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Frank Horace Hahn FBA (26 April 1925 – 29 January 2013) was a British economist whose work focused on general equilibrium theory, monetary theory, Keynesian economics and monetarism. A famous problem of economic theory, the conditions under which money (which is intrinsically worthless) can have a positive value in a general equilibrium, is called \"Hahn's problem\" after him. | Person |
George Evans (January 12, 1797 – April 6, 1867) was an American politician from the state of Maine. He was a member of the United States Whig Party. | Politician |
The Sungod Recreation Centre is a recreation centre located in Delta, British Columbia. The facility contains 4 pools, a swirl pool, a sauna, a steam room, a weight room, an aerobic studio, and an ice rink. The North Delta Devils play their games here. | Sport Facility |
Sputnik 3 (Russian: Спутник-3, Satellite 3) was a Soviet satellite launched on May 15, 1958 from Baikonur Cosmodrome by a modified R-7/SS-6 ICBM. It was a research satellite to explore the upper atmosphere and the near space and carried a large array of instruments for geophysical research. Sputnik 3 was the only Soviet satellite launched in 1958. Like its American counterpart, Vanguard 1, Sputnik 3 had succeeded in making it into orbit during the IGY. | Satellite |
Constantin Brâncoveanu (Romanian pronunciation: [konstanˈtin brɨŋkoˈve̯anu] ; 1654 – August 15, 1714) was Prince of Wallachia between 1688 and 1714. | Person |
Byron Vreeland (1844-1889) was an American architect practicing in Bozeman and Miles City, Montana, where he pioneered the profession. | Person |
The 2010 Damghan earthquake (also known as the Kuh-Zar earthquake) occurred in northern Iran at 11:53:49 local time on August 27 with a moment magnitude of 5.8 and a maximum Mercalli intensity of VII (Very strong). This strike-slip event damaged and destroyed a number of small villages in a sparsely populated region near the Alborz mountain range. It left four people dead, forty injured, and about 800 people without homes. The deaths and injuries in this moderate event were attributed to the low quality construction styles that are typical of the area. The Iranian Strong Motion Network provided data by which seismologists determined the type and extent of the slip as well as the peak ground acceleration. Other large and destructive earthquakes have affected the Semnan Province, including several destructive events in 856 AD and 1953. | Natural Event |
Paul Frantz (4 July 1915 – 12 November 1995) was a Luxembourgian cyclist. He competed in the individual and team road race events at the 1936 Summer Olympics. | Athlete |
Gérard Balanche (born 18 January 1968) is a Swiss ski jumper who competed from 1985 to 1989. He finished eighth in the team large hill event at the 1988 Winter Olympics in Calgary. Balanche finished 34th in the individual normal hill event at the 1989 FIS Nordic World Ski Championships in Lahti. His best World Cup career finish was third in a large hill event in Norway in 1985. | Winter Sport Player |
Karl-Heinz Prudöhl (born December 3, 1944) is a German rower who competed for East Germany in the 1976 Summer Olympics. He was born in Eberhardsdorf. In 1976 he was a crew member of the East German boat which won the gold medal in the eights event. | Athlete |
St Anne's Church is in Church Road, Singleton, Lancashire, England. It is an active Anglican parish church in the deanery of Poulton, the archdeaconry of Lancaster, and the Diocese of Blackburn. Its benefice is united with those of St Chad, Poulton, and St Hilda, Carleton. It is recorded in the National Heritage List for England as a designated Grade II listed building. | Building |
The Roman Catholic Diocese of Bongaigaon (Latin: Bongaigaonen(sis)) is a diocese located in the city of Bongaigaon in the Ecclesiastical province of Guwahati in India. | Clerical Administrative Region |
John Patrick Thomson (born Patrick Francis McAleer on 2 April 1969) is an English comedian and actor, best known for his roles in The Fast Show and Cold Feet. | Artist |
HM Prison Cardiff is a Category B men's prison, located in the Adamsdown area of Cardiff, Wales. The prison is operated by Her Majesty's Prison Service. | Building |
Matt Alan Veach (born May 31, 1981) is an American mixed martial arts fighter. He is known for his 3 fight stint in the UFC, including his \"Fight of the Night\" performance against former UFC Lightweight Champion Frankie Edgar. | Athlete |
Dendropsophus bogerti is a species of frog in the Hylidae family.It is endemic to Colombia.Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist montane forests, freshwater marshes, intermittent freshwater marshes, arable land, pastureland, plantations, rural gardens, urban areas, heavily degraded former forest, ponds, and irrigated land. | Animal |
Farol da Ponta Preta (the Ponta Preta Lighthouse, Portuguese: literally Black Point Lighthouse), also as farol do Tarrafal is a lighthouse in the northwesternmost point of the island of Santiago in southcentral Cape Verde, it is located near the area of Ponta Preta and are linked with only dirt roads, it is located in the northeast part of Baía do Tarrafal and around 3 km northwest of the town, through roads, it is about 6 km from Tarrafal, the northern part is a dirt road. The lighthouse was constructed in 1889. Before the 1980s, its geography around the point was predominantly rocky and rarely had any trees, now much of the area are wooded and features mainly groves. Its lantern features a white column with a pyramidal form, the front features a small ground floor building colored white used to house a lighthouse keeper. The lighthouse was featured on a Cape Verdean stamp in 2004. | Tower |
Aisha Gerber (born June 21, 1990) is a world-class Canadian artistic gymnast. Starting as a member of the Cambridge Kips gymnastics club at the age of three, Gerber was coached by former Soviet Olympic champion Elvira Saadi and Vladimir Kondratenko. Now a member of the Oakville Gymnastics Club she is currently coached by Kelly and Sue Manjak (Kelly Manjak coached Kyle Shewfelt to his gold medal on floor at the 2004 Olympics). Gerber began competing at the national level in 2000, placing second in the novice division at the Canada Elite meet. In 2001 she won the novice division; in 2002 she became the Canadian junior national champion. In 2003, at the age of thirteen, Gerber began competing internationally for Canada, placing 22nd at the Massila Cup. Over the next three years, Gerber represented Canada at various meets at home and abroad, including the 2005 Pan Am Championships where she was a member of the bronze medal winning junior team. Gerber made an impressive senior debut, winning a bronze medal behind Nastia Liukin and Shayla Worley at the 2006 American Cup. Beset by illness, she missed the 2006 Commonwealth Games, but returned to competition at the 2006 Pacific Alliance Championships in Hawaii in April, helping the Canadian women achieve a third-place finish in the team finals. She went on to compete at the World Cup finals in Ghent, placing fifth on the floor exercise and sixth on the balance beam.Her expressive floor exercise routine, set to music by Dire Straits, has attracted attention and praise from many commentators and members of the gymnastics community. Gerber competed in the NCAA for UCLA. Gerber is now retired from competitive gymnastics. | Athlete |
