wikipedia_id stringlengths 2 8 | wikipedia_title stringlengths 1 243 | url stringlengths 44 370 | contents stringlengths 53 2.22k | id int64 0 6.14M |
|---|---|---|---|---|
905811 | Ohio Republican Party | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Ohio%20Republican%20Party | Ohio Republican Party
legislature considered redrawing their districts. Critics allege the motivation was to aid in Republican victories. When Democrat Brown threatened to run for governor in 2002, if he lost his seat through redistricting, the legislature scrapped redistricting plans. Republican Governor Taft won re-e... | 18,500 |
905811 | Ohio Republican Party | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Ohio%20Republican%20Party | Ohio Republican Party
Senate, and 12 of Ohio's 18 seats in the US House of Representatives. In 2006, Democrats began to retake some statewide offices. These include all of the executive offices except State Auditor (including the governorship going to Ted Strickland over Republican challenger J. Kenneth Blackwell) and ... | 18,501 |
905811 | Ohio Republican Party | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Ohio%20Republican%20Party | Ohio Republican Party
all seven seats on the Ohio Supreme Court previously.
In 2008, Democratic Presidential Candidate Barack Obama defeated Republican Candidate John McCain in Ohio.
In 2010, Republicans regained all of the statewide elected executive offices, including the governorship with the election of John Kasi... | 18,502 |
905811 | Ohio Republican Party | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Ohio%20Republican%20Party | Ohio Republican Party
in line of succession (and the highest ranking Republican) to the Presidency of the United States.
In November 2011, Gov. John Kasich's law that limits public worker's union bargain abilities was voted down by the people of Ohio. This was a major blow to the platform that Gov. Kasich ran on in 20... | 18,503 |
905811 | Ohio Republican Party | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Ohio%20Republican%20Party | Ohio Republican Party
with the Republican Party. Alphonso was in President Ulysses S. Grant's Cabinet, first as Attorney General then as Secretary of War. He was later appointed US Ambassador to the Austria-Hungary Empire.
Three of Alphonso's sons entered into politics also, former US Representative of Ohio's 1st Dist... | 18,504 |
905811 | Ohio Republican Party | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Ohio%20Republican%20Party | Ohio Republican Party
came from two of Robert's children. Robert Taft, Jr. served in both houses of the US Congress. His brother William Howard Taft III was Ambassador to Ireland.
The current generation of Tafts in politics are former Ohio Governor Bob Taft, son of Robert Taft Jr. William Howard Taft IV, son of Willia... | 18,505 |
905811 | Ohio Republican Party | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Ohio%20Republican%20Party | Ohio Republican Party
to 18 years in state prison.
Noe was a top fundraiser for the George W. Bush campaign in Ohio in 2004, and the chairman for his campaign in Northwest Ohio. He was later convicted of making illegal contributions to the Bush campaign.
Noe had ties to then Governor Bob Taft. It was discovered throu... | 18,506 |
905811 | Ohio Republican Party | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Ohio%20Republican%20Party | Ohio Republican Party
his way to the presidency.
# Elected Officials.
## Members of Congress.
### US Senate.
- Rob Portman
### US House of Representatives.
- Steve Chabot, 1st District
- Brad Wenstrup, 2nd District
- Jim Jordan, 4th District
- Bob Latta, 5th District
- Bill Johnson, 6th District
- Bob Gibbs,... | 18,507 |
905811 | Ohio Republican Party | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Ohio%20Republican%20Party | Ohio Republican Party
Keith Faber
## State legislative leaders.
### Ohio Senate.
- President of the Senate: Larry Obhof
- President pro tempore of the Senate: Bob Peterson
- Floor Leader: Randy Gardner
- Whip: Matt Huffman
### Ohio House of Representatives.
- Speaker of the House: Cliff Rosenberger
- Speaker p... | 18,508 |
905811 | Ohio Republican Party | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Ohio%20Republican%20Party | Ohio Republican Party
US Senator, Governor of Ohio, United States Secretary of the Treasury, Chief Justice of the United States
- Charles William Foster, Jr.: US representative, Governor of Ohio, United States Secretary of the Treasury
- Rutherford B. Hayes: US representative, Governor of Ohio, President of the Unite... | 18,509 |
905811 | Ohio Republican Party | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Ohio%20Republican%20Party | Ohio Republican Party
President of the United States
- Edward F. Noyes: Governor of Ohio, Ambassador to France
- Thomas L. Young: Governor of Ohio, US Representative
- Joseph B. Foraker: Governor of Ohio, US Senator
- George K. Nash: Ohio Attorney General, Governor of Ohio
- Frank B. Willis: Governor of Ohio, US R... | 18,510 |
905811 | Ohio Republican Party | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Ohio%20Republican%20Party | Ohio Republican Party
Ohio, President of the United States
- Benjamin F. Wade: US Senator, a Radical Republican, President Pro Tempore of the United States Senate
- James A. Garfield: US Representative, President of the United States
- James Rudolph Garfield: United States Secretary of the Interior
- Ulysses S. Gra... | 18,511 |
905811 | Ohio Republican Party | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Ohio%20Republican%20Party | Ohio Republican Party
the Treasury, US Senator, chairman of the Senate Republican Conference, United States Secretary of State, author of the Sherman Antitrust Act
- Robert A. Taft I: Speaker of the Ohio House of Representatives, US Senator, chairman of the Senate Republican Conference, candidate for Republican nomina... | 18,512 |
905811 | Ohio Republican Party | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Ohio%20Republican%20Party | Ohio Republican Party
US Senator, Chief Justice of the Ohio Supreme Court
- Bob Taft: Governor of Ohio
- George Voinovich: US Senator, Governor of Ohio, Lieutenant Governor of Ohio, Mayor of Cleveland
