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Saint Nicholas, Equal-to-the-Apostles, Archbishop of Japan, born Ivan Dimitrovich Kasatkin (Russian: Иван Дмитриевич Касаткин; August 13 [O.S. August 1] 1836 – February 16, 1912) was a Russian Orthodox priest, monk, bishop, and saint. He introduced the Eastern Orthodox Church to Japan. The Orthodox cathedral of Tokyo (metropolitan diocese of Japan), Tokyo Resurrection Cathedral, was informally named after him as Nikorai-do, first by the local community, and today nationwide, in remembrance of his work. | Cleric |
Prateek Jain (born 14 June 1989) is an Indian model, actor and the winner of Provogue MensXP Mister World India 2014. He represented India at Mister World 2014 and was among Top 10 Finalists. In 2015, he won Asian Supermodel Contest held in China. He is the first Indian man to win the Asian Supermodel Contest. | Person |
TCT Kids is the children's programming division of the Tri-State Christian Television network. The block of religious-themed children's-oriented shows airs both Saturday mornings on TCT's primary network feed, and on TCT Family, the third digital subchannel of its affiliates on weekdays, in an alignment comparable to ION Television with Qubo, or fellow religious broadcaster, TBN and its Smile of a Child network. | Broadcaster |
Beatrice Emma \"Bea\" (Barrett) Altmeyer (November 15, 1916 – August 26, 2002) was an American amateur golfer. Barrett was born in Chicago, Illinois. In 1938, she won the Women's Western Open, now considered an LPGA major championship. She won ten Minnesota state golf tournaments between 1933 and 1962, competing under both her maiden and married names. Altmeyer was elected to the Minnesota Golf Hall of Fame in 1989. She died in St. Louis Park, Minnesota. | Athlete |
August \"Aku\" Eskelinen (July 16, 1898 – June 10, 1987) was a Finnish biathlete who competed in the 1924 Winter Olympics. Eskelinen was born in Iisalmi. In 1924 he was a member of the Finnish military patrol team which won the silver medal. | Winter Sport Player |
Miloš Vojinović (Serbian: Милош Војиновић; fl. 1332) was a Serbian nobleman who served Emperor Stefan Dušan (r. 1331–55) as stavilac, the son of general Vojin and brother of Vojislav and Altoman. He is a hero of the pre-Kosovo cycle in Serbian epic poetry. Miloš was the eldest son of Vojin, a vojvoda (general) that served King Stefan Dečanski and King Stefan Dušan and held the title of knez of Hum. Vojin was one of the more powerful nobles of King Stefan Dečanski, while his sons were in Young King Dušan's circle. When a conflict occurred between the King and his son, Dušan, however, Vojin and other noblemen joined the Young King Dušan (1330–31). Vojin's support of Dušan further elevated the Vojinović family. Metropolitan Arsenije of Prizren, kaznac Baldovin, vojvoda Gradislav, župan Vratko, knez Grgur Kurjaković, stavilac Miloš (title mentioned for the first time), vojvoda Dejan Manjak, Gradislav Sušenica, Nikola Buća, and archdeacon Marin Baranić, all signed the document issued by Stefan Uroš III, dated 22 January 1325, for the sale of some maritime possessions to the Republic of Ragusa. The possessions, Ston and Pelješac, were officially handed over in 1333, with Miloš also being present. After the death of Miloš's father Vojin, his sons divided their father's province. Soon after Vojin's death, Miloš died without progeny, his possessions being divided among his brothers Vojislav and Altoman. | Person |
Diane Jean Sugden (née Lambert, previously Blackstock) is a fictional character on the ITV soap opera Emmerdale. She is portrayed by Elizabeth Estensen. A role she has played for over 16 years. Since her first appearance in 1999 she has been involved in several high-profile storylines, including her marriage to Jack Sugden (Clive Hornby) and his subsequent death, a battle with colon cancer, the revelation that her ex-husband Rodney Blackstock (Patrick Mower) fathered her sister Val Lambert's (Charlie Hardwick) son, being held hostage in a siege at The Woolpack, sleeping with her sister Val's husband Eric Pollard (Chris Chittell), assaulting a police officer, being involved in a helicopter crash, being stabbed by Chas Dingle (Lucy Pargeter) after thinking she broke into the pub, and the revelation that her cancer has returned. | Fictional Character |
The 2016 FC Zhetysu season is the 10th successive season that the club playing in the Kazakhstan Premier League, the highest tier of association football in Kazakhstan, and 20th in total. Zhetysu will also take part in the Kazakhstan Cup. | Sports Team Season |
Paul Dickov (born 1 November 1972) is a Scottish former professional footballer and former manager of League One side Doncaster Rovers. Dickov played as a forward from 1990 to 2011, starting his career with Arsenal, where he won the UEFA Cup Winners Cup in 1994, but often struggled to hold a place in the first team and spent time on loan with Luton Town and Brighton & Hove Albion before moving to Manchester City in 1996 who were then in Division One. Over six seasons at the club, Dickov experienced two promotions and two relegations, playing in three different divisions. Dickov left in 2002 to join Leicester City, where he stayed for two seasons and, in 2004, he signed for Blackburn Rovers, and was part of the team which qualified for the UEFA Cup in 2005–06. Upon the expiry of his Blackburn contract in 2006, he rejoined Manchester City and later went on to play for Crystal Palace, Blackpool, Leicester City, Derby County and Leeds United. He joined Oldham Athletic in 2010 as Player/Manager and later retired from the playing side of the game to concentrate on the managerial side of his position. He held the position at Oldham until he resigned in February 2013. He was manager of Doncaster Rovers from May 2013 until being sacked in September 2015. In 2000, he made his debut for Scotland, against San Marino. In total he represented his country ten times, scoring one goal. | Sports Manager |
The German Democratic Party (German: Deutsche Demokratische Partei, DDP) was founded in November 1918 by leaders of the former Progressive People's Party (Fortschrittliche Volkspartei), left members of the National Liberal Party (Nationalliberale Partei), and a new group calling themselves the Democrats. In 1930 the party changed to the Deutsche Staatspartei (DStP). | Organisation |
Carrera was an Italian-based road bicycle racing team active from 1984 to 1996, named after sponsoring Italian jeans manufacturer Carrera. The team was successful in the Giro d'Italia and the Tour de France with three overall wins and several wins in the Points classification and Mountain Classifications. | Sports Team |
The 2006 Recopa Sudamericana (officially the 2006 Recopa Visa Sudamericana for sponsorship reasons) was the 14th Recopa Sudamericana, an annual football match between the winners of the previous season's Copa Libertadores and Copa Sudamericana competitions. The match was contested by São Paulo, winners of the 2005 Copa Libertadores, and defending champions Boca Juniors, winners of the 2005 Copa Sudamericana and appearing in their third consecutive final. As both teams have won the competition twice before, this edition determined who will become the first tricampeon of the Recopa Sudamericana. Boca Juniors successfully defend the title as they beat São Paulo 4-3 on aggregate to win their third Recopa. This victory also positioned Boca Juniors, momentarily, as the most lauded international club of the world. | Sports Event |
Agabus (Greek: Ἄγαβος) or Agabo was an early follower of Christianity mentioned in the Acts of the Apostles as a prophet. He is traditionally remembered as one of the Seventy Disciples described in Luke 10:1-24. | Cleric |
Phoui Sananikone (6 September 1903 in Laos – 4 December 1983 in Paris) was Prime Minister of the Kingdom of Laos on two occasions in 1950 to 1951 and again from 1958 to 1959, and also served as Foreign Minister on multiple occasions. | Politician |
