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1214933 | Annie Adams Fields | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Annie%20Adams%20Fields | Annie Adams Fields
on June 9, 1834, the sixth of seven children of Zabdiel Boylston Adams and Sarah May Holland Adams. Among her siblings was her brother Zabdiel Boylston Adams, Jr. As a girl, she was enrolled at the School for Young Ladies in Boston operated by George Barrell Emerson, where she was encouraged to read,... | 14,900 |
1214933 | Annie Adams Fields | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Annie%20Adams%20Fields | Annie Adams Fields
as Sarah Orne Jewett, Mary Eleanor Wilkins Freeman, and Emma Lazarus. She was equally at home with great and established figures including Ralph Waldo Emerson and Harriet Beecher Stowe, whose biography she compiled. At their home at 148 Charles Street in Boston, she established a regular literary sal... | 14,901 |
1214933 | Annie Adams Fields | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Annie%20Adams%20Fields | Annie Adams Fields
hosting them at their home for dinner parties and overnight stays. In 1868, however, Fields's friend Mary Abigail Dodge ("Gail Hamilton") became suspicious of poor treatment by Ticknor and Fields and believed she deserved a higher royalty payment. James Fields initially ignored her complaints. Dodge ... | 14,902 |
1214933 | Annie Adams Fields | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Annie%20Adams%20Fields | Annie Adams Fields
dispute, Dodge anonymously published "A Battle of the Books" in 1870 chronicling her negative experiences.
## 1881–1915.
After Fields's husband died in 1881, she continued to occupy the center of Boston literary life. The hallmark of Fields's work is a sympathetic understanding of her friends, who ... | 14,903 |
1214933 | Annie Adams Fields | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Annie%20Adams%20Fields | Annie Adams Fields
homes for one another for about half the year. The two also traveled together, including in 1882 when they visited Ireland, England, Norway, Belgium, France, Switzerland and Italy together. During the trip, Fields's networks allowed them to meet with European authors like Charles Reade, William Makep... | 14,904 |
1214933 | Annie Adams Fields | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Annie%20Adams%20Fields | Annie Adams Fields
Jewett" in 1911, though deeply personal passages were edited out after urging from their mutual friend Mark Antony De Wolfe Howe.
# Legacy.
Fields died in 1915 and is buried at Mount Auburn Cemetery, Cambridge, alongside her husband.
Fields's literary importance lies primarily in two areas: one is... | 14,905 |
1214933 | Annie Adams Fields | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Annie%20Adams%20Fields | Annie Adams Fields
Beecher Stowe, as well as the Jewett letter collection. While these are not critical, scholarly works (the Jewett collection, especially, is heavily edited), they do provide primary material for the researcher. Her book "Authors and Friends" (1896) is a series of sketches, the best of which are of Ha... | 14,906 |
1214933 | Annie Adams Fields | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Annie%20Adams%20Fields | Annie Adams Fields
Wyman Whitman, Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, Nathaniel Hawthorne, Lydia Maria Child, Charles Dudley Warner and John Greenleaf Whittier.
Fields remains a somewhat puzzling figure. Her writings reflect a traditional orientation toward sentimentalism and the cult of true womanhood. However, she was a sup... | 14,907 |
1214933 | Annie Adams Fields | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Annie%20Adams%20Fields | Annie Adams Fields
(1866)
- "The Children of Lebanon" (1872)
- "James T. Fields, Biographical Notes and Personal Sketches" (1881)
- "Under the Olive" (1881)
- "Whittier, Notes of His Life and of His Friendship" (1883)
- Fields became heavily involved in Boston charity work and wrote a social-welfare manual, "How t... | 14,908 |
1214933 | Annie Adams Fields | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Annie%20Adams%20Fields | Annie Adams Fields
(1900)
- "The Return of Persephone and Orpheus" (1900)
- "Charles Dudley Warner" (1904)
- Fields edited the "Letters of Sarah Orne Jewett" (ed., 1911)
- Memories of a Hostess (edited by M. A. De W. Howe, 1922)
- The unpublished diaries of Annie Adams Fields are at the Massachusetts Historical So... | 14,909 |
1214933 | Annie Adams Fields | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Annie%20Adams%20Fields | Annie Adams Fields
Biography of a Breed" (1965).
- Howe, M. A. De Wolfe, "Memories of a Hostess" (1922).
- Fields, A., 'Microfilm Edition of the Annie Adams Fields Papers, 1852–1912 (microfilm, 1981). *Matthiessen, F. O., "Sarah Orne Jewett" (1929).
- Nigro, C. L., "Annie Adams Fields: Female Voice in a Male Chorus"... | 14,910 |
1214933 | Annie Adams Fields | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Annie%20Adams%20Fields | Annie Adams Fields
- Fields, A., 'Microfilm Edition of the Annie Adams Fields Papers, 1852–1912 (microfilm, 1981). *Matthiessen, F. O., "Sarah Orne Jewett" (1929).
