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5a4a87dcdc10915de77c5e7c3400bcc1d728c476 | in vancouver, baron finally found some stability setting | in vancouver, baron finally found some stability setting in on the canucks blue line and spending the next five seasons with the team and serving as their alternate captain. following the 2002–03 season baron left vancouver as a free agent. | wikipedia |
3cc97151c7b2d533b2af580f531a4d25abee03e5 | for the next five seasons in st. louis | for the next five seasons in st. louis baron built a reputation as a bruising physical defensemen. early on in the 1996–97 season, baron was part of a blockbuster trade that sent him and shayne corson, along with a 5th-round draft pick to the montreal canadiens in exchange for pierre turgeon, craig conroy and rory fitz... | wikipedia |
f3756a334d86940e2ec1e3496836ee18e328e375 | baron was drafted by the philadelphia flyers in | baron was drafted by the philadelphia flyers in the eighth round, 167th overall, of the 1986 nhl entry draft. he then attended the university of north dakota for three years. baron got his feet wet in the nhl playing 16 games with the flyers in 1989–90 before playing 67 games the following year and establishing himself... | wikipedia |
9204a42071f92eb70a859c6c61706f32a19ea7c2 | murray mcelwain roy baron (born june 1, 1967) | murray mcelwain roy baron (born june 1, 1967) is a canadian former professional ice hockey defenceman who played 15 seasons in the national hockey league (nhl) for the philadelphia flyers, st. louis blues, montreal canadiens, phoenix coyotes, and vancouver canucks. | wikipedia |
18ca8ea14367e1dcf7ed2afe36427e36314a4df0 | james tower campbell is an american former political | james tower campbell is an american former political candidate and professional ice hockey player. he played 285 games in the national hockey league (nhl) for the tampa bay lightning, florida panthers, chicago blackhawks, montreal canadiens, st. louis blues and mighty ducks of anaheim before finishing his career in eur... | wikipedia |
d9b4e7c7517571fbae157bbeee8a54d54df80445 | jim campbell lives in st. louis, where he | jim campbell lives in st. louis, where he operates a number of pubs, including jp fields' in clayton and the geyer inn in kirkwood. he has coached several local youth teams, including whitfield school, chesterfield csdhl, and carshield aaa. his son, seamus, plays for the aberdeen wings and has committed to play college... | wikipedia |
efee82dd286c9379e0371b795b6b69f565bf8d69 | campbell played two games for hc neftekhimik nizhnekamsk | campbell played two games for hc neftekhimik nizhnekamsk in the russian super league in 2003–04 season and spent the 2006–07 season with ehc basel in switzerland 's nationalliga a. campbell, or "soup" as he is well known as, officially hung up the skates in 2008 but remains a force in the st. louis hockey scene. | wikipedia |
6e40a1d754a8cd919a86d5caa09d8072906491b8 | campbell played for the springfield falcons in the | campbell played for the springfield falcons in the american hockey league while contracted to the tampa bay lightning, who loaned him to the philadelphia phantoms midway through the 2005–06 season in exchange for dan cavanaugh. while in philly, he posted 12 goals, 17 assists, for 29 points and 46 penalty minutes in 35 ... | wikipedia |
b5c3ecb73d6afe9fdee7ccab6d7e92973ac6d7f7 | campbell was drafted by the montreal canadiens in | campbell was drafted by the montreal canadiens in the second round, 28th overall, of the 1991 nhl entry draft. however, he had a breakout period with the st. louis blues in 1996, scoring 84 points over two seasons. campbell faced a lingering groin problem that started to affect his performance, leading to a slump and f... | wikipedia |
09129ed992f23ea3b8ab782d1bdd6f7250e30eed | james tower campbell (born february 3, 1973) is | james tower campbell (born february 3, 1973) is an american former political candidate and professional ice hockey player. he played 285 games in the national hockey league (nhl) for the tampa bay lightning, florida panthers, chicago blackhawks, montreal canadiens, st. louis blues and mighty ducks of anaheim before fin... | wikipedia |
ce3a68f6d2b5a041603927a1e195382c0306a095 | on 10 may 2019, aberystwyth announced williams had | on 10 may 2019, aberystwyth announced williams had committed for the 2019–20 season along with portuguese midfielder paulo mendes. williams was appointed captain of aberystwyth town for the 2019–20 season and scored two goals on the opening day in a 3–2 win against rivals carmarthen town. | wikipedia |
439235d7d6e9a27e04337f6d0796f5b0f84099bd | he was released by the club on 22 | he was released by the club on 22 may 2013 after he was not offered a new contract. marc said he was 'shocked and massively disappointed' after not being offered new terms. he left chester with 14 goals and 60 appearances in all competitions within one and half season. he spent a short spell with northwich victoria f.c... | wikipedia |
