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Kevin Sinfield Kevin "Sir Kev" Sinfield, MBE (born 12 September 1980 in Oldham) is an English former professional rugby league player who captained Leeds Rhinos in Super League. An England captain, his usual position was Loose forward , although he could cover both Stand-off and Hooker . Sinfield played his entire professional career with Leeds and is one of the most successful players in Super League history, having captained the team to seven Super League championships and two Challenge Cup successes as well as achieving individual accolades as winner of the Lance Todd Trophy (2005), Harry Sunderland Trophy twice (2009, 2012) and the Golden Boot (2012), one of only four British-based players to achieve the latter. He holds records as the highest points-scorer in Leeds Rhinos history, the highest points-scorer in Super League history and the third highest points-scorer in British rugby league history, behind Jim Sullivan and Neil Fox. Sinfield is also the only captain to ever lead a team to win three back-to-back-to-back Super League titles.
Lance Todd Trophy The Lance Todd Trophy is awarded to the annual Challenge Cup Final's man of the match. Introduced in 1946, the trophy was named in memory of Lance Todd, the New Zealand-born player and administrator, who was killed in a road accident during the Second World War. The trophy's winner is selected by the members of the Rugby League Writers' Association present at the game. The Lance Todd Trophy is presented at a celebratory dinner at the AJ Bell Stadium, home of the Salford Red Devils. The trophy belongs to the Red Devils Association, the official body representing ex-Salford players, as of 2017 no Salford player has won this award.
David Topliss His playing career started at Normanton Juniors ARLFC before spending 13 years with Wakefield Trinity from 1968–81, he played right wing , i.e. number 2, and made his début for Wakefield Trinity against Halifax at Thrum Hall, Halifax on Monday 2 September 1968, and won the Lance Todd Trophy as man of the match in the 1979 Challenge Cup Final even though he was on the losing side.
Mark Aston Mark Aston (born 27 September 1967) is an English former rugby league Scrum-half /Halfback with Sheffield Eagles and Great Britain. He also had short spells with Featherstone Rovers (Captain) (Heritage № 709), and Bramley but the bulk of his career was spent with the Eagles, who he joined in 1985. He retired from playing in 2004, having been the figurehead in the fight to save the Eagles after their merger with Huddersfield in 1999. In less than three months, a new club was formed that was allowed into the Northern Ford Premiership with Aston as player/coach and a completely new semi-professional team. This must have seemed a long way from the day, only 18 months earlier, when Aston won the Lance Todd Trophy in the Rugby League Challenge Cup Final at Wembley Stadium, inspiring Sheffield Eagles to a famous 17-8 win over Wigan.
1964–65 Challenge Cup The 1965 Challenge Cup was the 64th staging of rugby league's oldest knockout competition, the Challenge Cup. The final was contested by Wigan and Hunslet at Wembley Stadium. Wigan won the match 20–16, with Wigan's Ray Ashby and Hunslet's Brian Gabbitas jointly receiving the Lance Todd Trophy.
1947–48 Challenge Cup The 1948 Challenge Cup was the 47th staging of rugby league's oldest knockout competition, the Challenge Cup. The final was contested by Wigan and Bradford Northern at Wembley Stadium, and was the first ever rugby league match to be televised. Wigan won the match 8–3, with Bradford's Frank Whitcombe receiving the Lance Todd Trophy – the first time the trophy had been awarded to a player on the losing team.
Paul Wellens Paul Simon Wellens (born 27 February 1980) is a retired English professional rugby league footballer. A Great Britain and England national representative fullback, he played his entire career with St. Helens, with whom he won several Super League championships and Challenge Cup titles. Wellens also became only the third player to have won the Lance Todd Trophy, Harry Sunderland Trophy, and the Man of Steel Award.
Graham Eadie Graham "Wombat" Eadie (born 25 November 1953 in Lidcombe, New South Wales), is an Australian former rugby league footballer who played in the 1970s, and 1980s who has been named amongst the nation's finest of the 20th century. A New South Wales State of Origin and Australian international representative fullback, he played in Australia during Manly-Warringah's dominance of the NSWRFL competition during the 1970s. He won four premierships with them and his 1,917 points in first grade and 2,070 points in all grades were both records at the time of his retirement. Eadie also played in England for Halifax, winning the Challenge Cup Final of 1987 with them. He also won World Cups with Australia and collected awards such as the Rothmans Medal and Lance Todd Trophy.
Ryan Hall (rugby league) Ryan Lee Hall (born 27 November 1987) is an English professional rugby league player who plays for the Leeds Rhinos in the Super League. An England international representative winger, he has played his entire professional career to date with Leeds, having won the 2008, 2009, 2011, 2012 and 2015 Super League Grand Finals with them. In 2014 he was part of the Leeds team that won the Challenge Cup and was the winner of the Lance Todd Trophy.
Brett Hodgson Brett Hodgson (born 12 February 1978 in Liverpool, New South Wales) is an Australian former professional rugby league footballer who played in the 1990s, 2000s, and 2010s, and the current Assistant Coach at Widnes Vikings working alongside Denis Betts. A New South Wales State of Origin representative goal-kicking fullback, he played his club football in the National Rugby League (NRL) for the Western Suburbs Magpies, Parramatta Eels and Wests Tigers (with whom he won the 2005 NRL premiership), and in Super League for Huddersfield (with whom he won the 2009 Man of Steel Award) and Warrington Wolves (with whom he won the Challenge Cup and the Lance Todd Trophy). Hodgson also gained representative selection for Exiles and City NSW.
Donnie Humphrey Donnie Ray Humphrey (April 20, 1961 – September 1, 2014) was a former nose tackle and defensive end in the National Football League.
Daryle Skaugstad Daryle Skaugstad is a former nose tackle in the National Football League. Skaugstad was drafted in the second round of the 1980 NFL Draft by the Houston Oilers and later played two seasons with the team. He would split the 1983 NFL season between the San Francisco 49ers and the Green Bay Packers.
Vince Villanucci Vince Villanucci is a former nose tackle in the National Football League.