The Ardee Baroque Festival is a celebration of music from the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries, which takes place each November in the historic market town of Ardee, County Louth, Republic Of Ireland. The festival is an initiative of the Arts Service of Louth Local Authorities and first took place in 2004. Since its inception, Ardee Baroque has hosted the Irish Baroque Orchestra for the week preceding the performances, as they rehearse two new concert programmes, and deliver an outreach programme which sees the players perform in schools, day-care centres and other community venues. As well as the Irish Baroque Orchestra, Ardee Baroque has hosted performers such as Fionnuala Moynihan, New York Polyphony, Opus Anglicanum, Dunedin Consort and Resurgam. The Board of Ardee Baroque is drawn from the local community and works in partnership with the Arts Service in programming, managing and marketing the festival. With financial support from the Arts Council/An Chomhairle Ealaíonn, the festival has grown and developed from small beginnings to become an established weekend on the cultural calendar of north east Ireland. Ardee Baroque has received positive reviews for many of its performances. It has been referred to by The Irish Times as \"a music festival that could hold its head up anywhere\", and described by The Sunday Times thus - \"Of all the boutique music festivals staged around Ireland, the annual celebration of baroque music in the Co Louth town of Ardee is surely the most quaint.\" | Societal Event |
Lin Ta (Chinese: 林塔; born 31 January 1963) is a Chinese International Master chess player. He was a member of the Chinese national chess team. He was part of the national team at the Chess Olympiad four times in 1984-1990. He played a total of 28 games scoring 13 wins, 9 draws and 6 losses. He also competed twice at the World Men's Team Chess Championship (1985–1989) having played a total 10 games (2 wins, 6 draws, 2 losses); and once at the Asian Men's Team Chess Championship (1987) having played 7 games (5 wins, 2 draws, 0 losses). His current (inactive) ELO rating is 2372 according to FIDE. | Athlete |
Saint Eulogius of Córdoba (Spanish: San Eulogio de Córdoba (died March 11, 859) was one of the Martyrs of Córdoba. He flourished during the reigns of the Cordovan emirs Abd-er-Rahman II and Muhammad I (mid-9th century). | Cleric |
Vernon Glass was an American football coach. He served as head football coach at Lamar University from 1963 to 1975. Glass was a standout quarterback in Corpus Christi, Texas, and played in the 1947 Oil Bowl alongside Hayden Fry. He chose to attend Rice University, where he was a three-year letter-winner in both football and baseball. He captained the 1950 football team and the 1951 baseball team. He keyed Rice's drive to the 1949 Southwest Conference crown, including a 17–15 win over Texas in a showdown in Austin, Texas. Rice also won the 1950 Cotton Bowl Classic against the University of North Carolina, which was led by Charlie Justice, also known as \"Choo Choo\". Before joining the coaching profession, Glass spent two years in the United States Air Force, leading Carswell Air Force Base to the 1952 national service championship. He also played one year of professional baseball at Corpus Christi in 1953. Glass started his coaching career at Del Mar College, a junior college in Corpus Christi. After three seasons as assistant, he spent one year as head coach, guiding the Vikings to a 9–0 record before falling in the Junior Rose Bowl. Glass then left Del Mar to serve as an assistant coach under John Bridgers at Baylor University from 1960 to 1962. | Coach |
Harry Brighouse is a British political philosopher at the University of Wisconsin–Madison. His research interests include the relationship between education and liberalism. His work on this topic has been widely cited by broadsheet newspapers, such as The Independent, and The Guardian. His work has been published in The Independent, New Statesman, academic journals, and other newspapers and magazines. Brighouse has also written on justice more generally and on cosmopolitanism. Brighouse received his B.A. from King's College London and earned his PhD in philosophy from the University of Southern California, under the direction of Barbara Herman. He is the son of Tim Brighouse, former commissioner of schools for London. Brighouse is a member of the Crooked Timber group blog. | Person |
Metris Prison (Turkish: Metris Cezaevi), or officially Metris Closed Penitentiary (Turkish: Metris Kapalı Ceza İnfaz Kurumu) is a state correctional institution in the Esenler district of Istanbul Province in Turkey. The prison complex consists of two T-type buildings. The current prison director is Zeki Uzun. | Building |
the Durdans Bed and Breakfast Hotel is located in the English seaside village of Mundesley in the county of Norfolk, United Kingdom. The guest house is a 4-star bed and breakfast with a Silver Award from Visit Britain. | Building |
Rob Guillory (born June 2, 1982) is an Eisner Award-winning American comic book artist. Born, raised, and currently based in Lafayette, Louisiana, Guillory is most known for his art on Chew, published by Image Comics. | Artist |
Ferdinand Biondi, CM CQ (1909 – September 5, 1998) was a French Canadian radio broadcaster. In 1936, he joined the Montreal radio station CKAC, where he would hold the positions of announcer, editor, producer, special programming director, senior producer, artistic director and news and public affairs director. He left in 1965, to become the Secretary-General of the Holy Cross Fathers at St. Joseph's Oratory. In 1967, became the assistant to the Chairman of the Greater Montreal Arts Council and from 1976 to 1982 he was the Secretary General of the Montreal Arts Council. In 1985, he was made a Knight of the National Order of Quebec. In 1987, he was made a Member of the Order of Canada for having \"promoted the development of a Canadian private broadcasting system with ingenuity and dedication\". In 1983, he was inducted into the Canadian Broadcast Hall of Fame. | Presenter |
Adrian Richard Cashmore (born 23 July 1973) in Tokoroa, New Zealand. He is a New Zealand rugby player who played for Auckland and Bay of Plenty provincially, and the Auckland Blues and Chiefs in Super Rugby. He also played professionally in Japan and for Welsh region the Ospreys in the Celtic League. He also made two appearances for New Zealand. He played predominantly at fullback and was usually his team's goalkicker. His career began with Bay of Plenty in 1992, however in 1993 he made the move north to Auckland where he spent the bulk of his career. He amassed 619 points in the Super Rugby competition for the Auckland Blues and 826 points for Auckland provincially. During his time in Auckland he won two Super Rugby titles with the Blues, in 1996 and 1997, two NPC titles with Auckland, in 1995 and 1996, and twice won the Ranfurly shield, also in 1995 and 1996. In 2000 he left New Zealand to play in Japan, where he remained until 2004. Upon returning to New Zealand he spent the 2004 and 2005 seasons with Bay of Plenty provincially and the Chiefs in Super Rugby, winning the Ranfurly Shield and reaching the NPC semi finals in 2004 with the former. In 2005 he again went offshore and spent a season with the Ospreys before retiring in 2006. | Athlete |
Zamia wallisii is a species of plant in the family Zamiaceae family. It is endemic to Colombia. Its common name is chigua. | Plant |
The 1985 Epsom Derby (known as the Ever Ready Derby for sponsorship reasons) was the 206th annual running of the Derby horse race. It took place at Epsom Downs Racecourse on 5 June 1985. The race was won by Lord Howard de Walden's Slip Anchor, at odds of 9/4 ridden by jockey Steve Cauthen and trained at Newmarket by Henry Cecil. The win was a first success in the race for owner, trainer and jockey. Cauthen became the first man to ride the winners of both the Kentucky Derby and the Epsom Derby. | Race |
The Del-Vetts were an American garage rock band formed in Chicago, Illinois, in 1963. They released five singles and obtained regional success in the Midwest. The first lineup of the band consisted of Jim Lauer (lead vocals, lead guitar), Bob Good (bass guitar), Lester Goldboss (rhythm guitar) and Paul Wade (drums), originally performing cover versions of Chuck Berry songs and surf rock standards, and developing a loyal following in Chicago. The Del-Vetts' initial membership was not the most well-known incarnation of the band, though they did team up with record producer, Bill Traut, in 1965, to record a rendition of The Righteous Brothers' hit, \"Little Latin Lupe Lu\", on the small Seeburg Records label. Within a year of performing regularly at popular teen dance clubs such as the Cellar and the Rolling Stone, a solidified lineup emerged, and included Lauer, Good, who swapped to rhythm guitar, Jack Burchall (bass guitar) and Roger Deatherage (drums). Despite the lack of commercial success resulting from their debut, Traut still felt the band could reach a breakthrough. He signed The Del-Vetts to a recording contract with Dunwich Records, and recorded their most commercially successful, and best known song, \"Last Time Around\", an original composition by colleague Dennis Delquivist, in early 1966. The song, with a fuzz-toned guitar instrumental performed by Lauer acting as the highlight, was released as the band's second single, and scaled the regional charts to become the most-requested track on Chicago radio stations. However, their later in the year follow-up effort, \"I Call My Baby STP\", underperformed and could not reach the same success as \"Last Time Around\". In 1967, the group changed its name to The Pride and Joy and released the single \"Girl\", a regional hit, and moved to Acta Records after a corporate restructuring at Dunwich. The group's last single was \"We Got a Long Way to Go\", written by Barry Mann and Cynthia Weil; when it failed to chart at radio, Burchall left the group, and The Pride and Joy broke up in 1968. In 1983, Burchall hit the pop charts again with the Jump 'N the Saddle Band's novelty song hit, \"The Curly Shuffle\". The Del-Vetts, however, fell into obscurity until the release of the Nuggets and Pebbles series in the late 1990s, when several of their tracks were included on the compilation albums. Lead singer Jim Lauer reportedly ended up in a mental institution. | Group |