- Nigro, C. L., "Annie Adams Fields: Female Voice in a Male Chorus" (thesis,1996).
- Richards, L., "Stepping Westward" (1931).
- Roman, J., "Annie Adams ... | 14,911 |
1214946 | Gheorghe Ciuhandu | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Gheorghe%20Ciuhandu | Gheorghe Ciuhandu
Gheorghe Ciuhandu
Gheorghe Coriolan Ciuhandu (; born 15 June 1947) is a Romanian politician.
A building engineer by profession, he graduated from the Traian Vuia Polytechnic Institute in 1970, earning a doctorate in 1986 and joining the faculty in 1993. He was the mayor of Timișoara from 1996 to 201... | 14,912 |
1214946 | Gheorghe Ciuhandu | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Gheorghe%20Ciuhandu | Gheorghe Ciuhandu
A building engineer by profession, he graduated from the Traian Vuia Polytechnic Institute in 1970, earning a doctorate in 1986 and joining the faculty in 1993. He was the mayor of Timișoara from 1996 to 2012 and was one of the losing candidates for president in the 2004 presidential elections, in whi... | 14,913 |
1214947 | Thomas William Gould | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Thomas%20William%20Gould | Thomas William Gould
Thomas William Gould
Thomas William Gould VC (28 December 1914 – 6 December 2001) was an English recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest and most prestigious award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to British and Commonwealth forces.
# Details.
Gould was 27 years ol... | 14,914 |
1214947 | Thomas William Gould | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Thomas%20William%20Gould | Thomas William Gould
were discovered in the gun-casing. Petty officer Gould and Lieutenant Roberts removed the first one without too much difficulty, but the second bomb had penetrated the side plating of the gun emplacement, and then the deck casing above the pressure hull. Roberts and Gould entered the confined space... | 14,915 |
1214947 | Thomas William Gould | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Thomas%20William%20Gould | Thomas William Gould
was making this horrible ticking noise while the submarine was being buffeted by the waves". Meanwhile, Thrasher was surfaced, stationary, and close inshore to enemy waters. If the submarine was forced to crash dive, both men would drown. It was 50 minutes before they got the bomb clear, wrapped it... | 14,916 |
1214947 | Thomas William Gould | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Thomas%20William%20Gould | Thomas William Gould
acking, and dropped it over the side.
# Later life.
Tommy Gould went on to become one of the founders of the 43 Group, a group of Jewish ex-servicemen who fought the Fascists after World War II. His VC is held by The Association of Jewish Ex-Service Men and Women, in The Jewish Museum London in C... | 14,917 |
1214952 | Richard Henry Burton | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Richard%20Henry%20Burton | Richard Henry Burton
Richard Henry Burton
Richard Henry Burton VC (29 January 1923 – 11 July 1993) was an English recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest and most prestigious award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to British and Commonwealth forces.
# Details.
Burton was 21 years old a... | 14,918 |
1214952 | Richard Henry Burton | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Richard%20Henry%20Burton | Richard Henry Burton
hen the following deed took place. It was for this that he was awarded the Victoria Cross.
The Citation reads:
# Further information.
Burton was born in Melton Mowbray, Leicestershire where he worked as a bricklayer. He moved to Scotland in later life. He achieved the rank of corporal.
# The me... | 14,919 |
1214957 | Treaty of Bucharest | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Treaty%20of%20Bucharest | Treaty of Bucharest
Treaty of Bucharest
Treaty of Bucharest may refer to the following treaties signed in Bucharest:
- Treaty of Bucharest (1812), between the Ottoman Empire and the Russian Empire ending the 1806–1812 Russo-Turkish war
- Treaty of Bucharest (1886), between Serbia and Bulgaria ending the Serbo-Bulgar... | 14,920 |
1214957 | Treaty of Bucharest | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Treaty%20of%20Bucharest | Treaty of Bucharest
r to the following treaties signed in Bucharest:
- Treaty of Bucharest (1812), between the Ottoman Empire and the Russian Empire ending the 1806–1812 Russo-Turkish war
- Treaty of Bucharest (1886), between Serbia and Bulgaria ending the Serbo-Bulgarian War
- Treaty of Bucharest (1913), between Bu... | 14,921 |
1214927 | Galantamine | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Galantamine | Galantamine
Galantamine
Galantamine (brand names Razadyne, Reminyl, and others) is used for the treatment of cognitive decline in mild to moderate Alzheimer's disease and various other memory impairments. It is an alkaloid that has been isolated from the bulbs and flowers of "Galanthus caucasicus" (Caucasian snowdrop)... | 14,922 |
1214927 | Galantamine | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Galantamine | Galantamine
of "Galanthus nivalis" (common snowdrop) by the Bulgarian chemist D. Paskov and his team in 1956. The active ingredient was extracted, identified, and studied, in particular in relation to its acetylcholinesterase (AChE)-inhibiting properties. The first industrial process was developed in 1959.
