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William Gibbs | William Gibbs William Gibbs may refer to | MjAyNDA4MTkxMDE= | enwiki |
Llanwddyn | Llanwddyn Llanwddyn Welsh pronunciation is a village and community in Montgomeryshire Powys Wales The community is centred on the Lake Vyrnwy reservoir The original Llanwddyn village about miles km northwest was submerged when the reservoir was created in the s | MjAyNDA4MTkxMDI= | enwiki |
Sosigenes (crater) | Sosigenes (crater) Sosigenes is a lunar impact crater on the west edge of Mare Tranquillitatis Its diameter is km It was named after ancient Greek astronomer Sosigenes of Alexandria It lies to the east of the large walled plain Julius Caesar The crater rim has a high albedo making it relatively bright It has a small central rise at the midpoint of the floor To the east on the mare is a formation of parallel rilles designated the Rimae Sosigenes These follow a course to the north and have a length of about kilometers The small bowlshaped crater Sosignes A lies across one of these rilles | MjAyNDA4MTkxMDM= | enwiki |
Incident response team | Incident response team An incident response team IRT or emergency response team ERT is a group of people who prepare for and respond to an emergency such as a natural disaster or an interruption of business operations Incident response teams are common in public service organizations as well as in other organizations either military or specialty This team is generally composed of specific members designated before an incident occurs although under certain circumstances the team may be an ad hoc group of willing volunteers Incident response team members ideally are trained and prepared to fulfill the roles required by the specific situation for example to serve as incident commander in the event of a largescale public emergency As the size of an incident grows and as more resources are drawn into the event the command of the situation may shift through several phases In a smallscale event usually only a volunteer or ad hoc team may respond In events both large and small both specific member and ad hoc teams may work jointly in a unified command system Individual team members can be trained in various aspects of the response either be it medical assistancefirst aid hazardous material spills hostage situations information systems attacks or disaster relief Ideally the team has already defined a protocol or set of actions to perform to mitigate the negative effects of the incident | MjAyNDA4MTkxMDQ= | enwiki |
Charles Lee Lewes | Charles Lee Lewes Charles Lee Lewes July was an English actor | MjAyNDA4MTkxMDU= | enwiki |
Category (Kant) | Category (Kant) In Immanuel Kants philosophy a category German Categorie in the original or Kategorie in modern German is a pure concept of the understanding Verstand A Kantian category is a characteristic of the appearance of any object in general before it has been experienced a priori Following Aristotle Kant uses the term categories to describe the pure concepts of the understanding which apply to objects of intuition in general a priori Kant further wrote about the categories They are concepts of an object in general by means of which its intuition is regarded as determined with regard to one of the logical functions for judgments The categories are the condition of the possibility of objects in general that is objects as such any and all objectsclarification needed not specific objects in particular Kant enumerated twelve distinct but thematically related categories | MjAyNDA4MTkxMDY= | enwiki |
Dionisio Arce | Dionisio Arce Dionisio Arce June November was a Paraguayan footballer Arce played as a forward and was known for his ability to handle the ball and heading skills He started playing for Paraguayan side Sportivo Luqueño before moving to Italy to play for several teams until the end of his career He died in in the city of Bracciano | MjAyNDA4MTkxMDc= | enwiki |
Tu Ángel de la Guarda | Tu Ángel de la Guarda Tu Ángel de la Guarda Your guardian angel is Gloria Trevis second album and it contained one of her signature songs and her most widely known hit Pelo Suelto It also contained other hit songs such as Tu angel de la guarda Ya no Virgen de las virgenes and Hoy me ire de casa This album was very controversial different from other artists albums such as Lucero Virgen de las virgenes mocked girls who said they were virgins but had actually lost their virginity and Ya no went against the machismo movement of México Following the release of the album Gloria was working hard in promoting radio television and print media Trevi first traveled abroad visiting American Union countries Puerto Rico Argentina Colombia Guatemala Venezuela Costa Rica and received a Gold and Platinum for high sales achieved This album sold around copies in Mexico which was ranked tenth of the best selling albums of all time in the country | MjAyNDA4MTkxMDg= | enwiki |
2006 SEC men's basketball tournament | 2006 SEC men's basketball tournament The SEC mens basketball tournament took place from March in Nashville Tennessee at the Gaylord Entertainment Center The SEC Championship Game was televised by CBS The top two teams in both the Eastern and Western Divisions received byes in the first round which were Tennessee Alabama LSU and Florida and played their second round games on March The SEC Tournament winner Florida received the SECs automatic bid to the NCAA Tournament en route to winning the NCAA National Championship | MjAyNDA4MTkxMDk= | enwiki |
1981 Alpine Skiing World Cup – Men's overall | 1981 Alpine Skiing World Cup – Men's overall Mens overall World Cup | MjAyNDA4MTkxMTA= | enwiki |
USS Pensacola (AK-7) | USS Pensacola (AK-7) USS Pensacola AKAG was a cargo ship in the United States Navy Pensacola was originally the German screw steamer Nicaria launched in Rostock Germany on August She was seized by the US government at Southport North Carolina on May She was transferred to the United States Navy on June and commissioned on October Assigned to the Naval Overseas Transport Service in January Pensacola carried supplies from the United States to French and British ports Returning from Brest to Philadelphia on December she steamed to New York and sailed for Turkey on January with a cargo for the SyrianArmenian Relief arriving at Constantinople on March Following her return to the United States on April Pensacola carried passengers and cargo to bases in the Caribbean Returning to Norfolk on June she was reassigned to the Navy TransPacific transport service She operated in the Pacific until becoming a station ship at Guam March Classified AK Cargo Ship on July Pensacola was reclassified AG Miscellaneous Auxiliary on June She decommissioned at Mare Island California on March was struck from the Navy Register the same day and was sold to M Davidson of Stockton California on August | MjAyNDA4MTkxMTE= | enwiki |
RAF Lindholme | RAF Lindholme Royal Air Force Lindholme or more simply RAF Lindholme is a former Royal Air Force station in South Yorkshire England It was located miles km south of Thorne and miles km north east of Doncaster and was initially called RAF Hatfield Woodhouse | MjAyNDA4MTkxMTI= | enwiki |
1977 Manitoba general election | 1977 Manitoba general election The Manitoba general election was held on October to elect Members of the Legislative Assembly of the Province of Manitoba Canada It was won by the Progressive Conservative Party which took seats out of The governing New Democratic Party fell to seats while the Liberal Party won only one seat | MjAyNDA4MTkxMTM= | enwiki |
Zygmunt Steuermann | Zygmunt Steuermann Zygmunt Steuermann February December was a Polish footballer who played as a forward and is one of the most renowned members of the Hasmonea Lwów Football Club | MjAyNDA4MTkxMTQ= | enwiki |
Llangwyllog | Llangwyllog Llangwyllog Welsh pronunciation is a small village and ancient parish in the centre of Anglesey Wales It is found three miles to the north of the islands capital Llangefni and two miles north of Llyn Cefni the islands second largest body of water The settlement was once far more important than it is today reaching a population of in whereas the census showed only people living there The Anglesey Central Railway used to operate a station in the village until its closure in The tracks however still run through the village and there is a significant railway cutting in the village The parish church is St Cwyllogs Church Llangwyllog the first church here was founded by St Cwyllog in the th century One historic event said to have taken place here in was a battle between Owain Gwynedd the first king of Wales and the armies of the Erse Manx and Norsemen who had invaded the island In the end the Welsh leader was triumphant | MjAyNDA4MTkxMTU= | enwiki |
John Tiplady Carrodus | John Tiplady Carrodus John Tiplady Carrodus was an English violinist | MjAyNDA4MTkxMTY= | enwiki |
