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d32ad8322db6773102b786f2b8ecdf9d53fd4c33 | the 2017–18 season is vitosha bistritsa 's first | the 2017–18 season is vitosha bistritsa 's first season in the bulgarian first league after they won 1-0 the play-off promotion/relegation match against neftochimic burgas on june 3, 2017, on trace arena in stara zagora. paul otofe scored the most important goal in the club's history. | wikipedia |
06e10a46304e7bf0b844ef5d24b036ed4417c299 | shirley burkovich was an american professional baseball infielder, | shirley burkovich was an american professional baseball infielder, outfielder and pitcher who played from 1949 through 1951 in the all-american girls professional baseball league. listed at 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) and 150 pounds (68 kg), she batted and threw right-handed. burkovich was one of forty players from pennsylvania... | wikipedia |
517f49f467c032428a15eedd0c8010a3f438931a | burkovich made her film acting debut playing the | burkovich made her film acting debut playing the role of older alice "skeeter" gaspers in the 1992 film a league of their own, which was a fictionalized account of activities in the aagpbl. this film, directed by penny marshall, brought a returned celebrity to many of the former aagpbl players. | wikipedia |
cf700f7861b62415f4d5d5d23bddc37512468bb3 | after baseball, burkovich went to work for pacific | after baseball, burkovich went to work for pacific bell telephone for 30 years and retired in 1983. she also was an active collaborator in different projects of the aagpbl players association since its founding in 1982. the association helped bring the league's stories to the public eye and was largely responsible for ... | wikipedia |
5a46f520b15acfd6d2edf1d0aac38ae02d7ce0c4 | burkovich played for the chicago colleens, springfield sallies | burkovich played for the chicago colleens, springfield sallies and rockford peaches from 1949 to 1951, collecting a.229 batting average and a.325 on-base percentage in 37 games. she also made three relief appearances and did not have a decision. some greats of women's professional baseball of that era include jaynne bi... | wikipedia |
460242cb40cfbd40e6a5dcfcc149a65ab45e4209 | at age 16, she was signed to a | at age 16, she was signed to a contract by the all-american girls professional baseball league (aagpbl) after attending a tryout in pittsburgh. because she was still in high school, she needed permission from her parents and the school district to leave school in march for spring training. | wikipedia |
e58e89009e5588988aff98821c465276a6abbbb6 | burkovich was born in pittsburgh, pennsylvania, and raised | burkovich was born in pittsburgh, pennsylvania, and raised in swissvale. burkovich started playing sandlot baseball with the boys of her neighborhood when she was a little girl, but never played organized softball. though she attended three different high schools, burkovich played basketball and field hockey in all of ... | wikipedia |
daf3c25e2b4bb3d86be3bc182bc844901f64ea69 | burkovich was one of forty players from pennsylvania | burkovich was one of forty players from pennsylvania who played on the all-american girls professional baseball league clubs. she was nicknamed "hustle" for her boundless intensity on the field, and filled in at every position except catcher during her three seasons in the league. | wikipedia |
fc9141ab5055a1a7d09eb91ebeab8a2e27891790 | shirley burkovich (february 4, 1933 – march 31, | shirley burkovich (february 4, 1933 – march 31, 2022) was an american professional baseball infielder, outfielder and pitcher who played from 1949 through 1951 in the all-american girls professional baseball league. listed at 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) and 150 pounds (68 kg), she batted and threw right-handed. | wikipedia |
f1793fbb530b9dd0db2ffb16bcfe456298138e31 | on 16 march, lori walked off at the | on 16 march, lori walked off at the start of their match against ararat yerevan in protest of their matchday 1 fixture being awarded to urartu after lori where unable to field a team due to covid-19. with the match later being awarded to ararat yerevan 3–0. | wikipedia |
38ccb44fb203371735be74c611dbafe2752acb1e | on 15 january, ararat yerevan announced that they | on 15 january, ararat yerevan announced that they had terminated their contract with spasoje stefanović by mutual consent, with dimitrije pobulić signing the following day from grafičar beograd. | wikipedia |
f3265a2bc1b6cf4e5d158b0def7011e73e2b4444 | on 7 january, ararat yerevan announced the signing | on 7 january, ararat yerevan announced the signing of artur danielyan from ararat-armenia on a free transfer, with grigor meliksetyan joining the following day after leaving of gandzasar kapan. | wikipedia |
fd872369852756e01d686aab7e7b342120bfb15f | on 25 august, summer signings from shirak, zhirayr | on 25 august, summer signings from shirak, zhirayr margaryan, hrayr mkoyan, marko prljević, edgar malakyan, david manoyan, karen muradyan and uroš nenadović, were all loaned back to shirak to help shirak in their uefa europa league qualifying game on 27 august. | wikipedia |