# Party symbols.
Ohio Republicans use the same symbols used by the national Republican Party, such as the elephant.... | 18,513 |
905811 | Ohio Republican Party | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Ohio%20Republican%20Party | Ohio Republican Party
ephant. The Ohio Republican Party logo features a white elephant silhouette over the shape of Ohio in red, with blue outlining its northern border.
# See also.
- Political party strength in Ohio
- Politics of Ohio
- List of United States Representatives from Ohio
# Further reading.
- Joseph ... | 18,514 |
905832 | Adamawa State | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Adamawa%20State | Adamawa State
Adamawa State
Adamawa is a state in northeastern Nigeria, with its capital at Yola. In 1991, when Taraba State was carved out from Gongola State, the geographical entity Gongola State was renamed Adamawa State, with four administrative divisions: Adamawa, Michika, Ganye, Mubi and Numan. It is the home of... | 18,515 |
905832 | Adamawa State | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Adamawa%20State | Adamawa State
largest states of Nigeria and occupies about 36,917 square kilometres. It is bordered by the states of Borno to the northwest, Gombe to the west and Taraba to the southwest. Its eastern border forms the national eastern border with Cameroon.
Topographically, it is a mountainous land crossed by the large ... | 18,516 |
905832 | Adamawa State | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Adamawa%20State | Adamawa State
guinea corn, millet and rice.
The village communities living on the banks of the rivers engage in fishing while the Fulanis are cattle rearers. The state has a network of roads linking all parts of the country.
The development of many communities in the state can be traced to the colonial era when the G... | 18,517 |
905832 | Adamawa State | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Adamawa%20State | Adamawa State
form the then Sardauna Province, and the Southern Kameruns formed a Confederation with French speaking Cameroon.
Adamawa State is home to the headquarters of two indigenous churches, the Church of the Brethren in Nigeria (EYN Church) with its headquarters in Mubi in the northern zone of the state, and th... | 18,518 |
905832 | Adamawa State | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Adamawa%20State | Adamawa State
became a state in Nigeria, Adamawa was a subordinate kingdom of the Sultanate of Sokoto which also included much of northern Cameroon. The rulers bear the title of emir ("" in the local language, Fulfulde).
The name "Adamawa" came from the founder of the kingdom, Modibo Adama, a regional leader of the Fu... | 18,519 |
905832 | Adamawa State | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Adamawa%20State | Adamawa State
the European colonization (first by Germany and then by Britain), the rulers remained as emirs and the line of succession has continued to the present day.
## Emirs of Adamawa.
Emirs of Adamawa have included:
- Modibbo Adama ben Hassan, 1809–1848
- Lawalu ben Adama, 1848–1872 (son of the previous)
- ... | 18,520 |
905832 | Adamawa State | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Adamawa%20State | Adamawa State
of Muhammadu Abba)
- Ahmadu ben Muhammadu Bello, 1946–1953
- Aliyu Mustafa, 1953–2010
- Muhammadu Barkindo Aliyu Musdafa, 2011–present
## Impact of Islamist insurgency.
Adamawa State has been impacted by the Islamist insurgency in Nigeria. As of November 30, 2014, the state has become home to camps h... | 18,521 |
905832 | Adamawa State | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Adamawa%20State | Adamawa State
and community leaders- and the Adamawa Muslim Council. The United States Agency for International Development has pledged to provide continuing humanitarian assistance.
A measles outbreak was reported in the camps in January 2015.