550fe64f08273b110a21323f7a1b8aa630aaebf7 | he signed for chester on 20 february 2012 | he signed for chester on 20 february 2012 on a deal which takes him to the end of the season. marc scored his first 2 goal's for chester in the 3–2 victory over bradford park avenue both before half time. he added his third chester goal in the 2–0 victory at chorley. in the club's final league game of the season marc o... | wikipedia |
ee9495283e587b15d65cf54f785bfb1782435211 | williams contributed to wrexham's bid to return to | williams contributed to wrexham's bid to return to the football league with 15 goals (13 league and two cup) including a hat trick against eastbourne borough on 20 december 2008. however, on 28 february 2009, he suffered a broken foot in a match against salisbury city, which ruled him out for the remainder of the seaso... | wikipedia |
7d65870f0983b8848075a195778ddd5a004eb4d2 | williams came through the youth system at wrexham | williams came through the youth system at wrexham and made his first-team debut in january 2006 against rushden & diamonds, in which he and his brother became the seventh pair of brothers to represent wrexham. in the following month, he made his debut for the wales under-21 side against northern ireland under-21. he sc... | wikipedia |
2d1966a2bbd2b729acb8312da7c49a7829c68082 | eugene andrew stump was an american professional basketball | eugene andrew stump was an american professional basketball player. stump was selected in the 1947 baa draft by the boston celtics after a collegiate career at depaul. he played for the celtics, minneapolis lakers and waterloo hawks in his three-year baa/nba career. stump's death was listed in the fall 2014 edition of ... | wikipedia |
282a78db77380cfdad95aee0524b2c9595223595 | eugene andrew stump (august 9, 1925 – c. | eugene andrew stump (august 9, 1925 – c. 2014) was an american professional basketball player. stump was selected in the 1947 baa draft by the boston celtics after a collegiate career at depaul. he played for the celtics, minneapolis lakers and waterloo hawks in his three-year baa/nba career. | wikipedia |
847e5163a8175c5d381569479914f71938f8bd04 | the 2010–11 season was real madrid club de | the 2010–11 season was real madrid club de fútbol's 80th season in la liga. this article shows player statistics and all matches that the club played during the 2010–11 season. the rebuilt madrid under star manager josé mourinho successfully fought on all fronts, going toe to toe with a brilliant barcelona side which s... | wikipedia |
be1ff54103f4167e98aaec79e46b03ab5cdc6226 | the 2010–11 season was real madrid club de | the european golden shoe. this season was the first since 1993–94 without raúl, who departed to join schalke 04 after his contract was terminated, having stayed at the club for sixteen years and the first since 1994–95 without guti who departed to join beşiktaş. | wikipedia |
212c960459e5ce4a71cace95c91f552827248250 | last updated: 21 may 2011 source: competitive matches | last updated: 21 may 2011 source: competitive matches and lfp.com, sportec.es only competitive matches = number of bookings; = number of sending offs after a second yellow card; = number of sending offs by a direct red card.. | wikipedia |
ffb1bbce14f87ab12cc1c73ab83af482db4cb4c0 | this season was the first since 1993–94 without | this season was the first since 1993–94 without raúl, who departed to join schalke 04 after his contract was terminated, having stayed at the club for sixteen years and the first since 1994–95 without guti who departed to join beşiktaş. | wikipedia |
d4c44c07042ad017a94ffe665bbb0dee7051cd07 | the rebuilt madrid under star manager josé mourinho | the rebuilt madrid under star manager josé mourinho successfully fought on all fronts, going toe to toe with a brilliant barcelona side which some regard as the greatest team in football history. ultimately, madrid finished second in the league, with 92 points and four behind their perennial rivals, defeated them in th... | wikipedia |
ded845cfc3c6e9ce8c04750d06f9106bb5d568b0 | the 2010–11 season was real madrid club de | the 2010–11 season was real madrid club de fútbol ' s 80th season in la liga. this article shows player statistics and all matches (official and friendly) that the club played during the 2010–11 season. | wikipedia |
c7ececd689229a108e7a3360465fe35e7767b843 | elmer h. behnke was an american basketball player. | elmer h. behnke was an american basketball player. born in rockford, illinois, he played collegiately for bradley university. he was selected by the rochester royals in the 4th round of the 1951 nba draft. he played for the milwaukee hawks (1951–52) in the nba for four games. | wikipedia |
f19f23440d49d2c48790f2a23ad3a69946a10d6f | elmer h. behnke (february 3, 1929 – may | elmer h. behnke (february 3, 1929 – may 25, 2018) was an american basketball player. born in rockford, illinois, he played collegiately for bradley university. he was selected by the rochester royals in the 4th round (35th pick overall) of the 1951 nba draft. he played for the milwaukee hawks (1951–52) in the nba for f... | wikipedia |