The Verige bridge (Serbian: Мост Вериге, Most Verige) is a planned bridge in Montenegro that would span the Bay of Kotor, crossing the Verige Strait at the Bay's entrance, after which it is named. It will be part of the Adriatic Highway (Jadranska Magistrala). As of 2007, the planning stage of the bridge is completed, and construction of the bridge can begin upon the providing of the financial means. The project is estimated to cost 48.5 million US dollars. Because the Kotor Bay is a UNESCO World Heritage Site, UNESCO has had some concerns regarding this project. Following a recommendation of the World Heritage Committee the Government of Montenegro is expected to consider alternative ways of crossing the bay. In particular, a tunnel passage is reported to be under consideration: In the upcoming period, the Government is expected to determine the best way of passage through the Bay of Kotor, whether with a bridge or a tunnel, taking into account the recommendations and suggestions of UNESCO Mission, the Parliament conclusion and the decision of municipalities in the Bay of Kotor. After that, the optimal passage solution will be adopted, the one which will exalt best both the development and touristic potential of the state of Montenegro and the interest of its citizens, as well as the aspects of the protection of the World Heritage area of Kotor.— Branislav Mićunović | Route Of Transportation |
Gymnopilus humicola is a species of mushroom in the Cortinariaceae family. | Eukaryote |
Tommy Ryan was an Irish sportsperson. He played hurling with his local club Thurles Sarsfields and with the Tipperary senior inter-county team in the 1940s and 1950s. He won three All Ireland Senior hurling titles with Tipperary, starting in the half forward position in the 1949 final against Laois. He was a used substitute in the 1950 final against Kilkenny, and an unused substitute in the 1951 final against Wexford. | Athlete |
Akita Prefectural Baseball Stadium is a baseball stadium in the city of Akita, Japan. The stadium was built in 2003 and has an all-seated capacity of 25,000. It has the nickname of 'Komachi Stadium'. | Sport Facility |
Hyde & Closer (Japanese: 呪法解禁!!ハイド&クローサー Hepburn: Juhou Kaikin!! Haido & Kurōsā, lit. Magic Ban Removal!! Hyde & Closer) is a Japanese shōnen manga series written and illustrated by Haro Aso. The manga is serialized in Weekly Shōnen Sunday from July 2008. The individual chapters were then collected into seven tankōbon volumes by Shogakukan. Viz Media has licensed the series for an English-language release in North America, and is currently serializing it online at ShonenSunday.com. | Comic |
2985 Shakespeare, provisional designation 1983 TV1, is a stony asteroid from the outer region of the asteroid belt, about 10 kilometers in diameter. It was discovered by American astronomer Edward Bowell at Lowell's Anderson Mesa Station in Flagstaff, Arizona, on 12 October 1983. The S-type asteroid is a member of the Koronis family, a group consisting of about 200 known bodies. It orbits the Sun at a distance of 2.7–3.0 AU once every 4 years and 10 months (1,755 days). Its orbit shows an eccentricity of 0.05 and is tilted by 3 degrees to the plane of the ecliptic. Three different photometric light-curve observations found a concurring rotation period of 6.1 hours. According to the space-based NEOWISE mission of the Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer, the body has an albedo of 0.26, while the Collaborative Asteroid Lightcurve Link assumes a slightly lower value of 0.24. The minor planet was named after William Shakespeare (1564–1616), the English renaissance dramatist and poet. | Celestial Body |
Easy Come, Easy Go is a studio album of cover versions by English singer-songwriter Marianne Faithfull, which was released in the EU on 10 November 2008. The album is produced by Hal Willner and features guest appearances from a variety of musicians. It was released as both a standard 10-track CD and a special 18-track edition with a DVD documentary by Anne Rohart under Jean-Baptiste Mondino's artistic direction, with both Faithfull and Wilner commenting on the song selection. A collectible 2-disc vinyl pressing is also available. The album was recorded with Pro Tools in NYC at the Sear Sound Studio. | Musical Work |
Chuck BB (born 1981 in California) is an Eisner Award winning American comic book creator, best known for his work on Spider-Man, Fear Agent, and Oni's Black Metal. | Artist |
Balmorhea (pronounced bal-mə-ray) is a six-piece minimalist instrumental ensemble from Austin, Texas, that was formed in 2006 by Rob Lowe and Michael Muller. Balmorhea were influenced by William Ackerman, The Six Parts Seven, Tortoise, Rachel's, Gillian Welch, Max Richter, Arvo Pärt and John Cage. The band self-released their first album, self-titled Balmorhea, in April 2007, and their second album Rivers Arms in February 2008, and released a limited EP in the fall of 2008. The group released their third full-length album, All is Wild, All is Silent on Western Vinyl Records. Their fourth full-length album, Constellations, was released in February 2010 on Western Vinyl, and their fifth, Stranger, was released late October 2012. The band released the Heir 7\" in 2014 as a companion to the re-release of their 2007 eponymous debut. Balmorhea, called “an exemplary experiment in restraint” by The New Yorker, has toured the US and Europe eight times each, including shows with Tortoise, Thurston Moore, Fleet Foxes, Mono, CocoRosie, Sharon Van Etten, Damien Jurado, Efterklang, and others. Additionally the band has performed at Austin City Limits Music Festival, SXSW, Fun Fun Fun Fest, and the Hopscotch Festival among others. Their music has been featured and reviewed by Pitchfork, BBC, Paste, Interview Magazine, NME, The Wall Street Journal, NPR, The Atlantic, and many more. | Group |
Shōjo Comic (少女コミック, commonly abbreviated to 少コミ Shōkomi, Sho-Comi or Shōcomi) is a shōjo manga magazine published twice monthly in Japan by Shogakukan since 1968. It was originally published weekly and it continued to be published weekly until the 1980s. Many influential shōjo manga ran in Shōjo Comic during the 1970s. Moto Hagio's works and Keiko Takemiya's works in particular were very groundbreaking. The manga it features is marketed to appeal to girls from late middle school through high school. Originally the manga in Shōjo Comic were very tame, and rarely featured anything that could be considered sexual in content, not even kissing scenes. Over time, with successful stories such as Mayu Shinjo's series Kaikan Phrase (Sensual Phrase), which was heavy in sexual content, Shōjo Comic is now seen as having more sexual content than its competitors Margaret and Hana to Yume. The manga series from this magazine are later compiled and published in book form (tankōbon) under the Flower Comics imprint. | Periodical Literature |
Lindell Lee Houston (January 11, 1921 – September 9, 1995) was an American football guard who played eight seasons in the All-America Football Conference (AAFC) and in the National Football League (NFL) with the Cleveland Browns. He was the older brother of Jim Houston. Houston played with the Browns from their inception in 1946 through the 1953 season. Cleveland reached the league championship game in each of Houston eight seasons with the club, winning four times between 1946 and 1949 in the AAFC and once in the NFL in 1950. Houston played for coach Paul Brown during every phase of his football career: at Massillon (Ohio) High School, Ohio State and the Browns. He retired from football after the 1953 season and worked as an executive in the steel industry. He died in 1995. | Gridiron Football Player |
