig Koch. | Animal |