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Euryale (/jʊˈraɪəliː/; Greek: Εὐρυάλη \"far-roaming\"), in Greek mythology, was the second eldest one of the Gorgons, three vicious sisters with brass hands, sharp fangs, and hair of living, venomous snakes. She and her sister Stheno, were immortal, whereas Medusa was mortal. In some versions of mythology, Euryale also had the ability to turn anyone to stone with her gaze. They were daughters of primordial sea god and goddess Phorcys and Ceto, who personified the dangers of the sea. In many stories, Euryale is noted for her bellowing cries, particularly in the tale of Medusa's death at Perseus' hands. | Fictional Character |
Virginie Moinard (born 7 August 1981 in Thiais, France) is a former French road and track racing cyclist. Moinard won the under-23 individual time trial at the 2003 European Road Championships, and finished third in the under-23 road race in 2002. At the track she won a bronze medal in the scratch at the 2004–05 UCI Track Cycling World Cup Classics in Manchester. | Athlete |
Deerfield Township is a civil township of Lapeer County in the U.S. state of Michigan. The population was 5,736 at the 2000 census. There are no municipalities within the township, but Barnes Lake-Millers Lake is a census-designated place for statistical purposes. M-24 crosses the township north-south, with the city of Lapeer about nine miles south of the center of the township. M-90 branches east off M-24 in the north of the township, with the village of North Branch about five miles to the east. This township was organized in 1855. | Settlement |
James Bell Hildebrand was an American football coach. He served as the head football coach at Mississippi A&M (now known as Mississippi State University) for the 1896 season. Hildebrand was hired as the first full-time head coach at the school after the student body raised $300 ($8,533 in 2017 dollars) to hire him. During his one-season tenure, Hildebrand compiled an overall record of zero wins and four losses (0–4). | Coach |
Stumpffia gimmeli is a species of frog in the Microhylidae family. It is endemic to Madagascar. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests, plantations, and heavily degraded former forest. This species is adaptable and can tolerate some effects of deforestation, becoming abundant in some areas. | Animal |
The 2013 Tennessee Titans season was the franchise's 44th season in the National Football League, the 54th overall, the 17th in the state of Tennessee and the third under head coach Mike Munchak. It was also the final season under the ownership of Bud Adams, who died on October 21. The Titans slightly improved on their 6–10 record from 2012, but missed the playoffs for a fifth consecutive season. | Football League Season |
Eurylepis taeniolatus, the alpine Punjab skink, is a species of skink found in Central Asia and West Asia. | Animal |
Amphiplica concentrica is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Caymanabyssiidae. | Animal |
Andriy Oleksiyovych Sienichkin (Ukrainian: Андрій Олексійович Сєнічкін; born 1 May 1991) is a Ukrainian male artistic gymnast, representing his nation at international competitions. He competed at world championships, including the 2013 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships in Antwerp, Belgium. | Athlete |
The 1844 United States presidential election in Georgia took place between November 1 and December 4, 1844, as part of the 1844 United States presidential election. Voters chose ten representatives, or electors to the Electoral College, who voted for President and Vice President. Georgia voted for the Democratic candidate, James K. Polk, over Whig candidate Henry Clay. Polk won Georgia by a margin of 2.38%. | Societal Event |
The Konkan Railway is a subsidiary zone of the Indian Railways. It is one of the 17 zones of the Indian Railways but without any divisional structure unlike other railways zones in India. It is operated by Konkan Railway Corporation, headquartered at CBD Belapur in Navi Mumbai, Maharashtra. The first passenger train ran on Konkan railway tracks on 20 March 1993 between Udupi and Mangalore. During its initial years of operation in the mountainous Konkan region, a spate of accidents prompted Konkan Railway to investigate new technologies. The anti-collision devices, the Sky Bus and RORO are a few of the innovations from Konkan Railway. It was the missing link between Mumbai, Maharashtra and Mangalore, Karnataka and further to the south western coastal cities of India. The 741 km (461 mi) line connects Maharashtra, Goa and Karnataka states in India. The first train on the completed track was flagged off on January 26, 1998, the Republic Day of India. | Route Of Transportation |
Oenopota uschakovi is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Mangeliidae. | Animal |
Charles Francis \"Cotton\" Nash (born July 24, 1942) is a former Major League Baseball outfielder and National Basketball Association forward. Born in Jersey City, New Jersey, Nash played for the Los Angeles Lakers and the San Francisco Warriors during the 1964–65 NBA season. He had his most success in the American Basketball Association with the Kentucky Colonels, averaging 8.5 points per game, 4.9 rebounds per game, and 1.2 assists per game. He had already played in the state of Kentucky with Adolph Rupp's legendary University of Kentucky Wildcats basketball team, as well as the University's baseball team. Nash also played 13 games over 3 MLB seasons with the Chicago White Sox and Minnesota Twins. One of those games was with the White Sox on September 10, 1967, in the ninth inning of Joe Horlen's no-hitter; he replaced Ken Boyer at first base and recorded all three putouts in the inning. | Athlete |
Wong Chun Ting (Chinese: 黃鎮廷; born 7 September 1991) is a table tennis player from Hong Kong. He won his first doubles title on the ITTF World Tour in 2012 and won another three doubles titles in 2014. In 2015, he won a bronze medal in mixed doubles event with Doo Hoi Kem at the World Championships. In 2016, he won a bronze medal in singles event at the Men's World Cup. As of October 2016, he is the number 7 player in the world. Wong started playing table tennis aged six against his brother. He joined a club aged nine. | Athlete |
The 1993 Eastern League baseball season on approximately April 1 and the regular season ended on approximately September 1. The Harrisburg Senators defeated the Canton–Akron Indians 3 games to 2 to win the Eastern League . | Sports Team Season |
Pakalkuri (പകല്കുറി) is a charming village situated in the northernmost part of Thiruvananthapuram District in Kerala, India. It is on the banks of the river Ithikkara and well known for its serene beauty and landscape. The river Ithikkara, which originates from the Western Ghats, separates Thiruvananthapuram and Kollam Districts at Pakalkuri in its meandering to the Arabian sea. | Settlement |
