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Adamów [aˈdamuf] is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Budziszewice, within Tomaszów Mazowiecki County, Łódź Voivodeship, in central Poland. It lies approximately 2 kilometres (1 mi) east of Budziszewice (the gmina seat), 17 km (11 mi) north of Tomaszów Mazowiecki, and 37 km (23 mi) east of the regional capital Łódź. | Settlement |
The 335th Bombardment Group is an inactive United States Air Force unit. Its last assignment was with III Bomber Command, based at Barksdale Field, Louisiana. It was inactivated on 1 May 1944. The group was a World War II replacement training unit, using Martin B-26 Marauder medium bombers to train personnel. After graduating, the airmen were assigned to overseas combat units. | Organisation |
George W. Spaulding was an American architect from Woonsocket, Rhode Island. Spaulding was a native Rhode Islander. Before opening his own practice, he worked for the Woonsocket Machine and Press Co. He established himself as an architect and engineer in 1885. | Person |
Iuticosaurus (meaning \"Jute lizard\") is the name given to a genus of dinosaur from the Early Cretaceous of the Isle of Wight. Iuticosaurus was a sauropod, specifically a titanosaur. In 1887 Richard Lydekker described two sauropod tail vertebrae found by William D. Fox near Brook Bay on Wight, BMNH R146a en BMNH 151, and referred them to the genus Ornithopsis, despite indicating their similarity to Titanosaurus, because the tail of Ornithopsis was unknown. On reading the paper to the Geological Society of London, Lydekker was criticised by Harry Govier Seeley and John Hulke for his choice and in 1888 he referred to the fossils as Titanosaurus sp. a, Titanosaurus sp. b being a third vertebra, BMNH 32390. In 1929 Friedrich von Huene named both taxa as full species. The first became Titanosaurus Valdensis, the specific name referring to the Wealden, the second Titanosaurus Lydekkeri, its specific name honouring Lydekker. By present convention both specific names would be spelled as T. valdensis and T. lydekkeri respectively. In 1993 Jean le Loeuff redescribed the material and named a separate genus: Iuticosaurus, the generic name referring to the Jutes who settled the island in the fifth century and established a Jute dynasty in the sixth century. Le Loeuff made Iuticosaurus valdensis the type species, and chose BMNH 151 as the lectotype. Another vertebra, BMNH R 1886, was referred by him to this species. The second species, though formally named by him as Iuticosaurus lydekkeri, he considered a nomen dubium. I. valdensis was found in the Wessex Formation and I. lydekkeri in the younger Upper Greensand. Iuticosaurus was probably similar to Titanosaurus. It measured 15 to 20 metres (49–65 feet) long. Most researchers have concluded that I. valdensis cannot be distinguished from other titanosaurs and is therefore a nomen dubium also. | Animal |
Ireby Fell Cavern is a cave system on Ireby Fell, Lancashire, England, near the border with North Yorkshire.It is a segment of the Three Counties System, linking the Rift Pot system to the south with Notts Pot to the north. This popular cave starts with a pitch series that eventually opens out into a very large series of dry sandy passages. The entrance is a vertical concrete pipe at the bottom of a shakehole that was last shored up in 2006. The traditional route is down three pitches (Ding, Dong, and Bell), but there is an alternative Shadow route which escapes most of the water flow in wet weather. After many metres of rift passage is Well Pitch which accesses the main lower sandy passages known as Duke Street. At the far end of Duke Street is Whirlpool chamber where a short sump (not free-diveable) gave access to cave divers into further passages known as Ireby II. In early 2007, a system involving a primitive hand pump and a mud dam to temporarily retain the water in an artificial lake in Duke Street allowed non-divers to enter this part of the cave. This facilitated the digging out of a passage in the roof of Whirlpool Chamber previously blocked by sand, to be dug out from both ends hence creating a bypass to the sump. Digging has also forged a dry bypass to the sump via the aptly named Cripple Creek. | Natural Place |
The Japanese stream toad or Honshū Toad (Bufo torrenticola) is a species of toad in the family Bufonidae.It is endemic to Japan.Its natural habitats are temperate forests and rivers.It is threatened by habitat loss. | Animal |
Michelle Leanne Landry (born 15 October 1962) is an Australian politician. She is a Liberal National Party of Queensland member of the Australian House of Representatives since September 2013, representing the Division of Capricornia, Queensland. Landry was born in Rockhampton, Queensland. She ran a local bookkeeping business before entering politics in 2010, when she contested the seat of Capricornia for the first time. Her opponent, long-term Labor MP Kirsten Livermore defeated her in a 54-46 two party preferred vote, but this translated into an 8% swing to the LNP. Following the retirement of Livermore in 2013, Landry won the seat. | Politician |
Salvia 'Jean's Purple Passion' is a Salvia cultivar discovered at Cabrillo College in Aptos, California. It was found growing between Salvia gesneriflora 'Tequila' and Salvia mexicana, who are presumed to be its parents. It is named for Jean Coria, a gardening enthusiast who propagated many species in the genus Salvia for many years at Strybing Arboretum. It has large, vibrant violet flowers and grows 6 ft (1.8 m) or more in height. Its preference for humid cool conditions indicates parents that are from cloud forest conditions. | Plant |
Contemporary Accounting Research is a peer-reviewed academic journal covering research on all aspects of accounting's role within organizations, markets, or society. The journal publishes articles in all areas of accounting, (including audit, financial, information systems, and tax), using relevant methods (including analytical, archival, case study, empirical, experimental, or field); based on economics, finance, history, psychology, sociology, or any cognate disciplines. Contemporary Accounting Research is published by Wiley-Blackwell on behalf of the Canadian Academic Accounting Association. The editor-in-chief is Patricia C. O’Brien (University of Waterloo). The journal is listed as one of the 45 journals used by the Financial Times to compile its business-school research ranks. According to the Journal Citation Reports, the journal has a 2012 impact factor of 1.564. | Periodical Literature |
Damian Gareth Brandy (born 14 September 1981) is a former English cricketer. Brandy is a right-handed batsman who bowls right-arm medium pace. He was born at Highgate, London. Brandy made his debut in county cricket for the Essex Cricket Board in the 2000 MCCA Knockout Trophy against Suffolk, in what was his only appearance for the team. He later made a single appearance in the 2002 MCCA Knockout Trophy for the Leicestershire Cricket Board against the Nottinghamshire Cricket Board. In that same season, Brandy made his debut for Leicestershire in a List A match against Somerset in the 2002 Norwich Union League. He also made his first-class debut in that season against the same opponents in the County Championship. He made one further List A and first-class match for the county in that season. In 2003, Brandy made just a single List A appearance against Surrey in the 2003 National League, though he appeared more regularly in first-class cricket, making six appearances. It was in this season that he made his Twenty20 debut in the Twenty20 Cup against Lancashire, with Brandy playing two further matches in that season's competition against Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire. Brandy found himself further on the fringes of the Leicestershire team in 2004, making just a single first-class appearance against Hampshire in the County Championship, as well as a single Twenty20 appearance against Surrey. He also featured in three List A matches in the totesport League, with his final appearance in that format coming against Worcestershire. Brandy was released by Leicestershire at the end of the 2004 season, along with George Walker and Darren Stevens. During his spell at Leicestershire, Brandy made nine first-class appearances, scoring 187 runs at an average of 15.58, with a high score of 52. This score was his only half century and came against Kent in 2003. With the ball, he took 4 wickets at a bowling average of 43.00, with best figures of 2/11. In List A cricket, he scored 90 runs at an average of 18.00, with a high score of 35, while in Twenty20 cricket he scored 27 runs with a high score of 13. He joined Cambridgeshire for the 2005 season, making his debut in Minor counties cricket against Suffolk in the MCCA Knockout Trophy. His debut in the Minor Counties Championship also came in that season against Bedfordshire. He played for Cambridgeshire from 2005 to 2008, making thirteen Minor Counties Championship appearances and the same number of appearances in the MCCA Knokout Trophy. Brandy now edits a magazine called Middle East Cricket in Dubai. | Athlete |