# Sites of interest.
- Mubi
- Nuhu Auwalu Wakili's Palace
- Sukur Worl... | 18,522 |
905832 | Adamawa State | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Adamawa%20State | Adamawa State
- Girei
- Gombi
- Guyuk
- Hong
- Jada
- Lamurde
- Madagali
- Maiha
- Mayo-Belwa
- Michika
- Mubi North
- Mubi South
- Numan
- Shelleng
- Song
- Toungo
- Yola North (State capital)
- Yola South
# Notable people.
- Atiku Abubakar
- Prof. Iya Abubakar
- Prof. Jibril Aminu
- Alex Badeh
... | 18,523 |
905841 | Hugh Blumenfeld | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Hugh%20Blumenfeld | Hugh Blumenfeld
Hugh Blumenfeld
Hugh Blumenfeld (born October 11, 1958) is an American folk musician and singer-songwriter from Connecticut. He was born in Jamaica, Queens, New York City, graduated with degrees in Biology and Humanities from M.I.T. in 1980, and got a Masters in English Literature from the University o... | 18,524 |
905841 | Hugh Blumenfeld | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Hugh%20Blumenfeld | Hugh Blumenfeld
his PhD in 1991, he worked as an English professor until 1994, when he began writing and performing full-time. Over the next 10 years he toured mainly in the Northeast and Midwest, with several short tours in Europe and one in Israel. In 1999 he was appointed Connecticut State Troubadour.
In the fall o... | 18,525 |
905841 | Hugh Blumenfeld | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Hugh%20Blumenfeld | Hugh Blumenfeld
self-released as an LP in late 1987. It featured performances by Lucy Kaplansky, Marshal Rosenberg, Kenny Kosek and Mark Dann, and was produced by David Seitz. It includes "Brothers" and "Let Me Fall In Love Before the Spring Comes," which was later included in On A Winter's Night, a popular compilation... | 18,526 |
905841 | Hugh Blumenfeld | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Hugh%20Blumenfeld | Hugh Blumenfeld
a national audience through reviews and indie radio airplay. The album combined high energy folk-rock and jazz-tinged tracks with more lyrical, strictly acoustic pieces. Lucy Kaplansky and Mark Dann feature prominently and are joined by Michael Visceglia (of Suzanne Vega's band), Mindy Jostyn and Madwom... | 18,527 |
905841 | Hugh Blumenfeld | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Hugh%20Blumenfeld | Hugh Blumenfeld
Shane Shannahan, who later toured and recorded with Yo Yo Ma's Silk Road Project. On the CD, recorded live in the studio in just two days, they are joined by popular Swiss country music singer Doris Ackermann. Mr Jekyll and Dr Hyde is an expanding collection of satirical songs that includes live recordi... | 18,528 |
905841 | Hugh Blumenfeld | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Hugh%20Blumenfeld | Hugh Blumenfeld
er Doris Ackermann. Mr Jekyll and Dr Hyde is an expanding collection of satirical songs that includes live recordings, basement tapes and previously released CD tracks.
# Discography.
- "The Strong in Spirit" (1988)
- "Barehanded" (1993)
- "Mozart's Money" (1996)
- "Rocket Science" (1998)
- "Big R... | 18,529 |
905817 | Abia State | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Abia%20State | Abia State
Abia State
Abia is a state in the south eastern part of Nigeria. The capital is Umuahia and the major commercial city is Aba, which was formerly a British colonial government outpost in the region, it's also one of the most populated area in Nigeria. Abia state was created in 1991 from part of Imo State. It... | 18,530 |
905817 | Abia State | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Abia%20State | Abia State
Nneochi L.G.A
# Geography.
Abia State, which occupies about 6,320 square kilometres, is bounded on the north and northeast by the states of Anambra, Enugu, and Ebonyi. To the west of Abia is Imo State, to the east and southeast are Cross River State and Akwa Ibom State respectively and to the south is Rive... | 18,531 |
905817 | Abia State | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Abia%20State | Abia State
Imo and Aba Rivers which flow into the Atlantic Ocean through Akwa Ibom State.
# Infrastructure and economy.
Crude oil and gas production is a prominent activity, as it contributes over 39% of the State's GDP. However, the indigenous oil companies- through the Marginal Fields Programme (MFP)- have not foun... | 18,532 |
905817 | Abia State | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Abia%20State | Abia State
has just built a 9,000 capacity multipurpose International Conference Centre in Umuahia. This edifice of international standard was built by Governor T.A Orji to enhance tourism as well as boost the state economy through hosting of major International and Local events.
Representing 27% of the GDP, agricultu... | 18,533 |
905817 | Abia State | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Abia%20State | Abia State
associated gas plant, Abia/NNPC gas plant. As of 2012, boundary Commission said it returned 42 oil wells from neighbouring Rivers State to Abia. This would have meant Abia being fourth largest oil producing state in the country. Oil giant, Shell, holds most of the licenses for the wells in the State and has ... | 18,534 |
905817 | Abia State | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Abia%20State | Abia State
lamented Samuel Okezie Nwogu, Chairman of Abia State Oil Producing Development Area Commission (ASOPADEC).
However, the State has complained of poor funding from its oil revenue federal allocation. Our people are really suffering, and there are lots of projects we can still execute to alleviate their suffer... | 18,535 |
905817 | Abia State | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Abia%20State | Abia State
Hospital in Aba, which serve as referral hospitals in the State. The Abia State Polytechnic is also in the city of Aba. There are two major power plants in Abia, The Alaoji Power plant and the Geometric Power plant.