Stan Mataele Stan Mataele is a former nose tackle in the National Football League.
Rich Dimler Rich Dimler was a former nose tackle in the National Football League.
ESPN College Football ESPN College Football is the branding used for broadcasts of NCAA Division I FBS college football across ESPN properties, including ESPN, ESPN2, ESPN3, ABC, ESPN Classic, ESPNU, ESPN Deportes, ESPNews, and ESPN Radio. "ESPN College Football" debuted in 1982.
David Caldwell (nose tackle) David Caldwell is a former nose tackle in the National Football League and the Arena Football League.
Richard Turner (American football) Richard Turner is a former nose tackle in the National Football League. He was drafted by the Green Bay Packers in the fourth round of the 1981 NFL Draft and played three seasons with the team.
Tony DeLuca Anthony Lawrence DeLuca (November 16, 1960 – April 16, 1999) was a former nose tackle in the National Football League. He was a member of the Green Bay Packers during the 1984 NFL season.
ESPN College Football Friday Primetime ESPN College Football Friday Primetime is a live game presentation of Division 1-A college football on ESPN or sometimes ESPN2. There is no main sponsor. The game telecast airs every Friday night at 7:45pm ET during the college football regular season. In 2017, the games will be announced by Adam Amin and Dusty Dvoracek. The game is preceded by a 5-10 minute long segment of "College Football Scoreboard" with Adnan Virk, Danny Kanell and Joey Galloway. They both also present the halftime report.
The Million Dollar Duck The Million Dollar Duck (also titled as The $1,000,000 Duck) is a 1971 American comedy film produced by Walt Disney Productions about a goose that lays golden eggs scenario. It was directed by Vincent McEveety, and stars Dean Jones, Sandy Duncan and Joe Flynn.
Mary Allen Wilkes Mary Allen Wilkes (born September 25, 1937 in Chicago, Illinois) is a former computer programmer and logic designer, most known for her work with the LINC computer, now recognized by many as the world's first "personal computer." Wilkes graduated from Wellesley College in 1959 where she majored in philosophy and theology. At that time she wanted to become a lawyer but was discouraged by friends and mentors because she was a woman. She sought work in the computer field partly because computer programming was a field that was open to women and partly because her geography teacher in the eighth grade had told her during a class discussion, "Mary Allen, when you grow up, you ought to be a computer programmer." She had no idea at the
Million Dollar Quartet "Million Dollar Quartet" is a recording of an impromptu jam session involving Elvis Presley, Jerry Lee Lewis, Carl Perkins, and Johnny Cash made on December 4, 1956, at the Sun Record Studios in Memphis, Tennessee. An article about the session was published in the "Memphis Press-Scimitar" under the title "Million Dollar Quartet". The recording was first released in Europe in 1981 as "The Million Dollar Quartet" with 17 tracks. A few years later more tracks were discovered and released as "The Complete Million Dollar Session". In 1990, the recordings were released in the United States as "Elvis Presley - The Million Dollar Quartet". This session is considered a seminal moment in rock and roll.
Programmer A programmer, computer programmer, developer, dev, coder, or software engineer is a person who creates computer software. The term "computer programmer" can refer to a specialist in one area of computer programming or to a generalist who writes code for many kinds of software. One who practices or professes a formal approach to programming may also be known as a programmer analyst.
Million Dollar Listing Miami Million Dollar Listing Miami is an American reality television series that premiered June 25, 2014, on Bravo. It features three Miami-based real estate agents – Chad Carroll, Chris Leavitt, and Samantha DeBianchi – as they balance their personal and professional lives. Announced in October 2013, "Million Dollar Listing Miami" is the second spin-off of "Million Dollar Listing Los Angeles", following "Million Dollar Listing New York".
Dean Jones (actor) Dean Carroll Jones (January 25, 1931 – September 1, 2015) was an American actor best known for his roles as Agent Zeke Kelso in "That Darn Cat!" (1965), Jim Douglas in "The Love Bug" (1968), Albert Dooley in "The Million Dollar Duck" (1971; for which he received a Golden Globe nomination) and Dr. Herman Varnick in "Beethoven" (1992).
Jay Maynard Jay Maynard (born July 27, 1960) is an American computer programmer, system administrator and the volunteer project maintainer for Hercules, a free emulator of IBM mainframe hardware. He is known for his self-made electroluminescent costume based on the film "Tron", which resulted in his nickname Tron Guy.
Michel Sikyea Michel Sikyea (June 5, 1901 – December 21, 2002) was a respected Dene elder from the Yellowknife area who fought for aboriginal rights, and was probably known best for the "million dollar duck."
Million Dollar Reload Formed in 2006 in Co Tyrone Northern Ireland by Phil Conalane and Kie McMurray. Conalane, Andrew Mackle and McMurray were musicians, playing in various cover bands in Northern Ireland before deciding to collaborate on writing of original material drawing from their shared musical interests. The results were soon recorded and formed the basis of Million Dollar Reload's first EP, `Needle, Blackout, Fly`. Drummer Davy Cassa was then recruited for purposes of the recording sessions before eventually being invited to join as a full-time member of Million Dollar Reload. Brian Mallon was recruited by McMurray as a second guitarist for live performances of the bands new, original material, he would continue to become a full-time member. Before starting the recording their debut album, Million Dollar Reload were recruited(minus drummer Cassa) by Steven Adler of Guns N' Roses as his backing band in his post Guns N' Roses career playing under Adler's Appetite. The band performed with Adler in Ireland after he had fired his own band during the European leg of their 2006 tour. This proved to be the catalyst for Million Dollar Reload to enter the studio speedily and begin the recording process for their debut album.
Tron Tron is a 1982 American science fiction action-adventure film written and directed by Steven Lisberger, based on a story by Lisberger and Bonnie MacBird and produced by Walt Disney Productions. The film stars Jeff Bridges as a computer programmer who is transported inside the software world of a mainframe computer where he interacts with programs in his attempt to escape. Bruce Boxleitner, David Warner, Cindy Morgan, and Barnard Hughes star in supporting roles.