St Mary the Virgin is the parish church of Saffron Walden, Essex. It is the largest non-cathedral church in Essex with an overall length of 183 feet (56 m) and the spire, 193 feet (59 m) high, which is the tallest in Essex. It was designated as a Grade I listed building in 1951. A Norman church was recorded in 1130, which in turn had replaced an earlier wooden structure. The building as it current stands dates predominantly from a rebuilding between 1250 and 1258, with a further rebuilding in the Perpendicular style begun in about 1450, the latter stages supervised by John Wastell the master mason who was building King's College Chapel in the nearby city of Cambridge. In 1769 the church was damaged by lightning. The repairs, carried out in the 1790s removed many medieval features but saved the building which was in a dilapidated state. The spire was added in 1832 to replace an older \"lantern\" tower to a design of Thomas Rickman and Henry Hutchinson. | Building |
Neurotherapeutics is a quarterly peer-reviewed medical journal covering research on experimental treatments of neurological disorders. It was established in 2004 and is published by Springer Science+Business Media on behalf of the American Society for Experimental NeuroTherapeutics. The editor-in-chief is Maral Mouradian (Robert Wood Johnson Medical School). The founding editor-in-chief was Alan I. Faden (University of Maryland School of Medicine). | Periodical Literature |
Alexis Pascal Gauthier (born 24 June 1973) is a French chef. He is the chef patron of the Gauthier Soho restaurant in Soho, London and was awarded a Michelin star in 2011 b. He previously held a Michelin star as head chef of the restaurant Roussillon in Pimlico, London, until 2010. He trained under Alain Ducasse at Le Louis XV in Monaco, and has appeared as a judge on two versions of the BBC One television show MasterChef. | Person |
Kemper Winsborough Yancey (June 2, 1887 – February 17, 1957) was an American football player and coach. He served as head football coach at Hampden–Sydney College in 1910 and at the University of Virginia in 1911, compiling a career college football record of 12–5. Yancey was born on June 2, 1887 in Harrisonburg, Virginia. He later worked for the United States Department of Labor. He died on February 17, 1957 in Richmond, Virginia. | Coach |
Anthony Reategui is a professional poker player from Chandler, Arizona. A graduate from Chandler High School, Anthony worked at a Mesa, Arizona car washing facility before his poker career. He most notably place 2nd in the $2,500 No Limit Hold'em event and 1st in the $1,500 No Limit Hold'em Shootout at the 2006 World Series of Poker. As of 2008, his total live tournament winnings exceed $1,200,000. His 5 cashes as the WSOP account for $648,210 of those winnings. | Athlete |
Dunaújvárosi Acélbikák (English: Dunaújváros Steel Bulls), is a Hungarian ice hockey team that currently plays in the MOL Liga. They play their home games at Dunaújvárosi Jégcsarnok, located in Dunaújváros. | Sports Team |
Saint Mary's Cathedral or Immaculate Conception Cathedral is a Catholic cathedral located on Bo Aung Kyaw Street in Botahtaung Township, Yangon, Burma. The cathedral's exterior, of red brick, consists of spires and a bell tower. It was designed by Dutch architect Joseph Cuypers, son of Pierre Cuypers. The cathedral is the largest in Burma. Located on the grounds of the cathedral is Basic Education High School No. 6, which is locally known as \"Saint Paul's High School\", although it has no religious affiliation to the Catholic Church today. | Building |
Peddie School is a college preparatory school in Hightstown, in Mercer County, New Jersey, United States. It is a non-denominational, coeducational boarding school located on a 280‑acre (1.1-km²) campus, and serves students in the ninth through twelfth grades, plus a small post-graduate class. The school has been accredited by the Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Secondary Schools since 1928. In its 2015 rankings, Business Insider ranked the school's tuition as the 18th most expensive private high school tuition in the United States, with tuition and fees of $44,800. The site ranked Peddie 13th on its 2015 list of the Most Elite Boarding Schools In The US, with rankings based on the size of each school's endowment, average SAT scores and selectivity. For the 2015-16 academic year, Peddie School enrolled 542 young men and women in grades 9 through post-graduate and had 79 faculty members (on an FTE basis) for a student-teacher ratio of 6:1. Peddie had 62% of students in residence. The student body represented 26 states as well as 29 foreign countries. Peddie had an average class size of 12. The senior class of 2015 was composed of 141 seniors, including 13 post-graduate students. Peter Quinn succeeded John Green as head of school in 2013. | Educational Institution |
The Metropolitan Cathedral Church and Basilica of Saint Chad is the mother church of the Archdiocese of Birmingham and province of the Catholic Church in Great Britain and is dedicated to Saint Chad of Mercia. Built by Augustus Welby Pugin and substantially complete by 1841, St Chad's is one of the first four Catholic churches that were constructed after the English Reformation and raised to cathedral status in 1852. It is one of only four minor basilicas in England (the others being Downside Abbey, the National Shrine of Our Lady at Walsingham and Corpus Christi Priory, this last now disused). St Chad's is a Grade II* listed building. The cathedral is located in a public greenspace near St Chad's Queensway, in central Birmingham. As of 2014 the Archbishop was Bernard Longley and the Dean Canon Gerry Breen. | Building |
The New Zealand Rifle Brigade (Earl of Liverpool's Own), affectionately known as The Dinks, was formed on 1 May 1915 as the 3rd Brigade of the New Zealand Division, part of the New Zealand Expeditionary Force. During the First World War it fought in Egypt, against the Senussi, and then on the Western Front. It was disbanded on 4 February 1919. | Organisation |
The 1972–73 FA Cup was the 92nd season of the world's oldest football cup competition, the Football Association Challenge Cup, commonly known as the FA Cup. Second Division Sunderland won the competition for the second time, beating Leeds United 1–0 in the final at Wembley, London with a goal from Ian Porterfield. Matches were scheduled to be played at the stadium of the team named first on the date specified for each round, which was always a Saturday. Some matches, however, might be rescheduled for other days if there were clashes with games for other competitions or the weather was inclement. If scores were level after 90 minutes had been played, a replay would take place at the stadium of the second-named team later the same week. If the replayed match was drawn further replays would be held until a winner was determined. If scores were level after 90 minutes had been played in a replay, a 30-minute period of extra time would be played. | Tournament |