15bdb4f9edc0af70de99b9c48ff741e24494194e | in electromagnetism, a streamer discharge, also known as | in electromagnetism, a streamer discharge, also known as filamentary discharge, is a type of transient electric discharge which forms at the surface of a conductive electrode carrying a high voltage in an insulating medium such as air. streamers are luminous writhing branching sparks, plasma channels composed of ionize... | wikipedia |
757512ab69d3370d3f10dfc836bbdf0f002ffa24 | pressure and shock waves released by electric discharges | pressure and shock waves released by electric discharges are capable of perturbing the air in their vicinity up to 80%. this, however, has immediate consequences on the motion and properties of secondary streamer discharges in perturbed air: depending on the direction (relative to the ambient electric field), air pertu... | wikipedia |
19de2905d85a060739666e011cb8613fcd51de93 | it has been observed that discharges in laboratory | it has been observed that discharges in laboratory experiments emit x-rays and that lightning discharges emit x-rays and terrestrial gamma-ray flashes, bursts of photons with energies of up to 40 mev. these photons are produced by runaway electrons, electrons which have overcome the friction force, through the bremsstr... | wikipedia |
097159cbaa1f961d19295d2e223acf0fd8cedd67 | most processes in a streamer discharge are two-body | most processes in a streamer discharge are two-body processes, where an electron collides with a neutral molecule.an important example is impact ionization, where an electron ionizes a neutral molecule.therefore, the mean free path is inversely proportional to the gas number density.if the electric field is changed lin... | wikipedia |
10fc50dbcce5dfa1edc1cd0571e5b2d3f1e4f66e | the electric streamer, strictly speaking, is an ionization | the electric streamer, strictly speaking, is an ionization front in the shape of a growing filament. one may identify, at least approximately, a set of parameters that characterizes this particularly shaped front, such as the velocity of its growth, the radius of the head etc, as well as physical laws (equations) that ... | wikipedia |
302874a64d04774b4d7a01e86ad2e8624f5de4fb | as noted above, an important difference is also | as noted above, an important difference is also that positive streamers need a source of free electrons for their propagation.in many cases photoionization is believed to be this source. in nitrogen-oxygen gas mixtures with high oxygen concentrations, excited nitrogen emits uv photons which subsequently ionize oxygen. ... | wikipedia |
fd9ad796bd9f01c8e012f420ad18490c4553ccab | for negative streamers, free electrons are accelerated from | for negative streamers, free electrons are accelerated from the channel to the head region.however, for positive streamers, these free electrons have to come from farther away, as they accelerate into the streamer channel.therefore, negative streamers grow in a more diffuse way than positive streamers.because a diffuse... | wikipedia |
d303b5694495aab034b3de8f5bf1d5a15f0309aa | negative streamers propagate against the direction of the | negative streamers propagate against the direction of the electric field, that is, in the same direction as the electrons drift velocity.positive streamers propagate in the opposite direction.in both cases, the streamer channel is electrically neutral, and it is shielded by a thin space charge layer.this leads to an en... | wikipedia |
71ccdb292a3b70825426927ed1d715ac09fc73b1 | the electron avalanches leave behind positive ions, so | the electron avalanches leave behind positive ions, so in time more and more space charge is building up.(of course, the ions move away in time, but this a relatively slow process compared to the avalanche generation as ions are much heavier than electrons).eventually, the electric field from all the space charge becom... | wikipedia |
7cf967f3bcc06521745d6a7eafdda39cb4baecd0 | when the electric field approaches the breakdown field, | when the electric field approaches the breakdown field, the electrons gain enough energy between collisions to ionize the gas atoms, knocking an electron off the atom. at the breakdown field, there is a balance between the production of new electrons (due to impact ionization) and the loss of electrons (due to attachme... | wikipedia |
34a8c39250f350c05e90c560cb45fa00a171339d | streamers can emerge when a strong electric field | streamers can emerge when a strong electric field is applied to an insulating material, typically a gas. streamers can only form in areas where the electric field exceeds the dielectric strength (breakdown field, disruptive field) of the medium. for air at atmospheric pressure, this is roughly 30 kv per centimeter. the... | wikipedia |
01f0909a5d9c7bba20dea16df1e556e5f6b00b3a | streamers are used in applications such as ozone | streamers are used in applications such as ozone generation, air purification and plasma-assisted combustion.an important property is that the plasma they generate is strongly non-equilibrium: the electrons have much higher energies than the ions.therefore, chemical reactions can be triggered in a gas without heating i... | wikipedia |