Great Mills High School is a comprehensive public high school of 1600+ students in grades 9-12. It serves students at the confluence of the Potomac River, Patuxent River, and Chesapeake Bay. The area is a mixture of rural and suburban communities. Many of the families are employed by NAS Patuxent River, government contractors, St. Mary's College of Maryland, and others involved in the traditional agriculture and water related businesses. The ethnic population of the school reflects the community: 51% Caucasian, 40% African American, 5% Asian, 4% Hispanic, 1% other. Great Mills High School is accredited all Middle States Colleges and Secondary Schools and the Maryland State Department of Education. Great Mills High School belongs to the St. Mary's County Public Schools system, and is associated with two other county high schools: Leonardtown High School and Chopticon High School. Great Mills High School was founded in 1929, as one of the original high schools in St. Mary's County, Maryland. It has since expanded from a school house to a school building rolling on several acres, with a football, soccer, and field hockey field, and tied to a county pool next door. Great Mills High School is among the oldest continually operating school in St. Mary's County and the State of Maryland. The current principal of Great Mills is Jake Heibel. Great Mills High School Athletics belong to the Southern Maryland Athletic Conference and competes in Division 3A in the state competitions. At Great Mills High School, student athletes are known as the Hornets. Great Mills High School also houses a STEM program. | Educational Institution |
Joshua Lee Stamer (born October 11, 1977) the son of Mary Nilles McClaren and Terry Stamer, is a former American football linebacker. He was signed by the New York Giants as an undrafted free agent in 2001. He played college football and college basketball at the University of South Dakota. Stamer was also a member of the Amsterdam Admirals of NFL Europe, Seattle Seahawks, Buffalo Bills, Tennessee Titans and Cleveland Browns. | Gridiron Football Player |
The 1948 Detroit Lions season was their 19th in the league. The team failed to improve on their previous season's output of 3–9, winning only two games. They failed to qualify for the playoffs for the 13th consecutive season. One notable aspect of this season was their use of maroon and black uniforms instead of the traditional honolulu blue and silver, due to head coach Bo McMillin, obviously influenced by his years as coach at Indiana. They would return to honolulu blue and silver the following season. | Football League Season |
Greenville is a town in Piscataquis County, Maine, United States. The population was 1,646 at the 2010 census. The town is centered on the lower end of Moosehead Lake, the largest body of fresh water in the state. Greenville is the historic gateway to the north country and a center for outdoor recreation in the area. Greenville High School, with 89 students, was ranked as the third best high school in Maine and one of the top 1,000 in the US in 2010. | Settlement |
The Ulsterman was a short lived tri-weekly nationalist four page newspaper based in Belfast in Ireland. First published on 17 November 1852 with Denis Holland, former editor of The Northern Whig as proprietor and editor. The paper closed in 1859 a year after Holland started concentrating on the weekly Irishman. | Periodical Literature |
Sternarchella schotti is a species of weakly electric knifefish in the family Apteronotidae. This species is endemic to Brazil where it is found in the Amazon River basin, and is sometimes kept in aquaria. The species grows to approximately 20 cm in length, and has a pale pink color in life with brown speckling along the dorsal surface of the head and body. As with many other ghost knifefishes (Apteronotidae) this species is aggressive with other electric fish species (Gymnotiformes), but is often compatible species in other orders, such as catfish and angelfish. A recommended diet for S. schotti is frozen or live blood worms and insect larva, and diced meat. | Animal |
The Anoka-Champlin Mississippi River Bridge, also known as the Ferry Street Bridge, is a 10-span open spandrel concrete deck arch bridge that spans the Mississippi River between Champlin and Anoka, Minnesota, United States. The bridge was built in 1929 by the Minneapolis Bridge Company. In 1979 it was listed on the National Register of Historic Places. By 1991 the bridge had deteriorated to the point where it needed to be renovated. A temporary bridge was built alongside the current bridge, and the Anoka-Champlin bridge was torn down to the piers and arches. A new, wider deck and support system was built. In order to keep its historic status, the ornamental concrete railing and other parts were duplicated from the old form. The bridge was reopened in 1998, and the temporary bridge was removed. It was listed on the National Register for state-level significance in engineering and transportation as a representative of the open-spandrel concrete arch bridges developed in the Twin Cities area in the late 1920s, and for providing a key connection between two river communities. | Route Of Transportation |
Miss Andretti was the 2007 Australian Champion Racehorse of the Year and is the only Thoroughbred in racing history to simultaneously hold a total of five track records in Australia and England. | Horse |
The 1904 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship Final was the seventh All-Ireland Final and the culmination of the 1904 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship, an inter-county hurling tournament for the top teams in Ireland. The match was held on Maurice Davin's land in Carrick-on-Suir on 24 June 1906 between Cork and Kilkenny. Kilkenny won by a single point. | Sports Event |
Jack Price Hallett (born November 13, 1914 in Toledo, Ohio, died: June 11, 1982 in Toledo, Ohio) is a former Major League Baseball pitcher who played for the Chicago White Sox, Pittsburgh Pirates and New York Giants between 1940 and 1948. He was a 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m), 215 pound right-hander. He made his big-league debut on September 13, 1940 at the age of 25 for the White Sox, wearing #28. In two games that year, he went 1 and 1 with a 6.43 ERA in 14 innings of work. In 1941, he spent time as both a starter and reliever. He posted a 5 and 5 record and a 6.03 ERA. On December 9, 1941, Hallett was traded from the White Sox with Mike Kreevich to the Philadelphia Athletics for Wally Moses. Obviously, he never played with the A's. He appeared in only 3 games in 1942, starting all of them. He had an 0 and 1 record, but he completed two of the games he appeared in. In 1943, with his number changed to 40, he posted a tiny 1.70 ERA in 47 innings of work, but still had a losing record of 1 and 2. He missed 1944 and 1945 because he was serving overseas during World War II. He came back after his time in the military and posted a solid 3.29 ERA in 115 innings of work for the Pirates in 1946. Still, his record was only 5 and 7. His number was 39. After playing for the minor league Indianapolis Indians in 1947, he came back in 1948 and finished his big league career with the Giants at the age of 33. In four innings of work in 1948 and wearing number 40, he posted a 4.50 ERA. His final game was on April 29. Overall, he went 12 and 16 in 277 innings of work over a span of six seasons. He appeared in a total of 73 games, starting 24 of them and completing 11 of his starts (2 of his complete games were shutouts). His career ERA was 4.05. He was a fairly solid batter, hitting .238 with one home run in 80 career at-bats. He was a perfect fielder, committing zero errors. His career pitching statistics are most similar to those of Jim Britton. He died in 1982 at the age of 67 in Toledo, Ohio. He was buried at the United Church of Christ Cemetery in Holgate, Ohio. | Athlete |