# Uses in m... | 14,923 |
1214927 | Galantamine | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Galantamine | Galantamine
as "Galanthus nivalis". It has been proposed that the drugs Circe used were an extract from "Datura stramonium" (also known as jimsonweed), which causes memory loss and delirium. This would give a basis for the snowdrop's use as an antidote, as "Datura stramonium" is anticholinergic, while galantamine is an... | 14,924 |
1214927 | Galantamine | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Galantamine | Galantamine
impairment.
## Alzheimer's disease.
Alzheimer's disease is characterized by the impairment of cholinergic function. One hypothesis is that this impairment contributes to the cognitive deficits caused by the disease. This hypothesis forms the basis for use of galantamine as a cholinergic enhancer in the tr... | 14,925 |
1214927 | Galantamine | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Galantamine | Galantamine
the nicotinic receptor's response to acetylcholine. The activation of presynaptic nicotinic receptors increases the release of acetylcholine, further increasing the availability of acetylcholine. Galantamine's competitive inhibition of acetylcholinesterase and allosteric nicotinic modulation serves as a dua... | 14,926 |
1214927 | Galantamine | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Galantamine | Galantamine
twice a day (8 mg/day). After a minimum of 4 weeks, the dosage may then be increased to 8 mg given twice a day (16 mg/day). After a minimum of 4 weeks at 16 mg/day, the treatment may be increased to 12 mg given twice a day (24 mg/day). Dosage increases are based upon the assessment of clinical benefit as we... | 14,927 |
1214927 | Galantamine | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Galantamine | Galantamine
oral solution.
# Side effects.
Galantamine's side effect profile was similar to that of other cholinesterase inhibitors, with gastrointestinal symptoms being the most notable and most commonly observed. One study reports higher proportions of patients treated with galantamine experiencing nausea and vomit... | 14,928 |
1214927 | Galantamine | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Galantamine | Galantamine
U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and international health authorities have published an alert of galantamine based on data from two studies during the treatment for mild cognitive impairment (MCI); higher mortality rates were seen in drug-treated patients. On April 27, 2006, FDA approved labeling cha... | 14,929 |
1214927 | Galantamine | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Galantamine | Galantamine
more frequently in galantamine-treated patients than in placebo-treated patients, but was rarely severe and rarely led to treatment discontinuation" These side effects have not been reported in Alzheimer's Disease related studies.
# Pharmacology.
Galantamine's chemical structure contains a tertiary amine.... | 14,930 |
1214927 | Galantamine | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Galantamine | Galantamine
receptors response to acetylcholine. This modulation of the nicotinic cholinergic receptors on cholinergic neurons in turn causes an increase in the amount of acetylcholine released. Galantamine also works as a weak competitive and reversible cholinesterase inhibitor in all areas of the body. By inhibiting ... | 14,931 |
1214927 | Galantamine | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Galantamine | Galantamine
3D structure of the complex of galantamine and its target, acetylcholinesterase, was determined by X-ray crystallography in 1999 (PDB code: 1DX6; see complex). There is no evidence that galantamine alters the course of the underlying dementing process.
# Pharmacokinetics.
Absorption of galantamine is rapi... | 14,932 |
1214927 | Galantamine | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Galantamine | Galantamine
does not affect the extent of absorption.
Plasma protein binding of galantamine is about 18%, which is relatively low.
# Metabolism.
Approximately 75% of a dose of galantamine is metabolised in the liver. In vitro studies have shown that Hepatic CYP2D6 and CYP3A4 are involved in galantamine metabolism. W... | 14,933 |
1214927 | Galantamine | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Galantamine | Galantamine
may undergo oxidation or demethylation at its nitrogen atom, forming two other possible metabolites. Galantamine can undergo demethylation at its oxygen atom, forming an intermediate which can then undergo glucuronidation or sulfate conjugation. Lastly, galantamine may be oxidized and then reduced before fi... | 14,934 |
1214927 | Galantamine | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Galantamine | Galantamine
to tolerability, no specific dosage adjustment is necessary for this population.
# Drug interactions.
Since galantamine in metabolized by CYP2D6 and CYP3A4, inhibiting either of these isoenzymes will increase the cholinergic effects of galantamine. Inhibiting these enzymes may lead to adverse effects. It ... | 14,935 |
1214927 | Galantamine | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Galantamine | Galantamine
on an industrial scale.