d019238ecd0585055687e907b77492f3296819a6 | the theory of streamer discharges was preceded by | the theory of streamer discharges was preceded by john sealy townsend 's discharge theory from around 1900.however, it became clear that this theory was sometimes inconsistent with observations.this was especially true for discharges that were longer or at higher pressure.in 1939, loeb and raether independently describ... | wikipedia |
051781743271081cbe403518801e192724aa0989 | streamers are transient (exist only for a short | streamers are transient (exist only for a short time) and filamentary, which makes them different from corona discharges. they are used in applications such as ozone production, air purification or plasma medicine. if a streamer reaches the opposite polarity conductor it creates an ionized conductive path through which... | wikipedia |
e1dcb3bed121d4717a90a83179a4d182646c2776 | like the related corona discharges and brush discharges, | like the related corona discharges and brush discharges, a streamer discharge represents a region around a high voltage conductor where the air has suffered electrical breakdown and become conductive (ionized), so electric charge is leaking off the electrode into the air. it occurs when the electric field at the surfac... | wikipedia |
7a6d1a4980c8344456e05bb7ae46328b0fd1f735 | in electromagnetism, a streamer discharge, also known as | in electromagnetism, a streamer discharge, also known as filamentary discharge, is a type of transient electric discharge which forms at the surface of a conductive electrode carrying a high voltage in an insulating medium such as air. streamers are luminous writhing branching sparks, plasma channels composed of ionize... | wikipedia |
443b5ca5b7d238d0d6b186a5bf4d6e8c034bd139 | the 1936 all-ireland minor hurling championship was the | the 1936 all-ireland minor hurling championship was the ninth staging of the all-ireland minor hurling championship since its establishment by the gaelic athletic association in 1928. kilkenny entered the championship as the defending champions. on 6 september 1936 kilkenny won the championship following a 2-4 to 2-3 d... | wikipedia |
0f5aae347c55e19f56b78e43ccff4bea5575e817 | tesselaar was called up to the anguilla national | tesselaar was called up to the anguilla national team in january 2022 for a friendly against the british virgin islands. he and his brother, jan-willem, went on to make their international debuts in the eventual 2–1 victory on 27 january. the players qualify to represent the island nation through their grandmother. | wikipedia |
3fbf11bf2a1b2ac1d7384744161ccb76aac0f529 | after failing to win the league, real madrid | after failing to win the league, real madrid once again settled for copa del rey as a consolation prize by defeating real zaragoza 2–0 against in late june. on the other hand, real madrid also went out of the uefa cup against paris-saint germain in the quarter-finals. | wikipedia |
f098bf092c88df9ee0eea42ad39479a6e0707ed4 | real madrid once again failed to win the | real madrid once again failed to win the la liga despite taking the lead in late may thanks to barcelona 's several slips in the league. however, they once again collapsed in the season finale against tenerife for the second season in a row. | wikipedia |
a71602ba30f5ad5cd373e599a2e4f56712cd2bc6 | 1952 hesburgh, provisional designation 1951 jc, is a | 1952 hesburgh, provisional designation 1951 jc, is a rare-type carbonaceous asteroid from the outer regions of the asteroid belt, approximately 37 kilometers in diameter. it was discovered on 3 may 1951, by iu's indiana asteroid program at goethe link observatory near brooklyn, indiana, united states. it was named for ... | wikipedia |
8dbe3f51cc4c316f6b306191ca76441b194d6de0 | this minor planet was named after american theodore | this minor planet was named after american theodore m. hesburgh (1917–2015), a priest and president of the university of notre dame in notre dame, indiana. he was also a member of the national science board and played a decisive role for the founding of the kitt peak national observatory, as well as of the chilean cerr... | wikipedia |
a7fe43a9f39bff3507fd4cc35bf431d8dfe3fb8e | according to the surveys carried out by the | according to the surveys carried out by the infrared astronomical satellite iras, the japanese akari satellite, and nasa's wide-field infrared survey explorer with its subsequent neowise mission, hesburgh measures between 32.39 and 41.27 kilometers in diameter and its surface has an albedo between 0.078 and 0.1041. the... | wikipedia |
795e5ce8a4df66988c2297834eea7052504ea0c5 | in the tholen taxonomy, hesburgh is a rare | in the tholen taxonomy, hesburgh is a rare cd: spectral type, an intermediary between the common carbonaceous c-type asteroid and the dark d-type asteroid, which is typical among the jupiter trojans beyond the main-belt. another asteroid with a cd:-type is 691 lehigh. | wikipedia |