\"What Chu Want\" is a Pop-R&B song performed by American-Australian urban artist J-Wess featuring Kulaia, Lolly and MC Digga. The single was released in late-2003 as the second single from his debut album, J-Wess Presents Tha LP (2004). \"What Chu Want\" debuted at number twenty-five on the Australian ARIA Singles Chart, and eventually peaked at number ten, becoming J-Wess' first top ten single. Subsequently, it spent a total of twenty-two weeks on the chart and was certified gold by ARIA for sales in excess of 35,000 copies. It is J-Wess' most successful single. In the New Zealand, \"What chu want\" peaked at number thirty-four on the RIANZ Singles Chart, becoming J-Wess' second single to peak within the top forty, and his highest single there also. | Musical Work |
Die Staatsbürgerin (The Citizeness) was a short-lived journal for German working women's associations published for six months in 1886, the first workers' journal in Germany.It was closed by the censors after printing 24 issues. | Periodical Literature |
The 1988 United States presidential election in Nevada took place on November 8, 1988. All 50 states and the District of Columbia, were part of the 1988 United States presidential election. Nevada voters chose 4 electors to the Electoral College, which selected the President and Vice President. Nevada was won by incumbent United States Vice President George H. W. Bush of Texas, who was running against Massachusetts Governor Michael Dukakis. Bush ran with Indiana Senator Dan Quayle as Vice President, and Dukakis ran with Texas Senator Lloyd Bentsen. Bush carried Nevada with 58.86% of the vote, while Dukakis received 37.92%, a victory margin of 20.94%. Nevada weighed in for this election as about 13% more Republican than the national average. | Societal Event |
The Hypostominae are a subfamily of catfishes (order Siluriformes) of the family Loricariidae. Most members of the subfamily are restricted to tropical and subtropical South America, but there are also several species (in genera Ancistrus, Chaetostoma, Lasiancistrus, Leptoancistrus and Hemiancistrus) in southern Central America. Hypostomus plecostomus, which is popular in the aquarium trade, has been introduced to several regions far from its native range. Studies conducted with representatives of some genera of Hypostominae showed, within this group, the diploid number ranges from 2n = 52 to 2n = 80. However, the supposed wide karyotypic diversity the family Loricariidae or the subfamily Hypostominaewould present is almost exclusively restricted to the genus Hypostomus, and the species from the other genera had a conserved diploid number. | Animal |
Cantel is a small municipality in the Quetzaltenango Department in Guatemala. It is located east of the city of Quetzaltenango and has an area of 22 km2. The village of Cantel is situated at 2,370 m altitude. The population is 32,221 people. Cantel includes the small Maya archaeological sites of Chojolom and Cerro Quiac. | Settlement |
Dillon Lewis (born 4 January 1996) is a Welsh rugby union player who plays for Cardiff Blues regional team as a prop. He is a Wales under-20 international. Lewis made his debut for the Cardiff Blues regional team in 2014 having previously played for the Blues academy and Pontypridd RFC. | Athlete |
Alexander Fuller-Acland-Hood, 1st Baron St Audries PC (26 September 1853 – 4 June 1917), known as Sir Alexander Fuller-Acland-Hood, Bt, until 1911, was a British Conservative Party politician. He served as Parliamentary Secretary to the Treasury (Chief Whip) under Arthur Balfour from 1902 to 1905. | Person |
The Protestant church of Hantumhuizen or Saint Anne's church is a religious building in Hantumhuizen, Netherlands, one of the many medieval churches in Friesland. The Romano-Gothic church was built in the first half of the 13th century out of red Brick. The tower dates from c. 1200 and the quintuple closed choir date from the 18th century. The Pipe organ was built in 1907 by Bakker & Timmenga.The church is located on the Wierumerwei 2 and was once a Roman Catholic church dedicated to Saint Anne but became a Protestant church after the Protestant reformation. It is listed as a Rijksmonument, number 38700 and is rated with a very high historical value and is in the care of Stichting Alde Fryske Tsjerken (Old Frisian Churches Foundation). | Building |
Elemér Terták (born 2 November 1918 in Budapest, Hungary; died 8 July 1999 in Budapest) was a Hungarian figure skater who competed in men's singles. He won the bronze medal at the 1934 European Figure Skating Championships, the 1937 European Championships, and the 1937 World Figure Skating Championships. He also competed in the 1936 Winter Olympic Games, finishing eighth. He was also a figure skating judge and referee. | Winter Sport Player |
Warangal Airport (IATA: WGC, ICAO: VOWA) is located at Warangal in the state of Telangana, India. It remained in service until 1981. | Infrastructure |
Yulianti (born 18 July 1987) is a retired female badminton player from Indonesia. Yulianti was a successful badminton player who won Smiling Fish in mixed with Lingga Lie. In 2007 she won at the Vietnam Open both doubles and mixed. In 2006 and 2007 she won at the Indonesia International. | Athlete |
Pukarua Airport (IATA: PUK, ICAO: NTGQ) is serving the village of Marautagaroa, located on the Pukarua atoll, in the Tuamotu group of atolls in French Polynesia, at 1,125 kilometres (699 mi) from Tahiti. | Infrastructure |
Tryall Golf Club is a private country club in Hanover Parish, Jamaica, just outside Montego Bay. Founded in 1958 and designed by Ralph Plummer, it features a 6,800 yard 18-hole course. In 1963, it hosted Shell's Wonderful World of Golf match between Dow Finsterwald and Peter Alliss. It has also hosted the LPGA Tour's The Jamaica Classic from 1988 to 1990 and the unofficial PGA Tour event Johnnie Walker World Golf Championship from 1991 to 1995. In 2005, it was voted the Best Golf course in the Caribbean by CaribbeanWorld Magazine. | Sport Facility |
1st Battalion 1st Marines (1/1) is an infantry battalion in the United States Marine Corps based out of Camp Pendleton, California consisting of anywhere from 800 to 2,000 Marines and Sailors, but the number fluctuates depending on the Battalion's mission. They fall under the command of the 1st Marine Regiment and the 1st Marine Division. | Organisation |
Oliver Venndt Kaszas (born July 27, 1991) is a Danish professional beach volleyball player. He and his brother, Sebastian Venndt Kaszas, represents the national team of Denmark. Oliver and Sebastian Venndt Kaszas, known as The Kaszas Brothers, are sons of the former professional beach volley player Kim Kaszas. | Volleyball Player |
Lophodiodon calori also known as the Four-bar porcupinefish, is a species of porcupinefish native to the Indo-Pacific where it is found at depths down to 100 metres (330 ft) over the continental shelves. This species grows to a length of 30 centimetres (12 in) SL. This species is the only known member of its genus. | Animal |