# Research.
## Organophosphate poisoning.
The toxicity of organophosphates results primarily from their action as irreversible inhibitors of acetylcholinesterase. Inhibiting acetylcholinesterase causes an increase in acetylcholine, as the enzyme is no longer available to catalyze ... | 14,936 |
1214927 | Galantamine | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Galantamine | Galantamine
paralysis, and coma. As a reversible acetylcholinesterase inhibitor, galantamine has the potential to serve as an effective organophosphate poisoning treatment by preventing irreversible acetylcholinesterase inhibition. Additionally, galantamine has anticonvulsant properties which may make it even more desi... | 14,937 |
1214927 | Galantamine | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Galantamine | Galantamine
in the research cited in the patent application for use along with the well-recognized nerve agent antidote atropine. According to the investigators, an unexpected synergistic interaction occurred between galantamine and atropine in an amount of 6 mg/kg or higher. Increasing the dose of galantamine from 5 t... | 14,938 |
1214927 | Galantamine | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Galantamine | Galantamine
the cholinergic and nicotinic receptors are believed to play a role in attentional processes. Some studies have noted that cholinergic and nicotinic treatments have improved attention in autistic children. As such, it is hypothesized that galantamine's dual action mechanism might have a similar effect in tr... | 14,939 |
1214927 | Galantamine | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Galantamine | Galantamine
degree of drowsiness and disorientation of the two groups was then assessed 5, 10, 15, 30 and 60 minutes after surgery. The group that had taken nivalin were found to be more alert 5, 10, and 15 minutes after the surgery.
## Lucid dreaming.
Though not approved by the FDA, there is interest in the recreati... | 14,940 |
1214927 | Galantamine | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Galantamine | Galantamine
rowsiness and disorientation of the two groups was then assessed 5, 10, 15, 30 and 60 minutes after surgery. The group that had taken nivalin were found to be more alert 5, 10, and 15 minutes after the surgery.
## Lucid dreaming.
Though not approved by the FDA, there is interest in the recreational use of... | 14,941 |
1214936 | Tenant-in-chief | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Tenant-in-chief | Tenant-in-chief
Tenant-in-chief
In medieval and early modern Europe the term tenant-in-chief (or vassal-in-chief), denoted a person who held his lands under various forms of feudal land tenure directly from the king or territorial prince to whom he did homage, as opposed to holding them from another nobleman or senior... | 14,942 |
1214936 | Tenant-in-chief | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Tenant-in-chief | Tenant-in-chief
the feudal baron. The Latin term was "tenens in capite".
# History.
In most countries allodial property could be held by laypeople or the church; however in England after the Norman Conquest, the king became in law the only holder of land by allodial title; thus all the lands in England became the pro... | 14,943 |
1214936 | Tenant-in-chief | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Tenant-in-chief | Tenant-in-chief
was a right over land, not a title in land "per se". In England, a tenant-in-chief could enfief, or grant fiefs carved out of his own holding, to his own followers. The creation of subfiefs under a tenant-in-chief or other fief-holder was known as subinfeudation. The Norman kings, however, eventually im... | 14,944 |
1214936 | Tenant-in-chief | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Tenant-in-chief | Tenant-in-chief
were listed first in each county's entry. The lands held by a tenant-in-chief in England, if comprising a large feudal barony, were called an honour.
# Duties of tenants-in-chief.
As feudal lord, the king had the right to collect scutage from the barons who held these "honours". Scutage (literally "sh... | 14,945 |
1214936 | Tenant-in-chief | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Tenant-in-chief | Tenant-in-chief
the taxation system created under the Anglo-Saxon kings to raise money to pay off the invading Danes, the so-called Danegeld.
## Heirs.
When an English tenant-in-chief died, an inquisition post mortem was held in each county in which he held land and his or her land temporarily escheated (i.e.reverted... | 14,946 |
1214936 | Tenant-in-chief | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Tenant-in-chief | Tenant-in-chief
The wardship and marriage was not usually kept in Crown hands, but was sold, often simply to the highest bidder, unless outbid by the next of kin.
When an heir came of age, he or she passed out of wardship but could not enter upon their inheritance until, like all heirs of full age on inheritance, they... | 14,947 |
1214936 | Tenant-in-chief | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Tenant-in-chief | Tenant-in-chief
she passed out of wardship but could not enter upon their inheritance until, like all heirs of full age on inheritance, they had sued out their livery. In either case, the process was complicated. Eventually a warrant was issued for the livery to pass under the Great Seal. From its inception in 1540, Th... | 14,948 |
1214955 | Percy Gratwick | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Percy%20Gratwick | Percy Gratwick
Percy Gratwick
Percival Eric "Percy" Gratwick, VC (19 October 1902 – 26 October 1942) was an Australian recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to British and Commonwealth forces.