0915243ae4da86f46c93db53f804b1fca0eb9552 | in march 2005, a rotational lightcurve of hesburgh | in march 2005, a rotational lightcurve of hesburgh was obtained from photometric observations by american astronomer brian warner at his palmer divide observatory in colorado. lightcurve analysis gave a longer-than average rotation period of 47.7 hours with a brightness variation of at least 0.18 magnitude (u=2). | wikipedia |
d669a116e68bb4dbc76d92d60ff28e63b7d69069 | hesburgh orbits the sun in the outer main-belt | hesburgh orbits the sun in the outer main-belt at a distance of 2.7–3.6 au once every 5 years and 6 months (2,005 days). its orbit has an eccentricity of 0.14 and an inclination of 14 ° with respect to the ecliptic. it was first identified as 1936 nd at johannesburg observatory in 1936. the body's observation arc begin... | wikipedia |
df6003cc327e84c0f9dea2f6c02976a39135eb25 | the 2023 chicago sky season was the franchise's | the 2023 chicago sky season was the franchise's 18th season in the women's national basketball association, and their fifth season under head coach james wade. in the offseason, the team saw the departures of several key players in free agency including candace parker, courtney vandersloot, allie quigley, and azurá ste... | wikipedia |
6a71c68c53ab6ec159cf2d11e10c4261746d84b2 | the 2023 chicago sky season was the franchise's | the eighth seed on september 8, after defeating minnesota. as the eighth seed in the 2023 wnba playoffs, the sky faced off against the first seed las vegas aces in the first round. the sky lost the first game in las vegas 59–87. needing a win in the second game, the sky lost 70–92 in the second game and were eliminate... | wikipedia |
c21fd79aa441a6207eea7d9838fbf34fba631475 | as the eighth seed in the 2023 wnba | as the eighth seed in the 2023 wnba playoffs, the sky faced off against the first seed las vegas aces in the first round. the sky lost the first game in las vegas 59–87. needing a win in the second game, the sky lost 70–92 in the second game and were eliminated from the playoffs. their.450 winning percentage was the wo... | wikipedia |
9fb3e0708c1f31bdcb89e8a31b999a2540afbe47 | the sky started the season well, winning their | the sky started the season well, winning their first two games. however, they lost two of their last three in may to finish the month 3–2. the sky won two of their first three games in june before going on a six-game losing streak. they defeated los angeles twice to finish the month and ended june with a 4–7 record. ju... | wikipedia |
b06b507b21aff6d1855744431ca39aa0932f6852 | the women’s national basketball association announced that the | the women’s national basketball association announced that the first wnba canada game would feature the minnesota lynx and the sky on saturday, may 13, 2023, at scotiabank arena in toronto, on. it was the first-ever wnba preseason game in canada. | wikipedia |
dc040db30ccf2f756a60c89deb6ad4b9afbe9f76 | on july 1, 2023, wade stepped down as | on july 1, 2023, wade stepped down as the head coach of the sky to become an assistant coach of the toronto raptors in the nba, so he was replaced by emre vatansever for the rest of the season. | wikipedia |
8b4d87b63be293db65614123100d8553946c937b | the 2023 chicago sky season was the franchise's | the 2023 chicago sky season was the franchise's 18th season in the women's national basketball association, and their fifth season under head coach james wade. in the offseason, the team saw the departures of several key players in free agency including candace parker, courtney vandersloot, allie quigley, and azurá ste... | wikipedia |
d3c5c4dac81f426c95bdcf70bd1db329f744ea05 | the 2011 icc european twenty20 championship division two | the 2011 icc european twenty20 championship division two is a cricket tournament that took place between 20 and 25 june 2011. it forms part of the european cricket championship. belgium and the netherlands hosted the event. | wikipedia |
d3c5c4dac81f426c95bdcf70bd1db329f744ea05 | the 2011 icc european twenty20 championship division two | the 2011 icc european twenty20 championship division two is a cricket tournament that took place between 20 and 25 june 2011. it forms part of the european cricket championship. belgium and the netherlands hosted the event. | wikipedia |
777d62602879d3ea3beb73588dcce8ceb6e89f72 | in enzymology, a 12alpha-hydroxysteroid dehydrogenase (ec 1.1.1.176) is | in enzymology, a 12alpha-hydroxysteroid dehydrogenase (ec 1.1.1.176) is an enzyme that catalyzes the chemical reaction thus, the two substrates of this enzyme are 3alpha,7alpha,12alpha-trihydroxy-5beta-cholanate and nadp+, whereas its 3 products are 3alpha,7alpha-dihydroxy-12-oxo-5beta-cholanate, nadph, and h+. this en... | wikipedia |
9164b482f4fc335562867740ef6168a966be1d00 | this enzyme belongs to the family of oxidoreductases, | this enzyme belongs to the family of oxidoreductases, specifically those acting on the ch-oh group of donor with nad or nadp as acceptor. the systematic name of this enzyme class is 12alpha-hydroxysteroid:nadp 12-oxidoreductase. other names in common use include 12alpha-hydroxy steroid dehydrogenase, 12alpha-hydroxy st... | wikipedia |
09c06dc936666082197a041d3989351c8d5a8143 | thus, the two substrates of this enzyme are | thus, the two substrates of this enzyme are 3alpha,7alpha,12alpha-trihydroxy-5beta-cholanate and nadp, whereas its 3 products are 3alpha,7alpha-dihydroxy-12-oxo-5beta-cholanate, nadph, and h. | wikipedia |