Schrammelmusik | Schrammelmusik Schrammelmusik German pronunciation ˈʃʁaməlmuˌzik is a style of Viennese folk music originating in the late nineteenth century and still performed in Austria The style is named for the prolific folk composers Johann and Josef Schrammel | MjAyNDA4MTkxMTc= | enwiki |
Stevinus (crater) | Stevinus (crater) Stevinus is a lunar impact crater located in the southeast part of the Moon To the southeast is the large crater Furnerius Just to the northeast is Snellius and the Vallis Snellius crater valley To the westnorthwest lies Reichenbach To the westnorthwest of Stevinus is the tiny crater Stevinus A a feature that possesses a small ray system and a displays a high albedo Stevinus has a high inner wall and a central peak at the midpoint of the interior floor The inner walls are slumped so that the side slopes down sharply then more gradually There are several small ridges on the floor in addition to the peak Due to its ray system Stevinus is mapped as part of the Copernican System It is named for Simon Stevin a thcentury Belgian mathematician and engineer LRO image Oblique regional view with Stevinus at center from Apollo Oblique regional view with Stevinus at center and two small bright craters with prominent ray systems Stevinus A at right and Furnerius A at left From Apollo | MjAyNDA4MTkxMTg= | enwiki |
Pilgrim High School | Pilgrim High School Pilgrim High School also known as Pilgrim or PHS is a suburban high school in the Pilgrim Park neighborhood of Warwick Rhode Island It is a part of Warwick Public Schools The school is singlestoried and features multiple hallways for specific subjects Multiple renovations occurred in the school most recently in before the consolidation process began The school logo is the shape of an American Revolution soldier head formed by the words Pilgrim High School Patriots although the letter P in the official colors is used for most athletic teams It opened during the middle of the school year to address overcrowding at Warwick Veterans High School which taught almost four thousand students at the time of opening Nevertheless the new establishment eventually became notorious for the double session schedule to alleviate its own excess capacity problem by the late s Today Pilgrim has an enrollment of students thanks to a consolidation effort by the school department after years of declining student population Pilgrim was historically wellknown for sports most notably the baseball team as they won multiple state championships all through a dynastic period Most of the schools championships were won throughout the s In recent years the schools athletics entered a renaissance Most recently the cheerleading boys ice hockey and boys soccer teams won division championships The football team after posting only three winning seasons between and finally appeared but lost in the states Division III Super Bowl since their latest appearance in | MjAyNDA4MTkxMTk= | enwiki |
Otago | Otago Otago əˈtɑːɡoʊ oʊ ɒ Māori Ōtākou ɔːˈtaːkou is a region of New Zealand located in the southern half of the South Island administered by the Otago Regional Council It has an area of approximately square kilometres sq mi making it the countrys second largest local government region Its population was in June The name Otago is the local southern Māori dialect pronunciation of Ōtākou the name of the Māori village near the entrance to Otago Harbour The exact meaning of the term is disputed with common translations being isolated village and place of red earth the latter referring to the reddishochre clay which is common in the area around Dunedin Otago is also the old name of the European settlement on the harbour established by the Weller Brothers in which lies close to Otakou The upper harbour later became the focus of the Otago Association an offshoot of the Free Church of Scotland notable for its adoption of the principle that ordinary people not the landowner should choose the ministers Major centres include Dunedin the principal city Oamaru made famous by Janet Frame Balclutha Alexandra and the major tourist centres Queenstown and Wānaka Kaitangata in South Otago is a prominent source of coal The Waitaki and Clutha rivers provide much of the countrys hydroelectric power Vineyards and wineries have been developed in the Central Otago wine region Some parts of the area originally covered by Otago Province are now administered by either Canterbury Regional Council or Southland Regional Council | MjAyNDA4MTkxMjA= | enwiki |
Terrestrial Tones | Terrestrial Tones Terrestrial Tones are Dave Portner Avey Tare of Animal Collective and Eric Copeland of Black Dice The two were roommates who began recording together when both of their respective primary bands went on temporary hiatus in November | MjAyNDA4MTkxMjE= | enwiki |
Strabo (crater) | Strabo (crater) Strabo is a lunar impact crater that is located near the northeastern rim of the Moon At this angle the crater appears oval in shape due to foreshortening It is attached to the north rim of the walled plain De La Rue To the west is the smaller crater Thales To the north is a chain of three comparably sized craters designated Strabo L Strabo B and Strabo N The inner rim of Strabo is terraced with a small crater lying across the eastern wall The interior has been flooded in the past by lava and is now relatively flat | MjAyNDA4MTkxMjI= | enwiki |
Sulpicius Gallus (crater) | Sulpicius Gallus (crater) Sulpicius Gallus is a small bowlshaped lunar impact crater that lies near the southwestern edge of the Mare Serenitatis The crater is named after the nd century BC Roman astronomer Gaius Sulpicius Gallus About kilometers to the south and east is the Montes Haemus range that forms the edge of the Serenitatis basin This crater has a relatively high albedo with a sharpedged rim that displays little appearance of wear There is a small rise at the midpoint Recent deposits of highland material have been observed within the crater interior This material was observed to be orange by Apollo astronauts during their LMP ascent To the northwest is a rille system designated the Rimae Sulpicius Gallus These extend to the northwest for a distance of about kilometers curving and branching out to follow the edge of the mare | MjAyNDA4MTkxMjM= | enwiki |
Phono-semantic matching | Phono-semantic matching Phonosemantic matching PSM is the incorporation of a word into one language from another often creating a neologism where the words nonnative quality is hidden by replacing it with phonetically and semantically similar words or roots from the adopting language Thus the approximate sound and meaning of the original expression in the source language are preserved though the new expression the PSM the phonosemantic match in the target language may sound native Phonosemantic matching is distinct from calquing which includes semantic translation but does not include phonetic matching ie retention of the approximate sound of the borrowed word through matching it with a similarsounding preexistent word or morpheme in the target language Phonosemantic matching is also distinct from homophonic translation which retains the sound of a word but not the meaning | MjAyNDA4MTkxMjQ= | enwiki |
Scott LeDoux | Scott LeDoux Alan Scott LeDoux January August was a politician professional heavyweight boxer professional wrestler and referee | MjAyNDA4MTkxMjU= | enwiki |
Marc Okrand | Marc Okrand Marc Okrand ˈoʊkrænd born July is an American linguist His professional work is in Native American languages and he is well known as the creator of the Klingon language in the Star Trek science fiction franchise | MjAyNDA4MTkxMjY= | enwiki |
Great Mills (DIY) | Great Mills (DIY) Great Mills was a large DIY chain consisting of around stores across the United Kingdom The business was bought by Focus DIY in December for m which in turn entered administration in May with all stores closing by the end of July Most of the former stores of Focus DIY were sold off by the administrators Ernst Young in batches to BQ Wickes and BM Bargains BM Homestore At its height Great Mills had approximately employees stores nationwide and over products in range | MjAyNDA4MTkxMjc= | enwiki |
Luana Reyes | Luana Reyes Luana Reyes February November was an American Indian health care administrator As executive director of the Seattle Indian Health Board SIHB she grew that institution from a staff of five to nearly and made it a model for urban Indian institutions subsequently she worked for the federal Indian Health Service eventually becoming deputy director of that person institution On October shortly before her death from aplastic anemia at the age of she received the Presidential Rank Meritorious Award | MjAyNDA4MTkxMjg= | enwiki |
Five Mile Pass | Five Mile Pass Five Mile Pass is a high arid region miles km west of Eagle Mountain Utah that is managed by the Bureau of Land Management and is popular for motocross off highway vehicle recreation mountain biking hiking and camping The area is on the Utah County and Tooele County line and the Pony Express passed through the area during The area also was traveled by the stagecoach and pioneer families heading west for Nevada and California Other historical activities in the area include mineral mining and quarrying | MjAyNDA4MTkxMjk= | enwiki |