Diego Rodríguez Porcelos (governed 873 – c. 885), was the second Count of Castile, succeeding his father Rodrigo. He did not govern Álava, however, as his father had done, since this responsibility fell on Count Vela Jiménez. Between 882 and 884 and under the mandate of King Alfonso III of Asturias, he was in charge of the repoblación of Burgos and Ubierna. Shortly before 882, he built a castle in Pancorbo from where he confronted a large Arab army trying to annex the valley of the Ebro in two different military campaigns in 882 and 883. He also created a defensive line along the river Arlanzón. It also appears he restored the episcopal see of Oca (ancient Auca). His date and place of death are not agreed upon by the chronicles, though 885 is most probable as recorded in the Chronica Naierensis which states that Didacus comes...et interfectus est in Cornuta era DCCCCXXIII, secundo kalendas febroarii, that is, that he was killed in Cornudilla on 31 January, and most likely, in a battle against the Muslim troops faithful to the Banu Qasi. Nevertheless, other historians, such as Justo Pérez de Urbel give 890 as his decease date. His body, however, was supposedly buried in the hermitage of San Felices de Oca (nowadays Villafranca Montes de Oca). After his death, Castile was divided by his successors into many counties until 932. | Person |
The Federal Correctional Institution, Milan (FCI Milan) is a U.S. federal prison in York Charter Township, Michigan, near Milan. It is operated by the Federal Bureau of Prisons. This prison is a low-security facility for male inmates. Its adjacent Federal Detention Center houses pretrial and holdover inmates. The institution sits on approximately 332 acres (1.34 km2) and consists of 59 buildings with a total gross floor area of 504,200 square feet (46,840 m2). The facility is 45 miles (72 km) southwest of Downtown Detroit, Michigan, 15 miles (24 km) south of Ann Arbor, Michigan, and 30 miles (48 km) north of Toledo, Ohio. | Building |
Hungary v El Salvador was the second game to be played in Group 3 of the first group stage at the 1982 FIFA World Cup. The game was played at Nuevo Estadio in Elche, Spain, on 15 June. Hungary won the match 10–1, recording the biggest scoreline in FIFA World Cup finals history. Hungarian substitute László Kiss scored a hat-trick, the only World Cup hat-trick by a substitute, and the fastest ever in a World Cup, in the space of seven minutes. | Sports Event |
Noel Lane (born 11 December 11, 1954) is an Irish retired hurler who played as a full-forward for the Galway senior team. Born in Ballyglass, County Galway, Lane first excelled at hurling whilst at school in Our Lady's College, Gort. He arrived on the inter-county scene at the age of twenty-two when he made his senior debut with Galway in the 1977–78 National Hurling League. Lane went on to play a key role for Galway for more than a decade, and won three All-Ireland medals and two National Hurling League medals. He was an All-Ireland runner-up on five occasions. As a member of the Connacht inter-provincial team at various times, Lane won five Railway Cup medals. At club level he played with Ballinderreen. Throughout his career Lane made 22 championship appearances for Galway. His retirement came following the conclusion of the 1990 championship. Lane is widely regarded as one of Galway's greatest-ever hurlers. He has often been voted onto teams made up of the sport's greats, including at left corner-forward on the Galway Hurling Team of the Millennium. In retirement from playing, Lane became involved in team management and coaching. During a two-year term as manager of the Galway senior hurlers, he guided the team to an All-Ireland final appearance. | Athlete |
The Muskoday Bridge is a Canadian traffic bridge that spans the South Saskatchewan River dividing the Muskoday First Nation reserve; the bridge was completed on October 21, 1970. The bridge carries Saskatchewan Highway 3 linking Prince Albert, Saskatchewan with Birch Hills, Saskatchewan. | Route Of Transportation |
Maxime Teixeira (born 18 January 1989) is a French professional tennis player. He competes mainly on the ATP Challenger Tour and ITF Futures circuit, both in singles and doubles. He reached his highest ATP singles ranking of World No. 154 in March 2012, and his highest ATP doubles ranking of World No. 256 in July 2015. He claimed his first Challenger singles title by winning the 2011 Open Prévadiès Saint–Brieuc in Saint-Brieuc, France. He won against Benoît Paire 6–3, 6–0. He qualified for his first Grand Slam tournament at the 2011 French Open, where he reached the second round before being defeated by third seed Roger Federer. | Athlete |
'Birgit Bonnier' is a modern cultivar of domesticated apple which have some resistance to apple scab and mildew. 'Birgit Bonnier' was developed in Sweden through a cross between the popular 'Cortland' and the 'Lord Lambourne'. The result is an apple of a pleasant flavor. Shape is flat. Background color is whitish green and flushed or with striped with orange red. Fruit is low in juiciness making it more recommended for a dessert apple. This cultivar was named by the Swedish publisher Albert Bonnier, who named it after his wife Birgit. | Plant |
Barberton Commando was a light infantry regiment of the South African Army. It formed part of the South African Army Infantry Formation as well as the South African Territorial Reserve. | Organisation |
The Mickey Wright Invitational was a golf tournament on the LPGA Tour from 1961 to 1969. It was played at several different courses in the San Diego, California area. Tournament host and San Diego native, Mickey Wright, won the first three editions of the event and four in all. | Tournament |
Guibert or Wibert of Ravenna (c. 1029 – 8 September 1100) was an Italian prelate, archbishop of Ravenna, who was elected pope in 1080 in opposition to Pope Gregory VII. Gregory was the leader of the movement in the church which opposed the traditional claim of European monarchs to control ecclesiastical appointments, and this was opposed by supporters of monarchical rights led by the Holy Roman Emperor. This led to the conflict known as the Investiture Controversy. Gregory was felt by many to have gone too far when he excommunicated the Holy Roman Emperor Henry IV and supported a rival claimant as emperor, and in 1080 the pro-imperial Synod of Brixen pronounced that Gregory was deposed and replaced as pope by Guibert. Consecrated as Pope Clement III in Rome in March of 1084, he commanded a significant following in Rome and elsewhere, especially during the first half of his pontificate, and reigned in opposition to four successive popes in the anti-imperial line: Gregory VII, Victor III, Urban II, and Paschal II. After his death and burial at Civita Castellana in 1100 he was celebrated locally as a miracle-working saint, but Paschal II and the anti-imperial party soon subjected him to a thorough deletio and damnatio memoriae, which included the exhuming and dumping of his remains in the Tiber. He is considered an anti-pope by the Roman Catholic Church. | Cleric |
Ludvig Harboe (16 August 1709 – 15 June 1783) was a Danish theologian and bishop. Harboe was born at Broager in Sønderborg, Denmark. He was mostly educated in Germany. He attended gymnasium in Hamburg, where he stayed for two years. Then he studied at the universities of Rostock, Wittenberg and Jena returning home to Broager during 1732. In 1738, Harboe was a priest at Garnisonskirken and in 1739 became a priest at Kastelskirken, both churches in Copenhagen. He was sent to Iceland in 1741 to inspect the state of the church there on behalf of the Church of Denmark. He initiated some reforms there and while there (in 1743) was appointed to the post of Bishop of the Diocese of Nidaros. After returning to Copenhagen in 1745, he was consecrated as Bishop and soon left for Trondheim, the seat of his new diocese. He arrived in Trondheim on 1 July 1746 and served there for two more years before leaving the post and returning to Copenhagen. After returning to Copenhagen in 1748, he married Frederikke Louise Hersleb (1720-1780), the daughter of Peder Hersleb, Bishop of the Diocese of Sjælland. He then worked with his new father-in-law in Denmark, and when Hersleb died in 1757, Harboe was appointed to replace him. He served there until his death in 1783. | Cleric |