c2ce3d9d355472c50bc9a00cd1f76481ce48911d | in the mathematical study of several complex variables, | in the mathematical study of several complex variables, the szegő kernel is an integral kernel that gives rise to a reproducing kernel on a natural hilbert space of holomorphic functions. it is named for its discoverer, the hungarian mathematician gábor szegő. let Ω be a bounded domain in cn with c2 boundary, and let a... | wikipedia |
08c291ca32092a4725fbb8da4e32e96c8ec34975 | like its close cousin, the bergman kernel, the | like its close cousin, the bergman kernel, the szegő kernel is holomorphic in z. in fact, if φ is an orthonormal basis of h (∂ Ω) consisting entirely of the restrictions of functions in a (Ω), then a riesz–fischer theorem argument shows that | wikipedia |
b0567e034ed08b38e2c8f9d681034a68da98005c | let Ω be a bounded domain in c | let Ω be a bounded domain in c with c boundary, and let a (Ω) denote the space of all holomorphic functions in Ω that are continuous on Ω ¯ {\displaystyle {\overline {\omega }}}. define the hardy space h (∂ Ω) to be the closure in l (∂ Ω) of the restrictions of elements of a (Ω) to the boundary. the poisson integral im... | wikipedia |
b60ba946ef17149f16efcaf75b7a2206ee5b137a | in the mathematical study of several complex variables, | in the mathematical study of several complex variables, the szegő kernel is an integral kernel that gives rise to a reproducing kernel on a natural hilbert space of holomorphic functions. it is named for its discoverer, the hungarian mathematician gábor szegő. | wikipedia |
b752777c246be6d734d6ca51a69e2a2ec7ee7b25 | the 1996 european men's handball championship was the | the 1996 european men's handball championship was the second edition of the tournament and held in spain from 24 may to 2 june 1996, in the cities of ciudad real and seville. russia won the tournament after defeating spain in the final, while yugoslavia finished third. | wikipedia |
b752777c246be6d734d6ca51a69e2a2ec7ee7b25 | the 1996 european men's handball championship was the | the 1996 european men's handball championship was the second edition of the tournament and held in spain from 24 may to 2 june 1996, in the cities of ciudad real and seville. russia won the tournament after defeating spain in the final, while yugoslavia finished third. | wikipedia |
e72ad03cd64637a0c202b730828645de4303ca64 | the 2020–21 società polisportiva ars et labor season | the 2020–21 società polisportiva ars et labor season was the club's 114th season in existence and the club's first season back in the second division of italian football. in addition to the domestic league, spal participated in this season's edition of the coppa italia. the season covers the period from 3 august 2020 t... | wikipedia |
e72ad03cd64637a0c202b730828645de4303ca64 | the 2020–21 società polisportiva ars et labor season | the 2020–21 società polisportiva ars et labor season was the club's 114th season in existence and the club's first season back in the second division of italian football. in addition to the domestic league, spal participated in this season's edition of the coppa italia. the season covers the period from 3 august 2020 t... | wikipedia |
70031bf41c6c40a72f4b4d49faa9fb0c12bee412 | the boger pyridine synthesis is a cycloaddition approach | the boger pyridine synthesis is a cycloaddition approach to the formation of pyridines named after its inventor dale l. boger, who first reported it in 1981. the reaction is a form of inverse-electron demand diels-alder reaction in which an enamine reacts with a 1,2,4-triazine to form the pyridine nucleus. the reaction... | wikipedia |
3e6b7594f4e5acecd06fac33d2fd6ec3ea3086ba | the enamine is generally generated in situ from | the enamine is generally generated in situ from catalytic amine (such as pyrrolidine) and a ketone. the enamine then reacts as the dienophile with a 1,2,4-triazine. the initial adduct then expels nitrogen, and the pyridine is rearomatized with loss of the amine. | wikipedia |
4fb1362d2d0e9ed00d8d131a2b78a3446ba24f47 | the boger pyridine synthesis is a cycloaddition approach | the boger pyridine synthesis is a cycloaddition approach to the formation of pyridines named after its inventor dale l. boger, who first reported it in 1981. the reaction is a form of inverse-electron demand diels-alder reaction in which an enamine reacts with a 1,2,4- triazine to form the pyridine nucleus. the reactio... | wikipedia |
6e682db90867ca4770987a3d269d9ec559a00642 | the 2022–23 euroleague women was the 65th edition | the 2022–23 euroleague women was the 65th edition of the european women's club basketball championship organized by fiba, and the 26th edition since being rebranded as the euroleague women. fenerbahçe won its first championship after defeating Çbk mersin yenişehir bld. 99–60 in the all-turkish final, having participate... | wikipedia |