The Arthur Laing Bridge is a four-lane, high-level bridge carrying Grant McConachie Way over the North Arm of the Fraser River between Vancouver and Richmond, British Columbia's Sea Island where the Vancouver International Airport is located. Two parallel independent unpainted steel box girders make up the main spans. The bridge is operated by the Vancouver International Airport. | Route Of Transportation |
Cumann na nGaedheal (Irish pronunciation: [ˈkʊmən nə ˈŋeːl̪ˠ]; \"Society of the Gaels\"), sometimes spelt Cumann na nGaedhael, was a political party in the Irish Free State, which formed the government from 1923 to 1932. In 1933 it merged with smaller groups to form the Fine Gael party. | Organisation |
Clive Shorten (born 28 June 1973) is an English former competitive figure skater. He is the 1992 Piruetten bronze medalist, 1994 Czech Skate silver medalist, and 1999 British national champion. He reached the free skate at three ISU Championships as a single skater. | Winter Sport Player |
Karine Haaland (born August 29, 1966 in Bergen) is a Norwegian comic strip creator, animator and illustrator, known for the comic strip Piray. | Artist |
Oscar Kelly Allen Sr. (August 8, 1882 – January 28, 1936), also known as O. K. Allen, was the 42nd Governor of Louisiana from 1932 to 1936. Allen succeeded Alvin Olin King, who served briefly in the state's highest office after Huey Long left the governorship to take a seat in the United States Senate. | Politician |
The Social Democratic Party of Kosovo (Albanian: Partia Social Demokrate, PSD) is a political party in the Republic of Kosovo. It was established on 10 February 1990 and was second political party to be established in the newly pluralist Kosovo. | Organisation |
The 2014–15 season was Blackpool F.C.'s fourth-consecutive season in the Football League Championship, the second tier of English professional football, and their 106th overall season in the Football League. They exited the League Cup at the first-round stage on 12 August and the FA Cup, also at the first hurdle, on 4 January. They were relegated to League One with six League fixtures remaining. José Riga, in his first season as manager, was in charge for fourteen League games, before being sacked on 27 October with the club five points adrift at the foot of the table. Lee Clark succeeded him three days later. Clark, too, departed shortly after the season's conclusion. | Sports Team Season |
Edward Joseph Michaels (born Mikolajewski) (June 11, 1914 – January 21, 1976) was an American football guard in the National Football League (NFL) for the Chicago Bears, the Washington Redskins, and the Philadelphia Eagles. Michaels also played on the \"Steagles\", a merged team consisting of the Eagles and Pittsburgh Steelers in 1943. The team was the result of a league-wide manning shortage brought on by World War II. Many of the \"Steagles\" players were labeled 4-F's, those deemed physically unfit due to ailments such as ulcers, flat feet and even partial blindness. Michaels was labeled a 4F because he was nearly deaf. He played college football at Villanova University and was drafted in the second round of the 1936 NFL Draft. In 1976, he was inducted into the Delaware Sports Museum and Hall of Fame. | Gridiron Football Player |
Tritonia rubra is a species of dendronotid nudibranch. It is a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Tritoniidae. | Animal |
The Red Elvises (also known as Igor and Red Elvises, after founding member and bandleader Igor Yuzov) are a Russian-American band that performs funk rock, surf, rockabilly, reggae, folk rock, disco and traditional Russian styles of music. They were founded in California in the mid-1990s and are based in Los Angeles. | Group |
The Hedjaz Jordan Railway was one of the two successor railways to the famous Hedjaz Railway. When the Ottoman Empire collapsed in 1920, the Hedjaz Railway, formerly under Ottoman control, was divided into 2 railways: the Chemin de Fer de Hedjaz Syrie (CFH) and the Hedjaz Jordan Railway (HJR). The HJR operated the line of the Hedjaz railway in Jordan (at the time British Palestine). When Jordan was formed in 1946, the railway served as the state railway of Jordan, though it was not owned by the state. In 1975 the HJR built a line branch line from Ma'an to Aqaba, a port city. The line was later sold to the Aqaba Railway Corporation in 1979. The Hedjaz Jordan Railway still operates today between the Jordan/Syria border, through Amman to Irbid. | Organisation |
The Roman Catholic Diocese of Brejo (Latin: Dioecesis Breiensis) is a diocese located in the city of Brejo in the Ecclesiastical province of São Luís do Maranhão in Brazil. | Clerical Administrative Region |
Segregara is a spider genus in the family Idiopidae with species found in South Africa. | Animal |
Johanna Persson (born December 25, 1978) is a female badminton player from Sweden. Persson competed in badminton at the 2004 Summer Olympics in mixed doubles with partner Fredrik Bergström. They defeated Mike Beres and Jody Patrick of Canada in the first round and Sudket Prapakamol and Saralee Thungthongkam of Thailand in the second. In the quarterfinals, Persson and Bergström lost to Zhang Jun and Gao Ling of China 15-3, 15-1. She won the bronze medal at the 2008 European Badminton Championships in women's doubles with Elin Bergblom. | Athlete |
Robert Robertson 'Bob' Craig (1 September 1881 – 5 March 1935) was a pioneer Australian rugby union and rugby league footballer who represented his country at both sports. He was one of Australia's early dual-code rugby internationals. He was a member of the Australian rugby union team, which won the gold medal at the 1908 Summer Olympics. | Athlete |
Moss Motor Tours Ltd. was a bus and coach company that operated on the Isle of Wight between 1921 and 1994. The company sold its assets in 1994 to various bus and coach providers on the Island and off. The name and \"goodwill\" of the company was purchased by Southern Vectis in 1994. Following Southern Vectis' purchase by the Go-Ahead Group in 2005, \"Moss Motors\" was resurrected as one of several fleet names for the company's coach unit (also including, amongst others, Fountain Coaches and the West Wight Bus & Coach Company). \"Moss Motors\" was also used for a short time to brand a commuter coach service into Newport. In January 2013, a change in management and significant investment in new vehicles (mostly buses, not coaches) meant that these classic fleetnames were abandoned in favour of one \"home to school\" brand \"Vectis Blue\". | Company |