Terry Fox Run | Terry Fox Run The Terry Fox Run is an annual noncompetitive charity event held around the world to raise money for cancer research in commemoration of Canadian cancer activist Terry Fox and his Marathon of Hope The event was founded in by Isadore Sharp who had contacted Terry in hospital by telegram and expressed his wishes to hold an annual run in Terrys name to raise funds for cancer research Sharp had lost his son to cancer in The event is held every year on the second Sunday following Labour Day Since its inception it has raised via the Terry Fox Foundation over million CAD The run is informal which means that the distance often varies usually between and kilometres participation is considered to be more important than completing the set distance There are also runs set up by schools of every level often with shorter distances than the official ones The Terry Fox Run has no corporate sponsorship in accordance with Terry Foxs original wishes of not seeking fame or fortune from his endeavour During his crossCanada run he rejected every endorsement he was offered including from multinational corporations such as McDonalds as he felt that it would detract from his goal of creating public awareness The Terry Fox Runs have no advertisements on any race related materials such as Tshirts banners etc | MjAyNDA4MTkxMzA= | enwiki |
Strumpshaw | Strumpshaw Strumpshaw is a village and civil parish in the English county of Norfolk It is located on the northern bank of the River Yare around miles km southeast of Norwich The parish covers an area of km sq mi and had a population of in households at the census increasing to a population of in households at the Census For the purposes of local government it falls within the district of Broadland The villages name means stump wood The village lies a little distance from the river on the slopes of Strumpshaw Hill the highest area of land in the Norfolk Broads Because of its elevation Strumpshaw hosted from the late s through to the mids a repeater station in the shutter telegraph chain linking the Admiralty in London with Great Yarmouth The Wherry Lines railway line running between Norwich and Great Yarmouth and Lowestoft runs through the parish Trains call at Buckenham railway station at weekends only The small villages of Buckenham and Hassingham formally both parishes in their own right lie within the civil parish of Strumpshaw | MjAyNDA4MTkxMzE= | enwiki |
Tacquet (crater) | Tacquet (crater) Tacquet is a small bowlshaped crater that lies near the southern edge of Mare Serenitatis in the northeast part of the Moon The surface near the crater is marked by highalbedo ejecta To the west is a system of rilles designated the Rimae Menelaus Its diameter is km It was named after Brabantian mathematician André Tacquet | MjAyNDA4MTkxMzI= | enwiki |
Friedrich Wilhelm II, Duke of Saxe-Altenburg | Friedrich Wilhelm II, Duke of Saxe-Altenburg Friedrich Wilhelm II February in Weimar April in Altenburg was a duke of SaxeAltenburg He was the youngest son of Friedrich Wilhelm I Duke of SaxeWeimar and Anna Maria of the PalatinateNeuburg his second wife He was born eight months after the death of his father on July Shortly after his birth Friedrich Wilhelm II and his older brothers inherited SaxeAltenburg as corulers under the guardianship of the Electors of Saxony Christian II and John George I until when his older brother John Philip assumed the government of the duchy and the guardianship of his younger siblings By two of his three brothers were deceased Friedrich Wilhelm II and his older brother John Philip began a joint government but in fact John Philip was the real and only ruler of the duchy of SaxeAltenburg Friedrich Wilhelm II was only a nominal ruler until the death of John Philip when he began his personal reign over Altenburg At Altenburg Castle on September Friedrich Wilhelm II married his first wife Sophie Elisabeth the only daughter of Christian William of Brandenburg She died in after twelve years of childless marriage In Dresden on October Friedrich Wilhelm II married secondly Magdalene Sibylle of Saxony Dowager Crown Princess of Denmark and daughter of his former regent the Elector John George I They had three children Christian b Altenburg February d Altenburg June Painting of Christian Johanna Magdalena b Altenburg January d Weissenfels January married on October to Johann Adolf I Duke of SaxeWeissenfels Friedrich Wilhelm III Duke of SaxeAltenburg b Altenburg July d Altenburg April In he acquired the towns of Themar and Meiningen In he built a hunting seat Jagdschloss in Hummelshain and in he built a particularly beautiful widow seat Witwensitz called Magdalenenstift in Altenburg for his wife Magdalene Sybille After his death he was succeeded by his second and only surviving son Frederick William III | MjAyNDA4MTkxMzM= | enwiki |
Reamer | Reamer A reamer is a type of rotary cutting tool used in metalworking Precision reamers are designed to enlarge the size of a previously formed hole by a small amount but with a high degree of accuracy to leave smooth sides There are also nonprecision reamers which are used for more basic enlargement of holes or for removing burrs The process of enlarging the hole is called reaming There are many different types of reamer and they may be designed for use as a hand tool or in a machine tool such as a milling machine or drill press | MjAyNDA4MTkxMzQ= | enwiki |
The Lima News | The Lima News The Lima News is a local daily newspaper aimed at residents in Allen Auglaize Hancock Hardin Logan Mercer Putnam Shelby and Van Wert counties in Ohio USA Its headquarters is located in Lima Ohio | MjAyNDA4MTkxMzU= | enwiki |
Luodian (disambiguation) | Luodian (disambiguation) Luodian may refer to Luodian County 罗甸 a county in Qiannan Buyei and Miao Autonomous Prefecture Guizhou Luodian Shanghai 罗店 a town in Baoshan District Shanghai Luodian Jingshan County 罗店 a town in Jingshan County Jingmen Hubei Luodian Township Guangshui 骆店 a township in Guangshui Suizhou Hubei Luodian Township Henan 罗店 a township in Runan County Zhumadian Henan Luodian Zhejiang 罗店 a town in Wucheng District Jinhua Zhejiang | MjAyNDA4MTkxMzY= | enwiki |
Thales (crater) | Thales (crater) Thales is a small crater located in the northeast part of the Moon just to the west of the larger crater Strabo To the southeast is the walled plain De La Rue Thales has a sharp circular rim that has received little erosion The lunar surface around Thales has a ray system that extends for over kilometers and it is consequently mapped as part of the Copernican System An area to the northnorthwest of the crater is free of rays however indicating that the crater may have been formed by a lowangle impact from that direction The inner wall has some terraces particularly along the southern side The sides have a higher albedo than the typical lunar terrain This crater has been noted for transient lunar phenomena In E E Barnard observed a pale haze fill the crater interior while the surroundings remained clear and sharply visible | MjAyNDA4MTkxMzc= | enwiki |
Westford Knight | Westford Knight Westford Knight is the name given to a pattern variously interpreted as a carving or a natural feature or a combination of both located on a glacial boulder also known as the Sinclair Rock in Westford Massachusetts in the United States It is the subject of popular or pseudohistorical speculation on PreColumbian transoceanic contact The pattern was first described as a possible Native American carving in The identification as a medieval knight dates to | MjAyNDA4MTkxMzg= | enwiki |
Mario Scheiber | Mario Scheiber Mario Scheiber born March is an Austrian former skier who competed in all World Cup disciplines apart from slalom He first started in a World Cup race on March in Lillehammer However it was not until the season that he would start again in the World Cup this time on a regular basis finishing second twice and third once In the season he participated in only one race because of a training injury However he had a successful comeback in the season finishing in podium positions several times | MjAyNDA4MTkxMzk= | enwiki |
Timaeus (crater) | Timaeus (crater) Timaeus is a lunar impact crater in the northern part of the Moon on the north edge of Mare Frigoris It forms part of the southwestern wall of the large and irregular walled plain W Bond The rim of Timaeus is somewhat pentagonal in shape with rounded corners There is a central rise in the midpoint of the crater floor The irregular terrain to the west of Timaeus displays a degree of streaky parallelism as was noted by the Rev T W Webb These follow a path slightly to the east of north Timaeus is a crater of Upper Late Imbrian age | MjAyNDA4MTkxNDA= | enwiki |