The Mercedes-Benz M100 engine was introduced in the 1963 Mercedes-Benz 600 with 6.3 litres, and later also used in the Mercedes-Benz 300SEL 6.3 from 1968 onwards, and even larger, in the 1970s Mercedes-Benz 450SEL 6.9. It featured a cast iron V8 with a single overhead camshaft operating sodium-filled valves (as are found in piston-driven aircraft) against hardened valve seats on each aluminium alloy cylinder head. Each hand-built unit was bench-tested for 265 minutes, 40 of which were under full load. A mechanical fuel injection system designed and built in-house by Daimler-Benz was used until 1972, whereas the Bosch D-Jetronic electronic fuel injection was used from 1973. Several years later came a switch to K-Jetronic. As in all Mercedes-Benz automobile engines, the crankshaft, connecting rods and pistons were forged instead of cast. In non-US trim, the 6.9 litre (6834 cc or 417 in³) power plant was conservatively rated at 286 PS (213 kW) with 405 ft·lbf (549 Nm) of torque helping to compensate for the 2.65 to 1 final drive ratio necessary for sustained high-speed cruising. The North American version, introduced in 1977, was significantly less powerful at 250 horsepower (186 kW) and 360 ft·lbf (488 N·m) of torque due to more stringent emissions control requirements. Bosch K-Jetronic electromechanical fuel injection came standars on the 450 SEL 6.9. In the interest of both engine longevity as well as creating some extra space under the hood, a \"dry sump\" engine lubrication system was used. Originally developed for use in race cars as a way to prevent foaming of the engine oil by the crankshaft which in turn would create a serious drop in oil pressure, the system circulated twelve litres of oil between the storage tank mounted inside the right front fender and the engine as opposed to the usual four or five litres found in V8s with a standard oil pan and oil pump. As a result, the engine itself had no dipstick for checking the oil level. Rather, the dipstick was attached to the inside of the tank's filler cap (accessible from the engine compartment) and the oil level was checked with the engine running and at operating temperature. The dry sump system also had the benefit of extending the oil change interval to 12,500 miles (20,000 km). This, along with hydraulic valve lifters which required no adjusting and special cylinder head gaskets which eliminated the need for periodic retorquing of the head bolts, made the 6.9 nearly maintenance-free for its first 50,000 miles (80,500 km). The 6.9 required little basic service other than coolant, minor tune-ups, oil changes and replacement of the air, fuel, oil and power-steering-fluid filters. | Engine |
The Holy-mountain Salamander (Bolitoglossa heiroreias) is a species of salamander in the family Plethodontidae.It is found in El Salvador, Guatemala, and possibly Honduras.Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist montane forests.It is threatened by habitat loss. | Animal |
The Uetliberg railway line (German: Uetlibergbahn) is a passenger railway line which runs from the central station in the Swiss city of Zürich (Zürich Hauptbahnhof) through the city's western outskirts to the summit of the Üetliberg. The route serves as line S10 of the Zürich S-Bahn, with the Zürcher Verkehrsverbund's (ZVV's) standards zonal fares applying. The line was opened in 1875 and electrified in 1923. In 1990 it was extended to its current terminus at Zürich Hauptbahnhof. Today it is owned by the Sihltal Zürich Uetliberg Bahn, a company that also owns the Sihltal line, and operates other transport services. The line has a maximum gradient of 7.9% and is the steepest standard gauge adhesion railway in Switzerland. It carries both leisure and local commuter traffic. | Route Of Transportation |
Olifantskop Pass, (English: Elephant's Head), is situated in the Eastern Cape province of South Africa. It carries three to four lanes of road traffic on the N10 national road over the Suurberg mountains between Paterson and Cookhouse. | Natural Place |
Harris W. Fawell (born March 25, 1929) was a Republican member of the Illinois Senate from 1963 to 1977, and was a delegate to the Republican National Convention in 1968 and 1988. In 1976 Harris W. Fawell ran unsuccessfully for the Illinois Supreme Court. In 1984 he was elected to the U.S. House of Representatives, representing Illinois' 13th district where he served until his retirement in 1999. His sister-in-law, Beverly Fawell, was a member of both Houses of the Illinois General Assembly. Harris W. Fawell is a graduate of West Chicago High School. He attended North Central College of Naperville 1947–1949 and received his LL.B from Chicago-Kent College of Law. Fawell was admitted to the bar in 1952, and practiced law from 1954 until 1984. The Harris W. Fawell Congressional Papers are held at North Central College. Fawell voted as a fiscal conservative and a social moderate while in Congress. He was a strong advocate of balanced budget initiatives and a reduction in overall taxes. In 2008, Fawell endorsed his home state's junior United States Senator Barack Obama for President of the United States, against his party's nominee, Arizona senator John McCain. | Politician |
Harry Ingle Martin, IV (born August 15, 1982) is an American former college and professional football player who was a quarterback in the National Football League (NFL) for three seasons during the early 2000s. Martin played college football for the University of Florida and Furman University, and thereafter, he played professionally for the Tennessee Titans, Kansas City Chiefs and Denver Broncos of the NFL and the New York Sentinels of the United Football League (UFL). Martin is currently the head football coach for Christ Presbyterian Academy, a private preparatory school in Nashville, Tennessee. | Gridiron Football Player |
The China Sevens, most recently hosted as the Shanghai Sevens, is an annual rugby union sevens tournament contested by national teams. The inaugural event, held in Shanghai, was a leg of the IRB World Sevens Series in 2001. The tournament moved to Beijing for 2002. From 2009 to 2012 the tournament returned to Shanghai as an official event within the Asian Sevens Series. The series moved to the Chaoyang Stadium in Beijing for 2014, before returning to Shanghai in 2015. The Yuanshen Stadium is the main venue used for the rugby sevens in Shanghai. | Sports League |
The International Academy of Design & Technology (IADT) in Sacramento, California, is a for-profit college. It offers training in fashion design and marketing, interior design and visual communication. A former Sears executive Clem Stein established the original Academy in Chicago in 1977. Throughout the years, IADT expanded, responding to technological advances along the way. The Sacramento campus opened in 2005, but is set to close in 2017. The campus is currently in the middle of a \"teach out\", allowing the remaining students to obtain their degrees, and then the school will close its doors. | Educational Institution |
Verano de Escándalo (2007) (Spanish for \"Summer of Scandal\") was the eleventh annual Verano de Escándalo professional wrestling show promoted by Asistencia Asesoría y Administración (AAA). The show took place on September 16, 2007 in Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico. The Main event featured a Domo De La Muerte cage match (Dome of Death) match where the last person in the cage would have his hair shaved off. The participants were the team of \"Los Hell Brothers\" (Charly Manson, Chessman, Cibernético) along with El Zorro taking on the Black Family (Dark Cuervo, Dark Escoria, Dark Espíritu and Dark Ozz). | Sports Event |
Karl Aulenbach was a German sprint canoeist who competed in the late 1930s. He won a silver medal in the K-4 1000 m event at the 1938 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships in Vaxholm. | Athlete |