Thoracica is a superorder of crustaceans which contains the most familiar species of barnacles found on rocky coasts, such as Semibalanus balanoides and Chthamalus stellatus. They have six well-developed limbs, and may be either stalked or sessile. The carapace is heavily calcified. The group includes free-living and commensal species. | Animal |
Louise Antony is Professor of Philosophy at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst. Before joining the faculty at UMass Amherst in 2006, she taught at several other colleges and universities. She specializes in philosophy of mind, epistemology, feminist theory, and philosophy of language. Besides for her academic work, she has also spoken out about the oppressive climate for women in philosophy; she wrote one of a series of articles in the New York Times' Opinionator column in the fall of 2013, and she founded with Ann Cudd the Mentoring Project for Junior Women in Philosophy in 2011. | Person |
Mahatha is a genus of freshwater crabs endemic to Sri Lanka. Four of the six species are critically endangered due to habitat loss, and two are listed as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List. | Animal |
The 2014–15 season was Morecambe's eighth consecutive season in League Two, the fourth tier of English football. They began the season on 9 August 2014, with the opening match of their League Two campaign. They also competed in three cup competitions, the FA Cup, the League Cup and the League Trophy. However, they only made it past the First Round in the League Trophy, losing 3–1 away to fellow League Two side Bury in the Second Round on 7 October 2014. The season ended with a 3–1 home win over Southend United on 2 May 2015, securing an 11th-place finish in the league, the club's highest under Jim Bentley's management. | Sports Team Season |
(This is a Chinese name; the family name is Tchen (陳).)(This article uses Western name order when mentioning individuals.)\nTsebin Tchen (Chinese: 陈之彬; pinyin: Chén Zhībīn) (born 10 March 1940) is a former Liberal member of the Australian Senate from 1999 to 2005, representing the state of Victoria. Tchen was born in Chungking, wartime capital of China during the Second Sino-Japanese War (more commonly known amongst Chinese as the War of Resistance). His father was then a junior diplomat with the Chinese Government and was posted overseas when Tchen was two years old. Tchen followed his father to various postings and never returned to China to live, except for two years (1954–56) in Taiwan, where the Nationalist government under Chiang Kai-Shek had fled after losing the mainland in the Chinese Civil War. His father continued to represent the Republic of China government until 1975 when he retired to live with Tchen in Australia. In 1958, Tchen gained a student visa to Australia to study—at that time, the only way for Asians to enter Australia due to the White Australia Policy. Eventually, he obtained a master's degree in town planning at Sydney University. From 1966, Tchen worked as a New South Wales government town planner in Sydney. Harold Holt succeeded Robert Menzies as Prime Minister in 1965 and effectively ended the White Australia Policy by altering the immigration law to allow Asian migration. After weighing up his choices, Tchen decided to remain in Australia, and gained citizenship in 1971. Tchen was interested in Australia history and had come to the view that one of the factors that brought about the anti-Chinese attitude in Australia that culminated in the White Australia Policy, was the often self-imposed isolation of the earlier Chinese community. | Politician |
Jean Monnet University (Université Jean Monnet, or Université de Saint-Etienne) is a French public university, based in Saint-Étienne. It is under the Academy of Lyon and belongs to the recent administrative entity denominated University of Lyon, which gathers different schools in Lyon and Saint-Étienne. The main campus is located in Tréfilerie, in the city of Saint-Étienne. It houses arts, languages and letters courses, with law, economics and management, human sciences and the Maison de l'Université (administrative building). Sciences and sports are studied in Metare campus, which is located in a less urbanized place in the city. A University Institute of Technology (IUT) is located in Metare too, providing some short courses over two or three years. Optic and vision and the engineering school Telecom Saint-Etienne are located in the Carnot Campus in the north of the city. The Laboratoire Hubert Curien, devoted to optic, image and computer science, is located there too. Bellevue Campus houses the medicine faculty. Another campus is located in the city of Roanne, with a second University Institute of Technology. | Educational Institution |
The crescent-faced antpitta (Grallaricula lineifrons) is a species of bird in the Grallariidae family. It is found in Colombia and Ecuador. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist montane forests. It is becoming rare due to habitat loss. | Animal |
Ana Jelušić Black (born 28 December 1986) is a former World Cup alpine ski racer from Croatia. Born in Rijeka, at the time SR Croatia, SFR Yugoslavia, Jelušić specialized in slalom and competed in the 2002 Winter Olympics at age 15, the youngest competitor at those games. On 4 January 2007, she was the runner-up in the World Cup slalom race (Snow Queen Trophy) at Sljeme mountain in Croatia, won by Marlies Schild of Austria. A month later at the 2007 World Championships in Sweden, Jelušić finished fourth in the women's slalom. She has stated that she admires and looks up to fellow countrywoman Janica Kostelić for inspiration, and hopes to follow in her footsteps. Jelušić sat out the entire 2012 season due to ongoing problems with asthma during the 2011 season. She announced her retirement from competition in April 2012 and became a media coordinator for FIS, focusing on men's alpine skiing. During her World Cup career, she attained two podiums and 17 top ten finishes, all in slalom. | Winter Sport Player |
The Lieutenant of Inishmore is a black comedy by playwright Martin McDonagh, first produced by the Royal Shakespeare Company in London in 2001. | Written Work |
Gregorios Kamonas (fl. c. 1215) was a Greek Lord or Prince (archon) of Krujë (Arbanon) in ca. 1215. Demetrios Chomatenos (1216–1236) mentioned him as having the title of sebastos. He first married the daughter of Gjin Progoni, then married Serbian princess Komnena Nemanjić, the daughter of King Stefan Nemanjić and widow of Dimitri Progoni, thus inheriting the rule of Arbanon. He strengthened ties with Serbia and secured Arbanon through an Orthodox alliance. He had a daughter together with Komnena, who married Golem of Kruja the later lord of Kruje. | Person |
The Folio Society is a privately owned London-based publisher, founded by Charles Ede in 1947 and incorporated in 1971. It produces illustrated hardback editions of classic fiction and non-fiction books, poetry and children's titles. Folio editions feature specially designed bindings and include artist-commissioned illustrations (most often in fiction titles) or researched artworks and photographs (in non-fiction titles). Many editions come with their own slipcase. | Company |
The Phyllobatheliaceae are a family of fungi in the Ascomycota phylum. This family can not yet be taxonomically classified in any of the ascomycetous classes and orders with any degree of certainty (incertae sedis). | Eukaryote |