The Sneetches and Other Stories | The Sneetches and Other Stories The Sneetches and Other Stories is a collection of stories by American childrens author Dr Seuss published in It is composed of four separate stories with themes of tolerance diversity and compromise The Sneetches The Zax Too Many Daves and What Was I Scared Of Based on an online poll the National Education Association listed the book as one of its Teachers Top Books for Children In it was ranked number among the Top Picture Books in a survey published by School Library Journal the fifth of five Dr Seuss books on the list The first two stories in the book The Sneetches and The Zax were later adapted along with Green Eggs and Ham into s animated TV musical special Dr Seuss on the Loose The Sneetches The Zax Green Eggs and Ham with Hans Conried voicing the narrator and both Zax and Paul Winchell and Bob Holt voicing the Sneetches and Sylvester McMonkey McBean respectively A minute CGI animated special based on The Sneetches is in development for Netflix | MjAyNDA4MTkxNDE= | enwiki |
Irregular chess opening | Irregular chess opening This article uses algebraic notation to describe chess moves In chess an irregular opening is an opening considered unusual or unorthodox In the early th century the term was used for any opening not beginning with e e the Open Game or d d the Closed Game As opening theory has developed and openings formerly considered irregular have become standard the term has been used less frequently Because these openings are not popular with chess players the standard opening references such as Modern Chess Openings MCO and Encyclopaedia of Chess Openings ECO do not cover them in detail | MjAyNDA4MTkxNDI= | enwiki |
Darłówko | Darłówko Darłówko German Rügenwaldermünde is a seaside neighborhood and a popular summertime resort in the town of Darłowo on the southern coast of the Baltic Sea in northern Poland It is the site of a yearly gathering of old military vehicles the largest of its kind in Europe held at the end of Słowiańska street Darłówko has two beaches east and west extending from either side of the Wieprza river mouth | MjAyNDA4MTkxNDM= | enwiki |
James Key (Formula One) | James Key (Formula One) James Key born January is a British engineer who has worked in Formula One He is currently the technical director of Stake F Team Kick Sauber | MjAyNDA4MTkxNDQ= | enwiki |
Deportes Iquique | Deportes Iquique Club de Deportes Iquique SADP is a Chilean football club based in Iquique that is a current member of the Chilean Primera División Founded in the clubs home stadium is the Estadio Tierra de Campeones which has a capacity Iquique has spent seasons in the Primera División its longest spell lasting ten years The team has spent seasons in Primera B and four in the thirdtier Tercera División Among its titles Iquique has won three Copa Chile titles and They have a local rivalry with San Marcos de Arica disputing the derby since early s | MjAyNDA4MTkxNDU= | enwiki |
Torricelli (crater) | Torricelli (crater) Torricelli is a lunar impact crater in the eastern part of the Sinus Asperitatis to the south of the Mare Tranquillitatis It was named after Italian physicist Evangelista Torricelli The western rim of the crater is broken open and joined to a smaller crater to the west The entire formation has a pearshaped appearance Torricelli lies in the northeastern part of a circular formation of rises in the lunar mare possibly the remains of a crater formation buried by lava | MjAyNDA4MTkxNDY= | enwiki |
Sidcot Swallet | Sidcot Swallet Sidcot Swallet is a cave near Burrington Combe in the Carboniferous Limestone of the Mendip Hills in Somerset England It was named after the Sidcot School Speleological Society who explored it in A swallet also known as a sinkhole sink shakehole swallow hole or doline is a natural depression or hole in the surface topography caused by the removal of soil or bedrock often both by water flowing beneath After Goatchurch Cavern Sidcot Swallet is probably the most popular cave on Mendip for novice parties What it lacks in length or depth is adequately compensated for by its sporty squeezes and narrow crawls Despite its popularity many calcite formations still remain intact in the farthest reaches of the cave | MjAyNDA4MTkxNDc= | enwiki |
Phoenix (1821 whaler) | Phoenix (1821 whaler) Phoenix or Phenix was an American wooden whaler launched in She plied the Pacific Ocean from her homeport of Nantucket Massachusetts She made ten complete voyages between and her loss on her th voyage in Phoenix and her captain Perry Winslow discovered Winslow Reef northwest of Canton in The entire group of Phoenix Islands in the South Pacific are named after a ship which was active in the area in the s which may be this ship Phoenix was in the Galapagos in and On January the crew was ashore and left graffiti carved into rocks there While in the Galapagos islands the crew also gathered tortoises to eat perhaps as many as | MjAyNDA4MTkxNDg= | enwiki |
Castle Walk | Castle Walk Castle Walk is a dance originated and made famous by Vernon and Irene Castle The moniker was coined from the Castles signature dance step styling and their touring stage show of lead with this as their signature The Castle Walk became popular through its introduction into the Tango Castle Walk is also a popular American song composed for Vernon and Irene Castle by James Reese Europe and Ford Thompson Dabney | MjAyNDA4MTkxNDk= | enwiki |
Ink Pen | Ink Pen Ink Pen is an American daily comic strip by Phil Dunlap which was syndicated by Universal Press SyndicateUniversal Uclick from to Its about an employment agency for outofwork cartoon characters Some of the comics characters include Bixby the former child star and now a dirty rat Fritz a dog and boss of the agency Hamhock a pig who is trying to get his minutes of fame Captain Victorious a lazy super hero with a wouldbe sidekick Scrappy Lad that he doesnt want Ralston a rabbit who is just looking for a higher group of people and Tyr the Norse god of single combat trying to pull his decent weight around anger management and Valhallan Attitude There is also Dynaman the rival of Captain Victorious Mr Negato the enemy of Captain Victorious and Scrappy Lad the useless weak sidekick who is more interested in a girl named Moxie Gumption a more streetwise version of Little Orphan Annie Jenn Erica is a female filler character who tries repeatedly to get a lead character Hela is the Norse goddess of the Underworld with a surprisingly cheerful disposition She claims to be related to Tyr but their kinship is rather tenuous Ms Amazement gives the impression of being a parody of Wonder Woman but her background is Celtic rather than Greek As of October update the daily strip went in reruns with plans to have new weekly comics running concurrently after a brief hiatus | MjAyNDA4MTkxNTA= | enwiki |
Georg Gaertner | Georg Gaertner Georg Gärtner German pronunciation ˈɡeːɔʁk ˈɡɛʁtnɐ December January was a German World War II soldier who was captured by British troops and later held as a prisoner of war by the United States He escaped from a prisoner of war camp took on a new identity as Dennis F Whiles and was never recaptured He revealed his true identity after staying some years in the United States | MjAyNDA4MTkxNTE= | enwiki |
Bodø Station | Bodø Station Bodø Station Norwegian Bodø stasjon is a railway station located in the center of the town of Bodø in Bodø Municipality in Nordland county Norway The station is the terminus of the Nordland Line that was completed in The station is served by day and night trains to Trondheim and commuter trains to Rognan operated by SJ Norge using Class units The decision to build the railway to Bodø was made in but was not completed until the s due to lack of funds and World War II Freight traffic was permitted starting in December while the passenger section was opened on June by King Olav V In the station building was upgraded for million kr including a room bed hostel | MjAyNDA4MTkxNTI= | enwiki |
Boardwalk | Boardwalk A boardwalk alternatively board walk boarded path or promenade is an elevated footpath walkway or causeway typically built with wooden planks which functions as a type of low water bridge or small viaduct that enables pedestrians to better cross wet muddy or marshy lands Such timber trackways have existed since at least Neolithic times In many seaside resort locations boardwalks along the beach provide access to shops hotels and tourist attractions The Jersey Shore in the United States is especially noted for its abundance of boardwalks Some wooden boardwalks have had sections replaced by concrete and even a type of recycled plastic that looks like wood | MjAyNDA4MTkxNTM= | enwiki |
USS Crouter | USS Crouter USS Crouter DE was an Evartsclass destroyer escort of the United States Navy in commission from to The ship was named after Mark Hanna Crouter US Navy officer and Navy Cross recipient | MjAyNDA4MTkxNTQ= | enwiki |
José Bautista (pitcher) | José Bautista (pitcher) José Joaquín Bautista Arias born July is a Dominicanborn former righthanded pitcher who played in Major League Baseball MLB from to | MjAyNDA4MTkxNTU= | enwiki |