Lady and the Tramp Lady and the Tramp is a 1955 American animated romantic musical comedy-drama film produced by Walt Disney and released to theaters on June 22, 1955 by Buena Vista Distribution. The 15th Disney animated feature film, it was the first animated feature filmed in the CinemaScope widescreen film process. Based on "Happy Dan, The Whistling Dog" by Ward Greene, "Lady and the Tramp" tells the story of a female American Cocker Spaniel named Lady who lives with a refined, upper-middle-class family, and a male stray mongrel called the Tramp. When the two dogs meet, they embark on many romantic adventures. A direct-to-video sequel, "", was released in 2001.
Encores! Encores! is a Tony-honored concert series dedicated to performing rarely heard American musicals, usually with their original orchestrations. Presented by New York City Center since 1994, "Encores!" has revived shows by Irving Berlin, Rodgers & Hart, George and Ira Gershwin, Cole Porter, Leonard Bernstein, and Stephen Sondheim, among many others. The series has spawned eighteen cast recordings and numerous Broadway transfers, including Kander and Ebb's "Chicago", which is now the second longest-running musical in Broadway history. Videotapes of many "Encores!" productions are collected at the Billy Rose Theater Collection of the New York Public Library for the Performing Arts. Since 2000, the series has been led by artistic director Jack Viertel.
The Sword in the Stone (film) The Sword in the Stone is a 1963 American animated musical fantasy comedy film produced by Walt Disney and released by Buena Vista Distribution. The 18th Disney animated feature film, it was the final Disney animated film to be released before Walt Disney's death. The songs in the film were written and composed by the Sherman Brothers, who later wrote music for other Disney films like "Mary Poppins" (1964), "The Jungle Book" (1967), "The Aristocats" (1970), and "Bedknobs and Broomsticks" (1971).
Hercules (1997 film) Hercules is a 1997 American animated musical fantasy comedy film produced by Walt Disney Feature Animation for Walt Disney Pictures. The 35th Disney animated feature film, the film was directed by Ron Clements and John Musker. The film is loosely based on the legendary hero Heracles (known in the film by his Roman name, Hercules), the son of Zeus, in Greek mythology. The film also featured the first positive portrayal of African American women in a Disney animated film.
Dinosaur (film) Dinosaur is a 2000 American CGI animated adventure film produced by Walt Disney Feature Animation and The Secret Lab and released by Walt Disney Pictures. It is the 39th Disney animated feature film and Disney's The Secret Lab computer animated feature, though it is not officially labeled as one of the animated classics in the United Kingdom, where "The Wild" (2006) is included in the canon instead.
Fun and Fancy Free Fun and Fancy Free is a 1947 American live-action animated musical fantasy comedy package film produced by Walt Disney and released on September 27, 1947 by RKO Radio Pictures. It is the 9th Disney animated feature film and the fourth of the package films the studio produced in the 1940s in order to save money during World War II. The Disney package films of the late 1940s helped finance "Cinderella", and subsequent others, such as "Alice in Wonderland" and "Peter Pan".
Beauty and the Beast (1991 film) Beauty and the Beast is a 1991 American animated musical romantic fantasy film produced by Walt Disney Feature Animation and released by Walt Disney Pictures. The 30th Disney animated feature film and the third released during the Disney Renaissance period, it is based on the French fairy tale of the same name by Jeanne-Marie Leprince de Beaumont (who was also credited in the English version as well as in the French version), and ideas from the 1946 French film of the same name directed by Jean Cocteau. "Beauty and the Beast" focuses on the relationship between the Beast (voice of Robby Benson), a prince who is magically transformed into a monster and his servants into household objects as punishment for his arrogance, and Belle (voice of Paige O'Hara), a young woman whom he imprisons in his castle. To become a prince again, Beast must learn to love Belle and earn her love in return to avoid remaining a monster forever. The film also features the voices of Richard White, Jerry Orbach, David Ogden Stiers, and Angela Lansbury.
Beauty and the Beast (franchise) Beauty and the Beast is a Disney media franchise comprising a film series and additional merchandise. The success of the original 1991 American animated feature, "Beauty and the Beast", directed by Gary Trousdale and Kirk Wise, led to three direct-to-video follow-up films, a live-action spin-off television series, a Disney World stage show, a Disney World restaurant, several video games, merchandise, and the 9th longest-running musical in Broadway history, which was nominated for nine Tony Awards, winning for Best Costume Design. In March 2017, Disney released a live-action remake of the film.
The Voice of the Turtle (play) The Voice of the Turtle is a comedic Broadway play by John William Van Druten dealing with the challenges of the single life in New York City during World War II. Controversial in its time, "The Voice of the Turtle" explores the sexual struggles of Sally Middleton, a young woman attempting to reconcile her childhood teachings on the importance of chastity with her newfound affection for Bill Page. The play derives its name from a verse in the Song of Solomon in the Bible, which reads "The voice of the turtle [as in turtle dove] is heard in our land." (2:10–13) On December 8, 1943 the show opened at the Morosco Theatre and ran for 1,557 performances, making it the 51st longest-running show and the 9th longest-running play in Broadway history. In 1947 the stage play was adapted into a film of the same name starring Ronald Reagan, Eleanor Parker, Eve Arden, and Wayne Morris.
Peter Pan (1953 film) Peter Pan is a 1953 American animated adventure film produced by Walt Disney and based on the play "Peter Pan, or The Boy Who Wouldn't Grow Up" by J. M. Barrie. It is the 14th Disney animated feature film and was originally released on February 5, 1953, by RKO Radio Pictures. "Peter Pan" is the final Disney animated feature released through RKO before Walt Disney's founding of his own distribution company, Buena Vista Distribution, later in 1953 after the film was released. "Peter Pan" is also the final Disney film in which all nine members of Disney's Nine Old Men worked together as directing animators. It is also the second Disney animated film starring Kathryn Beaumont, Heather Angel, and Bill Thompson after their roles in the animated feature "Alice in Wonderland".
