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Leopold I (also Liutpold; c. 940 – 10 July 994), known as the Illustrious (German: der Erlauchte), a member of the House of Babenberg, was Margrave of Austria from 976 until his death. He was the first margrave of the Babenberg dynasty which ruled of the March and Duchy of Austria until its extinction in 1246. | Agent | Person | Noble |
The BMG Classic is a golf tournament on the Southern Africa based Sunshine Tour. It was founded in 2008 after title sponsors Bearing Man Group ended their long-standing relationship with the Highveld Classic. | Event | Tournament | GolfTournament |
Bitaqat Hub (Arabic: بطاقة حب, English translation: \"Love card\", also transliterated Bitaqat Hub, Bitaqat Hob, Bitakat Hob and in many other manners) was the Moroccan entry in the Eurovision Song Contest 1980, performed in Arabic by Samira. The song is notable in the history of the Eurovision Song Contest since this was Morocco's first (and, to date, only) appearance at the Contest. Consequently, this was also the first - and only - entry to be performed entirely in Arabic, to represent a geopolitically African country (Malta, while geographically part of the African plate is geopolitically in Europe) and to represent an Arab world country. The reason for these apparent anomalies is that entry to the Eurovision Song Contest is open to all members of the European Broadcasting Union, a group containing states in North Africa and the Middle East. Indeed, Tunisia had intended to compete in the Eurovision Song Contest 1977, and would therefore have been involved in many of these \"firsts\" had it not pulled out beforehand. Subsequently, Lebanon also intended to compete in 2005 and had selected and recorded a song before withdrawing being unable to guarantee the broadcast of the Israeli entry, a move which incurred a fine and a ban from the contest until 2009. The song itself is a moderately up-tempo number, with clear influences from western disco but with Arabic overtones. Samira sings of the need for peace among the nations of the world, taking the role of \"the children of the world\" in order to describe a vision of a war-free, hatred-free society in which \"Life is now full of peace\". The song was performed fifth on the night. At the close of voting, it had received 7 points, all of them from Italy, placing 18th in a field of 19 - ahead of perennial last-place recipient Finland. Due to the poor finish, Morocco's then-king Hassan II is reported to have decreed that the country would not return in subsequent years. Additionally, given the presence of Israel in the Contest (Israel having opted out of the 1980 edition, which they were eligible to host, as it was scheduled on the Israeli Memorial day eve), it is unlikely that any further Moroccan entries will be forthcoming. The result did not affect Samira's career, as she went on to become a leading recording star of the Arab world. | Work | Song | EurovisionSongContestEntry |
The Communist Party of Great Britain (Provisional Central Committee) is a political group which publishes the Weekly Worker newspaper. The party claims to have \"an internationalist duty to uphold the principle, 'One state, one party'. To the extent that the European Union becomes a state then that necessitates EU-wide trade unions and a Communist Party of the EU.\" In addition it is in favour of the unification of the entire working class under a new Communist International. It is not to be confused with the former Communist Party of Great Britain, the Communist Party of Great Britain (Marxist–Leninist), or the current Communist Party of Britain. | Agent | Organisation | PoliticalParty |
Theodore Frank Appleby (October 10, 1864 – December 15, 1924) was an American Republican Party politician who represented New Jersey's 3rd congressional district in the United States House of Representatives from 1921 to 1923. He was the father of Stewart Hoffman Appleby, who also became a congressman from New Jersey. | Agent | Politician | Congressman |
The Nové Spojení (Czech for \"New Connection\", full name Nové spojení Praha hl.n., Masarykovo n. – Libeň, Vysočany, Holešovice) is a series of tunnels and bridges forming an important part of the railway network in Prague, Czech Republic. The network was constructed between 2004 and 2008 and opened in 2010. It links the two central stations, Praha hlavní and Praha Masarykovo, to Libeň, Vysočany and Holešovice stations and the start of their respective mainline corridors towards Česká Třebová, Hradec Králové and Ústí nad Labem. The construction has increased the capacity of the trunk lines serving Praha hlavní nádraží, allowing more trains to terminate there. Prior to its completion, many international trains terminated at Holešovice station, due to lack of access to the centre from the north and eastern routes. Trains are now also able to travel at speeds of up to 100 kilometres per hour (62 mph) on the tunnel sections. The construction is also part of a larger plan to improve the sections of pan-European corridors on Czech territory. After leaving both central stations, the electrified tracks lead through a 1.3 km-long tunnel under Vítkov hill in Žižkov, then over a series of bridges skirting the Žižkov-Libeň border leading to a large junction at Balabenka. From here, trains continue east to Vysočany and Libeň, and turn north to Holešovice station, making use of the previously existing tracks which lead to Holešovice from Libeň. The construction of Nové Spojení also led to numerous improvements in road infrastructure, including a heated overbridge at Krejcárek, which replaced a level crossing. | Place | RouteOfTransportation | RailwayLine |
Y Byd (The World) was an attempt to launch the first Welsh language daily newspaper. It was scheduled to be published five days a week, from Monday to Friday, as of Monday 3 March 2008. However, on 15 February 2008, the proposed newspaper's owners, Dyddiol, abandoned the plans, citing 'insufficient' funding from the Welsh Assembly Government. Publication was initially held up by the need to find sufficient subscribers, causing several delays to proposed launch dates. Prior to the cessation of its plans, £300,000 worth of subscriptions had been placed and staff were being employed. The company was hoping to attract 5,000 subscribers ahead of the planned launch. The paper was due to employ 24 people from headquarters in Machynlleth and receive funding from Powys County Council. The editor for Y Byd was due to be Aled Price, a former BBC Cymru journalist, with Catrin Rogers, a local newspaper editor in London, deputising. The paper would have cost 70p daily, with Friday's copy — which would have included a weekend supplement — retailing at £1.20. | Work | PeriodicalLiterature | Newspaper |
Aftershock (sometimes stylized AfTeRshOck or AFTeRSHOCK) was a metalcore band based out of Boston, Massachusetts. The band was formed in 1992 by the Dutkiewicz brothers, and broke up in mid-1999 shortly after Adam Dutkiewicz formed Killswitch Engage. In 2001, after a 2-year hiatus, the group re-formed for a reunion tour in Japan. After the band's last effort, the release of the \"Live In Japan EP\" in 2004, the group officially broke up. The band also consisted of past and present members of Killswitch Engage and Shadows Fall. The group is best known for its hit 2001 single from the Five Steps From Forever EP, \"For Those Of You Who Kill\". | Agent | Group | Band |
Franco Marvulli (born November 11, 1978 in Zürich) is a Swiss professional racing cyclist. | Agent | Athlete | Cyclist |
The Prix Miesque is a Group 3 flat horse race in France open to two-year-old thoroughbred fillies. It is run at Maisons-Laffitte over a distance of 1,400 metres (about 7 furlongs), and it is scheduled to take place each year in late October or early November. | Event | Race | HorseRace |