Fly Away (Paul Wright album) | Fly Away (Paul Wright album) Fly Away is the debut album of Christian rapper Paul Wright It was released in by Gotee Records Notable songs include Your Love Never Changes the first single from the album and West Coast Kid which features Christian artist tobyMac The musical style is original and has been described as acoustic hip hop | MjAyNDA4MTkxNTY= | enwiki |
Political positions of Mitt Romney | Political positions of Mitt Romney The political positions of Mitt Romney have been recorded from his US senatorial campaign in Massachusetts the gubernatorial election during his governorship during his US presidential campaign in his book No Apology The Case for American Greatness during his US presidential campaign and during his senatorial campaign in Utah Some of these political positions have changed while others have remained unchanged In during his campaign for US Senate in Massachusetts Romney has cast himself as a moderate Republican socially liberal and fiscally conservative and The New York Times likened his views to those of Governor William F Weld During his gubernatorial campaign in Romney described himself as a centrist saying of himself Im someone who is moderate and my views are progressive The Boston Globe reporting on the Republican National Convention list of speakers wrote that Massachusetts Republicans with moderate positions on most social issues Romney and Lt Gov Kerry Healey also fit into the moderate tone that the Bush campaign wants to project for its convention In Romney described his views as being moderate on the national scene However in Romney launched his first presidential campaign and referred to himself as consistently conservative In again running a presidential campaign he described himself as being in sync with the conservative Tea Party In speaking at CPAC a conservative political action committee Romney described his tenure as a severely conservative Governor of Massachusetts Since while serving as a United States Senator from Utah Romney was considered to be among the Senates moderate Republicans In Gallup surveyed Americans about their perceptions of presidential candidates and perceived Mitt Romney as conservative as moderate and as liberal with having no opinion about his ideology In Romney considered endorsing and voting for the Libertarian Partys presidential ticket Romney announced that he did not plan to make an endorsement for president in He was one of three Republican Senators the others being Lisa Murkowski of Alaska and Susan Collins of Maine who refused to cosponsor a resolution opposing the impeachment inquiry into President Trump He was one of two Republicans voting with Democrats to allow witnesses during the impeachment trial being disinvited from CPAC as a result In February he became the sole Republican to vote in favor of convicting President Trump under the first article of impeachment In the US Senate as of January Romney had voted with President Trump on legislative issues about of the time As of October he has voted with President Bidens legislative positions about of the time | MjAyNDA4MTkxNTc= | enwiki |
The Moneychangers | The Moneychangers The Moneychangers is a novel written by Arthur Hailey The plot revolves around the politics inside a major bank | MjAyNDA4MTkxNTg= | enwiki |
Hypnotic Brass Ensemble | Hypnotic Brass Ensemble Hypnotic Brass Ensemble is an eightpiece Chicagobased brass ensemble consisting of eight sons of the jazz trumpeter Phil Cohran Their musical style ranges from hip hop to jazz to funk and rock including calypso and gypsy music They call their eclectic blend of sound now music or Hypnotic Reared in the teachings of music since they were children they grew up on the stage playing as the Phil Cohran Youth Ensemble | MjAyNDA4MTkxNTk= | enwiki |
Tsiolkovskiy (crater) | Tsiolkovskiy (crater) Tsiolkovskiy is a large lunar impact crater that is located on the far side of the Moon Named for Russian scientist Konstantin Tsiolkovsky it lies in the southern hemisphere to the west of the large crater Gagarin and northwest of Milne Just to the south is Waterman with Neujmin to the southsouthwest The crater protrudes into the neighbouring Fermi an older crater of comparable size that does not have a lavaflooded floor Tsiolkovskiy is one of the largest craters of Upper Late Imbrian age | MjAyNDA4MTkxNjA= | enwiki |
Batan (stone) | Batan (stone) The batán is a kitchen utensil used to process different kinds of foods in South American Andean and Indian cuisine It has a flat stone the batán proper and a grinding stone called an uña The uña is held in both hands and rocked over the food in the batán Depending on the process wished the uñas weight is slightly held back let loose over or pressed on The rocking movements also vary depending on the procedure The grinding is done dry or with water or oil | MjAyNDA4MTkxNjE= | enwiki |
Erbovirus | Erbovirus Erbovirus is a genus of viruses in the order Picornavirales in the family Picornaviridae Horses serve as natural hosts There is only one species in this genus Erbovirus A Diseases associated with this genus include upper respiratory tract disease with viremia and fecal shedding Viruses belonging to the genus Erbovirus have been isolated in horses with acute upper febrile respiratory disease The structure of the Erbovirus virion is icosahedral having a diameter of nm | MjAyNDA4MTkxNjI= | enwiki |
Partitiviridae | Partitiviridae Partitiviridae is a family of doublestranded RNA viruses Plants fungi and protozoa serve as natural hosts It has been suggested that they can also infect bacteria The name comes from the Latin partitius which means divided and refers to the segmented genome of partitiviruses There are five genera and species in the family of which are unassigned to a genus | MjAyNDA4MTkxNjM= | enwiki |
List of rock formations | List of rock formations A rock formation is an isolated scenic or spectacular surface rock outcrop Rock formations are usually the result of weathering and erosion sculpting the existing rock The term rock formation can also refer to specific sedimentary strata or other rock unit in stratigraphic and petrologic studies A rock structure can be created in any rock type or combination Igneous rocks are created when molten rock cools and solidifies with or without crystallisation They may be either plutonic bodies or volcanic extrusive Again erosive forces sculpt their current forms Metamorphic rocks are created by rocks that have been transformed into another kind of rock usually by some combination of heat pressure and chemical alteration Sedimentary rocks are created by a variety of processes but usually involving deposition grain by grain layer by layer in water or in the case of terrestrial sediments on land through the action of wind or sometimes moving ice Erosion later exposes them in their current form Geologists have created a number of terms to describe different rock structures in the landscape that can be formed by natural processes Butte Cliff Cut bank Escarpment Gorge Inselberg or monadnock Mesa Peak Promontory River cliff Sea cliff Stack Stone run Tor Here is a list of rock formations by continent | MjAyNDA4MTkxNjQ= | enwiki |
Multi-Application Survivable Tether | Multi-Application Survivable Tether The MultiApplication Survivable Tether MAST experiment was an inspace investigation designed to use CubeSat spacecraft connected by tethers to better understand the survivability of tethers in space It was launched as a secondary payload on a Dnepr rocket on April into a x km orbit The MAST payload incorporated three picosatellites named Ralph Ted and Gadget which were intended to separate and deploy a km mi tether The experiment hardware was designed under a NASA Small Business Technology Transfer STTR collaboration between Tethers Unlimited Inc TUI which is now part of the Arka Corporation and Stanford University with TUI developing the tether tether deployer tether inspection subsystem satellite avionics and software and Stanford students developing the satellite structures and assisting with the avionics design The experiment is currently onorbitneeds update After launch as of April TUI had made contact with the Gadget picosatellite but not with Ted the tetherdeployer picosatellite or Ralph the end mass | MjAyNDA4MTkxNjU= | enwiki |