\"Sweeter as the Years Go By\" is a Christian hymn written by Lelia N. Morris in 1912. It has been included in 87 hymnals. Its subject-matter is expressed in the refrain: Sweeter as the years go by,Sweeter as the years go by,Richer, fuller, deeper, Jesus’ love is sweeter,Sweeter as the years go by. It has been recorded in various, mostly gospel, styles. In 1929, it was recorded by Blind Willie Johnson (vocals and guitar) in gospel blues style under the title \"Sweeter as the Years Roll By\" (even though he sings \"Go\" throughout). Sweeter as the Years Go By is a 1990 compilation album of songs recorded by Blind Willie Johnson. | Musical Work |
Richard C. Byrd (January 1, 1805 – June 1, 1854) was an American politician and Acting Governor of the State of Arkansas in 1849. | Politician |
Denis Trento (born June 2, 1982 in Aosta) is an Italian ski mountaineer. | Winter Sport Player |
Shorenji Dam (青蓮寺ダム Shōrenji damu) is a dam in Nabari, Mie Prefecture, Japan, completed in 1970. It is located about 2 miles west of Hinachi Dam, which is actually on a different branch of the Nabari River. | Infrastructure |
Green Stadium (Hebrew: איצטדיון גרין, Etztadion Green) is a football stadium in Nazareth Illit, Israel. The stadium opened in 1965 and renovated in 2004 with a donations money from the Green family and since then it has been called the Green Stadium. | Sport Facility |
Pennsylvania v. Finley, 481 U.S. 551 (1987) was a United States Supreme Court case involving the right to counsel. | Legal Case |
Musica Jazz is an Italian monthly magazine specializing in jazz. Founded in 1945 by journalist Gian Carlo Testoni, it is one of the world's longest-running jazz magazines, printing music reviews and new articles covering the genre; it once published Italy's jazz record charts. The magazine is currently directed by editor-in-chief Luca Conti. | Periodical Literature |
Hiromu Arakawa (荒川 弘 Arakawa Hiromu, born May 8, 1973) is a Japanese manga artist from Hokkaidō. She is best known for the manga Fullmetal Alchemist, which became a hit both domestically and internationally, and was later adapted into two anime television series. She often portrays herself as a bespectacled cow. Her given name is Hiromi (弘美), the first character being written identically to her male pen name, Hiromu. | Artist |
KTVQ, virtual channel 2, is the CBS-affiliated television station in Billings, Montana, and it is owned by the Evening Post Industries; the station is part of the Montana Television Network, a statewide network of CBS-affiliated stations. It broadcasts its digital signal on VHF channel 10 (remapped to former analog channel 2); on cable, it is carried on Comcast channel 5. | Broadcaster |
The Haar or Haarstrang is a ridge of hills on the southern edge of the Westphalian Basin in the German state of North Rhine-Westphalia. From a natural region perspective it is the southern, submontane part of the Hellweg Börde, which stands opposite the northern area of the Süder Uplands (which is the natural region of the Sauerland), north of the Möhne and Ruhr rivers. Its highest elevation is the 391 m high Spitze Warte, which is situationed near Rüthen-Hemmern at the eastern end of the Haarstrang. Further west the crest of the ridge reaches heights of generally 200 to 250 m above sea level (NN) and rises to about 100 to 150 m over the Ruhr and Möhne valleys in the south as well as the valley of the Lippe in the north separated by the Upper and Lower Hellweg, both parts of the Hellweg Börde. | Natural Place |
Front of Followers of the Line of the Imam and the Leader (Persian: جبهه پیروان خط امام (ره) و رهبری), formerly known as Islamic Aligned Organizations (Persian: تشکلهای اسلامی همسو) is a Coalition of Iranian Principlist political groups. The group which consists of a wide range of traditional conservative parties, is active since administration of Mohammad Khatami, and is aligned with The two Societies. The coalition was the main conservative electoral list for the Iranian legislative election, 2000, but became part of United Front of Conservatives' list for the 2008 and 2012 legislative elections. They endorsed 31 candidates for the City Council of Tehran in the Iranian local elections, 2013, only Abbas Sheybani was able to win a seat. | Organisation |
The Canada International Film Festival (CIFF) takes place annually at a casino in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. The film festival was founded by Las Vegas businessman Rick Weisner and now owned by Monty Lapica. The festival receives thousands of entries each year. More than 90 countries have been represented at the festival. The winners of the festival's awards are chosen by a jury. | Societal Event |
South Korea's 20th legislative elections were held on 13 April 2016. All 300 members of the National Assembly were elected, 253 from first-past-the-post constituencies and 47 from proportional party lists. The election was an upset victory for the liberal Minjoo Party of Korea, which defied opinion polling by winning a plurality of seats in the election and defeating the ruling conservative Saenuri Party by one seat. In votes for party lists, however, the Minjoo Party came third, behind the Saenuri Party in first place and the new People's Party in second. The election marked an upheaval in the South Korean party system, installing a hung parliament for the first time since 2000 and a three-party system for the first time since 1996. The People's Party attained a kingmaker position in the new Assembly, while the leadership of the Saenuri Party including chairman Kim Moo-sung resigned en masse following their defeat, relinquishing control of the party to an emergency response commission. The 2016 legislative election was the first to be held in South Korea following the formation of the People's Party and the enforcement of controversial Constitutional Court rulings dissolving the left-wing Unified Progressive Party and mandating the redistricting of the Assembly's constituencies. | Societal Event |
Élisabeth François Armide Durey de Morsan, countess of Rochechouart (1757–1805), daughter of a notable writer, was a French noblewoman involved in continued underground counter-revolutionary resistance to the French Revolution. These included an attempt to arrange the escape of her friend Marie-Antoinette. In 1775 she married count Jules de Rochechouart and they had two sons (Louis and Louis-Victor-Léon) and a daughter. | Person |
At the Drop of a Hat is a musical revue by Flanders and Swann, described by them as \"an after-dinner farrago\". In the show, they both sang on a nearly bare stage, accompanied by Swann on the piano. The songs were linked by contemporary social commentary, mostly by Flanders. After a long London run the show played in the US, Switzerland, and on tour in Britain. | Musical Work |