Darlington School of Maths and Science is a coeducational secondary school with academy status, located in the Branksome area of Darlington, County Durham, England. It schools pupils aged 11 to 16, and is the choice of school for most residents living in the Branksome/Faverdale/Cockerton areas of Darlington. In 1977, the school was used as the location for an edition of We Are the Champions (TV series). In 2009, the school was officially designated as a Science and Mathematics College. The school converted to academy status in January 2012. In 2014, Darlington School of Maths and Science celebrates the 50th Anniversary. | Agent | EducationalInstitution | School |
Ben Brosnan is a Gaelic footballer from County Wexford, Ireland. He plays with the Wexford intercounty team and his club side Bannow Ballymitty. He was part of the Wexford panel in 2008 which proved to be a much successful year for the county. Wexford won Division 3 of the National League, beating Fermanagh in the final. Having beaten Meath and Laois, they reached that year's Leinster Championship final, but were comprehensively beaten by Dublin. However subsequent victories over Down and Armagh, meant Wexford reached the All-Ireland semi-final. In the semi-final they lost to eventual All-Ireland champions Tyrone. In 2008 he was also part of the Wexford Under 21 team, he was sent off in the Leinster seni final and missed out on the final loss to Kildare. In 2009 he was not part of the Wexford senior team insteed he played with the junior team. He made a huge impact in the 2011 championship with a number of high scoring displays. He scored 9 points in the 2011 Leinster Senior Football Final as Wexford lost out to Dublin. He plays his club football with Bannow/Ballymitty. He also played soccer with Wexford Youths in their first season in the League of Ireland. | Agent | Athlete | GaelicGamesPlayer |
Pyromaia is a genus of crab in the family Inachoididae, containing the following species: \n* Pyromaia acanthina Lemaitre, Campos & Bermúdez, 2001 \n* Pyromaia arachna Rathbun, 1924 \n* Pyromaia cuspidata Stimpson, 1871 \n* Pyromaia mexicana Rathbun, 1893 \n* Pyromaia propinqua Chace, 1940 \n* Pyromaia tuberculata (Lockington, 1877) \n* Pyromaia vogelsangi Türkay, 1968 | Species | Animal | Crustacean |
Luc Henri Chevalier (born 1992) is an Australian alpine ski racer. He competed at the 2015 World Championships in Beaver Creek, USA, in the giant slalom. | Agent | WinterSportPlayer | Skier |
Sir Peter John Gregson, FREng (born 3 November 1957, Dunfermline, Scotland) is a British research engineer and the Vice-Chancellor of Cranfield University from 2013. He was previously Vice-Chancellor of Queen's University Belfast from 2004. Prior to that he was deputy Vice-Chancellor at Southampton University from 2000-2004. | Agent | Person | OfficeHolder |
The 15th Turkish general election was held on 3 November 2002 following the collapse of the DSP-MHP-ANAP coalition led by Bülent Ecevit. It was the 15th general election to be held in Turkey. All 550 members of the Grand National Assembly were up for election. The election was held during an ongoing economic crisis which followed the 2001 financial crash, which resulted in a deep resentment of coalition governments which had governed the country since the 1980 military coup. The Justice and Development Party (AKP), which had only been formed in 2001 by Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, won the election with nearly two-thirds of the seats. The protest vote was such that every sitting party previously represented in parliament was ejected, with the AKP winning 363 seats with just 34.3% of the vote. The only other party which passed the 10% threshold to gain representation was the Republican People's Party, which came second with 19.38% of the vote and 178 seats. The election produced Turkey's first single party government since 1987 and the country's first two-party parliament since 1960. The moderate Islamism advocated by the AKP was at odds with the secular establishment of the Republic of Turkey. While serving as the Mayor of Istanbul, Erdoğan was sentenced to a 10 month prison term in 1998 for reciting a poem in Siirt which incited racial intolerance. This barred him from initially seeking a seat in parliament, meaning that the AKP's co-founder Abdullah Gül became Prime Minister following their election victory. With the help of the CHP, the government overturned Erdoğan's political ban in 2003, after which he was able to seek a seat in a controversial by-election in the Province of Siirt. Erdoğan became Prime Minister in March 2003, with Abdullah Gül concurrently assuming the role of Foreign Minister and Deputy Prime Minister. | Event | SocietalEvent | Election |
Hydnellum earlianum, commonly known as Earl's hydnum, is a tooth fungus in the family Bankeraceae found in North America. It was described as new to science in 1906 by Howard James Banker from collections originally made in Georgia. The specific epithet honors mycologist Franklin Sumner Earle, \"whose excellent field notes have frequently aided in the discrimination of species in this family\". | Species | Eukaryote | Fungus |
Giovanni Velluti (January 20, 1969) is an Italian pianist, pupil of Rodolfo Caporali and Aldo Mantia. He inherited from his teachers (who were pupils of A. Rendano e W. De Pachmann, respectively) such guidelines that descend directly from Chopin pianistic school. He is at his best in repertoire of the Romantic era, notably the works of Liszt and Chopin and is also a keen interpreter of Moszkowski, Carl Tausig, Henselt, Grainger, Schulz-Evler and other less frequently performed fin du siècle virtuoso works. Giovanni Velluti has forged a distinguished international career as chamber musician and accompanist too.Velluti has performed in the most important Italian concert halls and abroad and with many leading singers among whom are Daniela Barcellona, Andrea Bocelli, Gianfranco Cecchele, Kristian Johansson, Carlo Lepore, Marco Vinco.Since 1993 he is the regular accompanist of Katia Ricciarelli. | Agent | MusicalArtist | ClassicalMusicArtist |
The United States presidential election in Alabama, 1960 was held on November 8, 1960. Eleven Democratic electors were elected, of whom six voted for Harry F. Byrd and five for John F. Kennedy. In Alabama, voters voted for electors individually instead of as a slate, as in the other 49 states. There were 22 electors on the ballot, eleven Republicans and eleven Democrats. Voters could vote for up to eleven candidates. As a result of a state primary, the Democratic Party had a mixed slate of electors, five being pledged to Kennedy and the remaining six being unpledged. The highest vote for a presidential elector was 324,050 votes for Frank M. Dixon, who was unpledged; the highest vote for an elector pledged to Kennedy was 318,303 for C. G. Allen, and the highest vote for a Republican elector was 237,981 for Cecil Durham. As a result, Six unpledged electors and five electors pledged to Kennedy were elected. All six elected unpledged electors cast their vote for Byrd. Varying methods have been used to break down the vote into Kennedy and unpledged votes. One method is to take the 318,303 votes as Kennedy votes and the 324,050 votes as unpledged votes, giving a total much higher than the actual votes cast. Another is to take the 318,303 votes as Kennedy votes and the balance (7,958 votes) as unpledged votes. A third is to split the 324,050 in the proportion of 5/11 to 6/11, giving 147,295 votes for Kennedy and 176,755 for unpledged electors. In all cases Richard Nixon has 237,981 votes. If the last method were used, it would mean that Nixon not only won the popular vote in Alabama, but won it nationally. | Event | SocietalEvent | Election |