# Early life.
Gratwick was born in Katanning, Wester... | 14,949 |
1214955 | Percy Gratwick | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Percy%20Gratwick | Percy Gratwick
with his nose, which had been broken years earlier, led to the rejection of his application. In late 1940, after expensive medical treatment on his nose, he attempted to enlist again, this time successfully.
Following completion of his training in July 1941, Gratwick embarked for Libya, where he was ass... | 14,950 |
1214955 | Percy Gratwick | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Percy%20Gratwick | Percy Gratwick
Gratwick, realising the seriousness of the situation, charged a German machine-gun position by himself, and killed the crew with hand grenades. He also killed a mortar crew. Under heavy machine-gun fire Gratwick then charged a second post, using his rifle and bayonet. In inflicting further casualties he ... | 14,951 |
1214955 | Percy Gratwick | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Percy%20Gratwick | Percy Gratwick
lf, and killed the crew with hand grenades. He also killed a mortar crew. Under heavy machine-gun fire Gratwick then charged a second post, using his rifle and bayonet. In inflicting further casualties he was killed by machine-gun fire, but his brave and determined action, for which he would be awarded a... | 14,952 |
1214966 | Willward Alexander Sandys-Clarke | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Willward%20Alexander%20Sandys-Clarke | Willward Alexander Sandys-Clarke
Willward Alexander Sandys-Clarke
Willward Alexander Sandys-Clarke VC (8 June 1919 – 23 April 1943) was an English recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest and most prestigious award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to British and Commonwealth forces.
# Ba... | 14,953 |
1214966 | Willward Alexander Sandys-Clarke | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Willward%20Alexander%20Sandys-Clarke | Willward Alexander Sandys-Clarke
El Atach, Tunisia, Lieutenant Clarke's company was counter-attacked and almost wiped out, he being the sole remaining officer. Although wounded in the head, he gathered a composite platoon together and advancing to attack the position again met heavy fire from a machine-gun post. He man... | 14,954 |
1214966 | Willward Alexander Sandys-Clarke | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Willward%20Alexander%20Sandys-Clarke | Willward Alexander Sandys-Clarke
led his platoon to the objective, but was killed when he later went forward to tackle two sniper posts single-handed.
# Further information.
Sandys-Clarke was related to four other recipients of the award:
- Gen. Walter Congreve (Colenso)
- Frederick Roberts, 1st Earl Roberts (Khuda... | 14,955 |
1215038 | George Harold Eardley | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=George%20Harold%20Eardley | George Harold Eardley
George Harold Eardley
George Harold Eardley VC, MM (6 May 1912 – 11 September 1991) was an English recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest and most prestigious award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to British and Commonwealth forces.
Eardley was 32 years old, and ... | 14,956 |
1215038 | George Harold Eardley | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=George%20Harold%20Eardley | George Harold Eardley
Sergeant Eardley spotted one of these posts and moving forward under heavy fire killed the officer at the post with a grenade. He went on to destroy two more posts single-handed, under fire so intense that it daunted those who were with him, but his action enabled the platoon to achieve its object... | 14,957 |
1215038 | George Harold Eardley | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=George%20Harold%20Eardley | George Harold Eardley
destroy two more posts single-handed, under fire so intense that it daunted those who were with him, but his action enabled the platoon to achieve its objective and thus ensured the success of the whole attack.
He later was appointed company sergeant-major.
Eardley was interred at Macclesfield C... | 14,958 |
1215041 | Chatta Singh | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Chatta%20Singh | Chatta Singh
Chatta Singh
Chatta Singh VC (188628 March 1961) was an Indian recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest and most prestigious award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to British and Commonwealth forces.
# Details.
He was about 29 years old, and a Sepoy in the 9th Bhopal Infant... | 14,959 |
1215041 | Chatta Singh | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Chatta%20Singh | Chatta Singh
sh and Commonwealth forces.
# Details.
He was about 29 years old, and a Sepoy in the 9th Bhopal Infantry, British Indian Army during the First World War when he performed the deed for which he was awarded the VC. On 13 January 1916 during the Battle of the Wadi, Mesopotamia, Sepoy Chatta Singh left cover... | 14,960 |
1214964 | George Albert Cairns | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=George%20Albert%20Cairns | George Albert Cairns
George Albert Cairns
George Albert Cairns VC (12 December 1913 – 19 March 1944) was an English recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to British and Commonwealth forces.
# Early life.
George Albert Cairns was born in London o... | 14,961 |
1214964 | George Albert Cairns | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=George%20Albert%20Cairns | George Albert Cairns
a Chindit battalion, part of 77th Indian Infantry Brigade under the command of Brigadier Michael Calvert. He was 30 years old when he performed the deed for which he was posthumously awarded the Victoria Cross.