1bc4595a61e49ec2686dfb9f55d1a2cd2776c1e1 | studies have shown that such near-alignments occur by | studies have shown that such near-alignments occur by chance with greater frequency than one might intuitively expect. this has been put forward as a demonstration that ley lines and other similar mysterious alignments believed by some to be phenomena of deep significance might exist solely due to chance alone, as oppo... | wikipedia |
3923d7af6223480b1c4471cbc6311e3cad3fd715 | on a map with a width of tens | on a map with a width of tens of kilometers, it is easy to find alignments of 4 to 8 points even in relatively small sets of features with w = 50 m. choosing larger areas, denser sets of features, or larger values of w makes it easy to find alignments of 20 or more points. | wikipedia |
3f6ed3991d298c3ea167047bc48b0ccfb8fba465 | computer simulations show that points on a plane | computer simulations show that points on a plane tend to form alignments similar to those found by ley hunters in numbers consistent with the order-of-magnitude estimates above, suggesting that ley lines may also be generated by chance. this phenomenon occurs regardless of whether the points are generated pseudo-random... | wikipedia |
2074462918f3cf9cd6452e5351a3fd92b6b90244 | among other things this can be used to | among other things this can be used to show that, contrary to intuition, the number of k -point lines expected from random chance in a plane covered with points at a given density, for a given line width, increases much more than linearly with the size of the area considered, since the combinatorial explosion of growth... | wikipedia |
346a00cc4c420c9339ee82b9f79f24f1189b8f18 | to make a rough estimate of the probability | to make a rough estimate of the probability that any given subset of k points is approximately collinear in the way defined above, consider the line between the "leftmost" and "rightmost" two points in that subset (for some arbitrary left/right axis: the top and bottom can be chosen for the exceptional vertical case). ... | wikipedia |
0b4352a897c4e5dcabcc4e22bf2a51b639f3cfd5 | consider a set of n points in a | consider a set of n points in a compact area with approximate diameter l and area approximately l. consider a valid line to be one where every point is within distance w /2 of the line (that is, lies on a track of width w, where w ≪ l). | wikipedia |
613f423c7e47d764be1fa6689a99e544d3e9c108 | more precisely, a path of width w may | more precisely, a path of width w may be defined as the set of all points within a distance of w/2 of a straight line on a plane, or a great circle on a sphere, or in general any geodesic on any other kind of manifold. note that, in general, any given set of points that are aligned in this way will contain a large numb... | wikipedia |
cadac751149c5f238a87f160b5f56ec1324d899b | contrary to intuition, finding alignments between randomly placed | contrary to intuition, finding alignments between randomly placed points on a landscape gets progressively easier as the geographic area to be considered increases. one way of understanding this phenomenon is to see that the increase in the number of possible combinations of sets of points in that area overwhelms the d... | wikipedia |
d6d6c316b8fcf384110bc45c3927414ad737d9ab | a number of studies have examined the mathematics | a number of studies have examined the mathematics of alignment of random points on the plane. in all of these, the width of the line — the allowed displacement of the positions of the points from a perfect straight line — is important. it allows the fact that real-world features are not mathematical points, and that th... | wikipedia |
adb45bbfaf23d2d0372eb55676211eb654919d8a | this has been put forward as a demonstration | this has been put forward as a demonstration that ley lines and other similar mysterious alignments believed by some to be phenomena of deep significance might exist solely due to chance alone, as opposed to the supernatural or anthropological explanations put forward by their proponents. the topic has also been studie... | wikipedia |
ce6574f5e62d6d13819b2f8a69e2439772bdc052 | the study of alignments of random points in | the study of alignments of random points in a plane seeks to discover subsets of points that occupy an approximately straight line within a larger set of points that are randomly placed in a planar region.studies have shown that such near-alignments occur by chance with greater frequency than one might intuitively expe... | wikipedia |
742ea972d98e06f52705753ba792493be506a1b5 | adrián gonzález is a spanish professional football manager | adrián gonzález is a spanish professional football manager who is an assistant coach for the washington spirit of the national women's soccer league (nwsl). he previously coached for rcd espanyol at multiple levels, including as head coach of rcd espanyol femení. | wikipedia |
5588a09de72fbde03e560064bd54486a51e33177 | on 23 january 2024, gonzález was announced to | on 23 january 2024, gonzález was announced to be the interim head coach for the washington spirit until incoming head coach jonatan giráldez would arrive from fc barcelona after the european season ended. the spirit won 11 of their 16 games during gonzález's stint as interim coach, which ended after the win against bay... | wikipedia |