WLXE is a radio station broadcasting on 1600 kHz in the mediumwave AM band. Its studios and transmitters are located in Rockville, Maryland, and it serves the Washington, D.C. metropolitan area. WLXE broadcasts music programming in the Spanish language. Its transmitter and antenna array are located off Hungerford Drive (Maryland Route 355), near the northern border of Rockville city. WLXE is under ownership of Multicultural Broadcasting. During the 1960s, the station carried the call letters WINX and broadcast a Top-40 format. It was located at 8 Baltimore Road off Church Street near the intersection of Veirs Mill Road and Rockville Pike. It was consistently the third-ranked Top 40 station in the ratings, following WPGC and WEAM. The station shifted to an oldies format in the 1990s (simulcast on FM 94.3 Warrenton), then followed by a short stint as top-40 again around 1998 in the FM dominated market. Sold to Mega then Multicultural, they converted to Spanish-language programming. | Agent | Broadcaster | RadioStation |
Simona Cavallari (6 June 1992 in Zürich) is a Swiss handballer. She currently plays for LK Zug in Switzerland and for the Swiss National team. | Agent | Athlete | HandballPlayer |
Division 1-A Rugby (formerly known as the College Premier Division) is the highest level of college rugby within the United States and is administered by USA Rugby. Division 1-A rugby is modeled after NCAA athletic competitions, with the 37 D1-A rugby schools divided into six conferences, the East, Mid-South, Western, California, Big Ten Universities, and the Red River Conference. The regular season sees all teams in the conference play one another, with the two top seeds qualifying for the playoffs. Playoffs are a single-elimination format, occurring each year in April and May, with the winner of D1-A declared the National Champion. Regular seasons for most conferences are played in the spring, although some cold-weather conferences, such as the Big Ten Universities, play their regular season in the fall. The competition's first season was played during 2011 and consisted of teams from 31 schools from across the United States. The first ever match of the competition was played on Friday March 4, the Arizona State Sun Devils hosted the Colorado Buffaloes at the Arizona State University Soccer Stadium in Tempe, Arizona. The 2011 final was played at Rio Tinto Stadium, in Sandy, Utah, on the 21 May 2011. D1-A Rugby secured sponsorships in 2012 with World Rugby Shop and Veloce. Several players who have excelled in the top level competitions in college rugby have also represented their country as part of the United States national under-20 rugby union team. | Agent | SportsLeague | RugbyLeague |
Vladimir Temelkov (Macedonian: Владимир Темелков) (born 26 March 1980 in Veles, Republic of Macedonia) is a Macedonian handball player who plays for Handball Kaerjeng. In 2009 Vladimir was a member of the Macedonia national handball team which finished 11th on the 2009 World Men's Handball Championship in Croatia and he scored 35 goals. Three years later in 2012 he played on the European Men's Handball Championship in Serbia when Macedonia national handball team finished 5th. For the Macedonia national handball team he played 78 matches and scored 243 goals. | Agent | Athlete | HandballPlayer |
The members of the 22nd General Assembly of Newfoundland were elected in the Newfoundland general election held in May 1909. The general assembly sat from 1909 to 1913. The Newfoundland People's Party led by Edward P. Morris formed the government. Francis J. Morris served as speaker until 1910 when William Warren succeeded Morris as speaker. Sir Ralph Champneys Williams served as governor of Newfoundland. | Agent | Organisation | Legislature |
KFST-FM is an FM radio station broadcasting on 94.3FM. KFST-FM plays the latest country hits and TSN Radio (Texas State Network) news at the top of the hour with local and area news at 7:15am 12:00pm and 5:00pm Monday-Friday. They also broadcast local sports from the Fort Stockton High School Panthers and Prowlers and the Texas A&M Aggies football. KFST-FM is owned by Fort Stockton Radio Co and is licensed to Fort Stockton, Texas, USA. KFST-FM serves the Fort Stockton-Alpine AREA. KFST-FM sister station KFST (AM) | Agent | Broadcaster | RadioStation |
The 2003 Colima earthquake occurred on 21 January with a moment magnitude of 7.5 and a maximum Mercalli intensity of VIII (Severe). The epicenter was located on the Pacific coast in the Mexican state of Colima. The earthquake was felt as far away as Mexico City and in southern parts of the United States. | Event | NaturalEvent | Earthquake |
Cokeromyces recurvatus is a pathogenic fungus. Described as a new species in 1950, it was isolated from rabbit dung collected in Illinois. It appears similar to Coccidioides immitis. | Species | Eukaryote | Fungus |
Argiope trifasciata (banded garden spider) is a species of spider found around the world. It can be found in certain areas of Europe, namely the Iberian Peninsula, the Canary Islands, and Madeira. The similar looking Argiope bruennichi is common in the Azores. Considered a pest in some areas, they typically begin to appear during autumn from early September to late October as temperatures start dropping. Their webs can reach a diameter of about 60 cm. The length of the web depends on the size of the spider, capable of reaching a total length of 2 meters. | Species | Animal | Arachnid |
Leona Anastasia \"Binx\" Walton is an American fashion model based in New York City. | Agent | Person | Model |
The discography of American musical group Kid Creole and the Coconuts created and led by August Darnell includes fourteen studio albums, one live album, seven compilations, one extended play and twenty-seven singles. The small discography of The Coconuts - Kid Creole's backing singers - consisting of two studio albums and three singles is included on this page. | Work | MusicalWork | ArtistDiscography |
The unit was enrolled in state service on July 13, 1861 at Camp Price near Jacksonport, Arkansas. The unit was inducted into Confederate Service on September 10, 1861. The unit was originally composed of units from the following counties: \n* \n* Company A, of Jackson County, commanded by Captain Robert Anthony. \n* Company B, of Jackson County, commanded by Captain James H. Wilson. \n* Company C, of Independence County, commanded by Captain George W. McCauley. \n* Company D, of Independence County, commanded by Captain Thomas J. Morgan. This unit was originally organized on June 8, 1861 as a volunteer militia company in the 59th Regiment, Arkansas State Militia. \n* Company E, the \"Independence Guards\", of Independence County, commanded by Captain Justus F. Tracy. This unit was originally organized on February 15, 1861 as a volunteer militia company in the 59th Regiment, Arkansas State Militia. \n* Company F, the \"West Point Rifles\", of White County, commanded by Captain A. T. Jones. This unit, also \"West Point Rangers\" was originally organized on May 29, 1861 as a volunteer militia company in the 65th Regiment, Arkansas State Militia under the command of Captain Joseph F. Hathaway. \n* Company G, of Jackson County, commanded by Captain William H. Gray. \n* Company H, of Independence County (that portion now encompassed by Cleburne County), commanded by Captain Enoch N. Floyd. \n* Company I, of Jackson County, commanded by Captain Winfield S. Smalley. \n* Company K, of Randolph County, commanded by Captain James P. Wright. The original regimental officers of the 8th Arkansas were: \n* \n* Colonel William K. Patterson. \n* Lieutenant Colonel Henry M. Couch. \n* Major John A. Price. \n* Sergeant Major T. H. Hubbard. \n* Surgeon Lycurgus A. Dickson. \n* Chaplain John H. Mann. \n* Adjutant Henry J. McCurdy. \n* Quartermaster Elbert L. Watson. The regiment was armed with weapons which the state confiscated when the Federal Arsenal at Little Rock was seized by Arkanssas State Militia troops in February 1861. Disposition of the weapons found in the Arsenal is somewhat sketchy, but from various records it can be surmised that the 5th, 6th, 7th, and 8th Arkansas Infantry Regiments, mustered in June, 1861, were issued M1816/M1822 .69 caliber flintlocks. They retained these weapons until April, 1862 when they were able to exchange them for better weapons scavenged from the battlefield at Shiloh. | Agent | Organisation | MilitaryUnit |