James Tomkins (rower) James Bruce Tomkins, OAM (born 19 August 1965) is an Australian rower, seven-time World Champion and a three-time Olympic gold medalist. He is Australia's most awarded oarsman, having made appearances at six Olympic games (for three gold and one bronze medal); eleven World Championships (for seven world titles including one in each of the five sweep oar events); four Rowing World Cups (for two titles) and eighteen state representative King's Cup appearances - the Australian blue riband men's VIII event, (for fifteen victories, ten as stroke). Tomkins is one of only five Australian athletes and four rowers worldwide to compete at six Olympics.
Li Jiawei Olivia Li Jiawei (; born 9 August 1981) is a Chinese-born Singaporean former table tennis player, four-time Olympian and twice Olympic medalist. She trained in Beijing's famous Shichahai Sports School with Olympic medalist Zhang Yining. In 1995, she moved to Singapore and in the following year, she commenced her international career as a competitive table tennis player. She became a Singapore citizen at the age of 18 years under the Foreign Sports Talent Scheme.
Dave Schultz (wrestling) David Leslie "Dave" Schultz (June 6, 1959 – January 26, 1996) was an American Olympic and world champion freestyle wrestler, a seven-time World and Olympic medalist. He coached individuals and teams at the college level and also privately. He was shot and killed by John Eleuthère du Pont, a millionaire philanthropist who sponsored the private Foxcatcher wrestling team at an amateur sports center, known as Foxcatcher Farm, he set up on his estate in Pennsylvania.
Valentin Yordanov Valentin Yordanov Dimitrov (Bulgarian: Валентин Йорданов Димитров ; born January 26, 1960), also transliterated Jordanov, is a retired Bulgarian freestyle wrestler who competed in the up to 52 kg weight class. He is an Olympic gold medalist, seven-time world champion, seven-time European champion, and the only wrestler to hold 10 medals (seven gold, two silver and one bronze) from world championships.
Foxcatcher Foxcatcher is a 2014 American true crime sports drama film produced and directed by Bennett Miller. Written by E. Max Frye and Dan Futterman, the film stars Steve Carell, Channing Tatum, and Mark Ruffalo. The film's plot is loosely based on the events surrounding multimillionaire Du Pont family heir and wrestling enthusiast John du Pont's 1986 recruitment of 1984 U.S. Olympic gold medalist brothers Mark (Freestyle Wrestling - 82 kg) and Dave Schultz (Freestyle Wrestling - 74 kg) to help coach U.S. wrestlers for participation in national, world, and Olympic competition, and the subsequent murder of Dave by John du Pont in January 1996. Although the film's action is largely set at Foxcatcher Farm, du Pont's now-broken-up 800-acre suburban Philadelphia estate, the majority of the movie was filmed in the Pittsburgh metropolitan area.
Aliya Mustafina Aliya Fargatovna Mustafina (Russian: Алия Фархатовна Мустафина ] ; Tatar: Алия Фәрһәт кызы Мостафина , "Aliä Färhät qızı Mostafina " ; born 30 September 1994) is an artistic gymnast from Russia. She is the 2010 world champion in the all-around, the 2012 and 2016 Olympic uneven bars champion, and a seven-time Olympic medalist.
Esther Lofgren Esther Ruth Lofgren (born February 28, 1985, in Long Beach, California) is an American rower and an Olympic gold medalist. She won gold medal in the women’s eight at the 2012 Summer Games in London. Lofgren is a graduate of Harvard College, where she rowed for Radcliffe Crew and was a two-time All-American. She is an eight-time member of the U.S. National Rowing Team, a current World Record holder in the women’s eight, and a seven-time World Championship medalist.
Evgeni Plushenko Evgeni Viktorovich Plushenko (Russian:    , born 3 November 1982) is a Russian former figure skater. He is a four-time Olympic medalist (2006 gold, 2014 team gold, 2002 & 2010 silver), a three-time World champion (2001, 2003, 2004), a seven-time European champion (2000, 2001, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2010, 2012), a four-time Grand Prix Final champion (1999–2000, 2000–01, 2002–03, 2004–05), and a ten-time Russian national champion (1999–2002, 2004–2006, 2010, 2012–2013). Plushenko's four Olympic medals tied Sweden's Gillis Grafström's record for most Olympic medals in figure skating.
Kōhei Uchimura Kōhei Uchimura (内村 航平 , Uchimura Kōhei , born January 3, 1989, in Kitakyushu, Fukuoka Prefecture) is a Japanese artistic gymnast. He is a seven-time Olympic medalist (all-around, team, and floor exercise), winning three golds and four silvers, a 19-time World medalist (all-around, team, floor, high bar, and parallel bars) and is considered by many to be the greatest gymnast of all time. He is known for becoming the first gymnast (male or female) to win every major all-around title in a single Olympic cycle. He accomplished this feat twice by winning six world all around titles (2009, 2010, 2011, 2013, 2014 and 2015) and the 2012 Olympic and 2016 Olympic all-around titles. Uchimura is also 2008 Olympics All-Around silver medalist. He is also known for delivering difficult and accurately executed routines. His gymnastics skills were praised by "International Gymnast Magazine" as a "combination of tremendous difficulty, supreme consistency and extraordinary elegance of performance."
Brittney Reese Brittney Reese (born September 9, 1986) is an American long jumper, Olympic gold medalist, and a seven-time world champion. Reese is the indoor American record holder in the long jump with a distance of 7.23 meters.
Stanley Brenton von Donop Major-General Sir Stanley Brenton von Donop (1860–1941) was a British Army officer who became Master-General of the Ordnance.
University of Oldenburg The Carl von Ossietzky University of Oldenburg (German: "Carl von Ossietzky Universität Oldenburg" ) is a university located in Oldenburg, Germany. It is one of the most important and highly regarded educational facilities in northwestern Germany and specialises in interdisciplinary & sustainable development studies and renewable energy studies with focus on solar and wind energy.
Háthayim Marine Provincial Park von Donop Marine Provincial Park, formerly Von Donop Marine Provincial Park, is a provincial park in British Columbia, Canada, located on the north end of Cortes Island in the Discovery Islands.