3620ff2d793fd69e9bc3f33e411559833f564e06 | the 169th brigade was an infantry brigade of | the 169th brigade was an infantry brigade of the british army that saw active service in both the first and the second world wars. throughout its existence the brigade, serving under numerous many different titles and designations, was an integral part of the 56th (london) infantry division. it served on the western fr... | wikipedia |
c0e439c0879873586ebe4e27d01045b9c4581cae | the brigade remained in italy after the war | the brigade remained in italy after the war until it was disbanded, with the battalions being absorbed by their 1st line parent formations. when the territorial army was reconstituted in 1947 56th division was reorganised as an armoured formation and 169th brigade was not reformed. however, the division converted back ... | wikipedia |
0a3aa4f95537da9c8e1ca42823f040da48b6fb7f | in april 1945 the queen's brigade, together with | in april 1945 the queen's brigade, together with the rest of 56th division, and the 15th army group fought in the final offensive in italy (operation grapeshot). the 56th infantry division, fighting alongside the british 78th infantry division (nicknamed the battleaxe division, the 78th served with distinction, many ti... | wikipedia |
59506ccedaef3cc9f35efba3cac7206fc46e8450 | soon after arriving the division, now back under | soon after arriving the division, now back under eighth army command for the first time since may 1943, was involved in the fighting around the gothic line (also known as operation olive, where the eighth army sustained 14,000 casualties, nearly 1,000 per day) in the severe heat of the summer. in particular, during the... | wikipedia |
61cf7f0db240c02bdcef701ca598ff3fe40718db | soon after arriving the division, now back under | craft gunners and men from the 7th battalion, oxfordshire and buckinghamshire light infantry (previously of 167th brigade) and the 1st battalion, welch regiment (from the now disbanded 168th brigade), the former was now disbanded due to the acute shortage of manpower that plagued the british army at this stage of the w... | wikipedia |
e1bb9e8edb6b5daa7d007c79501bddd7f690a6b7 | the queen's brigade had by this time sustained | the queen's brigade had by this time sustained 45% casualties, nearly half its strength, in just a few weeks, testimony to the severity of fighting at anzio. although high, this was not the highest casualty rate of the division, with 168th brigade suffering slightly higher, at 50%. the brigade arrived in egypt on 4 apr... | wikipedia |
d875ac06c41a6f7e8fb9dfffcc70d53be56a366b | the division started to land around mid-february, with | the division started to land around mid-february, with the queen's brigade landing on 16 february, coincidentally at the same time the germans launched a major counter-attack and all three queen's battalions were immediately deployed in the front line. the 2/7th queen's, chosen as it was " fresh ", was given a task to ... | wikipedia |
edf1b73c150b7aa547df29b5100e8d849fcd59c6 | the queen's brigade continued to fight in front | the queen's brigade continued to fight in front of the bernhardt line, and crossed the garigliano river in january 1944, part of the first battle of monte cassino. in mid-february, however, the brigade was pulled out of the line and, with most of the 56th division (168th brigade had already been sent earlier in the mon... | wikipedia |
68107ced9342b13dbb21211fd280daf5bd0eb878 | on the morning of 18 october, the brigade | on the morning of 18 october, the brigade was ordered to secure the village of calvi risorta, which was to be aided by bombardment from air support. however, the village was captured before the scheduled bombardment but the message that it had been captured, delivered by a pigeon named g.i. joe, of the u.s. army pigeon... | wikipedia |
487aa8a4b1864bb640dcb773827959d10f25e4ca | the 56th division left libya, where they had | the 56th division left libya, where they had remained for nearly the past four months, on 4 september and were at sea for the next four days and landed at salerno on 9 september 1943, d-day, and initially met light opposition but soon met heavy resistance as the germans tried desperately to repel the allies ' invasion.... | wikipedia |
3915f389d17e699f02cb0164849b98560f23458d | the 56th division (minus the 168th brigade which | the 56th division (minus the 168th brigade which was detached to come under command of the 50th division in april 1943) did not take part in operation husky, the invasion of sicily, but instead remained behind in reserve in libya where they were visited by many senior high-ranking officers and h.m. the king george vi, ... | wikipedia |
32df10d818263dd5c269000040b27cb700e7554c | the 56th division remained in iraq, participating in | the 56th division remained in iraq, participating in numerous exercises throughout the months stationed there (with the queen's brigade participating in exercise 'fortissimo', watched by over 5,000 people). on 19 march 1943, however, the brigade, the men now very well trained and fit, received orders to depart for egyp... | wikipedia |
b439a7b9f55253979ba910dc24959e225630c095 | shortly before departing the men of the brigade | shortly before departing the men of the brigade and division were visited by general sir bernard paget, commander-in-chief, home forces, followed by his majesty king george vi the division left the united kingdom from liverpool on 25 august 1942 and were sent to iraq where they arrived on 4 november and came under comm... | wikipedia |