Ingrid Gamarra Martins (born 22 August 1996 in Rio de Janeiro) is a Brazilian tennis player. Gamarra Martins has a WTA singles career high ranking of 781 achieved on 6 April 2015. She also has a WTA doubles career high ranking of 524 achieved on 6 April 2015. Gamarra Martins made her WTA main draw debut at the 2015 Rio Open, in the doubles event partnering Carolina Alves. | Agent | Athlete | TennisPlayer |
Orfanato Music Group (OMG) is a Puerto Rican record label in the music and performance production industry. OMG was created by William Landron, also known as Don Omar, in 2007. Orfanato Music Group is an independent record label, which represents artists. Its music repertoire is represented nationally and internationally within the Latino marketplace. Its strategy is to serve those interested in Latino music, including reggaeton, Latin hip hop, and bachata, amongst others. | Agent | Company | RecordLabel |
Avis Kimble (born October 18, 1944 in Chicago, Illinois) is an American model. At age 17 she was photographed by Jon Pownall to become Playboy magazine's Playmate of the Month for its November 1962 issue. Avis was one of three finalists for that year's Playmate of the Year, and appeared on the cover of the January 1963 issue. June Cochran beat out Avis and Laura Young for the title. Kimble worked as a Bunny at the Chicago Playboy Club, and also ran a boutique in the Windy City at the same time. She was one of the Editors' choices for the top ten Playmates of all time during Playboy's ten-year anniversary celebration. She did not make the top ten list when the readers' top ten was voted on. | Agent | Person | PlayboyPlaymate |
The Gerrhosauridae are a family of lizards native to Africa and Madagascar. | Species | Animal | Reptile |
From its conception, Yarona FM has identified itself with the \"freshest\" and newest songs, targeted towards Botswana's urban youth audience. Its initial tag lines were \"Re tswhere vibe\": setswana for \"we've got the vibe\" and \"blazing GC's most rocking tunes\". When the station went national in 2008, the tag line changed to \"Live the music\". Yarona FM is a positive, upwardly mobile forward thinking brand that encapsulates the aspirations, style, language, lives and future of the Youth of Botswana. | Agent | Broadcaster | BroadcastNetwork |
The Houston Shakespeare Festival (HSF) is a regional repertory theatre in Houston, Texas, United States. Each summer, the Houston Shakespeare Festival produces a season of two Shakespeare plays in repertory. Since its inception in 1975, HSF has entertained nearly a half million theatergoers with free performances in Hermann Park's Miller Outdoor Theatre. The Houston Shakespeare Festival has since become one of the major events on Houston's summer entertainment calendar. HSF is a recognized Actors' Equity Association theatre. | Event | SocietalEvent | Convention |
The Lord of the Rings: Conquest is a 2009 action game developed by Pandemic Studios and published by Electronic Arts. It is derived from the The Lord of the Rings film trilogy, and borrows many gameplay mechanics from Pandemic's Star Wars: Battlefront games. The game allows the player to play as both the forces of good and evil, but unlike The Lord of the Rings: The Battle for Middle-earth, the latter option is based around Sauron stopping the One Ring from being destroyed and using it to regain his lost power. On December 23, 2008, the PlayStation 3 demo was made available on the PlayStation Network while the Xbox 360 demo was released January 2, 2009. Pandemic was aided by Weta Digital in developing the game. They provided many of their digital models, including the fell beasts. Pandemic also used elements that were cut from the films, and have taken inspiration from J. R. R. Tolkien's original fantasy novel, such as a level based loosely around Balin's conquest of Moria, in which Gimli attempts to retake the dwarven city from the orcs. Some inspiration was less direct: the armies of Rohan and Gondor decide not to attack Minas Morgul in the novel, but a level in the game is based on what might possibly have happened if they had. The game uses Howard Shore's score to the films as its soundtrack. On March 16, 2010, the online multiplayer modes of The Lord of the Rings: Conquest were shut down for PC, PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360. On August 16, 2010 a group of fans launched the non-profit CNQReboot servers, allowing users of the PC version to play online using tunnelling software that allows network play via the local area network option. | Work | Software | VideoGame |
Hyun Jung-hwa (Hangul: 현정화; hanja: 玄静和; born October 6, 1969 in Busan, South Korea) is a retired female table tennis player from South Korea who competed in the 1988 Summer Olympics, and in the 1992 Summer Olympics. | Agent | Athlete | TableTennisPlayer |
The Banja Luka incident on 28 February 1994, was an incident in which six Republika Srpska Air Force J-21 Jastreb single-seat light attack jets were engaged, and four of them shot down, by United States Air Force F-16 fighters southwest of Banja Luka, Bosnia and Herzegovina. It was the first active combat in NATO's history. | Event | SocietalEvent | MilitaryConflict |
The Episcopal Diocese of Montana is the diocese of the Episcopal Church in the United States of America with jurisdiction over the state of Montana.It was established in 1904 and has 42 congregations in 26 counties of the state. It is in Province 6 and its cathedral, St. Peter's Cathedral, is in Helena, as are the diocesan offices. Charles Franklin Brookhart, Jr. is the current bishop. He holds a Master of Divinity degree from Lutheran Theological Seminary at Philadelphia and a Doctor of Ministry degree from United Theological Seminary in Dayton, Ohio. | Place | ClericalAdministrativeRegion | Diocese |
Aechmea 'Blue Tango' is a cultivar of the genus Aechmea. It is a hybrid grown in South Florida with a prolific bloom. The cultivar was developed by Patricia Bullis of Princeton, Florida. | Species | Plant | CultivatedVariety |
Elaphe quatuorlineata (common names: four-lined snake, Bulgarian ratsnake) is a member of the family Colubridae. The four-lined snake is a non-venomous species and one of the largest in the Colubridae. | Species | Animal | Reptile |
The Roman Catholic Diocese of Alto Valle del Río Negro (erected 22 July 1993) is in Argentina and is a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Bahía Blanca. | Place | ClericalAdministrativeRegion | Diocese |
Jatun Q'asa (Quechua jatun, hatun big, great, q'asa mountain pass, \"great mountain pass\", hispanicized spelling Jatun Khasa, Jatúncasa) is a mountain in the Tunari mountain range of the Bolivian Andes, about 5,025 m (16,486 ft) high. It is situated north-west of Cochabamba in the Cochabamba Department, Quillacollo Province, in the west of the Quillacollo Municipality. | Place | NaturalPlace | Mountain |
Captain Donald Edward Williams (February 13, 1942 – February 23, 2016) was an American naval officer and aviator, test pilot, mechanical engineer and NASA astronaut. He has logged a total of 287 hours and 35 minutes in space. | Agent | Person | Astronaut |