John Killeen (1920 – June 2005) was an Irish hurler who played as a left wing-forward for the Galway senior team. Killeen made his first appearance for the team during the 1944 championship and was a regular member of the starting fifteen until his retirement a decade later after the 1954 championship. During that time he won a National Hurling League winners' medal. At club level Duffy began his club career with Tynagh in Galway before later winning two county club championship medals with Clonad in Laois. | Athlete |
Josie Natori, (born Josefina Almeda Cruz) is an American fashion designer and the CEO and founder of The Natori Company. Natori served as a commissioner on the White House Conference on Small Business. In March 2007 she was awarded the Order of Lakandula, one of the highest civilian awards in the Philippines. In April, 2007, Natori received the \"Peopling of America\" Award from the Statue of Liberty - Ellis Island Foundation. She often says her business philosophy is based around an \"East-West mix\" of culture and design. | Artist |
Simon Cox (born 20 March 1952) is a Welsh professional golfer and coach. After a successful amateur career which included representing Wales and Great Britain and winning the Welsh Amateur Championship, he turned professional in 1975, playing on the PGA European Tour and competing in tournaments worldwide. Among the highlights of a professional career that saw him compete across Australia, New Zealand, South America and Africa, he represented Wales in the 1975 Golf World Cup in Thailand. He also won the Welsh Professional Championship on two occasions. | Athlete |
Dominic Maloney (born 12 March 1987 in Castleford) is an English rugby league player who currently plays for Halifax of the Co-operative Championship. He previously his club football for Castleford Tigers, and Hull F.C. of the Super League competition. His position of choice is at prop forward. Maloney was signed from Rugby league side Dewsbury Rams who play in national league one. He came through the ranks at Super League side Castleford Tigers before joining Dewsbury Rams in 2006. He played 46 times for the Rams before joining Hull F.C. in the post season of Super League in 2009. | Athlete |
Farlowella knerii is a species of armored catfish endemic to Ecuador where it occurs in the Napo and Pastaza River basins. This species grows to a length of 16.2 centimetres (6.4 in) SL. | Animal |
Eriophora pustulosa, commonly called the garden orbweb spider is a common small species of spider found in Australia and New Zealand. The colour of the species varies widely, but they are often brightly coloured. E. pustulosa has five distinctive spines on its abdomen, two large ones halfway down its back and three smaller ones at the end of its abdomen. At night the spider constructs a circular web that it waits in the middle of for prey to fly into. | Animal |
The Portuguese conquest of Goa occurred in 1510 on behalf of the Portuguese admiral D. Afonso de Albuquerque. Goa (also Old Goa or Velha Goa) was not among the cities Albuquerque had received orders to conquer: he had only been ordered by the Portuguese king to capture Hormuz, Aden and Malacca. Albuquerque attacked Goa at the invitation of a local chieftain Thimayya, an exiled Hindu from Goa who was admiral of the Honavar fleet who had received appeals from the Hindu population of Goa to relieve them from Muslim rule. Goa was a great and prosperous trading port on the Indian coast. Albuquerque first reached the city of Goa with his admiral António de Noronha in February 1510. Albuquerque triumphantly entered the city on 17 February 1510, with little conflict. A Muslim force then approached to reconquer Goa. Besieged, the Portuguese finally abandoned Goa on 30 May 1510 to its former ruler Ismail Adil Shah, the Muslim king of Bijapur. Albuquerque sailed from Cannanore (capital of Kolathunad) and returned three months later, on November 24, with a stronger fleet, composed of 34 ships, 1500 Portuguese and 300 Malabarese. He again joined forces with Thimayya in Honavar. He was fearing an alliance of Goa with Gujarat, Zamorin's Calicut and the Mamluk Egyptians. Albuquerque was then able to capture Goa in less than a day, from Ismail Adil Shah and his Ottoman allies, who surrendered on 10 December. \"As soon as the Portuguese were in entire possession of Goa, Albuquerque directed that the Muhammadan population, men, women and children, should be put to the sword. This cruel butchery is far more to Albuquerque's discredit than the hanging of Ruy Dias, for which the poet Camoens so strongly condemns him.\" Thereafter, Goa then supplanted Calicut in prosperity. Albuquerque had captured Goa without royal orders, and was opposed by his captains in doing so. The king challenged the Portuguese establishment at Goa, but the council of the fidalgos finally confirmed the possession, to the displeasure of the king. The city of Goa nevertheless constituted a strong position that reinforced the strategic presence of the Portuguese in India. The Portuguese did continue to have misgivings about their possessions in India, as they discussed in 1542 and 1570 whether they should abandon the Estado da Índia in order to better concentrate on the conquest of Morocco. | Societal Event |
The Mercedes-Benz OM629 engine is a 4.0 liter V8 diesel engine manufactured by the Mercedes-Benz division of Daimler AG. | Engine |
Sandown Racecourse, now known as Ladbrokes Park is a Thoroughbred horse racing race track administered by the Melbourne Racing Club in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. Built for the Victoria Amateur Turf Club, it is the only metropolitan racecourse built in the 20th century and was opened before a crowd of 52,000, in June 1965. Sandown Racecourse is situated 25 kilometres from the Melbourne CBD on the Princes Highway in the suburb of Springvale in the City of Greater Dandenong. The original course was a turfed oval shape, 1892 metres in circumference and 30 metres wide, with sweeping cambered turns and an uphill home straight of 407 metres. With the increase in the number of overseas horses being attracted to the Melbourne Spring Racing Carnival a Quarantine Centre was established at Sandown Racecourse and used for the first time in 1997. The Sandown Racecourse also features a motor racing circuit on the outside of the racecourse, referred to as Sandown Raceway. | Race Track |
The Tercera División de Futsal, formerly known as Primera Nacional B is the fourth futsal pyramid in Spain. It was founded in 1990 and is managed by Football Federation of every autonomous community. The Tercera División is an amateur level. The Tercera División de Futsal consists in 23 groups. Every group corresponds to one or two Spanish regions. There are in total 337 apprx. teams. Every group champion and the best four qualified teams are promoted to Segunda División B. Conversely, the bottom two or three teams of every group are relegated to Regional leagues. \n* Since 2011–12' season onwards, Primera Nacional B is known as Tercera División. | Sports League |