Druckfarben is a Canadian progressive rock band from Toronto. Founded in 2008 by Phil Naro, Ed Bernard, William Hare, Troy Feener, Peter Murray, the band released its debut album Druckfarben in 2011. In 2013, Druckfarben released the live performance DVD Artifact, which also includes a documentary chronicling the band's origins. They released a second full album, Second Sound, in March 2014. | Group |
Ashley McGregor (born March 1, 1993 in Pointe-Claire, Quebec) is a female swimmer from Canada, who mostly competes in the breaststroke events. She claimed two invidividual medals and two in the relay for four at the 2011 Pan American Games in Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico. McGregor started the games by winning a bronze in the 100 m breaststroke followed by a gold in the 200 m. It was the first and only Canadian gold medal in the swimming events the 2011 Pan American Games. McGregor then went on to win a silver medal as part of the Canadian women's 4 x 100 m medley relay team. She earned her fourth medal with a bronze as part of Canada's 4 x 100 freestyle relay team. | Athlete |
Ellis Wilson (20 April 1899 – January 1977) was an African-American artist. | Artist |
Bridgepoint Active Healthcare is a complex care and rehabilitation hospital and research centre in Toronto, affiliated with the University of Toronto. Its focus is to transform care for patients living with complex health conditions so they can live better. Bridgepoint Active Healthcare operates under four pillars that support the diagnosis, treatment, management, research and teaching of leading healthcare practices for patients with multiple health conditions: \n* Bridgepoint Hospital is a purpose-built facility designed to enable patients to be active in their care. Highly skilled care teams work across disciplines to build one central care plan for patients. \n* Bridgepoint Collaboratory for Research and Innovation conducts pioneering research to find new ways to treat people that will immediately improve health outcomes, performance and system sustainability. \n* Bridgepoint Family Health Team is a community-based practice focused on transitioning patients back home and keeping them connected with primary care, home care and other community services to ensure that people can safely return to their homes and communities. \n* Bridgepoint Foundation raises money on behalf of Bridgepoint Active Healthcare to fund Bridgepoint's vision of helping people with complex health conditions live better. | Building |
Marilyn Joy Wilson (born 14 July 1943), known after her marriage as Marilyn Young, is an Australian former backstroke swimmer of the 1960s, who won a silver medal in the women's 4×100-metre medley relay at the 1960 Summer Olympics in Rome. She combined with her Australian teammates Dawn Fraser, Jan Andrew and Rosemary Lassig to finish second in the medley relay, trailing the Americans relay team by five seconds. In her only individual event, the women's 100-metre backstroke, Wilson competed in the preliminary heats, but did not advance. | Athlete |
Longboat (24 March 1981 – ca. 1997) was a British Thoroughbred racehorse. A specialist over extreme distances, who produced his best form on fast ground, he completed the \"Stayers' Triple Crown\" in 1986 when he won the Ascot Gold Cup, Goodwood Cup and Doncaster Cup. In all he won nine of his eighteen races between October 1983 and September 1986, with his other major wins coming in the Alycidon Stakes, Sagaro Stakes and Henry II Stakes. He was exported to Australia where he was retired from racing following an injury. He proved a failure as a breeding stallion. | Horse |
This article is about the second original bridge which was demolished. For the original bridge which was demolished with it, see John P. Grace Memorial Bridge. For the current bridge, see Arthur Ravenel Jr. Bridge. The Silas N. Pearman Bridge, known locally as the New Cooper River Bridge from the opening date to the groundbreaking of its replacement, was a cantilever bridge that crossed the Cooper River in Charleston, South Carolina, United States. It opened in 1966 to relieve traffic congestion on the companion John P. Grace Memorial Bridge. It was built by the South Carolina Department of Transportation and was designed by HNTB Corporation. | Route Of Transportation |
The Musée des beaux-arts d'Arras is located in the old Abbey of St. Vaast in Arras, in the Nord-Pas-de-Calais, France. | Building |
The 1903 Manzikert earthquake struck Manzikert of nowadays Muş Province in eastern Turkey on 28 April. Registering a surface wave magnitude of 7.0, the earthquake originated from a highly active seismic zone. It killed 3,500 people and 20,000 animals, destroyed 12,000 homes, and is now listed among the world's deadliest earthquakes in recorded history. To this day, Turkey is threatened by major earthquakes – more than 100 earthquakes over 7.0 have taken place in the country's known history. | Natural Event |
Diamanticeras is an extinct genus of Cretaceous-aged ammonite cephalopod belonging to the family Crioceratitidae. It is probably phyletically linked to genus Crioceratites. Their fossils were found in Chile and Argentina. | Animal |
Nimettömiä lauluja is a 1918 poetry collection by Finnish poet Aaro Hellaakoski. The poems use satirical tones reflecting feelings of inadequacy and loneliness. | Written Work |
The Co-Cathedral of St. Joseph the Worker is a cathedral of the Roman Catholic Church in American Samoa, a Territory of the United States. It is the mother church and co-seat of the bishop of the Diocese of Samoa-Pago Pago along with the Cathedral of the Holy Family in Tafuna. The church is located in the village of Fagatogo. It was completed in 1959 and was the only cathedral in the diocese until 1993 when Holy Family was built. | Building |
The son of a veterinary surgeon, Pick was born in Kettering and educated at Kibworth Grammar School, where he was introduced to two artists (Harry Ward and John Fulleylove) who encouraged him to produce drawings of buildings, some of which were published in The Builder. In 1884, when he was awarded a medal by the Worshipful Company of Plaisterers, he was described as an architectural apprentice of John Breedon Everard of Leicester and assistant teacher at the Leicester School of Art. In 1888 he entered into partnership with Everard. In 1911, the partnership was expanded to include William Keay, forming the partnership of Pick, Everard and Keay, with premises at 6 Millstone Lane, Leicester. | Person |
The Pontifical Catholic University of Argentina, whose full name in Spanish is Pontificia Universidad Católica Argentina \"Santa María de los Buenos Aires\", also known as Universidad Católica Argentina (UCA), is a university in Argentina with campuses in the cities of Buenos Aires, Santa Fe, Rosario, Paraná, Mendoza and Pergamino. The main campus is located in Puerto Madero, one of the most modern neighborhoods of Buenos Aires. It is considered, according to a 2011 study by the Spanish Ministry of Education as one of the best private universities in Latin America. It is the second university preferred by Argentine employers and the sixth in all Latin America. Its predecessor, the Catholic University of Buenos Aires (1910–1922) was founded by the Argentine episcopate in 1910, but their degrees, in law, were not recognized by the Argentine government, and the institution was closed in 1922. In 1955, Decree 6403 concerning the freedom of education enabled the creation of private universities with the authority to deliver academic qualifications. In 1956 the bishops decided to create the Catholic University of Argentina, formally founded on March 7, 1958. Cardinal Jorge Mario Bergoglio was UCA's Grand Chancellor, by virtue of his office as Primate of Argentina and Metropolitan Archbishop of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Buenos Aires, the capital of Argentina, until his election in 2013 as Pope Francis to succeed Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI. When Mario Aurelio Poli was named Archbishop of Buenos Aires by Pope Francis later in 2013, he became Grand Chancellor of the University. In May 2013 Pope Francis named Victor Manuel Fernández, the University's President (the second-highest administrative rank, after the Grand Chancellor), as titular archbishop of Tiburnia. | Educational Institution |