Karen Andrea Soto Lugo (born May 26, 1992 in Maracaibo) is a Venezuelan model and beauty pageant titleholder who won the Miss Venezuela World 2013 title. She represented Venezuela in Miss World 2013, in Bogor (Indonesia), on September 28, 2013 but failed to place. Soto was crowned Miss Venezuela World 2013 during the first edition of Miss Venezuela World pageant, held on August 10, 2013 in Caracas. She was crowned by the outgoing titleholder Gabriella Ferrari and Ivian Sarcos, Miss World 2011. Karen previously competed in Miss Venezuela 2010, representing Costa Oriental, where she placed in the Top 10. | Agent | Person | BeautyQueen |
Edward John Vosberg (born September 28, 1961 in Tucson, Arizona) is a former left-handed relief pitcher in Major League Baseball who had a 10-year career (1986, 1990, 1994–1997, 1999–2002). He played with the San Diego Padres, San Francisco Giants, Florida Marlins, Arizona Diamondbacks, Philadelphia Phillies and Montreal Expos in the National League, and the Oakland A's and Texas Rangers in the American League. He is currently the pitching coach for the Tucson Toros. He is one of only three players (Jason Varitek and Michael Conforto are the others) to play in the Little League World Series, the College World Series, and the Major League World Series. He played first base for Tucson, Arizona in the 1973 Little League World Series final. He pitched a one-hitter in the semifinals against Birmingham, Michigan. He played for the 1980 NCAA champion University of Arizona. He then played for the Florida Marlins in the 1997 Major League World Series. | Agent | Athlete | BaseballPlayer |
Morris Steven Titanic (born January 7, 1953 in Toronto, Ontario) is a retired National Hockey League ice hockey player. He was selected 12th overall in the 1973 NHL Entry Draft by the Buffalo Sabres. The Quebec Nordiques of the World Hockey Association drafted him in the 2nd round, 17th overall of the WHA Draft the same year, but he never played in that league. He posted no points in 19 career NHL games with the Sabres, but later distinguished himself with the International Hockey League's Milwaukee Admirals. A knee injury sunk Titanic's career during the 1979–80 season while he was playing for the Rochester Americans. After retiring, Titanic became the head coach of the Buffalo Jr. Sabres, where he coached players such as Bob Beers and Todd Krygier. Titanic currently is a permanent member of the Buffalo Sabres Alumni Hockey Team. With only 19 career NHL games, Titanic with 9 other former NHL players are suing the NHL and Gary Bettman over concussions suffered during the game. | Agent | WinterSportPlayer | IceHockeyPlayer |
Adena T. Friedman currently serves as President of Global Capital Access, Technology & Insights for Nasdaq. She was formerly the managing director and CFO of The Carlyle Group. In May 2014, it was announced that Friedman would return to NASDAQ OMX as the president of global corporate and information technology solutions. As of 2014, she is listed as the 69th most powerful woman in the world by Forbes. She earned a BA in political science from Williams College and an MBA from Vanderbilt University's Owen Graduate School of Management. | Agent | Person | BusinessPerson |
Crotalus ruber lucasensis is a venomous pitviper subspecies found in Mexico in the cape region of lower Baja California. | Species | Animal | Reptile |
Dispora is a genus of green algae, in the family Coccomyxaceae. | Species | Plant | GreenAlga |
Dale Allen Samuels (born August 2, 1931) is a former American football quarterback who played one season with the Chicago Cardinals of the National Football League (NFL). He was drafted by the Cardinals in the third round of the 1953 NFL Draft. He played college football at Purdue University and attended Robert Lindblom Math & Science Academy in Chicago. | Agent | GridironFootballPlayer | AmericanFootballPlayer |
The Pyrenean rock lizard (Iberolacerta bonnali ) is a species of lizard in the family Lacertidae. It is endemic to the Pyrenees where it occurs at high altitudes and is only active in summer. | Species | Animal | Reptile |
The Fleur de Lis Handicap is an American Thoroughbred horse race run annually in mid-June at Churchill Downs in Louisville, Kentucky. The race is open to fillies and mares, age three and up, willing to race one and one-eighth miles on the dirt. This Grade II event currently carries a purse of $200,000 added. Since its inaugural running in 1975, the Fleur de Lis Handicap has been contested at various distances: \n* 1 mile (8 furlongs) : 1975-1976 \n* 1 1⁄16 miles (8.5 furlongs) : 1977-1982 \n* 1 1⁄8 miles (9 furlongs ) : 1983–present | Event | Race | HorseRace |
Dunedin Public Libraries is a network of five libraries and two bookbuses in Dunedin, New Zealand, owned and operated by the Dunedin City Council. The libraries collection includes over 700,000 items, and around 30,000 books and audiovisual items plus 15,000 magazines are added each year. Members can borrow or return items from any library or bookbus in the network. | Agent | EducationalInstitution | Library |
Sara Rojas Munizaga (born 1 June 1997) is a Chilean group rhythmic gymnast. She represents her nation at international competitions. She competed at world championships, including at the 2013 World Rhythmic Gymnastics Championships. | Agent | Athlete | Gymnast |
Sahara Hare is a 1955 Looney Tunes theatrical cartoon short created in 1954 and directed by Friz Freleng. | Work | Cartoon | HollywoodCartoon |
Surriya Asghar is a Pakistani politician, and parliamentarian. She was elected a member of national assembly on a on reserved seats for women from Punjab in Pakistani general election, 2013. She is afflilated with Pakistan Muslim League (N). | Agent | Politician | MemberOfParliament |
The River Somer is a small river in Somerset, England. The river rises at Chilcompton and flows to Midsomer Norton where it joins the Wellow Brook, which flows through Wellow and joins the Cam Brook at Midford to form Midford Brook before joining the River Avon close to the Dundas Aqueduct and the remains of the Somerset Coal Canal. There is some debate as to the origin of the name \"Midsomer\". Different schools of thought include the difficulty in travelling to the area in times of flooding as opposed to the town's position at the branch of the river Somer. Eilert Ekwall wrote that the village \"is said to be so called in allusion to the festival held at midsummer on the day of St. John, the patron saint.\" John Wesley wrote of the appalling local road conditions which ensured it was reachable \"only in midsummer.\" As Simon Winchester notes in his book The Map that Changed the World, \"...the roads on this part of Somerset were atrocious, thick with mud and as rough as the surface of the moon\". In 1974 and 1975 the Midsomer Norton Flood Alleviation Tunnel was constructed which carries water away from the town centre at times of high rainfall. Concerns about the state of the river and the potential for flooding lead to the creation of the locally based management team in 2007. They have worked with the Bath and North East Somerset council and other stakeholders within the Riparian zone to improve the flow and appearance of the river. This involved the removal of weirs, construction of a new channel, removal of silt from the bed of the river and creating beds for plants along the sides of the river. Reviews following the work follow up studies have looked at the effects on the environment and wildlife. Improvements have been seen for fish, aquatic invertebrates, birds, mammals (potentially including otters) and bees and terrestrial invertebrates. The water quality is assessed as moderate in terms of ecology and good in relation to chemical pollutants, which is an improvement made on the measurements made in 1996. | Place | Stream | River |