a0a6d8ab09953ef6b3919b60f1db0340b1310602 | in november 1941, after serving in kent since | in november 1941, after serving in kent since july 1940, the division moved to east anglia, in particular to suffolk, where they came under command of xi corps. the move to suffolk proved to be popular for the many men, mostly conscripts but also wartime volunteers, from the nearby counties who had joined the brigade s... | wikipedia |
2171eeec0056c9978c3d80a1cb240d2abe844c17 | the brigade, brought up to strength earlier in | the brigade, brought up to strength earlier in the year with large numbers of conscripts, remained with the division in kent, under command of xii corps, and, as with most of the rest of the british army after the evacuation from dunkirk, either on coastal defence and home service duties or training to repel a german i... | wikipedia |
46f8083c023ff484f1c596cfadcd0b3ed71a91f4 | a new 169th brigade was created on the | a new 169th brigade was created on the same day from the redesignation of the 35th infantry brigade, which was renumbered 169th (london) infantry brigade on 28 november 1940. the brigade, also known frequently as the "queen's brigade", was composed of the 2/5th, 2/6th (bermondsey) and 2/7th (southwark) battalions of th... | wikipedia |
0ca0748a7a73b978780155c244668f685b20f914 | in the new year of january 1940 the | in the new year of january 1940 the 1st battalions of both the tower hamlets rifles and the rangers were transferred elsewhere, leaving only the two 2nd line duplicate battalions in the brigade. later in the year the remaining battalions were also posted away, on 16 october, the 2nd tower hamlets rifles was transferred... | wikipedia |
36f3922c5dcfc9c14a75abb92dd3a95fb56770e2 | initially assigned to the 1st london infantry division, | initially assigned to the 1st london infantry division, in october 1939 the brigade was reassigned to 2nd london infantry division, formed in april 1939 as a 2nd line duplicate of the original london division (which had been redesignated 1st london division upon creation of a duplicate 2nd). | wikipedia |
264e50b940b4ac60f5a1709a3d822bf6e8a1841b | the 3rd london infantry brigade and the division, | the 3rd london infantry brigade and the division, along with the rest of the territorial army, were mobilised between late august and early september 1939, due to the already tense situation in europe becoming worse when, on 1 september, the german army invaded poland. two days later, both britain and france declared w... | wikipedia |
0d76153fe0b990fd7ebe145c15448b16c6b85879 | in march 1939, almost as a direct result | in march 1939, almost as a direct result of the invasion of czechoslovakia, the territorial army was ordered by to be doubled in size and each unit was ordered to form a 2nd line duplicate, and so both the rangers and the tower hamlets rifles formed 2nd battalions, with the original battalions becoming the 1st battalio... | wikipedia |
59d796a34ff61ed081f48c57b757d64ef4a987d5 | in 1937 the london regiment was disbanded after | in 1937 the london regiment was disbanded after nearly all of its battalions were converted to other roles or posted elsewhere. for the most part, therefore, the battalions previously part of the london regiment became territorial battalions of regular army regiments. the 9th londons became the queen victoria's rifles ... | wikipedia |
a65ddefa9619f3e8bde04dcd8a7864dba63034fb | throughout the inter-war years 169th brigade, unlike the | throughout the inter-war years 169th brigade, unlike the other two brigades of 56 division, saw little change in its composition until the middle part of the 1930s. in 1935 the 10th london regiment (hackney) was transferred as a replacement battalion to 167th (1st london) infantry brigade. due to a serious need to stre... | wikipedia |
874cfcac92fde53a33a744f181a315a95d174e07 | the territorial force was disbanded after the war | the territorial force was disbanded after the war but later reformed in 1920 as the territorial army, formed on a very similar basis to the old territorial force. the brigade was reformed as the 169th (3rd london) infantry brigade, along with the rest of the division, with much the same composition it had before the gr... | wikipedia |
4dc8b7d184e4d805908515b788b54467f1017399 | due to a shortage of manpower in the | due to a shortage of manpower in the bef in early 1918, all british divisions serving on the western front were reduced from twelve to nine infantry battalions, with all brigades reducing to three. the 1/9th londons (the only original battalion of the brigade) were, therefore, transferred from 169th brigade to 175th (2... | wikipedia |
231f29be8394fe59eae765a98ad7a6f79c7e8c2c | the reformed brigade would serve with 56th division | the reformed brigade would serve with 56th division for the rest of the war, fighting in the trenches of the western front in both belgium and france and saw its first action fighting alongside the 46th (north midland) division on the gommecourt salient on 1 july 1916, to distract the german army 's attention away from... | wikipedia |