P. G. von Donop Lieutenant-Colonel Pelham George von Donop (28 April 1851 – 7 November 1921) was a British Army officer in the Royal Engineers and later Chief Inspecting Officer of Railways. He represented the Royal Engineers at association football, appearing in two FA Cup Finals, and also made two appearances for the England national football team.
Hans Carl von Carlowitz Hans Carl von Carlowitz, originally "Hannß Carl von Carlowitz" (24 December 1645 - 3 March 1714), was a German tax accountant and mining administrator. His book "Sylvicultura oeconomica, oder haußwirthliche Nachricht und Naturmäßige Anweisung zur wilden Baum-Zucht" (1713) was the first comprehensive treatise about forestry. He is considered to be the father of sustainable yield forestry.
Carl Heinrich von Siemens Carl Heinrich von Siemens (often just Carl von Siemens) (March 3, 1829 in Menzendorf, Mecklenburg – March 21, 1906 in Menton, France) was a German entrepreneur, a child (of fourteen) of a tenant farmer of the Siemens family, an old family of Goslar, documented since 1384. He is a brother of Ernst Werner von Siemens and William Siemens, sons of Christian Ferdinand Siemens (July 31, 1787-January 16, 1840) and wife Eleonore Deichmann (1792-July 8, 1839). They had two more brothers, Hans Siemens (1818-1867) and Friedrich August Siemens (December 8, 1828-May 24, 1904), married and father to Friedrich Carl Siemens (January 6, 1877-June 25, 1952 in Berlin), married on May 22, 1920 in Berlin to Melanie Bertha Gräfin Yorck von Wartenburg (February 1, 1899 in Klein Oels-May 15, 1950 in Berlin) (the parents of Heinrich Werner Andreas Siemens (born September 28, 1921, Annabel Siemens (born May 3, 1923), Daniela Siemens (born July 31, 1926) and Peter Siemens (born November 8, 1928).
Carl von Effner Carl von Effner, also Karl von Effner, Carl Joseph von Effner and Carl Effner (the younger) (10 February 1831 – 22 October 1884) was gardener to the Bavarian court, later "Königlich Bayerischer Hofgärtendirektor" ("Royal Bavarian Court Director of Gardens"), and landscape gardener.
Carl von Donop Count Carl Emil Ulrich von Donop (January 1, 1732 – October 25, 1777) was a Hessian colonel who fought in the American Revolutionary War.
Battle of Iron Works Hill The Battle of Iron Works Hill, also known as the Battle of Mount Holly, was a series of minor skirmishes that took place on December 22 and 23, 1776, during the American War of Independence. They took place in Mount Holly, New Jersey, between an American force mostly composed of colonial militia under Colonel Samuel Griffin and a force of 2,000 Hessians and British regulars under Carl von Donop.
Hessian (soldier) Hessians were the 18th century German auxiliaries contracted for military service by the British government. They took their name from the German state of Hesse-Kassel. The British hired Hessian troops for combat duty in several eighteenth century conflicts, but they are most widely associated with combat operations in the American Revolutionary War (1775–1783).
Park Avenue Tunnel (roadway) The Park Avenue Tunnel, also called the Murray Hill Tunnel, is a 1600 ft tunnel that passes under seven blocks of Park Avenue in Murray Hill, in the New York City borough of Manhattan. Traffic currently goes northbound from 33rd Street toward the Park Avenue Viaduct. The tunnel is under the jurisdiction of the New York City Department of Transportation, and carries one lane of northbound car traffic from East 33rd Street to East 40th Street; from 40th Street north, traffic must follow the Park Avenue Viaduct around Grand Central Terminal to 46th Street. The vertical clearance is 8 ft .
383 Madison Avenue 383 Madison Avenue is an office building owned and occupied by JP Morgan Chase in New York City on a full block bound by Madison Avenue and Vanderbilt Avenue between East 46th and 47th Streets. Formerly known as the Bear Stearns Building, it housed the world headquarters of the now-defunct Bear Stearns from the building's completion until Bear's collapse and sale to JPMorgan Chase in 2008. The building now houses the New York offices for J.P. Morgan's investment banking division, which formerly occupied 277 Park Avenue. Both 383 Madison and 277 Park are adjacent to JPMorgan Chase's world headquarters at 270 Park Avenue.
Deering Oaks Deering Oaks is a 55 acre public park in Portland, Maine, which has a baseball diamond, tennis courts, a playground, and a pond. It is located west of downtown Portland and is bordered by Deering Avenue on the west, Forest Avenue on the east, Park Avenue to the south and Interstate 295 to the north. State Street bisects the park. Access is from State Street, Deering Avenue, or Park Avenue. The Portland Farmers Market is located on the Park Avenue side of the park. The park is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.
Park Avenue House The Park Avenue House is a high rise residential building located at 2305 Park Avenue in the Park Avenue Historic District in Downtown Detroit, Michigan. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1996. It should not be confused with the nearby Park Avenue Hotel, which was demolished in 2015.
Park Avenue station (Charlotte) Park Avenue was a station on the Charlotte Trolley heritage streetcar line in South End of Charlotte, North Carolina, United States. The station first opened for service on August 30, 1996, with one track and one platform, located south adjacent to Park Avenue. After nearly a decade of service, the station was permanently closed on February 6, 2006. The relocation of Bland Street station, for the LYNX Blue Line, and the already close proximity of East/West Boulevard station made Park Avenue redundant and thus unnecessary. By end of 2006, the side platform and structure was razed; what remains at the former location are some brick and concrete foundation and a stone pattern walkway connecting to Park Avenue.