The 2010 AFC Cup was the 7th edition of the AFC Cup, playing between clubs from nations who are members of the Asian Football Confederation. As in previous years, Nike provided the official ball for all matches with a new Nike Total 90 Ascente model used throughout the season. With the Asian Football Confederation currently reviewing the format of the AFC Champions League between 2009 and 2010 season, significant changes were made in the way the competition is run, the teams that will qualify for the AFC Cup is also expected to be from different countries compared to the previous editions. | Event | Tournament | SoccerTournament |
Valdrin Vatnikaj (born September 28, 1988) is an Albanian-Belgian kickboxer who competes in the lightweight and welterweight divisions. In 2009, he won the WFCA European Championship before becoming a world champion in 2010 by taking the Kombat League 63.503 kg/140 lb world title. | Agent | Athlete | MartialArtist |
Bailey Earl Clark (November 6, 1907 – January 16, 1938) was an outfielder in Major League Baseball who played from 1927 through 1934 for the Boston Braves (1927–33) and St. Louis Browns (1934). Listed at 5' 10\", 160 lb., Clark batted and threw right handed. He was born in Washington, D.C. In an eight-year career, Clark posted an average of .291 (240-for-893) with four home runs and 81 runs batted in in 293 games, including 122 runs scored and a .324 on-base percentage. Clark died in Washington, D.C. at the age of 30. | Agent | Athlete | BaseballPlayer |
Shaun Carl Micheel (born January 5, 1969) is an American professional golfer who is best known for his surprise victory at the 2003 PGA Championship. Micheel was born in Orlando, Florida. He attended Christian Brothers High School in Memphis, Tennessee and Indiana University and turned professional in 1992. He taught himself how to play golf after his parents bought a home on a golf course in Memphis. He had a very patchy early career, during which he struggled to hold on to membership on the PGA Tour. His successes included a victory in the Singapore Open in 1998 and a win on the Nike Tour (now the Web.com Tour) in 1999. He went into the 2003 PGA Championship at Oak Hill Country Club ranked 169th in the Official World Golf Ranking, becoming one of the biggest underdogs to win a major in recent times. In the first two rounds, he shot 69-68 (−3) to take a two-shot lead over Billy Andrade and Mike Weir. A third round 69 put him at −4, tied for the lead with Chad Campbell and three shots clear of Weir. He shot a par 70 in the final round to defeat Campbell by two strokes. That season, he finished 32nd on the money list. In 2004, he made the top 100 on the PGA Tour money list for the second time in his career, but he did not make the move up to being a regular high finisher. His career high world ranking is 36th, achieved in 2004. In August 2006, Micheel returned to prominence when he finished runner-up to Tiger Woods at the PGA Championship at Medinah Country Club; he followed that with T7 two weeks later at the Deutsche Bank Championship. He was also runner-up at the 2006 HSBC World Match Play Championship, after defeating Woods in the first round. On the PGA Tour, he ended the year with nine consecutive cuts and placed in the top 50 on the money list. Micheel is only the second golfer to make a double eagle (albatross) in U.S. Open history. It came on the 6th hole during the final round of the 2010 U.S. Open. Micheel is one of the few golfers to have a major as his only PGA Tour win. Micheel leads the list with 386 starts through the end of 2015. | Agent | Athlete | GolfPlayer |
Hour of the Zombie (異骸‐THE PLAY DEAD/ALIVE- Igai: The Play Dead/Alive) is a manga series written and illustrated by Tsukasa Saimura. It is set at a high school where students suddenly become zombies. The manga was serialized in Tokuma Shoten's manga magazine Monthly Comic Ryū beginning in 2014. The manga is licensed in the United States by Seven Seas Entertainment. | Work | Comic | Manga |
Hylan Plaza (formerly called Fox Plaza after its former anchor tenant) is an open-air shopping center in the New Dorp neighborhood of Staten Island, New York City, United States. | Place | Building | ShoppingMall |
This is a list of all albums and singles released by American Idol seventh season winner David Cook. Prior to appearing on American Idol, in 2006, Cook self-released an album, Analog Heart, during Cook's run on Idol until it was removed from sale. As of 2009, the album has sold fewer than 5,000 units in the United States. He released his first single \"The Time of My Life\" after his win, followed by the lead single \"Light On\" from his first major-label album, the eponymous David Cook. Both \"The Time of My Life\" and \"Light On\" have each sold over a million copies, while his second single from the album \"Come Back to Me\" sold over 500,000. His self-titled album was released on November 18, 2008, via RCA Records. The album debuted at number three on the Billboard 200 chart, and was certified Platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America on January 22, 2009. The album was also certified Gold by the Canadian Recording Industry Association. Cook's second major label album This Loud Morning was released on June 28, 2011, and debuted at number seven in the Billboard 200. The lead single from the album was \"The Last Goodbye\". His fourth studio album Digital Vein was released on September 18, 2015. | Work | MusicalWork | ArtistDiscography |
Merton Howard Miller (May 16, 1923 – June 3, 2000) was an American economist, and the co-author of the Modigliani–Miller theorem (1958), which proposed the irrelevance of debt-equity structure. He shared the Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences in 1990, along with Harry Markowitz and William F. Sharpe. Miller spent most of his academic career at the University of Chicago's Booth School of Business. | Agent | Person | Economist |
1834 Palach, provisional designation 1969 QP, is a stony asteroid from the outer region of the asteroid belt. It was discovered on 22 August 1969 by Czech astronomer Luboš Kohoutek at Bergedorf Observatory in Hamburg, Germany. The asteroid measures about 19 kilometers in diameter and orbits the Sun at a distance of 2.8–3.2 AU once every 5 years and 3 months (1,921 days). It has a rotation period of 3.14 hours. The geometric albedo of the S-type asteroid is about 0.11–0.14. It was named in memory of Czech student Jan Palach, who burned himself to death, as a protest against the Soviet occupation of Czechoslovakia that followed and ended the national reform movement known as the Prague Spring. | Place | CelestialBody | Planet |
Ben Nevis (1968–1995) was a British-bred racehorse who became the third American-owned steeplechaser to win the Grand National at Aintree and was inducted into the National Museum of Racing and Hall of Fame in 2009. In the United States he was known as Ben Nevis II. | Species | Horse | RaceHorse |
Podocarpus brassii is a species of conifer in the Podocarpaceae family.It is found in Indonesia and Papua New Guinea. | Species | Plant | Conifer |
UFC 71: Liddell vs. Jackson was a mixed martial arts event held by the Ultimate Fighting Championship. The event took place on Saturday, May 26, 2007 at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada. | Event | SportsEvent | MixedMartialArtsEvent |