He Hanbin (simplified Chinese: 何汉斌; traditional Chinese: 何漢斌; pinyin: Hé Hànbīn; born January 10, 1986 in Nanchang, Jiangxi) is a male badminton player from China. | Athlete |
Key the Metal Idol (キィ・ザ・メタル・アイドル Kii Za Metaru Aidoru) is an original video animation (OVA) anime series that was released in Japan from 1994 to 1997. The series consists of fifteen episodes divided into four parts. First Program consists of episodes 1 through 7. Second Program is 8 through 13. Third Program and Final Program are films 1 and 2 (a.k.a. episodes 14 and 15) respectively. Key is a serious and somewhat dark drama with elements of science fiction, supernatural, and action. The central character of the story is Tokiko Mima (nicknamed \"Key\"), who believes herself to be a robot crafted by her scientist grandfather, Murao Mima. Every year, on her birthday, Key believes Dr. Mima builds her a new body, each one size larger. Upon his deathbed, Mima records his will on audio tape, revealing that Key can become human with the aid of 30,000 friends. Key believes she must do this quickly before her battery runs down. The series details the slow unraveling of Key's identity and a secret conspiracy bent on controlling her unique supernatural abilities she develops over the course of the narrative. | Cartoon |
NG2 is a Puerto Rican Salsa duo formed by Norberto Vélez and Gerardo Rivas. Rivas is the son of Jerry Rivas, one of the singers of El Gran Combo. Rivas also enjoyed early fame during his childhood as the lead singer of \"Gerardito y los Rockolos\". Both of the members were a part of fellow Puerto Rican Salsa singer Víctor Manuelle orchestra before deciding to go out solo. Víctor Manuelle has supported them all throughout. The duo has enjoyed much success during their short career, even winning a Latin Billboard in 2005 for Best Tropical Song. Norberto Vélez and Gerardo Rivas, the groups' vocalists performed the single \"Mi salsa se respeta\" as a message to the other groups in the industry. With it they wanted to express that \"while young in this, [industry] we know how to do our work very well\". When the group debuted, their success was underestimated by the public and fellow musicians. Both performed also noted that they want the tropical genre to unify their efforts, to gather interest from the public. | Group |
The 1991 FA Charity Shield (also known as the Tennent's Charity Shield for sponsorship reasons) was the 69th FA Charity Shield, the annual football match contested by the reigning champions of the Football League First Division and the holders of the FA Cup. It was held at Wembley Stadium, on 10 August 1991. The game was played between Arsenal, champions of the 1990–91 Football League and Tottenham Hotspur, who beat Nottingham Forest to win the 1991 FA Cup Final. This was Arsenal's twelfth Charity Shield appearance and Tottenham Hotspur's sixth. Arsenal began the match the brighter of the two teams, dominating in possession and the number of chances created. Tottenham created their best chance to score in the first half, but struggled to find a breakthrough in the second half, hardly troubling the Arsenal defence. With neither team able to score after 90 minutes, the match ended in a draw, meaning each team held the trophy for six months each. | Sports Event |
The Melville Millionaires are a Junior \"A\" ice hockey team based in Melville, Saskatchewan. They are members of the Saskatchewan Junior Hockey League (SJHL). They play their home games in the Horizon Credit Union Centre which has a seating capacity of 2,100. The Melville Millionaires and the Yorkton Terriers are arch rivals. The team colours are blue and white. Games are broadcast on radio station CJGX AM 940. The Millionaires also fielded a senior hockey team in the 1910s, which won the 1915 Allan Cup. | Sports Team |
This is a list of characters in the Polish soap opera M jak miłość from the Mostowiak family. | Fictional Character |
Maurice Arthur Pope, CB MC (9 August 1889 – 20 September 1978) was a Canadian civil engineer, army officer and diplomat. Born in Rivière-du-Loup, Quebec, the son of Sir Joseph Pope, Prime Minister John A. Macdonald's principal secretary, and grandson of Sir Henri-Thomas Taschereau and William Henry Pope, he received a Bachelor of Science degree in engineering from McGill University in 1911. He worked for the Canadian Pacific Railway as a construction engineer until joining the Royal Canadian Engineers in 1915. He served in the Canadian Expeditionary Force in France. After the war, he remained in the Canadian Army. During World War II, he was Brigadier General of the Canadian Military headquarters in London, Vice-Chief of the general staff in Ottawa, Chairman of the Canadian Joint Staff Mission in Washington, head of the Censorship Branch and military staff officer to Prime Minister Mackenzie King. From 1945 to 1950, he was Head of the Canadian Military Mission in Berlin. He retired with the rank of Lieutenant-General. From 1950 to 1953, he was the Canadian Ambassador to Belgium. From 1953 to 1956, he was the Canadian Ambassador to Spain. He retired in 1956 and lived in Ottawa. His memoir was entitled Soldiers and politicians: the memoirs of Lt.-Gen. Maurice A. Pope C.B., M.C (University of Toronto Press, 1962). He also completed and edited his father's autobiography, Public servant: the memoirs of Sir Joseph Pope (Oxford University Press, 1960). | Person |
Insane is a roller coaster at Gröna Lund in Stockholm. Insane is an Intamin Zac-Spin roller coaster. It opened in 2009. The train cars contain 4 seats with 2 on each side. When navigating the course the trains are free to spin and flip. In 2011, a similar roller coaster, Green Lantern: First Flight, opened at Six Flags Magic Mountain. After the deadly incident on Inferno at Terra Mítica in Benidorm, Spain on 7 July 2014, and because the two rides share several similarities, Gröna Lund had ceased running Insane for several days before reopening the coaster. | Amusement Park Attraction |
The Roman Catholic Diocese of Juazeiro (Latin: Dioecesis Iuazeiriensis) is a diocese located in the city of Juazeiro in the Ecclesiastical province of Feira de Santana in Brazil. | Clerical Administrative Region |
Tales of Vesperia (Japanese: テイルズ オブ ヴェスペリア Hepburn: Teiruzu Obu Vesuperia) is a Japanese role-playing video game developed by Namco Tales Studio for the Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 (PS3). The tenth mainline entry in the Tales, it was published in Japan and North America by Namco Bandai Games in 2008, and in European territories by Atari in 2009. An expanded port of the game for the PS3 was released in 2009 in Japan, but has not been released in Western territories. The gameplay is similar to previous Tales games, featuring a new version of the series' trademark action-based Linear Motion Battle System, while also introducing new elements such as online scoring boards. Vesperia is set in the world of Terca Lumireis, which uses an energy source called blastia for all its needs, including creating protective barriers around its cities. The story focuses on Yuri Lowell, a former Imperial soldier who forms a guild called Brave Vesperia to aid Estelle, a noble woman he encounters on a mission. As they explore the world, Brave Vesperia are challenged by factions who have different plans related to the abuse of blastia resources, and Yuri is forced to confront his friend and former comrade Flynn. The game's story theme is justice, and its Characteristic Genre Name is \"RPG to Enforce Justice\" (正義を貫くＲＰＧ Seigi o tsuranukitōsu RPG). Preliminary work on Vesperia began in 2005. Full development began in May of the following year and lasted approximately two years. Returning staff included producer Yoshito Higuchi, composers Motoi Sakuraba and Shinji Tamura, and character designer Kōsuke Fujishima. The writers included Takashi Hasegawa and Hideo Baba. Developed by the same team that made Tales of Symphonia and Tales of the Abyss, it was designed for the Xbox 360 as the PS3 had yet to be shown to the company and the former console was achieving international popularity. The anime cutscenes were created by Production I.G, with an art style influenced by cel-shaded animation. The game's theme song, Ring a Bell by Bonnie Pink, was used for both the Japanese and English releases. Upon release, the game was an international commercial success, selling over 600,000 copies worldwide. Critical reception has been generally positive, and further media related to the world of Vesperia has been developed. | Software |