Thomas Burton Klakring (December 19, 1904 – July 24, 1975) was a United States Navy submarine commander during World War II. T. B. Klakring, the only child of Colonel and Mrs. Leslie Klakring, was born in Annapolis, Maryland graduated from the United States Naval Academy with the Class of 1927. Lieutenant Commander Klakring commanded USS Guardfish (SS-217), from her commissioning in May 1942 through her fourth war patrol in March–April 1943. Guardfish's first war patrol was in the hitherto unpatrolled waters off northeast Honshū and southern Hokkaidō. Klakring worked out a tactic of getting inside of the sea lanes at night — just off the shore — to put his ship in position to attack the many ships moving along the coast. On 4 September, Klakring attacked a convoy off Kuji, sinking two ships; a third which had retreated into the harbor was then hit and sunk from a range of over 7,500 yards. In all, Guardfish sank five major cargo ships with a total tonnage of almost 17,000 tons, and damaged others. It was one of the most successful patrols of the war, and on Guardfish's return, Klakring was decorated with the Navy Cross. In a rare press conference called to publicize the accomplishments of the ordinarily \"Silent Service\", he embellished his success, spinning a yarn about being close enough to a town to see a horse race being run, \"but we were just a little too far away to be sure which horse won.\" On his second patrol, Klakring took Guardfish to the East China Sea, where he attacked a seven-ship convoy on 21 October, sinking two ships. For her outstanding success on these first two war patrols, Guardfish received a Presidential Unit Citation. Guardfish was sent to the Bismarck Sea for her third patrol. There Klakring sank another cargo ship and two Japanese naval vessels — Patrol Boat No. 1 and the destroyer Hakaze — near Kavieng, New Ireland. In November 1944, Klakring led a seven-sub wolfpack — \"Burt's Brooms\" — from the Marianas to the Japanese home islands. Klakring chose John S. Coye's Silversides as his flagship; the others were Saury, Tambor, Trigger, Burrfish, Sterlet, and Ronquil. Their mission was to 'sweep' Japanese patrol craft out of the way of a planned raid by Admiral William Halsey's Fast Carrier Task Force. However, according to Jasper Holmes, one of the cryptographers at Station HYPO, \"The Japanese responded to the raid by rushing additional patrol craft and air search planes into the area, and there were probably more pickets in the area after the sweep than there were when it started.\" On retirement, Captain Klakring received a tombstone promotion to the rank of rear admiral. He later served as vice president of the General Dynamics Corporation's Electric Boat Division. Klakring died on 24 July 1975 at Balboa Naval Hospital in San Diego, California. | Person |
Besarion \"Besa\" Tsintsadze (Georgian: ბესო ცინცაძე, born January 15, 1969) is a Georgian former competitive figure skater. He is the 1993 Karl Schäfer Memorial bronze medalist. He qualified for the free skate at three European Championships (1993, 1994, and 1995) and one World Championship (1994). After retiring from competitive skating, Tsintsadze became a skating coach in the United States, working with ice hockey players. He married Julija Ļašenko, a former pair skater who won bronze at the 1988 World Junior Championships. | Winter Sport Player |
The 1865 Open Championship was the sixth Open Championship and was held on 14 September at Prestwick Golf Club. Andrew Strath won the championship by two shots from Willie Park, Sr. There were 12 competitors. Strath had the lead after the first round on 55, a one stroke ahead of Willie Dow and Park, and two ahead of Old Tom Morris. Making his debut, Young Tom Morris scored 60. After two rounds, Park was in the lead with a total of 108 after a round of 52 with Strath a shot behind on 109. Both Dow and Morris dropped out of contention after poor rounds. In the final round, Park scored 56 while Strath took 53 to give him a two stroke victory. | Tournament |
Kasos Island Public Airport (IATA: KSJ, ICAO: LGKS) is an airport in Kasos, Greece. | Infrastructure |
Noah Boeken (Dutch pronunciation: [ˈbukən]; born 6 January 1981) is a Dutch professional poker and Magic: The Gathering player. | Athlete |
Elod Macskasy (Hungarian: Macskásy Előd) (17 April 1919 – 21 January 1990) was a Hungarian-born Canadian Master-level chess player and mathematician. He was a mathematics professor, and also competed in swimming for Hungary at the 1936 Berlin Olympics. | Athlete |
Luke Rex Butterworth (born 28 October 1983) in Hobart, Tasmania is an Australian cricket player, who plays for the Tasmanian Tigers and plays club cricket for Glenorchy Cricket Club. Luke Butterworth became a regular in Tasmania's one-day side, but had to wait until 2006/07 to make his first class debut. Although he was not a regular in the side during the Tasmanian Tigers first Pura Cup winning season in 2006/07, he did play an outstanding role in the final, scoring 66 and 106, his maiden first class century. He performed just as well with the ball taking 4/33 in the first innings, and the combined efforts with bat and ball earned him the distinction of being man of the match in Tasmania's first ever Pura Cup winning final. He was called up to the Australian A team that toured Pakistan in 2007. In the 2010–11 Sheffield Shield season, Butterworth was the leading wicker-taker, taking 43 wickets at an average of 15.04. Butterworth also made 293 runs at 29.3. | Athlete |
Turbonilla vaghena is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Pyramidellidae, the pyrams and their allies. | Animal |
Glyndwr \"Glyn\" Turner (born 22 March 1947 in Nantyglo, Wales), is a former Rugby Union player who played scrum-half i.e. number 9 position for Welsh club side Ebbw Vale RFC between 1966 and 1974 before turning professional to play Rugby League in England. On turning professional Turner signed for Hull Kingston Rovers in 1974 playing for them until 1978 as a Centre, or Stand-off/Five-eighth, i.e. number 3 or 4, or 6 before moving to rivals Hull RLFC in 1978 where he played until he was forced to retire in 1980 due to injury. Glyn represented Wales in both Rugby Union and Rugby League. He also has county representative honours for Monmouthshire County RFC, Gwent County RFC and was selected to represent Crawshays RFC. | Athlete |
Romain-Joseph de Brigode-Kemlandt (1775–1854) was a baron of the Empire, owner of Annappes. He was appointed deputy of the Northern department Nord (French department), during 19 years between 1805 and 1837, and mayor of Annappes from 1814 to 1848. He expanded his castle and made an English park, the park of Brigode. In 1854, he founded, Gabrielle, old people's home in Annappes, today called villa Gabrielle. | Person |
Woodbridge Nathan Ferris (January 6, 1853 – March 23, 1928) was an educator from New York, Illinois and Michigan, as well as Democratic statesman and the 28th Governor of Michigan (1913–1917). | Politician |
St. John’s Rehab, part of Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre, is solely dedicated to specialized rehabilitation. As the site of Canada’s only dedicated organ transplant rehabilitation program and Ontario's only dedicated burn rehabilitation program, the hospital develops individually customized inpatient and outpatient rehabilitation services. This 160-bed hospital in North Toronto is fully affiliated with the University of Toronto and is a teaching site that receives students from many post-secondary institutions. Research is conducted in its specialty programs in partnership with other health care and provincial agencies. The hospital was accredited by Accreditation Canada in 2009. | Building |
The Princess Royal Hospital is a teaching hospital located in Apley Castle, Telford, England. It forms the Telford site of the Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust and serves patients in Telford and Wrekin, the rest of Shropshire, and Powys, in conjunction with the Royal Shrewsbury Hospital. | Building |