Church of St. Ignatius Loyola (New York City) The Church of St. Ignatius of Loyola is a Roman Catholic parish church located on the Upper East Side of Manhattan, New York City, administered by the Society of Jesus (Jesuits). The parish is under the authority of the Archdiocese of New York, and was established in 1851 as St. Lawrence O'Toole's Church. In 1898, permission to change the patron saint of the parish from St. Lawrence O’Toole to St. Ignatius of Loyola was granted by Rome. The address is 980 Park Avenue, New York City, New York 10028. The church on the southwest corner of Park Avenue and 84th Street is part of a Jesuit complex on the block that includes Wallace Hall, the parish hall, beneath the church, the rectory at the midblock location on Park Avenue, the grade school of St. Ignatius's School on the north midblock location of 84th Street behind the church and the high school of Loyola School (also 980 Park Avenue) at the northwest corner of Park Avenue and 83rd Street. In addition, another Jesuit high school, Regis High School (55 E 84th Street), occupies the midblock location on the north side of 84th Street. The church was added to the National Register of Historic Places on July 24, 1980.
270 Park Avenue 270 Park Avenue (also known as the JPMorgan Chase Tower and formerly the Union Carbide Building) is a high-rise office building located in Midtown Manhattan, New York City. It was designed by Natalie de Blois for Skidmore, Owings & Merrill.
Tinley Park station Tinley Park Station (also known as Tinley Park-Oak Park Avenue Station) is an elaborate commuter railroad station along Metra's Rock Island District line in Tinley Park, Illinois. The station is officially located at 6700 South Street between Oak Park Avenue and 66th Court, however parking is also available on the opposite side of the station along North Street between Oak Park Avenue and 67th Avenue, as well as the center of the block of Oak Park Avenue, 173rd Street, 67th Court and 172nd Street. Another parking area exists along South Street opposite the main parking lot at the station. The station itself is lies 23.5 mi away from LaSalle Street, the northern terminus of the line.
245 Park Avenue 245 Park Avenue (formerly American Tobacco Company Building, American Brands Building and Bear Stearns Building) is a 648-ft (198 m) tall skyscraper in New York City, New York. It was completed in 1967 and has 48 floors (1.7 million square feet). Shreve, Lamb and Harmon designed the building. The Building Owners and Managers Association awarded the 2000/2001 Pinnacle Award to 245 Park Avenue. The site used to be occupied by the second Grand Central Palace exhibition hall, which was demolished in 1964 to make way for 245 Park Avenue.
655 Park Avenue 655 Park Avenue is a Georgian-style co-op residential building on Manhattan's Upper East Side, located on Park Avenue between 67th Street and 68th Street, adjacent to the Park Avenue Armory. It was developed in 1924 by Dwight P. Robinson & Company. The building at 655 Park Avenue was designed by architects James Edwin Ruthven Carpenter, Jr., often referred to by the initials "J.E.R. Carpenter", and Mott B. Schmidt. Carpenter is considered the leading architect for luxury residential high-rise buildings in New York City in the early 1900s, while Schmidt is known for his buildings in the American Georgian Classical style, including Sutton Place and houses for New York City's society figures and business elite.
Illinois Fighting Illini men's golf The Illinois Fighting Illini men's golf team represents the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign in the sport of golf. The Fighting Illini compete in Division I of the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) and the Big Ten Conference (Big Ten). They play their home matches on the Stone Creek Golf Club five miles from the university's campus, and are currently led by head coach Mike Small. The Fighting Illini men's golf program has won 15 Big Ten championships and in 2013 finished as national runner-up at the NCAA Division I Men's Golf Championships, which was the highest finish in the program's history. 2017 was the fifth consecutive year, and sixth time in the last seven seasons, that the Fighting Illini advanced to the match play portion of the NCAA Men's Golf Championships. The Fighting Illini have advanced to the Final Four of the NCAA Men's Golf Championship in three consecutive seasons, and in four of the last five years.
Chuck Winstead Chuck Winstead is an American college golf coach and former player. He is currently the head coach of the men's golf team at Louisiana State University.
Buddy Alexander Stewart Murray Alexander (born February 20, 1953), nicknamed Buddy Alexander, is an American former college golf coach and amateur golfer. Alexander is the former head coach of the Florida Gators men's golf team of the University of Florida. He is best known for coaching the Gators to National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Division I tournament championships in 1993 and 2001.
Jan Dowling Jan Dowling (born September 26, 1980) is a Canadian-born American college golf coach and former amateur golfer. Dowling is the head coach of the Michigan Wolverines women's golf team and previously served as the head coach of the Florida Gators women's golf team of the University of Florida.
South Carolina Gamecocks men's golf The South Carolina Gamecocks men's golf team represents the University of South Carolina and competes in the Southeastern Conference in Division I of the NCAA. Major team victories include the 1964 ACC Championship, the 1991 Metro Conference Championship, and the 2007 NCAA West Regional Championship. The Gamecocks also had runner-up finishes in the 1968 ACC Championship; the 1984, 1986, 1988, 1989, and 1990 Metro Conference Championships; and the 1998, 2008, 2013, and 2015 SEC Championships. Under the guidance of head coach Bill McDonald, the South Carolina men's golf program has won or shared 12 tournament titles and made six NCAA regional and three NCAA championship appearances. Last season the Gamecocks finished ninth at the NCAA Championship and matched the school record of nine top-five finishes in 12 events, including three tournament wins. The Gamecocks are currently ranked 5th in the nation and led by Will Murphy, Matt NeSmith, Will Starke, and Caleb Sturgeon.
Stacey Totman Stacey Totman is the former head coach of the Texas Tech Red Raiders women's golf team.
Mark Rolfing Mark Rolfing is a television golf commentator and a resort marketing director. Rolfing played professional golf in 1973 and 1974, after playing college golf at DePauw University in Indiana. However, he never qualified for the PGA Tour and in 1975 joined Kapalua Resort in Hawaii as head golf professional. He later moved into Kapalua's marketing department and formed his own television marketing firm, Rolfing Productions, in 1985. He joined the NBC Sports golf team as an on-course reporter in 1988. In 1992, he moved to the ESPN/ABC Sports golf team, before rejoining NBC in 1998. He remains an on-course reporter for NBC as of 2015.
Karen Bahnsen Karen Mayson Bahnsen (born October 11, 1960) is an American college golf coach and former player. She is currently the head coach of the LSU Tigers women's golf team at Louisiana State University (LSU).