7de67b834379857bfb7ab1f31e7bdc95df6c29d7 | on 20 july 2023, gonzález was promoted to | on 20 july 2023, gonzález was promoted to head coach of the rcd espanyol women's side for the 2023–24 primera federación season. he announced his departure on 11 january 2024 to accept an international offer on short notice, with his last match on 21 january. the club was at the top of the primera federación standings ... | wikipedia |
6218af822b4b6cab5e82e9ce87fb0d4125da3c1d | having started as a youth coach for lleida | having started as a youth coach for lleida cf, gonzález became youth coach for cadete a in the academy of rcd espanyol for four seasons beginning in 2013–14. following one season overseas with ventforet kofu in japan, gonzález became an assistant coach for rcd espanyol's juvenil a academy team in 2018–19. he was then p... | wikipedia |
b01fec76eaf3545fdc80a4d567a08cbbc10e3902 | adrián gonzález (born 8 july 1989) is a | adrián gonzález (born 8 july 1989) is a spanish professional football manager who is an assistant coach for the washington spirit of the national women's soccer league (nwsl). he previously coached for rcd espanyol at multiple levels, including as head coach of rcd espanyol femení. | wikipedia |
aa767d0f2593ce664b0d19f41a2969bd9ebc3f7b | gertruda uścińska is a polish lawyer and political | gertruda uścińska is a polish lawyer and political scientist. she is a professor of social sciences at the university of warsaw and the polish institute of labor and social affairs in warsaw (pl). since 2016, uścińska has been the president of poland's social insurance institution, which is the polish state organizatio... | wikipedia |
a873182c09b06c41d296f5bd4c0ca4bd1f761fd8 | uścińska has won the virtus est perfecta ratio | uścińska has won the virtus est perfecta ratio medal, and has been granted a diploma of recognition from the polish bank association and the center for banking law and education for her work in the field of economic education. the social insurance institution under her management was awarded the polish innovation award... | wikipedia |
4b18574e0e375486605345efdc406666e42715e3 | she has multiple times been listed in the | she has multiple times been listed in the ranking of the 50 most influential polish lawyers in the polish legal and business newspaper dziennik gazeta prawna: in 2016 she was listed in 15th place, and in 2019 she was listed in 47th place. she has also been a member of the committee on labor and social policy sciences a... | wikipedia |
58013414aa5c76a9e902695691295ed04d05da0f | on february 11, 2016, uścińska was appointed the | on february 11, 2016, uścińska was appointed the president of poland's social insurance institution. she was then elected the chairwoman of the steering committee for the technical committee at the international social security association, specializing in policy related to old age, incapacity for work, and death of a ... | wikipedia |
3b2c29b749d00364af028128d3eab34f26c57503 | she is a member of the research faculty | she is a member of the research faculty at the polish institute of labor and social affairs, and since 1989 she has also been a faculty member at the university of warsaw. she became a lecturer at the institute of social policy of the university of warsaw in 1989, and later became an associate professor both at the uni... | wikipedia |
b9ea4b6fc112505a413e807bd7d8bd7032f4cb78 | in 1981 she graduated from the faculty of | in 1981 she graduated from the faculty of law and administration at the university of silesia in katowice. in 1987, she obtained a phd in law at the institute of labor and social affairs. in 2006, she earned a post-graduate degree in political science at the university of warsaw in the faculty of humanities, specializi... | wikipedia |
dc9b90f4fad4125d3180494ff68b374a25cf2050 | gertruda uścińska (born 23 january 1958) is a | gertruda uścińska (born 23 january 1958) is a polish lawyer and political scientist. she is a professor of social sciences at the university of warsaw and the polish institute of labor and social affairs in warsaw (pl). since 2016, uścińska has been the president of poland's social insurance institution, which is the p... | wikipedia |
9c024baec9adeb6109f2fce20c26eaec1231eaec | returning for his fourth season in the liiga | returning for his fourth season in the liiga in the 2022–23 campaign, pospisil made 24 appearances with saipa, registering six goals and 11 points, before he left the club and finland after securing a two-year contract with czech club, hc kometa brno of the elh, on 2 january 2023. | wikipedia |
f562c5b5212b5cac07eaf2fdf41fede1930d0b1a | in the american hockey league played only two | in the american hockey league played only two matches for toronto marlies with 2 points for 1 goal and an assist. in 2017–18 season played for orlando solar bears in east coast hockey league. in 2018–19 he didn't play any games, but the next season signing a contract for finnish team lukko of the liiga. | wikipedia |