On the evening of 16 March 1944, the South Staffords dug in near what would become a ma... | 14,962 |
1214964 | George Albert Cairns | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=George%20Albert%20Cairns | George Albert Cairns
to a small Japanese force without either learning of the other's presence. At about 11:00am, the hill erupted with enemy fire.
Calvert, who led the attack in person, wrote "On the top of Pagoda Hill, not much bigger than two tennis courts, an amazing scene developed. The small white Pagoda was in ... | 14,963 |
1214964 | George Albert Cairns | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=George%20Albert%20Cairns | George Albert Cairns
an officers’ guest night."
During the attack Cairns was attacked by a Japanese officer who with his sword hacked off the lieutenant's left arm. Cairns killed the officer and retrieved the fallen sword before wounding several other Japanese. He subsequently collapsed and perished the following day.... | 14,964 |
1214964 | George Albert Cairns | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=George%20Albert%20Cairns | George Albert Cairns
on reaching the path was horrible hand-to-hand struggle going on further up the hill. George Cairns and a Jap were struggling and choking on the ground, and as I picked up a Jap rifle and climbed up towards them I saw George break free and, picking up a rifle bayonet, stab the Jap again and again l... | 14,965 |
1214964 | George Albert Cairns | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=George%20Albert%20Cairns | George Albert Cairns
The fighting had been not unlike that depicted un scenes from ancient battles in the closeness of the hand-to-hand grappling before the Japs finally broke. In spite of our casualties, we hard all that elation of the winners of a good battle, especially of a bayonet charge…I spoke to Lieut. Cairns b... | 14,966 |
1214964 | George Albert Cairns | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=George%20Albert%20Cairns | George Albert Cairns
the paddy on to Pagoda Hill.
Cairns's batman, Private N. Coales wrote "He died a hero."
# Aftermath.
Cairns was buried at Taukkyan War Cemetery in Burma. His grave is located at Plot 6, Row A, Grave 4. A stone memorial similar to a headstone commemorates Cairns at St Mary the Virgin Church, Brig... | 14,967 |
1214964 | George Albert Cairns | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=George%20Albert%20Cairns | George Albert Cairns
Lieutenant Cairns was submitted to the late General Wingate after the usual evidence of three witnesses had been checked. The aircraft carrying General Wingate and the records crashed, the general being killed and all the records destroyed. Later, when the proposal was retrieved, it was found that ... | 14,968 |
1214964 | George Albert Cairns | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=George%20Albert%20Cairns | George Albert Cairns
representations to the War Office on her behalf. Wallace told the Daily Telegraph that he "hoped [approaching the war office] would mean recognition not only for her husband but for herself and the grand fight she had put up." Cairns's wife, Ena Cairns, continued to work in the bank where she had f... | 14,969 |
1215043 | William Boynton Butler | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=William%20Boynton%20Butler | William Boynton Butler
William Boynton Butler
William Boynton Butler VC (20 November 1894 – 25 March 1972) was an English recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest and most prestigious award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to British and Commonwealth forces.
Butler was 22 years old, and ... | 14,970 |
1215043 | William Boynton Butler | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=William%20Boynton%20Butler | William Boynton Butler
on Butler
William Boynton Butler VC (20 November 1894 – 25 March 1972) was an English recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest and most prestigious award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to British and Commonwealth forces.
Butler was 22 years old, and a private in ... | 14,971 |
1215046 | Thomas Caldwell (VC) | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Thomas%20Caldwell%20(VC) | Thomas Caldwell (VC)
Thomas Caldwell (VC)
Thomas Caldwell VC (10 February 1894 – 6 June 1969) was a Scottish recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest and most prestigious award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to British and Commonwealth forces.
Caldwell was 24 years old, and a sergeant ... | 14,972 |
1215046 | Thomas Caldwell (VC) | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Thomas%20Caldwell%20(VC) | Thomas Caldwell (VC)
" of 3 January 1919 (dated 6 January 1919) and read:
He later achieved the rank of company sergeant-major.
His Victoria Cross is displayed at the Museum of The Royal Highland Fusiliers in Glasgow.
He died in Adelaide, South Australia on 6 June 1969 and was cremated then interred with full milita... | 14,973 |
1214949 | Andrea McArdle | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Andrea%20McArdle | Andrea McArdle
Andrea McArdle
Andrea McArdle (born November 5, 1963) is an American singer and actress best known for originating the role of Annie in the Broadway musical "Annie".