Giles William White (born March 23, 1972), is a former English cricketer and now cricket coach of Hampshire County Cricket Club. He was a right-handed batsman and a right-handed leg-break bowler, as well as being an occasional wicketkeeper. He started his first-class career at Somerset, however, he is more noted for his career at Hampshire, where he played for eight years. Though he started his career as early as 1989 with Devon, where he played in the Minor Counties Championship, even making a Finals appearance in his final year for the county in 1992, and making his first-class debut against the touring Sri Lankans in 1991, which the tourists won despite a double century from Jimmy Cook. His first foray into the County Championship came in 1994, where he played for Hampshire until 2002, even sticking with the team beyond their year-long excursion into the Second Division in 2001. Having played extensively through the beginning of the 2002 season, White didn't play a single game from August onwards, choosing to hang up his gloves, and leaving the team along with Jason Laney, James Schofield and Irfan Shah. | Athlete |
Ethnic electronica (also known as ethnotronica, ethno electronica or ethno techno) combines elements of electronic and world music and was developed in the 1990s. The term ethnic electronica appears in music zines, in online music-related forums and blogs. The term \"ethno-techno\" was first seen with the release of Ethno-Techno: Sonic Anthropology Vol 1 Wax Trax! in 1994. Notable acts of ethnic electronica include Bryn Jones with his project Muslimgauze (before his death in 1999), the artists of Asian underground movement (Asian Dub Foundation, Joi, State of Bengal, Transglobal Underground, Natacha Atlas), Mozani Ramzan, Shpongle, Ott, Zavoloka, Banco de Gaia, AeTopus, Zingaia, Afro-Celt Sound System, Métisse, A Tribe Called Red, early work by Yat-Kha (with Ivan Sokolovsky) | Genre |
The 1979 All-Ireland Senior Club Hurling Championship final was a hurling match played at Semple Stadium on 25 March 1979 to determine the winners of the 1978–79 All-Ireland Senior Club Hurling Championship, the ninth season of the All-Ireland Senior Club Hurling Championship, a tournament organised by the Gaelic Athletic Association for the champion clubs of the four provinces of Ireland. The final was contested by Blackrock of Cork and Ballyhale Shamrocks of Kilkenny, with Blackrock winning by 5-7 to 5-5. The All-Ireland final was a unique occasion as it was the first ever championship meeting between Blackrock and Ballyhale Shamrocks. It remains their only clash in the All-Ireland series. Both sides were bidding to make history with Blackrock hoping to become the first team to win three All-Ireland titles, while Ballyhale Shamrocks were hoping to claim their first title. The first half was completely dominated by Blackrock who opened the scoring with a goal from a 21-yards free by Pat Moylan in the first minute. Two further goals by Ray Cummins in the 17th and 18th minutes put Blackrock ahead by 3-2 to 0-2. A third goal by Éamonn O'Sullivan helped them to reach half-time in the comfortable position of being 12 points ahead. Blackrock appeared to have the game wrapped up when Tom Lyons whipped through a goal to leave them 14 points ahead with just a quarter of an hour left to play. Ger Fennelly pointed a free to reduce the deficit for Ballyhale, before Pat Holden, Kevin Fennelly and Liam Fennelly scored three goals without reply. Moylan pointed to reinforce the lead for Blackrock, however, a long shot from out the field landed in the Blackrock square before Brendan Fennelly got the final touch to send it over the line. The referee originally signaled a free to Blackrock, however, after consulting with his umpires he awarded the goal. This left the Shamrocks trailing by two points, however, they failed to score in the remaining time. | Sports Event |
Sam Houston Math, Science, and Technology Center (SHMSTC) is a secondary school located at 9400 Irvington Boulevard in Northside Houston, Texas, United States. Sam Houston Math, Science, and Technology Center handles grades nine through twelve and is part of the Houston Independent School District. Before 1955, it was located in Downtown Houston. Established in 1889, Sam Houston operates the oldest high school newspaper in Texas, the Aegis. Additionally, the school boasts the world's first female-only military drill squad initially known as the Black Battalion but now called the Tigerettes. The school is often referred to simply as \"Sam\" by students, alumni, and faculty. Sam Houston High School Baseball Field is located at 29°51′03″N 95°21′41″W / 29.85083°N 95.36139°W. | Educational Institution |
The Breeders' Cup Sprint is an American Weight for Age Grade I Thoroughbred horse race for horses three years old and older. Run on dirt over a distance of 6 Furlongs ( 3⁄4 mile), the race has been held annually since 1984 at a different racetrack in the United States or Canada as part of the Breeders' Cup World Championships. | Race |
Malcolm Brown (born 4 April 1935) is a former motorcycle speedway rider who rode for Hackney Hawks and Leicester Lions in the 1960s and 1970s. | Motorcycle Rider |
The women's cycling team pursuit at the 2012 Olympic Games in London was held at the London Velopark on 3 and 4 August. The Great Britain team consisting of Danielle King, Laura Trott and Joanna Rowsell won the gold medal in world record-breaking time. Including pre-Olympic races and the Olympic final itself, in the six times they had ridden together they had broken the world record in every race. Sarah Hammer, Dotsie Bausch and Jennie Reed of the United States took the silver medal and Canada's Tara Whitten, Gillian Carleton and Jasmin Glaesser won bronze. | Olympics |
NGC 1232 is an intermediate spiral galaxy about 60 million light-years away in the constellation Eridanus. It is dominated by millions of bright stars and dark dust, in spiral arms rotating about the center. Open clusters containing bright blue stars are sprinkled along these spiral arms, with dark lanes of dense interstellar dust between. Less visible are dim normal stars and interstellar gas, producing such high mass that they dominate the dynamics of the inner galaxy. Not visible is matter of unknown form called dark matter, needed to explain the motions of the visible material in the outer galaxy. The galaxy is approximately 170,000 light-years across, in between the sizes of the Andromeda Galaxy and our home galaxy, the Milky Way. NGC 1232 and its satellite are part of the Eridanus cluster of galaxies, along with NGC 1300. | Celestial Body |
The Aruban Workers' Federation (FTA) is a national trade union center in Aruba. It is affiliated with the International Trade Union Confederation. | Organisation |
Simon \"Wicksy\" Wicks is a fictional character from the British BBC soap opera EastEnders, played by Nick Berry between 1985 and 1990. Wicksy was introduced to take on some of the more adult storylines that had been scripted for another character, Mark Fowler; Mark's actor, David Scarboro, had left the serial prematurely due to personal problems. Wicksy was the soap's first male pin-up and proved extremely popular with female fans. An early storyline saw Wicksy perform a song in the serial, \"Every Loser Wins\", which was subsequently released as a single in 1986 and reached number one in the UK Singles Chart. One of Wicksy's most prominent storylines was his adultery with Cindy Beale, and a subsequent feud with Cindy's husband, Ian Beale (Adam Woodyatt). Nick Berry quit the role in 1990, fearful of typecasting, and after five years on-screen, Wicksy departed on 27 December that year. On 13 January 2012, Simon made a one-off return appearance for the funeral of his mother, Pat Butcher. | Fictional Character |