3a4ba450113b1e1e31ded4ec3363f0666260a1f0 | he has previously played for blainville-boisbriand armada in | he has previously played for blainville-boisbriand armada in the quebec major junior hockey league. next season he played for sioux city musketeers in the united states hockey league. he had 40 points in 48 games during the regular season. in the playoffs, he had 14 points. | wikipedia |
db5889e24bf9dc65f172756aaf4e6cf8fd1f184f | liam dower nilsson is a swedish professional ice | liam dower nilsson is a swedish professional ice hockey centre for if björklöven of the hockeyallsvenskan (allsv). he was selected 134th overall by the detroit red wings in the 2021 nhl entry draft. | wikipedia |
1d8dcd8c956fc53ebb4da8f8e16aef9ed3e9a3ee | liam dower nilsson (born 14 april 2003) is | liam dower nilsson (born 14 april 2003) is a swedish professional ice hockey centre for if björklöven of the hockeyallsvenskan (allsv). he was selected 134th overall by the detroit red wings in the 2021 nhl entry draft. | wikipedia |
1752e68f1d6216cbd72e0d5df91d0d31121b8fce | the france–germany football rivalry is one of the | the france–germany football rivalry is one of the biggest and most heated association football rivalries in europe, between two european sides, france and germany, two of the most successful national teams in the world. previously, it was mostly a one-sided phenomenon since most german fans considered the netherlands o... | wikipedia |
f26c301122a9ef54c90e4f0709a6804c5d47bd43 | the countries first played each other in an | the countries first played each other in an official international in 1931 when france defeated the weimar republic. however, rivalry soon increased with the german invasion of france, and antagonism persisted until the end of world war ii. one of the most notable meetings between the two countries came in the 1982 wor... | wikipedia |
b111b21163dfc97ab783b97dc3b7dc80717d54f3 | the root of france–germany rivalry could have dated | the root of france–germany rivalry could have dated back from the old tensions between france and german empire after the capture of paris by prussian army in 1870. since the end of the war, enmity between france and germany increased, resulted with military arm race and eventually, set up the world war i. during the b... | wikipedia |
366617ef24486e51189f622cfd74eae7b61656f2 | the france–germany football rivalry (french: rivalité entre l'allemagne | the france–germany football rivalry (french: rivalité entre l'allemagne et la france en football; german: deutsch-französische fußballrivalität) is one of the biggest and most heated association football rivalries in europe, between two european sides, france and germany, two of the most successful national teams in th... | wikipedia |
bc36feddbf7f1f67bc6a1319328aaf55c3f57286 | mackenzie skapski is a goaltending coach and former | mackenzie skapski is a goaltending coach and former canadian professional ice hockey goaltender who last played for hkm zvolen in the tipsport liga (slovak). he has formerly played for the new york rangers in the national hockey league (nhl). | wikipedia |
8483a4bcb2feae04ad49902e87852449bcbf7a15 | as a free agent in the following off-season, | as a free agent in the following off-season, skapski opted to embark on a european career, agreeing to a one-year deal with slovakian club, hkm zvolen of the tipsport liga, on july 18, 2018. | wikipedia |
9803903650d349934f37e83bfd224e00d16c283d | at the conclusion of his entry-level contract, skapski | at the conclusion of his entry-level contract, skapski became a free agent after he was not tendered a qualifying offer by the rangers. on september 25, 2017, he agreed to an ahl invite to attend the toronto marlies 2017 training camp. on november 3, 2017, he was belatedly signed to a one-year ahl contract with the mar... | wikipedia |
084b075f5dac1dcdd35cf303098bbeb771e8473f | he was called up from hartford on february | he was called up from hartford on february 4, 2015, when the rangers' starting goaltender henrik lundqvist went down with a damaged blood vessel in his neck. his first appearance with the rangers was as the backup to cam talbot in a game against the boston bruins. he made his nhl debut on february 20, 2015 against the ... | wikipedia |
357f0ad9d3081008a77109165d87a1bcabf8b94a | skapski began the 2014-15 season with the greenville | skapski began the 2014-15 season with the greenville road warriors of the echl but was called up to the hartford wolf pack of the american hockey league (ahl) after playing just one game to replace jason missiaen, who was demoted to greenville. he made his ahl debut on october 24 and recorded his first shutout on octob... | wikipedia |
0a832b478ba3622e63363c79b38407083beacf1e | skapski played junior hockey for the kootenay ice | skapski played junior hockey for the kootenay ice of the western hockey league (whl). he was drafted by the new york rangers in the sixth round of the 2013 nhl entry draft. he had been rated as the 17th best draft-eligible goalie in north america by central scouting. he previously played minor ice hockey in his hometow... | wikipedia |