Abia is one of the most peaceful states in Nigeria and has been a "haven" for foreign invest... | 18,536 |
905817 | Abia State | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Abia%20State | Abia State
also another means of travel, very effective but currently on revitalisation. Aba is connected to Port Harcourt by rail. The coastal parts of the State are equally accessible with boats and canoes.
# History and population.
Abia State is one of the thirty-six (36) States in seventeen (17) Local government ... | 18,537 |
905817 | Abia State | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Abia%20State | Abia State
population. Their traditional language, Igbo is in widespread use. English is also widely spoken, and serves as the official language in governance and business. Abia's over 2.4 million people are mainly Christians.
# Politics.
The State Government is led by a democratically-elected executive Governor who ... | 18,538 |
905817 | Abia State | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Abia%20State | Abia State
fresh elections, Kalu re-contested on the platform of the PDP and got a second mandate to govern (The Constitution of Nigeria limits Governors to two terms in office).
Theodore Orji (PPA) defeated Onyema Ugochukwu (PDP) in the 2007 general elections to become Abia's next Governor. In 2011, Theodore Orji dec... | 18,539 |
905817 | Abia State | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Abia%20State | Abia State
of the All Progressives Grand Alliance, APGA.and sworn in as Governor for a second term on May 29, 2019
# Local Government Areas.
Abia State consists of seventeen (17) Local Government Areas. They are:
- Aba North
- Aba South
- Arochukwu
- Bende
- Ikwuano
- Isiala Ngwa North
- Isiala Ngwa South
- I... | 18,540 |
905817 | Abia State | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Abia%20State | Abia State
Godson - Polish Lawmaker and Philanthropist
- Adaobi Tricia Nwaubani - Award-winning novelist and essayist.
- OC Ukeje - Lagos based Award-winning Nollywood Actor
- Michael Okpara - Premier of Nigeria's Eastern Region from 1959-1966
- Nnamdi Ezeigbo - Founder/CEO SLOT company.
- Johnson Aguiyi-Ironsi - ... | 18,541 |
905817 | Abia State | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Abia%20State | Abia State
- Nnamdi Kanu - Founder of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), a separatist group.
- Samuel Chukwueze - Nigeria National Team Football Player.
- Chinedu Ikedieze - Nollywood Actor
- Mazi Alvan Ikoku, OBE educationist (1900–1971)
- Eni Njoku, First black Vice Chancellor of University of Lagos and Univ... | 18,542 |
905847 | Austric languages | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Austric%20languages | Austric languages
Austric languages
Austric is a proposed language family that includes the Austronesian languages spoken in Taiwan, Maritime Southeast Asia, the Pacific Islands, and Madagascar, as well as the Austroasiatic languages spoken in Mainland Southeast Asia and South Asia. A genetic relationship between thes... | 18,543 |
905847 | Austric languages | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Austric%20languages | Austric languages
morphological, and lexical evidence to support the existence of an Austric phylum consisting of Austroasiatic and Austronesian (in particular, Malayo-Polynesian). In 1942, Paul K. Benedict provisionally accepted the Austric hypothesis and extended it to include the Kra–Dai (Thai–Kadai) languages as an... | 18,544 |
905847 | Austric languages | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Austric%20languages | Austric languages
on morphological grounds. Some believe that recently discovered morphological similarities between Nicobarese and Austronesian constitute solid proof of a genetic relationship. Other researchers are still searching for the missing lexical link between Austronesian and Austroasiatic or Kra–Dai. Reid (2... | 18,545 |
905847 | Austric languages | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Austric%20languages | Austric languages
adequate method to establish or evaluate relationships between language families.
# Classification schemes.
The following classification scheme, is the most commonly accepted one. Hmong–Mien languages are occasionally included, but are often rejected from the Austric superfamily.
Sergei Starostin, ... | 18,546 |
905847 | Austric languages | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Austric%20languages | Austric languages
Benedict, Paul K. 1976. Austro-Thai and Austroasiatic. In: Philip N. Jenner, Laurence C. Thompson, and Stanley Starosta, eds., Austroasiatic Studies, Part I, pp. 1–36. Honolulu: University of Hawai‘i Press.
- Blazhek, Vaclav. 2000. Comments on Hayes "The Austric Denti-alveolar Sibilants". Mother Tong... | 18,547 |
905847 | Austric languages | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Austric%20languages | Austric languages
PA, 1996, pp. 117–137. (Transactions of the American Philosophical Society 86.5. (Philadelphia: American Philosophical Society).
- Blust, Robert. 2000. Comments on Hayes, "The Austric Denti-alveolar Sibilants". Mother Tongue V:19-21.