Bonaventura Lamberti (c. 1653 – September 19, 1721) was an Italian painter of the Baroque period, active mainly in Rome. He was born at Carpi,and after some years working at Modena, he became a pupil of the painter Carlo Cignani in Rome. There, he became attached to the household of the Marchese Gabrieli. In Rome, he painted St. Francis of Paola resuscitating a dead Child for the church of the Spirito Santo de Napolitani. He painted some cartoons used for mosaics for St. Peter's basilica by Ottaviani. His Virgin showing the Infant Saviour to St. Jerome was engraved by Ludovico Dorigny. Among those who worked with him was Marco Benefial. He died at Rome. | Artist |
The Jubilee Bridge (also known as the Blue Bridge) is a double leaf rolling bascule bridge which spans the River Dee at Queensferry, Wales, United Kingdom. The bridge takes its name from the previous bridge which was completed in Queen Victoria's diamond jubilee year of 1897. The abutments of the old bridge are still visible to the north of the current bridge. By the 1960s shipping had ceased on the River Dee. The bridge's lifting mechanism was removed and the roadway fixed permanently in place. In 2005 the Jubilee Bridge was awarded Grade II Listed building status by Cadw. | Route Of Transportation |
The discography of Del Amitri, a Scottish pop rock band formed in 1983, includes six studio albums, one live album, two compilation and nineteen singles. They have had four of their studio albums in the top ten in the UK Albums Chart. Their first album, which is a self-title album released in May 1985 did not enter the UK Albums Chart at all, and also their final studio album Can You Do Me Good?, released in 2002, did not enter the Top 10 but did come in thirteenth place. The band's most successful studio album was their third album Change Everything, which came in second place in the UK Albums Chart. Also the band's first compilation album, Hatful of Rain: The Best of Del Amitri, came in fifth place in the UK Albums Chart. The band broke up in 2002. They played a reunion gig at The Hydro Glasgow on 24 January 2014. A live album, Into the Mirror, recorded on the reunion tour in January and February 2014 was released on 20 October 2014. | Musical Work |
Afghanistan Liberation Organization (Persian: سازمان رهایی افغانستان, Sazman-i Rihayi Afghanistan, ALO) is a Maoist political group in Afghanistan. It was founded by Dr. Faiz Ahmad and some others in 1973. ALO is one of several organization that grew out of the Sholaye Javid (Eternal Flame) movement. ALO was originally named Revolutionary Group of the Peoples of Afghanistan (گروه انقلابی خلقهای افغانستان, RGPA); it was renamed in 1980. It was highly critical of the Soviet war in Afghanistan and actively fought against what it considered social imperialism. In June 1979, RGPA convened the Mujahedin Freedom Fighters Front of Afghanistan together with Islamist elements, as a united front against the pro-Soviet government. Along with some other Islamist groups, RGPA directed an uprising in Kabul and other cities on August 5, 1979, that became known as the Bala Hissar uprising. The uprising was suppressed by the government and tens of ALO cadres were killed and arrested. Some of the central committee members like Mohammad Mohsin, Mohammad Dawod and others were executed in the Pul-e-Charkhi prison. ALO had many fronts against the Soviets and pro-Soviet Afghan communists in different parts of Afghanistan and was attacked by both the Soviet forces and the fundamentalist groups of Mujahideen. They lost over 120 of its cadres during the war. Dr. Faiz Ahmad himself was assassinated on November 12, 1986 along with his 6 other comrades by the Hizb-e Islami militia of Gulbuddin Hekmatyar. More recently, ALO has directed its energies towards opposing the American occupation of Afghanistan and the regime of President Hamid Karzai. | Organisation |
(Edythe) Ellison Harvie (18 May 1902 – 27 September 1984) was an Australian architect and an advocate for the professional development of women. In 1938, she became the first Australian woman to graduate with a Diploma of Architectural Design. Four years later she became the first woman to be elected to an Australian Architectural Institute council in 1942, as well as the first female Fellow of the Royal Victorian Institute of Architects in 1946. That same year, she became the first Australian woman to become a partner in a large firm. Ellison Harvie was recognised as an expert in hospital planning and administration, working on numerous Australian projects, including Mercy Hospital in East Melbourne (1934–36) and the original four multi-storey buildings of the Royal Melbourne Hospital (1936–41). | Person |
Jeanette C. Takamura, PhD, was the second Assistant Secretary for Aging at the Administration on Aging within the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. She was appointed by President Clinton in 1997 and served in the position until 2001. Before that, she served as the Deputy Director for Administration of the Hawaii State Department of Health and the Director of the Executive Office on Aging within the State of Hawaii's Office of the Governor. Takamura is the Dean and Professor of the Columbia University School of Social Work. She previously held the position of Edward R. Roybal Professor in Applied Gerontology and Public Service at California State University, Los Angeles. | Person |
Ahmad Bourghani Farahani (in Persian: احمد بورقانی فراهانی; January 2, 1960 – February 2, 2008) was an influential Iranian reformist politician, notable journalist, writer and political analyst. Bourghani was deputy minister of culture of Iran in President Mohammad Khatami's cabinet. He was also head of IRNA in United Nations as well as member of Iranian parliament. Bourghani received his bachelor's degree in geography from Shahid Beheshti University of Tehran. He entered journalism after the victory of the 1979 Islamic Revolution. During the Iran–Iraq war, he oversaw the War Information Press, and was chief news manager of the IRNA. From 1990 to 1993, he was posted in New York City as the UN correspondent for IRNA. Upon returning, he helped establish the short-lived weeklies Bahar, Barharan and Envoy. During his brief tenure as vice-minister of Culture, Ahmad Bourghani oversaw the issuance of hundreds of press permits and the flowering of an independent Iranian press for the first time since 1979. He had a significant role in the development of journalism in post-revolution Iran. Following the initial attacks on the reformist press, Iran's conservatives tried to undercut the reformist press by reactivating the Press Court. Bourghani stood up in the Court in front of the young presiding judge, Saeed Mortazavi, and defended the freedom of the press. Mortazavi, the nephew of Ayatollah Yazdi, was trying to force Bourghani and Khatami's government to shut down the Jame'eh newspaper but when Bourghani refused to do so, he himself ordered to shut down the newspaper. After the closure of Jame'eh and Tous in the summer of 1998, a second crop of independent dailies appeared in late 1998. These papers exposed Intelligence Ministry agents' involvement in the political assassinations of reformist intellectuals and activists in late 1998. Bourghani, chosen by Khatami, to spearhead the liberalization of the public sphere, resigned in February 1999, frustrated with the intransigence of the Commission for the Supervision of the Press (a joint committee of representatives of the three branches of government and the press that reviews press application and thus determines who can and cannot publish), and dismayed by lukewarm support from his own minister, Ata'ollah Mohajerani, who narrowly survived a parliamentary impeachment motion in May for \"cultural laxity\". Two years later, he was elected as representative of Tehran to Majlis of Iran, The Iranian Parliament. As a Member of Iranian Parliament, he persuaded his goal for the freedom of the press in Iran and was one of the key people in debating the Reform of the Press laws. Shortly after, Ayatollah Khamenei sent a letter to the parliament demanding that the debate stop. Ahmad Bourghani was also the president of the Parliamentary Friendship Group between Italy and Iran. He was also the organizer of \"Iran, hundred years after Iranian constitutional revolution\", an international conference organized in Tehran (2007). Bourghani died in a Tehran hospital of a heart attack at the age of 48. | Politician |