Buster Bishop Bernays Emery "Buster" Bishop (1920 – November 19, 2004) was an American college golf coach. Bishop was best known for leading the Florida Gators men's golf team of the University of Florida to National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Division I championships in 1968 and 1973.
Emily Glaser Emily Bastel Glaser (born August 6, 1980), née Emily Bastel, is an American college golf coach and a former professional golfer. She played on the Futures Tour and LPGA Tour and is currently the head coach of the Florida Gators women's golf team of the University of Florida.
X-wing Rogue Squadron 25: The Making of Baron Fel X-Wing Rogue Squadron 25: The Making of Baron Fel is the twenty-fifth issue of the "" comic book series. It was originally published on December 3, 1997, and later collected in the "" trade paperback, and in June 2007 will be collected in the "" trade paperback. The events in this story take place approximately four years after the events in "Star Wars: Episode IV – A New Hope".
2016 WTA 125K series The WTA 125K series is the secondary professional tennis circuit organised by the Women's Tennis Association. The 2016 WTA 125K series calendar consists of eight tournaments, each with a total prize fund of $125,000. After 2015, the Nanchang event was upgraded to a WTA International level tournament, and with new events starting in San Antonio, West Hempstead and Bol. The planned tournament in West Hempstead was then cancelled, and the tournament scheduled to take place in Carlsbad, California was moved to Oahu, Hawaii. Following the death of the Thai king Bhumibol Abdulyadej, the event due to take place in Hua Hin was also cancelled, in accordance with Thai tradition that sporting events cannot take place in the month after a monarch's death.
Oru Desathinte Katha Oru Desathinte Katha (English: The Story of a Locale ) is a Malayalam novel written by S. K. Pottekkatt in 1971. It sketches the men and women of Athiranippadam, drawing the history of the country while detailing the micro-history of a place. It won the Kendra Sahitya Academy Award in 1972, and the Jnanpith Award in 1980.The story take place in a span of about 55 years.It has a huge canvas of Athiranippadam to North India to Africa and Switzerland. It is a nostalgic novel and an autobiographical stance haunt the reader enormously.
Aniversario: Never Compromise Aniversario: Never Compromise was a professional wrestling internet pay-per-view (iPPV) event produced by the Chikara promotion, that took place on June 2, 2013, at the Trocadero Theatre in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The event marked Chikara's fourth iPPV, third to take place at the Trocadero Theatre and the promotion's only event to take place in Philadelphia in 2013. Much like the previous iPPV, Under the Hood, Aniversario: Never Compromise also aired through Smart Mark Video. Aniversario: Never Compromise celebrated Chikara's eleventh anniversary and was the first anniversary event to take place on iPPV; in the past, the promotion had celebrated its anniversaries with weekends of two shows. The event saw all three Chikara championships being defended with one title change, where Pieces of Hate (Jigsaw and The Shard) defeated 3.0 (Scott Parker and Shane Matthews) for the Campeonatos de Parejas. Another major match during the event saw former Campeones de Parejas, Amasis and Ophidian, end their nineteen-month storyline rivalry in a Sarcophagus match. The event concluded with a major storyline development, where Chikara's authority figure Wink Vavasseur ended the event and shut down the promotion, while the main event was still going on in the ring, leading to the promotion going inactive for a full year.
Lindenstraße Lindenstraße (literally "Lime Street") is a German television drama series, broadcast by Das Erste. The first episode aired on 8 December 1985 and since then new episodes have aired weekly. Its current timeslot on Das Erste is Sundays at 18:50. The events of the Sunday episode usually take place on the Thursday before the show, based on the TV station's original plan of airing the episodes Thursday night. Prior of the start of the show, the timeslot was switched to Sunday evening but the Thursday remained the day the events usually take place as the show shall feature the daily life routine of the protagonists on a working day. Exceptions are the so-called holiday episodes that take place on Sunday, such as for Christmas and Easter and also on important election days (especially the election to the German Bundestag).
The Moderns The Moderns is a 1988 film by Alan Rudolph, which takes place in 1926 Paris during the period of the Lost Generation and at the height of modernist literature. The film stars Keith Carradine, Linda Fiorentino and John Lone among others.
Avenging Spider-Man Avenging Spider-Man is the title of an American comic book series published monthly by Marvel Comics, featuring the adventures of the fictional superhero Spider-Man. The events in the story take place in the primary continuity of the mainstream Marvel Universe along with the events of "The Amazing Spider-Man" and later "The Superior Spider-Man". This was the first ongoing series to feature Spider-Man as the main character besides "The Amazing Spider-Man" since the cancellation of "Friendly Neighborhood Spider-Man" and the second volume of "Sensational Spider-Man" in December 2008 following the conclusion of the "" storyline. "Avenging Spider-Man" has also been instrumental in Marvel's shift towards including codes to receive free digital copies of the comic with purchased print comic books.
Gunnars þáttr Þiðrandabana Gunnars þáttr Þiðrandabana ("The Short Saga of Gunnar, Thidrandi's Killer") is a short saga (or þáttr) written in Old Norse in medieval Iceland. The events of the story take place in the Viking Age and concern Gunnar, a Norwegian merchant, who avenges his host's death in Iceland's Eastern Region, and must elude his enemies until he can safely escape the country.
The Clue of the Velvet Mask The Clue of the Velvet Mask is the thirtieth volume in the original "Nancy Drew Mystery Stories" series. It was Mildred Benson's final ghostwrite for the series. The plot and story take place largely in Nancy's hometown of River Heights. Nancy tries to solve a mystery about a gang of event thieves robbing homes during parties, lectures, musicals, and other social occasions planned or catered by Lightner's Entertainment Company. Much of the original story contains elements of dramatic crime dramas; the villains are darker in tone than many other entries in the series.
Teknival Teknivals (the word is a portmanteau of the words tekno and festival) are large free parties which take place worldwide. They take place most often in Europe and are often illegal under various national or regional laws. They vary in size from dozens to thousands of people, depending on factors such as accessibility, reputation, weather, and law enforcement. The parties often take place in venues far away from residential areas such as squatted warehouses, empty military bases, beaches, forests or fields. The teknival phenomenon is a grassroots movement which has grown out of the rave, UK traveller and Burning Man scenes and spawned an entire subculture. Summer is the usual season for teknivals.