- Diffloth, Gerard F. 1989. What Happened to Austric? Mon–Khmer St... | 18,548 |
905847 | Austric languages | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Austric%20languages | Austric languages
in Early Austroasiatic. Mon–Khmer Studies XXVII:13-41.
- Hayes, La Vaughn H. 1999. On the Track of Austric, Part III: Basic Vocabulary Correspondence. Mon–Khmer Studies XXIX:1-34.
- Hayes, La Vaughn H. 2000. The Austric Denti-alveolar Sibilants. Mother Tongue V:1-12.
- Hayes, La Vaughn H. 2000. Res... | 18,549 |
905847 | Austric languages | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Austric%20languages | Austric languages
D. 2006. Possible Proto-Asian Archaic Residue and the Statigraphy of Diffusional Cumulation in Austro-Asian Languages. Paper presented at the Tenth International Conference on Austronesian Linguistics, 17–20 January 2006, Puerto Princesa City, Palawan, Philippines.
- Reid, Lawrence A. 1994. Morpholog... | 18,550 |
905847 | Austric languages | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Austric%20languages | Austric languages
Australian National University.
- Reid, Lawrence A. 1999. New linguistic evidence for the Austric hypothesis. In Selected Papers from the Eighth International Conference on Austronesian Linguistics, ed. by Elizabeth Zeitoun and Paul Jen-kuei Li, pp. 5–30. Taipei: Academia Sinica.
- Reid, Lawrence A.... | 18,551 |
905847 | Austric languages | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Austric%20languages | Austric languages
Mon–Khmer Peoples, a Link between the Peoples of Central Asia and Austronesia]. Archiv für Anthropologie, Braunschweig, new series, 5:59-109.
- Schmidt, Wilhelm. 1930. Die Beziehungen der austrischen Sprachen zum Japanischen [The Connections of the Austric Languages to Japanese]. Wien Beitrag zur Kul... | 18,552 |
905847 | Austric languages | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Austric%20languages | Austric languages
c. Computational Analyses of Asian and African Languages 6:95-104.
- Sidwell, Paul. 2001. Comments on La Vaughn H. Hayes' "On the Origin of Affricates in Austric". Mother Tongue VI:119-121.
- Van Driem, George. 2000. Four Austric Theories. Mother Tongue V:23-27.
# External links.
- Phonologies of ... | 18,553 |
905851 | Carly Patterson | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Carly%20Patterson | Carly Patterson
Carly Patterson
Carly Patterson Caldwell (born February 4, 1988) is an American singer, songwriter and former artistic gymnast. She was the all-around champion at the 2004 Olympics, the first all-around champion for the United States at a non-boycotted Olympics, and is a member of the USA Gymnastics Ha... | 18,554 |
905851 | Carly Patterson | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Carly%20Patterson | Carly Patterson
medal in the all-around and the bronze on balance beam. The next year, at the 2001 Goodwill Games in Brisbane, Australia, she was ranked second in the all-around before the final rotation but missed three landings on the floor exercise and finished seventh.
Patterson became the U.S. junior national all... | 18,555 |
905851 | Carly Patterson | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Carly%20Patterson | Carly Patterson
2003 World Gymnastics Championships in Anaheim, California. There, she earned the all-around silver medal, becoming the first American woman to medal in a World Championships all-around since Shannon Miller in 1994. She also helped the United States earn the team gold medal, a first for the American wom... | 18,556 |
905851 | Carly Patterson | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Carly%20Patterson | Carly Patterson
fell off the balance beam on both days of competition, dropping her to third place. However, her performances at a subsequent national training camp were strong enough for her to make the Olympic team.
### Olympic Games.
At the 2004 Olympic Games in Athens, Patterson finished first overall in the prel... | 18,557 |
905851 | Carly Patterson | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Carly%20Patterson | Carly Patterson
beginning of the competition was stressful. It set the tone." The U.S. women, the reigning world champions, settled for silver.
In the individual all-around, Patterson narrowly defeated three-time world all-around champion Svetlana Khorkina of Russia. After scoring lower than usual on the vault (9.375)... | 18,558 |
905851 | Carly Patterson | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Carly%20Patterson | Carly Patterson
by the Soviet Union, Retton did not face the Soviet gymnasts who consistently dominated the sport during that period, accounting for six of the seven Olympic all-around champions before 1984 and nine of the ten previous world all-around champions.)
On August 23, Patterson competed in the balance beam e... | 18,559 |
905851 | Carly Patterson | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Carly%20Patterson | Carly Patterson
another major competition. She recalled the decision in a 2009 interview, saying, "I started having some back issues, and honestly, my doctor was like, 'Carly, you really need to stop if you want to be able to walk when you get older.' ... So I retired and moved on to singing."
She continues to stay oc... | 18,560 |
905851 | Carly Patterson | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Carly%20Patterson | Carly Patterson
April 2006.
In December 2011, she was featured on the TV show Hollywood at Home.