Edward Paul \"Ed\" Hernández (born October 17, 1957) is an American optometrist and California State Senator who has represented the 22nd Senate district since 2010. A member of the Democratic Party, he serves as the Chair of the Senate Committee on Health for the California State Senate. Previously, he served in the California Assembly, representing the 57th Assembly District from 2006 until 2010, when he ran for an open Senate seat. The district includes the cities of Alhambra, Azusa, Baldwin Park, Covina, La Puente, San Gabriel, and West Covina. | Person |
The discography of Jamelia, a British R&B singer, consists of three studio albums, one greatest hits album, and fourteen singles, fifteen music videos, and one live DVD of a concert performance. She has contributed to the albums of two other artists, and appeared on two soundtrack albums. Jamelia signed with Capitol Records in 1996, and her debut single, \"So High\", was released on 3 May 1999. It failed to chart and she left the record company before an album was released. Later that year, Jamelia released \"I Do\" with Parlophone, which was followed up in 2000 with her first top five single, titled \"Money\", and her debut album Drama. Jamelia's second album, Thank You, released in 2003, is her most successful to date, peaking at number 4 on the United Kingdom Albums Chart, at number 16 in New Zealand, and at number 21 in Ireland. It also charted in Australia and mainland Europe, but in much lower positions. The album's lead singles were \"Bout\", a reggae-style song that features a rap from Rah Digga, and pop/dance song \"Superstar\". \"Bout\" charted at 37 on the UK Singles Chart, but \"Superstar\" fared much better, entering the singles chart at number 8 and climbing to number 3, its peak position, after four weeks. It was also the 26th best selling single of 2003. The next single taken from Thank You was the title track, which peaked at number 2 in the UK. Both \"Superstar\" and \"Thank You\" are Jamelia's most successful single releases to date, appearing in many singles charts worldwide. Thank You was subsequently re-released with two new songs: \"See It in a Boy's Eyes\" and \"DJ\". In 2004, Jamelia performed \"Universal Prayer\" with Tiziano Ferro for release on his album 111 Centoundici. The song also appears on Unity, the soundtrack for the 2004 Summer Olympics. The song was released as a single in mainland Europe, and reached number 1 in Italy. Later that year, she recorded \"Stop\", a cover of the 1988 song recorded by Sam Brown. It is included on the soundtrack album to the feature film The Edge of Reason, and was released as a double A-side with \"DJ\". At the end of 2004, Jamelia recorded an updated version of the charity record \"Do They Know It's Christmas?\" as a part of Band Aid 20; it became the Christmas Number One. Jamelia's third and most recent album, Walk with Me, was released in 2006. It was not as commercially popular as Thank You, reaching number 20 on the albums chart in the UK; the three singles that were released from the album also fared worse than the singles from Thank You. \"Something About You\" and \"Beware of the Dog\" peaked just inside the top 10; \"No More\" fell short of the top 40. Despite being labelled a \"one-hit wonder\" by members of the UK music industry, Jamelia has had seven singles chart inside the UK Top 10, and only three chart outside the UK Top 40. | Musical Work |
Taylor Steele (born October 5, 1992 in Sarnia, Ontario) is a Canadian pair skater. She currently competes with Simon-Pierre Côté. She previously skated with Robert Schultz. | Winter Sport Player |
Svetlana Sergeyevna Bukareva (Russian: Светлана Сергеевна Букарёва, born 25 June 1981) is a Russian former competitive figure skater. She is the 1996 Ondrej Nepela Memorial champion and the 1999 ISU Junior Grand Prix Final bronze medalist. Bukareva formerly coached Anna Ovcharova and Kristina Zaseeva. | Winter Sport Player |
The 2020 FIFA Futsal World Cup will be the 9th edition of the FIFA Futsal World Cup, the quadrennial international futsal championship contested by the men's national teams of the member associations of FIFA. Argentina are the defending champions. | Tournament |
The Little Ormes Head Quarry tramway was a 3 ft (914 mm) narrow gauge industrial railway operating at three levels within the extensive limestone quarry on the Penrhyn Bay side of the Little Orme at Llandudno on the North Wales coast. | Organisation |
Au Coin des Bons Enfants is a restaurant located in Maastricht, Netherlands. It is a fine dining restaurant that was awarded one Michelin star in the period 1958–1970 and 2006–2012. GaultMillau awarded the restaurant 15.0 out of 20 points. The first head chef was Theo Koch. In 1995, George Taselaar took over the restaurant and became head chef. The restaurant is located in a former orphanage, originally built in 1750. | Building |
Joan Waugh is an American historian and academic, on the faculty at UCLA. She specializes in the 19th-century American history, and is an expert on the American Civil War, the aftermath and Gilded Age. | Writer |
Sinopliosaurus is a genus of pliosauroid plesiosaur, a type of short-necked marine reptile, from the Early Cretaceous of People's Republic of China. One species, \"S.\" fusuiensis, was later shown to be based on teeth from a spinosaurid theropod dinosaur. | Animal |
Dagupan Bus Co., Inc. is a provincial bus company servicing routes to province of Pangasinan. This company is a sister company of Saulog Transit Inc. The company offers air conditioned and ordinary fare buses to the riding public. | Company |
The 2011 Marist Red Foxes football team represented Marist College in the 2011 NCAA Division I FCS football season. The Red Foxes were led by 20th year head coach Jim Parady and played their home games at Leonidoff Field. They are a member of the Pioneer Football League. They finished the season 4–7, 3–5 in PFL play to finish in a tie for sixth place. | Sports Team Season |
Richards Bay Stadium is a multi-use stadium in Richards Bay, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa. It is used mostly for football matches, and is currently home venue for National First Division club Thanda Royal Zulu, and for the Vodacom League clubs Bright Stars and Real Classic. | Sport Facility |
The Bridge of Jerveshtik is a single-span bridge situated over the stream Jerveshtik (Yeghishe Arakyal, i.e. Elisha the Apostle), in a deep gorge 400 metres north-west of the Monastery of Yeghishe Arakyal, within 5 kilometres of Mataghis Village, Martakert Region, Nagorno-Karabakh Republic (NKR) in the same direction. | Route Of Transportation |
Hills & Valley Messenger is a weekly suburban newspaper in Adelaide, part of the Messenger Newspapers group. The Hills & Valley's area is bounded by the Belair National Park in the north-east, and the suburbs of Darlington to the west and Happy Valley to the south. Its western border roughly divides the foothills from the Adelaide plains. The newspaper generally reports on events of interest in its distribution area, including the suburbs of Belair, Blackwood, Flagstaff Hill and Aberfoyle Park. It also covers the City of Mitcham and City of Onkaparinga councils. It has a circulation of 19,253 and a readership of 35,000. The office for the Hills & Valley Messenger has moved in recent times from the Southern Times Office in Morphett Vale to the Guardian Office in Morphettville. | Periodical Literature |
Sean (born March 29, 1993) is a Canadian soccer player who currently plays for Whitecaps FC 2 in the USL as a goalkeeper. | Athlete |