James Clavell James Clavell (10 October 1921 – 6 September 1994), born Charles Edmund Dumaresq Clavell, was an Australian-born British (later naturalized American) novelist, screenwriter, director, and World War II veteran and prisoner of war. Clavell is best known as a writer for his The Asian Saga series of novels and their televised adaptations. Clavell also authored screenplays, such as "The Great Escape" (1963) and "To Sir, with Love" (1967). Clavell wrote science fiction, as well, including an episode of the early sci-fi TV series 'Men Into Space' in 1959, titled 'First Woman on the Moon,' as well as the film script for the original (1958) version of the sci-fi/horror classic "The Fly", starring Vincent Price.
Showdown at Area 51 Showdown at Area 51 is a 2007 Sci-Fi TV film directed by C. Roma and starring Jason London and Gigi Edgley. The screenplay concerns two aliens that crash on Earth.
Malcolm Reynolds Malcolm "Mal" Reynolds is a fictional character and the protagonist of the "Firefly" franchise. Mal is played by actor Nathan Fillion in the 2002 TV series "Firefly" and the 2005 film "Serenity". In the series, Mal is a former Browncoat sergeant and the captain of the ""Firefly"-class" spaceship "Serenity". The character was named #18 in "TV Guide"'s Greatest Sci-Fi Legends list in 2004.
Bombaiyer Bombete (film) Bombaiyer Bombete (Bengali: বোম্বাইয়ের বোম্বে ) is a 2003 Indian Bengali thriller film directed by Sandip Ray based on the story of the same name by Satyajit Ray. It was the third big screen adaptation of the fictional detective character Feluda after 25 years of the second Feluda movie "Joi Baba Felunath" (1979), directed by his (Sandip Ray) father Satyajit Ray. It was the first big screen adaptation of the Feluda new film series (Continuation of the original series) though Sabyasachi played Feluda in all the ten TV films of Feluda TV film series (1996-2000) directed by Sandip Ray. The movie was a sequel to the Feluda TV film series (1996-2000) which was a sequel to the Satyajit Ray's Feluda film series (1974-1979). Previously Feluda was played by Soumitra Chatterjee in two films "Sonar Kella" (1974) and "Joi Baba Felunath" (1979), directed by Satyajit Ray. First of the Feluda TV film series, "Baksho Rahashya" (1996) in which Sabyasachi Chakrabarty starred as Feluda for the first time, was released in theaters before releasing this movie in 2001. "Bombaiyer Bombete" was the eleventh film of Sabyasachi Chakrabarty as Feluda. After the huge success of "Bombaiyer Bombete" four sequels have been made till 2011. They are "Kailashey Kelenkari" (2007), "Tintorettor Jishu" (2008), "Gorosthaney Sabdhan" (2010) and "Royal Bengal Rohosso" (2011). A fifth sequel is announced by Sandip Ray where Sabyasachi Chakrabarty will return as the Bengali sleuth Feluda after five years and the film is named "Double Feluda" which is heading to release in 2016.
Mulder and Scully (song) "Mulder and Scully" is a song by Catatonia, released as a single from their 1998 album, "International Velvet". The song makes direct reference to fictional FBI special agents Fox Mulder (David Duchovny) and Dana Scully (Gillian Anderson), the two main characters of the popular sci-fi TV series "The X-Files" who work on cases linked to the paranormal, called X-Files. In an interview Cerys Matthews, co-writer of the song, explained that while she was not a serious fan of the show, the basic premise of the series matched the conceit of what she was trying to express.
Doctor Who: Legacy (video game) Doctor Who: Legacy is a match-3 puzzle RPG video game released on 27 November 2013 based upon the BBC television programme. It is a free-to-play game release to coincide with the 50th Anniversary of the popular BBC sci-fi TV show, with rights licensed by BBC Worldwide. The game launched focusing on the 11th Doctor (as played by Matt Smith), then later shifted the focus to the 12th Doctor (played by Peter Capaldi), upon his debut in the show. New characters and content are added to the game regularly upon them being "signed off" with both the actors and the BBC brand team. The game includes every incarnation of the Doctor from the television series (including the War Doctor) and well over 200 companions from both Classic and Modern Doctor Who. The game also closely followed Series 8 and 9 of the show with new levels launching each weekend alongside each episode and included new characters, costumes, and enemies from most of the episodes.
Jewel Staite Jewel Belair Staite (born June 2, 1982) is a Canadian actress. She is known for her roles as Kaylee Frye in the Fox television series "Firefly" (2002–03) and its spin-off theatrical film "Serenity" (2005), and as Dr. Jennifer Keller on Sci-Fi Channel's science-fiction television series "Stargate Atlantis" (2007–09). Staite also starred in her youth as Catalina in "Space Cases" (1996) and as "Becca" Fisher in "Flash Forward" (1996–97), and more recently as Raquel Westbrook in the Canadian drama "The L.A. Complex" (2012) and Caroline Swift in AMC's crime drama "The Killing" (2013–14).
Jaroslava Siktancova Jaroslava Siktancova is an actress. She played Shadout Mapes in the 2000 sci-fi TV movie of Frank Herbert's "Dune". She has also played a minor role in the Emmy Award-winning TV miniseries "".
Karl E. Landler Karl E. Landler is a French actor, filmmaker who stars in French and American TV shows and films. He joined the international cast of the Sci-Fi TV series Métal Hurlant Chronicles. He is the face of numerous worldwide campaigns such as Shiseido by Jean Paul Goude and Red Steel 2 for Ubisoft. Karl is also a FreeRunner Parkour and stuntman who worked many times with Luc Besson.
Doomsday Prophecy Doomsday Prophecy is a 2011 sci-fi disaster television film by Jason Bourque starring Jewel Staite, Alan Dale and A.J. Buckley.