Patterson teamed up with the Taylor's Gift Foundation as spokesperson for their 2012 organ donation challenge.
# Music.
Patterson first expressed interest in becoming a professional singer in a March 2005 interview. On ... | 18,561 |
905851 | Carly Patterson | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Carly%20Patterson | Carly Patterson
worked with singer and writer Chris Megert. They wrote and produced songs titled "Time to Wake Up" and "Lost in Me".
## "Celebrity Duets".
On August 29, 2006, she started her appearance on the show "Celebrity Duets". The program was a reality competition show executive produced by Simon Cowell. Celebr... | 18,562 |
905851 | Carly Patterson | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Carly%20Patterson | Carly Patterson
continue to sing. She also encouraged the audience to continue voting for the remaining celebrities because each vote raised money for charity.
## Recording.
On February 4, 2008, Patterson signed a recording contract with MusicMind Records, a Chicago-based label. Her single "Temporary Life (Ordinary G... | 18,563 |
905851 | Carly Patterson | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Carly%20Patterson | Carly Patterson
Girl)" was played on the "Bobby Bones Show". The mixed version featured the new artist Captain Caucasian, a pseudonym for Bobby Bones.
Patterson's song "Here I Am" was featured on the second season of the ABC Family series "Make It or Break It", which focused on the lives of teen gymnasts striving to m... | 18,564 |
905851 | Carly Patterson | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Carly%20Patterson | Carly Patterson
April 2017, Patterson and her husband Mark announced that she is expecting their first child together having previously experienced a miscarriage the previous year. On October 10, 2017 People Magazine's website announced about the birth of her first child. Carly and Mark's son, Graham Mitchell Caldwell,... | 18,565 |
905851 | Carly Patterson | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Carly%20Patterson | Carly Patterson
first child together having previously experienced a miscarriage the previous year. On October 10, 2017 People Magazine's website announced about the birth of her first child. Carly and Mark's son, Graham Mitchell Caldwell, was born at 12:39 p.m., weighing 9 lbs., 9 oz., and measuring 20¼ inches long. I... | 18,566 |
905888 | LRB | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=LRB | LRB
LRB
LRB may refer to:
- Love Runs Blind, a Bangladeshi rock band
- "Lego Rock Band", a game in the "Rock Band" video game series
- Light Reaction Battalion, the Philippine Army counter-terrorist unit modeled after the U.S. Army Delta Force and British SAS
- Liquid rocket booster
- Little Red Book, quotations ... | 18,567 |
905866 | Russian Guards | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Russian%20Guards | Russian Guards
Russian Guards
Guards () or Guards units (, "gvardeyskiye chasti") were elite military units of Imperial Russia prior to 1917-18. The designation of Guards was subsequently adopted as a distinction for various units and formations of the Soviet Union and the modern Russian Federation. The tradition goes... | 18,568 |
905866 | Russian Guards | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Russian%20Guards | Russian Guards
were intended to ensure the security of the sovereign, initially, that of Peter the Great in the 1690s. These were based on the Prussian Royal Life Guards. During the 19th century the Imperial Russian Guard regiments were not exclusively composed of Russian troops, but also included Lithuanian, Finnish a... | 18,569 |
905866 | Russian Guards | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Russian%20Guards | Russian Guards
February–March 1917 the defection of reserve battalions of the Imperial Guard based in St.Petersburg was a major factor in the overthrow of the Tsarist government. The service units of the Guard at the front disintegrated along with the remainder of the Imperial Army, until it was formally replaced by th... | 18,570 |
905866 | Russian Guards | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Russian%20Guards | Russian Guards
March 1917 in by Factory and Plant Committees and by Bolshevik party cells, with the initial purpose of defending the industrial enterprises and districts where they were recruited. In October 1917 the Red Guards of Petrograd played a leading role in the capture of the Winter Palace and the overthrow of ... | 18,571 |
905866 | Russian Guards | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Russian%20Guards | Russian Guards
the Red Army during the Russian Civil War from 1918 to 1921.
# Soviet Guards.
The Guards units () were again awarded to units and formations that distinguished themselves during the Second World War by the order of People's Commissar for Defence of USSR No.303 on the 18 September 1941, and were conside... | 18,572 |
905866 | Russian Guards | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Russian%20Guards | Russian Guards
nits, and fighting ships of the Soviet Armed Forces."
There were total 11 Guard Armies and 6 Guard Tank Armies:
- 1st Guards Army
- 2nd Guards Army
- 3rd Guards Army
- 4th Guards Army
- 5th Guards Army
- 6th Guards Army
- 7th Guards Army
- 8th Guards Army
- 9th Guards Army
- 10th Guards Army
... | 18,573 |
905872 | Methone (moon) | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Methone%20(moon) | Methone (moon)
Methone (moon)
Methone is a very small natural satellite of Saturn orbiting between the orbits of Mimas and Enceladus. It was discovered in 2004, and in 2012 was imaged more closely by the "Cassini" orbiter probe.