Daniel Alejandro Aguilar Briceno (born 12 September 1995) is a Mexican individual trampolinist, representing his nation at international competitions. He made his international debut for the Mexico national team in 2007. He competed at world championships, including at the 2013 and 2014 Trampoline World Championships. | Athlete |
The Auckland Trotting Cup or Auckland Cup is a race held at Alexandra Park in March in Auckland, New Zealand for Standardbred horses. It is one of two major harness races, along with the New Zealand Cup, held in New Zealand each year. It is notable as it is a Group 1 championship race over distance of 2700 m, and has been won by nearly every champion pacer in New Zealand. The race is currently run over 2,700 metres from a mobile start. Prior to that, it was a 3,200 metres handicap race. It forms part of Auckland Cup Week, a carnival which also includes feature Thoroughbred and greyhound racing. It is currently valued at $600,000. Horses which have won it included Hall of Fame inductees and champions like Cardigan Bay and Caduceus who later succeeded in the United States and Canada. | Race |
Rostock Piranhas are the male first team of the Rostocker Ice Hockey Club, based in Rostock, Germany. The team plays in the North Section of the Oberliga (Upper League), the third tier of German ice hockey. The team's home ice is the Eishalle Rostock at the Schillingallee in the Kröpeliner-Tor-Vorstadt (KTV) area of Rostock, next to DKB-Arena. | Sports Team |
Alessandro Mari (1650–1707) was an Italian painter of the Baroque period. While born in Turin, Mari soon left to train under Domenico Piola, next under Pietro Liberi, and again under Lorenzo Pasinelli; always uniting the practice of painting with the cultivation of poetry. He ultimately became a celebrated copyist, and a successful designer of capricci and symbolical representations, by which he established a reputation in Milan, and afterwards in Spain. He died in Madrid. | Artist |
Leo Lemešić (8 June 1908 in Sinj – 15 August 1978 in Split) was a Croatian football striker and later a football manager. On the national level he played for Yugoslavia national team (5 matches, 3 goals) and spent his entire club career with Hajduk Split. In total, Lemešić scored 455 goals in 491 games, making him Hajduk's second most goalscorer, and tenth most capped player. He played his first senior game in 1926. He became a referee in his later years. | Sports Manager |
Amir Murtono (Nganjuk, East Java, 7 July 1924), also spelled Amir Moertono, was an Indonesian General during Suharto's New Order regime who gained prominence as Chairman of Golkar from 1973 to 1983. | Politician |
Big Nose Freaks Out is a platform game for the NES, produced by Codemasters and published by Camerica. Like many Codemasters NES titles, the game was also released for the Aladdin Deck Enhancer. The player controls a cave man character who has had all his bones stolen from a prehistoric bank by a dinosaur. Bignose sets off on an adventure through numerous prehistoric settings. Bignose defeats enemies using a club, however he also has access to a primitive skate board device (stone-boarding), via his invention - the wheel. The game is essentially a platform game in which the player collects bones and other items, while travelling from left to right until reaching the goal. Big Nose Freaks Out also had a two player mode, and the addition of numerous secret levels and bonuses. Big Nose Freaks Out has become popular as more people have access to the ROM file through emulation websites. | Software |
Locus, subtitled The Magazine of The Science Fiction & Fantasy Field, is an American magazine published monthly in Oakland, California. It is considered the news organ and trade journal for the English language science fiction and fantasy field, and publishes comprehensive listings of all new books published in the genre. The magazine also presents the annual Locus Awards. Locus Online was launched in April 1997, as a semi-autonomous web version of Locus Magazine. | Periodical Literature |
Andronikos III Palaiologos (Greek: Ανδρόνικος Γʹ Παλαιολόγος; 25 March 1297 – 15 June 1341), commonly Latinized as Andronicus III Palaeologus, was Byzantine emperor from 1328 to 1341. Born Andronikos Doukas Angelos Komnenos Palaiologos (Greek: Ἀνδρόνικος Δούκας Ἄγγελος Κομνηνός Παλαιολόγος), he was the son of Michael IX Palaiologos and Rita of Armenia. He was proclaimed co-emperor in his youth, before 1313, and in April 1321 he rebelled in opposition to his grandfather, Andronikos II Palaiologos. He was formally crowned co-emperor on February 1325, before ousting his grandfather outright and becoming sole emperor on 24 May 1328. His reign included the last failed attempts to hold back the Ottoman Turks in Bithynia and the defeat at Rusokastro against the Bulgarians, but also the successful recovery of Chios, Lesbos, Phocaea, Thessaly, and Epirus. His early death left a power vacuum that resulted in the disastrous civil war between his Empress-dowager, Anna of Savoy, and his closest friend and supporter, John VI Kantakouzenos. | Person |
William Charles \"Bill\" Wurtenburg (December 24, 1863 – March 26, 1957) was an American college football player and coach. Born and raised in Western New York to German parents, Wurtenburg attended the prestigious Phillips Exeter Academy, where he played football. He enrolled in classes at Yale University in 1886 and soon earned a spot on the school's football team. He played for Yale from 1886 through 1889, and again in 1891; two of those teams were later recognized as national champions. His 35-yard run in a close game in 1887 against rival Harvard earned him some fame. Wurtenburg received his medical degree from Yale's Sheffield Scientific School in 1893. The following year, the United States Naval Academy hired him to coach their football team. He led the squad to a 4–1–2 record for the season, including a 1–1–1 record against rival schools. He then accepted a coaching job at Dartmouth College, where for the next four years he led them to perfect records against both of their Triangular Football League opponents. They had a winning record the first year and a 5–2–1 record the second year. In 1899, his fifth season as coach, his team went 2–7 and lost both of its conference games. After ending his coaching career, Wurtenburg spent several years acting as a referee for Yale's football team. His final contribution to football was publishing a book about Yale football in the early 20th century. Around 1904, Wurtenburg began pursuing a career as a physician. He set up a medical office near his house in New Haven, Connecticut, and became an ear, nose and throat specialist. Wurtenburg maintained his medical office until at least 1920. He died in 1957 at the age of 93, in New Haven. | Coach |