Thiotricha synacma is a moth of the Gelechiidae family. It was described by Meyrick in 1918. It is found in India (Assam). The wingspan is about 12 mm. The forewings are fuscous with ochreous-white markings. There is a broad pointed median streak from the base to near the apex and a streak from beneath this before the middle to the tornus. A line is found along the costa from the middle to a short oblique line from the costa terminating above the apex of the median streak and there is a very oblique line from above the tornus to beneath the apex of the median streak. A wedge-shaped streak is found along the lower half of the termen and a fine transverse blue-leaden-metallic line just beyond these markings before the apex. The apex is ochreous-tinged and there is a small black apical dot preceded by a minute violet-silvery dot. The hindwings are grey, paler in the disc anteriorly. | Species | Animal | Insect |
The Puerto Rican emerald (Chlorostilbon maugeaus), or zumbadorcito de Puerto Rico in Spanish, is an endemic hummingbird found only in the archipelago of Puerto Rico. The species displays sexual dimorphism with males and females differing in coloration. The male has iridescent green feathers on its body and a black tail while the female has a white breast and white out tail feathers. They measure 9-10 cm and weigh about 3 grams. The species is found mainly in mountainous regions of Puerto Rico but also occurs along the southwest coast of the main island. Puerto Rican emeralds are highly territorial, often defending territories with intense aerial pursuits. Puerto Rican emeralds use their long pointed bills and long tubular tongues to probe for insects, spiders and nectar, being especially attracted to red flowers. They can breed year-round but breeding is concentrated before the wet season starts from February to May. The female lays two tiny white eggs (measuring 8–13 mm) in a nest cup made of grasses and twigs. The male plays no part in the nesting process. | Species | Animal | Bird |
At the 1900 Summer Olympics, a polo tournament was contested. Matches were held on 28 May, 31 May, and 2 June. Five teams competed. Most of the teams were of mixed nationality, with British athletes competing on three teams. There was no playoff for third place. Polo | Event | Olympics | OlympicEvent |
Santa Rosa de Río Primero is a town in the province of Córdoba, Argentina. It has 6,788 inhabitants per the 2001 census [INDEC], and is the head town of the Río Primero Department. It lies in the center-northeast of the province, by the Primero River (also known as Suquía), about 75 km from the provincial capital Córdoba. The Blessed Jose Gabriel del Rosario Brochero was born in Santa Rosa de Rio Primo. | Place | Settlement | Town |
Cletus Komena Emein was Governor of Niger State in Nigeria from 9 Dec 1993 to 22 Aug 1996.He became a member of the Niger Delta Committee, tasked with solving the endemic violence in the oil-producing region, in September 2008. | Agent | Politician | Governor |
Rob Fowler (born June 25, 1975 in Brandon, Manitoba) is a Canadian curler. | Agent | WinterSportPlayer | Curler |
UFC Fight Night: Holohan vs. Smolka (also known as UFC Fight Night 76) was a mixed martial arts event held on October 24, 2015 at 3Arena in Dublin, Ireland. | Event | SportsEvent | MixedMartialArtsEvent |
Muhamed Mujić (25 April 1933 – 20 February 2016) was a Bosnian footballer. He played for Velež Mostar for the most of his career. He also played at 1956 Summer Olympics for SFR Yugoslavia, winning a silver medal, and at the 1962 FIFA World Cup for SFR Yugoslavia. In the Yugoslavia's game he served as captain in a brutal match that saw him break Soviet defender Eduard Dubinsky's leg, that partially caused his death, seven years later. Although referee Albert Dusch took no action Mujić was sent home by his own federation. | Agent | SportsManager | SoccerManager |
Frederic Cecil Hunter (23 August 1886 – 21 July 1926) was an English cricketer who played first class cricket for Derbyshire from 1905 to 1907 Hunter was born at Glossop, Derbyshire. He made his debut for Derbyshire in the 1905 season against Essex in June when he made 27 in his first innings and took a wicket. He made his top score of 51 against Sussex in the 1906 season and played his last match in the 1907 season. Hunter was a right-hand batsman and played 49 innings in 28 first class matches with an average of 12.26 and a top score of 51. He was a leg-break bowler and took 17 first class wickets for an average of 40.23 and a best performance of 2 for 18. Between 1910 and 1912 Hunter played minor county cricket for Cheshire Hunter died at Adelaide, South Australia at the age of 39. | Agent | Athlete | Cricketer |
Mahindra Hockey Stadium is a field hockey stadium at Mumbai, Maharashtra, India. It is the home of the Mumbai Marines of the World Series Hockey and Mumbai Magicians of the Hockey India League. It was also the home venue of the Maratha Warriors in the Premier Hockey League. The stadium was formerly known as the Bombay Hockey Association Stadium and hosted the 1982 Men's Hockey World Cup. | Place | SportFacility | Stadium |
North Shore Square came under new ownership in November 2006, after Toronto, Canada based Revenue Properties Company Limited purchased the mall's New Orleans based owner, Sizeler Property Investors. There is also a food court in the mall that consists of Subway, Chick-fil-A, and many other fast food places. | Place | Building | ShoppingMall |
Fuglenes Lighthouse (Norwegian: Fuglenes fyr) was a coastal lighthouse located in the municipality of Hammerfest in Finnmark, Norway. It was established in 1859, and deactivated in 1911, when it was replaced by a light. | Place | Tower | Lighthouse |
The 1988 Israel Super Cup was the 17th Israel Super Cup (22nd, including unofficial matches, as the competition wasn't played within the Israel Football Association in its first 5 editions, until 1969), an annual Israel football match played between the winners of the previous season's Top Division and Israel State Cup. The match was played between Hapoel Tel Aviv, champions of the 1987–88 Liga Leumit and Maccabi Tel Aviv, winners of the 1987–88 Israel State Cup. This was Hapoel's 8th Israel Super Cup appearance and Maccabi's 5th (both including unofficial matches). Hapoel fielded a weakened team, as most senior players refused to play since the management didn't pay the players' salaries over the previous season. Maccabi, therefore, won the match 3–0. | Event | SportsEvent | FootballMatch |
The men's 100 kg competition in judo at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro was held on 11 August at the Carioca Arena 2. The gold and silver medals were determined by a single-elimination tournament, with the winner of the final taking gold and the loser receiving silver. Judo events awarded two bronze medals. Quarterfinal losers competed in a repechage match for the right to face a semifinal loser for a bronze medal (that is, the judokas defeated in quarterfinals A and B competed against each other, with the winner of that match facing the semifinal loser from the other half of the bracket). | Event | Olympics | OlympicEvent |
Selvanus Geh (born 27 November 1993 in Samarinda) is a male Indonesian badminton player. He is a doubles specialist. | Agent | Athlete | BadmintonPlayer |
Henry Bird \"Harry\" Glasgow (20 June 1939 - 4 February 2016) was a Scottish football player and manager. Glasgow began his career with Falkirk, where he made four appearances, all of which came in cup competitions. He spent a season on loan at Arbroath, before joining Clyde. He spent nine years at Shawfield Stadium, making 282 appearances, scoring nine goals. He was captain during his time at the club, and is one of Clyde's greatest servants. He joined Stenhousemuir in 1972, where he played for three seasons before retiring. Glasgow then managed Stenhousemuir. | Agent | SportsManager | SoccerManager |
James Andrew Beard (May 5, 1903 – January 21, 1985) was an American cookbook author, teacher, syndicated columnist and television personality. Beard was a champion of American cuisine who taught and mentored generations of professional chefs and food enthusiasts. His legacy lives on in twenty books, other writings and his foundation's annual James Beard awards in a number of culinary genres. | Agent | Person | Chef |