0ec58697b38be4303d9e06d68442e06abf9a8433 | skapski was born in abbotsford, british columbia. while | skapski was born in abbotsford, british columbia. while playing major midget for the fraser valley bruins as a 15-year-old, skapski suffered serious injuries which threatened his career when the team bus crashed on december 11, 2009. he suffered a broken nose and orbital bone and required surgery to relieve a blood clo... | wikipedia |
d6136106bddfada035f3fe46d8f358d7e2695681 | mackenzie skapski (born june 15, 1994) is a | mackenzie skapski (born june 15, 1994) is a goaltending coach and former canadian professional ice hockey goaltender who last played for hkm zvolen in the tipsport liga (slovak). he has formerly played for the new york rangers in the national hockey league (nhl). | wikipedia |
d797489c178816edc6b90b9859b9187e338fc46b | the team reaches the coppa italia quarterfinals stage | the team reaches the coppa italia quarterfinals stage defeating alzano virescit, brescello and treviso in the first round, vicenza in second round and juventus in eightfinals, being eliminated by future champion of the tournament fiorentina. the season is best remembered by the transfer of 1993 european footballer of t... | wikipedia |
25621826ee6c7d70a1630d7ef50671e3205eb5a0 | the club disputed its 17th campaign in serie | the club disputed its 17th campaign in serie a after suffered relegation in 1997-98 serie a season, finishing this time on a decent 8th spot, its best ever in the history of the franchise and clinches the classification to 2001 uefa intertoto cup. | wikipedia |
de31e64b236a792c42e98308712466878b53daf3 | the lithuania men's national tennis team represents lithuania | the lithuania men's national tennis team represents lithuania in davis cup tennis competition and are governed by the lithuanian tennis association. lithuania has never been a tennis country – no tennis player from lithuania entered atp top 500 until 2008. however, the situation is changing in recent years. currently y... | wikipedia |
560e22d4898d3b50db7bd723dab93c84b5f38ee7 | in 2012, lithuania was competing in group iii. | in 2012, lithuania was competing in group iii. in the group stage lithuania defeated andorra and san marino without losing a set. for the promotion play-off lithuania faced the greek team. in the first rubber grigelis lost a tough match to theodoros angelinos but berankis restored the parity by defeating paris gemouchi... | wikipedia |
bf2e6d55731686ac8b02728980a77a825d0d0ba1 | lithuania came into the 2011 davis cup with | lithuania came into the 2011 davis cup with high hopes but the dreams were crashed in the first round tie against estonia in tallinn. during the second rubber grigelis got a knee injury and not only lost the match but also had to skip the remaining tie. grigelis was replaced by dovydas Šakinis who was still recovering ... | wikipedia |
28a1efa507161688cc595e2aea9ad5a4bc08ffc0 | in 2010 lithuania had its better performance. for | in 2010 lithuania had its better performance. for the first round match-up lithuania drew the top seeded british team in lithuania. with james ward defeating laurynas grigelis, great britain winning the doubles match and berankis winning both of his singles matches the tie came to the decisive rubber. grigelis won a fi... | wikipedia |
06c07bf7dea6a5961565688d370494bd07f405ed | lithuania started 2009 davis cup with their first | lithuania started 2009 davis cup with their first ever victory in group ii. in the first round, lithuania defeated georgia 3–2 in front of a home crowd in a recently built seb arena. all work was done by the youngest members of the lithuanian team – 18-year-old ričardas berankis won both of his singles matches and 16-y... | wikipedia |
a9855de8d988c8280f3b6ead8eb3b9797c034219 | in 2012 lithuania competed in the third group | in 2012 lithuania competed in the third group of davis cup, where they won all three ties and got promoted to the second group. it played seven times there. also, it has competed in the third group for 13 times. and once have been promoted to group one, where lithuania team is currently playing. | wikipedia |
57ac9a6c07a67b11e6fbbfb19e9111ee8b82a8a9 | lithuania has never been a tennis country – | lithuania has never been a tennis country – no tennis player from lithuania entered atp top 500 until 2008. however, the situation is changing in recent years. currently young lithuanian players are winning the greatest tennis victories in the history of lithuania. as expected, this led to the increasing popularity of ... | wikipedia |
b303edc2d5cd1482dcc9ab5086a410339f8b2230 | as of 2014, the diocese served 115,300 catholics | as of 2014, the diocese served 115,300 catholics (0.4% of the total population of 26,810,000) in 15,420 square kilometres (5,950 sq mi), with 60 parishes and 4 missions. personnel consisted of 301 priests (130 diocesan, 171 religious), 1,006 religious (391 brothers, 615 sisters) and 25 seminarians. | wikipedia |
8b98014f8eabf30ab2acc14ae45d163829921030 | rational ignorance is refraining from acquiring knowledge when | rational ignorance is refraining from acquiring knowledge when the supposed cost of educating oneself on an issue exceeds the expected potential benefit that the knowledge would provide. ignorance about an issue is said to be "rational" when the cost of educating oneself about the issue sufficiently to make an informed... | wikipedia |