# History.
Methone was first seen by the Cassini Imaging Team and given the temporary de... | 18,574 |
905872 | Methone (moon) | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Methone%20(moon) | Methone (moon)
the seven beautiful daughters of the Giant Alkyoneus.
# Orbit.
Methone's orbit is visibly affected by a perturbing 14:15 mean-longitude resonance with the much larger Mimas. This causes its osculating orbital elements to vary with an amplitude of about in semi-major axis, and 5° in longitude of its per... | 18,575 |
905872 | Methone (moon) | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Methone%20(moon) | Methone (moon)
Pallene and Aegaeon are thought to be similarly smooth. Methone has two different sharply defined albedo regions, one distinctly (~13%) darker centered on Methone's leading point. Its brighter area has an albedo of ~0.70. UV and IR spectra gave no indication of a color difference between the two regions,... | 18,576 |
905872 | Methone (moon) | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Methone%20(moon) | Methone (moon)
equilibrium, i.e. that its elongated shape simply reflects the balance between the tidal force exerted by Saturn and Methone's gravity, its density can be estimated: , among the lowest density values obtained or inferred for a Solar System body. This indicates that Methone is composed of icy fluff, mater... | 18,577 |
905872 | Methone (moon) | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Methone%20(moon) | Methone (moon)
hape simply reflects the balance between the tidal force exerted by Saturn and Methone's gravity, its density can be estimated: , among the lowest density values obtained or inferred for a Solar System body. This indicates that Methone is composed of icy fluff, material that might be mobile enough to exp... | 18,578 |
905855 | Seoul station | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Seoul%20station | Seoul station
Seoul station
Seoul Station is a major railway station in Seoul, the capital of South Korea. The station is served by the Gyeongui–Jungang Line, Line 1, AREX & Line 4.
# Services.
The station is the primary terminus for the KTX and express services to Busan. The station is also served by about a dozen ... | 18,579 |
905855 | Seoul station | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Seoul%20station | Seoul station
2 station. Service began December 29, 2010.
Seoul Subway serves the station with Line 1 and Line 4, and an hourly train on the Gyeongui–Jungang Line.
Around 2015, a large bus transfer center was built in front of the station's main entrance. It has about nine platforms that services different bus routes... | 18,580 |
905855 | Seoul station | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Seoul%20station | Seoul station
station, Namdaemun station, started operating in a 33 m (10 pyeong) wooden building in July 1900 with the extension of the Gyeongin Line north of the Han River. The Gyeongbu Line opened in 1905, and the Gyeongui Line opened in 1921 – both lines connecting to the station. The construction of the current "O... | 18,581 |
905855 | Seoul station | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Seoul%20station | Seoul station
was completed on December 30, 1957, and the Western Annex was completed on February 14, 1969. In 1975, the Korea National Railroad's office moved from Seoul Station to the new West Annex Office. A raised walkway connecting the Seoul Station and the West Annex was completed on 1977, and Korea's first priva... | 18,582 |
905855 | Seoul station | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Seoul%20station | Seoul station
University, was finished on November 1925. This red brick building, designed in an eclectic style, features a Byzantine-style central dome and a centralized and symmetrical layout. The floor of the Central Hall on the ground floor was covered with granite and the walls were covered with man-made stone. Th... | 18,583 |
905855 | Seoul station | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Seoul%20station | Seoul station
new KTX Station, into a premier national multidisciplinary cultural facility." On the same year, the management was transferred from the Cultural Heritage Administration to the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism. After the design for former Seoul Station's remodeling was developed in 2009, the remode... | 18,584 |
905855 | Seoul station | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Seoul%20station | Seoul station
The official name, which combines the station's historic, spatial, and urban symbolisms, was selected through a national open call. By combining the notion of a cultural space with the old Seoul Station's historic site number 284, the name aims to embody the concepts of preserving its appearance and value... | 18,585 |
905855 | Seoul station | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Seoul%20station | Seoul station
floor. Post-renovation, the first floor contains a venue for performances, exhibitions and events, and a multipurpose hall on the floor above.
# General information.
- Korail Seoul station
- Opening date : July 8, 1900
- Operator : Korail
- Address : 43–205, Dongja-dong, Yongsan-gu, Seoul (1 Namdaemu... | 18,586 |
905855 | Seoul station | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Seoul%20station | Seoul station
Gyeongui Line platform
- Seoul Metro Line 1 Seoul station
- Opening date : August 15, 1974
- Operator : Seoul Metro
- Address : Bongnaedong 2-ga, Jung-gu, Seoul
- Platforms : 1, island
- Seoul Metro Line 4 Seoul station
- Opening date : October 18, 1985
- Operator : Seoul Metro
- Address : Dongja... | 18,587 |
905875 | Pallene (moon) | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Pallene%20(moon) | Pallene (moon)
Pallene (moon)
Pallene ( ; ) is a very small natural satellite of Saturn. It is one of three small moons known as the Alkyonides that lie between the orbits of the larger Mimas and Enceladus. It is also designated as (33).