2663f3609f912a6ffbbb8a95b8ceb657a4af6c1c | in early 1916 the war office authorised for | in early 1916 the war office authorised for the division to be reformed in france, although now it was to be known as 56th (1/1st london) division and the brigade came into existence again, now the 169th (1/3rd london) brigade but was now composed mainly of different units, with the exception of 1/9th londons. the othe... | wikipedia |
831ad8d219ff115834bf27bce6204ad5212c5c26 | however, from november 1914 until april 1915 all | however, from november 1914 until april 1915 all of the battalions of the brigade were posted elsewhere, either to other formations or to reinforce the tired regulars of the british expeditionary force (bef) serving on the western front. the 3rd london brigade was, as a result, broken up in april 1915 as was the 1st lo... | wikipedia |
243fd352dc220d857a55738b9740e97eb9d18f11 | the 1st london division was mobilised in early | the 1st london division was mobilised in early august 1914, soon after the outbreak of the first world war. most of the men of the brigade, when asked, elected to volunteer for overseas service (according to the territorial and reserve forces act 1907, soldiers of the tf were only allowed to serve overseas with their c... | wikipedia |
80641e1443db8157b7b0a085e741b763dc93586f | in may 1912, however, the 10th battalion (paddington | in may 1912, however, the 10th battalion (paddington rifles) was disbanded and the personnel were absorbed by 3rd (city of london) battalion, london regiment (royal fusiliers), part of 1st london brigade, and was replaced by a new 10th (county of london) battalion, london regiment (hackney rifles). in 1913 the new batt... | wikipedia |
a6fe09339f721175cb272c387d250a8cbe9d245a | this organisation was carried over into the territorial | this organisation was carried over into the territorial force (tf) when that was created under the haldane reforms in 1908, the north london brigade becoming the 3rd london brigade in 1st london division. the commander and staff continued to be provided by the coldstream guards up to the outbreak of war in 1914. all of... | wikipedia |
55af570a8c2281d503330993d071aeaedf6bab55 | the north london brigade was one of the | the north london brigade was one of the formations organised at this time. the commanding officer of the coldstream guards and his adjutant were ex officio the brigade commander and brigade major, while the coldstream guards' orderly room at wellington barracks acted as brigade headquarters. the brigade's original comp... | wikipedia |
8e3d3ee1f2da2ddbc653135f94f665c08f853b87 | the volunteer force of part-time soldiers was created | the volunteer force of part-time soldiers was created following an invasion scare in 1859, and its constituent units were progressively aligned with the regular british army as the 19th century progressed. the stanhope memorandum of december 1888 introduced a mobilisation scheme for volunteer units, which would assembl... | wikipedia |
dfb0131cd148f9045c4f7f65bfb2aeb630e860da | the 169th (3rd london) brigade was an infantry | the 169th (3rd london) brigade was an infantry brigade of the british army that saw active service in both the first and the second world wars. throughout its existence the brigade, serving under numerous many different titles and designations, was an integral part of the 56th (london) infantry division. it served on t... | wikipedia |
56223b90430108c687067df90e227bf32f5da016 | the 2004–05 swiss super league was the 108th | the 2004–05 swiss super league was the 108th season of top-tier football in switzerland. the competition was officially named axpo super league due to sponsoring purposes. it began on 17 july 2004 and has ended on 29 may 2005. this second season as swiss super league. | wikipedia |
859ee709ffc20853ee525750beef2a5be534c4c5 | the swiss super league season 2004–05 was originally | the swiss super league season 2004–05 was originally contested by ten teams. on 4 february 2005 the parent company of servette fc was declared bankrupt. as a consequence of the bankruptcy servette fc had their license revoked. the eighteen results from the team's first half of the season remained in the league table. t... | wikipedia |
56223b90430108c687067df90e227bf32f5da016 | the 2004–05 swiss super league was the 108th | the 2004–05 swiss super league was the 108th season of top-tier football in switzerland. the competition was officially named axpo super league due to sponsoring purposes. it began on 17 july 2004 and has ended on 29 may 2005. this second season as swiss super league. | wikipedia |
a860d5e16253a3be26d0095f3e43460e0136c7fd | (185851) 2000 dp107 is a sub-kilometer sized asteroid, | (185851) 2000 dp107 is a sub-kilometer sized asteroid, classified as potentially hazardous asteroid and near-earth object of the apollo group that is notable because it provided evidence for binary asteroids in the near-earth population. the procyon probe developed by jaxa and the university of tokyo was intended to fl... | wikipedia |
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