2d835e9a8618cbae21adcff4691b620545a40e7a | additionally, rational ignorance is scrutinized for its broadening | additionally, rational ignorance is scrutinized for its broadening effect on the decisions that individuals make in different matters. the investment of time and energy on learning about the specified subject has ramifications on other decision areas. individuals sometimes ignore this when unconsciously assessing the i... | wikipedia |
ff2d0eeb7fb65e2d4ad6d68b79d6d6f108045d92 | there also may be situations when "the individual | there also may be situations when "the individual may perceive the situation as one that has carry over benefits to other situations, and treat the learning as a capital investment with payoff beyond the specific situation in which it is presented," and not a waste of time even though the time invested in the learning ... | wikipedia |
e906ed3c729af038dec891f5b5baca3cf17b20a0 | much of the empirical support for the idea | much of the empirical support for the idea of rational ignorance was drawn from studies of voter apathy, which reached particularly strong conclusions in the 1950s. however, apathy appeared to decline sharply in the 1960s as concern about issues such as the vietnam war mounted, and political polarization increased. thi... | wikipedia |
c4480bf6bf5fb9d3f7ae7161e4d33cee4851b2ca | a more nuanced example occurs when a voter | a more nuanced example occurs when a voter identifies with a particular political party, akin to the adoption of a favorite movie critic. based on prior experience a responsible voter will seek politicians or a political party that draws conclusions about social policy that are similar to what their own conclusions wou... | wikipedia |
01b0a81b6bb00383166965856475324873026e03 | because the cost/benefit ratio increases with increasing costs | because the cost/benefit ratio increases with increasing costs or decreasing the benefit, the same effect can occur when politicians protect their policy decisions from the preferences of the public. to the degree that the electorate perceives their individual votes to count for less, they will have less incentive to s... | wikipedia |
947c8fc0ca15c0fb840b4b93f1a97556bc2de799 | this does not mean that voters make poor | this does not mean that voters make poor and biased decisions: rather that in carrying out their everyday responsibilities (like working and taking care of a family), many people do not have the time to devote to researching every aspect of a candidate's policies. so many people find themselves making rational decision... | wikipedia |
6ccc06e1d5b0d914d26024630feb9f4983ce2b8e | politics and elections especially display the same dynamic. | politics and elections especially display the same dynamic. by increasing the number of issues that a person needs to consider to make a rational decision about candidates or policies, politicians and pundits encourage single-issue voting, party-line voting, jingoism, selling votes, or dart-throwing all of which may ti... | wikipedia |
46bdbe1069fdb3eaf3ed00881bf035ad2a9dc44e | marketers can take advantage of rational ignorance by | marketers can take advantage of rational ignorance by increasing the complexity of a decision. if the difference in value between a quality product and a poor product is less than the cost to perform the research necessary to differentiate between them, then it is more rational for a consumer to just take his chances o... | wikipedia |
7357d727346d50015004b67bcc56f3ccd4c43046 | consider an employer attempting to choose between two | consider an employer attempting to choose between two candidates offering to complete a task at the cost of $10/hour. the length of time needed to complete the task may be longer or shorter depending on the skill of the person performing the task, so it is in the employer's best interests to find the fastest worker pos... | wikipedia |
dc8066fa126c532a9263b104948403e723eef4aa | ignorance about an issue is said to be | ignorance about an issue is said to be "rational" when the cost of educating oneself about the issue sufficiently to make an informed decision can outweigh any potential benefit one could reasonably expect to gain from that decision, and so it would be irrational to waste time doing so. this has consequences for the qu... | wikipedia |
1e609af4260b6c26f8c7b078a0a6c36a97fc8f2a | during summer 2020, baï joined french side canet | during summer 2020, baï joined french side canet roussillon. the most famous moment in his career for the french side was the goal in the net of marseille, with which the fourth division club eliminated ligue 1 giants from the cup. | wikipedia |
718319c4d349601cb3a374b79895fe48b2335961 | another division occurred in 1992, involving a coalition | another division occurred in 1992, involving a coalition of fundamentalist pastors who were troubled by the continuing "neo-evangelical" drift that they perceived taking root within the larger body of the fgbc, ultimately resulting in the formation of the conservative grace brethren churches, international (cgbci). the... | wikipedia |