# Discovery.
Pallene was discovered by the Cassini Imaging Team in 2004, during... | 18,588 |
905875 | Pallene (moon) | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Pallene%20(moon) | Pallene (moon)
that Pallene had been first photographed on August 23, 1981, by the space probe '. It had appeared in a single photograph and had been provisionally named and estimated to orbit 200,000 km from Saturn. Because it had not been visible in other images, it had not been possible to compute its orbit at the t... | 18,589 |
905875 | Pallene (moon) | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Pallene%20(moon) | Pallene (moon)
0.02° in longitude (corresponding to about 75 km). Eccentricity also changes on various timescales between 0.002 and 0.006, and inclination between about 0.178° and 0.184°.
# Ring.
In 2006, images taken in forward-scattered light by the "Cassini" spacecraft enabled the Cassini Imaging Team to discover ... | 18,590 |
905875 | Pallene (moon) | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Pallene%20(moon) | Pallene (moon)
in forward-scattered light by the "Cassini" spacecraft enabled the Cassini Imaging Team to discover a faint dust ring around Saturn that shares Pallene's orbit, now named the Pallene Ring. The ring has a radial extent of about 2,500 km. Its source is particles blasted off Pallene's surface by meteoroid i... | 18,591 |
905857 | Cross River State | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Cross%20River%20State | Cross River State
Cross River State
Cross River is a state in South South Nigeria, bordering Cameroon to the east. Its capital is Calabar, and its name is derived from the Cross River (Oyono), which passes through the state. English, French, Bekwarra, Ejagham and Efik are major languages of this state.
# Geography.
... | 18,592 |
905857 | Cross River State | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Cross%20River%20State | Cross River State
on 27 May 1967 from the former Eastern Region, Nigeria by the General Yakubu Gowon regime. Its name was changed to Cross River State in the 1976 state creation exercise by the then General Murtala Mohammed regime from South Eastern State. The present day Akwa Ibom State was excised from it in the stat... | 18,593 |
905857 | Cross River State | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Cross%20River%20State | Cross River State
including Udoakaha J. Esuene, Paul Omu, Tunde Elegbede, Clement Isong, Donald Etiebet, Daniel Archibong, Ibim Princewill, Ernest Atta, Clement Ebri, Ibrahim Kefas, Gregory Agboneni, Umar Faoruk Ahmed, Christopher Osondu, Donald Duke, Liyel Imoke and Benedict Ayade. The Current Governor is Benedict Aya... | 18,594 |
905857 | Cross River State | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Cross%20River%20State | Cross River State
Calabar South, Akpabuyo, Bakassi and Odukpani Local Government Areas. The Ejagham language is the most widely spoken language in Cross River State; from Calabar Municipality, Akamkpa, Ikom, Obubura, Ogoja, Obudu, and Etung local government councils, to the south west province of Cameroon.
The Efik-sp... | 18,595 |
905857 | Cross River State | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Cross%20River%20State | Cross River State
Odukpani, Biase and Akampkpa sections of Cross River State.
There are also the Yakurr/Agoi/Bahumono ethnic groups in Yakurr and Abi LGA, while the Mbembe are predominantly found in Obubra LGA. Further up the core northern part of the state are several sub-dialectical groups, among which are Etung, Ol... | 18,596 |
905857 | Cross River State | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Cross%20River%20State | Cross River State
State, who migrated from Ora, in Edo North.
In Cross River North, Bekwarra is the most widely spoken language. It is understood by other tribes in the district. This language along with Efik and Ejagham is used for news broadcast in the state owned radio and TV stations.
Cross River State epitomises... | 18,597 |
905857 | Cross River State | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Cross%20River%20State | Cross River State
settlements.
# Local Government Areas.
Cross River State consists of eighteen (18) Local Government Areas. They are:
- Abi
- Akamkpa
- Akpabuyo
- Bekwarra
- Bakassi
- Biase
- Boki
- Calabar Municipal
- Calabar South
- Etung
- Ikom
- Obanliku
- Obubra
- Obudu
- Odukpani
- Ogoja
- Yak... | 18,598 |
905857 | Cross River State | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Cross%20River%20State | Cross River State
are showcased, including Ikpobin (acclaimed to be the most entertaining dance in the state), Ekoi, Obam, Emukei and Eta
- Bekwarra, Obudu, Obanliku New yam festival which is held every 1st Saturday of September every year.
# Tourism.
From the soaring plateaus of the mountain tops of Obanliku to the... | 18,599 |
Subsets and Splits
No community queries yet
The top public SQL queries from the community will appear here once available.