The Cretzschmar's bunting (Emberiza caesia) is a passerine bird in the bunting family Emberizidae, a group now separated by most modern authors from the finches, Fringillidae. It breeds in Greece, Turkey, Cyprus and the coastal countries along the eastern edge of the Mediterranean. It is migratory, wintering in the Sudan. It is a very rare wanderer to western Europe. Cretzschmar's bunting breeds on sunny open hillsides with some bushes. It is mainly coastal or insular, and often breeds at lower levels than the closely related ortolan bunting where both occur. It lays four to six eggs in a ground nest. Its natural food consists of seeds and when feeding young, insects. This bird is smaller than ortolan. The breeding male has a grey head with orange moustaches. The upperparts are brown and heavily streaked, except on the rump, and the underparts are rusty orange. The stout bill is pink. Females and young birds have a weaker head pattern, and are more similar to ortolans. They can be distinguished by the warm brown rump and white eye-ring. The English name commemorates the German physician and scientist Philipp Jakob Cretzschmar who founded the Senckenberg Natural History Museum. The genus name Emberiza is from Old German Embritz, a bunting. The specific caesias is from Latin caesius, \"bluish-grey\". | Animal |
Fly Me Europe AB, operating as FlyMe, was a low-cost airline based in Gothenburg, Sweden. It operated flights from Gothenburg, Stockholm and Malmö to destinations within Europe. Its main hub was Gothenburg-Landvetter Airport, with hubs at Malmö Airport and Stockholm-Arlanda Airport. Beginning in April 2006, it widened its destination network and started daily services to European destinations. Majority owner of the business was English Billionaire John Robert Porter and his Norwegian business partner Christen Ager-Hanssen. They also had a majority interest in another airline Global Supply Systems a British all cargo carrier. FlyMe acquired in late 2006 a 25% stake in Global Supply Systems holding company Riverdon ltd with the aim to create a low cost long haul product. The airline ceased operations on 2 March 2007. | Company |
Bow-sim Mark is a martial arts master (or sifu) who lives in Newton, Massachusetts, USA. She is the mother of martial arts film star, Donnie Yen. | Athlete |
Kiante Tripp (born October 7, 1987 in Atlanta, Georgia) is a gridiron football defensive tackle for the Brooklyn Bolts of the Fall Experimental Football League (FXFL). Tripp also played in the National Football League for the Cleveland Browns in 2011. He played college football for the University of Georgia. Tripp is also a member of Omega Psi Phi fraternity. | Gridiron Football Player |
Kenneth Vanbilsen (born 1 June 1990 in Herk-de-Stad) is a Belgian cyclist currently riding for Cofidis. He was named in the start list for the 2015 Tour de France. On stage 10 of the Tour de France, he won the combativity award. | Athlete |
Thieme Medical Publishers is a German medical and science publisher in the Thieme Publishing Group. It produces professional journals, textbooks, atlases, monographs and reference books in both German and English covering a variety of medical specialties, including neurosurgery, orthopaedics, endocrinology, radiology, anatomy, chemistry, otolaryngology, ophthalmology, audiology and speech language pathology, and complementary and alternative medicine. Thieme has more than 1,000 employees and maintains offices in seven cities worldwide, including New York, Beijing, Delhi, Stuttgart, and three other cities in Germany. | Company |
Jack Todd (born 1946 in Nebraska) has been a sports columnist for the Montreal Gazette since 1986. Todd was an American citizen who deserted from the U.S. Army to avoid being sent to fight during the Vietnam War. He is now a Canadian citizen. Todd was born in the United States, and graduated from the University of Nebraska. He worked as a journalist for the Akron Beacon-Journal, the Detroit Free Press, and the Miami Herald. He deserted from the U.S. Army in 1969 to avoid being sent to Vietnam and settled in Vancouver, BC. Since moving to Canada, he has worked for the Vancouver Sun, Radio Canada International, and the Gazette. In 2001, he published a memoir, telling the story of his desertion. The Canadian title is The Taste of Metal, while the U.S. title is Desertion: In the Time of Vietnam. In 2008, he published his first work of fiction, The Sun Going Down, a novel on the opening of the American West based on his family history as constituted from letters and diaries. It was followed with a second volume in 2010, Come Again No More, which follows the family through the Great Depression. A third volume is in production. | Person |
The Cape Finisterre Lighthouse (Spanish: Faro de Cabo Finisterre) is an active lighthouse on Cape Finisterre, in the Province of A Coruña, on the northwestern coast of Galicia in Spain. | Tower |
The International Hockey League (IHL) lasted from 1992 to 1996. It replaced the Soviet Union's Championship league. The last season was in 1995–96, as the league was replaced by the Russian Superleague the following season. There were two awards in the league. One was the regular season winner, and the other was the winner of the cup. | Sports League |
Hana Mandlíková (born 19 February 1962) is a former professional tennis player from Czechoslovakia who later obtained Australian citizenship. During her career, she won four Grand Slam singles titles: the 1980 Australian Open, 1981 French Open, 1985 US Open, and the 1987 Australian Open. She was also the runner-up at four Grand Slam singles events, including the Wimbledon finals of 1981 and 1986, and won one Grand Slam women's doubles title, the 1989 US Open with Martina Navratilova. Mandlikova had a career high singles ranking of number three, and was ranked in the world top 50 for 12 consecutive seasons (1978–89), including seven in the top 10. She led Czechoslovakia to three consecutive Fed Cup titles from 1983–1985, and was only the third woman to win grand slam titles on grass, clay, and hard courts, joining Chris Evert and Martina Navratilova. She defeated both Evert and Navratilova on consecutive days to accomplish this feat at the 1985 US Open. She retired in 1990, and went on to coach Jana Novotná to the 1998 Wimbledon singles title and a career high ranking of number two. She also served as the Czech Republic's Olympic and Fed Cup coach until 1996. | Athlete |
The 2008 United States presidential election in Arizona took place on November 4, 2008 throughout all 50 states and D.C., which was part of the 2008 United States presidential election. Voters chose 10 representatives, or electors to the Electoral College, who voted for President and Vice President. Arizona was won by Republican nominee and favorite son John McCain with an 8.5% margin of victory. Prior to the election, 16 of 17 news organizations considered this a state McCain would win, or otherwise considered as a red state. It was the home state of John McCain and has only been carried by a Democrat once since 1948 and 1996. However, polls taken near Election Day in 2008 showed Democrat Barack Obama closer than expected to winning the state. McCain carried all but four of the state's 15 counties. | Societal Event |
The Campaign for a More Prosperous Britain was a political party in the United Kingdom. It was founded prior to the February 1974 general election by Tom Keen and Harold Smith, both business owners in Manchester. Keen was the party's leader. He had become a millionaire through property development, and before forming the campaign, had donated money to the National Front. The party called for voters not to vote for its candidates, but for tactical voting to defeat the Labour Party; it distributed anti-Labour literature. Despite this, some of its candidacies received hundreds of votes, with Keen's candidacy in Portsmouth South at the October 1974 UK general election attracting 1.0% of all the votes cast. The party first came to public attention when members plastered the headquarters of the Trades Union Congress with anti-union posters. It was also strongly opposed to the Communist Party of Great Britain. Smith stood against Labour Party leader Harold Wilson at the February 1974 UK general election, taking 234 votes. At the October general election, Keen and Smith set a new record by standing simultaneously in eleven and twelve constituencies, respectively. With two associates who stood in a single constituency each, the campaign stood in a total of 25 seats, receiving 4,301 votes. Each constituency was a marginal seat held by the Labour Party, but Labour held each seat at the election. Keen stood for the party again in the 1979 general election and several by-elections. However, the party was apparently dissolved in the early 1980s, Keen standing in five Labour seats at the 1983 UK general election as an independent. | Organisation |