Aberdeen City was a Boston-based indie/alternative rock band. The members of the band were: Ryan Heller (guitar), Chris McLaughlin (guitar and vocals), Rob McCaffrey (drums), and Brad Parker (bass and vocals). They formed at Boston College, though McCaffrey, Heller and Parker all grew up in the same Chicago neighborhood. Their album, The Freezing Atlantic (Dovecote/Red Ink), was voted the number one new album by the WFNX Boston Phoenix Best Music Poll 2006. The album also won Local Album of the Year at the 2006 Boston Music Awards, pairing with the bands win for Best Local Rock Act. The band's first single, \"God is Going To Get Sick of Me\" took home the \"Local Song of the Year\" award the previous year before the album had been nationally released. Their moody debut LP was produced by Nic Hard (The Church, The Bravery) and Steve Lillywhite (U2, Morrissey, Talking Heads). The band toured nationally with Electric Six, The Go! Team, Rasputina, We Are Scientists, Elefant, British Sea Power, The Hold Steady and more. The band was dropped from their recording contract with Sony after their tour. The band took a break from writing their follow up to The Freezing Atlantic to collaborate on a handful of songs with Amanda Palmer (The Dresden Dolls). The five-some played three sold out shows (Boston, Hoboken, NYC) and had plans to record some of the material in the fall of 2007, though this has not been released to date. There were rumors in 2008 that the band was close to dissolving and Ryan Heller left the band in June 2008 to go to grad school in New York. Though the band never released a formal public statement declaring the end of their band, their official website has not been updated since 2009. | Group |
Georges Bregy (born 17 January 1958 in Raron) is a retired Swiss football striker and midfielder. He was capped 54 times and scored 12 goals for the Swiss national team between 1984 and 1994. He played four games at the 1994 FIFA World Cup, and scored a free kick goal against the United States. Bregy won the top goalscorer title in Switzerland in 1984, having scored 21 goals during the season. He coached Raron, Lausanne, Thun, Zürich and Stäfa. | Sports Manager |
T. C. Russell is a fictional character on the American soap opera Passions, which aired on NBC from 1999 to 2007 and on DirecTV in 2007–08. Created by the soap's founder and head writer James E. Reilly, the role was portrayed by Rodney Van Johnson from July 5, 1999 to June 19, 2007. On March 19, 2001, Jenny Gaona played the character in flashbacks. Johnson's casting was part of NBC's attempt to include a racially diverse ensemble on daytime television. He was demoted to recurring status in December 2006 before his last appearance in June 2007. T. C. is the patriarch of the Russell family; he is the ex-husband of Eve Russell and father of Whitney Russell and Simone Russell. Introduced as the perfect husband and father, he eventually becomes characterized by his violent temper and hatred for the Crane family, particularly Julian Crane, before suffering from a stroke and departing to help his daughters settle in New Orleans, Louisiana. He is originally portrayed as a close friend to Sam Bennett before his storyline focused more on the disintegration of his marriage and family. Johnson and Ross made cameo appearances as T. C. and Eve in the series finale of the NBC primetime drama Providence. Internationally, Johnson. At the end of the show, several props and costumes related to T. C. were sold in an auction, along with other items from the show. Johnson described T. C.'s later character development as \"disappointing\" by limiting him to \"the angry black man\" stereotype. He initially praised the show for its racially diverse cast and representation of African-American characters, but later felt his character and the other African-American roles were not used to their full potential. T. C.'s relationship with Eve and Johnson's chemistry with Ross received negative feedback, with a majority of the show's promotional images advertising Eve and Julian as a supercouple instead. Internationally, Johnson was praised for his performance of T. C. as a character \"that warms the hearts of many in different countries\". | Fictional Character |
The little rock thrush (Monticola rufocinereus) is a passerine bird in the family Muscicapidae. It is found in Eritrea, Ethiopia, Kenya, Oman, Saudi Arabia, Somalia, South Sudan, Tanzania, Uganda, and Yemen. It is found in rocky areas with some trees, and sometimes near settlements. At 15 to 16 centimetres (5.9 to 6.3 in) this is the smallest of the rock thrushes. The male has the head, throat and upper mantle blue-grey, the underparts orange-red, except for the centre blackish centre tail and tips which form an inverted T shape. The female is duller and paler. It is readily mistaken for a redstart because of its habit of trembling its tail. | Animal |
W.J. (William Joseph) Rorabaugh (born 1945) is an American historian. He is a professor of history at the University of Washington and from 2003-08 was the managing editor of Pacific Northwest Quarterly. He graduated from Stanford University and the University of California, Berkeley with a PhD in 1976. He is a book reviewer and the author of several works of American history. In July 2006 he became president of the Alcohol and Drugs History Society. He has studied the history of beer in America. Rorabaugh's 1979 book The Alcoholic Republic: An American Tradition demonstrated the exceedingly high rate of alcohol consumption in the United States in the early nineteenth century. At the time, Rorabaugh argued, \"Americans preferred cider and whiskey because those drinks contained more alcohol than beer, which was too weak for American taste... One can only conclude that at the root of the alcoholic republic was the fact that Americans chose the most highly alcoholic beverages that they could obtain easily and cheaply.\" In his more recent work on the decade of the 1960s in American history, Rorabaugh has suggested a redefinition of \"the sixties.\" In his 2002 book Kennedy and the Promise of the Sixties, he wrote: \"It is possible to argue that the sixties did not begin until 1965, when African Americans rioted in Watts and when large numbers of American combat troops were sent to Vietnam, and did not end until 1974 when Richard Nixon resigned, or even 1975, when the North Vietnamese marched into Saigon.\" Rorabaugh identified the earlier half of the decade as distinct both from the 1950s and \"the sixties\": \"The early sixties, then, is important because it was an in-between time, a short space lodged between a more conservative, cautious, and complacent era that preceded it and a more frenzied, often raucous, and even violent era that followed.\" | Writer |
Canadian Foreign Policy is a triannual peer-reviewed academic journal published by the Norman Paterson School of International Affairs (Carleton University). It covers contemporary issues related to Canadian foreign policy such as trade, economics, politics, security, defense, development, environment, immigration, and intelligence. | Periodical Literature |
Moesgaard Museum (MOMU) is a Danish regional museum dedicated to archaeology and ethnography. It is located in Højbjerg, a suburb of Aarhus, Denmark. MOMU cooperates with the Institute of Prehistoric Archaeology, Medieval and Renaissance Archaeology and Anthropology at Aarhus University. The main part of the museum’s archaeological collection is of Danish origin. In addition, the Ethnographical Collections contain almost 50,000 artefacts from all over the world. They are used both for research and exhibitions. The collection also contains photographic material, films and sound recordings. The museum’s exhibitions presents several unrivalled archaeological findings from Denmark’s ancient past, amongst others the Grauballe Man, the world’s best preserved bog body and the large ritual weapon caches from Illerup Ådal, testifying the power struggles and warfare of the Iron Age. The collection also contains seven local rune stones.Temporary exhibitions at the museum also display examples of the world's cultural heritage. | Building |
Northern Lights Shopping Center is a strip mall located in Economy, Pennsylvania near Pittsburgh. While it continues to serve as a traditional community-style strip mall for the immediate area, it was a major power center-style strip mall from its opening until the early 2000s. Due to the high vacancy rate at the plaza, it is today largely considered a dead mall. A Walmart that opened next door to Northern Lights in 2014 is expected to help revitalize the plaza as well as help dilapidated southern Beaver County. | Building |