Jeanna Fine (born September 29, 1964) is an American pornographic actress and erotic dancer. | Actor |
Portunidae is a family of crabs which contains the swimming crabs. | Animal |
The Jurmala Grand Prix was a one day cycling race held in the Jurmala, Latvia. It was part of UCI Europe Tour in category 1.1. | Race |
Wanda Curtis (born November 7, 1975) is a Hungarian former pornographic actress who entered the industry in around 1997. As of 2006, she was a contract performer for Ninn Worx. Curtis also appeared in Penthouse magazine in April 2006. | Actor |
J. G. Jones is an American comic book artist, known for his work on titles such as Wanted and Final Crisis. | Artist |
Chilbosan is a mountain of Gyeongsangbuk-do, eastern South Korea. It has an elevation of 469 metres. | Natural Place |
\"Bonzo Goes to Bitburg\" is a song by American punk rock band the Ramones. It was issued as a single in the UK by Beggars Banquet Records in mid-1985. The song is an emotionally charged commentary on the Bitburg controversy from earlier that year, in which U.S. president Ronald Reagan had paid a state visit to a German World War II cemetery where numerous Waffen-SS soldiers were buried. Lyrically, the song was a departure from the usual Ramones topics, and it became a major critical success for the band. The 1985 single did not receive an American release. As an import, however, the record became a hit on U.S. college radio. It was eventually retitled \"My Brain Is Hanging Upside Down (Bonzo Goes to Bitburg)\", and appeared on the band's album Animal Boy, released in 1986. This second version of the title is the one used on subsequent live and compilation albums. | Musical Work |
Miura Baien (三浦 梅園, September 1, 1723 – April 9, 1789) was a Japanese philosopher of the Tokugawa era. A scholar often qualified as prolific original thinker in economy, interested in epistemology, he studied nature in a methodical way. He grounded his thought in Neo-Confucianism. | Person |
Peter Tarnoff (born April 19, 1937) served as the Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs during the first Clinton term, from 1993 to 1997. In May 1997, United States Secretary of State Madeleine Albright presented him the Department of State's highest award, the Distinguished Service Award for extraordinary service in advancing American interests through creative and effective diplomacy. Tarnoff was President of the Council on Foreign Relations from 1986 to 1993. Before taking up that position, he served as Executive Director of the World Affairs Council of Northern California and President of the International Advisory Corporation. While on sabbatical from the Department of State in 1982-1983, Tarnoff was a lecturer at Stanford University and Georgetown University. During his career as a Foreign Service Officer, Tarnoff served as Executive Secretary of the Department of State and Special Assistant to Secretaries of State Edmund Muskie and Cyrus Vance (1977–1981); Director, Office of Research and Analysis for Western Europe (1975–76); Special Assistant to Ambassador-at-Large Henry Cabot Lodge, Jr. (1967); and Nigerian Analyst in the Bureau of Intelligence and Research (1966–67). His Foreign Service assignments abroad included Deputy Chief of Mission at the American Embassy in Luxembourg (1973–75); one year's study (1970) at the National School of Administration in Paris, followed by assignment as Principal Officer at the American Consulate General in Lyon, France (1971–73); Special Assistant to the U.S. Ambassador to the Federal Republic of Germany (1969); Special Assistant to the Chief of the American Delegation to the Paris Talks on Vietnam (1968); Special Assistant to the Deputy U.S. Ambassador (1964–65) and to the U.S. Ambassador (1965–66), Saigon, Vietnam; and Political Officer at the U.S. Embassy in Lagos, Nigeria (1962–64). Tarnoff received a Bachelor of Arts in Philosophy from Colgate University in 1958 and pursued postgraduate studies at the University of Chicago and the University of Paris. He lives in San Francisco, California with his wife, Mathea Falco, and has two sons, Alexander and Benjamin. | Person |
Parasyte (Japanese: 寄生獣 Hepburn: Kiseijū, lit. \"Parasitic Beasts\") is a science fiction horror manga series written and illustrated by Hitoshi Iwaaki, and published in Kodansha's Afternoon magazine from 1988 to 1995. The manga was published in North America by first Tokyopop, then Del Rey, and finally Kodansha Comics USA. The manga has been adapted into two live-action films in Japan in 2014 and 2015. An anime television series adaptation by Madhouse, titled Parasyte -the maxim- (寄生獣 セイの格率 Kiseijū Sei no Kakuritsu), aired in Japan between October 2014 and March 2015. | Comic |
The Museum of the Macedonian Struggle for Sovereignty and Independence - Museum of VMRO - Museum of the Victims of the Communist Regime (Macedonian: Музеј на македонската борба за државност и самостојност - Музеј на ВМРО - Музеј на жртвите од комунистичкиот режим) is a national museum of the Republic of Macedonia located in the capital city of Skopje. Construction of the museum began on 11 June 2008 and it was opened to the public on the 20th anniversary of the declaration of independence on September 8th, 2011. The building is located between the Museum of Archaeology (under construction), the Holocaust Museum of Macedonia, the Stone Bridge and the Vardar River. The exhibit covers the period from the beginning of the resistance movement against the Ottoman rule, until the declaration of independence from Yugoslavia on 8 September 1991. The guided tours take visitors through 13 exhibits ending in front of the original copy of the 1991 Declaration of Independence. \n* The main stained glass dome inside the Museum of the Macedonia Struggle \n* The museum at night, 2014 \n* View from the other side \n* Night view of the museum and the National Theater | Building |
The Senate is the upper house of the Supreme Assembly (Oliy Majlis) of Uzbekistan. | Organisation |
Friends and Legends was the second solo album from Michael Stanley. The album title refers to the backing musicians accompanying Stanley on the album, which was recorded at Applewood Studios in Golden, Colorado. The basic band on all tracks was Barnstorm, composed of Joe Walsh on lead guitar and synthesizer, Joe Vitale on drums, flute, synthesizer and backing vocals, and Kenny Passarelli on bass. In addition, three members of Stephen Stills' Manassas performed: Paul Harris on keyboards, Joe Lala on percussion and Al Perkins on pedal steel guitar, and the band also included saxophonist David Sanborn. Among the backing vocalists were Richie Furay and Dan Fogelberg. In keeping with the collaborative spirit, J. Geils assisted with production of the saxophone tracks. Although the album produced one of Stanley's most popular songs, \"Let's Get the Show on the Road\", and led to a headline spot for Stanley (backed by Barnstorm) on Don Kirshner's Rock Concert, it made little impact on the charts, partially because Stanley's all-star band was unable to tour behind it. After this, Stanley decided to form his own band, which was named The Michael Stanley Band, so that touring would no longer be a problem. | Musical Work |
Washington State Employees Credit Union (WSECU) is a not-for-profit financial cooperative that is regulated by the National Credit Union Administration (NCUA), a federal agency. The second largest credit union in Washington state, WSECU is overseen by a nine-member volunteer board of directors. These directors are WSECU members who are elected by fellow members. WSECU membership is open to all residents of Washington State. | Company |
Carlo Fassi (20 December 1929 – 20 March 1997) was an Italian figure skater and international coach whose students included several World and Olympic champions. As a single skater, he was the 1953 World bronze medalist, a two-time European champion (1953, 1954), and a ten-time Italian national champion (1945–54). | Winter Sport Player |
The Groningen–Delfzijl railway is a railway line in the Netherlands running from Groningen to Delfzijl, passing through Sauwerd, Loppersum and Appingedam. The line was opened in 1884. | Route Of Transportation |
Blessed Mattia de Nazarei (1 March 1253 – 28 December 1319) was an Italian Roman Catholic nun of the Poor Clares. Pope Clement XIII confirmed her cult in 1765 and this acted as her formal beatification. A miracle attributed to her is under investigation for her canonization. | Cleric |