# Career.
McArdle was born in Philadelphia. While studying dance as a child, she was spotted by a talent agent who got her work in a num... | 14,974 |
1214949 | Andrea McArdle | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Andrea%20McArdle | Andrea McArdle
was a critical and commercial smash, and she became the youngest performer ever to be nominated for a Tony Award as Best Lead Actress in a Musical. She lost to co-star Dorothy Loudon—who played Miss Hannigan—but did receive the Theater World and Outer Critics' Circle Awards for her performance. In April ... | 14,975 |
1214949 | Andrea McArdle | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Andrea%20McArdle | Andrea McArdle
1979, she sang the national anthems for both the United States and Canada at the Major League Baseball All Star Game in Seattle, Washington. She also sang the American national anthem at Veterans Stadium in Philadelphia for the fifth and final game of the 1983 World Series, in her capacity as a native of... | 14,976 |
1214949 | Andrea McArdle | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Andrea%20McArdle | Andrea McArdle
"Beauty and the Beast", "Starlight Express", "Meet Me In St. Louis", "The Wizard of Oz", "They're Playing Our Song", and another celebrated Annie in Irving Berlin's classic, "Annie Get Your Gun". She briefly appeared in the 1999 Rob Marshall-directed TV version of "Annie", singing the "Star To Be" segmen... | 14,977 |
1214949 | Andrea McArdle | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Andrea%20McArdle | Andrea McArdle
Hannigan, at odds with her former character.
Her CD, "Andrea McArdle on Broadway", was arranged and produced by her ex-husband, composer Edd Kalehoff, who also collaborated with her on an album of Christmas songs that was released in conjunction with her Family Christmas Show at the Tropicana Hotel & Ca... | 14,978 |
1214949 | Andrea McArdle | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Andrea%20McArdle | Andrea McArdle
Long Beach, California, as Miss Hannigan from October 29 - November 14, 2010. She took part in the New York Musical Theatre Festival's (NYMF) production of "Greenwood the Musical" in fall 2011.
In November 2012, McArdle was the "guest star" in "Newsical".
On April 2, 2014 Oceania Cruises announced a ne... | 14,979 |
1214949 | Andrea McArdle | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Andrea%20McArdle | Andrea McArdle
on October 29, 2014.
In December 2015, McArdle starred in the Off-Broadway play "2 Across" at St. Luke's Theatre.
In May 2016, McArdle starred as Reno Sweeney in Cole Porter's "Anything Goes". The show also featured Sally Struthers. The production opened at Gateway Playhouse (Bellport, New York), and l... | 14,980 |
1215066 | Market portfolio | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Market%20portfolio | Market portfolio
Market portfolio
Market portfolio is a portfolio consisting of a weighted sum of every asset in the market, with weights in the proportions that they exist in the market, with the necessary assumption that these assets are infinitely divisible.
Richard Roll's critique (1977) states that this is only ... | 14,981 |
1215066 | Market portfolio | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Market%20portfolio | Market portfolio
matters. Some authors say that it does not make a big difference; you can use any old index and get similar results. Roll gave an example where different indexes produce much different results, and that by choosing the index you can get any ranking you want. Brown and Brown examine this, using differen... | 14,982 |
1215066 | Market portfolio | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Market%20portfolio | Market portfolio
as stocks only, bonds only, et cetera. As a result, proxies for the market (such as the FTSE 100 in the UK, DAX in Germany or the S&P 500 in the US) are used in practice by investors. Roll's critique states that these proxies cannot provide an accurate representation of the entire market.
The concept ... | 14,983 |
1215066 | Market portfolio | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Market%20portfolio | Market portfolio
out that this is sort of contrarian. The holdings of all investors combined must, by equation, be in the cap-weighted proportions. So many investors following this strategy implies some other investors must follow a buy-high, sell-low (trend following) strategy. He then says that he doesn't like it and... | 14,984 |
1215066 | Market portfolio | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Market%20portfolio | Market portfolio
The authors determine the market values of equities, private equity, real estate, high yield bonds, emerging debt, non-government bonds, government bonds, inflation linked bonds, commodities, and hedge funds. For this range of assets, they estimate the invested global market portfolio for the period 19... | 14,985 |
1215066 | Market portfolio | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Market%20portfolio | Market portfolio
government bonds they extend the period to 1959-2012.
Doeswijk, Lam and Swinkels (2017) show that the market portfolio realizes a compounded real return of 4.38% with a standard deviation of 11.6% from 1960 until 2015. In the inflationary period from 1960 to 1979, the compounded real return of the GMP... | 14,986 |
1214960 | Lorne MacLaine Campbell | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Lorne%20MacLaine%20Campbell | Lorne MacLaine Campbell
Lorne MacLaine Campbell
Brigadier Lorne MacLaine Campbell, (22 July 1902 – 25 May 1991) was a British Army officer and a Scottish recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to British and Commonwealth forces.
# Early life.
Lor... | 14,987 |
1214960 | Lorne MacLaine Campbell | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Lorne%20MacLaine%20Campbell | Lorne MacLaine Campbell
College, Oxford, where he was President of the Junior Common Room and of the Myrmidon Club and graduated with a second class degree in Literae Humaniores.