Tomohiro Kondo (Japanese: 近藤智弘, born 17 June 1977) is a Japanese professional golfer. Kondo was born in Tōkai, Aichi, Japan. He won the gold medal at the 1998 Asian Games. After turning professional, Kondo joined the Japan Golf Tour. He has five wins on the Japan Golf Tour, winning twice in 2006, and once in 2007, 2008, 2011, and 2014. | Athlete |
Princely Jets is Pakistan's first private charter jet operator, based at Jinnah International Airport, Karachi, Pakistan. It is owned by the Akbar Group . The airline started operations in November 2005 with a single aircraft and now operates a fleet of 3 jets and 3 helicopters. Being in the expansion phase, the airline will take delivery of another helicopter and 2 more jets by the end of this year. The airline has been operating charters actively in the Middle East and South Asia region flying Royalties, Diplomats, Businessmen, Heads of State and High net worth individuals. | Company |
The 2010 WGC-CA Championship was a golf tournament held March 11–14 at Doral Golf Resort & Spa in Doral, Florida, a suburb west of Miami. It was the eleventh WGC-CA Championship tournament, and the second of four World Golf Championships events staged in 2010. The only players eligible to compete who did not enter were six-time champion Tiger Woods (on an indefinite break from golf) and Ryo Ishikawa (graduating from high school). Ernie Els, the 2004 champion, won his second WGC title with a bogey-free 66 (–6) in the final round, four strokes ahead of runner-up Charl Schwartzel, the 54-hole co-leader with Els. | Tournament |
Lycoperdon lividum, commonly known as the grassland puffball, is a type of puffball mushroom in the genus Lycoperdon. It is found in Europe, where it grows on sandy soil in pastures, dunes, and heaths, especially in coastal areas. It fruits in autumn. It was first described scientifically in 1809 by Christian Hendrik Persoon. | Eukaryote |
The Battle of Rada'a was a military confrontation in March 2013, initially launched by Al-Qaeda in an apparent reprisal for the Yemen army's offensive against their stronghold of al-Manasseh following the collapse of talks to free the three Western hostages believed to be held in the area, of whom a Finnish couple and an Austrian man who were studying Arabic in Yemen, when they were snatched by local tribesmen in the capital city of Sanaa, where they were then sold to al-Qaeda militants and transferred to the southern province of al-Bayda, where the city of al-Manasseh is located. | Societal Event |
Ragnastrike Angels (ラグナストライクエンジェルズ Raguna Sutoraiku Enjeruzu) is a Japanese short anime series airing on TV consisting of 12, 30-second long episodes airing from April 3, 2016 to June 2016, based on the video game slated for release in summer. | Cartoon |
Hyposmocoma cinereosparsa is a species of moth of the Cosmopterigidae family. It is endemic to Kauai. | Animal |
The Journal of Software: Evolution and Process is a peer-reviewed scientific journal covering all aspects of software development and evolution. It is published by John Wiley & Sons. The journal was established in 1989 as the Journal of Software Maintenance: Research and Practice, renamed in 2001 to Journal of Software Maintenance and Evolution: Research and Practice, and obtained its current title in 2012. The editors-in-chief are Gerardo Canfora (University of Sannio), Darren Dalcher (University of Hertfordshire), and David Raffo (Portland State University). | Periodical Literature |
\"Let There Be Cowgirls\" is a song co-written and recorded by American country music artist Chris Cagle. It was released in July 2012 as the second single from his album Back in the Saddle. The song was written by Cagle and Kim Tribble. | Musical Work |
James Guy \"Jim\" Tucker Jr. (born June 13, 1943) is an Arkansas political figure. A member of the Democratic Party, he served as the 43rd Governor of Arkansas, the 11th Lieutenant Governor of Arkansas, Arkansas Attorney General, and U.S. Representative. Tucker has been married to the former Betty Allen since 1975. Tucker resigned the governorship and was replaced by Mike Huckabee on July 16, 1996, after his conviction for fraud during the Whitewater affair, although the conviction was not directly related to the investigation of Bill and Hillary Clinton's real estate and related business dealings. | Politician |
The Worcester Center Galleria, located in Downtown Worcester, Massachusetts, was a two level shopping mall which originally opened on July 29, 1971 as a part of the Worcester Center urban renewal project. The mall, which connected the 100 Front Street and 120 Front Street office towers, was successful for 20 years until it closed following a series of store vacancies. The mall re-opened in 1994 as a short-lived outlet center called Worcester Common Fashion Outlets, finally closing in 2006. The mall is currently undergoing demolition and re-development into a project called CitySquare. | Building |
Thor Pedersen (born 14 June 1945) is a Danish politician representing the Liberal party, Venstre. He was Finance Minister from 27 November 2001 to 23 November 2007 as part of the Cabinets of Anders Fogh Rasmussen I and II. He was a Member of Parliament (Folketinget) from 1985 to 2011 and served as Speaker from 28 November 2007 until 15 September 2011. He was Minister of Housing from 12 March 1986 to 9 September 1987, Minister of the Interior from 10 September 1987 to 25 January 1993, Minister of Nordic Coorporation from 3 June 1988 to 18 November 1992 and Minister of Economic Affairs from 19 November 1992 to 25 January 1993. He was a member of Helsinge Municipal Council from 1974 to 1986, where he was also mayor from 1978 to 1986. | Politician |
The Elmira Sugar Kings are a Canadian junior ice hockey team based in Elmira, Ontario, Canada. They play in the Mid-Western division of the Greater Ontario Junior Hockey League. | Sports Team |
Xanthoria is a genus of lichenized fungi in the family Teloschistaceae. Common names include orange lichen, orange wall lichen, and sunburst lichen. They can be identified by their characteristic Squamulose morphology with distinctive \"fairy cups\". Species include: \n* Xanthoria alaskana \n* Xanthoria alexanderbaai \n* Xanthoria alfredi \n* Xanthoria borealis \n* Xanthoria candelaria \n* Xanthoria concinna \n* Xanthoria elegans - elegant orange wall lichen, elegant sunburst \n* Xanthoria fallax \n* Xanthoria fulva \n* Xanthoria hasseana - Hasse's orange wall lichen \n* Xanthoria karrooensis \n* Xanthoria papillifera \n* Xanthoria parietina \n* Xanthoria polycarpa \n* Xanthoria ramulosa \n* Xanthoria sorediata \n* Xanthoria subramulosa \n* Xanthoria tenax \n* Xanthoria tenuiloba | Eukaryote |
The 2013 Chicago Red Stars season is the fifth season of the soccer club and its first season in National Women's Soccer League. | Sports Team Season |
Shahrdari Gorgan Basketball Club is an Iranian professional basketball club based in Gorgan, Iran. They compete in the Iranian Basketball Super League. | Sports Team |
Manon Krieger (born 2 July 1986) is a France female badminton player. | Athlete |
Haja Zainab Hawa Bangura (born 18 December 1959) is a Sierra Leonean politician and social activist. She was appointed as Special Representative of the United Nations Secretary General on Sexual Violence in Conflict in September 2012. In 2007, Bangura became Sierra Leone's foreign minister in the government of President Ernest Bai Koroma of the All People's Congress (APC) Party. She was the second woman to serve in that post, following Shirley Gbujama who held that position from 1996 to 1997. Mrs. Bangura also served as Sierra Leone's Minister of Health and sanitation from 2010 to 2012. As a devoted Muslim, Mrs. Bangura took time off politics in 2009 to travel to the Holy city of Mecca in Saudi Arabia to participate in the 2009 Hajj pilgrimage ceremony. She was appointed as the United Nations Secretary-General's Special Representative on Sexual Violence in Conflict on 22 June 2012. | Politician |