Arnold Jacob \"Red\" Auerbach (September 20, 1917 – October 28, 2006) was an American basketball coach of the Washington Capitols, the Tri-Cities Blackhawks and the Boston Celtics. After he retired from coaching, he served as president and front office executive of the Celtics until his death. As a coach, he won 938 games (a record at his retirement) and nine National Basketball Association (NBA) championships in ten years (a number surpassed only by Phil Jackson, who won 11 in twenty years). As general manager and team president of the Celtics, he won an additional seven NBA titles, for a grand total of 16 in a span of 29 years, making him one of the most successful team officials in the history of North American professional sports. Auerbach is remembered as a pioneer of modern basketball, redefining basketball as a game dominated by team play and defense and for introducing the fast break as a potent offensive weapon. He groomed many players who went on to be inducted into the Basketball Hall of Fame. Additionally, Auerbach was vital in breaking down color barriers in the NBA. He made history by drafting the first African-American NBA player, Chuck Cooper in 1950, introduced the first African-American starting five in 1964, and hired the first African-American head coach in North American sports (Bill Russell in 1966). Famous for his polarizing nature, he was well known for smoking a cigar when he thought a victory was assured, a habit that became, for many, \"the ultimate symbol of victory\" during his Boston tenure. In 1967, the NBA Coach of the Year award, which he had won in 1965, was named the \"Red Auerbach Trophy\", and Auerbach was inducted into the Basketball Hall of Fame in 1969. In 1980, he was named the greatest coach in the history of the NBA by the Professional Basketball Writers Association of America, and was NBA Executive of the Year in 1980. In addition, Auerbach was voted one of the NBA 10 Greatest Coaches in history, was inducted into the National Jewish Sports Hall of Fame, and is honored with a retired number 2 jersey in the TD Garden, the home of the Boston Celtics. | Athlete |
Alvanus Warner \"A. W.\" Sheldon (c. 1842 – January 31, 1884) was an American jurist who served as Associate Justice of the Arizona Territorial Supreme Court from 1883 till his death in 1884. | Person |
Gunay Mammadzada (Azerbaijani: Günay Vüqar qızı Məmmədzadə; born June 19, 2000 in Baku, Azerbaijan) is a chess player from Azerbaijan, and a woman grandmaster (2014). | Athlete |
The Women's Six Nations Championship is an international rugby union competition contested between six European women's national teams. The competition began as a \"Home International Championship\" for the four home nations in 1996. In 1999 and 2000 France and Spain joined the competition to create the Five/Six Nations championship. In 2006, a championship trophy was commissioned from silversmith Thomas Lyte, to be followed by a second trophy commissioned for the Under 20 Six Nations championship. Designed and created by Thomas Lyte, the trophies are made from sterling silver and feature engraving detail with the logos of the competing countries. In 2007, the decision of the Six Nations committee to formally adopt the tournament saw Italy Women subsitituted for Spain Women and the title sponsorship of RBS included to produce a parallel tournament with the men's competition. | Sports League |
The black oreo (Allocyttus niger) is an oreo of the family Oreosomatidae, found around Australia and New Zealand between latitudes of between 43°S and 55°S at depths of between 560 and 1,300 m. Its length is up to 47 cm. The black oreo is very similar in shape to the warty oreo. | Animal |
Pavel Konstantinovich Kovalchuk (Russian: Павел Константинович Ковальчук; born November 12, 1992) is a Russian football midfielder, who last played for FC Amur-2010 Blagoveshchensk. He made his debut in the Russian Second Division for FC Amur-2010 Blagoveshchensk on July 15, 2012 in a game against FC Sibir-2 Novosibirsk. | Athlete |
ILT Stadium Southland in Invercargill, New Zealand is a multi-purpose venue, capable of conducting a wide range of events from large scale concerts to sporting events and exhibitions. Incorporating the SIT Zero Fees Velodrome, the stadium complex has hosted a range of national and international events – sporting, recreational, cultural, arts, corporate and even equestrian. The original stadium was completed in May 2000 but in September 2010, a heavy snowfall caused the main stadium roof to collapse, causing substantial structural damage to the complex. A replacement stadium opened in February 2014 with a capacity of 4019, and retractable seating. The stadium also has eleven other community basketball, netball and volleyball courts, four Rebound Ace tennis courts, four squash courts and several corporate lounges. | Sport Facility |
William \"Bill\" Rose (9 May 1931 – 10 October 2007) was an Australian rules footballer who played for Collingwood in the Victorian Football League (VFL) during the early 1950s. Rose was a follower in Collingwood's 1953 premiership side, having been a back pocket in the team which lost the Grand Final a year earlier. His brothers, Bob and Kevin were also Collingwood premiership players. | Athlete |
Château de Montréal (Peyrehorade) is a château in Landes, Aquitane, France. It dates to the 16th century. | Building |
Charles Francis Copley was a professional football player who played for the Akron Pros and the Milwaukee Badgers of the National Football League. Copely won an NFL championship in 1920 with Akron. He was also a former teammate of Fritz Pollard during his time with the Pros and the Badgers. In 1923 Charles became the coach of the Gilberton Cadamounts. This caused Copley to recruit Pollard to play for Gilberton, making Pollard the first African-American to play football in Pennsylvania's coal region. In 1917, Copley played alongside Bob Nash for the Massillon Tigers. The Tigers played in the \"Ohio League\", which was the direct predecessor to the NFL. | Gridiron Football Player |
OMG! Magazine is a lifestyle and news publication which targets the gay & lesbian community. The magazine publishes articles on current affairs, travel, news and politics. The first issue was published in June 2009 as a small biweekly, until December 2010, when it began publishing monthly a \"standard magazine\" size in conjunction with a new interactive website. The magazine is published from Florida by OMG Multimedia Companies, LLC which owns the registered trade mark OMG! Magazine. The new magazine is Florida centric but has national presence, including Atlanta, New York & Las Vegas. In 2010 an interactive website that has online dating and social networking, as well as a travel booking engine and music player. The magazine's popularity benefited in May 2010, when it landed the cover story for its special collector's edition featuring the 1950s and 1960s iconic singing legend, Connie Francis, who became a diva in gay culture. In December 2010, the magazine partnered with the gay travel company, ALandCHUCK.travel, to supply the website engine for OMG! Magazine's online travel booking feature. | Periodical Literature |