68d77e60aeb0a27d52f6cd5bd5e12993a542911e | in the next two years two groups emerged | in the next two years two groups emerged in the brethren church: those sympathetic with ashland college and those sympathetic with grace seminary. traditional brethren, in part because of their drawn out approach and in part due to their distaste for fundamentalist theology, sided with ashland college, while the fundam... | wikipedia |
3ad043878e767bcf39657c9626f1ba4186b00519 | this tension finally erupted in 1936–37 with a | this tension finally erupted in 1936–37 with a growing controversy at ashland college. although the school was under the control of the brethren church, it was transitioning from a christian denominational school to a secular school with a more regional focus. because of a push to enlarge non-brethren representation on... | wikipedia |
6158e371b219c4047cede7033c908a23879d580d | but, also in the early 1900s, two different | but, also in the early 1900s, two different viewpoints began to emerge. as robert clouse writes about this event "the progressives showed considerable agreement in what they opposed, but were less united in what they wished to create." the brethren church had rejected classical liberal theology in 1921 with "the messag... | wikipedia |
36a83c93088e9e4568be3cb935e83052f362efcf | the brethren (at the time called german baptist | the brethren (at the time called german baptist brethren) suffered a three-way division early in the 1880s, and the more progressive group organized the brethren church in 1883. led by charismatic leader henry holsinger, they maintained the standard brethren doctrines, but wanted to adopt new methods, and desired more ... | wikipedia |
3bd5d8d066629934e3e4ee64e18b1f03c3bcb2f3 | the sam coupé is an 8-bit british home | the sam coupé is an 8-bit british home computer manufactured by miles gordon technology (mgt), based in swansea in the united kingdom and released in december 1989. it was based on and designed to have a compatibility mode with the zx spectrum 48k with influences from the loki project and marketed as a logical upgrade ... | wikipedia |
22c3e034a569d7597a88c63268288f7b2660f454 | because the coupé did not run at exactly | because the coupé did not run at exactly the same speed as the spectrum even in emulation mode, many anti-piracy tape loaders would not work on the coupé hardware. this led to the development by mgt of a special hardware interface called the messenger which could capture the state of a connected zx spectrum to sam coup... | wikipedia |
94e97e152337767656bf15be36e1c93077748e6e | the 128k model's memory map was incompatible with | the 128k model's memory map was incompatible with the coupé's memory model and the machine featured an entirely different sound generator. it was possible to convert some games and demos by directly hacking the 128k code or by using a software patcher with the 1 megabyte ram expansion to provide the address space. | wikipedia |
27ed0f7907be82e86720fcade3d657267f2d3639 | emulation of the zx spectrum was limited to | emulation of the zx spectrum was limited to the 48k and was achieved by either using a supplied utility and a skeleton rom image (containing no original code) or by loading a complete copy of the zx spectrum rom (obtained from a zx spectrum). in order to match the processing speed of the zx spectrum (3.5 mhz), the sam ... | wikipedia |
9dedac1d1a06aab972f08fab4d77a449f3d39701 | the sam's power supply was a modified amstrad | the sam's power supply was a modified amstrad cpc mp1/mp2 modulator unit, with the rf modulator built in and connected via a joint power/tv socket to the computer. this made signal interference from the ac/dc converter common and it was a popular but entirely unofficial modification to remove the modulator and keep it ... | wikipedia |
4f0d7bef27ca5727e300d6e7555a1bdebe7da26a | up to four devices could be connected to | up to four devices could be connected to the coupé's euroconnector port, through the use of the sambus, which also provided a built-in clock. when using more power-hungry peripherals, the sambus required an additional power supply. | wikipedia |
5ce75299405d3356af6da4f329cf6532f9150bef | the double density disks used a format of | the double density disks used a format of 2 sides, 80 tracks per side and 10 sectors per track, with 512 bytes per sector. this gave a total capacity of 800 kb, though the standard directory occupied 20 kb leaving 780 kb free for user files. files were stored in the same structure as mgt's original +d interface, but wi... | wikipedia |
9883bfc5a70db87d3e7006b7f0209cedbc89c5ef | due to a flaw in the coupé's design, | due to a flaw in the coupé's design, resetting the machine while a disk was left in a drive would be liable to cause data corruption on that disk, as while the reset line is held logic low the asic (that generates the 8 mhz clock) is halted thus no clock signal is sent to the drive's controllers. | wikipedia |
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