The Niaceae are a family of fungi in the order Agaricales. The family contains six genera and 56 species. | Species | Eukaryote | Fungus |
TROS (originally an acronym for Televisie Radio Omroep Stichting) was a Dutch television and radio organization part of the Dutch public broadcasting system. This broadcasting association was particularly well known for its entertainment programmes, quizzes and focus on Dutch folk music in programmes like \"Tros Muziekfeest op het Plein\" and the digital channel \"TROS Sterren TV\". In 2014 TROS merged with fellow broadcaster AVRO to form AVROTROS. | Agent | Broadcaster | BroadcastNetwork |
The Hon. Michael Scott OBE (31 August 1878 – 9 January 1959) was an English amateur golfer, most famous for being the oldest winner of The Amateur Championship. Michael Scott was the son of John Scott, 3rd Earl of Eldon, and the youngest of seven children. He attended Winchester College. He emigrated to Australia between 1900 and 1904 and won a number of amateur tournaments there, including four Australian Amateur titles (1905, 1907, 1909, and 1910), six Victorian Amateur titles (all between 1904 and 1910), and several others. He won the inaugural Australian Open in 1904, and again in 1907. He returned to England in 1911. Scott fought in World War I, and was decorated with the Order of Aviz of Portugal and the Order of the Black Star of France. In 1918, he was invested as an Officer of the Order of the British Empire. While he won the French Amateur in 1912 and 1922, Scott was not able to win in England itself, though he was a member of Great Britain's 1924 Walker Cup team. Finally, in 1933 when he was nearly 55 years old, he won The Amateur Championship by beating Thomas A. Bourn 4 & 3 at Hoylake. The following year, Scott played for and captained a second Walker Cup team, setting the record for the oldest player in that event as well (which still stands). He later won a West of England Amateur title at the age of 57, and was the Captain at Royal St George's Golf Club. Several of Scott's siblings were also golfers. The most famous was Lady Margaret Scott, a dominant player in early women's golf who won the first three British Ladies Championships from 1893 to 1895 before retiring. Osmund Scott was the runner-up at the 1905 Amateur Championship, and Denys Scott also competed. Michael Scott was married three times, had at least one daughter, and died at the age of 80 in 1959. | Agent | Athlete | GolfPlayer |
The Hell Gate Bridge, originally the New York Connecting Railroad Bridge or The East River Arch Bridge, is a 1,017-foot (310 m) steel through arch railroad bridge in New York City. The bridge crosses the Hell Gate, a strait of the East River, between Astoria in Queens and Randalls and Wards Islands in Manhattan. The bridge is the largest of three bridges that form the Hell Gate complex. An inverted bowstring truss bridge with four 300-foot (91.4 m) spans crosses the Little Hell Gate (now filled in); and a 350-foot (106.7 m) fixed truss bridge crosses the Bronx Kill (now narrowed by fill). Together with approaches, the bridges are more than 17,000 feet (3.2 mi; 5.2 km) long. This bridge was the inspiration for the design of Sydney Harbour Bridge in Australia, which is about 60% larger. | Place | RouteOfTransportation | Bridge |
The Liberal Egyptian Party (Egyptian Arabic: الحزب المصري الليبرالي, El Hezb El Masri El Librali), formerly Mother Egypt Party, was a liberal and secular political party in Egypt advocating democracy and patriotism. This liberal party used to be a political party in Egypt until the merger with another liberal party, the Egyptian Democratic Party, to the Egyptian Social Democratic Party on 29 March 2011. The party built on previous attempts by native anti-colonial activists in the early 20th century to re-assert ethnic Egyptian identity, based in part on national independence from the British and the Ottomans, the establishment of a secular and democratic national government, and the formalization of the local language. It also sought to revive the indigenous Egyptian language and to disassociate Egypt from the Arab nationalist policies introduced by Gamal Abdel Nasser. The Liberal Egyptian Party called for separating religion from politics and most civil affairs. The party also called for capitalism and reducing the influence of the public sector in the economy. In its early history it called for full normalization with Israel, though this stance was repealed after subsequent alliances with Islamists and leftists. The founder of the Liberal Egyptian party was Mahmoud El Pher'oni, from the Assiut Governorate. | Agent | Organisation | PoliticalParty |
The Australian Intelligence Corps (AUSTINT) is a corps within the Australian Army. It was formed on 6 December 1907 and provides intelligence personnel in every formation headquarters in the Army. As of 2007, the corps consisted of \"169 officers and 232 other ranks\". | Agent | Organisation | MilitaryUnit |
The 2008 New Orleans Saints season was the 42nd season for the team in the National Football League (NFL). The Saints entered the season in an attempt improve their 7–9 record from the 2007 season. | SportsSeason | FootballLeagueSeason | NationalFootballLeagueSeason |
Cyclotosaurus buechneri is a species of the temnospondyl genus Cyclotosaurus from the Upper Triassic (middle Carnian) of northwestern Germany. The type and only known specimen is a 28 cm long skull that was found in 1975 by Martin Büchner, the former director of the Natural History Museum Bielefeld, at a construction site in Bielefeld-Sieker, Germany. The specimen derives from the Stuttgart Formation and is kept in the collection of the Natural History Museum in Bielefeld. In 2016, Florian Witzmann, Sven Sachs and Christian Nyhuis provided a detailed description of the skull and established the new species, Cyclotosaurus buechneri, honoring the discoverer. Cyclotosaurus buechneri differs from other species of Cyclotosaurus e.g. by a narrower distance between the orbitae, a more slender postorbital region and a distinct shape of the jugal. It was nearly 2 meter long and is the only unequivocal evidence of a cyclotosaur in northern Germany. | Species | Animal | Amphibian |
David Byas (born 26 August 1963, Middledale, Kilham, East Riding of Yorkshire, England) is an English first-class cricketer, who played for Yorkshire and latterly Lancashire. Byas grew up as a farmer in Yorkshire. He was a left-handed batsman who scored 100 the day his son (Ben) was born and very occasionally, bowled right-arm medium pace. He was appointed Yorkshire's captain at the start of the 1996 season, following the resignation of Martyn Moxon. In 2001, he led the county to their first County Championship title win for 33 years. He has since returned to Yorkshire as a coach. | Agent | Athlete | Cricketer |
The members of the 43rd General Assembly of Newfoundland were elected in the Newfoundland general election held in February 1996. The general assembly sat from March 20, 1996 to January 18, 1999. The Liberal Party led by Brian Tobin formed the government. Lloyd Snow served as speaker. There were three sessions of the 43rd General Assembly: Frederick Russell served as lieutenant governor of Newfoundland until 1997. Arthur Maxwell House succeeded Russell as lieutenant-governor. | Agent | Organisation | Legislature |
Natalie Redmond (born 4 August 1991) is an Australian female cyclo-cross cyclist. She represented her nation in the women's elite event at the 2016 UCI Cyclo-cross World Championships in Heusden-Zolder. | Agent | Athlete | Cyclist |
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