Mark Kenery Muñoz (born February 9, 1978) is a retired American professional mixed martial artist who most recently competed in the Middleweight division of the Ultimate Fighting Championship. A professional competitor from 2007 until 2015, Munoz also formerly competed for the WEC. Throughout his career, Munoz was credited as one of \"the nicest guys in MMA\" even being officially ranked as No.1 during an Episode of \"UFC Tonight\" due to his contributions to both the sport of MMA, and his local community through activities such as starting up and running his own gym, and heading his own \"anti-bullying\" campaign. | Athlete |
The 2011 Kenyan Super Cup was the third edition of the tournament. The Kenyan football match, played on 20 February 2011, saw Ulinzi Stars, the 2010 Kenyan Premier League winners, face off against Sofapaka, the 2010 FKL Cup winners. Sofapaka won the match 1-0 for their second consecutive title. | Sports Event |
Halysidota pectenella is a moth of the Arctiidae family. It was described by Watson in 1980. It is found in Mexico, Guatemala, El Salvador, Costa Rica, Colombia, Venezuela, French Guiana, Ecuador, Peru, Bolivia and possibly Brazil. | Animal |
Mei Hubnik is an Australian female acrobatic gymnast. With partners Amber Kaldor and Madison Chan, Hubnik achieved 15th in the 2014 Acrobatic Gymnastics World Championships. | Athlete |
Travis Tritt is an American country music artist. His discography comprises twelve studio albums (counting a Christmas album), six compilation albums, and forty-three singles. Of his studio albums, the highest-certified is 1991's It's All About to Change, at 3× Platinum certification by the RIAA and platinum certification by the CRIA. His first, third and fourth albums — Country Club, T-R-O-U-B-L-E and Ten Feet Tall and Bulletproof, respectively — are all certified double platinum in the US, while 1996's The Restless Kind, 2000's Down the Road I Go and his 1995 Greatest Hits: From the Beginning album are all certified platinum. It's All About to Change is also his highest-peaking album on Billboard Top Country Albums, at #2. Of Tritt's forty-three singles, all but two has charted on Billboard Hot Country Songs. This total includes five Number Ones on that chart: \"Help Me Hold On\" (1990), \"Anymore\" (1991), \"Can I Trust You with My Heart\" (1993), \"Foolish Pride\" (1994), and \"Best of Intentions\" (2000). \"Best of Intentions\" is also his highest peak on the Billboard Hot 100 at #27, while its follow-ups (\"It's a Great Day to Be Alive\" and \"Love of a Woman\", both #2 on the country charts) reached #33 and #39 on the Hot 100, respectively. He has also charted three album cuts that entered the lower regions of the country charts based on unsolicited airplay. Tritt has also been featured as a guest on eight singles, including two releases by his friend Marty Stuart: \"This One's Gonna Hurt You (For a Long, Long Time)\" and \"Honky Tonkin's What I Do Best\" from 1992 and 1996 respectively. He has also sung guest vocals on singles for Patty Loveless, Charlie Daniels, Mark O'Connor, and comedian Bill Engvall. | Musical Work |
The Waterloo and Whitehall Railway was a proposed and partly constructed 19th century Rammell pneumatic railway in central London intended to run under the River Thames just upstream from Hungerford Bridge, running from Waterloo station to the Whitehall end of Great Scotland Yard. The later Baker Street and Waterloo Railway followed a similar alignment for part of its route. | Organisation |
Victory Boulevard is a major thoroughfare on Staten Island, measuring approximately 8.0 miles (12.87 km) and stretching from the west shore community of Travis to the upper east shore communities of St. George and Tompkinsville. In the late 1940s, the portion of Victory Boulevard between Richmond Avenue and Forest Avenue was designated as New York State Route 439A (NY 439A). The section between Forest Avenue and Bay Street became part of NY 439 at the same time. Both designations were removed in the late 1960s. | Route Of Transportation |
William Harold Albritton III (born December 19, 1936) is a United States District Judge of the United States District Court for the Middle District of Alabama. | Person |
Ruacana is a town in Omusati Region, northern Namibia and the district capital of the Ruacana electoral constituency. It is located on the border with Angola on the river Kunene. The town is known for the picturesque Ruacana Falls nearby, and for the Ruacana Power Station. Ruacana was developed around a major underground hydroelectric plant linked to the nearby dam across the border in Angola at Calueque. The dam and pumping station were bombed in a Cuban airstrike in 1988, during the Angolan Civil War. The facility was partially repaired and today NamPower operates three turbines producing a maximum of 240 megawatts. OvaZemba and OvaHimba people are native to the area. The name Ruacana originated from one of the first settlers in Ruacana called Ruhakana. The town was therefore named after Mr. Ruhakana although it is currently written as Ruacana. Ruacana's settlement status was upgraded to that of a village in 2005, and to town in 2010. It is now governed by a town council that has seven seats. The place normally receives an annual average rainfall of 426 millimetres (16.8 in), although in the 2010/2011 rainy season 960 millimetres (38 in) were measured. The 600 hectares (1,500 acres) farm Etunda is situated near Ruacana. It is run as a government supported irrigation scheme and has been established in 1993. Half of the farm is commercial irrigation land, the other half is allocated to 82 small-scale farmers. Etunda cultivates maize, wheat, watermelons, bananas, and other produce. | Settlement |
John Seaward (January 1786 - March 26, 1858) was a British civil engineer and mechanical engineer. His brother was Samuel Seaward, FRS (see below). | Person |
Isidore Fernandes (born 2 January 1947) is the immediate past Bishop of the Diocese of Allahabad, India. He was appointed as Bishop by Pope John Paul II on 5 May 1988 and his Episcopal ordination took place on 4 Aug 1988, at the hands of Most Rev. Cecil D'Sa, the then Archbishop of Agra. At the time of his episcopal ordination at the age of 41 years, he was one of the youngest Catholic Bishops of India. On Thursday, 31 January 2013, Pope Benedict XVI accepted the resignation of Bishop Isidore Fernandes, from the pastoral care of the Diocese of Allahabad, according to Canon Law 401 § 2. He became Honorary Member of Allahabad; no successor was immediately named, but Bishop Ignatius Menezes, Bishop Emeritus of Ajmer was appointed by the Pope to serve as Apostolic Administrator. | Cleric |