Walking Boston | Walking Boston The Walking Boston sometimes designated the One Step Waltz is a very simple dance in which many graceful figures may be introduced It is done to the same music as the Hesitation Waltz and Dream Waltz The man starts forward with his left foot and the lady backward with her right simply walking to waltz time counting one two three to each step At each step the dancers rise on their toes Four of these steps are taken forward backward by the lady then they balance backward and forward As the dancers balance they make a quarter turn to the mans right to the one two three count of the musicfour of these quarter turns making the complete revolution Throughout this turn the man keeps his right foot and the lady her left on the floor using it as a pivot on which to turn Now the man steps backward with his left foot and the lady forward with her right taking four steps Then balance and instead of four quarter turns to the one two three count of the music make two half turns in the same time The dance includes a great deal of balancing Indeed the Walking Boston cannot be performed easily or gracefully unless the balancing is done properly Balancing means throwing the weight of the body successively on to one foot and then on the other This is done with one foot well in advance of the other Good dancers get plenty of swing into their action Swing forward Swing backward In balancing on to the forward foot the backward foot should barely leave the floor and in no event should it be brought forward And in balancing onto the backward foot the forward foot should not be brought backward The above are the fundamental figures of the Walking Boston There is no rule governing the number of steps to be taken forward or back the number of times to balance or the number of turns to be made This is left entirely to the pleasure of the dancers The number four mentioned in the preceding was merely illustrative The fundamental figures may be varied by skipping the man on his left foot the lady on her right This skipping step is made by the man on his left foot only and by the lady on her right only thus making every other step a skipping step Another figure may be introduced by the couple taking a position both facing forward Four steps are taken forward dipping on the fourth step see Illustration then back four steps and turn Couple starts forward the man with his left foot and the lady with her right taking three steps making a little skip as the third step is taken this skip is on the mans right foot and the ladys left they balance twice then repeat The man starts forward with his left foot and the lady with her right taking five steps forward skipping on each step Balance twice then turn the body around without changing the position of the arms and take four steps in the opposite direction skipping on each step as before then turn as described previously It is common for dancers to do the turn after each of the figures but the order of the figures is optional with the dancers Both starting with the left foot take four steps forward on the fifth step change position the man crossing over behind the lady without releasing the hands or losing a step three more steps forward and then cross back again then three more steps forward In other words this is merely twelve steps forward changes of position being made on the fifth and ninth steps Completion of these twelve steps leaves the dancers in the same position as at the start Now without losing a step or getting out of time with the music both dancers one step straight to the side with the left foot then backward with the right foot and dip Again sideways with the left foot and backward with the right and dip and so on for ten or twelve steps keeping on a straight line to the left Repeat Grapevine dipping on the backward step | MjAyNDA4MTkxNjY= | enwiki |
Robert Clark Corrente | Robert Clark Corrente Robert Clark Corrente born in North Providence Rhode Island was the United States Attorney for the state of Rhode Island | MjAyNDA4MTkxNjc= | enwiki |
Sokolsky Opening | Sokolsky Opening The Sokolsky Opening also known as the Orangutan and the Polish Opening is an uncommon chess opening that begins with the move b According to various databases out of the twenty possible first moves from White the move b ranks ninth in popularity It is considered an irregular opening so it is classified under the A code in the Encyclopaedia of Chess Openings This article uses algebraic notation to describe chess moves | MjAyNDA4MTkxNjg= | enwiki |
Robert Anderson (playwright) | Robert Anderson (playwright) Robert Woodruff Anderson April February was an American playwright screenwriter and theatrical producer He received two Academy Award nominations for Best Writing Screenplay Based on Material from Another Medium for the drama films The Nuns Story and I Never Sang for My Father the latter based on his play | MjAyNDA4MTkxNjk= | enwiki |
Robert Baden-Powell, 3rd Baron Baden-Powell | Robert Baden-Powell, 3rd Baron Baden-Powell Robert Crause BadenPowell rd Baron BadenPowell October December was the elder son of Carine Boardman and Peter BadenPowell nd Baron BadenPowell and a grandson of Robert BadenPowell st Baron BadenPowell and Olave BadenPowell | MjAyNDA4MTkxNzA= | enwiki |
Lightweight programming language | Lightweight programming language Lightweight programming languages are designed to have small memory footprint are easy to implement important when porting a language to different computer systems andor have minimalist syntax and features These programming languages have simple syntax and semantics so one can learn them quickly and easily Some lightweight languages for example Lisp Forth and Tcl are so simple to implement that they have many implementations dialects | MjAyNDA4MTkxNzE= | enwiki |
Alifereti Doviverata | Alifereti Doviverata Ro Alifereti Raivalita Doviverata born June in Suva is a Fijian rugby union footballer He plays as a Flanker or a No His nickname is Dovi He is from a chiefly background and his father is one of the chiefs of Rewa He first played for Fiji in Sevens A Fiji schoolboy rep in and he first played for the Fiji sevens team in before spending one season with Redruth in England He played in the opening two IRB sevens tournaments of the season He made his debut for Fiji against Spain in He missed out on the Rugby World Cup Sevens in Argentina but was picked by the former Italy and at that time coach of Fiji Brad Johnstone to be part of the Rugby World Cup Fiji team that year He then earned a regular starting place in the loose forwards under late coach Greg Smith in He took over as national s skipper for the November tour of Europe Under Mac McCallion Dovi cemented his place as No and was named the captain against Tonga in July and shortly after that he was made captain of the Fiji team to the Rugby World Cup He played for and cocaptained the Pacific Islanders in their inaugural tour to New Zealand and Australia In May he was chosen to skipper the Fiji team for the Pacific Nations Cup | MjAyNDA4MTkxNzI= | enwiki |
Computer security policy | Computer security policy A computer security policy defines the goals and elements of an organizations computer systems The definition can be highly formal or informal Security policies are enforced by organizational policies or security mechanisms A technical implementation defines whether a computer system is secure or insecure These formal policy models can be categorized into the core security principles of Confidentiality Integrity and Availability For example the BellLa Padula model is a confidentiality policy model whereas the Biba model is an integrity policy model | MjAyNDA4MTkxNzM= | enwiki |
Old Town (Lviv) | Old Town (Lviv) Lvivs Old Town Ukrainian Старе Місто Львова romanized Stare Misto Lvova Polish Stare Miasto we Lwowie is the historic centre of the city of Lviv within the Lviv Oblast province in Ukraine recognized as a State HistoricArchitectural Sanctuary in | MjAyNDA4MTkxNzQ= | enwiki |
Maya Jupiter | Maya Jupiter Melissha Martinez born December better known by her stage name Maya Jupiter is a Mexicanborn Australian rapper songwriter MC and radio personality She released her debut album Today in She was a member of hiphop group Foreign Heights with MC Trey and DJ Nick Toth which released a selftitled album in At the ARIA Music Awards of the trio was nominated for Best Urban Release for Get Yours Remix From to Jupiter hosted the national radio station Triple Js weekly HipHop Show Thereafter she pursued her solo career based in Los Angeles and released her second album Maya Jupiter in December | MjAyNDA4MTkxNzU= | enwiki |
USS Brennan | USS Brennan USS Brennan DE was an Evartsclass destroyer escort constructed for the United States Navy during World War II and commissioned in January She performed antisubmarine and antiaircraft convoy protection duties in North Atlantic Ocean waters and was decommissioned in October at New York Navy Yard and scrapped in | MjAyNDA4MTkxNzY= | enwiki |
Vehicle registration plates of Australia | Vehicle registration plates of Australia Australian vehicle registration plates number plates and license plates are issued by state territory and Commonwealth governments and the armed forces of Australia The plates are associated with a vehicle and are generally intended to last for the time being the vehicle remains registered in the state though as they become unreadable or for other reasons they may be remade with like for like replacement Motor vehicle registration in Australia can be renewed monthly quarterly half yearly or annually depending on the state or territory where the vehicle is registered | MjAyNDA4MTkxNzc= | enwiki |