# Military service.
Campbell was commissioned as a second lieutenant into the Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders (Territorial Army) on 23 Se... | 14,988 |
1214960 | Lorne MacLaine Campbell | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Lorne%20MacLaine%20Campbell | Lorne MacLaine Campbell
Division, the battalion endured months of training before departing for service overseas in France as part of the British Expeditionary Force (BEF) in January 1940. During the Battle of France in May–June 1940 Campbell was awarded the Distinguished Service Order (DSO) for gallant leadership duri... | 14,989 |
1214960 | Lorne MacLaine Campbell | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Lorne%20MacLaine%20Campbell | Lorne MacLaine Campbell
became Commanding Officer of the 7th Battalion, Argylls (although it was then designated as the 7th/10th Battalion), still serving as part of the 154th Brigade in the 51st (Highland) Division, reformed in August 1940 by the redesignation of the 9th (Highland) Infantry Division, now commanded by ... | 14,990 |
1214960 | Lorne MacLaine Campbell | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Lorne%20MacLaine%20Campbell | Lorne MacLaine Campbell
his Victoria Cross. On 28 April, shortly before the campaign came to an end, Campbell became acting commander of the 153rd Brigade.
On 20 May Campbell was promoted to the acting rank of brigadier and took command of the 13th Infantry Brigade, part of the 5th Infantry Division, then commanded by... | 14,991 |
1214960 | Lorne MacLaine Campbell | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Lorne%20MacLaine%20Campbell | Lorne MacLaine Campbell
5th Division's involvement in the Italian Campaign, seeing service during the Moro River Campaign, the Battle of Monte Cassino, and the Battle of Anzio, before leaving Italy in early July 1944 to return to Egypt, later Palestine, to rest and refit. For eight days in April, he was acting General ... | 14,992 |
1214960 | Lorne MacLaine Campbell | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Lorne%20MacLaine%20Campbell | Lorne MacLaine Campbell
rgyll and Sutherland Highlanders (Princess Louise's), British Army, during the Second World War at Wadi Akarit in Tunisia. The citation in "the London Gazette" read:
# Personal life.
In December 1935 Campbell married Amy Muriel Jordan. The couple had two sons, Alastair Lorne Campbell of Airds ... | 14,993 |
1215069 | Bassoon Concerto (Mozart) | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Bassoon%20Concerto%20(Mozart) | Bassoon Concerto (Mozart)
Bassoon Concerto (Mozart)
The Bassoon Concerto in B-flat major, K. 191/186e, is a bassoon concerto written in 1774 by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. It is the most often performed and studied piece in the entire bassoon repertory. Nearly all professional bassoonists will perform the piece at some s... | 14,994 |
1215069 | Bassoon Concerto (Mozart) | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Bassoon%20Concerto%20(Mozart) | Bassoon Concerto (Mozart)
a wind instrument. Although it is believed that it was commissioned by an aristocratic amateur bassoon player Thaddäus Freiherr von Dürnitz, who owned seventy-four works by Mozart, this is a claim that is supported by little evidence. Scholars believe that Mozart may have written five bassoon ... | 14,995 |
1215069 | Bassoon Concerto (Mozart) | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Bassoon%20Concerto%20(Mozart) | Bassoon Concerto (Mozart)
# Instrumentation.
The concerto is scored for a solo bassoon and an orchestra consisting of 2 oboes, 2 horns in Bb (sometimes transcribed for F), violin I/II, viola, and cello and double bass doubling the bass line.
# Structure.
The piece is divided into three movements:
- 1. Allegro
- 2.... | 14,996 |
1215085 | Singaporean Chinese | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Singaporean%20Chinese | Singaporean Chinese
Singaporean Chinese
Singaporean Chinese may refer to:
- Chinese Singaporeans, the citizens or residents of Singapore who are of Chinese ancestry
- Singaporean Mandarin, the dialect of Mandarin Chinese spoken in Singapore
- Singaporean Hokkien, historically the largest vernacular of the Singapore... | 14,997 |
1215063 | Broken Hill Correctional Centre | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Broken%20Hill%20Correctional%20Centre | Broken Hill Correctional Centre
Broken Hill Correctional Centre
Broken Hill Correctional Centre, an Australian minimum and medium security prison for males and females, is located in Broken Hill, New South Wales. The centre is operated by Corrective Services NSW an agency of the Department of Communities and Justice o... | 14,998 |
1215063 | Broken Hill Correctional Centre | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Broken%20Hill%20Correctional%20Centre | Broken Hill Correctional Centre
en Hill Correctional Centre, an Australian minimum and medium security prison for males and females, is located in Broken Hill, New South Wales. The centre is operated by Corrective Services NSW an agency of the Department of Communities and Justice of the Government of New South Wales. ... | 14,999 |
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