The chestnut-capped brush finch (Arremon brunneinucha), is a passerine bird which breeds in highlands from central Mexico to south-eastern Peru. Despite its name, it is not a true finch, but rather a member of the large Emberizidae family, which also includes buntings, American sparrows, juncos and towhees. Until recently, it was generally placed in the genus Buarremon, while it occasionally has been placed in Atlapetes. This is a common bird in the undergrowth of wet mountain forests, second growth, and ravines at from 900 m to 250 m altitude. The nest, built by the female, is a large cup of plant material placed less than 2.5 m up in a shrub or small tree in dense scrub or a ravine. The typical clutch is two glossy, unmarked white or pale blue eggs, which are incubated by the female alone for 12–14 days before hatching. The chestnut-capped brush finch is a large, robust, mainly terrestrial species, 19 cm long and weighing 45 g. It has a long slender bill and large feet and legs. The adult has a distinctive head pattern, with a yellow-edged chestnut crown and nape, black forehead and head sides, white spots in the centre and each side of the forehead, and a white throat which is often puffed up when the bird is excited. The upperparts are dark olive, with darker wings. The white central breast is separated from the white throat by a black band. The breast sides are grey, and the flanks and lower belly are olive-green. Young birds have a sooty-brown cap, sooty face and olive-brown upperparts, throat and breast. The chestnut-capped brush finch has a thin pink call and a very high-pitched psssst. The male’s song consists of a mixture of whistles and sharper notes. The chestnut-capped brush finch feeds on insects and spiders extracted from the leaf litter with its bill, and will also pick berries and invertebrate prey from low bushes. It is seen in pairs, family parties, or with warblers and other Emberizids as part of a mixed-species feeding flock. | Animal |
Manuel Pertegaz, often known simply as Pertegaz (1917-2014) was a Spanish fashion designer. He was so highly regarded that he was asked to succeed Christian Dior in 1957 as head designer at Dior, but chose to remain in Spain, where by the 1960s he was considered its leading couturier. | Artist |
The Ionia Sentinel-Standard is a Tuesday through Saturday newspaper published in Ionia in the US state of Michigan. It is owned by GateHouse Media. The newspaper covers Ionia County including the cities of Ionia, Belding and Portland, and the villages of Lake Odessa, Lyons, Muir, Hubbardston, Palo, Pewamo, Orleans, Clarksville and Saranac. The Ionia Daily Sentinel-Standard was created in 1919 through the merger of the Ionia Daily Sentinel and The Ionia Daily Standard. The Ionia Standard had begun as a weekly newspaper in 1873; the Sentinel name dates back to the Ionia County Sentinel weekly, established in 1866. | Periodical Literature |
Alhassan Ado Garba popularly known as Alhassan Doguwa (born August 14, 1965) is the Chief Whip of the House of Representatives of Nigeria. He is an All Progressive Congress (APC) member representing Doguwa/Tudun Wada Federal Constituency of Kano State. | Person |
The Diocese of Haarlem-Amsterdam is a diocese of the Catholic Church in the Netherlands. As one of the seven suffragans of the Archdiocese of Utrecht, the diocesan territory comprises the north west of the Netherlands, including the cities of Haarlem and Amsterdam. Monsignor Jozef Marianus (Jos) Punt became the Bishop of the Diocese of Haarlem-Amsterdam in 2001. On Tuesday, October 25, 2011, it was made known that Pope Benedict XVI had accepted the resignation of Bishop Johannes Gerardus Maria van Burgsteden, as the Auxiliary Bishop of the Diocese. Monsignor Johannes Maria Willibrordus Hendriks was appointed as the new auxiliary bishop.The cathedral of the Diocese of Haarlem-Amsterdam is the Cathedral of Saint Bavo. | Clerical Administrative Region |
Daknamstadion is a football stadium in the village Daknam, municipality Lokeren (Belgium). The stadium is currently used mostly for football matches and is the home ground of Sporting Lokeren. Around 1980 the stadium could host 18,000 people, due to security reasons the stadium's current capacity is 9,560. Since 2008 the board of Sporting Lokeren has plans to expand the stadium with 1,760 places, but the construction hasn't been started yet. On 3 March 2010, it hosted an under 21 international between Belgium and Malta. | Sport Facility |
The 39th New York Infantry Regiment, known as the \"Garibaldi Guard,\" was an infantry regiment that served in the Union Army during the American Civil War. | Organisation |
Mariangel Balza Reveron (born 23 September 1989) is a Venezuelan group rhythmic gymnast. She represents her nation at international competitions. She competed at world championships, including at the 2007 World Rhythmic Gymnastics Championships. | Athlete |
Spelunx and the Caves of Mr. Seudo is an educational computer game intended for young children developed by Cyan (now Cyan Worlds) in 1991. It was designed by the brothers Robyn and Rand Miller (better known now as the creators of Myst). The game was programmed and implemented using HyperCard, with Robyn Miller hand-drawing all of the in-game graphics and scenery. The game's title was derived from the verb \"to spelunk\", referring to the act of exploring caves. Although Spelunx contained a basic frame story (centered on the scientific endeavors of one Professor Spelunx and his willing assistant, Mr. Seudo), there was no other plot. As a game, it was intended to be explored and played with—like a toy—rather than completed or won. Although the characters Professor Spelunx and Mr. Seudo are mentioned (and even depicted in-game) the player never meets them. Spelunx was an early first-person point-and-click adventure game. It was structured as a collection of rooms connected by a series of underground tunnels (accessed via elevator). Each room contained interactive mini-games and experiments, most of which were designed to introduce the player to a specific field of knowledge. A hidden control panel within the game allowed for the rearrangement of the caves and other locations, and even allowed for the expansion of the caves with the addition of newer rooms. Although it was the intention of Cyan to continue releasing new rooms over time for players to explore, this never occurred. In 1993, following the release of Myst, Cyan produced a colorized version of Spelunx. Although the original monochrome version contained small amounts of color at specific locations or during specific events (utilizing MacroMind Player, a predecessor of Adobe Flash), this new version (colorized by artist Josh Staub) contained full-color scenery and animation (as well as a small easter egg: an image of Myst Island hidden within one of the original rooms). More recently, the color version has been ported to Windows and released on the Steam digital distribution service as part of the Cyan Complete Pack, alongside other early Cyan titles (including Myst). | Software |
SK Petrochema (Lithuanian: Sporto Klubas Petrochema; English: Sports Club Petrochema), also known as Petrochema-Dextera for sponsorship reasons, is a basketball club based in Jonava, Lithuania. The club was officially founded in 1999, and has been playing in the second–tier Lithuanian basketball league NKL (formerly known as LKAL) since its inception. | Sports Team |
Buzz Airways is a virtual passenger airline that commenced operations on June 12, 2014 out of Branson Airport In Branson, Missouri. Flights are operated as public charters operated by Corporate Flight Management utilizing Jetstream 41 aircraft. Corporate Flight Management previously operated service to Branson under the Branson Air Express banner. Buzz Airways service resumed on May 8, 2015 to Austin and Chicago from Branson. Buzz Airways' 2016 slate of service from Branson will be to Austin and New Orleans and begin May 27, 2016. | Company |
Jean Schneider is a Pulitzer Prize for History winner. She was the research associate of Leonard D. White. She was a graduate (Class of 1921) of Vassar College. | Writer |