Piano della Lenta | Piano della Lenta Piano della Lenta is a neighborhood of Teramo Italy Piano della Lenta extends to the north of the city center along the State Highway SS the main road to Ascoli Piceno It is located about three kilometers from the Teramo city center and has the characteristic of being a mere extension of the city itself It is located roughly a kilometre away however from the town of Puntignano | MjAyNDA4MTkxNzg= | enwiki |
Norberto Aroldi | Norberto Aroldi Norberto Aroldi August May was an Argentine film actor poet and screenwriter Born in Buenos Aires he starred in the Cinema of Argentina in the s and s and wrote for films such as Aconcagua and El Andador A lifelong smoker he died of lung cancer on May | MjAyNDA4MTkxNzk= | enwiki |
Vitruvius (crater) | Vitruvius (crater) Vitruvius is a small lunar impact crater that lies on the northern edge of the Mare Tranquillitatis To the east is the crater Gardner and to the northeast is Fabbroni To the northnorthwest is the elongated Mons Vitruvius mountain and beyond is the valley where the Apollo mission landed The rim of Vitruvius is somewhat circular but the sides are uneven to the north and east The rim is highest to the northwest The interior floor is uneven with some low rises in the southwest A small crater is attached to southern outer rim The surroundings grow more rugged to the north of the crater The crater was named after the ancient Roman engineer and architect Vitruvius Vitruvius is a crater of Upper Late Imbrian age | MjAyNDA4MTkxODA= | enwiki |
Eroica (album) | Eroica (album) Eroica is the third album by Wendy Lisa released through Virgin Records on July It reached the top of the UK Albums Chart | MjAyNDA4MTkxODE= | enwiki |
Teufaiva Sport Stadium | Teufaiva Sport Stadium Teufaiva Sport Stadium which was previously known as Tenefaira Field Stadium is a multipurpose stadium in Nukuʻalofa Tonga It is used mostly for rugby union football and rugby league and the Ikale Tahi team matches The stadium holds people It is the home ground of the Tonga national rugby union team Teufaiva is where the Secondary School sports in Tonga are held every year The stadium fell into disrepair in the early s and was unused for eight years It was reopened after being refurbished in but badly damaged by Cyclone Gita just a few months later It was reopened again in On the th of May Moana Pasifika from the Super Rugby Pacific competition hosted their first game at the stadium against the Highlanders Dunedin New Zealand The Highlanders won in wet conditions This made Tonga the th country to host a Super Rugby match | MjAyNDA4MTkxODI= | enwiki |
Blorb | Blorb Blorb is a package format for interactive fiction games Many such games incorporate resources such as sound effects music or pictures Blorbs purpose is to bind these together into one file The format was devised by Andrew Plotkin and is used in both the Zmachine and Glulx virtual machines as well as by the Glk library | MjAyNDA4MTkxODM= | enwiki |
Chess Informant | Chess Informant Chess Informant Serbian Šahovski Informator is a publishing company from Belgrade Serbia that periodically since four volumes per year produces volumes of a book entitled Chess Informant as well as the Encyclopaedia of Chess Openings Encyclopaedia of Chess Endings Opening Monographs other print publications and software including electronic editions of most print publications Aleksandar Matanović and Milivoje Molerović founded the company in for the purpose of offering the rest of the world the sort of access to chess information enjoyed by Soviet players The company has sold three million books in countries according to its website Chess Informant published two issues per year in three issues per year in and four issues per year since Each issue offers several hundred games or fragments of games from master play mostly annotated by the players themselves A board of leading players selects the best games of each issue and these are republished in the next issue often with more extensive annotations Each issue since Chess Informant has included a combinations section with problems from recent play A similar endings section has also become a standard feature For two decades prior to the emergence of computer databases Chess Informant publications were a leading source of games and analysis for serious chess players The publication routinely appears in the bibliography of texts on specific chess openings and other chess texts Former world champion Garry Kasparov asserted We are all children of Informant and then explained that his own development as a chess player corresponded with the ascent of Chess Informants popularity Other world champions including Anatoly Karpov Vladimir Kramnik and Viswanathan Anand attest that Informant is central to their tournament preparation From millions of games played at some of the most important tournaments at the globe more than games have been published in first volumes of Chess Informant series Among contributors there were more than notable chess players including all the world champions from Max Euwe to Anand The Chess Informant system of codes for the classification of chess openings and its system of symbols have set the international standard for organizing chess information and communicating this information across language barriers The system of codes is explained in ten languages on the front of each issue of Informant the Encyclopaedia of Chess Openings and other publications On April Chess Informant issued its onehundredth issue Starting from Volume Chess Informant has introduced major changes in its structure including several authors columns written in English eg Garrys choice by Garry Kasparov Top Five by selected top grandmasters Labs theoretical surveys by ten selected grandmasters etc | MjAyNDA4MTkxODQ= | enwiki |
Emily Bates | Emily Bates Emily Bates born October is an Australian rules footballer playing for the Hawthorn Football Club in the AFL Womens AFLW She previously played for the Brisbane Lions from to season Bates was selected by the Western Bulldogs in the inaugural national womens draft in and represented them in the first three years of the exhibition games staged prior to the creation of the league She represented Brisbane in the last year that the games were held and was drafted by the club with the second selection in the AFL Womens draft prior to the inaugural AFL Womens season Bates won an AFL Womens premiership with Brisbane in and was awarded the leagues highest individual accolade the AFL Womens best and fairest in season She is also a threetime AFL Womens AllAustralian fourtime Brisbane best and fairest winner and won the Hawthorn best and fairest award in Bates will serve as Hawthorn captain from the season | MjAyNDA4MTkxODU= | enwiki |
Melipilla | Melipilla Melipilla Mapudungun for four Pillans is a Chilean commune and capital city of the province of the same name It is part of the Santiago Metropolitan Region and is a significant satellite city of the Chilean capital The Melipilla commune borders other communes María Pinto and a portion of Curacaví to the north San Pedro and Alhué to the south Isla de Maipo El Monte Peñaflor Padre Hurtado in the Talagante Province and Paine in the Maipo Province to the east and San Antonio in the Valparaíso Region It has an area of km sq mi According to the census the commune alone has residents and is projected to have residents by | MjAyNDA4MTkxODY= | enwiki |
Werner (crater) | Werner (crater) Werner is a prominent lunar impact crater that lies in the rugged southcentral highlands of the Moon It was named after the thcentury German mathematician and astronomer Johannes Werner It is almost joined with the crater Aliacensis to the southeast and the pair form a rugged valley in the intervening gap Due west of Werner is the distorted Regiomontanus and to the north is the remains of Blanchinus It is from the Eratosthenian period which lasted from to billion years ago The rim of Werner shows little appearance of wear and is much younger and less eroded than the other large craters in the surroundings The interior wall is terraced and there is a noticeable rampart on the exterior There are several low rises on the crater floor and a notable central peak Its highly terraced walls attain peaks of almost feet The crater is miles kilometers in diameter and the difference in height between its rim and its deepest parts is kilometers Near the Werner crater a chiaroscuro effect created by the dark craters and their lit rims is visible for several hours before first quarter forms an X | MjAyNDA4MTkxODc= | enwiki |