Good Riddance / Reliance is a split EP by the Santa Cruz, California-based punk rock bands Good Riddance and Reliance, released in 1996 through the Austin, Texas label Little Deputy Records. Good Riddance's tracks were two of seven that had been demoed for their second album A Comprehensive Guide to Moderne Rebellion but had been left off the record; they were recorded in a separate session from the album, with Andy Ernst at Art of Ears, and used on split EPs with Reliance, Ignite, Ill Repute, and Ensign over the following year. Reflecting on the tracks, Good Riddance singer Russ Rankin called \"Remember When\" \"Another love song, this one for the undisputed champion of girls who have Good Riddance songs written about them.\" Of \"Flawed\", he remarked that \"This one features the usual tight riffing Luke [Pabich] had in his songs and I remember I had some difficulty figuring out how to lay the lyrics over it but it turned out to be a pretty cool tune.\" | Musical Work |
John Holohan (1891 – June 1947) was an Irish hurler who played as a full-back for the Kilkenny senior team. Born in Johnstown, County Kilkenny, Holohan first excelled at cricket before turning to hurling. He arrived on the inter-county scene at the age of twenty-three when made his senior debut in a tournament game. Holohan went on to play a key part for Kilkenny over the next decade, and won one All-Ireland medal and four Leinster medals. He was an All-Ireland runner-up on one occasion. At club level Holohan won four championship medals, playing with a variety of clubs including Crosspatrick, Johnstown and Tullaroan. Holohan's retirement came prior to the start of the 1926 championship. | Athlete |
Zuzana Valkova (born 6 May 1989) is a Czech group rhythmic gymnast. She represents her nation at international competitions. She competed at world championships, including at the 2005 World Rhythmic Gymnastics Championships in Baku, Azerbaijan. | Athlete |
The Arnhem trolleybus system is the trolleybus system in the city of Arnhem. It is unique in the Netherlands as the only trolleybus system still operating in that country. It opened on 5 September 1949. | Organisation |
Bigelow v. Commonwealth of Virginia, 421 U.S. 809 (1975), was a United States Supreme Court case that established First Amendment protection for advertising. | Legal Case |
Frank Brazier (born 24 February 1934) is a former racing cyclist from Australia. He won a silver medal in the Road Race at the 1958 British Empire and Commonwealth Games at Cardiff. He competed in the men's 4000m Team Pursuit at the 1956 Summer Olympics and 1960 Summer Olympics, as well as the Team Time Trial and Road Race in 1960. Brazier set the fastest time in the amateur Goulburn to Sydney Classic in 1962 run from Goulburn to Bankstown. | Athlete |
Consolidated Edison Co. v. Public Service Commission, 447 U.S. 530 (1980), was a United States Supreme Court decision addressing the free speech rights of public utility corporations under the First Amendment, as applied through the Fourteenth. The Court's ruling invalidated an order by the New York Public Service Commission that prohibited utility companies from including inserts on controversial matters of public policy with billing statements. | Legal Case |
María José Alvarado Muñoz (19 July 1995 – 13 November 2014) was a Honduran model, TV Host and beauty paegant titleholder who was Miss Honduras World 2014. She had been scheduled to compete at the Miss World 2014 contest in London in December 2014, but was murdered prior to the event. Since her crowning she had worked as a model on the television game-show X-O da Dinero. | Person |
The American Progress was an American newspaper founded by Democratic Louisiana Governor Huey Long in March 1930 as the Louisiana Progress to promote his political aims and attack his opponents. He forced state employees to subscribe and distribute copies, plus state agencies had to place ads. The paper was renamed in 1935 and went national to promote then Senator Long's Share Our Wealth program and his ambitions for running for the presidency of the United States in the 1936 election. It was mailed free to his followers and circulation varied from 300,000 to 1.5 million for special issues. The paper was paid for by contributions from the Long political machine in Louisiana. After Long's assassination in 1935, the paper was taken over by Governor Richard W. Leche and then bought by his successor Earl Long. The paper shut down in March 1940 after Long lost his reelection bid. | Periodical Literature |
John Earl Madden (born April 10, 1936) is a former American football player in the National Football League, a former Super Bowl-winning head coach with the Oakland Raiders in the American Football Conference of the NFL, and a former color commentator for NFL telecasts. In 2006, he was inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame in recognition of his coaching career. He is also widely known for the long-running Madden NFL video game series he has endorsed and fronted since 1988. Madden worked as a color analyst for all four major networks: CBS (1979–1993), Fox (1994–2001), ABC (2002–2005), and NBC (2006–2009). Madden has also written several books and has served as a commercial pitchman for various products and retailers. He retired from broadcasting on April 16, 2009 to spend more time with his family. | Gridiron Football Player |
José Antonio Casanova (February 18, 1918 – July 8, 1999) was a shortstop and manager in Venezuelan baseball. He batted and threw right handed. Born in Maracaibo, Zulia, Casanova is regarded as the most successful manager in Venezuelan baseball history. A five-time championship manager, he also led his teams to several international titles in a career that spanned more than three decades. Casanova started his professional career in unaffiliated Venezuelan first division league in 1937, playing for the Centauros, Vencedor, Cardenales and Cervecería clubs, managing also Cervecería to a title in 1943, before joining the Venezuelan Professional Baseball League in its inaugural season of 1946. During this stint he also played for the Venezuela national baseball team that captured the 1941 Amateur World Series championship in Havana, in which he won the AWS Most Valuable Player honors. He then launched a fruitful managing career in the VPBL through the 1966 season, winning four titles with the Cervecería Caracas (1947–1948), Leones del Caracas (1952) and Tiburones de la Guaira (1964). Overall, he posted a 436–402 record for a .520 winning percentage. In addition, he guided the Venezuelan team that clinched championships in the Baseball World Cup in 1944 and 1945, as well as the team that won gold medal at the 1959 Pan American Games held in Chicago. Besides this, he served as manager for the Venezuelan Military Academy team during 29 years. A baseball park in Caracas is named after him. In 2003, José Antonio Casanova was enshrined into the Venezuelan Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum as part of their first class. He was inducted as well in the Hall in 2006, when the entire 1941 AWS Champion Team was honored. Then, in 2015 he earned a third induction when the 1959 PanAm Games Champion Team was enshrined. | Athlete |