Pamela Ann Buchanan (née Slocombe; 6 February 1937 – 31 March 1992) was an Australian politician who was a member of the Legislative Assembly of Western Australia between 1983 and 1992. She represented the Labor Party for the majority of her time in parliament, and was a minister in the Lawrence government, but resigned to sit as an independent in 1991. Buchanan was born in Perth to Doris May (née Brittain) and Walter Scott Slocombe. She attended Perth Girls' High School, and later went on to Perth Technical College. From 1967 to 1976, she was a preschool administrator in Roebourne, in the state's north-west, where she also ran an adult education centre for Aboriginals. A member of the Labor Party from 1976, from 1980 to 1982 Buchanan was an assistant in the Karratha office of Peter Dowding, a member of the Legislative Council for North Province and also a future premier. Later president of the party's Wickham branch, she ran for the seat of Pilbara at the 1983 state election, winning with 58.77% of the vote. She replaced the retiring Liberal member, Brian Sodeman, who had held the seat since 1974. Buchanan increased her majority to 64.67% at the 1986 election, after which she was made a government whip. At the 1989 election, Buchanan successfully transferred to the newly recreated seat of Ashburton, with her replacement in Pilbara, Larry Graham, retaining that seat for Labor. The re-elected Dowding government persisted only until February 1990, when it was replaced by the Lawrence government following Dowding's forced resignation. New premier Carmen Lawrence elevated Buchanan to the ministry as Minister for Works and Services and Minister for Regional Development. She was also made assistant minister to Lawrence in her capacity as Minister for Aboriginal Affairs. However, the regional development portfolio was abolished in December 1990, and Buchanan lost her remaining portfolios in February 1991, as part of a ministerial reshuffle prompted by an internal spill motion. Jeff Carr and Gavan Troy were also removed as ministers, with Carr consequently resigning from parliament. Buchanan herself resigned to sit as an independent on 1 February 1991, before the new ministry was sworn in four days later. She consequently became the first woman in the Parliament of Western Australia to sit as an independent. Buchanan resigned due to ill health just over a year later, in March 1992, and died at the end of that month, aged 55. She had married George Maitland Buchanan in April 1957, with whom she had two daughters. Her resignation prompted a by-election in Ashburton, which was won by the Labor candidate Fred Riebeling. | Politician |
In Greek and Roman mythology, the Astomi are an ancient legendary race of people who had no need to eat or drink anything at all. They survived by smelling apples and flowers. Megasthenes and Pliny the Elder (quoting Megasthenes) mentioned these people in his Indica. Megasthenes located them at the mouth of the river Ganges. In his description, they had rough and hairy bodies and no mouths. When traveling, they would carry roots, flowers and apples to smell. They could die by smelling a strong, unpleasant smell. | Fictional Character |
Gastromyzon fasciatus is a species of ray-finned fish in the genus Gastromyzon. | Animal |
William Malcolm Mott (18 December 1894 – 26 November 1961) was a Liberal party member of the Canadian House of Commons. He was born in Dartmouth, Nova Scotia and became an electrician by career and president of Mott Electric Company. He was first elected to Parliament at the New Westminster riding in a by-election on 24 October 1949, after incumbent Thomas Reid was appointed to the Senate. Mott was defeated in the 1953 election by George Hahn of the Social Credit party. Mott was also mayor of New Westminster, British Columbia from 1942 to 1948, after serving as alderman there between 1936 and 1940. In 1947 and 1948, he was president of the Union of British Columbia Municipalities. Mott Crescent in the municipality's Victory Heights sector was named in his honour. | Politician |
Ceglusa is a spider genus of the Salticidae family (jumping spiders). Its single species, C. polita, is endemic to Burma. The species was described in 1895 from a single female, which is five millimeters long. No drawings exist, and no studies were published on it since. | Animal |
Cryptococcus adeliensis is a species of Cryptococcus that when plated on agar produces colonies that are cream colored, with a smooth, glossy appearance. The colonies frequently appear to have a soft texture. The optimal growth range for this species is at 25 degrees Celsius. Cryptococcus adeliensis is incapable of fermentation, as is typical of the Cryptococcus species. This species is able to use sucrose, maltose, cellbiose, trehalose, raffinose, citrate, inositol ethanol, soluble starch, melezitose, xylitol, saccharate, salicin as well as many other compounds as sole carbon sources. Cryptococcus adeliensis is able to use nitrate, nitrite and cadaverine, a protein created when animals decay which produces the putrid smell associated with said decay, as sources of Nitrogen. This species forms starch as it grows. Cryptococcus adeliensis also grows on 0.01% cycloheximide. | Eukaryote |
Eiko Masuyama (増山 江威子 Masuyama Eiko, born Tomoko Masada (政田 知子 Masada Tomoko), April 22, 1936 in Tokyo) is a Japanese voice actress who works for Aoni Production. She is most known for the roles of Fujiko Mine (Lupin III), Honey Kisaragi (Cutey Honey), and Bakabon's Mama (Tensai Bakabon). | Actor |
John Robson (14 March 1824 – 29 June 1892) was a Canadian journalist and politician, who served as the ninth Premier of the Province of British Columbia. | Politician |
\"N'avoue jamais\" (\"Never admit\") was the French entry in the Eurovision Song Contest 1965, performed in French by Guy Mardel. Mardel also wrote the lyric and the melody was composed by Françoise Dorin. The song was performed eleventh on the night under the baton of Franck Pourcel. The performance followed Sweden's Ingvar Wixell with \"Absent Friend\" and preceded Portugal's Simone de Oliveira with \"Sol de inverno\". At the close of voting, it had received 22 points, placing 3rd in a field of 18. The song is sung as words of advice to young women, with Mardel counselling them never to admit their feelings to their lovers. He contends that \"you have to sow doubt to reap love\" - in other words, the woman will receive favours in order to earn her love if she does not give it openly. Mardel also recorded the song in Spanish and Italian, as \"Jamás, jamás\" and \"Non dire mai\" respectively. It was succeeded as French representative at the 1966 Contest by Dominique Walter with \"Chez nous\". | Song |
The Meitetsu Tokoname Line (名鉄常滑線 Meitetsu Tokoname-sen) is a railway line in Aichi Prefecture, Japan, operated by the private railway operator Nagoya Railroad (Meitetsu), connecting Jingū-mae Station in Nagoya and Tokoname Station in Tokoname. | Route Of Transportation |
78816 Caripito, provisional designation 2003 PZ9, is an asteroid from the outer region of the asteroid belt, roughly 5 kilometers in diameter. It was discovered on 4 August 2003, by American amateur astronomer and professor of geophysics, Joseph Dellinger, at the U.S. Needville Observatory, Texas. The asteroid orbits the Sun at a distance of 2.4–3.8 AU once every 5 years and 7 months (2,032 days). Its orbit has an eccentricity of 0.23 and an inclination of 6° with respect to the ecliptic. The first precovery was taken at Palomar's Digitized Sky Survey in 1953, extending the asteroid's observation arc by 50 years prior to its discovery. As of 2016, the asteroid's effective size, its composition and albedo, as well as its rotation period and shape remain unknown. Based on an absolute magnitude of 15.4, the asteroid is calculated to measure between 2 and 5 kilometers in diameter, assuming an albedo in the range of 0.05 to 0.25. Since asteroids in the outer main-belt are mostly of a carbonaceous rather than of a silicaceous composition, with low albedos, typically around 0.06, the asteroid's diameter might be on the upper end of NASA's published conversion table, as the lower the body's reflectivity (albedo), the larger its diameter, for a given absolute magnitude (brightness). This minor planet is named for the Venezuelan town of Caripito in the northeastern Monagas State. It was the place where the parents of the discoverer, Thomas Baynes Dellinger (b. 1926) and María de la Garza Cantú (b. 1928), met in 1949. At the time, the town was a base camp for the country's rich Quiriquire oil field. Naming citation was published on 18 September 2005 (M.P.C. 54829). | Celestial Body |
Dominion 6.16 was a professional wrestling pay-per-view (PPV) promoted by New Japan Pro Wrestling (NJPW). The event took place on June 16, 2012, in Osaka, Osaka, at the newly renamed Bodymaker Colosseum. The event featured ten matches, four of which were contested for championships. It was the fourth event under the Dominion name. | Sports Event |
Leonardo Dalla is a Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu black belt competitor and instructor. He was medalist in several major Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu competitions, such as the World Championship, Pan American Championship gi and no-gi, and Brazilian National Championship. Leo Dalla was born in 1974, growing up in Rio de Janeiro – Brazil. Dalla started training in 1987 at age of 13, in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil becoming the very first student to receive a Black Belt under Master Jorge Pereira in June 1993. | Athlete |