Alimqul | Alimqul Alimqul also spelt Alymkul Alim quli Alim kuli ca was a warlord in the Kokand Khanate and its de facto ruler from to Alimqul was born in Budjun Batken into a family of a KyrgyzKipchak beys He studied in madrasahs in Andijan and Kokand earning the title of mullah and for a while he himself served as the biy of Qurghan Tepa near Andijan In Alimqul helped Malla Beg Malla Bek overthrow his brother Khudayar Khan by bringing the Kyrgyz over to Malla Begs side Malla Beg upon seizing the Kokandian khans throne in November rewarded Alimqul with several successive promotions In already governor of Marghilan Alimqul was in charge of a large Kokandian force that defeated invaders from the Emirate of Bukhara Alimqul actively participated in the struggle for power that ensued after the death of Malla Beg in a February coup He soon succeeded in thwarting Bukharas attempt to bring Khudayar Khan back to power Not being of royal blood himself Alimqul elevated Malla Begs minor son Sultan Sayyid Khan as a titulary khan and ruled the country himself as Atalyk and commander in chief of the military Amiri Lashkar In late Alimqul was instrumental in sending Buzurg Khan and Yaqub Beg to Kashgar Once established as Kashgars ruler Buzurg and Yaqub sent Alimqul an ambassador Mir Baba with rich gifts Although Mir Baba met with Alimqul he did not have a chance to deliver the presents Alimqul was wounded and died when defending Tashkent against the Russians in May | MjAyNDA4MTkxODg= | enwiki |
Robert Henri | Robert Henri Robert Henri ˈhɛnraɪ June July was an American painter and teacher As a young man he studied in Paris where he identified strongly with the Impressionists and determined to lead an even more dramatic revolt against American academic art as reflected by the conservative National Academy of Design Together with a small team of enthusiastic followers he pioneered the Ashcan School of American realism depicting urban life in an uncompromisingly brutalist style By the time of the Armory Show Americas first largescale introduction to European Modernism Henri was mindful that his own representational technique was being made to look dated by new movements such as Cubism though he was still ready to champion avantgarde painters such as Henri Matisse and Max Weber Henri was named as one of the top three living American artists by the Arts Council of New York | MjAyNDA4MTkxODk= | enwiki |
Satwant Pasricha | Satwant Pasricha Satwant Pasricha is the head of Department of Clinical Psychology at NIMHANS National Institute of Mental Health and Neurosciences at Bangalore She also worked for a time at the University of Virginia School of Medicine in the USA Pasricha investigates reincarnation and neardeath experiences Pasricha coauthored the book Making sense of neardeath experiences which was Highly Commended in the Psychiatry category at the British Medical Association Book Awards | MjAyNDA4MTkxOTA= | enwiki |
Aleksandar Matanović | Aleksandar Matanović Aleksandar Matanović SerboCroatian Cyrillic Александар Матановић May August was a Serbian chess grandmaster and the founding editorinchief of Chess Informant which publishes the Encyclopaedia of Chess Openings | MjAyNDA4MTkxOTE= | enwiki |
XHVE-FM | XHVE-FM XHVEFM is a Mexican radio station based in Boca del Río Veracruz It is owned by MVS Radio and carries its La Mejor FM Regional Mexican format | MjAyNDA4MTkxOTI= | enwiki |
Robert Gibbings | Robert Gibbings Robert John Gibbings March January was an Irish artist and author who was most noted for his work as a wood engraver and sculptor and for his books on travel and natural history Along with Noel Rooke he was one of the founder members of the Society of Wood Engravers in and was a major influence in the revival of wood engraving in the twentieth century | MjAyNDA4MTkxOTM= | enwiki |
Emil Kraepelin | Emil Kraepelin Emil Wilhelm Georg Magnus Kraepelin ˈkrɛpəlɪn German ˈeːmiːl kʁɛːpəliːn February October was a German psychiatrist H J Eysencks Encyclopedia of Psychology identifies him as the founder of modern scientific psychiatry psychopharmacology and psychiatric genetics Kraepelin believed the chief origin of psychiatric disease to be biological and genetic malfunction His theories dominated psychiatry at the start of the th century and despite the later psychodynamic influence of Sigmund Freud and his disciples enjoyed a revival at centurys end While he proclaimed his own high clinical standards of gathering information by means of expert analysis of individual cases he also drew on reported observations of officials not trained in psychiatry His textbooks do not contain detailed case histories of individuals but mosaiclike compilations of typical statements and behaviors from patients with a specific diagnosis He has been described as a scientific manager and a political operator who developed a largescale clinically oriented epidemiological research programme | MjAyNDA4MTkxOTQ= | enwiki |
Rodney Huddleston | Rodney Huddleston Rodney D Huddleston born April is a British linguist and grammarian specializing in the study and description of English Huddleston is the primary author of The Cambridge Grammar of the English Language ISBN which presents a comprehensive descriptive grammar of English | MjAyNDA4MTkxOTU= | enwiki |
List of mayors of Fitzroy | List of mayors of Fitzroy This is a list of mayors and chairmen of the City of Fitzroy a former local government area in Melbourne Victoria Australia and its precedents It existed from until when it merged with the City of Collingwood and City of Richmond to form the new City of Yarra | MjAyNDA4MTkxOTY= | enwiki |
Ezra Buzzington | Ezra Buzzington Ezra Buzzington is an American character actor in film and television A figure in underground cinema Buzzington is also the founder of the Seattle Fringe Festival and cofounder of the New York International Fringe Festival | MjAyNDA4MTkxOTc= | enwiki |
Saeftinghe legend | Saeftinghe legend The Saeftinghe Legend is an old Dutch folk tale that explains the sunken city of Saeftinghe in eastern Zeelandic Flanders near NieuwNamen The Netherlands that existed until it was entirely flooded by sea waters in The legends says the city grew to be the most prosperous city on the fertile lands of the Scheldts but the inhabitants grew vain and proud The farmers dressed in silk their horses wearing silver and even the thresholds of homes were made from gold The wealth attracted poor immigrants but the people of Saeftinghe showed no mercy and chased the migrants away with sticks and dogs Greed corrupted the hearts of men and turned them blind for imminent threats On a foggy day a fisherman caught a mermaid on the waters of the Western Scheldt From the nets the mermaid warned him Saeftinghe needed to change its ways or suffer the inevitable dire consequences When the mermaids husband surfaced and asked for his wife to be set free the fisherman refused and yelled at him The merman cursed the fisherman and his city screaming The lands of Saeftinghe will fall only its towers will continue to stand tall The people of Saeftinghe occupied with greed forgot to take care of their dikes One day when a maid went to get water from a well she noticed cod and other fish swimming in it The sea was nearing the water turning salt With the All Saints flood of a huge tidal wave washed over the lands of Saeftinghe destroying the towns of SintLaureins Namen and Casuwele killing all inhabitants Saeftinghe withered and soon only its towers testified of its prosperous past until the city finally sank into the muddy swamps On foggy days the tower bells call for help from what was once a wealthy place but is now a doomed world covered in mud captured by the sea Another Saeftinghe legend holds the belief that visitors of the area and inhabitants of the nearby village of Emmadorp sometimes see ghosts in the fog According to the legend the ghosts are the spirits of the inhabitants of the three towns killed in the flood | MjAyNDA4MTkxOTg= | enwiki |
Salome (play) | Salome (play) Salome French Salomé pronounced salɔme is a oneact tragedy by Oscar Wilde The original version of the play was first published in French in an English translation was published a year later The play depicts the attempted seduction of Jokanaan John the Baptist by Salome stepdaughter of Herod Antipas her dance of the seven veils the execution of Jokanaan at Salomes instigation and her death on Herods orders The first production was in Paris in Because the play depicted biblical characters it was banned in Britain and was not performed publicly there until The play became popular in Germany and Wildes text was taken by the composer Richard Strauss as the basis of his opera Salome the international success of which has tended to overshadow Wildes original play Film and other adaptations have been made of the play | MjAyNDA4MTkxOTk= | enwiki |
The Silver River | The Silver River The Silver River is an American chamber opera in one act with music composed by Bright Sheng and a libretto by the playwright David Henry Hwang It was first performed at the Santa Fe New Mexico Chamber Music Festival in It also has been performed at the Spoleto Festival in Charleston South Carolina and in major cities such as New York City Chicago Philadelphia at the Prince Music Theater and London | MjAyNDA4MTkyMDA= | enwiki |