Patsy Ann \"Pat\" Danner (born January 13, 1934, Louisville, Kentucky) is an American politician. She formerly represented the Missouri's 6th congressional district in the United States House of Representatives. She is a Democrat. | Politician |
Piers Gaveston, 1st Earl of Cornwall (c. 1284 – 19 June 1312) was an English nobleman of Gascon origin, and the favourite of King Edward II of England. At a young age he made a good impression on King Edward I \"Longshanks\", and was assigned to the household of the King's son, Edward of Caernarfon. The prince's partiality for Gaveston was so extravagant that Edward I sent the favourite into exile, but he was recalled a few months later, after the King's death led to the prince's accession as Edward II. Edward bestowed the Earldom of Cornwall on Gaveston, and arranged for him to marry his niece Margaret de Clare, sister of the powerful Earl of Gloucester. Gaveston's exclusive access to the King provoked several members of the nobility, and in 1307 the King was again forced to send him into exile. During this absence he served as the King's Lord Lieutenant of Ireland. Edward managed to negotiate a deal with the opposition, however, and Gaveston returned the next year. Upon his return his behaviour became even more offensive, and by the Ordinances of 1311 it was decided that Gaveston should be exiled for a third time, to suffer outlawry if he returned. When he did return in 1312, he was hunted down and executed by a group of magnates led by Thomas of Lancaster and Guy de Beauchamp, Earl of Warwick. It was alleged by medieval chroniclers that Edward II and Piers Gaveston were lovers, a rumour that was reinforced by later portrayals in fiction, such as Christopher Marlowe's late 16th-century play Edward II. This assertion has received the support of some modern historians, while others have questioned it. According to Pierre Chaplais, the relationship between the two was that of an adoptive brotherhood, and Gaveston served as an unofficial deputy for a reluctant king. Other historians, like J. S. Hamilton, have pointed out that concern over the two men's sexuality was not at the core of the nobility's grievances, which rather centred on Gaveston's exclusive access to royal patronage. | Person |
Regele Ferdinand Avenue (named after King Ferdinand I; previously called Strada Podului), is a street in central Cluj-Napoca, Romania, featuring a wide range of structures built between 18th and 19th centuries. It is a primary commercial street. A building ensemble that fastens the corners of the oldest bridge over the Someşul Mic River was built at the northern end of the avenue during the last decade of the 19th century: the Berde, Babos, Elian, Urania, and Szeky palaces consist of a mixture of Baroque, Renaissance and Gothic styles, following the Art Nouveau/Secession and Revival specifics. | Route Of Transportation |
The Cotter Dam is a concrete gravity and rockfill embankment dam across the Cotter River, located in the Australian Capital Territory, Australia. The impounded reservoir is called the Cotter Reservoir which is a supply source of potable water for the city of Canberra and its environs. | Infrastructure |
Sean Murray is a current senior football player with St. Brigid's and Dublin. won the Leinster Senior football championship and the all-Ireland senior football championship in 2011 as a squad member. He won the 2011 Dublin senior football championship with St Brigid's. | Athlete |
Irfan \"Pipe\" Smajlagić (born 16 October 1961 in Banja Luka) is a Croatian former handball player who competed in the 1988 Summer Olympics for Yugoslavia and in the 1996 Summer Olympics for Croatia. He was born in Banja Luka, Bosnia and Herzegovina. In 1988 he was part of the Yugoslav team which won the bronze medal. He played five matches and scored 14 goals. Eight years later he won the gold medal with the Croatian team. He played six matches including the final and scored 31 goals. | Athlete |
The Canal de Bergues is an 8 km long canal connecting Bergues and the ports at Dunkerque, in the Nord department, in northern France. It was built in the 16th century. The canal was in use in the 9th century and rebuilt in the 18th is now a deadend at Bergues. | Stream |
Wenceslas Cobergher (1560 – 23 November 1634), sometimes called Wenzel Coebergher, was a Flemish Renaissance architect, engineer, painter, antiquarian, numismatist and economist. Faded somewhat into the background as a painter, he is chiefly remembered today as the man responsible for the draining of the Moëres on the Franco-Belgian border. He is also one of the fathers of the Flemish Baroque style of architecture in the Southern Netherlands. | Person |
Saint Reparata (Italian: Santa Reparata, French: Sainte Réparate) was a third-century Christian virgin and martyr, possibly mythical, of Caesarea in Palestine. Sources vary as to her age – from 11 to 20 years old – though the Sainte-Réparate cathedral in Nice gives it as 15. She was arrested for her faith and tortured during the persecution of Decius. Her persecutors tried to burn her alive, but she was saved by a shower of rain. She was then made to drink boiling pitch. When she again refused to apostatize, she was beheaded. Her legend states that as she fell dead, her spirit emerged from her body in the form a dove. Later elaborations of her legend state that her body was laid in a boat and blown by the breath of angels to the bay now known as the Baie des Anges in Nice. A similar tale is associated with the legends of Saint Restituta; Saint Devota, patroness of Monaco and Corsica; and Saint Torpes. | Cleric |
Bruce \"The Preacher\" Macfie (born 6 July 1978) is an Australian middleweight kickboxer from Brisbane, Queensland. He is current Intercontinental and Commonwealth World Muay Thai Council (WMC) Muay Thai Middleweight champion. In 2007 he took part of the reality based television series The Contender Asia. | Athlete |
Dragon Quest: Dai no Daibōken (ドラゴンクエスト ダイの大冒険 Doragon Kuesuto: Dai no Daibōken, lit. \"Dragon Quest: Dai's Great Adventure\", officially translated as \"Dragon Quest: The Adventure of Dai\"), is a Japanese manga based in the video game series Dragon Quest. It was originally created as a two-chapter short story titled \"Derupa! Iruiru!\". Its subsequent success led to the three-chapter sequel \"Dai Bakuhatsu!!!\" (Dai Explodes!!!), and later the serialization of Dai no Daibōken in Shueisha's Weekly Shōnen Jump. The manga later spawned an anime series, the second one based on the Dragon Quest franchise after Dragon Quest. Dragon Quest: Dai no Daibōken is one of the Weekly Shōnen Jump's best-selling manga series of all time, with roughly 40 million copies sold. | Comic |
The 1981 Open Championship was the 110th Open Championship held from 16–19 July at Royal St George's Golf Club in Sandwich, England. Bill Rogers won his only major championship, four strokes ahead of runner-up Bernhard Langer. The Open returned to Royal St. George's for the first time since 1949, making it a new venue for all; no former champions finished in the top ten. | Tournament |
The Highveld Lions is the name used by the combined Gauteng and North West first class cricket teams in South Africa. The home venues are the New Wanderers Stadium in Johannesburg and Senwes Park in Potchefstroom. The combined team plays in the Sunfoil Series first class cricket competition as well as in the Momentum 1 Day Cup and Ram Slam T20 Challenge limited over competitions. They are the current Momentum 1 Day Cup champions. | Sports Team |
Karen Elizabeth Preston (born July 8, 1971 in Toronto) is a Canadian former competitive figure skater. She is a two-time (1989, 1992) Canadian national champion and placed 8th at the 1992 Winter Olympics in Albertville, France. Preston was raised in Mississauga. | Winter Sport Player |
The 1978–79 season was the 33rd season in Rijeka’s history and their 17th season in the Yugoslav First League. Their 5th place finish in the 1977–78 season meant it was their fifth successive season playing in the Yugoslav First League. | Sports Team Season |